What An onteresting question, and don't seem to find an explantion either ; anyone ?
Question about a "coup" of the Lisitsin Gambit
I'm not too familiar with the Lisistyn. I much prefer the Delayed Lisitsyn (where you play d3 before e4) and with Black when I play the Dutch I'm more inclined to just give back the pawn by playing e5 instead of d5 but I do see two ideas behind 4. ... Qd6
- Black wants to be able to take back on e4 with their pawn without allowing Qxd8+ (which will at the very least destroy their castling rights. It's even worse if White's knight is still on g5 and can head for f7).
- On d6 the queen supports the g6 square so if the game continues with 5. dxe4, Black can play 5. ... h6 and if now 6. Qh5+ then Black can respond with 6. ... g6.
Hi everyone (sorry for any english mistake, i'm not a native speaker),
I'm studying the reti opening right now, and I have a question about a variation.
It goes
1. Nf3 f5 (black proposes to go for a dutch defence)
2. e4 (white decides he want a Lisitsin Gambit) fxe4
3. Ng5 d5
4. d3 Qd6 (recommended by stockfish 11 depth = 20)
My problem is with Qd6. I don't really understand the idea. I tried to think about it and I have two hypothesis :
1) it may be to prevent 5. Bf4, but it do not seems me to make so much sense...
2) it may be to prepare castling queen side, but I don't see why Qd6 would be better than Nc6 for instance, so it doesnt make much sense too.
Do anyone have any idea ? I would be very happy to read your thought !
Thanks for reading !