how to kill poor opening play by your opponent
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He beat two guys playing against him almost exactly the same way. It is illustrated in the Complete Idiots Guide To Chess Openings...
Duke of Brunswick and Count Isouard say: no no no you dit-int. n'uh-unh.
Here's the Morphy game:
Yes, perhaps the most recognized game in the world shows why 3.Bg4 is bad.
AnthonyCG wrote:
8.Qxb7 is fine. Morphy was just being a fancy pants.
Sure, but after Qb4+ it's not nearly as entertaining :p
One recent obvious-epiphany I had when trying to refute a poor opening set up was... let them live with it! I thought, ok, I'll spend the next 15 moves trying to get good development / good squares for my pieces and I'll check back with my opponent then... 15 mover later he was miserable lol.
