Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 03:33:36 12/18/05
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On December 18, 2005 at 04:24:01, Graham Banks wrote: >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. There is another option worth knowing and trying. 1.e4 d5 2.exd Nf6. /S
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