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  • cynar@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I used to play tournament level chess. I found leaning into this to be quite effective.

    I was never very good with memorising opening gambits. I excelled in the mid and late game however. If I realised (or suspected) my opponent was playing a preplanned gambit, I would make a deliberately suboptimal move or 2. I might lose some positional advantage, or even a pawn or 2. I could generally make it up, once my opponent was kicked off their rails.