After I learned how to move the pieces, I only worked on the endgame. No middlegame, no openings, just endgames. Thus when I started to go to a chess club, I immediately started to get pounded in blitz matches because I didn't know any openings or basic middlegame concepts- such as how to get rid of the knight pin on f3(f6) after you castled. It just took me a lot of time for me to think about the position, so I lost every single game because of time pressure. I dediced to learn some openings, as I started to dig some middlegame books (Barraging the Barricades and How to Reasses yor Chess, also with all of Sairawan's Winning Chess series).
I started with the Italian Game as white, and Queen's Indian as black. What I ask you is: "What are the main 'plans' of these two openings?" I can surely look up some opening book to see this, but I just want to ask people who use these openings frequently.
Note: It doesn't have to be only GP and QI, you can talk about any opening, and I'll see if I can work on it 🙂
Originally posted by anthiasIf you memorize Reuben Fine's The IDEAS BEHIND THE OPENINGS, GM Fine says you'll be no less than a master at minimum.
After I learned how to move the pieces, I only worked on the endgame. No middlegame, no openings, just endgames. Thus when I started to go to a chess club, I immediately started to get pounded in blitz matches because I didn't know any openings or basic middlegame concepts- such as how to get rid of the knight pin on f3(f6) after you castled. It just took m ...[text shortened]... be only GP and QI, you can talk about any opening, and I'll see if I can work on it 🙂
Originally posted by Gorgarnot just blacks weakspot but black eyes whites weakest spot f2
Well,what is the main idea behind the Giuoco?I would say quick development,central control and an eye on Black's weakest spot f7.I guess there's a bit more to it than just that but I'm no expert.
I don't know the Queens Indian.
Originally posted by GorgarCrackpot or not, he was a genuis at chess and an excellent writer. Almost certainly the best American player to never win the U.S. Championship.
Reuben always was a bit of a crackpot 😉
His "Basic Chess Endings" remains a monumental contribution to chess, and he had to figure all the stuff out without help from Fritz!
IMO, his "Chess the Easy Way" remains one of the best chess primers of all time.