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English 1...Nf6
English 1...Nf6 & others, Mikenas Attack, Nimzo-English, Pseudo-Grunfeld [A10, A13, A15-19] (Moderators: proustiskeen, Hadron)
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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 |
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Thrilling System ???
Hi friends,
I am preparing for a tourney right now. One of my opponents (an IM) is playing with WHITE: 1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2... I am looking for an aggressiv li... Started 08/27/04 at 18:35:28 by SutterCane |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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English Defence vs. 1.c4 move order
I find 1...b6 rather irritating as a response to 1.c4. Tony K's suggestion fo adopting a Botvinnik type set-up does not wholly satisfy me - and King is scathing about it in his book on the English De...
Started 03/03/03 at 05:47:58 by alumbrado |
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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) |
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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 |
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