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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