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I WANT TO INCREASE MY RATINGS SO I HAVE DECIDED TO STUDY ALL THE OPENINGS SO CAN ANYBODY TELL ME WHERE CAN I LEARN THEM ALL FROM AND I MEAN EVERY LINE OF EVERY OPENING . SO IF ANYONE KNOWS PLS TELL ME.

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Colorblindchess

#4

@Namithechamp said in #1:

I WANT TO INCREASE MY RATINGS SO I HAVE DECIDED TO STUDY ALL THE OPENINGS SO CAN ANYBODY TELL ME WHERE CAN I LEARN THEM ALL FROM AND I MEAN EVERY LINE OF EVERY OPENING . SO IF ANYONE KNOWS PLS TELL ME.

A tad bit of overshooting .
How about just try to learn one adequately? Then Go from there

@Namithechamp said in #1: > I WANT TO INCREASE MY RATINGS SO I HAVE DECIDED TO STUDY ALL THE OPENINGS SO CAN ANYBODY TELL ME WHERE CAN I LEARN THEM ALL FROM AND I MEAN EVERY LINE OF EVERY OPENING . SO IF ANYONE KNOWS PLS TELL ME. A tad bit of overshooting . How about just try to learn one adequately? Then Go from there

WassimBerbar

#5

One name: Scotch gambit.

Alientcp

#6

IN THE CHESS DATABASE YOU CAN FIND HERE ON THIS SITE YOU CAN FIND ALL THE OPENINGS YOU WANT TO LEARN BECAUSE EVERY OPENING THAT HAS BEEN PLAYED BY PRO PLAYERS WILL BE IN THAT DATABASE AND YOU CAN FIND IT HERE YOU JUST HAVE TO LOOK IT UP AND STUDY IT HARD BECAUSE LEARNING ALL THE LINES OF EVERY SINGLE OPENING WILL TAKE A LONG TIME TO LEARN AND IT WILL CERTAINLY NOT MAKE YOU A BETTER PLAYER BUT IT WILL PROBABLY INCREASE YOUR RATING A LITTLE BIT WHICH IS WHAT YOU ARE AIMING FOR.

george_mcgeorge

#7

@ Namithechamp said in #1:

I WANT TO INCREASE MY RATINGS SO I HAVE DECIDED TO STUDY ALL THE OPENINGS SO CAN ANYBODY TELL ME WHERE CAN I LEARN THEM ALL FROM AND I MEAN EVERY LINE OF EVERY OPENING . SO IF ANYONE KNOWS PLS TELL ME.
(Ahh, capital letters - my biggest fear!)

Now to your question about learning every line in every Opening: Forget it!
Learning every line in every Opening is not important at all. Learn one Opening: learn the lines, memorize them and more importantly: Understand the ideas behind the moves. Do this for the Openings you already play or want to learn. You can learn from games (as an example: Check out "my 60 memorable games" if you are into the KID, Najdorf and are willing to learn these "old" variations). Get your Openings database (for a quick look at such a database use the lichess masters (!) database), get a book on your favorite Opening and of course: You can browse the internet and find helpful videos on YouTube or the lichess video library. You can even get a course on chessable or take a look at a study here on lichess. So, all that jazz may be an option for you. ;)
But: Be realistic! As stated in the beginning, you simply won't learn every line of every Opening - you may be able to memorize them all, but you can't learn them all. You are a human, not a bot. Also, it may be wiser to invest your precious time and effort into endgames: There are thousands of them and are - arguably - more important than any Opening. Nail the basics: King and pawn against King, checkmating with King and the Bishop pair. Learn the advanced and difficult stuff: Checkmating with King, Bishop and Knight, Rook endgames, Queen and pawn endgames, theoretical (though hard to hold) draws, and so on. Trust me: Endgames come in more handy than Openings. But this does not mean that you should totally abandon Openings and middlegames, after all Tarrasch once said that the Gods had placed the Opening and Middlegame before the Endgame. ;)
Also, the reasoning behind may be overthought: Do you play chess to become stronger and to improve or to gain imaginary rating points? If you aim for the latter, your chess journey might be quite boring and frustrating - yes, milestones are a good motivation, but there needs to be something else too. And the will to improve and become stronger is this "something" to keep you going. After all, you can always become stronger and learn something new, while a fixed goal may restrict you for some reason. ;)

So to end this post, I wanted to share the famous Bruce Lee quote:

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.
Or in chess related terms:
I fear not the chess player who has practised every Opening and line once, but I fear the chess player who has practiced one Opening 10,000 times.
In conclusion I'd say, that you be better off studying the endgame more - and concerning Openings, play the ones you already play (never change a winning team!) and study the lines in these Openings - don't memorize the moves but understand them.

I hope this is helpful.

@ Namithechamp said in #1: > I WANT TO INCREASE MY RATINGS SO I HAVE DECIDED TO STUDY ALL THE OPENINGS SO CAN ANYBODY TELL ME WHERE CAN I LEARN THEM ALL FROM AND I MEAN EVERY LINE OF EVERY OPENING . SO IF ANYONE KNOWS PLS TELL ME. (Ahh, capital letters - my biggest fear!) Now to your question about learning every line in every Opening: Forget it! Learning every line in every Opening is not important at all. Learn one Opening: learn the lines, memorize them and more importantly: Understand the ideas behind the moves. Do this for the Openings you already play or want to learn. You can learn from games (as an example: Check out "my 60 memorable games" if you are into the KID, Najdorf and are willing to learn these "old" variations). Get your Openings database (for a quick look at such a database use the lichess masters (!) database), get a book on your favorite Opening and of course: You can browse the internet and find helpful videos on YouTube or the lichess video library. You can even get a course on chessable or take a look at a study here on lichess. So, all that jazz may be an option for you. ;) But: Be realistic! As stated in the beginning, you simply won't learn every line of every Opening - you may be able to memorize them all, but you can't learn them all. You are a human, not a bot. Also, it may be wiser to invest your precious time and effort into endgames: There are thousands of them and are - arguably - more important than any Opening. Nail the basics: King and pawn against King, checkmating with King and the Bishop pair. Learn the advanced and difficult stuff: Checkmating with King, Bishop and Knight, Rook endgames, Queen and pawn endgames, theoretical (though hard to hold) draws, and so on. Trust me: Endgames come in more handy than Openings. But this does not mean that you should totally abandon Openings and middlegames, after all Tarrasch once said that the Gods had placed the Opening and Middlegame before the Endgame. ;) Also, the reasoning behind may be overthought: Do you play chess to become stronger and to improve or to gain imaginary rating points? If you aim for the latter, your chess journey might be quite boring and frustrating - yes, milestones are a good motivation, but there needs to be something else too. And the will to improve and become stronger is this "something" to keep you going. After all, you can always become stronger and learn something new, while a fixed goal may restrict you for some reason. ;) So to end this post, I wanted to share the famous Bruce Lee quote: > I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. Or in chess related terms: > I fear not the chess player who has practised every Opening and line once, but I fear the chess player who has practiced one Opening 10,000 times. In conclusion I'd say, that you be better off studying the endgame more - and concerning Openings, play the ones you already play (never change a winning team!) and study the lines in these Openings - don't memorize the moves but understand them. I hope this is helpful.

NM MrPushwood

#8

And I hope it's hopeful!

WassimBerbar

#9

And hopefully my own hope is hopeful

Namithechamp edited

#10

Thankyou everyone for your advice.From now on I will concentrate more on endgame and just learn one opening 1 million times .And Sry for the late reply as it was night in my country