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The h2 h4 opening for whites or h6 h4 for black
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Here is a nice game(not without mistakes, but its a 10 min. blitz)
https://www.chess.com/live#a=358503
Feb 5, 2019
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#4
I looked through a few of the games you won with 1.h4, and I suppose there is merit that you've taken the game out of the realm of your opponent's preparation on move one. They're out of book, and it comes down to skill. I predict that using that opening, you'll consistently beat players worse than you, and consistently lose to players better than you.
In Shogi (sometimes known as Japanese Chess), pawns march straight forward and capture straight forward. Pushing the rook's pawn into your opponent's camp is the foundation of many attacking Shogi strategies (they're known as Static Rook openings).
"you'll consistently beat players worse than you, and consistently lose to players better than you"
On the contrary. I am winning against stronger opponenst and often loosing with wealer ones-actually if not loses with players who have rating around 700, I would have my own around 1800 by now.
Why?
Because most 1200 to 2000 players play by the book. It is a competition of knowing chess theory, having steadied openings and knowing academic routine. I am complete amateur though(getting better and taking some lessons now), and have developed this opening just for the fun and then discovered its hidden potential.
With stronger player it works because it equalizes our chances-the chess theory is taken off the field, it is a competition who improvises better. my task here is to keep game in middle game for as long as possible, because once it will become end game, players with stronger theory knowledge will have advantage.
Weaker players , those around 700 often play equally reckless games, with crazy moves, and eventually there is often competition of concentration and nerve. Which I don't always win.
I have playd some amazing game today, BTW, all with stonge opponents(rating around 1500) check it out lease.
Here are todays games, all with a flank pawn opening
https://www.chess.com/live/game/3442110667
Then this https://www.chess.com/live/game/3442192777
Don't forget this one, also from today.
gabrichidze wrote:
"you'll consistently beat players worse than you, and consistently lose to players better than you"
On the contrary. I am winning against stronger opponenst and often loosing with wealer ones-actually if not loses with players who have rating around 700, I would have my own around 1800 by now.
Why?
Because most 1200 to 2000 players play by the book. It is a competition of knowing chess theory, having steadied openings and knowing academic routine. I am complete amateur though(getting better and taking some lessons now), and have developed this opening just for the fun and then discovered its hidden potential.
With stronger player it works because it equalizes our chances-the chess theory is taken off the field, it is a competition who improvises better. my task here is to keep game in middle game for as long as possible, because once it will become end game, players with stronger theory knowledge will have advantage.
Weaker players , those around 700 often play equally reckless games, with crazy moves, and eventually there is often competition of concentration and nerve. Which I don't always win.
I have playd some amazing game today, BTW, all with stonge opponents(rating around 1500) check it out lease.
If you are losing to players rated around 700 then you are far away from 1800
The game against sebasmaster8 started with blunder at the second move, and considering that chess.com is asking for at least 10 moves to resign, I needed to force a mate against myself, to get rid of the game(and not waste time)
From todays game this is also interesting
My opponent (rating 1129) obviously should know basic tactics and strategy.
But once I responded with h5-h7 to his opening, he played as if he is shell shocked, adding mistake to the injury, and not getting back until the end.
Kasparov once said that chess is not only checks and attacks but also a psychology competition.
Some players are taken off balance so much after opponent offers unusual or reckless response, that they juts start making silly mistakes.
https://www.chess.com/live/game/3442233808
Markle this post is not about how great I am.
To start wining seriously, I need to take games more seriously(I often play game at the the way on the party, or after having beer in the pub etc, with obvious result on concentration), and definitely make end game knowledge stronger. Most of my loses with people who have low rating is caused by the luck of concentration and luck of routine (by the way unlike higher rated player, people with rating below 1000 fight until last pawn).
This post is about advantages of the flank pawn openings, which often allow me to get advantage with stronger players.
Not only in 10 min blitz by the way-in fact in a long time games, where I can get more concentration, I have even higher rating (also at FIDE site), also for same reason. But I need more time to focus on long duration games, may be in a few month I will be able too.
Anyway, I repeat, it is not about me, it is about opening.
