Unlock Your Genius August 2009 (Problems)

by tapestry , Hampshire, Wednesday, August 19, 2009, 18:09 (5719 days ago) @ dlwyatt

I’m afraid I haven’t much to add to dlwyatt’s assessment.
As black, I would be thinking that I needed to do something on the white squares and to try and keep the pawns on f4 and d4 to restrict white’s bishop. Long term I would be aiming to swap queens and looking for a B v N endgame. Black’s c pawn does seem a little vulnerable though.
I wonder if white’s plan may be to play for f4-f5 (preparing with g2-g4 and Ne2-g3).
Short term, black seems to lack space and I would be thinking that exchanging a pair of knights would help ease this a bit. The N on e7 is the one I would like to exchange but this is the one guarding f5. I would be aiming to develop the black queen on d7 or c8 (keeping an eye on f5). The pawn break that looks available to black is ...c7-c5, so I would aim to be doubling rooks on the d file. I like the idea behind …c7-c6.
I’m struggling here – anyone else have any ideas?