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Not sure what book this guy is reading but that looks dubious to me (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by Argurotoxus@lemmy.world to c/chess@lemmy.ml

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I got a laugh at seeing this was a "book move".

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[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, fuck development of pieces. Let the queen rock.

[–] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Zerg rush

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yeah it's development for later game, gotta lay those creep tumors so that all of the pieces get +1 movement.

[–] amio@kbin.social 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

"Book move" just means "move that's part of a recognized opening/variant", and many known openings/variants are highly dodgy.

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 10 months ago

Not the safest, but is safer dor sure.

[–] generino@lemmy.ml 0 points 10 months ago

it can't even be black's move when white is in check...