bro played the Classical Nimzo-Indian but got excited and played it early against the wrong thing
Mengarini Attack
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TheSampson wrote:
bro played the Classical Nimzo-Indian but got excited and played it early against the wrong thing
That definitely wasn’t the case. The main idea of Qc2 is probably to play e4. Followed by something like Nc3, Nf3 and 0-0
FrogboyWarpz wrote:
TheSampson wrote:
bro played the Classical Nimzo-Indian but got excited and played it early against the wrong thing
That definitely wasn’t the case. The main idea of Qc2 is probably to play e4. Followed by something like Nc3, Nf3 and 0-0
Yes, but the classical Nimzo Indian is one of the only indian lines where white plays Qc2
Doesn’t mean that they thought they were playing nimzo.
I'm currently playing a game (correspondence rules) in which my opponent as white played an opening response to the King's Indian that I've never encountered before. It seems, however, to have a name according to chess.com - The Mengarini Attack. The opening went 1. d4 Ng6 2. c4 g6 3. Qc2. Anyone know anything about this? Note that in my present game we are now well out of the opening and into the middle game and I'm certainly NOT seeking any help or anything like that, but I am genuinely interested in the history of this particular idea. I got out of the opening well (I Gruenfelded it with an early ... d5, rather than a proper KID ... d6) and I'm sure that I’m now winning comfortably, but I sensed while navigating the opening phase that this version of the Queen's Gambit, during the opening, might be quite trappy. Something of a curiosity. I'm genuinely curious about it and any history it might have.