why d4 is better than e4
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ajian
Feb 10, 2012
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ajian wrote:
Lol are you serious?
d4 tends to lead to blocked center, where both parties often end up pursuing their own side of the board. This blocked center limits the options for both players. Some players find this comforting as there are fewer surprises from the opponent. Some however find this restricting as this also limits their offensive options.
e4 is more flexible. e4 may lead to any kind of situation depending on the players. This allows the players to adopt a wide range of strategies. e4 can lead to violent and complicated positions, or simple positions, or blocked center similar to the d4 openings.
So is d4 better than e4? I don't think so. I think that with e4 there is a greater chance to win as there are more opportunities for both parties to make mistakes.
e4 allows two pieces to develop. d4 allows one piece to develop.
QED.
Yeah i agree with what was said above and really the examples that you provided don't prove anything lol...
Depends on what you like. Karpov liked e4 and Kasparov liked d4, believe it or not.
uhohspaghettio wrote:
HughMyron wrote:
Depends on what you like. Karpov liked e4 and Kasparov liked d4, believe it or not.
This is mainly because of the times. 1. e4 is now considered to allow too many drawing chances among the GMs, so it is only used irregularly. 54.7% of 1. e4 e5 games are draws compared to only 50.8% of 1. d4 games according to chess365 (the Sicilian causes a lot less draws, but that's black's option to play). This is why 1. e4 is a very rare thing in world championship matches nowadays while back in 2000 and previous to that it was played all the time.
Thx for the nice info. Allow me to post it on my fb :D
hankas wrote:
d4 tends to lead to blocked center, where both parties often end up pursuing their own side of the board. This blocked center limits the options for both players. Some players find this comforting as there are fewer surprises from the opponent. Some however find this restricting as this also limits their offensive options.
e4 is more flexible. e4 may lead to any kind of situation depending on the players. This allows the players to adopt a wide range of strategies. e4 can lead to violent and complicated positions, or simple positions, or blocked center similar to the d4 openings.
So is d4 better than e4? I don't think so. I think that with e4 there is a greater chance to win as there are more opportunities for both parties to make mistakes.
On e4, white has to hang on to loose pawns in the center, which black can easily attack. on d4, white can establish positional advantages in the center.
BattleManager wrote:
Yeah i agree with what was said above and really the examples that you provided don't prove anything lol...
Then try an example with e4.
That explains why some of my opponents on chess.com make moves so seldom. Their strategy is to do nothing, but they can't quite pull it off.
You have to do nothing, but do it well!
pfren wrote:
d4 is better than e4 because patzers like blaming their openings for their failures. Later on, when they switch to d4 and still lose, come to the conclusion that 1.Nh3 is the best first move by far.
Thank you pfren, that was the high point of my visit to chess.com today :).
I like e4 as it is more of an open game so I can get the advantage that way.
Besides what has already been told here, e4 ocupies 1 central square and controls 1 (d5), but d4 ocupies 1 central square and controls 2 central squares (e5 and d4, which is controlled by the queen).
But it does not mean d4 is better, or worse.
Because with d4 ur opening space 4 ur queen and bishop to attack and the reason to play d4 and not d3 is because u want to go2 d5 which might lead you 2 a win if you attacking in the middile the & remmbr its all about the middle part I mean wat if u dnt have food in the middle of ur body & what wuld the burger b without the middle part. So that's why u play d4 and if another player plays d5 haha the middle territory is equal. And I dnt play e4 coz its useless and I only play it when I am gambiting 4 a style no1 in the world has created:)
pfren wrote:
The top two women (Judit and Hou) also play 1.e4 exclusively, and you can add Malakhov, Sutovsky and Vallejo Pons to close the league of 2700+ players who maily open with 1.e4. Of course there are more 2700+ players who have 1.e4 in their opening arsenal, including the top rated player, and the World Champion.
Verdict: 1.e4 is not refuted, yet...
e4 is easily refuted by the french
hessmaster wrote:
No Sicilian is better than French, even though both refute it, the Sicilian will put e4 out of existence.
Are you trolling, aren't you? Neither the french nor the sicilian refuted e4...seriously