Last week I wrote about the topic of risk in chess. This week, I want to talk about the related idea of control. Like risk, control is something that’s rarely covered in chess books, but that strong players are very aware of. What do I mean by control? Essentially, there are two elements:
Nice. The initial position remind me game 12 of the last WC, where Ding drived Nepo to an unnecessary crazy game and the last blunder was f5?? leaving the e6 vulnerable. Nepo spent 17min. crying OTB, "what have I done to myself? buaaah"
Thanks Nate! I think what I find hard about this concept is proving a negative. If I play slow moves, how do I know for sure my opponent won't find some way to play faster moves and break out of their state of passivity? Perhaps I just need a mindset shift to more confidence - if they had a way to do that, I would find it, and I'm not finding it, therefore it doesn't exist.
Nice. The initial position remind me game 12 of the last WC, where Ding drived Nepo to an unnecessary crazy game and the last blunder was f5?? leaving the e6 vulnerable. Nepo spent 17min. crying OTB, "what have I done to myself? buaaah"
Thanks for another great article Nate
Fantastic article about an important concept!
Thanks Nate! I think what I find hard about this concept is proving a negative. If I play slow moves, how do I know for sure my opponent won't find some way to play faster moves and break out of their state of passivity? Perhaps I just need a mindset shift to more confidence - if they had a way to do that, I would find it, and I'm not finding it, therefore it doesn't exist.