Animo!
Winning a game at 1400 rating is literally impossible.
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Resigning right before the greek gift I see
Jul 31, 2022
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#64
dude0812 wrote:
Resigning right before the greek gift I see
Lol , I had guests over and harvesting a garden vs chess?
Your aren’t the first to play the Alapin so it’s wasn’t anything innovative.
I do appreciate the games, it you can play again let’s do it.
My guests are gone now. I would have no qualms cherry picking you
Those were interesting games, but but it is 4.A.M. where I live, maybe in the next few days we can play more
Jul 31, 2022
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#66
dude0812 wrote:
Those were interesting games, but but it is 4.A.M. where I live, maybe in the next few days we can play more
I do appreciate the games; thank-you. Talk is cheap but you walk the talk which is respectable. The games were spontaneous which conflicted with my guests and drinking lol.
I do wish to play again and learn from you.
He tries to present the fact that not having to spend time learning the opening is a bad thing. He even says "London teaches you not to put work into opening study".
He is jelaous that people can learn openings without putting in the study. My goal is to play an opening well. Opening study is a means to that goal, not a goal in itself. Studying is the means to an end, not an end in itself. No matter how much he doesn't like the fact that you can get good at openings without putting much work (if you played the London for instance), that can't change reality. The goal is to play well the opening, not to study the opening. If the London system allows me to play an opening with way less work than what I would need to put in other openings, that's a plus.
When it comes to exposing yourself to other openings, many people play 1.e4 and you can't play the London against that.
I had a discussion with my coach about this several years ago. The main problem (in his experience) is the limited exposure to various structures. That is, you get good at playing the London, but that does not transfer over to non-London positions. Whereas playing 1. e4, or the QG, or the English can lead to a whole host of different structures with a variety of plans (one of my favorites being the Botvinnik setup which you guys played in your game).
A funny example I found was a Dutch IM had his students play a kingside pawn storm against the London with a lot of success because many London players play the opening on autopilot (one of Toth's gripes if I recall correctly) and by the time they turn their brain on, it is too late.