I've recently started introducing chess to several of my friends not only playing against them but also discussing opening etc., hoping to improve my play and giving me a chance to train a bit.
So far one of them is giving me a metric f*ckton of trouble to put it bluntly because after 4 months he really started focusing on - and flourishing in - really really closed, tactical positions.
His opening include
1. e4 e5 2. d4 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. c4
or
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4
just to give two examples and he usually refuses to take if the position stays neutral or even would net him a slight advantage so e4 d5 openings are completely crushing me since I am still not used to declined gambits and it usually leads to convoluted positions.
Just yesterday I played a whole game without using anything but my Queen and light square bishop against all of his pieces. Knight on B got exchanged and the only move I got in from H-F was h6.
While I do still win I would very much prefer to force him to play my style of game.
I almost exclusively play black against him, so are there any gambits, offerings or openings I could use the force him to exchange or else he would simply get mated immediately?
All I want is to get some pieces of the board :[
So far one of them is giving me a metric f*ckton of trouble to put it bluntly because after 4 months he really started focusing on - and flourishing in - really really closed, tactical positions.
His opening include
1. e4 e5 2. d4 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. c4
or
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4
just to give two examples and he usually refuses to take if the position stays neutral or even would net him a slight advantage so e4 d5 openings are completely crushing me since I am still not used to declined gambits and it usually leads to convoluted positions.
Just yesterday I played a whole game without using anything but my Queen and light square bishop against all of his pieces. Knight on B got exchanged and the only move I got in from H-F was h6.
While I do still win I would very much prefer to force him to play my style of game.
I almost exclusively play black against him, so are there any gambits, offerings or openings I could use the force him to exchange or else he would simply get mated immediately?
All I want is to get some pieces of the board :[