Playing multiple games at same time and keeping the same level of ''understanding concepts/strategy/thinking etc.'' on every game.
What is the hardest thing to do in chess?
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being a in place where u cant mate, but your in a place RIGHT next to the mate space
Feb 18, 2009
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careyfan wrote:Many times I've had an advantage, only to see it crumble because I make a stupid mistake.
Actually, the best positional advantage would be at the defensive edge on a game..either white or black
finding your best move, and maintaining the attack is for me the hardest part in a chess game.
How about mating with knight and bishop?
Seriously, that's hell.
Finding Mate
Nytik wrote:
Ive always found beating the worlds top GM's without losing a piece pretty tricky. I only manage it about 3/4 of the times I play them.
You call that hard? You've not seen my attempts to beat the top-10 in a clock simul then. At knight odds. Seriously, there were moments I thought I wouldn't make it!
Today i drew a game i had 5 pawns and a rook and my opponent 1 pawn and a rook......
Aug 20, 2009
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grandmaster56 wrote:
No matter what rating you are or your opponent is, no matter what time limit there is, there has to be something that stands out as the hardest thing in chess. I would say winning is the hardest thing, but I would like to hear other opinions.
I'd say keeping your concentration level and your energy for many hours of play
Playing at 100% strength from beginning to end.
Aug 21, 2009
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#35
Winning a won game without letting it slip away or get more difficult than it needs to be.
Aug 24, 2009
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#36
Well I'm gonna change it up a bit... N+B mating is hard, but you never do it. Winning won games can be tough, but mental focus should be enough...
Passed pawns kill me! The defense is easy: Blockade the pawn...
Having one is so much harder ... A passed pawn (all things being equal) is usually an asset... at the same time an Isolated pawn is generally a weakness ... So which one is it? How in the world can you figure out if creating a passed pawn favours you or not ... It's a positional decision, almost impossible to calculate...
Drives me nuts... been asking masters for over a year now and still haven't gotten a good answer.
Standard
| Current: | 1577 |
| Highest: | 1581 (2 Jul 2009) |
| Avg. Opp.: | 1413 |
| Best Win: | 1843 (lptality) |
| Today's Rank: | #16516 of 72,391 (77.2%) |
| Total Games: | 104 |
| Won: | 40 (38%) |
| Lost: | 62 (60%) |
| Drawn: | 2 (2%) |
Chess960
| Current: | 1159 |
| Highest: | 1270 (9 Jul 2009) |
| Avg. Opp.: | 1412 |
| Best Win: | N/A |
| Today's Rank: | N/A |
| Total Games: | 2 |
| Won: | 0 (0%) |
| Lost: | 1 (50%) |
| Drawn: | 1 (50%) |
All Games
| Total Games: | 106 |
| In Progress: | 4 |
| Timeouts: | 43 (41%) |
| Time/Move: | 5 hrs 50 mins |
see full stats page i had so many timeouts lol
watching your opponent effortlessly find the refutation for that smashing sacrificial combo you spent so long devising.
This is an easy one.
Winning a completely lost game. Have fun while you can!
The hardest thing is definately trying to make sense of weird material imbalances. In a game recently my opponent had a chance to get 3 pieces for his queen and I'm glad he chose a normal move