Goal oriented development
Have a look at this position. How should white develop his pieces further?"
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1.Be3 seems to be a developing move. It ticks the boxes: developing the bishop and connecting the rooks. It doesn't really seem to serve a goal though. On e3 there is little that the bishop can do better than on c1. It doesn't support the center from e3 nor does it add to a king side assault.
The move f4-f5 enhances the scope of the bishop drastically though. It shows the tipping point where the pawns start to roll, an the space behind the pawns start to add new lines of attack into the enemy camp. While at the same time depriving black from any space to manoeuver.
That's why I say that the center, development and the king assault are closely related.
Sitting duck oriented development.
ReplyDeleteOne of the specific details is that Black cannot capture on e5 because of the potential fork on d6, protected by WRd1. The opening is over (even though White still has to 'develop' his Bc1—somewhere, eventually).
DeleteThe opening is over; the game is in the early middlegame. Although Black has (theoretically) 'developed’ all his minor pieces and connected his rooks (as soon as the queen moves off the back rank), his pieces are squeezed together in a very small space; there is one immobile cluster near the Black king, and another one on the queenside. The minor pieces are restricted in where they can go and have no potential targets. White can gain more space and time by advancing the classical "pawn roller." Nimzowitsch was insistent that the pawn roller must be restrained before it gained irresistible force, but Black is not positioned to do that. His kingside is inadequately defended even though there is a rook, bishop and queen smushed together in the near vicinity; g7 and h7 look like potential entry points to get at the Black king.
These considerations lead inexorably to advancing the f-pawn rather than wasting time moving the Bc1 merely to accord with "general principles" of development. White has the initiative, control of the center, much more maneuvering space, and wide-open lines of attack on the kingside.
ROLL ON, BIG CENTER!
Here's the game score from Chess Tempo:
Jones, Gawain C B (2593) vs Baburin, Alexander (2539)
Date: 2011-02-27
Event: Bunratty Masters, Bunratty IRL
Round: 6
Result: 1-0
Opening: Alekhine Defense, Four Pawns Attack, Trifunovic Variation (B03)
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nc3 Na6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qe4 Nc7 14. Rd1 Qe8 15. f5 Kh8 16. Bf4 Rd8 17. f6 gxf6 18. exd6 Bxd6 19. Qf5 Bxf4 20. Qxf6+ Kg8 21. Qxf4 Qd7 22. Ne5 Qe7 23. d6 Black resigns
A crushing defeat in 23 moves for a 2600-level GM!