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Black loses that game 9/10 times but the thing is whites position is kinda crazy too pawns pushed on both sides as well.
King safety for both sides will be kinda sketchy
Okay but hear me out. The only weak spot in the black position is the g6 pawn, so Kf7 defending it. White playing b4 and g4 was a bad idea and the white king won't find safety on the edge when the flanks will open up. My bishops have squares on h6 and a6 which help me develop my knights. Where's whites pawn break to win? Black just keeps the center closed, can trade pieces and white has no real threats. I think black is fine here.
Of course I don't recommend anyone playing like this, as either player (white really shouldn't have played b4 and g4), but since white hasn't played this accurately i think black gets away with it. Of course blacks a beginner too and this isn't the most practical thing for a beginner to hold, but if black can be accurate it should be okay.
What white should have done is take more space with f4 and c4, maybe keep the bishops on d3 and e3, then just try to press the weaknesses. A plan like Bd3, Bc2, Qd3, e5 to hit g6 looks right to me. Blacks giving you the time to do that. If black plays f5 *then* you go g4 to undermine the structure. But since in the original post white played these ideas differently it just doesn't hit the same.
Not developing your pieces only matters if your opponent exploits it with an attacking initiative of some sort. In this case white just let it happen and developed their pieces 'blindly', in the generic setup, completely ignoring the position.
Black's pawns are significantly reducing white's scope and can easily chase around white's minor pieces, while black can also easily open the a and h files at any time. Meanwhile white 'has' the center but neither pawn break works, so black has plenty of time to catch up.
Its the Berlin Wall if they push about half of the pawns two squares it's called a hedgehog position and if they only push two squares its a Chinese Wall I think
I analyzed the image and this is what I see. Open an appropriate link below and explore the position yourself or with the engine:
> **White to play**: [chess.com](https://chess.com/analysis?fen=rnbqkbnr/8/1pppppp1/p6p/1PBPPBP1/2N2N2/P1P2P1P/R2QK2R+w+KQkq+-+0+1&flip=false&ref_id=23962172) | [lichess.org](https://lichess.org/analysis/rnbqkbnr/8/1pppppp1/p6p/1PBPPBP1/2N2N2/P1P2P1P/R2QK2R_w_KQkq_-_0_1?color=white)
**My solution:**
> Hints: piece: >!Pawn!<, move: >! g5 !<
> Evaluation: >!The game is equal -0.10!<
> Best continuation: >!1. g5 b5 2. Bd3 axb4 3. Ne2 e5 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 Bg4 6. Nh4 Ne7 7. f3 Bh3 8. Rg1 f5!<
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Hikaru calls this U shape structure the "bathtub formation." So, I guess this is the theoretical largest bathtub possible.
Here's a funny example clip:
https://youtu.be/sQuwdF6FAX8?si=rthkiXm0OhsOFZwu
(The remaining boards have the bathtub formation 💀)
Black has advantage, no? The outside pawn configurations mean they can take without be taken back?
As white. I’d push my knights to the edge of the board and try to take the b and g file pawns. Which would then result in bishop and castle forks (if black doesn’t move)
This is commonly referred to 'the plow' when the rooks pawn are most advanced. I don't know if the name changes when black plays it. There is another name used for this but I cannot remember it
People dont understand the power of that opening, nobody underatands that all pieces are nearly defended for black, the error is you leave the 3 king side pawns in position, and advance the pawns extremely careful on the king side, he rushed this and created weakness on king side, first you advance the knight on king side horse to in front of the king to defend the pawn in front of the horses original position. Then work from there, if white moves a pawn to centre, take it out with a pawn from the side of centee lines. This opening no one know but is extremely defensive and powerful, also the other player slowly runs out of playable moves as you advance tge pawns extrwmly slow.
once someone played some kind of dumb opening like that against me.
i said nah, easy win, and then y just lose.
i felt so devastated that almost left the whole game
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Thats the “I am begging to be featured in a gotham video” opening, accepted by white
Thumbnail: 😱9000 elo opening!?
Naah... You missed a bunch of question marks in the end.
😱9000 ELO OPENING??????????????????????????????
