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In bullet I have some success against the Reti with the line 1. ... g5?! 2. ... g4!?. 3. .... gxf3!
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That's a great line, I like 1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Bg4 3.e3 Bxd1!! too.Joseph Conlon wrote: ↑Mon Nov 22, 2021 9:05 amIn bullet I have some success against the Reti with the line 1. ... g5?! 2. ... g4!?. 3. .... gxf3!
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I have had some success with 1. e4, e5; 2. Nf3, d5; 3. Bc4, dxc4.Chris Goodall wrote: ↑Mon Nov 22, 2021 11:36 amThat's a great line, I like 1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Bg4 3.e3 Bxd1!! too.Joseph Conlon wrote: ↑Mon Nov 22, 2021 9:05 amIn bullet I have some success against the Reti with the line 1. ... g5?! 2. ... g4!?. 3. .... gxf3!
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Bullet isn't proper chess though, and the above just confirms it
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Which is why I find it rather amusing that a 3500(?) rated computer thinks that White will score about 55% after 1 d4 f5 2 h4Matt Mackenzie wrote: ↑Mon Nov 22, 2021 2:34 pmBullet isn't proper chess though, and the above just confirms it
(Not that it thinks its the best move there of course! Its a seriously classical thing at times and really doesn't like the Dutch very much.).
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ah yes, quite!David Sedgwick wrote: ↑Mon Nov 22, 2021 1:52 pmI have had some success with 1. e4, e5; 2. Nf3, d5; 3. Bc4, dxc4.Chris Goodall wrote: ↑Mon Nov 22, 2021 11:36 amThat's a great line, I like 1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Bg4 3.e3 Bxd1!! too.Joseph Conlon wrote: ↑Mon Nov 22, 2021 9:05 amIn bullet I have some success against the Reti with the line 1. ... g5?! 2. ... g4!?. 3. .... gxf3!
Though I do not specialise in 3 exd5 e4, this one has to be known to any blitz/bullet player: 4 Qe2 Nf6 5 d3 Bb4+ 6 Bd2 0-0. You get a very high rate of 7 Bxb4 exf3 8 Qxf3 Re8+ winning, because of ...Bg4 next move (or 9 Kd2 Nxd5, threatening ...Qg5+ rather than just ... Nxb4).
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To be fair, although I said before about blocking people for playing obnoxious openings I would happily take on these non theory "attacks" as they are very much within the spirit of blitz - it is more likely I'd block someone for playing lines like London system, c3 Sicilian, Caro Kahn and killing the game dead.
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Wot?Joey Stewart wrote: ↑Mon Nov 22, 2021 5:05 pmit is more likely I'd block someone for playing lines like London system, c3 Sicilian, Caro Kahn and killing the game dead.
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I mean, the Caro-Kann contains some of the sharpest and most complex lines in opening theory!
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I think it was a user on r/chess who asked, in all seriousness, how anyone could consider the Sicilian exciting when White had so many ways to sac three pieces for a forced draw.Matt Mackenzie wrote: ↑Mon Nov 22, 2021 6:14 pmI mean, the Caro-Kann contains some of the sharpest and most complex lines in opening theory!
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Its certainly true that some of the "traditional" complex branches of the Sicilian have been pretty much worked out to draws with best play.
(though I note the Poisoned Pawn has had a bit of a revival in recent years)
(though I note the Poisoned Pawn has had a bit of a revival in recent years)
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Here's another one for your consideration.
On lichess I offered a challenge at 5+4. A player took it up and opened 1 e4 to which I responded with 1...e5. Time then passed and they didn't play a second move.After a minute or so I sent a message "please play a move". They played 2 Nf3 after about a minute and a half in total, and I responded with 2...Nc6. They then didn't play another move until they were down to 1:55 at which point they played 3 Bb5 and play proceeded normally: I realised that what they had done was set out, presumably to give themselves a challenge, to run down their clock and play a two-minute game against my five.
Yes very good mate, but I didn't offer a challenge of five minutes against two, and I didn't invite you to organise one, did I?
On lichess I offered a challenge at 5+4. A player took it up and opened 1 e4 to which I responded with 1...e5. Time then passed and they didn't play a second move.After a minute or so I sent a message "please play a move". They played 2 Nf3 after about a minute and a half in total, and I responded with 2...Nc6. They then didn't play another move until they were down to 1:55 at which point they played 3 Bb5 and play proceeded normally: I realised that what they had done was set out, presumably to give themselves a challenge, to run down their clock and play a two-minute game against my five.
Yes very good mate, but I didn't offer a challenge of five minutes against two, and I didn't invite you to organise one, did I?
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I wouldn't be hard on this; I've done similar things when playing on a train with intermittent wifi that comes and goes, where wifi effectively drops for a few minutes and then returns to a strong signal, and there is no intent to play slowly at all. Or it could happen if a child or a spouse interrupts the game for a few minutes.JustinHorton wrote: ↑Wed Dec 01, 2021 8:56 pmHere's another one for your consideration.
On lichess I offered a challenge at 5+4. A player took it up and opened 1 e4 to which I responded with 1...e5. Time then passed and they didn't play a second move.After a minute or so I sent a message "please play a move". They played 2 Nf3 after about a minute and a half in total, and I responded with 2...Nc6. They then didn't play another move until they were down to 1:55 at which point they played 3 Bb5 and play proceeded normally: I realised that what they had done was set out, presumably to give themselves a challenge, to run down their clock and play a two-minute game against my five.
Yes very good mate, but I didn't offer a challenge of five minutes against two, and I didn't invite you to organise one, did I?
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Well yes, all these options and more occurred to me, but I think the specific pattern of the moves as played (also the absence of any explanation) suggests I am more likely to be right than wrong here.
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Maybe you need a break from chess. It sounds like you're playing it because you identify as a chess player, not because you like it.JustinHorton wrote: ↑Wed Dec 01, 2021 10:53 pmWell yes, all these options and more occurred to me, but I think the specific pattern of the moves as played (also the absence of any explanation) suggests I am more likely to be right than wrong here.
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