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jontsef
ok fair point this is why we are saying you should play a more mainline opening like d4 or e4.
the point is because your holding off on playing a pawn to the center your pawn structure is more varied as is your opponents,.. varied structure means varied plans and development of pieces depending on small features in the position that could change each move.
when you try to play 'tricky' you end up just sort of tricking yourself more often than not. your Nf3 could be a queens gambit, it could be a reti it could be a reversed siclian it could be a lot and which move is best is really hard to figure out.
play 1 d4 and 2 c4 as white and sort out that first then move on
That's a reversed-reversed-Sicilian.
TonyH
i didnt show every option for my list of possible structures, Just that its possible for white to play c4 and black to play something like Nc6 and e5 ..
AnthonyCG
And then there's Maroczy bind...
This is just so complicated to play.
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