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Euwe Max Judgement and Planning in Chess
Euwe Max Judgement and Planning in Chess
Kt, Q—Kdy and ‘Wins (22. P—B$, BX Ki). One perceives why Black, afew moves back, Provoked 16. P—B3. A check at QS can be handy at times, THE QUEEN'S SIDE ATTACK » 1B, ORK R—RI (Ho. 33) [Now White's second weak pot i under fre, and he can no longer avoid the loss ofa pawn. To be sure ths is not So seriou fe, after feiss peo td as ot el hein the by Bg the pawn, hope to improve bie postion, es, for instance fet BPLOKG, KeR6, 21 OR Bl Be ke 32 BoB, KEK oe BLK, RiP: 24 R-KU, and White asa very good game, and hs hop has 4 most elective range, ip fac 20. P-OKIS ie Whites best move, Black, however, need sat gin forthe cotiauation sven above. He bss a'stonger ie in Bo... KUBY OX KY and now— Not (I) 21. .... BXKt; 22. QB, and Black does not recover his pawn, as his QB pawn is unguarded; : still Fess (2) 212... Q—K4; 22. KE-R4, and White's position is Dut () 21. .... R-RG; and now Black can capture the QR pawn at his leisure by driving away the Knight (22. KR—K1, Q—K4; 23. R—K3?, BR3), Black will still have to find the best moves, even though his Bishop is stronger than White's Knight 20. P—OR4 This move can be good only if it ean be followed up at once by P—QKU3. But that is not the ease in this postion. 20, KtxB 21. QxKt QBS Hitting the nail on the head. White is tied up, he can no longer Play P—QKt3, his QR pawn is doomed, and his QKIP also stands 4 poor chance 22. KR-QI : 22, 93, Q—B4 ch brings no relief, 2, KR—Kit on i Note the extreme care with which Black sets about the recovery o his pawn and, in particular, avoids a premature exchange at White's QB3. 23. Q-K3 Black's threat was 23. himself a pawa to the good. RXKIP; 24, RXR, BXKt, coming ovt 23 R-KS ‘Threatening 24. .... B—QS.30 JUDGMENT AND PLANNING IN CHESS 24. Q-KIS B-QSch 25. K-RI- QR-KH (No. 34) White's game now collapses like @ house of cards, He is threatened with the loss ofa piece by 26. .... BXKt, If he moves the Q Rook, his QKt pavn falls as well as the QB pawn without staekening of the attack. ‘The white Knight has no move! 26. RXB ‘With this move White can put up the longest resistance. In view of this possiblity it seems that it would have been better for Black to withhold the check 24. .... B—Q5 ch, and to play 24... QR—KiL first. But it does not signify, the game is won for Black in any event. ‘There followed: 26... . QxR; 27. R-Ql, Q—BS;28.P—Ra, Rs KP, 29. Q—Q2, Q—B4; 30, R—KI, Q—KR; 31, R—RI, QuP ch; 32 K—Ku, Q—R¢; 33. PRS, RORI: 34. P_R6, Q—Bd hs 38, K. RI, QBS; 36. PRI, Q—BE: 37, PKS, Qx KP; 38, RRS Q— Ra ch; 39. K—KtI, Q~B4 ch; 40, K--R2, P—Qé; 41. R—R4, R= RP, White resigns. Impressive and convincing as was the last example, our Queen's side attack need by no means be aimed exclusively at opposing pawns. The objective can also be, and frequently is, to obtain command of vital squares in the hostile position and concurrently to: hamstring. the opponent's normal development, ec. ‘This is well illustrated by the following example ELISKASES LANDAU, Noordwijk, 1938 1 PQs, P-O4; 2. POBS, P_K3: 3. Kt—QB3, Kt—KR3; 4 B—Kts, BLK2; 5, P—K3, Castes; 6. Kt—B3, QKt—Q2; 7. Q—B2, PBS;'8. R—QI, P—QR3; 9. P-QR3, R—KI; 10, B-Q3, PxPy THE QUEEN'S SIDE ATTACK 31 11, BXP, Kt—Q4; 12. BxB, Qx