@Hobiplejer said in #20:
> At my level everybody just waits around and it's super boring to play against
That's also my observation: many lower lated players choose the "one square pawn move" openings (French, Caro-Kann, Pirc) not to play them the way they are supposed to be played (let white get the center but prepare an attack against it) but rather as an excuse to playe passively and avoid the (supposedly) more risky e4 e5 openings.
Which is why I like variants that allow me to drive the game towards more open positions with tactical opportunities, e.g. Panov-Botvinnik against Caro-Kann or Austrian attack against Pirc. It may get me into trouble against stronger players but I would still like an interesting game like that more than closing down.
> At my level everybody just waits around and it's super boring to play against
That's also my observation: many lower lated players choose the "one square pawn move" openings (French, Caro-Kann, Pirc) not to play them the way they are supposed to be played (let white get the center but prepare an attack against it) but rather as an excuse to playe passively and avoid the (supposedly) more risky e4 e5 openings.
Which is why I like variants that allow me to drive the game towards more open positions with tactical opportunities, e.g. Panov-Botvinnik against Caro-Kann or Austrian attack against Pirc. It may get me into trouble against stronger players but I would still like an interesting game like that more than closing down.
