Four Pawns Attack, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation
- 1.e4Nf6
- 2.e5Nd5
- 3.d4d6
- 4.c4Nb6
- 5.f4dxe5
- 6.fxe5Nc6
- 7.Nf3Bg4
- 8.e6fxe6
- 9.c5
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A pawn sacrifice in the Alekhine Four Pawns Attack in which White answers the pin 7...Bg4 with 8. e6 and 9. c5, leaving Black with doubled e-pawns.
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The Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation is a way for White to sidestep the pressure on d4 that follows 7. Nf3 Bg4. With 8. e6 fxe6 9. c5, White gives up a pawn, attacks the knight on b6 and leaves Black with doubled, isolated e-pawns. Black keeps the extra pawn and gains an open f-file, while the c5 advance hands a black knight the d5 square.
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