ChesswithNickolay wrote:
An insane win rate for black in the masters database.
I feel like white would take the f7 pawn with their bishop at my level (1400's) and it would get ugly for black. Is there a good line against that?
How do you stop getting into boring italian games
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FrancisWeed wrote:
ChesswithNickolay wrote:
An insane win rate for black in the masters database.
I feel like white would take the f7 pawn with their bishop at my level (1400's) and it would get ugly for black. Is there a good line against that?
Yeah
Taking on f7 is actually quite bad for white because even though the king looks like it's a bit exposed and can't castle, there isn't a clear way to attack the king. And black is also able to get much more space and faster development than white. In fact according to the engine, white is -2.8 after the knight moves
ronaldotrump1 wrote:
FrancisWeed wrote:
ChesswithNickolay wrote:
An insane win rate for black in the masters database.
I feel like white would take the f7 pawn with their bishop at my level (1400's) and it would get ugly for black. Is there a good line against that?
Yeah
Taking on f7 is actually quite bad for white because even though the king looks like it's a bit exposed and can't castle, there isn't a clear way to attack the king. And black is also able to get much more space and faster development than white. In fact according to the engine, white is -2.8 after the knight moves
ah. yeah I have a bias towards playing defensively and trying to make a closed position so I think in that situation I've tried to put defenders around the king. The pawn attacks is very effective.
Mar 14, 2022
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Play almost whatever you want among reasonable openings so long as you come back to the chessboard and play and learn day after day. IF your rating is below 1000 your main goal is to not hang pieces, follow some basic principles , and not get bored/frustrated with the game and quit.
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 *
A fun opening is the Scandinavian
do you really consider the scandinavian fun? every time the opponent plays d5 i curse. i think it leads to the most boring games in all of chess
If black castles queenside, yes. If they go queenside it’s not as exciting