tarrasch
C07 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.ed5 Qd5
Taking with the e-pawn would enter IQP territory, but white has Bb5+ ideas. The manoeuvre Qd5-d6 reminds me of Tiviakov, adding a Scandinavian flavour to the French defence.
Resources for this line:
- In-depth analysis of a variation in Luther’s Chess Reformation
- Giri’s chessable French lifetime repertoire
- Arkell’s endings by Keith Arkell
tl;dr
- Common ending where white has 3+3 and black has 2+4, is playable for a black win. Arkell prefers minority attack, Luther focusses on K-side majority.
- The middlegame is more dangerous for black because white can have a scary K-side attack with the queens on.
- Black can plan his own K-side attack with O-O-O and g5 etc.
model games
link to pbn with my favourite model games
repertoire fragment lines
Disclaimer If you study these lines to spring a brilliant novelty on me, please forgive me when I forget the move-order early doors 😉
link to pbn