White does not have anything, after c3 and d4. Their N
sucks there is no beter word to describe it. after a6 and b5 and d6 it is lost. anyway white must waste another tempo to get him out of here. What does he do there? nothing.
There is no defence for the E4 pawn so N:e4 is a grave possibility after Nf6.
f.e: c2-c3 b4-a5
d2-d4?! e5:d4
f3:d4 d8-f6
white has problems. Black threats to eat on d4. The Nd4 must be defended ( 1) be3 or 2) bd2 or removed 3) nf3 or 4) nb3)
1: c1-e3 a7-a6
white Bf1 is stuck. every move of his is a disaster-loss of material. (if be2 -qg6, and Bf3 black will answer Nf6. white cannot defend the e4 pawn normally, he will damage his strategic position) as the result the king is also stuck; castling on queens side after qd2 is a bad idea- sooner or later the pawn b has to move in order to rescue the useless Na4.
d4:c6 f6:c6
The white pawn e4 cries for help. in either case i will play g8-f6, so if you will play f3 your white bishop will be rendered useless.
be3-disaster. i move and attack, you move and defend. Black is at the very least equal, white has no center and no agressive enough play. Acceptable result for the black.
2) Bd2 - a7-a6.
Same story. E4 in the end is undefendable. After 10, 15 moves i will eat it, or force to play f3 which will turn the white bishop into a valuable...pawn in case you played g2-g3 and Bg2.
In any case pawn f3 is a nuisance for the white.
The retreat with the Nd4 is admittance of the failure. Nb3 will achieve nothing, since that i will simply play d7-d6, a7-a6 and b7-b5.
Nf3 is a wate of time.
So in conclusion the grab for the centre is not successful.
The advantage of the 2 bishops: they are fast moving pieces that in tandem cover all your holes in your defence in the end of the game. In open positions they are better than a knight and a bishop. It is a small, yes, but sometimes extremely important advantage. Losing it is considered a mistake.
The plan h2-h3 works sometimes and only if the opponent made some mistakes, which the white can dupe him into. Botvinnik (world's chess champion) sometimes used it. Nf3-Nh2-NG4, and N:h7 or b:h7, than: Ng4 and qh5/h4 with checkmate attack. Sometimes it works.
d7-e7 move 15. It is a little thing but it is sometimes important, f.e Bd5 could not work. Not that it is of any importance.
I have checked g7-g6 again. I sacrifice the pawns e5 and c7. To hell with them! [img]tongue.gif[/img]
....Kh8
q:e5 f8-f6
e5:c7 a8-g8.
Here we see that the hungry queen was too hungry. There is no defence against the checkmate. f.e:
c7-c5 (pawn f2) f6-f5
finito la comedia. there is no defence against B:f3 - q:h3 - rh5 with checkmate. The pawn f3 falls regardless of white's actions. Kg2-rg5+
changing rooks and q:h3 afterwards. B:f3 and qh1/g2 with checkmate.
Remember-pieces are not important. The enemy king is!b
If the white will not eat c7, after rf6 i will play re8 with victory.
Instead of c5-c4, ra8-e8 had to be played.