#20 Giving time to opening is not bad, My coach is 1865 in FIDE tournaments and used to be around 1930, He has drew against a GM , Defeated many IMs, FMs and CMs. You guys are 2100 online in blitz but not in tournaments so I will follow my coach's instructions in chess. So my coach is 1865 and and used to be 1931 so he knows on which phase of the game time should be given, He says give time to each phase of chess. You said Kusokosla is right but in your opinion he is, In my opinion he is not so I am going to continue on what I am doing. If anyone wants to play with my coach then you can go ahead and challenge Khyaban but you will hardly find him online, So another thing that can be done is that simply make an account on chess.com and challenge him to a 15+10 Rapid game because he dose not play Correspondence, Blitz and Bullets. I not only buy opening books but I also have Endgame books like Silman's Complete Endgame Course And looking forward to buy 100 Endgames you must know and Dvoretsky's Endgame manual. Anyways guys, Thanks for your opinions!
@ish23456 Your reasoning is erroneous. My best years lie long behind me, but I used to be much stronger than your coach in tournament play. I was rated above 2200 FIDE and at that time a FIDE rating was only given above 2200.
Anyway, Capablanca, Lasker, Nimzovich, Kasparov all said the same in other words: opening theory is useless ballast. Carlsen basically indicates the same by playing weird stuff like 1 d4 b6 or 1 e4 Nf6 2 e5 Ng8 or 1 a3.
Anyway, Capablanca, Lasker, Nimzovich, Kasparov all said the same in other words: opening theory is useless ballast. Carlsen basically indicates the same by playing weird stuff like 1 d4 b6 or 1 e4 Nf6 2 e5 Ng8 or 1 a3.
Some of these posts are pretty funny. Blah blah blah, anyways, why bother with the Evans? If you're interested in learning the Italian and playing fighting chess, I suggest picking up a copy of IM Sam Collins' A Simple Chess Opening Repertoire. He recommends a sharp Giuoco Piano vs 3...Bc5 and entering the Morphy Attack vs 3...Nf6. These are solid choices that won't disappoint. Can't say the same about the Evans.
@kingsindianpatzer Yeah, but I want a book on the Evans Gambit, I am not interested in learning the Italian Game because I already know about the Italian
I want to learn!
@Ecoatunloader What you want to learn? The Evans Gambit?
The Evans gambit,Yea!!
@Ecoatunloader Cool, me too:)
@ish23456
I don't really know if i Need to invite you to the study on the Evans that I am working on. You currently can take what I have so far and just clone it as a starting point (since cloning I think is enabled for this study).
Personally, I was looking to playing the Evans but I found it not very effective in longer games since the middlegame I couldn't find the right plan. It may be more useful in blitz games since lower rated opponents are more likely to make a mistake in lower time controls and not know all the lines.
I don't really know if i Need to invite you to the study on the Evans that I am working on. You currently can take what I have so far and just clone it as a starting point (since cloning I think is enabled for this study).
Personally, I was looking to playing the Evans but I found it not very effective in longer games since the middlegame I couldn't find the right plan. It may be more useful in blitz games since lower rated opponents are more likely to make a mistake in lower time controls and not know all the lines.
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