Preparation for the upcoming match against the brohim.
Deal with all personal psychological issues before play. A swamping brain always makes for poor decision making.
Eliminate the ego. Once the ego is in play commitments get squirrely. Ownership of moves is bad, moves are, the game is. Keep emotions free and think of the game.
When five minutes is left on the clock keep the moves to approximately five seconds. I like to mull. And mulling doesn't do a lot of good when the clock is spiraling through time at an awaiting flag.
When we have less than fifteen seconds left the position of the board greatly decreases as it will be irrelevant if the flag falls. We must now move at a rate of no more than one second per move.
Keep your vision. Don't let your mind stray and pay attention to knight jumps and sniping bishops. Play book openings as far out as possible and save time so the endgame can contain good strategy.
Seize, retain and exploit the initiative. Through offensive action, a commander preserves his freedom of action and imposes his will on the enemy.
If you blunder, don't give up fighting. After getting the advantage, your opponent may relax and let you escape.
The ability to produce duos is the most important measure of the value of a pawn formation.
Remember the Windmill.
4 comments:
Your suggestions about the clock are so true. Sometimes I'm so concerned about making good moves, that I forget that I may run out of time before I can do anything with my good moves. A winning position is worthless if you don't have time to win it. I recall a game I had a few years ago where I had a pawn on the 7th, but flagged before I had a chance to promote.
Ouch! I hear you. I used to lose constantly on time until the book Blitz Theory came around. Even in regular games, once the time gets slim you can transform the game into something completely different. Highly recommend it.
http://www.amazon.com/Blitz-Theory-How-Win-Chess/dp/0967775205/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236803310&sr=1-1
Good advice.
Good post, although that dude in the picture creeps me out.
For those of us about to mull, the simplest advice that's helped me is "be more decisive". That's different than "play faster" and somehow more helpful, to me anyway.
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