Why does 7.g3 score so high for White in the Blumenfeld counter-gambit accepted
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urk wrote:
Because the players who take this approach for White tend to be higher rated?
The thing is that all the other responses seem to be more or less equal for Black.
So the approach the players you mention take is like a Grunfeld - pinning the d-pawn then attacking it.
Jan 13, 2017
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#4
The pawn on g3 prevents cheapos on h2. Without cheapos on h2 Black's strategy loses a lot of it's bite.
Looking at games that have been played so far in 2017.
74 have played 7.e3.
0 have played 7.g3.
Generally what this means is that someone found something for black after 7.g3. That would be my guess.
This is actually a great illustration of why you shouldnt play a move simply based on %.
Jan 13, 2017
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Diakonia wrote:
Looking at games that have been played so far in 2017.
74 have played 7.e3.
0 have played 7.g3.
Generally what this means is that someone found something for black after 7.g3. That would be my guess.
This is actually a great illustration of why you shouldnt play a move simply based on %.
Pretty much. They're trying to avoid this game:
Another idea is 7.Nc3 with the idea that White wants to play e4 and wreck Black's pawns no matter what. After 7...Nbd7 8.e4 d4 9.e5 it gets kinda crazy.
Jan 13, 2017
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#7
I seriously doubt that the result of a 1922 game has suddenly caused everyone to abandon the line in 2017.
Jan 13, 2017
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#8
As far as I can tell 7.e3 was played because it's just a natural move but it's not the best. I figure it's either this or 7.Nc3 not working out that moved people to 7.g3. On chesstempo.com 7.g3 is the most played move btw.