the mikenas attack in the english opening
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The Mikenas Attack in the
English Opening• Samantha212
• | Nov 11, 2015 at 10:02 PM
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!ello "hess #ans,
$he English Opening is a h%&ermodern a&&roahto ontroling the enter ith 1() laiming ontrolo* d5 *rom the +an( -t o*ten trans&oses intothe Reversed Sicilian Opening
hen Bla&la%s (((e5, giving .hite a tem&o /P or intotheCatalan a*ter g3, the Nimzo-Indian, Benoni,orQueen's Gambit a*ter d)(
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Named a*ter nglishman !oard Stanton in themid 100s, it asn't ntil the 1900s hen it as
emraed % 4rand Masters and reognied as asolid o&ening( Bo% #isher stnned the hessorld hen he deviated *rom his standard 1(e)o&ening to 1() in a .orld "ham&ionshi& mathagainst Boris S&ass% and on(
.hether %o rrentl% &la% the EnglishOpening or have een meaning to add it to %orre&ertoire, here's a variation that's een maing aresrgene sine !iar Naamra &la%ed itagainst .esl% So in the 2015 Millionaire "hess #inalin as 7egas, Nevada( -t's asall% non as TheMikenas Attack and o8iall% alled the Flohr -Mikenas - Carls Variation (A18!
$he rain hild o* the ollaorative eorts o* three&o&lar &la%ers o* their da%:Salo Flohr" leading "eh 4M in the 1920s and30s ho eame sh a national hero that hisname as sed to sell lr% &rodts at the time(
;Possil% h% the variation egins ith his name(
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Vladas Mikenas: ithanian -M ho learned to&la%ed hess in hess &arlors( !e as rerited toeome a hess tornament =ornalist e*ore he
=oined the tornament rit and made a name*or himsel* in hess histor%( ;Possil% h% thevariation is aetionatel% non a*ter him( > ? =ornalist old no ho to ee& his name in&rint(<
Carl #ohan Carls" 4erman -M ho ons&ired onthe theor% and &la%ed this nel% reated variationin a ham&ionshi& math *or the in in 192@(
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$t%s act&all' a Maroc' )ind in the English
Opening!
et's go ste& % ste& to nderstand the theor% andthe moves that mae & this atta in the nglishA&ening:
?*ter the rst 3 moves %o'll arrive at the *olloing&osition: 1. c4 Nf 2. Nc! e !. e4 ith 3(e) theeginning o* the dangeros Mienas ?tta( Blaill normall% have a di8lt time nless he noshat he's doing(
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.e've arrived at the Mora% Bind, hih B-NCS>/Pthe d5 sDare, maing it di8lt *or Bla to getonter&la% in the enter( et's ath somevariations o* Bla's hoies *or his 3rd move:"he #n$lish - %i&enas ttac& #lohrs>Mienas>"arls 7ariation
1. c4 $he nglish A&ening
1... Nf2. Nc!e!. e4 $he Mienas ?tta
!... d( $his is Bla's est move( -t reates onterattas *or Bla as o&&osed to his other hoies(
;3((( 5-* Bla &la%s (((5, the e) &an is
nontested( )( e5Psh the &an *orard( )((( Ng#oring
the night a to his original &osition( $here are no other
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sa*e sDares *or the night to retreat to( &an *or Bla's enter d>&an, advanes his
e>&an to e5 then s&&orts the &an enter ith
d)(
et's ath !iar Naamra se the Mienas?tta against .esle% So:)i&a*u Na&amu*a +s. esle SoMillionaire "hess #inal | as 7egas, Nevada | 2015 | "A:?1 | 1>0
1. c4Nf2. Nc!e!. e4Naamra has set into ation
the Mienas ?tta, a Maro% Bind in the nglish
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A&ening(
!... d(.esle% attas in the enter
4. cd(!e a&tres Bla's enter &an ith a +an
&an(
4... ed((. e( $o mae a% *or the e5 &an &sh
(... Ne4. d44iving .hite to entral &ans(
... Nc/. Bb(Be/0. N$e2-. -Bf(13. Be!Na(1
1. Ne4Be412. N$!a1!. Bd!Bd!14. Qd!Nc4.esle% is
nall% ale to &t his night in the enter
1(. Bc1f?ttem&ts to rea o&en the enter
1. b!"onter attas
1... NbJetreats
1/. eNaamra gains ontrol o* the *@ and d@ sDares(
1/... Qd $he Deen attas the &an
10. e1!iar de*ends
10... $.esle% ants to &revent the night *rom
attaing his Deen ith N*5, t moving the &ans in
*ront o* the ing eaens his de*enses(
1. BhB?MK Naamra taes advantage o* the
eaened dar sDares(
1... fe023. f4Moves the &an *orard to PJL o&en
the ingside &ans(23... 5h021. f($(.esle% avoids ehanging &ans t
reates even more holes arond his ing(
