https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?board=closic Closed - ChessPub Forum en-us ChessPub Forum Sat, 11 Jul 2026 11:46:07 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 30 https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1149789460 ChessPub Forum/Closed https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1149789460 Wed, 21 Jun 2017 17:27:10 GMT You are right about the Soltis book. I'm getting old. Now I wonder how much of what else I wrote is not true. https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1272483564 ChessPub Forum/Closed https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1272483564 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 02:25:05 GMT <a href="https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1272483564/7#7">TN wrote</a> on 04/30/10 at 12:54:21:<br /><div id="0D313C092B3C2A3C2D2A363F6B6869695900">Palliser sums up the issue of what to play on move 2 against the Closed, so I'll provide a summarized version of his suggestions here:<br /><br />Najdorf: 2...a6 or 2...d6. 2...a6 better against Grand Prix.<br />Dragon: 2...Nc6 for Accelerated Dragon, otherwise 2...d6.<br />Classical: 2...Nc6 followed by 2...d6 for maximum flexibility.<br />Sveshnikov: 2...Nc6. 3.Nf3 e5 (solid) or 3...Nf6 (dynamic). <br />Taimanov: 2...e6 or 2...Nc6.<br />Kan: 2...e6 or 2...a6. <br />Scheveningen: 2...e6 3.Nf3 d6/Nc6 or 2...a6. Basically the Schevy moves in any given order.<br />Kalashnikov: 2...Nc6 3.Nf3 e5<br /><br />As a Najdorf player, 2...a6 is probably the better option if you don't like the Grand Prix with Black committed to the slightly inflexible ...d6. Black's idea is to remain flexible, keeping all his options of development open while preparing the space-gaining ....b5; compare with the Kan Sicilian. A typical line of play is 3.f4 b5 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.d3 e6 6.g4 d5 7.Qe2 with chances for both sides in this complex position. <br /><br />After 3.Nf3, a Najdorf player is best advised to play 3...d6, when 4.d4 is an Open Sicilian and 4.g3 is completely harmless because White has committed his knight to f3 before playing d4, and the g3 Najdorf is pretty toothless since White usually ends up playing a 6.h3 Najdorf a tempo down (after h3 and g3-g4). </div><!--0D313C092B3C2A3C2D2A363F6B6869695900--><br /><br />Excellent post, this is just what I was looking for!<br /> https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1047667442 ChessPub Forum/Closed https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1047667442 Mon, 13 Mar 2017 20:59:06 GMT 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e5 7. Nh3 Nge7 8. O-O Nd4 9. f5 gxf5  10. Qh5 h6 11. Rf2 Be6 12. Be3 Qd7 13. Raf1 Rf8 (instead of 13...0-0-0) 14. Nd5 f4 is a line given in a book by a certain forum member here at Chesspub. Are there any known improvements for White here? https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1489422099 ChessPub Forum/Closed https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1489422099 Mon, 13 Mar 2017 16:48:17 GMT <a href="https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1489422099/0#0">MARCO wrote</a> on 03/13/17 at 16:21:39:<br /><div id="2C23342D262033282F284101">Let's see what this is about:<br /> </div><!--2C23342D262033282F284101--><br /><br />There are quite a number of transpositions between several openings, often involving positions with an isolated queens pawn. What's bizarre is that the assessment and recommended continuations will sometimes vary according to how the game started. <br /><br />Those who try to obtain an advantage from the opening will often know of these transposition tricks. Studying your database in tree format enables these to be identified. <br /> https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1489408289 ChessPub Forum/Closed https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1489408289 Mon, 13 Mar 2017 12:31:29 GMT I will try to explain how to move from a closed Sicilian ECO B24 to an ECO B47 or ECO B80.<br /><br />1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Ng-e2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 (if 7.f4 or 7.d3 or 7.a3 I think that white to continue into the B24 way but 7.h3 can transfer to B47 if black play 7...d6 then 8.d4!) 