Andrew, many thanks for the advice but, frankly, I think I'd rather shoot myself.andrew martin wrote:Boys, you have to take emergency action. If you can bring yourself to do it, you have to have an opening rep something like this:
White 1 f4 or 1 b3 or some QP stuff such as Torre,London,Colle ( although even these are well-known now and really quite dull)
Black 1 e4 d5 2 exd5 Qxd5 and aim for a pawn structure with...c6,...e6
1 d4/Nf3/c4 Slav-based set up against anything. Sister pawn structure rep, cuts down on time.
If the ageing talents can stay awake using this stuff they might yet beat the theory and computer boom.
I guess I should admit, though, that I did play some of that stuff back in the '70s, along with the Hippopotamus, cabbage, the Englund Gambit and 1.P-QR3.
My favourites were always the Dragon, from either side, and the King's Gambit. It seems that the Dragon is back on the rocks again but that's pretty much where it usually lived.
If I do start playing again, though, it'll be thanks to you and your obit. for Richard O'Brien, which I stumbled across in Google. RIP, Richard. Completely off-topic but does Jane Seymour still play?