1. This document summarizes an opening line in chess from the B23 Sicilian defense where White plays 1.e4 and Black responds with 1...c5.
2. The document discusses White's plan to trade off their "bad bishop" early with Bb5 in order to achieve a setup with pieces on the d3, e4, and f4 squares to launch an attack.
3. It provides commentary on several moves in the line, noting that White should feel confident in their attack even when down two pawns, as Black's queen struggles to find safety and White's pieces can converge on the h7 square.
1. This document summarizes an opening line in chess from the B23 Sicilian defense where White plays 1.e4 and Black responds with 1...c5.
2. The document discusses White's plan to trade off their "bad bishop" early with Bb5 in order to achieve a setup with pieces on the d3, e4, and f4 squares to launch an attack.
3. It provides commentary on several moves in the line, noting that White should feel confident in their attack even when down two pawns, as Black's queen struggles to find safety and White's pieces can converge on the h7 square.
1. This document summarizes an opening line in chess from the B23 Sicilian defense where White plays 1.e4 and Black responds with 1...c5.
2. The document discusses White's plan to trade off their "bad bishop" early with Bb5 in order to achieve a setup with pieces on the d3, e4, and f4 squares to launch an attack.
3. It provides commentary on several moves in the line, noting that White should feel confident in their attack even when down two pawns, as Black's queen struggles to find safety and White's pieces can converge on the h7 square.
B23 2) New Grand Prix (1.e4 c5 2. New Grand Prix with 2...d6 &
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 Najdorf players will
often play this move order. Our play now becomes straightforward: we will trade off our bad bishop with Bb5 and achieve our d3/e4/f4 attacking setup. 3.f4 Nf6 3...g6will transpose to 4...g6 as we will still play Nf3 and Bb5+. 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Bxd7+ Qxd7 [ 6...Nbxd7 ] 7.d3 Bg7 8.0-0 Nc6 9.Qe1 0-0 10.Qh4 SPARRING POSITION Nd4 11.f5 This move is always our dream: we free the f1-rook and c1-bishop. Nxc2 12.Rb1 Nb4 13.Bh6 Note: although the position is incredibly tactical and complicated our attack is following a familiar template. Nxd3 Although two pawns down White should feel confident about their attack: Black's queen has a hard time finding a way to sit beside her man, while all of our pieces can come to bear against the h7 focal point. Nc3-d5 will remove the key f6-defender. 14.Ng5 Nh5 Black's only move! 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Nd5 We need to feel the need for this knight to join the attack. Ne5 17.f6+ exf6 18.Nxh7 The point behind f6. Rh8 [ 18...Kxh7 ] 19.Nhxf6 With a great attack.