ARTUR YusuPov
Chess Lessons
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Chess Lessons
Translated and edited by Daniel King
© Chessgate AG
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ARTUR YusuPov
Chess Lessons
ARTUR YusuPov
Chess Lessons
Translated and edited by Daniel King
© Chessgate AG
2004
www.chessgate.de
All rights reserved. No part of i:his publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise, without prior permission. First published in 2004 Cover design and layout: Art & Satz Ulrich Dirr, Miinchen Page design and layout : Art.& Satz Ulrich Dirr, Miinchen Typeset with PDFTE)( Managing editor : Ulrich Dirr, Miinchen Preparatory work by Thomas Lemanczyk, Solingen Printed and bound by Druckerei & Verlag Steinmeier, Nordlingen ISBN 3•935748-07-8
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Contents Preface - VII
8 Zugzwang
1 Back- Rank Combi nations
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Exerc i ses - 3 So l u ti o n s - 11 Sco re tab l e- 14
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Exe rc i se s- 139 S o l u t i o n s - 147 S c o re t a b l e- 152 9 Im proving Piece Position -153
2 Cand idate Moves 15 Exerc i ses- 18 So l u ti o n s - 24 P racti cal exe rc i ses- 29 Score tab l e- 34 -
3 The Wrong-Coloured Bishop -35
Exerc i s es - 45 So l u t i o n s - 52 Score tab l e- 56 4 Exchanging Pieces -57
Exerc i ses - 6o Sol u t i o n s- 69 Sco re tab l e- 74 5 Passed Pawns i n the M iddlegame -75
Trai n i ng m ateri a l- 79
6 Double Attack -95 Exerc i se s - 100 So l u t i o n s- 109 Score table- 113 7 The Process of Elimination -115
Exerci ses - 119 Sol u t i o n s- 123 P racti c a l exerc i se s- 126 Score tab l e- 134
Exerc i se s- 158 S ol u t i o n s- 166 S c o re tab l e- 170 10 Trapping a Piece -171
Exerc i ses - 175 S o l u ti o n s - 183 S c o re t a b l e- 186
Appendix -187 I n d ex o f co m p o s e rs a n d a n alysts- 187 I n d ex of g a m e s- 189 Explanation of symbols - 196
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Preface Between 1999 and 2002 I produced and published i n Germany a small series of ten trai ning booklets, each one covering a partic u l ar chess theme. T h i s experi m ental proj ect proved quite popular with German-speaking readers, and others too. Many of my chess colleagues liked this form of i n d ivid ual trai n i ng; and some of them u sed the m aterial in their cl asses too. This favou rable reaction pro m pted the idea of an Engl ish translati o n . Although the booklets were aimed at p l ayers of d ifferi ng abil ities, m o s t wanted the complete set. And that's how these d ifferent themes h ave ended up in one book. You could also look on this d iversity as a strength if a reader, with chess am bitions, wants to test his overall ability. Moreover, for chess trainers this book provides several ready-made lectures, and many usefu l exercises covering d ifferent aspects of the game, al ready sorted in terms of their level of d ifficu l ty. There are th ree themes and tests that fal l under the h ead ing 'tactics' : chapter 1 , back ran k com b i n atio n s ; chapter 6, d o u b l e attack; and ch apter 10, trapping a p iece. These chapters are, on the whole, the sim plest, and pl ayers rated below 1500 Elo should probably start with them . Two chapters deal with positional themes: chapter 4 , exchanging pieces ; and chapter 9, improvi ng piece positio n . Two chapters deal with endgame themes: chapter 3, the wrong coloured bishop; and chapter 8, zugzwang. These fou r chapters are more challenging and perhaps s u i table for players w ith an Elo above 1500. H owever, p l ayers of any strength cou ld profit from studyi ng them . Two chapters deal w i th the q u estion of calculation: chapter 2, can d i d ate m oves ; and chapter 7, the process of e l i m i n ation . These themes are more su i table for players with an Elo rati ng greater than 1800. Less experienced p l ayers s h o u l d go th rough the examples and try to solve the one and two-star positions. Chapter 5 deals with a strategical theme, passed pawns i n the midd legame, and contains many add i tional examples that could also be u sed by c l u b players as exercises. For more advanced players, i t s h o u l d be e nough to p l ay through these examples carefu l ly on the chessboard . How should an ambitious p l ayer work with this book? I suggest two possi bil ities : a direct approach; and one based on the d ifficu l ty of the exercises. With the d i rect approach, go thro ugh the examples at the start of the chapter, then tackle the exercises. The exercises are m arked with stars accord i ng to their d ifficulty. Accord i ng to you r rati ng, each star gives the fol l owing scori ng and th i n ki ng time: - Below 1500 Elo, 1 point for solvi ng a position i n under 10 m i n utes. - Below 1800 Elo, 1 point and up to 7 m i n u tes. - Above 1800 Elo, 1 point and u p to 5 m i nutes. So, for example, an exercise with three stars should take a player with an Elo of 1650 a maxi m u m 21 m i n utes to solve, and gives h i m 3 points. At the end of each chapter you w i l l find t h e answers, a n d you can see how well you understood t h e theme.
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PREFACE
There are some special exercises i n the chapters o n cal c u lation that you m ust p lay through move by move. Check the i nstr u ctions before you try these exercises. I also suggest an alternative method of a p proaching th i s book - accor d i ng to the d iff i c u l ty of the exercises. Th i s m ethod is suitable for p layers with a n Elo below 1500. I n each cha pter, wor k through the exam ples, then try to solve the positions u p to the second level of diff iculty. When you have fin ished the book, come back and consider positions on level three. If you are comfor table with the res u l ts, ra i se the level aga i n . If you fi nd you aren't yet ready for the next l evel , put the book back on the shelf, d o some other chess wor k, but af ter a couple of months come back and try again ! But i n the end, per haps the most i m por tant th ing i s not to ta ke a l l these poi nts too ser iously. I hope you wil l j u st enjoy the book. F i nal ly, I wou l d l i ke to tha n k several people who hel ped to make this project possi ble: my wife Nad ia for her hard wor k on the German version ; my chess teacher Mar k Dvoretsky; Jurgen Da niel, my p u bl i sher, for encouragi ng the idea of an Engl ish translati o n ; and U l i Dirr for the layout of the book a n d for correcti ng some m istakes i n the or iginal Ger ma n ed ition .
Back-Rank Combinations
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Recogn ising the early o u tl i nes of mating com b i nations i s a vi tal ski l l . The theme of the weak back-rank is common, so studyi ng ex ercises of this kind shou ld pay off. Although these com binations are, on the whole, fa i rly easy, they are sti l l stri king and i m pressive. Certa i n featu res a re typical of th i s type of position: 1 ) the lack of an esca pe square for the cas tled ki ng; 2) the wea kness of the back-rank; 3) an open fi l e occupied by heavy pieces they are the mai n players i n these combi nations; 4) a passed pawn nea r to promotion.
The attacker isn't afraid of sacrificing ma terial to get a dead ly check on the back-rank. Deflection and double attack a re the most i m portant elements in these combinations.
Ossip Bernstein -J ose Capablanca Moscow 1914 • 2 a
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A d o u b l e attack o n q ueen and rook. At the same time the wh ite q ueen i s deflected f ro m protecti ng the i m portant bac k-ra n k a b c d e f g h square d 1 . Natural ly, t h e black q ueen ca n Here both ki ngs are i n danger. The pawns not be ca ptu red beca use of mate. I n stead, prevent White's king from leavi ng the back it wou l d have been a m istake to play 1 . ... ra nk. Although Black's king has an escape "W b6-b1 + ? 2. "We2-f1 �d8-d1 ?? because of 3. square, it is occupied by the q ueen . In addi �c3-c8+ ( Black also has a bac k- ra n k prob tion, both back-ra n ks a re insufficiently pro lem! ) . tected . White can mate i m med iately with 1 . 2 . gC3-C2 18'd4-d8# , or i n two moves, starting with 1 . Or 2. "We2-e1 18' b2 x c3 ! ( d eflectio n ) 2. a7-a818' + . Black t o play wou l d wi n i m medi 18'e1xc3 �d8-d1+ and mate. ately by 1 . . . . Ek1-c8+ or 1 . . . . 18' h7-b1+.
C H A PT E R I BACK-RANK C O M B I N AT I O N S
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2. ... Wb2-b1 3. We2-f1 Wb2x c2 and Wh ite resigned . Xie J u n - N ana l oseliani Groningen 1997 •
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Th is was one of the m ost d ra matic a n d im portant ga mes of t h e whole tou rnament.
Black's pos ition is tota l ly lost, but the for mer World Cha m pion Xiej u n evidently un derestimated her opponent's th reats . Sud denly the Georgian losel iani got a brea k to wi n the gam e a n d with it last m i n ute q ual ifi cation to the can d i dates' fi na l . H owever, she was sl ightly short of ti me and played 37· . . . cs-q ?, m iss ing her big chance. What's so s pecial here ? Looking more deeply i n to the position, you can see that Wh ite's back ra n k is only protected by the q ueen, which a lso guards the rook on f1. l os e l ia n i could have played
37· ··· 'Wd4xa4 1! , exploiting the wea kness of the back- rank. Aga i n , White can not accept the q u een sacrifice. H owever, even after 38. � b5-e2 .§ d 1 xf1+ 39 . �e2xf1 Wa4xc2 40. a6-a7 .§b8d8 41 . a7-a8� .§ ds xas 42. Ab7xas cs-q, Black's win wou l d j ust be a matter of time.
EXERCISES
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SOLU T I O N S
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Minic - Honfi, Vrnjacka Banja 1966 I. Wa7 ! +- (1. . . . '/:1 x a7 2. l'! x dS+ ; 1. . . . l'! x a7 2. HxdS+ ; 1. . . . '/:1c8 2. l'!xdS+ '/:1xd8 3· l'!xdS+ Yxds 4· g3 + - ; 1. . . . l'!dcS 2. '/:1 x c7 l'! x q 3 bl.dS + ) I-o ·
Djaja - Staudte, 1958 W x e 6 !! -+ (1. . . . l'!ci+ 2. l'!fi l'! x fi + 3· '/:1 x f1 '/:1 x e6 +; 1 . . . . gxf6 ? 2. '/:1 x f6 + 't!;>gs 3· 1:/:16+ = ] 0-I
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Fontein - Euwe, Amsterdam 1939 I .E1.cJ! 2. .E1. x ci Wdi + o-I .
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Mikenas - Aronin, Moscow 1957 .E1.ds ! -+ o-I
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Selyavkin - Belousov, 1973 I. CDe4 ! ( 1. h3 ? '/:1e6! ) I-o
Janowski - Burn, Oostende 1907 I. Wxd7 !! (1. l'! x e8+ l'!xeS 2. '/:1 x d7 ? '/:1 x d7 3· l'! x d7 gel+ 4· Gt:lfi GLJe2+ - + ; 1. l'! xd7? l'! x d7 2. '/:1 x d7 '/:1 xd7 3· l'! x d7 l'!e1 + - + ; 1. '/:1xd7!! '/:1 xd7 2. l'!dxd7 +-] I-o
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Shirov - Yusupov, Bundesliga 1995/96 (variation from the game) 2.2. Wxfi + ! -+.
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Alden - Nilsson, Sweden 1972 • Wc6 !! - + (1. . . . gxf6 2. '/:1xf6#; 1 . . . . bl.d1+ 2 . Hf1) o-I
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Rovner - Kamyshev, Moscow 1947 I. Wa7 ! Was ( 1 . . . . l'! xd2 2. '/:1 x c7 bl. x d 1 + 3· Axd1] 2.. Wxa6 ! Wc7 3· Wa7 ! +- I-o
Alekhine - Kohnlein, Dusseldorf 1908 (variation from the game) I. Wxd6 ! cxd6 2.. CDf7+ .E1. x f7 3· .E1.e8+ +
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Paulsen - Anderssen, Leipzig (m5) 1877 .E1.f2.! +- I-0
Alekhine - Reshevsky, Kemeri 1937 1 .E1. x b8 + ! �xbs 2.. Wxes+ ! I-o [ 2 . . . . fxes l'!fS+ +-)
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Lepek- Kohnen, 1962 1. g cz! Wxd4 z. l!c4! Wb6 [2 . . . . �d2 J. Eic8+ Eid8 4· �xd2 +- 1 3· l!cS+ g ds 4· Wbs! +- •-o [ 4· . . . \31d4 S· \31e8+ 1
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Crouch - Speelman, Hastings 1992 z6. g x d7 :: [26 . .El.b8! Etas 27. Eia1!! \31 xai (27. . . . Eidxb8 28 . .El. x a2 +-) 28. Ei x d8 + !! x ds 29. \3fxai] z6 l!fs z7. l!bz g xes %-% •
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Sliwa - Stoltz, Bucharest, 1953 •· Wxc6! bxc6 z. b7 Wds 3· bsW [3 . .El.ai 6h3, .El.a8J 3· l!dt+ 4· l!xd• W x bs S· eDb7! + •-o . ••
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Vidmar - Euwe, Karlsbad 1929 •· l!e8+ Afs [1. . . �h7 2. �dJ+ +- J z. g x fS+ �xfs 3· tDfs+ •-o [J . . . . �g8 4· �f8+ � x f8 s. i!d8#J .
0 E1-22 Capablanca- Fonaroff, New York (casual) 1918 •· tDh6+ �hs z. Wxes!! Wxes 3· � xf7+ 1-o 0 E1-23
Vodopyanov - Kanzyn, 1974 1. . . . \Mgt+!! z. �xg• fH 3· �hi fxe1W o-1 0 E1-24
Shampouw - Silalachi, Indonesia 1971 •· WxeS! W x hs z. eDe7+! eD x e7 3· W x fS+ �xfs 4· g ds# 1-o 0 E1-25
Sokolov - Yusupov, Riga (m3) 1986 19 . . . tiJ xes!! zo. tDxes [20. Eixd8l2Jx6+ -+ J zo Wq! z1. Wez [21. Eixd8 �xc2 22. Eixf8+ �xf8 23. Eib8+ CLJc8 -+ J z1. . . . Wxes u . Ae3 .
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Lowcki - Tartakower,Jurata 1937 Black has to try to exploit the weakness of the back-rank by deflecting the white queen from its defence. The best way to achieve this aim is the double attack on queen and rook. •· Wcs+! (I . . . . �b6+ 2. �hi \3ff6 3· h4) z. �hi Wc4! [2 . . . . 1il'e3�� 3· �XeJ .El.fi + 4. \31gi +-J 3· �g• \Md4+ 4· c;;,h 1 We4! Nothing else works : [ 4 . . . . \3fd2� S· .El.xes; 4· . . . \31eJ �� s. \3fxeJ +- ; 4· . . . \31h4� S· !! x es ; 4· . . . \3fd3 S· �gi 1il'd4+ ; 4· . . . \3ff4 S· h4 1 The white queen was well placed on ei. This deflection forces it to leave its best position. S· We• [s. fi x es \31 xes -+ ; s. 1il'di 1;31f4 - + ; s. 1il'g1 1il'e2 -+ 1 'i!fd3! S· A crucial move. The queen has to control the im portant fs square. s . . . . 1;31e2 was worse because •••
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of the deflecting sacrifice 6. l"!.f5 ! (Black also has back-rank problems!). 6. �g1 'Afd4+ 7· �hi Wdz! -+ Now the double attack works. You may only award yourself the points if you found this move. 0-I
0 E1-30 Adams - Torre Repetto, New Orleans 1920 In this celebrated example, both sides have back rank weaknesses. But White has the possibility of deflecting Black's queen from its main task, the protection of the rook on eS. 1. Wg4! Whs [1. . . . @ds 2. @ xes @ xes (2. . . . l"!. xe2 3· @ x dS+
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Candidate Moves
Before we sta rt to ca l c u late, we have to identify the most l i kely poss i b i l i ties: these are the cand idate moves. All ca lculation be gins with the selection of can d i date moves. Someti mes we are l i m ited to one si ngle pos si bi lity, but more often we can choose be tween two or three m oves. I n some rare cases we may fi nd even more a l ternatives than this. Wh i l e a computer wi l l calcu late all possi ble l i nes in a positio n , we d e l i ber ately l i m i t our choice to the mai n lines. Th is is our strength , but u nfortu nately it can also turn out to be the ma i n wea kness of human thi n king: if we l i m it o u r choice too m u c h , we can s i m ply m i ss t h e strongest contin ua tion. Peter Svi d ler - Eric lob ron Yerevan (ol) 1996 4 •
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(The other poss i b i l ity 61. q, leads to a s i m p l e theoretical d raw: 61 . . . . @g2 62. cs h1� 63. � x h1 @xh1 64. c6 f4 65. q f3 66. c8� f2) The t i m e control had been reached, so E ric cou ld ca l m ly consider the position . Our team captai n , G randmaster Darga, was de l i gh ted to see a si m p l e way to d raw. H e glanced at E ric, looking tired af ter the long struggle, and rea l i sed that h e was prepa r i ng to resign. Sadly, the ru les of chess don't perm it any prom pting, so our team lost an i m portan t half poi nt. B lack only has two can d i date m oves (or rather, two candidate ideas) : 61 . . . . f4 and advancing the pawn ; or 61 . . . . 'i!?g2 to wi n the rook for the pawn first. Lobron satisfied h i mself that after 61 . . . . f4 ? 62. @cs @g2 63. @d4 f3 64. @e3 f2 65. @e2 the w h i te king returns i n ti m e to stop the passed pawn, and he resigned . The other idea was either not considered by Black, or he rej ected it too ea rly i n h i s ca l c u lations. He cou ld have drawn easily with 61 . . . . @g2 ! 62. @cs h1� 63. � x h1 @xh1 64. @d4 @g2 65. @es 'i!?f3 66. @xfs @e3 67. 'i!tes @dJ. * * *
The selection of candidate moves has a cru cial i nf l u ence on the accu racy of calculation, a b c d e f g h and therefore determ i nes the strength of a Th i s ga me was played at a critical mo chess p layer. O n e ca n say that ca n d i date ment: the German team faced R u ssia, the m oves a re central to ca l c u lati o n , and the tournament favourites. For the whole ga me search for can di date m oves is the soul of E ri c Lobron had had to defend an a l m ost th i s ca l c u la ti o n . If the strongest conti n ua lost position. His stu bbornness finally pa id tion fa l l s i nto the master's m i n d , then i n off : i n the diagram position Black has a sav the majori ty of cases f u rther ca lcu lation i s u n necessa ry. ing resou rce. There fol lowed :
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The sea rch for ca ndidate moves is a creative process. There is no s i m ple a lgorith m , but there are some priorities to follow. First, you must consider all forcing moves, namely checks, a b c d e f g h ca ptu res and attacks. Some of these moves Here I fel l i n to deep contem plati o n . I n ca n be d isca rded i m med iately, but others return for the sacrificed pawn I have a great remai n as ca nd idate moves. W i th these re lead i n development and a m ighty i n i tiative. ma i n ing moves you have to begi n calcu lat 14. �c2 suggests itself , gai n i ng a tempo for i ng. One ca n i magi ne the whole game as f u rther d evelopment, but I fa i led to fi n d a a series of problems. When a na lysing the clear way to gai n the adva n tage. The posi can d i date moves and moving the pieces in tion af ter 14 . . . . 18'b6 15. � b1 18fq 16. Af4 you r m i n d , it is advisable to look at the posi (16. G[)xds 18fxe5) 16 . . . . lLle6 i s better for tion through your opponent's eyes and to i nclude White, but I got the feel i ng that the starting his possibilities. I t i s also very i m porta n t not to immedi position prom ised more. The eva l uation of a position i s l i ke a compass for the c hess ately engrossyour mind in calculation. Af ter you player; it led me bac k - eventua l ly - to the d raw u p you r ca n d i date m oves, carry o u t search for other candidate moves. The right a short a na lysis with a provisiona l assess attitude led to success. I fou nd a move that ment of the positi o n . If you fa i l to fi n d a created five th rears ! After clear and attractive conti nuation among the chosen moves , it is advisable to retu rn to 14. Wd4 !1 the starting point and to search for f u rther (threate n i ng 15. G[)xd5, 15. lLl b5 , 15. GLle4, ca n d i dates. Ask yourself occasionally if there 15. �b1 and 15. e6 Axe6 16. 18fxg7) aren't other possibilities. Sometimes it happens that d u ri ng the calculation of va riations you 14. ... f6 m ight spot new i d ea s that change the way you view the i n i tial position. ( if 14 . . . . 18'b6, then 15. e6 ! )
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tem p lati o n with these l ines when my tra i n er's voice d istracted me: 'What haven't you considered yet? ' I fou n d the sol ution straightaway: 1. t!4ll f•e4 2. �g7 l!hs 3· �g6 l!es 4· �f6 l!e8 S· �f7 with a perpetual attack on the rook. * * *
The p recise, short calculation of the i nitial moves in a position is more important than the ability to calcu late long lines. A m istake in these first moves is more dangerous than a b c d e f h g a m istake i n the tenth m ove of a variatio n . My trainer Mark Dvoretsky gave me th i s The key t o solvi ng a p roblem i s very often study t o solve. I spent a l o n g t i m e looking the discovery of the best conti nuation, but for a resou rce in th is d ifficult endgame, but not its calculation. When going through the without success. N oth i ng good comes of exercises a n d solutions from this booklet 1. g7?, because of 1 . . f!e8. Blocking the you s h o u l d concentrate on the search for h-pawn with the rook is a somewhat better can d i date m oves. Try to find all the candidate approach, but for a study, the l i nes are sim moves, first. If these m oves don't help much, ply too complicated and, in the end , aren't go back and ask you rself: what other possibili good enough for a d raw. I was i n deep con- ties are there in this position? .
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SOLUTIONS
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Sol utions 0 E2-1
Bogoljubow - Hussong. Karlsruhe 1938/39 1 tbx d3�� A grave error. Black was only expecting the 'auto matic' answer 2. \Sfxd3. 2.. Wg4! g6 ( c:J 2. . . . Ag5 3· tt:\h6+ A x h6 4· \Sfxd7 tt:\ xci 5· l'!axci A x CI 6. l'!x CI +-] 3• tbh6+ I-0 • •••
0 E2-2
Yusupov - Salov, Barcelona 1989 1 Ae2.! (1. . . . Abi � 2. Ad3 Axa2�� 3· Ac2 + ] 2.. Ad3 (2. Aa4 Abi -+ J 2. A x b3 3· Abt Ae4 -+ o-1 • •••
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Svidler was obviously only expecting the contin uation that followed in the game. Instead 2. f5! Axg2+ 3· 'i!?xg2! + - would have won. What was overlooked by the two players : the second or even the first move� 2.. g gs �� tbfs + and Black finally managed to win the game. 0 E2-7
Silich - Rokhlin, Odessa 1929 1. Ae4+�� The best way to victory was 36. \Sie4+! +-, though 36. l'!xcS AxfJ+ 37· 'i!?h2 Axdi 3S. \Sie4+ l'!hg6 39· fJ +- was also good enough. An un pleasant surprise now awaits. 1 Wfs!! -+ Look for your opponent's candidate moves too! 0-1 • •••
0 E2-3
Olland - Wolf, Karlsbad 1907 1. �b2.! [I. l'!h5� l'!ci + 2. \Si x ci \Sf x h 5 +) 1 g d3 2.. Wet [ 2. \Sig4 +-) 2. Ae6 [ 2. . . . 'i!?h7 3· l'!g7+ +-; 2 . . . . Ad7 3· l'!gs+ 'i!?h7 4· l'!hs+ + - ; 2 . . . . \Sfxh4 3· \SicS + 'i!?h7 4· \SigS + 'i!?h6 42. \Sig7#) 3. gg8+ �xg8 4· Wxh6 +- 1-o
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Tukmakov - Anand, New Delhi 1986 1 tbd3! (I . . . . e x f2+ 2. \Sf x f2 +) 2.. Wez (2. fxe3 \Siai + 3· 'i!?g2 ctJei + - -+ ; 2. \Sf x d3 \Sf x f2 + 3· 'i!?hi e 2 - + ] 2. W x f2.+ 3 · W x f2. e x f2.+ 4· �f1 �g7 -+ S· Abs �f6 6. es tbxes 7· �xf2. �es o-1 •
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Anand - Salov, Paris (rapid) 1991 1. Ad2.! ( 1. A x fs 'i!? x fs 2. \Sff3 f6 ±] 1 Wes 2.. gel Wxet 3· Axe1 Ad7 4· Ah6 g fe8 S· W6 1-0 • •• •
0 E2-6
Granda Zuniga - Svidler, Madrid 1998 I Ah3�� •
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Yusupov - Milov, Dresden (zt) 1998 I. Wf) � I. Af6 g6 wasn't any better. But j ust afi:er carry ing out my move I found an easy way to get a big advantage: I . .&h6! A x h 2 + (I . . . . tt:\e6 2. \Sig4 f5 3· \Sf x f5 gxh6 4· tt:\f6+ + - ; I . . . . gxh6 2. tt:\f6+ + -) 2. 'i!?hi \Sic6 (2 . . . . Ad6 3· tt:\ xg7 l'!ds 4· \Sih5 ±) 2. A xg7 kq 3· \SffJ tt:\g6 4· Ah6 ± (4. Af6 ±). I. t0g6! 2.. h4 The position has become very complicated. The situation afi:er 2. Af6!� was also unclear : 2. Af6!� Afs!� (2 . . . . gxf6 IS. tt:\xf6+ 'i!?fs 3· \Sfh5 .&e6 4· tt:\ x eS !! xeS 5· f4 c3 6. b3 ±) 3· \Sf x d5 .&g4 oo or 2. \Sf x d5!� A x h2+ 3· 'i!?hi Ag4! 4· .&xg6! hxg6 5· tt:\f4 .& x f4 6. A x f4 t. I realised here that I had probably missed a win and I lost interest in playing on. I offered a draw which my opponent accepted. Afi:er 2 . . . . Ae6 ( l> \Sid7) 3· e4 \Sid7 (or 3· . . . dxe4 4· Axe4 \Sfd7 5· Axb7 Ag4 6. \Sids Ae6 7· •••
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il.c6 Axds 8. Axd7 �e2 55) 3· es Axes 4· dxes Ag4 S· e6! V!1xe6 6. ctJf4 A x f3 (6 . . . . tt::l x f4 7· Wxf4 f6 8. Axf6 gxf6 g. �aei ;!;) 7· tt::l xe6 �xe6 8. gx fJ h6 chances are balanced. 0 E2-9 Tomczak - Anand, Lugano 1988 I. l!e6 �� Correct was 3S· "l!1h6+ 'i!tg8 36. �e6 (ll 1i1gs, .1"l.f6) and White wins. I Wxe6! -+ o-I •
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0 Ez-1o Anand - Andersson, Monte Carlo (rapid) 1997 Anand finds a surprising way to win a pawn. I. ti:)xd4! A xg2 2.. ti:)fs We6 3· Wgs ti:)e8 Oq . . g6 4· tt::l h 6+. 4· ct>xg2 h6 S· Wg4 ti:)df6 6. Wf) + There followed 6 e4 7· dxe4 ti:) x e4 8. l!fdi @h7 9· bxcs bxcs Io. l!ds �8f6 n. A x f6! �xf6 I2. gxcs l!ab8 I3· l!di l!b2. I4. ti:)d4 We7 IS· l!bs and Black resigned. .
