Is 1.e4 for heros and 1.d4 for cowards? elaborate.

gimme an "S", gimme an "i", gimme a "c"

who's got the pom-poms ?

???? Must be talking about another thread.

Looking at 1 e4 c5 all the time is boring. vs 1 d4 ...., 1 Nf3 ...., 1 c4..... as with them you get a varation of it as you start playing against stronger players on Black. You mix boring with fear or whatever you trying to say.

I play e4 depending on my opponent(s). I am stronger with it than d4 in games. Always looking to have fun in which i look for some new lines when i visit threads on e4 openings. Found a couple but nothing  new i try against a strong player.

Why must it be another thread? I'm just saying being bored because 2 moves are the same is a bit silly.

"2 moves" .... I said the Sicilian. Are you reading the same thread here?

We play for fun and variety. Playing against the Sicilian i would say becomes less boring against a 2100+ player. In Vote Chess 1 e4 is anything but boring if the play the Sicilian or not.

If i want a chance of not seeing the Sicilian it I will not get it as i go up the ranks unless one creates a Thematic game with rank against a strong player included.

I think you just having a bad day and want to have at with a topic.

""2 moves" .... I said the Sicilian."

What's your distinction? 2 moves, 2 half moves, whatever, my point is the games don't have to be the same.

i think both are good in their own tracks but personally i prefer 1. e4

1 a3 is booooooring!  lol

1.d4 is not for cowards...

but 1.b3 is :P

PF, I think you mean e3. Pretty soon - yes. 1. d4, 2. f4, 3. knight f3, 4. e3 Then castle 2 moves later. Is that called 'stonewall attack'..?

It´s funny people saying they think 1.d4 is boring, so they play 1.e4 and usually get slaughtered by a sicilian or a french!

And if they get a 1...e5 anwser they avoid the spanish (yes, because it´s "boring"!) and play an italian until the draw comes in, only dreaming about the positions they see in the XIX century games.

It´s not much to do whether if you are a hero or not, it´s much more to do with the understanding of the game:

Usually a higher understanding is more relationated with 1.d4 games, unless a player ranks FM level or higher, in that case he might choose a 1.e4 game, not to win on tatics, but to get a more direct line to an advantage endgame he knows best.

in the last example Nxd5 is not a blunder. Qf3+ is faced with Ke6 and from what I know that position holds a slight advantage for black.

If you say Sicilain again Scottrf for sure will say you will not get slaughtered by the Sicilian and it is only 2 moves. Sicilian, Sicilian, Sicilian .... ok did not see him. He must be out their giving somebody a hard time today. Or campaigning for people to play chess and tell them the only first move they can make is 1 e4.

it's gotta be "Sicilian ftw!!!" 

"If you say Sicilain again Scottrf for sure will say you will not get slaughtered by the Sicilian and it is only 2 moves. Sicilian, Sicilian, Sicilian .... ok did not see him. He must be out their giving somebody a hard time today. Or campaigning for people to play chess and tell them the only first move they can make is 1 e4. "

Just because you don't understand what I said doesn't mean this interpretation is anything like accurate.

And there's no need to take things personally, I just made a comment.

More of these threads, please.

  .....hey i told you he come. I should have bet you something.

I checked the most recent databases, publications, and chess related materials. I even contacted my grade school arithmethic teacher. We made an experiment to prove it. I set a chessboard in front of her class and she made the moves : 1.e4 then the move 1...c5

She asked, "Children, how many times did I move a chess piece?"

24 out of 24 students gave this answer: 2 moves.

But I'm still waiting for Kasparov's reply to my email that I sent him just to be sure.

Please don't forget about total wimps like me who play 1.Nf3 or 1.c4.

I have preperation for the French and the Sicilian

1. e4 is for heroes. 2. Qh5 is for Heroes. 1. Nf3 is for veritable chess gods