Yes I'm back again, I missed the last two weeks due to preparations for the upcoming holidays, but like I said, I'm back! And I'm continuing the series!
If you have been following along, you'll remember that we are exploring black's fourth move alternatives in the Four Knights Game, last week we looked at the Classical Variation (4 ... Bc5), the week before that we looked at the main line, the Double Spanish Variation, and for this week we are going to continue looking at bishop moves for black, and as the title gave away, our move for today is 4 ... Bd6.
We reach this variation from the moves: 1. e4. e5. 2. Nf3. Nc6. 3. Nc3. Nf6. 4. Bb5. Bd6:
Although this line might seem terrible, it's actually not as horrendous as all that. Black's bishop is bad at the current this point in time, but his whole plan of the opening is to later retreat to f8!
What's white's plan? Well let's take a look at that on a board with some heavy analysis:
Today I'm going to do something a little different, rather than supplying all the pros and cons of the above position for you, I'm going to have you list them off for me (you can do that in the comment section if you would like), that way you can retain the knowledge of strengths and weaknesses of the position better.
An Insrtuctive Master Game:
That concludes this article! As always, I hope you enjoyed it, and if you decide to pick up this opening, be sure to let me know in the comment section!
Hey all!
Yes I'm back again, I missed the last two weeks due to preparations for the upcoming holidays, but like I said, I'm back! And I'm continuing the series!
If you have been following along, you'll remember that we are exploring black's fourth move alternatives in the Four Knights Game, last week we looked at the Classical Variation (4 ... Bc5), the week before that we looked at the main line, the Double Spanish Variation, and for this week we are going to continue looking at bishop moves for black, and as the title gave away, our move for today is 4 ... Bd6.
We reach this variation from the moves: 1. e4. e5. 2. Nf3. Nc6. 3. Nc3. Nf6. 4. Bb5. Bd6:
Although this line might seem terrible, it's actually not as horrendous as all that. Black's bishop is bad at the current this point in time, but his whole plan of the opening is to later retreat to f8!
What's white's plan? Well let's take a look at that on a board with some heavy analysis:
Today I'm going to do something a little different, rather than supplying all the pros and cons of the above position for you, I'm going to have you list them off for me (you can do that in the comment section if you would like), that way you can retain the knowledge of strengths and weaknesses of the position better.
An Insrtuctive Master Game:
That concludes this article! As always, I hope you enjoyed it, and if you decide to pick up this opening, be sure to let me know in the comment section!