Oh I get it. Reverse grob. Borg spelled forward is Grob. Grob spelled backward is Borg.
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jengaias wrote:
No, it doesn't delay your action in the center.
It only delays my sleep and with no good reason.
Seriously, against a more aggressive player I could have been entirely unable to develop a good strong center. Why does this delay your sleep in any way?
newengland7 wrote:
Oh I get it. Reverse grob. Borg spelled forward is Grob. Grob spelled backward is Borg.
That's also literally the database name for it at least on this site.
I have it in my database at home as the reverse grob.
But it goes by a couple of different names including the Borg defense.
http://www.365chess.com/eco/B00_Reversed_Grob_(Borg-Basman_defence-macho_Grob)
newengland7 wrote:
I have it in my database at home as the reverse grob.
But it goes by a couple of different names including the Borg defense.
http://www.365chess.com/eco/B00_Reversed_Grob_(Borg-Basman_defence-macho_Grob)
That site seems to show that it usually ends poorly for black and I'm not surprised lol it does usually completely ignore the center for like at least two moves
I get tired of seeing 1. e4 so I decided to try this wacky defense to spice things up and I didn't play it perfectly, I made a couple of mistakes, but overall my experiment was a success :3
Now I know this does delay my action in the center, perhaps dangerously, and a lot of people ranted at me for that reason when I posted two games I played with the Polish opening, but I'm a casual player and I like experimenting with randomness like this. :P