Friday, July 22, 2005

The Opposing Forces

In the position below, we notice that the fight for the centre has led to a massive exchange of pieces. Black, who has slightly opened up his kingside, hopes for an ending. In fact, White’s queenside pawn structure would be harmless if the queens were exchanged.

12.Qd2 0-0 13.Bxc4 a6 (The young German player decides to come out of opening theory. After the classical 13...Rd8 14.Qe3 Bd7, White must try hard to contain Black’s central play [for example with the knight on c6])

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