Yearbook 81
2006 New In Chess - The Netherlands

YearliOOk
Contributing authors
Adams • Afek •Agdesteio •I.AJmasi •Z.Alrnasi •Anand • Anka • Bareev •Boersma • DeZeeuw
Dreev • Flear • Fogarasi • Galkin • Grivas • Hazai • Herbold • llczuk • Inarkiev • Ivanchuk
Kapengut • KaJjakin • Karolyi • A.Kuzmin • Langeweg • Lautier • Lukacs • Malakhov
Mamedyarov • Mario • Matamoros • Mikhalevski • Moskalenko • Motylev • Naiditscb • Ohhof
Panczyk • Pert • Ponomariov • Rogers •Rogozenko • Rowson • Shipov • Skatchkov • Sosonko
Stohl • Stoica • Sulava • Sutovsky • Sveshnikov • Svidler • Timman • Tiviakov • Toma�hevsky
Tzermiadi11.0os • Van der Sterreo • Van der Talc • Van der Wiel • Vladimi.rov • Yurtaev • Yusupov
TIIICHfSSPL\'I1\'SGllIDIT00P!'\1'\(, !\f\\s
Edited by Genna Sosonko

Opening Highlights
Vladimir Kramnik
Is it the mark of a true champion to be able to survive new
opening ideas rather than create them? Vlad the
Invincible finds all the answers over the board. For his
Catalan adventures, see Topalov. Another Kramnik
survival method, against Anand's dangerous thrust in
the Nimzo (NI 23.7, page 180) still holds sway, and his
developing plan in the Slav Chameleon (SL3.1, page
160) against Topalov(l) is still considered the best
Ernesto lnarkiev
What did commentator Ernesto lnarkiev do-when Kramnik
forfeited his 5th game in Elista, giving him a free day? Well,
write a Survey for this Yearbook, of course! The Russian
First-League champion discusses a forceful line in the
Averbakh (KI 26.4, page 212) for black players who move
with passion. The sole 'Kalmykian' grandmaster picked it
up from the sole Kyrgyz grandmaster, Leonid Yurtaev.
Nicholas Pert
Former under-18 World Champion Nicholas Pert is
quickly rising in the ranks of British chess. At the Turin
Olympiad, he scored 51f2 out of 9 on his debut for
England. Nick Pert wrote his first Survey on an
interesting sideline of the King's Indian Attack which
annoys many French players: 4 ...b6 (FR 2.11, page
67), based on his quick win over Britton in the EU
Championship, where he was a close contender.
Artur Yusupov
Our contributing author Artur Yusupov performed an
impressive feat in the Talents vs Experience tournament
in Amsterdam: he played the same 12 moves in four of
his five games as Black! It all happened in the topical
Winawer with 7 ... 0-0 in the French (FR 11.4). Istvan
Almasi tells the whole story on page 73. In the Dutch
capital the line survived, but Almasi's conclusion is
less than jolly for the French adepL

Veselin Topalov
Yes, there was some hair-raising chess going on in Elista
as well I The first game of the Match saw a quite rare
Catalan line, which got Emil Anka racking his brains
(CA 3.1, page 171). Topalov's choice of the unbalancing
7. .. .id2!? was surprising (admit1edly not as much as
certain other decisions) but actually quite logical and will
probably get more airplay soon, because that's how
these things go with top-level games.
Sergey Tiviakov
It's been quite a year for Tiviakov. Besides winning
several opens, he wrenched the hotly contested Dutch
title out of the hands of six·time champion Loek van Wely.
His quiet opening approach was highly effective, though
he didn't get to try his beloved Italian against 1. . . e5 (JG
1.3). So he saved his important idea 9.d41? for you,
dear Yearbook reader. Read all about it on page 112.
John van der Wiel
Corus press officer Tom Bottema sprung a huge
surprise on John van der Wiel in a Dutch summer
tournament. In the offbeat Nimzowitsch Opening, he
allowed a dangerous queen sacrifice - an almost
forgot1en Donaldson idea - and came away with it.
Quaint enough to inspire the Dutch grandmaster to
write a short Survey (VO 5.9, page 144). It may be your
last chance to cast your eyes on the Dodo Variation!
Manfred Herbold
German chess players know him as the 'chess therapist'
from Stauf. Manfred Herbold has already featured with
some lively games in our FORUM section. Now he tries his
hand on a Survey about a truly crazy opening: the
Schlenker Gambit (VO 12.1, page 147). There is nothing
therapeutic about this concept: it kills those who don't
wake up in time! A Vladimir Kramnik would find an OTB
remedy, but several masterly heads have rolled already.

Your Variations
Forum and Sosonko's Corner
Opening
Variation
Sicilian Defence
Najdorf Variation 6..i.e3 e6
Petroff Defence
Marshall Varlation 6....i.d6
Benoni Defence
The .i.d3, h3 System
Sicilian Defence
Nimzowitsch Variation 2...�f6
Various Openings
Budapest Gambit 3... �g4
Sicilian Defence
Scheveningen Variation 6..i.e2
Slav Defence
Chameleon Variation 4... a6
___ Klng'sJ�ambit_____ ___ _Be
.
ckeLVariati on 3...h6
Gri
i
nfeld Indian Defence
Enatum
Sosonko's Comer
Surveys
Opening
Sicilian Defence
Sicilian Defence
Sicilian Defence
Sicilian Defence
------··--------------- �-
Plrc Defence
King's Fianchett o
King's Fianchetto
French Defence
French Defence
caro-Kann Defence
Scandinavian Defence
Ruy Lopez
Ruy Lopez
Ruy Lopez
Italian Game
Four Knights O�ning
King's Gambit
6
Exchange Variation 7..i.c4
Variation
Najdorf Variation 6.g3
Rossolimo Variation 3..i.b5
Anti-Sveshnikov 3. �c3 e5
Alapln Variation 2...d5
Austrian Attack 6...�a6
3.c4 Une
3.�f3 Une
Closed Variation 4...b6
Winawer Variation 7.. .0 -0
Advanced Variation 4..i.e3
Main Une 3...11t'd6
Berlin Defence 7...�e4
Berlin Defence 7...�f5
Marshall Attack 8...d5
Two Knights Defence 4.d3
Rubinstein Variation 4...�d4
Early Deviations, various
NIC-Key
Author
Page
Sl 19.16
Naumovtc
10
RG 4.12
Turgut
11
Bl B.11
Gr1vas
12
Sl 43.6
Afek
13
vo 17.2
Bohigas
14
5124.9
Van derTak
15
SL3.1
Olthof
16
KG 2.1
Boel
18
Gl 5.1
Van derTak
19
QG 6.13
Editors
21
Sosonko
22
NIC-Key
Author
Page
Sl 14.2
A. Kuzmln
28
Sl 31.8
Fogarasl
35
Sl 32.16
Skatchkov
42
Sl 46.4
Sveshnikov
45
PU 13.11
Marin/Stoica
49
KF 4.7
Rogozenko
54
KF9.7
Grivas
63
FR 2.11
Pert
67
FR 11.4
I. Almasi
73
CK 4.2
Boersma
BO
so 8.12
Tzenniadianos
86
RL7.4
Matamoros
91
RL7.4
1. Almasi/Z. Almasl
98
RL17.6
Van derTak
106
IG 1.3
Tivlakov
112
KP 11.5
Panczyk/llczuk
118
KG 5.1
Karolyl
127

Surveys (continued)
Opening
Variation
NIC-Key
Author
Page
King's Gambit
Early Deviations2.. .�c5
KG 5.3
DeZe
e
uw
136
Nimzowitsch Opening
Dodo Variation 3..•�4
vo 5.9
Van derWiel
144
Various Openings
Schlenker Gambit 1.ll
l
c3 g62.h4 vo 12.1
Herbold
147
Various Openings
Budapest Gambit 3... ll
l
g4
vo 17.2
Moskalenko
151
Slav Defence
Chameleon Variation 5.c5
Sl3.1
A. Kuzmin
160
Slav Defence
Krause Variation 6.ll
l
e5
SL4.5
Olthof
166
Catalan Opening
Accepted Variation 5.. .�
CA 3.1
Anka
171
Nimzo-lndlan Defence
aasslcal Variation 4...d5
Nl23.7
Vladimirov
180
Nimzo-lndian Defence
aassical Variation 4..• !H:I
Nl24.13
Lukacs/Hazai
185
Queen's Indian Defence Clas
si
cal Variation 4. .. �b7
Q16.4
Langeweg
192
Gri
i
nfeld Indian Defence Ranchetto Variation 5...c6, 6• ..d5 Gl2.3
Galkin
197
King's Indian Defence
Gligoric Variation7ie3
1<118.9
Mlkhalevski
205
King's Indian Defence
Averbakh Variation 5.�e2, 6ig5 1<12 6.4
lnarkiev
212
King's Indian Defence
samisch Variation 5.f3
1<148.12
Kapengut
217
Queen's Pawn Opening Colle System 3...b6
QP 6.5
Sulava
223
English Opening
Reversed Dragon 3.g3
E03.4
LukaCS/Hazai
229
English Opening
Symmetrical Variation ...g6
E040.6
Grivas
235
Service
Book Revi�
Rear
240
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Jewgenl Sweschnikow: Franziisisch Vorstos
sv
ariante Band 1 &2
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John Watson & Eric Schiller: How to Suc
ce
ed
In the Queen Pawn Openings
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lev Alburt. Roman Dzindzichashvili, Eugene Perelshteyn (AI Lawrence): Ches
s
Openings forWhite Explained:
Winning with 1.e4
-
Anatoly Karpov & Mikhail Podgaets: Caro-Kann Defence: Advance Variation and Gambit System
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New In Ches
s
Code System
247

FORUM
AND
Sosonko's
Corner

Forum
The Name of the Game
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The FORUM
is a platfonn for discussion
of developments In ches
s
opening theory In general
and particularly
In variations
discussed In previous
Yearbook Issues.
Conh1butions to these
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The Best Defence_
a letter by Gika Naumovic
5119.16 (880)
YB 80
HiNewInChessteam!I'ma
French club player (1810 Elo) and a
___
n���!?: Q.fy_o� ex£C?_!!e!lt series.
Since two months I am studying
the NajdorUScheveningen Sicilian
(hard work!). That's why your Sur­
veys about the English Attack are
very interesting for me.
InYearbo
o
k 80, I didn't understand
why in his analysis of Ivanchuk­
Van Wely, Igor Stohl gave no good
answer for Black to Ivanchuk's
17.b5!?. I looked at the position af­
terthe21stmoveandIaskedmy­
self (in French): 'Why not
21....ic5?'. So I checkedwithFritz
and after ten seconds, it indicates
this move! So I checked the analy­
sis further and now I think Black's
position is better than in Igor
-
--Stohl's analyses. So I give it to you,
in order to provide it with a human
or OM evaluation:
21..• �c51
Instead of simply defending the c7
square with 2l... <txi5, why not play
a counter-attacking move? After
22.0.c7 �7, the d6 square is pro­
tected and Black avails of the threat
23. . ..h3 and 24...'irb7!.
22.�d6
A) 22/:0C7? We7 23.1Wc3
(23.1Lla6?? �a3 24.Wbl 'irb7)
23.. .D.c6 24.1Llb5 1Wa6-+;
B) 22.g510d5 23.gh6e3 24.11fh2
gh6 25.�d6 �d7 looks good for
Black.
22.•.10d51
Only now! Threatening 23.. .�e3
and covering the c7 square.
23.�c5 1Wc5 24.1i'd4
24.fe4 D.a4! 25.•d3 11'e3 26.11'e3
1Lle3 27.D.dgl We?+.
24•..'1Fd4 25.D.d4 We7
25.. .ef3?? 26.J:I.d5 ed5 27.1Llc7.
26:fe4 l0e3
Whatdoyouthinkofthis?
Glka Naumovlc
Montgeron, France
Replv bv Igor Stohl
I agree with Mr. Naumovic,
2l... �c5! is indeed a valuable im­
provement and an elegant solution
to Black's problems. However,
meanwhile White has also come
up with some interesting novelties.
Below is the game Miletic-Parilla.
in which Black is close to losing
even in the final position. Included
inthenotesareal
l
the other games
with
17.b5!? (apart from
lvanchuk-Van Wely) which I've
been able to find up to now.
Miletic,Arsen
Parrilla,Antonio
crEmail2003
1.e4 c5 2.1Llf3 d6 3.d4 cd4
4.10d4 1Llf6 5.1Llc3 a6 6.�e3 e6
7.f3 b5 BJtd2 10bd7 9.g4 h6

10.o-o-o �b7 11.h4 b4 12.<l:la4
'WaS 13.b3 <l:lc5 14.a3 <l:la4
15.ab4 'irc7 16.ba4 dS 17.b5
de4 18.ba6 �a6 18... .h3?!
19.'�b l �a6 20.h6 lla6 21.<l:lb5
fie? 22.fic3 0-0 23 .'ira3 fia3
24.<l:la3 lla4 25.�c l llb8 26.r;t>a l
ef3 27.lldfl ll
l
g4 28.llf3 h5
29.llb3 lieS 30.¢>b2 e5 3l.lld l
f5 32.llb7 lla6 33.lldd7 llg6
34.i.g5 f4 35.<l:lb l <l:le3 36.<l:lc3
<l:lc4 37.¢>cl <l:lb6 38.lldc7 llf8
39.¢>d2 f3 40.¢>el f2 41.¢>fl e4
42.4Je4 liJd5 43.00 ll
lc
7
44.llc7+- Kryvoruchko-M.Krae­
mer, Olomouc 2006 19.i.a6
19.ll
l
b5!?N fic6 20.�4 �c5
21.ll
l
c7 We? · 22.<l:la6 �a3
23.¢>bl <l:ld5 24.�b5 (24.�e5!?
lla6 25.�b5t) 24.. .<l:lc3 25.¢>al
<l:lb5 26.ab5 fibS 27.�d6 �d6
28.fid6 ¢>f6 29.'irf4 rl;e7
30.1fc7 Wf6 31.1ff4 rl;e7
32.1fd6 ¢>f6 33.fid4 rl;e7
34...d6 �-�. Teutates-Abeljusto,
FreeStyle Open playchess.com
2006 19•• ..1la6 20.tob5 fica
21.1fh217N 2l.i.f4 i.c5!
(Naumovic) 22.�d6ll
l
d5 23.�c5
1fc5 24.1fd4 'it'd4 (24...llc6�)
25.1Zd4 We? 26.fe4 <l:le3 27.e5
llc8� 21...llc6 2l... ll
l
d5?
22.lld5 ed5 23.1fe5..
.
22J:td61
i.d6 23.ll
l
d6 lld6 24.1fd6 ef3
25.lld1 ll
l
e4 26.We5 ll
l
c3
27.Wg7 �e7 28.lld3 ll
l
dS
29.lld5 29.i.h6!?± 29...ed5
30...e5 Wd7 31.1fd5 wea
32.'1Fe5 ¢>d7 33.fif5 ¢>d6
34.'iff7± lle8 35.'1Ff3 We6
36.�f4 ¢>e7 37.�d2 'IreS
38.'irb7 ¢>d6 39.c3 'it'e4
40.'it'b4 �d7 41.a5 lle6
42.'Wb5
44.'W'c5
46.Wa7
48.1fa7
q;ca 43.g5 hgS
q;d7 45.hg5 'Wd3
¢>c8 47.'Wa8 wc7
'h-'h
Stohl
Not only 2l .'ifh2!?, but also the im­
mediate 19
.
ll
l
b5!? deserves atten­
tion in connection with 24.�e5!?.
So in my opinion al
l
this is an inter­
esting update and a worthy contri­
bution for the FORUM Section.
Igor Stohl
Bratislava, Slovakia
-·
. .. But Completely Sound!
a letter by Tanse/ Turgut
RG 4.12 (C42)
YB BO
Congratulations on your good
work on the Yearbooks. I would
like to add some remarks to Pavel
Skatchkov's Survey on the Petroff
Defense: 'Two Refutations in the
Petroff', in Yearbook 80.
I have been playing the 6...�d6
Petroff with black in correspon­
dence chess for the past 5 years. I
am a Senior International Master
of correspondence chess, and I
have a score of around 75% with
this variation (with a performance
rating around 2600, without a
loss).
The 6.....id6 variation is com­
pletely sound. Current theory on it
is very weak and superficial. Cor­
rect, Black is slightly worse, but
just one second-best move from
White and Black equalizes. arB
games as well as analyses are usu­
ally very superficial and miss the
best moves and plans.
I would like to start on page Il l of
Skatchkov's Survey, regarding
Kovacevic's idea (14.llb7 ll
l
b6
15.Wc2). I am playing this line in a
correspondence game at the mo­
ment and I have analysed it in de­
tail. If White can walk through this
minefield without getting hurt, he
is lucky. But with perfect play it is
a forced draw.
·
Forum
Tansel Turgut
1. In Alavkin-Frolyanov (page
112), 17. .. g6?? is a blunder that
loses the game (there is no draw as
superficial analysis suggests):
18...
.
d211+-
A) 18...1ff6 19.'ifh6 ..
.
g7
20.'Wb4 g5 2l.�g5 �7 22...
.
g4
..
.
g6 23.Wbl ! ¢>g8 24.llgl+-;
B) 18... ¢>h7 19.'it'h6 ¢>g8
20.�g5+-;
C) 18...'Wh4 19.'1t'h6 'it'h6
20.i .h6 ¢>h7 2l.�f8 llf8
22.l:la7+-.
RR The motif of 18.9d2!! after
17...g6 also features in the game
Bronstein-Kostro in Karolyi's
Survey on the King's Gambit in
this issue! See page 135.
2. Game Pinol-Raetsky, page
112/3: Raetsky plays the best line
(20...l:lae8). It forces a draw with
perfect play by each side. Again
the analysis is superficial:
11

A) 24.•0+- is given, this is
wrong: 24...•g51 forces a draw in
al
l
lines (so does 24. . ..1:lg5!= and
24../&4!=, butl'llleave the analy­
sis to you), i.e .: 25 ..1:la7 .l:lc8
26.�d2 (26.c4 is also a draw:
26....1:lc4 27.�d2 .l:lc2 28.�el 1&4
-29.'�>hll0e3 30..1:lgl �g4 31.�
.l:lc l 32..1:la6 � 33.�g2 1Vh4
34..1:la8 .l:lel 35..1:lel �f2 36.Wgl
�e4. .. th is isjust the main line, but
it gives you an idea) 26...�4
27.hl "tl'g2 28.•g2 f3 29.•g3
� 30.fe3 �g3 3 L�g3 .l:lg3
32.Wi2 .l:lh3, with a positional
draw;
B) 24.Whl in fact loses in a
beautiful way, but not to 24...•gs
as given by the author, but to
24....1:lg2!!-+ 25.wg2 1l'h5
26..1:lhl f3 27.Wf l .l:le2 28..1:la7
(other moves also lose) 28...'ire8
29.�e3 1i'e4.
Though White is an exchange and
two pawns up, he is utterly help­
less against the mate threat on the
back rank;
C) 24...'iVg5 25.'iVf3 is a forced
draw again... similar to the analy­
sisIgaveinlineA.
I hope this analysis helps. It is a
fascinating variation. Computer
12
programs do not understand it very
well, unless one persists on an idea
and analyses very deeply. I started
analysing it almost a year ago. At
that point, I was not playing any
game with this variation, and ini­
tially I was worried, but Bl ack is
very much alive here, and if White
is not careful, he will lose.
Congratulations on keeping us on
the edge.
Tansel Turgut
Lake Charles, USA
Reply by Pavel Skatc:hkov
Dear Mr. Tansel Thrgut,
With greatinterest I have read your
reaction to my article on the
PetroffDefence in Yearbook 80.
Inthewritingofthisarticleatotal
of 46 pages of practical material
and analyses were used, as well as
information obtained from grand­
masters and international masters.
Chess magazines and opening
books were processed, both mod­
em publications and also those
from the pre-computer era.
I agree with you, Mr. Thrgut, that
the cur
r
ent theory of 6 .. .�d6 is
very weak and superficial. But
thanks to our analyses and the
Yearbook we are approaching the
truth - this is evolution.
DearMr.Thrgut,thegameswith
analyses published in Yearbo
o
k80
wil
l
have be
e
n a revelation for some
players, while for others much wil
l
have been well-known. With your
great experience, you have been
able to improve on published anal­
yses. The move 18.9d2 (Alavkin­
Frolyanov, p .l12) was analysed by
us earlier. Some of the numerous
variations are amusing:
18.•d2 1fh4 19.1i'h6 1i'h6
20.�h6 .l:lfd8 (20....1:lfe8 2l..l:lf7
.l:le7 22.�g6 .l:lg8 23..1:lf6 .l:lh7
24.�g5 �e7 25.h4+-; 20....1:lfc8
2l..l:lf7 .l:lc7 22.�g6 .l:lg8 23 ..1:lf6
�e7 24..1:le6+-) . Now Black tries
to 'catch' the �h7, and the pursuit
resembles a merry-go-round:
2l ..l:lf7 .l:ld7 22.�g6 .l:lg8 23..1:lf6
�e7 24.�g5 rJ;g7 25..1:lb6 ab6
26.�f5 .l:lc7. Black should lose.
The variation demands testing in
practice.
Pavel Skatchkov
Togllattl, Russia
Beating Another Fianchetto
by Efstratios Grivas
81 8.11 (A?O)
YB 21,60
Recently, in a teams' event, I
played the following game. Notes
are based on those included in my
new book Beating the Fianchetto
Defences (Gambit 2006), in the
'Benoni Defence' section.
._
Grivas,Efstratios__ _ _ _
Vragoterls,Antonios
Athens It 2006 (1)
1.d4 �f6 2.�f3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5
edS S.cdS d6 6.�c3 g6 7.e4 �g7
8.h3 o-o 9�d3 a& 1D.a4 �bcl7
11.D-O �h5 12..1:le1 �5?1
I would prefer 12....1:le8.
13.�e21 �f3 14.�f3 'iVh4
15 �h5 gh5
16.•d21
A good move with multiple ideas,
such as exchanging queens and
protecting the f2-pawn.
16•..f5
The other option for Black is
16...�d7. White can claim the ad­
vantage with accurate play:
A) 17.'1Ff4! 9e7 (17. ..1ff4
18.�f4 �e5 19.�e5 deS 20.a5±)
I8.•g3! h4 (18...Wh8 I9.�g5
�6 20..if6 •r6 2I.e5 deS
22.�e4±) 19.•g5 •gs 20.�g5
1t.e5 2l .a5 b5 22.ab6 .l:lfb8 23..1:la2

l:tb6 24.l:te2± Tunik-Chemiak,
Smolensk 1991;
B) 17.'iVgS?! 'ifgS 18.�gS �eS
I9.a5 bS 20.ab6 l:tfb8 2l.�d2
(2I.�a4?! �a4 22.l:ta4 l:tb6
23.l:tbl l:tb2 24.l:tb2 �b2 2S.�f4
�eS 26.�eS deS 27.l:ta5 c4
28.JlcS a5 29.llc4 a4 30.llc2 a3
3I.lla2 h4"F; 2l .�e3? llb6 22.!4
�g7 23.eS Jlb2 24.�e4 deS 2S.feS
�e5 26.�5 �bS 27.Jlac l Jle8+
Dziuba-Mickiewicz,
Koszalin
2005) 2Lllb6 22.�dloo.
17.'iff4
White is pl aying too cautiously. I
think a better try is 17.lla3!? �d7
(17...f47! 18.�2 f3 (18...�e5?
19.llf3+-) 19.�f4! fg2 20.llg3 b6
2l.b4 Jla7 22.a5±) 18.llb3 bS
(l8...llab8 19.Jlb6±) 19.abS abS
20.�b5 �b5 (20...Jlab8? 2I.llg3!!
llbS (2Lf4 22.Jlg7 Wg7
23.�6+-) 22.llg7 Wg7 23."iYh6
wg8 24.�g5+-) 2I.l:tb5!.
17...W'e7?
Black does ·not understand the
needs of the position. He bad to
pl ay 17...1Wf6! 18.1VgS (maybe
White should try 18.1t'g3!? f4
19.'iff3!) 18. ..W'g5 (18...!4?
19.1t'h5 'ife7 20.�2 'ife4 2l.M4
Jlf5 22.'ifh4 �d7 23.1Wg3± Laza­
rev-Poluliakhov, Simferopol 1989)
19.�g5 �e5 20.a5 (20.f4?! �4
2Lwh2 l:te8oo; 20.lla3? �d7
2Lllb3 b5"F) 20...�d7 2Llla3 c4
22.�d2!.
18.'ifg31± f4 71
Desperation. Even if it isnot great,
Black had to try 18...b4 19."irg5
W'g5 20.�g5± or 18... 'iff6 19.a5
�d7 20.lla3±.
19.�f4 llf4 20.'iff4 �e5 21.'ifh6
"ifh4 22.�e21
The correct defensive idea. With
JlaJ next, Black's attack is brought
toahalt
22 ...�d7
22.. . �3 23.gh3 "iYh3 (2Lllf8
24.'ife3; 23. . .c;f;>h8 24.'ife3)
24.�g3 �g3 zs.'ifgs wh8 26.fg3
Jlg8 27.'iff6 Jlg7 28.Jla3.
23.Jla3+- 'ife4 24.'Wh5 'ifd5
25.llg3 wf8
25...wh8 26.�f4.
26.�f4 'ifd2
27.Jle5 'ifc1
27...deS 28.1Vb6 we7 29.Jlg7 Wd8
30.li:le6 �e6 3 Ui'f6 c;f;>c8 32.'t!fe6
'itb8 33.'ife5 wa7 34.li'c5.
28.Wh2'tl'f4 29.Jle3
1�
I feel that Black's idea with
12...�5 again did not pass the test
Black should focus on 12...lle8.
Rejuvenation
by Yochanan Afek
Sl 43.6 (829)
YB 79
In my article 'Frustrating the
Anti-Nimzo-Sicilian' (Yearbo
o
k
79) I mentioned the sharp attempt
Le4 c5 2.�f3 �f6 3.�c3 d5 4.ed5
00 5.�b5 �d7 6.�e5, which was
first introduced by Veniarnin Sozio
in the Soviet Championship 1931.
Iamnotquitesurethatthearticle
has bad any part in motivating the
surprising rejuvenation of this rare
variation. However, three games
using it were recently witnes
sed
at
GMlevelandinal
l
thre
e
of them
Black was doing fine. Being the ex­
change behind, Black se
e
mstobe
fully compensated by the har
rn
oni-
Forum
Elisabeth Pihtz
ous and targeted pl ay of his own
pieces while White obviously suf­
fers from a damaged paWn structure
(which enables the black cavalry to
occupy the central strongholds) and
a lack of proper configuration.
Black should not avoid the ex­
change of queens if that will help
him to spoil the white pawn forma­
tion further and to get rid of the
only piece that can bring some or­
der and some counterplay in
White's chaotic c�p.
Efimenko,zahar
Piihtz,Eiisabeth
Port Erin 2006 (4)
1.e4 c5 2.�f3 �f6 3.�c3 d5
4.ed5 �d5 5�b5 �d7 6.�e5
�b5 7.'ti'f3 f6 8.�b5 �a6 9.'ti'h5
g6 10.�g6 hg6 11.'ifh8 'ifd7
12.�c3
12.1i'g8 (12."iYh7!?) 12.. . 0-0 -0
13.�c3 lt:lf4 l4.d3 �g2 1S.'ite2
13

'i:lb4 16.'irg6 'i:lc2 17...ie3 'i:la1
18.:a1 'i:le3 19.fe3 f5 20.;c[d1 e6
2l.d4 'ird6!":F Reinderman-Mek,
Amsterdam 2005, Yearbook 79.
12.. • 'ire6 13.�1 �ab4 14.'ifh3
14."inl4!? 'ira67 (14... ().().()! 15...e4
'ira6 16.'�g1 f5 17.1te5 ·�)
15.�1 �2 16Jtbl ?! (16.�!
0-0-0 17.�4 �1 18.'ilrg4 e6!
(1B-.f5 19.'irg6) 19.h4!; 19.�?
;c[e8! 20.M f5 2l.'irdl �2!-+)
16. .. � 17.h3 e6= 18.d3? (18.b4!?
�3 19.dc3 'ifd3 20.cd4 'ifb1
2l.wh2 cb4 22.'iff6 'irf5=)
18...().().() (18...1fd3)
18.b4!? �b4 (18... cb4 19.llb2 bc3
20.:c2 �d5 2l.dc3 ;c[c8 22.llg4
b5=) 19.a3 �d3 20.:b7 'i:le6=;
18.a3 e5 19.d3 lld8 20...ie3 'i:le6
(20...1ld3!7 21.1ldl lldl 22.�dl
'i:le6 23.� 'i:led4":F) 21.llcl
�4 22.Wg2 �b3 23.1lcdl f5
24.f3 ..ie7 25.1lgf l ..id6
(25. .. �bd4!) 26.�e2 g5 27...if2
iJ.
.
e7 28...ig3 M6 29.1lfel �a5
30.�cl �6 3l.�b3 b6 32.�cl
(\12-'>-l Dembo-P . Cramling, Biel W
2006) 32...a6+.
18..•1ld8 19...ie3 e5= 20.lld1
� 21 .1ld2 �b4
21...�4!.
22.we2 fS 23.a3 �c6 24.1ldd1
�cd4 25.�1 �f3
25.....ie7 26.-id4 �d4 27.1lg3
_____ g5j, -----
---
.
·-
·.
analysis diagram
19.1fg4?? (19.�d5! ;c[d5 20 ...ie3
'ifd3 2l.wh2 �f5 22.'ifa4 ..id6
23..
.if
4=) 19...'ird3 20.'f
f
e4
..c4!-+ 2l... el �3 22.bc3 �c2
0-1 Spraggett-De Ia Villa Garcia,
Dos Hermanas Open 2006.
14•.• 1fh31
14... 11Va6? 15.d3 lld8716.11Vg4+­
M.Carlsen (2072!)-Runde, Nor­
way tt2002. -··-
15.gh3 �c71 ?
15... e6 16.� ed5 17.c3 �d3
18.llg l wf7 19.llg3 c4 20.b3 ..id6
21.lle3 ..ic5=.
16.llb1 �c2 1 7.llg1 �
18.d3
14
26.1lg3 �fd4 27.-igS lid&?I
27...�g5! 28.1lg5 .i.e? 29.1lg3 g5
30.�e2 �e6":F.
28.h4 llb6 29.1ld2= �b3
30.1ld1 �bd4 31 .1ld2 �b3
32.1ld1 �bd4
'h-1h
The Quick, the Alert_
and the Tenacious
a letter by Lluis Bohigas
VO 17.2 (A52)
YB 80
Warmly for Vlktor Moskalenko:
I very much liked your article on
the Budapest Gambit in Yearbo
o
k
80, but it also caused me great sad­
ness! In 1918 theBudapestGambit
was pl ayed by the world elite:
Vidmar, Mieses, Schlechter, and
w_ith it one of the best pl ayers of
al
l
time was beaten: Akiba
Rubinstein. But in the 21st cen­
tury, 'normal' pl ayers have lost al
l
six most recent games. What has
happened?
Against ll.e3, Black has made a
50% score (2 wins, 3 draws and 2
losses), but the result of the 11
.
games with ll.g3 (introduced
by Kashdan, according to your
Survey) is 75% for White: 6
wins and 5 draws! In 1998,
Bogdan La!ic in his book on the
Budapester considered ll.e3
equivalent to ll.g3, eight years
later the latter appears to be
clear ly superior.
True, nowadays in the Budapester
the black player tends to have an
inferior Elo, and would therefore
probably lose in any case, but isn't
it also because White's game is
more fluid than Bl ack's?
I believe that the fundamental rea­
son for· the dif
fer
ence is the situa­
tion of White's light-squared
bishop. In the ll.e3 line, this
bishop gets bored on e2, only de­
fending the pawn on c4 and not
having any good squares to go to,
especially ifWhite builds up a cen­
tre with f3 and e4.
On g2, on the other hand, the
bishop dominates the long diago­
nal, controls e4, exerts influence
on d5, attacks the c6-knigbt and
presses on the b7-pawn. It can
even move to b3 in some cases. A
great bishop! The only disadvan­
tage is that the c4-pawn is without
protection, but this is a. doubled
pawn, and in addition, it can be
sacrificed magnificently on c5!
If Bl ack wants to oppose the
fianchettoed white bishop with
... b6 and ..�b7, the results in
your article are three defeats.
Schlechter, in his game with
Rubinstein, introduced a standard
method for Black against ll.e3
that still prevails. The queen
presses on the king's fil e, the
king'� knight moves via e4 to c5
and the queen's knight to e5, the
bishop goes to d7 and the rooks oc­
cupy the central files. Many recent

-
·uuls Bohlgas
games with 1l.e3 still follow this
scheme.
But the 'Schlechter' knight manoeu­
vretoe4andc5isdisastrousafter
1l.g3 (in Kashda n-Pilnick, the
knight remained on e4), because
Whitecanmovehisqueentoe3
(which is not pos
sib
le when White
hasputhispawnthereonthe11th
move), exchange queens and then
the bishop pair wil
l
at
tack
the
queenside. Iri the Shirov-Bang game
Black got a cramped position.
That leaves only ll.. .�g4, which
harvests a defeat and four draws.
This is by far the best result, but it
is still not very encouraging. The
only game that I like is Dlugy­
Epishin, the manoeuvre by the
light-squared bishop over g4, h5,
g6 and f7 is brilliant. It at least bal­
ances the power of its white coun­
terpart.
After reading_ your article I am
contemplating playing 8.. .W'a3.
This move may not be fashionable
today, but at least the great Akiba
was beaten with it!
Saludos,
Lluis Bohigas
Barcelona, Spain
Reply by Viktor Moskalenko
DearUuis,
Congratulations on your thorough
study of my article!
I can never be sure whether my ar­
ticles are good or bad (even though
I have spent a long time studying
this subject), but it's good to know
that I have readers! !
Your comments are important for
me and have' prompted me to take
another look at this subject
The general mission of these arti­
cles I'm writing is to analyse the
many aspects of the 'Gambito Bu­
dapest' (GB); its history, statistics,
variations, resources, middlega­
mes, endings and, last but notle ast,
its protagonists.. .
In general you are right Today in
most Budapester games the white
player is the stronger, improving
statistics for White. But I assure
you that the situation in Part II
(5/6.t�:lbd2) (RR page 151 in this
issue) will be more balanced.
Perhaps, though, you must study
the article again and especially the
advice I give in each of the games.
Your conclusions are based on the
outcome of the games and not on
the positions in them!!
I shall give you my theoretical
opinion on this variation (4.�4.
6.<�:lc3) in a few points:
1. The statistics do not tell the
whole story. After analysing a
great amount of games I have
found numerous strategic errors,
not to mention tactical errors and
errors in calculation;
2. I think that in each line there
are enough complications, and no
game was won easily by White. I
have included some wins where
masters faced amateur rivals, but
does that mean the variation is bad
for Black or just that the opponent
was?;
3. The line with 1l.e3 seems bad
for White. In Game 19 of Part I,
Black was_ better until he played
18...h67. In spite of the bad statis­
tics with ll.e3, I have mentioned
in the games' comments that Black
was always doing well;
4. 1l.g3! is the best option, but
even in this line things are not
very cl ear. The bishop on g2 is
more active, but the c4 pawn is
Forum
weaker. Almost all games that I
have analysed were hotly dis­
puted. Black had good resources
at his disposal.
.
Not only ll.. .�g4 is interesting;
al
l
lines are and there is much play
in each of them, if you study the
analyses carefully;
5.IthinkthatthisSurveywasa
message to al
l
players with the
black pieces, meant to revive and
reactivate the reputation of this
fabulous gambit. I hope that soon
theBudapester will be fashionable
again!
In another sense, you are right On
the professional level, players tend
to try too solid lines and produce
quite boring games.
Wewil
l
se
e
if this changes!
Thanks and greetings,
Vlktor Moskalenko
Barcelona, Spain
Hatlebakk was First
by A.C. van der Tak
Sl 24.9 (885)
YB 40,63
In the FORUM Section of Yearbook
63, a game Balinov-Krage1j, Bled
1999, was featured, where, in a
well-known Scheveningen positi­
on, the move 15.. .e5 was refuted
by 16.fe5l0h5 17.ed6!.
An interesting addition is the game
Hatlebakk-Sanakoev, played in
the semifinals of the 8th Corre­
spondence Chess World Champi­
onship in 1972-75:
Hatlebakk,Einar
Sanakoev,Grigory
cr Wch-8 sf 1976
1.e4 cS 2.l0f3 e6 3.d4 cd4
4.l0d4 �c6 5.l0c3 11'c7 6.�e2
a6 7.f4 d6 8ie3 �f6 9.0-0 �e7
10.1l'e1 0-011.:d1 1l.W'g3 <t:ld4
12.�d4 b5 13.a3 �b7 14.J:lael
�c6 15.�d3 e5 16.fe5 l0h5
17.ed6! Balinov-Kragelj, Bled
1999 - YB/63-18 11•.id7
12.9g3 l0d4 13.�d4 �c6
14id3 e5 15.fe5 l0h5
15

16.ed6! 16."it'e3 Darga-Barcza,
Amsterdam ol 1954- YB/40-4
4
16.. . <i:lg3 17.dc7 <i:lf1 18...1lf1±
..l
l
d6 19.Jlb6 ..l
l
eS 20.<i:ld5 l:lfe8
21.g31 ..l
l
b2 22...1lh31+- ..l
l
a3
23.<i:le3 ..l
l
e4 24.l:ld8 l:rad8
25.cd8"if l:ld8 26...1ld8
1-0
A quarter of a century before the
game given in Yearbook 63, an un­
titled Norwegian leaves the even­
tual grandmaster and World
Champion Sanak:oev without a
chance with the same tum in an al­
most identical position! Only the
white rook is on d1 instead of e1
and the moves 13...b5 14.a3 have
be
e
n left out.
The game in question has long re­
mained unpublished and could not
be found in databases either. But
the German correspondence
player Hermann Heemsoth, re­
cently deceased at an advanced
age, forwarded it not long before
his demise, along with a lot of
other unknown but interesting ma­
terial to Tun Harding. The latter
saved it from oblivion by publish­
ing it in his Kibitzer column on
www.chesscafe.com.
What's in a Name?
by Rene 0/thof
SL3.1 (015)
Some people call the topical 4.. . a6
line in the Slav Defence the Cha­
meleon Variation due to its ex­
traordinarily flexible nature,
others have attributed the idea to
16
Viacheslav (or
Vecheslav)
Chebanenko (1942-1997), a
Moldovan trainer who worked in
Kishinev (currently Chisinau)
with pupils like Gavrikov,
Bologan, Komliak:ov, Iordachescu
and Rogozenko.
In a remarkable contribution pub­
lished on the ChessBase website
on June 21, 2006, with an allusion
to Polugaevsky's masterpiece pre­
tentiously called 'The Birth of a
Variation',
Fedor Skripchenko,
General Secretary of the Moldova
Chess Federation and father of
WGM Almira Skripchenko,
claims he is the 'creator' of this
move based on the following
game.
Chebanenko,Vecheslav
Skripchenko,Fedor
Kishinev 1972 (13)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.<i:lc3 <i:lf6
4.<i:lf3 a6
5.cd5 cd5 6...1lf4 <i:lc6 7.e3 b5
8.l:lc1 "itb61? 9...1ld3 e6 10.0-0
..l
l
b7 11.a3 ..l
l
e7 12.<i:le5 0-0
13."it'e2 l:lac8 14.b4 <i:les
15...1le5 <i:le4 16 ...1le4 de4
17."it'g4 16 18...1lf4 15 19."it'g3
..l
l
f6 20.-'les ..l
l
e5 21."it'e5 l:l1d8
22.a4 ba4 23.<i:la4 "ifd6 24."ifd6
l:ld6 25.l:lc8 .i.c8 26.<i:lc5 l:lb6
27.l:lb1 wf7 2B.w11 e5 29.de5
aS 30.b5 .i.e& 31.�e1 ..l
l
c4
32.l:lc1 ..l
l
b5 33.g4 g6 34 .l:lb1
h6 35.h3 we7 36.g15 gf5
37.<i:la4 l:lb7 38.<i:lc5 l:lb8
39.<i:la4 l:lb7 40.<i:lc5
'h-'h
There can be little doubt about the
authenticity of this game from the
final round of the Kishinev City
Championship 1972, or about the
story behind it Skripchenko even .
mentions a number of witnesses -
Nikolay Serge
e
vich Popov, Boris
Nevednichy, Anatoly Lutikov -
some of whom have later taken up
4...a6 themselves.
So on the face of it, 4...a6 was finit
played against Chebanenko, who
subsequently analysed the line in
depth and turned it into a coherent
system for Black.
But are things really the way they
seem? Perhaps not Creditable
sources within the Moldovan
chess world claim that the move
order in the game Chebanenko­
Skripchenko was l.d4 d5 2.c4 c6
Vecheslav Chebanenko (right) with his pupil Vlktor Bologan

J.cd5 cd5 4./()cJ /()f6 5.�f4 and
only here Skripchenko is said to
have played 5...a6.
Predeces
so
rs
But even if he did play 4. . a6, that's
not the end of the story. One look at
any decent database will tell you
that there are about a dozen prede­
cessors, the
oldest being
Kasparian-Aiatortsev, 7th Soviet
Championship, Moscow 1931,
given by Dautov in his Survey on
this subject in Yearbo
o
k60.Sothat
puts an end to Skripchenko's au ­
thorship.
Then Gerard Welling informed me
there is an even older example, not
yet present in regular databases.
Mlcheii,Reginald Pryce
Sultan Khan,Mir
Ramsgate ch-GBR 1929 (9)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.t()f3 t()f6
4./()c3 a6
In his 1965 biography R.N. Coles
observes: 'Sultan Khan's favourite
move in almost al
l
defences to the
Queen's Gambit, butnotgoodhere.'
S.cd5 cdS 6�14 /()c6
6. . . a6 against the Exchange Varia­
tion of the Slav Defence may look
modem, but in true fact it was al­
ready played at the Paris Olympiad
in 1924!
7...
.
c2
A highly unusual deviation from
the standard moves 7.e3 and
7.li:le5. Sultan Khan repeated his
queenside experiment two rounds
later against A. Eva, one of the tail­
enders of the Championship. After
7.h3 e6 B.eJ 'irb6 9.l:lbl �b4
Mlr Sultan Khan
IO.W �7 11.0 -0 l:lc8 'the game
was ultimately drawn' .
7.. .e6
7...g6 makes sense, in order to put
the bishop on f5 after all.
8.a3 �d7 9.e311raS?I 10./()d2
Black's queen sal
l
yisbasedonthe
trap IO...l
ld3
? /()b4, but merely
loses time.
1o...bS
1 1 .t()b3 •b6 12•.id3
.ie7 13.0-0 l:lc8 14.'f
f
e2 h6
1S.l:lac1 t()aS 16./()aS •as
17.e4 ..b6 18.e5
Opening up the centre with 18.ed5
'f
f
d4 19..ie5 leaves a strong im­
pression, too.
18... /()gS
The active reply 18.../()e4 19./()e4
de4 20.11fe4 .ic6 runs into 2l .d5!
ed5 22.1i'f5, so the Indian new­
comer to the European chess scene
accepts his fate and retreats.
19.11fg4 g5
19...<i>f8 20..ie3 is extremely pas­
sive, while 19.. .g6 gets refuted by
20..ig6!.
.
20..ie3 fS
20...h 5 !? looks more promising to
modern eyes.
21 .ef6
21.'irb5! 'i>fB 22./()e2 is awful for
Black.
21. ..lLJf6 22•.ig6 Wd8 23.1i'e2
J:lc& 24�d3 .id& 2S.oi>h1 1i'b8
2&.g3 l:lc8 27.f4 g4 28.15 e5
29.de5 .ieS 30. 11'f2 l:lc&
31..i.d4
Forum
In his biography Kom.eta Sultan
Khana Matsukevich condemns
this move and recommends
31.l:lfdl. 3U %fel is another attrac­
tive option.
31 .. ..id4 32...d4 1i'b6
33./()e2?1
Matsukevich mentions 33.l:lf4
..d4 34.l:ld4 l:ld6 35./()e4 t()e4
36..ie4 l:lfB 'with a probable
draw', but 33...f4! is a lot stron­
ger. After 33...l:le8 34.l:lcel
(34.l:lfel ?! d4!) 34.. .l:lel 35.l:lel
White remains very much on top.
33.....d4 34./()d4 J:l.c1 35.J:I.c1
oi>e7136.Wg1
36.'i>g2 'i>d6 37.h3 h5 38.hg4 hg4
keeps Black's advantage within
limits.
36...'i>d6 37.Wf2 J:l.e8 38.t()b3?1
J:leS 39./()d4 /()e4 40. 'i>g2 l:le8+
41 .l:lf1 oi>eS
42./()e2?1
Giving up the pawn loses without a
fight White should bite the bullet
and take on e4 either directly
(42�e4 'i>d4 43�bl J:l.e244.'i>gl
l:lb2 45.f6 .i.eS 46..i.f5 .i.f7
47..ig4 .I:lb3) or after the interme­
diate 42.l:ldl l:lc8 43..ie4 de4
44.<M2 .if5 45.'i>e3 .i.g6.
42. .. .ifS-r 43./()c3 J:l.f8 44.l:le1
'i>d4 45..ie4 �e4 46.oi>g1 Wd3
47.l:ld1 wc2 48.J:I.d4 'i>b2
49./()e4 de4 50.J:le4 'i>a3 51 .l:le3
Wb4 52.l:le4 'i>c3 53.J:I.g4 aS
54.l:lg6 l:lh8 SS.l:la& a4 56.'i>f1
'i>b3
0-1
William Fairhurst (1903-1982)
was a participant in the same Brit­
ish Championship. It took him
some three decades (in three
Olympiad games for Scotland:
17

1958, 1964, 1966) before he ven­
tured 4. .. a6 himself, but his results
were not particularly encouraging.
After its Moldovan premiere, 'wit­
ness' Nikolay Popov also lost
some games With it in the
mid-1970s. It wasn't until Viktor
Gavrikov and later Vladimir
Bagirov and Alexey Dreev took up
the line in the early 1980s that the
Chebanenko Variation started to
acquire a steady group of follow­
ers, culminating in the upheaval
we are experiencing today.
The pointer stands at August 1929.
Who will be the first to discover an
even older game with �L.a6?
Oh Brother!
by Peter Boe/
KG 2.1 (C34) .
YB 69
2005 saw the return to active chess
of Ton Timrnan, who had taught
his younger brother Jan the moves
when both were kids in Delft In
2005 he entered the Amsterdam
Chess To urnament after 30 years
of abstinence, and now he plays in
many weekend tournaments and
opens in Holland again.
In Dutch chess, Ton Tunman has
always been famous for not help­
ing his brother to the national title
in 1972 by spoiling a win
ni
ng po­
sition against the latter's main ri­
val.
18
Zuidema,Coen
Timman,Anton
Lseuwarden ch·NED 1972 (11)
As Wrm Andriessen wrote in
Scha
akb
ulletin 54 (p. 3 -8), a draw
(to be forced by 31...� 32.wg2
•dl) would have helped his
brother to a tiebreak match. A win
would even be better.
31
.
.. ttM!4 32.:gSI? .f3 33.:g3
�f2 34.wh4 ._f4 35.�h5 �e4
36.:g2 1Wts a7.wh4 'ift4
38.�h5 aSI? 39.h4 'iffS 40.�h6
••4 41 .wh5 �c3 42.:g4 1Wf5
43.:gs 1Wf3 44.wh6 �e2 45.c3
1Wc3 46.1Wf7 •e3
46.. .�d4 47.:g8 �f5 48.�h7
'1Fe5 (Andriessenj was stil
l
win­
ning. Now things are less clear.
47.wg7 �d41?
Andriessen gives the win
nin
gline
47....f4 48.1Wf4 �f4 49.h5 �h5
50,:h5 �f5 51.�!6? �d4, but
then 5l.:f5! ef5 52.� would
have spelled disaster even earlier!
48.Wf8 W'f3 49.'iff3 �f3 so.:g1
�h4 51 .:e7 wdB 52.:e& �fS
53.Wf7 d4 54.:eB wd7 55.e6
1-0
'At this moment Ton Tli1liJian rose,
turned to the audience, lifted his
arms in a theatrical gesture, sat
down again and resigned', re­
counts Andriessen. Zuidema be­
came champion with 8� points,
Jan Trm
m
an finished on 8.
Captivating, isn't it? Well, this
scene repeated itself 34 yearslater,
at the Amhem Open. In a blitz fin­
ish of a game where Ton Timman
had a queen and his opponen4
Wouter van Rijn, only a bishop and
a few pawns, the former's flag fell.
Timman stood up, raised his arms,
sat down and congratulated his op­
ponen4 who ended up winning the
tournament!
Not long before tha4 the following
happened at the Dutch Open.
Otte,Marijn
Timman,Anton
Dieren 2008 (B)
1.e4 es 2.f4 ef4 3.�f3 h& 4..i.c4
d6 S.h41?
' Attacking the ghost of the pawn
on g5', observed Neil McDonald,
after playing this line against
Glenn Rear in Hastings 199213.
s...�f6 &.i0c3 .i.g4?1
Rear played tbe stronger 6...lOC6!.
After7.d4w8.d5�79.�
�g3 10.lnl2 our reviewer defended
actively with IO.. .g5! 1l.hg5 �g6
12.�5 .i.d7 13..i.d7 1i'd7 14.gh6
.i.h6,thenspoiledabet
ter
position
and final
l
ydrew.There'snoway this
line could lead to a normal game...
7.d4 �h5
8.�5lde5
The 'queen sacrifice' is based on
8....i.d1 9.H7 We7 10.�d5X as in
Thompson-Huffman, cr 1948.
9.1Wg4 �g31?
The sharpest! White has to be
quick now.
The Finnish grandmaster Heikki
Westerinen has played this line sev­
eral times. In Gausdal, Falco Meyer
tried the timid 9...g6? against him
and was crushed after 10.de5 .i.b4
1l.e6 0-0 12.e7! 'ife7 13.1Wg6.
9...�f6!? is more circumspect.
Westerinen won another nice
game against it: !0.1Wf5 �c6!?.
There are thre
e
alternatives here:
A) !O. .. ed4 11.�5 . lZlbd7
12..i.f4 � 13.•d5 •e7 was rea­
sonable for Black in Sulc-Aarseth,
cr Ech GT5 1962;
B) 10... 'ifd4 1l.'lfc8 �e7
(l l . .. .d8?? 12..i.f7) 12.�d5lZld5
13..i.d5, c6 14.1Wb7 �d7 15.1Wa8
and Black has insufficient com­
pensation for the exchange;
C) 10....d7 ll.de5 1Wf5 12.ef5
�fd7 13..i.f4 �c6 14.e6 with a fa­
vourable queenless middlegame
for White (Fiorentini-Caprifichi,
cr 1992, 1-0 , 23).

Westerinen-Meskanen, JyvaskyHi
1 994, continued ll.de5 liJd4
tH!i'f4 liJc2 !3.�e2 'li'd4 14.�b5
c6 15.J:ld l 1i'c5 (15.. .liJh5 16.'it'g4
'it'd ! 17.�dl liJal 18.liJd5! J:ld8
19.'f
f
h5 was another white win,
C.Chandler-Howard, cr 1977)
16.ef6 cb5 l7.liJd5! �d6!? (not
much better is l7 ...liJd4 l8.J:ld4
\i'd4 19.liJc7) 18.fg7 J:lg8 19.liJf6
we7
analysis diagram
20.J:ld6! (a vintage We sterinen
finish!) 20 .. . Wd6 2I.liJd5 wd7
22.Wf7 ot>c6 23.�4 'it'd7 24.'iff6
1-0 .
10.de51
Onwards ! After 10..1
1
h3h5the
white attack evaporates .
1o...liJh1 11.it4t
Too tame is ll.e6? 'ifd4 !-+
12.'Wf4 (12.ef7 ot>dB doesn't help)
12 ...fe6 13.�b5 c6 14.�e3 �d6
15.1i"f3 'i
i'
f6 0-1 W.Sprenger­
Siklosi, Kecskemet 200 1.
11...liJf2?
Chasing the queen to greener pas­
tures. After ll.. .�c5 12.1i'g7 J:lfB
13.liJd5 -.h4 t4.g3 m 1s.ot>d2
�g3 16.liJc7 ot>e7 (16...Wd8
17.liJe6 !) 17.liJd5 ! ot>e8 18.�h6
Forum
Ton nmman (left) playing his brother Jan In a Dutch rapid toomament, 2006
(18.liJf6 �e7 19.�h6 �f4!)
18. . .'ifh2 19.�e2 liJd7 20.e6!
(20.'ifg5? �f4 ! 2l.'fi'f4 liJg3
22.J:lel J:lh8) 20.. .j_d6 2l .ed7
'i!;>d7 22.J:lh l! or also 22...g4,
White prevai ls.
In the correspondence game
Rusinov-Stoiev (1992) Black tried
ll. ..liJc6 12.e6!? (12.J:ldl!? liJd4
13.e6 �c5 14.Wg7 "Wh4 15.g3 liJf3
16.'�e2 is even better for White)
analysis diagram
12...�b4? (12.. .�c5 ! would have
offered more counterchances:
13.liJd5! (with the queen's knight
still on c6 and the bishop eyeing f2,
13.'it'g7 'it'h4 14.g3 is alright for
Black, see 14.. .�f2 15.'il;>e2 liJd4
16.wdl 0-0-0!!) 13.. .0-0 and after
14.�h6 Black holds
with
14...�d4, either with or without an
intermediate check on f2) 13.'ili'g7
fe6 14.'i
i'
g6 wfB 15.�e6 and
White won easily.
12.1i'f5+- ..d7 13.�f71 coPdB
13 ...1Vf7 14.'i
i'
c8 we7 15.liJd5
loses on the spot, put so does the
text.
14.e6 11fd4
Or 14 .. .'ifc6 15.'i!;>f2 �e7 16.J:ldl
weB 17.liJd5.
15.�c71
1-0
To be fair, we should add that Ton
Timman is approaching his old
level, winning a lot of attractive
games as well...
byA.C. van der Tak
Gl 5.1 (087)
YB 59
In the FORUM Section of Ye arbook
59, the Australian postal player
John Mackie wrote a letter about
Hans Berliner's Anti-Griinfeld
line 1.d4 liJf6 2.c4 g6 3.liJc3 d5
4.cd5 liJd5 5.e4 liJc3 6.bc3 �g7
7.�c4 c5 B.liJe2 0-0 9.�e3 liJc6
1D.J:lc1 cd4 11.cd4 -.a5 12.wf1
and now 12 ...'i
i'
a317 13.J:lc3 11fd6
14.h4.
At the time I wrote: 'It is hard to
imagine that 1 O.llc 1 is the winning
move against the Giiinfeld, but for
the time being Hans Berliner is on
top in the theoretical discussion.
Black has to come up with a con­
vincing road to equality ' ·
19

Apart from two contributions in
the German magazine Kaissiber
16 and 17, by Hans Berliner him­
self and John Watson respectively,
Idonotknowofanyfurthertheo­
retical examinations of 12...1ra3 !?
13J:tc3 '1Vd6 14.h4. But since 2001
a fair number of games have be
e
n
played with it, mostly in corre­
spondence chess. It looks as if
Black can hold his own.
True, after 14.. J:td8 15.h5 Black
cannot really capture on d4:
A) 15..id4? 16.toi4 li)d4
17.hg6 hg6 18J:td3 e5 19ig5 Wg7
(19.. J:te8 20.g4+-) 20..i.d8 '1Vd8
(Fabrizi-Yo ung, cr 1999), and now
2U I'd2 ! g5 22.'it'd1 g4 23 ..i.d5 +-;
B) 15... lLld4? 16.hg6 hg6 (in
Olsson-Akesson, Sweden tt
2004, Black played 16 ...lZle2
with a winning position after
17J:td3 lZlc3 18.'1Vf3? .i.e6 !, but
with 18.l:td6 l:td6 19.gf7 �f8
20.'l
lf
e1! l:td1 21 .l:th7 l:te1
22.�e1+- Black's concept can
be refuted) 17.lZld4 .i.e6
(17....i.d4 18.l:td3 e5 1 9.1rf3+-)
18..i.e6 1re6 19.l:td3 '1Vc4 20.e5
.i.e5 21.'1Vb3 l:tac8 22.'1Vc4 l:tc4
23.l:th4, M. Johnson-Bulla, cr
2001;
C) After 15....i.e6!, however,
White's attacking plan appears to
falter, as in the following game
which, by the way, featured a dif
f
er­
ent move order. 14 ....i.e6 15.h5
l:tfd8.
Van Vugt,Wim
Ham,Stephen
cr ICCF EMICU012 2002
1.d4 ll:lf6 2.c4 g6 3.lZlc3 dS
4.cd5 lLld5 S.e4 ll
l
c3 6.bc3 .i.g7
20
7..i.c4 c5 B.lZle2 o-o 9•.i.e3 lZlc6
10.l:tc1 cd4 11.cd4 11'a5 12.�1
'it'a3 13.l:tc3 'iVd6 14.h4 .i.e6
15.h5 15.f4?! .i.g4 16.e5 '1Vd7
17.1l'd2 l:tad8 18.�£2 e6 19.l:thcl
f6 20.�g3 .i.h5 21.l:td3 lZle7=F
Kri stinsson-Hjort,
cr
200 1;
15..i.e6 'it'e6 16.'1Vbl lZla5
(16... 1l'd7 17.h5!? (17.l:tc5 h5
18.f3 e6=) 17 ...lZld4 18 ..i.d4 .i.d4
19.l:td3 e5oo J.Watson) 17.h5
l:tac8 18.d5 1fd7 19.l:td3 lZlc4
20..i.d4 e5 2l.de6 1i"e6 22.hg6
hg6 23..i.g7 �g7= Neto-Nimtz, cr
2002 15...l:tfd8 15....i.c4 16.l:tc4
l:tac8 J.Watson; 15...lZld4 16id4
(16.ll
l
d4?! l:tac8 17 ..i.e6 l:tc3
18 ..i.d5 e6 19.hg6 hg6+
Bianchin-Schwenck, cr 2003 )
16....i.c4 17.l:tc4 e5 18.hg6 hg6
19.f4 'it'e6 20.'1Vd3 ed4 2l.e5
(2l.ll
l
d4?! l:tfd8+) 21. ..f 6 22.li)d4
'1Va6 23.'1Vb3 fe5 24.�gl l:tf7
25.lZlf3 'it'a5 26.lZlg5 11'el=
16.hg6 hg6
17.d5 17..i.e6?! 1fe6 18.'1Vb1
(18.f3 'it'a2+ B.van der Ve lden­
Beeke, Dieren 2005) 18 . .. lZld4
19.lZld4 .i.d4 20..i.d4 l:td4
2l.l:tch3 '1Va6 22.�g1 1i"d6+
17 ... .i.c3
18.ll:lc3
l:tacB
18 ...'1Ve5? 19.'it'e1 lZla5 20.lZle2
'1Vc7 2l..i.d4 f6 22..i.d3 .i.c8
23.f4+- Monacell-Kuod, cr 2002
19..i.b3 19.lZlb5 'it'e5 20..i.e2
(20.1!Vb1 .i.g4 2l .f3 a6=i!) 20 ...a(i
21 .lZla3 (2l.ll
l
a7?! .i.d5 22.ed5
l:td5+) 21...b5=i!/CX> 19.. .lZla5
20..i.d4 f6 21 .'1Vd2 lLlb3 22.ab3
22.'1Vh6 �f7= 22 .. . g5 23.�g1
23.g3oo 23...'1Vf4 24..i.e3 '1Vc7
25..i.d4 '1Vf4 26..i.e3 'it'c7
27..i.d4 '1Vf4
'h-�
Safer but perhaps not stronger is
14 ...h5 . In the next game, the road
to equality for Black is not entirely
clear, but it depends on the viabil­
ity of 14...l:td8 15.h5 .i.e6 bow im­
portant this conclusion is.
Boor,Carl
Kudrln,Sergey
Philadelphia 2004
1.d4 lZlf6 2.c4 g6 3.lZlc3 dS
4.cd5 lZld5 S.e4 ll:lc3 6.bc3 .i.g7
7..i.c4 c5 B.lZle2 o-o 9•.i.e3 lZlc6
10.l:tc1 cd4 11.cd4 '1Va5 12.�1
'it'a3 13.l:tc3 1fd6 14.h4 hS
15.1i"d3 15.1td2 e5 16.d5 ll
l
a5
17..i.d3 b6 18 ...th67! .i.d7 19.g3
lZlb7 20.�g2 lZlc5 2l..i.e3 lZld3
22.l:td3 f5 23.ll
l
c3 l:tac8 24.f3
l:tc4!+ Elsness-Predojevic, Pula
2005
15...e5 15.. .lZla5 16..i.f4 (16.e5?!
'1Vd8+; 16..i.d57! e6 17..i.f4 ·
'1Ve7=i!) 16 ... e5 17.de5 'it'd3
18..i.d3 lZlc6 (18....i.e6 (t
Predojevic)
19.lZld4 .i.a2
20.�2± Fritz) 19 ..i.c4 (19.l:tc5
l:td8 20..i.c2 .i.e6=i! Sakaev)
19...l:td8 20.g3 (20 ..i.d5?! lZlb4!=i!)
20... .i.e5 2l..i.e5 lZle5 22..i.d5
.i.e6 23.lLlf4;!; Fritz 16.d5 lZlaS
16...lZle7 17..i.cl;!;; 16...lZlb4 !?
17.Wbl lZla6 b. ...f5 oo 17..i.b5 b6
1B•.i.c1 1;!; l:tdB 19..i.a3 'it'f6
20.'it'g3 .i.g4 21 .f3 .i.d7 22..i.d7
l:td7 23.W"h3 l:tdd8 24.g4! hg4
25.W"g4 bS 26.h5 lZlc4 27..i.c1
'1Vd6 27 . .. l:tdc8 28.l:tgl gh5?
29.W'h5+- 28.l:tg1± �h7
29.lZlg3 l:th8 30.lZlf5 'it'f6 31 .hg6
fg6 32.l:tc21 gfS 33.l:th2 �gB
34.l:th8 Wh8 35.'1Vh5 �gB
36..i.h6 fe4 36...ll
l
e3 37. �e2

t;Jg4 38.�g7 �g7 39.ef5+-
37.:g7+- 'itg7 38.�g7 wg7
39.'lWg5 Wf7 40.'itf5 wg7
41.'lWd7 wgB 42.d6 ef3 43.1Wg4
�hB 44.11'h4 �g7 45.'itg5 <M7
46.d7 li:ld2 47.'ifd2 �e7
4B.'ifb4 �d7 49.'itb5 wd6
so.1Wb7 :ea 51.1Wf3 :e7
52.�2 e4 53.'ita3 �e6 54.�e3
�f7 55.'itd6 �eB 56.a4 �f7
57.a5 �eB 58.a6 �f7 59.'it"b8
�g7 60.'it"f4 �g6 61.'iff8 :e&
s2.'itga <M6 63.1WdB wf7
64.'ifd5
1-Q
Saunders.Steve
Kruger,Hilmar
cr Rocllade tt 2005
1.d4 <t:lf6 2.c4 g6 3.<t:lc3 dS
4.cd5li:ld5 5.e4<t:lc3 6.bc3 �g7
7..i.c4 c5 8.<t:le2 ().
.{)
9..i.e3 <t:lc6
10.:c1 cd4 11.cd4 1Fa5 12.�f1
1Wa3 13.:c3 1Fd6 14.h4 hS
15.f3
15..•:da 15.". ...td4?! 16.<t:ld4 e5
17...th6 1Fd4 1B.1Wc1 :es
19.1Fg5! (19.:d3?! 1Wb6 20.1Fg5
(Mack:ie-Sheehan, cr 2001 -
YB/59-15) 20...<t:lb4! 2L:d2
�e6+ G.Wmdhausen) 19. .. 1i"d6
20.� (± G.Wmdhausen)
2o.. .:bs (20 ...tM4 2Lg4! hg4
22.h5-+ Berliner)21.:b1 (2 l.g4!)
2l. ..li:ld4 22.�d5 �f5 23.g4±-+
Kover-Zuchowski Filho, cr 2002;
15...�e6 16.�f4 (16.�e6 'ife6
17.d5 'itd7 IB.'ifd2 tUe5 19.�f2
b5= J.Watson) 16...'ifb4 17..i.e6
fe6 1B.a3 11ib5 19.:b3 1i"a6
20..i.e3 :adS 2I.'it"d3 'ifa4
22.'ifb5 'ifb5 23.:b5 b6=
Saunders-Hebels, cr 200516..i.d5
tUb4 16.. . .i.d7 17..i.f4 'ifb4 18.a3
1Wa5 /:;. 19.. .e6'f J.Watson; 16. . .e5
17..i.g5 .i.f6 18.de5 ..
.
e5 19..i.f6
'irf6 20.11ib3 .i.e6 2l.�e6 '12-lh
Murray-Freeman, cr 2002 17..i.f4
17..i.b3l0c6 18.�f2 e5 19.d5 tUa5
20.'it"d2 b6 2l.:hcl tUb3 22.ab3
.i.d7 23..i.g5 Y2-Yz Schwa iger­
Bams1ey, cr 2004 17.. ."tfa6
1B..i.c4 bs 19..i.b3 I9..i.n wn
20.11ib3 .i.e6 2l.'ifb4 .i.c4 22.:a3
1i'b6 23.d5 a5 24.'ifb1 e6+
Ugge-Pasko, cr 2001 19...<t:lc6
19. ..e5!? 20..i.e3 b4 21..i.c4
1i"b6 22.d5 'irb8 23.J:tc1 li:leS=i=
24.�f2 aS 25.tUd4 .i.b7 26..i.e2
e6 27.de6 27.f4 ed5 28.fe5 de4�
27...fe6 28."tlfb3
28•. .:d41 29."tlfe6 29..i.d4 tUg4
30.fg4 'itf4-+ 29...�h8 30..i.d4
<t:lg4 31.�1 3l.fg4 1Ff4-+
31....i.d4 32.11fg6 1We5 33.1Wg5
Forum
<t:le3 34.we1 tUg2 35.1i'g2 .i.e3
as.:d1 :ga
o-1
I guess that the last word on Ber­
liner's idea has not been said yet.
Erratum
by the Editorial Staff
QG 6.13 (024)
YB 80
In the 'Opening Highlights' sec­
tion on page 5 of Yearbook 80, as
well as in the introduction to
Nenad Sulava's QGA Survey on
page 166, we have led you to be­
lieve that the author, after careful
study, drew an eventful game with
Vadim Malakhatko.But as you can
se
e
from the game itself (page
168), the author of the Survey in
fact won this game.
Nenad Sulava
21

S.Osonko's Corner
A Little is Enoug h
22
by Genna Sosonko
A personal view
on the chess opening
A quarter of a century ago I had a
conversation with Evgeny Svesh­
nikov, a grandmaster well-known
for his sttong opinions on opening
systems. He told me that the initial
position was by far the most inter­
esting of the entire game of chess.
' After l.e4 c5 2.lof3ll:lc6 I believe
3.�b5 is clearly best', he ob­
served, 'while l.e4 e5 Vof3 ll:lc6
shouldn't be met by the Ruy Lopez
but by 3.d4! '.
Sveshnikov spoke these words at a
time when there were very few
fans of this ancient and slightly an­
tiquated opening, but believe it or
not, the popularity of the Scotch
has since risen considerably at al
l
levels- from regular club player to
grandmaster.
Is it fashion or a chain reaction? It
is well-known that a painter does
not paint a tree because he sees a
tre
e
but because he sees someone
paint a ttee.
Evgeny Sveshnlkov
In my junior years the ttainers at
the Pioneer's Palace used to propa­
gate the Scotch Opening among
yoUJlg players. From the word go
the Scotch gives rise to att
t
active
piece play and an abundance of
tactical possibilities.
In sharp conttast to this character­
ization the modem interpretation
of the Scotch has While exchange
queens early, skip the middlegame
and press in an ending where
Black is often doomed to a cheer­
less defence.
1.e4 e5 2.ll:lf3 ll:lc& 3.d4 ed4
4.ll:ld4 �cS
Recently 4...ll:lf6 has be
e
n played
less often because Black has cer·
tain problems in the complicated
main line 5.f&6 bc6 6.e5 1i'e7
7.1ie2/M5.
5.ll:lc6
5...'tlt'f6
5. ..bc6, an old recommendation
by Keres, is rarely seen, viz.
6.�d3 &i:Je7 (6.. . 1ih4!? has been
tried a few times and Black man­
aged to solve all of his opening
problems quite comfortably, for
example:

7.11e2 �f6 8...te3 ..te3 9.'ife3 0-0
IO.�d2 (or 10...d6 ll.h3 tt:lg4
12.M 1lh5 13.1Wd4 c5 14.11t'c3
lle8 15.0 -0 �e5 16./LleS 1We5
17.'ife5 lle5 Van der Wiel­
Wmants, " Dutch team champion­
ship 1994)1l.O -O d6 12.llfel �g4
13...g3 "irg3 14.hg3 llb8 15.b3
�5 16..
.t
e2 c5 17.f4 �c6 18.c3
h6 Chytilek-Tunoschenko, Czech
team championship 2001, in both
cases with an equal endgame)
7.0-0 (7.�d2 d6 S."Wh.S �g6
9.�b3 ..tb6 IO ...tg5 11t'd7 ll...td2
�e5 12...te2 0-0. 13 ...tc3 �g6
14.a4 a5 15...g5 f5, with a good
game, Lastin-Graf, Novgorod
1999)7.. .0 -0 8.�3 d6 9.�hl ..tb6
IO.f4 f5 II...td2 d5 12.ed5 cd5
13...f3 ..tb7 14.llael •d7
1 5.�a4 �g6 16.b3 c5!, with an
excellent game for Black,
Fontaine-Smyslov, Cannes 1996.
6.1Wf3
This move may have been first
played by Emanuel Lasker in a si­
multaneous tour in the United
States in 1901 against J.H .Smythe
Jr.
The reigning World Champion
rarely ducked the opportunity to
enter the endgame, which may
have been the reason for Mr.
Smythe to play
6. . .-.c&?l
It didn't quite yield him equality
but he did draw the game!
7.�c3 fiJe7 BigS 0-0 9ie7
..te7 1M�dS lle8 1'1id3 d6
12.0-0 ..te& 13..l
l
ad1 llad8 14.c4
..d7 1S.h3 b6 16.Wg3 c6
17.�e7 "fle7 18.llfe1 c5 19.lld2
f6 20.lled1 lld7 21 ...tc2 � 21.b3
21 ....
.i
c422ia4b523ib5.i.
.
bs
24."flb3 <i>ftl?l 24...d5 25.1Fb5
llb7 26.'iVc6 de4 27.lld7 lld7
28.lld7 9e5 29.lld5= 25.9b5
lled8 26.9c6± g5 27.9dS ..t7
28.�h2?1 28.9f5± 28... 9d5
29.lldS We7 30.�g3 llb8 31.b3
ll� 32.f3 aS 33.�4 a4 34.ba4
lla4 3S.ll1d2 lla6 36.f4 gf4
37.�4 � 38.�g4 _llaa7
39.�4 lla6 40.g4 llg7 41 .�g3
We7 42.�4 � 43..l
l
h2 llaa7
44..l
l
fS llg6?144... lla4= 45.llhS?I
45.lld2::!; 45•• ..l
l
gg7
,.
._
�
6. . .'1fc67! is still being played
from time to time but rarely by
grandmasters. Black's queen is not
particularly well placed on c6 and
canbechasedal
l
over the board.
The statistics clearly speak in
White's favour. Here is one of the
most recent examples.
Wirig,Anthony
Brunello,Sabino
Steinbrunn Mitropa Cup 2005 (2)
1.e4 eS 2.�f3 �c6 3.d4 ed4
4.�d4 .i.cS s.�c6 ..f6 6.9f3
..c6?1 7. �c3 �e7 SibS "irb6
9.0-0 0-0 1 o...td3 .i.d4 11.�bS
..tes 12•..te3 9c6 13.1We2 a6
14.�d4 •d6 1S.�f3 �c6 16.c3
lle8 17.llad1 ±
The Main Course
Black's options in this menu boil
down to swapping queens and re­
capturing the knight with either
the b-pawn (the most positional
approach)or the d-pawn. We'll ex­
amine one after the other.
A) 6.....f3
B) 6...dc6
C) 6...bc6
Sosonko"s Corner
Variation A
6.. . 'iff3 7.gf3
Now again Black has to choose
how to take back on c6.
A1
7...bc6 8ie3
Probably the most accurate.
8.�c3 �e7 9.h4 llb8 IO.tt:la4 ..td4
1l.c3 .li6 12./LlcS d6 13.� h5
14...th3 ..th3 15.llh3 'Llg6 was
equal in Tseshkovsky-Klauser,
Biel Open 2006.
Inserting S.llgl �7 and only now
9...te3 ..tb6 10.c4 ..te3 1l.fe3 is an
interesting refinemenl
In
Tseshkovsky-Morozevich, Rus­
sian Championship, Moscow
2004, after 11...0 -0 12.f4 llb8
13.b3 d6 14.�c3 f6, White played
15.c5, a typical move in such posi­
tions.
Vltaly Tseshkovsky
23

A11
B... �e3
8.. .�e7 9.c4 �f6 10.�c3 d6 11.c5
�e6 12.0 -0 -0 we7 13.�a6 l:[b8
l4.l:[d2 �e5?! 15.f4 �c3 l6.bc3
�f6 17.f3 d5 18 .!5 �c8 19.�d3±
B.Savchenko-V .Orlov, St Peters­
burg 2005.
9.fe3
White has a characteristic smal
l
plus - space advantage and more
central influence.
Two recent games may serve to il­
lustrate this:
-
9...�e6 10.�d2 �e7 11.�c4
�c4 12.�c4 l:[d8 13.We2 c5
l4.l:[hg1 g6 15.l:[ad1 l:[dl 16.l:[d1
�c6 17.f4 We7 18.l:[d5 b619.c3;!;
Zhang Pengxiang-Vescovi, Taiyu­
antt2006.
-
9...l:[b8 10.b3 CiJe7 ll.CiJc3 d6
12.!4 f5 13.l:[g1 0-0 14.�c4 q;,hs
15.e5 de5 16.0 -0 -0, with fine com­
pensation for the sacrificed pawn
in Zhang Zhong-Akopian, Turin
Olympiad 2006.
A12
8..�b6 9.c4 �e3 1O.fe3
The same position with the white
pawn lured to c4. On the one hand
this increases White's control over
d5 substantially, but at the same
time it hampers the king's bishop.
Which of the two is more impor­
tant?
10...l:[b8
lO. . . CiJe7?! ll.CiJc3 d6 12.c5 �e6
13.0 -0 -0 l:ld8 14.l:[d4! 0-0 15.l:[a4
24
NIHua
l:[a8 16..L6± B.Savchenko-Kir.
Georgiev, Moscow Aeroflot Open
2006.
11.b3 d6 12.l:[g1!
This may be a prepared improve­
ment on 12.CiJc3 �f6 13.0-0 -0
CiJd7 14.�d3 CiJc5 15.�c2 �e6
16.�2 0-0 17.CiJd4 �d7 18.wd2
a5 when White did not achieved
anything tangible in an earlier
game Ni.Hua-Vescovi, Taiyuan tt
2006.
12...CiJe7 13.CiJc3 IHl 14.1Hl -O
�e6 15.f4 ts 16.c5 l:[bdB
17.�h3 �cB 1B.l:[d4 deS?!
19.l:[dB l:[dB 20.l:[d1 l:[d6 21.ef5
�ts 22.�f1 �B 23.�c4 �g6
24.e41±
White's advantage is evident. All
his pieces are more active, he has a
strong centre and Black's tripled
pawns are a sony sight In Ni
Hua- Yakovenko, Ergun 2006,
White converted this endgame ad­
vantage in an instructive manner.
A2
7...de& 8.�e3 �e3
The retreat 8. .. �d6?! seems infe­
rior due to 9.CiJd2, and now for
instance 9.Ji:Je7 10.h4 �e6 ll.h5
�e5 12.0-0-0 0-0-0 13.�a7,
Sulskis-Asauskas, Lithuanian
Championship, Vilnius 2004, or
9...�e6 10.CiJc4 �c4?! ll.�c4
CiJf6 12.l:[gl wf8 13.h4 CiJh5
14.0-0-0 h6 15.f4, Vuckovic­
Rusev, Bar Open 2006, in both
cases with a large advantage for
White.
8...�e7 yielded Yurtaev a quick
draw against Godena after 9.CiJd2
CiJf6 10.0-0-0 0-0 1l.CiJb3 l:[eS
12.�!4 .i.d8 13.CiJa5 CiJh5 14.�e3
at the 2006 Olympiad in Thrin. In
my view, 9.l:[gl! .i.e6 (9...�f6
10.c3 CiJe7 11.f4±) 10.CiJd2 0-0 -0
ll.�c4 promises White a small
edge in the endgame.
9.fe3 �e6 10.l:[g1
There is a solid alternative here.
With lO.CiJd2 l:[d8 ll.b3 �f6
12.�c4 �c8 13.0-0-0;!; White re­
tained a small edge right into the
endgame in Vysochin-Malaniuk,
Barlinek 2002.
1o...g& 11.li)d2 CiJf6 12.�c4
we7 13.we2 b6 14.�e6 we6
15.f4 l:[adB 16.e5! CiJdS 17.CiJf3
c5 1B.l:[ad1 we7 19.CiJg5 c4
20.c3 b5 21.l:[d4 CiJb6 22.l:[gd1
l:[d4 23.l:[d4 CiJa4 24.l:[d2 h6
25.CiJf3 g5 26.l:[c2 l:[d8 27.�d2
aS 2B.b3 cb3 29.ab3 CiJb6
30.l:[a2 l:[a8 31.l:[a5
HI
Nataf-Lajthajm, Serbia tt 2003.
Black's second option is simply re­
capturing on c6 and extending the
offer of a queen swap.
Variation B
6...dc6
NowitisuptoWhitetomakeup
his mind. He can either trade the
queens himself or simply get on
with his development with 7.�c4
or 7.0d2.

81
7.�c4
Just like 7.ti:
:J
d2thismovecanbe
met by an idea of Gabriel
Sargissian.
7..•ti:
:J
e717
Allowing White to take on f6. In
return for the spoiling of his pawn
structure, Black takes hold of
some vital squares.
8. 'Wf6
Inserting 8.ti:
:Jd2
ti:
:J
g6 9.'Wf6 gf6
lO.ti:
:J
bJ �b6 ll.a4 a5 12.�d21:1g8
13.�c3 ti:
:Je
5 did not help White
much in Nataf-Sargissian, Warsaw
2005.
8.•.gf6 9..i.f4 .i.b6.10.ti:
:J
d2ti:
:J
g6
11.�g3 h5 12.h4 �e6 13.l:ld1
we7 14.We2 l:lad8 15•.i.b3 f5
Gabriel Sargls
sl
an
withagoodgame for BlackinNi
Hua-Sargissian, Turin Olympiad
2006.
82
7.1i'f6
I believe this resolute move is
White's best option.
7...ti:
:J
f6
In this case, disrupting the pawn
structure with 7...gf6 is ill-advised
on account of 8.�f4 .i.d6 9.�g3
ti:le7 10.ti:
:Jd2
li:
:J
g6 1l.li:
:Jc
4witha
clear advantage for White.
8.f3
White has a 4-3 kingside majority
but in contrast to the Ruy Lopez
Exchange Variation or the Berlin
Wall he has not been forced to part
with his two bishops in order to
achieve this. Bl ack does have a
clear lead in development, so
White has to be careful.
8. ..�e6
A few examples from tournament
practice.
-
Chernishov-Gyimesi, Balaton­
bereny 1994: 9.loc3 0-0 -0 10..i.d2
Sosonko's Corner
� ll.We2 �d4 12.�e3 c5
13.Wf2 l:ld7 14.li:
:J
b5 �e3
15.We3=;
-
Nataf-Postny, Gen
n.an
y Bundes­
liga 2005/06, went 9.ti:
:J
d2 0-0-0
lO.ti:
:J
b3 �b6 ll.�d2 ti:
:J
d7 12-i.cJ
f6 13.li:
:J
d4 .i.d414..id4 c5 15.i.e3
b6 16.0-0-0 Wb7 17..ie2 li:
:J
eS
18.l:ld8 !:IdS 19.1:1dl l:ldl 20..idl
i.c4 2l.f4 ti:
:J
f7 22..tf3. Although
Black held on to the draw in the
end, White is clearly enjoying
himself more in this position;
-
Kritz-Naumann, Austria Staats­
liga 2004/05: 9./Od2 (by transposi­
tion) 9...0-0-0 IO.ti:
:J
b3 .ib6
ll.�e2 ti:
:J
d712.i.f4 f513.ef5 i.f5
14.0-0-0 !:IdeS 15.i.d3 �d3
16.l:ld3l:le2 17.l:ld2 1:1he8 18.Wd1
1:12e6 19.li:
:J
d4 .id4 20.l:ld4= ti:
:J
b6
2l.i.g3 ti:
:J
d522.Wclli:
:J
e3 'h-'h
Variation C
6. ..bc6
White does not have to trade
queens, he can just get on with his
development The question is:
how?
7.ti:
:J
d21?
The other k:nigbt move is less
promising, for example 7.ti:
:J
c3 'lff3
8.gf3 li:
:J
e7 9..i.e3 i.b6 10.0-0-0 d6
lL�c4 .ie6 12..ib3 .ib3 13.ab3
f5 14.1:1he1 fe415.li:
:J
e4?! (15.fe4'i')
15...0 -0+ 16.i.b6?! ab6 17./0d6?
(a bad blunder)
Black coolly replied 17.../Og6! and
in his game against Tunoschenko,
Tashkent 1987, a very young
lvanchuk suddenly realized what
25

Igor-Alexandre Nataf
he had done. Since 18.liJc4 l:
:!
al
19.�d2 l:
:!
d8 20.�e2 li:lf4 21.�e3
l:
:!
adl 22.l:
:!
dll:
:!
dl 23.1Pf4 is com­
pletely hopeless, he resigned.
In Schneider Zinner-Timoschen­
ko, Vienna Open 2006, Black
emerged with a good game after
7.li:lc3 'iff3 8.gf3 li:le7 9.�e3 �b6
10.�c4 d6 11.0 -0 -0 0 -0 12.f4 �e6
13.�b3 �b3 14.ab3 f5+.
7...d6
7...d5 8.ed5 'iff3 9.li:lf3 cd5
10.�b5 �d7 ll.�d7 �d7 12.li:le5
�e6 13.li:ld3 �d6 14.li:lf4 �f4
15.�f4 li:lf6 16.0 -0 -0 c6 17.llhel
'itf5 18.�e3 l:
:!
he8 19.f3 g5 20.g4
�g6 21.� h5 22.h3 a6 23.l:
:!
d3
l:
:!
el 24.�el l:
:!
e8 25.'it>dl li:ld7
26.l:
:!
a3 with a better endgame,
Ibragimov-Friedel, US Champi­
onship, San Diego 2006.
If Black captures on f3, White
should not recapture with the
knight (which led to a quick draw
in Totsky-Malaniuk, Pardubice
1997) but rather play B.g£3 intend­
ing 9.�b3 �b6 10.�e3.
8.�b3 �b6 9.�d2
This bishop is heading for c3.
9...�e6 1o.�c3
Black's position is already rather
suspect. Now lO... 'if£3 ll.g£3 f6
12.�a6 leaves White poised for
the thrust a2-a4-a5.
10...'ith6 11.�a6li:le7 12.a4!±
26
Black's bishop on b6 is a tragicom­
ical unit. In Nataf-Fressinet,
French Championship, Besancon
2006, Black out of sheer despera­
tion decided to sacrifice it on f2 but
his compensation was insufficient.
12...f5 13.a5 fe4 14.'ife4 �f2
14.. .�b3 is strongly met by
15.cb3! �c5 16.b4 d5 17.'ife2
�d6 18.�b7! l:
:!
b8 19.�c6±
15.�f2 �dS 16.1i'e2 o-o
17.�g1 l:
:!
aeB 18..tc4? A
howler. lB.l:
:!
el 'ifg6 19.h3 li:lf5
20.'ifg4 l:
:!
el 21..i.el or - even
stronger - 1B.'ifd2! wins easily.
18...li:lg61 19.�d5 cdS 20.'it'd3
li:lf4 Suddenly Black is in
command. 21.�d2 li:ld3 22..i.h6
�f2 23.�g5 cSI+ 24.a6?1 24.b3
�hl 25.�hl+ 24...l:
:!
e2 25.li:la5
li:lh1 26.�h1 h6 27.�h4
27.. .l:
:!
e4? 27...d4-+ D. 28 ...l:
:!
c2;
27.. Jk2 28.�e7!? l:
:!
eB 29.�d6
d4-+ 28.g41 In Europe Echecs
Fressinet admitted to having
overlooked this clever defence.
His idea was, of course, 28.�g3
l:
:!
a4 picking up the stray knight
or 28.g3 g5! netting a piece.
28...l:
:!
b8 � 28...l:
:!
e2 29.�b7
l:
:!
e2 30.l:
:!
c1 c4 31.�g3 d4
32.�d6 � 32.�g l d3 33.cd3 cd3
34.l:
:!
dll:
:!
b2 35.l:l.d3± l:
:!
cB
36.l:
:!
dl d5;t 32... l:
:!
be81 33.li:lc5
l:
:!
c8 34.J:Id1 l:
:!
c2?1 White
appears to be in trouble after
34... c3! 35.b4 l:
:!
c2 36.l:
:!
d4l:
:!
d2
37.�b3 l:
:!
b2 38.li:lcl l:
:!
eB 39.�g3
l:
:!
bl 40.l:l.dl c2 4l.l:l.g l+ 35.l:
:!
d4
l:
:!
e8? 1 35...l:
:!
c6 36.b4 cb3
37.li:lb3 l:
:!
a6= 36.l:
:!
e4 36.li:le4
l:
:!
b2 37.l:
:!
c4l:
:!
a2 36.. .l:
:!
d8 Much
simpler is 36...l:
:!
e4 37.li:le4 l:l.b2
38.�c5 l:
:!
b3 39.�a7 c3 40.li:lc3
l:l.c3= 37.li:lb7 l:
:!
d7 38.�g1 l:l.f7
39.�g3 l:
:!
d7 40.li:ld6 40... l:
:!
b2
41.l:
:!
c4 (41.li:lc4 l:
:!
a2) 41.. .l:
:!
b6
42.l:
:!
c8 �h7 43.li:le4 l:
:!
a6 44.li:lc5
l:
:!
al 45.�g2l:
:!
cl
Y.
..
Y.
.
Conclusion
In most lines after 6. 11'£3 White
has to content himself with a small
advantage in the endgame. Some
people would argue that that's not
much. Well, perhaps that's a mat­
ter of opinion. When we were ana­
lysing an endgame many years ago
and I told him White only had a
slight advantage Walter Browne
replied: 'For me even a little is
enough.' I have always remem­
bered his words.
Walter Browne

SURVEYS
FEATURING
34 Opening Variations
27

Sicilian Defence
Naj dorf Variation Sl 14.2 (891)
A Universal Ma n oeuvre
by Alexey Kuzmin (special contribution by Vladimir Malakhov)
1. e4
cS
2.t(jf3d6
3. d4
cd4
4. ttJd4 t(jf6
5. ttJc3
a6
6. g3
eS
7. ttJb3
During the last couple of years
this variation has been experi­
encing a genuine renaissance.
Compared with the deeply ana­
lysed lines with 6.�e3, 6.�e2
and 6.�g5 the consequences of
the fianchetto development of
the light-squared bishop are al­
most 'terra incognita'. And be­
sides, after 6.g3 e5 White far
more frequently prefers the re­
treat to e2.
Back in the 1980s, one player
who regularly employed the
temporary deportation of the
, knight to the queen side was the
Yugoslav grandmaster Petar
Popovic. However, he was the
main advocate of lines with g3 as
a means of demolishing almost
all Sicilian bastions, and for its
unexpected leap in popularity,
28
the 7. ttJb3 variation is indebted
to the successful employment of
the knight manoeuvre ttJb3-d2 -
fl -e3 followed by the occupation
of the d5-square.
After 7 .ttJb3 Black has two main
possibilities:
1) The.plan with the-deVelop­
ment of the bishop at e6;
2) The plan with the develop­
ment of the bishop at b7.
It is interesting that the universal
manoeuvre of the white knight
can work effectively against both
set-ups.
The Black Bishop on e6
The first players to begin em­
ploying this plan against Black's
development of the bishop to e6
was the Russian master Dmitry
Rodin, who scored some impres­
sive wins against grandmasters
rated 200-300 points higher than
·
il
li
iis
elf. Last year, the idea has ·
been successfully used by
Malakhov and Kasimdzhanov.
As yet, a reli able antidote for
Black has not been found. At the
same time, the well-known plan
with the fixing of Black's
queenside pawns by a4 -a5,
which occur
re
dinthegame
Leko- Topalov, does not bring
White any tangible dividends.
Worthy of consideration is a new
attempt involving f2-f4 (Zhang
Zhong-Ricardi).
The Black Bishop on b7
In the variation with the develop-
Petar Popovic In 1975
ment of the bishop to b7 we con­
sider only lines where White
prevents ... b7-b5 by playing
a2-a4. It is this trend, combined
with the universal knight ma­
noeuvre, that is setting Black the
most significant problems today.
Here Blaek has iried a wide
range of strategic ideas in search
of counterplay.
The most successful appears to
be 12 ...ttJc5!? (without the pre-

paratory . . Jic� or ...1!fc7). in
combination with 13.. .b5, whi�h
has twice been employed th1s
year by grandmaster Nielsen.
But even in this case White's re ­
sources in the fight for the initia­
tive are far from exhausted. It
should be mentioned that if
The 81shop on e6
Malakhov,VIadimir
Smlmov,Pavel
Moscow 2008 (3)
1.e4c52.1l:lf3d63.d4cd44.10d4
/l:lf6s.ll:lc3a66.g3e57.1l:lb3JJ.
.
e7
8.JJ.
.
g2.b&9.0-00-010.84ll:lbd7
1U:Ie1 •c7 12.l0d2 •cS (12...l:IBC8
13.1l:lt1 l:lldl
l
14.1l:le3 g6 15.10
015
JJ.
.
d5
16.ed5 .i.l8 17.a5 JJ
J
7 (17..ih61?) 18.b4
ll:le819.g4h620ib:!ll:lel621.c4;!;Ruvia
f'I¥Jir&
SanaJd8
Osua,Mondariz20
00
;
12...1l:lb6 13.85 ll:lc4 14.1l:lo4 ..
.
c4
1Sie3;t l:ladl16.1:le2 l:lldl
l
17.1l:la4 -eb5
1all:lb6 l:lb6 19.•a11 rail (19.. .W"b2?
20.c4 � 21.1:lb1 ..
.
a3 22Jieb2+-)
20b3ll:lb621.ab8;1;l.
.lntchev
sky
-Lupik,
f'8lalho
l
20
06)
13./l:lH b5 14.1l:le31 b4
1S.Il:lc
cl5
.i.d5 16.ed5 [16./l:liS JJ.
.
e6
17.1l:la7 Whl
loa
) 16- .l:lfc8 17.b3 [17.a5
�; 17.J.d21
1
) 17.-aS 18./l:lc4;1
;
.if8
19.g41 g6 20.gS ll:lhS [20...1l:le81?
2U.a3 •c7 22.c3f) 21.JJ.
.
f3 ll:lf4
22 •.ig4 •c7 23••13± .ig7 24.l:lb1
hS [24. ..:ea 25.JJ.
.
I4 af4 26.JJ.
.
d7•d7
27.W"!4 .i.e5±) 25...i.d7 .d7 26.JJ.
.
f4
l:lc4J 27.bc4 ef4 28••f4 :ca
29.1:le2 JJ.
.
es 30.•e4 •a4 [30.. . 1:lc7
Black allows the knight ma­
noeuvre �d2-c4, then White
normally exploits this to achieve
positional gains.
I should add that the early ad­
vance of the b-pawn by ...b 7 -b5
is hardly advisable, since an im­
mediate a2-a4 will then enable
31.14 .g4 32.Wf1 .14 33.•14 JJ.
.
f4
34.l:l94 JigS 35.We2±] 31.f4 JJ.
.
c3
32.fS •a2 33.l:lb3 •a1 34.'i>g2
•c1 35.h4?T [35.1:lc3 bc3 36.1gB •gs
37.'i>h1±] 35•• • gf5 36••f5 IU8?
(36... 1:lc41 37.1:lc3 1:11411 36.¥c6 Wg7
39.1:113 l:lg4!1!) 37.g61 1rh& 38.c5?
[36 .1:lc3 bc3 39.wh3tJ 38•• ••9&
39...
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Sicilian Defe n ce
Rossolimo Variation
Sl 31 .8 (B31)
Problems with the Bishop on g7!
by Tibor Fogarasi (special contributions by Naiditsch, Sutovsky and Dreev)
1.e4
cs
2. <i)f3 <iJc&
3. �b5 g&
4.o-o
�g7
5. c3.
<iJf6
6. e5
<iJd5
7. d4
cd4
8.cd4o-o
9. �c3
The vanatJon starting -with
3.�b5 is named after Nicolas
Rossolimo, who was faithful to it
from the 1940s al
l
the way to the
1970s, and used this 'Spanish'
set-up with considerable suc­
cess. It is not very widely known
that he made draws with it
against both Capablanca and -
much later - Fischer!
The Rossolimo Variation enjoys
great popularity in modern tour­
nament practice. Even very
strong grandmasters use it with
white; Arkadij Naiditsch, for ex­
ample, scored a decisive win
against Peter Leko at last year's
super-tournament in Dortmund.
Black's most popular set-up is
3 ...g6, fianchettoing the bishop .
Now the pos1t1on obtains a
Dragon-like character.
The line 4.�c6 dc6 5.d3 �g7
6.h3 is highly fas hionable nowa­
days, but the subject of the pres­
ent article also pops up from time
to time. White tries to build up a
strong centre in order to restrict
the g7 bishop with the d4-e5
pawn formation. Let's look at the
various opportunities available
to Black in the diagrammed posi­
tion.
The Knight Exchange
9.. •<iJc3 10.bc3 d6 brings us to
this position.
Now ll.iaJ!? is a completely
new idea, used by Zaitsev
against B.Savchenko in Moscow
this year. Black played the in­
nocuous -looking ll...de5 and
suddenly had to face serious dif­
ficulties after 12.d5 ! �a5 13.d6 !.
The game is a good example of
winning with a fresh idea.
lUlel is the main line after
which the paths diverge again in
thre
e
separate ways:
Vladimir Malakhov
AI) ll...'lrc7 12.ed6 ed6
l3.�f4. The weakness of
Black's position is the d6 pawn.
13...�f5 (13...a6 14.�1 �fS
15.1i'a4 ! l:l.fd8 16.'1Fa3, and
White was better in Nataf­
Calistri , France 2006) 14.'Wa4
l:l.fd8 15.'f
f
a3 a6 16.� l:l.ac8
17.�d2, and Naiditsch had a
better position against Peter
Leko.
A2) ll...a6 12.�c6 bc6
l3.1Wa4 �d7 14.�g5 c5
15.'ifa3 !, and White is better
thanks to the 'strangled ' g7
bishop.
A3) ll...�g4 12.ed6 'ifd6
13.h3 �f3 14.W'f3e5 1S.a4 l:l.fd8
16.�g5 f6 . Now G.Kuzmin con­
tinued with 17.�4?! against
Beshukov, but in my opinion he
could have gained an edge with
17.�e3 !.
35

A third option is simply taking
on d6: ll.ed6 Wd6 (White is a
little better after 11.. .ed6 12 ..i.g5
1Vc7 13Jiel) 12.a4 a6 13..ta3
1Vc7 14..tc6 'ifc6 15 ..i.e7 l:te8
16.d5 'i
i'
c3 17.l:tcl 'i
i'
a5 18.d6
and the passed d-pawn gives
White enormous resources and
attacking possibilities. See the
sample games!
Finally, IO .. •dS is interes ting, al­
though it is not entirely logical to
close the centre when you have
the bishop pair. White can trans­
pose to the previous line with
1l.ed6, or he can play Jan
Tun.m an's idea: ll..i.c6!? bc6
12..ta3 , and Black's passive g7
bishop is a serious liability.
The Knight Retreat
With 9.Joc7 Black refrains
from the exchange and attacks
the white bishop. White has
thre
e
options:
Bl) IO.l:tel �b5 (10...d6
l l .ed6 'ifd6 12..i.c6 bc6 13..i.g5
J:le8 14.Wd2�6!.Thisis anim­
portant novelty instead of
14 ...ll:ld5. Black attacks the d4
pawn immediately and equalized
in Ni Hua-Malakhov, Aeroflot
Open 2006) ll.ll:lb5 d6 (ll...a6
The Knight Exchange
9..Jt:lc3
Zaitsev ,lgor
Savchenko,Boris
Moscow ch-city 2006
1.e4 c5 2.1t3f3 �c& 3..
.Q.
b5 g6 4.D-O
JJ.
.
g7 S.c3 �f6 6.e5 �dS 7.d4 cd4
8.cd4 o-o 9.� ltJc3 10.bc3 d6
11.JJ.a31?N de5 (11 ...a61?] 12.d51
1085 (12...a6 13..b4 �aS 14.d6-]
13.d&t- ed& 14.JJ.
.
d6 e4 [14...JJ.
.
g4
15.JJ.
.I8
'iltd1 16..1
1ad
1 d 17.l:lfe1±]
15.JJ.
.
f8 'iltf8 16.�d2 (16.'�3d41? 'iltc5
17.'ilta4±] 16 .. .JJ.
.
f5 17.'ilte4?1
(17.1i'e2] 17...JJ.
.
c3 1B.l:lad1 a&
19.JJ.
.
e2
36
12.ll:lc3 d6 13.ed6 'ifd6 14.d5
ll:le5 15 ..i.f4 ll:lf3 16.'iff3 'iVb4
17 .l:te2 leads to a passive posi­
tion for Black in which it is dif
fi
­
cult for him to find any
counterplay) 12.ed6 ed6 13.d5
�5 14.�5 .te5 15.l:te5 ! de5
16..i.h6 .i.d7 17..i.f8'iff8 and a
draw was agreed in Damlja­
novic-Krarn
nik
, Belgrade 1993,
although I think White was
better in the final position with
his more mobile knight and dan­
gerous d5 pawn.
B2) IO..tf4 ll:lb5 ll.lLlb5 a6
12.ll:lc3 d6 13.ed6
In this critical position Black can
choose between two possibili­
ties: 13... .ig4 (a pawn sacrifice)
14.d5 ll:ld4 15.'ifel! ll:lf3 16.gf3
e5 17.de6 .ie6 18.'ifd2, and
19...b571 (19. . ./tJcSI.,o) 20...c2 'iltb4
21 .�b1 JJ.
.
f6 22.g41 .b6 23.83 1t84
(23. .. ..e7 24.1te4 l:le8�] 24.•84 ba4
25.l:ld6 �b3 26.l:l86 l:l86 27.JJ.a6
JJ.
.
g4 28.l:le1 JJ.
.
f371 [28.. .JJ.
.
I51+
29.JJ.
.
b5 /l)d-41] 29.JJ. .b51 �d4 30.JJ.
.
a4
White is better, although Black
has some compensation. After
13...ed6 14.h3 l:te8 15.'ifd2 d5
16.J:lfe l l:tel 17.J:lel .ie6
18.ll:le5 White's advantage is mi­
croscopic.
B3) lO..igS (an aggressive at­
tacking move) IO . . .h6 ll..th4
g5 12 ..ig3 ll:lb5 13.llJb5 a6
14.llJc3 d6 15.d5, and White had
compensation for the sacrificed
pawn in Adams-Illescas, Madrid
1996. Alternatively, several
games bear witness that White
has a dangerous attack after
IO . . .ll:lb5 ll.ll:lb5 a6 12.llJd6! h6
13 ..th4 g5 14 ..tg5 hg5 15.llJg5
-
se
e
the game Damaso­
Antunes, Portugal 1997.
.I
wouldn Y like ·to ·be in ·Black's
shoes in this position ... !
Conduslon
In the line with 9. .. ll:lc3, Black is
unable to equalize. White
strengthens his centre with
10.bc3 and gets an advantage.
9. . .ll:lc7 seems to be more flexi­
ble and so is better for Black than
exchanging.
Malakhov seems to have fou nd
the most promising treatment for
Black.
JJ.
.
d8 31 ..td1 g5 32.l:lf1 g4 33.�d2
t5 34..
.Q.
f3 gf3 35.l:ld1 .te7 36.e4±
Wf7 37.�1 � 38.l:lc1 JJ.
.
d6 39.85
�e6 40.86+- .ibB 41 .l:lc7 JJ.
.
c7
42.87 JJ.
.
h2 43.88'ilt .b5 44.'iltg8
ft7 45.•h7 ft6 46.•9s a7
47.� JJ.
.
f6 48.lbe3 .te5 49.'iltg6
Nataf,lgor-Aiexandre
Calistri,Trlstan
France n 2006 (4)
1-0
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Leko,Peter
Dortmund·2005 (3)
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Wijk aan Zee 2004 (13)
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Filippov,Valery
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�g8 44..i.e5
1-0
Quezada,Yuniesky
Filippov,Valery
Merida Tor
re
-mem 2003 (4)
1.&4 c5 2.10f3 IOc6 3..i.b5 g6 4.c3
10t6 5.e5 IOdS &.CHI .i.g7 7.d4 cd4
B.cd4 CHI 9.&3 &7 [9 ...10c3 10.bc3
d6] 10..i.f4 lObS 11./0bS a6 12.10c3
d6 13.ed6 .i.g4 (13...ed6
14.h3 lleB
15..
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g5 .a5 16.d5 10a7 17.10d2 h6
18./0b3�19..i.e3lObSBronslai
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[RR 14.de7 'ite7 15.d5 (15..i.e3 �13
16.fltJ 10!14=) 15.. . 10d4 16.d6 .d7
17.101
1
5 .i.tJ 18.gf3 1rh3 19...i.g3 h51+
KkNsky-Korsuns
ky,
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14...10d4 15 .•e11 (1 5.de7 fle7 16.d6
fld7!!
!!
17.•d4? .i.d4 18.10114 g5 19..i.g3
f5 Bronstelr�-Schinzel, Sandor
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rz 1976;
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16
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.i.d4 17.•84 (17.•d2;1;) 17.. . �g7
18.'i
i'b4
aS 19.fla3 lla6 ex>] 16.gf3 e5
17.de6 [RR 17.fg4 el4 18.'1te7 -.,sl!!
!!
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20�97 wg7 21 .•d4 f6 22.J:lfe1
•g5 23.Wh1 �h3 24.J:le7 J:lf7
124...wh8? 2s.J:lgt •h5 26.l:lg3J 2s.J:1g1
•hS 26.J:le3 (26.J:lml wf7 27.J:lg3
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..
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15 (28...•e5? 29.�) 29.1tb6 J:l117
30./l)c5 .b1 31.Wg2 �c4 32.h3 .,1
33.Wtl2 •12 34.J:lg2 •ra 35.1(�117 Wt4=J
26..�d7 [26... J:le81? 27.� •h4: RR
26... J:lfd7 27.� � 28.Wc31:t
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(27..� 28.�g5 J:ld6 29.•d6 fg5
30.J:lg3o
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.,4 32.J:ld1 .i.c6 33.J:ld3 g5
(3
3
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35.•d2 .c4 36.�12 .a2 37.d7]
34.••3 1fb4 35.•d2 g4 36.�e4
.b5 (36 ...�711] 37.¢>91 gf3
38.�g3 (38.117 J:l117 39.J:l117 -*.117
40.Wd6 'if'l5) 38.•. h5 [:<!: 38 . .. wh817]
39.J:ld4 J:ld7 40.Wf4 [40.WI217)
40.. •'if'b2??+- (40.. .Wf7 41 .J:ld2
(41.'if'h6 J:ld6! 42.Wh7 H) 41 .. ..e5
(41. ..H 42.Wf2) 42."i
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J:ld6 44.1tb4 .i.d5 45.J:ld3;t) 41 .�h5
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44.'it'g5 Wf8 45.J:lf4 J:lf7 46•••7
Adams,Michael
1-Q
Dre
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v
M/04-1 -60
lllescas Cordoba, Miguel
Madrid 1996 (1)
1.e4 c5 2.�13 �c6 3.�b5 �f6
4.e5 �d5 5.o-o g& &.c3 �g7 1.d4
cd4 8.cd4 o-o 9.�c3 1t:lc7 10.�g5
h& 11.�h4 g5 12•.i.g3 �b5
13.�b5 a& 14.1t:lc3 d6 15.d51 1t:le5
16.�5 deS (16 ....
.t
e5 17.141-]
17.J:le1 f6 18 .•b3 Wh8 19.J:lad1�
bS 20.13 ttc7 [20.. .861?) 21 .J:lc1 15
22.�e41 1fb6 23./ilcS [23.�12 1fb8
24./ilc5 9d6 25.J:led1�) 23 ... 1fd6
24 ..i.f2 J:ldB 25.J:lcd1 ?I [25.J:led11?)
25 ...llb8 26.h3 .i.b7 27.1fc2?
[27.� b7 llb7 28.•c2 .f6'i=)
27.. . 1:lbc8 28.b4 f4 29.'irf5 �d5
30.li:lb7 1fd71+ 31 .•d7 J:ld7
32.�c5 lld6 33.a3 WgB-+ 34.J:lc1
Wt7 35.J:lc2 J:lcd8 36.J:la1 �aa
37.J:le1 hS 38.Wf1 Wg& 39.oi>e2
g41 40.�h4 �f6 41 .�f2 gf3 42.gf3
�5
�1
Zaitsev,lgor
lskusnlkh,5ergey
Moscow 1996
1.e4 cS 2.�13 �6 3.�b5 g6 4.0.0
�g7 5.c3 lilt& &.eS lt:ld5 7.d4 cd4
8.cd4 o-o 9.�c3 �7 10.�g5 h6
11..
..i.
h4 �b5 12.�b5 gS 13ig3 a&
14.1t:lc3 d6 15.h3 [15.lle1 �g41 16.h3
�h5� LIMl
ll1ic
-lanka,BaileHerculane11
1994; 15.ed6 ed6 16.d5 �Tf. Lanka]
15 ... g41 16.�h4 [16.hg4 .i.g4 17.lle1
de5 18.de5 (18..i.e5 li:le5 19.de5 .d1
20.llad1 J:lad8'i=) 18...•d1 19.J:lad1
J:la� 16...gh3 17.1fh51? lLld4
18.J:lad1@! deS 19.�e5 •aS
20.llfe1 lld8 [20...1t:lc& 21.l:ld5 1tb4
22..i.g7 Wg7 23.l:le31-+)
21 .b41 .b4 22ig7 wg7 23...
.
e5
Wh7 24.�5 ltle2 25.tte2 1fh4
26••c2 (26.�16 el6 27.l:ld8 hg2 28.-.d3
{28.•e4 ..
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e4 29.l:le4 �IS+) 28.. .15
29.Wg2 bS-+] 26...wg7 27...
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c3 Wh7
28.•c2 wg7 29.•b2 Wh7 30.•b1
¢>97 31...
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b2 Wh7 32.•c2 wg7
33.•c3 wh7
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Damaso,Rui
Antunes,Antonio
Portugal H 1997
1.e4 cS 2.�13 lt:lc6 3.b5 g& 4.11-0
�g7 5.c3 �f6 6.e5 �d5 7.d4 cd4
Survey S/ 31.8
8.cd4 11-0 9.�c3 �c7 10.�g5 �b5
11.�b5 a6 [11.. .9bsl? 12.84 (12.1rd31?;
12.1t:lc31?) 12...88 13.1t:lc3 d8 14.a5 1rd8
15.ed6 ..
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d6 16.d5 �e5 17.�e4 �13
18.1ff3 .e5 19.llte1 16 20.�14 �
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[15...ed6 16.•h5 l:le8 17...
.
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18.� wge 19.llad1!-+) 16.ef6 l:lf6
17 .•b3 [17.� l:lh6 (17 .. . l:lf4 18.d5
�5 19.d6 e6 20.llc1�) 18.d5 �
(18.. .1fc7 19.h3 � 20.d6 ed6 21.l:le1
•c2 22..g4 �2 23.� �e2 24.Wf1
l:ld6 25.J:lab1 .a2 26.� l:lh6 27...
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31.Wg1 .g6 32.� lild3-
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e6 20.1rg4 b6 21.J:lad1 /illS 22.� b7
23.�15 ef5 24.1rc4 l:le& 25./ile6 de6
-
26.Wfe6 Wf8 27.1fl5 1r16 28.'il'g4 l:ld8
29.llfB1 � 30.117 b7 31.l:le8 Wf7
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1995) 17. .. l:le6 [17 ... e6 18.d5 �d4
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38.•e3 l:lc4 39.h3 e5 40.J:ld1 �c6
41 .llc1 l:le4 42 ...-a7
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41

Sicil ian Defence
The Anti-Sveshnikov 3.<t:lc3 51 32.16 (830)
The Sveshnikov Gam bit
by Pavel Skatchkov
1.e4
c5
2. tt:lf3 tt:lc6
3.tt:lc3e5
4. R.c4 R.e7
5. d3
tt:Jf6
6.tt:lg50-0
7. f4
d5
Evgeny Ellinovich Sveshnikov
is the author of the Sveshnikov
Variation in the Sicilian De­
fence. In this variation White
seeks in vain to win quickly and
without strain: no clear way for
him to gain an advantage has
been demonstrated. The impreg­
nability of the Sveshnikov Vari a­
tion forces White to seek other
ways of combating the scheme
with .. . l0c6 and ... e7-e5. Svesh­
nikov himself calls 3.tt:lc3 a pas­
sive move and he thinks that
Black has the possibility of
equalizing. Sveshnikov's cre­
ative approach and unique chess
talent enable him to find solu­
tions in any complicated situa-
42
tion. Black's7thmove7.. . d5 will
give chess theory a new term -
the 'Sveshnikov Gamb it'.
The di agram shows an ultra­
complicated position. Its special
feature is that the pawn sacrifice
disrupts the computer evaluation
scale and one cannot fully trust
the machine evaluations. In sac­
rificing a pawn, Black hopes for
compensation in the form of the
harmonious coordination of his
pieces.
For Black the mathematical cal­
culation of vari ations gives way
to general dynamic fa ctors,
which are an element of posi­
tional chess understanding. Great
chess experience is required.
By contrast, for White this posi­
tion is a matter of constant prob­
lem-solving, and the most
appropriate method is a faultless
calculation of variations. Possi­
bly therefore, in practice, those
who try to refute the Sveshnikov
Gambit are the representatives of
the young generation - players
like Magnus Carlsen or Ddar
Khairul
lin,
with their obvious
tactical talent Those who be­
lieve in Black's position are
Sveshnikov, Alexey Fedorov,
Pavel Smirnov and Igor­
Alexandre Nataf - experienced
grandmasters, who pin their
hopes on sharp, but strategi cally
well-founded chess.
The rust part of this Survey wil
l
highlight the successes achieved
by Sveshnikov employing his
gambit in practice. By studying
these games, we can fo llow the
rapid evo lution of the gambit. In
the second part of the article a
surprise awaits the reader. It
turns out that, in parallel with
Sveshnikov 's constructive work,
a group of young Russian mas­
ters has been engaged in some
undermining, destructive work
against the gambit.
Denouement
In conclusion, as should happen
in any good detective story, co­
mes the denouement. In
Dagomys 2006 an individual
meeting occurred between
Sveshnikov and Frolyanov, a
representative of the young gen­
eration and a participant in the
'r efutation of the gambit' enter­
pr ise. Evgeny Svesb.nikov is a
player who sticks to his princi­
ples, and only in rare cases does
he avoid 'his' openings and vari ­
ations. Therefore there was little
reason to doubt that Svesb.nikov
would employ the 'Sveshnikov
Gambit', and a testing of the
gambit was almost inevitable.
Although White won, one was
left with the fe eling that this was
not Black's last word. To be
continued ...

