OMG! 1. e4 e5 refuted?!

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Avatar of Time4Tea

Wow.  You'd have thought someone would have spotted that move by now ... Wink

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The question is : all those games in the database were really played by high rated players?

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1. Remember 3 moves of theory

2. Win every time.

Chess is dead!

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Haha this made my day, thanks :D

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Yes, for 500 years, master chess players have overlooked the simple move 3. a3.  A devastatingly subtle move that looks innocuous, but offers Black no chances for counterplay whatsoever.

(Based on this, I am offically switching to the Latvian Gambit.)  Tongue Out

Avatar of Zigwurst

If you click through by playing 3.a3, it works fine...

Avatar of csalami10

I will try it out :D

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Also after 1.e4, it says that the most popular reply by black is 1…a5.

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1...a5 490,019
100%    
1...c5 318,043
37.6% 29.9% 32.5%
1...e5 149,775
38% 35.3% 26.8%
1...e6 90,544
40% 31.7% 28.3%
1...c6 49,504
37.9%
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dstokkink wrote:
Also intriguing is the sequence 1. d4 d5 2. d6. Although it's only been played 7 times.

When you click to view those seven games, they begin with the sequence 1.e4 c5 2.Bc4 d6...wonder how that glitch came about...

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Time4Tea wrote:

Yes, for 500 years, master chess players have overlooked the simple move 3. a3.  A devastatingly subtle move that looks innocuous, but offers Black no chances for counterplay whatsoever.

(Based on this, I am offically switching to the Latvian Gambit.) 

3. a3 simply transposes into the 32 pieces endgame tablebase.

Of course with the LG you can tunnel the whole thing, as you already pointed out correctly. 

Avatar of DrSpudnik

It looks like everyone plays it anyway. 83,000+ examples from play! And here I was wasting time with the Italian Game & Ruy Lopez.

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Mainline_Novelty

I found that too  

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The title of the first post reminds me of books with titles like "Think and grow rich!"  .... And it did get me to click on it to read the post!

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2009290607c2 wrote:

hi does someone know Fried Liver Actack .

 

Yes, start with d4 before crashing the Knight on f7