27 Feb 04
I think that the best opening move is related to everyone'style... if you're an attacker, you'll chose e4 with white and you'll answer c5 with black, if you're a positional player c4 and Nf3 are better...
As a general rul (for the withe):
e4, d4, c4 and Nf3 are all ok
b3, f4, g3 are not so good but playable
all other moves are somewhat bad
and for the black, in reply to e4:
e5, c5, c6, e6, Nf6, d6, d5 and g6 are all good moves... you've just to know the main lines of the opening you choose!!!
Lord_ste
28 Feb 04
Originally posted by lordsteEver played 1.f4? (It's a question, not a questionable move, it's a great move!)
I think that the best opening move is related to everyone'style... if you're an attacker, you'll chose e4 with white and you'll answer c5 with black, if you're a positional player c4 and Nf3 are better...
As a general rul (for the withe):
e4, d4, c4 and Nf3 are all ok
b3, f4, g3 are not so good but playable
all other moves are somewhat bad
and for ...[text shortened]... re all good moves... you've just to know the main lines of the opening you choose!!!
Lord_ste
I don't know if you're a GM, but I doubt it that you'll beat me when I play it! :-)
Olav
28 Feb 04
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Originally posted by PanukaNotice he switched to d4 when the chips were down against Spassky...
"Best by test." -- Bobby Fischer (on 1.e4) 🙂
But your question contains the germ of another question - why play chess? Do you want to play positions that have been played hundreds of times before before? Do you still want to be in the books at move 17? Do you want to walk the same paths as club players all over the world?
[sound of inspirational music]
After joining the RED HOT PAWN STARS I discovered that chess isn't just about the nuances of the Nimzo-Indian, the paths of the Petroff, the twists of the Trompowsky... No!
[music louder]
It can be about experimentation - playing a position that has never been seen before on a chessboard! It can be about playing a sound opening that is so untested many of the critical positions have never appeared in tournament play! (See Simon Williams' book on the Classical Dutch.) It can, in short, be an adventure, in which books and theory have no standing and winning and losing take second place to the joy of discovery!
Which is also probably why my rating sucks.😉
28 Feb 04
But your question contains the germ of another question - why play chess? Do you want to play positions that have been played hundreds of times before before? Do you still want to be in the books at move 17? Do you want to walk the same paths as club players all over the world?[and the crowd goes wild!] HORRAY!
[sound of inspirational music]
After joining the RED HOT PAWN STARS I discovered that chess isn't just about th ...[text shortened]... g take second place to the joy of discovery!
Which is also probably why my rating sucks.😉
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I love unconventional, or just ill-liked openings. Right now, I'm engaged in a project with Der Bringer to find a line of the King's Gambit that doesn't get white into immediate tactical trouble with best play from black... haven't found one yet, but if anyone else is interested in this little project, I'll e-mail 'em the pgn files of Bringer kicking my ass :-)