Chasing bishops in the opening Part Two-The Trompovsky

Hello Chess lovers,
In this part, I will explore one opening which has proven to be rich and fertile for imaginative players
who wish to pose opponents and themselves with new challenges. The exotic school of chess includes
Julian Hodgson, Luke McShane,Igor Miladinovic and Stefanova as well as Chernyshov and Moskalenko.

 Today we will look at one of McShane's games and see how he grabs space boardwide
while chasing a bishop.

McShane v Jansa Bundesliga 2003

1.d4Nf6 2.Bg5Ne4 3.Bf4d5 4.e3Bf5 5.f3Nf6 6.c4e6 Black is trying to be as solid as possible and get the
pieces out.White realises that the black pieces are in the way of a tsunami of pawns. So he grabs space all over.It should be noted that all the great GMs grabbed space.
7.Qb3b6 8.Nc3c6 9.g4Bg6 10.h4h5 11.g5Ng8
Now we can assess what has been achived by this. Black has played his king knight to f6,e4,f6,g8 in the first 11 moves.The black bishop went from c8 to f5 and then to g6. So two black pieces moved a total of 6 moves within the first 11 moves.Incredibly the rest are pawn moves.White is poised to castle, and has moved out his queen,c1 bishop and knight to c3.

12.cd5ed5 13.e4 grabbing more space and denying f5 to black. 13...Bd6 14.Nh4Nge7 15.0-0-0 0-0
finally black has made some progress but only as far as getting the pieces out his concerned. Mcshane continues to engage in what I like to call square-denial.

16.Bd3a5 17.Rhe1Na6 18.a3 Square denial. The great Karpov always insisted on removing active possibilities from the opposition.
18...b5 19.ed5b4 20.Bd6Qd6 21.Ne4Be4 22.fe4 and a great transformation has occurred.White has centralised rooks and a highly mobile centre.
22...a4 Black is worried about being squeezed in the centre so he tries to be active.
23.e5! Mcshane comes up with the equal or stronger threat following the great Fischer who was a master at that. 23...ab3 24.ed6 and black is not out of the woods. White has an e-file and an entry point on e7.
24...Nd5 25.a4g6 26.Nf2 with the idea of Ne4. 26...Nb8 27.Bc4Ra4 28.Bb3Ra5 29.Kd2! The amazing aspect of this game is how simple the following moves are. 29...Nd7 30.Ra1Ra1 31.Ra1 in 4 simple moves,
white has improved his position tremendously. Every piece is active and poised for action.
31...f6 -Almost inevitable. Black has had enough of passive defense and whats to activate something-anything! 32.Ne4fg5 33.Ng5Rf6 34.Ra8Kg7 35.Ra7Rd6 36.Ne4 1-0 And there is a simple ending. Black will lose a piece.
The deeper point of showing this game is that the chasing of the bishop led to more squares being denied to black.This is what can happen when pieces are in the way of the pawns.I hope this part will be of value and inspire you.