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By Lee Siew Fai
You
too can Teach! VII
4As,
1P & OE (Part 1)
This week I will be presenting the 4As Keystone followed
by the 1P & 0E concepts. What better way then to have it already
on a platter? Life’s little coincidences have presented me with two games
from last two issues on “When they come prepared!” The two games
(Cheah - Collin & Choong - Collin) are the perfect platform to explain the 4As,
1P and 0E. Please take
note of the second game with Black’s 15th move in Bf8 (4th
A!). This is the classic case of achieving the ability to engage in
altering a move from a previously played game and the preparations
(1P) that improve its equalizing capability (0E).
Before I proceed to mark the game, let me
guide you to the origin of the 4As. I was teaching the young players
from Seremban and I had to guide them on the processes of organizing,
planning, executing and the riposte to the opponent’s responses in
game play. I was having
difficulties in simplifying the completeness of these continuous and
connected moves over the sixty-four squares. Fate has its way in such
that I had to wait for my son to finish his beginner’s table tennis
training under a Chinese coach. I heard these “callouts” very
clearly: 准, 稳, 狠, 变.
Even for a beginner, he was already being drummed mentally to play at
the highest level. To Play Accurately! To Play with the Correct
Strokes Affirmed! To Play Strokes without Mercy (Aggressive)!
To vary the game on one’s ability, is to Alter the game’s
strategies. These words truly impress me. It occured to me that these
“call-outs” too can be infused into chess!
What amazes me most is its relevance when I
have decided to write in this website. I could not simply write about
the techniques of chess analysis founded from the table tennis game.
There must be others that have come before me in which the analysis of
chess playing is researched and accorded recognition.
True enough, when I google “chess analysis”, Alexander
Kotov and Jonathan Tinsdall readily come forth. They have had done a
great deal of research into the art of analysis. The “Tree of
Analysis (and its branches)” is predominant in Kotov’s famously
mentioned Candidate Moves. The independent, meticulous, disciplined
and methodological analysis is his trademark. However, this manner is
said “to have killed creativeness”. Tindsall came in with his idea
of being able to “be conscious” of other inter-link positional
chances. The word “visualization” becomes more prominent in his
analysis method.
The 1st A (Accurate) and 2nd
A (Affirm) is a fusion of Kotov’s and Tinsdall’s game analysis
methodologies. The 3rd A on being more aggressive is more
suitable to the current trend in shorter version of Tournament time
control. The “Petrosian” defensive play or the “Karpov”
extraction play is found to be struggling in short time control
matches and best left to longer time control matches.
As for the 4th A, this can only be
the ultimate in high level chess confrontation. When do you alter the
game in the face of your opponent’s play? Is this altering a sign of
weakness? Or an indication of a prepared improved line? In the game
below, Black has shown the successful
4th A in practice (need I say
more?!)
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Choong Yit Chuan (Penang) - Collin
Madhavan (Perak), 1982
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7
9. 0-0-0 Nbd7 10. Bd3 h3 11.
h4!? Nc5 12.f5! hxg5 13.hxg5 Rxh1 14.Rxh1 Nfd7
15.Rh8+ ......
The common position in this game and the
Eric-Collin game stop
here. Nobody blinked until now! Then Collin came in with his 4th
A (Altering) and did more than equalize (0E) the game. His opponent is simply
inconsolable!
15 ..... Bf8
(4th A, –o0E)
16.Nxe6?! Nxd3+? 17.cxd3 fxe6 18.Qh5+ Ke7?
19.Kb1? Qc5! 20.fxe6 Qg1+
21.Kc2 Qf2+ 22.Kb1 Qf1+ 23.Kc2 Qf2+ 24.Kd1
Nb6 25.Nd5+ Nxd5 26.exd5 b5
27.Qg6 Bb7 28.Rh7 Bxd5 0–1
[The marking or teaching codes are shown in
brackets beside every move. If you like to know more about this method
of teaching/marking games, please write us at geodat@yahoo.com-
Collin]
For
a quick look at the game, see below.
First
Keystone: 5Bs
The
Basic 5Bs
1st
Basic: Control the Center
2nd
Basic: Develop the Pieces
3rd
Basic: Putting the King into Safety
4th
Basic: Gaining Tempo
5th
Basic: Controlling open Files
Second
Keystone: 4As
The
Ruthless 4As
1st
A (Accurate)
2nd
A (Affirm)
3rd
A (Aggressive)
4th
A (Altering)
Third
Keystone: Mi
The
Mi Buffet
M
for Majority K side/Q side Pawns
I
for Isolated Queen Pawn
Fourth
Keystone: 3Cs
The
Decisive 3Cs
1st
C (Combinations)
2nd
C (Compensations)
3rd
C (Continuations)
Fifth
Keystone: 2Rs
The
Intriguing 2Rs
1st
R (Read the Game)
2nd
R (Recognise the Position)
Sixth
Keystone: 1P
The
Overlooked 1P
This
single P encourages
Prior Preparations
The
PMR of Competitive Chess Preparations
Physical
Conditioning (A good physical condition is necessary to support
a good mental state for competitive chess. Exercise, Nutrition
and Rest)
Mental
Conditioning (Inner Motivation and Determination)
Repertoires
Preparedness
Seventh
Keystone:
ZERO E
The
Inconsolable E
Zap
the opponents with Zest
Evaluate
the opponent's mind
Reclaiming
Lost Advantages
Organise
to Strive and Thrive
E
stands for Equalizing Tactics and Strategy (Equalising
moves)
Choong -
Madhavan
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