NM Robert Ramirez - System Openings and Chess Tips for All Ages

Right.

You know, it's funny because I was talking to Fernand Goubet.

Do you know Fernand Goubet? He's this international master, the god of chess research.

He's a professor in London.

I mean, he published so many articles and even books about chess and the psychology of chess, cognitive science behind chess, right? He's really the number one guy to go to when it comes to all the scientific evidence.

So he's an international master himself, by the way.

He played against Kasparov, like Anand.

You can check his games on chessgames.com.

I mean, he's an extremely strong player too.

So we were considering to maybe apply for a project together a couple of years ago.

And of course, I also asked him this question.

What is your take on openings, given scientific perspective and so on.

He even wrote an article about chess improvement.

I will actually post a link here on this video.

So his point was also the same.

He was talking about those system openings.

He was saying that if he was starting N right now, he was not going to go for Nidorf, but let's say something more boring like London, that the chunks are established in your brain, those typical middle game ideas, and even, he says, You should go to the end game, let's say.

You should keep the pawn structure because pawn structures are usually the most stable, right? So you basically remove all the pieces, keep the pawn structure and gradually add pieces.

Let's say add one bishop for both sides and play the end game.

Let's say add knights for both sides, play the endgame and gradually bring more pieces, add more pieces to the same pawn structure.

He even calls this decomposition method.

So he decomposes the position and gradually add pieces.

This way also connects it to the endgame of course.

It's all about these recurrent chunks and connections that you make from your opening to the middle game and to the endgame actually.

I was