Chess - Four bishops game

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praseed1
The four bishops opening - Its key objective is to have the four 'Fianchettoed' bishops not be blocked by its pawns. In the next few moves, both sides should develop their pieces and control the center.




Strangemover

4.Bxb7 looks better than 4.Bb2 to me...

poucin

 Very nice opening except that all bishops hang... happy.png

SaintMark

 Taking the bishop on the 4th move, whether you're white or black, is a better move.

praseed1
SaintMark wrote:

 Taking the bishop on the 4th move, whether you're white or black, is a better move.

That will happen in a few moves

praseed1
DeirdreSkye wrote:

My first ever tournament loss was because of this opening.

 

Lesson 1 : Always examine all the board and not only a corner.

Lesson learned.

Were you white or black?

 

poucin

He was white and resigned after winning a rook, so unexpected and prefered to stop the game before a heart attack or worse : laughing!

praseed1
KyanBui wrote:

Yeah, I heard laughing really kills.

Laughter is the best medicine.

The  corner edge variation

 

praseed1

The corner edge variation

The two steps pawn variation

 

Sergey-Kryakin

оо

Sergey-Kryakin

 

dannyhume
The OP is showing the BRG (Bishop/Rook Gambit) variation of the Four Bishops Game. The BRG is good for beginners because there isn’t much theory, they learn the importance of time and development in the opening (you can’t waste time bishop/rook-grabbing in the opening ... that light-squared bishop will get trapped in the corner and cede that long diagonal to the enemy queen), while the early exchanges can quickly lead to the endgame, in which beginners need practice. There is no point in going too deep into a highly theoretical opening if you can’t convert a +- advantage, which might only begin to matter at the IM level.
Praseed123456

Since 'praseed1' closed his account, I will start hosting this forum along with praseedraja123

praseed123

Yes. This game can be continued this way - 

The attack on both sides is in the queenside, so castling can be done kingside.  

Praseed123456

And if the attack is kingside, castling can be done queenside.

The rook capturing variant

d0su

Hey praseed123, don't butt in. Praseed123456 clearly said he was waiting for praseedraja123, now that praseed1 is gone. 

You must be some imposter. Some people just want to steal the spotlight I guess.

praseed123
d0su wrote:

Hey praseed123, don't butt in. Praseed123456 clearly said he was waiting for praseedraja123, now that praseed1 is gone. 

You must be some imposter. Some people just want to steal the spotlight I guess.

Of course not! I am no imposter, I just wanted to popularize this new opening. Do not block me or anything, I am no imposter,

 

d0su
praseed123 wrote:

Of course not! I am no imposter, I just wanted to popularize this new opening. Do not block me or anything, I am no imposter,

 

Haha no worries, I'm just giving you a hard time! happy.png

Alltheusernamestaken

this thread is stupid as hell

ArviMxllxre

yep its stupid