At a loss when facing the English opening? Here are some very tricky, rarely played lines against the English opening, along the ideas of a reversed Smith-Morra gambit. Traps and how to exploit enemy inaccuracies, divided across multiple chapters. This is my first Study, and it took me a whole day to make. Hope you enjoy, and please comment!
https://lichess.org/study/G8OXtqzA
https://lichess.org/study/G8OXtqzA/nCkqYlb9
https://lichess.org/study/G8OXtqzA/ibmc4XBF
https://lichess.org/study/G8OXtqzA/M7Vr32EZ
https://lichess.org/study/G8OXtqzA/XJXq61x1
https://lichess.org/study/G8OXtqzA/VMLTLyNR
nice, i just dont like the possibility of white declining exchange and transpose into queens gambit instead
@g6firste6second said in #2:
> nice, i just dont like the possibility of white declining exchange and transpose into queens gambit instead
Fortunately, White accepts the gambited pawn in a total of about 80% of cases according to the database, if the Nf6 delaying strategy is used!
6 days later i still dont have a clue as to how Nf6 delays anything for g6firste6second [floating above right now]
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