They remember the ideas behind the moves, not necessarily the moves themselves. Let me let you in on a little secret: The world's leading chess grandmasters do not memorize thousands of opening lines. Our young chess players often undertake the task of memorizing thousands of variations. All to often the most recent chess books are just database dumps based on millions of chess games. This is one of the great classic works on chess by one of the strongest chess players in history. My object in this work is to present the necessary "ideology" as concisely as possible. Paradoxically, a thorough grasp of the ideas behind the openings, which are relatively few in number, is a royal road to knowledge which eliminates much of the drudgery associated with remembering a long series of variations. A mastery of a little theory which conveys real understanding of the game is infinitely more valuable than a carefully memorized compilation of endless moves. That is certainly as true in chess as in any other field. This book presents the indispensable foundations for the understanding of the variations of the chess openings. The Ideas Behind the Chess Openings Book Review:
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