I play the CK and have the same problem...fierytorment is right...esp. if White plays 3.e5...you get a French type set up that I dislike; when I see it, I want to start throwing pieces against the wall. I don't like to play the Sicilian either so I've tried the Ruy Lopez Breyer Variation a few times...seems to be OK. The only problem is finding a defense to the King's Gambit. In that case, 2....Bc5 throws some KG players off-stride.
Originally posted by masscatIf you want to avoid possibilities of transposing into the French, the King's gambit and the Sicilian then Alekhine's defence looks like being the only opening left.
I play the CK and have the same problem...fierytorment is right...esp. if White plays 3.e5...you get a French type set up that I dislike; when I see it, I want to start throwing pieces against the wall. I don't like to play the Sicilian either so I've tried the Ruy Lopez Breyer Variation a few times...seems to be OK. The only problem is finding a defense to the King's Gambit. In that case, 2....Bc5 throws some KG players off-stride.
I think he's saying.....
CK is a useless opening and is only good if White plays the Panov which leads to an open game. Black has no future against other lines. The CK is wrong from the start because it blocks the N from going to c6. From the rest of it apparently he thinks Black lacks counterplay. Don’t be too harsh; it took me three years to learn to speak English, and his English is better than my Roumanian.