prepare yourself better.
Travis Dane always said "CHANCE FAVOURS THE PREPARED MIND". no use bitchin.
Was this Travis Dane person a GM? If not, don't waste my time. Chance doesn't favour anything, it doesn't have a preference. I guess you'll argue how your silly quote has some deeper meaning, but I have no interest.
You wont get far into chess if you let your emotions take control. Take away the bi**** part, and you get a sound advice for chess, and other things.
I agree!
I don't really agree. Do you think the Winawer Poisoned Pawn (or even the 0-0 lines) are simple and honest? How about the Tarrasch lines with 3...Be7 where black plays g5 and h5?
was Travis Dane a GM ?
Vlad, could you not have just tried to understand the spirit of the post ?
Was it too much to ask ?
I don't really agree. Do you think the Winawer Poisoned Pawn (or even the 0-0 lines) are simple and honest? How about the Tarrasch lines with 3...Be7 where black plays g5 and h5?
3... a6 is better for black in the tarrasch
Yeah if you want to utilize the tarrasch to the best of its ability, 3. a6 is unquestionably the best, and probably winning in most variations.
was Travis Dane a GM ?
Vlad, could you not have just tried to understand the spirit of the post ?
Was it too much to ask ?
Most things are too much to ask from me, I become over encumbered very easily.
I don't really agree. Do you think the Winawer Poisoned Pawn (or even the 0-0 lines) are simple and honest? How about the Tarrasch lines with 3...Be7 where black plays g5 and h5?
3... a6 is better for black in the tarrasch
lol sure
ThrillerFan will tell you 3...c5 is like winning for black or something. Tarrasch is a good opening and it's tough for either side if you're playing a prepped opponent
lot of people complaining about the French defense today. the problem obviously originated with it being a bust to the 4 move mate, causing most players to sink in their seats whenever it was played, so it went into the collective consciousness of chessers as the most unpleasant to face defense to 1.e4 there is.
The remedy is to realize white still has the extra move and black was only trying to stop mate in 4. take heart that you can still checkmate black, you will just have to wait a few more moves.
@2Q1C I guess its time to educate these cave dwelling chessits once again. If they peeked out from under their rock once in a while, they'll know that it's the only reasonable continuation for black under any circumstance of the tarrasch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCq1nwVOpUo
if they dwell in a cave, why would you look for them under a rock ?
You do know that it's possible to have rocks in a cave right? What are you even arguing? Also caves are made of rocks.
you're looking under rocks inside a cave now ? is there no hope for you at all ?
have you ever comprehended a single response to you on any of your threads ? your head seems to be not only in the wrong century, but in the totally wrong millennium.
you're looking under rocks inside a cave now ? is there no hope for you at all ?
have you ever comprehended a single post on any of your threads ? your head seems to be not only in the wrong century, but in the totally wrong millennium.
Ohhh you're trying to be funny, very good. Oh man we have another chess.com comedian, what a rarity!
jeez lads, these forums are diabolical. there are hundreds of tough guys posting plonk thinking they are Internet celebrities. have they no mammies to look after them ?
Ahh these people. They watch a video and believe that the world has just started. The ideas behind 3...a6 were already explored since Keres–Botvinnik 1948! This is mostly a different move order to avoid some annoying alternatives for White.
I'm sorry but it's difficult to respect the opinion of a flagger.
prepare yourself better.
Travis Dane always said "CHANCE FAVOURS THE PREPARED MIND". no use bitchin.