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What opening is this? I can only see 15. f3 but I think the move is preparing e4.
Jun 3, 2021
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F3 only weakens the e3 pawn, l rather play 15.Re1 or 15.Bb2 than 16.c4 to attack the black queen.
prep e4
damientayjj wrote:
F3 only weakens the e3 pawn, l rather play 15.Re1 or 15.Bb2 than 16.c4 to attack the black queen.
correct
Preparing for e4
Soooo... this is how the engine will play, so ultimately, the pawn push to E4 was the idea of F3.
Jun 3, 2021
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Tiitus0 wrote:
What opening is this? I can only see 15. f3 but I think the move is preparing e4.
Its a Rubinstein Nimzo line. Don't see the attraction for black, but a lot of good players play it.
TwoMove yazdı:
Tiitus0 wrote:
What opening is this? I can only see 15. f3 but I think the move is preparing e4.
Its a Rubinstein Nimzo line. Don't see the attraction for black, but a lot of good players play it.
f3 is a good double-duty move...prevents Black from playing Ng4, and also supports a future e4 advance
Because Black is ready to play ...Ne4 or in some lines ...Ng4 with a very comfortable game.
Just notice that after 1.Re1 Bd7 white's only constructive plan is to play 2.f3 again, and 1.Bb2? loses to 1...Ng4, when 2.f4 leaves the e3 pawn hanging.
KamikazeJohnson wrote:
f3 is a good double-duty move...prevents Black from playing Ng4, and also supports a future e4 advance
Personally, I would f4 and pressure the queen. It is human (opponent) nature to jealously protect the queen, unless of course there is a deliberate queen sacrifice/trade in the plans.
Then fianchetto dark square bishop to b2. Cover that sweet long diagonal towards the king in the corner.
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GM_LordVishnu wrote:
Preparing for e4
Why would white want to play e4 and block his own bishop+queen attack on h7? It's more like white is forced to play e4 after playing f3, if he could get away without playing it he could.
Pawns on light squares like e4 might be a good strategy long-term anyway in this specific position, since black only has a light-squared bishop - on the other hand black's knight is two moves from Nf4 which e3 would prevent. Whatever the case when people talk about "preparing e4" or "preparing d4" in general they mean something completely different.
I think that after playng f2-f3, you do have to play e3-e4 at some point. Else, what to do with that guy on c1?
The light-squared bishop can also play on the queenside, and the e4 pawn limits the mobility of the Nf6. I do not see any real attack against h7 going on, honestly.
It is to stop Ng4. White has a choice. Allow Ng4 and be forced to defend with g3 or the poor f4. g3 weakens the k-side squares, which rather demands white pull back the light square B to defend them, which lets black's c8 B in, attacking white's Q. Or play f3. Playing f3 now is better.
Of course, I won't memorize it now, but I'm trying to improve myself. What does f3 achieve, and what makes it the best move according to both database and chess engines?