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Re: Nimzo-Benko Repertoire
Reply #3 - 04/10/06 at 17:02:00
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No problem - I should perhaps add that the obvious companion/comparison opening to most of these lines is the Blumenfield rather than the Benko.

In that case some of the 4 Nf3/g3 c5 Nimzo lines would overlap to some extent (They're at least conceptual relatives) with the anti benoni stuff after 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 c5 4 g3/Nc3 etc.
  
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Re: Nimzo-Benko Repertoire
Reply #2 - 04/10/06 at 15:46:44
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Thank you, Martin. You obviously know your stuff. Not sure I'll actually start playing all this, but it's usefull to know it exists.

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Reply #1 - 04/03/06 at 15:35:15
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I missed this earlier. It seems like an interesting enough idea although somewhat handicapped by white's reluctance to push d5 quickly in a lot of lines.

There are a couple of lines vs 4 f3 involving c5 and b5. (4 f3 c5 5 d5 b5 and 4 f3 c5 5 d5 o-o ^ b5 iirc.). iirc The first maybe lets white keep an edge and the second is plain random.

4 e3 isn't so promising - unless you can provoke d5 b5 doesn't feel too clever. But still several lines after: 4 .. b6 5 Nge2 c5 seem to feature b5 gambits. The main line however doesn't.
(There is even one b5 gambit mentioned in Dearing's book which is prepared with a6!)

Also after: 4 .. b6 5 Bd3 Bb7 6 Nf3 c5 7 o-o o-o 8 Na4 cd 9 cd Re8 10 a3 Bf8 black often uses b5 as a positional sacrifice to slow up white's queenside advance. 

So e3 offers fair prospects to give up a pawn on b5. The remaining lines are however hard.

Against 4 Nf3/g3 white isn't (often) planning to meet c5 with d5 (g3/Nf3 etc instead) so getting in b5 succesfully seems likely to involve having snatched a pawn on c4 first Smiley

Finally I truly struggle to believe that any b5 gambits exist against the Samich.

I've probably missed a few though - amazing variety of ideas in the Nimzo.
  
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Nimzo-Benko Repertoire
03/25/06 at 17:43:00
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Dear all,

I've recently been attracted to the idea of a Nimzo-Indian repertoire based on ...b5 gambits.
If nothing else to prove to Benko (and related Benoni and K's Indian variations) players that this move is not their exclusive property!
So far I only know of 1. d4 Ktf6 ; 2. c4 e6 ; 3; Ktc3 Bb4 ; 4. Qc2 0-0 ; 5. a3 Bxc3 ; 6. Qxc3 b5 and 
4. Bg5 h6 ; 5. Bh4 c5 ; 6. d5 b5. (Ironically 4. Qc2 and Bg5 are my main weapons as White)
I've also come across Hodgson's related idea in the English Defence : 1. d4 e6 ; 2. c4 b6 ; 3. e4 Bb7 ; 
4. d5 Ktf6 ; 5. Bd3 b5

Is anyone aware of examples of ...b5 in other variations against the Nimzo?

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