Re: Best way to learn stalemate lines?

Jim Burgess wrote [edited]:


> > Better still is to try to steer the play of the game in a direction that 
> > makes stalemate lines irrelevant, thereby avoiding the problem.
>
>
> Perhaps, but going TOO far that way also is a problem.  I know
> this from experience.  Stalemate lines should be in the quiver
> to use (exploit) as threats and the like where it is useful.
>
> Just for exploitation, NOT for achievement,
> Jim-Bob

Sorry.  I should have made it clear that having a stalemate line for 
yourself is ok, as an item "in the quiver", not as a goal, of course. 
The idea behind making stalemate lines irrelevant is to remove them from 
everyone else's "quiver".  -[:^)))