Friday, July 22, 2005

The Central Fight

One must realise that the Vienna variation of the Queen’s Gambit is really very aggressive. It is a pure and simple attempt to destroy the centre.

7.e5 (In order to attack the pinned knight. Here, the alternative 7.Bxc4 was played with success by the former world champion Anatoly Karpov) 7...cxd4 8.Nxd4 (A more technical move while 8.Qa4 Nc6 9.0-0-0 leads to an extremely complex position. And yes, White has the possibility to win the knight on f6 but the army of central pawns is extremely menacing.)

8...Bxc3 9.bxc3 Qa5 10.exf6 Qxg5 11.Bxg7 Qxg7

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