7....exd4 8.Nxd4 <br /><br /><table border='0' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0'> <tr> <td width='40' height='40'><img src='/yabbfiles/Chess/br40.gif' width='40' height='40' border='0' alt='*' /></td> <td width='40' height='40'><img src='/yabbfiles/Chess/e40.gif' width='40' height='40' border='0' alt='*' /></td> <td width='40' height='40'><img src='/yabbfiles/Chess/bb40.gif' width='40' height='40' border='0' alt='*' /></td> <td width='40' 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src='/yabbfiles/Chess/wp40.gif' width='40' height='40' border='0' alt='*' /></td> <td width='40' height='40'><img src='/yabbfiles/Chess/e40.gif' width='40' height='40' border='0' alt='*' /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width='40' height='40'><img src='/yabbfiles/Chess/wp40.gif' width='40' height='40' border='0' alt='*' /></td> <td width='40' height='40'><img src='/yabbfiles/Chess/wp40.gif' width='40' height='40' border='0' alt='*' /></td> <td width='40' height='40'><img src='/yabbfiles/Chess/wp40.gif' width='40' height='40' border='0' alt='*' /></td> <td width='40' height='40'><img src='/yabbfiles/Chess/e40.gif' width='40' height='40' border='0' alt='*' /></td> <td width='40' height='40'><img src='/yabbfiles/Chess/e40.gif' width='40' height='40' border='0' alt='*' /></td> <td width='40' height='40'><img src='/yabbfiles/Chess/wp40.gif' width='40' height='40' border='0' alt='*' /></td> <td width='40' height='40'><img src='/yabbfiles/Chess/wb40.gif' width='40' height='40' border='0' alt='*' /></td> <td width='40' height='40'><img src='/yabbfiles/Chess/wp40.gif' width='40' height='40' border='0' alt='*' /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width='40' height='40'><img src='/yabbfiles/Chess/wr40.gif' width='40' height='40' border='0' alt='*' /></td> <td width='40' height='40'><img src='/yabbfiles/Chess/e40.gif' width='40' height='40' border='0' alt='*' /></td> <td width='40' height='40'><img src='/yabbfiles/Chess/wb40.gif' width='40' height='40' border='0' alt='*' /></td> <td width='40' height='40'><img src='/yabbfiles/Chess/wq40.gif' width='40' height='40' border='0' alt='*' /></td> <td width='40' height='40'><img src='/yabbfiles/Chess/wk40.gif' width='40' height='40' border='0' alt='*' /></td> <td width='40' height='40'><img src='/yabbfiles/Chess/e40.gif' width='40' height='40' border='0' alt='*' /></td> <td width='40' height='40'><img src='/yabbfiles/Chess/e40.gif' width='40' height='40' border='0' alt='*' /></td> <td width='40' height='40'><img src='/yabbfiles/Chess/wr40.gif' width='40' height='40' border='0' alt='*' /></td> </tr> </table><img src='/yabbfiles/Chess/black.gif' border='0' height='16' width='16' alt='*'/ ><br /><br />And now we are in a configuration belonging to ECO B47 !! https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1333375339 ChessPub Forum/Closed https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1333375339 Mon, 2 Apr 2012 21:09:59 GMT <a href="https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1333375338/3#3">Gilchrist is a legend wrote</a> on 04/02/12 at 18:48:33:<br /><div id="633B3B3331343B3B0202">Something new is that more than 50% of the time when I play the Sicilian my opponent plays the 6. Be3 Closed Sicilian. I just play like in Ftacnik's GM Repertoire book now.  </div><!--633B3B3331343B3B0202--><br /><br />what does Ftacnik reccomend ? https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1309410161 ChessPub Forum/Closed https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1309410161 Wed, 6 Jul 2011 10:34:06 GMT In general terms I suspect that the closed sicillian - and perhaps 2 c3 - have suffered a bit from the development of the Bb5(+) stuff, which basically seems to do much the same job in repitoire terms but slightly better. https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1244731249 ChessPub Forum/Closed https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1244731249 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:03:21 GMT You might look at this thread:  <a href="http://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1222146260" target="_blank">http://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1222146260</a> .<br /><br />This is odd:  ECO also offers 8...Bd7 9. Nf3 e6 10. 0-0 Ne7 11. Qf2 Nec6 12. Nh4 0-0 13. f5 Qd8 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Kh1 b5 16. a3 a5, unclear (Backwinckel-Gheorghiu, Hamburg 1984), but it seems that Backwinckel actually played 13. g4. https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1239791154 ChessPub Forum/Closed https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1239791154 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:30:28 GMT The Scheveningen player can avoid the feared Keres Attack after eg 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d6 (a6) 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 (a6). So even those who use the Najdorf to reach the Scheveningen may consider 2...e6. https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1233873264 ChessPub Forum/Closed https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1233873264 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:27:28 GMT Ok, maybe I was to harsh. Indeed usually these DVDs are at least a good introduction to an opening. Certainly there are some very good DVDs(like Shirovs or Kazims), good DVDs(Tiviakov,some of Davis) and acceptable DVDs.