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First of all, your plan of keeping White's queenside blocked doesn't quite work out in any case: After e.g. 1...c4 2. Qe2 Qc7 3. b3 b5 White can simply continue attacking your pawn chain by 4. a4 and you cannot answer 4...a6 because of 5. axb5 axb5? 6. Rxa8. If you try to protect the rook by 2...Qc6, White can insert 3. Ne5 to displace the queen.

But even if White does not play a4, there are some things to note:

  • The blockade is not complete anyways, as the Bc1 can always escape its own pawn chain via a3.
  • The move 1...c4 is very committal, 1...e6 on the other hand keeps all options open and even adds some more by supporting the development of your kingside. Crucially, you can now answer dxc5 by Bxc5, and since e3 would become super weak, White is discouraged to take on c5 anytime soon. The option of playing ...c4 thus won't disappear after 1...e6!
  • But in the meantime, the pawn keeps up pressure on the White centre from c5, pressure that an immediate ...c4 loses.
  • In this light, you'd like your queen to stay on b6, too, where she eyes both the g1-a7 diagonal as well as b2.

First of all, your plan of keeping White's queenside blocked doesn't quite work out in any case: After e.g. 1...c4 2. Qe2 Qc7 3. b3 b5 White can simply continue attacking your pawn chain by 4. a4 and you cannot answer 4...a6 because of 5. Rxa8. If you try to protect the rook by 2...Qc6, White can insert 3. Ne5 to displace the queen.

But even if White does not play a4, there are some things to note:

  • The blockade is not complete anyways, as the Bc1 can always escape its own pawn chain via a3.
  • The move 1...c4 is very committal, 1...e6 on the other hand keeps all options open and even adds some more by supporting the development of your kingside. Crucially, you can now answer dxc5 by Bxc5, and since e3 would become super weak, White is discouraged to take on c5 anytime soon. The option of playing ...c4 thus won't disappear after 1...e6!
  • But in the meantime, the pawn keeps up pressure on the White centre from c5, pressure that an immediate ...c4 loses.
  • In this light, you'd like your queen to stay on b6, too, where she eyes both the g1-a7 diagonal as well as b2.

First of all, your plan of keeping White's queenside blocked doesn't quite work out in any case: After e.g. 1...c4 2. Qe2 Qc7 3. b3 b5 White can simply continue attacking your pawn chain by 4. a4 and you cannot answer 4...a6 because of 5. axb5 axb5? 6. Rxa8. If you try to protect the rook by 2...Qc6, White can insert 3. Ne5 to displace the queen.

But even if White does not play a4, there are some things to note:

  • The blockade is not complete anyways, as the Bc1 can always escape its own pawn chain via a3.
  • The move 1...c4 is very committal, 1...e6 on the other hand keeps all options open and even adds some more by supporting the development of your kingside. Crucially, you can now answer dxc5 by Bxc5, and since e3 would become super weak, White is discouraged to take on c5 anytime soon. The option of playing ...c4 thus won't disappear after 1...e6!
  • But in the meantime, the pawn keeps up pressure on the White centre from c5, pressure that an immediate ...c4 loses.
  • In this light, you'd like your queen to stay on b6, too, where she eyes both the g1-a7 diagonal as well as b2.
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Tactics

First of all, your plan of keeping White's queenside blocked doesn't quite work out in any case: After e.g. 1...c4 2. Qe2 Qc7 3. b3 b5 White can simply continue attacking your pawn chain by 4. a4 and you cannot answer 4...a6 because of 5. Rxa8. If you try to protect the rook by 2...Qc6, White can insert 3. Ne5 to displace the queen.

White doesn't win material or a decisive advantage if you react properly of course, but you can't prevent your blockade from getting busted.

