I've shot with a fair ammount of bows. The only marksman equipment I have is a dartboard with many cheap darts and two more expensive sets. I'm equally bad at both darts and archery.
One thing I do remember is that I did manage to hit all target areas 2 vertical, 2 horizontal on the ground (1 blocked by a wooden obstacle for each) with what I think was an old style longbow at 100 paces. Luck had a lot to do with that. The particular open tournament also had a shooting contest with modern bows, didn't do well there at all (as expected). Did okay with the crossbow after. Since the results were weighed and the longbow shooting weighed heavily it won me a 3rd prize at a fair in Belgium where a lot of serious competitors attended. I've 'shot' a number of times after and really proved it was luck.
I would think I'm better suited for firing less low-tech weaponry and wielding one-handers. In fact, I'm okay at what we call 'stick fighting', which is basically sword fighting in protective clothing with blunted sticks.
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White:
- Ruy Lopez
- Sicilian Defense: Chekhover variation, Rossolimo variation, Delayed Alapin variation
- French Defense: Bogo-Winawer variation, Classical variation 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7
- Pirc Defense: Byrne variation
Black:
- Ruy Lopez: Modern Steinitz variation
- Two Knights Defense: Fritz variation, Ulvestadt variation
- King's Gambit: Falkbeer Countergambit: Nimzowitsch variation
- Indian Defense: Nimzo-Indian Defense, Queen's Indian Defense
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