Black knights tango chess
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Thus he might opt for the immediate exchange with 5 cxd5 - see Lukacs - Blatny, Austrian Team Championship 1997.
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None of the leading Tango exponents, except for Vlassov, has stuck with 4.d5, but is it so bad?ġ) 5.Be7, treating the position as a QGD - see Moore - Bareham, Exmouth 2003.Ģ) 5.g6, the Grünfeld-style option is seen in Lorscheid - Berescu, Triesen, 2004.ģ) 5.dxc4, exchanging central control for the bishop pair in Najer - Vlassov, Internet 2004, where we'll also cover 5.a6, Yermolinsky's choice against Kasparov back in 1998.ĥ Nc3 is White's main move, but if he wishes to exploit the inclusion of a3 then an exchange on d5 and the minority attack is a logical try. When Orlov's excellent book came out in 1998 this was still seen as much as 4.d6, but it has now been largely superseded. That's where attention was focused in my new book, Tango! A Dynamic Answer to 1 d4, but I've already received some questions about the older 4.d5: The 4 a3 d5 Tango: still a playable option?ġ d4 Nf6 2 c4 Nc6 3 Nf3 e6 4 a3 remains a critical test of the Tango, but Black appears to be holding his own with 4.d6 5 Nc3 g6 the choice of Bologan and Nakamura. This move is rare and not particularly strong.Īlong with the Nc3 and h4 lines, 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 Nc6 3 Nf3 e6 4 a3!? is White's most critical response to the Tango:Ĥ.d5 isn't an especially appealing Queen's Gambit, and so these days Black usually prefers a King's Indian set-up, albeit with an important twist: 4.d6!. We start off with the game Palo - Nakamura, Copenhagen/Malmö 2005: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 Nc6 3 Nf3 (surprised by the Tango, White often responds with this, steering the game back towards more usual queen's pawn positions) 3.e6 4 Bf4: Remember, if you have any opinions, ideas or questions, please either make yourself heard at the Forum (the link above on the right) or subscribers can email me at PGN of May '05 Nimzo and Benoni games