Why do I find this opening so annoying as Black?
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It's the scholar's mate. A fool's errand really, it's pretty week against any non-beginner.
This is the Scholar's Mate. Set up "Little Chess Partner" on HARD as black. Play the Scholar's Mate. LCP will show you how to play as Black.
First off, this is not an opening. And if you're going to switch from 1 ... e5 because of moves like 2 Qh5, then you will never improve since you're not learning how to deal with such weak moves by your opponent.
Jul 2, 2008
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#25
Since we are having fun on this opening please note the following:
Sometimes it does show up at higher levels.
Jul 2, 2008
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#27
Madii wrote:
In my opionion 2.Qh5 is so weak move for white..
Lets check it out here
Madii, Generally when I see this line I play 2...Qe7 but I like 2...Nc6 better.You're still developing and there's no danger of the Queen getting pinned.
CarlMI wrote:
Since we are having fun on this opening please note the following:
Sometimes it does show up at higher levels.
Notice that even in your own examples White doesn't win?
Jul 2, 2008
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#29
I never claimed it was a win, I've not voiced an opinion on it but I did want to show it is not the manure pile everyone claims it is. If the US Champion, a strong GM, is willing to try this against his peers in serious competion then there must be some ideas to it. Its not the Ruy but its not the same as saying I'm not going to win so I'm going to play random moves.
Here's my plan of how to defend this opening.