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@KikeCarrasco said ^

Very informative, and congratulations on achieving your goals. But... what are you playing against 1. d4 ?

Right now I'm trying out Nf6-e6, nimzo, benoni, blumenfeld gambit, bogo indian whatever i feel like playing

@MBurns2020 said ^

great blog as always, the botvinnik carls line is so trash for black idk why people still even play it tbh i have a 1.5/2 record with it as white vs FM's OTB

Bro i just threw an OTB 30+30 game against Bartosz Soćko (polish legend) it went something like this 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Qh5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Nb4 8. O-O Nxd3 9. cxd3 Bd7 10. Nc3 g6 11. Qh3 Be7 12. Qg3 h5 13. Bg5 Nh6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qf4 Nf5 16. Nd4 Nh4 17. g3 Nf5 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Rac1 h4 20. Ne2 Kd8 21. Nd4 Rg8 22. f3 hxg3 23. hxg3 Rc8 24. Kf2 Rh8 25. Rh1 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 Kc7 27. Rc1+ Kb8 28. Rxc8+ Kxc8
and i was already on low time for a couple moves, and got a little outplayed in the endgame, but the key moment was missing the perpetual which i saw as soon as i played my move. the biggest mistake was 22.f3 as we discussed, as i no longer have a passed pawn opportunity making it so much harder to win

Thanks guys for the support! @KikeCarrasco said [^](/forum/redirect/post/ZDSVbyOD) > Very informative, and congratulations on achieving your goals. But... what are you playing against 1. d4 ? Right now I'm trying out Nf6-e6, nimzo, benoni, blumenfeld gambit, bogo indian whatever i feel like playing @MBurns2020 said [^](/forum/redirect/post/WZr1KKjT) > great blog as always, the botvinnik carls line is so trash for black idk why people still even play it tbh i have a 1.5/2 record with it as white vs FM's OTB Bro i just threw an OTB 30+30 game against Bartosz Soćko (polish legend) it went something like this 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Qh5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Nb4 8. O-O Nxd3 9. cxd3 Bd7 10. Nc3 g6 11. Qh3 Be7 12. Qg3 h5 13. Bg5 Nh6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qf4 Nf5 16. Nd4 Nh4 17. g3 Nf5 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Rac1 h4 20. Ne2 Kd8 21. Nd4 Rg8 22. f3 hxg3 23. hxg3 Rc8 24. Kf2 Rh8 25. Rh1 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 Kc7 27. Rc1+ Kb8 28. Rxc8+ Kxc8 and i was already on low time for a couple moves, and got a little outplayed in the endgame, but the key moment was missing the perpetual which i saw as soon as i played my move. the biggest mistake was 22.f3 as we discussed, as i no longer have a passed pawn opportunity making it so much harder to win

Congrats on 2500! As another fan of off-beat, practical openings, I would recommend the Chigorin (I actually play 1... e6 personally right now, but that requires you to play the French... which does have interesting lines, but needs tHeOrY). It's very much in the same spirit as the Nimzowitsch, with the 3... e5 lines being a berserk option, and Nc6 being completely sound and still interesting.

I just noticed that you paid Nepo's Qh5 line against the caro! It's very strong, and I'm curious if you've managed to find anything against the Qb6 Nc6 a6 g6 setup (I switched to Nc3 because of it)

Congrats on 2500! As another fan of off-beat, practical openings, I would recommend the Chigorin (I actually play 1... e6 personally right now, but that requires you to play the French... which does have interesting lines, but needs tHeOrY). It's very much in the same spirit as the Nimzowitsch, with the 3... e5 lines being a berserk option, and Nc6 being completely sound and still interesting. I just noticed that you paid Nepo's Qh5 line against the caro! It's very strong, and I'm curious if you've managed to find anything against the Qb6 Nc6 a6 g6 setup (I switched to Nc3 because of it)

@kekoukele said ^

Congrats on 2500! As another fan of off-beat, practical openings, I would recommend the Chigorin (I actually play 1... e6 personally right now, but that requires you to play the French... which does have interesting lines, but needs tHeOrY). It's very much in the same spirit as the Nimzowitsch, with the 3... e5 lines being a berserk option, and Nc6 being completely sound and still interesting.