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0 E2-13
Tigran Gorgiev, I930 The key to this study is the zugzwang position af ter move 6. Both sides have to reach this position with the other to move. I. c6! 1. a4� h6 ! 2. as hs 3· a6 h4 4· a7 h3 S· c6 h2 6. C7 hi1i1# is too fast! I. a3� hs! 2. a4 h4 3· as h3 4· a6 h2 s. a7 hiV=1+ is too slow! I. h6 [I . . . . c;!tq 2. a4 'i!f x c6 3· as 'i!tbs 4· 'i!tb7 ! = ; 1. h s 2 . a4 !) 2.. a3! hs [2. . . . c;!tq 3· a4 'i!fxc6 4· as 'i!tbs S· 'i!tb7! 'i!fxas 6. 'i!fc6 hs 7· 'i!fds and the king reaches the h-pawn.) 3· � h4 4· as h3 S· a6 h2 6. a7 = • • •
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Smyslov - Lilienthal, Moscow 1938 I. Wa7 � Correct was 1. V!1ds ! .1"l. xb3 (if 1. "l!1 x b3, then 2. ds! +- and d6 ; 1. .1"l.e6 wasn't better because of 2. f4 +- with the threat of ds) 2. 1i1f6+ 'i!tg8 3· e6 and White wins. I Wxb3 � Instead, I . . . . V!1 x d4 � 2 . e6 + - was also poor ; but 1. .1"l. xb3 would have led to equality (2. e6 .1"l.b7). 2.. Wxas ± and Smyslov converted his advantage to victory. • • •
0 E2-11 Richard Reti, I92.2 To win the game, White has to attack the g-pawn with his knight as quickly as possible. I. ti:)e8!! [I. tt::ld s+ 'i!fe6 2. tt::l f4+ 'i!ffs 3· ltJe2 'i!tg4 4· Ad7+ 'i!fh4 S· tt::ld4 'i!fgs = ] I @e6 [ I . . . . lUb3 2 . tt::lg 7 tt::l d4 3 · tt::l h s tt::l fs 4· Ac2 (4. Abs) 4· . . . ctJe3 s. Ae4 + - ; I . . . . tL.lc4 2. tt::lg 7 tt::l d 6 (z. . . . ctJe3 3· tL.lhs tt::l fs 4· Abs 'i!fe6 s . Ad3) 3· il.cz +-] 2. �g7+ ct>es 3· ti:)hs I-o •
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0 E2-12 Jindrich Fritz, I96S I. Ab7! [I. bs 'i!fe3 2. Ab7 'i!fd4 3· 'i!fxa7 'i!lcs -+] I l!xb7 [1 . . . . 'i!fe3 2. 'i!f x a7 bs 3· 'i!tb6 'i!fd4 4· Ac6 = ; 1. bs 2. 'i!fxa7 =] 2. bs! [ 2. 'i!fxb7� as -+] 2 l!b8 [ 2 . . . . .1"l.d7 = ; 2 . . . . 'i!fe3 �� 3· ci;>xb7 'i!fd4 4· 'i!f x a7 'i!fcs S· 'i!i>a6 0) 3· ct> x a7 gh8 4· @xb6 ct>e3 S· ct>c7 [s. 'i!ta7 �hi 6. b6 •
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[3 . . . . 15'xh2 4· �f3 ! f!.e8 s. E!.hi 15'q 6. Ah8 ! +-] 4· Wf6 ! +and because of 4· . . . 15'xa2 S· Ah6 15'as+ 6. 'i!?di 'i1a4+ 7· 'i!?ci 'i1ai + 8. 'i!?c2 'i1a4 + 9· 'i!?bi Black resigned. 0 E2-16
Yusupov - Adams, Dortmund 1994 I WdJ � I . . . . 1i1fs!! would have saved the game: A) 2. Ag3 'i1e4 3· d6 (3. 'i1f] =) 3· . . . h4! = ; B) 2. Ae3 15'e4 3· �gs 15'xds (or 3· . . . 'i!?g6 4· d6 il,[6 S· Axf6 1i1f4+ 6. 'i!?gi 15'e3+ 7· 'i!?fi 15'd3+ =) 4· Af6 'i1g8 S· A x es 'i!?h8 6. A xg7+ 1i1 xg7 7· 1i1xc4 1i1es+ . 2 . d6 C3 [2 . . . . 'i!?g6 3· d7 Af6 4· Ab6 ± ] 3 · d 7 c 2 4 · Ae3 ! This move was overlooked by Adams. 4· Wxe3 S· Wxc2+ e4 6. Wc7 ! Even simpler than 6 . d8'i1 il,es+ 7· g 3 Axg3+ (7. . . . 15'xg3+ 8. 'i!?hi 15'xh3+ 9· 'i!?gi 15'g3+ 10. 'i!?fi) I I . 'i!?hi 1;3ffJ+ I2. 1i1g2. Black resigned. In sharp positions it is very dangerous to base one's play on general assessments alone. •
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f!.f8 + 'i!?h7 I calculated just one line: A) 4· t:l.d8 t:l.f6 and none of the three continua tions promises White victory : AI) S· il,d7 A xd7 6. f!. x d7 f!.e6 = ; A2) S· t:l.d7 !? il, x d7 (s . . . . CLlf4 6. e8'i1 <'Ll x h3 + 7· g x h3 il, xd7 8. 1i1 x d7 hs! = ) 6. A x d7 f!.b6 7· Afs+ g6 8. Axg6+ 'l!?g7 = ; A3) S· f!.xd3 'i!?g6 6. Ad7 Axd7 7· f!.xd7 'i!?f] t. But you always have to search for candidate moves, and not j ust in the initial position ! Afi:er the intermediate check, White wins very easily : B) 4· Afs+ ! g6 s. f!.d8 f!.f6 (s . . . . gxfs 6. E!. xd6 <'Lles 7· t:l. x c6 + -) 6. Ad7 A x d7 7· t:l. x d7 and there is no defence against 8. e8'i1 + ! I n the game Timman managed to hold the position afi:er I �h7 2. Ag2 Axg2 3· �xg2 �g6 ± . •
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Dautov - Yusupov, Bundesliga 1997/98 I. Ag6!! I almost fell off my chair when he made this move. I fxg6 I . . . . t:l.b7 2. t:l. x e6 + 'i!?f8 wasn't any better, due to 3· Axf7 ! f!.xf7 4· <'Llg6+ 'i!?g8 S· f!.e8+ 'i!?h7 6. hs +-. 2 .l3.xe6+ �fs Or 2 . . . . il,e7 3· f!. xe7+ 'i!?xe7 4· CLlc6+ 'i!?d6 S· lLl x b8 as 6. 'i!?fi +-. 3· CDc6 CDd7 4· .l3.d6 ! But Black gets more chances after 4. l2J x b8 lLl x b8 s. g3 'i!?f7 6. f!.d6 �e7 7· E!. x ds (Or 7· f!.b6 lLld7 8. E1. x a6 b4) 7· . . . 'i!?e6 8. E!.es+ 'i!?d6. 4· .l3.c8 S· .l3.xd7 Axh4 Let's weigh up the results of the combination. White is much better: his pieces are more ac tive than Black's and his pawn structure healthier. Later Dautov gave me some chances, but his even tual win was certainly deserved. •
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0 E2-20 Yusupov - Schlosser, Bundesliga 1997/98 I. Wes (with the idea Ah7) looks promising, but I couldn't find a concrete way to continue afi:er I . . . . h6! My main hopes were connected with I . dxe6�, but then I saw that I . . . . f! xdi 2 . e x f7 + @f8 ! 3· f! x di iJ, x e4 would b e better for Black. I went back to the beginning and found another candidate move. 1. CiJgs! Now White attacks with vigour. 1 . . . . h6 If I . . . . ft:lxc4 2. Axh7+ 'i!?f8 3· We2! �xds (Or 3· l'h ds 4· tt:J xe6+ !! fxe6 S· � x e6 f! xdi 6. l/jg8#) 4· �hs with a decisive attack. z. Ah7+ �h8 There is no defence afi:er 2 . . . . 'i!?f8 3· tt:J x f7 !! @xf7 4· f!d3 +- or 4· �es +-. 3· CLJxf?+ �xh7 4· Wcz+! Naturally not 4· ft:l xd8� gxd8 s . .El.xe6 ft:l xc4 -.z . 4· . . . �g8 Black's king position would have been too open afi:er 4· . . . g6. There would follow s. tt:J x d8 (s. frxe6 f!g8 6. CUes is good too) s . . . . f! xd8 6. frxe6 f!g8 7· f!de1 A) 2s . . . . �xc4 26. f!e7+ f!g7 27. �b2 + - ; B ) 2 S. . . . CU x c4 26. ge7+ (26. f! xg6� f! xg6 27. ge6 CUes !) 26 . . . . f!g7 27. f! xg7+ 'i!?xg7 28. fre6 +-; C) 2s . . . . Ac8 26. f!e7+ f!g7 27. f! xg7+ 'i!?xg7 28. Wc3+ +S· CL1xh6+! +This sacrifice ruins Black's king position. s. . . . gxh6 6. Wg6+ �f8 7· Wxh6+ �g8 Or 7· . . . 'i!?f7 8. �h7+ (8. dxe6+ 'i!?g8 g. f!xd8+ Erxd8 ro. �g6+ +-) 8 . . . . 'i!?f8 g. dxe6 +-. 8. Wg6+ �f8 9· Wf6+ �g8 1o. �es And Black resigned. . . •
0 E2-21 Bondarenko & Kuznetsov, 1977 1. �ds+! Other candidate moves were worse: 1. �ds
27 �xd7 2. as Abs 3· 'i!?b7 Ae2 4· a6 �fJ s. Ax[J gxfJ 6. a7 hi� + ; I. f!di Axa4! 2. f!ci Ac6+ 3· 'i!?b8 (3. l:hc6 hi�) 3· . . . hi� =. 1 . . . . fs! I . . . . 'i!?g6� 2. f!d6+ 'i!?g7 3· Ads +-. 2. . �di! 2. f! x fs + � 'i!?g6 3· E!hs (3. Ads 'i!?xfs 4· as 'i!?es s. �b7 �f7 6. a6 Ads -+) 3· . . .
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Najdorf- Kotov, Mar del Plata 1957 I. Adl �! .0:. �hs. Other candidate moves : A) I. � x f6 A x f6 2. �xh7+ 'i!?f8 ;!; ; B ) 1 . CUg4 looks good, for example : BI) I. . . . h6� 2. cu x h6+ +- or B2) 1. Axb3 � 2. cuxf6+ �xf6 3· ®xh7+ 'i!?f8 4· �h8+ c;:!;>q S· �xg7 +-. But Black can put up a better defence: B3) I. 't!ff8 ! 2. cu x f6 (2. Ah6 !�) 2. A x f6 3· � x f6 � x f6 4· � x f6 gxf6 s. � xds exds 6. .!"! x h7 't!fg8 and Black still has counter chances. But, besides the move Najdorf played in the game, there is still one more candidate move. C) 1. Ac2!! (an idea of Zaitsev) The threat is 2. � x h7+ and if Black takes the bishop, White wins the rook afi:er 2. 11, x f6 A x f6 3· � x h7 + and 4· � x c2. Let's consider Black's possible defences : CI) I . . . . g6 2. A x f6 + - ; C2) 1. h6 2 . A x h6 + - ; C3) 1. 't!ff8 2 . A x h7 ft:l xh7 3 · �hs! + aren't too interesting. In principle, there only remains C4) I . . . . .El. x c2 2. � x f6 h6 (2. . . . Axf6 3· ®xh7+ 'i!?f8 4· � x c2 +-) 3· �hs! A x f6 (3 . . . . .El.f8 4· �xg7 +-) 4· �xf7+ 'i!?h7 (4 . . . . 'i!?h8 5· .El.xh6+ ! • • •
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gxh6 6. lUg6#) 5· � x h6 + ! 'i!? x h6 6. 'l/jg6#. Zaitsev's analysis removes any doubts. To find a move like I. Ac2!! during an actual game is in credibly tough, but the constant search for candi date moves can help us a little bit. 1 Was � Kotov does not see the threat. It was much better •
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Practical exerc i ses Try to play the following two studies l i ke real games. You take White and allow you rself one hour's thi n ki ng ti me. Cover the m oves and d i agrams with a sheet of paper. When you have made your decision, you are allowed to look at the right move (on the solutions page), the comments, and you r 'opponent's' next m ove. For every correct move you are awarded points. The left col u m n shows you a study by Matous, the right one, a study by Pogosjants. Concentrate on the candidate moves and don't try to calculate everything from beginning to end.
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3 The Wrong-Col ou red Bis h op I. Another i m portant point is that the eval Why do so many games end i n a d raw? One of the mai n reasons is the range of d efen uation of the position d oes not change if sive poss i b i l ities . Even the great materia l Wh i te has m ore than one h-pawn . Only if advantage of an extra minor piece does not the stronger s i d e manages to prevent the inevitably result in a wi n . Diagram 22 shows king from entering the corner does he have one of the most im portant theoretical d raw wi n n i ng chances . ing fortresses . +-
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The possi bility of tra nsposing i n to the endgame of w rong-col o u red bishop a n d rook's pawn i s often a n i m porta n t d efen sive resou rce. Th is is a famous exam ple.
Robert Fischer - M ark Tai manov (2), Vancouver 1971
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As i s well know n, a kn ight has great dif fi c u l ties when cou n teri ng a roo k's paw n . Black cou ld have spared himself great trou ble had he remembered the position from d iagram 22. After 81 . . . . ltJd3 ! 82. h4 ( 82. 'i!?fs 'i!?d6 ! .<0.'i!?e7-f7-g7-h8) 82 . . . . ltJf4 83. 'i!?fs 'i!?d 6 ! Black has to sacrifice the knight, but the king ca n enter the corner. 84. 'i!;>xf4 'i!?e7 85. 'i!?gs 'i!?f7 86. 'i!?h6 'i!?g8 = . I nstead there followed
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Th i s u n fo rtu nate m ove loses the game, for now Ta i ma n ov does not have ti me to bring the knight back to defend. Other king m oves were better : 81 . . . . 'i!?d6 ! 82. Ae2 ltJd7+ ( 82 . . . . 'i!?ds 83. h4 ltJd7+ 84. 'i!?e7 'i!?es) 83. 'i!?f7 'i!?es 84. h4 ltJf6 = ; or 81 . . . . 'i!?d4 82. Ae6 (82. Ad1 ltJd7+ ) 82 . . . . ltJf3 = .
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82 . . . . t!Jf3 83. Ab7+ �f4 84. A x f3 �xf3 85. �g5 +- also loses, as does 82 . . . . tbd3 83. �Js+ .
83. h4 tLif3 84. hs tLigs 8s. Afs tLif3 86. h6 tLigs 87. �g6 Black is i n zugzw ang.
62 . ... ttlb8 1 ( .6 tbc6+ and t!J x b4)
The point is that 63. bs can be answered by 63 . . . . lbc6+ ! 64. bxc6 �xc6 and the game transposes i n to o u r d rawn position from d i agram 22. =
87. . . . tLif3 88. h7 tL!es+ 89. �f6 1-o * * *
63 . . . . tLic6 64. �bs tLI)(b4 6s. �b6
I n the game Portisch - Kavalek, Wh ite u nder estimated Black's chances, wh ich were con nected, of course, with the wrong-coloured bishop.
Lajos Portisch - Lu bomir Kavalek Montrea/ 1979
Or 65. A x b4+ �q 66. Ad6+ �b7 = .
6s . ... tLid3 1 Threatening tbb2, and the d raw is clear: 66. Ac3 �d7 67. �b7 tbcs+ Yz-¥2. * * *
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Such a grave m ista ke has j u st one expla nati o n : Chandler expected the a u tomatic recaptu re. In that case the black king wou ld have been cut off from the corner, a n d the win would be easy: 54 . . . . 'i!?xh6 55. 'i!?f6 'i!?h5 56. 'i!?g7 +-. The correct wi n n i ng method was demonstrated by Dvoretsky: 54· h4 lLlg4 55. 'i!?f5 C2Jh6+ 56. 'i!?f4 lLlf7 57· gd5 C2Jh6 58 . h5 'i!?h7 59· ge68 'i!?g7 6o. 'i!?e5 'i!?h8 61. 'i!?f6 'i!?h7 62. 'i!?e7 'i!?g7 63. 'i!?e8 'i!?h7 ( 63 . . . . 'i!?h8 64. g6 'i!?g7 65. 'i!?e7 'i!?h8 66. 'i!?f8 Yusu pov) 64. 'i!?f8 'i!?h8 65. g6 lLlf5 66. h6 C2J x h6 67. g7+ 'i!?h7 68. gf5+ C2J x f5 69. g818'+ .
53· Ag6 ?? ct>xf4 54· Axfs Wh i te expected the bishop to be reca p tu red : 54· . . . 'i!?xf5 ? 55· h6 +-. Black d i d not m i ss h i s cha nce :
54· ... ct>xes l 55· h6 ct>f6 6'i!?f7-g8
s6. ct>e2 ct>f7 57· Ah7 ct>f6 1 6'i!?g5
58. Ag8 ct>g6 59· h7 ct>g7 = Y2-Y2 * * *
54· ... ct>h8 1 Of course ! As we know, the n u m ber of pawns on the h-file makes no d i fference.
ss - Ads ct>h7 s6. ct>f7 ct>hs Y2-Yz
Vlad i m ir Raicevic - Albin Planinc Zagreb 1977
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The same sad mistake occu rred i n this game too. lev G u tman - Vladas M i kenas Riga 1969 +-
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I n the next exa m ple the p layer with the better position a lso underestimated h is op ponent's cha nces. The rooks had to be kept on the board with 61. gh7! +-, fol lowed by E! x h5. The attempt to win the game q u ickly led to an elegant d raw.
61. E!gs?? .El.g3+ I 62. ct> xf4 62. 'i!?f2 'i!?f6 = ; 62. E! x g3 fxg3 = .
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63. Et xg4 h xg4 64. 'i!?g5 g3 65. Ae4 �f7 = .
63 . . . . �f6 - Yz-Yz H owever, 63 . . . . Et x h4 64. A x h5 would not have been clever, when Wh i te ca n sti l l try to w i n .
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1 . . . . g5 !?, would have given more cha nces, although even in this case White w i l l , after the cold-blooded 2. 'i!?f3 �f5 3. 'i!?gz, be able to hold the game.
2. Et )( b2 A )( b2 3· �f3 ?! I t would have been more precise to play 3· h4! 'i!?e5 4 · g4 'i!?f4 5· 'i!?h3 .6 g5, h5.
3· ··- �fs B lack could have given Wh ite a l i ttle m o re to worry a bout with 3· . . . Ac3 4· h4 Ae1 ! (4 . . . . Ad2 5· g4 Ae1 6. g5+ = ) 5· 'i!?g4 Adz 6 . 'i!?f3 �e5 7· 'i!?e2 Aa5 8. �f3 Now Wh i te forces the position from d iagram 22.
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For i ndependent study you m ight con sider exercises 10 to 22. The ma i n theme i n these positions i s the struggle t o reach a position with the wrong-coloured bishop.
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Ill. The presence o f more pawns on the defend ing side adds com plexity and often cha nges the assessment of the position . As i n the next example.
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Th i s fortress i s also i m p regna ble. * * *
H owever, i f White has a nother pawn , the position tu rns aga i nst h i m .
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1 . ... Au l Now i t looks bad for White, but the un fortunate positions of Black's bishop a n d king saves h i m .
2. b4 1 + But not 2. b3 ??, because of2 . . . . a3 ! -+ .
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The w i n n i ng pla n i s easy: Black sta le mates the enemy king and forces the b pawn to adva nce. After this the a-pawn leaves the edge and Wh ite has just one use less move with his rema i n i ng pawn . 93· ... �g2 94· �d1 �f3 95· �d2 �e4 96. �C3 �e3 97· �c2 �e2 98. �c1
O r 98. 't!?c3 Ad3 99· 't!?b3 't!?d2 100. 't!?a3 't!?c2 101. 't!?a2 Aq+ 102. b3 ( 102. 't!?a1 't!?c1 103. b3 Abs 104. 't!?a2 Ad3 -+) 102 . . . . Abs 103. 't!?a1 't!?c1 104. 't!?a2 Ad3 105. 't!?a1 Ab1 and Black wins. 98 . .. Ad3 99· b3 �e1 100. �b2 �d2 101. �a1 �c2 102. �a2 �c1 l .
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Under no c i rc u m stances should Black captu re the pawn with his ki ng. For exam ple 102 . . . . 'i!?c3 103. 'i!?a1 'i!?>
103. 'i!?a3 'i!?b1 104. 'i!?a4 'i!?b2-+ 105. 'i!?as @x b3 106. 'i!?b6 'i!?>
Here Black resigned . The win n i ng plan i s nearly identical to the Short - Kasparov game. ss . . . . gs s6. Ae6 'i!?h7 (56 . . . . g6 57· Ags +-) 57· Afs+ g6 (57· . . . 'i!?hs ss. Ae4 g6 59 · Ads 'i!?h7 6o. Ae6 'i!?h6 61. 'i!?g8 +-) 58. Ae6 'i!?h8 (58 . . . . 'i!?h6 59 · 'i!?g8 'i!?hs 6o. c;!;>g7 'i!?h4 61. 'i!?>
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The same method was used by White in the following game.
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Thi s i s another i mportant situ ation. To wi n , White has to capture the pawn on h4 without allowi ng the black king to reach the h8 square. Rauzer analysed endgames with rook-pawns and kings in different posi tions. He discovered a zone where the black king m ust be to hold the d raw. Thi s zone i s marked by the squares a8-a6-q-ds-e4h7-h8. H owever, a word of warni ng: ' Even if the king is situated in the drawi ng zone, the d raw i s sti l l not guaranteed . The fol lowing has to be considered : if the white bishop gets onto the a2-g8 diagonal, the black king has to manoeuvre in such a way that it reaches e7 when the white king gets to the gs square.' (Averbakh )
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71 . ... q;C] 72. q;d4 q;d6 73· q;e4 q;d7 74· q;e5 q;e7 75· Ae6 q;e8 76. q;f6 q;f8 77· .Aq q;e8 78. q;g7 q;e7 79· JJ.f7 q;d6 8o. q;f6 q;d7 81. Ag6 q;d8 82. q;e6
106. q;xh4 q;f6 1 o7. q;h5 q;g7 1o8. q;g5 @h8 109. h4 Y2-Y2 Kl i ng & Horwitz 1851 +-
The defence is very easy: the b l ac k king has to stay on the back-rank.
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The black king manoeuvres i n such a way that i t rem a i n s near the a8 sq u are; i f i t i s d ispl aced fro m there, i t heads for t h e safe square h8.
90. Af3+ q;a7 91. Ac6 91. 'i!?d8 'i!?b8 (91 . . . . 'i!?b6 ) 92. Ads 'i!?a7 93· 'i!?e7 'i!?b6 94· 'i!?f6 'i!?cs ! = .
91 . ... q;a6 92. q;b8 @b6 93· Ab7 @c5 94· q;c7 q;b5 1 94· . . . 'i!?d4 ? 95· 'i!?d6 'i!?c4 96. 1l.c6. The king must not leave the d raw i ng zone.
95. Ac8 @c5 96. Ae6 96. Ad7 'i!?ds £'-'i!?es-f6-g7 97. 'i!?d8. The king mustn't be allowed to reach h8. 97. . . . 'i!?d6 98. Ac8 'i!?c6 99. Ag4 'i!?b7 1oo. Af3+ 'i!?b8 (100 . . . . 'i!?b6 101. 'i!?d7 'i!?a7) 101. Ag2 'i!?a7 102. 'i!?e7 'i!?b6 103. 'i!?f6 @q 104. 'i!?gs 'i!?d7 105. 'i!?xh4 'i!?e7 = . The w h i te bishop is not on the a2-g8 d i agonal !
96 . ... q;b5 97· Ads @a6 1 98. Ac4+ c;;,a7 99· Ad3 q;a8 100. Ae2 c;;,a7 101. Ac4 q;a8 102. q;d6 q;b7 103. q;e5 @q 104. c;;,f6 q;d7 105. c;;,gs c;;,e7 J ust i n ti me !
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The b l ac k ki ng i s o u ts i d e the d rawi ng zone a8-a7-d4-e5-f4-h6-h8 . With precise play White can w i n the game.
1 . Af4 l c;;,g2 t 1 . . . . 'i!?f2 2. 'i!?e4 'i!?g2 3· 'i!?d4 'i!?f3 4· Ah2 'i!?g4 5· 'i!?C4 'i!?fs 6. 'i!?b4 'i!?e6 7· 'i!?xa4 'i!?d7 8. 'i!?bs 'i!?c8 9· 'i!?c6 +-.
2. q;g4 1 2. 'i!?e4 'i!?h3 3 · 'i!?d4 'i!?g4 4· Ah2? 'i!?fs ! s. 'i!?C4 'i!?e6 6 . 'i!?bs 'i!?d7 = .
2 . ... c;;,f2 3 · Ac1 l q;e2 4· q;f4 q;f2 I f 4· . . . 'i!?d1 5. Ae3 'i!?c2, then 6. 'i!?es ! (6. 'i!?e4? 'i!?b3 7- Acs 'i!?C4 8. Ae3 'i!?b3 9 . Ac1 'i!?c4) 6 . . . . 'i!?b3 7· Acs 'i!?C4 8. 'i!?d 6 'i!?b3 9 . 'i!?c6 'i!?C4 1 0 . .Ad 6 and White reaches a pos i tion analysed in the l i ne w i th 4· . . . 'i!?d3 though somewhat q uicker. After 4· . . . 'i!?d3 5· Ae3 ! 'i!?C4 6. 'i!?es 'i!?b3 7· Acs 'i!?C4 8.
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That's the key positio n of this endgame. Black i s i n zugzwang. H e l oses the a-pawn and cannot reach the a8 square.
5· Ae3+ 'i!;>g2 6. 'i!;>g4 'i!;>h2 6 . . . . �h1 7· Af4 �g2 8 . Ag3.
7· Af4+ 'i!;>g2 8. Ag3 'i!;>g1 9· 'i!;>f3 'i!;>h1 1o. Ab8 'i!;>g1 11. 'i!;>e3 'i!;>g2 12. 'i!;>d3 'i!;>f3 13. 'i!;>c4 �e4 14. 'i!;>b5 'i!;>d5 15. Ah2 (see d i agram 36)
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Without the b-pawn it wou l d be a clear cut d raw. But the second pawn gives Wh ite the ch ance to p l ay for a wi n . Wh i te can try to stale m ate the enemy king and so force the advance ofthe b-pawn .
74· Ae7 'i!;>a7 75· 'i!;>q 'i!;>aS 76. Ad6 'i!;>a7 76 . . . . bs ?? 77· Acs b4 78. a x b4 +-.
77· 'i!;>cs 'i!;>a6 77· . . . �a8 ?? 78. Ab8 bs 79 . �q b4 8o. a x b4 a3 81. bs a2 82. b6 a1� 83. b7#.
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It is i n teresting to see how the addition of another pawn changes the d efensive strat egy. The next exa m p l e is a good model for playi ng the endgame rook's p awn and knight's pawn versu s roo k's p awn with wrong-coloured bishop.
79 · �q b4 ! 8o. a x b4 (8o. A x b4 �a7 = ) 8o . . . . �bs = .
79· . . . 'i!;>b6 So. 'i!;>cs 'i!;>c6 1 B l ack's king h as to leave the d angerous triangle a6-a8-c8 at once. 8o . . . . �a6 ? 81. �q �a7 82. �c6 A) 82 . . . . a6 (84. . . . 'i!i>a8 85. �b6 +-) 85. Ab6 +-; A3) 83 . . . . �a8 84. �b6 +-;
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B) 82 . . . . �a6 83. Acs �as 84. Ad4 �a6 ( 84 . . . . b4 85. Ab6+ �a6 86. a >< b4 a3 87. b5#) 85. Ab6 b4 86. ax b4.
81. @d8 <"hd5 82. c-he7 <"he5 83. c-hf7 <"hd5 84. @f6 @d4 85. @e6 @e4 86. Af8 @d4 87. @d6 �e4 88. A87 88. �cs 'i!i>es 89. � >< bs @e6 (Wh ite's bishop isn't o n the h2-b8 d iago n al . ) 90. @xa4 @d7 91. 'i!i>bs @q 92. Ad6+ ( 92. 'i!i>a6 @b8 ) 92 . . . . �b7 = ·
8 8. ... �f4 89. <"he6 c-hf3 90. �e5 �84 91. Af6 �h5 92. �f5 �h6 93· Ad4 c-hh7 94· �f6 94· @gs �g8 95. @g6 @f8 96. Acs+ �e8 97. �f6 @d7 98. �es �e8 9 9 · @e6 �d8 100. Ad 6 @c8 101. �e7 @b7 ( 101 . . . . b4! An i m portant resou rce for the defence. 102. a >< b4 'i!i>b7 103. �e6 �c6 =) 102. @d7 b4 ! = .
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1oo . ... c-hf3 101. Ah2 <"h82 1o2. A.q c-hf] 103. Ad6 �e3 104. �e5 �f3 104 . . . . @d3 ? 105. �ds �e3 1o6. @c5 �e4 107. r;!;> x bs @d5 108. Ah2 +-.
