Thread: Curtains vs PoG
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Old 10-12-2006, 04:15 AM
David Ottosen David Ottosen is offline
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Default Re: Curtains vs PoG

Here is what I will say about this kind of position.

1) The salient point is still your isolated d-pawn. Your moves should revolve around that pawn and how it will become either a strength or a weakness in your position. To this end, you should consider the proper piece arrangement for an isolated d-pawn position. Here is an excellent article about the principles of the isolated d-pawn:

Isolated d-pawn

2) One piece attacks rarely work - if you attack "with tempo" it should be to combine both getting one of your pieces to a better square or creating an additional threat while forcing your opponent to move one of his pieces to a bad square. Just because you move a piece and attack something does not mean the move is "with tempo".

As it stands, curtains plan is fairly obvious: likely Bg5, e3, 0-0, Nc3, Rd1 and pile up on your d-pawn. You need to start thinking about how you plan to combat this, either by planning to enforce playing d5-d4, or by distracting him elsewhere on the board. Note that it will take him 4-5 moves to get his plan and piece layout complete, so you have about that much time to prepare your method of counterplay.
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