Openings are very hyped because “crush xyz in 12 moves” is a really good sell. “Do the hard work and you’ll actually improve after like months or years if you do it consistently” is not such a good sell.
And so every new player studies a lot of openings, gets a theoretical grandmaster position (yay, you’re equal as Black) and then blunder a piece and lose anyway.
Of course it’s happened, but saying it’s because of the opening is not correct. It’s because I didn’t calculate well and my other skills were not good enough. In very fast time controls it can give you a big edge if you’re good at memorization, but most opening lines work only in very specific circumstances and you can play maaany games before you see it.
Fairly often one player will be in a position where they are more comfortable in intermediate games, but the game is far from over.
Weaker players sometimes fall apart entirely in the opening, but unless you’re in the market for the world champion title, there’s absolutely no need to memorize openings. Games are decided either by simple tactics or endgame knowledge more than anything at the lower levels.
I’m 1600 fide and have yet to see a game actually be decided by someone memorising openings
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Incredible that your comments are being removed by moderator
Why is not okay to swear in any way? The Christian thing doesn’t even have backup for anything but saying the lords name in vain.
You really couldn’t write this shit. Everything is so beyond unhinged it barely makes sense
Try having your own kid being impatient for the entire trip
Driving seems to be too much for the average person to handle.
I mean ok, but “impatient drivers driving on the pavement” is like twice as crazy
Yeah sure the king came out. I’d still not call it a gambit, this is a far cry from a Smith Morra or a Budapest gambit. Or a Vucoviç gambit where white sometimes gives up the Queen for 3 pieces.
If I captured a Knight with my Queen and failed to see it could be recaptured, I’d definitely say I blundered my Queen. Even when people go cave exploring on b7 and get a pawn+Rook for the Queen, it’s a blunder and leads to a clearly winning position.
Nothing is ever free in Chess, capturing a Queen will always cost at least 1 tempo.
Some people will resign, but everyone came to play and miracles do happen. But you agreed on that, so I think we’re on the same page.
There’s a lot of different ways to do it. Some people never let the kid win (but unless you’re a master, they will win sooner rather than later if they train. Kids are monsters in chess). Some people flip the board when the kid makes a mistake and ask the kid to see how to take advantage of the move they just played. Some people let the kid win once in a while.
Not if your rating difference is astronomic. See hikaru for instance (https://youtu.be/yBAghpuH4gs)
Guy makes it to 2500+ without a queen and I believe his online rating is around 3300
You’re supposed to say “actual zombie” though, so this is an illegal comment
You lost to a 500 player just because you blundered your queen? Smells like someone is not a 3000 rated player
Holy hell! And in an illegal position too
It’s probably in the garden on a leash or something and will try to hump all the moving things
I guess. The best marketing machine is American, so big props to all the streamers that play on Lichess despite everything
Easy F for AI and move on to the next one
But what about 98% of people being buttholes?