Comments on: Space Against Bishops Pair http://www.chesslodge.com/2007/10/space-against-bishops-pair/ Free lessons on chess strategy Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:37:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Goran Urosevic http://www.chesslodge.com/2007/10/space-against-bishops-pair/#comment-1035 Sat, 20 Oct 2007 13:21:38 +0000 http://www.chesslodge.com/2007/10/space-against-bishops-pair/#comment-1035 On 19...Nxb6 I think I wanted to play 20. Be4. His Knight could reach d5, but mine jumps to e5. Then, Qf4 might be in trouble. Even sharp 20. Qc2 c5 21. dxc5 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Nd5 is looking okay to me. 19...c5 looks suspicious, 20. Ne2 Qg4 21. h3!?, but 20. bxa7 looks even better, then 20...Bxf3 21. axb8Q Rxb8 22. Bh7+ and Qxf3 Valentin, 19...Ba8 is reasonable alternative, I didn't think about it. White could continue with Ne2 or b7, but position is definitely playable for both. Time control is 120 minutes for the entire game, no increment, competition is Serbian League East (like 4th from the top), my fide 2195 and opponent is 20 or 30 points lower. I wouldn't bother too much with these details, moves are more important ;) Armis, Robert, I'm glad to hear you liked it. On 19…Nxb6 I think I wanted to play 20. Be4. His Knight could reach d5, but mine jumps to e5. Then, Qf4 might be in trouble. Even sharp 20. Qc2 c5 21. dxc5 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Nd5 is looking okay to me.

19…c5 looks suspicious, 20. Ne2 Qg4 21. h3!?, but 20. bxa7 looks even better, then 20…Bxf3 21. axb8Q Rxb8 22. Bh7+ and Qxf3

Valentin, 19…Ba8 is reasonable alternative, I didn’t think about it. White could continue with Ne2 or b7, but position is definitely playable for both.
Time control is 120 minutes for the entire game, no increment, competition is Serbian League East (like 4th from the top), my fide 2195 and opponent is 20 or 30 points lower. I wouldn’t bother too much with these details, moves are more important ;)

Armis, Robert, I’m glad to hear you liked it.

]]> by: Dean http://www.chesslodge.com/2007/10/space-against-bishops-pair/#comment-1034 Sat, 20 Oct 2007 08:52:08 +0000 http://www.chesslodge.com/2007/10/space-against-bishops-pair/#comment-1034 Good Game but 19... axb6 deserves at least a ? . Black confines his good bishop and a discovered attack to keep a viable pawn formation. Black is lost after this move. Interesting options were : 19... Nxb6 setting the b-file knight and bishop for more active play ( where white's best play is an immediate 20. Ne2 in fear of 20... Ba6 attacking the overworked bishop and a later powerful knight in d5 ) 19... c4! opening the diagonal for the bishop, threatening the f3 knight and a deadly attack on the weakened d4 pawn with the backrank rook. Here Ne2 is losing material since 20.Ne2 Qg4 and white can't defend the inevitable 21.Bxf3 and the upcoming winning position Good Game but 19… axb6 deserves at least a ? .
Black confines his good bishop and a discovered attack to keep a viable pawn formation. Black is lost after this move.

Interesting options were :

19… Nxb6 setting the b-file knight and bishop for more active play ( where white’s best play is an immediate 20. Ne2 in fear of 20… Ba6 attacking the overworked bishop and a later powerful knight in d5 )

19… c4! opening the diagonal for the bishop, threatening the f3 knight and a deadly attack on the weakened d4 pawn with the backrank rook. Here Ne2 is losing material since 20.Ne2 Qg4 and white can’t defend the inevitable 21.Bxf3 and the upcoming winning position

]]> by: Robert Blake http://www.chesslodge.com/2007/10/space-against-bishops-pair/#comment-990 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:25:11 +0000 http://www.chesslodge.com/2007/10/space-against-bishops-pair/#comment-990 Great writing! Really helpful. To often players go insane with variations that teach nothing. Your insightful and consice explaination allows true understanding. The moves are actually easy to find afterwards. Great writing!
Really helpful.
To often players go insane with variations that teach nothing. Your insightful and consice explaination allows true understanding. The moves are actually easy to find afterwards.

]]> by: Valentin Paunescu http://www.chesslodge.com/2007/10/space-against-bishops-pair/#comment-987 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:39:05 +0000 http://www.chesslodge.com/2007/10/space-against-bishops-pair/#comment-987 nice analysis. it will be nice if you add in the beginning of the game more details about it (like event details-there are some, rating of players (title/ELO/online rating/etc), time controls) ... where you went out of your theory in the game(not only when you study after the game with the DB) is 19...axb6 better than something like Ba8, Rxb6 Qb8 plan for black ? what do you think ? nice analysis.

it will be nice if you add in the beginning of the game more details about it
(like event details-there are some, rating of players (title/ELO/online rating/etc), time controls) …
where you went out of your theory in the game(not only when you study after the game with the DB)

is 19…axb6 better than something like Ba8, Rxb6 Qb8 plan for black ? what do you think ?

]]> by: armis http://www.chesslodge.com/2007/10/space-against-bishops-pair/#comment-966 Sat, 13 Oct 2007 09:54:29 +0000 http://www.chesslodge.com/2007/10/space-against-bishops-pair/#comment-966 Thanks for the analysis I am also one that is ecklessly running after the pair of bishops. I am just afraid of getting a knight over bishop, that's one of my biggest problems. So I was pleased to see a game explained where the bishop pair didn't really count. I also really liked the fact that your explainations of moves were mostly in words instead of tons of variations. To my mind this is a much better format. Thanks again cheers Thanks for the analysis
I am also one that is ecklessly running after the pair of bishops. I am just afraid of getting a knight over bishop, that’s one of my biggest problems. So I was pleased to see a game explained where the bishop pair didn’t really count. I also really liked the fact that your explainations of moves were mostly in words instead of tons of variations. To my mind this is a much better format. Thanks again

cheers

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