User talk:Medwards

From zefrank

• Thanks for the encouragement about Suggested Moves. I unflipped the boards to make them the same as the others, but if you're animate about having the flip i understand. mayorcj^SR
  • I have a hard-on for flipped boards. But I'll keep them out of the overview and just provide both POVs in any moves I suggest. medwards^talk
    • Sounds fine, I prefer flipped boards too, I honestly don't like the direction of a knight-pawn game -- i'm really hoping they don't decide to strike prematurely.mayorcj^SR
      • By god do I agree with that. I feel like Ze is whipping up random community-based challenges just to prove where wiki's will fail! medwards^talk
• It does seem awfully premature to be going in, even though I do think it's a valid offensive that cannot be easily counterattacked. We have very little useful pieces out of the end row at this point, and that worries me. I'm not exactly a fan of that late tarrasch defense either though. -arc
  • I wasn't a fan of the original proposal to go with the Tarrasch Defense, and I'm still not hugely enthusiastic about my own suggestion. I'm just desperately throwing something out there that isn't hard-charging in because I think castling is a waste of a turn that should be spent on more build-up.
    • I agree completely on the castling. There is no reason to do it this early in the game. We have little pieces out, and there is no clearly defined attack vector. Check out my response to your Bd3 suggestion, btw. I think that line of play works out very well for us, though I could certainly be missing something. The cop out move would be to bring the night forward or something, but that's a pretty weak play. I like the proposed knight move the most so far, though I think it's too early to be voting on it. -arc
      • I actually removed my suggestion from the wiki, even though this is just as public, it's less likely to click on. _Just_ in case ze is looking, though I don't think he'd be cheating, otherwise he'd just use a computer. My response to bd3 was "NxC3 seems like a pretty legitimate response, does it not?"