Training Game #4 with Super Eval

I decided to take part in his mission to provide competition for the computer as it would both be an exciting challenge and in may even allow me to grow as a chess player. But before I can ever hope to compete, I must first practice and train with the felew699's thought process, called Super Eval. Here's his article detailing the process: https://lichess.org/@/felew699/blog/against-stockfish-game-11-i-did-it/pJNga7XW.

My plan for training my ability to use Super Eval is to play an 1800 level bot on chess.com, then a 1900 bot, then a 2000 bot, and so on, until I reach max level, where by then, I should have had enough practice to effectively use Super Eval against the computer. I just played the 2100 level bot, and I have hit my first wall. Here is my training game:

What a Failure!

I ended up with a post game accuracy of 78%, which is absolutely awful, especially after having such good games before this. I had a total of 3 inaccuracies, 5 mistakes, and 4 blunders. My first blunder came at move 11, and honestly, I don't know about this one being a blunder. I decided to take the full center with e5 and gain tempo on the knight. However, the computer suggests that after e5, Nb5, Bc8, and N1c3, white is gaining some control over the position.

My second blunder was at move 16, where I decided to delay capturing the rook on f1 and instead, I captured the pawn on d5 so that I would prevent some weird things that I had calculated. As it turned out however, after Bxf1, Qxf1, the move that I missed was e4, with a discovered attack on the rook. I was worried about the possibility of my center being ruined and allowing the computer tons of counterplay. This was a simple error in calculation and can be trained with puzzles.

My third blunder was at move 30, where I allowed the opponents rook to infiltrate to the 7th rank. In all honesty, I saw this and thought that I would be okay, but evidently not. I was way to reluctant to give up the pawn on e4 with the computers Re4+, despite it being the only way to hope for a draw.

My final blunder was on move 40, when I went Kg5, and was instantly completely lost. I either had to give up my rook or get checkmated, so I resigned after 2 more moves. This blunder was simply because I was tired and didn't look at the response from my opponent. It happens, but I need to get better about being more thorough.

Why Did I Do So Badly?

This is the obvious first question that crosses so many people's minds when they lose a game. Unfortunately, everybody has a different reason, so I had to find a reason so that I could improve. After throwing my pencil across my room, I took a few breaths and drank some water, and then I started to think about what might have gone wrong. Was it the noises of cars outside? It's never bothered me before, so I doubt it. Was it a problem with my emotions? My pencil certainly thinks so, but I only get truly upset after a game, so what else could it be?

To answer this question, I'll share how I do my training. To start, I load up chess.com and get the computer ready. I grab some water and a notebook and pencil. During the game, I aim to write down what I am thinking so that I can more effectively train my though process. And this is where the problem lied. When looking at my first training games, I would write nearly a paragraph every 2-3 moves, and this showed a great deal of conscious thought. But as I looked at the notes I took as I played the most recent game, I saw that over the course of 40 moves, I barely wrote 3 paragraphs!! There are some key takeaways from this;

• I need to take more time thinking.
• I need to center myself and remember to concentrate on the game and on what I am thinking.
• I need to be more thorough with my writing and notetaking.

With these lessons in the back of my mind, I should hopefully be able to improve my performance.

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