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Bittrsweet

I have a problem when I play against 1d4. I play where I do Nf6 e6 and then i try and play b3 d4 c4 Be7 0-0 Bb7 Nf6 perhaps Qc7 b6 or a5+ centralize put the rooks on the e,d or c file and so on. HOWEVER, I have been having a problem where white puts the bishop on f4 and then plays Nb4!! and it seems that I am down a rook. In some lines there is a complicated knight sac on f2 for me and sometimes I can play Na6. Sometimes I just get wanked by it though. Does anyone have a solid way they have of dealing with this? Thanks

ThrillerFan

Your moves don't make sense.

 

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6, now 3.b3 is nonsense, and 3...d4 by Black is then illegal.

Use standard notation:  1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4, etc.  Then maybe we can fix your problem.

Sqod

If you're talking about one player exchanging B+N for your R+P, just don't worry about it. At best the player making that exchange gets an equal game, and at worst the player forced into that exchange gets an advantage from having two pieces to the opponent's one piece.

Bittrsweet

Nf6 e6 and then i try and play b6 d5 c5 Be7 0-0 Bb7 Nc6 perhaps Qc7 b6 or a5+

Bittrsweet

I am talking about when the only piece that guards the c7 square is my queen, and I may not have castled yet, and the knight jumping to b4 c2 with B on f4 defending c7

Sqod

Your moves still don't make sense. In some openings, say White in the Exchange Caro-Kann or Exchange French, White plays c3 to prevent a double attack (by knight and bishop) on c2, since that pawn keeps Black from playing ...Nb4. If that's what you mean, then you either have to watch for that tactic, or stick to an opening that has that move already so you don't have to think about it.

Bittrsweet

No. White plays Nb5 and then comes to Nc7+

Sqod
Bittrsweet wrote:

No. White plays Nb5 and then comes to Nc7+

Same thing, with reversed sides. Black can either play ...c6 to keep that knight from invading, or (less appealing) ...a6. ...Rc8 might be possible, too, depending on the position, whereupon you might get that 2-for-1 trade that benefits Black since Black has 2 pieces for White's 1 piece.

Actually it sounds like your main trouble as Black might be playing ...Nc6 before playing ...c5. In most d-pawn openings it's a positional error to block your c-pawn with your queen's knight, whether you're White or Black.

RookSacrifice_OLD

attach move numbers. Also, if you are getting your pieces forked, you need to work on tactics, not openings.

ThrillerFan
Bittrsweet wrote:

Nf6 e6 and then i try and play b6 d5 c5 Be7 0-0 Bb7 Nc6 perhaps Qc7 b6 or a5+

Like someone else said, attach move numbers, and include White's moves, and if you are saying what I think you are saying, you aren't ready for openings.

 

After 1.d4 Nf6 (Do you know the purpose for 1...Nf6?) 2.c4 e6 and now:

A) 3.Nf3 b6 followed by 4...Bb7 after either 4.a3 or 4.g3 is the Queen's Indian Defense

B) 3.Nc3 b6?? (If you play this, you clearly are clueless about the whole point of your first move!  With 3.Nc3, White has re-instated the threat of 4.e4!  While Black can transpose to the Benoni with 3...c5, at a more beginner level, said beginner needs to realize that the entire point of 1...Nf6 is to prevent e4 by White.  After 2.c4, does White threaten e4?  No, so Black has time to make a move like 2...e6.  Now if White plays 3.Nf3, does he threaten e4?  Um...No!  So black has time for 3...b6 intending 4...Bb7.  However, if White plays 3.Nc3 instead, does he threaten e4?  ABSOLUTELY!  Black has no time for 3...b6 and needs to play 3...d5 or 3...Bb4, preventing e4.  3...d5 adds another Black piece to control e4, it now being 2 on 1, or 3...Bb4 pins the Knight, making it so it can't guard e4, and so it prevents 4.e4 in a more indirect way!

 

You need to work on Tactics and Endgames, not Openings!

 

Again, attach numbers and moves for both sides.  1...Nf6 2...e6 3...b6 is not chess.  1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 is chess!