08-03-2012, 01:37 AM
[pgn]1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6[/pgn]
Spoiler here>> Ok, I recall Eddie Dearing annotating a game once where he said this 2nd move is a mistake, but I can't for the life of me think why it would be?! Hmmm...very strange. Maybe there are more flexible set-ups for black here involving ...c6, but as I tend not to play ...c6 lines anyway it doesn't matter.
My plan is to play ...d6, ...g6 and ...Bg7 against most anything. White has to choose his central pawn structure at some point (e3/d3, e4/d3, d3 alone/etc) and this might affect my move order, but not much else.
I usually delay my king's knight's development until I see more of white's development plans (I can go ...Nf6 ...or Ne7 or '...Nf6 after ...f5' or even ...Nh6 in some lines. I have a lot of moves I can play before committing it. <<Spoiler here
Spoiler here>> Ok, I recall Eddie Dearing annotating a game once where he said this 2nd move is a mistake, but I can't for the life of me think why it would be?! Hmmm...very strange. Maybe there are more flexible set-ups for black here involving ...c6, but as I tend not to play ...c6 lines anyway it doesn't matter.
My plan is to play ...d6, ...g6 and ...Bg7 against most anything. White has to choose his central pawn structure at some point (e3/d3, e4/d3, d3 alone/etc) and this might affect my move order, but not much else.
I usually delay my king's knight's development until I see more of white's development plans (I can go ...Nf6 ...or Ne7 or '...Nf6 after ...f5' or even ...Nh6 in some lines. I have a lot of moves I can play before committing it. <<Spoiler here