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@Frogster64 said in #15: > No. That's the wrong conclusion. In general you need to castle and complete development before starting an attack. That's super important, no matter what opening you play. F…

@TheKingClash said in #11: > The Caro-Kann is positional but also allows white a relatively open game with 3.Nc3 or 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4. You could try the French Defence. Although your c8-bishop is hemm…

Thanks for all the helpful comments everyone. Much appreciated. Here's a game I played yesterday where I tried to learn from your comments and my previous mistakes. Key to this game was that I develop…

Looking at my statistics in the last two months, I have played the Scandinavian Opening in 22 games with a 31.8% victory, 4.5% draw, and 63.6% defeat performance. As with the comments above, it seems …

@Chess_Master7777 said in #7: > What about My comment yes, thank you for your comment as well. I appreciate it. Any other feedback?

@TheKingClash said in #3: > In this game, king safety was your problem. By advancing the g-pawn, your King was left with nowhere to hide, which your opponent exploited by opening up the centre. You sh…

Here is an example game where I lost using the Scandinavian classical defense: [Event "Rated Rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/XSXvUYAF"] [Date "2022.04.10"] [White "Kirill_FUT"] [Black "Ushtar"…

I learned the Scandinavian defense, and have been playing mostly the main lines for 40 games now. However, I have only won 35% of my games with it. What am I doing wrong? I have games I can show as ex…