you're not supposed to get away with sharp lines like the yugoslav because there the extra tempo will really count. also you have already retreated the knight to b6 which doesn't help your planned attack in any way. that's what it looks to me. i play both colors of the proper yugoslav and there's very few lines where white would voluntary retreat the knight to b3 and get away with it. i understand that the idea is to prevent d4, or dissuade it, but in general black should be playing the quieter lines of the dragon reversed so that the extra tempo will not be as pronounced.
King's English, Reversed Dragon - 7. ...Bg4?! line for Black
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just to point out i am referring to 9 000 there and not 9 bc4 as here it doesn't make sense to retreat the knight to b3.
So, talking reversed collors, if after Bg4, white would play d3 and you Be7, that variation would be an old known line versus the Dragon. So Bg4 isn't necessarily new. I'd start with Be7 and 0-0 though. I don't think combining Bg4 with the idea of Qd7 and 0-0-0 should be such a good idea. White can be quick to attack you as well, for example with an early b4 idea. Also getting to play Bh3 can be nice, but it's not at all the end for white.
But, at your level, anything is possible. Try it out and see how it works out!
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king5minblitz119147 wrote:
you're not supposed to get away with sharp lines like the yugoslav because there the extra tempo will really count. also you have already retreated the knight to b6 which doesn't help your planned attack in any way. that's what it looks to me. i play both colors of the proper yugoslav and there's very few lines where white would voluntary retreat the knight to b3 and get away with it. i understand that the idea is to prevent d4, or dissuade it, but in general black should be playing the quieter lines of the dragon reversed so that the extra tempo will not be as pronounced.
Thanks for the input - I certainly hear what you're saying. The thought that comes to mind to me (and I'm not saying that the following position/opening are in ANY way similar) is that the Knight on b6 doesn't take away too much of the attacking chances.
I would translate what we can see from the above position to the 7. ...Bg4!? concept. For example:
In that position, we see that the retreating Nb6 move wouldn't hamper Black's chances at attacking. But then again, this is 'if' and only 'if' White plays natural-looking moves.
But, in any way, I think your input is soun , correct and helpful regardless of the above conclusions!
Hello there,
In the position below, the moves Be7/0-0 or g6/Bg7/0-0 are the common ways to approach the position. I wanted to share this specific position. I am looking at combatting the Reversed Sicilian (which I play myself) with a different/fresh approach.
The concept is to play for Qd7 and 0-0-0 and to go aggressive. I thought Bg4 would be more useful over Be6 for a couple of reasons: you won't run into Ng5 (attacking the Bishop on e6), you won't have to spend a tempo on f5-f6 preventing that idea and lastly the Bishop would exert more control over the d5 square/break (since you can threaten to liquidate the Knight on f3, offering the Bishop pair in return).
Any thoughts or tips? Anyone know if this line has been tried and tested?