Originally posted by kw72ukI second that suggestion
I would like to hear about the aspects of chess/life you are good at.
"I'm no good at anything" is not an acceptable answer.
I think you need to force yourself to be a bit more optimistic about things.
I'm not having a go at you, just being nice 🙂🙂🙂
Originally posted by kw72ukMy strenghts in chess:
I would like to hear about the aspects of chess/life you are good at.
"I'm no good at anything" is not an acceptable answer.
I think you need to force yourself to be a bit more optimistic about things.
I'm not having a go at you, just being nice 🙂🙂🙂
-Very good endgame player
-Good at setting traps in losing games
-Good at geting draws in losing games
-Pawn structures, creating good pawn structures, recognizing good pawn levers
-Good at geting rooks in the 7th rank
Originally posted by mateuloseExcellent! Getting good pawn structure is something I have trouble with - i don't even know what a pawn lever is.....😕
My strenghts in chess:
-Very good endgame player
-Good at setting traps in losing games
-Good at geting draws in losing games
-Pawn structures, creating good pawn structures, recognizing good pawn levers
-Good at geting rooks in the 7th rank
Pawn lever, I think (correct me if I'm wrong) that the term is one of the many not-so-mainstream terms used by Hans Kmoch in "Pawn Power in Chess". If my understanding is correct, it is what other authors refer to as a pawn break (advancing a pawn to force an exchange, leaving an open file/diagonal or pawn weakness to target.
Originally posted by BLReidI'll have to buy this book "Pawn power in chess", it sounds absolutely thrilling.
Pawn lever, I think (correct me if I'm wrong) that the term is one of the many not-so-mainstream terms used by Hans Kmoch in "Pawn Power in Chess". If my understanding is correct, it is what other authors refer to as a pawn break (advancing a pawn to force an exchange, leaving an open file/diagonal or pawn weakness to target.
