Sam C
-
Sam C posted an update 2 months ago
Any specific detils on how to modify the stonewall if your opponent sets up the King’s Indian? I’m really struggling with that.
2 Comments-
Stone Wall against a King’s Indian set up is indeed a difficult one. But a good thing is you see the set up coming. In such a case I always go for a big pawn center majority.
- View 1 reply
-
-
Sam C posted an update a year ago
Definitively the best game I’ve ever played. I’m still awful, but improving a little with each lesson.
https://www.chess.com/game/120717574738
chess.com
Play Chess Online for Free with Friends & Family
Challenge a friend to a game of online chess. Search by email or username and choose from a variety of game formats. Play for free with no download required.
-
I enjoyed that game so much. Though I adopted the stonewall, I was never able to make the Owens defense work for me. This game made it look so straightforward and you had so many attacking opportunities. Thanks for sharing. That was really an outstanding game.
-
-
Sam C posted an update a year ago
Obviously my opponent didn’t play well, but that was a fun Stonewall.
https://www.chess.com/live/game/120679002504
chess.com
Chess: 1019Panda vs PandaKN0WS
1019Panda (650) vs PandaKN0WS (657). 1019Panda won by checkmate in 10 moves. Click to review the game, move by move.
-
Noticing that I win often as white. Almost never as black. May need to change my approach as black.
1 -
Nicely done. I think I heard your opponent cursing through my screen after that checkmate!
-
-
Sam C posted an update a year ago
Online chess etiquette question: If you blunder your queen or another high value piece early in an online game, should you just resign? Is it fair to take up your opponent’s time after a horrendous mistake that you are unlikely to recover from?
-
Personally, if I blunder the queen for free I’ll usually resign. I do this more out of self-interest than worrying about my opponent’s time. If I was able to at least get 2 pieces or a rook in the trade, I’ll keep going until I lose at least another minor piece. If I only lost a rook or a minor piece, I’ll keep playing. At my rating, my…
1- View 1 reply
-
If its a timed game, I usually evaluate how much time is left and decide if i can still possibly win on time. If your opponent is down to say 30 seconds and you have 1.5 mins, then you might be able to play defense and avoid trade offs to win. I don’t view that as unclassy. But if i blunder my queen really early in the game, i will…
1 -
I usually keep playing. I’ve come back to win a decent number of games where I’ve lost a queen early. At lower levels, your opponent is just as likely to blunder their queen, or (more often) get careless and blunder checkmate. I’ve also lost games when my opponent has blundered their queen…
1 -
Depends a lot on the rating level. My recommendation for 95% of people taking this course is DON’T resign. You’ll never win or draw a game by resigning.
2 -
Never give up. Most of us low-rated chess players blunder. Most of us, really. The only game I gave up, I saw in the analysis that I would have delivered checkmate 2 moves later. I don’t give up anymore. I try to save myself in the endgame. It’s amazing how many players blunder in the endgame.
1
-
-
Sam C posted an update a year ago
I’m really enjoying the course early on, and looking forward to following a full, organized thought plan for learning to improve at chess! I’m in the section on openings, and one thing that I know is that I have “learned” a few openings through the years, and I learn the sharpest version of those lines. However, when I play live games,…
-
IMHO, My understanding is that, by playing your best lines in the opening, you put yourself in the best position for the middle game. In contrast, if your opponent plays suboptimal, that should give you an advance in the middle game.
I always approached openings by not losing the game in the first 10 moves. After that, its chess.
-
The openings put you in a position to apply strategies and tactics Nelson teaches in this course. The openings he demonstrates are very powerful.
1
-