Using psychology over the board against your opponent?
There is 'psychological offer of a draw.' which can throw the onus on a player
to attempt to win the game if they refuse.
It can backfire, the player offering the draw in what he thinks is a dead postion,
(in the case the offer was not psychological) he then tries to win the game t ...[text shortened]... 2q2k2/6bp/p5p1/1p1B1p2/2np1B2/1P6/P4PPP/2Q1R1K1 w - - 0 1"]
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I did not want to give up my queen. Perhaps, it was the result of psychological effects on me too. 😏
Originally posted by RJHinds Here is another game, played last night at the Columbia Chess Club, in which I use psychology is used to obtain a winning position.
Originally posted by wolfgang59 You need to find this guy and play him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rvzw21_3Hs4
A battle of two great minds!
The psychological genius this displays is only over shadowed slightly by that moustache. Perhaps his opponent wasn't schooled in the caterpillar defence...
Originally posted by WanderingKing Duchess seems to have left.
Temporarily silent until the kerfuffle over her dual identity subsides. Then I suspect the volume that will spew forth will overflow the memory capacity of your Kindle.