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Hi to everyone!
What do you think about following repertoire for Black against 1.e4 e4 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4:
Extract from book: CHAPTER 6: TWO KNIGHTS DEFENCE
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Nf6
If White plays 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4, both 3...Nf6 4 Ng5 and 3...Bc5 4 b4!? - or
4 c3 Nf6 5 d4 - allow White to sharpen the struggle and involve his opponent in
having to know some theory. My choice of 3...Nf6, the Two Knights Defence, was
made because of its relative pugnacity. White cannot easily create an equal
position in which it is difficult for Black to play for a win.
After 3...Nf6 White's 4 Ng5 effectively wins a pawn, but the lost time gives Black
good compensation after 4...d5 5 exd5 Na5.
In Alekseev-Yemelin we see what is essentially the main line (9 Nf3), but with my
recommendation being the slightly unusual 10...Bc5 rather than 10...Bd6, and
then Yemelin's 12...Nb7!?. Black seems to be doing quite well here, and the fact
that this line is quite unusual should mean that many exponents of White's side
will be caught unawares.
Instead of 9 Nf3 White can also try Steinitz's 9 Nh3, which is another move that
Bobby Fischer rehabilitated. But against this I think that Malaniuk's 9...g5
followed by 10...Bg7 (Grischuk-Malaniuk) is a strong plan, shutting the knight out
of the game and setting about advancing the kingside pawns.
In my correspondence game with Azevedo Pessoa (Azevedo Pessoa-Davies) my
opponent tried another unusual move that the Dutch GM John Van der Wiel has
played in several games, namely 8 Qf3. I felt that Black had some initiative but
White finally managed to force a draw by perpetual check. If Black wants more he
could examine 11...Bb7!? instead of 11...Be6.
Finally there is 6 d3, which was recently given a run out in the correspondence
game Spitz-Piccardo. Black obtained good counterplay, although there may be
more to be said in this complex line.
Rather than force Black to play a promising gambit, White can try to seize the
initiative with 4 d4. After 4...exd4 5 e5 I like the unusual but sound 5...Ne4!?,
which has also been the choice of strong grandmasters such as Romanishin.
In Kozakov-Jonkman White recovers the pawn with 6 Bd5 Nc5 7 Bxc6 but gives
Black excellent light square play. V.Gurevich-Romanishin features the more
testing 7 0-0, but even so Black gets counterplay with the clever 7...Be7 8 Qe2 0-
0 9 Rd1 Qe8!. White can also try 5 0-0 instead of 5 e5, but this was essentially
put out of commission in Karaklajic-Jovanovic with 11...Bxh2+.
Finally we come to 4 d3, which often leads to similar positions to the Closed
Variation of the Ruy Lopez. Dolmatov-Romanishin features a good way to treat
this line for Black, playing ...Rad8 before retreating the knight to c6 and just letting White capture on e6 if that's what
he wants to do.
Summary
4 Ng5 leads to very complex positions in which Black gets ongoing compensation
for the sacrificed pawn. 4 d4 doesn't cause Black much trouble after either
4...exd4 5 e5 or 5 0-0 Nxe4, while 4 d3 is similar to a Closed Spanish.
Index
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Nf6 4 Ng5
4 d3 - Dolmatov-Romanishin
4 d4 exd4
5 0-0 - Karaklajic-Jovanovic
5 e5 Ne4 6 Bd5 Nc5
7 Bxc6 - Kozakov-Jonkman
7 0-0 - V.Gurevich-Romanishin
4...d5 5 exd5 Na5 6 Bb5+
6 d3 - Spitz-Piccardo
6...c6 7 dxc6 bxc6 8 Be2
8 Qf3 - Azevedo Pessoa-Davies
8...h6 9 Nf3 - Alekseev-Yemelin
9 Nh3 - Grischuk-Malaniuk
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