[Lobowolf]

jjbrr, on Aug 14 2010, 10:36 AM, said:

Lobowolf, on Aug 14 2010, 09:29 AM, said:

jjbrr, on Aug 14 2010, 10:22 AM, said:

JLOGIC, on Aug 13 2010, 09:55 PM, said:

The first opening fournier taught me was the ruy lopez

heh. I have no idea what the Ruy Lopez is and I don't remember what I taught you. I assume it was d4 then knights and bishops and stuff. I of course could look it up, but I'm lazy.
Editing because I dont know notation ldo

Ruy Lopez:
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5

Ruy Lopez (late 16th century) also advised setting up the table so that the light was in your opponent's eyes. Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice! Dude was a priest, too.

I don't think there's a name for d4...d5 Nc3...Nc6. In the d4 openings, white usually plays either c4 to help fight for the center (challenging the opponent's d-pawn), or c3, to support his own d-pawn. So it would be very unusual to voluntarily block the c-pawn with 2. Nc3

I edited because I don't know notation lol. Actually I just played black so much when I played a lot of blitz back in the day that I thought the King was always on the left.

Does e4 e5 Nf3 Nf6 have a name?

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nf6
is the Petroff, or the Russian Defense.

[jjbrr]

Thanks.

[jjbrr]

Oh i haven't voted in this poll yet.

KI def was what I played most when I played blitz. It was really good because you only move the pieces one square at a time for the first several moves, so I could generally open up without losing any time at all from the clock. EZ game.

Danish gambit is so baller for white. It tilts me when the opponent doesnt cooperate by taking my pawns. Or worse they take like one pawn and then don't take the others. Such a tease.

[luke warm]

Lobowolf, on Aug 14 2010, 10:38 AM, said:

1. e4....e6?
Better is 1...c5, which wins a pawn (Smith invariably plays the Morra Gambit, in this tournament with disastrous results).

now that's funny