tiz all engine-checked. tru dat iz a pozition frum da Byrne Variation (aftah Qc8 look lyk Qxc6 win a piece cleanly); da Nd5 a ztrong improvement ovah da old theory, tiz why da zkep recommend againzt it. Da zkep Tarrasch ‘main line’ pozitionz r direct improvementz ovah diz. da queen zac zheeyat from da Smyslov/Prins Variation, da zkep recommend againzt deze az vel.
doze r 3 of da 4 main linez, n da zkep zhow dey all zuck hard; by procezz of elimination diz leave da Hungarian vich giff u diz ztructure:
zince da zkep haff zero interezt in playin diz grotezque pawn ztructah, mah-bad-zelf next cuntzidah diz new bizhop endgame line. tiz a double pawn zac fo black. da ‘old’ theory giff u diz drawn 4 bizhopz endin, tho tiz not trivial fo black to prove equality:
- d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Be6 7. Qb5+ Bd7 8. Qxb7 Nc6 9. Qb3 Rb8 10. Qd1 Bf5 11. a3 O-O 12. e3 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ne4 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. f4 f6 18. Bc4+ Kh8
Howevah, dere iz an improvement fo white here to keep queenz on wiz 11. Qa4. Black can’t rezp wiz 11…Bd7 az if lookin fo a perpetual, cuz white vil juzt play e4 n be winnin, endgame or not. u get diz:
tiz very hard to prove da compenzation here. zo eliminatin diz az too pazzive n difficult, da zkep create diz Tarrazch Zyztem. defo requiah mo memorization cuz of da numbah of diztinctly-flavored linez, but dey iz eaziah to play n giff black a ton of winnin chancez.