Most annoying openings to play against?

najdorfslayer

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06 Apr 07 13:53

jovy1097

Simmesport, LA, USA

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07 Apr 07 12:48

I'm lost against the Reti opening. A player who opens with the Reti and knows how, can move order trick me out of playing either one of my favorite defences - KID and Caro-Kann.

YUG0slav

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07 Apr 07 21:59

Originally posted by jovy1097
I'm lost against the Reti opening. A player who opens with the Reti and knows how, can move order trick me out of playing either one of my favorite defences - KID and Caro-Kann.

on the other hand, Reti's tend to transpose to 1. d4 openings 😕

I usually do 1. ...Nf6 2. ...g6 and wait to see what my opponent does

znsho

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07 Apr 07 23:14

Originally posted by Ramned
Sicilian

Play the Morra Gambit against the Scilian. It makes for an open game.

CalWriter

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08 Apr 07 07:16

Originally posted by najdorfslayer
Interested to know what openings people struggle against!

For me
When I play 1.e4 I'm not so good against The French
When i play 1.d4 I'm crap against The Grunfeld

How about you guys?

I hate all the anti-indian and anti-sicilian "systems"

najdorfslayer

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08 Apr 07 07:57

Originally posted by CalWriter
I hate all the anti-indian and anti-sicilian "systems"

Doesn't everyone!!

Squelchbelch

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08 Apr 07 08:12

Originally posted by najdorfslayer
Doesn't everyone!!

I don't play anything other than the Morra gambit against 1...c5
As with any other gambit, it's probably a lot better OTB than on here, where you can end up playing the opening against thousands of other players on a DB.
Having said that, I have an 82% win record with the Morra in 17 games played against players rated 1400-1700.

najdorfslayer

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08 Apr 07 11:06

Originally posted by Squelchbelch
I don't play anything other than the Morra gambit against 1...c5
As with any other gambit, it's probably a lot better OTB than on here, where you can end up playing the opening against thousands of other players on a DB.
Having said that, I have an 82% win record with the Morra in 17 games played against players rated 1400-1700.

I agree the Smith-Morra is an unpleasent opening for Black to face OTB and CC..........however you must be ready to also play c3 Sicilian against Morra Declined after 3...Nf6 or 3...d5!