Chess Match Thread
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Jonah
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One Brow vs. Jonah
1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 g6
3. Nc3 Bg7
4. Nf3 d6
5. Bg5 O-O
6. e3 c5
7. Bd3 Nc6
8. 0-0 cxd4
9. Nxd4 Qa5
10. Bh4 Bg4
11. f3 Bd7
12. Nxc6 bxc6
13. Qc2 Rab1
14. b3 Re8
15. Rd1 Rb7
16. g4 Nxg4
17. fxg4 Qxc3
You might not have full compensation but you can get counterplay on the partial open f file for attacks against my king at f7, more active pieces, and a possibly strong initiative. Defending f7 looks like it will be awkward and create other weaknesses in my position. Overall, I think it was best to take on g4 because you were likely to get something going on the kingsde anyway, but defending and consolidating the pawn advantage will not be easy or automatic.
Here I'll capture on c3 with the queen, not sure if it's better than the bishop, but it does offer you opportunity to trade queens!
1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 g6
3. Nc3 Bg7
4. Nf3 d6
5. Bg5 O-O
6. e3 c5
7. Bd3 Nc6
8. 0-0 cxd4
9. Nxd4 Qa5
10. Bh4 Bg4
11. f3 Bd7
12. Nxc6 bxc6
13. Qc2 Rab1
14. b3 Re8
15. Rd1 Rb7
16. g4 Nxg4
17. fxg4 Qxc3
You might not have full compensation but you can get counterplay on the partial open f file for attacks against my king at f7, more active pieces, and a possibly strong initiative. Defending f7 looks like it will be awkward and create other weaknesses in my position. Overall, I think it was best to take on g4 because you were likely to get something going on the kingsde anyway, but defending and consolidating the pawn advantage will not be easy or automatic.
Here I'll capture on c3 with the queen, not sure if it's better than the bishop, but it does offer you opportunity to trade queens!
So, anyway. . . .
That phone app chess program is systenmatically beatable.
I am now winning about half of the time. It does vary it's moves in response to what it "learns" from my pattern, but once I figure out its new "habits" and it's gets predictable again.
Returning to my old computer game "Chess Titans", I think it is better done than the phone thing.
My weakness is a fairly strong tendency for self delusion, otherwise called stubborn stupidity. And I think I am far less perceptive of the board on screens than in actual board play. I frequently confuse pieces like pawns and bishops, rooks and knights, even king and queen and queen and bishop because it seems I rely on spatial or size cues subconsciously, and the flat screen with very little size differences just makes me stupid.
No excuses though for OB, Siri, Enes and anyone else who beat me. I think when I was 17 I might have ranked a out 1800 on the chess power score, but now might be only 1500. I would benefit from playing more people with unpredictable or unfamiliar proclivities for actual human cognition and purposes.
Playing dumb computers has clearly made me stupid, and playing humans will tend to cure that stupidity.
That phone app chess program is systenmatically beatable.
I am now winning about half of the time. It does vary it's moves in response to what it "learns" from my pattern, but once I figure out its new "habits" and it's gets predictable again.
Returning to my old computer game "Chess Titans", I think it is better done than the phone thing.
My weakness is a fairly strong tendency for self delusion, otherwise called stubborn stupidity. And I think I am far less perceptive of the board on screens than in actual board play. I frequently confuse pieces like pawns and bishops, rooks and knights, even king and queen and queen and bishop because it seems I rely on spatial or size cues subconsciously, and the flat screen with very little size differences just makes me stupid.
No excuses though for OB, Siri, Enes and anyone else who beat me. I think when I was 17 I might have ranked a out 1800 on the chess power score, but now might be only 1500. I would benefit from playing more people with unpredictable or unfamiliar proclivities for actual human cognition and purposes.
Playing dumb computers has clearly made me stupid, and playing humans will tend to cure that stupidity.
Jonah
Well-Known Member
I learned by reading a few books and playing lots of blitz. Now, over the internet, there are so many interactive and fun ways to learn and improve. Tactics trainers, online lessons and thousands of annotated games, much of it provided by the best grandmasters in the world. You can have Vishy Anand teach you the basics of the game or Peter Svidler give you master level strategy lessons on the Ruy Lopez, all a few clicks away and much of it for free or very reasonably priced.
