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BDG 101: Part 4

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Submitted by KingLeopold on Thu, 04/17/2008 at 10:43am.

When asked how many moves he thought ahead, Bogoljubow pondered for a second, flashed his teeth and said "Just one. The best".

The Ukrainian born Grandmaster lent his name to a variation of the BDG by losing to  5...g6 played by Heitz in Baden-Baden in 1951. Though by no means the best way for Black to play against the BDG, the Bogoljubow variation proves to be a much tougher variation to crack over both the Teichmann or Euwe variations. In this, you have to be knowledgeable in attacking a castled king's position with a fianchetto bishop. Books on middle-game strategy will help in learning these ideas.

Let's take a look at some of these attacking games:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope these examples show you the awesome attacking power of the BDG in the Bogoljubow variation.

I myself have only faced it 3 times in tournament competition with the results of +1-1=1 


Read:

Part 1 http://www.chess.com/article/view/bdg-101 

Part 2 http://www.chess.com/article/view/bdg-101-part-2 

Part 3 http://www.chess.com/article/view/bdg-101-part-3


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Comments:

by figrock - 10 months ago
United States
Member Since: Jul 2008
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More fine examples of the BDG..! NICE..! Smile

by Michael_Sarmiento - 18 months ago
Laguna Philippines
Member Since: Feb 2008
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great
by NinjaBear - 18 months ago
Salt Lake City (USA) China
Member Since: Oct 2007
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I liked the last game the most.
by KingLeopold - 18 months ago
Scottsdale, AZ. United States
Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 355

8chancellor,

Your analysis looks correct. The game was played in 1951. I don't know if Black was short on time or just didn't see the possibility.

I do want to mention that if Nxe3 immediately then it would result in a mate in 2 


by 8chancellor - 18 months ago
United States
Member Since: Apr 2008
Member Points: 3
Nice article.  On the last game black seems to be winning after Rf7 Qxf7 and Nxe3.  Seems like an error to resign.

by CarlMI - 18 months ago
White Post, VA United States
Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 676
Need to put more space between the boards.  The next lower board is obscuring the notes and they can only be read off the moves list.
 
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