For the past five days I've been playing 2 games a day in a chess tournament. It's finally over a few minutes ago.
These are some things I wonder:
These are some things I wonder:
1. Why are my games lasting so long?
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In 4 of the 9 games, my opponent and I were the LAST ones in the tournament hall. Different opponent each time so the common factor was me.
Why are my games lasting so much longer than everyone else's. They averaged 5 and a half hours and up to 70 or 80 moves.
And in each one of those, I was slightly down so it was harder for me to play than my opponent. All of those long games I ended up losing.
A) What am I doing strategically that is causing these games where I have a slightly negative position and then my opponent just grinds it out for 5 hours until I'm just worn out and lost. I'm not getting crushed. I'm just "slilghtly down". Some of those games should've been a draw but after five hours of trying to survive I just don't have it in me.
