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pre> --------------------------------------- 8 | #R | | #B | #Q | | #R | #K | | |---------------------------------------| 7 | #P | #P | | | | #P | #P | #P | |---------------------------------------| 6 | | | #Kt| #B | #P | #Kt| | | |---------------------------------------| 5 | | | | #P | | | | | |---------------------------------------| 4 | | | | ^P | | | | | |---------------------------------------| 3 | | ^P | | ^B | | ^Kt| | | |---------------------------------------| 2 | ^P | ^B | ^P | ^Kt| | ^P | ^P | ^P | |---------------------------------------| 1 | ^R | | | ^Q | ^K | | | ^R | --------------------------------------- A B C D E F G H
Diag. 41
White can now settle his Knight at K5, and initiate a violent King's side attack after castling, by P-KB4, Q-B3, which could be continued with P-KKt4, K-R1, R-KKt1, and so on. Once the position in Diagram 41 has been reached, Black's resources against the dangerous onslaught of the White forces are scanty. Yet he can retaliate, not by making the simplest and most obvious developing moves, as mentioned before, but in the following way:
If White plays 5. P-QKt3 before castling, Black exchanges pawns and checks with the Queen. Now White has the disagreeable choice between B-Q2 and P-B3. The former must be bad, being contrary to the plan of development as intended by P-QKt3. The latter blocks the very diagonal on which the Bishop was meant to operate. White can open up the diagonal by playing P-QB4 after castling, nor would it really imply the loss of a move to have played the BP twice, since Black must move his Queen again from R4, where she has no future. But in any case there remains the disadvantage that White was forced to play the BP