Gruskovnjak,Tomislav
sveshnikov,Evgeny
Celje It 2004 (1)
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Kharlov,Andrey
Moscow Aeroflot Open 2005 (6)
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Philippe,Christophe
Sveshnikov,Evgeny
Cap d'Agde 2003 (6)
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Meister,Yakov
Smirnov,Pavel
Moscow Aeroflot 2004 (4)
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Vegh,Endre
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1.e4 c5 2.� �c6 3.�f3 aS 4.�c4
�e7 5.d3 �f6 6.�g5 o-o 7.14 af4
a..i.t4 d5 s.eds �b4 1o.o -o �g4
11.'it'a11[AnideaolHectorInlhestyleol
the 19th century masters, lor example:
Chlgorin-PillsllJry, HEISting& 1895 and
Blad
dlu
rne-Anders
se
n, VleM a 1873 (2)]
11... �2 12 .•g3 �a1 13.d6 �c2
[13....i.d6 14.�d6 � 15.J:ll2 �
16il8 •ra 17.�17+-] 14.da7 •e7
15.�ge4 �e4 16.ltle4 hS [16.. . •d7
17.h3 b5 18..i.b3 tal4 19...
.
g4.g4
20.hg4 � 21 .ab3±] 17..i.d6 ..
.
d7
18 ...
.
f2 �d4 19.� �6 20.•14
b6 21...
.
g5 wh8 22.J:ll6
1-0
Carlsen,Magnus
Nataf,Jgor Alexandre
Reykjavik blitz 2004 (1)
1.e4 cS 2.�f3 �c6 3.�c3 eS 4ic4 ·
�e7 5.d3 �f6 6/(�gS o-o 7.f4 dS
8.ed5 �d4 9.0.
..0
.i.g4 10 ••e1 ef4
11.�14 h6 12-d6 [<!: 12.�)
12 ...�d6 13.�d6 .d6 14.�17
[14.� �e4 15.•e4 hgS 16.•g4 �
17.J:ll7 J:ll7 18.�17 Wf7 19.J:ll1 Wg6=)
14 ...J:l17 15.1084 .c6 16.�16
[16.�17 Wf7 17.1rh4) 16.•.gf6 17.�17
Wf7 1 B.'it'h4 J:lgB 19.J:lf2 .if3
20 .• h3 �g4 21 .We3 'ire& 22.J:laf1
[RR Incorrect notation? •ea is hanging)
22... J:lg6 23.c3 �6 24.g3.. .
0-1
44
Zhumabaev,Rinat
Grebionkln,V Iadlmlr
Voronezh 2004 (3)
1.e4 cS 2-�f3 �c6 3.�c3 eS 4.�c4
�e7 S.d3 �16 6.�g5 o-o 7.f4 dS
8.ed5 �4 9.0.
..0
.i.g4 10...
.
a1 ef4
11•.i.f4 h6 12-�ge4 �e4 13.ltle4
[13.de41?] 13 ...b5 14.b3 aS 15.d6
�h4 16.g3 [16...
.
d2) 16...c4 17.dc4
a4 18.gh4 ab3 19.cb3 J:le81 20.h3
[<!: 20.•e3) 20...�f3 21 .J:lf3 �f3
22...
.
g3 � 23..b5 .-a,s 24.wf1
�d3 25.Wg2 16 26.•d3 J:la5
27.J:ld1 ..
.
c6 28.Wg1 bc4 29.bc4
J:leeB 30.•d5 •ds 31 .J:ld5
o-1
Kiilaots,Kaido
Fed orov,Aiexey
Moscow 2004 (4)
.
1.e4 c5 2.�f3 �c6 3.�c3 eS 4.�c4
.i.e7 S.d3 �16 6.�g5 o-o 7.14 dSI?
8.ed5 �g4 9...
.
d2 �d4 10.h3 [10.185
liXI7 11.!Hl � 12.�ge4 15 1M�g3
�d6!i 14.1(�ce2?! �2 (14...14 15.�14
� 16.gf3 �14 17.'it'g2 �13 18.J:lf3 �13
19.•13 .i.c1 20.•rs 1t'l8 21 .J:lc1
'it'd&-
-+
Chatte�ee-Thakurta, Cslcut
ta
2004) 1S.ll)e2 1rh4 16.h3 ll)e2 17.We2 14
1B.•e4 J:laeB 19.�d2 � 20.tlc4 J:le2
2U.e1 •g5 22.J:ll2 b5 23 ...
.
b51324.g4
•eS D-1 Ramirez Alvarez-Gregoire,
CappeRsIaGrande20
04
] 1O...�h5
11.g4 [11.185 00 12.D-0 �eS;:; 11.D-O
e14+t) 11.. .h 6 [1 1...ef41 12.•g2 (12.�?
<i)hS-+; 12.D-OI?) 12 . .. 00 13.gh5 �g5+]
12...
.
g21 hg5 [<!: 12...el4) 13.fg5 �h7
14.gh5 �gS 15.J:lg1 f5 16.h41 �16
[16.. ih4 17.Wd1 .i.l6 ll. 18.�1 1t'd7
19.�g7 .g7 20...
.
g7 �g7 21.116+-
--
)
17.�6 .d7 1 Big71 ..
.
g7 19.•g7
�g7 20.h6 �f3 21 .We2 �1
22.J:lg1 �16 23.d6 wh7 24.hg7
J:lfd8 25.�d5 ctlh5 26.J:lg5 �g7
27.�16
1-0
Frolyan ov,Dmitry
Sveshnikov,Evgeny
Sochi It 2006 (11)
1.e4 cS 2.�f3 �c6 3.�3 aS
4.�c4 .i.a7 5.d3 �16 6.�g5 o-o
7.f4 d5 B.edS �g4 9.'it'd2 �d4
10.o-o ef4 11.W'f41? [1 1 .J:ll4 �51?
(11...b5 12 .�b5 �d6 13.J:lf1 'itb8 14.h3
�h2 15.Wh1 �hS 16.�ge4 �IS
17.'t
t
g5+- Kurmann-Zozulia, Winterthur
2004) 12.J:lf1 �g4 13.�ge4 't
t
b8!!
!!
1!>-1!1
Klilao1S-Sveshnikov, Riga 2003) 11... �d6
[1 1 ...�h5 12.�ge4 �e8 13.g3 �16±
1!1-1!
!
VelchiMI-Swshnikov, Dubai 2004)
12••f2 �d7?1 13.h3 [13 ..i.l4? .i.f4
14.1Jff4 b5 1S..i.b3 b4 16.Wh4 �15
17.J:ll5 �15+ M.Birlukov-Po1apov,
Dagomys jr 2004) 13...b5 14.�
(14.�ce41?] 14 ...1rc7 15.�ce4 ltle4
16.�e4 J:laea 17.c3 �b3 [17...15]
1B.ab3 �h2 19.Wh1 fS 20.�c5
�g3 21 .1Jfd4 [<!: 21 .�6+-)
21 .. -ies 22.1Jfg1 f4 23.ltle4 f3
[23 ... e5) 24.J:lf3 J:lf3 25.gf3 .ih3
26.J:la7 •da 27.�gs 'il'dS
28.d4 [28if6 g6 29...
.
e3+-) 2B...if5
29.�16 g6 30..i.e5 �e4 31 .1rg5
[31.'t
t
h2 .iJ3 32.Wg1 �5 33.J:lg7+-)
31 ...�f3 32.WI12 l:teS 33.1Jfe5 •es
34.de5 �dS 35.c4 bc4 36.b4 �c6
37.J:lc7 h4 38.Wg3 h6 39.e6 Wf8
40.Wf4
1-0

Sicilian Defen ce
Alapin Va riation
Sl 46.4 (B22)
... AndNoDragons!-PartII
by Evgeny Sveshnikov
1.e4
c5
2.c3
d5
3. eelS •ds
4. d4
cd4
5. cd4 �c6
6.�f3 e5
7.�c3�b4
InPartIofthisSurveyIhavetold
thereaderabouttheoriginsof
the Alapin Sicilian, an increas­
ingly important variation which
rules out the over-analysed
Najdorf, Paulsen and Dragon
lines. I started to study this varia­
tion in the late 1960s and won
my fmt serious game with it
against Mark Taimanov in 1971.
After a closer study my under­
standing of the opening grew,
and later on I beat the likes of
Andrey Sokolov, Gennady
Kuzmin and Judit Polgar with it
After 2...d5
3.ed5 •d5 4.d4,
�---�6 5.�f3 �g4 is sharp, but
It weakens the queenside. In Part
I of this Survey, I discussed the
immediate 4 ...cd4. With this
capture, Black wants to create
pressure against the isolated
white pawn on d4. The downside
is that White can play his queen's
knight to c3, gaining a tempo
with the attack on the ..d5. If
Black doesn't take on d4, White
can either try to take on c5 later
on, creating a pawn majority on
the queenside, or try to gain
space in the centre with c3-c4
and d4-d5 . Black's most direct
method to proceed is 6 ...e5, try­
ing to liquidate further.
In Yea rbook 80, we examined
8.�d2 �c3 9ic3 e4 10.it:)e5
�e5 ll.de5 it:)e7. Instead of
lO.it:)e5, which allows the ex­
change of one pair of knights,
White can aim for more compli­
cated play with 10.it:)d2.
Pavasovic,Dusko
Susak,Zeljko
Pula 1996
1.e4 cS 2.ca ds a.ec1s -.ds
4.d4 cd4 5.cd4 lt:)c& &.lt:)f3 e5
7.it:)c3 � 8.�d2 �c3 9.�c3
e4 10.it:)d21?
One of the main virtues of this
move compared with 10.�e5 is
that it leads to positions that have
been far less intensively studied.
In addition, the play is more
open in character, and White's
lead in development may tell.
1 o...�f& 1 1 .�c4
What can be more temp ting than
to develop a piece with gain of
tempo? Nevertheless , other
moves also occur:
A) 1l.�c4!? �e6 (11...0-0
12.�e3 when 13.d5 is looming)
12.it:)e3 -.d7 13.d5 (13.1i'a4 in­
tending 14.l:ld1) 13 .. .il)d5
14.it:)d5 'it'd5 15.1i'd5 �
16.�g7 l:lg8
17�c3 oo,
Antonen-Molvig, Copenhagen
1995;
B) 11.�3 1i'g5 (1l...'..b3 is
better) 12.d5 it:)e5? 13 .'tlfa4 �d7
14.�e4±, Vega HolmcMedina, ·
Ceuta 1993.
11... ..g5
After II...-.f5!? the queen again
comes under attack: l2.�fl 0-0
13.it:)e3!.
12.d51
Playing 'for all comforts ' does
not work: 12.1i'e2?! ..
.
g2
13.0 -0 -0? �g4 I4.1i'fl Wn
15.l:ldfl 0-0-0 16.d5 it:)d5
17.�g7 l:lhg8 18...th6 l:lg6
19.�e3 f5 -+, Eretova- Svobo­
dova, Olomouc ch-CZE 1995.
12.....g2?1 13.l:lf1 �g4?1
14.-.b3 e31?
Black has played the opening
very provocatively and riskily,
and now he surely should not
stop at half-measures . After
45

14. . .lLld8 15..li6 gf6 1 6.�b5 ll:lc3 19.hg5 lLld1 20.:fd 1 :ac8
�f8 17.'ifb4 �g7 18.'ire4 'lfe4 2l .lLle3;!;
Efimov-Zaichik,
19.ll:le4 White has an obv ious Prague 1985) 18.'it'd4 lLlc5
advantage.
19.ll:le3+t (Pavasovic-Forster,
15.fe3 lLld5 16.'irb7?!
Montecatini Terme 1997), or the
The knight cannot be taken be- sharper 13 . ..�f8!?, after which
cause of mate on e2, but the text the slightest inaccuracy by
move allows Black, by sacrific- White quickly leads to a bad po­
ing a piece, to create unpleasant sidon, for example: 14.'it'b3 e3
threats to the king stuck in the 15.�b4 �g8 16.fe3 'iFg2
centre on el. Meanwhile, 17.0-0-0 �g4 18.:dgl Wd5+
16.�g7! would practically have (Jonkman-Christiansen, Kapus­
won by fo rce: 16...0-0-0 17.�8 kasing 2003). In this last varia­
:h8 18.:f2 'iFgl 19.lLlfl ll:lb6 tion 14.�e5 'it'e5 15.lLlc4 'iFd5
20.W :d8 (20...�b8 2l .'it'd3 16.'it'd5 ll:ld5 17.lLld6 f5
D.d8 22.1i'e4+-) 21.� �b8 18.0-0-0!1!1 comes into consider-
22.�g4 'it'g4 23.:dl +-.
ation.
16...0 -01 1 7.'iFc6 'it'h3?
13.D-O! lbdS?I
The decisive mistake, after Black would lose after 13...ef2?
whicil Whi.te-siati
ili
ieSI.Ilej)osi� - i4:l:tn -- lbe7
(14...lbd5
tion and begins an attack him- 15.ll:le4+-)
15..liti gf6
self. 17. .. l:lad8! !1!
!
was essential, 16.lbe4+- .
when the king at e1 feels very In the event of 13... ed2 14.dc6
uncomfortable (Blauert-Fug1- bc6 (14...0 -0 !? 15.�d2±) White
sang, Lyngby 1990).
has the very strong 15.'iFe2!
18.�d41+- lLle3 1 9.�f71 .l:lf7 (15.�d2 'iFf5 16.l:lel �e6)
Forced, since if 19... ¢>h8 15 ... � 16.�b4 (16.�d2 9c5
20.�g7 ¢>g7 21 .1i'f6 mate.
17.�e3 'it'e7) 16.. .c5 (16.. .�g8
20.tra8 �c8 21 .l:lf7 lLlg2 17.'t
t'
e7+-)
17.f4 1i'f5
22.1i'g2
18.1i'd2!±.
Black resigned.
13. . .ll:le7!? is interesting.
14.lbe4 lbc30
Ts eitlin,Mark
Vydeslaver,Aiik
__
_ Beer_Sheva 1996 (10)
_
1.e4 c5 2.c3 dS 3.ed5 1i'd5
4.d4 lLlc6 5.l0f3 cd4 6.cd4 eS
7.ll:lc3 � B.�d2 �c3 9.�c3
e4 10.ll:ld2 lLlf6 11.�c4 1i'g5
12.d5 e3
As we have seen, 12 ...1i'g2?!
leads by force to a difficult posi­
tion for Black. The move in the
game is clearly better, but appar­
ently it too does not solve all his
problems.
The strongest continuation here,
in my view, is 12 ... lLle5. Now
13.�b5 can be answered by ei­
ther the quiet 13 .. .�d7 14.�d7
lbed7 15.0-0 0-0 16.d6 :re s
17.l0c4 l:lad8 (17.. .lLld5 18.h4
46
15.�f7! �80 16.bc3+- e2
1bings are more complicated for
White after 16...'..e5 17.fe3
rtJe7. Still, he has a clear-cut win:
18.�d5! �e6 (18....l:ld8 19..l:lf7
rtJe8 20.�c6 bc6 2Utf8 �
22.'lt'd8 rtJf7 2H�d6 rtJg6
24.ll:lc8 1We3 25.�h1+-)
19.�c6
(1 9.�e6
We6
20.'t
t'
a4--
-+
) 19 .. .bc6 20.1i'd4
'il'd4 2l.ed4+- .
17.'fre2 't
t'
e7 18.�d5 �e6?
l8...g6and...'j(g7wasmorete­
nacious.
1 9.'t
t'
f3 �f7
Nothing would have been
changed by 19 ... �g8 20.lLlg5 !
�d5 21.1Wd5 rtJf8 22.ll:le6+- .
20..l:lae1 lOeso 21 .1i'ts g6
22.1i'f4 �g7
Or 22... .l:ld8 23.c4 rtJg7 24.lLlg5
�d5 25 ..l:le5 1i'f6 26..l:ld5 !+-.
23.lLlgS �dS 24..l:le5
Black resigned in view of
24...Wd8 (24 ...1i'd6 25.1i'd4;
24 ...11'c7 25 .1lrd4 or 25 ..l:ld5)
25 ..l:ldl (25.1i'd4 J.
.f7
26..l:ld5
1i'f6 27.l:ld7+-) 25 ...l:lf8
26.1i'h4 l:le8 27 ..l:le8 1i'e8
28.1l'd4.
A Dangerous Piece Sacrifice
White has an even sharper possi­
bility: 8.�e2!? and if Black re­
plies 8 ...e4, then 9.0-0 .
I suggested this move in 1991 at
a session of the all-Russian
school in Anapa and assigned it
to be played in training games,
which we al
l
analysed together
afterwards. I remember that one
girl with a second-category rat­
ing (I no longer remember her
name) won with White in exem­
plary style and showed us all that
it is very dangerous for Black to
accept the sacrifice by 8 .. .e4.
A good illustration of these dan­
gers is the game Motylev­
Malakhov from 1996.

Motylev,Aiellander
Malakhov,VIadlmir
Ekalerinburg ch-RUS jr 1998 (11)
1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.ed5 'tl'd5
4.d4 cd4 5.cd4 �c& 6.�f3 e5
1�c3i.b4B..
.i.
e21? e4 9.D-O
ic3 1 o.bc3 ef3 11•.if3 'lff5
12.i.a31? �ge7 13.J:le1 .ie&
14.d5 ()-()-{)
15.dc6!1 J:ld1
Black is forced to accept the
queen sacrifice, since in the
event of 15 .. .�c6 16.1l'a4 White
has an attack 'for fre
e
'; thus
16 ....i.d5 (defending against the
capture on c6) loses to
17..
.i.
g4+-.
16.cb7 �c7 17.J:lad1 l0c8
For the queen White has only a
rook and two pawns, but one of
them - on b7-is very dangerous.
In addition, Black's king is ex­
posed and his pieces are hardly
defending it. After, for example,
17...�c6 18.U6 �b7 19.J:lbl
�a6 20..
.i.
c6+- White has an ir­
resistible attack.
18.c4
18.J:lbl l0b6-+ was bad for
White, but be could well have
captured the kn ight: 18.bc8'if
Wc8 19.J:ld6!. The key move,
which maintains White 's attack.
There is no way of saving the
game, e.g.: 19 ...J:ld8 20.J:lc6
Wb8 2l.J:lc5 •d3 22.i.cl a5
23 .�4 <lia7 24.J:lc7 (24..ic7
l:ld.S 25.-id.S .idS 26.a4+-)
24 ...<1ia6 25 ..ie3+- .
18...'W'f4
Black loses after 18...'ifa5
19.i.b2 l0d6 20.i.e5+- .
In
view of this variation and the
continuation in the game,
18 ...f6 !? came into . consider­
ation, taking control of the
e5-square.
19.i.b21 �d6
Now 19.. .f6 is no longer possi­
ble, because the bishop at e6 is
banging.
20.i.e5 'ireS 21 .J:le5+- l0b7
22.h3 J:ldB 23.J:lb1
23.J:ld8 l0d8 24.i.d5 \Pd6
25Jlh5+- would also have
won, but White wants to exploit
the weakness of the black king.
23 ... l0d6 24.J:la5 lOeB 25.J:lb7
�d& 2&.c5 wes 27.c& wd&
28.c7 J:ld7 29.J:la6 �e5
30.J:lc6 J:ld2 31 .J:le6
Black resigned.
Har Zvi,Ronen
Sutovsky,Emil
Tel Aviv 1995 (4)
1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.ed5 'it'd5
4.d4 cd4 5.cd4 tOe& 6.l0f3 e5
7.l0c3 i.b4 8.i.e2 ed4?1 9.D-O
'ifdB
In the event of 9 ... i.c3 10.bc3
l0f6 ll.�d4 l0d4 12.cd4! or
12.Wd4 1Wd4 13.cd4! Whitehas
the advantage. 9 . .. 11'd7 !? is in­
teresting.
10.l0b5 �f6
10. . .l0ge7 .
11.�bd4
ll.i.g5 h7 12.l0fd4 �d4
13.1i'd4! is probably more accu­
rate. White inevitably wins back
Survey Sl 46.4
the d4-pawn and gains the better
chances thanks to his lead in de­
velopment. The only question is
how easy it will be for Black to
neutralise his opponent's initia­
tive.
11... �d4
12.1Wd4
I think that it made sense for
White to keep the queens on:
12.�d4 0-0 13.i.e3 �
14.1i'b3 �e3 15.fe3 1We7
16...i.c4!. 13.i.f3 1Wb6 14.i.e3
J:ld8 15.J:lcl i.c5 16.J:lc4! is
also not bad.
12 . .. 1t'd4 13.�d4 o-o 14.i.g5
l0e41?
In the event of the passive
14 ...i.e7 15.J:lac1! White bas a
small but stable advantage.
15..b3 .id71 16..if3
·- 1 6.J:lfdl !?,-
·
-·- -------
16...J:lfe8 17.J:lac1
17.J:lfdl!.
17...h5 1M)b3 i.b6 19..
.i.
b6
ab& 20.J:lfe1 tOeS 21 .J:le8 J:leB
22.�c5 bc5
Draw agreed. The following
continuation was possible:
47

23.�b7 l:1b8 24.�d5 J:lb2 25.f3
J:lb5 (25 . . .�e6 26.J:lc5;t) 26.�c4
J:lb7 27.�b3 J:lc7 28.�f2 �e6
29.�e6 fe6 30.®e3 J:la7 31.J:lc2
�f7=.
In this game Black was fighting
for equality al
l
the time, and it
was not without his opponent's
help that he achieved his objec­
tive.
Finkei,Aiexander
Te plicki,Jan
TelAviv 1993 (6)
1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.ed5 ._d5
4.d4 lbc6 5.lbf3 cd4 6.cd4 e5
7.lbc3 .i.b4 8.�e2 lbd4!?
Obviously the main continua­
tion; on the evaluation of which
the evaluation of the move
8 ..i.e2 !? depends.
9.�d2
9.�floo looks very strong, for
example: 9 ... ..a5 10.lbd4 ed4
11.'it'd4 lbf6 12.�b5 ®f8
l3 ...ie2 �e6 14.�e3 ®e7 15.a3
.i.c3 16.bc3 J:lhd8 17.ffb4 "ifb4
18.cb4;!;,
Slapikas-Olsson,
Pelaro 2002.
9...'it'd6
The variation 9...lbf3 IO..i.f3
'it'd4 11.0 -0� demands carefu l
study.
10.lbd41?
In the event of IO.a3 .i.c3
ll. �c3 lbf3 12.�f3 1i'd1
13.J:ldl f6 14.�e2� in the end­
game White has quite good com­
pensation for the sacrificed
pawn. but even so the position is
48
greatly simplified.
10...'it'd4
l0 ...ed4 ll.lbb5± is obviou sly
bad for Black.
11.D-O
By ll. a3 � 12.1i'b3 White
could have seized the initiative.
11... �d7 12.a3 �c5?1
Stronger was 12 ...�c3 13.�c3
Wdl 14.J:ladl f6 l5.f4�. trans­
posing into an endgame.
13.lbb5± �b5 14 ..i.b5 �e7
15.'it'f3 e4 16.J:lae1 �8
17."i
i'
e4 •e4 18.J:le4 lbf6
19.J:lc4 .i.b6 20.J:lfc1 ®e7
21 ..i.b4 �e6 22.J:lf4 �e5
23.g3 J:lac8 24.J:le1 �d5
25.J:lf5 �d4 26.J:ld1 �e4
27.�d3 �d4 28..i.b1
Black resigned.
Har Zvi,Ronen
Wiersma,Eelke
[YB/33-38!
Rotterdam Wch-stud 1998 (3)
1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.ed5 •ds
4.d4 lbc6 5.lbf3 cd4 6.cd4 e5
7.lbc3 .i.b4 8.�e2 lbd4!?
9..i.d2 .i.c3 1 O•.i.c3 lbf3
Also possible is IO . .. lbe7
Il.lbd4 ed4 12.1i'd4 it'd4
13..i.d4 0-0 14.0-0 -0 �e6
15.b3;!; .
11.�f3 Wd1 12.J:ld1 f6
The evaluation of the entire
7.�e2!? variation largely de­
pends on this position. It is prob­
able that White's compensation
for the pawn is sufficient only for
a draw.
13..i.a5 .i.e6
13....i.d7 !?.
14.J:lc1
After 14.�b7 J:lb8 15.�c6 �f7
16.b3 t:iJe7 17.�e4 f5<=t Black
sets his pawn centre in motion.
14...lbe7
14. . .J:lc8 1?.
15..i.b7 J:lb8 16.J:lc7 .idS
Black decides to simplify the po­
sition somewhat, although it was
also quite possible to play
16....i.a2 17..i.b4 lbd5 18..i.c6
¢od8 19.J:ld7 �c8 20..i.a3 lbb4
21..i.b40 J:lb4 22.J:la7 J:lb2
23.0-0� .
17..id5 lbd5+t 18.J:lg7 J:lb2
19.D-O lbe7 20.f4 J:la2 21 .fe5
An amusing draw by perpetual
check would have occurred in
the variation 21 ..i.b4 lbf5
(2 l. . .lbd5? 22.J:lc l+-) 22.J:lb7
J:lg8 23.g3 lbg3 24.hg3 J:lg3
25.�h1 J:lh3=.
.
21 ... J:lg81
Black prudently declines the
Gre
e
k gift After 2l...J:la5 ?!
22.ef6 lbd5 23.J:lcl he would
have begun to experience diffi­
culties: 23 .. .<�>d8 24.J:lb7 J:le8
25.f7 J:lfS 26.J:1el 'i
i>
c8 27.J:1e8
�b7 28.J:lf8 J:1a1 29.� J:1a2
30. ¢>f3 J:1a3 31.®e4 lbc3 32. �e5
J:1a5 33.�d4 J:1f5 34.®c3 ±.
22.J:1g8 lbg8 23.ef6=
Draw.

Ei_rc Defence
Austrian Attack PU 13.11 (809)
Still Dangerous for Black - Part II
by Mihail Marin and Valentin Stoica (special contribution by Ruslan Ponomariov)
1.e4
d6
2. d4
ll:\f6
3. ll:\c3 g6
4. 14
�g7
5.ll:\13 ().
.()
6. �d3 ll:\a6
7.o-o
c5
8. dS
�g4
9. ¢>h1
InYearbo
o
k 80, we have exam­
ined several minor continuations
as well as the old main line start­
ing with 9.�c4. Curiously, some
of the sidelines seemed to offer
more chances of putting Black
under pressure than 9.�c4, but
this might have other explana­
tion than just objective reality.
Since 9 ...ic4 has been consid­
ered to be the best move for such
a long time, Black had all the op­
portunities to worlc out defensive
systems against it, while against
the less popular alternatives
(such aS 9.a3) the theoretical dis­
pute is just about to start· the ball
is generally in Black's
'
court in
these cases but probably not for
too long.
The Main Line
Be that as it may, at present, the
main line starts with 9.'ifi>hl and
that's the subject of the present
Survey. B.y playing this gener­
ally useful move, White invites
his opponent to lay his cards on
the table. For instance, 9 •. .ll:\c7
allows the departure ofthe queen
with lO.We l. One natural reac­
tion is 9..it"J, practically forc­
ing IO.D.f3, but the resulting
position is by far more promising
for White than the one arising af­
ter 9.h3 which has been exam­
ined in the prev ious issue. White
not only has an extra useful move
Ruslan Ponomarlov
(¢>h l) but now has the h3 square Crossroads
for his rook. See Ivanchuk- Therefore, the most logical con­
Ta tabadze.
tinuation is 9..•D.b8, sticking to
In Komeev-Marin, Black main- the semi-wait-and-see strategy.
tained his knight on a6 and i.mc -
mediately opened up the game in
the centre with 9...e6. This led to
a very complicated position in
which White seems to have
missed a simple way to an advan­
tage.
As always, the hypermodern
9.. .ll:\d7, foc using on the
queenside in the spirit of a genu­
ine Benoni, is playable but not
without risk. See Bobras­
Hendriks and Almasi-Svidler.
9...ll:\c7, followed by a quick
. . . e6, looks like a solid continua­
tion; see Winterstein-Hoi. Still ,
abstrac tly speaking this looks
like a small concession, as it en­
ables the transfer of the queen to
the kingside.
The main diffe rence compared
to 8 .. .D.b8 is that the bishop is al­
ready on g4 and can no longer be
cut off from the kingside. The
position can also arise via a dif­
fere nt move order: 8 .. .l:lb8
9.¢>hl �g4.
Once again, this is an important
crossroads for White. The theory
49

is not too extensive here and is
likely to evolve in the near future.
10.�c4 Jooks Jess adequate than
one move earlier, since Black is
one step ahead with respect to
the realization of hls queenside
plan, as the game Tzermia­
dianos-Anagnastopoulos shows.
The straightforward 10.h3 .i.£3
11JH3 induces some slight dif­
fe rences compared to 9.h3 . The
position remains quite complex;
see the main game.
Paradoxically, lO.fS (Gruen­
fel d's specialty in this concrete
form) is still a dangerous contin­
uation. Even though his bishop is
ready to reduce the pressure
against his . kingside, Black
- s hould. noT imderestimate .the at�
tack. See Gruenfeld-Wolff.
Main Game
9.mh1
Ponomariov,Ruslan
Zvfagintsev,Vadim
Poikovsky 2006 (B)
1.e4 d6 2.d4 <t:lf6 3.<t:lc3 g6 4.f4
[4.i.e3] 4...i.g7 5.<t:lf3 CHI [5...c5]
6.i.d3 <t:la6 [6... ltlc6] 7.o-o c5 B.d5
i.g4 [B . .. <t:lb4?1 9.i.e21 e6 10.83 <t:la6
11.de6 i.e& 12.151 gl5 13.el5 i-15 14.<t:lh4
i.g6 15.<t:l15t] 9.1t>h1 [9.i.c4] 9•.Jlb8
[� 10 . ..b5; 9...<t:lc71? 10.h3 i.f3 11.1WI3 a6
12.a4 b6; 9....1lcB 10.1We2 <t:lb4 11..i.c4 e6
12.de6 i.e& (12 ...186 13.h3 d5 14.hg4 dc4
15.<t:le51 <t:ld7 16.00 1Wd7 17.83 <t:lc6
1B...
.
c4 <t:ld4 19.1Wd3 1We7 20.g5 .l
l
ld8
21 .e5± <t:lb3 22.<t:ld5±] 13.i.e6 le6 14.e5
<t:lh5 15.<t:lg5 <t:lc2 {15...de5 16./0eG 'lth4
17.<t:le4±) 16.<t:les 'ith4 17.'ltc2 <t:lg3
1B.It>g1 <t:\11 19.Wf1±] 10.h3 i.f3 [C.
11... <t:lb4] 11..1lf3 <t:lc7 12.&4 a6
[12.. .b6?1 13.<t:lb5] 13.&5 e6 14.de6
<t:le6 (14 .. . fe6 15.151? gl5 16.et5 e5 17.g4
h6 (17... d5 1B.g5 e4 19.gl6 ..
.
16 20.�d5
�d5 21.i.e4t) 1B.i.c4 dS 19..1ld31 e4
20.�d5 liJcd5 21.i.d5 �dS 22..1ld5 'trh4
23.lt>g2 .l
l
bd8 24.i.e3]
50
So far, one of White's most con­
vincing wins was scored with the
fam iliar advance of the a-pawn,
10.a3, in Korneev -Chatalbashev.
Symptomatically, the modest ad­
vance of the a-pawn also causes
Black some headaches if effectu­
ated one move earlier (see Ye ar­
book 80). White makes possible
15.�d5 [1 5.i.c4 �d4 16 ..1lt1 ltlc6 17.15
lOh5 1 B.�e2 'lth4oo] 15.••�d4 16..1lf1
�h5 [16...<t:lc6 17.1Wd2] 17.1t>h2 �6
1B.'ltd2 .Ilea 19..1la4 fi'Je7 20.fi'Je7
.l
l
e7 21.b3 'ltc7 22ie2! .l
l
beB
[22.. .�16 23..if3 .l
l
beB 24.'ltd3 l:[e6
25.i.b2] 23.i.h5 gh5 24.f5 i.e5
25.1t>h1 f6 26.'iFh6 [26 ...
.
e2 i.d4
(26.. .h4 27.1Wg4 .l
l
g7 2B.1Wh4) 27.c3]
26.•. i.d4 27.i.d2? [27.l:td4; 27.:13
.l
l
g72B.c3.l
l
e429.cd4.l
l
e1 30.1t>h2 .l
l
e2
31 ..1lg3 .l
l
g3 32.1t>g3 ·c6� 33.d51 1Wd5
34.1t>h41 (34.1WI6 'iFb3 35.1t>h2 1Wa4
36.�6 .l
l
g2 37.1t>g2 •e4=) 34... W'b3
35..1la3 .l
l
e4 36.g4 1Wd1 37.l:tg3 .l
l
g4
3B.l:tg4 hg4 39...
.
e3! +-] 27.••l:te4
28.c3 i.e3 29..1le4?1 [29ie3 .l
l
e3
30. 'iFI6 .l
l
e21 (g2<) 31 ..1lh4 'iFg7 32.'iFg7
the transfer of the queen to h4
and slows down Black's predict­
able queenside attack. However,
it should be mentioned that here
Chatalbashev made things easy
for his opponent by capturing on
f3 prematurely.
Conduslon
The conclusion ofthe older Sur­
vey was that, contrary to my ini­
tial feelings, the system based on
6...ltJa6 and 8.. J:lb8 was quite
playable.
On the basis of our new Surveys
we would extend this to 8.. .�g4,
but not without an important
warning: White has many dan­
gerous plans at his disposal and
Black should be prepared for al
l
kind of over-the-board surprises .
lt>g7 33..1lh5 .l
l
e1 34.16 lt>g6 35..1ll5
Wf7=] 29.. •i.h6 30.J:Ie8 lt>f7 31 .l:te2
i.d2 [31 .. i!BI? 32.c4 dS! 33.cd5 1Wd6
34..1le6 1Wd5 35.i.c3 i.e7 36..1lle1 -'.d8
37.l:te8 'itd7 3B..IlhB lt>g7 39..1lhe8 ..
.
d3]
32..1ld2 lt>g71= 33.c4 'tWaS 34..1ld6
b5 35.cb5 ab5 36.1:lc6 1Wc3 37..1lf3
1We1 3B.It>h2 'We5 3!i.lt>h1 1We1
Y.!-Y.!
Ponomariov
M/06-3-77
The Main Line
9.\t
t
h1
lvanchuk,Vasily
Ta batadze,Tamas
Leningrad 1985
1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.�c3 i.g7 4.f4
�16 5.1013 o-o 6.id3 <t:la& 1.o-o c5
8.d5 i.g4 9.1t>h1 i.f3 10..Ilf3 �7
11,a4 a6 [11...e6 12.de6 te6 13.1te1
00 14..id2;!; lt>hB (14... �bBI? �
15...�) 15..1lh3t e5 (15...¥161? 16...
.
g3
c;t>gl
l
) 16.'iFg3 'iFeB (16.. . ¥16 17. .1lt1±)
17.�b5 (1 7.1t'h4! �16 18. .1lf1±) 17.. . �b5

18 ,ib5 'lff7 (18...'1fe61? 19 ...
.
h4 1016
20'185 •e5 21 .1111 •h5;!;) 19.J:lh7
Survey PU 13. 11
(37.� .ab4Q 37. ..r2. 38.Wg4 m2 39.J:Ic6
�40.�b441.15b342.J:Ic7H43.16
J:lb1-+) 28J:ld6 J:le7 29J:lc6 ¢>97
30.b4 [3l.d4 al4 31.J:Id6 " 32.J:Id4 H
33.� aS+) 30•..cb4 31.d4 b3
32J:lc3 b2 33.J:Ib3 J:le6 34.� Wf6
[34. ..¢rf71 35J:lb2 J:lent [35...a61-+J
36.J:Ib5<M737.h4J:le&38.h5a&
39J:ld5 We7 40.hg6 hg6 41J:lg5
Wf642.J:Id5b543Jld8b444J:lf8
<ft7 45.J:Ib8 a5 46.J:Ia8 [46..J:lb5 l:la6
47.R'l a4-+] 46•..l
lb6
47J:la5 b3
(1!i.•h41 �16 20.185 de5 21 .1:111±)
19. . .wh7 20.Wh3 i.h6 21 .1e5 (21.15!? g5
22..ig5 'lfg7 23.�h6 .h6 24.'1fh6
wh6 25..i.d7il 21 ...Wg1?l (21.. . c41
22.'1fh6 wgS 23.i.c4 W'c4 24.1l'gs
wh8=) 22.i.d7 de5 23.�g5 J:lad8
24..i.d8 J:ld8t Jonkman-Reinderman,
Wijk san Zee II 1994] 12.a5 lObS
13.i.d2J; J:lc8 14.J:la4 (14.10b5 ab5
1 5.•81 c4 16.i.l1 J:le8+> tJ. 17. ..e6[
14. .. .d7 15.b3 �ea [15. .. J:lfe8
16.�e2 e6 17.de6 J:le6 18.15;1;; 15.. .86
16.de6 fe6 17.�e2;!;; 15... �d4 16.J:lh3
e6 17.•e1 a 18.•h4f) 16.�e2 e6
[16...10d4 17.10d4 cd4 18.•81 e6
19.151] -17.de& ·· fe6 - (1 7....e6
13-.IOdT [13...gl5 14.ef5 ..c8 (14. . .� 48.J:I.a1 b2 49.J:Ib1 We& 50.rft3 Wd5
15...
.
d3..
.
d7 16..tg5 et5 17.1:115;!;) 15.1e6 51 .Wd3 g5 52.ok:J J:lb8 [52...1
1
16
•ea 1U.JS •e5 17.g4!;t (17.a3?! IOhStJ 53.J:Ig1 1 1:113 54.� .Il
lS
ss.J:IQ4!=1
17...� (17...�115 1a�J 1alC.dS 53.Wd3 J:lb7 [53...J:Ib3 54.Wc2 �
lC.d519.J:Ib1(19.c4'd4720..J:le3h 55.!5J:l
l3
56.J:Ig1q 54.ok:J J:lb6
21�) 19. ..b5 (19...c4 20..tg5 h6 --ss.'itd3 · l:lb4!-+ 56.ok:J
·
J:lc4
18.i.c4±]
21id2 J:laea) 20..tg5 J:lae8 120...1
16
57.wb3 [57.� J:ld4 sa.Wca l:lc4
21id2 J:lae8 22.c3 c4 23.'1fr2.;t) 21.J:Id3 59.Wb3 Wc5-+] 57_.J:Ic8 58.Wa2 J:lb8
(21.W"d2 Wh8 22.J:Id3 � 23J:la3 'lfd5
D-1
24.'1flfi � 25.J:Id3 J:le5 26..J:lbd1 �e7
2U.14�1528ie5�29.gf51:115
:l
l
. �) 21...�14 22.1:113 � 23.J:Id3
(23...d2f?;i;) 23... �14 24.1:113 ¥l-l'l CJI<kes.
.
CuPs.Ne<Erlan
!
tt 1994195] 14.fe6
[14�ld4515ie5�16..ic4!d5
17.ed5 et5 18.a3 � 19...
.
e2±] 14-10e5
[14..J:l
l3
15.gf3 � (15.. .1d45 16il11)
16.'1fd3 �18 17...
.
d5 •e7 18igsl
(18.1Llb5 ld46 19.� J:l.d8 20..Ql4 ..f&t)
18 .....e6 19.J:Id1;1;] 15.�5 [15.1:114 J:l
l4
18.f51 gfS (18. .. �7 19.1g6 hg6 16..i.l4 •e7 (16. . .Wh4?1 17.•d2! �
20.�14±] 19.815 e5 . 20.f61 J:lf6 18.cd3 � 19...d3 'lff4 20.te.d5 'lfe5
21J:lh3 -· h6 . [21,.•17 22..i.h7 WfB - 21,1:1!1 .±) JI-0di 'lfe6 (17._� 18.ed5
23.Wg1 d5 2U.g5±] 22.J:Iah4 d5 J:l
l8
1U.g3) 1Mlc7 ld4d31 (1a ..ltltxl3?
[22...We6? 23..i.IJ6 �h6 24..
.t
c4+-] 19.cd3 1t'f7 20.�8 -.r4 21 .�7+-)
23 ..ih& �& 24.J:Ih& J:lh& 25.J:Ih& 19.� (19.cd3 W'f7a:> 20.� .,4 tJ.
J:lc6 2&.J:Ih5± J:le6 [26.....e6 27.c4±; 21 .•i.e5-) 19...1012 20.Wg1 10d1 21J:ld1
28...�7 27.J:le5 'lfg7 28.1:115±] 27 .i.f5 i.b2=; 15.1:1181? 'lfl8 16ie21 (16.te.d5
/Og7 2B.J:lg5 Wf8 29.�e6 We& ld4d3 17.cd3 lC.d5 18.ed5 ..0!8) 16...J:le8
30••f1 wga 31 ./0g3+-
-
.e7 32.h4 17.i.e3 (17.1Llb51? J:le6 18.�7) 17. .. J:le6
IC.cl4 33.�h5 'lfg5 34.�f6 'Iff& 18.a3 IObc6 19 .•d5;!;] 15.. J:lf3 16.gf3
35.V'f6 10c& 36.g4
1-oIOed317.cd3�18.ed5W'h4
19.wg2 �5 20.i.f4 ..
.
d5 21.Wb3
Wb3 [21...'1fc61? 22J:le1 J:le8 tJ. 23...�
Komeev,Oieg
Marln,Mihail
lanzarote tt 2003 (7)
1.e4 d6 2.d4 /Of& 3.� g6 4.f4
ig7U�f3(}.
.()
6..id3 �a& 7.(}.
.()
c5
8.d5 �g4 9.wh1 e& 10.de6 fe6
1 1.f510b4 12.h3 (1 2.1g6 hg6 13.e5 de5
14.�g5!i!
!!
; 14ig6? .d1 15..J:ld1 �151+]
12.. .i.t3 1 3.J:lf3
22.ab3 � 23J:la2 [23J:le11? d5
24..
.te5
i.e525J:le5J:le826..J:l!fib6
27.J:ld7 J:le6 28.J:Ia7 J:le2 (28...
.J:l
d6
29.J:Ib7=) 29.� J:lb2 3J.Wf4 J:lb3
31 .We4=] 23...i.e5 24.£es de5
25.J:le2 Wf8 2&.J:le5 b6 27.J:ld5 J:leB
(27...We7 28.J:ld7 We6 29.J:lh7 J:l.d8 3JJ:l.g7
(3J.J:la7 J:ld3 31.b4 cb4-+) 3J•.J:ld3
31.J:lg6�32..J:laiJ:lb333.J:lc7Wl6
34.J:Ia7 c4 35.:C7 b5 36.� c3 37.14
Bobras,Piotr
Hendriks,Willy
Hastings 2005/06 (4)
1.e4 d& 2.d4 /Of& 3.� g& 4.f4
�g7 5./013 o-o &.i.d3 lOa& 7.o-o c5
8.d5 �g4 9.wh1 /Od7 10.a3 �c7
11.We1 a& [11 ...15 12./0gS le4 (12...h6
13.h3!) 13.'1fh4 h6 14.�ge4 �15 15.g4±;
11...e6 12.de6 fe6 13.�g5 h6 14.11t'g3
i.h5 15.10131; 11...�13 12.1:113 e6 13.de6
fe614.�c!U]
12.84 [12./0g51? (tJ. 13.'Wh4) 12. ...
.th5
(12...15 13.91
14
h6 14.�e6 IOe6 15.de6
1016 16.ef5 .i.l5 17.i.l5 gl5 18.•h3 �g4
19.10d5 b5 20.&4 b4 21 .•d3f�; 12. . . h6
13.1l'g3 .i.h5 14./0h3 b5 15.15t) 13.h3
(13.15 b5 14.�d2 c4a:>; 13.84 e6 14.de6
fe6 15.a5 11'e7 16.'Wg3;t) 13. ..116 1 4.g41
� (14.. . hg5 15.gh5 gf4 16il4 �e5
17...
.
g3±) 15.�17 1:117 16.hg4 �18
51

(16 ...b5 17.e5±) 17.84 86 18.de6 10Je6
19.15 gl5 20.gl5 10114 21.1tg3±] 12.•.ltbl
l
13.10d2 (13./0gS h6 14.1tg3 .lth5
15.10h3 b5 16.ab5 ab5 17.15 b4 18./0a2
g5;t'oo] 1 3-./0f6 [13...b5 14.h3±; 13.. .15!?
14.h3 le4 15.10de4 -'.15 16.g4 -'.a4 17./0e4
(17.-'.e4;t) 17...b5 (17.. ./0dS 18./0gS 'i:Y;
;
7
19..Q.c4d520.-'.dSIOd521.1te6�
22.•dS •ae 23./0e6±) 18.ab5 ab5
19./0gS c4 20.-'.84 1016 21.-'.g2;t] 14.a5
-'.117 15./0c4 -'.b5 16..
..i
d2 [16.15 fMl
17.'ifh4±] 16...10d7 17••g3 -'.c4
18.-'.c4 b5 19.ab6 10b6 20.b3
(20.-'.821? 15 (20. . . e6 21.de6 fe6 22.15±)
21 .el5 !:liS 22..id3;!;
/
±] 20... 1Llb5
[20. . ./0c41? 21.bc4 tsa>�] 21Jla6 IOd4
(21.../0c4 22.bc4 IOd4 23.1td3;l;/±]
22..i.d3 [22.1td3 'ilt'd7 23./0a4 IOc4
24 .'ilt'c4;1;/±] 22...'it'c8 [22...c4 23.bc4
'ilt'c8 24.c5 'ilt'c5 25./0a4±] 23.11a7
[23./0a41 '/0a4 (23.. .c4 24.J:lb6 003 25.J:[b8
'it'b8 26.'ilt'd3) 24.J:[a4 86 25.15±] 23...c4
24.bc4 IOc4 2s..b1 :ea 2&.h3
[26.151 .c5 27.lla2 101
1
2ll.28.J:lb2J:lb2
29./0a4±] 26...'it'c5 27.11a4 [27.J:la2 86]
27 ...10b2 28.J:la2 J:lec8 [28 .. .10d3!?
29.•d3 .:ece oo..i.d2 'ilt'c4�J 29.1:lb2
J:[b2 30.� •a3 31 ./0b2 'iltb2
32.c3 [32.'ilt'g41? J:lc7 33..i.a51 h5
(33...:CS 34.'ilt'd7 'i:Y;
;2
35.'ilt'e8 -'.18
36..i.d2 IOb4 37.15±) 34.'ilt'g3 :ce 35.15±1
32...10b3 33.e5 [33.•g4 l:lc7 34.e5
IOc535.-'.82de536.te5.b537.•1316=]
33.. ./0cS 34.ed6 [34.-'.rAI? IOa4
35.•d3 'it'bl
l
l? 36ib5 IOc5 37.'ilt'e2 de5
38.c4 86 39.fe5 .e5 40...
.
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King's Fianchetto
The Agg ress ive 8.h4
by Dorian Rogozenko
1.e4
g6
2. d4
.i.g7
3. c4
d6
4. ttJc3
eS
5. ttJf3 ed4
6. ttJd4 ttJc&
__ ]_-�..t�---�9� ..
8. h4
In Ye arbook 30, Boris Gelfand
concluded that after 1.d4 g6 2.e4
.i.g7 3.c4 d6 4.ttJc3 e5 5.ttJf3 ed4
6.ttJd4 ttJc6 7..i.e3 ttJge7 the nat­
ural developing move 8 ..i.e2
'yields White only a small initia­
tive which Black can neutralize
with accurate play.' Indeed, in
most King's Fianchetto set-ups
where Black refrains from devel­
oping the knight to f6, White
must play actively from the very
beginning if he wishes to achieve
a sensible advantage. The ad­
vance of the h-pawn serves that
purpose best exploiting the fa ct
that compared to the Classical
King's Indian here Black has far
less control over the h5 square.
After 8.h4 Black has fo ur ways
to react:
54
No Reaction
8 ... 0 -0 does not prevent White's
intentions. White continues
9.h5, opens the h-file and obtains
good attacking prospects.
___
Only Slightly Worse
8 ...h6 is designed to meet 9.h5
with 9...g5. The move 8.. .h6 has
had a bad reputation since the
game Kasparov -Speelman, Bar­
celona 1989. However, analysis
shows that Black is only slightly
worse after the correct 12 ...'iVf6
instead of.Speelman 's 12...'it'd7 ,
which allowed Kasparov to
launch a devastating attack.
Hardly Better
8 ...h5 is much more popular than
8 ...h6, yet in my opinion it is
hardly a better option .
The pawn on h5 does not stop
White's attack and quick king­
side castling would be a bad mis­
take (Lukacs-Dorfman 1988,
Hoi-Poley 1992). On the other
hand, White also shouldn 't nec­
essarily hurry when it comes to
3.c4 Line
KF 4.7 (A 42)
Zurab Azmaiparashvlll
defining the position of his king,
since hiding it on the queenside
allows Black easy play with
.. . .ttJe5,
...a6
and
...c6
(Jakobsen-Krasenkow, 1996). In
that case it is importantfor White
not to play f2-f3 and use square
f3 to challenge Black's knight on
e5 (Ward-McNab, 200
0
). An­
other reason in favour of delay­
ing f2-f3 is that White can often
start activity by pushing the
f-pawn a square further to f4 (as
in the aforementioned game
Hoi-Poley or Matveeva-Gurieli,
1993). In Krasenkow-Kveinys,
the Polish GM showed another
simple approach for White: he
castled kingside and created a
strong attack by advancing the
pawn to f5 , revealing multiple
weaknesses in Black's kingside
pawn structure - a direct conse­
quence of the move 8 ...h5.

The Most Logical
.
s...fS represen� �e �ost lo�l�al
reaction to White s wmg actiVIty.
Then, after 9.h5 fe4 � O.hg6 hg6
(granting White contmued pres­
sure on the h-file
_
by �g�ng6
with the knight 1s less JUSttfied;
se
e
Btinsch-Azmaipamshvili,
! 990, and Schandorf
f
-Schebler,
2005/06) 11.:h8 ..th8 12.lL!e4
.. .Black must choose between
I2...li)f5
and
Seirawan's
12 . . .�5 . which is considered to
be the main line.
In the former case, despite multi­
ple options, it is not easy for
White to prove a clear advan­
tage, see Dinstuhl-Schneider,
1992/93. Therefore White
should consider to slightly mod­
ify the move order, as in
No React1on
8 ..0-0
Mortensen,Erllng
Rewitz,Poul
Denmark It 1998/99 (3)
1.84 g6 2.d4 .i.g7 3.c4 d& 4.lt:lc3
lt:lc6 5..i.e3 e5 6.it)ge2 ed4 7.lt:lc14
lt:lge7 8.h4 0.0 9.h5 f5 10.hg6 hg6
11.c517 [11.� lt:lc6 12.c5;t .i.e6
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11
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23./0a2 .i.a.2 24..i.Q7 ..-97 25.-.15 wga
Reinderman-Schneider, 1998/
99, where the Dutch GM recap­
tured on e4 before taking on g6.
With the rook still on h8, the plan
with ...�e7-f5 is less attractive
for Black, In case of 10.�e4 .i.f5
White transposes to the main line
by continuing 1l.hg6 hg6
12Jih8 .il
l
S.
Now White achieves better pros­
pects with 13.�5!, when nei­
ther 13. .. �f5 14.�g5 11t'd7
15.1lrd2 (Reinderman-Schnei­
der) , nor 13...gf5 14.11rh5 'itd7
15.0-0-0 (Rajlich-Lehtinen,
2000, and Cu.Himsen-Lehtinen,
2003) is sufficient for Black to
equalise.
Conduslon
The conclusion is that after 8.h4,
Black experiences problems ev­
erywhere. In contrast to estab­
lished theoretical opm10n,
possibly Black's best chance is
to play 8...h6, then fo llow
Kasparov-Speelman, Barcelona
1989 and continue 12 ...11rf6 in­
stead of 12 ...11t"d7. It is interest­
ing to compare the position from
Kasparov-Speelman after 13
moves with the position from
lliescas�Piket, 1993. A single ex-
26.'i
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.
h4a>)
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as
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13ic4+-) 12. . .dc5 13.ba.'i cd4 14ic4
Survey KF 4. 7
tra tempo in the second game
(due to White's inaccurate play
in the opening Piket succeeded
to save the move ...h7 -h6) se­
cured Black an advantage, which
means that in order to keep the
initiative in this system White's
play must be very accurate.
Azmal's Move Order
In response to Black's problems
after 8.h4, Zurab Azmai­
parashvili has developed his own
way to fight it In several games
the Georgian GM played the
subtle 6...�e7 in order to meet
7.h4 with 7, .. 0-0 8.h5 c5. How­
ever, in the long run this looks
rather suspicious. In the critical
variation 9.�db5 �bc6, White
can continue 1 0.�4. followed
by 11.'ird2, combining pressure
on the d-file with attacking pros­
pects on the kingside. Also in the
initial game Gelfand-Azmai­
parashvili, Wijk aan Ze
e
1993,
where the Israeli GM played the
modest-looking 9.�b3, White
could have kept better prospects
with Gelfand's suggestion
12.11t"d6 instead of 12.1lrd2; see
the notes to Cvitan-Azmai­
parashvili.
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55

Nielsen,Peter Heine
Siebrecht,Sebastlan
Warsaw Ech 2005 (B)
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8. ..h6
Leslege,Aiexandre
Auger,Bertrand
Ouebec 1988 (B)
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Speelman,Jonathan
Barcelona 1989 (1 0)
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Azmalparashvili,Zurab
Haifa 1989
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Engelbert,Christoph
Hamburg 2006 (1)
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Hoi,Carsten
Aalborg ch-OEN 1979 (3)
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Lukacs,Peter -- ---
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Dorfrnan,Josif
Debrecen 1988 (9)
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Hoi,Carsten
Poley,Vladimir
Nomosundby 1992 (5)
Lukacs
YB/10-48
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Matveeva,Svetlana
Gurleii,Nina
Jakarta izt·W 1993
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Lehtinen,Heikkl
Aarhus ch-Nordic 2003 (B)
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e5 5.e4 ed4 &.t0d4 tOc6 7ie3
�ge7 8.h4 15 9.h5 fe4 10.hg6 hg6
1t.Zih8 �a t2.10e4 �15 t3.�ts
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17.�e6 wff7 18.t0f4 tOeS
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20.11t'l5+-) 20.�7 (20.'irg4 lOg4
21 ..i.gS ll
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23..i.d3t) 23.13 4Je5= M.Gurevich)
20... 11t'g7 21.'ifg7 .i.g7 22./i)e7 W&7
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1993] 19...1:le8 20.'i>b1 li)g4 21 ..i.c1
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30..i.bji 'i>d7 31 .-.,7X] 28...-as .i.b8
29.h61 ba6 30.h51 l:ld8 31 ••&6
'i>d7 32.1t"b7 'i>e8 33...i.d8 1t"g5
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1·0
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6... 12le7
Cvitan,Ognjen
Azmaiparashviii,Zurab
TIIburg 1993 (2)
1.d4 d6 2./i)f3 g6 3.c4 .i.g7 4./i)c3
e55.e4ed46./i)d4/i)e77.h4CHI
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/i)bc6 10.hg6 fg6 11.-i.gS 1t"e8 12.•d2
(12.11t'd61 /i)IS 13.•d5 .i.e6 14.1t"d2±
Gelfand) 12.../i)fS 13.040 ll
l
fd4 14..i.h6
lt)b3 15.ab3 ltld4c
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parashvifi, Wq'k aan Zee 1993] 9...ltlbc6
1 O.hg6 fg6 11•.i.e3 a6 (1 1 ....ie51?
12.1t"d2 a6 13.14 ab5 14.1e5 b4 _15./i)bS
/i)eS 16./i)d6 b6oo Azmaiparashvllij
12./i)d6 •aS 13./i)c8 l:lac8
14.1t"d� li)b4 1 5..i.e2 l:lcd8
16.11t'c1 .id4 17.CHI .i.e3 18.fa3
l:lf1 19.1t"f1 l:lf8 20.11t'd1 •c7
21.1t"d2 1t"g3 22.1:lf1 l:lf1 23.'i>t1
'i>t7 24.&3 li)bc6 25./i)d5 1t"h4
26./i)f4 'il'f6 27.'i>g1 1&15 28.b4
li)5c6 29..i.g4 •a1 30.'i>h2 cb4
31 .ab4 1re5 32.b5 ab5 33.cb5 1rb5
34..ie6 'i>g7 35.-i.dS ..,_. 36./i)e6
'i>g8 37.ll
l
c5 'i>g7 38.ll
le6
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39.ll
lc5
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Wells,Peter
Ledger,Andrew
Hastings 1994/95
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26.1:le8 .i.e8 27.1t"f6
1-0
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Balduan,Markus
Pe
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1997
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62

Kjng's Fianchetto
Modern Treatment
by Efstratios Grivas
1.e4
g6
2. d4
�g7
3. �f3 d6
4. c4
�g4
5. �e2 �c6
6. �e3
e5
7. d5
�f3
8. .i.f3 �d4
9. �c3
ItisknownthatWhitehastwo
ways to handle Black's immedi­
ate fianchetto on the kingside:
with or without c2-c4. A l .d4
player usually goes for the c4 ad­
vance, trying to achieve an im­
pres
s
ive central pawn structure
consisting of pawns c4, d4 and
e4. lbis is merely a matter of
taste and of which pawn form a­
tion White wants to handle. On
the other hand, Black does not
seem impressed: hejust plays the
'Modem Defence '!
Last sum
m
er, my new book
Beating the Fi anchetto Defences
was published. lbis is a reper­
toire book covering the white
side of the IGng's Indian, the
Benko and the Modern Defence!
Writing this book was no fun and
I really had to work my way
through numerous vari ations
and ideas in order to fix a stan­
dard repertoire. One of the main
dif
fi
culties lay in handling the
Modem Defence. According to
modem chess theory, everything
looked great, but in reality Black
could nearly always reach per­
fectly playable positions.
In the end I believe that I have
succeeded to form a reliable rep­
ertoire against the Modem De­
fe nce, mostly by studying how
the former European Champion,
Zurab Azmaiparashvili, handled
the black side of the board. The
Georgian GM is the most fam ous
black adherent of both the Mod­
em and the Pirc Defence, so it is
not strange at all that be very of­
ten opens his white games with
l.g3 !. But when you study the
pros and cons for Black, you can
understand perfectly what the
white side has to do!
On the first day of October, the
final oftheGre
e
k Club Cup 2006
took place in Athens. lbis an­
nual Cup Final consists of teams
playing on four boards and it is
open to any Greek chess club, no
matter in what division it plays,
with a knockout elimination sys­
tem. My team, AEK Athens
(GM P. H. Nielsen, GM E.
Grivas, 1M Kalesis, GM Agnos
and FM Michos) made it to the
final, where we had to meet a
quite strong team : the 2006
The 3.1iJf3 Une
KF 9.7 (A41)
Greek Champion AO Kydon
Hania with the grandmasters
Azmaiparashvili, Papaioan nou,
Banikas and Nikolaidis.
AsIhadtofaceAzmai­
parashvili, I realized that this
was no laughing matter and I had
to prove what I had worked out
for my book. I thought that this
could be a good test for my un­
derstanding and handling of the
white side of the notorious Mod­
ern Defence against the expert !
So I opted for my second choice
from the book, as I thought that I
should give it a try.
We ll, it worked out excellently
for me and I scored a nice win,
helping my team to achieve a 2-2
draw. But this was not good
enough, as we lost the 15-minute
blitz play-off Y2-3Yz and had to
swallow our pride and be content
with second place.
63

The Main Game
9.1i:Jc3
Grivas,Efstratlos
Azmaiparashvili,Zurab
Athens H 2006 (2)
1.d4 d6 Vl)f3 g6 3.c4 �g7 4.e4
�g4 s•.i.e2 10c6 6.�e3 es 7.ds �f3
8.�f3 10d4
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2002, or 1LI5 12.13 c6 13.¥� Woehge­
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mostofBlack'spiea!S(exceptb'lisstrong
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easilyflndbettersquares.Al1hrughtis
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placed,�camotrrxMI
andcamotco
opera
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army.Whileer1afSaspatialadvantag
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and
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II.!:
:,
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-l\-l\• •
(14...'1Wc577 15.�+-) 15.d6 lOc8 16.el5
li1l
ll
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gf5 17.�4 � 18.'lfb4 cb4 19� ed4
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10e7 12.c5 :btl (12...005 13.� WaS
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17.1:lc4 IOdl5 18.1i'c1 "10e3 19.'ite3;1;
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1993] 10.().
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Spe
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Shipcw-Gorbalcw,
Katowice
1993]
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'El
llpeCi
ed'ncwelty,tryingtoachievesome
aJUnler�onthe�-Theolher
options are 11... c5
12.1:lb1 15 13.13 1:
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15.. .1 ol5 (15.. ..id27 1&ie4 -.gS
(16..ih6 17.dc6 bc6 18 ..ics±) 17.dc6 bc6
18..ics � 19.10e4 'itl4 20.10d2±)
16ih6 ICl16 17.�;!;) 14.�d4 [1 4.1417
lOgS 15.fe5 deS 16.�1;1;] 14 .•.ed4
15.<£le2
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.
b6
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19.cd5 l:lac8 20.b3±) 18.�g6 hg6
19.'1Wg6 cd5 [19.. .'li'b2? 20...
.
96 �hB
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:1
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�h8 23.'li'c4±) 22. . .1:
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Supporting Material
9./0c3
Loffler,Stef�
Moreno Carnero,Javier
Hamburg ch-city 2004 (5)
1.'Llf3 d& 2.d4 g& 3.c4 �g7 4.e4
i,g4 Sie2 llX:6 &..i.e3 i.f3 7.i.f3
e5 a.dS �d4 9.�c3 c5 1O.dc& be&
11.o-o l'i:le7 12.c5 dc5 13.�a4 'tfaS
14JI:c1 l:l:d8 15.b3 o-o 16.ll:c5 •as
17.ll:c4 c(}dfS 18.•c1 �3
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21.J:I:c2;1;] 20.h4 hS 21 ...
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24.gJ;[ 22.liJc5 l:l:d2 23•.1
1:84
�8
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ll:d1 27.�d1 .i.b6 28..i.b3 l:l:d8 29.l:l:a6
ll:d2 30.83 �d6 31..i.a4 �b5=] 24... l:l:d1
25.�d1 l:l:d8 26..i.e2 �16 27.g3
ll:d2 28.�1
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39.�g51 �h& 40./0e6 ¢>h7 41 .11:16
Neverov,Valery
Nevednichy,VIadislav
Bucharest 1993
HJ
1-d4 d6 2.�f3 g& 3.c4 i.g7 4.e4
.Q.g4 s.�e2 �c& 6..Q.e3 e5 7.d5 .Q.f3
8..i.f3 �d4 9.�c3 c5 10.dc6 be&
11.o-o ll:b8 12.c5 �e7 13.cd6 •ds
14.�4 o-o 15.b3 ll:fd8 16ie2;!;
16.....16 [16... 15 17.� Wh8 18.ef5
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[17..
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d3! 1l'h4 (17...�e6 18...c2;!;)
18.� i.h6 19.i.h6 W'h6 20.•g4 'lr14
21...14 el4 22.ll:fd 1;!;) 17...11:d4'f
18.'t
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c2 ll:bd8?1 [18...'tfl41 19.�d3
ll:bd8 20.11:ad1 ��) 19.l:l:ad1 h5
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Pedersen.Steffen
Lindfeldt,Jan Magnus
Denmarl< tt 2001102 (6)
1.d4 g& 2.c4 �g7 3.e4 d& 4.�f3
.i.g4 5..i.e2 1l
lc
6 6.�e3 e5 7.d5 �f3
8..i.f3 �d4 9.� �e7 10.h4 h5
11.g3?1 c5 12..i.g2 a& 13.D-O D-O
14.ll:b1 b5 15.b3 ll:b8<»
16...
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d2 (16.cb5 ab5 (16.....
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a5 17..i.g5
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a5 17.¢>h1 fS [17...b4 18.� IS
19.�g5 .i.l6 20.i.h& i.g7 2Ug5=[
18.�g5 ll:b7= 19.cb5
Y.!-Y.!
Survey KF 9. 7
Krasenkow,Michal
Kakageldiev,Amanmurad
Oviedo rapid 1993 (6)
1.c4 g6 2.d4 �g7 3.�f3 d& 4.e4
.i.g4 5.i.e2 �c& 6.�e3 e5 7.d5 �f3
8..i.f3 � 9.�c3 �7 10.h4 hS
11.�e2 c5 12..i.d3 •d7 13.a3 0-0
14.b4 b6 15.11:bU ;
15...f5 16.bc5 bc5 17..i.g5 [17.el51?
�ef5 18.�g5 ll:abB 19.0 .0 •17
(19 .. . ll:b1 20...
.
b1 �16 21.�16 11:16 22.14
�e3 23.�e4 11:18 24.fe5 �11 25.�16
11:16 26.el6;!;) 20...-aU) 17...f41
18.Wa41 ll:fd8? [18...'it'a4 19.�a4
�cB 20.13 .i.l6 21.� �g5 22.hg5
�b6 23.¢'12;1;) 19.•d7 ll:d7 20.¢>d2
[2D.�b5!? �ce 21 .¢>d2 �b6 22.ll:hc1±)
20...Wf7 21 .�b5 �b5?1 (21.. .�16
22.ll:hc1 �g5 23.hg5 ll:c8 24.ll:b2±[
22.l:l:b5 [22.cb51? �16 23.a4 �g5
24.hg5 ll:c7 25.Wc3±[ 22...�16
23.ll:hb1 �g5 24.hg5 wea
25.�c21 ·wd8 · 26.�&4 .
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27.ll:a51± [a7<, d6<) 27 .. . &6 [27. .. �8
28.ll:a6 h4 29.�c6+-; 27. .. ¢>c8
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ll:a& 30.11:&6 h4 31 .�d1 ll:b7
32.wc2 (32..i.Q4 ll:b2 33.Wd3 11:12
34.ll:a8[ 32.. . f3 33.�f3 ll:f7 34..i.g41
l:l:f2 35.¢'b3 l:l:g2 36•.i.e6 h3
37.l:l:a8 ll:g5 38.ll:c8 we7 39.ll:h8
ll:g3 40.¢>a4 ll:c3 41 .¢>b5
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Shipov,Sergey
Gorbatov,Aiexey
Katowice 1993 (6)
1.d4 d& 2.�f3 g6 3.c4 �g7 4.e4
�g4 5.�e2 �c& 6.i.e3 �f3 7..i.f3
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B.i.f3 �d4 9.�c3 fi:Je7 10.0-0 o-o
Woeltge,Christlan
11.i.e2 cs 12.J:tb1 fS 13.f3 J:tf7
Heerlng,J
14.b4;!;
Porz1989 (1)
13.i.d2 •d7 14.1fe2 f41? 15.f3
hS?I [15.. .c6 16 .g4 J:tfc8=] 16.b4 J:tf7
17.1fg2 i.l
l
& 18.a4 [1B.IOe21? Wh7
19.gf4 el4 20.i.c3;!;] 18.•. J:taf8 19.aS a&
20.b5 [20.10e2J 20•. •W91 [20 .. .'"h71?J 14...b& [14...cb4?1 15.J:tb4 was 1&..-114
21.g4 [21.ba6 ba6 22.�82;) 21 •..hg4 .cS 17.'i>h1 b6 1B.J:tbb1±) 1 S.1i"d2 f4
22.'W'g4 .g4 23.fg4 i.gS 24.c51 16.i.f2 gS 17.�bSI hS 18.h3 i.f&
dc5?1 [24.. .na8) 2S.ba6 ba& 26.�a4 19.bcS deS [19...�e2 20.1i"e2 bc5
'Wh6 [26�£6 27.dl;-(27.ta:s.i:d5r 2B.�
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Wf629.ed5<tld530.�18J:tl8!!
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) 27...ll
lc8
2B..i.c3±] 27.�c5 f3 28-i.gS WgS
29.� Wg4 30.�f8 J:tf8 31.J:tac1±
�8 32.J:tc7 �6 33.J:tc6 �
34.l:tg6? [34.J:ta6 Wt4 35.J:te6±)
34.-'i>f4 35.d6 ¢>e3? [35 ...J:tdBI 36.J:td1
'i>e3 37.J:te1 Wl4=) 36.d7? [36.J:te1 Wt4
37.J:td1 J:td8 3B.WI1 We3 39.J:te6 �
40.J:td2 � 41 .Wf2±) 36...'i>e2?
[36...J:td8 37.J:tg7 We2 3B.h4 �I
37.J:tg211 ¢>e3 38.J:te1 Wf4 39.J:td1
J:tdB 40.J:tg7 � 41 .J:tf7 'i>e3
42.J:ta1 'i>d4 43.l:tf3+- e4 44.J:tf7
l:tg& 45.Wt1 �d3 46.J:te4 We4
47.l:ta7 Wf3 48.l:te8 l:tg2 49.J:tf8 1-0
Schuurman,Petra
Makropoulou,Marina
Bled ol 2002 (B)
1.d4 g& 2.c4 i.g7 3.�f3 d& 4.e4
i.g4 S.i.e2 �c& 6.i.a3 aS 7.dS i.f3
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20•..11:lc8?1 [20 . . .11:lec61 21 .i.d3 �b4
22.J:tfd1;!;) 21 .i.d4? [21.a5 �d6
22.11:ld6 1i'd6 23.J:tb2±) 21 ...ed4
22.eS? (22.a5ex>] 22. .. i.aS 23.i.d3
1tf6 24.J:tbe1 a& 25.�a3 lt:ld&+
26.J:tb1 lOts? (26.../0b7 27.1i'c2 J:te7
28.i.f5 l:taeB 29.i.e6 J:te6 30.de6 J:te6
31 .1i"e4 1i'e7+J 27.i.f5 "W'ts
28.J:tb6<» d3?1 (28...g4 29.fg4 hg4
30.hg4 1i'g4ex>] 29.J:td1 i.d4 30.oi>f1
g4? [30...l:tf61 31 .l:tf6 i-16 32.1i'd3 1td3
33.J:td3 J:tb8 !!
!!
] 31 .hg4 hg4 32...
.
d3±
gf3 33."W'f5 fg2 34.'i>g2 J:tts
3S.Wf3 J:te8 36.11:lc2 J:tf7 (36 ... i.e5
37.l:ta6+-] 37.10d4 J:ta3 38.Wf2 cd4
39.l:td4 l:ta3 40.d6 J:ta2 41 .Wf3
J:ta3 42.'i>a4 l:te3 43.-i>dS f3
44.J:tg41+- oi>fB 45.J:tb8 J:te8
46.J:te8 oi>eB 47.-i>c& J:tf& 48.oi>c7
f2 49.d7 Wf7 SO.d81f f1"W' S1 .•g8
1-Q
1.d4 g& 2.e4 i.g7 3.�f3 d& 4.c4
i.g4 S.i.e2 �c& 6.i.e3 eS 7.d5 i.f3
8.i.f3 IOd4 9.�c3 fi:Je7 10.0-0 0-0
11.i.e2 f5 12.f3 c613..-d2;!;
13...c5 [13...W'b61? 14.'i>h1 (14.i.d3?
.ih&!) 14...a5 15.l:tab1;1;) 14.J:tab1 f4
1S.i.f2 as 16.a3?1 [16.b3 g5 17.e3;t]
16.•• fi:Je2? [16.. .a4 1 7.i.d1 ec1
1
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ed4 19.10b5 g5ex>] 17.1fa2 a4 1e.ec2
[1 B.b4! ab3 19.J:tb3±] 18..•"W'as 19.i.e1
.[19.b4±] 19 ... /0cB 20./0bS Wd8
21 .b3 ab3 22.'W'b3;t J:tf7 23.a4 gS
24.a5 'W'd7 25.J:tf2 i.f& 26.J:tfb2
i.dB 27.J:ta2 g4 28.J:tba1
2L.h5? [2B...J:ta6;t] 29.J:ta3?1 [29.a6 ba6
30.J:ta6 J:ta6 31�] 29_l:tg7 30.J:t1a2
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37.'i>c2 J:tf1 [3L'Ith2! 3B.Wb3 eh_1 -+]
38.11Ve20039.J:ta1l:ta140.J:ta1 lOd4
41.ot'd4 cd4-+ 42.J:tg1 Wh7 43Jlg5
Wh6 44.11Vg2 ..g2 45Jlg2 J:ta5
46.Wb3J:tc547.Wb4J:tc748.Wb5h4
49.Wb4 h3 50Jlg4 Wh5 51.J:tg8 f3
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fre nch Defe nce
Closed Variation
FR 2. 11 (COO)
A Strong and Solid Option
by Nicholas Pert
1. e4
e6
2. d3
d5
3. ttld2 ttlf6
4. ttlgf3 b6
The King's Indian Attack first
became well-established in the
1950s and 1960s, when
Petrosian and later Fischer regu­
larly used it Nowadays it is not
considered a serious threat to the
French Defence, and as a result it
is not a common option for
White. Nevertheless, several
leading players have used it as an
effective surprise weapon and
being able to deal with it is im­
portant for any French player.
Personally I have faced it on sev­
eral occasions and tried various
lines in order to find the most
precise route to equality.
When preparing for my game
against Richard Britton in Liver­
po
o
l last month I found that re­
cently, 4...b6 hadbecome the most
common continuation amongst
top players. In this article I wil
l
look into the various options
both players have in this line.
The other two main fourth move
alternatives for Black are 4.. .c5
and 4... ttlc6. Against 4...c5 play
may continue 5.g3 tilc6 6..i.g2
.i.e7 7.0-0 0-0 S.Ael b5 9.e5
ttld7 IO.h4, when chances are
probably balanced, as White at­
tacks on the kingside and Black
on the queenside. Defending
against an attack may not be to
the taste of every black player.
In response to 4...ttlc6, play may
continue 5.c3 a5 6. .i.e2 e5 7.0-0
.i.e7 S.Ael, often leading to a
quiet game with only the slight­
est of advantages to White.
Evgeny Bareev and Alexey
Dreev are the top players who
most regularly play 4.. .b 6, and
they have helped advance the
theory in this line.
White has three main set-ups
against 4.. .b6 .
White Plays g2-g3
This move can be played either
immediately or after 5.c3 c5
have been inserted.
After the immediate 5.g3,
Evgeny Bareev
one very strong line for Black is
5 .. .de4 6.de4 .i.c5 !, when after
7..i.g2 .i.a6 8.c4 1i'd3 White's
best option appears to be to re­
peat moves with 9..i.fl ,- but
Black can play on in an equal po­
sition. Therefore Morozevich
tried 7..i.b5 against Dreev, but
got nothing out of the openi ng.
Also strong is 5 .. .de4 6.de4 �b7,
which appears to keep the bal­
ance as well, see Zhang Zhong­
Dreev and Britton-Pert
After 5 .c3 c5 this line looks more
dangerous, as Shirov showed in
his quick win over Bareev. How­
ever, up until the final move
Bareev had played accurately
and he was just one move away
from demonstrating equality
from the openi ng. Unfortunately
he played the
careless
14 .. .ttlce5?? allow ing the crush­
ing blow 15.:1adl ! after which
67

Black will suffer heavy material
losses since 15 .. . 11ra4 is met by
16Jld8 mate !
White Plays e4-e5 and d3-d4
Anand and Adams have led the
way in this line against Dreev
and Bare
e
v respectively. The
main positions can also be
achieved through a rare sideline
in the French Tar
rasc
h.
Dreev tried the speculative
9...�b7 against Anand in two
rapid games in 1995, but Anand
was able to demonstrate an ad­
vantage for White on both occa­
sions.
Bare
e
v preferred the more
straightforward 9...0 -0, and al­
though Adams also managed to
squeeze out a small edge against
him in both games, it looks like
Plan 1
Wh1te Plays g2-g3
Zhang Zhong
Dreev,Aiexey
Shenyang 1999 (3)
1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.ftld2 lilf6 4.lilgf3
b& 5.g3 de4 6.de4 �t!7' (6....tcs
7..Q.g:! .b6 B.c4 •d3=J 7.-.e2 h&l?
[7...lilc6 8.c3 a5 9.�g2 b6 1O.ltlc4 e5
11.0-0 .h5 12.a4 -.e7 13.� Q.O
14.lilh4 g6 15.�g5 wg7 16.l%ae1 h6
17 ..i.c1 l%ad8 18.b3 .i.c4 19...c4 ..d6
20. .i.e3 .b3 )!,.)(, Quezada-Nogueiras,
68
Black is able to equalize with ac­
curate play. By the way, neither
time did Adams convert his
advantage.
White Plays c2-c3 and .i.f1-e2
This is the most non-committal
way for White to play. He gets on
with development and hopes for
some advantage in the quiet po­
sitions that arise. However, if
Black plays accurately, it ap­
pears as though he can equalize
in this line, too. Often White wil
l
play 11fa4 to try and disrupt
Black's development, as all
blocks of the check are slightly
unhelpful, and the white queen is
heading for c2 anyway.
5 ...c5 appears to be the most pre­
cise way to meet 5.c3, since then
after White plays 6.'W'a4, Black
can meet this with either bishop
or queen to d7 and then after
7.'ti'c2, 7 .. ."fic7 is possible, after
which White cannot drive away
Black's knight from f6.
If Black hasn't played ...c5, then
after the check and 11fc2, e4-e5
would be coming, pushing the
knight away from the centre.
Therefore, Black may be best ad­
vised to meet 11fa4 with .. .�fd7
in this line. See Bologan­
Thnman for an example. Vladi -
Holguin ch·CUB 2002] 8.c4 [B.Itlc4 .i.e7
9.c3 Q.() 10 ..i.g5 l1lc6 11.l%d1 lild7 12.h4=
Sandipan-Prakash, Dhaka 2001] 8••.lilc6
9.e5 (9ig2 e5=( 9•. •lild7 10..i.g2
IileS 11.1Hl .ib7 12.l:ld1 [12.lile1
1Wd7 13.14 Q.().() 14.lildf3 <()1
14
15.<()1
14
�g2 16.Wg2 •d4 17ie3 1We4 18.1WI3=
Morozevich-A
o
zenlaf15, Moscow ol 1994;
12.lilb3 11t"d3 13...d3 � 14.lilld4 l1ld4
15ib7 l1b8 16.lild4 l%b7= SaBnnikov·
Malakha�Alushta199
9
] 12•••11t"d3 [Mer
prO'IOking the weakening c4 Blad< goes
about completing his development with a
very comfortable position]
mir Akopian recently demon­
strated how to handle the
opening phase very competently
against Hall, and his lower-rated
opponent quickly went wrong.
However, later on Hall was given
a chance to get back in the game.
Conduslon
The positions that arise in this
line are unlikely to suit King's
Indian Attack specialists. White
appears to be struggling to dem­
onstrate an advantage in any of
the lines against accurate play.
It's not all bad for white players
though, as Black must be accu­
rate to equalize.
At present, the critical way to
play for Black in the three· sys­
tems can be most effectively
seen in the games Moro­
zevich-Dreev, Adams-B areev,
and Hall-Akopian.
I expect that playing e4-e5 and
d3-d4 offers White the best
chance of an opening advantage,
but the fa ct that no top players
regularly use this line as White
implies that they do not yet know
how to obtain this advantage.
4...b6 is a very solid and strong
option and one that all French
players could do well with
learning.
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19.¢'g2 �� 16.D.d3 deS (16...�e5
17.�e5 �g2 18.�17 .b4 19.tala �
20.�e6 �c4=J 17.loes � 18.D.da
¢'d8 19�7 �71 [19 . .ic51?�]
20.�86 IOe5 21--tgs 16 22.D.d1
wc7 23.D.c1 Wd7 24--tbS ¢>d8
25.D.d1 �d6 26..tf4 ¢>87 27..bs
fe5 28.�d3 �cS 29.¢>g2 :ta 30.f3
h6 31 ie4 �d4 32.b3 D.c8 33.¢>11
¢'d6 34.¢>e2 g5 3S.D.d2 D.c3
36.D.d3 D.cS 37.D.d2 :as 38.D.c2 b5
39.¢><13 b4 40.h4 gh4 41.gh4 D.cS
42.D.c5 wcS
Y.
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-V.
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Morozevicn,Aiell8nder
Dreev,Aiexey
Yalta rapid 1995 (7)
1.e4 e6 2.d3 dS 3.�2 �164.�
b6 S.g3. de4 6.de4 �cS 7.�S
[7.�g2 .i.a6 8.c4 (8.h3 � 9.c4 �7
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whichisbadrellection
ontheposition!9.1l'e2'l
l'
e2 1O.¢>e2 <t'IC6
11.a3 b5 12.1!4 bc4 13.bc5 c3 14.¢>e1 cd2
15.� 0-0-0 1U.g5 h6 17.�!6 gf6
18.� � 19.� D.d3 20.We2 D.hd8+
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Cap
pei
leIa
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) 9...1l'd7 10.� 'lfd3 (�
Blad!wantstoplayon,hecantryandget
anormalstructurewith...e5and...�for
an equal game. The only sideline or
relevance is 10 ... 95 11.� �12 (11...'tl'd4
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a.�d3 �c& 9.c3 es [9.. .� 10.0-0
IOce5 11 ..te2 �13 I'l-l'. Fert:ec-Dizdar:
Zadar 1999] 10.b4 .td6 11.� �
12.'1fc2 �g4 [Black has luOy equalized]
13 ..te2 as 14.bS �b8 1S.�c4
�bcf7 16.D.d1 'W'e7 17.�h4 �e6
18.�f5 .tfS 19.ef5 h6 20.�d6 cd6
21.c4 �cS 22..te3 D.ac8 23.:Sc1
l:[fd8 24.•b1 1rb7 25.h4 •e7
26.D.c2 'W'd7 27.g4 hS 28.gS �fe4
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32.D.de1 d5 33.f3 't
t'
h7 34.�g4
't
t'
h4 3S.D.g2 �s 36.D.e5 D.g4 0-1
Brit
t
on,Richard
Pert,Nicholas
Liverpo
o
l 2006 (1)
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12 ...11'e7 13.�h4 'lfe6 14.� bc5 15.b3
�d4 16.'1rd1 .l
lab8
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.tc4 22.
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e3 l:[b3 23.11'15 l:[dd3 24.l:lc4
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10 ..tg2 8SI7 [10... e5 11 .o -o �d6 12.1!4]
11.� (11.e5 �d7 12.0-0 � 13.D.d1
'lrd� 11...e5 (The position Is balanced,
Whitehasaleadi'1developm
e
n�buthis
structure is worse] 12.b371 [12.D.d11 �d6
(12.. .'1fc8 13.�b1 � 14.� �
15.'1fe3 0-0 16.�) 13.�b1 0-0
14.� Is the W'itf forwa[d] 12...�c5
13.�b2 't
t'
e7 14.�b1 � 1S.�c3
�d4 16.'1fd171 [16.� ed4 17.�b5
�e4 ta.�d4 :rea�
16...�e41 [Fortunately I was about half an
houruponthedockbelorethis11
101'9
,soI
wasabletofindthecriticalvariation]
17.� (17.� �d4+] 17.. ie4
1B ..td4 [18.� �g2 19.�15 .16+]
18.•.ed4 1 [18..id4 ?1 19.� �
20.¢'92 ed4 21 .11'� 19.D.e1 f5
20.�d2 d3 21 ..te4 �f21 (21 ... fe4
22.� 22.¢>12 fe4 23.¢>g271
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[23.<�g1 't
t'
cS 24.¢>h1 a3 25.�11 d2
26.D.e2 bB+] 23. ..e3 24.¢>g1 e2
25.'t
t'
c1 t!8e871 (25.. .1l'e3 26.¢>h1
11121with27...'1fh6tobllowandadouble
threat of 28...'1rh2 and 28.....c6] 26.c5
b5 27.84 'lte3 28.Wh1 :eSI 29.abS
l:[cS 30.11'83 l:[hS 31 .�f1 'lff3 Q-1
Snlrov,Aiexey
Bareev,Evgeny
Novgorod 1994 (3)
1.e4 e6 2.d3 dS 3 .�d2 �16 4.1(lgf3
b6 S.c3 c5 6.g3 �86 (Seems logical;
6..h7 7.'t
t'
a4 (7.•92?1 c4 8.'t
t'
93de4
9.de4 �cS 10.'1fe2 �g4�) 7...'1fd7
8.'1rc2 'W'c7 9.�g2 � 10.o-o �e7
11.1191 h6 12.�11 de4 13.de4 =] 7.c4
[7.ed5 .d5 8.�c4 �c4 9.dc4 .d1
10.¢>1
1
1 �c6 11.�g2 D.c8 12.D.e1 .td6
13.¢>c2 h6 14.1192 ¢>01 15.�d2 ¢>c7
16.1111 D.cd8 17.�91 J:ld7 18.14 1197
19.� l:[he8 20.1!4 � 21.a3 e5 22.15
e4 23.�f4 �16 24.� �d5 25.cd5 e3
26.16 gf6 27.dc6 ed2 28.D.d2 �eS 29.l:[fd1
cl
l4
30.:d7 Wb8 31 .cb4 �c7 32.¢>b3 b5
33.a4 J:ld7 34.cd7 D.a3 35.Wc2 l:[e2
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]
7...de4 B.de4 �7 9..tg2 .c7
(9...� (a briM! allemaliVBI} 10.� �
11.'1fh5 g6 12.'W'h3 •c7 13.14 � 14.b3
� 15.� �g7ao] 10.eS �g4
11.� �c6 12.� !:[dB 13 .•84
.d7 14igS
14...�ceS77 [14. .. �1=] 15.D.ad11
1-o
H8mdouchi,Hichem
Bareev,Evgeny
France II 2001 (11)
1.e4 e6 2.d3 dS 3 .�d2 �16 4.�gf3
b6 S.g3 �b7 6.eS (6.�g2!7 de4 7.�g5]
69

