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fischer played a KIA type game when playing against the french
I almost forgot...(lol) Bottvinik once suggested two openings for white and two defenses for black....Might as well study some of the other competitors games if you could (just a caution). We will never know, you might beat the 2000+ then lose to a lesser opponent because you havent studied his/her play or you got lost in his/her opening preparation.
Jan 22, 2009
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#25
baltic wrote:
Spiffes idea is something i would recommend too, the only question is...do you prefer cramped position? If you do then try the KIA. The nice thing about the KIA is that if your opponent suddenly shifts to Sicilian lines..you are still within the lines of the KIA unless he tranposes to a Benoni.Try the KIA. Lastly, stay focused.Good luck bro
I don't even think it's that cramped in this move order. Because black already played e6 with his first move, you're under no compulsion to play an early Ngf3, and can delay it until after you've already played f4. Assuming black plays c5 at some point, it's more of a closed Sicilian, really, without a black fianchetto -- seems like a perfectly reasonable slightly offbeat plan. 
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baltic wrote:
Spiffes idea is something i would recommend too, the only question is...do you prefer cramped position? If you do then try the KIA. The nice thing about the KIA is that if your opponent suddenly shifts to Sicilian lines..you are still within the lines of the KIA unless he tranposes to a Benoni.Try the KIA. Lastly, stay focused.Good luck bro
I don't even think it's that cramped in this move order. Because black already played e6 with his first move, you're under no compulsion to play an early Ngf3, and can delay it until after you've already played f4. Assuming black plays c5 at some point, it's more of a closed Sicilian, really, without a black fianchetto -- seems like a perfectly reasonable slightly offbeat plan.
well said...i agree with you bro.
1.c4 e6 lets you force an English Opening over a French. A number of lines in the ECO for this, but not near as many as the French and not as deep either. Might be easier to work on a few traps or prepared variants.
You are a strong player. You have enough time to prepare. Why spend it on something inferior? Instead of trying to trick him into something dubious, find out what GMs use to give GMs problems.
Play 3.Nc3, it's the best move.
There are some nice ideas in a book, "Dangerous Weapons-The French" by John Watson, get your hands on it if you can.
I have a line in the Classic variation,
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Qg4 * which are quite interesting. In one variation, Black has to give up his Queen for three pieces and it is a draw with best play from both sides.
For solid play you could follow the example of Spassky, Rogers, Glek and others who have used the following;
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bxc5 8. Bd3 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Bd7 *
But as a devout French player the one line that is always hard to play against is; 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 * known as the Alekhine Chatard variation and well worth studying.
Now playing 3. Nc3 allows Black to enter the Winawer, but there, you can play mainline theory and have a nice game after 7 Qg4, or try and spice things up with 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 * a line from the book mentioned earlier.
Jan 23, 2009
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#30
take a look at this thread mate....http://www.chess.com/groups/forumview/gumptys-alapin-french2
Jan 23, 2009
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#31
I play the Exchange (1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5) like Kasarov played a few times, with good results. It doesn't give you a great advantage, but it does you give a great game that is not difficult to play.
Hello. I need help.
In about two months time I will be playing for the Nova Scotia Grade Twelve Championships. I will almost certainly be playing the person who beat me in Grade 10 and Grade 11.
In Grade 10 I had a won position and lost it in time trouble. In Grade 11, it was a four game mathc. This ended 2-2, and he won the tiebreak game. I would really want to beat him this time, as it is the last grade championship.
He has a rating (CFC) of over 2000, and he always plays 1...e6 as Black. I've have played against his French twice, each time playing 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5. 3. dxc4. I won once and lost once, but neither time got anything pecial out of theopening.
So what I need is an anti-french opening, that will take him out of book, and is suitable for a game with a time limit of 20-30 minutes against an expert rated player (My own rating on chess.com is 2000+. in real life, who knows)
Please help!
Likeforest is correct in my opinion, search for your opponents games in the french so youll understand how he plays it and which lines he prefer. Playing in unknown territory may prove to be fatal against a much higher rated opponent.
Spiffes idea is something i would recommend too, the only question is...do you prefer cramped position? If you do then try the KIA. The nice thing about the KIA is that if your opponent suddenly shifts to Sicilian lines..you are still within the lines of the KIA unless he tranposes to a Benoni.Try the KIA. Lastly, stay focused.Good luck bro