Bs 13, Kt—K4, Ke (Q)—BY; 14, BQ3, Ktx Ki; 15, BxKt, P—R3; 16. Castles (No. 35). White stands better according to Fine. ‘The first impression is that there is not much to choose between the two camps. Black is not fully developed, but his postion gives a solid {mpression, But on closer examination, matters do not appear to be too easy for Black, particularly as faras the development of his Q Bishop js concerned, An ingenious conception of what constitutes develop- tment will not suffice here: ‘Black plays .... Kt—B3, followed by BQ2, and all is well!” The fact is that the Bishop is well placed, ‘but not mobilised. The course of the game will make this line of ‘thought clear. 16. P_op4 ‘The idea underlying this move is: when presently the Bishop reaches Q2, there will be an outlet inthe direction of QRS. RBI PxP 18, xP KI-B3 19, Kt-KS White need not fear the exchange at his KS because it would not solve for Black the problem of his Q Bishop. 1... ROK With the unmistakable determination to bring his Bishop coite-que-coite into play. nam me 3. G05 (Wo a9 ‘An excl move preventing Blak trom cocying the’ 8A wh his Rooks heh woud iy lad Sra. Irnow aie OR 2 M9, 0" dad Whew Spaces Fuibrmorg, the wahang of Qsns would be to White's fdantgs, for after 2, -— Qx0s 22, PQ, White hs the famed Gate mejor Gie sje af sur bmeniog ard), wh ete ould Se prtoulayeccve beau hs welponte K Bishop. a, B-Kis 22. KR-QI_ K—BI With an eye on the fast approaching end-game stage, Black plays his King nearer to the entre. Preferable, however, would be 22. Ql, followed by 23. .... R—K2, with a congested but solid Position for Black,2 JUDGMENT AND PLANNING IN CHESS nee oKS lack Bishop, having barely tasted the joy of eodom, ig alread Ureatened with enecelement. After, PQRS, ther 9 mathe oes else but 24, .... B—Q2. Tt would not be so bad now if Black cout s0 bad now if Black could clear his K1, but he would not escape scotree: 23. .... KR-—-Ql; 24 Q% Qh, Kx; 25. RB ch cost atleast pawn. In this connee- ion, we would point to the preceding note(....Q—Ql and... Re. K2), according to which KI would now be available to the Bishop ‘and Black would have to contend with far fewer difficulties 23 PoKs Creating weakness, but he has nothing better. sincdt, BY (Ne. 37) ck is in dificult. For instane, if he continues, a8 inten withthe last move, 24. BORG Bowed rage eae order to withdraw the Bishop to R3, White would exchange Queens Parveen ay jt a wae ey eee aa (sel wa a ae and play Kt—B6, winning the exchange: nor would 4 35, @xQ, KS 26 RROHL bg ay el he Soa finuation (24... KR—BI) leads to an entirely dierent pe of gone in which White also has the better chances, The Queens side attack has ths been Successful. To rec the main points in the attack were: as 4 Mastering the QD te, . Hindering the development of Black's Q Bishop thro ind m i's Q Bishop through pressure 4. Command, and eventually occupation, ‘hostile position (Q7, QBS, and QB7). 4. Chasing the black Bishop (P—QKO, and P—QRE), of important points in the THE QUEEN'S SIDE ATTACK 3 ‘There followed: 2. KR-BI 25. QxRch_ RxQ 26. RxRch B-KI ‘Asa general rule two Rooks are stronger than a Queen, and especially so when, as here, a hostile piece can be pinned. The defence incurs Iibilities which put serious limitations on the Queen's mobility; and just this mobility on which the defence has to rey as a compensa tion for the massive strength of the two Rooks. 