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| Posted by danders uskidscompute.com 10/21/2005 21:04:22 play online chess |  Subject: GPAMessage: It just seems... wrong, somehow. |
| Posted by danders uskidscompute.com 10/21/2005 21:06:47 play online chess | Sorry Message: |
| Posted by velvetvelour uskidscompute.com 10/21/2005 22:56:47 play online chess | Message: 1) e4 c5 2) f4?! allows 2) ... d5! immediately. 3) ed Nf6, and if white tries to hold the pawn with 4) c4, ...e6! gives black excellent initiative for the pawn and white's opening scheme looks ridiculous. The 2) Nc3 w/f4 move order inhibits ...d5 on black's part, which is why it is preferred by such players as Roman Dzhininasvilli (sp). Bent Larsen used to play this too. |
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