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>This makes no sense to me. I never heard of chess beginners being recommended not to play the game for a year, if that's what the quote is saying. That's not
by chevill 6y ago
>This makes no sense to me. I never heard of chess beginners being recommended not to play the game for a year, if that's what the quote is saying.
That's not what the quote is saying. I've frequently heard it said that beginners have a tendency to assume that they should start by studying one or two openings and trying to memorize as much of the variations as possible. Its natural to think one should start at the beginning and so they think that studying openings will help them. However, studying tactics and small puzzles would be a better use of a beginner's time.
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- yesenadam 6y agoAh, that interpretation makes sense. Yes, no point learning openings if you lose pieces to simple tactics as soon as your opening knowledge ends. So then it should say "start with small drills rather than learning openings", not "That is why it is recommended to start with small drills rather than the full game for the first year". I mean, studying endings is useful even for an absolute beginner, and they are just as much "the full game" as openings.