what do you mean black will have a bad position even if they don't fall to traps? that is false, because then being black is way worse than white because you can play the scotch everytime and have a superior position. what if a GM played the scotch as black? would he/she have a bad position then?
Is this good?
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Just I was asking are my openings good for 1400-1600.
i think scotch is quite popular in gmplay these days so i guess you should be fine
It doesn't matter what anybody else thinks about your openings. If you're happy with them -- fine!
Never ever fall into the trap to change your openings just because some strong player says so.
Parham.
No Parham...
Yes Parham.
your openigs are fine although the benko is more of a positional opening than an overtly aggressive one. Its not as crazy as the benoni structure implies.
silentiarius wrote:
Never ever fall into the trap to change your openings just because some strong player says so.
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silentiarius wrote:
It doesn't matter what anybody else thinks about your openings. If you're happy with them -- fine!
Never ever fall into the trap to change your openings just because some strong player says so.
Depends on what you define as happy. Crack houses are full of "happy" people that dont want to change too.
Funny, they don't seem real happy to me...
the scotch gambit is pretty dubious and with proper play white doesnt have compensation. of course there is no problem with the yugoslav attack (though it is falling out of fashion) but what about the najdorf, scheveningen, etc?
AndyClifton wrote:
Funny, they don't seem real happy to me...
The one I regularly visit is full of euphoric people once we get our fix.
None of the openings you mentioned are that aggresive besides the Scotch Gambit.
I have a hard time against that one.
well the yugoslav attack is the aggressive setup against the dragon
chrisr2212 wrote:
In fact, all the openings mentioned by the OP are aggressive
The Benko Gambit isn't aggresive.
It's actually a very dull opening.
chrisr2212 wrote:
Yereslov wrote:
chrisr2212 wrote:
In fact, all the openings mentioned by the OP are aggressive
The Benko Gambit isn't aggresive.
It's actually a very dull opening.
it's in fact a quite aggressive opening, certainly when i play it...
i'm beginning to wonder why i bothered defending you in your thread
The Benko Gambit isn't aggresive at all.
White can easily just castle and have an easy game.
It's more of a positional sacrifice.
chrisr2212 wrote:
Yereslov wrote:
chrisr2212 wrote:
Yereslov wrote:
chrisr2212 wrote:
In fact, all the openings mentioned by the OP are aggressive
The Benko Gambit isn't aggresive.
It's actually a very dull opening.
it's in fact a quite aggressive opening, certainly when i play it...
i'm beginning to wonder why i bothered defending you in your thread
The Benko Gambit isn't aggresive at all.
White can easily just castle and have an easy game.
It's more of a positional sacrifice.
it's aggressive
It's not aggressive just because you make a few pawn sacrifices.
I would rather be white in this position.
As White, I play 1.e4. If they respond with 1...c5, then I let them go into the Sicillian Defense so I can play the Yugoslav Attack in the Sicilian Dragon. If they resond with 1...e5, then I'll play the Scotch Gambit. There are countless numbers of traps Black can fall into, and even if they don't, black has a bad position. I love the Scotch Gambit. Any other response, I'll just wing it and play by the principles.
As Black against 1.e4, I always play c5, and get into the Dragon with something like 5...g6. Against 1.d4, I play the Benoni Defense going into the Benko Gambit. I love the queen side counterplay you get with the Benko Gambit.
So I'm an aggressive player. What do you think of these openings?