105. �d5 @84 106. �c5 �f5 107. @xbs �e6 B l ac k expl oits the awkward positi o n of the b i s h o p and wins an i m p ortant tem po. Now we h ave reached an endgame we know al ready.
108. �c6 �f6 109. �d7 �87 110. Ae7 �88 111. �e6 �87 112. Ac5 �88 113. �f6 �h7 114. �f7 �h8 115. Ad4+ �h7 116. Ab2 �h6 117. �88 �86 118. A87 �f5 119. �f7 �85 120. Ab2 �h6 121 . .Ac1+ �h7 122. Ad2 �h8 123 . ACJ+ �h7 124. A87 ¥2-Y2 * * *
The l ast endgames were d ifficult. To deepen you r u nderstand i ng of this theme, I would recommend that you take a look at the final exercises 23 to 25 . Good luck and h ave fu n. Final ly, I append a list of books with 95· Ae3+ �h5 96. �f5 c-hh4 97· Ad2 more m aterial regard ing the theme 'wrong �83 98. A85 �f3 99· Af4 col o u red bishop' : 1 ) Yu ri Averbakh : Comprehensive Chess Without the p awn o n bs the positio n i s w o n for Wh i te - see d i agram 3 5 · The p res E n d i ngs : B i s h o p E n d i ngs : Kn ight E n d i ngs: ence of the second pawn changes the resu lt. 001 ( Pergamon Russian Chess Series) 2 ) Edmar M ed n is : Practical Endgame 99· ... �82 1oo. Ad6 Lessons ( Cadogan 1997) 3) E d m ar M ed n i s : Better Endgame Play 100. @g4 �f2 101 . Ac1 @e2 102. @f4 �d3 103. �es ( 103. Ae3 b4 ! ) 103 . . . . �C4 104. ( Chess Enterprises 2000) Ad2 b4 ! ( 104 . . . . �cs) 105. A x b4 �bs = . Here, the corner i s d angero us for Bl ack. 94· . . . @g8 ?? 95· Acs �h7 96. Af8 @g8 97· Ag7 @h7 98. �f7 +- .
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Alexei Troitzky, I896 I. Ae6! �e7 2.. h6 �f6 3· Afs! �f7 4· Ah7 �f6 S· �f4 �f7 6. �fs �f8 7· �£6 �e8 8. Afs I-o 0 E3-2
Gijs van Breukelen, I967 I. hs [1. c;;,f4� d2 2 . .Ua4 d1� 3· A x d1 c;;,e s] I . . . . d2. 2.. Aa4 diW 3· Axdi �e8 4· Ah3 e6 S· Axe6 c;!>e7 6. h6 c;!>f6 7· Afs c;!>f7 8. Ah7 I-o 0 E3-3
Orrin Frink, I92.3 I. Ad7!! c;!>e3 2.. h4 �e4 3· hs �es 4· h6 c;!>f6 S· Ae8!! +- I-o 0 E3-4
Evgeny Dvizov, I987 I. �6 Af2. 2.. �xe3+ [2. c;;,d s� e2 3· El.f4 e1� 4· .El.e4+ c;;,f6 5· .El.xe1 Axe1 6. c;;,e4 h4 7· c;;,f3 h3] 2.. . . . A x e3+ 3· �ds h4 4· �e4 h3 S· c;!>6 Af4 6. �f2. Ah2. 7· �6 Ab8 8. �f2. Ah2. 9· �6 'h-'h
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Gijs van Breukelen, I969 I. �d7 [1. c;;,d s� c;;,r4 2. c;;,e6 c;;,g 3 ; 1. c;;,d6 � c;;,r4 2. c;;,e7 c;;,g s 3· c;;,rs c;;,g6 J I, . . . �f4 Corresponding squares e7-g5, fS-g6. [ 1. . . . c;;,g 3 2. .Ue6] 2.. c;!>e8! [ 2. c;;,e7 'tt>g s 0 = J 2.. . . . c;!>gs [ 2 . . . . c;;,rs 3· c;;,r7 +- J 3· �e7! [ 3· c;;,r7 � 'tt>h 4; 3· c;;,rs � c;;,g6 J �g6 4· c;!>f8 c;!>h6 s. �f7 c;!>gs 6. c;!>g7 3· �fs 7· �h6 I-o . • .
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Oldfich Duras, I908 I. Ab4! c;!>f7 2.. a4 c;!>e8 [ 2. . . . c;;,e6 3· as 'tt>ds 4· a6 c;;,c6 s. Aas !] 3· as �d8 4· Ad6 �c8 S· a6 I-0
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G. Gotsdiner, I978 I. c;!>e7 A x fs 2.. a6 bxa6 3· � x f6 as 4· �es a4 S· c;!>d4 a3 6. �C3 Ae6 7· c;!>c2. Au 8. c;!>q 'h-'h 0 E3-6
losif Krikheli, I98S I. �XU+! �Xe2. 2.. c;!>g4! [ 2. 'tt>g 3 'tt>f1 0 3· c;;,r3 (3. c;;,h 3 'tt>h 4· 'tt>g4 'tt>g2 s. 'tt>hs Ae3 6. 'tt>g4 .Ugs 7· 'tt>fs 'tt>[J -+) 3· . . . .Uh 4· 'tt>g 4 c;;,g 2 s. c;;,h s .Ue3 6. c;;,h 4 Ad2 7· c;;,g 4 Ags -+] 2. c;!>ei [ 2. . . . Ae3 3· 'tt>g 3 c;;,fi 4· c;;,h 2 =] 3· c;!>6! •
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Alexander Herbstman, I92.8 I. b6! axb6 [1. . . . c;;,c6 2. Ae7 ! (2. bxa7 c;;,b 7 =) 2 . . . . axb6 (2 . . . . c;;,b7 3· Ads ! +-) 3· a6 +-] 2.. a6 �c6 3· Ae7! [3 . .Uxd6 bs 4· Acs 'tt>c7 5· .Ua7 'tt>c6 6. 'tt>d 3 b4 7· 'tt>c4 b3 s. c;;, x b3 c;;,bs = ] 3 • . . . �c7! [3 . . . . bs 4· Ads ds s. c;;,d 3 b4 6. c;;,d 4 0] 4· A x d6+! �c6! 5· �d3 bs 6. Acs! �c7 7· Aa7 b4 8. c;!>c4 I-o
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I. ct>ei! Ab3 [1 . . . . �xgz] z. W x ds+ ct>xds 3· �dz 'h-'h 0 E3-11 Gioacchino Greco, I6I9 I. �h8+ �c8 z. �xeS+ ct>xc8 3· Aa6!! bxa6 = 'h-'h 0 E3-12 Reshevsky - Tatai, Netanya 1973 so . . . . Ctl>cz ctJa2 52. 'i!i>b3 CLlci + 53· @bz +-; so . . . . tLlg1 51. 'i!i>e3 6�f1, ctJf2 Mednis 51 . . . . gs sz. �f1 (52. 'i!i>fz lLlh3+ =) 52 . . . . g4 53· i&gz 'i!i>f6 54· 'i!i>fz ctJh3+ 55· l& x h3 gxh3] s•· gxf4 gs! sz. fxgs h6! = [sz. . . . h6 53· h4 hxgs 54· h x gs 'i!i>g6 = ] 'h-'h 0 E3-13 Gijs van Breukelen, Ig8o I. ct>ez bs [1 . . . . 'i!i>d7 2. 'i!i>d3 Afs+ 3· 'i!i>xc3 Axcz 4· 'i!i>xc2 @c6 5· 'i!i>b2 = ; 1. . . . AC4+ 2. 'i!i>e3 bs 3· 'i!i>d4 =] z. Aa4! [2. 'it>d3? b4 3· 'i!i>d4 'i!i>e7 - + ] z Ac4+ [2 . . . . bxa4 3· 'it>d3 = ; 2. . . . !l,d7 3· 'it>d3! (3. Ab3? Afs 4· 'it>e3 'it>d7 S· 'i!i>d4 c2 -+) 3· . . . b4 4· Ab3 @e7 (4 . . . . Abs+ 5· 'it>d4 ) s. 'it>c4 =] 3· di b x � 4· c;!;>cz a3 S· c;!;> x q d7 6. �cz Au 7· c;!;>q d6 8. b4 IJi-IJi •
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0 E3-14 Petukhov - Kuznetsov, SSSR 1977 I, . . . gs! 2.. es+ [2. fxgs+ 'i!i>xgs 3· 1!. x h 7 (3. es LLl xes ! ) 3· . . . lLlf6! = 6CLle4] 2. c;!;>g7 3· Ae6 [3. e6 ct:l f6 = ] 3· ttlfs 4 · Afs [ 4· fs ct:J xe6+ s. fxe6 'it>fs 6. 'it>e4 hs 7· 'it>fs g4 8. hxg4 h xg4 g. 'i!i> xg4 'i!i>e7 1 0 . fs 'i!i>e8 11. 'i!i>f6 =
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'i!i>f8 = ] 4 · . . . gxf4 S · e4 h6! 6 . xf4 ct>hs 7· c;!;>[J [7. e6 ct:l x e6+ 8. A x e6 'it>g6 = ] 7· c;!;>gs s . e4 h s 9 · h4+ [g. i&cB ct:lg6 10. e6 'i!i>f6 = 6ctJf8-e6] 9· . . . xh4 10. £4 Ctle6+! II. Axe6 stale mate IJi-IJi • • •
0 E3-15 Petrosian - Larsen, San Antonio 1972 47 . . . es!! [ 47· . . . ctJc4 48. b3 LLlas 49· �d1 c4 so. b4 +Yusupov] 48. fxes Ctlc4 49· fz [49· e6 ct:l xbz so. g6 c4 51. Ads C3 52. Ab3 ct:ld3 53· e7+ 'it>xe7 54· g7 c2 ! 55· Axcz 'it>f7 ! 56. Axd3 'i!i>xg7 = Mednis] 49· . . . ttlxes [ 49· . . . ctJ x b2? so. 'it>e3 ! Petrosian] so. Ae4 g7 SI· b3 Ctlf7 sz. g6 ttlgs�� [52 . . . . LLles 53· 'i!i>e3 LLl xg6 54· A x g6 'i!i>xg6 = Petrosian ss. 'i!i>e4 'i!i>f6 s6. ds 'i!i>fs 57· 'i!i>xcs 'i!i>f4 58. b4 'i!i>g3 59· bs 'i!i>xh3 6o. b6 'i!i>g2 61. b7 h3 62. b8� hz = ] 53· 1Hs +- £6 54· e3 Ctle6 SS· A x e6 c;!;>xe6 s6. c;!;>e4 f6 57· ds c;!;>xg6 ss. ct>xcs fs 59· b4 £4 6o. bs c;!;>g3 61. b6 1-o
0 E3-16 Anatoly Kuznetsov, 1965 I. e7 ACJ+ [1 . . . . Ac7+ 2. 'it>a6 ! 'i!i>d7 3· f6 ct:lf7 4· i&hs CLld6� 5· e8�+ LLl x e8 6. f7 +-] z. a6 d7 3· f6! [3. 'i!i>xbs? Af6 ! - + ] 3 · . . . Ax£6 4 · c;!;>xbs ttlgs! [4 . . . . ct:lfs? 5· l&g4 = ; 4· . . . ctJf7 s. e81i1+ ! 'it>xe8 6. Ahs = ; 4· . . . 'i!i>xe7 5· .Ac2 = ] S · Acz h6! [s . . . . hs� 6. i&g6 = ] 6 . Afs+ es! 7· Ag6+! xe7 s . Ah7! fs 9· Axgs c;!;> xgs 10. c4! hs II. d3 h4
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Aa7 = ] I Ah4+ [ 1. . . . �e6 2. a6 +-] �. �u Ag3 3· a6 Abs 4· Af4! (4. �d3� A) 4· . . . �es� 5· �c4 �d6 6. �bs (6. Af4+ �c6 =) 6 . . . . Aa7 = 7· Aa5 ; B) 4· . . . �e6 ! 5· Af4 (s. �c4 �d7 6. �bs 1La7 =) 5· . . . �d5 ! 6. A x b8 �c6 = ] 4· Aa7 5 · Ae3 �e6 (s . . . . Ab8 6. �d3 �e6 7· �c4 �d6 8. �bs �C7 g . Ad4 + - �c8 10. �c6] 6. Axa7 �ds 7· �d3 �e6 s. �e4 +- 1-o •
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1. Ae; ! (1. Ad6 @ x d6 2. tiJb6 @cs 3· tiJa4+ �xes �. CDe7 �b4 3· CDd;+ �e4 @b4 =] 1 ( 3 . . . . @a3 4· tiJc3 @b4 5· a4] 4· CDf4 �b4 5· &De� �a3 6. CDe1 1-o •
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Osmo Kaila, 197S 1. �xdJ ! (1. @xci� tiJq 2. @c2 @c4 (2. . . . @d4� 3· @d2) 3· @d2 @d4 4· @ei @e3 S· @fi lt:Je2 6. Af4 �. �u Axh� 3· �fJ Aes @ei tLlg3] 1 4· �f� Ih-Ih •
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Osmo Kaila, 197S 1. �xed ( r . @ x d i � .fH4 2. @e2 A xh 2 3· @f3 @fs -+] 1 CDe3 �. �d� CDfi+ 3· �e1 &Dxh� 4· �f� CDg4+ ( 4. . . . lt:Jf3 5· @ x f3 = (s. @g3 � tLlgs) J ;. �g3 h � 6. �g� Ih-Ih •
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N. Megvinishvili, 1973 1. a; Ads �. a6 Ab6 3· Ae1 Aa7 4· Af� �es ;. Axa7 �d6 6. Ab6 �e6 7· Aas 1-o 0 E3-22
G. Umnov, 19S6 I . Ad� ! (1. a6 Ae3 2. @e2 Aa7 3· gd2 (3. @d3 @e6 4· @c4 @d7 5· Ae5 iL xcs =) 3· . . . @e5 4· Ae3 @d5 s. Axa7 @c6 t,@b5 6. Ad4 @c7 =; 1. @e2 �J4 2. a6 Ab8 3· @d3 @e6 4· @c4 @d7 s. @b5
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Paulsen - Metger, Nurnberg 1888 I. �e4� (I. �cs� b6+ ! =. The correct move was 1. �d4!! �c6 (r. . . . b6 2. a6 ! �c6 3· �c4 �d6 4· @b4 �c6 S· Ab8 b5 6. Aa7 ! �c7 7· �xb5 + - ; 1 . . . . bs 2. a6 ! �c6 3· �c3 �d6 4· �b4 �c6 5· �as +-) 2. Ab6 ! (2. �c3? b6 3· a6 �bs = ) 2 . . . . �d6 (2. . . . �bs 3· �d5 �a6 4· �d6 �bs 5· �C7 �a6 6. �b8 + - ; 2 . . . . �d7 3· �c5 �c8 4· Aa7 �c7 5· �b5 +-) 3· �c4 �c6 4· �b4 �d6 5· �bs �d7 6. ggi �C7 7· Ah2+ �d7 8. �b6 �c8 g. Jlg3 +-] 1 bs+ �. axb6+ �b7 3· �bs �as 4· Abs �xbs ;. �e6 �es Ih-Ih •
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Sveshnikov - Gulko, Moscow 1983 75· Ah7 ! +- [75· Ac4+ @f6 76. �f4 � (76. Ad3 +-) 76 . . . . g5+ = ; 75· �f4� @g8 =] 1-o 0 E3-25 V. Kosek, 1930
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[J . .Ue4 �f7 4· Ah7 ! (4. �h7 �f6) 4· . . . �f6 (4 . . . . �e6 5· Ag8+ �f6 6. Ads �es 7· Ab7 see mainline 3· Ads ; 4· . . . �f8 s. �g6 �e7 6. Ag8 �d6 7· �f6 +- t:.Ae6) S· Ag6 �e6 (s . . . . �es 6. �gs �e6 7· Ahs �e7 8. �h6 �f8 g. �h7 +-) 6. Ae8 �e7 (6 . . . . 'i!?fs 7· Ac6 see mainline 3· Ads)
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4 Exch anging Pieces Exchanging is arguably the most important element of positional pl ay. Fu ndamental ly, most games are m a i n ly j u st a series of d i f ferent exchanging operatio n s . G rand m as ter Kotov recalled the advice given to h i m and Smyslov by the experienced master Mak agonov befo re a game at Ven ice 1950. 'Why sharpen the game? Exchange queens, leave a rook and two or three m i nor pieces on the board, and you wi l l wi n easi ly. Wh ich pieces have to be exchanged and which h ave to re mai n ? Very few of today's chess players can successfu l ly grapp l e with t h i s q u esti o n . I n tactics they are i n thei r element, but i n th i s matter you wi l l out-cl ass them . ' Th i s i s i n deed one of the most i m portant q uestions that s h o u l d concern a chess- p l ayer d u ri n g a game. Often t h e right answer acts l i ke a key to the position. The next exam ple shows how easily one can then develop the correct plan.
B l ack h as a weak p awn o n e6. The opposite-co l o u red bishops are another im portant factor. As a general rule, that can make the game more d rawish. If I am to use the active potential of my p ieces, I h ave to avoid s i m p l i fi cati o n .
1 8 . e3 !? I take control over the d4 sq uare, and so avoid unfavo u rable exchanges.
18 . ... .§.d6 19. h4 h6 20 . .§.e4 .§.fd8 21. Ah3 l? �f7 21 . . . . es ?! 22. c;!;>g2 .§.d1 23 . .§. xd1 .§. x d1 24. Ac8 ± .
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fi rst stage of the p l a n becomes clear: the rook m ust cross to c2. Then the kn ight has the option of movi ng to q.
23. ... �e7 24. �c2 b6? [ o24 . . . . �ds] 25. �f4 l ± [ 6 �c6] 25 . ... �g6 25 . . . . �g8 ? 26. tt::l d 2 t::. tt::le4 x f6 .
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37· ... �g6 [ 037· . . . g6 38. �f6 --> ] 38. �f3 �f7 39· �h8 es 40. Ag4 exf4 N evertheless, I succeeded i n weaving m ati ng net. 42 0
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what was, potential ly, the most dangerous of Bl ack's pieces. The game conti nued
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H ere Kram n i k p l ayed a m ove that was, to many spectators, incomprehensi b l e :
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H ow d o you d evel o p a feel for exchanges ? Fi rst of al l , study the games of grand m as ters and try to u n de rstand when and why they exch ange. The most su itable games are of cou rse those a n notated by the players themselves. Analyse you r own games, pay i ng parti c u l a r attention to exchanges ; and keep exch a n ges in m i nd d uri ng the game. For i nstan ce, ask you rself whether it's sen s i b l e to rem ove a p artic u l ar p a i r of pieces fro m the board . I hope this book p rovides you with enough training material on this theme. Un fortun ately there is too little decent material on this s u bject, b u t I can at least recom m e n d the c l assic Euwe/ Kramer book 'The M i d d le Game' (Vo l . 6 , chapters 3 and 4, Vol . 1 0 ) . You w i l l fi n d many additional examples in the book ' Positi o n al Pl ay' by Dvoretsky and Yusupov.
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Botvinnik - Kan, Leningrad 1939 16. CDe4! Wds 17. tDxf6+ (I7. tUxes� 12tb6] 17. . . . Wxf6 18. Ae4 .§.bs 1 9 .§.adl ±. White gains control over the important central square ds. •
32.. 'i!?d3 .§.es! [ 6 E!.as] 33· .§.b:z. eDd7 34· 'i!?d4 .§.as 3S· .§.e:z. 'i!?e6 36 .§.e6+ 'i!?fs 37· .§.e7 eDes 38. ges The threat is 39· f4. Instead 3S. f!. x g7 tLl x f3 + 39· �e3 Z'!.a3+ 40. �e2 tLld4+ 41. �f1 E!. xa2 -+ was bad. continued in the next solution •
0 E4-2
Botvinnik - Chekhover, Leningrad 1938 13. Axf6! ( I 3. tLld2�! ll. xe2 I 4. E!. xe2 e x d4 I S . cxd4 c x d4] 13. . . . W x f6 14. 'We4 Ax6 IS. Ax6 eDe6 16. dxes dxes 17 .§.dl .§.ads 18. l3ds ±. In this game, exchanging enabled Botvin nik to carry out the same strategic plan as against Kan: he gained control of the ds square. •
0 E4-3
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(sequel to E4-5) The threat is 39· f4. By exchanging rooks White gains counterplay, as his king can attack the a6 pawn. Smyslov finds a tactical way to exchange the minor pieces! 38 . . . . .§.a3! [ 6 f!.d3 ; 3S . . . . Z'!. xcs� 39· � x es +± ; 3S . . . . f!.a4+ 39· 'i!tc3 f!.a3+ 40. 'i!tb4 Z'!.xfJ 41. a4 gs 42. 'i!tas +±] 39· Axes .§.�+ 40 .§.e4:! (o4o. 'i!te3 fxes 4 1 . Z'!.c2 E!.a3+ 42. �e2 as 43· Z'!.d2 g6 44· !1c2 hs 45· Z'!.b2 f!.c3 -+ 6 46 . . . . 'i!tf4] 40 . . . fxes+ 41. 'i!?ds .§.xa:z. - + (41. . . . f!. x c4 42. �xc4 �f4 -+] 42. .§.g4 gs and White resigned. •
Boleslavsky - Smyslov, Leningrad 1948 I4. . . . Axq! A protected knight in the centre is often stronger than a bishop. IS· bxq 'We7 ( x CJ, es] 16. exds exds 17. e4! (17. iH4� gs! I8. Ag3 (IS. Ae3 121xes) IS . . . . /Lid2 ; 1 7. 12fe3 � 12t x es 18. f3 \S'xc3 -+] 17 Wxes 18. Af4 continued in the next solution •
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(sequel to E4-3) 18 . . . . 'Wq! 19. exds [ � 19. 12fxc3 tL:lxc3 6CLle2] 19 . . . . Wxf3 :z.o. gx6 ( x f2-f3-h2] :z.o . . . . CDq 2.1. Axe7 eDxds :z.:z.. Ag3 .§.fes + 2.3 .§.fdl .§.es 2.4. l3d:z. h6 ( � 24 . . . . f6 x 7. Rei he] :z.s . .§.el .§.ae8 2.6. Ad6:! (o26. �g2] continued in the next solution
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Smyslov - Tal, Moscow 1969 13. eDh4! Ae6 ( 1 3 . . . . Z'!.ad8 I4. tL:l x fs gxfs 1s. f4 ;!:;] 14. Axe6! bxe6 IS· CD£) f6 (1s. . . . Ag4 16. tLles Axe2 I7. Z'!.ei Qa6 18. tLld7 Z'!.fe8 I9. tUxes Ac8 20. Z'!.adi ±] 16. eDd:z. .§.fds 17. CDe4 e4 18. tDes ± .
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(sequel to E4-4) Black exploits his opponent's carelessness and ex changes a pair of rooks. His opponent no longer has any counter chances. 2.6. . . . l3ei! + 2.7 .§.xel .§.xei+ :z.S. �g:z. eDb6 2.9. Ag3 l3e6 30. �fi :! (030. Z'!.d6 ! E!.xd6 31. Axd6 f5 J2. f4 �f7 33· 'i!ff3 +) 30 . . . . f6 31. �e:z. 'i!?f] •
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Furman - Smyslov, Rostov-on-Don 1971 :z.o. . . . ttldes! 2.1. ttl x es (21. 12t x d8 E!.fxd8 22. A x g7 � xg7 23. tU x es tU xes 24. f4 CLlc4 25. Z'!.e2 f!.d3 26. 't!?f2 tL:l xb2 +] 2.1. . . . 'Wxd:z. :z.:z.. A x d:z. A x es 2.3 .§.bei Ad4 [ t. tLles] 2.4. Af4 (24. CLle2 tLles 2s. tL:lxd4 cxd4 + 6CLld3, CLlc4] 2.4. . . . eDes :z.s. Axes [2s. CLle2 tLld3 26. tL:lxd4 cxd4 27. 1l.xb8 E!. xb8 28. Afi tL:lxei 29. f!.xe1 Ac2 30. Z'!.e2 f!. xb2 31. Z'!.d2 l'ta2 +] :z.s . . . . Axes :z.6. .§.e:z. e6! 2.7. Afi (27. f4 Ad4+ 2s. 't!?h2 Ac4 t] 2.7. . . . gs! :z.8 .§.d:z. .§.fd8 2.9 .§.xdS+ .§.xds 30. lDbs e4 •
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3I. tlJc3 [Jr . .U x c4 l'!c8 -+] 3I . . . . l3.d2 -+ o-I. 0 E4-9
Timman - Die:z; del Corral, Lu:z:ern (ol) 1982 I9. Wg4! ( rg. g4�! l'!ae8] I9· . . . Wxg4 20. hxg4 ± Black has two weaknesses : e4 and h7. At the same time White's pawn on g4 cuts out the enemy knight from the game. 20 Af4 2I. �d2! l3.f6: (021. . . . l'!ae8] 2.2.. Axe4 h6 23. l3.dfi l3.afS 24. l3.6 Axe3+ 2S· � x e3 l3.Sf7 26. l3.fh3 hs I-o. •
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Kasparov - Vukic, Skara 1980 36. Axf6! gxf6 37. l3.di (37- l'!.dr .El. xdr 38. 'i!;>xdr 'i!;>cs 39· gs fxgs 40. fxgs h x gs 41. h6 +-] I-o. 0 E4-11
Ghinda - Yusupov, Dubai (ol) 1986 IS. . . . Axq I9· bxq as 'What prompted Black to exchange his bishop for the knight� First, the once backward pawn on a6 has turned into a dangerous passed pawn. Second, the remaining bishop is obviously stronger than its white col league.' (Mark Dvoretsky) 20. Wd3 :! (o2o. Acr !:::. Aa3] 20 . . . . Wd7 2I. ACI Afs u Wd2 h6 23. Aa3 l3.a6! + 24. l3.fi continued in the next solution .
E4-9 TO E4-I7
0 E4-14
(sequel to E4-13) Here Fischer found a great solution to the prob lems of the position, one that has impressed many chess players since. Perhaps Kramnik gained inspiration from this classic game when he made his surprising decision to exchange against Dreev. 22. ttJx d7+!! Why did Fischer exchange his active and cen tralised knight for the passive bishop� Above all, he wanted to remove all his opponent's hopes of counterplay. Black wanted to exchange the bishop by playing 22 . . . . ilbs. That could have been pre vented by 22. a4, but then 22 . . . . 1!,c6 would follow, threatening to exchange knights with 23. . . . ct:Jd7. 2.2.. . . . l3. x d7 23. l3.ci [ t::. l'!c6] 23 . . . . l3.d6 [ t::. ll:J d7] 24. l3.c7 tlJd7 (24 . . . . He8 2S. ft x e8+ ctJ x e8 26. Ha7 +-] 2s. l3.ez g6 (2s . . . . as 26. bs; 2s . . . . ll:Jb6 � 26. f(.ee7] 26. �f2 hs 27. f4! ±. 0 E4-15
Ra:z;uvaev - Yusupov, URS Cup 1984 Black has to exchange his opponent's active knight. 1 1 . . . . ttJfd7! I2. ttJxd7 ttJxd7 I3· tlJd2 E1.cs =. 0 E4-16
0 E4-12
(sequel to E4-11) 24. . . . l3.g6:! Seriously sloppy. White can ex change rooks, and that increases his survival chances. The correct move was 24 . . . . 1!,e4! and then .El.g6 +. 2S· l3.f3! Ae4 26. l3.g3 l3. xg3 27. hxg3 a4 2S. bxa4 bxa4 +.
Yusupov - Wirthensohn, Hamburg 1991 It is very important for White to exchange a pair of rooks. He can then act more effectively against Black's weaknesses on b4 and g7. 26. l3.bs! l3.hb8 27. l3.xb6 l3.xb6 28. gs hxgs 29. hxgs tlJd7 [ 29 . . . . ll:JeS�! 30 . .IThr ll:Jq 3 1 . f(.h7 'i!;>fs 32. l'!h8+ 'i!;>e7 33· 'i!;>cr ll:J xa6 34· JS:a8 ll:Jc7 3S· l'l. x a7 'i!;>d7 36. 'i!;>br +-] 30. E1.hi ±.
