@Sholmes49 2...d5 3. ed and now you have to take with the queen.
Sholmes49 yes I know. Infact, I do play 2... d5.
Savage, taking with a Queen is actually not a very big deal.
Not at all, you let black playing with his little pawn but you develop 3. ... Cf6 and if 4. dxe6 then Bxe6,
A drawish opening is valuable for players of the same level, IMO.
A drawish opening is valuable for players of the same level, IMO.
At the start we had people complaining about preventing draws. My claim was that altough there are 'abusers', there are some chess specific things where you cannot prevent a draw.
If we just consider that same drawish things that I eplained, let's say I am the weaker player against a better one. Maybe he does not know that i prepared this veriation (/such variations in other openings), maybe I play them intentionally to provoke him to play an objectivly bad move to avoid it,.... But in any case you cannot blame black for drawing. It does not matter if he agrees to draw in 10 or 30 moves, it is draw as long as I will not completely fail. And there are A LOT of this variations. Depending on the opening up to prepared lines to move 30 with equality. The reason there are a lot of draws in the top class is if they play main line theory and it happens that black does know his stuff/ whites nevelty did not help... You cannot punish white for trying to play mainline and not achieving anything, and you cannot punish black for doing everything right. Therefore it is just wrong to punish draws itself, it is part of chess. The opening theory was part of a very easy example. I have exactly this thing against every main/semi main line from white side, it is just basic memory and my actual work is to prepare these variations rather than to play them btw
If we just consider that same drawish things that I eplained, let's say I am the weaker player against a better one. Maybe he does not know that i prepared this veriation (/such variations in other openings), maybe I play them intentionally to provoke him to play an objectivly bad move to avoid it,.... But in any case you cannot blame black for drawing. It does not matter if he agrees to draw in 10 or 30 moves, it is draw as long as I will not completely fail. And there are A LOT of this variations. Depending on the opening up to prepared lines to move 30 with equality. The reason there are a lot of draws in the top class is if they play main line theory and it happens that black does know his stuff/ whites nevelty did not help... You cannot punish white for trying to play mainline and not achieving anything, and you cannot punish black for doing everything right. Therefore it is just wrong to punish draws itself, it is part of chess. The opening theory was part of a very easy example. I have exactly this thing against every main/semi main line from white side, it is just basic memory and my actual work is to prepare these variations rather than to play them btw
i am not saying that there should not be draws what i am saying is that there should not be AGREED draws that is just laziness i would not go to another continent to play in a tournament just to say to someone i am too lazy to play out a game let just agree to a 10 move draw? Magnus is considered as one of the best players as he fights on he does not throw in the towel and moan i cannot be bothered playing for incremental advantage and shuffling for 40+ moves to win. It is attitude like that that prevents players from reaching their full potential if you are happy with mediocrity and never reaching your full potential then go ahead and offer a draw and be happy with your can of soup for dinner. :D
hurryupdude
19 hours ago
#56
This post was and is correct prearranged draws suck and playing chess "perfectly" and then drawing when the position gets complicated is cowardice and a lack of talent.
I would not use the phrase "can of soup" I would say a certain kind of sandwich prearranged draws should not get anything except a zero score.(But draws like stalemate between Masters are unavoidable.)
Most players talking crap about defending draws or lack of dynamics play for draws against lower rated players
Look at the profile of the players who defend draws.
If your opponents chances to win goes down yours goes up
19 hours ago
#56
This post was and is correct prearranged draws suck and playing chess "perfectly" and then drawing when the position gets complicated is cowardice and a lack of talent.
I would not use the phrase "can of soup" I would say a certain kind of sandwich prearranged draws should not get anything except a zero score.(But draws like stalemate between Masters are unavoidable.)
Most players talking crap about defending draws or lack of dynamics play for draws against lower rated players
Look at the profile of the players who defend draws.
If your opponents chances to win goes down yours goes up
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