| General Chess Discussion - 1.e4 "best by test" or "worse cuz you're on their turf"?#17 Thanks everyone, a lot of interesting discussion here. AbdAlSalam,I have problems with the Pirc for that reason, I don't know all the variations and there seem to be a lot of nuances and subtle differ… | skittles |
| General Chess Discussion - 1.e4 "best by test" or "worse cuz you're on their turf"?#8 Thanks for the input guys. 1.d4 may be complex too, but I know there's the option of using the London and Colle systems. I was seriously looking into those. For now I've decided to try out the Sokolsk… | skittles |
| General Chess Discussion - 1.e4 "best by test" or "worse cuz you're on their turf"?#4 Thanks for the responses. I'm a relatively new chess player (I just started playing a year and a half ago, though I've been obsessed and have spent all my free time on it since I discovered it) For me… | skittles |
| General Chess Discussion - 1.e4 "best by test" or "worse cuz you're on their turf"?#1 Many people, myself included, have been convinced to play 1.e4 partly because of the well known quote by Fischer "1.e4 is best by test". However I've recently noticed an irony, which is the theory of … | skittles |