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Re: Nf3 according to Kramnik
Reply #5 - 02/13/06 at 23:00:32
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Thanks for the all the responses.

alumbrado: I also picked up the Davies book, with the thought that his lines might serve as a 'stop gap' measure in my repertoire until I had mastered the Kramnik material.  Unfortunately, I just cannot get into the spirit of the Reti move b2-b3.  I'm also not a big fan of letting black play 2...d4. Black looks to get equality through simple and natural moves in lines like these.  I simply can't convince myself that I'm really making black work to negate my '+=' birthright.   

Although, I have to admit I find the 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4!? line a lot of fun to play.  It just feels a bit naughty to play such a brash QS thrust on move 3. Roll Eyes

It took real chutzpah for Reti to play such a thing against Capablanca when most people considered such a move obviously inaccurate (and that Capablanca was just the technician to prove it).  But it paid off...  as it still does over 80 years later. 
BTW, I remember reading that that game (Reti-Capablanca 1924) was the best "advertisement" the hypermodern school ever got.

Thanks again to everyone.

Has anyone else tried to implement the Kramnik repertoire?  Are black players 'booked' as well on these lines?
  

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Reply #4 - 02/13/06 at 22:13:57
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I just bought that one too.  It seems very good.
  
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Re: Nf3 according to Kramnik
Reply #3 - 02/13/06 at 18:54:46
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I have all the books and find most of the repertoire useful.  In particular it is probably the best coverage around of the Symmetrical English with an early(-ish) d4 by White.  The move order issues are quite tricky though.

Nigel Davies' The Dynamic Reti provides a more accessible, less theoretical 1.Nf3 repertoire avoiding transpositions to mainline 1.d4 openings - albeit at the expense in one case of transposing to a 1.e4 opening (the Pirc/Modern via 1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e4 and 1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nc3)!  A further advantage - it is just one volume!
  

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Re: Nf3 according to Kramnik
Reply #2 - 02/13/06 at 15:05:58
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I take my hat off for you, if you find this only a  b i t  intimidating....
  
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Re: Nf3 according to Kramnik
Reply #1 - 02/13/06 at 10:49:28
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If it gets such a high level endorsment as from Khalifman then it's good enough for me.

I only have volume 4 and 5 at the moment.  I'm planning to buy the others soon.  I also plan to put it into Bookup or a similar format for training.  Maybe we could work at opposite ends and share the results?
  
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Nf3 according to Kramnik
02/13/06 at 07:13:27
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I was wondering if anyone else has taken the time to go through all 5 volumes in the Khalifman series.  I got all 5 as a set and frankly, its a bit intimidating.  Have other people succesfully implemented the reportoire?  I'm a bit worried that Kramnik himself appears to have abandoned Nf3 in most games.

Are there any glaring holes in the analysis?  Any egregious errors?

Also, I find it odd that Khalifman offers a line that avoids the Gruenfeld, when Kramnik himself rarely does and has scored very well against it.  Same for the Slav, in which Kramnik tends to head straight for the mainlines.
   
Finally, did anyone happen to put the whole thing in Bookup format by chance.  I'm only just now finishing up volume 2 and its taking ages.  Especially since I'm comparing the suggestions with Kramnik's own games as well as Fritz.  I'm hoping that some poor soul out there is as ridiculous as me but found the strength to get through volumes 3-5.

Cheers. 

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