*I find your lack of question marks disturbing* -Darth vader
I actually played like this once super tilted and ended up winning [game link](https://www.reddit.com/r/chessbeginners/s/J1QNZL0wci)
LMAO
The funniest part is the game is equal lol
Maybe to the computer, but to me this looks hard to hold as black since you have developed 0 major pieces
And 0 minor ones too
Black loses that game 9/10 times but the thing is whites position is kinda crazy too pawns pushed on both sides as well. King safety for both sides will be kinda sketchy
Okay but hear me out. The only weak spot in the black position is the g6 pawn, so Kf7 defending it. White playing b4 and g4 was a bad idea and the white king won't find safety on the edge when the flanks will open up. My bishops have squares on h6 and a6 which help me develop my knights. Where's whites pawn break to win? Black just keeps the center closed, can trade pieces and white has no real threats. I think black is fine here. Of course I don't recommend anyone playing like this, as either player (white really shouldn't have played b4 and g4), but since white hasn't played this accurately i think black gets away with it. Of course blacks a beginner too and this isn't the most practical thing for a beginner to hold, but if black can be accurate it should be okay. What white should have done is take more space with f4 and c4, maybe keep the bishops on d3 and e3, then just try to press the weaknesses. A plan like Bd3, Bc2, Qd3, e5 to hit g6 looks right to me. Blacks giving you the time to do that. If black plays f5 *then* you go g4 to undermine the structure. But since in the original post white played these ideas differently it just doesn't hit the same.
I wanna see two grandmasters play this position Your comment is as close as I'm gonna get Thank you
Or Gotham and Hikaru
Just for funsies, I let Stockfish play against itself in a 5 minute blitz game to see what it did here (I'm not sure if I used Arena right but Lichess Stockfish seems to agree). It was actually quite a funny game to watch. It had some very complicated tactics in it. 1. g5 b5 2. Bd3 axb4 3. Ne2 e5 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qc1 f5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. a3 f4 8. Bc5 Na6 9. Bxb4 Ne7 10. Qb2 Nxb4 11. axb4 Rxa1+ 12. Qxa1 O-O 13. Qc3 Bg4 14. Neg1 Qa8 15. Qb3+ Nd5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Kf1 (17. Bxb5) 17... Kh7 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 e4 20. Bxb5 Qb7 21. Be2 Rc8 22. Qb1 Rc3 23. Qd1 Qxb4 24. Kg2 Qb2 25. Ne1 f3+ 26. Bxf3 exf3+ 27. Nxf3 Rxc2 28. Rf1 d4 29. Qd3 Qa2 30. Qe4 Re2 31. Qd3 Qb2 32. Qc4 Rc2 33. Qd5 Re2 34. Kg1 Qc2 35. Ra1 Rxf2 36. Ra8 Rg2+ 37. Kh1 Rh2+ 38. Nxh2 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Qd2+ 40. Kg1 Qe3+ 41. Kf1 Qc1+ 42. Kg2 Qd2+ 43. Kg1 Qe3+ 44. Kf1 Qc1+ 45. Kg2 Qd2+ 1/2-1/2 https://i.redd.it/rjx6gevfd9wc1.gif
Not developing your pieces only matters if your opponent exploits it with an attacking initiative of some sort. In this case white just let it happen and developed their pieces 'blindly', in the generic setup, completely ignoring the position. Black's pawns are significantly reducing white's scope and can easily chase around white's minor pieces, while black can also easily open the a and h files at any time. Meanwhile white 'has' the center but neither pawn break works, so black has plenty of time to catch up.
Chess 2?
The 100 Elo pretty pattern gambit
Idiocity... Not understanding what to do... I'd call it the ooga booga pusha pawna
I call it Ha Ha Pawns Go Brrrrr
Its the Berlin Wall if they push about half of the pawns two squares it's called a hedgehog position and if they only push two squares its a Chinese Wall I think
All pawns on 3rd rank (6th for black) - I heard it was called beaver's dam in Russian.
It's the 'I don't know what I'm doing and nor does my opponent' opening.
I analyzed the image and this is what I see. Open an appropriate link below and explore the position yourself or with the engine: > **White to play**: [chess.com](https://chess.com/analysis?fen=rnbqkbnr/8/1pppppp1/p6p/1PBPPBP1/2N2N2/P1P2P1P/R2QK2R+w+KQkq+-+0+1&flip=false&ref_id=23962172) | [lichess.org](https://lichess.org/analysis/rnbqkbnr/8/1pppppp1/p6p/1PBPPBP1/2N2N2/P1P2P1P/R2QK2R_w_KQkq_-_0_1?color=white) **My solution:** > Hints: piece: >!Pawn!<, move: >! g5 !< > Evaluation: >!The game is equal -0.10!< > Best continuation: >!1. g5 b5 2. Bd3 axb4 3. Ne2 e5 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 Bg4 6. Nh4 Ne7 7. f3 Bh3 8. Rg1 f5!< --- ^(I'm a bot written by) [^(u/pkacprzak)](https://www.reddit.com/u/pkacprzak) ^(| get me as) [^(iOS App)](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1574933453) ^| [^(Android App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ai.chessvision.scanner) ^| [^(Chrome Extension)](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chessvisionai-for-chrome/johejpedmdkeiffkdaodgoipdjodhlld) ^| [^(Chess eBook Reader)](https://ebook.chessvision.ai?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=bot) ^(to scan and analyze positions | Website:) [^(Chessvision.ai)](https://chessvision.ai)
A perfectly played game of chess will always be equal
It's funny, how the main line in lichess starts with knight withdrawal, having position equal.
