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Sintubin,I play the Alekhine too.In that game(108689) you play what I know as 'the classical variation with Bg4,main line'.Now,I have a problem with that line.I believe that the move 6.0-0,Be7? is no good.For reasons seen in that game,white gets excellent queenside play and black has very little counterplay.An alternative is 6.0-0,Nc6?,however,that seems even worse!I've been looking for an improvement but found none.Except to just avoid that line,of course.Since I don't really want to do that,I was hoping you might have an idea.😀
Originally posted by lloydkThanks, you and SirLoseALot, for the comments.
The Davies book on Alekhine's agrees with you. He says the line "has come under pressure from so many different directions that I find it very difficult to recommend."🙁
I was aware of the comments on that line. The thing is that "has come under pressure from so many different directions that I find it very difficult to recommend." isn't very illuminating. I wanted to try this myself against a strong player. And I enjoyed every move from that game. But I still don't know what exactly is the problem.
Gil.
Originally posted by sintubinSorry to keep up the sad mood, but I looked on ChessMoves.com for the last 10 games in this variation (B05, Modern) and black won zero, drew one, and lost nine!:'(
Thanks, you and SirLoseALot, for the comments.
I was aware of the comments on that line. The thing is that "has come under pressure from so many different directions that I find it very difficult to recommend." isn't very illuminating. I wanted to try this myself against a strong player. And I enjoyed every move from that game. But I still don't know what exactly is the problem.
Gil.
It was played four times by three different players at the '02 Bled Olympiad (including one by specialist Baburin - see http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1256380) and they all lost.
Hard to find a common theme, though white got big queenside space advantages in several of the games. 😕