Chess Is An Easy Game

It really is simple.

Play one touch chess in developing phase of the game.

That means every piece is move just once until every
other piece is developed.

Once fully developed then you can start playing chess.

First I pulled back my f4 London Bishop because I try not to
have unprotected pieces in the my position.
An auto re-action and a good tip not just for blitz chess.

Purdy, who has appeared on here in the past few days,
warns you very clearly about unprotected pieces.


Never leave or place a piece loose (unprotected)
without first looking for a possible fork or pin
and never see an enemy piece loose without doing the same.

He then adds in passing, "Strong players follow this rule intuitively...." 😏

Now happy with my position, I sent in the Knight.
My opponent had not castled so sacs on f7 were the first thing I looked at.

The 'combination' is very easy to see.

White to play.



14.Nxf7

Piece of cake. Should be seen by everyone reading this.

But apparently my moves 1-11 are very difficult to see and play.
Especially by players under 1400.

I'm constantly amazed at the amount of fanny about players do in the opening.
(Good players can do it because they know when the rules of thumb can be bent.)

It's very simple really, I did nothing clever from move 1 to 13 and the 'combo' is childs play.

Yes Black played a bad game (he should not have taken the Knight 14...0-0!)
but the point I want you to take away is I did nothing but develop and won.

Thread dated: 21st March.
If I find anymore games after this date with daft Queen sorties, pieces moving
3 or 4 times in the opening, uncastled Kings etc etc. Then I'll go potty.

Now get out there, play one-touch-chess and post me a brilliancy.

I'm White it was a 3 minute game played last week

Originally posted by greenpawn34
It really is simple.

Play one touch chess in developing phase of the game.

That means every piece is move just once until every
other piece is developed.

Once fully developed then you can start playing chess.

First I pulled back my f4 London Bishop because I try not to
have unprotected pieces in the my position.
An auto re-action ...[text shortened]... Bg3 h6 13. Ne5 Qc8 14.Nxf7 Kxf7 15. Qxe6+ Kf8 16. Qxe7+ Kg8 17. Bg6 Qf8 18. Qe6+[/pgn]

I was getting ready to blast Black for his timid, passive moves --- then I find out it was a 3 min game. Ha! I take one minute to take a sip of coffee, adjust my glasses, get settled in my chair, etc. before I even THINK about moving. So I'll cut him some slack.

He was 1470 something on Uchess.

Also note I developed my Knights before my Bishops. Pure Reinfeld.

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Also note I developed my Knights before my Bishops. Pure Reinfeld.

Good thing we're allowed exceptions, though. I'd hate to think I could never play the Ruy again. 😛

One could argue that the Ruy Lopez is unsound based on principles.



It develops a Bishop before a Knight.
Puts a piece on an unprotected square.
Does not really threaten to win the e-pawn. (3...a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nxe5 Qd4)
After 3...a6 you will be moving the Bishop twice in the opening.
It leaves the White e-pawn unprotected.

I'm reminded of a saying by Tarrasch.

"Every move you play is weakening, except Checkmate."

Originally posted by greenpawn34
One could argue that the Ruy Lopez is unsound based on principles.

[fen]r1bqkbnr/pppp1ppp/2n5/1B2p3/4P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK2R[/fen]

It develops a Bishop before a Knight.
Puts a piece on an unprotected square.
Does not really threaten to win the e-pawn. (3...a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nxe5 Qd4)
After 3...a6 you will be moving the Bishop twice in the openi ...[text shortened]... 'm reminded of a saying by Tarrasch.

"Every move you play is weakening, except Checkmate."

The Ruy is unsound. The problem however, doesn't lay with
3.Bb5. The problem is 1. e4?

-GIN

Originally posted by Nowakowski
The [b]Ruy is unsound. The problem however, doesn't lay with
3.Bb5. The problem is 1. e4?

-GIN[/b]

Go outside, fall on your knees and put your ear to the ground.

If you listen very very carefully you will hear Morphy groaning from his grave.

Players who play anything but 1.e4 are 'bottlers' who should have
their King's bishop taken away from them because they don't know
how to use it.

You are one of these 1.c4 guys who finachetto's his KB.
No piece looks more miserable on the chess board than a
White fianchettoed King's Bishop.

These things were designed to sac on f7 or h7 not to take two
moves to develop on g2 and attack a scaffy QNP.

By the way, I enjoyed Game 6118432 good game.

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Go outside, fall on your knees and put your ear to the ground.

If you listen very very carefully you will hear Morphy groaning from his grave.

Players who play anything but 1.e4 are 'bottlers' who should have
their King's bishop taken away from them because they don't know
how to use it.

You are one of these 1.c4 guys who finachetto's his KB. ...[text shortened]... elop on g2 and attack a scaffy QNP.

By the way, I enjoyed Game 6118432 good game.

Yeah?
I wouldn't suggest using the opening very often.

