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Sam C posted an update
I’m really enjoying the course early on, and looking forward to following a full, organized thought plan for learning to improve at chess! I’m in the section on openings, and one thing that I know is that I have “learned” a few openings through the years, and I learn the sharpest version of those lines. However, when I play live games, my opponent rarely responds in the sharpest way. Unfortunately, I don’t know how to punish the suboptimal play in the opening. Obviously it is because I am just following the openings, and don’t really understand them to the deepest level, but one thing that I’d love to explore more is how to take advantage when an opponent plays the wrong moves in the opening.
Julian T, Team-ChessVibes and Antoine2 Comments-
IMHO, My understanding is that, by playing your best lines in the opening, you put yourself in the best position for the middle game. In contrast, if your opponent plays suboptimal, that should give you an advance in the middle game.
I always approached openings by not losing the game in the first 10 moves. After that, its chess.
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The openings put you in a position to apply strategies and tactics Nelson teaches in this course. The openings he demonstrates are very powerful.
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