Author: Gordon Rattray
Date: 21:43:58 08/12/05
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On August 12, 2005 at 23:07:13, Jorge Pichard wrote: >On August 12, 2005 at 21:14:11, Gordon Rattray wrote: > >>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 >> > > >Even players as low rated as 1600 By Fide or USCF play most of their first 6 >moves by memory without even thinking or knowing if their side of the Openings >that they are playing is giving them an advantage or NOT. Now for those first 6 >moves that those low rated players play unconciously, simply because they saw >their programs or they read it in some Opening books or magazine is pure memory >or flash back reaction. Ok, they may choose to do this. But some players blindly castle at the first opportunity; some players automatically move their rooks to open files; they recapture without hesitation; etc; etc. All of this just represents an approach to the game. And if people choose to play like this, then so be it. But because some people choose to play opening moves without due consideration, I don't see how this prevents others from playing the opening with more understanding, thought and imagination. Chess offers the scope; it's up to us whether we use it or not. Gordon Gordon > >Jorge.
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