My weak openings need help with bizarre situations
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tactician_prodigy
Aug 6, 2008
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#1
It was like 2am my time when this game started and we were both tired and both made couple blunders but this game I got into a king hunt early and probably gave black an easy chance to comeback but lucky for me black blundered in the endgame and gave me the win. Im showing the opening here because openings are my weakness and I want to know what I should have done here. Although I did win this game I consider it a lost cuz i went into the endgame down a piece.
On move 3, just take the pawn--there's no real danger there, and any Black attempts to recover it will result in him falling dangerously behind in development. 3. Bc4 is weak, and 3...d5 would give Black the advantage. The bishop sac on move 4 is interesting, but probably unnecessary. A normal move would probably leave you with good chances.
A little backup woulda helped you a ton. You are lucky I was tired, or I'd have destroyed you :).
The game reminded me a lot of WWII. You came full force Kamikazee, but only with a couple planes. Had you attacked with your entire fleet, you would have killed me off much quicker.
You are a great competitor!
-V
Aug 6, 2008
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#5
I think black moving his rook too much and not getting his king active early enough in the endgame is what gave me win allowing king to get further up the board and attack the pawns. I played too aggressive in beginning. I normally open up with e4 Nf3 Bc4 usually. My opening repretoire stinks but I can usually make good moves in the endgame.
Ok, along with the other comments made, here's my opening advice: Don't sac your only developed pieces.
Aug 6, 2008
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#7
im inspired by paul morphy the bishop sack was alright but the knight sack was unnecessary.
Aug 7, 2008
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#8
not anymore was trying out a new opening and blundered bad and lost my first game of chess.com and im 1599 now.
keep it up your a good player kinda crazy but still
Aug 26, 2008
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#10
lol im way back up and almost into 1800s now. I do play crazy a lot. Im aggressive but sometimes too aggressive.
Aug 27, 2008
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#11
You should find alternatives to your opening. Not everyone will play 1...e5 after your 1. e4.
On a similar note, c6 is used as the first move of the game for black when playing the Caro Kann. It does appear weak, blocking the Knight as you said, but later on (in most variations) the c6 pawn is pushed to c5 with support from your Queen and Bishop. He could've transposed to a Caro Kann with 3...d5 -- though it would be unorthodox (for me at least, I've never seen a position quite like that lol).
After 5...Ke6, I would've gone with 6. d4. The bishop sack was great, his King is in a horrible spot for the Opening-Middle Game. 6. d4 might lead to:
Aug 27, 2008
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#12
Ive been playing d4 a lot as welll. Id like to learn some c4 opening lines but I dont know the strategy behind them as much othere than to stop d5.
Aug 27, 2008
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#13
I play the English Opening sometimes. It begins with 1. c4 and yes, the first move is made to claim the d5 square. It's played by many due to it's flexible nature (i.e. you can transpose into a number of different openings/positions -- Queen's gambit, Indian Defense, Grunfeld Defense, etc, etc.). You should look it up.