A Strategic Opening Repertoire
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John Donaldson
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Introduction
Chapter l Closed Sicilian Reversed 9...h6
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Chapter 2 Closed Sicilian Reversed 9 ltJd4 ...
37 .................. Chapter 3 Closed Sicilian Reversed 9• . •lLlh5 9 Ad7 9 Ag4 9••• l:Xe8 9••• �f5 ...
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Chapter 4 Closed Sicilian Reversed (no ... a5) 8...h6 8 ...a6 8•. . �d7 8...Af5 8...�g4 8...l:e8 . . . •. .••.•. . . . . . . ..
50 ................... Chapter S Oosed Sicilian Reversed (no .•. lLlc6) 7 .•.c6 7•••tiJbd7 7••.h6 7.•• �e8
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Chapter 6 Closed Sicilian Reversed With . .•e5 & ...f5
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Chapter 7 Symmetrical English
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(�hapter 8 -........ 79 Symmetrical t�:nglish With ... c5 & d5 (or d6) ..........
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( �hapter 9 lledgehog nod
Uouble Fianchetto
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Chapter 10 .....•..•...... 102 Tarrasch and Semi-Tarrasch
Chapter 11 Catalan
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Chapter 12 ........•...... 119 Queen's Indian
Chapter 13 ..•........•.. 127 (Odds & Ends)
It's been said that ninety percent of the books written on dtcss are opening books. I'm not sure if this is true, but tudging from the offerings in the catalogs of Chess Digest and the lluited States Chess Federation, the figure can't be far off. Till about ten n:ars ago, the bulk of books devoted to the opening were either narrow 11 1
focus or encyclopedias like Modern Chess Openings.
llus choice between superexhaustive or superficial was a real problem
lo1 amateur players looking for a good guide.
The past decade has
111tnessed a proliferation of books dealing with opening repertoires. The
hasic idea behind this type of book has been to have an authority choose
thl: best lines, explain the ideas, and thus save the non-professional a lot •
11" headaches. Some of these books are quite good, but many are really
poor.
chief abuses center around promising too much and requiring too ulc a range of playi�g styles to fit the repertoire. I remember as a 1 •n111gstcr reading GM Lajos Portisch's sage words in the classic How to I he
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Chess Game. Portisch said that your only goal in the opening is
1 each a playable middlegame. These were novel and heretical words to mv c ars at the time. Wasn't the goal of the opening to grab as huge an .uh anlage as possible? Judging from book titles on the order of How to II 111 111 ](m Moves Against Any Black Defense, Portisch seemed like a It 1
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modest salesman indeed.
I'll t•.rant you that most repertoire books are not quite as blatant as the '""'' title I've used, but look inside one and see how unobjective they . tt.·n arc. I could deal with the outrageous titles, if the contents were 1111 111: honest. And remember, if somebody really had such great lines he ""uldn't be putting them in a book, he would be winning important .
loou1uamcnts with them. \ ·.ult:
fr o m faulting many opening repertoire books for unrealistically
1111'-lllg readers' hopes,
I must also take them to task for confusing their
1• . uln s. Typically, these books feature lots of analysis and little explanation,
1111d the li nes chosen often fail to have any internal consistency. I'm not
,,lll.mg specifically of razor-sharp lines that fall apart two weeks after the
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book is published, though that can be a problem, but rather repertoires that require the reader to possess the universal style of a Spassky, equally adept at attack and defense, positional play and endgame strategy. Players with these sort of skills don't need a guide to the opening! And yet, I see books where the player would have to play g3 in the Vienna one round and the main line of the Dragon the next game as White! Having pointed out typical failings, it now remains to
be seen how well
I've succeeded in my aims. First, and foremost, I must warn the reader that this is not the repertoire for a player looking for quick kills. In fact,
just the reverse, it's a set of interrelated opening lines intended for the long haul. The lines I present in the following chapters are ones that have served me well for many years. I can't promise you quick wins, but I am
quite sure that you will rarely reach an unfamiliar middlegame.
Since reading ZOOM-Zero Hour for Opening Operatives, I've been fascinated with the idea of playing opening systems that are interrelated. ZOOM,
by Danish theoretician Steffen Zeuthen, makes a case for playing with either color, and that is what I've aimed
a sort of Gruenfeld-setup
for in this book with White. Your first move will be l.liJf3 and, up with 2.c4 and 3.g3.
in 99% of the cases, you will follow Many amateur players play l.d4 and l.c4, but
few non-professionals open l.liJf3.
There are good reasons for this
move, and surprise is certainly one of them. Using this repertoire, you
will almost invariab ly find yourself on more familiar ground than your opponent. To use but one example, t he number of players below 2400 who have a well-considered answer to the Catalan is m inim al .
By playing l.liJf3, we are aiming for. Queenside openings that restrict Black's counterplay. That means no l.c4 e5 and no Modem Benoni, Benko Gambit, Budapest Gambit, King's Indian etc. The flip side is that we don't have quite the initial knockout punch of l.e4 or l.d4, but look at the trade-offs. Less to learn - though let's not kid ourselves that it will be really easy more strategically connected and understandable ideas, and the likelihood 2
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that we will have the homecourt advantage, these are the main advantages
of this repertoire. This book is aimed at players from 2000 to 2400 lJSCF who have played l.e4 or l.d4 earlier in their careers. I'm a firm
believer that everyone should start with l.e4 and l.d4 and play classical chess at the beginning of his career and I cringe whenever I see 1600players wheeling out the King's Indian Attack! l'layers below 2000 who are ambitious may also derive benefit in improving their positional understanding.
I recommend carefully going over the
prose comments and not getting bogged down in variations at the beginning
of" one's study.
note on opening move orders: GM Matthew Sadler, in his recent book
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the Slav, stated that, in his opinion, opening preparation can be reduced
lu three simpJ_c;:_s.��p�� .LIS.no�il!g.!h.� :rna!n aim of the I he
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val u e oftnoy� Qt:Q�t:s_;}� {]l}<,i�rstiUlding typ�c,al_ppsitions. Good advice!
I .ds deal with number two. The reader who has already looked at the
dmpter headings will notice that the chapters are hardly of uniform length. l'lus is no accident. I've made each chapter correspond more or less to
I he likelihood that you will face that rejoinder to l.ll'lf3. This is why the
l"'�•tion after 1.ll'lf3 ll'lf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 ilg7 4.Ag2 0-0 5.ll'lc3 d6 6.01 I e'i
7 . d 3 ll'lc6 gets the most weight. The King's Indian Defense is by
lm the most popular answer to l.d4 these days and this is the position lhnl
KID players are aiming for against our system.
I .• l,cwisc, the second most-popular setup is the Queen's Gambit Declined
ln1mation, which is why we offer so much on the Catalan- particularly
I hi' ( 'losed system that is most akin to the Orthodox QGD.
These two
•wlups and the Hedgehog (l.ll'lf3 ll'lf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 b6 4.i.g2 .tb7
e6 6.0-0) will probably account for fifty percent of your games I.�W3. As much as possible, I've tried to stick with l.ll'lf3, 2.c4 mul 1.g3, but, in a few rare instances, have been forced to vary. For ·,
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nnmple, after l.ll'lf3 d5 2.c4 dxc4, the old standby 3.ll'la3 runs into 1
nh I and 3.'i6 a4+ doesn't offer realistic chances for an advantage,
however consistent it might be. I recommend 3.e3 to play a sneaky I)( iA line with 4.i.xc4, 5.0-0 and maybe 'ile2 and l:Idl before d4 ala
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GM Zvjaginsev. Another line, l...b5 , also trips up 2.c4. You could play 2.g3, but White has a hard time getting an edge. Much, much better is 2.e4!, as 2...a6 3.d4 j,b7 4.j,d3 is already better for White and 2...j,b7 is strongly met by 3.j,xb5 ! Many GMs play l.lLJ£3 and 2.c4 and their interpretations of it vary. I've given an Anti-King's Indian treatment that Kramnik uses as his backup
system. You may prefer to follow his example and put your pawn on d4 - if so, I recommend the Fianchetto KID, which will offer you many good transpositions. I've gone for the main positions against the Hedgehog and Double Fianchetto, but realize that you have other options: l.lLlf3
11lf6 2.c4 c5 3.lLlc3 b6 4.d4 cxd4 5.lLlxd4 j,b7 6.3l.g5 or 3...e6 4.e4 (another Zvjaginsev favorite). Players who like playing against the Slav, Dutch and Queen's Gambit Declined (Kramnik always goes in for l.lLlf3
d5 2 d4) will find many ways to steer for their favorite lines. Also worth investigating is l . li\0 d5 2.g3 l1'lf6 3.<1tg2 c6 4.c4!? a line that isn't
currently favored, but hasn't been fully researched. Your ultimate goal
might be to be able to play I.li\0, l.c4 and l.d4 (maybe l . d4 tt:Jf6
2.ll!D c6 3.g3) and to choose your opening move based on your opponent.
One good way to get a feel for an opening is to play over the games of a real connoisseur.
Here arc some real experts with l.lLl£3: V ladimir
Kramnik, Alexander Wojtkiewicz, Rafael Vaganian, Ulf Anderson, Zoltan Ribli, Boris Alterman, and Lev Psakhis.
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This is the game for Closed Sicilian
players. Boris Spassky used the Closed Sicilia n with incredible results during his run for the World Championship title, including a 3-0
score against GM Yefim Geller in
their Candidates Match. Though S p a s sky e njoyed t r e m e n d o u s
results, i t was only i n h i s third victory over Geller that he finally
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found the optimum move order and
piece placement. What is this game
doing in a book devoted to l .lllf3?
Flip the colors and you will see that Geller is playing our line, albeit a critical tempo less. This game is a
model of how to attack in the Closed Sicilian and will teach us to respect
the potential the position offers with colors reversed.
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2.t;)cJ d6 J.gJ li)c6 4.A g2 .0.g7 6.f4 li)f6 7.li)f3 0-0 H.ll II Hb8 �. hJ This good multi JIIIIJIIISC move prepares g3-g4, allows I' I and �di Without- WOrrying •• 1u1111 _(i\g4, and stops the_ ... �c8l'.l lollowcd-by-capturin�-on-f3 i�� 'l... h� IO.aJ 1 . .-.1 c·�
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could have played 9.a4 and l l l'l an eventual ... a6 and ... b5 lollowcd by ...b4, we would get a pusllion much like the game. Qne. . ulvanlagc o(_!Q_. l!3 !�J.i!ll:t_if�-�llC� luols around, White has the idea of -.•.- 11.�. Hbl and 1,4: -Whymo�e-iile-a-11awn at all?- Good question, since 1 hl� classical law�_ ()f ches.s say <Jon't open linc�J!!l_i_!h.u de of.!� boar� Wh11c
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where your opponent has more space. The advanced position of Black's o and c-pawns signal this is where his play lies, so why 10.a3? Think of it as a high-class defensive move. Spas sky, after much trial and error, had dis covered the most efficient defensive setup was to trade the a-pawn, put his'R��� Oil cl_a�d piay b3. --Granted� this leaves a hole on c3, but it also leaves only the c2-pawn to attack. Consider that if you don't play a3, Black may win the pawn with ...� a5xa2 or ...iib8-b6-a6xa2, as your Rook will be forced to move at some point to gua rd b2 after ... li)d7 , unmasking the Bishop o n g 7 (this assumes that the Bishop on cl will have been developed). And ... a7-a5a4-a3 is another reason to get the Rook off of a1. Of course, the Rook could go to b1, but after ...�b8-a8-a2 Black will force b3 and the b1-Rook will not be guarding c2. Having the Rook on c 1 and the pawn on b3 is not perfect. A Black Knight arriving on c3 will come with great effect. The question is not of preventing it, but how much time it will cost. A mane uver such as ...lt:lf6-e8-c7-b5-c3 costs many tempi and White figures to use this time to whip up a terrific attack. If all this seems a little fuzzy, take heart. Spassky had to play quite a few games to discover some of the secrets of this formation, you only have to learn a few classics. 10 ... a5 1 1 . � e3 b 4 1 2 . a x b 4 a x b 4 1 J . li) e 2 � b 7 Preparing .. J::Ib8-a8, but Black had .
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two i mp o rt a nt alternat i v e s i n 1 3 . ..'ii'b 6, intending 1 4 . . . 1La6, and 1 3 . ..ll:\ e 8 (or 1 3 . . . lll d7) , trying to stop the White's plan by forcing the Rook to b 1 early. An example of the latter i s 13 . . . lll e8 1 4 . l: b l lll c7 1 5 . f5 lll b 5 1 6 .'ii' d2 lll bd4 1 7 . lll h 4 lll xe2+ 1 8 .'ii' xe2 Ill e S 1 9 .lll f3 lll xf3 + 2o .� xn Ab7 2 1 . h4 W h8 2 2 .'ii' e2 Ae5 2 3 . g4 e6, equal in Reshevsky-Ko rtchnoi , A m sterdam (m) 1 96 8 ] 1 4 . b 3 ! Following the plan. White will leave only a single target at c2 . 1 4 l: a8 1 5 . l: c 1 l: a l 1 6 . g4 • a8 A critical moment . After this game various improvements for Black were proposed . The two m aj o r p l a n s sug g e s t e d w e r e playing for . . . lll d4, which may entail a pawn sacrifice, and the v e ry i n t e r e s t i n g 1 6 . . . 'iW a 5 , i n te n d i n g to exchange a l l the Rooks off with . . . I:l:a8, . ..'ii' a5 -a3 b2 and . . . �a l . Should Black trade off both pairs, hi s King will be quite safe, as there will be no l:xf6 to worry about. The only game I could find with thi s plan was Aoog- Van Wely, Bern 199 3 ( s e e game 2). 17.eet l'¥a6 1 8 . '8f2 /1)ll7 19.f5 l7\b5 20. fxg6 h x g6 21.l7\g5 i{)a3 22.�h4 Hav i ng paid h i s dues on the other wing and in the center, Spassky i s free to launch a devastating attack . 22 l: c8 23.l:xf6 ! exf6 24. • h 7+ w rs . • .
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2 Alex ander Boog Loek Van Wely Bern
1993
1.e4 d6 2.lll c3 g6 3.g3 .k\g7 4. lr..g2 c5 5.d3 lll c6 6.f4 lll f6 [6 . . . l:b8 7.a4 ll\fi5 8.ll\t3 0..0 9.0..0 a6 10.lllh4? ! lr.. g4! 1 l .'idi' 2 Ad7 12.llle2 b5 1 3.axb5 axb5 14.h3 � 15.f3 b4 16.g4c4+ 17.Whl b3 ! 18.g5 llle8 19.lllf4 c3 ! 20.bxc3 b2 2 l .A xb2 'iW xb2 -+ F. B l atny Taimanov, Decin 1 975] 7.lll f3 0-0
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8.0-0 l: b8 9.h3 b5 1 0. a3 a5 l l . .A.e3 b4 12.axb4 axb4 13.�e2 .A.b7 14.b3 l: a8 1 5 . l: c 1 Ita2 1 6 . g4 @fa5 Compare this position with Spassky Geller (game 1). Black could play . . . �f6-e 8-c7-b5 or . . . �d7 with a view toward a later . . . �d4 . Instead, Van Wely has a most interesting idea: trade both pairs of Rooks to safeguard the King and then go after White's weaknesses on the queenside. Swiss FM Alexander Boog faithfully follows Spassky's plan versus Geller, but it doe sn't work here. 1 7. eet l:a8 18.f5 @faJ 1 9.fxg6 hxg6 20. 'ifh4 eb2 2 1.�g5
This game was played towards the end of the Olympiad. A team that wanted to finish at the top had to make its move and this made for a lot of tension. Playing as an individual can be tough enough, but, when you add in not wanting to disappoint one's team and country, it can cause even the strongest players to feel the heat. Playing White in such situations is doubly tricky . Your team needs you to put pressure on the opposing player, but not to risk the house. Losing with White is frowned upon in team competitions, especially irt later rounds. That being the case, there is often a tendency to freeze up with White and let Black off easily. Here Israeli GM Lev Psakhis, twice champion of the USSR, shows how to strike a happy balance.
3 21 ... k:ta1 Just in time! 22.d4 Trading all the Rooks leaves no attack and c2 will be ripe to fall . 22_.cxd4 23.e5 dxe5 2 4 . k:txf6 exf6 2 5. e h 7+ w rs 2 6 . � xf7 d xeJ 2 7. � h 6 l hc 1 + 28. 'it'h 2 � e 7 29 .i xb 7 l: xc 2 J O .t dS : xe2+ 0 : 1 •
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1996
1.c4 e5 2.g3 �c6 J.�cJ g6 4.l:b1 .i g7 5 .A. g2 �f6 6.d3 a5 7.�f3 d6 8 .i g5 ! ? Psakhis points out that on 8.a3 Black could throw in 8 . . . h6 !? to •
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stop i.g5. It's always a tough call how early Black should play . . . h6. After all, White could have played A g5 on move seven. 8 h6 9.i. xf6 ••.
.i.xf6 10. a3 0-0 ll.b4 axb4 1 2.axb4 .i. g7 1 3 . b 5 Clarifying B l ack' s intentions with his Knight. Psakhis could have castled, but the text is more precise. Note that 1 3 . it)d2? is strongly�et by 13 . . . e4! White always has to be on the lookout for this tactic after .i.g5xf6. 13 it)d4 ?! .•.
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This move, which enjoys such a good reputation in some positions, e. g. , Llilf3it)f6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Ag7 4 . � g2 d6 5 .lilc3 0-0 6 . 0-0 e5 7.d3 it)c6 8.�b l aS 9.a3 it)d4, is completely wrong here. The trade of White's Bishop for Black's Knight has a left Black with too few pieces to generate active counterplay as compensation for his poor pawn structure. [ 1 3 . . . it)e? 1 4 . 0-0 f5 1 5 .�c2� (Psakhis)] 14.it)xd4 exd4 15.it)d5 Ae6 [ 15 . . . c6 8
1 6.bxc6 bxc6 1 7 . it)b4±] 16.0-0 ifd7 [ 1 6 . . . iLxd5 17 . .i. xd5 l:b8 1 8 . �a l ± is pure pleasure for White] 1 7.it)b4 ! Black has t o make a tough decision about how to defend b7, maybe via 1 7 . . . �a7 . 1 7 Jt ab8 [ 1 7 . . . i. h3 ? 1 8 . .i. xb7 A xfl 1 9 . A xa8 A xe2 20.'�'xe2l::!:xa8 2 l .l:e l ± White has all the trumps: in particular, good Knight versus bad Bishop] 18. k!:et White had a pleasant choice here between the text, preserving his Bishop and giving e2 extra protection, and the more active 1 8. l: a l . Note that if White does allow . .. i.h3, it makes sense to play A xh3 and draw Black's Queen out of play. Allowing one's opponent to put his Queen on h3 can often be dangerous, but here there arc no pieces to support it. White played He I. beca u se at this moment hl� wanls lo keep his g2 -Bishop on I he hoard lo allack b7. II x.Ea l .i.h3 I cJ :�·. xld � xh3 20.lil d 5 � d 7 21.HaHI 18 . . J1fe8 19. 11at i.h3 20.Ah 1 h5 ! ? In a position that offers little counterplay, this seems to be the best try. By playing . . . h7-h5-h4 Wang nibbles away at White's kingside. It may not be a factor, but at least it improves his position a little bit in a situation in which the tendency might be to lash out and lose quickly. 2 t .l::!: a7 � c8 2 2. � d2 ! A good move. Usually the Queen goes to c2 or b3, but here it does its j ob of clearing the back rank while making �f4 possible. Remember that Queen and Knight often work well together. .•
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There is j ust no getting rid of the beast on d5 . Black would love to play . . .c7 -c6, but here the coordination of White's pieces is felt, i . e . , 24 . .. c6? 25.bxc6 bxc6 26.0e7+.
25.�f3!? Confused? Wondering why Psakhis avoided the trade of Bishops earlier (1 8. �el and 20.�h l ), but now offers to, with doubled pawns yet. Chess can be a confusing game, especially when a player has two good options. As we saw, White could have allowed the Bishops to be traded earlier and still kept his advantage ( 1 8. :C:al). The text is a little bit different. Yes, the pawns are doubled after 25.. . . �xf3 26. exf3 , but after 26. J�hel+ 27 .�xe l �d7 28. � a5 Psakhis would be clearly on top. Note that after 26 .exf3 White's King is supersafe on g2 and his el-Rook has found its way into the game. 25 :C:e5 Black wants to trade Bishops, but only on his terms. 26. � f4 .••
[26.�xg4?ifxg4 27 .0xc7? �h5-+] 26... �xf3 27 �xf3 Not falling for any tricks. [27.�xe5??ifh3 28.0e7+ W h7 2 9 . i hg7+ W xg 7 3 0 . exf3 � h8-+] 27...�d8 28.0b4 �h6? Running low on time Black finally cracks, but his position was hardly easy. [28 . .. �e8 29. :C:xb7 � xb7 30. ifxb7 �xe2 3 l .�xe2 ifxe2 32. � xc7 ife l + 3 3 .W g2 ifxb4 3 4 .b6 � e5 (34 . . . �c5 3 5.�8+ Wh7 36.b7 �c6+ 3 7 . W g l �f3 3 8 .�c8+- ) 3 5 .b7 d5 36. �xe5 �xb7 37.cxd5+-; 28 .. . :C:f5 2 9 . �g2± ; 28 . . . � c8 2 9 .:C:ea l ± (Psakhis)] 29.:C:xb7 :C:xb7 JO.�xb7 il.d2 31 .0c 6 � g 5 [3 l . . . �e 8 3 2 .:C:a l +-] 32.0xe5 �xe1 33.0f3 �cl 34.Wg2 'iVdt 35.'�xc7 �xe2 36.0xel �xel 37.b6 A very nice positional effort by Psakhis that must have left his opponent shaking his head wondering where he went wrong. 1:0 .
Spassky-Geller made a tremendous impact on the Closed Sicilian/ English, but so did the following game in a quieter way. I'm sure that the idea of . . . �c8-g4 had been played before this game, but never in such a high-class · encounter, and with such thematic play. Bobby Fischer, who was always ahead of his time, even came up with the novel maneuver . . . :C:b8 -b6-a6 . 9
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Brave Bobby, he was never afraid to take some risks as Black in order to generate winning chances.
J ge1 10.h3 ��-XfJ l l. �.xfJlDf6 12 .i.g2 0-0 13.0-0 11e8 14.j_h6 .i.h8 15.lDe3 lDd7! Putti ng the question to the b-pawn. . J l
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1970
l.e4 c5 2.lDc3 d6 3.g3 g6 4 .i.g2 .i.g7 5.d3 lDc6 6.Ae3 :bs 7.�d2 b5 8.lDf3 b4 9.lDdl Black's early adva nce of h i s b -pawn has left Smyslov no choice but to put his Knight on d I. 9 �g4!? •
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Fischer played the same maneuver against Hort at the Palma de Mallorca Intenonal later in the year. In that game he followed up with . . e6 and .
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16.!i:ab l The normal way to guard the b-pawn, especially as 16 . . .'�Va5 1 7 . l.l\ c4 i!'. a waste of time for Black. Try to guess White's next move. Can you find a sharp move that gives White the adv a nta g e that both play er s and com mentato r s have overlooked ? Look at Vagani an Lautier (game 5) and the cautionary note about b e i n g aware of the unp'rotected Knight after the Bishop trade (on f3 or f6 ) and b4 or . . . . b5? Pat yourself on the back if you found 1 6. e5 ! It's a little different than usual, as the Knight is on e3 and not e2. This makes the advance e5-e6 very hard to engineer, as there is no lDf4 followup. Still, White improves his position by giving his Bishops air with e5 and exd6.
0 5 Rafael Vaganian Joel Lautier Manila
16 Jh6 ! ? Doubtlessly, this had been played before in some obscure game, but this was quite a move to play against a former World Champ ion. The a-file isn't open, but that doesn ' t stop Bobby, who heads straight . fo rward to attack the weakness on a2. 17.1lk4 l: a6 18.a3 liJb6 19.axb4 cxb4 20.Ae3 11Jxc4 21. dxc4 l:a2 22.f4! Smyslov, one of the world's foremost experts in the Closed Sicilian from the 1 940s through the 1 970s, shows his great feel for the position. Sensing that 22.b3 is .too passive, he sacrifices a pavm to open the board for his Bishops. He's not called "the Hand" for nothing. 22 ... 1L xb 2 23.e5 ii. cJ 24. 1!f d5 � a6 25.e6 fxe6 26.11f xe6+ W h8 27.f5 liJ d4 28.ii.xd4+ Axd4+ 29. W hl gS 30.l:xb4 ii.f6 Jl.l: tbl l:b6 32.l:xb6 axb6 JJ.ii.dS l:f8 34.11fe3 11fc8 35.g4 1!fc5 White ovms the White squares and Black the Black! Draw .•
1990
t.liJfJ !1)f6 2.g3 g6 J.A g2 �g7 4. c4 0-0 s.liJcJ d6 6.0-0 eS 7.d3 11Jc6 s.l: b l as 9.a3 li es l O.Ji.. gS h6 ll.ii.xf6 Axf6 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 A g7 14.b5 11Je7
15.11J d2? Everything looks normal, but it's not. Can you find Black's hidden shot? [ l 5 .�c2;t) 1 5 ... e4! Not the most obvious move in the world, but once you've seen it, you're not likely to forget it. Remember, for this to work, Black has to have control of g5 and can't have a piece on f5, for example, a Bishop, because of dxe4. 16Jifc2 [ 16.11Jcxe4 f5-+; 16.llldxe4 ll
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f5-+] 16... e3! Sometimes . . . e4 only opens up the position for Black's Bishops. Here it does much more. 17.fxe3 'iJf5 18.'iJd1 b5!
Intending . . . h4 with a terrific attack. Faced with an imminent wipeout, Va gan i a n makes a defe n s ive Exc hange sacrifice . 19Jhf5!? [ 1 9 ./iJe4 c6oo; 1 9 . c4? liJd4-+] 19. .. gxf5 20.li�fl h4 21.lilc3 hxg3 22.hxg3 'iVg5 23.lild5 c6! 24.bxc6 bxc6 2 5 ./iJf4 ftxe3 ! 26 �'/.fJ [ 2 6 .'iJ xe3 � x g 3 +] 26... �. e5! 27.®f2 �xf3+ 28.exf3 .�.xf4 29.gxf4 �xf4 JOJWb2 �h4+ 31.®e2 �d7 32.lil d2 Hdn 33.<;i;>dl c5 34.k(a1 �f2 35.¥-'YfC> �el+ 36.Wc2 �xa1 37.�xal � e 3 38.�a7 '@"e6 39.f4 .tl.d, 40. � a6 �� g2 41. � b6 f"f f6 42./iJbJ Wg7 43.�a5 � c 6 .u. �c3 [44.�a6! "�.f3 45.�a5! and Biack still has lots of work to do (Lauti er and Polugaevsky) l . .
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44 ... �a4! 45.d41i'xd4 46.�xd4+ cxd4 47.\t>b2 �xb3 48.Wxb3 Wg6 49. \tJ c 2 \tJ h5 50. \tJ d3 \tJ g 4 51.'i.t xd4 \t> xf 4 52.'i.td5 'i.t e 3 53. \t>xd6 f 4 54.c5 f 3 55.c6 f 2 56.c7 fl=� 57.c8=� �f6+ 0:1
6 Edmar Mednis Karl-Heinz Lehmann West Berlin
1983
l.c4lilf6 2.g3 g6 3 .. tl.g2 .tl.g7 4.lll f3 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.4\cJ e5 7.d3 liJc 6 8.Hb I aS 9.a3 h6 I O.b4 axb4 ll.axb4 .l:l.c6 12.b5 4'1c7 1J .. tl.b2 �d7 14. 41d2 Setting up a nice trick. White usually follows up l l ·(i.b2 with 1 4 . )"(cJ, meeting I·L ·.:..111 by 15 \!i.h l <-'lg4 and now J(, 1!1·Yc). J(,_�h\'b3 or J(,J-'Id2 So 1·1 /,\d:' ought to ..
transpose hack 111to known !.ines. 1-t .. . . tl. hJ'!
Necessary then
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ideal setup
Nal1 1 1 ;II and \'T'lilt',. 1·1 :• ,hg :llld oi•ly l{l'llll'tlllw• lh:t1 ';iad:':; :• •:, X :nul t" ll:1rri!l.g
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onh o1w 1:11 !'.'.·1 (<11 10 hi! hualh lll;u k ':tu'l J',,·r this and t·IJd•; up \\11 II 111�. l�ool. o11 hX and. ,,,,<}(\nth
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having to later play . . .b6 and . . J::t bc8. [ 1 4 . . . c6?! 1 5 .lll a4 lll c 8 16.bxc6 bxc6 1 7.c5 ! Ji.. h3 1 8.lll c4± Mednis and Byrne)] I
7 Vladimir Raicevic Victor Ciocaltea Bar
1977
1.c4 g6 2.lllc3 Ag7 3.g3 e5 4.Ag2 lll c6 5.lllf3 d6 6.d3 lllf6 7.0-0 0-0 8.lib1 a5 9.a3 h6 10.b4 axb4 ll.axb4 Ae6 12.b5 llle7 13.Ab2 �d7
15.Axb7! Well judged! White gets
no immediate knockout blow after this Exchange sac, but he does get long term pressure and a rock-solid po sition. 15 Ji..xfl 16.�xfl± lia7 [ 1 6 . . J:tab8 17.�g2 :fd8 1 8 .Ji.. a3± ] 17.Ag2 [ 1 7.�g2 �d8 Black plays for . . . d5 with a murky position] 17 ..•
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d5 18.�cl d4 19.lllce4 lllxe4 20. lllxe4 lllf5 21.lllc5 �c8 22.llla 6 c6?! [22 . . J::t x a6 2 3 . bxa6 � xa6 24.Jl.. a 3± was a better try for Black, but White is still for choice] 23.Ji..a3 l:d8 24.Ac5 cxb5? 25.Axa7 �xa6 26.i:[a1 �e6 27.cxb5 llld6 28.b6 e4 29.�b1 : cs 30. � b 2 �d7 31.Axe4 lll x e4 32.b7 lll d 6 33. bxc8=�+ lll xc8 34. A c 5 'it>h7 35.�b7 �e6 36.�e4 iVa2 37.Ii:b8 1:0
Black has a difficult choice here in 1 3 . . :�i d7 and 1 3 . . . lll d 7. Both moves enjoy a good reputation. That the late Romanian GM Victor Cioaaltea chooses 1 3 . . . �d7 should count for something. Theory wasn't quite so well developed during his lifetime (he died in 1 983), but Ciocaltea enjoyed a well-deserved reputation for pre13
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cise and thematic opening play. 1 4 . l:t e l Ji.hJ 1 5.1Lh l •e6 An interesting idea . Another good move is 1 5 . . . li:)g4, freeing the way for the f-pawn to advance. 16. "if bJ li:) d 7 1 7. li:) d2 c6 1 8 . l:l: a l 'otlh 7 1 9."ifc2 f5 Raicevic and Ciocaltea, in their joint annotations to the game i n Chess Informant 24/56, assess the position as equal. 20. li:)bJ
20 e4! ? One ofthe problems Black often has in this line is deciding whether or not to play . . . f5-f4. This move is often essenti a l for the attack, but typically gives White a beautiful square on e4 for one of his Knights or for a Bishop. The text is a very thematic positional pawn sac. Black gets in . . . f4, but only after tossing away his e-pawn. In return, he gets a White pawn on e4 that obstructs the first player's pieces, an active Bishop on g7 and the e5-
square for his Knight. 2 1 . dxe4 f4 22.li:) a4 li:)esoo 23. bxc6 li:) 7xc6 ! [ 2 3 . . . bxc6 2 4 . c5 ! B l ack's piece activity is more important than his pawn structure] 24.li:) b6 ! ha l 25.l:l:xal "iff7 ! 26.f3 1Le6 27.li:)d5 g5 28.l:l: d l ?! l:l: a8 Intending . . :1:�. something White must not allow. 29.l:l:al l:l:c8 JO.li:) d2 li:)e7 Jl.l:l: a7 li:) 7c6 32.l:l: a4 li:)e7 JJ.li b4 li:) 7c6 34.1Ib5 li as 35.1Lg2 li a7 36. W h l li:) g6 ? ! 3 7 . A xg7 .xg7 38."ilc3 li:) d4 39.I:i:b6 li:) c6 .
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The critical moment of the game has been reached and Black doesn't have enough time to figure things out. He should have gone forward instead of retreating . [39 . . . li:) xe2 40 . "ifd3 (40 . "ifxg7+ Wxg7 4 1 . l:Ixd6 l: a l + 42.1Lfl it.. xd5 4 3 . cxd5 fxg3 ) 4 0 . . . li:) c l 4 l . "iffl it.. xd5 4 2 . cxd5 "ifd4] 40.Wgl li:)ge5? 41.gxf4 gxf4 42.li:) xf4 ? [42 . W h l ] 42 l:l: a l +! •••
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43. I 1 bl li xbl+ 44./i)xb 1 A xc4 45. /i) dl? b5 [45 . . . /i) xf3 + ! 46 . '� xn �d4+, followed by . �xb2 with advantage to Black] 46. W fl b4 47.ee3 116g5 48.Ah3 A n 49. i..fS+ w ga 50./i)d5 exe3 5t./i)xeJ /i)d4 52.Ac8 b3 53.Ab7? [53 .i.. a6 b2 54 ./i)dl Ac4 55.Axc4+ /i)xc4 56. /i) b l ± ] 53 b2 54.A d5 i. xd5 55./i) xd5 /i) c4 56. /i) b t /i)b5 57. Wf2 /i)ca3 58./i)dl /i)c4 59./i)bt /i)caJ 60./i)dl Despite the errors, this game is worthy of close study.
the Bishop on a3 . 13 ... c6 14.eb3 d5 1 5. i. a3
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Draw
8 Jaime Sunye Neto John Grefe Lone Pine
1 9 77
1 .11\f3 /i) f6 2.c4 g6 3. g3 i. g7 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6./i)c3 e5 7.d3 'l'c6 s.l: b t a5 9.a3 h6 10.b4 axb4 ll. axb4 A e6 1 2.b5 /i)e7 13./i)dl Nol the most incisive move. White has better in 1 3 . i.. b 2, intending Ha I, and l 3 . '�b3, planning to post 4 • . �g2
1 5 ... e4 ! A very nice move bringing the Bi shop on g7 into the game. Black's minor pieces are well placed to support this advance. Note how useful the insertion of . . . a7-a5 has proved to be. The Black Rook on a8 is very much in the game. One last observation, look at how White's B i shop on g 2 is no l o n g e r so powerful when the pawn i s on e4 . 1 6.Ac5 exd3 1 7.exd3 lieS 1 8.bxc6 b xc6 1 9 . e b 4 ? ! dxc4+ 20. dxc4 exdl l l .lifdl �cl 22.1Idcl •r5 2 3 . i. xe7 /i) g4 2 4 . /i) e 4 li a l 25. i. c5 � h 5 26. h3 /i) e5 2 7 . g4 i. xg4 28.hxg4 /i)xg4 29 .• b3 liel 3 0 . 1I e l li 8 xe4 3 t . e b8+ W h 7 32.i. xe4 i. e5 33. e a7 1I xe4 34. e xf7+ i. g7 35. A d6 li) xfl 36. exn i. d4 37.1I b7+ w ga 38.Ihe4 i. xfl + 39. W xf2 e r5+ 4 0. 1I f4 e el+ 4 1 . W e3 ec3+ D raw 15
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15 .'ihh3 16.11�tl rhal ?! Giving up the a-file i s the final mistake. Black had to play 1 6 . . llbX. 1 7. '�xa1 �c8 18.b5 [i)b8?! 19.t�h8 lle8 20.l!a1 e4? 2 1 . dxe4 llxe4 22.Iia7 � xc4 Hoping for 23 . r!xb7? '&h3 . 23. � g2! 1 :0 ••
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9 Ulf Andersson Heikki Westerinen 1977
Geneva
t.[i)f3 [i)f6 2.c4 g6 J.gJ .i. g7 4.�g2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.[i)cJ e5 7.d3 [i)c6 sJi b 1 a5 9.a3 Ji.. d7 10.b4 axb4 tt.axb4 �c8?! This way oftrying to exchange Bishops doesn't enjoy a good reputation. Better way s to achieve the same goal are . . . �f5 and . . . � d7 and . . . i. e6 and . . . � d7. 12.�g5! This move is often played in this line of the English, but is particularly effective here. 12 �h3?! 1 3. � xf6 � xf6 1 4. [i) d5 Ji. d 8 [ 1 4 . . . �g7?? 1 5.b5+-] ••.
