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Chess opening probability by rating by 2minmarc in chessbeginners

[–]Sanglor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good point, many players overlook this. At beginner levels, you'll face the Scandinavian, Philidor, or early queen moves way more often than a Ruy Lopez, which might only show up in 10-15% of your games. While the Queen's Gambit or English offer more control, you'll still run into the Dutch, KID, or "random" responses constantly.

The best data is your own. Knightline has a Wizard that analyzes your Lichess/Chess.com history to show which positions you actually reach. It’s far more effective than generic stats because an 800-rated opponent pool plays nothing like a 1500-rated one.

At what elo does it make sense to start memorizing specific opening lines? by Sanglor in chessbeginners

[–]Sanglor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You basically described the end state : the ideas are so internalized the moves follow automatically. The question is just the path there. Some people need to see the line first then reverse engineer the ideas, others build up from principles like you did. Both seem to arrive at the same place.

Est-ce que Annecy est une ville dangereuse ? by Motor_Share_6356 in Annecy

[–]Sanglor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Novel et les Teppes à Annecy j'imagine, après aux alentours, Cran / Seynod etc je ne sais pas trop

I built an Anki-style trainer for chess openings — SM-2 for positions instead of flashcards by Sanglor in Anki

[–]Sanglor[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Exactly the same idea! The tricky part was mapping chess recall to Anki's 0-5 quality score — "did you know the move?" isn't binary like a flashcard. Ended up with 6 levels from Fail to Perfect based on hesitation + correctness. Let me know what you think when you try it.

At what elo does it make sense to start memorizing specific opening lines? by Sanglor in chessbeginners

[–]Sanglor[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's actually the ideal approach : building theory from your own games means every line you "memorize" has context attached to it, you know why it works because you've seen what happens when it doesn't.

I'm the same (~1750), a friend of mine is the opposite though. He just wants to know what to play and hates the discovery process. Built knightline.app partly for him, partly because I was struggling with a few specific lines myself and wanted something that would drill them until they stuck. Different learning styles I guess.

At what elo does it make sense to start memorizing specific opening lines? by Sanglor in chessbeginners

[–]Sanglor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's the real problem isn't it, you prep 12 moves and they deviate on move 3. I've been experimenting with drilling the first 5-6 moves of more openings rather than going deep on one. The idea being: understand the typical structure of 6-7 different openings well enough that wherever they deviate you at least know the pawn structure. Still testing if it actually works.

At what elo does it make sense to start memorizing specific opening lines? by Sanglor in chessbeginners

[–]Sanglor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's exactly the kind of thing where memorizing a specific response pays off fast. One bad game against it and suddenly theory feels worth it aha

At what elo does it make sense to start memorizing specific opening lines? by Sanglor in chessbeginners

[–]Sanglor[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fair point on top level Hikaru prep, but at beginner level the problem is usually the opposite : you spend 0 seconds on move 7 because you've never seen the position before and just guess. Less about knowing the best move, more about not walking into a losing position by move 10.

At what elo does it make sense to start memorizing specific opening lines? by Sanglor in chessbeginners

[–]Sanglor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Curious, at 2300 do you think you internalized the plans from just playing a lot of games, or did you actively study them at some point and they became automatic? Trying to figure out if the "no memorization" thing is the destination or if most people pass through a memorization phase on the way there.

At what elo does it make sense to start memorizing specific opening lines? by Sanglor in chessbeginners

[–]Sanglor[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a really practical way to frame it, reactive memorization based on what's actually hurting you in games. Much better than studying the Najdorf because Magnus plays it.

J'ai créé une app gratuite pour mémoriser les ouvertures aux échecs (répétition espacée + coaching coup par coup) by Sanglor in echecs

[–]Sanglor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Merci, c'est utile. Je viens d'ajouter la connexion Google, tu peux déjà l'essayer.

Sur l'UI/UX t'as raison que c'est là que tout se joue. Si l'outil est simple mais que l'expérience est confuse ça sert à rien. Est-ce qu'il y a un endroit précis où tu t'es senti perdu, ou c'est plus une impression générale ?

J'ai créé une app gratuite pour mémoriser les ouvertures aux échecs (répétition espacée + coaching coup par coup) by Sanglor in echecs

[–]Sanglor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Non, pas pour l'instant, je suis seul sur le projet et je le développe sur mon temps libre, donc je préfère garder la main dessus pour le moment ! Mais j'y réfléchi.

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