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Subject: Re: DOWN WITH FRC!

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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