Ah... a game in progress. misread the post.
(You mentioned games played in the opening post.)
So you could not really go into the game because ATM it violates TOS.
You have to note it up when finished. (be funny if you lost) 😉
Regarding the centre I often recall the words by Tarrasch.
He states that chess is a bad (or is it silly) game.
You spend ages building a good solid centre.
And then your troubles really begin.
Think he means keeping the thing together and getting a solid plus
out of it is tough work. It's quite a resposibility taking the centre, if
you lose it you lose control.
The hardest thing to do in chess is to win a won game.
Originally posted by robbie carrobie lol, you play the Latvian because you get to put two adjacent pawns on the fifth rank! After following Nimzo pawn theory or whoever invented it 🙂
The bust to the Latvian (believe me it's in there) follows the e4 & d4 theory.
yes its soooo beautifully simple pawndude, i like i like, no theory, no messin, no giving
up the centre with wussie d3 moves, no fiachettoing the kings bishop, just fight for the
centre. Apparently its the third most popular move and scores a respectable 57%, not
that statistics like that are an indication of anything, by any means, buts its good and
fits in with our theory, also is good is taking the e pawn and then establishing a pawn
on d4 🙂