19 Jun '13 20:01>1 edit
I've been listening to Igor Smirnov on youtube, specifically his avoiding blunders video. In it he suggest playing a closed variation when you play an opponent who is better prepared. He suggests this because computers are +3000 opponents and who wants to go against that?
It reminded me of something I heard before (I think while listening to Chessmaster tutorials) that when you play a computer, tactics are a no no since computers can compute all sorts of variations and are very strong tactical opponents, instead play strategic games.
It seems to me that the two statements are very similar. Open positions lead to tactics and closed games lead to strategic games. When I first started learning to play chess, I got the advice, play open games and learn tactics! So I've heard this idea in three different places all of which I believed were reliable sources, which leads me to this question:
Do computers steer modern players into focusing on strategic games? When I say players, I mean people who actually play chess as opposed to people who simply try to memorize lines and copy moves they've seen. I'd think there would even be these two types of GM's.
Of course I suck and could be all wet, but thought this would be a good place to ask such a question.
It reminded me of something I heard before (I think while listening to Chessmaster tutorials) that when you play a computer, tactics are a no no since computers can compute all sorts of variations and are very strong tactical opponents, instead play strategic games.
It seems to me that the two statements are very similar. Open positions lead to tactics and closed games lead to strategic games. When I first started learning to play chess, I got the advice, play open games and learn tactics! So I've heard this idea in three different places all of which I believed were reliable sources, which leads me to this question:
Do computers steer modern players into focusing on strategic games? When I say players, I mean people who actually play chess as opposed to people who simply try to memorize lines and copy moves they've seen. I'd think there would even be these two types of GM's.
Of course I suck and could be all wet, but thought this would be a good place to ask such a question.