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| premium_steve 4/17/2005 16:58:46 [ report this post ] |
 Subject: Avoiding Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 3...Qxd5?!Message: The position looks similar to that of the Center-Counter Game (or Scandinavian Defense): 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5, where White has played d4 and Black c6. 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5?! so, what do you think? 4.c4 might be a good option now for White. 4.Nc3 would lead to lines fairly popular in the Scandinavian. |
| premium_steve 4/18/2005 06:13:45 [ report this post ] | Message: I guess my real question is>>> Is the Panov-Botvinnik attack something to be really feared? I've been trying hard to choose one opening against 1.e4, but I've alway had trouble. I usually switch between 1...Nf6 and 1...d5, and lately I've been trying 1...c6. |
| ccmcacollister 4/20/2005 05:39:49 [ report this post ] | Hi Steve ! Message: If you can get ahold of some games by Bob Curry from APCT by google or whatever ... he's a 2300 ish corr master who plays the Caro & has actually published a systematic account of his goals in the opening. And has brought out some new ideas too. Its worth a look if findable. *** Agree with you that the Scandinavian & Caro-Kann are often very closely related. About the line you give: The Scandinavian line of 2...Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 often does use that ...c6 move anyway, so seems to be no waste & looks to be quite transpositional to me. Though not forcibly, as you mentioned white can try to todd the c4 or such. Yet never seems to in the Scandi-proper, so the question, "Is that really any better here?" *** I play the Scandi like this quite often: 1.e4 d5 2.ed Nf6 3.d4 Qxd5 and from there play a number of the retreats Qd1, Qa5 (sometimes to h5 later!?) etc. Not tried Qd6 yet but shall sometime. Anyway, my favorite plan from Qxd5 is; to get into a David C. Taylor ...Bf5 line. And he wrote a book about it, with Alex Dunne as co-author, sometime after Taylor won the USA Usccc Championship by Championing that opening setup. Would be a good read for any Scandi player. Or a lot of the USCCC games can be Googled. Perhaps those. Anyway, I dont experience much trouble playing the Qxd5 with my Nf6 out. So it would seem like your having a thematic ...c6 already played shouldn't be too odd to live I'd guess. Regards, Craig A.C. I always find your ideas interesting premium_steve ! |
| bogg 4/20/2005 09:36:01 [ report this post ] | I checked my database Message: CTC (Bogg) |
| schnarre 4/21/2005 14:00:02 [ report this post ] | Why not indeed! Message: |
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