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Dag Oskar Madsen
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inIn a book from J.Silman, I found this position:

r1qr2k1 [FEN "r1qr2k1/p2bppbp/3p2p1/1p1P4/3B1P2/1B3Q1P/PPP3P1/3RR1K1 b - - 0 1717"]
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 1... Re8 182. c3 h5 *

isIt deals with the rooks, white managed to semi-open the ee column and will deploy a massive attack on it. My question is : why black does not play ...e7-e5e7-e5? after dxe6After dxe6 the white pawn is sufficiently attacked by black's forces, and if there is a global exchange on e6e6, the weakening of the black's castle does not seem to be dangerous.

ps : sorry I didn't manage to get the diagram from the fen string. maybe someone could edit my post.

in a book from J.Silman, I found this position:

r1qr2k1/p2bppbp/3p2p1/1p1P4/3B1P2/1B3Q1P/PPP3P1/3RR1K1 b - - 0 17
17... Re8 18. c3 h5 *

is deals with the rooks, white managed to semi-open the e column and will deploy a massive attack on it. My question is : why black does not play ...e7-e5? after dxe6 the white pawn is sufficiently attacked by black's forces and if there is a global exchange on e6 the weakening of the black's castle does not seem to be dangerous.

ps : sorry I didn't manage to get the diagram from the fen string. maybe someone could edit my post.

In a book from J.Silman, I found this position:

 [FEN "r1qr2k1/p2bppbp/3p2p1/1p1P4/3B1P2/1B3Q1P/PPP3P1/3RR1K1 b - - 0 17"]

 1... Re8 2. c3 h5 *

It deals with the rooks, white managed to semi-open the e column and will deploy a massive attack on it. My question is : why black does not play e7-e5? After dxe6 the white pawn is sufficiently attacked by black's forces, and if there is a global exchange on e6, the weakening of the black's castle does not seem to be dangerous.

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in silman's book, question about open files and global exchange

in a book from J.Silman, I found this position:

r1qr2k1/p2bppbp/3p2p1/1p1P4/3B1P2/1B3Q1P/PPP3P1/3RR1K1 b - - 0 17
17... Re8 18. c3 h5 *

is deals with the rooks, white managed to semi-open the e column and will deploy a massive attack on it. My question is : why black does not play ...e7-e5? after dxe6 the white pawn is sufficiently attacked by black's forces and if there is a global exchange on e6 the weakening of the black's castle does not seem to be dangerous.

ps : sorry I didn't manage to get the diagram from the fen string. maybe someone could edit my post.