| Feb-13-04 |
| marcus13: It looks like that this opening ted to transpose whit queen indian defence. |
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| Aug-22-04 |
| fgh: Does somebody know about a good refutation of this line for black? |
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| Sep-12-04 |
| themindset: 3...c5
the sicilian variation, let white over-extend and attack on the flanks. |
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| Dec-02-04 |
| EnglishOpeningc4: ...c5? cant white just create a maroczy bind |
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Dec-03-04
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| An Englishman: Good Evening: EnglishOpeningc4, Black might enjoy playing against the Bind. This isn't the best place anyway. One line versus 3...c5 involves a pawn sac: 4.e5,Ng8; 5.Nf3!?,Nc6; 6.d4!?,cd4; 7.Nxd4,Nxe5; 8.Ndb5. Wild & wooly, study the theory long and hard before venturing upon this. |
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| Dec-02-05 |
| Chess Addict: I don't understand this opening. In an opening book that I just read, the following variation is seen: 1. c4 Nf6
2. Nc3 e6
3. e4 d5
4. e5 d4
5. exf6 dxc3
6. Qxf6 bxc3
7. d4 e5!
Evaluation: =
But why? What's a good reputation against this line? |
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Jan-06-06
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| Robin01: I played the following line (OTB) with the black pieces the other day and obtained a draw.
1. c4 Nf6
2. Nc3 e6
3. e4 d5
4. e5 d4
5. exf6 dxc3
6. fxg7 cxd2+
7. Bxd2 Bxg7
8. Qc2 Nc6
9. Nf3 Qe7 |
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Jan-06-06
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| Robin01: I believe “obtained” is not the correct term here. The end result of my game was a draw. I was playing for a win. I can post more of the game if anyone is interested. |
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| Jan-21-06 |
| Chess Addict: What is the best refutation against the line above?
Thanks. |
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Jan-21-06
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| Sneaky: Chess Addict
<Evaluation: =
But why? What's a good reputation against this line?> 
click for larger view(By the way, you meant to say 6.bxc3 Qxf6)
Looks about even to me. Let's pretend we were in a consultation/correspondence game and it's our move (White) right now. Since we have no pieces developed we probably should concentrate on candidate moves that facilitate that. A few moves can be discarded immediately: 8.Bd3 8.Qc2 8.Bd2 and even 8.Qb3 are all senseless pawn giveaways. 8.dxe5? is suicide. 8.Nh3 is absurd. 8.Bb2 is very anti-positional, creating a 'big pawn' out of the bishop like that. 8.Nf3 looks a little fishy because of ...e4 but maybe it's plausible. I guess a critical variation would be how you deal with 8.Nf3 e4 9.Ne5 Bd6. Looks pretty comfy for Black. 8.Be2 is possible, but sure looks timid, and it's just delaying the Nf3/e4 situation. 8.Be3 is also possible but defensive. I tend to like it because it seems like a super solid move, and might allow 9.Qb3 in some lines. In summary, if you have the White pieces and your top candidate moves on move 9 look timid and defensive, you probably have squandered the advantage of moving first. |
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Jan-21-06
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| AgentRgent: <Sneaky> You didn't consider 8. Qe2 |
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Jan-21-06
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| Sneaky: Oh right, I actually thought of that move but I considered it so important I would save it for the end, then I ended up leaving it out. Andbody want to tackle it? Seems like f4 might be a threat in that position. |
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Jan-22-06
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| AgentRgent: Perhaps something like 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nf3 Ng6 11. Bg5 Qf5 12. h4 This looks pretty good for white, with h5 as a possible threat.
click for larger view |
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Jan-22-06
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| An Englishman: Good Evening: Naturally the first thing I look at is a speculative pawn sac such as 8...Bd6?!; 9.f4,e4; 10.Qxe4+,Kd8. I recommend you don't take my idea too seriously.
Incidentally, 8.Qf3,Qxf3; 9.Nxf3,exd4; 10.cxd4,Bb4+; 11.Bd2,Bxd2; 12.Kxd2 looks =. |
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| Jan-22-06 |
| Chess Addict: I have an idea.
How about Nf3 with the idea of Bg5 and the Queen will be tied to the defense of the threat Rd8#. |
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| Dec-18-06 |
| 2021: According to NCO, it's called the Flohr-Mikenas system. |
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Apr-07-07
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| gambitfan: OPOD 07/04/2007 |
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