17 Dec '10 11:09>
Hi everyone,
I'm currently playing in a Cochrane's Gambit themed tournament and I love the wild, reckless games where I'm constantly attacking. I enjoy these edge of the seat type games the most and I've started playing aggressive gambits quite successfully at my local chess club - I've just learned the Evans and Kings Gambits and they're the flavour of the month for me.
However, I have much less success playing aggressively on rhp and I wonder if that's because opponents have more time to spot the cheeky tactics that these type of games rely on. What's everyone's take on this? Can you be as aggressive in rhp games as you are otb or does everyone tone it down a bit when they play correspondence chess?
Graham
I'm currently playing in a Cochrane's Gambit themed tournament and I love the wild, reckless games where I'm constantly attacking. I enjoy these edge of the seat type games the most and I've started playing aggressive gambits quite successfully at my local chess club - I've just learned the Evans and Kings Gambits and they're the flavour of the month for me.
However, I have much less success playing aggressively on rhp and I wonder if that's because opponents have more time to spot the cheeky tactics that these type of games rely on. What's everyone's take on this? Can you be as aggressive in rhp games as you are otb or does everyone tone it down a bit when they play correspondence chess?
Graham