15.�xh3! Tiris is an idea to remember. The Queen can't attack by itself. 16
10 Boris Shatskes Larisa Muchnik USSR
1 966
t.c4 [i)f6 2.li�c3 d6 J.gJ e5 4.il.g2 [i)c6 5.d3 g6 6.[i)f3 �g7 7.0-0 0-0 s.l::i: b 1 � d7 9. b4 �c8
If Black is going to employ this plan it makes sense to leave the a-line
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closed (i.e., no . . . aS). 10.b5 [ IO.i.g5 .th3 l l .il.xf6 i.xf6 1 2 .lt)d5 i.d8 xh3 is not as good for 1 3 . .txh3 White as in Andersson-Westerinen, as the a-file is closed] 10...Il�e7 11. �e l .thJ 12 . .th1 /t) g4 B lack follows the standard plan ( . . . .th3 , . . . /t)g4 and . . . f5), but White i s ready. 13.1!fc2 h6 To avoid /t)gS at some point. 14./t)dS This is preparation for taking control of the c-line. 14
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/t)xdS 15.cxd5 fS 16.Ad2 f4 17. l:ec1 l:f7
This is a typical Rook maneuver in this variation. White prepares to triple on the c-line. 18
18.�b4!
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/t)f6 19.l:c4 /t)e8 20.a4 g5 21.Ae1
This bolsters f2 and vacates d2 for /t)f3 -d2-e4 . 21 J.f6 22./t)d2 AdS •..
2J.d4! Ars 24.�b3 exd4 25.l:xd4 Af6 26.!tdc4 1!Vd8 27./t)e4 Aes 28.i.c3 11re7 29.1ifb2 l:ld8 JO.AfJ
This provokes . . . g4, as White is threatening 3 l .g4. JO...g4 31.i.g2 hS 32.gxf4! Taking the bull by the horns. White opens lines for his more active pieces. Black quickly col lapses. 32...Axe4 JJ.fxeS i.xg2 34.e6 :rs JS.Wxg2 l::t x dS 36.l::te4 l:Irs J7."ifd2 1ih4 Js.:r4 :cs 39.1ifd4 :es 40."ilc4 �hJ+ 1:0
Closed Sicilian Reversed
9 ... h6 The position after 8 . l:Ib l is one of the richest in chess. Clearly, White is primarily playing on the queenside and Black, on the kingside, but there is a great deal of flexibility for both players. This chapter focuses on lines where Black plays in the center as well as against the King. To that end, he has ideas based on . . . h6, . . . Ae6 and . . . 'iM7 as well as the supercenter plans with . . . li)d4, ... c7-c6 and . . . d6-d5 or ... l:e8 and ... d6-d5. Here we look at . :.h6 and the Queen; plus-Bishop battery.
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The key position ofthe Closed Sicilian occurs after 8 . . . a5 9.a3 h6. Black wishes to complete his development with . . . Ji.e6 and . . . �d7, but needs to avoid an unpleasant li)g5. If White were able to trade his Knight for Black's Queen Bishop, his kingside would be very safe. Black wants to play . . . Ji.e6-h3 to trade off the Bishop that is the heart of White's play. White can allow this exchange, as it does cost Black some time, but generally he prefers to play :e1 or l: d l to meet . . . j,.hJ with j,.h i . This saves the Bishop, but can sometimes leads to positions where White 's King is very exposed. Note that l::i:d l , when possible, is better than l::t e l , because it helps support the advance d3 -d4. This break in the middle is often an effective counter to Black's play on the wing. Black can generate some surprisingly sharp attacks after . . . h6, . . . i.e6, . . . � d7, . . . li)g4, . . . f5 and either ... f4 or the sacrificial . . . e4 (followed by . . . f4). One response to this has been the idea of j,.c l -g5xf6. White trades a queenside piece for an attacker, gains extra control of d5 and e4, and, in general, achieves a very harmonious arrangement of his pieces (i.e., there is no need for Bishop and Knight to fight for the d2-square). 18
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11 RafaeiVaganian John Fedorowicz Reykjavik
_ 2 5 � x b 6 2 6 . � xf6 � x b 3 2 7 . L <j:!-l. :J.c·,:.� ,, •.•
' � ab l 'if d3 28.l:xb7 l:t a4 29.e4 � axe4 30.� xe4 � xe4 3 1 Jh8+ � e 8 32. � g5 � xf6 33. � xf6 1990 � xd5 34.�f3 �e5 35. : ds W g7
t.li)f3 {i)f6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 � g7 4.�g2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.{i)cJ e5 7.d3 h6 8.l1bl a5 9.aJ{i)c6 10.b4 axb4 ll.axb4 l:e8
This interesting mixture of systems is a Fed originaL He wants to play .. . e4, but without �g5 thrown in. 12.li)d2 [ 1 2 .b5 li)d4 1 3 .li)xd4 exd4 1 -.J.tt:'ldS li)xd5 1 5 . i. xd5 (White is better because of the pressure on b7) 15 . . . �g4 16.�e l �a2 1 7 . �b2;;!;;] 1 2 ... li)d4 1 3.e3 {i)f5 1 4.b5;;!;; � b8 15. li) b3 li)e7 16.li) d5 li) exd5 1 7. cxd5 e4 1 8 . dxe4 li) xe4 1 9. � b 2 {i) f6 2 0 . l: c l .t.. d 7 2 1 . � d 3 h 5 22.'fi'c4 h4 23.b6 c 5 24.�xh4 � as 25.l:I al [25 . tt:'ld2 �b5 26.�fe l :a4 27. e4 li)d7 28. �xd8 :xd8 29.�xg7 'itJ xg7 30 . .t..fl j_xfl 3 1 . 'ittxfl li)xb6 3 2 . l: b l l: a6 3 3 . �b5± (Vaganian)]
36.'ilb3 l:b4 37JII d t l':!: d4 38.�el 'f»'xe l 39.l:xel ii a4 40.h3 Ji. b3 4 1 . g4
1 996
t.li)fJ {i)f6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 � g7 4.i.g2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.{i)cJ li) c6 7.d3 h6 s.l:bt a5 9.a3 e5 10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 19
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Ae6 12./.i)d2 d5?! This looks g ood. but the move produces an Open Sicilian (with colors reversed) which, in this case, gives White all the play, a nice Dragon, ifyou will. 13.b5 /.i)e714.cxd5 /.i)exd5 15.Ab2 l:!:e8 16.i¥c2 /.i)b4 17JIIc l /.i)fd5 18./.i)c4 /.i)xcJ 19.�xcJ/.i)d5 20.iJc2 /.i)b4 21.�b3 /.i) d5 22.l:C fc l f6 2J.l::t at � d7 24.![a4
h7 25.lical ki:ab8 26.l::i:a7 Af8
Sll.Ht•t·!'i rtf.tn !'ii.IJ h4 52.gxh4 l:f4 SJ . .,,.t, g2 tJt , (, !'i4.rtc7+ Wg8 55.�b2 '
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13 Zygmunt llo,jc:r.uk Vladimir (;urcvich 1993
Portonr�:
t.lDfJ tt1f6 2.g 3 g6 3..1ig2 Ag7 4.c4 d6 5./.i)c3 0-0 6.0-0 e5 7.d3 /.i)c6 s.l::i:bt a5 9.a3 h6 10.b4 axb4 1l.axb4 Ae6 12.b5 /.i)e7 13Jit"b3 llld7 14. J.aJ [14.Ab2lDc5 IH'�'b4 �d7 16. l:al ii.h3=] 14..-.fS [l4...lllc5?! 15. ii.xc5 dxc5 l6.llld2 �b8= (16... l:a7 l7 .b6±); 14 .. . lDb6 15.lll d2 �c8 16 .ii.b4;;!; This last line is a suggestion ofiM Vince McCambridge.] 15./.i)d2 [l5.ii.b4!? (McCambridge)] 15...l::i:b8 [l5...l:a7? 16.b6! lilxb617 �xd6! �xd6 18.lllb5] 16.l::i:a t;;!; f4 17.Ab4 /.i)f5 18.l:a7 c5 19.bxc6 bxc6 20.�a3 � b6 .•
27 �a3 ,j_xaJ 28.l::i: l xa3 �e7 29. 'ifb2 'W'c5 JO.l::i: Ja5 lDb6 Jt.lDeJ .�.c8 32.I',tat lle7 33.l:tct \\!Vd6 34.\\!VaJ \\!Vd8 35.klc5 l::i:g7 36.1Wc l � d6 37.�c 2 f5 38.l'ta3 Ae6 39.htac3 f4 40.lDfl lDd5 [40 ... llla8 4l.�c5] 4L�xd5 .ltxd5 42.1Ixc7 H g8 43. /.i) d2 h5 44./.i) e4 A xe4 45.dxe4 fxg3 46.hxg3 1Wb4 47.1:2c4 �xb5 48.Ll:7c5 �b6 49.l:xe5 l::i:f8 ••
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2 1 .ii. xd 6 tt:l xd 6 22.'if xd6 'if xa 7 23.'ihe6+ � h 7 24.'tihc6 tt:lf6 25. tt:lde4 lll xe4 26.tt:lxe4 � b2 27.ii.f3 " b8 28.ltt g2 � b6 29.'�'d7 'ti'c8 30.'if a4 'if a6 3 1 . 'if d 7 " c8 32. 'ife7 " d8 33. 'if a3 'if c 7 34. � a 1 � d8 3 5 . 'if c l fxg3 36.hxg3 � d 7 37. � a4 'if b8 38. � a8 'iVc7 39.'ti'a3 � b8 40.� a6 � b6 4 1 . � xb6 'ti'xb6 42.c5 'if c7 43.c6 : f7 44. 'if a4 ii. f8 45.'it' c 4 ltt g 7 46.tt:lc3 ii. d6 47. lll b5 'ifd8 48.ii. d5 �e7 49. 'if g4 ii. c7 50.ii.e4 'if e8 5 1 . ii. d5 "1,8 52.'ifc4 'if e8 53.'ti'c3 'if d8 54. ii. e4 ii. b6 55.'ifc4 �f7 56.ii.f3 h5 57."e4 'ife7 58.e3 'if c5 59." d5 'ifxd5 60.ii.xd5 �e7 6 1 . d4 � f6 6 2 . ii. f3 exd4 6 3 . exd4 ii. c 7 64. lll xc7 � xc7 65.ii. e4 g5 66.f4 gxf4 67.gxf4 W e7 68.d5 � d6 69.ii.f3 k[ f7 7 0 . 'it> g3 h 4 + 7 t . 'it> g4 h 3 Draw
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1 7.b6! c6 18.lll de4 lll f5 19.e3 h5 20 .tt:lxc5 h4 2 1 .�a 1 � xa 1 22. � xa1 ii. h6 23.lll d 1 lll d6 24.'ifa4 ii. h3 25.ii. h 1 hxg3 26.hxg3 'if g4
14 Alfredo Esposito Naselli Buenos Aires
1958
l.c4 e5 2.tt:lc3 lll f6 3.g3 g6 4.ii. g2 ii. g7 5.lll f3 tt:lc6 6.� b 1 a5 7.0-0 0-0 8. a3 h6 9.d3 d6 10.b4 axb4 ll.axb4 ii. e6 1 2.b5 lll e7 1 3.'it'b3 "c8 1 4.ii. a3 lll d 7 15.tt:ld2 tt:lc5 1 6.ii.xc5 dxc5
27.tt:lxb7! ! lll xb7 28.'if xc6 lll d8 29.'ilf3 'ifd7 30. 'if d5 'ilg4 31.ii.f3 " f5 3 2 . k[ a8 'if f6 33. b 7 lll xb7 34."xb7 �xa8 35. 'ifxa8+ ii.f8 36. 'ifc6 'ild8 3 7.ii. d5 � g7 38.'ilb7 ii.d7 39.tt:lc3 ii. e8 40.tt:le4 \II a5 1:0 21
15 John Donaldson Lewis Eisen Philadelphia
0 1997
t . /t) fJ /t) f6 2.c4 g6 3./t)c3 A g7 4.g3 0-0 5.A g2 d6 6.0-0 e5 7.d3 /t)c6 sJ!b 1 aS 9.a3 h6 10.b4 axb4 ll.axb4 Ae6 12.b5 /t)e7 1 3. 1!fb3 ! ? This much more dynamic than the usual 1 3 . A c l -b2. The Queen is aggressively placed on b3 , prepares .
24.c5! A g7 25.cxd6 cxd6 26.1!fd3 Ac4 27.1!fxd6 1!fxd6 2S./t)xd6 l: dS
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29.Axb7?! Much too complicated. White had an easy win with 29 . l::td2 ! Ah6 30.e3 Axb5 3 l .Ad5+. 29 Af8 30./t)xc4 llxd l+ 3 1.Wg2 Ac5? 33 . . . lld8 was forced. Now g6 falls or the Rook is trapped. 32.1Le4 � dS 33. Axg6 :Cbs 34.A xh5 l:xb5 35.Ag6 't)f8 36. A d 3 Ae7 37.1Ld4 li bS 3S./t)e3 A dS 39.f4 Ab6 40.A c4+ Wh7 4 1.Axb6 �xb6 42 : g4 1 :0 •.•
16 Andrei Maksimenko Viktor Moskalenko Copenhagen
0 1995
l.c4 e5 2.'lk3 d6 3.g3 /1)c6 4.�g2 g6 5.l:l: b 1 a5 6.a3 i.. g7 7.b4 axb4 8. axb4 /1)f6 9.b5 /1)e7 1 0. d3 0-0 l l ./1)f3 h6 1 2.0-0 i.. e6 1 3. if b 3 � d 7 1 4.1'Id1 A h3 1 5. A h 1 11)f5 ? ! [ l 5 . . . 1ll g4 ! l6.d4 exd4 1 7.1ll xd4 1llf5 I 8 . 1llf3 is unclear (Maksimenko) . Donaldson-Agno s , Isle of Man 1 997, continued 18 . . . 1We6 1 9.e3 ?! c6 20. Ille 2? ! g5 2l..� d2 : res 22 .l':!:e l 1W g6+. Better is 1 9 .i.. b 2 (intending lll d 5) c6 20.e4 ! lll e7 2 l .�d2± . ] 16. e3 /1)h7 1 7.l'Ie1 [l7: � d2 l:ab8 1 8 . l::ta l lll g5, intending . . . � g4] 1 7 W h8 18. 1ll d2 !t abS 19.l'Ia1 /1)g5 20.lt a7;;!;; b6 2 1 .1ll d5 /1)e6 22.1ll e4 /1)e7 23.1ll ef6 �xf6 [23 . . . �d8 24. lll xe7 �xe7 25. 1lld 5 1Wd8 26.i.b2±] 24. 1ll xf6 'i9d8 25.1ll d5 /1)xd5 26. Jl. xd5 /1)g7 •••
27JWc3! �e6 28.i.. c6 c;!i> h7 29.d4 d5?! 30.i.. a3 l: g8 3 1 . cxd5 i.. xd5 3 2 . � xd5 1!f xd 5 3 3 . I hc7 1!f f3 34.dxe5 : as 35.i.. b2 : a2 36.e4 \Wxc3 37.i.. xc3 l:.tf8 38. i.. b41lle6 3 9 . 1: b 7 J: c 8 4 0 . l: xf7+ c;!i> g8 4 1 . It f6 lll g5 42.h4 1 : 0
17 Lev Polugaevsky Viktor Kortchnoi JUga
1 9 75
1.c4 e5 2.1ll c 3 /1)f6 3./i)fl lll c 6 4.d3 g6 5.g3 1i. g7 6.�g2 0-0 7.0-0 d6 sJh 1 a5 9. a3 h6 1 0. b4 axb4 l l . axb4 i. e6 1 2. b5 /1)e7 13.�b2 /1)d7 Interesting. Viktor the Great prefers to play in the center first with l 3 . . . 1ll d7 and . . . c6, rather than to immediately attack with 1 3 . . . �d7 and . . . �h3 . 14./1)d2 c6 15.e4?! It's rarely good to play e4 in this vari ation and this position is no ex ception. Now Black can weaken White's kingside with energetic play. 1 5 f5 1 6.exf5 gxf5 1 7.f4 /1)g6 ! Black is already for choice. 1 8. W h 1 1Wc8 19./1)b3 exf4 20.gxf4 /1)f6 2 1 JIId2 ..tlh7 22.f.ta1 h!:xa1 23.htxa1 lll h4 24. l: g 1 l:.tg8 25. lll d4 i.. d7 26.bxc6 bxc6 27./llfl /1)xg2 28.ifxg2 if e8 29.I.te1 1Wf7 30.c5 •••
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Benjamin, USA 1976] 14.l: al c6 15.lixa8 11fxa8 1 6.t!fc2 d5 1 7.lia1 Wc8 1 8. .t a3 l:e8 19.Axe7 l:xe7 20.cxd5 cxd5
30 .. .ll�h5! 3 1 .1ifd2 dxc5 32.1l'le5 A xe5 3 3 . l: xe5 [ 3 3 . fx:e5 A e6 ] 3 3 1ilg7 34.Wf2 [34 . l: e l A e6 Js.nn 'i¥x:c3] 34...1l'lxf4 35.l:e3 W gl+ 3 6 . W xg2 li xgl 3 7. l: e7+ W g6 38.l:xd7 l:xbl 39.W g1 l: gl+ 40.\t?fl f;Cxhl 41.lic7 ll'lxd3 0: 1 .•.
l t .li)et ! There is no way to defend the d-pawn ! 2 1 'iVc5 22.li) xd5 .A.xd5 23.'iVxc5 li) xc5 24. .A.xd5 e4 25.l: a8+ W h 7 26.dxe4 li)xe4 27.e3 li)c3 28 . .i. c4 l:c7 29 .tfl li) xb5 30 .A. xb5 l:ct 3l.W g2 l:r xet 32 .t c4 f5 33.A g8+ W h8 34.A d5+ Wh7 35.Axb7 l:b1 36.Ad5 l:b6 37 . .t g8+ W h8 •.•
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1 9 76
1.c4 ll'lf6 2.1l'lc3 e5 3.1l'lf3 ll'lc6 4.d3 g6 5. g3 A g7 6 .t g2 o-o 7.0-0 d6 8.lib1 a5 9.a3 h6 10.b4 axb4 1l.axb4 Ae6 1 2.b5 ll'le7 13 . .i.b2 ll'ld7 [ 1 3 . . . ll'le8? ! 1 4 . li a l ncs 15 . Ii[ a7 b6 16. ll'ld2 f 5 17.1l'la2 'i¥d7 18.li)b4 g5 19. Wb3 f4 2o.:ra1 ci?hs 2l.Ab7 Ii[b8 22. li)e4 .tg4 23.0 .te6 24./0:6li)xc6 25 . .tx:c6 'iVe7 26.g4± Fedorowicz•
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19 Edmar Mednis Alonso Zapata Amsterdam
further comme nt. 1 5 . l::!: e 1 .Jt h J 1 6. A h 1 lll g4 This is an impor tant idea to remember. The Knight is much more actively posted here than on h7 or e 8 . 1 7. l::i: a 1 f5 1 8. 0 d 5 After 1 8 . l::i: a 7 ? e4 the Knight on g4 earns its keep, i . e . , the threat i s . . . .Jtd4 x f2 . 1 8 . . . g5 1 9 . l::i: a7 ? ! [ 1 9 . 0 xe7+ 'VJ1ixe7 20. � a7 0 xf2 ! 2 l . 'it>xf2 e4 22 . .Jtxg7 e 3 + 2 3 .'it>g1 exd2 2 4 . � xd2 �xg7 2 5 . Ihb 7 �be8+] 1 9 . . . lll c8 20. l::i: a2 c6+ 2 1 . 0 c3 lll e7 2 2.�c2 W h8 2J. l::i: e a 1 f4 24. b xc6 bxc6 2 5 . 0 f3 0 f5 2 6 . l::i: a 7 � e 8 ! ? 27.0e4 d5 28.0c5 l::i: f7 29 . .Jt c3 0 d 6 J O . � a4 e 4 ! J t . .Jt x g 7 + � xg7 32.� xg7
1986
t . c 4 0f6 2. g3 g6 J . A g2 A g 7 4.0f3 d6 5.0-0 0-0 6 .lll c3 lll c6 7.d3 e5 8.l::i: b 1 a5 9. a3 h6 1 0 . b 4 axb4 l l . axb 4 A e 6 1 2. b 5 lll e 7 1 J . .Jt b 2 � d 7 1 4 .lll d2 [14.c5!? lllfd5 15.lllxd5 ihd5 1 6 .b6 .Jta2 1 7 . �al e4 1 8 . it.xg7 exf3 1 9 . A xf8 fxg2 20.ktcl Wxf8 2l. �d2 �e6 22.gecl �a6 23 . c xd6 c xd6 24.�c7 Si.c4 25J�c1 Wg7 26. dxc4 1-0 Va ganian-Ahn, Eupen 1996] 14 .. . �ab 8 Avoiding 1 4 . . Ah3? 15. il. xb7! ofMcdnis-Lehmann. GM Alonso Zapata, in his notes to the ga me in Chess Informant 42/28, gives 14 . d5 as equal without .
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Black's most centrally minded plan is 9 . . . lll d4. This move might look strange at first glance - after all, Black is moving a piece twice in the opening - but it has very good ideas behind it. The second player wants to meet wing action with b2-b4 by breaking in the center via . . . c7-c6 and . . . d6-d5 . 9 . . . lll d4 is an invention of Vassily Smyslov and also received an endorsement from another World Champion, Mikhail Tal. White used plans based on b2-b4 or ii.. g5xf6. Note that capturing on d4 rarely offers anything by itself - White needs to have a foothold for the c3-Knight in the center - and can often give Black good play on the e-file.
20 Joel Benjamin William Watson Hastings
1 984
1.lll f3 lll f6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 ii.. g7 4.li. g2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.lll c3 lll c 6 7J::t b l a5 8 . a3 e5 9. d 3 lll d4 1 0. Ji.. g 5 h 6 ll.�xf6 Axf6 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 i. g4 1 4.e3 Ciric, in his notes to the game in Chess Informant 39 gives the line 14.lllxd4 exd4 15.llld5 ii.. g7 16.b5 26
l::t a2 17. k!e1 l:e8 and now gives 1 8. lll b4 as unclear. In fact, 1 8.ii.. f3 ! is the right move, a direct transposition into Razuvaev-Ikonnikov (see game 2 1 ) which is tremendous for White. After the text, it's a scrap. 14 ... l::!: a3! 15.lll d5! [ 1 5 .l::!: c 1 ?? lll xf3 + 16.ii.. xf3 ii.. xf3 1 7.�xf3 lixc3 1 8 Jhc3 e4 is a neat trick worth remembering] 15 ... lll xf3+ 16.ii.. xf3 ii.. h3 1 7.�cl ! [ 1 7. i.g2 i.xg2 1 8. 'itJ xg2 c6 1 9. lll xf6+ �xf6+] 1 7.. J!xd3 18.ii.. e4 Af5 19. Axf5 gxf5 20.b5 Threatening lll b4. 20 ... e4 21.�c2 c6 22. bxc6 bxc6
16.:c l li)xf3+ 1 7.i.xf3 ii.xf3 1 8.'ifxf3 l:hc3 1 9 . l: xc3 e4 -+ Razuvaev shows that alternatives to 1 5 .li)xd4 give Black tremendous play] 15 exd4 l6.� d5 :a2 Compare this position very carefully with Psakhis-Wang. They're almost identical and a clear sign that Black should steer far away from this variation. 11.:e1 l:e8 18.JJ.. f3 JJ.. xf3 The only simplification White is afraid of is trading his beautiful Knight for the poor guy on g7 . 19.exf3 Yes, White has doubled f-pawns, but his King is supersafe and he now has use of the e-file . 19 :Ixel+ The Knight on d5 attacks c7, forcing Black to give up the file. 20.\ixet :Ia8 •••
23Jh 8 ! ? �xb8 24.li) xf6+ rtl g7 2 5 . � h5+ W h 7 2 6 . li b 1 'if a 7 ? [26 . .'iMs 27.'ifb2 'ifgs 28.lllf4 'i¥g4] 27.'ifb2± f6 28.:I a1 \!Vc7 29.�f4 d5? 30.�e6 \!Ve7 31.�xf8+ \!Vxf8 32.l: a7+ rtl g6 33. \!Vb7 'if g8 34. : as 'iff7 35.\ib8 dxc4 36.\ih8 c3 37.l:g8+ W h5 38.h3 1 : 0 .
21 Yu ry Razuvaev Viktor Ikonnikov �
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1.c4 e5 2.g3 li)c6 3 .it g2 g6 4.�c3 J. g7 5.l: b1 aS 6.a3 �f6 7.b4 axb4 8.axb4 0-0 9.d3 d6 10.�f3 � d 4 n.Ags h 6 1 2.Axf6 A xf6 13.0-0 lJ.. g7 14.b5 Ag4 Active and prob ably wrong. Razuvaev, in his notes to the game in Chess Informant 59, suggests 1 4 . . . .id7, planning . . . c7-c6 to keep White's Knight off d5 . 15. li)xd4 ! [ 1 5.li)d2 l:a3 ! ; 1 5 .e3 l:a3 ! •
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23.bxc6 bxc6 24.� b4 �b6 25. � a4 Thematic; White wants all ofBlack's pawns on dark-squares. 25 A f8 [25 . . . c 5 26. �e8+ A f8 27.�d5 � I + 2 8 . 'it> g 2 � xd J 2 9 . lll f6 + W g7 J O . lll d7+- Notice the excellent coordination of White's Queen and Knight . ] 26.c.tl g2 Avoiding 2 6 ; lll xc6?? �b l+ 27.�g2 �xdJ , when Black has a big passed pawn. 26 c5 [26 . . . d5 27.lll xc6+-] 27.lll d 5 �b1 28.�e8 W g7 29.�e4 �b7 30.�f4 � c8 [ 3 0 . . . � d7 3 l . � f6+ 'it> h7 (3 l . . .�g8 32.�xg6+ fxg6 33.lllf6+±) 32. �xd4±] 31J!If6+ Wg8 •••
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to find a way to enter with the King. Check out Saidy-Fischer, United States Championship 1 963/64, for another example. Bobby's win gave him the fantastic score of 1 1 -0 ! 39 hxg5 40.fxg5 c.tl g6 41.Wh4 f4 42.lll xf4+ h6 1 :0 •••
22 Daryl Johansen Spyridon Skembris Moscow
1994
1.c4 e5 2.�c3 �c6 J.lt:lf3 lllf6 4.g3 g6 s.A g2 A g7 6. 0-0 o-o 7.d3 d6 s.![ b1 a5 9.A g5 h6 10.Axf6 Axf6 ll.aJ Ag7 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 �d4
32.g4! White's Queen and Knight are on optimal squares, now he prepares to grab more space by advancing his kingside pawns. 32 'IV e6 33. h4 'iVxf6 34.�xf6+ W g7 35.�d5 f6 36.W g3 W f7 37.f4 f5 Allowing f5 would have been positional capit ulation. 38.h5 gxh5 [3 8 . . . � g7 3 9.f3 gxh5 40. gxf5 �fl 4 1 .f6] 39.g5! The key in these types of endings is how •••
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If . . . fi) d4 can be played against j, g5 xf6 , this is probably the only way to do it. Normally, . . . fi)c6-d4 is bad when White can play fi) xd4 and give B lack rigid doubled d pawns, just the sort of p'a wns he d o e s n ' t want to have when he possesses the Bi shop pair. How ever, there ca n be excepti ons to this rule if B lack has dynamic counterplay. The natural-looking 1 3 . . . i. e6 soon l e d B l ack i nt o troub le in Budnikov- v( Watson, Cologne 1 99 3 . There foll owed 1 4 . fi) e 1 ! ? ( i t ' s always worth com paring this move to fi) d2) 1 4 . . . l:!: b8 1 5 . fi) c2 fi) e 7 1 6 .b5 �d7 1 7 . fi)b4 c6 1 8 . �a4 l:a8 1 9 .bxc6 bxc6 20 . j, xc6 ! k!: xa4 2 l . � xd7 A xd7 2 2 . fi) xa4 j_ xa4 2 3 . � a l j, d7 2 4 . l: a7 1:i:d8 2 5 . e4 j, f8 26.I:t fa l j_ g4 27. lla8 ! nxa8 2 8 . l:xa8 j,e6 29.f4 with a huge advantage for White . A Rook and pawn are usually good value for two pieces in the endi ng, even more so here where the pieces are so passive. [ 1 3 . . . f5 ? ! 1 4 . b5 fi)e7 1 5 . fi)d5 fi)xd5 1 6 . cxd5 'it> h7 1 7 . �c2 g 5 1 8 . l:tfc l :n 1 9 . fi) d2 f4 ? ! 2 0 . b6 ! cxb6 2 I . fi) c4 i H5 2 2 Jhb6 l::t d7 2 3 . 'ifb l : a7 24 . �b4 �f8 2 5 . fi)a5 �a8 26. j,e4 j_ xe4 2 7 .'�/he4+ � g7 2 8 . fi) c4± Mishuchkov-D rozdov, . St . Peters berg 1 992] 14.b5
14...c6! ? The Greek GM understands the position quite well. If White is able to take on d4 and securely post his Knight on d5, Black will suffer. For this reason pseudo-active moves such as 14. J�e8 and 14 . . . j_g4 fail to meet the demands of the position. The model games Razuvaev-Ikon nikov and PsakhiS:-Wang show what happens if Black tarries. The question then arises, is there a way for White to accelerate his play? Yes, and no. Psakhis delayed castling, but he opened with l .c4 and Black's Knight came to c6 early. Wang never got a chance to play . . . c6. But how many players wouldn't castle after I .fi)f3 fi)f6 2.c4 g6 3 . g3 j, g7 4.j_g2 0-0 5 .fi)c3 d6 6.d3 e5? Maybe 7.l:bl could be played, but it looks rather early. Black wouldn't be so obliging as to play 7 . . . fi)c6, inviting 8.�g5 a5 9.a3 h6 I O.j,xf6 A xf6 l l .b4 axb4 1 2 . axb4 j_g7 1 3 .b5 fi) d4 1 4.fi)xd4 29
exd4 1 5.li:�d5 with the dream position via a funny move order. While White might not have anything better than the move order of our current game, note that in the standard position of the Closed Sicilian reverse after 8.1lb 1 aS 9.a3 moves such as 9 . . . l:Ie8 would be found wanting ( I O.Ag5 ! ), since Black will have wasted a tempo in trying to set up . . . �d4 and . . . c6 . 1 5. bxc6 bxc6 1 6.�xd4 exd4
this shows in the following variations offered by Skembris i n Chess Jnformant 62: 1 8.�c5 'ife7; 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.�c5 l:Ia3 ! ? 20.l:Ib3 and now either 20 . . . l:Ia2 ! ? or 20 . . . 'ifa5 !? White might wish to consider 1 8.cxd5 cxd5 1 9.�c5 l:Ia3 20.l:Ib5 ! ? l:Ie8 2 l .'ifd2 J.g4 22.l:Ifb l 'if d6 23.�b7 'iff6 24. J.n Ae6 2 5 . � c5;t with a small advantage. 18 J.e6 19.cxd5 [ 1 9. 'ifc2 h5? ! ( 1 9 . . . l:Ia3) 20.cxd5 cxd5 2 1 .l:Ib5;t Black follows up 19 . . . l:!:a3 with 20 . . . 'if a5 and active play on the a-line] 19 cxd5 20.l:Ib5?! [20.l:Ial !?] 20 l:I a2 2 1 . � b 1 'tt e 8 ! 22.'tt b3 l:I xe2 ! 2J.lt h 3 l::t d2 24.A xd 5 ? J. xd5 25.l: xd5 'ttl e2+ 26.� b5 l:xd3 27.'tt a4 W e4 28.l: d7 'tt c 6 29.l:Ic7 'tt f3 30.l:!:c4 l:a8 31.'tt c 2 l:e8 32.1lc8 l: xc8 33.'tt xc8+ W h7 34JIV d7 l: d 1 3 5 J h d 1 'tt xd 1 + 36.c;!olg2 d 3 37.�c7 We2 38.'tt xf7 d2 39.� d5 'til e4+ 40.f3 'ttl e2+ 4 Uti' b3 'tt f l + 42.W h4 'tt a1 43. �e3 'tt d4+ 0: 1 •••
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The difference between this game and the victorie s by Razuvaev a n d Psakhis is that the Knight doesn't have the beautiful outpost on d5 available. Instead, it has to go to e4 where it is less stable. White needs a good square for his Knight in the center if he wishes to try for an advantage. [ 17 .J.xc6?? l:a6; 17. �a4 l: a6 ! ] 1 7. � e4 d5 White was threatening 1 8.c5 with the advantage. 18.�d2 Black must play actively and
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23 Ulf Andersson Rustem Dautov TerApel
19 94
1.c4 e5 2.�c3 �c6 3.g3 g6 4 .0. g2 lt.g7 5.d3 d6 6.l:I b t a5 7.�f3 �f6 8.0-0 0-0 9.a3 � d4 10.Ae3!? �g4 ?! Dautov gives I O . . . �xf3+ I I..t xf3 c6 •
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12.b4 axb4 1 3 .axb4 li.g4 14.Ji.g2 �d7 as being equal . However, the sharp 1 2 .'�' b3 of S hestakov-Smirnov, Moscow 1 994 (see game 24), is a spirited try to wrest the initiative. u . .td2 f5 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 c6 [ 1 3 . . . lt)xf3 + 14.Axf3 c6 1 5 .b5 Ad7 I6.bxc6 bxc6 1 7.l:b7;;!; ; 1 3 . . . lt)e6 ! ?] 14.b5 i.d7 15.i2)xd4! exd4 16.�a4 �e8 1 7. b xc6 bxc6 1 8 . c 5 ! d5 1 9 . lt) b6;;!; l: a2 20. A f4 A f7 ? ! 2 1 J i a 1 l: x a 1 2 2 . '8 x a 1 l: eS 23 . '8 a4 l: e6 2 4 . 1I a 1 ± J. es 25.'8b3?
[25 . � a8 � xa8 2 6 . l: xa8 l: xe2? (26 ... lt)f6;;!;) 27.Ji.xd5+ ! ! cxd5 28.c6 +- ; 25.�c2 �e7 26.i2)xd5 ! cxd5 27. i.xd5 Ji.c6 28.Axc6 ! l:xc6 29.'�'b3+ �fl 30.l:a8+ i.f8 3 1 . �± (Dautov) Ad6 is a tough threat to meet] 25 l:xe2 26.Af3 l:xfl 27.Axg4 l:txf4 28.gxf4 fxg4 29.'1*d1 Af8 30.'8e2 'f/e7 31. '8xe7 Axe7 32.l:a5 Draw •••
----------24 Sergei Shestakov Y. A. Smimov Moscmv 1994
1.g3 g6 2. .tg2 A g7 3.c4 d6 4.lt)f3 lt)f6 5.0-0 0-0 6.i2)c3 e5 7.d3 i2)c6 s.l:l:b1 a5 9.a3 lt)d4 10.Ae3!? lt)xf3+ 11.i.xf3 c6
12.ilb3 ! ? If White can get any ad vantage from this position, the text is the way to try. Shestakov stops . . . d5 and threatens to play l:fd l (idea d4) or l:fcl . 12 ... i.h3?! The most direct reply, but also a bit silly, 1 2 . . . Ji.h3?! makes 1 2 . '�b3 work. Instead, 1 3 . . . �e7, intending . . . Ji. g4 o r . . . Ji.h3, is more sensible. 13.'ihb7 A xfl 14. 'itl xn e4 Bringing the Bishop into the game. Otherwise, White picks up his second pawn on c6 and, with the Bishop pair, stands very well . 15. tt) xe4 tt) xe4 1 6 . A xe4 l: b8 1 7. '8xc6 l:xb2 18.l:xb2 A xb2 31
34 Ac3 B lack i s in Zugzwang ! Moving the King or Queen leaves f7 unguarded, the Bi shop i s pro tected from the threat of e5 only when it is on b4, and the g8 -Rook is needed to guard g6 . [ 3 4 . . J:i: h8 3 5 . ii. xd6 A xd6 36 • xd6 � xa4 3 7 . � e 5 + W g8 3 8 . �f6 �d7 3 9 . �xg6+ W f8 40. �a6 a4 4 1 . c5+-] 3 5 .• x d 6 � h 7 3 6 . A c 6 • c s 3 7 . A f6 � e 6 3 8 . 'if x e 6 fx e 6 39.W g2 lt rs 40.Ae7 li e s 4 1 . d5 exd5 4 2 . ex d 5 W g7 43. d6 A f6 44. d 7 l: hs 4 5 . A d 6 A d4 46.c5 � f6 4 7 . A c 7 � e 7 4 8 . A x a 5 A x e S 4 9 . d 8 = 'if + � x d 8 5 0 . A xd8+
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19.a4 White is for choice with his great pawn structure. Material may be equal, but look at Black's pawns. 19 ... � f6 20.�b6 A c3 2 1 .'i.tl g2 � g7 22.h4 h5 23.Af4 A b4 24.Ae3 A c3 25 . ..t. f3 : cs 26. A d 5 ki: f8 27 ..t. g5 � e5 28.e3 A b4 29 .• b 7 • es 3 0 . A e 7 k[ h 8 3 1 . d 4 %l g8 32 .• c7 Aa3 33.e4 (3 3.ii.xd6 Axd6 34.�xd6 �xa4 ] 33 ... A b4 White keeps increasing the pressure . Now e4-e5, exploiting the loose Bishop on a3 , is threatened. 34.W h2! •
25 Roman Dzindzichashvili Michael Rohde New York
1992
l . c4 g 6 2 . lD c3 A g7 3. g3 lD f6 4.Ag2 d6 5.lDf3 0-0 6.0-0 e5 7.d3 lDc6 8. l: b 1 a5 9 . a3 ill d4 1 0. b 4 axb4 1 1 . axb4 h6 ?! The immediate 1 1 . . . c6 was better, the text just loses valuable time. 1 2 . b 5 c 6 1 3. lD xd4 exd4 14. bxc6 bxc6
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15.li:)b5! This double hit on c6 and d4 wins material . 15 cxb5 16.Axa8 bxc4 17.dxc4 Af5 18.l:[a1 d5 1 9. Ab2! li:)e4 20.Axd4 li:)cJ 21.Axc3 Axel 22 .i.xd5 The simplest. White returns the Exchange to go into an ending two pawns u p . Rohde understandably declines, but the result is just the same. 22 "f6 2J.lia3 A b4 24.l::C f3 •es 25.�a4 Ac5 26.'ilc6 �c8 27.Axf7+ W g7 [27 . . . 'itJ xf7 28.'�xc8] 28.�d5 �e7 29.�xf5 gxf5 30•• xf5 lic6 31 . .i. d5 1lf6 32 .• g4+ � g6 33."c8 1 :0
lt:) f6 4 . d 3 g6 s.gJ A g7 6 . A g2 d6 7.0-0 0-0 s. l:[ b t a5 9 . a3 li:) d4 1 0 . b4 a x b 4 l l . a x b 4 li:) x fJ +? ! Premature. This brings Wh ite's B i s h o p t o b e a r on B l a c k ' s queenside without any downside (lost tempi or having to take on d4 when the Knight on c3 can't come to d 5 ) . 12 . .i. xf3 c6 13 . .il g5 A e6 Here, 1 3 . . . �h3 , trying to re c o up some lost t i m e , i s more logical. 14.b5 d5 15.bxc6 bxc6 16. cxd5 cxd5
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l.c4 IM Dan Cramling is not as wel l known as his sister Pia, but is quite a fi ne player in his own right. l e5 2 . li:) cJ li:) c6 J.lt:)fJ •••
1 7.k!:b5! Black's center is definitely a liability rather than a strength. 1 7 k!: a5 18 .• bl • c 7 t 9J i c l li xb5 20.li:) xb5 'e a 5 2 1 .li:)c7 e4 ?! 22.A xf6 exfJ 23.A xg7 W xg7 24. "b2+ W g8 25.li:) xe6 fxe6 26.exf3 • d s [ 2 6 . . l:t xf3 2 7 . &t c8+ D rs 28 lixf8+ Wxf8 29.'�h8+ and White wins the h- and g-pawns, d efends d3 , and plays h2-h4-h5-h6-h7-h8 . 1 .
