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nuclearturkey
nuclearturkey
Dec 18, 2009
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#81
Rapidfire220 wrote:

Is controlling the centre only important in the opening?

No. In general central control is very important in every stage of the game.

Kupov3
Kupov3
Dec 18, 2009
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#82
pskogli wrote:
Rapidfire220 wrote:

Is controlling the centre only important in the opening?

 Yes, evrey opening move is about center control, some with pawns other with bishops/knights..

Try to think about squares when you chose your opening moves, which squares do you want to control, wich do you want to awoid your opponent from controlling. A good tip is to concentrate on one colour, if you want to have control over the black squares, trade your white bishop for a knight!

This is mostly nonsense.

Rapidfire220
Rapidfire220
Dec 18, 2009
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#83
Kupov3 wrote:
pskogli wrote:
Rapidfire220 wrote:

Is controlling the centre only important in the opening?

I

 Yes, evrey opening move is about center control, some with pawns other with bishops/knights..

Try to think about squares when you chose your opening moves, which squares do you want to control, wich do you want to awoid your opponent from controlling. A good tip is to concentrate on one colour, if you want to have control over the black squares, trade your white bishop for a knight!

This is mostly nonsense.

I agree with you; why would you want to control only one colour when the aim is full control of the centre?

rrrttt
rrrttt
Dec 18, 2009
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#84
Rapidfire220
Rapidfire220
Dec 19, 2009
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#85

Well if the pin is not dealt with I do find that they just keep attacking the pinned knight with more and more pieces and gain material. Look at this game as an example; where if I push the pawn up after the pin it does not stop the attack.

 

In this game I only lost a pawn however it did give me isolated pawns for the rest of the game which was a disadvantage.

CoachConradAllison
CoachConradAllison
Dec 19, 2009
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#86

only if the pin can be exploited for a material loss.

bobsmith9000
bobsmith9000
Dec 20, 2009
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#87

I think u should try the Queen's Gambit. It is a good opponing and it puts pressure on black's center

Rapidfire220
Rapidfire220
Dec 20, 2009
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#88
bobsmith9000 wrote:

I think u should try the Queen's Gambit. It is a good opponing and it puts pressure on black's center

Yes, I have tried that opening and it is good. I know several gambits, namely the Queen's Gambit, King's Gambit and Danish Gambit. The Queen's Gambit and King's Gambit are definately the best ones.

The Queen's Gambit does stop Queenside castling though, and I do like castling on the opposite side to the opponent then pawn storming the kingside.

CoachConradAllison
CoachConradAllison
Dec 20, 2009
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#89

I think e4 is best at your level, followed by the italian game, or perhaps the scotch (d4).

pskogli
pskogli
Dec 21, 2009
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#90

Play both, e4 and d4, after a while you know wich you prefer, maybee you like both.

Rapidfire220
Rapidfire220
Dec 30, 2009
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#91

Go and find a life gooey, go and find a life.

Atos
Atos
Dec 30, 2009
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#92
Rapidfire220 wrote:

Go and find a life gooey, go and find a life.

This sounds like a 14 yrs old reply. If you are not prepared to listen, please don't start threads, we might actually have better things to do.

Rapidfire220
Rapidfire220
Dec 30, 2009
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#93
Atos wrote:
Rapidfire220 wrote:

Go and find a life gooey, go and find a life.

Ac

This sounds like a 14 yrs old reply. If you are not prepared to listen, please don't start threads, we might actually have better things to do.

Actually I don't like saps who tell me to listen to garbage. I am prepared to listen but only to the people who give decent advice. Gooey judged me on my rating saying I do not know but I do know about chess and I will not believe anything I am told. Wouldn't you just hate it when someone posts in your thread after it had already been answered, implying they know it all and you know nothing?

Rapidfire220
Rapidfire220
Dec 30, 2009
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#94
gooey123 wrote:

My recommendation (for my penny's worth) is that if you ask for advice from other players, you actually listen to it. Try learning the book openings as these are based on hundreds of years of concept and bring the most success. If your openings don't appear then this is because they have brought very limited success. You cannot possibly just show a list of moves and ask whether they are good because without any opponents moves they are totally irrelevant. I am only saying what it seems lots of other people have been telling you but, what you seem reluctant to listen to. You seem to think that you know better. Your rating suggests otherwise. If you want to get better, LISTEN and LEARN.

