Well, you should try it as White against me, Mark. You'll get a 3-0-0 very soon.
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Alekhine.
LongIslandMark wrote:
TRANKD wrote:
The Scandinavian is quite a serious opening, very playable.
I have found it no cake-walk playing White against a player that studies it. I think I'm 1/1/1 with him (SocialPanda).
I've also seen posted GM's don't play it, but it's solid enough for us mere mortals.
I think Anand played it and it was in a classical game. Not sure, though. It's seen at the highest levels, although not very frequently.
Yes, Anand played it against Kasparov, no less, and he achieved a winning position if I'm not wrong. But as Scottrf said, those are specific preparations for practical reasons. Maybe he managed to surprise Kasparov...
Has anyone ever played the Albin Counter Gambit as black?
Sep 5, 2014
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#29
Right. Morozevich, Radjabov, Nakamura, and Christian Bauer are nobodies.
Malachi1971 wrote:
Right. Morozevich, Radjabov, Nakamura, and Christian Bauer are nobodies.
Thanks I'll look up those games. Watched a couple videos. One had the Lasker trap. Looked intereting.
haha
Sep 5, 2014
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#34
People that play the Grob, (1.g4) Englund Gambit (1.d4 e5) and Bird's Opening (1.f4) are a bit cult-like too.
Tin-Cup, I will disagree with you on the Bird. We are not just a bit cult-like. We have meetings where we sacrifice the Black king regularly, cold blood (well, I guess it is melted plastic, but hey, who cares 
).
Several of the openings mentioned cannot be considered "cult". A cult practice must (1) not be in mainstream use and (2) be maintained -- at least for some period of time -- by a devoted following. The Sicilian Dragon is NOT a cult opening.
The Hippopotamus.
The Pterodactyl.
The Dutch-Benoni.
I thought the Pterodactyl was part of the Modern complex, and had a reasonable following?
The Danish Gambit