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How to Combat Modern Defense

Amazing post! Your explanations are very understandable. This is a great study on how to combat the Modern Defense.

Amazing post! Your explanations are very understandable. This is a great study on how to combat the Modern Defense.

@RuyLopez1000 said in #2:

Amazing post! Your explanations are very understandable. This is a great study on how to combat the Modern Defense.

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

@RuyLopez1000 said in #2: > Amazing post! Your explanations are very understandable. This is a great study on how to combat the Modern Defense. Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

The Austrian Attack was popular e.g. in the 1972 Fischer-Spassky match.
Nowadays Be3 seems preferred, e.g. Kasparov-Topalov.
I wonder about the reason the Austrian Attack went out of fashion.

The Austrian Attack was popular e.g. in the 1972 Fischer-Spassky match. Nowadays Be3 seems preferred, e.g. Kasparov-Topalov. I wonder about the reason the Austrian Attack went out of fashion.

Thanks this very much helped me. I was always stuck wondering how to counter and attack the solid black kingside. Now I know the correct way to attack.

Thanks this very much helped me. I was always stuck wondering how to counter and attack the solid black kingside. Now I know the correct way to attack.

The problem is that after 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e5 dxe5 7. fxe5 Nd5 8. Bc4
Nxc3! is by far the best move. White is actually struggling here, relatively speaking. There are some tactical lines, but White risks more than Black.

The problem is that after 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e5 dxe5 7. fxe5 Nd5 8. Bc4 Nxc3! is by far the best move. White is actually struggling here, relatively speaking. There are some tactical lines, but White risks more than Black.

I thought the post was very helpful, but I was slightly confused about why some of the positions weren’t KID positions. It looked like a possible Transposition to me after d4 nf6 nc3 g6 e4 bg7 f4 d6 nf3 or something like that. Is it only because of the move order? Or is it because white played nc3 and not the traditional c4?

I thought the post was very helpful, but I was slightly confused about why some of the positions weren’t KID positions. It looked like a possible Transposition to me after d4 nf6 nc3 g6 e4 bg7 f4 d6 nf3 or something like that. Is it only because of the move order? Or is it because white played nc3 and not the traditional c4?

It's very double edged and very risky too ....not a big fan at otb but best at online chess...
thanks for the blog

It's very double edged and very risky too ....not a big fan at otb but best at online chess... thanks for the blog

#8
"is it because white played nc3 and not the traditional c4?" * Yes

#8 "is it because white played nc3 and not the traditional c4?" * Yes