I can't remember seeing that one in a long while. Just follow the basic opening principles without trying to crush it impatiently and you should be more than fine. A few of White's moves seemed a bit strange but against such an opening he still maintains a really big edge.
What is your opinion on this opening?
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I like the opening because it seeks an advantage in space as well as postion.
I think it's rather clever in that it baited white to respond with h4 .
Theempiremaker wrote:
I think it's rather clever in that it baited white to respond with h4 .
I think actually h4 was quite a merrited way to force further concessions of weaknesses, while h4 should be much more of a strength than a weakness if White plays the position properly.
Theempiremaker wrote:
I like the opening because it seeks an advantage in space as well as postion.
I can say with some certainty that the negatives heavily outweigh the positives!
I fail to see how Black gains space or any kind of positional advantage. If anything white gets the overwhelming central space advantage, with a significantly weakened Black K-Side to potentially exploit very soon. Trying to expand on the K-Side unsupported so early is almost always wrong. It's the sort of play Fischer would call 'coffee house chess'. The only thing that can be gained is perhaps a psycological advantage over some inexperienced players in Blitz and Bullet time controls.
rich, you ARE a troll. Just realize that everyone on this site thinks you are a humongous owl. When I first came on this site, I viewed you as a guy who just made random posts, never posted anything controversial, and was just having fun. I think you should become professional at trolling. Your outlandish posts completely demonstrate your ignorance. Maybe you dreamed that a grandmaster told you that all the pieces are of the same value. Start your own way of chess. Make your own site. Stop trolling.
This is a variation of the Grob attack. I use it with moderate sucessess. There are some suprising lines that develop.
It's not saying much, but I just played 10 games on Easy and won 8 using this opening for black.
It's just one of those openings that your opponent made up on the spot. Play it well, and you should rip him apart
is there anything wrong with 6...P-K4(descriptive notation) 7.PxP BxP with the idea of following up with 8...P-N7
Feb 24, 2009
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mycrowd, White could still maintain a large advantage with 8. Bf4 Nc6 (taking or retreating just favors white) 9. Qd2 Nf6 10. O-O-O; white will have a very solid position, activity pieces, space, and a safe king compared to black.
Um, Borg isn't actually too bad. Look up GM Michael Basman and check out his openings.
Feb 24, 2009
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BorgQueen wrote:
mycrowd, from the end of that position, Qd5 wins either a bishop or rook.
Nc6 solves both threats.
crap
attack f7
knight f4
bishop c4
Feb 25, 2009
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mycrowd wrote:
is there anything wrong with 6...P-K4(descriptive notation) 7.PxP BxP with the idea of following up with 8...P-N7
It loses materially and positionally for black--white will win a pawn: 9 PxP BxP, then 10 NxP. Black has lost the nice bishop which had been stationed on the long diagonal and is down a pawn.
Woah, Rich! Cheater_1 a troll? No way. I hold his opinions in high regard. Sometimes they can be controversial.. but often well thought out and usually true!