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| Posted by taoistlunatic ability-tw.com 7/13/2002 13:14:30 |  Subject: IQP in queen's gambitMessage: Why does white willingly accept an isolated queen's pawn on black's open file, in many opening variations of the queen's gambit? I can't figure out why white doesn't avoid it. For example here in the Queen's gambit declined, semi-tarrasch defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bc4 cxd4 8.exd4 or another variation of the same opening 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.exd4 This is just one example of theoretical opening lines which accept an IQP on the enemy's open file. Is the pawn offering some dynamic control of the board? Or is it difficult to attack? Is white just avoiding something even worse positionally? | ||||
| Posted by philaretus ability-tw.com 7/13/2002 15:39:24 | taoistlunatic Message: White accepts the isolated pawn because he can avoid it only by inferior lines of play. His principal compensation is fairly obvious: Black has still not freed his position. In order to do that Black will have to play e5 in due course, dissolving White's isolated pawn. Meanwhile, White enjoys free play with his pieces. | ||||
| Posted by taoistlunatic ability-tw.com 7/13/2002 16:11:57 | thanks philaretus. Message: I basicaly thought so, but why are the other lines of play inferior? I guess they allow black to free his position, nevermind, answered my own question... :) ——— World No1 Magnus Carlsen parts company with mentor Garry Kasparov — The most significant chess news this month is a negative item. A carefully scripted and bland press release announced that the world No1, Magnus Carlsen, would make his own chess career decisions for 2010 and that he and the all-time No1, Garry Kasparov, would cease their regular training sessions launched early last year. The statement claimed that, with 19-year‑old Carlsen established at the world top, his cooperation with Kasparov had achieved its objectives ahead of schedule and that the Norwegian no longer needed constant guidance. Carlsen won his last two chess tournaments in London and Corus Wijk but displayed weaknesses and is as yet far from ... Posted by atrifix | ability-tw.com 7/13/2002 16:54:10 The IQPMessage: is a static weakness, but it is also a dynamic strength. Simply having an IQP is not necessarily a weakness, and in many cases it leads to a kingside attack supported by an outpost on e5 or similar themes. At any rate, in modern practice it is perfectly acceptable to assume an IQP, depending upon the position. ——— Chess Federation Updates Its Drug Policy. Why? — The World Chess Federation, the governing body of the game of chess, released new “antidoping rules” for chess players on Tuesday. The rules replace, or update, previous guidelines. Drug testing was begun several years ago to bring the federation, and chess, in line with the rules and requirements of the International Olympic Committee and other international sporting organizations. Part of the reason was to get chess included in the Olympics — an idea that seemed far-fetched, at best. Chess players have complained about drug testing and pointed out that, aside from caffeine — which many competitors consider essential — there are no drugs that can ... Posted by zdrak | ability-tw.com 7/13/2002 23:01:02 here's an exampleMessage: How the outpost at e5 can play a part in a white kingside attack. Note that black never got the chance to attack the isolated d4 pawn. This one comes from a classic game Botvinnik-Vidmar, 1936 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. Qd3 Nbd5 13. Ne5 Bc6 14. Rad1 Nb4 15. Qh3 Bd5 16. Nxd5 Nbxd5 17. f4 Rc8 18. f5 exf5 19. Rxf5 Qd6 20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rxd5 Qc6 23. Rd6 Qe8 24. Rd7 black resigned Of course this one example shouldn't drive you to the other extreme and convince you that "all IQP positions are good for white" - but rather show you the dinamic chances white gets in return for the static weakness. ——— The f-pawn, part 4: what to do when it goes wrong? — Black has taken White's f-pawn, leaving White exposed. Is there a way to deal with it? RB Over the last few chess columns we have been looking at the f-pawn as battering ram – an early, bullish advance to break open the enemy king's position with sheer aggression. But here the f-pawn has been exchanged very early – on the seventh move! There is no ram with which to batter, and the rook on f1, the usual beneficiary of any successful f-pawn push, is staring down at a solid phalanx of enemy pawns. Manoeuvring rather than force seems to be called for. But manoeuvre what where? Looking at White's own setup, there's an obvious target for ... |