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You all have until 11:59 on the 23rd to cast your votes, the 24th I will post my move (on the first day of my last semester of college!).
Friday, August 21, 2009
2. ...e6 3. Nf3
Looks like a simple majority won this time. And... we are up to 3 votes! If this trend continues, by the endgame this might be a semi-popular blog (2, 3, ..., 56, etc.).
Here is the current position:
You all have until 11:59 on the 23rd to cast your votes, the 24th I will post my move (on the first day of my last semester of college!).
Here is the current position:
You all have until 11:59 on the 23rd to cast your votes, the 24th I will post my move (on the first day of my last semester of college!).
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3 comments:
3...Nf6 - just like capablanca would!
3...c6 -- slightly risky but avoids lines like the Catalan and other openings it's hard to generate winning chances against.
Okay, I'll post non-anonymously now. I was the 1...d5 vote and the first 2...e6 vote. Maybe we should establish a team forum somewhere where we can share analysis and have it be more of a team effort.
I guess my earlier comments only make sense if I elaborate that my idea behind 2...e6 was to play the semi-slav but avoid the exchange slav. In keeping with this idea, 3...Nf6 and 3...c6 both potentially head for the semi-slav, but 3...Nf6 allows the Catalan with 4.g3. Honestly I guess Jeremy's not the world's biggest Catalan guy as far as I know, so maybe there's no point in avoiding it. 3...c6 on the other hand makes the Catalan approach unviable, since Black will be able to meet a plan of fianchettoing the bishop by grabbing the c-pawn and successfully supporting it with ...b5. On the other hand, 3...c6 commits to a semi-slav structure before White has committed the queen's knight, so he has some extra flexibility and may eventually develop it to d2 if he's in the mood for something different. Also, 3...Nf6 makes sense if (gasp!) Black doesn't want to play a semi-slav but some sort of solid QGD system. (Like I guess Capablanca probably would.)
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