[Event "Pawn Structures, their plans and ideas: Carlsbad Structure (White)"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/QaCKQyJ7/a3ViSHtB"] [Result "*"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/DrBoomkestien"] [Variant "From Position"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [FEN "6k1/pp3ppp/2p5/3p4/3P4/4P3/PP3PPP/6K1 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [UTCDate "2021.08.20"] [UTCTime "18:34:44"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/R8Q7GB2m/xPVUKNv4"] [Orientation "white"] { White can go for a minority attack by playing b4 and b5. White can also go for a f3 and e4 break. } { [%cal Gb2b4,Gb4b5,Gb5c6,Bf2f3,Be3e4,Ga2a4,Ga2b2] } 1. b4 (1. f3 h6 2. e4 dxe4 3. fxe4 { Here sometimes white can play e5 and Ne4. } { [%cal Ge4e5,Bc3e4] }) 1... h6 (1... a6 { If black tries to stop b5 by playing a6 then white can play a4 followed by b5, or sometimes even a5 and Na4. } { [%csl Rb5][%cal Ga6b5] } 2. a4 { [%cal Bb4b5,Ga4a5,Gc3a4] }) 2. b5 h5 (2... cxb5 { Here white gets an open c file and the b5 and d5 pawns are weak. } { [%csl Rd5,Rb5][%cal Ga1b1,Gb1b5,Ge2b5,Gb1c1,Gc1c8,Gb5b7] }) (2... c5 3. dxc5 { [%csl Gc5,Gb5] }) 3. bxc6 bxc6 { Here the c6 pawn is weak pawn on a semi open file, white can also jump in with the knight on c5. } *