Friday, 19 October 2012

Lessons of a Position


In this position, it is White to play. If you were playing as White in this game and when you reached this position, would you feel really uncomfortable and had no idea of what to do? Are you concerned by Black's b4 pawn and by the fact that Black can easily defend any threat against c5 and e7? Can you help White to assess the position and find a plan for both sides? In the position a player played a5, not knowing what to do and decided to deprive Black's knight of b6. The plan was then to build pressure on c5 and e7. Maybe placing the queen rook on one of the half open files. Are you considering also the probably too slow manoeuvre Be3-f2-h4, when Black can just take the Knight on d5 and push e7-e6 (but perhaps the bishops pair would be better for white in this open position).

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