Any opening move is judged on whether it follows the opening principles, and that is exactly what I was asking for as I said in my thread. About a hundred and one people have said it depends on the opponent's moves but judging it on the opening principles has nothing to do with the opponents moves; believe me, I know.

Atos
Atos
Dec 30, 2009
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#95
Rapidfire220 wrote:
gooey123 wrote:

My recommendation (for my penny's worth) is that if you ask for advice from other players, you actually listen to it. Try learning the book openings as these are based on hundreds of years of concept and bring the most success. If your openings don't appear then this is because they have brought very limited success. You cannot possibly just show a list of moves and ask whether they are good because without any opponents moves they are totally irrelevant. I am only saying what it seems lots of other people have been telling you but, what you seem reluctant to listen to. You seem to think that you know better. Your rating suggests otherwise. If you want to get better, LISTEN and LEARN.

Any opening move is judged on whether it follows the opening principles, and that is exactly what I was asking for as I said in my thread. About a hundred and one people have said it depends on the opponent's moves but judging it on the opening principles has nothing to do with the opponents moves; believe me, I know.

Look: 1. e4 e5  2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Qh4 now 3. ... Nc6 follows sound opening principles (develop a piece, control center squares) but it gets you mated in 1 move. There are countless other examples, it just doesn't work the way you think it works.

Rapidfire220
Rapidfire220
Dec 31, 2009
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#96
Atos wrote:
Rapidfire220 wrote:
gooey123 wrote:

My recommendation (for my penny's worth) is that if you ask for advice from other players, you actually listen to it. Try learning the book openings as these are based on hundreds of years of concept and bring the most success. If your openings don't appear then this is because they have brought very limited success. You cannot possibly just show a list of moves and ask whether they are good because without any opponents moves they are totally irrelevant. I am only saying what it seems lots of other people have been telling you but, what you seem reluctant to listen to. You seem to think that you know better. Your rating suggests otherwise. If you want to get better, LISTEN and LEARN.

Any opening move is judged on whether it follows the opening principles, and that is exactly what I was asking for as I said in my thread. About a hundred and one people have said it depends on the opponent's moves but judging it on the opening principles has nothing to do with the opponents moves; believe me, I know.

Look: 1. e4 e5  2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Qh4 now 3. ... Nc6 follows sound opening principles (develop a piece, control center squares) but it gets you mated in 1 move. There are countless other examples, it just doesn't work the way you think it works.

No, that does not follow sound opening principles because knights should be developed before bishops. I am not asking about the opponent's moves because I will be analysing their moves throughout any game; but I am asking judging on the opening principles and that is all I need to know about.

Rapidfire220
Rapidfire220
Dec 31, 2009
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#97
gooey123 wrote:

My recommendation (for my penny's worth) is that if you ask for advice from other players, you actually listen to it. Try learning the book openings as these are based on hundreds of years of concept and bring the most success. If your openings don't appear then this is because they have brought very limited success. You cannot possibly just show a list of moves and ask whether they are good because without any opponents moves they are totally irrelevant. I am only saying what it seems lots of other people have been telling you but, what you seem reluctant to listen to. You seem to think that you know better. Your rating suggests otherwise. If you want to get better, LISTEN and LEARN.

I have no idea what you are getting at because my rating is good, it is obviously just your misunderstanding but I understand.

ringwraith10
ringwraith10
Dec 31, 2009
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#98

hahahahaha lol

 this post is the funnniest post EVER!!!!!!

 

but seriously rapidfire, you're stubborn with these "beginner" opening strategies- at you're level, you should really study some main and famous openings

 

still can't get over the fact taht you call teh ruy lopez some garbage crap

Rapidfire220
Rapidfire220
Dec 31, 2009
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#99
Ringwraith2021 wrote:

hahahahaha lol

 this post is the funnniest post EVER!!!!!!

 

but seriously rapidfire, you're stubborn with these "beginner" opening strategies- at you're level, you should really study some main and famous openings

 

still can't get over the fact taht you call teh ruy lopez some garbage crap

You go and find a life too, hate it when people spit in your face when you ask for advice like you are doing now. I don't need anymore advice anyway so I don't need your input into this post.

Kupov3
Kupov3
Dec 31, 2009
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#100

You are now aware that you have all been trolled.