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Re: Ftacnik Chessbase 1.d4 repertoire
Reply #13 - 07/26/10 at 15:37:10
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So I got Ftacnik's 1.d4 repertoire and I think it is perfect for what I want from it, which is to say I am a 1.e4 player who wants to start to learn 1.d4 lines.  It is a great overview with some simple suggestions and a good way to start to build a repertoire.  If you've played 1.d4 for years it's usefulness will be limited, but if you're just starting 1.d4 I would give it my full approval.
  
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Re: Ftacnik Chessbase 1.d4 repertoire
Reply #12 - 07/26/10 at 14:22:30
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There's not only practical considerations such as what Paulsen suggested, but Watson credits the explosion of chess theory to ending dogmatism that declared some openings dead on arrival. Ideas such as ...g5 in the French, a6 in the Slav, Na6 in the King's Indian, all break the rigid orthodoxy (is there "flexible" orthodoxy?) of past generations.

This explosion of chess theory mostly coincides with the growth of computer analysis, but slightly predates it. Suba's influential book, Modern Chess Strategy, was written just before the advent of ubiquitous computer analysis.
  
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Reply #11 - 07/26/10 at 10:46:15
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I think it's less computers resurrecting openings than it is the reality that obtaining an advantage (especially in main line openings) isn't as feasible as it once was (if indeed possible at all), so the practical merit of openings becomes a bigger question. Whatever it takes to pose the opponent problems.
  
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Reply #10 - 07/26/10 at 10:32:50
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I think more chess openings are being seen as playable as computers find ways through initial dangers.
  
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Re: Ftacnik Chessbase 1.d4 repertoire
Reply #9 - 07/13/10 at 22:46:48
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Just a few years ago, Watson stated the opposite conclusion, that there are more chess openings played at high levels today than at any time in the past.

And this comment comes about a week after Carlsen played a King's Gambit!
  
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Re: Ftacnik Chessbase 1.d4 repertoire
Reply #8 - 07/13/10 at 17:04:15
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gewgaw wrote on 07/13/10 at 16:43:55:
It seems chess is worn out, because the relevent openings are getting fewer and fewer.


I must admit I find this statement puzzling, as well as what it has to do with your or Antillian's repertoire or the contents of a particular video.  Is there any doubt that Ftacnik could have chosen any number of other sets of variations which would have been equally good?
  
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Re: Ftacnik Chessbase 1.d4 repertoire
Reply #7 - 07/13/10 at 16:43:55
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Antillian wrote on 07/13/10 at 12:52:13:
It is strikingly close  to my current 1. d4 repertoire. But I would not buy it since the idea of presenting a complete white 1. d4 repertoire in less than six hours is shockingly ludicrous.


Well, my repertoire is similar to Ftaknic´s suggestion ,too. It seems chess is worn out, because the relevent openings are getting fewer and fewer.
  
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Re: Ftacnik Chessbase 1.d4 repertoire
Reply #6 - 07/13/10 at 12:52:13
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It is strikingly close  to my current 1. d4 repertoire. But I would not buy it since the idea of presenting a complete white 1. d4 repertoire in less than six hours is shockingly ludicrous.
  
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Re: Ftacnik Chessbase 1.d4 repertoire
Reply #5 - 07/13/10 at 07:21:12
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I wonder what he gives against the Queen's Gambit Declined.
  
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Re: Ftacnik Chessbase 1.d4 repertoire
Reply #4 - 07/12/10 at 19:24:17
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Antillian wrote on 07/12/10 at 16:55:40:
Can someone explain: Alias wrote on 07/12/10 at 09:31:01:
  • 4.Qc2 Nimzo+4.g3 707F65787D7D78707F1102


    • I mean is he proposing both 4. Nf3 and 4. Nc3? Huh


    According to Niggemann: Yes. 

    "Der Autor thematisiert überwiegend klassische Hauptvarianten - nach 1.d4 Sf6 2.c4 e6 sowohl 3.Sc3 als auch 3.Sf3."
      
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    Re: Ftacnik Chessbase 1.d4 repertoire
    Reply #3 - 07/12/10 at 16:55:40
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    Can someone explain: Alias wrote on 07/12/10 at 09:31:01:
  • 4.Qc2 Nimzo+4.g3 6A47424A582B04


    • I mean is he proposing both 4. Nf3 and 4. Nc3? Huh
      
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    Re: Ftacnik Chessbase 1.d4 repertoire
    Reply #2 - 07/12/10 at 16:26:07
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    Bf4 vs Benoni?  maybe?
      
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    Re: Ftacnik Chessbase 1.d4 repertoire
    Reply #1 - 07/12/10 at 09:58:39
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    Thanks Alias for that. Would have thought 4.e3 v Nimzo. More old school.

    Hmm, v Benoni?
      
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    Ftacnik Chessbase 1.d4 repertoire
    07/12/10 at 09:31:01
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    http://www.chessbase.com/shop/product.asp?pid=516

    Running time: 5h 30 min
    34 videos + intro and conclusions

    According to Niggemann:
    • 4.Qc2 Nimzo+4.g3 QID
    • 5.Nf3/6.h3 vs KID
    • 4.Bf4 vs Grünfeld
    • 3.Nf3/4.e3 vs slav
    • 4.e3 vs semislav
    • 3.Nf3 vs QGA
    • 3.Nc3 vs Chigorin
    • 4.Nf3 vs Volga gambit


    Obviously a list that gives a few answers but also many remaining questions unanswered.
      
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