Nope, I don't insist on the unorthodoxy. So, on 2...c6, I'd play simply 3. e4 transposing to Caro-Kann: Two Knights attack.
Mexican attack is also playable


I have been playing 1.Nc3 for all of my life. The strongest line is 1.Nc3 d5 2.d4!! not letting black to capture the center!

I have been playing 1.Nc3 for all of my life. The strongest line is 1.Nc3 d5 2.d4!! not letting black to capture the center!
Then you don't play 1.Nc3 all your life , you play 1.d4 and Richter Veresov all your life.
That's a pedantic remark.

About this line :
We have a King's indian fianchetto system, Panno variation, reversed.
Cannot be bad for white...
I witnessed this game online which impressed me :
This is a model game, wth typical manoeuvre, very instructive.
It was a blitz.
Black's set up is not optimal, and this seems strange to play a KIA with Nc3, but here, it was rather impressive.
But Yigor's smart move order (am I ironic? Maybe...) has other issues.
Seems playable and who knows...
Some years ago, nobody knew the Jobava attack, maybe we will hear about the Yigor attack...

Some years ago, nobody knew the Jobava attack, maybe we will hear about the Yigor attack...
Hahaha ... great suggestion! However, there is a classical game Blumenfeld-Grünfeld (1920):
https://chesstempo.com/gamedb/game/44211/ply/4
Not only playable, but black gets big advantage.
I am choosing the moves f5 and e5 here for SF - she is a bit slow to find them.
I would not get as long as claiming black is winning, but white has quite some problems after d4.
Another illustration how good my system actually works.

Another illustration how good my system actually works.
Wow the local star Lyudmil_Tsvetkov decided to visit us, humble amateurs, in the Opening Forum! Is "your system" better than Aaron Nimzo's one ?!?

Tsvetkov refuted that too. This guy is a real chess demon.
Omg "Poor" Nimzo with his cheesy hypermodern system!
I would appreciate feedback on substance with concrete lines, but no one does so for some reason.
As said, in the end, only a handful of sound openings will remain, maybe 20 to 50 at most.

there is no point to discuss opening (and we could just tell chess in general) with Lyudmil.
For example about Alekhine 4 pawns attack...
He "analysed" it with some games by his beloved silicon monsters, with no game about the main line given by theory.
Even when we told him, he continued his useless work.
But can we consider just making playing an engine against itself without helping it as a work?
This guy is just a farce.
And about the thread on Smith Morra gambit, to tell OP who has a low level (i guess) to play what an engine plays...
Not only his is a farce, but also dangerous if he "teaches" like this.
there is no point to discuss opening (and we could just tell chess in general) with Lyudmil.
For example about Alekhine 4 pawns attack...
He "analysed" it with some games by his beloved silicon monsters, with no game about the main line given by theory.
Even when we told him, he continued his useless work.
But can we consider just making playing an engine against itself without helping it as a work?
This guy is just a farce.
And about the thread on Smith Morra gambit, to tell OP who has a low level (i guess) to play what an engine plays...
Not only his is a farce, but also dangerous if he "teaches" like this.
Very true!
How is he dangerous? Its chess.com that manages this website.
I would appreciate feedback on substance with concrete lines, but no one does so for some reason.
As said, in the end, only a handful of sound openings will remain, maybe 20 to 50 at most.
You gave only a very doubtful Stockfish line with some even more doubtful engine evaluations.
That is not only close to nothing, it's less than nothing because it is actually misleading.
If you understood chess you would know that it's impossible this position...........
..........to be winning for Black.
Easy equality? Maybe.
Big advantage for Black? Not even close.
Of course I can't expect something better from a guy that thinks French defense is almost losing and Smith Morra gambit is a blunder!
All your comments in openings are highly embarassing.
Do yourself a favor. Don't comment in openings.
You are envious, right?
I provided you with a line.
WHERE CAN WHITE PLAY BETTER?
there is no point to discuss opening (and we could just tell chess in general) with Lyudmil.
For example about Alekhine 4 pawns attack...
He "analysed" it with some games by his beloved silicon monsters, with no game about the main line given by theory.
Even when we told him, he continued his useless work.
But can we consider just making playing an engine against itself without helping it as a work?
This guy is just a farce.
And about the thread on Smith Morra gambit, to tell OP who has a low level (i guess) to play what an engine plays...
Not only his is a farce, but also dangerous if he "teaches" like this.
The guy asked me what is the best line against the Smith-Morra.
And I told him.
Should I have lied to him instead, by giving variations and setups that actually favour white?
He asked for the best, and I gave him the best.
You are all envious, that is it.
SIMPLE TRUTH.
Are you able to refute one of my suggestions?
Not.
Then, why are you arguing?
Concrete lines are needed here, concrete lines.
This is already SF 9, not even SF 8, so beware.
Doubting its lines is VERY dangerous.
And don't forget that I am also using the pattern recognition of my book: https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Chess-Lyudmil-Tsvetkov/dp/1522041400/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1520377906&sr=1-1&dpID=41a3p3kZreL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch#reader_1522041400
which is excellent.
For example, I am able to find the Nf3 d5 Nc3 d4 Ne4 f5!(my move, not SF, SF does not see it) Ng3 e5!(again my move, SF fails to see it), BECAUSE there is a pattern to discern here, the e5 black pawn is defending aligned, very valuable and central.
I am finding the best moves here for seconds, as my pattern recognition is excellent.
The d4 and f5 moves also are pawn threats, also very valuable and always to prefer, unless there are some obvious counter-tactics.
As simple as that, the knowledge of my book helps me resolve quickly and extremely precisely all opening puzzles, as well as middlegame ones.
I don't need to study theory, my theory is in my patterns.
e5 above is defending aligned pawn, part of a compact pawn structure, central at that, according to my terminology.
It is a bad terminology?
No, it works excellently, as you see, in real game situations.
I spot the best solution is milliseconds, even without calculating, such is the power of patterns.
For less advanced players, Ne5 above is impossible, as after both Ne5 f4 Ne4 Qe7, and Ne5 f4 Nh5 Qg5, white loses one of the knights due to a black queen fork.
Tactics flow from a superior position, right?
I accept refutation suggestions, in CONCRETE lines, anybody?
Either you do that, or simply acknowledge the superiority of my book and knowledge, as well as its superb applicability to opening theory.
It is really very simple, ALL that are needed are concrete lines.
So, someone says I am dangerous!!!
In what way I am dangerous?
Absolutely, but ABSOLUTELY everybody, from the very beginner to top GMs, would be glad to learn in the best possible way and know the optimal variations, right?
That is what I am suggesting: the best line of play.
Instead of people thanking me and ppreciating my contribution, many are mostly attacking me.
Really absurd.
I am suggesting lines NO ONE can refute, and still they continue with their fully sterile and meaningless assault.
But is not it really much much easier to simply acknowledge the truth and try learning a bit in the meantime?
Top engines have changed the way chess is perceived beyond recognition, forever.
That is the reality and it would be good that everyone adapts.
The very same moves and lines I am preaching now will be in every textbook in the future.
Is not that the purpose of every chess player around the world, regardless of his strength: to get to know to play chess better, more efficiently and with less effort?
Does it matter really who offers the cure: me, Anand or maybe an extra-terrestrial?
All that matters are that those are best moves and best strategies everybody would like to learn.
If they knew, of course...
Well, I played it only once here but it looks quite interesting:
Any thoughts?