Chess World.net presents: An ineffective knight outpost choosing idea

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Chess World.net presents: An ineffective knight outpost choosing idea

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[idontlikedoingdishes]

i just started playing the game, but i believe the concept that KC used by choosing the d3 outpost could have been triggered by the b7 bishop, because that light squared bishop didn t have any pawns in front of it to block it off, KC, intuitively thought about challenging it

[kingscrusher]

Yes that is quite plausible actually,. I think I didn't like the fact that the opponents Queen's bishop wasn't that typically "bad" of the French defence. What a profound and good observation for what also may have been an influence on my thoughts at the time.

[KNIGHTSTALE22]

Thanks for the vid Tryfon, I especially enjoy the philosophical side of chess. I have recently been watching interviews with a lady called Ayn Rand, who in life, believes that no decision or path should ever be taken based on emotional feelings, but instead, on cold, hard reasoning of the mind. I am wondering if you think that this theory should be applied when playing chess? Would it make you a stronger player? How many games have you won through reasoning alone and how many you have won thanks

[kingscrusher]

I think chess requires both intuition and calculation. Now emotions are part of us. IMO it is being able to sense our own emotions and perhaps that of the opponent which can maybe help us in difficult positions. Say one is losing, and feels terrible, then maybe a little bit more optimism might help. Or say one is overconfident and starting to play quick, then maybe a little bit more care is good to avoid being swindled.

[jackfruit22]

In my view, rules/best practice are useful because that makes it easy for Human Brains(HB) to comprehend. HB looks for patterns in the chaos. simple rule -1) Ask what's the best move/threat from the opponent & try to parry it

2) Attack weakness where exists

3) When there is no great excitement, just try to improve you position - look for combinations.

Again, this is a rule, like any rule can have exceptions.

I am not a very good player, but OK and have 1800 rating, and play chess for fun

[KNIGHTSTALE22]

@kingscrusher

I have recently been looking at Laskers games to improve my defensive ability and learn to be a better fighter when I am against the ropes. It is amazing to watch how he always gave his opponent what seemed like a better postion only to suddenly smash them because they have overstreched and been too optimistic. According to Euwe, he played against his opponents psychollogical defects rather than just one style like most of us.

[arifreedom]

@KNIGHTSTALE22 Without emotions, it would be hard to make any decisions. For example, take the decision to work hard in chess. If you don't feel strongly about it, that idea is just one of many possible decisions to constantly think about (and think and think and never getting anywhere). If you are passionate about chess, you will push yourself until you master it. The objective in life is to be in control over your emotions, not to eliminate them.

[ErisAllen]

what ?????

[DaltonMoti]

It happened to me, the other way around, in a tournament, when my oponent actually got a winning advantage with the knight on d4, he had doubled pawns on f7, f6, and i didnt even had time to use that against him.. no pawn on the h-file, my black bishop on h6.

I think the problems with outposts is that u lose time, it gives some timing positional advantage that leads to a crushing attack.

[Catsfaith]

Regarding the debate of Intuition only or with Emotions vs actual analyst of any move in a game set, I think of Alexandra Kosteniuk who learned the basic endgames first, then middlegames, then the actual openings. From her videos, she works from the starṭ(opening, then when a change is made, she stops moving untill she analyzes her game. For those who need to know she logs on Youtube as ChessQueen.

[TsuKing]

lol filee sofie 2:10 :)

[nightenglow]

Yes chess is rule independent. That's why I call it sport.

[MAfr3ak]

Kingscrusher- But once you move the knight on c1, b3 becomes very weak. Can't black just play something like Na5 and force you to lose your dark squared bishop. Then he could even play Nb8-c6-a5-b3.