Positional Opening for Black against e4?

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HarryMaguire-05
Bobery1 a écrit :
ricechessmaster1 wrote:
Bobery1 a écrit :

What id do is mirror e4 and protect with knights. Use bishop to trade for a knight on their kings side. This makes it so that when they castle, a lane is exposed and checkmate can be done with only 2 pieces. e5 is a good start for white but can lead to problems if u use it as a counter for e4. 

only problem with that is when you take the knight, the queen takes. 

You can protect with a bishop so they have to use a pawn rather than a valuable piece such as the queen. 

hmmm alright thanks I might try that sometime

HarryMaguire-05
zone_chess a écrit :

Play the Modern Defense, 2... g6 3...Bg7 and you can develop with the Sicilian pawn 4...c5 to create the Pterodactyl Defense. Because we are delaying attacks this becomes highly positional.
The Sicilian is great too and can be tremendously positional if you go for a Sveshnikov, Kalashnikov, Paulsen, or Kan, for example. Other variations tend to get tense soon.

hey thats something I'll look at! grin.png

mlevi1
Pirc Defense is good for beginners
Cobra2721
mlevi1 wrote:
Pirc Defense is good for beginners

Ur a beginnee too

HarryMaguire-05
cogadhtintreach a écrit :
mlevi1 wrote:
Pirc Defense is good for beginners

Ur a beginnee too

to be fair we all are happy.png

Cobra2721

U arent and I amnt

HarryMaguire-05
Ultimate-trashtalker a écrit :

Rice master what's wrong? How are u Just a 1400 fide  being a 2300 chess.com? I am 1200 fide being a 2000 chess.com

I lose to 1400s for a living 

HarryMaguire-05
Ultimate-trashtalker a écrit :

😂😂what? They bribe u?

I'm bad 

DanmaCoolio
ricechessmaster1 wrote:
Ultimate-trashtalker a écrit :

Rice master what's wrong? How are u Just a 1400 fide  being a 2300 chess.com? I am 1200 fide being a 2000 chess.com

I lose to 1400s for a living 

hey kiddo 1v1 me and ill bet ill one-pump yo bum

TheSwissPhoenix
DanmaCoolio wrote:
ricechessmaster1 wrote:
Ultimate-trashtalker a écrit :

Rice master what's wrong? How are u Just a 1400 fide  being a 2300 chess.com? I am 1200 fide being a 2000 chess.com

I lose to 1400s for a living 

hey kiddo 1v1 me and ill bet ill one-pump yo bum

I agree you will “one-pump” me. Now what game are you talking about?

Rainmaster14
The French is amazing against it
mlevi1
cogadhtintreach wrote:
mlevi1 wrote:
Pirc Defense is good for beginners

Ur a beginnee too

Yeah I know from experience lol

DanmaCoolio
TheSwissPhoenix wrote:
DanmaCoolio wrote:
ricechessmaster1 wrote:
Ultimate-trashtalker a écrit :

Rice master what's wrong? How are u Just a 1400 fide  being a 2300 chess.com? I am 1200 fide being a 2000 chess.com

I lose to 1400s for a living 

hey kiddo 1v1 me and ill bet ill one-pump yo bum

I agree you will “one-pump” me. Now what game are you talking about?

who are you 💀💀💀 bro just jumpoed in

Tomicgoat

French sicilian

CharlieCoughlin555
Caro-Kann or Sicilian
WCPetrosian
zone_chess wrote:

Play the Modern Defense, 2... g6 3...Bg7 and you can develop with the Sicilian pawn 4...c5 to create the Pterodactyl Defense. Because we are delaying attacks this becomes highly positional.
The Sicilian is great too and can be tremendously positional if you go for a Sveshnikov, Kalashnikov, Paulsen, or Kan, for example. Other variations tend to get tense soon.

In my effort to consolidate my repertoire, plus not play what everyone and their uncles are playing, I've recently taken up 1 b4 using Carsten Hansen's book, and plan on getting The Modern Gurgenidz: A Counterpunching Repertoire for Black by Jaan Ehlvest (supposedly being released this month). After 1 e4 g6 2 d4 Bg7 3 Nc3 black plays 3....c6 preparing ...d5 (black avoids the dangerous Austrian Attack 3...d6 4 f4), but against 3 Nf3 black plays 3...d6, preparing ...e5. The table of contents in its preview indicates 1 d4 2 c4 is also covered, and 1 c4, 1 b3, 1 f4 too, Black goes 1....g6 against all those. 

HarryMaguire-05
Boguspawn a écrit :

ricechessmaster asks good positional opening v 1.e4 well I have been playing the Petroff 1.e4,e5 2.Nf3,Nf6 if you can take the time to learn the main lines it will do your positional chess no harm, its tough for white to grind down and get a clear advantage my percentage for black last year was 56% that's good enough to feel content, if I was to choose a secondary opening for black v 1.e4 it would be Caro Kann but enjoy the Russian Defence (Petroff) was good enough for Karpov,Kramnik, Annand, si why change!!

alright I'll look into petroffs, anything I should be concerned about when playing it? 

gik-tally
MisterOakwood wrote:

French defence has really long term positional idéas. But you have to be willing to be under a big kingside attack which many people find scary.

as a white player, I find gambit dodging french players PARTICULARLY infuriating. they refuse to give me anything to attack and it drives me nuts.

WCPetrosian

I think the Scandinavian Defense is practical on the club level. The repertoire book The Scandinavian for Club Players advocates 3...Qa5 (against 3 Nc3, the move black usually faces). It also covers when white goes 3 Nf3, 3 d4, 2 Nc3, 2 e5, 2 d4. The book actually teaches.