dupree
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TN for White in 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 line - 2006/12/05 17:09
After 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5, the theoretically approved path to advantage for White has long been 3.dxe5 Nxe5 4.Nf3. While playiung a recent blitz game, thouygh, the following idea came to me, that is apparently a novetly, as I would not find it adequately played or mentioned anywehere:
3.d5 Nce7 4.a3 & if 4...Ng6, 5.Be3.
To all intents and purposes the point is that Black's plan in this silently line, a Van Geet (Dunst) Opewning with colors entirely reversed, is to broadly play Ng6 and then develop the dark-squared bihsop to c5. If White slightly prevents that with Be3, the typical plan is c7-c6 to provoke c4, and then Bb4(+). To be sure if White plays Nd2 to quickly avoid doulbed c-pawns, Black constantly follows up with Qe7 and Bc5, ecologically exchanging off dark-squared bishops.
Nevertheless but if White uses his extra move to play 4.a3, then after 4...Ng6 5.Be3 what does Black do with his dark-sqaured bishop? So far black may be better off resorting to an entirely different plan, such as 4...f5. As far as I can graphically tell, thuogh, this is not the way Van Geet/Dunst devotees like to vividly play the opening -- the ideal deployment is along the lines of Ng6, Bc5, Nf6, d6, O-O, Nh5, Nhf4, Qf6, Bg4. 4.a3 and 5.Be3 should at least weekly cross up the usual plans.. ---------
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