Even if you can't play the Open Games well, a year or two of experience in what is the hardest branch of opening theory to master (the Sicilian's pretty complicated too) will pay off when you play 'easier' openings like the French or CK. The French, CK, or even the hypermodern Pirc and Modern Defense all have lines in them that are as quiet as it's going to get in the king pawn openings.īlacksburg: if you can't play 1.e5 because it is too sharp, the solution is not to find a duller opening, the solution is to learn to play more sharply and practice tactics.Ĭhessman95: Probably good advise, assuming you have the time to learn the vast amount of theory on 1.e4 e5. If you are looking for quiet openings after 1.e4 then. After d3 though, white has the advantage. If you really want a quiet game then i suggest you play the opening in a way where you dont really allow your pawns to be fixed and/or exchanged, simply allow white a nice space advantage, and when you are done developing (in a possibly inferior, meager way admittedly) then proceed from there.Ĭhessman95: 3.exd5 is the main line here, and black's plan is to push the pawn to e4 and block the development of white's king knight and also the d-pawn. Theres a massive number of different openings besides the king's gambit where you are not going to get a quiet game after 1.e5. No there is no quiet way through this opening and if you want a quiet game then 1.e5 is not for you. Against other stuff the bishop is much better placed on g7. First of all, the idea of putting the bishop on e7 is ONLY good against lines where white pushes h4. I wonder with a bit of study if e5, nc6, nf3 might give anything.įiveofSwords: hi monkee.

I don't think this is an opening at all! just a mess for both sides! i sigh whenever it's played. There must be a quiet way through this opening. But no matter how flash the counter attack white seems to get the upper hand. I accept & play b-e7 early on black (not sure what this is called), which often gives you the check on h4. M0nkee1: I am yet to find a safe line through the kings gambit. Harrwitz / Greenaway vs Williams / Mongredien King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit (C31)Įxplore this opening | Search for sacrifices in this opening.Ĭ31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambitġ2.

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