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My classmate sometimes plays the infamous BDG (1. d4 d5 2.e4) and it is very annoying. I end up losing 3 games in a row by taking the BDG, although declining it makes my pieces passive. Can someone teach me how to counter the BDG properly? Thanks!

Hi all, I just wanted some help here while playing white who is using king's gambit.

I will be retiring from the Administration of this Group in December 2014, as I have moved to another country. Here are some notes for the Administrators of the team in future, about team games and leagues. 1) Make sure you are a member of the "World League Headquarters" and "Asian League Headquarters" and have registered your name in the contact names section. I assume you will want HK to continue playing in these leagues in 2015. 2) In 2014 we also played in World League's chess960 league, but interest was quite low, so not sure whether you will want to continue. 3) There are some cities competitions we played in, so likewise you need to be in "World Cities League HQ" and "Cities World Cup" groups. We have already failed in the qualifying games for the 2015 Cup, but there will be games for the Cities League. Thanks, farewell and good luck.

[Sales talk] Starting from this day I would post small columns of chess openings as a place for our teammates to share the knowledge and practical experience that are not present in books or databases. I wish it would be useful in team matches, blitz play or lessen the work on facing side openings. [/Sales talk] [Shameless disclaimer] 1. For selfish reason, I would not write about openings that I use/used/will use except very introductory stuff or weird lines. Please find volunteers in place of me. (New writers are very welcomed!) 2. Post tabiya analysis shall not be in detail since engine shall be employed and non-database move is the major inspection target of Chess.com's anti-cheetah mechanism; 3. Mostly soft targets, that is, sidelines or below borderline openings shall be covered and the investigation shall take at max of 1.5 hours. Please turn to books for main-main-main line and engines for side-side-side lines! 4. I would strive to find less-mentioned but practical/clean/human-friendly lines or branches if possible at all. Responsibility of the ultimate choice shall be laid upon the players. 5. Blitzkrieg victory games would mostly be absent and encyclopedic theory is out of question. 6. Issue of new column shall come out from daily to monthly in-con-clusive. [/Shameless disclaimer]