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27 Ulf Andersson Alfonso Romero Holmes Rome
1986
1.lllf3 lll f6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 JJ.. g7 4 .i.g2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.lll c3 lll c 6 7.d3 e5 sJ:tb 1 a5 9.a3 lll d4 10.b4 axb4 ll.axb4 Jl.g4? Correct is l l . ..c6 12.b5 .i.g4. 12.lll xd4 exd4 •
27.f4 This position is pure torture for Black. Granted White's extra pawn is doubled, but the airy Black King position and weakness on e6 are huge problems that won't go away. Mean while, White's King is supersafe. 27 "d7 28.h4 ! This pawn will be used like a battering ram to weaken Black's King position. 28 W f7 29. " d4 l:ta8 30."e5 Il:c8 31.l:a1 White needs both heavy pieces on the board to win this position. 31 �b7 32.h5 "c7 33." d4 "d7 34.h6 Creating a new weakness on g7. 34. hxg6 was possible, but the text is much stronger. The bone in Black's throat on h6 now means that White can even entertain the idea of simplification. 34 <;!? g8 35.l:i: a7 e5 Desperation. [3 5 . . . Il:c7 36.l:Ia8+ Il:c8 (36 . . c;i?f7 3 7."g7#) 37.Il:xc8+ V.Wxc8 38.V.Wg7#] 36.Il:xd7 exd4 37 .Il:xd5 c;i?f7 38.l:d7+ c;i?f6 39.IIxh7 g5 40.fxg5+
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13.lll b5 Hitting two pawns. 13 .l:a2 Trying to hang on to said pawns by means of a counterattack. 14.Ji.b2 c6 15.lll a3 Now the price is the Exchange. 15 " a8 16."b3 I ha3 1 7.A xa3 Axel 18.1i:fe1 Ag4 19.IIa1 'i!f b8 20.b5 c5 2 1.Acl lll d 7 22.f4 'i!fc7 23.II a7 II bs 24. A d2 'i!f cs 25.h3 Ae6 26.'if d1 lllf6 27.g4 d5 28.f5 Ad7 29.g5 lll h5 30.A xd5 Axf5 31.IIe7 Axd3 32."f3 Af5 33.Axf7+ c;i? bs 34.II axb7 l: xb7 35.ih:b7 " xb7 36.IIxb7 Ae5 37.IIe7 Ad6 38.IIe8+ Wg7 39.Ad5 lll f4 40.IIg8# 1 :0 ••
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28 Ulf Andersson John Nunn Johannesburg
1981
l.li:lf3 li:lf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 A g7 4. A g2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.li:lc3 li:l c6 7.d3 e5 8J! b l a5 9.a3 li:l d4 10.b4 axb4 ll.axb4 c6 12.b5 Ag4 ( 1 2 . . . li:lxf3+ 1 3 .1Lxf3 d5 1 4 . bxc6 bxc6 1 5 . cxd5 cxd5 16. i.g5 i.e6 1 7 . l:tb5 �as This variation, suggested by Andersson, is a much better try for Black.] 13. A g5 The modern way of treating the position. In the past players had tended to take on d4, which gives Black very good pressure down the e-line. 13 ... 1L xf3 14.Ji. xf3 h6 15. A xf6 li:l xf3+ 16. exf3 A xf6
counterplay. 1 7 . . . bxc6 1 8 . kt b 7 !:!: a3 1 9.�c2 d5 20. c x d 5 cxd5 2 1 . li:l b5 ! White's Knight is an active player on the queenside and in the cente r, while Black's Bishop isn't doing much. 2 1 . . . ll a 5 ? ! 2 2 . � c 6 it.. g 7 2 3 J:.t b 1 � a2 ? ! [23 . . . �f6 2 4 . � xd5 l:td8 2 5 . ll d7 ( 2 5 . �e4 �f5 ) 2 5 . . J � xd7 2 6 . � xd7 i. f8 B l ac k ' s only chance was to try to go i nto a pawn-down endgame . ] 24.li:l d6 e4 ? ! 25.li:lxf7! [25 . . . ll xf7 26. k:!:b8 � xb8 2 7 J :t xb8+
29 Ulf Andersson Jouni Yrjola Helsinki
1 7. bxc6 This position might seem harmless, but, in fact, Black is in great difficulties. White has clear play on the queenside and Black has c o rr e s p o nd i n g no
1991
t . li:l f3 li:lf6 2. c4 g 6 3. g3 JJ.. g7 4. A g2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6 . li:l c3 li:lc6 7. d3 e5 8.llb1 a5 9. a3 li:l d4 t O.b4 The direct 1 0 . A g5 is more exact . 1 0 . . . axb4 l l .axb4 c6 1 2.b5 il.. g4 1 3 . .i. g 5 A x f3 1 4 . JJ.. x f3 h 6 1 5. JJ.. xf6 li:l xf3+ 1 6. e xf3 ii. xf6 1 7. bxc6 White's lack of a stable square in the center for his Knight means that real chances fo r an advantage are smal l . That said, B lack stil l has to play with care. 1 7 ... bxc6 18.l:b7 l:i: a3 1 9.'i*c2 1 .'i
1 9 . '� a8 This i s a substantial improvement over 1 9 . . . d5 ?, which lost quickly in Andersson-Nunn, Johannesburg l 98 l (see game 28 ) . 2 0 J:i : fb l e4 ! ? Here, the more solid 2 0 . . J � a7 has been suggested, but I think 2 I . l:l: 7b6 l:!:c8 2 2 . .. b2 , intending l: b 8 and lD e4 , m i ght yield a small advantage. [20 . . J �t a7 2 l . �b 3 l:'t a 3 (Yrj ola)] 2 1 . lll xe4 Ji.. d4 2 2 . .. c l ! d5 [ 2 2 . . J::t a 2 ? 2 3 . �xh6] 23.cxd5 [2 3 . lDd6 : a2 24. lD xf7 .l:l: xf2 2 5 . �f4 l: xf3 + 2 6 . � xd4 l: 3 xf7 2 7 . : xn � xf7 2 8 . � e 5 'it> h7 = (Yrj ola) ] 23 cxd5 24.lll d6 � a6 ? [24 . . . i. e5 25. �c7 .. a6 2 6 . l:'t 7b6 �a7=] 25.�f4 ? ••
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Ji.. xf2+ 27.'it> xf2 l:'t xf4 28.lD xh6+ W h 8 2 9 . g x f4 � f6 3 0 . � 1 b 4 � h 4 + 3 1 . 'it> g2 � x h 6 3 2 . II: d 7 "W" h4 3 3 . : x d 5 : a 8 3 4 . 1:. b 2 � xf4 3 5 . :!: c5 l: f8 36.l:'tf2 � d 4 37. l::t g5 'it> h 7 38. l::t g4 � xd3 39. .l:l: h4+ W g7 4 0. l: g4 l:i: f5 4 1 . h 4 W h6 4 V.ti' g3 .l:l: e5 43.W g2 0 : 1
Sicilian Reversed 9••• tD h5 9 . . . i. g4 9 . . •i. f5 9 . . . i. d7 9 ••• l:t e8 The lines in this chapter center chiefly on how to trade light-squared Bishops without having to spend a tempo with . . . h7-h6. Two very diffi!rent ways to do this are . . . i.f5 with . . . �d7 and . . . i.d7 followed by . . . �c8. The: former enjoys a reasonable reputation, but the latter is a bit too grandiose. The artificial nature of the plan is clearly shown in game nine, where Swedish GM Ulf Andersson, a master of the Closed Sicilian Reversed, shows that one piece by itself is never enough for a successful attack. Black finally gets in . . . i. h3 only to have to spend ti me bringing his Queen back into the game. Note how important a decision it is whether to play . . . a7-a5 or rtot. Many times Black merely opens lines where White is stronger. Certainly. this is the case after 9 . li:l h5 when Black starts to play on both sides of the board. This is not a good idea (see game 3 1 ) and the second player would be much better to play . . . li:lh5 and . . . f5 without . . .a7-a5 thrown in. . .
30 Jaan Ehlvest Anatoly Karpov Reggio Emilia
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1.c4 e5 2.lll c3 li:lc6 J.gJ g6 4.i. g2 i. g7 5.d3 d6 6.k[ b1 a5 7.a3 li:lf6 8.li:lf3 0-0 9.0-0 Ag4 The motivation behind the little seen text isn't hard to figure. Like 9 . . i.f5, the text attempts .
to avoid, at least temporarily, the need for . . . h6, as in . . . h6, . . J;.. e6 and . . . �d7. 10.h3 i. d 7 Black could have, of course, gone to d7 right away. In stead, he has given White h3 for free. Is it a strength, as c;it h2 is now pos sible to thwart the trSlde of Bishops, or is it a target and ternpo for . . � c8? It's hard to say, exce (>t that it should be pointed out that lioes with �. d7 usually give White t oo free a hand .
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on the queenside. ll.b4 axb4 12.axb4 :te8 One novel idea behind . . . �c8g4-d7 is to try for . . . �d4 and. . . �c6, but it doesn't quite work. [ 1 2 . . . �d4 I3.li)xd4 exd4 14.�b5 (14.llXls � 15.cxd5 �b5) 14 . . . .ixb5 15.cxb5 �d7 16.�c2 ! ( 1 6 . .ixb7 �xb5 1 7 . .ig2 �h5) 16 .. .'�16xb5 17.�xc7 �d5 1 8 . �c4 ! �xc4 1 9. dxc4 �c3 20.:tb2;;t (Karpov) has ideas like c5 , :td2 and e3] lJ.�dl Karpov's idea is to meet 1 3 .b5 with 1 3 . . . �d4 14.�xd4 exd4, when the position is equal. Karpov is Karpov, but after 15 .�a4, intending 16.c5, White is for choice. Another idea is 1 3 . .ig5. 1J b6 [ 1 3 . . . �c8 14. � h2 �d4 ! ?] 14.�b2 �c8 1 5.e3 Black was still hoping for 1 5.b5, when he planned 1 5 . . . �d4 followed by . . . �e6. Ehlvest cramps Black with his move, denying the Knight d4 . 15 �d8 16.�d5! �b7 [ 1 6 . . . �xd5 17. cxd5 c6 18.�e4 �c7 1 9.�c3± ; 16 . . . �e6 17.�xf6+ .ixf6 1 8.�e4±] 17. .t.b2 �e6 18.:ta1 :t b8 •••
The number oftimes where i t i s good to take on a l are very few. Black may think he is saving a tempo by not having to make the modest retreat . . . :tb8, but the price is usually huge. Here, for example, Karpov gives the line 18 . . . :txa 1 1 9.�xa 1 �a8 20.�b3 as much better for White, who is threatening b5, �b4 and �a5 with tremendous pres sure on Black's queenside. 19. b5 �d8 Trying to grab some space with . . . c6. 20 .t.c3! Preparing .i a5 . 20 ... �f6 2 1.�xf6+ � xf6 22.l: a7 � c5 23.d4 exd4 24.exd4 .t.f5 ! 25.li.. a1 ?! [2 5.:te 1 :txe 1 26.�xe 1 :ta8 27.:txa8 �xa8 28. �fl � a4 2 9 . � a 1 c6 3 0 . � e3 .id700) 25 �e4= 26.�xe4 Draw •
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31 Ulf Andersson Jan Smejkal Amsterdam
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1.�f3 �f6 2.g3 g6 3.� g2 � g7 4. 0-0 0-0 5.c4 d6 6.�c3 e5 7.d3 �c6 8.:tb1 a5 9.a3 �b5 When Black aims for play in the center ( . . . :te8, . . . �d4 , . . . h6 and . . . j_oo), the inclusion of . . . a7-a5 clearly makes sense. When he chooses a line intended to go for White's King, matters are less clear; so there is something to be said for . . . �h5 without . . . a5. 10.b4 axb4 11. axb4 f5 We've reached a position that could also arise via l .c4 e5 2. �c3 �c6 3 . g3 g6 4.�g2 .ig7 5.d3 d6 6. 38
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{i)f3 fS 7.0-0 {i)f6 S.l:Ib l aS 9.a3 0-0 1 0.b4 axb4 l l .axb4 li)hS. Black has better in l l . . . h6 in this move order. 12.b5 t:{je7 1 3.1ll b 3 '&t b8 1 4.Ab2 White can also opt for Aa3 and a quick c4-cS . With the text he aims to take control ofthe a-file as quickly as possible. [ 14.Aa3 lib8 1 S .cS d 5 1 6.c6 bxc6 17.� Af6 1 8.�cS ! l{jg7 ( 1 8 . . . cxbS? 1 9.�d5) 1 9.bxc6 fi)e6 20.�a5 fi)xc6 2 l .�a4± (Valdes)] 1 4... h6 Black is taking his time. The text rules out li) gS in the future, but costs precious time. The immediate 14 . . . f4 was better. 15.lia1 li b8 1 6.li) d5 f4 1 7.lla7 '&t h 7 1 8.Wa2 A g4 1 9.l:Iet lt)rs 20.c5! AxfJ [20 . . dxcs 2 1 .ft)xe5 �xeS 22.AxeS fxg3 2 3 . hxg3 li)d6;t (Petrosian)]
side. The Bishop will come into play via h3 . 2 1 ... dxc5 22.Wc4 [22 .g4 {i)h4] 22 ... li)d4 [22 . . . �d6 23.g4] 23.Axd4 exd4 24.A h3 [24 .�xcS? l:If5] 24 ...fxg3 25.hxg3 llg5 26.Ag2 l:Ife8 2 7.l:I xe8 li xe8 28.f4 liel+ 29. '&t h2 W g4 30.li a8± ife2 3 1 . t:{jc3? [3 l .lia2±]
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31 ...iVe6? [3 L.{i)f6! 32.li)xe2 li)g4+ 3 3 .'&t h3 {i)xf2+ and Black draws by perpetual check] 3 2 . A d 5 111 e7 33.Ag8+ 'it.>bs 34.Ah7+ 1 : 0
32 Samud Reshevsky Arthur Dake Lone Pine
21.exf3 ! Supersolid. Petrosian felt that 2 l .Axf3 �gS was unclear. Now White's King is completely safe and he has concrete play on the queen-
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1.{i)f3 {i)f6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 A g7 4.Ag2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.li)c3 e5 7.d3 li\c(, sJi b 1 a5 9.a3 A d7 1 0. b4 axb4 11. axb4 ifc8 1 2.Ag5 A h3
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l3.i.xf6 ! i. xf6 14.lll d5 The point of White's strategy. By capturing on f6 and playing ltJd5 when e7 is vul nerable, White takes over the a-file. 14 i. dS [ 1 4 . . . Ag7?? 1 5 . b5 wins] 1 5.l: a l Even better is 1 5 . i.xh3 ! displacing the Black's Queen as in An dersson-Westerinen, Geneva 1 977 (game 9). Remember, a Queen, even on h3 , can't attack by itself. 15 JI.xg2 16.W xg2 l: bS Black could trade Rooks, but after 16 . . . l:t xa l 1 7 .�xal White would quickly infiltrate with b5, �a7 and :ta l . 17.b5 ltJe7 1S.ltJcJ;t Trading Knights would ease the cramp in Black's position. lS ltJfS .•.
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ltJ xf6+ �xf6 24.� a7 'tie7 25.'ele3 :res 26.ltJ d2 �g5 27.ltJe4! Black has very little counterplay. 27 'ti dS . .•
[27 . . . �xe3 28.ltJf6+ W h8 29.fxe3 J1ed8 3 0 . g4 Black is very tied up]
2H/1lc3 rtJg7 29.h4 h5 30.l:I b l l:Ie7
36. b6! cxb6 [36 . . . c6 3 7 .ltJc7 ltJf8 38.dxe5] 37.:xb6 exd4 3S.exd4 l:td7 39.-.e3 �xe3 [39 . . . �a8 40J�hd6 �xd6 4 l . �e5+] 40.fxe3 f5 4 1.'it> f3 �f7 42.We2 ltJ dS 43.W d3 ltJ c6 44.ltJf4 �e7 45J:C bl �d7 46.ltJ d5 ltJe7 47.ltJf4 ltJ gS 4S.e4 fxe4+ 49. W xe4 ltJf6+ 50.W d3 l:te7 S l .�fl W g7 52. d5 ! Now White will anchor his Knight on e6. 52 ltJd7 53.liJe6+ W g8 54.� d4 b6 55.l: at liJc5 56. �as+ W h7 57.ltJg5+ ..ti> g7 ss.� ds l:tet [58 . . . l::!: d7 59. :xd7+ ltJxd7 60. •••
ltJe4; 58 . . . ltJb7 59.l:tb8 l:td7 60.ltJe6+ Wf6 6 U !tf8+ We7 62.l:Ifl Black has no answer to the twi n threats of 63.ltJf8 and 63 . ki:b l ] 59Jhd6 �dl+
60.W e3 : d3+ 6 t.<;i/ f4 � d4+ 62. We5 �xc4 63.:c6 ltJd3+ 64.W e6 l: xc6+ [64 . . . ltJc5+ 6 5. W e7 : c3 66 .ltJe6+ W h7 67.d6 l:te3 6 8 .l::!: xc5 bxc5 69.d7 :d3 70.ltJxc5+-] 65.dxc6
ltJc5+ 66.We7 ltJ a6 67.ltJe6+ W h6
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33 Rafael Vaganian Joseph Gallagher Biel
1994
1.lDf3 d6 2.g3 e5 3. d3 g6 4.c4 Ji. g7 5.lDc3 lDc6 6 .i.g2 lDf6 7.0-0 0-0 sJl b 1 a5 9 . a3 l: es 1 0. i. g5 h6 u . .i.xf6 Axf6 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 .�g7 14.b5 lDe7 15.�c2 c6 [ 1 5 . . . .e>4 e6 1 6.lDd2 c6 1 7.bxc6 ( 1 7.l::t a 1 ! ?) •
l 7 . . . bxc6 1 8. :b7 d5 1 9.cxd5 cxd5 20.lDb5 :bs 2 1 .l:xb8 �xb8 22.l:b1 Hc8 2 3 .�a2 �a8 24.'�xa8 l:!: xa8 2 5 . lD c7 l: a2 26.lDb3= (Z. Dukic Damljanovic, Nis 1 993)] 16.lDd2 d5
1 7.bxc6 bxc6 18.ki:fcl Ae6 19.lD a4 � d 6 2 0 . lD b 6 l: a7 2 1 . e4 li d S 22.cxd5 cxd5 23.exd5 lD xd5 24. .� xd5 Axd5 25.lDc8 •d7 26.lDxa7 �xa7
2 7 . � c 7 � xc 7 2 8 . l: x c 7 A al 29.1'l a1 Ae6 30.lDe4 Ji.f8 31.�a6 W h8 32.h4 l: xd3 33.� xe6 fxe6 34.lDf6 li.g7 3s.:cs+ Ji.f8 36.lDg4 l: d4 3 7.f4 W g7 3sJ::[ c7+ W h8 39.lDxe5 A d6 40.lDf7+ W g8 41. lD xh6+ ® h8 42.lDf7+ W g8 43. lD xd6 �xd6 44.Wfl W f8 45.®e3 l'l d 1 46.W e4 !tel+ 47.
34 Ulf Andersson Joel Lautier Cannes
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1.c4 lDf6 2.lDf3 g6 3.g3 A g7 4.Ag2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.lDc3 e5 7.d3 lDc6 s.� b 1 as 9 . a3 ..t rs 1 0. i&. g5 h6 [ 1 0. . . �d7 1 l .b4 axb4 12.axb4 e4 1 3 .b5 exf3 1 4 . bxc6 bxc6 1 5 . A xf3 .i. g4 1 6.Ji.xf6 Ji.xf6 17 .lDe4 .te7 1 8.Ji.xg4 � xg4 1 9. l:b7 �c8 20. �b3 l::!: b 8 2 l . � b 1 ± Beim-Cosma, Berlin 1 993 )
u.A xf6 Axf6 12.lDd2 A g7 1 3. b4 axb4 14.axb4 �c8 15.tll d5 1J.. c6 u,. b5 A xd5 1 7.Axd5 t;)e7 1 8 . .11. �2 t·(, 19.lDe4 �e6 20.'e'b3 fS 2 1 ./:ihclt, c5 22.lDxb7 'e'b6 2J.liht·� � "" "' ·I I
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23.�t2 � d8 24.e3 g5 25JII d 1 g4 26.�c2 A g5 ? [26 .. J � a7 2 7 . e4 f4 2 8 . d4 ! ] 2 7. A xe5 dxe5 28.d6 � a7 [28 . . . cxd6 29.Axb7 lixb7 30 J:!:c7+]
29. dxc7 �c8 30.l:[c6 {i)f6 3 1.li)c4 1:0
36 35 Vladimir Raicevic Nikola Padevsky Vrnjacka Banja
Rafael Vaganian Mark Dvoretsky Vilnius
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1.c4 {i)f6 2.g3 g6 3.J.g2 J.g7 4.{i)cJ 0-0 5.{i)f3 d 6 6.0-0 e 5 7 . d 3 li)c6 8.� b 1 a5 9.a3 .i f5 10.b4 �d7 11. . �et A h3 12.Ah1 h5 13.b5 li)e7
t.{i)f3 {i)f6 2.c4 g6 3.li)c3 A g7 4. g3 0-0 5.Ag2 d6 6.0-0 li)c6 7J!� b 1 e5 8.d3 a5 9.a3 il.f5
[ 1 3 . . . li)d4?! 14. tt:lxd4 exd4 1 5. tt:le4± (Raicevic)] 14.li)d2 � ab8 [ 1 4 . . . d5 1 5 . cxd5 lll exd5 1 6 . lll xd5 li) xd5 17. tt:le4 ! White will put his Knight on c5] 15.li) d5! {i)fxd5 16.cxd5 b6 1 7.
�b3± f5 1 8.il. b2 Af6 1 9.l: b c l rti h7 20.l:c4 �f7 21.:ect l::!: b7 22. a4 li) g8
10.b4 [ 1 0 .il.g5 h6 I I .Axf6 J. xf6 12.li)d2 i.g7 1 3 .b4 axb4 14.axb4 �d7
1 5 . li)d5;;l; (Watson) White has b 5 followed b y �c2 and then either :a1, or li)e4 with b6. ] 10 axb4 ll.axb4 �d7 12.b5 li)e7 [ 1 2 . . . lll d4 1 3 .Ae3 c5 14.J.g5 ! .:V 15.l:c1 .ie6 16 . .txf6 J.xf6 1 7 . e3 {i)f5 1 8.lll d2 Ji.. g7 1 9. •••
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13.�e1 A h3 14.Ah 1 h6 15.Ab2 liJg4 16.d4 �e6 1 7.�d3 c6 18.e4 exd4 19.liJxd4 liJe5 20.liJxe6 liJxd3 2 1 . liJ xg7 'i.t xg7 22.� ed 1 liJ xb2 23.� xb2 .l:! a3 24.liJe2 Ae6 25.l'Ic1 �fa8 26. bxc6 bxc6 2 7. liJ d4 il.. c8 28.e5 kta1 29.�bb1 :xb1 30.:xb1 dxe5 31.liJxc6 liJxc6 32.Axc6 l':ta6 33.A b5 ktb6 34.'i.tfl A d7 35.\tle2 'i.t f6 36.'i.t d2 'i.t e7 3 7.W c3 Ie f6 38.ktb2 Acs 39. 'i.tb4 w d6 40.ktd2+ Wc7 41 .'i.tc5 g5 42J! e2 �e6 43. �e3 Ab7 44.l:!d3 Ac8 45.l::r f3 f6 46. g4 e4 47.�h3 f5 48.gxf5 Iee5+ 49.'i.t d4 ktxf5 50 . .l:!xh6 �xf2 51.c5 l':!b2 52.�h7+ 'i.t b8 53 . .ic6 Af5 54.ktf7 A c8 55.A xe4 � d2+ 56. \tl e5 : xh2 57.c6 �e2 58.�e7 g4 59. 'i.t d6 g3 60.� e8 g2 61.�xc8+ Wxc8 62.Af5+ W b8 63.c7+ 'i.t a7 64.c8=� g1 =� 65.'ifc7+ 'itt aS 66. � d8+ 'i.t a7 67.� a5+ W b8 Draw
37 Oleg Romanishin Mark Dvoretsky Odessa
12.liJg5 By dispensing with . . . h6 on move nine and placing the Bishop on f5, Black has made this maneuver possible. 1 2 ... h6 1 3.ltJ ge4 liJ e8? [ 1 3 . . . ltJ xe4 1 4 . dxe4 .ii. h 3 1 5 .i.xh3 � xh3 1 6 . ll:l d 5 ll:l d4 ! with equal chances according to Dvoretsky] 14. liJ d5 'i.t h7 1 5.b5 ltJ e7 16 .liJxe7 'ifxe7 1 7.liJc3 l:b8 1 8.Aa3! liJf6 [ 1 8 . . . 'i¥d7 1 9. c5 .th3 20. c6] 19.�c2 h5 20.c5 �fc8 21.e4 .ie6 22.liJd5 .i. xd5 23. exd5 b6 24.cxd6 cxd6 25.�e2! l::r a8 26 . .ib4 l: a4 27.f4 liJ d7 28.f5± � c 7 29.�f2 h! c a7 30 .i e4 � a2 3 1. � b2 x:l: xb2 3 2 . �xb2 .i h6 33.�f2 'i.t g7 34.fxg(, fxg6 35 . .ixd6 �xd6 36.�f7+ W hH 3 7 . .i xg6 .i g7 38 . .i f5 ri c7 3 9 . � xh5+? [3 9 . A e6 ! ] 3 9. . . � h 6 4 1 1 . � xh6+ [40 . d6 � a7 ! ] 4 0 . .fi.. x h (, 41.'i.t g2 liJc5 42Jie1 11f7 43.H xt·� .i g7 44.� e8+ l::t f8 45.ilxf8+ :ll. x fH 46. 'i.tf3 'i.t g7 47.h4 W f6 n rn w •
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t.c4 g6 2.liJc3 Ag7 J.gJ liJf6 4.Ag2 0-0 5.ltJt3 d6 6.0-0 liJc6 7.d3 e5 8.�b1 a5 9.a3 Af5 Dvoretsky'sfavorite way of
treating this position. Here he decides to throw in . a7-a5. 10.b4 [IO.e4 .ii.g4 1 1.h3 ..
.ii. xf3 12 . .ii. xf3 ll:l d4 1 3 . il.. g2 c6= (Dvoretsky)] 10".axb4 11.axb4 �d7
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The defining characteristic here is the absence of . . . a7 -a5 . While this may help in some pure pawn storm attacks ( . ..li:�h5, . . . f5, etc . . . ) - lines that have never enjoyed the best of reputations - in general, the closure of the a-line favors White. His Bishop can be placed on a3 with good effect and Black has to worry about a2-a4-a5-a6-a7-a8 and the weakness of his a-pawn after a later . . . l:b8, getting off the hot h l -a8 diagonal. Note how White can crash through on the queenside with a2-a4-a5 and b2-b4-b5 followed by b6 ! (see games 38 and 39).
38 Anthony Miles Alexander Beliavsky Hastings
I[e8 15.lll e4! f5 [ 1 5 . . . lll xd5 16.cxd5 Axd5 1 7. lll x d6±] 1 6.lll ec3 W h7 1 7.a5 Af7 1 8.lll xe7 1Ixe7 1 9 74
t.ll�f3 lll f6 2.g3 g6 J . ..t.gl Jl.. g7 4.c4 s.lll cJ d6 6.0-0 lll c6 7.d3 e5 sJibt h6 9.b4 Ae6 tO.b5 lll e7 11.a4 11t'c8?! [ l l . . .�d7 1 2.c5 JI.. h3 1 3 .JI.. a3 .txg2 14.Wxg2 lll e8 1 5.�b3 ® h7 16. cxd6 cxd6 1 7.lll d5 f5 1 8.lll xe7 f/Jxe7 1 9.�d5 l:l:f7 20.a5 i.f8 2 l .a6 0 f6 2 2 . � b 3 � d7 2 3 . l:l: bc l e4 24.0d4 bxa6 25.bxa6 d5 26.Axf8 ll axf8 2 7 . � b 5 � d6 2 8 . l:l: c6 ± Antunes-J. C. Lopez, Valencia 1 989) t2.Aa3 lll d7 13.lll d 2 l:l:b8 14.lll d5 o-o
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39 John Donaldson Arthur Thompson Motta San Jose
1 7. b 6 ! axb6 1 8 . axb6 lll xb6 1 9 . � xb6 cxb6 2 0. .txd6 �d7 21.ii.xb8 � xb8 22. lll a4 l::t d 8 23. • b3 b5 2 4 . lll c 5 b xc 4 2 5 . lll x c 4 'if c 8 26.lll xe6 'if xe6 2 7 . 'if xb7 lll d 5 28.l:::t a1 lll f6 29. � a6 'if e 8 30. lll d6 � g6 3 1 .'i*e7 � d7 32.�e6+ W h7 33. lll xf5 !i: a7 3 4 . 1I x a 7 lll g4+ 35. h xg4 'if xe6 36 J hg7+ W h 8 3 7 . .t e 4 'if a2 38. l:t g6 'if f7 39. l::!: xh6+ W g8 40• .t d5 1 : 0
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1.lll f3 lll f6 2.c4 d6 3.g3 g6 4 . .tg2 i. g7 5.lll c3 0-0 6.0-0 e5 7.d3 lll c6 sJ::t b 1 .tg4 [8 . . . .trs 9.b4 W'd7 10.b5 lll d8 1 1 . lll g5 h6 1 2 . lll ge4 lll xe4 1 3 . il)xe4 i.h3?? 14 . .txh6 ! .txg2 1 5 . il.. xg7 Wxg7 16. Wxg2 lll e6 17.f3 �h8 1 8 .lll f2 :bs 1 9.e3 1Iah8 20.�h1 f5 2 l . d4+- Vaganian-Op1, Bad Woris hofen, 1 99 1] 9.h3 i.e6 10.b4 h6 11.b5 lll e 7 12.lll d 2 'ifc8 13.Wh2 lll d 7 14.a4 f5 15 • .t a3 g5 1 6.a5 � b8
40 Alexander Khasin Zigurds Lanka USSR
1977
1 .lll f3 lll f6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 .t g7 4.� g2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.lll c3 lll c 6 7.d3 cS H. l::!: b1 il.d7 9.b4 •cs Systems w i l h . . . il.. d7 and ... �c8 give W hi te l oo free a hand, with or without . . . a7-a5. l ll.h� lll e 7 . , ...
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nJitet It's a tough call here whether to preserve the Bishop. The moves l: e l and A h l cost time which could be used for accelerated queenside play. Both l l .l:el and l l . a4 seem very good for White. [ l l .a4 Ah3 1 2 . J.a3 J. xg2 1 H� xg2 �e6 1 4.�b3 h6? ! 1 5 . c5 ! d5? 16 .c6 ! bxc6 1 7.bxc6 l:fd8 1 8.Axe7 �xe7 1 9.e4 d4 20.ltJe2 cot' h7 2 1 . lll d2± Eising-Hartoch, Holland 1 966] ll J. h3 1 2 .i.h1 h6 [ 12 . . . lll g4 1 3 .�c2 h6 14.lll d 5 lll xd5 1 5.cxd5 f5 16 . .td2 f4 17.l:ecl :t7 18. l1b4 lll f6 1 9 . l:c4± Shatskes-Much nik, USSR 1 966 (see game 10)] 13.a4 lll h5 14.Aa3 f5 15.c5± White's play on the queenside is clearly much faster than Black's on the opposite wing. 15 .'ifd7 16.cxd6? By releas ing the tension prematurely, the text lets Black have a go at grabbing the c-file. [ 1 6.lll d2 ! d5?! ( 1 6 . . . l:ab8 17. cxd6 cxd6 18.lllc4 e4 19.lll xd6 il.xc3 20 . �b3+) 1 7 . c6! Black has no good answer to 1 6 .lll d2 ! ] 16 cxd6 1 7. lll d2 cot' h7 18.lllc4 [ 1 8. �3 ! ?] 18 •••
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28 fxg3! ! 29.exd4 gxh2+ 30.cotl xh2 "tt c7+ 3 1 .lll e5 A xeS+ 32.W xh3 • d 7+ 33. 'it'g2 'if g4+ 34. 'it'f1 11fh3+ 35 .il g2 1!fe3 0 : 1 41 John Donaldson Eduard Zelkind Chicago
1997
1.lllf3 lllf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Ag7 4 .ilg2 d6 5.lll c3 e5 6.d3 0-0 7.0-0 lll c6 8. l:bl l1e8 [8 . . . J.f5 9.-'.gS h6 10.Axf6 i.xf6 1 l .b4 �d7 1 2 .lll d2 Ah3 ? ! 1 3 . lll d5 Ad8 1 4.b5 lll d4 1 5 .lll e4 W g7 16.Axh3 ! �xh3 17.e3 llle6 18.f4 f5 1 9. lll t2 �h5 20. �3 exf4 2 l .exf4 g5 22. �b2+ W g8 2 3 . l:be l ± Vaganian Martorelli, Reggio Emilia 1 995] 9. J. g5 h6 1 0.Axf6 Axf6 ll.b4 Jl.. g7 •
12.b5 � d4?! Natural, but wrong. Black should have tried either 1 2 . . . �e7 o r 1 2 . . . �b8 (see Anastasian Dydyshko, Katowice 1 993). 13.�xd4 exd4 14.�d5 .t.g4 Compare this po sition with Psakhis-Wang (game 3). The only differences are that White is castled, Black has . . J:�e8 in, and the a-file is closed. That means White doesn't have �b l -a l -a7, but he does have the pleasant choice between the Fischer Rook-lift with l:i:b l -b3-a3 and the simple and strong plan of a2-a4a5-a6. Black will probably have to stop the a-pawn's advance with . . . b6, allowing the Knight to come to c6 via b4. 15.l:e1 1 5 . .itf3 was also possible, but the Rook move makes a lot of sense. Remember, White can still play i.f3 later, ala Psakhis' example. 15 Ac8? To guard c8, but this costs precious time. 16.�d2 •••
Planning iVa5 and/or a2-a4-a5-a6. 16 a5? Stopping � a5, but at a high price. Black can't really be blamed too much, as his position is already very difficult. 1 7.b6± cxb6 18.�xb6 l:i:a7 1 9.� xc8 \i'xc8 20J:tb6 �c7 21. l:eb1 � e7 22 .t.f3 l :h 8 23.�f4 Winning material. 23...�e5 24.lixd6 � xf4 25. gxf4 'it?f8 26Jl db6 'it?es 27.i.xb7 W d8 28 .itd5 lixb6 29. l:xb6 h5 JO.a4 Wc7 3 1.l:c6+ W d8 32. 'it? g2 Af8 JJ.ctJfJ A b4 34.f5 g5 35.lih6 g4+ 36.W g2 l:e7 37 . .ite4 1:0 •••
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1.c4 �f6 2.�c3 e5 J.�fJ �c6 4.d3 d6 5.g3 g6 6.Ag2 .t. g7 7.0-o o-o 8.l:b1 a6 It might seem at first glance that . . . a6 is a better way to play than . . . a5 . After all, the positions afte r a4 and b5 and . . . axb5 and axb5 are exactly the same, tempo for tempo, as those that arise after . . a5, a3, b4, . axb4 a nd axb4 and b5 . Thus, Black has no downside and might some ti m es be able to play . . . a6 and, only after a4, . a5 . Then b4-b5 could allow . J . ilb4 . Not exactly! Keep the following idea in the back ofyour head : should B la�.:k play . . . a6 and answer a2-a4 a nd h7. -h· l with . . . axb5, remember to considt�r l hl' .
