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I have been playing openings not because of them being sound, but fun :) the elephants gambit for black leads to so many wacky positions, really makes bishops really good and destroys knights. Maybe you need your wacky opening that isn’t that great fun. The grob, bird, Halloween gambit, Jerome gambit, polish opening... just learn one of these out of those to spice up ur day. ( not for competitive use, for fun :) if you want a better look at the elephant gambit, run me through the explore for black and it have become my most played opening because my fun opening became one of my strongest.
If you like fighting how about try the french?
Anyway really nice repertoire very aggressive
Apr 29, 2021
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#4
Viznik wrote:
Maybe I should learn the Vienna gambit accepted if it’s that easy to steam roll people you get bored of it hahaha
I’ll usually play the Vienna but with no gambit. I sound dumb as heck saying that but idk what is it just the “Vienna”?
I’ll usually play the Vienna but with no gambit. I sound dumb as heck saying that but idk what is it just the “Vienna”?
you're probably playing one of these then
Apr 29, 2021
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#7
You play a lot of different lines, but they are not deeper than their names. Stick to one opening and drill deeper than that
All classical, no hypermodern? Maybe try the Modern Defense/King's Fianchetto.
May 2, 2021
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#9
Nennerb wrote:
All classical, no hypermodern? Maybe try the Modern Defense/King's Fianchetto.
I dont like playing the Modern because i just feel like white's space advantage is too great. only "hypermodern" i play is the Grunfeld but imo the plans in it are basically the same regardless of the system white uses
Kings Gambit bad if u wish to improve.
May 2, 2021
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#11
ponz111 wrote:
Kings Gambit bad if u wish to improve.
depends on what variation you play. Main line Muzio is a draw, but some other variations are just losing for white. I know all the classical lines now though, and the other variations besides g5 don't scare me
May 11, 2021
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#12
for some reason my win rate with the vienna gambit accepted is really bad
May 11, 2021
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#14
Seth1446 wrote:
for some reason my win rate with the vienna gambit accepted is really bad
For white or black?
As black you should not accept the gambit. Correct is d5 I think.
Seth1446 wrote:
for white
That's because you don't know how to punish it. You can't just learn that taking the pawn is a mistake and not then learn why that move is bad.
May 11, 2021
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#18
I learned the move is bad cuz you attack the knight and then play nf3 and d4. I have a lot better success with the danish gambit.
Seth1446 wrote:
I learned the move is bad cuz you attack the knight and then play nf3 and d4. I have a lot better success with the danish gambit.
Maybe the bad win rate came from something not related to the opening. How many times have you played the Vienna gambit? If you've only played under 10 times then the win loss ratio won't be accurate.
I have played a lot of different openings but I havent been able to stick to a particular few, so I almost play a different opening every game.
For e4, my main three openings are the Vienna gambit, the Kings gambit, and the Open Italians
I've stopped playing the Vienna recently because i was getting bored of playing the gambit accepted and steamrolling people. I try to get the Muzio as much as possible and i dont play the Open Italians much anymore because i dont know anything besides the Max Lange attack
D4, I exclusively play the Queens gambit on move 2 after d5. after nf6, i try to play the Catalan if possible which returns to the QGD themes. Although i dont play d4 much anymore.
Only English opening i've touched is this
(I know those moves are horrible)
For black, I have never been able to commit to a single opening. Ive tried all of these though (for e4)
Against d4, i just play normal moves if its a london, against the QGD i play the Cambridge Springs defense