Highlights of Today’s Session
- My good friend and informal “training partner”, Santoso managed to find time and drop by. We only played a few blitz games, but I’m really glad to check out some of the opening ideas — I got to experiment with a few ideas, and I got to pick up a few ideas from Santoso too.
- Seeing another good friend, Seng Chin (also a player who frequent the Singapore Chess Meetup) again. I have shared candidly (with a stint of jest) before, that against him, I simply choose the most quiet moves without any complications — his tactical sense is very sharp. But of course, if you want to train your tactics, you have to play into his game =) Didn’t get to play him today, but I believe he had lots of fun with others.
- One of the young adult players undergoing National Service (NS) is showing signs of de-rusting — he smashed me in blitz (when I won more games in most of all previous encounters). It’s unfortunate he can’t attend the Singapore Chess Meetup due to NS obviously.
- Gave some advice to kids who are playing their maiden chess tournament for the first time in a weeks time! Some light things on chess psychology, making sure he knows the rules and etiquette regarding offering and declining draw offers, things to consider when deciding to “play on” or “stop playing”, the actual rules pertaining to 50 move draw rule, “3-fold repetition” claims, going to the toilet in the midst of the game and so on. Was nice to know that the dad wanted his son to experience losing to man up, LOL ^o^
- William is dearly missed today!
Obviously I didn’t record my blitz games, but these are the rapid ones played. Overall, I’m decently satisfied with my play, since I’m in control in most/large part of these games. I did still make slips and misses here and there, but its understandable given the games are played under standard time control. Also, it is not that I hate blitz. In fact, I love blitz. But I really want to limit my blitz games lest I get addicted and neglect my standard games.
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