Michael Ayton wrote on 12/13/19 at 17:15:31:
Quote:I think the Steintz Deferred is an underrated and less theory heavy option.
Excellent! -- I've just been swotting it up to play it next year.
Good Luck.
Leon_Trotsky wrote on 12/11/19 at 22:19:04:
Is the Marshall Attack still good for playing to win? It seems like it is one of those lines where you have to memorise to move 30 or 40 and it is just a draw with weird perpetual checks.
There is a bit of truth in what you say, but then the larger question is how to play for a win against the Ruy?
Leon_Trotsky wrote on 12/11/19 at 23:40:10:
TopNotch wrote on 12/11/19 at 20:23:26:
[quote author=1F243B05243F28234B0 link=1289059197/31#31 date=1576095806]I am also toying with the idea of producing a course for Chessable.
I was thinking of doing this myself, but I was unsure if people would really want it. Plus, all of my personal ChessBase files have not only the moves in Spanish, with some in Catalan and Italian, but also all annotations in word form. I doubt that they would be accepted at Chessable.
I would say go for it, I have noticed some foreign language courses at Chessable with good reviews, so there is a market.
@ Mnb
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 0-0 6.0-0 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Re1 Bg4 9.Nbd2 Nb6 10.h3 Bh5 11.Bb3 Qxd3 12.Nxe5 Qf5 is another interesting possibility, and it was analysed by Mikhalevski in one of his monthly updates but bottom line is I no longer trust this line fully for Black. To be honest I don't fully trust Gustafsson's a6, Ba7 lines either, although this has been the old mainline for ages. I much prefer the modern a5, h6 approach as practised by Spanish GM David Anton, there are some very nice ideas there for Black.