Moscow variant

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The basic position of the Moscow Variation after 5.… h7 – h6

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The Moscow variant is an opening in the game of chess , which is part of the Queen's Gambit and therefore belongs to the closed games . In the opening system of the ECO codes , it is classified under the key D43.

The Moscow variant develops from the semi-Slavic defense and arises, for example, after the moves ( see also : chess notation ):

1. d2-d4 d7-d5
2. c2-c4 e7-e6
3. Nb1-c3 Ng8-f6
4. Ng1-f3 c7-c6
5. Lc1-g5 h7-h6

history

In several games of the Moscow International Tournament of 1925, the variant 1. d2 – d4 d7 – d5 2. c2 – c4 e7 – e6 3. Ng1 – f3 Ng8 – f6 4. Bc1 – g5 h7 – h6 appeared (with move changes) . Only this sequence of trains was therefore referred to as the Moscow variant for decades . In the game Emanuel Lasker - Rudolf Spielmann , 1925, it was followed by 5. Bg5xf6 Qd8xf6 6. Nb1 – c3 c7 – c6 , after which the position of the Moscow Variation that is common today emerged.

Modern interpretation

Nowadays, however, the semi-Slavic move order usually applies 1. d2 – d4 d7 – d5 2. c2 – c4 e7 – e6 3. Nb1 – c3 Ng8 – f6 4. Ng1 – f3 c7 – c6 5. Bc1 – g5 h7 – h6 as the starting point Opening.

  • After 6. Bg5xf6 Qd8xf6 the actual Moscow variant emerges .
  • The retreat 6. Bg5 – h4 leads to the so-called anti-Moscow variant and typically a pawn sacrifice after 6.… d5xc4 7. e2 – e4 g7 – g5 8. Bh4 – g3 b7 – b5. At the Corus chess tournament in 2008 Wesselin Topalov sacrificed after 9. Bf1 – e2 Bc8 – b7 10. 0–0 Nb8 – d7 11. Nf3 – e5 Bf8 – g7 against Vladimir Kramnik even with 12. Ne5xf7 !? surprising his knight. This moment was pictured on January 24, 2008 on the front page of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://netzwertig.com/2008/01/24/so- geht-geist /

literature

  • Mark Taimanow : Queen's Gambit to Dutch . Sports publishing house, Berlin 1970.
  • Rolf Schwarz: The classic ladies' gambit 3 . Verlag Das Schach-Archiv, Hamburg 1972.
  • Alexey Dreev : The Moscow & Anti Moscow Variations . Chess Stars, 2010.