White Opening System Intrduction: Wliite Operiirig Systerri 13

PILLSBURY vs MAJOR HANHAM

Stonewall Formation New York 1893

The advance of one insignificant pawn would not seem

to have much impact on the overall strategies of White and
Black. But it does. From White's point of view he knows that
he no longer has to advance his e-pawn in order to attack.
There are plenty of mating possibilities available without
chanping the center further. Al1 he need do to abet this attack is
to play-Nr3 followed by bringing a heavy piece to h3, e.g._Rfl-
f3-h3 or Qdl-M-h3.,Then- he has his forces lined up against
~ c T 1 i ; - i S ~ a h i ' c ~ l avulnerable
rly after Black has castled. He
can remove the-only defendq of h7 (when Black has played
...o-Q b f w 6 -of NeS-g4 or g2-g4-gS.-
C---- i-

And since he will not be pushing his e-pawn without a White's attack proceeds naturally. Black had one ex-
good reason, White can maintain the security of his d4 - unlike ellent -opportunity to block the "rnating'di~@ii3" wTh-
what Colle did in his game with Capablanca. A good exarnple k . ; . ~ e 4.Now
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 White Opening System Chapter Two: 'I'lie Storie~rill 35

CHAPTER TWO
The Stonewall (Introduction)
We turn our attention now to more traditional methods
of countering White's first two moves.
In the early days of 1 d4, back in the 19th Century.
Black often played super-cautiously in the opening. You can !
still find many amateurs today playing this symmetrical way: This means that after 2...c6 3 Bd3 White is in an
position _to convert to t h e S t o e W 5 l E t h 4 f4!. Tt'S tiie bèst of
h
The-choice.. of. a Stonewall or a Colle is up p ,y-04. )& i Stonewall
- worlds: (QBlack ha3 cbmmitted hisTiZGwTt6 the-

l
-

/Q; ' we likrihe Stonew-al!-if Black

- . - .b l g c-~
- sh- i s ~ u E n
Bishop-?$h fiiirth rarik, anT{b)-it Will iake hirn two nioves toxe't his c-
, ...e .
-
,
. ----. -. W - -----.
pawn to the fourth-rank.
...
Black-can- also. play 2...Nf6 or-2 c5 a& transpose. into
oui.
-. nextchapter. Note. howevér, that moves such as 2...Nd7 o<
-.2...&6?. encourage White to stop 3...e5 w i t h ~ g ! , thè=
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But in chess ohtairiiì~ga particularly favorable
--.-. version of the Stonewall.
. - ..
it's the easiest way of getting a lost game. By duplicating his
opponent's moves, Black usually places himself in the position One unique situation that can arise comes about after
of playing catch-up. If White can create a forcing position -- a 2...Nf6 3 Bd3, Nc6 and now 4 f4 (to stop 4..e5), Nb4!. This is
position in which Black cannot imitate White's last move be- ariclther move order that was once thought to be the definitive
cause he must respond to a specific threat - then the symrnetry unswer to White's 2 e3. After 4...Nb4 White cannot afford to
is broken, often with tragic results. setveat the Bishop from d3, because then S...Bf5! will be too
strong.
Notice, by the way, that Black can temporize with a
"waiting move" such as 2...c6. This strengthens Black's center,
-____ _ block in his QueekBishoa. as
just as 2...e6 does, but it";roFnot
I

,2..,ea_do?.But th_erejs.another problembwith.2?..c6. Black of-

ten needs counterplay in the center to combat the Siònewall.
36 White Opening System
Chapter Two: Tlie Storie\rall

The proper response then is 4...Nb4 5 Nf3, Nxd3ch 6

cxd3!. White surrenders Bishop for a Knight but gains some-
thing valuable in retum: pawn contro1 over the key c4 and e4
squares. The result is a semi-closed position in which Knights
may be worth more than Bishops. For an example of what may
happen, see Illustrative Game 3.

