Author: Graham Banks
Date: 01:24:01 12/18/05
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On December 18, 2005 at 03:44:43, Henrik Boye Laursen wrote: >On December 17, 2005 at 20:02:06, Joseph Ciarrochi wrote: > >>On December 17, 2005 at 19:52:52, Christos Gitsis wrote: >> >>>On second thought, White is not forced to play this line. The most frequent move >>>for White is 4.Nf3, leading to the very old Philidor Defence, with a score of >>>57.3%. This is somewhat passive for Black. >>> >>>Regards, >>>Christos >> >>Yes, you are right. I bought the roman video "rapid and complete opening >>repertoire for black player", and could not believe that he was recommending the >>phildor! I could have gotten the same advice from someone 100 years ago. >> >>I am having some doubts about his black recommendation against e4, but I need a >>second response to E4, other than the accellerated dragon (my normal defense). >> >>best >>Joseph > > >Joseph, > >Try out the Scandinavian as a second defence. After 1. e4 d5, Black dictates the >opening and play is on black's homeground. My problem with the Sicilian is that >almost everybody at my level never play the open sicilian. Andrew Martin made a >DVD on the scandinavian the easy way, which I can recommend. > >My best > >Henrik Yes, the Qxd5 variation is very solid! I've always found the d3 variation harder to play against than when White plays d4. Graham.
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