A right nice whoopin you gave him. I have returned to the principles of central occupation after a flirtation with hypermodernism, and my chess has improved for it.
Not that hypermodern stuff doesn't work, I'm sure it can... in the hands of someone far better than me. I'll just plop myself down in the center and dare my opponent to move me!
well many people misunderstand the 'hypermodern' openings. YOu seek to challenge the center quickly with your pices and supported by timely pawn breaks...NOT just ignore the center. Its much better to save your time and effort and jsut resign on move 1 if your plan is to ignore the center.
Sure, I understand that hypermodern openings attempt to control the center via active piece play... I just find it more difficult, that's all.
The point of strong central pawns is to keep opponent's pieces cannot operate their attacks from to the center... It's true that some players try so hard to keep the central pawns strong, but they fail to realize what else is going on outside the central squares... For example usually combination of queen and bishop and with a help of moving a pawn will ruin the central pawns... But there are threats in that combination that people don't usually see. Sometimes the real threat is to crush the castle position..
Hi guys, this is an online game I played lately. I played black and my opponent played white in this game. Check it out..