as white I would probably recognize that the game is going to get clogged up if I don't do something which favors knights. So I either have to open the game or rebalance the minor piece situation.
Only two canditates achieve one or the other of these.
9. Bg5 to follow up with a later Bxf6
and
9. d5!? a pawn sac with the follow up 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Bxd5 and now 11. Bg5 again but this time I don't intend to exchange but I want to gain pressure on e4 so that I can put my pawn there I'll follow up with moves like Ne2, f3 and e4.
I would also like to add that if after 9. Bg5 white tries to get rid of my last knight with 9... Bxf3 I will play 10. exf3 and no longer exchange on f6. If black doesn't then I have time to take his knight and remove mine from being taken.
More on 9. d5 another plan after this sac is just play e3 which keeps the position in the center more open for my bishops.
9... Be4xf3 10. gxf3
Now things seem ugly for white - yet the that coveted bishop pair is in his hands. I have met this position before, and I am very happy to see it again! White is in calamity, he really must play e4. ( f4? makes a nasty hole on f3. Black can seal off the dark squared bishop entirely with a5 and after castling has a gain of time (white doesn't want to castle here surely..) giving black a great advantage. ) Now after e4 there is a great hole on f4...If I maneuver my knights to that square I think they become very valuable.
10... O-O 11. Rh1g1 Nc6e7
I'm preparing Ng6 and Nf4! First I'd like to sneak in Nh5, and Qf6...really any order will do.
12. e4
...pop goes the weasel!
12... Ne7g6 13. Bc1g5 h6
This really isn't a concession for black... Bxf6 and Qxf6 and whites bishop pair is gone and Be2 or Bg2 defending f3 is answered with Nf4.
tomtom232
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Posted: Jan 20 2012 01:21