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Why do you play your opening?

Why do you play your opening?

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I like the black lion because I hope white gets too aggressive and castles kingside. It gives me a chance to get an attack on white's king.

Of course if white plays passively, it really is much like most e4 e5 stuff.

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In Russia openings play you!

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Originally posted by @eladar
More likely my middle and end games.
Well, I suppose you could get so good at middle games that you could dig out of inferior ones. But it would be better to START with a good middle game position.

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Originally posted by @bigdoggproblem
Well, I suppose you could get so good at middle games that you could dig out of inferior ones. But it would be better to START with a good middle game position.
If you don't see how to play it, a good middle game position would not be appreciated and could be easily blown.

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Originally posted by @eladar
If you don't see how to play it, a good middle game position would not be appreciated and could be easily blown.
Well, that just means you suck at chess. 😛

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Originally posted by @bigdoggproblem
Well, that just means you suck at chess. 😛
That's a given.

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Why do I play my openings?
Somebody has to!

Czech Benoni, Pirc, Tennison Gambit, Reti Gambit

Pretty solid in all those up until move 3

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Just stumbled on Nimzo-Indian Kmoch variation for a d4 continuation. I think I like it.

When playing the black lion I play c6 in part to blunt the knight which seems to always be played to c3. In the same way I like how f3 blunts the knight on f6.