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Re: 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4
Reply #4 - 05/31/23 at 06:32:50
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an ordinary chessplayer wrote on 05/26/23 at 16:12:10:
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/are-there-really-no-books-on-the...

shows the following (in order mentioned)
  • Conquest, Foxy Openings DVD  
  • Bologan, Chessbase DVD
  • Soltis, Beating the English Opening 
  • Tirabassi, English Opening (A21) 
  • Williams, Chessbase DVD on the English
  • Mikhalevski, Beating the minor openings (already mentioned by TD)
  • Hansen, The Full English Opening


Regarding the last, on Amazon with Kindle if you download a free sample the entire first chapter which is about 2...Bb4 is included!
  
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Re: 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4
Reply #3 - 05/31/23 at 06:13:02
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Thanks everybody!  I've started playing it on lichess and have faced both 3.g3 and 3.e3 so far, though not 3.Nd5.   

Against 3.g3 I went for the immediate 3...d5?! but I determined 3...c6 is better, and interestingly their are lines with ...d6 and ...f5, and I actually used to play 2...d6 and play this way (...c6 and ...f5) so I'm comfortable with the setup, but my bishop is more active outside the pawn chain.

Against 3.e3 I then played 3...c6.  I don't know if this is topical, but it at least provided me with a system of sorts.  I need to do more research.
  
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Re: 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4
Reply #2 - 05/26/23 at 16:12:10
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https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/are-there-really-no-books-on-the...

shows the following (in order mentioned)
  • Conquest, Foxy Openings DVD   
  • Bologan, Chessbase DVD
  • Soltis, Beating the English Opening 
  • Tirabassi, English Opening (A21) 
  • Williams, Chessbase DVD on the English
  • Mikhalevski, Beating the minor openings (already mentioned by TD)
  • Hansen, The Full English Opening
  
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Re: 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4
Reply #1 - 05/26/23 at 10:56:11
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2...Bb4 is Mikhalevski's preferred move in QC's Grandmaster Repertoire 19, Beating Minor Openings.
  
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1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4
05/26/23 at 08:06:21
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I've decided to return to playing the 2...Bb4 line against the English.  Besides transpositional possibilities, is there any substantial (written?) material I can find on this in one place?  Even a chapter in a book?  Thanks in advance
  
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