I'd play Nf6, which develops a piece (sorely needed for black in this position) and puts pressure on white's pawns on e4 and d5. That said, this is a bad position for black. I'd strongly suggest for the future not to waste your opening moves by pushing all four wing pawns, which leaves most of your pieces uncoordinated and undeveloped, and gives your king no good side to castle to safety (do so and white will likely sac a piece for the two pawns in front of your king, especially if you castle queenside).
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jedzz wrote:
I'd play Nf6, which develops a piece (sorely needed for black in this position) and puts pressure on white's pawns on e4 and d5. That said, this is a bad position for black. I'd strongly suggest for the future not to waste your opening moves by pushing all four wing pawns, which leaves most of your pieces uncoordinated and undeveloped, and gives your king no good side to castle to safety (do so and white will likely sac a piece for the two pawns in front of your king, especially if you castle queenside).
Thanks for the insight, this strategy is based on likely not castling as it tends to be strongest, as you said, both sides are weak for castling, the objective is to pawn rush on the one side while drawing them in and defeating them on the other.
The idea is to maximize the strength of the bishops, which most people do poorly, developing the knights in the traditional fashion effectively reduces them to pawns. I'll test being less forceful in how I develop those pawns on the wings and see how it works.
This is a game I was recently playing where the following position left me wondering what the best move is. What do you think is the next best move for black and why?
Possible options: b4 = Na4...
f5 = fx5, fx5; Bd4...
ex5 = ex5...
Better options?