"... many of the lines one sees played at club level are gambits, which lead to the kind of exciting open play that many players find attractive. ... Openings such as the Blackmar-Diemar Gambit, Albin Counter-Gambit, Latvian Gambit, etc., are all played regularly at club and league level, ... there is much to be said for playing such systems at lower levels of play, particularly if you enjoy playing sharp attacking lines. Many players find it uncomfortable to defend against an opponent who is prepared to sacrifice material in return for speculative attacking chances. In such positions, the cost of a single error is much higher than in quieter openings. If you make a mistake in a typical Reti Opening middlegame, you may end up getting a small positional disadvantage, but if you make a similar mistake in the sort of wild tactical positions which often arise from gambits, you are quite likely to find yourself being mated, or losing a substantial amount of material. ..." - FM Steve Giddins (2003)
No offence, but are you a bot or something? Every post I see is either a quote or a list of books
Hey Psychamok,
Maybe it is a bot, and a quote but although this may be true, this reply was the most helpful of all the comments
One thing is for sure. French Defense Exchange opening is not interesting.
White decides to give black an open, and free game. How is that not interesting. Many of your opening issues are solved.
Solving black's opening problems doesn't make an opening interesting. I don't doubt the value of this opening. Playing symmetrical pawn structures isn't very appealing to me. Of course you can break the symmetry but that isn't always the case. If white/black avoid IQP then the position is pretty boring.