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That horrible mistake in English Opening

Kyotobi20

Updated: May 13, 2024, 8:49 PM | 3

Hi everyone! I hope you're all well! Before we start, a quick question: Do you know the English opening? If so: Well, that's exactly what we're going to talk about today. As you probably already know, this opening allows you to put pressure on the white squares (mainly d5):

The advantage of this opening is that White does not attack directly, but controls the squares "from a distance" and examines Black's next move, which will give him a better understanding of the opposing clan's ideas.

There are several ways to start using this opening (especially on Black's decision):

N°1: symmetry response.

So this game is going to be perfectly symmetrical (well, that depends on each side's response and tactical idea).

N°.2: The Mikénas attack.

N°. 3: The "hedgehog" system.

In fact: this name was given to it because of the multiple pawns which seem to "bristle" and which give a Fianchetto for the Queen's bishop. So the answer g3 (White's trait: Fianchetto placement.) is right! It aims precisely to put pressure at a distance on the diagonal from g2 to a8!

Well, I've just given you a few examples. But we're not going to look at these possibilities: we're going to look at this:

This position is balanced for both sides, because even if white has given away a pawn for free (a gambit): he has a home advantage! If you look closely: no pawn can push the knight away, and the knight is close to the opponent's lines! And moving the knight to c6 won't change anything because white could take the pawn back with Kxd4! So it's a very good position!
Now let's see how white responds:

And here is Black's fatal mistake:

Kge7 ??? Incredible! The blacks don't immediately realise the seriousness of the situation! At best: they lose the Queen, at worst: they are checkmated !

Take a good look, and find out what a brilliant move the whites made:

Black quickly realises that he is at a disadvantage, because if : Knxd4??, Knf6+!, followed by : Bh6#. And what is more annoying is that: if it was the Knight who had captured d4 (and not the Bishop) : Black loses his queen and his monarch is robbed ! Look at how :

So you've got it: when your opponent tries to attack one of your pieces, use a pawn instead of an active piece ! This can be dangerous !

That's it ! That's the end of this article, I hope you've learned something. Don't hesitate to let me know in the comments if you've been able to win one or two games with this little trick, and we'll see you soon: Bye !

That horrible mistake in English Opening

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