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OVAIDO
after 1e4 e5 is the best 2Nf3 or 2f4 or 2d4 ?
lanceuppercut_239
2.Nf3 has been considered theoretically best for about the past 100 years.
shuttlechess92
lol like 99 percent of the games lead to the ruy lopez, which is 2. nf3 nc6 3. bb5
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fc4
likesforests
Check out "Improve Your Opening Play" (Ward) or "The Ideas Behind the Chess Openings" (Fine) and you'll get an idea what are the basic goals for each side and what sort of play each move leads to. Then you'll know what's best for you.
lance > 2.Nf3 has been considered theoretically best for about the past 100 years.
2.Nf3 is the solid option. 2.d4 and 2.f4 are more ambitious (and risky).
ok I'm sure that after 1e4 e5 2NF3 Has been considéred theoretically best for about the past 100 years.
realy i want to expose this position and i want your idea about it
bobbereight
That sort of transposed to a french exchange
amiraz
13...Rc8 doesn't seem to do much as the c file doesn't look like it will open in the future.
13..Be6 can be met with 14.cxd5, Bxf4 15.dxc6, bxd6 when black has double isolated c pawns. Black has the bishop pair, but white traided his bad dark bishop, and has a great outpost for his knight on d5.
13...Bd6 seems a little passive.
I think 13...Bd4 looks more active than Bd6, but white has a handfull of good moves to chose from: Rb1, Re1, cxd5, Be3, Qb3 and even Ne2 seems ok for white.
SpiritI
Good opening I use.
Jaguarphd
Not all in the ruy
e4 e5
Nf3 Nc6
D4 is also a favorite
atomichicken
To be blunt that's completely and utterly wrong. None is "best" It's all about style and preference.
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