I looked at chigorin once, it does look interesting, but I'm not sure what to do after 3.Nc3 (cuz Chigorin is 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 right?)

Also I'd be playing the French if not for the Exchange. I know you can srill get an interesting game, but I'm addicted to unsymmetrical positions

I just noticed that you paid Nepo's Qh5 line against the caro! It's very strong, and I'm curious if you've managed to find anything against the Qb6 Nc6 a6 g6 setup (I switched to Nc3 because of it)

I'm yet to study the line, so I don't know what's the point of this setup, against Qb6 I just go Nh3, Nc6 forces c3 and I'm not sure whats wrong with castling and playing Nd2. g6 can be met by Qg5-g3 or Qe2. But that's just off the top of my head, as I don't think anybody has played this against me.

In fact I'd me surprised if anyone knows this line in the first place, as once my opponent asked if I mouse-slipped Qg4 xd and GM Bartosz Socko after our game told me he also didn't know the line (longer a GM than I'm alive), so I'm not sure if dropping the line based on one rare response is a good call, just my opinion tho

@kekoukele said [^](/forum/redirect/post/Sr2GxqUF) > Congrats on 2500! As another fan of off-beat, practical openings, I would recommend the Chigorin (I actually play 1... e6 personally right now, but that requires you to play the French... which does have interesting lines, but needs tHeOrY). It's very much in the same spirit as the Nimzowitsch, with the 3... e5 lines being a berserk option, and Nc6 being completely sound and still interesting. I looked at chigorin once, it does look interesting, but I'm not sure what to do after 3.Nc3 (cuz Chigorin is 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 right?) Also I'd be playing the French if not for the Exchange. I know you can srill get an interesting game, but I'm addicted to unsymmetrical positions > I just noticed that you paid Nepo's Qh5 line against the caro! It's very strong, and I'm curious if you've managed to find anything against the Qb6 Nc6 a6 g6 setup (I switched to Nc3 because of it) I'm yet to study the line, so I don't know what's the point of this setup, against Qb6 I just go Nh3, Nc6 forces c3 and I'm not sure whats wrong with castling and playing Nd2. g6 can be met by Qg5-g3 or Qe2. But that's just off the top of my head, as I don't think anybody has played this against me. In fact I'd me surprised if anyone knows this line in the first place, as once my opponent asked if I mouse-slipped Qg4 xd and GM Bartosz Socko after our game told me he also didn't know the line (longer a GM than I'm alive), so I'm not sure if dropping the line based on one rare response is a good call, just my opinion tho
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Congrats on 2500! As another fan of off-beat, practical openings, I would recommend the Chigorin (I actually play 1... e6 personally right now, but that requires you to play the French... which does have interesting lines, but needs tHeOrY). It's very much in the same spirit as the Nimzowitsch, with the 3... e5 lines being a berserk option, and Nc6 being completely sound and still interesting.

I looked at chigorin once, it does look interesting, but I'm not sure what to do after 3.Nc3 (cuz Chigorin is 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 right?)

After Nc3 Nf6 is respectable (only smth like +0.4 which is pretty good) and has nice play for black

Also I'd be playing the French if not for the Exchange. I know you can srill get an interesting game, but I'm addicted to unsymmetrical positions

I mean there is 3... c5 in the exchange, but not everyone likes the IQPs

I just noticed that you paid Nepo's Qh5 line against the caro! It's very strong, and I'm curious if you've managed to find anything against the Qb6 Nc6 a6 g6 setup (I switched to Nc3 because of it)

I'm yet to study the line, so I don't know what's the point of this setup, against Qb6 I just go Nh3, Nc6 forces c3 and I'm not sure whats wrong with castling and playing Nd2. g6 can be met by Qg5-g3 or Qe2. But that's just off the top of my head, as I don't think anybody has played this against me.

