RE: The Queen's Gambit - Hit Chess Miniseries
November 25, 2020 at 1:07 pm
(This post was last modified: November 25, 2020 at 1:23 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
In my experience.....with teaching people how to play chess - telling the apocryphal story of how an asiatic commander invented the game to model a potential conflict over a bridge (represented by the four middle squares) is the singlemost effective tool for teaching people how to destroy noobs at the game. There is no essential board, there are no essential pieces - there is only the need to control the midde by any means. It can be piece placement or straight up shit-talking and dread. No matter. If you have the center, you'll win - even if the other player is technically better than you are.
Hence..the best opening move for the vast majority of opponents..is the queens gambit.
The gcd inevitably opens you up to an arrow push, wherein all back row pieces are in place to strike from the middle to any place on the board from trade cover. Someone who understands this can fuck you, but over a long enough sample of games, your winrate will trend to positive.
(The Wife refers to this chess strategy as a grinding bitch game - and I love it. The way to win.... at least as I see it, is to make the other player regret having ever agreed to play you by removing any enjoyment of the game that they might otherwise experience.)
Hence..the best opening move for the vast majority of opponents..is the queens gambit.
The gcd inevitably opens you up to an arrow push, wherein all back row pieces are in place to strike from the middle to any place on the board from trade cover. Someone who understands this can fuck you, but over a long enough sample of games, your winrate will trend to positive.
(The Wife refers to this chess strategy as a grinding bitch game - and I love it. The way to win.... at least as I see it, is to make the other player regret having ever agreed to play you by removing any enjoyment of the game that they might otherwise experience.)
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