Newsgroups: rec.games.chess.analysis Path: info!dregis From: dregis@exeter.ac.uk (D.Regis) Subject: Re: [Q:] Best reply to 1.d4? Message-ID: Organization: University of Exeter, UK. References: <32f823b3.171923@news.powerup.com.au> Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 11:59:36 GMT In article <32f823b3.171923@news.powerup.com.au> midnight@powerup.com.au (Midnight Wells) writes: >Hi All, > >I'm looking for advice on how best to reply to 1.d4... 1. d4 is hard for Novices to handle for either side; you can get into dreadful blocked positions where neither player gets any ideas... The Queens' Gambit Declined is too dull. The Queens' Gambit Accepted is too loose. The Slav Defence is too fashionable. The King's Indian is too difficult. The Queen's Indian can be avoided. The Nimzo-Indian is too complex. The Budapest is too well-known. The Benoni is too cheap. The Benko is too. So play... the Dutch Defence, 1...f5. Aim at a Stonewall formation with ...d5. >reply could spend a moment describing why they prefer the line they >recommend It can be interpreted simply, is unavoidable, and provides some room to grow (i.e. can be interpreted in a more flexible way later, with ...d6 and/or ...g6). >and what circumstances/opportunities this line is aimed at >creating... A King's-side hack! YMMV. -- May your pieces harmonise with your Pawn structure and your sacrifices be sound in all variations D _ / "()/~ Dave Regis &8^D* Exeter Chess Coaching Page etc.: || \_/| = DrDave on BICS http://www.ex.ac.uk/~dregis/DR/chess.html ~\ / "...what else exists in the world but chess?" _|||__SHEU ~/sheu.html -- NABOKOV "Contribute!" -- Doug Attig From info!dregis Mon Feb 10 16:34:53 GMT 1997 Article: 16453 of rec.games.chess.misc Xref: info rec.games.chess.politics:3003 rec.games.chess.misc:16453