Body: <p>How much opening preparation does a 1800-1900(UCSF) player need and how to achieve that?
  Also, do you need class A tactics rating to reach class A chess ranking?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: What do you mean by "need"? How would you quantify "opening preparation" in a meaningful way? Is chess 99% tactics from your point of view?
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Comments.Text: You need Class A tactics, Class A strategy and so on...
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Comments.Text: @Annatar By opening preparation i meant knowing  response to opponents every move and Yes.
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Comments.Text: @bretlee So ... number of responses memorized?
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Comments.Text: The opening preparation at this level should not just involve learning concrete lines. At this point I think it's appropriate for a player to start asking themselves questions about their chess. What kinds of positions do they like/dislike? Using this, the player should see whether the openings they play actually fit their preferred style of play (balanced/unbalanced, tactical/slow, solid/wild, etc.). This way you could purge openings from your repertoire that are not a good fit, and replace them with something more proper for you.
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Title: Need advice from class A players?
ThreadText: # Need advice from class A players?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-06-03)
  
  How much opening preparation does a 1800-1900(UCSF) player need and how to achieve that?
  Also, do you need class A tactics rating to reach class A chess ranking?
  
  **Tags:** tactics, rating, preparation
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: What do you mean by "need"? How would you quantify "opening preparation" in a meaningful way? Is chess 99% tactics from your point of view?  
  > **username_2**: You need Class A tactics, Class A strategy and so on...  
  > **username_0**: @username_1 By opening preparation i meant knowing  response to opponents every move and Yes.  
  > **username_1**: @username_0 So ... number of responses memorized?  
  > **username_3**: The opening preparation at this level should not just involve learning concrete lines. At this point I think it's appropriate for a player to start asking themselves questions about their chess. What kinds of positions do they like/dislike? Using this, the player should see whether the openings they play actually fit their preferred style of play (balanced/unbalanced, tactical/slow, solid/wild, etc.). This way you could purge openings from your repertoire that are not a good fit, and replace them with something more proper for you.  
  
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