why would anybody play an opening if they didn't know how to play it correctly 3-5 moves in? It doesn't make much sense. Its just funny, i mean i don't study tons of theory but i run into situations where somebody plays something that is pretty forced on my part and gets themselves into a bad position 5 or 6 moves in. Happens like 1 out of 5 of my games, i mean, I'm pretty low rated but its just strange. pick something solid that you know if you are a beginner so you can learn tactics, which is the most important part of chess.
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wetpaste> why would anybody play an opening if they didn't know how to play it correctly 3-5 moves in?
I played three games this week. I went out-of-book on my 10th, 3rd, and 4th moves. In all cases I achieved reasonable, even favorable positions against opponents rated 2000 ICC, 1700 ICC, and 1650 USCF (scoring 2.5/3.0). Of course, I used more clock time in the second and third games than if I had the moves memorized.
If I were this player's coach, I would be more worried that he didn't know the "pin" tactical motif well, or he hadn't considered his opponent's responses. But I agree since this is the mainline it's surprising he didn't know at least the first few moves.
Nice pin