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EP 334- GM Ben Finegold on the Possible Decline of Magnus, his New 1. d4 Chessable Course, and more Stories from his Years of Chess Travels

Perpetual Chess Podcast

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The Philosophy of Playing D4 Over E4

The course should be out, possibly the same day this pod is out definitely coming soon. So I think it's just a matter of taste and I played a lot of different openings growing up and I gravitated to D4 because that seemed to be what spoke to me. But you're not going to say it's just better, you know, it's not okay. No, first moves they're all about the same as far as evaluation. It's ones that you understand and you get good positions with and you enjoy playing. Sometimes I get sick of D4 so I just play something else. I'm like here's E4 here's B3 just to play something new.

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