The Lost Game of Chess
June 28th 2008 19:51
Well I finally lost a game of chess to a human player (there is not a lot of people who play chess where I live). Usually I play against a human and I do not even really play real "chess" I just run them over and take all there pieces and basically do anything I want. I play very recklessly against most people and often will give up material just to make them feel better, and still crush them.
Well, I have been teaching my wife's cousin to play, mostly tactics for attacking, some opening theory, and some moves to get you out of trouble (such as the zwischenzug), and some mating patterns.
You need to know that chess has certain principles, if not laws (aside from the actual rules of the game), and if you violate these laws/commandments you will be punished. Against a weaker player I violate them all the time, because my tactical ability lets me see further than them and my strategic sense allows me to create long turn weaknesses in their game of which I capitalize on later. That being said, Caïssa will not be mocked.
In the particular lost game, I sac'd my Queen and more material and chose not to repel any of David's (my opponent) attacks. Usually I can negate just about anything thrown at me. I was basically giving him odds in the middle of the game. Not a good idea when your opponent has three minor Pieces and a Queen all aimed you your defenseless King! But I never play real players, so I am never punished.
So a Knight, Two bishops and the Queen, I should have pushed some of them away. Oh well. David and I have played a lot of games, I now give his odds up font, I take my Queen side Knight off the board before the game begins. In fact the game right after the lost game was played as such and was still and easy win for me and did not last much more than twenty moves. I guess you would call those mini-games then.
To Davids credit he saw the opportunity and he pushed for the attack and won! He should be proud. I hope he continues to play, even though I crush him at every turn he will get stronger and will beat most other players of his caliber. Why? Because now he knows to trust himself, and not his opponents, he knows to trust in his vision!
The business lesson is this too.
Dutch Borthers Coffee is taking market share from Starbucks in my area. For the same reason that David won his game.
Enron fell for the same reasons I lost that game.
If you want to see some of the games Davis and I have played let me know and I will post them.
As a side note, I play now as good as I did in the 5th grade. I wish my school had a chess club or something, but there was nothing to facilitate my chess growth. So now I am training and hoping to find a club to play at and get beat by some good players. That is how you learn in chess, not by winning, but by losing!
Ofter in Business CEOs that where part of a FAILED start up company are preferred over ones that have not failed. Knowing the mistakes and not repeating them is key. Experience is golden!
Well, I have been teaching my wife's cousin to play, mostly tactics for attacking, some opening theory, and some moves to get you out of trouble (such as the zwischenzug), and some mating patterns.
You need to know that chess has certain principles, if not laws (aside from the actual rules of the game), and if you violate these laws/commandments you will be punished. Against a weaker player I violate them all the time, because my tactical ability lets me see further than them and my strategic sense allows me to create long turn weaknesses in their game of which I capitalize on later. That being said, Caïssa will not be mocked.
In the particular lost game, I sac'd my Queen and more material and chose not to repel any of David's (my opponent) attacks. Usually I can negate just about anything thrown at me. I was basically giving him odds in the middle of the game. Not a good idea when your opponent has three minor Pieces and a Queen all aimed you your defenseless King! But I never play real players, so I am never punished.
So a Knight, Two bishops and the Queen, I should have pushed some of them away. Oh well. David and I have played a lot of games, I now give his odds up font, I take my Queen side Knight off the board before the game begins. In fact the game right after the lost game was played as such and was still and easy win for me and did not last much more than twenty moves. I guess you would call those mini-games then.
To Davids credit he saw the opportunity and he pushed for the attack and won! He should be proud. I hope he continues to play, even though I crush him at every turn he will get stronger and will beat most other players of his caliber. Why? Because now he knows to trust himself, and not his opponents, he knows to trust in his vision!
The business lesson is this too.
Dutch Borthers Coffee is taking market share from Starbucks in my area. For the same reason that David won his game.
Enron fell for the same reasons I lost that game.
If you want to see some of the games Davis and I have played let me know and I will post them.
As a side note, I play now as good as I did in the 5th grade. I wish my school had a chess club or something, but there was nothing to facilitate my chess growth. So now I am training and hoping to find a club to play at and get beat by some good players. That is how you learn in chess, not by winning, but by losing!
Ofter in Business CEOs that where part of a FAILED start up company are preferred over ones that have not failed. Knowing the mistakes and not repeating them is key. Experience is golden!
Knight in the standard Staunton pattern.
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