11 Oct '14 12:16>
I might (finally!) take part in a OTB tournament soon (November maybe), and I am preparing more psychologically than on the table.
Though, I am looking for the traps I had been stepped in in my corr. games during last years. And I am preparing a kind of repertoire that should minimize a quick catastrophe in the opening phase.
But, when I looked back to many patzerish endings, it crossed my mind that it's better to be check-mated in 3rd move (Queen h4 or h5) than to ruin won ending or lose dead draw ending...
What do you prefer?
Quick check-mate or shameful ignorance in an ending?
Though, I am looking for the traps I had been stepped in in my corr. games during last years. And I am preparing a kind of repertoire that should minimize a quick catastrophe in the opening phase.
But, when I looked back to many patzerish endings, it crossed my mind that it's better to be check-mated in 3rd move (Queen h4 or h5) than to ruin won ending or lose dead draw ending...
What do you prefer?
Quick check-mate or shameful ignorance in an ending?