Author: Graham Banks
Date: 11:14:16 12/18/05
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On December 18, 2005 at 06:33:36, Sune Larsson wrote: >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 Hi Sune, you have to be prepared to play in a totally different way with the 2...Nf6 line though. Depends whether you prefer solid play (2...Qxd5) or sharp/complex play (2...Nf6), although there are a few sharp variations in the 2...Qxd5 line also. Regards, Graham.
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