Welcome to phorku's blog.
I am 38 and have been 'playing' chess since I was a kid. I played on and off into my 20's with out ever knowing what a tactic was. One day I bought a chess tactics book and learned there was much more to the game than I thought. My playing got a lot better after that. When I started playing on fics (Mon Dec 4, 17:14 PST 1995) I was still pretty ignorant. I did not know the names of any openings. My opening evolved from always trying for 1. e4 ... 2. bc4 ... 3. qf3 ... 4. qxf7# to the scotch. I still didn't know the names of the openings. Over the last 1.5 to 2 years I have been studying hard with little effect. Using reassess your chess I made it to 1581 but could not maintain that rating.
In t27 in the 45 45 league I was left with out a team after I found out Patchworks, my old team, would not be playing. The U1600 Pomaranch captain and the U1800 DeLaMaza captain kindly accepted me on their teams. This is how I was introduced to the DeLaMaza system. I had read the article on chess cafe some time ago and recently bought Michael's book when I saw it at borders. I have started doing the chess vision drills at lunch at work and ct-art 3 first circle August 1, 2005 when at home. My rating is about 1530 (fics). I have been around this rating for the last year even though I have been studying hard. Since I have started analyzing every game with crafy I see how weak I am.
Even though I have started trying a modified rapid chess improvement program I have 2 issues I need to deal with first.
1. There is a fine line between playing aggressively and recklessly. I cross it often.
2. In certain positions, especially after I have gained an advantage, I will get frustrated if there is no clear way to immediately press my advantage or no clear good aggressive move. Then I will make a blunder. I forget about oppenents counterplay, leave pieces enprise, make counting mistakes or whatever. I get so mad at myself when I do it. J. Silman talks about regrouping all the time. Maybe I should get it tatooed on my hand or something.
Here are some perfect examples:
[Event "ICS Rated standard match"][Site "freechess.org"][Date "2005.08.07"][Round "-"][White "ahorse"][Black "phorku"][Result "*"][WhiteElo "1511"][BlackElo "1536"][TimeControl "1800+30"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. dxc5 dxc4 7. Qa4+ Nc68. Rd1 Bd7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qxc4 O-O 11. Ne4 Bxb2 12. g3 Qa5+ 13. Nfd2 Ne514. Qb3 Ba3 15. Bh3 Bb4 16. O-O Ba4 17. Qb2 Bxd1
The advantage.
18. Rxd1 Bxd2 19. Qxe5Qxa2
The blunder. WTF were you thinking.
20. Rxd2 Qb1+ 21. Kg2 h6 22. Nd6 Rfd8 23. Rb2 Qg6 24. Rxb7 a5 25. Rxf7Rxd6 26. Rxg7+ Qxg7 27. Qxd6 e5 28. Qd5+*
[Event "ICS Rated standard match"][Site "freechess.org"][Date "2005.08.07"][Round "-"][White "phorku"][Black "Floppyjoe"][Result "*"][WhiteElo "1534"][BlackElo "1593"][TimeControl "1800+30"]
1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. d3 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. f4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. O-O a6 8.fxe5 Nxe5 9. h3 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Bxh3 11. Rf2 Qh4 12. Ne2 Be7 13. Bf4 Bf6 14.Bg3 Qg5 15. Rh2 Qe3+ 16. Rf2 Bd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. c3 Qe3 19. Qa4+ b5 20.Bxb5+ Ke7 21. Bc4 Nf6 22. Qc6 Rhd8 23. Kh2 Ne8 24. Kxh3 Qh6+ 25. Kg2 Qg526. Rg1 h5 27. Kf1 Qc1+ 28. Kg2 Qg5 29. Kh1 Qf6 30. Rgg2 h4 31. Bh2 Rac832. Qb7+ Rc7 33. Qxa6 Rcd7 34. Bd5 Nc7 35. Qc4 Nxd5 36. exd5 Kf8 37. Rg4 g538. Rfg2 Re8 39. Rxg5 Re1+ 40. Bg1 h3 41. Rg8+ Ke7 42. Rh2 Qxf3+ 43. Rgg2Re2 44. Qh4+ f6 45. Qxh3 Qxd5 46. Qh7+ Kd8 47. Qh5 Rxg2 48. Qxd5
The advantage.
Rg5 49.Rh8+ Kc7 50. Bh2
The blunder. I was under time pressure but I still knew that Q was hanging.
Rxd5 51. Rh6 Rxd3 52. Rxf6 Rd2 53. b4 Rh7 54. Rxd6 Rhxh2+55. Kg1 Kxd6*
Anyway welcom to phorku's chess blog and hope to punish you on the board soon.
