ballin imo. Do you have a link to the video?

I meant precisely that. ty

The video and some more screenies are linked from here:

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5835

Apparently Fischer's possessions left in the states included a couple of photo albums. Somebody compiled them and organized them into a slide show and posted it on youtube. Some really great pictures.

How do I stop from blundering pieces?????

Blumenfeld's rule:

"It often happens that a player carries out a deep and complicated calculation, but fails to spot something elementary right at the first move. In order to avoid such gross blunders, the Soviet master B. Blumenfeld made this recommendation:-
When you have finished your calculations, write down the move you have decided upon on the score sheet. Then examine the position for a short time 'through the eyes of a patzer'. Ask whether you have left a mate in one on, or left a piece or a pawn to be taken. Only when you have convinced yourself that there is no immediate catastrophe for you should you make the planned move."

-- KOTOV

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Unknown very strong GM, brutalizing 3400+ players. And it's 3 1 so no nakamuring.. err flagging. Fun to watch.

Complex spot.



White just played 27. Ra6. After 27....Rab8, can the epic battle at d6 be won? BTW I totally butchered this setup, ended up resigning after being down 2 full pieces.

Full PGN

Hm, it is pretty complex indeed. He could probably just play 28.Qa3 Bxd6 29.Raxd6 Rxd6 30.Rxd6 Rxb2 to regain the piece (31.Rxe6 Rb1+). What happens after 28.Qa3 Rb3 29.Rxa7? Maybe 29.-Rxd6 30.Qxb3 Rxd1+ 31.Qxd1 Qxa7? Too lazy/tired to calculate all of this out

I guess 2. Qa1 was probably the best after 1...Rb3.

Arggghhhhhhhh I am so sick of losing. I suck horribly and even BAD players beat me.....wtf to do???

Oh boy another game where I manage to lose my queen in under 10 moves. Things are looking up! If there is a chess equivalent of playing on tilt, I'm sure there right now.

lol, there definitely is chess tilt. chess can tilt me 10x harder than chess since in chess when you lose it's 100% your fault.

hasn't been tilting me too much lately at least

slow chess is soooooooooo much more fun than blitz. just wish more stronger players played it online.

beat: playing alot of slow[er] chess has made me realize I really really suck at blitz
brag: playing alot of slow[er] chess has made me realize I really really suck at blitz

Make it stop!! Play reasonably well the whole match, then fail to notice my queen is under attack. WTF.

[Event "ChessCube Game"]
[Site "www.chesscube.com"]
[Date "2009.10.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "haythamhh@chesscube.com"]
[Black "aftersea113@chesscube.com"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1434"]
[BlackElo "1426"]
[Time "10:00"]
[TimeControl "10 min"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 e6 3. f4 d5 4. Be2 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. O-O Kf8 8. h3 Nc6 9. a3 b5 10. Nc3 Ba6 11. Nh2 c4 12. b3 Bc5+ 13. Kh1 Bd4 14. Bb2 Qh4 15. Nf3 Qxf4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Ra2 Ndxe5 19. Na4 Qh4 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Bf3 Bb5 22. Nc5 Rc8 23. Nb7 g6 24. Nd6 Rb8 25. Qe1 f6 26. Qxh4 g5 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Qxf6 1-0

isn't this illegal? You aren't allowed to write down moves in advance.

Yeah, FIDE made it illegal a few years ago.

What is the rationale for making it illegal to write down your move?

It is illegal to write down your move in advance.

The rationale is that it is forbidden to use any exterior help while playing, and you could use the scoresheet to see which moves you already have analysed.

Ah, ok. That is pretty mean, though.

Are you allowed to write on your hand, or something?

Just because I looked up the Laws of Chess for the other thread, here are the relevant laws for this problem:

8.1
It is forbidden to write the moves in advance, unless the player is claiming a draw according to Article 9.2, or 9.3 or adjourning a game according to the Guidelines of Adjourned Games point 1.a.

12.3
During play the players are forbidden to make use of any notes, sources of information or advice, or analyse on another chessboard.

12.4
The scoresheet shall be used only for recording the moves, the times of the clocks, the offers of a draw, and matters relating to a claim and other relevant data.

FIDE hates fun

When I was playing youth tournaments in the 90s, there were lots of players who would write down every move beforehand, cover it with their hand and then make the cumbersome transition of covering it with their pen. This was really ridiculous at times
If at that time poker had been popular among chess players, they surely would've used card protectors.

I am glad that FIDE put a stop to that.

I need to start playing with increment. My rating is really getting hurt when i dont have time to think in absurdly easily won endgames. All of these were with under 5 seconds left. Some of my better work:





Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand my personal favorite:

edit: i have a king in this position. It is on h3

I think you would be better off getting used to winning these positions with seconds left. Switching to longer games might avoid the problem, but it doesn't tackle it.

Sort of. The rule changed because of electronic scoresheets. Nobody ever really cared if you simply wrote the move down with algebraic or descriptive notation. However, once you have an electronic board with the actual position, then you're definitely crossing a line if you allow players to make the move on their scoresheet first.