Where Do Your Wins Come From?
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 5,485
Where do your wins come from?
Are you winning your games in the opening, middle game or end game?
Are your more positionally aware than your opponents?
Are you more tactically aware than your opponents?
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 955
I've usually won most of my games with tactical tricks or my opponents missing a counterattacking idea I have. One thing that has pleased me in the last couple years is my increased ability to win "simple" games, even against fairly strong players. I credit studying Karpov's games (that little red book, if anyone knows what I'm talking about!) for this.
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 738
exchanging and playing better endgames ( Mednis book is nice for that )
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 2,333
confusing oppnents out of worse positons, mostly.
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 8,581
I like attacking, but I think my main advantage comes in conversion of advantages. If I get some edge, I tend to do a good job of converting it.
Btw, I got Mednis to sign one of his books for me in Vegas. Got to go up to his room, chat with him for a bit, meet his wife too, etc. He was just an incredibly nice guy. I was quite terrible at chess at the time and it was an incredible experience.
