Timeline for What are variations that can explain why 1.c4 is often suggested as an alternative starting move for for aggressive players?
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| Sep 20, 2022 at 13:07 | vote | accept | Hauptideal | ||
| Sep 19, 2022 at 7:55 | comment | added | Hauke Reddmann | The dream of the English player is Black playing a reversed Sicilian with a minus tempo. I daresay any open Sicilian variant with a minus tempo is totally lost :-) | |
| Sep 19, 2022 at 2:35 | answer | added | Philip Roe | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 19, 2022 at 2:29 | answer | added | Cephalopod11 | timeline score: 3 | |
| Sep 18, 2022 at 15:22 | history | reopened |
David Hauptideal Brian Towers♦ |
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| S Sep 18, 2022 at 13:29 | history | edited | Hauptideal | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
make question answerable with facts and examples
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| Sep 16, 2022 at 19:30 | history | left closed in review | Glorfindel♦ | Original close reason(s) were not resolved | |
| Sep 16, 2022 at 18:08 | comment | added | David | Just because an opening is more "positional", it doesn't mean it's more drawish. | |
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| Sep 16, 2022 at 17:25 | comment | added | Hauptideal | chessable.com/blog/the-ultimate-english-opening-1-c4-guide Another article claiming that the English is very aggressive.. | |
| Sep 16, 2022 at 14:52 | comment | added | Hauptideal | thechessworld.com/articles/openings/… It's articles like this that I stumbled upon quite frequently, also statements by strong players and lastly the fact that many aggressive/attacking players like to play the English as an alternative to their e4 main openings. | |
| Sep 16, 2022 at 14:38 | comment | added | cmgchess | any sources on this? | |
| Sep 16, 2022 at 13:27 | history | closed | Brian Towers♦ | Opinion-based | |
| Sep 16, 2022 at 12:58 | history | asked | Hauptideal | CC BY-SA 4.0 |