what do you people think of reversed openings? (eg. a dragon setup as white or the Reversed Closed Sicilian from the English...)
I do like the King's Indian Attack, which is like a white setup of the King's Indian Defense..
here's a game that really emulates the KID position
[Event "rated standard match"]
[Site "freechess.org"]
[Date "2006.10.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Xpoint"]
[Black "MacBethP"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2137"]
[BlackElo "1842"]
[ECO "C00"]
1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 d4 4. Ngf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Nf6 10. c4 Be7 11. Nh4 O-O 12. f4 Nd7 13. Nf5 g6 14. Nh6+ Kg7
15. Ng4 h5 16. Nxe5 Ndxe5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Bf4 Bf6 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Rf2 g5
21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Raf1 f6 23. Qe2 Qe8 24. Rf3 Qg6 25. Rf5 Kg7 26. Qf2 Rae8
27. Bf3 b6 28. Bd1 Re7 29. Ba4 h4 30. g4 Bf4 31. Kh1 Re5 32. Qe2 a6 33. Bc6
Rc8 34. Bd5 Rce8 35. Qd1 R8e7 36. Rxe5 Rxe5 37. Qb3 b5 38. cxb5 axb5 39. Qxb5
I cut off the last 20 moves in the endgame that came after my Queen ate up all the black queenside pawns
anyhow, by move 12, white's formation is vey KIDish
as a pointless note, i'm very happy about the sequence starting at move 27 with Bg2-f3-d1-a4. It's amazing what you can accomplish in a closed position with enough time to bring pieces around.
back on topic...what does everyone on rhp think of reversed openings?