Friday, April 28, 2006
Still Working on Circle 5
The problem solving is going along fairly well. I hope to have some extra time this weekend to review some annotated games. Speaking a which I wanted to post something about Varuzhan Akobian. Like many players struggling to improve, I have been following his instructional game reviews on Chess.FM, gleaning as much as I could through the rapid, heavily Eastern-European tones. Repeatedly I have guided my mouse to the pause button, reflected on what he was saying, and concluded that each idea was reasonable.
His approach seems simple, solid, and logical. He plays well-known openings, ones that lead towards a natural middlegame that even I can understand. I find this perplexing, as he is a GM. Long ago I incorrectly suspected that he only showed his simpler games on Chess.FM for the sake of the beginning and intermediate viewers, but since then I have seem him play on the ICC and that is his style. There are countless lower rated experts and masters who I cannot follow worth a darn. This seems to be a bit of a puzzle. Anyway, I think that compared with other GMs, Varuzhan's approach is closer to what a intermediate player could realistically hope to emulate.
His approach seems simple, solid, and logical. He plays well-known openings, ones that lead towards a natural middlegame that even I can understand. I find this perplexing, as he is a GM. Long ago I incorrectly suspected that he only showed his simpler games on Chess.FM for the sake of the beginning and intermediate viewers, but since then I have seem him play on the ICC and that is his style. There are countless lower rated experts and masters who I cannot follow worth a darn. This seems to be a bit of a puzzle. Anyway, I think that compared with other GMs, Varuzhan's approach is closer to what a intermediate player could realistically hope to emulate.
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TCT Results | Circle 1 | Circle 2 | Circle 3 | Circle 4 | Circle 5 | Circle 6 | Circle 7 |
| Step 1 | 97% | 99% | 99% | 100%r | |||
| Step 2 | 93% | 96% | 95% | 97% | 96% | 99% | 100% |
| Step 3 | 93% | 97% | 97% | 96% | 96% | 98% | 99% |
| Step 4 | 80% | 86% | 90% | 92% | 89% | ||
| Step 5 | 74% | 77% | 83% | 87% | 89%* |
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Well, we all need a role model in this game (atleast that's the way i feel about it)... Maybe Akobian is the one for you ;-)
My problem is that there are so many great players to choose from, which makes it hard for me to choose one. On the other hand... Having a whole bunch of role models isn't bad either, is it?
My problem is that there are so many great players to choose from, which makes it hard for me to choose one. On the other hand... Having a whole bunch of role models isn't bad either, is it?
It's always striking to listen to a GM discuss play. They aren't necessarily going that many moves deep, yet I find myself saying, "Oh yeah. That's a good idea." It's sort of frustrating to feel that competency isn't that far away, but I just can't get there.
>It's sort of frustrating to feel that competency isn't that far away, but I just can't get there.
Exactly.
Exactly.
I've not enjoyed through individuals game titles within ages. I actuallyCheap wow gold went through these individuals twice while i closed fist got the book in the beginning connected with 2005 making it been recently in regards to 12 months. Used to enjoy the games right at that moment nevertheless decided not to fully grasp very much concerning chess subsequently. IBuy rs gold would go through all of them yet again if you are bring it up.
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