Sidelines
Giovanna Qiu
Large and in charge, the Sidelines Grande is a versatile sunshade for off the beach, whether at a soccer game, by the lake or cruising the country in your camper. The Sidelines Grande is a lightweight, portable, UPF 50+, water-resistant sunshade that provides a safe and enjoyable home base for your next sunny adventure.
Do not leave your Neso up for longer than 24 hours to preserve the life of the fabric.
Before packing away your Neso, shake out the sand and make sure the tent and all parts are dry.
If you are adding rocks to the anchor bags, avoid using sharp or abrasive rocks as these may rip holes in the fabric.
Washing Instructions
Remove anchor bags or straps and wash separately.
Machine wash cold or hand wash on gentle/delicate cycle. Tumble dry low or hang dry. No iron, no bleach.
One our beach trip with our granddaughter we saw the NESO and decided to try one so easy one person to set up and take down easy to clean and store. We are looking to buy the grand one next love them thank you!!!!!
I frequent the ball field solo, so an easy pop-option that is lightweight is PERFECT for me. Can put up and take down by myself in a minute or less. I bought the extra poles but haven't needed them yet, we were able to string up to light poles and awnings close by. This is a MUST in my book.
This tent was so easy to put up and take down. I was able to do it by myself, which was great! I used it at a tournament and put it up/took it down 5 different times. It was a saver in the brutal heat! I highly recommend this tent. It had enough space for several parents to share it with me. Buy 2 sets of poles because you'll need them. Love it!!
We love our neso sidelines grande! We have had the neso go gigante for two summers at the beach now, and decided to give the side lines a try. We love it just as much! We timed how long it took to take down with 2 people and it was 1 minute 30 seconds to get it down and packed up completely! So easy to set up too we just forgot to time it. Love love love neso !
I bought two sets of sand bags for my Sidelines for our beach trip last week. One set, which we tried first, was not enough in a moderate wind, but two was the perfect setup, even with a pretty good wind. The Sidelines Grande is great for three people, side by side in beach chairs. I would say for three or fewer people, this is awesome. That said, I am going ahead and buying the Gigante so that we have both, and can better fit 5 of us. Promise you, you will not regret buying a Neso. They are sweet.
What do I mean? Think about what happens on the sidelines during a game. If you are an athlete on the sideline, you might be watching the game but you are not involved in what is occurring. You have no involvement in whether your team scores the go-ahead run or that all-important touchdown. You are there. You are present. However, you are not actively involved.
Priscilla and Aquilla refused to sit on the sidelines. They played a part in helping someone grow closer to God. As Paul will later say in his letters, Priscilla and Aquila showed their love of God by the fruit produced in guiding Apollos to a deeper faith in God.
We do not have to be sideline sitters in our faith. We can be actively involved in ministry and leadership. Through big and small ways, we can impact the world by sharing the hope of Christ and our love of the Lord through our words and actions.
If you are a sideline sitter, how can you move off the sidelines and become more involved in your faith? What do you need to do to grow closer to God? Do you need to read Scriptures more? Pray more? Become more involved in the church and its missions?
In my experience, the French is my weakest opening after e4. I used to play the advance variation against it but found that black gets really nice pressure in the center and by the middlegame white's center is kind of a liability. After switching to the exchange variation, it was hard to really push for much of an advantage since the position is basically equal.
My question is are there any tricky (tactical or offbeat) sidelines that will make black uncomfortable that are still objectively equal with perfect play from black? By the way, I'm 1600 on chess.com, since rating is probably relevant to the question.
Have a look at the Schlechter variation.It's a tricky sideline that almost always takes Black out of book and their known structures.White has interesting ideas, and some typical French moves are not great in this variation. There are also a few traps (that some 1600s fall for).
This video is a great introduction to the line.I also recommend to look at the ChessMood material created by experienced GM coaches, as it has a very high quality: Starter Course, Main Course.You can also consider IM Banzeas Sidelines Course on Chessable to learn the line and it's ideas.
The point is that you sacrifice your d4 pawn and in exchange black position is restrained by his own immobile center - black cannot pressure d4 if he has his own pawn on d4. So it's a positional sort of gambit, where you have longterm compensation.
