Playing against the Two Knights Tango - Chess Forums - Page 2

Loomis · 2007-12-11T11:46:21-08:00

The Two Knights Tango is a rarely played defense against 1. d4 but it can be tricky to face since it is unexpected. A player I face frequently uses it and so I have worked on what are good lines against it. First, an example that did not turn out so well for white: The next time around white seizes

Bizarrebra

Jul 31, 2013

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#21

There are few lines in which White can come right out of the opening with an edge in the Tango (I prefer to call it Mexican defense!). Maybe a small edge, but that can actually be said for White in almost any opening. Anyway Nf3 is definitely a good line for White.

I like Richard Palliser's introduction on the Tango where he says "Black is playing a turbo-charged King's Indian, where the black knight is already in g6".

Arcanus_Lupus

Jul 31, 2013

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#22

This is the line I hate the most with the Black pieces:

notbanker

Jul 31, 2013

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#23

That's why I try 3..e5?!

http://compulsiontomove.blogspot.com/2013/03/betwixt-tango-and-budapest-gambit.html

Spizzirri

Jul 31, 2019

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#24

Do you know the history of its name? Why Tango?

LM_player

Aug 1, 2019

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#25

I like this defense because it often transposes to many of the positions in the Lithuanian Defense. It also has many sharp counterattacks against 3.d5.

This opening is also known as the Mexican Defense, so maybe that his some historical meaning behind the name, Damian.