This important move by White adds additional pawn

protection for the center but, equally important, it provides a
good retreat square at c 2 for his Bishop. Remember the Colle-
Delvaux game from the Introduction? Then the move c5-c4...
turned out to be a major strategic error by Black.
...
For examples of an early Nf6, look to chapter Three.
The advantage of 4...N- is that it threatens to play 5...e5!. a
move that would b G positional refuìalion G f White'S strategy,
e.g. 4...Nc6 5 Nd2, e5!, after which 6 dxe5, NxeS or 6 Ne2,
-- position in the cen-
Nf6 leaves Bhckwith an obviously better
ter.
White can, - ,.play 5 NM (Colle) as in Chap-
- if he p-fers,
C
--.-
ter F o u i "
This move creates a double-Stonewall with these fea-
tures. Black: (a) shortens thF%taiEing diagonal of d3-h7. (b)
assiires himself of his own outpost square at e4, while conced-
ing e5 to White, and (C) makes it likely that if any file is going
to be opened in the middlegame, it will be the g-file by way of
g2-g4 or ...g 7-g5.
This last point is worth considering in a different light.
Black can play the immediate S...g5!?. In a celebrated game
froni before the turn of the' century- (Showalter-Maroczy,
London 1899) Black obtained the better chances following 6
fxg5?, Qxg5 7 NM, Qg4! (better than 7...Q.xg2 8 R g l ) 8 Qe2,
f5! 9 Nbd2, Nf6 10 Nfl, Rg8 with an initiative.
A simpler way of handling this for White is&-NO!,._,
thereby preserving his pawn at f4. After 6...gxf4 7 exf4, cxd4 8
cxd4, Bg7 9 Nbd2 and 10 Nb3, Black has succeeded in isolat-
ing White's d-pawn as a target. but White has the excellent
outpost squares on e5 and c5. Note that 9,..Nxd4? 10 Nxd4,
Bxd4 11 Qa4ch costs a piece and 9...Bxd4 10 Nxd4, Nxd4 11
0-0 is a risky gambit to accept.
And, once more, on 5,..Nf6 Black will transpose itito
posi tions considered in thè next chapter.
 White Opening System

White's Middlegame Strategy

Now Black can continue in various ways. including
7...Bd6, 7...Be7 or 7...Ne4. He will castle Kingside and
(hopefully) be ready to challenge White on that wing.
A game Showalter-Marco, Cambridge Springs 1904
E r e c t j o u r attention towards the enemy. King. Since
Black hasbòught a share oFthe f(ing5de with his fifth move,
yoii will not be able to demonstrate a superiority with mere
maneuvers, such as Rfl-M-h3. Therefore. you need to change
the pawn strutture and open a file for your heavy pieces.

t
went:
This means opening*? g-file. One procedure to ex-
ecute this plan woula be 9 Khl followed by 10 Q e l , 11 R g l
and 12-g4&At some poinTyou may have to recapiure cìn e5 afl-
tZr Black takes your Knight. In general, you should retake with
the f-pawn. The exception is usually when dxc5 would allow
you to occupy the now-vacant d4 with your remaining Knight.

Here White decided to gain unopposed contro1 of his

outpost square by way of 9 BbS?!, Qb6 10 Bxcoch, bxc6 11
Ne5. But since he has parted with his good Bishop, Black can
afford to give up his own (with ...Be7-d6xe.5) in order to obtain
strategy- for
an equa1 game. A better------ -White is open the King-
----.
-
-
L--.-

side. Therefore:
 White Opening System ('hapter Two: I'lie Stonelvali 41

White nezd not obtain a mating attack to win: A good

illustration of how this opening can lead to a won endgame is
Illustrative Game ~arshall-Suchting7ienna 1908:-Black %ed à t move six
with 6...e6 and there followed 7 Nc3, b6 8 0-0, c5 9 Ne5, h5
(3) YATES-SCHLECHTER (to avoid 9...0-0 10 g4) 10 Bd2, Bd7 11 Qf3, Rc8 12 Bel!,
Pistyan 1912 Be7 13 Ne2, cxd414 Nxd4, Bc5 15 Be3, b5 16 a3, a6 17 Qg3,
KW 18 Racl, Rh6 19 Nb3, Bd6 20 Qg5, Be7 21 Ba5!, Qe8 22
Qg3, Ne8 and now 23 Nxd7ch, Qxd7 24 Rxcgch, Qxc8 25
Hcl, Qa8 26 Nd4, h4 27 Qf2, Nf6 28 QcZ!, Bd6 29 Qc6!,
Qxc6 30 Rxc6, he8 31 Rxa6, e5 32 Nf5, Re6 33 Nxd6, Rxd6
34 Rxd6, Nxd6 35 Bb4 Resigns.

