response as black!! to white e4

mipmcpt

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15 Mar 07 17:13

mipmcpt

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15 Mar 07 17:13

What do people play? i am creating a repetoire to play! as black What do people like and find effective?

Zander 88

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15 Mar 07 17:16

Play 1...e6, you won't regret it! 😛

mipmcpt

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15 Mar 07 17:18

why e6

mipmcpt

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15 Mar 07 17:19

Thats the french is it not?

stevetodd

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15 Mar 07 17:19

Originally posted by mipmcpt
What do people play? i am creating a repetoire to play! as black What do people like and find effective?

I always play c5, my club mates are now really testing me because they know I am going to play the sicillian which is good as my otb sicillian is improving now

Deity

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15 Mar 07 17:21

Originally posted by mipmcpt
why e6

Check out a few databases.

There is
e5, King Pawn Game
e6, the French Defence
c6, the Caro-Kann Defence
c5, the Sicillian Defence

and more...

mipmcpt

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15 Mar 07 17:22

Which variation of the sicillian

93confirmed

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15 Mar 07 17:22

The most common replies are probably c5 (Sicilian), e6 (French), and e5 (King's Pawn) in no particular order. I would focus on these and maybe learn d5 (Scandenavian) and Nf6 (Alkheines defense) later.

mipmcpt

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15 Mar 07 17:23

Thankd diety which do you like and find effective?

Zander 88

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15 Mar 07 17:23

Originally posted by mipmcpt
Thats the french is it not?

Yes...

But seriously, what is your style of play?

Spacetime

Not material

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15 Mar 07 17:23

Originally posted by mipmcpt
What do people play? i am creating a repetoire to play! as black What do people like and find effective?

Everybody's going to give you a different answer, but my opinion is start with e5 for a while to get a feel for good opening principles (you will learn a lot about basic tactics and different positional ideas).

After you have a feel for the basics with the e5 lines, you can graduate to the Sicilian with the more advanced (but more powerful) ideas.

Please don't play the French!

mipmcpt

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15 Mar 07 17:26

My style tends to be Quite postional, asd white i like the colle system!

Deity

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15 Mar 07 17:26

Originally posted by mipmcpt
Thankd diety which do you like and find effective?

All of them are effective, seriously all of them.

I recently started playing the Caro-Kann, I love it.

Zander 88

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15 Mar 07 17:27

2 edits

you see? The defense is so good that people are begging you to switch to something else!

ok, anyways... if you are positional player then french defense is a very good choice for you.

ChessJester

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15 Mar 07 17:33

there are a number of sound replies.
e5
d5
c5
e6
c6
Nf3

It just depends on your playing style. If you are unsure of your style I would reccomend 1...e5, it is theoretically the best.