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 Hidden gems and value in avoiding the I tend to disagree with this,atleast in part.In my opinion,to test ones own true tactical abilities and to put a burden many times on your opponent(as a surprise weapon)it becomes necessary many times to move "out of book" as early in the game as possible.For playing the opening lines that have been established for decades or longer is simply copying the moves of other played games and stats.What if there were no opening established lines to follow?Would that be good for you,bad for you?,bad for your opponent?That is the "question"!I tend to believe that if you can get great or "master" games that move out of book quickly(from,say move 4 or 5),rather than trying to use tactics or play positionally from mid game that was established 20 moves in opening book,you can generally improve your game play by "imprinting"the deep tactical style that was thought out by you(out of book),in later games that are "in book"till move 20,for example. I would suggest many players that are not novices,but say,1400-1500 rating approach opening styles that move out of book quickly and experiment,even with unrated games in the following openings for white:1.b4(Sokolsky) or 1.d4,Nf6 2.Bg5 or 1.d4,d5 2.Bg5(Trompowski attack) or as black 1.e4,g5(Basman Defense).All of these opening styles will generally move out of book quickly and definitely have surprise value to your opponents who are use to the standard replys. Below is a link about the Sokolsky some may find interesting,and further exemplifies what I am talking about: www.chess.com Now,alot of these opening styles do NOT necessarily carry a high degree of "best"winning chances as the "best by test" 1.e4 opening does,,or the usual responses to 1.e4 such as 1....c5....but my point goes much deeper than that. Surprise value CAN many times defeat "stats",plus it is a learning tool that can improve your tactical or positional play in the long run. Hope this will help some of you! |
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baronderkilt 04-Jul-10, 14:16 |
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For example,if it can confuse and defeat many IM's including a strong Soviet IM (as illustrated in my link above) or Nick de Firmian a GM who admittedly lost to this opening(pg 721 MCO-14).......then this opening should be atleast "added" to ones opening repertoire of other openings.Not only due to surprise value,but incase it is used against any player playing the black side.As the MCO series will state...."1.b4 is the most theoretically important of the flank openings".I agree with this MCO statement,atleast in part.It is a "must"to experiment with and research,if one wants to improve skills and potential rating increases whether using 1.b4 or answering 1.b4 with various responses.Same with 1.e4,g5.....which is my favorite response as black to e4,especially in blitz! TA |
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Other things like Grunfeld and Benko Gambit reversed,Kings Indian reversed are good,but they may still be within established book lines or known databases where it can be of no real surprise value to very strong players.On the other hand,only a very few lines have been deeply established and databased in openings as the Sok,Basman and Tromp.The Tromp is more databased than the others,BUT can move immediately out of book by move 5 or 6 with little effort.This is important knowledge and potential weapons on the chessboard.....many times above variations such as the Ruy Lopez. |
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