Author: Uri Blass
Date: 03:28:15 07/27/03
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On July 27, 2003 at 06:14:55, Sune Fischer wrote: >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. No the main reason that they are not the best players is not theory but tactics or wrong evaluation. > >In any case, there seems to be no avoiding the dry theory part if you want to >become really good. > >-S. my rating is near 2000 and I do not train in chess. If I decide to get better then I think that there are things that can help me more than theory. Uri
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