This is a very relevant question. I myself am a 1.e4-player and something, which you will encounter a lot are players complaining about the french defense.I personally decided a long time ago, that going into the french positions only bears risk for a not so well prepared player (like me).
Finally I found something, where french players are really bad it (because they almost never face it). I started experimenting with sidelines. One line, which surely should not be viewed as a sideline is the KIA (Kings Indian Attack).
Black has many possible setups, but all are a little different from the usual french structure. I have played this line with white and black against titled players. It has always been fun and exciting. Surely not, what a french player seeks, when he pushes his e-pawn one move forward.
I propose the Exchange French Defense. Garry Kasparov, when he was world chess champion, played it several times with success. The main advantage is psychological, French players like some kind of pawn structures that you are avoiding with this line. However, the position is almost equal. The best player will win. If you study games played with this line, you will have a good start in your French games.
First off: the French Defense is a "correct" opening and you cannot expect to get some "automatic" advantage playing against it - the same way you can't expect to get an advantage in the Ruy Lopez, the Italian, or any other correct opening. That doesn't mean there aren't some lines which lead to either white or black advantage. But given best play from both sides you will end up in some balanced middlegame position.
Second: the main theme of the French is "counterattack". White is allowed to expand his center - only to have it attacked and eventually blown apart later. On the other hand black always has the light-squared bishop as a liability, because the pawn structure remains fixed for a long time and most black pawns are on the white squares.
There are some offbeat lines for white which are still "correct" in the sense that black can play correctly and still have no advantage automatically. The "offbeat" merely means that the resulting structures are unusual for the French Defense:
a) Chigorin Variation
After 1. e4 e6 2. Qe2!? black cannot really play d5 because the e-pawn, which would naturally take back in case of exd, is pinned and Qxd5 is uncomfortable because Nc3 would win a tempo. Black usually responds with 2. ... c5 and the game will develop very similar to the closed Sicilian, with the white light-squared bishop usually ending on g2 (otherwise white would have to lose an additional tempo to bring the queen out of the way). The resulting positions are about level.
b) Aljechin-Chatard
In the main variation (1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7) The classic continuation is to exchange the Bishop on e7, but 6.h4!? is also possible. This is a gambit, but black's position becomes dangerous after 6. ... Bxg5 7. hxg5 Qxg5 8. Nh3! (hitting the queen) and a following Qh5. A typical motive is the sacrifice of a knight on e6, tearing open the black position and breaking through in the center. In the end the gambit leads to equality, not more (once again, the French is still "correct"), although the tendency of the game ending in anything else than a draw is high.
c) Tarrasch Variation
After 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 instead of the "normal" move 3. Nc3 (the "classical variation") white can also play 3. Nd2!?. on the upside d4 can be reinforced by c2-c3, the downside is that the bishop c1 is temporarily shut in. Black can steer the game into rather quiet waters by 3. ... dxe (the "Rubinstein variation") and it makes no difference if the white knight takes back coming from c3 or d2. Black can also play 3. ... c5 (the "open variation"), resulting in a lively game. Black can also ignore white's setup completely and play 3. ... Nf6.
I was just looking for responses to the following question. For practical play only, do you think that it is better to play sidelines (ex. b3 Sicilian) or to play main lines of openings. I am interested to hear your opinion on the matter.
As long as you know what the heck you're doing, (sound) sidelines are better. If you know the theory behind the b3 sicilian and your opponent doesn't (because it's not mainline, so he has less chance of studying it. no one can be prepared for everything), that's an advantage for you, and if he does know what he's doing you can still play winning lines in that variation and get a winning position.
Assuming that this isn't the issue at hand, then I'd have to agree with RyanMK. Side variations often include moves that are taboo in the mainline and could lead to your opponent overextending in an attempt to capitalize on your "mistake".
As a counterpoint, however, if you play something out of style the chances of staying in book moves for very long aren't good and you'll find yourself having to work a bit harder as well to make the best of your opponents passive moves(if they're at a loss for a plan).
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