Boor attack Knockout

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Here is the best game I had using the lovely Boor attack against the Slav. It's sort of an enactment of a "fantasy plan" of the Boor.

Interesting, or too simple to be interesting?

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interesting, ill have to try this out :D

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So, dropping the e4 pawn (8...Nxe4) also characterizes the lovely Boor attack?  Tongue Out

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The Boor Attack is risky, as it is cousin to the Ponziani. It serves well as a Ponzi scheme, though, and claims many victims.

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pfren wrote:

So, dropping the e4 pawn (8...Nxe4) also characterizes the lovely Boor attack? 

Hmm good point! What might I have done differently? I think Qd3 instead of Bd3

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Ziryab wrote:

The Boor Attack is risky, as it is cousin to the Ponziani. It serves well as a Ponzi scheme, though, and claims many victims.

Its creator, Carl "Boor Attack" Boor, insists on its soundness. The games that make the Boor seem possibly unsound to me are the ones where they never take the e pawn, and the f pawn just sits there. But overall it doesn't feel like a risky opening.

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Here's an error-laden Boor Attack from two days ago.

 



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Ziryab wrote:

Here's an error-laden Boor Attack from two days ago.  

Nice, that is exactly the kind of game I hope for when I play the Boor. Props for fearlessly dropping the d pawn

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Apparently Black has already zero problems, and I think 5...Nc6 is also fine.

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pfren wrote:

Apparently Black has already zero problems, and I think 5...Nc6 is also fine.

Don't you burst my bubble! This website's computer suggests 7.e5 instead of Bd3, which poses more of a problem for black

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Child_Krishna wrote:

Don't you burst my bubble! This website's computer suggests 7.e5 instead of Bd3, which poses more of a problem for black

It seems so, but the move your opponent played (6...Bb4) is the wrong execution of the right idea. 6...dxe4 should be played first.

The whole idea is certainly playable, but it's unlikely to give white anything tangible... it's somewhat slow, and neglects development.

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pfren wrote:

The whole idea is certainly playable, but it's unlikely to give white anything tangible... it's somewhat slow, and neglects development.

I challenge you!

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Go get him KidKrish!

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I play the Boor in blitz, but doubt that I'll try it OTB. I was 2-0 with the Ponziani in last year's Collyer Memorial.