Timeline for What are the main differences between 2...d5 and 2...e5 in the anti-Caro-Kann?
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| Feb 15, 2017 at 11:41 | comment | added | hoacin | I didn't think white is the side to avoid IQP. IQP in Panov is quite dangerous for black as wrong knight is standing on d5. Black has those Nf6 Nc6 systems with either Bg4 or Be6 that lead to different positions and these systems are quite popular, in corr they are already ahead over lines with e6. Also in hanging pawns you want knight on f6 not on c6. The attack is unpleasant for black in all these e6 lines, even if they are of course perfectly playable. | |
| Feb 15, 2017 at 10:21 | comment | added | user1108 | @user1583209: You're right, it's not obligated (chess isn't checkers), but Black usually plays 6...Nxc3 to play against the hanging pawns after bxc3 in an endgame (they are a slight structural weakness). | |
| Feb 15, 2017 at 10:16 | comment | added | user1583209 | @Bad_Bishop: And if black does not capture 6...Nxc3 ? | |
| Feb 15, 2017 at 10:15 | comment | added | user1583209 | @hoacin: In order to avoid IQP white would have to either play d3 or play 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. e5; neither of which seems very attractive to me. | |
| Feb 15, 2017 at 10:11 | comment | added | user1108 | +1, as an isolani is common in the 2...d5 variation. To expand on @hoacin's comment, 1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd4 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 then 6...Nxc3 doesn't result in an isolani. | |
| Feb 15, 2017 at 9:48 | comment | added | hoacin | There is also plenty of lines in 2...d5 that are not IQP. | |
| Feb 15, 2017 at 9:29 | history | answered | user1583209 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |