Playing 1.d4

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Avatar of DominicMoncadaIII

Am I right playing 1.d4 with this?

Avatar of DrSpudnik

It looks like Black is cramped and has a lot of problems to resolve.

My database doesn't have your c5 push.

Avatar of Hypocrism

c5 isn't good, you generally want to keep the tension and retain the ability to exchange / advance later on. Closing the area where you have a space advantage (queenside in this case) is never a good idea because your play will happen there - closing it is like closing your own play.

 

In the semi-slav, black typically takes on c4 and then your play will come from gaining central space with e4, and then kingside pressure / space squeeze.

Avatar of kvlc

c5 and then Rc1 is counter-intuitive.  If you play c5, you might want to play Rb1 and use the b pawn for your break.  But generally you should play cxd5 and then occupy the c file.

Avatar of LavaRook

@spaghettio

Computers won't necessarily see this kind of stuff...

It's a positionally bad move and Houdini might not be able to give the correct it evaluation until moves later.