just in like the previous game I played better than my opponent
and I lost, in this game I was outplayed by my opponent, I played
worst but I won, I prefer the first game although in this one
I was more competitive
en.lichess.org/6VUVMqF20a7UI dont understand this game, specially d4 as black I have no clue
what to play, so more experience players have doubts as well,
its just that they are usually more subtle instead of hanging
a minor piece in the middle of the board.
I still think though that the opening is the most difficult part
for a beginner because its incredible difficult to understand,
or at least for me I should do some work there if I have some time,
because u see in the opening u have to figure out a lot of things
and the quote mentioned before is true, when u exchange a minor piece for example in the opening say the ruy, a bishop for a knight, or u double pawns then u are setting
a pawn structure to the endgame
so its not like I think that the opening should not be studied
its that I think it can only be studied by advanced players,
because if u are gonna play a line that lasts 15 moves where
the main advantage is to have a two bishops versus bishop and
knight then at the end of the day u need to know the middlegame
quite well and more the endgame so, I think its not feasible
to understand the opening without a solid background in the
middlegame or endgame, because for example if the aim
of the opening is to have three central pawns in the sicilian
or whatever, then u need to know how to push those pawns
in the endgame.
So why are openings so popular for two reasons, first
because they are easy to write about, since its always the
same initial position, so its easier to make a theory of openings
than for example a theory of middlegames and then
for understimating the possibilities of the next phases of the game, so its like eh
I dont think players really study openings maybe some,
but it is not that easy because they are many lines, so they
maybe know some tricks or some lines, im talking about club
players mostly, titled players Ill guess they ll know it, but eh
however I think the issue here is to explain the difference
between studying lines in the opening and knowing concepts,
like u can more or less understand an "easy" concept like
central pawns, but its much harder to memorize lines for someone like me an average player, because sometimes
they transpose between them I just think its very difficult honestly
thats why I dont recommend it, to be booked up, I do recommend
however to, to get used to common ideas, like fianchetto or pinning the knight, and so on.
I did not watch a lot the world championship but I was deeply
impressed by karkajin defence, I think one of the beauties of
becoming a strong player has to be, the resources one can get
defensively but its not like obvious its not that, I think its harder
to grasp, I think to defend is hard because It requires a lot of
precision, its not eh comfortable thing no, its really like a fight
where u are in the strings, it feels invigorating to be true,
because u are maintaining the pressure of the position so u have
to like, be like a rock, be very efficient and solid
and I think that the endgame, its almost cliche but,
I think it teaches it better I am not sure to explain why,
u see if u have one piece less and u draw the game then what
does that mean, Imagine how much pressure u have to put
against stronger opposition in order to win, because the king
is an active piece as well, and from my limited knowledge
I think a good example fo that is karkajin, I preferred it over carlsen in the match, really skillfiul and tough defence
there is a kind of hidden beauty there, of being to, being able
to sustain the position under pressure, its also a matter of nerves
although they know a lot to be true, so its almost like talking about, imagining it, because we can only imagine how it could
be to be such a strong chess player no, It has to be mindblowing
because its like an ability it is not just knowledge, its like an ability
to make the most out of the minor pieces, or whateve the position
has, so its really tough difficult and efficiency and there is not
really like a choice, in order to beat the strong players one has to
be psychollogically cold, I think its hard to explain because its
no a daily thing, the chess board is really full of pressure
To put a simple example, check the above link, we both missed
a stalemate in g8, and that is half point between a draw and a win
so the mistakes matter much more, not only the endgame is easier to study, the endgame is difficut but at least one know
where is going.
The issue here, the main issue is that new players rarely reach
even or equal endgames, usually one has more pieces than the other so, u see, what im trying to say is that in chess, really
there is an option, u cant really pick openings or endgames
u really need to know them all or be acquainted with them
but in order to not get eh overwhelmeded,
just learn one thing at a time, step by step.
and I think there are two main ideas to stick in the head,
the first one, is to play the game, that is to practise,
my view as club player or amateurish, I think u learn by playing
u dont learn that much by watching, u learn by playing,
or by reading books, it may work for others butI like to play,
and even is true that study is good it probably is less time there,
so practice over theory lots of practice, that is the first idea
and the second idea is to get inmersed in the game, to love it
to just stay there, not matter if it is rook endgames, or watching
some bullet, youtuber, playing the engine, reading about openings
blitzing, reading the forums, whatever, the main thing is that
if u spend a lot of time, u will eventually improve even if its not
the shortest path, no, like it takes years at least for me to advance,
u can hire a coach there are some coaches there, but they can only
help u a little because, chess is mostly about practice, and when
u dont practice u just forget it takes a while to remember
so one day u might need to practice about a passed pawn,
other day u will have to worry about king safety or some kind of pin but usually is very difficult because, its just a hard game,
the good thing is that is hard for the opponent too, so there
can be a good time, they ll blunder too.
So just pick something u like, for example the dutch defence
and study it, its a rich world, it takes a lifetime to get a clue about it.