Nigel Short vs Bartlomiej Macieja (2002)

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Nigel Short vs Bartlomiej Macieja
Bled Olympiad (2002), Bled SLO, rd 14, Nov-10
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation (B12) · 1/2-1/2

White to move.

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1/2-1/2

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Jan-28-03		refutor: can somebody tell me the idea behind Short's "new" anti-caro-kann line? (4.Nd2, 5.Nb3). i can understand the idea of (4.Ne2, 5.Ng3) eying the f5 knight and using the same kind of build-up as the classical caro-kann for white (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.h5 Bh7 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 e6 etc.) but i can't understand this idea by Short at all. He drew Dreev in another game in 2002 with this as well so perhaps it has some merit, but black had a relatively easy game as far as development, etc. compared to most lines of the caro-kann advanced.

Jan-28-03		mdorothy: Ok, this is coming from a very non-opening oriented player. In the caro-kann games that I play, I often find myself attempting to get a knight to c5 or d6.. It's probably a futile attempt once I face strong enough players, but while I still seem to have an advantage in the middlegame, I tend to get sick of opening theory. But, anyway, it could be a futile attempt to do that, or maybe he had problems with black's queen going to a5, and is trying to find a way to keep that from happening. After blowing all that hot air that is probably dead wrong, I wouldn't mind someone educating me on points in the caro-kann.

Jan-28-03		Chess Champ: Refutor, did you think that knight on that b square has lots of life?

Jan-28-03		refutor: to be honest champ, i really don't know...it seems odd to waste 2 tempo out the first 5 moves to move it to b3 and then not have a plan for it on that square

Jan-29-03		Cyphelium: Since c6-c5 is a thematical break for black in almost all variations after 1. e4 c5 2. d4 d5 3.e5, white wants to make this advance more difficult. The Be3 move also discourages c6-c5. If black just develops his pieces to squares like e7 d7, he will have very little space and white will hold a small but pleasant advantage. Or so a white player might hope anyway. Macieja seems to have found a good method of equalizing tough. (The Nb6-c4 manouvere together with Bb4+ .....pity for white that he can't play 9.c3..)

Feb-02-03		Spitecheck: c5 (d4 pawn/square support) is to obvious an answer and I hope it's something a tad deeper from a 2600+ grandmaster. I looked at the opening moves of this game and it seemed that Shorts intention was rather dull, indeed all this play probably hinged on an early c5 from black, but black was not so "friendly". They just danced around the issue as it were, white can never really stop c5 (it's a handy black square territory wise), the object is to be in a position to maintain the central dark square wedge when the inevitable arises. Short seemed only interested in the maintainence of the dark square wedge (b2-e5), his opponent aided this tactic by promoting the f pawn to this wedge care of the xe3. This alone does not pose black any problems. One thing I will say about a N on b3 as opposed to the Bishop on e3, the Knight has the possibility of initiating the first exchange on c5.....doesn't nec mean anything though :). And also the knight from b3 arrives at d4 on any cxd4 attacking the f5 square which some would consider one of whites obvious target squares.

Feb-02-03		Spitecheck: After further viewing the aforementioned Dreev game, the move a6 from Dreev gives you a clue to what he thought Short's idea was atleast strategically.....as opposed to the French where the light squared bishop is often "stuck" on the queen side, in the A. CaroKann after e6 it is pretty much committed in it's further tasks in the game.....Dreev may have thought that after playing an early c5 Short wished to exploit the white squares in blacks (minority) queenside, especially the a4-e8 diagonal where the N on d7 and Monarch both reside early on.

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