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what percent of people who "know how to play chess" know openings?
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Date: February 2nd, 2025 2:50 AM Author: drab alpha institution Say you go to a random airport, and get to survey everyone and for those who say they can play chess, what percent of them actually know any openings?
Btw, I play a slight variation of the london system if white, and caro kann or kings indian, depending on how white opens if I'm black |
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Date: February 2nd, 2025 2:52 AM Author: drab alpha institution my guess is 5-10% (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5674109&forum_id=2#48614135) |
Date: February 2nd, 2025 2:56 AM Author: Magenta Sinister Cuck Memorizing openings is for losers, work on your endgame instead (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5674109&forum_id=2#48614136) |
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Date: February 2nd, 2025 2:59 AM Author: drab alpha institution you need to focus more on mid game if you're less than an advanced player (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5674109&forum_id=2#48614137) |
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Date: February 2nd, 2025 3:02 AM Author: excitant home The reality is that opening theory is not the deciding factor in the vast majority of chess games and is boring as fuck to study. Tactical errors dominate low level play and are much more damaging than the sort of minor errors someone who only casually studies opening theory will make. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5674109&forum_id=2#48614140) |
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Date: February 2nd, 2025 3:30 AM Author: autistic trust fund library You're both right. My dislike of studying openings is why I didn't take chess more seriously.
Endgame study is more conceptual and interesting imo. I punch above my rating in endgames and below in openings. I think opponents get surprised when I can come back from a disadvantage because I have a better understanding of endgames |
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Date: February 2nd, 2025 4:03 AM Author: Spectacular milky base dingle berry probably plenty openings are the most common part of chess technique to study the question is why do people play chess when we have starcraft brood war? huge "?" next to that one |
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Date: February 2nd, 2025 8:44 AM Author: burgundy pontificating dog poop partially cr, but brood war is just warhammer for screenfags (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5674109&forum_id=2#48614355) |
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Date: February 2nd, 2025 8:46 AM Author: marvelous location chess is worse cus u cant play with a sideboard to play out lines. you have to hold everyhting in yer head which is a artificial challenge. but starcraft is not perfect too cus it test more than the thinking but also fingers execution (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5674109&forum_id=2#48614359) |
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Date: February 2nd, 2025 10:42 AM Author: autistic trust fund library Cq (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5674109&forum_id=2#48614624) |