London again ! 20:02 c5 yaay, great move ! castle is also possible, but I like c5 a lot 20:18 because Nf3 would control e5 and prevent you from playing it ! Also the knight is just better on f3 than e2 20:46 e5 is great ! You just have a great control on the center, and this as black is just so good !! 20:58 I mean engine is never scared in these lines about opening the h file and castling into it, but I think it's very unnecessary and can get very scary very fast. So I would not listen to it too much about that. 22:14 yep f5 w1s available for white here 22:26 yaay winning a piece, well done ! 22:39 I like Bxd4, he has most pawns on dark squares restrincting this bishop, this was a great way to simplify I think. 25:18 you failed to see the threat but mainly because you played this in 3 seconds 😅, I mean you did not blunder mate so it's fine, but don't try too hard to flag your opponent when you are winning, just make sure to not lose 😅 26:31 you did yep, very well done !!! I hope you like this with your pawn on c5 ! (Which won you the game with that c4 move later) ! c5 is the way to go against the london imo !
I hit 2000+ in rapid and blitz. Never learned an opening or studied anything for that matter. Took two years and went from 1100-2000. I think lower rated player over value learning openings apposed to just having better chess vision seeing combination of defense and attack.
That's impressive!!! I definitely think you're right about it being overvalued - ultimately opening knowledge is not going to fix the biggest problems lower rated players often face with their chess. But I do think it's still helpful to have an established opening repertoire, even if it's not a very deep one, just so that you avoid having to struggle with unfamiliarity as much.
London again !
20:02 c5 yaay, great move ! castle is also possible, but I like c5 a lot
20:18 because Nf3 would control e5 and prevent you from playing it ! Also the knight is just better on f3 than e2
20:46 e5 is great ! You just have a great control on the center, and this as black is just so good !!
20:58 I mean engine is never scared in these lines about opening the h file and castling into it, but I think it's very unnecessary and can get very scary very fast. So I would not listen to it too much about that.
22:14 yep f5 w1s available for white here
22:26 yaay winning a piece, well done !
22:39 I like Bxd4, he has most pawns on dark squares restrincting this bishop, this was a great way to simplify I think.
25:18 you failed to see the threat but mainly because you played this in 3 seconds 😅, I mean you did not blunder mate so it's fine, but don't try too hard to flag your opponent when you are winning, just make sure to not lose 😅
26:31 you did yep, very well done !!!
I hope you like this with your pawn on c5 ! (Which won you the game with that c4 move later) ! c5 is the way to go against the london imo !
Day 51
37/51
+34 -11 =6
+67% -21% =12%
I hit 2000+ in rapid and blitz. Never learned an opening or studied anything for that matter. Took two years and went from 1100-2000. I think lower rated player over value learning openings apposed to just having better chess vision seeing combination of defense and attack.
That's impressive!!! I definitely think you're right about it being overvalued - ultimately opening knowledge is not going to fix the biggest problems lower rated players often face with their chess. But I do think it's still helpful to have an established opening repertoire, even if it's not a very deep one, just so that you avoid having to struggle with unfamiliarity as much.