tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972861663416917172.post33999540628273395..comments2023-08-02T07:35:14.650+01:00Comments on 200 Open Games: 064. The Box of PawnsJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17147186679298442560noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972861663416917172.post-49967724262253386592021-07-03T10:01:07.346+01:002021-07-03T10:01:07.346+01:00Hi Ian :)
Well, I suppose “cube” and “box” are mu...Hi Ian :)<br /><br />Well, I suppose “cube” and “box” are much the same. But I prefer <em>box</em>. The box of pawns sounds more potent and arcane.<br /><br />From my own experience, it most often arises as b7/c7/c6/b6. A database search brings up a lot of ...Bc5 Scotch and Spanish (without ...a7-a6).<br /><br />Ah, the Concealed From (as Stefan Bücker called it). I've always done well with that; e.g. 1 f4 e5 2 fxe5 Nc6 3 Nf3 g5 4 d4 g4 5 d5? gxf3 6 dxc6 Qh4+ 7 g3 Qe4 8 Nd2? f2+ 9 Kxf2 Bc5+ 10 Ke1 Qxh1 11 Nf3 dxc6 12 Bg5 Bh3 0-1 N.Moss-J.Tait Nottingham 1992.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17147186679298442560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972861663416917172.post-39729622564444565512021-06-28T17:48:43.078+01:002021-06-28T17:48:43.078+01:00Eric Rosen calls this a "pawn cube", and...Eric Rosen calls this a "pawn cube", and sometimes gets it via the Stafford Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Nc6 4.Nxc6 dxc6), where if Black plays ...Bc5-b6, Bxb6 and ...axb6 gives Black pawns on b6, c6, b7 and c7. I'm sure I saw one of these in a line of the From's Gambit (I think it was the sideline 1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 Nc6, where presumably White plays e4, d4, c4, and meets ...d5 with cxd5).Ian Simpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12934766627374308248noreply@blogger.com