Beginners and openings
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Dec 29, 2007
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I suggest that your mistakes should stimulate your curiosity to study specific lines. Study one opening for each color. Play those openings for a season or year before adding another. The games you play will naturally lead to other openings. Your own time and capacity will determine how much you can add.
I think you get a fine Opening if you use the Basic Advice. Wait with studies of Openings untill you've reached the sweeter side of 2000 in ranking.
Most games are decided by all sorts of blunders. A memorized Opening will not make those blunders go away but spending time on Tactics instead of memorizing stuff will reduce the blunder frequency.
Dec 29, 2007
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farbror wrote:
I think you get a fine Opening if you use the Basic Advice. Wait with studies of Openings untill you've reached the sweeter side of 2000 in ranking.
Most games are decided by all sorts of blunders. A memorized Opening will not make those blunders go away but spending time on Tactics instead of memorizing stuff will reduce the blunder frequency.
I agree. At the beginning level learning a bunch of opening lines will do nothing but confuse/limit creativity imo. Maybe learn the basics of one opening and just play that one opening for a while would be my suggestion. Study tactics and endgames and as you progress to a much higher level the opening becomes much more important to study.
erikido23 wrote: farbror wrote:
I think you get a fine Opening if you use the Basic Advice. Wait with studies of Openings untill you've reached the sweeter side of 2000 in ranking.
Most games are decided by all sorts of blunders. A memorized Opening will not make those blunders go away but spending time on Tactics instead of memorizing stuff will reduce the blunder frequency.
I agree.
I agree, but not quite such a high ranking before you learn specific openings. Maybe 1600+
mxdplay4 wrote: erikido23 wrote: farbror wrote:
I think you get a fine Opening if you use the Basic Advice. Wait with studies of Openings untill you've reached the sweeter side of 2000 in ranking.
Most games are decided by all sorts of blunders. A memorized Opening will not make those blunders go away but spending time on Tactics instead of memorizing stuff will reduce the blunder frequency.
I agree.
I agree, but not quite such a high ranking before you learn specific openings. Maybe 1600+
i agree. 2000 is too high... you need some specific lines at least to get to 2000 imo.
Just be patient, getting your butt kicked is how I am learning this awesome game, all over again. And of course study tactics and strategy.
When I play against the computer, I "cheat" by looking up the openings as I play.
It's not really cheating because the computer is playing from a database of openings, so it's only fair, and it's a good way to learn the lines.
I recomend the Scotch. It's a great opening to learn and pretty exciting to play.
Dec 30, 2007
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mxdplay4 wrote: erikido23 wrote: farbror wrote:
I think you get a fine Opening if you use the Basic Advice. Wait with studies of Openings untill you've reached the sweeter side of 2000 in ranking.
Most games are decided by all sorts of blunders. A memorized Opening will not make those blunders go away but spending time on Tactics instead of memorizing stuff will reduce the blunder frequency.
I agree.
I agree, but not quite such a high ranking before you learn specific openings. Maybe 1600+
Yes you are probably right...BUt, I would say IN DEPTH study should only really be starting at about the 1800+ level. just an opinion of course
HalfSigma wrote:
When I play against the computer, I "cheat" by looking up the openings as I play.
It's not really cheating because the computer is playing from a database of openings, so it's only fair, and it's a good way to learn the lines.
In correspondence chess (such as on this site), that's not cheating. Having a computer or another player suggest moves to you is cheating, but looking up opening lines in a book or database as you play is standard practice in correspondence chess.
--Fromper
When should a developing player begin to learn different openings? I've been sticking to the basics: control the centre, get pieces off the back rank so the rooks are connected, castle, etc. I know that opposite side castling leads to fast games and so on. The problem is I often get screwed by opponents who know aggressive tricks that make the game end early. Most of the games of the games I've lost have been lost in the opening. Do I just try and learn from my mistakes or should I start learning specific lines?