The first two examples are Kasparov thrashing someone I've never heard of. It doesn't prove much, Kasparov at his peak could thrash anyone whether they ignored opening principles or not. Much better would be an example of a very strong player losing to a weaker opponent due to ignoring opening principles.
No matter the strength of any of the players, the games emphasize the importance of simply sticking to strong principles during the opening phase of the game.
I remember playing OTB and getting up to walk around for a moment. I saw dozens of players hadn't even castled yet, thought it was an obvious mistake, got back to my board and continued playing without castling myself either. Once the checks came they didn't stop and lost pretty soon after.
Thank you very much for this blog, I take note of it, you showed us that it is important to start an opening well, I am almost sure that beginners should base a little on openings!!!
Thank you for showing us these magnificent openings!
Thank you for showing us these magnificent openings!
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"Pawns are the traffic cones of chess" is the correct quote.
@BrutePepper said in #7:
> "Pawns are the traffic cones of chess" is the correct quote.
Yeah, we can say....
> "Pawns are the traffic cones of chess" is the correct quote.
Yeah, we can say....
magnus plays like he wants and still winning.
> Finally, I'm finishing this post with a position from one of my students.
I don't see the position, did you forget to include it?
I don't see the position, did you forget to include it?