In fact I'd me surprised if anyone knows this line in the first place, as once my opponent asked if I mouse-slipped Qg4 xd and GM Bartosz Socko after our game told me he also didn't know the line (longer a GM than I'm alive), so I'm not sure if dropping the line based on one rare response is a good call, just my opinion tho

I mean I almost got hit by the best line against a random 1850ish FIDE player... (I put the best line over the game continuation, but its still there)

e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Qh5 { Attempting to get the queen out before Nf4 } 5... Bxc5 6. Bd3 Qb6 { Trying to prevent easy development after Nc6 Nf3 } (6... Nc6 7. Nf3 Nb4 8. O-O Ne7 9. Bg5 Nxd3 10. cxd3 Bd7 11. Nc3 { White benefits from not having played d4 } { [%cal Gc3e2,Ge2d4,Gg5f6,Ge8g8] }) 7. Nh3 Nc6 8. c3 { [%cal Gg8e7,Gc6b4,Gc3b4] } 8... a6 (8... g6 9. Qe2 a6 (9... Qc7?! 10. Bf4 f6 11. Bb5 $16) (9... f6 10. Bb5 Kf7 11. f4 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. b4 Be7 14. a4 $14) 10. Nd2 f6 11. Nf3 (11. f4 fxe5 (11... Qc7 12. Nf3) 12. fxe5 { is stronger } { [%csl Ge5][%cal Gd2f3] }) 11... Qc7 12. Bf4 g5!? { very daring } 13. Bg3 (13. Nfxg5 fxg5 14. Nxg5 Qg7 15. Qh5+ Ke7 16. Nxh7 Kd7 { holds the balance } 17. b4 Be7 $10 (17... Bd6 18. exd6 Qxc3+ 19. Ke2 Nd4+ 20. Ke3 Nc2+ { with perpetual })) 13... g4 14. exf6 gxf3 15. Qxf3 Qd7? (15... Qf7! 16. Ng5 Qxf6 17. Qh5+ Kd7 18. Nf7 Nge7 19. Nxh8 Qxh8 20. O-O $14) 16. Ng5 Nd8 (16... Nh6 { [%cal Gc6d8] }) 17. f7+? (17. O-O { castling either side and bringing the army over will win, black is paralyzed } { [%cal Gf1e1,Gf3h5,Gf1f4,Gf4f5] }) (17. O-O-O Nh6 (17... Nf7 18. Nxe6 { [%cal Gh1e1] }) 18. Rhe1 Nhf7) 17... Nxf7 18. Nxf7 Qxf7 19. Be5 Bxf2+?? (19... Nf6 20. Bxf6 Rf8) (19... Qxf3! 20. gxf3 { [%cal Gf6f7] } 20... Nf6 21. Bxf6 Rf8 22. Bd4 (22. Be5 { [%csl Gd4,Gf3,Gf2][%cal Ge5d4,Gh7h6] }) (22. Bh4 Rxf3 23. Bxh7 $16 { black has chances to hold }) 22... Bd6 (22... Bxd4 23. cxd4 Rxf3)) 20. Kxf2 (20. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Nf6 { [%cal Gh8f8] }) 20... Nf6 21. Ke1 { black loses TWO pieces } 21... Rf8 22. Bd6 Rg8 23. Rf1 Qd7 24. Qxf6) (8... Nge7 9. O-O a5) 9. Nd2 Qc7 { [%cal Gc7e5] } 10. Nf3 g6 11. Qg5 h6 12. Qg3 Nge7 *
In Canadian circles, GM Razvan Preotu has pretty much "published" an analysis on Qh5

