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Re: 1.e4 b6; 2.Bc4  Help Please
Reply #5 - 03/21/07 at 14:12:27
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Kaissa wrote on 03/16/07 at 13:19:51:
Thanks Willie,

Bf4 is a London system.  Is there an name for Bc4?  If I know the name I can look it up.

No name that I am aware of. Though you may find it listed under the french (1.e4 e6 2.Bc4), where it is one of the worst possible sidelines for white. In combination with b6 it may be a bit better for white, though it still looks plain bad.
If some lines of the English defenc scare you, you may consider going for it with 1..e6. This has the  advantage that many 2nd moves by white are not as good as against 1..b6 (2.Nf3, Bc4, f4 for example) and can be punished by playing 2..d5. Though in those cases you often wont play b6 (exception being 2.d3 where fianchettoing the c8-bishop is quite a good line.).
  
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Re: 1.e4 b6; 2.Bc4  Help Please
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Thanks Willie,

Bf4 is a London system.  Is there an name for Bc4?  If I know the name I can look it up.
  
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Re: 1.e4 b6; 2.Bc4  Help Please
Reply #3 - 03/16/07 at 07:01:36
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This game may give you some ideas. The d5 idea seem decent enough:

[Event "AZE qual (Women)"]
[Site "Azerbaijan"]
[Date "2003.07.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Mamedjarova,Turkan"]
[Black "Mamedjarova,Zeinab"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "B00"]
1.e4 b6 2.Bc4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nf3 d5 6.exd5 exd5 7.Bb3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Bf4 c5 10.Re1 Nc6 11.d4 a6 12.a3 Rc8 13.dxc5 d4 14.Na4 bxc5 15.c3 h6 16.cxd4 cxd4 17.Ne5 Na5 18.Bc2 Re8 19.Qd3 Bd6 20.g3 Bxe5 21.Bxe5 Qd5 22.Kf1  0-1

  
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Re: 1.e4 b6; 2.Bc4  Help Please
Reply #2 - 03/16/07 at 05:41:35
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Yes, I do plan to play e6,  but is d5 a good follow up?
  
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Re: 1.e4 b6; 2.Bc4  Help Please
Reply #1 - 03/15/07 at 21:05:45
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Ha ha : the mirrored London, but rather a bad idea, as you already intended to play e6 and d5, right ?
  
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1.e4 b6; 2.Bc4  Help Please
03/15/07 at 20:31:29
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Hi,

I'm a  D class player.  I like to play the English Defense, but when white places bishops f4 or c4 I get in trouble.   I've gotten some help in another thread with the Bf4 scheme, but I'm hoping someone here can give me some direction on how to play as Black against 
1. e4 b6
2. Bc4

This got started in the wrong forum (Nimzo), so I thought it best to move it over here.
  
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