Vulture (chess)
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The “vulture” after 3.… Nf6 – e4
The vulture is an opening of the game of chess . It is one of the closed games and is classified in the ECO codes under the key A56.
Each of its main variants begins with the trains:
1. d2-d4 c7-c5 2. d4-d5 Ng8-f6 3. c2-c4 Nf6-e4
The name was introduced by the German opening theorist FIDE master Stefan Bücker , who published a book about this system.
The same position could arise by changing moves after 1. d2 – d4 Ng8 – f6 2. c2 – c4 c7 – c5 3. d4 – d5 Nf6 – e4. But Bücker recommends immediate c7 – c5 ( Benoni defense ) in order to avoid variants of the English opening (White can also move 3. Ng1 – f3 instead of 3. d4 – d5).
The opening has rarely been played in tournament games. According to Chessgames statistics , Black's move 3.… Nf6 – e4 does a little worse than most other moves (the most important are 3.… b7 – b5 and 3.… e7 – e6), although the rate of Black victories is on is highest, but White also has a significantly higher percentage of wins - only a few games end in a draw .
Opening ideas
The main idea of this unusual move - Black moves an already developed piece a second time without need - is shown in the main line after 4. Qd1 – c2 , which Bücker himself states as “perhaps the best” continuation. Black continues with 4.… Qd8 – a5 + and wants to force the white knight to d2 with this check, possible variations:
- Indiskutabel is 5. L c1-d2 , after which the black with Se4xd2 the bishop pair secures and together with the with g7-g6 Läuferfianchetto Bf8-g7 ensures the long, black-squared diagonal.
- After 5. Nb1 – c3 Bücker recommends:
- 5.… Ne4xc3 6. Bc1 – d2 e7 – e5 7. Bd2xc3 Q5 – c7, according to which an improved Benoni position has been achieved for Black because a pair of knights has been exchanged: Due to Black's cramped position in the normal Benoni defense, they hinder each other Jumpers often against each other.
- 5. Nb1 – d2 Ne4 – d6 The knight moves a third time, from d6 he supports an approach on the queenside using a7 – a6 and b7 – b5, similar to the Volga Gambit , but without a pawn sacrifice . The white knight on d2 is unfavorable and currently locks the bishop on c1. On the other hand, the Nd6 hinders the development of the black queenside.
swell
- ↑ Quoted from "New In Chess" 1-2 1985, p. 54.
literature
- Stefan Bücker: The Vulture: a hyper-modern defense concept against 1. d4. Franckh, Stuttgart 1986, ISBN 3-440-05603-1 .
See also
- Habichd , another unusual opening system from Bücker.