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English 1...Nf6 & others, Mikenas Attack, Nimzo-English, Pseudo-Grunfeld [A10, A13, A15-19]

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English Opening: Romanishin Gambit A13 English: Romanishin Gambit - A13 - 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 a6 4.Bg2 b5 Why is this commonly called a gambit? Started 03/01/22 at 19:01:20 by Marek Soszynski	3	2976	03/02/22 at 18:52:40 By: ErictheRed
What do people think of Vadim's 4th move? Just a general query - what do people think of Vadim's 4th move? V Zviaginsev - A Riazantsev Aeroflot Open Nimzo English 1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 Nf3 Bb4 ... Started 02/17/03 at 02:40:27 by Kiwi	5	4636	02/20/03 at 04:26:08 By: GMTonyKosten
Dynamic English vs. Dutch Leningrad Hi everyone, in his "Dynamic English" Tony Kosten advocates the following line against the Dutch Leningrad (chapter 12, page 121): 1.c4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.d3 0-0 6.e4 d6 7.Nge2... Started 01/29/07 at 02:10:14 by Mettwurst Lothar	5	6059	01/31/07 at 18:21:20 By: MarinFan
Grunfeld versus c4 or nf3 I would really like to play grunfeld, however what happens if white starts with 1c4 or Nf3 it seems harder to get back into a decent grunfeld type structure for black, have you any ideas about any mov... Started 04/11/08 at 18:59:35 by FischerTal	2	4415	04/11/08 at 23:15:48 By: Markovich
English 1 Nf6 & others playable ebook In the main page there is a link to a list of all playable ebooks on the site. However, in the flank opening section, it is mentioned that there is an "English 1 Nf6 & others [A10, A13 & A15-A19]" ebo... Started 12/01/06 at 05:57:19 by juanitoguate	2	3766	12/01/06 at 20:37:15 By: juanitoguate
Nimzo-English Some background (skip if bored): I am primarily a Nimzo and Queen's Indian player and I'm trying to find a good response to White's transpsitional monster, 1. Nf3. I've considered the Symmetrica... Started 10/25/07 at 19:10:03 by exigentsky « Pages 1 2 all »	27	31558	07/22/17 at 04:44:22 By: fjd
1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.Bg2 b5 good or bad? Someone played me this in a tournament game. He claims that this is playable... The game went 5. Nd4 c6 6.cxb5 axb5 7.Nxb5 cxb5 (sic) 8.Bxa8 d5 9.a4 Qa5 10.Bb7 b4 (bxa4 might have been bette... Started 06/19/06 at 15:39:14 by Michel	10	9149	07/07/06 at 21:02:48 By: player2006
What to play against 1. c4 for Grünfeld players If 1. c4, then is it best for Grünfeld players to continue into the Anti-Grünfeld line with 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 or play something else, and what else would it be? If Symmetrical, then what if... Started 01/09/12 at 00:35:37 by Gilchrist is a legend	10	10745	01/23/12 at 19:48:17 By: gwnn
Mikenas Attack w/ c5 (4.e5!? vs 4.Nf3!?) While the mainline is 4.e5!? Ng8 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.c4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nxe5 8.Ndb5 a6 9.Nd6+ Bxd6 10.Qxd6, I see quite a few players are choosing 4.Nf3!? Nc6 Be2. How to decide which to play in a particular... Started 02/20/08 at 17:46:20 by likesforests	0	2913	02/20/08 at 17:46:19 By: likesforests
Anti-Gruenfeld 4.Qa4+ : the queen sac My question to Tony and anyone who is interested in Anti-Gruenfeld line 4.Qa4+ There were several games commented on this site, but one of the critical variations was only mentioned in the comments to... Started 03/24/03 at 18:03:07 by alex8 (Guest)	1	2796	03/26/03 at 07:16:59 By: GMTonyKosten
To TONY KOSTEN: 2-pawn-attack Hello Tony, 1.c4 b6 2.Nc3 Bb7 3.e4 e6 4.g3 f5 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.d3 fe 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.de Ne5 9.O-O N... What do you think about 9.O-O...instead of b3 ??? White will answer Nc4 with Qa4.<br... Started 09/07/04 at 17:41:38 by SutterCane	1	3312	11/04/04 at 12:34:20 By: SutterCane
New style English 1 Nf6 and others eBook Flank Opening subscribers can now download the new playable English 1 Nf6 and others eBook, with links to over 150 annotated games by TonyK, John Watson and Carsten Hansen! Started 05/28/07 at 19:46:23 by GMTonyKosten	14	23442	11/21/11 at 14:54:38 By: GMTonyKosten
English v Gruenfeld Any thoughts on the line 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 ? Playing 6. bxc3 is likely to lead to a Gruenfeld, but what of 6. dxc3? The queenless position after after 6. .. Qx... Started 05/22/13 at 10:43:44 by RdC	6	8530	05/24/13 at 18:52:46 By: JonathanB
4.g4 in the Anti-Nimzo-Indian (Is Black better?) I open my games as White with 1.Nf3 (usually, though occasionally something else), and against attempts at a Nimzo-Indian, I play 1...Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3. I've been looking at 4.g4 against 3...Bb4, but... Started 05/01/03 at 17:33:41 by Patrick McCartney (Guest)	1	2939	05/21/03 at 05:56:07 By: GMTonyKosten
English Openings A13 (4...Bd6) & A10 (1.c4 b5) I play the English exclusively as White using the Kosten and Soltis move order. I ran into a line that I can't seem to find in the Kosten book (my Soltis book is on loan so I have not checked it ... Started 03/06/06 at 19:37:09 by Kaissa	2	795	03/08/06 at 00:24:26 By: Kaissa
Marin's Anti-Gruenfeld line Hi all! One of my recent correspondence games followed the Marin's Anti-Gruenfeld line as per Anthony Miles (2565) - Oscar Panno (2580), Hoogovens 1978: Download game in pgn format And he Started 12/05/11 at 15:21:14 by Vass	3	5025	12/05/11 at 16:32:08 By: fling
The English - Dealing with 1...Nf6 Hello all, How do you Flankers deal with 1...Nf6? I'd like to go with 2. g3, since 2. Nc3 e5 or 2...c6 would lead me outside my normal English repertoire. But then what? Do you guys transpose to... Started 10/30/09 at 19:14:53 by TonyRo	8	8757	11/02/09 at 14:18:08 By: Michael Ayton
Interesting Computer Moves in English A few days ago, one of my computers employed the following variation: 1.c4 Nf6 Nc3 d5!? cxd5 Nxd5 e4 Nb4!? (Previously it had played Nxc3 and we transposed nicely into a Grunfeld.) An... Started 12/01/03 at 15:54:02 by nexirae	0	1822	12/01/03 at 15:54:01 By: nexirae
Krasenkov Variation After 1. Nf3, Nf6 2. c4, e6 3.Nc3, Bb4 Krasenkov play 4. g4!? Is 4.., Nxg4 possible? Tnx Started 02/18/05 at 17:08:15 by Templare	1	3209	05/25/05 at 06:08:53 By: Radim (Guest)
English Mikenas c5 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 c5 4.e5 Ng8 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nxe5 8.Ndb5 a6 9.Nd6+ Bxd6 10.Qxd6 ... Why is the mainline here that hideous move f6? Why does black not play a move along the... Started 12/27/03 at 21:16:15 by nexirae	1	2434	12/30/03 at 15:49:50 By: GMTonyKosten

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