Stale
Played a G/25 quad last night at chess club. Though number 2 in my quad, I scored an anemic 0.5. Should have scored 2.0 (number 1 guy was out of my league). Three thoughts:
1) I really suck at Action chess. I always have, and I always will (and "That's OK".)
2) My brain is a bit scrambled. I think I'm having trouble assimilating all the tactical themes floating around in there. The board looked like a jumble of pieces all night long. I have heard of new skills making your game worse, and I think I am experiencing it.
3) As I sat down to me first game, I thought "I don't want to do this. I'm sick of calculating".
Only the third thing bothered me. It's a training thing that has happened to me with running before. Sometimes you get a bit stale. Usually the best solution is to take a day off.
So I did. Went home and went to bed. think it was the right decision.
74 days down, 81 to go
1039 probs down, 170 to go in Circle One
1) I really suck at Action chess. I always have, and I always will (and "That's OK".)
2) My brain is a bit scrambled. I think I'm having trouble assimilating all the tactical themes floating around in there. The board looked like a jumble of pieces all night long. I have heard of new skills making your game worse, and I think I am experiencing it.
3) As I sat down to me first game, I thought "I don't want to do this. I'm sick of calculating".
Only the third thing bothered me. It's a training thing that has happened to me with running before. Sometimes you get a bit stale. Usually the best solution is to take a day off.
So I did. Went home and went to bed. think it was the right decision.
74 days down, 81 to go
1039 probs down, 170 to go in Circle One
posted by Don Q.
1 Comments:
Chin up. Sounds like you might be burning out a bit. I'd try and avoid action chess. MDLM suggests you stay away from it as well. But then again if you are spending a few hours a day doing tactics, that doesn't leave much time for longer time control chess.
I live in Montana which is not exactly a burgeoning chess mecca. There is a local club here, but I've avoided it because I know if I go there all I'll play is blitz games and lose.
It will probably take several games before you learn to incorporate your new found tactical skills.
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Pale Morning Dun - Errant Knight de la Maza, at 10:06 AM
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