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What is the best line of play after this move?

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1. ... e6 2. f3 Qh4# I find is the best line.

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Originally posted by bobbob1056th
What is the best line of play after this move?
1.... d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4

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Originally posted by XanthosNZ
1. ... e6 2. f3 Qh4# I find is the best line.
how about 1 ...e6 {white resigns} thats even better

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Originally posted by buffalobill
1.... d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4
I think you're right: 3. c4 c6
a: 4. cd5 cd5 5. Qb3 Nf6
b: 4. Qb3 Qc7 5. cd5 e6

either case white has no hope of advantage

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Originally posted by bobbob1056th
I think you're right: 3. c4 c6
a: 4. cd5 cd5 5. Qb3 Nf6
b: 4. Qb3 Qc7 5. cd5 e6

either case white has no hope of advantage
Want to play it? 1.g4 d5 2. Bg2 Bxg4 3. c4 c6
Rated game and I take White ...
Just issue a challenge, no deviations and no setpieces.

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Originally posted by bobbob1056th
What is the best line of play after this move?
I'd play 1...e5 probably. Are you talking from White's or from Black's perspective?

1.... d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4 3. c4 c6
a: 4. cd5 cd5 5. Qb3 Nf6
b: 4. Qb3 Qc7 5. cd5 e6

either case white has no hope of advantage

If I was White I probably wouldn't play the opening this way. I'd hold onto my g-Pawn with 2...h6 maybe. The objective would be to have that dagger to indirectly put pressure on the center by knocking the f6 Knight away later.

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
I'd play 1...e5 probably. Are you talking from White's or from Black's perspective?

[b]1.... d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4 3. c4 c6
a: 4. cd5 cd5 5. Qb3 Nf6
b: 4. Qb3 Qc7 5. cd5 e6

either case white has no hope of advantage

If I was White I probably wouldn't play the opening this way. I'd hold onto my g-Pawn with 2...h6 maybe. The objective ...[text shortened]... have that dagger to indirectly put pressure on the center by knocking the f6 Knight away later.[/b]
The opening's called the Grob (aka the Spike, Kolibri etc). Wildly unsound and the g-pawn means nothing in this equation. Mike Basman made it a feature of his play and won some very good games. Did I mention that 2. ... Bxg4 usually comes with a question mark (?). If not, I must have forgotten.

I'm looking forward to a game with Bob, if he takes it.

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Does anyone want to play as white on a presetup game (whatever you call it) 1. g4 e5 2. f3 if you do just challenge me!

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You've got to love oddbob Game 1217183

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Originally posted by bobbob1056th
You've got to love oddbob Game 1217183
Particularly as he fell for exactly the same trick in Game 1217208 - is he a close relation of yours by any chance? 😕

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Originally posted by buffalobill
Want to play it? 1.g4 d5 2. Bg2 Bxg4 3. c4 c6
Rated game and I take White ...
Just issue a challenge, no deviations and no setpieces.
I issued the challenge which was accepted and guess what? Bob deviates on move 2 and offers a draw.

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Originally posted by buffalobill
I issued the challenge which was accepted and guess what? Bob deviates on move 2 and offers a draw.
that's weird I thought for some reason I was analyzing 2 ...c6 which allows white g5 or h3. I won't try to find out which one is better 2 ...c6 or 2 ...bg4 because we agreed on the opening moves, it is just a question of move order though. Sorry about that buff

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Originally posted by Exy
Particularly as he fell for exactly the same trick in Game 1217208 - is he a close relation of yours by any chance? 😕

After both quick losses, he called it quits even earlier in this game:

Game 1217221

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Bobbob you got some explaining to do.