My opponent played 8. a3 in the ruy lopez and i still played 8... d5 because i am experimenting with the Marshall and I tought that that was, what i was playing :-)
I got a good game, and i won. But when analyzing, I noticed that this move is never played in the masters database, alltough the eval of the position is still pretty good for black and in the Lichess database it is played a lot and with good results for black.
Also a4 or d3 are even named 'anti-marshall'. I tried browsing a few lines, but i fail to see why d4 only works after white has played c3. Any help?
I am not trying to memorize lines, i am trying to understand what I am doing. For me: marshall means deflecting and removing the defenders of whites kingside and making him lose considerable tempo
I got a good game, and i won. But when analyzing, I noticed that this move is never played in the masters database, alltough the eval of the position is still pretty good for black and in the Lichess database it is played a lot and with good results for black.
Also a4 or d3 are even named 'anti-marshall'. I tried browsing a few lines, but i fail to see why d4 only works after white has played c3. Any help?
I am not trying to memorize lines, i am trying to understand what I am doing. For me: marshall means deflecting and removing the defenders of whites kingside and making him lose considerable tempo