Author: John Coffey
Date: 09:58:35 02/10/99
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On February 09, 1999 at 20:47:30, James Robertson wrote: >On February 09, 1999 at 13:49:52, John Coffey wrote: > >>On February 09, 1999 at 13:22:22, Freddie wrote: >> >>>Does anyone know of any winning opening book line for black against White's >>>first move of either c3 (English Opening) or especially knight-f3? Are most >>>games with these openings drawn games? >>> >>>Freddie. >> >> >>Freddie, >> >>I think that you mean c4 and not c3. >> >>These openings are *vast*. They would not be played by world >>champions if they weren't. I doubt seriously that most games >>are drawn, except maybe in GM play, but maybe not even there. >> >>If you don't want to spend months preparing for such openings >>then I suggest you try to pick some obscure little known system >>and stick with that. i.e. you could play f5 on the first move >>and play a dutch like opening. >> >>John Coffey > >I think you mean f4 and not f5. :) >But the Bird's opening is vast too.... > >James No, I mean f5. The question was what should he play against 1. c4 or 1. Nf3. The Bird's vast? Well maybe, but I studied just a handful of lines with the From's gambit and I get great results. John
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