27, P-QKts POR 28. PxP | PXP 29, P—QR4__-Q3 “The Queen wanders abroad, which quickly proves fatal. Essential was 29, ,... P—Ktd; providing the King with a fight square 30, B-B6 | K-K2 31, ROK QxP. 32. BXBQ—KS 32, ...- KU Kt, and White has an extra pawn and must win Black's O side pawns as well. 19. RK Equally insufficient, 20. PP, R—-Ktd: 21, Q—B7, Kt—Kt3; 22, P_R7, B_R6 (a last attempt} 23. KR—Kt1, RR ch; 24, RR, P—B4; 25. BBS, Pe BS; 26. PX, resigns. ‘And finally, the second example, in which once more the Queen plays the vital part and in which White, sacrificing two pawns, succeeds tn hhemming in a whole luster of hostile units. It was again Capablanca ‘Who produced this work of art. ‘CAPABLANCA—vIDMAR, London, 1922 1. P—Q4, Qt; 2. Kt—KB3, Kt—KB3; 3, P_B4, P_K3; 4. Kt— B3, B—K2; 5, BKtS, QKt—Q; 6, P—K3, Castles: 7, RBI, PB 8. Q—B2, PXP; 9. BXP, Kt—Q4; 10, BxB, QxB; 11. Castles Pe QKI3 (vo. 4, Bilguer sightly remarks that the development of the Q Bishop in THE QUEEN'S SIDE ATTACK ” i's QB3, But afer chet ans the exchange of Knights at White's QB2, But he eve and" Whites Teply, Whe obtain a8 overwbeining potion. 12. KtxKt Now White exchanges Knights, and this exchange is particularly strong, because— . 1. The white long diagonal will be closed so that Black's last move fails in its purpose and, infact, creates a serious weakening of the White squares in Black's Q side 2, The QB file is opened, which White will soon occupy with Queen ‘and Rooks, so that he will speedily break into Blsck’s position. ‘We shall observe again and again the great effect these two factors will have on the course of the game. 2, BPxKt Black must recapture with the QB pawn, as otherwise he would lose a pawn after 13. B—Q3, 13.B-Q3}_ PKR oe. Black refrains from playing 13. ..... Kt—B3, as he wishes, for the time being, to use the Knight for the defence of his Q side. After 13. « Kt~B3 there might have followed 14. Q—B7, and now— 1.14, -... QxQ; 15. RXQ, P—QRA (15. .... B—Q2; 16. KtK5,) 16. KR—BI, B_R3; 17, BxB, RxB; 18 R (B1)—B6, with 19. R—Ki7 to follow, winning a pave. 2.14. .... BQ, 15. B-R6, QKIS; 16. Kt—K5, B—Kt; 17. P—QR3, QRS; 18. BxB, QxB; 19. R-B2, trebling major pieces fon the QB file 3.14. ..2. QUKIS; 15. P_QR3, with much the same sequel as in the game. 14, Q—B7 “The white Queen invades enemy territory and occupies an advanced bbut entirely secure post. There she completely frustrates all Black's attempts at development He QUKIS As Black is quite unable to develop his forces along normal ines, he tries, with this sally by the Queea, to obtain some counterplay—an ‘attempt which the frst player refutes in exemplary fashion,38 JUDGMENT AND PLANNING IN CHESS 15, P—QR3 (No, 42) A very fine move—White offers one or two pawns in order to win the Queen or, filing that, a Q side piece. Let us investigate some of the contingencies: 11S... QocKIP; 16. R-KU, Q% RP; 17, B—KtS, and now— (0.17 oo KIB; 18. RORY, Q-KES; 19, KROKG, winning © Queee, 17. «2, Q-K2; 18, BB, R-Kul; 19. Kt—KS, R-QI (19. QQ; 20, QKRP, KexKe 21, PXKE, ete); 20. Bx Kt, 21. KtB6, and wins, 2.15, .-.. Q—KI6: 16, R—B3, QxKUP; 17, R-KU, Q—R7: 18, R (B3)—BI, Kt—B3 (18... QP; 19. B—KES, ete). 