No idea of the real moves which got to this position, but one possibility is this. To get the missing c-pawn, I figured it was taken by a pawn and then that pawn taken by the knight.
How Did We Get Here? (Question on Board Set-Up)
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Infinitery wrote:
No idea of the real moves which got to this position, but one possibility is this. To get the missing c-pawn, I figured it was taken by a pawn and then that pawn taken by the knight.
Thanks!
I've had a DM which pointed me to this thread - https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/qgd-marshall-defense-1-d4-d5-2-c4-n-f6, which seems like a much more realistic way that this position was reached
I'm currently reading "The 10 Most Common Chess Mistakes" by Larry Evans. I routinely make 9 of the 10, but that's beside the point here. The section devoted to "Bad Development" includes this board set-up from a game between Evans - Peebles in NY (1947).
I've tried re-creating this set-up and there's obviously something I'm missing in the moves I'm making. Specifically, I can't quite figure out the sequence of moves that results in a missing pawn... the c-pawn?
I've tried searching for this game online but haven't found anything. Could someone please help me figure out the sequence of moves to create this board set-up?
Thanks so much for any assistance with this. It's probably very obvious to most players, but I can't figure out how we got here.