END your 1.d4/London/closed game/positional woes forever with 1.d4 e5!? 2.dxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6!
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a bit of homework in the sidelines & challenging ones ought to bring the numbers up a couple percent. otherwise, haters are talking lies kids, these are the facts. don't live in a bubble!
looks like a3 is a move I really need to prep against at every stage. OK.
I'm right there 1893B-Boy, I play the Englund alot also because it is fun, even giving the Queen up for 2 minors, or minor and a rook is exciting. But do realize that there is some pretty simple busts to the Englund that most people don't play
new theory, drilled 1 round, will likely cause move order errors, oh well
1.d4 e5 2.Nc3 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6
4.Qd1 Nf6
_____5.Nf3 d5
_____5.Bf4 Bb4
_____5.e4 Bb4
_____5.Bg5 Bb4
4.Qe4+ Be7
_____5.Bg5 d5
_____5.Nd5 d6
_____5.Bf4 Nf6
_____5.Nf3 Nf6
4.Qa4 Bb4
_____5.Bd2 a6
_____5.Nf3 a6
_____5.e4 d6
_____5.Bf4 d6
4.Qd3 d5
_____5.Bf4 Nf6
_____5.Qxd5 Bd6
_____5.e4 d4
_____5.Nf3 d4
_____5.a3 d4
4.Qe3+ Be7
_____5. Nd5 d6
_____5.Nf3 d5
_____5.Qg3 Nb4
_____5.Bd2 Nf6 6.O-O-O d5
RivertonKnight wrote:
I'm right there 1893B-Boy, I play the Englund alot also because it is fun, even giving the Queen up for 2 minors, or minor and a rook is exciting. But do realize that there is some pretty simple busts to the Englund that most people don't play
WAIT! you mean I just might have to PLAY SOME CHESS SOMETIMES?!!!
or learn some theory? I'm just fine with that, kicking more butt than losing without even trying right now.
I used to kick this much butt in the smith morra, now I just kick above average butt with it. boo hoo hoo. LOL
it's not "what I'm doing" that's important, it's NOT BEING FORCED to stonewall, and I loathe the stonewall with all my PTSD
it's EVERYONE'S responsibility to know theory. I just like that I'm out of white's theory, and they're in mine now, mostly. a3 players know what they're doing apparently
What I'm saying really is how long do you plan on being a 1600 player?
Optimissed wrote:
AngryPuffer wrote:
I think Pfren was recommending something like that but it doesn't seem to be much point. Why would black play Qd7?
any other move just leaves black much worse
the englund gambit is a gambit that has been refuted
Sep 7, 2023
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#70
I also love this gambit but the knight f3 line or the bishop f5 line is super hard to play for me any tips?
I just discovered it but it’s hard to play against one of those moves
Sep 7, 2023
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#71
I also love tactical positions I really like tactics and I spot that way easier and faster than your average 1700 but i suck at positional chess
not 99% accurate, but 95% accurate isn't shabby for a smith morra
beating opponents with an "UNSOUND opening" makes every win that much more delicious, and it's nice to already grasp the basics of an opening before really booking up on it.
as opponents get wise and start playing correct lines, there's still a game to get through, and accepting the gambit is best according to OTB stupid stalefish.
i'm liking that scary looking 2.d5 is actually a fully equalizing mistake. f5/Bc5 is playable
even when and IF I get to the level where the hartlaub charlick loses 5% more than wins, I'll stick with it and still love it the way i do my 5% losing king's gambit games. it's not about the last nth of ratings chasing, but having fun playing a game that helps keep the brain active when I'm getting old and slow.
now if only I could get a nice open line like this against the dreaded "beats everyone" english, I'd be happier. vector gambit looks busted if I remember right and reverse smith morra isn't that at all
fianchettos are NEVER an option
Optimissed wrote:
vincentvanrijn wrote:
I also love this gambit but the knight f3 line or the bishop f5 line is super hard to play for me any tips?
I just discovered it but it’s hard to play against one of those moves
Nf3 is normal and doesn't set black any problems at all. Bf4 is nearly winning for white against any line so just don't play the Englund. That's provided white knows what to do. Bg5 doesn't cause much difficulty, if black is willing to go into a real gambit line.
well 2.Bf4 is a BLUNDER
and 3% of my games will be THIS challenging...
(10% worse in a SIDELINE inside a 3% likely game... so basically NEGLIBLE fear motivation)
these are 1600-2000 stats.
meanwhile, here's stats for the english in the same ratings range
things look pretty dire for EVERYONE there
Sep 7, 2023
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#75
1983B-Boy написал:
beating opponents with an "UNSOUND opening" makes every win that much more delicious, and it's nice to already grasp the basics of an opening before really booking up on it.
as opponents get wise and start playing correct lines, there's still a game to get through, and accepting the gambit is best according to OTB stupid stalefish.
i'm liking that scary looking 2.d5 is actually a fully equalizing mistake. f5/Bc5 is playable
even when and IF I get to the level where the hartlaub charlick loses 5% more than wins, I'll stick with it and still love it the way i do my 5% losing king's gambit games. it's not about the last nth of ratings chasing, but having fun playing a game that helps keep the brain active when I'm getting old and slow.
now if only I could get a nice open line like this against the dreaded "beats everyone" english, I'd be happier. vector gambit looks busted if I remember right and reverse smith morra isn't that at all
fianchettos are NEVER an option
Cool but do you have a defense against the english?
slav-wall and I hate it
I might still own that densely packed with theory english book I bought to try and find a gambit in in storage along with nunn's chess openings and probably a few line specific books too
Sep 7, 2023
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#77
1983B-Boy написал:
slav-wall and I hate it
Why do you hate the english? Because you cant gambit away material in it and white is 99% safe?
pawn pushing trench weasel? yeah, I hate that. so does everyone else that has losing stats I'm sure. looking into the new to me "Adhiban Gambit" which is supposed to be position based. if that's the case, I hope it's a simple "same moves every game" system like stonewalling is more or less
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 c6 5. Ngxe4 Nxe4 6. Nxe4 about equalizes over the board, but I'm not liking that white has the lead in development. the carokann system looks better
1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5
looks way more promising to me than slav-walling
building a book, it looks like a move order nightmare and might be unplayable for it
Sep 7, 2023
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#79
1983B-Boy написал:
pawn pushing trench weasel? yeah, I hate that. so does everyone else that has losing stats I'm sure. looking into the new to me "Adhiban Gambit" which is supposed to be position based. if that's the case, I hope it's a simple "same moves every game" system like stonewalling is more or less
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 c6 5. Ngxe4 Nxe4 6. Nxe4 about equalizes over the board, but I'm not liking that white has the lead in development. the carokann system looks better
1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5
looks way more promising to me than slav-walling
Actually Nf3 is what is played