It is not fun to defend a Bishop's Opening against one of its foremost practitioners, GM Nikola Mitkov. Even GM Vladimir Georgiev, who knew very well what to expect, has serious problems....
We're all taught that when in doubt, we should make pawn captures towards the center. Consider the diagram below: White has two sets of doubled pawns, and no central pawns at all, as he's captured away from the center twice. Yet White's rooks both sit on semi-open central files. Who has the pressure?
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