- v

10 Bd2 C5
11 R c l Ba6
12 Ne5 Nd7
13 Qa4!
.. .
Despite al1 the attention focused on the Kingside in
Stonewall positioiis. White has an excellent game on the other
wing here. The riext few moves are forced.
13 ... Nxe5
14 Qxa6 Nd7
As mentioned above, Black's fourth and fifth moves 15 Rc2 e6
were once thought to be the way to defang the Stonewall, by 16 Rfcl Re8
eliminating White's best attacking piece. However, thanks to 17 b4!
his sixth move, White can now play the position in a strategic
manner, rather than in an all-out dash for the King.
Note his last move. The old rule about not playing Nc3
before c2-c4 in a l d4 opening makes sense when the Knight
move blocks the C-pawn's advance. Here White no longer has a
C-pawn, so his last move is perfectly normal. The..Knight, in
fa&,& heading for e2 and possible use on the K&side - (atg3)
or in the center a t d 4 ' ( a f t e ~ ~ ~ 5 f d x c -5 ) .
 White Opening System Cliapter l'wo: 'l'lie Stoiiewall

I
38 Kf3 Qhlch
I 39 Kf2 Qxh2ch
I 40 Kf3 QhSch?
i
This is an overfinesse, rushing towards doubling heavy Black fails to firid a fine winning idea: 40...Qhlch 41
pieces on the seventh rank (19 Rc7) but apparently overlooking i Kf2, Qelcli 12 Kf3, Kh8! and he wins a piece because 43
Black's resources. With the simple 18 Nxd4 White would have
an excellent garne.
! ...
Nxg7 allows 43 Re3ch and mates.
i