I am 38 and have been 'playing' chess since I was a kid. I played on and off into my 20's with out ever knowing what a tactic was. One day I bought a chess tactics book and learned there was much more to the game than I thought. My playing got a lot better after that. When I started playing on fics (Mon Dec 4, 17:14 PST 1995) I was still pretty ignorant. I did not know the names of any openings. My opening evolved from always trying for 1. e4 ... 2. bc4 ... 3. qf3 ... 4. qxf7# to the scotch. I still didn't know the names of the openings. Over the last 1.5 to 2 years I have been studying hard with little effect. Using reassess your chess I made it to 1581 but could not maintain that rating.
In t27 in the 45 45 league I was left with out a team after I found out Patchworks, my old team, would not be playing. The U1600 Pomaranch captain and the U1800 DeLaMaza captain kindly accepted me on their teams. This is how I was introduced to the DeLaMaza system. I had read the article on chess cafe some time ago and recently bought Michael's book when I saw it at borders. I have started doing the chess vision drills at lunch at work and ct-art 3 first circle August 1, 2005 when at home. My rating is about 1530 (fics). I have been around this rating for the last year even though I have been studying hard. Since I have started analyzing every game with crafy I see how weak I am.
Even though I have started trying a modified rapid chess improvement program I have 2 issues I need to deal with first.
1. There is a fine line between playing aggressively and recklessly. I cross it often.
2. In certain positions, especially after I have gained an advantage, I will get frustrated if there is no clear way to immediately press my advantage or no clear good aggressive move. Then I will make a blunder. I forget about oppenents counterplay, leave pieces enprise, make counting mistakes or whatever. I get so mad at myself when I do it. J. Silman talks about regrouping all the time. Maybe I should get it tatooed on my hand or something.
Here are some perfect examples:
[Event "ICS Rated standard match"][Site "freechess.org"][Date "2005.08.07"][Round "-"][White "ahorse"][Black "phorku"][Result "*"][WhiteElo "1511"][BlackElo "1536"][TimeControl "1800+30"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. dxc5 dxc4 7. Qa4+ Nc68. Rd1 Bd7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qxc4 O-O 11. Ne4 Bxb2 12. g3 Qa5+ 13. Nfd2 Ne514. Qb3 Ba3 15. Bh3 Bb4 16. O-O Ba4 17. Qb2 Bxd1
The advantage.
18. Rxd1 Bxd2 19. Qxe5Qxa2
The blunder. WTF were you thinking.
20. Rxd2 Qb1+ 21. Kg2 h6 22. Nd6 Rfd8 23. Rb2 Qg6 24. Rxb7 a5 25. Rxf7Rxd6 26. Rxg7+ Qxg7 27. Qxd6 e5 28. Qd5+*
[Event "ICS Rated standard match"][Site "freechess.org"][Date "2005.08.07"][Round "-"][White "phorku"][Black "Floppyjoe"][Result "*"][WhiteElo "1534"][BlackElo "1593"][TimeControl "1800+30"]
1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. d3 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. f4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. O-O a6 8.fxe5 Nxe5 9. h3 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Bxh3 11. Rf2 Qh4 12. Ne2 Be7 13. Bf4 Bf6 14.Bg3 Qg5 15. Rh2 Qe3+ 16. Rf2 Bd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. c3 Qe3 19. Qa4+ b5 20.Bxb5+ Ke7 21. Bc4 Nf6 22. Qc6 Rhd8 23. Kh2 Ne8 24. Kxh3 Qh6+ 25. Kg2 Qg526. Rg1 h5 27. Kf1 Qc1+ 28. Kg2 Qg5 29. Kh1 Qf6 30. Rgg2 h4 31. Bh2 Rac832. Qb7+ Rc7 33. Qxa6 Rcd7 34. Bd5 Nc7 35. Qc4 Nxd5 36. exd5 Kf8 37. Rg4 g538. Rfg2 Re8 39. Rxg5 Re1+ 40. Bg1 h3 41. Rg8+ Ke7 42. Rh2 Qxf3+ 43. Rgg2Re2 44. Qh4+ f6 45. Qxh3 Qxd5 46. Qh7+ Kd8 47. Qh5 Rxg2 48. Qxd5
The advantage.
Rg5 49.Rh8+ Kc7 50. Bh2
The blunder. I was under time pressure but I still knew that Q was hanging.
Rxd5 51. Rh6 Rxd3 52. Rxf6 Rd2 53. b4 Rh7 54. Rxd6 Rhxh2+55. Kg1 Kxd6*
Anyway welcom to phorku's chess blog and hope to punish you on the board soon.
posted by phorku at
10:47 AM
1 Comments:
phorku,
Welcome to the blogosphere! I hope you much improvement in chess.
Thanks for playing with us in Team 45.
PS
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Pawnsensei, at 12:54 PM
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