Interesting view. e5 has lots of possibilites to it, which is always interesting, but definitely can lead to drawish positions (Ruy Lopez Berlin Wall) etc
Agressive but Sound Opening Repertoire
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The shliemann is very risky and supposedly unsound though. Berlin is extremely solid, not a lot of risk, and great for draws, so I guess they both have their pros and cons.
Ill try it out. Any reccomended lines in it?
The halloween is a lot of fun :) It is from the four knights defense. Knight sac on e5! Its not good though, if your opponent knows it. Ill look into the schliemman. I have used the two knights before as well as the mainline 4 knights. I know the vienna pretty well and the scotch isn't that great for white IMO. The Bc4 line you reccomend is really good though, I have used it as white.
Any one else have any ideas
The Schliemann/ Jaenisch is 100% sound. It's only issue is that in a couple of the main variations Black cannot play for a win (unless white overreacts, of course).
Alright, Schliemann might be fun to try. Anything else?
Sicilian Najdorf with e5, sicilian dragon or marshall attack and if he play an anti-marshall, juste play the Breyer and have a really good game.
As white you can play the open sicilian, the advance variation vs the french and the caro kann, and play kings gambit or scotch gambit or evans gambit or the ruy lopez.
Against d4 you can play the modern benoni or the king's indian and that's a really good attacking repertoire.
its actually very difficult for black
yes its not easy either...the white king is much safer
From the board at #29, 10...Ne5 has been played hundreds of times, with excellent results. You can include as Black a few patzers, named Aronian, Radjabov, Zvjaginsev, Nyback...
Normally white takes on c6 before pushing e5-e6, but this isn't dangerous, either.
5...d5 is suspect, but not because of the variation given in #27: 10...c6? just blunders a pawn for nothing, while there is a lot of theory and analyses of the correct 10...Bd7 11.Bxd7+ Kxd7!, which is very messy... and drawn, with best play for both.
The real problem with the 5...d5 variation is taking on a7 one move earlier: 9.Nxa7+!, when black is having a tough time.
5...Nf6 is just fine, and should give Black a good game. How the hell did you come to the assumption that his analysis is "spot on"? This is neither analysis, nor even remotely accurate.
oren_kadesh wrote:
its actually very difficult for black
Hey you could have used the "pawn en passant rule" on move 9 f4 Qxf4
alexlaw wrote:
and i'm pretty sure after the line with 5 d5, 10 ...bd7 11.bxd7 kxd7 qb5 qxb5 nxb5 is winning for white, as long as your name is aronian or kramnik.
I did not know that the Black queen on f4 can actually take on b5. Is this a new rule?
To my poor knowledge, 10...Bd7 11.Bxd7+ Kxd7 12.Qb5+ Ke6 is more or less forced, where Houdini claims a huge plus for white, but in reality Black has pretty adequate compensation. Mr. Houdini will agree if you add him plies and let him "think" for an hour.
Petrov's defense. 1.e4 ...e5 2. Nf3 .....Nf6 3.Nxe5 ...d6 This will open the center early for attacking chances and you will get the pawn back. There are also some traps to this position so white must be careful and move their knight back to where it was,
alexlaw wrote:
and what about he nxf6 variation?
guess you win for the ke6, since that would be the last move i would be thinking of.
Pawn down queenless middlegame, with adequate compensation (bishop pair, slightly better development). Analysed a lot, without any concrete plan for white. At least mr. Radjabov has played many times this opening against top-notch competition, and has never lost a single game!
You don't have to understand 12...Ke6. This is run & gun chess, only engines at deep ply can manage that adequately. But as I said, the whole 5...d5 variation is under a heavy cloud because of 6.Nxe5 de4 7.Nxc6 Qg5 (there is also 7...Qd5, although white can get an advantage here as well). 8.Qe2 Nf6 9.Nxa7+!
Isn't that adequate? How come?
In Chesspub a few opening experts tried to work out an advantage for white in the tabiya after 6.Nxf6+ Qxf6 7.Qe2 Be7 8.Bxc6 bc6 9.Qxe5 d6 10.Qxf6 Bxf6, without success. Mickey Adams tried this OTB a few months ago against Tomi Nyback, without success. And a 2660 rated player lost as white against Azarov.
Suffice to say that white's most meaningful attempts for an advantage are certainly not "obvious" looking moves. But apparently, you know better, even if you have not given the position even a casual look...
Hey all,
I am currently trying to revamp my opening repertoire and wanted some ideas. I have played 1. e4 and 1. d4 for quite a long time and I know 1. c4 is a great opening choice but is quite positional. I believe that one of my key strength is the fact that I attack a lot. As white, I do think I am all set, but as black, I don't really have a set repertoire. I play a ton of openings, and although I know many lines, I don't know any super well. What would you reccomend as both agressive (creating winning chances for both sides) and sound. I was thinking sicilian, but there are so many lines in the sicilian to learn, so I need to choose which one I will play. What do you all suggest? (doesn't have to be a sicilian)