Well, you can pretty much avoid this setup 100% of the time by playing any light square defense, like the French or Caro-Kann!
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How to exploit this white opening?
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how do i counter this with sicilian? That's what i usually play
Dec 30, 2018
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Study a book on Anti-Sicilians and look up the Bc4 lines. Often lines with ...e6 plug up the Bishop.
Any Sicilian player should probably own every published Anti-Sicilian publication that has come out in the last 20 years along with subscribing to sections 3 and 5 or 4 and 5 (depending on the line they play in the Open Sicilian) at Chesspublishing.com.
I play 1...e6 and 1...e5, predominantly the former, so these lines are never an issue. About the closest thing to it I ever face is the Bishop's Opening (I answer 2.Nf3 with 2...Nf6, so the Italian Game is not a factor).
Dec 31, 2018
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#5
Center control. D3 is playing it safe probably setting up tactical play. He apparently had enough time to get both bishops developed outside of the pawn chain. There would be holes in those few moves to take advantage I would think. Attack the king, play the queenside, develop your pieces first. Outmaneuver
your opponent. Play a better endgame.
This is a very playable setup against Sicilian (specially dragon types).
I guess black can try for d5 break after playing e6, a6 & b6. ( Hedgehog type setup).
There's nothing inherently "exploitable" against that position. White's pieces are solid if a little inflexible.
Typically - and it's impossible to say without seeing a complete move order and where the black pieces are - you're going to be playing for ...d5 in this sort of position.
Dec 31, 2018
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RyanYao1 wrote:
How do I exploit this opening as black? Whenever I try to play some opening like accelerated dragon it doesn't really matter because white always plays the same exact opening. My elo is around 1400 in tournament play so I want to ask if you guys know any openings that can exploit this setup or what my goals should be in order to exploit it, I don't know if it has any weaknesses or how to beat it. It usually ends up in a boring and draw game.
Since you have given no indication of where the blacks pieces are, I can only offer this. You need to know where the pawn breaks are. So black should be looking for something along the lines of ...d5, or ...f5. I would have to agree with Thrillerfan regarding a French, or CK. A CK with pawns on c6-e6 would be ideal.
Dec 31, 2018
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#9
Against the closed Sicilian, I take Danny Kopec's advice and point both my knights at the e5 square. This prevents white from advancing, fixes a potential target on e4, and gives you a very nice square to send the knights through. There's an old saying "e6 and g6 don't mix", I take it very seriously in these setups. One of the advantages in the Sicilian is that you can choose which squares you let white play in.
How do I exploit this opening as black? Whenever I try to play some opening like accelerated dragon it doesn't really matter because white always plays the same exact opening. My elo is around 1400 in tournament play so I want to ask if you guys know any openings that can exploit this setup or what my goals should be in order to exploit it, I don't know if it has any weaknesses or how to beat it. It usually ends up in a boring and draw game.