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Avatar of newchesscorner64

lets say you want to surprise your opponents with white.

Here are a few ideas I would recommend

1e4 e5

the move Nd5!? will definitely be a surprise for Black

What about 1e4 c5

the idea of 6 Qe2 against the Najdorf is to prepare Be3 or Bg5 and play 0-0-0. Then we play g2-g4. Very dangerous

the French defense 1e4 e6

we give a pawn with white but we will have a furious attack ! what is pawn worth in a bullet, blitz or rapid game ? not much if we are prepared in the line.


what about Black ?

This system, Owen defense is dangerous if White doesn't know it.

and with Black against d4 ?

seems like Black will tranpose in the Nimzo. but on Nf3 we could play f7-f5 then Nf6.

Interesting side line for Black.


what are your favorite lines to surprise your opponent ? and the ones you have the most success in getting them fall into a trap ?

Avatar of SwimmerBill

Do you mean stuff that is OK for blitz? [fun and ''almost sound''] like Cochran gambit vs Petroff? PLayed it a LOT in blitz.

For fun and fully sound I've played von Hennig-Schara a lot. Both main line and the endgame line. vs Marshall gambit, I occasionally try the g3 line of Fischer's (which is quite rare) and to avoid Marshall completely the early d4 line and doubly delayed exchange. I think both are equal but interesting.

Against Winawer long time ago I played 1. e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e5 c5 5. Qg4 Ne7 6. dxc5 . Had some good wins but made the mistake of analyzing it on a computer then lost confidence in it.

That's all I can think of now....

-Bill

ps- I will investigate the4knights idea of yours. It's another way to avoid yet another Marshall!