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Attack Chess: Diagonal Attack vs. castling Part 1

When it comes to attack the castle, the diagonals are very important lines. The action of a bishop or queen for a diagonal open, where you can attack a vital point in the enemy position, can have a decisive influence on the development of the game. In this article we look at the problems related to this topic and some very instructive on how to develop the attack. The great long diagonal (a1-h8 or in the case of a8-h1 black) is perhaps the most important because it leads directly into the opponent's kingside castling. The placement of a bishop on b2 or b7 fianchetto in, where is sheltered from attack by opponent's pieces, can greatly help to create threats to the castle, as discussed in the following example:

Bellon, J - Pfleger, H Olot, 1972 1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Bb5 e6 6.Ne5 Qc7 7.00 Bd6 8.f4 00 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Rf3 Nd7 Although Black want to change the annoying white knight, this maneuver away an important advocate of castling 11.Rh3 Here Black tried to prevent Qh5 con 11...g6? [Was better 11...f6 ]

This was followed by the surprising 12.Qh5! And the queen can not be taken because if 12...gxh5 sigue 13.Rg1+ Kh8 14.Nxf7 mate. The black one has an answer 12...Nf6 [And now White won with 13.Ng4. This was demonstrated two years later in a game, Plachetka,J - Zinn,L Decin, 1974 where black again fall into the same position and continued 13.Ng4! gxh5 [13...Nxh5 14.Nh6#] 14.Nxf6+ Kh8 (Si 14...Kg7 Black receiving matte after 15.Ne8+ Kh6 16.Bg7+ Kg6 17.Rg3+ Kf5 18.Rg5+ Ke4 19.Nc3#) 15.Rxh5 h6 16.Nxd5+ and Black left, since after 16.Nxd5+ Kh7 17.Nxc7 Bxc7 18.Rxc5 white get three pawns advantage.] 13.Qh6? [This move is weak because it gives Black time to close the diagonal 13...d4! White still remained clear advantage by taking on d4, but now played 14.Ng4 Nh5 15.Rxh5 f5! Black finally managed to save. 16.Rg5 fxg4 17.Na3 e5 18.Nc4 Bf5 19.Nxd6 Qxd6 20.e4 Bxe4 21.Rxe5 Rae8 22.d3 Bxg2 23.Rae1 [23.Kxg2 Rxe5 24.fxe5 Qd5+ 25.Kg1 g3! 26.hxg3 Qxe5 gives Black enough counter play.] 23...Rxe5 24.Rxe5 Bh3 25.Ba3 Rf6 26.Re8+ Kf7 27.Re4 Kg8 28.Bc1 Re6 29.f5 Rxe4 30.dxe4 d3 31.Bb2 Qf8 32.Qxf8+ Kxf8 33.cxd3 gxf5 34.Ba3 fxe4 35.Bxc5+ Kf7 36.dxe4 a6 37.Kf2 Ke6 38.Bd4 h5 39.a3 h4

We have seen that the struggle for this diagonal can decide the game, especially if the opponent does not have a bishop to defend it. This is the main subject of the following item:

Biyiasas, P - Sanchez, G Pasadena, U.S. OPEN, 1983 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.d3 g6 5.00 Bg7 6.e4 00 7.Nc3 [7.c3 is another possibility] 7...c5 8.Bd2 [8.Re1 was a move more useful.] 8...d5 9.e5 Ne8 10.Re1 Nc7 11.Ne2?! [This allows Black to take the initiative. White wants to continue but Black d4 anticipated.] 11...d4 12.Qc1 Nd7 13.Bh6 [Now Black can exploit the long diagonal by a sacrifice of quality. Something better was 13.Bf4 although White has an uncomfortable position.]

13...Bxf3! 14.Bxg7 [Si 14.Bxf3 follow 14...Nxe5 and since we accept the quality is not possible, the white pawn is left without the pawn.] 14...Bxg2! 15.Bxf8 Bb7 [The bishop returns to a

position where it dominates the diagonal. White already lost.] 16.Bh6 Nxe5 17.Kf1 Qd5 18.Ng1 Qg2+ 19.Ke2 Nf3 20.Qf4 [White intends to activate a little, even at the cost of returning material, but Black rightly prefer to keep the attack] 20...Ne6 21.Qg4 Nxh2 22.Qh4 Bf3+ 23.Nxf3 Qxf3+ 24.Kd2 Qxf2+ 25.Kd1 Qxe1+ [Now this immediately decide] 26.Kxe1 Nf3+ 27.Kf2 Nxh4 28.gxh4 f6 29.Re1 Kf7 Black has been with advantage of three pawns. 01

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