Don't Be Sweet: Play the Tartakower! | Chess Openings Explained
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- Nick Risko teaches all about the Tartakower Defense from the Queen's Gambit Declined.
2021.06.28
D55 Queen's Gambit Declined, Petrosian variation
D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) system
D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower variation
Hey Nick, thanks for taking the time to go through the Tartakower.
I must say as a 37y/o it left me wondering if my preferred methods of learning are outdated.
Your explanations came across as reading the latest games from bulk IMs in a database. When I think about the Tartakower my first thought is that it’s a great vehicle for teaching pawn structures (IQP, Hanging pawns, light square weaknesses, pawn chains and even minority attack) and piece play (which files for rooks, slowly opening for the bishop pair, finding a square for a queen). It would be nice to explain what each side is trying to achieve from the opening (Bc8 vs Bb7, pawn breaks, dynamic piece play for structure) and maybe showing a middle game transition to the endgame from a known player (Karpov or Spassky come to mind). That’ll help people when their opp leaves the book. Another way to explain the opening could perhaps be from the white side with an aggressive or provocative approach (as there are many drawish lines).
It’s such a long standing opening even going over Fisher v Spassky ‘72 and the related anecdotes would inspire people to play the opening more, for both sides.
I wish you all the best in your future videos, but I found this to not be the most productive hour on chess.
I don't think your methods of learning are outdated. The database approach shown in this video is more a method of last resort, when don't have better information. There are several instances which show the Author's knowledge of the opening isn't that deep. For example preferring Ne4xBg3 to Short's Qc8, and also not knowing the reason benefict of Ra-d1 compared to more standard Rf-d1 (For the last I think it was good that he was honest enough to admit this). More deeper information can be found by reading Sokolov's "Winning Chess Middlegames", and other GM annotations.
There was a question about whether king side attacks were possible in the Tartakower. Well, I would say that you would probabably never see that happening in master games say above 2200, but it can defintely happen at lower club levels like 1500 or as myself 1900. Let's imagine that a kinght came to e5, White playeed f4 and black responded with f5. Then perhaps an attack with g4 would be justified given that White has full control over the center and is ahead in development. So if Black makes big mistakes - mistakes typically seen in club level it is absolutely possible. although not typical.
Thanks for an excellent introduction to the Tartakower variation Nick. I used to play it on the recommendation of an American master Hall but switched to the Nimzo/Bogo-Indian systems after studying Taimanov's games for a couple of years (I scored around 80% with Taimanov's Black repertoire for a few years after this deep dive, having achieved approximately the same percentage for White for a few years based on Keene's d4 low-maintenance repertoire in the late 90's). Unfortunately the fact that almost all the Queen's Gambit player's in my hometown of Melbourne, Australia, play the exchange variation, or even more fearfully the Catalan system, both of which are easier to play for White, and hard to play for a win against lower rated opponents, put me off the QGD. PS It's funny to hear a Slav pronouncing Tartakower with an English w! i imagine you do this as a concession to US audiences, but in Australia, we try to pronounce the names of chess masters correctly.
Strange. With white I played d4, then knight to f3, then queen to d3 and it was still called tarkatower.
45:55 why doesn't black play Ba6 instead of Bb7?
Any other resources u recommend to learn the Tartakower variation.
Thanks
why are you teaching people the tartakower before the queen's gambit