6••./(Jfd7 7�g2 gSI? 8.1).{) /(Jc6
9./(Jb3 g4 10./(Jfd2 /(JdeS 11.d4
I(Jg& 12.1tg4 �7 13.1:te1 hS
14 ...
.
d1 I(Jd4 1S./(Jd4 �d4 16.c4 c5
17./(Jb3 �f6 18.cd5 Wf8 19.de6
..
.
d1 20.l:td1 �g2 21.�2 fe6
22.1(Jd2 l:td8 23.l:te1 h4 24./(Je4 ¢rfT
2S�g5 h3 26.Wtl �gS 27./(JgS �
28./(Je4 Wf5 29.1:te3 c4 30.I:tae1
l:td3 31.1:1:382 l:thd8 32./(Jc3 85
33.l:tc2 a6 34.h2
0-1
Morozevich,Aiexander
Bareev,Evgeny
Moscow rapid 1995 (11)
1.e4 e6 2.d3 dS 3./(Jd2 I(Jf6 4./(Jgf3
b6 S.g3 h6 6.es tLlfd7 7•.i.g2 .i.e7
8.D-O cS 9.1Ze1 tLlc6 1 O.I(Jf1 bS
11.h4 h6 12.h5 .b6 13.�f4 b7
14./(Je3 Q-1).{) 1S.a4 b4 16.c3 as
17 .c4 d4 18./(JdS adS 19.cdS tLlceS
20.11:leS tLle5 21 .-i.eS .i.dS 22.�d5
l:tdS 23..i.g7 l:te8 24.1tf3 l:tdd8
2S.1tf7 1i'c6 26.l:te7
1-<l
Plan 2
White Plays e4-e5 and d3-d4
Adams,Michael
Bareev,Evgeny
Sarajevo 1999 (B)
1.e4 e6 2.d3 dS 3.tLld2 11:lf6 4.tLlgf3
b6 S.c3 �e7 6.e5 tLlfd7 7.d4 cS
8� [RR e..i.d3?1 (White has reached a
positionwhichcanbereachedthroughthe
FrenchTanashfinewithawholetempo
down: 1.64 e62.d4d53.1i:ld2.i.e7 4./(Jgl3
tLlf6 S.eS /(Jfd7 6.c3 c5 7.�d3 b6. As
expectedBlackcanequalizeeasilyasa
result) B•...i.a6 9.b6 /(Ja6 10.1te2 ta7
11.CHJ o-o 12.1Ze1 •c8 13./(Jf1 •a6=]
8•••h6 [RR B... a6?1 9..i.a4 b5 10�c2
/(Jc6 11.1011 b4 12.tLlg3 bc3 13.bc3 1i'a5
14�d2 tLlb6 15.c4;!; Orsa�rek, Czsch II
1997198] 9.e4 1).{) [For 9. ..�b7 sea the
Anand-Dreev games] 1 0.1).{) [1 0.1i'e21?
cd4 11.1(Jd4] 10...cd4 [RR 10...-.c8
11.1i'e2 .Q.b5 12.ab5 a6 13.c41;1; Psakhis­
RaiaMc, MasaJW 1986] 11.cd4 1tc8
[RR 11....i.b5?1 12.ab5 and Blad! must fight
to get his knights into the game] 12.1Ze1
11:lc6 13.1Ze3 [13.tLl11 .Q.b5 14.ab5 tLlb4
70
15.tLle3 _a6=] 13 •• . 11'b7 14.11:lf1 [RR
14.l:tc3 1Zic8 15.1011 11:la5 1 6.l:tc8 1l'c8
17.�d2 ta4 18..i.c3 I(JbB �-� Drable­
Bunzrneo
o
,. Griesheim 20
04
] 14 •••l:tfc8
1S�d2 .i.bS 16.ab5 Il
l
eS [RR Wilh
the knight actiw and the light-squared
bishopexchangadBlackis�elyline;
16... 11:lb4 17.l:tc3 a5=] 17.b3 a& 18.ba6
l:ta& 19.h4i 11:lc6 20.I:tc1 l:taa8
21.l:tec31 b5 [21...11:la7 (RR with
exchanges to l:lllow was enough lor equality
-
Pert) 22.tLlg5..
.
Bare
ev;
21 ....i.b4
22.1:tc6-t-; 21 ....i.a3 22.1:1:1c2] 22.11:lg3
b4 23.1Z3c2 h67 [23...11:la7 24./(JgS
/(JI8 25.�5 �d8 2S.:c8 l:tc8 27.l:tc8
ra
a
A 11:la7-c&ex>J 24.11:lhs .i.fB
[24...10181?] 2S.g41 [RR Adams starts to
genBil
l
te klngside threats] 25•••/(Je7
26.l:tc8 l:tc8 27.1Zc8 11:lc8 28.gS
28.••/(Je71 [Whtte creates a powerful
initiatiw aner 28.. .g6? 29.gh61 !1
1
5 30.h7
(RR 30.tLlg5 .i.h6 3l..h5 .i.g5 32.•g5
Wl8 33...
.
d8 �7 34.h5) 30...Wh7
31 .tLlg5 -� 32.1i'c2 15 33.el6 �
34.'1
1'h
7 tLlc5 35.11:la4+-] 29.gh67
(29.tLlg71 .i.g7 (29 .. .hg5 30.�h5) 30.gh6
.i.h8 (30... -i.eSI? 3l.de5 d4 32.11:lg5 11:la5
33.h7 WhB 34.�14 11:l7g6 35.1l'd4 1i'c7
36 ..i.a5 tLlaS 37.1i'a5+-; 30...�18 31.h7
'i>h7 32.tLlg5 'i>g6 33.•g4+-) 31 .h7 Wl8
32./(JgS �15 33.1l'g4+-J 29••.gh6
30••c1= [30.1(Jh2 •c6 31./(Jg4 tLl15]
30...•c6 [RR A go
od
practica
l
choice;
30... �15 31.11:lg3 tLlg3 32.fg3;!;) 31.�6
•c1 32.�c1 �c6 33.�gS [RR
33.b3 tLla5 34.�d2 �e7 35�g5 �g5
36.hg5 /(Jc6 37.�13 �aS 38.�14 IOb3
39.<tld:l �7 40.�b4 'i>g6 41./(Jd; and
Black still has some defending to do]
33. . . /(JeS 34.11:ld2 � 3S.�f3
[35.�e3 �e7 Adams) 35•.. /(JaS Y.!-'h
Adams
M/99-4-26
Adams,Michael
Bareev,Evgeny
Frankfurt rapid II 200
0
(B)
1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3 .�2 �f6 4./(Jgf3
b6 S.c3 .i.e7 6.85 �fd7 7.d4 cS
8.bs � 9.a4 cd4 10.cd4 1).{)
11.1).{) 11'ca 12.1:1:e1 �c& 13.l:te3
�bSN [13...11'b7 14.1011 l:tlc8 15�d2
wastheencxu1
1er
betwe
en
thesame
players a year ear1ie� 14.ab5 tOb4
1S.IZc3 •b7 16.tLlf1 a& [White must
bequicktohavell1l'fchanceof
demonstr
a
tinganadvantage]17.ba6l:ta&
18.1Za6 I(Je& 19.�gSI .i.gs [19.. . h6
20.�h31? !:tee 21.l:tg3 'i>f8 22.�d2t)
20.-i.gS f6 21 .ef6 I(Jf6 22•.i.f6 1Zf6
23./(Je3 [Black needs a lew ac
cu
rate
moves to equalise still. Adams has
managad to generate a slight initiative in
both games) 23.. .1Zf7 24.h3 [24 ./(Jg41?]
24 •••1:tc7 2S.'W'g4 J:lc6 26.1thS 11:lc7
27.tLlg4 IZc3 28.bc3 lfca 29.1tgS
11'f8 30.11'85 •e7 31.g3 h& 32.h4
'i>h7 33.•f4 lObS 34.-.e3 /(Jd6
3S.'W'd3 'i>g8 36.�es 'ilff6 [NaN
Bare
ev
hasco
ordnat
adhispiecesthedraw
is lnevi1abl
e
) 37.i'i:
:41
.f7 38.tLle5 1tf6
39.wg2 b5 40.•82 'ilffS 41 .f3 hS
42.�3 w 43.tLle5 w9a 44.�3
¢rfT 4S.�es
'h-'h
Anand,Viswanathan
Dreev,Aiexey
London rapid 1995 (3)
1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.�2 t0f6 4.t0gf3
b6 S.85 �fd7 6.d4 c5 7.c3 h7
B•.i.bS h& 9.84 b717. 10 .1).{) tOe&
11.1Ze1 l:tc8 [11...cd4 12./(Jd4 •c7 was
the next game] 12.�f1 c4 13.t0g3 hS
[13...o-o 14.�h5 (the black king may come
under some pressure) 14...16? 15.�14]
14.b4 cb3 1S.11rb3 �S 16 .• c2
tOc4[Blackdoesn�wanttoletthelight·
squarad bishop back Into the game)
17.�d2 h4 18.�gf1 h3 19.g3 a6
20..i.c4 dc4 21.11:le4 [The wa
ak
r19 ht
squares are counterbalance
d
by While's
spaceadvantageandthelackolasafe
he8venfortheblackking.Hardtoas
ses
s
rutmaybeWhitehasslightlythebellero1
�I 21.••1).{)?! [Now Wh�e can start an
allack; 21...1Wc7] 22.•e2 bS 23.abS
abS 24.-.g4 b4 2Sih6 g6
26.�fd2 bc3 27.�f3 �e4 28.l:te4
c2 29.l:tc1 IZb8 30.1Ze2 l:te87f

[30....i.a3!? 3U:Ia:2 llbl 32.1181 llel
33./l)el 1fa5 34.1013 1fa4a>J 31. 'ilrh3
llb3 32.1fg4 1faB 33.Wg2 lldB
34.llcc2 10b6 35.lle4 1fa4 (35.. . llc8
36ig5 .i.l8 37il6 /Od5 38./0gS-]
36.ig51 IOd5 37.�e7 10e7 38.10g5
1015 39. 1fh3 lld7
40.d51 ed5 41.1fh7 WfB 42.1fh8
We7 43.1ff6 We
e
44.e6
1-0
Anand,V'ISwanathan
Dreev,Aiexey
london blitz 1996 (3)
1.84 a6 2.d3 d5 3.10d2 /Of& 4.10g13
b65.85101d78.d4c57.c3Jle7
a..JLbS JLaa .9.84 JL.b717 (For 9...o-or
se
e
theAdams-8anlevgames]1o.o-o
� 11..l
l
e1 cd4N 12.10d4 1fc7
13.10213 {13...
.
g4l1] 13.••o-o 14 .Jlc6
JLc6 15-*.gS Jld8 16.Jld8 lladB
17.b4 (17./0g51 IOc5 18.1fc2 10e4
1 9.1084 de4 20.10c6 1fc6 21.lle4 lidS
22.llee1 llld8 23.llad1;!;J 17•. .ib7
18.lle3 .taB 19.1fc2 (19./0g51f]
19•. • h6 20.llae1 lieS 21.h4 llta8
22.10h2 1fc47 [2
2
... 1018 23.10g4 whB
24.1fd210h7red!DlgWhite'sedge1oa
minilun] 23.1fd2 10f8 24.llg3 WhB
25.10g4 IOh7 26.wh2 1fc7 27.f4
1fa7 28.llh3 llc4 29.1083 llc7 30.f5
llecB 31 .wg1 JL.b7 32./0b5 lld7
33.10e7 liaS 34.10b5 h4 35.10d4
hB 36.10g4 ef5 37.e6 fe6 38.1085
lOra 39.10d7 •d7 40.llhe3 JLca
41.10137 (41.10a81 IOe6 42.lle6 .e6
43.lle6 Jle6 44.•83±] 41 .. .1td8
42.10es ..
.
h4 43.llh3 1ff6 44.1td4
U7 45.•b6 � 46.•c7 wga
47.llg3 (47.b51] 47.•. h5 48.b5 h4
49.%113 lla2 50.1fc8 1tg5 51 .llf2
llf2 52.Wf2 .g3 53.Wf1 h3 54.gh3
1i'h3 55.We2 1fh2 56.wd1 1fb2
57...
.
c5 •b1 58.Wd2 •b2 59.�e3
1fh2 60.1013 1fh6 61 .We2 1fh5
62.1!fd4 1rh3 63.llg1 g6 . 64.b6
1i'h5 65.b7 1fh7
1-0
Plan 3
White Plays c2-c3 and Jlf1 -e2
Haii,Jesper
Akopian,VIadimir
Gothenburg Ech·tl 2005 (2)
1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.10d2 /Of& 4.10g13
b6 5.c3 c5 8.ie2 (6.1fa4 't
t'
d7
(6..id7 (a mudl morB 11
11
11
linebutalso
SWld.Theproi:Aemwtlh6...1rd7is1hat
after 7.1fd7, al
lholql
BlackiseiJlBI,lhe
position
s
canbecomequitec1JI)7.1fc2
1fc71(lhepointWhitecan,misplaceBlad!'s
1016withe5sinceafter•.•10g4lhepinCl1
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33.lle1 1fo4 34.h3 lld3 35.Wh2 llc3
36.1fl1 11fl1 37.1111 llc2 38.lld1 Wh7
39.Jld2 a4 40.wh1 g5 41 ..
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45.Wg1 IOc6 46.lla4 101!4 47.ab4 llb2
46.Wh1 h5 49.Wg1 hg4 50.hg4 Wf6
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31.1083 JLc3 32.bc3 l:tebB 33.oM.! llbl
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37.lld2 lObS 38.10g4 �a4 39.llc2 We7
40.we2 llb2 41.Wd2 WdB 42.10e5 llbl
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42./0g2 10e7 43.10e3 JL!4 44.Wfl Wl7
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22..b8 .ia6 23.'�g1 1tc3 24.Wc3
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27..i.a3 .i.e5 28.ZI.b3 a& 29..tb7
Db8
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Bologan,Vildor
nmman,Jan
Wijk aan Zee 2004 (5)
1.84 e6 2.d3 d5 3./0d2 /f:lf6 4./0gf3
b& 5.c3 .i.e7 [5.. .c51] &•.i.e2 .i.b7
7.••4/f:lfd71[A�butbyno
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.
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at
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centre;
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.
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17.••�g5 (RR 17. ..10e5? 18.� h6
19.ZI.e51 WaS 20..i.h7 � 21 .1011�1
18...
.
g5 h& 19.1th571 [RR 19.1t14 c4
20..i.e4� 19...� 20..i.f1 d3
21.ZI.ad1 Zl.ad8 22.11.83 �d5 23.b3
cb3 24.ab3 .i.b3 25.ZI.dd3 .i.c2
26.ZI.d4 �g& 27.'ith4 /Ob6 28.c4 e5
29.ZI.a3 a4 30.c5? {RR 30.ZI.d8 Zl.d8
31.c5 fMT 32.1ta4;] 30•••1tc5
31.ZI.aa4 [RR 31.ZI.d8 1ta3] 31.•.:d4
32.Dd4 •e5 33.ZI.d8 11'c7 34.ZI.f8
Wftl 35...
.
b4 wge.36.h4 10d5
37.'ita3 •.s 38..i.e2 IOc3 39.Wa8
wh7 40.1tf3 f5 41 •.i.c4 f4 42./0e2
lt:le2 43.We2 ••2 44..b2 .i.e4
45.g3? [45..i.h5 Wg8 46.g3 e5 47.gl4 ef4
48.Wh2 � 49.Wh3= Tlmman] 4S.. . wg6
46.�g4 •5 47.gf47 (Can1 be right;
47.WI1] 47...ef4 48.wh2 · Wf6
49..i.c8?1 (RR 49..i.d1 WaS 50.13=;
49.13? �IS-+) 49...We5 SO..i.g4 Wd4
51..i.c8 (RR 51.Wg1 Wd3 52.Wf1 Wd2
b. 53....id3) 51 ..if3 52..id7 Wcl3
53.�b5 Wd2 54.Wg1 W&1 55..ie8
g5 56.hg5 hg5 57•.i.f7 .ie4 58..
.i.
e6
f3 59..id7 .i.g& [Nice finish�
0·1
Bologan,Viktor
Pelletier,Yannlck .
Poikovsky 2003 (5)
1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.10d2 /f:lf6 4./0gf3
b6 5.c3 c5 &•.i.e2 .i.b7 [B...11'c7]
7.0.0 •c7 8.e5 /f:lfd7 9.d4 .i.e7
10.De1 o-o 11•.i.d3 .i.a& 1 2.
.i.b
1
cd4 13.cd4 ll.cB 14.10b3 IOc6
15./0g5 /f:lf8 16.1rh5 .i.g5 17..ig5
lt:lb4 1B.ll.c1 Wd7 19.ll.c3 ll.c3
20.bc3 �5 21 ...
.
d1 IOd3 22..i.c2
Zl.c8 23..id2 /Ob2 24.11'e1 IOa4
25..r:tc1 11fe2 26.10e1 •e1 27..ie1
lt:lb2 2B.ll.b1 IOc4 29..i.d3 /Od7
30.10c2 lt:lb8 31.10b4 .i.b7 32.Wf1
/Oc& 33.10c2 f6 34.f4 fe5 35.fe5
IO&a5 36.W&2 .i.e& 37.h3 .ia4
38./0e1 .tea 39.1t:lb3 .ths 40.g4
.ig& 41 ..ig6 hg6 42..i.h4 lt:lc6
43;.ig5 Zl.b8 44;h4 •5 4S.Wd3 84
46./0a1 IOa3 47llg1 b5 48..ic1
� 49.a3 ll.f8 SO.W82 b4 51.ab4
10a7 5Ug5 lObS 53..r:tc1 ll.f7
54..ia3 Wf8 55.g5 We& 56..
.i.
f2
wd7 57..i.e1 . We& 58.10c2 ll.t4
59.ll.a1 a3 60.ll.c1 10c7
V.
.
-V.
.
Ta i,Mikhall
Byme,Robert
Moecow 1976 (12)
1.84 116 2.d3 d5 3.10d2 /f:lf6 4.10gf3
b6 5.c3 .ib7 6••a4 10fd7 7.ed5
ed5 8.�82 .i.d6 9.0.0 ().() 10..1:1111
10c5 '11•• c2 10bd7 12./0d4 11.88
13./02f3 IOe5 14 ..i.e3 IOe6 15./f:lfS
/f:lf3 16 ..i.f3 .i.f8 17...i.d2 c6 18.ll.e5
l0c7 19.d4 ll.e5 20.de5 lt:le6
21..r:te1 c5 22...
.
114 •c7 23.c4 dc4
24..i.b7 Wb7 25.Wc4 ll.dB
V.
.
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.
Lj ubojevlc,Ljubomir
Byrne, Robert
Nice ol 1974 (12)
1.84 e6 2.d3 dS 3.10d2 /f:lf6 4./0gf3
b6 5.c3 bi 6.Wa4 10fd7 7...i.e2
.i.e7 B.e5 o-o 9.'flg4 t5 10.•g3 c5
11./0b3 WeB 12.h4 IOc6 13�t4 aS
14.10bc12 �dB 15.h5 �c7 16.11.h3
.bfi 17.d4 .i.e2 1B.W82 b5 19..ih&
'fle7 20.ZI.h4 .i.b6 21.-tgs •ea
22.ZI.ah1 Zl.c8 23..i.e3 a4 24.a3 cd4
25.cd4 lt:la5 26.10e1 ll.f7 27.Wf4
10c4 28.10d3 IOd2 29.�d2 Zl.c4
30..i.c3 IOc5 31.10c5 .i.c5 32.1fd2
.i.fB 33.g4 Wc6 34.gf5 Zl.f5
35..r:t4h3 "tlfe& 36.ZI.1 h2 11'f7 37.wf1
.ie7 38.we1 .tg5 39...e2 Zl.f4
40.'fld3 Zl.e4 41 .Wf1 ..
.
,4 42..r:th1
•ts 43. Wf3 ll.f4 44.'fle2 Zl.cB
4S.ll.1h2 .r:tf8 46.Wg1 ll.g4 47.Wf1
·
•b1 48.We1 •c2 49..r:tg2 Zl.e4
50..r:tg5 .r:te1 51 ..ie1 Zl.f2 52..if2
Wc1 53..
.i.
e1 Wgs 54.h& Wts
55.wg2 •e4 sa.wr1 1rd4 s7.hg7
'*91 sa.ztg3 Wf7 s9.ZI.f3 wea
&O•.i.c3 1l'c4 61.Wf2 •cs &2.WI
I
2
d4 63ib4 .e5 64.Wd3 h5 65.ZI.f8
Wd7 66..i.d2 .g3 67.We4 1rg6
68.We5 ..g7 69.ll.f6 h4 70�h6
11'f6
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fre nch Defe nce
Winawer Vari ation FR 11.4 (C 1 9)
Anot,h er Line Closed ?
by Istvan Almasi (special contributions by Sergey Karjakin and Artur Yu supov)
1.e4
2. d4
3. lLlc3
4. e5
5. a3
6. bc3
7. 1i'g4
a. .ada
9. '5'h5
10. lL!f3
11. .ae3
12. h4
e6
d5
.ab4
c5
.aca
lL!e7
o-o
ll
l
bc6
ll:lg6
1i'c7
ll:lce7
.ad7
In August of this year, an inter­
esting chess event was organized
by Mr. Van Oosterom, who is the
main sponsor of the traditional
Monaco tournaments and of the
earlier Ladies vs Ve terans
matches as well. This time a sim­
ilar idea was realized, when he
gave several young rising gran d­
masters ('youngsters ') the op­
portunity to pit their strength
agai nst experienced former
world-class grandmasters. This
became a strange 'record-break­
ing' event for Artur Yu supov,
who managed to play the same
position of the Warsaw Vari ation
(7.. .0-0) four times in a row with
the black pieces! After his 12th
move his opponents chose four
dif
f
erent continuations, making
this a perfect test of this standard
position.
Yu supov 'managed' to score
50%. If we look at his promising
positions, this must have been
rather disappointing for him.
However, his only loss looks
very convincing and will give
Wars aw-fans many headaches.
Kll
lj
akin provides his victory
with detailed notes in the Game
Section.
Let's look at the options after
12....ad7 .
The Earliest Try
13.'it'g4 is the earliest try. How­
ever, after 13 .. .f5 14.'ifh3 cd4
15.cd4 .ab5 Black usually ob­
tains an equal game. Black even
has a refinement on earlier
games: 16.0 -0 .ad3 17.cd3 h6!?,
which prevents White 's gaining
more space on the kingside with
h5-h6. I don't see any problem
for Black here.
16 ..ab5 occurred in Delchev­
Berg, but the young Swede got a
rock-solid position after his ma­
noeuvre 2l...lL!f7, 22 ...'.th8,
23...ll
l
g8.
Openi ng the position with 14.ef6
can
n
ot be recommended either.
On g4 the queen is rather unfor­
tunately positioned, as Black can
realize the ...e6-e5 break with
tempo.
Artur Yusupov
Another Sidestep
Behind 13.'ti'g5 lies the same
idea as behind 13.1i'g4: The
queen steps aside to make way
for the h-paWiCHere.BladCis
also able to win a tempo with
...f7 -f6. A very interesting and
complicated middlegame arose·
after 13...f6 14.ef6 gf6 15.'it'h6
cd4 16.h5 'ft'c3 17.'it;>e2 in the
game Smeets-Yu supov. Even · a
thorough and computer-aided
analysis could not show a deci ­
sive advantage for Black after
23 ...'it'f2. Of course, over the
board it was very hard to calcu­
late and assess all the lines, and
the Dutch grandmaster inunedi­
ately went wrong in the critical
position with 24.l:l.ael ?. How­
ever, Yu supov did not flnd the
cold-blooded 24 . . .l:l.ad8! either,
and transposed to an endgame in
which he thought he could play
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for a win without running any
risks. After several mistakes on
both sides the game ended in
draw, although Yu supov missed
several concrete win
nin
g moves
in the final phase.
I think that Black has nothing to
fear in these complications , but
there are several 'peaceful' alter­
natives worth mentioni ng, such
as 14... :£6, which was used suc­
cessfully by another Winawer­
expert, grandmaster Drasko, or
the novelty of Hungarian grand­
master Ivan Farago one move
earlier: 13.. .cd4!?.
An Improved Version
13.dc5 is an improved version of
the 1i'g5 idea: it does not allow
13 ...f5 14 .ef6 J:lf6 15 .0-0 c4
16.�g6 lLlg6 17.J:Ifel, despite
the positive outcome for White
of the game Dominguez­
Matamoros, Guayaquil Zonal
2003 (YBn 1). I have played
very similar positions without a4
and ...�d7 (a differe nce which
clearly favours White !), but I
managed to hold this type of po­
Sition even so. Fressinet's
15.�g5 looks very dubious;
Black has several good replies
on move 17; see the notes to
Fressinet-Drasko.
A Strong Rook Move
Finally, there is Klujakin's
strong-looking novelty 13.J:Ibl!,
which is hard to meet.
_
Blacl<:_ to Q�_n__ up the queenside _ - --- .-
--
--
--
-=
=-
-=
=-
--
-=
=-
--
--=
=
by ...cd4. Ontheotherhand, the
obvious drawback of this move
is the weakening of the e5 out­
post. In the notes to his game
against Stellwagen, Yu supov as­
sesses the position as rather un­
clear. He managed to outplay his
opponent later on and ended up
winning (in a very unusual way,
though), but it is worth checking
14 . . .lLlf5!?, which occur
r
ed in
Solleveld-M .de Jong two years
ago.
Preventing the Bishop Swap
13.a4 looked like the most criti­
cal approach so far. White 's in­
tention is clear: to prevent the
swap of the light-squared bish­
ops by alater ...cd4 and ...�b5.
However, I am not convinced
that White has any edge after
The Earliest Try
13.'1!l'g4
Huschenbeth,Niclas
Yusupov,Artur
Osterburg ch-GER 2006 (4)
1.e4 e62.d4d53.<()c3�b44.e5e5
5.a3 �e3 6.be3 liJe7 7...
.
g4IHl
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The main goal of this move is the
same as that of 13.a4, but here
the position of the white queen 's
rook is improved at the same
time, so that the tactical motifs
after ...cd4 and ...'iVc3 Jose. a
great deal of their venom.
It's easier to understand the ideas
behind 13.J:Ibl if you compare it
with the positions from other
games. For example, 13.. .f5
8.�d3 10be6 9.'ilfh5 10g6 10./0f3
1te7 11.�e3 10e
e
7 12.h4 .i.d7
13...
.
g4 f5 14.af6N J:lf6 15.h5?
(15..i.g51? e5 16.1tg3 J:lf31? (16...cd4 (l>
17... ..c3) 17.D-O
O
1015 (17...J:lf31? 18.gl3
.i.IS!!
!!
) 18 ..i.IS (18.11t"h2!? J:lc61, 1ic7<)
18 . .. J:l15 19.cd4 1014 20.J:lle1 e4 21./0eS
ll\e6ex>) 17.gl3 c4? (17. ..cd4 18.o-o .i.IS!!
!!
)
14.ef6 J:lf6 does not work here
because now, analogous t�
Fre ssinet-Drasko, 15.�g5! is
strong. Also, after 13 .. . lLlf5 there
is a difference with Anand­
Lputian, Moscow 2004, which
will fe ature in our next SII
I'V
ey on
this line, because here this can be
met by 14.lLlg5 h6 15.lLle6, as
Kll
lj
akin has pointed out.
Yu supov chose the neutral move
13 . . .b6?!, but this is definitely
not the way Black should handle
this position. After 14.'iVg4 f5
15.'iVh3 cd4 16.cd4 Yu supov
was no longer able to swap bish­
ops and became clearly worse. 'I
think my opponent realised that
this move could not be good, but
he realised that my second
(Ponomariov) would have had
time to thoroughly analyse all
Black's natural continuations.'
(Karjakin).
Conclusion
As practice has shown that the
positions arising from ll. . .c4
12.�g6 fg6 13.'iVg4 are danger­
ous for Black, since he has not
enough time to build up
counterplay on the queenside,
the more flexible ll. .. lLlce7,
with the idea to complete his de­
velopment and play for . . .f6 (or
sometimes . . .f5 ), has gained
popularity. But after 12.h4 �d7
13.J:Ibl! Black defi nitely seems
in trouble in this line as well.
Let me quote Sergey Kll
lj
akin:
' If this move does not close the
entire variation, then at least it
sets Black big problems !'
18..i.g6 10g6 19.h5± 'ita5 (19. ..1l) l4
20..i.l6±) 20.hg61+- •c3 21.�1 •s 1
22.� ..d4 23.J:lh7 i.e6 24.11'1
12
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Spoelman-Wempe, Wijk asn Ze
e
Ill 20
05
1
15•••e5 16.'itg3 cd4 17•.i.d4?
(17.0 .017 de3 (17.. .�14!? 18.� el4
19.'itg5 1015) 18.hg6 10g6 19..i.Q61
17...J:lf31 18.gf3 (18.'ilfl3 J:ll8 19.'WQ3

ft)l4-+ D. 20.. .
ed4] 18•.•ttlf! 19.l:lg1
19. •. ttl15?? [19.. .ttld3 20.cd3 ttlf5-+
21ie5 J:le8] 20..tfS .t15 21 .1fg70
1fg7 22.J:lg7 *g7 23..b5 *h6
24if4 *hS
�-Y.!
Komeev,Oieg
Barsov,Aiexey
Casablanca 2005 (5)
1.84 e6 2.d4 d5 3.ttlc3 .tb4 4.e5 c5
5.83 .h3 6.bc3 ltle7 7.1fg4 0-0
8..
.i
d3 ttlbc6 9.W'h5 ttlg6 1D.ttlf3
1fc7 11ie3 ltlce7 12.h4 .td7
13.1fg4 15 14.1fh3 14 15-*.d2 ttlfS
16.hS [16.0·0 c4 {16. .. ttlgen? 17."it'h2
14< (17...
.
g4 ttlh6 18.1fg51?) 17.. .ttlc6;
16.. ..dl
l
f? 17.h5 ttlgh4 (Smirnov­
Dofmatav, Eflsta cit-RUS 2001) 18.dc5)
17..te2 J.a4 18.l:
:te2
{18.h51 'ilge7
(D. 22-tg6)21...J:lf7 22.
.
ig6+-) 19.h6 g6
20.cd4 (20.c41? dc4 21 ic4 t"i:xsl7 22..tb3
ttldS 23..td2 .il
lS
24.J:lfe1 .tc4)
20...ttlld4 21 .ttld4 1:114 22.ttlc6 (22.ttle2
J:lf7 23.14 1fb6 24.Wh1 1fc5�) 22...bc6oo]
18.. . ttle5 19..tf4 �f3 20.1ff3 1fc5=
21 ..te5 J:lf7 22.1fg4 .tbS 23.1fb4
1fb4 24.ab4 .td3 25.cd3 ttle7
[25 ... a61? 26.J:lte1 J:lc8] 26.J:lle1 1:115
27.g4 l:lf3 28.l:lad1 lilc6 29..tg3 e6
30.J:le6 d4 31 .cd4 l:ld8 32.wg2 l:lf7
33.d5 J:ldS 34..td6 J:lf6 35.J:lf6 gf6
36..tcSas37.*D�b438..
.t
b4
ab4 39.� J:leS 40.*d4 l:lg5 41 .13
15 42.l:lg1 bS 43.� h6 44.*14
fg4 45.fg4 J:ldS 46.*e4 l:lgS 47.d4
*'7 48.J:IH *e& 49.1:114 b3 50.*113
b4 S1 .*d2 1la5 S2.*c1 l:la2 53.1:115
J:lg2 54.dS wd6 55.*b1 Wc5 56.d6
*<16 57.1:116 �
Y.
.
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Yakovenko,Dmitry
Zhao Jun
Moscow 2005 (6)
1.e4 e62.d4d53.�c3.tb44.e5c5
S.a3 .tc3 6.bc3 ttle7 7.1fg4 0-0
8..td3 ttlbc6 9.1fhS ttlg6 1 O.ttlf3
1fc7 11-*.e3 ltlce7 12.h4 .td7
Survey FR 11.4
19.l:llb1 [19.l:llc1 1fd7 20.1fg3 *h7
21..i.d2 }?-\!z Ad.HorvaliH'arag
o,
Balalorr
lelle 20
06
; 19.*h1 �7 20�4 .l
lac8
21 .l:lg1 1fd7 22.g4 fg4 23.l:lg4 ttll5
24.J:lag1 •ea 25.J:l4g2 l:lc7 26..td2 1ff7
27.1fg4 1fd7 28.*h2 b6 29.wh1 a5
3(l.*h2 1fe7 31.l:lb1 l:lc6 32.l:lbg1 l:lc7
33.J:lb1 �� B.lvanovic ·Drasko, Budva
ch-SERtt20
04
] 19.• ..J:Iac8 20..td2
ttlc6 21.84 *h7 22.as 1fd7 23.g3
J:lc7 24.*g2 J:lfc8 2S.J:le3 1ff7
26.l:lab3 l:ld7 27."trh1 l:lcc7
2B.J:l1b2 wee 29..tc3 •ca 30.1fh3
J:lf7 31 .1fh1 l:lfd7 32...
.
h3 l:lf7
33...
.
h1
Y.z-Y.z
13.1fg4 cd4 14.cd4 IS 1S."ilrh3
Delchev,Aiexander
.tbS 16.0-0 .td3 17.cd3 ttlh8
Berg,Emanuel
[17...ttlc6 Nijboer.Jens, Dieren 20
02
-
Kusadasi Ech 2006 (10)
YB/6
6-
76] 18.J:llb1 [18.h5 ttlf7 19.h6 g6 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.ttlc3 .tb4 4.e5 c5
Cheparin
oY-M
alamoros, Sevilla 20
04
-
S.a3 .tc3 6.bc3 ttle7 7.1fg4 0-0
YB/71-1 11] 18...ttlf7 . 19-*.d2 _1fd7 _ 8-*.d3 _ttlbc6 9.'li'hS_ _ctlg6_1 0.ttlf3
20.a4 b6 21 .h5 h6 22.*h1 *h7 1fc7 11-*.e3 ltlce7 12.h4 .td7
23.l:la2 J:lab8 24.ttlh4 J:lg8 2S.l:lg1 13 .•g4 15 14.•h3 cd4 1S.cd4
as 26.J:lb1 b5 27.abS l:lbS 28.l:lbS .tbS 16ibS Was 17-*.d2 WbS
WbS 29.J:las 1fb1 30.*h2 ttlc6 18.hS ttlh8 19ib4 [19.1fh41? 1fd7
31 .• g3 ttlh8 32..J:Ic5 �d4 33.1fe3 20.J:lh3 h6f? 21� (21.J:lg31? 14 22.J:lg4
ttlb3 34.J:lc7 ttld2 3S.1fd2 1fb8 ttll5 23.¥h2oo) 21 .. . J:lfe8 22.J:lg3 ttlf7
36.¥c2 1fe8 37.g4 d4 38...
.
c6 (22...�c61? 23..td6 ttlf7 24.•16 ttld6
1fc6 39.l:lc6 fg4 40.J:le6 g6 41 .J:le7 25.ed6 Wh7 26.1fg6 (26.ttle5 ltleS
l:lg7 42.hg6 ttlg6 43.�g6
1-0 27.1fe5 J:lac8 28.*11 l:lc2 29.J:Ie1 l:lc6)
26...wh8 2r.tt:lg5 (27.().
.().0
:are 28.ttle5
19.l:
:te2
) 18.. ."..e7 19.h5 ttlgh4 20.ttlh2
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Na!at-Pul
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ller, CaprlAgderapid2002]
Yusupov,Artur
ttle5 29.de5 J:lec8 30.J:ld5 J:lc4 31 .J:ld2
J:le4) 27... hg5 28.h6 g4 29.().
.().0
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30.J:lh1 ttld4-+) 23.1fl6 ttlgS 24.J:lg5
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g4 'ifa5�] 21 ...1:115 22.¢>d2
[22.0-01? :hS+] 22...1:1af8? [22...¢>h81
23.1t'e3 l:la18 24.g3 �e8+] 23.-i.h& l:lf2
24.¢>e1 .i.e& [.0. 25... d4; 24...�e81?;
24...h41? 25..i.e3 l:lc2 26.h6 1:115]
25 •.i.e3 l:lc2 (25...l:lg27 26...
.
g2 •e5
(26...d4 27.'it"h3 .i.h1 28.1t'e6±)
27.'it"d2+-] 26.�d4 [26.h6!? l:lc3
(26...1:115 27.l:lb1 1 .o. 28.l:lb8) 27.hg7 l:le3
28.'ife3 1t'g7a> 29.l:lh37 d4! 30.1t'd4
'it"Q2-'-+J 2&••.1t'm 27.h& g&
2S:.i.c5 ?1 [28.h7!7 ¢>h8 29.l:lb1 '"']
28..•d41 29•.i.f8 d31-+ (.o. 30.. . l:le2
l1.¢>d1 b4 32.¢>c1 l:lc2; 32 ... d2] 3D.h7
Wh8 31 ..i.g7 [31.�S 1:1e2 32_¢>d1
h4 3J.¢>c1 I:IC2 34.¢>b1 lfb7X; 31.�
l:le2 32.¢>d1 .i.a4 33.¢>c 1 d2 34.¢>b1
'iriS 35-Wa2 W'C2XJ 31 ...1t'g7 32.¢>11
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�g2 33.¥g2 •ts 34.¢>g1 .cS
35.wh2 •e5 36.wg1 •e3 37.wh2
37...¢>h7?? (38..1he1+- •14 39.¢>91
chedll; 37... tfh6 38.¢>91 ..
.
e3 39.¢>h2
l:lg2 40.¢>92 .d2 41 .¢>13 'ifc3 42.1:1ab1
•e5-+]
o-1
Yusu pov
M/06-7-37
Preventmg the Bishop Swap
13.a4
Dominguez,Lenier
Matamoros Franco,Carlos
Rio de Janeiro tt 2003 (1)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3./l
l
c3 �b4 4.e5
ltle7 5.a3 �c3 6.bc3 c5 7••g4 IHI
8.�d3 ll
l
bc& 9.'ifh5 ltlg6 1 O.ltlf3
'ifc7 11.�e3 ll
l
ce7 12.h4 .i.d7
13.84 16 14.ef6 1:116 15.(H) c4
16.-i.g& ll
l
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0
1-
YB/6
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75] 17 .••1:1af8N [17. ..•d6 Sml�n·
Dolmatov, Moscow 20
03
-YB/6
6-
75; 17 ...e5
18.de5 1:115 19./l
l
g5ll
l
18D 20.g41 (20.e617)
20...1:112 (20.. .g6? 21 .•h6+-; 20. ...i.e8?
21.1l
l
e61Il
leS
22.W!S±) 21 ..i.l2 �ea
22.1l
l
17 .i.17 23.•g5 �g6 24.'ilt'd2 �84
25.1:184 {25..1hb117) 25 . . . de4 26.¥d5 'ifl7
(26 ...¢>h8 27.1:1b1;!;) 27.1WI7 � 28.l:le1
¢>e6 29.1:184 ¢>d5 30.l:ld4 ¢>e5 31.J:Ic4;t]
18.a5 •c8 [18.. .1:113 19.gl3 e5 20.de5
1:115 21 .'ilt'g4 .i.�!!
!
; 21.../l
le
S? 22.�141
ll
lg4
23.�c7 1:113 24ig3 l:lc3 25.l:le7
-'.c6 26.a61±; 18... e517; RR 18... h6
19.'ifg4 wh7 20.h5 ll
l
e7 21.1l
l
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22.'ifh3 Il
leS
23.1l
lc6
1?-l'l B�-Drasko,
Zadar 2005] 19.1l
l
e5 .i.e& [19 ... 1:11571
20./l
l
g6 l:lh5 21.1l
l
e7¢>1722./l
l
cSM
23..i.g5! .o. 24.g4; 19...1l
l
e5 20.'ilt'e5 .i.e8
21 .13;1;] 20...g4 [20.'trd117 1:115 21./l
l
g6
.i.g6 22.13 Wc7 23..i.l2 1:1516 24.1:1e5;t]
20.. .1:115 21 .f3?1 [21.1l
l
l3ll
l
14 22..il4
.ih51 23.'ifg3 (23.'ifh3 1:114 24.We6?1
'ife6 25.l:le6 .i.f3 26.gl3 1:1�) 23... 1:114
24./l
lg5
.i.g4 25.13 hSao; 21./l
lg6
1�g6
22.13 1:1516 23.l:le2 .i.l5 24.'ifg3 'trc6
25.•e1;t; .o. �-g:HS] 21 .. ./l
l
eS
22.de5 l:le5? (22...a6 23.•g3 .i.b5
24.¢>12 •c7 25..i.d4 h5=] 23ia7
[23.�d4 .i.h5 24 .•g3 l:le1 25.l:le1 1:117
26.•e5 �g6 27.'ife6 •e6 28.l:le6 aS
29.J:Id6;t] 23...�5 24••g3 l:le1
25.1:1&1 .i.g& 26.�d4± 'ifd7 27.'tlfe5
.i.c2 28.•e6 •11 29.•d& l:la8
30.11:88 'tlfe8 31 .'ifd5 ¢>h8 32 ...
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g5
'itd7 33.h5
1-0
Fressinet,laurent
Drasko,Milan
Paris 2005 (B)
Dominguez
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5.a3 .i.c3 6.bc3 ll
le
7 7.•g4 (H)
8.�d3 ll
l
bc6 9.'tlth5 ll
l
g& 10.Il
l
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lce
7 12.h4 �d7
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16.cd4 [16.()-()17 e5!!
!
cl - Mihok·Pap,
Zalakaro
s
2005] 16.. .'ltc3 17.¢>&2 h6
[17 ... 1:1&18 18id2 Wc7 19.l:lhe1 (19.c3 e5
20.de5 1:114) 19...85 20.de5 1:115 21./l
lg5
1:112 22.Wd1 h6 23.e6 ll
l
14 24..il4
(24 ...g4 .i.e8 25.1l
l
17ll
ld
326.cd3ll
l
l5)
24 ... 'tltl4 25./l
l
l3 .i.e8 26...
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85 l:lg2;
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l:le4, ll
l
l4; 18.l:lhb1 l:lal8 {18.. .e5 19ie7
l:lh4) 19.¢>11 1:113 20.gl3 ll
l
l5) 18. .ie8?1
19.�e7 l:le4 20.¢>11 ; 17.. .1l
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17 18.l:lab1
1:113; 17.. .1:11517 18.-i.IS ll
l
15 (18...el51?)
19.l:lhd1 •c4 20.¢>e1 l:leB-; 17 ... e51
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l
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l:laf8 21 .'W'e3 ¢>h8 22.l:lhd1 10c:6
23•.i.g6 We3 24.¢>&3 l:lg4 25id3
l:lg2 26.l:lg1 l:lg1 27.l:lg1 �en
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ll
l
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wg& 49.1%d& wg7 so.ad5 Wf6
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1%h4 54.wg3 Wf6 ss.Wf3 wg7
5e.l%d8 l%t4 57.We3 h5 58.d5 ats
59. 1%d1 ¢>g6 60.d6 g4 61 .1%c7 g3
&2. d7 g2 63 .1%c1 I:U1 64.1%11 gf1•
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13.Db1
Karjakin,Sergey
Yusupov,Artur
Amsterdam 2006 (9)
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t:oe75.a3.ic36.bc3c57.1fg4o-o
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1fc7 11...b3 /t)ce7 12.h4 .id7
(12...1t)f5i?) 13.Ab1 1N b6?1 [13...1tll51?
(cf-Anand-lp
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, Mosc:otiU2004)
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(15...186 16.•g6 cd4 17..i.d4+-) 16..if5
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?1 17.1fl5 cd4 1B.cd4 .c3
19.¢>821 1fa3 20.1fd3 .d3 21 .Wd3±)
17.cd4 1fc3 18.�1 (18.i.d2? ti'd4!
19..i.e& 1fe41 20.¢>d1 •g2+; 18.�2
1fc81 19ie6 (19.g4 /t)e7) 19... 1fc2
20.� le6 21.� ltl141 22.1fd1 ltle2
23.Wh2 .d1 24.1%bd1 l%ai:8=/
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(18...1fa3?1 19..id3±) 19...
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15 1fa3
20.Wg 11 ltli!7 (20...b6
-
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(22.../t)e7 23...16 Wh7 2Uh3 1fa2
25.l:IQ3+-) 23.de5 •e7 24.:113 •86
25.tlg3 wh8 26...
.
86 1e6 27.1%g6±)
21-11'd7! (21.•g4 •as 22.•d7 (22.1lh3
•e& 23.1%g3 (23.•e6 le6 24.l:lb7 ltl15=l
23. ..
/t)l5 24.i.h6 ..
.
g6 25.•g6 lg6
26.l:lg6 /t)h6 27.J:Ib7 1:117 28.1:117 Wf7
29.1:1a6 ltl�) 22.. .'16'86 23.l:lb7 ltl15;t)
21...:ad8 (21 ...b6 22 .1lh3 llad8 23.•g4
11ta2 24.l:le1±; 21...l:lld8 22.•b7 ltl15
23.l:lh3±) 22.Wb7 ltl15 23.1:1113 J:
:[b8
(23... •a4 24.c3±) 24.h J:
:[b8
25.l:lb8
Wh7 26.¢>h2± .c3 27.1%b7 ltld4 28..i.d4
..d4 29.1%17 .e5 30.1%g3 a5 31.14 'Wb2
32.c3 wh8 33.1%1g7 •b8 34.15 •rs
35.1%7g6 a4 36.16 a3 37.17 ¢>h7 38.1%16 a2
39.1%g8+-; 13...15? 14.el6 gl6 (14.. .:16
15..i.g5± cf - Fres
sinei
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20
05
) 15. W"h6 (cl - Smeets-'rusupov,
Amstelda
m
20
06
(5)) 15 ... 1:117 16.115 ltl18
17.1lh3±; 13...•a5 14..id2 c4 15..i.g6
1g5 1s.•g4 •aa 17.115; 13 ... c4 14 ..ig61
(14ie2?1 16 15.el6 1%16"') 14 ...1g6
15.•g4116cl--Farkas-HoangTl1am
Trang,Hungaryn20
03
(15...1tll5 16.115t;
15...1%15 16.115 gh5 17.1%h5 l%h5 18.11th5
.ie8 (18 . .. 1tl15 19./t)g5±; 18...1:118 19.Wd2
ltl15 20.1%h1 116 21 .1fg6±) 19.•113 ltl!S
20./t)gS .ig6 (20...116
21 .1tle6±)
21./t)e6±) 16.h5 g5 17./t)gSI hg5 18.h6 g6
(18.. .1tl15 19.hg7 /t)g7 20ig5 .i.a-4
21-*.16 i.c2 22.1fh3 Wf7 23..ig7 Wg7
24.11th6 W!7 25.�7+-l 19.h7 wh8
20 ..ig5 ltl15 21il6 1%16 22.el6±; 13 ... cd4
14.cd4 otl15 15./t)gS (15.CHll? (6 16./t)gS)
15...116 16..i.d2 ltlge7 17...
.
g4 a6 1 8.1fl4
/t)g6 19...
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h2 h5 20ib4 l%1c8 21..i.d6
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17.11fg6 .c3 18.i.d2 ..
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23.11fg7 /()17 24.-.16 -�ee 2s.:b4 wrcS
26.1%14 1fe7 27...-g7+-) 21.111e1 1fl6
22...16 1%16 23..ig5 I:IH8 24.c4±)
14...
.
g41 (14.•g5 h6 15...
.
g3 (1 5.1Fg4
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19.•14 cd4) 14 •..15 15.1fh3 [cl -
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0
1)
15.••cd4?1 16.cd4± i.a4 17.h5 ltlh8
18..
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19.1fh4 .d7 20.1%b2 ltlc6?1 [20 ...1
16
21.1%g11 l:lc7 22.g4 lg4 23.•g4 ltliS
24.1tlh4+-) 21 .g41 ••7 [21 .. .fg4
22.1Fg4 (6 23./t)gS) 22... 1%13 23.1fl3
ltld4 24.1fg4 ltlc2 25.¢>11 &3 26.1%g1
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Wb2 25.1g7 l%g7 26.l:lg7 Wg7 27ih6;
23.. .Wb2 24.D.g7 Wg7 25..i.h& Wg8
26.1Fg5 ltlg6 (26...WI7 27.1FI6 We
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28.1FI8 wd7 29.1fg7 lt)e7 30.1e6 ¢>d8
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23.1tlg5 i.d7 [23 ...1%1e8 24.g!SI ltliS
25./t)e6+-) 24 ..
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.i
e7
D.e7 26.gf5 ef5
27.1tlh31+- .i.e& [27.. .1tl17 28.¢>d2;
27... g6 28.1tl14 .i86 29.hg6 hg6 30.D.h8
Wh8 31./t)g&+-) 28.1tlf4 Wf7 29.Wd2
D.d7 30.&41 we7 31 .e5 baS 32.1%&2
/t)f7 33.J:lg1 l:lg8 34.1tle61 [34.D.a5
lt)dBJ 34•••we& 35.1%85 l%b8 36.1%&6
l%b6 37.1%b6 ab& 38 ..ib51 (38.J:lgn?
ltle5) 38.••J:le7 39.l:lg7 ltlh6 40.l:le7
¢>&7 41 .13 /t)f7 (41...14 42-.i.d3 ltl17
43..i.h7 /t)gS 44.i.g8 ltl13 45.Wc:l ltlh4
46..i.d5 13 47.Wd3 12 48.�2 /t)f5 49.¢>12
/t)d4 50.116 Wl8 51 ..ie4+-) 42.Wel
ltlgS 43..id3 �SG 44.c3 h&
45...ic2Z
1-o
Ris,Robert
Delema rre,Jop
Nederland tt 2006/07 (2)
Kll
lj
akin
M/06-7-51
1.e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3./t)c3 .ib4 4.e5 c5
5.83 .i.c3 6.bc3 t:oe7 7...
.
g4o-o
8..id3 ltlbc6 9.1fh5 l()g& 10.�13
•c7 11•.i.e3 /t)ce7 12.h4 .id7
13.1%b1 b6 14.1fg4 fS 15.1fh3 h6
(15...cd4) 16.g4? [16.h5 �h8 17,g4±
rAml 1 &•• ia4t 17.gt5?1 [17.h5 cd4
18.cd4 .ic2 1U.c2 1fc2 20.1%c1 We4t;
17.1%c1 cd4 18.cd4 6 19.115( 17•••cd4
18.f6 (18.cd4 .ic2 19.1g6 (19..ic2 .c2
20.J:lc1 •15) 19...1fc31 20.1tld2 .i.d3
21.1Fe6 ¢>h8 22.•e7 �1 23..i.h6
:ge+ rAmq 1&••• de3 19 ...-e& l:lf7
20.fe7 1fc3 21 .Wf1 fi:
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22.l:lc1 1J.
.
d7 23..ih7 Wf8 24.1lrd7
D.l3 25.D.h3 J:
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27.J:la1 e2
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79

Caro-Kann Defence
Advanced Variation CK 4.2 (812)
Bishops First in the
Ca ro-Ka nn Adva nced
by Paul Boersma (special contribution by Sergey Shipov)
1. e4
2. d4
3. e5
4. �e3
c6
d5
�f5
No fe wer than two Ye arbook ar­
ticles have been devoted to this
line since the white set-up sud­
denly arose out of the blue in
2002. The first acquaintance was
in Ye arbook 66. In the second
article (Yearbook 70) Jeroen
. Bosch_ c:;oncluded that the _line
had already attained to respect­
ability. Theory of the vari ation is
developing rapidly.
Let me first remind you that
4...'ifb6 5.'i
i'
cl e6 6.c4! is re­
garded now as favouring White,
in the light of 6...dc4 7.tod2 and
6...�bl 7.l:lbl �b4 B.�dl!.
Black's hope here is 5...li'lh6, but
considerable work has to be done
by Black in the echo variation
6.li'lf3 e6 7 .c4.
This explains why most black
players have turned to 4... e6
S.li'ld2 li'ld7. Bosch's conclusion
in Ye arbook 70 that the move
6.c3 is White's best chance of an
80
advantage here has been consid­
ered doubtful by many grand­
masters. 6 ..i.e2 is more popular
now, leading the game into the
tracks of the Short Attack (4.li'lf3
e6 5.�e2), with the difference
that White still has the option
f2-f4 ..
Another feature of the position is
that the white king's bishop
sometimeshelps with the harass­
ment of Black's queen's bishop
with h2-h4 or g2-g4 . So it looks
as if 6.�e2 is a useful refine­
ment, but I must say the results
so far are not impressive.
Black Piece Play
Black has a wide choice. One of
the most frequently played
moves is 6.. ."ifb6, forcing the re­
ply 7.li'lb3. A consistent and in­
teresting strategy now is
loosening the knight with 7 ... a5
B.a4 .i.b4 9.c3 �e7. The white
queen is tied to the defen ce of the
b3 knight for a long time. This
strategy seems to work out well
in a f2-f4 set-up, but matters are
Sergey Shlpov
less clear in case of 10.li'lf3.
A more sophisticated black ap­
proach is 7 . ..�g6, preparing
li'lg8-h6-f5 and intending to
loosen the knight only after 8.f4,
in which case a completely satis­
factory set-up will be reached
This is Dreev 's prefere nce.
Against Charbonneau he proved
equality after the opening. He
fared less well in his game
against Shirov, who came up
with the idea of 8.h4 . Dreev lost
as a result of an 'unforced error'
that left his rook trapped. As the
analysis by Shipov shows, White
had some good possibilities be­
fore the fatal 20th move. The
move 7 ...�g6 has been delivered
a blow.
Also playable is the developing
move 6.. .li'le7. White's most
common reply is 7.f4, but no ad­
vantage has been shown after the

natural 7... c5, neither after 8.dc5
nor after 8.l0gf3. White has to
look for new ideas here, maybe
as early as move seven, for
7. l0gf3 did not promise him
much either.
Undermining the Pawn Chain
Next, we have the two possible
attempts to undermine White's
centre with a pawn break. 6. . . f6,
as played by Bologan in April of
this year against Rublevsky,
looks like a good idea, as bolster­
ing the outpost on e5 by means of
t2-f4 is inadvisable at the mo­
ment: 7.f4 �boils down to a
dubious pawn sacrifice. Bologan
Destab1lising the Knight
6 ...'1
1¥
b6 7.!ilb3 aS
Ty omkin,Dimibi
Gaprlndashvili,Valerian
StV11
1C81
1t
tt 2005 (7)
1.e4c62.d4d53.e5.i.fS4..
..te3
e6
5.� fi:
:4T
6..i.e2 .b6 7.�b3 &5
8.a4 .t.b4 9.c3 .i.e7 1O.ltlf3
10...h5 11.().() �h6 12.c4 dc4
13..i.c4 •c7 14..i.d3 � [14-..i.d:l
15.•1tl �15 16.
.i.g5
�) 15..i.h6 11:116
1&if5 af5 17.Wc2 f4 18.•f5 �
19.o(lcs b6 (19_..i.c5 20.!k:S 'lfd7=)
20.e6 l:lf6 l20...i£5 21.ck:5 le6 22.1:li!
!
1
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23-� .tis 24Jlfe1 .h!i? [24 ...g6
2S.'Ifg6 � 26.�17 Wf7 27.11rh6 'ltg7
28-•h3 .td4 29.l:lac1� 25Jle5 t;:
:,e
7
achieved easy equality after the
standard reaction 7.l0gf3 'flc7
8.�4 fe5 9.l0e5 �d6 and would
undoubtedly have come up with
an improvement on a previous
game in �bicb White got the up­
per hand by means of the sharp
7.ef6 l0gf6 8.g4.
Even the classical pawn break
6...c5 bas been played: the move
that the white set-up was de­
signed to prevent! But this seems
to overstretch matters. After
7.l0gf3 Black is forced to allow
the game to be opened up (8.c4)
while behind in development, or
play 7... c4 himself, which seems
a bit premature.
26.�8 J:f8 27.'1fg7 cd4 28.1lae1
J:a7 29.h4 [29.'1fg6 H 30Jle7 'ife7
31.J:e7 J:e7 32.'1fd6 � 33...<1
1
J:d7
34...84 H 35.'1fltl) 29_.1td6 30.J:e6
Wb4 31.h5 d3 32.'ifg6 � 33.'1fd3
J:d7 34.'1
113
J:f6 35Jl&a4 .d2
36."Wb3 1td6 37.'1fb6 •c7 38.Wc5=
J:f5?? 39.'iff5
1-Q
Nijboer,Friso
Mchedllshvili,Mikhell
Nederland tt 2006/06 (5)
1.e4c62.d4d53.e5.tfS4..i.e3e6
5.� fi:
:4T
6ia2 'lfb6 7.�b3 85
8.a4 .i.b4 9.c3 h7 10.�f3 hS
11.().() �h6 12.1tle1 h4 [12.. .�)
13.c4 .i.e4 14.�d2 .i.g6 15.cd5 ed5
16..i.d3 �fS 17.'ifc2 J:hS?I [17.../0j4
18..i.d4 'lfd4 19..i.g6 lg6 20.'it'g6 �
21.� �) 18.�df3 �f8 19.'ifd1
�20.
.i.c2
c5 21 .dc5 � 22.cb6
�1 23..i.g6 fg6 24.J:Id1;1; J:ld8
25.� � 26.1:lc1 J:hh8 27.�
J:c8 28.�b3 J:c6 29.� J:b6
30.J:fd1 J:a8 31.b4 .i.b4 32.�
dc4 33.�b4 Wel
l
34Jlc4 g5
3M:Jd5 l:lc6 36.J:c6 (36.J:b4 J:ld8
37.g3 h3 38.13 J:d7) 36...bc6 37.�3
J:la5 38."'" J:c5 39.li:
:,e
2 J:e5
40.�d4 J:ld5 41 .J:e1 J:d4 42.11:86
Wf7 43.J:c6
Y.!-'h
Survey CK 4.2
Finally, we have a miscellaneous
series of sixth moves . The most
reasonable of those seems to be
6... �g6. In the game Efimenko­
Postny, German Bundesliga
2005/06, White achieved only a
small space advantage.
Conduslon
To sum things up: an advantage
for White bas not been demon­
stratedin the 6...l0e7line. In the
line with 6...f6 Black also has
good prospects of equality. In
case of 6.. .'6'b6 7.l0b3 a5 8.a4
�b4 9.c3 �e7, the move 10. c!t:\£3
is White's best try for an advan­
tage.
ShirovAiexey
lordachescu,Viorel
Dresden 2006 (6)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 �fS 4.�e3 e6
5.�2 fi:
:4T
6..i.e2 'W'b6 7.�b3 aS
8.&4 .tb4 9.c3 �e7 10.�f3 .i.g6
11.�fd21?
11....
.i
d81? [1 1 .. .�h6 12.h41?) 12.c4
li:
:,e
7 13.cd5 cd5 14.().() (14hs)
14...().
.()
15.h4 f6 16.h5 .i.e& 17.h6
g6 18.ef6 �fS 19.�d3 •d6=
20..i.f5 ef5 21.�f3?1 [21.g3) 21...f4
22•.i.d2 �f6 23.J:e1 b6 24./tleS
� 25.f3 �g3 26.�c1 gS (26.. ..i.g5
27.li:
:,e2
/Oe2 28.11:92 �6; 26.. .�
.
27./0e2 g5) 27.Wb3 wh8 28.ti:
:,e
2 �f5
29.J:ac1 .i.f6 30.� J:d8 31.'it'd1
� 32.�g4 �f5 33.�f6 11Fc5
34..i.e3 �a3 35.�cd5 �1 36.1lc5
bc5 37.�e8 !:feB
0-1
81

1S.edS! 16.'it'e3 Darga-Barcza,
Amsterdam ol 1954 - YB/40-4
4
1S... ll:lg3 17.dc7 ll:lf1 1B...if1 ±
.idS 19...ibS ..ieS 20.ll:ldS .l:l.feB
21.g31 ..ib2 22...ih3!+- ..ia3
23.ll:le3 ..ie4 24.J:ld8 lladB
2S.cd8'it' J:ld8 2S...id8
1-0
A-cjuaitei-· of a.- eentW-y" before the
game given in Ye arbook 63, an un­
titled Norwegian leaves the even­
tual grandmaster and World
Champion Sanakoev without a
chance with the same turn in an al­
most identical position! Only the
white rook is on dl instead of el
and the moves 13...b5 14.a3 have
been left out.
The game in question has long re­
mained unpublished and could not
be found in databases either. But
the German correspondence
player Hermann Heemsoth, re ­
cently deceased at an advanced
age, fo rwarded it not long before
his demise, along with a lot of
other unknown but interesting ma­
terial, to Tun Harding. The latter
saved it from oblivion by publish­
ing it in his Kibitzer column on
www.chesscafe.com .
What's in a Name?
by Rene 0/thof
SL 3.1 (015)
Some people call the topical 4... a6
line in the Slav Defence the Cha­
meleon Vari ation due to its ex­
traordinarily flexible nature,
others have attributed the idea to
16
Viacheslav
(or Vecheslav)
Chebanenko (1942- 1997),
a
Moldovan trainer who worked in
Kishinev (currently Chisinau)
with pupils like Gavrikov,
Bologan, Ko mliakov, Iordachescu
and Rogozenko.
In a remarkable contribution pub­
lished on the ChessBase website
on June 21, 2006, with an allusion
to Polugaevsky's masterpiece pre­
tentiously called 'The Birth of a
Variati on', Fedor Skripchenko,
General Secretary of the Moldova
Chess Federation and father of
WGM Almira Skripchenko,
claims be is the 'creator' of this
move based on the fo llowing
game.
Ch ebanenko,Vecheslav
Skripchenko,Fedor
Kishinev 1972 (13)
1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.1Llc3 ll:lf6
4.ll:lf3 as
S.cdS cdS S...if4 ILleS 7.e3 bS
B.J:lc1 WbSI? 9...id3 eS 10.0 -0
..ib7 11 .a3 ..ie7 12.'l
l
e5 0-0
13.W'e2 J:lac8 14.b4 ILleS
1S...ie5 ll:le4 1S...ie4 de4
17.'it'g4 16 1B...if4 fS 19.'it'g3
.its 20•..ie5 ..ies 21 .'it'e5 J:lfdB
22.a4 ba4 23.1Lla4 'it'dS 24.'it'd6
J:ldS 2S.J:lcB .tea 2S.ll:lcs J:lbS
27.J:lb1 � 28.�1 e5 29.deS
aS 30.bS ..ie6 31.<t>e1 ..ic4
32.J:lc1 .tbS 33.g4 gS 34.J:lb1
hS 3S.h3 �e7 3S.gfS gfS
37.ll:la4 J:lb7 38.ll:lcS l:lbB
39.ll:la4 J:lb7 40.1Llc5
'h-'h
There can be little doubt about the
authenticity of this game from the
final round of the Kishinev City
Championship 1972, or about the
story behind it Skripchenko even .
mentions a number of witnesses -
Nikolay Sergcevicb Popov, Boris
Nevednicby, Anatoly Lutikov -
some of wbom have later taken up
4...a6 themselves .
So on the face of it, 4...a6 was fin;t
played against Cbebanenko, who
subsequently analysed the line in
depth and turned it into a coherent
system for Black.
But are things really the way they
seem? Perhaps not Creditable
sources within the Moldovan
chess world claim that the move
order in the game Chebanenko­
Skripchenko was l.d4 d5 2.c4 c6
VK heslav Chebanenko (right) with his pupil VlktDr Bologan

3.cd5 cd5 4.�c3 �f6 5.�f4 and
only here Skripchenko is said to
have played 5 ...a6.
predeces
so
rs
But even if he did play 4..a6, that's
not the end of the story. One look at
any decent database will tell you
that there are about a dozen prede­
cessors,
the oldest being
Kasparian-Alatortsev, 7th Soviet
Championship, Moscow 193 1,
given by D3l
l
tovinhisSurveyon
this subject in Yearbo
o
k60.Sothat
puts an end to Skripchenko's au­
thor.;hip.
Then Gerard We lling informed me
there is an even older example, not
yet present in regular databases.
Micheii,Reginald Pryce
Sultan Khan,Mir
Ramsgate ch-GBR 1929 (9)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.�f3 �16
4.�c3 a6
In his 1965 biography R.N. Coles
observes: 'Sultan Khan's fa vourite
moveinalmostal
l
defencestothe
Queen 's Gambit, butnotgood here.'
S.cd5 cd5 6..J.
.
I4 �c6
6 .. . a6 against the Exchange Varia­
tion of the Slav Defence may look
modern, butin true factitwas al­
ready played at the Paris Olympiad
in 1924!
7...
.
c2
A highly unusual deviation from
the standard moves 7 .e3 and
7loe5. Sultan Khan repeated his
queenside experiment two rounds
later against A. Eva, one of the tail­
enders of the Championship. After
7.h3 e6 8.e3 'ifb6 9.J:I.bl ..l
l
b4
Mlr Sultan Khan
10...1ld3 ..l
l
d711.0-0J:l.c8 'thegame
was ultimately drawn '.
7...e6
7 ... g6 makes sense, in order to put
the bishop on f5 after all.
8.a3 ..l
l
d7 9.e3 'WaS?I 10.�d2
Black's queen sally is based on the
trap 10 . ..1ld3? �b4. but merely
loses time.
10.•.bS 1 1 .�b3 Wb6 12...1ld3
..l
l
e7 13.o-o J:l.c8 14.'We2 h6
1S.J:I.ac1 �aS 16.�aS WaS
17.e4 1i'b6 18.eS
Opening up the centre with 18.ed5
'Wd4 19...1le5 leaves a strong im­
pression, too.
18.. .�g8
The active reply 18 ...�e4 19.�4
de4 20.'We4 ..l
l
c6 runs into 2l .d5!
ed5 22.1i'f5, so the Indian new­
comer to the European chess scene
accepts his fate and retreats.
19.'ifg4 gS
19 ...�f8 20..
.i.
e3 is extremely pas­
sive, while 19 .. .g6 gets refuted by
20...1lg6 !.
.
20...Ile3 fS
20...h5 !? looks more promising to
modem eyes.
21 .ef6
21.11fh5 ! �fB 22.�e2 is awful for
Black.
21 • • .l0f6 22.�g6 �d8 23.9e2
J:l.c6 24..
.i.
d3..l
l
d6 2S.�h1 1i'b8
26.g3 J:l.c8 27.14 g4 28.fS e5
29.de5 �es 30.'Wf2 J:l.c6
31 ...1ld4
Forum
In his biography Ko meta Sultan
Khana Matsukevich condemns
this move and recommends
3l.J:I.fd 1.31.J:I.fe 1 is another attrac­
tive option.
31.....1ld4
32...
.
d4
1i'b6
33.l0e2?1
Matsukevich mentions 33.J:I.f4
¥d4 34.J:I.d4 J:l.d6 35.l0e4 lQe4
36.�e4 J:l.fB 'with a probable
draw ', but 33.11t"f4 ! is a lot stron­
ger. After 33 . ..J:I.e8 34.J:I.ce l
(34.J:I.fe1 ?! d4!) 34 ...J:I.e1 35.J:I.el
White remains very much on top.
33.•. 11t"d4 34.�d4 J:l.c1 35.J:I.c1
�e71 36.�g1
36.�g2 �d6 37 .h3 h5 38.hg4 hg4
keeps Black's advantage within
limits.
36. . . �d6 37.�12 J:l.e8 38.�b3?1
J:l.eS 39.�d4 �e4 40.�g2 J:l.e8+
41 .J:I.f1 �eS
42.�e2?1
Giving up the pawn loses without a
fight White should bite the bullet
and take on e4 either directly
(42.�e4 �d4 43 ...1lb1 J:l.e2 44.�g 1
J:l.b2 45.f6 �e8 46.�5 �
47 ...1lg4 J:l.b3) or after the interme­
diate 42.J:I.d1 J:l.c8 43 ...1le4 de4
44.� �5 45.�e3 .i.g6.
42.....1
1
1S-+ 43.�c3 J:l.f8 44.J:I.e1
�d4 45•..1le4 ..l
l
e4 46.�g1 �d3
47.J:I.d1 �c2 48.J:I.d4 �b2
49.l0e4 de4 50.J:I.e4 �a3 S1 .J:I.e3
�b4 S2.J:I.e4 �c3 S3.J:I.g4 aS
54.J:I.g6 J:l.h8 SS.J:I.a6 a4 S6.�11
�b3
o-1
Wil
li
am Fairhurst (1903-1982)
was a participant in the same Brit­
ish Championship. It took him
some three decades (in three
Olympiad games for Scotland:
17

Going lor Piece Play
6 . . .1iJe7 7.1i:lgf3
Midoux,Sebastien
Dunis,Aurelien
France tt 2006 (4)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.es .its 4..i.e3 e6
s./l
l
d2/l
l
d7 6..i.e2 f0e7 7./l
l
gf3
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l
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l
h4 16 ..i.h7
�h7 17./l
l
h4 .i.h4 18..i.e3 �gB
19./l
l
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:c4 2&.:b4 .i.b4 27.gS hgS
2&.:g3 :tea 29.�g2 .i.e7 30.h4 g&
31.hgS ghS 32.g6 tg& 33.:g& �
34.•hS
1·0
Ivanov,Alexander V
Margvelashvili,Giorgi
Ledyards 2006 (9)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.es .its 4..i.e3 e6
S.ll
l
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l
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l
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l
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ll
l
rs 10./l
l
rs .irs 11.11fc1 dc4 12./l
lc4
•c7 13.0-0 ll
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'r\J.Khurtsldze, Ekaterinburg Wch·W 20
06
)
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l
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l
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12 ..i.d2 aS 13.84 .i.e7 14.c4 IHl
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l
b8 [15 ...16 16.g4 ll
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l
h4 17.1l
l
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.
d3 g&
30.:a& 1ifd7 31./l
l
cS 11fe7 32...
.
d2
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35.:a7 �g8 36.g3 11fg5 37.h4 1-<l
Attacking the Head
6...16
Rublevsky,Sergey
Bologan,Viktor
Sochi tt 2005 (4)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.eS .itS 4..i.e3 e6
S.ll
l
d2 tt:ld7 6.�e2 f6
7./l
l
gf3 'W'c7 Bit4 te5 9./l
l
eS .i.d6
1 0./l
l
df3 [10..i.g4] 10.•./l
l
gf& 11.1Hl
1Hl12..i.g3 [12.1l
l
d71l
ld7
=] 12.•.:aea
13.:e1 ll
l
e4 14./l
l
d7 1Wd7 1S ..i.d6
'W'd6 16id3 ..
.
b4 17.:b1 c5 18.83
'W'b6 19.�e4 de4 20.dc5 1Wc5
21.•d4 'W'c2 22.:bc1 'W'd3
23.:ed1 es 24.'Wb4 [24...
.
a7 :cS
25./l
l
eS •dS 26.14 el3 27./l
l
13 :c1
2s.:c1 �I 24.....
.
a6 2S.:d& b6
26./l
l
gS :ca 27...
.
b3 [Zi'.:cS 'IWcS
28...
.
d2 h6 29...
.
d5�h830.:c6..
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d7
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d7 32.:c7 hg5 33.:d7 e5=]
27...�h8 2B.:cd1 11fb7+ 29.f3
1Wc7 30.te4 'W'c5 31 .�h1 fJ.
.
g4-+
32.1l
l
f3 •12 33.:&d2 :t3 34.1Wf3
'tWd2 3S.'IWg4 :c1
0·1
Spraggett,Kevin
Kononenko,Tatiana
Salou 2005 (5)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 dS3.e5 .itS4ie3e6
s.ll
l
d2 10d7 6.�e2 f6 7.10gf3 [7.14
'itb6 8.g4 �g6 9.el6 ll
l
g16 1 O..i.d3
(Korneev·Burmakin, Oos Hermanas 20
06
)
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l
e5
Il
l
eS 9.deS ll
l
e7 10.1l
l
b3 �g6 11.t4
ll
l
ts 12..i.f2 .i.e7 13.1Hl CHl 14.C4
:t7 15.cd5 cd5 16.:c1 ± .if8
17.11fd2 aS · 1B.g4 .i.b4 19 ...
.
d1
/l
l
h& 20./l
l
d4+- 11fe7 [20 ...'Wee 21 .a3
.i.IS 22..i.b5] 21 .a3 �c5 22.:cs W'cs
23.f5 ets 24.gf5 'We7 2S.tg& •ss
26.�h1 .g6 27if3 �h8 2B.:g1
'ilrb6 29.e6 :t& 30.'tWd2 :atB
31 •.i.h4 :f3 32.e7 :3f7 33.ef8:
:ta 34igs ll
l
ts 35./l
l
ts :rs
36ie3 'We& 37.1i'g2 :t7 38..i.d4
1i'e4 39.•e4 de4 4o.:9s e4
41 .:e5
lbraglmov,lldar
Erenburg,Sergey
Beer Sheva Wch-tt 2005 (e)
1-<l
1.e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.eS .itS 4ie3 e6
S.ll
ld
2ll
l
d7 6ie2 f6 7.ef6 /l
l
gf6
B.g4 �g6 9.h4 h6 [9.. ..i.d6] 10./l
l
h3
.i.d6 11.1l
l
t4 .i.f7 12.�d3 11faS
13.10g& :ga 14.c3 o-o-o 1s.g5 hgS
[15.../l
l
eS;!;] 16.hg5 /l
l
e4 17..i.e41±
de4 1B.ll
l
e4 'tWdS 19./l
l
d& Wd&
20it4 e5 21.10eS �dS 22.:g1
:gtB 23.'itd2 Il
le
s 24ie5 'Wg&
2S.f4 :h8 26.Q-(H) :h3 27.c4 J.e4
2B...
.
aS Wf7 29.b3 a6 30.:ge1
.i.g& 31 .:d2 :d7 32.�b2 'Wts
33.dS :d3 34.:h2 :h3 35.:h3
•h3 36.'Wc5 1i'g3 37...
.
a7 :e7
38...
.
b8 �d7 39.dc6 � 40ic3
Attacking the Ta li
6 ...c5
Rublevsky,5ergey
Dreev,Aiexey
Sochi tt 2006 (1)
1·0
1.e4 c& 2.d4 dS 3.eS .its 4.fJ.
.
e3e6
s.ll
l
d2ll
l
d7 6..i.e2 ,c5 7./l
l
gf3 c4
B.!Hl bS 9./l
l
e1 .i.g& 1 D.g4 �b41?
11.c3 .i.aS 12.1l
l
g2/l
l
e7 13.10t4 b4
14.:c1 bc3 1S.bc3 ll
l
b& 16.h4 h5
(16...h6 17./l
l
g6ll
l
g6 18.h5 /l
l
e7]
17.1iJg6 10g6 1B.ghS ll
l
h4= 19.�g4
g& 20.hg& ll
l
g& 21.1l
l
t3 :ga
22..ig5 'itd7 23.'itd2 ll
l
a4 24.�92

tlb8 2S.tlc2 �dB 26.llh1 �e7
27_�g3 -.
.
c7 28.�e7 t:oe7 29.l!�g5
ttg7 30.1if4 �d7 31.•f6 !lbg8
32.f4 .b6 [32. .. Wb81 33.� llg61
34.trt7 !18g7 35...te6 �c6 36..id5 �d5
37 .•15] 33.� � [33... llg6 34.•17
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l
8g7 35.�e6 ..
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e6 36.1We6 lie& 37.�
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34.:c3 •d4 35.:hc1 � 36.�h5
1Wb7 37...tfT d4 38.� :g&
39•..te6 �e8 40.1Wf7 �8 41 .:c4
Fedorov,Aiexey
Wells, Peter
Warsaw Ech 2006 (B)
Hl
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d53.e5 �f5 4.�e3 e6
5.�d2 � &..
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e2 c5 7./Llb3 c4
8.1Lld2 f6 9./Llgf3 �e7 [9.. ..c7]
10.ef6 �f6 [10 ...gf6 11./Llh4] 11.�5
�c6 12.g4 �e4 13.CHI .i.g6 14.f4
1rb6 1S.b3
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e1
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.
12]
16.ab3 .i.b4 [16...1Lld4 17./(}dc4 dc4
18...
.
d4..
.
d4 19id4±] 17.�df3 ILleS
18./LleS .te4 [1B..ic3] 19.c4 dc4
20.bc4 CHI 21.gS+- ..tc3 22.J:l83 ·
.b2 23.J:lb3 .i.c2 24.J:lb2 ..td1
25.J:ld1 .tb2 26.gf6 gf6 27.�d3
.tc3 28.J:lc1 .i.es 29..tf3 J:l8d8
30./LlcS e5 31 ..tdS
1-0
Mc5h8ne,Luke
Ledger,Andrew
England tt 2005/08 (9)
1 .e4 c& 2.d4 d5 3.e5 ..trs 4ie3 e6
5./Lld2 �d7 6i82 c5 7./Llgf3 t:oe7
B.c4 cd4 9•..td4 &6 10.cd5 eelS
ll.CHI .te7 12...
.
b3 �b6 13.e6
[1 3.�d3 i.e&; 13.84 0-0 14.a5 �d7cxo]
13...fe6?1 [13....i.e6 14ig7 l:lgB]
14...tg7 l:lg8 1S..bs ..td& 16•..tg3
..tg3 17.hg3;1; 1fd6 18...tb5 (H
H)
19.:8c1 �b8 20ic6 be& 21 •• c3
J:lc8 22.�b3 ILld7 23.�bd4 c5
24.�f5 ef5 25••d3 l:lcf8 26.J:lfd1
�b6 27.a4 c4 2a:ee2 �4 29.J:lc4
�b6 30.J:lh4 J:lg7 31.�d4 l:lb7
32.b3 �a& 33.•ra J:lbf7 34.J:lf4
•d7 3S.J:le1 &8 36.-.hS J:lf6
37.J:le5 t:oe7 38.J:lf3 •c7 39.J:lfe3
�g& 40Jlf5 :rs 41 .�f5 •c2
42.�d6 ..
.
c6 43.J:le6 J:ld8 44./LleB
Wc1 45.¢>h2 1fc8 46.-.e2 Wb7
47.� •b4 48.�b5 •ra 49.�c7
'i>b8 so.•bs �ca Sl.'ifa& �b8
S2.1fc6 a5 · 53 .�86 �87 54...
.
b6
Miscellaneous Moves
6..Q.e2
Cabrer8,Aiexis
Spassov,Liuben
Cullera 2003 (4)
1-0
1.e4 c& 2.d4 dS 3.es .trs 4ie3 e6
S.ILld2 �7 6ie2 ..te7 7.�gf3
.tg& &.CHI �h6 9.c3 �f5 10if4
CHI 1 1.b4 as 12.a3 b5 13.�b3 ab4
14.8b4 •c7 1S.�a5 �b6 16.•d2
..thS 17.1:la2 �f3 1Bif3 �c4
19.�c4 bc4 zo::r81 ft7 21.'ltc2
l:lfb8 22.1:la4 i.dB 23...tg4 f0e7
24ig5 h& 2S...th4 l:l84 26.tfa4;t
•d7 27.f4 ..tb6? 2Bie7 •e7
29...
.
c6+- �4 30.•d6 l:lb7
31•..te6 ..
.
,4 32.-.dS l:le7 33ih3
•e3 34.�h1 •c3 35Jld1 •c2
36.J:lf1 •82 37.J:lc1 •e3 38Jld1
c3 39..trs :ea 40.-.c& l:lb8 41.e&
fe6 42...te& �h8 43.•d6 l:leB
44.J:lf1 ..
.
e6 45...
.
g3 ..td4 46.•d3
.tf6
Q-1
Efimenko,lahar
Postny,Evgeny
Gen
n
any Bundesliga 2005/06 (14)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.e5�fS 4...te3 e6
s.�d2 �d7 6.�e2 �g6 7.h4 h&
B.h5 �h7 9.�gf3 �7 10.�b3 �cB
Survey CK 4.2
11.o-o .te7 12.�h2 [12.�; 12.�1]
12.• .�cb6 13.1Lld2 CHI 14.c3 c5
1S.e4 :ca 16.aS cd4 17.id4 IL!c4
18.�c4 dc4 19.�g4 •c7 20.1:la4
.te4 21 .1:lc41 [2U.c4 ..tc6 22..;a1
.tg2 23.¢>g2 .c4 24...ta7 ..tc5 25..tc5
�] 21 • .• •as 22.J:la4 •c7 23.1:la7
J:lfd8 24.if3 .tcS 2S.I:la4 [25..te4
..ta7 26...ta7 �e5 27id4 IOg4 28...
.
g4
f5 29if5 ef5 30.•15.t] 2S....
.tf3
[25.. .b5
26.1:la1 ..td4 27.cd4 'lfbM] 26••f3 b5
27.J:la81 i.d4 28.cd4 •c2 29.d5?1
[29.1:lld1 �b6 30./0e3;] 29•.•edS
30.•d5 �c5 31 .•f3 �· 32.�e3
.b2 33.�fS J:lc3 34.•g4 l:lc4
35.•g3 l:lc3 36...
.
g4 J:lc4 37••g3
:c3 38••g4 1:lc4
¥2-Y.!
Fluvia Poyatos,Joan
Conquest,Stuart
Andorra Ia Vella 2005 (9)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 ..tfS 4...te3 e6
5.�2 �d7 6ie2 J:lc8 7.�gf3
..tg& B.CHI �h6?1 9•..th6 gh6 10.c4
10•..dc4 [10..ie7 11.11'b3 l:lc7
12.•83±; 10.. ig7 1 Lcd5 cd5 12.• a4
as 13.:ac1;!;] 11.� �b6 12••b3;1;
l:lg8 13.84 � 14.�fd2 �b4
15.1:lac1 J:lc7 16if3 ..te7 17.g3?1
� 18.1:lfd1 �d3 19.J:lc2 ..
.
d4
20.�f1 �c5 [20.. .b5 21 .ab5 cbS 22.Wb5
'W'c5 23...
.
c5 J:lc5'f] 21 .•82 �d3
22.�d6? [22.�1e3J 22_.-.eS-+
23.:cS ..
.
cS 24.�f7 .tf1 25.1t'e6
l:lg& 26.1We4 Wf7 27.J:lf1 �g7
2B.J:le1 ..tgs 29.b4 •e7 30.•b1
l:le6 31 .1:ld1 ..tf6 32.h4 ..tc3
33.•b3 .f6 34.1:ld3 ..td4 35.�g2
J:lce7 36.•c2 l:le2 37.1:ld2 l:ld2
38.'W'd2 l:lf7 39.•d3 a& 40.�h3
•rs
o-1
85

Scandinavian Defence
Main Line 3 . ..'ti'd6 SO 8.12 (801)
Sorry, No Adva ntage fo r Wh ite! -
Part I
by Andreas Tz ermiadianos
1. e4
dS
2. ed5 "ifdS
3. ll:lc3 'ifd6
4. d4
ll:lf6
5. ll:lf3 a6
6. ll:le5 ll:lc6
7. �f4
will gain treme ndous compensa­
tion. For example, after 8 ..."iff4
9.ll:lh8 ll:le4 ! (9 .. .ll:ld4 !?) IO.ll:le4
We4 Il.'ife2 'ife2 12.�e2 ll:ld4
Black has the initiative) 8 ...ll:le5
9.de5 Wc6 (9...1i'b4! IO."ife2
'irb2 11.0-0 "ifc3 12.ef6 gf6 is a
--�����=--==
.
.
-
"very nsk:Y choice� but at least
After 6 . .. ll:lc6 White can choose
between a tactical and a safe op­
tion. The tactical choice, 7.�4.
will be investigated here. In the
second instalment we will cone _
centrate on the safe 7.ll:lc6.
7.�4 is the most straightforward
continuation. Black must be
well-prepared and ready to sacri­
fice material in order to take the
initiative. First let's take a look at
Black's unsuccessful tries.
Unsucces
s
ful Tries
A) 7...ll:le5?! 8.�e5 "ifd8?!
(8..."ifb6 !?) 9.11ff3 Z:b8 10.�c4
e6 11.0-0± Dubois-Dacalor,
Vichy 200
0
;
B) 7.. .�f5?! 8.�c4! (it is al­
ways wrong for White, in this
kind of position, to take the ex­
change with 8.ll:ln? !, as Black
86
Blackwill have some pawns ifhe
survives) IO.W'e2 "ifg2 11.0-0-0
ll:le4 U.ll:ld5 0-0 -0 13.ll:le3±
Arakhamia Grant-Mas hinskaya,
Varna 2002;
C) 7 .. ."ifd4?! 8.ll:lc6 11fd l
9Jidl bc6 IO.�c7 is slightly
better for White, as many games
have proved.
Interesti ng Deviations
Black also has some interesting
deviations.
D) 7....ie6!? is an interesting
idea, with the intention of taking
with __the queen on d4 later on, as
White does not have a useful
move. After 8.11fd2 (8.00?! 'iff4
9.ll:lh8 ll:ld4 (or 9...ll:lg4 !? 10.11fd2
"ifd2 ll.�d2 ll:ld4 and Black has
an advantage in development)
10.ll:le2 ll:le2 ll."ife2 �d5 12.c4
.i.c6=+) 8 ...1!Vd4 9.ta:6 11fd2
10.�d2 bc6 ll.�c7 g6 12.�d3
�6 13.'�e2 0-
-0
, Black had good
counterplay in Klykow-Kryszto­
fiak, Krakow 2004;
E) 7.. .�g4 8."ifd2 (better was
8.f3 �f5 9.�c4) 8 ...ll:le5 9.�e5
"f
f
d7 10.h3 �e6 ll.�f6 gf6
12.d5 �f5 13.g4 �g6 14.0-0-0
h5 15.�e2 �6 16.f4
(Brunello-Borgo, Milan 2003).
After 16... 0-0 -0 Black would
have had good counterchances.
The Critical Test
Now let's look at the most princi­
pled move which is also the main
line.
F) 7...ll:ld4 ! The critical test.
Fl) 8.ll:lf7?! 11ff4 9.ll:lh8
ll:lg4!N (A strong novelty!
9...�5 was tried in Belov­
Khasangatin, Internet 2004 and
after 10.� ll:lg4 11."ifd2 "ifd2
12.�d2 Black should have con­
tinued 12 ...g6!, with a nice ad­
vantage) 10."ifd2 'ifd2 ll.�d2
ll:lf2 12.ll:ld5 (12.Z:gl �f5 )
12...�d7 13.Z:gl e6 14.ll:le3
�cS 15.ll:lf7 ll:lf5 16.ll:le5 �e7+;
F2) 8.�d3 �5 ! (8...ll:le6?!
9.�g3 1ib6 10...
.
d2g6 11.0-0-0
�g7 12.h4 leaves White with
compensation for the pawn, as in
Kostenko-Ovetchkin, Samara
2002; 8 ... ll:lg4?! 9.ll:le4 "ifb6
IO.ll:lg4 .i.g4 11.1i'g4 fS 12.1fdl
fe4 13.�e4, and White has the
initiative; 8...g5?! 9.�g3 ll:lfS
10."ife2 ll:lg3 ll.hg3 �g7 (or
l L.�e6 12.0 -0 -0 "ifb6 l3.f4

gf4 I4.gf4 �g7 15.�c4 �c4
!6.'irc4 e6 Mastrovasilis-Skem­
bris, Kavala 2004 17.1ia4! c6
1 B.it:lc4±) 12.0 -0 -0 1t'b6 13.f4
gf414.gf4 h5 15.��6!± Kosten­
ko-Zaitsev, Prokoj evsk 1997)
9.0-0 (9.�n •f4 IO.�hB 0-0-0
leaves Black with nice compen­
sation, although the position
needs more analysis) 9. ..�d3
IO...
.
d3 �c6 (or 10...�e6!?
!l.1if3 .,6 12.J:lfd1 �f4
! 3.•f4 e6 14.� �e7=)
Il.'ire2 �5 12.�e5 •c6
!3.J:ladl with a slight edge for
Black, see Hommeles-Dutreeuw
in the Game Section;
F3) B�c4 h6 (B... e6?! 9.0-0
g5 10.�g3 .dB 1l.�f3 �f3
12. Wf3 with the initiative in
Zvara-Mozes, Germany 1999/00;
8...�e6?! 9.11Ff3, with the initia­
tive in Vaz.q uez-Ivanovich Biu.­
sinde, Pamplona 2002).
NowWhitehasmanywaystotry
for nothing(!):
F31) 9.M? 11'f4 10.�e6
li:le6+ ;
F32) 9.�g6?! Wc5 10.�e6
hg6 ll.�b3 J:ldB 12.Wc1 e6
13 .•e3 �b3 14.ab3 •e3
15.R.e3 R.d6+ Calzetta Ruiz­
Schar
re
r, Ve rona 2006;
F33) 9.�e2 h4 10.�d4 Wd5
11.11'd2 •e4 12.W'e3 1i'e3
13. .i.e3 �d5+ Ageichenko-V.
Zaitsev, Moscow 1999;
F34) 9�!? g5!? (9.. .1i'b4?!
run ofeev-Lysyj, Moscow 2006
10.0-0! .,2 (10.. .�2!?) l l.�a4
1!Vb4 12.c3 �2 13...
.
e2 Wf4
14.�5. with an advantage in de-
velopment for White) IO.�g3
1t'b6 ll.Wd2 �f5 12.0-0-0 �g3
13.hg3 was unclear in Erice
Alonso-Perez, Marin 2001;
F35) 9�e6 � 10.1i'f3
(10,�g3 1i'd1 ll.J:ld1 g6 12.0-0
�5 13.1Ue1 �g7 14.J:ld3 0-0
15.�d5 J:lfeB 16.�4 �g3
17.hg3 c6 1B.ll:ldb6 J:ladB+
Parkanyi-Mozes, Miskolc 2001)
10...�f4 11.1i'f4 e6. In these po­
sitions (which can arise from the
Scandinavian, the French and the
Caro-Kan
n
), where Black has
less space than White, he has no
problems if he manages to ex­
change two minor pieces. At the
end of Mortensen-Bronstein (see
Game Section), Black seems
slightly better. Bronstein is one of
thegreatmastersofthepastwho
has played the Scandinavian with
3...1i'd6 on a regular basis;
F4) B.�g6 is the biggest prob­
lem for Black, as there is a fo rced
draw here, see the game Smith­
Sermek, Auckland 200
0
.
A Strong Kotro nlas Novelty
Soallse
e
ms fine for Black, but
White has a fo rced draw. Is there
awaytotryforafight?Once
more, the strong GM Vasilios
Kotronias hasfound the solution.
G) 7 ... �g4! A strong novelty !
1bis is a very interesting way to
continue the fight, but it certainly
needs more analysis.
Gl) 8.�d3 •d4 9.R.c7 e5=F;
G2) B.�g3 �ge5 9.de5 11t'd1
lO.J:ldl R.£5 ! (10...ll:lb4 1 U:ld2
R.£5 12.e6! fe6 (12...�e6!)
SuNey SD 8. 12
13.�c7 �2 14.'itdl J:lc8
15.�g3 ll:lb4 16.h2 h51
17.�f3! h4 1B.�b7 J:lc5
19.�bB±) 1l.e6 �e6 12.�c7
J:lc8 13 .R.g3 g6 (13...�b4!?)
14.�a4 J:ldB 15.�5 J:ldl
16.'itdl �c8 17.�c4 e5! 18.00
f6 19.f4 R.g4 20.'itd2 �6=;
G3) 8.R.e2 �ge5 9.de5 is criti­
cal. Black must choose:
G3 1) 9...11Vb4 is the compli­
cated line: 10.11fd2 R.f5 11.0 -0 -0
(1l.e6?! J:ldB ! 12.en 'itf7
13.11t'e3 e5! 14.�e5 J:le8, and
Black has the initiative) l l...J:ld8
12.We3 e6! (12. ..�d4? 13.e6!
lt:le6 14.J:ldB �d8 15.�c7 �7
16.11dl �cB 17.J:ld4 •a5
IB.J:la4 (Black's queen is
trapped !) 18 ... ll:ld5 19."ti'e5+-)
13.J:ld8 �dB 14.g4! �g6 15.h4
�c5 16.1t'g3 �c2! 17.�c2 li:ld4
lB.'it>bl ! (18.�dl 1i'b2)
18...�e2
19.Wd3
li:ld4
(19...R.d4 ? 20.�d2 !+-) 20.�d2
h7 2l.J:ldl 'itc8, with an un­
clear position;
G32) 9...�e5 ! The easiest line
for Black. White seems to have
some compensation for the pawn
but he must prove it, as there is
nothing concrete, e.g . IO .•d6
cd6 (10... ed6 !? Il.li:ld5 �dB)
II.ll:ld5 J:lbB. I couldn'tfind any- ­
thing dangerous for Black here.
Conclusion
In the line with 7 .�f4, the replies
7.. .�e6 !? and 7 ...�g4 are inter­
esting and already give Black
promising counterchances. The
more principled 7 ...�4! also
suf
fi
ces, but allows White to
force a draw,
whereas
Kotronias's invention 7 .. .�g4!
still seems to give Black plenty
to play for. However, further
analysis wil
l
be needed here.
87

Unsuccessful Tries
7...1ile5?1; 7. ..�d4?!
Dubois,Martine
Dacalor,Aurelie
Vichy ch·FRA-W 2000 (10)
1.e4 ds 2.ed5 'i
i'
ds 3.1a:3 'i
i'
d&
4.d4 <l
l
f& 5.<l
l
f3 a& &.<l
l
e5<l
l
c&
7.�f4 <l
l
eS?I (7.
..
�15 8.�c4 (8.<l
l
f7?1
11'14 9.<l
l
h8<l
l
e41 (9... <l
l
d41?) 10.<l
l
e4
1i'e4 11.1i'e2 1i'e2 12.�82 10d4t)
B...<l
leS
9.de5 (9.�e5 1i'c6) 9 . .. 1i'c6?1
(9 .. . 1i'b4! 10.1i'82 1i'b2 11.CHl 1i'c3 12.el6
gfSa>) 10...
.
82..
.
g2 11.0-D-0 <l
l
e4
12.<l
l
d51 o-o-o 13.<l
l
e3± l:ld1 14.l:ld1
..
.
g6 15...
.
d3 oi>b8 16...
.
dB �cB 17.e61
<l
l
d6 1B.<l
ld
51-l
l
Arakhamia Grant­
Mashinskaya. Varna Ech-W 2002] 8.�e5
..
.
d871 [B...1i'b61?) 9...
.
f3 l:lb8
10.�C:4 e6 11.ll-O±_<l
l
d7 12.�g3 b5
13.�b3 l:lb6 14.1lad1 �d& 15.1lfe1
(15.d51 e5 16.<l
l
e4o-o17...
.
82IS1B.<l
l
d6
cd6 19.14 e4 20.�12±] 15•• .11-0 16.�e5
�b7 17 ...
.
g3 �eS 18.de5 •e7
19.a4 c5 20.a5 l:lc6 21 .<l
l
e4 llc7
22.<£\f& 'i>h8 23.<l
l
h5 llg8 24.c4
llccs 25.<l
l
f4<l
l
b8 26.cb5 ab5
27.�e61 l:lce8 (27...te6 2B.<l
l
g6 hg6
29. � 1i'h4 30.1i'h4X] 28.i.d5 i.dS
29.<l
l
d5 •a7 30.e& l± lle& 31 .1le6
fe& 32.<l
l
f471 (32 ...
.
c71+- a-jlS
SSed
pawn) 32•••1i'f7 33.a6? <l
la
& 34.1ld7
•rs+ 35.h3 es 36.l:la7 ef4 37.�
<l
l
b4 38.1i'f3 h& 39.oi>h2 <l
l
d3
40.1i'e2 c4
0-1
Grunina,Nina
Mashinskaya,lulia
Serpukhov 2003 (9)
1.e4 dS 2.ed5 •ds 3.<l
l
c3 •d&
4.d4 <l
l
f& 5.<l
l
f3 a& &.<l
l
e5<l
l
c&
7.�f4 1i'd471 a.<l
l
c& 1i'd1 9.1ld1
88
be& 10ic7;!; .1
1.
d7 [10..it5 11 . .i.a6
<l
ltfl
12..1
1.
d3 g6 13.i.f5 gf5 14.o-o (14.b31
lla3 (14....1
1.
g7 15.<l
l
a4±) 15.1ld3 �g7
16.oi>82±) 14...i.g7 15.1lle1 .l:la7
(1S... i.c3 16.bc3 l:la2 17.i.d6 e6 1Ua1
l:la1 19.1la1 <l
l
b6 20.i.CS±) 16.i.d6 �16
17.l:ld3 hS 1B.l:lde3 e6 19.a4± Pisk­
Jirovsky, Czech It 20
05106
; 10...�b7
11.�e2 (11.�c41?t) 11...e6 12.o-o cs
13.<£\bS?I �c6?1 (13....i.a71 14.<l
l
d6?1
oi>d7 15.<l
l
b7 oi>c7) 14.<l
ld
6 "'e7
1S.<l
lc
4±<l
ld5
16.i.g3 � 17.11181 lldB
18.<l
le5
1he19ia61620.<l
l
d3 hS
21.<l
lc5
�f7 22.c4 h4 23.cd5 hg3 24.hg3
Hl CalzeHa Rulz-VInas Guerrero, Gibrahar
2005] 11ic41 (1 1.<l
la
4?! e6
(11 . . . <£\dSI?=) 12 ..i.a5 (12.<l
lb6
±)
12...<£\dS 13.c4 <l\16 14.i.e2 i.e7 1S...tl3
llb8 16.b3 CS 17.<l
lc3
i.dB 1B.i.dB lldB
19.1ld6 i.cB _20.l:ldB oi>dB 21.<l
l
a4<l
l
d7
22.o-o (22.
..
.tcs
Il
l
eS) 22...'i>c7= Staller­
CampanHe, Salzburg 2003) 11.••e6
12.11-0 <l
l
dSI 13...tg3 .1
1.
b4 [13 ...<l
l
c3
14.bc3 cs 1S.l:lb1t] 14.1oa4 [14.<l
l
e41t,
d6<] 14.•.11-0 15.a3 i.e7 16.�b3
lla7 17.c4 <l
l
f& 18..1
1.
d6 �d&
19.1ld& llb8 20.<l
l
c5 .tea 21 .1lfd1
� 22.f3 �7 23.1l&d3 <l
l
d7
24.<l
l
a4 f6 (24...c51?=) 25.c5?1 �g&
26.1le3 l:lb3 27.1lb3 .1
1.
c2 28.1ldd3
�d3 29.l:ld3 aS= 3D.f4 llb7 31.l:ld6
<l
l
b8 32.1ld3 <l
la
& 33.1lh3 h&
34.1lg3 "'" 35.l:lc3 l:lb8 (3S.. .l:ld7�)
36.1lc2 g6 37.� e5?1 (37...1lb3�)
38.fe571 (;!: 38.1ld2 oi>e7 39.1le2=)
3B...fe5 39.'i>ea � 40.�
<l
l
b41+ 41 .ab4 l:lb4 42.oi>e3 lla4
43.1ld2 l:lb4 44.g3 hS 45.h3 g5
46.1ld6 ""5 47.l:lc& llb3 48.oi>f2
l:lb2 49.oi>e3 llb3 50.� llc3-+
51 .l:lc8 oi>e4 52.c6 llc2 53.�1 a4
54.c7 a3 55.1la8 l:lc7 56.l:la3 llc2
57.l:la4 oi>d3 58.l:la3 l:lc3 59.1la5
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Interesting Deviations
7 ....C.e6!?; 7. ...C.g4!?
Brunello,Sabino
Borgo,Giulio
Milan 2003 (3)
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g51 26.1lg1 'tffS] 26.1ld5 'l
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from the Sicilian SveshnikD\111) 28.<£\f&
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32.l:ldd1 77 b47 (32...e3! 33.oi>a1
'tfgS-+] 33.1lh1 ? 'tff2 34.1ldf1 e3
35.oi>a1 tfd2 (3S . .. 'tfc2+) 36.'tfd2
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g4
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d4 40.a3 .1
1.
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7.. .1Zld4
Belov,VIadimir
Khasangatin,Ramil
lntemel 2004 (1 1)
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l
c3 'tfd6
4.d4 <l
l
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l
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�15 16.�e5 wen=] 10..1ld3 �g4
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h6 16.1Pe1 /t}e4:i:) 13....1ld3 14.cd3
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gs 37.wc2 .l
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Mastrovasllis,Dimitrlos
Skembrls,Spyridon
Kavala 2004 {6)
1·0
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d6
4.d4 �f6 5.�13 a& 6.� �c6
7..1lf4 � 8.id3 gS?I 9•.i.g3 �fS
10.'ife2 �g3 11.hg3 .i.e&t?
(11....1lg7 12.Q.O-O .b6 13.14 gl4 14.gf4
h5? {14.. ..i.e
e
l 15..1lc41t transposes to the
game; 15.15 .i.d5�) 15.�g61± Kostenko­
Zaitsw, Prokojevsk 1997) 12.1Hl-0 ..
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b6
13.14 [13..i.c41? J.c4 (13....1lg7?
14-�+-) 14.�1) 13 . . . gf4 14.gf4
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c4 (15...h5 16.�
(16.:he1 !?) 16...:h6 17.15 �g4 18..ie6
le6 19.l:the1 .l
lc3
20.bc3±) 16••c4 e6
17.'ifd3 [17.•a41 c6 18.�±1
17····b4 18 .•f3 Q-0 [1 8...h5 19.151
�g4 2M:lf7 Wf7 21 .fe6 we6 22.l:thf1+-)
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Dutre
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Belgium tt 2004/05 {2)
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14...a5 b5?1 (14...11Jd51 15.hSI (15.c4
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l
g7
22.hg6 hg6 23.l:t8h4 �dS+ 24.b3 .IllS
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Samara 2002) 9.1Hl [9.�r7?1 11
1'
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l
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Mozes,Ervin
Gen
n
any tt 1999/00
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24.'lte5 'ltd& 2S.'lt'g7 �b6
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34.d5 .i.d7 35.1lb1 f4 36..i.c4 llc2
Ageichenko,Gennady
Zaltsev,Vadim
Moscow ch-city 1999 (8)
1-Q
1.e4 dS 2.ed5 tfd5 3.� 1id6
4.d4 lt:lf6 5.lt:lf3 a6 6.10e5 lt:lc6
7..i.f4 lt:ld4 8�c4 .i.e& 9.lt:le2
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11 .•d2 •e4 12.1fe3 Wfe3 13..Qe3
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16./()dt& e6 17.1lc1 lt:lgBI? 18.c5 f6
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29.Wf3 .tb2 3D.lla7
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Tlmofeev,Vladimir
Lysyj ,lgor
Moscow 2006 (1)
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Bronsteln,Davld
Hastings 1996/96 (1 1 )
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Sermek,Drazen
Auckland ch·NZL 2000 (10)
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Berlin Defence
RL 7.4 (C67)
Westeri nen Va riation Exh�med and
Buried Ag ain
by Carlos Matamoros
1. e4
e5
2. ltJf3 ILleS
3. �b5 ltJf6
4.o-o
ltJe4
5. d4
/tJd6
6. �c6 dc6
7.deS ltJe4
Some years ago, a pupil of mine
desperately needed a weapon
against the Ruy Lopez, as she
was having disastrous results
with her usual defence against it.
I somehow remembered a Sur­
vey by the late 1M Jaan Eslon,
who died so prematurely, on the
We sterinen Vari ation of the
Berlin Defence (characterized
by the move 7...1Lle4!?) inthe
Spanish magazine Te oria. We
made a thorough study of it, after
which she began using it suc­
cessfully.
Boosted by my pupil's good re­
sults I decided to use it myself on
my second and, as I learned only
a few moves later, final match
game agai nst Vl ktor Bologan at
the 2005 Wo rld Cup. Having lost
the first game, I was very much
.
in need of a win and this obscure
variation seemed a good way to
give him something to think
about Things worked out well at
the outset. Bologan moved
slowly and I, in respectful dis­
agreement with Bologan's own
assessment in Chess lnfoT1TilUit
95, got a good position from the
opening. Unfortu nately, I mis­
played the ensuing position and
White gained the upper hand. Fi­
nally, resigned to a draw, which
meant my elimination, I deliv­
ered the wrong check (dixit
Fri tz) and allowed Bologan tc
finish the game with a nice attack
with his major pieces.
I thought I was more than fine at
some stage, and couldn 't find
where I had gone wrong, even in
a joint analysis with afew grand­
master friends that night. Nor
will you discover it by reading
the analysis published in Chess
Informant. The answer was pre­
sented to me by Levan Aronian
in a casual conversation the day
after the game.
Helkkl Westerlnen In 1976
He pointed out 22. ..�e4!, a
move be had fo und at a glance, I
guess, during one of his walks
along the playing ball while his
own game was in ptogress and -
this surprised me even more -
while there were many other,
more il
l
ustrious games than
mine worth looking at. This is
undoubtedly the mark of a truly
great player.
By the way, the drawing possibil­
ityattheendofthegamewasfrus­
trated in Chess Irrformant by some
kind ofdeus exmachinathat cor­
rupted the moves from 28 on­
wards, moves which dif
f
er from
thoseonmy score sheetandinthe
databases, and jumped to the ac­
tual position on move 39 (43 in
'real life '). By way of consolation,
the reader of the Chess Info rmant
series wil
l
be able to enjoy the nice
finish that did happen.
91

Some months later, I had the op­
portunity to repeat the first 13
moves of the aforeme ntioned
game against Spraggett who, af­
ter prolonged thought, decided
to steer clear ofBologan's path. I
managed to win, although not
very convincingly. Anyway, I
guess I was OK after the ope­
ning. For both games see the
Main Games in the Game
Section.
Exchanging One Pair of
Knights
So what is the big deal with
7 ...llJe4 in contrast to 7...llJf5 ?
a Knight for illustrations of this
theme.
Exchanging Bishops
A singular option arises when
Black relinquishes the 'advan­
tage' of the two bishops (in fa ct,
this variation is justified by the
weakness of the light square
complex, rather than the advan­
tage of the two bishops) and ex­
changes both dark-squared
bishops to solve · his capacity
problems. See the section Both
Dark-squared Bishops are Ex­
changed.
On e4 the knight is ideally Attacking the Knight on e4
placed to exchange itself for a Now let's move to the bad news.
whiteki
ii
gliCT!ilS little pieceor - Theki:i
i
gb.f is-iithei uns table on
wisdom is general knowledge e4 and vulnerable to attack.
nowadays, after many years of White has tried several methods
playing the Berlin proper with to exploit this with an early
7. .. llJf5, and looks perfectly log- g2-g4, for example after the
ical (the weakness of the light moves 8.'tlfe2 .tf5 9Jldl 'tlfc8,
squares is underlined, plus either immediately or after the
somehow the lack of space preparatory lO.llJd4 .i.cS, or
problem is solved) but, as usual, even after (same first ten moves)
everything looks easy if you ll.f3 .i.d4 12Jld4 llJc5. Black
know how. Before the Berlin has been able to resist this assault
was widely played, even strong fairly easily. For ·all these at­
players were not quite aware of tempts, see the section g4 Attack.
this. See the section Exchange
of One Pa ir of Knights for illus­
trations of this theme.
Exchanging Bishop for Knight
Thus, the ending after 7...llJe4
8...
.
d8 is not particularly desir­
able for the white player. We also
know from the 'normal' Berlin,
and we can safely extrapolate
this to the We sterinen Vari ation
middlegame, that the black
king's bishop is happy to be ex­
changed for one of the white
knights for the same reasons that
Black likes to exchange both
knights. See the section Black
Exchanges the Ki ng 's Bishopfo r
92
Sulskls's Final Answer
Therealanswercamefromthe
other side. Sarunas Sulskis intro­
duced ll.b4!, a move which,
according to Eslon, made
Wes terinen abandon the line for
some time. Then somehow Black
managed to survive for a while in
the complications after n_.i.b6
U.f3..
.
d7 and We sterinen kept
playing his line with succes
s
in
spite of the fragile look of the
variation (White has also tried
12.c4, but after 12. . . c5 13.llJf5
1t'f5 14.b5 .i.a5! could not find
any substantial advantage). See
the section living on the Edg e.
The Refutation
The final blow was dealt in the
first half of � year, sadly at my
own expense m my game against
Zoltan Almasi (see · the Main
Games). There fo llowed 13•.i.eJ
0-0-0 14.a4!, a move I should
have known about. .. and I did!
Let me explain myself. In the
first place, the move had already
been played with success a
month and a half · earlier in
Hanssen-Westerinen (I was un­
aware of this).
Secondly, the move had been
suggested in Khalifman's excel­
lent bo
o
k,asIlearnedjustone
month before writing this Sur­
vey. Unfortunately, as a player of
closed openings as White my­
self, I only own Kramnik's series
and not Anand's.
And, last but in no way least.
when I was polishing the whole
variation many years ago, 14.a4!
wasthevery first move Fritz sug­
gested. Somehow I forgot to ana­
lyse it. Imagine my deep upset
when I faced it over the board! I
was lucky that White had so
many promising continuations
that one of them allowed me to
escape with a draw.
Conclusion
I will be very surprised if black
players find something to keeP
the We sterinen going.

