I'm playing around with chess trying to decide how to improve my game.
I am thinking to focus in on my favorite openings and master them first.
As white I like to play Italian Game. For black against e4 I play Caro
Kann, d4 Semi Slav.
Sometimes as white I like to play d4 looking to develop Queen Gambit.
Not sure that or Italian.
What do you think, seems reasonable?
Bs"d
Concentrate on the trappy gambits, they are sóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóó much fan!
https://tinyurl.com/trappy-gambit
https://tinyurl.com/trappish
On Sun, 30 Jan 2022 05:29:22 -0800 (PST), Eli Kesef ><nastyhorsefork@gmail.com> wrote:
https://tinyurl.com/trappish
What a terrible picture! The board is set up improperly, with the
Kings and Queens on the wrong squares.
And why is Black moving first?
I'm playing around with chess trying to decide how to improve my game.
I am thinking to focus in on my favorite openings and master them first.
On Saturday, January 29, 2022 at 1:44:42 AM UTC-5, Geeknix wrote:
I'm playing around with chess trying to decide how to improve my game.
I am thinking to focus in on my favorite openings and master them first.Unless you are playing speed chess that is a terrible idea.
Practice tactics first and foremost. Then endgames and positional play. Openings last.
On Saturday, January 29, 2022 at 1:44:42 AM UTC-5, Geeknix wrote:
I'm playing around with chess trying to decide how to improve my game.
I am thinking to focus in on my favorite openings and master them first.
Unless you are playing speed chess that is a terrible idea.
Practice tactics first and foremost. Then endgames and positional play. Openings last.
On Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at 1:18:14 AM UTC+2, William Hyde wrote:
On Saturday, January 29, 2022 at 1:44:42 AM UTC-5, Geeknix wrote:
I'm playing around with chess trying to decide how to improve my game.
I am thinking to focus in on my favorite openings and master them first.Unless you are playing speed chess that is a terrible idea.
Practice tactics first and foremost. Then endgames and positional play. Openings last.Bs"d
EVERY chess game has an opening. Not all have an endgame.
And of course; opening traps will give you many a quick win, often within 10 moves, and that is VERY funny.
Learn traps.
On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 15:18:12 -0800 (PST), William Hyde
<wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
On Saturday, January 29, 2022 at 1:44:42 AM UTC-5, Geeknix wrote:
I'm playing around with chess trying to decide how to improve my game.
I am thinking to focus in on my favorite openings and master them first.
Unless you are playing speed chess that is a terrible idea.
Practice tactics first and foremost. Then endgames and positional play. Openings last.
I completely agree, especially with regard to tactics.
On Wed, 02 Feb 2022 08:53:09 -0700, Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com>
wrote:
On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 15:18:12 -0800 (PST), William Hyde >><wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
On Saturday, January 29, 2022 at 1:44:42 AM UTC-5, Geeknix wrote:
I'm playing around with chess trying to decide how to improve my game. >>>>Unless you are playing speed chess that is a terrible idea.
I am thinking to focus in on my favorite openings and master them first. >>>
Practice tactics first and foremost. Then endgames and positional play. Openings last.
I completely agree, especially with regard to tactics.
What does "mastering an opening" mean? Two quite different things if
you are talking about a 1600+ player and a 2600+ player. I'll beat the
first most of the time but can only fantasize about the latter though
I <have> collected scalps as high as 2350 when I was having a good day
and the other guy wasn't.
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