You're Thinking About Chess Openings Wrong...
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- Опубліковано 5 тра 2024
- In this video we talk about chess openings and the belief that mainlines are an absolute necessity, which is overblown.
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Glad you're back. Always enjoy your chess videos.
Loved the vid, new sub
Loved this video! I'm new to chess and I suck but I tried to take away as much as a could from this video, very informative!
That's great to hear! If you're interested, I think my miniseries on identifying pawn and piece weaknesses would be of some help!
This small chess channels are great.
Dunno if you heard Danya on the Mustreader video, but he’s taking his blitz seriously and he’s playing the Alekhine! 👍🏽
Didnt have the chance! Just finished moving places so i just got back into things 😅
Is tyler1 the guy who plays the cow every game?
Yeah lol, funnily enough by taking worse positions out of the opening every game as both White and Black he's managed to build skills that others can't do as fast since he can focus on attacking, defending, tactics & strategy and not get roped into the whole "I need to know x amount of theory"
Of course, Dude beat Danya and Akobian with 1.a4 2.Ra3 🤣🤣
update, he's now 1900 holy
VINDICATIONNNNNNNNN!!!!!!
take his opinion with a grain of salt. if he was 2500 rated, I'd believe every word he says 100%. but rn I believe him 60-80%.
He's right tho. Playing strictly theoretical openings leads to burnout. There's always someone with a deeper knowledge of the lines than you, and if you never shake things up, they'll beat you. All top players have unorthodox setups in their bag that they can pull out to stump their opponent, and you're never gonna get to that point if you only ever play the top lines. The key is having a strong foundation, but remembering that chess is ultimately a game, not an exam.
Well said! My next video is going to be an extension of this as there were some interesting theoretical developments lately that I think are worth taking a look at 😊
The critique makes total sense. I think it's healthy to be willing to challenge all notions, but just because someone is 2500 doesn't mean they aren't impervious to mistakes too! When it comes to chess, I highly recommend challenging any new information, because at worst you achieve a deeper understanding of why someone was correct in the first place and at best you get the chance to share with others a better framework of how to improve/play 😊