25 Jul 03
Originally posted by geniusEasy
o.k.-apparently i'm competing in a tournament on monday, and my limit of openingsare the sicillian, the reverse sicillian, and, well...so, can someone talk me through a few others? (the roy lopez and kings gambit?...)
Ruy Lopez
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5?! f5 0 - 1
KG
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4?! 1 - 0
Have fun
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25 Jul 03
Originally posted by geniusIf you're comfortable with the Sicilian defense (playing it as black, I mean) then you shouldn't ever have to worry about playing against the King's gambit or the Ruy Lopez - since 1. e4 c5 in both cases avoids those lines.
yeah-but the tactics and stuff-what do i do when he does that, what's he thinking etc?...
-mike
25 Jul 03
Originally posted by geniusMe thinks you should have started panicking a month earlier😉
o.k.-apparently i'm competing in a tournament on monday, and my limit of openingsare the sicillian, the reverse sicillian, and, well...so, can someone talk me through a few others? (the roy lopez and kings gambit?...)
Time is too short now to learn an opening,just bluff your way through and be better prepared next tourney.
I can give you only this advise: stick to your sicilian,since you know that and if you encounter some opening you don't know,just play according to general opening principles,make sure you get developed and your king is 'safe'.And then just see how it goes and make the best of it.Good luck!
ps: or wait untill a good player reads this thread😉
25 Jul 03
Originally posted by geniusHmm... are you asking me if I know the Sicilian? A bit. However, there are some many variations and lines to it that if you are just thinking about picking it up now, I would wait until the next tournament. Playing the Sicilian without really knowing what you're doing can be really dangerous against a good player - there are a lot of opportunities for screwing up if you aren't careful. You should be at least fairly comfortable with one or two of the main variations (like the Dragon, the Shevenigen, etc.) and most of the lines that come up in those variations.
well, have you got anything on the sicillian? cause i've got nout on it, and a bit on the reverse...:p
The best way to learn an opening is to play it lots of times. Maybe play some practice OTB games or blitz games here against someone who is willing to practice against you?
As for the "reverse sicilian," do you mean the English? There's a nice thread here about the English, it's an older thread so you may have to dig around a bit, but it covers many of the concepts behind that opening.
Good luck!
-mike
26 Jul 03
Originally posted by legionnairei've got a nice likkle book that covers non-d4 openings, and the reason i use the sicillian is that i've done stuff on the reverse (yeah-the english). and i only learned about the tourney yesterday...😛 but it's one a week or something for the next 5 weeks, so i'll (hopefully) improve my openings before the end...
Hmm... are you asking me if I know the Sicilian? A bit. However, there are some many variations and lines to it that if you are just thinking about picking it up now, I would wait until the next tournament. Playing the Sicilian without really knowing what you're doing can be really dangerous against a good player - there are a lot of opportunities for ...[text shortened]... dig around a bit, but it covers many of the concepts behind that opening.
Good luck!
-mike
29 Jul 03
o.k.-so maybe i should've done more about my openings than i did. 🙁 he played his queens pawn and i screwed up...i'm black:
1.d4/d5
2.Hf3/Nc6
3.C4/Nf6
4.Nc3/Bg4
5.Bg5/e6 6.Ne5/Be7
7.BxN(f6)/NxN(e5)
8.BxB(g4)/QxB(e7)
9.pxp(e5)/pxp(c4)
10.Qa4+/c6
11.Qxc4/Qg5
12.Ne4/Qxe5
13.Rd1/O-O
14.Nc5/Qxb2
15.f3/Bf5
16.e4/Qa3
17.pxB(f5)/b5
18.Qc2/Re6
19.Be2/pxp(f5)
20.Rd2/g6
21.Nd3/Rd8
22.O-O/Rd5
23.Rd8/C5
24.Nf4/Re5
25.Nd5/c4
26.Nf6+/Kf7
27.Ne8+/Re8
28.Qb2+
o.k.-so i should've resigned here, but i was there to play chess so played chess i did...i resigned after 50 moves... but for my first proper tournament against a player who's got about 30 or 40 years more experience and a much better rating than me? not bad, i'd say...just that bloomin' opening
02 Aug 03
Originally posted by MontaguesThe Schliemann Defense is not for someone who has never played and studied it before. It also is NOT a win for black on move 3. White needs to respond aggressively and it is not an unfavorable defense for Black but it is far from a major advantage for Black. In fact at my level you never really see it as people play ..a4 or ..d6 instead.
Easy
Ruy Lopez
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5?! f5 0 - 1
Other than that I agree with you. 😉