Author: Gordon Rattray
Date: 18:14:11 08/12/05
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On August 12, 2005 at 19:11:42, Jorge Pichard wrote: >On August 12, 2005 at 19:05:34, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On August 12, 2005 at 18:58:11, Jorge Pichard wrote: >> >>>On August 12, 2005 at 18:40:17, Ray Banks wrote: >>> >>>>This article certainly makes a compelling case for Chess960 >>>> >>>>http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,68227,00.html >>> >>>Thanks for finding the best explanation to what Chess960 or Fischer Random Chess >>>is all about. It is true that memorizing Chess Openings consume most of the >>>players study time and take away creativity in the first 12 to 20 moves. >>> >>>Jorge >> >>No >> >>It is not correct that memorizing chess opening consume most of the players >>study time. >> >>Uri > >But it does take away creativity in the first 12 thru 20 moves. Putting aside the elite 1% of players, and instead considering the 99% of typical players, how many games do you think reach move 12 without one of the players having to think for themselves? Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but I just can't keep pages and pages of opening lines in my head. And you know what, my opponents can't either. So, it doesn't matter to me if the Sicilian is analysed in some lines to move 40, anymore than it matters to me that all 5-piece endgames are documented perfectly. Instead, I often find that I have to find my own way; my own ideas, etc. And because it's not Svidler sitting opposite me, I can play a whole range of opening ideas without my opponent outplaying me on the basis of opening preparation. Gordon > >Jorge
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