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Originally posted by chesstony82after 8.Bf4 ...Qb6 looks interesting with Morphy like double attack on b2 and f2 although its probably harmless after white castles, also i am not sure that i would have exchanged my dark squared bishop so readily, i think black has better moves at his disposal.
Last night I just missed out on a draw versus 165 in the Yorkshire League, however, he handled the French is a very unusual way. Anybody know about this line? I just transposed into a Classical French but not sure whether that was the best way to go.
[pgn][Event "Yorkshire League"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2009.10.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Robert Broa c6 37. Re4 c5 38. Rxh4 Re6 39. Qe4 Kf7 40. Rg4 Rc6 41. Qh7+ 1-0[/pgn]
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its a really interesting position,
black has achieved the aims of the French defence,
in that he has liquidated whites pawn centre, and now
white must use his pieces to hold the centre. one would
perhaps think that an exchange of pieces, would be
advantageous for black, but its just not that easy.
its perhaps with this idea in mind that black
plays ...Bd6 trying to exchange one of the defenders
of the e5 square, in order to advance the pawn and
free the white squared bishop. Problem is though,
dark squared bishop is very valuable in French defence,
when we consider the white squared bishop.
Originally posted by chesstony82Lol, the white squared bishop aint that bad, mmm, anyhow, can i ask what you were thinking when you exchanged dark squared bishops, what was the purpose, because as you know, we are human and think in human terms, but what is of real interest to note is that when i run it through a computer, the computer start to think like a human and also does not like the exchange of bishops, if you gonna play da French, keep your dark squared bishop!
I don't think that's such a problem in this position though as the light squared bishop isn't that bad. However, when I pushed ...e5?? That was a horrible blunder as white wins a pawn with Nxe5! He missed that at the time though 😛
Originally posted by robbie carrobie...or exchange it for some other advantage.
Lol, the white squared bishop aint that bad, mmm, anyhow, can i ask what you were thinking when you exchanged dark squared bishops, what was the purpose, because as you know, we are human and think in human terms, but what is of real interest to note is that when i run it through a computer, the computer start to think like a human and also does not like the exchange of bishops, if you gonna play da French, keep your dark squared bishop!
Originally posted by chesstony82GM Ljubomir Ljubojevic used to play this line as White. It would be worthwhile to check his games. He won 4 and drew two from 1971-1975, which was all I could find. Here's a draw with former World Champion Petrosian as black:
Last night I just missed out on a draw versus 165 in the Yorkshire League, however, he handled the French is a very unusual way. Anybody know about this line? I just transposed into a Classical French but not sure whether that was the best way to go.
[pgn][Event "Yorkshire League"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2009.10.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Robert Broa ...[text shortened]... c6 37. Re4 c5 38. Rxh4 Re6 39. Qe4 Kf7 40. Rg4 Rc6 41. Qh7+ 1-0[/pgn]