To anyone who insulted my precious Blackburne Gambit:
Any other tries to refute?A very tactical opening against 1.e4?
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Could you post an example of why that would be even marginally good for white?
tjchessmaster wrote:
Could you post an example of why that would be even marginally good for white?
Black loses a pawn and the right to castle. The tactical point being that if black takes on f7 with the king then Qh5+ regains the piece with advantage to white.
Hmm... interesting... Ok, you got me there!
That's what happens.
Caro-Kann Opening for black
Try the Latvian
lolopizza wrote:
Try the Latvian
How does that work, since it's completely up to black to make the f5 move.
I enjoy tactical positions and seem to get them fairly often with the Alekhine. As someone mentioned, it does take a bit of getting used to. It can feel cramped at times, but that is kinda the fun of the Alekhine...bring me your pawns.
If white chooses not to fully accept the Alekhine, black can often get a very quick 0-0 in and a , solid center. Blacks white squared bishop can be bothersome to improve...so why try and improve on it's home square, until...a diagonal opens or it can be used as part of an exchange.
Playing against a full out 4 Pawns attack is a tactical work out for me. That's my two bits and for a bit of reference, I'm a middle of the road 1400 player.
KefkaKGA wrote:
I currently use the French Defense, but I find myself not doing too good with it at times and the cramped position is sometimes really annoying. Don't get me wrong, I like to use it and I've had some good games with it, but I'm just wondering if I should stick with it or use a different opening instead.
if the cramped positions is so annoying 1...e5 should be the move of your dreams:) i recommend the two knights defence instead of the italian game since some of the more popular lines in the italian is unbelievably boring
against the kings gambit i recommend learning a "calm" line and only when you know that line fine learn to accept the gambit with some other line if you want to. this because some kings gambiteers blow you off the board instantly if you accept the sacrifice. against ruy lopez you have everything from calm lines to insanely complicated lines like the zaitzev to choose from. pick the one you like the most:)
Why not the sicilian?? What do you have against it??
wowiezowie wrote:
Why not the sicilian?? What do you have against it??
Tried it and I didn't like it :p
It just isn't for me.
If you feel cramped in your openings, I have a suggestion. After 1.e4, try the move of 1...d5 the scandinavian. 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 and now 3...Qd6!?. If you want a good opening solving the problem of a bad light bishop, do 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5, and youve got youre french counter in the center, with some differences that dont block the bishop in. In some lines, the carokann and the french are very similar
french defence and scandinavian works well, try them
While i have nothing against the scandinavian it will give you cramped and passive positions but they are playable. There are some gambits in the scandinavian but white usually dont accept them at least not when im trying them.
Here is another vote for the Alekhine defence. I use it all the time. But you have start trading pieces to get some room.