Reinventing my chess

LordofADown

King of all Hills

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14 Jun 07 07:51

LordofADown

King of all Hills

Connecticut

Joined: 02 Mar 05
Moves: 38520

14 Jun 07 07:51

Hey guys, I was hoping to switch things up a bit and start off with a fresh slate.
I've been playing the Giuoco and two knights since I started and I'm done with both.
What I was hoping you guys could help me with is finding a new opening as white and a new response to e4 rather than Kings pawn game.
I'm looking for tactical openings, with lots of traps that are more on the rare side; I hate closed games. The more open the better.
Suggestions are all appreciated!

-LordofADown

Ramiri15

Joined: 30 Oct 05
Moves: 3072

14 Jun 07 07:56

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Originally posted by LordofADown
Hey guys, I was hoping to switch things up a bit and start off with a fresh slate.
I've been playing the Giuoco and two knights since I started and I'm done with both.
What I was hoping you guys could help me with is finding a new opening as white and a new response to e4 rather than Kings pawn game.
I'm looking for tactical openings, with lots of tra ...[text shortened]... te closed games. The more open the better.
Suggestions are all appreciated!

-LordofADown

With white try the King's Gambit for a highly tactical game and with black try the Sicilian defense. With that repertoire you can look forward to some very exciting games.

Edit: Oh and don't randomly resign games.

LordofADown

King of all Hills

Connecticut

Joined: 02 Mar 05
Moves: 38520

14 Jun 07 08:11

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I'm trying to avoid the Sicilian, because it's the most used response to e4.
I want something more uncommon.

Ramiri15

Joined: 30 Oct 05
Moves: 3072

14 Jun 07 08:13

1 edit

Originally posted by LordofADown
I'm trying to avoid the Sicilian, because it's the most used response to e4.
I want something more uncommon.

The Latvian Gambit then. You could try Alekhine's defense, but that allows white to transpose into very boring systems.

LordofADown

King of all Hills

Connecticut

Joined: 02 Mar 05
Moves: 38520

14 Jun 07 08:18

Something playable?

Ramiri15

Joined: 30 Oct 05
Moves: 3072

14 Jun 07 08:20

Originally posted by LordofADown
Something playable?

The Latvian is playable so long as you know what you're doing (I don't 🙂)

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Restless Soul

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Joined: 12 Feb 07
Moves: 2944

14 Jun 07 11:03

Originally posted by LordofADown
Hey guys, I was hoping to switch things up a bit and start off with a fresh slate.
I've been playing the Giuoco and two knights since I started and I'm done with both.
What I was hoping you guys could help me with is finding a new opening as white and a new response to e4 rather than Kings pawn game.
I'm looking for tactical openings, with lots of tra ...[text shortened]... te closed games. The more open the better.
Suggestions are all appreciated!

-LordofADown

the borg defence...best opening ever