Chess by Edward Lasker

Author:Edward Lasker
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pavilion Books
Published: 2014-10-28T04:00:00+00:00

3...c5, being an ideal developing move, should be playable, but the move ...d6, if made before castling, would not really strengthen the centre, because it would nullify the protection given it by the knight, which is pinned as soon as the d-pawn advances. It would be different if you first played 3...a6 and answered 4 a4 with 4...c5. Then, as I pointed out, you could unpin your knight with ...b5 when it is needed to protect your e-pawn. This defence, ...c5 preceded by ...a6, was tried in a number of tournaments by Alexander Alekhine, the Russian player who was world champion from 1927 to 1935 and from 1937 until his death in 1946. He played the opening against me in the New York tournament of 1924, and to avoid all of his extensive analyses I answered 4...c3 with 5 d3, being satisfied with the advantage of the first move rather than attacking the black centre with c3 and d4. The latter continuation is naturally the one he had expected. It is unquestionably the strongest.

If, in Diagram 317, White plays 4 c3, you face a problem similar to the one you encountered in the Giuoco Piano in Diagram 311 (section 102). Of the moves suggested there, 4...f6 would again be best, because it is the most natural developing move, preparing for castling and attacking White’s centre pawn. Play could continue the same way as in the Giuoco Piano: 5 d4 exd4 6 cxd4 b4+ 7 d2 xd2+ 8 bxd2 d5 (Diagram 318).

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