Actually this pawn sac is mentioned in my eBook on the King's English, and I analysed it in the Filippov,V-Volzhin,A game on the site! In the eBook I recommend 5 d3! 8)

Hi,

Here is a sharp line for black that I have yet to see any analysis on:
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.e3 d5!?
The idea being after 6.cd Nb4 7.d4 e4 with good play.

Thoughts?

Bela

What do you mean you haven't bought it yet!!!!
Actually, I am only joking!
There are plenty of sharp lines in the English: 4 g4 in the Nimzo-English, or the Mikenas Attack, for instance, and against the Four Knights with  4 g3 Bb4 there is the stuff that kasparov used to play against Karpov. 8)

Hi everyone!
i am a new subscriber to chesspub (not to this site yet, but I think I will...)
anyway, as I might start playing c4 as a way to avoid some d4 lines I don't like (like the QGD or the nimzo), I am looking for sharp lines in the c5 and e5 English, or at least really unbalancing lines; to give you an idea, I play the French and the KID as black, and I also like the Botvinnik semi-slav (all lines where you take some positionnal or tactical risks that give rise to really unbalanced positions...)...
so, as I am rather new to the English, I would be glad if somebody could pinpoint some lines that might suit me....

Thanks!!!