#11
This is awesome!! :D
This is awesome!! :D
1. ... d5 is not the answer to 1. d4. When my opponent plays 1. ... d5 I always have a sigh of relief because the queens gambit is ultra solid for white, logical, very little room for error. Much more tricky are lines where black plays at some point d6 instead and goes for the e5 break ( if black is very agressive, e5 can be played right away - this is by far not as stupid as it seems ). For an opening response 1. ... Nf6 or 1. ... e6 are the most flexible. 1. ... e6 is tricky because it provokes 2. e4 and then you simply have the french, and if black is a good french player then this is a welcome development. The Dutch I don't recommend because the Staunton gambit is a killer ( even if black knows how to play against it, white can get very agressive by sacking a pawn on f3 ).
The most dangerous for white if after playing 1. ... Nf6 2. c4 black goes for the king's indian attack. Despite white having a monstrous center its king gets very vulnerable. I try to avoid playing c4 here but I admit that other responses are a bit passive. All in all I fear 1. ... Nf6 the most.
By the way I'm content if I can play a draw by making boring but enginewise accurate moves against opponents rated more than 100 points higher than myself. I more happy with this than if I lose in an interesting way.
The most dangerous for white if after playing 1. ... Nf6 2. c4 black goes for the king's indian attack. Despite white having a monstrous center its king gets very vulnerable. I try to avoid playing c4 here but I admit that other responses are a bit passive. All in all I fear 1. ... Nf6 the most.
By the way I'm content if I can play a draw by making boring but enginewise accurate moves against opponents rated more than 100 points higher than myself. I more happy with this than if I lose in an interesting way.
casualr, thanks, I will think about those options...
This game is as imperfect as it can be:
http://en.lichess.org/ezjrzsuH/black#81
I think I played a brave game, even made some original moves and finally I had sweeping advantage but in time trouble I chickened to a draw by repetition. I was not sure about my advantage during the game ( the engine says at its peak it was mare then 7 pawns ), but I felt it somehow had to be winning just could not see the crushing move. What I did see that I can give those annoying checks with the knight out of which there is no escape. It is a shame that I was down to 1 minute at the critical point where I would have needed half an hour to figure out the true possibilities of the position.
Still I find this a reasonable result with black against 140 points higher rated opponent.
http://en.lichess.org/ezjrzsuH/black#81
I think I played a brave game, even made some original moves and finally I had sweeping advantage but in time trouble I chickened to a draw by repetition. I was not sure about my advantage during the game ( the engine says at its peak it was mare then 7 pawns ), but I felt it somehow had to be winning just could not see the crushing move. What I did see that I can give those annoying checks with the knight out of which there is no escape. It is a shame that I was down to 1 minute at the critical point where I would have needed half an hour to figure out the true possibilities of the position.
Still I find this a reasonable result with black against 140 points higher rated opponent.
This is an example of what I wrote in #13 ( how dangerous e5 is against d4, and it can be played even in my favored queen's gambit ). I very rarely have to play against this line, and the opponent that knows theory can clamp down on the first mistake when I just try to make innocent looking moves:
http://en.lichess.org/48qshIqe#21
http://en.lichess.org/48qshIqe#21
http://en.lichess.org/eQHibuCi
no mistakes, 3 average centipawn loss for both players
still neither player showed any skill or ambition
we shouldn't pay so much attention to these numbers
no mistakes, 3 average centipawn loss for both players
still neither player showed any skill or ambition
we shouldn't pay so much attention to these numbers
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