This game in combination with the analysis of the previous round (Annotated Game #161) should be a good marker in terms of teaching me to better evaluate positions objectively, as well as spend the extra energy necessary for calculating critical sequences.
02 October 2016
Annotated Game #162: A cure for over-optimism
The best cure for over-optimism is being punished for it and understanding why. So I hope this next game, from the second round of the tournament, is a milestone in that regard. In a main line Classical Caro-Kann, I achieve full equality out of the opening, with a dynamic position featuring elements of kingside vs. center vs. queenside play. Although the requirements of the position are fairly obvious - including challenging my opponent on the d-file - I focus instead on the queenside action (where my opponent's king is castled) to offset his kingside play. This isn't necessarily a bad strategy, but the very over-optimistic sacrifice on move 24 sinks my game. Admittedly my opponent has to find an "only move" on the defense afterwards, but it's not terribly hard to find. After that, the game is pretty much over.
This game in combination with the analysis of the previous round (Annotated Game #161) should be a good marker in terms of teaching me to better evaluate positions objectively, as well as spend the extra energy necessary for calculating critical sequences.
This game in combination with the analysis of the previous round (Annotated Game #161) should be a good marker in terms of teaching me to better evaluate positions objectively, as well as spend the extra energy necessary for calculating critical sequences.
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ReplyDeleteI am not sure if you make conclusions after losing games. With this in mind you can have a pretty well arsenal of tools to help you evaluate properly when the sacrifice is correct and when it is just a speculative ones. Do you know what I mean?
What I have learnt at the road of chess progress... is to make conclusions and build them to have fundamentals of chess mastery. It is not an easy and quick process, but that's how the mastery is builing upon...
Exactly. For example this game reinforces the point that rather than simply going for a good-looking attack, the requisite energy needs to be invested into calculating all of my opponent's ways of potentially frustrating it. Not seeing all of the other side's options has been a consistent characteristic of my play that needs to be addressed. In this particular instance, taking that extra step/effort could have helped me see 28. Rh4! as saving the Nc3 for White.
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