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JEH God Member Offline "Football is like Chess, only without the dice." Posts: 1456 Location: Reading Joined: 09/22/05 Gender:	Re: White for player with a poor memory Reply #7 - 07/12/06 at 16:30:48	Post Tools	Print Post
	Smyslov_Fan wrote on 07/12/06 at 14:21:50: My concrete advice to anyone seeking relatively untrammeled ground to a middle game is to remember that most opponents don't know the openings either. So just play the moves that you know are best, and use your tactical skills to work out the continuations over the board. You may be going over old ground or you may discover a novelty early on. Either way, you'll be playing chess, and you can be confident that you are playing sound positional chess because you're making the best, active moves! I second this approach and have been trying it myself over recent months as I've been moving my repetoire over to more main lines. So far I've been pleasantly surprised .

	Those who want to go by my perverse footsteps play such pawn structure with fuzzy atypical still strategic orientations Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, stuck in the middlegame with you
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Keano God Member Offline Money doesn't talk, it swears. Posts: 2928 Location: Toulouse Joined: 05/25/05 Gender:	Re: White for player with a poor memory Reply #6 - 07/12/06 at 15:40:44	Post Tools	Print Post
	I agree with Willempie - 1.c4 or maybe 1.Nf3 are probably your best bet - but Smyslov_fan is right, there is no easy deal here either, it is just relative - if you want an advantage there is still lots of theory here, it is just that the nature of the positions might make accidents a bit more unlikely for you...


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Willempie God Member Offline I love ChessPublishing .com! Posts: 4312 Location: Holland Joined: 01/07/05	Re: White for player with a poor memory Reply #5 - 07/12/06 at 15:27:59	Post Tools	Print Post
	Try the english (to earn brownie points I would suggest Kosten's book to start with). Quite easy to memorise your setup, but still allowing for different types of games, depending on the moves by your opponents and your own mood.

	If nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through.
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ANDREW BRETT God Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 622 Joined: 07/07/06	Re: White for player with a poor memory Reply #4 - 07/12/06 at 14:25:29	Post Tools	Print Post
	Suggestion: why don't you see if you can find some exercises to assist your memory rather than search for a system.


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Smyslov_Fan God Member Correspondence fan Offline Progress depends on the unreasonable man. ~GBS Posts: 6902 Joined: 06/15/05	Re: White for player with a poor memory Reply #3 - 07/12/06 at 14:21:50	Post Tools	Print Post
	I disagree with the premise that there's such a thing as a quiet and positional approach. Positional chess does not mean quiet chess. Positional chess means active chess. Passive play is bad play, especially in the opening. My concrete advice to anyone seeking relatively untrammeled ground to a middle game is to remember that most opponents don't know the openings either. So just play the moves that you know are best, and use your tactical skills to work out the continuations over the board. You may be going over old ground or you may discover a novelty early on. Either way, you'll be playing chess, and you can be confident that you are playing sound positional chess because you're making the best, active moves!


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guidedbyvoices Junior Member Offline Posts: 91 Location: Ireland Joined: 12/17/04	Re: White for player with a poor memory Reply #2 - 07/12/06 at 12:40:30	Post Tools	Print Post
	There are some, but whether they are much good or not is another matter. I am thinking principally of lines like the Torre Attack, Colle System etc. To a certain extent it depends at what level you are playing at. It is hard to get away from a certain amount of theory nowadays because most popular openings are so heavily analyzed. In any case understanding the reasons behind the opening moves is more important than rote memorisation. Unless you are playing extremely complex tactical lines then you should be able to at least reach a playable position with white simply by playing natural moves without having to memorize reams of analysis. As you play through your games and go over them afterwards (preferably with a coach) comparing them to games of master players you will gradually absorb the ideas and motifs behind particular openings. This process will happen automatically and unconsciously so it isn't the same as sitting down with an opening book and trying to memorize line after line. Unless there is a physical reason for poor memory (i.e an underlyng neurological impairment) then playing over and analysing games will help you to find the right moves at the board irrespective of your perception of having a poor memory. Since you already play the Queens Gambit declined as black why not play the Queens Gambit as white? If you would rather play something different with white then you could consider playing 1e4 and a quiet line of the Vienna eg 1e4 e5 2Nc3 Nf6 3g3. Of course you would still have to face openings like the Sicilian and French, then you can just play the moves that seem natural to you. Analyze the games afterward, see where you made your mistake and play differently next time.


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alumbrado God Member Offline Esse quam videri bonus malebo Posts: 1418 Location: London Joined: 02/17/03 Gender:	Re: White for player with a poor memory Reply #1 - 07/12/06 at 12:29:51	Post Tools	Print Post
	I am reluctant to recommend this approach but you might want to consider a "system" opening where you basically play the same sort of moves whatever your opponent does. Examples of this are: the King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3, 2.g3, 3.Bg2, 4.0-0, 5.d3 etc.) the Colle (1.d4, 2.Nf3, 3.e3 etc) the London (1.d4, 2.Bf4 or 2.Nf3 and then 3.Bf4) Alternatively you might want to consider something a little offbeat where theory is not so important. The Nimzo-Larsen Attack (1.b3) is one such. The Bird (1.f4) is another - and has some similarities with and can transpose to the Nimzo-Larsen in some lines.

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Pavlo55 YaBB Newbies Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 1 Joined: 07/12/06	White for player with a poor memory 07/12/06 at 12:18:42	Post Tools	Print Post
	I have a poor memory & I like to play quiet positional openings (e.g. Queen Gambit Declined as black against 1d4 and 1c4). Can anyone suggest what would be the best opening for WHITE for a player with a poor memory?? Is there such an opening? Thank you. Pavlo


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