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If I played 1.e4 as my first move, how would you reply as Black?

1....e5: 7 (46.7%)
1....d5: 0 (0%)
1....c5: 4 (26.7%)
1....c6: 1 (6.7%)
1....d6: 0 (0%)
1....e6: 2 (13.3%)
1....Nf6: 1 (6.7%)
1....g6: 0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 15

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wert718

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If I played 1.e4 as my first move, how would you reply?

on: July 22, 2008, 05:23:05 PM

If I played 1.e4 as my first move, how would you reply?

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Re: If I played 1.e4 as my first move, how would you reply?

Reply #1 on: July 22, 2008, 10:35:46 PM

How about 1.NFI?

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Re: If I played 1.e4 as my first move, how would you reply?

Reply #2 on: July 22, 2008, 11:36:27 PM

Nowadays, 1.. c5. When I played seriously, 1.. e5. I think your poll means to have 1.. Nf6 and 1.. Nc6 as options.

The absence of 1.. g6 is curious.. I'm sure it's a more likely response, statistically speaking, than 1.. Nc6.

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Re: If I played 1.e4 as my first move, how would you reply?

Reply #3 on: July 23, 2008, 01:39:01 AM

King me?

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Re: If I played 1.e4 as my first move, how would you reply?

Reply #4 on: July 23, 2008, 03:43:15 AM

hmm... maybe e5...
if I do e5 then what's gonna be your next move?

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Re: If I played 1.e4 as my first move, how would you reply?

Reply #5 on: July 23, 2008, 03:44:28 AM

1...e5 - no question. We should get some forum members to have games. I'm rough as a dog at chess though.

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Re: If I played 1.e4 as my first move, how would you reply?

Reply #6 on: January 12, 2010, 04:04:22 PM

Bump!!!

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Re: If I played 1.e4 as my first move, how would you reply?

Reply #7 on: January 14, 2010, 11:14:55 AM

Oh. Never mind my previous post.

You're that guy

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Re: If I played 1.e4 as my first move, how would you reply?

Reply #8 on: January 14, 2010, 12:24:06 PM

c5, then proceed to the dragon variation (or Najdorf if my energy is running low).

Yes I am barbaric.

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Re: If I played 1.e4 as my first move, how would you reply?

Reply #9 on: January 14, 2010, 06:36:02 PM

Lol! I still say 1...e4

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Re: If I played 1.e4 as my first move, how would you reply?

Reply #10 on: January 16, 2010, 04:27:32 AM

e5, c5 are most popular.

I really like the French defense as Black. i.e: 1:.. e6 2:d4 d5

Against computers you would want to play closed systems and against humans open. Against silicon responding to e4 with c5 or e5 usually leads to open positions which favor the computers.

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Re: If I played 1.e4 as my first move, how would you reply?

Reply #11 on: January 20, 2010, 11:06:05 AM

95% of the times I would play c5.

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Re: If I played 1.e4 as my first move, how would you reply?

Reply #12 on: January 21, 2010, 01:17:15 AM

Am I the only one hear who can't think in algebraic?

I learned chess many decades ago when it was rare to see this notation, and I just can't do it. P-K4 means something to me, that e4 business doesn't.

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