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Fetoxo
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thereturnofthesnowfox

Exciting chess games sound like they're fun to play, I hope one day to play one.
It's a shame all I play is boring chess.
Does anyone have any tips on how to be more exciting?

Fetoxo
Play 1. e4, be attacking.
MaestroDelAjedrez2025

Or d4

thereturnofthesnowfox

1. d4 sounds like an idea, but 1. e4 is a very commital move. I don't want to be playing against someone's pet opening against 1. e4.
What if they study openings instead of just going off vibes?
That sounds scary.

MaestroDelAjedrez2025

e4 is a tiny bit better than d4 as far as I know

the-tether-t
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MaestroDelAjedrez2025

Hello everyone

thereturnofthesnowfox

Hello.

MaestroDelAjedrez2025

Hi chess.com members

chesswlh4
Bishop or Knight.
thereturnofthesnowfox

Knight.
Knight or Rook?

MaestroDelAjedrez2025

Bishops are a tiny bit better than knights in general

chesswlh4
#14 Rook. Also I think Knights are better in closed positions and Bishops are better in open positions but in the endgame Bishops are way better.
MaestroDelAjedrez2025

Bishops are better in open positions and when there are pawns on both sides of the board, unlike knights

thereturnofthesnowfox

Whichever rook you move to the open file will be the wrong one. Discuss.

Fetoxo
#14 knight versus rook is not a big question, in the 99.9% of the positions a rook is much stronger. But the bishop versus knight is a big question indeed.
thereturnofthesnowfox

What people are forgetting is that the knight has swag, the bishop and rook? No swag. That's why the Knight>Rook/Bishop.