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Now back to the article by IM Jeremy Silman: Amateur’s Mind: a 1500’s Analysis:
Take a look a post back and we showed a game between
Alekhine (White) and Marshall (Black) and how Alekhine knew what was important
in the position and won a fine game. Here, a 1500 player (not your humble
scribe by the way) takes the same position against Jeremy, and can’t hold it. The
speaker is in brackets
[1500] White has a space advantage. Black has the more
active queen, but it could turn out to be a target. White can activate his
majority with tempo by playing f4. How to do this? I’ll castle and then play f4.
[JS] To his credit, he notices the advantages that an active
central majority can bring. Unfortunately, he neglects to take Black’s plans
into account.
1. O-O Be6
2. f4 Qd4+
It is worth noting here that Alekhine was very careful not
to give his opponent this square!
3. Kh2 O-O-O
[1500] I should have prevented this! I’ll play 4. Rf3. What
else can I do? No, that is too passive.
4. Bc2 Qe3
[1500] Can’t play 5. Qe2 because of Qxe2 and then 6…..Rd2. I
need to trade queens!
5. Qf3 Qxf3
6. Rxf3 Rd2
[1500] Ouch! Now I have to defend my bishop.
[JS] Ever since Black placed his queen on d4 and castled
queenside, White has forgotten his own plans and done nothing but fend off his
opponent’s threats. This all stemmed from White’s refusal to look for Black’s
plan on the first move.
Next installment: A view from a 1700 player. Let's see how he does.
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