Hot Topic (More than 10 Replies) f5 in the NI / QI ? (Read 14592 times)
R.B.
Guest


Re: f5 in the NI / QI ?
Reply #20 - 03/03/05 at 02:37:33
Post Tools
Well, at my level (below2000) I need not care about latest theory. It is enough for me to have a look at Chessbase Megabase and there I see, that 5.e4 happens in about 3 % (!) of games.
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
lnn2
God Member
*****
Offline



Posts: 1504
Location: nc
Joined: 09/22/04
Re: f5 in the NI / QI ?
Reply #19 - 03/03/05 at 02:24:25
Post Tools
@r.b: 

you ought to subscribe to chesspub. Smiley please see recent chesspub updates or any recent issue of New in Chess. 5. e4 is not a harmless move (as was usually thought to be), but a newly fashionable and quite dangerous weapon recently used by ivanchuk, karpov, aronian and sokolov. I won't pretend it's the best anti-nimzo weapon. only wanted to make the point that you can't guarantee a Ne4/f5 setup in the nimzo, as you seem so insistent upon.
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
R.B.
Guest


Re: f5 in the NI / QI ?
Reply #18 - 03/03/05 at 02:06:16
Post Tools
5.e4? Premature

5.e4 d5, 6.e5 Ne4, 7.Bd3 c5, 8.cxd5 exd5, 9.Nge2 cxd4, 10.Nxd4 Nd7, 11.f4 Ndc5, 12.0-0 Bxc3, 13.bxc3 Da5 ?! and I prefer Black (despite there is no kingside-attack).
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
lnn2
God Member
*****
Offline



Posts: 1504
Location: nc
Joined: 09/22/04
Re: f5 in the NI / QI ?
Reply #17 - 03/02/05 at 23:56:13
Post Tools
ah yes. how can i forget 8... f5 is a critical line in the 4. f3 system  Roll Eyes But f5 in that line is hardly meant as a king side attack, which is presumably what is wanted here.. and yes there is no Ne4.

Incidentally the classical dutch setup with 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 is a good way to go, though a successful kingside attack needs a co operative White. Nowadays i sometimes play the "rubinstein-style" 4. e3 (recommended by Palliser), instead of 4. f3!?, even though the lines frequently merge.
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
MNb
God Member
*****
Offline


Rudolf Spielmann forever

Posts: 10778
Location: Moengo
Joined: 01/05/04
Gender: Male
Re: f5 in the NI / QI ?
Reply #16 - 03/02/05 at 22:44:44
Post Tools
Inn2, you have forgotten Miranda Teixeira - MNb in which I played 8...f5 9.Qd3 f4. True, my knight was on d5 and not on e4. Moreover you have clearly explained why White must play 9.Nh3.
You will be delighted, knowing that I have an email game going on with your favourite anti Nimzo system, me playing White. Things do not go bad at all until now.
You know my opinion: that f3 system is another reason to play f5 at an earlier stage.
  

The book had the effect good books usually have: it made the stupids more stupid, the intelligent more intelligent and the other thousands of readers remained unchanged.
GC Lichtenberg
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
lnn2
God Member
*****
Offline



Posts: 1504
Location: nc
Joined: 09/22/04
Re: f5 in the NI / QI ?
Reply #15 - 03/02/05 at 20:49:45
Post Tools
6..Ne4 is playable although on the basis of latest theory white seems to have a tiny edge.  But what about 4. Qc2 0-0 5. e4! No f5 here iirc. Even if you do get it in, you're hardly well-placed to attack k-side. 

not to mention the 4. f3 nimzo where in 1000+ games (blitz or otherwise) i have not seen anybody play f5. i repeat: you cannot always get what you want as black.
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
R.B.
Guest


Re: f5 in the NI / QI ?
Reply #14 - 03/02/05 at 16:42:12
Post Tools
@Inn2

Ok, premature but one move later it works:

1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 e6
3.Nc3 Bb4
4.Qc2 0-0
5.a3 Bxc3+
6. Qxc3 Ne4
7.Qc2 f5

cant be that bad, if it was championed by Top10player Michael Adams...
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
MNb
God Member
*****
Offline


Rudolf Spielmann forever

Posts: 10778
Location: Moengo
Joined: 01/05/04
Gender: Male
Re: f5 in the NI / QI ?
Reply #13 - 02/27/05 at 20:40:26
Post Tools
That is why I play f5 on the 2nd move.
Still the conclusion of Inn2 is slightly wrong. Not because Black misses his king's bishop it is hard to play e6-e5, but because Black has exchanged it against the White knight.
If both black squared bishops are from the board, it is much easier to force e6-e5. I also think, that leaving the bishop on c8 (protects e6 and f5) helps even better.

