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it depends. If you want something in terms of counter attack, try the sicilian. Except for that, you can maybe try 1..d5, and play some lines that don't enter a solid structure.
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Hypercube1729 has a meter registering pretty high:
Amazing replies, ghost! You really understand openings and have the abilty to transpose them to known territory no matter what your opponent plays. That is a strenght.
I play manily the slav bacause I can play that against both 1.d4 and 1.c4 and no matter how they reply I am in known territory.
1 c4 c6 2 Nf3 d5 can be difficult for Black.
Hypercube1729 has confidence against the Reti:
How so? If they go 3.e3? I don't have to take 3...dxc4.
In my experience most English-players want to play English and hold on to their main plan as long as possible. Usually they still go 3.g3 and 4.Bg2, but even if they played 3.e3 I'll just develop with 3...Nf6 or even go in to Semi-slav with 3...e6.
More often than not, I'm the one who is on familiar territory.
Any thoughts?
If you are on familiar ground, then that is all that matters.
Which form of Slav do you play?
something which has not been mentioned yet is that how "aggressive" the game gets also obviously depends on white...
while the main lines in the najdorf and dragon are definitely "aggressive", white has a ton of antisicilians at his disposal as well. there is no opening that will give sharp play in all reasonable lines.
yes, against your line after dxc4 white should obviously play Bxc4 followed by d4 with a pretty ok advantage
Hypercube1729 declared:
I know most of the variations in the slav. It all depends on how my opponent answers. I personally like the 4...a6 slav (it's called the Chebanenko variation, sometimes also 'the chameleon variation), but I don't get into it everytime if I get better position playing other lines.
Malakhov pairs the Chebanenko Slav with the Accelerated Dragon.
Accelerated Dragon is also relevant versus 1 c4.
ghostofmaroczy wrote:
Hypercube1729 has a meter registering pretty high:
Amazing replies, ghost! You really understand openings and have the abilty to transpose them to known territory no matter what your opponent plays.>>>>
Except that 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.ed Nf6 is a mistake and it should lose against careful play by white. What is the point of playing in such a way?
His last two of the four diagrams are just moronic.
Optimissed doesn't like ghosty:
Pessimissed.
Hypercube1729 plays the Hyper:
ghostofmaroczy knows about Malakhov:
Malakhov pairs the Chebanenko Slav with the Accelerated Dragon.
Accelerated Dragon is also relevant versus 1 c4.
I really didn't know that! The funny thing is that I play the Hyper Accelerated Dragon against 1.e4. What are the lines against 1.c4?
1 c4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 g6 5 e4
Hypercube1729 provided a more important move order:
ghostofmaroczy knows about Geza:
1 c4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 g6 5 e4
So I don't believe a 'hardcore' English-players would play 3.d4 so easily. That game would much rather go like this:
1.c4 c5
2.Nf3 Nf6
3.Nc3
I would play both sides of
1 c4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Nc3 Nd4
No, 3d4 is preferred by many English players, to the extent that it may be considered the main line. The Symmetrical English is incredibly complicated and everyone has their favourite formations.
Yet again you gave a stupid variation. Silly boy.
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Yet again you gave a stupid variation. Silly boy.
#optical
i am always playing the caro-kann against 1.e4, but i think it`s time to learn somthing new. Any suggestion against 1.e4 which is very aggresive?