an ordinary chessplayer wrote on 06/15/20 at 21:25:01:
Mamedyarov Attack (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 Be7 4.Nc3 0-0 5.Bb2 Bb7 6.Qc2)
There must be a minor typo in the moves there, black plays Bb7 without touching the b-pawn.
Anyway, Mamedyarov Attack! It has a name! Does Mamedyarov follow up with Bd3, h3, g4, as a new guy at the club was doing? (Actually I began with ...e5, but I think he would have played the same no matter what I did.) I found it interesting, by no means all that easy to punish. I assumed it was some online rubbish.
Fast forward a couple of weeks, and one of the regulars showed up late to play some blitz: he trotted out the same opening. Quelle surprise. Having had time to reflect on the best way to meet it, plus considering he's no Mamedyarov, I summarily destroyed him. Then I said, "Let me guess, some stranger showed up at {other club} and played this way against you, and you thought it would be worth trying yourself." He answered, "Yes, but I won't be playing it again."
Sure, I copied the first opening moves in the "Mamedyarov Attack" chapter, and I missed 5.b3 b6, sorry.
And yes, there is often a Rg1 / Bd3 and g4 / h4 attack in the games from the book. Also an early Ng5 in a game.
Back to the book, I like the fact that he cares to explain plans and ideas and not just variations. On another side, it is not easy to build a repertoire with these lines only, for example there is absolutely nothing vs. the King's Indian or the Queen's Gambit Accepted, and coverage of some major defenses is too limited IMHO. It reminds me of the "Secrets of Opening Surprises", or the "Dangerous Weapons" series. Of course the ideas are really original, some of them are deceptively non-aggressive openings, but with a lot of poison in them, like the Jobava System.
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