đ Yet another situation in which a player has yet to complete development, and this factor is an important part of the solution. White is breaking up the center, so Black will need to do something about the fact that the c4-pawn will soon be in trouble.
22...Rfe8!
Tactics are used to solve a purely static problem. Here these are based on a tactical trick with ...Re1+, thus prompting White to trade queens and in turn 'develop' Black's queen's rook.
23.Qxb6? White is on his way to very serious trouble. better is 23.exd5!.
23...axb6 24.exd5 b5!-/+.
22...Rfe8!
Tactics are used to solve a purely static problem. Here these are based on a tactical trick with ...Re1+, thus prompting White to trade queens and in turn 'develop' Black's queen's rook.
23.Qxb6? White is on his way to very serious trouble. better is 23.exd5!.
23...axb6 24.exd5 b5!-/+.
đ 15.Ba7!
Another logical situation, although this time prophylaxis plays a part. It does not take long to see that Black will attack down the b-file, forcing White to nudge the b-pawn forward one square and thus weaken the dark squares in front of the king. Here it is natural to believe that Be3-c1 will at one time be necessary because Black's dark-squared bishop cannot be allowed a free hand on the queenside. Furthermore, White needs to think about the organization of his forces. The pawn advance f2-f4 is a logical plan, but a move like 15 Nh2?! is so ugly that we should avoid it on purely intuitive grounds. The Knights will not have any good squares before f2-f4 and an opening of the position, but what about the rooks? The d-file, of course, which means that the queen is in the way. All this leads to the exploitation of c5.
15...Ra8 (15...Rb7 16.Qe3 Bd6 17.Nd2!? Qa8 18.Bc5+/-) 16.Qe3 Qb7 17.Bc5 Rb8 18.b3 Bxc5 19.Qxc5 Qb6 20.Qxb6 cxb6 21.Rd6+/=. The endgame is much better for White.
Another logical situation, although this time prophylaxis plays a part. It does not take long to see that Black will attack down the b-file, forcing White to nudge the b-pawn forward one square and thus weaken the dark squares in front of the king. Here it is natural to believe that Be3-c1 will at one time be necessary because Black's dark-squared bishop cannot be allowed a free hand on the queenside. Furthermore, White needs to think about the organization of his forces. The pawn advance f2-f4 is a logical plan, but a move like 15 Nh2?! is so ugly that we should avoid it on purely intuitive grounds. The Knights will not have any good squares before f2-f4 and an opening of the position, but what about the rooks? The d-file, of course, which means that the queen is in the way. All this leads to the exploitation of c5.
15...Ra8 (15...Rb7 16.Qe3 Bd6 17.Nd2!? Qa8 18.Bc5+/-) 16.Qe3 Qb7 17.Bc5 Rb8 18.b3 Bxc5 19.Qxc5 Qb6 20.Qxb6 cxb6 21.Rd6+/=. The endgame is much better for White.
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 413
A: Qc1 â 3
đđđđđđđ 43%
C: c4 â 3
đđđđđđđ 43%
B: BĂg5 â 1
đđ 14%
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A: Qc1 â 3
đđđđđđđ 43%
C: c4 â 3
đđđđđđđ 43%
B: BĂg5 â 1
đđ 14%
đĽ 7 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 414
B: Qg3 â 4
đđđđđđđ 57%
C: Kh1 â 3
đđđđđ 43%
A: a3
âŤď¸ 0%
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B: Qg3 â 4
đđđđđđđ 57%
C: Kh1 â 3
đđđđđ 43%
A: a3
âŤď¸ 0%
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Efim Geller, Anatoly Karpov, and Semyon Furman, analyzing the Tarrasch Variation of the French Defence.
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