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Author Re: Improving?
Ron

2005-09-28, 2:31 am

In article <1127876986.870731.157580@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
parrthenon@cs.com wrote:
quote:

> Maybe it's not "romantic" to think that avoiding mistakes is the way to
> improve, but a certain maturity makes for better chess. It's far more
> important to avoid doing anything stupid than to create brilliant
> combinations. Progress in tactical ability won't matter all that much
> until you take care of those blunders.


There was a great piece of advice in one of Tim McGrew's columns at
chess cafe, something along the lines of:

"Sooner or later, your opponent is going to hang a piece. Don't miss it
when he does."

(Come back, Tim! We want more columns!)

-Ron
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