Opening does NOT Matter when <1500 Elo

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Opening does NOT Matter when <1500 Elo

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I wanted to test his theory where GM Ben Finegold stated Opening does NOT matter when you are a low rated player, so I decided to play against Rainman rated around 1580 with 1.h3 :roll:
According to GM Ben Finegold ==>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPIMRMl0guA or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIQBt1WkBwU

[pgn][Event "Computer chess game"] [Site "DESKTOP-4QNC0GS"] [Date "2023.12.03"] [Round "?"] [White "ChessQueen"] [Black "Rainman"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "1582"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Clemenz (Mead-Basman-de Klerk-Welling) Opening"] [Time "10:22:46"] [WhiteElo "*"] [TimeControl "600+2"] [Termination "normal"] [PlyCount "133"] [WhiteType "human"] [BlackType "program"] 1. h3 e5 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3 5. dxc3 Nxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 Rg6 9. Qh4 d5 10. Bd3 e4 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Bh5 Nxh5 13. Qxh5 Rxg2 14. Ne2 Qf6 15. Nf4 Rg5 16. Nxd5 Rxd5 17. Qxd5 Bc6 18. Qd4 Nd7 19. Qxf6 Nxf6 20. Be3 Bd7 21. O-O-O Be6 22. Bg5 Ke7 23. f3 exf3 24. Rhf1 Rg8 25. Bh4 Rg6 26. Rxf3 Rh6 27. Bg5 Rg6 28. Bh4 Rh6 29. Rd4 c5 30. Rxf6 Rxf6 31. Rf4 Bxh3 32. Rxf6 Kf8 33. c4 Be6 34. b3 Kg7 35. Rf1 h5 36. Kd2 b6 37. a4 Bd7 38. a5 bxa5 39. Be7 f5 40. Bxc5 a6 41. Rg1+ Kf7 42. Bd4 f4 43. Rf1 Kg6 44. Rxf4 Bf5 45. Rf1 a4 46. bxa4 h4 47. c5 h3 48. c6 Be4 49. c7 Bb7 50. Rf8 h2 51. Rh8 Kf5 52. Rxh2 Ke6 53. Bf2 Bc8 54. Rh8 a5 55. Rxc8 Kd7 56. Ra8 Kxc7 57. Rxa5 Kd6 58. Bg3+ Kd7 59. c4 Ke7 60. Re5+ Kf6 61. a5 Kg7 62. a6 Kh6 63. a7 Kg6 64. a8=Q Kh6 65. Qc6+ Kg7 66. Re7+ Kh8 67. Qa8# 1-0[/pgn]