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Do intermediate players make conservative plays?

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Wednesday, 14 September 2016, at 3:01 p.m.

Ed O'Laughlin recently claimed that intermediate players tend to make conservative plays. I disagree strongly.

As it happens, I have a record of a recent live match that I played against an intermediate player. You'll see that my opponent made a lot of bold, aggressive plays, most of which were whoppers.

By the way, this match also furnishes an example of something Stick likes to talk about, of someone playing like a donkey but fortunately getting only a few nontrivial decisions and therefore winding up with a PR of 2.7.

Messages In This Thread

• Do intermediate players make conservative plays?
  Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 14 September 2016, at 3:01 p.m.
  • Do intermediate players make conservative plays?
    Mike Clapsadle -- Wednesday, 14 September 2016, at 4:38 p.m.
    • +1 *NM*
      scotty -- Wednesday, 14 September 2016, at 11:52 p.m.
      • +1
        Mick Z -- Thursday, 15 September 2016, at 12:25 p.m.
        • +1
          Kevin Finch -- Thursday, 15 September 2016, at 12:32 p.m.
          • +1
            mamabear -- Thursday, 15 September 2016, at 3:16 p.m.
  • Do intermediate players make conservative plays?
    jdg -- Wednesday, 14 September 2016, at 5:49 p.m.
    • Do intermediate players make conservative plays?
      Casper Van der Tak -- Thursday, 15 September 2016, at 9:47 a.m.
    • Do intermediate players make conservative plays?
      Mick Z -- Thursday, 15 September 2016, at 12:20 p.m.
    • Do intermediate players make conservative plays?
      mamabear -- Thursday, 15 September 2016, at 3:14 p.m.
  • Do intermediate players make conservative plays?
    Fatboy -- Wednesday, 14 September 2016, at 6:01 p.m.
  • Do intermediate players make conservative plays?
    Kevin McDonough -- Wednesday, 14 September 2016, at 7:29 p.m.
  • Do intermediate players make conservative plays?
    ed olaughlin -- Wednesday, 14 September 2016, at 7:32 p.m.
  • Do intermediate players make conservative plays?
    scotty -- Wednesday, 14 September 2016, at 11:42 p.m.
  • Do intermediate players make conservative plays?
    Phil Simborg -- Thursday, 15 September 2016, at 12:06 p.m.
    • Do intermediate players make conservative plays?
      Fatboy -- Thursday, 15 September 2016, at 6:45 p.m.
  • Do intermediate players make conservative plays?
    mamabear -- Thursday, 15 September 2016, at 3:26 p.m.
    • This is scary.
      Taper_Mike -- Thursday, 15 September 2016, at 6:40 p.m.
  • Do intermediate players make conservative plays?
    David Rockwell -- Saturday, 17 September 2016, at 2:21 a.m.