Hello everyone
I would like to cover the topic of the use of the g-pawn in modern opening theory and how it ties in with another topic not discussed by many books: the danger of certain openings for black where the pieces are in the way of a tsunami of pawns.
We will start with Dautov v Lputian Istanbul 2000 Olympiad
1.d4d5 2.c4e6 3.Nc3Be7 4.cd5cd5 5.Bf4c6 6.e3Bf5 7.g4!? GMs never talk about this a lot but the
paradox of developing the black bishops out to active squares involves them being later chased by pawns which gain both time and space.
7...Be6 8.h4c5 here Lputian goes for the standard procedure. He hits out at the centre in response to a flank attack. In another game he tried 8...Nf6 9.g5Ne4 10.Bd3Qa5 11.Kf1Nc3 12.bc3Nd7 13.Ne20-0-0 14.a4h6 15.ghgh6 -Georgiev v Lputian 8....Bh4 9.Qb3b6 10.Nf3Be7 11.Ne5Nf6 12.g5Nfd7 13.g6!
would be nice for white.
9.Be5! At the time this was new. The idea is to provoke ...f6 and thereby protect h4. 9....Bf6
10.Bb8 White takes away a crucial counter attacking piece.Over the board its not easy to meet this sequence. If one plays the g4 advance one is burning bridges with such a commitment.It means that the King position requires some deep thought.Rb8 11.g5Be7 12.Bg2h6 13.Nge2hg5 14.hg5Rh1 15.Bh1Bg5 16.Qa4Kf8 (16...b5?17.Qa7b4 18.Nd5 winning) 17.dc5Ne7 18.Qa7Nc6 19.Qb6Qf6 20.Qc7Rc8 21.Qh2 Its remarkable how the queen finds so much work in this game....Nb4 22.Rd1Kg8 23.a3Nc2 24.Kd2Nd4 25.Nd4Qd4 26.Ke1Qc5
27.Bd5Qb6 28.Be6Qe6 29.Qg2Bf6 30.Qb7Bc3 31.bc3Rc3 32.Qb8Kh7 33.Qh2Qh6 34.Qh6gh6 and now Dautov shows his technique. 35.Ra1h5 36.a4Rc6 37.a5Ra6 38.Kf1Kg6 39.Kg2Kg5 40.Kh3f6 41.f4Kg6
42.e4 1-0 So what can we take from such a game?
1) Its important as black not to naively place pieces on pseudo active squares when they can be chased back.
2)If you play with g-pawns like this then you have to calculate the variations thoroughly beforehand and work out the follow up.
3)Playing such moves involves an understanding of momentum in chess.
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