Czech Pirc Part 2 Austrian Mainline
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- Czech System by Darcy Linde, this is a through investigation of how to play this offbeat opening for black. One of the main champions of this opening is Varuzhan Akobian. This is part 2 of the series.
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Very instructive video. Thank you very much ( 5 years later )
Glad you enjoyed it!
@27:57 Can’t black play Rxa2 because the knight is pinned? Thx
You can, but placing another piece offside while lacking development isn't suggested.
thank you for the video! the czech pirc is one of my favorite lines, but the austrian attack is still giving me problems sometimes, so this helps me a lot :).
could you please clarify though, how d5 saves blacks bishop from a white pawn attack? (@24:05) i fail to see how this is going to work out for black after h3.
Especially Czech Pirc is good aganst Nf3 ,we put our Bishop on g4 pinning the knight and later on play e6,Be7,0-0 and d6-d5 obtaining some kind of French type structure if white plays in answer to well- timed d6-d5 white plays himself e5 closing up the centre and getting a decent French type of position,or alternatively if White takes on d5 ,ed5 then Black takes back Cd5 getting Caro- Cann position. The must know thing for Black is well timed D6-D5 , usually after developping moves,such as Bishop e7 and Castling.My Experience with Black in this line with early Knight f3 is awesome.I once played against a Fide Master player and got a better position with Black but finally game ended in a draw.
1.h3 dxe4 2.Nxe4 [2.Bxe4 Nxe4 Where the threat of Nxc2 and Bxf5 prove to be too much.]
2...Nxd3+ 3.cxd3 Bxf5
Where Black is better, sorry for the delayed response. We hope these videos are helping you play the Czech. If you have any more questions or comments please do not hesitate!
Please make a video if white playes- 4 g3 or a4
Darcy is currently tied up with a chessable project on the French Defense, in the mean time here is requested analyzed games in the variations: [Event "Czech 4.g3"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.02.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wen, Yang"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Tillis,Bryan"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. g3 {I imagine playing Nbd7 here will transpose
getting rid of the dxe5 line keeping pieces on the board.} e5 {not the correct
move order, Nbd7 is much better taking away the dxe5 possibilities.} (4... Nbd7
5. Bg2 e5 6. Nge2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 {the alternative with white not fearing
the b5 push} (8. a4 Qc7 9. h3 Re8 {with a transposition at move 9}) 8... Re8 9.
Be3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. g4 Nb6 12. b3 Nfd7 13. f4 a5 14. Ng3 exd4 15. Bxd4 b4 16.
Nce2 c5 17. Bb2 Bf6 18. Qc1 c4 19. g5 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Nc5 21. Nh5 c3 22. Nxc3
bxc3 23. Qxc3 Ne6 24. f5 Rc8 25. Qb2 Qxg5 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Nf4 Bxe4 28. c4 e5
29. h4 Qg3 30. Nh3 Qxh4 31. Kh2 a4 32. Rae1 Bxg2 33. Qxg2 axb3 34. Qb7 Nxc4 35.
Qd5+ Kh8 36. Re4 Qh5 37. Rg1 b2 38. Qb7 Qh6 39. Qf7 Nd2 40. Reg4 Rf8 41. Qd5
Nf3+ 42. Kg3 Nxg1 43. Ng5 Ne2+ 44. Kg2 Qxg5 {Jobava}) 5. Nge2 Qc7 6. a4 Nbd7 7.
Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Re8 {Its important not to slowplay this position as
you will get rolled on the kingside, you must strike the wing or the center.}
10. f4 (10. Be3 Nf8 11. f4 Ne6 {an important point of Re8 it always gives the
f8 square for knight manouvers playing against the kingside expansion by white.
} 12. f5 (12. fxe5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Bf4 Nxe5) 12... exd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14.
b4 Ncd7 15. g4 d5 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. exd5 Qxb4 19. dxc6 Qxc3 20.
cxd7 Bxd7 21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Bg2 Rb4) (10. g4 Nf8 11. Be3 h5 $1 {Straight out
the Sicilian!} 12. g5 N6h7 13. Qd2 (13. Ng3 $2 h4 14. Nf5 Bxg5 15. dxe5 dxe5
16. Bxg5 Nxg5 17. Qh5 Nge6 18. Qxh4 Nf4 19. Qg3 N8g6 20. Rfd1 Be6 $17) 13...
Ng6 $15) 10... b6 11. g4 (11. f5 Ba6 12. Be3 exd4 13. Bxd4 d5) (11. a5 bxa5 12.
Qd3 Qb6 13. Be3 Ba6 14. Qd2 Qc7 15. Rfd1 Rab8) 11... h6 {initially I was
skeptical of this move but the more I look at it the more I see g5 is a bad
move for white now and will need more prep} 12. g5 (12. f5 Ba6 {an important
move to pin the N so it cant take on d4 when you take} 13. Be3 exd4 14. Bxd4 d5
) 12... hxg5 13. fxg5 Nh7 14. h4 (14. g6 fxg6) 14... exd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. b4
a6 17. Qe1 Bg4 18. Be3 b5 {easier for black to play} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Czech 4.a4"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.06.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wallach, Kenneth"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Tillis,Bryan"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2007.06.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 ext"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. a4 Qc7 {because Qa5 has a draw line and Nbd7
the obvious looking move transposes directly into Phillidor lines. AVOID THE
PHILLIDOR respect thy Czech!} 5. Nf3 (5. h3 {Bc4 is played the same way as
this line} e5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Be3 a5 {Petrosian's
positional plan} 10. Qe2 h6 11. Rad1 Re8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nh4 Nf8 14. f4 Be6
15. Nf5 Bb4 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Kh1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nxe4 19. Bd4 Qxf5 20. Qe1 Qg6
21. Bd3 Ng3+) 5... Bg4 (5... e5 {Transposes directly in Phillidor Mainline*} 6.
Bc4 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 Nbd7 9. Re1 h6 10. Ba2 Re8 11. Nh4 Nf8 12. dxe5 dxe5
13. Nf5 Be6 14. Qf3 Bxa2 15. Rxa2 Ne6 16. Be3 Kh7 17. Raa1 Bf8 18. Rad1 Ng8 19.
Rd2 Rad8 {Bologan agreed to draw here}) 6. h3 Bh5 7. Bd3 e5 (7... e6 8. O-O Be7
9. d5 cxd5 10. exd5 e5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 O-O 13. g5 Nh5 14. Bf5 Na6) 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4 d5 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. g5 (12. exd5 Bb4 13. dxc6 Bxc3+ 14.
bxc3 Qxc6 15. Kd2 Rc8 16. dxe5 Qxc3+ 17. Ke2 Nxe5) (12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. exd5
O-O-O 14. dxc6 Qxc6) 12... dxe4 13. Nxe4 exd4 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Bxd4 O-O-O 16.
Kf1 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. gxf6 Qf4 19. a5 Ne4 20. Qe1 Ng3+ 21. Kg2 Nxh1 22.
Qxh1 Rd6 23. Qd1 Rxf6 24. Qg4+ Kc7 25. Qg3 Rh5 26. Ra4 Qe5 27. f4 Qd6 28. Qe3
Re6 29. Qxa7 Qd5+ 30. Kh2 Qf3 31. Qb6+ Kc8 32. Rd4 Rxh3+ 0-1
thank you for explaining. this does clear things up indeed
How does Black's d5 save our Bishop on g4 from getting trapped by h3?
What about Nf3 before the liquidation? Never mind you covered it. Sorry I got over ambitious 😅