| General Chess Discussion - What is the best opening?#14 @Shadow1414 said in #11: > ... look at master game statistics. ... definitive answers. "... Let me give an example from a recent U.S. Chess School session, with a group of 2200-2450 players. ... we we… | kindaspongey |
| General Chess Discussion - What is the best opening?#7 "... With White only the [1 e4] opening should be played. Although there is no difference in value between [1 e4] and [1 d4] and the choice among masters is largely a matter of taste, the basic ideas … | kindaspongey |
| General Chess Discussion - What is the best opening?#5 "... A typical way of choosing an opening repertoire is to copy the openings used by a player one admires. ... However, what is good at world-championship level is not always the best choice at lower … | kindaspongey |
| General Chess Discussion - To verify one's potential to become a master: an effective test#12 "... Education in chess has to be an education in independent thinking and judging. Chess must not be memorized, simply because it is not important enough. If you load your memory, you should know why… | kindaspongey |
| General Chess Discussion - Got my first chess book, what's your?#37 @kindaspongey said in #22: > ... the five chapters on specific openings, ... The names of the chapters were: Double Kingpawn Openings Single Kingpawn Openings Double Queenpawn Openings Single Queenpaw… | kindaspongey |
| General Chess Discussion - Developing in chess#3 Maybe try one of these: Better Chess for Average Players by Harding https://store.doverpublications.com/products/9780486290294 "... Irving Chernev’s The Most Instructive Games of Chess Every Played wa… | kindaspongey |
| General Chess Discussion - How to get better?#5 "... Sure, fast games are fine for practicing openings (not the most important part of the game for most players) and possibly developing decent board vision and tactical 'shots', but the kind of thin… | kindaspongey |
| General Chess Discussion - Favourite chess quote#6 "... The life of many grandmasters is perhaps not what the average club player imagines. While some work hard at the game, many do not. A life-style of getting up at midday, playing over a few games f… | kindaspongey |
| General Chess Discussion - Most dumb proof opening?#43 @websnarf said in #42: > ... You have to have sense of danger. ... https://www.ebay.com/itm/154143123476?var=0&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5338590836&toolid=10044&customid=1c0ad108d… | kindaspongey |
| General Chess Discussion - Can you ımprove your chess skılls by playıng ONLY bots (la questıon)#12 “While any kind of chess playing can aid your improvement, playing against computer programs does not prepare you quite as well for playing humans as practicing against humans.” - NM Dan Heisman (2003… | kindaspongey |
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