allo allo allo, what's all this then, whats all this then.

[MJMcCready]

In moved from a state of being suspicious to both annoyed and even more suspicious, I thought I'd ask for opinion on something I keep picking up on.

I play a lot on line, usually 10 or 15 minute games but sometimes 5 minutes game also, but every 20 games or so something keep happening which I think I know what it is but I could be wrong.

I do have a tendency to play rather offbeat or quaint openings, and whenever I play someone with a rating of 1800 or lower after the first few moves have been played they go into a long think, like 2 or 3 minutes. Before move 5 I find this difficult to understand. My feeling is that opponents are opening browsers and quickly googling the opening I am playing so that they can find out what to do against it, as much of the play is bookish when this happens.

I could be wrong, someone might be distracted or something, I can't say for sure but why would someone pause on move 2 for 2 minutes when they have only 5 or 10 minutes on the clock?

[Wadih Khoury]

I could be wrong, someone might be distracted or something, I can't say for sure but why would someone pause on move 2 for 2 minutes when they have only 5 or 10 minutes on the clock?

That sounds about right, based on what I hear coaches tell juniors.
"The moment you are out of book, spend some time designing your plans and understanding the position. Better burn time now than later when you are losing"

[MJMcCready]

But why be stumped be the Vienna Gambit on move 2 or sometimes 3, takes 2-3 minutes off and then play a book line for the next 6-12 moves?

[MJMcCready]

If you accept the gambit, many of them a razor sharp yet some come out okay.

[JustinHorton]

Can you provide us with examples of some of these games

[MJMcCready]

Well that's tricky because I would have to scrall through timestamps but I think its clear. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 then either Nc6 or d6, then either Bc4 or f4, and at least a two minute think followed by okay play. WIth a maximum of 10 mins, that's suspicious to me.

[JustinHorton]

Well that's four different possibilities, do you have examples of all of them?