The Mikenas Attack in The English Opening
The Mikenas Attack in The English Opening
The Mikenas Attack in The English Opening
English Opening
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safe squares for the knight to retreat to. )(3... Nc6IF Black
plays ...Nc6 4. Nf3White needs to develop his kingside
knight to defend the pawn push to e5 4... d5Black's best
move )
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As you'll see in the following games, White trades
his c-pawn for Black's center d-pawn, advances his
e-pawn to e5 then supports the pawn center with
d4.
Opening.
3... d5Wesley attacks in the center
4. cd5He captures Black's center pawn with a flank
pawn.
4... ed55. e5To make way for the e5 pawn push
5... Ne46. d4Giving White two central pawns.
6... Nc67. Bb5Be78. Nge2O-O9. O-OBf510. Be3Na51
1. Ne4Be412. Ng3a613. Bd3Bd314. Qd3Nc4Wesley is
finally able to put his knight in the center
15. Bc1f6Attempts to break open the center
16. b3Counter attacks
16... Nb6Retreats
17. e6Nakamura gains control of the f7 and d7 squares.
17... Qd6The queen attacks the pawn
18. Re1Hikaru defends
18... g6Wesley wants to prevent the knight from
attacking his queen with Nf5, but moving the pawns in
front of the king weakens his defenses.
19. Bh6BAM! Nakamura takes advantage of the
weakened dark squares.
19... Rfe820. f4Moves the pawn forward to PRY open
the kingside pawns.
20... Kh821. f5g5Wesley avoids exchanging pawns but
creates even more holes around his king.
22. Nh5POW! Taking advantage of the opening and the
knight clears the 3rd rank for the queen to slide over.
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What we learned from Nakamura's game:
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What we learned from Giri's game: