Chapter 1 - 2nd move sidelines - Notes
Chapter 1 notes Gierth,K (2200) ICCF email
2nd Move Sidelines 2010 ) 9...h6 10.0-0-0 a5
[GM Swapnil Dhopade] 11.a4 Qc7 this prevents any
f2-f4 advance. 12.h5 Bh7
In this chapter we are going to look at 13.Qf3 Nd5 as usual black
all the sidelines on whites 2nd move. knight wants to go to the
1.e4 c6 2.Ne2 with this white hopes weak b4 square. 14.Nc3 Nb4
to play against the blacks light square 15.d3 Ne5 16.Qe3 Bd6=
bishop when it develops on f5. 0-1 (48) De Filippis,F (2418)-
[ 2.b3 White fianchetto's his bishop Rogetzer,K (2445) ICCF email
first before developing his knights. 2011;
d5 3.Bb2 dxe4 now white needs B2) 8.Ngxe4 Qa5! preparing
to invest some moves in order to the exchange dark square
recover the pawn. 4.Nc3 Nf6 bishops with Bf8-a3. ( 8...Be7
A) another alternative is 5.h3 0-1 (48) Reprintsev,A (2428)-
e5!? black establishes control in Dreev,A (2690) Dos Hermanas
the centre and prepares to 2003 ) 9.a3 ( 9.g3 Ba3!= )
develop his bishop. 6.Qe2 Bd6 9...Be7 10.g3 0-0 11.Bg2
7.g4 0-0 8.0-0-0 a5! its time to Rfe8 intending to play Rad8
seize initiative on the queenside. next with a fine position for
9.a4 now the black knight has a black. ]
juicy square on b4. Qe7! [ white can expand on the kingside
( 9...Na6 ½-½ (36) Tu,H (2394)- as early as 2nd move with, 2.f4 d5
Swapnil,S (2500) Ho Chi Minh 3.e5 black develops his bishop
City 2016; 9...b5! ) 10.Kb1 with, Bf5 before playing e6. 4.Nf3
Be6; e6
B) 5.Nge2 the knight aims to go A) 5.c3 c5 6.d3 ( 6.d4 Nc6
to g3. 5...Bf5 6.Ng3 e6 7.Be3 Qb6 8.Qc1 cxd4 9.Nxd4
black prepares to develop his f8 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Bc5 11.Bxc5
bishop as white anyways cannot Qxc5 12.b4 Qb6 13.a4 a6
exchange on f5. 7.Qe2 Nbd7 14.a5 Qc7= ½-½ (39)
B1) 8.Ncxe4 Bg6 9.h4 Zvjaginsev,V (2642)-Khairullin,I
( 9.0-0-0 a5 10.a4 Be7 11.h4 (2605) Moscow 2010 ) 6...Nc6
h6 12.f4 0-0 13.Qf3 b5! 7.Na3 h5 8.Be2 Nh6 9.0-0 Be7
½-½ (30) De Filippis,F (2425)- 10.Nc2 0-0 11.Kh1 Bg4 12.Ne3
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Chapter 1 - 2nd move sidelines - Notes
Nf5 13.Nxg4 hxg4 14.Ng1 g3 0-1 (43) Salem,A (2581)-Shyam,S
15.h3 d4 0-1 (41) Movsesian,S (2468) Dubai 2014 ]
(2721)-Eljanov,P (2742) Moscow 10...Qxe5+ 11.Be2 Bc5 now black is
2010; ready to develop his knights to f6
B) 5.d4 Nh6 6.Nc3 Bg4! and d7. 12.Nd2 Nf6 13.Nf3 Qc7
vacating the f5 square for the 14.Nd4 Nbd7 15.0-0 Rhe8
knight. 7.Bd3 Nf5 8.Bxf5 Bxf5 this frees the way for the black king
9.0-0 Be7 10.a4 c5! 11.Be3 c4! to go to the safe g8 square. 16.c3
Black is was doing good, 0-1 Kg8 17.a4 a5 18.Re1 Ne5
(50) Short,N (2688)-Eljanov,P Black is clearly better in this position
(2755) Malmö 2017 ] as his pieces are quite active.
2...d5 3.e5 Bf5 0-1 (55) Mamedov,R (2703)-Van
[ 3...d4!? is a very interesting Foreest,J (2614) Skopje 2018
alternative. ]
4.Ng3 this was the point behind
Ng1-e2. 4...Bg6 5.h4 gaining space
on the kingside and at the same time
playing against the g6 bishop. 5...h6
6.h5 Bh7 7.e6 Qd6 forcing white to
take on f7.
[ 7...fxe6?! 8.d4 is very annoying
for black as he cannot complete his
development. ]
8.exf7+ Kxf7 9.d4 e5! black breaks
in the centre immediately and frees
his pieces. 10.dxe5
[ 10.Nc3 Nd7 11.Be3 Ngf6
12.Qd2 Ng4 exchanging whites
dark square bishop. 13.0-0-0 Nxe3
14.Qxe3 Qf6! freeing the path for
the bishop on f8. 15.Bd3 exd4
16.Bg6+ Bxg6 17.hxg6+ Qxg6
18.Rxd4 Bd6 black is a clear pawn
up and with his pieces around his
king, his king is feeling quite safe.
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