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As I mentioned in this post, I am working through Reassess Your Chess by Jeremy Silman. The idea is to learn a lot more about imbalances and strategic thinking.
This morning, while reading a bit of the chapter on knights, I am looking at this position.
The idea here is that the White knight has two interesting options for the knight. f5 and c6. White assesses that the knight would be better on c6, and so he plays:
12.e5
Then, after 12…Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Nd5 White can play the move they were angling for, 14.Nc6
Of course, the knight can’t be kicked with 14…Qd7 since 15.Qxd5 Qxd5 16.Nxe7+ wins on the spot.
With this octopus sitting on c6 and tearing into the position, Black quickly went wrong and was crushed.
Here is the entire game, with Roiz’s annotations.
Til Next Time,
Chris Wainscott