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Re: Critical lines of the Chigorin
Reply #2 - 01/08/04 at 16:17:50
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John Watson recently reviewed several of the books/cd on the Chigorin, go to http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/jwatsonbkrev46.html. ; He writes that he doesn't believe White can get more than a normal opening advantage against the Chigorin the same as with other sound openings.  I don't know if that applies to the 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 move order too.

  
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Re: Critical lines of the Chigorin
Reply #1 - 01/07/04 at 15:37:10
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My understanding was that Black is having a hard time in the line (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6) 3.cxd5 Qxd5 4.e3 e5 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 exd4 8.Ne2.  I am not completely up to date with all this though, and the line 8...Bg4 9.f3 Bxf3 certainly looks messy to me!

This line is obviously only a problem if White plays the 'normal' move order (1.d4 and 2.c4).  However, the sun is not necessarily shining on the Chigorin if White plays 2.Nf3 (or 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4) either, as then (after 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6) White can avoid the Chigorin proper with 3.Bf4, 3.g3, or even 3.Bg5!?.  None of these offers Black a clear-cut path to equality, imho.

  
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Critical lines of the Chigorin
01/06/04 at 22:37:59
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Any thoughts on what the currently critical lines of the Chigorin are?

I see that one of the great proponents of the Chirgorin, Igor Miladinovic, recently won the Reggio Emilia Chess Tournament, which is traditionally a strong event. He only played the Chigorin once, and drew easily against an innocuous line:

Komarov,D (2566) - Miladinovic,I (2599) [D07]
46th It Reggio Emilia ITA (2), 28.12.2003

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.e3 Bg4 6.Bxc4 e6 7.h3 Bh5 8.Bb5 a6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Qa4 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Qd7 12.Rg1 Nd5 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Qxd7+ Kxd7 15.Bd2 g6 16.Ke2 ½-½

What lines should I be worried about as Black right now?




  
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