Their queen being on C7 is a better square for it. A5 is not a good square and they will have to move it. So while you kicked it out they didn’t lose any tempo.
Moving bishop guards pawn and opens up middle of board for rooks.
The engine seems to think their queen move to A5 is a decent move (they lose 20 centipawns).
And my pawn move both kicks the queen and protects the pawn on A7.
Do you think it’s being rated worse because it fucks up my long term pawn structure? Or maybe because they could play pawn to A5 later and if they force the trade it opens a file for their rook? While me playing that bishop move would mean my bishop is stuck, but its protecting from their queen, the only piece that’s under attack, so in a sense it gives me an advantage elsewhere on the board? And then your right that it opens a rook file for me.
I think I’m starting to get it. Thanks.
Edit: Oh an also my bishop was unprotected as is and no easy pawn moves were available to protect it.
Yeah this makes sense.
Their queen being on C7 is a better square for it. A5 is not a good square and they will have to move it. So while you kicked it out they didn’t lose any tempo.
Moving bishop guards pawn and opens up middle of board for rooks.
The engine seems to think their queen move to A5 is a decent move (they lose 20 centipawns).
And my pawn move both kicks the queen and protects the pawn on A7.
Do you think it’s being rated worse because it fucks up my long term pawn structure? Or maybe because they could play pawn to A5 later and if they force the trade it opens a file for their rook? While me playing that bishop move would mean my bishop is stuck, but its protecting from their queen, the only piece that’s under attack, so in a sense it gives me an advantage elsewhere on the board? And then your right that it opens a rook file for me.
I think I’m starting to get it. Thanks.
Edit: Oh an also my bishop was unprotected as is and no easy pawn moves were available to protect it. Yeah this makes sense.