DeadlyKingV wrote:
Stockfish says e4 is better...
Stockfish is a nut.
why d4 is better than e4
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The guys at the club always mock me for playing 1. d4 and sicilian defence, as they claim one is positional and the other aggressive.
Dec 24, 2014
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#585
Jadulla wrote:
The guys at the club always mock me for playing 1. d4 and sicilian defence, as they claim one is positional and the other aggressive.
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II get knocked for playing 1.c4, and the sicilian.
And in many lines, they're pretty much the same.
I've always played sicilian because it has the better stats. Perhaps not a wise decision, but it seems to work ...
Jadulla wrote:
The guys at the club always mock me for playing 1. d4 and sicilian defence, as they claim one is positional and the other aggressive.
I'm pretty certain you can be aggressive AND positional at the same time.
They seem to think it's paradoxal
Dec 24, 2014
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#589
Reminds me of an anecdote: A chess fan goes to Heaven and meets Alekhine. He asks him if he can play a game with him. He opens with 1.e4, and Alekhine resgins. SHocked, the fan asks white. Alekhine replies: you are new here, but we have analysed 1e4 to be a forced win for white.
Jadulla wrote:
They seem to think it's paradoxal
Wouldn't surprise me. For what is supposed to be such a logical game, people seem to have a lot of illogical ideas about is.
Please be relevant, helpful & nice!
Dec 24, 2014
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#592
Apotek wrote:
Please be relevant, helpful & nice!
What is ireeelevant so far in this forum?
Robert0905 wrote:
Apotek wrote:
Please be relevant, helpful & nice!
What is ireeelevant so far in this forum?
I think it is a bug in the mobile version of the site. If you don't type anything and hit the 'Post Comment' button, this is what it posts.
Jadulla wrote:
The guys at the club always mock me for playing 1. d4 and sicilian defence, as they claim one is positional and the other aggressive.
thats what i do 
Apr 10, 2015
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#595
Jadulla wrote:
The guys at the club always mock me for playing 1. d4 and sicilian defence, as they claim one is positional and the other aggressive.
That's exactly how six-time US Women's Champion, Irina Krush, plays. She's currently tied for first with two rounds left, so she may become the seven-time US Women's Champion in the next few days, which also would be four years in a row.
It really depends on what you're doing. The Ruy Lopez and Evans gambit lead to completely different kinds of positions but they both come from 1.e4.
flakco wrote:
I only played d4 when I was a beginner because I didn't have to worry about protecting it.
+1
Optimissed wrote:
Both are positional & I play both because they give me the best chances of winning. With 1 d4, my intention is every bit as overtly aggressive as 1. e4 seems to be. With the sicilian, my intention is to be sly and generally untrustworthy and nasty.
How do you play 1.d4 and 1.e4. How do you open, if I may ask? What do you do if you are White and play 1.e5 and get the Sicilian Defense?
I am just trying to learn.
I don't doubt it; however, can you explain why?
Stockfish says e4 is better...