Author: Timothy J. Frohlick
Date: 21:30:57 02/03/00
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On February 03, 2000 at 23:42:04, Rich Shippy wrote: >I have been studying the Dragon Sicilian as a defence to King pawn openings. I >have also dabbled in the Najdorf when I want to play it a little safer. I have >no idea where to start with a defence to d4? I have little experience with >queen pawn openings since I always play e4 as white. I have read that the Nimzo >Indian is a great defence but is it too hard to master? It seems that if you >play the Nimzo you also have to play the Queen's Indian or Bogo Indian. I also >looked into trying the Tarrash but the isolated queen pawn scares me. I am >extremely confused in what defence I should learn against d4, please help. Rich, Swami Hiarcs 7.32 reveals to us that e5 is the best move in response to e4. If you think that knowing lines out of ECO is going to make you a better player--it won't, however you will appear to know what you are talking about. It is romantic to know which moves were the "favorites" of the giants like Tarrasch or Nimzovitch or Najdorf or Fischer or Kasparov or Polgar or Marshall or....... It is like having a rating in chess. That and $3.00 will buy you a good cup of coffee, but you will have the satisfaction of human chess commaraderie and a feeling of being a bit better than the other player if you know how to play. The great Sammy Reshevsky always put maximum importance on the opening. Why don't you just buy a book on the games of Reshevsky. You can also access d-4 openings using the Rebel 7,8,9,10 , Rebel Century or Rebel Tiger databases . I think that you can do the same with Fritz, Nimzo or Junior. Walter Korns' Modern Chess Openings is a good start but with all the programs out there you can go thru variations like lightning on a computer database. Have fun, Tim Frohlick
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