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Question: What is the best answer to 1.c4 between 1..c5 and 1...e5 ?

1...c5

12 (48.0%)

1...e5

13 (52.0%)

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What move should black chose to counter 1.c4 ? (Read 3905 times)

thibdb13 God Member Offline Tal was the best Posts: 974 Location: Mechelen Joined: 01/25/07 Gender:	Re: What move should black chose to counter 1.c4 ? Reply #4 - 03/25/08 at 07:33:16	Post Tools	Print Post
	kalle99 wrote on 03/22/08 at 21:51:52: Richard Palliser says : The english can be a tricky creature to face. I certainly agree. But 1..c5 or 1..e5 ? Or should one attack it with the dutch ? What move should black chose to counter the english opening 1.c4 ? It would be interesting to hear what made your choice. 1. ...-f5 is also a good move, at least for someone used to play the dutch defense.

	Yusupov once said that “The problem with the Dutch Defence is that later in many positions the best move would be ...f5-f7” but he is surely wrong.
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Smyslov_Fan God Member Correspondence fan Offline Progress depends on the unreasonable man. ~GBS Posts: 6902 Joined: 06/15/05	Re: What move should black chose to counter 1.c4 ? Reply #3 - 03/24/08 at 19:16:45	Post Tools	Print Post
	Probably the main reason I rarely play 1.c4 is 1...e5 with alumbrado's recommended pawn structure. However, when I am faced with 1.c4, I usually play either 1...c6 or 1...Nf6. I welcome my opponent's attempts to beat me in a strategic maneuvering battle.


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DoubledPawns Senior Member Offline 1.a3 e5 2.Nc3 Ba3 3.Ne4 Bf8 4.Ra5 Ke7 5.Re5# Posts: 283 Joined: 02/01/08	Re: What move should black chose to counter 1.c4 ? Reply #2 - 03/24/08 at 16:06:41	Post Tools	Print Post
	Kramnik played a 1.Nf3 move order for most of his career, but would meet 1...c5 with 2.c4. In my opinion, this is a piece of evidence in favour of 1...e5. However, players such as Aronian and Carlsen have been happy recently to play against this as White, so I suppose it is really a matter of taste. NB: I have played both 1...c5 and 1...e5 - personally I found 1...e5 to be easier to play/learn. It is probably a good choice for someone with experience in either colour of the Sicilian.

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alumbrado God Member Offline Esse quam videri bonus malebo Posts: 1418 Location: London Joined: 02/17/03 Gender:	Re: What move should black chose to counter 1.c4 ? Reply #1 - 03/22/08 at 23:09:35	Post Tools	Print Post
	I've said elsewhere that I think it is important that White be made to pay a price for the fact that his move order rules out various Black defences to 1.d4. If you play, say, the King's Indian or the QGD you may not be overly bothered by this, but personally I think it's still the best policy to go 1...e5! I will generally follow up with 2...d6 and 3...f5 but have also been known to play the Reversed Dragon lines.

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kalle99 Full Member Offline They say I have Aspbergers syndrome. Posts: 144 Location: Stockholm Joined: 11/05/05	What move should black chose to counter 1.c4 ? 03/22/08 at 21:51:52	Post Tools	Print Post
	Richard Palliser says : The english can be a tricky creature to face. I certainly agree. But 1..c5 or 1..e5 ? Or should one attack it with the dutch ? What move should black chose to counter the english opening 1.c4 ? It would be interesting to hear what made your choice.

	"I Often see in chess forums people asking : " What is the current status of that line ?"&&&&Its a good reasonable question,but who can claim that he knows the answer ?!&&&&Semko Semkov Januari 2008
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