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Originally posted by badivan1A main line that gives unbalanced play is:
Being a 1.e4 player, I will inevitably face the Petroff Defence (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6). Can anyone suggest me a good plan?
P.S.: I don't mind sidelines or slightly inferior alternatives.
3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dc3 with the idea of Be3 or Bf4, followed by Qd2 and 0-0-0, then do standard kingside pawn storm in various ways. Its not better than the other main lines (in GM play, it seems to be drawish), but does give play different from the other fairly approaches.
An unsound gambit is:
3.Bc4 Nxe4 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dc3 with one idea being 5 ... d6 6 Nxe5 de5 7. Bxf7+. Main line is 5 ... f6 and white needs to come up with some way of continuing the attack. There is play for white, but not enough.
A weird idea Shirov played for a while is
3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. c3 with the idea of Bc2 and kingside piece attack. It seems slightly inferior, but does again give different play than the main lines.
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Originally posted by Sam The ShamSee
Staunton played it with success, Bronstein thought it had possibilities and deserved further analysis.
http://www.schach.gmxhome.de/boofreng.htm
for a good bit of analysis of the Cochrane Gambit. Its defintely not as bad as it looks, but still...
Originally posted by Mad RookIn our very average hands, the Cochrane's fine. Just don't play the natural feeling 5. Bc4+ - it goes nowhere - but 5. d4. Best response for black is 5. ... c5 and the first test for your opponent is whether he finds this modern GM theory, which is right. That link above to the Cochrane is quite good. Here's a recent game Game 3755287 played on a knife edge. If the Black king finds safety at g8 he effectively plays much of the game down a rook.
What I meant to imply is that the Cochrane Gambit makes for a wild game at the club level. I have no idea how the GMs have evaluated it. 😀
Either way, you're almost guaranteed a result. There's nothing drawish about it.
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Originally posted by Mad RookOriginally posted by buffalobill
The Cochrane Gambit - sends shivers through my spine. *brrrrr*
In our very average hands, the Cochrane's fine. Just don't play the natural feeling 5. Bc4+ - it goes nowhere...
Aye...
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