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Did he really read only those 2 books? I'm not a chess player, but still I find that incredible. Surely he didn't learn all his openings only by playing and rea
by nandemo 15y ago
Did he really read only those 2 books? I'm not a chess player, but still I find that incredible. Surely he didn't learn all his openings only by playing and reading one collection of games?
- Stwerner 15y agoI'm not really surprised, I went through Josh Waitzkin's chessmaster tutorials, and one thing that stuck out was him talking about how his coach had him focus on the mid- an end-game, and hardly any on openings. The idea I think is that by not knowing openings very well, you end up quickly getting out of the opening book, neutralizing your opponent's advantage and into where you're strongest.