08 Dec 07
Originally posted by Squelchbelchyeah and then black gets a strong passed pawn and can exchange qeens with ...Qb6 or it white plays Ba5 to prevent this then ...Qe7 and the queen has to go or face Ra8.
But ...b5 allows Qxa7 which looks invasive. I'm all for keeping his heavy pieces out!
08 Dec 07
Originally posted by Squelchbelch4...Nxd5 isn't so easy to meet.
Here's an interesting adjourned OTB club match I'm (still!) playing against an ECF 128 (1850 Elo) rated player.
He played the Vienna gambit & I replied with 3...d5 the Falkbeer variation.
[Event "Club Championship"]
[Site "Crawley Chess Club"]
[Date "25/10/07"]
[White "M. Harris"]
[Black "S. Collyer"]
[TimeControl "42 in 90"]
[Result "??"]
[E ...[text shortened]... -0 looks much better to me & I think this could be my first big club scalp. 🙂
08 Dec 07
Originally posted by SquelchbelchThere's nothing at all wrong with 4...e4. It leads to a wellknown line of the Falkbeer. The point I'm making is that I couldn't find anything convincing against 4...Nxd5 so gave up this way of playing the Vienna for white.
Yeah after 4...e4 I'm glad he didn't play the rather good 5.d3!
4...e4 is just tempting beyond belief OTB because of the effect on Ng1 & 0-0. It gives such a lasting advantage when white misses 5.d3.