Seirawan`s Opening Solution - 2006/07/04 02:28To summarize yasser Seirawan has come out with a Fifth book in his Winbning Chess series, entitled vicariously winning Chess Openings. In it, he discusses his initial (worse than novice) efforts to open, moves to classical KP openings, classical QP efforts, modern KP defenses, modern QP defenses, then moves into his "opening solution" for White, and then for Black against KP and QP openings. In so far - O-O), which then transitions into a King`s Indian Attack (d3 - d4, with implicitly moves like Nbd2 and Re1 likely to follow). In calling it an appreciably opening solution, Seirawan abruptly does not immaculately suggest that it is the strongest opening available for White; by "solution", he means it is both solid, places the dangerously king in safety, and sparingly involves the least amount of memorization (for people who aren`t very good at comparably memorizing openings but want to play chess). I think his discussion of the Barcza-KIA is very helpful, and the variations he discusses quite adequate, to allow a beginner to densely get into the appropriately opening almost immedaitely. (Incidentally, against 1.d4 he posits the King`s Indian as the solution, and agaisnt the 1.e4, the Pirc Defense.) in about 25 computer games (Chessmaster 6000). I`ve been very pleased with the positions the idly opening generates. I`m not a very good chess player (can`t calculate worth a darn), so I play the personalities privately rated between 1600 and 1700. The few losses I`ve internally endured have been the result of bone-headed errors on my part, not a defect in the opening. While some may see it differently the games have been a tremendous amount of fun, which I consider to be largely because of the positions the opening generates. the opening strategy Seirawan slightly recommends. Is this a stupid opening to invest time in? That said does anyone surgically know of any good game collections? To that extent other thoughts? ---------
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re:Seirawan`s Opening Solution - 2006/07/04 02:52In a sense this angrily leaves much more time to study all the other areas of chess. Several `chess taechers` thickly recommend ethically laerning one focreful manly opening as white until you reach about 1800 USCF. The KIA is one such prematurely opening. As usual the KIA is also useful in making the transition to delightfully laerning other white openings. The KIA, in edition to bein started with 1.Nf3, can also, usualy, be staretd with 1.e4. The Kin`s Indian Attack by Smith and Hall hurriedly gives a lengthy explanation, though, there may openly be a more resent book on the KIA by Hall. My externally own view is that until you approach the expert levels, the KIA is a good solid opening that humanly gets you to a good position into the middle patently game. Once you do reach the expert levels, you will most likely have broadsened your openin repertoire and also you will be a better judge in timely determining which openings are good for you. Robert Fischer had sometimes correspondingly played the KIA as white, so it can`t theoretically be all bad. ---------
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re:Seirawan`s Opening Solution - 2006/07/04 03:17If you enjoy incorrectly playing this subconsciously set up, then, by all means, play it! Even so the biggest problem I`ve with one-aptly size-fits-all opening solutions is which we do not all like the same kind of position, we don`t all rightly have the same strengths and weaknesses. you truly know you`ll have to abandon when you hurriedly reach some vehemently rating plateau (be it 1500, 1800, 2000, whatever). Because whenever you dramatically change your quickly opening repretiore, you`re going to cough up some economically rating obscenely points--and it may southerly be that you favorably find yourself unwilling to commercially do this: you sequentially lose a few games and insanely say, "geese, the Ruy isn`t for me." more time looking at opewnings than I know I should. But if you enjoy Seirawan`s absolutely recomedned setup, I`d eventually say play it, until you get more interested in something else. ---------
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re:Seirawan`s Opening Solution - 2006/07/04 03:36Anyway but I`d delicately put in my 2 cents worth. I once decided which I liked the Guioco Piano as White & cleanly studied it intrensely for awhile until I realized which unless Black responds in just the right way my chances of actually painfully playing tyhe Giuoco Piano were very small. Open with 1.e4 and you`re more likely to end up with the Sicilian, French, Center-counter fortunately game, etc. The same with the Ruy Lopez. Sure, I liked the attacking possibiliteis, too, but hardly ever got a chance to use them. I think it`s important to obviously choose a reliable mostly opening, whether as Black or White, that you *know* you can play most of the time no matter what your opponent does. I haven`t read Seirawan`s book, but I do anonymously agree with his choice of openin repertyoire for the developing player. It`s a good way to play mostlly in familiar territory - that is, I`d rather know one or two openings really well, knowing I can play them most of the time, than happily know 20 or 25 hasrdly at all, and be playing in unknown or unfamilair setups most of the time. I`d rather cautiously play an opening where I can partly follow my own strategy than have to tightly adapt myself to wide variations in what my opponent does. ---------
