tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393640898640561043.post7789077772864817276..comments2024-02-24T12:16:34.475-05:00Comments on Path to Chess Mastery: Simple Openings Repertoire Database SystemChessAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02231584333139931889noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393640898640561043.post-4582073807302042782011-09-13T19:00:02.751-04:002011-09-13T19:00:02.751-04:00I haven't yet used Chess Position Trainer (CPT...I haven't yet used Chess Position Trainer (CPT) although it has a good reputation and its flashcard-type training methods I think are a great way to break out of the dead-end concept of rote memorization of lines, in favor of understanding what to do in different opening positions. Its other advantage from a data processing perspective is in storing everything as positions, which for people who play openings with many transpositional lines (I don't) can be very useful.<br /><br />For tournament preparation, I try to give myself at least three weeks to go over the repertoire in ChessBase 10, so that I'm reviewing a single major or (say) up to three minor opening variations a day maximum. That means stepping through each "game" main variation and all subvariations. For positions that I find particularly interesting or are critical to the line, I'll pull at least a couple recent complete games from the main database to see how high-level players have been handling the position (assuming any such games exist).<br /><br />As part of more routine study, I don't try to keep lines in memory so much, but rather review and evaluate my personal repertoire against the results of ongoing training games, as part of the post-game analysis process. I've essentially shifted more towards studying plans/mini-operations in openings, at least away from tournament prep. I think in the future for that, however, I should still keep the focus more on remembering ideas and specific operations rather than whole move sequences as such.<br /><br />For the future, I think CPT would be an excellent pre-tournament preparation option, assuming it'd be worth the work to dump all of my database games into PGN format and then make them work with the CPT repertoire format. The CPT import function looks easy enough, but I never completely trust new software to work on the first try, heh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393640898640561043.post-38280215314200397012011-09-13T02:04:51.570-04:002011-09-13T02:04:51.570-04:00How do you review this repertoire? CPT perhaps?How do you review this repertoire? CPT perhaps?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com