Dark squares

by Oliver Reeh
11/2/2026 – In many ...e6 Sicilians, Black pursues the concept of actively developing their f8-bishop or exchanging it favourably. However, in the diagram position, 11...Ba3?? is simply bad. Can you see why?
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