Preparing for OTB games

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Hello,

After a very long time I will play an OTB game again. I will play 15 games in around 5 weeks. I improved during Covid and I played many online games (long time controls) but I am still very nervous and I feel a bit pressure since I do not have a real opening repertoire and I hate to play against player with a low rating. Would you rather focus on opening repertoire or tactics when you play a long game in few days?

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You’ll likely get more out of opening preparation in a few days then training on tactical puzzles a lot in my opinion, although a few days prior to an event is not really useful for any significant prep like that anyway, usually you do preparations some weeks out and then refresh yourself during the time between then and the event.
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KxKmate hat geschrieben:
You’ll likely get more out of opening preparation in a few days then training on tactical puzzles a lot in my opinion, although a few days prior to an event is not really useful for any significant prep like that anyway, usually you do preparations some weeks out and then refresh yourself during the time between then and the event.

Yeah unfortunately I do not know my opponents. They could play something very different than the main line.