The below video lecture shows you how you can lose a chess game. Most mistakes and losses have a psychological background and this game is no exception. In it I am a “sinner”, suffering from the three deadly chess sins Egoism, Looseness and Wanting…
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Thank you for sharing what must have been a painful and disappointing loss. I have read both of Rowson’s books (“Seven Deadly Chess Sins” and “Chess for Zebras”) and I am glad that you are placing significant emphasis on the psychological aspect of chess. The bit of advice you were given about examining a chess position objectively, with no regard for the “history” of the particular game, is very important for me. I think we all would play much more strongly if we were able to regard each and every position in a game as if it were the first time we’d seen it.
Hi Waldemar:
Thinking for alternatives to the error of …,Nc5: What do you think about …,b6?
Hi Pablo,
Yes, that also is good enough for the win!
Waldemar
Hi Waldemar:
In viewing the loss and your domatic approach reasonated in my games. The struggle with a battle over the board is played in a microcosm bound up with time. It apperars that your loss as well as mine was not just your desire to win but to prove, even if it is just to yourself, that the time factor, was not a part of your plan.It cost you the game. The greatest player who epitomized this concept was the one and only Bobby Fischer. He not only wanted to demoralize or destroy his opponent but he did so without ever being in time trouble. Hope I am
not overly verbose. I was so impressed with your honesty that I have looked at this video four times. Good work.
Thanks,
Jack
Thanks Jack!
Waldemar