#22 you might know the Nxf7 Traxler better than I do and you might have memorized until checkmate or a repetition draw but I will play Bxf7 and gain a clean pawn for nothing, good luck justifying it.
Does anyone have a good opening to play for a draw?
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Another 6-year old thread resurrected for no reason. Facepalm.
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Play petroff and semitarrasch and symetrical english
This will be your full repetoire for draw😃😃😃
The OP has gained over 1000 blitz rating points since he posted this question.
He has drawn only 3% of his blitz games.
ConfusedGhoul wrote:
#22 you might know the Nxf7 Traxler better than I do and you might have memorized until checkmate or a repetition draw but I will play Bxf7 and gain a clean pawn for nothing, good luck justifying it.
Seriously? There's no Traxler player who is surprised or unprepared for the Bxf7+ lines. I realize the Traxler is dubious but only when playing somebody who has studied it extensively. I win the Bxf7+ lines (which are most common) as much as I win the Nxf7 lines. But, you're right, Bxf7+ is the wisest approach, especially if you don't know 15 moves or more of the Nxf7 theory. The other difficult line for black to handle is a well-booked, greedy player who plays Nxf7, then captures the bishop after black plays ...Bxf2+ and THEN plays Ke3 after the Ne4+.
Remember, the subject of this thread is how to deal with a far superior player. I'm simply saying that I have faired quite well when a higher-rated player plays 4.Ng5 and I play 4...Bc5 - but only because the line is trappy and complex. A superior player can be out-booked is my point. That's why I say it is unwise for a much higher rated player to stick with book lines for very long in the opening. Deviate - and make the lower-rated player start shooting from his hip.
Someone succeeded to draw against the Great Fischer using the Damiano defense.
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1255180
My first game vs Marty Appleberry, a strong master, I played not to lose. He just ground me down without taking any risks because he just understood chess better. I learned from that that playing a better player is like gambling vs the house in vegas. The longer and less risk in the game the greater the chance you'll lose due to his/her accumulation of slightly better mves. Against stronger players I started going for play leading to tense, chaotic positions which needed pure calculation and almost no understanding. My results improved and I had games that were much more fun and memorable. My suggestion: fight all the way.
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When playing a vastly superior player, play a trappy line in a not-so-well-known opening. I have defeated many better players with the Traxler Attack of the Two Knights Defense. I have studied most of those lines in great detail. Even though they are fundamentally a better chess player, I gamble that I know the Traxler Attack better than they do. And, as it turns out, I usually do. It's very complicated. Every good player knows that, when playing a much lower-rated player, they should get out of theory early because they don't want to risk being out-booked by a lower-rated player. Make them THINK, not resort to lines they've memorized. It's worth making a slightly inferior move to because the lower-rated player will seldom know how to punish it.