Originally posted by wormerWhy didn't you just post this in the already existing KI thread....?
I have been studing chess openings for black, by Lev Alburt, Roman Dzindzichashvill and Eugene Perelshteyn anyway the line goes 1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.0-0 Nc6 5.d3 Nf6 6.e4 how should i continue?If you have a better line to seggest please say so, thanks alot
Originally posted by wormerIf someone plays 1. Nf3 I wouldn't reply with c5 because you are likely to get a strange version of a Sicilian. Others may like that sort of thing but I don't. My own personal choice would be to mirror white's moves for a while and see what happens or play d5 and see if white has the balls to play a proper Reti.
I have been studing chess openings for black, by Lev Alburt, Roman Dzindzichashvill and Eugene Perelshteyn anyway the line goes 1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.0-0 Nc6 5.d3 Nf6 6.e4 how should i continue?If you have a better line to seggest please say so, thanks alot
Originally posted by wormerIf play continued 2. ... g6 3. c4 then you have reached a variation often played by Reti against KID-style play. It was also used by Smyslov and Stein apparently. Apart from that, I don't know. This is not something I have ever played myself and have never had it played against me.
what would happen with 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b4
Originally posted by KeplerOTB I played this lines, as White, half a dozen times last year ... with universally awful results.
If play continued 2. ... g6 3. c4 then you have reached a variation often played by Reti against KID-style play. It was also used by Smyslov and Stein apparently. Apart from that, I don't know. This is not something I have ever played myself and have never had it played against me.
(I'm switching for 2008!)
Originally posted by KeplerIs 1. Nf3 d5, 2. c4 a particularly ballsy approach for White? I play it frequently myself although I suspect 2. d4 is objectively a better move.
My own personal choice would be to mirror white's moves for a while and see what happens or play d5 and see if white has the balls to play a proper Reti.
Back to the original post ...
If you want a KID against 1. Nf3 why not,
1. Nf3 Nf6, 2. c4 g6
you can always play ... c5 later on if you want to.
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Originally posted by JonathanB of LondonThat is allegedly the Reti as it should be played - anythings other than 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 is apparently something else. I like the Reti but most other people seem to dislike the positions they get. I suppose people just don't like the impression that black is suddenly in control. Illusion of course, but I think it does take a bit of courage to play a real Reti.
Is 1. Nf3 d5, 2. c4 a particularly ballsy approach for White? I play it frequently myself although I suspect 2. d4 is objectively a better move.