26 Aug 06
Sorry, accidently pressed enter and title of thread of "nimzo" anyway, I have a question.
In the Nimzo-Indian Defense,Samisch Variation
1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 Bb4
4. a3 Bxc3+
5. bxc3 c5
In all the sources I've checked, White usually continues with either 6.e3 or 6. f3
What about dxc5? Wouldn't white win a pawn? And yet everwhere I've checked, I've found no answer as to why this is not the best move. Anyone have any clue?
26 Aug 06
Originally posted by chesskid001
Sorry, accidently pressed enter and title of thread of "nimzo" anyway, I have a question.
In the Nimzo-Indian Defense,Samisch Variation
1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 Bb4
4. a3 Bxc3+
5. bxc3 c5
In all the sources I've checked, White usually continues with either 6.e3 or 6. f3
What about dxc5? Wouldn't white win a pawn? And yet everwhere I' ...[text shortened]... e checked, I've found no answer as to why this is not the best move. Anyone have any clue?
dxc3 leaves white with tripled pawns which I think is incentive enough not to take the pawn in itself. After 6. f3 black usually plays 6...d5 which give white the oppertunity to sort things out with 7. cxd5, whilst keeping a good pawn structure. However, I wouldn't be too happy playing 6. f3 because it seems to entrap the knight and make pawn structure a bit tricky. I'd be more inclined to go with 6. e3.
It also seems like a bad move to play dxc5 becuase of the loss of control of the centre.