On the subject of the Jobava-Prie Attack, what do you think is White's best try after 3...g6? Simon Williams was suggesting 4.f3 on a recent show but I was thinking Qd2/0-0-0/Bh6 might be the go.

an ordinary chessplayer wrote on 08/29/17 at 14:12:06:


Wow! I never knew that, I always assumed it was the same as with books and such - I've always used 0-0-0 with zeros in my books, articles, on the web site, and I see that it is also used in the books I've translated.
I just checked with ChessBase and it does, indeed, produce PGN files with the letter O, so the problem with the Flash games must have been because it was lower-case.

Snow_Lion wrote on 11/12/14 at 16:15:20:


I've only just seen this post (only 3 years too late!) It looks like you used o-o-o instead of 0-0-0 (that is, it should be zeros rather than the letters 'O')

Try the London system pdf instead.

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.Nc3!? Nf6 4.e4!? Nxe4 5.Nxe4 dxe4 6.dxc5 now what about 6...Qxd1+?

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.Nc3!? Nc6 4.e4!? cxd4 5.exd5 dxc3 6.dxc6 Qxd1+ 7.Rxd1 bxc6 now Prie has said that 8.bxc3 is no good due to 8...Nf6. 

Pressing on in the Baadur attack, this time exploring the line 3...g6. I've found two recent games from the man himself, Baadur Jobava, playing white verses some very strong grandmaster opposition. The features of each game are interesting and worth noting. 

In the first game, a rapid game vs Van Wely from this years World Active Chess Championship in Dubai, (and subsequently a fine miniature!) Jobava plays the opening straight forwardly and aggressively, developing his queen to d2 and trading of the dark squared bishops as soon as it is possible. White then castles queenside, then plays the pawn move, 10.f3, which enables him to complete thematic development (Nge2,Bd3/with natural ideas of a kingside pawn storm). 

One gets the impression of a bad Sicilian game for the black pieces, and indeed we see classic Sicilian opening moves from Loek like 10...a6, 12...Rc8 and 13...Na5. The fun for black ends there however, with the reality of his king stuck in the centre and no counterplay. Worth noting is how Baadur took time for a little prophylaxis with 13.Ne2/c1/b3 to exchange off blacks best and most active piece. Once the trade is established there is not much black can do but sit back and wait for white to crash through. 



Next, in the second 3...g6 game, our hero plays GM Winants in a classical game in Tromso, Norway. The same straightforward idea of trading off blacks dark squared bishop is seen, but with kingside castling from white. Jobava takes time out to restrict his opponents counterplay with moves like 6.a3 and 15.h3, but continues to slowly improve whites position. Piece play should be highlighted in this game, and it's over cleanly, in only 27 moves. Another opening success for our chosen scheme. 



Whites basic "Tarzan attackesque" plan of no nonsense queen and bishop battery development and subsequent trade off of the DSB's makes a lot of sense and should be respected.

Let's be honest, as black when we develop a bishop in a fianchetto, in particular the kings bishop, we don't envisage it being traded off 4 or 5 moves later, leaving dark squared weaknesses in our position. The dynamic counterplay that that piece affords in openings like the Benko, Grunfeld, Dragon now gone, right out of the opening. Surely this is the main test of 3...g6. Whites play is annoying yet an obviously honest response to the dark squared battle. 

-SnowLion

I notice that Richard Palliser seemed to have doubts about 3...g6 a couple of months ago.

Snow_Lion's comments about 3...Bf5 4.f3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.h4 ("I can't believe that Black can be worse here" -- Palliser) h5 7.g5 Nfd7 8.e4 and 3...c5 4. e4 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. dxc5 Qa5+ 7. c3 Qxc5 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Qxe4 g6 10. Nf3 strike me as rather optimistic, aside from the fact that White isn't actually ahead in development in the first case.