Chess and Go Ratings – dynamically presented

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[Brant Gaede]

In 1960 I read Botvinnik's On Openings. Neither my brother nor I have a brain for chess, but because I had read Botvinnik he couldn't beat me. Our last game he threw up the chessboard. Who opens P to Q or KR4? I flat out told him it was a mistake and to take it back, but he refused. Sibling rivalry and conflict; we were always butting up against each other. That was the year I went east and he stayed west, much more to his benefit than mine.

--Brant

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10 hours ago, Brant Gaede said:

In 1960 I read Botvinnik's On Openings. Neither my brother nor I have a brain for chess, but because I had read Botvinnik he couldn't beat me. Our last game he threw up the chessboard. Who opens P to Q or KR4? I flat out told him it was a mistake and to take it back, but he refused. Sibling rivalry and conflict; we were always butting up against each other. That was the year I went east and he stayed west, much more to his benefit than mine.

--Brant

He did not think it through.  Pushing a pawn R3 or  R4  gives no access to the center.