Quote:
Originally Posted by bigpooch
I think 11. d5 was a mistake. Better, IMHO was 11. h4.
In the given position, Black's plan is to play ...f5, so moving the Nf3 is in
order and d3 is a good square for it, eyeing f4 and preparing an eventual a4,
so 12. Ne1 with the idea of Nd3 and answering ...f5 with f3.
I'd just go 12. h4 anyway. I'm not quite sure why you want to switch to a4 just because white played 11. d5. h4 still looks like the right plan to me. The line might go 11. h4 g4 12. Nh2 h5 13. f3 and we'll be able to open lines on the kingside. This is the exact same plan as you see vs black's queenside in the sveshnikov with a4.
ATrebek - I feel like you just developed all your pieces centrally and then weren't quite sure what to do. Vs these weird, passive, non-developing openings, you need to start planning for a way to break through (probably in the center) early on. If you allow your opponent to lock the center, a lot of your advantage from superior development goes away. Since black can meet either of your central thrusts, e5 or d5, by the other (e5 or d5) locking up the center you should really consider playing either f4 or c4 before you develop either your king's or queen's knight. For example, if you had gone 3. Nc3 4. f4 5. Nf3/Be3, etc then you would have a guaranteed breakthrough. You could either play d5 or f5 and your opponent couldn't lock the center. Even e5 followed by f5 may be possible.
Sorry if none of that made sense, I'm sleepy.