Scandinavian, game 9
that reminded me of me
the mistakes
INM Brahsen. In a recent game I tried the Meran (as black of course) and won with it. I've been looking at it for a little while and this was my first outing with it. What is your considered opinion of the Meran as it might work out for a patzer like myself?
Yes its really nice and offers dynamic play! Especially at lower elos the Meran can give you great results I imagine. You could also take up the stonewall as a sideline you can play if you dont want to play the Meran mainline all the time. You can transist into it smoothly like this:
Thanks! I may just have a closer look at the Stonewall. Never tried the Dutch before, though my friend used to play it all the time and I would watch his games.
well played, that opening line was very theoretical. Need to refresh my memory of it later. What elo was your opponent?
the stonewall is probably one of the best openings you can play at level below lets say 1600. Why? Because it is a) super easy to learn and to play and b) has a huge outplay potential. White often doesnt know what to do while black always has the same plan, to attack whites king. How? Well here are some common moves you always do as black (i only made black moves at some point to illustrate the general plan):
Your play was fine except for one point which was move 10. After 10. e5 the only right move is cxd4! Your move Ng4 is bad when white plays for example h3 or Be4. The alternative to 10... Ng4 would be Nd5 but also that is wrong as you can see in the following typical motif white has:
Thats why after 10.e5 you have to play cxd4. after that the main line goes as following. you can look for games of anand, he played this with black.
Good morning brahs,
for educational purposes I went into low elo and played some games which I´m gonna share with you to illustrate how easiely you can climb in elo at the lower levels once you understand what mistakes they regularly make. I played different openings to show that openings also don´t really matter at the lower rating levels. All games were 5 minute time control.
Game 1,Queens Gambit Accepted, White
Game 2, Nimzowitsch Defence, Colorado Gambit, Black
Game 3, Scotch Gambit, White
Game 4, Guico Pianissimo, Black
Game 5, English Opening, White
Game 6, Birds Opening, White
Game 7, Old Benoni Defence, Black
Game 8, Cambridge Springs Variation, White
Game 9, Scandinavian Defence, Black
Game 10, Four Knights game, Scotch Variation, Black
Game 11, Blackmar Diemer Gambit, White
Game 12, Nimzowitsch Defence, Colorado Gambit, Black
Game 13, Modern Defence, White
Good evening, your Brah Brahsen!