You could try the crazy new line of the always interesting Daniil Dubov 8.d5!!??!
...Bb7 or ...b4 in the Anti-Marshall lines
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Apr 12, 2020
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Interesting, Dubov shows himself as a great opening innovator, I'll look at that line for sure!
Below is a typical structure in the 8...Bb7 variation:
Black will eventually play ...b4 and neutralize White's active LSB with an exchange on e6. This structure is ideal for knight dances, with White playing on the queenside and Black on the kingside.
Notice that in order to reach e6, the b7-bishop has to return to c8 at a certain time. So why move the bishop to b7 at all?
The reason is that 8...b4 is a highly committal move, weakening c4 at an early stage. White can try to exploit this move with either 9.d4 (Black can no longer play ...c5-c4 after exchanging twice on d4) or 9.a5 (depriving the c6-knight of a useful square). I'm not saying 8...b4 is a bad move; it's perfectly playable as 8...Bb7 is. The point is that after 8...b4 White is not obliged to enter the structure above.
Hi all,
I'm playing more and more 1...e5 and quite like the play from Marshall Attack (didn't get too often to play it but when i did I liked it - activity, initiative, not too difficult to play as black).
But I've discovered during a game there is an anti-marshall line. I checked and in the database after the game, and this line has got two main responses from black: 8...Bb7 or 8...b4.
Could explain what are the main differences of the two setups or ideas for black? I put some basic thoughts in the following diagrams.
Thanks!