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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by YawningAngel on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @10:03AM (#32165959)
You can play e.g.

1. e3 e5 2. e4 whatever

And you effectively have a king's pawn opening with colours reversed

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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by franknstein on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @11:03AM (#32166761)
Can black refuse this 'color switch'? It seems like he can, for a while, by mimicking moves. 1. e3 e6 for example.

Does this strategy necessarily leads to provably losing position?

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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by SargeZT on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @10:04PM (#32174935)
Provably there's little that can be said about chess at large when it comes from opening to endgame. Heuristically speaking though matching moves against even a beginner is a very bad strategy for play, as a recent speedrun being done by GM Aman Hambleton on youtube has been showing.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUfF6l4A6Ks

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