Strategy

But even if White does not play a4, there are some things to note:

  • The blockade is not complete anyways, as the Bc1 can always escape its own pawn chain via a3.
  • The move 1...c4 is very committal, 1...e6 on the other hand keeps all options open and even adds some more by supporting the development of your kingside. Crucially, you can now answer dxc5 by Bxc5, and since e3 would become super weak, White is discouraged to take on c5 anytime soon. The option of playing ...c4 thus won't disappear after 1...e6!
  • But in the meantime, the pawn keeps up pressure on the White centre from c5, pressure that an immediate ...c4 loses.
  • In this light, you'd like your queen to stay on b6, too, where she eyes both the g1-a7 diagonal as well as b2.

Tactics

First of all, your plan of keeping White's queenside blocked doesn't quite work out in any case: After e.g. 1...c4 2. Qe2 Qc7 3. b3 b5 White can simply continue attacking your pawn chain by 4. a4 and you cannot answer 4...a6 because of 5. Rxa8. If you try to protect the rook by 2...Qc6, White can insert 3. Ne5 to displace the queen.

White doesn't win material or a decisive advantage if you react properly of course, but you can't prevent your blockade from getting busted.

Strategy

But even if White does not play a4, there are some things to note:

  • The blockade is not complete anyways, as the Bc1 can always escape its own pawn chain via a3.
  • The move 1...c4 is very committal, 1...e6 on the other hand keeps all options open and even adds some more by supporting the development of your kingside. Crucially, you can now answer dxc5 by Bxc5, and since e3 would become super weak, White is discouraged to take on c5 anytime soon. The option of playing ...c4 thus won't disappear after 1...e6!
  • But in the meantime, the pawn keeps up pressure on the White centre from c5, pressure that an immediate ...c4 loses.
  • In this light, you'd like your queen to stay on b6, too, where she eyes both the g1-a7 diagonal as well as b2.

First of all, your plan of keeping White's queenside blocked doesn't quite work out in any case: After e.g. 1...c4 2. Qe2 Qc7 3. b3 b5 White can simply continue attacking your pawn chain by 4. a4 and you cannot answer 4...a6 because of 5. Rxa8. If you try to protect the rook by 2...Qc6, White can insert 3. Ne5 to displace the queen.

But even if White does not play a4, there are some things to note:

  • The blockade is not complete anyways, as the Bc1 can always escape its own pawn chain via a3.
  • The move 1...c4 is very committal, 1...e6 on the other hand keeps all options open and even adds some more by supporting the development of your kingside. Crucially, you can now answer dxc5 by Bxc5, and since e3 would become super weak, White is discouraged to take on c5 anytime soon. The option of playing ...c4 thus won't disappear after 1...e6!
  • But in the meantime, the pawn keeps up pressure on the White centre from c5, pressure that an immediate ...c4 loses.
  • In this light, you'd like your queen to stay on b6, too, where she eyes both the g1-a7 diagonal as well as b2.
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Tactics

First of all, your plan of keeping White's queenside blocked doesn't quite work out in any case: After e.g. 1...c4 2. Qe2 Qc7 3. b3 b5 White can simply continue attacking your pawn chain by 4. a4 and you cannot answer 4...a6 because of 5. Rxa8. If you try to protect the rook by 2...Qc6, White can insert 3. Ne5 to displace the queen.

White doesn't win material or a decisive advantage if you react properly of course, but you can't prevent your blockade from getting busted.

Strategy

But even if White does not play a4, there are some things to note:

  • The blockade is not complete anyways, as the Bc1 can always escape its own pawn chain via a3.
  • The move 1...c4 is very committal, 1...e6 on the other hand keeps all options open and even adds some more by supporting the development of your kingside. Crucially, you can now answer dxc5 by Bxc5, and since e3 would become super weak, White is discouraged to take on c5 anytime soon. The option of playing ...c4 thus won't disappear after 1...e6!
  • But in the meantime, the pawn keeps up pressure on the White centre from c5, pressure that an immediate ...c4 loses.
  • In this light, you'd like your queen to stay on b6, too, where she eyes both the g1-a7 diagonal as well as b2.