Where to put your pieces Part 5 - Krivoshey v Andersson, 2004

Daniel King analyses the game Krivoshey v Andersson from 2004.
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[@huddunlap3999]

This is what I needed to see when I still played the Dragon

[@MrBanko8]

I sat down to eat and saw that you just uploaded! Win for me! Thanks for the great content as always, GM King!

[@damakuc]

If you like Ulf Andresson's games, I highly recommend to check out "Grandmaster Chess Strategy" by Kaufeld&Kern, which includes this game as well.

[@PowerPlayChess]

I have the book and I recommend it too!

[@blairschirmerx1711]

I admire players who can handle this and Scheveningen-type pawn structures for Black. As regards ostensibly equal or += openings those seem like the most difficult for Black to play (well, that and Benoni positions).

[@astritbardhi3469]

Great!

[@blairschirmerx1711]

Yup. As best as I can follow the piece placement aspect of things, Andersson first exchanges on d4, removing white's most advanced minor piece while giving Black more room to maneuver, clearing for example c6 for his QB should he need that square. Later we see Black voluntarily exchanging dark-squared bishops, weakening his King's position but doing so at a time most fortuitous for him. Probably not coincidentally that _also_ removes White's most active minor piece from the board. And that exchange also lets Andersson get his QR into the game via c8-c5-e5 (where it serves as both a defending and attacking piece that does not have quite the equal among white's pieces), and creates possibilities on the g-file that might otherwise be unavailable. He must have seen that while the exchange of dark-squared bishops can be dangerous for black, it was white's king that would turn out to be at least as vulnerable as black's and that exchanging off dark-squared bishops would help black expose the white king's weak cover. Anyway, the hardest thing for me to do in most games is see the overall narrative of the play. I usually just stumble from tactic to tactic like a drunk on a tightrope. Great series, Daniel!!

[@BadHabitMarco]

While this is a very instructive and interesting game, I don't see the connection with "where to put your pieces." Of course, there were some minor examples of this, but there would be in any game - since people tend to move pieces to squares. Good stuff, Daniel - I just missed the relation to your topic.

[@PowerPlayChess]

Beauty, and manoeuvres, are in the eye of the beholder.

[@dordiwesterlund2528]

I also find this a bad example. Playing the rook to c5 and e5 is nice, but this is Andersson well over his peak playing a much weaker opponent. He could very well have lost. Much better examples can be cited.

[@reddevilkev]

I don't like this example . Why play the bishop to e6 when it belongs to c6 anyway. Be6 is dubious to say the least and wasting time as it eventually drops back to go to c6 in the end. The possible line that you showed which Korchnoi played is the perfect answer and Ulf was lucky that his opponent played more prudent

[@femioyekan8184]

If the bishop had gone to c6 immediately, white could have responded by playing a structure with f3, blunting the bishop and securing e4. It's not as simple as it seems.

[@reddevilkev]

f3 happens most of the time in that line you mentioned it is well known theory

[@PowerPlayChess]

My database shows that ...Be6 has been played over 800 times by some very strong players. I wouldn't dismiss it so quickly. This game shows that knowing exactly when, and which pawns, to advance on the kingside is not simple. Yes, the bishop dropped back to d7 - but only after the advance of the f-pawn which led to a weakening of the e-pawn. When White advances pawns in front of his king he takes on a great responsibility, the stakes are raised. As for Korchnoi's recipe, it would have been interesting to see how a stronger player met it.

[@reddevilkev]

PowerPlayChess you have a point but for me personally I don't like cramped positions maybe that's why.

[@zxb995511]

I feel that white played far too many sub-optimal moves to demonstrate anything meaningful.