Originally posted by Wibble Wobble
No your only thinking static, not dynamic
And if your gona post atleast post something i cared about. Its not my fault if you are stupid.
Either post what the topic is about or go shut it.
So the question that you have to ask, is the
static advantage I'm getting by grabbing the pawn, worth the
dynamic play I'm giving my opponent. In this case, I believe it is. Let's be real here; this isn't the queen trying to steal a b2 pawn. If I talked myself out of winning a pawn every time I though it would give my opponenet an open file to work with, I'd never win material. Okay, an exaggeration, but you know. And by the way, which of those pawns of yours' are supposed to be weak? Especially when compared to his weak h-pawn? Names like "doubled" don't make something weak.
One more thing: You've been on this site not even a whole week. You won't make many friends by calling people stupid because their opinion differs from your's. Unless you go to the Debates forum. You'll fit right in then.
Now, getting on topic, I mainly just use the Analyze Board feature for my long-term planning. The short-term planning I try to do in my head as much as possible, since I haven't played OTB in quite awhile and it's a perishable skill. I really don't have the time to verbalize my plans for each and every game.