tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75124947494959401.post9166460206468411117..comments2023-05-06T12:25:15.663+02:00Comments on hiddenleaf's Chess Chronicles: How I didn't stop worrying and still dread the endgameHiddenleafhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05814760984415766955noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75124947494959401.post-82960072937766633292008-08-15T14:09:00.000+02:002008-08-15T14:09:00.000+02:00Nice that you saw the possibility of the knight fo...Nice that you saw the possibility of the knight fork.<BR/><BR/>Next time try the endgame two queens against one queen. If you dont try you will never learn how to play that sort of endgame. Just try it out and see how it goes.From the patzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04499383398575774704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75124947494959401.post-8067249793060156902008-07-28T04:41:00.000+02:002008-07-28T04:41:00.000+02:00Very interesting ending! I think taking the rook ...Very interesting ending! I think taking the rook and then playing the game of 2 queens vs 1 queen is a win for you. It's easy to get concerned that perhaps the one queen can keep checking or that somehow the one queen will manage to skewer twice. This past Monday I put up a position where one side had two queens versus one. The one queen got lots of checks in, but eventually ran out.<BR/><BR/Pollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13747958243702670987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75124947494959401.post-48793859676284777162008-07-25T00:00:00.000+02:002008-07-25T00:00:00.000+02:00DK, you're like our own personal philosopher, leav...DK, you're like our own personal philosopher, leaving little tidbits of self-insight here and there among the blogs. I dig it, keep up the good work! :-)Our Swordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12625473527059930239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75124947494959401.post-403753350041189442008-07-24T11:48:00.000+02:002008-07-24T11:48:00.000+02:00you are still at it here. good. now i respectful...you are still at it here. good. now i respectfully say, with nothing but good intentions, that now we need to see you still at it in a year. so many great blogs, come and gone, but what endures? so few. life changes, the self, the body, ones friends. what we deem important or truly important, that too changes greatly.transformationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10834788878068428887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75124947494959401.post-86199700437741702072008-07-24T07:25:00.000+02:002008-07-24T07:25:00.000+02:00Hey Hiddenleaf!I saw that you purchased Logical Ch...Hey Hiddenleaf!<BR/><BR/>I saw that you purchased Logical Chess by Irving Chernev! I LOVED playing and reading through that book. I saw instant improvement. I would even go so far as to say the Logical Chess was the book that solidified my goal to study and play chess. It definitely made me love the game more.<BR/><BR/>There are a bajillion endgame books out there. I am very new to chess so Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75124947494959401.post-40221669227852426542008-07-23T00:00:00.000+02:002008-07-23T00:00:00.000+02:00Hey bud, no need to stress over it. At least you ...Hey bud, no need to stress over it. At least you had a thought process going on (not wanting him to promote his pawn) instead of playing without a plan. <BR/><BR/>Also, it's great that you planned and then delivered a fork of his King and Rook! likesforests is totally right, we'll just learn these things as we study endings.<BR/><BR/>By the way, I read the first two chapters of Silman's Our Swordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12625473527059930239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75124947494959401.post-30064349002303284162008-07-22T23:43:00.001+02:002008-07-22T23:43:00.001+02:00After the first two comments I did an update under...After the first two comments I did an update under the original post to explain a bit better what I meant.<BR/><BR/>Likesforests, thanks for the comment and annotations, I'll be sure to study them.<BR/><BR/>RT Solo, it's a Harry Potter themed set from deagostini, that's all I know. It seems that every 2 weeks another 2 pieces were available in stores with some kind of course.Hiddenleafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05814760984415766955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75124947494959401.post-85041378042647596532008-07-22T22:41:00.000+02:002008-07-22T22:41:00.000+02:00Hey man, good game! I hate when I forget to write...Hey man, good game! I hate when I forget to write down the moves and end up having a great game I wish I could analyze. I had the same idea is likesforests, in that I would have taken his rook, then after we both promoted it's 2 Queens vs 1 Queen, then you could probably easily force a Queen trade and end up with King and Queen vs. Lone King. <BR/><BR/>ANYWAY, you must have some chess magic Our Swordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12625473527059930239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75124947494959401.post-45783880186080730532008-07-22T18:04:00.000+02:002008-07-22T18:04:00.000+02:00Howdy! I think a human only needs to calculate 1.....Howdy! I think a human only needs to calculate 1...Kh1 2.Qxe8 f1=Q 3.c8=Q. Once you have two queen vs one queen the ending is won with a very few exceptions (you'll learn those as you study endings).<BR/><BR/>As far as the computer line, humans usually play a stronger defense in dead lost positions because they're more concerned with 'maintaining drawing chances' rather than 'delaying mate'.<BR/>likesforestshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12363355892919115087noreply@blogger.com