The Main Games
7...tce4
Bologan,Viktor
Matamoros Franco,Carlos
l(hanty Mansiysk 2005 (1.2)
1.e4'e5 2.�f3 � 3ib5 �f6
4.�otle45.d4�d&6�c6de&
7.de5 otle4 e.We2 .i.fS 9.:d1 Wc8
10.�d4 .i.c5 11..i.e3 (H) 12.�b3
.Q.e3 13.11fe3 :ee 14.�a3 [;!; Bologan]
14. -We& 15.f3 [15.14 c51?] 15...�d&
16.f4 •g& 17.� J.g4 1e.J:Ie1
�fS 19.�f5 .i.fS 20.•f2 J:lade
[20...l:led81? 21.c3 b5] 21.c3 [Ll. /Ook3]
21... b51? 22.�b1?1 [2
2
.J:Iad1]
22...:d3?1 (22.. .J.e41; (Aronian)
23.� .i.g2l) 23.� J:lede 24.�M I
a525..atib426.cb4ab427.a5
.b4 2e.�g3 (28.� :d2 29.:e2 J:le2
30.•e2h531.86h432.h3J:la833.15J.IS
34.�15 .15 35.87 .,4 36.e6 1ifd4
37.Wh1 le8 36.•e6 �h8 39.•c6 Is the
iMntedrnaveorderor'Ches
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lntormanr
95) 28...J.d5 29.J:Iad1 :d1 30.:d1
hs 31 .�M :aa 32.ts •9s 33.J:Ia1
h4 34.h3 J.e4 35./i)a3 :a& 36.-.e2
:ae 37.a& l? .i.fS 38.�t5 -.rs 39.a7
¥f4 40.86 fe6 41••86 �he
42••c6pntheactualgamell
lado;
COlid
nowdrawwith 42....93]
42...1ifd4?? [42...-.eJI 43.'�h1 :a7
44.:a7 (44.:11 11fe7; 44.:d1 We7)
44.. .We1 45.�h2 Wg3; 42... :a7??
43.•e8 �h7 44.11fh5 W98 45.'Wd5 �h8
46.•d8 Wh7 47.•d3 �h8 46.J:Ia7+-]
43.�h1 ['Transposing' lo lhe 'Ches
s
lntormant
'
gamescorealrnave39ij
43...J:Ia7 44.treeI wh7 45.Wh5
�ge 46.:d11 •f6 47.J:Ie1 1 g&
48.1t'c5 :aG 49.-.c7 :ae so.•c4
�h7 51••b4+- J:la7 52.•c5 :d7
53.b4 J:ld2? 54.J:Ie7
1-o
Spraggett,Kevin
Matamoros Franco,Carlos
Dos Hennanas 2006 (8)
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4.().
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18.� c5 19.�15 •15 20.:e1 •e6=J
16.h3 1 c5 17.14 f6 1e.g4 J.g6
19.J:Iad1 fe5 20.f51 (20.fe5 ·e6�
20....J.f7 21 .:d7!!
!!
ft7 22.�1
We& 23.�2 Wf6 24.�3 e41
25.J:Ic7 :ade 26.:d& [26.J:Ie11 J:ld4
27.J:Ia7 .d8..,] 26.. .Wd8 27.:a7
27.. .b5 1
2e.�?l (28...c5 .d2
(28...931?) 29.J:Iem 1t'e1=] 2e.. .b4
29.�e2 Wd1 30.J:Ic7? [30.c3 •c2
31 .b3 (31.cb4 J.c4 32.� .i.e2 33.We2
e3 34.�11 ..e4 35.�g1 J:ld8-+; 31.�12
�2±) 31... bc3+] 30....C2-+
31.:c5 1t'b2 32.�93 Wa2 33.f6
waa 34.� •aa 35.�
·l:lb8
36.J:Ic2 b3 37Jlb2 gf6 ae.� l:la8
39.� .i.g6 40.� J.c2 41.�5
� 42.1i)a3 :de 43.�c4 :ca
44.�d4 �g& 45.h4 :de 46.�c4 hs
47.gh5 �h5 48.�b4 wh4
0-1
Survey RL 7.4
Almasi,Zoltan
Matamoros Franco,Carlos
Turin ol 2008 (2)
1.84 e5 2.�f3 �c& 3.J.bs �f6
4.!Hl�S.d4�6.J.c6dc6
7.de5 &14 e...e2 J.ts 9.J:Id1 •ca
10.�d4 J.c5 11.b41 J.b6 12.f3 .d7
13.J.e3 o-o-o 14.841 [The relutati
on
]
14...�g5 [14...a6 15.a5 .i.a7 16.1e4 J.g4
17.e61 'Wd4 18.:d4 J.a2 19.:d8 :d8
20ia7+-] 15.�1 [15.a5 J.d4 16.J:Id4
'We7 11.:d8 :dB 18..
.tc5
(18..i.a7 �)
18...�h31 (18. ..1rd71?) 19.gh3 (19.'�h1
'We51; 19.� •g5 20.gh3 •c1 21.Wg2
1i'b2+) 19...Wg5 20.Wt!o (20.� · 'W'c1
21.Wg2 Wb2; 20.<i>hl •c1 21.J.g1
Wb2+) 20.. .Wh4 21.Wg2 (21.� .i.h3
22.WQ1 'if'gS 23.Wf2 Wg21 (23. . .'if'h4
24.Wg11; 24.We.'l gSI..
..
) 24.�1 (24.We.'l
1t'g1 25.•12 •c1 28.� 'Wb:!-+)
24 ...Wh1 25.� h 26.�1 'if'h1
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(22.14 � 23...
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13 .h2..
..
) 22. ..� 23.14
(23.� 'W'c1-+) 23... 1rh3 24.'if'g3
1t'f1 ..
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) 21 ... 1rg5=] 15..�g6 16.b5
[16.J.g51 .i.d4 17.J.e3 (KI"slif
man
) 17...c50
iswhalIirtendedtoplay,hoji'1gtogeta
playablepositionafter18.bc5J.e319.1t'e3
1Wc6b.JIIa1erIlwldlha1Whitecangetlhe
bet
t
erolaafter 20.cl)b!it.Wb821...
.
c3±;
16.85 .i.d4 17.J:Id4 WISP] 16...cb5
17.�b5 [17.ab51? We7 18.� J.d40
(1a...wb8 19.� cb6 20.c3+- fl.
21..82) 19.J.d4 (19.J:Ic1417) 19...b6
20.'if'c4 �b8 21.�b2 � 22.c3+- t:
:.
23.'W'a4] 17....c6 1e.a5 J.c5 19.a6
be& 20.�7 J.a7 21 h7 :d1
[21....c3?? 22.1i'a6X] 22.�1 (22.:d1
:d8q 22...� 23.l:lb1 :de 24.�3
Wd71= 25.'W'd2 � 26.Wb4
[26...'il'bsl 27.'il'bs ab5 28.J:lb5 J.c2
29.� :d1 30.Wf2 :d2 3twQ3 :c21
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93

Exchange of
One Pair of Kmghts
Romero
Eslon,Jaan
Spain 1991
1.e4 eS 2.ttl13 ttlc6 3.�bS ttlf6
4.0-0 ltle4 S.d4 ttld6 6.�e6 de6
7.de5 1tle4 8.'ilt"d8 �dB 9.1tlgS?I
9.•.1tlgS 10�g5 .b71 [10.. .Wea]
11�e3 [11..t&7 �7;) 11•.�f5 12.c4
We& 13.1tld2 b6 14.1tl13 �b7
15.1:lfd1 eSI 16.WM 851 17.�gs
llheB 18..
.i.f
4 a41 19.l:ld2 h61 20.h3
g51 21 .�g3 �86+ 22.1le1 lladB
23.11�8 lldB 24.We2 fS 2S.ef6 �f&
26.�e5? [26.b3 �I 26... �eS
27.1tle5 lieS 28.� �h3-+ 29.1le1
� 30.g4 �e6 31.1le4 1ld8 32.We2
lld4 33..1ld4 cd4 34.�3 c5 35.13
b5 36.b3 � 37.We4 a31 38.Wd3
b4 39.'i>d2 �e7 4M:ld3 �6 [l>
�17-gS, �] 41.�2
41 •..�c4 1 42.bc4 b3
0-1
Peptan,Corina
Grabuzova,Tatiana
Moscow Wch·W 2001 (2.1)
1.e4 es 2.1tl13 ltlc6 3.�bS !Of&
4.0-0 1084 S.d4 ttld6 6.�c6 de&
7.de5 10e4 B.'ilt"d8 �dB 9.1le1 ILleS
94
1O.ltlc3 �g41 11.ttld4 ltle6 12.1le4
c5 13.1tle6 [13.ltlc6 wd71 14.1lg4 �I
13...�86 14.�f4 �d71 1S.Ile2 �e7
16.1tle4 h61 17.�e3 �c6 18.f4
llad8 19.h3 hSI 20.e3 eSI 21 .a4 b6
22.�f2 llc17 23.1tlc3 llhdB+ 24�83
..Q.h4 [24 . .. h4] 2S.�f2 �f2 26.1lf2 �f5
27.1le1 lld2 28.1lee2 lle2 29.1le2
lld4 30.1lf2 1lb4 31.b3 1ld4 32.�h2
g6 [32. ..c4; 32... h41+] 33.�g3 c4
34.ttlbS lld7 35.�h4 eb3 36.eb3
�d3 37.1ld2 �f5 38.1lf2 �d3
39.1ld2 �f5 40.1lf2 �d3
�-Y.z
Antunes,Antonio
Arenelbla,Walter
Bayamo 1990 (4)
1.e4 e5 2.ttl13 ILlc6 3.�bS ttlf&
4.0-0 ltle4 S.d4 ltld6 6.�c6 de&
7.de5 ltle4 B.'ilfdB �8 9.1le1 tOeS
10.ttle3 [10.h31?] 10•• .We& [1 0...�g41
11.ttld4 (1 1 .ttlg51?) 11. . .ttle6 12.11&4 c51]
11�e3 [11 .h31?] 11••.�g4 12.ttld4
ttle61 13.h3 ttld4 14.�d4 �fS=F
1S.Itle4 hSI 16.a4?1 aS! 17.1le2 b6
18.13 lldB 19.�f2 h4 20.1tle3 �e7
21 .1ld1 lld1 22.ttld1 �d71 23.ttle3
�g6 24.f4 �+ 2S.�h2 llbBI?
26.�e1 lldB 27.1:lf2 �f5 28.ttlf5
Wf5 29.1182? [29.b3 lld1 30.-'.c3
�-+: 29..i.d2 lld4 30.b3 c5+]
29••.1ld4-+ 30.86 fe6 31 .1le5 �4
32.1le6 �d6 33.�g1 �5 34.1le8
lla4 35.�e3 gS 36.� lle4 37.1le4
� 38.b3 e5 39.�f6 �4
0-1
Black Exchanges lhe King·s
Bishop lor a Knight
Hansen,Curt
Westert nen,Heikkl
Reyk,javik 1997 (5)
1.e4 e5 2.1013 ttlc6 3.�b5 ttlf&
4.0-0 ltle4 S.d4 ttld6 6� de6
7.de5 ltle4 8.'ilt"e2 �f5 9.1ld1 'ilt"eB
10.ttld4 �es 11.�e3 0-0 12.13 �d4
13.�d4 ltlg5 14.1tlc3 Ilea 15.1ld2
ltle6 16.�e3 ltlfB 17.f4 [17.g4 �d71
(1 7. .. �g6 18.14±) 18.�12 ltlg6 19.�g3
15=F] 17...'ilfe6= 18.h3 .g6 19.�h2
hS 20.1lad1 ttle6 21.'itf2 lladB
22.b4 lld2 23.1ld2 lldB 24.1ld8
ttldB 25.h7 .i.e2 26.�e3 'ilfd3
27.•d2 11Fd2 2B..i.d2 f6 29.ef6 gf6
30.g4 hg4 31.hg4 fS 32.g5 �
33.�3 �g6 34.�e3 ttlf7 3S�es
ttld8 36.� �d3 37.h3 �f1
38.ttlb1 .i.e4 39.e3 ltle6 40.ttld2
�d5 41...
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d4 b5 42.ttlb1 �82
43.ttlc3 .i.b3 44..
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e5 �hS 4S.ttle2
�g6 46.ttlg1 �1 47.1Llh3 �b3
48.1tlf2 �c4 49.�d2 c5 SO.beS
ttlc5 51 .�e7 1tle4
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!
Hartman,Christer
Hjelm,Niclas
Stockholm 1998 (B)
1.e4 e5 2.ttl13 ttlc6 3..i.b5 1Llf6
4.o-oltle45.d4ltld66..
..i
c6 dc6
7.de5 ltle4 8.•82 �f5 9.1ld1 'ilfc&
10.ttld4 �c5 11..
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e3 0-0 12.f3 �d4
13.1ld4 .&s 14.l:lt4 ti:iil&
1S.Ilh4 (15.1tlc3 'ilfe61 (15 .. . 1le8
16.1Lle41 lle5 17..i.d4 lle7 18.11'me
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s,
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:ea 24.'ilt"d2 Wh1 2s.�g3 h4
26.�4 101
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27••f2 ltld5 28.0d5
cdS 29.'ilt"h4 lle41? 30.fe4 'ilfe4
31 .�g5 "i
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Tenin Alvarez,lsmael
Matamoros Franco,Carlos
Alcala de Guadairad 2008
1.e4 eS 2.ttlf3 ttlc6 3..
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0f6
4.0-0 ltle4 5.d4 ttld6 6.�c 6 dc6
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l
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l
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l
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40.� .l
l
e4 41•.1ld8 .l
l
f4 42.Wg1
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l
g4 43..1lf8 .l
l
g2 44.Wf1 .l
l
g6
45 ..1lh8 h3 46.� .l
l
g2 47.W83 h2
48 •.1lh6 (48 ....1lg3]
Q-1
Both Da rk-squared B1shops
are Excha nged
Baramidze,David
Emst,Sipke
Groningen 2001 (3)
1.e4 85 2.ot:lf3 ot:lc6 3•.i.b5 ot:lf6
4.().(1 ot:le4 5.d4 ot:ld6 6.J.c6 de&
7.de5 ot:le4 8.•e2 .i.f5 9..
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83 .i.c51
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.
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l
d& 22.wg2 .l
l
d2 23.ot:le3
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l
d1 25.ot:ld1 ot:le4
26.Wf3 ot:lc5 27.ot:le3 Wf8 28.ot:lc4
b8 29.b4 ot:ld7 30.We4 W87 31 .f4 f6
32.ot:ld2 fe5 33.fe5 ot:lfB 34.h4 ot:le8
35.c3 Wf7 36.Wf5 g6 37.We4 gS
38.hg5 wg& 39.a4 ot:lg5 40.Wf4
ot:le6 41 .We4 h5 42.b5 cbS 43.ab5
h4 44.ot:�n ha 45.wd5 ot:�r4 46.we4
wg5 47.ot:lh2 ot:le6 48.ot:lf1 ot:lc5
49.Wd5 ot:la4 50.c4 ot:lc5 51.ot:lh2
Wf5 52.ot:IM ot:ld3 53.ot:lg3 Wf4 54.e6
wg3 55.e7 h2 56.88• h1•
57.Wd4 <t:ll4
o-1
Handke,Fiorlan
Johannessen,Leif Erlend
Bermuda 2002 (1 )
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4.o-o ot:le4 5.d4 ot:ld& &..i.e& de&
7.d85 ot:le4 8...
.
82 .i.l5 9ie3 .i.c51
10•.i.c5 ot:lc5 11 •.1ld1 "ife7 12.ot:ld4
[12.ot:lc3 ot:le6!) 12 • •• .i.g6 13.ot:le3
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l
he8 15.a577 (15.14 ot:le6
16.ot:le6 1lre6!f] 15.....
.
85 1&.-.e4
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l
d1
19..1ld1 1lre6 20."ifc5 •ea 21 ...
.
83
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l
e3 22.ot:le47? .l
l
e4
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Charbonneau,Pascal
lstratescu,Andrei
La Roche surYon 2006 (3)
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4.1Hl ot:le4 5.d4 ot:ld6 &•.i.e& de&
'
Survey RL 7.4
7.de5 ot:le4 8.•e2 .i.IS 9•.b3 .i.c51
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l
d1 •87 11.h3 IHl 12.ot:lbd2
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(17.ot:le6] 17••.ot:ld4 18•.1ld4 .l
l
d4
19...d4 .l
l
d8 20••e3 [20...
.
c5]
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l
d2 22."We3 ltb2
23•.1ld1 h6 (23....1la2 24...
.
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25...
.
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.
d8 26..1ld8 �h7 27..1ld7]
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.
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.
e6 25...
.
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la2
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wh7 27••d3 "ifg&o [27...g6 28..l
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]
28...
.
g6 wg& 29.g4 .l
l
82 30 •.Ild7 151
31 •.1le7 .l
l
e4 32.gf5 Wf5 33.J:U7
�e6 34•.1lb7 .l
l
l4
Y,-Y,
The g4 Attack
Gabrielsen,Stlg
Westerinen,Heikki
Gausdal lll 2001 (9)
1.e4 e5 2.ot:lf3 ot:lc6 3..i.b5 ot:lf6
4.0-0 ot:le4 5.d4 ot:ld6 &•.i.e& de&
7.des ot:le4 e...
.
82 .i.ts 9•.1ld1 •ca
10.g4
1o••..i.g& 11.<t:lh4 •ea 12.14 .i.c5
13.Wg2 •87 [13...ot:l1217 14.15 •e7
15.ot:lf3 ot:ld1 16 ...
.
d1 h5 17.fg6 hg4+]
14.ot:lf5 [14.ot:lg6 hg6 15 ...
.
e4 �-+]
14•• •.i.f5 15.gf5 ot:lf6 17 (15. ..ot:ll2
16..1ll1 ..
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h4 17..1ll2 .i.f2 18.•12 ..
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19.•g3 ..
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e2 20...
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12 •g4=] 16.ot:lc3
ot:ld7 17•.i.d2 o-o-o 18..b1 ?
[1M:le4] 18•• •.i.b6 (18...g51+] 19.ot:le4
g&20.f6•ea21•.ib4c522..i.al
h6 23...
.
g4 g51+ 24•.1ld5 g14
25.Wf3 �b8 28.Wf4 .l
l
g8 27...
.
f5
�fB 28•.1lad1 .l
l
d5 29Jld5 ot:le6
30.Wf3 c4 31 .ot:ld2 ..-e&
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Jansa,VIastlmil ·
Westerinen,Helkkl
Gausdal 1989
1.e4 e5 2.<t:lf3 <t:lc6 3.�5 <t:lf6
4.0.0 <t:le4 5.d4 <t:ld& &.�e& de&
7.de5 <t:le4 8...
.
e2 �f5 9.J:Id1 'il'c8
10.<t:ld4 �c5 11.g4 �g41 12.f3 �fSI
13...
.
g2? (13.b41?] 13...�h31 14.1fg7
'il'fSII
1S.�e3 (15.'il'h8 W97 16.1rg7 (16...
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1fg6) 16.. .11f
f:l
17.�g5 *e81 18.1fg8
�-+) 1S ...D-O-()-+ 16.fe4 ..
.
hS
17.<t:lc3 J:lhg8 18.11t'g8 J:lg8T G-1
[YB/55-93]
Pens Dieguez,Manuel
Cuenca JimenezJose F
Mondariz ch·ESP]r 2005 (B)
1.e4 e5 2.<t:lf3 <t:lc& 3�bS <t:lf6
4.0.0 <t:le4 5.d4 <t:ld& &.�c& de&
7.de5 <t:le4 8.1te2 �fS 9.J:Id1 1fe8
10.<t:ld4 .i.c5 11.f3 �d4 12.J:Id4
<t:leS 1 3.g4?1
13.. .�d71 (13..ig6 14.14±) 14.1rd1 h5
1S.b4 <t:le6 16.J:Id3 hg4 17.fg4 c5+
18.bc5 <t:lc5 19.J:Ig3 <t:le4 20.86
(20.J:Ig2
�c6-+)
20.. .<t:lg31?
(20..ie6-+) 21 .ed7 'Wd7 22.'1!Yd7
*d7 23.hg3 J:lae8 24.<t:lc3 J:lel
96
25.� J:leh1 26.�b2 J:l8h2 27.�3
:Sl 28..i.a1 J:lc2+ 29.*d3 J:lg2
30.<t:le2 g6 31 .�d4 J:lh2 32.84 b6
33.�g1 J:lh8 34.<t:lc3 !:laB 35.<t:le4
ok6 36./t)gS J:le7 37.Wc4 f6 38.<t:lf3
J:le4 39.<t:ld4 � 40.�s J:lg4
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44.<t:lg& as 45.<t:lf4 J:la2 46�e1 llc2
47.<t:le& Wb7 48.<t:ld8 *a& 49.Wc&
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a2 53.<t:lb5 J:le6 54.<t:ld6 J:le3 55if6
J:le1 56.g4 a11r 57..
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58.<t:lc4 b5 S9.<t:ld6 b4 60.g5 b3
&1.<t:lc4 J:le1 62.�S J:lc4
o-1
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11. b4
Wahls,Matthias
Ekstro m,Roland
Dresden zt 1998 (1)
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4.0.0 <t:le4 S.d4 <t:ld6 &�c& de&
7.deS <t:le4 8.1fe2 .i.fS 9.J:Id1 •e8
1 O.<t:ld4 .i.c5 11.b41
11...ib6 (1 1 . ..�? 12.e61 .i.g6 (12...1e6
13.<t:ll5 el5 1�.13+-) 13.ef7 � (13...�
14 ...
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1116 19.c!l lld8 20.J:Ie1 .i.cS 21 ie3 *18
22.13 'itg5 23.1a4 Hl Sulskis·Pop<w,
Leningrad ch-URS ]r 1990) 15.<t:le6 *e7
16.!U. .1:118 17.<t:ll8 � 18.13 <t:\16
19..i.a3+- Sulskis:Westerinen, Gausdal
1995-YB/5
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<t:lgS 14.c4 .id4 1S.id4 (15.J:Id4
1re7 16.a3 IHI=) 1S...IH)-() 16.<t:lc3
<t:le& 17 ..i.f2 [17ia7 1re7) 17 .....
.
e7
18."ilte3 b& 19.a3 .l
l:
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Johansen,Paul Arne
Westerinen,Helkki
Gauedal 2003 (3)
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4.0.0 <t:le4 S.d4 <t:ld& 6�c& de&
7.de5 <t:le4 a••e2 �ts 9.J:Id1 W'ca
10.<t:ld4 .i.c5 11.b41 �b6 12.f3 11t'd7
13�83 ()-().
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14.c4 c5 15.fe4 �g4
1&.e& 11t'd41 17.J:Id4 .i.e2 18.bc5
.i.aS 19.ef7 J:ldf8 (19...J:Ihl81=. C4<)
20.� .i.h5 21 ..i.d2 J:lf7 22.*e3
.i.d2 23.<t:ld2 llh� 24.J:IdS �g6
2S.<t:lf3 J:le7 26.J:Ia5?? J:lf3 27.gf3
J:le5 28.� J:le7 29.J:Ig1 *d7
30.*dS J:lf7 3U :tf1 � 32.c6 bc6
33.� J:ld7 34.J:Ib1 .i.f7 35.J:Ib4
l:ld2 36.:&4 J:lh2 37.:&7 *d7
38..1le4 J:lc2 39.*d4 hS 40.*d3
J:lc4 41.1la8 J:lc5 42.1:lh8 .i.a2 43.f4
J:laS 44.85 .i.f7 45.�3 g6 46.J:If8
.i.e& 47.J:If6 J:la3 48.� .i.dS
49.�2 J:lg3 SO.f5 gf5 S1.1:lf5 h6
Stefansson,Hannes
Westerinen,Helkki
Reykjavik 2002 (3)
G-1
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4.D-O <t:le4 S.d4 <t:ld& &•.i.e& de&
7.de5 <t:le4 8."1t'e2 .i.fS 9.J:Id1 'il'e8
10.�d4 .i.eS 11.b41 .i.b& 12.f3
1rd7 13..i.e3 ()-().
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14.e31? (14.c4 c5
15.1e4 �g4 16.e6 1fd4 17.1:ld4 �e2
18.bc5 .i.aS, c4<) 14...J:Ihe8 (14 . .. c5
15.1e4 .i.g4 16.e6 ..
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(1 5.11t'e1 c5! 16.1a4 cd4 17.el5 J:le5+)
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18.<t:ld2 c5 (18.. . 151?) 19.<t:l4f3 ?1
(19.bc5] 19...1le4 20..i.eS .i.e5
21 .bc5 1fe7 22.Wf1 (22.c6 11rc5
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Dlas,Paulo
Portugal II 2002 (3)
1.e4 e5 2.�f3 <t:lc6 3.ib5 016
4.0� <t:le4 S.d4 <t:ld& &.�c& deS
7.deS <t:le4 8.11re2 .i.fS 9.J:Id1 11t'c8
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22.e4ab523.ab51624.•d2fe5
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1:114 28..J:le7 J:lf7 29.J:ldd7 J:le7
30.J:le7 J:la4 31 .J:lc7 J:lc4 32.J:lb7
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41..J:le6 J:lb2 42.Wh3 J:lb3 43.J:leS
Wh6 44.1:115 IZa3 45..J:lg5 J:lb3
46.wg3 J:la3 47.J:lb5 J:la2 48.J:lb6
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S1..J:lb6Wf752.J:lb3g653.J:lb5J:lc2
54.J:lg5 J:lc3 55.Wgl .J:la3 56.J:le5
Wf6 57.Wf4 J:la4 58•.J:le4 .J:la6
59.J:lb4 .J:lc6 60.We4 .J:la6 61.g3 .J:le6
62.Wd4 .J:ld6 63.We3 J:le& 64.WI4
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67.Wd3 .J:le1 68.J:lf4 Wg7 69.Wd4
J:lg1 70.g4 hg4 71 ..J:lg4 .J:ld1 72.We5
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7S..J:lb4 J:la& 76.wg4 .J:lc& n.J:lb5
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The Refutat1on
14.a4
Hanssen,Gunnar Berg
Westeri nen,Heikki
Gausdal 2006 (9)
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4.().() IOe4 5.d4 10d6 &..i.e& de&
7.deS IOe4 B.•e2 .itS 9.J:ld1 'WeB
10./0d4 .ic5 11.b4J .ib6 12.f3 11'd7
Survey RL 7.4
13..ie3 o-o-o 14.a41 lOgS 1S./Oc31
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16..id4 (16 ..J:ld4! •e7 17.J:ld8 .J:ld8
18..ic51 1re8 19..ia7±] 16.../0e&
(16...a6 17.b5+-] 1 7•.ia7 "ire7 18.bS
� [18 ... b6 19.W'c41 Wb7 20..ib61 cb6
21.bc6 wb8 22.J:ldb1 1l'c5 23.•c5 IOc5
24..J:lb6 Wal
l
(24...Wc7 25.a5) 25./0b5+-]
19.11'e3 .ic2 20..J:ld2 .J:ld2 21 .Wd2
.ig6 (21...b617] 22.bc6± .J:ldB?
[22...bc60] 23./0ds •ra 24.cb7 wb7
2S..if2 J:ld7 26.a5 "ira& 21.11'b4
WeB 28.10e7 Wd& 29./0g& hg&
30.86 c5 31 .•b6 .J:lc7 32.a7 WeB
33•• a6 wd& 34•.ih4 Wd7 35•.J:ld1
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97

Ruy Lopez
Berlin Defence
RL 7.4 (C67)
Leaving a Hole in the Berlin Wall
by Zoltan Almasi and Istvan Almasi (special contribution by Peter Svidler)
1. e4
2. l0f3
3. �b5
4.0-0
5. d4
6. �c6
7. deS
8. 1i'd8
9. l0c3
10. h3
e5
l0c6
l0f6
l0e4
l0d6
dc6
l0f5
'lt>d8
l0e7
l0g6
Our Survey in Ye arbook 63
ended with these words : 'Mean-
.
while, I also considered the
blindfold game Ivanchuk­
Shirov, Monaco 1998, to be
problematic for Black.
In Konguvel-Markowski, Biel
200 I, a specialist of the variation
tried to improve on this game
with 13 ...�e7. Although ex­
changing the dark-squared bish­
ops usually leads to a strategic
advantage for White in, the
Berlin Va riation, the situation
seemed to be far from disastrous
for Black in this game.'
We ll, this assessment can be the
starting point of this Survey, in
which we will try to show the lat-
98
est developments in the 9.l0c3
l0e7 line.
This knight manoeuvre has
hugely gained in popularity
since 2002, especially thanks to
the vari ous possibilities to trans­
pose to other sub-systems (like
9...�d7):-Also; there are dif
f
er­
ences in the set-ups played with
or without h2-h3 or ...h7-h6. For
this reason, we decided to divide
the huge number of games into
subsections, and treat the lines
with and without these king's
rook pawn moves separately.
The set-ups, in which Black com­
bines the knight manoeuvre with
�d7-�c8 will not be examied
These belongto other territory.
In this Survey, we will focus on
the set-up starting with 10.h3
l0g6, in which Black refrains
from ... h7-h6 altogether. The
point of this variation is that
Black often has ·to push the
h-pawn to h5 anyway, and does
not want to waste time doing it in
two moves. The drawback of this
move, obviously, is Black's lack
of control of the g5 square,
which White can occupy with an
immediate check.
But before we discuss the obvi­
ous ll.�g5, let's first look at
White's other options.
The plans revolve around the
question of how to develop his
queen 's bishop:
Natural Development
ll.b3 is a natural and standard
Peter Svldler
way of developing, which can be
used against almost all Black's
set-ups in the Berlin Wal l! The
main point is that the bishop on
b2 is 'untouchable' for the black
pieces, and it also gives White a
tactical resource: he can open the
long diagonal with e5-e6 in some
lines .
On the other hand, it seems to be a
slight waste oftime to develop the
bishop in two moves (b3-�b2),
giving Black the chance to de­
velop his pieces faster. Since the
lines with .. .h7 -h6 are not part of
this Survey, we will ignore these
replies to ll.b3 and show a fe w
examples with other tries. But it
seems that moves like ... 'it>e8 and
... a5 are not very successful
against this set-up, so Black
should probably stick to ...h7 -h6,
which will be examined in an­
other Survey.

sneakY
.
11.i.d2is asneakymove:�Ite
does not want to comnut him-
elf to th e position of his bishop,
:s he does with ll.b3 . The
bishop can stay on the cl-h6 di­
auonal or switch to the long di­
agonal later from c3 (as in
B acrot-Gyimesi).
On the other hand, the d2 square
is not so ideal, since the bishop
will now stand in the way of the
J:l.d 1 later, so another move will
be necessary to allow the white
ro
o
k(s) to breathe fresh air.
In Front of the Other Rook
The move ll�e3 looks defi­
nitely more natural than 1l.�d2.
As the white queen's rook will
soon get involved in the game,
the black king is usual
l
y fo rced
to stay in the centre (on e8).
White scores an important suc­
cess: both his ro
o
ks will be well
placed (on e1 and dI) and there
will be no need to waste time on
improving their positions, like in
the old 9.(IO.).I:I.dl lines. The
slight drawback of the bishop on
e3 is that it blocks a rook one
again: the el rook this time.
In Kasimdzhanov-Topalov, the
(former) ·World · Champion
reached a position with an extra
tempo thanks to his novelty
l3 ...h5 !. The same position
arose in a few earlier games
(Motylev -Karjakin, Motylev­
Harikrishna, Shirov-Levin) from
the move order 10.h3 h6 11.�3
cl)g6 12.l:lad1 �e8 l3.a3 .i.e7
14.l:lfe l h5 15.1Lld4 h4, but there
it was White to move!
Despite the extra tempo, I feel
th �t White had an advantage in
!his game, after quickly occupy­
Ing the centre with his knights
(cl)d4, f4 , ll:le4, c4). Therefore
Alexandrov 's plan deserves at­
tention: trying to stay on the
qu�enside with the king and
qUickly creating space for it with
ll....i.e6. Developing the bishop
to e3 gains popularity, especially
against the line 9.Ji:
:.
e7 IO.b3 h6.
The Most Forcefu l
ll.�g5 is the most natural and
most common reply, which
leaves the black monarch no
choice.
After 11...'iPe8 12 ..1:1.ad 1 it looks
a bit early for a trade of the
dark-squared bishops, since
Black could not solve all his
problems, especially the devel­
opment of the .i.c8, in
Shirov-Vallejo. He lost some
time preventing the early pawn
push f2-f4 -f5 with ...ll:lf4, but af­
ter 15.1Lle4 he had no chance to
develop this bishop again in view
of ILleS. I must note, though, that
the s<Jurce of- Black's problem
was not mi ssing the dark­
squared bishop, but the lack of
time to finish development ! If
White has no concrete threat, for
example if the ki ng's rook stands
on d1, trading the bishops is not
at all tragical for Black: see the
game C.Balogh-Z.Almasi.
However, there is an interesting
alternative to the standard
12...�d7, viz. 12....i.e6. This
had already occurred in the
above-mentioned Ivanchuk­
Shirov game, but was forgotten
soon after. Kramnik resurrected
it in a blitz game against Leko,
though. His improvement
(13....i.c4) did not gain many fo l­
lowers, although it seems that
SuNey RL 7.4
Black has a good chance to
a�hieve one of his main strategic
aims: to swap the ll:lc3 for his
dark-squared bishop.
Losing a Te mpo
12... i.d7 is not easy to under­
stand at first sight Why waste a
tempo if White prepares to dou­
ble on the d-file anyway (l3..1:1.d2
.i.e6)? But after the rook has
been placed on d2, White can no
longer reply with the standard
14.1Lld4 in view of 14 .. .h6
15..i.e3 .i.b4, which unpleas­
antly pins the ll:lc3. After 13.l:ld2
�6 -14..1:1.fd 1 .i.e7 there were
four different moves played be­
tween four top players, but al
l
games were drawn. This seems
to be the critical position of this
line.
l3.a3!? prevents ...�b4 and pre­
pares .l:l.fe1, l3.. .h6 will be met
by 14..i.c 1. In this position
White can successfully finish his
development and keep his space
advantage. But even with this
ideal set-up, no concrete plan is
visible' with which Black's solid
position can be cracked.
Also interesting is 13.ll:ld4, pre­
paring .l:l.fe l, e6 or f4 -f5, but ig­
noring ...�b4. Svidler was
victorious with this move over
To palov, but in our opinion
Black should have played the
critical 14.. .�b4. Topalov's play
can also be improved upon with
17 ...gf6 , as suggested by Svidler
in his notes.
99

Natural Development
11.b3
Berelovieh,Aieksandar
Mareiano,David
Germany Bundesliga B 2003/04
1.e4 es 2.�f3 �e& 3.-tbs �f6
4.G-O � S.d4 �6 6..te6 dc6
7.de5 �fs 8.'ilt'd8 �8 9.� �7
10.h3 �6 11.b3
rl
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7 27.l:ld1 .tee 28.g3 �f8
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.i.e& 32..i.e1 .l:thB 33.fs .tfs 34 ..
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gs
f6 3S.ef6 gf6 36.l:le1 Wf7 37•.tf4
l:ld8 38.�e7 l:ld2 39.1Pf3 l:la2
40•.i.b6 .l:tb2 41..
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as .i.h3 42.We4
.i.g2 43.Wd3 .l:tb3 44..i.e3 .th3
4S.IIa1 l:lb6 46.l:las .tf1 47.W83
l:lc6 48..i.b2 .i.c4 49 ..
.i.a3
De&
so.Wt2 .l:te2 S1.1Pf3 Da2 S2•.l:ta7
Wg6 S3..i.c5 .i.dS 54.We3 De2
ss•.td4 Dg2 S6.Wf4 De2 57•.i.e3
De1
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Carlsen,Magnus
Dannevig,Oystein
Copenhagen 2004 (4)
1.e4es2.�f3�3..
.i.b
s �f6
4.G-O /Oe4 s.d4 �d6 6..i.e6 de&
--
7.dl!s lt:lts B.'ilt'lii l-�dli 9.&3 WeB
10.h3 fiJe7 11.b3 �g& 12•.i.b2 as
13.Dad1 .i.b4 14.�d4 .i.c3 1S..te3
�t4 16.Dfe1 hs
11•••BS 12.&4 .tb4 13.�2 h6
14..
.i.b
2 W87 1S.�e1 l:ld8 16.�d3
c5 17.l:lad1 .i.e& 18.�4 �f4
19.�f4 .i.d2 20.� We& 21 .g3 gS
22.Wg2 l:ld7 23.1Pf3 Wf5 24.l:lfe1
we& 2S.I:Ie2 1:1ad8 26.Wg4 e6 27.f4
gf4? IZ' ...h5 28.Wf3 b5+> 29.We4? g41
30.15 we7 31.hg4 hg4-+] 28.gf4 hs
29.1Pf3 bs 30.'�e41 e4 31 .15 We7
32.bc4 bc4 33 .l:lg2 c5 34.e61 fe6
3S.I:Ig7 WeB 36.l:lg8 Wf7 37.l:lg7
WeB 38.f6 l:lg711 39.fg7 Wf7
40..i.e3 .tgs l40....tc3 41 .1:1d8 WQ7
42.l:lc8+-] 41 .l:lg1 .i.h6 42.g8'ilt'
l:lg8 43.l:lg8 Wg8 44..bs Wf7
4s•.tb6 we7 46.as �6 47.a6 wc&
48.a7 wb7 49.wes .i.e3 sO.We& e3
S1.'�ds h4 S2 ..i.c5 .i.c5 S3.wes
h7 54.Wd4
1·0
Venkatesh,Marani Rajendran
Yu ldashev,S aidall
Chennai 2004 (5)
1.e4 es 2.�f3 �e& 3.-ibs �f6
4.G-O � S.d4 �d6 6..i.c6 dc6
7.des �fS 8.'ifd8 Wd8 9.�e3 aS
10.b3 �7 11.h3 �g6 12 ..i.b2 WeB
13.�4 .i.es 14.1:
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.i.e& 16.� .td4 17.l:ld4 l:ld8
1B.I:IdB WdB 19..i.e1 �g6 20.f4 hs
21 .�gS We7 22•.i.a3 WeB 23•.l:tf1
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20.IIe6 Wf7 21.l:lde1 l:lhdB 22..
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27.ab3 Df8 28..i.b4 l28.l:le71 Dd1
29.Wh2 Df7 30.1117 wf7 31.15 �e7
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34•.l:tf8 Wf8 3s.De6
1-0
Ts eitlln,Mark
Postny,Evg eny
Givataim 2000 (4)
1.e4 es 2.�f3 �e& 3.-i.bs lOts
4.G-O �e4 s.d4 �d& &•.i.e& dc6
7.deS lt:l15 8.'il
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10.h3 �e7 11.b3 �g& 12..i.b2 as
13.a4 h6 14.1:1ad1 .tb4 1S./Oe2
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18.�15 11gB 19.1t:lg3 .i.d7 20.1t:lhs
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23.1t:le4 l:ld1 (23.. . 1:1d51?] 24.Dd1 .i.e7
2S.I4 �c5 26.10c5 .tc5 27.Wh2
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32.�g7 l:lg7 I32 ...Wf& 33.�e6 .i.e6
34.1e6±J 33•.tg7 ets 34.Wf3 .te&
3S..th& .tds 36.We3 .i.g2 37...i.14
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40.l:le1 .te4 41.l:le2 Wf7 42..i.e7
¢>g6 43•.i.l4 · .te7 44.De3 .i.f8
45.Dh3 .i.g7 46.Dh2 bs 47.c3 .ids
48.We2 .te4 49.Wb2 b4 SO•.l:th&l
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S2.¢>c3 .idS S3.b4 ab4 S4.Wb4
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11.Qd2
Baerot,Etienne
Gyimesi,Zoltan
1-Q
Germany Bundesliga 2005/06 (3)
1.e4 as 2.�f3 lt:le6 3.-i.bs �f6
4.G-O lt:le4 s.d4 IOd6 &•.te& de&
7.des �Is a.'ilt'd& wd& 9.�c3 �7
10.h3 �g& 11•.i.d21? h6 l11 ....i.e7
12.1:1ad1 wea 13.1:1191 as 1 4.� IPIB
15.a3 c5 16 ..te3 b6 17.�c3 .i-15 18.l:ld2
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Bundesliga 20
05106
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30.f3 hg4 31 .tg4 l:lh8 32.Dd8 Dh4
33.De1 Dh7 34.De2 l:lgh6 3s.Dh2
l:lh4 36.l:ldd2 1:17h6 37.l:lde2 l:lhB

38.Ae6 fe6 39.f7 A4h7 40.-ihB AhB
41.Af2 Af8 42.h4
1-o
In Front of the Other Rook
11.-'!.eJ
Kaslmdzhanov,Rustam
Topalov,Veselin
San luis Wch 2005 (13)
1.e4 eS 2.1of3 � 3.ib5 �f6
4.0-Q � 5.d4 �d6 6..ic6 de&
7.de5 �f5 a.•d8 Wei& 9.10c3 �e7
10.h3 �g& 11.ie3 h7 1Uad1
� 13.a31? h51N
14..:tet h4 15.�1 a& (ll. 16...c5;
15...�711U.14 16 17..i.e51a5 18.�131t
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�e5 18�4 � 19ic7 wf8 20.b3 Ace
(20...10837 21.Ae7 we7 22.Ae1 W18
2U.d6) 21� � �]17.�e4
[17.Ad2 .id7 18.Aad1 AdS 19.�2 .ice
20.� l:Ld2 21.l:Ld2 b6 22.c4 c5 23.�c3
.i es 24.�d5 .ids 25.l:Ld5 (25.cd5 �eSI
c1 Polgar-Topakw, Sofia 20
05
) 25...c6
26.l:Ld3 l:LIS 27.� .id6 28.Ad6 �14
29..if4 l:LI4 �.l:Lc6 !Hz Baramidze­
Gyimesi, Austria II 2005106] 17•.•.id7
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19.�c3 .ie6 20.�5 .idS 21.c4 aS
22.a4 wre 23.b3 c6 24.� .ie7 25.�d6
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32.llb6 :gs 33.lle2 .l1b3 34.wh2
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37.wh1 Ats 38.l:Ld1 :12 39.l:Lb8 ts
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Stel lwagen,Danlel
Khenkin,lgor
MalmO 2006 (9)
'h·'h
(M/05-8-10]
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7.de5 �f5 &••dB WetS 9.�c3 �7
10.h3 �g6 11.ie3 We
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12.a3 .ie7
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04
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14.llfe1 h4 15.�4 llh5 16.f4 .id7
17.� c5 18.�e2 b6 19.�2c3
.ic6 20.�d5 .idS 21.Ad5 f6 22.llf1
fe5 23.f5 �18 24.l:Le5 �d7 25.AdS
�t& 26.lle5
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Georgiev,Kirll
Alexandrov,Aiexey
Vmjacka Banja tt 2005 (3)
1.e4 e5 2.�f3 � 3�b5 �f6
4.o-o �e4 5.d4 �d6 6..ic6 de&
7.de5 �rs a.•da wda 9.�c3 roe1
10.h3 �g& 11 •.b3 .ie6 12.llad1
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fe6 16.l:Lte1 �f7 17..id4 c5 18�e5
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(20...Wb6 21.l:Le61 Wb5 22.a4 wa4
23.:b6) 21.l:Ld7±J 19. .. l:La6 20.�b5
l:Lb6 21.�7 e5 22.�d5 llb2
23.t4?1 [23.l:Le51 �e5 24.-ieS :b5
25.a4±] 23.•• et4 24..if4 .id& 25.l:Le7
.it4 26.�f4 � 27.l:Lg7?1 [27.c4!!!l)
27.. . llc2 28.�g6 �71 [28...lle8+)
29.l:Le771 (29.:m l:Ld8 30.l:Le11 �
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33.l:tc5=) 31.llg7] 29.• .l:td81 30.l:tb1
�7 31.l:Lt1 � 32.l:Le5 l:LgB-+
33.l:Ld5 (33.l:Lf7 wb8 34,l:Ld5 l:Lg6 35.g4
l:Le6] 33...l:Lg6 34.l:Lf2 l:Le3 35.a4
wb8 36.Wh2 wa7 37.g4 l:Lc6 38.g5
hg5 39.l:Lg5 l:Lh6 .. 40.l:Lg3 l:Lc4
41.l:La2 l:Lhh4 42.l:Lga3 wb6
43.wg2 l:Lht4 44.Wg3 we& 45.lla1
b6 46..l:t3a2 l:Lb4 47.l:La3 llfd4
48.l:L1a2 Wd5 49.Wf3 l:Lb1 50.l:Lg2
c4 51.l:Lg5 we& 52.We2 l:Lb2
53.W&3 l:Lh4 54.llg3 Wc5 55.lla1
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58.lle1 llhf3 59.Wg2 l:Lte3 60.l:Lf1
l:Le2 61.Wg1 lle& 62.llg4 l:Lb4
63.l:La1 lle2 64.Wt
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l:Lh2 65.wg1
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11. .D.g5
Shirov,Aiexey
Vallejo Pons,Francisco
Unares 2002 (6)
1.e4 e5 2.�f3 �c6 3..i.b5 �t6
4.0-Q � 5.d4 �6 6..ic6 de&
7.de5 �f5 a.-.-d8 WdB 9.10c3 �7
10.h3 �g& 11�g5 We& 12.l:Lad1
.ie7?1 13.ie7 we7 14.� �f4
(14...� 15.l:Lie1 Wf6 16.b3!f; 14...l:Ld8
15.14 c5 16.�de2 (16.� l:Ld1 17.�d1
(17.l:Ld1 �14 (17...c6 18.�d6 �14 19.l:LI1
g5 20.� h6 21.Q3l 1e.1a1 :b8
19.rLI11 �es (19.. . Q5 20.h4J 20.�7d5 wre
21.� .id7 22.� �dB) 17...Wd7
(17... c6 18.�d6;1;) 18.�e3 Wc6 (18...a6
19.10c3 Wc6 20.�;!;) 19.� a6
20./0bc7 l:La7 21.l:Ld1 i.d7, �7<)
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17.l:Ld1;!;; 17.�d1 b6 6 18. . �6)
15.� (15.wh2 h5; 15.. Jld8]
101

15•..l:td8 16.llfa1 lidS [1 6.. .�g61?)
17.c41? lld8?1 [17...lle51? 18.�13 lle6
19.g31? (19.�fg5 lieS 20.�13=) 19...�h3
20.Wg2t, �3<]18.Wh2 aS 19.g4 a4
20.Wg310e& 21.�f5 Wfl
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23.lld8 �d8 24.�83 � 25.f5
�d4 26.Wt4 b7 27.c5 a31 28.b3
h61P 29.cb6 cb6 30.� lld8
31.�dc4 �c4 "32 .�4 b5 33.�d6
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Balogh,Csaba
Almasi,Zoltan
Baslia 2005 (6)
1.e4 e5 2.�13 � 3...tb5 �f6
4.o-o � S.d4 �d& &.�c& de&
7.de5 �fS 8.1t'd8 Wd8 9.�c3 �e7
10.lld1?1 waa 11.h3 �g6
12.�g5?1 �e7 [12.. .�d7 13.lld2 h6
14c�h4? (14.Jiad11 hg5 15.lld7 �d6
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16.lle3, �15<[ 16.lle3 h6 [1 6. ..�e6
102
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30.Jle1 [3!l.&1 �d1 31.1la4 �b2+)
30...�2 31.<tle5 fe6 [31....
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32.llb1 � 33.� fg6 34.� Wf7
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�d5 [33...b517) 34.llf4 b5 35.llf7
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hg5 38.116±] 37.<tle5 b41-+ 38.cb4
cb4 39.g5? [39.ab41? a3 40.llct a2
41.b5 lla8 (41...Wh7) 42.lla1 WIB-+;
42...llb8? 43.<tlc61] 39...ba3 40.gh6
gh6 41.<tlg4 llf8 42.f0e3 a2 43.llc1
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46.<tlg4 l:lf4 47.Wh3 l:lg4 48.Wg4
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An Interesting Alternat1ve
12. ...iJ.e6
Leko,Peter
Kramnik,Vladimir
Dortmund blitz plf 2004 (1)
1.e4 e5 2.�13 � 3..i.b5 �f6
4.().{) � S.d4 �d6 6.�c6 dc6
7.de5 �fS 8.1td8 �d8 9.� f0e7
tO.h3 <tlg6 11..i.g5 wee 12.:adt
�e613.<tld4
13.. . .Qc4N (13.. . .ib4 lvanchuk·�hirOY,
Monaco blind 1998- YB/Sl-119) 14.1:lfe1
.i.b4 15.�f5 �c3 16.bc3 l:lg8 17.a3
h& 1B.�ct �e& [18 ...&71? tJ. 19.1od4
(19.&3 �e6 A <tldS, g5) 19.. .c5;
19.. .1:l d81?) 19.<tld4 t.Oe7 20.f4 hS
21.Wf2 l:ld8= 22..Qe3 b6 23..1
1.
d2 cS
24.t.Oe6 l:ld2 25..
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d2 fe6 26.g4 hg4
27.hg4 l:lhB 28.Wg3 Wt7 29.c4 l:ldB
30..Qc3 �6 31.1:111 � 32.1:112
<tlc6 [A 33...1:ld1) 33.1:lf1 �d4 34.1:lf2
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Rytshagov,Mikhail
Sepp,Oiav
Fmland tt 2004 (3)
1.e4 e5 2.�13 �c6 3.�b5 �f6
4.().{) � 5.d4 <tld& &..
.t
c& de&
7.de5 <tlfS 8.itd8 Wd8 9.�3 f0e7
10.h3 <tlg6 11.ig5 hB 12.lll!d1
�e& 13.� �c4 14.llfe1 �
15.�d2N [15.�15?1 Leko'Kiamnik,
Dortmund 2004) 15...lld8 16.�f5
[1 6.a31?] 16...llg8 17.� �d2
18.lld2 lld2 19.�2 .b6 20.�d4
We7 21./0e6 fe6 22.g3 lld8 23.�11
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lld2 27.lld1 lle2 28.lld3 he
29.Wt1 llh2 30.Wg1 lle2 31.Wtt
llh2 32.�g1
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Motylev,Aiexander
Zhang Zhong
Taiyuan 2005 (6)
1.e4 eS 2.<tl13 �c6 3.b5 �f6
4.().{) �a4 S.d4 �6 6..i.c6 de&
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23.g4 g6 24.Wf2 Wd7 2S.c4 We&
26.Wta hS [26...d4 27.<tlf1 c5 28.�;1;)
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12...Jld7
Shirov,Aiexey
Almasi,Zoltan
Monaco blind 2002 (9)
Motylev
1.84 a5 2.�13 �6 3.-i.bS �f&
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02
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Topalov,Veselin
Morelia/Unares 2006 (1)
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29.cd5 �d6+ 4 30...1ile7, dS<) 28...1td5
29.cd5; 29.f7 � 30.cd5 �; 29.fg7 11d1
30.<i'f2 �-+)
27•.•10e5o 28.fe5 (28.g4 hg3 29.1ilg3
11h3 30.Wg2 � 31.� � 32.11d3
lilc2 33./0rs � 34.� c6) 28•••11e5
29.d6 cd& 30.1ild6 �d6 31if4
We7= 32ie5 �eS 33.11d5 f6
34.WM g5 35.84 i.d6 36.<i'e2 <i'd7
37.¢>83Wc638.<i'e4b539.ab5eb5
40Jld1 � 41Jld8 c4 42.bc4 bc4
43Jlc8 WbS 44.ci'd5 c3 45.11c4
Wb6 46.1lc5 <i'b7 47.11c6 �d4
48.ci'd6 � 49.<i'c5 �4 50.ci'd5
� 51.Wcs �4 52.� �d2
53.11c4 f5 54.W&4 g4 SS.Wbl gh3
56.gh3f457Jlc5Wb658Jlh5b1
59.1115 i.d2 60.11h5 i.e1
Y.z-1!.!
105

R;.1y Lopez
Marshall Attack RL 17.6 (C89)
Last Sta nd versus the Marshall?
by A.C. van der Tak (special contribution by Alexander Motylev)
1.e4
e5
2. tt:lf3 tt:lc6
3. �bS a6
4. �a4 tt:lf6
5. 0-0
�e7
6. .l:%e1 b5
____..1!__�b3 0-0
B. c3
d5
9. ed5 tt:ld5
10. tt:le5 tt:le5
11. :es
c6
12. d4
�d6
13. .l:%e1 'ir'h4
14. g3
11rh3
15. .l:%e4
In the Marshall Attack, the move
15..1:%e4 continues to receive a lot
of attention. It bas already been
four yean; since a Survey was de­
voted to this subject, in Year­
book 63, and there are various
recent developments justifying
an update.
It is remarkable that in recent
yean;, 15...g5 was met most fre­
quently by 16.1!ff l, a move com­
pletely absent in Yearbook 63
except for the game Peng
Xiaomin-Grischuk, Shanghai It
106
2001. Black now has a choice be-
tween 16. .. 'ifb5, the move from
the 8th match game Kramnik-
Leko, Brissago 2004, and the
queen exchange 16. ..11rfl, which
bas been played several times re-
cently. On both occasions un-
clear positions arise, in which
the sacrifice of the white e4 rook
for a minor piece is a frequently
recurring motif. Statistically,
Black has bad considerably
better results with 16. .. 'iVh.5 than
with 16.. . 'iVfl. But what this in-
formation is worth objectively, is
for the future to show.
Still Undear
Lasttimewepaidquiteabitofat­
tention to 16.'iff3. nus move is
not lacking in this Survey either,
but there are no new grandmaster
games with it; amongst correspon­
dence players it has remained pop­
ular. After 16.. �5 17.�c2,
Harding's move 17. ...li4 remains
a good reply, but 17.� cd5
18 ..1:%e3 �e4 19..1:%e4 de4 20.'it'f6
'iVg4, and now TIDUl
lliD
's move
2l.lbd2!?, remains unclear.
Andrey Volokltln
See the game Mortatscheck­
Monster Mash, cr 2002. I dare
say we will see more games with
this move in the future.
ATurnaround
In the 16.'iVe2 line, develop­
ments have continued as well.
Interesting!y,
after 16...f5
17.�d5 cd5 18..1:%e6 it turns out,
contrary to what Ponomariov in­
dicated in his. analysis in Year­
book 63, that Black can af
f
ord to
play 18. .. �e6 after all - see
Vayser-Koch, cr 2005.
ANew Move
New'is the move 16.'iVe l. It is
supposed to be a finesse that
16...f5
17..id5 cd5 18..1:%e6 f4?
fails to the simple 19..1:%d6, but
with 18 ... .ie6 Black can trans­
pose to Vayser-Koch. In the
games contained in the Game

section, however, Black exclu­
sive ly replied with 16. . .<�)f6 or
16...�f5, after which White has
to make the exchange sacrifice
that characterizes this entire
variation. For ,the moment, the
situation in this line also remains
unclear.
Still Unclear
16.�11
Sambuev,Bator
Khruschiov,Aiexey
Moscow 2006 (1)
1.e4 e5 2.�f3 �c6 3ib5 a&
4..b4 10f6 5
.
1).9 �e7 6.J:le1 b5
7.�b3 IHl 8.c3 d5 9.ed5 10d5
1o.IOe5 10e5 11.J:le5 c& 12.J:le1
�d& 13.d4 'Wh4 14.g3 1t'h3
15.J:le4 g516.'Wf1
16...� 17.10c12 f5 18..J:le1?1 f4
19./0e4 b3 (19...1g31
1
20.hg3 .ltg4?
(20.� 21.1r<fl IZaeS<x>) 21� �
22.ctlg:l'Wg523Jie5't
th4
24JldS+­
�.ttrogaryn21Xl0
06
J
20.1rd3llae821�[2U.l4.i.l4
22.!1411423.Wh1�-+;21.a4.ltl5
22.ab5ab523.J:[a6(2l
ld.!
f3:!:)23.
..
1g3
24.hg3 �; 21id1 'WgS 22.g4 (2ti131?)
22...10e3 23.tl ..tg4 24..i.e:l 11
13
25Jle3.i.l4
2Ue1.i.l5+]21-ifS22.c4[2
2.a4
13-+;2tir2:e41?(22.
.
.10e3)23.J:le41016
24Jlae1 �22...�?1 (2
2.
.
.txl423..io4
·�I 23.c5? [23.•e2 ..tg4 (23...10Q4?
24./016 1016 �) 24.'W<fl .ltl5 25.'We2=]
23-�7 24ie3 [24.1t'e2 /Og4-+]
24-i.e4-+ 25id1 fg3 26.tg3 'ilt'h3
0·1
Conclusion
A lot of interesting new material
bas become available since the
previous Survey, but there aren't
many definitive conclusions to
report. Last time we faced much
uncertainty and this bas not
changed.
Motylev,Aiexander
Beliavsky,Aiexander
WijkeanZeeII2006(7)
1.e4 e5 2. 10f3 IOc& 3ib5a& 4h4
10f65
.
1Hl�e7&.l:le1b57ib3IHl
8.c3 d5 9.ed5 /Od5 10.1085 10e5
1Ule5 c6 12.d4 �d& 13Jle1 1t'h4
14.g3 .h3 15
.
1:le4 g516.1rf1 'Wh5
17.10d2 1518.�d11?
18.. .g4 (18...'i
i'
g61? 19.1:le1 14 20.�e4
lg3 21.hg3 �e7 22.'Wg2 �� Beliavsky]
19.1:le1 f4 [19....
.ltb
7 20.c4 bc4 21.10c4±
Beliavsky; 19. . . �d7 20..ltb3 Wh8 Molylev;
19...1:la7 RnkBI) 20./0e4 �c7 21ib3
�h8 [21 ...lg3 22.hg3 Wh8 23...g2; 21...13
22.a4 Motylev] 22
.
gf4 [22.�d2!?
Beliavsky] 22...1014 [22..il41? 23.10g3
'Wg6� Beliavsk
y
J 23if4 .ltf4 24.'Wg2
l:le7 25
.
1:le2 l:le7 26.10g3 'lrg5
27
.
1:le7 •e7 28.•c6 h5 [28..ig3
29.hg3 .i.b7 30.1rc5 'WcS 31.dc5 1:115
32.1:ld1 �13 (32....i.c6) 33.1:ld8 �g7
34.1:ld7 Wh8 35..i.d1 ± Molyllfi( 29.1rg6
[29.1rc51?] 29
.
.. h4
30.'Wh5 'W'h7
31.'Wh7 �h7 32.10e4 �g& 33.10c5
[33.a41?J 33... 1le8� 34.�c2 �g5?1
(34..il51?] 35id3 .ltf5 36if1 g3
37.hg3 hg3 38id3?1 [38.1g3 �g3
39.10a6±] 38. . id3 39.10d3 l:le2
40.1:ld1 .ltd& 41.�g2 �g4 42.1:le1
Survey RL 17. 6
Undoubtedly, the developments
have not come to an end yet We
wil
l
anxiously wait and see if
there will continue to be white
players who are prepared to enter
this variation instead of going for
some Anti-Marshall or some
other line.
l:ld2 43.1:le3 gf2 44.�f2 �
45.� llb2 46.1le2j; l:lb1
47.10d3?1 [47.�e4] 47...1:lh1 48
.
�e3
We6 49.�d2 �d5 50 .�c2 a5
5Ulg2
�-�-
Kumosov,lgor
Azarov,Sergey
Kusadasi Ech 2006 (7)
1.e4 e5 2.�f3 IOc6 3•.ltb5a& 4ia4
10f6 5
.
1Hl.lte76.1le1b57ib3IHl
8.c3 d5 9.ed5 /Od5 10.10e5 IOe5
11.1:le5 c6 12.d4 �d6 13.1:le1 •h4
14.g3 'Wh3 15
.
lle4 g516
.
'Wf1 ..
.
h5
17
.
10d2 �f5 18.f3 10f6 (18...1lae8
19.1:le8 l:leB 20.10e4 �e4 21.1e4 l:le4
22..i.d1 g4 23..ltd2 (23.'i
i'
l2Elyakim­
Krempel, cr 1992 - YB/52·93) 23...c5
24.•g2 lle6 25..i.b3 c4 26ic2 10e3
27.� lle3= Vayser-tambert, cr 20
05
]
19.84 _ [19.1le1 Kramoik·l.el
lo
,.Bris
sa
go_
Wch-m 20
04
-
YB/73-20] 19. ..10e4
[19....i.h3?1 20.•12 �e4 21.�e4 �e7
22.g4±] 20.10e4 [20.1e4?1 .i.e&'fl
20... .lte4?1 [20....g61? 21.10<16 'i
i'
d6
22ig5 l:lfe8 23..ltf4 (23.ab5 ab5 24.1:la8
l:la8 25if�) 23. ..'Wg6 24ie5 c5
25id5 (25.ab5?1 �d3 26.'irh3 c4+)
25...1:lad8 26.�e4 �e4 27.1e4 'lre4
28.'WI6 'lre3=] 21.fe4 �g7 (21...g4
22.1r16 'Wg6 23.1rg8 hg6 24.e5±;
21 .. .�97 22..15 1rg6 23...g6 hg6
24.e5;1;] 22.�d2 [22.e51?; 22.•151?1
22...f6 23
.
'WI5 [23..lte6;!;l 23. ..'We2
[23.. .1:l ld8 24.1:111 .g6 25.'ili'g4 h5
26.'i
i'
e6tJ 24 ..ltc2 llf7 [24...1:la7 25.1ld1
� 26.1:111 1rg6 27.• e6±; 24...�e5
25.de5 'Wd2 26.1:ld1 1re3 27.'�h1 lla7
28.1
1
11+-] 25.e5 'Wd2 (25.. .1e5?
26.�7 Wf8 27.'i
i'h8
�e7 28..i.g5 �d7
29il5 1:115 30.'ilh7 �e6 31..g6+-;
25...1:lh8? 26..ltb3+-] 26.'1i'h7?1
107

[26.ed61 :he 27.ab5 abS 2e.:11 ±J
26•••wr&= 27...
.
h8 W&7 2B.ed6 'i>d&
29...
.
a8 •e3 30.Wh1 •f3 31.Wg1
Hotting,Arend
Thomson,Thomas
cr 2004
;<.-;<.
1.e4 e5 2.10f3 /Oc6 3.�b5 a& 4..i.a4
/Of& s.o-o .i.e7 &.:e1 b5 7.�b3 o-o
B.c3 d5 9.ed5 10d5 10./0eS 10e5
11.:e5 c6 12.d4 �d6 13.:e1 •h4
14.g3 •h3 1s.:e4 g5 1&...
.
M •hs
17.f3 .i.f5 1a.:e1 (18...
.
12 .i.e4 19.1e4
10c7 20..i.e:l 'iWg6 21.� Heyn-Pink,
cr 2004) 1a...:aea 19.10d2 (19.:ee
:ee 20.c4? �d3J 21...
.
d3 �g31 22.hg3
:e1-+ Noukas-A.Johansson, cr 1996)
19....
.i.
d3 20...
.
f2_10f6 21.:e3 :e3
22...
.
e3..
.
g6
23./0e41? (23.a4 .i.l4 24.•12 :ee
25.gl4 :e2 26.Wg3 gl4 27 ...
.
g6hg6
28.ab5 :e1 29.Wg2 *·* Gildred-K.MUI!er,
cr20
04
) 23•...
.i.
e4 24.fe4 IOe4 (24....i.l4
25.We2 .i.c1 26.e5±) 25.84 (25...
.
e2
whB 26..i.e3 15 27..i.c2 :eB= Z.Nowak­
M.Schulze, cr 2004] 2s...:ea (25....i.l4
26 ...
.
e2 .i.c1 27.:ca) 26.ab5 �f4
(26 ...ab5 27 .:a7±) 27...
.
d3 .i.c1
2a.:c1 ab5 29.:n :e7 30...
.
e3 h&
(30 . ..h5 31 .d5±] 31.g4± WtB 32.d5 (by
lortel1; 32...cd5 33...
.
d4 wge 34..i.d5 10d6
35. 'l
l'b6
�g7 36.b3±1+-)
1-Q
Anand,Viswanathan
Svidler,Peter
San Luis Wch 2005 (6)
1.e4 eS 2.10t3 10c6 3.� a& 4.b4
/Of& s.o-o .i.e7 &.:e1 b5 7..i.b3 o-o
B.c3 d5 9.ed5 10d5 10./0eS IOeS
11.:es c6 12.d4 .Qd& 13.:e1 •h4
108
14.g3 .h3 1S.:e4 g5 16...
.
M •t1
17.Wf1 �f5 18.f3 h6 19.10d21?
(19.:e1 :feB.,. Peng Xiaomin-
G
rischuk,
ShanghaiH20
0
1 - YBI63-128) 19....
.i.
e4
20.fe4 10c7 21.�g2 (21.e5 .i.e7
22.10e4 IOd5 23.Wg2 16-P) 21...c5
22.
.
e5 .i.e7 23.10e4 (23.d5 c4 24.�c4
(24.d6?1 cb3 25.de7 :feB+; 24.10c4 bc4
25..Qc4 :ada 26.d6 � 27.ed6 :d6
2e.�e3 :ae 29.�d4 lObS;) 24...bc4
25.d6 .i.dB 26.dc7 .i.c7 27.10c4 :feB
28..Qe3 .i.eS 29.Wl3 :ad8.,. Anand)
23... cd4 24.cd4 as
25•.i.e3 (25.a4 :!dB 26..i.e3 ba4 27.:&4
l:lab80'1; 25.83 :ld8 26.� a4 27 ..i.a2
IOdS 28..i.l2 l:l11C80'1 Anand] 25...a4
26•.i.d1 /Od5 (26...161? 27.el6 �16
28..i.l3 :adS� Rnkeq 27.�f2!i!
!!
!:lacS
2a.:b1 f6 (28...1:lld81? Anand] 29.ef6
.i.f6 30.10d6 l:lc6 (30 .. . :b81?) 31./0bS
:b6 32.� :fb8 33.10a3 l:lb2
34.1:lb2 (34.�1? l:lb1 35.10b1 Wl8
36.Wf3;t Finkel] 34. .. :b2 35.10c4 l:la2
36..
.i.b3
l:lf2 37.Wf2 �114=: 38./0e3
.i.e3 39.Wf3 -
Y.-Y.z
Volokitin,Andrey
Sargissian,Gabriel
Germany Bundesliga 2005/06 (15)
1.e4 e5 2.10f3 IOc6 3..
.i.b5
a6 4.�
/Of& s.o-o �e7 6.1:le1 b5 7..
.i.b3
o-o
8.c3 d5 9.ed5 IOd5 10./0eS IOe5
11.:&5 c6 12.d4 .i.d6 13.:e1 •h4
14.g3 ..
.
h3 15.1:le4 g5 16...
.
M..
.
M
17.WM .Qf5 18.10d2 h6 (18...1:lla8 19.13
g4 20.:ee :ee 21.10e41? .i.a4 22.1e4 :e4
23.a4 b4 24id2 h5 25.85;1; Hotling-Ehlrg,
cr20
00
; 18.. .:a
ae
19.13 1016 20J:la8 :ee
21.Wl2g422.
..i.d
1 gl3 23.1013 IOg4
24.�1c525..Qd2108326.�:e3
27.WI2 :ae 28..i.b3 c4 29..Qd1± Motylei­
Sargis
sian
, Moscow Aeroftol 2006) 1s.:e1
(19.13 -Anand-Svkter,SanluisWch20
05]
1s...:aea 20./0f3 g4 21..
.i.
h6 (21.1:lee
.i.d3 22.W81 :ae 23.Wd2 �11 24.10Q1
h5�J 21...gf3 2U.t8 l:lta [2
2
..•.ih:l
23.�1 Wl8 24.:ee Wa8 25.c4 {j:y;]
26.cb5 lObS 27..1
1!f
1..,EN lt-Mr Nike�
AzMdoPes
soa,
cr20
05
) 23•.i.d1 .i.h3?1
(23.. ..i.g41?) 24.Wg1 .i.g2 25.a4 �hB
(25...1014? 26.gl4 Wh8 27.:e5 �eS 28.fe5
:ge 29.h4± Nolkln]
26.:&4 (26.ab5 ab5 21.:ae 10141 28.gl4
:gB=; 26�h41? Nolldn] 26...b4 27.c4
10t41 28.gf4 :ga 29.c5 (29.h3 (Nolkin)
29...� 30.�h2 .i.g2 31.c5 .i.c7 32.
.i.b3
wg7!!&1=J
y..y.
Volokitin,Andrey
Ponomariov,Ruslan
Foros 2006 (1)
1.&4 e5 2.
.
/0f3/Oc63.�a64..
.i.a
4
/Of& S.G-0 .i.e7 6.1:le1 bS 7..
.i.
b3G-0
8.c3 d5 9.ed5 IOdS 10./0eS IOe5
11.:e5 c6 12.d4 .i.d& 13.:e1 •h4
14.g3 ..
.
h3 15.1:le4 g5 16...
.
M 'itf1
17.WM h& 1B./Od2 .Qt5 1s.:e1
:aea 20.10f3 �h3?1 21.wg1 .i.g4
22./0eSI f6 23.10d3 .i.ts 24.:d1
�g4 25.1:ld21? �g7 26.&4 /Ob6
27.ab5 abS 2B..
.i.
d1 .i.fS 29•.i.f3
:aa 30.I:laa :aa 3t.l:ld1 :a1
32.10e1 cS (32.. .1:lb1 33.�e2 10a4
34..i.d3.i.d335.10d3c536.dc5�
37.10c5 � 38.Wt1± Nolkin] 33.dc5
�c5 34.b4 10a4 (34 ..ie7 35..i.e3±)
35 ..Qd21 (35.bc5?1 IOc3 36..tb2 :d1
37.�c3 l:lc1 38.� :c4=) 3S...:d1
36..i.d1 .i.d6 37...i.e2 .i.d7 3B.IOc2
.i.eS 39.c4± bc4 40.�4 .i.fS
41.10e3 .i.e4 42•.Qb3 lOb& 43•.i.c2
�c2 44./0c2 IOc4 45..i.e3 f5
46..Qd4 � 47.f4 gf4 48.gf4 .Qd4
49./0d4 10e3 SO.bS 10d5 51.h4!+-

�7 52.1tlf5 Wtl6 53./0h& li:lf4
S4.Wf2 lOg& 55.Wg3 Wd5 56.h5
IOfB 57.11:lg4 Wc5 58./0eS Wb5
sg.h6 10h7 60.Wt4 Wc5 61.Wt5
� &2.1i:ld7 Wd& 63.Wg6
1-0
l(arjakin,Sergey
Grlschuk,Aiexander
Turinol 2006 (10)
1.e4 85 2.1i:lf3 li:lc6 3.� a& 4..ia4
/Of& 5.0.0 j_e7 6.J:le1 b5 7ib3 o-o
a.c3 d5 9.ed5 li:ld5 10.1085 IOe5
11.1185 c6 12.d4 j_d6 13Jle1 1rh4
14.g3 .-.,3 15.1184 gS 16.Wf1 .f1
17.Wf1 j_ts 18.1i:ld2 l:lad81?
19Jle1 Ude8 20.10f3 g4 21-.b&
gf3 [2L.i.dl 22.Wg1 gf3 23.� Wf8
2Ue8 WB
B
�EN] 22itB Ute 23..i.d1
j,g4 24..1
14
l:ld8 25.ab5 ab5 26.Ue6
c5 27.dc5 j_c5 28.Uc6 .ia7
[28..il8t?;J 29.:&6 j_c5. [29....i.b&l?'i']
30.Uc6
'h-Y.!
Almasi,Zoltan
Harlkrishna,Pentala
Paks 2008 (8)
1.e485 2.11:lf3 10c6 3..
.tbs
a& 4..ia4
lOt&s.o-oj,e76.l:le1bS1..i.b3o-o
B.C3dS9.ed5IOd510.Ii:le5IOe5
11.1185 c6 12.d4 j_cf6 13.Ue1 .h4
14.g3 1fh3 15.1:184 gS 16.Wf1 ..
.
f1
17.Wf1 j_f5 18.10d2 :SdB 19.f31?
h4 20.fe4 li:lc7 21.Wg2 [21.a4 h6
22.� Ud7?1 (22...c5; 22. ..b4) 23.h4
gh4 24.85 b7 2S.gh4 Wg7 26.ab5 ab5
21.1084 llaB? (27.. .15
28.el6 (28.86 Ud4
29 .cd4 le4a:o) 28. ..8 29.Wh3±) 28.lla8
�29.10g3.i.f83M:l15WhB
3U.h6±1+- 't'alulY
enko-
Zhang Zhong,
�n20
06
] 21... cS (21.. . Wg71?;
21.. .g417]
22.1i:lf3?1 [22.851 j_e7 Zl.dcS t:. 24.10e4]
22•.. h6 [22. .. c4 ZJ.j_c2 16coi=] 23..i.e3
[Zl.dcS .i.c5 24.h4;!;) 23•• • cd4 [23...c4)
24.10d4 Utea (24. . ..i.c5=) 25.llf1 Ud7
26.Uf6?1 [26.1015 .i.f8 27.Wfa;l;]
26..Jle4 27.Wtl lieS 28./0fS lOeB
29..i.t7?1 [29.10116 wg7 30.1117 1117
31.1017 IllS 32.Wg4 1117 33..i.17 Wf7
34..i.g5a:oEN] 29...l:lf7 30./0h& Wg7
31.llt7 Wh6+ 32.b4? b7-+
33.j_d4 Wg6 34.llf4 Uts 35.l:lts
Wf5 36.g4 We& 37..i.e3 WdS 0.1
Still Unclear
16.'i1¥13
Sakai,Kiyotaka
Schulze, Michael
cr2004
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29.J:le1 W!J7 30.W13 'lrd2;) 26.. .We3
27.11rf2 Wg5 28.10c5 1014 29.WI1 li:lh5
Survey RL 17. 6
30.WQ2 1014 31.Wf1=] 25-Wg5
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0.1
Sacerdotaii,Sergio
Hansson,Christian
-
cr CM/0/00253 2004- ··-
1.84 es 2.10f3 IOc6 3� a&
4.j_a4 lOtS 5.0 .0 j_e7 s..:e1 b5
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13.lle1 •h4 14.g3 ..,3 15.l
l.
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21.1i'h1 .i.c1 22.Uc1 1rh6 23.J:lf1
[23.J:le17 •d21 24.10d2 Ue1 25.WQ2
llh1 26.j_f5 lla1-+ M.PelrDY·Sacer·
dotali, cr 2001] 23.....
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cr200
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j_e4 26.13 gl3 27.1113 Wfe-+]24•..Wg7
25.h4 [25.13 gf3 26.11'13 1016 27.1016
Ue1 28.�12 1fl6+] 25..• /0f& 26.h5
wus27�i4Q132a.
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32.1i'e2 We2 33.Ue2 Ue2 34.We2
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37.h6 Wg4 38.d5 ts 39 .We5 cd5
40.a3 WgS 41.We6 Wh6 42.Wf5
WhS 43.g4 Wh4 44.g5 Wg3
45.wes Wg4
o-1
Mortatscheck
Monster Mash
cr Internet 2002
1.e4 eS 2.11:lt3 IOc6 3..
.Q.
b5 a6 4..i.a4
lOt& S.o-o j_e7 6.Ua1 b5 7..i.b3 G-0
8.c3 dS 9.ed5 IOd5 10.11:le5 IOe5
11.1185 c6 12.d4 j_ct6 13.1:le1 Wh4
14.g3 .h3 15.1184 g5 16.'4tf3 .i.t5
17..
.Q.
d5 cdS 18.Ue3 .i.e4 19.1:le4
de4 20••f6 'irg4 21.10d21? (21. ..g5
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(22.1i:ll1 �c1 23.l:lc1!!
!
Hernandez
Mol
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R.Fernandez, cr 1994 - YB/52-94)
22...1t"d1? (22.. ic1 23.1i:ld6 1t"e6
24.1t"e6 le6 25.:�1;t; 22...:aes 23.�14
gl4 24.1i'c6 1t"e6 25.1t"e6 l:le6 26./i:lc5;1;)
23.Wg2 �c1 24.Zlc1 1t"c1 25.1i:ld6 1t"c2
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lvanchuk,Linares1991-YBI'2
2
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23.•9s 11r9s 24�gs :g& 2s.�d2
[25.�1?; 25..i.e31?] 25•.• f5 26.&4
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26 .• • f4 27.ab5
27••.ab5 [27...e3 28.ba61±] 28.:&5
[28.b3 e3t] 28•.• e31? 29.�e3 [29.183
lg3+] 29••• fe3 30.l0e3 l:lgS'i'/a;,
31.h4?1 �c71 32.Zla7 �g31 33.fg3
l:lg3 34.1i:lg2 b4__ 35.cb4 l:lb3 36.d5
.
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A Turnaround
16.�e2
Bologan,Viktor
Onlschuk,Aiexander
Poikovsky 2003 (3)
1.&4 e5 2.1i:lf3 li:lc& 3.�b5a& 4...ta4
li:lf6 s.o-o �e7 6.l:le1 b5 7.ib3 o-o
8.c3 d5 9.ed5 l0d5 10./0eS tOes
11.l:le5 c6 12.d4 �d& 13..l
l
e1 11rh4
14.g3 1i'h3 15.l:le4 g5 16.1i'e2
110
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l
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.
115 20.10d2
:aea 21.Zle8 .Ilea 22.13 � 23...-12 f5
24.1011 14 25.�d2 11rg6+ Czaczln&­
Jackow, Germany Bundesr�g�
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w20
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l
ae8 19.1i:ld2 f5
20.e5 f4 21.l0e4 [21.11t'g21? 11rg2
22.wg2 h7 23.gf4 l:l14 (23. . .gf4
24.w13t) . 24 .1i:ll1;t] . 21:.-i.eS [21.. .1 3
22...
.
11 (22.11rf2?1 �e5 23.de5 Zle5+)
22...11rf5 23.l0d6 f2 24.Wg2 11r13 25.Wh3
1i'h5=) 22.de5 l:le5 23./i:lf& l:lf6
24.1lre5 fg3 [24...13?1 25.�d5 cd5
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25
.
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weB 28.•as Wf7 29.1rb7 WeB
Converset,Juan
Kossarski,Mariusz
cr2003
lil-Y.
1.e4 e5 2.1i:lf3 tOe& 3.�b5 a&
4.�a4 li:lf& s.o-o �e7 6.l:le1 b5
7.�b3 o-o s.c3 dS 9.ed5 li:lds
10.1i:le5l0e511.Zle5 c& 12.d4 �d&
13.Zle1 11rh4 14.g3 11t'h3 15.Zle4 g5
16.1i'e2 �f5 17.1ild2 li:lf& [17... �84?1
18./i:l84 'We6 19.11rl3 f6 (19.. . g4 20.�d5
cd5 21.1lrg4± Bafabaev-Pe1zold, cr 2004)
20...td2 g4 21..d3 15 22.l0cl6 'Wd6
23.�14 "ire6 24..i.e5 l:lf7 25.c4 bc4
26...c4± Conversei-Hanison, cr 2003]
18.f3 c5 19.11rf2 c4 20.�c2 h&
21.b3 .l
l
fc8 [21.. . cb3 22.ab3 lOe4
(22....l
l
lc8 Ponomariov-Adams, Unares
2002 - YB/63-126) 23.l0e4 �97 24.c4
.i.h7 25.d5;!; Korz&-G.Schulz, cr 2004)
22...tb2 .l
l
a7 [22....i.e4 23.1i:le4 11t'e6a>]
23.a4 .i.ba 24.ab5 ab5 25•.l
l
a7
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l
e7 �c2
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l
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l
a5 li:ld5 30..l
l
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lil-Y.
Vayser,VIadimir
Koch,Hans Georg
cr2005
1.e4 es 2.l0f3 lOc6 3.ib5 a& 4•..te4
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e1 b5 7•..tb3 o.o
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11..l
l
e5 c6 12.d4 �d& 13..l
l
e1 11rh4
14.g3 "if'h3 15•.l
l
e4 g5 16.11re2 f5
17.�d5 [17.1:l95?1 ..te5 18.• 95 1i'hsl?
19id5 cd5 20.•d5 Wh8 21.•e5 wga
22.•d5 Wg7 23.l0d2 .l
l
a7 24.1i:ll1
(24.1lre5 wga 25.1011 .l
l
ea+: 24.1rcS
.l:laf7+) 24...1:le7 25.b3 ..tb7 26.1rc5 l:le1
27..b3 l:lcS+/-+ Be.Undberg-Nyback,
Stockholm20
05106
]17•••cdS 18•.l
l
e6
18..-i.e&l? [18...141 Ponomariov-Anand,
Unares 20
02
-
YB/63-126; 18.. .�c71?
19..l
l
c6 14 20.1:lc7 13 21.•11 1lr11 22.WI1
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l
e2 25.c4 .l
l
le8 26.l0c3 l:ld2 27.l0d5
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l
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l
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l
e2 25.�g5
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l
le8 26.1:lc6 l:ll2 27.l0d2 .l
l
le2 28.wc2 f2
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l=
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M.Schulze, cr 20
03
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l
e8
22.1tl11 (22.1rd5 l:le1 23./i:ll1 1i'd1
24.•g2 14 25.b3 lg3 26.hg3 1i'c2
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0
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.
d7 Wh8 22...td2 l:le2
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20;•••h51 [20....1:lae8 21.1lrd7+­
Ponomariov] 21.11rd7 [21.1lrd6 • g5
22.-.-95 Wg6 23.14 1i'd8 24.•e2 l:le8
25.11rf2 l:la7 26.l0d2 .l:lae7 27.WI1 1i'c8
28.1i:ll3 1Wc4 29.Wg1 l:le2 30.11t'l1 11rd3
31.l095 l:l8e5 32.fe5 1lre3 33.Wh1 l:l12
34.11rh3 l:lb2 o-1 H.Koch-Efendiev, cr 2002]
21•• Jlf7 22.�f6 wg& 23.1lrd6 11rd1

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..c2 27.c4 b4 28."irb3 1fe4 29.�g1
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�e8-+ 33.1t"11 �82 34.�g1 1t"11
35.�1 �b2 36.gf4 :h6
0-1
A New Move
16.'1
1¥
e1
Motylev,Aiexander
Tkachlev,VIadlslav
Kazan 2005 (6)
1.84 e52.1013 IOc6 3..i.b5 86 4•.b4
/0165.IHI�876.�81b57ib3IHI
8.c3d59.ed5IOd51O.IOeSlOBS
11.�85 c6 12.d4 �d6 13.�e1 •h4
14.g3 •h3 15�84 gS 16••e11?
1016 [16...1S? 17..i.d5 a15 18.�e6 14 (AR
18..ie61 - Vayser-Koch, cr 2005)
1Ud6+-]17.10d2 -.,51?
----·-- --·--- --
18.•d11 [1U.d1 •g6; 1s.tie2- Wgs;
18.1le2 c5 19.13 (19./0e4 IOe4 20.1:le4
Jib7 (20...c4 21id1 Wg6 22..il3 6.
22.
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1
7 23.1lg4 �13 24.1:lg5 :aes
25.1:lg6 hg6 26i.e3 �7 27.1t"f1 l:lh8
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16 .. .1t"g6? 19.1:1&1 ±; 18..� 19.1:lg41
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20..i.c2 :aes 21 .1:183 �c2 22.W16±J
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n&72U.f3..th324.1tlf6�g72H�h5
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2U.f3l:lac824.b4IlleS25.�.i.c2
26./0hJt] 23./0e4 15? (23. .�e6]
24./0cs 14 25./0d31 1g3 26.hg3 i-15
27.10e5 :ace 28.b4 �e4 29.84 l:lc7
30.14 :as 31.85 �7 32.Wf2
[32.J:la21] 32..�d5 33�5 1:118
34.1:le1 l:le7 35.1:le2 1:116 36.h1 1:118
37.:h2 �8 38.Wf2 l:ld8 39.U2
l:ld6 40.g4 �7 41.15 l:le8 42.Wg3
l:lh8 43.�d3 l:ldd8 44.Wf4 l:ld6
45.1:lh5 l:lgB 46�e4 �84 47.�
�h7 48.Wf4 �g7 49�h3 :ee so.g5
hg5 51.�g5 l:lgB 52./0g4 l:ldd8
(52...oi>f753.Wf4Wf8 54.1lh7 l:lg7 55.1:lh8
l:lgS 56.1:lg8 �57.�] 53�h6
Wf8 54.Wf4 c5 55.1:116 h7 56�86
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1-Q
Schekachev,Andrey
Gustafsson,Jan
Austria n 2004/05 (5)
Motylev
M/05-7-42
1.84 eS 2.1013 /Oc6 3�5 86 4ia4
1016 5.IHI .i.e7 6.1:le1 b5 7ib3 IHI
8.c3 dS 9.ed5 IOdS 10./0eS IOe5
11.1:185 c6 12.d4 �d6 13.1:le1 1rh4
14.g3 •h3 15.1:184 gS 16.•e1 i-15
17.10d2 (1 7.�d5 al5 18.1:le3 .i.d7
(18...1t"h5; 18 ... g4) 19.b3 IS 20.� ..ta3
21./0a3 14 22.1:185;!; Gutier
rez
-Meline, cr
20
00
] 17•.•1016 18.13
18...c51? (16...1:lae8 19.1:le8 (19.�
b4 20.1084 1084 21.fe4 IS (21 ...161?)
22.85 14 23.gt4 gt4 24.Wfl •11 25.Wf1
� (25....h71?) 26.de5 l:le5 27�±
VanHaastert-vanDelft,Nsthertendstt
20
05106
) 19...:ea 20.W12 c5 21.1084 10e4
22.fe4 l:
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05/
06)
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�g3 21 .hg3 .g3 22.Wf1 (22.�h1 Wh3=)
22...•h3 23.�82 l:lfeB!!
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] 20...cd4
Survey RL 17.6
(20...c4!? 21�d1 IOe4 22.fe4 (22./0e41?)
22. ..�g4:J'] 21.cd4 l:lad8 22..1
1.
e2
(22.�e1 1?] 22..�d3 23.1:le3 •15!!
!!
24./0e4 /Oe4 25.fe4 �e4 26 .•15
�15 27.�d2 �g7
Y.z-Yz
Anand,VIswanathan
Bacrot,Etienne
Sofia 2006 (6)
1.e4 e5 2.1013 /Oc6 3�b5 86 4ia4
1016 S.IHI .i.e7 6.1le1 b5 7�b3 IHI
8.c3 d5 9.ed5 10d5 10./0e5 IOe5
11�85 c6 12.d4 �d6 13..1
1.
e1 Wh4
14.g3 •h3 15..1
1.
84 gS 16.1f81 .i.f5
17.10d2 h6 18.13 �fjT [18... 1016 19.1:1&2
..Q.d320.1:183l:lae821.1011c522.Wf2c4
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!!
)
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&51 23.de5 IOg4 24.•g2 �
25.<�1
1
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.
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26.Wg2 1t"g2 27.� ��] 23�c2
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l.
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27�84 1:1114=; 25.•121?] 25...161+
26.h31? Wh3 27.•e4 �h8 28.1:la6
[28...
.
g6? l:lg6 29.1:la8 .l
l.
e8 30�15
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l.
g7-+]28..•fe5 29.1:lc6 l:lf8 30..i.d3
l:lef7 31.•g2 Wg2?1 [31.. ..e61+]
32.�g2 .1
1.
16 [32... .1
1.
121? 33.�g1 .1
1.216
]
33.de5 �eS 34 •.1
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16
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111

Ital ian Game
Two Knights Defence
IG 1.3 (C55)
A Central Break- Natural but Rare ·
by Sergey Tiviakov
1. e4
2. llJf3
3. �c4
4. d3
5.o-o
6. �b3
7. c3
--
·
--
- 8. --�c2·
e5
llJc&
llJf6
�e7
0-0
d&
llJa5
c5
Some time ago my game against
Laurent Fre ssinet from Wij k aan
Ze
e
B 2004 was carefully stud­
ied and analysed by my oppo­
nent in New In Chess Magazine
2004/2. In that game Black
chose a rather paradoxical ap­
proach, losing a tempo with
6...d6 and 7 ...d5 . Despite his suc­
cess in that particular game (be­
cause of a white mistake at a later
stage), White has a slight plus
there. I reported this in a Survey
in Yearbook 71.
Another, completely differe nt
approach is to play 7... llJa5 and
8...c5, as Jan We rle did in the
main game of the present Survey.
The type of positions arising
now are close to those of lhe Ruy
Lopez.
112
In the diagrammed position
White has several plans to de­
velop his pieces:
A) an early 9.a3, 10.b4 , and
only later llJbd2, .r:
:t
el, llJfl etc.;
B) 9.liJbd2, .r:
:t
el, llJfl etc.;
C) White plays 9.d4 immedi­
ately-= a-·l'eJatively rare plan. -
Each plan has its advantages and
drawbacks...
Generally speaking, in order to
get an equal position Black has
to play .. .d6-d5 at some point. If
he fails to do so, his position al­
most always remains worse. Un­
derstanding that it is important
for White to try and prevent this
freeing move, is not an easy
task. ..
Gaining Space First
In principle, it is a good idea for
White to gain space... on
.
the
queenside first and only then de­
velop his pieces or break in the
centre with d3-d4 . Unfortu­
nately, this is quite slow, and
White will fall behind in devel­
opment And if Black plays
. ..d6-d5 at some point, the c3
pawn will become weak.
After 9.a3 the main line goes:
9.. .lbc6 10.b4 a6, and after
ll. .r:
:t
el, ll. . .d5 is very strong, as
in Zhang Zhong-Bruzon, Calvia
Olympiad 2004, and Tiviakov­
Bojkov, Guingamp 2006. If
White plays ll.h3, then again
ll.. .d5 is better than the passive
ll. ...r:
:t
e8 12..r:
:t
el .if8, which oc-
Sergey Tlvlakov
curred in several games by yours
truly (for instance against We rle
and Sipke Ernst). After l l.liJbd2
Black has a pleasant choice be­
tween the immediate ll...d5 and
ll.. .b5, fm t gaining space on the
queenside, and only a few moves
later . ..d6-d5 . With correct play
Black will get an equal position
without too much trouble in all
lines after 9.a3.
Without the Immediate a3/b4
If White refrains from playin g
on the queenside, he wil
l
have to
play 9..r:
:t
el (or 9.llJbd2), fo l­
lowed by lO.llJbd2 (or lO..r:
:t
el),
ll.llJfl, 12.liJg3, trying to de­
velop an initiative on the
kingside. Black must act in a
similar way as in Va riation A:
first defend pawn e5 and then
play ...d6-d5 , with sufficie nt
counterplay in the centre.

