Fun openings against the Queen's Gambit

Originally posted by Tygert
No I don't think so it would like you beating a two year old and congratulating yourself at the end of it. It would be a complete walkover. Where's the fun in that? The fun is in the fight.

It was a while back. He can enlighten you on his experiment if he wishes.

Originally posted by Eladar
It was a while back. He can enlighten you on his experiment if he wishes.

I can see 5 games out of 318 played against 1000 and below opponents. None of them are consecutive except 2. Ghost experiment of yours.

As I said, he can explain it if he wishes.

" It would be a complete walkover. Where's the fun in that? The fun is in the fight."

Much as I like a good fight I enjoy the complete walk over.
I always try and add that wee bit of panache.

I was curious how these guys could play 40-50 games at once so
I sent out 53 challenges and I would screen play all my moves and take
no longer than 5 mins a move.

I 'cheated' twice. Two games popped up where I simply could not resist
taking it to a full board.
Had loads of good fun winning about 35 drawing a few and losing the rest.
I lost just over 200 grading points.
I lost to the one move per day guys who took their time and to one
very silly opening blunder moving far too fast.

I get PM'd weekly to play or join a clan (I've seen the clan forum...no way)
I usually decline games as I like to keep the deck cleared.

Looking forward too, but then again not, logging on one day soon.
These things can eat up my time.

I get my fix doing blitz. Pity the blitz here is not frequented more often.

and finding all these round two games waiting.

Originally posted by greenpawn34
" It would be a complete walkover. Where's the fun in that? The fun is in the fight."

Much as I like a good fight I enjoy the complete walk over.
I always try and add that wee bit of panache.

I was curious how these guys could play 40-50 games at once so
I sent out 53 challenges and I would screen play all my moves and take
no longer than 5 mins ...[text shortened]... litz here is not frequented more often.

and finding all these round two games waiting.

I see. Do you have any games using the Grau(Sahovic) Defence?

As I very very rarely play 1....d5 v 1.d4 then no.

The Trap it contains has been sprung on here 20 times with
Black winning 19 of them - there is always one bod who screws it up.
It can be fairly succesful as the trap comes from a normal sequence of moves.

The Trap

matti72 - oroklini RHP 2012



The screw up was actually quite instructive - Black allowed a back rank
mate he could have prevented using the old switch back trick.

Ian Coates - Queenmouse RHP 2011

Originally posted by greenpawn34
As I very very rarely play 1....d5 v 1.d4 then no.

The Trap it contains has been sprung on here 20 times with
Black winning 19 of them - there is always one bod who screws it up.
It can be fairly succesful as the trap comes from a normal sequence of moves.

[b]The Trap

matti72 - oroklini RHP 2012

[pgn]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bc8f5 {The Grau Def ...[text shortened]... d Black should play, has to to play, must play 27...Qd8. Instead....} 27... Rxc8 28. Rxc8+[/pgn][/b]

2..Bf5 allows 3.cxd5 which doesn't look that good for Black to me.

The Instructor

Originally posted by RJHinds
2..Bf5 allows 3.cxd5 which doesn't look that good for Black to me.

The Instructor

It is.