this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2025
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It is the London opening. People like to hate it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's a decently strong opening that doesn't require much thought. You can play it against damn near any of blacks openings, and generally leads to a strong position, but people like to dog on it since it's a bit "braindead". Gets played even at GM level tho

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Thank you and the other person for taking the time to explain

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

It is common, some chess celebs don't like it, but not because it is bad strategy.