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White is in fact a pawn down but has a considerable space advantage. Just take a look at the lack of mobility of the black pieces – it’s amazing! Moreover, the most centralized piece is the queen, but in this position that is more of a liability than an asset, as it is quite exposed. So, the right target for White to attack should be the queen.
I would follow: 1.g4! Qf6 (only move!) 2.Bg5 chasing the queen.
hmm.. I guess Renzo said it all!
I am now trying to find out what opening was that (if it was a real game) so that we can all learn how NOT to play the opening 🙂
However, it rather looks like a position specially set for this problem.
Cheers!
Not only is the queen the right target (as stated by renzo) but it’s the only target. This really is a strange position. If not g4 (which is obviously the best move) then what? White is better (slightly) even if the black queen wasn’t trapped, but both sides have nowhere to move. Black has two rooks doing nothing, a horrible bishop, certainly no compensation for the pawn. And white… well maybe a5 helps open up things a bit otherwise you could shuffle the rooks (e1 looks like a good square for the rook) but that’s it. Was this from I real game? I doubt it. Crazy, but fun non-the-less!
-mm
what about playing a5!?
the targets can be created in the pawns on the queenside! especially if you notices the 2 heavy white pieces on the a-file!
trapped piece theme: 1.g4 Qf6 2.Fg5.
I think this come from a real game. Perhaps black wanted to exhange his queen but not like that !
this is very simple. g4 qf6 bg5 wins the queen simple stuff