I play Alekhine's defense as black in most of my games where white plays 1) e4. Usually I get a decent game, and the plans to follow are straightforward: undermine white's center, hit at d4, get white to overextend, etc...
I'm having trouble dealing with a situation in which white plays c3, solidifying his center. In games like these, I can't really hit his center with anything, and my knights are poorly positioned on the queenside. My king's bishop is also usually a dead piece; it's biting at a pawn chain. As a result, I end up playing passively and defensively, and I don't know where to take the game.
Case in point is the game I've attached below... I played a dismal endgame, but I was defending the entire middlegame; I never once felt like I was in charge of that game.
en.lichess.org/NqLFgP5HlCT2
Does anyone know of themes, or plans to follow if white plays like this?
Thanks,
Bogdan
I'm having trouble dealing with a situation in which white plays c3, solidifying his center. In games like these, I can't really hit his center with anything, and my knights are poorly positioned on the queenside. My king's bishop is also usually a dead piece; it's biting at a pawn chain. As a result, I end up playing passively and defensively, and I don't know where to take the game.
Case in point is the game I've attached below... I played a dismal endgame, but I was defending the entire middlegame; I never once felt like I was in charge of that game.
en.lichess.org/NqLFgP5HlCT2
Does anyone know of themes, or plans to follow if white plays like this?
Thanks,
Bogdan