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Defeating the Parham Part 1

Hello Everyone! A recent subject of debate is the parham attack. Hundreds of posts have been made with no conclusion, so I decided to reenter the fight and stop this nonsense once and for all. Normally I would not care as it would be their problem, however the parhamers are posting in other threads and hindering other people's development by convincing them that its good.

Let me also mention what I mean when I say I want to defeat the parham: I don't want to show it loses, but I want to show that it fails to produce an attack and hands black at least equality, much of the time a development advantage as well.

So here is the start of the parham:

The above line has been agreed upon by both  sides, however now it starts to vary. The move I will be looking at here is 5...Bg7. 5...d6 and 5...Na5 are worthy alternatives, however this is my move. And now here white has three options. In Part 1 I will go through one of them in detail. Let's start with the move 6.d3

feel free to reply to this if you think there were any mistakes so that we can finish the d3 variation. I consider this a bust, so now there are two more moves that white can try that I will cover in the next parts.

Comments


  • 12 months ago

    ChristianSoldier007

    The point isn't to refute it, the point is to show that it is an average opening and does not produce the attacking chances some think it does

  • 12 months ago

    Daeru

    Parham is just an average opening, it is not an opening you can refute easily. It is like playing with black pieces imo.

  • 12 months ago

    ChristianSoldier007

    and jet that is the second move i will look at, I think Nb4 after Nbc3 is good for black 

  • 12 months ago

    ChristianSoldier007

    Good point Daeru.

    After giving it another look, I think taking the pawn with the knight is better than Bg4

  • 12 months ago

    jetfighter13

    d5 is pretty good and I like that here is another line that they tried against me once. I lost due to a middle game blunder. but had some good chances.

  • 12 months ago

    Daeru

    4.Qg3 0-0 5.0-0?? Bxe2 loses instantly. 

    Correct line is:

    4.Qg3 0-0 5.Nec3 Bf5 6.Bg5! h6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.a3

    White has a great game.

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