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Post #5 (isolation #2) » Thu Jun 03, 2021 2:11 pm
Postby LlamaFluff »
Pretty much anything that doesnt have analysis attached to it im fine (even just setting up a board and playing a few lines to see what works)... unless there is a clock anything but bringing in an engine is fair game to me. Both white knights out here like this is already a bit atypical though, probably at least 60% of games white goes 2. d4 followed by e5.
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Post #6 (isolation #3) » Thu Jun 03, 2021 2:18 pm
Postby LlamaFluff »
To make it clear... setting up a board with a position and trying to play out more of a 10+ move line im fine with just to check on things like a sacrifice/gambit would play out. Depending on complexity of situation I stop trusting myself around 5 moves.
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Post #8 (isolation #4) » Thu Jun 03, 2021 4:01 pm
Postby LlamaFluff »
Sure, that makes sense to me. I’ll play out lines depending on the position. If I think I have winning chances I sometimes like to try and play out several variations to make sure I’m winning in all of them before doing anything rash. And yeah, this is the approach I learned against the Caro Kann from watching some of Aman Hambleton’s videos on YouTube. I prefer it to the advance variation as it seems to lead to more open positions (which, as a Caro Kann player, I’m assuming aren’t your favourite )
I think my least favorite are the Bayonet lines that try to force me to play f6 early. I get enough of these (usually play Caro-Kann, sometimes play French), but they can transpose into things I can logically play but can fake enough.
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Post #9 (isolation #5) » Thu Jun 03, 2021 4:16 pm
Postby LlamaFluff »
Just because now I got bored... pulling up chess.com results after 1. e4 c6 the win percent for White/Draw/Black depending on white 2nd move (and #games). Granted I do daily tournaments more so usually have a few body bag games in first rounds.
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Post #11 (isolation #6) » Sat Jun 05, 2021 6:52 am
Postby LlamaFluff »
Bayonet are the early g4/h4 lines that usually pushes bishop back to h7 (Bg4 + no bishop exchange lines are similar)
Those stats were just my games. But usually tournaments for me is 6 players first round where I should be winning three and then there is a tossup and against a better player scenarios so I should get a decent bump to win percent playing my favorite lines