In the rare line 1. Nc3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e4, the sequence 3. .. e6 4. e5 bothered me. It was later pointed out that provided I was prepared to play in the style of a Petrosian Winawer, that Black had a development plan, namely to play .. b6, .. Bb7, .. Qd7, .. 0-0-0 .MartinCarpenter wrote: ↑Tue Jul 06, 2021 9:31 amThat second book is absolutely fascinating as well of course - it has all sorts of things in it, including a bunch of games with Petrosian going Bf8, b6, Bb7 etc.
Unexpected near Transpositions
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Unexpected near Transpositions
From a thread about Batsford books
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Re: Unexpected near Transpositions
There are lines in the Sicilian with an early Bb5 for White which can produce positions almost identical to the closed Ruy Lopez.
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Re: Unexpected near Transpositions
I worked out a line where Black meets 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ with 3. .. Nd7. What Black then does, tactics permitting, is to play .. e5, .. Nf6, .. Be7 , .. 0-0 , .. a6 reaching the same piece placement as the Breyer. You can then have the moves .. Qc7, .. Re8 and the idea .. g6, Be7-f8-g7. White may have played a2-a4-a5 to prevent .. b5. Black can then play the Breyer regrouping back to front with Nd7-b8-c6 with a threat to the a5 pawn. It's also possible to prevent a5 by playing .. b6 and following this up with .. Bb7.Matt Mackenzie wrote: ↑Tue Jul 06, 2021 2:06 pmThere are lines in the Sicilian with an early Bb5 for White which can produce positions almost identical to the closed Ruy Lopez.
Illustrative position at move 17 (Black to move and take on f4)
An engine suggests that White can retake on f4 with the rook and if Black follows up with the g5 fork, sacrifice the exchange with Rxf6 to stay in the game with only a small disadvantage.
Whole game