The need for patience
08 Oct '12 19:43Greetings players and fellow patzers.
So, after joining RHP over a month ago I am about to approach the 20 completed games milestone. There are two key things I have learned about my game;
1) I occasionally leave gaps in my defenses (i.e. vulnerable pawns) which can be fatal
2) I am severely impatient
The best example of number 2) is actually my one remaining game in progress, where I had won my opponents Queen early on through a rook "sacrifice" (to be honest it was initially a blunder, where afterwards I spotted the potential to trap his Queen).
Shortly after losing his Queen, my opponent slowed down his move rate... from multiple moves a day (one day had 8 moves played) to one move every 3/4 days.
We was playing 3 days per move with 7 days time bank.
Weeks passed, and I slowly grew impatient and wanted to win asap, and so went for the kill without spotting the fatal Knight-attack-on-my-Queen-with-discovered-check.
My Queen is dead... and so are my hopes of winning.
So after 20 games... i've learned that patience is a huge factor in chess success.
I would argue that he should have resigned earlier in the game... but know full well that he is perfectly obliged to take his time.
(As a funny side note, I have just claimed my first 'skull' win against a different player)
So then, who else has similar stories? Perhaps games where you've gone for the win too quickly, or made moves too fast and not looked for better alternatives.
So, after joining RHP over a month ago I am about to approach the 20 completed games milestone. There are two key things I have learned about my game;
1) I occasionally leave gaps in my defenses (i.e. vulnerable pawns) which can be fatal
2) I am severely impatient
The best example of number 2) is actually my one remaining game in progress, where I had won my opponents Queen early on through a rook "sacrifice" (to be honest it was initially a blunder, where afterwards I spotted the potential to trap his Queen).
Shortly after losing his Queen, my opponent slowed down his move rate... from multiple moves a day (one day had 8 moves played) to one move every 3/4 days.
We was playing 3 days per move with 7 days time bank.
Weeks passed, and I slowly grew impatient and wanted to win asap, and so went for the kill without spotting the fatal Knight-attack-on-my-Queen-with-discovered-check.
My Queen is dead... and so are my hopes of winning.
So after 20 games... i've learned that patience is a huge factor in chess success.
I would argue that he should have resigned earlier in the game... but know full well that he is perfectly obliged to take his time.
(As a funny side note, I have just claimed my first 'skull' win against a different player)
So then, who else has similar stories? Perhaps games where you've gone for the win too quickly, or made moves too fast and not looked for better alternatives.
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