| General Chess Discussion - Do you prefer e4 or d4?#19 1.d4 is obviously better because it is protected and it combines with c4 easier than e4 with f4. 1.e4 is obviously better because it is harder to play later than move 1 than d4 is and it's quicker in … | Folichon |
| General Chess Discussion - Rep against Sicilian?#6 Castle long and crush the kingside usually is the main strat against most d6 sicillians (yugoslav, keres, richter rauser, english attacks all are about that). Against Nc6 and e6 not so much. | Folichon |
| General Chess Discussion - Rep against Sicilian?#3 What's wrong with d4 ? It is tactical and theorical. If you prefer to be the one choosing the opening not black there is the morra and alapin which are ok, not great. | Folichon |
| General Chess Discussion - Ruy Lopez: Why is d5 (marshall attack) only played after 8. c3#5 It is not only played after c3 although there is some reasons why it's good after this move. - If white plays d4 the pawn up is stable but the piece activation is lacking, thanks to c3 that stucks the… | Folichon |
| General Chess Discussion - Is chess more about positional sense than calculations#2 Openings are including every strategic factors you can get in middlegames (the point where you switch from openings to middlgame is unclear). Endgames are more "technical", meaning you're executing so… | Folichon |
| Game analysis - Why do people premove Bc4? What are they going for here?#8 I just checked on Lichess DB and Bc4 is the 5th most popular move in the position. More popular than Nxd4 or cxd4 just to notice. | Folichon |
| Game analysis - Why do people premove Bc4? What are they going for here?#6 Obviously they should not premove. They do so cause they just gambited one pawn and want to act dominantly I guess. Or because it's bullet if it is. | Folichon |
| General Chess Discussion - Caro-Kann vs French Defence#34 #33 So that means Caro Kann is good right ? On french you take a strategical risk, on caro you take a dynamic one. On average yeah the french is a bit more agressive, since your risk is a bit higher, … | Folichon |
| General Chess Discussion - Caro-Kann vs French Defence#19 Carlsen is better than the Scandinavian is I believe. But I agree the comparison is more relevant with Scandi than French in most lines. | Folichon |
| General Chess Discussion - Nakamura vs Magnus ridiculous Bongcloud.#16 It's not much worse than the forced Berlin draw we saw as well. Even after 2.Ke2??, playing it would have been an objective strategical mistake for Naka. I would complain more about the competition fo… | Folichon |
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