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Lezing door GM Romain EDOUARD in onze club Zaterdag 23 april komt de jonge sterke Franse GM Romain EDOUARD (FIDE- Elo 2632) op bezoek in het schaakgebouw Caissa. Abrahamstraat 46 9000 Gent Hij speelt sinds dit seizoen voor de eerste ploeg van de Gentse en mede dank zij hem staat de KGSRL aan de leiding in de Belgische interclubcompetitie en is er een grote kans om op 24 april voor het eerst sinds 1986 terug deze competitie te winnen. Hij zal die dag een lezing geven die ongeveer 2 uur zal duren en hierbij nadere toelichtingen geven over zijn recente boeken ‘The Chess Manual of Avoidable Mistakes’ deel I en II.
Deze voorstelling gaat door 1530 zaterdag 23 april. Zoals u uit de titel kan afleiden zal deze causerie hoofdzakelijk in het Engels gevoerd worden. Uiteraard kunnen ook vragen in het Frans gesteld en beantwoord worden. Dit is uiteraard een prachtige gelegenheid om persoonlijk kennis met hem te maken en eventueel zijn boek te laten signeren. In zijn boeken geeft hij vooral praktische adviezen.
De lezing is gratis, en nadien wordt een receptie aangeboden in het clublokaal ( cava-fruitsap-nootjes-chips) De boeken zijn in het lokaal te koop aan de speciale éénmalige setprijs van 27.00 euro. Apart kosten deel 1 uitzonderlijk 22 euro ipv 26.95 euro en deel 2, 17 euro ipv 19.95 euro. Hieronder een uittreksel. Opgelet, bij het overzetten uit het boek is de lay out licht gewijzigd.
IN THE LIMELIGHT Rule number three
In most of the situations where you are putting problems that your opponent tries to solve, there is a critical moment where it appears like your opponent is close to solving all the problems, but also close to facing news ones. You are the one who should find how to make these new problems as big as possible.
When you have an obvious tactical opportunity, when your opponent's position seems suspicious, or when the position if very forcing and requires an immediate decision: it means the next move(s) you're going to play will be the most important one(s) of the game.
Rule number three:
In such critical situations only calculation counts: you should erase all kind of superficial thinking from your mind and invest twice more energy in this calculation.
§1.5 Situation limits: do not overplay a position
WARNING
This looks like something obvious, but I believe in most of the cases chess players are getting pessimistic (or lazy) in that kind of situations and cannot convince themselves to put more effort into calculation. In other words chess players like to win games as effortlessly as possible and reaching the critical moment, often believe the key moment has passed. If this is attitude change it!
Sometimes, when a player has been pressing his opponent most of the time, or simply when he has more rating than him, he forgets about the situation limits and that he may actually lose the game. This is one of the most obvious behaviours that shows a loss of objectivity.
Finally, when you see several continuations but that you don't believe in some of them or believe all of them lead to the same fate: do not become lazy! If you have time on your clock, push your brain to its maximum, and understand that chess is not only a sport, but also a science offering many surprises.
My first example will be a game of mine where the perpetual could not be avoided, and I decided to introduce one unuseful move in the game, which made no sense apart from trying to play a few more moves, and that could (and should) have been harshly punished.
If you can play on without any risk, try to open yourself as many doors as possible.
Another problem is when we start to ask too much from our position because we do not want to make a draw. Sometimes it is a good idea against weaker players, but not anything can be done! This will be the purpose of example number 2.
I Chomet, Pascal J Edouard, Romain 2008.03.23 FRA-TOP 16, FRA
(2333) (2507)
dead draw, and it is obvious White is not risking anything any more.
round 2
33... Qc1+ 34. Kh2 Qh6+ 35. Kg2 Qd2+ 36. Kh3 Qh6+ 37. Kg2 Qd2+ 38. Kh3 Rf8??
Diagram 51
Totally useless. My opponent's next move is totally obvious (and… even not the only good move!) and with or without that my winning chances are anyway zero. 39. Ra8 Qh6+ 40. Kg2 Qd2+ 41. Kh3 41. Be2 would win instantly. 41... Qh6+
After a complicated game which seemed quite good for me for a long period, the position is a
Luckily my mistake remained unpunished. ½-½
