Easiest one to do for my opinion

This is the varient I play.

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wow easy puzzles towards the bottom

nice

wow, the first puzzle is good... i didn't think that it's possible to mate the king at the middle w/ a rook and a king... i always do it at the corner...

The third puzzle is really easy

I think it's easy to stuff that bishop in there (as black) so that it doesn't play a role. As a matter of fact, white tends to spend a lot of time trying to clear that diagonal so the objectives are obvious.

(but then again - I'm a horrible player)

this opening gives white a huge advantage

i like it'

@Rich is that the reti opening?

whew, this is nice 1! :-`

I normally go with something along these lines.

Thanks Rich .

I love the flexibility of this opening sequence. After white fianchettos his king's bishop and castles kingside, he has several options. If he then plays c4, the game will transpose into English lines.  If he continues with d4, the game will probably transpose into some form of the Catalan. Finally, if he plans to play e4 at some point, it will be a king's indian attack. All of these openings are quite playable, and lead to exciting games. Altogether, I like to use it occasionally if only to take a break from overanalyzed e4 and d4 lines.