The games of Alexander
Beliavsky are quite instructive,
ag ainst Yu dasin in the Soviet
Championship, Moscow 1988,
and against Nevednicby, Herceg
Novi 2001.
,
Leonid Yu dasin plays this type
of positions quite well with
white: his game against
Romanishin demonstrates what
White should aim for in this
set- up.
Something Else
Since both above -mentioned
plans cannot guarantee any ad­
vantage for White if Black plays
correctly, be has to look for
something else. And while pre­
paring this Survey, I fo und an in­
teresting possibility - 9 .d4.
1\il arn Game
7.c3
Tlvlakov,Sergey
WerleJan
·
l.e
euwarden
ch-NED 2005 (5)
1.e4e52.
.i.
c4 �f6 3.d3 � 4.�f3
i.
.e
7 S.CHI CHI&� d6 7.c3
?...�s [7. ..d51? TIViakov· Fres
s
lne� Wijk
aanZeeB20
04
-
YM1-147; 7... h6
8·10bd2 c()a5 9..1
12
c5 10.113 Wc7 11.b4
cb4 12.cb4 lOc6 13ib2 a6 14.l:
:t
c1 �d7
lS.d4 l:lad8 16.d5 t'i:Ja7 17..i.b1 1tb8
lB.IOc4 b5? (18... l:
:t
c8} 19.� deS
20.� es 'li'a8?1 21.d6+- TIViakov.{)p den
It's quite strange that this natural
breakthrough in the centre has
hardly drawn any attention so
far. With only a few games
played with it up to now (no
mention in ECO and no games
published in the Chess /nfo r­
TTUJnts) it remains a rich soil for
further investigation and tourna­
ment practice! It seems that
Kelder,Ha
arlem
2005; 7.. .�e6 8�c2 d5
s.•e2 de4 10.de4 � 11.l:ld1 •ca
12.� .i.gS 13�g5 16 14.�e3 •ea
15.1t'!d2a516.<&4-.a17.t'i:Ja3b6
18.l:ld2 l:llc8 19..b4 t'i:Ja7 20.l:
:t
ad1 �18
21.c4 c5 22.l:
:t
d6..
.
b7 23.13 � 24.�c6
l:lc6 25.�b5 l:ld6 26.l:l!!U TIVialu7i
-
Van
derWen,Dieren20
06
] B.ic2 c5 9.a3
·
'[B.l:
:t
e1 � to.� ] 9.;.� 10.b4
a& 11.h3 [11 .l:le1 d5� 11...l:
:t
e8
[1 1...d51?] 12.l:le1 �ta 13.ie31?N
[13.�bd2 - Trviakov ·S.Emst, Dieren 20
04
;
13�g51?] 13•••cb4?1 [� 13...b5
14.�] 14.ab4 b5 15.10bd2 [15.d4?1
ed4 16.� .i.b7 17.1t'!d2 (1 7.�g5?1 h6
18.i.M � 19.¥d4 g5 20�g3 �g7}
17...d5=] 1S....i.b7 [15.. .85 16.d44otiCI]
16.ig5 h6 [16.. .�e71? A ...lOdl; A
...�115] 17.�h4 l:lcB [17..ie7!? A
. ..lOdl; A ...lOhS] 18.1011 (18.�b31?J
18...�b8 19.l:le3 10bd7 20.�3
•c7 21.�b3 g& R 21...85 22.l:l85
(22.ba5 d5 23.l:la2 de4 24.de4 �e4ao;
22..i.l6 ab41} 22....c3 23..i.l6 (23.l:
:t
b5
M 24.l:la5 1tb4 25.l:la1;t} 23.. . �16
24.l:
:t
b5 .i.c6 25.l:lb6 lOd7 26.l:la6 'ili'b4
27..ids;!;] 22
.
�h2 �g7 [22...85
23.10hg41? (23.l:la5 ..
.
c3} 23. ..ab4
24.c:b4±: 22. ..d5 23.� � 24.U
Survey /G 1.3
White has a slightly better posi­
tioninal
l
lines. The games
played with it so far can be fo und
in the supplementary material.
Conclusion
It is not easy for White to get an
advantage in this line. If Black
manages to play ...d6-d5 at some
point, he mostly succeeds in
equalizing (see Vari ations A and
B). The most promising ap­
proach for White is the immedi­
ate 9.d4, which requires further
tests in tournament prac tice. If
the plan with 9.d4 turns out to be
insufficient for an advantage,
White will have to switch to
other lines in his search for a plus
- 6 .1:1el (M:lbd2) 6...d6 7 .a4, for
example. Or something else.. .
.i.d5 25.ed5 85 26.l:l85 ..
.
c3 27.l:lb5 .i.b4
28.1013;1;] 23
.
..
.
f3 [A 24.10hg4;
23.�hg4!? lOl
l
s;24.�.ids25..i.d5
�14 26�tJ'] 23...d50 [23 ..l:ll8
24.�hg4 � 25.hg4=!=] 24.�d5 �dS
25•.i.d5 .i.dS 26.ed5 .d&D [26.. . e4
27.l:le4 l:le4 28.de4+-] 27.l:lea1 [27.g4
g5 28..i.g3 1016=} 27•••�b8 26.g4
[28.�f1 1? "15 - 29 .tal2 14 --(29.:.g5 -
30.�g3+-} 30.l084 'tli'f8 31...
.
g4 g5
32..i.g5 hg5 33.�g5±] 28...g529�g3
l:
:t
ed8 30.¥e2 'ili'dS 31.l:ld1 l:lc&T
[31.. .e4 32.d4 15 (32...00 33.�11 A
�IS} 33.gf5 •rs 34..i.b8 l:lb8 35.l:la6
.l:l.bc8 36.•e3±] 32.�11± [A �e:J-15]
32...10d7 33.�3 •ea 34.�rs
.i.ta?IT [34.. .l:
:t
e8±]
113

35.d41 ed4 [35...tt:lb6 36.de5 l:ld1
37. 1l
l'
d1 IOc4 38.l:la1±; 38./0d4 1rd5
39.l:la1±) 36.11Fe6 fe& [36 ...l:le6 37.l:ld4
l:lc60 38.l:ld3+- A l:la1-d1) 37.10d4+-
1016 [37.. .10b6 38.l:l86+-; 37. . .l:lcc8
38.tt:le6+-; 37...l:lb6 38.�7+-]
38.l:lda1 1 l:lcc8 [38 ... l:lc4 39.10e6+-;
39.l:la6+ -] 39./0e6 l:ld3 40.l:la6
l:ldc3 [� 40...10e41? 41 ./0fB (41.bs+-)
41 ...l:lf8 42..b5 +-) 41.tt:lg5 [41.10f8 l:lf8
42ie5 l:lf3 43.l:l16 l:l8f6 44.�16 l:l16
45.l:la8 �7 46.l:lb8 l:lf3 47.� l:lb3
48.l:lb5+-] 41 •..l:l3c6 42.10e6 [42.l:lc6
l:lc643.00.i.
.b4
44.10d4+-] 42 ....i.b4
[42...l:la6 43.l:la6 .i.
.b4
44.l:lb6+-]
43.l:lc6 [43.10d4+-] 43...l:lc6 44.l:la8
Wh7 45.l:la7 �g8 46./0d4 l:lcS
[46...l:lc1 47.� � 48.l:lc7 tt:la4
49il4+-) 47.1015 [47.l:lb7+-) 47• . . h5
[.;!: _ 47.. . i.d2 48.�d6 l:lc1 49.�+-J
48.tt:lh6 �h8 49.g5
1.{)
Gaming Space First
9.a3
Tiviakov,Sergey
Bruzon Bautista,Lazaro
Calvia ol 2004 (4)
1.e4 es 2.i.c4 1016 3.d3 tt:lc6 4.1013
�e7S.IHliHl6..i.b3d67.c3tt:laS
8.i.c2 c5 9.l:le1 tt:lc6 1 O.tt:lbd2 l:le8
11.&3 i.f8 12.b4 g6?1N [12...a6! (A
13...d5) 13./0ft (13..Q.b3 h6 14./0ft d5"")
13...h6 14./0e3 d5 15.ed5 tt:ld5 16./0dS
1t'd5 17.d4 cd4 18.10d4 IOd4 19.cd4 a4
20.Af41 i.f5 21 .�a4 �d7 22..Q.b3 "iriS
23.i.e5 11Fg6 24.l:le3 Ae6 25.d5 �g4
26."frd4 16? (26 .. . a5t:t) 27ic7± Trviakcv ·
Granados Gomez. Sanxenxo 2004]
13.i.a41 cb4 14.ab4 i.d7 [14...d5
15.ed5!? (15.11Fc2) 15 .../0dS 16.10a4 i.g7
17.b5 tt:lce7 18.c4±] 15.10c4 h6
16.i.e3 [1 6.b51 tt:laS 17./0e3;!;]
16...10g4 17.i.d2 a61"" 18.b5 tt:la7
19.b6 i.a4 20.11Fa4 tt:lc6 21 ./0e3
tt:le3 22.i.e3 1rd7 23./0d2 dS
24.tt:lb3 l:lad8 25ic5 de4 26.de4
11Fc8 27.l:led1 l:ld1 28.l:ld1 l:ld8
29.l:ld5 �cs 30./0cS l:ldS 31 .ed5
tt:le7 32.d6 "Wcs 33."fre8 Wg7
34.1re7 [34 . .."frc3 35.h3 "Wet 36.Wh2
"it'l4=; 34.de7? Wf61 35."Wf8 "We7
36.1l
l'
h6 it'd&+]
y,.y,
114
Zhang Zhong
Bruzon Bautlsta,Lazaro
Calvia ol 2004 (B)
1.e4 e5 2.1013 tt:lc6 3..i.c4 1016 4.d3
�e7S.IHlIHl6.�d67.c3tt:laS
8ic2 c5 9.a3 /Oc6 10.b4 [10.l:le1]
1 o...a&t 1 1 .l:le1 [1 1 .tt:lbd2 bsn 11...dSI
12.ed5 [12.i.g5 d4 13.cd4 IOd4
(13...cd4=) 14./0d4 "ird4 (14...cd4=)
15.10d2 cb4 1 6.10!3 "ird6 (16... tt'c31?;
16 ... 1rb21?) 17.d4 IOd7 18.i.e7 11Fe7
19.ab4 "ftb4 20.de5 1re7 (20.. . 1rc5 21.e61
fe6 22.e5t; 20 ... 10c51?) 21 ."ird6;!; TIViakov·
Bojkov, Guingamp 20
06
] 12.../0dS
[12.. .11Fd5 13..Q.b3 1td6 14.bc5 1tc5
15./0eS tOeS 16.d4;1;] 13.i.b2N
[1 3.10e5? tOeS 14.l:le5 Al6+; 13.bc5
�c5=]
13•. ig41 14.10bd2 [14.h3 Ah5 A
15.g4 �6 16./0eS? IOe5 17.l:le5 .i.f6.
18.l:le1 cb4 19.ab4 tt:lb4-+] 14.•.cb4
1S.ab4 tt:lf4 16.l:le3 i.d6 [16...1t'c71?;j
17.11FM l:lc8 18.b3 �b8 [A
19....i.a7] 19./0e4 1"" [c5<] 19...Ae&
20.i.a4 b5 21 id1 aS 22.10c5 .ab4
23.10e6 IOe6 24.cb4 /Ob4 2SieS
i.eS 26.l:le5 "Wd3
Yz-Yz
Tiviakov,Sergey
Ernst,Sipke
Dieren 2004 (9)
1.e4 eS 2.i.c4 /016 3.d3 tt:lc6 4.1013
�e7 S.IHl IHl 6.i.b3 d6 7.c3 tt:laS
8..i.c2 cS 9.a3 IOc6 1O.b4 a6
1Uie1 l:le8 [1 1 ...d51] 12.h3N [12 ..ib2]
12•.•�18 13.tt:lbd2 [13.�g5!?] 13... h6
[13...d51?; 13. . .b 51?) 14.d4 cd4 1S.cd4
ed4 16ib2 i.d7 [16...115 17.10d4 IOd4
18.�d4 de4 19.tt:le4;t] 17.tt:ld4 as
18.baS "it'aS? [18 . . .l:la5:t] 19./0c&
bc6 20.i.f6 g16 21 ./0c4 "ireS
22.1t'd3± f5 23.efS Ag7
24.161 �16 2S.tt:ld6 l:le1 26.J:Ie1 Wf8
27.1017 i.fS 28.1rfS "iffS 29..i.fS
� 30.l:lc1 l:laS 31.g4 c5 32.a4
l:la4 33.l:lcS l:lf4 34.l:lc7 �8
3S.Wg2 i.h4 36.l:lc2 �g7 37.l:le2
l:lb4 38.Ae4 l:lb3 39.l:lc2 i.gS
40.l:lc6 l:lb4 41 .i.f5 l:lb3 42.�c2
l:lb4 43.Wg3 Af4 44.Wh4 �gs
45.WhS l:lf4 46.h4 i.16 47.l:lc7 Wf8
48.gS hgS 49.hgS �eS SO.l:lcS l:lf2
S1 .l:leS l:lc2 S2.�g6 l:lg2 S3.l:la5
l:lg1 54.l:la8 �e7 SS.l:lgB l:lg2
S6.Wh7 We& S7.g6 �s S8.l:lf8
WgS S9.g7 l:lh2 60.�g8 l:la2
61 .l:ld8 Wg6 62.l:ld6 WgS 63.l:le6
1.{)
No Play on the Oueenside
9.ITe1/9.tUbd2
Yudasin,Leonid
Romanishin,Oieg
Lvov 1987
1.e4 eS 2.1013 IOc6 3.i.c4 1016 4.d3
Ae7 S.IHl o-o 6.c3 d& 7.�b3 tt:laS
8.Ac2 c5 9.tt:lbd2 i.e& [9...10c6
10.tt:lc41? A 11./0e3] 10.l:le1 [10.d417
ed417 11.cd4 IOc4 12.h31?] 10...1tc7
[10...10c617] 11.1011 [11.d4 cd4 (11...ed4
12.cd4 dSI?) 12.cd4 l:lac8 13.i.d3 tt:lc4!?
(13...i.g4 14.d5;!;) 14.Ac4 i.c4 15.de5
de5 16.10c4 "irc4 17.10e5 "WbS A l:lfdB!!¥
Masin/Yuneev] 11. .. l:lad8 12.h31? [A
13./0gS; A 13.Ag5] 12.•. /0c&l 13./0g3
[13./0e3 h61 14./0h4?! tt:la4; 13.i.g5 d5�;
13./0gS Ace Yudasin/'rtmeev] 13... h& ?l
[13.. . d5 1 ?) 14.tt:lh41 tt:lh71 1S.tt:lht5
i.gS 16.AgS hgS 17.�b3 �b3
18.ab3 g6 19./0e3 Wg7 20.tt:ld5
1t'd7 21.l:la41 [A 22.b4] 21 ...J:lh8
22. 11
1'
1311
1'
e6 23.b4 cb4 24.1i)b4

ltlb4 124_ ....
.
b3I?J 2s.:b4 l:ld7 26.d4
'1Wt6
27...
.
d11 tt:lf8 2B.Wa4 [28.tt:ll1 1± 1>
29.tt:lh2; I> 29.tt:le3) 28••.a6?1 [28...b6;!;)
29.l:ld1 l:le7 30.1rb3 tt:le6 31...l
l
b7
l:lb7 32.1rb7 ed4 33.cd4 tt:ld4
34.Wa6± l:lb8 3S.l:ld21 We5
36.••3 [t> 37.We3; t>. 37 .b4)
36.• • l:lb3? 37.Wa4+- l:lg3 38.fg3
tt:le6 39.Wh2 g4 40.h4 gS 41.hS
.f6 42.Wd7 'Wh6 43...
.
d6
Hl
Yudasln,Leonid
Beliavsky,Aiexander
Moscow ch-URS 1988 (B)
1.e4 e5 2.tt:lf3 tt:lc& 3.ic4 tt:lf6 4.d3
�e7 s.o-o o-o &.c3 d6 7.ib3 tt:las
B..i.c2 c5 9.l:le1 tt:lc& 10.tt:lbd2 •c7
[10... a6 11.tt:ll1 b5 12.tt:lg3 •c7 13.h3 d5
14.d4 cd4 15.cd4 de4 16.tt:le4 �7?
(16. ..ed41) 17.tt:l16 .i.l6 _18.da5 tt:leS
19./t:leS h5 20..th7 Wh7 21 .-.hS wga
22.l:le5± TlvialoJ
v.
Aimawl, Armlan 2006]
11.h3 .b& 12.tt:lf1 l:lad8 13.tt:lg3
13...d51 14.ed5 [14.tt:lg5 d41 15./l
le6
le6
16..ibJ •d7 1 7.1015 Wh8 18.�7 1re7"'
Beiavsky] 14•• •/t:ldS [14.. ...td5 15./t:liS±]
1 5.'ti'e2 [15.tt:lg5 .i.g5 16..
.i.
g5 16 17..i.d2
lliea
a>
;15..ia41616.d4cd417.cd4tt:lb&l
"' 18... -i.dS"' �I 1s.••f6
[15...tt:l14 16�4 el4 17.tt:le4 h6 18�
.i.b3 19.ab3 .d7 I> 20...f5ao Beliavsk
y
]
16.id2 [1 6.d4 cd4 17.cd4 wheo
o
]
16...whBI 17.a3 [.6. 18.d4) 17•••l:lfe8
1B.d4 cd4 19.cd4 .i.f8 [19. . ..
.i.
g81?]
20.1re4 .i.gBI 21 .de5 [21 ..
.ta4
tt:lb6!
22..i.c6 bc6 23.de5 .i.dS 24.'We2 �13
25.gf3 J:leS 26� l:le2 'Z1ic7 l:le1
28.l:le1 l:ld7= �] 21 ••• tt:le5
22.ia4 tt:lf3 23.'Wf3
Yo!-Y.
Nevednichy,VIadislav
Beliavsky,Aiexander
Herceg Novi II 2001 (9)
1.e4 es 2.tt:lf3 tt:lc& 3•.i.c4 tt:lf6 4.d3
.i.e7 s.o-o o-o 6•.i.b3 d6 7.c3 tt:laS
B.�c2 c5 9.tt:lbd2 10c6 10.l:le1 l:leB
11.tt:lf1 h& 12.h3 .i.f8 13.tt:l3h2 d5
14.Wf3 d4 1S.b3N [15.tt:lg3
'1\Jdasin-Nikolic, Tdbu rg 1993 m·3]
1S.. . tt:la5 16.ia4 .i.d7 17.id7
tt:ld7= 18.c4?1 a& 19.tt:lg3 b5 20.b3
g& 21 ..i.d2 tt:lc& 22.10g4 'Wh4=1'
23.l:lec1 .i.g7 24.Wd1
24•••b4 2s.•ra � 25.a4J 2s•••aS
26.a4 ba31 27.l:la3 l:la&+ 2B.J:I:ca1
l:leaB 29.1re2 10b4 30.ic1 [30..
.tb4
cb4 31.l:l3a2 10:5+] 30.- tt:lf8 31.Wd1
tt:le6 32.tt:lh2 h5 33.tt:lf3 fle7
34.tt:le1 .i.l6 3S.tt:lf3 [35..
.td2
.i.gS+]
3S ••.ig7 36.tt:le1 wh7 37.tt:lf3
[37 ..
.t
c12 J:l:8a7 (37....
.th6
?38..th6Wh6
39.Wh51 gh5 40.tt:ll5±) 38.1rc1 114 39.�
IS+] 37...'1
1'
16 38.tt:le2 h4 39.J:I:a4
We7 40.tt:le1 f5 41 ..i.d2 .i.h6
42.-i.h& Wh& 43...
.
d2 figS 44...
.
gS
wgs 45.l:ld1 [45.13 tt:l14 46.tt:ll4 Wl4
47.wl2 tt:lc6 48.tt:lc2 l:lbB 49.J:I:b1 .J:lab6
SO.J:I:a3 a4 51.l:la4 l:lb3 52.l:lb3 l:lb3
53.l:la6 J:ld3 54.we2 l:lc3-+] 45.• .Wf6
46.l:ld2 J:[b8 47..
.l
l.a3
tt:lc6 4B.wh2
Survey IG 1.3
l:lab& 49.tt:lc1 tt:lgS 50.l:le2 l:l6b7
S1 .Wg1 l:la7 52.WM tt:le6 53.l:la4
l:lb4 54.l:la1 114-+ 55.ba4 lla
a4
56.l:la4 l:la4 57.g3 tt:lb4 SB.wg2 l:la3
59.ef5 gf5 60.1013 l:lc3 &U�eS l:lc1
62.tt:ld7 Wf7 63./t:leS We7 64.tt:lg6
Wf6
0-1
Something Else
9.d4
Shredder
Fritz
Stuttgart 2002
1.e4 eS 2.tt:lf3 tt:lc& 3.�c4 1016 4.d3
.i.e7 s.o-o o-o 6.ib3 d& 7.c3 tt:la5
B.ic2 c5 9.d4 cd4 [9 ...ed4 10.cd4
.i.g4 11.d5,t] 1 O.cd4
1 o...tt:lc& 11.d5 [1 1 .de5 deS 12.10ca
.i.Q4-13.ha .i.f.i-14.•13tt:�d41s...
.-
di :ce
-
1s.a3 Wb6 17.l:la2 l:lfd8 18..i.gS tt:le&
19.1rc1 tt:lg5 20.Wg5 We& 21.1rf5 -.rs
22.ef5 l:ld2+ Claverle-Valerga, Buenos
Aires 2003] 11•• . tt:lb4 12..i.b3 aS
13.tt:lc3 b5 (13... .i.d7 14.'We2 b5 15.a4
ba4 16..i.a4 'ilfb8 17..i.d7 tt:ld7 18..i.e3
:ce 19.l:la3 .i.d8 20.l:lfa1 -.,7 21 .tt:le1
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Irkutsk 1983] 16.ab4 10b4 17 •.i.b1
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c7' 18.l:la3 l:lbB 19.h3 tt:la&
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0-1
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Singh,Rishipal
New Delhi 2006 (8)
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45.Wf4 J:lh4 46.Wts g& 47.Wf& 1-Q
Mallvanek.Jirl
Krupkova,Petra
Hlinsko 1993
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0-1
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9.d4 '&c7
Buchenau,Frank
Kholmov,Ratmir
Budapest 1991 (2)
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h7s.G-{1G-{1&..i.b3d&7.c310as
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Staniszewski,Piotr
Volosin,Vladimir
Warsaw 1990
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hg3 48.*g3 b3
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Barua,Dioyendu
Ganguly,Surya Shekhar
Oingdao 2002 (5)
1.e4 115 2.1l
l
f3 IOc6 3.fJ.c4 016 4.d3
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a5
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lbd2
b4 12.de5 da5 13.•e2
bc3 14.bc3 c4 15.1:ld1 l:ld8 16.1l
l
11 l:ld1
17.�1 l:lb8 18.fJ.c2 l:lb6 19.01
1
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l
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l
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as 19.1:lg1 b4 20.fJ.g5 l:ld7 21.0d2
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le
3
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l
dc4 bc3 24.bc3 fJ.c4
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lc4
ll
le4
27.fJ.e4 •c4 28.'Wd3 l:lc7] 25./l
l
c4
ll
le4
26.fJ.e4 'itc4 27.'it'd3 ..d3
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la
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40.l
l
b8 l:le8
Y.z-Y.!
Salonen,Jyrki
Stempln,Pawel
Graz tt 1981
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l
f3ll
l
e& 3.fJ.c4 ll
l
16 4.d3
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11.d5 [11.1:le1 l:lacB 12.d5 b5 13.0bd2
g6 14.1l
l
l1ll
l
h5 15.fJ.h6 ll
l
g7 16./l
l
3d215
17.0e3 14 18.0g4 ll
l
b7 19.a4 b4 20..td3
bc321.bc30d822..ibsll
l
rT 23..tlfl
•ar 24./l
lc
4 l:lc7 25.085 l:lb8 (Kiik-T.Nei,
SaJo 1991) 26.1l
lc6
±] 11... b5 12.b3
l:ltea [12.. .c4 1 3.b4 �7 14.1:le1 aS
15./l
l
bd2g616./l
l
l1ll
l
h5 17.a3 16 18.g4
ll
lg
7 19.0g3 ll
ld8
20.Wh2 ll
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l
bd2 g6 14.c4 a& 15.fJ.b2 ll
l
h5
16.*h2 1l
l
f4 17.1l
l
g1 1tc8 18.0&2
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l
g2 19.*g2 fJ.h3 20.*h2 .tf1
21.11
1
11 .g4 22.0g3 .tg5 23.1:ld1
l:lab8 24.J
J.c3
b4 25..tb2 fJ.d2
26.1:ld2 hS 27 .fJ.c1 0b7 28.fJ.d1
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le
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l
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38.llg6 *g6 39.1l
l
h4 *h& 40.1td7
l:lhg8 41.1l
l
f5
1-Q
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9.d4 li:lc6
Mrd)a,MIIan
Ba rletta, Mauro
Salsomaggiore 2006 (5)
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l
f3Il
l
es 3.fJ.c4 ll
l
16 4.d3
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l
c& 10.d5 ll
l
b8
11.0bd2 g& 12.a4 0h5 13.0c4 b6
14.l:le1 l:leB 15.h3 fJ.fB 16.1l
l
h2
fJ.a6 17.fJ.d3 .tg7 18.fJ.f1 l:lf8
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l
ge3 •e7 21.g3
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l
g4 0e8 23.fJ.g2 ll
l
lfl
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b5 46./l
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e4 47•.te4
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l:la& 53.ba6 g4 54..tbs 'Wh&
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1-0
117

Four Knights Open ing
Rubinstein Va riation
KP 11.5 (C48)
Wh ite to Move in the Four Kn ights
by Krzysztof Panczyk and Jacek llczuk (special contribution by Shakhriyar Mamedyarov)
1.e4
eS
2. lLlf3 ll:lc6
3. lLlc3 lLlf6
4. �b5 lLld4
5..b4c6
6. ll:le5
This Survey is a continuation of
the one in Ye arbook 64 by Peter
Lukacs and Laszlo Hazai. We
wil
l
concentrate on new games
that have appeared in this vari a­
tion since 2002.
The Rubinstein Va riation gives
Black interesting possibilities to
play for the initiative. At the cost
of a pawn Black strengthens the
position of his d4 knight, im­
pedes the development of the
white pieces and tries to launch
an attack on the white king.
In the diagram position, Black
has several possibilities. Of the
side variations, practically only
6•• ."i/e7 (Dusch-Hlavacek, cr
2002) deserves attention. How­
ever, Black's basic plan is con­
nected with the march of the
d-pawn. He can carry this
through immediately or gradu­
ally, by fL rst fo rcing the white e5
118
knight to withdraw with 6...d6
and only then 7. . .d5.
A Quick Break In the Centre
So far, 6•••d5 has been consid­
ered dubious. White could not
achieve much in such variations
as 7.ed5 or 7.0 -0 (Makowski-B .
Benko, cr 2004). The theoreti­
cians, however, thought that 7.d3
gave White an advantage, which
made the line unpopular. In
many cases 6...d5 led to the line
with 6.. .d6 after 7.d3 �d6 8.ll:lf3
�g4 9�e3 �c5. so with a differ­
ent move order.
9...de4 gives Black good chances
as well, which is why White has
been looking for an advantage in
the variation with 8.f4.
Apart from his development
problems, White may also find it
difficult to castle. After 8...0-0
(B auer-Pavasovic, Plovdiv tt
2003) Black has sufficient com­
pensation. Another game that
deserves attention is the recent,
excellent, Rublevsky-Mamedy­
arov, Foros 2006 (with superb
annotations by Mamedyarov in-
Shakhrlyar Mamedyarov
eluded here), in which Black
demonstrated · a new plan con­
nected with the sacrifice of a sec­
ond pawn (which cannot be
accepted) and an immediate at­
tack on the white king which was
forced to remain in the middle of
the board: 8.
"
. .�c5 !? 9.ed5 0-0!
lO.lLle4 ll:le4 ll.de4 'Wh4 12.g3
"ith.J.
So it seems that in this variation
Black can cope excellently with
al
l
the problems and in the near
future we may expect many fol­
lowers of Marnedyarov 's idea.
The Two-step of the d-Pawn
The plan of the preliminary ex­
pulsion of the e5-knight fol ­
lowed by . ..d5 is still up-to-date .
After 6...d6 White can withdraW
his knight to d3 or t3 . After
7.lLld3 Black has no prob lems.
since the awkward
·
position of

the knight makes it difficult for
White to develop his queenside.
Black maintains an initiative that
is sufficient to compensate for
the sacrificed pawn. Worthy of
attention are the correspondence
games De Bari-Lovholt, 2002
and Stephan-Hausdorf, 2002.
So the only practical chance for
White is 7.�0 .i.g4 8.d3 (8.h3,
Ojer Lora-Rada Equiza, Pamp-
A Swift Attack
6.. d5
Rublevsky,Sergey
Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar
ForosAerosvit2006(1)
1.e4e52.1t:lf3tUc63.�/Of6
4�b5IOd4S..i.a4c66./0eSdS
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9.•. 0.01N (9 ...b5 10ib3 cd5 11./0e2
lt:lb3 12.ab3 d4 13.0-0 0-0 14.ltlg3±
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[10.dc6 bc6 11�e3 (11.10c6? IOai
1tice .i.g4 1U.13 (13.Wd2 l:lc8
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l
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23.'i>c2 IOc3 24ic3 l:lc8-+)
22....i.fs.
.-+
) 11.. .10c2 1Uc2 .i.e3
13.•13 .l
l
d4 14.0.0.0 .d6 15.Wc6 .l
l
e5
16-•a8 .i.c3 17.bc3 Wc7 18.W13 .l
l
g4
lona 200 1, yields nothing). Now
the idea 8•• .�d7 (Ruck-Nguyen,
Bled ol 2002) is rather unfortu­
nate, but after 8.-dS Black has
sufficient counterplay. Neither
9.ed5 (Rublevsky-B acrot, Khanty
Mansiysk 2005), nor 9.h3
(Speisser-Bujdak, cr 2004) gives
anything. Also after 9.0-D (Vallejo
Pons-Aimasi, Tripoli 2004) and
9�e3 (Collinson-Trent, English
19.We3 .i.d1 20.1:ld1 Wc3 21.We5
.c6!i!b] " 10 .••1084 11.de4 Wh41D
(11 ...cd5? 12.c3 IileS 13.ed5 ltlc7 14.b4
.l
lb6
15.d6 108
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b5 17..l
lb3
cd5 18.h3 ltlb3 19.ab3 .l
l
e6
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lb3
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l
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•e31 34id2 •g1 35..l
l
e1 •e1 36.Wb2
.b4 37.'i>c1 .a31 38.'i>b1 W18 39..b6
l:lb8 40.cb8. •b8 41 .'i>cl •d6 42..l
lb5
¢>18 43.1:lb1 .l
l
g444.1591
16
45.'i>b2
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.l
l
e3 15.•e2±] 14.1:lg1 (14.1:111 161
15..i.d4 (15.Wd2 •84 16.•d3 •e31
17.•e3 ltlc2+; 15.1013 1:1881 16.�
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l
151 17.1:lg1 Wh2 18.1011 .i.b4 19.c3
.b2 _20 .cb4 1:184-+) 15.....
.
84 16.We2
Wd4 17..l
l
b3 le5 18.c3 We3 19.d6 'i>h8
20.•e3 .i.e3 21 .fe5 .i.h3 22.1:118 1:118
23.We2 .l
l
c5 24.1:le1 1:112 25.'i>d1 l:lb2
26.1:184 h5 27.96 .l
l
d6 28.e7 .i.e7 29.1:le7
Survey KP 11.5
Team Championship 2003104)
Black has a lot of possibilities to
develop an initiative.
Conduslon
At present Black has sufficient
compensation for the pawn in the
variation with 5. ..c6 6.�5. It is
hardtosayhowWhitecanfight
against Black's initiative, so in our
opinion, he should avoid this line.
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l
g4 30.Wc1 l:lh2+] 14•.••e4 15.'i>f2
[15.Wd3 IOc2 16..l
l
c2.d317id3.l
le3
1B.I:lg2 cd5+] 15..•1:le8U [15...16 16./0c41
b5 17.c3 (17.10d2? •e31 18.we3 :88
19.1084 (19.Wd3 .l
l
f5 20.1084 .l
le4
21.'i>cl ba4-+) 19..il5 20.WI2
.l
l
84-+) 17...1015 18..l
lcs
.c4 19if8
Wf8 20ib3 Wc5 21.we2 .e7 22.'i>d2
We3 23.'i>t2 IOd4l 24.•d4 .l
l
f5 25.WI
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1
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1&.Wd3 [16.c3 l:le51 17.1e5 .l
l
g4 18.cd4
.l
l
d1 19.1:lgd1 cd5 20.1:lac1 .i.b6-+;
16.1:le1 .i.h3 1 7.1013 1013 18.•13
.84-+; 16.dc6 1:le51 17.1e5 .i.g4 18.•d3
.13 19.'i>e1 l:ldBI 20.cb7 Wb7 21.1:ld1
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l
d1 -+1 1&•••1:le5 11.res Wf3
1a.we1 .i.ts 19.1:lt1 [19.•d2 10c21
20ic2 .l
l
b4 21.9b4 We3 22.¢>11 .l
lh
3
23.1:lg2 .13 24.'i>e1 1i'g2 25...
.
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l
g2-+]
19••..l
l
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lc5
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16 25.ef6 ll88+] 20.c3 .l
l
d3 21 .1:lf3
/Of3 22.'i>f2 ltlh2 23.cb4 ltlg4
24.Wf3 10e5 25.'i>t4 lOg& 26.Wf3
cd5-+ 27.1:lc1 10e5 28.1l>t4 ltlg6
29.Wf3 b5 30..i.b3 .i.c4 31 •.l
l
c2
119

liJe5 32.�4 f6 33Jid1 �· 34.b3
l:lc8 35 •.i.c5 a5 36•.i.f5 .i.b3
37 .l:lb1 .i.c21 38•.i.e6 (38..i.c8 .ib1
39.ba5 1M3; 38...i.c2 ab4 39.1:lc1 l:lcS
40..i.h7 Wh7 41 ..1
1
c5 1M3] 38•••�h8
39.1:1&1 J:le8 40.ba5 �d3 41.�
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M/06-6-49
The Quick Break
6...d5
Makowski,Tomasz
Benko,Bostjan
cr2004 (1)
1.e4 e5 2.�f3 �f6 3.� &6
4•.i.b5 �d4 5•.i.a4 c6 6.�e5 d5
9.. ..i.g4 10.13 10h51 11.10d61? (11.0.0 .i.h2
12.Wh2 1t'h4 13.Wg1 <()g3 14./0e3 �1
15.� � L.ukacs/Haz
al
) 11...'trd6
12.cb7 .l
l
ae81 13..bl
l
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l
e8 14.� (
14.�11 �131) 14. ..�131) 10.�b5 .i.g4
(10....I
I
e81? 11.�11 .i.g4�) 11.13 �
12.gl3 IOe4 13.10d4 (13. Wl1 1t'h4 14.184
..14 15.Wg1 'trg5 16.� ..,4=
Gheorghe-Kerkvlie1, cr 20
00
) 13...1t'h4
14.�92 'trl2 15.� � 16.Wca �
17.Wd3 *"� Degra!MH<och, Aul!Brre
cl
l-FRA
1996; 8.0.0?? (Aianaslev..l(aglrov,
ProkDjevsk 1998) 8....i.e5 9..1
1
e1�
10.h3 'trh4-+) 8. .. b 5 [8. ..D-0 9.10e3?1
(9.d3ao) 9...cd5 10.h3 'treS+ *-1!
!
Antonio-Dao Thien Hai, Quezon City 20
00
]
9.�d6 [9.�92 .i.g4? (9...�e2 1o..-e2
�18+ co LukacsiHa
zal
) 10.13± �13 11.gf3
.i.f3 12./M; 'trd6 13.0.
.0
.i.hS 14..ib3 0.0
15.1te1 cd5 16.�14 .l
l
ae8 17.1rf2+-
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·--·-- -··- ·-
7.ed5 [7.0.
.
0 .i.d6 8.14 (8.�13 (Kiilaots·
Van Glsbergen, Neuwied 1994) 8...�13
9...13 d4 10.e6 (1 0.�92? 't
t
eS+)
10.�..i.e5 11..-92 1te7 12..1
1
e1 � 13.h3
dc3 14.hg4. .i.d6=) 8...b5 9..ib3 *-!!
!
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7..id6 [7...� 8.0.0 � 9..ib3 �b3
10.ab3 .i.d6 11.d4± Knudsen-Pidwell, cr
200
0
)8.�c4 �-� Har Zvi-Khuzman, Wijk
aanZe
e
1993; 8.dc6 0.0 9.1&4 b5
(9...1:le8 10./0e3 �g4 (10.. .bc6�) 11.cb7
1t'h4 12.g3 'trl6 13.�84 (13.J:ll1 .ib7
14.1Wg4 �13 15.1�1
1
1 (15.�92 IOd4
16.�1 �13) 15...�112 16.1t'h4 ..13
(16...1t'h4 17.gh4 �11 18..i.e8 �e3
19.de3 .l
l
eB±) 17.�e1 �11 18.ot>l1
l:le6!!1; 13.'trg4 .i.g4 14.ba8'tr J:l.a8
15.� 'trl3 16.�6 gh6 17.D-Oco)
13.. .1:184 14.bc81W .l
l
c8 15.14 /Oe3 16.de3
�15 17..i.d7 /Oe3 18..i.e3 l:le3 19.�
.i.cS20.Wg2.l
l
d8 21.1:le1 1We7 22..l
l
e3
'tre3 23.'iVd5 .l
l
d7 24.'trd7 'tre2 25.Wh3
'trh5 26.Wg2 l'l·Y.! Lukas-Wirries, cr 1998;
120
T. Pahtz·De Vreugt. Germany Bundesliga
2001/02 - YB/64-135] 9•••1Wd6 10..i.b3
IH) 11.1Hl �g4 (11....1
1
98 12.d3 �
13.g3 (13.14 't
t
cS) 13.. .10e5+ 14.14
(14..i.l4 � 15.�h1 ..g8-+) 14.../0e13
15..1
1
13.l
l
e1-+
Osmen-Giodeanu,
Bucharest 2001] 12.g3 [12.14 1Wc5
13./0e4 11'b6-J 12••. 1Wh6 13.h4
li:le5-+ 1 4.f3 [14.d3 W'gS)
14•••W'g6-+ 15.Wf2 ttJef3 16.dc6
(16 ..1
1
h1 .i.g4J 16•••�2 1 7.d3 [1Hxl5
1WI5] 17•...i.h3
0-1
Gormally,Daniel
Hebden,Mark
Newport 2004 (3)
1.e4 as 2.�c3 o[)f6 3.�f3 �c6
4•.i.b5 ll
l
d4 5•.i.a4 c6 6.ll
l
e5 d5
7.d3
7.. ..
.i.
d6 [7....i.c5 8.ed5 (8 .0..01?;!;) 8...0.0
9.0
.
0 l:leB (9...ll
ld
5? 10./0e4 1te7 11.�
'tre5 12.1:le1± Jordan-Morozov, cr 1995)
10.�13 b5 11..ib3 .i.g4!!
!!
; 7...W'e5 8..
.i.
e3
� 9..ib5 cbS 10.0..0 .i.d6 11.14
(11.ll\13;1; LukacsiH
azal
; 11id41?) 11...b4
12.ll
ld
5lLld513.ed5..d514.c4bc3
15.bc3 0.0 16.9b3 W'e6 17.d4 W'e7
18 ..1
1
ae1 .i.e6 19.d5 .i.l5 20..i.d4 'trc7
21.c4 b6 22.� .i.d7 23.ll
le5
:acs
24.1Wg3 16 25.� W'd7 26.1:le6
(26.1:lc1!?) 26... .1
1
c427..b1*"�AJavkin.
.
TsesiWJvs
k}l
Krasnodar 1997] 8.ll
l
f3ll
l
f3
9.gf3 [9.W13 d4-+ t. 10.. ig4) 9•••1Hl
(9...1ta5 10id2 0.0 (10. ..'ilrc7 11.W'e2;t
Lar
rvne
rs-Krcezs, Enschede 1993) 11.ll
ld
51
'tra4 12.1ilf6 gf6 13 ..1
1
g1Wh8(Agzar
ror
MasloY, Tash kent 1973) 14..i.c31? .i.e7
(14.. ..i.e5 15.'1Wd2+-) 15.1Wd2 .l
l
g8
16..1
1
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l
h5 tOiea
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(11...ll
l
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.
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(17... .i.d6 t. 18 ...1!5.,o) 18.1Wc3 de4 19.1&4
1W84 20...� Ferguson-H
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, Hastings
19951 1o.ib3 lilhS 11.ed5 :ea
[1 1...ll
l
l41? 12.dc6 lilg2 13.�2 bc6f]
12..
.i.
e3 cdS 13./ildS .i.e& 14.ll
l
c3
[14.1Wd21?) 14•••Wa5 15...i.e6 l:le6
1 6.� We5?1 [18...h!fj 17.ll
le4
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(17.14 lLlf4 18.•13;t] 17.. ..b7 18.h3
1Wb5 (18.. .151?!!
!!
) 19•.1
1
g1 [19.c41 W'b2
20..1
1
b1 1Wa2 21..1
1b!i
f] 19••.1:188
[19 ...1Wf5!!1] 20.c4i 1Wd7 21 .f4 .l
l
g6
[21....1
1
d81?;1;) 22•.1
1
g6 hg6 23.�2 b6
24. d4 .c6 25.'trf3 1Wc4 26.f5 gf5
27.1Wf5 lilf6 28. ll
l
f6 .i.f6 29.b3 1te2
30•.1
1
c1 •a2 [30....1
1
e3? 31 ..1
1
c2+-)
31 •.1
1
c8.l
l
c8 32.W'c8 �h7 33.•15
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Kosintseva ,Nadezhda
KrivecJana
Varna Ech·W 2002 (5)
1.e4 e5 2.ll
l
f3 ll\c6 3.ll
l
c3 lilf6
4..i.b5 ll
l
d4s..b4c&6.�5dS
7.d3 .i.d6 8.ll
l
f3 .i.g4 9..b3 [9.ed5
'fle7 tU.e3 b5 11..i.b3 .i.f3 12.gl3 lilb3
13.ab3 �!!
!
] 9....de4 [9...ttlf3 10.gf3
.i.h5 11.ed5;1; Lukacs/Haz
al
,. SpraggeU·
David, Casablan
ca
1994; 9....i.c5 - 6...d6)
10.ll
le4
[10.de4 ll
l
13 11.gl3 .i.h5 12.1We2
.ib4!!1J 1 o... lilf3 11.gt3 .i.h5 12.ll\g3
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!Hl-01) 13.fg3 1Wa5 14.c3 .if3
[14.. . !Hl-O!?J 15.W'f3 1ta4 16.1Hl
0-IHl 17..i.d4 h5 18..i.f6 gt6

9 .,16 h4 20.•ts J:ld7 21 .J:lf4 •c2
10
h31?
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.
24...h3 Wb2 25.J:ld7 J:ld7 26.•h8
J:ldB;t) 24.hg3 ft2 25.J:la8+- •c1
26 .<R92 .d2 27.�h3 .h6
28.�g2 [28.Wg41 .g7 29.�13+-)
28••••d2 29.�h3 Wh6 30.�g2??
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Elent,Michael
cr Email 2002
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4ib5 �4 5..b4 c6 6.10e5 d5
7.d3 i.d6 8.f4 11
1"
e7 (8...de4 9.de4 i.e5
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as
1994)
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s..ies' 1o.res � 11..il4 g5 1U.g3
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10.ed5al511.:e1 •d8ttid2�
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i.b6 15.J:la
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[15.. ic7 16./M;t) 16ie6± .a6
17.� :acta 18.f5 fle7 19.Wh3
i.c7 20.e5 11
1"
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22.ef6 .c4 23.bc4
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Bauer, Christian
Pavasovic,Dusko
Plovdiv Ech-H 2003 (8)
1.a4 e5 2.�f3 �16 3.�c3 �c6
4ib5lOd45ia4c6&.10e5d5
7.d3 i.d6 8.f4 ().
.()
9.().() [9.i.e3 1l'b6
(9 ..ic51?) 10.•d2 (10.M i.c5 11.�h1
Wb2 12.•d2 �13 13.�13 i.e3 14.•e3
•c3=) 10....ics 11.i.l2 (tt.lild1 •as
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15.1e5 ttlg4 16.�12 �e5 17.040 i.e6�
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12.J:lb1 •a3 13..i.b3 de4 (13.. .1:18817)
14.de4 (14.� � 15.d94 � 16.ab3
i-12 17.� ·�) 14...� (14..1ld8t
15.i.f7?1 Wf8 16.i.d5 � 1 7..ic5 �
18.� .al
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17.� i.g4 18.ttlg4 "¥1
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en,London1994-
YBI3H18] 9••.b5 [9.. ic5 10.Wh1 b5
11..t.b3 aS 12.e3 � 13.cb3 de4 14.de4
(14.� �94 15.de4 .d1 16.J:ld1 J:le8�)
14.. .-.d1 15.J:ld1 i.e6 16.J:le1 J:llc8
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e
ciHiBA 1993 - YB/31-87] 10ib3 b4
11.�a4 (1 1 ./(le2? (NW1!1-Ka- Monaco
!lipid 1994) 11 .. .i.e51 12.1e5 i.g4 _13.1:112
c(}dn:] 11...�b3 (11 ...de4 12.de4 �94
(Abrosinov-
G
avriov, Moscow 1994) 13.i.c4
�15o
o
) 12.ab3 de4 13.d4 (13.d94
(Urxlberg-W�. Sollenll.l
l
a
1995)
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14••82 [14.�17] 14••.85 15.c4 bc3
16.bc3 llb8 17.1lb1 c5?1
[17... 1ld81?;) 18.dc5 i.c5 19.�
•c5 20..
.
b3 •c7 21 .i.d4 �a6
[21..1ld8=] 22.c4 llfd8 23.•a3 llb7
24.h3 [24.�] 24•..•d& [24. ..�h51?=]
25..i.c3;t •a3 26.f5 i.e& 27.1lfd1
:aa 28.�g4 (28.� J:lb3 29.1la1 Wb2
30ib2 lle3 31 .1la5;1;] 28.-�g4=
29.hg4 llb3 30.1lb3 .b3 31 ••d4
f6 32.g5 :ta 33.•d5 c;t.h8 34.-.d&
�g8 35.1lc1 [35.•d51? Wh8 36.•d6=]
35••••c4 36.gf6 gf6 (36 ....i.l517 37.1g7
:aa;, aS>] 37.•g3 � 38ib2
(38.•d6�] 38•.••d5 39.J:lc7 (39.•c3
i.d7 (39.....15? 40.1111) 40.•16 �e8
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[40 .. . Wgal?) 41.� (41.�h217]
41 •••en 42.•83 :aa 43.1lc1 W'd5
44.tfh& .,5 45.c;l;>g 1 lle6 46-b3
Ilea 47.1lf1 •gs 48.•d2 .i.c6
49•.i.b2 lie& 50.i.c3
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Y.z-¥.! ·
The Two -step of the d·Pawn
6..
d6 7.1i:d3
Michiels,Bart
Vandevoort,Pascal
Eupen ch·BEL 2003 (7)
1.e4 e5 2.�f3 �c6 3.� l(lf6
4ib5 �4 5ia4 c6 &./(le5 d6
7.�3 b5 (7...i.e717 8.�14 {8.b4 o-o
9.i.b2 aS+>) 8...b5 9..i.b3 b4 10.�
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lo
om
,
cr 1997)
11...1(le4 12.Wc2 �16 13.•c6 i.d7
14.Wb7 aS�; 7...i.g4 8.13 .il
l
S9.Q.Og5
10.�82 Wb6 11.WI11+ Kosciels
k
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,
R�inQhai
i.sei
i
.1999)li.i.b3a5
(8....85 9.a3 .b6 10.M Wll
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n­
Petran, Austria 11·2 199819
9
(10.�141?)
10. .ig4�; a...i.e7 9.a3 o-o (9...d51?)
10.13 {10.�a2l?a:>) 10 ...d5t Granz·
Medveski,cr20
00
] 9.a3 [9.e5 �g4 1O.e6
IS+ Ganzer·Biankenberg, cr 199
9
) 9•..d5
[9. ..h 10.�14 (10.13 i.e7 (10 ... d51?)
11.�12 � 12.cb3 .i.e& 13.� �
WiltmanrH<Iimpel, Graz 1998) 1O. . .d51?
(10...g6 11.d3 i.g7 12.h3 � 13.cb3 (H)
14-i.eJ± Kramnik; Naer-Gutov, Moscow
1999) 11.ed5 i.dlil 12.d3 M�; 9. . ia6
10ia2 b4 (10.. ie71?) 11.� 1i'b6
12.ab4 ab4 13..i.c41± Krarnrik
;
Olaizola
Ortega-Lszcano Jaen, Unares 1998;
9. .. �b31? 10.cb3 i.e7 {10...d51?) 11.0 .0
M 12.�14 i.a6 13.J:le1 b4 14.ab4 ab4
1s.� :ea 16.d3 .i.f8;t Kramnik; Y"11
1
Hao-Stem, Rot
te
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hol
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cr
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King's Gambit
Early Deviations
KG 5.1 (C30)
Defying the Pa per Tiger's C�aw
by Tibor Karo lyi
1. e4
e5
2. 14
The King's Gambit is one of the
most aggressive openi ngs.
White puts pressure on e5
straightaway.
Interestingly
enough, however, White has no
direct threat on move 3, as taking
on e5 loses disastrously to
3:::1t'h4 check: Can Black ignore
2.f4 and just make a move?
In this article I wil
l
look at lines
in which Black employs some­
what unconventional moves
based on the fact that taking on
e5isnotathreatInaway,this
shows little respect for White's
play. Then again, there are also
boxers who do not · hold their
gloves in front of their faces but
rely on their speed instead.
White's next move - 3.M
-
stops Black's threat of 3 ...'ifh4
�d adds a lot of force in very
httle time. Can Black base his
play on his speedy development?
ln Hungary we have a saying that
some�g may look frightening
when m reality it is quite harm-
less. Can Black act as if the
King's Gambit is not dangerous?
The answer is yes, but let me im­
mediately add that it is a very
risky strategy.
As a trainer of juniors, I like
teaching the King's Gambit, as it
is such fun to go through the
sometimes amazing tactical
lines; it sharpens the pupils' vi­
sion. However, a junior trainer is
under pressure to produce results
and a responsible trainer must
look after the long-term interest
of his pupils. One has to start
early to gain sufficient fe eling
for the positions one is going to
play. So I ended up teaching the
Ruy Lopez.
Almost Arrogant
InthisarticleItake alook atside­
lines of the King's Gambit after
2.f4. The first move I examine is
the almost ar
r
ogant 2-.�b6.
l
First I did noteven wantto look at
this, doubting whether it would
be worth the effort, especially af­
ter I delete all Under- 10 champi-
onship games from my database.
Sti.l
l,
almost anything in ches
s
is
interesting to me, so I decided to
have a quick look. To my amaze­
ment, the move was introduced
by a· very decent player: fo rmer
British number one To ny Miles.
He introduced it against an
unrated opponent at a weekend
tournament in the first round, but
in 1983 he played - it against for­
mer World Championship candi­
date Vlastimil Hort, albeit in an
exlubition game.
What did Hort have to take into
consideration after he . regained
his composure? This time the
early use of the rook file did not
bring the same success as in the
fam ous · Karpov-Miles game
(l.e4 a6, Skara 1980).
What is- -the· poinr or this- very ·
strange-looking move 2 ... ltlh6?
Black wants to castle quickly
and the knight clears the 8th rank
for the rook and the king. The
knight doesn't disturb Black's
play on the e-fi.le either. Hort re­
plied 3.00 and To ny managed
to open the position with satis­
factory play. Then he overdid his
originality and started the ma­
noeuvre �e7-h4-e l,and this last
move was simply to
o
much. Hort
tookoverandwentontowin
this, admittedly, very interesting
game.
This surprise weapon lost its
sting when Bliumberg played it
against Gallagher, who Jooked
prepared for it He just played
127

3.liJc3, stopping d5. Now Black
could not develop quickly on the
kingside and his position be­
came troublesome.
Another Relaxed Move
Black has another rather relaxed
second move, 2-.c6, which aims
for ...d5 . Morphy faced this in a
blindfold simul back in 1859,
and his reply 3./0c3 se
e
ms the
simplest to me. The reason is that
the position after 3./0f3 d5 4.ed5
e4 possibly gives Black a reason­
able game, even if he drops the
e4 pawn . Actually this is what
happened to Marij ana Savic
against Furboff, Belgrade 2001.
Black lost the game, but she ob-
taino
o
aplayable -g am.e- in the
opening.
Somewhat Strange
The third alternative is some­
what strange; Black plays
2.-•b4 3.g3 fle7 and in most
cases intends to play on the
e-file.
According to my database,
Steinitz faced this in 1861 and
the line slept for 113 years, until
Raymond Keene used it against
-
very surprisingly ! - Ulf
Andersson. White can defend
the e4 pawn with 4.d3; now
Black can open up the position
with 4...d5, but White is better
developed and is probably better.
If Black plays the safe 4...d6,
White has a small edge because
of his play on the f- flle.
128
White often plays 4.fe5 . Against
4...1t'e5, Basman's play against
Haik was simple and yielded
Whiteabet
te
r game. However,
·Black has 4.. .d6. White can go
for an endgame with 5.ed6, but
this offers few prospects .
Shabalov beat Ippolito by devel­
oping and allowing ...de5 and
there are a lot of decided games
with this set-up. However, it re­
sults in no more than a compli­
cated middlegame in which I
believe Black should not be
worse.
Kovalev played the rare 5.d4 de5
6.d5 and scored a nice victory
over Ruban in Minsk, 1996. The
queen on e7 blocks the f8 bishop.
I like the way Kovalev handled
the position, but we need more
games to help us to understand
the position better.
White can play the testing
4.liJc3, fo rcing Black to show his
hand, as postponing the decision
with 4...liJf6 led to a troublesome
position in Eberth-Neverov (in
the notes to Gallagher-Kogan).
Black can still opt for the some­
what passive set-up with 4...d6.
Gallagher was close to beating
Kogan after a stylish handling
of the opening. However, the Is­
raeli grandmaster survived. It
seems to me that the critical line
is 5.fe5 . White usually plays
_.f3 at some point. It seems to
me that the position is balanced.
White has more space on the
f- file, Black has a pawn and
hardly any weaknesses, but his
pieces are cramped. Itis a matter
{)f taste whether you prefer
White or Black. However,
White ·can do without 'it'f3;
some promising alternatives are
given in the notes to Sorokin­
Sorin.
Another Queen Sortie
Black has another queen sortie
on move two: 2-. 1t'f6.
According to my database this
stun
nin
g move was first played
in the correspondence game
Shalnev-Bojarko, 1960. White
has rarely chosen 3.d4, but I
think this move is not without
poison. White usually sacrifices
the f4 pawn - not a revolutionary
observation in the Kirig's Gam­
bit - in this particular line. Less
fre quent is 3./0c3. Although in
the very first game with 2.. .Wf6,
Black piayed 3...ef4; he should
obviously take with the queen.
White now has to decide how he
wants to organize play for the
pawn. 4..i.c4 followed by cas­
tling kingside gives no more than
a playable game in my opinion.
I prefer 4.d4; Tamas Halasz, one
of Judit Polgar's former trainers
and an excellent ·tactician who
knewhislineswellbuthasun­
fo rtunately retired from chess,
scored a nice victory over Hector
with it.
Black can play dif
f
erently than
Hector, returning to d8 with the
queen and getting rid of the e5
pawn by means of .. .d6. David
tried to hold the ensuing end­
game against Spassky. But th e
lOth World Champion played
this game with great power and
converted his advantage in a very
impressive manner.
,
In most cases,Whiteplays 3./()f3
'Wf4 4.liJc3 and Black us ually
develops his bishop to b4. How­
ever, 4 ...d6 can be tried as well.
Either way, White gets danger­
ous play. The natural meth od is

pen up the position with d4 at
100
d"d
"th
some point. Jonkman I WI -
I th is move and scored two
ou
Wh"
.
victories anyw ay.
1te can vrr-
rually fo rce a somewhat �tt�r
endgame with 5.g3, �d thi� IS
what Reinderman did agamst
Pike!. Later he came up with a
most imaginative pawn sac. I
wonder whether Jeroen had ana­
lysed this possibility at home. I
think White would have had a
smal
l
edge without this sacrifice
as well. Piket returned the pawn
and I think he had a reasonable
position , but he fell in �o a most
devious trap and Remderman
converted his advantage.
The Petroff Way
Black also has the lesser-known
move 2•..lt)f6.
Maybe Petroff players will like
this, as they are used to attacking
the e-pawn at once with the
knight And indeed, the first
gamewelookatisbyYusupov,
an expert in the Petroff. Actually,
when he plays the Spanish he
Almost Arrogant
2 .. .tt:lh6
Hort,Vlastimil
Miles,Antho ny
London m 1983 (5)
1 ·84 e5 2.f4 �h6 3.�f3 dS 4.ed5
84 5.1te2 [5.1tlgs c6 (5....Q.fs S.IOc3
also goes for the e4 pawn with
the Open Vari ation. Of course,
White can transpose to a Vienna
Game or play 3.�c4; however,
3.li'lf3 and 3.fe5 are the main op-
tions.
,
Yu supov's opponent, the legend­
ary David Bronstein, played the
fo rmer. After 3 .. .tL!e4 4.d3 lL!c5
5.fe5 d5 6.d4 Artur retreated to
e6 and tried to keep the position
simple, but he was in a worse po­
sition from early on. A few years
earlier, Bronstein had also
beaten Kholmov with this line.
Black can jump back to e4 and
White should probably, play for
c4 then as well. Actually, that is
what Bronstein did to Kostro,
scoring a blitzkrieg victory. The
final point of his combination is
lovely. With White, Bronstein
has won 20 regular games in this
line, lost three and drew seven.
Against 2...tL!f6, White usually
plays 3.fe5 lL!e4 4.lL!f3. Now
Black can still transpose to the
above-mentioned line with the
Bronstein games, but usually he
opts for 4...lL!g5, which often
leads to an ending. Black is al­
ways close to equality, actually
he doesn't score badly with it at
all. Timoshenko had to play well
tohold,buthewasuptothetask,
making good moves, and drew.
Bob Wade was Black in this line
in 1961. Interestingly, Fischer
prepared for the ending here.
However, the American went on
to win in the end. Anyway, it is
(6.d3 ed3 7id3 'itdS 8.•e2 fJ.
.
e7 9.10c3
.d7 10..ib5 <&6 11.fJ.
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t5 7.�c3 � 8.h3;t]
Survey KG 5. 1
Joseph Gallagher
interesting to see that Fischer
was happy with such an ending
as White. I think that objectively
the whole line should not be too
dangerous,
regardless
of
whether Black develops the
knight to c6 or not.
Conduslon
It is difficult to summarize these
early sidelines, as they are very
different from one another. Of
course, all of them can get very
sharp when White invests mate­
rial for better development or
more space. There is stil
l
alotto
explore here. The lines may Well ·
·
be playable, but one should
never lose one's respect when
fa cing the King's Gambit. If
something goes wrong for
Black, the claw of thi s 'paper ti­
ger' can reach to the heart and
kill instantly.
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.(J
7.fJ.
.
d3 [7.fJ.
.
e2 l:te8 8."it"c4
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7..•fJ.
.
h4 a.Wt� fits 9.'itc4 fJ.
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g4·
[9...�d7 10.fJ.
.
15�1511.10c3fJ.
.
16 12.d4
�b6 13...
.
d3 g6�] 10.� J:[e& 11.b3
[11.fJ.
.
e4 � 12.d4 �b6 13.'itb3 �15�]
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14.10e4 1Wh4 15Jig2 1WI4 16.�+-]
13••.1Wh4 14.l:l.f1 &17 1S.�
[15..b4 1 lOb& 16.1We2 15 17.•e1 1WI4
18.d4±] 1S.• . �f5 16.l:l.a1 (16.11
1'b5
17
l:l.ad8 (16...1WI4 17.1Wd7 l:l.ad8 18.�16 gf6
19.•15 l:l.e2 20..i.a2 •15 21.l:l.e1±)
17�3 .i.d2 18./0d2 �3 19.oi>h1
Yl4±] ·1&.:��1i6 · -17 .•CS'- - •a1
18 ..i.b2 .h4 19.�3 10e7 20.1Wd4
f6 21.c4 c5 (21...�g6 22.ig6 hg6 23.c5
lQd7 24. l:l.g1�J 22.W'c5 •r.u 23.'1tf2
�g& 24.l:l.f1 fiJfn 25.oi>h1 �deS
26..i.a4 �h4 27.d3 (27.10h51 'ltg5
28./0g7±] 27...�f7 28..i.c1 1Wa5
29.d4 'l
ll'
c7 30.c5 1Wd7 31 .d6 �hB
32-�hS �g& 33.•g2 �8 34.l:l.g1
lDe6 35.1Wh3 lOgf8 36.1Wh4 .f7
37.d5 �5 38�g5 fg5 39.'il
l'
g5
�g6 40..
.i.
g6 hg6 41.�f4 �gB
42.'1tg6 •g6 43.l:l.g6 l:l.a1 44.oi>g2
� 45.l:l.a6 l:l.c1 46.b4 l:l.a8 47.d7
l:l.dB 48.ta:l3 l:l.c2 49.�g3 oi>IB
so.roes l:l.d2 51.c& bc6 52.dc6 l:l.c2
S3.bS l:l.cS 54.84 g5 SS.wg4 l:l.c1
56.�g5 �g7 57.l:l.e8 l:l.g1 58.oi>f4
Gallagher,Joseph
Bliumberg,VIadislav
Eupen rapid 1993 (3)
1-0
YB/ 36-97
1.e4 a5 2.f4 �6 3.�c3 d6 4.�f3
af4 S.d4 g5 6.h4 f6 (6...g4 7/t�g1 13
8.gf3 (8..i.g5 16 9.i.a3 lg2 10 ..i.g2 ta:6
11.•d2 �17 12./0ge2!!
!1
) 8...ta:s
9..i.a3!] 7•.i.c4 .i.g4 8.1Wd3 c6 9.g3
dS 10.edS b5 [10. .. .e7 11.¢>12
(11.Wd1 .i.l5 12.1Wd2 lOg4 13.gf4 gf4
14 .•14 �12 15.� 101
1
1 16.•15 .ih6
17.�51) 11....i.IS 12.1Wd1 1Wd6 13.hg5±]
11�3 b4 12./()82 [12.�e4 .i.f5
13.dc6±] 12. .. .trs 13.1Wc4 .i.e4
110
(13...g417;1;] 14.dc6 .i.f3 15.c7+-
1Wc8 16.hg5 .i.h1 17.gh6 oi>d7
18•.i.f4 .i.d6 19.cbB• •ba 20.•86
�c& 21 .b4 �b7 22..td6 •ca
23•.i.d7 •sa 24.W'e7 'ltd& 25.'iff7
•as 26..i.b5
1-0
Another Relaxed Move
2...c6
Furhoff,Johan
Savlc,Marijana
Belgrade 2001 (1)
1.a4 aS 2.f4 c6 3.�f3 (3.d4 �16
4.1e5 (4.de5 �e4 5..i.d3 �c5=) 4.. .�94
5.�13 (5.•13 d5 6..i.d3 15 7.el6 �16
8..i.l4 .i.d6 9.�e2 0-0= A.Stoji!JlOYic­
M.Savlc, Kiagujevac ch-SCG 20
00
) 5...d5
6..i.d3 c5 (6. . ..b7 7.0.0 o-o 8.•92;1;)
7.0 ·0 �c6'"'; 3.�c317 Morphy] 3.••d S
4./0es de4 s.�3 [5.i.c4 �h&
6.'ife2 'lte7'"' 6 7...16] S. ••.i.fS 6..i.c4
�h6 7.'ifa2 f6 [7. . . W'e717 8.0.0 (8.g4
.h4 9.•12 1WI2 10.¢>12 �g4 11.�g4
.i.g4 12.�e4 .i.e& 13..i.e6 le6 1 4.�g5
�d7 15.l:l.e1 .i.e7=; 8.�e4 .i.e4 9.'l
ll'
e4
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8 ... 00 9.1tXl7 oi>d7ex>]
a.�f3 [8.� Wd4 9.�12 �d7 10.�Ie4
o-o-o 11.d3 lOb&!!
!'
] 8...'ifa7 9.�h4
[9.� 00 10.�15 �15 11..e4 o-o-o
12.'1te7 .i.e7!!1] 9....i.g4 10.•84 f57!
[10...00 11.h3 �b6 12..i.b3 i.d7 13.d3
o-o-o 14..i.e3:1; 10.../tle&l? 11.d3 o-o-o]
11.We7 .i.a7 12.�f3 .i.f3 13.gf3
.i.h4 (13. ..j,c5 14.�] 14.Wa2 ta:l7
1S.d3 o-o-o 16..i.e3 l:l.heB 17.wd2
l:l.e7 18.l:l.hf1 l:l.deB 19.i.f2 .i.f2
20.l:l.f2� �f6 21.l:l.e2 �hS 22.l:l.e7
l:l.a7 2J.�e2 �f7 24..i.f7 l:l.f7
2S.l:l.g1 l:l.e7 26.d4 g& 27.c4 �c7
28.b4 a& 29.a4 l:l.eB JO.oi>dl �d7
31.l:l.b1 �7 32.l:l.b2 oi>d& 3J.c5
�7 34.d5 cd5 JS.�d4 �f6 36.b5
ab5 37.abS l:l.a8 38.h!i �h5
39.-i>dS l:l.dB 40.�c4 l:l.d1 41 .b6
�d7 42.� l:l.c1 43.l:l.d2 �cB
44.l:l.d4 �f6 45.Wb3 �7 46.�2
l:l.h1 47.�S l:l.h2 48.oi>c3 l:l.e2
49.�a7
Hl
Somewhat Strange
2 ... '1:'fh4
Cooke,Eric
Karklins,Andrew
Newark 1995
1:84 e5 2.f4 �4 J.gJ 'tlt'ai 4.dJ
(4.15d55.d3�166�g2de47.de4ta:6
8.� .c5 9..i.d2 .i.d7 10.h3 Q-Q-0;
f'ohi.Pakowskl, cr 1986; 4.1e5 d6 (4....e5
5.� .i.b4 6.�13 W'e7 7.'1te2 .i.c3
8.bc3 ta:6 9..i.g2 d6 10.0.0 �16 11.d3
.i.g4 12.h3 .i.l3 13.h 00 14.l:l.b1 l:l.b8
15.d4;t Basman-Haik, London 1978) 5.d4
(5.ed6 •e4 6.•e2 'lte2 7.� j,d6
8..i.g2 c6 (8...ta:& 9.d4 .i.g4 10.c3 o-o-o
11.h3 .i.e2 12.We2 .i.g3 13..i.g5 16
14.� .i.d6 15.i.a3 15=!= Moskowls­
Korobov, Alush1a ch-UKR 2002) 9.0.0 �16
10.b3 .i.g4 11..i.b2 ILlbcl7 12.� Q-0=
Albraglr!l<w-Tsodikova, San Francisco 1995;
5.� de5 6.�13 �16 (6... c6 7..i.c4 .i.g4
8.h3 .i.e6 9ib3 �rfl 10.d3 � 11.b3
•c7 12.11'e2 �16 13.o-o-o �b3 14.ab3
.i.b4 15.�g5 W'a.Sa:> Shababt-lppolitO,
New'tbrk200
0
) 7.d3 [7ic4 � 8.d3
� 9.�5 �d5 10..i.d5 c6 11..Qb3
(COMP Comet-caMP Phalanx XXII, 20
00
)
11...11f'd6=] 7.. .� 8ig5 11rb4 9.l:l.b1 h6
(9....i.e617) 10..i.l6 gf6 11.1tXl2 .i.e6
12.�5 .i.d5 13.ed5 �e7 14.'1tl3 o-o-D
15.•16 l:l.g8 OtlJkhai·Soloviov , AJI.6hla
2002) 5...de56.d5 �16 7.�..
.
dB 8.�13
.id69..i.a3a610.h3ILlbcl711.g411'e7
12.'ite2 b5 13ig5 h6 14..i.d2 �
15.o-o-o � 16.j,e1 .i.d7 17.�
Kcvalev.fluban, Minsk ch-BLR 1996] 4...d5
s.� de4 (5...�16 6.1e5 1l'e5 7.d4
•e7 8.e5 c5 (8.. ./(»t 9.�±) 9.0Qe2
IOe4 10.1tXl5 'ltd7 11.�14+- Schulte
WJ)wer-S .FISCher, Fl8nsweg
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10-�g2 �ld7 11.113 � 12.� 'l
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11.1fh5 g6 12.11fa5+- Skolderbs·
Thystrup
,
cr 1985) 6. ..11fd1 7.1Lld1 d6
(7...1Llc6 8.1Llc6 (8.1Llc4l? li:ll6 9.c3 .i.e7
10..i.g2) B... dc6 9.c3 �e7 10.d4 .i.e6
(10...c5) 11..i.e3 li:ll6 12.1Llf2 - ().
.().()=
Krolla-Kes
sle
r, cr 1997) 8.1Llc4 [8.till3
li:le7 9.c3 .i.a5 10.d4 15 11id3 (11 .e517
li:lbc6) 11...fe4 12..i.e4 d5=) 8..�c5
9.b41 [9.c3;1;) 9....i.b4 10.c3 . d5
[10.. ..i.c5 11.d4 .i.b6 12.a4±) 11.cb4
[11.ed517 1.e7 12:d4ot] 1LdC4 12�� c4-
li:lf6 13.d3 .i.e& 14•.i.e6 fe6 15..i.b2
� [15... a61?; 15.. .�8 16.83 c5 17.b5
l0c7=) 16.b5 li:lb4?? [16...�7 17J::Ic1)
17.�21 � 18..i.f61 lld3 [18. ..gf6
19.1Llf2 lld4 20.Wca llhd8 21.llhd1+-)
19.�2 gf6 20.a3 llhd& 21 .ab4+­
ll8d4 22.1Llf2 llc3 23.lla7 e5
24.lla8 �d7 25.llh8 llc2 2&.Wf3
� 27.llh7 llb4 28./Qg4 llc3
29.1Lle3 llb5 30.h4 llbb3 31 .lle1
b5 32.h5 b4 33.h6 lla3 34.llg7 1-o
Jonkman,Harmen
Van der Borgt,Peter
Vlis
si
ngen 1998 (2)
1.e4 e5 2.f4 .16 3.1Llf3 .,4 4.tilc3
.i.b4 5•.i.c4 [5.d3 .i.c3 6.bc3 •16 7..i.e2
11fe7 8.!Hl /Lll6=) 5..�c3 &.CHI f6
[6..ia5 7.d4 11fe4 8..i.l7) 7.dc31 (7.d3
133

'it'g-4 8.bc3 d6 9.d4,;!;] 7...'it'g4 8.�f7
� [8 ... We7 9.h3 'it'g3 (9... 'it'84
1o.:e1; 10..i.g8 :ge 11.<(:\eS (1 1.:e1 )
11 ...d6 12.:e1 •e1 13.llfe1 de5 14.•84
IOc6 15.-e'h7± Grin1TH31aser, cr 1992)
10.ci)g5 �h6 (10.. .W'h4 11..13 d6 12.g3
'it'h6 13.h4+- Kempen-Duke, cr 1991)
11.9'1
15
d6 12.-*.bJ .i.d7 13.:16 .be
14.h llfl3 15.:13±] 9.h3 [9.llfe1 d6
10.113 .d7 11..i.b3 � 12.•g3
(12.�!7) 12. ..g67 (12...�5 1 3.
.i.a4
•e7 14.b4!!
!!
) 13./(}gS lOh6 14.� �e8
15ih6 •a7 1U�g7 � 1 7.:16 Hl
Schulz&Olden-Sp
lelt,
Porz 1986] 9...Wg3
[9...•84 10id5 Wg6 11.�+-l
10.�g5 [10ie3!!
!!
] 10...fg5 11.�g8
:ga 12."Wh5 h& 13.•f7 :ee
14.•g7 c& 1S.llfh6 wc7 16.-i.gs
:ga 17.h4 •s4 1B.:Sd1 !!
!!
•es
19.:ta :ta 20••f8 b6 21 .:ds Wg4
22;-i.dB W�J7- 23 ••ts •ge 24-i.t&
� 25.h5 .f8 26-i.eS
1·0
The Petroff Way
2.../i:JIG
Bronstein,David
Yusupov,Artur
Moscow 111981 (5)
1.e4 e5 2.f4 �f& 3.�f3 � [3...d5
4.ed5(4.1e5�5.d4c5U.b5.i.d?=)
4...845.lt)e5M(5..id66.d4�
7..i.c4 c6 8./l
lc3
�(8..ie69.�411.e5
10.de5±) 9.� (9.� ll
lc3
10.bc3 fMT
11.We2 �16o
o
) 9...16 10 .10d6 .d6
11.00 :eel!
!!
)&.d4ca1.g3 _rs8.c41l.b4
9.WI2 �16 10..i.e3 � 11 ..i.e2 (Demian­
Uiea, cr 1993) 11 ..ie6=] 4.d3 �cS
[4 ... /t)dS 5.fe5 �IS 6.d4 d6oo] 5.fe5 d5
6.d4 �
7.c4 [7.11.d3 c5 8.c3 lOc6 9.�e3 •b6
10.'it'd2 �e7=; 7.�e3 c5 8.dc5 lOc6
134
9.� � 10ic5 �c5 11.<()c3 �e6
12...
.
e2�13.0-0-{)e614.�d3d4
15.1
1.
84 'it'b6 16.M �d5 (16.....
.
b5
17.-.
.
e1 �;) 17.�d5 llldB 1U.c6
•ca 19.wb1 � 20.g3 "!i-Ii Khavsky·
Krogius. SeMel Union 1956] 7...ib4
Bid2 [8.<()c3 c5 9.al5 ..
.
d5 10.Wf2
.i.c311.bc3cd412.cd4<td13..i.e3�
14.llfb3 'it'b3 15.ab3 i£lc7=] B..id2
[8...c5 9.dc5 � 10.cd5 .d5 11.<()c3
•dB 12.� .i.e7 13.�c3 h
(13...�) 14./t)dS � 15.•d6 (1 5.ed6
�) 15...-..e3 16.Wd1 lf)C6 17ic4 .14
18.b3 .i.d7oo Shew.Crouch, Copenhagen
1995] 9••d2 c6 10./l)c3 ().
.()
[10 ... 1£lc7
11.�d3 (1 1 .:c1) 11...dc4 12 ..i.c4 11.86
13.11.86 � 14.� � 15.� �
16.<t}d6t Al«:he
e
ov--lomakil, Novol<uznetsk
1996] 11.:c1 &7 12.cd5 cd5
[12...� 13.� .i.e& 14.� h6
15.�] 13..i.d3 �g4- [1Ll
llc6
14.�
h6 15ic2t] 14.�g5 f5 15.h3 [RR
15.�1 h6 16.1l
ld
51 � 17.1ile6 •a7
18.�18 ""
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19.h31+-] 15... .i.h5 16.11-0
.i.g&o (RR 16...h6 17.�11] 17.�b5
�ba6 111...<tJcS 18.1lcS±J 1e.toc16±
h6 19.�f3 � 20.�h1 :b8
21 .�g1 [21.g31 �7 22.�h-4±; 21 .b4±]
21 ....g5 22.Wf2 IOb4 [:<!: 22.. .�7
RR) 23..i.b5 f4 24.�f3 •e7 25.1rd2
� 26."-d3 "-h5 27..i.c2 �c7
28.1rd3 g6 29..i.b3 �hB 30..b4
:ga 31 .•d2 :g7 32.•f2 :ta
33.1lc3 g5 34.1lfc1 j,g& 35."-c2
� 36.�g6 llg6 37.-.
.
c2 l:lggB
38.� .f7 39.•b3 IO&g7 40.�6
�61+- 41.ed6 llfe6 42.ft7 g4
43.hg4 •g4 44.� •s5 45••e7
:t& 46.:c7 :ee 47.�f7 :f7
48••g5
1-0
Bronstein,David
Kholmov,Ratmir
VilniWi
i
zt 1975 (7)
1.e4 e5 2.t4 �f& 3.�f3 � 4.d3
�c5 5.fe5 d5 6.d4 IOe6 7.c4 c6
8./l)c3 1J.
.
e7 [8...11.b4 9ie3 � 10.al5
cd5 1Li.d3 lOc6 12.� .i.e7 13.l:lc1 IS
14.ef6 .U 15..i.b1t Gallap--lurje,
Geneva 1993) 9.1l.e3 o-o 10.•d2 b6
11id3 � [1Lib7 12.� fMT
13.cd5 cd5 14.•c2 g6 15..ih6 lle8
16.1rl2t Jansen-\bs, cr 1991; 11... dc4
12..i.col � 13..i.b3 t:MT 14.o-
-o-o
:ca
15.Wb1;t] 12.cd5 cd5 13.:d1 f5
[13...� 14..i.b1 .i.a6 15.a3 �C6
16.'i
i'
c2 g6 17.b4 .i.c4 18ia2;1;] 14.el6
:t& 15.11-0 �c7 16.loe5± �fa
17.1lfe1 .i.tr7 1Bic2 11.e8 19ib3
[1 9.11.g51?) 19 ... w h 8 20.�g5 l:le6
21 .llff2 .i.f& 22...
.
f3 :d& 23.�f4
�te& 24ig3 �s 25.•d3 "-h5
26.:c1 � 27ic2 11tg8 2Bib3
•de 29.�b5 l:ld7 30.� llfd7
31 .&7 .i.g& 32..d2 :d8 33.�
�34..
..l
f2 �g5 35.�e3 �
36...
.
e2 b5 37.e3 e5 38.:cd1 a4
39ic2 11.e7 40if4 b4 41.ab4
1l.b4 42.l:lf1 a3 43.be3 �
44••d2 �1 45.ab4 �b2 46-i.g&
�c4 47••d3 hg& 4B••g6 wga
49.h3 :ee so•.i.g3 :e4 51.b5 lld4
52.l:la1 .b7 53.•e8 Wh7 54.WhS
�gB 55.llfee �h7 S&.:ae
1-
-0
Rohde,Michael
Martz,William
Lone Pine 1977 (6)
1.e4 e5 2.f4 �f& 3.fe5 � 4.�f3
d55.d3�c56.d4�7id31l.e7
[7... �g4 8.1i:\bd2 <td 9.c3;!;) 8.11-0 ().
.()
[8•..c5 9.c4 cd4 10.cd5 1td5 11.'i
i'
c2�
12..i.c4 d3 13.•c3 .dB 14.<l)g5 IOe6
15.�17 b 16.�1 � (16. ..:re
17..i.d3 � 18./t)dS 1J.
.d6
19.ed6 :r1
20it1 .d6 21 .�±) 17id3± .d4?
18.1tc2 'ith4 19ih6+- 1-0 lvanovic·
Osterman, 't\Jgosl
aYia
1 979) 9.�bd2
�d2 [9...15 10 .816 �16 11.c4 (1 1 .�
� 12.<td bc6 13.�13;!;) 11...c6
(11...l0c61?) 12.�5 IObd7 13.�]
1o.1l.d2_ cs . 11.dc5 .l
l.
cS 12.whl
11.g4 13.•81 &6? [13 .. .11.13 14.:13
lle8 15.•�)
14ih71+- �h7 15.�g5 �g6
16...h4 "-h5 17.•h3 f5 18.ef6 'it'f6
19.•d3 Wts 2o.:ts :ts 21 .fl
le6

�d& 22-�97 1:118 23.�15 J:lts
24. 1:111 �g4 25.J:lt5
1·0
Bronstein,David
Kostro,Jerzy
Tb
i
lisi 1969
1.e4 e5 2.14 �f6 3.�13 �e4 4.d3
t()c5 s.fe5 d5 6.d4 �e4 7. �d3 �e7
s.o-o o-o 9.c4 �e& (9,.. c6
10.ta:
:l
(1o.11i'c2 rs 11.e16 �16 12.�c3;1;) 10...�c3
11.bc3 �e6 12.cd5 cd5 13�e3 h6
14...
.
e1;t) lO...
.
c2 c6 11.�c3 �c3
12�h71 �h8 13.bc3 dc4 [13. . . g6
14.tt'd211+-) 14.J:lbl b5 [14...g6
15...
.
d2] 15.�e4 aS 16 ...
.
e2 g6 [AR
16...b4 17.1l)g51 �g5 18.'ilth5 �h6
19.J:l161+- )17...
.
e3
1-o
Bielby,Paul
Crouch,Colin
Redcar 1995 (3)
1.e4 e5 2.14 �f6 3.fe5 �e4 4.�13
�gs s.�c3 (5.c3 d6 6.d4 (6.ed6 �d6
7.d4 'ile7 8.'1te2 t()l3 9.gf3 �e6 10.�e3
�d7 11.� ll
lb6
12.().().() ().().() 13. .J:lg1
� T.Milligan-Motwani, StAndrews ch..SCO
1983) 6...�13 7.W"I3 'lth4 8.g3 W"g4
9...-e3 de5 10.h4 't
t
e6 11.-.-eS 'lteS
12.de5 i.g4+ B.Petr<7r0ob�
Czechia 1995) 5.. •&6 6.�5 [6.d3 �13
7...
.
13d68.ed6i.d6=;6.h4�137.'1tf3
't
t'
e7(Li.e7)8.d4�U.d2�d4
10...
.
e4 �e6 11.'t
t
f3 � (11...'eb2)
12.�d3 J:lb8 13,().().() b5 14.J:ldl1;t
Maslak-Sepman , � 19961 6••�c5
[6... a6 7.h4 b5 a..tba �aS g_d4;1;)
U.c& dc6 8.d3 �f3 9.Wf3 9h4
10.g3 ¥g4 11.1:111 1t'13 12.1:113
i.e&� 13�e3 �.7 14.1:112 J:ld8
15.o-o-o h& 16.83 o-o 17.J:le1 c5
18.h4 a6 19.�2 J:ldS 20.d4 cd4
21 �d4 J:l1d8 22.�c3 .i.c5 23.J:lff1
g5 24.b4 .b3 25.�b2 c5 26.&1
cb4 27.ab4 .i.b6 28.�d3 as 29.hg5
hg5 30•.i.d2 �d4 31 .�1 ab4
32.i.b4 J:lc8 33.�d2 'J:lc4 34.c3
.i.b6 35.J:la1 J:lc8 36.1:113 i.c7
37.�c2 �eS 38.� J:leS 39•.J:la5
b5 40.1:112 i.c4 41 .J:la7 J:le3 42�d6
i.d5 43.J:lc7 J:la8 44.�d2 J:le6
45.�c5 J:la2
Q-1
Fischer, Robert
Wade, Robert
Vinkavci 1968 (1)
1.e4 e5 2.f4 �f& 3.1e5 � 4.t()13
�g5 5.d4
5•••�13 6••13 'ilh4 7.11
1'
12 .12
8.� �c6 (8...d5 9.ed6 .i.d6 10.�d2
[10id3 ta6 11.c3 �g4 12.h3 (12.J:le1
'i>d7) 12....i.h5 (12. . .�9617) 13.J:le1 �d7
14.l.15 (14.�d2 .tge · ff� e4 :aee
16.i.d2 16 17.a4 a6 18.1>4J;) 14...�
15..i.g5 16 16.� f0e7 17�e4 g5
(17....i.g6 16.� J:le8=) 16..i.g3 15
19..td6 cd6 20..tc2 .tf7 21.� a6
22..i.b3;t �-Tratar, Zadar 20
04
)10...c6
[10....tl5 11.c3 c6 12.�13 (12./l)o4 .tc7
13..tgS 16 (13... � 14.J:le1 .te
e
15�
Q.O:) 14..J:le1 Wf7 1Sih4 J:ld8
(15...�6=) 16..tg3 �g3 17.Wg:l .te6
16.h4 a5 Sherzar-Hemanda
z
Andres,
Santiago Wch-jr 1990) 12...� 13.�
�7 14..td3 .i.g6 1S..i.l4 ().().() 16.J:lhd1
.th517.g4.tg416.wg41519.Wg:l1&4=
Khuzrnan
.
'l
lmnoli
�Tashkent1967)
11./l)o4 �c7 12.� .i.e& 13.�14 .i.l4
[13...�a6 14.10d6 .td6 1s.u o-o-o
16.� 16=] 14.�4 �7 15.J:le1 J:ld8
16.c3 Wf6 17.a4 �d7 16:� J:lab6
Survey KG 5. 1
19..i.c4 .i.c4 20./t}c4 c5 21.d5 �16 22.d6
t()d51= Stocek·TimoscheniGl, Slovalda · tt
20
0
1/02) 9.c3 d6 10.ed6 (10..tb5 deS
11.J:le1 .te
e
12.J:le5 .i.d6 13.J:le1 ().{)-{)
14� J:lde8= L.Levy-Bemstein, New 'lbrk
195&'57] 1 0...i.d6 11.�d2 .i.e&
[1 1 ..�15 12./t}c4 i.e7 13.d5 .tcS 14�e3
.i.e3 15.�e3 �e7 16.�15 �15 17.i.d3
f0e7 16.J:lhe1 Wdl= Johannessen-Wade,
Z!M!1
18
81'
1961; 11. ..().{) 12.�c4 .te7
13..i.f4 .i.e6 14.t()e3 (14�c7 J:laca
15..t14 �; 14.J:le1 J:lac8 15.h4 J:lfe8
16.i.d3;1;) 14... J:lad8 15.�7 (15.g4 .i.d6
16.�d6 J:ld6 17..tg2 �e7=; 1Sie2 .td6
16.g3 .i.f4 17.gf4 t()e7=) 15 .. .J:ld7 16..i.g3
15 17.d5 14 18.de6 J:ld2!=[ 12.� .te7
13.�g5 .tg5 [13 ..� 14�14 ().{)
15..tc4 �as 16..te2 c5 17.d5;!;
;
Pelschar·
Humer, Austria ch 1989; 13... (}()-() 14�e2
i.gS 15.i.g5 J:ldS (Nor
ri-tau
k.RrW!ndII
1994) 16..i.l4;t; 13.. .i.d7 14ic4 ().{)
15..tf4 (15.J:le1 1?) 15...h6 16.�e4 .i.e&
17..tb3;t] 14-*.g� h6 [14. ..16
15..tf4
Wd7 16.�d3 t'iJe7 17.J:lhe1;1;; 14...Wd7
15id3 .l
l
ae817] 15..i.h4 g5 16.ig3
� 17..i.b5 [17� 15 16.J:lhe1
J:lde8 19.i.e5;1;] 17.••15 18..i.c6 bc6
19..te5 J:lhg8 20.h4 g4 [20. .�d5
21.hg5 .l
l
g5 22.J:lh2 J:lg6;1;] 21.h5 g3
22..i.g3 J:lg4 23.J:lh4 J:ldg8 24.J:lg4
J:lg4 25.J:le1 (25 ..i.e517] 25.•.�d7
26.J:le5 f4 27•.th2 J:lh4 28..i.g1
.td5? (28 ..�17 29.g3 J:lg4 (29...1g3
30.Wg:l J:lh1 31 ..i.e3 .tf7 32.J:la5±)
30..th2 (30.gf4 .td5) 30...1g3 31..i.g3
.i.d5 32.1:115 J:lg7=; 28..�17 Wade) ..
·
··
·
-
29.g3 J:lg4 [29....J:lh3 30 .gf4 1:113 31.�e2
1:114 32..te3±) 30..
..t
h2 13?1 31.b3+­
a6 32.c4 J:ld4 33.cd5 J:ld2 34.Wf3
l:lh2 35.dc6 �c& 36.1:le& wd7
37.J:lh6 J:la2 38..l
l
g6
1-Q
135

King's Gambit
.
King's Gambit Declined KG 5.3 (C30)
4...�g4: Why Black is OK- Part I
by Maarten de Zeeuw
1.e4
2. f4
3. ll'lf3
4. c3
e5
R.cs
d6
R.g4
d4. The centre is of course very
weak . ' The name ofthe commen­
tator was Siegbert Tar
r
asch.
In the King's Gambit Declined
tournament of Vienna 1904,
Black did considerably better
with 4...ll'lf6 (+3 =2 -5) than
·· --
with 4....Q.g4 which was champi-
lbroughout the 19th century
4.. .R.g4 (one of the few opening
lines where Black brings out
both bishops as early as move 4)
was the main line against 4.c3.
Possibly that was becau se after
4...ll'lf6 White can get a broad
pawn centre by 5.d4 ed4 6.cd4.
However, ·a striking comment
was made in the tournament
book of Nuremberg 1896: 'It
seems to me that 4...ll'lf6 is
better, because this allows the
possibility of White erring with
Games
5..l
l
e2.l
l
f3
Chigorin,Mikhall
Mareo,Georg
Monte Carlo 1901 (3)
1.e4 eS 2.14 .Q.cs 3.li:lf3 d6 4.c3
�g4 5.�e2
136
oned by some oftheweakertour­
nament participants, Leopold
Uiwy and Albin (+7 =6 -0). The
sharp 4 .. .f5 was introduced in
1911, about the same time that
4...ll'lf6 became the main line.
In the 19th century, White's only
replies to 4.. ..Q.g4 were 5..Q.e2
and 5..Q.c4, on which we wil
l
con­
centrate in this part. After 5..Q.c4
we start with 5...ll'lf6 6.fe5 .
If after fe5 Black recaptures on
e5 with his d-pawn, a pawn
structure emerges which is iden­
tical to the Queen's Gambit
Declined Exchange Variation
mim:ii-ed in ·the vertical axis · of
the board, and in which pawn
Hebels (levers) are even more
difficult to create, because a
white minority attack on the
kingside is very unlikely. As are-
Mentionr.d by Staunton and rec­
ommended by Tar
ras
ch in
Dreihunden Schachpanien p. 9 as
'der konekte Zug'. but yielding no
advantage.
s....Q.t3?1
This exchange should be post­
poned. Worse is 5 .. .ll:lf6? (expos-
Dr. Slegbert Tarrasch
suit, play may become pretty dry.
His best option may be to ma­
noeuvre a knight to f5 as in the
line 5 ..Q.c4 ll'lf6 6.fe5 .Q.f3 7. 1i'f3
de5 8.d3 (Morphy-Bomemann
and Westeri nen-Auvinen).
ing the knight, whilst leaving the
f3-b7 diagonal unprotected) 6.fe5!
.i.f3 7..Q.f3 de5 8.d4! .Q.b6
(8.. .ed4± 9.e5 ! l0e4?! ! O.g3 +-)
9.ll:la3! 0-0 (9 .. . ed4± JO.e5 ll:le4
ll.g3; 9...ll:lc6± JO.d5) IO.ll:lc4
ll:lc6 JJ.ll:lb6 ab6 12.d5 ±.
6.�13 ef47±

6 �f6? 7.d4 ed4?! (Minchin­
G
.
MacDonnell, London 1866)
8 �5!+-; 6.....£6 ? (Lange,
Maroczy) 7.d4! ed4? 8.e5!+-.
Black's problems in both lines are
a dire ct consequence of inserting
the exchange on f3 .
7.d4?!
7.h4! followed by 8.d4 .i.b6
9..i.f4 ±; Black cannot exploit the
weaknesses created by 7.h4.
7. . :it'h4 8.g3 fg3 9.hg3 'it'g3
10.�e2 .i.b6 1Ulg1 1Wh2
12.l:lg2 ..h3 13.l:lg7� �d7
14...g1?! ll
l
gf6 15..i.e3?!
0-0-0 16.ll
l
d2 l:lhg8! 17.a4 a6
18.b4
18.l:lg8 l:lgS 19.'ilfhl 'lfhl
(19 ...'ife6 20.a5! .i.a7 2l .d5)
20.l:lb lg?.
18...h5 19.a5 .i.a7 20.'i
i'
g5 �b8
21 .b5 l:lg7 22.'i
i'
g7 ab5 23...f7
l:lf8 24.'it'b3?-+ 'it'h2?=i'
24...ll
l
g4! 25.l:lbl 'ifg3-+.
25.�d30 ll
l
e5 26.de50 .i.e3
27.ll
l
f1 ?-+
27.�e3 !'f deS 28.'it'b5 ll
l
g4
29..i.g4 hg4 30.a6! (30.l:lfl ?-+
l:ldS! 3l.'ifb2 1fg3! 32.�e2 'i
i'
d3!
33.�el g3!-+) 30...11ff20
3 I.wd3 l:td8D 32:�c4 We2D
33.�b4 (33.�c5?! b6) 33 ...'it'b5
34.�b5 lld2=i=.
27.. .We5!
27...'it'h3 28.ef6 .i.h6 29.�e2 l:lf6
30.c4'f.
28.ll
l
e3ll
l
d7?=
28 ..
. d5! 29.ed5 l0d7! 30.'li'dl
'itg3 !-+.
29.�e2 '1Fh2 30..i.g2 ll
l
e5i
30...ltlc5 3Ui'bl = .
31 .l:lf1
3l.a6= ba6! 32.l:la6 l:lf2! 33.�f2
ll
l
d3 ! 34.�£1 ! '4i'f4 ! 35.�gl! '4i'e3
36.�h2! '4i'f4 ! with repetition;
31.11'1>5= l:lg8 32.a6 l:lg2 33.ll
l
g2
11fg2 34.�dl 11fhl 3S,wc2 'it'e4
36.�b3 11fc6 37.'1tb7 11fb7 38.ab7
�b7 and the resulting l:l vs Il
l
end­
ingisadraw.
31 ... l:lf1 32.�1 ?+
32.1Wg8 !;!; (controlling g3, pr<r
tecting .i.g2) 32...�a7 33.�£1 ! h4
34.11fe6!;!;; 34.lild5 h3=.
32... 11ff4?=
32... 11fg3! 33.lilf5D "ti'f4 34.�e2
'4i'g4 35.�fl h4 36.11fc2 h3
37..i.hl 11ff4 38.'it>el h2f with the
options 39. ..11ff3 !? or 39...1fg5 .
33.�82 11fg31 34.'4i'b5 ll
l
g4!
35.ll
l
g4 hg4. 36.�
.
1Wf4
37.�e2 "ti'g3=
37...'1fh2=.
38..i.f1 11fc3 39.11ff5 g3 40..i.h3
�a7 41.�1 c5 42.�g2 W'a5
43.�g3 'lfe1 44.�g4 W'g1
44...c4=.
45.�h5 'lfg7 46..i.f1 �b6
47.11fd5 11fd4 48."1Fd4 cd4
49.�g4 �c5 50•.i.d3 bSO
51 .� b40 52.�62 b30
53.�d2 �b4D 54..i.a6 �a3
55•.i.d3 �b4
Survey KG 5.3
Riemann,Fritz
Ta rrasch,Siegbert
Braslau 1880
1.e4 e5 2.f4 .i.cS 3.ll
l
f3 d6 4.c3
.i.g4 5..i.e2 ..tf3?1 6..i.f3 ll
l
c6
7.d3 lilf6 8.'lfe2 ,
A move to be reckoned with.
8.'ltb3 .i.b6 9.ll
l
a3 (L.Paulsen­
G.MacDonnell, London 1862)
9...ll
l
g4!? 1 0.W'c2= ; IO...tg4? !
'it'b4 ll.g3 W'g4 12.l:lfl 11fh3=i=.
8. . .0-01?
Risky; 8...11fe7 9.b4 .i.b6 IO.a4 a6
ll.lild2 lild7 12.ll
l
c4! .1J.
.
a7
13.b5!;!;.
9.15 h6
9...d5 1 0 .g4oo .
10.g4
...
..
55...�a2 56..i.c4 �a3D 57.�d3 10...lilh7?±
b2D 58.�c2 d3D 59..i.d3 10 ... d5 l l.g5 hg5 12 ..i.g5oo. The
�a2D=.
text renders ... d5 unplayable.
56..i.b1 �c4 57..i.d3 �b40 11.h41 f6 12.b4
58..i.e2 �a3 59..i.d3 �b4 - U.W'g2+- (with the idea 13.-i.dl)
60..i.b1 �c4 61 ..i.d3 �b4D 12...a5 13.a4.
62...tf1 �a3 63•.i.c4
12.. ..i.b6 13.a4 a6 14.toa3
•
••
••
•
•
•
•
·��·.
..
.
...
•=.
•••
63•••wb4??+-
'it'd77
Unguarding g5; 14. . . 'it'e7±.
15.g51 fg5 16.hg5 ll
l
g5 17..i.g5
hg5 18..i.h5
18."ifh2!+-.
18...ll
l
d8
20.0-{H)?=
19..i.g6
A) 20.f6?!± ll
l
b6 2l.fg7 ?
W'g7? 22.'Wh5? l:lf6+ Tar
ra
sch;
22.W'a2 !=; 21... �!+; 2l.t7!
�h8 22.�4±;
B) 20.�4!+- ll
l
h6 2l.'lfa2
�h8 22...g2.
20...ll
l
h6?
20...'4i'a4= Tar
r
asch.
21 ."ti'a2?±
63 . ..b2D 64.�c2 transposing to
the note to the 55th move.
64.�d31 b2 ss ..i.a2o �cs 2l.a5!+- .i.a7 22.1i'a2 d5 23 .ed5
�d7 1Wd6 24.lilc4 ..d5 25.l:lhe l.
66•.i.b1 �c6 67.�d4
68 ..i.a2 �e7 69.�c3
1-Q 21 . ..�h8?+-
137

2l...d5 22.d4 (22.ed5? 1Wa4 =)
22. ..ed4 23.a5 h7 24.cd4 c6±.
22.loc4 h7 23.l:ld2! bs
24.J:ldh21
If�moves, 24 ....Qe3 fo llows.
24•.. bc4 25.l:lh61 gh6 26.J:lh6
wga 27.1Wh27?=
27.1Fc4! d5 28.ed5+-.
27• .. 1Wg7= 28.d4
28.J:lh77 11fg6!-+ Tar
r
asch.
28.. .ed4 29..Qh7
29.l:lh7?7 1l'g6! 30.fg6 lm and
3l... J:lf2-+.
29 .••�f7??+-
29...�h8 30.Wh5 (30..Qg6 Wg8
31.�7 �h8) 30... .J:lf6 3l..i.g6 �g8
32.J:lh7 J:lg6 33.fg6 11ff6 34.J:lf7
11'h8 35.J:lh7 •f6 with repetition.
30.f6 1 11ff6 31 .J:lf6 �6 32...h61
�e7 �-��- -
�� 34.$;f�L�c6
35..Qe61 �b7 36.-i.dS c6
37.11'g7 �b6 38.85
38..Qc4 forces mate.
38•..�b5 39.1l'b7 �a4 40.11fc6
�a3 41 ...c4
1-o
Dreilwnden Schachpartien, p. 15.
Charousek,Rudolf
Pap.Jeno
Mialcolc 1691
1.&4 eS 2.f4 .Qcs 3.lilf3 d6 4.c3
.Qg4 5•.Qe2 .Qf3?1 6..i.f3 lilc6
7.b4 .Qb6 8.b5
8.d3? (Ba:uf-Ripert, Paris 1996)
8...l0b4!+.
8••.l0as 9.d4
Tr ansposing to-5..
.loc
6 6.b4 .i.b6
7.b57! lila5 8.d4 .Qf3 9..Qf3; 9.d3
(Bilguer's Handbuch) 9...l0f6=i=.
9. ..ed4 10.cd4 lile7 11.CH) o-o
12.�1 d51 13.e51
1 3...f5?l;i
138
Depriving himself of square f5.
13...�!5 != 14.�3! .Qd4
(14...�4 15 ..i.d5=) 15.1Fd3 !
(with the idea l6.g4 .Qc3 l7.1Wc3
and �a5 is -left hanging)
15. ..�4= (15... c5 16.bc6 bc6
17.l:lbl .i.c3 18.W'c3 �
19..i.g4�; 15....i.c3 1 6.1l'c3 �4
17.J:ldl c6 18.bc6 bc6 19 ..i.e4=;
15. . .'Wh4 16..Qd5 �g3 17...g3
1Wg3 18.hg3 .i.c3 19 ...ta3!=)
16.�! .Qa1 17.1Wf5 c6 18.�f6 !
gf6 19..i.e4 J:le8 20.'1rb7 �fB
21.11'b8 �e7 22.1Wf6 Wf8 23.'il'b6
�e7 24.bc6 bc6= 25.f5 !? .Qe5
26..i.g5 f6 27 ...g7 �d6 28.J:ldl
wc5 29.;ds J:led8 30.1We7 �d4.
14.l0c3 lilc4 15.�4 c6
16.�b6 1Wb6 17.bc6 bc6?1
17. . .11'c6;!;, followed by 18.. .l:Uc8,
if i>ossible tripling on the c-file as
.i.c1 can hardly move. Black's po­
sition looks entirely tenable.
18..i.e2 �5?+-
Giving up control of a3, of which
White takes advantage im
m
edi­
ately. Black should have main­
tained � as long as he could.
19.h31 •c7 20..i.d6 ifd7
21 ...84 �b7 22•.Qe7 ••7
23.•c6 l:lfd8 24.J:lab1 J:ld7
25.J:lfc1 J:lb8 26.h6 �8 27.e6
J:ld6 28.J:lb71
1-o
Morphy,Paul
Lowenthai,Johann Jacob
London m 1656 (4)
1.e4 es 2.f4 .QcS 3.�f3 d6 4.c3
.i.g4 S•.i.e2 .Qf3?1 6..i.f3 l0c6
7.b4 .Qb6 8.b5 �ce7 9.d4
This position may also arise from
5...� 6.b4 .i.b6 7.b5?! �ce7
8.d4 .Qf3 9..i.f3.
9.. .ef471= 10..Qf4 l0g6 11..i.e3
ll..i.g3 lLlf6 12.lLld2 0-0 13.0-0
1Wd7 14.a4 c6 15.�4 .i.c7 16.e5
deS 17 .lileS Steinitz-Green, Lon­
don m-2 1864.
11 ...�f6
1L.a6=.
12.�d2
12.e5 deS 13 ..i.b7 l:lb8 14..Qc6
�fB=.
12...o-o 13.CH) h6 14.a4 c6
15.11'e2 J:le8 16.1Wd3 dS?
16...c5=.
17.e5 �d7
18-i.hS?I
18.J:lael?! �e5 !? 19.de5 �5
20..i.b6 �d3 2l..Qd8 �1
22.$.c7=; 18.�hl±.
18••. J:le6?+-
18...l0de5 !? 19...f5CXJ (1 9.de5
J:le5+).
·
-
19.a51
19.J:lf7? �ge5 !=.
19..•.Qc7 20.J:lf71 � 21 .-.fS
h7 22..
.Q
g6 'ifg8
22...1tfl! 23.9g4+-.
23 ..Qf2 �5
23...� 24..Qb4 �7 25..i.f7 g6
(Sergeant) 26.1Ff3 1Wg7 27.a6+- .
24.de5 J:lf8 25 ..Qc5 �dB
26...Qf8 lieS 27...f2 1We6 28.b6
ab6 29.ab6 9g6 30.bc7 �c7
31 .J:lb1
HI
Shavrov,B
Alekhine,Aiexander
Rusaia 1906
1.e4 eS 2.f4 .i.cS 3.�f3 d6 4.c3
.Qg4 5•.Qe2 .Qf3?1 6..i.f3 IL!c6
7.b4 .i.b6 8.b5 l0ce7 9.d4
ed4= 10�cd4 �f6
10.. .d5
ll.e5 M I2ib2 a6
(12....e7 13.•d3 lilgh6 14.g4??
11'h4-+ Minchin-De Vere, London
1866; 14.liJd2;!;) 13.1Wd3 IL!ge7
14.l0d2?! ab5 15.�5 c6 16.1Wd3!
J:la4 l7idl :b4? 18..i.c3 .i.d4
19..Qb4! hl 20.lilb3 !± Neu­
mann-Wolf, Vien
na
1904 (3);
17. .. l:la6=; 17...J:ld4!? 18.i.d4
liJd4=; 15. . ...d7; 16.'it'd7?! �d7
17.�b3 l:la4!+; 14.a4= .
11.0-0 CH)
ll...d5 12.e5 �f5 13 . .i.b2 IL!e4
14.'1!t'd3;!;; 12. . ./0e4 13.11'd3==.

