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Negoba wrote: P-K4 (e4) best by test per RJ Fischer I don't always play this but most of the time I do. P-Kb3 only works when you follow it with P-KN4, right?

I would not say "test"; it was just his opinion; he always opened that way  With one remarkable exception: In his 1972 match world championship match against Spasski he occasionally opened with PQB4 and PQ4 too for the first time, and successfully too.. Psychology, because Spasski did not expect that at all. He even played Queen's gambit, an opening which he had before officially condemned.


Edited by BaldFriede - March 02 2012 at 14:42

Negoba wrote: I always open e4 (P-K4) in serious matches though I've certainly messed about with d4 (P-Q4). I much prefer defending d4 as black. I'd love to one day get to the 1800-2000 ELO level, I'm only 1300-1500 now.

Don't worry; I am certainly no better now due to the long time I have not played. Maybe we should play against each other one day.

I use many different openings, though usually I open with either KP4 or QP4. But I have used other openings too, like King's Fianchetto or Larsen opening. Once I even tried Orangutan, also known as Sokolsky opening. You can play almosr anything, as Miles once demonstrated when with the black stones he answered QRP3 and QNP4 to his opponent's opening of KP4 and QP4 (and winning, though probably out of surprise by his opponent).


Edited by BaldFriede - March 02 2012 at 15:23

I'm so inconsistent at "live chess" on that site.  Undefeated so far with half-hour games, but haven't won a single fast game.

Triceratopsoil wrote: I'm so inconsistent at "live chess" on that site.  Undefeated so far with half-hour games, but haven't won a single fast game. Oh, I made Rico resign today

:O WUUUUT?

Actually, the way I saw it at that time, putting up that N up for sacrifice (ultimately exchange with one of your owns) on e5 was the best solution to clear some things there. So trouble may have started even a couple of moves earlier. Critical point, though, was indeed ending with the Queen on that same cursed e5 spot. Focusing to pin your Ne6 in front of the king, I blew it because I didn't saw that you could launch your white bishop. The piece prolly killed my whole game. Then you set up strong offensive with that, the knight and the Queen and with my space insufficiently opened and then just retreating and evading and cramming it up, I was done. 

Edited by Ricochet - March 03 2012 at 23:32

I seem to remember the Nimzo Indian being an opening.  I never used them though.  I just fudged together my own openings.

Oh and I'm now on chess.com also.

JurisHSmirnoff

I'm there.  Where are you?

I just played some dude... was doing all right but it was a 10 minute game and he won for some stupid reason.  Meh.

Ah, Colin challenged me to a 3 day game whilst I was in the middle of getting mullered by someone else and when I finally start the game, Colin's offline.

Edited by Triceratopsoil - March 04 2012 at 01:52

Just mated James in 12 C: