GavinTheKing668 wrote:
But you have to play to your style
fair
D4 is better than E4 and C4 and its also whatever works best for you
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Apr 1, 2025
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#264
d4 is fine, but I’m an attacking player who loves brilliant sacs so I love Trompowsky
Apr 1, 2025
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#265
when I play the Italian in king of the hill when where not bumrushing are kings into the center and trying to play a normal game until the endgame I play it positionally I like that kinda Italian that one nice.
i kinda wanna watch that game
Apr 1, 2025
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#267
trompowsky is good and d4 right? cuz its this I play the Jobava usually but sometimes I played the trompowsky.
as far as im aware, the greatest theoretical advantage for white comes from a standard Queen's Gambit or the Catalan. i'm trying to learn the best of the best so that i can keep up with the best once i get to 2000+
for e4 the best is definitely the Spanish, but for practical purposes there might be better options cuz of all the variations. which is why i love the vienna bc black always spontaneously combusts
Apr 1, 2025
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#269
I see this opening with the trompowsky alot trompowky stops the kings Indian and wins the center thats why I used to play it
and if you love brilliant sacks look at this Jobava London line the mistake that is the second most popular way its played
cool right that's the second most popular way the Jobava is played kinda like the ponziani with the second most popular move being a mistake this mistake specifically
I forgot why but I know that's the idea.
Apr 1, 2025
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#270
The reason I don't know the catalan is because Its bad for 1000 ELO.
KentexplorerchessW wrote:
I see this opening with the trompowsky alot trompowky stops the kings Indian and wins the center thats why I used to play it
and if you love brilliant sacks look at this Jobava London line the mistake that is the second most popular way its played
cool right that's the second most popular way the Jobava is played kinda like the ponziani with the second most popular move being a mistake this mistake specifically
I forgot why but I know that's the idea.
what do you play in the trompowsky if black goes for a 2. d5 and 3. c5 setup
KentexplorerchessW wrote:
The reason I don't know the catalan is because Its bad for 1000 ELO.
yeah it's very theory heavy. which is why i stand by my case that humans should play e4 and robots should play d4
aliens can play the grob or better yet the alien gambit
ruy lopez (spanish opening) is mostly played above 1000, but it's really only in the right hands above 2000.
i don't know why you would go for an antisicilian when normal sicilians for black are stupidly complicated, and any player under 2000 playing the sicilian shouldn't be taken seriously
not to mention every antisicilian above 2000 gets cooked. so really they're not for any level
Apr 1, 2025
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#275
KentexplorerchessW wrote:
Every antisicilian is bad. The Alapin Sicilian is bad for White. Look at every antisicilian, then look at the advantage; it always drops. Yes, you are correct: the Najdorf is a great opening for White; however, most often the Najdorf ends in a draw most of the time. When people lose against the antisicilians, it is because they haven't experienced enough of that line, but most antisicilians are bad; even if White has a slight advantage with these, it's still less, which is bad. Also in the Sicilian, there are many great variations with the Najdorf because of the fact that the Najdorf is a deep opening for both sides to have strong ideas that are barely stoppable. But often people who know enough about the book in the Sicilian have very high levels in elo, often making stuff like the Najdorf end in a draw. Again, there have also been crazy brilliant games for both white and black with many brilliant moves, and often each has had great defeats and great wins. Though yes, white or black don't have to choose a Najdorf Sicilian; they can choose other lines, but the only other great lines for white are the nf3 Sicilian traditional line, the open Sicilian stonewall, and also, at some levels, the McDonnell attack. Often it is also a great idea for Black to keep the Sicilian closed because White's goal vs the Sicilian can sometimes be to open it up and start crazy attacks, often having Black lose, but I have seen most brilliant games with Black keeping a closed Sicilian. Often open Sicilian is better for White and closed better for Black because Black actually gets great positions where they can hop in white position and start some kind of attack. In conclusion, it's a great opening for Black if they know every antisicilian counter often leads to Black's win, and with many other lines leading to draws, usually Black only loses if they blunder or open the position.
Not all anti-sicilians are created equal. The Smith Morra is probably the worst anti-sicilian. I wouldn't rate the McDonnell up there very high, either - white may as well play a Grand Prix at that point.
Black isn't the one who chooses whether to enter an anti-sicilian or an open sicilian, that's up to white.
The Najdorf is an Nf3 "open sicilian" line, and black is the one who decides whether to play 2... Nc6, 2... d6, or 2... e6. So I'm not sure what you're talking about there either. Never heard of the "sicilian stonewall" either.
I don't know why you're trying to debate this anyway, you clearly have no idea what you're talking about... you're 11 years old. You have not even been alive and cognisant long enough to know how to play the sicilian. I've been playing the sicilian almost as long as you've been alive, at this point.
a) if white white knows the open lines they're good for white. It's alot of theory, but...
b) if black doesn't know the anti-sicilian theory it can be bad for him.
Hence it's up to white to decide whether he wants to buckle down and study very hard, and play the open lines... or go for a more practical approach with some anti-sicilian lines - but not the Smith Morra. In either case the better player is likely to win. Sicilian is one of the most classic openings in chess, it is played at all levels in all time formats.
Apr 1, 2025
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#276
crazedrat1000 wrote:
KentexplorerchessW wrote:
Every antisicilian is bad. The Alapin Sicilian is bad for White. Look at every antisicilian, then look at the advantage; it always drops. Yes, you are correct: the Najdorf is a great opening for White; however, most often the Najdorf ends in a draw most of the time. When people lose against the antisicilians, it is because they haven't experienced enough of that line, but most antisicilians are bad; even if White has a slight advantage with these, it's still less, which is bad. Also in the Sicilian, there are many great variations with the Najdorf because of the fact that the Najdorf is a deep opening for both sides to have strong ideas that are barely stoppable. But often people who know enough about the book in the Sicilian have very high levels in elo, often making stuff like the Najdorf end in a draw. Again, there have also been crazy brilliant games for both white and black with many brilliant moves, and often each has had great defeats and great wins. Though yes, white or black don't have to choose a Najdorf Sicilian; they can choose other lines, but the only other great lines for white are the nf3 Sicilian traditional line, the open Sicilian stonewall, and also, at some levels, the McDonnell attack. Often it is also a great idea for Black to keep the Sicilian closed because White's goal vs the Sicilian can sometimes be to open it up and start crazy attacks, often having Black lose, but I have seen most brilliant games with Black keeping a closed Sicilian. Often open Sicilian is better for White and closed better for Black because Black actually gets great positions where they can hop in white position and start some kind of attack. In conclusion, it's a great opening for Black if they know every antisicilian counter often leads to Black's win, and with many other lines leading to draws, usually Black only loses if they blunder or open the position.
Not all anti-sicilians are created equal. The Smith Morra is probably the single worst anti-sicilian. I don't know why you're trying to debate this anyway, you clearly have no idea what you're talking about... you're 11 years old. You have not even been alive long enough to know how to play the sicilian. I've been playing the sicilian almost as long as you've been alive, at this point.
a) if white white knows the open lines they're good for white. It's alot of theory, but...
b) if black doesn't know the anti-sicilian theory it can be bad for him.
Hence it's up to white to decide whether he wants to buckle down and study very hard, and play the open lines... or go for a more practical approach with some anti-sicilian lines - but not the Smith Morra. In either case the better player is likely to win.
This won't help. At this point he's just another troll.
Apr 1, 2025
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#277
KentexplorerchessW wrote:
when I play the Italian in king of the hill when where not bumrushing are kings into the center and trying to play a normal game until the endgame I play it positionally I like that kinda Italian that one nice.
Nobody asked about king of the hill.
Apr 1, 2025
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#278
I meant the theory takes alond time I learned the entire sicilians theory by play 9 games with it just because somebody is not 2000 doesnt mean they dont know theory at all it uts means that they arent as good as a 2000 some people can know every bit of theory in the sicilian and how to use it in the middlegame but the other player is better at chess 1000 is all you need to learn the sicilian I do pretty good with it I lose more than I win but its my best theory its the only line I know that's good for me it gets enough win rate for my rating to go up. and my win rate to go up it doesn't lower my win rate that badly.
Apr 1, 2025
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#279
I only play the Italian in king of the hill it was more a normal game then king of the hill game ended in checkmate nobody ever put there king near the center
Apr 1, 2025
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#280
Can you name the 13 mainline open sicilians black can play? Since you "learned all the sicilian theory by playing 9 games" this should be easy for you. Go ahead.
Of course... 9 games isn't quite at 13 yet. You need at least 4 more games.
Bonus points if you can show the main lines of each one out to move 8 on the embedded board.
Infact... based on your comments if you can even do this for one line I will be surprised.
I know the main ideas of the Italian they are not always good