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Josif Dorfman Mark Dvoretsky Erewn
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1./ljo /ljf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Ag7 4.Ag2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6,/ljc3 e5 7.l:!b 1 /ljc6 8.b4 Ji.f5
13.cxb"5! ? .i. xg2 14.W xg2 /lje7 15. \tb3 "if d7 1 6,/ljd2 fljf5 1 7.Axf6 A xf6 [ l 7 . . . /lj d4 1 8 . \t' c4 A xf6 1 9 . e3;;!;] 18,/lj de4 AdS [ 1 8 . . . A g7 1 9 . /ljd5 W h8 20.�fc l;;!;] 19.l:!fc1 W g7 20.e3 c6 21.bxc6 bxc6 22.1Wb7 �a7 [22 . . . Ac7 2 3 . /ljb5] 23.'ifxd7 l: xd7 24,/lj e2 /lje7 25. d4 f5 26. /ljg5 l: f6 2 7J l d 1 /lj d5 28. dxe5 [28 .e4 ! fxe4 29.dxe5 l:f5 (29 . . . dxe5 30. /ljxett) 30. /lje6+ Wf7 3 1 . /ljxd8+ :xd8 32.e6+ (Minev)] 28. .dxe5 29.e4 l:fd6! 30.exd5 .i.xg5 31.dxc6 k[ xd1 32.: xd 1 l h d 1 3 3 . c 7 l: d8 34. cxd8=• A xd8 35, /lj c l W f6 36. /lj b3 W e6 37.a5 W d5 38.a6 A b6 39.Wfl e4 40.We2 W c4 4 1,/lj d2+ Wb5 Draw .
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An interesting idea that can be played with or without the inclusion of . . . a5 . Black has three different possible Queen plus Bishop batteries. Standard is . . . Ji. e6 and . . . 'if d7 , which requires a prepatory . . . h6 to avoid /ljg5 . Also possible, but a bit pas sive, is . . . i.d7 and . . � c8. The text tries to find a middle way and dispense with the need for . . . h6 . On the downside, the Bishop is exposed on f5 and maneuvers such as {i)f3-g5-e4 become plausible. 9.d3 'ifd7 1 0.b5 fi)e7 [ 1 0 . . . fi)d8?! l l . fi)d5 fi)xd5 12.cxd5;;!; The Knight on d8 has a hard time getting into the game . ] 11.k[e1 .
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2 2 . � b c l (22 . �d6 ! cxb5 2 3 . : c l ! White has a big advantage ( D o rfm a n a n d S h e r ) ] 2 2 . . . c 5 2 3 . l: d 6 � a d 8 2 4 . � x d 8 ft x d 8
25. 0 d 5 � xb S 26.0 xf6+ W h8 2 7 . 0 g4 fS 2 8 . 0 e 3 � a 4 2 9 . 0 c 4 � c6 JO.Ji. b2 � e 6 3 1 .� e2 0 c6 32. exf5 gxfS
3 3 . f4 ? ( 3 3 . : e l e4 3 4 . A xg7+ CitJ xg7 3 5 . f3 0 d4 3 6 . 0 xd4 l::!: xd4 3 7 . 0 e 3 ± (Dorfman and Sher)] 33 ... e4 34.A xg7+ 'i!l xg7 JS.ki: d l l: x d l + 3 6 . 'i h d l e J 3 7 . � e 2 "t!f e4 3 8. 0 d6 � e6 3 9. 0 b5 aS 4 0 . 0 c l g6 4 2 . � d J 0 e 7 4 3 . � d 6 ctl f7 4 4 . � xe6 + x c J 5 9 . f6 ctl x c 2 6 0 . f 7 a 3 6 1 .f8=� a2 6 2 . � a3 ctl b l 6 3 . � d3+ 1 : 0
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l . c4 lll f6 2 . lll c3 g6 3. g3 A g 7 4.A g2 0-0 5.lll f3 d6 6.0-0 e5 7.d3 lll bd7 s J:tb 1 The Knight o n d7 means B lack is well set up for i.g5 , a s h e can capture o n f6 with his Knight . The negative side of . . . lll b d7 is that central action with . . . d5 is more difficult to achieve. 8 a5 It's perhaps a question of taste, but I believe Black is better .•.
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healthy initiative] 13.ifd2 Norm ally, White keeps this square free for his Knight, but here the pin is so annoying that Alterman is loath to allow . . . h6 . In any case, the Rooks are connected and White is ready to contest the a-file. 13 ... f4 On 1 3 . . .'�'e8 1 4 . l::t a l � d7 l 5 Jh2 White will double on the a-file and B l a c k has no real play on the kingside. 1 4.l::t al l::i: b8 As usual, trading Rooks allows � a7 or l:I a8 to come with big effect. 15.I't a7 .i g4 1 6. � a2 ! A multipurpose move cementing control of the a-file, setti ng up threats on the a2-g8 diagonal, and freeing d2 for the Knight. 16... Wh8 [ 1 6 . . . h6 1 7 . .ixf6 �xf6 1 8. lll d2 c6 1 9 .b5± White's queenside attack is in full swing and Black has no attack. ] 1 7.lll d2 c6
full well that Black can't afford to trade . In general, White has better chances in the endgame in this variation. His play on the queenside remains, while Black's play against the King is dampened. [ 1 8 . . . �xa5 1 9 . bxa5 e4 20 . .l:!:bl ! (20. lll dxe4?? lll xe4 2 l . lll xe4 .i d4) 20 . . . exd3 2 l . exd3±; 18 . b6 1 9. ifa4±] 1 9. b5± fxgJ 20. hxg3 .th3 2 1 . bxc6 .i xg2 22. W xg2 � g4 [22 . . . � xc6+ 2 3 . lll de4 lll xe4 24. lll xe4± ; 2 2 . . . bxc6 2 3 . � c7 �xc7 24 . : xc7 :res 2 5 . l:b 1 ! These variations b y Alterman show that Black is busted. ] 2 3 . lll de4 When Black plays . . . f5-f4, White can often get a Knight to e4. Such a piece i s often worth its weight i n gold. Watch as Alter man's horse does great defensive work. [23 . .ixf6?? lll f4+ 24.� g l � h3 2 5 . gxf4 �g4+] 23 lll xe4 24. lll xe4 � xe2 2 5. : xb 7 � bc8 [25 . . . �xd3 26.�d5 �f3+ 27.Wgl+ White's position is rock solid and the c-pawn is going to Queen. ] 26. � d5! Centralizing with a venge ance. 26 ... ti'f3+ 27.W h2 [Alter man's move wins, but more accurate was 27.�gl litxc6 28.:xg7 ! � xg7 (28 . . .li:lxg3 29.:g8+) 29.�xc6 lllxg3 3 0 . � d7 + : f7 3 1 . .i f6 + � xf6 3 2 . lll xf6 l:xd7 3 3 . fxg3 ] 27 ... ife2 28. rJ;; gl lll f4 29 .i xf4 exf4 30. li:l xd6 [30 . . . fxg3 3 I . lll t7+ l:!: xf7 3 2 . : xf7 gxf2+ 3 3 . : 7xf2 � g4+ 3 4 . � g2 � xg2+ 3 5 . � xg2 .l:!: xc6 36. :a2+- (Alterman)] 1 : 0 . .
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45 Yasser Seirawan Elliott Winslow Columbus
1 9 77
l . c 4 g6 2 . ll:l c 3 A g 7 3 . g 3 d 6 4.A g2 ll:l f6 5 . ll:l f3 0-0 6 .0-0 e5 7.d3 c 6 sJh1 � es 9 . ll:l d 2 A e6 [9 . d 5 1 0 .b4 d4 l l . ll:l a4 White has a good Benoni setup . ] 1 0 . b4 d 5 1 1 . b 5 d xc4 1 2 . b xc 6 ll:l xc 6 1 3 . ll:l xc4 � b8 .
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1 9 74
l . c4 g6 2 . ll:l c3 A g7 3. g3 ll:l f6 4.A g2 0-0 5.ll:lf3 d6 6.0-0 e5 7.d3 �e8 S . .i::i: b 1 Ignoring Black's central intentions. The two alternatives are Petrosian's 8.Ad2 and the modern 8.il.g5. 8 ... c6 9.A g5 ll:lbd7 10. b4 [ lO.�cl ! ?] 10 ... h6 ll.Axf6 ll:lxf6 Kavalek is able to take on f6 with his other Knight, avoiding the loss oftime usually seen ( . . . il.xf6, . . . il.g7), but Andersson i s very quick on the queenside. 12.b5 d5 13.bxc6 bxc6 14.ll:ld2 Af5 15.�a4! e4;t
[ 1 5 . . . �d6 1 6 .e4 ( 1 6.llb7) 1 6 . . . dxe4 (16 . . . il.e6) 17.ll:ldxe4 ll:lxe4 18.ll:lxe4 �xd3 1 9J''i: bd l �e2 20.llfe l �h5 2 1 .ll:ld6 (Ljubojevic)] 16.cxd5 exd3 1 7.e4 Ad7 1 8.dxc6? [ 1 8.d6 ! gives White a small edge] 18 ... il. xc6!
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1 7.Af2± �h5 Hoping against hope to take on g3. 18.�d2 A h6 [ 1 8 . . . g5 1 9. fxg5 if.e5 20.ltJde2 ltJe6 2 l .h4 W h8± (Marie)] 19.
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1.c4 e5 2.�c3 itJf6 J.gJ c6 4/ll fJ d6 s.A g2 g6 6.0-0 A g7 7.d3 o-o 8.kt b1 kte8 9.e4 ltJ a6 ? ! 10.hJ liJc7 ll.d4 Yes, White has gone d2-d3�d4, but the tempo loss is compensated by Black's wanderings with his Knight. l l ... exd4 1 2. �xd4 0e6 We've reached a sort of odd position from the Fianchetto King's Indian that might have arisen via 1 .d4 �f6 2 .c4 g6 3 . g3 Ag7 4.Ag2 0-0 5.ltJf3 d6 6. 0-0 ltJbd7 7.lllc3 e5 8.e4 exd4 9.ltJxd4 c6 10 .ktb 1 �e8 1 l .h3 and now Black plays . . . �d7-c5-e6 in one go (White's lost tempo with the d-pawn ! ) . Of course, playing . . . ltJe6 when White hasn't played b4 is more than a bit odd, but Black's position shouldn't be horrible . 13.Ae3 �c5 This Knight sure is hopping around ! Spending four tempi ( . . . ltJb8-a6-c7-e6-c5) when two (itJb8-d7-c5) might do is a sure sign that something is wrong. 14. 'ifc2 'ife7 1 5.�be1;;!; a5 16.f4 i. d7
2 1 . ltJ f5 ! 'if f8 22.ltJ xh6+ � xh6 23.Ae3 f5 24Ji'xd6 �f6 25.W h1 'iff8 26.kt d1 'ifxd6 27.l::t xd6 fxe4 28.f5 1 :0
48 Arkadij Rotstein Kevin Spraggett Cannes
1 992
t.ltJfJ �f6 2.c4 g6 J.gJ il. g7 4.il.g2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.ltJc3 c6 7.d3 l1e8 [7 . ltJa6 8.e4 �c5 9.h3 e5 l O . il.. e 3 'Jiii e7 l l . kt e l ltJe6 1 2 . d4± Donald son-Encamacion, Chicago 1 997] 8. l::i: b 1 e5 9.e4 �bd7 10. b4 a6 ll.hJ a5 1 2.a3 ltJf8 1 3.Jie3 h6 1 4.ltJd2 �e6 1 5. ltJ b3 axb4 16.axb4 � g5 . .
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makes sense, as Black's Rook won't be backing up . . . f7-f5 . 9 d 5 ? ! [ 9. . . �g4 10.h3 � xf3 l l .i.. xf3 ;;t; 9 . . . a5 l O . a3 liJa6 I I . .t e3;;t) 1 0.cxd5?! [ IO.exd5 ! cxd5 l l . Ag5 dxc4 ( l l . . .d4 1 2 . liJd5±) 12.dxc4 liJbd7 1 3 .lie l h6 1 4 . � xf6 � xf6 1 5 .liJe4± ] 10 cxd5 l l . .t g5 dxe4 [ l l . . . d4 ! ? 1 2 . 1ll d5 i.e6!=] 12. dxe4 ti) c6! lJ.� xdS l:xdS 14.1ll d 5 l: d6 15.1ll d2! liJxd5 16. exd5 ll:\ d4 1 7.1l:\c4 lia6 ! JS. d6 �xa2 19.� al l::h a1 20.l ha1 .te6 2 1 . 1l:\ a5 ! ? li eS ! 22.1ll xb7 l: c 2 23.l'ba7 h6 24 .t.e3 l: xb2 25.h3 : b6 ? [ 2 5 . /l\ fS 26 . .t c5 � d2 = (Kramnik)] 26.W h2± g5?! 27.:a8+ c.t; h7 28.l:tes ..tf g6 29 . .te4+ �f6 . •.
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1.1l:\f3 1ll f6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 i. g7 4.Ag2 0-0 5.1l:\c3 d6 6.0-0 e5 7.d3 c6 s.ktb1 lieS (8 a5 9.a3 liJbd7 1 0.b4 axb4 l l . axb4 d5 l2.b5;;t] 9.e4 Played to discourage Black from playing . . . d5 , which the move 8 . :es prepared. Waiting for . . . l:e8 before playing e4 . . .
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l.c4 ®f6 2.li)c3 g6 3.ll'lf3 A g7 4.g3 o-o s.A g2 d6 6.0-0 e5 7.d3 :es s.A d2
cxd5 l l .d4 e4 ( l l . . .exd4 1 2 . lll xd4;!;;) 1 2 . lll e 5 ;!;; ] 1 0. a3 li) a6 l l . � e 3 II b 8 1 2 . � b 3 li) d 7 1 3 . � c 2 li) d c 5 1 4 . kt fd 1 it. f5 1 S J::t b 1 li) e6 [ 1 5 . . . e4 1 6 . li) d4;!;; ] 1 6 . b4 li) d4 1 7. i h2 axb4 1 8 . axb4 li a8 1 9 . � d 2 li) c 7 2 0 . A h 6 ll'l xf3 + 2 t . A xf3 Ah8? [2 1 . . . d5;t] 22.b5 \t' d 7 23.kt dc1 .i e6 24Ji'e3 l"I a3
Experimental. White doesn't want to surrender the B i shop when Black hasn't committed his Knight to c6 . The second player can still fight for control of d5 by . . . c6 and . . _ li) bd7, which is designed to meet A xf6 with . . . li) xf6 . 8 . . . c6 9. li c 1 Continuing to experiment . White would normally park his Rook on bl and play for b 2 -b4b5, but here B lack is well placed to strike back in the center with . . . d6-d5 . Petrosian's play is based on taki n g the sting out of thi s advance . 9 . . . a5 [ 9 . . . d5 I O . cxd5
25. A g2 ! kt c8 26.bxc6 bxc6 2 7. ll b 7 � g7 ? ? 28.A xg7 W xg7 29. c5 : as [29 . . . 0 d5 3 0 . l:I xd7 ( 3 0 . .i x d 5 'i¥ x b 7 3 I . $.. x c 6 fx e6 3 2 . c xd6 + - ) 3 0 . . . 0 xe3 3 I . .[( xd6 ll'l xg2 3 2 . � xg2 ± (Petrosia n - for complete notes to this ga me, see Chess Informant 1 6/5 9 . ) l 30.cxd6 � x d 6 3 1 . li) e4 � d 4 3 2 . tlt x d 4 e x d 4 3 3 . li) d 6 il d 8 3 4 . ll'l x f7 A x f7 3 5 . ll x c 7 ll c 5 3 6 . li. e 4 ![ deS 3 7 . ll t xc 6 W g8 3 8. l:I d 6 A e6 39.l1 xd4 1 : 0
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Garry Kasparov
Riga
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1 995
t./l\f3 /l\f6 l.c4 g6 J.gJ A g7 4.Ag2 0-0 5./l\cJ d6 6.0-0 e5 7.d3 l: e8 s.libt as
23.l!Ccl White is doing well, but loses his way in time pressure. 23... 'ii? h8 24.lic7 lial 25.l:c2 :tal 26.1%c7 exf4 2 7.�xd7 f3 28.�xd4 fxgl 29.ll'l xg2 l:! xfl + 30.W xfl �cl+ 31.Wf2 A xd7 32.Wxd7 l: gS 3 3 . W h3 � d l + 34. cofJ fl � x b 4 35.�e3 � bl 0-1 [8 . . . e4 9.dxe4 /l\xe4 10./l\xe4 l:he4 1 l .c5 ll'lc6 1 2.�g5 �e8 1 3 .cxd6 cxd6 1 4 . l:t e 1 A e6 1 5 .b3 d5 I 6 .ll'ld2 � d4 17 .Ae3 l::t g4 1 8.�f3 ll'!b4 1 9.Axg4 �xg4 20.ll'!f3 ll'lxa2 2 1 .�d2 ll'lc3 22.�bc 1 f!:c8 23.�d4± Hickl-Kest1er, Germany 1 986] 9. a3 c6 10. b4 axb4 l l . axb4 d5 l l . cxd5 [ 1 2 . ll'l d2 ! ?] ll ... cxd5 1 3. � g5 .i. e6 1 4.e4 d4 15.ll'ld5 ll'lbd7 [ 1 5 . . . .i.xd5? 16.exd5 �xd5 1 7 . ll'ld2 �b5 1 8 .Axf6 A xf6 19.'�"{3 l::t a2 20.ll'lc4 �c6 2 1 .b5 �xf3 22 .Axf3 l:e7 23 .l:a 1 �xal 24.l::txa 1± Black's Knight on b8 is badly out of play. ] 16.ll'l xf6+ A xf6 1 7. i. xf6 56
52 Vladimir Kramnik Veselin Topalov Vienna
1 996
t.lZ\f3 ll'lf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Ag7 4.ll'lc3 o-o s.Agl d6 6.0-0 e5 7.d3 h6 s.ltbt a5 [8 . . . � e6 9.'ti'b3 ! ll'lbd7 10. �xb7 ll'lc5 1 l .�b4 a5 1 2 .�a3 Vaganian Pahtz, Germany 1 992-White is a pawn up for nothing. ] 9.a3 : es
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23.d4± lil a7 24J�[ al b5 25.'t!fc6 �b8 26.�a6 lilc8 27.11fa8 'ifxa8 2 8 . : xa8 1: e8 2 9 . ..\t fl til b6
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[4 I . Ab5 ! lil xd5?? 4 2 . A c4 e6 4 3 . b5+- ] 4 l . . . W e 7 42.e4 fxe4+ 43. 'iil xe4 lil d 7 44.W d3 lil b6 45. A b 7 A h6 46. <&t> e4 lil d 7 47 . .i c6 .i g5 4 8 . W f3 lil b 6 4 9 . ii.. c3 h4 5 0 . gx h 4 A x h 4 5 1 . W f4 'iil f6 52.W e4 .i. g5 53 . .i b 5 A c t 54. Aet 'iil e7 5 5 . .i h4+ g5 56. A e l 'iil f6 5 7 . A e2 W g6 5 8 . .i. g4 'iil f6 5 9 . ii.. fJ 'iii g 6 6 0 . w d J A f4 6 1 . \t' e4 A c t 6 2 . .i g4 'iil f6 6 3 . ii.. e6 'iil g6 64. 'iil d 3 W f6 65. b5 A f4 6 6 . W c3 .i eJ 6 7. W d3 .� c l 68� c2 A f4 69. b3 W e 7 1 0 . \t' b4 'iil e8 7 t . W b3 A eJ 7 2 . W c 3 e7 7J. d3 A c t 74 . .i a5 W f(• 7 5 . W e 4 \t' g 6 7 6 . W f3 .0. h 2 77.\t' g4 .\t e l 7 8. ..\t fS+ W f6 79. .i e4 .i eJ D raw ':. 7
Timotheos Lirindzakis Vasilios Kotronias Greece
1 994
l . c 4 li:) f6 2. lll c3 g6 J . ll:} fJ Ji.. g7 4 . g3 0 -0 5.A g2 d6 6.0-0 e5 7 . d 3 h 6 This move order is specifical ly designed to sidestep � g 5 sys tems by White . s J:tb 1 a5 9 . a3 : es 1 0. e4 It makes sense to play this move now, when the Rook has moved off the f-file and . . . f5 would be less likely. [ I O.liJd2 c6 l l .b4 axb4 1 2 .axb4 d5 13 .Ab2 i.. e6 14.l::!:a l liJ a6 1 5 . b 5 liJ c5 1 6 . liJ a4 li:) fd7 17.liJxc5 liJxc5 1 8.'ifc2 l::!: c s I 9.bxc6 bxc6 2 0 . l::!: fc l d4= Vaganian-Van Wely, New York 1 994] 10 c6 Black could try to transpose back into well traveled roads with 10 . . . li:) c6, but White has a strong rejoinder in I I . h3 ! In such positions, it's very im portant not to let Black get the chance to play . . . Ag4xf3 followed by . . . . li:) c6-d4 and . . . c7-c6 and . . . liJ f6 -d7 . Typical ly, Black gets v e r y g o o d p l ay on t h e d a r k squares after . . . Ji.. x f3 . Here Black m i g h t w a n t to c o n s i d e r t h e i m mediate I O . . . i. g4 . 1 1 . k[ e 1 W h i t e i s considering t h e p o s sibility o f playing d3 -d4 if Black puts his pieces on odd squares for a King ' s Indian setup. 1 1 � c 7 1 2 . h3 .t e6 1 3. b3 Guarding b 3 t o prepare d4 . 1 3 liJ a6 •••
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Closed Sicilian Reversed
With . . . e5 & . . f5 .
Here the Black Knight is back on c6 as in the first four chapters, but Black's f pawn stands on f5 . This greatly effects play, as it makes Black's kingside ambitions much more realistic. Think how, in earlier chapters, Black would have to play the decentralizing . . .liJhS to get in .f5 . Now there is no such time lost. Note also that Black's play isn't solely confined to a mad-dog attack on the King. He also has chances to stand well in the center with a well-timed . . . d5. . .
White, for his part, may choose to switch tactics and emphasize c4-c5 . Playing . . f5 ht's some negative as well as positive aspects. One potential drawback is the weakening of the a2-g8 diagonal for Black, and c4-c5 emphasizes this as well as opening lines on the queenside. The game Akopian-Browne (number 5 9) is especially useful to study, as GM Browne is a great expert in this system for Black. .
54 Rafael Vaganian Andrei Kharitonov Moscow
1988
l . c4 e 5 2.q)cJ il)c6 3.g3 g 6 4.J. g2 /J. g7 5.l:r b l a5 6. a3 f5 7.d3 q)f6 8.0f3 0-0 9.0-0 d6 10.b4 axb4 1 1 . axb4 h6 12.b5 il)e7 1 3. � b2 [ 1 3 .c5 .lt e6 1 4 . Jl.d2 q)d7 1 5 . cxd6 cxd6 1 6.
q)a4 b6 17 . �b4 q)cs 1 8 . Jl. xc5 dxc5 1 9 . �c2 �a7 20.q)d2 lll d 5 2 L�xd5 � xd 5 2 2 . q) c4 � b 7 2 3 . � bc l f4 24. lll axb6 � xb6 2 5 . lll xb6 'tWxb6 26. �xeS '
'ti'b3 , cxd6 and i.a3 coming soon. ] 1 4. k!: a 1 k!: cs 1 5J ::t a7 b 6 16. lll a2 g5 1 7. lll b 4 f4 1 s. e d 2 [ 1 8 . � c2 is interesting . ) 18 e d 7 1 9 . lll a6 .i. h3 ! ? 20.'ifJ h 1 .•.
55 Bernhard Schneider Nigel Short Solingen
1 986
1.c4 e5 2.lll c 3 lll c6 3.g3 g6 4.A g2 Ji.. g7 5.lll f3 f5 6.d3 li)f6 7.0-0 d6 sJi b1 0-0 9.b4 a6 10.a4 h6 11 .b5 axb5 1 2. axb5 � e7 13.Ji.. b2 Ae6 14.l:al l:tc8 The most economical defense of Black's queenside: Short borrows an idea from Boris Spassky's treatment of the Closed Sicilian. Black puts the Rook on c8 and ad vances his pawns to c6 or b6, de pending on the situation. After . . . b6, White's only target is the pawn on c7, which is already defended. 1 5. l: a7 b6
[20 . A xh 3 �xh3 2 l . � xc7 l: xc7 2 2 . lll xc7 fxg3 23 .fxg3 e4 24 . dxe4 lll x e 4 2 5 . � e 3 lll xg3 2 6 . h x g 3 � xg3 + 2 7 . W h l � h 3 + 2 8 . <;t> g l j. xb 2 2 9 . � xe 7 � g 3 + w i t h a perpetual] 20 .i. xg2+ 2 1 . W xg2 �f5 2 2 . lll b4 ef7 23.e4 ! lll e 7 24. h 3 lll g6 2 5 .lll h2 h5 26. lll d5 11fd7 2 7 . � e2 lll xd5 28. exd5 g4 29. W g1 fx g3 3 0 . fx g 3 k!: x f l + 3 1 . � xf1 : rs 3 2 . h xg4 h 4 3 3 . e e4 W f7 34. 1lrf5 W xf5 35. gxf5 l:! xf5 36Jhc7 l::[ f3 3 7. gxh4 lll f4 38 .i. c l e4 39 .i. e3 exd3 40. l:r a7 d2 4 1 . .i. xd2 D raw • ..
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16.11fc2 [ 16.lll e l d5 ( 1 6 . . . g5 1 7.lll c2 d5 ( 1 7 . . . f4 18.lllb4;t) 18.cxd5 �exd5 1 9 . lll xd5 lll xd5 20.e4;t ) 1 7 . cxd5 lll fxd5 18.lll xd5 .i.xd5= The idea of
li'le l , to bring the Knight to c6, is known with colors reversed. ] 16 g5 1 7 .k[fa1 f4 This clears the way for . . . li'le7-f5-d4. 18.li'ld2! fxgJ 19.hxgJ 'if e8 Short is marshalling his pieces for the attack in much the way that Spassky did against Geller (game 1 ). 20.li'l ce4 Here White could have played ala Van Wely (game 2) and traded all the Rooks with 20.l:a8 . 2 0 li'l g4 2 1.li'lfl li'lf5 Intending to play . . . li'ld4. 22.e3! 'i¥g6 23J![b7 White should bring his Queen over for the defense. Short, in his author itative notes in Chess Informant 421 26, gives 23 .'�e2 h5 and now 24 . .l::!:b7, intending l::t aa7. IM B ernhard Schneider has playecJ very well up to this point against his famous op ponent, but now he loses his way in some incredible complications. •••
fianchettoed Bishop. 24 gxh4 25.f3 The best change to defend lay in 25. � e2, which Short analyzes at length without coming to a clear assessment. 25 l:[ xf3 26.�e2 k[ f7 27.li'l h2 .l::!: cf8 28.k[ aa7 2 8 . .l::!: fl was abso lutely forced, with the final result still in doubt. 28 h3 29.k[ xc7 k[xc7 30.k[xc7 li'lf2 0 : 1 •••
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56 Rene Libeau Pavel Blatny Muenster
1992
1.c4 e5 2.li'lc3 li'lc6 3.g3 g6 4.�g2 Ji.. g7 5.d3 f5 6.li'lf3 li'lf6 7.0-0 0-0 s J:t b 1 ( 8 . i. g5 h6 9 . Ji.. xf6 .lt xf6 1 0 .li'ld2 � h7 1 1 .:b1 a5 1 2. a3 li'le7 1 3 .b4 axb4 14.axb4 e4 1 5 .'�c2 exd3 1 6 . '� xd3 d6 1 7 . b5 c6 1 8 . l:tb3 Ae6 1 9 . bxc6 bxc6 20 . : fb 1 l:c8 2 l . e4;;l; S m i rin-A . Ivanov, Philadelphia 1 997] 8 ... a5 9.a3 d6 1 0.b4 axb4 l l . axb4 h6 1 2. b5 li'l e7 1 3. i. b2 [ 1 3 . li'lel c6 14.li'lc2 d5 1 5 .bxc6 bxc6 1 6 . cxd5 cxd5 1 7 . i. a3 i. e6 1 8 . .l::!: b7 � f7= (Blatny)] 1 3 g5 [ 1 3 . . . i. e6 1 4 . � a l l:c8 1 5. li'l e l b6 1 6. '�J c2 d5 1 7 . cxd5 li'l fxd5 1 8 . li'l xd5 li'l xd5 19 . .l::!: a7 �d7 20.'ii' a l ! White has a slight pull according to Blatny. ] 14. 'i¥b3 [ 14.:a l J::!: xal ? ! 1 5. �xal lll g6 1 6 . li'ld2 h5 17.�a8 b6 1 8 . .l::!: a l i.h6 1 9 . l: a7 g4 2 0 . li'l fl f4 2 1 . '� b8± Hickl-Maus, Germany 1 992] 14 ..•
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circumspect choice was 1 5 . . . l:bS . 16J!ha1 fxg3 1 7.fxg3 �f5
[ 1 7.�d2 b6 l S .l:aS=) 17 � d 7 ! 18.A a3 [ 1 S.lt:ld2 e4 ! 19.dxe4 .i. d4 ! with the idea of . . . lt:lc5 and . . . f4] 1 8 e4 1 9.dxe4 g4 20.exf5 J:l:xf5 2 1.:xb7 gxfJ 22. exf3 �f6 23Jhc7 li xfJ 24 . .\tb2 1hf2 0 : 1
18.�d5 [ 1 S.Axb7 lt:lxg3 ? ( 1 S . . . �e3 ! 1 9 . .t xeS 'if xeS) 1 9 . .\t xeS 'if xeS 20.hxg3 'ifh3 2 1 .'ifel lll g4 22.l:xf8+ i.xf8 2 3 . lll fl , unclear (Golubev)] 18 ... lt:lg4 1 9.'ira5 �geJ 20.�xe3 � xeJ 2 1 . � xf8+ 'ir xf8 22.�xc 7 �d1 2J.A a3 'irf2+ 24.W h1 Af5 25.'ir b8+ W h 7 26 . • xb7 e4 27. Axd6 lll e3 28.A h3 'irel+ 29.�fl AxhJ JO.'irxe4+ �f5 0 : 1
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57 Daniel Hausrath Mikhail Golubev Muenster
1 9 94
1.c4 e5 2.�c3 lt:lc6 J.gJ g6 4 . .i. g2 .i.g7 5.d3 d6 6.�f3 f5 7.0-0 �f6 8.Ir b1 h6 9. b4 a6 10. a4 0-0 l l .b5 [ l l . lt:lel g5 1 2.lt:lc2 f4 1 3 .b5 axb5 1 4. axb5 �e7 1 5. lt:lb4] ll axb5 12. axb5 �e7 1 3.1Lb2 g5 1 4.�d2 f4! ? Playing for the attack at all cost. 15.l:a1 l!ha1 Black again plays in the most direct fashion. A more
58 Gata Kamsky Predrag Nikolic Groningen
1 993
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1.c4 e5 2.�c3 �c6 J.�fJ f5 4.d3 lll f6 5.g3 g6 6 . .t g2 .t g7 7.0-0 0-0 8.l:b1 a5 9.a3 d6 10.b4 axb4 ll.axb4 �e7 Here, l l . . .h6, giving the King
h7, is more accurate. l l.tll bJ Wh8?! Actually, it wasn't too late to play 12 . . . h6, meeting 1 3 .c5+ with 13...'itJh7. 13.c5 h6 14.b5 tl)d7 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.� a3 [ 1 6.'�b4 �c7] 16 tl)c5 1 7.�xc5 dxc5 18.l::i: fdl [ 1 8.tl)d2 e4 1 9 .tl)c4] 18 Jib8 19.b6 ed6 20. tl)dl � d 7 2 t .tl)c4 e r6 22.tfla3 li fc8 2J.tl) b 5 tl) c6 [ 2 3 . . J h 8 24.'�b2 i.xb5 25.'�xb5 tl)c6 26.'�'xc5 ll:ld4 27. �b4 lll xe2+ 28.'itJfl l:a2 29.:b2+-] •••
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27 .'�!he5 �xe5 28.tl) f7+) 26 .l:d2 ( Matanovic)] 24 tl) b4 25.� a5 � e 7 26.l: dc l e4 2 7. dxe4 fxe4 28.l1 dt tl)c6 29.i¥d2 li d8 30. ed6 �gs J l.�d5 Jus J2.tflxc5 Ihd5 .U.�xd5 eJ 34.l:[f1 exf2+ JS.c.tl h t � e 7 36.lll d6 exel 37.tl)xf5 gxf5 Jttl1:\e6 lies 39.tl)f4 tflc2 40.tflf7 Hel 41.tflxb7 ebl 42.tfl a6 tl)d8 4J.I1\d5 tll bJ 44.tl)f4 Draw •••
59 Vladimir Akopian Walter Browne USA
1 994
l.c4 e5 l.ll:}cJ tl)c6 J.gJ g6 4 .1i.. g2 � g7 5.d3 f5 6.tl)f3 d6 7.0-0 tl)f6 8.libl a5 9.a3 0-0 10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 tl)e7 •
Play l .c4 against six-time U. S. Champ ion Walter Browne and there is a very good chance that you can reach this position. Walter believes in his sys tems and has had excellent results with thi s setup, particularly with . . . lll e7, aiming for . . . d5 . 12.c5 White could play moves 1 2 .b5 or 1 2 . i.g5, but the text is quite good, If much different from play we've seen up to now. Here he gives Black a potentially big center in hopes of playing against it. 12 h6 Preparing . . . i.. e6, which if played at once, would be met by 1 3 . lll g 5 . l J . 'if bJ+ W h 7 For •••
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1 3 . . . W h8 , see Kamsky-Nikolic, Groningen 1 99 3 , the King is better placed on h7 . 14.b5 it)d7 [ 1 4 . . . dxc5 1 5 .it)xe5±) 1 5.cxd6 cxd6 16Ji'b4! [ 16 . .lta3 it)c5 1 7 . .ltxc5 dxc500)
the Armenian GM proposes 17 . . . :f6 ! ? 1 8. it) d2 1L f8 ! ? as an inter esting attempt to try to mobilize the pawns. 18.it) xd5 it) xd5 19.it) g5+ � x g5 2 0. A x d 5 f4 2 l . lt fc 1 ! [2 1 . �xd6?? l:!d8 22. �c5 l:!xa3] 21 h5! 22.l:c7 h4 23.Acl [23 .�xd6?? �ds 24. �rs :xm 2s.Axm i1.d7J .•.
16 it)b6! [ 1 6 . . . d5 17.iVh4 it)b6 18. i.g5 l:te8 (18 ... l:f7? 1 9 . .ltxh6 .i.xb6 20 . it) g5 + W g7 2 1 . iV xh6+- +- ) 1 9. e4 ! d4 2 0 . it)d5 it)bxd5 2 1 . exd5 �d6 22 . .ltxb6! iLxh6 23 .it)g5+ Wg7 24. �xh6+ Wxh6 25.it)f7+ <3; g7 26. it)xd6 � d8 27.it)c4+- ; 1 6 . . . it) c5 1 7. it) xe5 1L xe5 1 8 . d4± (Akopian) the White Queen is well placed on b4 where it can easily go to h4] 1 7. iLaJ [ 1 7.�h4 f4] 17 ... it)ed5 Akop ian's play has made it difficult for Browne to move his pawns. Here, ..•
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23 ... � f6 ? Browne was probably in horrible time pressure around here. [23 . . . hxg3 ! 2 4 . hxg3 i.g4 2 5 . � xb7 l::t a2 26.�xd6 I he2 27.�xf8 : e l + 2 8 .'it> g2 i. h 3 + 2 9 .'it> h2 fxg3+ 3 0 . 'it>xh3 �h5+ 3 1 . Wxg3 l: g l + 32.�g2 l: xg2+ 3 3 . W xg2 � g4+ 3 4 . W fl � d l + 3 5 . W g2 �g4·+ draw (Akop ian)] 24. gxf4 ! exf4 25. W h l ! � g5 26.'ifd4 �e5 27.Ab2 1 : 0
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Symmetrical English
The Symmetrical English i s light years removed from the Closed Sicilian Reversed. Here the two players jockey for small advantages and kingside safety is rarely an issue. After l .c4 c5 2 .lll c 3 lll c6 3 . g3 g6 4.Ag2 �g7 many ( i Ms today would prefer the elastic 5.a3, but our move-order doesn't allow such luxuries. The aim is to steer for the position arising after 5. tll f3 tll f6 6.00 0-0 7. d4 cxd4 8. lll xd4 (see chapter eight), but there are lots of ways for Black lo l ry to break the symmetry early. Systems based on . . . e6 and . . . e5 tend to occur the most frequently by a wide margin.