9. B_KIS, ‘again threatening 20, R-R1 and 21. KR—Kt1, winning the Queen oF 20. B—B6, winning a piece. iste QRS 16, P_R3 (Wo. 43) ‘Again an excellent move, and not merely intended to safeguard kis King. For if we examine the position more closely, we find that Black ‘can no longer proceed with his proper development, e416... Re Keb 17. KE-KS, R-KI2 (17, .... Kt Kty I8, BBY, followed by 19. QxR}, 18. Q—B6, QxQ (otherwise 19. KtxKe, RK 20 Qx By 19. Kt, KARI; 20. Kt—K7, R-QKt; 21 Kt BOR Kt 22, B—R6, and White must win the ending, thanks to the command of the only open file which Black ean no longer wrest [rom him. "This variation clearly shows the far-reaching consequences of the weaken ing move 11. .... P=QKU. Even at this stage it has made it possible for White to secure possession of the QB file by 22. B—-Ré! White's last move ensures that Black will not long be able to with- stand his opponent’s severe positional pressure. THE QUEEN'S SIDE ATTACK 39 We KB oe A naics a heros ‘atenpt to complete hi dslopent, co wnt tanye Ahn sy srs DOREY 17 ReoB3, Back Would Sulhave to goin fo he arian shown the pressing note 17. Kt-KS—B-Q2 17. vse BRS: 18, P—QK13, Q—R4; 19. Kt—B6 would also cost ‘apiece. Black lieraly has no move, 18. BB? Q-Kt#_ 19. P-QRS Decisive; Black must leave his Bishop to its fate. 19... QxKP 20. KtxB Stronger sill would have been, frst, 20. R—KtI, Q—R7; 21. KtxB, QR—BI; 22, Kex Ke ch, Px Ki; 23. Q—KE ch, and as the Bishop can move freely, White remains a piece ahead. As itis, White only Wins the exchange, but this also Capablanca speedily and soundly turns into @ win, as follows: 0...) QR—BI; 21. Q—KA7, Kix Kt; 22. BRT ch, KocB; 23, RXR, RR; 24. QR, Kt—B3; 25. RBI, Q—Kt5; 26. Q—B2 ch, K—KU; 27. Q—B6, Q—R6; 28. Q—RS eh, K—R2; 29. R—BT (He have seen in our frst article, how to take advantage of a superiority herent ofa sucess atk, Here this speioniy com sists in the exchange only, but with the Rook on the seventh ra taking a powerful part in the atack on Black’s pawns, the ascendeney of Rook over Knight in an ending is well illustrated), 29... Qx RP; 30, Rx BP, Q—O8 ch; 31. K—-R2, Q—R4; 32. QRP, Q—KUG: 33. RBS, QA; 34, R-BT, Q—KU; 35. R-KU7, KK} 36. Q—R2, POKG! 37, QuP, PP; 38. R—KIs, Kt_ BE 39. QP, Q—BA; 40, RXP, QxP; Al, Q—Q3 ch, K-Ktly 42, R—KUS ch, resigns.CHAPTER IV KNIGHT AGAINST ‘BAD’ BISHOP War discussing the game Bovnnk-Kontantnopasky (ee p15 ve came fo the postion shown in No.4, which posion we andercok {Cinvenignte on a subscuen occasions We bavealrendy stated that White has the beter game, without, however, acusing very elosely the renons on Whi We base out Rane Peirnc Geen emg heeS KNIGHT AGAINST ‘BAD' BISHOP 4 their respective squares, Tn this case it means that .... P—KBS and “7” P--QS must be prevented, ‘We shall now give the further course of the game, from which we shall be able to derive additional directives. 