You just described my move order, those are my two main defenses.
1. d4 e6
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iamunknown2 wrote:
What do you think of it?
If White plays 2. d4, Black can transpose into a French with d5 (which might be uncomfortable with d4 players used to fully closed games). If White plays 2. c4, Black can play something I find quite interesting: 2. ...c5.
If I'm right, this sort-of transposes into a Benoni Defence.
If c4,it turns into Pseudo Benoni,a great defence!
There's nothing interesting about c5 from that move order.
SilentKnighte5 wrote:
There's nothing interesting about c5 from that move order.
May I ask why?
Nov 3, 2016
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1.d4 e6 2.c4 also allows black to choose a classical Dutch defense with 2...f5. By waiting until the second move to push the f-pawn, as advised by GingerGM (Simon Williams), black avoids some of the anti-Dutch lines.
So if you like playing the black side of the French defense and the psuedo-Benoni and/or classical Dutch defenses, then 1...e6 is the perfect reply to 1.d4.
handle-x12 wrote:
Lajos-Larsen
Take a look.
Larsen is a fool except his gambit.
Nov 3, 2016
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#9
Disagreed. Larsen had an inventive, uncommon, polished and tasteful form of play. He was one of the best in Scandinavia after Magnus Carlsen.
1...e6 can also transpose to a QGD or a Semi-Slav.
Nov 4, 2016
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#11
Had a thread on this just the other day:
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/is-1-e6-a-good-and-flexible-move-against-1-d4
What do you think of it?
If White plays 2. d4, Black can transpose into a French with d5 (which might be uncomfortable with d4 players used to fully closed games). If White plays 2. c4, Black can play something I find quite interesting: 2. ...c5.