In this game black finds a fantastic idea to take some sting out of the rubinstein attack with Qc2. In fact it hasn't even been played much at all in the database, but it scores almost equal to white! Black is able to simplify the position and try to attack white's central structure. White allows a strong tactical/positional pawn stab ...b5 that wins the light squares. My conclusion of the orthodox variation is that it's playable but there are probably better options for black, that are less passive. He can easily have to end up defending the whole game.
In this game black finds a fantastic idea to take some sting out of the rubinstein attack with Qc2. In fact it hasn't even been played much at all in the database, but it scores almost equal to white! Black is able to simplify the position and try to attack white's central structure. White allows a strong tactical/positional pawn stab ...b5 that wins the light squares. My conclusion of the orthodox variation is that it's playable but there are probably better options for black, that are less passive. He can easily have to end up defending the whole game.