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@theTestoftheWest Yes, you are repeating yourself. No, it does not make your point any better.

1. And how do you know they are sharp? Because you've studied the openings. Case closed.
2. Ok. e4 e5 Bc4 Nc6 Qh5 Nf6 Qxf7 #. You want me to give you 5000 more examples? There's your "normal opening moves". You want to play positional Ruy Lopez? Blam! Schliemann defense! You wanna play Sicilian? Sicilian wing gambit or Smith Morra! You try to play calm with the Bird? From's gambit! All these gambits puts immense pressure on the recipient.
3. You can't avoid sharp lines. Booking up is a part of your improvement whether you like it or not.
5. Yes, you want to play positional chess. You don't understand why everyone else doesn't want to play positional chess.

All the lines you've played have been played before. All the thoughts you've thought have been thought before. How about you get some humility and learn from others instead of just staying in your little London bubble? I bet that improves you faster.
1. You don't have to study theory to know what opening is sharp.
2. You fall once in it and never again. You don't need to learn theory to avoid traps. You have to fall into them once and then you know them. (I play positional Ruy lopez without theory! I play the sicilian! I had to google the Schliemann defense. Never actually faced it.)
3. Give me any opening and i tell you how to avoid all sharp theory on either side.
5. My point was that the fundamentals are enough. Do you study every single endgame position?

4 and 6 seems to be forgotten.

I played pretty much every sharp line you know so far and know what? I came out on top most of the time even though i didn't study openings. I studied games. It's much easier. No theory. Just ideas. I bet you are in a London Bubble because you don't try new openings because you don't know the theory.
Case closed. This goes on for too long and is just ridiculous.

Edit: @Itsmidnight
@theTestoftheWest

3. Ok. e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bc4 Nf6 Ng5. Play sound and positional.

5. Are enough for what? For you? Yes. For any other person, no. Again it's just you not being able to understand why not everyone else see the world like you do. There will be a ton of games where you didn't win because you didn't go sharp during your chess journey. Playing sharp is an integral part of developing. While chess for you might be a wonderful journey in wonderland where you figure out great ideas and concepts (in the ruy lopez- the most explored opening of them all lol) there will be other people just wanting to win and they will book up and learn all sicko variations and just introduce you to a world of hurt.

4 and 6 wasn't forgotten, they were just dismissed.
guys, this isn't the post to argue about these things
You don't need to know theory, but it certainly helps, especially in sharp lines
Otherwise you can take hours and come up with the wrong move

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