0 E4-13
Fischer - Petrosian, Buenos Aires 1971 I6. Acs! l3.feS I7. A xe7 l3. xe7 IS. b4! [ � 18. ct:Jcs as] IS . . . . �fs I g. ttJcs Acs 20. f3! ± l3.ea7 2I. l3.es Ad7 continued in the next solution
0 E4-17
Renet - Yusupov, Dubai (ol) 1986 I6. . . . Axes! I7. dxes tlJe4 + I8. ttJxe4 dxe4 I9· Aa3 cs 20. Ab2 ttJf8 [ 20 . . . . EL:Jbs !� + ] 2I. l3.di Ah, (21. . . . Y x dr] u Wq ttJg6 23. E1.d6 .
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E4-18
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(sequel to E4-17) Black wants to exchange all the major pieces with out having to open the a1-h8 diagonal. 2.4 C2Jh8 ! [ ,0, iLlf7] zs. �fi C2Jf7 z6. �xd8+ �xd8 2.7. �xd8+ Wxd8 z8. �ei gs 2.9. Wdz? (029. "!ic2 ,0,g4] 2.9 W x dz+ 30. � xdz �h6 +. •
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1984] IS· a4 a6 [ � 15 . . . . c6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. iLlf5 ! A x fs 18. e x f5 +-] I6. bxa6 �xa6 I7. as c6 I8. dxc6 �xc6 [ ,0, .1'1c4-d4] I9. �fdi �ec8 ?! (019 . . . . g6] zo. b4 �c4 continued in the next solution 0 E4-23
(sequel to E4-22) zi. tDfs ! Axfs n. exfs ds 2.3. bs [ � 23. Axds 1'1d4 24. "!ia2 iLl x ds 25 . .1'1 x d4 e x d4 26. "!ixds "!ixb4] 2.3 . . . . hs 2.4. a6 bxa6 zs. bxa6 e4 2.6. Afi �cz 2.7. Wd4 ! +-.
0 E4-19
Smyslov - Tal, Bled (ct1), 1959 Wd3 ! �fc8 I6. �fci Wxd3 I7. cxd3 g6?! ( 1 7. . . . iLlcs� 18. iLl xcs d xcs 19. d6 ; 17. . . . �fs !� 18. l'!c3 �e8 19 . .1::l.aCI �ds ;!;] I8. �C3 �xq I9· bxq �c8 zo. c4 ( ,0, 1'1b1 x b7] zo e4 ! ZI. d x e4 �xc4 n. CDdz ±. IS·
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Ragozin - Botvinnik, Leningrad (mS), 1940 Axq+ ! n. b x q d x c4 12.. CDd4 [ � 12. �xc4 iLl x cs 13. "!ibs A xc4 1 4. "!i x cs "!id3 15. 1Llg1 .1'1ad8 - + ; o 12.o-o iLl xcs 13. "!ibs "!ias 14. Ads �xc4 "!i xbs 15. A xbs Jl x a2 + ] Iz [613 . . . . es 14. iLlc6 Jlc6] IJ. Ah6 �e8 [ � 13 . . . . es 14. Jl x fs e x d4 15. cxd4 "!i x fs 16. A xc4 oo] 14.o-o es IS· tD6 (15. iLlb5 a6 16. iLla3 Wh4 -+] ' 5 · . . . tD x cs I6. Wbs b6!? + (16 . . . . "!ia5 '7· �xc4 "!ixbs 18. A x bs Jlxa2 + ] . Io .
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Smyslov - Botvinnik, Moscow (wchu) 1957 CDd4! (11. iLld2� !1 xd2 12. �xd2 iLlxe4+ -+ ; I I . Ad4�! iLl xd4 12. iLl x d4 iLl x e4 13. fJ iLl x c3 ] u. CDxe4 u. tDxc6 bxc6 IJ. Axa7 Afs I4. 6 CDd6 IS. a4 ±. n.
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0 E4-22
Yusupov - Hernandez, Thessaloniki (ol) 1984 '3· CDbs ! CDxbs I4. cxbs Ad7 ( o 1 4 . . . . a6 15. bxa6 .1'1 x a6 16. a4 ;!; Razuvaev - Huss, Wien
0 E4-24
Botvinnik - Sorokin, Moscow 1931 White exchanges Black's only active piece, and then continues his attack on the queenside. zo. We3 ! W x e3 zi. fxe3 Ag4 zz. as tDcs [22. . . . iLlbd7 23. h3 A x fJ 24. gxf3 iLlc5 (24. . . . 1'1fds 25. iLlds!) 25. b4 iLle6 26. Jl x e6 fxe6 27. iLla4 ,0, Q\cs] 2.3. �ci A x 6 (23 . . . . 1'1e8 24. h3 Ahs (24 . . . . Ae6 25. Jlxe6 .1'1 xe6 26. 1'1d8+) 25. iLlh4 ! ,0,g4] 2.4. gxf) CDe7 zs. CDds CDc6?! (25 . . . . iLlfxd5 26. Axd5 iLl x d5 27. !1 x d5 ± ] 2.6. tDxf6+ gxf6 2.7. �d7 �ab8 (27. . . . iLl xa5 28 . .1'1cc7] 2.8. �fz ! ( ,0, l'1gi] 2.8 . . . . CD xas 2.9. �cc7 �bc8 30. �Xf7 +-. 0 E4-25
Estrin - Kletsel, corr 1975 I 6. A xb6! Wxb6 I7. Ac4 ± ( x f], d5] I7 . . . . e x f4 I8. A x f7 �f8 I9· Ae6+ �b8 zo. �d3 Was zi. �hdi ± . 0 E4-26
Marshall - Schlechter, Oostende 1907 IS· . . . �ac8 ?! In such positions it is vital to be the first to open the long diagonal. The correct continuation was 15 . . . . iLle5 ! 16. iLl xe5 Jl x e5 '7· iLl xb5 A x b2 18. 1'1c7 "!ies 19 . .1'1 xb7 axb5 20. "!ixb2 "!ic6 21. 1'1e7 l=ifcS! (21. . . . "!id6 =) or 19. 4Jd6 19 . . . . "!ids 20 . .1::l. xb7 "!ixd6 21. "!ixb2 "!ic6 22. Z'l.e7 Wd6 (22. =
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. . . f{fcs!? .0. �fs). 16. �e4! �xe4 17. Axe4 fs 18. Ah1 es 19. .!3.fdl ±. 0 E4-27
E 4•27 TO E4-34
0 E4-30
(sequel to E4-29) Black exchanges one bishop and cakes away all his opponent's counter chances. 2.6. . . . �b4! 2.7. a3 �a:z. :z.8. fs �xcr 2.9 .!3.xcJ hs -+. •
Fischer - Keres, Zurich 1959 6o. . . . il.£, � By a timely exchange o f rooks Black could have reached the draw : 6o . . . . Abi+ ! 61. � x f4 f{fs+ 62. 'i!?g4 f{f6 63. f{ x f6 'i!?xf6 = 61. Ac8! [ .0. 1lg4 61. � x f4 � f{hs = ] 61• • • • .!3.g6 [ 6 1 . . . . f{cs 62. Ag4 f{c4+ 63. 'i!?es +-; 61. . . . f{hs 62. f{b6 ! (62. .f{ x hs A x hs 63. � x f4 � x f3 ! = ) ] 6z • .!3.h7 (62. f{xg6 Axg6+ 63. 'i!?xf4 'i!?f6 = ] 62.• • • • �f8 63. Ag4 [ .0. 64. l"!f7 'i!?f7 6s. �hs] 6J • • • • .!3.p (63. . . . l"!xg4� 64. fr x f7+ +-; 63. . . . .f{b6 !� 64. .f{hS+ (64. 'i!? x f4 'i!?gs 6s . .f{h4 .f{b4+ 66. 'i!?g3 'i!?g7) 64 . . . . 'i!?g7 6s. l"!ds .f{b4+ 66. 'i!?es ±] 64 .!3.h6 .!3.g6 Now it's roo late. White gets control over the important gs square. 6s .!3.xg6! Axg6+ 66. �xf4 �P 67. �gs! +-. .
0 E4-31
Smyslov - Reshevsky, Moskau (web) 1948 Smyslov finds an elegant way to emphasise the weakness of d6. :z.s. A xe6! fxe6 2.6. Wh4! Wd7 2.7. Wd8+ W x d8 2.8. A x d8 �d7 :z.g. Ac7 �cs 30. .!3.xd6 +- .!3.c8 (30 . . . . tLl xe4 31 . .f{ x e6 + -] 31. Ab6 �ao4 32. .!3. x e6 �xbz 33· .!3. x es �c4 (n. ... frxCJ 34· .£d4xg7] 34· .!3.e6 �xb6 3S· .!3.xb6 .!3.xq 36 .!3.xb7 .!3.cz 37· h4 .!3.xa:z. 38. �g:z. +-. •
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0 E4-32
Karpov - Spa.ssky, Riga 1975 Karpov chooses a forcing continuation and guar antees himself a material advantage. zo. Wxa7! � x f:r. :r.r. Ctl x ds A x ds u Wxe7 � x dr :r.J • .!3.cr .!3.bs :r.4. Wb4 A xg:z. :z.s. �xg:z. �xe3+ :z.6. �gr .!3.e6 2.7. Wf4 .!3.d8 continued in the next solution .
Jimenex-Zerquera - Larsen, Palma de Mallorca, 1967 14. • • • Axes! Larsen discovers that in chis posicion the knight is stronger chan the bishop. 14 . . . . LUxes 15. dxes d4 16. Axe6 fxe6 1 7. cxd4 leads co only a slight advantage for Black. IS· dxes d4! 16. Ah6 .!3.fd8 17. Axe6 fxe6 18. .!3.fer ( 18. �g4� LU xes] r8. . . . .!3-ds 19. Af4 .!3.f8 :z.o. g3 (2o. Ag3 d3 +] :z.o • • • • .!3-fs + . 0 E4-29
Tal - Botvinnik, Moscow (wcht8) 1961 When playing against Tal, exchanging queens was advisable. 18 . . . . Wa6! + (18 . . . . tLlas .0.CUc4 19. �bs+ tLlec6 20. gs (20. l"!bJ !?) 20. . . . h xgs 21. hxgs ctJc4 22. �C1] 19. Wxa6 bxa6 zo. hs �d7 2.1 • .!3-br .!3.b6! u �g3 �as [ .0. tlJc4] 2.3. .!3.xb6 axb6 2.4· r.... �C4 zs. Acr �c6 2.6. .!3.dr continued in the next solution .
0 E4-33
(sequel to E4-32) It is important for White to eliminate any possi ble counterplay and to exchange a pair of rooks. :r.8. Wd4! .!3.de8 :z.g. Wd7 Ctlg4 30 .!3-cs �f6 31 . .!3.xe8+ .!3.xe8 32.. Wb7 .!3.e6 33· Wb8+ Ctle8 34· a4 g6 3S· b4 �g7 36. Wb7 hs 37· h3 �f6 38. �g:z. .!3.d6 39· as bxas 40. bxas .!3.e6 41. a6 �c7 42.. a7 .!3.e7 43· Wc6+ �es 44· �6 1-o. •
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Spa.ssky - Karpov, Montreal 1979 Tartakower noted that the main advantage of the two bishops is that you can part with one of them at the right moment. 2.3. . . . A xq! 2.4. b x q .!3.f6! + zs • .!3.fd:z. .!3.eJ!
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[ � 2S- . . . Ax f3 26. gx f3 �ee6 27- 'i!?g2] 2.6. tbgr [26. �xd6 � x d6 27. � x d6 A x f3 28. gxfJ tt::les 29. f4 lLlfJ+ 30. 'i!?g2 � xc3 31. �ds tt::l d4 32. �xes l'!b3 33· �ds �b2+ - + ] z6 �6! 2.7 .l3.xd6 �xd6 2.8 .l3.xd6 �e7 2.9 .l3.d3 .l3.er 30. Aaz [30. Ac2 tt::l es 31. �d2 ctJ x c4 - + ] 30 .l3.CI ! + [ L"l �c2] 31. tb6 [31. Ab3 tt::le s 32. �e3 'i!?f6 t,.�bi] continued in the next solution •
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(sequel to E4-34) A x 6 ! 32.· .l3.xf3 tbes 33· .l3.e3 �f6 34· 31 Ab3 as 0 3S· Aa4 tb x c4 36 .l3.e8 [ � 36. �d3 .l3.xq 37· .l3.c8 tbe3 38. Abs c4 tt:lb2 -+] 36 [o38 . . . . �c2 39· .1lc6 li::l fi + 40. 'i!?g1 ctJxg3 -+ M4] 39· �gr .l3.cz 40. Ac6 C3 41. Af3 gs 42.. •
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0 E4-36 Grigorian - Kupreichik, Riga 1975 If White doesn't do something dramatic, Black might consolidate his position and take complete control of the ds square. Grigorian fights dynam ically for the initiative. zr. A6 !! [ L"l 22. Ads �ds 23. Ae7] 2.1 Ax6 zz. gxf3 [ L"l ds] u. . . . 'Mds [22 . . . . �c7 23. �e3 e6 24. ds ! ; 22. . . . �cB 23. ds! � xes 24. d6] 2.3. A xe7 W x 6 2.4. Wgs ! W x a3 �! zs. ds ± Wa4 z6. d6 Wd7 2.7 .13.d3 as zs .13.6 Wc6 2.9 .l3.ee3 a4 30 .l3.d3 'Md7 31 .l3.xf7 !+- a3 [31. . . . 'i!?xf] 32. �ds+ �e6 33· �f3 + +-] 32.. Wds �h8 33· Af6 'Mg4+ 34· .l3.g3 'Me6 3S· Axg7+
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cen tral passed p awn i n the m i d d l egame often consti tutes a sign ifi cant advantage. Top players l i ke Kasparov and Kram n i k are very fon d of playi ng with p assed pawns i n the centre . Such positi o ns are u s u a l ly very dynamic and contai n h i d d e n tactical pos sibil ities. Someti mes pl ayers sacrifice one or even two p awns to get a strong p assed pawn .
Vlad i m i r Kram n i k -Jan Tim man Novgorod 1995 45 D a
Drawbacks of passed pawns: 1 ) One can lose them ! 2) I f the pawn is blockaded at the right mo ment, it can i m pede the activity of i ts own p1eces.
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20 . .l'!a4 �b3 21 . .l'!)(as � )(d1 22. .l'!)(d1 b6 23. d6 ! From this moment on, the far-advanced p assed pawn p l ays a d ecisive role in the game.
23 . ... .l'!ac8 23 . . . . b )( a5 (23 . . . . e )( d 6 24 . .A x b6 +- ) 24. d x e7 .l'!fc8 25 . .A x a8 � x a8 26. �d7 �b8 (26. . . . �c8 27- g3 ; 26 . . . . �e8 27- 'i!?f1 + - ) 27. g3 a6 28 . .Ad4 + - .
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Methods of play for the side with the passed pawn: a b c d e f g h 1) D rive the p awn d own the board to the 24. ... i!cdS q ueen i ng sq u are, forci ng away block Now al l B l ack's p i eces h ave to fight aders. agai nst the powerfu l p assed p awn o n d7. 2) Use the central sq u ares to i nvade with you r p1eces. The mobility of the rooks is severely l i m ited and the presen ce of b i s h o ps of o pposite 3) Attack on the wi ngs, u s i ng the passed p awn to d istract the enemy forces. colo u r wi l l not save B l ack. The p iece sac rifice 24 . . . . b x as !? offered m o re defensive Artur Yusu pov - Paul van der Sterren chances: 2S. d x c8W i! x c8 Amsterdam 1994 A) 26. A x a7 a4 27. 'i!tf1 a3 28. Ads (28. i!d2 Ab2 29 . Ads i!d8 ! ) i!c2 ; B ) 26. Ad4! A x d4 27. i! x d4 ± . 1 . d4 ds 2. C4 e6 3· CDC3 lDf6 4· cxds CD)(ds S· e4 CD)(C3 6. b)(C3 cs 7. CDf3 c)(d4 8. 25. Axe7 Axe7 c)(d4 Ab4+ 9· Ad2 A)(d2+ 10. Wxd2 o-o Kram n i k eva l uated this endgame m o re 11. Ad3 lDc6 12. WC3 !? Ad7 13. i!b1 l g,s 14. Wd2 AeS?l accu rately than h i s opponent. 25 . . . . b x as ? 26. A x f6 +-. 47 0 26. i!xa7 i!bS h a b c d e f 26 . . . . Acs 27. i!e1 fs 28. Ads+ 'i!tg7 29. i!e8 +-.
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20. �fe1 �cs 21. �bc1 l 21. lLles ?! f6 ; 21. �bd1 ?! Aa4. I exch ange my o pponent's o n ly active piece and take the whole centre under con trol.
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24. f3 �d8 ? Th i s l oses the game, b u t even the stronger 24 . . . . Ads 25. d7 �d8 26. �d1 Ae6 27. 18'd 6 C4 28. 18lq wou l d not have changed the res u l t of the game. 49 D
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25. t£Jxf7 l + B l ack resigned , because of 25 . . . . 'i!?xf7 26. �e7+ 'i!?f8 27. 18fc3 +-. Playi ng o n with out the pawn on f7 seemed pointless.
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C H A P T E R 5· PASS ED P A W N S I N T H E M I D D L E G A M E
Methods of play against the passed pawn : 1 ) Blockade the passed p awn as soon as possi ble. 2 ) A more effective, though sadly not always su itable, method : captu re the pawn. 3) Create a passed pawn o f you r own so as to deflect the opposition forces from supporti ng their own pawn .
I n the last exam ple we saw that a passed pawn can also play a negative role by block· ing o u t its own pieces. Someti mes the best policy is to sacrifice the central pawn so as to open d i agonals and fi les. The central square that was previously occu pied by the pawn can be used to penetrate i n to the en emy cam p .
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21 . ... ttJxd6 22. Aa2 q?!
I n spite of the bishops of opposite colour, The m a i n l i ne was : 22 . . . . tt:Jfs 23. t:l.de1 Black cou l d h ave p l ayed for a w i n h e re be t:!.ad8 24. Ads !! (24. �f2 lLld3) 24 . . . . lLlc4 cause of the weakness of the b3 pawn . The 25. Axq t:l, x d2 26. t:!. x e7 t:l, x b2 (26 . . . . t:l.d4 passed pawn o n ds obstructs White's p l ay 27- t:l.e4 +-) 27- lLld1 ! t:l.c2 28. Ab3 and White . . i n the centre and blocks the long d i agonal wms a p1ece. for the l ight-sq u ared bishop. Luckily for me, Now Wh ite uses the central point ds for my opponent d i d n ' t need to wi n this game the decisive attack. and offered me a d raw.
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Vlad i m i r Kramn i k -j u d i t Polgar Madrid 1993 83
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C H A P T E R 5· PASSED PAWNS I N T H E M I DDLEGAME
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[36 . . . . Wxh2 37· d7 Wh5+ 38. f3 We5+ (38 . . . . Wh2+ (Sto h l ) 39. 'i!i>d1 Wg1 + 40. 'i!i>c2 Wf2+ 41. 'i!i>b3 +-) 39. 'i!i>f1 Wa1+ 40 . 'i!i>g2 Wb2+ 41 . 'i!i>h3 ( Kram n i k ) ] 37· c;;,f1 Wh1+ 38. c;;,e2 We4+ 39· c;;,d 1 ! �g4+ [39 . . . . Wb4 40. d7 Wb1+ 41 . 'i!i>e2 Wxa2+ 42. 'i!i>f3 + - ; 39 · . . . Wh1+ 40. 'i!i>c2 Wa1 (40 . . . . Wxh2 41 . d7 l8fxf2+ 42. 'i!i>b3 +-) 41 . d7 l8f x a2+ 42. 'i!i>d1 Wb1 + 43· 'i!i>e2 +- J 40. f3 �h3 41. d7 [ 41 . d7 Wf1+ 42. 'i!i>c2 We2+ 43· �d2 + - ] 1-o.
Vladimir Kram n i k - Alexei Shirov Tilburg 1997
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Vlad i m i r Kram n i k -J udit Polgar Linares 1997 a
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Vlad i m i r Kram n i k - Friso N ij boer Wijk aan Zee 1998 94
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Alexander 8eliavsky - Aleksa Stri kovic Cacak 1996 98
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6 Doubl e Attack An attack o n two o r more p i eces with one single m ove i s called a double attack. A d o u ble attack is a n i m portant a n d effective tacti cal instru ment. Often a double attack leads im med i ately to m ateri al gai n , as the oppo nent fi nds it i m possi ble to d efe n d aga i n st all th reats si m u ltaneously. M o reover, it's very easy to overlook a double attack. Here are two examples from the games of world cham pions.
Fritz Samisch -jose Capablanca Karlsbad 1929 1. d4 tLlf6 2. c4 e6 3· CLlc3 lt.b4 4· a3 Axq+ 5· bxq d6 6. f3 e5 7· e4 tbc6 8. it.e3 b6 9· it.d3 Aa6 ?? 105 0
11. d5 he lost a piece and, unsurprisi ngly, later on the game.
larry Ch ristiansen - Anatoly Karpov Wijk aan Zee 1993 1. d4 tLlf6 2. C4 e6 3· CLlf3 b6 4· a3 Aa6 5· Wc2 Ab7 6. CLlC3 C5 7· e4 cxd4 8. tbxd4 CLlc6 9· tLlxc6 Axc6 10. Af4 tLlh5 11. it.e3 Ad6 ?? 106 0 a
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12. Wd1 ! , attacki ng the k n i g h t o n h s and t h e bishop o n d6, he h ad to resign i m med i ately. The queen 's double attack took pl ace from long range. The double attack is particul arly effective when the king is one of the attacked pieces. I n the openi ng, the o pen position of the king can sometimes be exploited . The catas-
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trophe i n the next game demonstrates how easily an enemy m i nor piece can be l u red to its doom.
Richard Reti - Alexander Alekh ine Baden-Baden 1925 • 108 a
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Adolf Anderssen - H oward Stau nton London 1851
1. e4 es 2. tlJf3 tlJc6 3· d4 exd4 4· Ac4 Acs S· o-o d6 6. C3 tlJf6 7· cxd4 .£b6 8. tlJq Th is is one of the most famous com b i na Ag4 9· Ae3 o-o 10. a3 'We7 11. 'Wd3 .£xf3 tions that featu res d o u b l e attacks. 12. gxf3 'Wd7 13. c;;,g2 tlJhs 14. tlJe2 tlJe7 15. tlJg3 ttJxg3 16. h xg3 ds 17. .£a2 �adS 18. �ad1 c6 19. �h1 tlJg6 20. �hs dxe4 21. fxe4 Tigran Petrosian - Vlad i m i r Si magin Moscow (ms) 1956 'Wg4 22. �dh1 • 112 111 D and Wh ite wins the rook on h4.
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A powerfu l blow. Wh ite cannot take the roo k because of the kn ight fork. For exam ple: 23. Axd4? 'Llf4+ 24. 'i!i>f1 ltJ x d3 25. � x h7 �d1 + 26. 'i!i>g2 'Lle1+ 27. 'i!i>f1 ( o r 27. � x e1 �xd4) 'Llf3+ 28. 'i!i>g2 �x h1+ 29. � x h1 ltJ xd4 and B l ack wi ns.
fish : 25 . . . . 'Llf4+ ! with the fol lowi ng l i nes: A) 26. 'i!i>g1 �d1+ (26 . . . . 'Lle2+ ? 27. �f1 ltJ x c3 28. �h8#) 27- 'i!i>h2 �xd4 28. �xd4 � x d4 29 . �h4 'Lle2 + ; B ) 26. 'i!i>h2 'i!;> x h7 27. gxf4 � x f4 ( 6 �d4, �f3 ) 28. Ab1+ 'i!i>g8 and i n both cases Black has a h uge advantage. 114
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SOL U T I O N S
E6-I TO E6-I6
109
Sol utions 0 E6-1
0 E 6-9
Vasiukov - Ra.zuvaev, Polanica-Zdroj 1972 (1. e4 g6 2. d4 iLg7 3· c3 d5 4· exd5 \Yxd5 5. itJf3 c5 6. i.l,q cxd4 7· cxd4 itJh6?n s. Wei +- [8 . . . . \Ye6 9· ds + - ; 8 . . . . \31a5+ 9· tb.d2 +-] 1-o.
Feuer - O'Kelly de Galway, Liittich 1934 1. WxdS+ � x ds 2.. o-o-o+ ! +- 1-o. 0 E6-1o
0 E6-2
Pahtz - Fernandez, Albena 1989 1. Wu!! +- [1. . . . fl. xa2 2. iL x c4+ +-; 1. . . . fl.aci 2. W x c4+ +-] 1-o.
Antunes - Loek, Linares (zt) 1995 33· Wf4 ! +- I-0.
0 E 6-11
0 E6-3
Bogoljubow - Alekhine, The Hague 1929 1 .E(. x c7+ ! W x c7 2.. ti:)cs+ �b6 3· W x c7+ �xc7 4· ti:)xe6+ + - 1-o. •
Ehlvest - Nogueiras, Rotterdam 1989 37· . . . Wds ! -+ 38 .E(.b2. Wxh4+ 39· .E(.h3 Wgs 40. WEI ti:)c4 41 .E(.a2. Wfs o-1. •
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0 E6-4
Csom - Kindermann, Dortmund 1983 2.0 . . . . ti:) xg3 ! 2.1. fxg3 We3+ 2.2.. �h2. W x a3 2.3. axb6 .E(.xb6 + o-1.
0 E 6-12
Beliavsky - Chandler, Wien 1986 1. A xg7 ! .E(.xg7 [ 1 . . . . fl. xe2 2. Ah6+ �h8 3· \Yb8+ +-J 2. . Wb8+ �£, 3· Wf4+ +- I-0. 0 E 6-13
Botvinnik - Sorokin, Leningrad 1933 AxbS +- [ 1 2. . . . fl. xbs 13. Wa4+ +-] 1-o.
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NN - Swiderski, Leipzig 1903 1 . . . . A x f2.+ ! 2.. � x f2. [2. W x f2 itJd3+ - + ] . . . ti:)xe4+ - + o-1.
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0 E6-14
Spassky - Fischer, Reykjavik (webs) 1972 2.7 . . . . A xa4 !-+ [28. \31 x a4 W x e4 29. �f2 CUd3+ -+ J 0-I.
Hellers - Bareev, Gausdal 1986 17. ti:)d4! +- ct>d7 [17. . . . Ad7 18. itJ x c6 Axc6 19. \Yd4 ! +-; 17. . . . itJb8 18. itJ x bs axb5 19. \Yd4 +-; 1 7. . . . C5 IS. We) ! ltJ x e4 r g . W xes+ �d, 20. W x d4 +-] 18. Axbs! axbs 19. Wxf7+ [19 . . . . �xd6 2o. ltJ xb5+ +-] 1-o.
0 E6-7
0 E 6-15
0 E6-6
Grigory Levenfish 1 . .E(.h6 + ! �f7 [1 . . . . �d5 2. fl.h5+ +-] .!:!xa7 3· .E(.h7+ -+ 1-o.
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Beliavsky - Yusupov, Obeda 1997 39· . . . ti:)c2. ! ED [ 40. fl.e4 itJb4 - + ] o-1.
