CCC Forum vs BigLion chess960

[Christopher Conkie]

I like 1.Nf3 followed by 2.0-0(if allowed)
Steve

Neg3 or Ngf3?

I like Ngf3 although e4 is also ok.

[Guenther]

I vote for 1. b3

Guenther

[Steve B]

I like 1.Nf3 followed by 2.0-0(if allowed)
Steve

Neg3 or Ngf3?

I like Ngf3 although e4 is also ok.

Ngf3 was so natural i didnt even look at the other N
i see i am going to be struggling with this 960 Game
Confused Regards
Steve

[Christopher Conkie]

I like 1.Nf3 followed by 2.0-0(if allowed)
Steve

Neg3 or Ngf3?

I like Ngf3 although e4 is also ok.

Ngf3 was so natural i didnt even look at the other N
i see i am going to be struggling with this 960 Game
Confused Regards

Steve

It would be good if I could get rid of my typos also..... i meant Nef3 of course not Neg3.

As to playing Chess960, as you can see even b3 is viable as Guenther suggests. It encourages good piece interaction.

Prepare for a wild game....

Christopher

[Matthias Gemuh]

1. Ngf3

... torn between fighting for the human team and defending my poor engine

Matthias.

[Spock]

... torn between fighting for the human team and defending my poor engine

Matthias.

So I think we have

Ngf3 - Steve, Matthias, Christopher (not confirmed ?)
b3 - Gunther


So that I can get into my routine of morning and evenings UK time, I will leave this first vote open until Tues night UK time, which will be about 30 hrs. BigLion's move will follow 12 hrs after that, Wed a.m.

[gerold]

I vote for 1. b3

Guenther

1.b3.also.

Best,

Gerold.

[tano-urayoan]

b3

Diagonals for the bishop and the queen toward the black king

[Matthias Gemuh]

1.b3.also.

Best,

Gerold.

Hi Gerold, have you ever before started a chess game with b3 ?

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[Graham Banks]

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I vote for 1.b4

The f7 and g7 squares are the weak points in Black's position.
Playing 1.b4 instead of 1.b3 has the following advantages:
- it could hasten the opening of the b-file to our advantage
- it leaves the square b3 available for our bishop if we want to put it on that diagonal