Bird's opening is not a bad opening. It is sound and leads to a reversed Dutch defense
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PotatoesAndChess wrote:
Bird's opening is not a bad opening. It is sound and leads to a reversed Dutch defense
I just meant openings considered dubious or are just bad in general.
The bird's opening is not considered dubious
PotatoesAndChess wrote:
The bird's opening is not considered dubious
I feel like if I continue this it's just gonna become controversial so just... I've legitimately played the bird's opening at my chess club.
oh ok
Jun 21, 2023
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For me who plays silly openings occasionally (My favorite being the Fried Fox Defense) Developing normally is literally the best you can do, If you play your cards right you'll be completely on par with your opponent...
simple: don’t (unless your name is Hikaru Nakamura)
Jun 21, 2023
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PotatoesAndChess wrote:
The bird's opening is not considered dubious
Actually, in databases, White has one of the lowest scores of all with 1.f4. At least offbeat lines like 1.b4 score just over 50%
What database are you looking at? Because according to Lichess, the most well-respected database in the chess community, f4 has a better score than e4. By your logic, e4 is garbage and everyone should stop playing it.
OTB databases. I would guess chessbase or something.
Just explanations on how to play openings like the Grob's opening, Barnes opening, Bird's opening, Borg defense, Polish defense, stuff like that.