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Stepanov - Romanovsky, Leningrad 1926 1 . . . . ds+ ! -+ [2. �x[J ltJd4+ - + ; 2. cxd5 exds+ 3· � xds Ae6 + ! 4· �d6 (4. �e4 Afs+ - + ; 4· �xe6 itJd4+ -+ ; 4· �xc6 fl.c8+ -+) 4· . . . fl.d8+ 5· �C7 (s. �xe6 fl.f6#; 5· �xc6 fl.c8+ -+) 5· . . . fl.f7+ 6 . � x c6 fl.c8+ - + ] o-1. 0 E6-16
Zhuravlev - Kapengut, SSSR 1968
SOLUTIONS
IIO
I . . . . Axf3+ ! 2.. Axf3 !!hH ! 3· �xhz t'Llxf)+ 4· �gz t'Llxd4 -+ o-I. 0 E6-17
Lasker - NN, (sim) 1920 I. !!cS+! !!xes z. Wa7+ ! �xa7 3· bxcSt'Ll+ ! +I-o. 0 E6-18
Rubinstein - Lasker, St. Petersburg 1909 IS Wei ! [ � 180 fxe3 1i:txe3+ 1 9 0 't&h1 .i::l. x d4] IS. . . !!xd4 ( 180 o o o Hes l9o @Xc6+ c � l9o f4 Tics) l9o o o o 'Ct>b8 20o dxes (200 f4?! �e6 21. 1i:f x e6 1i:t xg2+ 220 't&xg2 fxe6 ;!;) 200 0 0 o @ x es 21. P:c1 ±] I9. fxe3 !!d7 (190 0 0 0 t'!.d6 200 t'!. x f7 +-] zo. Wxc6+ �ds 2.I. !!f4 !! ( .6 220 1i:fa8 + 't&e7 (220 0 0 0 't&c7 230 2"l.c4 + ) 230 f!.e4+ 't&d6 240 2"l.d4+ (240 1i:fb8 + ) 240 o o fz f!.d2+ 230 't&e1 1i:txg2 24° 2"l.d4+ 't!ie7 2So @d6+ +- (Tarrasch)] u . Wcs We7 [220 0 0 0 .!"!.d1 + 230 't&fz t'!.d2+ 240
E6-17 TO E6•27
0 E6-21
Uhlmann - Spiridonov, Polanica-Zdroj 1981 33· . . . Axe4! 34· fxe4 Wxe3 ! 35· Wxe3 t'Llg4+ 36. �h3 t'Llxe3 -+ o-I. 0 E6-22
Horberg - Averbakh, Stockholm 1954 zi . . . . !!ci ! u. W x ci (22o .!"!.d1 \0 xg2#] u . ... t'Llu+ 2.3. !! x u W x ci + 2.4. �fz Aa6 -+ 2.5. Ad3 Wxai 2.6. Axa6 Wdi o-I.
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Domes - Fedorov, Moscow 1984 I. Af7+ ! �g7 (1. 0 0 0 'tt> x f7 2o @ x h6 t'!.d8 30 g4! t'!. xd6 (30 0 0 0 tLl xg4 40 Wxh7+ 't&e6 so 1i:fe7+ +-) 40 gs ctJe8 (40 0 0 0 ildi + So 'tt>g2 + -) So \0 x h7+ CLlg7 60 \0e4 +- (Zhuravlev)] 2.. Wxh6+ �xh6 3· Axes t'Llxes 4· d7 ! +- I-o. 0 E6-24
Hubner - Nikolaidis, Corfu 1999 zi. Wgz! [ .6./::l. fs ; x gp .i::l. as] zi . . . . e6 u. !!xfs exfs (22o 0 0 0 D. x fs ? 230 1i:txa8+] 2.3. Ah6 f4 2.4. Axg7 f) zs. Wg3 +- I-o. 0 E6-25
Stromberg - Vedder, Hallsberg 1993 Io . . . . cxd4 1 1 . t'Llxd4 t'Lldxes u. t'Llfs [ 120 fxes Wh4+ -+] Iz . . . . e x fs I3. t'Ll x ds t'Llf3+ (130 0 0 0 1i:td6 !2 140 fxes 1i:fxes + ] I4. gxf) Wh4+ IS· �fi 0-0 + 0-I,
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Rubinstein - Capablanca, San Sebastian 1911 I7· We� !! e xds ( 1 70 0 0 0 H x ds 180 1i:t x h6 g x h6 190 A xe6+ + - ; 170 o o o 1i:f x o 180 Q x e6 + +-] IS. Wxcs Wdz I9. Wbs t'Lld4 zo. Wd3 W x d3 zi. exd3 ± I-o.
Vooremaa - Yuksti, SSSR 1977 I. A x h7+ ! �xh7 2.. t'Lle4 Wb4 [ 2o o o 1i:fd7 30 tLlgs+ + -] 3· W xb4 t'Llxb4 4· t'Llgs+ �gs S· t'Llxe6 ± o
0 E6-27 0 E6-2o
Smyslov - Speelman, Hastings 1981/82 zz. Axbs ! axbs 2.3. t'Llxbs Wbs 2.4. t'Llxd6 +I-O.
Gurevich - Razuvaev, Moscow 1987 30. hs ! gs 3Io t'Llds ! +- [ 3 1 . o o o exds 32o U X C7 '{jxe7 330 W x fs+ +-] I-o.
SOLU T I O N S
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30 Wc7 � [30 . . . . CLJd2+ 3 1 . 'i!?ai CLJc4 oo ; 030 . . . . '8fc8 !! A) 31. c4 d x c4 (31 . . . . 18fg4 32 . .Ef.hh1 '8fe2 33· 18fa3 dxc4 -+) 32. .Ef.c1 '8fe6 33· 1;5lxc4 CLJd2+ 34· CL:l xd2 18fxg6+ - + ; B ) 31. .Ef.c1 18fg4 3 2. .§. x es CLJq+ -+ 1 3I .l3.ci .l3.g2. 32.. Wxa6 ± I-o. •
Tolush - Mititelu, Warsaw 1961 10. Wxf6 !! gxf6 :z.I. eDge4+ [21. . . . CLlg6 22. lLl x f6+ + - ; 21 . . . . 'i!?h8 22. CL:l x f6 +-1 1-o.
0 E6-29 Karpov - Topalov, Dos Hermanos 1994 30. eDf6 !! � x f6 [30 . . . . 18f x f3 3I. CL:l x e8 + + -1 31. Aes+ ! � x es 32.. Wxe4+ � x e4 33· .l3.ei + �fs 34· .l3.xe8 Ae6 35· .l3.xf8 Axa:z. 3 6 .l3.c8 ! + [ 6 .Ef.c71 1-o. •
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Pachman - Bronstein, Moscow 1946 2.0 .l3.xai ! [ � 20 . . . . A x d4 21. CLJa4 ! (21. .Ef. x d4 .Ef. x a1 20 . . . . .Ef. xa1) 21. . . . CL:l x a4 22. � xd4!? (22. bxa4 h xg3+ 23. fxg3 Ag1 + 24. 1;5lxgi 1;5lxgi + 25. 'i!?xg1 Z! x a4 +) 22 . . . . hxg3+ 23. fxg3 18fb4 (23. . . . CL:lcs 24. b4 1') 24. bxa4 18f x C4 5i51 :z.I .l3.xal A x d4 :z.:z. .l3.xd4 ti:}xb3 2.3 .l3.xd6 [23. f!.b1 1;5l x d4 - + 1 13 Wxf2. ! [ 2 3. . . . CL:l xa 1 ? 24. CL:lds! <21 2.4 .l3.a:z. [24. 1;5lxb3 h xg3+ 25. 'i!?h1 Sl x h3 26. f!.g1 Axg2+ 27. Z!xg2 '8ff1 + 28. f!.g1 18fh3#; 24. f!.d3 CL:l xa1 -+ 1 2.4 W x g3+ :z.;. �hi W x q -+ :z.6 .l3.a3 Axh3 ! 2.7 .l3.xb3 [27. '8fxb3 '8fei + 28. 'i!?h2 1L. xg2 29. 'i!?xg2 1;5le2+ 30. 'i!?g1 .Ef. x e4 -+ 1 2.7 A x gH :z.8. � xg:z. W x c4 2.9 .l3.d4 We6 30 .l3.xb7 .l3.a8 JI. We:z. h3+ [32. 'i!?g1 El.ai+ 33· f!.d1 .Ef. xd 1 + 34· 1;5l xdi 18fxe4 - + ; 32· 'i!?[J 1;5ff6 + 33· 'i!?e3 h2 34· 1;5lxh2 f!.a3+ 35· f!.d3 18fgs+ 36. 'i!?e2 El.a2+ -+ 1 0-1. •
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Yusupov - Hob;hauer, Altenkircben 1999 16. Axh6 ! gxh6 I7. Wxh6 tDg6 [17. . . . Axg3!? 18. fxg3 CLJe4 1 9. Axe4 dxe4 20. 1;3lgs+ 'i!?h7 21. ds CL:l x ds ( 21. . . . Afs 22 . .Ef.f4 +-) 22. .Ef.ad1 fs 23. CL:l xds A x ds 24 . .Ef.f4 +-1 18. f4 ! [6fs1 I8 Wc7 [18 . . . . .Ef.ac8 19. fs A xg3 20. fxe6 18f x e6 21. Axg6 + - ; 1 8 . . . . .Ef.ae8 19. fs A xg3 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. 18fxg6+ 18fg7 22. .Ef. x f6 +-1 19. ti:}ge:z. + [19. fs? Af41 19 .l3.fe8 :z.o. fs Af8 :z.I. Wgs ti:}h7 :z.:z.. Wd1 ti:}h4 2.3. fxe6 fxe6 2.4 .l3.f4 We7 :z.; .l3.afi Ag7 [ 25 . . . . Ah6 26 . .Ef.g4+ +-1 16 .l3.f7 Wd8 [26 . . . . 18f x f7 27. Ax h7+ 'i!?f8 28 . .Ef. x f7+ +-1 :z.7. Wf4 ti:}gs :z.8 .l3.xg7+ ! �xg7 2.9. Wes+ @g8 30 .l3.f6 ti:}h7 [30 . . . . CL:lf7 31. '8fg3+ 'i!?f8 32. 18fxh4 +-1 3I. Axh7+ [31. 1L. xh7+ 'i!?xh7 32. 1;5lhs+ 'i!?g7 33· 18ff7+ 'i!?h8 34· .Ef.h6# 1 I-0. •
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Henri Rinck, I9:Z.3 I. �b:z.!! [1. f!.g3 CLle6 2. f!.e3 CLJd4+ 3· �c4 CL:ldc6 = ; 1. f!.c7 CL:lfs 2. .Ef.cs CL:ld4+ = ; 1. 'i!?a4 CLle6 2. f!.e3 CL:lcs+ = ; 1 . 'i!?c2 CLle6 2. f!.e3 CL:ld4+ = ; 1 . 'i!?a2 CL:lds 2. .Ef.cs CLle4 3· .§. xds CLlq+ = 1
112 I . . . , 'i!?b6 [1. . . . lLlf7 2. �C7 + - ; 1. . . . lLle6 2. �e3 + - ; I . . . . lLJe4 2. �e3 + - ; I . . . . ll:Jfs 2 . �cs + - ; I . . . . ll:Jgs 2. �g3 +-] 2.. l3g3 tDf7 [2 . . . . lLlh7 3· �g7 + - ; 2 . . . . lLle4 3· �e3 + - ; 2. . . . lLle6 3· �e3 +-] 3· l3g7 +- I-0.
SOLUTIONS
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[1 . . . . lr!1e6 2. �a6+ + - ; 1 . . . . @xa8 2. AfJ+ +-; 1 . . . . @ds 2. .Af3 +-; 1 . . . . lr!1c4 2. �c8+ +-; 1 . . . . lr!1h7 2. .Ag6 !! lr!1xg6 3 · �a6+ +-] 2.. l3xa4! Wgs [2. . . . lr!1xa4 3· .Ae8+ +-] 3· l3as Wh7 [3 . . . . @ xa8 2 . .Af3 + + - ;] 4· Ag6!! Wxg6 S· .l3.a6+ +- I-o.
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Genrikh Moiseevich Kasparian, I93S I. tDes ! [62. lLlg7 �g6 3· Afs#; 1. lLlfs �g4 2. lLJe3+ �6 3· ll:l x f1 �f2 = ] I . . . . 'i!?g6 2.. hs+ ! l3xhs [2 . . . . � x hs 3. lLlg7+ �g6 4· .Afs#] 3· fs+ l3xfs 4· g4! l3es S· iHs + .l3. x fs 6. tDg7 ! +- I-0.
Vladimir Bron, I92.7 I. l3c8 ! Wa3 [1 . . . . @f7 2. lLld6+ +-] 2.. tDd4+ 'i!?b6 [2 . . . . �a6 3· �aS+ +-] 3· l3b8+ 'i!?cs [3 . . . . �c7 4. lLJbs+ + - ; 3· . . . �a7 4. lLJbs+ +-] 4· l3bs+ �d6 S· l3ds+ �e7 [s . . . . �C7 6. lLlbs+ +-] 6. l3as ! Wd6 [6 . . . . @ x as 7. lLJc6+ +-] 7· tDfs+ +- 1-o.
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SCORE TABLE
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7 Th e Process of E limin ation Mark Dvoretsky wrote i n h i s book 'Secrets of Chess Tra i n i ng' : 'When selecti ng the cor rect m ove, the abi l i ty to avoi d calcu lati n g unessential vari ations is a s im portant a s the abi l i ty to calcu l ate d eeply and accu rately. ' I n other words, we h ave to try to t h i n k eco nom ically and rationally. Som eti m es it is q u i te d ifficult to work out wh ich i s the strongest m ove. It can of ten be easier to satisfy oneself that al l other moves are bad . By using the process of elim ination ( that is, the el i m i n ati on of all weak moves fro m fu rther considerati o n ) we can save time and energy, reac h i ng the right de cision more q u ickly and more easily. The p rocess of e l i m in ation i s a p p l ied mai n ly when d efe n d i ng. The thought p ro cess ru n s l i ke t h i s : 'Th at m ove l oses ; that one too ; so I ' l l p l ay the other. I m ight save the gam e l i ke this, b u t if not, I know the position was lost anyway'. To understand how the process of e l i m i nation c a n b y appl ied i n a p ractical gam e , let's take a l o o k a t s o m e examples : Margei r Petursson - Artur Yusu pov Yerevan (of) 1996 117 0 a
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C H A P T E R 7 T H E P RO C E S S OF E L I M I N ATION
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2s. tDbs 25. �e4 !? Wds 26. 26 . . . . l=le8 27. c x d 6 l=le2 Axg2 30. c;!;>xg2 26. ttJ xd8 � xg2 27. bx cs ; 25. l=le1 Wf6 .
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Sol utions 0 E7-1
Fridstein, I987 I • • • • �a8 ! [6!'!c7 ; 1. . . . !'!b1 + � 2. �a4 !'!a1 + 3· �b3 h1\Y (3 . . . . l"tbi+ 4· �a2 .El.CI 5· cS\Y+ +-) 4· Ftxh1 +-; 1. . . . h1\Y� 2. cSCLJ + �bs (2. . . . �as 3· ct:Jb6+ �bs 4· a7#) 3· a7+ �xeS 4· !'! x h 1 +-] z. �b6 (2. gh8+ �a7 3· cS\Y g xcS ; 2. g x h2 g X C7 3· 't!?b6 gcs =] z. . �bi+ 3· �cs �ci+ 4· �d6 �di+ S· �e7 �CI 6. �d8 �di+ 7• �d7 �Xd7+ ( 7· · · · .§.CI = ] 8 . �xd7 hiW 9 · c8W+ �a7 = .
'l1xg5 40. Acr = ( � 40. E!. x eS+ E!. x eS 41. !'!xg7 E!.e2 !-+ ). 39· 1'!xe7 �fs 40. 1'!xg7 ! Wxgs 4I. 1'!xa7 i�h 42.. Whs+ Anand carries out the attack powerfully. 42.• • • • Ags [ 42 . . . . \Ygs 4 3· 'l1h6 + ct:Jg7 44· 'l1f6 + -J 43· f4 ! Wg6 [ 43· . . . ct:J x f4 44· Ag7+ +-] 44· Aes Preparing an elegant finale. 44· • • • �es 4S· Wxhs!! [45· \Y x h 5 !! \Yxh5 46. Ap#] I-0.
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Ragozin - Boleslavsky, Moscow 1945 3S· • • • �£, �� [35· . . . .§.bs + 6 36. �a4� .§.bi + -+] 36. e8W+ +- [36. eS\Y+ �xeS 37· Aa4 +-] I-o.
Nikolay Grigoriev, I933 I. �ai !! ( 1 . 'i!?b2� d4 2. 'i!?a2 (2. 'i!?b1 d3! = ; 2. 'i!?cr c;!?q 3· 'i!?d1 d3 4· c x d3 'i!? x d3 =) 2 . . . . 'i!?c3 3· 'i!?b1 (3. �a3�� 'i!? x c2) 3· . . . d3 4· c x d3 'i!?xb3 = ; 1 . �b1 :' 'i!?c3 2. 'i!?cr d4 3 · �d1 (3. �b1 d3 4· cxd3 �Xb3 =) 3· . . . d3 = ] I • • • . �C3 [ 1. . . . d4 2. 'i!?b2 'i!?c5 3· �c1 �b4 4· �d2 +-] 2 . �hi �b... (2 . . . . d4 3· �CI d3 4· cxd3 �Xb3 (4. . . . �Xd3 5· �b2 ! +-) 5· �d2 ! + - ; 2. . . . �d4 3· 'i!?b2 +-] 3· �ci �CJ 4· �di d4 S· �ci d3 6. cxd3 �xb3 [ 6 . . . . 'i!?xb3 7· 'i!?d2!] 7· �dz ! +-.
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Timoshchenko - Kuzmin, SSSR 1980 I • • • • �e7 i' ( 1 . . . . 'i!?g7 ! 2. Fl.h7+ 'i!?f6 ± (2. . . . 't!?fs � 3 · g xe6 +-)] z. 1'!bs 1'!a4 [ 2. . . . E!.b2 3· IJ.e4 b3 4· E!. xb3 +-] 3· 1'!e4 �ai 4· �bxb4 +I-0.
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Richard Reti, Igz8 e8W+ ! [1. �xd6� �eS 2. �c6 (2. �e6 E!. x c7) 2 . . . . �xe7 3· 'i!?b] 'i!?d7 -+] I • • • • � x eS [ 1. . . . I:l.xe8 2. �xd6 = ] z. �xd6 �a8 3· �c6 [ 6 �b7] 3· • • • �c8 4· �d6 = 'h-'h. I.
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Anand - Karpov, Frankfurt (rapid) 1999 38 . . . . 1'!xe7 i' Karpov played this move very quickly, and it was the decisive mistake. He could have defended his position with 038 . . . . �fs 39· E!. x a7 (39· E!. x g7 Z:XX e 1+ 40. 'l1 xe1 B.es 41. \Yq E!.e3 +) 39· . . .
Vladimir Bron, I979 I. g7 ( 1 . d7:' h1\Y 2. ds\Y \Yh4+ - + ] I Ac4 ( 1 . . . . h1\Y 2. gs\Y =] z. gsW! (2. d7 h1\Y 3· �e7 1i1e4+ -+] z• • • • Axgs 3· d7 hiW 4· dsW Wh4+ S· �87 Wxds stalemate ( 5 . . . . \Yg4+ 6. 'i!?fs = (6. 'i!?f6 �� \Yg5#)] 'h-'h. •
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O E7-8 Ravikumar - Nielsen, Esbjerg 1980 I �as � [1 . . . . dxcs� 2. b6 C4 (2 . . . . cxb6 3· a6 +-) 3· a6 cxb6 4· d6 c3 5· d7 q 6. a7 c2 7· dS@+ b7 3 · b x q bs (2. . . . dxcs 3· b6 +-) 3· b6 + - ; 1. b7 ! = (tide) 2 . a6+ (2. cxd6 cxd6 = ; 2 . c6+ bs 3· b6 cxb6 = 4· a6�� bs - + ; 2. b6 cxb6 =) 2 . . . . a7 ! 3· b6+
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Karpov - Csom, Bad Lauterberg 1977 49· . . . tDfs � [49· . . . lt::!g s! so. lt::! h s t� l!h7 so . . . . @e4 -+ (so. . . . l!gS !� 51. lt::! xf6 lt::! f4 52. \?:txf4 lt::! h 3+ 53· e2 lLl x f4 + - + ) st. lL'l x f6 @eJ+ 52.
Yusupov - Sorokin, Elista (ol) 1998 �6 Afs �� [26 . . . . l!g8�� 27- @f6 + !! A x f6 2S. lt::J f7# ; 2 6. . . . Af6 ! 27. ct:ld7 A x d4 2 8 . Ags ct:ld6 29. A x d8 CZJ x f7 30. Af6 + (30. l! x e4 l! x d8 31. !!xd4 lLles -+) 30. . . . Axf6 31. lLl x f6 Ac6 (31 . . . . l!c8!� 32. lt::! xe4 l'!e2) 32. lLl x e8 A x eS 33· l! x e6 Ac6 'f. / = ] �7. Axfs �xfs 2.8. �xe4 ! tDd6 [2S . . . . f!. x f7 29. lLl x f7 + + - ] �g. tDx86+ ! hx86 3 0 . �h4+ ! W x h4 31. •
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Yochanan Afek, 1981 1. 87+ ! [1. f7� f!.g7+ 2. fs l!xa7 -+ ; 1. aS!/:1� l! x aS 2. <;!;>[] f!.a7+ - + ] I . . . �h7 2.. 86+ [2.. <;!;>[]� f!. xg7+ -+ ; 2. as@� l!xaS 3. f7 f!.a7+ -+] 2. �h6 3· a8W ! (3. '!9f7 � l! xg7+ - + ] J. . . . �xa8 4· �f, �a7+ S· �88 D � >< 87+ [s . . hs = l! xg7 stalemate] 6.
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Planinc - Ba8irov, Banja Luka 1976 4� �b8 ! [ 42. . . . lLlc6 43· CLJd7 lLlbS 44. l!at+ ! xb7 45· flbi+ @c7 46. CZJxbS l!a2 ( ll l!aS) 47· l!f1 fs 48. !'!et =] 43· h3 ( 4 3· l!bs l!c1 + 44· @f2 l!cs! 45· !!. xes lt:'lxd3+ -+ ] 43· . . . 1!c7 44· 1!b4 tDc6 4S· 1!c4 [ 45· l!b6
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Gabriel - Michaelsen, Bundesliga 1998/99 67. �e6 � [67. e4 ! e2 (67. . . . xh3 6S. [J +-) 6S. l!f3 + x h3 6S. r;;.e 4 e2 69. l!g1 r;;.h 2 70 . .E'!.er r;;.g3 71. r;;.e3 h3 = ; 67. @d4� e2 6S . .E'!.e6 r;;.h 69. r;;.d3 et!/:1 70. l!xe1 r;;. x ei 7 1 . r;;.e3 r;;.d i ! 72. r;;.r4 r;;.e2 73· 'i!?g4 'i!?e3 74· r;;. x h4 '!9f4 = ] 67 � xh3 68.
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Yusupov - Movsesian, Bundesliga 1999/2000 2.4. Ae4�� After this dreadful move, White loses the game.
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[24. Ad4 cs!] This is the idea I overlooked. [2s. 1i,bs c;;,d s ! 26. tUgs (26. A x d7 A xd7 27. e6 fx e6 2S. 1i, x g7 1"l.gs + L'> 29. CUes 1i, xc3+ 30. c;;, X CJ CLJds+ -+) 26 . . . . C X d4 27. CLJ X e6 + c;;,C S 2S. l"l. x d7 dxc3+ -+. The correct move was 24. 1i,f2!! oo cuds 2s. fs Axq+ 26. c;;,c 2 1"l.h6 27. fxe6 with the point 27. . . . l"l.xe6 (027. . . . fxe6 2S. Ae4 Aas 29. l"l.a7 t) 2S. Afs l"l.e7 � (2S . . . . tU x es 29. A x e6 fxe6 30. tUgs ±) 29. llcs tU xes� 30. l"l.bs#. :z.4 Ads ! zs. ttlgs [2s. 1i,d4 1i,xq+ -+ ; 2s. e6 !� fx e6 26. CUes tU xes 27. fx es ll xe4 2S. l"l.bS+ c;;,f] 29. l"l.x hS CUds JO. 1i,d4 CS - + ] :z. s. . . . Axq+ ! Didn't see that one either! [2S . . . . cs� 26. ll x ds cu xds 27. cu x f7 ! 1i, x cJ + 2S. c;;,C2 oo J :z.6. �xq cs -+ [26. . . . 1i,xe4 27. CU X e4 cuds+ 2S. c;;,d4 CUsxb6 29. CLJd6+ c;;,e 7 JO. CLJfs+ c;;,fS - + ) 2.7. g,xd7 �xd7 :z.S. Axes Axe4 :z.g. Axe7 [29. CU X e4 cuds+ -+ J :z.g. . . . A xg:z. 30. Acs Ads 31. fs �c6 32.. Ad4 g,as 33· h4 g,a3+ 34· �d2. g,aH 3S· �e1 g,a4 o-1. •
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Practical exe rc i s e s Try to play the fol lowi ng fou r stud ies l i ke real games. You always h ave Wh ite. For each of the first two positions you h ave half an hou r's t h i n k i ng time, and for each of the second two you h ave an hour. Cover the m oves and the d i agrams that fol low with a sheet of paper. When you have reached a decision, you can look at the correct move, the comments, and the 'opponent's' next move. Each study ru ns in a col u m n . I n the left-hand col u m n you ' l l fi rst fi nd a study by Grigoriev, then Vl ase n ko ; i n the right- h a n d col u m n a study by G u rvic h , then Kozi rev. Focus your attention on the can d i d ate moves, and try to refute poor moves as q u i ckly as possi ble.
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8 Z u gzwang Let m e start with a defin ition : 'zugzwang, a German word , now angl icised, for a posi tion i n which whoever has the m ove wou l d o btain a worse result than if it were t h e op ponent's turn to play .. .' (The Oxfo rd Com pan ion to Chess, Hooper & Whyl d ) . Zugzwang i s a very i mportant element of the endgam e . By contrast, i n the m i d dlegame s u c h situations are rare ; and i n the o pen i ng, where every tempo is vital to accelerate develo pm ent, it wou l d be h a rd to i m agi ne a situation where zugzwang oc curs. H avi ng the move is an advantage ! The concept o f zugzwang is foreign to the open ing and m id d legame, but with heavy p i ece exchanges, the cou rse of the game changes. In h i s classic book ' Co m m o n Sense i n Chess' Emanuel Lasker describes 'the th ree elements that give the endgame i ts c harac ter: the offensive power of the ki ng, the passed pawn and zugzwang. Play i n the endgame changes so m u c h , that the p l ay er's mental attitude m ust also be d i fferent. A player cannot reckon with m assive effects, he becomes more moderate and works with small val ues. His attacks are no longer great conceptions . . . b u t a re m o re concerned with the exertion of p ressu re on the enemy pieces, cram p i ng them, and thereby rob bing them more and more of their m o b i l i ty, til l Fi nally zugzwang occu rs and the defence breaks.' * * *
(Diagram 147) White h as a clear advantage : the roo k o n t h e seventh ran k i s s o strong that it ties up two enemy pieces. Only Black's king can move. All White has to do is bring the knight into pl ay.
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30 . ... ds O r 30 . . . . gq 31. f3 gq 32. �f2 ! and B l ack h as no other m ove left than 32 . . . . ds, with a s i m i l ar position to the game.
31. l!a1 ! Fischer's tec h n i q u e i s perfect. 31. exds+ 'i!fxds 32. �d1+ was weaker because of'i!i>e6 33· �d8 Ag7! With this i n termezzo, Fischer avoids this possi b i l i ty.
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36 . ... Ag7 37· l! x h8 A x h8 38. g x h7 ge8 39· gf]+ r;!>g4 40. f3+ And Wh ite won the game.
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Zugzwang plays a central role m the endgame. There i s h ardly an endgame where the m otif d oes not come i nto play. Opposition, triangul atio n and coord i nate squares i n pawn endgames are the most well-known examples . Positions with recip rocal zugzwang are particularly interesting. This idea is demonstrated in the next study.
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takes away the f2 and g3 s q uares fro m the bishop and the g4 square from Black's king. The bishop h as to control the hs squ are, and it is p l aced perfectly on e8. If Wh i te were to m ove, 7· .Af7 wou l d not work be cause Bl ack's king attacks the bishop and the trap falls apart. Recogn ising in good ti m e that a zug zwang positio n i s about to occ u r is a great ski l l .
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Solution s 0 E8-1
0 E8-9
Illustrative example I. �6 0 A . . . z. Axg7#I-o.
Ercole Del Rio, (I7SO) I. A6+ �gi z. Ahi !! � x hi 3· �fi 0 ds 4· e x ds e4 S· d6 e3 6. d7 ez+ 7· � xez �gi 8. d8W hiW 9· Wd4+ �hz Io. Wh4+ �gz II. Wg4+ �hz u . �fz +- I-o.
0 E8-2
Zejbot - Levin, St. Petersburg 1900 I .§.gs 0 I-o. •
0 E8-1o 0 E8-3
Szily - Balogh, corr I . . . . �h7 0 - + 0-I [2. g4 Wh2#; 2. Wd6 lt'1xd4#] .