Now 24 Qxa7 allows 24...Ra8! 25 Qxb6, Rxa2 when

suddenly it is Black, not White, who has the more dangerous
heavy-piece play (and a threat of 26...Q $4 27 N@, Ral ch and
mates).
:;KPS
43
f?!3
Qhlch
Qglch
Qdlch
44K 3 Qelch
45 KPS
46 Qc8ch
Re6
Re8
28 ~ x a 7 47 Qc4 Kh8
29 Qe4 48 Qxf7 Qc3ch
30 Qd3 49 Kf2
31 b5 Draw
32 Kf2
33 K g l Notes to move 6 and 18 show how White should have
34 Qc4! played to go t;)r the win.
35 Nd4
A last bid for complications. There was nothing to be
...
had from 35 Bxd4ch 36 Qxd4, Qc5 because the endgame af-
ter 37 Qxc5, bxc5 38 Rd7, c4 39 K f l is harmless.
36 Nxf5 d l(Q)ch
37 Kf2 Qelch
 White Opening System
CHAPTER THREE
Stonewall I1
4ow let's examine the most common positions that
the Stonewall formations. Remember that White need
I exactiy in this manner but can back out of the
.Il by playing 5 Nf3, reaching one of the true Colle po-
le'll consider in succeeding chapters.
t is sometimes believed that the Stonewall was re-
,y the Queen's Gambit (2 c4) once masters began to re-
: strength of the latter. Not entirely true: Frank Mar-
s one of the few topnotch players before World War I
irly resort to 1 d4. And yet after nearly ten years of de-
to the Queen's Gambit, the 31-year-old American
)n turned to the Stonewall and won some of his nicest
i 1908.
a
i\ o f Qel-h4 and Ne5. If Black exchanges pawns on d4. White
I
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Cliapter Ttiree: Stonewall 11 45
There is no pasticularly better square for his Knight. It
was fashioriable around the tum of the century to play moves
...
such as Nbd7 and ...Q c7 early on, but they perform no better
than simple development.
For example, Chajes-Capablanca, New York 1911
went 4...Qc7 5 f4, Bg4 6 Nf3, e6 after which White obtained a
- - ---
nice game by getting out of the Kingside pin with 7 QaQch!.
--, .
Then 7...Qc6?? is a blunder (8 Bb5) and 7...Nc6 makes
8 Ne5 strong. Best, relatively, is 8...Nbd7 8 Ne5, c4 9 Nxg4,
Nxg4 and then 10 Be2, Nh6 11 b3! after which Black cannot
maintain his chain of light-square pawns and has nothing to
show for having given up a Bishop for a Knight. White was
...
clearly better after I l cxb3 12 axb3, a6 13 0-0 and 14 c4. See
Illustrative Game 4.
This presents a miljor crossroads to Black since he has
two reasonable alternatives to our main line of 5...e6. Modem
players may feel more comfortable with 5...g6, reaching a po-
sition that occurs -- with colors reversed -- in the dutch De- .
fense. The $one.wall Dutch had an undeservedly poor reputa- 11
tion for more than hàlf~aEntury but made a comeback in the ,
late 1980s and early
-- 1990s.
n
i
White should theri continue 6 Nf3, Bg7 7 0-0, 0-0 8
Nbd2 and then continue with the tried-arid true attackirig plan
retakes with hiie-pawn: I-Iis
- . Queen. Bishop can be developed at
.- .
. - ..--.- ...-
b2 or a3. i?
e="--
L,?,; ,i
~
Such positions in the Dutch Defense were once thought
to favor Black because he can eliminate the enemy's good
Bishop at what was consijered slight cost by way of 8...Bf5!?
9 Bxf5, gxf5. This judgmcnt now appears suspect, since White
can then force the opening of the g-file with 10 Khl, 11 Rgl,
12 Ne5 and eventually g2-g4. White should then stand well.
 White Opening System
The other modern approach to the Stonewall is to de-
velop Black's Queen Bishop before locking it in with the e-
pawn. Here, for example, .Black can~lay&.~Bg4-and if, 6 Nf3,
then 6...e6. An aalysis by'Ludek.Pachrnan in the 1960s rec-
ommended 7 6 i 0 , Bd6 8 Qel, 0-0 9 Ne5, Bf5! as favorable to
Black, reasoning that 10 BxfS?, exf5 only strengthetis Black's
hold on the center.
White can do better with O,Be2, preserving his Bishop
and preparing to gain Kingside space wfth. _11
_.--g4.
.
.
',
Carefully played. By overprotecting e4, White does not
allow Blackto establish a double-Stonewall as he Would'after 6'
NM, ~ e 4 7! 0-0, f5.
++ T u a a s e c o n d bene5t to avoiding 6 Nn.: A genera1
rule of opening strategy is t g k e G ~ u T _ d e v e l o p m e n i f l ~ i b ~ e .
Here White sees that his Queen Knight has no better square
than d2, so why not put it there immediately? On the other
hand, he does not know yet where his other Knight -- or Queen
-- belong. Perhaps he will develop the K&g Knight a a 3 and
ceserve f3fgrhis Queen or-other Knight. as F a n k K r s h a l l d i 7
so effectively iri'tournaments before World War I. See the
main line below.
Ch3-q2
b d i - ~n e~ 4
This move has a specific posj~iinalthreat in mind. Af-
ter 7...cxd4 White would not be able to $ay ihe desirab~e8
exdil hecause of 8...Bxf4. But after 8 cxd4 Black will have suc-
ceeded in opening ari entire file - not just half of one. as would
occur after 8 exd4 - for his heavy pieces. And it is Black who
most iieeds an open Queenside file. White will have enough
play as it is on the Kingside thanks to his e5 outpost.
Tlie sarne idea arises after 6...Qc7, as Jose Capablanca
played on occasion. Then 7 Ndf3 would open up White's
Queen Bishop's diagonal (thereby allowing 7...c.rd4 8 e.xd4!).
However, that Knight move has the drawback of permitting
7...NeJ! and 8...fS, with a safe and solid double-Stonewall
lirie.
%-.-W- -3- --
position. Better for White.-is .7 Qf3 or 7 Nh3 as in our main cl,
1 .
In Capa's day it was sometimes thought that 6...Be7
was siiperior to 6...Bd6, because the latter exposes Black to the
dangei. of e3-e4-e5. White can then proceed as in our main line
or vai! his plans with 7 Ngf3,O-0 8 0-0. e.g. 8...b6 9 Ne5, Bb7
10 Qf3 followed perhaps by g2-g4-g5 or Qh3.
This has been regarded as strong ever since Marshall's
impressive victory over Akiba Rubinstein at Vienna 1908 (see
Illustrative Game 5). Now 7...cxd4 8 exd4 only helps White
out. as he will be able to use the half-open-e-file to a greater
extent than Black will be able use the half-open C-file.
The natura1 move here is 7...0-0 but that is risky be-
cause it creates an immediate target for White's pieces. He can
then play either 8 g4 or 8 Nh3. For example, 7...0-0 8 Nh3, b6
9 Ng5 and now 9...h6 10 h4, hxg5? only plays into White's
hands I I l hxg.5, N-moves 12 Q115 finito). Better is a develop-
48 White Opening System Chapter Three: Stonewall I1 49

