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Old 10-09-2006, 04:31 PM
NajdorfDefense NajdorfDefense is offline
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Default Re: Curtains vs PoG

Remember, we can always recapture with Knight, he will not likely exchange fianchettoed B for N so early, and go into defensive crouch/solidify black squares - dominate c5/e5, expand on queenside with a and b pawns, if we don't want isolated d-pawn, which we may.

10 secs cursory examination, so this may not be good.
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Old 10-09-2006, 05:21 PM
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Default Re: Curtains vs PoG

PoG plays 5...d5

1. c4 e5
2. g3 Nf6
3. Bg2 c6
4. d4 exd4
5. Qxd4 d5

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Curtains

It is now Curtains turn.
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Old 10-09-2006, 05:41 PM
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Default Re: Curtains vs PoG

6. cxd5
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Old 10-09-2006, 05:44 PM
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Default Re: Curtains vs PoG

Is there another response besides 6. ... cxd5?
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Old 10-09-2006, 05:45 PM
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Default Re: Curtains vs PoG

1. c4 e5
2. g3 Nf6
3. Bg2 c6
4. d4 exd4
5. Qxd4 d5
6. cxd5

Curtains

PoG

It is now PoG's Turn
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Old 10-09-2006, 06:00 PM
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Default Re: Curtains vs PoG

Not an expert here by any means, but I like a5 and I really don't like cxd5. If we play cxd5 Curtains will play Nc3 and the only move we have then is Be6, which puts us in a really cramped position. Much better IMO is

6. ...a5
7. Nc3 Bb5

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Old 10-09-2006, 06:03 PM
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of course, curtains could just respond to 6. ...a5 with 7. a3 and the plan is foiled.

meh. Not sure what to do here.
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Old 10-09-2006, 06:09 PM
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Default Re: Curtains vs PoG

clearly cxd5 is the only response now that we are here.
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Old 10-09-2006, 06:11 PM
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actually, i think Nxd5 is also possible.
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Old 10-09-2006, 06:20 PM
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[ QUOTE ]
Not an expert here by any means, but I like a5 and I really don't like cxd5. If we play cxd5 Curtains will play Nc3 and the only move we have then is Be6, which puts us in a really cramped position. Much better IMO is

6. ...a5
7. Nc3 Bb5

Will

[/ QUOTE ]

I think we can reply to Nc3 with Nc6, ending up something like

6. ... cxd5
7. Nc3 Nc6
8. Qa4
Bb4 might be reasonable there, I haven't thought it out enough to see how tricky that gets. I'm a lot more worried about e4 than I am about Nc3 right now.
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