12..ib2 d5 13.e5 �d7
13-- -
�·
1 4.W c6 15.W'd3 � 16.g3
16.. .15? 17.�h1 'flen 1B..!Od5?1
18.bc6!+- bc6 19.� !.
1S...cd5 '19.id5 � 20..h3
Wc1821.Ml7m,s22ifB�
23ic6 "ird4 24.'flf5 f.Oe7
25.'flc2 l:tc8 26.l:ad1 'flb4
27Jlb1 'flaS 28Jlf3 � 29.l:lc31
l:ld8 30.bc6 "irdS 31 ."ifg2 'fld1
32.W"f1 'fld5 33.'iff3 'fla2
34Jld1 l:ld1 35.'fld1 � 36...13
'Wb1 37.� g6?!
37. ..g5 !=.
38.'i'd3! 1t'g1 39.�h3 hS
40.'flc4?
40.'fld2;!;.
40...'ilt'd1 1 41.l:lc1
41..J:lb3 (with the option .J:lb6)
4l.. .g5! 42.fg5 �g5 43.�h4 �f3
44 ..J:lf3 'ilff3 45.�g5 (45.e6 'flf6
46.�h5 __ 'ilff5t)_ A5...�c7!
(45 .. . 'flg4?? 46.'flg4 hg4
47.�6!+-) 46.'it'e6 W'g4!-+ .
41 ..."it'g41 42.�g2 h41 43.'ilff1 ?
43.'fle4! g5 44.c7 �c7 4S.ifc6+
43. ••g51 44.ifd1 ?!
44.1ti>h l hg3 45.hg3 ..
.
g3-+.
44.
..
�f41 45.1ti>h1
G-1
The Best Reply
5..C.e2 .'i:.c6
Stei nltz,Wilhelm
Robey,James
london 1862
1 ·1!4 es 2.f4 �c5 3.�13 d6 4.c3
.i.g4 5�e2 �c6!
Overprotecting d4 and postponing
the exchange on f3 until it's really
needed. There are several transpo­
sitions fr om the line 5 .. .�f3 6...tf3
�c6.
6.b4
6.�5?+ �e2! 7.t:oc6 ..id l! 8.�8
..ic2! 9.�b7 ..ib6+ Bilgu.er's
Handb uch, Maroczy; 6.feS ?!:'f deS
7.�5?-+ �5! 8.d4 h2! 9.-.e2
�d4-+; 6.d3= a6 (6. .. ..ib6;!;
7.�a3 ! •e7 8.� �f6 9.�b6 ab6
10.0 -0 L.Paulsen-Gohle, Berlin
1864) 7.�bd2 (not immediately
recognizable for what it is: an at­
tempt to prepare kingsid� castling)
7...�f6 (7...'fle7 B.�S!;!;; 7...bS
8.d4!;!;) 8.fe5 deS 9.�c4 'ife7
10.b4 ..ia7 11.h3=.
6.. ..i.b6 7.a41
A further advantage of S.. .t:oc6 is
that it creates the opportunity for a
couple of combinations aimed
against .J:lal: 7.d4? ..t£3! S...t£3
�!-+Thorold-Watkinson, Shef­
field (m) 1861; 7.d3? �b4!+. For
7.bS?!:'f se
e
Morphy-Boden in Part
n. The text move creates flight
squares for .J:la l.
7... a6 B.d3
Survey KG 5.3
14.....ie3 ! 15.�e3 �dS 16.'flcl=.
15.15
1S.fe5 deS 16.� cS;!;; 16.�fS
'1Fe6;!;.
15....J:lb8 16.0-0 �c6 17.�h1
�as 1B.�g4 �g4 1 9ig4 f6
20..b3 .J:lb7 21 .'flc2 .J:lfbB
22..J:lab1 '1Fe8 23.h3?
23 ...tb4=.
23....J:lb1 24..J:lb1 .J:lb1 25.'1Fb1
'fla4 26...tb4 �c6?=
26...�h8+.
27...td1 '1Fb5 28.'fla2 �8;!;
28...d5 29.'ird5=.
29.'fle6 �b4??
29... 'flb6 30.d4 �dB 3l.'fld7+-;
29...�d80 30.11Vc8 9b8
3l...a6;!;. -
·
30..i.h51 g6 31 .fg6 hg6 32...tg6
�g7 33.'flf7 �h6 34.Wh7 �g5
35.g3 fS 36.'flg7 'ifd7 37...i.f7
Premature
5. '"-c4 ;.13
1-0
With the plan 9.�a3 . 10 .�c4 and
Morphy,Paul
ll..i.e3.
Lowenthai,Johann Jacob
8...'fle7
london m 1858 (2)
8.. . �f6=; 8...�ge7=.
1.e4 e5 2.f4 .i.c5 3.�f3 d6 4.c3
9.�a3 �f&?l;!;
..tg4 5..i.c4
·
9...f5 !? .
Threatening 6.fe5 deS 7...tf7 .
10.�c41 ..t13 11�13 .i.a712.b5 .. 5 . ...
.i.
13'ZI;!;.. _
�---... .-­
�dB
Pre mature ; Black should tempt
12 ... abS?± 13.ab5 ..tf2 14.'i>f2 White to spend the tempo h2-h3 .
.J:lal 15.bc6±.
5. . .'flf6!?; 5.. . �d7!? 6.h3 .i.f3
13.ba6 ba6
7.'flf3:f transposes to S.h3 ..tf3
14.�e3?! =
14...ia3 ;!;
ef4?
15.eS+-;
14.. .'fle6;!;.
14...0-0?!;!;
'flf3 �d7 7.�c4?!.
6.'1Vf3
As compared to S.h3 ..if3 6.'flf3,
the tempo ..ic4 replaces h3. White
threatens not only 7.feS, but also
7...tf7 �f7 8.fe5 �c8 9.d4 .
6...�f6
6.. .�7 7.W! � 8.fe5 �e8
9.d4 ..tb6 10.e6 �df6 11.e5 deS
12.de5;!;; 6...�c6 7.'flg3 ! (7...tf7
�f7 8.fe5 �8 9.d4 .i.d4 ! 10 ..J:lfl
�6=) 7...'flf6 B..J:lfl 'flg6 9.'flg6
hg6 10.fe5 �eS i l...ibS c6 12.h2
.i.b6 13.d4 �7 14...tf4 ;!;.
7.b4
7.fe5 transposes to S ... �f6 6.fe5
.i.f3 7.'flf3; 7.d4 ed4 8.e5 deS
139

9.fe5 to 5. . . �f6 6.fe5 �f3 7.1t'f3
de5 B.d4 ed4 9.e5.
7...� 8.d3 �bd7 9.f5
This advance leads to a type of po·
sitions in which Morphy did not
excel - compare with his game
against Bird in Part ll.
9... 'i
i'
e7 1 0.g4 h6 11.�e2?1"F
ll.g5=.
11...c6
ll...d 5!7 12.�d5 (12.ed5 e4+)
12.. .�d5
13.ed5
�f6!!
!!
!!
;
13.. .0-0-0!1!
!!
.
12.g5 hg5 13.�g5 d5 14..tb3
14.ed5?!+ e4! 15.'i
i'
e4 �e4
16.�e7 �g3 l7.hg3 llhl 1B.dc6
�7 19.cd7 llah8+ Sergeant.
14.. .1rd6
14.. .d4"F.
15.�d2 aSI
Exploiting the weakening of
White's queenside by 7.b4 .
16.ba5
16.a3 ab4 17.cb4 �d4 Sergeant
18.J:Ia2"F..
.
16 ...J:Ia5 17.h4 �hS 1B.tl:lf1 ?!
�c51 1 9.�c2?
19.J:Idl+.
19...J:Ib5?
19...J:Ia3 !-+.
20.�c1 de4
20. ..�f4 21.�4 de4 22.de4 trans­
poses.
21 .de4 D.b2?±
An attempt to play brilliantly, but
actual
l
y a foolish one; 2l.. .�f4
22.�f4 ef4 23.� J:lb2 24.J:Iac l
J:la2 25.�c4 1t'c7! 26.�b6 �b 3+.
22.�b2 �f4 23.�e1 �fd3
24.�d3 �d3 25.�d2
LOwenthal declared afterwards
that he had miscalculated and
overlooked the pr esent move.
140
However, 25 .Wd1 is just as good,
and after25.�2 Black has no ad-
vantage either.
25.. . �b2 26.�c2 1t'a3
26. . .� 27.1t'd3 � 28.�d2
(Sergeant) 28...'i
i'
c5=; 27.a4!±.
27.�d2 �c7?1
1B.cd4
1B.�c7 !?+- �c5 l9.�b 6
(19.�b6 �b6 20.�b6+- Selkirk)
19...'i
i'
d6 20.1t'f5 �b8 2l.e5 �5
22.�c5 11'c5 23.'i
i'
e5+- Maroczy.
18...�d8 1 Ulhf1 �6 2D..
..i.
b3
�bS 21.'i
i'
e3 fS?I
Weakening e6; 21...10a5 ±.
27...�a4 28.J:Ihb1+-.
28.�b1
5 ilc4 016 6.1e5 .D.
.
I3
7. '&13 deS B.d3
1-o 22.ef5 J:lf57+- 23.�b61 cb6
24.�e6 D.dS 25.J:If7 �e7
26.�b1 J:le8 27.J:Ic1 �c7
28.�d7 J:ld7 29.d5 �c6 30.dc6
J:le3 31 .cd7 �b8 32.J:Ic7 1-o
Morphy,Paul
Bornemann
Paria blind aimul 1858
1.e4 eS 2.f4 �cs 3.�f3 d6 4.c3
�g4 5.� �f6?1 6.fe51 �f3
6.. .de57 7.� (7.1t'a4;!; 1l'd7
8.�±; 7. .. �bd7 8.�e5 11'e7
9.d4 lOe4 10.0-0 1t'e5 11.�
�dB;!;) 7...� 8.�b3 �e4 9.11'e2
�f6?! 10.1re5 Mikenas-Villard,
Plimu 1950; 9...�f2!aJ; 9.D.f1±.
7.1t'f3 deS 8.d3 l0c6?1 9�g5 a6
9.. .�e7 10.0-0 0 -0 ll.�d2;!;.
10.�d2
10.�f6!? 1t'f6 ll.'i
i'
f6 gf6
12.�d5 !± 1:
:.
13.�c6.
10...�e7 11.D-O-O 'i
i'
d7 12.�11
D-0-0;!; 13.�e31
Black is in great trouble to cover
f5 , compare the game Charousek­
�czkybelow; 13.�? llhfB+.
13...h6 14.�h4 gS± 15�g3
D.dfB
Passivity for the sake of protecting
pawn f7.
16.�d5
16.J:Ihfl ±.
16...�e8 17.d4 ed4?
17...�6±; 17... f6±.
Stelnitz,WIIIiam
Martinez,Dion
Philadelphia m 1882 (3)
1.e4 e5 2.14 .i.cs 3.�f3 d6 4.c3
�g4 S..i.c4 �f6 6.fe5 �f3
7.'i
i'
f3 deS 8.d3 �bd7 9.b4
Better is 9.�g5 c6 10.�d2 to play
for squaref5.Inthebattleforf5
Black is handicapped by the fact
that he has exchanged his light­
squared bishop on f3.
9. ..�b6 10.a4 aS 11.g4 h6
12.b5 'i
i'
e7 13.�d2 D-0-0
14.�b3 �bB 15 ..b3 �c5
15.. .1re8=.
16.�c5 �cS 17.�5
White has won a pawn, but Black's
compensation is considerable.
17...h5
17...�b4 18.cb4 1i'b4 19.�e2
'i
i'
a5=.
18.g5 �g4 19.�b3=
19.�d5 �b4! 20.cb4 'i
i'b4
21.�1
'i
i'
a5 22.�e2 (22.h3 'i
i'
d2:f)
22... 1t'c3 23.D.adl (23.D.a2=D.he8
1:
:.
24... J:Id5 25.ed5 e4-]
23 ... 1t'b2 ! 24.J:Id2 1l'd4 25.h3 f5 +
26.hg4?-+ hg4 27.1t'fl f4 !.

19 ...J.a7 20.h4 f6 21 .gf6 gf&?±
zt...li2!f6 !=
(t. 22...�g4,
2J. ..
l:!hf8) 22.a5?! �g-H.
:n.a5 l:[d6 23.a6 �e3?1 +-
23 ...ba6!±.
2ub7 �c2 2S.�e2 �1
2&.l:!a1 fS
26...
'�>b7 27..
.t
d5 �b8 28.llk5+-.
21.efS
27.�a5? 'ifh4 28.t0c6 l:!c6 29.bc6
"trb2 30.�el0 fe4 3l.de4 •gl
32..if l=.
Had White played
25.�d2, he could have tried 30.• e2
"tre2+ 3l.�e2 fe4 32.d4 (32.de4
b4=) 32... ed4 33.cd4 h4 34..
.td5
,
but after 34...l:!d8 35.l:ra5 h3 Black
ge ts the d-pawn, with a draw.
27..• 1!fh4 28.�dS
t. 29."ife3; t. 29.�c5+-.
28•••e4
28... 'i
ib2
29.'itg2 'ifg2 30.�g2+- ,
stil
l
with the threat of3l.t0c5.
29.�e4! l:!g8 30.l:!h1 1 'iff6
31.\Pd2 'ifes 32.<�c2 'i
i'
bS
The start of a dramatic episode.
33.l:!h5??
33.l:!al±.
33. ..l:!gd8??+-
33...l:!a6-+ ; 33 .. .'ifa4-+.
34.l:!h1 l:!b6 35.l:!b1 0 l:!h8
36...e2?=
36.•f4 +-.
36 ...•a4??+-
36.. . l:!bh6 37.c4 1fe8=.
37.d4 l:!e& 38.•f3 l:!h&
39.l:!a1??
39.Wg2+- .
39.. .1fc4??
39.. .:b2-+.
40.�cs •n 41.l:!a&
41.9h!; fo rces mate.
41 ••.l:!d6 42.l:!d6?
42-'ifhl !+- with the threat of
43 .l:!a7 �a7 44...al.
42 .. .1t'a2J 43.wd3 1l'b1
4Lcd6 44.'ifg2 ifbl 45.�c4
1t'al 46.1fb2 11Va5 47.tt1e6+- .
44.�c4
1�
A strange moment to resign. Black
has drawing chances, e.g .
44.. . 1Wa2 45.�b5 'itb2 46.�c6
�c5 47.l:!e6 'Wb6 48.wd5 l:!e6
49.fe6 J.
.
e7 50.�e5 11Vb5 51.�d5
c6 52.c4 1ta5;t.
Westerinen,Heikki
Auvinen, Esa
Kuopio 2001 (2)
1.e4 es 2.f4 J.
.
cS 3.�f3 d& 4.c3
J.
.
g4 s.J.
.
c4 �f6 6.fe5 J.
.
f3
7.1t'f3 deS 8.d3 o-o 9..
.t
gs
�bd7 1 o.�d2 c& 11.�f1 bs
12.J.
.
b3 b4?±
12...h6 l 3.J.
.
d2;t ; 12...a5!=
13.�g3 a4 14.�c2 b4 15.�5 a3.
13.�g31 bc3 14.bc3 :ea
14 ... a5 15.�f5 a4 16.�c4! l:!b8
17.J.
.
h6! 1Wa5 18Jlcl.
1S.l01S l:!b8
Survey KG 5.3
13.l:!d11 a4 14..id1 b4 15.�c4
bc3 16.bc3 ••7 17.'1rg3
h3?±
l7.. .l:!fb8 l8..i.g4 1Wfl!=.
1a.wd2 �h& 19.l:!ts
19..
..t.f6
wins a pawn.
19...l:!ad8 20J:Ihf1 ?
20.Wh4±.
20.. .l:!fe8?+-
20.. .�e4! 2l.de4 f6 22.�el fg5;!;.
21 .'1rh4 'Ires 22.�a3?= .
22..h4+-.
22..."Wa3 23.l:!f6 •a2 24.�c2
�f61 25.l:[f6??
25.J.
.f6
l:!d6=.
2s...l:!d3 1 2&.�d3 l:!d&l 27.wea
Wc21 28...e1 l:!d3X
o-1
Cspablanca,.lose Raul
Csrte r,TA .
St Louis 1909
1.e4 e5 2.f4 �cS 3.1t:lf3 d6 4.c3
-
--:i:!i4-s :tes-�f3- -s.'iff3-ctes-
1 6.l:!f1
l6.•g3±.
16...J.
.
e7?+-
l6.. .� l7.l0h6 leads to 'unequal
bishops'.
17.1Wg31 �f8? 18.cl)h61
1�
Deacon, Frederic
Robey,.lames
London 1862
1.e4 eS 2.f4 .i.cS 3.1t:lf3 d6 4.c3
J.
.
g4 S..ic4 �16 &.tes J.
.
f3
7...f3 deS 8.d3 o-o 9.J.
.
gS
lt:lbd7 10.�d2 c& 11.o-o-o b5
12..tb3 aS=
7..ic4 �f6 8.d3 o-o 9.J.
.
g5
�bd7 1 o.�d2 c& 11.o-o-o b5
12 ..i.b3 �e7= 13.h4 lt:lc5
14 ..i.c2 � 15.g4 g6?
15...b4=.
16.�16?1=
16.il.h6 �g7 l7.h5±.
141

16. ••�f6 17.gS �g7 18J:tdg1
ttJf4 1U�f1 'i>h8 20./tJe3 11c7?
20...f6:f.
21.hSI ghS?+-
2l.. .<tJh5 !± 22.�5 (22./tJf5±)
22...gh5 23 .<tJf5 ±.
22.%lhS?
22./tJg2 !+-.
22.../tJhS 23.1lhS .%lae8?+-
23 ...Wt'd6? 24.ttJf5 11g6 25.1lh2!
(25.11h4?! .if"6 !±) 25 ... %lae8
26.�di b4 27..th5 'iVe6 28.%lbi
h6 29 ..i.dl+-; 24...1te6 25.11h4!
%lae8 26.�dl +-; 25 ... .%lfe8 26.g6
fg6 27.�b3 +-;
23...'1Vb60 24..%lg3 (24.� c5
25..i.dl b4! 26.l:thl 1lg6! 27.�g4
h6=) 24...c5 25.11h4 c4! 26./tJ£5;!;.
24./tJfS •.%le6 25..%lh1 1 h6
26.gh61 �f6 27.11'g41 .%lg8
2&.11'g7 -- -:9-r-29�1igt w9a
30.%lh8
Mate.
5.""-c4 /Uf6 6.fe5 ""-13
7 �13 deS 8.d4
Charousek,Rudolf
Dr. Kalnfczky,Geza
Budapest 1896
1.e4 eS 2.f4 �c5 3./tJf3 d6 4.c3
�g4 s.�c4 ttJf6 6.fe5 �f3
7... f3 de5 8.d4 �d6;!; 9.�gS
White bas the centre, the pair of
bishops and the half-open f- file,
and for Black it is hard to create
counterplay.
9•.. <tJbd7 10.D-O 11e7 11./tJd2
(H)-() 12.�d3
Clearing the c4-square for the
knight
12••. h6 13..
.t
h4 .%lhg8 14./tJc4
142
14..•gS
Permanently weakening f5 .
1S..
.t
f2
15.i.g3± ed4? 16.e5+-.
15..•'iob8 16.ttJe3 g4 17.1re2
<tJhS 18./tJfS ..e6 19.dS 1l'g6
20.b4 <tJf4 21 .11fe3 ttJd3?+-
21. ../tJb6 22.a4±.
22...d3?1
22.'1Va7 ! 'i>t:S 23.1la8 ttJbS 24...1la7
'i>d7 25.11b7 /tJf4 26.11b5.
22... %lc8?1+-
22.. .b5 23 .a4.
23.1le3 c5
23...�b6 24.a4.
24.dc61 :c& 2S.W'a7 'i>c7
·
26.b5 �cs 27.'tfaS �b6
28.� .%lb6 29.J:Iad1 .%ld8
30J:Id6 1l'g5 31.c4
1�
Charousek,Rudolf
Prof. Exner,Gyozo
Smlcesleh41Mir m 1896 (6)
1.e4 es 2.f4 �c5 3.�f3 d6 4.c3
�g4 s.�c4 �f3 6.1Wf3 �f6
7.fe5 deS 8.d4 �d6;!; 9.�gS
�bd7 10.0.0 o-o 11.�d2 c6
12.i.ba flc7 13.�c4
13.•.ed471 14.cd4 i.h2 15.'ioh1
'iVg3 16.�f6 �f6 17.�e3?:f
17.e5! (not only attacking �f6, but
also trapping �) 17...�g4
(otherwise I8.11
1
h5) I8.�6 'iVh4
19.'i
i'
h3+-.
17.. .11'f3 18. .%lf3 i.c7 19•.%laf1
.%lad8?1
19...i.b6! 20.e5 �e4 2Le6 'i>h8
22.d5 i.c5+.
20.85 �dS 21 .i.d5 cdS 22.�f5
%ld7??
22.. .f6:f (22...'i>b8=; 22.. J:tde8).
23.e61
1�
AnderssenAdolf
Dufresne,Jean
Beo1in 1851
1.e4 e5 2.f4 i.c5 3.lilf3 d6 4.C3
.i.g4 S..i.c4 <tJf6 6.fe5 .i.f3
7. 11'f3 deS 8.d4 ed4 9.0.0?+
9.• .dc3
9...�bd7!+.
10.'i>h1 11'd4?=
10...cb2 1 L�b2 .i.d4 12.J:Idi <tJc6
13 ..i.d4 �4 14.11'f2 c5 15.e5 b5
16.cf6 bc4= ; 10.. .<tJc6 !7 I L�c3
(I L.i.f7 'i>f7 12.11h5 'i>g8
13.'1fc5 ..d3 14.11f2 c2 15.�c3
J:[fS+) 11...�5 12.1Wg3 �4
l3...g7 %lg8 14 ...f6 1Wf6 15.%lf6
�d4'�; 10 ... 0 -0! 1 L�c3 (ll.c5
.i.d4 12.ef6 cb2 13..i.b2 .i.b2
14.fg7 .i.gH) ll... �bdH.
11•.i.b57+
Now White will simply be a pawn
down. I Le5!!!
!?
cb2 (11...1Wc4
12.ef6; ll...'iVe5 12.11'b7 !=)
12..i.b2 11'b2 l3.ef6 0-0 14.�c3.
11•••c6 12.�c3 cbS?=
12...0 -0+ ; 12...�bd7+.
13.e50 o-o
l3 .../tJg4? 14.1Wf7 'i>d8 15.� !±;
13...�bd7=; l3. ..<tJc6= .
14.ef6 •f6 1S..i.f4?
15.11ff6 gf6 16.i.h6 .%ld8 17. .%lf3=.
1S.. .'tl'c6+
15 ...<tJc6:f.
16.� �d7??
Al
l
owing a decisive pin. l6....i.e7+.
17.%lac1 1 b6
17. .. :ac8 18.b4!+- (18.i.d6?!
i.d6! 19.J:Ic6 .%lc6;!;).
18...td61
18.b4? l:laeB:f.
18.. . 'ioh8 19.i.f8 l:l.fB 20.b4
�5 21 ...f5 ttJc4 22.�gSI g6
23.11'h31
1-4

Blackbume,Joseph
Fraser,James Cunningham
Dundee 1887
1 e4 e5 2.f4 �c5 3.�13 d6 4.c3
_ig4 s�c4 ttlf6 6.te5 �13
r.'fl13 deS 8.d4 ed4 9�e51 We7
10.CHJ?I+
1o.11'b7?! (a crucial line)
analysis diagram
10... 0-0!!!!
!!
(nottheque
e
n,butthe
queen's knight should go to e5;
IO...We5? Il.¢>dl 0-0 12...-as c6
13.1Wb7+-) ll.•a8 <l
l
bd7!
12.¥0 (12.1WbT-F <l
l
e5 13 ..i.b5
�g4-+;
13 ...ta6 ttlc6+)
1L�e5 13 ...
.
e2 1ld8 14.cd4 1ld4
15.�d2 <l
l
fg4!!
!!
.
10...We51+ 11...tt4 1
ll.'ltb7 0-0! 12.¢>hl (l2.Wa8?
�g4 13 ...tf4 d3! and mate)
12...ttlbd7 13...tf4 9e4 14.We4
�e4+.
.
·· ··-
__
___
____
11 ...dc3
Helping White to launch his
quee n's knight; 11...1i'e4 12.We4
<l
l
e4 13.b4 �b6 14 ..i.d5=.
12.¢>h1 1i'd4?1=
12.
. ...-e4 13.&3 'ti'O 14.1lael
¢>f8=F.
13.'iWe2?
13.ttlc3= 0-0 14.11fb7 �bd7
I5.W! ¢>f7 l6.'1fb3 ¢>g60
17.110!? (17.'irc2 ¢>f7 18.'ifb3
with repetition) 17... '1tb4 18.1lg3
'iPf5 l9.'1fc2! (l9.1lg5? Wf4
20.1ld5 ttle5 !-+ 2I.Ilfl ¢>g5!
22.1le5 ¢>h6) 19... We6 20.1lg7
Wf4 2l.'ifb3 ! ¢>f5 22.Wc2 ¢>e6
with repetition; 13.1lel!!
!!
.
13... We41
Now Black is two pawns up, and
he manages to convert them in the
end, in spite of the bishops of op­
posite colour.
14. <l
l
c3 'iWe2 15�e2 c6 16.�g5
<l
l
bd7 17Jlad1 ().{) 18.1lf5 �b6
19..i.c4 l:lae8-20.1ldt1-lieS
21 .1le5 <l
l
e522�b3<l
l
eg4
23.h3 <l
l
f2 24.¢>h2 <l
l
6e4
25.lt:Je4 <l
l
e4 26..i.e7 �d2
27.1ld1 lieS 28.1ld2 1le7
Survey KG 5.3
n.wd1 ..te3 78..i.d3 ¢>d4
79..
.t
g& �f4 80..i.f5 ¢>83
81 ...tg6 ¢>12 82..i.e4 ¢>g3
83..i.f5 c2 84�c2 bc2 85.¢>c2
¢>h3
�1
Werner,Jilrgen
Ronning,Rolf Thomas
cr 2001
1.e4 e5 2.14 �c5 3.<l
l
13 d6 4.c3
..tg4 5.te5 .i.13 6...-13 deS
7..i.c4 <l
l
f6 8.d4 ed4 9.e51 'lfe7
10.¢>d1 1;!; <l
l
td70 11.1t'b7
ll.llel ttlc6 12.e6 <l
l
de5 13.ef7
Wf8=F; ll.e6= fe6 12.'ifb7 <l
l
b6
13..i.e6 dc3 14.&3 c6 15.'1fe7
.i.e7=.
11 ... ().{)?+-
ll.. .<l
l
b6 12.�b5 ¢>d8 13.1lel;!;;
13.1lfl <l
l
8d7 14.b4 dc3 15.bc5
1t'c5 16.<l
l
a3 c2 17.¢>d2 c6=.
29.wga 96 30.ilitl :ea 31 :�4 · 12.cd4?;t
-
l:l.e7 32.1ld3 ¢>til 33..i.d1 ¢>e8 12.Wa8 <l
l
b6 13.W 1i'f7
34..i.13 h6 35.¢>93 lld7 36..i.e2 14.We4+- .
l:l.e7 37..
.i
13 l:l.e5 38...ig4 f5 12.....td4?+-
39..
.i
d1 lle1 40.1ld2 f4 41.Wg4 12 ... <l
l
b6 !;!; 13..i.d3 (l3.dc5 &4
h5 42.¢>13 .i.e3 43.1ld3 llt1 14.'iWa8 lidS!!
!!
; 13...1ld8!?)
44.¢>84 l:l.f2 45Jlb3 b6 46..i.13 13.. .1ld8 ! (l3.. .c6 14.'iWe7 �e7±)
¢>d7 47.g3 ..tc1 48.gf4 .i.b2 14.1i'e4 f5 15.ef6 (15...
.
f5 g6=)
49.15 gt5 50.¢>15 �d4 51 .a3 c5 15...1i'e4 16...te4 1ld4 17.l0d2 c6
52.1ld3 ¢>d6 53.¢>e4 h4 54...ig4 18.Wc2 (l8.fg7? <l
l
c4, Black wins
l:l.f1 55.1ld1 llt8 56..
.i
h5 l:l.f6 a piece) 18... gf6;t.
57.1ld3 lie& 58.¢>f4 1le1 59..
.i
13 13...-aB <l
l
e5?1
llg160.¢>84¢>e661..i.g4Wd6 Nowbewillevenbeafullro
o
k
62.1ld1 llg3 63Jld3 b5 64..
.i
e2 down; 13 ... <l
l
b6 14.W 'ti'f7
a& 65.�d1 llg5 66..i.13 ¢>c7 15.1t'e4+-.
67.¢>14 llg3 68...ie4 llg1 69.a4 14.1i'e4 ..-d6 15.<l
l
d2 c5
¢>b6 70.ab5 ab5 71 Jlb3 c4 16..
.i
b3<l
l
bd7 17.1le1 c4
72.1lb1 llb1 73..i.b1 b4 74.¢>13 18..
.i
c2 c3 19.•h7
b3 75.¢>82 Wc5 76...ig6 c3 Mate.
143

Nimzow itsch Open ing
Dodo Variation VO 5.9 (BOO)
A Rare Bird with a Cr ippled Wing
by John van der Wiel
1. e4
2. li:lf3
3. d4
4. d5
5. li:le5
6. �b5
7. dc6
li:lc6
d6
�g4
li:le5
�d1
c6
The tactical exchange li:lf3xe5 ,
�g4xd l; ..tfl-b5+ appears in
several fo nns, nuances and move
orders. Usually a simple verdict
can be given rapidly, varying
from unplayable to nothing spe­
cial to clearly better to win
nin
g
outright
In this quickest and purest exe­
cution, things are remarkably
complicated, though. This ex­
plains why it is often av oided: ei­
ther by Black, by playing
4...li:lb8, or by White, by not em­
barking on 4.d5 or 5.li:le5. Black
may be right from a theoretical
point of view (although White
must be slightly better after
4... li:lb8 5.�e2 or 5.c4) and
White from a practical one,
fearing some home preparation.
Thi s was the case in the fe atured
144
game Van der Wiel-Bottema,
where the new 12 .. .'it'g4 !? came
straight from the home lab. The
subsequent 14 . . . a5! was found
over the board and showed some
excellent judgment It was the
only move that caused me head­
aches, but after serious study I
believe that White still has good
chances here (15.li:la7 !).
Even Bet
t
er Prospects
However good those chances
may be (Black also has the op­
tions 12 .. .�c2 and l2 .. .�a8 in
this line), I now conclude that the
most-played and best-scoring
9.li:lc4 offers even better pros­
pects than 9.cb7. You will find
all reasonable black replies in the
Game Section, of which I con­
sider Palk:ovi-Brandics the most
important one theoretically.
There, Black foll owed a recom­
mendation by Hugh Myers in his
book The Nimz.ovich Defense to
J.e4. In each case after 9.li:lc4
White gets a massive queenside
initiative due to the completely
undeveloped forces on Black's
kingside: the crippled wing.
Tom Bottema claims that his Fritz
gives Black some advantage.
Maybehisbeastisabitmoredo­
,mesticated, but I don't see a de­
cent future for Black after 9.li:lc4 .
The remarks by John Donaldson
('it's a funny line but I am sur­
prised anyone would willingly go
into it on the black side') and
Kevin Spraggett - apparently this
John Donaldson
is a Canadian line/bird - ('I
played this line only once ... andI
would probably still play the
same way today !') may count for
something as well.
Some Further Points
ItisusefultoknowthatA)after
8.. .a6 (instead of 8.. .0-0 -0) the
only road to an advantage begins
with 9.b4!; B) after 8. . .0-0 -0
9.li:lc4 White 's queen sac will
normally only be of a temporary
nature; and C) the whole varia­
tion can arise from many move
orders: l.d4 and l.li:lf3 have
been encountered, but the most
usual start is l.e4 li:lc6 2.li:\f3.
Condusion
At the present state of play, thi s
rare bird could become a black
dodo. Or should we say don ' t
don 't?

The Home Lab
9.cb7
Van der Wiei,John
Bottema,Tom
BUBSUm 2006 (3)
1 .e4 ltlc6 2.1tlf3 d6 3.d4 �g4 4.d5
[4�; 4.�e3; 4.1tlc3] 4.• •1tle5 [4. ..1tlb8]
s.q)e5 [5�; 5ie2; 5.1tlc3] s•• .id1
s.�b5 c6 7.dc6 'li'a5D 8.ttlc3 0-0-0
[8.. .a61? 9.b41 - ZM-Galvin] 9.cb7
[9.q)c41] 9...�b7 10.Itlc6 {10.'t:lmt
.i.1
15
11.1tlh8 (1 1.b4?1 Wb4 12.:b1 'li'c3
13�d2 'li'd21 14.� ft7-+) 11. . . g51+)
10...'..c7 11.q)dS [1 1 .1tld8 •dl
l
12.¢>d1 e6=; 12...g6; 12. . .d51?] 1 1 ..."irc8
12.1tldb4
12...'li'g41?N 13.1tld8 [13.�e31?)
13. . .�c81 (1 3... �7 14.10dc6; 14.1tlf7!?;
13...�b6 14.�3! �b5 15.l:td1-J
1U,)dc61 [l4.1tlf7J 'li'g2 15.�d1
{1 5.�a6 �b8; 15.l:tf1 �51 16.1tlh8
'ti'e4-+) 15. .. 'li'h1 16.�d2 ..
.
e4
17./l
ld3o
ltlh6 18.ttlh8 gS+) 14...aSI
[14...'li'g2?1 .15.ttla71 �b7 16.�e3 •h1
17.¢>d2..
.
(t:. 18ic6) 17...'li'e4 18�c6
'li'c6 19.1tlac6 �50 20.a4±] 1S.�e3?1
[15.. .ab4 {15...'li'g2?? 16.1tla71 �b8
11.1tla61 �b7 18� �a6 19.1tlb51 a4
20.b4+-) 16.l:td1 'irg2 17.l:tf1 ltlf6
18.10b4 (18.1tla7 �b81; 18Jld41?)
18...1tlg4 19.J:I:d3 1tle3 20.l:te3 e6 21 .l:tc3=
Eloel; 15.ttla71 �b7 {15. ..�b81? 16.�bcfi
�a8 17.�e3 •g2 18.l:tf1 (18.l:td11?!!
!!
!
)
18...�131 19.1tla5 {1 9.10d8, 17<) 19... �e4
20.0-G-QI-; 20.131? �leo) 1U.e3 ab40
17.l:td1- (t:. 18.M; t:. 18.l:td4)
17...Wg2 18.1111 ttlf6?f 19.e51; 15.1tla57
'ti'e4; 15.ttld3?? 'lte2X; 15.10d51? 'ltg2
(15...'1te4 18.1tla3 .th5 17.�; 17.13)
lU..as �7 17.1tlb8 � (17...�dl
l
18..i.e3) 1B..i.bs=]
Y.z-Y.z
Moreno,Aiberto
Vescovi,Giovannl
Bariloche jr 1991 (8)
1.e4 q)c6 2.1tlf3 d6 3.d4 �g4 4.d5
ltle5 S.ltle5 .i.d1 6..i.b5 c6 7.dc6
'lta5 8.�c3 0-0-0 9.cb7 �b7
10.q)c6 •c7 11.q)d8 [11.� 'il'c8
12.1Ml4 �a8 (12 ..�c2 13ia6 (13.1tlc2
a6) 13...�a8 14.M l:tc8 15.1tlc2 l:tc6
16.�d4 l:tc4 17.�83 q)f6 18.13 e5 t:.
19...d5 Myers) 13ie3 J:l:d7 (13....i.c2
14.1tla7) 14.l:td1 e6 (14 ... .acn
15.1ld3+-) 15.J:I:d3 q)f6? {15. .. d5 16 .().
.0
(16.ed5 ltlf61.,o) 16. . .1tlf61) 16.().
.
0 (16.�a51
llc7 17ic6 J:l:c6 18.� d5 19.J:I:a3
� 20.�b4 'Wb7 21 .J:I:a7 •a7 22ia7
�a7 23.ed5+-) 16 ... d5 17.1tla7 lla7
18.�c6 �b8 19..i.l4 'li'c7 20icm and
Bla«XwonalongendingInBurstow­
Spencer, Mimeso1a 1976; 20.J:I:b31±
(William Har
ri
son) 20...� 21 ic7 �7
22.ed5 ed5 23..i.b5 � 24.J:I:b4 J:l:a2
25 ..i.d3±J 11...Wd8 12.1tld1 li'!f6
(12...d5] 13..i.d3 e6 [13...d5) 14.o-o
.i.a7 15.1tle3 Wc7 16..i.d2 fi:4T
17.c4 gS 18.ic3 J:l:g8 19.J:I:fd1 g4
20..i.e2 hS 21 .�h1 .i.f6 22.J:I:ac1 ?1
[22.c5=] 22....i.c3 23.J:I:c3 � 24.f3
as [24...W�J 25.b3 �a7 [25... Wd8
26.1tlc2 Wh4!1!) 26.li'lc2 Wb6 27./0d4
J:l:d8 28.a3 e5 29.1tlb5 �b8 30.b4
ltle6 31 .fg4 ltlf4 32..i.f3 [32.ba5 W12
33..i.f1 hg4=J 32... hg4 33..i.g4 Wt2
34.J:I:g3 dS 35.cd5 [35.c5 .c2 36.h3;!;)
35...J:I:g8? [35.. . J:I:h8 36.�3 ab4 37.ab4
Wc2=) 36.if3 ?? (36.d6+-) 36...J:I:g3?
(36. .. J:I:h81-+) 37.hg3 .g3 38.ba5
ltlh3 39.1lb1 ltlf2 40.�g1 ltlh3
41.�h1 ltlf2
Y.z-Y.z
Even Better Prospects
9.�c4
Palkovi,Jozsef
Brandics,Jozsef
Hungary tt 1992
1.e4 li'lc6 2.�f3 d6 3.d4 .i.g4 4.dS
ltle5 S.ltleS .i.d1 6..i.b5 c6 7.dc6
11'85 B.lt:lc3 0-0-0 9.1tlc41 Wc7
10.q)d5 .i.c2 [Myers) 11.1tlc7 �c7 (t:.
12.. .bc6; t:. 12....i.e4] 12.cb7 .i.e4
13.ie3c:.o/± �b7 [13 .. . .i.g2 14.J:I:g1
�b7 15..i.a7±; 13...d5? 14.1tla5 d4
Survey VO 5.9
15.J:I:C1+-; 13...�b817 14.ttlaS .i.b7
(14..ig217) 15.q)b7 Wb7 16.J:I:c1 li'!f6
17ic6!!
!!
!
-) 14.f3 (14.J:I:c117; 14.1tla5
�b8 (14... waa 15.J:I:c1 t:. 1Uc7)
15 ..i.c6 .115 16..i.f3 .i.d7 17.J:I:ct J:l:c8
(17... �16 18.J:I:c31) 18.1lc8 �
19.H±tt) 14....i.d5 1 S.ti'!aS
1S.•.�b8 [15. . .�88 16.J:I:c1 e6 (16.. .g6
17.J:I:c7 (17.� .i.h61) 17. ..wb8 18.J:I:a7
J:l:c8 19.J:I:.a61 .i.h6 20ia7 �7 21 .1:1:11
ltlf6 22.1:1:12+-) 17.� {17.J:I:c71 wb8
18.J:I:.a7 J:l:c8 19.�d2+-) 17.. .li'le7
(17...�1; 17...J:I:b8 18.a4+-) 18.J:I:c7+­
<t:lca (18 ... J:I:c8 19..1:1:&7 � 20.J:I:a61+-)
19.J:I:hc1 .i.e7 20..i.a6 wb8 21..i.c8 1�
Friedel-5hbl
l,
Philadelphia 20
04
)16.i.c6
.ie6 17.J:I:d1 ltlf6 (17 ...J:I:c81?) 18.J:I:d4
�c7 [18.. . 10d7 19.J:I:b4 WeB 20.h7+-)
19.D-O J:l:b8 20.J:I:c1 .i.d7 [20 .• J:I:b217)
21•.i.b7 Weft� 22.J:I:dc4 d5 [22...a6
23.J:I:c61+-) 23.J:I:4c3 e5 24..i.a7 J:l:b7
25,�b! . h7 . 26.-icS -� 86�1 .,i.f8
J:l:f8 28.1tlc5 � 29.li'!d7 ltld7
30.J:I:c8
Donaldson,John
South,Fred
Edmonton 1978 (4)
1-D
1.e4 li'lc6 2.1tlf3 d6 3.d4 .i.g4 4.dS
ltle5 s.� .id1 6..i.b5 c6 7.dc6
•as a.ltlc3 0-0-0 9.1tlc41 Wc7
10.Itld5 bc6 [10...Wb8? 11.c71 Was
(1 1 .. .¥c7 12.1tlc7 �7 13..i.e3 .i.g4
14 ..i.a7 .aaa 15..i.b6+-) 12.1tlcb61?
{12.cd8W Wd8 13.�d1 e6 14.1tlc3+-)
12....ab6 13.1tlb6 �7 14.�8 J:l:.a8
15.�1 +- Ranirez Gonzalez-Mingo
Fernandez, Spain jr 1995) 11 ..b6 �b8
12.li'lc7 .i.c2 13 ..i.d2 .i.e4 14 ..b5
[14.13± .i.g6 (14..if5 15.g4) 15..i.a5)
14...J:I:d7 15.li'!d2 [15.13±; 15.1l
le8
1?]
1S. ...i.g6? [� 15....i.f5!;!;] 16.li'ldS
145

[16.�1 1e6 17.1:lc1±] 16•..cd5 17.1:lc1
l:lb7 18.h2 �f6?1 [18 ...e5) 19..i.b7
�b7 20.1:lc7 �116? [20...Wbe 21.1:lhc1
.i.J5±]
21.b4?
(2Ulhc111+-]
21.•�f5? (21...d41 22.a4 d3 (22.../t)dS
23.1:lhc11) 23.Wd1 (23.� .i.h5 24.�
ltld5 2S.I:ld7 .i.g4 (25.. .�16 26.1:ld8+-)
26.b5 �aS 27.1:la7 �b6 28.1:la6 �7
29.Wg4 �b4 30.1:la5ao) 23.../t)dS 24.1:lc6
�b7 25.b5) 22.�b3?1 [22.84! +-)
22.• ..i.d7 23.ltXJ4 g6 (23...e5 24.�
.i.e& 25.1:lc6 � 26.1:lc7 d4) 24.�
.i.e& 25.1:lc6 �b5 26.1:lc7 �
27.f3 ¥ 28.1:la7 � 29.1:la8
.i.g7 30.1:lh8 .i.h8 31.�d3 �f4
32.�2 �2 33.1:le1 � 34.�d3
e6 35.1:lc1 f5 36.1:lc8 .i.f6 37.1:lf8
.i.g7 38.1:lf7 .i.hB 39.1:lh7 .i.f&
40.1:lb7 We4 41 ..tde .ide 42.�d4
,!��,�_ e5_ �.b5 d4_ 45 .�3
d5 46.b6 e4 47.� �b5 48.1:ld7
.i.g5 49.�1 �b6 50.1:ld5
1-Q
DonaldsonJohn
Ambler Dennis
Seat
tl
e 1987 (5)
1.d4 � 2.�f3 d6 3.e4 .i.g4 4.d5
�5 5.� .i.d1 6..i.b5 c6 7.de&
•aS 8.� o-o.o 9.�1 1fc7
10.�5
10 .....c6?1 11�c6 bc6 12.�1
[12.� c5 13.� .i.c2 14.� Wd8
15.13 .i.d3 16.b3± Bergez-Villalla, Creon
20
00
] 12...cd5 13.ed5 �f6 14.�3±
g6 15.c4 .i.g7 16.� �d7 17.f3
l:lb8 18.1:lb1 a5 19..td2 e4 20..tc3
l:lhc8 21 .�d3 .i.h& 22.1:lhe1 a3
23.b3 �dB 24..i.f6 ef6 25.�2 �7
26.1:le2 l:le8 27.1:le8 l:leB 2B.I:le1
146
l:la8 29.� f5 30.� .i.g5 31.b4
.i.f6 32.�c2 f4 33.�b3 h& 34.1:le4
g5 35.h4 .i.d8 36.�8 Wd8 37.c5
deS 38.bc5 Zlb8 39.1:lb4 l:lc8
40.� �7 41.1:lb7 � 42.hg5
hg5 43.c6 g4 44.�c5 � 45.1:le7
� 46.1:le4 � 47.d6 gf3 48.gf3
l:lc& 49.�c6 f6 50.d7 Wg6 51 .d8•
Spraggett,Kevin
South,Fred
Kingston 1976
1-Q
1.e4 � 2.�f3 d6 3.d4 .i.g4 4.d5
� 5.�5 .i.d1 6..tb5 c6 7.dc6
1fa5 8.� 1)-0.() 9.�1 [9.�f7?1
.i.c21) 9.. . .-w?l [9... •c3?1 10.bc3 .i.c2
11 ..i.e3 (11.�1 .i.e4 12.�7 l:leB 13.13
.i.g6 14 ..i.e3±) 11..� 12.cb7 .i.b7
13..i.a7 d5 14.� �h6 15.().
.()
16 16.<t}d3
e5 17.84 .i.d6 18.e5;t/± Gag
giol
li
ri­
Giuralo, Gut:tio 199
9
) 10.a31 [10..i.e371
.i.c211.a3'irc3 (11... 11'b31 12.cb7 �b8 -
10.cxb7+ Wbe) 12.bc3 .i.e4 13.cb7
�71�; 13.. ..i.bn 14ia71 (Werner-Wolf ,
Eberstadl 1992) 14 . . �g2 15.1:lg1±; 10.cb7
�7 (10 ...� 11..b37 (1 1.&31 1fc5)
11 ....tc2 12.a3 11'b31 13ia6 .i.e4
(13...1:ld77 14.� 'irb2 15.� �7
16.� � 17.� R.Brieger in 'Ches
s
Ufe' 1!l8414) 14.� � (14....i.b777
15..i.a7 �a8 16.�X Brieger) 15�
.i.g2 16.1:lg1 .i.bT-1=) 11 ..i.e3 (11.831
..cS?I 12..i.e3 11rh5 13.1:ld1±) 11..ic2
12.a3 •bS71 (12...1fc31 13.bc3 .i.�)
13.�5 l:lc8 (13..�17 14.13;l;) 14.�
�86 15.�7 l:ls8 (15...1:lc7 16.�7c6
.i.e4 17.1:lc1 .i.g2 18.1:lg1 .i.c6 19.�±)
16.� .i.e4 17.b4 .i.c6 18.�± �16?
(18...�50 ) 19.84+- ltld5 20.b5 Wtl7
21 .a5 �e3 22.1e3 g6 23.().
.()
.i.g7 24.1:lf7
.i.a1 25.1:le7 � 26.b6 l:lb8 27.1:lc7X HI
De Gleria-Mollnaroll, Germany tt 21
10M1
1]
10...1fc5 [10...•c3 11.bc3 .i.c2 12.�
.i.e4 13.�b7 l:le8 14.13 .i.g6 15�±]
11�e3 •h5 12.1:ld1 [12.cb7 �7
13.Zld1±] 12.. .bc6 [� 12.. . �16±]
13..i.c6 e6 14.�b5+- d5 [14...86
15.�7 �7 16..i.b6 �b8 17.Zld3+-)
15.�7 �b8 16.�b5 1fd1 17.�1
dc4 18.h2 e5 19 ..i.b6 [19.. . tt:le7
20..
.i.d8
� 21.1:ld1]
1-0
Some Further Points
7.dc6
ZOdi,Heinrlch
Galvi nJohn
cr Email 1999
1.e4 � 2.�f3 d6 3.d4 .i.g4 4.d5
� 5.� .i.d1 &..tb5 c& 7.dc&
••5 [7•..&671 8.c7 ab5 9.cd81f l:ld8
10.Wd171 (10.�17 Wf7 11.Wd1±) 10 ... de5
11.� �16 12.1:W± Dabray-Langeyin,
Francen20
04
)8.� a&?l
9.�?1 [9.b41 ab5 (9.....
.
b5 10.�b5
ab5 11.cb7 l:lb8 12.� l:lb7 13.�d1±)
10.ba5 bc6 11.tae .i.c2 12.�b41 .i.a4
1H�cd5 l:la5 14.�±; 9.cb777 ab5-+)
9•.• Wc31 [9...ebs 10.�5 ab5 11.�
l:la6 12.�5 l:lc6 13.Wd1 e6 14.1:le1
l:lc4 15.�14 (� 15.�) 15...�16 16.13
d51 17.e5 (17.ed5 .i.d6) 17...�d7 18.b3
l:ld4 19.�d3 .i.b4 20..i.d2 .i.d2 21.�d2
l:lh4 22.h3 �e7;1; Duppei-Schlindwein,
Germany Bundesliga B 1999/00; 9. .. ab5?
10.�85 bc6 11.� .i.c2 12.�
(12.Wd2+- Korn in 'Ches
s
.
RevieW'
1959/1) 12.. ..i.b3 13.�b5+-) 10.bc3
abS 11.�b6 l:la6 12.c7? [12.�=1
12....i.g4 13..te3 e5 [13 ...1:lb6] 14.f3
[14.c8• .i.c8 15.� �16 16.� �
17.�5 l:la3 1B.�c7 �d7 19.�
. l:la4+] 14....i.d7? [14. . . 1:lb61 15..i.b6
.i.eS=!'] 15.c81f .i.c8 16.�8 l:lc&?l
[16...d5
17.ed5 Wd7 18.�7=)
17.�7?1 [17.�b6;!;) 17... 1:lc3
18.�d2 b4 19.1:lhb1 [19.�b5)
19...1:lc4 20.a3 [20.�5] 20.. .dS
21 .ed5 �f6 22.d6 .i.d& 23-�bS
.i.e7 24.ab4 o-o 25.c3 �d5 2&.1:lb3
l:ld8 27.�3? [27.�e2) 27..Jlh41
o-1

Va rious Openings
-=-
-
Schlenker Gambit VO 12.1 (AOO)
Bewa re of the Sch lenker Gambit
by Manfred Herbold
1.�c3 g6
2. h4
�f6
3. e4
d6
4. h5
�h5
5. llh5 gh5
6. 11Vh5
Please try to identify with the
black king! Which pieces can of­
fer him safety? The g-pawn has
gone. Castling kingside looks
too dangerous. Castling queen­
side will take a lot of time. So
what to do?
Instructive Games
The following games with this
opening, which I propose to call
the Schlenker Gambit, may give
you an idea of what to expect.
Briiunlng,Rudolf
Hlcki,Jorg
Gennany ch-blilz 1987
A very strange position after six 1.�c3 g6 2.h4 �f6 3.e4 d6
moves. White has sacrificed an 4.h5 �h5 S.llh5 gh5 6.'6'h5
exchange for a menacing lead in c6 7.�f3 e6 8.d4 �d7 9..ig5
development and iuso for psy- 9.e5 !? is an interesting altema­
chological reasons ! He has a tive, trying to gain control of the
strongly-placed queen, a half- black suqares f6 and d6.
open h-file, a space advantage, 9.. ..ie7 10.0-
-0-0
d5?
the initiative and an attack. This move already loses !
Doesn't that sound nice?!
11.ed51 cd5
Please have a look at the position
fro m theblack side to understand
the psychological reasons better.
12..ie7? !
12.�d5 !! was the knock-<1ut
move !
12...�f6 (l2.. .ed5
Rainer Schlenker playlr1
11
5..1:1.h51?
13.lle1 +-) 13..ib5 ! .id7
14 ..id7 c;td7 15.�e5 c;tc8
16.�e7 11Ve7 17.11Vh4+- .
12...c;te71 13.�g5 11Vg8
14.�d51? ed5 15.lle1 c;t
t
&??
15...c;td8?? 16.�f7 c;tc7
17.11Vh2 ! will mate easily. Only
15...�6 ! 16.�f7 11Vf7 17 ....h4
q;g7 18Jle7 llf8 19.'6'g5 c;th8
20.llf7 llf7 21.'6'd5 is unclear.
16...
.
h6 11Vg7 17.lle8 c;teB
18.1Vg7 llf8 19.�h7 c;te7
20.�f8
1-Q,45
Jorg Hickl became grandmaster
in 1988 and won the German
Championship in 1998.
Herbold,Manfred
Almasi,lstvan
Gennany 2008
1.ll'lc3 g6 2.h4 �f6 3.e4 d&
4.h5 �hS S.llh51? ghS 6. 'ifh5
�c6 7.ll'lf3 llg8 8.d4 .ig4
9.11Vh7 llg7 10.11Vh8 .if3
147

11.d51?
Adif
fi
cult decision ! I had hoped
for ll...ll
l
e5 12.ih6 ll
l
g6?
13 ..i.b5 c6 14.dc6 ll
l
h8?? 15.cb7
'ilfd7 16.ba8• mate or 14 ...a6
15.c7 ab5 16.cd8'ir J:ld8 17 .•f8
ll
l
fB 18..i.g7 .i.g2 19 ..i.f8 <i>fB
20.a3, and White has a slight
eli
ii
gameailvariiige. -· -- .
..
But ll..i.h6 ! was the better move:
A) ll...J:lg6 12.'ilff8 ci>d7
13.1Vf7 J:lh6 14 .•f3 ll
l
d4
15.1Vg4 t0e6, with compensa­
tion; 15 ...<i>c6 16.1Wg5 !+-;
15... ci>e8 1 6.0 -0-0 ! +-;
B) ll...ll
l
d4 12..i.g7 ll
l
c2
13.ci>d2 ll
l
al 14.1Vf8 ci>d7
15...
.
d8 J:ld8 1 6.gf3 J:lg8 17..i.d4
c5 18..i.e3±.
11•.. l0e5?1
Maybe better ll...ll
l
b4!?
12.gf3 ll
l
f3 13.ci>e2 ll
l
e5
14..i.h3 J:lg1
An amusing way to reach an
equal ending was 15..i.
.
h6 !!?
ll
l
g6 16.J:lgl ! ll
l
h8 17.J:lg8 ll
l
g6
18..i.f5 1i'd7!! 19..i.d7 �d7=.
15. .i.f5? 1 e6?
We had both
missed
15...ll
l
d7 !!-+.
148
16.de6 fe6 17..i.h61 J:la1 !
18.1i'f8 �d7 19..i.e61 �c61
19...�e67? 20.1i'f5 �e7 2l.ll
l
d5
�e8 22.We6 •e7 23.1i'e7 mate.
Now I missed a chance in front of
an empty goal: 20.1Vg7 !! with
the idea of.i.d5 and .i.e3, and
Black can't play c5 because of
the weak point b7. If he wants to
protect it immediately with
20.. .J:lb8??, there follows
2l.h3 !, with a quick mate, e.g .
2L..d5 22..i.d5 �d6 23.ll
l
b5
mate.
20..i.d5? �b6 21 ..i.e3 c5
22.Wg7 Wd7 23.•16?! 11'g4?
23...<i>a5! !-+.
24.<i>d2 ll
l
f3
Black was in time-trouble by
now and had to make the next 15
moves in about 90 seconds. So
the kind 1M took the emergency
escape route and gave perpetual
check. But White still has
enough compensation for the
material. If 24. ..1Wd7 25.b4! or
24... 1Wg6 25.We7 J:lb8 26.b4!.
25.�d3 ll
l
e5 26.�d2 ll
l
f3
Herbold,Manfred
NN
Internet blitz(3 min) 2006
1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.ll
l
c3 .i.g7
4.h4 ll
l
f6 5.h5 ll
l
h5 6.J:lh5 gh5
7.1i'h5 ll
l
d71?
7 ....i.d4 may be better.
8..i.c4 J:lf8
8. . .e6? 9...ie6; 8.. .0 -0? 9.ll
l
f3
ll
l
f6 IO.'it'h4, with the idea
e4-e5, .i.cl-g5, 0-0-0, .i.c4-d3
and a strong attack.
'
9.ll
l
f3ll
l
f6 10.1Wh4 .i.e&?
10 ...c6(?) ll.e5 ! with initiative.
11.d51?
A nice alternative was Il..i.e6!
fe6 12.e5! ll
ld5
13.ll
l
d5 ed5
14.�7 .i.
.
h8 15..i.
.
h6 �d7
16 ..i.f8 'ilffB 17.0-0-0±.
11.. ..i.g4 12..i.g5 .i.f3 13..i.f61
.i.f6?
13 ...ef6 14..i.b5 �e7 15.gf3 is
good for White, too.
14 ..i.b51 c6 15.dc6!
We already dealt with this sub­
ject in the previous game. You
remember the queen sacrifice
idea in my notes to move 11?!
15...J:lg8 16.c7
1-0,aa
Herbold,Manfred
Umansky,Mikhail
Internet blitz (5m + 2s) 2006
1.ll
l
c3 g6 2.h4 .i.g7 3.h5 tl
l
f6
4.e4 ll
l
h5 5.J:lh5 gh5 6.1Wh5
d6 7.ll
l
f3 h6 8..i.c4 e6 9.d4
ll
l
c6 1 O..i.e3 .i.d7 11.o-o-o
1i'e7

'fhis is a typical position in �e
Schlenker Gambit The best pos
si
­
bility se
e
mstobe 12.d5!,andnow:
A) 12...�5 13.� h5
I4.de6 �e6 15.�e6 �e6 16.<MS ,
with go
od
compensation;
B) 12...tl
l
a5? 13.de6! tl
l
c4
I4.tl
l
d5 ! �b2 15.�bl 'it'f8
I6.tl
l
c7 <lo>d8 17.tl
l
a8 fe6
!8.�a7, with a very complicated
position with many traps on both
sides. For example, 18 . . . 'iVg7 !
1 9.e5! (with the threat 20.'i
i'
h4+
and "it'c4) 19.. .tl
l
e5? 20Ji'h4
q;>e8 2Uld6 +-.
In the game !, played
12./l
l
bSI? ().
.().
.()
13.d5 tl
l
aS?!
Better 13.. .ed5 ! 14.ed5 tl
l
e5 =+.
14.tl
l
a7 �bS 15.�b5 b6?
16.tl
l
c6tl
l
c6 17.dc6 �cs
1S.tl
l
d4 d5 19.'ife21? de4
20.�a6 'it'b4? 21.�c8 �d4
Now the position would have
been easily won after 22.�d4!
.l:ld4 23 ..1:ld4 "it'd4 24.'ifa6, and
mate.
After the game continuation
22..1:ld4?? Ud4 23.�d4 .l:lc8!
Black was better because of
24.'ifa6?? ! 'ifel mate.
Nevertheless 1-0 (52).
A very hot game was played in
the Litomysl Open 2003.
Herbold,Manfred
Stehno,Pavel
Litomysl 2003 (7)
Voc3 g6 2.h4 tl
l
f6 3.e4 d6
4-hs tl
l
hs s..l:lhs ghs 6.'ifhs
e6 7.tl
l
f3 h6 S.d4 �g7 9.�e3
'it'e7 10.o-o-o tl
l
d7 11.e51 d5
12.tl
l
h4tl
l
b6 13.f4 �d7 14.g4
o-o-o 15.f5 ets 16.gf5 �f6 1
17.�f2 �g5 18.�b1 .l:lhg8
19.�h3 f6 20.e&?l �ea
21 . Wf3 �bs 22.�f1 �as
23.�g2 c6 24.�e1 1'!5 25.a4
h4 26.a5 �cs 27.�d3 11Vh7
28.1i'h3 �d6 29.�c5 'ifts
30.1i'h2 'it'h7 31 .l:le1 'it'e7
32.b3? �d2 33.tt:l3a4 �e1
34.�e1 �e4 35.�h3 �h5
36.�b4 1lrg7 37.e7 11Vg1
38.'it'g1 l:lg1 39.�b2 l:lh8
40.tl
l
e6 �bS 41 .tt:lac5 �cs
42•.i.c5 �g4?? ·
It seems that I like to play two
exchanges down! But here I
fa iled to cash in again. 43.�d6!
�aS (43 . . . �c8 44.�f8�)
44.�g4 l:lg4 '45)l:lf8 l:le4
46.�e5 would have been a
touchdown .
43.�f8?1 �h51 44...td6 �a8
45.tl
l
e6 a6 46.�a3 l:le1
47.�g7 �g6 48.�b4 fS
49.�e5 l:le3 50.�f5 l:le5
51 .de5 h3! 52..i.g6 h2 53.e81V
l:le8 54.�e8 h1 'if 55.e6 11Vh4
Herbold
NN
Internet blitz (3 min) 2005
G-1
1.�c3 g6 2.h4 �f6 3.e4 d6
4.h5 tl
l
hS 5.l:lh5 gh5 6.'il'h5
e6 7.tl
l
f3,.
.
,6 a.d4 •g6
9.1i'h2 a6 10.�d3 l:lg8 11.�1
h5 12.�f4 tl
l
c6 13.a3 e5?
Survey VO 12. 1
14.de5 14.tl
l
d5?1 14...de5
15.tl
l
e5tl
l
e5 16...te5 �d6
17.�d6 cd6 18.tl
l
d5 �dB
19.e51 �f5 20.l:ld1 .i.d3
2Uld3 11VgS 22.f4 "5'g6
23.'it'h4 f6 24.tl
l
e3 24.'it'f2 1+-
24...�c7· 25.l:ld6 l:laf8
26.15 +-T
1.()
History
What about the history to this
idea?
There are two games to know!
The first is from an entirely dif­
fe rent opening.
Hartston,William
Mariotti, Sergio
Skopje ol fin·B 1972 (1)
1.e4 �c6 2.tl
l
c3 e5 3.g3 �c5
4..i.g2 h5 5.�13 h4 6.�h4 l:lh4
7.gh4 1!fh4 8.d4 �d4 9.11Ve2
Now Black chose the positional
way to win:
9....
.t
c31 1 O.bc3 d6 11.0..0 gSI
Please have a look at that de­
stroyed white pawn structure !
There is no useful pawn lever for
White anymore.
12.'ife3 f6 13.-.g3 •h7
14.�f3 �ge7 15.l:le1 �g6
16.�e3 �e7 17.c4 b6 18.c5
bcS 19.c3 tl
l
f4 20.�g4 �g4
21 .11t'g4 l:lh8 22.h4 11VgB
23.�f4 l:lh4 24...g2 ef4 25.e5
tl
le5
26.Wb7 l:lg4 27.�f1 'it'c4
28.l:le2 �d71 29.We4 f3
30.Wc4 tt:lc4 31 .l:lc2 l:lg2
32.l:le1 fS 33.l:lce2 �c6 o-1
149

Diemer,Emil Joseph
Frick,Christoph
Germany 1976
1.d4tQf62.lt:lc3d63.e4g64.h4
�g7 S.hS tQhS &.:hS ghS
7.Wh5 c&?l B�c4 e& 9.lLlf3
We7 10�g5 �f6?1 11.e51 �gS
12.lt:le41? 12.ed61 1Wf6 13.lt:lg5+-
12.••de5 1 3.lt:lfg51 ed4
14.lLJf71? 0-011 15.tQfg5 bS
1&.i.b3? 16.�1 16.•.as 17.a4
D.a7! 18.0-().
.{)
c5 19.ab5
19.11fg41 19.•. 84 20.� a3
21.b4 cb4 22Jld4 b31 23.cb3
eS? 23...W'g71-+ 24.b4 �hB
25�f7?? 25.b61 25...�f5!-+
26.J:ld3 tQd7?? 27.J:lh3 lL!b6??
28.W'h7 ..i.h7 29.J:lh7X
1�
Why the Schlenker Gambit?
Why should we cal
l
this opening
the Schlenker Gambit'! Because
Rainer Schlenker (Elo 2250) has
be
e
n playing it for about 20 years
(especial
l
y in blitz games) and
published articles about it in his
chess magazine Ran.dsp ringer.
He even plays the gambit with the
black pieces, with great success.
Schorer,H
Schlenker,Rainer
Germany blitz 1993
1.g3 tQc& 2.�g2 es 3.d3 hS
4.tQf3 h4 S.lLJh4 J:lh4 6.gh4
150
'W'h4 7�e3 tQf& 8.1Wd2 dS?I
9.�9s 1i'hs? 1 o.�f& gf&
11.tQc3 �h6 12.e3
25.J:lae1 J:lf2 26.J:lf2 �f2
27.J:lf1 'ifc21? 28.'1i'c2??
28.�2 1Fc3 29.bc3 �93--+
28•...if3 X
0-1
Schlenker,Ralner
Schwindt
Schwanningen 1998
1.tQc3 g& 2.h4 �g7 3.h5 lQf&
4.e4 tQhS S.J:lhS ghS 6. WhS
�c3? 7.dc3 c& 8.i.c4 dS?
9.eds cds 1 o.�dS e& 11.�e4
lQc& 12.�g5 'Was 13.0-0-0
12••• lt:ld41 13.tQd5? lt:lf3 �d7
14.�f3 1i'f3 15.tQc7 �dB
16.1i'a5 �g41 17.'ir'd5 �c7
18.Wf3 �f3 •••
0-1,40
Sheynina
Schlenker,Rainer
Germany blitz 1994
1.tQf3 lt:lc& 2.g3 eS 3.d3 hS
4.�g2 h4 S.tQh4 J:lh4 6.gh4
Wh4 7.0-0 �cS 8.e3 d& 9.Wf3
tQf& 10...
.
g3..
.
h71 11.lLlc3
�e& 12.tQe4 lLle4 13.i.e4 fS
14.�c6 be& 15.c3 0-0-01
16.d4
16••.f4! 17.ef4 ed4 18.cd4
�d4 19.�e3 �f& 19...'ife41?
20.�d4 �d5 21.f3 1Wd4= 20.h7
�h4 21 .11fc3 'ifg& 22.'it>h1
�dS 23.f3 J:le8 24.�f2? J:le21
14.J:ld71 �d7 15••f7 'it>c8?
15.. .<�>d6! 16.tQf3-+ 16.1i'e& �c7
17.�f4 �b& 18.� 1Wb5?
18 ... 'it>a6 19.�d3 b5 20..i.c71 lt:ld4
21 .•f7+- 1 9.�c7
1�
Conclusion
The Schlenker Gambit is a very
interesting opening with (full7 !)
compensation for the sacrificed
exchange. Many black players
will feel decidedly uncomfort­
able with their unprotected king
surrounded by enemies. In any
casethiswil
l
give you a non-bor­
ing game and your opponent will
takealotoftime trying tosolve
the problems in opening and
middlegame. And don 't forget
the psychological aspect!

�rious OP-e nings
Budapest Gambit VO 17.2 (A52)
A New Glance at the Solid ttJbd2 -
Part II
by Viktor Moskalenko
1. d4
tl
l
f6
2. c4
e5
3. dxe5 tl
l
g4
4• ..tf4
In this part of our Budapest
GambitSurvey, I wil
l
investigate
the line 4.. .lt:!c6 5.00 ..tb4
6.tl
l
bd2, as well as the sharp
sideline 4. . ...tb4 5.tl
l
d2 d6.
In the firs(variaiioli, theoption of
6.tl
l
bd2ismore solidthan6.tl
l
c3,
discussed in Part I ofthis series in
lan Rogers
Ye arbook 80. 6.tl
l
bd2is my rec­
ommendation, which is seen
frequently in practic e. It contains
specific plans and gives the game
a quite different character. In this
line a good understanding of the
middlegame by both sides plays a
fundamental role.
Advice and Concepts
There are several hidden strate­
gic ideas, such as:
-
The black bishop on b4 does
not have any comfortable
squares, which is why Black is
practically forced to exchange it
for the knight on d2;
-
White gives back the e5 pawn ,
but in exchange he gets the ad­
vantage of the two bishops and
obtains a good pawn .structure
for an attack. The c4-c5 break is
always a convenient option in
this variation; see Garnes 1, 2, 4,
5,6,7,9, 10and13;
-
As a result of the abovemen­
tioned motifs most of the
endgames are fav ourable for
White, Garnes 5, 6 and 12;
-
Black must defend well
against the c4-c5 break and pre­
pare counterattacks in the centre
and on the !ringside; Garnes 3, 4,
5,6,9,16;
-
Game 9 is very appropriate for
the study of the endgame charac­
teristics of this opening, in which
Rogers shows masterful play;
-
In certain games in which the
white pawn is placed on e4
(Browne-Spe
e
lmaninPartII,
Gligoric-Bakonyi and Dreev­
Topalov inPartil
l
of this series,
to be published in the next Ye ar­
bo
o
k), Black gets good counter­
play on account of the fact that,
among other things, the white
light-squared bishop remains
passive.
wreSting th·e Initiative -
-·
If Black goes for the immediate
4.....tb4!?, and if 5.tl
l
d2, then the
break 5 ...d6 !? continues in the
spirit of the gambit, risking a lot,
but with good chances of wrest­
ing the initiative. This type of un­
balanced game is quite like a
'roller-coaster'.
151

General Summary of �bd2
In the line with 4 ... �c6 5.�f3
.i.b4 6.�bd2. ifBlack recaptures
the e5 pawn with 6...1i'e7 (the
tactical 6...f 6 !7, complicating
the game stil
l
more, is also inter­
esting, see Games 2 and 13), 7 .a3
is the most ambitious option, but
I believe that chances are equal
here. 7.e3 is more natural, but I
donotse
e
anything special for
White here either.
In the variation with 4.....tb4
5.�d2 d6, most of the games fin­
ish quickly and fa vour White,
but during these first 15 or 20
moves you can't relax; it's quite
H1story
6./Ubd2
Rublnsteln,Aklba
1
Daniuszewski,Dawid
Lodzch-
-
POL 1927
Rlililste
il
8YI!Il
lualy
dlangedIEsbalegy.
lnsla
ad
ol�he5lartedtoplayttlbd2
agalnslthedl
l!dl
onb4.1.d4�162.c4
e53.de5IOg44..
.if
4 .i.b4 S.l0d21?
ttX:& 6.00 •e7 7.a31? [l
lis
Islhe
mostanDtiousoption.Theotherplanis
7.8311.wlichweshalanalyseInGame7·12)
7•••..td2? [This is a historical moment for
theGambl
l
oBudapestlBlad!hadahidden
lactical idea; 7../i)ge51 8./0es (8.ab4??
�X;lheraaremanygameswl
lh
this
finish, � the statislics of the GBI)
8. . .� 9.83 (obligatory; 9.ab4?? OOX)
9.....td2 10.•d2 d6!. The key of this typical
152
as if you've landed in a roller­
coaster fairground attraction!
In the /()bd2 variation White pre­
fers a defensive game, trying to
reduce the initiative of Black's
pieces and to obtain some posi­
tional advantage, due to the
bishop pair and a better pawn
structure ...
Postsalptum
The problem of �bd2 (and per­
haps of al
l
Budapester lines) is
that few high-level games have
be
e
n played with it in the past
years. Most of the professionals
donotdaretotakesomuchrisk
variation�bd2Istotrytoadvancethe
Whiteo-pawntocS,lxJt�wasn1pos
siM
now. 10...0
.
07 11.c51) 8••d2 lilgeS
9.1i\e5 Ii
ieS
1O.cSI [Here Is the
!lfleren
ce
. ONynowcanWhkeplaythe
position
al
advancethatfucesBlad(spawn
structure. If 1D.e3 d6ij 1o...o-o On case ot
10....cS 11.J:tc1 •d6 (1 1 .. . .e7
12.J:tc7±) 12.•d6 cd6 13.g3 Wh� oblai
iS
aclearadvantag
e
] 11.831 J:te8 [Black
doesn1decideon...d6or...b6�11...d6
12.cd6
.
cd6 13...t� 11...b67?
12.•d5+-) 12.J:tc11± a5?1 [Biad!
doesn1 find anything attracliY
e
andcan1
findaplan.So
on
hewillpaylorthlsl12...b6
13.cb6±) 13•.i.e2 •16 14.1Hl b6 [Too
lale) 15.cb6 •b6 16.•c3 lilc6
17.J:tfd1 J:tb8 18.J:td2 h6 19.h3
[Thereisnorush,While'sadvantageisvery
stable) 19...J:te7 20...tg4 16 21 •.i.f5
Wf7 22.h4+- g6 23..i.b1 h5
24 ••c2 f5 25..182 ¢>g7 26••c3
(Al
l
erllisImportantgametheplanlilbd2
against..ib4hasbecomepopularand
quHe respecle
dJ
1-o
Rubinstein,Akiba
2
Ta rtakower, Savielly
BadKis
sing
en 1928 (10)
ThisSurveywoUdbeincompletewithout
lhls important game. 1.d4 lilf6 2.c4 aS
3.de5 /()g4 4•.i.f4 .i.b4 5.1i\d2 ll
l
c6
and decide on a solid Queen's
Gambit instead. The same hap­
pened at the begin
n
ing of the
20th century - see the History bit
ofPartIinYearbo
o
k80andalso
my discussion with Mr. Bohigas
in the PORUM Section of this
Ye arbook. We hope that this situ­
ation wil
l
soon change and there
wil
l
appear gentlemen who will
play the Budapester as Black!
6.1i\f3161?[Tactics!Themotifof!his
miMIistosolvBtheproblemwitha
traditional GB method. 6....e7 is the
classical opUon) 7.ef6 .16 8.g31?
[SurprisiVythisITICMIIsnotaspopUal'as
8.e317,lhemodemW"fatplayilgwtichwl
beanalysedInGame13;a...tcnl1fb2t>.
9.83 (9.J:tb1 ·a2�) 9. ..¥1 (9. ..().{)
1D.J:tc1 d6 11.c5f<>:>) 1Die5 lfJe5 11.J:tc1
li\13 12.gl3 D-Ot]
8...� 9..
.i.
g2d610.1HlIHl[AI!Br
thegameTar1BicDw
er
reconvne
nded
the
�1D.....tl5,whichhasbe
en
tried
58'1
11
r&llimeswlth9ulSIJC
C8S
S
: 11.1i\b317
..te4 (1 1,.. 0.071 12.1i\ld4±) 12./()g51±; !he
imprtM!men1 10...11617, sug
gested
by Tseil·
�n.maybein1eresl
i
ng; after 11.a31?
(11.1i\e417) 11. ...
..td2
(11....
..tcs
12.1i\e41i)
12..
.td2
(12.•d217) While must be slightly
better lxJt there are no pmctical examples
to confirm this assessment) 11.fl
l
b31

9161(This1sacriticalmomentinthe
game; 11...h6?1 (Tartakawer) 12.a31 .ic5
13.�c5 dc5 14.Wd5± (Fritz)]
12.�1[Thisisawrystrongpi1ICi
ical
mowwtichwillliMO'{)WI'op
ponenl
.
As
alwayS,12.c51?wasln1arest
i
ng: 12....tc3
(12...-i>hBI?) 13.J:tc1 .ieSI? with a complex
posil
lon
] 12.-116? [Wi
ile
obWJsthe
iritiaiM
!
becauseofthisll1DI
IB.
Slrongerwas
12.....g61 13.•d3 (13.c51?) 13...'it'd31?
(13...�5?1 14.113 � 15 ..i.e51 de5
16.141f)14.ed3ltlf6withamoreorles
s
equal endng] 13.1tle4± Wf7 14.a31 (The
bishopdoesn't'-lil
lY
�squaresto
r8l
leal
to] 14-..hS 15.c&IS [15.c5ij
15•• •1tla5 16.h3 � 17.c51 g5
[17...� 1aa1
11
�14 19.gt4±J 1a..
.i.d2
d5(The�ISIIMuWhite]
19.�51 hg5 20..h5+- .ie6
21..
.h3
-&
&
22..d2 .fS 23.g4
Wf4 24.id51 .idS 25.1fd5 oi>h7
26.e3 'l
l'
f3 27••g5 'l
l'h
3 28.11t'g7X
[l
lis
wasa!J8B1gamet1fAkilaAIDnslei
n
.
Theoreti
cal
an:lusicl
l
:Whi
iB
haslisa:Ner
ed
certai1wa
aknes
ses
11thesubYar1a
tion
e...rs ,
SIJChasthebadpla
a!ment
ofthebishopon
b4andthelempo-lo
si1g
captureoftheb2
pawn,thatal
low
Whitetooblalnthei'liliative.
Bla!Xll
lJSI
playenelgBti
caly
lilmgIJ'I()W5
1D-12,wtichisthedeclsM!phaseo/the
Qame]
1·0
The Most Amb1t1ous
6.8bd2 'f!/e7 7.a3
Browne,Walter
3
Speelman,Jonathan
Taxco izt 1985 (6)
InltisQame,Spe
el
mandemonstr
at
edsome
l!le
e
nent strategic and 1ac1
1ca1
pos
s
ibiUties
against the 11
101
11
1
4..if4 and the plan
6.�bd2.TheIMIofhisplayIntheope­
ning, mid
d
egameandlinBIalladlIshigh.
1.d4 ltlf6 2.c4 a5 3.de5 ltlg4 4•.if4
ltlc6 5.1tlf3 .i.b4 6.1tlbd2 •87 7.83
ltlg851 B.ltle5 (8.ab4?? IM3X] 8.. . 1tle5
9.83 .id2 (Fon:ed; 9. . id6?1 10./(la41
(10ie2?1 001 11..i.d3 .i.f�) 10. . .!0c4
11./(ldS ltld6 12.J:tc11f] 10.1i'd2 d61
[10...Q.O?I 1 1.c51] 11..b2 b61? 12.84?1
(Strangelyenough,intheseposl1lon
s
the
11
101
11
1
e4almost1181
18
rgivesWhilethe
advantage.Blackhasgo
od
slatlsticsInthis
position.. Wtr{lBecauseofWh�e'spas
sive
ll�·squared bishop. Also, Blad< has ...15 in
reserve. 1Ue5?1 de5 13..i.l:l J:tb8
14..ic6 .i.Ol 15..id7 'lt'Ol V.·V.
Szymczak.Skrobek, Debica 1987]
Survey VO 17.2
too8ICpOSed
]
34...1i'h3 35.'i>b2 a6
36.J:td2 .i.c8 37.J:[f2 J:td8 38.86 .ie6
39.J:tf6 .ic41 40••c4 J:td2 41.oi>b1
J:tb3 (42.'i>c1 J:t�; 42.'i>B1 J:ta3
43.-i>b1 J:ta11 44.'i>B1 1fa3 45.oi>b1
1i'b2X]
().1
88reev,Evgeny
Mohr,Georg
ljubljana/Por
t
oroz 1989 (12)
4
1.d4 /(lf6 2.c4 a5 3.de5 /(lg4 4•.i.f4
/(lc6 5.1tlf3 .ib4 6.1tlbd2 .87 7.83
ltlge5 B.ltle5 [8.e3 .id2 (8 ....id61?)
9.1i'd2 d6=] 8...� 9.83 .i.d2
10...d2 d6 11 •.ie2 [11.b4 ().
.()
(1 1 .. .a51?) 12ie2 J:teS (12...b6 13 .c5 dc5
14.•d5 ltlg6 15ig5 •e5 16.1i'e5 ltle5
17.bc5 .i.IS 18.().() .id3 19..id3 ltld3
20.J:tfd1 ltlc5 21 ..i.e7 J:tfb8 22ic5 bc5
23.J:td5 Y.
.
V. Koually-lllascas Cordoba,
France 1989) 13.().() .irs (13... b61?)
14.J:tld1 J:tad8 15.1i'c3 [6 16.c5 d5 17.b5
c6 18.&4 J:tcS 19.J:tac1 .l
led8
20.•d4 b6
21.bc6/(lc622.1i'b2bc523..ia6/(lb4
24..i.c8 J:tcS 25.•&3 a5 26.'i>h1 h5 27.13
1i'b7 28.1i'b2 1t'c6 29.1i'e2 1t'a4 30.e4
de4 31.184 .i.g4 32.'l
l'
c4 oi>h7 33.J:td6
WaS 34.h3 .i.Ol 35.e5 res 36.1t'e4 oi>hB
37ie5 IOc6 38.J:th6 oi>g8 39.•h7 Hl
Nybjd!-Summerscale, England 11·2 20
04105
;
12....ib7 13.f3 ().().() [Biadl prefers 1o 11.c5dc5 12.'l
l'
d5 (12.'1t'c3 16) 12.. ./(lg61?
�e.SaDwas13...o-ol?a.ldW14.o-o 13..i.b5 c6? (� 13...�) 14..i.c6 bc6
151wilhexcelentplay]14.().().()71[Bel
ler
15.11t'c6 1i'Ol 16...
.
e4? (� 16.•a8 ltlf4
was 14.a4!? _t>. JS.a51, _ laking advantage _9 LJI. _I:td1_1t'e6.J 8.0,0±lJ6.. .1I'e6_11.'1t'a8 _
thell
lStable
positionofBlaCk'skilg]14-.f6 /()1418.().()ltld319.1i'a7().
.()
�20.b4cb4
15.h4 hSI 16.J:the1 (The position se
ems
(20...c41?) 21.ab4 ltlb4 22.J:tab1 IOc6 Y.
.
�
equal,1Mwti1ecan'tplaylil
lY
of�lypical AvshaiLI
IIM7i
·A.Kowcevic, Bei!Jl
l
de 1989]
plans,suchaec5,andalsohiskingis·11...b612.b41?[Hse
ems
logicalto
worse]16...J:thg81[Ontheotherhand, praparathealladlwithc5ij12..ib7
Bladlcanlmpr1!1
18
�position
.
thanks1o 13.1Nlltlg61?(Thestartofanil
l
erestlng
WMe'smanyweaknes
ses
]17.Wc3g5 plan,1Mtheknightleaveslhacentra;
18.hg5 fg5 19..ih2 g41 [Biadl has the 13...().
.()
14.•c3 /(lg6 15ig3 15 16.J:tle1
lnlliatiw. Here, While's bishops can1 help •g5 17.c5;!; 14 18.ef4 ltlf4 19il1
him lli.ICh] 20.f4 ltld7 21 .id3 h4 (19.c61?) 19...-i>hB?? 20.J:tad1 ?1 (20.c61
22.b4[Delendlngagailsttheknightjumpto .ice 21.•c1+-) 20...dc5 21.bc5 J:taeS
c5,tucreatingmoraweaknes
ses
Inhiskilg 22.J:te8 J:teS 23.c6.i.a824.1i'd2ltle6
position] 22...1i'f1 23.J:tn J:tde8 25.'ir01 1i'g6 28.J:te1 1-0 lfnBlil·
24.J:td81 g3 25..ig1 h3 26.gh3 g2 B.Savchenkl, Krasnoda
r
20
0
2] 14..ig3
27.J:tf3 [27.J:tl2 J:tg31] 27...1tle51 28.J:tf2 h51 15.f3 [15.h3 h4 16 ..ih2 1i'g51�]
/(ld329...d31t'f6-+[Wi
ile
'spositionIs 15...h416..
.i.
f2 h3 17.g4 [17.g3 151]
!ilficUt
.
Herewehavealypical17...f51?[Maybeto
o
hasty; 17.. .o-ol?
�bihJps'al
la:X.
29._'it'JS!? 18ig3 J:[fe6 19.e4 e5�] 18.gf5
30.el5 J:te1 31.1t'd1 J:td1 32.oi>d1 oi>d7+] [1 8..i.g31? !>. 18.. .1g4 19.c51co] 18... 1i'g5
30.oi>b1 1t'h4 31.85 de5 32.fe5 J:tg3 19 •.ig3 ltlh4 20.J:tad1 (The critical
33.11t'f5 oi>b8 34.1t'c2 [While's ki1g is moment of the game]
153

20••••f5?? (He shcUI haw Ji!yed
20...10151 21.940 ..
.
d2 (21...10e:l 22.J:Ib1
1fh623.l
l
lc1±) 22.J:Id2 IOg3 23.hg3 a5l
24.Wh2withlqJalchances]21.84±[NaN
W1iteIsVI
II}'
solid] 21..•1th5 22.c:51 [AI
lasttlispat181fulad'varl:e)22..•().0
23.c61? .Qc6 24.J:Ic1 b7 25.J:Ic7
1013 26.1:113 1:113 27.J:Ib7 :ate
28Jlc7 •g4 29.J:Ic3 1:112 30..i.c4
wh8 31 .1tf2 J:lf2 32.Wf2 1te4
33..Qf1 .d4 34.J:Ie3 .d2 35ia2
.d4 36..
.i.
f1 ..d2 37.Wf3 .d5
38.Wg4 ." 39..
.i.
d3 d5 40.1:113 .86
41..
.i.f5
We2 42 ..if2 g5 43.Wg3
wg7 44..
.i.h3
1te5 45.W92 d4
46.Wg1 1te2 47.J:Ig3 wg& 48..
.i.
f1
1td1 49.J:Id3 ..
.
g4 50..
.i.
g2
1..()
Leslege,Aiex8ndre
5
Svldler,Peter
Oakham 1992 (2)
Inadynamicgame,Svtd1errisks1o
o
much
buthemanagesloSIMIlhegameInthe
lastminute.Al
l
er14....ib7lhepositionIs
equal.1.d4/Of&2.c4e53.de510g4
4•.if4 IOc6 5.10� b4 6.10bd2 1te7
7.&3 IOge!i 8.1085 1085 9.e3 [9.ab47?
10d3X] 9•••.Qd2 1o.Wd2 d& [We hBYe
arrivedatthekeypositionoflhe
SlbYaria
lion
6.10bd2. We already know that
1 0...0-0? is met by 11.c51)
154
11.J:Ic11? (White wants to play c4.Q
quld
dy
, belora castling. Safer Is 11..
.i.
e2t>.
12.0-0, se
e
Games 3 and 4) 11.•.b61?
[Contrnli
lg
lhe c5 squara; 11...�
12..i.g3 0-0 13.c5!? dc5 14.•d5;t)
12.c51? [EVB1
1
soq 12••.bc:5 13.b41 [An
lrnprtM!m
81
1L
ineeriergames13..Qe5was
played: 13.. . We5 14..tb5 WISI (14....
.i.
d7?1
15..id7 Wd7 16.b4f) 15..
.i.c6
J:lb8 16.b4
.Qe6 (� 16.. .cb4 17.ab4 .tali�) 17.14
(17.b51?) 17... h 18.Wf2 g6 19.bc5 Wg7
20.cd6 J:lb2 21.1kU �)!
!
KiriakDv.sw:tler,
Alma Ala ch-UAS U18 1991) 13... ().0
14.bc5 b71 [A critical position. White
haslhe�bishopsandthebet
ter
pawn
structur
e
butabaddel
leloprne
nt.
For the
momentchancesara�15.13(The
only ITKM!) 15.•.dc5 16Ji"c3 lOg&? [An
impulsivereply.Theknightleavesthecentre
andWhHeisbet
t
er. � 16...J:IIe817 17.•c5
(17.¢.12 1th4 18j_g3 ..
.
161) 17.�1tc5
18.J:Ic5 10g6 19.Wf2 1014 20.el4 J:le7=)
17•.Qg3;t llfe8 [Too late) 18.Wf2
[18.8417 (>. 18...1577 19.Wb3+-)
18••. h5 ?1 [Too rl sky; � 18...J:Iad8 19...t.b5
c6 20 ..ia2;t) 19.h4? [An automatic reply.
Stronger was 19...
.
c51±] 19••.J:Iad8
20•.i.b5 J:lf8?1 [20.. .c6 21 ...i.e2 M�)
21..
.i.
e2 J:lfe8 22.•cs J:ld2
23.J:Ihe1 ? [Too pes
si\oe
. � 23.•e7 J:le7
24.J:Ihd11 J:le2 25.J:Id8 1018 (25...Wh7
26.J:Ic51+-) 26.J:Ic7 J:lc7 27 ..Qc7 .b6
28..i.d6±] 23..•h6 24.••7 10e71
25.e4 [25.J:Ic7 1015 26..Qf4 �I
25.. . 10f5 1 26.ef5 .i.e2 [26...J:Iee217
21.1:1e2 1:1a2 2e.wg1 J:la2� with chances
to draw) 27.J:Ic7 .i.d3 28.Wg1 J:le1
29• .b1 J:ld1 30.Wf2 i.fS [30 ...a6
31 .g4±) 31 .1:187 1:181 32.1:185?
(32.a4! 7± and White may win) 32.••1:182
33.We3 .Qc2 34..
.i.
c3 f6 35.g3 i.d1
36•.id2? i.l3= 37.Wf3 J:ld2 38.J:Ih5
�·�
Gurevlch,Mikhall
6
Miezis,Normunds
Bonn 1996
This�pr
rMIS
thatthemaj<riydthe
GBerdlgsfalo
or
WhHe.1.d4IOf62.c4
e53.de510g44if4IOc65.1013.ib4
6.10bd2 ••7 7.83 IOce5 8.1085 1085
9.e3 R.d2 [9....
.i.d6
10.10e41 (10..i.s271
IOd3 11..td3.i.Uo
o
)10...10o4 11.10d610d6
12.J:Ic1f) 10.•d2 ().0?1 [Aitholql
�erMiezisisaGBspeciali
st,
hetals
il
lo
aweH<o
oovn
trap)11.c51[fudngthe
anraandthecpensldeJ
11•.•J:Ie8 [1 1 .. .11fc571 12.J:Ic1 1t"d6
(12.. . .e7 13.J:Ic7±) 13.• d6 cd6
14.J:Id1±; 11...b671 12.•d5 10c6
1 3.i.c7±; � 11...d6 12.cd6 cd6 13.i.e2
i.l5 14.().() J:lad8 15.J:Iac1 .i.e-4 16.b4 a6
·
17.a4 J:lle8 18.b5 ab5 19.13 .icG 20.ab5
.id7 21.84 i.a6 22.b6 J:lcB 23 ..Qb5±
Kacl
l
iani-losellanl, Tbilisi 1991] 12.J:Ic1
d&[Biar*canonlyallowlhepawntobe
isolatedto stay Inthegame;12...b6 13.cb6
cb6 14..ie2 (1 4.11fd517 J:lb8 15.%1c7)
14 ... .i.b7 15.Q.O±] 13.cd6 cd6;t
[While's adwntage Is stable; 13 ... 1t"d671
14.•d6 cd6 15.J:Ic7±1+-) 14 ..Qe2
i.e& 15.().0 J:l8c8 [15... J:Iad8 16.J:Ic3
-c) 16.•d4 [16.1tb41? t> 16.. .10c6
17.�d6 IOb4 18..Qe7±) 16...10c61?
17••d2 (17.11fd617 1t"l8 (t>. 18...J:Ied8)
18.1t"d31 J:led8 19.1tb5 101
1
4 20.ed4 1t"f4
21 .J:Ic8 M 22.J:Id1±] 17 ... 1085
(17.. .d 5 1 8.b417;1;) 18.J:Ic8 J:lc8 19.J:Ic1
J:lc7 20.J:Ic3 f6 21.e4 86 22...i.e3 bS
(22...10c47 · 23.•c1+- · t>.
-
24.b3]
23. •c1 %1c3 24.•c3 •b7 25.f3
.ic4 [25...d5 26.ed5 .d5 27.•�)
26...i.d1 1 (While must maintain the key to
his advantage: lhe � bishops] 26 ... .ie6
27.�d4 10c6 28.i.f2 .d7 29.h3 dS
30.ed5 i.d5 31 .�c2 •e6 32.•d3
g6 33.1t"e3 [33.1t"d2;) 33...1t"e3
34.�e3.P [WhHe couldn't find anyt
trinQ
better than exchange all the pieces to
enter the clas
sical
ending with the
advantage or the bishop pair] 34•• •oiot1
35.Wf2 we& 36.i.b6 f5 [36.. ./0eS
37..
.i.d
417 IOc6 38..ic3;1;) 37..ie31 [t>.
38.g4; 37.g4?1 14 "' 38... /0eS, 13<)
37..• �c4 (37. . . 10e517;1;) 38.g41 /085
39.wg3 �e2 [39.. ..id31? 40.�d1 10c4
41..ic11 (41 ..
.i.
d4 g51�) 41...1lJd6;1;)
40.Wf4 .id3 (40... 10<131 41.Wg5 lg4

