Wednesday 18 January 2012

ANALYSING THE REASONS FOR DEFEAT

MY KINGDOM FOR A PAWN

I recently became aware of the fact that many of my defeats seem to result from similar oversights or mistakes and these then form patterns that are repeated..
It also seems apparently that many of my defeats result from either outright blunders,or miscalculations in tactical positions when I try something daring although some of my miscalculations could also be put interpreted as blunders,just not of the absolute howler variety.

I have gone through 20 of my most recent defeats to gain a statistical overview of my defeats as it always helps to see the facts in black and white ..

and I learnt something I didn't suspect that many of my defeats result from the lose of a single pawn..

THE LOSE OF A PAWN CAN SEEM TO BE INSIGNIFICANT IN THE EARLY STAGES.. BUT CAN LEAD TO STRATEGIC DIFFICULTIES AND WHICH ALSO PRESENT A LONG TERM DISADVANTAGE IN THE ENDGAME.

This may at first seem obvious but I think one of the things that would help my planning in the early stages of a game and on into the middlegame is to include the idea of the preservation of pawns as a theme .

TOO OFTEN PLAYERS OF MY RATING CONCENTRATE ON THE PRESERVATION OF MAJOR AND MINOR PIECES AND THE ATTACKS THAT CAN STEM FROM THEM.

Also passivity of pawn structure as from the riddiculos example in game 3 can be a trouble habit to get out of




GAME 1

Bad tactical play late middlegame ..

I was white and I eventually lost the passed pawn and the game.
















GAME 2

This in which I play black one has all the hallmarks of a strategic defeat relatively shattered pawn structure and a disjointed position .White manages to increases his small advantages and eventually win the game..
















GAME 3

I was white and my passive pawns cost me the game even though I was a pawn up.I was actually a piece up as well until a couple of moves prior to this as well.