After studying the Carpatian Warrior 2 I have become slightly sceptical about blacks chances in the line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 Bc3 5.bc f5 6.e4 fe 7.f3 which was exactly the line Markovich pointed at. Black can keep things under some sort of control by trying to stick a knight on e5, or by the previously mentioned 7..e5 when 8.de is probably not whites best. Even so, to me, white always looks a bit better thanks to the unopposed black-squared bishop. From a practical point of view the line is interesting since if white fails to achieve much in the middlegame that doubled pawn will not go away, but for CC it seems a doubtful choice.
If white, however, refrains from 7.e4 and plays something more toothless like 7.Nf3 black looks at least OK, which probably would be the case in many instances OTB, so as a practical weapon it certainly has some merit.
The book is rich in moves, and poorer in explanations. The evaluations in the end of each line appear to be sometimes slightly biased, but the authors obviously put in a lot of effort.

TN wrote on 02/09/11 at 04:56:16:


Despite what the forum says this section should just be called "Daring Defences" without the "1.d4" part as some eco codes without that move can be found there.  This thread in fact should be in the "King's Indian" section.  See http://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1149126053. ; This variation of the Modern is A41 or A42.

Ludde wrote on 04/07/11 at 07:27:07:


There is a previous thread on this, somewhere.  I once won rather easily with 6.e4! fxe4 7.f3, but my opponent could've played better (though he didn't play 7...exf3?).  I think that those who say that 3.e4 is best are probably right, but this amateur player remains skeptical of the claim that Black is fine after 5...f5 6.e4!

Ludde wrote on 04/07/11 at 07:27:07:


Carpathian Warrior 2, Lalic/Okhotnic, 2008, has 165 pages on it. I considered buying that book because one can expect good work from Lalic but I finally didn't because I have too many chessbooks already. 

Nelson wrote on 02/25/11 at 17:59:15:

Apart from the sad fact that white can avoid this by simply playing e4 instead of Nc3 I find this line rather intriguing. Does anyone know if it is covered in any theoretical work? Apart from "the Sniper" that is....

Gilchrist is a legend wrote on 02/09/11 at 02:17:39:


How necesary is it to your Modern repertoire that you start with 1 d4 g6? 

I ask, because if you can start with the flexible 1 d4 d6, you have a lot more playable options in addition to the Modern, e.g. 1 d4 d6 2 c4 e5! (see e.g. the recent book "A Universl Weapon 1 d4 d6") or the Leningrad Dutch, as well as the Modern, the King's Indian and the Old Indian.

Hi,

My personal favourite is 1 d4 g6 2 c4 Bg7 3 Nc3 c5 4 d5 Bc3 5 bc f5................

This line is not as unsound as it looks and great fun to play!!

Regards,

Nelson.

Gilchrist is a legend wrote on 02/09/11 at 02:17:39:


1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 e5 5.Nf3 Nd7 6.Be2 c6 7.0-0 Nh6 and 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.g3 e5 5.Bg2 Nd7 6.Nc3 Ne7, to give two examples. 

For the record, this thread belongs in 'Daring Defences to 1.d4'.