08 Feb 09
So, after looking and looking for a good opening as white I have found the Ruy, Center Attack with an 5. d4 (as opposed to 6. d4) to avoid the Open Defense.
"...leads to sharp play. Black can hold the balance, but it is easy to make a misstep."
Anyone play this?
Any unavoidable transpostions into the boring ol' regular Ruy?
11 Feb 09
Originally posted by moteutschIt looks premature, but according to my database it is the best scoring of white´s possibilities. What is more my database engine (SCID) gives average rating for the players who played it as well as an average performance as an effective rating. For 5. 0-0 the average rating is 2421 and the average performance 2459 (+38). For the move 5. d4 the average rating of the players who played it was 2284, but the performance was 2365 (+81).
So, after looking and looking for a good opening as white I have found the Ruy, Center Attack with an 5. d4 (as opposed to 6. d4) to avoid the Open Defense.
PGN was here
"[b]...leads to sharp play. Black can hold the balance, but it is easy to make a misstep."
Anyone play this?
Any unavoidable transpostions into the boring ol' regular Ruy?[/b]
It´s probably not as good as the other options, but unless you are playing a supergrandmaster they are not going to work out the problems with it over the board. If you think you can get black out of their comfort zone then play it.