https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?board=1-1e4e5 1. e4 e5 - Non-Spanish - ChessPub Forum en-us ChessPub Forum Thu, 11 Jun 2026 05:16:53 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 30 https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1755025097 ChessPub Forum/1. e4 e5 - Non-Spanish https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1755025097 Sat, 6 Dec 2025 15:39:24 GMT Below is the complete PGN for that game.  <br /><br />Oh and BTW, I'm only headed toward 2250 on ficgs, anything higher than that will be extremely difficult to acheive, unless I get a really high-end desktop to regularly and easily evalutate lines to a considerable length <img rel=";&#45;&#41;" src="https://www.chesspub.com/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/default/wink.gif" alt="Wink" title="Wink" /><br /><br />[Event "FICGS__CHESS__WCH_STAGE_1_GROUP_01__000030"]<br />[Site "FICGS"]<br />[Date "2025.08.03"]<br />[Round "1"]<br />[White "Nudo,Davide"]<br />[Black "Jempty,George"]<br />[Result "1/2-1/2"]<br />[WhiteElo "2150"]<br />[BlackElo "2009"]<br /><br />1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 Ne4 6.Qe2 f5 7.exf6 d5 8.Nbd2 Bf5 9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Qb5 exf3 11.f7+ Kxf7 12.Qxf5+ Qf6 13.Bc4+ Ke8 14.Qxf6 gxf6 15.gxf3 Ne5 16.Be2 d3 17.Bd1 Bc5 18.f4 Nc4 19.b4 Bd6 20.Bb3 d2+ 21.Bxd2 Nxd2 22.Kxd2 Bxf4+ 23.Kc2 Kd7 24.Rad1+ Kc6 25.a4 a5 26.Bd5+ Kb6 27.bxa5+ Rxa5 28.Rd4 Ka7 29.Bxb7 Bxh2 30.Rxh2 Kxb7 1/2-1/2 https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1221267073 ChessPub Forum/1. e4 e5 - Non-Spanish https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1221267073 Sun, 24 Nov 2024 10:00:59 GMT <a href="https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1221267073/27#27">an ordinary chessplayer wrote</a> on 11/22/24 at 22:00:43:<br /><div id="444147404B4B405113142500"> <br /><br />[b]1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 Nf6 5.e5?! Ng4 6.Qe4 d5  </div><!--444147404B4B405113142500--><br /><br />Modern engines recommend 6...Ngxe5 winning for black. I have been playing 6..d5 in 43 online games between 2008 and 2023 which shows that I am playing too much blitz and should better redo the analysis of those old lines.<br />See also my blogpost of August 2024 <a href="https://schaken-brabo.blogspot.com/2024/08/statistiek-deel-2.html" target="_blank">https://schaken-brabo.blogspot.com/2024/08/statistiek-deel-2.html</a> https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1695679306 ChessPub Forum/1. e4 e5 - Non-Spanish https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1695679306 Tue, 26 Sep 2023 03:47:52 GMT <b>1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Bc5 3.Nxe5 Qe7 4.d4 d6 5.Nf3 Qxe4+ 6.Be2</b> is pretty bad for black. I had this on the board once, see the attached pgn, with notes by the club organizer. He was about 2100 USCF but was not really careful with his annotations. Anyway you can put it in an engine. I have to admit in this game I played 10.Bb5 without really paying attention. The funny opening had its intended effect! After that I was worried about whether black could actually be winning. But my opponent never got his pieces coordinated. https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1685830084 ChessPub Forum/1. e4 e5 - Non-Spanish https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1685830084 Sun, 18 Jun 2023 18:33:53 GMT Hi,<br />- after 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Bb3, 4...d5 works nevertheless, as well as 4...Bc5. But White is not worse according to computers.<br />- the 4 Knights with 4.Bc4 (reached by transposition) is better avoided by White, since Black has an easy life after 4...Nxe4 and e.g. 5.Nxe4  d5 6.Bd3 dxe4 7.Bxe4 Bd6 8.0-0 0-0 intending ...f5 -say, 9.Re1 Nb4 and then ...f5) and White has to be accurate to maintain equality. On the plus side, most people think Black is better after 4.Bc4 Nxe4, so you can surprise them if you prepare for this position. https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1632062499 ChessPub Forum/1. e4 e5 - Non-Spanish https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1632062499 Mon, 13 Jun 2022 05:13:53 GMT Another mistake:<br /><br />Wagenbach: 4 Bc4 h4 5 Qe2 d6 6 Nc3 c6(?) 7 d4 g5 is indeed "another main line", but one Black needs to avoid.<br /><br />Instead, 6...Nc6 is correct, when 7 d4 g5 8 e5 Bg7 is the same line as in the previous post.<br /><br />Seems I didn't quite get these multitudinous transpositions down. https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1643087585 ChessPub Forum/1. e4 e5 - Non-Spanish https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1643087585 Thu, 9 Jun 2022 12:24:32 GMT @ BobbyDigital80,<br /><br />Does this book offer ideas in the Bishop's Opening similar to "The Italian Renaissance"?