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is this opening STRATEGY good?

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22nd July 2008, 09:16am
#1
by Mebeme
United States
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you trade a bishop for a knight, giving your opponent an pair of bishops for a supported safe knight on d5 or e5 as white, d4 or e4 as black.is it good?


22nd July 2008, 09:24am
#2
by Mebeme
United States
Member Since: May 2008
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usually you attack on your right of the board, and he attacks on his right of the board


22nd July 2008, 09:26am
#3
by tannguye1
Ames/Cedar Rapids/Des Moines/ Iowa United States
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 103

I don't really know because I usally rate strategy after seeing a couple of games with it. Try posting some of your games or moves along with this. Personally I want you to experiment with it.


22nd July 2008, 09:26am
#4
by tannguye1
Ames/Cedar Rapids/Des Moines/ Iowa United States
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 103

Lets set up a game! We can test it out.


22nd July 2008, 09:27am
#5
by likesforests
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Mebeme> you trade a bishop for a knight, giving your opponent an pair of bishops for a supported safe knight on d5 or e5 as white

It depends on the details, but the idea can work. For example, it's been used even at the super-GM level in some variations of the Sicilian.

 

 


22nd July 2008, 09:27am
#6
by Mebeme
United States
Member Since: May 2008
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i have used it in otb games before , but not online,off to live chess Smile


22nd July 2008, 09:39am
#7
by Dark_Daemon_
pagrati Greece
Member Since: Jun 2008
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well..imo 7Nd5 is much beter.

why giving a bishop for a knight??

your bishop can only go to e2 and blaks' bishops can fo almost everywhere

nice square for the knight on d5

no castling for white [and this will hurt!]

 

xD im talkin' like expert.

LOL!xdLOL!

 

 


22nd July 2008, 09:46am
#8
by likesforests
United States
Member Since: May 2007
Member Points: 4407

Dark_Daemon, 7.Nd5 is met by 7...Nxd5 and now you've lost that beautiful square for your knights. That's not to say it's a bad move, but it certainly doesn't give you the strong central knight you get in the 7.Bg5 lines. 7.Bg5 is the mainline.


 

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