is it possible to play the ruy lopez or the scotch game against the sicilian defense and have great results. also if you play the scotch's defense against the ruy lopez could you but the king's bishop in the corner to help protect the e pawn? thanks for your comments i'll be back on later

I don't quite get your point. The problem is that openings like the Sicilian or the Ruy Lopez are defined by the moves of both players. So if White plays 1-e4 and black answers 1.... c5 then it's allready a sicilian. However I believe one of the many lines of the sicilian begins with the same moves for white as the Ruy lopez... so unless I'm wrong in this, it's perfectly fine for white to do as follows. 

Hi young_roy123, 

After 1.e4 e5, 2.Nf3 Nc6 White can choose (amongst others) the Lopez (3.Bb5) or the Scotch (3.d4). These are White openings, so you can't play the Scotch against the Lopez; nor can you play the Lopez or the Scotch against the Sicilian, as Black has played 1... c5, (not 1...e5) - although you can play 3.Bc5 against the Sicilian.

Finally, putting the king's bishop in the corner - do you mean playing pawn to g3 followed by bishop to g2 (a fianchetto)? If so, then this would no longer be a Lopez, as 3.Bb5 is what makes the Lopez the Lopez! It would also be against the whole nature of the Lopez where White is aiming to pressure Black's e pawn (the Bishop on b5 threatens the Knight on c6 which is the sole supporter of the e5 pawn, which is attacked by the Knight on f3).

Hope this helps! :-) 

 

 

young_roy123 wrote:

is it possible to play the ruy lopez or the scotch game against the sicilian defense and have great results. also if you play the scotch's defense against the ruy lopez could you but the king's bishop in the corner to help protect the e pawn? thanks for your comments i'll be back on later

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 a 1628 rated player asks if he could play the ruy against the sicilian? with phrases like "putting the king's bishop in the corner" ? hmm... interesting.

 I bet you'll be a grandmaster in a few years since it's obvious you have gained such a high rating without the slightest knowledge about the game. You should be really talented.  

diskamyl wrote: young_roy123 wrote:

is it possible to play the ruy lopez or the scotch game against the sicilian defense and have great results. also if you play the scotch's defense against the ruy lopez could you but the king's bishop in the corner to help protect the e pawn? thanks for your comments i'll be back on later

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 a 1628 rated player asks if he could play the ruy against the sicilian? with phrases like "putting the king's bishop in the corner" ? hmm... interesting.

 I bet you'll be a grandmaster in a few years since it's obvious you have gained such a high rating without the slightest knowledge about the game. You should be really talented.  

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were you joking around or being serious and i made a mistake i meant the scotchs game against the sicilian. i said the king's bishop in the corner because i had a brain cramp and forgot how to spell the word i was looking for dick face

young_roy, think diskamyl was complementing you, I may be wrong but still no need to get upset.

young_roy123 wrote:

is it possible to play the ruy lopez or the scotch game against the sicilian defense and have great results. also if you play the scotch's defense against the ruy lopez could you but the king's bishop in the corner to help protect the e pawn? thanks for your comments i'll be back on later

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Chess openings are defined by what both players play not just one side.  The Ruy Lopez is defined by the following moves  1. e4 e5  2. Nf3  Nc6  3. Bb5.  Anything other than that is not the Ruy Lopez.  Maybe if you stated what moves you wanted to play agains the Sicilian, we can give you better help.

well badenstein that may be true i'll look up which sicilian i wanted to play it against and last question for a while do you think i can play the french defense against the queen pawn opening

young_roy123 wrote: well badenstein that may be true i'll look up which sicilian i wanted to play it against and last question for a while do you think i can play the french defense against the queen pawn opening

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 Yeah, sure... give it a try.

young_roy123 wrote: well badenstein that may be true i'll look up which sicilian i wanted to play it against and last question for a while do you think i can play the french defense against the queen pawn opening

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 The Queen's Gambit Declined looks like the French pawn structure except white has not advanced his e-pawn.  Obviously, the game will consist of different moves than would be played in the French Defense.

i mean by white playing d4 first then black plays e6 then white plays c4 followed by blacks d5 or is that the same thing you did up there lol srry im tired

There are a few replies to Queen's Gambit that have the d5 e6 pawn structure for black.  The Slav is one.  By asking to play French against the Queen's Gambit I am assuming you want a strong defensive reply.  Many Caro-Kann player use the Slav vs Queen's Gambit.  I have been told the CK and French have a few things in common.

young_roy123 wrote: i mean by white playing d4 first then black plays e6 then white plays c4 followed by blacks d5 or is that the same thing you did up there lol srry im tired

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 Yes, playing e6 first is very playable.  I have played that move before.  If you like to play the French Defense against 1. e4, then playing e6 first gives your opponent an opportunity to play e4, transposing into the true French.

so the slav the caro kann and french all work good against the queen's gambit

The Slav is black's system vs a Queen's Gambit.

The Caro Kann and French are systems vs a King's Pawn opening.

Ruben Fine wrote a book "Ideas Behind the Chess Openings" and John Emms wrote "Discovering Chess Openings."  Both are good books that will help you understand openings. 

Take a look at the Game's Explorer here or elsewhere to see how these black defenses work in real games.

i think i got it know but last question can you try slav defense as white? would that work?

Yes.  But the best openings always take what your opponent is doing.  You can't just play a series of memorized moves.  You must play based upon what your opponent is doing.  Some defenses for Black work ok as a white opening.  Sometimes, those reversed, or openings played for the opposite color, openings have different names when they are reversed.

oo ok i see what your saying react to what your opponent is doing along with what your trying to do