Originally posted by petrovitchthat's the best possible way to motivate yourself though: "that's it, I'll NEVER let that happen again!!" 🙂
Without this knowledge your opponent could easily obtain a draw from a game you had won. That's not fair; drop a win you fought so hard for just because the other guy knew a technical combination.
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Originally posted by wormwoodYes, the only problem with that is we don't have time enough to make all of the mistakes needed to learn everything. 🙁
that's the best possible way to motivate yourself though: "that's it, I'll NEVER let that happen again!!" 🙂
We must learn the fundamentals that were laid down by the great masters before us.
Even Morphy laid down some great laws for the game even though he didn't put any of it to words. We see it in his games. But we are not capable of even learning that without preparation.
Bobby Fischer did just wake up one day and discover that he was a grandmaster. He started out as a 1700 rated player. thgibbs, the guy who help me start our endgame project did better than that in his first tournament. 🙂 The point is that we all have to walk the same path to reach that level above 2000 that everyone wants to reach. Then we have to learn lots more to reach 2100. And even though our knowledge is accumulating each step is harder, because we are playing against people who already know what we know.
Playing below 1800 you are just playing to see who makes the next to the last mistake.