amen brother preach on!  i play the french and i cannot stand playing the exchange variation...same with the caro-kan, queensgambit any of em!

when your opponent in OTB spends 20 minutes thinking of an obvious move in an common opening

waiting and waiting for my opponent to make their move and then at the last minute, they go on vacation time.

But you can't go on vacation if it is your turn.This is a rule in this site.

Openings.

Can someone look in comment 45 and confirm?

You can if you are a premium member and your "auto vacation" kicks in.

But please do not turn this into yet another thread about vacation time... 

Hi gang,

I know the most boring thing for me are endgames that are even/drawn that my opponent insists we play out another 20 to thirty moves.  Particullarly Rook and pawn endgames.

Watch your backrank.

when your playing online chess and youre up loads of material and they keep playing for two months till you finally "prove" that your win

People talking about cheating on forums.

Openings... learning openings is stupid work, neverending variations. Nowadays KID is analysed to 18 move, Sicilian about 20. Learning it by heart is stupid, because in chess you should think, and making moves you read in a book isn't thinking.

To get better in chess, we have to master the "boring" things.  I hate King and Rook and Pawn endings... but they must be mastered.  Not to mention positional chess. lol

 Amen to that!

Openings are one of the most interesting parts of the game! From there the strategy begins and then you can see how that develops in the middlegame struggle. Studying different openings makes you feel the variety of strategies that a player has in chess. Of course, there are also some quick mating attacks too.

Yes, learning specific opening moves in a precise variation is tedious, takes hard work, and gets rid of some of your originality. I love to look at opening strategies though.

Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense.

The first move?

Playing by the book.

 and peole talking about vacation abuse.

playing on when the result is no longer in doubt.