| General Chess Discussion - Against the Exchange Variation (French)#12 Dr_King_Schultz iv done this in a tournament before haha I was 1800 fide and my opponent was 2100 fide, I played exd5 as whites and offered a draw on the last day and he accepted :D still I hate playi… | TTOCS |
| General Chess Discussion - Chess Openings#9 I am talking about FIDE 2000 rating sorry, but this yes very well may be the case, from my experience it isn't a great line, I have studied it and havnt found any lines that work well if whites plays … | TTOCS |
| Game analysis - a game with the french#3 I think Nc3 is most fun for whites, dxe4 is not a line I like as a French player. I think it can be a very dry line for both sides and is safe for both colours. Blacks have a slight disadvantage but n… | TTOCS |
| Game analysis - What should one do in very closed positions?#7 in closed positions you will generally not immediately have a tactic, say the queenside is closed, then generally your best play is on the kingside, it is important to get your pawns up to break open … | TTOCS |
| General Chess Discussion - Chess Openings#7 I don't recommend learning Owens defence. From experience and research the general ruling on the opening is that it is only good until a 2000 level and then it very quickly becomes useless. it is too … | TTOCS |
| General Chess Discussion - IDEA!!!#2 me not being an admin just putting my opinion out there, I think that this would not be a bad idea but the only issue I would see is that there is already too many chess companies selling the boards v… | TTOCS |
| General Chess Discussion - What do you call it when you fork the king, queen and both rooks?#16 I call it a royal fork but the names of this are just up to you :) at the end of the day it is still just a fork | TTOCS |
| General Chess Discussion - Against the Exchange Variation (French)#9 in tournaments I have a few set ups I like to use, I'm not certain that they are great but certaintly more fun for me. Bd6 (unless they play bishop f4 then I play Bf5) h6, Qf6, c6 (or Nc6) Bf5 e6 or g… | TTOCS |
| General Chess Discussion - Difference in openings?#2 simply move order, I think one of the plays d6 earlier and other plays g6 earlier, at the end of the day they are really both identical, after g6, bg7 nf6 0-0 and d6 are played they are the same. | TTOCS |
| General Chess Discussion - Against the French Defence#10 I think he is referring to the line 1. e4 e5 2. d4 d5 3. Nbd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Qb6 8. 0-0 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nf3 | TTOCS |