I get the feeling that the white pieces are on thw wrong side of the board. The king side is opening up but there are no white pieces there.
So the plan is, leave enough on the queen side to prevent losing that side but start getting pieces to the king side which is about to open up on your king.
The problem is that you have weakened your king alot on the kingside and on the queen side you have a structural weakness in form of a backward pawn. So defending is all I can see as a plan right now.
I get the feeling that the white pieces are on thw wrong side of the board. The king side is opening up but there are no white pieces there.
So the plan is, leave enough on the queen side to prevent losing that side but start getting pieces to the king side which is about to open up on your king.
The problem is that you have weakened your king alot on the kingside and on the queen side you have a structural weakness in form of a backward pawn. So defending is all I can see as a plan right now.
Much appreciated.
Since black has the two bishops I would try and avoid pawn trades to
give the white knights the advantage of hopping over the pawns.
Another possibility is Nb5. If black trades the bishop for the knight
white would have a passed b-pawn he could protect with Bf1.
Since black has the two bishops I would try and avoid pawn trades to
give the white knights the advantage of hopping over the pawns.
Another possibility is Nb5. If black trades the bishop for the knight
white would have a passed b-pawn he could protect with Bf1.
the bad part of nb5 is they have qb6 and you could protect the knight with qe2 or qd3 or even moving the knight back, the problem with moving the queen to protect that you could exchange and be fine and the problem with moving the knight back would be that black would of gained a tempo or 2.
my choice would be ne2 in this position
Immediate thought: white has a far better position after exchanging light-squared bishops. black has no immediate pressure, so try rf1->kh2->bh3. Black'll have to do unpleasant things to his position to avoid giving your knight the b5 square or your bishop the e6 square.
I recently played this rapid game, where i reached the following position;
What would be a reasonable plan for white here, and why?
White has plenty of outposts on b5, c6, e6 etc, the only threat to which is the light squared bishop, so I would look at exchanging off black's light squared bishop (perhaps for a knight on b5 - make sure you have your knights on a3, c3 before you attempt this). Black can blow open white's king side anytime he chooses, and the bishops are trained that side as well, so get your pieces to the king side, and might as well move the king closer to the centre files. The action will revolve around the king side, with white's knight holding fort on b5, and eyeing d6 which is the base of the pawn structure for black.
I recently played this rapid game, where i reached the following position;
What would be a reasonable plan for white here, and why?