01-23-2002, 12:27 PM
1.P-Q4 N-KB3
2.N-QB3 P-KN3
3.P-K4 P-Q3
4.P-Q5 B-N2
1.d4 Nf6
2.Nc3 g6
3.e4 d6
4.d5 Bg7
For the person who asked: in the early days of chess, it was uncommon to develop a knight on your first move because it was thought best to occupy the center with pawns in order to take control of space (think of it in war terms of wanting to occupy as much territory as possible with your troops). In the early part of the 20th century, a player named Richard Reti came up with something called "hypermodernism", which suggested the theory of letting your opponent occupy the center while you set yourself up to attack it (in war terms, avoiding the fight until your opponent overextends himself, and then blowing out his weakly held position with an aggressive counterattack). My moves will generally be designed to get my pieces attacking the center while I expect he will be occupying the center with his pawns and trying to hold onto the territory he's already won.
The opening I am playing is called the Pirc defense and was popularized by a Canadian Grandmaster in the 70s named Duncan Suttles from British Columbia. It is the most hypermodern of openings and generally leads to an exciting game.
2.N-QB3 P-KN3
3.P-K4 P-Q3
4.P-Q5 B-N2
1.d4 Nf6
2.Nc3 g6
3.e4 d6
4.d5 Bg7
For the person who asked: in the early days of chess, it was uncommon to develop a knight on your first move because it was thought best to occupy the center with pawns in order to take control of space (think of it in war terms of wanting to occupy as much territory as possible with your troops). In the early part of the 20th century, a player named Richard Reti came up with something called "hypermodernism", which suggested the theory of letting your opponent occupy the center while you set yourself up to attack it (in war terms, avoiding the fight until your opponent overextends himself, and then blowing out his weakly held position with an aggressive counterattack). My moves will generally be designed to get my pieces attacking the center while I expect he will be occupying the center with his pawns and trying to hold onto the territory he's already won.
The opening I am playing is called the Pirc defense and was popularized by a Canadian Grandmaster in the 70s named Duncan Suttles from British Columbia. It is the most hypermodern of openings and generally leads to an exciting game.