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knight2607 wrote:
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Jul 21, 2018
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#24
h4_explosive schreef:
QGD, London System and Ruy Lopez. doesn't get more boring than that.
QGD boring?? I guess you haven't seen the following game 
Spelenderwijs wrote:
Spelenderwijs wrote: h4_explosive schreef: QGD, London System and Ruy Lopez. doesn't get more boring than that.QGD boring?? I guess you haven't seen the following game
Well it's his opinion but the QGD definitely ain't boring. Maybe it's not as tactical as most King's Knight openings but there are a lot of lines where in you can bait your opponent to hanging himself from either side
h4_explosive schreef:
QGD, London System and Ruy Lopez. doesn't get more boring than that.
QGD boring?? I guess you haven't seen the following game
Spelenderwijs wrote:
Spelenderwijs wrote: h4_explosive schreef: QGD, London System and Ruy Lopez. doesn't get more boring than that.QGD boring?? I guess you haven't seen the following game
Well it's his opinion but the QGD definitely ain't boring. Maybe it's not as tactical as most King's Knight openings but there are a lot of lines where in you can bait your opponent to hanging himself from either side
h4_explosive schreef:
QGD, London System and Ruy Lopez. doesn't get more boring than that.
QGD boring?? I guess you haven't seen the following game
If someone plays kings gambit on me I will play d5. Falkbeer counter-Gambit.
And when the French is played I will do the exchange.
SantaCruz2017 wrote:
SantaCruz2017 wrote: If someone plays kings gambit on me I will play d5. Falkbeer counter-Gambit.
Try the Adelaide Countergambit, you'll be surprised. Most club players don't know the only good response which is 3.d3 although dull, since I don't like 3. exf4 because black still has lots of attacking chances
If someone plays kings gambit on me I will play d5. Falkbeer counter-Gambit.
And when the French is played I will do the exchange.
Jul 21, 2018
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#30
Penigan wrote:
blueemu wrote:
I dislike symmetrical lines.
don't ever play against me friend ;)
Me neither!
I probably play more exchange lines than anybody.
Exchange KID
Exchange Slav
In the Pirc, Austrian Attack, if 5...c5, theN 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Qd4 and Black ends up having you play ...dxc5 at some point.
As Black, I laugh at those that play the Exchange Variation against my French and constant grind them down to wins (over the board that is, blitz here is sh*t, you can play 1.h4 or 1...h5 and win in blitz).
Jul 21, 2018
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#31
Since I had a pro casually mention I must learn all the variations and traps, I've casually dismiss my hopes of becoming a Grand Master.
Jul 21, 2018
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#33
I also hate the French defense and the Caro-Kann, so I always play the exchange variation whenever anyone uses these openings on me because if you’re going to play an opening I hate then I’m going to play a variation you hate
Spelenderwijs wrote:
h4_explosive schreef:
QGD, London System and Ruy Lopez. doesn't get more boring than that.
QGD boring?? I guess you haven't seen the following game
yeah, one game out of 10 000. of course you can play every opening excitedly, but generally a QGD is much much less exciting than a KID defense. just my opinion, of course. some people might enjoy positional struggles without any chance of checkmate
staples13 wrote:
I also hate the French defense and the Caro-Kann, so I always play the exchange variation whenever anyone uses these openings on me because if you’re going to play an opening I hate then I’m going to play a variation you hate
I don't hate the Caro-Kann, therefore I don't play the exchange there... but I completely agree about the French - always exchange 
sodium attack
Jul 26, 2018
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#37
staples13 wrote:
I also hate the French defense and the Caro-Kann, so I always play the exchange variation whenever anyone uses these openings on me because if you’re going to play an opening I hate then I’m going to play a variation you hate
I love it when clowns play the Exchange against me! All I do is win!
A 1900ish girl in the final round of the 2018 Carolinas Classic played it and offered a draw maybe 15 moves later and I decline by voluntarily taking an IQP at the right time and win.
2017 Louisiana State Championship I face it round one and blow away the donkey that thinks he can get me out of my comfort zone. He was seriously mistaking and lost miserably.
In 2014 a 2150 rated donkey plays it via transposition from the 3.Nxe5 Petroff with 5.d3 instead of 5.d4 and then 6.d4 d5. He got waxed.
So all you donkeys that think the exchange variation will piss of French fanatics, you are sorely mistaking! I say thank you for making my life easier and not making me defend against the Steinitz Variation!
since the steinitz variation is the unsoundest variation of the french sure
Jul 26, 2018
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#39
ThrillerFan wrote:
staples13 wrote
I also hate the French defense and the Caro-Kann, so I always play the exchange variation whenever anyone uses these openings on me because if you’re going to play an opening I hate then I’m going to play a variation you hate
I love it when clowns play the Exchange against me! All I do is win!
A 1900ish girl in the final round of the 2018 Carolinas Classic played it and offered a draw maybe 15 moves later and I decline by voluntarily taking an IQP at the right time and win.
2017 Louisiana State Championship I face it round one and blow away the donkey that thinks he can get me out of my comfort zone. He was seriously mistaking and lost miserably.
In 2014 a 2150 rated donkey plays it via transposition from the 3.Nxe5 Petroff with 5.d3 instead of 5.d4 and then 6.d4 d5. He got waxed.
So all you donkeys that think the exchange variation will piss of French fanatics, you are sorely mistaking! I say thank you for making my life easier and not making me defend against the Steinitz Variation!
The idea is not that the exchange variation leads to an advantage for black, but instead that it will bore the opponent into submission.
my least favorite opening (excluding those oddball openings of course) has to be the sicillian, while I can play against it, I hate the positions that arise from it... Which is why I play Nc3 as white and go with the flow from there :)