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eaglex
eaglex
Sep 11, 2010
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d6 is bad exd4 and you have a scotch opening

Steelfury
Steelfury
Sep 11, 2010
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#22
Musikamole wrote:

Beginning Chess Players

Please post your games on this thread for the purpose of better understanding the good and bad pawn moves that happen all too often in the opening at the beginning level. I will start. Thank you.

Analysis from the stronger players on this site will be much appreciated and necessary for this thread on opening pawn moves to be successful.

My opponent opened with 1.e4.  Bobby Fischer said, "1.e4, best by test".  I wasn't happy about playing 4...d6. Was it a good or bad pawn move during the opening?

 nothing wrong with d6 and played very often but why not fight for more centre control and get the dark squared bishop to c5 first. When it's stuck on e7 I feel white has an easier game.Instead of 3.knight to f6 why not 3. bishop to c5. This will stop him playing d4(atleast for a while) and thus cramp his space. well played though you killed him!

planeden
planeden
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Sep 11, 2010
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#23
Musikamole wrote:Good point, but I am not completely convinced based on what I was able to learn from IM Daniel Rensch when I was a Diamond Member. Most of it was over my head, but for those who are more advanced than I, Daniel's series on pawn structures would be most beneficial.

well, you are much more studied than i am.  i really don't want to argue with IM Rensch either.  i do wonder though if it is a perspective thing, or mentatlity thing.  do you first decide to move b3 and then think, well since b2 is open i will put my bishop there, or do you decide to put your bishop on b2 so you play b3 to get the pawn out of the way?  either way you think about it, the result is the same. 

if i upgrade to diamnod i will check out that video, though.