60 Victor Frias Antonio Frois 1•1 usc ncia
1 996
t .lf'l fJ c5 2.g3 g6 3.A g2 il.. g7 4.c4 �i\c6 5 lll c3 lll f6 6.0-0 d6 Black plays this move here, because he wa nts to meet 7.d4 with 7 . . . cxd4 8. / , \ xd4 .V.d7. Ifhe castled immediately .
wouldn't have this option after 7. On the other hand, the text costs •.o mc flexibility. Witness Illescas1\ n a nd. Dos Herrnanas 1 996, which ·.a w 7 0-0 8.�bl d5 ! 7.a3 a6 {7 ... 0-0 he
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8.�b1 d5?! 9.cxd5 ltlxd5 10.lll xd5 l{i'xd5 1 l .d3 a5 12.Ae3 1{i'h5 13.�a4 [ 1 3 .l::!: c 1 b6? ( 1 3 . . . Axb2 14.�xc5±) 1 4 .lll g 5 �d7 1 5 .AD+- J 13 . . . lll d4 1 4 .lll xd4 cxd4 1 5 .Axd4 1{i'g4 1 6.e3 A xd4 1 7.1{i'xd4 1{i'xd4 1 8 .exd4± and White was a pawn up in the ending, Donaldson-D . Gurevich, Chicago 1 997 } 8Jlb1 �b8 9.b4 cxb4 10.axb4 b5 11.cxb5 axb5 12.d4 Af5 Black's early . . . d7-d6 comes back to haunt him. He would now much prefer to have castled on move six so as to be able to play . . . d5 with only a slight disadvantage. Now things go from bad to worse. 65
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first has the advantage. Since White played li:lf3 on the first move, he can't play the 5.a3 variation and has to fol low Black's lead. 6.0-0 Another pos sibly was 6.a3 . 6 �b8 7.a4 d6 8.d3 lll f6 Here there is something to be said for . . . e5 and . . lll ge7, especially since much of the venom ofb2-b4 has been drawn. 9.Ji.. d2 0-0 10.lll e 1 Ad7 l l .lll c 2 The two Knights quickly hop to the queenside to support the advances of their respective b-pawns. ll ... lll e8 1 2.l::!: b 1 lll c 7 13.b4 cxb4 14.lll xb4 lll xb4 15.l":!:xb4 b5 16.axb5 axb5 1 7.cxb5 lll xb5 18.lll xb5 l:xb5 19.llxb5 .ixb5 •••
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13. d5! ? This intuitive sacrifice by Frias is not totally necessary, but is certainly very attractive. 1 3 A xb1 1 4.dxc6 il.e4? [14 . . . .if5 1 5 .lll d4 0-0 16. lll dxb5 is very good for White who has two big passed pawns for his slight deficit . ] 1 5. lll xe4 lll xe4 16.�c2 Oops ! The double threat to capture on e4 or play c7 ends things qui ckly. 1 6 lll c3 1 7. A b 2 l:t c8 1 8 . il. xc3 l: xc6 1 9. lll d 4 l: c 4 20.lll xb5 0-0 2 1 . � d3 � c8 22 .i.xg7 W xg7 2J . .i.b7 1 :0 • .•
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1962
20. �bJ Being on �ove in a sym metrical or near symmetrical position is usually a significant advantage. Here White uses his move to develop a useful initiative. 20 �d7 21 Jic1 Ji.. a4 22.�b4 �b5 23.�xb5 Axb5 24.1J... g5 f6 Black can't really avoid this unpleasant weakening move. The Rook was going to head down to c7 •••
1.c4 cS 2.lll c3 g6 J.li:lf3 A g7 4.g3 lll c6 s. Ji.. g2 a6 Thi s i s a well motivated plan. Typically, in such positions, whoever gets in b4 or . . . b5 66
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28.g4 Now that Black is totally tied down, White prepares to grab as much space as possible to cramp Black further. 28 W g7 29.h4 h6 30. g5 Grabbing more space and hoping to open the position for the Rook and t he Bishop on e3 . 30 hxg5 3l.hxg5 fxg5 Following the principle that every trade helps the defender. 32 .0.. xg5 l:I d7 33.l:c8 A a6 34. l: c l Here 34.l::i: a8 Ab7 35.l:l:a7 Ac6 leads nowhere; so White prepares to re deploy his Rook and possibly angle for .i.g5-e3-d4+. Inducing . . . e5 would create further weaknesses in Black's position. 34 Ab7 35.Ji.. e6 l: d8 36.f3 d5?! This understandable at tempt to grab some breathing room proves fatal . 37.l:c7 .i. a8 38.l:a7! A necessary finesse, as the immediate capture on e7 fails to 38.Axe7 Axe7 •..
44.. J1d5 45.l:l: b8 wf7 46.'iir' f2 g5 47.t'l: b t ct>e6 48.l::!: gt w rs 49.:g4 l:I d8 50J ! e4 W f6 5 l . W e l l:! d 7 52.W d2 l::i: d5 53.Wc2 l: es 54.W b3 l:I xe4 55.dxe4 W e5 56. W c4 g4 57.fxg4 Wxe4 58.g5 1 : 0
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John Van Der Wiel Wijk aan 'he
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Botvinnik-Gligoric, Moscow (ol) 1 956 (game 65)] 6.0-0 it)b6 Black takes away h2-h4-h5 with this move order and threatens to bring his Knight to f5 with good effect. 7. d4 ! ? Played before Black gets in . . . it)f5 . White gains space and harmonious develop ment for the Bishop. 7 cxd4 8.Axh6 Axh6 9.it)xd4 •.•
9 Ad7?! This natural move is pro bably a mistake. [9 . . . it)xd4 10. �xd4 0-0 l l . l: fd l A g7 1 2 .�e3 A xc3 1 3 . �xc3 �c7 1 4.l:ac l Ae6 1 5 .c5 �xc5 16.�xc5 dxc5 17.b3 ( 17.l:xc5 !) 1 7 ... l:ad8 1 8. .txb7 l:xdl + 1 9.l:xdl c4 20.Ad5 Axd5 2 l .l:xd5 cxb3 22.axb3 l:l:b8 Draw, Loginov-Stanec, Aschach 1 995] 10.c5 dxc5 [ 10 . . . .tg7 1 I .it)xc6 Axc6 1 2.Axc6+ bxc6 1 3 . �a4 Axc3 14.�xc6+ 'it'f8 1 5 .bxc3 l:c8 1 6. �a6 l: xc5 1 7 . � xa7;;!;; Loginov-C som, Budapest 1 994] ll.it)xc6 Axc6 12. Axc6+ bxc6 13.�c2 [ 1 3 .�a4 0..0 14. �xc6 �c8 15.�a4 � 16.�h4 'iil g7 17. l:l:ab l �e6 1 8.l:fdl l'!fd8 1 9. �a4 ..•
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63 Alexander Wojtkiewicz Ljubomir Ljubojevic Novi Sad
1990
1.it)fJ c5 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Ag7 4.A g2 it)c6 5.it)c3 d6 6.0-0 Af5 This is a sneaky move order by Ljubo. Here 6 . . . it)f6 7.d4 or 6 . . :it)h6 7.d4 favor White. · The little-seen text delays de veloping the kingside in order to stop d4 . The drawback to this plan is that White gets in b2-b4 and Black has no tangible threats on the kingside. 7.d3 il d 7 8 . A d 2 .i. h3 9 . a 3 A xg2 10.'itl xg2 e6 ll.l::t b1 it)ge7 12.b4 h6 13.h4 f5 14.ilcl 'itlf7 15.l:e1 'itl g8 16. ifd 1 c;tlb7 17. �b3 b6 18.b5 it)dS
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64 Einar Gausel VISWanathan Anand 1 992
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24.�e4 T he first of two positionally m otivated Exchange sacrifices. 24 g4 25.�h2 �d4 26.\idl �xe2 27.\ixe2 i. d4 28.\ixg4+ Wf8 29. /1) f3 Ji. g7 30.li h4 l:t g8 3 1 . ti g6 W e7 32.1If4 l: af8 33.�h4 W d8 34.\ih7 Ae5 ..•
Theory recommends 6.h4 ! , but Gausel was probably suspicious why Anand would allow this. Instead, he opts for a treatment better known after 5 . d6 6.0-0 ll\h6 7.d4. In both cases, White is willing to trade his Bishop for a Knight. He limits Black's counterplay and gets good central control in return. 6 cxd4 7.ll\xd4 0-0 [7 . ll\ xd4 8 . i. xh6 i. xh6 9 . � xd4::t ] 8.�c2 d6 9.i.d2 A good square for the Bishop: it protects the Knight and . .
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discourages . . . �a5. 9... Ad7 10.0-0 :cs ll.b3 The text, which protects c4, while getting the pawn off b2, is an integral part ofWhite's plan, which consists of getting a Knight to d5 by: (1) .ad2; (2) b3 ; (3) l:cl ; (4) llle3 ; and finally (5) lll ed5 . l l lll g4 Anand finally admits the Knight has no future on h6 and ends up spending several tempi to bring it to f6 . 12.h3 lll f6 13.licl a6 14.lll e3 .i. e6 15. lll e d5 White now has a pleasant advantage . Probab ly for team standings (this game was played in an Olympiad) or norm considerations, (Gausel was still an IM when this game was played), Gausel decides to play very safely. 15... 1.xd5 16.lll xd5 . lll x d5 1 7.cxd5 lll d4 18.l:xc8 Wxc8 19.e3 lll b5 20.iYb 1 lll c3 2 1 .Ji.. xc3 \lfxc3 22 . .l:c1 iY b4 23 . .l:c4 iYb6 24. tv c2 Possessing complete con trol of the only open file, Gausel clearly has the better of whatever chances remain. Draw .•.
65 Mikhail Botvinnik Svetozar Gligoric Moscow
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0-0 1 8 . A b2 A g5 1 9 . lll e4 j_ c s 20. lll xg5 lll xg5 2 1 .f4+- Vaulin Szalanczy, Kecskemet 1 993) 7.d3 [7. h5 1.g4 8.d3 �d7 9.j_d2 l£lf5 (9 . . . Axh5 10.j_xh6 .axh6 l l .g4 �xg4 12.Ah3 �f4 1 3 .lll d 5 Axfl 14. lll xf4 Axh l 1 5 . lll d 5 Axd5 16.cxd5 lll e 5 1 7 .'�' a4+ Wf8 1 8 .f4 b5 1 9.�e4 f5) 10.h6 j_xc3 l l .j_xc3 lll fd4 1 2 . e3 lll xf3 + 1 3 .Axf3 j_xf3 1 4. �xf3 ;t Christiansen-Browne , Lone Pi ne 1972) 7... �b8 8.h5 .A.d7 [8 f6 9.hxg6 hxg6 10 . .A.xh6? (10.lllh4±) 10 . . . j_xh6 l l .�c l ? Axe l 12.l:.:!:xh8+ Wf7 1 3 . l:xd8 .A.xb2] 9.Axh6 Axh6 10.hxg6 hxg6 11.�cl!
ll ... .A. g7 1 2.llxh8+ .i.xh8 13.iVh6 i.xc3+ [ 1 3 . . . .A.f6 14.lll g5 !] 14.bxc3 e6 15.lll g5 W e7 16.W d2 .i.e8 1 7.�g7 'iti> d 7 1 8. f4 � e7 1 9. J: h l lll d 8 20.lll e4 W c7 2 1.l:h8 .i.c6 22.lll f6 Wb6 23.A xc6 lll xc6 24.l: h7 lll d8 25.Wxg6 'it> a6 26. a4 'it> aS 27.�g5
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t .il)f3 cs 2.g3 g6 3.A g2 A g7 4.c4 11'lc6 5.il)c3 e6 6.e3 1ll ge7 7.d4 cxd4 H.lll xd4 d5 9.cxd5 lll xd4 10.exd4 11'lxd5 [ 10 . . . exd5?! 1 1 .0-0 0-0 12 . .tg5 :.;;. c6 1 3 .\i'b3 f6 14.Af4 �d7 15.1llb5 ! .�fl 1 6J:hc 1 lll c6 1 7. l:':!:fd 1 f5? 1 8 . �·ld6 ill xd4 1 9. l::i: xd4 li.. xd4 20.1ll xf7 Bxfl 2 1 .l:c7 �e6 22.Axd5 1 -0, Pfle ger-Van den Berg, Hamburg 1965] 11.
1 5 .l:ad1 �f6? 16.\i'a4 1 -0 BarczaO'Kelly, Havana 1%7] 1 2 Axd4 The main alternative is 1 2...li)e7, when 13. l:t d 1 is vecy interesting (see the notes to Schmidt-Stempin, game 67). Also worthy of a look is 1 3 . � g5 . White got a slight, but persistent, pull in Gheorghiu-Jansa , Prague 1 9 85 : 1 2 . . . il)e7 1 3 .�g5 h6 1 4.�xe7 'fjxe7 1 5 .l:ad1 l:d8 16.d5 iVf8 17.lld2 exd5 1 8 .il)xd5 l:tb8 1 9.�e3 . l3.il)xd5 exdS 14.Ah6 Ji.. g 7! 1 5.Axg7 W xg7 16.�xd5 •••
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1 6 a5! The best answer to the pressure on b7. Black gains space on the queenside, prepares . . . l:ta8-a5-b5, and drives the White Queen away from a nice square. 1 7.II:acl Here IM John Watson's suggestion of 1 7J::tfd1 , harassing the Black Queen, makes more sense. 17 a4 18J!Ic3+ �f6 19.ifxf6+ Wxf6 20.l:c7 ,:[ aS! The point of Black's play. The Rook becomes active . 2l.ktd1 [2 1 . .txb7 •••
12.1i'b3 This is by far White's best tty for an advantage, but 1 2 .il)xd5, while vety drawish, does contain one trap worth remembering. [ 1 2 .ill xd5 exd5 1 3 .�b3 �xd4? 1 4 .Ah6 l:e8?
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Having equalized, Black loses his sense of danger. Correct was 26 . . . W f6, intending 27 . . . Wg7 to bring the King back to safety. 27J�[f3! Tying Black up a bit. The King is unable to · get back safely, and White will now try to press : he will gain space on the kingside by pushing his pawns. After this, he will run his King up. Black has to suffer a little, but he can still hold. 27 .. Jib6 28.ct> g2 �b5 29.h3 �b6 30.Iic2 f5 3t.![d3 ct>f6 32.h4 l:e8 33. ct> f3 Ire7 34.l:cd2 n ee6 35.�e2 l:ted6 36Jhd6+ White has made some progress, but to go any further he needs to trade a pair of Rooks to minimize Black's counter play. 36.. .lhd6 37.l:e3 b6! 38.�b3 l:e6 39.![ b4 Wf7 40.ct>f4 W f6 41. a4 �c6 42. ct>e3 �d6 43.1:[d4 �xd4! Gheorghiu correctly trades down, 72
because he sees a drawing trick in the pawn ending. 44. � xd4 � e6 45. �c4 � d6 46.ct> b5 Wc7 47.� a6!
47... f4 [47 . . . '&t>c6? 48.f4 a7 Wc6 50.'�t? b8 ! and White wins] 48. gxf4 �c6 49.f3 Wc5 50. Wb7 b5 51. axb5 ct> xb5 52.Wc7 Wc5 53.Wd7 W d4 54.� e6 �e3 55.Wf6 � xf3 56.f5 gxf5 57.W xf5 Draw
67 Wlodzimien Schmidt Pavel Stem pin Lub6n
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l.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Ji.. g2 Jl.. g7 4.lDc3 lD c 6 5 . lD f3 e6 This move has enjoyed an excellent reputation since the game Petrosian-Fischer, Belgrade 1 970 . 6.e3 This leads to positions that normally arise after 5 . e3 e6 6.
lilge2 . 6 . ..lt) ge7 7.d4 cxd4 8.lthd4 dS 9.cxd5 li) xd4 1 0.exd4 li) xdS 1 1.0-0 0-0 12. 'ilb3!
This position may look drawish, and, in fact, every year players agree to a draw at t h i s v e ry m o m en t . However, the reality i s that Black must be v e ry carefu l . A fe w indifferent moves could land him in real trouble. After 1 2 . �b3 ! Black must choose among 1 2 . . . li) e7 , l 2 . . . 'i¥b6 and 1 2 . . . �xd4. 12 �xd4 T ry i n g to c l ea r the b o a r d . Taimanov, in ECO Volume A ( 1 st edition), prefers 1 2 . . . li)e7, quoting Forinto s- S api , Hungary 1 9 6 9 , which continued 1 3 .d5 exd5 14.�g5 h6 1 5 . � xe7 'i¥xe7 1 6 . li)xd5 'i¥e5 with equal ity. More logical i s 1 3 . � d 1 , preparing d 5 and keeping t he Bishop on c8 bottled up a bit longer. IM John Watson, in the second edition of his authoritative •••
work The Symmetrical English (Macmillan 1 988), gives 1 3 .l::!: d 1 � xd4 ? ! ( 1 3 . . . 'i¥b6 1 4 . li) a4 'i¥xb3 1 5 . axb 3 += ) 1 4 . � g 5 as being crushing. The other alternative to the text, 1 2 . . . 'i¥b6, might well be the best here. ECO gives 1 3 .li)xd5 exd5 1 4 . � e3 �e6 1 5 J:!:ac 1 ( 1 5 .l::!: fc 1 ! ?) 1 5 . . . �ac8 ( 1 5 . . . �xb3 1 6. axb3 �fc8) 1 6 . � xd5 � xd5 1 7 . 'i¥ xd5 !':!: cd8 1 8 . 'i¥ c 5 � xd4 1 9 . � xb6 � xb6 20.�xb6 axb6 2 l .�fd 1 with a slight edge to White from Kestler-Pavlov, Bucharest 1 976, but this i s not too c o nv i nc i n g . l J . lt) x d S ECO (Taimanov) claims that White had a slight advantage in the ending in S myslov-Petro sian, U S S R (ch) 1 974, after 1 3 . � h6 il. g7 1 4 . i. xg7 <J:Jxg7 1 5 .�fdl 'i¥b6 1 6.li)xd5 'i¥xb3 1 7 . axb3 exd5 1 8 . � xd5 a6 1 9.b4 . I have but two points to make. First, Smyslov and Petrosian played in the USSR Cup in Moscow in 1 97 4, not the Soviet Championship. Second, the game was drawn after 1 9 . . . �b8 2 0 . � d6 �e6 2 1 . h4 � fd8 2 2 . l::!: ad 1 � xd3 2 3 . l::!: x d6 b6 . On 2 1 .�b6 , Black has 2 1 . . . � fd8. Probably 2 1 . l::!: ad 1 is best, though after 2 1 . . J::i fc8 i t d o e s n ' t seem to a m o u n t to anything. 13 ... exd5 1 4. li. h6 Ji.. g7 Not falling for a common trap in this line, i . e . , 14 . . J,I e8 1 5 . �ad 1 �b6?? 1 6 . '!W a 4 , w i n n i n g materia l . [ 1 4 . . . l::!: e 8 1 5 . � ad 1 � g7 1 6 . i. xd5 '!Wf6 1 7 . �g5 ! �f5 1 8 . l::!: fe 1 i. e6 1 9. �xe6 fxe6 20.�f4 (20.�e3 l:!:e7 2 l . � d4 b6 22.�xg7 <J:J xg7 23.l:t d4 73
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26. �xe6 l:l: xf4 27. gxf4±) 20 . . . �ti 2 1 . .lt e 5 ± Gheor-ghiu-Bischoff, Baden-Baden 1987] 15 .i.xg7 r3Jxg7 •
16 .i.xd5 This is the position that GM Schmidt has been aiming for. At first glance, it might not look like much White has only a slight lead in development and the pawn structure is compl etely symmetrical-but Black's defense isn't without practical difficulties. First and foremost is how to solve the problem of getting the Bishop on c8 into the game. 16 'itf6 [ 1 6 . . . l:l:b8 1 7.l:i:fd1 �f6 1 8.l:l:ac 1 .tg4 19.f3 .th3 20.l:l:c7 l:l:be8 2 l . .. c3±; for 1 6 . . . a5 ! see Andersson-Gheorghiu, Moscow 1 98 1 (game 66)] 1 7.l:l:act a5 18.�c7 l:la6 1 9.l:fcl l: b6 20 ... e3 lld6 [20. . . .a.B 2 1 ..txn :xn 22.l:l:xti+ rtJxti 23.�c7+ 24.�h6 will be killing.] 21 .txn :xn 22.l:xf1+ exn 23. ,. c3+ An important finesse to drive Black's King to a bad square. 23 •
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25.,. c5 A good centralizing move. A pawn up and with Black's King exposed, White is winning. The first step is to neutralize Black's active pieces, particularly his Rook. 25 •fl [25 . .l'hb2 26.�e3+ r3J g7 (26 . . . g5 27.h4) 27. �d4+ �f6 28.:!:c7+] 26. h4 .l:d5 27 ... e7 J!tf5 28.tiet : d5 29.a4 Played with the intention of fixing Black's pawn on a5 as a target. However, to do this, White will have to trade a pair of pawns, which is just what the defender wants. Correct was 28.l:Ic3 ! , continuing the process of driving Black back. After finishing that task, White could steer for a trade of either Rooks or Queens, as both endings are won for him. 29 b6 30.b4 W h5 [30 . . . axb4 3 l .�xb4 l: d l + 32. l:l:xd l �xd l + 3 3 . r3Jg2 �d8;;!;; White's miscue on move 29 gave this oppor tunity to Stempin, but he missed it.] 3l.bxa5 bxa5 32.l:I bt W g4 33.W h2 llf5 34.l:b2 g5 On passive moves •••
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W e t + 54 . ® d5 W c8 5 5 . � e 7 + c;ll h8 56.� d4 [ 5 6 . . . W g8 57.�g5+; 56 . . . ... f5 5 7 .'�' e 5 + B l ack is i n Zugzwang.] 1 : 0
68 Ulf Andersson
Vasser Seirawan Linares
42. \!Vfl At first glance, it looks like White has let Black out of the bag, but such is not the case. With weak nesses on a5 and g5, Black has no real defense. 42 ... � d4 43. � a6+ Centralizing the Queen is the first order of business. 43 ... ® h5 44. ... el+ ® h6 45. "e' c2 g4 46J!V c6+ W g7 47.® g2 'tt' b4 Black would prefer to keep his Queen in the center, but in view of 4 8 . '� c7+, picking up the a-pawn, he has little choice . 48. ® fl Now that Black's Queen is away from the center, the White King can start to run. 48 ... t'+' b t + 4 9 . � e 2 "e' f5 5 0 . ® e 3 ff g5 + 5 1 . W d 3 W f5 + 5 2 . W e4 �g5 [52 . . . ... xf2 53 .�d4+] 53.® c4
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t .lll f3 c5 2.c4 1ll c6 3.g3 g6 4.Ag2 A g7 5.1ll c 3 e5 6.0-0 d6 7.a3 1ll ge7 8.l:[ b 1 as 9.d3 0-0 10.A g5 White would like to trade his Bishop for Black's Knight to strengthen his control over d5 . A n exc hange would likely be followed by lll f3 e l -c2-e3-d5 . 10... f6 1 1.Ae3! A very fine move by Andersson that shows his high class. Everyone and his brother play l l . A d2 , but Ulfie correctly understands the B ishop belongs on e3 to restrain the . . . d6d5 break. If Black hits t he Bishop with I I . . ./l)f5, White simply retreats to d2, leaving the f5 -Knight poorly placed. Black needs the Knight on e7 to guard the . . . d5 square. He also needs to keep the option of . . . f6-f5 available. ll ... � e6 12.1ll e1 ... d7 [ 1 2 . . . Af7 1 3 . /l) c2 b6 1 4 .b4 axb4 1 5 . axb4 :bs 1 6.�d2 f5 Donaldson Minev, Portland 1 985, White should play 1 7 . j. g5 with a small edge. ] 1 3.1ll c2 a4 1 4.b3 axb3 15.l:[xb3 75
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22.l:xb4 ! A well-timed Exchange sacrifice. Andersson gets a pawn and plenty of weaknesses to play against. 22 cxb4 23.11fxb4 Uf d 7 24. l: h 1 l: d8 2 5 . W" b3 � h8 2 6. /t) c2 h 6 27./t)b4 l:as 28.h4 f4 29.�h2 � h7 Black's problem is that he has no real counterplay. 30./t)bdS /t) xd5 31. cxd5 At'S 32. "'xb6 l:c5 33.a5 ![deS 34.l: b3 fxg3+ 35.fxg3 e4 36./t) xe4 l:c2 3 7.\i'e3 ifa4 38.l: b 7 ll8c7 39.l:xc7 l:xc7 40./t) xd6 l:c2 41. /t)xf5 1 : 0 •••
This is a difficult move to make. Black rules out b2 -b4 for the time being, but he might have waited for l:t b l first. Defending against b4 gambits costs some weaknesses on the queenside. 7.0-0 [7 J::!: b l /t) ge7 8.0-0 d6 9 . d3 0-0 1 0 . /t) e l .t e6 1 1 . /t)c2 d5 12.cxd5 /t)xd5 1 3 . /t)e3 /t)xe3 14 . .txe3 /t)d4 1 5.i.xb7 l:rb8 16.i.g2 .tb3 1 7 . if d2 a4 1 8 .l:bc l ± Kai danov-Brady, Dublin 1 9 9 1 , Black doesn't have enough for the pawn . ] 7 d 6 8 . d 3 [ 8 . /t) e 1 /t)ge7 9 . /t) c2 l:b8 10./t)e3 0-0 l l .d3 i.d7 1 2 . .t d2 /t)d4 1 3 . l:r e 1 bS 1 4 . cxb5 /t) xb5 1 5 . lllc4 'fllc 7 16./t)xb5 l:xbS 17.a4 l:!:b4 1 8 . i.xb4 cxb4 1 9.l:rc1± Kaidanov Egeli, Gausdal 1 99 1 . ] 8 lll ge7 9. /t) e 1 A e6 10./t)c2 d5 It's now or never: White is threatening to play 1 1 . lll e 3 . l l . cxd5 lll xd5 12./t)e3 /t) de7 Around here, Black would have preferred to have castled rather than to have played . . . aS, which has only weakened the b6-square. [ 1 2 . . . •••
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/1J xc3 1 3 .bxc3 ;l;; ] 1 3./1Jc4 This is a very inviting square with . . . aS in. 13 0-0 14 .t g5 f6 15 .t e3 b6 1 6 J i h4 �c7 1 7.11J b5 "if d8 1 8 . /1Jc3 "ifc7 19J:!:fct The future King of Kentucky hadn't yet found his home in Lexington, but he certainly knew where to put his pieces. The text is part of the final preparations to play b2-b4 ! 19 .. J! ab8 20.l::!: ab 1 !:tfc8 2 1 . /1J b5 �d7 22.11J cd6 f.rf8 •••
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70 Jan Smejkal Orazly Annageldiev Moscow 23. b4 ! axb4 24. axb4 l: a8 [24 . . . /1Jxb4 2 5 . : xb4 ! cxb4 26.:c7 '{idS 27. '{i a7+- This variation gives an idea of the pent-up energy of the White pieces.) 25.� d 1 cxb4 26. A xb6 � a6 2 7. A c5 l:! b8 28.d4 This break brings all of White's pieces into the game. 28 exd4 29. l1J xd4 11Jxd4 30.� xd4 b3 31."ifd3 : a2 32./1Jc4 � xd3 33. exd3 l1Jd5 34.A d6 l:! b5 35.l:ie1 /1J c3 .•.
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1.c4 c5 2.g3 /1Jc6 3.il.. g2 g6 4./1Jc3 A g7 5.11Jf3 e5 6.a3 /1J ge7 This is certainly not a mistake, but it could be deemed imprecise, especially in view of what Black has as a follow up. Typically, when White plays the maneuver 11Jf3-e l -c2, designed to force b2 -b4 or to put the Knight on d5, Black must have a concrete plan to counter it. One idea is to try to 77
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play . . . d6-d5. This threat often lures the c3-Knight to d5, which makes a break with . . . b5 much easier to achieve. What Black doesn't want to allow is White Knights on c3 and e3 , where they stifle both breaks. Keeping this in mind, Black should play an early . . . d6, meeting li)e 1 with . . i.e6, when d3 is countered by . . . d5. Should Black hesitate, White will get his Knight to c2 and meet . . . .ile6 with li)e3 , temporarily dispensing with d3 and saving a vital tempo for the optimal positioning of his Knights. 7. l::t b l 0-0 8.0-0 a5 9.li)e1 d6 lO.li)c2 .1Le6 Now it's too late and White comes to e3 before . . . d5 can be played. 1 l .li)e3 f5 Since Black can't play . . . d5, this is natural, but it does create weaknesses. 1 2. d3 h6 13.li) ed5 �h7 14.A d2 l::t b8 15.b4 White is clearly for choice. His play on the queenside is more significant than anything Black can muster on the other wing. 15 ... axb4 This is a rather radical solution to Black's problems. He succeeds in greatly simplifying the position, but remains with problems to solve. 16.axb4 cxb4 1 7. li) xb4 li)xb4 18.ftxb4 d5 1 9.cxd5 li)xd5 20.li) xd5 A xd5 2 t . A xd5 e xd5 22.�b3 �xb3 .
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23.l: xb3 Just as in the Bagirov Suetin game (game 6 1 ), the simpli fied nature of the position doesn't guarantee a draw. Here the weak ness on b7 and the drafty seventh rank spell a difficult defense for Black. 23 .. J:tfc8 24.Ae3 Threat ening 2 5 . A a7 . 24 ... l:tc2 25. A a7 ::C bc8 26.l::!: xb7 l:xe2 27.d4 e4 28. d5 This ensures that f2 will be defended. The d-pawn is bait to be used to double the Rooks on the seventh. 28 ... l:[d2 29.l!d7 g5 This tries to break the pin, but creates fresh weaknesses for White to attack. 30. A e3 l: d3 3 t . l h t � g8 32.�b6! Preparing :l::!:b l -b6-g6. 32... ftf8 33.Ac5 e3 Desperation. 34. il. xf8 e2 35. l: e6 xf8 36.l: xe2 f4 1:0
Symmetrical English With ... c5 & ... d5 (or d6) Here our coverage of the Symmetrical English continues, but with one i mportant twi st-B lack puts his Knight on f6 and plays . . . d5 early, or allows White to. Playing . . . d5 grab s useful space, but typically costs Black time, time White can use to generate strong pressure on the queenside. Examples by the two World C hampions-Garry in game 75 and Z suzsa in game 77-are i llustrative of White 's strength i n this core position for the repertoi re .
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Kortc h n o i , Palma de M a l l orca 1 9 7 2 ] s . tt:) d2 A d 7 9 . 0-0 A e 7 1 0 . tt:) c4 0-0 [ 1 0 . . f6 l l . a4 A e6 1 2 . f4 exf4 1 3 . Axf4 'l)d5 1 4 . tt:)xd5 il xd5 1 5 . tt:) d6+ A xd6 1 6 . A xd5 il xf4 1 7 . il xc6+ bxc6 1 8 . � xf4;l; Donal dson-Alzate, Philadelphia 1 9 86] l l . a4 b6 12.Ad2 �b8 1 3.f4 exf4 1 4 . A xf4 � c 8 1 5. a5 tt:) e6 1 6 . A d 2 � b8 1 7 . axb6 axb6 1 8. tt:) dS b5 1 9. tt:) as tt:) xa5 20.A xa5 � e 8 2 1 . A c 3 tt:) d4 2 2 . e3 tt:) c6 23.�h5! b4? [23 . . . f6 ! ] .
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l . c4 c5 2 . 'l) fJ tt:) c6 J . 'l) c J 'l)f6 4 . g3 d 5 5 . c x d 5 tt:) x d 5 6 . A g2 tt:)c7 7.d3 e5 [7 . . . g6 8 . A e3 tt:) e6 9 . 0-0 ilg7 I O . tt:) a4 tt:) cd4 l l. :!l c 1 Yi a 5 1 2 . tt:) xc5 'l) xf3 + 1 3 . il xf3 tt:)xc5 1 4Jhc5 Yixa2 1 5 .b4 0-0 16. : c7 A f6 1 7 . Yib l 'i¥ a4 1 8 . : fc 1 � b 8 1 9 . Yi c 2 ± G h e o r g h i u -
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1 2.�xd4 Something new for this position. The normal move, 12.lll xd4, should suffice for some advantage according to IM John Watson in his book on the Syrrunetrical English. The text also has its merits. White gains time to mobilize his forces and play on the light squares. He hopes to also achieve a good-Knight-vs. -bad Bishop situation. [ 1 2 .lll xd4 Axd4 ( 1 2 . . . cxd4 1 3 . .td2 .te6 ( 1 3 . . . Ag4 1 4 . h3 Ae6 1 5 .�a4 a5 1 6.�b5 �e5 17.�xe5 Axe5 18.l::!:c5 Ad6 19.l:xa5 !) 1 4 .�a4 �b6 15 ..tb4 :res 1 6.Ac5 �xb2 17.�c2 lid7 1 8.l:xb2 Axa4 19.Axb7±) n . .tf4 �a6 14.�3 Ae6 1 5 . .txb7 ! ] 12 cxd4 1 3.lll d2 Un masking the Bishop and preparing to hop to e4 or c4 depending on the circumstances. 13 klb8 14J!b4 a6 15.ll!e4 b5?! 16.�a5 �d8 1 7.Vxd8 l: xd 8 1 8 . l: c 7 f5 1 9. lll c5
24.lll xa6 ! ! .t xa6 [24 . . . l: xa6 2 5 . llxb8+-] 25.l:[c6! This quiet follow up exploits the Bi shops' lack of breathing room. 25 ktxc6 (25 . . . Ab7 26 . l: xb8 � xc6 2 7 . l: xb6 A xg2 28. ®xg2+-; 25 ... lic7 26.l:xc7 l:xa8 27 .iixa8+- ] 26.�xc6 e4 A last stab, but Black has no real tries to resist. 27.:xa6 .t d6 28.a3 f4 29. � xe4 1 :0 •••
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ii. g7 8 . lD xd5 [ 8 . �a4 0-0 9 . �b5 ll'l xc3 I O . dxc3 �b6 l l .�xb 6 axb6 1 2 . lt.. f4;!; (Grosar)] 8 'ilfxd5 9.d3 0-0 1 0 . lt.. e 3 ii. d 7 l l . d 4 c x d 4 1 2. '1.hd4 ec4 1 3. l:I c 1 [ 1 3 . ll'l xc6 A xc6 1 4 . iL xc6 bxc6 1 5 . b 3 � a6 1 6 . l:I c l � xa2 1 7 Jhc6 = ] 1 3 'e' xa2 1 4 . l:I a l e xb2 [ 1 4 . . . �c4 1 5 . b 3 �b4 1 6 . l:l:a4 �d6 1 7 . ll'l xc6 Axc6 1 8.'�'xd6 exd6 1 9.ii.xc6 bxc6 2 0 . l:I d l , with equal chances and, most probably, a draw] t 5. li b l 'e' a2 1 6. l:l: xb 7 /t) xd4 1 7 . .i. xd4 [ 1 7 Jh d 7 ? l:l: ad8 1 8 . l:l: xd4 iL xd4 1 9 . lt.. xd4 e c4- + ] 1 7 . . . ii. a4 1 8 . e a t e x a 1 1 9 . ii. x a 1 a 5 2 0 . .i. xg 7 'itl x g7 2 1 . l:I a l ii. d 2 2 . l:l: xe 7 l:I a6 ? [ 2 2 . . . l:l:ae8 2 3 . l:I c7 iLb3 24.e3 a4= (Grosar)] 23.iLd5 ! a4 2 4 . l:I c 7 ! The Rook on � 1 and the B i shop on d 5 are optimally p l aced . With the text, White improves the placement of h i s other Rook and forces t h e Black Bi shop out of play. 24 . . . i& f5 25. e4 .i. h3 26.f3 This move ni>t only threatens to trap the B i shc p, but also i ntends to grab space on the kingside by g4 and h4 . J6 . . . a3 2 7 . W f2 h 5 28.g4 hxg4 2 � . W g3 l:If6 30Jha3 [30.e5 ! l:l:f5 3 l . fxg4 � f l 3 2 . l:l: xa 3 l:I d l 3 3 . iH3 + (Grosar) ] 30 . . . gxf3 3 1 .e5 � f5 32.� xf3 l:! xf3 + [ 3 2 . . . l:I xe5 ? 3 3 . fl. xf7 B l ack has no a n s� er to threats of 'itt xh3 and it. c4 t ] 33. 'ill xf3 .•.
