Panov-Botvinnik: 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4
White attacks d5 with c4 and usually ends up with an isolated d-pawn (IQP). Play …Nf6, …e6, …Be7 and castle. When White takes on d5, recapture with the knight and keep a piece on d5 - the blockade. Then trade pieces and attack d4. If White closes the position with c5, undermine the chain with …b6 and …a5.
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- Lesson 111 of 132
Picking up where you left off.
Four lines, two of them core:
- 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd3 Nc6: blockade and pressure (core)
- 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 O-O: knight to d5 (core)
- 7.c5: undermine with …b6 and …a5 (important)
- 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nf3 O-O (deeper)
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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