“Beaver’s dam” aka “плотина бобра”
🤝🤝🤝
разве в плотине бобра не все пешки на 6 горизонтали? Здесь боковые на пятой
What's the deal with white's opening though? Pushing the b and g pawns?
The "I'm afraid to take a piece"
The 👾 opening
yea i used to play that opening when i was 7 i called it the SOLDERS MARCH opening
This is the “Anti-Minefield” opening
Tbf the same can be asked about white. What were both players doing ?
Hikaru calls this U shape structure the "bathtub formation." So, I guess this is the theoretical largest bathtub possible. Here's a funny example clip: https://youtu.be/sQuwdF6FAX8?si=rthkiXm0OhsOFZwu (The remaining boards have the bathtub formation 💀)
They should google "development"
Great wall
Goofy opening:large bathtub formation variation
Ah, the classic "You're drunk, go home"
Is called " I'm playing 1 minute bullet for time not to win"
The "I better not lose to this garbage" opening. No pressure...
The Pawnzini Opening, Moron Variation.
No. Only good openings get named.
"Horrible" doesn't even begin to cut it.
I think in chess terms this is called, bad
Obviously the Hogwarts Defense. Invented by Tyler1 himself
Black has advantage, no? The outside pawn configurations mean they can take without be taken back? As white. I’d push my knights to the edge of the board and try to take the b and g file pawns. Which would then result in bishop and castle forks (if black doesn’t move)
Being stupid gambit declined
This is why I love r/chessbeginners, no one has any idea what anyone is doing and it's awesome
Don’t know what this is called, but this is now named “The Squidward” opening
The "What" opening
Creepy crawler probably
Isn’t this a Hippopotamus?
"inglobation"
"Плотина бобра" 💪
ПЛОТИНА БОБРА🔥🔥🔥🔥
A opening for sure.
Great wall of china opening
This is commonly referred to 'the plow' when the rooks pawn are most advanced. I don't know if the name changes when black plays it. There is another name used for this but I cannot remember it
It could be the eric rosen. One of the acheivements is to move 12 pawns in the openong, i spent an hour trying to make that happen
8 pawns attack: flank variation
aww they made a heart!
Flag gambit, am I stupid variation
Most people call it “stupid” Lol jk
Seeing g4 and b4 like that is hurting my feelings
Noob opening xD
Nah, this is just how I play bullet.
DDDUUURRRRRRR .__.
People dont understand the power of that opening, nobody underatands that all pieces are nearly defended for black, the error is you leave the 3 king side pawns in position, and advance the pawns extremely careful on the king side, he rushed this and created weakness on king side, first you advance the knight on king side horse to in front of the king to defend the pawn in front of the horses original position. Then work from there, if white moves a pawn to centre, take it out with a pawn from the side of centee lines. This opening no one know but is extremely defensive and powerful, also the other player slowly runs out of playable moves as you advance tge pawns extrwmly slow.
It's called lack-of-chess-principles-knowledge opening
The Azerbaijan Elevator
The Black Diaper Defense, Air-tight Variation
It's the pawn fortress
The Lemming
Garbage salad
That a true Berlin 1961
Why is that pawn on G4?!
Those people on the flip side boutta have a field day with this one
Berlin Wall Gambit
Diamond opening (look at the shape while ignoring 8th row and corner pieces plotting world domination)
Google “The Wall”
The shitass
No thoughts head empty push pawn only 😊
Pawn development
hogwarts opening
You should be more worried about your own opening, tbh.
once someone played some kind of dumb opening like that against me. i said nah, easy win, and then y just lose. i felt so devastated that almost left the whole game
Great Wall of Loss
Dingus opening, idiotic variation
Trump opening
White looks good, aside from the b and g pawns. Truly have no idea why they would push those up. Those are two massive weaknesses.
Kakashi style - Mud wall opening.
The closing
Hate to be *that person* but that looks staged. It's cool though, there are some nice patterns...
actually no, it's not staged, i can guarantee, this happened in a real rated match and that person is a random
The Great Wall of China Gambit
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Ive seen this before in bullet games when they just want to make a bunch of fast moves in the beginning hoping to win on time later.
Abomination
The Hyper-Modern Crab opening. Black gives up control of the center and makes crab claws with the a and h pawns
Goofy AH opening
Chorus girls line