why are Russians so good at chess

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stanhope13

Jul 29, 2017

#61

The game is viewed differantly in Russia,

KholmovDM

Jul 29, 2017

#62

ulfhednar1234 написал:

KholmovDM wrote:

I remember the first chess lesson I ever took in Russia. My coach put both kings on their starting positions, gave me a pawn on e2 and said "Win". I still believe this is FAR more important to a beginner than learning how any kind of opening works.

yes. essential endgame and middlegame is MUCH BETTER. some school I believe tries to get huge advantages in opening, but that is lazy and cheesy

Yep. You can refute or look up any opening in the books. Endgames and middlegames require much more precision.

FortunaMajor

Jul 29, 2017

#63

Totally agree.

batgirl

Jul 30, 2017

#64

Where is it located?

FortunaMajor

Jul 30, 2017

#65

Virtual reality?

katespeedchess

Jul 30, 2017

#66

arcusimpetus написал:

To paraphrase: chess is so complicated a game, it obviously takes a great intelligence to deal with it. But because, in the Soviet Union, where bullying and intimidation are the way the country is run, the rigid rules of chess are an escape from a world utterly hostile to the thinking mind.

ahahaha you do not know anything about the USSR, only from the TV

It's simple. In the USSR there were good children's chess schools, where the most talented players were selected

batgirl

Jul 30, 2017

#67

ulfhednar1234 wrote:

batgirl wrote:

Where is it located?

here, there, and everywhere

I've been to some of those places, mostly here and there.

batgirl

Jul 30, 2017

#68

katespeedchess wrote:

arcusimpetus написал:

ahahaha you do not know anything about the USSR, only from the TV

It's simple. In the USSR there were good children's chess schools, where the most talented players were selected

such as this?

katespeedchess

Jul 30, 2017

#69

batgirl написал:

such as this?

Yes.
All the strong players learned to play since early childhood. Alas! Adult player can not make great progress. He will often be mistaken

isabela14

Jul 30, 2017

#70

Why is everything else is being compared to USA?

camter

Jul 30, 2017

#71

isabela14 wrote:

Why is everything else is being compared to USA?

Weel, USA is important.

Even the Americans would agree with that.

Eoin-MacLove

Jul 30, 2017

#72

aieeee lodday!

camter

Jul 30, 2017

#73

Och, the noo!

Strangemover

Jul 30, 2017

#74

Hoots mon there's a moose loose aboot this hoose.

camter

Jul 30, 2017

#75

Mickle beastie.

syncker

Jul 30, 2017

#76

rugby more interesting than football i don"t think so!

isabela14

Jul 31, 2017

#77

Lol...what were those all about? geez! I'm too slow to get the joke.

camter

Jul 31, 2017

#78

What joke? Aye, watch it, lassie!

Carving01

Aug 1, 2017

#79

fabelhaft wrote:

Carving01 wrote:

in 1991 they got paid very well to play chess in The Soviet Union. It was their way of' humping the leg' of the west. They wanted to show superiority so they made great chess players. Meanwhile the US was growing freedom and democracy around the world. Which seem more worthwhile to me.

Play a board or invade Iraq?

The whole Iraq thing happened after 9/11 eleven years after 1991.

FortunaMajor

Aug 1, 2017

#80

Same thing with Chinese, dude.

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