I have recently lost the following rather horrible game:
1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 g6 3.Nd2 Bg7 4.c3 Well, I didn't really know anything about this variation, so I was making up everything over the board from here onwards...
4...d6 My move is even what Kindermann recommends, hower he does not even look at white's next move.
http://www.france-echecs.com/diagramme/imgboard.phpfen=rnbqkxnr%2Fpppxpxbp%2Fxxx... Somehow Kindermann seems to assume that white has to play with c3+e3. But why? He can just play
5.e4 . Maybe Pedersen's recommendation of 4...h6 is better? One move 5 white's bishop would presumably have to go back to f4.
http://www.france-echecs.com/diagramme/imgboard.phpfen=rnbqkxnr%2Fpppxpxbp%2Fxxx... Doesn't 5.e4 seems completely logical? Still it's not covered by Kindermann.
5...h6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bd3 e5 Maybe rather something careful like 7...e6?!
8.exf5 gxf5 With illusions about getting dynamic play using my central pawns. Maybe 8...Bxf5 9.Qc2 Qd7 would have been a more sensible idea? Now I might even be able to consider Bxd3, as I will have Qd7-f7.
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qc2 e4 http://www.france-echecs.com/diagramme/imgboard.phpfen=rnbqkxxr%2Fpppxxxbx%2Fxxx... My suspicion is that here I'm already lost.
11.Be2! Okay, so this move by my opponent looks like a massive improvement over 11.Bc4 Nc6 12.0-0-0 Qe7 13.Nh3 Be6 14.Qb3 Nd8 15.Nf4 Bxc4 16.Qxc4 Qf7 17.Qb5+ Nd7 18.Nc4 a6 19.Qd5 Qxd5 20.Rxd5 ½-½ Ragonese,L-Saccone,F/Vitinia 1996/EXT 2000 (20), which seems altogether fine for black (to me). 11.Be2 seems much better at exposing the positional flaws of black's position.
11...Be6 12.Nh3 Nbd7 13.Nf4 Bf7 14.g4 fxg4 15.Nxe4 Ne5 16.Rd1 Qc8 17.Qa4+ Kf8 18.Ng3 h5 19.Qa5 Nc6 20.Qg5 Ne8 21.Bc5+ Nd6 22.Nf5 Be5 23.Rxd6 cxd6 24.Bxd6+ Bxd6 25.Qg7+ Ke8 26.Nxd6+ Ke7 27.Nxc8+ Raxc8 28.Ng6+ 1-0 I'd be quite interested in thoughts about the opening phase. What is black's most solid/respectable way of playing here?