No itsnt weird. I never said Italian or any opening holdable or not as it depends on the choice of openings. All mainlines in chess are equal. In e4 openings it takes time to equalise and that too with proper play. In d4 based openings u can play 2 tempos down even without issues.Ovyron wrote: ↑Sun Nov 03, 2019 9:36 pmIt is weird that this comes from you Master Om, because in 2011 you were holding that the Italian was a superior defense for black than the Spanish. Back then I held the Spanish was the best defense, so we started a series of matches where I'd try to beat your Italian and you'd try to beat my Spanish.
The result should be well know by you:
{url=http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforu ... ?tid=22314]Game 1 1-0[/url] (you beat my Spanish)
{url=http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforu ... ?tid=23346]Game 2 1-0[/url] (you beat my Spanish)
{url=http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforu ... ?tid=25302]Game 3 1-0[/url] (I resigned the Spanish)
Game 4 1/2-1/2 (I drew with the Spanish)
It took me four games to be able to find a defense.
Apparently we never played the Italian part of the match but you used to be on the other side of these discussions, where it'd be more likely for white to "give chance" to black in the Italian than in the Spanish, where my best lines could never beat the opponents that I beat with the Italian.
U lost the 3 games against me as u blundered. Last one u didn't blunder hence match was drawn. U can loose in any opening if u blunder.