20 Feb 05
Originally posted by jimrulz1518Question does not compute.
i understand but is it a good choice to use it??
is it stonger than lets say a sicilian??
Fianchettos are often part of modern or hypermodern openings. These spurn controlling the centre with pawns to attempt to control it from afar with bishops and the like.
If you don't understand them they can be extremely hard to play against or with.
I suggest that for a start you play conventional openings. d4, e4 as white and a central response to both as black.
21 Feb 05
Originally posted by jimrulz1518Modern and Hypermodern openings are real openings. Of course in the hands of the unwary they can be far from great. You have to learn how to play in cramped positions and make the crucial break at the right time otherwise you will have real problems.
I understand but at school kids say it is a bad opening. they say " use a real opening"
also, is it good coz when you castle king side, your king is deeply defended.
also, those kind of openings get very cramped if you know what i mean....
I'd suggest playing a mainline opening. An double e4 game (Italian, Ruy Lopez or the Petroff maybe) or perhaps a d4 opening with c4 following it (and watch the unwary fall to dxc4 e3 b5 a4 c6 axb5 cxb5 Qf3 +-, it happens at schoolpupil level enough to be hilarious). Once you are comfortable with these you can look to branch out to the modern openings.
Castling is part of king safety, an important principle for obvious reasons. Castling to either side is fine depending on the position. Games where players castle to opposite sides lead to hectic pawn storms quite often.
21 Feb 05
Originally posted by jimrulz1518I see you use a modern/pirc type of setup.That's a good opening,I don't think it should lead to cramped positions,but I'm no expert.
I understand but at school kids say it is a bad opening. they say " use a real opening"
also, is it good coz when you castle king side, your king is deeply defended.
also, those kind of openings get very cramped if you know what i mean....
Anyway,it's a 'real' opening,those kids probably tell you to play something else because they don't know how to handle it 🙂
Double fianchetto is very tricky,and usually not such a great idea,because it's slow,it costs a lot of tempo's.
21 Feb 05
Originally posted by jimrulz1518Tempo is about time,or you could say speed.Simple example,say you play 1.e3 and your opponent replies 1....,e5,next you play 2.e4,you have now lost a tempo(lost time) because you could have played e4 in 1 move instead of 2.It usually happens with pieces,like in a recent game of mine,I played my bishop to c4,without a good reason,and after a b5 move by the opponent I played it back to d3,where it belonged.I lost a tempo there.
The cramped position like Sicilian and Queen and king pawn.....they cramp.
And what is Tempo?
i know its speed. but what is it in chess
Basically,if you develop a piece to a square in 2 moves,while you could have done it in 1 move,you've lost time(a tempo).This is not always true,chess is never this simple,there are always exceptions.For instance,you may have had a good reason to bring it to the desired square in 2 moves,but in general,it's best to do it as fast as possible.
Hope that clears it up a bit 🙂