Keres Defense
The Keres Defense , also known as the Baltic Defense , is an opening of the game of chess and a variant of the Queen's Gambit Rejected .
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Position after 2.… Bc8 – f5
The Keres Defense is one of the Closed Games , the ECO code is D06. It is named after Paul Keres , although it was played by Edward Lasker as early as 1913 . The Keres Defense begins with the moves
- 1. d2-d4 d7-d5
- 2. c2-c4 Lc8-f5
In this way, Black avoids the usual incarceration of the white-squared bishop in the Queen's Gambit rejected. Black's idea is to play after 3. c4xd5 Bf5xb1 in order to be able to take back with the queen on d5 without her being attacked immediately.
After 2.… Bc8 – f5, 3. Ng1 – f3 or 3. Nb1 – c3 are most often played, whereby these variants often only mean a change of move after the usual answer 3.… e7 – e6.
This opening requires intensive theoretical knowledge, because White can play for an immediate pawn win with 3. Qd1 – b3. The best answer to this is the sharp 3.… e7 – e5!?, According to which each of the three possible pawn wins for White leads to sharp play with chances for both sides.
literature
- Andrew Soltis : Baltic Defense to the Queen's Gambit . Chess Digest, 1993, ISBN 0-87568-228-6 .