Why does Rice play Texas?
Because they get on ESPN or The Longhorn Network and get a big payday. Rice's administration isn't concerned with giving the team a bigger challenge or building they're character...they just want the cash.
Chessredpanda = lame ... I've seen three posts now where you type hundreds of question marks (or periods). You get a kick out of doing that? What are you, six years old or something? For those of you that don't know, if you read the forums on a tablet or mobile, it screws the screen up.
He probably isn't older than 12...can always tell little kids by their obnoxious typing.
I like nothing more than a good, old-fashioned, wide-open slugfest like you find in a mainline Chigorin Ruy, and hate that sort of slow, boring grind you always get in a Botvinnik Semi-Slav.
Slow boring grind in the Botvinnik SemiSlav? Have you ever played that line from either color? It is the opposite of what you just stated. In fact, there are probably more tactics and aggressive moves in that variation than the Chigorin you listed, lol.
I like nothing more than a good, old-fashioned, wide-open slugfest like you find in a mainline Chigorin Ruy, and hate that sort of slow, boring grind you always get in a Botvinnik Semi-Slav.
Slow boring grind in the Botvinnik SemiSlav? Have you ever played that line from either color? It is the opposite of what you just stated. In fact, there are probably more tactics and aggressive moves in that variation than the Chigorin you listed, lol.
Why don't chess.com members understand irony?
I like nothing more than a good, old-fashioned, wide-open slugfest like you find in a mainline Chigorin Ruy, and hate that sort of slow, boring grind you always get in a Botvinnik Semi-Slav.
Slow boring grind in the Botvinnik SemiSlav? Have you ever played that line from either color? It is the opposite of what you just stated. In fact, there are probably more tactics and aggressive moves in that variation than the Chigorin you listed, lol.
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1) e4 gives an open game only if black complies, usually with 1)...e5
Otherwise, all bets are off.
The best opening is the one you know well, and your opponent doesn't. End of Story.
Too many folks on this site have a copy of MCO in their laps, while playing. It allows them to "drop names" on the openings, and wax philosophical. Whatever.
sicilian is not locked
I like nothing more than a good, old-fashioned, wide-open slugfest like you find in a mainline Chigorin Ruy, and hate that sort of slow, boring grind you always get in a Botvinnik Semi-Slav.
Slow boring grind in the Botvinnik SemiSlav? Have you ever played that line from either color? It is the opposite of what you just stated. In fact, there are probably more tactics and aggressive moves in that variation than the Chigorin you listed, lol.
Oh, my.
I play 1.c4 in OTB games. Haters gonna hate
I like nothing more than a good, old-fashioned, wide-open slugfest like you find in a mainline Chigorin Ruy, and hate that sort of slow, boring grind you always get in a Botvinnik Semi-Slav.
Slow boring grind in the Botvinnik SemiSlav? Have you ever played that line from either color? It is the opposite of what you just stated. In fact, there are probably more tactics and aggressive moves in that variation than the Chigorin you listed, lol.
Why don't chess.com members understand irony?
Haha, perhaps I should've read the first post. For some reason I can't figure out why I wouldn't read the first post on a e4 or d4 thread. 
i don't like d4 cause I am not use to positional.i am more tactical which is e4
I like nothing more than a good, old-fashioned, wide-open slugfest like you find in a mainline Chigorin Ruy, and hate that sort of slow, boring grind you always get in a Botvinnik Semi-Slav.
This comment wins the thread.
I like nothing more than a good, old-fashioned, wide-open slugfest like you find in a mainline Chigorin Ruy, and hate that sort of slow, boring grind you always get in a Botvinnik Semi-Slav.
This comment wins the thread.
no. it does not.Anyone wonder why gms are liking d4 more than e4.
What did you expect in a thread like this?
Couldn't agree more.
What did you expect in a thread like this?
Couldn't agree more.
how couldn't you agree more
true
This is a matter of preference. e4 is not superior to d4, nor is d4 superior to e4. You say open positions are easier to play than closed positions? Well that is not the case with everyone
Neither d4 nor e4 is superior. Both are inferior, compared to the other 19 possible first moves for white.
This is a matter of preference. e4 is not superior to d4, nor is d4 superior to e4. You say open positions are easier to play than closed positions? Well that is not the case with everyone
Neither d4 nor e4 is superior. Both are inferior, compared to the other 19 possible first moves for white.
of the 20 possible first moves 6 are fine.e4,d4,nf3,nc3,e3,d3,
I dont know about my fellow amateurs out there, but I have certainly won and lost games right out of the opening. It matters. Lots of stuff can matter.
I used to play the modern opening OTB, I gave up on it, but before I did I played and never understood it properly, and by around move 12-15 I would wind up in an utterly passive lost position. It wasnt missed tactics, it was just not knowing what to do with it.
Who would play an opening he or she does not understand to that extent? That is essentially just pushing wood...