The opening was analyzed by Ruy López in his 1561 book, but has never been popular. It was played 17 times in the New York 1889 tournament by the Canadian master Nicholas MacLeod[1] but has otherwise arisen rarely in tournament play.
Discussionedit
White's second move prepares to push a pawn to d4, establishing a strong centre. Play can potentially transpose to other openings, most likely the Ponziani Opening or the Göring Gambit in the Scotch Game. Eric Schiller states, however, that the opening is too slow, that Black can respond vigorously with 2...d5! to eliminate transpositional possibilities and solve all his opening problems, as after 3.exd5 Qxd5, the move 4.Nc3 is not available to chase the queen away and gain a tempo.
After 2...d5, MacLeod played 3.Nf3 in MacLeod–Gossip, New York 1889, which continued 3...dxe4 (3...Nc6 is the Ponziani) 4.Nxe5 Qd5 (4...Bd6 5.Nc4 Be6 6.d4 exd3=) 5.d4 exd3 6.Nd3 with an equal game after move 10 (Keres).[2]
After 2...Nf6 3.d4, Rusakov–Verlinsky, USSR 1947, continued 3...Nc6 (3...Nxe4 was tried in Morphy–Bottin, Paris 1858[3]) 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 g5 6.Bg3 exd4 7.e5 dxc3, where 8.Nxc3! would have given White the upper hand with more space (Keres).[4]
Referencesedit
The Wikibook Chess Opening Theory has a page on the topic of: Centre Pawn Opening
^ abHooper & Whyld (1992), p. 72. Centre Pawn Opening.
centre, pawn, opening, macleod, attack, chess, opening, characterised, moves, abcdefgh8877665544332211abcdefghmoves1, c3ecoc20parentopen, gamesynonym, macleod, attack, c3contents, discussion, referencesthis, article, uses, algebraic, notation, describe, chess,. The Centre Pawn Opening 1 or the MacLeod Attack is a chess opening characterised by the moves Centre Pawn Openingabcdefgh8877665544332211abcdefghMoves1 e4 e5 2 c3ECOC20ParentOpen GameSynonym s MacLeod Attack 1 e4 e5 2 c3Contents 1 Discussion 2 ReferencesThis article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves The opening was analyzed by Ruy Lopez in his 1561 book but has never been popular It was played 17 times in the New York 1889 tournament by the Canadian master Nicholas MacLeod 1 but has otherwise arisen rarely in tournament play Discussion editWhite s second move prepares to push a pawn to d4 establishing a strong centre Play can potentially transpose to other openings most likely the Ponziani Opening or the Goring Gambit in the Scotch Game Eric Schiller states however that the opening is too slow that Black can respond vigorously with 2 d5 to eliminate transpositional possibilities and solve all his opening problems as after 3 exd5 Qxd5 the move 4 Nc3 is not available to chase the queen away and gain a tempo After 2 d5 MacLeod played 3 Nf3 in MacLeod Gossip New York 1889 which continued 3 dxe4 3 Nc6 is the Ponziani 4 Nxe5 Qd5 4 Bd6 5 Nc4 Be6 6 d4 exd3 5 d4 exd3 6 Nd3 with an equal game after move 10 Keres 2 After 2 Nf6 3 d4 Rusakov Verlinsky USSR 1947 continued 3 Nc6 3 Nxe4 was tried in Morphy Bottin Paris 1858 3 4 Bg5 h6 5 Bh4 g5 6 Bg3 exd4 7 e5 dxc3 where 8 Nxc3 would have given White the upper hand with more space Keres 4 References edit nbsp The Wikibook Chess Opening Theory has a page on the topic of Centre Pawn Opening a b Hooper amp Whyld 1992 p 72 Centre Pawn Opening Matanovic 1981 p 122 n 7 Paul Morphy vs A Bottin Paris 1858 Chessgames com Matanovic 1981 p 122 n 2 Bibliography Hooper David Whyld Kenneth 1992 The Oxford Companion to Chess 2nd ed Oxford University Press ISBN 0 19 280049 3 Matanovic Aleksandar ed 1981 Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings Vol C 2nd ed Yugoslavia Chess Informant Schiller Eric 2003 Unorthodox Chess Openings Cardoza Publishing ISBN 1 58042 072 9 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Centre Pawn Opening amp oldid 1190834436, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
