#26 I've come to the conclusin that opening principles are total nonsense. If they actually meant anything, I wouldn't be losing 90% of my fricking games, whether I'm misled or not. I've always focused on them, yet I still get trapped and crushed within the first 15 moves, because it's impossible to know what of these supposed principles is more important in any given situation. Control the centre? Give up your bishop. Control key squares? Get kicked off them instantly. Castle early? Nope, you did it at the wrong time. I fricking give up.
Hmmmm, your results suck, and therefore it must be the opening principles. That is about the dumbest logic I've heard in years.
What's next?
Your Chinese dinner tastes terrible, it must be the chop sticks?
It's raining on your wedding day, must have forgot to water the plants?
Your wife divorced you, it must be that your fly was down?
SMH!
both carlsen and nakamura played it against GMs once, both ended in draws. It is playable, if you know what you are doing
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