Chess Wholegame
Black's counter-attack after sacrificing pieces
The Semi Slav is an extremely solid system for Black. In this case, Black is tring to break the centre to find out a way to counter-attack White's kingside attack.
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Sharp attack and counter-attack in sicilian defence closed variation
The Sicilian is the most popular and best-scoring response to White's first move 1.e4. Opening 1.d4 is a statistically more successful opening for White because of the high success rate of the Sicilian defence against 1.e4. And the Closed Sicilian accommodates more space for White on the Queenside and Black on the Kingside. Black also fianchettos the dark square Bishop by placing it to g7 after White plays Bg2. This Bishop is a great defender for the Black King. White delays f4 in this line, while Black takes advantage of the delayed f4 by controlling the center. Black may even try to take central control by playing d6 or e5 on the third move. Here, White must support the e4 pawn by playing d3.
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