1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.g3
I've been reading up on this lately, and I'm hooked. 1. d4 games have a slight reputation to be dull IMO. I've always played the nimzo against it, but I've been looking for something a little more exciting, had a few games using the black knights tango... results were "ok" but more often that not - I ended up with a severely cramped position and a resulting loss. Anyhow, Graham Burgess wrote a 'short' piece on the opening in the Mammoth Book of Chess, short but sweet, so I followed it up and done a little research (online) and am playing a few games at the moment, I don't want to be jumping the gun yet - but it's pretty hot stuff :-)
I just wanted to ask if anyone here plays it so I can study their games, or can anyone recommend a good book specialising in it? Cheers...
J
Mr. Silman seems to like it too... :-)
http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_bits_pieces/063003_xrated_albin_cg.html
I use albin almost always against QG, and since using it i think i've only lost once on here, and that because of blunder. Also, it's especially confusing for white otb, as there are some traps to it. Higher rated players won't have much trouble against it in correspondence, bacause i reckon so long as white fianchettos king bishop he has surefire advantage.
edit: here's afew games
Game 2946935
Game 2995863
blundered and lost
Game 2806749
win as white
Game 3042081