The problem with 2. Qf3 is that 2. ... Nc6 is very annoying. The knight has now both d4 and e5 available to attack the queen. This does not seem healthy in the long run.
What is the poor man's play against 1. e4 g6 ?
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You block with c3.
My ultimate problem with this move is that I'm not the kind of player who plays out the queen on the second move.
With Smith-Morra I sac a pawn, but this is for very good reason. Now I have the c and d files for my rooks, black's d pawn is weak, difficult to find a good square for the black queen. There are all kind of structural problems that black has despite being a pawn up and seemingly defending everything.
I'm looking for a similar play against 1. ... g6, where I can take up some solid, logical structure no matter what black does, but I could not find one yet.
watcha wrote:
The problem with 2. Qf3 is that 2. ... Nc6 is very annoying. The knight has now both d4 and e5 available to attack the queen. This does not seem healthy in the long run.
Nope. The problem is that you start a discussion with a troll, and you expect something useful coming out. This won't happen, I can assure you.
BTW, I sent a ticket in to report IM pfren's abusiveness and staff had to actually apologize to me for the inconvenience he has given me.
I think it's a different style and you'd have to get comfortable with bringing the queen out early to actually play the queen out early. I always heard when I was first learning chess that you shouldn't bring the queen out early unless you are a skilled player or willing to sacrifice tempo. I recommend f4 or d4 for you then. f4 can transpose into the Austrian attack (if d6 is played) which I like against the Pirc.
Here's a line where I gambit the d4 pawn.