Ojanen, A. I943 IJ. Wd7+ Wbs I4· Wd4+ Wb4 IS. Wd3 0 + bs ( 1 5 . . . . Wf4 1 6 . Wb3# ; 15 . . . . Wbs 1 6 . Wa3#] I6. Wcz+ Wb3+ I7. Wxb3# I-o.
0 E8-4
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Illustrative example I. �f8 ! 0 h6 [ 1. . . . hs 2. �f7 c;;,h 7 3· �f6 0] z. hs ! �h7 (2 . . . . gxhs 3· g6 +-] 3· �6 gxhs 4· g6+ +-.
Baramidze - Smeets, Pulvermiihle 2001 In order to win this endgame White has to cross the defensive line b8-h2 with one of his pawns. Without both a-pawns the position would be drawn, but here zugzwang helps. SS· �cs 0 �d8 If 55· . . . �f6, then 56. f4 ! 1b x f4 57· �b6 followed by 58. C7, and White wins. s6. �ds �e7 S7· �e4 and Black cannot block the f-pawn. S7· . . . �f6 s8. f4 Ab8 S9· Ad7 I-o.
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Yusupov - Anand, Linares 1992 I. Ac7 +- I-o ( 1 . . . . �as 2. b6 8 ] . 0 E8-6
Gol'berg - Zhuk, Leningrad 1934 47· . . . �e6 : Instead 47· . . . f6 ! 48. g6 �e6 49· 't9b2 = was necessary. 48. h6 ! +- gxh6 49· gxh6 �f6 so. fs 0 I-o. 0 E8-7
Pirrot - Yusupov, German Cup 1992 32. . . . Ad3 0 33· g3 gs 34· h4 h6 3S· hxgs hxgs 36. gxf4 gxf4 -+ White resigned because of 37· tLld1 (or 37· c;;,g2 1be2 38. c;;,h 3 1b x f3 -+) 37· . . . �e7 38. tLlb2 �d6 39· tLld1 �cs 40. tLlb2 c;;,bs 41. CLJdi �b4 -+. O-I, 0 E8-8
Moritz Lewitt, I896 I. bs ! h3 z. g4+ �h4 3· b3 0 hs 4· gs ! fxgs S· b4 g4 6. �f4 0 g3 7· hxgJ#I-o.
0 ES-12
Andersson - McNab, corr 1992 I. �ez! 0 (1. il x f7? ilxe4 ; 1. c;;,fJ ? ildi + ; 1. g3?! 1bb1 2. c;;,f3 1bc2 3· 1b x f7 (3. W x f7+ \3' x f7 + 4· il x f7 c;;,g 7 6c;;,f6-es) 3· . . . Qdi + 4· �g2 Wc2+ s. �g1 Wxe4 = ] I . . . . Abi z. �6 Acz 3· Axf7 Adi+ 4· �fz WcH S· �gi Wxe4 6. Ae6 + WeJ+ 7· �hi \Mf4 8. Afs+ �g8 9· Wg6+ �f8 Io. Wxh6+ �6 II. We6+ �f8 IZ. Wc8+ �g7 IJ. \Md7+ �f6 I4· We6+ Black resigned because of 14 . . . . ci?g7 15. We7+ c;;,g 8 16. Qe6+ c;;,h 8 17. Wd8+ c;;,g 7 18. Wxd1 +- I-o.
SOLUTIONS ES-13 TO E8-20 0 EB-13
Smyslov - Eingorn, Moscow 1988 The former world champion finds an elegant way to pin his opponent's pieces. 42. l!xc6 !� b x c6 43· l! xc6 l!es [ 43· . . . Ercs 44· Ei:a6 +-] 44. l!c7 l!d8 45· �xe6 ! l!xe6 46. h4 0+- J-0. 0 EB-14
Miles - Yusupov, Linares 1997 39· Wd4 � Black overlooks a chance to dominate the enemy pieces. The powerful 39· . . . �d3 ! was correct: A) 40. 'i!?g2 �b1 41. �d2 �xe4+ + ; B ) 40. fJ �d4+ 4 1 . 'i!?g2 �bH 42. 'i!?gi 'i!?g7 8 43· g4 �c1 44· 'i!?f2 gs 45· h xgs h4 46 . .fbe2 �Xei+ 47· 'i!?xe1 Axe2 48. 'i!?xe2 'i!?g6 -+. 40. Af3 and White saved the game. • • •
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Nimzowitsch - Capablanca, New York 1927 45· l!cJ ! 0 46. l!e3 [ 46. �g2 l1g1 -+ ; 46. 'i!fh4 frc2 47· �XC2 �Xf3 -+ ; 46. �e2 �gi + -+ ; 46. '8fd2 Ei:gi + -+ ; 46. frd3 l"rf1 47· �e2 �gi+ 48. �g2 h4+ 49· 'i!?h3 �xgH so. 'i!?xg2 .fr x f4 -+] 46 l!fi -+ 0-1.
�fi ! l!xh3 45· �xdz Af4 46. �e4 ! c;;,g7 47· l!d3 l!h4 48. l!d7+ c;;,h6 49· c;;,f) Aes so. �g3 l!f4+ 51. c;;,gz l!g4 52.. c;;,h3 c;;,gs 53· l!e7 �f6 54. l!h7 = [ t. tt:Jhs] 'h-'h. 0 EB-17
Taimanov - Botvinnik, SSSR 1967 38 . . . . gs! (38 . . . . 'i!ff6 39· 'i!fg3 'i!ffs 40. e4+ 'i!?xe4 41. 'i!?xg4 es 42. 'i!?gs = ] 39· hs �g7 40. c;;,g3 c;;,h 7 !! 41. c;;, x g4 c;;,h 6 42.. e4 White re signed because of the following line : [ 42 . . . . as (42. . . . es?? 43· a3 ! as 44· a4 +-) 43· a4 (43· es a4 44· e6 a3 8) 43· . . . es 8 44· 'i!?fs 'i!? x hs 45· 'i!?xes g4 46. 'i!?f4 (46. 'i!?d4 g3 47· 'i!?e3 'i!?g4 48. es 'i!?h3 49· e6 g2 so. 'i!?h 'i!?h2 51. e7 gi�+ -+) 46 . . . . 'i!?h4 47· es g3 48. e6 g2 49· e7 gi� so. e8� �fH 51. 'i!?es �e3+ - + ] o-1. 0 EB-18
Alexander Hildebrand, 1957 1. �gs+ �f4 2.. Axes+ �xes 3· �6+ �f4 4· c;;,fz! Ag3+ S· c;;,g z 0 1-o.
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Spassky - Timman, Tilburg 1978 37· l!as � Black overlooks the decisive regrouping that would have lefi: his opponent with almost no acrive move: 37· . . . l"re1 ! 38. l"rb1 Af4! (38 . . . . Afs 39· a4 Aa3 40. as ACI would have been weaker because of 41. tt:Jc3) 39· a4 Ac7 and the bishop blocks the pawn at as. White cannot prevent the penetration of the king from gS to c2. In the game Spassky defended tenaciously and gained the draw. 38. l!b2 l!a4 39· l!b6 ! c;;,f7 4o. l!d6 l!xa2 41. c;;,f3 l!a1 42. c;;,e2. l!a4 43· �e3 ! l!xh4 44· • • •
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Henri FUnck, 1917 1. Wc7 + ! c;;,a8 2.. Was+ ! c;;,b 7 [ 2 . . . . 'i!?bs 3· �b6+ +-] 3· �cs+ ! �b8 (3 . . . . 'i!?c6 4· �a4+ + ; 3· . . . 'i!?cs 4· �aS+ +-] 4· Wb6+ �c8 S· Wb7+ c;;,d8 6. c;;,d z! 0 1-o. 0 E8-2o
Louis Van Vliet, 1888 1. Wb4! 0 Wh• (I . . . . �ds 2. �a4+ 'i!?b6 3· �b3+ � x b3 4· b8�+ + - ; I . . . . � fJ 2 . �a4+ 'i!fb6 3 · �b3+ � X b3 4· b8�+ + - ; I . . . . �g2 2 . �a3 + 'i!fb5 3 · �bH � x b2 4· b8�+ + - ; I . . . . �e8+ 2 . bSlLl + �xb8 + 3 · �xbs +-] 2.. Wa3+ c;;,b6 (2 . . . . 'i!?bs 3· �bH 'i!?c4 (3 . . . . 'i!?a4 4· �a2+ 'i!?b4 5· �bi + � x bi 6. b8� + ) 4· 'i!?a7 �gi + 5·
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'i!?a6 1c'ifg6+ 6. 1c'ifb6 +-] 3· Wb:z.+ c;!;lc7 [3 . . . . �a6 4· 1tta 2+ �b5 5· 1c'ifbi + 1tt x bi 6. b81c'if+ + - ; 3· . . . �c5 4 · �a7 1<'ifh7 5 · 1c'ifb6+ �c4 6 . �a6 + - ] 4· Wh:z.+ ! Wxhz 5· b8W+ I-o. 0 E8-21
Josef Vancura, I92.6 I. c;!;le7 ! [1. �d7 � �b7 2. �d6 �b6 3· �d5 �b5 4· �d4 @b4 5· �d3 �b3 6. �d2 Ei.a2 8] The key position of this study : reciprocal zugzwang. [7. Ei.ei (7. �d3 Ei.a8 -+) 7· . . . Ei.a8 -+] I . . . . c;!;la7 [1 . . . . �b7 2. �d7 !) z. c;!;le6 ! c;!;la6 3· c;!;les «!;>as 4· c;!;le4 c;!;la4 5· �e3 c;!;la3 6. c;!;>dz [6. �e2 ga2 (6 . . . . �a2 7· �d2) 7· �d3 �b3 8. �d2 8 ; 6. �e4 ga2 (6 . . . . �a2 7· �e3 =) 7· @dJ = ] 6 . . . . c;!;lb3 7 · c;!;ld3 .l:!az 8 . c;!;>dz 0 .l:!a8 9· !!xcz = '-h-'-h.
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Kasparov - Yusupov, Linares 1993 I02. .E!.e7 + : White does not fi n d the right plan. H e tries to force the enemy king from the a-pawn, but he can't drive it far enough away. The winning strat egy was completely different: White should have used the poor position of Black's king at the edge of the board to force zugzwang. 102. Ei.d8 ! �c7 IOJ. Ei.d4 'i!?b7 104. Ei.d7+ 'i!?c8 105. �c6 Ac2 106. Ei.d4 .Ub3 (106 . . . . �b8 107. �b6 +-) 107. �b6 was correct and Black is in zugzwang. Ioz. . . . c;!;lc8 I03. c;!;lc6 c;!;>d8 ! = 104 .l:!d7+ c;!;le8 105. c;!;lc7 Acz Io6 .l:!dz Ab3 107 .E!.e:z.+ c;!;lf7 Io8. c;!;>d6 Ac4 Io9 .E!.e7+ c;!;>f8 110 .l:!e4 Ab3 III. c;!;>d7 c;!;>f7 112. .l:!f4+ c;!;>g6 113· c;!;>d6 c;!;lgs 114. c;!;les c;!;lg6 115 .E!.f3 c;!;lg7 116 .E!.f6 Ac4 117. c;!;lfs Ab3 118. c;!;lgs Acz '-h-'-h. •
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Leonid Kubbel, I92.7 I. a6 ! e3 2.. a7 ez 3· a8W eiW 4· Wds+ c;!;lb4 5· Wd3 0 Wai [5 . . . . 1c'ifc1 6. Wa3+ 'i!?c4 7· b3+ + - ; 5· . . . �a4 6 . 1c'ifa3#; 5· . . . 1ttf2 6. 1<'ifCJ+ �a4 7· 1<'ifaJ#.] 6. WCJ+ c;!;la4 7· b3+ +- I-o.
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Henri Rinck, I92.6 I . !!c7+ .l:!d7 [I . . . . �e8 2. 1c'ifc6 + + - ; I . . . . �e6 2. 1c'ife3+ �d5 J. 1ttd 3+ �e6 4· 1<'ife4+ �d6 5· �c6+ �d7 6. 1tte 6#; I . . . . �d6 2. 1c'ifc5 + �e6 J. �e7#] z. Wcs+ c;!;>d8 ! [2. . . . 'i!?e8 J. 1c'ife5+ 'i!?d8 4· �xd7+ +-] 3· c;!;>h6 ! 0 [J . . . . Ei.xc7 4. 1c'iff8+ + - ; 3 · . . . 1c'if x q 4 · 1c'iff8#; J . . . . 1c'ifa8 4· 1c'iff8+ � x c7 s. 1c'ifxa8; 3· . . . 1c'ifb2 4· fi.c8#.] I-0. 0 E8-23
Abram Gurvich, I92.7 1. �e4 ! �d3 [1. . . . g11<'if+ 2. C0f2+ +-] z. Wfz !! �xfz 3· CDg3+ ! c;!;lgi 4· tDgs 0 CDhg4 [ 4· . . . <'t:Jd3 5· coh3#] 5· tDfJ# I-o.
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Yusupov - Kotronias, Bundesliga 1996/97 82.. A x d6 : This only leads to a draw. I nstead, the winning plan runs as follows : transfer the bishop to d8 (with the help of the king), play the pawn to f6, the bishop to e7 and win the d-pawn without losing the f-pawn. To achieve this, White has to force Black into zugzwang. [82 . .Uh4 ! A) 82. . . . Acs�! 83. 'i!?d7 .Ua3 84. ii,q Acs Bs. f6 Aa3 (85 . . . . .Ud4 86. �xd6 +-) 86. Axd6 + - ; B) 8 2. . . . �e8 83. �c7 ! Ab4 8 4. .Ug5 8 Ac5 85. Ads ! (85. �cB .Ub6) 85 . . . . kb4 86. �cB 1&c5 (86 . . . . kCJ 87. f6 .Ue5 88. Ae7 Ag3 8g. 'i!?c7 Aes go. �c6 8 �f7 91. �d7 8) 87. f6 .Ub4 88.
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Piket - Adams, Wijk aan Zee 2.001 6I. Wxe6+ �xe6 6z. �h4 Aes 63. f4 0 A situation of reciprocal zugzwang. White to move would lose because of 64.
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Foldi - Lukacs, Hungary 1975 A typical zugzwang position. White has to pro tect the f4 and d4 pawns and to defend the h4 square. Both kings are ideally placed. It isn't diffi cult to find corresponding squares for the bishops (reciprocal zugzwang positions) : f6-f2, fs-f2 or d2. 59· Adz � 59·
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Bernhard Horwitz, I88s 9· b8 � = 'i!i>d8 Io. tt::Jb 7+ 'i!i>d7 0] 9· . . . d6 10. 'i!i>b8 'i!i>d7 I I . tt::Jb 7 0] The important reciprocal zugzwang. Io. �c4 ! d7 I2. ctJb6+ +-) u.. �as
Nikolay Grigoriev, I933 :z.. d4 ! 'i!i>cs 3· 'i!i>c4! +- also wins, but not 2. 'i!i>d6 'i!i>cs 3· c7� because of 3· . . . a4 4· bxa4 as 0 = :z.. . . . �c8 3· �d4 ! + Triangulation. 3· . . . c7 4· 'i!i>cs] .
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9 I m proving Piece Position There is a wel l -known sayi ng: ' I f one piece is bad, the whole position is bad . ' Wh ile many amateurs try to attack with just a couple of pieces, more experienced players know that one should bring as many pieces as possible into pl ay. M o reover, strong p l ayers wi l l try to maxi m ise the effectiveness of their pieces by ensuring that they are wel l -coord i nated, as wel l as putti ng them on their most active posts. The abi l i ty to bring p ieces to thei r best positi o n s i s the m ai n weapon of the positional player.
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34. Cbc2 1 Fischer p raised this regro u p r ng ( th e kn ight i s h ead i ng for a s p l e n d i d square i n the centre ) a n d said that d u ri n g the game he was i m p ressed by Petrosian's abil ity to keep on i m p rovi ng his positi o n .
. . . and o n l y Fischer's gri tty defence allowed him to save the game.
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An i n cred i b ly strong m anoeuvre. The bishop n o l onger stares i n to space but wi l l move to c 3 to exert p ressure o n the es pawn . At the same ti m e i t p rotects the q u eenside pawns and attacks the pawn o n as. After Ac3, E1.e1 and Cbg3-h5 the p awn on es wi l l d i sappear.
28 . ... E1.fd8 29. Aq a4 30. E1-e1 E1.ac8 31. E1-b7 1 E1-ds l f 31 . . . . f1.b8 ?, then 32. f1. xg7+ 't9 xg7 33. A x es+ ± .
The altern atives were n o better: 32. Ad7 33· E1. x h6 ! ; or 32 . . . . E1.e8 33· tLld6.
33· Cbd6 E1.ds 34· Cbfs That's even stronger than 34· tlJ x bs.
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34· ... �h7 35. l'!b7 l'!8d7 36. l'! x d7 l'! x d7 37· qjxg7 �xg7 38. l'! x e5 �g6 39. l'! x b5 +and Wh i te won two p awns. I n spite of the bishops of o pposite col o u r, Petrosian won the game with ease. * * *
For mere mortals, devising a plan l i ke this is not easy. However, one idea m ight hel p : the principle of the 'worst piece'. Loo k at you r army. F i n d either the worst- placed p i ece or one that is u ne m p l oyed , and try to i m prove its positi o n . The effect o f such an ac tion is someti mes astonish i ng: the 'sleepi ng' piece can generate so m uch activity that it changes the bal ance of the position .
Anatoly Karpov - Boris Spassky Leningrad 1974 155 0
27. ... .!!fs 28. qjd2 Ads lf28 . . . . :Bae8, then 29. qjf3 Ad8 30. :Bd2.
29. qjf3 Wh ite concludes his manoeuvre. Black's p i eces ( lL!b4 and Ah4) h ave been pushed back and the kn ight s u pports the penetra· tion of the m ajor pieces.
29 . ... f6 30 . .!!d 2 l Ae7 30 . . . . lL!bs 31. lLlgs ! .
31. We6 1 .!!ad8 32 . .!! x d8 Axd8 O r 32 . . . . :B x d8 33· lLJ x es Wq 34· lr!1f7 + 'i:9h8 35· Wxe7 'r!:J x es+ 36. 'r!:Jxes fx es 37:Bf6 +-.
33· .!!d 1 l qjbs 34· Ac5 .!!h8 35· .!! x d8 1 Black resigned because of35 . . . . .!! xd8 36. Ae7 :Be8 37· Wxf6+ 'i:9h6 38. lL!h4 and White Wi nS.
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To activate the bishop, the rook h as to move offside for a m o m en t, b u t the 'we l l rested ' bishop comes i n to play with ad ded energy.
26. a4? 26. A x e4 d x e4 + wou ld have been better, but Black sti l l has a cl ear advan tage.
26 . ... Aa6 27. Wb3 AC4 -+ and Black had a decisive material advan tage.
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53· �xd5 l with a wi n n i ng positi o n . * * *
How can you improve your positional play? One method is to study the games of strong play ers. You ' l l fi n d that many manoeuvres recur and these can be u sed in you r own games. Here, for example, i s a rook lift - a common m anoeuvre in the m i d d legame. lev Psakh is - Valery Chekhov Vilnius 1980 •
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51 . ... Wb1 52. Aa3 Wb7 Now Black's position fal l s apart. 52 . . . . Wg1+ wou l d h ave been stronger, but after the powerfu l 53. �h3 ! (53· lLlg2 f4+
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17. ... !!a6 !! Black bri ngs the rook i nto the attack via the sixth rank.
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Some rou nds later, my friend Lev Psakhis also carried out this manoeuvre agai nst me. The only m ove. 18. A x es l oses to 18 . . . . lLld4, and Wh ite cannot parry the threat of i!h6.
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21 . ... exd4 ! 22. Ags If 22. Ad2, then 22 . . . . !!g6+ 23. 'i!i>f1 '&'h3+ 24. 'i!i>e2 d3+ wi n n i ng; And after 22. Ac1 Chekhov gives the fol l owing wi n ni ng p l a n for Black: 2 2 . . . . gg6+ 23. 'i!i>f1 '&fh3+ 2 4 . 'i!i>e2 d3+ 25. '&fxd3 '&fxd3+ 26. 'i!;> x d3 g x g1 -+ ; i f 2 2 . '&'f3 d x e3 23. lt::l x e3 i!f6 2 4 . gh1, then 24. . . . '&'gs+ 25. '&'g3 A x e3 26. fx e3 '&'fs 27. !!af1 '&'e4+ 28. i!f3 !!g6 and Black wins.
22 . ... Wxgs+ 23. c;;,f1 Wfs -+ and B l ack h as fou r p awns for the p i ece as wel l as a d angerous attack. The position is won for Black.
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12. l'!.a3 l The rook wi l l find a great square on e3.
12 . ... �d7 13. l'!.e3 �des 14. g4 l Ae6 15. f3 �f6 16. b3 h6 17. Wd4 Wq 18 . .!!.d 1 gadS 19. Ab2 ± White has d eveloped his pieces wel l and h as the b i s h o p pair. He h as a clear advan tage. But I learned something from this defeat.
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1 9 . �a4 ! 19. �fe1 wou l d have been weaker because of 19 . . . . e4 with the idea Aes.
1 9 . . . . Acs I f 19 . . . . e4, then s i m p ly 20. A x f6 15'xf6 21 . � x e4 ± with advantage.
20. g4 1 An im portant push to gai n control of e4 for the rook.
20 . ... �ads 21. gs tiJds 22. �e4 tiJf4? 22 . . . . li:J x c3 23. b x c3 ± wou l d h ave been better.
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22 . ... �g8 22 . . . . Af8 wou l d have been a mistake because of 23. lLJ x h6 gxh6 24. 15'g4 and wi n s ; Li kewise 2 2 . . . . Aa6, d u e t o 23. 15'e4.
23. ttJc4 Ads 23 . . . . Aa6 ? 24. 15'e4.
24. �h3 Af8 2S. b3 A x c4?l A m istake i n a d i fficult position.
26. bxc4 d x es 27. Wxes H ere Bl ack resigned because of 27- . . . f6 28. 15'xe6 15'xd4 29. 15'fs g6 30. 15'xf6+ 15'xf6 31. li:J x f6 +- .
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Sol u tions 0 E9-1
0 E 9 -6
Vulfson - Yusupov, Moscow 1976 21. . . . hs�! Black missed the chance to improve the position of his bishop. 22. c#;>g2 g6 23. h4 1Lh6 + . This was the correct continuation : :u Wa7+ ! u. �g:z. Ae3 2.3. We:z. Ad4 :z.4. .l3.afi �cs :z.s. �xes Wxcs + 6 ITaa-ba-b4.
Glienke - Yusupov, Plovdiv 1983 2.1 . . . . .l3.a7 ! [ 6 ITa7-f7] :z.:z.. �hi [22. Wxe6 1L xe3+ 23. �h1 iLea 24. Wd6 cxd4 +] 2.2.. . . . .l3.af7 2.3 . .l3.agl (23. W x e6 iLea 24. Wd6 Wxd6 25. exd6 Jl xe3 +] 2.3 . . . . We7 + [ 6 L1f2] 2.4. Wg3 �! cxd4 ! :z.s. cxd4 Wb4 :z.6. Ab1 Afi ! (26 . . . . W xb2 27. CLJe4 oo] 2.7. �xfi .l3.xfi :z.8. Wh4 .l3.xgi+ 2.9 .l3.xgi Wxb:z. -+ 30. e4 (30. We7 Wf2 31. '8'xe6 '8ff3+ 32 . .l"i:g2 �xe3 -+] 30 . . . . Wxd4 31. Wg4 Wxes 32.. exds exds 33· Wh3 d4 0-1.
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Vaganian - Yusupov, Yerevan (zt) 1982 Black brings his worst piece, the knight on g6, into play. �f8 ! [ 6 CLJe6-cs] 2.9. Wb4 (29. e4 ltJe7 :z.8 30. cs bs 31. es iLds 00 l 2.9 �e6 = 30. Ae4 Wd6 31. Ac:z. �cs ( 3 1 . . . . Wd2� 32. Wb1 h6 33· fs ct:Jcs 34· P:d, +-] 32.· Wb1 h6 33· .l3.di We7 •
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0 E 9 -7
Groszpeter - Kupreichik, Minsk 1982 2.1 . . . . .l3.a6 ! [ 6 ITg6] 2.2. .l3.fdl .l3.g6 2.3. Wez Ad6 ! [6Wes] 2.4. Ac4 Wes :z.s. g3 f4 :z.6. exf4 W x f4 - ( 6 e3, 6 1Lcs] 2.7 .l3.xd6 W x d6 :z.S. Wxe4 Wcs -+. •
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Yusupov - Martini, Chicago 1983 I4· �df) ! [ l:. lLJes] I4 . . . . h6 IS· �es ! hxgs I6. fxgs .l3.c7 (16 . . . . CLJ6d7 � 1 7. l2J x f7 Wc7 1a. 'i:ifhs + - ; 16 . . . . CLJe4� '7· ct:Jxf] 'i:ifc7 ,a. 'i:ifhs �f6 19. g6 ct:Jxg6 20. CLJh6+ gxh6 21. '8'xg6+ +-] I7. gxf6 Axf6 18 .l3.f:z. ± . •
0 E9-8
Kasparov - Yusupov, Leningrad 1977 17 . . . . Wc8 ! 18. Wg3 �e7 ! Standard regroup ing. The knight goes ro g6 to defend the kingsidc and to control the central square es. 19. �es (19. 1Lxh6�� ct:Jfs -+ ] 19 . . . . Axes :z.o .l3.xes �g6 = •
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Yusupov - Hulak, Indonesia 1983 I6. �gs ! A typical manoeuvre. The idea is 68de4 or ct:Jge4. 16 . . . . g6 (16 . . . . h6 17. ct:Jge4 ;!;; ] 17. f4 ! ds I8. W6 d4 19. Wh3 - . D E9-5
Yusupov - Slutzky, Moscow 1983 :z.8. �as ! [ 6 CLJc6] :z.8. �b6 2.9. We:z. Ad4 30. cxbs �a4 3I .l3.bci �C3 32.. Wei �f6 33· �c6 +- Axc6 34· dxc6 �a4 3S· .l3.fs �h7 36. Wd:z. .l3.c7 37· .l3.cfi �e8 38. Ac4 �g7 39· .l3.f6 I-0,
0 E 9-9
Vilela - Yusupov, Cienfuegos 1979 2.7 . . . . �cs !-+ [ 6 ct:Jd3 ; 27. . . . R:d6 2a. ITxd6 cxd6 +] :z.8. dxcs [2a. ITg6 ct:J x a4 - + ; 2a . .l"i:es CLJd3 - + ] :z.8 . . . . .l3. x dl 2.9. We4 �! (29. IT xh6+ gxh6 30. Wxd1 Wfs -+] :z.9. . . . Wxhs [ 6 Wh1#] 0-1.
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Yusupov - Spasov, Skara 1980 :z.o. �e1 ! White wants to bring his knight to b4 or f4 ro exchange Black's strong knight.
