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The Road Not Taken

ICCF-IM Keith Hayward

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

- from "The Road Not Taken", by Robert Frost

When it comes to chess openings, I prefer to play less popular, less traveled lines. For over two decades, I have mostly played the Bird’s Opening, the Dutch Defense, and the French Defense, which are all well known, solid openings. These are my more solid, sane opening choices. However, I must confess I have a passion for opening study and experimenting. Recently I have been experimenting, again...

As for me ... I am 51 and I live in Corinth, Texas, USA. I work as a design engineer for Forney Corporation, designing Burner Management Systems which control the fuel safety and operation of power plant boilers. As for chess, I started with the Fischer - Spassky boom in 1972. I became a NM around 1980, a FM about 1990 and an ICCF IM in the late 80's, ... forgot exactly when.

Please provide me feedback on this article, and / or ideas for future opening article subjects. Remember, none of that main line theory! <smile>

Good Chess!! Keith Hayward

Index of Articles

Balogh Counter-Gambit
     Part 1 - Introduction and Overview
     Part 2 - Janos Balogh, the Man and His Games
     Part 3 - White plays an early exf5
     Part 4- Balogh's Main Line
     Part 5 - Remaining Lines
     Part 6 - Balogh a la Nakamura