20, P—BS In the light of what we have said before, the object of this move is quite obvious. Black's KB pawn is now blocked, and the Bishop's ‘mobility permanently crippled in this direction 20, ROK? He cannot play 20, ..., R—K6; for after 21. K—B2, PQS leads to the loss of a pawn after 22. KR—QL. 21. KR—KI. [As a rule, an exchange of Rooks increases the superiority of the Knight over the “bad Bishop.” a. KR-KI He cannot give up the open fle without a fight, as his opponent would penetrate into the heart of his position. BLRKR RXR 28, K—B2(No. 45) Inder to exchange the second Rook aswel after which the ending Knight Bishop would be-won for White. Its important frst of all toexamine this statement Let vs assume that Black, inthis postion, plays =. B-BI-RSBS, where its obsruction by pawns would Be less—mch les—taking ital in all) sound plan The game can develop ea fs follows 23... BBL; 4 ROKI, ‘a RoR (practically forced); 25. KR, ; B-R3, 46. P-OKU (preventing 6. BBS) 26... K—B2; 27. K-Q2, K— K3, 28, K-K3, BBG; 29. PROS, P— KG; 30. K-94. We have now reached the position shown in No. 46 Up to now the moves on either side were by no means forced, and it would lead too far to undertake a detailed inves- tigation of the tangle of possible complications. Our main object is first to give an idea of existing winning chances without paying over- ‘much attention to fnessing and deta ‘The black pawa-position is now fixed, mainly on account of thea JUDGMENT AND PLANNING IN CHESS strong position of White’s King, but the Bishop has escaped outside its own pawn-chains and is not hindered by them to the same extent as before. “The drawback of the "bad Bishop’ is now indirect, and is ‘based on the fact that all the black pawns as well as the Bishop occupy White squares, so that the black squares are vulnerable and easily fall into White's control, ‘The important square at Qs is already occupied by White, and Black's King must keep guard over White's KS. Black cannot undertake anything, and must remain on the defensive. On the other hand, what is there for White to do? More than appears at first sight, From OK the white Knight can attack the QB pawn, which cannot be defended by .... B—Ktd because of White's P—-QR4. On the other hand, if the King guards the pawn by .... K—Q2, the way to Black's K-side pawns is free via KS, KBS, KKAT.. It follows that Black, reasonably enough, tries to prevent White’s Kt—QKt4 by... P ‘QR; but then White has the opportunity of obtaining a passed R pawn by P—QKtd ete. We perceive how much care is requited in the hand. ling of such an ending An early advance of P—QKt, in itself quite a normal move, never- theless reduces Whites chances to & minimum. [Let us work out the above by means of two illustrative variations: (A) 30... BARB 31. Kt—R2, B—K7, 32. Kt-Kt4, KQQ 33, K—KS, B—Q8; 34. K—B6, Bx, 35. K—KUT, P—QR4: 36, KtQ3, K—K3; 37. KIKS, PQS; 38. Kc BP, K—G4, 39, Ktx QP, Kx Kt 40, P-B6, P_RS; 41, P_B7, B-K3; 42. KxP, KB, 43, KxP, K-Kt6; 44. PRG, KxP; 45. PRS, K—KiG; 46. P—R6, PRE, 47, PRT, P—R7; 48. PRB (Q), and wins (8) 30. 2... PORS; 31. Kt—R2, B—K7; 32, P_QKt4, PP; (22. BBS; 33. PxP, winning, but if 32."... PRS, then quite simply 33. Kt—B3,) 33. KtxP, B—Ked; 34, KtR2, BBS; 35. Kt— B3, B—R3; 36. P—OR4, B_BB; 37, Ki—R2, BBS, 38. Kt—Ktd, K-02; 39. K—KS, K—B2; 40. K—B6, P—Q5; 41. K—KU7, P-Q6; 42. KtXQP, Bx Kt; 43. PRG, (not 43. KxP, P—Ktd); 43, |... B— BS: 44. Kx'P, B—B2; 45. KKt7, B—KI; 46, KB8, K—Qi; 47. P—ORS, ete. ‘These were, in truth, break-neck excursions by which the win was finally secured, and we can well imagine that the reader may not be entirely convinced of the forced nature of the variations shown, But this does not really afect our point, The chief thing is (1) That it was seen that Black could not, on the whole, undertake ‘anything