Queen's Pawn opening, Zukertort! (bless you)
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Josh11live
Jul 20, 2025
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#41
I like the leningrab dutch but I felt too lazy to study it but I will study other times.
Jul 20, 2025
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#42
And more info on the Colle-Zukertort chessbrah has a speedrun about it on youtube and explains the longer version of what I said in my forum.
I still like Levy Rozman, even though his advice, in retrospect, mostly just led me in the wrong direction. Expanding my arsenal, my "opening repertoir"is about 90% of his content and not helpful for me. I mainly just need to practice practice practice, as I am told and as I do understand. How many games are won in the opening? The idea, for me, is just to try and get into the middle game in as good a shape as possible. At that point, if I can't look at a board and understand what's happening, it won't help that I've memorized my opening x-lines deep.
Colle-Zukertort, Jabovo - London... that's a handful for me at this point... maybe an opening for Black. I;m thinking the Dutch now, thanks to this thread, not the King's Indian (it never made sense to me and was alomost 100% a disaster).
Jul 20, 2025
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#45
Dutch is risky though. You really have to know what to do. You have to be accurate.
Thanks again. And, at the moment, Dutch is what I'm going with. You can send me a bill if you like. 
Kings Gambit Declined Is Soon An Opening.
Gotham Chess? I only mean that I got from him the idea that it's important to learn new openings, which was not the best idea for me, at my level, and still isn't, imo. As far as memorizing lines, I'm only doing that, for now, for this Jobava London system (which I'm still liking) as White and for Dutch as Black. I'm open to switching to a regular London, or just trying it (plan B?), we'll see. Also open to anything if the Dutch defense doesnt go well.. I understand it can be tricky but I'm giving it a shot... I think I'll learn something from the effort, stick with it or not. The King's Indian Defense? I give up on that one. Not for me.
Jul 21, 2025
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#51
Invariably Queen's pawn opening has been very beneficial ....most of the games i won are in this opening
same, bro
And once I settled down and focused on one idea, which turns out to a form of the London... I was really determined, so I spent hours playing against Maximum (Stockfish) developing it, I went from 600 to 800 in a very short time. Encouraged by that, here I am, wanting to just solidify that, still knowing that, of course, the more important thing is to understand lines, not just memorize them.
The name is called the Gurgenidze system, I completely forgot about it after focusing on the Dutch. Very fun, can be reached out of the Carro
Jul 21, 2025
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#55
He is looking for things against d4 and about d4 not with e4. You got the wrong forum or you are just suggesting an opening I don’t know at this point.
Well, giving up on the King's Indian Defense is paying off... I lost just over 100 rating points trying it and I never understood it. Still not using Dutch Defense yet except against Maximum, but I'm liking it so far and it makes more sense to me mostly. Doing very well as White with my new and improved Jobava London, the opening I best understand by far. I've won six in a row now and 8 of my last 9.
gambitnotablunder wrote:
I would never have thought of 2. e4... is that common? I saved your game to my library for future study. Right now I'm in love with Jobava though.