I've had a number of games recently where my opponent has gone to great lengths to hunt down my Fianchetto'd bishop and exchange it for his corresponding bishop ......
What's it all about ?
Apart from leaving a bit of a hole, does this result to a real weakness ?
should i just ignore it and let him exchange, or take the bishop first ?
Cambridgeian
Originally posted by cambridgeianTo attack the fianchetto'd king, get your queen and bishop on the same diagonal (bishop in front in the battery) and try to trade off the bishops. Then castle opposite sides and pawn storm the weakened castle.
I've had a number of games recently where my opponent has gone to great lengths to hunt down my Fianchetto'd bishop and exchange it for his corresponding bishop ......
What's it all about ?
Apart from leaving a bit of a hole, does this result to a real weakness ?
should i just ignore it and let him exchange, or take the bishop first ?
Cambridgeian
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[EDIT] In an OTB game I recently played against a friend, once he saw my bishop and queen battery, he moved the rook allowing him to play the bishop to h1 and so avoiding the bishop trade. I hadn't seen that before and it worked quite well for him as the Bishop is fairly vital to the finachettoed king.
[EDIT2] This is a nice example Game 904401, although my opponent pretty much played into my hands.
Originally posted by RagnorakYou can fianchetto a king. Is that the same as fianchetto-ing a bishop?
To attack the fianchetto'd king, get your queen and bishop on the same diagonal (bishop in front in the battery) and try to trade off the bishops. Then castle opposite sides and pawn storm the weakened castle.
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[EDIT] In an OTB game I recently played against a friend, once he saw my bishop and queen battery, he moved the rook allowing him to play t ...[text shortened]... before and it worked quite well for him as the Bishop is fairly vital to the finachettoed king.
I try to remove the bishop if i can with a queen and bishop battery. I don't really go out of my way to get it. It just sort of happens in the opening. You have to move your queen anyways to connect the rooks. So like in the sicilian dragon, my setup is Be3 Qd2 and 0-0-0 and then I try to go for Bh6 and get rid of the bishop. The best is when you can get rid of his bishop with a knight and still keep your bishop. Then they are in big trouble with all the weakness.
I would say just ignore it and keep playing decent moves and then let him take the bishop and capture with your king and bring a knight or something to defend your king. Sometimes they waste so much time trying to get your bishop that they forget about the rest of the board and you can crush them before they get anything started against your king.