Morozevich misses forced mate! | Morozevich - Lysyj | French defence

Описание: With a transposition players reach very popular variation at amateur level of french defence with g3. White is claiming that they are attacking the king, however their g2 bishop is a bit misplaced. Position is closed so both players have a lot of time to maneuver pieces back and forth.



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 Morozevich, Alexander (2659)
Lysyj, Igor (2594)
Event: European Blitz 2019
Site: Tallinn EST Date: 12/07/2019
Round: 18.2 Score: ½-½
ECO: A08 Reti, King's Indian attack, French variation
1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 c5 7.e4 Nc6 8.Re1 Qc7 9.c3 b6 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.e5 Nd7 12.Nf1 Rfc8 13.h4 b5 14.Bg5 Bf8 15.N1h2 a5 16.Ng4 h6 17.Bf4 Qd8 18.Rad1 a4 19.h5 a3 20.b3 Ne7 21.d4 cxd4 22.cxd4 Nf5 23.Ne3 Nxe3 24.Bxe3 b4 25.Bf1 Ba6 26.Qd2 Bxf1 27.Kxf1 Rc3 28.Kg2 Rac8 29.Re2 Qc7 30.Ne1 f5 31.Rb1 Qc6 32.f4 Nb6 33.Qd1 Qe8 34.Bd2 R3c7 35.Rf2 Qd7 36.Rc1 Rxc1 37.Bxc1 Qb5 38.Rc2 Rxc2+ 39.Qxc2 Nd7 40.Nd3 Nb8 41.Be3 Nc6 42.Kh3 Be7 43.g4 fxg4+ 44.Kxg4 Kf7 45.Kg3 Kf8 46.f5 Bg5 47.Bxg5 hxg5 48.f6 Kg8 49.Nf2 Nxd4 50.Qg6 Nf5+ 51.Kh2 Qe2 52.Qe8+ Kh7 53.Qg6+ Kg8 ½-½


Black has more space on the queenside, so tends to focus on that side of the board, almost always playing ...c7–c5 at some point to attack White's pawn chain at its base, and may follow up by advancing his a- and b-pawns.

Alternatively or simultaneously, Black will play against White's centre, which is cramping his position. In the unlikely case that the flank attack ...c7–c5 is insufficient to achieve counterplay, Black can also try ...f7–f6. In many positions, White may support the pawn on e5 by playing f2–f4, with ideas of f4-f5, but the primary drawback to the advance of the f-pawn is opening of the g1-a7 diagonal, which is particularly significant due to the black queen's oft-found position on b6 and the heavy pressure on d4. In addition, many French Advance variations do not provide white with the time to play f2-f4 as it does not support the heavily pressured d4 pawn. For instance, 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.f4? (if white plays Nf3, f4 will come much slower) 5...Qb6 6.Nf3 Nh6! and the knight will come to f5 to place fatal pressure on d4 and dxc5 will never be an option for white as the white king would be stuck in the center of the board after Bxc5.

White usually tries to exploit his extra space on the kingside, where he will often play for a mating attack. White tries to do this in the Alekhine–Chatard Attack, for example. Another example is the following line of the Classical French: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4 0-0 8.Nf3 c5 9.Bd3 (see diagram). White's light-square bishop eyes the weak h7-pawn, which is usually defended by a knight on f6, but here it has been pushed away by e5. If 9...cxd4 (Black does better with 9...f5 or 9...f6), White can play the Greek gift sacrifice 10.Bxh7+ Kxh7 11.Ng5+ Qxg5! 12.fxg5 dxc3 13.Qh5+! where Black has three minor pieces for the queen, which gives him a slight material superiority, but his king is vulnerable and White has good attacking chances.





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