I don't mind the week. I've an ongoing correspondence game that take up a week for a single move.


1. e4 (duhh)

okay, thanks for not minding the wait

1 e4 e5

1. e4 e5 2. f4

Not my main choice anymore (2. Nf3 is that) but let's have fun.

Is this going to be a Tumbleweed game?

'fraid not. In correspondence I only ever play what is at present in my main reportoire and what I've had in my reportoire before. The 'Drunken King' doesn't fall in that category as it falls in the douchebag/junk category in my opinion; not to make little of it, I've played worse lines like the Muzio in the KG but I believed I could make those work .

Haha i was actually expecting the ruy lopez and wanted to try a Jaenisch Gambit. Lol about the Tumbleweed

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5

-edit sorry about the the clasic decline i don't feel to safe in my Keene Defense or the Falkbeer gambit to them yet

Hm I rather like the Nimzowitsch's line in the Falkbeer. When in doubt the Declined is absolutely fine, though I always liked playing against it

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3

If 3. ... d6 4. c3

actually i'd rather not try d6 as it often leads to white being to much in control of the center, i want to try a gambit (not really) of sorts instead, don't know if it's a named variation

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d5

- edit again i love the Falkbeer but i find that the bishop at c5 is much more effective then simply going d5 right away.

As far as I know, it's one of those not-best, maybe okay, untested lines.

Now, against the Falkbeer I think I would have gone for Tartakower's line, 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe5.
In the declined however (2. ... Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 is the Classical actually) with d5 thrown in I'll not go for exd5 which most would play automatically.

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nxe5

This should at any rate be more of a test to your move order than exd5.

hmm, well its good of time as any to test it out

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nxe5 dxe4