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Despite the reduced materi a l , Black is still under pressure . All of Whi te's pieces are more active than their B lack counterparts, and the threat of e6 seemingly forces the passive reply . . . 'itt g8. On the p l u s s i d e , t h e h - p a w n is t h e "wrong color. " This means that King, Bi shop and h-pawn versus King won't be enough to win for White . 33 . . . W g8 ? [ 3 3 . . . <;.t h6 ! 3 4 . W g3 ( 3 4 . l:Ixf7 l:!xf7+ 3 5 . lt.. xf7 Wg5 36. Wg3 W f5 3 7 . e6 il.. n 3 8 .e7 il.. b 5=) 3 4 . . . il.. e6 3 5 . i.xe6 fxe6 3 6 . l:!:e7 W g5 = ] 3 4 .'i.t1 f4 il.. e6 ? ! 35. i. xe6 fxe6+ 36.'it> g5 � f5+ 3 7 . W xg6 'it> f8 3 8 . � c5 l:I f4 39.W g5 �f5+ 40.W g6 l:I f4 4 1 . � c 1 l:I h4 42.l:Ic8+ W e7 4 3 . !i c 7+ 'it> e8 44. kt h 7 l:I r4 4 5 . h 4 f! fs 4 6 . l::!: h s �f8 4 7J � gs kt f4 48.h5 w rs 49. h6 'it> g8 s o . � g t : r2 s t . It d t � g 2 + 5 2 . 'ill f6 : h 2 5 3 . l:I d 8 + W h 7 5 4 . W xe6 l:I xh6+ 1 : 0
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1 7 J!fxa1 [ 1 7 . . . �e6 1 8 . �a4 �d7 1 9 . l:i: a l l:!: fc8 20. l:!: a2 h6 2 1 .l:!:b4 �b7 22 .b3 �d5 2 3 . �b5 �xb5 24. l:Ixb5 Ac3 25.l::t d 5 e6 26.l:td7 aS 27 . l:Ib7 Irab8 28J hb6 l:!:xb6 29 .Axb6 1lb8 3 0 . l:!: c2 .l:!: xb6 3 1.l: hc3 W g7 3 2 . l:!:c5 l:!:xb3 3 3 .l:: h a5+- Ehlvest Polugaevsky, Haninge 1 990] 1 8. l: xal l:fb8 19.!:[a6 W f8 20.l:!: b4 A e5 2 l . l: ba4 b5 2 2 . l:!: a2 l:!: b 7 23.b3 Ji. b8 24. Ji.. c5 W e8 25. d4 W d 7 26.e4 e6 27.b4 W c8 28.d5 ••
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1.c4 c5 2.li)fJ li)f6 J.li)cJ li)c6 4. gJ g6 5.Ji.. g2 Ji.. g7 6.d4 cxd4 7. li) xd4 0-0 8.li)c2 It's interesting that Kasparov voluntarily decides to retreat the Knight. More typical ly, this variation is reached after 8. 0-0 d6 ! ? 9 .li)c2, when White for goes the complications of capturing on c6 to play for a positional edge. 8 ... d6 9.0-0 Ji.. e6 1 0. b3 1tfd7 [ 1 0 . . . li) d7 1 Lt d2 li)c5 1 2 . l:!: c 1 a 5 1 3 . li)d5 l:!:b8 14. li)ce3 b5 1 5 . li)f4 Ji. d7 1 6 . .i.c3 Axc3 17.l:!:xc3 b4 18.l:!:c1 a4 1 9. : b 1 axb3 20.axb3 /l)a5 2 I .li)d3 A c6 2 2 . li) xc5 dxc5= B lack has p l ay e d v e ry we l l , A n d e r s s o n Sermek, Tilburg 1 9 9 4 . ] l l .A b 2 White often puts his Bishop on d2 in this variation to keep the Black Queen off a5 , but here that isn't a concern. l l ... i.. hJ 12.li)eJ .0. xg2 13.W xg2 li)e4?! Trying too hard to simplify, Black loses time. Correct was 1 3 . . . e6 with a sl ight disad vantage. 14.'ifc2 li) xcJ 1 5. � xc 3 A xel [ 1 5 . . . /l)d4 ? ! 1 6. � d1 � c6 t X I
1 7 . f3 ± ] 1 6 . � xc3 'if e6 1 7./ll dS � ac8 [ 1 7 . . . �e4+ 1 8 . '.tJ g l �xe2? 19. J::l:fe l �g4 20.l::!: xe7+- ) 18.�ad1 �fe8 [18 ... �xe2? 19.l:tde l ! ] 19.�fe1 �e5 20. � d2 ! White has a clear space advantage and Black no coun terplay. These factors plus the ab sence of the Bishop on g7 make a kingside attack very strong. 20... 'ir g7 2 1 . e4 Ill es 2 2 . � e3 ! � c 5 [22 . . .b6 23 .f4 lll d7 24.e5 dxe5 25.fxe5 lll c 5 26.�d2 ll:\e6 27.l:Ied l ± (Kas parov)] 23.f4 1ll g4 24.�f3 h5 25.h3 lll f6 26./ll cl b6 27.e5! dxe5 28.fxe5 lll h7 29.�e3 1ll f8 30.1ll d5 1ll e6
more mobile than Black's and can switch back and forth across the board at will. Leko, meanwhile, is operating in very cramped space and will soon find his defense stretched too thin. 3 t . .. <.t> h7 J2.:e2 W g8 33.h4 ! � cc8 34.�fl lll c7 35.1ll f4 � ed8 [ 3 5 . . . � cd8 36.a5±) 36.e6 f6 [36 . . . f5 37.1ll xh5 ! gxh5 38.l:Ixf5+-] 37.�e4 f5 38.�b7 1ll e8 39.�xa7 � d6 40.� b 7 �cd8 4 1 .1ll d5 lll f6 42.ihe7 lll xd5 43.� xg7+ W xg7 44.cxd5 �xd5 45.�c1 [45 . . . <.t>f6 46. �c7+- ; 45 . . J�e8 46.�c7+ Wh6 47. e7+-] 1 : 0
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3 1 . a4_! It's rare that one player dominates both sides of the board, but that is the case here. Operating on the theory that to win a complex endgame the stronger side must have two weaknesses to exploit, Garry switches his sights temporarily from the Black King to the queenside. His idea is that White's pieces are much
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/t)xa5 1 3./t)xe7+ Wh8 14.l:f'xd1 l:ae8 1 5 ./t)d5 /t)xc4 16.b3 /t)a5 1 7.l:ac 1 l:c8 1 8./t)b5 /t)xd5 19 . .txd5 .te5 20. /t) xa7+- Adorjan-J. Horvath, De brecen 1 990] 9.1Wxd4 d6 10 •• d3 /t) d7?! The text doesn't enjoy a great reputation. Black spends time bringing his Knight to c5 that could have been better spent on trying to get in . . . b5. 11.b3 /t)c5 1 2.1Wd2 l:b8 1 3.Ab2 a6 14./t)dS! 1L xb2 15. 1Wxb2 b5 1 6.cxb5 axb5 [ 1 6 . . . l: xb5 1 7 . l:fd 1 ;;t) 1 7.l'!fd1 Ab7 18.h4! Axd5 [ 1 8 . . . h5 1 9.l:ac 1 ] 19.l: xd5 ! /t)d7 20.h5 /t)f6 21.h6! l'!b6 [2 l . . .�a5?? 22.l:xd6 ! ] 22.l'!ad1± 1Wc7 23.l:":tcl! l:c6 24.l:xc6 Wlxc6
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20. � c5! Domination of the c-file and the weak pawn on b5 spell gloom for Black. 20 ... �f6 2t.:dc1 d 4 2 2 . � d3 e5 2 3 . � x b 5 � e6 24.�c5 �e7 25.�d5 � d6 26.a4 <;.fJ h8 2 7. � c4 � d8 28.a5 liJ d 7 29.�c6 e4 30.� xd4 liJe5 3 1 .�c5 �d7 1 : 0 80 Anatoly Karpov Garry Kasparov
Moscow
1981
l .c4 liJf6 2.liJc3 c5 J.liJfJ e6 4.g3 b6 5.� g2 � b 7 6. 0-0 � e 7 7.d4 cxd4 8.�xd4 d6 9.�g5 a6 10.�xf6 � xf6 1 l .�f4 0-0 1 2.Iifd 1 � e 7 13.liJe4 � xe4 14.�xe4 � a7 1 5. liJ d4 �c8 [ 1 5 . . . � c 7 1 6.b3 � c 5 17.a4 �c7 1 8. �b l �c8 1 9 .l::!: a2 �f8 20.e3 �e7 2 I . l::!: c 2 g6 22. �a2 �g5 23 .h4 �f6 24.b4 l::!: 5c7 2 5 .b5 a5 26 . liJ c6 ± A n d e r s s o n- S e i rawa n ,
23.b5 ! ? [23 .l::!: dc l � f6 Timing is important if White wants to get his Knight to c6 . ] 23 axb5 24. axb5 � xc4 Otherwise White gets in liJc6 at no cost and Black just suffers. 25.� xc4 � xc4 26.� a2 �c5 27. � a8 �xd4 28. �xb8+ �f8 29.kl at White has enough compensation for the pawn, but no more . 29 ... d5 JO.�fl l:c4 3 1 J:i: a8 kl c t 32.�e8 d4 33.�a7 �f5 34. l:I a8 �c5 35. g4 Taking the f5-square from Black's Queen renews the threat of l:I a7 . 35 ... � d6 36. l'I d8 'if b4 37.kld7 h6 - 38.�xf7+ <;.fJ h 7 39. g5 � b l 40.g6+ � xg6+ 41. � xg6+ <;.t> xg6 Draw •••
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81 Lubomir Kavalek Petar Velikov Bulgaria
1 984
1.c4 c5 2./t)f3 /t)f6 3./t)c3 e6 4.g3 b6 s.A g2 Jt b7 6.0-0 il.. e7 7.d4 cxd4 8.11hd4 d6 9.Ag5 a6 10.Axf6 A xf6 l l .'iVf4 0-0 [ 1 1 . . . il.. e7? ! 1 2 . �fd 1 Wic7 1 3 . lll g5 0-0 1 4 . A xb7 Wi xb7 1 5 . /t) ge4 'W/c7 1 6 . lll xd6 ! g5 1 7 . Wi e J + - Nogueiras-Gallego, Linares 1 996] 12J:!:ad1 A e7 1 3. /t)e4 il.. xe4 14Jjfxe4 �a7 15./t)d4 'it'c8 1 6. b3 'tft'c5 [ 1 6 . . J:I:e8 1 7. : d2 �c7 1 8 . e3 il.. f8 1 9 .Wib 1 lll d7 20. l::!: fd 1 /t)f6 2 1 .a4 �c5 22.�c2 e5? ! 23. llle2 b5?! 24.axb5 axb5 25 .lllc3 ! bxc4 26.b4 l:t c7 27. lll d 5 lll xd5 28.Axd5 Wib8 2 9 .b5+- Andersson-Gruen fe1d, Lucerne (o1) 1 982] 1 7. a4 �c7 1 8. � d 2 'iV es 19.�b1 !i res 20. �fd 1 /t)d7
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21.b4! GM Kavalek is well acquainted with White's strategy to put a Knight on c6, but here he steals several tempi from Velikov with some clever tactics. 21 ... g6 [2 I . . Jhc4 22.it.. b7± ] 22.b5 axb5 23.cxb5 d5 24. /t) c6 l':[ xc6 [24 . . . �f6 25.e4+- ) 25.bxc6 l':[ xc6 26.e4! Obvious, but strong all the same, Kavalek opens lines for his Rooks. 26 .../t)f6 27.exd5 exd5 28. Axd5 �c3 29.'iVxb6 �c5 30.1Wb7 /t)xd5 3 1Jhd5 1:0
82 Gregory Serper Albert Chow Chicago
1997
1.c4 c5 2.lll f3 lll f6 3.lll c3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Ag2 Ab7 6.0-0 Ae7 7.d4 cxd4 8.�xd4 d6 9.Ag5 a6 10.Axf6 il.. xf6 11.�d3 The choice is between this and 1 l . �f4 . One ofthe ideas behind the text is a later 'll d4 followed by the advance of the f-pawn. 11 ... 0-0?! The usual choices are 1 l . . .�a7, 1 I . . .it.. xf3 and l l . . .'�' c7 . 1 2.liad 1 il.. e 7 13. /t) g5! Axg5 14.Axb7 �a7 15.Ae4! The point behind White's 12th move, Black has to play the weakening . . . f5 to avoid loss of material . 15 ... f5 16. Ag2 �d7 [ 1 6 . . . il.. e7 1 7.e4 f4 1 8.gxf4 :xr4 1 9.e5 ! Krasenkov-Zo. Varga, Lillafured 1 989] 1 7.f4 Af6 18.e4 g6 [ 1 8. . . Axc3 1 9.Wixc3 'iiil h8 20.exf3 exf5
2 I .l:fe 1 ± Freisler-Kalod, Olomouc 1 995] 19.exf5 gxf5 20.l:tfel :eS
�c8 1 5 . e4 . The best try here is Yudasin's favorite 10 . . . lll c6, which leaves Black with only a slight dis advantage after 1 l .�f4 �b8 ( 1 0 . . . lll a6 1 1 .:ac 1 h6 1 2 .�xf6 Ji.xf6 1 3 . �xd6 �xd6 14.!.txd6 lll c5 1 5 .b4 ii.. xc3 16.bxc5 �b2 1 7. l::!: cd 1 bxc5 1 8.:b1 JJ.. xf3 1 9.ii.. xf3 l::!: ab8 20.l:!:a6 �c3 2 1 .l:b5 l:fd8 22 .l:txa7± Stanec Lobron, Ptuj 1995]. ll.�xf6 �xf6
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l . 'l� fJ lll f6 2. g3 b6 3.� g2 .IL b 7
c 5 5.c4 e 6 6.lll c3 JJ.. e 7 7.d4 8.'�1hd4 d6 9 .1L g5 0-0 This 1 1 11 1ve can easily get Black into trouble. S a fer is 9 . . . a6 . to.:rd t h6 Black's l ; u l nrc to play . . . a6 counts against him. The natura1 10 . . . lll bd7 is strongly met hv l l IJ.l b5, when 1 L . d5 1 2 . cxd5 h-a ves Black to choose between the !'< J na l ly unpleasant 1 2 . . . exd5 1 3 .�f4 u ud 1 2 . . . Axd5 1 3 .lll c 3 .ic6 14. �c4 · 1 . 11-0 nd4
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the text s e e k s to w i n t h e two Bishops and/or give White crippled c-pawns. The problem is that the idea cost precious time, time that White uses to put terrific pressure on d6 . [ 9 . . . lll bd7 ? ! 1 0 . lll b5 d5 l l .cxd5 .i.. xd5 1 2 .l:ac l 0-0 1 3 .lll c7 �c5 1 4 . 'W f4 lll h5 1 5 . J. xd8 lll xf4 1 6 . gxf4 li axd8 1 7 . lll xd5 exd5 1 8 .lifd l lll f6 1 9 . lll e5± Nickoloff Stone, Canada 1 989) 10.�xf6 J.xf6 l t .'tff4 .A. xcJ 1 2. bxc3 lll d 7 13. l: ad 1 l: c8 1 4.l: xd6 �e7 1 5J'Ifd 1 lll b8
1 7.c5! bxc5 [not 17 . . . lll xc5?? 1 8 . l:[ xd 8 +- ] 1 8 . l: x d 8 l: xd 8 1 9 . � xd8+ � xd8 20.�a4 �c8 2 1 .e3 g6 22.a3 c4 23.J. e2 lll c 5 24. " xa7 lll e4 25. � d4 'Wb7 26.J.f3 'W b t + 27.ctJ g2 li) g5 2 8. .i. c 6 'Wf5 29.h4 lll h 7 30.� xc4 li) f6 31 . .i.. f3 g5 32.a4 g4 33. J. c6 e5 34. a5 e4 35. �a4 �f3+ 36.W g1 1 : 0
84 Sergey Ionov Sergey Dolmatov Volgodonsk
1 9 83
l.c4 e6 2.li)cJ c5 3.lll fl lll f6 4.g3 b6 5.� g2 � b7 6.0-0 � e 7 7 . d 4 cxd4 8.�xd4 d 6 9.�g5 h6 ?! Like 9 . 0- 0 l O . l:tfd l h6 and 1 0 . . . lll a6, .
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16.c5! Bravo ! This is an idea to always keep i n mind· in similar positions with doubled c-pawns . 16 ... b5 [ 1 6 . . . bxc5? 1 7. '�a4+ .i.. c6? 18.lixc6 lll xc6 1 9 .lll e 5+-] 1 7.lll e5 A xg2 18.W xg2 0-0 19.c6 a5 20. lll d7 lll x c6 2 1 . li) xf8 �xf8 22.a4 b4 2J. cxb4 li) xb4 24.�e5 li) d5 25.e4 l:e8 26.exd5 f6 27.'tfh5 1 : 0
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85 John Donaldson James Maki San Diego
1 984
t.lt)fJ c5 2.c4 li)f6 J.ll)cJ e6 4.g3 b6 5.i.. g2 Ab7 6.0-0 Ae7 7.d4 cxd4 8. 11hd4 d6 9.l'l d t 0-0
1 982] 1 0.b3 If all the different maneuvers (.t.g5xf6, lDg5 and �dl with b3 , i.. a3 and e4) used to combat the Hedgehog are causing you to be a little confused, don't despair. The plan employed in this game by White is appropriate only when Black has castled too early. .tg5xf6 works best against an early . . . i.. e7 and the fancy move orders with delayed develop ment of Black's kingside ( . . . a6 and . . . d6) allow i.. g 5 + �d2 and lDg5-e4 to work most effectively. 1 0 lD bd7 11.e4 a6 12.Aa3 li)cS 13.e5 dxe5 1 4.� xd8 �fxd8 1 5 . li) xe5 A xg2 16.
This move, while hardly a big mistake, is certainly not good. Black should delay castl ing and play . . . a6 and . . . lDbd7. For example, after 9 . . . a6 1 0. b3 lDbd7 l l .e4, Black has two good possibilities in 1 1 . . . .Wb8 and 1 1 . . . �c8. The idea for the second player is to avoid an early e5 and the trade ofQueens. [9 . . . a6 lO.b3 lDbd7 l l .e4 'fic7 12 . .ta3 lDc5 13.e5 dxe5 14.�xe5 'iYc8 ( 1 4 . . . l:c8 1 5 .'iYxc7 llxc7 16. .te l ! lDfe4 17.i.. f4±) 1 5 . lDa4 lDfd7 16.�xg7 i..f6 17 . .Wh6 Axal l 8.lDxc5 lDxc5 19.l::!: xa l �c7 20 . .t.b2 �g8 2 1 . �xh7± Stean-Ligterink, Marbella
16 il.f8 [ 1 6 . . . lldc8 17.li)a4 � ab8 18.i.. xc5 bxc5 19J;Id3 llb7 20.f4 Wf8 2 l .g4 �cc7 22.idad l �e8 23. idh3 g6 2 4 . f5 ± Va g a n i a n-Noguieras, Rotterdam 1 989] 17.�xc5 A xeS [ 1 7 . . . bxc5 1 8 .lDa4 Bd6 1 9. W f3 h5 20.h3 ki a7 2 l .g4 �c7 2 2 . \tl e3 Ae7 23.f4 hxg4 24.hxg4 lDe8 25.lDc3 g5 •.•
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Ftacnik-Ambroz, Hradec Kralove 1981] 18/i)a4 Wt8 19.b4 l:rxd1 [19 . . . .t.d4 20.l�)c6 Axal 2 1.lll xd8 b5 22 . lllb6 l:[b8 23.c5 Ac3 24.c6 Aes 25.lll d7+ lllxd7 26.l:xd7 lics 27.lllxrl JLftl 28.c7 We8 29 .l:d8+- deFinnian-Zivanovic,
Smederevska Palanka 198 1 ) 20.l:xd 1 Axb4 21.lll xb6 l:re8 22.c.S Aa5 23. lll c6 Acl 24.l:d3 Ab2 25.lib3 Act 26.lll e5 lll d 5 27.c6 lll c7 28.lll bc4 A g5 29.l:b7 A ds 30.lll d6 W e7 31.lll xe8 Wxe8 32.lll c4 g5 33.'it>fJ we7 34.We4 f6 35.Wd4 e5+ 36.¢>e4 we6 37.g4 wn 38.W f5 W e7 39. l:a7 wts 40.a4 weS 41.lll d6+ wts 42.h3 wgS 43.lll e4 1 :0
1 9.Vixc4 l:xc4 20.l:xd6 b5 2 I .:txa6 l:c2 22. Wf3 l:rd8 23.Ae3 .txb2 Ador jan-Suba, Hungary 1 993, was drawn shortly, as Black bas enough com pensatioa] 9... /l)bd7 [9....te7 1 0.lll,!P J. xg2 1 l .W xg2 :a7 12.Ae3 lllbd7 13 . lllge4 o-o 14. lll xd6 i¥a8+ 1 5.f3 l:l:d8 16.lll de4± Wojtkiewicz.:...Jurek, Bern 1993 ) 10. lll g5 [ 10.i.g5 'W/c7
l l .llld2 hg2 12.Wxg2 i.e7 13.lDde4 o-o 14.l:ac1 l:fd8 15.�g1 h6 16.lllxffi+
lll xf6 1 7.i.e3 l:ab8 18.lll e4 /l)xe4 19.'ti'xe4= Serper-Asbley, New York 1996] 10 Axg2 1t.<�xg2 l::t c8 •••
86 lbeodor Ghitescu Ovidiu Foisor Eforie Nord
1989
1.c4 /l)f6 2./l)cl cS 3./l)f3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Ag2 A b7 6.0-0 a6 7.d4 cxd4 8. �xd4 d6 9.lid1 Generally speaking, the plan oflllf3-.!P-e4 works better after Black has committed his Knight to d7. When . . . lll c6 is possible, it often proves an effective antidote-it even allows for the possibil ity of . . . lll c 6-a7-c8, giving d6 extra protection. Here is one example of . . . lll c6 equalizing in style. [9.lll g5 JLxg2 10.Wxg2 lll c6 1 l .�f4 .t.e7 12.lll ce4 o-o n .lll xf6+ .�xf6 14.lll xh7 Wxh7 1 5.iYe4+ W g8 16. �xc6 l:c8 17.'iYe4 'iYc7 1 8.lid 1 'iYxc4 94
Move orders in the Hedgehog are key and this position is a good example. White's play has clearly been based on attacking d6. IfBiack hadn't played an early . . . lllbd7, he wouldn't have . . . lieS c6 available now. Conversely, ifWI1ite had played b3 and Black had played . . . 'Wic7, the second player would have the option of ... A e7 here, meeting lll ge4 with . . . o-o and lllxd6 with Rook
/t)ge4 with . . . 0-0 and /t)xd6 with Rook to the d-file. Note that the pawn on d6 is not easy to win and gambit ideas with /t)xd6 met by ... l:Id8 are quite common. 12./t)ge4 l:Ic6 13 . .tf4 White plays sharply based on his superior devel opment. Note that Black is at least two moves away from castling. 13 111 aS?! This natural-looking move is probably a mistake. GM Suba's 1 3 . . . /t)xe4 14. �xe4 �c8, intending 1 5.l:Iac l .te7 16.b3 0-0, is the right way to play. t4.gt lt)xe4 [14 ... e5 15./t)xffi+ lt)xffi 16. �e3 l:Ixc4 17 . .tg5 /t)d7 18./t)d5 f6 19.�0 e4 20.eb3 \i'c6 2 l .Ae3 b5 22.liact a5 23.:xc4 bxc4 24.ec3 fj}fl 25.l:d4± L. Lengyel-0. Gurevich, Eksjo 1 982] 15. ifxe4 /t)f6 White was threatening to take on d6. 16 •f3 t!lc8 This move is necessary to counter the threat of Bxd6, but the Queen has lost valuable time (.. �d8-a8-c8}, taking two moves to go to c8. GM Ghitescu ex ploits his lead in development in master ful fashion. 17.a4! This seems like a deterent to . . . b5, but Ghitescu has an other idea in mind. 17 Ji.e7 •••
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1987
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moves-6 . . . �e7, 6 . . . a6 and 6 . . . d6are more dynamic. All three aim for the same long-term Hedgehog setup, but the different move orders allow for different treatments by White and different options to counter them. To give the most obvious difference 6 . . . i.e7 allows the fashionable 7.l:!:el (intending e4, d4 and li:)xd4) to be countered by 7 . . . d5, an advance Black would hardly entertain after 6 . . . a6 or 6 . . . d6 7.l:e l . 6 d6 7.d4 cxd4 8.\txd4 a6 9.l:dt
il dl This retreat, preparing to put pressure on d6 via i.f4, is modest, but best. [ I I .i. xf6? ! li:)xf6 1 2 .li:)a4 l:!:b8 1 3 .c5 dxc5 1 4.�e5 �d5 1 5.e4 li:)xe4 16.�xg7 i.f6 1 7.�h6 ._.e7 ! and White doesn't have enough com pensation]
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ll . !t �8 Black has to choose among the text, l l . . .�c8 and 1 1 . . .0-0 . The latter is safest, but after 12.i.f4 Black either has to go passive with 1 2 . . . li)e8 or take a weakness with 12 . . . d5 1 3 . cxd5 li)xd5 14.li:)xd5 exd5 1 5 .� ;t as in Wojtkiewicz-Yermolinsky, New York 1 99 1 . [ 1 l . . . �c8 1 2.�f4 li)c5 1 3 .�e3 �c7 1 4.b4 li:)cd7 1 5 .�d2 �xc4 16.�xd6 it.xd6 17.�xd6 �xc3 1 8. l::t ac l �b2 1 9. l: c 7 i.d5 20.e4 �xf2+ 2 l .W h l �e2 22.l:el �xa2 23.l:hd7 li:)xd7 24. exd5+- Wojtkie wicz-Hjartarson, Aalborg 1 989) 12 . .tf4 �xc4 [ 1 2 . . . �xf3 1 3 . exf3 li)e5 1 4.b3 0-0 1 5.l:!:ac l �c7 16.�e2 �8 1 7: � e3 l: fe8 1 8 .f4;t Donaldson Browne, Reno 1 990] l3.�xd6 The ..
One ofthe advantages of playing ... d6 and . . . a6 before . . . �e7 is that Black is much better placed to meet the �g5xf6 plan. Here it would accomplish little after 9.�g5 li:)bd7 IO.i.xf6, because Black can recapture on f6 with his Knight. 9 ... � e7 1 0. � g5 Plans based on i.g5xf6 and b3, e4, �a3 fol lowed by e5 accomplish little against Black's flexible move-order. The other try for White in this position, besides the text, is liJf3-g5. 10 ... li:)bd7 11. 96
opening oflines has naturally favored the better developed player, White. 13 0-0 14.q)es! q) xe5 15.Axb7 Axd6 16JIIxd6 �xd6 1 7.l:xd6± White has a clear advantage in the ending with his more active Rooks and superior minor piece. 1 7 J�b4 This is the only way to stave off losing a pawn, but the Rook soon gets in trouble. 18.b3 a5 19.l!b1 GM Veli kov prepares a3 to embarrass the Rook. 19 .l:b8 20.a3 q)e8 21.l!tdd1 k[g4 22.Ag2 l':!: g6 The poo r place ment of the Rook is more than enough of an advantage for White to win the game. 2J. q) bs f5 24. l! bc l li f6 2S. q) d4 l:t d8 26.f4 q)f7 27.q)c6 Trading a pair of Rooks i_s the easiest way to emphasize the strange place ment of the Rook. 27 1I xdl+ 28. :xd1 q)fd6 29.q)es b5 JO.l:cl 1:0 •••
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preserving the Bishop on g2 after d4. The text might look like a beginner's move at first glance, but it has some good ideas behind it. White wants to follow up with e4 and d4, but, rather than have Black play . . . q)xd4 , he wants to take on c6, as . . . Ac6 sometimes allows 0d5 . 7.llle 5 might look like a loss of time, but Black also spends a few moves finding the right square for his Queen. [7.e4 d6 8.d4 cxd4 9.q)xd4 0xd4 I O.'�xd4 iie7 l l .b3 0-0 1 2 .:d1 a6 1 3 . .ta3 �b8 14.Ab4;;!; and White follows with a4 and restrains . . . b5 and . . . d5] 7 JIIc8 8.q)xc6 Axc6 9.e4 d6 10.d4 cxd4 11. exd4 Ae7 1 2.l:el ed7 [ 1 2 . . . 0-0? 1 3 . 0 d5 ! exd5 1 4 . exd5] 1 3JIId3 Threatening 14.e5 Axg2 1 5.exffi . 13... 0-0 1 4.e5;;!; q) e8 1 5 . A f4 A xg2 16.W xg2 'if c6+ 1 7. 'i!f f3 'if xfJ+ 18.W xf3 dxe5 1 9. A xe5 A f6 20. :ad1 A xeS 2J.k[xe5 q)f6 22.q) bs lifc8 23.b3 a6 24.q)d6 l:c7 25.lie2 Wf8 26.h4 Draw ••
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1.c4 c5 2.q)f3 q)f6 J.q)cJ e6 4.g3 b6 s.A g2 A b 7 6.0-0 q) c6 This favorite of GM Nick deFirmian is a tough nut to crack. Black's idea is to trade two pairs of minor pieces after 7.d4 l&d4 s.q)xd4 .txg2 9.'>.t>xg2 cxd4 I O . '� xd4 , when White has few chances of fighting for an advantage. 7.q)e5 The other try here is 7.e4
89 Laszlo Vadasz Harry Schussler Kiel
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The main line, 7 . . . cxd4, is covered in the next few games. The text tries to simplify the position. 8.li) d 5 This move sidesteps simplification, while bringing the Knight to a good square. Yes, Black can remove it with . . . e6, but not without incurring some serious weaknesses. Note that in this the moves li)g5 and li) e l , trying to exploit the Knight o n e4, are quite common. 8 li) c6 ( 8 . . . 0-0?! 9. li)g5 ! li)d6 10.Af4;;l;; 8 . . . e6 9.li)f4 d5? 10.dxc5 bxc5 1 I .li)d2 li)f6 1 2 . cxd5 li) xd5 1 3 . 0 e4± ] 9. dxc5 bxc5 l O.li)et f5 l l .li) d3 d 6 1 2 . li)3f4 .i.c8 [ 1 2 . . . �d7 1 3 . li)e6 ! ] 1 3. it.. d 2 Axb2?! [ 1 3 . . . it.. d7 1 4 . l:b l 0-0 1 5. li)c3 li) xd2 16.�xd2 �c8 1 7 . a3 : b s 1 8 . b4 ! Vadasz-F t a c n i k , Zalaegerszeg 1 979) •••
22.A xe5+! li) xe5 23.li) xe5 W g8 24.li)g4 h6 25.li)f6+ Wf7 26.li)e4 W e7 27.1!fg7+ :n 28.�xg6 1 : 0 90 Vladimir Kramnik Anatolv Karpov l\'lonaco
1994
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Not so long ago players regularly played S.li:lxd4 and after S . . . i.xg2 9. ®xg2 Black would be so fearful that a Maroczy Bind setup was coming (e4 and c4 ), that he would go in for the forcing line 9...�cS IO.b3 �7+ l l .f3 d5 12.liJxd5 liJxd5 1 3 .cxd5 �xd5 14. i.e3, which yielded White many won endings. Now everyone knows that this sort of Maroczy is not that big a deal and no one plays l l . . . d5 . At tention has shifted to the Queen re capture, which avoids trading pieces. 8 .... xd4 d6 This is probably the most exact treatment. Black can gain a tempo with S . . . liJc6, but the Knight, which blocks the c-line and the aS-h i diagonal, often finds itself misplaced. 9.i.e3 The Bishop goes here, be cause White is planning to eventually trade off the Black powerhouse on g7 with a later i.h6. 9 il}bd7 10.l:ac1 I!c8 ll.llfd 1 0-0 12 .... h4 Now that Black has finally castled White pre pares i.h6. 12 J�e8 13.b3 a6 [ 13 . . . i.c6?! 1 4 . i. h3 i.xf3 1 5 . exf3 a6 16. i.g2 'flc7 17. 'fid4 'fib8 1 S.'fid3 l:tc7 1 9.f4 :tees 20.a4 liJc5 2 l . ... b1 :ds 22.h3 il}cd7 23.g4 l:.ccS 24.g5 liJh5 25.il}d5 l:e8 26.i.f3 liJc5 27.'flc2 e6 2S.il}b4 i.f8 29.liJc6 'flc7 30.b4 il}d7 3 1 . b5± Wojtkiewicz-Landenbergue, Bern 1 993] 14.i.h3 On the immediate 14.i.h6, Black would play 1 4 . . . l:!:c5, which is a useful move in these sorts of positions. The Rook threatens . . . l:!:h5 and allows . . ...as and . . . l:ecS. t4 l:!:c7 15.i.h6 li es The other
option here, in view of il} g5 , is capturing on f3 . This has to be fol lowed by very concrete play or White will have time for i.xg7, � d4 (cen tralizing), i.g2 and f3-f4-f5 with an ad vantage in the center. [ 1 5 . . . i. xf3 16. exf3 �c5 17.i.xg7 Wxg7 1 S ... d4 h5 1 9 . liJa4 il}e5 20.i.g2 l::t: a5 2 l .f4± Wojtkiewicz-Palkovi, Stara Zagora 1 990] 16.i.xg7 Wxg7
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1./.t)fJ /.t)f6 2.c4 b6 J.gJ c5 4.A g2 .A b 7 5.0-0 g6 6. /.l:} cJ A g7 7.d4 cxd4 8.11f xd4 0-0 [8 . . . /.t)a6 9 . /.l:}dS /.t)c5 1 0.l:Id1 �c8 1 l .�h4 /.t)ce4 1 2 . i.h6 Axh6 1 3 ./.t)xf6+ 0xf6 1 Hixh6 i.xf3 1 5 .A xf3 l:xc4 16 .l:tac 1 l:txc 1 1 7 . l: xc 1 d5 1 8 . h4 e6 1 9 . � f4 0-0 20J::i:c7 ;;!;; Tisdall-Christiansen, San Francisco 1 995) 9.1!fh4 Unlike the Kramnik-Karpov game, where Black delayed castling, here White trades the dark-squared Bishops off im mediately. 9 d6 1 0.i.h6 /.t)bd7 11. bJ [ 1 1 . l: ac 1 l:tc8 1 2 .b3 l:c5 1 3 . i. xg7 W xg7 1 4.'�'d4 'lVa8 1 5 J::!.: fe 1 lifc8 1 6 . e4 c;t; g8 1 7 . � cd l b5 1 8. 0 xb5 Jl. xe4 1 9J:!e3 0e5 2 0 J : he4 � xe4 2 l . 'lV xe4 0 xe4 22 . 0 fd4 d5 23 . 0 xa7+- Andersson-Sjoberg, Malmo 1 994] l l ... li c8 1 2.l:tfd 1 llc5 Once again, this thematic Rook •••
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15.0et Ljubo can't follow Kram nik, as 0 d5 isn't possible, but his plan is also good. He plans some central action and decides to re position his Knight. 15 ... a6 Rechlis might have traded Bishops, but then Ljubo would have played 0xg2, e4 and /.t)e3 . 16.e4 b5 Just being able to play . . . b5 isn't enough, as the pawn can easily become weak. 1 7. /.t) dJ li cc8 1 8.cxb5 axb5 19. 'ifb4 /.t)c5 20./.t) xc5 l:t xc5 2 1 . a4 ! bxa4 22J�txa4 11f b 8 23.e5 ! A xg2 24. exf6+ c;tJ xf6 25.'if h4+! rtl g7 26. c;!;> xg2 11f xb 3 2 7 . � d3 � fc 8 28. 'ild4+ e5 29./.t)e4 11fc2 JO.'ifxd6 l: 8 c6 3 1 . 'if e 7 11f xd3 3 2 . /.t) xc5 tid5+ JJ./.t)e4 � a6 34.1!fc5 'ilb7 35.� b4 'il a8 36.'il xe5+ f6 3 7. •e7+ 1 : 0
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1985
t . /i) f3 /i)f6 2 . c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4 .i. g2 .i. b 7 5. 0-0 g6 6 . /i) c3 .i. g7 7.d4 cxd4 8.1l h d 4 /i) c6 This is the old-fashioned method and it is almost certainly not the best. 9JIVf4 [9 . VI' h4 h6] 9 J i c8 (9 . . . 0-0 1 0 . � h4 l::t c8 1 I . .i. h6 0 b 8 1 2 . b3 d 6 1 3 . I: ad 1 l::!: c5 1 4 . A xg7 rtl xg7 1 5 . � d4 0 d7 1 6 . e4 a6 1 7 . l: fe 1 Vl'a8 1 8 . /i) a4 I: a 5 1 9 . 0 xb6 0 xb6 2 0 . � xb6 l::!: xa2 2 I . l: d 2 : xd2 2 2 . /i) xd2 lib8 2 3 . �c7 rtl f8 24.e5 .i.xg2 2 5 .exf6 exf6 26.f3 i.h3 2 7 . "fl. e7 Ae6 2 8 . 0e4± Speelman Greenfeld, Beer Sheva 1 9 87] 10. "fl. d 1 [ 1 0 .b3 0 e4 1 l . � xe4 A xc3 1 2 . l: b 1 i. g7 1 3 . '� h4 h6 14 . .tb2 0-0 1 5 . .i. xg7 rtl xg7 1 6 JXfd l d6 1 7 . 0 d4 .i.a8 1 8 . lll b5 a6 1 9 . lll c3 "tl.b8 2 0 . l:i:bc 1 � d7 2 I . VI' f4 'iYa7 2 2 . '� e3 l:i: fc 8 2 3 . /i) d5 /i) e 5 2 4 . .i. h3 li e8 2 5 . � d4 rtl g8 2 6 . l:t c3 � b 7 2 7 . .t g2 'iY a7 2 8 . f4 0 d 7 2 9 . e4 a5 3 0 . e5+- S myslov-Kohl weyer, Dortmund 1 986] 10 d6 11. b3 /i)e4 1 2 . /i) xe4! A xa 1 1 3. Ji. a3 .i. g7 1 4 . lll fg5 0-0
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Our repertoire has been designed to keep play in specific channels, but sometimes Black gets to call the shots. For the price of an isolated Queen Pawn (IQP), Black can get pretty much any queenside opening to transpose to the Tarrasch. Our treatment against it is to capture on c6 and transform the IQP position into one with hanging pawns. We want to pressure c6 and d5 and look for chances to trade dark-squared Bishops to emphasize the weaknesses on c5 and d4 . A well-timed e2-e4 can also do wonders. The Semi-Tarrasch is a purely English/Reti opening, which rarely, if ever, arises from l .d4. The trade of a pair of Knights makes the play a little less rich than a regular Tarra sch, but White can keep a slight pull by playing against the isolani.