For me, the easiest and most entertaining way to improve is to watch the games of the best players in the world while having a top grandmaster explain the ideas behind the moves. Over the next few weeks fourteen top players, including Carlsen and Caruana, the number one and two rated players, are competing at Wijk aan Zee. Live commentary and analysis is free at many chess sites. Chess24.com is one of the more simple and easy to navigate. If you're interested in improving your game it's definitely worth checking out.
I thought I had bored the hell out of you by not resigning twenty moves and a month ago.
Sounds like you're gonna be a better teacher this semester.
Yesterday, while exploring the mind of a chess programmer, I sent my girls out to do some pretty disheartening chores in sub-freezing fog. They gave me some static about what I was doing.
I nought about it a bit, then went out to help.
So I made a new rule for myself around here.
Anytime my kids find me playing a game online, they can call me on it, and if they want, they can play a game of chess with me, and then something else they want. If I have time, they can have it.
However, they are bookworms, so sometimes they won't notice. . . .
I would appreciate another game.
I prefer more of a blitz style one day done inside about one hour.
I have some difficulty with a flat screen because apparently I key to 3D recognition of pieces.
So anyway I'm often in CA and could plan to meet for a game like that. . . .maybe in Reno, too.
I prefer more of a blitz style one day done inside about one hour.
I have some difficulty with a flat screen because apparently I key to 3D recognition of pieces.
So anyway I'm often in CA and could plan to meet for a game like that. . . .maybe in Reno, too.
Jonah
Well-Known Member
An historical game yesterday at the premier grandmaster tournament at Wijk aan Zee in the Netherlands. For only the second time in chess history the reigning men's champion faced the women's champion over the board in a classical tournament game.
The first time was way back in 1971 when Boris Spassky (pre-Bobby Fischer match) crushed the women's champion. Since then women's chess has come a long way and now there are many more strong women grandmasters playing the game.
Yesterday's game featured Magnus Carlsen against Hou Yifan. Hou is only twenty years old, four years younger than Magnus, and from China where chess is exploding with many strong young players recently making names for themselves. Magnus, it should be mentioned, was in top form having just won the day before with the black pieces against world number two, Fabiano Caruana. Magnus ground out the win against Hou, but only after she played him evenly in a long game before finally blundering in time and position pressure. The game could otherwise have been a draw.
The conclusion is that the future looks bright for Hou, for women in chess in general, and for the many young players coming from China and just starting to gain international experience. It will be interesting to follow her progress as her game matures over the next few years. Maybe in five years time she will hold both the men's and women's championship titles! Anyway, right now, Magnus has many young players reaching for his crown, Hou Yifan will certainly be one of them to watch.
UPDATE: Magnus won again today, now he has five straight wins, I believe the best streak of his career against GM competition, so he really is in fine form and has to be the favorite to win the tournament with five games still to play. Hou drew her game against Levon Aronian, the number two rated player as recently as last year, so even though she is not a threat to win the tournament she continues to show good results against the best players in the world.
The first time was way back in 1971 when Boris Spassky (pre-Bobby Fischer match) crushed the women's champion. Since then women's chess has come a long way and now there are many more strong women grandmasters playing the game.
Yesterday's game featured Magnus Carlsen against Hou Yifan. Hou is only twenty years old, four years younger than Magnus, and from China where chess is exploding with many strong young players recently making names for themselves. Magnus, it should be mentioned, was in top form having just won the day before with the black pieces against world number two, Fabiano Caruana. Magnus ground out the win against Hou, but only after she played him evenly in a long game before finally blundering in time and position pressure. The game could otherwise have been a draw.
The conclusion is that the future looks bright for Hou, for women in chess in general, and for the many young players coming from China and just starting to gain international experience. It will be interesting to follow her progress as her game matures over the next few years. Maybe in five years time she will hold both the men's and women's championship titles! Anyway, right now, Magnus has many young players reaching for his crown, Hou Yifan will certainly be one of them to watch.
UPDATE: Magnus won again today, now he has five straight wins, I believe the best streak of his career against GM competition, so he really is in fine form and has to be the favorite to win the tournament with five games still to play. Hou drew her game against Levon Aronian, the number two rated player as recently as last year, so even though she is not a threat to win the tournament she continues to show good results against the best players in the world.