Russell Sherwood Saturday, October 23, 2021
Wiggle off the Hook
When you are losing a game, there are a number of ways to try and “wriggle off the hook” and avoid defeat. One simple method is to try and avoid playing moves from the top 1- 3 choices of Stockfish. I am not suggesting playing suicidal moves here, but one's outside the main evaluation window. How does this help? (1) The likelihood your opponent will play an unchecked move is increased. (2) Your opponent will have to do more work and this will result in slightly increased chance of an error (3) For opponents who have massive game load’s this will consume more of their available time and resources, which can again lead to an error. The outcome of all of these is that you will probably still lose, but the odds will have moved in your favour by the odd percentage point.
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