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3...g6 vs. the Spanish: sharper than you think


  • 16 months ago · Quote · #1

    jemptymethod

    I started playing 3...g6 vs. the Spanish about 10-15 years ago and have been pleased that in some lines I can get sharp play quickly with either 4. c3 f5!? or 4. 0-0 Bg7  5. c3 d5?! 5...a6 instead is what grandmasters prefer, here though is a 10-minute game of mine from this morning.  I lost but it was enjoyable, and shows some of the themes of incorporating an early ...d5 into defending the Spanish with ...g6

  • 16 months ago · Quote · #2

    Grandroque

    The Barnes system. Occasionaly played by Smyslov and Spassky. After 3...,g6, i play simply 4.d4. I'm not very happy when my opponent play 3...,g6 and yes, that's a sharper line (for me!).

  • 16 months ago · Quote · #3

    TomBarrister

    4 d4 exd4, 5 Bg5! is hard to answer.

    4 d4 Nxd4, 5 Nxd4 exd4, 6 Qxd4 Qf6, 7 e5! Qb6, 8 Qxb6 axb6, 9 Nc3 gives White a lead in development.

  • 16 months ago · Quote · #4

    jemptymethod

    TomBarrister wrote:

    4 d4 exd4, 5 Bg5! is hard to answer.

    4 d4 Nxd4, 5 Nxd4 exd4, 6 Qxd4 Qf6, 7 e5! Qb6, 8 Qxb6 axb6, 9 Nc3 gives White a lead in development.


    4. d4 exd4  5. Bg5 is not at all especially hard to answer, simply 5...f6 and if 6. Bh4?! Bc5 holding the pawn for a while, and if White castles too early, a kingside pawn storm with ...h5 and ...g5.  The key for Black is to forego the fianchetto that 3...g6 seemed to prepare, and yet the move still has a use: keeping White's queen out of h5 after a possible Nxd4 by White; 6...Bc5 makes that re-capture difficult for White though a gambit style follow up with c3 may be in order

    4. d4 exd4  5. Bg5 f6  6. Bf4 is a better try for White

  • 16 months ago · Quote · #5

    Grandroque

    I'm not a great chess Player, but for my style, i play 6.Fh4 and give a pawn (c2-c3) for the initiative...


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