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 by: Geeknix - Sat, 29 Jan 2022 06:44 UTC

I'm playing around with chess trying to decide how to improve my game.

I am thinking to focus in on my favorite openings and master them first.
As white I like to play Italian Game. For black against e4 I play Caro
Kann, d4 Semi Slav.

Sometimes as white I like to play d4 looking to develop Queen Gambit.
Not sure that or Italian.

What do you think, seems reasonable?

GNX

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 by: Ken Blake - Sat, 29 Jan 2022 15:53 UTC

On Sat, 29 Jan 2022 06:44:37 GMT, Geeknix
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>I'm playing around with chess trying to decide how to improve my game.
>
>I am thinking to focus in on my favorite openings and master them first.
>As white I like to play Italian Game. For black against e4 I play Caro
>Kann, d4 Semi Slav.
>
>Sometimes as white I like to play d4 looking to develop Queen Gambit.
>Not sure that or Italian.
>
>What do you think, seems reasonable?

There's no answer that's right for everyone. We are all different,
have different styles, and what fits one person's style doesn't fit
the next one's. As an example, you like playing the caro-kann. I hate
it. I have a very aggressive style. I usually reply e5 or c5 to e4.

I should say "replied." I almost never play anymore.

With White I almost always played the Ruy Lopez, but occasionally the
Giuoco Piano, or sometimes even the King's Gambit. I almost never
played d4.

But one thing that is good to do is to vary your openings and not
always play the same thing, so your opponent doesn't know what to
expect.

And how to improve your game is like improving playing a musical
instrument: how do I get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice,
practice--mostly against players stronger than you (or strong computer
programs, like Fritz or Rybka). Beating weaker players does almost
nothing to improve your game.

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Bs"d
Concentrate on the trappy gambits, they are sóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóó much fan!
https://tinyurl.com/trappy-gambit

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On Saturday, January 29, 2022 at 8:22:24 PM UTC+2, Eli Kesef wrote:
> Bs"d
>
> Concentrate on the trappy gambits, they are sóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóó much fan!
>
> https://tinyurl.com/trappy-gambit

Bs"d

For examples, look in this thread: https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.chess.misc/c/hKPCQE8g-oc

Just posted a fresh one!

https://tinyurl.com/trappish

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 by: Ken Blake - Sun, 30 Jan 2022 16:59 UTC

On Sun, 30 Jan 2022 05:29:22 -0800 (PST), Eli Kesef
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>https://tinyurl.com/trappish

What a terrible picture! The board is set up improperly, with the
Kings and Queens on the wrong squares.

And why is Black moving first?

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On Saturday, January 29, 2022 at 1:44:42 AM UTC-5, Geeknix wrote:
> I'm playing around with chess trying to decide how to improve my game.
>
> I am thinking to focus in on my favorite openings and master them first.

Unless you are playing speed chess that is a terrible idea.

Practice tactics first and foremost. Then endgames and positional play. Openings last.

William Hyde

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 by: Eli Kesef - Wed, 2 Feb 2022 13:12 UTC

On Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at 1:18:14 AM UTC+2, William Hyde wrote:
> On Saturday, January 29, 2022 at 1:44:42 AM UTC-5, Geeknix wrote:
> > I'm playing around with chess trying to decide how to improve my game.
> >
> > I am thinking to focus in on my favorite openings and master them first.
> Unless you are playing speed chess that is a terrible idea.
>
> Practice tactics first and foremost. Then endgames and positional play. Openings last.

Bs"d

EVERY chess game has an opening. Not all have an endgame. Study openings, and tactics, and the essentials of endgames, like king + pawn endgames.

And of course; opening traps will give you many a quick win, often within 10 moves, and that is VERY funny.

Learn traps.

https://tinyurl.com/beerklem

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 by: Ken Blake - Wed, 2 Feb 2022 15:53 UTC

On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 15:18:12 -0800 (PST), William Hyde
<wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Saturday, January 29, 2022 at 1:44:42 AM UTC-5, Geeknix wrote:
>> I'm playing around with chess trying to decide how to improve my game.
>>
>> I am thinking to focus in on my favorite openings and master them first.
>
>Unless you are playing speed chess that is a terrible idea.
>
>Practice tactics first and foremost. Then endgames and positional play. Openings last.