-GIN

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Go outside, fall on your knees and put your ear to the ground.

If you listen very very carefully you will hear Morphy groaning from his grave.

Players who play anything but 1.e4 are 'bottlers' who should have
their King's bishop taken away from them because they don't know
how to use it.

You are one of these 1.c4 guys who finachetto's his KB. ...[text shortened]... elop on g2 and attack a scaffy QNP.

By the way, I enjoyed Game 6118432 good game.

Then this might be to your liking:

Originally posted by Nowakowski
TJC vs Chesshooligans
A simple error in tactics leads to another TJC victory. 18. Qd6
is a deadly deflection tactic, as all exchanges seem against
blacks plans. The opening upon quick look, seems tactically
inaccurate, but black avoided multiple traps with its late captures.
The end falls to a small mistake
Game 6102143
[/b]

Originally posted by greenpawn34
One could argue that the Ruy Lopez is unsound based on principles.

[fen]r1bqkbnr/pppp1ppp/2n5/1B2p3/4P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK2R[/fen]

It develops a Bishop before a Knight.
Puts a piece on an unprotected square.
Does not really threaten to win the e-pawn. (3...a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nxe5 Qd4)
After 3...a6 you will be moving the Bishop twice in the openi ...[text shortened]... 'm reminded of a saying by Tarrasch.

"Every move you play is weakening, except Checkmate."

No no no GP... the Ruy perfectly sound on principles:

Developing a bishop before knight is an adjunct to the rule to develop your pieces to good squares.

So knights usually come before bishops simply because you usually know the best square for your knight prior to knowing the best square for your bishop. The best square for your bishop is more dependent on your opponents play. Once black places their knight on c6 then b5 become a lovely square for the kings bishop.

In fact it's such a good square that centuries of research by the finest chess players concludes that black should play the rubbish move a6 to displace it.

As for moving a piece twice... you have to remember the rule to "use the rules as guide lines" and only break them "for a good reason". In this example the pawn on a6 provides the good reason and it's time to throw the rule book out the window and get the bishop out of there.

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Go outside, fall on your knees and put your ear to the ground.

If you listen very very carefully you will hear Morphy groaning from his grave.

Players who play anything but 1.e4 are 'bottlers' who should have
their King's bishop taken away from them because they don't know
how to use it.

You are one of these 1.c4 guys who finachetto's his KB. ...[text shortened]... elop on g2 and attack a scaffy QNP.

By the way, I enjoyed Game 6118432 good game.

Apart from blacks a8 rook moved to b8 to "protect" his b7 pawn because he's so scared of whites miserable g2 bishop. 😉

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Go outside, fall on your knees and put your ear to the ground.

If you listen very very carefully you will hear Morphy groaning from his grave.

Players who play anything but 1.e4 are 'bottlers' who should have
their King's bishop taken away from them because they don't know
how to use it.

You are one of these 1.c4 guys who finachetto's his KB. ...[text shortened]... elop on g2 and attack a scaffy QNP.

By the way, I enjoyed Game 6118432 good game.

Hah!

After 1.d4 2.c4, especially against KID etc, the fianchettoed Joker enpowers the white castle and puts severe pressure on the centre; the White can easily achieve unhindered a boa constrictor development, and then that poor Blackie can never recover; even King Bobby was troubled big time by Portisch at the Interzonal 1967, not to mention the excellent and tricky Georgiev-Knaak 1-0 Bulgaria-East Germany 1986😵

Originally posted by Mahout
No no no GP... the Ruy perfectly sound on principles:

Developing a bishop before knight is an adjunct to the rule to develop your pieces to good squares.

So knights usually come before bishops simply because you usually know the best square for your knight prior to knowing the best square for your bishop. The best square for your bishop is more depende ...[text shortened]... eason and it's time to throw the rule book out the window and get the bishop out of there.

An excellent post, for the whole idea of placing the bishop on b5 is to put sever pressure on the dark squares and eventually undermine them, occupying the squares e5, d6 and c7 with our pieces, ...a6 weakens the dark squares as does ...b5. it matters not that the bishop is driven, as Stientz stated, 'where it wants to go'., c3 and d4 and once again white is targeting the dark squares.

Originally posted by black beetle
Hah!

After 1.d4 2.c4, especially against KID etc, the fianchettoed Joker enpowers the white castle and puts severe pressure on the centre; the White can easily achieve unhindered a boa constrictor development, and then that poor Blackie can never recover; even King Bobby was troubled big time by Portisch at the Interzonal 1967, not to mention the excellent and tricky Georgiev-Knaak 1-0 Bulgaria-East Germany 1986😵

Ha, King Bobby had no trouble, he was just thinking about his maws Findus crispy pancakes during the session and wondering how he was gonna get home, 1.d4=woosie!

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Once fully developed then you can start playing chess.

but this depends on your opponents moves.
You might not be able to fully develop the way you want because ull have to react to your opponents moves?