22. Nh(PA.K $aing advantage o* the o&ening and the
night lears the 3rd ran *or the Deen to slide over(
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22... $0Ce*ends the g>le
2!. h4?dds even more &ressre on the ingside &ans
2!... $424. f1Qd0.esle% rerotes his Deen to atta
the nde*ended night
2(. Qe2Qe02. Nf4Bd.esle% attas the night t
he old lose a e% dar sDare de*ender, hih old
enet .hite(
2/. ae1Naamra ignores the atta, &roal%
elomed it and instead strengthened his e>le ith a
rooDeen atter%(
2/... c20. e/Nc0Bla &ts a third attaer on the
&an( Notie ho that advaned e>&an has diverted
Bla's &iees aa% *rom arr%ing ot their on atta
and has &t them in the de*ensive &osition, hile .hite's
&iees are oordinating *or an atta(
2. QeBe/!3. h(Pshes the h>&an to s&&ort the
night's net move(
!3... b(!1. N$amiae night to rea o&en the
remaining &an de*enses
!1... h$!2. h$ $he &an a&tre los Bla's
ontrol o* the g>le leaving the g) &an hanging(
!2... a/!!. 5f2$!!4. 5f!$!(. f$Q$!. Qc05h/!/. h1.ith disovered hes soon to ome and the
Deen, isho& and roo oring in nison, Bla
resigned(
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EF
* GH ,(I*hat +e learned ,ro .aka&ra%s gae"
1(?*ter Bla attaed ith 3(((d5, !iar a&tred
the &an ith his +an >&an, then &shed the e>&an to atta the night *olloed % strengthing
his &an enter ith d)(
2(!e develo&ed his ingside isho& ith a &in on
N6 to rede enter onter &la%(
3($hen &shed the e>&an *rther & the oard to
ontrol more s&ae and diverting Bla's &iees*rom reating their on atta(
)(!e immediatel% too advantage o* !AS arond
the ingside ased % Bla &shing his &ans
*orard(
5(.ith his &iees oordinated he &shed the *>&an
then the h>&an to *rther rea o&en Bla's
ingside &an de*enses(
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?nish 4iri on a Di game against his o&&onent
in the 2015 .orld "& $ornament sing the
Mienas ?tta( et's ath:
nish Gi*i +s. adosla6 o7tasze& .orld "& | 2015 | "A: ?1 | 1>0
1. c4Nf2. Nc!e!. e4d(Jadosla also &shes the&an to (((d5, attaing the enter(
4. cd(4iri taes Bla's enter &an ith his +an &an
4... ed((. e( $hen &shes the &an *orard to atta(
(... Ne4. Nf!!is move order is slightl% dierent than
Naamra's, develo&ing the night rst e*ore &shing
the d>&an into the enter(... Bf(/. d4S&&orts the &an enter
/... Bb40. Bd2Bc!. Bc!-13. Be2Jadosla hasn't
develo&ed his night %et to allo the B5 &in( -nstead,
4iri develo&s it to e2 to allo his ing to astle(
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13... c(Bla onters .hite's &an enter(
11. dc(Nc!12. bc!Be41!. -Nd/14. Nd4Nc(1(. f!
B$1. Nb(4iri sings his night arond to entralie on
d6, made &ossile % his advaned e>&an(
1... e01/. f4S&&orts the e5 &an
1/... Be410. Nde/1. c4dc423. Bc44iri has to
&iees attaing *@( Bla has to de*enders on the
sDare(
23... Bc21. Qc2!e moves his Deen to tae advantage
o* the o&en diagonal
21... Ne $he night los the isho&'s vie o* *@(
22. ad1 $he roo re&laes the Deen to reate &ossile
tatis ith disovered attas on Bla's Deen(
22... QbShe moves aa% *rom the >ra% atta ith
he(
2!. 5h1$Jadosla &shes the g>&an to de*end the h@
sDare t it eaens the dar sDares arond the ing
and .hite's ingside &ans are rolling & the oard(
24. f(!ere the% ome, &loing their a% throgh
24... Nd4!e onters ith an atta on the Deen, to
a&tre the *>&an(
2(. Qd2Nf(2. f($f(2/. Nf(.ith his roo attaedand the threat o* mate in 2, Bla resigned(
EF
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* GH ,(I
*hat +e learned ,ro /iri%s gae"
1(-n addition to gaining a strong &an enter, 4iri
rilliantl% sed the e5 &an to anhor his night to
d6( ? ver% strong sDare *or the night(
2(.ith his d>&an traded in Bla's (((5 onter
atta, he &shed the *>&an to s&&ort the
advaned e5 &an(
)(!is Deen as &ositioned to tae advantage o*
the ea dar sDares arond Bla's ingside(
)($he deisive &iee in the game as the ell&ositioned Nd6, hih as +eile enogh to
reate inning tatis ith .hite's oordinated
&iees(
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- ho&e this has shed some light on the resrgene
o* The Mikenas Attack in reent tornament &la%
that %o an a&&l% to %or on games( oo *or
the net in the series and *eel *ree to send a *riend
reDest to e notied o* *tre artiles( /ntil
then(((("heers(