Black E6/B6 vs. G6

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J_DeFranza
I’m a 1,300+ Daily & 1,100+ Rapid.

Either one of these defenses over the other, or pros and cons of each?

Planning to buy a course for one of them however they both seem very appealing and can’t make up my mind.

Thanks!
thegrey2
I got the E6 B6 course and it’s worked well for me. I got better results with it than with the Kings’ Indian that I had been using previously.
I’m 1300 rapid and I don’t think I’ve seen anyone play the main line against it even once. Most seem to struggle to know what to do against it.
If there’s a downside is that if they respond well against the defence then they can end up with a big pawn centre that can be tough to deal with if they’ve defended it. Although if I was less lazy and knew the lines better I’d know better how to deal with that. Just most people get blunder or get sidetracked before building a big centre so I haven’t practiced the lines much.
J_DeFranza
thegrey2 wrote:
I got the E6 B6 course and it’s worked well for me. I got better results with it than with the Kings’ Indian that I had been using previously.
I’m 1300 rapid and I don’t think I’ve seen anyone play the main line against it even once. Most seem to struggle to know what to do against it.
If there’s a downside is that if they respond well against the defence then they can end up with a big pawn centre that can be tough to deal with if they’ve defended it. Although if I was less lazy and knew the lines better I’d know better how to deal with that. Just most people get blunder or get sidetracked before building a big centre so I haven’t practiced the lines much.

Appreciate the reply! 

darkunorthodox88

b6 is pretty much a trade secret for 1600 and below. The lines are more aggressive and decisive than g6 lines at those ratings .you have like a 33% chance of winning the e pawn by move 5-7 lol. Virtually no one at that level knows the really testing lines, and the few that do just looked them up and remember the basic formation and that's it.

now playing b6 at 2000+, thats for the brave souls happy.png

give both a chance but for easy wins , b6 is better. despite it being the harder defense at the higher levels, she handles like a kitten at class level.