Chess Openings

[wacki]

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Cross tables, and score sheets.

I don't say stupid things. I'm just not a bigoted rich fascist like most of the scum around here.

Why do you say so many crazy and stupid things?

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The results of tournaments/matches are kept by FIDE especially with high level players. If you have a FIDE rating, you have proof of your matches.

As for saying stupid things, you said this just this morning:

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[Cyrus]

Not even the park's fish would say that the King's Indian is "girlie chess".

I should channel Efim Geller's ghost and have him whip your pimply behind with Queen odds in any King's Indian but I will let other elaborate.

...Why don't you stick to the political stuff? You are so much more illuminating in 'em. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[MMMMMM]

MMMMMM considers all hypermodern openings to be "girlie chess".

Grow some balls Cyrus and play a gambit--or at least the Ruy Lopez or Sicilian.

[BlueBear]

I like speculative defensive openings. As Black, I defend e4 with the center counter and d4 with the budapest. As White, I play d4 because I can't stand to play against the sicilian.

[Cyrus]

"Grow some balls Cyrus and play a gambit--or at least the Ruy Lopez or Sicilian."

I play the King's Gambit (OK, occasionally) and you can't get more macho than that.

[MMMMMM]

Ok, you have dodged the worst fate. Horse-whipping remains dependent on whether or not you still play those subversive fianchetto openings.

[Pirc Defense]

Try the Pirc! [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[exist]

i played 1.c4, 1.d4, and 1.Nf3. i think 1.d4 is my favorite and is just as good an opening for beginners as 1.e4 is. try "Play 1.d4!" by Richard Palliser. it's a one volume opening repetoire with generally very good and easy to learn recommendations. i wish i had this book a few years ago with i was first trying to put an opening repetoire together.

as black against 1.d4 i used to play the nimzo-indian and the modern benoni, but i was looking to learn the king's indian since it could be played against all openings except 1.e4. i'm still waiting for "Play the King's Indian" by Joe Gallagher to be released, but if i do buy it it will proabably sit on my shelf while i multitable party.

against 1.e4, yes the sicilian rocks. "Play the Najdorf" by John Emms was the most useful book i read on that particular sicilian variation.

[Straussman]

I agree about Palliser's "Play 1.d4!" being a good book. I thought he made a lot of good choices regarding lines and included just enough but not too much about them.

If you don't have Joe Gallagher's "Starting Out: The King's Indian" already you might consider it even if you're a fairly experienced King's Indian player. He does an excellent job of identifying promising lines from the Black perspective, and he makes a lot of insightful comments.

John Watson's "Play the French, 3rd ed." is also another classic from Watson.

[Dr Wogga]

....my rook pawns first to R4. Develop each rook at R3. Bring both rooks into the middle of the board, and just stand there firing away at your opponent. If he dares take either of your rooks with a knight, bishop, or pawn, jump up and punch him right in the f$#^-cking face. This is called the wogga gambit. And like jokerswild, I too have a rating of 2287