42.fg4 ltlb2 43.'i>h6 �d3ij 41..
.i.
d1 i.f1
2 i.d4 �c6 [42...fg47 43 ..
.i.e5
\1
13
�-�+-) 43.gf5 gf5 44..i.g7± [15<,
h7<) 44•••�7 [44....
.i.h3
45ie21 (.0.
4fj<i>g:l) 45....ig2 46.� .ih1
47:<i>h2+-l 45.oi>g31 [45.11417 ltld5
4fj.� � '47.� .ic4 48..ic4 lx:4±)
45-��g6 [45.. . /i)d517 46.14 �16] 46.114
i.c4 47..
.i.
c21 [47.h5 �71 48.oi>f4?
� "' 49...�83) 47.•..
.i.
e2 [47...1
15
48..1
116!
7(48.14i.e249ib3We750.Wf2
� s1..t1
16
tl 4B....i.e2 (48...� 49 .14 "'
!i()id1+-) 49..i.g5±) 48.h5 � �
48.•.�em 49.� .i.c4 soic4 bc4
51.'i>l4±) 49.Wf4 .id3 50..
.i.
d1�
51..
.i
c3 � 52.oi>e3 [52.�11)
52....
.i
c453.
..ic2
.iM [53.. id5 54.WI4
Ass.tes+-
-
1 54.WI4 .i.h3 55..
.i
d3
i.g2 56..
.ib4+-
-
[56.h617 A Sl..i.eS+-
-
)
56.•.h6 57.oi>g3 .i.h1 58.
..t
e2 14
59.Wt4 �ts ao..t.ca �7 61 .wg3
�dS &Ud2 �t& 63.oi>h2 �h5
64•.id1[Becauseolhisweakopening
play (1o...Q.O'/), Black bun:l himself in a
cifl
lc:Ut
posi1
1
on.Intherestofthegamehe
couldonlyfightlorthedraw,butWhHelook
advanlageofhlsbishoppair)
Hl
Develop1ng Quickly
6.1Lbd2 'i»le7 7.e3
Solozhenkln,Evgeny
7
Miezis,Normunds
Gausdal 2001 (5)
l .d4 �16 2.c4 e5 3.de5 �g4 4..it4
10c6 5./0f3 .ib4 6./0bd2 ••7
7·•317[TheideaolthisnaturalII'KMIas
CWosedID7.a3istotryandfinish
�lopmentandwi1aIampowhenthe
bishoponb4hastoII
IIMI
)
7••• �ce5 8.�e5 � 9•.ie2 [From
nowonBladlhasseYBralalternatiwsand
hehastodecideonhisfutureplans]
9••. ().(117 [The first critical moment of lhis
subvariation. The position contains seYBral
original ideas such as 9110...a5 (se
e
Game
11)ortheinle!8Si
i
ng 9...d617 (se
e
Game
10) 1O.().(J [Another important moment
where a decision must be made]
1 o....id2 [A simple method that solves
theproblemolthe.ib4,aHhoughWhite
haswonatempobysavingoutona3;
10...a517 Game 11; 10... � Game 12;
10.. .d6 71 Game S) 11...d2 d6 12.llac1
[Whitestartshisbasicplanoradvancingc5.
In another game by Miezis (Btadl) play
condi'WJed12.b41?(withthesameIdeaof
preparing c5) 12...18 (12...lle817;
12. ...if517) 13.'il'c3 .id771 (� 13.. ..i.e6),
butonthisoc
casi
onBlad<couldn'tfinda
go
od
planandso
on
got into lrouble:
14ig3 llaeS 15.llac1 .ie6 16.a3 .i-17
17.c5 d5?1 (� 17...dc5 1S...c5 (1S.bc5;1;)
1S.. .Wc5 19.llc5 c6 20.lld1;!;) 1s.c61 (the
c-pawnisverystrong.Itbreakstheendre
position open) 1S.. . b6 19.llfd1 lidS 20.lld4
lld621.b5a622.84ab5?(�22...85
23..i.d117± .o. 24 ..i.b:l) 23.ab5 liaS
24.lla1 lla1 25.'il'a1 lidS 26.lla4+­
(strat� Black Is lost) 26... g6 27.'1i'd4
� 28.lla7 lieS 29.114 oi>g7 30..ig4 lieS
31 .llc7 'li'b4 32.'1i'd5 lle7 33.lle7 'li'e7
34.Wd7 1l'e4 35.c7 � 36.c8.. 11'b1
37.-i>h2 �11 38.oi>h3 HI Mikhalev
ski­
Miezis, Dieren 1997) 12....i.e617 [Miezis
Improvestheplacementofhispieces;
12 ... b617] 13.llfd1 1617 14.11'c3 11'17
15..ig3 b6! [Now chances ere equal
because of Bladl's strong pawn structure] ·
16.f471 [White umeces
sarily
changes
plans. Prafemble was 16.b41? a51 17.a3 ab4
18.ab4 lla2 19..i.t1 l:lfa8 20.c51�)
1 6.. .�d7 17..if3 llae8 18.b4 fSI
[FIXing the e3-14 pawn structure) 19ic6
Survey VO 17.2
J:le7 20..ih4 �16 21 .11'a3 [Attacking
a7) 21 ...'il'h5 [Black finds counterplay on
thekingsideandagai1stthee3pawn)
22..
.i
f6 lit& 23..if3 [23 .c517] 23...11'e8
[ThepositioniseqJBI,butinpl
liCI
I
ceHIs
easier to play Black hera) 24.Wa7 .i.f7
25.c51 [The best; 25.a4 lle3 26.llf1
(26.a517 1:
:1
13 27.gf3 tea-) 26. ..llb3�)
25... bc5 26.bc5 c6 27...
.
85d5
28.a4 lle3 29.lle1 llfe6 30.Wf2
[Exchan!jng ro
o
ks was better: 30.lle3 lle3
31 ...d2 with a sale position] 30. ..d41?
[30...'ilt'e717] 31 .lle3 [31.llcd117 •e7
32.lle3 de3 33.oi>g1 g5 34...d8 'il'd8
35.1:ld8 oi>g7 36.lld6 lle7 37.-i>fl gt4..)
31 ...de3 32.-i>g1 11'b81 [A very
annoyingmovelorWhHe.Theque
e
n
threatens to penetrale along various flies
and diagonals)
33.11'c37 [A mistake In dme lrol.t*l;
33.llt10 h6:f] 33...11'14 34.a5 g57
[Retumklg 1he favour. After 34...llh61 35.h3
. llhal 36.gii3 wi3-3 7
.
'1i'b2.i.d51thereare
toomanythreats)35.a61[Thispawnisa
conslant worry for Black) 3S .. .e2 36.lle1
lle3 37 .Wd277 [The last mistake ol1he
game; 37 ...
.
c11 'il'd4 38.oi>h1 14 39..ic6
lle7oo] 37...llf31 38.'1i'd8 oi>g7
39.gf3 ..
.
e3 40.Wg2 g4 [SUIMlarizing,
thisIsatypicalGBgame.Pos
si
�Whiteis
betteraftertheopeningbutthepositionIs
very sharp. After 11...d6 Black has no
structural weaknes
ses
buthedoesha.oaa
pas
s
ive position[
o-1
Karpov,Anatoly
8
Short,Nigel
Unares m 1992 (1)
Thisisanaxlr1lor
d
lnarygameInwhichGM
NigelShortwantedtosurprisehisop
pone
nt
Karpov, who demonstrat
ed
a great
understanding of the position and played
155

likeamachine.Nowa!laysit'snotaasyto
findabaHleonsuchahighlevelIntheGB.
1.114 1016 2.c4 e5 3.de5 /Og4 4.�f4
IOc6 5./0f3 �b4 6./0bd2 (A typical
Karpav move In martf openings!) 6...1f'e7
7.e3 /0ge5 8.1tle5 � 9.�e2
9...o-o (Let's lo
o
k at an atternatlve: 9...b6
10.0-0 �d2 11.1Wd2 ..Q.b7 (11...d6 12 .e41?
..Q.b7 t3.13 0-0 14..i.g3 IS? (14 ... J:Iae81?"'
A 15 ...15) 15.el5 1:115 16.14 <tx6 17.J:Iae1±
Fedorowicz-Shain , New 'lbrk 1991) 12.c51
bc5 (12...0-0 13.b41?) 13.1Wa5 d6 14..i.e51
de5 15.J:Ifc1± Solozhenkln·Stiazhkin,
LenirV<ld 1990. Maybe the most interestlng
planlorIliad(Is9...d6!?,asinGame10)
1o.o-o d6?1 (Giving WIVIe a small but
stable edge] 11./0b31 [The knight controls
the retreat squares ol the .i.M] 11•.• b6
12.83 (12.<tXI-4 � 13.a3 a5 14.b3 .i.b7
15.•d2 lOgS 1U.g3 d5 (Bellon Lopez­
lllescas Cordoba, Alicante 1989; 16 ...151?"-)
17.�13 J:lad8 18.b41 ab4 19.ab4 .tb-4
20.1f'b2t) 12....i.c5 13.�c5 bc5
(13...dc5? 14 .1Wd5 lOgS 15..-aB /Of4
16.1WI3+-) 14.b41 /0d7 (14...cb4 1 5.ab4
.i.b7 16.'1td4±; 14 ... .i.b7 15.bc5 dc5
16.1Wc2±) 15.�g41? (15.'1tc21? ..Q.b7
1 6.�d3t] 15.. .a5 (15...J.
.
b7 16.�d7 lf'd7
17.bc5 1Wc6 18.11t'd51±; 15 ...1:188!? 16.J:Ic1
(16.'1tl3!?) 16 ... a5 17.�d7 � 18.bc5
dc5 19...
.
d5 J:la6 20.�g5 (20...
.
b71? J:lg6
21.•a7!? .i.c6 22.13;!;) 20.....-d6 21 .�t4
..-e7 22.�g5 \!
!
·\!
!
lvanchuk·Short, Monaco
tjind t 993) 16..i.d7f (The simplest.
Karpovwantstocontroltheposition)
16...�d7 17.bc5 deS 18•..-dSI?
(t8.�71? �c6 19.•d6 .e4 20.1tg3;!;)
18...J:Ia6 (18. .ie6 1 9.1te5;1;) 1 9.-.e5
(19.'1tb71? J:lg6 20...
.
c7 J:lc8 21...
.
e5±]
19...J:Ie6?(Shortsacrificesthepawnto
activate his pieces and stop defending
pas
sive
ly.KarpavmuslnowcalaJiate
aocurately and the game enters a stage of
156
complications. Although Black Is pas
siw
,he
hassavingchancesbecauseolthe
op
posit
e-coloured bishops; 19...1We5
20.�85 J:lc8 21.J:Iab1 J:lb61?;1;) 20.1tc7
J:lc8 21.11'b7 (21.1l'e51? �c6 22.•c3±)
21 . ..'W'a8 22.J:Iab1 h5 (22... M
23...
.
c8..
.
c8 24.J:Ib8 1l'b8 25.�±]
23.f3 � 24••b2 h4 25.h31
25...fS (As he doesn1 have any escape
routebecauseoftheblockadeofthea8-h1
tiagonal,Shortmustal
la
ck,put
ting
his
opponent Into danger. Meanwhile, Karpav
controls the position) 26...
.
c2..
.
g6
27•..-c3 a4 28.J:If2 J:lca8 29.J:Id1
•h5 ao...-c2 1t"g6 31 .�h1 11'16
32.ft2 1t"e7 (32...1rb2 33.J:Ib2±]
33.J:Ifd2 gSf? 34.�d6 'ltf7 35.�c5
g41 36.fg4 fg4 37.J:If21 1l'h51? (Black
hascrealedtwosinultaneou
s
threats:
38.. ...
.
c5 and 38...gh3. But Karpav will take
advantageolBlack'sbadkingtopres
s
the
advantage home; 37.. .1tg6 38.J:Idl11 gh3
39.1:118+-) 3B.'i
i'
e21 (The solution lor
WMe] 3B...J:Ig6 (Of COUTSe not 38.. .'W'c5
39.•g4andtheattackIsunstop
pable
:
39...¢>h8 40.� � (40...�7 41 .1:1171
Wf7 42...h7 �16 43.J:If1 � 44...
.
15
� .45.J:Id1+-) 41.1l'g4 ti>h8
42.1:115+- 1 39.J:Id&t J:le4 (39...J:Id6
40.� J:le4 4Ull8 �7 42.h+-)
40.J:IdB �h7 41 .J:If7 J:lg7 42.J:Ig7
�g7 43.•b2 (Surnmarizilg: Karpav laid
baretheweaknessasofthem!Ml10...d6
with his reply 11./0b31, Isolating the bishop
on b4. After the exchange Karpav gradually
Increased his advantage)
1-0
Ga rcia Martlnez,SIIvlno
9
Rogers,ian
Reggio Emilia 1984/86 (2)
Thisgameiswryappropriateklrthestudy
olthe�-i1wiEhRogerspl;rfs
rrs
sat
t,:
1.d410162.c4aS3.de5li:lg4
4..i.f4 � 5./0f3 � 6./0bd2 1We7
7.e3l()geS8.��9..h:!0-0
10.().{1 � 11.'W'd2 d6 12�td1
[12.b4!?] 12. ..116 13.b4 b7 14.c:SI?
dc515.bc5�(15.
..
:ilai?J 16...d71?
(1U.g3 llad8 17.'i
i'
�J 16.-·cf71?
17�d7 !Of4 18.et4 J:lac8 19..
.t
c4
(19.cb6 ab6 20.J:Ic1;t) 19....i.c6 20.J:Ia7
20... b51 21.�3 aS (For the moment
WhitehasthelritiatM!.ButBlackhasgo
od
chancesintheendgamethankstohisgo
od
pawnstructure.Hejusthastofindaplanto
exchangero
oks
) 22.a3 e4 23..
.ta2
J:ltd8l (A strn
ng
resource) 24.�f7? �
24.J:Iae1 .t.e8 25ib1 (25.�d5 c6"')
25.. .g6 26.�e4 J:ld7=) 24.. .�
25.J:Iae1 J:ld1 1 (In order to exchange
rooks; 25 ...�d5) 26.J:Id1 h7..
27.� J:lb81 28.J:Id4 J:lf81 (t.
29 ... 1:115: 28...J:Id81 29.J:Id8 H 30.13±1
29.�b1 [To avoid 29.. . 1:115] 29...J:Id8!
30.J:IdB �dB+ (As a resuH of an
excellentstrategyandthetacticalrum1men
ol his plan, Black obtains a superior ending(
31.� (Forced; 31 ih7 .i.d5 32.13 �
33.�f2 �) 31...�d7 32.13
�b71-+ 33.� � 34.�1 ti>c5
35.�7 b4 36.ab4 �b4 37ig8 a3
38.f5 b6 (A 39...�)
D-1
lvanchuk,Vasily
10
Epishin,VIadimir
TerTBSsa 1991 (4)
1.d4 1016 2.c4 aS 3.de5 /Og4 4..i.t4
�5.10d2�M:,t3'f/
/
e7 7.a3
lOgeS 8.�5 IOe5 9.�e2 d&l?
10.o-o �d71? (Interesting is 10. .. a5!?
andalter11./0b3a4l12.a3�IwehaVI
I
reached a !il
licu
H position) 11.a3 (1t.filb3
�a4) 11....i.d2 (t t... �c5!? 12.084
(12.b41? � 13.J:Ic1 a5 14.'fl
l
c2abA

sab4 �g6) 12.. . �9& 13.� �r4
:4:1Qd7; 14.�7 �e2 15 .•e2 ..tc6
16_1Qa5 �g2 11.� 't
t
QS=l 12.Wd2
t6?1 [2: 12.../t)g6; 2: 12...�c617 13.•d4
� 14.•97 Q.O-Oo
o
] 13.b4 :d&?
t4..J.h51 �f7 15.c51 � 16.:11:11
d5 [16.. ..b41?] 17.841 .b4 18.e d51±
j.d1 19.:d1 I).() 20.d6 [20.�1?]
2Q•••cd6 21 .cd6 .a& 22..
.t
f3 WhB
23.d717 [23.�7 /&j6 2U.d6 IS!CXJ D.
25 ... :161] 23•. • b6 24...tc7 �e5
25.�a :da 26.•c2 :d7 21..-c&
trgB 28.•g8 Wg8 29.:d7 �
3Q.�d5 Wf8 31.14 We7 32.Wt2 t5
33.P3 Wd6 34.wd4 �16 35.�13
� 38.Wc4 �7 37.g3 we&
38ie2 Wd6 39.id3 we& 40.wd4
g641.ic4Wt642.84h643.h3g5
44.h4 gt4 45.gt4 �a& 46-ie& we&
47.Wc4 a6
l'.-Y.o
Mikhalevski,Victor
11
Chabanon,.
.l
ean Luc
Bad Endbach 1995
1.d4 �16 2.c4 e5 3.de5 �g4 4.�f4
1Qc6 5.�f3 �b4 6.�bd2 't
t
e7 7.e3
�ge5 a.�es �es 9.�e2 0.0
10.0.0 aS!?[To blockthequeensideand
support the bishop on b4; 10 ...�d2
11.'ltd2;t]11.�b3 [Another pos
s
i
b ility Is
11.a31? �d2 (11. .. �c51?) 12.'t
t
d2 d6
13.b4 ab4 (t3...b61? t4.c5 deS 15.bc5
(t5.Wd5 �g41) 15...:d8o:t) t4.ab4 :at
ts.:at b6 16.�g3.16 17.h3 �es t8.Wc3
c5?1 19.:as 1t'b7 (2: t9 .. . :b8 20.b5 "li'f7
21 .:a4;t) 20.b5± (Black's position Is not
to be envied) 20. . .Wc7 2t."i
i"
c2g6
22.Wa4 l'.tb8 23.14 �d7 24il3 �18
25.l'.ta7 Wd8 26.�c6 l'.tc8 27.'it'a6 l'.tb8
28.Wa1 l'.tc8 29."ilta6 :b8 30.� d5
31.cd5 �d5 32.'ltat �17 33.�16 t-o
GyimflSi.Nevednlchy, Nagykanizsa 20
03
]
11 .•.a4 12.a3 �d6! [An Interesting
lightbetwe
e
n knight and bishop;
12.. ..hst? t3.�d4 (13.&5 �)
13... �b6 14.�b5 d6 15.&3 •eel
16./0ds .tali 17.•d4 (17.:ct �86o:t)
t7...�d77t (2: 17...�c&t7 tB.'t
t
d3 �es
19·•c2 �e6o:t) 18.�d3 �c57 (18.. .151)
1U.c2?1= RogoZBilko-Moldovan, Bucl
l
a·
rest200
0
; 19..il17 wh7 20.�d6 cd6
21.1rh4 Wg8 (21...Wg6 22.�14 W15
23-�1+-) 22.�e7+-; 12...ab3?1
13·ab4 :at 14.'it'at; 12 ... �c317 13.bc3
aba 14.'it'b3 d6o:t) 13.�d4 [13.c571 �c5
(13...�13 14.�13 �14 15.el4 ab3 16.:ct
wrs 17.•b3 •r4 1B.:Id1±J t4.�c5
•c5 1s.:c1 11t'e5 tB.•et c6 17.11t'es
�] 13..-icS 14.�b5 d6 15.�c3
�g6 [15.. id71? 16.� 11t'd8 17.'it'c2
:e6o:t] 16.�g3 1517 17...tf3 [17.&47
11341 tB.'it'a4 14i] 17. .. ..-e8 18.Wc2
�19.�e2�e&o:t[Attheendoran
originalopaningphaseBlackhasthe
advantage)
20.�b5 •m 21 -ies de5 22•..-c3
l:laeal 23.1t"e5 �c4 24.•c5 ..te2
2S.:Ie1 b6 26...
.
c617[Amistakethat
losesthegame.TheortojITKNI!was
26.'1Fb4 :e4 27.� c5 28.11fb6 cd4
29.J:le2 r41 and Bleck has the initiati'IB]
26••.:e&t-+ Pnstsad o1 wonying about
thebishop,Bleckplaysthre
e
Intermediate
ITIO\I8S and wins material) 27•.-dS c61
2&.�d& •g61 29.•Is :rs 30.�15
'W'ts [The rest Is simple] 31.:e2 Wd3
32.J:lae1 c5 33.84 . b5 34.e5 gS
35.J:le3 •d4 3&.:382 b4 37.ab4
cb4 38.h3 b3 39 .Wft Wg7 40.Wg1
Wg6 41.g4 hS 42.gh5 WhS 43.Wh2
wg6 44.wg2 Wt5 45.Wg3 a3
46.ba3 b2 47.J:lb1 'it'd3 [Summarizin
g
,
InthisgameBleckfindsanlnterast
i
ng plan
tosolvethegenemlproblemofthebishop
onb4.Pos
sil
ly
theITKJ'IB11.�b3justisn1
go
od
�]
0-1
Stohl,lgor
12
Blatny,Pavel
Prague Kot
tn
auer mem 1996 (1)
1.d4 �16 2.c4 e5 3.de5 �g4 4.il4
�6 5.�f3 � 6.�bd2 We7 7.e3
�ge5 8.� � 9�e2 0.0 10.0.
.0
�g61? [Another Interesting plan) 11ig3
[1 t .�n d6-+] 11•. -id&l? [Trying to
solvetheproblemofthebishoponb4)
Survey VO 17.2
12id6 ..d6 13.�17 [13...
.
c21?
•e7 14.c5 d6 15.cd6 •d6 1e.:fd1 We7
(t6...c6 17.� •c5 1e.:d2 .tee
19.:adt •e7 20.� .idS 21.�15 •es
22.�:rea23il:4..to424.1t"c4�18
25.•d4 Wd4 26.:d4 � 27.l'.td7 :ed8
2B.wf1 Wf8 29.We2f �
l<ladolo
o
ch·YUG 1991) 17.1t�b31? �86
18.� c6 19.� ..
.
86 20.:d4 :Ide
21...
.
d2:d422...
.
d4b623..ic4c5
24...
.
d3 •18 25.:dt;t; KorotyleY·Pardoatov,
Moscow-dl 1995; 13.�b317 We7
(13...•d1 14.:kl1 d6 15.c5;1;; 13. . . .e517
(Moskalenko) 14.c5 :dB 1s.:c1 d6 16.c6
b6 17.� :18 1B.:c3 �h4 19.14 e5
20.Wd2 g6 2.t...td3 Wh8 22.W12 a4
23.� �15 24.e4 �7 25.15f
llelakovskaia-Biatny, · - Newark
1996]
13...We5 [13.. ...-dt 14..1:11d1 d6 15.c51;t;
13.....
.
.7 14.&3 d6 t5.�d5 .dB
16.•d4;t]
14.�c3;1;SICI
[d5<]
14...b671 [2: 14...d6 15.•d51?;t]
15...
.
d5l .i.a617D [15...1i'd5 16.� c6
17.il
lc3
(D. �e4-d6) 11.. . :86 1e.:ldt±,
-d. d6<, d7<] 16.•es [16.•d71? lZad8
17...
.
c6 :d2o:t] 16.••�
17.�d5?1 [With this 1TKJ1
1B
Whiteloses
the advantage. Better was 17.141 �
18.WI21 (1 8.b371 �3CXJ) 18.. .b5
t9.�±] 17•••c61 18.�70 �
19.�c4 [19.&871 �e2 20.:ra1 ��1
19.•.J:lac8 20.�10 cdS [20. .. :18
8
7
2U .a6+-) 21�dS [Biadl compensates
lorthedisadvantageortheisolatedpawn
with the control of the c·file] 21..•:c2
22.J:lab1 :rca 23.:1d1 Wt&
[23...:e2? 24...te4 D. 25.Wf1+-]
24.� [24.�e417 J:l2c4 25.13;!;]
24...J:l2c7= [-c] 25.Wit we7
26.W.2 �c6 [26 ... d6 27.:d4 :cS
26.%lbd1 :dB=] 27.:d2 �85 [28�d5
:c1 29.:c1 :c1 30.:d1 :c2 31.:d2
:ct=]
Y.o·Y.o
157

Ta ct1cs
6.._16
Lazarev,VIadimlr
13
Touza ne,Oiivier
France tt-2 2002 (B)
ThisgameputsWhke's8th10
01
19
in doubt.
WhichIsthebestplan?g3or83711.d4
<l:lf6 2.c4 e5 3.de5 <l:lg4 4.�f4 lilc6
5.<l:lf3 .ib4 6.<l:lbd2 f6 7.ef6 11'f6
8.e317[Theaimofthismoveistofinish
dMioprnentquld!lyandwithoutsurprises,
andcar
ry
onse
eki
ngchinksinBlack's
armour; 8.g3 - Game 2] 8• ••11'b2 9ie2
[9.8317 .h3 10.:b1 11'83 11ic7 11'e7
12.�g3 ().
.()
13..i.e2 d6 14.().() j.l5 15.:b5
a6 16.:15 l:l.15 17.11 'c2 l:l.13 18.j.l3 J.d2
19.1l'd2 <l:lgeS 20..i.e2 <l:lfl 21 .l:l.d1 lilceS
22.•d5 l:l.cB _2 3.l:l.b1 l:l.c7 24.13 11'd7
25.e4 d 26.�12 1l'c6 27.1l'c6 <l:lc6
28.14 10
018
29.g3 l:l.e7 30id3 <l:le6
31.Wgl!<l:lc532..i.c5deS33.e5g6
34.j.e4 <Ode 35.�d5 � 36.WI3 l:l.c7
37.�e4 �7 3B.I:Ib6 l:l.c8 39.g4 l:l.a8
40.15 a5 41.16 � 42.e6 Hl Kilgus-Chuis,
Vienna 2003] 9•• •()-{1 [9 ... d6!?] 1 0.()-{1
[10.c517] 1 0•••d6 (One of the critical
positions of the variation 6...16 , 8.e3]
11.<l:lb3 (11.c51? j.cS (11...dc5 12J:Ib1
11'16 13.a3t) 12.l:l.b1 (12./0gSI?) 12...'it'l6
13.<l:le4 11'e7 14.1ilc5 deS 15./ilgS <l:lgeS
16.1l'd5 �h8 17. .b5 IileS 18.14 <l:lc6
19.�c4 <Ode 20.<l:lh7 �ee 21 .<l:l18 "tlt'ra
22.11'h5 �g8 23.�d3 11'116 24..Q.gs .b2
25.l:l.bd1 11'e7 26.e4 <l:lfl 27.e5 b5 28.l:l.13
b4 29.11'h7 d 30.l:l.h3 <l:lh6 31.�e4
l:l.d8- 32.l:l.d8 .dB 33.l:l.d3 11'1
14
34.g3
1l'g4 35.�13 11'cll 36.11'h8 �g8 37.U
as ae.j.gB 10gB 39.1l'h5 <l:le7 40.•h8
<l:lgB 41.e6 •ee 42.15 •e7 43.1:td7 •16
44.e7 oi>fT 45.11'h5 g6 46.11'h7 �
47.1:td8X Hl W�e ner-Aad
da
tz, Pinneberg
1994] 11••• 1.0ge!il? [Blade cho
oses
the
lalesttheoreticalrecom
menda
tion.Theplan
11...•16 Is too skM: 12./ilg5f (12.c51?)
12...h6 (12...<l:lge5 13.83±) 13.j.g4 �g4
(13. .. hg5 14.M l:tac8 15.1td5±) 14.1tg4
hg5 15.11'g5± Waslney-Hoskyn, cr ch·NZL
1994] 12.c51?N [A theoretical lliM!I
Iy
,
conespon
di
ngtoaclassicalresourcethatis
normalybadbrBlade.ThenormalmoveIs
12.<l:lfd41?] 12•••<l:lf371 [<?: 12. ../0g6
13ig3 deS..; 12...�h8!?co] 13.�f3
<l:leS 1 4.j.e4± [The brief opening duel
(only6moves)hasworlcedoutwellfor
158
Whke.TherestofthegameIsjusta
splendid demonst�allon of tecmlque]
14 •..ie6 15..i.b7 l:teeB 16.�d5
�d5 17.1l'd5 �hB 18.cd6 �d&
19."tlt'd2 .a3 20••85 'tlt'b2 21 ••d2
•a3 22.�g3 l:tf6 23.&M [23.1:tac1]
_
23••.".a6 24.'tlt'e2!__ 1w.l:it� �� to
simpfdy and incraBSe his advantage]
24 • • . 1tc8 2S.<l:lb5 1ta6 26.1:tfe1
•e4 27.1:tec1 11'85 28.1:ted1 a&
29.<l:ld6 cd6 30.h3+- h6 31 .1:tc2
"tlt'a3 32.1:tdc1 l:tff8 33.1:tc7 l:tbB
34.Wh2 1:tb2 35.1:t1c2 1:tfb8 36.�e5
de5 37••g4 l:tgB 38.1:tg71 l:tbbB
39.1:tcc7 1td3 40.e41 [Sum
marizi
ng,n
se
e
msthattheadvancec4-c51putsthe
suiMirla
li
on6...16iTtosomelil
liaJ
IIies.But
nisfarfromeesyl]
Wresting the lmtiative
5...d6
1-0
Sadler,Matthew
14
Rogers,! an
Hastings 1993/94 (3)
1.d4 <l:lf6 2.c4 es 3.de5 <l:lg4 4.�f4
.ib45.�2d61?[Theideaofthis10
01
19
Istostartanattadcontheque
en
andminor
pieces.TharetlreHIsneces
sa
rytorernow
thee5pawnfromthecentre]&.<l:lf3[White
contiooes with his del
leloprne
n
t but that's
notthewttofightbranopening
advantage. Neither Is 6.83 de5 7ig3 �d2
8.11'd2 .d2 9.Wd2 <l:lc6 10.13 <l:l
l6
11.b4
as 12.b5 1ild4 13.� <l:ld7 14..b5 <l:lb5
15.cb5 <l:le5 16.e4 Jl.d7 17.14 <l:lg4 1B.<l:lh3
<l:leJfRajlawic
-
Kindl,BadWOrishofBn198
8
]
&••. deS 7.j.e5 (7.<l:le51? .i.d2
(7... •d41 ..) 8.•d2 .d2 9.Wd2 <l:l12
10.1:tg1 lOa& 11.<l:ld3 <l:le4 12.�e3 15
(12.. .<l:ld61?..) 13.g4 o-o 14.Jl.g2 :88
15.gf5 �5 16.�e51 Spacek-lult, St
lngbert 1989] 7•••�d217N [7... <l:les
8.<l:le5 .d4 (8.. .•87 9.� ��)
9./ild:l � (9...11'c417=) 10.1td2 ..c4
11.83 D-O 12.<l:lf4 ..e4 13.b3 11'83
14..i.c4<l:lc615.1).()<l:le516ia2c:6
17.1:tld1 �d7 18.1tc3 We7 19.<l:lh51
Glntlng-West, Thes
sal
oniki o1 1988] 8••d2
"it'd2 9.�d2 <f:lf2.,o 1 0.l:l.g1 CHI
[10.. .<l:le41? 11.�83 <l:ld6=] 11.ic7 <l:la&
12..i.e5 <l:le4 (12...1617 13.�d4 lile4
14.�1 (14.Wd3? � 15./ilh4 �-+)
14...�e6�] 13.�31 Jl.f5 [13...<l:lec51?]
14.g4 � 15.<l:lh4 l:tfeB (15.. .<l:lac5
16.<l:lge fgSI?co; 16...l:I.IB8 - game; 16...hg6
17id4 l:tle8 18.Wtal?;t] 16.<l:lg6 <l:lac5
17.<l:lf4 [17.WI3 lg61?�] 17 ••• 1:te5
18•.i.g21 (.6 19.<l:ld:l±] 1 B•••I:te
e8
19.if3 <l:ld& 20.� b6 21 .<l:ld3
(21 .1:tad117±] - 21 .�1:t5e6 - 22.
.i
d5
(22.1ilc5?1 bc5 23.�5 (23.� l:l.cBf)
23 ...1:td8- , �<] 22.•.1:te2 23.<l:lc5
bc5 24.�c5± lile4 25.j.e4
(25.�17±] 25•••1:t8e4 26.b3 h5
[26 ...1:th2 27.1:tge1 l:te1 28.1:te1 �
29.¢>d6 l:l.a2 30.c5±] 27.gh5 l:teS
28.Wc6 1:th5 29.1:tgd1fT
�-�
Gurieli,Nino
15
Ponater,Michael
Hamburg 1999 (7)
ForaplayerwhoentetSthislineHIsnot
es
se
ntial to � many strategic concepts,
butH'smoreImportanttohavego
od
calculating and analylic
Bf
abilities. The
lol
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are.importantbr
thosewhoarethinkingofplayingtheGB.
1 .d4 <l:lf6 2.c4 e5 3.de5 <l:lg4 4•.i.f4
�b4 5.<l:ld2 d&l? &.ed&l (From now on
thepositiongelsverycomplicated]
6_."it'f6 [H 6....i.LIS 7..i.LI6 .d6 8.h3
(8.1tc217;!;
;
andewrylhingisdeleodedl
8.. .<l:lf6 (8... <l:le371 9.Wb3±) 9.1ilgml
1.e3r[Thesa1es1andmostsotidanswer.
Aller 7.<l:lh317 <l:lf21 the position Is hi!1Jiy
UI
IClear
,se
e
Game 16; 7..i.g3?1 .i.d6
B./Ogl3 �g3 9.hg3 11'b2..]7•••1ilf2 [Lsrs
lo
ok
at aHemaiiYes:
A) 7... 1tb21? 8.�13 Jl.d6 (B.. .cd6
9.1:tb1±) 9..i.d6 cd6 10.�e2 D-O 11.�
withtheidea12.<l:le41withacla8f
advantage;
B)7.
..�!16
71 8.�e21 hS (8... <l:lf2? 9.WI2
g5 10.<l:le4+-) 9.<l:lh3±;

C) 7...;5 s.i.g3 h5 9.dc71 � 10.114
'Wb2 11.� i-15 1Ue2 .h2 13.Wc1
!a3 14.!Hll 'We� 15.�ac1 �1
1&.:c1 +- Kach181
1t
Gersinska-Vlamn,
Craf1Sr.tontana20
00
)8.Wf2g5U�e41
[9.�'1!gl410.�'Wb211..i.a211
13
12.� � 13.dc7 15oo) 9•••'Wb2 (The
crf
fical
position)
•
�·
a
10.i.e21?[Forplayerswithago
od
ner;ous system the following variations are
wen worth studying: 10.10e21? gf4 11.1D>11
{11.'li'd4? fe3 12.� 'Wd4 13.'�d4
10c6f) 11...183 12.Wf3 1t'g71 {12 ...'li'e5
13.11b4 151?} 13.:b4 151?. Here we have a
positioninwhichthequeenandpawnsfight
against the white king. 14.10c51? {a
complicatedposltlon.IIthereisnomate,
WhiteIsbet
te
rt) 14 .. .141? {14...10c6 15.1:D13
10e5 16.We3 cd6 17.10a4±} ·15.Wd51
..g4 16.We4 10c6!? 17Jib31 {cold­
l*x
xledl
17... 1:118 18.d71 i.d7 19.'li'd7
..d7 20./0d7 Wd7 2Uid31+-) 10...gf4
11.ef4 i.f!i? [This move loses
immed'�ately. The players make·many
tacticalmistakesbecauseofthedif
fi
culty In
calculalin
g
a1theIIXMlS.Iliad!co
old
haw
put141moreresistancewith11...10a6
12.10131andWhiteIsbetterllJttheposltlon
isstillplayaiH.Anotherpos
silt
llty Is
11.../0c61? 12.11b1 .g7 13.c51? {13.1:D13
1517 14ih5 Wf8o
o
; 13.101371 151�;
13.dc71? !HI 14.1013±} 13. . il5 1Uib41
IOb4 15./0g3f) 12.J:Ib1 i.c5 [12...'Wa3
13.•<14+-; 12.....g7 13.Wd51+-l
13.Wf1 1+- 'Wd4 14.'il'd4 i.d4
15.dc71(Theconclusiontothisvarial
lon
Is;mostolthegameslinlshquid
dy
and
lavourWhile,butduringthese15or20first
II'I(MISyoucan,relax,H'squitelikethe
roller�er fairground at
tra
ction)
1-0
Belkert,Gunther
-16
Chatalbashev,Boris
Sofia Wch U28 1994 (2)
1.d4 10f& 2.c4 e5 3.de5 /Og4 4.i.f4
.i.b4 s.IOdz d& &.ed& 'il't& pr e... �
7..i.d8 'il'd6 8.h3 (8.'il'c217;1; and
everytli
r1g
Is defended} 8...1016 {8...10e3'11
9.'il'b3±) 9./0gf3;1;) 7.10h31?
Survey VO 17.2
7...10121 [The position Is highly unclear;
7...i.d6 8..i.d6 .d6 9.83;1;) 8.Wtz i.h3
9.g3 .i.c51? [9....a.l1 10.1111 Wd4
11.<�g2 {11.WI3 .a.d6 12.10e4 Wd1
13.llad1 i-14 14.gf4 fM1 15.11g1 g6
16.114;1; We7 17.11d3 llad8 18.11a3 a6
19.1183 WfB 20.IId3 We7 21.1183 WfB
22.11d3 W&7 23.11gd1 h6 24.10c3 10c5
25.1:183 WfB 26.11d8 lidS 27.10d5 WQ7
28./0c7 lld2 29.b4 1084 30.83 J:lc2
31./0esWIB32./0dBIOb233.c5IOc4
34.J:le8 WQ7 35.10c4 llc4 36.lle7 J:lc3
37.We4 J:la3 38.J:lb7 Wf6 39.Wd5 J:la2
40.c6 lla2 41 .c7 J:ld2 42.Wc6 J:lc2
43.Wb6 We6 44.J:lb8 1-0 Sherbakov­
Chatalbashev, Anapa 1991) 11....i.d6
12.'Wb31 /Od7?1 {12....i.f4 13.1:14 Wb6
14.11e4±) 13ie3! We5 14.c5 10c5
15.tt'f7 Wd8 16.10c4 'il'e4 17.1:13 10e6
18./0d6 cd6 19.J:ld1 1-0 Komarov­
Chatalbashev, 51 Raphael 1998) 1 O.e31?
[10.We1 .i.l51 (10....i.l1? 11./0e41± 'Wb2
12.WI1 lOOT 13.dc7 0-0 14.J:lc1 .i.d4
15.J:lc2 Wb6 18.11d2 15 17.11<14 fe4
18.J:ld7 h6 19.•d5 Wh8 20.Wg2 1-0
Aadziewicz-Gara, Budapest 20
02
) 11.dc7
/Oa61?andthingsareIW"fCOIJ1l
lica
ted]
10...g51? [10. . il517 11.dc7 IOc6
1H�f31 0-0 13.•d5±) 11.10841 .b2
12 ••e21 lra 1 [12 ...lra2 1U.e2 gf4
14.10c5±) 13•.ih31 [13.10c5?! gf41
14.ef4 WfB 15 .•e7 WQ7 1B.Wg5=)
13...'il'h1 14••b21-+ [14.lrg4 Wh2
15.Wf3'Wh1withnomorethanadraw)
.:r...,(l-() 15./0f&�!t�_ !6•.i.g5+­
c6? [16 ....i.a30 17.'Wa3+-) 17./tJQ.I-
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159

Slav Defence
Chameleon Variation
SL 3.1 (0 15)
The Pros and Cons of
Free Development - Part II
by Alexey Kuzmin
1. d4
dS
2. c4
c6
3. ttJf3 ltjf6
4. ttJc3
a&
5. cS
�fS
This variation occurred in two
crucial games from the Geor­
gia-China match at the Olym­
piad in Thrin. After the opening
stage bad developed in White's
favour in two games from the
Georgia-USA match (there the
Americans Kamsk:y and Naka­
mura preferred 5 .. .ttJbd7), the
Chinese representatives placed
their choice on the 'Plan of Free
Development'. In the end, they
were successful - the mini­
match concluded 2-0 in fav our of
the Chinese. But the outcome of
the opening duels was not so
clear-cut...
The Pros
At first sight Black's last move
looks more natural than 5...lL!bd7.
Indeed, on f5 the bishop occupies
an important diagonal, controlling
the hi-square, which may be irn-
160
portant if White canies out the
pawn offensive b2-b4-b5, and as­
sists the simplifying manoeuvre
... ttJe4. However, there are also
drawbacks.
The Cons
The strategic basis of Black's
counterplay is the ... e7-e5 ad­
vance, and this is less well as­
sisted by the development of the
bishop at f5 . Firstly, compared
with the 5...ttJbd7 variation,
White is also fre
e
to bring out his
bishop to a fighting position -
6.�4. Secondly, the position of
the light-squared bishop on f5 is
not consistent with the fianchetto
of its dark-squared colleague.
And after the development of the
second bishop at e7 the prepara­
tion of the plan
n
ed ...e7-e5
advance requires more time.
AtthetUmofthecenturyWhite
tried to exploit the slight vulnera­
bility of the b7-pawn many times
by playing an immediate 6.'tl'b3,
but Black was able to demon­
strate reliable ways to equalize.
Tod ay the discussions almost ex­
clusively revolve around the con­
sequences of 6.if4.
The Plan with �fl -d3 doesn't
look dan gerous. After 6.•.lL!bd7
7.e3 e6 8.h3 �e7 9.id3 Black
can choose 9.-i.dJ 10.1!t'd3 b6!
Stobl-Dautov, Germany Bundes­
liga 20
0
1102, with a good game.
The Plan with �e2 and tiJd2 is
stronger (6.�4 ltJbd7 7.e3 e6
8.�e2 �e7 9.ttJd2).
Black has tried three replies:
9.. . �6. 9...b6 and 9...'tl'c8, but
everywhere be bas encountered
definite difficulties. Special
mention should be made of the
original pawn expansion plan by
White on the kingside - 10.g4!?
(Aronian-Bu Xiangzhi and
Gelfand-Kir.Georgiev).
Therefore the attempt by Black to
simplify theposition by exchang­
ing a pair of knights with 8...ttJe4
looks natural . This plan was sue-

cessful
l
Y carried but i'n the recent
games Jobava-Milov and Bareev­
Wang Yu e, but no cl� answer
was given to the quesl!on of ho':"
Black had intended to respond if
White bad not exchanged qn e4,
but continued in analogy with
l(i.r. Georgiev-Hodgson - 9 .ft3.
White can also consider the Plan
ofapawnoffenriveonthe
The Plan w1th ..:Cf1 -d3
9.-"'-d3
Jobava,Baadur
Bu XIangzhi
Turin ol 2006 (9)
1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.�13 �f6 4.�c3
a6 5.c5 �15 6�14 �bd7 7.h3 e6
8.e3 fl.e7 9�d3 'i
i'
c8N [9...�
10.0·0 [10.� ets 11.(}0 � 12.-.c2
Q-0=] 10...G-O 1 1 .b4 [11l!e11? .i.d8
12.e4 de4 13.� � 14�e4
.
�e4
15 ..1
1
e4 �16 16.l:le2 � 17.� b7
1Ue5;t l:ld8 19.irc2 l:ld7 20.l:lae1 •d8
21.10:!2b622.cb61i'b623.10c4;Kunte­
Himansl
lJ
,
VIS8khapa
tnam
ch-INO 20
06
]
11.• • b6 12.g4?1 [12.cb6 � 13.1:lb1
�d3 14.'W'd3 a5=] 12•.�d3 13.trd3 as
14.a3 .1
1
e81 15 •.1
1
ab1 [2: 15.l:lfb1]
15.. .ab4 16.ab4 bcS 17.bc5 �c51�
18.g5 [18.dc5 e5 19.� � 20.ias
.1
1
e5 21.1:1a1 .1
1
a1 22.l:ta1 h5t] 18..•�h5
19.dc5 eS 20.�?1 [20..th2 e4
21.trd1.ef3 22...
.
13g623.l:lfc1�
20....1
1
est� 21 .:tc1 [21.�e5 �
22...a2 .h3 23.14 � 24...g2 .g2
25-�g2 �11 26.Wf1+; 2Ui'd4 �14
22-el4 ll:ea 23.:te1 :e1 24..1
1
e1 �tB+J
queenside with b2 and tOj3,
against which it is again logical for
Blackto respondwith ...lbe4.But
ifatthesametimebesecureshis
bishop a retreat square by playing
.. .h6, after the opening of the cen­
tre this can unexpectedly prove to
be a serious weakening (Beliavs­
ky-Ivanovic), and otherwise he
hasto reckon with M-h4.
21 ...:ea [21 ...�141? 22.el4 :ea+]
22..t.d6 �s 23.�e5 :as 24.f4 :ea
25.�h2 d41? [25 ... •e6 26.1%e1 l:la3+]
26.•d4?? [26.ed41 �14 27.•g3)
26.• ..1
1
d8-+- 27.'W'e5 [27..•c4 J:ld2
28.� •e6 29.:a1 l:lad8-+-] 27.••f61
28.gf6 J:ld2 29.Wg1 .h3 3D.f7 WJB
31 ..1
1
b8 :b8 32...
.
b8<M733...
.
b7
�g6 34.f5 Wh6 35...
.
e6g6
0-1
Survey SL 3. 1
Conduslon
The 5 .. .�f5 variation is sound,
but leads to rather passive posi­
tions. White has some advan­
tage thanks to his spatial
superiority, which in a pro­
tracted struggle often allows
him to retain the initiative. His
most pro mising plan is the one
with i.e2 and ll:ld2.
(20. . .�h5 21.g4 �7 22.:ac1 •ca;t]
21.1be5 �g7 22.:.2 l:lf8 23.g4
� 24.185 �d7 25.:af2 f6 26.ef6
l:lf6 27.84± :12 28.:12 :a7
29.�d6 .•g5 3D.�f4 ..
.
h4 31.�2
�f8 32.�g3 trda 33.••3 e51?
[33...g5] 34.de5 [34..te5 .te5 35.de5 d4
36.•d3 � 37.�e2 :17 38.:17 Wl7
39.•13 �ea 40.h±J 34 ...d4 35.•d3
� 36.�2 :d7:t 3U�g1 �h8
38.:16 •aa 39.�13 �91 40.g5 :d8
Tu nik,Gennady
41 .•d2 d3 42.•112 �f6 43.ef6 d2
Komev,Aiexey
44.10d2 •f7 45.ft2 � 46..
.i.
f4
St Petersburg 2004 (9)
�h3 47.�h3 J:ld3 48.�g2 .e6
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.�13 �f6 4.�e3 49.� h6 50.� :h3 51 �83
a6 5.c5 .tf5 6.�f4 �bd7 7.h3 e6 <M7 52...
.
d4 :h2 53.� :h3
8.e3 !J.
.
e7 9.�d3 �d3 1D.•d3 b5?1 54.e5 •f5 55.W'e4 ¥e6 56.•d4
(10... b61 11.b4 (11.cb6 �.1 12.(}0 (}0 ..
.
15 57.Wc3 .e6 58.We4 .112
13.Wa2 est) 11...a5 12.b5 lieS= 13.cb6 59.Wd3 :h2 60.•e6 •83 61.�
'W'b6 14.(}0 �l'. SIDh�Oairtov, Germany •b4 62.Wf3 l:lh3 63.� •g4
Bundasl
lga
2001t0
i
] 11.o-o o-o 12.bti
·
64.�13-- :112 ss::iof2-Wc4 &&-:
-
h3-
e5 13.a3 :a& 14.�d2 [14.�b5 cb5 'W'b3 67.Wt4 g5 68.Wg3 l:lh1
1s.� •ae 1s.:ab1 :c�
�a>
] 14...waa 69.•d7 WQ6 70••g7 Wf5 71.-.h7
15.<()b3 a4 16.�2 :d8 17...i.c7 We6 72.-.gB �d7 73.e6 We:&
(17.e4 de4 18.�de4 e5 19.�] 74.Wb3 ab3 75.17 b2 76.�d2 1-0
11...:ea 1e..
.i.h
2 •d8
19.f41 [19.�b5 cb5 20.� Waa
21 ...d3 l:lc6ar:>) 19...g6 20.�13 �f8? 1
Plan w1th an Early .. b7-b6
8... b6
Gagunashvlli,Merab
Wang Vue
Turin ol 20011 (9)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.�13 �f6 4.�c3
a6 5.c5 �f5 6..lf4 �bd7 7.h3 e6
8.83 b6 9.b4 IOe4 1D.IOB4 [10.l:lc1?1
/J.
.
e7 11..t.a2 bc5 12.bc5 (12.dc5 �
13.l:lc3 eSt) 12....a5 13.Wa4? (13.1fb3
.tc5 1U:5 � 15.� � 16.Wb7
(}0 17�7 .c5 18...
.
b3�
161

19.�e5a>) 13...�d81 14.1fb:l �16?
(14...�c31 15J:tc3 eSII 16.�e5 l:
:t
bB
17...
.
83l:
:t
b1+) 15.0-0 lOdes 16.�2 ().{)
17.�e4 �e4 (17.. .� 18.1:
:t
c6;!;;
17...d84 18.1td2 ..
.
d2 19.�d2 �d3
20.�d3 ed3 21.1:
:t
c6l:
:t
fa8 22.g4 �g6
23.1:
:t
lc1 ;!;) 18.�d6 ttxl3 19.�d3 �d3
20.1:
:t
ld1± HBiikrishna-IDescas Cordoba,
DosHermanas20
05
) 1 0...�84 11.�e2
�e7 12.0.
.0
o-o 13 ••d2 [13.'ifa4!?
•ca (13 ...bc5 14.bc5;t; 13 . .. b5?1 14.�
a5 15.a4±) 14.1:
:t
lc1 bS (14 ...85 1S.bS bc5
(1S ...�I3 16.gl3; 16.bc6 �e2 17.cd7
.86a>) 16.bc6 �b6 17.�St) 1S.�;I;)
13 .•••c8 14.1:
:t
lc1 (14.cb6 1tb7
1S.I:
:t
lc1 1tb6 16.&3 l:
:t
lc8 17.�1 a5=)
14 ••.1tb7 15.1i'c3 l:
:t
lcB= 16.�d2
�g6 17.�b3 [1 7.84 115=) 17. . .a51
18.ba5 [18.83 84 19.�d2 b5=)
18...bc5 19.a6 'ifa7 20.�c5 �c5
21.dc5 t6!!
!!
22.�d6-�d6 23.cd6 c5
24ib5 c4 25.a4 •c5 [2S. ..e51?!!
!!
)
26.d7 [26.�d7 1td6 27.�c8 l:
:t
c8 28.a7
l:
:t
aB 29.-eb2 l:
:t
a7 30.a5 J:r:a&a>)
26...1:
:t
d8 27.13 (27.1:
:t
d1 'ifb6 28.1:
:t
d2;!;)
27. •.e5 28.�h1 �t7 29.1:
:t
d1 �e6
30 ...
.
a3?1 [30.141 -.c7 31.1:
:t
d2t)
30 ...1i'a3 3Ula3 � 32.J:r:a2 �e7
33.1:
:t
ad2? (33.1:
:t
c21? l:
:t
87 34.�g1)
33 ...J:r:d71 34�d7 �d7 35.1:
:t
b2
l:
:t
a6+ 36.1:
:t
b7 �d6 37.1:
:t
g7l:
:t
a4
3B.I:
:t
h7 c3 39.�g1? [39.1:
:t
h6d4
40.ed4 ed4 41.1:
:t
l6+) 39.. .d4 40 .ed4
ed4 41 .1:
:t
h4 �c5 42.1:
:t
l4? (42.1:
:t
h7)
42...15 [42... c2 43.1:
:t
c1l:
:t
c4-+) 43.h4
c2 44.1:
:t
c1 J:r:c4 45.� d3 46.�e3
.l:
:t
14 47.�d3 �b3 48.�c3 �a4
49.�b2 )lb4_50,�a2 �c4 51 .h5
�c3
Q-1
The Plan with ue2 and 11Jd2
9. ...C.
.
g6
Aronian,Levon
Bu Xiangzhi
Turin ol 2006 (10)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.�3 �t6 4.�13
a6 5.c5 �15 6.�14 �bd7 7.e3 e6
8.�d2 b7 9.�82 �g6 10.g41? h6
[10...h5 11 .gS �e4 (11. .. �h7 12.h4 e5
13.�g3 �hf8 14.b4 ed4 1S.ed4 IOe6
16.<tlb3;t;) 12.<tlce4 de4 13.�;1;
Karner-Gartner, Austria n 2005106) 11.h4
162
b6 12.b4 � [12...bc5 13.bc5 •as
14.1:
:t
c1 <()84 1S.�e4 (1 5.<tlce4 �e4
16.().{) �7 (16... �4 17.�84 de4
18.•c2!!
!!
) 17.<()13 .a2a>) 15. . .de4
16.1i'84;t) 13.�ce4 �e4 14.�e4
d84 15 ...
.
c2 .bc5 16.bc5 e5
17.�e5 �5 18.de5 [18.1t841? lOd7
19...
.
c6l:
:t
b8 20.�1!!
!1
) 18....d5
19.•c3 o-o [19... 16
20.I:
:t
c1 •es
21.1te5 res 22.J:r:coU] 20.J:r:d1 •c5
21 .•c5 �c5 22.1:
:t
c1 h3 23.1:
:t
c6
J:r:fc8 24.J:r:c8 l:
:t
cB 25.0..0 l:
:t
c2?1
[2S...8SI?;t) 26�6 �e7 27.h5 l:
:t
a2
28.�c4 l:
:t
c2 29.�d5 l:
:t
d2 30.�e4±
�h4 31.�15 �8 32.e6 te633.�e6
h7
34.�c4 l:
:t
c2 35�d3 l:
:t
d2 36if5
�d6 37.�2 � 38.� �d6
39ih7 � 40-igB � 41.ie6
l:
:t
c2 42.� J:r:d2 43.�c8 l:
:t
a2
44ib7 �c5 45.Wg2 l:
:t
b2 46.�13
�d6 47i84 �c5 48.�15 l:
:t
a2
49.i86 l:
:t
b2 50.� �b4 51 id5
�c5 52.1.86 �b4 53.�g2 l:
:t
d2
54ic8 l:
:t
c2 55•.il5 · l:
:t
d2 56.84
� 57.e5 �d5 58.86 �6 59.�3
h7 60.h3 l:
:t
a2 61.14 l:
:t
a3
62.We4 l:
:t
a4 63.� l:
:t
a3 64.�g2
J:r:g3 65.�h2 l:
:t
e3 66.1:
:t
a1 �g3
67.�g2 �f4 68.1:
:t
a7 � 69.�
J:r:e5 70.� �d2 71.1:
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18.a4 aS 19.g4t) 17.cb6 �e5
[17• ..11fd8? 18./t)c&l 1lfb6 (18... bc6? 19.b7
J:lb8 20.1:1c6 e5 21.de5 � 22.lla6+-)
19.� lC.b6 20.�±) 18..i.e5;t .dB
[18...00 19..i.c7 e5 20...c3 ed4
21 .9d4;1;] 19..i.c7 ••7 20...i.l1
[20.g4!? � 21..83 .a3 22.ba3 041
23.�J 20 .• •�d7 21 .-.a4 -.9s
22.�h1 .h4a> 23.1:1112 e5 24 .•d1
e4 [24.. . 1:1e81?; 24....i.e41?] 25.b4 l:le&
26...e1 1tg5 27..i.e2 'l
l"
e7 2B.I:Ib2
�16 29.•c3 �e8 30..i.g3;t �6
31 .-.cS l:lg6 32.84 l:ld8 33_J:Ibc2
[33.b51 cb5 34.ab5 llca (34...abs as.•d5
�c4 36.'1
1"
15 �b2 37.11fb5±) 35.ba61 l:lc5
36.dc5 � 37.a7 'l
l"
e8 38.1:1a2 Was
39.lld1±] 33....i.e6 34.oi>h2 11'g5
3S.I:Ig1 � 36..i.f4 Wh4 37..i.g3
•9s as.Mi Wf6 39.lll1 [39..ih5?
l:lg31 40.Wg3 �e5 41 .llh1 �d3!!
!
]
39..-.i.g4 40•.i.c4 dc4 41 .•c4 l:ld5
42-l:lh1 WdB 43.a5 fke7 44.•b3
.i.e& 45...b1 l:lhS [45 ... ll15 46.1:1c5
.i.d5 47...d1 hst) 46.1:1c5 .i.d5
47.Wd1 llfS 48.h5 llggS 49.oi>g1
We& SO•.i.l4 .i.b3D 51.Wb1 lieS
52.dc5 1:115 53..l:lh4 Wc4
54.b5 Wd3?? 55.1l'd3 ed3 56.ba6
d2 57.ab7 d1 W SB.<i>h2 .l:lhS
S9.ba• wh7 so..tg3 g5 &1 .b7 .tdS
62.e4
1-Q
Queenside Pawn Olfens1ve
Beliavsky,Aiexander
lvanovfc,Bozldar
Belgrade 2000 (3)
1.d4 dS 2.c4 c8 3.�13 �f6 4.�c3
a& S.cs .i.f5 &•.i.l4 �bd7 7.83 e6
B..i.e2 [8.h3 .i.a7 9..i.e2 <HI 10.<Hl h6
11.b4 .l:le8 12.Wb3] B...h& 9.CHJ .i.e7
10.b4 � 11.h3 .l:le8 12.•b3 �
13.� .i.e4 14.a4 .i.f6 15..i.d6 .i.f3
16 ..i.f3 e5 17.e41 de4 18 ..i.e4
[18..ih51 ad4 (18.. ..l:le6 19..l:lae1 .i.e7
20..i.171 Wf7 21.1411±) 19..i.f7 wh8
20.llle11±] 1B••.ed4 19..i.g& �es
[19.. . 1:1e67 20..
.t
111 W17 21.llae1 Wee
22..l:le4 �18 23.14 g6 24.g4+-; 19....1:118±]
20•.i.e5 1:1e5 21 .Wn wha 22.Wb7±
Survey SL 3. 1
aS 23.l:lae1 ab4 24.•b4 l:lb8
25.1i"d2 l:lcSJ? 26. •t4 [26.
.l:le8
wee
27..i.ee l:lea 28.l:lc1 l:lc31±) 26.- 1r1B
27•.i.d3 .1:188 2&.1:188 •88 29..l:lb1
liaS 30.g3 l:la1 31.:81 ••1
32.wg2 'l
l"
es 33.•13± •cS
[33.....
.
e6 34.a5+-) 34••84 .dSO
35.•dsl cd5 3&.as .tes 37.a& .i.b8
38.Wf3 oi>g8 39.oi>g4 wn 40.oi>h5
.ta7 41.14 .tcS 42.g4 WI& 43.h4
wn 44.95 hg5 45.1g5 J.a7 46.oi>g4
We& 47.h5 .i.b8 48.Wf3 .ta7
49.oi>e2 .i.b8 50.oi>d1 .i.a7 rso ... wm
51 .h6+-)
51 .h6?? [51.Wc21 we7 52.oi>b3 oi>l7
53.oi>e4 oi>e7 54.Wb5+-] 51.-gh&
s2.gh& [52.. .Wf7 sa.wc2 Wga 54.wb3
oi>h8 55.wa4 Wg8 56.oi>b5 Wh8 57.Wc&
Wg8 58.oi>b7 .i.c5 59.a7 .i.a7 60.oi>a7=]
1-0
Rogozenko,Dorian
Keitllnghaus,Ludger
Gennany Bundesliga 1998/99 (10)
1.d4 dS 2 .c4 c& 3.�f3 �f6 4.�c3
a& S.cS .i.t5 &..i.f4 �bd7 7.h3 e&
B.e3 .i.e7 9..i.e2 CHI 10.�
10..•1:1eBI? [10....i.g6 11.b4 (11.�h41?)
11...�e4 12.� .i.e4 13.a4 l:leB
14.11fb3 .i.f6 15.•c3 .i.l3 16..i.l3 e5
17..i.h2 •e7 18..l:lae1 g6 19..i.g4 h5
20..i.d1 •m 21 ..tc2 li-� S1efans
so
n­
l.
.u1he
r, Havana 2001] 11.b4 [11.�1?
.i.e4 (11...� 12.�15 el5 13.� 1&4
14�) 12.13 lOh5 13.1&4 � 14.814 .i.h4
15.�] 11•..� 12.� .i.e4 13.�
.tg& 14.� .i.f6 15..
.th2
e5= 16.84
ed4 17.ed4 �f8 18..i.g4 � 19.J:Ic1
h520..i.f3b521..l:la11l'd722.lla2
ft7 23.� ..d7 24.�b3 ft7
25.� 1i"d7
�-�
165

Slav Defence
In Search of the Origin
by Rene Olthof
1. d4
d5
2. c4
c&
3.lilf3lilf&
4. lilc3 dc4
5. a4
i.f5
6. lile5 lilbd7
7. lilc4 11rc7
---·--s:-Wc12---
-.
Commercially available data­
bases are powedul tools for
opening preparation, but in his­
torical research they are fre­
qu ently foiiri d wanting. It· was
only in the 1990s that games
from matches and tournaments
started to be stored comprehen­
sively and the 1980's are usually
well represented in large data­
bases as well, thanks to publica­
tions such as To urnament Chess,
which started in 1981 and of­
fered a host of complete game
scores from all sorts of tourna­
ment bulletin s. In earlier times
there was The Chess Player, in­
troduced in 1971, and before that
Sahovski lnformator (1966) and
Sho.klurwtny Bulletin (1955).
In years prior it was even more
166
difficult to obtain games and bul­
letins, and not only from events
held in fo reign or obscure coun­
tries.
lbis phenomenon results in many
old(er) games lacking in the big
bases. So every now and then the
old-fashioned manual research in
yellowed magazines and leather
bo
o
ksinfolioisstil
l
neces
sary
to
come up with the true facts.
Origins
The game Mikhalevski-B are
e
v
from the Thrin Olympiad earlier
this year attracted my attention.
In the main line White deviated
from the standard approach 8.g3
and played the extremely rare
8.1lrd2 !?. The idea behind this
move is crystal clear: the
positionally desirable thrust
8 ...e5? is prohibited on account
of 9.de5 tileS l0.1i'f4. White
-does not win a piece, ·a.s·many
sources claim, but lO .. .lilfd7
11.1i'f5 lilc4 l2.11t'e4 lilce5 13.f4
f5 l4.1i'f5 is definitely not some­
thing Black is craving for.
What are the origins of this
slightly bizar
r
e queen move?
The databases provide only a
dozen primarily recent games.
Gofshtein played it once in 1998,
and the oldest example is
Schmidt-Stahlberg, Piimu 1937.
Most theoretical
manuals
(Euwe, Pachman) cal
l
8.11fd2
Stoltz's move, but so far I have
been unable to find either a game
or a piece of analysis by him with
Krause Variation
SL 4.5 (0 17)
GOsta Stoltz: the originator?
8.1i'd2. Re search at the Max
Euwe Centre in Amsterdam re­
vealed an older game. None
other than Max Euwe himself
had used the move on May 30,
1931 in a club match against
M.Sonnenberg, a _local player.
The game was published by
W.A.T . Schelfhout in De Te le­
graaf, a national newspaper.
As a member of VA S,the leading
Dutch club at the time,
Sonnenberg had already played a
few games against Euwe. Mea­
sured by today's standards it is
hard to imagine somebody of
Euwe's stature participating in a
series of we.ekly matches at a
club. In this particular one he
made a perfect score (7n), ahead
of Landau and Weenink (5),
Selman
and
Straat (4),
Sonnenberg and We ltevreede
(1,5) and finally Piccardt (On).

AJI intriguing part of this discov-
is that Schelfhout calls
:�d2 'a brilliant find, attributed
� th e German master Heinrich
t
.
'
vonHenrug ·
Enough clues for our historians
to dig deeper into this ma�er in
swedish or German magazmes .
What matters most to the theore­
tician is not · the answer to the
question 'who played or sug­
uested it first' but 'is 8.'ifd2 any
0ood?'
�o f� five different replies have
been tested in practice.
Preparing •••e7-e5
Black can renew the positional
threat of .. .e7-e5. In Euwe­
Sonnenberg Black withdrew the
unstable bishop (8 . ..�g6).
Euwe immediately bared a flaw
in this concept: 9.g3! eS 10.de5
�e5 ll.Wf4 �fd7, and now
12.�31 turned out to be more
than unpleasant for Black. If this
concept is going to work for
Preparing ..e7-e5
8 W'd2
Euwe,Max
Sonnenberg,M
Amsterdam 1931 (6)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 U�f3 i?Jf6 4.1?Jc3
dc4 5.&4 .i.fS 6./?JeS i?Jbcf7 7./?Jc4
'trc7 8.1rd2 .tg& 9.g3 e5 10.de5
[10-�?) 10.. ./?JeS 11.•t4 i?Jtd7?1
Black, the right approach surely
lies in the active ll... �fg4.
The slow 9.a5 is less spot-on . In
Bellon-Johannessen, Stockholm
2005/06, Black solved his open­
ing problem in a satisfactory way
and even got the better of the
game due to an inaccuracy by the
Spanish GM on move 18.
Bellon's wife Pia Cramling tried
to stop ...e7-e5 with 9...f4 in a 4
NCL game, but that, too, proved
fairly innocuous.
Bare
e
v protected the biShop with
8...g6, a novelty but already sug­
gested in the 1931 newspaper ar­
ticle! The game revealed a
drawback
of this idea.
Mikhalevski replied 9.f3 e5 10.e4
ed4 ll.lt.'le2 �e6 l2.lt.'ld4 �c4
13.�c4 lt:le5, and thanks to the in­
sertion of'lt'd2 and ...g6 was able
to continue 14.�e2 0-0-0
l5.Wc3 !, which is impossible in
the analogous line 8.f3 e5! 9.e4
ed4 10.lt:le2 �e6 11./()d4 �c4
12.�4 lt:le5, when Black is al­
ready better. An oversight on
move 20 caused Bareev's demise,
but his piece sacrifice, although
the best practical chance, was un­
convincing anyway.
Other Stategles
In Elianov-Rodshtein, Ashdod
2004, the Israeli kid ventured
8... lt:ld5 (covering f4) 9.f3 e5
10.e4 lt:lc3 ll.bc3 �e6. Without
much ado White pushed his
(11...i?Jfg41 12 ..i.h3 •e7 13.i?Ja5 {13.0-0
h5 1U.g4 I?Jc4 1S..i.h3 i?JeS) 13...i?Je5
14.0-0=] 12-th31 f6 13•.i.d7 [13..i.e3;1;)
13..• Wd7 (13....d7 14./?JeS fe5 15.•e5
1fe7 18..i.l4;1;) 14.11-0 .Ilea (14...1?Jc4
15.•c4 'i>c8 16..1ld1 •e7 17.Wg4 15
18.•d4±) 15...d4 (1 Sie3 <i>c8
16..ia7 I?Jc4 17...c4 .aS 18..i.e3 h5
19.J:
:t
ld1±J 1s•••wce [thus tar the filing
cardIntheBeckerArchlves]16.i?Je5tes
Survey SL 4.5
passer to d6 and later even to d7.
On move 31 both players mi ssed
a cheap trick (3 1...'ifd71), and 10
moves later White was too rash
with his queen sacrifice. Prod­
ding some more with 40.f4!
would have left Black with a dif­
ficult choice to make. The final
position was agreed a draw, but I
believe Black could (and
should!) have played on. I se
e
no
salvation for White's king.
The inunense complications in
Muham
m
ad-Khachian, Linds­
borg 2004, after 8•• • /()b6, soon
turned out in Black's fav our, but
at that point White had already
committed a grave mistake. His
chances after 13.ef5 or 13.1!Ve2
arenotatal
l
bad.
Back in 1937, Stahlberg had pre­
ferred the simple 8...e6. The
drawback . of this no-nonsense
approach is that the weakening
of the d6 square is an open invita­
tion to play 9.1i'f4 1Wf4 IO...if4
lt:lb6 ll.�d6 �d6 12.U6.
White se
e
ms a bit better, but
practice has not confirmed this
judgment. Stahlberg reached an
equal endgame, which he went
on to win comfortably.
Conduslon--
--
-
It doesn't take much bravery to
predict a rise in popularity of the
odd-looking move 8. 11t'd2. If it
was good enough for Euwe in the
thirties...
[16.....e5 17.-.a7 .i.c5 18.W'a8 <i>c7
(18... '1
1b
8 19.h wb8 20 ..i.J4 wa7
2U :IId1 ±) 19.Wa5 <i>d7 20..1ld1 wee
21 ./?JdSJ .i.c2 (21...b8 22.i?Jf4 .,4
23.1fc5 .g3 24.hg3 bc5 2Sit4±)
22..1ld2 .ie4 23.•c5 .i.dS 24.a5±]
17.'ifa7 hS 18..i.e3 h4 19./?JbSI
-.b8 [19...cbs 20.1:t.ac1 .i.e:! 2U.b6
.c4 22.b3+-
-
] 20...b6 �e4 2U:tfd1
cbS 22.J:lac1 .i.e& 23.J:lc6
1-{)
167

Bellon lopez,.Juan Manuel
Johannessen,lelf Erlend
Stockholm 2005/06 (B)
1.d4 dS 2.�f3 �t& 3.c4 c6 4./0c3
dc4 S.a4 .i.IS 6.�e5 �bd7 7.10c4
'flc7 8...
.
d2 .i.g&
9.8517 [9.'1
1
14 .,4 10..i.l4 �5 11..i.g3
'11517' . . (11...�b4 ''12�0:0.0) ' 12.13 .. �7b6
(12...h4 13..i.f2 � (13...h3 14.g4)
14.1H
Hl
e6 15.94 .i.e7=) 13.lile5 �7
14.e5 � 15.1lc1 ran 16.94 �e5
(16...h4 17ih4 .i.e4 18.� llh4
19.a6:t;) 17ie5 f6 18..i.l4 lldB 19 ..i.�
P.Cramllng-Hamellnk, England H 20
05106
[
9...e5 10...
.
e3 .i.b4 [10...� 11.�5
cd5 12.� .i.b4 13..i.d2 .i.d2 14.�
(14...
.
d2IileS15.de5..
.
85=) 14...().()
15.� �I 11.de5 � 12.•114
o-o 13..
.i.
d2 :tea [13...� 14.�
cd5 15ib4 lt:Jb3 16.'fld5 �1 17..i.d6
(17if8 � 18.Wd2 11�) 17.. .�
18.Wd2 •d7 19.e4 •a4 20..i.l8 1%18
21 ie2 � 22.id1 •a1 23.'irb7 :dB
24.Wc3 � 25.� �b4 26.wb3 �d3
27.Wa7 . (27.Wc717) 2J_.It:Jc1 28.wb4
� 29.WI
IS
�b2 ao.1tb6 :ea 31.•114
..
.
82 (31...1%b871 32.�b6 'irb1 33.•d61±)
32.•d5•c433.•c4l1b834.Wc5:ca
as.Wb4 (35.wb5=J as...� (as... :c4
36.<i
i>
b3 l%e4 37.Wb2 lle5=) 36ig4 l%c7
37.1lc1?1 (� 37.1ld1J 37 ... 1lb7 38.wa4 151
39.1%c4 fg4+; 13 ... 1%1d8 14.� .i.d2
15.� cd5 16.14 lt:Jc5 17.83=[ 14.e371
[14.�SI .i.d2 1S.� cdS 16.144;[
14.. .� [14. ..1t:x:S 15.� cd5 16ib4
�b3 17.•d5 �81 18..i.c31 �
19.�1 1S.�S .i.d2 16.'fld2
[16.�d2 cd5 11 ibs lt:Jc6 18.•cs
(18ic6 bc6 19.().() c5 20.11'c3 l%ab8
21.1lfd1=) 18.. .d4 19 .86 (19ic6 lledB+)
19. . .d e3 20 .1e3 •r4 (20...1lac817) 21.1la3
� 22..i.e8 :ea 23.ab7 lt:Jc2 24.wd1
•Q4 25.�1 � 26.Wc61 ..
.
e6 27.We6
168
le6 28.ba3 llbB=J 16•..cd5 17.�
•as 18.1%8371 [18.1ld1 d4 19.•d4
•as 20.b4 'fla,4;J 18... 1141+ 19.e6 b5
20..
.i.
e2 :aca 21..
.i.
d1 llcd8 2.2.if3
WcS 23.o-o b4 24.1%b3 de3 2S.I%e3
lld2 26.:ea •f8 27.1118 Wf8 28.b3
llb2 29..
.i.
dS .i.c2 30.1lc1 f6 31.h4
We7 32..i.g8 Wd6 33.Wh2 .i.b3
34.ib3 llb3 35.1%c4+ h5 36.f3 g6
37.wga l%b1 JB.:t4 We& as.:84
Wd7 40.1%f4 We& 41.1%84 WdS
42.1%f4 We7 43.1le4 Wd8 44.1%c4 b3
4s.:b4 b2 46.1lb7 wca 47.W�4
l%a1 48.1%b2 l%e4 49.Wea f5 SO.g4
fg4 S1.fg4 hg4 sz.:bS :as sa.:gs
Wd7 54.1lg4 n7 ss.:gs Wt&
S6.1lc5 lla3 S7.Wf2 1184 SB.hS ghS
S9.1%hS lle4 60.Wf3 l%e7 S1 .11aS
Wf7S2.1la3We
e
63.1%831 as
64.1le7 W&7 6S.We4 a4
y,.y,
Mikhalevski,VIctor
Bareev,Evgeny
Turin ol 2006 (13)
1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.�f3 �f6 4./0c3
dc4 S.a4 .i.fS 6.� �bd7 7.10c4
'flc7 8.11'd2 [8.13 e51 9.94 (9.de5 �s
10.�e5 .e5 11.94 .i.b4 12..i.e2 .i.e&
13.().() �-� KishneY.Smyslov, Gelsenkin:hen
1991) 9...ed4 10.� (10.'fld4 .i.e&)
10....i.e6 (10..ib4; 10. . .d3) 11.� .i.c4
12..i.c4 � 13.b {13 ..i.
.b3'1
().().()-+)
13...0-().() 14..i.e3 'flaS!I!; 8.'irb3 e51;
8..i.gS e5� a...g6 [8.. .e57 s.de5 �
10.WI4 �fd7 11.'fll5 � 12...
.
941t:Jce5
13.14 IS .14.W15±J 9.f3 (9.'fl!4 •r4
10il4 .i.g7=J 9...e5 10.e4 [10.de5 �s
11.'fle3 (1 1 .'fll4 �fd7=) 11...00 12.lile5
We5 13.•85 �e5 14.94 .b6=; 10.We3
.i.b41J 1 o. ..ect4 1_1.�2 [1 1 .ef5 dcJ!I!;
11.•d4 .i,CS 12.•d2 .i.e& 13.'fih6DDJ
11... .i.e6 [11....i.e4 12.1e4 � 13.'fld4
().().() 14.•e4 � 1S.•g4 15 16.'flg3
�3 17.Wd1 ..
.
17 (17...�12 18.� �h1
19.'flc7 �7 20..i.e3+-) 18.�141 �b2
(18...�14 19.� �±) 19.� �
20.'flb3 l%d4 21 .aS±J 12.� .i.c4
13...i.c4 �? [13..id61 causing trouble
lorWhiteonlhe<iagonal[14..i.e2o-o-o
1S...
.
c3[the!l
llerence
wilh8.13e5J
1S.....i.g7 1 6•.i.e3 It> 17.:c1]
1S...Ioeg41? [lhe besl practica
l
chance;
16.. .1ld7 17.().() (17.1lc1 Wba) 17.. .11hd8
18.1%fd1±] 17.fg4 � 1B.Wc4 l%he8
[18.. ..i.d47 19id4 W14 20.1ld1 l1he8
21.g3 � 22.hg3 .g3 23.�1 lle4
24il21 lld1 25..i.d1 'fll2 26.WI2 llc4
27.11
11
7+- Barta.r]
19.Q-0-071 (1 9.1la3 10d217 (19...c5
20.�13 (20.1ob571 WaS 21.�1 aSI 22.g5
lle5DD) 2Q.. ,_i.b2 21 .J%b3 .i.cJ 22.�1
.i.d2 23il2±; 19... .i.d4 20id4 c5
21..i.f2 (21..i.e3) 21... 1ta5 22.1%c3 b5
(22...1%d1 23.Wd1 �12 24.�1 �h1
25.1tl7 •dB 26.:cs Wb8 21..i.f3+-
-
J
23.11'b5 1l'b5 24.ab5 � 2S.bc3 lle6
26.�1 lld2 27il3±) 20.Wd2 lle3
21 .We3 lld4 22.'fld4 .i.d4 23.Wd4 Wd6
24.We3 11'85 25.� 'irb2 26.1%83±;
19.�13 .i.b2 20.1%b1 .i.c3 21.�1 .i.g7
22.1lb3 'fle7 23.85 a6±; 19.().()7 .i.d4
(19.. .10d2 20..i.d2 l%d4 21 .1117 lle7+)
20..i.d4 � 21...
.
c3 lle2 22.1lle1 �
23.•c4 l%e1 24.1%e1 15 25.gl5 gl5+]
19... WeS I [1 9. ..�127 20..i.l2 'fll4
21 .Wb1 W12 22.Jlhl1 Wg2 23il3 1th2
24..i.c6+- Barlov] 20.1ld3 Wc57
[20.. .ta:s 21.1lc3 :d4 22.
..i.d4
Wd4
23.•c5 (23.1lc2 �!!
!!
; 23.1td4?1 .i.d4
24.1lc2 �) 23... .14 (23...11'c517
24.1%c5 lle2 25.11c2 lle4 26.1111 161!
!!
Barlov) 24.Wd1 .i.c3 (24.. .'fla4 25.b3
'ifa1 26.1lc1 'flb2 27..i.f31 'ifb3
28...
.
c2±A29..i.c61)25.'flc3..
.
a4 26.b3
1t94 27.1le1 •g2 28.h3 1te4I 29..i.d3
11'13 ao.:e2:1;; 20 ... 11dS 2twb1 �
22.1%c3 'fle4 (22.. . �71 23.1%c21 lld4
24id4 1td4 25...
.
17±; 22...11114 23..i.d4
.d4 24...
.
c5 lle2 25...
.
d4.i.d4
26.1%c2a.) 23,oi>a2 l%d4 24id4 .i.d4
25.1lc2 � 26.1111 lle7;!;] 21 .�21+­
WeS 22.1%d8 l%d8 23.'flb3 �d2
24..
.i.
d2 1te2 25..*.gS lld3 2S.11b4 1
[26.� ..
.
e51 27...
.
g8 �7 28.'fif7
WeB=; 28...Wb67 29.85+-l 26• .. •g2
27.1%e1 b6 28.1%e8 oi>b7 29. 1te7
was ao.�b4
1-0

Other Stategies
8."t'fd2
Elianov,Pavel
Rodshteln,Maxim
Ashdod 2004 (2)
1 .d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.�f3 �16 4.�c3
dc4 5.84 �f5 6.1085 �bd7 7.�c4
flc7 B.'Wd2 �d5 9.f3 e5 10.e4 �c3
11.bC3 �e6 12.d5 cd5 13.ed5 �f5
14.d6 'Wc6 15.�a3 a6 (15...'Wa41?)
16..ib4 g6 17.� ftc& 18.�c4
�g7 [18...b6!? 19.'ilra2 � (19... �g7?
20if7 Wf8 21.�1 <i>f7 22.�e5 <i>f6
23.'lrf7 <i>e5 24.!Hl <i>l4 25.'ilrg7 ..
.
18
26...d4 <i>g5 27.J:lae1+-) 20..i.f7 Wf8
21.� (21.�d5 baS 22.b5 J:la71)
2L..c6 �d5 ..
.
cB 23.g4a>) 19.�d5
J:lbB 20.o-o o-o 21.� Ilea 22.as
�e6 23.J:lad1 trdB 24...
.
f2 �d5
25.J:ld5 J:lcB 26.�b6 J:lc6 27.c41?
�b6 28.ab6 J:lc4 29.d7 J:le6
30ic5 �f8
31.J:lfd1 ? [31il8 Wf8 32.tre3!!
!!
)
31 .. ih6?? (3L'ilrd71 32.lld7 �c5
33.llb7 �12 34.<i>!2 llb4 35.lld8 ci>g7
36.J:ldb8 aS+) 32.<i>h1 1 .i.g5 [32.. .J:lc1
33.J:lc1 .i.c1 34...
.
c2 �g5 35.'ilrd31 �e7
38.�e7 J:le7 37.lld6+-; 32. . ..i.g7
33.tra21) 33.•a21 llc1 34.llc1 �c1
35...
.
c4 [35.J:ld1 .i.gS 36...
.
d5!+-J
35..ig5 36.g3 [36...
.
d31 �e7 37. �e7
lle7 38.1ld6+- - 32 ... llc1) 36...J:lc6?1
37.<i>g2 [37...
.
e41±) 37...�f6 38.J:ld1
�9711 [38...h5) 39.1fd51 [a 40 ..i.d&)
39 ... <i>g8 40.'ilfc6 (40.141 e4 (40 ... el4
41.11e1 l:e6 42.lle6 fe6 43...
.
e6 <i>g7
44.'t
t
e8+- h. 45.�d41) 41 .�d4!±)
40...be6 41.b7 1fb8 42.l:b1 <i>g7
43.h4 h5 44.ci>h3 aS 45.g4 hg4
46.fg4 a4 47.g5 (47.g5 �d81 48.<i>g2
�gB 49.<i>h1 (49.b7 •a7 50.b8..
.
•d7
s1.1res •Q4-+l 49.. .e4 so.<i>Q2 ci>h7
51 .11:11 <i>g7 52.llb1 �c7 53.� �b6
54.J:lb6 e3 55.� 'ifd8 56.b8't
t
..
.
d2
57. ci>h3 'tfe3 58.<i>g2 'tff3 59 .ci>g1
WQ4-+J
l2-Y.z
Muhammad,Stephen
Khachian,Melikset
Lindsborg 2004 (6)
1.d4 d5 2.�f3 �f6 3.c4 c6 4.�c3
dc4 5.a4 �f5 6.� �bd7 7.�c4
'lfc7 s.•d2 �b6 9.�e5 e6 10.f3
� (10...J:ld8 11.e4 .i.g6 12.'1fl2
(12.�g6 hg6 13.e5 �IdS 1�.aS �I?)
12... �bd7 13.�14 �es 14.�es •as
15.�c4 �d7 16.�14 � 17.ci>e2?
(17.0-Q) 17.. . !Hl (17...e51?) 18.h4?1
�b6-+ Kekelidz&-Pitl, DeiSizau 20
06
;
10.. .� 11.e4 �g6;!;) 11.&51? (11 .e4
�g6 12.�g6 hg6 13.e5 �IdS 14.a5 �d7
15.�5 ed5 16.a6 b6 17.'1fc3 16 18.14 g5
19.�e2;!;) 11...�bd5 12.e4 �b4
13...
.
f2? (13.el5 lld4 14...
.
e2 �d6
(14... ef5) 15.14 (15 ..i.e3 �es 16.� .i.d4
mas :ea 1B.g3 wb8 (18 ... :e& 19.�h3
li)c2 20.<i>d2 �1 21ie6 4e6 22.'ilre8
wb8 23.J:la1+-) 19..ihl fe6a>) 15.. .�e5
16.1e5 (16.'tfe5 •de 17.lle3 �
18.We2 :ea 19.<i>f3) 16 ... �d3 17...
.
d3
l:d3 18.�d3 •es 19.�e2'"'; 13.'ilre2
.i.g6 (13 ...J:ld4 14.ef5 - 13 .exf5 :Xd4
14.tre2) 14i14 (14.�e3 �d7;!;)
14... �h5 15..i.e3 16 16.�!W) 13...lld4
14ie3 (� 14.�c4 .i.c5 15.�e3 llc4
16ic5 (1 6.�? �e3-+) 16...llc5
17...
.
c5 � 18.<i>l2 �a1 19.el5 (19 ...
.
a7
�e4 20.�e4 �e4 21.184 ..
.
,4 22.<i>g1
� 23.a6 'lfe3 24 ...
.
e3 -� e3+) 19...ft)b3
20.-.a7 •as 21 .-.a5 �5 22.fe6 fe6
23.b4 �b3+) 14..ic5 [14. ..'1fe5
15.�d4 .d4 16.'1fd4 �c2 17.wl2 �d4
18.ef5 �15+; 14 .. . �e4 15.�e4 'ilfeS
16.�d4 'it'd4 17.1ld1 ft12 18.<i>l2 �d5;
Survey SL 4.5
14...J:le4! 15.fe4 �e4 16.� 'ilfeS+]
15.�d3 [� 15.� llc4 - 14.� .i.c5
15ie3 llc4; 15.�17 J:le41 16.�e4 �
17ic5 �12 18.10d6 Wb8 19.<i>l2
�-+; 15.lla4 •e5 1UI.b4 �
17id4 'lfas 1e.ets eS-+J 15...1le41
[15 ... �? 16.�d3 J:ld3 17.�c5 %lhd8
18ia7 (18.el5 11'e5) 18 ...l:d2
19.'ifb6+-] 16.� [16.1e4 �83-+]
16 ...�e4 [16.. .�e3-+] 17.fe4 �e3
1B.'Ife2 �d3 19.'ifd3 •f4 20.ef5
11'f2 21 .Wd1 lidS 22.lla3 l:d3
23.lld3 ef5 24.86 f4 25.ab7 ci>b7
26.�e2 •g2 27.lle1 11'h2 28.ci>c2
.f2 29.ci>d1 f5 30.b4 <i>b6 31 .J:lf1
'ifg2 32.J:la3 1td5 33.�d3 'it'g2
34.�e2 g5 35.J:la6 <i>c7
Q-1
Schmidt,Paul
Stahlberg,Gideon
Pl
lrn
u 1937 (6)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.�f3 �f6 4.�c3
dc4 5.a4 .i.f5 6.�5 �bd7 7.�4
'ifc7 B.'tfd2 e6 9.'1ff4 [9.13 � 10.e4
�g6 11.1rf4 e51? 12.de5 �h5 13.11'114
(13./M; <i>f8 14.1rh4 �e5 15.� �
16..i.c4=) 13...� 14id2 (14..i.e3=)
14... �c4 15ic4 !Hl (Gofsh1eln-Gausel,
Ho
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eve
en
1998) 16.h:l=] 9... 'iff4
10if4 �b6 1U)d6 (1 1.e3 �
(11...� 12ic4) 12.�d6 we7 13.�15
ef5=] 11...�d6 1 2.�d6
12...�4 [12.. .!Hl -<l; 12.. .a5; 12...101d5;
12. .. �bd5] 13.�83 [13.�g31;t; 13.�14
�d51 14.e4 �14 15.el5 (15ic4 �g2
16.<i>e2 �g4 17.13 �h5 Dzagnidz&­
Polovnik!Na,KusadasiEch20
06
) 15...�d6
16.g3 � 17.186 fe6=] 13...�83
14.J:la3 � 15.e3= J:lheB 16.�c4
�e4 17.�e4 �e4 18.Q-O �d5
19.�d3 e5 20.e4 � 21 .de5 g5
[21 ... J:ld4 22.14 J:led8 23.11:13 �c4 24 .�c2)
169

22.f3 J:ld4 23.J:Ic1 J:led8 24�11
[24.:1la:3 J:lb4 25.J:Ic2 (25.b3 J:lbd4
26..i.e2 J:ld2 27.Wl2 a5) 25....i.b3 26.J:Ic3
(26.1:lb3 J:lb3 27..i.c4 J:lb4 2U.f7 J:l.a4
29.e6 J:ld1 30.WI2 � 31.� l:lad4+)
26.. ..b4 (26.. .�86=) 27.b3 .i.b5 28..i.b5
J:lb5 29.l:la7 Wl:ffl 24...J:Ib4 25.J:Ic2
J:ld1 26.¢>12 .l
l
b1 27.�e2 .l
l
1b2
28.J:Ib2 .l
l
b2 29.h3 aSI 30.g3
[30..1la1 Wd7 31.g3 .l
l
a232..1la2�
33id1 b5J 30••Jlb3 31•.1lb3 �b3
32.14 gf4 33.gt4 wd8 34.f5 wee
35.Wd4 .ia4 36� We7 37.Wc:S
�c2 38.f6 Wf8 39.Wd6 �e4
40.wd7 ��s
o-1
Chiburdanldze,Maya
Atalik-Polovnikova,Katerina
Krasnoturinsk 2004 (2)
1.d4d52.C4c&·s.iilf3i?lf64)oc3
dc4 5.84 �fS 6.� �bd7 7.&4
•c7 8••d2 e6 9••14 1tr4 10.�14
�b6 11.�d6 �d6 12.�d6 1H).()
13..
.i.cs
[13..i.e5 /Og4?1 - (13...85) 14.a51
(14..i.g7 .l
lhg8
15..i.e5 � 16.da5 .l
l
d41=)
14... 1tld5 15.84 (15..i.g3t) 15... � 16.ef5
� (16...10e5 17.bc3 fOr.f7 18.1e6 le6
19.14;; 16...1tld5 17.1e6 � 18.da5
/Ob4a>) 17.1e6?1 (17.13 � 1B.de5 /Oc5:)
17...16?1 (17.. . �121+) 18..ig3 .l
l
d4
(Barsov-R
.
Mar1i1ez,Genova20
05
) 19..i.e2=]
13...Wbe?l [13.../0bdSI 14.1tld5 (14..i.a7
�b4 15.� lOg4 16.84 1012 17.el5 ltlh1
18.1e6 le6a>) 14.. .1tld5 15..i.a7 (15.83)
15. ..b6 16.e5 Wb7 17.� (17.ab6 e.b41�)
17.. .<tlb6 18.ab6 .l
l
d4! 19..1la7 Wb6
20.1:117=] 14.f31 l:lheB [14.. .10bd5 15.e4
b6 16..b3 ltle3 17.WI2 �11 18.J:Ihf1 .Q.g6
19.1:lfd1±] 15.e4 � 16�e2 e5
[16...�±] 17.de5 l:leS 18.�83 l:leeB
19.Wf2 �g8 20il4 Wa8 21 .a5 �c8
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22.� f5 r� 22.. .�16! 23.�1+­
� 24.ab6 a6 25Jla6 ba6 26ia6
fe427..l
la
1e328.Will
1-o
A Pre v1ous Encounter
Euwe-Sonnenberg
Euwe,Max
Sonnenberg,M
Amalert
tam
1927
1.e4e52.�f3�3..
.i
c4 �f6 4.d4
ed4 s.o-o d5? rs...�; 5...�: 5.. .d6
6.� b7 7.�;1;] 6.ed5 �
7.�g51!-4.10g5d55.ed5ltld56.d4
ed47.D-OIJaenisch;-4.d4ed45./i)g5d5
6.ed5 � 7.D-OI; 7..1la1?1 b7 (7.. ..i.e6?1
8.�g51 - game) 8.� �db41 (8... �?1
9.•d4± �16 10.•d8 � 11.�17)
9.�g5 D-0 10.t�:ic:IW
I
(10..i.e7 -�7;1;)
10 ... � 11.'W'd8 � 12if� LRoos­
Djurlc, France tt 1992; 7.�d5?1 •d5
8.� .115 9.'W'e2?1 (9.� 'W'd1
10.J:Id1 � 11.1:ld4=) 9.. . .b71 10.�b5
(10.� .e2 11.1tlce2 .i.m) 10.. .D-O
11.�7 � 12.�? (12.1tbso �
13.� JLc7 14.�4 �86+} 12. ..�
13.wh1 �d6 (1 3. . .�g41 14..1le1 �1-+)
14.<�g1 �g4 15.1:ld1? (15..1le1 �
16.Wf1 �-1 15 .. . � 16.1:ld3 �f.j
17.gt:l h 18.Wf1 'W'h1X D-1 Chigolin­
Asha�.StPulslsti
J
rg1881;7.��
s.•d4 �e6 9.J:Ie1;t N.Med\legy·A.Deakne
Baranyai, Hungary H 1993J94] 7•••�e6
[7...16 8.�f71?N (8.1:le1 .b7 9.�17
(9.�17 Wf7 10.•115 WIB 11.U •aa
12.'ilff3 !!
!!
}-9...dc31 (9../�)cb4? 10.1tld5
�5 11.'W'h5 g6 12.h lg5 13.•g7 J:l18
14.�d5+- HemzlrBodt, cr 200
0
) 10..i.d5
ltleS! 11.1:185 laS 12.�17 .i.g41 13.•d3
(13.'W'g4 .d5 14.10h8 .l
l
dB 15.Wf1 h
16.Wg1 .d5=) 13...'W'd7 14.�h8 �
15.�17 'W'd5 16.�±: 8.�1? dc3
9..i.d5 lg5 10..Ile1 �e7 11..i.g5 cb2
12.�c6 bc6 13.•d8 � 14..i.e7 WeB±}
8. ..Wf7 9.-ehS we6 10.J:Ie1 ltle5 11.14
Wd6 (11....i.d6 12.1e5 �e5 13.�14 c6
14.10d21±; 11...c6 12.185 g6 13.ef6 W!7;1;)
12.1e5 Wc6 13.ef6 gl6 14..1le81 (14.'ilff3
J:lgB 15.'W'b3 a6 16.•84 b5 17.�5 Wb6
18.�c6±) 14...•d6 15.'tlft:l l:lgB 16.a4 a6
17.b4+- : 7....i.enl 8.�171 Wf7 9.�
(9.1rl3 �16 (9...We6? 10.�1 dc3
11.J:Ie1 ltleS 12..i.f4 �16 13.ll.e5 bS
14 ..1l851 We5 15.J:Ie1 wd4 16..i.d5
Morphy·NN,NewOrleanssintj1858·
9...Wes 10id5 J:l18 (Estrin) 11 .•115! �
12..ic6 bc6 13.'Wh7+-) 10id5 .ie6
11..i.e6 we& 12.l:le1 Wf7 13.'ilfb3 �
14.�14± Euwe-Ksemlnk, Amsterdam 1920)
9...g6 (9...WIB 10.�d5 •ee 11.11
13
�16
12i.d2±) 10.� WeB (10.. ." 11.•t:l
�16 12..
.
ie6 we& 13.� 10... W9m
1U.h6 Wf6 12..g5X 1-o Koslic�Keres,
Stockholm blitz 1937) 11.•13 ltle5
(11....1ll8 12.�c6 bc6 13.•c6 �
14.•c4+- Euwe) 12.•84± MamedoY­
Sachsenhafar, Taliln Jr 1997; 7..li'iel
l
7
8..1le1 c6 (8. . .h6 9.1th5 g6 10.'W'f3 hgS
11..
.id5
±) 9.•d4 h6 10.�13±] 8.J:Ie1 1
8•••'ilfd6 ra...•d7 9.�f71 Wf7 (9...�e7
10.�8 � 11 .•e2+-) 10 .•13 Wg8
(10...Wgs? 11..1le6) 11..1le6 (1-0
RHuerta-Baft
inas,
Cuidaddelcarmen
1997) 11....1ld8 12.�g5 (12.•841? h6
13.�d2± Hardlng-Knol, cr 200
0
; 12..1le4
h6 (12...�? 13.J:Ie81 1-0 Blackl
lJ
me­
Teichma M; 12. ..�7 13..i.g51+-) 13..i.f4
.17 14.� PalkOvi) 12. ...e6 13.�d8
.81 14if1 1r85 (14...1re6 15..�1•4±
Euwe) 15.� g5 16.�g3 �14? 1
(16. ..'ilfe6l 11.'W'bJ wg7 1B.'I
I'b
7+­
Bohak-Jovcic. cr 1973; 8. .. .i.e7? 9..1le61 fe6
10.� .d7 11.�d5+- SVeshnlkoY­
V.A. Ivanov, Cheliabin&K 1976] 9.�171 Wf7
10••13 We7 11..
.id5
� [11...�?
12.�14+-San.klanRodrlgue
z
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F'onler
rada
11 19921 12.�gs war
13•.b6 1re6 14.'W'e4 .l
l
eB 1S.1rd4
�d6 16.� .g6 17.1rh4 WeB
18.� �f7 19.� � 20.�f4±
h6 21 .�6 'tlfd6 22.•&41 .d7
)22....1le1 23..1le1 a6 (23..Jld8
24.1ra7+-) 24.J:Ie8 .Ilea 25..-ea 1rd8
26.•d8 Wd8 27.14+-] 23.•&7 1rd2
24.'W'a8 wd7 25.11'a4
1-0

_C_a talan Open ing
Accepted Variation CA 3.1 (E04)
Cata lan at the Highest Leve l
by Emil Anka (special contribution by Joel Lautier)
1. d4
d5
2. c4
e6
3. tlJf3 tlJf6
4. g3
dc4
5. �g2 �b4
6. �d2 a5
7. 'it'c2 �d2
With the highest possible in­
terest, the entire chess world
fo llowed the so-called 'Reunifi­
cation Chess Wo rld Champion­
ship' match between Vladimir
Kramnik: and Ve selin To palov in
the capital of Kalmyki a, Elista.
Garry Kasparov, retired from
'long' chess tournaments, made
the fo llowing wise pro gnosis for
the match: Kramnik had the
better chances, since although
To palov is the better tournament
player because of his incredible
energy resources, Kramnik has a
bett er mastery of chess, plus he
has more match experience, and
his safer style may be more ef­
fec tive in such an event. Of
c ? urse, all chess players were ex­
cned and very curious about the
preparation of the stars and
mostly about which openings
were going to appear on the
chessboard.
Bets on the Catalan?
If somebody would have placed
a bet that To palov would allow
the Catalan three times (sur­
prise !) out of his seven black
games, he would probably have
got very advantageous odds and
made a very positive result at any
betting office ... not to mention an
article in Ye arbook 81! In his re­
maining four black games
To palov played the Slav and the
Semi-Slav Defence. I had some­
how been expecting a Modem
Benoni, maybe a Benko or a
King's Indian, but I also know
that in a match against Kramnik
these would - be extremely
dangerous openings.
So To palov entered the Catalan in
the first game and achieved a
promising position! Unfortu­
nately he would also suffer from
the 'Leko Syndrome' - Leko also
lost his first match game while
pushing too hard against Kramnik
-
but his fighting spirit (like
Leko's in Brissago in 2004) de­
serves ful
l
respect I am sure that
even what happened in the later
rounds in Elista, the 'Toiletgate
Scandal', so unfortunate for the
popularity of chess, could not stop
us from enjoying the games of the
match and the resulting analyses
and Surveys! I should add that
To palov did not try this playable
line (7.. . �d2 ! ?) again during the
match because of the possible
preparation of Kramnik's team,
and he-also-had-other lines-to- test -
against his opponent
Vladimir Kramnlk and Veselln To palov: Catalan at the highest level
171

The Logic of 7.•.i.d2!?
Now let's see how we can reach
the conclusion that it can be logi­
cal to play 7 .. ..i.d2!?. After
White's 7.'flc2 there are, of
course, different moves than the
subject of our article (33 games).
The most frequent is 7...CiJc6
(165 games), with the main lines
8.•c4 1td5 !? (8...0 -0) 9...d3
(9...
.
d5 ed5)9.....
.
e4.
Another possible move is 7...b6
(8 games). I give this move a ?I,
with respect to Boris Gulko, who
made a quick draw with it against
Alex Wojtkiewicz in San Diego
2004. Now I simply recommend
8..i.b4!? (which appears to be a
novelty) 8 . .. ab4 9.Wc4, with the
Ideaofiakli
i
gtheb4pawn too,
with advantage for White.
The move 7...b5?! (9 games) is
not accurate at this point either,
since after 8.a4! Black does not
ha\'e 8...c6? in view of 9.ab5
.i.d2 10 .lLlfd2!, as in Gulko­
Lj ubojevic, Linares 1990, with a
clear advantage for White.
The move order 7...0-0 8.'ifc4
lLlc6 (2 games) amounts to the
same as the above 7...lLlc6 8. •c4
0-0 line.
Having studied all these possi­
bilities, we can come to the con­
clusion that exactly at move 7 the
move _ ....i.d2!? is logical and
very interesting, and worthy of
deeper and more detailed analy­
sis. White has two main moves :
8.1!fd2! and 8.lLlbd2 (otherwise
the d4 pawn falls). In this kind of
position, the sacrifice of one or
even two pawns is normal, as
White gets ful
l
compensation.
His pawn structure is solid,
whereas Black has several weak
pawns and more pawn islands.
172
White also has the better piece
play for his investment(s). The
question is whether Black can
hold the targeted pawns or
whether they wil
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l
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Section wil
l
highlight the lines in
this 'compensation fight' deeply
and in great detail.
Overview of the Games
The move 7... .i.d2!7 was intro­
duced by Gregory Kaidanov as
Black
against Alexander
Fauland in Moscow, 1989. It is
remarkable that 28 out of the 33
games with this line were played
between 2003 and 2006! In this
Survey you wil
l
find 16 analysed
games, with 17 more games
mentioned in the notes.
Our two main games with
8...
.
d2! c6!7 are Kra.mnik­
To palov, Elista 2006, and
Grischuk-Moiseenko,
Sochi
2006. 8 ....i.d7 was tried at least
thre
e
times in 2006. Gulko
played his 8 ...b6 set-up against
Woj tkiewicz at the US Champi­
onship in San Diego 2006 using
a better move order than in 2004.
Not Dangerous
The move 8.lLlbd2 is not danger­
ous for Black if he knows what to
do. 8.lLlbd2 b5 9.a4 c6 10.b3 cb3
1l.lLlb3 0=0 12.0 -0 .i.a6! is the
main line.
The other possibility after 12.0 -0
is 12. ..lLld5, which is discussed
in Fauland-Kaidanov, Moscow
1989, and Ovetchkin-T . Kosin­
tseva, Moscow 2005 . Thre
e
additional games, Danielian-T .
Kosintseva,
Calvia 2004,
Bunzmann-Pelletier, Lausanne
1999, and Ve ingold-Baron Ro­
driguez, Zaragoza 2004, provide
us with an additional taste of this
line.
I have made use of comments
and remarks by Csaba Horvath,
Gregory Kaidanov, Ya nnick
Pelletier, Peter Svidler, Alexan­
der Grischuk, Malcolm Pein and
Maxim Notkin.
Condusion
The move 7....i.d2!7 forces
White to answer either 8.11Vd2!
or 8.lLlbd2. Either of these
choices gives the position a
unique character. The question
is: Does White have enough
compensation or not? The per­
manent tension makes the line
absolutely playable for both
sides. White may regain the sac­
rificed pawn(s) with a superior
position, or Black may either
keep the pawn(s) or give it
(them) back in order to obtain the
better game.
This kind of unbalanced chess
makes our game exciting. There
is stil
l
a lot of room for analysis
in this line. An example may be
the position that could have
arisen after 20.lLld7 1? in our
main game.
Iagre
e
that 8.'ifd2! (Lautier) is
more accurate than 8.lLlbd2, but I
think that the refutation (if it
exists at all) of 7....i.d2 !? is very
far away.

