Hello (li)chess players. I hope you are having a nice day.In this my last and long forum post i would like to tell you all my 5 chess questions that at moment i do not have an answer(and sorry if someone told this questions before,i did not have find them).
1. In these days i am watching fide world cup and in past months i watched a lot of lichess tv or youtube/twitch videos. Is it better going on to watch top game tv or playing my own games and analyze them?(assuming i can do only one of two activities)
2. Chess engines are clearly better than us(correct me if i wrong) so is it better follow games of our world champion(M.C.) or engine world champion(S14)?
3. Superficially i know a bit all main openings but i play always my favourite ones because i like them and i know them deeper day after day: i am not an universal player so can it be good have a limited but quite well prepared opening repertoire?(I hope so,no matter if someone prepares against me)
4.With lichess and online games,do otb games have sense to go on to exist? I mean,here i can sit near my laptop and watch top players games 24h/24. Why should i do 60 or more km to participate in a weekend tournament?
5. A legend of chess recently played a blitz tournament: several years ago he was one of the best chess players of the world but in this tournament he scored 0,5/9. My last question is: did he voluntarily lose games or quality of nowadays is becoming higher and higher?
Hey-o, cya and good luck everyone!
1. In these days i am watching fide world cup and in past months i watched a lot of lichess tv or youtube/twitch videos. Is it better going on to watch top game tv or playing my own games and analyze them?(assuming i can do only one of two activities)
2. Chess engines are clearly better than us(correct me if i wrong) so is it better follow games of our world champion(M.C.) or engine world champion(S14)?
3. Superficially i know a bit all main openings but i play always my favourite ones because i like them and i know them deeper day after day: i am not an universal player so can it be good have a limited but quite well prepared opening repertoire?(I hope so,no matter if someone prepares against me)
4.With lichess and online games,do otb games have sense to go on to exist? I mean,here i can sit near my laptop and watch top players games 24h/24. Why should i do 60 or more km to participate in a weekend tournament?
5. A legend of chess recently played a blitz tournament: several years ago he was one of the best chess players of the world but in this tournament he scored 0,5/9. My last question is: did he voluntarily lose games or quality of nowadays is becoming higher and higher?
Hey-o, cya and good luck everyone!