When you've made a mistake OTB how happy are you happy to crawl towards a draw or do you double down and go for the win?
I was struck by my opponent's aggresive play in the game linked below and was wondering what the stronger players (2000+) among you would have done with the white pieces?
Also, 1.d3. is it as dreadful as I assumed OTB?
losingatchess.wordpress.com/2020/01/07/hope-at-last-with-black-against-1-d3/i get the feeling you're a bit too dogmatic when reading your opening comments.
instead of thinking "1 d3 useless/dreadful/whatever", think about which structures the opponent might be going for here. reversed pirc, reversed philidor..
the opponent is most likely some kind of hardcore philidor player, and it shows that you were outplayed in the early middlegame. Bxf2 was a fortunate turnaround
play for the draw. kappa 1.d3 is interesting :D
Depends on whose playing it._. Its useless to me because i suck at using it
I always play for the win.
If I feel as if I have an interesting chance to play for a win, I will try to make it happen.
This could be as blatant as having a 20% chance to win, 35% chance to lose, 45% chance to draw.
I just don't care. If the chess is interesting, then let it be played.
After all, the pieces didn't march from their box with hopes that a chess player would bore them to death.
'1. Nf3 GM draw offer'
I’d like to stay flexible in respect to my center pawns. Reti is just fine.
1d3 is named the Mieses Opening. It's not a very common opening, but it is playable by all means.
1...d6 by black after any first move by white is also playable.
It's a rather rare move, and it would serve to get most players out of book because there are so many ways to respond to it.
1d3 can lead to the solid reversed old indian/philidor which is very playable as white if you like a slower, more positional opening
