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baddeeds 25-Oct-14, 16:55	Calculating Accurately While, thinking ahead is important, calculating accurately is just as important. I told you about the first game against Jack, last week, but in the last game, I planned ahead. But, the strategical plan, of course, was a pawn promotion, and then if he took, generally, you win a R. Not, this time, because he had the other R on the same rank which I is where I miscalculated. By doing this, I lose a pawn, and at the very end, I was down three pawns. In the end, we both had a K+R, but he also had three extra pawns. Of course, I did my best to stay in, but it was a no go, this time. Once he had two pawns connected right with one in between the middle, I knew how lost the position was, which is why, unlike before, I resigned there. So, the moral is that when thinking and planning ahead, you have to make sure that your calculations are accurate. That's part of doing your HW. Miscalculating can spell disaster.
baddeeds 25-Oct-14, 17:07	By no way shape, or form, was this exact as the position was a little more complicated and less obvious which is how, in the real game, I made the mistake. The idea, however, is exactly the same and with the same moral, so this is a supposed for the game. In this game, I was white and Jack was black. Now, in this position, the idea was that I had a promotion and would win something, as I've experienced in a past game, and witnessed in one or GM games. So, in this case, the next move from white is 1.e8=Q, which means that I promoted. Well, he took immediately, as anticipated, with 1...Rxg8 So, this is where I figured that I won a R and took with 2.Rxg8, but what I overlooked was 2...Rxg8, and now not only has he not lost anything, but I'm down a pawn. And, right after that he was able to use his K as a weapon to get to the other pawns, even with best play. Note, that the R wasn't in front of, but rather behind the K, so I played Kd2 So, later he was able to play ...c3, and that's did anything for counterplay. But, once he played ...b4, I knew that I didn't have a chance, as one of the pawns was going to promote, with no way to stop it since I didn't have pawns later on. So, I resigned. The idea, though, is that part of doing your HW and assessing the position requires accurate calculation, in general.
baddeeds 25-Oct-14, 17:53	Correction, as I had something else on my mind. Actually, after we excachanged R's, where he played ...Rxg8, Kd2, was immediately played, and his next move was ...Kc5 Knowing that I Kd3 was an illegal move due to his c pawn, but in response to him playing Kc5, immediately played Kc2, and right after he played ...b4, and that is when I resigned.

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