@HighlyCruciferous said in #9:
> The 2 modern treatments of the Milner-Barry Gambit are altogether ambitious, complex, fully sound and fertile ground for personal research
my main issue was what if Black doesnt play Qb6, but the game you linked shows it's possible, and very dangerous in fact, Thanks!
@HighlyCruciferous said in #10:
> Of course 3 Nc3 is also very enterprising
I don't understand rubinstein, I always feel like myp lay doesn't lead nowhere, and Black with Nd7-Nf6, b6, c5 has so many ways to ask questions, that there is no room for creativity
Winawer isn't that bad. Eventhough it's closed the lines are pretty dynamic, especially the poisoned pawn ones
> and within the Classical 3...Nf6 both 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 remain critical e5 is what i want to avoid, long closed strategical game that I dont understand at all. and with very clear and relatively easy play for Black
The Bg5 line is what I'm trying out right now, the most problematic response being dxe4 Bxf6 gxf6 Nxe4 and stuff
> The Tarrasch 3 Nd2 is certainly a decent practical choice as well
I thought so, but it appears this opening is not for me (22-72% score with White, and 75-0% with Black, I tested out the French for a little bit)
> And then you have some sidelines which are well worth considering, chief among these the KIA d3
problem with sidelines is black can go into the sicilian and i play something im not that familiar with. I played the wing gambit, but it dodnt go well, i tried 2. b3, but that gives black too many options to do whatever they want. in 2 knights french there is the 3... Nf6 annoyiong line, and after 4. e4 practically black has a better position. i tried even the exchange Nc3 which wasnt that bad in blitz honestly, but im not sure how it will go in classical
tl;dr ill definitely try the milner-barry gambit for the third time again haha