Den 2007-07-05 21:13:52 skrev help bot :

On Jul 5, 11:22 am, "M Winther" wrote:
Den 2007-07-05 09:24:44 skrev Ralf Callenberg :

Playing g2-g4 leads to a lost game in 99.99% of all opening positions.

Nonsense. There are serious openings used up to GM level, where g2-g4 is
played, especially in several variations of the Sicilian.

Ralf, why don't you try g2-g4 in Grünfeld, Queen's Gambit, Ninzoindian,
Benoni, Ruy Lopez, etc. In the overwhelming number of opening positions
g2-g4 is bad.


Poor M Winther! He is such a horrible patzer
that he does not even know that it was in just such
a game that GM Alekhine sprang one of these p-g4
surprises on an unsuspecting victim. I'm sure any-
one with one of those big databases could find this
game easily, by searching for Alekhine playing as
White, playing p-g4, and of course, winning. My
guess would be some sort of Queen's Gambit, or
as the patzer called it, a "Ninzoindian" Defense,
where the famous GM castled on the opposite wing.

In any case, there is also some line of, what, the
Sicilian Defense, where White plays p-g4 and they
named it after Paul Keres on account of his great
success in correspondence play. But all this is a
Red Heron, because the real flaw in the patzer's
thinking is that pawns meeting one another in the
middle of the board (i.e. 1.e4 e5) brings about a sort
of deadlock, leading inevitably to draws. IMO, it is
the lack of skill which likely is causing some patzers
to complain about not being able to win games, and
only draw. What is really needed here is not to
devise a less-drawish game, but merely to remedy
this glaring lack of understanding of chess, via basic
chess lessons.


-- Blue Herring




Your only weapon in an argument is insult. This proves that your
position is weak. Although I don't play anymore I have studied the
game for 32 years, and I own the major chess databases. There
is not a chance that you can play g2-g4 in each other opening
position. G2-g4 is an uncommon opening move. You only need
to search a database and compare the number of games with the
overall number.

Mats