so that it was infact established that the Krnight isto be pre- ferred to a "bad Bishop.” (2) That a general idea was given ofthe way in which attempts should ‘be made in order to win the game: a combination of the Knight- KNIGHT AGAINST “BADY BISHOP “ mranczves Kt QND--R2—Kis (attacking QBS), KL—R2, and P— ‘Gkeis ovciog through © passed pawn) and K--KS (penevation by Kin 1H revert 0 No, 45 in order to comin our dissin ofthe fic ia question has now Become clear tht Black has to avoid Giexchange of Rooks, at least in present ciecumstances. There fatowed: x. km cunning ove! Should White nesertheles play for an exchange of Roots, failure avait him afer 24 R-KI, Re R.28. KR, P= Osis ROK KS, 27, Kis Pb, KOS and Back wis bock his pawn with a satisfactory position: ‘the blockade is lifted and all Gsnger Is past. Generally speaking, it can be stated that Blak ean ser the same if be ean pay PQS without immediatly fal eon Segbences 24, R-Qt Forcing the black pavns to remain on white squares. x R-KI . is impose to bring te Bishop ino the ope without ma some etalon sommesion 28. 0 Be Biss Ke-K2, PRU BerRCQt, RB and nw the Rook i mobiles 25. R-Q2 Guarding the QKt pawn and preparing the exchange of Rooks. 25, PHKR3 26, RK? R-OKtl If instead, 26, .... RHER ch; 27, KExR, and White controls the square Q4, which is the key to winning the game, 2. KKS More vious 7. Kbit ae et ft i) after exchanging Rooks eventaly, White can ho longer pay oa kta ands more important al, beat fhe oppo ity of obtain pated pwn NG) Black ean starts counteraction with 27... P-QRA. 2. RK ‘This fixes White's Queen's sie, but at best only temporarily. 28. K-04 ‘The King has reached the desited strong poiat and already threatens K-K5~—Q6, ete.“4 JUDGMENT AND PLANNING IN CHESS 2B. KB KR? RUKH After 29. .... PQR4 there follows 30. Kt—BI, R—Ktl; 31 P—QKt3, when’ P—QKt4 must follow sooner or later; the text move is preferable, even though White can sil force a pase pana ough. 30. P—QKts (No. 47) ‘The crucial moment, for with this move White forgoes th b ite forgoes the oppor- tunity to carry out the mancuvre indicated before (Kt—R2—Kt), 30 that the ending Knight v. Bishop assumes a different aspect. Let us investigate: 30, deserves consideration), 31, fails against 32. POKt5, and now— ROKI; 31 RXR GL. ROKS ako Bx R; 32. P_ORA (32. P_KIS PRP; 33. KP, B-B2ch), 32. ..., PRE 33. 1.33, .... RPXP; 34, PRS, B—Q2; 35, PR6, B—BI; 36. Kt— Ket, KK3, 37. P-R7, B—K12, 38, Kt—R6, K-Q2; 39. KK, P—Kt3; 40, K--B6, and once again White has the whip hand, 2.33... BPxP; 34, PRS, K—K3; 35, Kt—Kt4, and wins. If ‘Black omits 32. .... P—R3; and substitutes 32. .... K—-K3 (after 30. .... R—KI; 31. RXR, BxR; 32. P—QR4); White likewise has excellent prospects after 33. PRS, B—QQ; 34. P—KiS, Px geciat Q2; 34. PRIS, PxPy 35, 30. PAKS Here 30. .... P—QR¢ would play into White's hand: 31. PxP, R—Kt6; 32. Kt—B3, RxP; 33, R—R2, of 31. ss. R-QR1; 32, Kt—B3, RxP; 33. PORG, In either case White has a strong passed awa, KNIGHT AGAINST ‘BAD’ BISHOP 45 SL PHKB PxP 3. PxP PRB 33. KiB} ROKt} Black decides to leave the Rooks on the board, which, in fact, is his best chance. 