| General Chess Discussion - Evaluation of Critical squares / Key Squares#5 I think that, to a large extent, it is a lot of trial-and-error searching and examination that locates key squares. I have my doubts about whether or not it is very often practical to do over-the-boar… | kindaspongey |
| General Chess Discussion - Is spending hours study chess opening necessary?#23 @tpr said in #2: > ... Openings only become relevant after you have mastered blunder elimination, tactics, and endgames. ... @tpr said in #19: > ... The first priority is to eliminate blunders from yo… | kindaspongey |
| General Chess Discussion - Is spending hours study chess opening necessary?#18 "... The game might be divided into three parts, i.e.:- 1. The opening. 2. The middle-game. 3. The end-game. There is one thing you must strive for, to be equally efficient in the three parts. Whether… | kindaspongey |
| General Chess Discussion - Opinions on the Caro-Kann#15 "... You should play the simpler and more adventurous openings, from which you will learn how to use the pieces. Much later on you can go on to the more difficult openings - if you play them now you w… | kindaspongey |
| General Chess Discussion - Is spending hours study chess opening necessary?#11 @tpr said in #2: > ... One hour of endgame study rewards you with more half points than lots of hours of opening study. "... I am not a big fan of weaker players memorizing lots of opening lines they … | kindaspongey |
| General Chess Discussion - Is spending hours study chess opening necessary?#7 "... you must choose what openings you will be using. ..." - Journey to the Chess Kingdom, a book for beginners by Yuri Averbakh and Mikhail Beilin "... Overall, I would advise most players to stick t… | kindaspongey |
| General Chess Discussion - My Vent: Chess Improvement Depending on Age.#2 "... The level at which one plays is governed by a number of vague and poorly understood factors. The first is what one might term 'natural talent'. ... It is my belief that ... considerable improveme… | kindaspongey |
| General Chess Discussion - Why do high rated players play the King's Indian Defense?#20 [Event "Esports World Cup 2025"] [Site "Riyadh KSA"] [Date "2025.07.31"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "2.1.7"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Magnus Carlsen"] [Black "Hikaru Nakamura"] [ECO "E97"] [WhiteElo "2839"]… | kindaspongey |
| General Chess Discussion - Why do high rated players play the King's Indian Defense?#18 "... Now jump ahead sixty years to 2020. Remarkably, much of Fischer’s repertoire is still in vogue at the top level. ... In a general sense, what I think has changed the most is a greater appreciatio… | kindaspongey |
| General Chess Discussion - Why do high rated players play the King's Indian Defense?#11 [Event "Sunway Sitges Open TB"] [Site "Sitges ESP"] [Date "2023.12.22"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "1.2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Brandon Jacobson"] [Black "Ernesto J. Fernandez Guillen"] [ECO "E97"] [Whit… | kindaspongey |
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