RatkoGavrilo1 wrote:
mrOpenRuy wrote:
what do you guys do agianst Nc3 though? blacks position is tough and he really has to know what hes doing, white has tricks on blacks weakend diagonal and easily picks off blacks center
Not sure if I can go much into detail on that line since it was avoided both in Caruanas book and also Modernized Ruy, where d3 was suggested to white, so I haven't experienced much study on it. But the general idea of fxe4 and then Nf6 is strongest response from black afaik. And if Qe2, d5 is a nice counterplay.
It serves just fine for me so far. I use a bigger gun (Marshall) for bigger bulls.
Marshall is awesome! 😎
GothamChess only really recommends refutable openings on YouTube just so he can get views, but the GothamChess 1.e4 repertoire on Chessable is legitimate.
against c5, he recommends a hyper modern 2.Nc3, often playing d4 afterwards.
against c6, he recommends the fantasy, not that bad actually and there are a lot of fun lines.
against e5, he recommends either the Ponziani or a weird c3-d4 Italian. Again, he actually makes it quite legitimate.
against e6, he gives the Milner berry gambit. Legitimate opening.
gothams chessable recommendations are inferior to the main lines, the main lines are main lines for a reason, the ones he gives just grant black equality or gives black edge
They also grant pleasant to play positions actually! The hypermodern 2.Nc3 is actually in my repertoire, although my opponent is usually prepped for it and plays d6, Bh6 and both sides get practical chances. But actually legitimate!
The lines he give in the fantasy also seem very practical and there are some fun gambits he offers that look super fun to play!
His recommendation with the ponziani is a little iffy but he also gives the reverse philidor vs d5 which is actually legitimate as well. I didn’t really look at the Guccio Piano but he recommends e4, e5, nf3, nc6, bc4, bc5, c3, Nf6, d4, Ed, cd, bb4, Nbd2. I think it would catch a lot of people off guard because the only options I knew white had before I saw this were Bd2 and Nc3.
I also didn’t look at the Milner berry chapter very much but the Milner berry is actually a very legitimate opening! And don’t say it gives black equality because Andras Toth actually recommends it as well! He even gives it in his Beginners 1.e4 repertoire on Chessable! We get fun attacking positions and he says that even if the position is 0.00, we get strong practical, attacking chances!