Jul-15-19
 | | fredthebear: 8...Nbd7 is wrong, but it does not look wrong. The knight must wait a bit longer. Black should instead develop his king's bishop to b4, or retreat his queen out of the line of fire. Yes, it is a case of bishops before knights is best. Nice tactics in the opening follow. White employs a discovered attack on the Black queen with 10.Nxd5 Qd8, which is a standard maneuver for the opening. After knight exchanges, the Black queen gets picked on again; this time on the kingside. The bishops exchange, and White delivers a decoy sacrifice check rook-for-knight. The Black king accepts KxR, and gets hit by a N+ and royal fork. The Black queen finally falls. There are consequences for not getting castled in time as the center opens, and consequences for exposing the queen to minor pieces. Control the center, develop w/a threat, don't bring your queen out early (unless she can give check and simultaneous fork), prepare to castle safely away from the middle, aim bishops at/thru royalty, look for all possible checks, capture-recapture and then what happens next? Not all matching trades are even; one color benefits slightly more than the other from the new arrangement. The king makes a poor defender, for he must often run from a fight. You know this drill. Best to memorize, yes memorize, your defense to 1.e4 because White will play it often. At least learn the known traps and miniatures than can happen. (The same trap scheme often has more than one variation.) Many traps can occurs w/a knight misplayed on the 7th rank. FTB advises if you're going to play the Scandinavian as Black, do not play this 3...Qa5 version of the Center Counter defense. It's too easy for White to attack, and too easy for Black to mess up. Learn a different Black version (see Frank J. Marshall games, or David Bronstein, Roman Dzindzichashvili, Julian Hodgson, and Kiril Georgiev, etc.), or a different defense altogether. |
Kibitzing
sac: 15.Rxd7+
