01 Jan '16 19:08>
I mean, if black fianchettos on the king side and you want to attack it, you're probably going to castle queen side. So what's the advantage of the advanced c pawn in a kingside attack?
Originally posted by KunsooNo, the plan is different. The idea is to have a vice-like grip on the d5 square. In the classical lines of the Dragon the freeing move is d6-d5, the c-pawn stops that idea in its tracks. I'm playing the Smith-Morra at the moment (great fun btw.) and don't really claim to know what to do with the Maroczy bind, but the 0-0-0, Qd2, Bh6, h4, h5 plan isn't the only way of attacking a financhetto in Morphy plan Sicilians (I think it was he who first advocated Nf3, d4 and Nxd4).
I mean, if black fianchettos on the king side and you want to attack it, you're probably going to castle queen side. So what's the advantage of the advanced c pawn in a kingside attack?
Originally posted by KunsooCastling queenside is only one of many ways to play against a fianchetto, and it may not be the best- for instance, the strongest lines against the Gruenfeld and King's Indian Defense all involve white castling kingside.
I mean, if black fianchettos on the king side and you want to attack it, you're probably going to castle queen side. So what's the advantage of the advanced c pawn in a kingside attack?