SOLUTIONS
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20 1"!b7 2I. eDd3 as 22. a3 �! [22. .§c6 !� a4 23. �d1 ± would have been better.] 22 a4 23. Wa2 Wd7 24. eDf4 ;1;; [24. ctJb4 I'Llb6 ! L. ctJc4] I-0. •
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0 E9-11
Yusupov - Tukmakov, Yerevan (zt) 1982 33· ACl4 ! +- [ L. �c2] 33· Af4 34· Ac2 We6 3S· Ah4!� �g7 36. g3 Ah6 37· Ae7 ! I-o. • • •
'i!;>g8 28. �g7#] 2I. Wh3 [ L. 22. g4!] 2I fs [2r. . . . P:d6 22. g4 ! Hcd8 (22 . . . . .§ds 23. Axg6 L. 24. gxhs +-) 23. gxhs .§xd3 24 . .§xd3 Hxd3 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. �h8+ 'l!;>f7 27. I'Lles+ +-] 22. Ac4 1"!xd1+ 23. 1"!xdi �f7 24. e4! [24. Her] 24 Wf4 2s. 1"!e1 Wg4 26. exfs Wxc4 27. fxg6+ �eS [27. . . . 'l!;> xg6 28. f-( x e6+ 'i!;>f7 29 . .§ x c6 +-] 28. g7 ! es 29. Wxhs+ �d7 3o. 1"!d1+ Ad6 3I. Axes CDd4 32.. CDxd4 I-o. •
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Yusupov - Adorjan, Toluca (izt) 1982 I4 CDb8 ! [ L.I'Llc6-b4] Is. 1"!di CDc6 I6. 1"!bi [16. ds� exds 17. exds I'Llb4 <±] I6 CDb4 [16 . . . . l2J xd4� 17. l2J xd4 �xd4 18. l.Lc2 �cs 19. �e3 ±] I7. Aa3 as !� [ 1 7. . . . I'Ll x d3 18. H x d3 A xa3 19. .! h a3 bs! = (Adorjan)] I8. Abs 1"!c8 � . •
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0 E9-16
Taimanov - Botvinnik, Moscow 1952 zs. Aci !! [ L. �a3, xg6] zs 1"!fs z6. Aa3 1"!aes 27. Wg3 - gs [27. . . . 'i!;>h7 28. hs ! +-] zs. Axe7 1"!xe7 2.9. 1"!xfs 1"!xfs 30. Axfs CDf4 [30 . . . . gxh4 31. �xh4 +-] 3I. Wxgs +- 1"!xes p. dxes W x di+ 33· �h2 Wd2 [33- . . . ctJe2 34· �e6+ 'i!;>fs 35· �fs+ 'l!;>e7 36. �f7+ 'i!;>d8 37· �f8 + 'l!;>c7 38. Wc8#] 34· Ae6+ �h7 [34· . . . 'i!;>f8 35· �fs+ 'l!;>e7 36. �f7+ i;>d8 37· �f8+ 'l!;>q 38. �c8#] 3S· Axc4 g6 36. Ae6 ! Black resigned due to : 36. s1e6 �e3 37· �e7+ 'i!;>h6 38. �f8+ 'i!;>h7 39· �g8+ 'i!;>h6 40. �h8#. I-0. •
0 E9-13
Beliavsky - Yusupov, Moscow 1983 20. CDbi ! [ L.l2Jbd2-bJ, x c6 J 20 1"!acS �! [ o 20. . . . .§ec8 21. l':la2 �d6 22. .!hc2 as 23. l2Jbd2 J4 ;!; (Beliavsky)] 2I. 1"!a2 ! [21. I'Llbd2 cs! 22. d x cs El. xcs = ] 2I CDh4 22. CD x h4 W x h4 23. CDd2 ±. •
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0 E9-14
Baturin - Yusupov, Riga 1984 Ac2 ! [L.�e4] 34. 1"!ei Ae4 3s. 1"!e3 fs 36. 33· Wgs Wf7 37· Wh4 1"!d1+ 3S. �h2 1"!d2 -+ 39· �gi �h7 40. 1"!g3 g6 4I. 1"!gs C3 42. Aei Ac6 43· 1"!g3 Wes 44· �h2 Wxei o-I.
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0 E9-15
Petrosian - Smyslov, Moscow 1961 IS. Wa4 ! White brings the queen into the attack. IS 1"!fds [18 . . . . g6 19. �e4 ! (19. �g4!�; 19. h4!�)] I9. We4 g6 20. Wg4 hs [20 . . . . 'i!fh7� 21. � xg6+ fxg6 22. � x e6 Hf8 23. Hd7 .§ce8 (23 . . . . El.c7 24. I'Lles +-) 24. I'Llgs+ h x gs 25. �h3+ 'i!fgs 26. �h8+ 'l!;>f7 27. �f6+ •
0 E9-17
Taimanov - Flohr, Leningrad 1948 I6. CDbi ! [ L. ctJc3-bs ; 16. ctJe4� fs 1 7. ctJq f4 ! 18. Axf4 cxd4 19 . .§ xd4 es 20. fre4 fs 21. l"rq l.Lcs (Taimanov)] I6 1"!hg8 [16 . . . . fs 17. g3] I7. g3 cxd4 [017. . . . hs L. r8. h4 fs (Taimanov) ] IS. A x d4 Acs I9. CDq A x d4 zo. 1"!xd4 CDes u . 1"!cdi 1"!xd4 u. 1"!xd4 ± [ L. ctJe4] . •
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0 E9-18
Jansa - Campora, Bor 1983 I7. CDh4 ! [L.h3-g4 ; x�g4 ; 17. ds cxds rs. Axf6 gxf6 19. c x ds A x a3 oo ; 1 7. I'Lles �fs ;!;) I7• Ahs IS. h3 g s [ 1 8. . . . I'Lld7 19. g4 l.Le7 20. f4
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I6S Axh4 2I. \Sixh4 slg6 22. �aei ± 6ds] I9. �f3 [I9. ds sle7 (I9 . . . . gxh4 20. sl x f6 h xg3 21. Jlxds gxf2+ 22. \Si x h � x ds 23. dxe6 1Lcs 24. e7 Jlxe7 55) 20. dxe6 gxh4 21. Jl x f6 Q x f6 22. e7 Axe7 23. 1dxe7 hxg3 24. fxg3 ldeS ;!;) I9. . . . �d7 zo. h4 Wp zi. hxgs hxgs u. Aq ! [ 6ds; 6 Qas) zz. . . . a4 Z3• ds es Z4• d x c6 h x c6 ZS• h4 f6 z6. �dz �ac8 z7. cs ±. 0 E9-19
Malaniuk - Ivanov, Kostroma 1985 zo. �hi ! [ 6 GLJa3-bs] zo . • . • �e8 ZI. �a3 fs [6f4] zz. hxgs hxgs z3. Wdz Ac6 [23 . . . . \31f6 24. �hs f4 2s. e x f4 g x f4 26. Jlh4 ! ± ] z4. �hs �hs zs. �xhs �xhs z6. o-o-o �g7 z7. �hs �df6 z8. Whz [ 6 d x cs] z8 • • • • a3 z9. Wh3 ! ( 6 30. dx CS dx CS 3 1 . GLJc7 GLJc7 32. \3fb6] Z9• • • • Axhs 30. cxhs ds 3I. dxcs Wxcs [31. . . . bxcs 32 . .i':X xds! +-] 3z. Aes ! +- �g6 33· �hi We7 34· Ad4 We6 3S· c4 ! �c7 36. �ci Wd6 37· cxds �cxds 38. �c6 Wds 39· Ac4 �h7 40. Axds �xds 4I. Wdi ! I-o. 0 E9-20
van der Wiel - Day, Grand Manan 1984 I. Wa4 ! [6\31c6, xc7 :!: 1. c4 lLJf6; :!: I. Ah4 ./':Xes 61Ld7] I • . . • as ( c::::>I . . . . a6] 2.. Wc6 ± Wd7 (2 . . . . 1dd7? 3· .El.xe6 +-] 3· Axds Wxds 4· Wxds [ :!: 4· \Sixq �d7 ! S· \31 x b6 J'l.b7 6. Wxas � xb2 ±] 4· • . • �xds S· Axc7 +-. 0 E9-21
Yusupov - Rasin, Moscow 1976 22 . . . . \31d6?! Instead, Black could have equalised with u . • • • �hs ! z3. � x fi �d7 =, displacing White's bishop from its strong position on f6. 23. 't!? x fi es ? 24. dxes lLJ xes 2S. \Sff4 ./':Xes 26. ldei Wa6+ 27. c4 ! +- I-o. 0 E9-22
Vai:sser - Yusupov, Novosibirsk 1976 I9· . . • �f7 ! Black brings his king to safety. zo.
SOLUTIONS
E 9-19 TO E 9-27
a4 �es zi. Ad3 �ds u. hs .E!.hs z3. Wgz �c7 z4. hxg6 We6 zs. �ez Wxg6 + . 0 E9-23
Taimanov - Yusupov, Moscow 1980 �h4 ! [ 6 GLJe8, �ha6 ---> ] z4• .E!.g3 (24. f4 z3 e4 +] 24• • . • �e8 2S· e4 d4 z6. f4 .E!.ha6 -+ 2.7. fxes .E!.ai z8 • .E!.xf7+ (28. \31f2 .El.Sa2+ 29. 't!?ci \Sia3 + 30. 't!?d2 l=l. x cH ! - + J z8. . . . Wxf, z9. Afs We7 o-I. .
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0 E9-24
Gligoric - Yusupov, Vrbas 1980 zs . . . . Wh4 ! ( 6 GLJe7-fs] z9• .E!.fz �e7 ! 30. a3 Wcs 3I • .E!.dz �fs 32· Wh3 g4 -+ 33· Whs and here, instead of 33· . . . �hs (time trouble), Black could have won after 33· . . . gxf3 34· \31e8 + 't!?C? 3S· '!;3!d8 + 't!?c6 36. �ed1 (36. gxf3 �d4) 36 . . . . fxg2+ 37· �xg2 \Sie7 (37· . . . \Sixes -+) 3S. �d6+ \31xd6! 39· exd6 �fi + 40. �g1 't!?cs#. 0 E9-25
Csom - Yusupov, Luzern (ol) 1982 ZI. �gJ ! ( 6 GLJf3, g4) ZI . . . , gs ( 21. . . . ./':Xf7 22. lLJfJ J'tef8 23. g4 + - ] zz. �f3 .E!.f7 Z3. g4 �h4+ z4. �xh4 gxh4 zs. f) ! .E!.ef8 2.6. Ah4 ! We6 z7. Aei ± ( xh4] . 0 E9-26
Yusupov - Tseshkovsky, Minsk 1982 I3 . . . . �hs ! [ 6 c6, lLJd7] I4. Wh3 [I4. b4 c6 Is. GLJc3 e4 +] I4 . . . . .E!.a7 + IS· e4� [ Is. �d2!?) IS· . . . f4 ! I6. gxf4 Axds I7. cxds exf4 + IS. 6 D Wf6 I9. Adz Wd4+ 20. �hi �d7 o-I. 0 E9-27
Seirawan - Yusupov, Istanbul (ol) 2000 zo . . . . �fs ! [ 6ctJd7-b6-c4] zi. �h3 Wa3 zz. Wei (22. 1Llcs Jlxcs +] u. . . . �d7 23• .E!.cz Was ! Z4· �ei ! �h6 zs. �d3 �c4 + ( x a2, �e) .
SOLUTIONS
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TO
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0 E9-28
Beliavsky - Yusupov, Dortmund 1998 40 . . . . A6+ ! The bishop is on its way to its ideal square c4, from where it supports the advanced f-pawn. It would have been worse to play 40 . . . . !ld2 41. tLlb1 �d8 42. 'i&c3 + and White still can defend. 4•· g7 -+ ] 43· . . . �d3+ 44·
Yusupov - Chekhov, Vilnius 1980 n. !!hs ! ± [ t-. �g5, l'!h1 -h4-g4] 2.2.. . . . COa4 [22 . . . . t:Llcs 23. t:Lle4 .0. t:Llc5 ±] 2.3. �gs ! �xbz 2.4. Axds [ 24. l'lh1 !? t-.l'lh4-g4 _.] 2.4. . . . cxds [24 . . . . exd5 25. f4 ±] zs. !!h1 as [25 . . . . l'!fs 26. �h4 + - ] z6. !!h6 ! +- !!a7 2.7. !!hg6 Ac6 2.S. !!xe6 C3 [28 . . . . b4 29. t:Llc8 1'lq 3o. l: hc6 +-] 2.9. COfs Aas 30. !!eg6 COc4 31. !!xg7+ !!xg7 32.. !!xp+
Kupreichik - Yusupov, Yerevan (zt) 1982 12.. . . . ti:)ds!! [ t. tt:Je3] 13. Whs [•3· exd5 Wxd5 14. tt:Jf2 1'!ae8+ 15. t:Llfe4 1'lxe4+ 16. dxe4 Wxe4+ + ] •3· . . . ti:)e3 14. �ez [ 14. tLlg5 h6 15. ctJe6 Wf6 16. t:Ll x fs � x fs 17. lf:ie2 t:Lles 18. c3 t:Ll xd3+ 19. Wxd3 Wf2#] •4· . . . g6 ! •s· Wh6 [•5· Wh4 ihe7 16. Wh6 tL:lg4 -+ ] •s· . . . Wd7 [ t. Wg4] 16. Wh4 Axdz 17.
�xbz - + o-1. 0 E9-31
Durie - Yusupov, Sarajevo 1984 36 . . . . l:!.es ! + [ t-. tL:le4, l'!h8-h2] 37· !!xds [37· gb7+ 'i&gs ! (37· . . . 'it>f6? 38. 1'lb6) 38. �h6 tt:Jf5 39· Ag5 gas + (Dvoretsky)] 37· . . . ti:)e4 3S. Ae1 l:!.hs 39· �f1 [039. tL:l(J!? gxfJ+ 40. 'i& x f3 �e8 41. b5 + ( Hubner)] 39· . . . l:!.hz 40. bs !!bz 41. ti:)ez �b• 0 42.. b6 [ 42. gh5 Ag3!] 42.. . . . !!xb6 43· Ah4 l:!.bi+ 44· fi 11hs.] o-1. 0 E9-32
Beliavsky - Cabrilo, Lvov 1981 3•· Ag• !! [ t-. 32. lf:ih .B:hs 33· Wb6] White controls the open file, but his major pieces should be positioned the other way round, with the rook in front. White begins an ingenious re grouping to do j ust that. Instead, 31. Wh7 lf:if8 ; or 31. Wh at once, then 31 . . . . .B:hs !. 3 .. . . . Ads [31. . . . 'i&as 32. \3ff2 .B:hs 33· e5 d5 34· tLJ xd5 exd5 35· Jl x d5 +-] 32.. Wdz Ac7 33· !!h7 ! Wes 34· Whz ± Mission accomplished. Beliavsky continues to in crease the pressure. 34· . . . Acs 3S· COez ! Ab7 36. C0c1 es 37· ti:)d3 e x f4 3S. W x f4 l:!.fs 39· Wf6 tOes � 40. ti:)xes Wxes 41. Wxes dxes 42.. Acs !!gs 43· l:!.xf7 !!hs 44· !!f6 +- •-o.
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C H A P T E R 9 I M P ROVI N G P I E C E POSIT ION
Sc o re tab l e NQ
Poi n t s
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40 - 49 po i n t s
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60 - 70 poi nts
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ELO above 2400
77
You r Points
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Trap p i ng a P i ece
'A p i ece l i m i ted i n its actio n and i so l ated from the rest of its army is i n d anger of get ting trapped . ' ( Kotov) A kn ight on the rim i s n ' t j ust ' d i m ' - it can also fal l prey to enemy th reats.
Artur Yusu pov - Wolfgang U h l mann Austria 1997 162 D a
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But even more mobile pieces l i ke the bishop can be vulnerable.
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Endre Ste i ner -j ose Capablanca Budapest 1929
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1. e4 es 2. Cbf3 Cbc6 3· Abs a6 4· Aa4 d6 5· d4 bs 6. Ab3 Cb)(d4 7· Cb)(d4 e)(d4 8. W)(d4 ?
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A wel l-known m otif: the bishop com pletely d o m i n ates the kn ight.
55· ... �d7 The pawn e n d i ng after 55 . . . . l0c6 clearly lost for Black.
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s6. �e4 �e7 57· �fs hs s8. h4 C4 Black is i n zugzwang and has to sacrifice the c-pawn to free the kn ight. I f 58 . . . .
59· �e4 Cbb3 6o. A)(q CDd2+ 61. �ds ctJf3 O r 61 . . . . l0b1 62. Ad3 +-, and i f the
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Th is h ackneyed trap is known as 'The Noah's Ark'. I n other words, it h as been known for a long time . . . There fol l owed
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CHA PTER 10 TRAPPING A PIECE
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and Black won the b i s h o p and l ater the game. * * *
An u nfavo u rable p i ece pos1t1on can also be exploited by positional methods. I n the fol lowi ng classic, Capabl anca i sol ates and then excludes the enemy bishop from p l ay.
15. ... f6 16. �g2 as 17. a4 �f7 18. gh1 �e6 19. h4 gfb8 20. hxgs hxgs 21. b3 c6 22. ga2 bs 23. gha1 c4 l To uti l ise his advantage on the queenside, Bl ack has to open l i nes.
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29 . ... gxd4 0-1 . A beautifu l and fitti ng game for our theme. * * *
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10 . ... g5 l 11. ti3xf6+ 11. l2J xg5 is poor due to 11 . . . . llJ x d s ! 12. '81h5 h x gs 13. A x gs l2Jf4 14. '81h6 Ae7 -+.
Rustam Kasimdzhanov - Garry Kasparov Bat'umi (rapid) 2001 D
11 . ... 1Afxf6 12. Ag3 Ag4 13. h3 Axf3 14. 1Afxf3 1Afxf3 15. gxf3 + ' I n effect, White is p l ayi ng a piece down . The bishop o n g3 is caged i n , and can only be freed after a p awn sacri fi ce (Ah2, f4 and after exf4 Wh ite p l ays f3, �g2 fol l owed by Ag1 ) b u t this costs ti me and m a teri a l . The correct way for B l ack to rea l i se his posi tional advantage i s easy: attack on the q ueenside, where after an appropriate breakth rough and the opening of the A ank, Black wi l l be a piece (Ad 6 ) up.' ( Donev)
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Th i s was a rap i d - p l ay game and neither player wished to lose much ti me i n the open i ng. Both castled q u i ckly.
10. o-o ? o-o ? At this moment the players started laugh i ng as they noti ced that B l ac k cou l d h ave won the game immediately with 10 . . . . Aes. H owever, this act of mercy d i d not h e l p Kasimdzhanov: Kasparov played a s wel l as ever, and he went on to wi n the game. Even the strongest p l ayers sometimes overlook simple tactics. In the next exam ple, from a tie-break game in the European championship fi n a l , the fu tu re FI D E World C h a m p i o n fai led to seize the moment.
Ruslan Ponomariov - E m i l Sutovsky European Championship, Ohrid 2001 166 D a
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Artur Yusupov - Aiexei Shirov Moscow 1992 167 D a
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17. Ctlb1 l Wh i te w i n s the queen, b u t den ies Black any com pensati o n . 17. tt:la4 '8fx d2+ 18. '8fxd2 t2J x e4 &i .
17. ... li;rxd2+ 18. ttlxd2 +- 1-0. 37· �C4 The correct move was 37- Ae1 ! bs 38 . Aa3 b x a4 39· Ab4 and the rook i s trapped .
37· ... �cs+ 38. �b4 bs 39· axbs+ ax bs 40. h4 �C4+ 41. �b3 Y2-Y2. and al though White is sti l l on the road to
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12. C3 +- 1-0. There is no defence to lUb3, trapping the queen . * * *
I n the next - bri l l iant - game, the world no. 1's enti re strategy i s b ased on the poor position of his opponent's q ueen .
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17. ,ge1 �b8 18. Wd7 ,gd8 19. Wb7 h5 + Of course, Kasparov p l ays for a wi n .
20. Ac1 ? The losing m ove i n an already d ifficult positi on. 20. ;gab1 wou l d h ave been better.
20 . ... tba5 ! The h u n ter beco m es the h u n ted . Kas parov fi nds a way to win the queen by force.
21. W)(a7 Wc6 ( ;gas was threatened . ) 22. Wa6 etJC4 23. ,gb1 tbq o-1 . Wh ite can sti l l save the q ueen by sacrific ing a rook, 22. ;gb6, but he cannot save the game.
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SOLUTIONS
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S o l u ti o n s 0 E1o-1
0 E10-7
Yusupov - Romanishin, Yerevan (zt) 1982 3S· �e8 ! Ags 36. h4 +- Axh4 37· gxh4 'i!;>hs 38. �e4 fs 39· etJf6 + c;;,h 6 40. �c4 �ab3 41. �4XCS I-0.
Alekhine - Rubinstein, San Remo 1931 r. tlJxds! +- [r. tLl x ds cxds 2. i&c7 +-] r-o. 0 E10-8
Yusupov - Sokolov, Tilburg 1987 39· �dr ! [ 6't!?fz-e3-d4] 1-o.
Klarenbeek - Yusupov, Apeldoorn 2000 37· etJd3 � was poor. After A x a4 38. etJcs Ad7 39· etJh7+ 'i!;>c7 -+ White resigned because of 40. tLl xas lia4 -+, followed by 't!?b6. o-r.
0 E10-3
0 E10-9
Smyslov - Tolush, Moscow 1961 17. Abs ! +- (17. i&bs �ds rs. �xe7 + - ] r-o.
Yusupov - Kasparov, Riga 1995 36 . . . . Wb7 ! 37· £6 �as [3S. es D � x fJ+ 39·
0 E1o-2
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Yusupov - Fejzullahu, Switzerland 2000 rs. etJc7 ! tlJ x 6 + 16. e x 6 Ae6 [ r 6 . . . . t!bs 1 7. li xa7 +-] 17. tlJxa8 �xa8 18. b3 +- 1-o.
0 E1o-1o
Peresipkin - Chekhov, Minsk 1976 24. etJd6 ! +- [ 6 tLleS ; 24 . . . . exd6 25. cxd6 +-] 1-0.
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Yusupov - Bonsch, Bundesliga 2ooo/o1 27. �a7 Wxf6 [27. . . . t!ds 2S. �e7+ + - ; 27. . . . �C7 2S. t! x b7 +-] 28. W x f6 � x f6 29. Ag2! [29. !1 x b7 t'l.f3 30. i&g2 t! x c3 31. i& xc6 gave Black more chances.] 29 b4 [ 29 . . . . lies 30. t!as +-] 30. �xb7 bxq (30 . . . . b3 31. �Jr ! +-] 31. �b4 +- �d6 32. �xc4 c2 33· �xc2 �xd4 34· A x c6 hs 3S· A6 �d7 36. �b2 c;;,g7 37· 'i!;>£2 �d6 38. �b7 �d2+ 39· Ae2 �d6 40. Ac4 �f6+ 41. 'i!;>e3 'i!;>fs 42.. h3 'i!;>g7 43· g4 hxg4 44· hxg4 'i!;>fs 4S· �c7 'i!;>g7 46. 'i!;>e4 �f2 47· gs! White prepares to transpose into a winning king and pawn endgame. 47· . . . �fs 48. �xf7+ �xf? 49· Axf? 'i!;>xf? so. 'i!;>ds ! +- r-o. •
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Timman - Yusupov, Linares (cmsf6) 1992 37· Afs ! [ x t'l.h4] 37· . . . Ae2 38. Ae6+ 'i!;>h7 39· Afs+ 'i!;>gs 40. 'i!;>g2 +- [ 6lif6, lier] r-o.
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Bilek - Smyslov, Polanica-Zdroj 1968 36 . . . . �c7 ! [ 6 l"Kb6] 37· as �bs 38. �ar �bcs [ 6 .i::X s c6] o-r. 0 E10-13
Laurent - Lund-Jensen, Denmark 1937 r. Ags! Ax6 2. Wd2! Wxd4 3· Axh7+ ! 'i!;>xh7 4· Wxd4 +- r-o. 0 E10-14
Gutman - Gaidarov, SSSR 1978 r. es! [r. es dxes (r. . . lLld7 2. e x d6 + -) 2. lies +-] r-o. .
Fischer - Reshevsky, New York 1958 ro. Axf? + ! 'i!;>xf? [ro . . . . t! x f7 II. tLle6 ! +-] n. etJe6 ! dxe6 [rr. . . .
SOLUTIONS
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ttlc6 I3. Wdz +- I-o. 0 E10-15
0 E1o-2o
Botvinnik - Stepanov, Leningrad 19.30 I. Axf7+ ! �xf7 z. ttlc4 +- I-o.
Yusupov - Sax, Vrbas 1980 I4. Aci ! Was (14 . . . . Wa4 1;. l h c8 +-] IS. Adz Wb6 (15 . . . . Wa3 16. Z!q Wxa2 17. gc4 +- Wb2 18. Z!b3] I6. �bz +- ( L'> 16 . . . . as 1 7. a3] I-o.
Arbakov - Yusupov, Moscow 1981 17 . . . . ttlgs ! 18. We3 [18. \?if x f6� ke7 - + ; 018. \?ifg2 +] 18 . . . . ttlh3+ 19. �gz ttlg4 zo. Wez ttlgxfz 2.1. �f1 dxe4 zz. �xfz exd3 2.3. Axd3 A x d3 2.4. W x d3 ttl x fz zs. � x fz �ads + 2.6. Wez fs 2.7. ttlc4 Afs z8. Ac1 axb4 2.9. cxb4 bs 30. ttlas Ag7 JI. Ags �d6 32.. �g1 Wf7 33· Ae3 �ed8 34· �c• f4 3S· 1Hz Wd7 + o-1.
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Yusupov - Pirrot, Bundesliga 1994/95 zo. Wei ( L'> Tid I -d3. Correct was 20. ii.g3 !! + l'> [J, ii.e1 with a winning position ; 20. f3 Z!xeJ oo . ] zo . . . . b6 ZI. f3 Aa3!� [21. . . . Z!e8 22. Ag3 Aa3 23. \?ifd1 Ab2 ! oo ] zz. Wd1 (n. ct:J xa3 @XCI 2). f!fx c1 g XCJ <=tj 2.2.. . . . �Xe3 2.3. ttlxe3 Wxe3+ 2.4. �hi £b4 � 1-o.
Karaklajii: - Bely, Budapest 1957 •· . . . Wcs ! ( L'> 2. Wxe7 �? f6 !, 3· . . . Z!f7 -+ ].
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Petrosian - Matanovii:, Skopje 1969 z6. Wez ! (26. \?ifhs ct:Jd2] z6 ttlas (26 . . . . ctJd6 27. A x d6 c x d6 28. g 3 \?iff; 29. ct:J xd6 +-] 2.7. @hs ! +- ( f'>g3] 1-0, •
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Yusupov - Zapata, SaintJohn 1988 2.8. ttlaz ! Wbz 2.9. �ez Wa3 30. Ae3 (30. ctJc3 ! would have been simpler : 3 0 . . . . ct:Jhs 3 1 . ct:Jbs Wa1 32. \?if x a1 A x a1 33· g3 +-] 30 . . . . �e8 31. Aci Z!xez 32.. Axa3 �xaz 33· Wbi !� �xa3 34· Wbz tb x ds 3S· W x a3 ttl x f4 36. Afi Ad4+ 37· �hi ttlh; 38. g4 ttlg3+ 39· �gz tb x f1 �! (039 . . . . ii.es ± ] 40. � x fi fxg4 41. hxg4 + hs 42.. gxhs gxhs 43· Waz �f7 44· Wgz ttld7 4S· Wxb7 �e7 46. We4+ I-o.
0 E10-23
Botvinnik - Spielmann, Moscow 1935 9· ttla4 ! Wxaz 10. Ac4 ! Ag4 n. ttl6 Ax6 12.. gx6 ( 1 2. gx [J \?ifa3 ( 1 2 . . . . ctJc2+ 13. \?if x c2 + -) IJ. ftc3 +-) 1-0, 0 E 10-24
Mikhail Kliatskin, 192.4 I, C7 ! �XC7 2., axb6+ �Xb8 3• b7 +- I-0. 0 E10-25
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Kasparov - van der Wiel, Brussels 1987 18. ttlbs ! ± (If 18. ctJe2 (with the idea g4, Ac;), rhen 18 . . . . ctJe6.] 18 . . . . ttle6 ( 1 8 . . . . c x b; 19. kcs kfs 20. � x fs + -] 19· A xe6 fxe6 ( 1 9 . . . . cxb; 20. ka2 ± ] zo. ttlxc7 W>
Leonid Kubbel, 1934 1. �a4 ! �a3 ! z. � x b4+ ! � x b4 3· Aei + ! (3. Acs + � � x es 4· � x a3 �c4 =] 3· . . . �a4 4· Aq 0 �XC) S· �XC) +- I-0. 0 E 1o-26
Morovic Fernandez - Yusupov, Tunis (izt) 1985 (variation from the game) 30. Axgs ! �fs 31. Af4+ �d7 32.· �f) ! �xh;� 33· �g4 +-.
