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Subject: Re: DOWN WITH FRC!

Author: Sune Fischer

Date: 03:14:55 07/27/03

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On July 27, 2003 at 06:02:46, Uri Blass wrote:
>>It is definitely complicated :)
>>
>>But in chess, as it is today, the main preparation goes into memorizing opening
>>lines, and for the best players a lot of time is spent (I think) analysing with
>>computers to find new novelties to surprize their opponents with.
>>
>>So in a way, some of the game, maybe even the critical part of the game, does
>>not take place at the board, but at home in preparation.
>>
>>Who can honestly say they find that amusing?
>>
>>-S.
>
>It may be the case for the best players but I believe that at least for players
>who are not the best players theory is not very important(if they use a lot of
>their time for learning theory then they do a mistake because it is not the best
>way to improve).
>
>Uri

Or you could say that they are not the best players _because_ they seek to avoid
the (powerful) opening theory.

In any case, there seems to be no avoiding the dry theory part if you want to
become really good.

-S.



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