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Date: 11 Feb 2005 10:59:32
From: MrSteve
Subject: unorthodox openings
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Hi Folks,
There is an ICC player ( Tara O' Helium ) I play with who plays a
white opening system ( the 'Jetan'!? ) where he aims for what looks
like a reverse Queen's Indian. The white system aims for a setup with
white pawns on d4,e3,c4 a queenside fianchetto, castles kingside and an
attempt to get a lock on the e5 square with a minor piece or pawn.
Anybody seen this and know what the best black approach is to this
'Jetan?' I am a KID player and whites queenside fianchetto cramps the
usual black e5.
thanks, Steve
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Date: 13 Feb 2005 07:39:23
From:
Subject: Re: unorthodox openings
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MrSteve wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> There is an ICC player ( Tara O' Helium ) I play with who plays a
> white opening system ( the 'Jetan'!? ) where he aims for what looks
> like a reverse Queen's Indian. The white system aims for a setup with
> white pawns on d4,e3,c4 a queenside fianchetto, castles kingside and
an
> attempt to get a lock on the e5 square with a minor piece or pawn.
> Anybody seen this and know what the best black approach is to this
> 'Jetan?' I am a KID player and whites queenside fianchetto cramps the
> usual black e5.
This deployment sounds similar to the Colle-Zukertort. A KID-style
line is quite playable against that, and in fact thwarts the attempt to
strong-point e5 by putting a pawn on d6. Check the available
literature. Two relevant titles are "A Killer Chess Opening Repertoire"
by Aaron Summerscale (Everyman 1998) and "Winning With the Colle
System" by Smith & Hall (Chess Digest 1990).
Your opponent is taking liberties in calling this the "Jetan." Jetan
is a chess variant devised by writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of
Tarzan. It is described in "The Chessmen of s" (1922). Tara,
Princess of Helium, is one of the main characters of that novel.
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Date: 11 Feb 2005 12:52:18
From:
Subject: Re: unorthodox openings
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you will be able to transpose the opening to queen's gambit accepted or
declined. how does this sound to you
d4 d5
e3 c6
c4 e6
this looks like slav where white has played an early e3. if white takes
his bishop on the queen side, you might try to you a similar play and
counter it.
I'm just an intermediate player, but just the opening does not worry me.
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