Hi there in his lecture, I want to introduce you to the concepts of systems or set up openings as they
are sometimes known.
So if you play, for example, default D5 and you want to play the London.
Many actually, you save a lot of time just learning tons of opening theory and in your initial stages
of development, memorizing sharp technical lines of, say, the sitting in the fence could be a waste
of time and actually damaging your overall understanding of chess when you should be getting a basic
introduction to opening's middle game and end games.
Instead, if you're going into a very, very technical aspect of a certain part of the game in general,
then it's likely to have far less benefit than getting the fundamentals first in place.
And when you play systems and I do have a London system course for more details on the London system
as an example, you're getting a fairly safe position early on with minimal hassle.
So, for example, say this, this position happens and you set up a solid triangle.
You are looking forward to the middle game with minimal hassle.
It means also when you allocate time to studying the game, you can, for example, sharpen your tactics
by choosing a certain number of puzzles per day and making sure you get 100 percent of them.
Correct.
So you're not sort of swallowed up by the vast ocean of chess, which is called opening theory.
Instead, you're bypassing that ocean and you're just saying, look, I just want a decent position
from the opening.
I'm still learning about chess.
And as long as I get to, you know, console and have my pieces out and here the London system also
has no published bishop, by the way, the bishops are out and about then that's fine.
That's what you're saying with systems.
And you might think, did any of the world champions play systems?
Well, in fact, Bobby Fischer quite regularly, for example, against the French defense, chose to
use a Kings engine attack system.
So, for example, like this.
So he was also bypassing vast amounts of opening theory, playing the opening as a sort of Kings engine
attack.
So the King's Indian attack system surface throughout his career.
And maybe he was researching other stuff, all aspects of chess as well, and didn't want huge theoretical
debates with French defense players, which, you know, in the sharp mind of the French fans, there
is a lot of opening for you to know.
So he was also bypassing of the 846 quite often to play the King's Indian attack system or set up.
So it does serve its purpose, even if you are going to be a world champion of reaching a decent, playable
mental game with minimal fuss.
So systems, in my view, have a very important role, especially for the beginner player.
The beginner player should be focused on trying to be well-rounded in different departments of chess,
the opening mental game and end game without being sucked into that vast ocean of trendy opening theory.
Everything has a cost benefit to acquiring knowledge and skills, but really the acquisition of skills
in particular and understanding will underpin any knowledge gains and make it much, much more effective.
If you understand the reasons behind moves and you understand how tactics work and how tactics are actually
a tool for exposing the downsides of opponent's positions.
Actually, the mental sections in particular the tactics is like the undo button of chess.
You can actually get a bad position at the opening, but undo the damage later through tactical means.
So anyway, back to systems.
Yes, there are a great way of you reaching a playable mental game with minimal fuss and then you balance
out your study time without getting sucked into the vast oceans of opening theory.
That's why I've separated these sections into systems, mainstream openings and gambits game.
It's also play an interesting role to get you to have the experience of very sharp tactical positions
which let you calculate very sharp tactical variations, often involving safety.
Buzzer.
OK, I think some key points to be made about these systems.
I do hope you try them in your games.
OK, thanks so much.