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nikos452

whats your opinion over my opening repertoire

as white i play c4

as black in e4 i play french defence

             in d4 i play cambridge springs

ThrillerFan

Depends - What do you do with c4?

Do you always play the same moves no matter what, treating it as a system?  If so, not good!

If you treat it as a true opening with a willingness to deal with transpositions, then it's fine.

For example, after 1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O O-O, there is nothing better for White than 7.d4, which will usually end up transposing to a Fianchetto King's Indian Defense.

Also, do you actually know the ideas?  The exceptions?  Etc.

For example, after 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6, 3.Nc3 is necessary as 3.Bg2?! f5 4.Nc3 Nf6, White has NADA, ZILCH, NOTHING!  Instead, after 3.Nc3!, 3...f5 should be answered by 4.Nf3! (NOT 4.Bg2?!, see above) Nf6 and now 5.d4!!, answering 5...e4 with 6.Nh4 (which can't be played if your Bishop is already on g2) and if Black every tries to drive that Knight away with ...g5, then the Knight goes to g2!.  Attack g5 with h4, inducing ...g4, and you have a great outpost on f4 for the Knight.  Despite playing 2.g3 here, The Bishop should be developed classically in this line to either e2 or d3.

Cambridge Springs can't be pre-meditated.  You better have something for the Exchange QGD and the Catalan.  Otherwise, your Black repertoire should be ok.

kid13

I believe french defence is boring :\

ThrillerFan
kid13 wrote:

I believe french defence is boring :\

Who cares if you think it's boring?  He's looking for an objective assessment.  I don't play the French because I don't like dealing with a lot of new ideas that White has in the Advance that came about around 2006.  That said, objectively, if he wants to play the French, the French is fine.  It's not refuted.

MainlineNovelty
ThrillerFan wrote:
kid13 wrote:

I believe french defence is boring :\

Who cares if you think it's boring?  He's looking for an objective assessment.  I don't play the French because I don't like dealing with a lot of new ideas that White has in the Advance that came about around 2006.  That said, objectively, if he wants to play the French, the French is fine.  It's not refuted.

What are these new ideas, out of interest...

GIex

What's even more interesting is how come 1.c4 or 1...e6 are repertoires. I thought they're moves.

ThrillerFan

MainlineNovelty wrote:

ThrillerFan wrote:

kid13 wrote:

I believe french defence is boring :\

Who cares if you think it's boring?  He's looking for an objective assessment.  I don't play the French because I don't like dealing with a lot of new ideas that White has in the Advance that came about around 2006.  That said, objectively, if he wants to play the French, the French is fine.  It's not refuted.

What are these new ideas, out of interest...

Most of it is based on ideas for White in the mid teens in the 5...Qb6 6.a3 and 5...Bd7 6.Be2 lines. Specifics? I would have yo go back and dig out my French advance books as I haven't played e4 in a serious tournament in over a year nor the French as Black since 2009.

MainlineNovelty
ThrillerFan wrote:

MainlineNovelty wrote:

ThrillerFan wrote:

 

kid13 wrote:

 

I believe french defence is boring :\

 

 

Who cares if you think it's boring?  He's looking for an objective assessment.  I don't play the French because I don't like dealing with a lot of new ideas that White has in the Advance that came about around 2006.  That said, objectively, if he wants to play the French, the French is fine.  It's not refuted.

 

 

What are these new ideas, out of interest...

Most of it is based on ideas for White in the mid teens in the 5...Qb6 6.a3 and 5...Bd7 6.Be2 lines. Specifics? I would have yo go back and dig out my French advance books as I haven't played e4 in a serious tournament in over a year nor the French as Black since 2009.

The slew of recent French books all seem to indicate that the Adv. is more or less harmless

MainlineNovelty
 

Didn't Sveshnikov revoke the Advance French? Or am I thinking of the c3 Sicilian?

toiyabe
rdecredico wrote:
MainlineNovelty wrote:

The slew of recent French books all seem to indicate that the Adv. is more or less harmless

Unless one is paired against Sveshnikov himself.  

Or Grischuk

toiyabe
rdecredico wrote:
MainlineNovelty wrote:
 

Didn't Sveshnikov revoke the Advance French? Or am I thinking of the c3 Sicilian?

The opposite.    He made both viable weapons at high level.

+1  Both are Sveshnikov's pet lines (I don't like either of em, but to each their own!)  

MainlineNovelty
rdecredico wrote:
MainlineNovelty wrote:
 

Didn't Sveshnikov revoke the Advance French? Or am I thinking of the c3 Sicilian?

The opposite.    He made both viable weapons at high level.

No I mean, he abandoned one of them after playing it for a long time, but I don't remember which

toiyabe
MainlineNovelty wrote:
rdecredico wrote:
MainlineNovelty wrote:
 

Didn't Sveshnikov revoke the Advance French? Or am I thinking of the c3 Sicilian?

The opposite.    He made both viable weapons at high level.

No I mean, he abandoned one of them after playing it for a long time, but I don't remember which

I don't think so...he's been playing the Advance French and c3 his whole life, and still does.  

MainlineNovelty
Fixing_A_Hole wrote:
MainlineNovelty wrote:
rdecredico wrote:
MainlineNovelty wrote:
 

Didn't Sveshnikov revoke the Advance French? Or am I thinking of the c3 Sicilian?

The opposite.    He made both viable weapons at high level.

No I mean, he abandoned one of them after playing it for a long time, but I don't remember which

I don't think so...he's been playing the Advance French and c3 his whole life, and still does.  

Ok my bad then, nevermind.

Sorry for mini-derailing the thread, OP.

nikos452

ThrillerFan thank you for your advice i am new to c4 i used to play d4 but i am reading on it.i really didnt knew about this variation it would help me if u could tell me and other about the english opening

nikos452

yeah its black answer to 1e4 1..e6

                                     2d4  2..d5

this is the french defence

ThrillerFan
Im_Your_Father wrote:

hi, I am new to chess :). There really is an opening named french? Isnt that a language? ;)

There are a bunch of openings named after nationalities:

French Defense - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5

Spanish Opening (a.k.a. Ruy Lopez) - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5

Dutch Defense - 1.d4 f5

Russian Defense (a.k.a. Petroff's Defense) - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6

Scandinavian Defense (a.k.a. Center-Counter Defense) - 1.e4 d5

English Opening - 1.c4

Portuguese Opening - 1.e4 e5 2.Bb5

Czech Benoni - 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5

Polish Opening (a.k.a. Sokolsky's Opening or The Orangutan) - 1.b4

German Variation (of the Polish Opening) - 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Qd6

Italian Game - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4

Chinese Dragon - 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rb8 (I think - might have a couple of moves switched - Don't play the Dragon with either color)

Mexican Defense (a.k.a. Two Knights Tango) - 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6

Chicken_Monster

No opening for America or USA?

MainlineNovelty
Chicken_Monster wrote:

No opening for America or USA?

Well, there is the Wilkes-Barre and the New York Variation of the KIA

AyoDub

I believe there's also an american defense somewhere. There's the boston defence in the Alekhine with 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Ng8