Hmm ...

[sunnyone]

Chess grandmaster Savielly Tartakower once said, “The winner is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.”

Wonder if that would apply to one-pocket?

Sunny

 

[middleofnowhere]

Chess grandmaster Savielly Tartakower once said, “The winner is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.”

Wonder if that would apply to one-pocket?

Sunny

I would say no. In chess if you make a mistake, other pieces on the board don't change position. There are no good or bad rolls in chess.

 

[Texas Carom Club]

Chess grandmaster Savielly Tartakower once said, “The winner is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.”

Wonder if that would apply to one-pocket?

Sunny

Kind of a general statement for anything competitive

 

[pt109]

You can’t run out at chess
You get every second move

 

[Bishop]

Chess tactics can at times can boil down to memorization. That can apply to pool but striking a cue ball leaves that extra variable that leaves even the best player with an additional margin of error.

 

[Patrick Johnson]

You can’t run out at chess
You get every second move

However... the constant back and forth is what I like most about 1 pocket. More like sparring...

pj
chgo

 

[alphadog]

It could, as you could reply to your posts.

 

[PoolBum]

Chess grandmaster Savielly Tartakower once said, “The winner is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.”

Wonder if that would apply to one-pocket?

Sunny

Sounds like he overlooked the possibility that the person who makes the next-to-last mistake could also be the person who makes the last mistake.

 

[Patrick Johnson]

Sounds like he overlooked the possibility that the person who makes the next-to-last mistake could also be the person who makes the last mistake.

Or maybe he means that every move is a tiny mistake and they just pile up until something gives. That's how it feels to me anyway.

pj
chgo