tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post629882412559377234..comments2024-02-22T13:53:00.516-05:00Comments on Elizabeth Spiegel's blog: chess teacher quiz!Elizabeth Vicaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04880561980096775673noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-73345366219836949592012-07-20T10:35:58.929-04:002012-07-20T10:35:58.929-04:001/13 -- correct: trades too much
2/3 -- doesn...1/13 -- correct: trades too much<br /><br />2/3 -- doesn't know the typical tactics in his openings (in game 2, he misses both 9. d4 and 16. Bxh6; in games 3 he misses 6. Nxe5 and 7. Nxe5, plus fianchettoing the dark squared bishop is weird). <br /><br />4. I would describe this as not paying attention to the opponent's resources-- Earl misses 4... e4, both players miss 5...g5, 9. f4 is just horrible, allowing ...Bc5+ and ...Ng4. <br /><br />5/ 6. Isaiah makes pawn breaks too quickly. <br /><br />7. Maria develops all her pieecs, but then just moves them around, rather than trying to organize d4 or f4. <br /><br />8. Alex is looking ahead only one move, and making the most aggessive move in all situations without really looking at it. <br /><br />9. Black might be better in a "real" sense, but in a game between kids rated 1200, white wins 80% of the time. She has open lines to black's king and easy, prefab attacking ideas. Kids don't know how to use more subtle advantages like 2 bishops, better pawn structure, or the initiative. <br /><br />10. White is better here because white's plan is to attack the king, which wins, and black's plan is a minority attack, which wins a pawn. <br /><br />11. This is a theoretical position in the French Tarrasch that I see a lot, as my students play it for both sides. It is much better for black, despite white being up the exchange, because black's plan is easy to understand (g5, Qf7-h5, and attack, or Bd7, Rae8, attack the d4 pawn) and white's is mysterious (Rae1, attack the d5 pawn, trade pieces.)<br /><br />12. It's silly to play the From Gambit as black. All Bird players stay up at night studying these ridiculous lines and they are so happy* you've finally given them the chance to play it. <br /><br />Thanks for playing, Keith! (I made up all the games except Earl's, but I think they are fairly realistic.)Elizabeth Vicaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04880561980096775673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-82405677022040570792012-07-19T07:46:22.503-04:002012-07-19T07:46:22.503-04:00It seems that none of these kids were taught the s...It seems that none of these kids were taught the simple rule to finish trades and not start them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-17407642612652022742012-07-18T21:29:57.777-04:002012-07-18T21:29:57.777-04:00Let's see how I did . . .
1. trades too much
...Let's see how I did . . .<br /><br />1. trades too much<br />2. doesn't develop (enough)<br />3. doesn't look at what opponent is going to do<br />4. doesn't look at what opponent is going to do<br />5. looks only one move ahead<br />6. makes pawn breaks too quickly<br />7. doesn't know opening traps<br />8. makes pawn breaks too quickly -or- looks only one move ahead<br />9. black is better despite exposed king because of extra pawn, tight pawn structure and initiative against c4-bishop<br />10. black is better because of two well-developed knights (white's b1-knight is blocked from effective development) and control of e5<br />11. black is better because his bishops and queen are all aimed at white's king and working together<br />12. black is better because white has no idea what he's doing and is going to get his butt kicked on the e1-h4 diagonal if he doesn't wake up fast<br />13. yep, trades too muchKeith Ammannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12868611540177332558noreply@blogger.com