No knights near our king
Many of us have an experience of how dangerous the opponent’s knight on f4 (f5) can be when your king is castled to the king side. This post is to tell you about a few methods of how to fight with such a knight.
The first example shows both – how dangerous it is and how to fight against it.
Uusi, Gunnar contre Simagin, Vladimir
URS-ch sf Gorky 1954
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To defend tough positions one needs to find concrete threats he should handle with. Nxg2 was not a threat yet because of Qxg5. Seemingly, next Black's move is h7-h6 to create a threat of capture on g2. So, White had two moves to balance the position.31. h2 !and now afterIn the game, White was instantly punished for his careless behavior to the knight.31. e1 ? xg2 !An easy tactic that begins a strong attack headed by Bd5.32. xg2 f433. c3 e3+34. f3 ??It is hard to believe but the engine somehow resists by means of34. h2 ! g435. fxe335. g1 ? exf236. xg4 f1= -+35. hxg4 ?? h6+36. g1 h1#35... g3+36. g1 f3a human simply stops a calculating when he sees pawns on f3 and g3 but the engine has no emotions.37. e4 $8 f2+38. g2 fxe1=39. xe1 xe4+40. xe4 xe441. b3+ !and White has all chances to save a half the point.34... g4Now it is over.35. g1 xf3+36. f1 g337. c1 g2+White resigned because of inevitable checkmate.31... h632. g3 !already Black needs to decide how to defend because his N is pushed back and White Q targets to come on d6.
