Laurent Fressinet versus Robert Kempinski 2…Qxd4 3.Qxc6 (3.Qa7+? is terrible now because it loses White’s queen. 2.Rxd4 Rxd4? That is, why not take with the queen on d4? Then Black is still much worse but does not lose a bishop. But recapturing with the rook makes what is a bad move (1…Rdxd4) even worse. One of those choices, the move he played against Jacobson, is a bad move.ġ…Rdxd4? Hrop writes, “After the exchange of a pair of rooks on d4, White played the simple Qa7+, winning my bishop.” From that sentence, I assume that Hrop took back on d4 with a rook. Under the diagrammed position, Hrop gives four candidate moves for Black. Hrop writes “I was rated over 2100 at the time.” Hrop does not give the year when this game was played. Jacobson is now a grandmaster, but he was 2350 at the time of this game.
Brandon Jacobson (2350) versus Steve Hrop (2100) Three of his 101 training positions (“T” followed by a number) are given below, to show some of the problems I had with Hrop’s book. Looking for candidate moves is valuable advice! However, Hrop’s chess examples are confusing. The two main ways to manage our heightened emotions are deep breathing and to find at least three candidate moves. We might play the first move that comes to mind, which could be disastrous. Steve Hrop, when our opponent plays a scary-looking move, our fight-or-flight response is triggered.
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