🔹🔺 The interesting and tactical moments
of the Isle of Man International 2017 (Douglas ENG) Round 1 🔹🔺
of the Isle of Man International 2017 (Douglas ENG) Round 1 🔹🔺
📘13.Bd3!
With the idea of Qe2, putting more pressure over the pawn on a6 and also transferring the bishop to the strong a2-g8 diagonal and having more control of the center.
With the idea of Qe2, putting more pressure over the pawn on a6 and also transferring the bishop to the strong a2-g8 diagonal and having more control of the center.
📘 22.Nf1!
With the idea of improving the position of the knight by sending it to e3 and having more control over the center.
With the idea of improving the position of the knight by sending it to e3 and having more control over the center.
📘 22...Ne8!
With the idea of Nc7 and b5! creating counter attack in the queenside.
With the idea of Nc7 and b5! creating counter attack in the queenside.
📘 13...Bd8!
With the idea of sending the bishop to the good diagonal a7-g1 after the exchange in the center.
With the idea of sending the bishop to the good diagonal a7-g1 after the exchange in the center.
📘 23...Ng8!
With the idea of transferring the knight to f6, having an eye over e4 pawn and g4 square.
With the idea of transferring the knight to f6, having an eye over e4 pawn and g4 square.
📕#31 1.Qe1!± A subtle positional maneuver. Transferring the queen to f2 reveals the Achilles heel of Black’s defensive formation – the
b6-square. In addition, there is an impending threat of f4-f5 with the opening of the f-file (Vassily Smyslov).
It would be less precise to carry out the same plan by means of 16.Qc2(d2) because of the reply 16...b5, and the
bishop’s retreat to e2 blocks the queen’s route to f2.
b6-square. In addition, there is an impending threat of f4-f5 with the opening of the f-file (Vassily Smyslov).
It would be less precise to carry out the same plan by means of 16.Qc2(d2) because of the reply 16...b5, and the
bishop’s retreat to e2 blocks the queen’s route to f2.
📕#32 The splendid maneuver 1.Ne1! with the idea of Nd3 and f2-f4, is a logical continuation of the plan: his opponent has
little to counter the white pressure in the center.
little to counter the white pressure in the center.