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Re: Okay, I've got it all figured out now.

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William Hyde wrote:
> Lane "Stonehowler" Waldby wrote:
>> Just kidding.  However, I did make a first step.
>>
>> I've been working on a comprehensive checklist for each turn like that 
>> 2300 GM I was playing must have had.
>>
>> 1.  Gauge threats.
> 
> Tactics are fundamental, yes.  Is your opponent threatening anything? 
> Did his move create an opportunity for you?
> 
> Chess, Teichmann said, is 99% tactics.  You will improve most rapidly if 
> you study tactics, but too many players instead study opening theory, 
> only to find themselves lost as soon as they exit their memorized 
> variations.
> 
> Playing over master games will by itself give you a feel for openings. 
> Not much time should be spent on positional play until you stop dropping 
> pieces to short combinations.  And you'll get a feel for it anyway, 
> playing over games.
> 
>>
>> Look where the queen can play if still on the board.  Look what's 
>> developed, any open diagonals of bishops, etc.
> 
> 
> That's a bit random. 

No it's not.  I was still talking about gauging threats.  Look where the 
enemy queen can play.  Look what developed enemy pieces can do.  Look at 
any open diagonals of enemy bishops, etc.  This is the way you can gauge 
immediate threats in the next turn.  It doesn't cover knights two moves 
away though.

You obviously thought I was talking about my queen, my developed pieces 
and my bishops.
-- 
Hasbro

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Okay, I've got it all figured out now. "Lane \"Stonehowler\" Waldby" <wichitajayhawks@msn.com> - 2025-07-25 20:09 -0500
  Re: Okay, I've got it all figured out now. William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2025-07-26 15:36 -0400
    Re: Okay, I've got it all figured out now. "Lane \"Stonehowler\" Waldby" <wichitajayhawks@msn.com> - 2025-07-26 18:47 -0500
      Re: Okay, I've got it all figured out now. Lane the Caustic <wichitajayhawks@msn.com> - 2025-08-12 18:42 -0500
        Re: Okay, I've got it all figured out now. William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2025-08-13 17:45 -0400
    Re: Okay, I've got it all figured out now. The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> - 2025-07-27 13:51 -0700
      Re: Okay, I've got it all figured out now. William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2025-07-27 17:35 -0400
        Re: Okay, I've got it all figured out now. The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> - 2025-07-30 22:50 -0700
          Re: Okay, I've got it all figured out now. William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2025-07-31 18:53 -0400
            Re: Okay, I've got it all figured out now. "Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news> - 2025-08-01 13:24 +0100
              Re: Okay, I've got it all figured out now. William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2025-08-01 15:51 -0400
                Re: Okay, I've got it all figured out now. Lane the Caustic <wichitajayhawks@msn.com> - 2025-08-12 22:01 -0500
                Re: Okay, I've got it all figured out now. William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2025-08-13 17:50 -0400
            Re: Okay, I've got it all figured out now. Lane the Caustic <wichitajayhawks@msn.com> - 2025-08-12 22:08 -0500
              Re: Okay, I've got it all figured out now. William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2025-08-13 17:52 -0400
                Re: Okay, I've got it all figured out now. Lane the Caustic <wichitajayhawks@msn.com> - 2025-08-13 22:26 -0500
                Re: Okay, I've got it all figured out now. William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2025-08-14 17:15 -0400
                Re: Okay, I've got it all figured out now. Lane the Caustic <wichitajayhawks@msn.com> - 2025-08-14 19:49 -0500
                Re: Okay, I've got it all figured out now. William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2025-08-15 15:23 -0400

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