In chess if your opponent changes their mind about their opening, can you still put yours into play?
Monday, May 31st, 2010 at
10:02 am
i have recently took up the hobby of playing chess and i was if i was to play the ruy lopez opening in chess which starts out as(your) e4 to(your opponent) e5, if you opponent decides that they want to play their knight first instead of their pawn, can you still play the ruy lopez opening or do you have to change your opening?
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You could.It could be good and it could be bad.Play the most progressive move Also there are many openings that go e4, e5. He might not know the Ruy Lopez!
You mean 1e4 Nc6 2Nf3 e5 ?
Yeah you could do that.
I wouldn’t. 1e4 Nc6 2d4… You would be letting him back in, but you can.
Not always: Say that your opponent played 1.e4. You wanted to play the French against that king pawn. So you play 1.e6, now the opponent changed his mind: he want to try something new so he plays 2.a3. Now you are faced with this dilemma: proceed with the French (2…d5) or do something else that takes advantage of his "change of plan". You should always take advantage as soon as possible and then keep the advantage for the longest time. If you fail to take advantage right away, he may find a way of equalizing again. Now, be careful because maybe he appears to have changed plan but maybe he really did not. He may have played "weird" only because you made a mistake and he is really the one who is take advantage of your weakness. In short, say you want to play the French but he messes up so hit him on the head, he drops dead and you win – who cares whether you played the French or not. If you pursue your original plan you should then hope that he won’t do anything to attack your plan later.
I don’t understand the question very well.
There a a few ”universal setups.” That means you play them anyway, no matter what your opponent does. Example: Kings-Indian setup, which is basically impossible to prevent.
Less popular: Any 3 row system. If you have no contact with your opponent, he cannot prevent your setup.
There are many ways to prevent the Ruy Lopez. It is only a Ruy Lopez after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5. White is playing the Ruy Lopez, so if anyone is avoiding it, it will be black. That is easy. It is easiest to just not play e5, but you say he does. So:
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 (Play the Philidor)
1.e4 e5 Nf3 Nf6 (Russian/Petroff)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 (Latvian gambit)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5 (Elephant gambit)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 (Damiano)
Though I should add the last 3 are hardly sound.
I hope that answers your question!