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Originally posted by Encard:
Bit curious, btw, Chebacca... what exactly do you refer to as ambush maneuvers? Haven't really heard that term used about chess before... You mean tricking the opponent into getting into an unpleasant position and capitalizing on that, or...? Really, though, can't say I agree about the best bluffer coming out on top. Sure, if you start giggling every time you initiate a plan, you're in trouble, but otherwise I'm pretty sure it's not so much the best bluffer as the person who can think farthest ahead. *shrug*
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Well it's been awhile since I read up on chess terminology, but I will try and explain my personal slang "ambush maneuvers". Typically I strive for a combination of these tactics rather than focus on one exclusively:
Luring an opponent into position is one of them. Setting up an attack on a piece or position from different angles using multiple peices is another. Slyly setting up pins and skewers.
Most importantly is using crafty positioning to appear to be going after one objective, but actually setting up a different unexpected angle of attack. This is mostly what I mean by bluffing, so perhaps my poker analogy was a bit overstated, flawed. and incomplete.
Also, I come from the casual-ametuer coffee-shop chess-playing crowd, rather than the chess club tournament style. So sometimes trash gets talked and the game gains a psyche-out element more common to sports or poker than say tourney style chess. So a well-timed giggle may distract an opponent...you never know.
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Admittedly I have played tournament chess players and they have handed my arse to me more often than not. Also made me a much, much, better player and inspired me to seek out further reading on chess.
I have to agree that the better planner
will defeat the better poker-faced-trash-talking bluffer just about anyday. You tend to win more if you are skilled at both, at least with the crowd I play with most often. [img]smile.gif[/img]
This discussion has inspired me to go read up and get refreshed on the official names of chess tactics so I will be better prepared for future discussions.