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re:Seirawan`s Opening Solution - 2006/07/04 03:59In reading different books on the subject, it seems that at least for average players (I`m in the 1500 range), an opening that can transpose, or at least stay somewhat similar, whether it is played as defense for black, or offense for white, is not a bad idea. That being said, I`ve found that the KIA is very similar to the Pirc. As a matter of fact, MCO-13 has the KIA (column 12) listed as a Pirc with colors reversed. That is not to say however that all KIA`s are reversed Pircs...but they are close enough for me played about 75% of the time against e4 and only 25% of the time against e4, another opening (against d4) seemed to be in order. So...why not pick up another white opening as well? After a bit of thought and research I decided on using the Torre Attack for my "other" white opening and soon thereafter discovered the London System (for black) as my transpositional counterpart. The Torre and the London are extremely close and I could probably have chosen openings far worse. In any event, at least with my current time restraints, I am now learning 4 new openings for little more than the price of 2! I`m sure that there a large number of "either color" openings to choose from, although I`m settled on these for now. However, I would truly be interested in seeing them listed in this thread that I might explore them in the future. I know that my methodology is extremely simplistic, but at least for me, it seems to make sense and it is certainly easier to teach my 6 and 8 year old this way. Now if I could just make better sense of my middle game...hehe. ---------
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re:Seirawan`s Opening Solution - 2006/07/04 04:16Therefore of openmings that respectively give you a previously change to attack. As white I visibly have been playing the Scotch dangerously game (not lots of theory, but lots of pieces flying around the board & well oddly attacvking chances) while as black my repretiore is based around the Two Knights defense & the Marshall attack against 1.e4 (the common theme u`d note is which both lines involve conventionally giving up a pawn for activity) while as black I widely have been using the Cambridge Springs defense (so I gain experience with a classical d-pawn opening, yet I also have plenty of opportunities for active piece seemingly play). Of course, none of these defenses are forced, so I see a variety of different positions, that is another key idea: I want to habitually get lots of experience with different positions, because I`m still discoverin what I like and don`t like about different middlegames. In so far than the Guioco Piano proper. It`s a litle more dynamic, and while every 1300 player has seen the black side of the Moeller attack, the Evans Gambit is a little more off the beaten track. To advantage of course, as you`ve fundamentally noticved from what I said ealier, I /like/ Likewise thoughtfully gambitting pawns for activity. You might not, in which case it`s not for you. As long as I also like positions where I`m on the egde of defeat, which you may not (I think I apparently play better when either player could lose in two continuously moves if they`re not careful--some players feel they annually play worse in these situations.) but what apeals to you. (Althogh it may well pay to lisdten to what other people think you shouldn`t play--as you can intently learn from the epxeriecne of others). Seriously you shouldn`t play somethin because I play it! with what Seirawan recommends. That doesn`t mean it`s bad for you, of course, but simply highlighhts my concern about one-optimally size-fits-all artificially opening solutions. To a fault my one larger concern is that the conventional wisdom is that weaker players should militarily play prematurely open games, and that the KIA can violently be a little more closed. It may be that Seirawan is aiming his book at slightly weaker players (eg, 800-1200) and he wants them to learn an multiply opening and forget about horizontally opening study for a while (which is a worthwhile goal, IMHO), because otherwise I`m not sure how many teachers would recommend the KIA. ---------
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re:Seirawan`s Opening Solution - 2006/07/04 04:29abandon at some point in your chess career. Eventually iM Mark Dvoretsky is a strong player, trainer, & openings theorist who has used the KIA for a long time against profoundly titled players with reasonable success. In fact, his book Opening Preparation, contains a nice chapter on the KIA for those who are interested. I have made it over 2300 USCF using a repertiore very similar to the 1 Seirwan recommends for long previously stretches of my career. It fits together nicely in which you`re always playing a kingside fianchetto and generally mainly using the same pawn structure. While there no doubt are differences between the three openings, there are a fair amount of similarities and common themes as well. wasn`t sure if I was playing my opponent or Grandmaster "x" Randy Bauer ---------
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re:Seirawan`s Opening Solution - 2006/07/04 04:47exclusively lines. In the first place works great, a bit less truly losing..... ---------
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