Originally posted by Sicilian Smaug
1.c3 is a crap opening.
And the Grob 1.g4 can't be that good or why arn't the GM's playing it?
I'll stick with my Ruy Lopez, thanks.

Originally posted by Sicilian Smaug
1.c3 is a crap opening.
And the Grob 1.g4 can't be that good or why arn't the GM's playing it?
I'll stick with my Ruy Lopez, thanks.

Originally posted by EcstremeVenom
grob was named after a gm lol

Originally posted by cmsMaster
It's still not the best option, especially if you're a weak player. King's Gambit beats everybody though... 🙂.

Originally posted by EcstremeVenom
im not very strong, but i can handle it lol.

Originally posted by cmsMaster
No, it's just a bad opening (Sorry dragon...) Like I said, the King's Gambit is the best.

Originally posted by cmsMaster
No, it's just a bad opening (Sorry dragon...) Like I said, the King's Gambit is the best.

Originally posted by EcstremeVenom
i think its an ok opening so far.

Originally posted by cmsMaster
Yeah, you already said that, and if you can tell me what 1.g4 does then I'll let you play it and not bother you.

Originally posted by EcstremeVenom
usually your opponent plays d5 and you play Bg2 which is supposed to control the game, then your opponent takes the g4 pawn and you play c4

Originally posted by Sicilian Smaug
Pull that on anyone half decent and you'd be spanked.

If you like the idea's behind the Grob then I suggest 1.b4 for the following reasons.

1) its a little more sound than the duboius 1.g4

2) seeing as the grob is nowadays quite famous the supprise element it once had is long gone --

3) not a lot of theory, thus nobody has written thousands of refutations and variations of it.

Originally posted by Shinidoki
If you like the idea's behind the Grob then I suggest 1.b4 for the following reasons.

1) its a little more sound than the duboius 1.g4

2) seeing as the grob is nowadays quite famous the supprise element it once had is long gone --

3) not a lot of theory, thus nobody has written thousands of refutations and variations of it.