What to do when your opponent plays an opening you don't like.

I doubt he could get access to the Hubble or telescopes at observatories, and others wouldn't be good enough.

Absolutely. I've suspected him of cheating for a long time, but it's nice that he is finally coming clean. Hopefully this thread gets locked soon since we aren't supposed to talk about cheating outside of the cheating forum.

I'm not too surprised. We are dealing with a pirate here

Touch move works both ways??!

At least I'm not a cannibal(like PrawnEatsPrawn).

Actually, this would be classified as the touch-take rule.

if they play something like the sicilian, or something like that, i immediately assume they're a lot better and know a lot more about chess than i do, and prepare to resign lol

Bah... a French Player would be more upset if you play the Exchange Variation.

I don't care what anybody says. I enjoyed the posts. I'm trying to get my mother-in-law to disappear.

HELLO

Mr. Legoland has demonstrated a historically significant line in chess history.

The particular line he shows of the French Defense is called the Maginot Line, typically played against White's von Bismarck/Blietzkrieg/Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei line (vBBNSDA line) and always losing 100% of the time, without exception.

White always wins this line by accepting Black's unsound French central sacrifices, casually side-stepping the French Defense, and invading & taking over all of Black's territory...these games are decisive miniature victories for White 100% of the time if Black plays the futile French against White's vBBNSDA.

The vBBNSDA line gives White a very powerful initiative out of the opening against any Black Defense, even a non-French defense.  But some of these non-French Defenses effectively wrest the momentum from White's vBBNSDA, beginning in the middlegame.

Black can use the English Defense's Royal Airforce line to neutralize the vBBNSDA attack in the late opening/early middlegame.  Up to nearly 70 years ago, it was thought that the resulting positions were unclear, but likely still favoring White.

However a powerful new line for Black in the middlegame was discovered around that time: the dual-flank-counterattacking Allied Defense.  This consisted of: a) a kingside counterattack sacrificing multiple unstoppable advancing pawns (the D-Day line); and b) a simultaneous queenside attack called the Petroff Winter, a powerful defensive set-up, sacrificing material and territory initially in order to overextend the enemy's army.  With this powerful line, both sides of Black's counter-attacking flanks will mercilessly converge on White's king in the endgame for a decisive victory.     

None of these lines have been seriously played in over 65 years, but they have profoundly influenced the course of chess history.  It's too bad that kids today don't learn or don't remember their chess history.       

 Its a draw, you will not be able to checkmate the king, therefore, a draw.

This was probably the peak of the thread.

@dannyhume-However, the strong line 21. Nd4! Bd5(also known as the Skarkonzy Turnaround) has been discovered, completely neutralizing the D-Day attack. The Petroff Winter queenside attack will still go on, with an unclear ending, but a brilliant queen sacrifice was unearthed by an analyst of the Skarkonzy Turnaround:Qxh3.

still when my opponent plays the sicillian I play the Smith and Wesson

 I can draw faster than you can.

Not really...

Bang

Now, now lets not start another disagreement here.

Yeah, let's agree with each other, about everything.

well I already shot him, he didnt draw fast enough