08 Aug 07
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Originally posted by chessisvanityThat was me. You could have kept this in it's original thread... The post said that Nigel Short once stated that ...c6 and ...d5 could be played against anything. It also said quite clearly that I'm not Nigel Short. Caro-Kann is solid against e4 and Slav is very good against d4. you can transpose into it against the English, and against Nf3, d5 is still good.
i just read a post where some guy was saying 1....c6 2...d5 for black against everything?..
anyone out there play this?...or have any thoughts?
08 Aug 07
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Originally posted by BLReidThread 74538
Would you please elaborate as to how learning the Slav and the Caro-Kann can possibly qualify as extremely lazy? Economical maybe, but lazy?
See page 2.
09 Aug 07
Originally posted by BLReidIn his book "Black Defensive System for the Rest of Your Chess Career", GM Andrew Soltis suggests ...d5 and ...c6 as the first two moves against virtually all White openings.
Would you please elaborate as to how learning the Slav and the Caro-Kann can possibly qualify as extremely lazy? Economical maybe, but lazy?
09 Aug 07
Originally posted by gaychessplayerThen that would be another highly qualified opinion on the matter...I'm still not hearing anything from the other corner.
In his book "Black Defensive System for the Rest of Your Chess Career", GM Andrew Soltis suggests ...d5 and ...c6 as the first two moves against virtually all White openings.