Timeline for Why almost nobody plays ...6...b5 in the Lipnitsky Najdorf?
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| Feb 12, 2016 at 17:34 | vote | accept | A. N. Other | ||
| Feb 12, 2016 at 17:34 | comment | added | A. N. Other | OK, done. Pls do have a look at my other questions too! :) | |
| Feb 12, 2016 at 17:32 | comment | added | Ellie | @A.N.Other no of course not, the question stays open: meaning people can still add answers, comments, votes etc | |
| Feb 12, 2016 at 17:29 | comment | added | A. N. Other | Once it' "accepted" the question is closed, right? I didn't "accept" it formally to keep the question open. | |
| Feb 11, 2016 at 18:01 | history | edited | Ellie | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 10, 2016 at 18:24 | history | edited | Ellie | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 8, 2016 at 3:57 | comment | added | rougon | I am sure you could play it, but it would be difficult unless your opponent is hapless. You'd do a lot of groveling while white enjoys space and development. For example, the Knight can get to c5, but slowly. Black has to play Bb7 before Nd7 (otherwise Nc6). Once the knight is at c5, a simply b4 kicks him off the square. Meanwhile, White has time to castle and start mounting an attack and Black's kingside bishop isn't even off the back rank, so castling will come late. In general, you don't want to head into the middle game already conceding that many advantages. | |
| Feb 7, 2016 at 22:00 | comment | added | A. N. Other | Isn't the game playable for Black? He has the Bishop pair, no big weaknesses, good square for the Knight in c5. | |
| Feb 7, 2016 at 19:10 | comment | added | Ellie | As pointed out in the comments, you need to argue about potential moves here purely from positional considerations, it's not always about blundering a piece! Clearly after exd5, as user2569 said, black faces a number issues to be resolved, if the pawn on d5 cannot be challenged with an immediate e6, then black has to play around it, i.e. fianchetto the bishop on g7, develop his b8 knight to c5 via d7 (as c6 is taken), and not to mention the b7-g2 diagonal being closed. All of which boils down to saying that if white is aware of these weaknesses, black will get no chance to finish development. | |
| Feb 7, 2016 at 16:50 | comment | added | rougon | After 8. exd5, White has a tremendous spatial advantage and the development advantage to go with it, since White will have two minor pieces in play to Black's none. Not to mention, White can immediately castle and begin more ambitious plans. Black might have to play ...e6 to break White's hold on the center, but doing that comes at a major price of tempo and poor pawn structure. It's not like White will mate in 3, but it is a dire game to be playing with Black if you can avoid it. | |
| Feb 7, 2016 at 16:06 | comment | added | A. N. Other | After 7.Bd5 why not simply 7... Nxd5? Am I missing something? | |
| Feb 7, 2016 at 14:45 | comment | added | Tony Ennis | Stockfish gives White about a pawn advantage at the end of that line due to positional considerations. White ends up with a better pawn structure and more control of the center. Note that at the end of the variation, Black has a terrible back-rank weakness and a Rook on a file that could exploit it. For a few moves, the black Q is a leashed. | |
| Feb 7, 2016 at 13:18 | history | answered | Ellie | CC BY-SA 3.0 |