| General Chess Discussion - Open choice and rating: is there a correlation?#1 Hi There, I'm trying to learn the French and the Slav. I have a *feeling* that move choice is correlated with rating. Does anyone else have the same experience? Do you think I'm correct? In the French… | Timmothy_Pealer |
| General Chess Discussion - Is the exchange French so bad?#42 Eatchipss: Here's game where I get sort of smashed as black in the French exchange, and a good example of how white can try to create an imbalance. http://en.lichess.org/Wxiu9ctF/black Computer says t… | Timmothy_Pealer |
| General Chess Discussion - Is the exchange French so bad?#38 Eatchipss: have you seen this one? Here's a game between Nakamura and Simon Williams: http://en.lichess.org/WT1HWYCr#73 It's interesting because Simon Williams seems to be a major exponent of the Fren… | Timmothy_Pealer |
| General Chess Discussion - Is the exchange French so bad?#34 Hey Eatchipss, Here's a (bad! (please don't look at the end)) game I just played. White tries to imbalance the position with immediate attack on d5. I think this is a good try from white for making th… | Timmothy_Pealer |
| General Chess Discussion - Is the exchange French so bad?#26 I've been trying to learn the French defense, and I like playing both sides of it. I think when playing black the exchange is by far the most frequent variation I encounter. I'm guessing this is becau… | Timmothy_Pealer |