Friday, May 4, 2012

Two Pawns Attack with 5.Bc4

In Openings for Tactical Players: Alekhine Defense Gregory Serper tries to destroy the Alekhine. It's a nice article that starts by wondering how an opening can be good for Black if it allows White to occupy and control the center while bringing out his pieces as quickly as possible.

The opening he proposes is 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4, a variation known as the Two Pawns Attack with 5.Bc4.
The article gives some examples in which it's easy to win for White, but this was caused by the mistakes made by Black. It clearly shows that Black has to be careful, because the Alkhine is full of landmines, as Gregory calls these mistakes. But this is also the case for White. The Alekhine is an opening for fighting players and loses balance right from the start.
The exercises in the article mentioned above demonstrate this very clearly. I'll advice to have a look at them, but don't let them stop you playing the Alkehine.

Now let's see how to avoid the traps in this variation.

The example game is Angel Angelov - Ruben Popov played in 1972

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