TL Chess Match - Page 27

17. ... dxc5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Qxc5 Rxc5 20. Bb2 Rd8 and we look fantastic.

on 20. Ba3 we have 20...Rc2 followed by ...Nc4 which is crushing. In any case, we still need to win a pawn up endgame, but with a knight on c6 AND c5, we can put a whole lot of pressure on the a-pawn.

Took me a good 5 minutes to see that this was completely crushing but it really is. I mean, what else could white even do here.

I'm no expert, but throwing my thought of line out there, havent followed this game that closely, but out of what I see, white cannot do much. Trying to spice it up abit, we will lose one or two pesants on this, but it might be worth it. We will gain alot ground. He can do Exd5, we Qxd5. We can follow up by using moving our Kf4 opening up for a huge pressure on a fork of e3 and even more pressure on the king. Even the fact that his queen isnt protected, we can open up alot of pressure by letting that pestant stay as it is, because it can do no harm in its current state. If we move our queen to a more aggresive position, we can use the pesant to our advantage later as a move to gain ground for our rooks. anyone get my thougt?

unless you're kasparov. or karpov. or korchnoi, topalov, capablanca, botvinnik or even better, Mamedyarov! +1 point for recalling the game I have in mind :D

can anyone please tell me why dxc5 and not bxc5?? i'm just following conventional wisdom that says you should capture towards the center when using pawns.