...
ment move such as 10 Bb7, although White's attack cali con- Illustrative Games
tinue with 11 g4.
(4) CHAJES-CAPABLANCA
New York 1911

It's important for White to challenge Black's impendin

W hite's Middlegame Strategy o ~ ...a7-a6 and then ...b7-b5) and als5
Oueenside e x p ~ s j (from
to provide a means of 'openinglines. Witliin-Tive-moves it is
From h3 the Knight can go to g5, to take part in the as- White - not Black - who has expanded on the Queenside and
sault oXdh7 -and fl, or to fl, where it watches the kzy e4 owns more terrain there. Notice that without his light-squared
squares. White is virtucallj-èertain to castle Kingside. but ~vhere Bishop, Black cannot easily maintain pawns on squares such as
will Black castle? On the Queenside it may be just as vulnera- c4.
ble to a pawn storm as on the Kingside (see Marshall-Rubin- Il... cxb3
stein below). 12 axb3 a6
13 0-0 Bd6 .
-
And the other question of pertinence is this: Who will
open lines and how? If Black
-. castles Kingside, White necd not
. , - H .

change the pawn strutture, but cari-continue with norma1 at-

14 c4
15 c5!
0-0

tacking ideas -435 followed by Qh.5). If---- Black remains

. in
thg.-xnt_er-or castles (iieensid5,- ... White will push his e-pawn:
.. - . .-.

Black's counte@lay,-however, is not at al1 apparent. See Gamk

5 for an illustration of competing strategies.
50 White Opening System Chapter Three: Stonewall TI

White avoids the cornplications of 15 Nc3, b5 ( I 6 36 Bh5 Ne7

cxbS?. Q.rc3) and also prepares a Queenside pawn storin wiih 37 Ra2 Rg8
b3-b4-b5. To avoid that. Black must advance his own b-paw~i. 38 Qfl Nc6
thereby creating a game-long wecikness at a6. In short, White is 39 Bel! Ra8
in control. 40 ~ d l Qe7
41 Rg2

...
White dreams of having time for 23 Rfa8 24 Rla3
followed by 25 Qa2 and 26 BxbS!. But his Rooks are now
pushed back and it was tirne for White to realize that he need.; Inevitably, with only one file open, the remaining
a second enerny weakness in order to win this garne. Therefore. heavy pieces will be traded off - since neither player can allow
it was tirne to begin looking at preparations for g2-g4.. As thr: the other uncontested control of the file for very long. That
garne goes, Black gets the g-pawn idea first. rneans an endgame will be reached in which White has two
Bishops versus a Bishop-and-Knight, and also has the advan-
23 ... Rfa8 tage of a passed C-pawn. Despite his bad dark-squared Bishop,
24 h3 Bd8 he has good, perhaps excellent, winning chances.
25 R5a3 g5
26 g3 Kh8 41 ...
27 Kh2 42 Bd2!?
28 R g l
29 Qd1
2k7 43 Qf3
44 Be2
Rg8
30 Be2 Qe7 45 Qxg2
46 Bf3
Black has done his best to seal off the Queenside antl 47 Bh5
direct both players' attention to the g-file.

31 Q a l Qb7
48
49 KK22
50 Ke2
32 Rcl gxf4 51 Bf3
33 gxf4 Raa8 52 K f l
3 4 Rgl 53 Ke2
35 Qxgl Ng 54 Bh5
 White Opening System I Chapter Three: Stonewall I1 53

Draw.

