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Ikillthemonsters
Anyone here have chessbase? I am trying to use the database to learn new openings and more but the names are so confusing. It´s like when I choose some opening for example queen´s indian attack when the board comes up I can see in the corner a completely different name like reti opening, yet i choose queens indian attack.
Queen´s indian attack is like the name for a bunch of subcatagories and I choose one of them and this happens, how do i know what method i´m looking at?
bondiggity
I suggest you don't focus on the names that much as you mentioned they can be confusing. The Reti Opening is characterized by 1. Nf3, so its possible to transpose into a Queen's indian.
JokernTP
a) Could it be a line that transposes into Reti? b) what version do you use? c) do you operate under the "openings" tab in in your database?
I use ChessBase 9 at the moment have never encountered any problems. It can take a while to get familiarized with the interface though if you have never used CB before.
sorry i don´t know what transposes means. I use chessbase 9 and yes i operate under openings.
I´m new to this, just got this. A line that transposes into reti? I don´t understand this, never heard anyone mention this. Would you be so kind to explain this for me, how does this happen?
Transpose means that you reach a position in for example Reti, but you do it by making moves that are consistent with the queens indian attack at first. The move order is different than what you would usually play in Reti. For example 1. Nf3 c5 2. d4, this is clearly not Sicilian, but after the moves 2...cxd4 3. Nxd4 d6 4. e4 you have TRANSPOSED into the Open Sicilian defence. I'm pretty sure this is what happened for you.
richie_and_oprah
Dump the nomenclature. Go with ECO taxonomy.
rigamagician
Kasparov/Keene and Nunn refer to the move 1.b3 as the Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack. Fine calls it the Nimzowitsch Attack. I believe years ago Hans Kmoch used the phrase "Queen's Indian Attack" for the same opening, but this is hardly a common name for it.
The move 1.Nf3 is the Reti, and it is common for the game to continue with 1...d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.0-0 e5 5.d3 leading to the King's Indian Attack. White could also follow up with 2.b3 leading into the Nimzowitsch-Larsen.
Transpositions come about because the same position can be reach by more than one move order, eg. both 1.e4 e6 2.d4 and 1.d4 e6 2.e4 are a French Defence. Transpositions are especially common in openings starting 1.Nf3.
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