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English 1...e5 - ChessPub Forum https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?board=kingeng English 1...e5 - ChessPub Forum en-us ChessPub Forum Tue, 18 Aug 2026 21:14:42 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 30 [Keres Variation]Interesting 9.Qb5 idea for White https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1745236010 ChessPub Forum/English 1...e5 https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1745236010 Thu, 24 Apr 2025 08:40:38 GMT Oh yes, I mean white can play this if they want. I play a lot of French too, and there are a lot of gambits where the d4 pawn gets sacrificed for tempi <img rel=":-)" src="https://www.chesspub.com/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/default/smiley.gif" alt="Smiley" title="Smiley" /> This looks quite like one of them? 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1685088381 ChessPub Forum/English 1...e5 https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1685088381 Wed, 31 May 2023 06:32:50 GMT <a href="https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1685088381/2#2">an ordinary chessplayer wrote</a> on 05/26/23 at 16:12:10: <div id="333630373C3C372664635200"><a href="https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/are-there-really-no-books-on-the-kramnik-shirov-counterattack" target="_blank">https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/are-there-really-no-books-on-the-kramnik-shirov-counterattack</a> shows the following (in order mentioned) <ul><li>Conquest, Foxy Openings DVD </li><li>Bologan, Chessbase DVD</li><li>Soltis, Beating the English Opening</li><li>Tirabassi, English Opening (A21)</li><li>Williams, Chessbase DVD on the English</li><li>Mikhalevski, Beating the minor openings (already mentioned by TD)</li><li>Hansen, The Full English Opening</li></ul> </div> Regarding the last, on Amazon with Kindle if you download a free sample the entire first chapter which is about 2...Bb4 is included! closed sicilian with colours reverse https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1272703266 ChessPub Forum/English 1...e5 https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1272703266 Tue, 20 Dec 2022 15:59:06 GMT <a href="https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1272703266/2#2">MNb wrote</a> on 05/01/10 at 15:06:38: <div id="53507C1E01">It's certainly good and easy to combine with the KID (1.c4 g6) and the Leningrad (1.c4 f5). </div> I agree that it is an appealing line for those who play the KID or the Leningrad. Otherwise, one cannot simply force a reversed Closed Sicilian. This is the best attempt that I could find: 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. d4! ed4 6. Nd4 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Nc2 d6 10. Qd2. Here is a comment from ChessPublishing: "White has the slightly better pawn structure, with a space advantage conferred by control of the d5-square. His plan is to fianchetto his c1-bishop and stifle Black's activity before gradually increasing the pressure. Black's aim is to generate counterplay, using ideas such as ...a7-a5-a4, tactics along the a1-h8 diagonal, and probing jumps with his knights. Black often equalizes by forcing White to make small concessions, or trading several minor pieces to simplify his task." The reversed Classical Dragon seems to be a more achievable line for those who do not play the KID or Leningrad Dutch. If White plays g3, Black can choose the reversed Classical Dragon. White does not have to play g3. He can play e3, or e4, or an early d4 instead. All are reasonable, but I think g3 is best. 1 c4 e5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 e3 https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1659617269 ChessPub Forum/English 1...e5 https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1659617269 Sat, 6 Aug 2022 06:24:57 GMT Nice, I wasn't aware of that. GM Larsen might have been a tad pessimistic, Black hasn't done badly after 5.Qc2. I found 5.Qb3 more difficult to meet - and thus learned that 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 Qb6 is pretty good too. Like Krudos I think setups with e3 and d4 very challenging. That no author has presented a convincing way to meet 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 d5 doesn't help. The bright side is that Tal's Gambit 1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 Nf6 doesn't work as well with colours reversed after 2.Nc3 and 2.g3. However 1.c4 ed5 2.a3 f5 3.d4 and 2.e3 f5 3.d4 painfully illustrate AOC's point. Black has to avoid this. Questions about my repertoire in the c4 e5 complex https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1652779257 ChessPub Forum/English 1...e5 https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1652779257 Wed, 18 May 2022 07:59:36 GMT <a href="https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1652779257/4#4">an ordinary chessplayer wrote</a> on 05/17/22 at 16:03:50: <div id="606563646F6F647537300102"><a href="https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1652779257/0#0">CanadianClub wrote</a> on 05/17/22 at 09:20:57: <div id="13313E313439313E133C25325003">Which line is more usually faced at my level (I know it's a difficult question)? It's more a question of taste? </div> If you turn that around, 2.g3 is more often recommended for club repertoires, so that is what your black opponents likely will have seen more. And I think 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 (2...Bb4!?) 3.g3 Bb4 is due for a reassessment, there is scope for white to play differently from old theory by looking at how black is now handling 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6. Since you already play both 1.d4 and 1.Nf3, another option is to scout your opponents and (for now) only throw out 1.c4 when their usual answer is congenial for you. </div> Yes, totally agree. I answer this same on the previous post. The idea is to combine 1.d4 with 1.c4 and 1.Nf3, even if I need a total immersion period of time now playing only 1.c4 (at least at online blitz) to get a feeling. But it seems that critical answers by Black will not be faced in online blitz games, so... pleasant games for sure. Not a reflection of what I am going to face OTB against people, say, 2000 FIDE. thx Bc5-a7 hack attack https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1616400011 ChessPub Forum/English 1...e5 https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1616400011 Mon, 22 Mar 2021 23:45:43 GMT I first became aware of this line over a decade ago playing in opens in Spain, where I knew it as "the Vallejo plan". I soon started playing it enthusiastically myself. In a way therefore I was disappointed when GM Markus Ragger published a rather good article on it in Yearbook 124! He explains things very clearly and at some length and I think one could certainly start playing it for Black just on that basis. Ragger also covers White playing Nf3, instead of e3 and Nge2. One odd thing is that even if White is able to play the logical e3, Nge2 and d4, Black's 'Italian' bishop still often plays an important role. In my experience (both over the board and online), although I think White should be OK, especially if he defers castling, even then the positions arising can become very sharp and unbalanced and probably not to the taste of most 1 c4 players who favour an early g3 set-up. English Keres-like lines and central expansion https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1574364381 ChessPub Forum/English 1...e5 https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1574364381 Thu, 21 Nov 2019 20:21:25 GMT You'll probably have to tie it down rather. Black quite often relies on tactics arising from his extra space and/or doesn't simply go e4. In that specific line you gave 6.. d4 is very strong indeed <img rel=":-)" src="https://www.chesspub.com/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/default/smiley.gif" alt="Smiley" title="Smiley" /> If white goes 6 d4 instead, the computers seem to mildly prefer just going Bd6. Much more normal seems to be a quick d4 by white, often met by ed ed. Then loads of games on the databases. Help to complete a repertoire vs. 1. c4 https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1450375411 ChessPub Forum/English 1...e5 https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1450375411 Sat, 19 Dec 2015 00:42:04 GMT Since you play an unusual defence to 1.d4 it makes sense to meet 1.c4 with 1...e5 or 1...c5. Either way you have a lot of different options so you should be able to find something suiting your style, for example: a) One approach is to go Bb4 as soon as they play Nc3, so if 2.Nc3 Bb4, 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 h6!? waiting for 4.Nc3 and then 4...Bb4 (yes this is a major line, and fine for Black). The only price you pay is that White obtains a very tiny edge if they find all the right moves in the 2.Nc3 Bb4 line. b) Get a Reversed Open Sicilian as soon as you can, e.g. 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5, 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 and 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5. Of course you need to show a bit of flexibility if they don't fianchetto, but then you can often fianchetto yourself, e.g. 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 g6 or 4.e3 g6 5.d4 d6. c) Try to develop the bishop to c5, e.g. 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5, 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bc5, and if 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nc3 or 4.Nf3 then 4...Bc5. Again you need some flexibility for when they don't go g3. There are other options as well, for instance you may like 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Nd4, and if you like the Grand Prix Attack then 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3/g3 f5 is a logical enough suggestion. Or if you play the King's Indian, you may be happy to play 2...Nc6/3...g6, even if the 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 line arguably gives White the easier position to play in general. A similar breakdown can be done with 1...c5 lines, starting with whether you want to play ...Nc6 or ...Nf6 on move 2, but I guess you already settled on 1...e5. Against 1.Nf3 I would use the 1...d5 move order to limit White's options somewhat, if 2.d4 Nc6 you get your Chigorin (though you may like to investigate 2...Bf5 for some variety), 2.c4 is well met by 2...d4 and against most moves you'll play ...Nc6, and if 2.g3 you can always play 2...Nc6 if you are insistent on a Chigorin position (as happens after 3.d4). Bologan DVD 1.c4 e5 https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1364930057 ChessPub Forum/English 1...e5 https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1364930057 Tue, 5 May 2015 20:54:22 GMT Thanks Stigma. I'll have to order those books as soon as I can. I don't know why they provided the different choices in the DVD. Maybe they thought it would appeal to a wider audience that way. Bologan also has a Chessbase DVD on the Rossolimo for White of course, so maybe too there's some kind of synergistic sales effect where people who buy this one will buy that one and vice versa. Help needed! how to deal with the Vector gambit? https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1424749857 ChessPub Forum/English 1...e5 https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1424749857 Mon, 6 Apr 2015 10:18:58 GMT <a href="https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1424749856/0#0">raja wrote</a> on 02/24/15 at 03:50:56: <div id="17080914054E2E090708146004">1.c4 e5 2.g3 d5 3.cd c6!? i am particularly concerned about the above move order because i have committed g3.....and i think after g3 by white ...black gets more than enough compensation... </div> I agree Black has compensation. Whether it is "more than enough" I'm not sure. I'm afraid White has to bite the bullet and play a Morra with colours reversed, but I see the problem: You don't necessarily want to have played g3 in this case. Any ideas if it's possible to get to a reversed Alapin? In the Sicilian the Alapin obviously has the better reputation than the Morra, but still many players transpose for practical reasons after 1. e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 with 3...d5 or 3...Nf6 to the lines they play against the Alapin. Moreover, when you play the English you are not likely to look forward to a tactical struggle in the Morra reversed. Unfortunately a transposition to the Alapin doesn't seem to work. 1.c4 e5 2.g3 d5 3.cxd5 c6 4.Nf3 e4 5.Nd4 1.c4 e5 2.g3 d5 3.cxd5 c6 4.d4 Qxd5 5.Nf3 e4 In both cases g6 doesn't really fit in. Maybe 1.c4 e5 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 can be considered, transposing to a position that usually comes via 1.g3 e5 2.Bg2 d5 3.c4!? But still here Black can play 3...c6, and after 4.cxd5 Nf6 we are back in a Morra. So if White definitely wants to avoid this he has to play something else than 4.cxd5 here, maybe 4.Nf3 or 4.d4. Of course you have to be aware of Black's possibilities after 1.c4 e5 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 like 3...d4. By the way, I wonder why there aren't more games with 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 c6!? ... <img rel=":-?" src="https://www.chesspub.com/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/default/huh.gif" alt="Huh" title="Huh" />