The Surprising Black Knights' Tango

The Repertoire - Introduction

Here we will go through a rough outline of the possibilities for White. Three main moves are at their disposal: 3.d5 3.Nf3 3.Nc3 Transpositions can happen,...

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Contents

1 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 - Introduction

1.1 Introduction and Potter vs Benjamin - 3.d5 Ne5 4.e4 e6

1.2 3.d5 Ne5 4.e4/b3: Saemisch - Torre Repetto & Marshall - Torre Repetto

1.3 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 Nxe5 5.e4 Bc5: Shahar - Szapiro

1.4 3.Nc3 e5 4.d5 Ne7 5.e4 Ng6: Spiller - Orlov

1.5 3.Nf3 e6 4.Bg5 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 h6: Wachtel - Yermolinsky

1.6 3.Nf3 e6 4.a3 g6: Kiselev - Pilavov

1.7 3.Nf3 e6 4.g3 g6: Martirosyan - Nakamura

1.8 3.Nf3 e6 4.g3 d6: Wagh - Caruana

2 The Repertoire - Introduction

2.1 The Repertoire

3 3.d5

3.1 3...Ne5 4.e4 e6 5.f4 Ng6 6.e5 Ne4: Lamaze - Vlassov

3.2 3...Ne5 4.e3 e6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd2 0-0: Vasilevich - Kosteniuk

3.3 3...Ne5 4.Qd4 Ng6 5.e4 e5 6.Qd3 Bc5: Svela - Efimov

3.4 3.d5 Ne5 4.Qc2 e6 5.e4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qe7 - Maki - Yermolinsky

3.5 Summary

4 3.Nf3

4.1 Introduction

4.2 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Qe7 6.Bg2 Bxd2 7.Nxbd2 d6 8.e4 e5 9.d5 Nb8 10.b4: Silman - Orlov

4.3 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Qe7 6.Bg2 Bxd2 7.Nxbd2 d6 8.0-0 a5 9.e4 e5 10.d5 Nb8 11.Ne1 0-0: Mamedjarova - Naiditsch

4.4 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Qe7 6.Bg2 Bxd2 7.Nxbd2 d6 8.0-0 a5 9.e4 e5 10.d5 Nb8 11.Ne1 h5: Soln - Wahls

4.5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Qe7 6.Bg2 Bxd2 7.Nxbd2 d6 8.0-0 0-0 9.Qc2 a5: Krishnater - Karthikeyan

4.6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Qe7 6.Bg2 Bxd2 7.Nxbd2 d6 8.0-0 a5 9.Nb1 0-0 10.Nc3 Bd7: Bosboom - Kasimdzhanov

4.7 4.a3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.e4 d6 7.Be3 0-0: Kiselev - Pilavov

4.8 4.a3 d6 5.Nc3 g6 6.d5 Nb8 7.e4 Bg7 8.Be2 0-0: Donchenko - Kritz

4.9 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3

4.10 4...Bb4 5.Qc2 d6 6.Bd2 0-0 7.a3 Bxc3: Docx - Hausrath

4.11 4...Bb4 5.Qc2 d6 6.Bd2 0-0 7.e3 e5: Konyshev - Bologan

4.12 4...Bb4 5.Qc2 d6 6.Bg5 h6: Flear - Bologan

4.13 4...Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Ne4: Turcan - Rozentalis

4.14 4...Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Ne4: Turincio Garcia - Vlassov

4.15 3.Nf3 e6 4th move alternatives

4.16 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 g5: Janik - Gajewski

4.17 4.Bf4 Bb4+: Antova - Pranav

4.18 Summary

5 3.Nc3

5.1 3.g3 and 3.Nc3 e5 4.d5 Ne7 5.e4 Ng6 6.h4 h5 7.Bg5 Bc5: Nesterov - Praggnanandhaa

5.2 3...e5 4.d5 Ne7 5.a3 Ng6 6.h4 h5 7.Bg5 d6: Khegay vs Caruana

5.3 3...e5 4.d5 Ne7 5.h4 h5 6.Nf3 Ng6 7.Bg5 Be7: Erdos - Bologan

5.4 3...e5 4.d5 Ne7 5.h4 Neg8 6.Nf3 Ng4: Zujev - Gupta

5.5 3...e5 4.d5 Ne7 5.e4 Ng6 6.Be3 Bb4 7.Qc2 Bxc3: Parnali - Sadwhani

5.6 3...e5 4.d5 Ne7 5.e4 Ng6 6.Be3 Bb4 7.f3 Bxc3: Jelen - Dizdarevic

5.7 3...e5 4.d5 Ne7 5.e4 Ng6 6.Bd2 Bc5: Karttunen - Georgiev

5.8 Outro

6 Exercises

6.1 Exercise 1

6.2 Exercise 2

6.3 Exercises 3

6.4 Exercise 4

6.5 Exercise 5

6.6 Exercise 6

6.7 Exercise 7

6.8 Exercise 8

6.9 Exercise 9

6.10 Exercise 10

6.11 Exercise 11

6.12 Exercise 12

6.13 Exercise 13

6.14 Exercise 14

7 Repertoire Training

7.1 3.d5

7.2 3.Nc3

7.3 3.Nf3

7.4 3.g3

8 Bonus