THE RULES OF WINNING CHESS Part-7

 7) Learn patience

"If there is one thing that I have learned over the past forty-odd years on this beautiful
planet it is that all things are possible, but they can take time to achieve. And the person
that finds himself in too much of a hurry is destined for failure in one form or another.
Impatience kills dreams. "
Geoff Thompson (Shape Shifter)
Patience helps chess players on many different levels. First of all there's the patience
required with trying to improve and continuing to work on your game even
when it seems like you've reached a plateau. Plateaus are in fact quite normal as
George Leonard describes in his best-selling book Mastery. And patience with the
plateau is essential for continued growth:
"There's really no way around it. Learning any new skill involves relatively
brief spurts of progress, each of which is followed by a slight decline to a plateau
somewhat higher in most cases than that which preceded it. The curve above is
necessarily idealized. In the actual learning experience, progress is less regular;
the upward spurts vary; the plateaus have their own dips and rises along the way.
But the general progression is almost always the same. To take the master's journey,
you have to practice diligently, striving to hone your skills, to attain new levels
of competence. But while doing so - and this is the inexorable fact of the journey
- you also have to be willing to spend most of your time on a plateau, to keep
practicing even when you seem to be getting nowhere."
The other way in which patience is invaluable is during an actual game; trying
to rush things is a very common error. There are also situations in which it's very
tempting to do so. For example, if your position is very good you might want to
finish things off too quickly. And then there's the issue of playing against lowerrated
players.
I've seen countless numbers of games lost by players who build up an advantage
against a lower-rated player and then ruin everything in their impatient attempts
to finish the game off quickly. They start to play for threats in the hope
that their opponent will miss something and become increasingly frustrated when
this does not happen. It's much better just to keep applying pressure when sooner
or later there's a good chance that they'll crack. And the following effort by Tigran
Petrosian is a case in point.
After a somewhat dubious opening Petrosian gradually outplays his opponent,
patiently provoking weaknesses and improving the position of his pieces. White

might well have held the game had he only needed to find a few good moves. But
the wily Armenian's patient play made him find dozens of them, so it was no surprise
when some mistakes finally appeared.


Jan Sefc vs Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian
EUR-chT (Men) 1st (1957)  ·  Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen. Classical Variation (B84)  ·  0-1





PGN For Computer:-

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 a6 7. Be3 b5 8. Bf3 e5 9. Nf5 g6 10. Nh6 Be6 11. Ng4 Ng8 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. Bc1 Bd5 14. Qd5 h5 15. Ne3 Ngf6 16. Qc6 Qc8 17. Qc8 Rc8 18. a4 b4 19. Be2 a5 20. f3 Nb6 21. c4 Bh6 22. b3 Nfd7 23. Kf2 Nc5 24. Rb1 h4 25. Rd1 Rc6 26. Bd3 Bf4 27. h3 Nbd7 28. Bc2 Nf8 29. Bb2 Nfe6 30. Nd5 Bg5 31. Kf1 Rf8 32. Re1 Kd7 33. Rbd1 Kc8 34. Kf2 Kb7 35. Ne3 Nf4 36. Nd5 Nh5 37. Ne3 Bd8 38. Nd5 Ne6 39. Kg1 Nef4 40. Bc1 Nd5 41. Rd5 Bb6 42. Kh2 f6 43. Be3 Be3 44. Re3 Ra8 45. Kg1 Nf4 46. Rd2 Ne6 47. Red3 Nd4 48. Kf1 Rf8 49. Kf2 Kc7 50. Kf1 Kd7 51. Kf2 Ke7 52. Kf1 Ra6 53. Kf2 Ne6 54. Re3 Nc5 55. Rd5 Raa8 56. Kf1 Ne6 57. Rd2 Nf4 58. Re1 Ra7 59. Red1 Rd7 60. Re1 Rh8 61. Red1 Ne6 62. Re1 Nd4 63. Red1 Kd8 64. Re1 Kc7 65. Red1 Kc6 66. Re1 Kc5 67. Re3 f5 68. Kf2 Rh5 69. Kf1 Rg5 70. Kf2 Rg3 71. Kf1 Rf7 72. Kf2 Rf8 73. Kf1 Rh8 74. Kf2 Rh5 75. Kf1 Rhg5 76. Rf2 Kc6 77. Rd2 Kc7 78. Rf2 Ne6 79. Ree2 Nf4 80. Rd2 Kc6 81. ef5 gf5 82. Bd1 Rg7 83. Bc2 R3g5 84. Bd3 Kd7 85. Bc2 Ke6 86. Bd3 Rg3 87. Bc2 Rg8 88. Bd3 e4 89. fe4 Nd3 90. Rf5 Nc5 91. Rfd5 Rb3 92. Rd6 Ke7 93. R6d4 Rc3 94. e5 b3 95. Rh4 Rc1 96. Kf2 b2



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