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kalle99 Full Member Offline They say I have Aspbergers syndrome. Posts: 144 Location: Stockholm Joined: 11/05/05	Re: What to play for a win against the Catalan? Reply #2 - 03/08/07 at 20:20:55	Post Tools	Print Post
	Vasilios Kotronias GM from Greece has written a book titled 'Beating the flank openings'. This guy is almost the father of beating books. He has written 'Beating the Caro-kann' and Beating the Petroff . Very good books. First he has 15 pages : The ideas behind the catalan.-Very instructive what ever side of the catalan you play. Then the next chapter is titled :' Beating the catalan opening'. 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7.Nc3 Nc6 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7.Na3!? Bxa3 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7.Ne5 Nc6! GM Karl Robatsch move. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7.Ne5 Nc6! 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.Na3!? Bxa3 10. bxa3 Ba6! 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nc6! 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Kotronias gives two replies : 10...Nc6 and 10...Be4 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7! 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7! 9. Rd1!? Rb8 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7! 9. Ne5 Nc6!? less known than 9...Bc6 which he considers too drawish. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7! 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bf4! a5! 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 Bd7!? Another option Kotronias gives/analyses.

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Markovich God Member Offline Posts: 6099 Location: Columbus, Ohio Joined: 09/17/04	Re: What to play for a win against the Catalan? Reply #1 - 03/08/07 at 13:42:41	Post Tools	Print Post
	pawneater wrote on 03/07/07 at 21:17:58: What do 1...d5 players here prefer to play against the Catalan when you need to win with black? Normally I play QGD/noteboom/dutch stonewall, so for now I answer the Catalan fianchetto with f7-f5. I would like to learn some other active system to "diversify" my anti-Catalan repertoire. It seems that the d5xc4 on move 3 or 4 should be the obvious choice, since most of the top grandmasters play this way nowdays. However, since I have very limited experience with the Catalan as white, and not very many "pure" Catalans with black (mostly stonewalls) I would like to get recommendations for an active system for black. Also, white players, what system do you dislike the most to face when playing the Catalan? Well, in the Open Catalan, 5...a6 and 5...Nc6 (which are interrelated) are widely considered to be Black's most dynamic tries. You could look at 5...b5 but to me, it seems dicey.

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pawneater YaBB Newbies Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 2 Joined: 02/23/07	What to play for a win against the Catalan? 03/07/07 at 21:17:58	Post Tools	Print Post
	What do 1...d5 players here prefer to play against the Catalan when you need to win with black? Normally I play QGD/noteboom/dutch stonewall, so for now I answer the Catalan fianchetto with f7-f5. I would like to learn some other active system to "diversify" my anti-Catalan repertoire. It seems that the d5xc4 on move 3 or 4 should be the obvious choice, since most of the top grandmasters play this way nowdays. However, since I have very limited experience with the Catalan as white, and not very many "pure" Catalans with black (mostly stonewalls) I would like to get recommendations for an active system for black. Also, white players, what system do you dislike the most to face when playing the Catalan?


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