If you look for tactics, you can succeed a lot in your rating ranges if you open 1.e4 and go for the next openings:
1. ... e5 - then Scottish gambit or Italian
1. ... c5 - play principal lines, don't try 2. Nc3 or 2. c3 - wherever possible try variations of Rauser's attack ( usually 6. Bg5 )
1. ... e6 - go for Nimzovitch , that is - 2. d4 d5 3. e5
1. ... c6 - try to open the game with exchange variant, which makes the game similar to open debutes, that is 2. d4 d5 3. ed cd 4. Bd3 ...
1. ... d6 - don't go gor the variants with the early f4, try to make normal developmental moves, maybe even a premature pawn exchange on e5 could be a goo idea
1. ... Nf6, 1. ... d5 - usually is played by stronger opponents, don't have ideas right now for what to do with it
Originally posted by VovochkaYeahhh! What happens when someone plays d5 to e4! I hate when people do that! It makes me feel weird, and I have to slow down my game, and truly contemplate the best responses.
If you look for tactics, you can succeed a lot in your rating ranges if you open 1.e4 and go for the next openings:
1. ... e5 - then Scottish gambit or Italian
1. ... c5 - play principal lines, don't try 2. Nc3 or 2. c3 - wherever possible try variations of Rauser's attack ( usually 6. Bg5 )
1. ... e6 - go for Nimzovitch , that is - 2. d4 d5 3. e5 ...[text shortened]... d5 - usually is played by stronger opponents, don't have ideas right now for what to do with it
Originally posted by powershakerCapture the pawn. There are two main lines after that.
Yeahhh! What happens when someone plays d5 to e4! I hate when people do that! It makes me feel weird, and I have to slow down my game, and truly contemplate the best responses.
2...Qxd5. You play 3.Nc3 to attack his queen with a tempo. Continue afterwards with normal developing moves, Nf3, Bishops out, castle etc.
2...Nf6. Black is trying to play a gambit. Don't stick to his plans. He may wish you to play 3.c4 to create a piece outpost on d4 for him. Continue to develop rapidly and allow him to have the pawn back. If he takes it back, pile the pressure on the knight, Scotch style.
Originally posted by VovochkaDon't you think a more standard french like the Winawer is more tactical?
If you look for tactics, you can succeed a lot in your rating ranges if you open 1.e4 and go for the next openings:
1. ... e5 - then Scottish gambit or Italian
1. ... c5 - play principal lines, don't try 2. Nc3 or 2. c3 - wherever possible try variations of Rauser's attack ( usually 6. Bg5 )
1. ... e6 - go for Nimzovitch , that is - 2. d4 d5 3. e5 ...[text shortened]... d5 - usually is played by stronger opponents, don't have ideas right now for what to do with it
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Originally posted by ark13Maybe. Fischer liked it, so that has to be worth a combination or three. 🙂 I just can't see playing the Winawer unless you're well beyond a 2000 rating OTB. I just can't see it. That's why I don't play the King's Indian Attack. I tried playing that over ten years ago, and I read in a book somewhere that it's preposterous to play an Opening or a DEfense that relies so heavily on chess theory. Those openings are made for the best of the best, those who know all the lines, and already have their tactical combinations down 100%. Grandmasters in other words. I just don't think I should play an opening very much reliant on theory. I'm even been thinking about going from the Sicilian Najdorf to the Sicilian, Kan, which has much less theory involved, or perhaps playing them both. Who knows.
Don't you think a more standard french like the Winawer is more tactical?
Originally posted by powershakerYou can play 2.NF6 dxe4 3. Ng5 if you're into gambits. It's not 100% sound in my book, but it is playable and there are traps in there.
Yeahhh! What happens when someone plays d5 to e4! I hate when people do that! It makes me feel weird, and I have to slow down my game, and truly contemplate the best responses.
Usually just take the pawn and develop. A typical line is
1. e4 d5
2. exd5 Nf6
3. Bb5+ Bd7
4. Bc4 Bg4+
5. f3