From my experience on the white side, you very often end up with Caro Kann type positions, possibly marginally inferior for black than normal Caro lines, but I suppose also less theoretical.
Originally posted by Northern Lad From my experience on the white side, you very often end up with Caro Kann type positions, possibly marginally inferior for black than normal Caro lines, but I suppose also less theoretical.
"You very often end up with Caro Kann type positions" maybe in system with 3...Qd6 and 4....c6, but in my opinion not in system with 3...Qd6 and 4....a6 (which I prefer).
Originally posted by Squelchbelch Ok thanks for your input.
I don't like the thought of an inferior C-K for Black. Or any kind of C-K at all for that matter!
Originally posted by Squelchbelch Ok thanks for your input.
I don't like the thought of an inferior C-K for Black. Or any kind of C-K at all for that matter!
I've played the black side of this too.. Korch is right - the a6 systems don't play like the C-K. These play more like the standard 1... d5 systems. You can see that in Korch's games above. I think its fine as an OTB (or definitely blitz) surprise, but overall its strikes me as one of those just slightly inferior systems that are perfectly playable, but doesn't have anything really going for it other than people aren't usually expecting it and there's not tons of theory.
BTW, I think the most annoying systems to play against are where white goes for an early Bf4.
Originally posted by Erekose I've played the black side of this too.. Korch is right - the a6 systems don't play like the C-K. These play more like the standard 1... d5 systems. You can see that in Korch's games above. I think its fine as an OTB (or definitely blitz) surprise, but overall its strikes me as one of those just slightly inferior systems that are perfectly playable, but ...[text shortened]... , I think the most annoying systems to play against are where white goes for an early Bf4.
I have bought this:
http://tinyurl.com/6rlu46
And will give it a trial run on RHP for a few games against 1400-1800 rateds.
If the games are mostly dull, positional affairs I'll probably just go back to 1...e5
You might want to buy Ideas Behind Modern Chess Openings: Black by IM Gary Lane. In the book he gives a complete repertoire for Black, which includes the 3...Qd6 line in the Scandinavian. Against 1 d4, he recommends the Tchigorin Defense (1 d4 d5 2 c4 Nc6). Against 1 c4, he advocates 1...Nc6, with a possible transposition into the Tchigorin Defense if White then plays 2 c4.
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Scandinavian with 3...Qd6
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