Ruy Lopez
Best Opening ( in your opinion)
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You really have to define "best".
I think the queen's gambit has extraordinary depth and splendour when played well.
@24
"define best".
++ Best opening
= opening you would play if you were qualified for the Candidates' Tournament.
Answer: Ruy Lopez. Played in 14 of the 56 games at Toronto 2024.
May 12, 2024
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#26
In my opinion, the best opening is the Ruy López or the London System, really solid and easy to learn.
I love to play the sicilian, but there are a lot of theory, for lower levels I will recomend the Philidor
tygxc wrote:
@24
"define best".
++ Best opening
= opening you would play if you were qualified for the Candidates' Tournament.
Answer: Ruy Lopez. Played in 14 of the 56 games at Toronto 2024.
Why not a 3800 rated computer? Why not the opening that works best at your current rating? Also how do you know they're not wrongly choosing their opening? What about the openings played in 1960 Candidates' tournament? What about balancing safety vs winning chances? What about aesthetics and creating a fun game? Frankly the reasons why those world elite choose particular openings are largely irrelevant to the vast majority of us.
It's like claiming the best movie is the one that makes the most at the box office.
This game is not "I win, you loose!" to me.
It is sports and can relate friendship.
checkedbyosama wrote:
What's a fool mate?
Fastest mate possible.
Vienna & Rousseau Gambit
schakend wrote:
EvanPlaysChess12 wrote:
putshort wrote:
1. P4R P4R
2. C3AR C3AD
3. A4A A4A
4. P4CD AxP
5. P3A A4T
2. C3AR C3AD
3. A4A A4A
4. P4CD AxP
5. P3A A4T
what
This is the Evans Gambit, written in (old) Spanish notation.
1. Pawn to the fourth square of his King.
Likewise.
2. Knight to the third square of his King's Bishop.
Knight to the third square of his Queen's Bishop.
3. Bishop to the fourth square of his (other) Bishop.
Likewise.
4. Pawn to the fourth square of his Queen's Knight.
Bishop takes Pawn.
The notation of Black's fourth move is ambiguous and wrong, since Black can take two different Pawns.
Fascinating. Some people still using this notation ? In "our" notation:
The Evans Gambit
It was apparently very popular in the 19. century, when it got invented. Fit well into the style of the time.
jorgegarh wrote:
for lower levels I will recomend the Philidor
YIKES no thank you.
Thats about as lame as it gets.
@34
"It was apparently very popular in the 19. century"
++ Yes, Anderssen played 70 games with it.
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1359947
In 1960-1970 Estrin played it in correspondence chess.
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1640936
In 1995 Kasparov surprised Anand with it.
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1018648
No such thing.