Talk:Tarrasch Defense
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- When White plays against the Tarrasch, the most common setup is to fianchetto his king's bishop. This is because Black's 3...c5 has ruled out any possibility of blocking such a fianchettoed bishop by means of ...c6.
I don't play 1.d4 very much, so I may be wrong about this, but I thought the main idea of fianchettoing the bishop was to exert pressure on the isolani on d5 (after all, if Black playing ...c5 was in itself a good reason to fianchetto that bishop, everyone would play 2.g3 against the Sicilian!). Am I wrong? --Camembert
- No you're not. I will go ahead and add that as a reason. As for the Sicilian analogy, White often fianchettos his bishop in the Closed Sicilian (2.Nc3), but such a plan is a little time consuming in the main, open lines of the Sicilian where speed is critical. Sjakkalle 14:54, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