I think your claims of being 1800 if you didn't have to play 700s was what prompted Markle's post. Your point about h5 being a shocking move to some players is correct, but I think we both think you're overestimating the shock value.
I have played 1.h4 a few times in blitz pretty successfully against 2000 opposition, but I don't play it pretending for some massive advantage, more because I know my opponent well and don't wish to contend with him in Latvian Gambit theory 
Btw, here's a game of Carlsen you might like, not quite 1.h4 but close!
Feb 8, 2019
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#13
If you are below 2000, the opening has very little influence on the result. Games at this level are almost all won and lost by horrible blunders, and not even tactical blunders, but simply throwing material away. The better games are lost by offering your opponent a simple two move tactical opportunity. In very rare instances, one player squanders an advantage in the opening and is outplayed positionally. In these rare games, playing a flank pawn on the opening move can be costly.
Feb 8, 2019
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#14
My favorite blitz opening usually fails even in blitz, but it's sure fun when it works. White plays 1.f3 2.Kf2 3.c3 4.Ke3 5.Kd3 6.Kc2 7.Qe1 8.Kd8
OK, after reading comments, I deliberately switched to playing 30 min games(longest at chess.com by default) . I needed few games to adapt from fast game to slow one(I played blitz only for a past 6 month), so I lost some silly games where I had positional advantage, but in general it is same picture : h2 h4 an h5 h7 (for black) giving same advantages an disadvantages like in blitz.
Like this game from today for example
In the end my opponent blundered terribly,(under stress) but even without it I had both positional and material advantage.
In this 30 min. game opponent juts like many blitz opponents blundered at the start by the game, being shocked by strange position.
Similar like in many blitz games.
DeirdreSkye wrote:
It's not only the rating , it's also the time control. In several posts me and many others have said something that low rtated players can't understand:
"In blitz everything works."
As Nakamura said in blitz what matters is to create positions where you can play fast , it's not real chess.There is an FM called Yan Dzumagaliev. rated quite high for FM(2418) who has played 1.h4 in blitz and has won with it GMs.
Not surprisingly, Dzumangaliev has never played 1.h4 in a long time control game and the reasons are obvious. What works in blitz doesn't work in real chess.
The problem when one is playing 1.h4 is that he learns to play wrong chess. Wrong chess works until a level , and then stops working and he will realise that he simply wasted his time playing nonsense. On the other hand though , if one has no hope to improve and just wants to have fun , there is nothing wrong with 1.h4 or 1.a4.
I don't think there is such thing as "wrong chess" , for a time being at least. It is not even a fact that number of possible chess games is limited, or it is mathematical eternity, but even if it is limited,a d some supercomputer of the future will be able to develop perfect opening and perfect defense, but right now our combined human and IT intelligence is very far fro this, so there are still tons of opportunities outside established chess opening and attacks.
Of course if one wants to improve studying classing openings is necessary, but it does not deny seeking new ways too.
And this again illustration of psychology. It is long game,however otherwise relatively strong opponent find himself in weird position and suddenly panics, eventually blundering pieces away.
Some of great grandmasters, I think Spasski once said something like chess being 90% about psychology and competition of nerves and 10% of knowledge.
" Unfortunately for you , there is such thing as right chess but you can't see it since you have never studied or played it."
I studied chess, and keep doing it.
just like in any other activity there is no "right way" of doing or knowing things.
For every "right way", there is always better way.
In chess, and in life, in general.
gabrichidze wrote:
I studied chess, and keep doing it.
just like in any other activity there is no "right way" of doing or knowing things.
For every "right way", there is always better way.
In chess, and in life, in general.
You're missing the point completely with such a trite generalisation.
There's not a "right" way to enjoy or approach chess, fine.
But, if you want to play better chess, yes, there are "wrong" moves and "right" ones to a degree.
I am practicing the h2 h4 opening for whites or h5 h7 for black with a following pawn on g4, then g5 for white or g5 and g4 for black. I call it "Gabrichidze opening" because it is different from average Kadas opening/ . It is great opening with tons of opportunities.4