And you fo need to know what you're doing here else you could lose your e5 pawn and then Black's two central pawns could be scary.
Any good weapons against the french?
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May 31, 2023
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#25
swntax wrote:
Guns will work. Try missiles too.
of course the englishman knows best
May 31, 2023
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#26
PotatoesAndChess wrote:
What I have been playing is a king's indian attack and making it a structure like a grand prix attack in the sicilian
3. Nc3 is a lemon. Black should answer dxe4 (although Nf6 and Bb4 are both good alternatives).
You should play 3. Nd2 instead, preventing an exchange of Queens.
May 31, 2023
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#27
PotatoesAndChess wrote:
8thMarch2023 wrote:
mirroredragon wrote:
Irongine wrote:
I prefer the wing gambit idea
Sacrifice your b and sometimes your a pawn for a strong pawn structure.
Something that looks like this
this actually looks interesting
i might play this sometime
Black approves /s
what is /s
/s = sarcasm.
blueemu wrote:
PotatoesAndChess wrote:
What I have been playing is a king's indian attack and making it a structure like a grand prix attack in the sicilian
3. Nc3 is a lemon. Black should answer dxe4 (although Nf6 and Bb4 are both good alternatives).
You should play 3. Nd2 instead, preventing an exchange of Queens.
If yo you don’t mind me asking? What? The Rubinstein is the worst of the three for Black (although still playable) but I can’t think of a single line in the French where there’s an exchange of Queens, Rubinstein or otherwise. And besides, the Rubinstein still works against 3. Nd2
I hear you can win them over with croissants 😜
May 31, 2023
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#30
Ethan_Brollier wrote:
blueemu wrote:
PotatoesAndChess wrote:
What I have been playing is a king's indian attack and making it a structure like a grand prix attack in the sicilian
3. Nc3 is a lemon. Black should answer dxe4 (although Nf6 and Bb4 are both good alternatives).
You should play 3. Nd2 instead, preventing an exchange of Queens.
If yo you don’t mind me asking? What? The Rubinstein is the worst of the three for Black (although still playable) but I can’t think of a single line in the French where there’s an exchange of Queens, Rubinstein or otherwise. And besides, the Rubinstein still works against 3. Nd2
What Rubinstein?
He's talking about 2. d3, not 2. d4.
"What I have been playing is a king's indian attack"...
blueemu wrote:
Ethan_Brollier wrote:
blueemu wrote:
PotatoesAndChess wrote:
What I have been playing is a king's indian attack and making it a structure like a grand prix attack in the sicilian
3. Nc3 is a lemon. Black should answer dxe4 (although Nf6 and Bb4 are both good alternatives).
You should play 3. Nd2 instead, preventing an exchange of Queens.
If yo you don’t mind me asking? What? The Rubinstein is the worst of the three for Black (although still playable) but I can’t think of a single line in the French where there’s an exchange of Queens, Rubinstein or otherwise. And besides, the Rubinstein still works against 3. Nd2
What Rubinstein?
He's talking about 2. d3, not 2. d4.
"What I have been playing is a king's indian attack"...
Ahhh, my apologies. I somehow missed that
May 31, 2023
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#32
8thMarch2023 wrote:
There's no point in memorizing openings or naming the lines.
You'll play a better game over the board with the application of good sense.
and if you can't do that yet, it's a more worthy work with better return of investment than memorization can ever be
openings are important after a certain point
So none of the top players don't know or use any theory? WOW!!
8thMarch2023 wrote:
mirroredragon wrote:
8thMarch2023 wrote:
There's no point in memorizing openings or naming the lines.
You'll play a better game over the board with the application of good sense.
and if you can't do that yet, it's a more worthy work with better return of investment than memorization can ever be
openings are important after a certain point
Potentially as a crutch if someone can't decide good moves.
Otherwise they shouldn't be.
Ah yes, the system in which you decide your middlegame plan and setup isn’t important and you can just play a four knights against everything.
May 31, 2023
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#35
8thMarch2023 wrote:
mirroredragon wrote:
8thMarch2023 wrote:
There's no point in memorizing openings or naming the lines.
You'll play a better game over the board with the application of good sense.
and if you can't do that yet, it's a more worthy work with better return of investment than memorization can ever be
openings are important after a certain point
Potentially as a crutch if someone can't decide good moves.
Otherwise they shouldn't be.
opening prep matters a lot. especially so at higher levels and OTB chess. It's not a crutch if you're forced to learn some to even compete.
May 31, 2023
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#36
I'm sure everybody has seen my "opening prep" game, in which my prepared novelty came on move 28? It won me an important point in a country vs country rated match.
I would say that my opening prep mattered.
Bad food scares them
Jun 1, 2023
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#39
machine guns work well against the french
but they work pretty well against everybody
Well I don't know why nobody has suggested it but this is by far the most practical choice against the French
The Milner Barry Gambit, you do need to put annoying pressure during the whole game and ask Black tough practical questions.
I prefer Nc3 for quirky play tho.