34 P-QR4 RAK 35, R-KBD Now the white Rook fills the task of safeguarding the King's side. ‘Meanwhile the remaining white forces carry out the winning plan on the opposite wing (No. 48) "There is an interesting Winning continuation here, should Black try 35. .0-1 BKI; eg. 36. P—KUS, RPXP; 37. PP, PxP; 38, KtxP ch, KK3 G8, |... K—B2; 39. KtK3, winning a pawn); 39. R-K2 ch, K—B2;, 40, R&B, KXR; 41. KtB6 ch, K-K2; 42. KR, Puck, 43. P—BS, P—R4; 44. PBS, P-RS; 45. P—B7, and White ‘queens first. ae BK3 36, PLKIS ‘The break-through, which has been impending for some time. 36 RPxP 38. KtxP_ RKB 3 PXP 0 PXP. 39. Kt—B3 First safeguarding the position before he can reap the benefit of his break-through. ». K—B2 ‘An indirect defence of bis Q4 (40, KtxP, R—QB ch). 40, R-QK R-KBS 41. Kt—K2 Alternatively, 41. K—KS, R—K8 ch; 42, Kt—K2 (as in the game), but not 42, K—Q6, because of 42. .-.. PQS. White must still exercise care before lifting the blockade of Black's Q pawn. aes R-KS 42, K-KS_ PQS Giving up the pawn is Black's best chance. If 42. .... K—K2, the following line is conclusive: 43. P--B6, P—QS; 44. R—Kt7 ch, K—Ql; 45. K—Q6, R= Kt; 46, R—Ki8 ch, BB; 47, P—B7 ch, ete 4. KXP. White's strategy has resulted in the gain of a pawn, and the rest is no longer of interest as far as our subject is concerned. "There followed 48.000 K—Kth 44, Kt—B3, K—R4: 45. R-K2, RXR; 46. KOR, KK¢5; 47, K-KS, BB; 48, Kt—Q4, P_R4: 49, KtxP, B—Q24 JUDGMENT AND PLANNING IN CHESS (0019, -.. BXKU; 50, PRS cy $0. KIAKE, BRS 1. PI K—Ktd; 52. Kt—K6 ch, resigns. ilies) Let usm vn shor te concsons deed fom hs example sesoment. White hs the beter sume becstne Black ae ead Bishop” and White isin a postion to Bx the hose pute Ww obstruct the Bishop. : aan se “lon 1, Fite obtratng pans (20. PKB and 24. ROD ecupy the Bocksding square, for preference By fe King oe 1B Sa pr by the King (28. 43, Sum tip the various posses of a break-through, and try to cones these (analysis of No. 46), 7 : Unassuming moves may Reve inportantconsequenees, e. 30, P_QKi4, which, fora well-defined period of time, prevents a niembey of possibilities. ie oa * 5 Chleulteacurtely whe oi the Blockade and tow the hostile assed pate to advance In suh sunions the le ba) make athe erence between ni ands Ise Oar ext example ilstates a Knight. Bishop ening a which the Rooks have already been exchanged (No, 49). . = ae seh nother poston fom Chapter Ty ots Ba tem wc tain aut, the pan meoey on the Side, pays a sbordnaty pat "Ths istration ato i stuntvealhoush we mighe even sy because, both pager tre ply of some inches Hee dain ne have Right ain tad Bishop" The: Rooks hive alety sie Appeared. Whites pawns at Ke and QS Hinde thir own Bishop, and te Se fuardel Kp ts the isp forte time being 0 KBD, KK or KE ‘The red on the postion Black fas the Be ae et sw be seena win cannot be forced aga bat ol ‘The pln consists apn ina combination ef possible continuations 1, Advance of the Q-side pawns, 2. March ofthe black King to QB4, Q5, etc, 43. Establishing and reinforcing the pressure on White's KA, Let us examine the sequel. KNIGHT AGAINST ‘BAD’ BISHOP a 8 .. PBs Black loses no time in increasing his pressure on White's K4. In ‘addition he need no longer be anxious about White's P—BS, which ‘hight be the reply to the text-move if played later, At the moment 39. P—-B4 would be satisfactorily met by 29. .... K—B3. 2. PBB ‘A ifficult decision for White. Another system consists in 29. PxYou might also like
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