Frankenstein- Dracula is not a good opeing choice for most people at OTB play, because
1. Black gets plenty of positional compensation for the exchange in the main line,
2. Black can kill all the fun (if he wishes) with 5...Be7, when white does not have anything to boast about.
There is 10 years between two of the posts... wonder how it was unearthed.
Oh wow.. Okay you really like the solid fianchetto style systems I see.. mm. This was good to find out.. I do something totally bizarre if I'm white with the four knights.. but this is a nice system for a "dull opening" .. I don't think the four knights is dull at all for white!
Anyone have any links to courses or articles on the Glek system that are helpful? I've been trying it out, but feel I could use more baseline knowledge. I know its not theory heavy, but still want to know more about particular move order, and attacking ideas.
If you're going to just flat out play g3 it's better to play it earlier... the main value of the glek is it allows you to transition from the four knights, which means you can use it in response to the petrov. But if you just want to play it as your mainline opening.... the Nc3 > g3 move order is just better. And that's called the Paulsen / Meisis, though it will transpose with the glek sometimes and plays very similarly. But by delaying Nf3 you can sometimes play Ne2 instead, the main idea in the glek is often to play Kh2 > f4 and launch a kingside attack, but you have to remaneuver the knight on f3 to do this, sometimes even just playing Nd2 > f4 > Nf3 - not really ideal.
Frankestein Dracula is not a stupid name, but the best among all openings