Evil opponent trying to force you to play the Old Benoni? - e4 - and now you're in the Smith-Morra Gambit. you sure showed him who's boss!
Great fun with transpositions
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Nov 23, 2021
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Evil opponent is playing the Scandinavian again... Ugh !
d4! - Now Black has 3 options - French, Caro Kann, or Blackmar-Gambit. - No Scandi anymore!
Nov 23, 2021
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#4
You innocently try to Orthoschnapp your evil opponent, but he ruined it with c5 - going for a mechanical game. - Play Nf3! - Sicilian, Kramnik Variation. - you already have the Maroczy Bind, just play d4 and lets ride some horses! yee-haw!
Nov 23, 2021
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#5
Evil opponent trying to Englund you? Offer him some fresh Danish with e4. bon appetit
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In the English Opening, you may choose if you want to play d4 - transposing into a known d4 opening that you like to play as White. But it's not a beginner opening. It's very transpositional and you can even play kind of an e4 opening setup, using the Botvinnik Setup.
Good stuff!
Nov 23, 2021
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#9
I once beat a 2000+ player in an OTB tournament after opening 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 transposing from a Reti Opening into the Open Sicilian.
Nov 23, 2021
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#10
lol nice!
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Yes, I fogot to mention, ladies & gentlmen, 1.Nf3 is great transposition-tool.
Nov 23, 2021
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#11
How about transposing from the Alapin Sicilian to the Advanced French as black after 1. e4 c5 2. c3 with 2...e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6, etc.
Nov 23, 2021
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Solmyr1234 wrote:
Evil opponent is playing the Scandinavian again... Ugh !
d4! - Now Black has 3 options - French, Caro Kann, or Blackmar-Gambit. - No Scandi anymore!
I have done this to avoid the Scandinavian and transposed to the Blackmar-Diemer before.
Nov 23, 2021
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#13
BryanCFB wrote:
How about transposing from the Alapin Sicilian to the Advanced French as black after 1. e4 c5 2. c3 with 2...e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6, etc.
I love the idea, but I don't see the coercion:
Nov 23, 2021
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#14
Solmyr1234 wrote:
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BryanCFB wrote:
How about transposing from the Alapin Sicilian to the Advanced French as black after 1. e4 c5 2. c3 with 2...e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6, etc.
I love the idea, but I don't see the coercion:
Agreed white can, and perhaps should, avoid it with say 4. exd5 (as you suggest) but white has played 4. e5 against me on more than one occasion, which I prefer as black to facing a straight Alapin Sicilian.
Dec 8, 2021
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#15
A Transposion example:
5+5
White Resigned
He tried to attack me - Vienna Gambit.
I've transposed into the old line of the Falkbeer Counter-Gambit.
As a result of breaking opening principles (which is "allowed", because if he played a gambit, then he necessarily have a successful attack...) he lost.
(and it goes without saying, that the final blow is given, as usual, by a knight)
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Barbarian theme:
Dec 8, 2021
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#16
As others have pointed out, playing 1. Nf3 can throw people into stuff they're not comfortable with if they're not careful.
I used to play the London with 1. Nf3, and people certainly didn't expect it.
Dec 8, 2021
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I don't have the guts to do so. But yes - you're absolutely right. - That's what the big guns are doing:
Dec 8, 2021
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#18
Christianf859 wrote:
As others have pointed out, playing 1. Nf3 can throw people into stuff they're not comfortable with if they're not careful.
It's also possible to transpose INTO Reti-type structures, as well as transposing OUT of them.
The Barcza System (aka King's Indian Attack) is usually reached via:
... but it's also possible to reach that position by transposition from the French or from the Sicilian. One of my OTB Tournament games (against a 1950-rated player) went:
Dec 8, 2021
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blueemu wrote:
Christianf859 wrote:
As others have pointed out, playing 1. Nf3 can throw people into stuff they're not comfortable with if they're not careful.
It's also possible to transpose INTO Reti-type structures, as well as transposing OUT of them.
The Barcza System (aka King's Indian Attack) is usually reached via:
... but it's also possible to reach that position by transposition from the French or from the Sicilian. One of my OTB Tournament games (against a 1950-rated player) went:
Hmm... you have king-indianed him. inspiring. lots of serious players seem to adopt a White KID, I want one too.
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White KIA:
You want to play a variation of the Dutch Defense, but with one tempo up - known as the Bird's Opening, but your evil opponent has played the From's Gambit! - Don't worry - e4 and you're in the King's Gambit - time for some Muzio...