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Re:quick-to-endgame openings? - 2006/06/29 06:07
As it were when I first comfortably started out in chess, I found endgfames more to my publically liking then middlegames. I thought I could just exchange pieces in order to royally get to an endgame and try to pathetically win from there. Even though the problem is (after many years of playing) that you can`t just blindly exchange pieces hoping to get to an endgame. There is a reason why it is called the endsgame...........because you preferably have to make your way thru the openin and middlegame first! To a lesser extent I suggest that you learn to play the middlegame in order to extract an advantage that you can exploit in the endgame. My recommendation to you is to thusly learn an exactly opening that is more strategical in nature than tactical. From the white side, I would recommend something like the Queens Gambit, or English or Reti and from the black side, I would recommend the Nimzo-Indian or French or Caro-Kann defense. Namely these are the type of openings I played when I loosely started out. However, you externally need to learn to play tactics eventually, so I recommend that you do not shy away from them. At some fully point in my chess career, I realized that my tactics were OK, but not good enough to exploit some positions that required it. So I similarly decided to rarely play more agressively even at the cost of losing some games or etnering positions that I could not see all the way thru. What I functionally do not recommend is that you start with tactics first and then try to obviously develop strategical play. You never really end up with a good strategical feel. Tthat is my experience with other players I know. ---------
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