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L_Lawliet99

Hey everyone!
After a quick search in the forum I couldn't find a related topic, so feel free to share the link of a related thread, if you know one :)

I am reaching out to get some hints or guides to (clearly) structure ones opening repertoire with a function to effentially train to remember the lines. I purchased a couple of chessable courses, but I by far don't use all the lines of each course and my repertoire exceeds those courses by not a small margin. I know, for example, one could create a Lichess study for each colour, which contains all the lines and is substructered in variations. But Lichess doesn't offer a effecient way to train remembering, as far as I know. The program furthermore should be able to link Zugumstellungen and a way to adjust the depth one wants to study the lines. Back in the day, GMs used to have analog cards, if I remember Judits story the right way. How do GMs/IMs structure their repertoire nowadays? Feel free to share your experiences with different programs and approaches. Thanks for your effort.

Hey everyone! After a quick search in the forum I couldn't find a related topic, so feel free to share the link of a related thread, if you know one :) I am reaching out to get some hints or guides to (clearly) structure ones opening repertoire with a function to effentially train to remember the lines. I purchased a couple of chessable courses, but I by far don't use all the lines of each course and my repertoire exceeds those courses by not a small margin. I know, for example, one could create a Lichess study for each colour, which contains all the lines and is substructered in variations. But Lichess doesn't offer a effecient way to train remembering, as far as I know. The program furthermore should be able to link Zugumstellungen and a way to adjust the depth one wants to study the lines. Back in the day, GMs used to have analog cards, if I remember Judits story the right way. How do GMs/IMs structure their repertoire nowadays? Feel free to share your experiences with different programs and approaches. Thanks for your effort.

CM Sarg0n

I think the chessable Pro has some advanced features like focussing on certain variations. I have been using ChessBase for >30 years.

kajalmaya

Here is a poor man's solution. The tools to use are polyglot and scid vs pc.

First step is to create a polyglot opening book using games at high level in the variations you like. Then configure scid vs pc to use this book. Then when you play against a UCI engine - which engine does not matter as long as you are in the book, because book move is selected by the GUI, not by the engine - the GUI will warn you as soon as you deviate from the book. It will say this move is not in the book, do you want to play it?

A slight refinement is needed. Let us say you want to practice your black repertoire. Then you create a white book with a wider choice of high level games and black book using games in your repertoire, and merge the books. Use this book to practice from the black side. This way you know if your repertoire is sufficient to answer most white choices of openings. Similarly, to practice white side, create a white book using your repertoire and a black book using a general collection of high level games, and merge books. Use this book to practice from white side.

The polyglot program allows you to create books with limited depth. Also, scid vs pc will allow you to set book depth for playing. I am sure other similar solutions with Arena or Lucas Chess GUI are possible. But I think the crucial part is learning to create polyglot books. It is easy, and I can help (for free) creating books if you need.

Here is a poor man's solution. The tools to use are polyglot and scid vs pc. First step is to create a polyglot opening book using games at high level in the variations you like. Then configure scid vs pc to use this book. Then when you play against a UCI engine - which engine does not matter as long as you are in the book, because book move is selected by the GUI, not by the engine - the GUI will warn you as soon as you deviate from the book. It will say this move is not in the book, do you want to play it? A slight refinement is needed. Let us say you want to practice your black repertoire. Then you create a white book with a wider choice of high level games and black book using games in your repertoire, and merge the books. Use this book to practice from the black side. This way you know if your repertoire is sufficient to answer most white choices of openings. Similarly, to practice white side, create a white book using your repertoire and a black book using a general collection of high level games, and merge books. Use this book to practice from white side. The polyglot program allows you to create books with limited depth. Also, scid vs pc will allow you to set book depth for playing. I am sure other similar solutions with Arena or Lucas Chess GUI are possible. But I think the crucial part is learning to create polyglot books. It is easy, and I can help (for free) creating books if you need.