The truth, of course, lies somewhere in between. It’s not applicable to amateur chess when most games are decided by tactics.” Some take things to the other extreme, saying “Learning chess openings is only for Masters.Some have claimed to have met chess players who “memorized EXACTLY what move to play against ANY sequence of moves I could come up with – all the way to the end of the game!” (Magnus Carlsen better watch out if such a player ever arises.).Some have grown frustrated with chess, saying “I didn’t realize it was just a memorization contest” (this, of course, isn’t true!).The complexity of the study of chess openings has led many a chess player to hold numerous misconceptions about this important phase of the game: Few topics intrigue and intimidate newcomers to chess like the study of so-called “Opening theory.” We hear stories of Masters who can play 15, 20, or 30 moves from pure memorization – despite the number of possible 20-move sequences to begin a game of chess being in the billions!
0 kommentar(er)
