Best and Worst openings/defences

Originally posted by bobbob1056th
I will give any move that is the only move to win a ! Here is the refutation to the Traxler Counterattack: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5?? 5. Nxf7! Bxf2+ 6. Kxf2! Nxe4+ 7. Kg1! Qh4 8. g3! Nxg3 9. Nxh8! Nxh1 (Ne4 is also losing) 10. d3!! this move controls the e4 square stopping any chances of perpetual check for black. d5 blacks best try 11. ...[text shortened]... ys Bc5, because now everyone who reads this knows the line! I hope this clears things up.

Interesting set of results, although surely blacks worst openings should be the same as whites best. I take it the stats for the Damiano are pretty slim?

Actually, another thing from the site, these games look a little fishy.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/adam.bozon/deprez_games.htm

yeah, 6. Kf1 isn't as strong as Kxf2. I'll come up with the best line for 9. ...d5 though.

hey Deep, what line does it give after 9. ...d5 because that move doesn't seem even as good as blacks other tries.

It just seems strange to me that anyone can claim that a game is "forced" in so many moves.

Originally posted by slightofhand
It just seems strange to me that anyone can claim that a game is "forced" in so many moves.

Dear RHPers,

Dear RHPers,

I don't know what happened to those previous posts, but I was going to say something like: Dear RHPers, I have made a bungling move. After speaking with Dan Heisman who gave 9. ...Nd4! I have figured out that (something most of you already knew) after Nxf7 Black can force a draw in all variations easily. So Bxf7+ is the only move that could possibly get an advantage. And even then black has chances. However I think 4. ...d5 is better than 4. ...Bc5 because if white knows a line (of which there are a few) he can easily force black into forcing a draw. But play can be interesting after 5. Bxf7+ Many thanks to NM Dan Heisman for clarifying this for us.