Goshen the Terrible

Originally posted by Goshen
If I play you I'm sure I'll rip you apart. This was just a momentary lapse.

I've beaten players who are a lot better than you. But then again, I've lost to players who are a lot worse. Our ratings aren't that far apart, try not to be so defensive.

Originally posted by SwissGambit
Not possible.

Oops true woops how embarassing.
I guess my rating is semi low for a reason.

Originally posted by Goshen
thanks Paul but how does an IQP further an attack? White just has to put a piece right in front of it and render it null, void and immobile.

[Event "Rubinstein mem"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stoica, Valentin"]
[Black "Flis, Jacek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1983.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "ChessBase"][SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 b6 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Qd3 Re8 14. d5 exd5 15. Bg5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 g6 18. Qh4 Qc7 19. Bb3 h5 20. Qe4 Kg7 21.
Bxf7 Kxf7 22. Bh6 Qd7 23. Qc4+ Kf6 24. Qc3+ Nd4 25. Nxd4 Kf7 26. Nf3 Bf8 27. Bxf8 1-0

Hi- I tried to add this game as a pgn, but my competence has found its limit. The above game is a game from GM Emms "Simple Chess", which he offers as an example of the type of attacking game that comes from an IQP position.

The idea of placing a blockading piece in front of the IQP is certainly the most significant plan to combat it, but it is not as simple as it sounds, and that is why there are several successful openings that allow IQPs- because there is compensation, and the game still has to be played.

I don't want to overgeneralize, but I think the two major positives from IQPs are that they usually involve a development advantage for the side with the IQP, and if the other side does not have the time or ability to blockade it, it also becomes a weapon to break open a position for the owner, to help exploit the development advantage.

I think another way to look at it might be to see it as a dynamic advantage but a static weakness, and the subsequent course of the game determines which one of those factors is the more important one. I hope this helps.

Paul