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Tarrasch Defense?
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Mikhail Tal played the Tarrasch Defense quite successfully. He liked the moves ...1.Nf6 and ...2.e6. That way he could switch in and out of the Modern Benoni, Nimzo-Indian or the Queens' Gambit Declined.
Black will play with an isolated queen pawn in this defense.
Oct 9, 2008
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The Tarrasch is a fine defense just know the IQP positions. If you want to mix it up use the Henning-Schaara variation of the Tarrasch. Not for the faint of heart.
Oct 9, 2008
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I´m thinking of playing the Tarrasch too. Kasparov and Spassky played it in the past. Since Karpov-Kasparov 1984-1985 Kasparov stopped playing it, because Karpov found a solid way for white.
Look at chessvibes.com for an annotated game in the SPICE-cup recently.
Good luck with it.
this occurs after 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 3 c5 4 cxd5 exd5.
What do you think about it? I haven't played it yet but it looks interesting because white has the option of giving black an isolated d pawn but it does a good job of controlling the center and preventing e4. So with a better center, wouldn't this give black dynamic chances?