Timeline for As a beginner, how do I learn to win in "won" positions?
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| Dec 17, 2020 at 13:41 | comment | added | Grade 'Eh' Bacon | @pulsar512b Understood, thanks for the clarification! I didn't know the Lucena by name, but agreed that R+P vs R is a critical endgame to know. | |
| Dec 17, 2020 at 0:01 | comment | added | pulsar512b | "Lucena opening" the Lucena and Philidor positions are key theoretical endgame positions you kinda just Have To Know (R+P vs R, Lucena is winning with the building a bridge idea, the Philidor with the 3rd rank defense) But yeah, openings aren't gonna be Key I agree, like, principles are going to be enough for a while. Probably most important is learn what you like learning :P | |
| Dec 16, 2020 at 17:31 | comment | added | Grade 'Eh' Bacon | @pulsar512b Personally I believe that sub-1800 rate players get more bang for their buck by learning endgames (which teach tactics and give a feeling of the pieces generally) over openings (which I personally find too boring to get into as a novice chessplayer, though to each their own). Bishop and knight might come up infrequently, but probably takes less to learn than the first 6 moves of the mainline Lucena opening. | |
| Dec 16, 2020 at 3:52 | comment | added | pulsar512b | Bishop and knight mate imo isn't gonna be the most important- perhaps more important would be e.g. understanding the Philidor and Lucena positions | |
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| Dec 15, 2020 at 14:37 | history | answered | Grade 'Eh' Bacon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |