KingStuart
Stuart King
Bristol, United Kingdom 
Member Since:
Jun 18, 2009
Last Login:
Apr 29, 2011
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Crazy 'positional' sacs FTW!!! (2 years ago)
Birthday: Jun 23, 1987
Occupation: Even Lazier Post Grad Student
BCF Rating: 142
About Me:
Been playing for 4 years now, have started to become less enthusiastic about the game mostly because of the masses of opening theory out there and I can't really be bothered to learn it. I have a few 'pet' openings as black, namely the Najdorf and the KID. As white I play more offbeat openings, 1.Nf3 is my current favourite, it allows me to reach many interesting openings while avoiding the truly mind numbing 1.e4 e5, snore.
I also very much enjoy sacrificing and will do so even when the positions it leads to are unclear. How else do you learn how to judge positions with material imbalances? I've also recently discovered just how interesting endgames really are, Daniel Rench's series on rook endgames is particularly interesting!
Submitted by
KingStuart on Feb 1, 2010 7:26am.
The battle between knight and bishop is usually fought with pawns. The bishops try to force the position to be open where thier superior mobility allows them to dominate the more sluggish knights. Knights on the other hand flourish in the closed posi...Read more »
