04 Dec 10
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Originally posted by Grampy Bobbyit appears to me GB that in the case of the queen pawn, because it is protected no one can really stop you from advancing it into the centre, at least in the beginning, so in the case of moves like ...c5, these merely take the sting out of it, now that being the case, then on ones first move, at least as white, one can with the greatest freedom put his king pawn in the centre safe in the knowledge that the queen pawn cannot be stopped.
[b]Least/Most Prefered Opening Moves...
Least: Ho hum frontal E4/D4. Most: Flank pawns with knights & bishops
in the fray. Why? Why not? If not us, whom? If not now, when? Yours?
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read a little anecdote about the seventy year old Lasker, that great American, i think it was from Kasparovs great predecessor, in which he quotes Lasker, 'we read of the hyper modern that after making a series of moves they are able to report, white managed to get in .e4, a move that they could have accomplished at the very first try.'
04 Dec 10
Originally posted by Grampy Bobby1.e4, because after 1. e4, you have the maximum number of second moves.
[b]Least/Most Prefered Opening Moves...
Least: Ho hum frontal E4/D4. Most: Flank pawns with knights & bishops
in the fray. Why? Why not? If not us, whom? If not now, when? Yours?
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05 Dec 10
Originally posted by Grampy Bobbyit seems to me that no one has asked you GB 🙂
[b]Least/Most Prefered Opening Moves...
Least: Ho hum frontal E4/D4. Most: Flank pawns with knights & bishops
in the fray. Why? Why not? If not us, whom? If not now, when? Yours?
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05 Dec 10
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyWell, the boys and girls that know what they are doing sure seem to play 1 e4 and 1 d4 a lot, don't they? Ho hum? Well pop off the 1 N-f3....1 g3.... or, what the hell, 1 b4 and let's push the pieces around. 🙂 There is no perfect opening where you win everytime, so all I want from the opening 10 moves or so is to be in a playable middle game. Barring blunders I get that with 1 d4. Your results may vary. 😉
Least: Ho hum frontal E4/D4.
05 Dec 10
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Originally posted by Grampy BobbyThese two strings walk up to a bar. The first string walks in and orders and the bartender throws him out and yells "I don't serve strings in this bar. The other string ruffs himself up on the street and curls up and orders. The bartender shouts, "Hey, didn't you hear what I told your buddy?"
Flank pawns with knights & bishops
in the fray.
The string says "Yeah."
The bartender says, "aren't you a string?"
The string says, "No, I'm a frayed knot..."
05 Dec 10
Originally posted by ChessPraxismuhaha!
These two strings walk up to a bar. The first string walks in and orders and the bartender throws him out and yells "I don't serve strings in this bar. The other string ruffs himself up on the street and curls up and orders. The bartender shouts, "Hey, didn't you hear what I told your buddy?"
The string says "Yeah."
The bartender says, "aren't you a string?"
The string says, "No, I'm a frayed knot..."