Congrats on 2500! As another fan of off-beat, practical openings, I would recommend the Chigorin (I actually play 1... e6 personally right now, but that requires you to play the French... which does have interesting lines, but needs tHeOrY). It's very much in the same spirit as the Nimzowitsch, with the 3... e5 lines being a berserk option, and Nc6 being completely sound and still interesting. I looked at chigorin once, it does look interesting, but I'm not sure what to do after 3.Nc3 (cuz Chigorin is 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 right?) After Nc3 Nf6 is respectable (only smth like +0.4 which is pretty good) and has nice play for black Also I'd be playing the French if not for the Exchange. I know you can srill get an interesting game, but I'm addicted to unsymmetrical positions I mean there is 3... c5 in the exchange, but not everyone likes the IQPs I just noticed that you paid Nepo's Qh5 line against the caro! It's very strong, and I'm curious if you've managed to find anything against the Qb6 Nc6 a6 g6 setup (I switched to Nc3 because of it) I'm yet to study the line, so I don't know what's the point of this setup, against Qb6 I just go Nh3, Nc6 forces c3 and I'm not sure whats wrong with castling and playing Nd2. g6 can be met by Qg5-g3 or Qe2. But that's just off the top of my head, as I don't think anybody has played this against me. In fact I'd me surprised if anyone knows this line in the first place, as once my opponent asked if I mouse-slipped Qg4 xd and GM Bartosz Socko after our game told me he also didn't know the line (longer a GM than I'm alive), so I'm not sure if dropping the line based on one rare response is a good call, just my opinion tho I mean I almost got hit by the best line against a random 1850ish FIDE player... (I put the best line over the game continuation, but its still there) e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Qh5 { Attempting to get the queen out before Nf4 } 5... Bxc5 6. Bd3 Qb6 { Trying to prevent easy development after Nc6 Nf3 } (6... Nc6 7. Nf3 Nb4 8. O-O Ne7 9. Bg5 Nxd3 10. cxd3 Bd7 11. Nc3 { White benefits from not having played d4 } { [%cal Gc3e2,Ge2d4,Gg5f6,Ge8g8] }) 7. Nh3 Nc6 8. c3 { [%cal Gg8e7,Gc6b4,Gc3b4] } 8... a6 (8... g6 9. Qe2 a6 (9... Qc7?! 10. Bf4 f6 11. Bb5 $16) (9... f6 10. Bb5 Kf7 11. f4 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. b4 Be7 14. a4 $14) 10. Nd2 f6 11. Nf3 (11. f4 fxe5 (11... Qc7 12. Nf3) 12. fxe5 { is stronger } { [%csl Ge5][%cal Gd2f3] }) 11... Qc7 12. Bf4 g5!? { very daring } 13. Bg3 (13. Nfxg5 fxg5 14. Nxg5 Qg7 15. Qh5+ Ke7 16. Nxh7 Kd7 { holds the balance } 17. b4 Be7 $10 (17... Bd6 18. exd6 Qxc3+ 19. Ke2 Nd4+ 20. Ke3 Nc2+ { with perpetual })) 13... g4 14. exf6 gxf3 15. Qxf3 Qd7? (15... Qf7! 16. Ng5 Qxf6 17. Qh5+ Kd7 18. Nf7 Nge7 19. Nxh8 Qxh8 20. O-O $14) 16. Ng5 Nd8 (16... Nh6 { [%cal Gc6d8] }) 17. f7+? (17. O-O { castling either side and bringing the army over will win, black is paralyzed } { [%cal Gf1e1,Gf3h5,Gf1f4,Gf4f5] }) (17. O-O-O Nh6 (17... Nf7 18. Nxe6 { [%cal Gh1e1] }) 18. Rhe1 Nhf7) 17... Nxf7 18. Nxf7 Qxf7 19. Be5 Bxf2+?? (19... Nf6 20. Bxf6 Rf8) (19... Qxf3! 20. gxf3 { [%cal Gf6f7] } 20... Nf6 21. Bxf6 Rf8 22. Bd4 (22. Be5 { [%csl Gd4,Gf3,Gf2][%cal Ge5d4,Gh7h6] }) (22. Bh4 Rxf3 23. Bxh7 $16 { black has chances to hold }) 22... Bd6 (22... Bxd4 23. cxd4 Rxf3)) 20. Kxf2 (20. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Nf6 { [%cal Gh8f8] }) 20... Nf6 21. Ke1 { black loses TWO pieces } 21... Rf8 22. Bd6 Rg8 23. Rf1 Qd7 24. Qxf6) (8... Nge7 9. O-O a5) 9. Nd2 Qc7 { [%cal Gc7e5] } 10. Nf3 g6 11. Qg5 h6 12. Qg3 Nge7 * In Canadian circles, GM Razvan Preotu has pretty much "published" an analysis on Qh5

