Positional advantage

[Nordlandia]

Stockfish evaluation: +0.80

[d]rr4k1/3b1ppp/2p2n2/p1Np4/8/3B1P2/PPPK2PP/4R2R w - - 0 0

Candidate moves ->

19. Re7

19. g4

19. b3

Lichess analysis ->

https://nb.lichess.org/LfpW4SZD#36

[Nordlandia]

Stockfish evaluation -0.90

[d]rn1q1rk1/5pbp/3pp1p1/1QpP2P1/4P3/2P2N2/P2B1P1P/R3K2R w KQ - 0 17

[Nordlandia]

Position 1 ->

Stockfish evaluation: +0.70

[d]r1r3k1/1b1p1ppp/pB2pn2/P3q3/1p2P3/3BQ3/1PP2PPP/R4RK1 b - - 0 19

Position 2 ->

Stockfish evaluation: +0.75

[d]r1r3k1/1b1p1ppp/pB2pn2/P3q3/1p2P3/3B4/1PP1QPPP/1R3RK1 b - - 0 19

[Nordlandia]

Evaluation: +0.75

[d]4r1k1/p4ppp/1p3n2/1Pb1n3/8/1N4P1/PB3PBP/3R2K1 b - - 0 2

Evaluation: +0.70

[d]3r2k1/p4ppp/1p1b1n2/1P2n3/8/1N4P1/PB3PBP/2R3K1 w - - 0 3

[Nordlandia]

This caro-kann variant yields black an edge ->

Code: Select all

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Bh7 9. Nxh5 Nc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg2 Kf8 *

Evaluation -0.65

[d]r2q1knr/pp3ppb/2n1p3/2bpP2N/6PP/2N5/PPP2PB1/R1BQK2R w KQ - 0 12

[Nordlandia]

Evaluation: +0.80

[d]1nb4r/1p3pp1/4k2p/1p1NP3/r4B2/1P6/5PPP/3R1RK1 b - - 0 20

[Nordlandia]

Evaluation -0.90

[d]1r1r1bb1/6pk/p2q3p/1p2p3/4p1B1/P1P1N2Q/1P4PP/1KR2R2 w - - 0 2

Evaluation: -0.55

[d]2rr2k1/1bq1bpp1/p2p1n1p/1p2pP2/4P3/PNNQ4/1PP2BPP/1K1RR3 w - - 0 19

[Nordlandia]

Black finds himself a pawn up, but completely unable to develop his kingside.

Evaluation: +1.10

[d]r4b1r/pp1kp1p1/2p1pnQp/1q6/7P/6N1/PPP2PP1/R1B3KR w - - 0 17

[Nordlandia]

French Defence - A modern tabia in the Tarrasch Variation.

[d]r1b2k1r/1pq2ppp/p3pn2/5N2/8/1B6/PPP2PPb/R1BQR2K w - - 0 15

[pgn]1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1
Kf8 (14... O-O) *[/pgn]

[Nordlandia]

A Poisoned Pawn in the Caro-Kann

Despite being a pawn down, white is ahead +1.00 due to better development.

[pgn][Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "New game"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "18"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 Qb6 5. Bd3 Qxd4 6. Nf3 Qg4 7. h3 Qh5 8. O-O
Bxd3 9. cxd3 e6 *

[/pgn]

[d]rn2kbnr/pp3ppp/2p1p3/3pP2q/8/2NP1N1P/PP3PP1/R1BQ1RK1 w kq - 0 10