I was analyzing the game Zhang Di vs. Wei Yi (TCh-CHN Div A Regular) for a group of students. It's an instructive game to study piece-activity and development. But the first thing that caught my attention was White's opening (Levitsky Attack, 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5). Black often doesn't move the knight to f6 at that moment in order to avoid doubled pawns after the exchange on that square. In fact, Wei Yi continued 2...h6. The question that arises here is whether 2...Nf6 3.Bxf6 exf6 (gxf6) is unfavorable for Black. Players like Anand and Kasparov, with the black pieces, have not had many difficulties in this line. What do you think?
Note: you can check the game here below.
Note: you can check the game here below.