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e4 e5, get the knight alive with f3, black will think its sick and then reply with oops nc6 and hope for a win.. but we reply bc5 with a nasty little pin

What pin?

@RamblinDave Thanks for posting the video. I especially like his example around 34:00 when he talks about the difference in "learning" (i.e. memorizing) that ...Bg6 is to be played versus understanding why ...Bg6 is to be played.

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@jomega wrote "A novice memorizes that he should play 1.e4 or 1.d4 as the first move. He may have heard something about the pros/cons of those moves. He tries them in games. He reads about them. He reads annotated master games with those moves. He discusses them with people. He examines other choices in the same way. In doing these activities he gains understanding of those choices. The same applies as more moves are made. Connections also occur between the opening choices. The pawn structures that occur and the associated plans for them are learned. Masters are aware also that the sequence of moves is made for various reasons."

That's a great explanation. Learning openings are learnt through experience and that can take l lot time.
Memorizing opening moves seems like the easy and fast way to learn an opening, but in reality it's a tedious and unfortunately also pointless way of learning an opening.
The understanding of certain openings and positions will develop over time.

@jomega wrote "A novice memorizes that he should play 1.e4 or 1.d4 as the first move. He may have heard something about the pros/cons of those moves. He tries them in games. He reads about them. He reads annotated master games with those moves. He discusses them with people. He examines other choices in the same way. In doing these activities he gains understanding of those choices. The same applies as more moves are made. Connections also occur between the opening choices. The pawn structures that occur and the associated plans for them are learned. Masters are aware also that the sequence of moves is made for various reasons." That's a great explanation. Learning openings are learnt through experience and that can take l lot time. Memorizing opening moves seems like the easy and fast way to learn an opening, but in reality it's a tedious and unfortunately also pointless way of learning an opening. The understanding of certain openings and positions will develop over time.