Has Anyone Used The COW DEFENCE!!
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Bogopawn657
Oct 25, 2023
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I recently watched a YouTube by Anna Cramling on her opening invention called the COW DEFENCE!!?
white apparently develops his pawns on e3 & d3 and his knights on g3 & b3
one example was:
It goes ... 1.e3,e5 2.d3,d5 3.Ne2,Nf6 4.Nd2,C5 5.Ng3,Nc6 6.Nb3
I think it's probably playable in Blitz type games but have doubts on longer time control games.
COW DEFENCE!!?
Oct 25, 2023
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#3
The Cow Opening was Anna's humorous flight of fancy. It might be fun against mediocre opposition, but it doesn't challenge Black, who can grab a huge space advantage and develop a strong initiative. Stockfish showed this.
Oct 25, 2023
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#4
I have played it at my Rapid = 800 level with some success. It’s fun because it’s different. No idea if it will stand the test of time.
Oct 25, 2023
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#5
I once knew a cow that would get pretty defensive but that's a story for when you are older.
Who is Anna cramling
The Cow Defence sounds cool lol
There is a video by IM Eric Rosen where he used the Cow in his Titled Tuesday games.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2XrdomtLUI
It only takes to see the first game to realize how absurdly bad the Cow is. It's a much worse hippo where you waste time to put you knights to bad squares.
Oct 26, 2023
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tswangzach wrote:
Who is Anna cramling
She has a chess channel on YouTube. She's a WFM and both of her parents are GMs -- Juan Bellon and Pia Cramling.
Oct 26, 2023
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#10
I actually used the COW once in long play v a 1746 ELO ...1:hour 30min each on clock for whole game I recall the opening moves 1.e4,Nf6 2.d3,e5 3.Ne2,C5 4.Nd2,d5 5.Ng3,Nc6 6.Nb3,Be7 7.c4, Be6 I got quite a lead on the clock my opponent taking 25 minutes for first 7 moves which surprised me the game was eventually drawn due to my opponent showing little interest in an open fight locking off the centre with eventual ...d5 I have not played the defence since and do agree its merrit probably lies in the quicker time controls.
