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buddyrevell 26-Mar-08, 14:53	"E4 for the Creative Attacker" There's this Chessbase DVD with the title above, presented by GM Nigel Davies, that gives some recommendations for players who want to play 1.e4 but don't feel like giving the opponents a lot of free moves in the opening or studying a lot of theory. I guess everyone here can relate to that. =) The variations suggested are... 2.Na3 against the Sicilian: 2.f4 against the French: 2.f4 against the Pirc: 3.f3 against the Caro-Kann (the so-called Fantasy Variation): 4.g3 against the Four Knights (Glek Variation): And then he briefly covers less common openings like the Alekhine, Scandinavian, one 1...e5 game with Black avoiding the Four Knights and a game with the Nimzowitsch Defense. But in this last section it's more about general ideas than unusual lines. I was undecided whether I should post links for the games or just give the PGN. I decided to do neither of them. =P Instead I compiled a collection on www.chessgames.com with the games presented in the DVD. Take a look: www.chessgames.com Each game has its own caption, so it looks more convenient, I think. A few games on the DVD weren't on www.chessgames.com database, so I uploaded them. As soon as I see them there, I'll add to my collection. If anyone wants to see those games, let me know, but in the collection there is at least one example for each opening covered on the DVD.
buddyrevell 26-Mar-08, 14:58	Link In case anyone wants to buy the DVD or something: www.chessbase.com I must say, I haven't watched the whole thing yet, but it looks interesting.
mikekelly666 27-Mar-08, 04:33	I wouldn't mind the PGN I was wondering if these openng where the openings database you gave me. Looks like good material for a certan web site. Especially seeing how we already have example games to go with them
buddyrevell 28-Mar-08, 20:33	A couple of them In that "unorthodox.pgn" database, I found the Fantasy Variation in the Caro-Kann, with the name Maroczy Variation. And also the 2.f4 line in the French, dubbed as La Bourdonnais Variation. But that's pretty much it, which is good indeed: we can expand the database.   Here's the thread where the database with over 300 unorthodox openings can be downloaded, for those who missed: gameknot.com About PGN, in the cg.com collection page there's a "PGN Download" link at the bottom. =) That's another reason why I thought a collection would come in handy. No need to copy and paste a very long sequence of games in PGN.
buddyrevell 05-Jun-08, 17:11	Done Now my chessgames.com collection with games from "e4 for the Creative Attacker" is complete! www.chessgames.com
ussailor 25-Aug-08, 07:58	not to sure Hello I am new here but not new to openings. I used to study opening when I played in high school but i kind of lost touch to the names. I am a queens pawn opener and when my opponent would play kings pawn(as most people do) I always seem to find myself in a bind. So my coach told me to make the Kings pawn a Queens pawn game. After studying the opening and using many variations against my coach, I found a opening that I currently used today against Kings pawn. It follows like this. 1. e4 e6. 2. d4 d5. this typically follows with a pawn or bishop move. Depending on the move I usually play F5 which is now connected to my bishop causing them to need to reinforce the center. Then I break my game hard to the middle and then outside when its least expected. Any clue which opening this is. I would love to read about it and see if I could follow book more often.
mikekelly666 25-Aug-08, 09:53	French Defense Hi ussailor. Welcome to the club. Sounds like your talking about the French Defense. At least I think you are. I'm not good at the names. Raul (buddyrevell) can correct me if I am wrong about it. Anyway here are some links to follow You can look here for some variations involving that opening unorthodoxbishops.com Wikipedia has a good article on it en.wikipedia.org Then there is my good friend Google tinyurl.com Enjoy

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