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#31
12-10-2004, 10:54 AM
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Re: Chess Nerds: Post your opening repertoire!
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1. O-O-O [/ QUOTE ] If this for some reason is legal in your game, "1. Resigns" may be better. Oh, and why doesn't Mike "KGB" post here? Or does he? Tell him I said to watch out for the Cuban Mafia in future championships. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] 
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#32
12-10-2004, 11:05 AM
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Is that what moved you up to 2219? [/ QUOTE ] No, this was a couple of years earlier. P.S. Did you also figure out who the mysterious bluebeard was? Apparently he has now written a book about online gambling, so maybe his wife relented a little.
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#33
12-10-2004, 11:12 AM
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Re: Chess Nerds: Post your opening repertoire!
I play the french against e4. against d4 I play usually the nimzo-indian.
I don't study much theoretics of the game. I usually just work through puzzle books. they seem to help me much more. And they are a bit more entertaining to go through than the theory books. Melch
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#34
12-10-2004, 12:37 PM
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Re: Chess Nerds: Post your opening repertoire!
I always go for the jugular and employ the 4-move checkmate. It's deadly and it gets me home in time for dinner.
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#35
12-10-2004, 01:22 PM
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Re: Chess Nerds: Post your opening repertoire!
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I always go for the jugular and employ the 4-move checkmate. It's deadly and it gets me home in time for dinner. [/ QUOTE ] The posts specifically addressed chess nerds. Your response shows you know nothing about chess, as it is not even remotely funny. Memorizing openings is stupid anyway. I agree with astro.
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#36
12-10-2004, 02:10 PM
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Memorizing openings is stupid anyway. I agree with astro. [/ QUOTE ] I probably shouldn't tangle with a flame warrior, but I think this is an area of misunderstanding for people who don't play competitive chess. First of all, no one becomes a much better player just by memorizing openings. Chess is too vast to memorize everything, and it is easy to put your booked-up opponent "on his own" very early in the game. At higher levels, keeping your openings up to date can be a lot of work. But the player willing to work harder is rewarded with a competitive advantage. I don't see much difference between this and studying hand histories, keeping player notes, and using pokertracker.
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#37
12-10-2004, 06:26 PM
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Re: Chess Nerds: Post your opening repertoire!
The reason so many people played Magic: The gathering was because it was as close to random chess as they could find.
the number of people that played mtg for that exact reason represent a *GIGANTIC* minority of the players
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#39
12-12-2004, 03:31 AM
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Re: Chess Nerds: Post your opening repertoire!
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I really liked Magic: started in Tempest or the edition prior to it, and loved the speed decks over the next few editions. Put it on the shelf when I realized that they would forever be changing the rules, and when I saw that the pace with which they came out with new editions was so brisk that to keep up would have required more dedication than I was willing to put forth. [/ QUOTE ] I felt the same way once they put out the crap they called 4th Edition. Haven't played in years but I miss the days of playing with our moxes, timewalk, etc. etc. Sold them at the right time though.
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#40
12-12-2004, 03:52 PM
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Re: Chess Nerds: Post your opening repertoire!
Colle-Zuckertort as white (colle d4,e3 set up with b2 and Bb2 at some point).
Benoni (yuck, I only got to play it once as it was a new opening system change) or Sicilian Accelerated Dragon (dude, it *kinda* looks like a dragon) as black. But of course I retired once I started playing chess [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]. Oh, and I'm a 1800 fish at chess anyway so it doesn't really matter what I played. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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