tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post331740438860884012..comments2024-02-22T13:53:00.516-05:00Comments on Elizabeth Spiegel's blog: I make a lot of horrible mistakes, but get lucky in the endElizabeth Vicaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04880561980096775673noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-27570016381556998892010-07-03T23:51:20.543-04:002010-07-03T23:51:20.543-04:00"and then felt annoyed with myself and told m..."and then felt annoyed with myself and told myself to stop wasting time and make a decision."<br /><br />[chuckles] <br /><br />It's nice to know that I'm not the only one doing this. This is also how I make my blunders. Somehow after the game, clock time seems so much more irrelevant, and it really is. I'm figuring on it being a confidence factor brought on by mental-fatigue. I need to learn how to ignore these thoughts.LinuxGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15764940044950170053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-91942271744335197502010-07-02T01:34:28.421-04:002010-07-02T01:34:28.421-04:00lollolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-21989841925728720612010-07-01T11:19:40.358-04:002010-07-01T11:19:40.358-04:00I'm down a rookI'm down a rookElizabeth Vicaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04880561980096775673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-58282642769524399962010-07-01T09:31:51.041-04:002010-07-01T09:31:51.041-04:00Apparently R1d4 to block the check looks like whit...Apparently R1d4 to block the check looks like white is holding the position.<br /> I'm a little confused by your assessment black is "lost", unless white blundered a few moves ago, this position looks pretty unclear to me though maybe w/ fritz white can prove an advantage the position seems kind of unbalanced but there are attacks for both sides.<br /><br /> maybe white had something better somewhere in the moves preceding the final diagramAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com