nathan_zhao wrote:
Play the Sicilian Shivveningan Opening, guaranteed good opening start.
White has g4 if black plays a pure Scheveningen
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Sep 6, 2019
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#103
play sicilian najdorf, sicilian taimanov, french, giuoco piano, kings indian, queens indian, nimzo indian, bogo indian, grunfeld, kings indian attack, etc.
sorry those are just a few examples of openings i'm comfortable with. it's like everyone knows how to play the four knights, so i didn't include it
"... Overall, I would advise most players to stick to a fairly limited range of openings, ..." - FM Steve Giddins (2008)
Sep 7, 2019
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#106
Adorn_Aliment wrote:
play sicilian najdorf, sicilian taimanov, french, giuoco piano, kings indian, queens indian, nimzo indian, bogo indian, grunfeld, kings indian attack, etc.
sorry those are just a few examples of openings i'm comfortable with. it's like everyone knows how to play the four knights, so i didn't include it
I just feel like there's so much theory to those openings, it takes way too much time to study.
Sep 7, 2019
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#108
By the way, this forum is not created by me, it was created by @Potato08.
Sep 7, 2019
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#109
Dear friends, all the ChessMood courses are FREE for the next 8 hours! You can find a lot of openings here: https://chessmood.com/courses
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French defense is the jiu-jitsu of chess. You fight on the ground with your opponent over you till you get him stuck in an armbar or heel hook and he resigns! 😂
Sep 8, 2019
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#111
Klepatus wrote:
French defense is the jiu-jitsu of chess. You fight on the ground with your opponent over you till you get him stuck in an armbar or heel hook and he resigns! 😂
Let’s gambit an arm or a leg to reach that gun lying over there...
Klepatus wrote:
French defence is the jiu-jitsu of chess. You fight on the ground with your opponent over you till you get him stuck in an armbar or heel hook and he resigns! 😂
Unless your opponent knows how to counter that or you do not know how to play that properly, then you are just basically shooting yourself in the leg.
Sep 8, 2019
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#114
Marvel1810 wrote:
Klepatus wrote:
French defence is the jiu-jitsu of chess. You fight on the ground with your opponent over you till you get him stuck in an armbar or heel hook and he resigns! 😂
Unless your opponent knows how to counter that or you do not know how to play that properly, then you are just basically shooting yourself in the leg.
If you had a gun to begin with, lol
Sep 8, 2019
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#115
Marvel1810 wrote:
nathan_zhao wrote:
Play the Sicilian Shivveningan Opening, guaranteed good opening start.
By the way, my coach kindaspongey said that you should play silician at 1800 rating and above
kidaspongy is your coach?
“... kidaspongy is your coach?” - nathan_zhao (~36 minutes ago)
kindaspongey wrote (~2 days ago):
Marvel1810 wrote:
... my coach kindaspongey said that you should play silician at 1800 rating and above
I am not the coach of anyone. As a player with a USCF rating around 1500, I am not qualified to say what one "should play ... at 1800 rating and above". From time to time, I mention that, around 2010, IM John Watson wrote,
"... For players with very limited experience, ... the Sicilian Defence ... normally leaves you with little room to manoeuvre and is best left until your positional skills develop. ... I'm still not excited about my students playing the Sicilian Defence at [the stage where they have a moderate level of experience and some opening competence], because it almost always means playing with less space and development, and in some cases with exotic and not particularly instructive pawn-structures. ... if you're taking the Sicilian up at [say, 1700 Elo and above], you should put in a lot of serious study time, as well as commit to playing it for a few years. ..."
I see no reason to take that quote as a statement that one "should play Sicilian at 1800 rating and above".
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I posted the IM Watson quote because it seemed to me to be a reasonable reaction to those who suggested the Sicilian.
... my coach kindaspongey said that you should play silician at 1800 rating and above
I am not the coach of anyone. As a player with a USCF rating around 1500, I am not qualified to say what one "should play ... at 1800 rating and above". From time to time, I mention that, around 2010, IM John Watson wrote,
"... For players with very limited experience, ... the Sicilian Defence ... normally leaves you with little room to manoeuvre and is best left until your positional skills develop. ... I'm still not excited about my students playing the Sicilian Defence at [the stage where they have a moderate level of experience and some opening competence], because it almost always means playing with less space and development, and in some cases with exotic and not particularly instructive pawn-structures. ... if you're taking the Sicilian up at [say, 1700 Elo and above], you should put in a lot of serious study time, as well as commit to playing it for a few years. ..."
I see no reason to take that quote as a statement that one "should play Sicilian at 1800 rating and above".