Comments on: Interaction between time management and concentration

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:50:28 +0000

Abie—In raw HTML, inserting a ChessImager image works by inserting an IMG tag, like this:

Of course, most people don’t use raw HTML, but some sort of post editor. Usually there’s a way in the editor to insert an image into your post, and when you do, the editor puts up a dialog asking for the “source” or “location” of the image. Then you would enter this as the source:

http://www.eddins.net/steve/chess/ChessImager/ChessImager.php?fen=5N1k/6p1/7p/4P3/pp2Q3/4q3/1P4PP/2b4K/

If that doesn’t work for you, then tell me a little bit more about what your interface looks like for composing a post, and I’ll try to help.

By: Derek Slater

Derek Slater — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:57:45 +0000

Hi Steve – clock management is very hard indeed (i.e., I stink at it). Believe me, 7 minutes for the last 10 moves of time control is luxurious!

One thing I find myself doing is thinking about forced moves. Terrible habit, makes no sense. I know I have to play Qf4 but I still sit burning my clock trying to figure out the ramifications. Trying to break myself of that one.

By: Blue Devil Knight

Blue Devil Knight — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:31:06 +0000

Wow, that does seem fast for 15 moves! But I like his logic. When I discussed this topic before, I was just trying to divide my time into thirds and be done with move 12 after a third of my time off the clock, then 2/3 after move 24, etc.. My games usually average about 30-something moves, so this seems to work OK.

As for the opening, it depends. If it isn’t sharp, if I am familiar with it, then I just go pretty fast. But there are some very sharp openings that demand some thinking (for me anyway) starting around move seven or so. Kooky lines I’ve never seen that are obviously a mine field. I try to apply time-management logic to moves rather than portion of the game I’m in: quiet positions don’t need a lot of thought. Sharp positions demand a lot. On the other hand, as a general rule it sounds very smart: it is indeed true that middlegames are a lot more nasty than openings as far as complexity. Plus, it sounds like it is working in practice, which is the ultimate argument that you should do it!

Tempo is a machine. That explains his bloggging.

By: Abie Weiler

Abie Weiler — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:09:08 +0000

Steve , I have not succeeded with the chessimager. My problem is, I think, that I don’t know or rather I am not sure how and where to insert and how to insert the url of the diagram.

Blessings
Abie
p.s. incidentally , I came to know your site through your comment on Susan Polgar’s chess puzzle

By: ookwelbekendalsemc

ookwelbekendalsemc — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:19:52 +0000

…I just don’t understand how some of my fellow bloggers do it. Some are posting lengthy, almost daily essays, and apparently inhaling books like My System in a sitting or two. Others are dissecting USCL games and insults, or USCF politics.

Sometimes i ask myself the same thing