I've used CPT and Chess Opening Wizard for several years and have developed my game through several source data bases, e-books, paper books, games etc. You can down a pgn file and import the moves of what ever opening you are interested in. But, Id recommend not going that route for a couple reasons.
First, you will get girth of moves that are just not what you want to learn.
Second, CPT is designed to help you LEARN the positions through training and part of that training is entering the moves you want and are comfortable with.
As an example: I downloaded everything I could find on the Colle and found the information was not very useful. So, I started from scratch and picked two sources and the lines I was comfortable with, learned those and expanded as needed and as my chess knowledge grew. This takes longer but has the advantage of growing with you. Best Tim
I understand where you are coming from but I am not interested in comfort. It is my firm belief that, in all walks of life, comfort leads to stagnation. If you aren't pushing past your comfort zones then you aren't expanding your skill and knowledge.
Originally posted by Rookpawn59 I've used CPT and Chess Opening Wizard for several years and have developed my game through several source data bases, e-books, paper books, games etc. You can down a pgn file and import the moves of what ever opening you are interested in. But, Id recommend not going that route for a couple reasons.
First, you will get girth of moves that are just no ...[text shortened]... my chess knowledge grew. This takes longer but has the advantage of growing with you. Best Tim
This is an excellent post (I gave the "thumbs up", but it may have some semantic issues.
I think it might help people to replace the word "comfortable with" by using the words "that are in line with the positions I prefer to play" or "want to focus on learning" or "that suit my style" or something similar.
In chess as in so many things, quality trumps quantity.