..Bc5 4. Nf3, Nc6 5. Be2, 0-0 6. 0-0, d6 7. d3, Be6 8. Qb3, Rb8 9. Bd2, Ng4 10. h3, Na5 I think is kind of a stonewall structure that will be unfamiliar to alot of club players. Or you can just take e5 on move 5. and play d4 after Nxe5 (but I'm assuming you knew this because you wrote "Nimzo's old trick" in your above post).
Picking a 1.c4-based repotear
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Balachandar wrote:
Its repertoire not repotear
Thanks. Really helpful.
What lines do you play against e6/d5?
I'm a big fan of 2. g3. Kosten's book, The Dynamic English is solid, and it's all based around 2. g3. In a lot of his variations you get the kingside pawn push you're talking about with a strong f4 supported by an e2 knight and your dark-squared bishop. Good stuff.
Hi, I would like to create a rather aggressive opening repotear based on 1.c4 which has the following features: (1) not too many transpositions into d4-openings (2) not too open, I prefer more closed but dynamic positions where white can create pressure using pawn advances (e.g., on the kingside).
I tried 2.g3 but didn't fancy the symmetrical, neither the slav/QGD-style attempts by black. I am considering
1.c4 Sf6 2.Sc3 e3 3. e4 Mikenas Attack
1.c4 Sf6 2. Sc3 e5 3.e4!? (Nimzowiths old trick)
1.c4 e6; here I don't know. Suggestions? QGD exchange with 0-0-0? Risk of not getting this position? Maybe going 2.Sf3 and 3.b3?
Symmetric? I don't really know?
In many other lines I like the 2.g3 (Kosten) approach. Would appreciate advice here, thanks!