Very interested in C, also B. I’m an over-the-board FM. Available many evenings (US) but not all. I enjoy recreational deception (e.g. Mafia / Werewolf) but I’m much better at chess than detecting or deploying verbal trickery.
Additional thoughts:
Written chess commentary by ‘weak’ players tends to be true but not the most relevant. After 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5, a player might say “Black can play 2...Nc6 developing the N and attacking the pawn on e5”. True, but this neglects 3.exf6. This scales upwards. My commentary tends to be very relevant but I miss things that even stronger players do not.
Players choose a weaker move over a stronger move not so much because they reject the stronger move, but because they don’t see the stronger move as an option. When going over games with students, I’ll stop at a position, offer three moves and ask which is best. They’ll consider and choose and explain reasoning. But there’s a fourth option, a mate-in-one, and it was not selected. “You must see the move before you can play the move.”
Based on 2, a deception strategy is to recommend a weak move over others even weaker. Stronger options? Ignored.
Very interested in C, also B. I’m an over-the-board FM. Available many evenings (US) but not all. I enjoy recreational deception (e.g. Mafia / Werewolf) but I’m much better at chess than detecting or deploying verbal trickery.
Additional thoughts:
Written chess commentary by ‘weak’ players tends to be true but not the most relevant. After 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5, a player might say “Black can play 2...Nc6 developing the N and attacking the pawn on e5”. True, but this neglects 3.exf6. This scales upwards. My commentary tends to be very relevant but I miss things that even stronger players do not.
Players choose a weaker move over a stronger move not so much because they reject the stronger move, but because they don’t see the stronger move as an option. When going over games with students, I’ll stop at a position, offer three moves and ask which is best. They’ll consider and choose and explain reasoning. But there’s a fourth option, a mate-in-one, and it was not selected. “You must see the move before you can play the move.”
Based on 2, a deception strategy is to recommend a weak move over others even weaker. Stronger options? Ignored.
Sounds like a good strategy! …although, actually, I would recommend you delete it before all the potential As read it and know what to look out for.