S O L U T I O N S E 10-27 TO E 10-32
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S· . . . tL:lc6+ 6. 'i!;>ds tL:las ; C) 3· tL:la6 3· . . . tL:le3 4· cs tL:lc4+ S· c;!;>ds tL:las = ] I tbb3 2. tbai !! (2. tL:le3? tL:las 3· c;!;>e4 tL:l x c4 =] 2 tbxai (2. . . . tL:las 3· tL:lb3+ +- (3. �b3? �c3) 3· . . . tL:lxb3 4· �xb3 �C3 s. c;!;>ds +-] 3· Aa4 c;;,C3 4· c;;,d5 c;;,b4 5· Adi 0 +- I-o. =
Petrosian - Fischer, Portoroi 1958 It is a trap ! 32· tL:l x fs+? is bad due to : 32 . . . . tL:l x fs 33· El. x f5 !'l.h8 ! -+ followed by �g6. p .. E:h2 (32. E!. x fs !'l.h8 ! -+ ] 32 Ad7 33· E:hi E:h8 34· tbc2! ± %-%. •
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Yusupov - Ligterink, Amsterdam 1978 (Is . . . . tL:lcs? is bad because of 16. Axc4! (16. A x f6 A x f6 1 7. A xc4 �b6 55) 16 . . . . tL:lfx e4 (16 . . . . tL:lcxe4 17. fxe4) 17. fxe4 Axc3 18. 'tifxq tL:l xe4 19. 1tid4 tL:l x g5 20. h4! + -.] I5 b5 I6. axb5 axb5 I7. Ae3 Wb7 I8. E:fbi E:fc8 I9. b4 tbe8 20. Ad4 ;t %-%. •
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Nezhmetdinov - Konstantinov, Rostov-on-Don 1936 n. q ! A x q + �� I2. b x q Wxq+ I3. 1f!id2 ! Wxai � I4. Abi !! +- ( 6 �b2] I-o. 0 E10-30
Yochanan Afek, I977 I. tbc2 (1. �a4? cxb4 2. cs b3 3· �xb3 tL:lxb3 4· c6 tL:las S· C7 tL:lc6+ 6. 'i!;>d6 tL:la7 = ; 1. tL:la6 ? �xd1 2. tL:l xcs tL:lc2 A) 3· tL:ld3 �d2 4· c5 c;!;> x d3 5· c6 tL:ld4 6. C7 tL:lc6+ = ; B) 3· tL:lb3 tL:lb4 4· �d4 'i!;>c2 s. tL:lcs (s. tL:las tL:la6)
0 E10-31
Yusupov - Suetin, Moscow 1980 2I. tbf6+ ! c;;,h8 2.2.. E:bi (22. tL:lg4 Axh 23. Axh E!. xd1 24 . .t::l. xd1 Ag5 ±] 22 Wc7 23. E:xb7! (23. tL:lg4 � x f3 ± ] 23 Wxb7 24. tbg4 ! + [24. tLlg5 �c7 25. tL:lgx h7 ±] 24 tbf5 25. tbh4 We7 26. tb x f5 gxf5 27. tb x h6 Wg5 28. tb x f5 ! [28. tL:l x fs \3! x fs 29. \3! x fs e x fs 30. e6+ 'i!;>g8 31. e7 +-) I-0. •
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Ruban - Dautov, Novosibirsk 1989 I5· g5! I6. tb x e4 dxe4 I7. tbd2 f6 I8. d5 ! fxe5 I9. W xe5 E:e8 (19 . . . . �d7 !? 20. tL:l xe4 g4 + ] 2o. tbxe4 tbc5 (20 . . . . g4 21. d6 � ; 20 . . . . 'tifd7 !? 21. d6 �d8] 2I. tbxc5�! (o21. d6 !? cxd6 22. tL:l x d6 A x d6 23. �xg5 + 'i!;>h8 (23 . . . . �f7 ? 24. E!. x d6 El.e6 2s. 'tiffs+ c;!;>e7 26. 1tixh7+ �xd6 27. !'l.d1+ �es 28. \3!f7 + - ) 24. \3!f6+ 'i!;>g8 2s. 'tifgs+ = ] 2I bxc5 22. E:aCI �! (22. Ae4 'tifd7 23. �fs �d6 24. �e6+ 1tixe6 +] 22 Wd8 23. Ah3 Ac8 + o-I. • • •
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C H APTER 10 TRAPPING A PIECE
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Score tab l e N�
Po i n t s
3
23
3
13
3
24
3
1
14
3
25
4
4
1
15
3
26
4
5
1
16
3
27
4
6
2
17
3
28
4
7
2
18
3
29
4
8
2
19
3
30
4
9
2
20
3
31
5
10
2
21
3
32
5
11
2
22
3
N�
Poi n t s
1
12
2
1
3
N�
Po i n t s
1
You r Poi nts
You r Poi nts
total
Poi nts
Pl ayi n g St rength
l e ss than 5 poi n t s
begi n n e r
5 - 2 0 poi n t s
ELO
800 - 1000
2 1 - 30 po i n t s
E L O 1000 - 1 5 00
31 - 4 5 po i n t s
E L O 1 5 0 0 - 1800
46 - 60 po i n t s
E L O 1800 - 2 100
61 - 7 5 poi n t s
ELO 2 100 - 2 300
76 - 90 poi n t s
ELO above 2 3 00
90
You r Points
A p pendix I n dex of c o m p o s e rs a n d an al y sts Names in italics refer to analysts.
A Adorjdn, Andrds, 167 Afek, Yoch anan , 124, 185 Averbakh, Yuri, 41 , 55 B Beliavsky, Alexander, 92, 93, 167 Bond arenko, Fi l i pp, 27 Breukelen , G ij s van , 52, 53 Bro n , Vl ad i m i r, 112, 123 c
Chero n , And re, 151 D
Darga, Klaus, 15 Del Rio, Ercole, 147 Donev, lvo Hristov, 172 Dreev, Alexey, 70 D u ras, Oldfich, 52 Dvizov, Evgeny, 52 Dvoretsky, Mark, 17, 38 , 70, 115, 150, 169 E Euwe, Machielis, 82 F Ferdesi, 97 Fridste i n , 123 Fri n k, Orri n , 52 Fritz, J i ndfich, 25, 137 Ftdcnfk, Ljubomfr, 89, 91
G Gorgiev, Tigran, 25 Gotsd i ner, G . , 52 G reco, Gioacch i no, 53 G rigoriev, N i kolay Dm itrievich, 123, 126, 150, 151 G u rvich, Abram, 126, 149 H H e rbstma n , Alexander, 52 H i l debrand, Alexander, 148 Holzhausen, Walther von , 40 H orwi tz, Bern h ard , 151 Hubner, Robert, 169 Huzman, Alexander, 91
I l l ustrative example, 147
K Kai la, Osmo, 54 Kaspari an, Genrikh Moiseevich, 112 Kasparov, Garry, 184 Kiss l i ng, G . , 26 Kliatski n , M i kh ai l , 1 84 J osef Kl i ng & Bernhard H orwi tz, 42 Kosek, V. , 54 Kotov, Alexander, 57, 171 Kozi rev, V. , 127 Kramnik, Vladimir, 70, 88-91 Kri khe l i , losif, 52 Ku b bel , Leon i d , 149 , 184 Kuznetsov, Alexander, 27 Kuznetsov, Anatoly Georgievich, 53
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A P P E N DI X
L Lasker, Emanuel, 110, 135, 136 Levenfish, G rigory, 96, 109 Levenpsh, Grigory, 98 Lewitt, Moritz, 147 M Makagonov, Vladimir Andreevich, 57 Makarychev, Sergey, S o Matous, M ario, 29 Mednis, Edmar, 39, 53 Mees, W. , 54 Megvi n ishvi l i , N . , 54 N Nimzowitsch, Aaron, 79 0
s
Smyslov, Vassi{y, 57 Stohl, Igor, 90 T Taimanov, Mark, 167 Tarrasch, Siegbert, 110 Tartakower, Savie{y, 72 Troitzky, Alexei Alexeyevich, 52 u
U m n ov, G . , 54 u n known , 52 v
Van Vl iet, Louis, 148 Vancura, J osef, 149 Vlasenko, V. , 127
Ojanen, A . , 147
p Petrosian, Tigran, 53 Pogosj ants, Ernest, 29 Polugaevsk.y, Lev, 82 Psakhis, Lev, 89 R Rauzer, Vsevolod, 41 Reti, Richard , 25, 123 Rinck, H en ri , 111, 112, 148, 149
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Winants, Luc, 91 Wotawa, Alois, 17 y
Yusupov, Artur, 38, 53, 91, 94 z
Zaitsev, Igor, 27, 28 Zhuravlev, Nikolay, 110
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I N D E X OF G A M ES
I n dex of g a m e s N u m bers i n b o l d i n d i cate that the fi rst named pl ayer h ad Black.
A Adams, Edward Bradfo rd - Torre Repetto, 13 Adams, Michael - Pi ker, 150 - Yusupov, 26 Adorjan, And ras - Yusu pov, 167 Alden - N i lsson, 11 Alekh ine, Alexander - Bernste i n , 11 - Bogolj u bow, 109 - Friem an, 12 -Jahner, 12 - Keh n l e i n , 11 - Reshevsky, 11 - Ru b i n stei n , 1 83 - Reri , 96 Ambroz, Jan - l n kiov, 155 Anand, Viswanathan - Andersson , 25 - Gelfand , 125 - Karpov, 123 - Kasparov, 92 - Kram n i k, 88 - Salov, 24 - Tomczak, 25 - Tu kmakov, 24 - Yusupov, 147 Anderssen, Adolf- Paulsen, 11 - Stau nton, 97 Andersson , U lf- Anand, 25 - McNab, 147 Antu nes, Anton io - Loek, 109 Arbakov, Valentin - Yusupov, 184 Aro n i n , Lev Solomonovich - M i kenas, 11 Averbakh, Yu ri - Herberg, 110 8
Bagi rov, Vl ad i m i r - Planinc, 124 Balogh - Szi ly, 147 Baram idze, David - Smeets, 147 Bareev, Evgeny - Hel lers, 109
Batu ri n - Yusu pov, 167 Bel i avsky, Alexand e r - Cabri lo, 169 - Chandler, 109 - Ge l ler, 154 - Stri kovic, 92 - Yusu pov, 109, 1 67, 169 Belousov - Selyavki n , 11 Bely, M i klos - Karaklajic, 184 Bernste i n , Ossi p - Alekh i ne, 11 - Capablanca, 1 B i lek, I stvan - S myslov, 183 Bogolj u bow, Efi m - Alekh ine, 109 - H u ssong, 24 - Reri, 12 Boleslavsky, Isaak - Ragozi n , 123 - Smyslov, 69 Bensch, Uwe - Yusu pov, 183 Botvi n n ik, M i kh ai l - Chekhover, 69 - Kan, 69 - Ragozi n , 71 - Smyslov, 71 - Soroki n , 71, 1 09 - Sp i e l m a n n , 184 - Stepanov, 184 - Taimanov, 148, 167 - Tal, 72 B restian, Egan - Yusupov, 135 B ronste i n , D avid - M i kenas, 11 - Pachman, 111 B u rn , Amos -J a n owski , 11 Buts - Fauskas, 174 c
Cabrilo, Goran - Bel i avsky, 169 Cam para, Daniel -J ansa, 167 Campos Lopez, M ario - Smith, 39 Capablanca, J ose - Bernste i n , 1 - Fonaroff, 12 - N i mzowitsch, 148
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- Rubi nste i n , 110 - Samisch, 95 - Steiner, 171 - Wi nter, 172 Chandler, M u rray - Beli avsky, 109 - Polgar, 37 Chekhov, Valery - Peresi p k i n , 183 - Psakhis, 155 - Yusu pov, 169 Chekhover, Vitaly - Botvi n n i k, 69 Christi an sen , Larry - Karpov, 95 Crouch, Col i n - Speel m a n , 12 Csom, I stvan - Karpov, 124 - Kindermann, 109 - Yusupov, 168
D Dautov, Rustem - Ruban, 185 - Sermek, 41 - Yusupov, 26 Day - van der Wiel , 168 Dlez del Corral , j esus - Ti mman, 70 Dj aja, D raguti n - Staudte, 11 Durie, Stefan - Yusupov, 169 Dol m atov, Sergey - Yusu pov, 78, 86 Domes - Fedorov, 110 Dreev, Alexey - Kram n i k, 59 E Eh lvest, J aan - Nogueiras, 109 Ei ngorn, Vereslav - Smyslov, 148 Epish i n , Vlad i m i r - Yusu pov, 125 Estri n , Yakov - Kletsel , 71 Euwe, M achgiel is - Fonte i n , 11 - Vi d m ar, 12 F Fauskas - Buts, 174 Fedorov - Domes, 110 Fejzullah u , Afri m - Yusu pov, 183 Fernandez - Pahtz, 109 Feuer, B. H . - O'Kelly de Galway, 109 Fischer, Robert - Keres, 72
A P PENDIX
- Petrosian, 70, 153, 185 - Reshevsky, 136, 183 - Spassky, 109 - Tai m anov, 36 Flo h r, Salo - Tai manov, 167 Fold i , J6zsef- Lu kacs, 150 Fon aroff, Marc - Capablanca, 12 Fon te i n , George Saito - Euwe, 11 Frieman, A - Alekh i ne, 12 Fu rman, Semen Abramovich - Smyslov, 69
G Gabriel, Ch ristian - M i c h aelsen, 124 Gaidarov - G u tm a n , 183 G al l iamova, Alisa - Xi e j u n , 111 Gapri n d ashvi l i , Non a - Servaty, 25 Garda Vera, Osca r - G rau , 96 Gelfand, Boris - Anand, 125 Geller, Efi m - Beli avsky, 154 G h i nda, M i h ai l - Yusu pov, 70 G l ienke, Manfred - Yusupov, 166 G l igoric, Svetozar - Smyslov, 136 - Yusupov, 168 Gol 'berg - Zhuk, 147 G randa Zun iga, J u l io - Svi d ler, 24 G rau, Roberto - Garda Vera, 96 G rigorian, Karen Ashotovich - Ku p reich i k, 73 G r6szpeter, Atti l a - Ku preichik, 166 G u l ko, Boris - Svesh n i kov, 54 G u revich, M i kh ai l - Razuvaev, 110 Gutm a n , Lev - Gaidarov, 183 - M i kenas, 38 H H e l lers, Ferd i nand - Bareev, 109 Hernandez, Roman - Yusupov, 71 Holzhauer, M athias - Yusupov, 111 H o n fi , Karolyne - M i nic, 11 Herberg, Bengt-Eric - Averbakh, 110 H u bner, Robert - N i kolaidis, 110 H u l ak, Kru noslav - Yusu pov, 166 H uss, Andreas - Razuvaev, (71)
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I N D E X OF G A M E S
H u ssong, H ugo - Bogolj u bow, 24
l n kiov, Ven tzislav - Ambroz, 155 l ose l i a n i , N an a - Xi e J u n , 2 Ivanov, Alexander - M alani uk, 168
J J anowski, D awid M arkelowicz - Burn, 11 Jansa, Vlasti m i l - Campa ra, 1 67 J i menez-Zerq uera, E leazar - Larsen , 72 Johner - Alekh ine, 12 K Kamyshev - Rovner, 11 Kan , I l i a Abramovich - Botvi n n i k, 69 Kanzyn - Vodopyanov, 12 Kapengut, Al bert - Zhu ravlev, 109 Karaklajic, N i kola - Bely, 184 Karpov, Anatoly - Anand, 123 - Ch ristiansen, 95 - Csom, 124 - Korchnoi, 43 - Spassky, 72, 72, 154 - Topalov, 111 Kasi mdzh anov, Rustam - Kasparov, 172 Kasparov, Garry - Anand, 92 - Kasimdzhanov, 172 - Pri byl , 93 - Short, 40 - van der Wiel , 184 - Vlad i m i rov, 174 - Vu kic, 70 - Yusupov, 149 , 166, 183 Kavalek, Lu bom i r - Portisch, 37 Kengis, Edvi n s - Yusu pov, 157 Keres, Pau l - Fischer, 72 - Spassky, 81 Kinde rmann , Stefa n - Csom , 109 Klaren beek, H ans - Yusupov, 183 Kletsel, M - Estri n , 71 Koh nen - Lepek, 12 Koh n l e i n , H - Alekh ine, 11
Konstanti nov - Nezhmetd i nov, 185 Korc h n o i , Vikto r - Karpov, 43 - S passky, 82 Kotov, Alexand e r - N ajdorf, 27 Kotro n i as, Vasi lios - Yusupov, 149 Kou atly, Bachar - Yusupov, 85 Kram n i k, Vlad i m i r - Anand, 88 - D reev, 59 - N ij boer, 91 - N u n n , 87 - Po lgar, 88, 90 - Sh i rov, 90 - Ti mman, 75 - Yusupov, 87 Kupreic h i k, Vi kto r - G rigorian , 73 - G r6szpeter, 166 - Yus u pov, 169 Kuzm i n , Gen n ad i - Timoshchenko, 123 Kuznetsov - Petu khov, 53 l
Larsen , Bent -J i m enez-Zerq uera, 72 - Petrosian , 53 Lasker - N N , 110 Lasker, Emanuel - Rubinstei n , 110 Lau rent - Lund-J ensen, 183 Lepek - Kohnen, 12 Levi n , Alexander - Zej bot, 147 Ligteri nk, Gert - Yusupov, 185 Li l ienth al, Andor - Smyslov, 1 1 , 25 Lobro n , Eric - Svid ler, 15 - van der Wiel , 41 towcki, Moj.iesz - Tartakower, 12 Lputian, Sm bat - Yusu pov, 117 Lu kacs, Peter - Fol d i , 150 Lund-J ensen - Lau rent, 183
M Mai n ka, G rego r - Yusu pov, 157 Malan i u k, Vl ad i m i r - Ivanov, 168 M arshal l , Fran k - Sch lechter, 71 M arti n i , Marco - Yusupov, 166 M atanovic, Aleksandar - Petrosian, 184
A P P E N DI X
192
McNab, Col i n - Andersson , 147 Merger, J ohan nes - Pau lsen, 54 Michaelsen, N i l s - Gabriel, 124 M i kenas, Vlad as - Aro n i n , 11 - Bronstein, 11 - Gutman, 38 M i les, Anthony - Yusu pov, 148 M i l ov, Vad i m - Yusupov, 24 M i n ic, Dragolj u b - H onfi , 11 M itite l u , Gheorghe - Tol u s h , 111 Morovic Fernandez, Ivan - Yusupov, 184 Movsesian, Sergei - Yusu pov, 124
N Najdorf, M iguel - Kotov, 27 Nezh metd i n ov, Rash id - Kon stantinov, 185 N ielsen, Pau l Eri k - Ravi kumar, 124 N ij boer, Friso - Kram n i k, 91 N i kolaidis, loannis - H u bner, 110 N i lsso n , L - Aiden, 11 N i mzowitsch , Aaron - Capabl anca, 148 - Samisch, 79 NN - Lasker, 110 NN - NN, 11, 11 NN - Swiderski , 109 Noguei ras, Jesus - Eh lvest, 109 - Yusu pov, 16 N u n n , J oh n - Kram n i k, 87 0
Olland, Adolf Georg - Wol f, 24 O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic - Feuer, 109
p Pachman, Ludek - Bronste i n , 111 Pahtz, Thomas - Fern andez, 109 Pau lsen , Louis - Anderssen, 11 - Merger, 54 Peresipki n , Vl ad i m i r - Chekhov, 183 Petrosi an , Tigran - Fischer, 70, 153, 185 - Larsen , 53 - M atanovic, 184 - Simagi n , 97
- Smyslov, 167 - Spassky, 81 - Sueti n , 153 Petu khov - Kuznetsov, 53 Petu rsson, Margei r - Yusu pov, 115 Piket, J eroen - Adams, 150 Pi rrot, Dieter - Yusu pov, 147, 184 Planinc, Albi n - Bagi rov, 124 - Raicevic, 38 Polgar, Zsuzsa - Chandler, 37 Polgar, J u d i t - Kram n i k, 88, 90 Ponomariov, Ruslan - Su tovsky, 173 Portisch, Lajos - Kavalek, 37 Pri byl , J osef- Kasparov, 93 Psakhis, Lev - Chekhov, 155 - Yusu pov, 156
R Ragozi n , Viacheslav - Boleslavsky, 123 - Botvi n n i k, 71 Raicevic, Vlad i m i r - Plani nc, 38 Ras i n , J acob - Yusu pov, 168 Ravi kumar, Vaidyanath an - N ielsen, 124 Razuvaev, Yuri - Gu revi ch, 110 - H uss, (71 ) - Vasi u kov, 109 - Yusupov, 70, 83 Ree, H ans - Tim man, 138 Renet, O l ivier - Yusu pov, 70 Reshevsky, Samuel - Alekh i ne, 11 - Fischer, 136, 183 - Smyslov, 72 - Tatai, 53 Reti , Rich ard - Alekh i ne, 96 - Bogolj u bow, 12 Ri b l i , Zoltan - Yusu pov, 84 Rokh l i n , Yakov - S i l i ch , 24 Roman ish i n , Oleg - Yusu pov, 183 Romanovsky, Peter Arsenievich - Stepanov, 109 Rovner, Dmitry Osi povich - Kamyshev, 11 Ruban, Vad i m - Dautov, 185 Rubi nste i n , Aki ba - Alekh ine, 183
I N D E X OF G A M E S
- Capablanca, 110 - Lasker, 110 s
Salov, Valery - Anand, 24 - Yusupov, 24 Samisch, Fritz - Capablanca, 95 - N i mzowitsch, 79 Sax, Gyu l a - Yusupov, 84, 184 Sch lechter, Carl - M arsh al l , 71 Schlosser, P h i l i p p - Yusu pov, 27 Sei rawan, Yasser - Yusu pov, 168 Selyavki n - Belousov, 11 Sermek, Drazen - Dautov, 41 Servaty, Rudolf- Gaprindashvi l i , 25 Shampouw - Si lal ac h i , 12 S h i rov, Alexei - Kram n i k, 90 - Yusu pov, 11, 173 Short, N igel - Kasparov, 40 Si lalach i - Sham pouw, 12 S i l ich, Vladislav - Rokh l i n , 24 S i m agi n , Vlad i m i r - Petrosian, 97 Sl iwa, Bogdan - Stoltz, 12 S l u tzky, Leon i d - Yusupov, 166 Smeets, Jan - Baramidze, 147 Smith, Ken n eth - Campos Lopez, 39 Smyslov, Vassily - Bi lek, 183 - Bolesl avsky, 69 - Botvi n n i k, 71 - Ei ngo rn , 148 - Fu rman, 69 - Gl igoric, 136 - Li l ienthal , 11, 25 - Petrosian , 167 - Reshevsky, 72 - Speelman, 110 - Tal , 69 , 71 - Tolush, 183 Sokolov, And rei - Yusupov, 12, 183 Soroki n , Maxim - Yusu pov, 124 Soroki n , N i kolay - Botvi n n i k, 71 , 109 Spasov, Li u ben - Yusu pov, 166 Spassky, Boris - Fischer, 109
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- Karpov, 72, 72, 154 - Keres, 81 - Korchnoi, 82 - Petrosian, 81 - Ti m m a n , 148 Speel man, J o n athan - Crouch, 12 - Smyslov, 110 Spiel m an n , Rudolf- Botvi n n i k, 184 S p i ridonov, N i ko l a - U h l m an n , 110 Spraggett, Kevi n - Yusu pov, 57 Staudte, Hans H i l mar - Djaja, 11 Stau nto n , H oward - Anderssen, 97 Stei ner, E n d re - Capablanca, 171 Stepanov, G . - Botvi n n i k, 184 - Romanovsky, 109 Sterre n , Pau l van der - Yusu pov, 76 Sto h l , Igo r - Yusupov, 86 Stoltz, Gosta - Sl iwa, 12 Stri kovic, Aleksa - Beli avsky, 92 Stromberg, Pete r - Vedder, 110 Sueti n , Alexey - Petrosian , 153 - Yusu pov, 185 Sutovsky, E m i l - Ponomariov, 173 Sves h n i kov, Evgeny - G u l ko, 54 Svid ler, Peter - G randa Zun iga, 24 - Lobro n , 15 Swiderski, Rudolf- N N , 109 Szi ly - Balogh , 147
T Tai m an ov, M ark - Botvi n n i k, 148, 167 - Fischer, 36 - Fl o h r, 167 - Yusupov, 168 Tal , M i khail - Botvi n n ik, 72 - Smyslov, 69, 71 Tartakower, Savi e l ly - towcki, 12 Tatai , Stefano - Reshevsky, 53 Ti m m an , J an - Dfez del Corral, 70 - Kramnik, 75 - Ree, 138 - Spassky, 148 - To rre, 11
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A P P E N DI X
- Yusu pov, 26, 183 Timoshchen ko, Gennad i - Kuzm i n , 123 Tolush, Alexander - M itite l u , 111 - Smyslov, 183 Tomczak, Rai ner - Anand, 25 Topalov, Vesel i n - Karpov, 111 Torre Repetto, Carlos - Ad ams, 13 Torre, Eugen io - Tim man, 11 - Yusupov, 78 Tseshkovsky, Vitaly - Yusu pov, 168 Tukmakov, Vlad i m i r - Anan d , 24 - Yusu pov, So, 167 u
U h l man n , Wol fgang - Spi ridonov, 110 - Yusupov, 171 v
Vagan ian, Rafael - Yus upov, 166 va·i sser, Anatol i - Yusu pov, 1 68 Vasi u kov, Evgeni - Razuvaev, 109 Vedder, Henk - Stromberg, 110 Vid mar, M i lan - Euwe, 12 Vilela, Jose Lu i s - Yusu pov, 166 Vlad i m i rov, Evgeny - Kasparov, 174 Vodopyanov - Kanzyn , 12 Vooremaa, And res - Yu ksti , 110 Vu kic, M i l an - Kasparov, 70 Vu lfson, Vlad i m i r - Yusu pov, 166 w
Wely, Loek van - Antu nes, 109 Wiei , John van der - Day, 168 - Kasparov, 184 - Lebron, 41 Wi nter, Will iam - Capablanca, 172 Wirthensohn, Hei nz - Yusu pov, 70 Wolf, Heinrich - Oil and , 24
X Xie J u n - Gal liamova, 111 - l oselian i , 2
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Yuksti - Vooremaa, 110 Yusu pov, Artu r - Adams, 26 - Adorjan, 167 - Anan d , 147 - Arbakov, 184 - Batu rin, 167 - Beliavsky, 109 , 167, 169 - Brestian, 135 - Bonsch, 183 - Chekhov, 169 - Csom , 168 - Dautov, z6 - Du rie, 169 - Dolmatov, 78, 86 - Epish i n , 125 - Fejzu l l ah u , 183 - Gh i nda, 70 - Glienke, 166 - Gl igoric, 168 - Hernandez, 71 - Holzhauer, 111 - H u l ak, 166 - Kasparov, 149, 166, 183 - Kengis, 157 - Kl arenbeek, 183 - Kotronias, 149 - Kouatly, 85 - Kramnik, 87 - Kupreichik, 169 - Ligteri n k, 185 - Lputian, 117 - Mainka, 157 - Marti n i , 166 - M iles, 148 - M i l ov, 24 - Morovic Fern andez, 184 - M ovsesian, 124 - Nogueiras, 16 - Pi rrot, 147, 184 - Psakh is, 156 - Petursson, 115 - Ras i n , 168
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I N D E X OF G A M E S
- Razuvaev, 7 0 , 83 - Renet, 70 - Ri b l i , 84 - Roman i s h i n , 183 - Salov, 24 - Sax, 84, 184 - Schlosser, 27 - Sei rawan , 168 - Shirov, 11, 173 - Sl u tzky, 166 - Sokolov, 12, 183 - Soroki n , 124 - Spasov, 166 - Spraggett, 57 - Stoh l , 86 - Sueti n , 185 - Tai m anov, 168 - Tim man , 26, 183
- Torre, 78 - Tseshkovsky, 168 - Tu kmakov, 8o, 167 - U hlmann, 171 - Vaganian, 166 - van der Sterren, 76 - Va'i sser, 168 - Vi lela, 166 - Vu lfson , 166 - Wi rthenso h n , 70 - Zapata, 184 z
Zapata, Alonso - Yusupov, 184 Zej bot, I . M . - Levi n , 147 Zh u k - Gol' berg, 147 Zh u ravlev, N i kolay - Kapengut, 109
A P P E N DI X
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