Advance Variation: 3.e5 Bf5
White grabs space with 3.e5. You answer with the same plan every time: bishop out to f5, then …e6, and attack the base of the pawn chain with …c5, …Nc6 and …Qb6. Watch for White's pawn hunts against the bishop (g4, h4-h5) and meet them with …Bg6 and …h6, or …h5.
- 15 min
- 1 step
- Lesson 108 of 132
Picking up where you left off.
Eight lines, three of them core:
- Short Variation: 5.Be2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.c3 Qb6 (core)
- Short Variation: 6.Be3 Nd7 (important)
- Short Variation: 6.dxc5 Bxc5 (important)
- 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.h4 h6 (core)
- 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3 Nc6 (deeper)
- 4.Bd3 Bxd3: trade and take f5 for your knight (core)
- 4.h4 h5 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 Nd7 (important)
- 4.c3 e6 5.Be2 c5: back to the Short Variation (important)
Learn takes up to five new lines at a time, core lines first. When the chapter is learned, practise it from memory.
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