Mtal wrote on 02/12/14 at 15:12:29:
Hi all,
I have played different dpawn specials in the past and have done ok with them in over the board play. Coming back to chess after a little layoff and also having some family obligations, I was thinking of narrowing my rep (but I also like dpawn specials so it is a win win.)
I am just not sure what to play.
1) Against pirc/kid, 150 and Barry.
2) Dutch, probably bg5 or nc3.
3) Nimzo stuff, like to look into the Torre. I guess that would work against the queens indian, but if not, I do like the pawn e3 and c4 stuff that was given in Killer Opening Rep.
3)Benoni, not sure if I should play benoni's with out pawn to c4 or just play the pawn c4 stuff. Is not having a pawn on c4 a really big advantage? Then if I do play the main lines, what lines?
4) d5, I do not know what to do at all, how do you dpawn special players handle it? I would go into a queens gambit exchange but I always used to play it with 000 (not used to my knight on f3.) Then I would have to find something vs the slav. I have played the Colle-Zukertort but it's those bf5 lines. Maybe I just have not found the right book to explain the idears. I have played the blackmar and went of the recent book on it, but it just seems like too much memorization (lots of forced stuff) for me. Oh I also could try the london. Is that alittle better vs d5?
5) Well not sure if I forgot anything, if so let me know.
I also dabbled with the Tromp, it's an interesting opening for sure, but it's just not for me. Same with the veresov.
Well an suggestions would be great.
The Barry is dead from what I can see. I would recommend Gallagher's system or the system that Gallagher advocates in his book k"A cunning repertoire for White" The fianchetto system but no c4 deployed early. In fact, you can use his book for the whole repertoire of d pawn specials, since he advocates the Torre too.
150 vs Pirc is good.
Both systems vs Dutch are good, but you have one problem - What do you play vs Dutch players who open with 1... e6 ? You cannot use 2.Bg5
Torre works vs Nimzo/QInd
Torre works vs Benoni players too.