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how to kill poor opening play by your opponent

Live_For_Chess

#1 Aug 17, 2012
Metaknight251

#2 Aug 17, 2012

there was a morphy game that was very similar to this one.
nameno1had

#3 Aug 17, 2012

He beat two guys playing against him almost exactly the same way. It is illustrated in the Complete Idiots Guide To Chess Openings...
blueemu

#4 Aug 17, 2012

13 Rxd7 is better.
JG27Pyth

#5 Aug 17, 2012

Duke of Brunswick and Count Isouard say: no no no you dit-int. n'uh-unh.

Here's the Morphy game:

http://www.chess.com/games/view?id=765
AnthonyCG

#6 Aug 17, 2012

8.Qxb7 is fine. Morphy was just being a fancy pants.
waffllemaster

#7 Aug 17, 2012

Yes, perhaps the most recognized game in the world shows why 3.Bg4 is bad.
waffllemaster

#8 Aug 17, 2012

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.
DENVERHIGH

#9 Aug 18, 2012

Here is my kill a poor opening and he resigned.

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