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~~rubberjaw30~~

Only Chess

14 Dec 07

~~rubberjaw30~~

Tony, kiss mine!

Joined: 18 Mar 06
Moves: 3118

14 Dec 07

Originally posted by jvanhine
i know what you mean, i tested a few lines myself and didnt like the black side.. want to practice it with me?

sure, let's go unrated, so there's no problem with helping each other out.
we'll just work collaboratively on it.
I'll add you to friends, then you send it over.
nothing faster than 1/14, or 3/7, or 7/0, please.
I don't care who plays what color, you can pick.
if you don't care, just go with random.

Freidenker

Mad scientist

Québec

Joined: 15 Jun 06
Moves: 7977

14 Dec 07

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4

That's the Panov, it's not that good for white, especially if black can exchange several pieces (which makes the isolated d pawn a major weakness for white) and with Bb4;