My favorite is probably King's gambit as black :D but no one ever plays it as white.
Do you play 1.e4 e5?
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What's the elephant gambit?
spanish game is memorized to bits though, sometimes doesnt feel like you're actually playing chess until a lot of moves in. that is why i try to avoid it, opponent will always know more than you unless you really put some study into it.
I play Queens gambit.
Ruy Lopez is a crappy opening.
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PeterSChess wrote:
Ruy Lopez is a crappy opening.
Can't tell if trolling or stupid.
harryz wrote:
Ruy Lopez is the most interesting, but I'm surprised not a lot of players play the Elephant Gambit, which is actually very strong
The reason most players avoid the Elephant gambit with black is because it sux. White has at least one way to force a clear advantage.
Latvian gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5) and Elephant gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5) seem very questionable :P Yes i`ve never come across anyone daring enough to play those lol
I play 1.e4 and I usually 1.e4 e5 as well as Black. I like playing the King's Gambit as both White and Black. I also quite like the Open Ruy Lopez as Black - it's funny how many RL players stop and think for a while after I play Nxe4 :-)
nice avatar
woops hehe supports my claim that ive never come across them
royalbishop wrote:
nice avatar
Me? Thanks! :oD
Hey guys, let's not get too offended by a low-level kid's (or troll's) chess opinion.
Russsian Game is always interesting play!
bobyyyy wrote:
Do you play 1.e4 e5?
No because I don't want to learn any more openings than necessary. To avoid that hard work I always play the King's Indian whether I'm white or black, and if white moves e4 I play the sicilian. This way I only have to know two openings and I can ignore everything else.
Yeah KIA and KID is pretty solid, but the sicilian has tons of theory by itself :P Maybe you'd consider another hypermodern defence for 1.e4, like b6 (owen's defence) or Nc6 (nimzowitsch defence), i consider sicilian (and the English) less hypermodern.
I like the half Danish! 1) e4 e5 2) d4 exd4 3) c3 dxc3 4) Nxc3! Well worth a pawn! White develops the Q's Knight, opens up the diagonals for both Bishops and controls the d file.
As white, I normally play the Lopez. Once in a while the bishop will stop on c4. As black I mix it up. I play the elephant gambit... even against the bishop opening (can be funny or painful). Against the Lopez I play the Schliemann a lot. A main reason for that is I hate the exchange variation. But will throw out 3... a6 a good bit too, hoping to get the Marshall. Against the KG, I've fallen in love with the faulk beer. But I forget important move way too often.
I'm a lil bit of an opening nerd. But the rest of my game suffers bad.
Whats your favorite variation of e4-e5? Which one is probably the sharpest...
King's Gambit, Bishop Opening, Vienna game, Center Game, the Ponziani, Petrov's defence, Scotch game, Four Knights, Ruy Lopez, and Italian game.
We've started a group for 1.e4 e5 players, whether you like to play as White or Black, find some partners to practice with.
http://www.chess.com/groups/view/e4-e5