Monday, October 5, 2020

Facing the London System: d5,c5,Bd6,b6 the Nc6-e7 move leading to Ne7-g6 or Ne7-f5-d6



1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10.O-O Rc8 leads to the following position. Black will play Nc6-e7 ,Rc7 and Qa8 controlling e4 in the first game


Let's see how the play unfolded in Korobov-Kamsky 2013 (plan for Black-> Ne7,Rc7,Qa8)

in the second game, White tried to play f2-f4 after 9Ne5, followed by Qf3 and g4-g5. Black succeeded in Karjakin-Adams as well as Mitkov-Borgeos Mateo. Note the Nc6-e7-f5-d6 Knight Maneuver followed by Nfe4

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. f4 10... Ne7 11. Qf3 11... Nf5 12. Bf2 Be7 13. g4 Nd6 14. g5  with the sharp position below


14..Nfe4 and Black controls e4.

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