Anyone ever heard of the Pereya Attack?
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playchessordie19
Feb 25, 2025
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So I was reading through a book called The Agile London and in the last chapter they had an opening system known as the Pereya Attack. The system was named after an Argentinian correspondence player that would use it regularly. He played at least once for the World Correspondence Chess Championship so it seems this is a decent system to play.
In nearly all the games, Pereya plays 1. d4 2. Nf3 and 3. Bf4. Chess.com lists this as a Zuckertort Opening and it's ECO is D00-D02.
Has anyone played this opening before and what are some good ideas for White to capitalize on the opening? I have had mixed results with it.
Feb 26, 2025
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#2
... that's just a London. I don't see what your point is here.
Where is the attack?
Feb 27, 2025
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#3
The difference is slight in that unlike a pure London, c3 is occupied by a pawn, the opening has few structural
Feb 27, 2025
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#5
What?
This is the mainest main line of the London. 5. c3 is the main move. Nothing you've said thus far is distinguishing the "Pereya attack" from just your standard London -
Feb 27, 2025
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#6
After looking at Pereyas games the only interesting thing he sometimes does is instead of c3 he'll play Ne5 very early on. So I'm guessing that's what you actually mean by the "Pereya attack". It's not an officially named line so... if you don't specify what you're actually talking about nobody is going to have any idea.
Manuel Miguel Pereyra Puebla vs Fritz Baumbach (1983)
As for my thoughts on it - well, anything is better than a typical boring London. I would play that over the mainline London every day of the week. I'd need a more comprehensive look at how he's playing other lines before giving much more of my opinion. But at least in that line it looks very similar to a Jobava but without Nc3. Eval is roughly in the same ballpark.