10 Jan 09
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Originally posted by buffalobillMy apologies. Sometimes I forget those smiley thingies exist if I haven't been reading many of widget's posts lately.
This, of course, is complete claptrap and you forgot the smiley.
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Oh, yes. I almost forgot to mention that Fischer is dead, and New in Chess statistics long ago revealed that 1.d4 is "best by test." Of course, it is the Sicilian, rather than the French, that accounts mostly for the failure of 1.e4.
11 Jan 09
Originally posted by c guy1The Alekhine needs a good hand to be played well, you get pressed hard by a good player and you need superb positional understanding to not het squeezed hard. I would start with general open/semi open games against e5, only after getting to grips with those openings play something like the alekhine.
back on track...try the Alekhine
1.e4 Nf6
it's not as accepted as the sicilian...but it's solid...just risky
here is a game of a guy 100 pts over me
[pgn]1. e4 Ng8f6 2. e5 Nf6d5 3. c4 Nd5b6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Ng1f3 g6
7. Bf1e2 Bf8g7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb1c3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qd1c2 Qd8c7
12. Bc1e3 Bc8f5 13. Nc3b5 Qc7c6 14. Qc2b3 Nb8a6 15. Ra1d1 Na ...[text shortened]... Rd1c1 Nc4d2 29. Rc1xc3 Bg7xc3 30. Rf1c1 Nd2xb1
31. Rc1xb1 Ra8b8 32. Nb7a5 Rf8c8 0-1
[/pgn]
13 Jan 09
The French always gave me more trouble than any other defense to 1. e4. I finally started playing something I never thought I would, namely, the Tarrasch Variation 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2. Black can exchange 3...dxe4, but he can also do that after 3. Nc3. The Tarrasch may be the answer to my quest.
I might add that the Sicilian doesn't bother me as much as the French, probably because against 1.e4 I play the Sicilian about 95% of the time. So there seems to be a lot to the idea of learning how to play against an opening by playing that very opening yourself.
13 Jan 09
Originally posted by LudusThat's pretty much why I now play the French: I got tired of losing to it.
The French always gave me more trouble than any other defense to 1. e4. I finally started playing something I never thought I would, namely, the Tarrasch Variation 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2. Black can exchange 3...dxe4, but he can also do that after 3. Nc3. The Tarrasch may be the answer to my quest.
I might add that the Sicilian doesn't bother me as much as ...[text shortened]... t to the idea of learning how to play against an opening by playing that very opening yourself.