93 Zoltan Ribli Wolfgang Unzicker Gennany
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t .liJfJ liJf6 2.c4 c5 J.gJ e6 4.A g2 d5 5.cxd5 11Jxd5 This variation, sort of an improved Tarrasch defense, seeks to make an ea sier job of playing with the IQP by trading a pair of Knights. Normally, the ex change favors the player facing the 102
IQP, but here it's harder to evaluate, because the trade is of a defender ( . . . lllf6) for an attacker (lll c 3). 6.0-0 I1J c6 7.d4 Ribli's treatment works only if he delays the Knight's de velopment to c3 . He would like to play a3 and b4 , and perhaps e4, without allowing . . . lll xc3 . Some examples ofthe main line are: 7.lll c3 Jl.. e7 8.d4 0-0 9.11Jxd5 exd5 lO .dxc5 J. xc5 l l . � c2 ( l l . Ji. g5 �b6 1 2 . 'ifxd5 Ae6 1 3 . '�e4 �xb2 1 4 . l: fb l �c3 1 5 . l:t c l �b4 1 6 . � c2 J.b6
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1 7 . A d2 �b5 1 8 .Ac3 l: ac8 1 9 . a4 � h5 2 0 . �b2 f6 2 l . � b5 � xb 5 2 2 . axb5 tLl e7 2 3 . A d4± BadeaRapati nski, Wurzberg 1 995) 1 1 . . . A e7?! 1 2 . .ie3 Ae6 1 3 . tLld4 tLl xd4 1 4 . .t xd4 � d7 1 5 .b3 ! l: fc8 1 6 . �b2 ± . 7 .te7 8.dxc5 Steering play into lines more akin to the Catalan, White hopes to weave a few small advantages into some thing substantial . Note that the main lines are 8 . tLl c3 0-0 9.tLlxd5 exd5 1 0 . dxc5 and the complicated 9 . e4 . One final alternative is GM Suba's creative 8.tLlc3 0-0 9.l:b 1 ! ?. Check out countryman Marin's in terpretation of it. [ 8 . tLl c 3 0 - 0 9.l:b 1 ! ? Af6 1 0.dxc5 ! ? Axc3 1 l .e4 ii. f6 1 2 . exd5 �xd5 1 3 . �xd5 exd5 1 4 . A f4 .tfs 1 5 . l:bd l A xb2?! 1 6 . .l:I xd5 .ie6 1 7 . l: d2 .i a3 1 8 . Ad6 l: fd8 1 9 . tLld4 ! 1. d7 20.tLlc2 ! Ab2 2 l . A c7 .tf5 2 2 . A xd8 tLl xd8? 2 3 . tLl e 3 A c3 24. l::t xd8+ 1 : 0 MarinKomljenovic, Ubeda 1 997] 8 ... .i.xc5 9JII c 2 We7 10.a3 0-0 l l .b4 .i.b6 1 2 .t b2 Now we can see that some of the little pluses are emerging: two active Bishops versus one good one and one temporary dud, the c8Bishop, plus look at the power of the two respective Queens and the space-grabbing b4. 12 ... .t d 7 1 3. tLlcJ Opposing Black's best-posted piece. 13 tLlxc3 1 4.Axc3 1Ifc8 1 5 J:i:fd 1 l: c 7 1 6 . W d 2 1 6 . � b2 might seem natural, but the text eyes d6 , while covering a5. 16 e5
Trying to liberate the B ishop. 1 7. b 5 ! tLl d4 18.tLl xd4 exd4 19.Ab4 Wf6 20. a4 dl 2 1 .exd3 l: ac8 22. d4 A g4
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1S.J.t5 AxeS 16./t)xcS J.g4 [ 16 . . . J.f5 17.e3 �b8 1 8.it'd2 �b6 1 9.b3 fi)e4 20.�d4 �a5 2 l .�a4 l::t b5 22. �xa5 �xa5 23.J.xe4 J.xe4 24.a4 �b8 25.f3 1 : 0, Browne-Leski, San Fran cisco 1 987] 1 7.�el �b6 18.fic2 �ac8 [ 1 8 . . . �ab8 1 9.b3 �a5 20.e3 l::tbc8 2 l .h3 J.h5 22. �c3 �c7 23.l::tc2 J.g6 24.�d2 J.e4 25. �d4 �e5 26. /t)xe4 fi)xe4 27.i.xe4 c5 2 8 . .t. h7+
If you find that 9.J.g5 is not to your liking, I can also recommend 9. J.e3 , as in the following game from the old DDR. [9 . J. e3 fi) g4 I O . J. f4 J.e6 l l .dxc5 J.xc5 12.l:Ic l .tb6 1 3 .lt:la4;;!; 1 : 0 Espig-H . U. Gruenberg, East Germany 1 984 (9 . . . c4 I O./t)e5 .i.e6 l l .fi)xc4! dxc4 12.d5;;!;lllxd5 13 .lt:lxd5 l::t c8 1 4 . � d2 ! J.f6 1 5 .fi)xf6+ �xf6 16 . .tg5 �g6 17.l:Ifd1 h6 18.J.f4 b5? ! 1 9 .'�' e3 ! �f6 20. �c5 .tg4 2 1 .l:Iac 1 l:Ifd8 2 2 . l: xd8+ lt:l xd8 2 3 . � xb 5 .txe2 ?? 2 4 . '�' e8+)) 9. J. gS c x d 4 10./t)xd4 h 6 n.J.e3 l::t e8 1 2.l:ct .1t.. f8 13./t) xc6 bxc6 14.lt:l a4 J. d 7 104
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l . d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.lt:l c3 cS 4.cxd5 exdS S./t)fJ /t)c6 6.g3 lll f6 7.Ag2 J. e 7 8.0-0 0-0 9 . A gs cxd4 1 0 . /t)xd4 h 6 1 1 .Ae3 lies 1 2.�cl A rs 13./t) xc6 bxc6 14./t)a4 A d7 [ 1 4 . . . �a5?! 1 5 . 1I xc6 A d7 1 6 . J. d2 �b5 ( 1 6 . . . .tb4 1 7 . � c5 �xa4 1 8 . � xa4 .txa4 1 9 . J. xb4 1I xe2 20.b3 ;;!;) 1 7 .
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W d4 .:to 52.:cs 'iil e6 53.l:Ie8+ W d6 54.c5+ 'iil d7 55.l:Ig8 1 :0
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l . c4 �f6 2.�c3 c5 3.g3 e6 4.�f3 � c6 5 . .i. g2 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.d4 Ae7 8. 0-0 0-0 9.A g5 cxd4 1 0 . �xd4 h6 n.Ae3 lies 1 2.l:ct .i.f8 1J.�xc6 bxc6 14.� a4 A d7 1 5. A c5 Ji. xc5 16.�xc5 A g4 1 7.:et 1!fa5 18.h3 [ 1 8.�c2? .xa2 ! 1 9.1Ial l: xe2 ! ] 18 Af5 [ 1 8 . . . A h5 1 9. a3 :C abS 2 0 . � d3 "b6 2 l . b4;;!;; ] 19. 1!f d4! : ab8 20.a3 1!fb5 2 1.b3! [2 1 . b4 a5] 2 1... �e4?! [2 l . . .a5 ! ?] 22.b4! a5 ! 23.� xe4 Ji. xe4 24.l:c5 "t!lb6 25. bxa5 11fb2 26J!fxb2 l:X xb2 27. li xc6 li a2? [27 . . . Ji.. xg2 2 8 . 'iil xg2 l:exe2 (2S . . J:!:a2 29.lic3 lia8 (29 . . . d4 3 0 . li d3 liaS 3 1 . l:t xd4 l:t xa3 3 2 . l:tb l I:!:3xa5 33J:[b7 li 5a7;;!;; ) 30.1Ibl l: xe2 3 l .:b5 d4 32.l:f3±) 29 .Ihe2 l: xe2 3 0 . a6 l:e8 3 l . a7 l: as 3 2 . l: c7+- (Kasparov) ] 2 8. l:I ec l ! li xa3 ? 29.l:c8 l: xc8 30.l hc8+ ctJ h7 3 1 .f3 Af5 32.l:c5 A e6 33. W f2 g5 34.f4 gxf4 35. gxf4 d4 36. A e4+ cotl g7 37.f5 A a2 3 8. il d3 W f6 39. a6 W e7 4 0 . l: c 6 f6 4 1 . ll c 7+ 'iil d6 42.:h7 I:i: a4 43Jhh6 1:0 .•.
27.1!fb4;;!;; " b6 28.1!f c5 l: f6 29. l:i a4 [29.l:b4?! �a6 3 0.l:Ia4 "e2] 29 ... 1!fxc5 30Jbc5 a6 3 1.Ji.fl [3 1 . l':tb4 ! ?] 3 1 'iil f8 3 2. .i. xa6 d4 33. exd4 �e1+ 34.W g2 Ae6 [34 . . . Ji.g4 3 5 . f4 l: d l 3 6 . l: c2+- ; 3 4 . . . A xa6 3 5.Iha6 I:!:e2 36.I:!:aS+ We7 37.l:e5+ and White wins easily in both cases (Ljubojevic)] 35.Ac4 A xc4 36. l: a8+ We7 37.bxc4 l:dl 38.l:e5+ l:e6 [38 . . .Citld7 3 9.l:ia7+ Citlds 40.l:Ie4 l:d2 4 1 .l:f4 l:xf4 42.gxf4 'iile8 43.l:c7 k:txd4 44J : hc6 : xr4 45. coil g3 +- 1 39.l:I a7+ ctJ f6 40.ll e3 li xd4 4 1 . l:fJ+ We5 42.� axf7! g 6 43.I:!:e3+ lie4 44. WfJ l:I xe3+ 45. W xe3 I:!:e8 46. a4 h5 47. a5 l: a8 48.l:e7+ Wf5 49.l:c7 l:xa5 50.l: xc6 k[ a3+ 51. •..
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One of the pillars of our repertoire i s the Catalan, a sort of Grunfeld in reverse, if you will. This is one ofthe largest chapters in the book and it's no accident. The number one answer to 1 .d4 in both professional and amateur play is the King's Indian and number two is the tried-and-true Queen's Gambit Declined. In our repertoire, the Closed Sicilian Reversed (chapters one through five) equals the King's Indian, and the Catalan is our interface with the Queen's Gambit Declined. The Catalan is a very sophisticated opening that makes big demands on a player's positional skills. If that makes you feel apprehensive, take heart. Few, if any, players below the professional ranks have a well-thought -out answer to this opening ! The key here is the Bishop on g2. White's goal is to bring this piece to life and really-make it shine. Don't be afraid of simplification. End�es in the Catalan _usefully favor White due to the powerhouse on g2 and �o superior pawn structure. 97 Emmaud Bricard Stefan Loeftler Holland
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l.ill f3 d5 2. c4 e6 This is a key moment for our repertoire (see diagram at top of page). Black has three 106
important alternatives. The first, 2 . . c6, Cl:lll_!i:a_�o-�_ln!Q.�--�� ala Ribli Sherzer (game 1 1 7) or Loginov Spraggett ( game 1 1 8}, but also consider 3 .cxd5, heading for the de pendable Exchang_e_wr:iati_Qp._ .<>fJhe S�y, Andersson, Kaidanov and Igor Ivanov have all enjoyed great suc cess with this line which was a Bot-
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vinnik favorite . A very underestimated move here is 2 . . . dxc4, as the traditional 3 .lll a3 is strongly met by 3 . . . a6 4.lll xc4 b5, when 5 .lllce5 is bad and 5 .lll e 3 is no more than equal. I recommend a Vadim Zvjaginsev special-3 .e3 lll f6 (3 . . . if.. e6 and now simply 4 .lll a3) 4.il.. xc4 c5 5. 0-0 e6 6. �e2 followed by kt d l and d4 . Yes, I admit there is no White Bishop on g2, but you don't have to learn a lot of theory to master this line of the Queen's Gambit Accepted (no . . . .ltg4 lines). The problem is that 3.�a4+ followed by � xc4 and g3 yields nothing. Finally, 2 . . . d4 is possible, if little seen outside GM practice. Now 3 .e3 lll c6 offers few chances for an advantage. You do better to play 3.g3 , going for a reversed Benoni. This is a bit beyond the subject of this book, but your idea is to play g3 , .ltg2, 0-0, d3, e3 and then either exd4 or maybe �e I ala Gheorghiu's favorite delayed . . . exd5 Benoni. A good place to look for information is the Parma!Marovic opening repertoire books advocating the Gheorghiu Benoni. [2 . . . dxc4 3 .e3 lll c6 4.il.. xc4 e5 5.d4 exd4 6.exd4 lll:ffi 7.0-0 if..e7 8.d5 lllb8 9.�el 0-0 IO.lllc3 il.. g4 l l . h3 if.. xf3 1 2 . �xf3 lll bd7 1 3 . .ltg5 h6 1 4.Ah4 �e8 1 5 . �f5± Zvaginsev-Reprintsev, New York 1 997] 3.d4 This is a very exact move, as we don't want to get a position where Black captures on c4 before we have played d4. For example, after I .llln d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3, 3 ... dxc4 is a very
good move, as on 4.�a4+ lll d7 5. �xc4 a6 6.if.. g2 b5 7. �c2 if.. b7 8.0-0 c5 we have few chances of fighting for the advantage, because Black's pawn on c5 cramps. Note that I .lll f3 lll f6 2.c4 e6 3 .g3 d5 should be met by 4.d4 dxc4 HWa4+ and not 4 .il.. g 2 dxc4. 3... dxc4 4.'�a4+ lll d 7 5.g3 a6 6.�xc4 lll gf6 7.A �2 b5 8.'�c6 1
8... ki:b8 [8. J�a7 9 . .lte3 lll d5 I O.'�IVcl c5 I I .lll c3 lll xc3 12.ihc3 lll b6 1 3 . dxc5 lll d 5 14.'.d2 lll xe3 1 5 . �xe3 �a5+ 16. lll d2 �b4 1 7. ki: c l l:ic7 1 8 . 0-0 �xb2 19.:fdl Ae7 20.c6 0 -0 2 1 . �b l �a3 22.lll b3 if.. d823 .l:: :! d3 l:i:e7 24.�bd l if.. c7 25.lll c5 'i¥xa2 26.lll d7 1l fe8 2 7 . � g5 h6 2 8 . lll f6+ 'it' h8 2 9 . � h4 gxf6 30.�xh6+ 'it' g8 3 1 . �d4+- Benjamin-Kaidanov, Chand ler 1 997] 9.il.. f4 ilb4+ [9 . . . lll d5 10. il.. g5 if.. b4 + I I .lllbd2 lll e7 12.if.. xe7 'it'xe7 1 3 .�c2 ii.b7 14.a3 il.. xd2+ 1 5 . �xd2 f6 1 6.�cl l:i:c8 1 7.�+ White has a big advantage, Smyslov-Zso. 1 07
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Polgar, London 1996] 10.lll bd2 Ab7 1 1 .11c2 � d5 1 2.i.g5 f6 1 3.Af4 g5 14.iie3 g4 15.ll� h4 lll 7b6 16.0-0 f5 1 7.�b3 � xe3 18.fxe3 lll d5
Jixg7 Wxg7 1 8.:Cac l lDa6 1 9.�b2+ Wg8 20.li)e5± Pigusov-Rustemov, Elista 1 996] 2.c4 e6 3. g.3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.'ila4+
19.�xf5 ! ? exf5 20.1ilxf5 iV d6 21. 'ilh5+ W d8 22.e4 l.iJe7 23 .l: ad l t!fe6 24.d5 • g6 25. iVeS 11b6+ 26. ® h l lll g6 2 7.t!lg7 i.f8? [27 . . . l:e8 2 8 . lll d 4 W c8] 28. 'i h h 8 lll xh8 29.l.I xf8+ ® e7 JO.l:xb8 �f7 3 1.e5 1 :0
5 ./i) bd7 [5 . . . ifd7 6.�xc4 �c6 i. ifxc6+ lllxc6 8.i.g2 ./;.e7 9. lllc3 Ad7
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l.tll fJ �f6 [ l d5 2.c4 e6 3.d4 g6 4. g3 il.g7 5 . .ig2 lll e7 6.0-0 lllbc6 7.e3 0.0 8.llla3 a5 9.�e2 b6 1 0.b3 .ta6 1 1 . i.b2 liJb4 12.!Ifdl l:c8 13.liJb5 c6 14. lllc3 c5 1 5 .dxc5 bxc5 16.llla4 14b7 1 7. . . .
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IO.O.O llldS I I .Jid2 liJxc3 12.i.xc3 0-0 1 3 .�fdl l:fc8?! ( 1 3 . l::l:fd8;t) 14.lll e5 ! lll xe5 1 5. dxe5 Ac6 I 6 . .itxc6 bxc6 1 7 .�ac l± ] 6.il. g2 a6 7.'ihc4 b5 [7 . . . c5 8.'i¥c2 cxd4 9.lll xd4 il.b4+ 10.Ji.d2 'i¥e7 1 1 .0..0 0-0 12.�d l ! liJb6 1 3 . il. xb4 'fi xb4 1 4 . lll c3 lll c4 ? ! 1 5 .'ifb3 ! ifxb3 16.axb3 lllb6 1 7.b4 l:bS 18.liJb3± Grivas--Kourkounakis, Athens 1 996] 8. ilc6 � b8 9 . .if4 lll d5 The main alternative is 9 . . . i.b4+, see Bricard-Loeffl er, WiJlc aan Zee 1 996 (game 97). lO . .t gS JJ.e7 [ 1 0 . . . Jl.b4+?! l l .�bd2 li'Je7 1 2.Axe7 Wxe7 1 3 .ifc2 i.b7 1 4. a3 Jl. xd2+ 1 5 . 'ihd2 f6 1 6.!Ic 1 :tcs 1 7 . �b4+ ® e8 1 8. 0-0± Smyslov-Zso. Polgar, London 1 9 9 6 ] 1 1 . A xe7 'i h e7 12.�c3 lll b4?! [12 ... J..b7 1 3 .lll xd5 ..
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i.xc6 14.li)xe7 �xe7 15.0-0 i..x0 16. JlxO c5 17.dxc5 li)xc5 1 8.l:If'c 1�; 12 ... �b4 ! ? 1 3 .0-0 li)xc3 14.bxc3 �d6� Atalik�Li Wenliang, Beijing 19%] 13. Wxc7 li)cl+ 14.� d 1 li)xa1 [ 1 4 . . . i.b7?! 1 5 .�xc2 b4 16.�d2 bxc3+ 17. bxc3 0-0 1 8.l:Ihc 1 l:Ifc8 1 9.Wa5 li)b6 20.clJe1 li)c4 2 l .Wh5± E. Pedersen N. J. Fries-Nielsen, Aarhus 1 993] 15. li)e5 Wd8 [ 1 5 . . . b4 1 6.li)e4 0-0 17. li)c6 �e8 1 8.li)d6+- ; 15 ... 0-0 16. li)c6 �f6 17.li)e4 �h6 1 8.li)xb8+- ; 1 5 . . . li)xe5 1 6 .• xb8 0-0 17.�xe5 b4 18.lt)ds ._,d7 1 9.Wd2+- 1 16.Wxd8+
1 8 li)xb8?! [ 1 8 . . . li)b6 1 9. li)c6 i.b7 20.d5 .txc62l.dxc6b422.li:'e4b3 23.lllcs Wd6 24.1'&7+clJc7 25.
Ad7 28.e4 l:I b8 29.b4 l: eS JO.�eJ li)f7 3 1 . � d4 li) gs 32.en5 Axf5 33.g4 A g6 34.h4 li)e4 3S.li)xb5+ axb5 36.l:Ic6+ �e7 37.l:Ie6+ � d8 38.llxe8+ � xeS 39.h5 1 :0
99 Zoltan Ribli Anatoly Karpov Amsterdam
1980
1.d4 li)f6 l.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.1.g2 li.e7 5.li) f3 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7.W c2 a6 s.e xc4 b5 9.Wc2 i. b7 1 0. A f4 li) d5 l l .li)cJ li)xf4 ll. gxf4 li)d7 1 3.l:i:fd 1 ecs 1 4.li)e4 c5 1 5.dxc5 li) xc5 1 6. li) xc5 iV xc5 1 7. � xc5 li. xc5 1 8.llacl
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1 996] 1 9. lt) e5 A xg2 20.ctl xg2 Black's pawns on a6 and b5 are clear targets in this type ofending. 20 f6 21.tnf3 Ji.. f8 •..
22.e1 g6 23.b3 Ab4 24.h3 wts 25.tnd4 Wf7 26.a4 bxa4 27.bxa4 Ac5 28.l:[c4 A a3 29.l:r xc8 l::t xc8 30.l::t b 1 l:r c4 31.l::t b7+ /J..e7 32.l:[a7 e5 33.fxe5 fxe5 34.tnfJ k[xa4 35.tnxe5+ Wf6 36.tnc6 Ac5 37J:tm7 l::t a2 38.WfJ a5 39.b4 a4 40.We4 ..t.f8 41.l::t a7 Ad6 42.f4 l::t h2 43.: a6 W f7 44.tn e5+ A xeS 45. Wxe5 Wg7 46.l::t a7+ W h6 47Jha4 l::t m4 48.Wf6 l::[h5 49.e4 kth4 50.e5 l::t h5 5 1 .e6 l::t f5+ 52.W e7 W g7 53.Wd6 lif8 54.l::t a7+ Wf6 55.l::t d 7 1 :0 100 Zoltan Ribli Svetozar Gligoric Novi Sad
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5.tnfl 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7J!Ic2 a6 s. 11hc4 b5 9.1!lc2 .A. b7 10.Af4 tnc6 11.l::t d 1 tn b4 1 2.1!1c1 l::t c8 l l.tncJ tnbd5 14.tnxd5 tnxd5 15.Ji.g5 c5 16. dxc5 1!1e8 1 7.Axe7 ihe7 18. tne5 l::t xc5 19.-. d2
19 ... 1ll c 7 [ 1 9 . . . ltJ c3 ! ? 2 0 . lll d 3 lll xd 1 2 1 . lll xc5 .. xc5 2 2 Jh d 1 A xg2 2 3 . W xg2 h6 2 4 J i c 1 .. e7 2 5 ... f4;;l;; Ribli-Speelman, Mos cow (ol) 1 9 94) 20.tn d3 lic2 2 1 . e" e l tn f6 2 2 . 1J.. x b 7 e" x b 7 2 3 . l::t ac 1 l:t xc l 2 4 . li x c 1 l::t cS 2 5 . li xc8+ -. xeS 26.e"b4 11f c 7 27. 11fc5 tn es 28.f3 f6 29. W f2 W f7 30. 1!f h 5 + W e 7 3 1 . 1lh h 7 11f c 4 32.a3 11f d4+ 33.Wfl a5 34. h4 e5 3 5 . h 5 11f e 3 3 6 . 1!f g8 1ll g5 3 7 . 11f d5 11f x g3 3 8. 11f c5 + W f7 3 9 . 11f x b 5 11f h 3 + 4 0. W e 1 tn d6 4 1 . 11f d 5+ W e 7 4 2 . t!f c5 W e6 4 3 . 11f c 7 t!f h4 + 44.W d 1 tlf a4 + 4 5 . W d 2 @f d 4 4 6 . 6 xg7 e 4 47.fxe4 l.l\ xe 4 + 4 8 . W d l tn g5 4 9 . 11f b 7 1:0
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____________ 101 Vassily Smyslov l<'ridrik Olafsson 1 9 70 IJclgrade l .c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3 .i g2 tll f6 4.tll f3 fl.. e7 5.0-0 0-0 6.d4 dxc4 7.�c2 a6 s.t hc4 b5 9.�c2 i.. b7 1 0. i.. f4 '1lc6 11.�d1 tll b4 Black would like to get in . . . c5 as quickly as possible. 1 2.V.W c1 The Queen retreats to a square where it still controls c5 . 12 ... �c8 1 3.i.. g5! •
13 ... lll b d5 Note that Black could have played 13 . . . c5, but after 1 4.i.. xf6 he would be forced to recapture with 14 . . . gxf6, compromising his King position, or he would have to gambit the c-pawn for a while. [ 1 3 . . . c5 14. i&.xf6 i..xf6 1 5.dxc5 a5 16.tllc3 �xc5 1 7 .lll d 5 �xc l 1 8 .lll xf6+ gxf6 1 9. !Xdxc l l::!: fc8 20Jhc8+ l!xc8 2 1 . a3 .fl xf3 22. Axf3 lll d5 2 3 . Ae4 :l:c5 24J'� dl;t; Ribli-Rozentalis, Germany
1 995] 14.lll bd2! Thematic play! The Knight prepares to head to b3 , where it will make . . . c5 very hard to achieve. 14 h6 [ 1 4 . . . c5? 1 5 .e4 tll b 4 1 6.e5 lll fd5 17.i..xe7 tll xe7 18.ihc5 ifxc5 1 9 . dxc5 lll d3 20. tll b 3 tll xb2 2 1 . l:rd7±] 15.i.. xf6 lll xf6 1 6.tll b 3 i.. d6 1 7.tll c5 The first stage of the game is over. White is in control of Black's freeing breaks with . . . c5 or . . . e5. 1 7... .i d5 1 8.tll e5 i.. xg2 This ex change was forced in view of the threat of 1 9 . e4, but the trade has a darkside for Black who now has a weakness on c6. 1 9.W xg2 a5 20. �e3 .i xc5 This was Black's last chance to capture on c5 and still force White to retake with the pawn. If Black had waited a move longer, Smyslov would have played 2 l .�ac l so that he could answer 2 I . . .Axc5 with 2 2 . � xc5 , achieving a huge positional advantage . 21.dxc5 .••
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vulnerable, but White has a new trump in the d-file. 21 1ll a6 [2 1 . . . l:d8 22.c6 �a6 23.�f3 ! White is better and improves his position by advancing the kingside pawns. ] 22. 1lf d3 ill d 5 23.e4 Necessary, as Black was threatening to challenge on the d-file. 2J Illf6 [23 illb4 24.�d7 f6 25.a3±; 23 . . . f6 24.it) g6 illb4 25.�3 I:Ife8 26.a3 it)c6 27 .l:d7± (Smyslov)] 24.f3 This bolsters the e-pawn and also emphasizes the lack of counter play available to Black. 24 c6 This advance, which opens d6 to White's pieces, is regrettable, but con structive alternatives are lacking. 25.'ile3 l: ad8 •••
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34.f4 Time to take stock once again. Clearly, White is better. He has a dominating passed d-pawn, total control of the c-line (thanks to the Knight on e7), but also a slightly drafty King position. Before com mencing any decisive operations Smyslov first improves the position of his Queen and Rook to better safeguard his King. 34 it) b6 35. 'ife2 ifb7+ The trade ofQueens can only help White, as Black then loses any hope of counterplay. 36.'ilf3 'il a6 37.l:I c t it) c4 38.11f e2 ( 3 8 . l:Ixc4?? •xc4 39 . •xa8 'ife2+ allows Black to draw by perpetual check] 38 \!Vb7+ 39. Wgl it) xd6 Trying to stay in the game by sacking the Knight for two pawns. The alterna•••
26.l:d6 White now has an ironclad grip on the d-file, as 26 . . . lies 27 .:ad I , followed by it)e5-d7, is devastating. 26 Jixd6 27.cxd6 c5 28.'ilhc5 b4 29.liel l:d8 [29 . . . l:c8 30. 'ild4 J:c2+ 3 l .�g l l:e2 32.l:dl l:c2 3 3 .d7! The extra Queen allows White to answer 33 . . .• e2 with 34.d8=•+ � h7 3 5 . ••
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live, 39 . . . li)b6 40.l:i:c7, was hopeless for Black. The text should also lose, but at least it forces White to play with some accuracy. 40.exd6 ifb6+ 4 1 .iffl 1txd6 42.li)c8 Bringing the Knight back to the center. 42 1lf d3 1 42 . . . l:xc8? 43 .l:xc8 ._d l+ 44.'iWg2 .d5+ 45.f/Jf3 'fid2+ 46.'iWh3+- ] 43.1l!b6 l:i: d8 44.b3 11ff5 45.li)c4 ll d3 46.li) e5 The transfer of the Knight from e7 to e5 gives the White King a lot more protection. 46 l:i:c3 Abandoning the c-file isn't very attractive. 47.11fd2 l:i:xc1+ 48.11fxc1 � 49.11fd2 The first step was to centralize the Knight, now the Queen moves to the middle of the board. 49 W g7 so. if dJ iff6 s t . 11f d4 Threatening to trade Queens with 52 .lt) f3 . 51 11ff5 52.11f d3 11ff6 �3.We4 ifd8 •••
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defends the King from a check on d2, and, in the long term, prepares an advance on the enemy King. 54 11fdl+ 55.Wfl ifct 56.11fe3 [56. fxg5 hxg5 57.'fie3 was another way to Rome] 56 11f b 1 57. 11f e2 g4 58.li)e5 h5 59.'itg2 f6 60.li) dJ wf7 61.li)fl The final preparation for h2h3, breaking up Black's pawn posi tion. 61 We7 62.h3 f5 63.hxg4 fxg4 64.li) d3 The Knight returns to the center for the final assault. 64 rtlf7 65. W h2 11fa1 66.li)e5+ rtlf8 67. 11fd2 1 :0 •••
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1987
1.d4 li)f6 2.c4 e6 J.li)D d5 4.g3 Ae7 5.Ag2 0-0 6.11fc2 li)bd7 [6 . . . c6 7.0..0 b5 8.c5 a5 9.li)bd2 li)bd7 IO.e4 li)xe4 l l .li)xe4 c:txe4 12.�xe4 l:a6 1 3 .J:el l:e8 14.h4 li)f6 15.'t!Vc2 li)d5 16.a4 b4 1 7.li)e5 'fic7 1 8.Ae4 g6 1 9. h5 Af6 20.hxg6 hxg6 2I .Axg6 fxg6 22 •xg6+ WfS 2 3 .l::te4 t;e7 24./J.. gS+- Gulk
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• xa 8 2 0 .• a4 i. d4 2 l . d7 l: e 2 22.'iha6 �xf2+ 23 .®fl l -0 . - 7.ec2 White has some choice in where to put his pieces in the Closed Catalan. The scheme Ribli uses is the best. First the Queen goes to c2 where it protects the c-pawn . and eyes e4. 7 c6 8.l: d1 ( •••
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103 Zoltan Ribli Adolf Herzog Lucerne
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1.�f3 �f6 2.c4 e6 J.gJ d5 4.� g2 Jl.. e 7 5.0-0 0-0 6.d4 �bd7 Black can also develop his Knight to a6. One recent try, albeit where White deferred playing b 2 -b3 , was P iket Morozevich, Netherlands 1 99 6 , which ended swiftly: 6 . . . c 6 7.YJJ/ c2 b6 8 . l:!: d l i.b7 9.�c3 �a6 1 0.a3 YJJ/ c 8 l l.e4 �xe4 12.lllxe4 dxe4 13. •xe4 c5 14.d5 :e8 1 5.'�c2 exd5 1 6.cxd5 YJJ/d8 1 7.d6 ! i.xf3 1 8 . .txf3 .tf6 1 9. JI.. xa8 1 14
This move might seem a little funny at first glance, but it has its virtues. Later Black will try to play . . . c5 and the Rook will be very well placed both to discourage this break and to guard the d-pawn. 8 ... b6 9.b3 This can be the prelude to a fian chetto, but, more likely than not, it is simply a way to prepare �b l -c3 without having to gambit the c pawn. 9... �b7 lO.�cJ The Knight is much better placed here than on d2 . Sometimes it can be attacked by . . . b7-b5-b4, but that is a small price to pay for the increased pres sure on d5. to J.! c8 ll.e4 Just so! Now Black has to consider cap ture s on d5 a s we l l as e 4 -e 5 . ..
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straining breakout attempts with . . . e6e5. [ 1 8.�c2 lDf6 1 9.ltJe5 ltJd5 20.a3 b5 2 1 . .te4 g6 22.h4± Portisch-Radu lov, Moscow 1 977] 1 8 A a6 This move logically attempts to activate the Bishop, but, as we will soon see, b5 is not a very stable square. 1 9. l: ac t A b5 20.h3 h6 2 1 .l::[ d 2 ef8 22. 'if d l ! Showing flexibility of thought, Ribli reverses directions and prepares a4 followed by b5 . 22 a5 23.a4 A a6 •••
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16.c5! Remember this maneuver well! Once the dark-squared Bishops have been exchanged, White would love to play c4-c5. Why? Because the move smothers Black's Bishop on b7 ( . . . c5 is now out of the question) and allows White the chance to put a Knight on d6. Granted, the move gives the d5-square to Black's Knight, but that is often an illusion, as that piece is needed on d7 or f8 to guard the King. 16 Jife7 [ 1 6 . . . bxc5? ! 1 7. dxc5 ltJ xc5 ? 1 8 . �b4 Ylii e 7 1 9 . ilac i + - ] 1 7. b4 l:fd8 1 8.eet The characteristic square for the Queen i n this variation. Here it provides the b-pawn added protection, while re.•
24.b5! Ab7 [24 . . . cxb5? 25.c6 1iJf6 26. Afl gives White a protected passed pawn on c6] 25.ltJe5 ltJ xe5 26.dxe5 bxc5 27Jid6! Aa8 28.b6! Positional jujitsu. Ribli is directing all his ener gies into making the Black Bishop a basketcase. The rest is a rout. 28 l'I xd6 29.if"xd6 'ifxd6 30.exd6 ki:b8 31.l: xc5 l:I xb6 32Jha5 l: b8 33. l:I a7 g5 34.a5 Wg7 35.a6 'St?f6 36.d7 'St? e 7 37. d8='if+ 'St? xd8 38.l: xf7 est es 39.ki: h7 l:t d8 40.a7 'St?f8 41. l:!: c7 1 :0 1 15 •••
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104 Csaba Hon-ath Lazslo Krizany Paks
1996
t.li)fJ d5 2.c4 e6 J.gl lll f6 4.� g2 �e7 5.d4 0-0 6.0-0 lll b d7 7. •c2 c6 8.b3 b6 9.� d t �b7 1 0.li)cJ lies ll.e4 dxe4 12.lll xe4 lll xe4 13JWxe4 ... c7 [ 1 3 . . . lll f6 14."Wic2 �c7 1 5 . �f4 � d6 1 6 . il e5 ! ? lll d7 1 7 . lll g5 g6 1 8 .�xd6 �xd6 1 9.c5 "Wie7 20. lll e4 � a8 2 l .b4 lll f6 22 .lll d6± Hulak Vranesic, Toronto 1989] 14.Af4 � d6 15.�xd6 ... xd6
1 6.c5 ! This is a thematic move in the Closed Catalan. White gives B l ack's Knight d5, but, i n return, gets a lot more-the freeing . . . c5 i s no longer possible, the square
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d6 beckons fo r White's Knight (lll f3 -g5 -e4-d6)! and he has more space and chances of expanding on the queenside. 16 .. JWc7 [ 1 6 . . . bxc5 ? ! 1 7 . dxc5 lll xc5 ? 1 8 . �b4 "Wie7 1 9 . l:I ac i +- ] 1 7. l:r ac 1 [ 1 7 . b 4 lll f6 1 8 . "Wi e 1 lll d5 1 9 . lll e 5 � fd8 2 0 . lll c 4 �a6 2 I . lll d6 l: xd6 4 2 . cxd6 � xd6 2 3 . a 3 � c4 2 4 . �e5± Stein-Liberzon, Riga 1 970] 17 . . J � fd8 1 8 J W e 1 ! An unusual, b u t e ffe c t i v e , square fo r t h e Queen . O n e 1 i t stays o u t o f trouble and helps t o prepare a n advance on the queenside. 1 8 . . . � a6 1 9 . a4 l:r b8 2 0 . b 4 bxc5 2 1 . dxc5 li)f6
2 2 J i e 5 ! l:t xd l + 23.� xd l 1!f c8 2 4 .lt) d 4 l:t x b 4 2 5 . lll xc6 l:r b 7 26.1!fd6 •f8 27.li)e5 'ifxd6 28.cxd6 l:Ib8 29.lll c 6 1 : 0
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lO. A a3 l:l: e8 l 1 .l hd7 Wxd7 ll. J: d 1 Wc7 ll.Abl A e7 l4.Wc3 Af6 25.11fcl Ae7 26.1lre4 J: d8 27. J:xd8+ A xd8 l8.b4 Wd7 l9.b5 f6 30.Aa3 li.. e7 3 1.Axe7 Wxe7 3l. a4 f5 33JI6c6 Wf7 34.c5 bxc5 35. a5 Wd8 36.b6 axb6 37.a6 e5 38.a7 e4 39.11f a4 11f a8 40.Wd7+ W g8 4 1 . �e6+ Wf8 42.11fxf5+ c;i?e7 43.1lre5+ \t>d7 44.1lrb8 ifd5 45.Wf8 e3 46. a8=11f exfl+ 47.Wxfl 1 :0
Garry Kasparov Gata Kamsky New York
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1.c4 e6 l.g3 d5 J.Ji.. gl �f6 4.d4 Ae7 5.li)f3 c6 6.�cl 0-0 7.0-0 li)bd7 8.b3 b6 9.k[ d1 .i.b7 10.li)c3 �c8 11.e4 c5 ll.exd5 exd5 13.Ji.bl
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l 8.c6 �c7 1 9.l:xd7 � xd7 20.cxd7 � xd7 2 1 . : d 1 Vii/ e7 2 2 . Vii/ d3 g6 n �d6 �e8 24.�d7 'it>f8 25.'�a4 a5 :u,JJd7 � c5 27. �b5± YusupovBcitar, Thessaloniki (ol) 1 988) 17.l:bl H x b7 1 8.c6 l:. c7 19.cxd7 li xd7
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The Queen's Indian setup, like the King's Indian and Queen's Gambit Declined, is a structure that Black can play against pretty much everything but l . e4. This may be an Indian Defense, like the K.I.D., but it definitely belongs to a different tribe. Whereas the K. I.D. is wild, the Q.I.D. is solid and tame. Our adopted setup against it, with 8.liJxe4 J.xe4 9.liJ e l , is not very fashionable, but still leaves Black with problems to solve, as Swedish GM Ulf Andersson has shown on more than one occasion .
