Love playing vs French defense. The challenge for me is to CRUSH it with the advance variation which is very difficult, specially in lower time controls.
It's an opening. You can't say it is bad. Advance variation is the main idea, but I have won with many people who played the advance variation.
@Cedur216 said in #2:
> just surprise them with Orthoschnapp 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Qb3
Just played the Ortho for the first time, without any preparation. Risky, but once you are developed, you are like Hulk smash :)
> just surprise them with Orthoschnapp 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Qb3
Just played the Ortho for the first time, without any preparation. Risky, but once you are developed, you are like Hulk smash :)
@ShriQueen said in #1:
> Do people who play the French Defense not enjoy playing chess by making the most boring games ever?
it isn't boring :( it is only boring when it is the "exchange" french, which I like to play because ummmmm I like draws in french positions :)
> Do people who play the French Defense not enjoy playing chess by making the most boring games ever?
it isn't boring :( it is only boring when it is the "exchange" french, which I like to play because ummmmm I like draws in french positions :)
@luckykangaroo said in #24:
> it isn't boring :( it is only boring when it is the "exchange" french, which I like to play because ummmmm I like draws in french positions :)
(i meant exchange)
> it isn't boring :( it is only boring when it is the "exchange" french, which I like to play because ummmmm I like draws in french positions :)
(i meant exchange)
I wouldn't call the French boring. Tedious, yes. Challenging, for sure.
Shall we make a Top 10 of supposedly tedious openings?
We could start with the London (which has a similar undeserved reputation)
We could start with the London (which has a similar undeserved reputation)
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