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Re: The Sniper against 1.d4
Reply #4 - 11/03/12 at 22:17:49
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Well, I think that unsurprisingly enough 1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. c4 has been standardly viewed as leading to equality in the best-play lines, e.g. after 3...dc.  I don't know in what sort of position you're talking about White delaying Nf3 and 0-0.

One possibility that comes to mind regarding White making something of the extra move is 3...d4 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. 0-0, when 6...Be7 (a main move when played by White in the reversed-color Schmid Benoni position, but not a main move here) allows 7. b4.
  
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Re: The Sniper against 1.d4
Reply #3 - 11/03/12 at 21:02:37
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Thanks!

Which line gives Black the most trouble? With 3.Nc3 c5 4.dc5? (I personally have less trouble in the lines where White plays c4.)

Is the White Sniper a good idea for players of average strength - or is it a bit too sophisticated with transpositions to the Catalan and so on?

I'm not sure if Henley has covered this but I found some downloads/DVDs by Charlie Storey on the White Sniper. (Yes, I know there was a thread on this but it degenereated into a trollfest. I'm not interested in anything except discussing the chess and the ideas behind this opening.)

1.g3 is rare (Tony Miles liked it - Korchnoi even played it
against Karpov in the WC in 1978 and won - it was a sort of Closed Sicilian without Nc3) - certainly at my level 1.g3 is very unusual. After e.g. 1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 e5 3.c4 (Larsen played 3.b4 here once - not so much a Sniper, more a drunk machine gunner) White is a tempo up on normal Sniper lines.

I know reversed lines that are dynamic for Black can be just equal with White but here the centre is still tense and the question is - can White make anything of this extra move? Especially if White defers 0-0 and Nf3 then it can lead to some interesting (uncharted) possibilities rather than straight transpositions to other lines.

Just wondering! 

Any thoughts?

  
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Re: The Sniper against 1.d4
Reply #2 - 10/31/12 at 16:37:24
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I think it's a practical opening although there are some critical White tries that are difficult to cope with.  Henley has written a book on the Sniper and the Dzindi-Indian and has done several DVD's.  I believe he's also going to write another book at some point on what to do if White delays Nc3 (i.e, e4,d4,c4).  Of course Roman has some stuff on this as well.
  
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Re: The Sniper against 1.d4
Reply #1 - 10/31/12 at 16:34:22
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Foxy Openings: The Sniper! Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4 - Henley (ChessonDVD). I have not got them myself, but I am curious about them.
  
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The Sniper against 1.d4
10/31/12 at 14:26:44
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Hello everyone  Smiley

Just wondering what you think of the Sniper in response to 1.d4? I've been playing it myself online with some success (especially when my opponents play c4) - it leaves some scope for the imagination and certainly beats trying to memorize KID theory. 

Of course The Sniper by Charlie Storey is of some help but I prefer to train with computer programmes or DVDs. Are there any DVDs on The Sniper? 

One of the things I like about it are the transpositional possibilities which make it hard to prepare against. One of the key ideas in Storey's book is deferring castling and also the deferral of ...Nf6 until the last moment. My opponents often seem a little confused when the game doesn't transpose into mainline theory. Having said that, I find the book's tendency to name opeing lines differently a little confusing - but sometimes with ...0-0/...Nf6 omitted or deferred it does lead to genuinely original opening positions.

It seems to be an ideal opening for a player of my standard (about 1800) - dynamic chances for Black without being required to remember tons of theory. 

Thanks! Smiley
  
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