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107 Lev Polugaevsky
Yaacov Bleiman Skara
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1 .c4 e6 l.gJ d5 J.J.g2 liJf6 4.d4 J.e7 S.liJ fJ 0-0 6.0-0 b6 7.liJ cJ J. b 7 8.liJeS c6 9.e4 dxc4 This i s pretty much forced, but the natural 9 . . . li'lbd7? has been played on more than one occasion! [9 . . . liJbd7? IO.liJxc6 ! .�xc6 1 1 .exd5 exd5 12.cxd5 J.b7 1 3.d6 .�xg2 14.dxe7 flixe7 15.�xg2± White is a pawn up for nothing. ] 10.liJxc4 Aa6 ll.bJ liJbd7 12.J.b2 l:l:c8 1J.a4 1 19
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108 Alexander Wojtkiewicz Oleg Eismont Katowice
1 993
1.li)f3 li)f6 l.c4 b6 3.g3 �b7 4.�g2 e6 5.0-0 Ae7 6.d4 0-0 7.li) c3 d5 s.li)es li) a6 This move might look a bit odd, but it's well motivated. Black often plays . . . cs : If White takes on d5, Black recaptures with the pawn and then transfers his Knight to e6 via c7. From there it is ideally placed to support hanging pawns on c5 and d5. Black has to have things just so to accept hanging pawns, but he can also utilize the Knight by answering dxc5 with . . . 0 xc5 . Karpov used to like this line before good methods of play were discovered for White. 9. cxd5 exd5 1 0.�f4 An interesting alternative is 10. 0d3 . If Black plays 10 . . . c5, White has 1 l . dxc5 bxc5 12 . .i.g5, followed by 0f4, with terrific pressure on d5, as in the well-known game Kavalek-Ljubojevic, Montreal 1 979. 1 O c5 Black can wait on this move, but then White has time for a3 and b4, as in the following fragment. •••
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Note the idea lll e5-c4, which is a common motif in this variation. Now 10 . . .'�c8 1 l.a3 �d8 1 2.b4 c5 1 3 .�c1 �e6 14.dxc5 bxc5 1 5 .b5 li)b8 16.li:)c4 a5 1 7.'�'c2 li:)bd7 1 8.�fd 1 li:)b6 1 9 . li:) xb6 � xb6 20.Ag5 gave White a big advantage in Wojtkiewicz-Neckar, Werfen 1 990. Also note the strong similarity with the Queen's Indian line l .d4 li:)f6 2.c4 e6 3 .li:)f3 b6 4.a3 i.b7 5.0c3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7. g3 . ll.dxc5 li:) xc5 Accepting hanging pawns with 1 l . . .bxc5 puts too much strain on Black's position. [ 1 l . . .bxc5?! 1 2 . 0c4 ! �d7 ( 1 2 . . . �c6 1 3 .a3 � c 8 14. 0e5 i.b7 1 5 .�b3 Aa8 1 6.Ilad 1 c4 1 7.�c2 �a5 1 8.e4 ! ) 1 3 . 0a5 �ad8 14.0xb7 �xb7 1 5 .'�'b3 ! ] ll.li:) bS Preparing to head for d4 . ll li:)e6 13.i.e3 a6 14.li:)d4 li:)xd4 15.�xd4 · .i.c5 1 6.�cl white has a clear and pleasant advantage, as Black has no active play. 16 .'�e7 1 7.e3 � ac8 18. � a4 �fe8 19.0 d3 li)e4 20.li:)f4 b5 ll.�d1 � d6 22.�xc8 ktxc8 •••
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move eight to be a little dry for their taste. 8 ti)xc3 9.�xc3 c5 The major altemative is 9 . . . f5, with 9 . . Ae4 solid, but seldom seen. [9. . . ..ite4 10.�dl c6 I I ..tf4 d6 1 2.l:ac l li)d7 1 3 .b4 .l:c8 14.a4 :l:!:e8 1 5 .i.. h3 d5 1 6.ti)d2 i.. g6 17.cxd5 cxd5 1 8.�b2± ; 9 . . j5 1 0.d5 A f6 l l . � c2 li) a6 1 2 . .l: d l � e7 1 3 . il.e3 li)c5 14.i..xc5 �xeS 1 5 .li)el .l:ab8 16J::i:acl a5 17.dxe6 Axg2 1 8.e7! .te4 (18 ... �xe7 19.li)xg2 g6 20.li)f4 c6 2 1 . l: d3 .l: fd8 22 . .l: cd l A e s 23 . 'Wd2 d6 24.b3 �f7 2 5 . li) h3 Af6 26 . li) g 5 � e7 2 7 . li) f3 iV f7 2 8 . �f4± lvkov-Tangborn, Manchester 1983) 19.exf8=iV+ l:xf8 20.ti)d3 ViJie7 2 l .f3±] 10J:t d1 d6 l l.b3 Ji.. f6 12. Ji.. b2 �e7 13Ji d2 ti) c6 14.1ll e3 .l: fd 8 1 5 . 1i ad 1 li) as 1 6 . h4 h 6 1 7. dxc5 ..i. xb2
Yes, this isn't part ofour plan (8.li)el/ 8.li)h4), but this game is so thematic for our repertoire, it's hard to resist. 8 . 1ll c2 makes a good alternative for those who find trading Knights on
18.c6! White's space advantage gives him a pull. 18 li)xc6 19.�xb2 d5?! This freeing move leads to massive simplification, but Ulfie
23. � g4 ! � g5 2 4 . 1! h g5 ti) x g5 2 5 . ti) x d 5 W f8 2 6 . ti) b 6 Ji.. xg2 2 7 . ti) xc8 A xfl 2 8 . � xfl Ji.. c 7 2 9 . W e 2 ti) e 6 3 0 . ti) a 7 � e 7 3 l . ti) c 6 + � d 6 3 2 . ti) b 4 a 5 33. ti) c 2 � d5 34.� d3 f5 35.f3 li) g5 36.e4+ fxe4+ 3 7.fxe4+ � c6 3 8 . A x g 7 .t b 6 3 9 . A d 4 li) f3 40. Ji.. xb6 W xb 6 1 : 0
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20.cxd5 !D b4 2 1 .l'J bd2 li)xd5 22. 't!fe5 !Df6 23.!Det Axg2 24.W xg2 l:txd2 25.l:txd2 �b7+ 26.0 I:l:c8 27. !Dc2 Wc6 28.c;i?fl Typical Andersson. The King comes closer for the impending endgame. 28 1Dd5 29. 1Dd4 �c7 There is really no choice, e.g., 29 . . .'�'b7 3 0.!Dxe6 or 29 . . . '�c5 30 .:c2. 30Jifxc7 �xc7
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3 1.e4 lD b4 32.a3 Systematically _taking squares from the Knight. 32 !Da6 [32 . . . ll\c6?? 33.l:tc2] 33.b4 :td7 [33 . . . lllb8 34.lllb5 ki:b7 35.l':Id8+ wh7 36.!Dxa7 I:txa7 37.�xb8 llxa3 3 8 . .1Ixb6] 34.We3 1Dc7 35.l:Ic2 Focus ing on the weak c6-square. 35 ... Wf8 36.lDc6 lDb5 This leads to a totally _lost position in short order. Better was 36 . . . !D e8 , though it's hardly pretty. 37. a4 !D d6 38.!De5 l: b 7 39. b5! Cementing the weaknesses on a7, b6 and c6. 39 c;i? e7 40.!Dc6+ c;i? d7 4t.l:d2 Wc7 42. ®f4 f6 43.h5! Ulfie loves to play against weak ••.
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110 Ulf Andersson Simen Agdestein Wijk aan Zee
1988
1.1DfJ lDf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 .ib7 4.i.g2 e6 5.0-0 Ji.. e7 6.d4 0-0 7.!Dc3 !De4 8.!Dxe4 A xe4 9.!Det .ixgl [9 . . . d5 10.'�a4 �e8 l l . �xe8 l:txe8 12.cxd5 exd5 1 3.Ae3 !Dd7 14.licl c5 1 5 .i.xe4 dxe4 1 6 .lDg2 l: ac8 17.dxc5 i.xc5 1 8.l:fd l i.xe3 19.lDxe3 1Df6 20.
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fid8 24 . � g3 l: d2 2 5 . � c8+ /i)e8 26./i)c4 l::t d7 27.\t>f4 b5 28./i)e3 l:l:d2 29 . .l:tc2 l:xc2 30./i)xc2 /i)d6 3 1 . /i)e3 f6 3 2 . h5 � f7 3 3 . /i) fS /i)b7 3 4 . �xe4+- Andersson-Rozentalis, Tilburg 1 993] 10./i)xg2 dS ll.ila4
28.ki: bcl /i) a6 29.�xd4 /i) xb4 30. �c8+ ctl h7 3 1 .�c7 l:l:b7 32.�xb7 1 :0
111 Tigran Petrosian Mikhail Botvinnik Moscow
1 963
l . d 4 /i) f6 2 . /i) f3 e6 3 . g3 b 6 4. A g2 A b 7 5. c4 li.. e7 6.0-0 0-0 7. /i) c3 /i) e4 8 . /i) xe4 li.. xe4 9. /i) e 1 A n interesting alternative is Ru bi nstein's 9 . li.. f4 . 9 A xg2 1 0 . /i) xg2 d S l l . il a4 c S ( 1 1 . . . � d7 1 2 . �xd7 /i) xd7 1 3 . cxd5 exdS 1 4 . A f4 c 5 1 5 . dxc5 /i) xcS 1 6 . � ad 1 l: fd8 1 7 . li.. e5 f6 1 8 . li.. c3 /i) e6 1 9 . /i) f4 /i) xf4 2 0 . gxf4 l:l: ac8 2 I . l::!: d3 l: c4 2 2 . l::t fd 1 ! Smyslov-Kholmov, Moscow 1 96 9 ] i2. li.. e3 •••
( 1 1 . . . c6 1 2 . li.. f4 � d7 n J�ac 1 b5 14.cxb5 cxbS 15.�c2 JJ..to 1 6. :fd 1 /i)a6 1 7."�!Vc6 �xc6 18.l::t xc6 ('l b4 1 9 . l: c5 /i) xa2 2 0 . l:l: xb 5 ± ; l l . . .dxc4 1 2 .'iVxc4 cS 1 3 . li.. e 3 cxd4 1 4.i.xd4 �c8 1 5.l:l:ac1 �xc4 16.l::t xc4 �·}a6 1 7./i)f4 l::t fd8 1 8 . i.e3 �f8 19. 4"J d3 � e8 20 .�fc 1 ;:!; Andersson Rozentalis, Tilburg 1 993] 12. il xe8 ilxe8 13.cxd5 exdS 1 4.l:l: d 1 /i) a6 15.li.. e3 l:l: ad8 16.l:l:acl c5 1 7.dxc5 bxcS 1 8 . /i) f4 d4 1 9 .A. d 2 .i. d6 20. �n .t xf4 2 1.Axf4 l:l: d5 22.l:l:c4 l:l:e6 23.a3 h6 24.b4 cxb4 25.axb4 l:l:b6 26.A d2 l:t dbS 27.l:l:b 1 /i)b8 l t . . . il e8
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l:tb4 W e5 48.W d3 � e6 49Jh5 Wf6 50. ct/ e2 l:te4+ 51. wn llh4 52. ct/ gt l:tg4+ 53.W h2 l:th4+ 54.'itl g2 l:t g4+ 55.W h3 l:th4+ 56.Wg3 � d4 57.Wf3 l:f4+ 58.W e3 l:th4 59.�b8 ct/e6 60.l:te8+ Wf6 6t.W d2 ct/ f7 62.l:t e3 l:t f4 63.f3 l::!: h4 64.W c3 l::t h3 6 5 . W d4 l:t h2 66. b4 axb3 6 7 . l: x b 3 W e6 6 8 . W c5 W d 7 69.W d5 l:te2 70.a4
112 Nikolai Krogius Alexander Matanovic I.e Havre
2 0. e3! dxe3 21.Axe3 White has a clear advantage, but converting it into a win against detennined defense is not easy. 21 l:tfb8 22.l:fdl a4 23. r:Z; g2 h6 24.l:d2 l:tb5 25.li)f4 it)f6 26. wo l:ab8 27.lt1d3 li)d7 28.Af4 l:t8b7 29.Ae3 f6 30.h4 h5 31.lic4 it)b6 32.l:cc2 c4 33.Axb6 cxd3 34. l:c8+ Wf7 35.Ad4 g5 36.l:c4 l:b4 37.l: xb4 l:xb4 38.A c3 l: c4 39. hxg5 fxg5 40.lixd3 Af6 41.a3 h4 42. gxh4 Axel 43.l:xc3 l:tm4 44.:cs 'iil f6 45.l:b5 l:f4+ 46.We3 l:h4 47. ••.
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This line, which Petrosian used against Botvinnik in the 1 963 World Championship match, has long been out of favor. GM Edmar Mednis rel."ommended this variation in his book, From the Opening to the Endgame. Actually, the positions that result a ller 8 . li:) xe4 are often Queenless middlegames. Nevertheless, Mednis 1s right in saying that it is very hard h1r Black to completely equalize in I h i s va riation. You may have trouble l onverting the characteristic White �ma l l advantage into a full point aga i nst GM opposition, but against ksscr mortals, it can be a steady point w 1 n ncr. 8 . . . Axe4 9.li:) h4 Different �ou rccs give different answers as to w hl�l hcr GM Krogius.played 9 . li:) h4 1 1 1 ' ' �<)e I . It used to be thought that 1 he moves would simply transpose, h u l a ll e r 9 . 1.fJe 1 , . . . d4-d5 is a viable a l l l� m a l i ve to trading Bishops. If l l l a c k t ri e s this after 9 . li:)h4, White h as CJ . . . d 5 I O . f3 A g6 1 I . li:) xg6, ob l a m i n g t he Bishop pair. 9 li.. xg2 IO .'ihg2 d5 Black doesn't have to play t h i s m ove , but if he doesn't, W h i t e w i l l grab the center with e2c 4 . p o . . . d6 1 l . e4 li:)d7 1 2 . li:)e3 c5 1 1 d5 11lf6 14.�d3 l:Ie8 1 5 .:b 1 Ji.. f8 l h 11 a6 1 7 . l:I d 1 l:Ib8 1 8 . A d2 b5 I 'J . dxe6 fxe6 20. Ac3 li:)d7 2 l .b3 b4 n . 11.. b2 � c7 2 3 . l:I d2 l:I bd 8 2 4 . llbd 1 �b7 2 5 . �fl 1i.. e 7 26.�h3;t Portsich-Timman, Wijk aan Zee 1 975) 11.1!fa4 c5 [ 1 1 . . .dxc4 1 2 . �xc4 c 5 1 3.Ae3 cxd4 1 4.Axd4 �c8 ..•
1 5 Ji ac 1 � xc4 ( 1 5 . . . li:) a6 1 6 . �a4 � b 7 1 7 . A c 3 lll c 5 1 8 . � g4 g6 1 9 . �d4 f6 2 0 .b4 li:)e4 2 I . li:) f4 e5 22.�d5+ �xd5 23 .li:)xd5±) 16.l:Ixc4 lll a6 1 7 . l:I fc 1 l:I fd8 1 8 . a4 l:I d7 1 9.li:)e 1 l:Iad8 20.lll c2 f6 2 l .Wg2 e5 22.Ae3 l:Ic7 2 3 .Ii:xc7 lll xc7 24.li:)b4 A xb4 2 5 . l:I xc7± Eperjesi-Petran, Budapest 1 975] 12.�e3 � d 7 13. �xd7 li:) xd7 14.cxd5 exd5 1 5.li:)f4 li:)f6 1 6. dxc5 bxc5
1 7. l:I ac t White has his typical small edge, as the d- and c-pawns cause Matanovic constant worry. Still, with perfect play, B l ack is okay and should draw. 1 7 d4 GM M a t a n ov i c , o n e of t h e founding fathers of t h e Ch ess Informant series, advances now, before White has time to redeploy his Knight. [ 17 . . . l:Iac8 1 8 . li\d3 d4 1 9 . A g5± ] 18 .A.d2 l:rfb8 [ 1 8 . . . a5 1 9 . li:) d 3 li:) d7 2 0 . c 3 ! dxe 3 2 1 . li.. x e 3 ± P e t ro s i a n- B o tv i n n i k , ••.
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22.e3! A key idea in this line. The pawn on c5 turns out to be the real weakness in Black's position. 22 dxeJ 23.A xe3 a4 24.l: d 1 l: b7 25.W g2 lt a5 26.l:el Af6 2 7.l:ee2 l: ab5 ? Losing his cool. Black's position was stil l defensible with 27 . . . l:c7. 28.�c4! /t)e5? [28 . . . Axb2 2 9 . l: xb2 l::!: xb2 3 0 . /t) xb2 � xb2 3 l .�xa4�] 29./t)xe5 Axe5 JO.l:txa4 Axb2 3 1Jl a8+! l: b8 [3 1 . . . � h7 32.a4] 32.l!C xb8+ It xb8 33.A xc5 �b5 34.l:c2 A e5 35.a4 E: a5 36. nc4 : a6 37.Wf3 f5 38.Ae3 W f7 39.h4 \tl e6 40.h5 Ad6 41.We2 Ae5 42.�b4 l: a8 43.l:b6+ W e7 44.l::r b 5 Ac3 45.W d3 Ae1 46.:i:b1 .Axf2 47. Axf2 Iha4 48.A d4 l:a2 49.Itb2 E:aJ+ 50.Ac3 f4 51.gxf4 We6 52. l::l: b5 l:a7 53.f5+ 1 :0 ..•
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I I ere we deal with various odds and ends,
including the Grunfeld, Dutch, Reti, King's Indian Attack, Chigorin and l . . .b5. One of Black's tricky move-order options is I .lt:lf3 lt:lf6 2.c4 g6 3 . g3 l4g7 4.Ag2 0-0 5.0-0 d5 6.cxd5 lll xd5 7.ltJc3 lt:lc6. Now White can try to sidestep the main lines of the Grunfeld l 'ianchetto with 8.lt:lxd5 Qxd5 9 .d3, but it's not clear this offers much. Another 1 ry is to transpose into the Grunfeld Fianchetto, while sidestepping much of I he theory with a clever move orders such as 8.lt:lc3 lt:l c6 9.d5 lt:la5 10.JH4. Note that we can't force I .lt:lf3, 2.c4 and 3 .g3. If Black really has his mind set on putting us out of our setup, he can play l . . .b5. The question is whether he's willing to suffer, as after 2.e4 Ab7 3 :Axb5 ! (game 1 2 1 ) White Is already better.
113 Maxim Sorokin Karl Thorsteins Protvino
1988
l.lt:lf3 ll'lf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 lt. g7 4 .t.. g2 0-0 5.0-0 d5 6.cxd5 lt:l xd5 7./l\cJ lt:lc6 This is much more solid than putting a pawn on c5 . 8.ll'lxd5 1ihd5 9.d3 e b5 This Portisch favorite is a tough nut to crack, and reason to con sider transposition to a Fianchetto •
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34.h4 h6 35. h5 gxh5 36.l: a5 l: b4 37.e3 h4 38.l::!: xf5 l: b2+ 39.\t>f3 hJ 40.l:.b5 h2 4 1 .l::!: xb6 \t> g7 42.l:b5 \t> g6 4 J . g4 l: d2 44.\t> f4 l: f2 + 4 5 . \t> gJ l: e 2 4 6 . l'I xh2 l: xe J + 47.\t>f4 l::!: dJ 48.W e5 W g5 49. l: g2 l: eJ+ 50.\t> d6 1 : 0
114 Zsuzsa Polgar Xie Jun Jaen ·
1996
1.d4 /l)f6 2./l)fl g6 J.c4 Ji.. g7 4.g3 0-0 5.Ag2 d5 6.cxd5 /l)xd5 7.0-0 /l)b6 8./l)cJ /l)c6 9.d5 /l)a5 10.Af4 c6 [10 . . . Axc3 1 l .bxc3 /l)xd5 12.Ah6 l:e8 1 3 . 'ifd4] 11.dxc6 /l)xc6 Trading Queens is safer. 12.'ifcl !
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Black's pieces as much as possible. 29 W h8 30.l:tf6 l:c7 31 .e3 l: g8 32.h4 a6?! [32 . . . l:d8 3 3 .l::t fd6 l:txd6 34.l:xd6 l:tc8 3 5 .l:td7 W g8± ] 33 W g2 liJe7 3 3 . W h2 (Z. Polgar) was more accurate and would have ended resistance almost immediately. 34. l:d2 [34.l:xe5 llJg6 35.l:d5 liJxh4+ 36.Wh3 �c l 37.c;t;h2 liJf3+ 38.Wg2 liJM+ This is what 3 3 . W h2 would have prevented. ] 34 ... liJ g6 35.'�? h2 f4 36Jhb6 fxe3 37.fxe3 e4 38.liJf6 liJe5 39.liJxg8 liJf3+ 40.W h3 liJxd2 41.liJf6 l: c3 42.W g4! [42 .l:tb8+ Wg7 43.liJh5+ w g6 44.:b6+ ®xh5 (44 . . . ®f5) 45 .g4#J 42 ®g7 43.Wf4 k[ct 44Jha6 l:f1+ 45. W e5 l:f3 46. liJh5+ wf8 47.'it d6 1 :0 •••
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1997
1.liJf3 liJf6 2.c4 g6 3.liJc3 d5 4.cxd5 liJxd5 5.g3 JJ.. g7 6.Ag2 liJ b6 7.d4 0-0 8.0-0 liJ c6 9.d5 liJa5 10.Af4 This move was used successfully by Zsuzsa Polgar in her match agai nst Xie Jun (game 1 14). White plays for a small edge and restricts Black's com • terplay. 1 0 c6 l l . d xc 6 /.f) ll dt Trnding Queens was worth a t hought n.'irct A d7 atack shou l d �� i vc strong consideration to 1 2 c 'i . A l k r the text, a series of s m a l l m i sl a kcs lead to an awful pos i t i o n . I l l c 'i • • •
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1 3 .l: d 1 fi/e7 14. A.h6 f6 1 5 .iJ.. xg7 �xg7?! 16.b3 iJ.. e6 1 7. filb2 l:fd8 18. il)e1 f5 19.iJ.. xc6 bxc6 20.il)d3 l:ab8 2 I .il)c5 iJ.. f7 22. '@'a3 \i'f8 2 3 . l: ac 1 il)d7 24.il) 3a4 :bs 2 5 . �b2 il)xc5 26.l::t xd8 filxd8 27.il)xc5± Donaldson-Go1dbar (computer), The Hague 1997; 14 .A.e3 iJ..e6 (14 . . . f6 1 5.il)b5;;!;) 1 5 .il)g5 l::!: ac8 16.il)xe6 fi/xe6 1 7 . iJ.. xb6 ! axb6 1 8.e3± Baburin-David, Isle of Man 1 9 97] 1 3. l:! d t � c8 14.Ah6 fi/e8 15.A xg7 W xg7 1 6.b3 Limiting the activity of the Knight on b6 and preparing filb2 in certain positions. 16 f6 t 7JWe3 l:[ dS 1 8. l: act Jl.. g4 1 9.il)d4! •
fi/xa7 filxb3 27.il)e4, intending 28. il)d6, was very strong. 26 b6 The only chance. Omar is an excellent practical player and realizes that ifhis pawns get stuck on a6 and b7, he has zero chances. 27.�b5 Again, stay ing in the middlegame was an attractive alternative (27.'@'a8) . 27 'ifxd5 28.Ji.xd5 bxa5 29.l:[c7 W h6 30.il) d6 il)b6 At first, it looks like Black saves himself with this move, but big positional advantages don't disappear so easily. 3t .il)f7+ W h5 •••
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1.c4 f5 2./l)fJ /l)f6 J.gJ e6 4 .t g2 Players who like to face the Dutch when Black has committed to . . . e6 (no Leningrad) might want to consider variations based on trading dark squared Bishops. Here is one good example ofthe b2-b3 and .tcl-a3 plan. Note that with our advocacy of the Catalan, Black might get a Stonewall via I ./l)f3 d5 2.c4 e6 3 . g3 /l)ffi 4 . .tg2 .te7 5 .d4 0-0 6.0-0 c6 7. �c2 /l)e4. White could still play our .t a3 plan or adopt a more traditional treatment with /l)bd2, /l)eS, C£Jd3 and /l)f3 . The Catalan Stonewall misses a lot of flexibility (no early . . . .td6 and a very early . . . /l)e4). [4. .tg2 d5 5.d4 c6 6.0-0 .td6 7.b3 �e7 8 . .tb2 0-0 9.�cl b6 IO . .ta3 .txa3 1 1 .1:£Jxa3 .tb7 12.�2 /l)bd7 1 3 .l::t ac l l::t fc8 14.l::t fd 1 /l) e4 1 5 . e3 a6? ! ( 1 5 . . . c5�) 1 6.1:£Jc2 c5 1 7. •
46.g4 The idea is g4-g5 to tie down the weakness to g6 . Black can only wait. 46 ... /l)e6 47.e3 /l)f8 48.g5 C£J e6 49. W g3 /l) f8 50.W g4 /l) e6 51 .lic6 /l)f8 52.f3 /l)e6 5J.f4 exf4 54.exf4 /l)xg5 As good a try as any. Rook and two connected passed pawns are a winning combination, but on 5 4 . . . /l) fS White had 5 5 . .t c2 followed by h4-h5, W xh5, W g4 and f4-f5-f6 etc. 55.l:hg6+ Wf7 56.hxg5
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awan-Larsen and Alterman-Van der Wiel. 7.cxdS Unbalancing the pawn structure, Kasparov sets the ground work for a later minority attack with b2-b4-b5. 7 exdS 8.e3 Wh8 Making it hard for Black to get in . . . f5-f4. 9.b3 li)c6 10.Ab2 Ae6 1 1.li)e2 .tg8 12. dJ ifd7 1J.a3 A d6 14.ifc2 •••
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33.l:!:b6 This position could easily have arisen from a Queen's Gambit Declined Exchange Variation if not for White's pawn being on d3 instead of d4. This obviously favors White. Look at that beautiful Queen which surveys almost the entire board ! 33 :1:18 34. 11fc5 g5 Preparing . . . f5f4, which is Black's only chance for counterplay. 3 5. l:[ c 1 f4 36. exf4 When you are being attacked on a wing, it's always useful to open up the center as much as possible. 36 gxf4 37.l:!: xc6 ll xc6 38••xc6 •xc6 39.l:!:xc6 l:!: a8 40.l:!:f6 [40.l:!:d6 f3] 40 fxg3 4 1 .hxg3 l:!: aJ 42.!tf3 W gT This Rook ending, if not already lost, is very difficult for Black due to his weak pawn on d5 and bad King. White wouldn't mind trading his d pawn for the e nemy h-pawn : connected passers almost always win. 43.W g2 d4 44.W h3 h5 45. W h 4 W g6 46.g4 hxg4 4 7.W xg4 l:!: a2 48.Wf4 l:!:e2 •••
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117 Zoltan Ribli Alex Sherzer Hungary
1995
t.fl)fJ fl) f6 l . gJ d5 J.A gl A rs 4.d3 e6 5.0-0 li. e 7 6.c4 c6 7 . b 3 0-0 8 . Ji. b 2 il) b d 7 9 . il) b d 2 a5 lO.aJ h6 l l . iV cl .ih7 1 2 . A c 3 b 5 [ 1 2 . . . Ad6 ? ! 1 3 .b4 axb4 1 4 . axb4 �e7 1 5 . c5 A c7 1 6 .e4 ! dxe4 1 7 . dxe4 l':i:fb8 1 8 . il) d4 ! il)d5 1 9 . li:) c4 il) x c 3 2 0 . � x c 3 ± P s a k h i s Ubilava, USSR 1 983] 13.cxb5 cxb5 1 4 . iV b l ! iV b 6 [ 1 4 . . . l: c 8
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1994
t . lll f3 lll f6 2 . g3 d5 3.A g2 c 6 4. 0-0 .t g4 5. c4 e6 6. d3 ill b d 7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.�c2 Ae7 9.e4 0-0 l O.lll cJ [ l O . e5 lll e8 l l . d4 lll c7 l2 . .t e 3 .t h500 (Loginov)] 10 l.'I c 8 [ 1 0 . . . l:t e 8 ? l l . e 5 lll h 5 l 2 . h3 ± ] 1 1 . h3 .t xfJ [ l l . . . .t h5 1 2 . lll h4; 1 1 . . . .t e6 1 2 . lll d4] 1 2. .t xf3 lll e5 1 J . .t g2 dxe4 [ 1 3 . . . d4 l 4 . lll e2 c5 1 5 . f4 ll'l c6 1 6 . .t d2 ± ) 1 4 . dxe4 � d J 1 5 . 'W x d 3 lll x d J 1 6 .t eJ
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tive. 40 c3 4 1 .l::t a8 c2 42.Ab2 ll a2 43Jhf8 ll xb2 44.l:!c8 l:! a2 45. W f4 ll xa6 46Jhc2 lle6 Not 47 . . . g6? in view of 48.�g5 ! 47.t:l:e2 !1: h6 4 8 . W gS 1:!: f6 4 9 . h 3 li f7 SO.l::t f2 kte7 5 1 .l'lf3 k[ es 52. W f4 ll as 53.k[ g3 k[ bs 54.:gs : b4+ 55.W xf5 !:i: h4 56.e4 ·
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56 !txh3 57.e5 'ii? g8 58.W e6 Wf8 59. : rs+ W g8 6oJ:I gs w rs 6 1 . llfS+ W e8 62.l!f7 !:[xh5 63.lle7+ W f8 64. W d7 g6 ! This defends against the immediate threat of 65. lle8+ Wf7 66.g6+. If 64 . . . g5, then 65.e6 is a winner. 65.W d8 llht 66. e6 :et 67J::t n+ W g8 68.We7 lle2 69.Wd7 lla2 70.1!0 ! ? [70.!tf8+ W xf8 7 l . e7+ W g7 72. e8=� llf2 After 72 . . . llf2 the position is a theoretical draw.] 70 lla7+?! 70 . . . W g 7 was a n easy draw. 7 1 .W e8 ll a8+ 72.We7 l: a2? [72 . . . W g7 ! . .•
Trying to get some counterplay. 30. gxh5 f5 3 1 . A g5 e4 32.1Lf4 exfl 33.W xf3 : cl+ 34.e3 c4 35.il.e5 I!c2 36.a4 l! a2 37. a5 W h7 38.a6 ll a5 39.A c3 : al 40.Ad4 More accurate was 40 .Ab2 ! with initia1 16
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73.�f7+ W g8! 74.Wf6 l:f8 ! J 7J.l:d1 W g7 74.W e8 l:l: a8+ [74 . . . g5 75.e7 W g6 76.rJ/;d7 l:e2 77.e8=�+ l:xe8 78. Wxe8 W f5 79. rJ/;f7 g4 80.l: g l ! ] 75.l:d8 1 :0
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l .illf3 il:lf6 2.g3 d5 J.Ag2 il:lc6 4.d4 �f5 [4 . . . A g4 5.0-0 e6 6.c4 dxc4 7. l&a4 i.. d6 8.il:lc3 0-0 9.�xc4 h6 10. Edl �e7 1 1 .a3 a6 12.il:le5 lll xe5 1 3 . dxe5 Axe5 1 4.Axb7 l:ad8 1 5 .Ae3 Hb8 1 6 . �c6 Axc3 17.bxc3 Axe2 1 8.Ac5 .e8 1 9.l:d2± Schwartzman Rcprintsev, US Open 1 9 96] 5.0-0 �d7 6.c4 e6 7.il:lc3 0-0-0?! 8.1fa4 n6 [8 . . . rJ/;b8 9 . .i.f4± White has a da ngerous attack with il:lb5 and l:fc l ooming up.] 9.Af4 ille4 [ 9. . . dxc4 10. �xc4 illa5 l l .'l¥a4±] 10.l:fct f6
11.lt)b5! illd6 [ll ... axb5 12.cxb5 illb8 1 3 . 1.xc7 �xc7 14.b6 �c6 1 5 .:xc6+ bxc6 16.�a8+-; l l ...dxc4 12.il:lxc7±] 12.ill xd6+ .i. xd6 13.cxd5 exd5 14. � xd6 1f xd6 1 5.l:c5 lll e7 1 6.l:l:ac t W b8 17.b4 h5 18.1fb3 c6 19.a4 Ad7 20.e3! l: c8 2 1.�0 g5 22.b5 cxb5 23. axb5 A xb5 24.Axb5 axb5 25. exb5 l'Ic6 26.l:l: xc6 lll xc6 27.ill e l ! The Knight heads to c5 to land the coup de grace. 27 ... h4 28.ill d 3 l'Ih7 [28 . . . hxg3 29. hxg3 �d7 30.il:lb4+-] 29.ll:lc5 ill d8 JO.l:a1 hxgJ 31.hxg3 f5 32.1fa5 f4 JJJII aS+ Wc7
34.ill x b7! 1fh6 [34 ... illxb7 35 .l:cl+ rJ/;b6 36.l:b l + Wc6 37.1fa6+] 35. 1fxd8+ W xb7 36.l:bt+ [36 . . . W a6 37.'l¥a8+ l:a7 38.�c8+ rJ/;a5 39.'l¥c3+ Wa6 40.'l¥al#] 1:0
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l.d4 b5 For our purposes, the move order is I .li:lf3 b5 2.e4! .ib7 3.i.xb5 . Note that after l .li:lf3 b6 White can play 2 . g3 or 2.c4 with a probable transposition i nto a Hedgehog English or a line of the Double Fianchetto English. Those players with a little bit of 1 .e4 experience might want to consider 2.e4, as 2 . . . c5 3 . d4 is a very good Sicilian and 2 . . . i.b7 3 . li:lc3 e6 4 . d4 favors White, a s i n the following game. [ l . . .b6 2.e4 i.b7 3 . li:lc3 e6 4 .li:lf3 Ji.b4 5 . .id3 li:lf6 6 . .ig5 h6 7.i. xf6 �xf6 8.0-0 i. xc3 9.bxc3 d5 10.exd5 Ji.xd5 I l .li:le5 0-0 12. �h5 i¥d8 1 3 .c4 i.. b7 14 .d5 �d6 15.l::l:ael exd5 16.�f5 g6 17.�
1 3 . .ib3 .ia6 1 4 .li:l d2 g6 1 5 .a4 .ic8 16.a5 li:lbd7 17.l::l: c 1 li:lh5 18.li:lf3 f5 19.c5 'ith8 20. ttl>s li:ldffi 2 l.cxd6 cxd6 2 2 . li:l xe5+- Donaldson-Papper heusen, Canton 1990) 12.a3 .ic8 13 .h3 .id7 1 4 . .ie3 .ixa4 1 5 .'�xa4 li:lfd7 16 .li:l b5± Donaldson-T. Costigan, New York 1 985] 7 i. b7 8 . .i d3 0-0 9.c4 a5 l O.li:lcJ d6 1 1.'�e2 li:lbd7 12.�adl Ile8 13.Ji.. c 2 li:lh5 14 . .tcl g6 15 .i a4 �c8 16.c5 •••
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