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04 Dec '10 14:39

Grampy Bobby
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05 Dec '10 16:221 edit
Originally posted by greenpawn34
I always play 1.e4 because it gives my King a flight square (e2) of a different colour.

1.d4 and the flight square (d2) is the same colour as e1.

That's how deep I look into my games. On move one I'm thinking of
flight squares for my King. 🙂
Wondering, GP, in what situations you might first

develop a few pieces with an eye toward castling.
Tiwaking
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05 Dec '10 21:07
Originally posted by ChessPraxis
1.e4, because after 1. e4, you have the maximum number of second moves.
This is why I dont play 1. e4.
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05 Dec '10 21:14
Least favorite: Probably a4 for white, or a5 for black.
Most favorite: e4 for white, and nf6 for black
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05 Dec '10 22:322 edits
Originally posted by Tiwaking
This is why I dont play 1. e4.
the problem with 1.f4 is that there is no way to guarantee that you shall be able to get in e4 and have two adjacent pawns in the centre, black will easily get in ...d5 and ...c5
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06 Dec '10 04:35
Originally posted by robbie carrobie
the problem with 1.f4 is that there is no way to guarantee that you shall be able to get in e4 and have two adjacent pawns in the centre, black will easily get in ...d5 and ...c5
Black lives and plays by whites mistakes.

White can do the same, but has a little bit more time to spare.
ChessPraxis
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06 Dec '10 05:09
Originally posted by Tiwaking
This is why I dont play 1. e4.
Please elaborate. Why would the most next move choices be undesirable?
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06 Dec '10 09:27
Originally posted by Tiwaking
Black lives and plays by whites mistakes.

White can do the same, but has a little bit more time to spare.
i see, how cunningly fox like in its strategy, black pushes too far and his dreams become china in his hand🙂
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06 Dec '10 09:281 edit
Originally posted by Ringwraith
Most favorite: e4 for white, and nf6 for black
Me too.

(except when I make stupid mistakes!)
Maxacre42
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06 Dec '10 15:47
I hate it when I open c4 and the opponent c5! The symmetrical is just impossible to get an advantage against!

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06 Dec '10 17:30

Originally posted by Maxacre42
I hate it when I open c4 and the opponent c5! The symmetrical is just impossible to get an advantage against!

I'd say white immediately gets the advantage in tempo. But yeah I hate playing against the symmetrical too.

Most of the time I play 1.e4 because I like open games with a fight for the initiative, but I have been known to play c4 too. I first started playing d4 because I lasted longer against the comp with it, but I haven't played it in over a year.

Here is an English game of mine. I started out wanting to play the Karpov variation, but I had a lot of games going at the time and I literally forgot what opening I started out with.

I ended up throwing any positional considerations to the wind and saccing a knight for an attack.

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nimzo5
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06 Dec '10 17:58
I play the Symmetrical opening 1.c4 c5 with the express goal of killing any enjoyment of the game for White so the English opening is retired to the dustbin of lame openings.
Paul Leggett
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07 Dec '10 02:24
Originally posted by ChessPraxis
Please elaborate. Why would the most next move choices be undesirable?
Offhand, I would say it is because it is too much to study. I'm not sure that's really true (many of those possibilities are inferior), but it's a plausible thought, I believe.

Of course, it begs the question a bit, since having the most move choices is neither positive or negative.

If you have only one move, but it is the best move, compared to having a large number of inferior moves from which to chose, I'd prefer to have the one move. The sheer quantity of moves has no intrinsic value in the absence of a way to evaluate them.

It is the quality of each move that matters, and we can only play one move at a time.
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07 Dec '10 02:38
Originally posted by Paul Leggett
Offhand, I would say it is because it is too much to study. I'm not sure that's really true (many of those possibilities are inferior), but it's a plausible thought, I believe.

Of course, it begs the question a bit, since having the most move choices is neither positive or negative.

If you have only one move, but it is the best move, compared to ...[text shortened]... em.

It is the quality of each move that matters, and we can only play one move at a time.
Actually mobility IS an advantage in and of itself. If the opponents pieces become restricted then you will control the game.
nimzo5
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07 Dec '10 04:13
mobility is an advantage, but with the clock ticking, too many similar choices can be a burden.

On a sidenote, we talk about the advantage of the first move, but most players I know do better with black than with white, suggesting that information and repertoire are more important than the first move at the sub master level.
ChessPraxis
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07 Dec '10 04:23
Originally posted by Paul Leggett
Offhand, I would say it is because it is too much to study. I'm not sure that's really true (many of those possibilities are inferior), but it's a plausible thought, I believe.

Of course, it begs the question a bit, since having the most move choices is neither positive or negative.

If you have only one move, but it is the best move, compared to ...[text shortened]... em.

It is the quality of each move that matters, and we can only play one move at a time.
Thanks Paul

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