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Originally posted by Sicilian SmaugIm still intrested in the "Why would whites a3 pawn be weak? I mean would you consider playing a4 to make it 'strong'?" question 🙂
I'll ask again, What methods of study do you claim to have used to go from patzer to expert level in the space of a few months?
Originally posted by Dragon FireTrue, but it shouldn't happen often, and I have looked at some of those games, and they just don't look like games of a very good player who made one big blunder while drunk or something.
Don't get too carried away here. Don't we all lose to weaker players from time to time. I have occasionally blundered and lost against a 1400. Play enough games and that happens. OK I don't expect to lose to a genuinely 1200 player and I could give an 800 a Q and still win but someones rating could drop from 1500 to 800 due to 150 time outs.
Originally posted by Bedlamno, not at all. But the first thing that I have learned before moving a piece, is to find all my pieces who are not "protected". And I think, that later on, My king on b2 would be a good choice because if I have to move b4, I will have protection. So I will just keep it in mine.
Im still intrested in the "Why would whites a3 pawn be weak? I mean would you consider playing a4 to make it 'strong'?" question 🙂
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Originally posted by Stroubidoul2ok...........I still dont think a3 is weak. Why wouldnt you play a4?
no, not at all. But the first thing that I have learned before moving a piece, is to find all my pieces who are not "protected". And I think, that later on, My king on b2 would be a good choice because if I have to move b4, I will have protection. So I will just keep it in mine.
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Originally posted by omulcusobolaniAnd in fact it's the same in spanish: Rook = Tower, and in spanish Tower is torre.
Actually in romania T is used for rook because "turn" is the rook in romanian and turn dose mean tower, it might be similar in french.
Pawn = peón (in english pawn)
Rook = torre (in english tower)
Knight = caballo (in english horse)
Bishop = alfil (in english bishop)
Queen = dama, reina (in notation we use dama to avoid confusion with "rey" )
King = rey
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Originally posted by Bedlambecause he would have the opportunity to have a passed pawn (I hope the translation is correct) and I don't want to use a bishop to protect a pawn structure and also because all my pawn are on black case so I'm able to use my white bishop without any restrictions.
ok...........I still dont think a3 is weak. Why wouldnt you play a4?
Originally posted by Stroubidoul2So what you are saying is you had no plan and thought you should make a lame threat to his pawn which he can easily defend in multiple ways including moving his knight back and going for a repetition of moves.
because When he did Kf4, I had the opportunity to break his center pawn structure whit my Tower.
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Originally posted by Stroubidoul2but there is no immediate threat to his d2 pawn which is easily defended. Would it not be strategically better to play Rhd1 forcing him to defend the d2 pawn anyway and keeping that knght on a strategically strong (d6) outpost?
because When he did Kf4, I had the opportunity to break his center pawn structure whit my Tower.
Edit: Come on, I have never played you and have no axe to grind. I am trying to give you the benefit of the doubt. Give me some thoughts that shows you are thinking at a 2200 level? Inaccurate English we can excuse but strategic and tactical principle remain the same.