Neither side can make progress. White's King cannot

leave the vicinity of c2, or the a-pawn will Queen. And 69
Kb2, Kd6 70 Kc2, Ke7 (which threatens 71...Kf6 and
72...Kd5) only allows White to advance with 71 d5, Kf6 72
d6!. White should have gotten in g4 first as pointed out at
n o v e 23.
(5) MARSHALL-RUBINSTEIN
Vienna 1908
White's problem is that his King has no means of pene-
tration, since g3, g4 and h5 are sealed off by Black's minor
pieces and f-pawn. That means he will have to distract Black's
King and pieces in some way. He has two resources to Liccom-
plish that - attacking e6 and advancing the C-pawn. Right now
Black's King covers both c6 and e6 - and also threatens to trap
...
a Bishop with 56 Ke7!.
56 c6ch! Kxc6
57 Bxe6 Ne4
58 B e l Bxel
59 Kxel Nc3
60 Bxf5 h6
White has won a pawn temporarily but his b-piiwn is
doomed. Chajes forces a draw now.

Not 63 e5, Nd3ch! and Black calls the tune. Black carefully avoids committing his King and begins
...
preparations for 0-0-0. Note how useful White's next move
is. From f2 the Knight (a) protects a Bishop, (b) helps keep en-
emy Knights off e4, (C) prepares to push the e-pawn, and (d)
watches g4, a key square in case Black castles short.
9 Nf2! 0-0-0
 White Opening System
l Chapter Three: Stonewall I1 55

An important move. Black had to play his 19th move to

Because of the threat of 13 e5, forking two pieces.
Black must liquidate the center in White's favor and losr time
with his Bishop.
avert 20 Be5. However, the pawn move had a secondary pur-
...
pose. He hoped to drive White back with a well-timed e6-e5.
Now that chance is halted.

Black cannot win a pawn because of the attack cln the

d6-Bishop. Black cannot contro1 the Queenside files any longer.
Naturally, 25...axb6 26 axb6, Nxb6 will be punished (not by
i
I
2 7 Bxb6, since 2 7...Qxb6 is a check) but by solid attacking
moves such as 27 Rfbl. ...
!

A fine continuing stroke to maintain the attack. Two

pawns up. White could win in a variety of manners, but he
prefers the tactical one (e.g. 2 9...Nxd4 30 Qe5ch, Ka8 21
uxb7ch, etc.).
29 ... axb6
30 QeSch Ka8
31 axb7ch Kxb7
This signals the beginning of a genera1 Queenside ad- 32 Bf2 Rd5
vance. The ultimate goal is the opening of a Queenside file for 33 Qf6 Qc6
White's heavy pieces. The interim method of achieving that 34 Rebl Rb5
goal will be harassing Black's Queen with pieces and pawnb. 35 Rxb5 Qxb5
36 QBch!
17... Ne7 After this White wins a third pawn forces an
18 b4 Qc7 endgame. Black could safely have resigned without missing
19 Bd4 f6 much, but he bets on his advanced King being worth com-
20 Qf2 Nc8 pensation.
21 Rfel!
 White Opening System Chapter Four: The Basic Colle

37 Qg8
38 Qxe8
39 Rbl CHAPTER FOUR
40 Rxb6ch
41 g3 The Basic Colle
42 RbSch
43 Kg2 In this chapter we'll examine the basic choices con-
44 Re5ch fronting Black in the Colle, leaving the main lines for Chapter
45 4 Five.
46 f5
47 Bd4

Again 4...e6 would block in Black's Queen Bishop and

Avoiding the fina1 trap (48 Rxeo??, Nf4ch). allow whj&,qgood choicf;. He could continue as in the line
that follows with our basic Mode1 Development a la Col1 or
48 ... exf5 he could convert the position into a Stonewall with d
49 RxfS Rg6 Nf'3. A ruieof.iliumb: -if-___~lacEfZF~?.i;è6;thihk strongly about fl
...-
50 Rf7
51 Rg7!
h5
Rxg7
the Stonewall Attack. --
W:.--
P
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52 Bxg7 hxg4
53 Kxg4! Nxd
54 Bxc3 There are some slight differences between 4...Nc6 and
Black Resigns. 4...Nbd7, but they should not trouble White much. With the
Knight on d7, Black can contro1 the b7-e4 diagonal better with
...
Even without 53 Nxc3 there was no way to stop the h- a subsequent fianchetto of his Queen Bishop. He is also better
pawn. ...
prepared to meet dxc5 since Nxc5! will attack White's
Bishop on d3 and blunt any attack. That also means that when
White inevitably breaks in the center with e3-e4, Black will be