Rael, sometimes I think you try too hard
Idiotic question but I don't know who else to ask
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Nov 12, 2008
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Said it before. Sayin it again. Study the opening thoroughly. Those critical of this approach are only critical because they have the wrong idea of how to go about that. You don't memorize lines. That's not studying the opening. Studying the opening means stopping after every move and looking at what just happened. Take the sicilian, for example. I don't memorize 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 blah blah blah. I memorize "Many lines of the Najdorf revolve around the d5 square. The little center formations have thematic pushes of e5, d5, and/or f5. White can play for a constricting center or a kindside assault." These ideas give me control of the opening ideas and give me a rudimentary plan for the middle game (and thus, some idea of the expected endgame, i.e. Black promotes a pawn or White checkmates on the kingside). If you don't know what to do after your opponent breaks book, you haven't really studied the opening at all.
I ask Rybka what to do... I mean I read alot... then move.
I've said too much...