When Black combines a queen's fianchetto with f5/Ne4, he should consider c7-c5. Another option is pieceplay as indicated by Inn2 - Rf8-f6-h6. But I agree, that this is only succesful if White cooperates. Williams in his book on the Classical Dutch gives two examples, but not in the theoretical part.

Spielmann has played the Dutch with Bb4 a few times, with reasonable succes.
Rubinstein-Spielmann, Oostende 1907: Black was lucky to escape with a draw.
Rubinstein-Spielmann, Prague 1908: White won.
In both cases Black fianchettoed the queen's bishop.
Rubinstein-Spielmann, San Sebastian 1912: Black won a great attacking game - but the queen's bishop went to d7.
  

The book had the effect good books usually have: it made the stupids more stupid, the intelligent more intelligent and the other thousands of readers remained unchanged.
GC Lichtenberg
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
lnn2
God Member
*****
Offline



Posts: 1504
Location: nc
Joined: 09/22/04
Re: f5 in the NI / QI ?
Reply #12 - 02/27/05 at 11:10:53
Post Tools
@r.b. :

4. Qc2 Bxc3?! White saves a tempo without a3 and is easily += with two bishops. Of course you can insist on your set up, but you better not die on the dark squares.

Two variations for your consideration:

5.Qxc3 Ne4 6.Qc2  f5 7. Bf4 d6 8. f3, maybe followed by 0-0-0. 

5.Qxc3 Ne4 6.Qc2  f5 7.Nf3 0-0 8.g3 d6 9.Bg2 Nd7 the white plan is Ne1/f3/e4, and b3/Bb2 to follow. Where is your kingside attack? 10.0-0 Ndf6 11.Ne1 h6 12.Nd3 Qe8 13.b3 Bd7 14.f3 Ng5 15.Bb2. (Mikanovic-Peredun). Now e4 is coming. Black did not play the best moves, but nevertheless to my mind black is getting a poor classical dutch, because without the dark squared bishop it is not convenient to play for e5.
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
R.B.
Guest


Re: f5 in the NI / QI ?
Reply #11 - 02/27/05 at 09:11:48
Post Tools
@Inn2

where is the problem in getting in Ne4/f5 in the 4.Qc2-NI ?

4. Qc2  Bxc3
5.Qxc3 Se4
6.Qc2  f5

havent looked at 4.a3 in the QI, but I think also there you can get in Ne4/f5.
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
Dutch-Kalashnikov
Full Member
***
Offline


Ambivalent? Well, yes
and no.

Posts: 156
Location: Austria
Joined: 11/27/04
Re: f5 in the NI / QI ?
Reply #10 - 02/27/05 at 09:04:20
Post Tools
Having the black pieces and not playing f5 before move Nr. 10 is like eating sausages without mustard Wink
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
lnn2
God Member
*****
Offline



Posts: 1504
Location: nc
Joined: 09/22/04
Re: f5 in the NI / QI ?
Reply #9 - 02/27/05 at 08:27:51
Post Tools
i don't understand this obssession with f5. you guys have crude taste  Grin so do i sometimes, but as black you cannot always get what you want. 

i do not think it is possible to succeed with a k-side attack in most variations of the ni/qi... assuming you can even get in f5 in the first place (can't do that against the most popular variations e.g 4. Qc2 NI or petrosian QI). you'll only succed in your "auto-pilot" Ne4/f5/Rf6/Rg6(h6) if your opponent's play is terribly cooperative!
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
Dutch-Kalashnikov
Full Member
***
Offline


Ambivalent? Well, yes
and no.

Posts: 156
Location: Austria
Joined: 11/27/04
Re: f5 in the NI / QI ?
Reply #8 - 02/27/05 at 03:29:09
Post Tools
I had a closer look at those f5+Ne4 setups in the NI + QI.
3 drawbacks I found so far:
-2.Bg5 is a hassle
-same for 2.Nc3, you must answer d5 to avoid 3.e4
-in the QI you can play this setup neither against weaker opponents nor against equal opponents as this is one of the most drawish lines (GMs play this when they want to take the afternoon free). 1.d4 Nf6, 2.c4 e6, 3.Nf3 b6, 4.g3 Bb7, 5.Bg2 Be7, 6.0-0 0-0, 7. Nc3 Ne4, 8.Nxe4 Bxe4... with 87 % draws.
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
MNb
God Member
*****
Offline


Rudolf Spielmann forever

Posts: 10778
Location: Moengo
Joined: 01/05/04
Gender: Male
Re: f5 in the NI / QI ?
Reply #7 - 02/25/05 at 21:24:35
Post Tools
"if after Bd3 you overprotect Ne4 with d5"
In general this is a foolish thing to do. One sample line:
1.d4 f5 (sorry, I am too lazy to find out how it works in the Queen's Indian) 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 b6 5.Ld3 Bb7 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.Bd2 o-o 8.Qc2 a5 9.a3 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Ne4 Flohr-Bondarevsky, CCCPch 1951.
  

