Please comment on this line of QGD..... Ive won quiet a games using this..... 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 !? 5.Nf3 (Not that after 5.c4xd5 e6xd5 6.Nxd5?? Nxd5!! 7.Bxd8 Bb4+ 0-1) c6 6.e3 Qa5!? Black breaks the pin on the h4-d8 diagonal and forms a pin of his own on the c3 knight (exploiting the absence of the queen's bishop from the queenside). If Black later plays dxc4, there may be threats against the g5 bishop.The main line continues 7...Bb4 with the threat of Ne4 and pressure along the a5-e1 diagonal. White has several choices at his seventh move. The most common are: * 7. Nd2 (the main line) immediately breaks the pin on the c3 knight and defends e4; 7...Bb4 is answered by Qc2, defending the c3 knight and covering e4. * 7. cxd5 avoids complications by clarifying the situation in the center. Black's strongest is the recapture Nxd5, continuing the attack on c3. * 7. Bxf6 avoids tactics involving discovered attacks on the g5 bishop. *The line remains popular among amateurs because there are several traps White must avoid. For example, 7.Nd2 Bb4 8.Qc2 0-0 9.Bd3?? dxc4! (threatening ...Qxg5) 10.Bxf6 cxd3! (a zwischenzug) 11.Qxd3 Nxf6 and Black has won a piece. Is this opening strong enough for high rated players??? Plz do comment....
Please comment on this line of QGD..... Ive won quiet a games using this..... 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 !? 5.Nf3 (Not that after 5.c4xd5 e6xd5 6.Nxd5?? Nxd5!! 7.Bxd8 Bb4+ 0-1) c6 6.e3 Qa5!? Black breaks the pin on the h4-d8 diagonal and forms a pin of his own on the c3 knight (exploiting the absence of the queen's bishop from the queenside). If Black later plays dxc4, there may be threats against the g5 bishop.The main line continues 7...Bb4 with the threat of Ne4 and pressure along the a5-e1 diagonal. White has several choices at his seventh move. The most common are: * 7. Nd2 (the main line) immediately breaks the pin on the c3 knight and defends e4; 7...Bb4 is answered by Qc2, defending the c3 knight and covering e4. * 7. cxd5 avoids complications by clarifying the situation in the center. Black's strongest is the recapture Nxd5, continuing the attack on c3. * 7. Bxf6 avoids tactics involving discovered attacks on the g5 bishop. *The line remains popular among amateurs because there are several traps White must avoid. For example, 7.Nd2 Bb4 8.Qc2 0-0 9.Bd3?? dxc4! (threatening ...Qxg5) 10.Bxf6 cxd3! (a zwischenzug) 11.Qxd3 Nxf6 and Black has won a piece. A popular game is:: Capablanca - Alekhine, World Championship Match, Buenos Aires, 1927
Please comment on this line of QGD..... Ive won quiet a games using this..... 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 !? 5.Nf3 (Not that after 5.c4xd5 e6xd5 6.Nxd5?? Nxd5!! 7.Bxd8 Bb4+ 0-1) c6 6.e3 Qa5!? Black breaks the pin on the h4-d8 diagonal and forms a pin of his own on the c3 knight (exploiting the absence of the queen's bishop from the queenside). If Black later plays dxc4, there may be threats against the g5 bishop.The main line continues 7...Bb4 with the threat of Ne4 and pressure along the a5-e1 diagonal. White has several choices at his seventh move. The most common are: * 7. Nd2 (the main line) immediately breaks the pin on the c3 knight and defends e4; 7...Bb4 is answered by Qc2, defending the c3 knight and covering e4. * 7. cxd5 avoids complications by clarifying the situation in the center. Black's strongest is the recapture Nxd5, continuing the attack on c3. * 7. Bxf6 avoids tactics involving discovered attacks on the g5 bishop. *The line remains popular among amateurs because there are several traps White must avoid. For example, 7.Nd2 Bb4 8.Qc2 0-0 9.Bd3?? dxc4! (threatening ...Qxg5) 10.Bxf6 cxd3! (a zwischenzug) 11.Qxd3 Nxf6 and Black has won a piece. A popular game is:: Capablanca - Alekhine, World Championship Match, Buenos Aires, 1927