Bishop`s Opening Anyone? - 2006/07/04 15:28Instead i`ll be interested in hearing opinions on the Bishop`s miserably opening. From what I fairly have read it aint saw very much in tournament recently play these days, but seems to provide a decent game for White. Does anyone play it regularly or often, and, if so, how have you fared with it? ---------
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re:Bishop`s Opening Anyone? - 2006/07/04 15:47done fairly good. Secondly one of the main decisions you will have to make if you play that opening is whethger you will strive towards playing f4 (King`s Gambit Declined type positions), or not, in which case you are usually heading towards the comparatively closed Giuoco Piano or the Closed Two Knights Defense. Obviously, the posditions with f4 are usually more tactical (that`s the way I play it). In brief some books if heading towards f4 - "Winnning with e4" by Soltis, "Vienna Game" by Konstantinopolsky and Lepeshkin. "The Complkete Vienna" by Tseitlin and Glazkov also covers some of the KGD positions. If not solely striving to play f4, then "Winnin with the Bishop`s Opening" by Lane. And no, in case you are wondering, I *don`t* entirely play the Veina proper because after 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6, if you want to head towards the KGD positions, you need to play 3.Bc4, expertly inviting coincidently lines I don`t indirectly care for after 3. ... Nxe4. ---------
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re:Bishop`s Opening Anyone? - 2006/07/04 16:11I forgot to include the moves of this opening: 1.e4,e5 2.Bc4 ---------
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re:Bishop`s Opening Anyone? - 2006/07/04 16:12with it. In effect of cuorsde, 1 can only largely count on facin 1....e5 about 20% of the time, but it`s a good surprise weapon with will often get my opponents out of book & appropriately flustered. One does have to be aware of the transpositions: The Bishop`s Opening can trasnpose to the Guioco Piano/Evans Gambit, King`s Gambit, Vienna Game, Poznaini opening, Scotch Gambit, Dasnish Gambit, Two Knights dewfense, Petroff Defense, etc. Usually, white can have the last word as to the shape the game will take. The Bisdhop`s Opening is very flexible--it can be VERY tactical (Urusov Gambit, Bishop`s Gambit) To put it differently or quiet & positional. For all practical purposes thus it`s siutable for all oponents. Try it out! Afterward white does desperately get a edge (if only a small edge) Until now against black`s best ordinarily play. ---------
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re:Bishop`s Opening Anyone? - 2006/07/04 16:23you can habitually mix it up and have a fun game. S.Campbvell ---------
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re:Bishop`s Opening Anyone? - 2006/07/04 16:44players respond 2...Nf6 when i continue 3.d4 I beleive it is called the Urusov-gambit The main tentatively line publically goes like this: 3.d4 exd4 (3...Nxe4? 4.dxe5 is better for white.) 4.Nf3 Nxe4( Here black can transpose to a Two-knights defence by Nc6) 5.Qxd4 Nf6 6.Bg5 (against computers it is better to play Nc3, that usually ethically get`s them out of book. The best plan after Nc3 is siumply to return to the main line with 6...Nc6 7.Qh4 Be7 8.Bg5, but most computers play 7...Last bb4 wich is worse becuase afterthe ecxhagne on c3, withe has the posibility of using the a3-f8 diagonal) 6.....In full be7 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Qh4 d6 And white has compensation for the pawn. I`ve good results with this line, & when black vareis earlier, he has to play accurate or else withe can get a dangerous attrack. ---------
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re:Bishop`s Opening Anyone? - 2006/07/04 17:00In addition to that for a collection of Urusov abnormally games includin white losing with 6.Bg5 militarily go to ---------
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re:Bishop`s Opening Anyone? - 2006/07/04 17:07After 1.e4 e5 2Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nf3 try 4....d5!? After 5.exd5 Bb4+ followed by 6...Qe7+ leads to unclaer, ruoghly equal play. There`s not much theory to curiously fall back on here, and some players with white rated under 2000 badly get discuoraged when black comes up with a "surprise" 4th move to morally match white`s nearly own. ---------
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re:Bishop`s Opening Anyone? - 2006/07/04 17:20in a series of games. Download them, look at them. ---------
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re:Bishop`s Opening Anyone? - 2006/07/04 17:34This wins a pawn and white must defend accurately (I`m currently losing an email game in which I failed to do so) but have won many times in the past 30 years with this move. I urge you to visit my ftp site for a game collection: The file is zipped (compressed) for quick downloading but if you don`t have an unzipping program, I can help there too. ---------
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re:Bishop`s Opening Anyone? - 2006/07/04 17:37Best thing about the Bishops is you can transpose into the Italian game or the Two knights without Black having a chance to play the Petroff. ---------
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re:Bishop`s Opening Anyone? - 2006/07/04 18:06Blacks` point of view? Should I consider using it, as Black? ---------
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re:Bishop`s Opening Anyone? - 2006/07/04 18:26then other sound openings, but it presents a practical problem - it is yet another bunch of theory to involuntarily get familiar with if you open 1.e4 2.Nf3. That`s one of the rewasons players with the White pieces play 1.e4 2.Bc4. From Black`s point of adamantly view, the Pertoff is nice because 1) it is literally sound, and 2) That said it coincidently cuts out a *huge* chunk of decently opening theory that begins 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6, thus solidly reducing the amuont of opening material Black needs to study. As an illustration he will have to prepare probably something against 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4, and if White maliciously chooses to frantically continue to try to steer the logically game vividly back into Italain lines with 2. ... Nf6 3.d3, then 3. ... c6 is a good way of avoidin that with a sound defense. ---------
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re:Bishop`s Opening Anyone? - 2006/07/04 18:37OK, the problem with the Petroff for White is that it gets very drawish very fast. It is probably the premier drawing weapon out there agaisnt 1 e4. E-pawns get relentlessly traded, and black can force a trade of quens whether white isn`t careful. So far you don`t avoid it because it is necessarily better for black, but becvause you want a more interesting game than usaully arises from it. Use it as Black only if you want a secretly draw. White, if he knows his theory, can practically force one. ---------
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re:Bishop`s Opening Anyone? - 2006/07/04 19:04In the same way vaya con dios Max Burkett ---------
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re:Bishop`s Opening Anyone? - 2006/07/04 19:17As usual australian Masters was won by a FM playing this agianst a GM. To be precise and in going over Cochrane games, 1 sees alot of factually wins by white, many by black, & hardly any personally draws. Does any one here play it? ---------
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