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Date: 02 Oct 2006 19:22:41
From: Dave (from the UK)
Subject: Anti Nimzo Indian 3.a3
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I played the game below (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.a3) where White's third move
was obviously designed to stop 3...Bb4+.
What would you play as Black's 3rd move in this case? It seems a rather
rare opening (I can't find many games like it), but those that I have
found, White Black normally plays 3...d5, rather than the 3...c5 I played.
3...d5 don't look very nice after 4.cxd5 exd4, where Black has lost one
of his central pawns for one from White's c-file. Strangely, on the few
games that I have (only 16, although I've not gone around the web
looking for such games), White only once played cxd4, which rather
surprises me, as it seems quite logical.
I don't feel I did too well with 3.,,c5 either.
Thoughts?
[Event "ICC 10 30"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2006.10.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "chemin"]
[Black "g8wrb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1442"]
[BlackElo "1328"]
[ECO "E00"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[NIC "QP.07"]
[Time "05:38:47"]
[GameType "ICCStandard"]
[TimeControl "600+30"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.a3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 e5 6.e4 g6 7.Be3 Qa5 8.Nf3 Nxe4
9.Rc1 Nxc3 10.Rxc3 Bf5 11.Be2 Nd7 12.O-O Bg7 13.Bd2 Qb6 14.Rc1 Qxb2
15.Qa4 Qb6 16.Nh4 Qd8 17.Nxf5 gxf5 18.Qc2 f4 19.g3 fxg3 20.fxg3 Nf6
21.Bg5 h6 22.Bh4 Qe7 23.Qf5 O-O 24.Bxf6 Qxf6 25.Qxf6 Bxf6 26.Rxf6 {Black
resigns} 1-0
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Date: 02 Oct 2006 23:07:52
From: Ron
Subject: Re: Anti Nimzo Indian 3.a3
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In article <[email protected] >,
"Dave (from the UK)"
<[email protected] > wrote:
> 3...d5 don't look very nice after 4.cxd5 exd4, where Black has lost one
> of his central pawns for one from White's c-file. Strangely, on the few
> games that I have (only 16, although I've not gone around the web
> looking for such games), White only once played cxd4, which rather
> surprises me, as it seems quite logical.
There's a saying that you can't play any of the fancy defenses to 1.d4
until you can defend the QGD. Now, I don't want to defend that saying in
all cases, but let's play with move orders here for a second.
Imagine you played:
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.a3 Nf6.
Same position. Black is already fine - so long as he doesn't play a
defense where a3 turns out to have been a useful move. (eg, you wouldn't
play for a Cambridge Springs defense anymore). I think most annotators
would give white's third move a ?.
3.cxd5 exd5 goes into the exchange QGD. Now there are some lines where
this can be tricky for white, but white's advantage hangs by a tempo.
And guess what he just wasted? White's already given you freedom for
your pieces and the time to develop them in an organized fashion.
I strongly, strongly, strongly recommend Sadler's book on the QGD.
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Date: 02 Oct 2006 13:12:31
From:
Subject: Re: Anti Nimzo Indian 3.a3
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[email protected] wrote:
err...
"similar with 3..c5
after 4.d5 exd5 5.Nc3-g6 6.e4 Bg7 7.Nf3 0-0 8.Bd3 Re8 9.0-0 a6"
it should have been
after 4 d5 exd5 5.cxd5-d6 6.Nc3-g6 7.e4-Bg7..etc..
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Date: 02 Oct 2006 13:02:50
From:
Subject: Re: Anti Nimzo Indian 3.a3
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Dave (from the UK) wrote:
> I played the game below (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.a3) where White's third move
> was obviously designed to stop 3...Bb4+.
>
> What would you play as Black's 3rd move in this case? It seems a rather
> rare opening (I can't find many games like it), but those that I have
> found, White Black normally plays 3...d5, rather than the 3...c5 I played.
>
> 3...d5 don't look very nice after 4.cxd5 exd4, where Black has lost one
> of his central pawns for one from White's c-file. Strangely, on the few
> games that I have (only 16, although I've not gone around the web
> looking for such games), White only once played cxd4, which rather
> surprises me, as it seems quite logical.
>
> I don't feel I did too well with 3.,,c5 either.
>
> Thoughts?
>
Either one 3...d5 or 3..c5
The idea is to get into a variaton of a standard opening where the a3
pawn move is purposeless, is a waste of tempo(move). And thus, with one
move in addition, Black equalizes.
for instance
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3.Nc3-Nf6 4.cxd5-exd5 5.Bg5-Be7 6.e3-c6 7.Bd3 ! (but
if 7.a3 ? then 7..Bf5! and black has reached equality here) and now
Black can not play Bf5 to solve the problem of developing the light
squares bishop ( a typical problem in 1.d4-d5 openings )...usually the
theory goes with 7..0-0 8.Qc2 !
[but not 8. Nf3 ? Bg4! and again Blacks solves his problems and
equalizes]
8...Nbd7 9.Nf3-Re8 10. 0-0-Nf8 11.h3 and Black still has problems to
bring Bc8 to play
on a useful square]
therefore one thing to do is
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.a3 d5 4.cxd5 ed5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Nc3 c6 7.e3 Bf5! with
equality
similar with 3..c5
after 4.d5 exd5 5.Nc3-g6 6.e4 Bg7 7.Nf3 0-0 8.Bd3 Re8 9.0-0 a6
you are in the Modern Benoni with a tempo in addition for Black because
here White must play 10.a4 to stop b5! (otherwise Balck gets an easy
game with his queenside countreplay and threatens then b5-b4 chasing
away the knight that defends the "under siege" e4 pawn)
usually the correct opening goes as
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3-c5 4.d5 exd5 etc. so the a4 in response to
Black's a6 is done
when is done in one move...
in general losing on move when playing White is enough for Black to get
equal
That's why 3.a3 is hardly ever played, you give up to your advantage of
playing White without a fight.
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