FIDE Surveys – Sam Palatnik
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Sam Palatnik:
Stereotype of thinking
Andrews : Palatnik
Nashville 1997
My opponent in it game - Todd Andrews
is young, capable and already rather
strong chess fighter. What that time I
took part in his chess education,
therefore I can with a known share of
definiteness note his lacks shown in the
game, offered to your attention. If a
chess to perceive only as an opportunity
to earn superfluous 50 – 100 dollars in
the next tournament, under influence of
this primary purpose is possible perhaps
only "to find one's feet", but occurs in
game excessive stereotype of thinking,
the imagination grows dull and deeper
penetration into secrets of a chess
position becomes more and more heavier
and not habitual business. My opponent
did not make large mistakes, but all his
game concept, which can be slightly
cynical but quite effectively works on
raise of points and bucks in competition
with the poorly prepared contenders was
not justified in this game. It is not
enough only to make quickly good kind
of moves and to wait for a mistake of the
opponent! At chess except for struggle
there should necessarily be creativity.
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 e5
5.Bc4 Be7 6.Bb3 c6 7.a4
It is necessary to make this move
immediately, differently Black will
supply to itself an opportunity of an
active contra game on the Queen flank
by b7-b5.
7...Qc7 8.Qe2 0–0 9.Bg5?!
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Earlier in this book we already paid
attention on advantages and lacks of a
similar sort of hits by Bishop, now we
speed can speak about the responsibility
for such move. The whole tempo is used
and it is necessary to be sure that with
the greatest effect, but Bishop can at a
case will be subjected to an attack of a
Pawn h6, which thus with tempo will be
connected to protection of a square g5.
Besides if in given conditions the Knight
would like will be connected to attack of
a square f7, except for how to sit on a
head of Bishop located in a square g5,
anything more really to not think up.
9...b6 10.0–0 a6 11.Rad1?!
This arising move allows Black to carry
out movement b6-b5, not defining while
a situation of Bishop c8. The trifle, but
it's pleasant!
11...b5 12.Rd2?!
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