You completely miss the point in that post.
I don't think cheap traps (which didn't even look intentional) is the best way to get 2300
Yeah... there isn't a whole lot to learn from this blog post, other than: for decades I've sulked about trying to learn openings since opponents always seem to know twice as much as I do. But maybe below 2400 that isn't actually the case.
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Fun fact: OTB a player may claim "threefold repetition is about to occur" by stopping the clock and writing the threefold move. Online, since stopping the clock isn't possible, instead one can offer a draw and playing the threefold move:
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I'm modestly annoyed that my opening knowledge is so shallow... here Nd2 wins an exchange:
... and here Bxc3 is a serious candidate move, despite severely weakening Black's kingside:
... and here taking the open b-file is pointless (although Bxa6 easily wins a pawn so I obviously should have done that):
... and here Bxc3 is a serious candidate move, despite severely weakening Black's kingside:
... and here taking the open b-file is pointless (although Bxa6 easily wins a pawn so I obviously should have done that):
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Here 14. Bxc4 instead of 14. Bf3 loses White's initiative... learning traditional opening theory is too hard: