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4.Bd3 english defence
1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3
4...Nc6 5.Ne2 Nb4 6.Nbc3 Nxd3+ 7.Qxd3 is +=
4...Bb4+ 5.Bd2 is also +=
So, does 4...f5 work? In the main line, 5.exf5 Bxg2 6.Qh5+ g6 7.fxg6 Bg7 etc, is bla...

Started 04/25/11 at 11:30:19 by slughouse
7 12257 Last Post 02/09/16 at 10:09:11
By: BenkoFan
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B00 1.e4 b6 Queen's Fianchetto /Nimzo Defense
Hi All,
I played the black side of this in a side game.  
1.e4 b6
2.d4 Bb7
3.Nc3 e6
4. Nf3 Bb4
5.Bd3 Nf6
6.Bg5 h6
7.Bxf6 Bxc3+
8.bxc3 Qxf6
9.0-0 0-0<b...

Started 06/19/06 at 04:06:16 by Kaissa
2 3992 Last Post 06/19/06 at 15:43:27
By: SutterCane
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Owen's 6 e5!? -- copy of discussion
The following discussion took place on the 1 e4 ... Forum in Jan.--Feb. last year:
MICHAEL AYTON
In the 3 Bd3 e6 4 Nf3 c5 5 c3 Nf6 variation of the Owen’s, there seems to be a dearth of publ...

Started 09/22/05 at 11:43:33 by Michael Ayton
2 2254 Last Post 09/24/05 at 18:29:57
By: Michael Ayton
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English Defense book by Bauer
Anybody spotted a review yet ?

Started 11/05/05 at 11:53:04 by Strptzr
2 2457 Last Post 11/09/05 at 13:40:41
By: Patrick75 (Guest)
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Play 1...b6
I received Christian Bauer's new book from Amazon yesterday. Interestingly it appeared first in the US (I am not sure if it is out in the UK yet). I was looking forward to this book because there is v...

Started 10/14/05 at 16:12:35 by ano (Guest)
11 9473 Last Post 10/29/05 at 22:07:06
By: basqueknight - Ex Member
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1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5
...after I posted that I remembered that 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 might be a better way to achieve the Dragadorf without allowing the GPA with 2...d6, however I still have a few concerns. I'm not Black has...

Started 12/12/06 at 00:49:46 by Glenn Snow
2 5985 Last Post 04/08/07 at 16:14:54
By: Glenn Snow
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A new look at the owens
Ok until the problem is fixed or explained i say we keep on going. Im gonna start a thread on B6.
Lets start off with how we respond to it and later get into a little bitt of theory:
E4 B6<b...

Started 11/25/05 at 01:52:11 by basqueknight (Ex Member)
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By: Klick
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Poll: The owens what do you think of it??
I wont vote this instance but i will get it going. No matter what answer you pick please leave a comment with it. I would like to see a wide range of players thoughts expressed as long as they are wel...

Started 11/07/05 at 01:18:57 by basqueknight (Ex Member)
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17 12052 Last Post 11/13/05 at 18:15:00
By: basqueknight - Ex Member
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English 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.a3
In the English I have been looking at 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.a3. My main source was the old 1987 Keene, Plaskett & Tisdall book (which is actually a good book, see my comment on not all Keene books being b...

Started 03/04/09 at 08:39:58 by Bonsai
5 6882 Last Post 03/09/09 at 11:15:26
By: Dink Heckler
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Question about the Owen's.
How can black best take advantage of the move order 1.Nf3 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3. Nc3. The NCO line I have assumes white will play Nd2 and c3.
Also, how does black deal with 1.e4 d6 2.d4 b6 3.c4 Bb7 4.Nc3...

Started 04/14/05 at 00:58:03 by Arthur I (Guest)
1 2047 Last Post 07/03/05 at 20:54:00
By: basqueknight - Ex Member
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1. ...b6 for practical players DVD
What will he prupose against the Suba/Kosten/Marin/Davies/Carlsted/D'Costa-English-Set-up (1. c4 2.g3) ?
Original and aggressive: 1. ...b6
for practical players 
by Nigel Davies
01...

Started 06/26/15 at 21:08:43 by alyechin
6 7766 Last Post 02/09/16 at 10:06:17
By: BenkoFan
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Dangerous line in the English Defense
After two, too easy wins in a quick tournament (15 minutes) without moving my clock, I asked myself some questions how this was possible  Roll Eyes.
1)d4 b6 2)Nc3 e6 3)e4 Bb7 4)Bd3 Bb4 5)Nge2 c5 6)a3 B...

Started 02/28/08 at 23:39:40 by pumi
5 6176 Last Post 03/21/08 at 18:35:48
By: pumi
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English Defence - Books question
Hi all,
I have a copy of Daniel King's book on the English Defence and also own Bauer's "Play 1. ..-b6". Can anyone tell me if it's useful to purchase Odessky's book on the same opening as well? ...

Started 01/15/10 at 10:41:19 by René
5 8532 Last Post 01/19/10 at 14:38:12
By: Keano
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Some one needs to write a new Owens book
Why is the opening neglected!? it is sound and dynamic. I think the flexibility is comfroting like a lot of other hyper modern systems. I used to play the modern till the austrian appeard in front of ...

Started 06/18/05 at 01:44:14 by basqueknight (Ex Member)
3 2897 Last Post 06/23/05 at 04:23:25
By: culdesac
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English Defence Odessky's book
I need this book but I don't know where I can find it
Thanks in advance for any help

Started 08/22/07 at 05:31:57 by casa2022
3 4970 Last Post 08/22/07 at 10:53:51
By: casa2022
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Owen's Defence 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6 4.Nf3
Further to a discussion on the Daring Defences forum, I said I would start a new thread here, so here goes.
I reproduce here Michael Ayton's post, which prompted me to do this:
Quote:
I wonder i...

Quite tricky, but of those options, I definitely go fo

Started 12/17/04 at 18:59:21 by alumbrado
3 4328 Last Post 12/17/04 at 22:17:21
By: SutterCane
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The Owen's -- a defence whose time has come?
In view of the interest in the Owen’s that’s been expressed on the 1 e4 … Forum, stimulated partly by anticipation of Bauer’s new book on the subject (does anyone know when this is due out?), I felt I...

Started 09/22/05 at 11:19:31 by Michael Ayton
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By: lost highway
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English Defence - Queen sac
In the chesspublishing August 2007 update (Daring Defences) Glenn Flear analysed Kobylkin-Pilavov
1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bd3 f5 6.Qe2 Nf6 7.Bg5 fxe4 8.Bxe4 Nxe4 9.Bxd8 Nxc3 10.Qh5 g...

Started 11/15/07 at 13:11:02 by Matemax
0 2879 Last Post 11/15/07 at 13:11:01
By: Matemax
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Owen's Defense
Chess season for my school will be starting soon and everyone is expecting me to play Sicilian as Black but I want to surprise them so I need to learn a weird, but good opening against 1. e4 so I want...

Started 10/27/04 at 21:31:16 by MarkPharaoh
9 10477 Last Post 11/04/04 at 11:52:48
By: BigBen
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A interesting line in the Owens
I have been going over my games of the past and noticed that i have a 100%! winning percentage when i play the owens defense. This is only based on 5 games and in those 5 games it didnt really resembl...

Started 06/02/05 at 12:23:40 by basqueknight (Ex Member)
2 2372 Last Post 06/16/05 at 11:53:49
By: basqueknight - Ex Member
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