Yes,i read but notations don't stay in my head and also too lazy to learn them and evaluate.
What is the best defense for the english opening.
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Sep 22, 2017
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#63
Perhaps forgetting what white plays and transfer them into a pirc defense as black. Might be my new response..
lovebecause a écrit :
Perhaps forgetting what white plays and transfer them into a pirc defense as black. Might be my new response..
Pirc is on 1.e4 and there is no c4 played on Pirc...
1....e5 with a kingside attack is my only worry playing the English.
Sep 22, 2017
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#66
poucin wrote:
lovebecause a écrit :
Perhaps forgetting what white plays and transfer them into a pirc defense as black. Might be my new response..
Pirc is on 1.e4 and there is no c4 played on Pirc...
simple transposition.
lovebecause έγραψε:
poucin wrote:
lovebecause a écrit :
Perhaps forgetting what white plays and transfer them into a pirc defense as black. Might be my new response..
Pirc is on 1.e4 and there is no c4 played on Pirc...
simple transposition.
White does NOT play c2-c4 in the Pirc, so it's rather simple misunderstanding on your part.
Sep 22, 2017
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#68
pfren wrote:
lovebecause έγραψε:
poucin wrote:
lovebecause a écrit :
Perhaps forgetting what white plays and transfer them into a pirc defense as black. Might be my new response..
Pirc is on 1.e4 and there is no c4 played on Pirc...
simple transposition.
White does NOT play c2-c4 in the Pirc, so it's rather simple misunderstanding on your part.
so the pirc defense cannot be deployed when c4 is played? Got it.
Against 1.c4, as Black I like 1. ... Nf6 with 2. ... e6, and there may arise Nimzo-Indian (with move transposition) - 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 (or 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4), or Queen-Indian 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 b6), or various line of the English opening (when White avoids d2-d4, playing at some point d2-d3 instead of that) - and the variations which I like there are 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4 (and sometimes the opponents do play 4.d4 here, allowing Nimzo-Indian), and another interesting variation which often occurs in my games is 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 (the Mikenas-Flohr variation), I like 3.e4 c5 4.e5 Ng8 here. But Black has many other ways to encounter 1.c4 - for example the Dutch line 1. ... f5, and I also from time to time practice f7-f5 after preliminary e7-e5. It seems that the simple 1. ... e5 (the reversed Sicilian) might give the most for Black - the Four-knight variation is good 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6.
1...f5! go for Dutch stonewall 
I am not sure what is the best but I play according to "Openings for Black - Explained" by Alburt Lev and Roman Dzindzihashvili. They recommend black to play 1. ...c5 against 1. c4. That way you can transpose to Maroczy Bind if white plays e4. Panov Attack of Caro-Kann can also be reached and there are some systems where black plays e5.
This is just one example from the book.
Oct 2, 2017
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#75
I have beaten a 2100 USCF rated player multiple times, who used to crush me, until I condensed my repertoire. I play the Sicilian dragon against e4, and I started doing thensame against ec4, especially the G3 variation, and I would do great!
FieryHeart έγραψε:
I am not sure what is the best but I play according to "Openings for Black - Explained" by Alburt Lev and Roman Dzindzihashvili. They recommend black to play 1. ...c5 against 1. c4. That way you can transpose to Maroczy Bind if white plays e4. Panov Attack of Caro-Kann can also be reached and there are some systems where black plays e5.
This is just one example from the book.
11.0-0 is known to be an inaccuracy in this line. 11.Rc1! is much better, actually theory goes some twenty moves deeper. Sample:
Navara won without having to play a single move of his own in that game!
Oct 2, 2017
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#77
Wow, nice!
26...Rg7 27.Nxf6 Rxg1 28.Ng4+ e5 29.fxe5 checkmate, by en passant!
I haven't worked out what happens after 19...f4 yet.
Sep 17, 2018
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#78
FYI: A friend of mine has just published a book on the English that may interest players of both sides of this complex opening:
https://www.amazon.com/Full-English-Opening-Mastering-Fundamentals/dp/9056917544
Is KID a good defense against English opening?
How's this?
Very bad opening from both sides.
Black's first moves are too passive, and white's Qb3-xb7 was horrible...
Thanks for the insights.Enlighten me,showing the ideal moves with an example if you don't mind
But,i don't play passively always.May be I was waiting to see his response,cos i don't know how to play against English lines.But it worked well i the end,so no worries.Still i think i can never be really good at chess.
I guess u didnt read my first words in this topic...