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Re: e4 Repertoire
Reply #4 - 08/05/06 at 18:19:11
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Ok back to the Kings Indian and Sicilian.

I find these are good trys for black for a lot of 1.e4 players. Since a lot of e4 players are going for a win and a lot of tactics these two defences or more likely counter attacks are good choices for people who want to fight!

The Kings Indian is an old opening for sure but it has withstood the test of time. If you are affraid of complications than this is not for you but if your a fighter going for a point every game and are willing to take some risks then I recomend it whole heartedly. I would look at the games of Bronstein,Stein,Najdorf,Fischer,Kasparov,Geller,and of course Gallagher.

As for the sicilian Its a love of mine. I dont care which variation however I am partial to the Najdorf Scheveningen and most recently the classical. But I have also played the Dragon and Sveshnikov with good results. The sicilian is a way to create an imbalance where if white wants he or she may make it a wild fist fight and to this I say bring it on. Unlike the Kings Indian its not jsut for the tactical aggressors but can also be played by those of a more peacful nature. Some one who would like to defend as well as counter attack at a later time. Ideas are important and that is the only reason i can play so many different sicilians with good results is because I know a lot of reacurring themes that often overlap into other lines.

The Najdorf,Dragon , and Sveshnikov are the choices of black players wanting the full point and who are willing to enter into massive amounts of complications to achieve it. 

The Scheveningen and Kan and Taimanov are a lot quiter but that doesnt mean that they dont offer good chances for the second player. After seeing how Topalov handles the Scheveningen doesnt make it look like a passive choice.

The Classical is inbetween both sides and often is used as a transposional tool to reach another variation. However it can also have independent value as well. Its a lot easier to play than any of the other sicilians mentioned above as Ideas reign supreme! But there is no such thing as a free lunch and some theory will have to be digested. 

But if your a fighter I would look into these. I also recomend Starting out the Sicilian,dragon and Najdorf. all 3 are well writen and the first in the list is like a book which could be called starting out open sicilian ideas. A sampler platter of sorts. 

  
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Re: e4 Repertoire
Reply #3 - 08/05/06 at 13:43:16
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With 1.e4 I am currently recomending the Vienna Game which starts 2.Nc3 after e5. At the lower levels for whatever reason it is not as popular anymore. I see a lot of Italians and Lopezs but I have yet to see a Vienna in tournement practice. Often Times i get an improved kings gambit which is somthing which I am partial too because of my aggresive intention with both the black and white pieces.

I love to play for a win with the black pieces and as such I play a sicilian and somtiems e5 and then french.

The Sicilian is always the way to go if you really want to play for the full point with black. I use 4 different lines in the open. The Classical,The Najdorf,The Dragon and the Scheveningen. How is it possible that I play all of these with a degree of success? Well many of the most popular sicilians share many common ideas like queen side expansion and getting d5 in as a way to activate all of black forces and make the game = or =/+. 

The french has a drawish and boring reputation in a lot of amateur circles. This is unfortunate because it is quite a fighting defense. The main lines of the classical can be rather sharp. Black can unbalance things rather quickly. I play a burn variation with gxf6 which im sure you can find some into on in the french section of the forum. The advanced variation is not especially troublesome as you can play almost entirely on ideas. The modern where white pushes his pawn to e5 after black plays Nf6 is very popular but black has a lot of options to create quick counterplay. 

You can avoid a lot of classical theory by taking on the jsut as equally theortical Winawer. Which is not to my taste. It can be very good counterattacking and aggresive system but the classical with the burn and other lines are somthing that just draws me to it. 

The fighting defences I use when I play e5 are 3...f5 after both 3.Bb5 and Bc4. I also had a latvian phaze which is 2...f5 after Nf3 but this is not for the people who dont want to study. The 3.f5 defences are not to common on the tournemeny scene at least here in michigan which is why i like to employ them from time to time. I have somthing like an 90% score with them off and online combined. Often times against higher rated opposition. And you can play these on mainly ideas. Go over a few lines and games and youll be set depending how quickly you absorb new ideas. 

There is also a philidor which many are affraid to play any more after the famous opera box game. It begins. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Bg4?! 4.de and instead of taking like in the opera box game Nd7 or c6 and you can gambit the pawn as after exd6 Bxd6 and you have a slight but useful lead in development with good attacking chances. Tim McGrew wrote about this and a companion article for it in his gambit cartel which can be downloaded at chesscafe.com

the two articles are 
Not Exactly Opera Box and Going Fishing

Both are very fun to go over and he really is a great writer. I recomend you read all of his collums as not only will they show you a lot of interesting ideas but also entertain you. 

My main repertoire as of late is:

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vs 2.e5 the vienna (I played the lopez for years but decided i wanted somthing a bit faster.

vs the Sicilian: The open and Smith Morra gambit. I like attacking and playing the open and smith morra are ways of getting to an attacking positon. And as a sicilian player I know its a lot easier to prepare as white because black must learn all of whites replys while white only needs to learn 1 for each system!

vs the french: I do employ the classical myself with the white pieces aiming fot an Alekhine-Chatard attack which gives white a lot of great attacking positions. Vs the winawer I play an early Qg4 as I was inspired by stein.

vs the caro-kann: The adanced with Nc3

vs the pirc: The Chinese attack 

With black I employ the Sicilian and Kings Indian defences. which i will post in more deatail later.

  
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Re: e4 Repertoire
Reply #2 - 06/06/06 at 04:08:52
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You might want to take up an array of Sicilian Defenses with white and black.  The Najdorf is the most popular defense to 1. e4.  Study the Center-counter as white, although you will encounter that less frequently.  The King's Gambit might be a good attacking part of an e4 repertoire.  Maybe the Evan's Gambit, who knows stuff like that.
  
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Reply #1 - 06/04/06 at 23:49:31
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Have you already checked this page?

http://www.chesspublishing.com/content/repert.htm
  
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05/24/06 at 16:56:49
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Hi, im a e4 (e5 with black) player and i started to make my repertoire, In your opinions which lines i should use, i play the two knights defense with Na5 and the exchange variation of the spanish with white, but i wanna make a bigger and better repertoire and be prepared for other moves different  e5.

Thank you. 

This forum is great, congratulations!!
  
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