Why do u erased ur account?

Why do u erased ur account?

thanks for sharing these games, they are really interesting! and congrats on reaching 2500!

thanks for sharing these games, they are really interesting! and congrats on reaching 2500!

@CkickyCheck said ^

Thanks guys for the support!
@KikeCarrasco said ^

Very informative, and congratulations on achieving your goals. But... what are you playing against 1. d4 ?

Right now I'm trying out Nf6-e6, nimzo, benoni, blumenfeld gambit, bogo indian whatever i feel like playing

@MBurns2020 said ^

great blog as always, the botvinnik carls line is so trash for black idk why people still even play it tbh i have a 1.5/2 record with it as white vs FM's OTB

Bro i just threw an OTB 30+30 game against Bartosz Soćko (polish legend) it went something like this 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Qh5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Nb4 8. O-O Nxd3 9. cxd3 Bd7 10. Nc3 g6 11. Qh3 Be7 12. Qg3 h5 13. Bg5 Nh6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qf4 Nf5 16. Nd4 Nh4 17. g3 Nf5 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Rac1 h4 20. Ne2 Kd8 21. Nd4 Rg8 22. f3 hxg3 23. hxg3 Rc8 24. Kf2 Rh8 25. Rh1 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 Kc7 27. Rc1+ Kb8 28. Rxc8+ Kxc8
and i was already on low time for a couple moves, and got a little outplayed in the endgame, but the key moment was missing the perpetual which i saw as soon as i played my move. the biggest mistake was 22.f3 as we discussed, as i no longer have a passed pawn opportunity making it so much harder to win

nice! it proves how bad the line is if us 2100 fide's can smash it vs titled players

@CkickyCheck said [^](/forum/redirect/post/wNc1EYBd) > Thanks guys for the support! > @KikeCarrasco said [^](/forum/redirect/post/ZDSVbyOD) > > Very informative, and congratulations on achieving your goals. But... what are you playing against 1. d4 ? > > Right now I'm trying out Nf6-e6, nimzo, benoni, blumenfeld gambit, bogo indian whatever i feel like playing > > @MBurns2020 said [^](/forum/redirect/post/WZr1KKjT) > > great blog as always, the botvinnik carls line is so trash for black idk why people still even play it tbh i have a 1.5/2 record with it as white vs FM's OTB > > Bro i just threw an OTB 30+30 game against Bartosz Soćko (polish legend) it went something like this 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Qh5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Nb4 8. O-O Nxd3 9. cxd3 Bd7 10. Nc3 g6 11. Qh3 Be7 12. Qg3 h5 13. Bg5 Nh6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qf4 Nf5 16. Nd4 Nh4 17. g3 Nf5 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Rac1 h4 20. Ne2 Kd8 21. Nd4 Rg8 22. f3 hxg3 23. hxg3 Rc8 24. Kf2 Rh8 25. Rh1 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 Kc7 27. Rc1+ Kb8 28. Rxc8+ Kxc8 > and i was already on low time for a couple moves, and got a little outplayed in the endgame, but the key moment was missing the perpetual which i saw as soon as i played my move. the biggest mistake was 22.f3 as we discussed, as i no longer have a passed pawn opportunity making it so much harder to win nice! it proves how bad the line is if us 2100 fide's can smash it vs titled players