daxypoo wrote:
at some point last year i finally began to unshackle from the mindset set of “learning an opening” to playing one or two “responses” and using key principles of development, central presence, and king safety
it was quite liberating but i must admit that i am definitely running into games where i wish i had some moves and a simple variation or two to draw from- if only to save some time on my clock (i get into time trouble often in 30 min games just trying to play well in opening)
now- i am not looking to draw so much from “opening theory” but, rather, use my own games as the resource
for example, i play ...c5 after 1.e4 and will often get a very early Bc4; then ...e6
there are then a few ways to go- Nf6, Nc3, d3
having a method to forge a very limited “repertoire” would be quite useful for me
i usually like to push ...d5 early and there are a few moves very soon afterward that can make or break the position and if i dont pay attention and look at lines that develop i keep making the same mistakes over and over
when i do “annotate” my games i will have a variation or two but all these findings are scattered in each individual game
how do i best create a 1. e4 ...c5 “database”? and other collections of my opening moves (1. d4 ... 2.c4 almost all the time, 1.d4 ...d5 for my black vs 1.d4)
it was quite liberating but i must admit that i am definitely running into games where i wish i had some moves and a simple variation or two to draw from- if only to save some time on my clock (i get into time trouble often in 30 min games just trying to play well in opening)
now- i am not looking to draw so much from “opening theory” but, rather, use my own games as the resource
for example, i play ...c5 after 1.e4 and will often get a very early Bc4; then ...e6
there are then a few ways to go- Nf6, Nc3, d3
having a method to forge a very limited “repertoire” would be quite useful for me
i usually like to push ...d5 early and there are a few moves very soon afterward that can make or break the position and if i dont pay attention and look at lines that develop i keep making the same mistakes over and over
when i do “annotate” my games i will have a variation or two but all these findings are scattered in each individual game
how do i best create a 1. e4 ...c5 “database”? and other collections of my opening moves (1. d4 ... 2.c4 almost all the time, 1.d4 ...d5 for my black vs 1.d4)
That's what the Game Explorer does.
/ It looks like you don't play the Sicilian often.
it was quite liberating but i must admit that i am definitely running into games where i wish i had some moves and a simple variation or two to draw from- if only to save some time on my clock (i get into time trouble often in 30 min games just trying to play well in opening)
now- i am not looking to draw so much from “opening theory” but, rather, use my own games as the resource
for example, i play ...c5 after 1.e4 and will often get a very early Bc4; then ...e6
there are then a few ways to go- Nf6, Nc3, d3
having a method to forge a very limited “repertoire” would be quite useful for me
i usually like to push ...d5 early and there are a few moves very soon afterward that can make or break the position and if i dont pay attention and look at lines that develop i keep making the same mistakes over and over
when i do “annotate” my games i will have a variation or two but all these findings are scattered in each individual game
how do i best create a 1. e4 ...c5 “database”? and other collections of my opening moves (1. d4 ... 2.c4 almost all the time, 1.d4 ...d5 for my black vs 1.d4)