@GentjanLici #10 of course not to make blunders is the most important chess skill!
@GentjanLici #8
+0.6 is certainly not 0.00 and can grow into +1 and then into a winning advantage.
Your #1 posting suggests that we should perhaps not care about openings at all, but the opening is for me personally already a jumping point to quickly win against lower rated players, because I like to grab the initiative whenever I can, and "punish" little mistakes in the opening.
Playing the opening correctly (as you write) is not that easy for anyone, and requires certain knowledge,feeling,experience.
Just my 2 cents :-)
+0.6 is certainly not 0.00 and can grow into +1 and then into a winning advantage.
Your #1 posting suggests that we should perhaps not care about openings at all, but the opening is for me personally already a jumping point to quickly win against lower rated players, because I like to grab the initiative whenever I can, and "punish" little mistakes in the opening.
Playing the opening correctly (as you write) is not that easy for anyone, and requires certain knowledge,feeling,experience.
Just my 2 cents :-)
the opening lays the groundwork for the middlegame plans and tactics.
have you ever played a game against a stronger player where you felt you never had a chance? being outplayed in the opening is part of what leads to that feeling.
the fact that you say that "tactics in the middlegame are much more important" (the correct word is probably like "decisive") gives me the idea that you have a wrong understanding of what you are supposed to accomplish in the opening phase. just because you aren't making your opponent resign out of the opening doesn't mean that it isn't important
have you ever played a game against a stronger player where you felt you never had a chance? being outplayed in the opening is part of what leads to that feeling.
the fact that you say that "tactics in the middlegame are much more important" (the correct word is probably like "decisive") gives me the idea that you have a wrong understanding of what you are supposed to accomplish in the opening phase. just because you aren't making your opponent resign out of the opening doesn't mean that it isn't important
@achja I see many good players playing the opening only on general principles, so if opening moves increase the activity of the pieces it can't be bad. Why should we study it when it's so simple?
I don't know how you can turn a 0,6 advantage into a win, but I think it has more to do with your other skills like improving your position in the middlegame.
I don't know how you can turn a 0,6 advantage into a win, but I think it has more to do with your other skills like improving your position in the middlegame.
@gentjantlici You may be right here if there is lots of time to come up with a good move. Many games are very fast and knowing good moves saves time and energy.
There are also long term implications of every opening move. Like creating a backward or an isolated pawn for example.
There are also long term implications of every opening move. Like creating a backward or an isolated pawn for example.
LM @Lightsss well I play against the computer, it shows the evaluation after any move. I don't know openings at all but I don't usually fall under 0,4 dissadvantage in the first 10-14 moves.
It's in the middlegame where the computer can gain a victory with me, even though I don't study opening. The moves I play in the opening are based on simple principles like moving the least active piece, getting maximum activity, attacking something, neutralisation and so on. And I think this simple approach works good in the first 10 moves, then it becomes really complicated and I loose the track.
It's in the middlegame where the computer can gain a victory with me, even though I don't study opening. The moves I play in the opening are based on simple principles like moving the least active piece, getting maximum activity, attacking something, neutralisation and so on. And I think this simple approach works good in the first 10 moves, then it becomes really complicated and I loose the track.
@gentjanlici you already know all the the principles. Your classical rating shows that. It is better than the highest classical rating I have ever achieved.
However, your blitz rating is low. If you study openings, you will play much faster, at least at the beginning.
However, your blitz rating is low. If you study openings, you will play much faster, at least at the beginning.
@Tangelo777 it might hurt the blitz rating a bit, but if there is time to think you can usually find the good move on your own only through your understanding and by calculating some lines. In blitz I am too bad, however I don't think my problem is in the opening, I have to work in my skills.
@gentjanlici good luck with calculating lines at the opening stage. There are lots of possibilities; many more than anyone can handle. Even engines cannot do it!
The rating doesn't show the real skills perfectly, you can easily pass 2000 thousands if you attack a lot and if you challenge only better rated players. I see many 1600 players who are stronger than me, but they play only each other and not getting rating points by playing higher rated opponents who are as strong as them.
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