I draw with a pencil :P
what opening do you draw with?
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1. nf3 then g6
soon your defensse can be enough to get closse ot a draw
I'll come back to you after I've gained 1000 rating points in live chess.
I NEVER actively try to play for a draw, but if I need a draw I'll play more solidly and take fewer risks (although still trying to play for a win and not passing up opportunities to play aggressively should they present themselves).
My openings that I use if I want to play safe, solid chess:
Exchange Slav, Smyslov KID, Bd2 Grunfeld, e3 Semi-Slav (but avoiding Meran)
Classical French and QID for black
Playing to draw = playing to lose at club level.
Slav exchange
KID exchange,
QGD exchange with Nf3
'Anti-Gruenfeld' line: 1.Nf3 nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 nxd5 5.e4 nxc3 6.dxc3
Symmetrical english or Maroczy Bind (1.nf3 c5 2.c4 nf6 3.d4)
I change up my move order from 1.Nf3 to 1.c4 depending on my opponent.
VULPES_VULPES wrote:
I draw with a pencil :P
Hey! I was about to say that!
Dec 26, 2013
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#9
i just move the pieses and hope for the best , it works for me & i dont no any openings, but i bet u i have played them all & made made some my self
Dec 26, 2013
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#10
When I need a draw, I play the Modern Benoni. It's very drawish.
My point: Play whatever you prefer, it will give more points in the long run. A sharp opening you know is better than a drawish (does they even exist?) you don't know.
Dec 26, 2013
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#11
just swap as many pieses down as u can so its simply and lock the pawns up
like a stone wall
Dec 26, 2013
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#12
penrith13 wrote:
just swap as many pieses down as u can so its simply and lock the pawns up
like a stone wall
If we forget the last part of the sentence (locking up the pawns), we'll have my primary winning method.
Last time I only needed a draw to win a tournament I sacrificed a pawn for an attack because I wanted to win.
Dec 26, 2013
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#15
play stonewall if you want to, but best way to get a draw is to play for a win.
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RatDogFriday wrote:
It is inadvisable to change your opening simply to achieve less than a desirable win, unless you are a chess professional, which I doubt.
Chess is about comfort zones.
This.
If you know some openings the same, you might pick some that is "drawish" (though I doubt there even exists one opening where all lines are drawish). Otherwise, just take the one you know better.
For instance, I play exclusively Nimzo-Indian / Queen's Indian against 1.d4. The Orthodox defense might be more drawish "objectively speaking", but I just don't like the positions that occurs after it. On the other hand, against 1.e4 I play the Caro-Kahn, some Sicilian sideline (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5) and sometimes the Alekhine, all which leads to positions I know well ; but if I really needed a draw (never happened in serious tournaments yet) I would go for the Caro all the time.
It is in the late middlegame/endgame that you can really take decisions to try to win or to go for a draw.
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Just say you're playing a tournament and you only really need a half point but you can't risk losing. What opening would you play to try and force a draw?
Or would you just try and play for a win and say to hell with the risk?