good opening as white...

Originally posted by Sicilian Smaug
1.c3 is a crap opening.
And the Grob 1.g4 can't be that good or why arn't the GM's playing it?
I'll stick with my Ruy Lopez, thanks.

Most GM's don't use the KG and it's VERY good.

Originally posted by Sicilian Smaug
1.c3 is a crap opening.
And the Grob 1.g4 can't be that good or why arn't the GM's playing it?
I'll stick with my Ruy Lopez, thanks.

grob was named after a gm lol

Originally posted by EcstremeVenom
grob was named after a gm lol

It's still not the best option, especially if you're a weak player. King's Gambit beats everybody though... 🙂.

Originally posted by cmsMaster
It's still not the best option, especially if you're a weak player. King's Gambit beats everybody though... 🙂.

im not very strong, but i can handle it lol.

Originally posted by EcstremeVenom
im not very strong, but i can handle it lol.

No, it's just a bad opening (Sorry dragon...) Like I said, the King's Gambit is the best.

Originally posted by cmsMaster
No, it's just a bad opening (Sorry dragon...) Like I said, the King's Gambit is the best.

i think its an ok opening so far.

Originally posted by cmsMaster
No, it's just a bad opening (Sorry dragon...) Like I said, the King's Gambit is the best.

i think its an ok opening so far.

Originally posted by EcstremeVenom
i think its an ok opening so far.

Yeah, you already said that, and if you can tell me what 1.g4 does then I'll let you play it and not bother you.

Originally posted by cmsMaster
Yeah, you already said that, and if you can tell me what 1.g4 does then I'll let you play it and not bother you.

usually your opponent plays d5 and you play Bg2 which is supposed to control the game, then your opponent takes the g4 pawn and you play c4

Originally posted by EcstremeVenom
usually your opponent plays d5 and you play Bg2 which is supposed to control the game, then your opponent takes the g4 pawn and you play c4

No, this is just telling me the moves. Tell me the REASONING behind the moves.

Originally posted by Sicilian Smaug
Pull that on anyone half decent and you'd be spanked.

I agree with that. But in a couple seconds Dragon Fire's going to tell us about how he's 10000-0-0 with it on RHP. 😀

If you like the idea's behind the Grob then I suggest 1.b4 for the following reasons.

1) its a little more sound than the duboius 1.g4

2) seeing as the grob is nowadays quite famous the supprise element it once had is long gone --

3) not a lot of theory, thus nobody has written thousands of refutations and variations of it.

Originally posted by Shinidoki
If you like the idea's behind the Grob then I suggest 1.b4 for the following reasons.

1) its a little more sound than the duboius 1.g4

2) seeing as the grob is nowadays quite famous the supprise element it once had is long gone --

3) not a lot of theory, thus nobody has written thousands of refutations and variations of it.

i think theyre both bad lol ill try 1.c3 out