But I will take a look at what Sielecki has to say about 6.Bc4. I have struggled with White against that plan even in its most common version (with White playing Be2), and it looks like White will lose time compared to that with Bc4 and Qxf3 because he probably doesn't want to allow. Bg4 to get rid of a minor piece, followed by. The weird thing with 6.Bc4 is it seems to make one of Black's other plans stronger. I guess what I'm saying is just buy the book/course it's one of the most comprehensive one stop Repertoires out there and is sure to repay study with many easy points. Overall though I would say that Keep it Simple 1.d4 does pose a lot of problems for Black in many different systems and contains lots of very interesting novelties and ideas. The problem for White is that he doesn't really have any convincing waiting moves, although Sielecki makes a valiant effort to show a nibble the positions are just comfortably equal.įinal observation, there is no free lunch, if you are essentially going to play 1.d4 2.Nf3 3.g3 against everything you have to accept that against certain systems you will not pose many problems, that's the trade off. Having said all that, and even though you did not ask this question, the Book/Chessable repertoire does have a glaring weak spot, and its the following line which is just dead equality everywhere:ġ.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 cxd4 5.0-0 Bd7!?= Essentially black is delaying Nc6 so as to meet Nxd4 with e5 denying White the desirable option of Nxc6. Long story short, I found no easy equality for Black in the Slav against the suggested lines in KIS - 1.d4. The Slav section is quite nuanced and well done, involving delaying 0-0 in favour of Qb3 in some lines, etc etc again precise move-order is important here and he guides the reader/viewer in great detail. The twist in the Catalan Lines is that the chosen move-order avoids Bb4 check which can be quite annoying. Hi, for anyone who has read the book, how is his catalan reconmendation? Is it the regular catalan lines pretty much or does he have a twist to it? What does he give vs the slav? I'm very happy that I have the book and it already has numerous pencil notes written in it which suggest that it is going to be well used over the next few years. It is difficult to make anything much of whites position and it is perhaps a line that could have been expanded a little more in the book. I have experienced the line Topnotch mentions in paragraph three above on a number of occasions. In the Closed Catalan he looks for the e4 push by building with Qc2 and Nbd2. In the Open after 6.dxc4 he goes for 8 a4 after both 7.a6 and 7.b5. I've used it in a few correspondence tournaments and it is fair to say that I haven't experienced any major problems.all the lines seem to be pretty sound but white does have to work at creating the advantage and in many cases simply try to outplay your opponent from a sound position.I think it is a matter of spending time to become familiar with the resulting positions.Īs for the Catalan, again pretty mainstream and as Topnotch says using the move order you avoid. I have the book and generally I have found it to be pretty good. Hi, for anyone who has read the book, how is his catalan reconmendation? Is it the regular catalan lines pretty much or does he have a twist to it? What does he give vs the slav? fair
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