<br /><br />TIA https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1433100760 ChessPub Forum/1. e4 e5 - Non-Spanish https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1433100760 Thu, 19 May 2022 14:00:31 GMT <a href="https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1433100760/10#10">PANFR wrote</a> on 08/20/15 at 18:47:51:<br /><div id="71606F67732101">Not really worth playing: In CC this is an almost certain draw, while OTB it's very difficult to play as Black. <br />Why enter that mess, when Black has a few other means to play for a win? </div><!--71606F67732101--><br />Today Tony Kosten published a small review of this opening see <a href="https://www.chesspublishing.com/content/1/index.htm#pon" target="_blank">https://www.chesspublishing.com/content/1/index.htm#pon</a><br />He writes : If White is really accurate he might be able to draw, but the practical problems are considerable - I have 100% with Black in quick games. This would be enough to put me off ever playing the Ponziani.<br /><br />This is the opposite of what PANFR wrote in 2015.<br /><br />As usual the truth is somewhere in the middle. For both sides this is a very difficult to play opening. White and black have often to play single moves which makes that the player with the better memory/ analysis often prevails.<br /><br />Lately I suffered a few defeats online in the line below:<br />1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.d4 Nxe4 5.d5 Bc5 6.dxc6 Bxf2+ 7.Ke2 Bb6 8.Qd5 Nf2 9.Rg1 0-0 10.cxb7 Bxb7 11.Qxb7 Qf6 12.Qd5 c6 13.Qd2 e4 14.Nd4 e3 15.Qc2 Rae8 16.Qf5 which is playable and not discussed in Tony's notes. The optimal play is impossible to find without assistance of a computer and continues with 16... Qd6 (so not Bxd4 winning a piece) 17.Na3 Bxd4 18.Nc4 Qxh2 19.cxd4 g6 (so not grabbing the rook) 20.Qxd7 Nd1 (instead of grabbing the rook, throwing another piece away) 21.Qxc6 Qxg1 (finally) 22.Qf3 Re4 (of course throwing another rook as other moves would be too easy) 23.Nxe3 Nxe3 (still offering the rook) 24.Qxe4 Nxf1 25.Bh6 Qh2 26.Rxf1 Qxh6 which should be an equal endgame or even more funny 25...Ng3+ 26.Kf3 (did I say only move?) Qxa1 27.Kxg3 Qxb2 28.Bxf8 Qb8+ 29.Kh3 and the resulting queen-endgame should be drawn despite the extra pawn for black as the d-pawn is strong.<br /><br />That is only one branch so just to say that things are not simple for practical play. https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1615175019 ChessPub Forum/1. e4 e5 - Non-Spanish https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1615175019 Sun, 17 Oct 2021 06:27:32 GMT <a href="https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1615175019/41#41">TopNotch wrote</a> on 10/16/21 at 22:36:03:<br /><div id="063D221C3D26313A5202">I forgot to mention that GM Gambits 1.e4 (2021) also lacks a convincing answer to: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5  4.0-0 d6!? forcing White to play sane chess. LOL (The life of a Gambiteer is filled with so many hiccups).  <img rel="&#58;&#45;&#41;" src="https://www.chesspub.com/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/default/smiley.gif" alt="Smiley" title="Smiley" /><br /> </div><!--063D221C3D26313A5202--><br />For this particular hiccup there is a remedy: the Delayed Evans Gambit. Nothing special of course, but at least saner than the Hillbilly Attack.<br /> https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1557326176 ChessPub Forum/1. e4 e5 - Non-Spanish https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1557326176 Mon, 14 Dec 2020 16:26:05 GMT The book is out for some time. <br /><br />What do interested readers think about the stuff? <br /><br />Is 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 still viable  <img rel="&#58;&#58;&#41;" src="https://www.chesspub.com/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/default/rolleyes.gif" alt="Roll Eyes" title="Roll Eyes" />  <br /><br />or is it more practical to go for the slow Italian <br />starting with 2.Bc4    <img rel="8-&#41;" src="https://www.chesspub.com/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/default/cool.gif" alt="Cool" title="Cool" /><br /> <br />as recommended by both, <br />Delchev and Kravtsiv, recently. https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1599156988 ChessPub Forum/1. e4 e5 - Non-Spanish https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1599156988 Fri, 4 Sep 2020 01:54:05 GMT I just checked my copy of Horowitz and didn't see it there. I looked in the Two Knights Defense and the Scotch Gambit sections.