Steve Richfield wrote:
...
have played tournament chess. However, when faced with a REALLY GREAT
chess player (e.g. national champion), as I have had the pleasure of
on a couple of occasions, they at first appear to play as novices,
making unusual and apparently stupid moves that I can't quite
capitalize on, only to pull things together later on and soundly beat
me. While retrospective analysis would show them to be brilliant, that
would not be my evaluation early in these games.
Steve Richfield
But that's a quite reasonable action on their part. Many players have
memorized some number of standard openings. But by taking the game away
from the standard openings (or into the less commonly known ones) they
enable the player with the stronger chess intuition to gain an
edge...and they believe that it will be themselves.
E.g.: The Orangutan opening is a trifle weak, but few know it well.
But every master would know it, and know both it's strengths and
weaknesses. If you don't know the opening, though, it just looks weak.
Looks, however, are deceptive. If you don't know it, you're quite
likely to find it difficult to deal with against someone who does know
it, even if they're a generally weaker player than you are.
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agi
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