Author: Uri Blass
Date: 05:19:37 07/27/03
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On July 27, 2003 at 08:02:46, Sune Fischer wrote: >On July 27, 2003 at 07:46:18, Uri Blass wrote: > >>Yes >>It is a common mistake of weak players to concentrate too much on theory. >>It may be better if they improve their tactical ability. >> > >I don't know, but it doesn't hurt to get a good opening. > > >>I think that it may be possible to be at that level when you always change the >>opening. >> >>I do not do it but I think that a GM may perform at level of more than 2100 even >>if he is forced to play some inferior option like 1.a3 or 1.e4 a6 > >But the patterns will be pretty much the same, I don't think playing one strange >move is enough to upset the whole opening theory. Maybe if you are trying to get >an engine out of book, but humans aren't that dumb in general. The point is that after that move you have not lines that you remember. > >Even if it worked, don't you find it annoying to force yourself to play what you >know to be inferior moves, just so that the opponent can't toss out 20 memorized >moves? >In fact by doing this, haven't you just granted the opponent the superior >position he was aming for? Yes but my point is that the gain that you can get from knowledge about opening is smaller than the gain that you can get from other things(at least in the low levels). > >>I believe that movei can also get more than 2100 against humans even with no >>book and with always changing the first move that means choosing often lines >>like 1.e4 h5 or 1.g4. > >Yes but it would probably be stronger if it knew a lot of theory. > >-S. I agree but the point is that I believe that tactics is more important at least in the low levels(including 2000 level). Uri
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