At first it looks harmless, but the positions hold the metaphorical "drop of poison" for Black if he doesn't know what he's doing, as was the case this game. e3, reached by a different move-order here) used to be called the "Slow Slav" but now it's quite standard at the professional level. (Interestingly, in my latest tournament I had a very similar board sight problem that could also have been solved by playing Kg2 - "stepping up in the pocket" would the the sports term in American football - so there's a learning point for my game analysis.) This third-round tournament game was a hard-fought draw and I showed some resilience in achieving that result after the blundering loss the previous round ( Annotated Game #182).
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