How to Win in the Chess Openings by I.A. Horowitz

Author:I.A. Horowitz [Horowitz, I. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-82828-6
Publisher: Crown/Archetype
Published: 2012-09-18T16:00:00+00:00

7 P-B4 .…

To bolster the center and begin an attack, after the pieces are brought out, with P-KN4 and P-KB5 and a breakthrough to the Black Monarch.

7.… O-O

This is the most active continuation for Black. It is a prelude to a head-on clash of the center Pawns which will follow in due course.

The slower positional line is 7 … P-QR3, intending … P-QB4. Observe that 7 … P-QB4 will not do at once because of the reply, 8 N-N5, threatening 9 N-B7ch to win the exchange, and also 9 N-Q6ch, discombobulating the Black King position. Black squares!

The positional line also results in White’s favor. E.g., 7 … P-QR3; 8 N-B3, P-QB4; 9 PxP, N-QB3; 10 N-K2! (heading for Q4—black square!), QxP; 11 Q-Q2, P-QN4; 12 QN-Q4, NxN; 13 NxN, N-N3; 14 P-QN3, B-Q2; 15 Q-K3! R-QB1; 16 B-Q3, with a plus for White. White’s centralized Knight (on a black square) and the prospects of a successful Pawn storm of the King-side rule in his favor. Black’s counterplay is limited. For should he attempt … P-B3, to break White’s center, Black will be left with a weak King Pawn which will bear constant watching.

8 Q-Q2 .…

The purpose of this move is to clear the last rank so that White may castle on the Queen-side. With Kings on opposite sides of the board, White is in position to start an all-out attack against the Black Monarch on the other wing.

As a general rule, a King on the Queen-side is an easier target than one on the King-side. But experience shows this position to be the exception. Most likely because White controls the center and his men are better deployed.

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