Description
The trailblazing Danish Grandmaster, Bent Larsen, was fond of swapping a fianchettoed bishop for an enemy knight (e.g. Bxc6!? or ...Bxf3!?). The idea is to double the opponent's pawns and block up/exercise control of the center. In this game I gave the concept a shot via 1.c4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nf3 e6 4.g3 Bxf3!? - a decision I like as a human, but Stockfish may disagree!
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