Grobs Attack

Originally posted by Shinidoki

As for your Grob, I would advise NOT playing it here.

The main "power" of the Grob is its "supprise"

however, seeing as we are allowed to use opening books your grob will be easily refuted

Agreed. The Grob is best left for OTB. I kind of like the Borg for black - 1. ... g5 which I think has more merit.

Originally posted by Shinidoki
As for your Grob, I would advise NOT playing it here.

The main "power" of the Grob is its "supprise"

however, seeing as we are allowed to use opening books your grob will be easily refuted

Ah yes but there is not much in the book so you are soon out of it and the number of serious games played is minimal so not a great deal in a database.

Of course, if someone wants to use a chess engine they will destroy it.

Perhaps this is a good test of whether someone is an engine (abb)user?