Author: Jon Dart
Date: 06:55:07 02/04/00
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On February 04, 2000 at 03:51:25, Martin wrote: >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. > >Of course it depends on your taste. The most popular answer to 1 d4 is KID >at the mo, simply due to the fact that most world class players including >Gary "Mr 2850" Kasparov use it. So the lines of this opening are extremely well >analysed but if you can rely on your memory (which seems to be the case, since >you play two of the most complex answers to e4...), play it. Buy for example the >"KING'S INDIAN STRUCTURE WITH F5-F4" CD from Chessbase, it has a quite good >reputation. > I agree about the King's Indian. If White plays passively or inaccurately, Black often gets on top in this opening. However, there are a lot of different variations to learn. I'm surprised no one also mentioned the Benko Gambit (d4 Nf6 c4 c5 d5 b5). Black gets a lot of play in return for the offer of a pawn. This opening is also very popular. --Jon
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