Chess Openings For Dummies by James Eade
Author:James Eade
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2010-06-27T16:00:00+00:00
This is a very interesting idea that shares some of the ideas of the Advance Variation of the French Defense that I consider in Chapter 10. Establishing and maintaining a pawn on e5 gives White an advantage in terms of space.
The classic idea in the French is to strike at the White center with …c5. In the Caro-Kann, however, this would result in a loss of time because Black has already played 1.…c6.
When things go White’s way
White gets active development to go along with the spatial superiority established by the pawn on e5. White utilizes his greater maneuverability to make threats that Black has difficulty responding to.
In the game between Nigel Short and Yasser Seirawan played in Manila, the Philippines, in 1990, Short, who played White, was able to take advantage of his spatial advantage. He got superior piece mobility, cashed that in to get the advantage of the two bishops, and then penetrated into Black’s position via the open c-file.
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5
The Advance Variation of the Caro-Kann.
3.…Bf5 4.c3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Nf3 Nc67.0–0 h6 8.Be3
White intends to capture on c5 with 9.dxc5. Black captures on d4 instead, but this opens the c-file, and White is the first to exploit it.
8.…cxd4 9.cxd4 Nge7 10.Nc3 Nc8 11.Rc1
Rooks belong on open files.
11.…a6 12.Na4 Nb6 13.Nc5 Bxc5
Now, Short also has the advantage of the two bishops, which usually work better in tandem than the combination of a bishop and a knight.
14.Rxc5 0–0 15.Qb3 Nd7 16.Rc3 Qb6 17.Rfc1 Qxb318.Rxb3 Rfb8 19.Nd2 Kf8
White controls the c-file, has a spatial advantage in the center, and has the two bishops, but how is he to proceed? (See Figure 11-10.)
Figure 11-10: White’s advantages include two bishops and control of the c-file.
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