The book had the effect good books usually have: it made the stupids more stupid, the intelligent more intelligent and the other thousands of readers remained unchanged.
GC Lichtenberg
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
Xbm
Guest


Re: f5 in the NI / QI ?
Reply #6 - 02/25/05 at 13:44:47
Post Tools
I think, you usually dont play d5 if you have played Ne4 before.
Ne4 is played in the b6+Bb7 setup without d5. 
If d5 then no queenside-fianchetto.
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
Dutch-Kalashnikov
Full Member
***
Offline


Ambivalent? Well, yes
and no.

Posts: 156
Location: Austria
Joined: 11/27/04
Re: f5 in the NI / QI ?
Reply #5 - 02/25/05 at 07:26:35
Post Tools
by the way: if after Bd3 you overprotect Ne4 with d5, then - I suppose - you have transposed to the Dutch Stonewall, havent you?
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
Dutch-Kalashnikov
Full Member
***
Offline


Ambivalent? Well, yes
and no.

Posts: 156
Location: Austria
Joined: 11/27/04
Re: f5 in the NI / QI ?
Reply #4 - 02/24/05 at 11:41:22
Post Tools
I am really no expert on the Nimzoindian/Queensindian (I play the Dutch Leningrad too) but I fear a lot of White players below 2000 will simply exchange on e4 and then the position dont look like after very much kingsideattacking-prospects.
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
R.B.
Guest


Re: f5 in the NI / QI ?
Reply #3 - 02/24/05 at 03:29:42
Post Tools
Well, an interesting idea, to play a Dutch, but start it as a Queensindian. 

This would keep all those maverick attackers away who bother me in my Dutch with moves like 
h4    
Nh3 
c3+Qb3 
0-0-0
2. e4 
2. Bg5 
2. Nc3
2. Nf3
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
Luisa
Guest


Re: f5 in the NI / QI ?
Reply #2 - 02/24/05 at 03:20:41
Post Tools
Thanks for your answer, Mnb, its appreciated, but I cant follow your advice, as I cannot afford to allow White 2.e4 ! (of course, the likeliness that a d4-player will come up with 2.e4 is not very high, but what if...?)
And if I start it immediately as a Dutch with 1...f5, there is always the hassle of 2.Nc3, what seems nowadays already the most popular answer - beside there is 2.Bg5...
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
MNb
God Member
*****
Offline


Rudolf Spielmann forever

Posts: 10778
Location: Moengo
Joined: 01/05/04
Gender: Male
Re: f5 in the NI / QI ?
Reply #1 - 02/23/05 at 21:15:26
Post Tools
Why not turn it the other way round?
1.d4 e6 (or f5 first)
A) 2.c4 f5 3.g3 (3.Nc3 Nf6 and both Bb4 and b6 are common moves) Nf6 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 (5.Bd2) o-o 6.Nf3 b6!? idea 7.Ne5 Ne4.
B) 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.o-o (5.c4 Bb4+) Nf6 6.c4
with the sort of setups you are looking for. In line B 7.d5 though is a serious threat.
  

The book had the effect good books usually have: it made the stupids more stupid, the intelligent more intelligent and the other thousands of readers remained unchanged.
GC Lichtenberg
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
Luisa
Guest


f5 in the NI / QI ?
02/23/05 at 16:56:39
Post Tools
I play since 2 years the Dutch (Leningrad variation) against d4.
I score fine with it and I like the positions, but honestly speaking I am sometimes concerned if I dont take too much risk with this opening (especially against lower rated players).

Before the Dutch I played the Nimzoindian/Queensindian, but the fight around the half-open/open c- and d-lines at some point bored me (kindside-play/center-play seemed more interesting to me).

Now I dabbled little bit around with the NI/QI again and found out by some database-study that there is a setup in the QI with f5 ! (Nf6 + e6 + b6 + Bb7 + Ne4 + f5...)

Looked not so boring at first view for me. What you think about a QI-setup (havent checked so far the NI) that includes f5?
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
Bookmarks: del.icio.us Digg Facebook Google Google+ Linked in reddit StumbleUpon Twitter Yahoo