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Question: Which opening do you recommend to someone switching to e4?


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Vienna 5 (9.8%) King's Gambit 7 (13.7%) Scotch 5 (9.8%) Scotch Gambit / Göring Gambit 1 (2.0%) Italian / Two Knights 10 (19.6%) Evans Gambit / Two Knights 3 (5.9%) Ponziani 0 (0.0%) Ruy Lopez Exchange 2 (3.9%) Ruy Lopez Worrall 4 (7.8%) Ruy Lopez "Classical" 14 (27.5%) Total votes: 51 « Last Modified by: thibdb13 on: 06/22/10 at 08:16:47 »

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C20-C99: Switching to e4 (Read 45632 times)

TicklyTim Senior Member Offline can I take that back, please... Posts: 274 Location: England Joined: 05/29/09 Gender:	Re: Switching to e4 Reply #3 - 06/18/10 at 14:01:34	Post Tools	Print Post
	Do you like your theory heavy or light? Do you want your lines to be critical and on a knife-edge? Do you want the position to open in the centre or stay relatively closed? Do you mind sacrificing pawns for the initiative? Do you have a prefence to Bishops or Knights?


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thibdb13 God Member Offline Tal was the best Posts: 974 Location: Mechelen Joined: 01/25/07 Gender:	Re: Switching to e4 Reply #2 - 06/18/10 at 14:00:27	Post Tools	Print Post
	1800-1900

	Yusupov once said that “The problem with the Dutch Defence is that later in many positions the best move would be ...f5-f7” but he is surely wrong.
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dfan God Member Offline "When you see a bad move, look for a better one" Posts: 766 Location: Boston Joined: 10/04/05	Re: Switching to e4 Reply #1 - 06/18/10 at 13:46:17	Post Tools	Print Post
	What is your rating?


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thibdb13 God Member Offline Tal was the best Posts: 974 Location: Mechelen Joined: 01/25/07 Gender:	C20-C99: Switching to e4 06/18/10 at 11:43:54	Post Tools	Print Post
	I am thinking of switching after nearly 30 years from d4/c4 to e4. The idea is to play something different but to keep a mix between positionnal and aggressive. What would you recommend I could start with?
	« Last Edit: 08/01/11 at 21:18:36 by Smyslov_Fan »
	Yusupov once said that “The problem with the Dutch Defence is that later in many positions the best move would be ...f5-f7” but he is surely wrong.
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