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The Whale - could things get any more boring?

interesting opening. reminds me of the Jalalabad opening which goes e4 e5 nf3 c5 ! where black plays same opening but gambits the e pawn for rapid development, after nxe5 nc6 and nxc6 black takes back with the d pawn his idea is queenside castle with quick development and the c5 pawn helps clamp down whites control in the center perhaps white can play similar idea reversed ?

interesting opening. reminds me of the Jalalabad opening which goes e4 e5 nf3 c5 ! where black plays same opening but gambits the e pawn for rapid development, after nxe5 nc6 and nxc6 black takes back with the d pawn his idea is queenside castle with quick development and the c5 pawn helps clamp down whites control in the center perhaps white can play similar idea reversed ?

I had no idea that this structure had a name, I've played such positions in the English opening.. This is fascinating, the extension is great! Keep it up!

I had no idea that this structure had a name, I've played such positions in the English opening.. This is fascinating, the extension is great! Keep it up!

Kinda English opening
But what will happen if they play caro khan

Kinda English opening But what will happen if they play caro khan

Fun read. An anti-meta strategy. It should be there in your repertoire, because you never know when it might come in handy or thrown against you. As it is very obscure, the offset could be valuable in faster time controls.

Fun read. An anti-meta strategy. It should be there in your repertoire, because you never know when it might come in handy or thrown against you. As it is very obscure, the offset could be valuable in faster time controls.

I wonder why should White treat this same way every time, though. Besides this being a bad habit for an aspiring chess player as a matter of principle, what about a slightly different version of it - 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4? I bet not many Black players know a precise plan here. And yes, White does normally play g3 afterwards.

I wonder why should White treat this same way every time, though. Besides this being a bad habit for an aspiring chess player as a matter of principle, what about a slightly different version of it - 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4? I bet not many Black players know a precise plan here. And yes, White does normally play g3 afterwards.

@KamileBag , you are taking this way too seriously. I wonder if you even remember what it was to play at an 1500 rating. Of course it's silly, but that's the point. You change the game a little, you look at it from a different perspective, and maybe you have fun and improve at the same time. One can deviate from the simple pattern when they gain some experience. Or just try it out for a few games and maybe decide it's not for them.

@KamileBag , you are taking this way too seriously. I wonder if you even remember what it was to play at an 1500 rating. Of course it's silly, but that's the point. You change the game a little, you look at it from a different perspective, and maybe you have fun and improve at the same time. One can deviate from the simple pattern when they gain some experience. Or just try it out for a few games and maybe decide it's not for them.

Someone played this against me today, and here I find a blogpost about it. How quaint. And I solved the chesscaptcha to post this too. Wins.

Someone played this against me today, and here I find a blogpost about it. How quaint. And I solved the chesscaptcha to post this too. Wins.

@BellaDonna94 said in #9:

Someone played this against me today, and here I find a blogpost about it. How quaint.

Did you win?

@BellaDonna94 said in #9: > Someone played this against me today, and here I find a blogpost about it. How quaint. Did you win?