lol what if black did d5?
c4 as white: genius or mistake
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You're supposed to eat those eucalyptus leaves, not smoke em.
No it does control center d5 square.
It's neither genius nor a mistake.
It's just a standard opening move, slightly less popular than a few of the others.
It's a opening theory.
I see that Reb has resorted to a pixel version of his trademark slogan... 
It is good against polish people.
TeraHammer wrote:
It is good against polish people.
why?
Is this topic a genius mistake, or mistaken genius? Either way, I've gotta say it's genius.
Since Kasparov used it to win a must win game against Karpov to retain his world title I'm going to pick genius.
If you know chess Dutch you'll find that each and every move counts ;) and I'll research main lines with c4 and show them
I may be busy so it could take a bit
How is this a mistake? I've won many OTBs when black played 1... e5 in response to my 1. c4.
If i had to play that move i would play this:
Basically getting a transposition into something like the Rubinstein.
ok here are some main lines
this is known as the english opening main lines
jrzmath99 wrote:
TeraHammer wrote:
It is good against polish people.
why?
It is a counter to the Polish defense: 1...b5 ;)
I play it like a hyper accelerated dragon sicilian.
c4 as white I think is a mistake because it doesn't give as much central control
and doesn't let either bishop out