Which is better, e4 or d4? (or c4?)
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Oct 21, 2012
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#23
tamirbulga wrote:
c4 because it makes your pawns active.
e4 and d4 don't?
Tom500 wrote:
C4 is a flank attack if i remember correctly. A player must learn to play e4 or d4 before learning something like this b3 , b4 , c4 , f4 etc.
Before?
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All are equal, though personally I now take c4 over d4, and just transpose into lines Im happy playing (slav, KID, QGD) while trading the others off for symmetrical and reverse dragon positions.
c4 because it has a proper name.
e4
: d4 
:c4 
:e4
d4c4e4
1.g4
??
It depends on the competitor
Sep 8, 2018
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#34
Tom500 wrote:
C4 is a flank attack if i remember correctly. A player must learn to play e4 or d4 before learning something like this b3 , b4 , c4 , f4 etc.
i have never played 1.e4 or 1.d4 in a tourney (or even 1.c4 or 1.nf3) this is by no means a universal rule.
1. d4 controls two central squares unlike any other first move, except for Nc3 and Nf3 which also control two squares. But I prefer to push my pawns first.
So d4
Jun 21, 2020
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#38
darkunorthodox88 wrote:
Tom500 wrote:
C4 is a flank attack if i remember correctly. A player must learn to play e4 or d4 before learning something like this b3 , b4 , c4 , f4 etc.
i have never played 1.e4 or 1.d4 in a tourney (or even 1.c4 or 1.nf3) this is by no means a universal rule.
what on earth do you even play??? Nimzo-Larsen or Nc3?
i play e4 but sometimes i play Nf3 and it can be a reti opening or change to Queen´s gambit (c4,d4)