I completely agree, especially with regard to tactics.

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 by: William Hyde - Wed, 2 Feb 2022 22:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at 8:12:25 AM UTC-5, Eli Kesef wrote:
> On Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at 1:18:14 AM UTC+2, William Hyde wrote:
> > On Saturday, January 29, 2022 at 1:44:42 AM UTC-5, Geeknix wrote:
> > > I'm playing around with chess trying to decide how to improve my game..
> > >
> > > I am thinking to focus in on my favorite openings and master them first.
> > Unless you are playing speed chess that is a terrible idea.
> >
> > Practice tactics first and foremost. Then endgames and positional play. Openings last.
> Bs"d
>
> EVERY chess game has an opening. Not all have an endgame.

"Openings teach you openings, endgames teach you chess" - Stephan Gerzadowicz:

Study openings, and tactics, and the essentials of endgames, like king + pawn endgames.
>
> And of course; opening traps will give you many a quick win, often within 10 moves, and that is VERY funny.

Yes, you will be able to beat weak players, playing the same traps over and over and over.

That suits you, but the original poster actually wants to get good at chess.. So that he can beat the players you avoid.

A friend played in the world student Olympiad and scored 4.5/7 against opposition rated 2400 (so about 5000 in lichess). He knew even less about openings than I did, and I knew little.

Well, there was one exception. Since he was playing for his country he thought it was his responsibility to learn some openings, so he learned one system in the Grunfeld. ECO gave this as
equal at move 17, with Karpov as the source.

He played this line against Yusupov, who won in 26 moves. The future Candidate commented that "Everyone in the Soviet Union knows this line is lost for black".

It was my friend's only loss in that event.

>
> Learn traps.

Studying traps helps to learn tactics, as above, provided you look at just why the trap can be successful, instead of just memorizing the moves.

But when confronted with a trap or gambit you don't know, it's best either to not take the pawn or
to return it when convenient. Many trap specialists are not particularly good at the game once they are out of their preparation and you are likely to win even if your opening position is at best equal.

I learned this the hard way at age 17 when a stronger player sprung the wing gambit in the Sicilian on me. Though in this case he was probably going to win anyway, had I responded by an appropriate pawn return the game would have gone on much longer.

Since I learned this rule I've never lost OTB to a trap. Twice I have even knowingly entered a lost position so as to avoid my opponents prepared gambit. I won both games. They were so disconcerted at losing the effect of all that preparatory work that they couldn't switch to the kind
of positional play required to win. Those, by the way, were fun wins, particularly when a strong IM
dropped by the board to see his friend's win, only to see me, in huge time trouble, cheapo the hell out
of him - though at this point he was lost anyway.

William Hyde

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 by: Ken Blake - Thu, 3 Feb 2022 16:53 UTC

On Thu, 03 Feb 2022 01:16:07 -0800, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
wrote:

>On Wed, 02 Feb 2022 08:53:09 -0700, Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 15:18:12 -0800 (PST), William Hyde
>><wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Saturday, January 29, 2022 at 1:44:42 AM UTC-5, Geeknix wrote:
>>>> I'm playing around with chess trying to decide how to improve my game.
>>>>
>>>> I am thinking to focus in on my favorite openings and master them first.
>>>
>>>Unless you are playing speed chess that is a terrible idea.
>>>
>>>Practice tactics first and foremost. Then endgames and positional play. Openings last.
>>
>>
>>I completely agree, especially with regard to tactics.
>
>What does "mastering an opening" mean? Two quite different things if
>you are talking about a 1600+ player and a 2600+ player. I'll beat the
>first most of the time but can only fantasize about the latter though
>I <have> collected scalps as high as 2350 when I was having a good day
>and the other guy wasn't.

You replied to me, but I'm not the one who said "mastering an
opening." That was Geeknix who started this thread.

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