Change My View: mastering one opening is better than learning a dozen.

OliviaV03 · 2023-09-24T03:44:44-07:00

Hey everyone! I wanted to talk about a recent chess experiment of mine - diving headfirst into deeply learning a single opening. Or—a position, as some would say. For the last few months, I've been absolutely obsessed with the Hippopotamus Defense (aka "The Hippo"). I know, it sounds li

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Jessicamel

May 26, 2025

#41

True

GM RoelandPruijssers

May 26, 2025

#42

My quick answer would be ''yes'', my more elaborate answer would be ''yes, but it depends''. Depending on things like: which opening do you plan to study and at what level are you operating.