Article: 550 of rec.games.chess.analysis Newsgroups: rec.games.chess.analysis Path: info!dregis From: dregis@exeter.ac.uk (David Regis=) Subject: Re: Ideas against the Scandanavian (Center Counter 1 e4 d5)? Message-ID: Organization: University of Exeter, UK. References: Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 09:56:22 GMT In article ehummel@hogpd.ho.att.com (-E.HUMMEL) writes: >I find ... d5 a somewhat annoying response to 1 e4, especially >because it can't really be that good. What do you 1 e4 players >like to use against it? > >Ed Hummel Last week I played against it for the first time and played 2. Nc3, transposing to the Dunst/Van Geet Opening. I won an easy game, but I don't think it's anything special for White - I just prefer the positions to the main lines after 2. exd5 Qxd5 (someone posted something last year saying that this line 'sucks all the life out of the position'). Black is depressingly solid, and although I think White can easily gain the advantage, it's hard to convert to a win at club level. (2...Nf6 is more of a fight) 2. Nc3 has two principal themes: (a) 1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 dxe4 3. Nxe4 when you have a temporary edge in central control and development. Van Geet had three correspondence(!) games go 3...e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. Qh5 Nh6 6. d4 1-0. (b) 1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 d4 3. Ne2 when you can recycle the N to g3, play Bc4 and are poised for a King's side attack (this is what happened in my game). Often these lines can also be played as reversed Indians, e.g. 4. g3 with a KID or if Black plays 3...c5 and 4...Nc6 you can play Bb5 when you are about three tempi up on a Nimzo, and Black is committed to ...d4 which would normally have to be coaxed. See what you think. If you are an attacking player you might prefer these lines to whittling away with 2. exd5. D From info!dregis Thu Sep 14 15:40:44 BST 1995