The guy played what? 4 games with it....its amazing how a GM can play a new line a few times and everyone says he is an expert...
no offense to the guy ^above^....but i see this in books all the time.
Take "Larsens opening"....Larsen played it what? 30 games?....he was a 1.c4 type of player...... anyways....
Originally posted by nihilismorAn amateur under the pen-name "Pafu" wrote a book called "The Beginner's Game" in which he advocates the above setup for both White and Black.
Originally posted by chessisvanity
[b]THE HIPPOPOTAMUS!! IS GOING FOR THE NUMBER 1 SPOT BABY!!!
WOO WOO!! FREIGHT TRAIN BABY!!
[fen]r2qk2r/1bpnnpb1/pp1pp1pp/8/8/PP1PP1PP/1BPNNPB1/R2QK2R w KQkq - 0 11[/fen]
I dont understand.[/b]
You can view the first five chapters of the book for free at http://www.beginnersgame.com
Originally posted by chessisvanityPerhaps they mean't he was an expert because he had a better understanding of it. Not because he had played many games with it.
The guy played what? 4 games with it....its amazing how a GM can play a new line a few times and everyone says he is an expert...
no offense to the guy ^above^....but i see this in books all the time.
Take "Larsens opening"....Larsen played it what? 30 games?....he was a 1.c4 type of player...... anyways....
I think my opponent was trying to set it up in this game and still is trying to set his position similar but he is losing
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no comments as it is still in progress
It's reasonably good in blitz because you can play pre-defined moves & often white (or indeed black) wastes time trying to find a weakness.
I've also played against it & the best answer seems to be to blow-open the center fairly early on, after some routine development. Decisive play is needed against it though because otherwise you can just get swamped by the pawn-pushes.
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Originally posted by chessisvanityNone taken ... because I never said he was an expert but just that he used to play the line often.
The guy played what? 4 games with it....its amazing how a GM can play a new line a few times and everyone says he is an expert...
no offense to the guy ^above^....but i see this in books all the time.
Take "Larsens opening"....Larsen played it what? 30 games?....he was a 1.c4 type of player...... anyways....
My impression was that he played it more than infrequently. I've personally seem him play it twice so I imagine it he punted the system more often that you indicate.
Does that make him an expert? Not necessarily but he is, I suggest, the highest rated player of recent years, probably ever, to rely on the Hippo regularly - and that's worthy of mention I think. Especially of a rarely played opening.
And yes, a GM playing a line just a handful of times probably does give him/her a greater understading of it than you or I.
Originally posted by SquelchbelchTiming the central break can be tricky I think. If you mishandle it and allow Black to close things down you can run into trouble.
It's reasonably good in blitz because you can play pre-defined moves & often white (or indeed black) wastes time trying to find a weakness.
I've also played against it & the best answer seems to be to blow-open the center fairly early on, after some routine development. Decisive play is needed against it though because otherwise you can just get swamped by the pawn-pushes.
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I agree with you about the need for decisiveness. Assuming you're just going to be better because Black has sat back is the road to ruin.
PS:-
not a Hippo but an example of a lot of pawn moves proving effective...
http://streathambrixtonchess.blogspot.com/2007/12/rope-dope.html
Originally posted by nihilismorWhite is winning since it is his move and Black will have to break the symmetry.
Originally posted by chessisvanity
[b]THE HIPPOPOTAMUS!! IS GOING FOR THE NUMBER 1 SPOT BABY!!!
WOO WOO!! FREIGHT TRAIN BABY!!
[fen]r2qk2r/1bpnnpb1/pp1pp1pp/8/8/PP1PP1PP/1BPNNPB1/R2QK2R w KQkq - 0 11[/fen]
I dont understand.[/b]