I had logged in a couple of hours ago to watch our esteemed dictator's game (when the server went down Plebusan was in a good position against bobhill), and do my warm-up excercises with 1001 and ECM. So right now I'm all wound up for battle, but nowhere to fight.
I've been coaching myself to concentrate on my internal dialogue during this game and be mindful that I think about a few things at every move.
Which pieces are unprotected?
Which pieces are immobilised?
What are the targets?
Can something be pinned?
Which tactical motifs might be possible?
Barrage, Fork, Decoy, Interfere, Overload, Annihilate!
Simple, obvious stuff, the elementary Chess thought process that should be so second nature that I shouldn't need to remind myself. So I'll have to keep doing it until I don't have to keep doing it!
Make a list of 'pool' moves from general positional considerations, then at my move find the candidate moves before starting to analyse variations. Missing candidate moves from rushing headlong into analysis of the first move that pops into my head has been a big problem in my long time-control games. Probably one of those bad habits that forms from playing too much blitz.
I dive into 'The Encylcopaedia of Chess Middlegames' at random to find unfamiliar positions to practice searching for tactics, I'll probably start using it more systematically soon. Here's a position from it for no better reason than just for fun.
ECM position #441Black to move
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