Waste of time everyone.
White is not going to take the e5 pawn. White is going to move his Bishop to safety and thank you for the free piece, and scratch his head as to why your King is way out in the open and none of your other pieces developed.
Waste of time everyone.
White is not going to take the e5 pawn. White is going to move his Bishop to safety and thank you for the free piece, and scratch his head as to why your King is way out in the open and none of your other pieces developed.
Yes! You are missing something, IncrediBill. Moving the bishop to safety sounds nice, but actually, there's no good square. For example, the tempting 5.Bd5+ leads to trouble:
Ya' want winning lines? Ever hear of ECO? Chess engines? Books? If you want to post gripes like these, post them at the 1.a4 thread.
Yes! You are missing something, IncrediBill. Moving the bishop to safety sounds nice, but actually, there's no good square. For example, the tempting 5.Bd5+ leads to trouble:
Wow, just when you think that there can't be any dumber moves than bringing your King out . . .you find them. Your moves listed in Post #4 are histerical. Good work.
I am going to add this to the Bongcloud Opening Book with your named variation.
I am going to try a few games in this line.
OK, IncrediBill, so 7.Nxf7. Big deal! Winning a rook doesn't win this game, winning the king does. And as far as I can see, the king is perfectly safe on e7......Listen, folks, if you think 3...Ke7 is a bad move, find me one example of a grandmaster who won against it in tournament or match play. Ha! Good luck. In fact, 3..Ke7 is directly responsible for Bobby Fischer's abrupt exit from the chess world. He told Barbara Walters in an interview: "If I had known about 3...Ke7 back when sis' gave me that cheap little chess set, I would have stuck to mah jong!"
Ah, go wash your own hog, Reb. Anyway, you're right, jheujhins, that isn't the Lopez, it's the the "Ugly Graphics" defense. Glad to see you're getting the hang of posting, but what's with that nasty green board and crazy 3D pieces? Black may have a killer attack going, but an interior decorator is what's really needed...
The Ruy Lopez is one of the oldest and most extensively analyzed openings in all of chessdom. And yet, new lines are still being explored, centuries after ole' Padre Lopez went to that big chess club in the sky. Here's a new move I've played recently with great success for black.