strange maroczy's bind?

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adams2001

I am playing black in a supposed "Maroczy's Bind" Opening with my good friend, which I figure should go something like:  1.e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 NxN 6. QxN.  However, white surprises me every time with  2.c4 to which I respond in the traditional way by playing 2...Nc6 and

always get beat.  Can I make white pay for this early c4 move in the Sicilian Maroczy?

ViktorHNielsen

Take control of d4 with Nc6 and g6-Bg7, or maybe even e5, with some kind of equality

InfiniteFlash
adams2001 wrote:

I am playing black in a supposed "Maroczy's Bind" Opening with my good friend, which I figure should go something like:  1.e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 NxN 6. QxN.  However, white surprises me every time with  2.c4 to which I respond in the traditional way by playing 2...Nc6 and

 
 

always get beat.  Can I make white pay for this early c4 move in the Sicilian Maroczy?

seems like a decent offbeat line, the g6, bg7 setup is the maroczy bind, so logically black probably has better. not sure though.

9thEagle

I saw this for the first time yesterday. You can see the game here (a couple positions were pretty crazy):

http://www.chess.com/livechess/game?id=450818657

xxvalakixx

It is a bit strange, but I think it is bad for white. White wants to get Maroczy bind, and I think he can realize it. If you play for a Maroczy bind in other lines, black can block it, but this should be a direct transposition to that.
Sorry, the first is not a tactical puzzle, just click on solution.



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Black playing e5 is essentially playing into white's game plan. If black truly wants to achieve an advantage, fight for the d5 square must take place. Black must look for moves like Nf6, e6 and d5 to achieve this.