In chess, the first moves of the game are called an opening. If you read the Chess Internet, you’ll learn that many of us amateurs focus too much on the opening - from the standpoint of pure improvement. Why do we do so? The Opening is the phase of the game under our control. It is possible for a relatively experienced amateur to play the same moves a Grandmaster might play for the first, say, 10 moves. The relatively experienced amateur will never play a middlegame or an endgame like a Grandmaster.
A Repertoire Of One's Own
A Repertoire Of One's Own
A Repertoire Of One's Own
In chess, the first moves of the game are called an opening. If you read the Chess Internet, you’ll learn that many of us amateurs focus too much on the opening - from the standpoint of pure improvement. Why do we do so? The Opening is the phase of the game under our control. It is possible for a relatively experienced amateur to play the same moves a Grandmaster might play for the first, say, 10 moves. The relatively experienced amateur will never play a middlegame or an endgame like a Grandmaster.