Tuesday, 18 June 2019

If grabbing the b pawn is bad ....

Grabbing the b pawn with your queen is considered one of the cardinal sins in the opening (Bobby Fischer notwithstanding), so how bad is grabbing the a pawn?
Examples of this sin are not that common, but here is a recent game where Black did this and lost horribly. As to whether the blame can solely be attributed to the pawn grab, (or neglecting the centre, not developing, and failing to castle) is an exercise left to the reader.


Dreev,A (2657) - Loiacono,Antonio (2317) [D02]
10th Dolomiti Open 2019 Forni di Sopra ITA (2.2), 16.06.2019

Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. g3 Bg4 5. Ne5 Bf5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. f3 Bxb1 8. Rxb1 Qxa2 9. Bd2 Qd5 10. e4 Qxd4 11. Qb3 Nxe4 12. Qxf7+ Kd8 13. Ba5+ 1-0

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