From Wikipedia: "In 1980 at the European Team Championship in Skara, Tony Miles beat reigning World Champion Anatoly Karpov with Black, using the extremely unorthodox opening 1. e4 a6!?, the St. George Defence."
What a curious game! Here it is, the year 2015 and I still remember the astonishment when the English Grandmaster Tony Miles defeated the World Champion of chess, Anatoly Karpov with such an offbeat chess opening.
Most chess coaches would tell a young player not to play the opening used by Tony Miles, saying it is a mistake. This is where we have to be careful as parents and teachers. A superior craftsman can take a step that would be a mistake for a beginner, but use it effectively because of their skill.
We teach our children to write short, simple sentences in English class. We do not tell them, however, that once they have mastered the simple sentence that writing long sentences is fine, maybe even preferable.
I remember reviewing an essay by my daughter in middle school. The teacher marked her down for having a repetitive phrase. But repetition for emphasis is an acceptable practice. I promptly found a repetitive passage in literature and showed my daughter that her use of repetition was correct and was used by established writers.
We must be careful when coaching and teaching children to avoid being unduly negative.
You can see the game moves on the internet here: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1068157
If you hover your cursor over a move, the move will highlight in red. Click on the move and the chess board at the top will display the game board after that move.
Chess is a fabulous game, full of surprises. Children as well are fabulous and full of surprises!
Robert
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