Optimissed wrote:
PennsylvanianDude wrote:
I mean I win with it. It does not matter what Stockfish thinks, I'm playing against humans. My favorite openings are never the best according to Stockfish, they just win(Budapest Gambit, Alekhine, Vienna, Smith-Morra Gambit, etc.)
I agree with one of these. Not Alekhine's though. The 4-pawn attack played properly! Nor Budapest. Definitely the Vienna though. Game, not Gambit.
I live and die by the Alekhine. The 4 pawn attack is actually the variation I love to see. I often get positions like this:
What's so bad about this position? I often find opponents crumbling under the pressure of their center. Also, the Budapest Gambit is also very underrated for Black. Look at this mainstream lines I come across:
I mean, I would not mind playing black in any of these lines. Just because the engine does not approve does not mean it sucks.
Here's the line I like, kind of similar. This is what 95% of SM players play for reasons I don't quite understand -
I just keep the pawn on d7 for a long time and develop everything else.
In his case he's doing something slightly different which makes it a bit better but I still feel it's too reliant on early success, but to each his own
Okay you would not catch me dead playing Nf3 instead of f4. I usually play a f4, Bd3, and Nf3 setup with very nice chances on the kingside. c5 is the only move I'm trying to deal with rn but most Silician players don't play that very often.