After 7.Bd3 I think the position is basically transposed into a plain old QGD exchange variation.
Black wants to exchange to relieve his cramped position and place a knight on e4 followed by active central play
White wants to develop his pieces and play for a minority attack on the Q-side with b4-b5 (or in some cases Ne2 and a later f3 and e4 with active play)
If I were black I might try in the diagram position
7.Bd3....Be7 8.Nf3....Ne4 9.Bxe7(if Bxe4 Bxg5 or dxe4).....Qxe7
carlsburg variation.
Apparanly this is the reason why the cambridge springs defence is not too widely used.
Thankyou 10-apr-2012.
Youve given me something to study and helped me understand why be7 is better than bd6.
cheers.
No problem brother the Be7/Ne4 idea was covered in the book the road to chess improvement by GM Alex Yermolinski he plays the variation for both sides and advocates this as blacks ideal plan. Although I am not sure of the best move order since it started as a Cambridge Springs
The QGD Exchange goes from the starting diagram goes:
7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O (...Ne4 loses a pawn). At this point, there is either 9. Nf3, 9. Nge2 or 9. h3. I believe 9. Nge2, followed at some point by O-O, f3 the white bishop ending up at f2 and e4 is the hardest variation for black to face, but white has to be a pretty good player to make this variation work.
Both the QGD Exchange and the Slav Exchange variation are things Black needs to know if he plays responds with 1...d5 from 1. d4.
Playing 4...c6, instead of 4...Nb-d7 black can restrict white to playing exchange variation with Nf3. The version with ng-e2 and queen side castling and/or f3 followed by e4 considered more difficult to face.
Alternatively a solid plan, is 7...Be7 8Qc2 Nh5 9BxB QxB 10Ne2 g6 with idea of ng7 followed by bf5. White will normally prevent that, in that case can play nb6, bd7 and castle queenside. Especially if white has done so also.
How about the Laskers Defense to the QG
Hello fellow chess players.
Before my question, this is a little bit about my queens gambit play. I will always play queens gambit declined.
In the QGD, if white plays
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.nc3 nf6 4.nf3 c6 5.bg5 - I enjoy transposing to the cambridge springs defence.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.nf3 nf6 4.nc6 c6 5.e3 nbd7 6.bd3 - I enjoy playing the meran
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.nc3 nf6 4.nf3 c6 5.e3 nbd7 6.bd3 - I enjoy playing the anti-meran
And finally, if white plays
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.nc3 nf6 4.cxd4 exd4 - I am quite happy because my white squared bishop is free.
The question i have is regarding the queens gambit declined, exchange variation. The reason i ask this question is because i dont know how to transpose the follow position to any of my prefered lines and because it keeps arising, as of late, in my blitz games.
As seen in the diagram, i usually try to take the game into the cambridge springs lines, whenever i am black. However, when white exchanges the c pawn the my d pawn immediately after i have played nbd7 (and they dont fall for the elephant trap) and then play e3, i do not know what to do?
My bishop is trapped in and its not a line that i have studied before, and my mentor is on holidays.
So, ultimately, my question is, after they have played 7.bd3, is their any way to transpose to on of my previous lines. Also, is there a cambridge springs exchange variation or is this a totally seperate line.
Thankyou all