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The concepts of "Restraint" and "Prophylaxis" are very closely related. In this article I treat them as different subjects.
The diagram below shows the simple idea of restraint in a Scotch Opening example from "My System." After the moves 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. f4! Re8! (not ...d5 because of 9. e5) 9. Be3 Bf8 10. Bf3 Bd7 black
has restrained the advance e5.
Blacks plan in the opening has been to restrain the advance of the white e-pawn before expanding on the queenside. for example 11.
e5?! dxe5 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Bf4 Rf5! 15. g4 Rxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 with an obvious advantage to black as in BaloghSzalanczy, Budapest 1991
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Here is an example where the strategic aim is a fight against white's e4. Here we see the enemy pawn chain restrained, blockaded and
destroyed.
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. 0-0 exd4 (here if 7...Re8 then 8. d5 and black will be cramped a
very long time) 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. b3 Ne5 10. Bc2 a6 this advance will soon be inteliigble 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. h3 Bf8 13. f4 Ng6 14. Qf3 c6
15. Rae1 b5 now the situation is clear: black keeps an eye on whites e-pawn (restraint) and seeks at the same time to be rid of the
disturbing c-pawn, since the latter makes his d6 backward 16. Qd3 Qc7 17. Kh1 Rad8 18. Bb1 b4!! The point is to attack the enmoy
pawn base at b3 so he drives away this defender of c5 as black wants to land his knight there. Black plans ...Bc8, ...Nd7-c5 and ...a5a4. 19. Nd1 Bc8 20. Qf3 Nd7 21. Nf5 Nc5 22. g4? a mistake that leaves f4 insufficiently defended and now black breaks through
brilliantly 22...Ne6 23. Qg3 Bb7 24. h4 d5 25. e5 c5 26. cxd5 Rxd5 27. Kg1 (27. Be4? Rxd1!) 27...Rd2 28. Nfe3 Qc6 and white
resigned 1-0 Shoosmith-Nimzovich, Ostend 1907
A more tactical example of restraint can be found in this example from one of Nimzovitch's games:
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 a Nimzo-Indian defense 4.Nf3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 b6 6.g3 Bb7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O natural moves here might
be 8...d6 or 8...Be4 but Nimzovitch finds a unique restraining idea 8...Re8! 9.Re1 Now Nimzovitch points out that black has
discouraged whites best plan of 9. Nd2 in view of 9...Bxg2 10. Kxg2 e5! when 11. e4 has been restrained due to 11...exd4 12. cxd4
Nxe4 9...d6 10.Qc2 Be4 11.Qb3 Nc6 12.Bf1 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Rxe5 15.Bf4 Re8 16.f3 Bb7 17.Rad1 Nd7 Nimzovitch notes
that white position suffers from "profound inner decay" and after the inevitable e4 by white black will get the advantage by ...f5 which
is what occurs in the game 18.e4 Qf6 19.Bg2 Ne5 20.Rd2 Re7 21.Red1 Bc6 22.Rf2 Rae8 23.Bf1 h6 24.Be2 Kh8 25.Qa3 Qe6 26.Qc1
f5 27.exf5 Qxf5 28.Qd2 Qf7 29.Qd4 Ng6 30.Bd3 Nxf4 31.Qxf4 Qxf4 32.gxf4 Rf8 33.f5 Bd7 34.Rdd2 Bxf5 35.Rfe2 Rxe2 36.Bxe2
Re8 37.Kf2 Re5 38.Rd5 g5 39.Rxe5 dxe5 40.c5 bxc5 41.Ba6 e4 42.a4 Kg7 43.a5 exf3 44.Kxf3 Kf6 45.Ke3 Ke5 46.Bc4 Bg4 47.Ba6
h5 48.Bc4 h4 49.Ba6 Bd1 50.Bb7 g4 0-1 Bogoljubov-Nimzovitch, Karlsbad 1929
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