Yes c4 first looks better, I wasn't aware of a difference although I used to play c4 first in my games. 

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Tom

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Yes I have. I played it a few times. I had the impression that c5 is   the solution for black.

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I just play e5 Nd5 d4 d6 exd6 and c4 following and enjoy the better position, unfortunately the Aljechin is seldom played against me.

Yes I must have a look at the Philidor thx for pointing this out. 
As for the Petroff, perhaps you are right and I should stick with the mainlines. I only play Bc4 because of the Ng5 line, I am winning a pawn The Ruy Lopez: I like the games of the Super-GMs but I fear the massive theorie. I will think about it. I like 7.Nh3!? in the Caro Cann, my source is my own analyse. I consider it as dangerous for black but of course black can equalize.

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Tom

The repertoire as proposed looks quite good.  I would propose, however, that you go with the main lines of the Spanish or else the Scotch, Mieses Variation.  I don't think that the Italian is an opening conducive to producing many points against good opposition.  I agree that 4. Ng5 is the best White has against the Two Knights, but do you really want to give up the initiative on move 4?

Also is 5. Nc3 really any good against the Petroff?  I had the impression that the main lines were a more significant challenge to it.

Had you thought about the Alekhine-Chatard, by the way?

What against Alekhine's?

Sorry Taljechin 6.Qe2 was meant, alternatively you can play the f4-systems which are srong against the Czech too but much more work.



1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Qe2! +/-

As far as I know, there is not a really good book on the 4.Be3 Pirc. James Vigus told us, that he has paid serious attention to it in his recent book. You can forget the Ultimate Pirc by Nunn and McNab. The chapter on 4.Be3 is the weakest of the entire book. Maybe I am too critical, as I have played 4.Be3 (well, it used to be 4.f3 and 5.Be3) for 25 years.

There are a few threads on the 4.Be3 Pirc in the 1.e4 ... (rest) section. Here it suffices to recognize, that the 150-Attack involves Nf3 at some point. In my opinion (not shared by IM Martin for instance) White can do better by leaving the choice between f2-f3 and Ng1-f3 open for a while.

Just a few thoughts. 

For the Caro use Khalifman's Anand 3. It is excellent. Dont put too much effort into 4..Nf6, the lines of Khalifman are good and easy to remember. 4..Bf5 is called the classical. 4..Nd7 is more important than 4..Nf6 and here too that book has excellent coverage.

For the Svesh and Kalashnikov you could do worse than follow the experts book. Also I would suggest first studying the Richter-Rauser and only then Bg5-Najdorf. The chapter in the experts book is excellent and easier to learn than the Najdorf one. Plus it has many of the same ideas, but in a less confrontational setting so you can focus better on the ideas without bothering too much about tactics.

I also suspect you like the Italian better than the Spanish exchange. Though I would suggest playing the Ruy anyway, but avoid the exchange. Anand 1 and 2 (focussing on main lines) and Greet's book (also a repertoire, focussing on closed lines but much less theoretical) are both excellent material for the Ruy. I have them and can only recommend them if you want to learn the Ruy (plus the starting out book, but that's prolly too basic).

thanks for the suggestions. 4. Le3 sounds interesting, Ostap do you have a book recommendation?

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Tom

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You might want to consider 4.Be3 followed by Qd2 and 0-0-0 – sometimes referred to as the 150 attack.  It's a fairly agressive system which is still relatively easy to learn.  (I used to play Austrian attack but found it to be a bit too heavily analyzed for my liking.)

Another straightforward, fairly nontheoretical plan is to play 4.g3 followed by Bg2, Nge2, 0-0, and h3.  I played this for a while, but found it to be a bit too unambitious for my liking.

As for Open Sicilians, there's fair bit of work to do no matter which lines you choose – no way around this that I can see.  Personally, I like Sozin-type (6.Bc4) lines vs. Najdorf and Classical but this may simply be because I haven't really learned the corresponding 6.Bg5 lines [which are at the same time more agressive (I think) and more theoretical].