The question is whether spending all that time booking up on the Najdorf might be spent somewhere else, like tactical drills. Admittedly tactics aren't as freewheeling at RHP as, say, ICC in blitz. Here, you have time to analyze. I haven't found too many people falling into knight forks, for example, at RHP. On the other hand if anyone who has booked up on the BG5 Najdorf tries to spring it on me, I've got a couple of databases with up to the minute games to look at if i find myself in a new, confusing line. I guess it comes down to a question of efficiency.
Originally posted by buddy2I usually just wing my games. There are a few opening's I've learned and some things I've picked up from playing and such. I really haven't read much but I'm learning more from experience and I'm getting better with it. I don't really have the patience for reading, but I do plan on reading next summer. I'm somewhat successful with winging games, about a 1550-1650 player on here but still play better in real life.
Prompted by another thread about "intuition" in chess: Are there any highly rated players on rhp who know little about openings? There's always a question about whether the enormous amount of time people put into opening study is worth it. By highly rated I'd guess over 1800 rhp. I mean by that players who play "by the seat of their pants" without r ...[text shortened]... of games, etc. Don't be put off by the thread title. I just meant it as an attention grabber.
Originally posted by Freddie2004I agree with TRACKHEAD21,..I play the same way. As I see em. Possibly I see 3 or 4 moves ahead. No more, the most.
TRACKHEAD21 said that he had never studied openings and just played them as they went. e.g. playing the move he considered the best in that position, regardless of what opening strategy said. Although I found this hard to believe at the time he told me, I cannot help but believe him now I know more about chess and in particular opening techniques.
Haven't posted on Chess-at-work before ... so patience please :-)
I've recently returned to chess having hardly played since school days many years ago ... I don't know many openings well but usually enough to get me thru to the middle game where I can hold my own with regular 'club players'. The games I have lost (incl 1 to Buddy2!) have primarily been due to weaknesses in the early moves, and against 1700+ players I never managed to wriggle out of the ensuing strangleholds. As a parent, and holding down a demanding job, I just don't have time to study - must be the same for hundreds out there!!
To help, I've been using the following web-sites .....
chessgames.com
eudesign.com/chessops
although they don't tell me what moves to make, they do help me to understand what and why, and shape openings that suit my style of play ... and certainly when an opponent plays something I've never seen before .. like 'the cochrane gambit' which I'm sure I'dve made a dogs dinner of without finding out a bit about it :-/
In this type of chess are these resources considered Ok ? Any thoughts ?
Originally posted by cambridgeianBy 'Ok', do you mean allowed? If so, then yes.
To help, I've been using the following web-sites .....
chessgames.com
eudesign.com/chessops
In this type of chess are these resources considered Ok ? Any thoughts ?
And welcome to the forum (even if you are a Pom). 😉