As you might know I never play 1.e4.
But I agree, if you look at old games from Steinitz and others, it was mostly the kingpawn with which they opened.
As you might know I never play 1.e4.
But I agree, if you look at old games from Steinitz and others, it was mostly the kingpawn with which they opened.
Yes I notice that you don’t open P-K4. I read and studied the play of Paul Morphy one of chess all time greats. Who often open with P-K4 and some type of gambit to gain position, then checkmate his opponent playing from behind. I attempted to duplicate his style of play with lots of success many years ago. However now I don’t have the brain power to play from behind blitz or rapid. 🙂