@PolerioExpert said in #5:
> ... if you find a modern book about it please let me know
Perhaps it would be helpful to look at the 2018 book, First Steps: 1 e4 e5.
https://chesscafe.com/book-reviews/first-steps-1-e4-e5-by-john-emms/
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7790.pdf
@kindaspongey said in #11:
> Perhaps it would be helpful to look at the 2018 book, First Steps: 1 e4 e5.
> chesscafe.com/book-reviews/first-steps-1-e4-e5-by-john-emms/
> www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7790.pdf
Hey, thank you. Unfortunately none of your previews shows anything about the Polerio and it's unclear if they would go enough into detail in the paid version? 2 knights italian can mean a lot.
Wesley has a Chessable Repertoire built around Ng5.
The free preview is here:
https://www.chessable.com/short-sweet-wesley-sos-1-e4/course/59857/
@WildTiger thanks, I'll consider it. Does it go in depth into the lines of the Polerio? 8.Bd3 is not the solution, but only the beginning of a very long, deep, complex opening.
Unfortunately I don't know the full course.
I know that it is based on Bd3 and it has *many* lines.
@PolerioExpert don't you think you should first take care of lichess.org/appeal ...
@Cedur216 already appealed. It was because of sandbagging. And no, I am more concerned about my opening repertoire than being able to join online arenas, stay on topic.
@PolerioExpert said in #12:
> ... it's unclear if they would go enough into detail ...
Here is a game that is discussed in First Steps 1 e4 e5: [Date "2014.12.28"] [White "Oliver Kurmann"] [Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"] [ECO "C58"] [WhiteElo "2426"] [BlackElo "2731"] 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Nf6 4 Ng5 d5 5 exd5 Na5 6 Bb5+ c6 7 dxc6 bxc6 8 Bd3 Nd5 9 Nf3 Bd6 10 O-O O-O 11 Re1 Bg4 12 h3 Bxf3 13 Qxf3 f5 14 Bxf5 Qe7 15 Qe4 g6 16 Bg4 Rf4 17 Qe2 Raf8 18 Bf3 Rxf3 19 gxf3 Nf4 20 Qf1 Qg5+ 21 Kh1 Qh5 22 Re3 Nxh3 23 Nc3 e4 24 f4 Nxf4+ 25 Kg1 Ne2+ 26 Qxe2 Qh2+ 27 Kf1 Qh1# https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1781076
I don't have anything to suggest for the white side of things, but from the black side, I use Jan Gustafsson's 1.e4 e5 course on Chessable and there are a lot of lines for the 4.Ng5 knight attack. After 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6, there are a lot of options for White. Jan has 15 lines for 8.Bd3, 11 for 8.Be2, and 6 for 8.Qf3. He only has one line for 8.Ba4. (It's played a lot but not very good.)
Always makes for an irrational and exciting game.
(I *think* Jan considers 8.Bd3 to be the main line. He also gives an interesting exchange sacrifice for 8.Qf3, where Black ends up down the exchange and two pawns, but is okay if they've memorized a whole bunch of lines.) 8-P
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