Main Game
8.'5'd2
l(ramnik,Vladimir
ro palov,Veselln
EJisla Wch-m 2006 (1)
1.d4 IOnS 2.c4 e6 3.1013 dS 4.g3
dc4 S..ig2 .ib4 &...td2 aS 7.'Wc2
.1d2 e. 11fd21 c6 [B.. . bs 9.•gSII 9�a4
[A 1o.IOa3[ 9... b5 10.abS cbS
11.11fgS o-o [tt . .. b4 12.� (12.Wg7
llg8 13.11fh6 .ib7 14.().0 .i.dS A
15...10c6) 12.. .1Za7 13.� ().0 (13.. .11fd4
14.� 11fd6 15.Wg7±) 14.83±]
12.Wb5 .i.aiiN [12...�
-
Grischuk·
MolseriD
,
Sochltt20
06
1 13...
.
84
[13.•a5 .ib7 14...
.
d8 lla11 15.11fl8
(15.� llbt 16.Wd2 c31 17.�
IOdS-+; 15.Wc7 llb1 16.'�d2 :b2
17.Wc1 c3+) 15. ..� 16.().0 (16.Wd:!
/Og41] 18.. .1Za2=] 13...Wb6 14.0.
.0
11fb2 1S./Obd2 ..t.b5 16./0c4 .b4
17./0b2 .lbs 18./0eS llan
19...if3?1 [19.10bc4 IObd7 (19 .. . 84
20 .1llb1t) 20.1085 .ie2 21.1lla 1 .1M
22.10ac8 JZat 23.1la1;t) 19...1t�bd7
20./0ec4 l:tb81 21.1lfb1 [21.l0a5 .i.e2
22..ie2 11
112=
] 21 ...gSI 22.e3 (22.g4
�=; 22.10d& g4 23./0bS l:tbS 2U.g2
l:l.b4=] 22.. . g4 23..i.d1 .i.c61 24.1:tc1
(A /Ob2-d3«;; 24.1085? .i.M-+; 24ic2
84] 24....i.a4 25.1084 l:tb4 28./0d&
i.l31 27..
.i
l3?1 gf3 28.&8 l:ta8
29./0e7 Wg7 30./0c6 l:tb3 31 .10c5
l:tb5 [aS>) 32.h3 IOc5 33.1:tc5 [33.dc5
0034.10<14l:tcS35.1:tc5IOc536.<!\13
84;] 33...1lb21 {33. ..1:tc5 34.dc5 00=]
34 .Elg5 Wh& 35.1:tgaS l:taS
36.1oaS?I [36.nas � 37.ltle5 D.bt
(37 . . . ltlf2?1 38.1017 WQ7 39.ltlg5) 38.wh2
Eltt 39.1Za2 lt\12 40.1013 101
1
1 41./0e5
ltl e3 =] 36.. .lt\e4 37.1:tf1 ltld2 38..ac1
lt\84 39.Elf1 f61 40.ltlc6 <(\d2
4t ..ad1 IOe4 42..at1 wg& 43.ltlde
.ab&J? (43... e5 44.<(\c6 (44.de5 la5
45.10c6 WI&) 44. .. WIS� 44.11c1 hSI
45•.aa1 [45.114?! WIS+] 45...h4
[45.. ./0gSI? 46.Wh2 (46.h4? 101
1
3 47.wf1
llb2-+) 46... :b2 47. 1111 Wl5+] 46.gh4
whS 47.:&21 wh4 48.Wh2 WhS
49.llc2 wh& SO.IIa2 wg& 51 .11c2
wrs s2.11a2 JibS 53./0c& l:lb7
54.1la5 (54.d51 eS 55.114 .ag7 (55.. ./0c3
56.lld2 l:tg7) 56.wh3 IOc3 (S6. ...ag211
5H�e7X) S?•.ad2 ltla4=J 54...wg&
55.1:la2 WhS?I 56.dSI (56.1:ta5 Wh4t
A !i7....ab2; A !i7...1:tg7) 56...85
[56 ...ed5? !i7.ltld4 ltlgS 58.wg3; 56.. . 11g7?
57.de6 l:tg2 58. �h1 1012 (58 ... <(\g3 59.fg3
JZa2 60.e7 .aa& 61.10d8+-) 59.1l12 1112
60.e7 11:11 61 .�112 1112 62.� l:tg2
63.� l:tg8 64.10<141 wg& 65.84 �
66.<(\15+-] S7. 11:841 ts?? (!i?...lt\121
58.Wg3
.e41 59.Wf2 l:tb2 60.�1
(60.Wg3? llg2 61.Wf4 12 62.1:ta1 l:tg1-+)
60...1lb1 61.Wf2 (61 .Wd2? 12) 61...1lb2=]
58.ltleS+- l:tb2 59./0d3 l:tb7
60.1:td4 l%b6 61 .d6 ltld6 62.�g3
lt\114 63.Wf3 oi'gS 64.h41 �
[64...wh4 65.10c5+-] 6S.I%dS /Oc3
&&•.ada l%b1 &7.1%ts �a& &M�t4
hS 69..ae8 � 70./0HS �g6
71.<()g3 llb2 72.hS �f7 73.1laS
ltld1 74.ltle2 � 75.1ldS (75... 1le2
76.1ld6 �e7 77.we2]
1-0
Kramnik,Vladimir
To palov,Veselin
Elista Wch·m 2006 (1)
Lautier
M/06- 7-15
1.d4 <()f6 2.c4 e6 3.1013 d5 4.g3
dc4 S..ig2 .i.b4 [5.. . <()c&l? 6...a4 .1tfl
7.Wc4 ltlaS 8.Wd3 c5 9.().0 .i.e& 10./0c3
cd4 11.10<14 .i.cS 12.1ld1 .i.g2 (12 ....td4
Survey CA 3. 1
t3.Wd4 Wd4 14..1Zd4] 13.11fb5 ltld7
14.Wg2 a6 15.Wd3 �c8N (15. . ..i.e7
lKachiev·Solozhenkil, F1ance II 199
910
0
)
16..ig5 .i.e7 (Krarmik-Topalov , ERsta Wch
20
06
m-3) 17.ltle41-] 6..i.d2 a5 7••c2
[ThecalmestITM
MI
; 7.().0 is sound; 7.8311
wasteslime;7..i.b4?1doesn'tse
em
righl;
7.10c3gambitsapawnrordecant
compensa
tion
buttlisIsnothowKramnil
wantstoplayagainstTopalovinGimeOne;
7.WetwasplayedbyJanGusta!s
son
againstEfimenkointheGermanlluldasl
iga
20
05106
; 7.ltla317 .i.a3 B.ba3 fjws also
reasonal2 compensa
tion
] 7....i.d21?
[7.. .b6 8..i.b41?N (8.Wc4 .i.as 9.1rc2 CHl
t0./0c3;t; B.ltleS Wd4 9./0f7 �
10..ia8:t c&) 8...ab4 9.Wc4;t; Anka;
7...b5?1 8.a4 · c6 (8... ba4 9.10e5 lla6
10 ...
.
a4 .i.d7 11 ./0d7;t; 8....i.d2 9.ltlfd21
ltld5 10.ab5±) !i.abS .i.d2· (9.:.cb5??
10..i.b4+-) 10.101d21± Anka; 7. .. 10c&
(Smyslov) 8...
.
c4 •d51?) 8••d21 c6
[8. ..b5 9.Wg51;t; 8.. . b6;1;; 8.. ..i.d7;t] 9.a4
(A 1083) 9...b5 (9...0.0 10.lt\a3 /Oe4
11.Wc2 ltld6 12./0c4;t Pain; 9...10bd7
10.<(\a3 lObS 11.�S;t Pain] 10.abS
cbS 11.•g5 o-o (11...b4 12.10e5
(12.Wg7 llg8 13.Wh8 .ib7oo 14.().0 .i.d5
A IOc&) 12 ... 1la7 13.ltlc4 ().0 (13 ...Wd4
14./0d6 Wd6 15 .•g7±) 14.e�]
12.Wb5 .i.a&IN
13.•84 [13...
.
85 .ib71 14...
.
d8 lla11
15.1WI8 (15.h llb1 16.Wd2 c31 17.�
ltlds+; 15.•c7 D.bt 16.Wd:! llb2 17.Wc1
c3-+) 15.. .� 16.().0 (16.Wd:! ltlg4!]
16 .. . 1la2 17.<(\eS (17.llct llb2 18./0a3
10bd7 (18.. . 1le2?'1 19..1Zb1 1) 19..i.f1 .if3
20.el3 lld2 21 ..ac4 /OdS=> Cs. HOM!Ih)
17.. ..i.a6 18./0c3 Jlb2.,o Pein] 13.. .Wb6
14.0.
.0
.b2 1S.ltlbd2 .i.bS (15...c3?
18.1llb1+- Pein] 16./0c4 .i.a4 17.<(\b2
.i.bS 18.ltleS lla7 [18 . .. 1la6?! 19./0bd31
ltlbd7 20.1llbt IDeS (20...1lb8 21.10c5+-;
173

20....i.d3 21.lDdl±) 21.�1+- Cs.
Horvath; 18...tal517 19./0bc4 (19.J:llc1
�82 20..1:lc2 .b6 (20..ibs 21.J:lc5 .be
22..i.d5ed523..1:lca5!:laS24.J:la516
25.10ed3 1l.f7 26.10b4±) 21 .�d5 ed5
22.J:la5 16=) 19.. .16 (19...10cfi; 19.. . a4)
20.J:lfb1 .1.1
1
6 21ih3 10c7 22.10b6 J:la7
23.10ec4liJcfj24.e3J:lb8;tCs.Horvath)
19..if3 ?1 [19.10bc417 liJbd7 (19 ...8471
20.J:lfb1t) 20.10a5 ..1.1
12
(20... 10!15 21.de5
00 22.14 ..b2 23..1:lla1 � 24.10b7
J:llaB 25..1:lab1 ± Cs. Horvath) 21.1:1181 .i.hS
22.10ac6 J:la1 23.1:181;t] 19...10bd7 [The
criticalmomenl]
20.10ec4 (20.001 w (20...10d7
21.J:lfb1 (t. 10d1-<:31? Nolkln) 21...J:lc8
22.10d1 �c6 23.J:lc1 .l:lac7 (23. ...ib7
24.J:lc8 M 25.10c31;) 24.d51 �d5
(24. . . ed5 25..1:la5 1016 26.J:l8c5± 5vidl8r)
25.J:lc7 J:lc7 26.�d5 ad5 27..1:la5±, d5<
Svkler) 21.lDdl a4 (21. ..J:lb8 22.1:183 a4
23.1:1181;1; Svkler) 22.10c5 J:lb8 23..1:la3
.i.e8 24.J:lfa1 J:lb4 25.e3 tal5 26..id1
liJb6.,o Grischuk; 20.10bc4 liJe5 21.10e5
liJd5 22.1:1&3 10b41; Cs. Horvath; 20.10c6
:-�-- 21..te6 J:lc8-22�_b4 10� Cs.
Horvath] 20...J:lb81 21 .J:lfb1 )21.10a5
.i.82 22..1.1
12
J:lb�; 21 .1:1&2 liJd5 22.J:lla1
J:lc71 23.10a5? (23..id5 ad5 24.10a5 .i.82
25.10d1 ; Cs. Horvath) 23...10b4 24.1:1&3
liJc2 25.J:lc1 J:lbc8 26.1:1&2 liJd4+ Cs.
Horvath] 21 ...g51 22.e3 [22..1:la5 !:laS
23.10a5 g4 24.�g2 �82; Fain; 22.h3
.i.c4 23.10c4 J:lb1 24.J:lb1 a4 25.J:la1 ;t
Anka; 22.g4 liJdS=; 22.10d6 g4 23.10b5
.l:lb524..Qg2.l
lb4=
; 22.Wf11? Cs. Horvath)
22. . • g4 '23..id1 �c61 24.J:lc1
[24.10a5 .i.e4 ! 25.10ac4 (25./0b3 .l:lab7+
Anka) 25. . ..1:lab7+ f'Bin; 24.J:la5?7 J:la5
25.10a5 ��; 24ic2 a4] 24 •.•.i.e4
25.10a4 [25.�82 t. 26.10d3 Cs. Horvath]
25... J:lb4 26.10d6 (26./0cS liJc5 27.dc5
a4 28..1:la3 hS= Cs. Horvath) 26...�131
174
27•.i.f3?1 gf3 28.10c8 [28.� �
29.dc5 a4 30.10c4 J:lc7 31.10a5 00
32.00:mes.Horvath;2B.IOc3t.
liJa4.il
2
Cs. Horvath) 28....1:la8 29.10e7
Wg7 30.10c6 .l:lb3 31.10c5 J:lbS
[31 ...10c5 32.dc5 J:lb2 33.10<14 (33..1:la57
!:laS 34.10a5 liJe4 35.1:111 (35.c67 1012
36.c7 10h3 37.Wh1 (37.Wf1 1:1112 38.We1
12 39.We2 11. 40.Wf1 J:lh1-+) 37... J:lg21
38.c6. J:lg11 (38 . ..1012X) 39.J:lg1 1012X
Cs. Holvath) 35... /0gS 36.h4 10h3 37.�112
1012 38.�1 10g4 39.1:113 J:lb5+ Cs.
Horvath) 33.. .10e4 34.1013 1012 35.c6= Cs.
Horvath] 32.h3 [32.� liJe4 f'Bln;
32.1:1821? Ca. Horvath] 32. ..10c5 33.J:lc5
[33.dc5liJd734.10d4J:lc535..1:lc5liJc5
36.1013 a4+] 33...J:lb21 [33...J:lc5 34.dc5
liJd7=; 34...&4 35.10d4 a3 36.1013 82 37.c6
tal5 38.10d4 � 39.10b5 We71 40.e4
liJb4 41.c7 � 42.J:ld1 ta!SI 43..1:la1
(43.ad5?1 81W 44.de6 � 45.J:la1 .l:la1
46.Wg2 le6� Cs. Horvath) 43... 10b4= Cs.
Horvath; 34...10e4 35..1:la5 .l:la5 36./0as
liJcS= Anka) 34.J:lg5 (34.J:laa577 !:laS
35..1:la5 liJe4-+; 34.10a577 liJe4 35..1:1.11
liJcS-+; 34.J:lca5?1 .l:la5 35.10a5 liJe4=
Anka] 34...�h6 3S.J:lga5 [35.J:laa57
liJe436.10e5liJg537..1:la8liJh338.Wh.2
1012 39.1013 1:182+ Anka] 3S...J:la5
36./0aS?I [36..1:la5 � (36.. . J:lb1
37.'i>h2 J:lb2= Cs. Horvath) 37.10e5 J:lb1
(37...101271 38.1017 �7 39./0g5;!;)
38.�112 .1:1.11 39.1:1&2 1012 40.1013 10d1
41.10a5 1083=) 36. . .10e4 37.J:IM liJd2
38.J:lc1 liJe4 39..1:1.11 f&l 40.10c&
10d2 41 .J:ld1 liJe4 42.1:111 �g6
43.10d81 .l:lb61? [43...e5 44 .de5 (44.10c6
Wts!!
!!
) 44...1e5 45.10cfi WI&!
!!
!
; 43... /0g51
44.� (44.h471 li:lh3 45.Wh2 1012+ Cs.
Horvath) 44... !15 45.10c6 (45.de5 fe5
46.1iJc6 Wl8 47.h4 /i:l84 48.�1 h5!!1)
45. ..Wf5 46.g4 We
e
� Cs. Horvath)
44.J:lc1 hSI 45..1:la1 [45.h471 Wf5]
4S...h4 [45. . .e5 Fain; 45.../0g517 46.Wh.2
(46.h47 10h3 47.Wf1 J:lb2-+) 46.. .J:lb2
47..1:1.11 WIS!!
!!
) 46.gh41 [Cs. Horvath;
46.g4 e5 47.de5 le5 48.J:lc1 (48..1:la27 J:lb1
49.� 1:111-+ Pain) 48... J:lb2!
!1
Anka)
46 ... �h5 47.J:la2 �h4 48.�h2 WhS
(48.. .10g5 49.J:la4 J:lb2 50.d5 �h5 51.10e6
1:112 52.�h1 1:111= Cs. Horvath] 49.J:lc2
�h6 SO•.I:la2 �g6 51.J:lc2 �5
52.J:la2 J:lbS (52...�= Cs. Horvath)
53.10c6 J:lb7 [t. J:lg7-g2 Pein] 54..1:la5
(54.J:lc27 J:lg7 55.d5 e5-+ Pein; 54.d51 e5
55.h4 J:lg7 (55...10c3 56.J:ld2 liJe4=)
56.Wh3 IOc3 (56 ...J:lg27? 57.10e7X)
57.J:ld2 10e4=] 54...�g6 [54.. . !157
55.10e51+- Pain] 5S.J:la2 �hS?I
(55 ...�h6 56.d5 J:lg7 57.de6 J:lg2 58.Wh1
�7 s9..1:la7 � eo.liJe7 Wh6 &U:I.a2
1012 62.1:112 1:112 63.1015 � 64.10d6 1:111
65.� 12 66.'i>g3 J:ld1 67.e7 MW'
68.e8• �7 69.•87= Cs. Horvath)
56.d51 [56 ..1:la5 �h41 57.1:188 J:lb2
58..1:lh8 � 59.J:lg8 WI!& 60.�1 J:lb1
61.�112 .1:1.11 62..1:lg4 151 63.1:184 {63.1:114
1:112 64.�1 .l:lg2 65.�11 J:lc2 66.10e5
J:lc1 X) 63.. .1a4+ Pain] 56. ..85 (56... ed57
57.10d4 lOgS ss.'i>Q3±; 56 ... :9n 57.de6
J:lg2 58.Wh1 1012 (58.../0g3 59.1g3 .l:la2
60.e7 J:la1 (60.. .1:188 61 .10d8+-) 61.�
J:la2 62.�g1 .l:la8 63.10d8+-) 59.1:112 1:112
60.e7 .1:1.11 61.�112 1:112 62.'i>g3 .l:lg2
63.� .l:lg8 64.10d41 (64.�8471 �
65.� Wf7 66.� J:lg3= 67.� J:le3
68.10d8-� 69.88. J:leS 70.�e8 �)
64...�g6 65.84 Wf7 66.1015+- t. �]
57.J:la41
57...15?? [57. .. 10121 58.�g3 (58.d67 J:lb2
59.J:lb4 .l:ld2 60.'i>g3 liJh1 61.� 15
62.10a5 J:lf2X) 58.. . 841 (58...10d3 59.�
15 60.d6 J:ld7 61.10e7 J:ld6 62.015 1:116
63.84± Pein) 59.� .l:lb2 60.Wf1
(60.'i>g37 J:lg2 61 .�4 12 62..1:la1 J:lg1-+;
60.We1 J:lb1 61.�7 12-+) 60.. .J:lb1
61.� .l:lb2 62.�g1 .l:lb1 63.� .l:lb2=)
58.10e5+- J:lb2 59.10d3 [59.1:184 fe4
60.'i>g3 � (60...J:ld2 61.Wf4 1:112
62.We4 � 63.1013 � 64.d6+-)
61.1017 � 62.10d6 J:lb4 63.Wf4+- Pein]
59... J:lb7 (59. . . J:ld2 60..1:ld41+- Pein]
60.J:ld4 J:lb6 61 .d61 liJd6 62.�g3
liJe463.��64.h41�
65..1:ld5 liJc3 66.J:ld8 J:lb1 67.1:118
'iPe6 68.1014 WaS 69.J:la8 �
70./i:lhS �g6 11 .10g3 l:lb2 n.hs
W 73.J:le5 liJd1 74.10e2 �
75.J:ld5
1·0

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8."&d2
Grischuk,Aiexander
Moiseenko,Aiexander
Sochi tt 2008 (10)
l.d4 �f& 2.c4 e6 3.g3 dS 4.�f3
dc4 s•.tg2 .tb4 &...td2 as 7.1il'c2
.i.d2 8••d2 c6 9.84 b5 10.ab5 cbS
11••g5 I).() 12..b5 � 13••c4
113.10bd2 fiJc7 14.We5 .ta&i]
13••.�b-U 14.ft3 e5?1 [14.. ..tb71?i]
1S.IileS±
1S.•.J:[b8 [15..ie6 16...d1 :cs
so.l:la6 W97±1 sa..l
l
a5 (58.llg5 l:lb2!±J
sa.•.llc7 (58 ...tilg41?±l S9.l:lg5 llc2
&O.l:lb5 [60.l:lg6?� 60.. •.1lc7 61.1ilh3
lle7 62•.1lg5 �h7 63.l:lc5 �f&
64..1la5 �h7 65.10f4 l:lb7 &&•.l
l
eS
lilf& (66...llb4? 67.� lld4 68.l:le7 Wil
l
69.lld7+-; 69..1lhnl l:ld5 70.14 era 71.�
(71.al3 WgB±) 71...l:l15 72.We4 l:lf2
73.e3±] 67.� l:le7 68.�d8 Wfl
l
69.� l:lc7 7D.I:le& W97 [70. .. wm
71./MI Wg7 72.l:l841+-] 71.10e5
(71.13?1 ef3 72.el3 �d7±] 71 .•..1la7
72.l:lc& l:le7 73.J:[c5 :S7 74.llc2
J:le7 7S.�c& l:lc7 76.10d4
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Glorgadze,Giorgl
Spain tt 2006 (1)
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Korneev,Oieg
Vrsac 2006 (3)
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Payen,Arnaud
San Marino 2006 (4)
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Gulko, Boris
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Hoffmann,Michael
Pardubice 2006 (9)
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Payen,Amaud
Budapest 2005 (7)
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Veingold,Aiexander
Calvia ol 2004 (11)
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8.1Cbd2 and 11.ttlb3
Fa uland,Aiexander
Kaidanov,Gregory
Moecow 1989 (4)
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dc4 Sig2 .i.b4 6..i.d2 aS 7.Q.O (RR
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17.1re3 hB 1B.ltlld2 .tas 19.14 •b6
(19.. .%lb8 20./(lf3:) 20./(lcS;I; Matnadze­
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a4 15.ltlc5 cb5 16.%llbtt Anka) 14.'irc3
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18JI.e1 J:la5 19.l:te2 l:l.a1 20••e1 c5
21••841 •c71 22.l:tb2 [22.dc5 l:tb8=J
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25.1t'e2tal426.l:tb3c427.1:1.a3c31
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35.l:ta2 <tlb4 36.l:td2 1t'b6 37 ...
.
c4
[37.d617 ctlc6 !>. 38...ctld4] 37....d6=
38.l:tb2 Wg7 39.h4 lila& 40,l:tc2 ctlb4
41..l:tb2
l2-l2
Kaidanov
Ovetch kin,Roman
Kosintseva,Tatlana
Moscow AeroRot 8 2005 (B)
1.d4 ctlf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4�g2
dc4 5.ctlf3 .*.b4 6�d2 a5 7.0.0 o-o
8.• c2 .*.d2 9.<tlbc12 b5 10.a4 c6
11.b3 cb3 12.ctlbl ctld5 13.ctle51?
[1 3.1:llc1 b4 14.h4 (14.ctle5 ctlc3=)
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ltld5 17.&3 .i.d7 18.•c5 �7 19.�
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l:te2 33...
.
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35.�h1 .i.e& (35... l:tg11-+] 36.•88
•ea 37.l:te8 l:td2 38.l:te7 b3 39.l:tf1
J:td1 40.J:tf7 wh& 41.J:td1 <tld1
42.l:tb7 e4
Q-1
Danielian,EIIna
Kosintseva,Tatiana
Calvia ol 2004 (11)
1.d4 <tlf6 2.<tlf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3
dc4 5�g2 .ib4 6�d2 a5 7.•c2
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11.<tlb3 p4 (11...().() 12.ctles b4 13.().()
ctlciS 14.ctlc6 (14.�841? g6 15.ctlc6 ctlc6
16...
.
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l:ta7 19.l:tc3 bc3 20.•c3 ..tbnj 18.. . .i.d7
19.ctlc5 l:ta7 20.84 (:!: 20.l:tac1 17=)
20...l:tc7 21.1t'b3 •d6 22.� l:td7 23.cl5
ed5 24.ed5 .c5 (24... <tlc157 25.l:tad1 +-)
25.l:te5 l:td6 (25...l:t871? 26.l:tae1 l:te5
27.l:te5 •d6 +) 26.l:ta81 �
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.
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14.ctlc&?l - [14� g6 15.e3�] --
14...ctlc& 15.•c6 l:l.a& 1 6.flc2
i�.-·.=.
<tlc3'i' 17.e3 .*.d7 18.ctlc5 l:l.a7 19.f4
fib& 20.l:U2 l:tc8 21 .l:td2 g6 22.h3
22. ..l:tc51+ 23.dc5 11fc5 24.1:1d4 e51
25.fe5 fleS 26.11fd2 �84 27.�h2
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ctlc6 22.l:tc3 [22.<tll4 1l'b4 23.�
ctlb4 24.l:tc5+-] 22...l:tb8 23.l:tac1
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24 ...t4?1 [24.ctldc5+-J
24...10e7?1 [24...�d31? 25. l:td3 l:tab6±]
25.ctldcS+- l:l.a7 26.1:183 �e4
27.ctle4 de4 28.W'e4 ..
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h6 35.l:te4 l:ta1 36.� l:td1 37.e3
l:l.a8 38.l:tc2 l:l.a7 39.h4 �h7
40.l:te8 �g6 41 .l:tec8 h5 42.l:t8c7
l:l.aa 43.l:td7 wh6 44.�3 l:tf1 45.d5
l:l.a5 46.l:td2 g5 47.hg5 fg5 48.l:tc2
g4 49.�4 l:ta& 50.�5 �g5
51 .l:tc6 l:tc6 52.dc6 l:tf2 53.c7 l:tc2
54.l:td5 (54.. .l:tc6 55.l:ta5+-J
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Additional Cunosilies
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after 8.'-:bd2
Bunzmann,Dimitrij..
Pelletier,Ya nnlck
Lausanne 1999 (1)
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as 5.g3 d5 &•.*.g2 [6.•c217] &...dc4
7••c2 �d21? 8.<tlbd2 b5 9.a4 c6
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.
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13.h4 (13.ctlc5 J:tb&:) 13.. .<tlb4 14.•b1 16
(14...ba4 15.ctlc4 •87 16.115;1;) 15.ctlg5
lg5 16.hg5 g6 17.ctlg6 l:t15 16.ctle5 l:ta7
19.-*.84 (� 19.141?;1;) 19... Wg5 � Anka)
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16_d5 (1 6.de5?1 .ctd8 17 ..1:lld1 cb3 18.1t'b3
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17.bc4 [17..1:lld1 .i.b7 18.bc4 Wd4
19...d4 .l:ld4 20.� .ctd1 21 ..1:ld1 bc4
22..� .ia6+) 17.. . ..d4 18.1t'd4
lld4 19.�b3 [19.e5 .cta7 20.�b3 .l:tc4
21.� .l:lc3+) 19•.•.ctc4 20..1:lfd1
[20.�5 .etc/+; 20....ctc3+; 20.e5 �5+)
20.•.g6 [20....ia6 21.�a5 .l:lc3
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22.e5 W 23..1:ld6 .i.b7-+) 21 .• . .ctc3
22:lla5 .etas 23.�5 .i.a6 [ll.
24 ....1:183] 24..1:ld4 [24..1:lb1 �+)
24.•..cta3 25•.ctb4 [25.�b7 .i.b7
(25.. . �c61) 26..1:1114 .cta4 27..1:tb5 .i.84
28..cte5 . �g7+, Wg1<) 25....1:ta5
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� Anka) 26•• ..i.b7 27.f3 [27..1:tb4
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29..ctdS .i.eB 30..1:ld8 d 31..1:tb8 �7
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29.1:lb6 .iss 30.1� 29•.cta6? [29..ctd4
llb6 30..1:1114 .iss 31.e5 (31.� eS+l
31... d 32.�12 �e7 33.�e3 �7
34.� �c6 35.14 llb8+; 29..ctd7 llb6+]
29. •. -bs 30.Wf2?J [30.e5 �18
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32.••hs 33..
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.i.b7! 38..i.b5 .i.e4-+) 36.. ..i.b71
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1
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34•. •f6 35.f4 �d6 36..i.a2 �cs
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hgS 40.fg5 lgS 41.� .i.c4-+)
39••..i.c4 40...ic2 b3 41 ..
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b3 .i.b3
42.fe5 fe5 43.hg5 hgS 44.�g4 �4
0·1
Pelletier
Veingold,Aiexander
Baron Rodriguez,Jesus
Zaragoza 2004 (7)
1.d4 d5 2.�f3 t0f6 3.c4 e6 4.g3
dc4 S..
.i
g2 .i.b4 6•.i.d2 as 7.-.c2
.i.d2 8.�bd2 b5 9.a4 c6 10.0.0 0.0
[10...�5 11.e4 �b6 12.ab5 cb5 13.b3
cb3 14.10b3 tOc4 15..1:llb1 ().() 1S.IOc5!1!
!
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11.84 [11..1:lfd1 � (1 1...116 12.�
tOd5 13.b3 cb3 14.� b4 15.�
(15.l:ld2 �) 15...10c6= 1S...c6 .i.d7
17.1td6 � 18..i.a
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(19..i.l3 � 20.� "il"aS 21 .1td7=)
19....i.c6�MascaroMarth-Br
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Zaragoza20
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12...10b4 13.Wc1 cb3 14.� ba4 15.10c5
Survey CA 3. 1
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Minsk 1996;
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15.11fc1± Dedl]er.(ljillQI
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18 ...
.
c3 "il"e7 19.t0cs@l .l:ta7 20.h3
llfa8 21 ..i.f3 �e8 22.h4 [22..l:ldc11?
tOd6 23...
.
�) 22..•� 23.h5 �b7
24.10ed7 �cS [24. . .&SI? 25.10b7 .ctb7
2S.�;j 2S.Il
lc5
l:ld8 26.�g2 l:lda8
27..1:ta3 1td6 28.l:lda1 l:ld8?1
[28.....
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d81=) 29.l:la5;!; l:laS 30.l:la5
1td4 31...
.
d4 l:ld4 32.11&8 �h7
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36..
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d3 .i.d3 37.00 l:ld3 38.l:la7 �g8
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tOd3 35.10f6 � 36.l:la8 l:la4 37.l:lb8
�e1 38.�111 g5 39.10e6 �7 40.IIb7
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1118 48.1ld7 1:1ea 49.l:ld8 .i.b5 so..ctea
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179

Nimzo-l ndian Defence
Classical Variation Nl 23.7 (E37)
Old Wine in a New Vessel
by Evgeny Vladimirov (special contribution by Evgeny Bareev)
1. d4
liJf6
2. c4
e6
3. liJc3 i.b4
4. 1i'c2 d5
5. a3
i.c3
6. 1i'c3 liJe4
7. 1i'c2
c5
·--- B.-des- -
·-ZLlcs -
9. cdS
edS
10. liJf3 i.fS
11. b4
The line 5.a3 i.c3 6.1i'c3 liJe4
7. 1tc2 c5 in the Classical Nimzo
is considered pretty toothless.
After 8.dc5 tlJc6 9.liJf3 (or 9.e3)
9... 1i'a5 10.i.d2 1i'c5 the com­
plications, once started, soon
turn out to be simplifications.
However, White can go for a
branch - or a twig, more like -
that leads to a right mess: 9.cd5
(instead of the quiet 9.e3 or
9.liJf3) 9. . .ed5 10.liJf3 �5
11.b4.
White tries to keep his extra
pawn at the obvious cost of a de­
Jay in his development. White's
last move was first played as
180
early as 1939. Nowadays, this
continuation enlists ever more
new followers.
In Fash ion
11.. .d4 is in fashion at the mo­
ment. The position after the rela­
tively forced moves 12.g4 i.g6
13.'i
i'
c4 d3 14.i.g2 1i'f6 15.l:la2
liJe5 has been analysed and
played extensively.
16.g5 is the freshest attempt.
which brought White victory in
Van Wely-Antonio after 16.. .liJc4
17.gf6 liJc3 18.fg7 .l:lg8 19..1:la1
0-0-0 20.W etc. Instead of
19.. .0-0-0 or 19 ... liJe2, the im­
provement 19 . .. i.e4 has been
suggested, which actually leads
to an unclear position. However,
White can come up with his own
improvement first 18..C.al looks
promising. Thus, 16 . . . liJc4 can be
declared suspect.
In a more recent game, Ly syj­
Smimov, Black tried 16.. .'i
i'
f5
instead. The critical position
arises after 17.'i
i'
d4 liJf3 18...tf3
Loek van Waly
'i
i'
e6 19.0-0 .l:ld8 20.1!fg7 .l:lf8. It
looks as if Black's activity com·
pensates for his material losses.
White's attempt 14.i.e3 (instead
of 14.i.g2) impresses us Jess.
After 14.. . 1i'f6 15..1:ld1 both
ways of castling are quite accept­
able, as can be seen in Sevestre­
Robson, Sasikinm-Carlsen and
Kaidanov-Schandorf
f
.
Simple
Another possibility in the first
diagram position is the simple
11.. . 0-0 . After 12.i.b2 Black has
a sound continuation in 12. . ..1:le8.
The game Zakhartsov-Gajewski
is most critical in this regard.
Black's relative successes after
12 . . . .l:le8 dismiss the older move
of 12 .. .b6 which leads, after
13.b5 bc5 14.bc6 't!fa5 15.liJd2.
to a piece sacrifice.

In Fash1on
14 Jlg2
Van Wely,Loek
Antonlo,Rogello Jr
Turin o12008 (11)
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4••c2 d5 5.83 �c3 6.1tc3 �e4
7.Wc2c5&.deS�89.cd5ed5
10.�13 .t.rs 11.b4 d4 12.g4 �ga
13••c4 d3 14..i.g2 .f8 15.J:la2
� 16.g5 � 17.gf8 �c3
18.fg7 [18.lZa1 gf6 19.�d2 IOe5 20.14
�21.830.0.0�IOd523.�)
18• ••J:lga 19.1Za1 ().CHI [19..ie41
20.ad3 J:lg7 21.�h4; 21.de4; 21.dc4;
19.../()e2? 20.� �d2 (20... 10:1
21./0:4d222.��b323.�<t:la1
24�7 lZb8 25.c6+-) 21.� 0.0.0
22..i.b:!+- �d4 (22...�14 23if3)
23.Elae1 %3 24.<k:l d2 2S.J:le7 �
2fi.1Zd1 lt)bs 27.Wc4 �c2 2U.b7 �b8
29-waa30.Wile1Zd63tcd6�1
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)
20..th3 �bB? [20. ..15 21.e3 J:lg7
Although the sacrifice contains a
certain practical danger, its ob­
jective value is questionable, as
you can see in Rogers-Ward and
M.Gurevich-Franzoni.
Besides 12. . Jie8 and 12...b6,
Black has the possibility of
12...a5, which was played only
once (in Kiriakov-Turov) and
seems to be sound as well.
22.�d2±] 21 ..i.f4 �aa 22.J:lc1 de2
��c3
1�
Lysyj,lgor
Smirnov,Pavel
Tomsk 2006 (7)
1.d4 �f8 2.c4 e6 3.�3 .i.b4
4.1i'c2 d5 5.a3 �c3 6.1i'c3 �
7.1i'c2 c5 8.dc5 �c& 9.cd5 ed5
10.�13 .i.t5 11.b4 d4 12 .g4 .tg&
13.tfc4 d3 14ig2 tff6 15.1:182
�5 1a.g5 •rsr? [As sug
gested
by
EJTmsonChes
s
l'ulishi
ng
]
17.tfd4 [17.•b5 �8) 17. ..�c6?
[17...�13 - game] 18...
.
c4? [18.tfg7
o-o-o 1s.o-o IZhgB 2o.•hs ..-04
21 ..h3±) 18...�e5 19.•d4 �13
20..i.f3 tfe& 21.J:lb2 [21.Q-OI? J:ld81?
(21.. .•a2 22.ed3 0-{) 23.de4 1Zad8 ·
24.1Wc3 Wes 25..ib2 18 26.�g2 'and I
lhink I prefer WhHe' - Emms) 22.tfg7
1:118 23.ed3 J:ld3 24..tg2 1ta2 25.13
•ds 26.fe4 .i.e4 27.g61? .tg2 28 ..i.h6
.d4 29.�g2 J:ld2 30.�g3 1Zd3
Survey Nl 23.7
Conclusion
Generally speaking, in spite of
the growing number of games,
this line could be viewed as a
newborn baby with plenty of
scope for further development.
For those seeking less-trodden
paths there is a welcome alterna­
tive in 10 ...'W'a5, as tried recently
by Peter Leko in a rapid match.
31.�g2=) 21 ...Q-O 22 .1Hl J:ladB
23.1i'e3 d2 24Jld2 [24.�d2?? �d2)
24. .. �d2 25•.i.d2 1i'c4 26.1Zc1
[26 ..tb71? 1tg4 27.�g2 J:lfe8 28 .•14
tfe2 29.�e3 J:ld1 30.h3 .te4 31.1Zd1
•d1 32.�h2 .tg2 33.� aS;t)
26....a2 27.�e1 J:ltea 28.1Zd11
h51 29.1Zd8 J:ldB 30.�f1 [30.�g21?)
30.. . J:ld1 31.1tc3 •b1 32.�b7
J:lc1 33.•d2 J:ld1 34.1tc3 �rs
35.13 J:lc1 36.•d2 1Zd1 37.•c3
J:lc1 38.1td2 J:ld1
Y.z·Y.z
Kramnik,VIadlmir
Anand,Vlswanathan
Dortmund 1999 (7)
.
id4- �fe '2.1:4 "86·-=
-
3.
"'
�
-c
c3::-
-:
.t
;;-;
b4-o
4.1tc2 d5 5.a3 [S.cd5 KJamnlk·Anand,
Franklurt 1999) 5. .. �c3 &.1tc3 �e4
7.tfc2 c5 8.dc5 �c& 9.cd5 ed5
10.�13 �t5 11.b4 d41 [11.. . o-o
12..i.b2 b8; 11.. .�3 12.trb2 �h1
13.tfg7±] 12.g4 �g& 13.tfc4 d311
[13.. .1We7 14ig2 J:ld8 15.o-o h5 16.g5 h4
Funman·Awrbakh, MosarN ch-URS 1948)
14.�g2 [14.1:182 .161 15ig2; 15.1Wd3
'tfe61; 14.•d3? .161 15.J:lb1 �12
16.•e3 •e71; 14.ed3 •16 15.de4 1tf31
(15...'Wa1 1U.g2 o-o 17.o-o) 16.J:lg1
0.0.01 17 ..ta2 •ra a 18...J:lhe8oo]
14...tff6 15.J:la2 �· [15.. . tfc3
16.� 0.0.0 17.e31 (17ie4 tfc4
18.� �) 17.. .10e5 18.1tc3 �c3
19..i.b2 � 20.-i.eS /0:1 (20.. .1 6
21..i.b2) 21 .�g7±) 16.tfb5 [16.g5 10:4
17.gf6 10:31; 16.10e5? ..
.
12 17.�1
.g2-+)
181

16...�61 (16...*'8 17.!Hl de2 (17...<&3
18.1tb7 (18.� 11115 19.ib21 1fe2
20..i.c3 1fa2 21.11'b7 l:leB 22ic6)
18..ie4 19.�1151 .i.b7 20.� We7
21.�16 � 22.Wg2 1612 23.�+-)
18.We2 � 19..b2±[17.1fc41 [17.!Hl
� 1B.Wc4 (18.1rb7 llbB 19.1fc7 !Hll
20.11d2 � 21.�1 .b41-) 18 ...1612
-19.•112 -- .b41=; 19...!Hl - 20..i.gs 1fe6
21.1fe6 le6 22.ed3[ 17•• . i(}e5 18.1fb5
�6 19.•c4
Y.!·Y.!
Anand
M/99·5-15
Less lmpress1ve
14.�e3
Sevestre,Frederlc
Robson, Nigel
cr2004
1.d4 �f& 2.c4 e6 3.�c3 �
4.'W'c2 d5 S.a3 �c3 6.1Wc3 �
7.'W'c2 c5 8.dc5 �c6 9.cdS adS
10.�f3 .its 11.b4 d4 12.g4 �g6
13.1fc4 d3 14ie3 1ff6 1S.IId1
1S...O-
-O-O
(15.. .11d8711 6.g5 'W'I5 17.�g2
d2 1B.otxt! otxl2 19.� !Hl20.•14 .e6
182
21 ..idl (21.!Hl � 22.Wh1+-) 21...bc6
22.l:lc1 16 23.1lg1 1g5 24.•c4 l:ldS=
Topabt·Anand.Co!sicarapid20
03
;
15...de27 16ie2 !Hl 17.!Hl � 1B.Ild6
� 19.We2 1fe7 20.1ltd1± Van 'Nay­
�utier. HiMI
ISum
pfl20
06
] 16.1fc1
[16.b5 � 17.� d2 18.l:ld2 l:ld2
19./()d3 11113 20.ed3 �120 16...1lhe8
17.11g1 i(}eS 18.&t5 d2 19.l:ld2
lld2 20.gS 1fe5 21id2 �2
22.1fd2 1fa1 23.•d1 •a3 24.-.-d4
lle4 2S.•d2 ••1 26••d1 1fd1
27.Wd1 llb4 28.Wd2 �7 29.1lg3
l:lf4 30.Jl.g2 1112 31.We3 l:lfS
32.Wd4 llf4 33.e4 1112 34.85 aS
35.h3 1lf4 36.Wcl .ifS
0-1
Sasiklran,Krishnan
Carlsen,Magnus
Sarajevo 2006 (B)
1.d4�f&2.c4e63.��
4.1fc2 dS S.a3 .ic3 6.Wc3 �
7.1fc2 c5 8.dc5 IOc6 9.cd5 edS
10.�f3 �fS 11.b4 d4 12.g4 .ig&
13.Wc4 d3 14.�83 •f& 1S.Ild1
G-
-0
1? 16.1ld3
16...bS 17••c1 (1 7.�? •a1
18.l:ld1 •d1 19.Wd1 � Vladimlrov[
17 ...as (17. . .�c51? 18..i.CS (18.1lc3
�d31 19.11113 �d3 2D.g5 .15 21.Wc6
�+) 18..id3 19..118 1118 20.g5
We6!!
!!
VlalimirtJv] 18.baS [18..i.g2 ab4
19.!Hl � 20.1ld2 lle3] 18.. . �c5
19.1lc3 �d3 20.ad3 ,1ff3 2Ulg1
i(}eS 22.d4 �c4 23..ig2 .g4
24.h3 ••6 2S..ia8 llaB 26.a4 ••6
(26...1la5? 27.ab5 llb5 28.1lg6 t>. 29.c4]
27.11gS fS 28.abS •as 29.Wf1
1fbS 3D.Wg1 �f7 31...
.
11 g6
32.11g3 •ds 33.11c1 l:lea 34.lld1
¢>g7 3S..ic1 lle4 36.l:lgd3 f4
37.1fg2 h& 38.f3 lle3 39..ie3 /()e3
40.1112 �1 41.l:ld1 g5 42.1fe2
�e& 43.¢>h2 •ts 44.We5 WeS
45.deS 'i>g6 46.1ld8 ¢>15 47.llh8
hS 48.1lh6 �fS 49.¢>92 .b&
so.wn .Rts s1.h4 gh4 s2.1lh4
.ie& S3.1lhS Wf6 54.1lc5 .i.b3
55.¢182 h6 56.¢>d3 .idS 57.¢182
¢>d6 SB.IlaS ¢>aS S9.Wf2 ¢>d6
60.¢>g2 .ie& 61.1lhS .id7 62.Wf2
�e6 63.h2 �c4 64.h1 .idS
6S.Wf2 �e6 66.1lgS .id7 67.¢>e2
.ie6 68.II11S .idS 69.1la3 .ic4
70.Wf2 �e& 71.1111S .idS 72.¢>g2
.ie& 73.1lhS .id7 74.11h7 .i.e&
7S.Ilh& �d7 76.1ld& h7 n.:aa
¢>d6 78.1la7 .ie& 79.Wf2 .idS
80.l:lh7 .ie& 81.1lh1 ¢>aS B2.11e1
WfS 83.�g2 �dS 84.l:le8 Wf6
8S.Wf2 � 86.1lc8 hS 8!.h2
WfS 88.1lc3 �e5 89.Wd2 Wei&
90.1ld3 hS 91.Wcl .i.b7 92.¢>b4
.idS 93.11113 �d4 94.1lc3 .ib7
9S.Wb3 �dS 96.�c2 as 97.Wd2
¢>d6 98.h2 h5 99.Wf2 ¢>d6
100.�g2 �e6 101.1lc1 ¢>aS
102.l:la1 Wf6 103.1le4
Y.!·Y.!
Kaid11nov,Gregory
Schandorf
f
,Lars
Turin ol 2006 (B)
Agdestein
M/06-4-18
1.d4 �f& 2.c4 e6 3.�c3 .i.b4
4.-.c2 dS S.a3 .ic3 &.Wc3 �
7...
.
c2c58.dc5IOc69.cdSedS
10.�f3 �fS 11.b4 d4 12.g4 .ig6
13...
.
c4 d3 14..b3 1ft& 1S.Ild1 o-
-o
16.1ld3 bS 17.cb61? ab6 18ig2
(18.g5 � 19ig5 (19.�g5 �t)
19....id3 20.•d3 �] 18.. . 1lfc8
(18 ...b51? 19.1fb3 (19.Wb5? Wa1 20.11d1
1fd1 21.Wd1 �-+) 19...Wa1 20.Wd1
l:la3 21.CHl .d1 22.l:ldd1 i£lb4=]
11
1
...
.
b3 ••1 20.1fd1 Wd1 ?I
(20.. . 1la3 21.!Hl .d1 22.1lfd1 lld3 23.ed3
� 24.1ld2 �] 21.lld1 /l:lc3
22.l:ld2 (22.�d4!? �1 23.�1 �4
24iaB Ilea (24...�c2 25..il3 ll
le
3 26.fe3
l:lc3 27.¢>d2 llc2 28.�e 1±) 25id4 lla3
26.Wd2 lla2 27.Wf!Jj;:) 22...�b4
23.0.0 �S 24.11111 � 2S.fe3
l:la5 26.1lb2 hS 27.ghS l:lhS 28.h4
bS 29..ih3 Ilea 30.�
Y.r-Y.r

Simple
11...0-0 12..G.b2 gea
Bareev,Evgeny
Zhang Zhong
BeerShewWch-1
1
2005 (9)
1.d4 1Df6 2.c4 e6 3.1Dc3 �b4
4.'il'c2 d5 5.83 �c3 &.'il'c3 lDe4
7.'il'c2 c5 8.dc5 iDe& 9.cd5 ed5
1o.�Df3 �f5 11.b4 o-o 12.�b2 :ea
13.eb31N J1Hid1 t.autier-Zhang Zhong,
Taiyuan20
04
) 13.••tDa51? [13...b611
14.cb6 � 15.83;1;) 14...d11 [14.ba5?
10c5 15.Wc3 fDci3 18.�d2 1141 17.W114
(17.lDI
I4
ID12) 17...1Db2] 14...1Dc4
(14.. . b811) 15.1rd4 1Df671 (15.. .1Db21?
16.h lDg5) 16.83 :.4 17.Wc3 b6
18.1Dd4 .i.g& 19..i.c4 dc4 20.()-0
bc5 21.bc5± 'lrd5 22-:fc1 llg4
23.f3 llh4 24.g3 lld4 25.Wd4 1rf3
26.IIM .e4 27.1:114 We& 28.'l
l'
e5
.c& 29.1:lc4 lld8 30.1:ld4 lle8
31.•d6 •bs 32Jlb4 ••2 33.Wf4
1Dh5 34••f2 ••& 35.'1
1'
13We&
36.c6 aS 37.11h4 1Df6 38..i.f6 gf6
39.11c1 •c7 40••f6 lie& 41.•f4
't
t
c8 42.c7 :ea 43.Wg4 lie&
44••e&
1-Q
Bare
e
v
M/05-8-61
Zakhartsov,Vlacheslav
GaJewski,Grzegorz
Pardubice 2008 (8)
l.d4 1Df6 2.c4 e6 3.1Dc3 �
4.'irc2 d5 S.a3 .i.c3 &.'lrc3 IDe4
7.-. c2 c5 B.dcS IDe& 9.cd5 ed5
lO.�f3 .i.f5 11.b4 G-0 12.�b2 lle8
13-'1
1'
b3 b&l? 14.cb6 (1Utd11?)
1 4...'1
1'
b6 15.e3 a517 [15...11ad8
16 -�4 IDII4 17.� 'it'g6 18.13 IOd6
19.�12 �c2 20.1tb2 :ca 21.llc1±
Hera-K .Szabo, Budapesl 20
06
) 16..b2
(16.b5? a41 1!:. 17...'ti'a5; 16.lDI
I
41 1Dd4
17..i.d4('andit'sunclearwhelherBlack
really has enough here' - Emms) 17...1tg6
18.ba5 (18.13 lDg5 19.Wd5 tDeso>)
18...llacB 19.a6 IDeS 20.�c5 J:lc5ge)
16.. . 841 (16...ab4 17.0.01±) 17.1rd1
1Df21 18.� 1183
19.¢>g3 [19.�d4? 1Dd4 20.lDI
I
41:194-
-+
;
19.lDI
I
4? lle4-+; 19.�f1 llae8 20.lDI
I4
1:182 21.1De2 �g4 (Emms) 22.1:lc1 �e2
23.1t82 1:182 24.�e2 f6 25.1:lhd1 tDes+)
19...1tc7 20.� 1tb6 21.�g3 1tc7
22.� .b&
'h-'h
Zakhartsov,Viacheslav
Loginov,Valery A
St Petersburg 2002 (8)
1.d4 1Df6 2.c4 e& 3.lDc3 �
4.1tc2 d5 5.a3 .ic3 6.1fc3 1De4
7.1fc2 c5 8.dc5 lDc6 · 9.cd5 ed5
1O.IDf3 �f5 11.b4 o-o 1Ub2 lle8
13.%1d1 b6 14.83 bc5 15..i.b5
15.. .1:le6 (15...'tlfb6?1 16..i.c6 'l
lf
c6
17.1Dd4 'lifg6 18.1Dts WIS 19.bc5 llacB
20.�114 'lrg6 21.0.0 IDeS 22.'it'g6 hg6
23.llb1:t S.lvanov-Kuprelchik, Maikop tt
Survey Nl 23.7
1998] 16.G-O �g4 17.11fe1 llc8
[17...-*.131? 18.gl3 IDg5 19.'il'f5 (19.�
llg6-) 19.. . lDe7 20.'il'g4 llg6 21.�f1
1De622.'iWh4l:th623.•g3llg624.'il'h4
llh6 25.•g3 llg6 �l'l l.aul
l
er-Zhang
Zho!'ij,Taiyuan20
04
) 18.bc5 .i.f3
19.gf3 l:lg 6 20.Wt1 �gS 21.-*.c&
[21.�82 lDe
e
!!
!!
) 21.. .J:[gc& 22.1ff5
lieS 23.J:[e2 tDe6
'h-'h
The Older Move
11. .. 0 -0 12.l1b2 b6
Rogers, ian
Ward,Chrlstopher · ·
England It 1997/98 (4)
1.d4 1Df6 2.c4 e6 3.1Dc3 �
4.'it'c2 d5 5.a3 · �c3 &.Wc3 IDe4
7.1fc2 c5 8.dc5 IDe& 9.cd5 edS
10.1Df3 �f5 11.b4 o-o 12..i.b2 b&
13.b5 bc5 14.bc6 'ires 15.1Dd2
J:[ab8 [RR 15...114? 16.Q-O-O?I (16.g4
.i.g6 17.f4+- Vladlmirov) 16...1Dg3
17.lDc4 1rc7 18.hg3 �c2 19.�c2 1rc6a>
Bogoljubow-Eiiskases, Berlin m-14 1939,
apparently the stern game) 16.c7
[16.1:ld1) 1&. .. 1rc71 (16.. .1:lb3?1]
17.1De4 �e4 18.'it'd2 d41 (18. .. 1:lb3
19.13 .i.g6 20.%1c1 1tb6 21..i.c3 114
22..i.a5 1rb5 23.a4 'ilra4 24.llc5 llb1
25.� d3 (25...1:le8 26.J:[d5+- lld1
21:Wb4 1ra!__?80'1re7 f6 29.lld8 'ilra4
30.g3 HI Gu.H]orth-Ponelis, cr 1994)
26.ed3 (RR 26.�c3 lld1 27...e3±
Vladimlrov) 28. . . 11'114 27.1re3 J:[b2
28..i.e2 1re3 29.�83 Ilea 30.<�14
llbe2= l'l-l'l Chekhov·Valsser, Soviet
Union 1982 - YB/15-177) 19.f37
[19.1:ld11? (- 16.J:[d1 114 17.c7 1tc7
18.1De4 .i.e4 19.1rd2) 19...:b3 20.13
�d5 21.�12 lleB 22.h4 J:[be3 23.J:[h3
�861? 24.:g3 .i.b3<>o lelenln-Kozhurov,
cr 1992; 19.h41?] 19...�g6 20.e4 [RR
20.11c11? llfd8 21.�114 (21.e4 de3
22.1rc3 :b2 (22...f6 23.�c4 �h8 24.0.0
:d2 25.h1±) 23.'il'b2 'ilrd6 24.:am
J:[b8 25...
.
c3 J:[b3 26.'ilra5 •d4
(26.. . 11b4 27..i.e2±) 27.%1d1 J:[b1 2Ub1
�b1 29..i.e2 �d3ge) 21...1rcB 22.e3
llb1 23.%1b1 �1 24..i.e2 cd4 25.ed4
Wd7 26.0.0 �ts 27.J:[dU; Vladimirov]
20...de31 (20...J:[b3 21..i.c4 lle3 22.�
'lr14! 23.�g1 llf3oo] 21.Wc3
183

21...l:lb21 [21.. .167 � �h8
23.().
.()+-
Dlugy] 22.9'b2 llb811
[22...9'a5 23.We2 lle8 24.1lc11+-I
23ibSD [23...-c3 .l
lb:l
ll-+; 23...-ct
•aS 24.�e2 llb3-+; 23.9'82 •as
24.We2 •c3-+l 23...'ifaS [23...�d31?
24...
.
c3 � 25.()-().() (25Jib1 h6!+)
25...e2 26.J:Id4+ ]24.'i>f1 [24.�e2? .J:Ib5
25 .•82. "ilfCa--+] .24. .. J:IbS [24..'.�d3
25.�g1 e2 26.WI2� 25.11fes h& [�
25...h5+] 26.11fa3 J:lb2 [� 26... c4+]
27.h41 c4 28.�g1 [28.J:Ic1 .J:Ib3+]
28... �d3 [28. ..c31? 29.J:Ic1 c2 30.WI2�
29.J:Ih3 J:le2 30.'ifd4 11fc71 31.J:Ic1
hS 32.J:Id1 [32.14? J:le4+]
32.. .11fb6?1T [32...�; 32...�
33.9'b6 ab& 34.J:Ic1 [34.14 (t:.
35.J:Ihd3) 34...�e4 35.J:Ig3 c3!'f]
34... J:Ia2 [34. . .J:Ib21? 35.141 (35.J:Ic3?
.J:Ib3+) 35....1
1b:l
36.�h2 b5 (36. ..1la3?
37.J:Ic4) 37.J:Ia1 Wf8 38.J:Ie3=] 35.J:Ic3
bS 36.g4 hg4 37.tg4 f6 38.J:Ih2 [�
38.J:Ihd3=] 38... J:Ia1 39.'i>t2 oi>f7
40.� J:lg1 41.oi>f4 (41. .. �e6 42.J:Id2
�d5 43.J:Idd3=]
y..y.
Gurevich,Mikhail
Franzoni,Giancarlo
Luzem Wch-tt 1989 (4)
··
Rogers
YB/46-117
1.d4 /Of& 2.c4 e6 3.l0c3 �b4
4."itc2 dS S.a3 �c3 6.11fc3 l0e4
7•..-c2 c5 8.dcS tOe& 9.cdS eelS
1Mlf3 �fS 11.b4 1H1 12.�b2 b6
13.bS bc5 14.bc6 •as 1S.l0d2
J:labB 16.c7 J:lb3 17.�eSI (17.J:Id1?1
184
c4 18.e3 l0g3?1 (1B. .. J:Ic8!!
!
)19.11fb3cb3
20.hg3� Kasparov-Rene� Evry slmul 1989
-
YB/15-178] 17...c4 18.f3?1 [18.g4
�g6 19.14 16 20.15 �IS 21.gl5 le5
22ig2;t] 18.../0d2? [18...l0g3 19.e4
(19.11fb3 cb3 20.hg3 f6 21.� 9'c7
22./0b3 •c4 23.e4 1lfb3 24.el5 ifc2+)
19.../0hta:>] 19...
.
d2 c3 20.11fgS c2
21.'i>t2+- 9'c5 22.a3 �g6 23.ia6
f6 24.9'f4 fe5 25.11ff8 � 26.c8..
.
•c8 27.ic8 d4 28.a4
t-o
M/90-5 -87 YB/15-178
Sound as Well
11...0-0 12..0.
.
b2 a5
Kiriakov,Petr
Turov,Maxim
Dubai 2002 (B)
1.d4 /Of& 2.c4 e6 3.l0c3 �b4
4...
.
c2 dS S.a3 �c3 6.9'c3 /Oa4
7...
.
c2 c5 8.dc5 tOe& 9.cdS eelS
10.Itlf3 �fS 11.b41H112..i.b2 aS!?
13.bS [13.11fb3 ab4 14.ab4 J:la1 15ia1
b6 16.11fb2 16!!
!
] 13...l0e7 14./0d4
(14...
.
d1 J:lc8 (14...84 15 .•d4 ..
.
aS
16.9'b4;!;; 16.101
12
f6 17.e3 J:llc8 18.J:Ic1
�d7a:>) 15.J:Ic1 (15...
.
d4 16 16.J:Ic1
�e6=) 15... J:Ic5 16.J:Ic5 lOc5 17.�g7
�7 18...
.
d4�19.11fc5..
.
c8!!
!
;
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16.ifb3 9'b&"F 17.f3 /Od6 18.�e2
l0c4 19.oi>f2 ..
.
h& 20.a4 l0b2
21.•b2 J:lfc8 22.J:Ia3 �d7 23..i.d3
tOg& 24./0e2 .-9s 2s...-d4 tOeS
26.J:Id1 9'f6
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Karpov,Anatoly
Leko,Peter
Miskolc 11
1p
id m 2006 (4)
1.d4 /Of& 2.c4 e6 3.1tlc3 �b4
4...
.
c2 dS S.a3 �c3 6...
.
c3ltle4
7...-c2 c5 8.dc5 lOc6 9.cd5 adS
10.l0f3 •as 11.� l0d2 12...,d2
'ifcS 13.e3 IHI 14.�e2 �g4 1S.IHI
J:lfd8 16.J:Iac1 9'b6 17.h3 �f3
18.�f3 d4 19.�c6 bc6 20.ed4 J:ld4
21.11fc3 J:ladB 22.J:Ic2 J:l4d6 23.J:Ie1
h& 24.J:Ie7 aS 2S.ifeS J:lf6 26...-e2
..
.
d4 27.J:Ia4 9'd1 28...
.
d1 J:ld1
29.�h2 J:ldS 30.J:Iec4 J:lbS 31.f3 g6
32.J:Ic5 J:ld6 33.J:IbS cbS 34.J:Ic5
J:lb& 35.b4 a4 36.�g3 J:ld6 37.J:Ib5
J:ld3
Y,-Y,
Onischuk,Aiexander
Ch arbonneau,Pascal
Montreal 2006 (6)
1.d4 /Of& 2.c4 a6 3./0c3 �b4
4.•c2 d5 S.a3 �c3 6.•c3 /Oe4
7...
.
c2 c5 8.dc5 tOe& 9.cd5 eelS
10./0f3 •as 11.�d2 l0d2 12.11fd2
•cs 13.J:Ic1 � 14.e3 IHI
1S.ie2 �g4 16.h3 �h5 17.IHI
J:lad8 18.J:Ifd1 J:lfe8 19.g4 �g6
20./0d4 J:la4 21.�f3 J:le7 22./0c6
be& 23.•b4 J:la& 24.•b& ab&
2S.b4 bS 26 .J:Ic5 f6 27.J:Idc1 .i.eB
28. oi>ft 'i>t8 29.�2 J:la8 30.J:I5c3
J:le7 31.�3 J:lea7 32.J:Ia1 J:la4
33.J:Ib3 �7 34.�c3 gS 3S.�b2
�g6 36.J:Id1 fS 37.J:Ic3 1:1486
38.g1S ..tts 39.J:Ig1 h& 40.�g4 J:lf8
41.f4 �a4 42.J:If1 �6 43.�f3 .i.f3
44.J:If3 g14 45.J:If4 J:lf4 46.ef4 J:la7
47.J:Ig3 J:le7 48.wc3 J:le4 49.1lg6
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Nimzo-lndian Defence
�
The Real Challenge II
Classical Variation Nl 24.13 (E32)
by Pete r Lukacs and Laszlo Hazai (special contribution by Jonathan Rowson)
1. d4
ll
l
f6
2. c4
e6
3.ll
l
c3 .ib4
4.•c2�
5.e4
---
d5
6. e5
ll
l
e4
7. a3
.ic3
8. bc3
c5
In Yearbook 72 we already dealt
with this popular line,- but·it is
high time to analyse the new de­
velopments here.
Peter Leko
The sharp variation 5.e4 con­
tains more venom than previ­
ously thought, but Black's
aggressive counterblow 5... d5
still creates enough counterplay
for him. 9. .ib2 was played in
Gasanov-Sturua, Baku 2006, but
this move is highly unlikely to
oust the real main line 9..id3.
Black opted for 9... ll
l
c6, but here
9...cd4 IO.cd4 .id7! also looks
promising. At this early stage we
must point out that an early
check on a5 seems to spoil the
white king position, but in fact it
may help White! The game con­
tinued 10.0 -0 -0 cd4 ll.cd4 f5,
with immense complications,
and ended in a draw.
The Main Line
The main line is 9..id3, and now
Black has to decide whether to
play 'tra5 with or without a
check! It is quite understandable
that most players opt for the first
one. 9... cd4 IO.cd4 'lfa5 11.�1
.id7 was seen in Vera-Sulskis,
Yucatan 2004. This move looks
somewhat artificial in this case,
and 12.f3!? has been suggested
by Shariyazdanov, an expert on
this line; see the notes to the
game. Vera followed the well­
trodden path: 12.ll
l
e2 f5, and
now 13.l:lbl deviated from the
famous rapid game Karpov­
Stefansson, Reykjavik 2004,
where l3.ef6 was played, as you
can find in our article in Year­
book 72. 13J:lbl was met by
13...ll
l
a6, and after 14.J:I.b7 .ia4
15.'tfb l White's chances looked
preferable.
Black can also begin with
9...ll
l
c6, which may transpose to
the main lines after IO.ll
l
e2 cd4
l l.cd4 ..
.
a512.�.
In Vera-Kallio, Havana 2005,
Black chose the dubious-looking
l�f5. -This- is"'l
l
or-a
·flexible
plan. Black is ready to sacrifice
material, since the knight on e4 is
trapped. However, l3.f3 ll
l
b4!
gave rise to wild complications
and Black emerged victorious.
More to the point seems to be
13.J:I.b l, as demonstrated in
Goldin-Kunte, Cal via Olympiad
2004, although after some mis­
takes the result was the same!
The flexJ."ble choice is 12...f6,
forcing White to give up his
centre. In Woodward-Rawson,
Douglas 2005, after 13. .ie4 de4
14.ef6 the effective 14...1i'f5!
was played, and after 15..ie3
1i'f6 16.J:I.dl, 16...e5?! was inac­
curate. With 17.d5 White con­
solidated the centre and got a
185

slight edge. 16... b6! is the im­
provement, when Black has
good counterplay against the
hanging pawns.
·
Black can attack the centre ear­
lier on with f6: after 9...cd4
10.cd4 11'a5 ll.'iVfl, the imme­
diate ll...f6 deserves atten­
tion. In Bocharov-Alexandrov,
Abu Dhabi 2005, Black commit­
ted the same strategic mistake:
l2 ..i.e4 de4 13.ef6 :!6 l4.h3
e5?! and after l5.d5 .i.f5 l6.�e2
.i.d7 l7.�g3 .i.g6 White missed
the forcefull8.h4 !, and the weak
e4 pawn will fa ll. Black's best
plan is 14.. . .i.d7 15.�e2, trans­
posing to the next game.
In Vallej�:rSchandorf
f
, St Vin­
cent 2005, the-move order was
slightly dif
f
erent: 14.�2 .i.d7
15..i.e3 (White can take the e4
pawn again with 15.11'e4, but
then Black again has a lead in de­
velopment and enough counter­
play against the weak pawns on
the queenside). The game went
as fo llows: 15. . ..i.c6 16.�g3,
and now 16... �7! is the most
Less D1rect
9 .kb2
Gasanov,Eidar
Sturua,Zurab
Baku 2006 (5)
1.d4lilf62.c4e63.1ilc3�
4.1fc2 o-o 5.84 d5 6.e5 lile4 7.a3
� 8.bc3 c5 9.b2
186
prormsmg continuation, al­
though Black had no real prob­
lems after 16. .. .c.tl! either. Again,
16.h4!? deserves attention; see
the notes to the game.
The Real Challenge
Now we return to the real chal­
lenge. It seems that the 're­
stricted' 9...1i'a5! gives Black
good chances to achieve equal­
ity.
After the more or less forced se­
quence 10.�e2 cd4 ll.cd5 ed5
12.f3 �c3 13.�d4. Black has a
choice between 13...�b5 and
13. .. �e4. In the game Y.Gon-
9•.•1ilc6 [9...15 10.1il13 (10.13 11'1
14
11.g3
lilg3 12.1ff2 14 13.1ilh3 fillS) 10...1ilc6
11id3;1;; 9...al4 10.al4 -*.d7J (10...•85
11.We2 16 (11.. . .i.d7 12.13 .l
l
a4 13.1i'c1
(13.Wd371 .ib:l! 14.:C1 h4 15.:c4 dc4
16.'tfe4 c3 17...Q.c1 tas) 13... :ce
14.¢'831 IileS (14... dc4 15.1e4 c3
16.1ila2!±) 15.dc5 lilc&l (15.. .1tc5
1U.d4) 16.¢'121 (16.cd5 lile71) 16. .. •c5
17.1i'e3 d4 18.1td2 1We5 19.14 1tcS
20.1il13± Herraiz Hidalgo-
G
omez Esteban,
Spain II 2005; 11.. .15 12.13 1ilg5 13.h41ilf7
14.cd5 edS 15.� 'tfdB 16.¢'12 lilc6
17id3 'Wb6 1Uib1;1; SummeiSCai&­
J.Co
oper
, EnglandII200Ml1)12.13lilg5
13.h4 lilf1 14.ef6 gl6 15.¢'12 lilc6
(15...1ild6 16.c51ila8 17.�3 :17 18.1ile2
lilc6 19.h5;t Hoang Thanh Trar�
�t
Anka.
Budapest20
0
1; 15....i.d7 16..i.d3 15 17.cd5
11t'd5 1B.lile2 lilc6 19.:113 :lc8 20.1i'd2
'i
i'
d6 21.a4 lilb4 22.:g3 ¢'hB 23.d5 e5
zalez-H.Hemandez, Santa Clara
2005, Black chose 13. . .�b5, and
after 14..i.d2 �d4 15..i.h7 'iVhS
16..i.a5ltk2 17 ..i.c2ltk6 Black
was able to defend his somewhat
worse position; the endgame is
not too frightening for him.
In Goldin-Grischuk, Calvia
Olympiad 2004, Black went for
13... �. which was met by the
accurate 14.�!. and after
14.. . 1t'c3 15.11'c3 ltk3 16..i.d2
White had good compensation
for the pawn. In our illustrative
Game Vallej�:rLeko White
played the 'natural' 14.1Pe2, but
Leko's strong improvement
14. ..f5! changes the evaluation,
and in the end Black won the
game.
Conclusion
The 5.e4 line requires a lot of
theoretical knowledge and is
constantly on the move. Cur­
rently it looks as if Black has
enough counterchances in al
l
lines, but surely this is not yet the
end of the story.
24.14± Saitar-Shahade, Seat
tle
ch-USA
20
03
) 16..i.d3 (16.cd'i ed5 17id3 IS
1U.c3 1Jb6 19.:111 lild4 20.:116 lilc2
21.:113d422ib2lile323id4fild5;1;)
16...dc4 17ih7 ¢'h8 18.1ile2 lile7
19..i.g6 lildS 20.'tfc4 .i.d7 21.Wc51±
Giorgadza
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llle&cas,Spaklll20
00;
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11id3 (11.13? 'il'h4
;
11.1il13 - 9 .•./0c6;
11.1ilh3 1Wa517 (11...15 12.13 lOgS 13.1ilg5
•gs 14.cd5 ed5 15.1td2 •112 16.Wd2
lila5 17.:111;1;; 11..id7 12..i.d317 (12.f.l
lOgS 13./0gS 1tg5 14.cd5 ed5 15id3
:ace 16.•d2 1Wd2 11.Wc12 lila5
18.:ab1 � 19.We2 b6=) 12... .&5
13.¢'82 15 14.W;) 12.We2 16 13.13 fe5
14.1e4 lild4 15.J.d4 � 16.cd5 ed5
17.1ilf2 .i.d7 18.a4 J:lac8- ) 11...15 12.al6
(12.1371 1Wh4 13.g3 lilg3 14.•12 1Wh61+;
12.1ila2 1i'a5; 12.1il1317 1Wa5 13.�82
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12...1ta5 13.�a2 lil16 14.c5 (14.1il13 dc4

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14.. . b61 (14....i.d7?1 15./D13 .be 16./DgS
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16.<i>d2 .i.b3 17.c5 b6 1a.:c1bc5 19..1
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11.1DI3 'tfa5 12.1Dd2 .Q.a4 13.Wd3 Wc12
(13.. ./Dc6<X>) 14...cl2 IOd2 15.'"cl2 dc4
16..i.c4 .i.c6 17.13 IDrJ7 18.:hc1 /Db6
19..i.d3 J:lac8=; 11./De2 IDc6 (11...'tfa5
12./Dc3 IDc6 (12...J:Ic8 13id3 IDc6
14..i.e4 de4 15.'ilfcl2 (15...e41?) 15...'tfa6
16./De4 /Da5 17.1Dc5 IDc4 18./Da6 IDcl2
19.<i>d2 ba6 20.J:Ihc1 J:lc1 21.:c1 J:lc6
22.
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13.J:Id1 J:lac8 14.131 (14.c5 IDd4 15.J:Id4
J:lc5 16.J:Ie4 de4 17.'tfcl2 .i.c6; 14.�a2)
14... 1Dc:l 15..i.c3 'tfa3 16.c5 /Db4
17.•�) 12.J:Id1 J:lc6 13.13 IDeS!?
(13...1lra5 14.1Dc:l
-
11...Wa5) 14.de5
(14.184 IDc4 15.J:Ic1 de4 16.1Dc:l IDb2
17.1i'b2 'tfgS!!
!
) 14...J:Ic4 15.Wd3 11ras
16.J:Id2 /Dc12 17...
.
cl2'l
lf
c7 18./Dd4 (18.14
llc2) 18...'tfe5co) 11. ....
.
85 12.Ws2
(12.Wf1 .Q.a4) 12...J:Ic8 13.13 (13.e4 /Da6
14.13 (14.� de4) 14.../Db4 15.Wb3 IDd3
16.Wd3 dc4 17...
.
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13... 151 14.ef6 (14Je4? dc4-
--+
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15Je4 (15.J:Ib1 .Q.a4 16...
.
c1 bc5) 15...184
1U.e4 de4 17./Dh3 bc5 18./DgS 'itb5
19.WI2 al4 20.'tfe4 1i'b2 21.wg3 11rc2
22.1FaaM-+HoangThanhTrang­
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1B.ID13 m 19.J:Ihe1 (Hoang ThaM
T�Budapest20
0
1) 19...b6
20.�) 16./Dh3 (16.WI2 .i.d3 17.'tfd3
b6 18.'tfe3 ltibd7<X>; 16.14?1 IDe4 17./D13
b6;; 1U.c3 .i.d3 11.Wd3 ..
.
e4 18./Dh3
b6 19.cb6 ab6 20.l:lhb1 IOba7 21.l:lb4 •ce
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EslremeraPanos,01anouc20
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11'c7 19 ...
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83e520.de5J:leB21.14IDeS;;
21...10g4 22.W13 Wc5 (22...10gf6 23.:hd1
otle4 24.Wil) 23...
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g4 (P.Horva11H:.Eiak:9J,
iludape& 2001) 23...'tfc41 24.WI2 (24.<i>d2
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[10.13? trh4 11.g3 IDg3 12...
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12 /DIS;; IDc6 15.cd5 ed5 16.�; 13.../Dc3?
10./DI:l cd4 (10...16 11 .ef6 'itf6 12id3 14..i.cl2!±) 14..i.cl2 'tfcl2 15.cd5 ed5
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.
b4 .i.c2 25.J:Ic1 .i.d3 26.f4
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.
e7
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The Ma in Line
9...0.d3
_
Ver a,Reynaldo _
Sulskis,Sarunas
Yucatan 2004 (1)
41...
.
e7 'i>h5 42.Wf2 a5 43.WM a4
44.Wf2 J:lh4?? 45.'liff7= <i>g5
48...
.
g7 'i>h5 47.Wf7 <i>g5 48.Wg7
J:lg6 49.•e7 Wf4 50.Wh4 WaS
51.'i>e3 J:lg2 52.'li'f4 Wf6 53.Wh6
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Wa5 11.Wf1 �d7
12.1De2 [12ie4? de4 13.We4 Wc3+;
12.131? .i.a4 (12...15 13./i)e2 IDc6 14.cd5
Vera,Reynaldo
Kalllo,Heikki
Havana 2006 (6)
1.d4 �f6 2.c4 e6 3./Dc3 .i.b4
4••c2 o-o 5.e4 d5 6.e5 tOe4 7.a3
.i.c3 8.bc3 c5 9...i.d3 ll'lc6
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ad11? 11t'h5 (16...d4? 17 ..i.d4 •d4
16.11t'h4 h5 17.tt:le4±) 14.tt:lg5 g6 15.1ilf3 18 ..i.84+-; 16..id7 ? 17..i.e4+-;
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Classical Variation 4. . ib7
01 6.4 (E16)
Who Wa nts the Exchange?
by Kick Langeweg (special contribution by Vasily lvanchuk)
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This old line with 9.1Wc2 was
frr st played on the highest level
in the Euwe.-Capablanca match,
Amsterdam 1931, and was al­
ready discussed elaborately in
Ye arbook 33.
The continuation 8 ...ll:\e4 boils
down to an exchange sacrifice,
but has neverbecome very pop­
ular. Still, this line has attracted
the attention of great players
like Anders son, Kortchnoi, Sei­
rawan and Larsen to this day.
And now Nisipeanu has joined
the list
We could, in fa ct, answer the
question if Black has sufficient
compensation for the exchange
in the positive, simply on ac­
count of the fa ct that Capabl anca
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and the other players mentioned
above incorporated the line in
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had a brief flirtation with it
Some questions remain unan­
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game Van der Sterren-Kortch­
noi, 1994, for instance, after
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White was successful with the
pawn sacrifice 15.0-0, recom­
mended by Euwe. Oddly
enough, this continuation found
no fo llowers and white players
stuck to the customary 15.l:tdl.
Compensation or Not?
In the eighth game of the 1931
match, Capablanca replied
15 .. .1We5, but landed in serious
trouble after 16.e3 ll:\c2 17.c;i?e2
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rightly so: later attempts to rein­
force Black's game with
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1995) or 18. . .ll:\b4 (Novi­
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successful. It is, however, confus­
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stature, in his analyses of his
game against Nisipeanu, opines
that after 15 ...We5 Black decid­
edly has compensation, without
elaborating on this. Perhaps he
canaf
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scenes in the future.
.Jos6 Raul Capablanca
Deserving Closer Sautlny
Dissatisfied with the course of
the eighth game, Capablanca
went for 15...c5 in Game 10 and
drew fairly easily. This continua­
tion has not found many fo llow­
ers either, but in case 15 ...1ie5
turns out to be insufficient, it
may require closer scrutiny and a
new assessment after all those
years.
A Solid Alternative
At the outset, the continuation
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ll:\c6 13.h8 l:ta8 was consid­
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the exchange sacrifice, but since
the game Portisch-Andersson ,
Tilburg 1983, it is a solid alterna­
tive for Black - see also the
games Benjarnin-Azmaiparash­
vili, 1997 and Xu Jun-Seirawan.
2001 in the Game Section.

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s
ment After
!4.1ldl .a5 15.�fl ..
.
a2 16.d5
ctla5 Aronian tried to improve on
Benj amin-Azmaiparashvili �ith
the interesting pawn sacrifice
11.�g2. In the game, after
17...'irc4, Aronian succeeded in
realizinghisidea:bywayofa
second pawn sacrifice he pro­
cured maximum activity for his
maj or pieces and exerted heavy
pressure on the black position.
At the cost of two pawns, Black
managed to exchange queens
and he couldhopeto throw.up a
defensible fo rtress with a strong
knight on d5. In vain, as Aronian
demonstrated. Much stronger is
1 7...<�)c4!?, when White would
have bad difficulty proving the
correctness of his pawn sacri­
fice.
r;laln Game
Refusing the Offer
lvanchuk,Vaslly
Nlslpeanu,Uvlu-Dieter
FOroe Aeroevit 2ooe (7)
1.d4 c(lf6 2.c4 e6 3.1tlf3 b6 4.g3
.l
l
b7 5.£g2 £b4 6id2 £d2 7.•d2
D-0 B.c(lc3 ctle4 9."itd31? &3
1D.c(lg51 /(le4
11-<tlM (1U.84 .l
l
84 12.•84 .Q5
13-•aa ltlc6 14.'ftb7 ttld4 15.lld1
11'e5\!
!
Euwe-Capa�An
ca
,
AmsterdM\
Restricting Black's OptJons
The comparatively new move
9.'ird3 can lead to the same situa­
tion as 9.Wc2 after 9.. .<�)c3
10/i)g5 t()e4 ll.J.e4. The differ­
ence between the two moves is,
among others, that 9.Wd3 re­
stricts Black's options, as
10...'1t'g5 is hardly possible since
the white queen covers the d4
pawn.
In the Main Game Ivanchuk­
Nisipeanu. Foros 2006, White
spumed the exchange that was of­
fe red him and tried ll.ttJe4, with
success. As Ivanchuk's analyses
show, Black should have contin­
ued 16....Cad8 17...e4 .Cd6!, af­
ter which White has no more than
a symbolic advantage.
Conduslon
In recent years, most grand­
masters
have preferred
1931 m-8( 11... d5 [11...1&6 12.().() d6
13.a3 llb8 14.a3 h6 15.l0c3 t;. 16.b4±]
12.cd5 .l
l
d5 (12...ed5 13.l0c3 c6 14.().()
c(ld7 15.84, .i.b7<) 13.D-O ctlc6
(13 .. . /(ld7 14.llac1, c7<) 14.llfd1 •e7
Survey Ql 6.4
IO...Wg5. This continuation is
exceedingly solid, and so far it is
not clear how White can obtain
any advantage at all.
In the line with IO ...l0e4, the con­
tinuation l5...We5 is under dis­
cussion. So far, the results have
not been encouraging for Black;
stil
l
, Ivanchuk did not venture
thisagainstNisipeanu. Aslong as
we do not know what Ivanchuk
knows, it may be wise to hark
back to Capalanca's 15...c5.
Al
l
advantage of Ta l's continua­
tion 9.Wd3 is that White can pre­
vent 10 ...1i'g5. This is a heavy
blow for champions of this
move, who wil
l
be forced to play
lO. . .ttJe4.
.
The future will have to tell
whether
the continuation
l5.. ..e5 or the one-shot 15 ...c5,
which involves an exchange sac­
rifice, are OK for Black.
19.•115 lld5 20.84 llld8 21.e31±;
17. . ..<1717 18.d5l li:Je7 19.de6 1fe6
20.We& res 2tctlb5±J 1 a..1:1ac1 (18.ctlb5
lidS 19.a4 a6 20./(lc3 lld6) 18 ...a6
19.e3oo) 17.1fc4 ctldS?I [17...llac8!7
-
---·-- --- --
-
··
·
1 a.llaen:ns:ac5 i5r 2D.a3 -(2D.ctle4· rsr
15.ctlc31 (15.llac1 llad8 16.83 e51]
15....i.g2 [15. .. ctlb4 1 6./l
ldS
ctld5
(16. ..ed5 17.•c3±) 17.84 ctll6 18.llac1
llad8 19.Wc4 c5 2D.dc5 ll:d1 21.lld1
.c5 22..c5 bc5 23.85±) 16.�g2
ltlb4? (16 ...&5 17...841 ed4 18.lld41
•84 19.1184 llac8 20.llc1 ; 16 ... llad8
17.•84 J:ld61 (17. . .Wd6 18./(lbS 'W'd5
21 .a3 ctld5 22.lld5 ed5 23.•d5 �h6;
20./(la4 1tb71) 2D... llc5 21 .•84 /(laB
22./(la4 llc1 23.llc t�] 18.llac1 ll:ac8
11Ll
lldl!
19.•ce c(lc3 2D.llc3 es
21 .de51) 19••c6 llfdB (19...ctlb4
2D."itb71 •d7 21.•a7 lla6 22."itb7 lllc8
23.a3 ltlc6 24.d5 ctle.5 2S.de6] 20.a31
ci>f8 [20... /(lc3 21.llc3 lld61? 22.Wb7
•d61 23.lldc11 c6 24 .•a7 lla6 25.1fb7
llb8 26.•a6 c5 27.dc5 bc5 28.•a4 llb2
29.llc5 ll:b8±; 2D.. ..d7 21..d7 lld7
22.c(ld5
.
lld5 23.llc6 � 24.lldc1 ±;
2D...c(lb4 21 ..b7 a5 22.a3 ctld5 23./l
ld
S
ed5 24.llc6 h5 2S.h4±1 21.ctld5 ad5
22.llc3 (c7<) 22....d7 (22...•84
23.'*'!11 h5 24.114±; 22...� 23.llc2±j
23.lldc1 •c6 24.llc6 ll:d7 25.h41
he [25.. .h5? 26.Wf3 �7 27.�41
26.h51 h&? (26.. .Wdl
l
27.1161 g6 28.b41
(26.1116 cS!,.t) 28...lld6 29.ll6c3 g5
193

30.l:tc6�31.l:td6�32.Wf3a6
33.� l:tg8 34.a4±] 27.b41 �dB
28.Wf3 l:te7 (28. . .l:td6 29.l:td6 cd6
30.l:tc8�31.84da432.��
33.Wd5 b5 34.g4±/+- g5 (34...Wt:7 35.14
� 36.g5 �7 37.151; 34.. . g6 35.g51)
35.�84 �e6 36.d5 � 37.14+-) 29.g4
[29.b5 a6 30.a4 ab5 31.ab5 l:t�]
29.. .�d7 30.b5 � 31 .a4 �d7
32.Wf4 l:te6 33.l:te6 fe6 (33... �
34.l:tc6 � 35.�85+-] 34.W.S a6
(34.. . l:tf8 35.l:tc6 l:tf2 36.l:te6 l:ta2 37.l:tg6
l:ta4 38.l:tg7 Wel
l
39.g5+-] 35.l:tc6
abS 36.ab5 l:te8 37.f31 l:te7 38.f4
l:te&. 39.g5 l:te7 (39.. .l:th8 40.l:to6 hg5
41 .1g5 l:th5 42.l:tg6 l:th3 43.l:tg7 �
44.Wd5 l:te3 45.g6+-) 40.gh6 gh6
41.Wf& l:te8 42.Wf7 l:te7 43.�
l:teB 44.�h6 l:tgB 45.�h7 l:tg3
46.l:tc3 �7 47.l:tc7 Wf6 48.h6 l:tg1
[48...l:te3 49.Wga) 49.l:tb7 l:ta1 50.l:tb8
l:te7 51.�8 �g6 52.l:te8 Wf6
53.l:tb8 l:ta1 54Jlf8
1-o
lvancbuk
M/06-6-44
Black Plays 10. . . 1iJe4
The Pawn Sacrif1ce 15.0 -0
Van der Sterren,Paul
Kortchnoi,Viktor
Antwerp 1994 (6)
1.d4 �f6 2.c4 e6 3.�f3 b6 4.g3
�7 5.�g2 �b4 6..i.d2 �d2 7.•d2
[7.�bd2 _0.0 8.0.0_ c51?] 7...o-o [7.. .d6]
8.&3 (8.0.01?] 8 ...� (8 ...d6)
9.¥d317 &3 10.�g5 <tle4 [1D...'irg5
11..ib7 � 12.b31 'ira5 13.'ird2±]
11..i.e4 (1 1 .�1?;1;] _ 11••.�e4
12.•e4 •g5 13 ...
.
aa � 14.1tb7
� 15.0-6 �2 16.�1N 'ireS
17 .•e4 10d4 18.l:tad1 e5 19...
.
d5
(19.14 'irc4] 19 ... c6?1 (19 ...d6
20.141;
19.....
.
d5 20.cd5 �5 21.l:tc1±) 20...
.
d7
'irc4 21 .'ira7 hS?I (2 1.....
.
e2
22.1ta:!;] 22...
.
b6 •e27 [22. . ...
.
82;&]
23.f31 l:teB (23... 1tll3 24...
.
12+-)
24.l:tde1 •c4 25.'ira5 h47T 26.gh4
f5 27J:tf2 c5 28.'irc7+- (.6 29.l:tg2;
.6. 29 .l:te5] 28...�6 29...
.
85 •h4
30.l:tfe2
Hl
194
Van der Sterren
M/94-6 -85 YB/33-123
Capablanca's Choices
after 15.Rd1
Euwe,Max
Capablanca,Jose
Amsterdam m 193 1 (10)
1.d4 /t)f6 2.c4 e6 3.1tlf3 b6 4.g3
.i.b7 5•.i.g2 � 6.�d2 .i.d2 7••d2
o-o 8.�c3 <tle4 9.•c2 ctlc3 1 o.�g5
<tle4 11•.i.e4 .i.e4 12.'ire4 •g5
13.11fa8 � 14.11'b7 10d4 15.l:td1
c51
16.83 (16.0.0 lOe2 17.�h1 (17.� f5
(17...d5) 18.'irl3 14 1 19.l:td7 /t)d4 20.1tb7
131) 17. ..1tg4 18.l:td7 ..
.
c4 (.6 19.../tlg3)
19.l:tfd1 .a2] 16. ..ctlc2 17.�d2 'irf5
18.1tg2 (18.13 � 19.1te4 ¥16
20.�1 d5 21.cd5 ed5 22.l:td5 /t)d5
23."Wd5 l:td8 24."We4 �� Faster-Kovacs,
Budapest 1936] 18... ctlb4 19.e4 11ff6
20.�c1 IOa2 21 .�b1 <tlb4 22.l:td7
ltlc6 23.14 e5 24.l:thd1 <tld4 25.l:ta7
8f4 26.gf4 •f4 27.l:te1 <tlf3 28.l:te2
ltld4 29.l:t81
Yz-Y.
Euwe,Max
Capablanca,Jose
Amsterdam m 1931 (B)
YB/33-124
1.d4 �f6 2.c4 e6 3.ctlf3 b6 4.g3
�7 S..i.g2 .i.b4 6..i.d2 .i.d2 7."Wd2
o-o 8.ctlc3 <tle49.1l'c2 ctlc3 1O.<tlg5
ctle4 11..i.e4 (11.�!? � 12.'irc3t]
11 •...i.e4 12.1te4 11fg5 13.1taa ctlc6
14...
.
b7 ctld4 15.l:td1 "We57 16.83
<tlc2 17.We2 d5 18.l:td2 11'b2
19.cd5 [19.1tc71? d4 20.l:thd1 de3 21.fe3
1tc3 22.l:td3 1ta5 23.l:td8 g6] 19...11'b5
2D.Wf3 ltlb4 21.l:tc17 [21 ."Wc7 ltld5
22.1te5; 21.d6 cd6 22Jld6] 21 . . ...
.
a57
[21 . . ./tlds 22.1ta7;t; 22.e4? 't
tb4
!
23.l:tdc2 IS] 22.d6 cd6 23.l:tc8 g6
24.l:tf8? [24.1ta8 l:tc8 25."irc8 �g7
26.•c3 �hso 27.l:td6J 24••.wra
25.1l'c8 �7 26.1tc7 Wf6 27.•c J
�7 28.11fc7 Wf&
29.1td87 (29."Wd6 �a2 30.11'd4 e5
31.•d6 �7 32.l:td5 e4 33.� "Wc3
34.11fe5 ¥e5 35.�] 29•••�g7
30."Wd6 10a2 31 .•d4 e57 (31. . .Wg8
32.1td8 �g7 33."Wd4 � 34.1tb2
ltlc3f«>] 32."Wd5 11fd5 33.1:t.d5 e4
34.Wt4 ctlb4 35.l:tb5 [35.l:td41?)
35...10d3 36.� ctlf2 37.� f5
38.l:tb2 ctlg4 39.h3 <tlf6 40.l:tc2
ctle4 41.g4 Wt& 42.gts � I�
42...gl5 43.h4 ctlc5] 43.l:tc7 ctlg5
44.l:te7 1'15 45.l:ta3 (45.h4 ltl13 46.�d5
g51] 45 ••. ctlf3 46.�d3? (46.Wd5 g5
47.l:ta8 g4 48.hg4 hg4 49.l:tf8 �5
50.�84+-] 46.•.<tlg1 47.� gS
48.l:tb3 h4 49.l:tb6 ctlh3 50.�2 g4
51 .l:tb5 We4 52.l:tb4 Wf5 53.Wf1
�gS 54.l:tb5 �g6 55.l:tb4 �h5
56.l:tb5 ctlg5
Yz-y.
YB/33-123
Black Plays 1O...l2e4
Main Line 15.ild1 '!
!.i'
e5
Polak,Petr
Ungurs,Kazimirs
Utomysl 1995 (6)
1.d4 /t)f6 2.ctlf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3
.i.b7 5..i.g2 � 6•.i.d2 .i.d2 7.1rd2
o-o 8.ctlc3 <tle4 9.1tc2 ctlc3 10.<tlg5
l£le4 11..i.e4 .i.e4 12."We4 "WgS
13...88 ctlc6 14.1tb7 <tld4 15.l:td1
1t'e5 16.e3 ctlc2 17.�2 ltlb4
18.l:td2 [18.l:td7 1i'b2 19.l:td2 1tc3
20."irc7 ctla6 21.'i
i'
c6ctlc522.l:thd1•c4
23.�13±] 18...ctla2 19.l:ta1 'i
i'
cS
20.11fe4 (2D.l:ta2 1tc4) 20...<tlb4

21 J:taJ d5 22.cd5 [22.'l
ll'
d4'l
lf
d4
.'l
ll'
c6 23.'ilfc3±) 23.:ld4 c5 24. :ld1
:;·· 2S
.:lb7) 22. • •ed5 23.'ilf14 'Wb5
24.W13 c5 25.:lb7 /()d3 26.'ilfd6?
[26.J:ld3 .d3 27.J:lb6o:>] 26 •.. �81
27.wg4 15 28.W14 [2B.wh5 'ilfee
29.wh4 114-; 29.. .�13 �.Wh3 <l)d2,
31.'l
lf
d5J 28. . •'ilfc4 29.:ld4 cd4
30.J:lg7 Wg7 31 .•87 wg8 32.1le6
:11 33.-.ea W97 34.'1We5 :16
35.'ilf87 wg& 3&.11'e8 wh6
o-1
Novikov, lgor
Christiansen,larry
Antwerp 1995 (5)
1.d4 �16 2.c4 a& 3.�13 b6 4.g3
�b4 5�d2 �d2 6.'Wd2 $.b7 7�g2
(H) 8.�c3 � 9.'ltd3 �c3 10.�
10e4 11.�e4 �e4 12.'ilfe4 •gs
13.-.as �c6 14.'ilfb7 �d4 15.J:ld1
tte5 16.e3 �c2 17.W82 d5 1 8.:ld2
18-.1184?1 [1B...'Wb2
Euwe-
Capablan
ca
,
Amslll
ldam
1931 m�]
19.J:lc1 � [19.. .Wc4 20.Wd1] 20.183
W'g2 21 .Wd1 (21.Wd3? dc4] 21 ....h1
22.Wc:2 W84 23.:d3o •c4 24.J:lc3
..e4 25.�b3 c5 28.83 h8 27.�2
••4 28.:n 'Wb5 29.:12 e5 30.g4
a4 31.1lc7 d4 32.ed4 cd4 33••c4
..e5 34.J:ld3 J:ld8 35••84 .84
36•.D:k12 e5 37.h3 .d5 38.Wb3 g&
39.�b1 b5 40.•b4 :ca 41 .W87
•e4 42.1ld7 :ca 43.� :16
44.•ae [4
4.
..
W97 45.lld4J
1-o
Novlkov,lgor
Buturin,VIadlmir
Nova Gorica 1997 (5)
l.d4 /()16 2.c4 e6 3./()13 b6 4.g3
.i.b7 5�g2 � &.�d2 �d2 7.Wd2
0.
.0
8./(lc3 /(le4 9.1ld3 ltlc3 10./(lgS
�e4 11.�84 �e4 12.1le4 •ss
13.1188 �c6 14.1lb7 ltld4 15.J:ld1
1185 16.83 �c2 11.W&2 d5 18.J:ld2
�b4 19.b3 [1 9.&3 1le4 20.J:lc1 �
21 .:cc2 11h1 22.lld1 .e4 23.J:ld3 ..
.
h1
24.J:ld1= Fritz] 19...d4 (19...dc4 20.bc4
•c3 21.1lc7 (21...
.
e4) 21... 1tla6 22.'1Wc6
�c5 23.llhd1 1lc4 24.Wf3±] 20.J:ld4
�a2 21.Wil 11ts 22.w92 aS
23.11d2 [23.841?±] 23.. .e4 24.lla1
(24.J:la2? 11
13=
] 24 .. .�b4 25.11c7
�d3 26.1ld6 [26.:an 'ltl3 21.W91
�el 28.Wf1 1lh1 29.�e2 1113 �- �1
11h1 31.� 1113=] 26... h5 27.h4
[27.J:la7 1113 28.Wg1 ltlel 29.•18 Wh7=]
21...:ea 28.J:ld31 '1Wf3 (2B...ed3
29.J:ld1±l 29.wg1 ed3 30.11d3± as
31.J:ld1 g6 32.J:ld2 :a& 33.•c3 :16
34.lld8 wh7 35. •d2 •15 36.•b2
..
.
13 37.J:ld4 (37.84 1+- �h6 38.J:ld6
:d6 39.1lh8X] 37...:e& 38.'1Wd2 :16
39.J:ld6 J:ld6 40...
.
d6 .b7 41.�
11h1 42.W82 'ilfb1 43.11'd3 [43.11b6
a4 44.•16 'ilfc2 45.Wf3 ab3 48.•17
wh8=] 43. ..'Wb2 44.W13 .16 45.Wg2
.b2 46.84 .aS 47.'Wd5 .16 48.85
1187 49.W13 wg8 so.•d6 11'a7
s1 .'ltds wg7 s2.1116 wl'j7 53.11c&
�91 54.WB4 wh7 ss.�d5 w91
S&.wd6 (56.•16 Wg& 57.86+-J
56.. .� s1.11'ca w97 sa.•d7
[58. 11c7) 58 ...'t
t'
a8 59.11c7 11'18
60...87 't
t'
b8
1-Q
A Tn angulatron
17.1ilf1
Ka rlsson, Roy
Hedlund ,Carl
Hallstaham
mar
2003 (7)
1.d4 �16 2.1tlf3 b6 3.g3 e& 4�g2
.tb7 5.c4 �b4 6..i.d2 �d2 7...
.
d2
o-o 8./(lc3 /(le4 9.W'c2 /(lc3 10.�g5
/(le4 11.�e4 �84 12.1184 Wg5
13.1la8 ltX:6 14...
.
b7 �d4 15.11d1
'IreS 16.83 /(lc2 17.Wf1 .15
[A18...�3] 18.We2 ..
.
g4 19.Wd2
�b4 [19.. .1lc4 20.J:lc1] 20.�3 [20.a3
IOc6 21 .�?±] 20 ...a5 [20...�
21 .wb3 � 22.wb4 d5 23.J:lc1+-;
20.....
.
e21?] 21 .a3 [21 .Wc77 'ilf84;
21.J:ld7 1115 22.J:ld2 a41-+ (Fri1z) 23.�b4
•aS 24.W&3 c5 2s.ba •b4 26.wb2
Survey Ql 6.4
•d2J 21 .....
.
e2? [21...d5 22 ...
.
c7 �ao
23...
.
14 (23.Wc6) 23...Wg6cz>] 22.J:ld2?
[22.ab4 ab4 23.�b3+-] 22...1fia2
23.Wc:2 Wc4 24.�b1 [24.. .c5 25.ll:c2;
25.11b6? � 26.bc3 ¥84; 25.J:ld7 11b3
26.lld2 bS!; Fri1z]
1-Q
Sarlc,Ante
Matko,Ognjen
Rabac jr 2003 (8)
1.1tlf3 /()16 2.c4 b6 3.g3 e6 4..i.g2
�b7 5.d4 � 6�d2 �d2 7.1ld2
0-Q 8.� � 9.•c2 ltlc3 10./(lgS
�84 11� .t84 12.We4 Wg5
13.¥88 �c6 14 ••b7 �d4 15.J:ld1
.aS 18.83 �2 17.� 'l
ll'
b2
18.1la7 (18.J:ld7 •82 19.Wc7;t]
18.. .¥16 (A 19...�3[ 19.W82 tt'e5
20.••4 (20�d7 We4 21.J:lhd1 1lc4]
20...1184 21 .wd2
21 .. ./(l831 22.t83 J:la8 23...
.
c2
[23.11b3o 1182 24.Wc1 · :a1 -2s.wb2 ·
We526.Wc2..
.
84 27.Wd3? (27.�b2=)
27....g2 28.Wb3 1182 29.Wc3 'l
ll'
a5
30.wb2 (30.Wd4 .c5-+) 30.. . :82
3twb1 J:la3-+ 32.•&3 (32.1ld7 :b3:
32.'l
ll'
d4 l:lb3) 32...11&3] 23...:&21
24.11&2 tt'g2 25.�c3 Wa2 26.J:ld7
••3 27.wd4 •c5 [27.. .15-+J
28.wd3 ga 29.:n •a3 30.WB4 15
31 .W14 gs? [31... 116 32.114 (32.wa5 Wc3
(32 .. ..&3? 33.WI6 •cal 33.�
1lc4-+) 32...'t
t'
c5 (32...e51?) 33.J:lfd1 e5
34.�13 •c4-+J 32.¢>g5 We3
33.Wf6? [33.11141<% e5 (33.. . .e5 34.J:ld8
Wf7 35.J:ld7 Wgo=; 35... We& 36.J:lh7)
34.WI6 h5] 33...Wh6 .34.W85 'l
ll'
e3
[34 ...11
112
-+ 35.:13 •h5+ (35 ...1le2
38.WI6) 36.lle3 (38.J:lf4 'ilfg6 37.J:le7
1lg3 38.:86 Wf7 39.:18 w91 40.:rsJ
38...14 37.Wf4 WtsX] 35.Wf6 'l
ll'
h6
36.�e5 11t'83 37.Wf6
�-�
195

A Solid Allernat1ve
Black Plays 10 ... 'l!l'g5
Benjamin,Joel
Azmalparashvili,Zurab
New York 1997 (9)
1.d4 /Of& 2.10f3 e6 3.g3 b6 4..i.g2
.i.b7 S.c4 .i.b4 6..i.d2 .i.d2 7.11fd2
o-o 8.10c3 IOe4 9.1i'c2 /0c3 10./0gS
"l
lr
gs 11 ..i.b7 /Oa2 12...
.
e2 10c6
13..i.a8 l:la8
14.1:
:t
d1 11fas 1S.�1 •a2 16.d5
lOsS 17.de6 de6 18.c5 ..
.
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Aronian ,Levon
Postny,Evgeny
Moscow Aeroflot 2005 (B)
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_GrUnfe ld Indian Defence
Fianchetto Va riation
Gl 2.3 (078)
While My Opponent was Thinki ng...
by Alexander Galkin (special contribution by Vasily lvanchuk)
1. d4
�f6
2.c4
g6
3. �f3 ..tg7
4. g3
o-o
5. ..tg2 c6
6.o-o
d5
7. 11'b3
I decided to write this Survey af­
ter making a detailed analysis of
a short but thought-provoking
game from the recent Russian
Club Championship. This was
Alexander Galkln
the game from the 1Oth round
with my good colleague Misha
Roiz. In the opening he thought
for quite a long time, as though
tryingtofindnewplans-ina
fairly well-known position.
Making use of this, I also tried to
delve as deeply as possible into
the position, despite the fact that
it had already occurred in one of
my previous games and had then
been subjected to analysis. Eight
years later I looked at the posi­
tion anew and, as it seemed to
me, I fo und an idea enabling
White to fight for a real advan­
tage. But we will rerum to this
later, and for the moment let us
examine the starting position of
the variation.
Nowadays this queen develop­
ment is quite popular, and at the
present moment the theory of the
variation is quite well developed.
Of the possible tempting possi­
bilities for Black, the fo llowing
seem the most interesting:
7...'ifb6 and 7...a5, on which I
give some relatively recent
games, and finally 7.. .dc4. It is
this third continuation, fo llowed
by the development of the bishop
to f5 , that is the subject of the
present article. At various times
this plan has been chosen by
well-known players such as
1LUD[D an, lvanchuk, �enkow,
Sasikiran and others. The main
clash is the battle by the two
sides for and against White's
planned move e4.
7•• •dc4 8.1i'c4 iUS
Now 9 ...tg5?! has also been
played against me, but as shown
by the game Loginov-Galkin,
Elista 1997, Black does not ex­
perience any problems in achiev­
ing good play.
After 9.�c3 �bd7 White has sev­
eralplansinhisfightforanopen­
ing advantage, which we wil
l
endeavour to examine in tum.
First we will consider moves by
the white ro
o
kto dl and el.After
10.lld1 with the strong move
10 .....tc2! Black can ascertain
the rook's further plans: whether
it intends to maintain the opposi­
tion with the black queen on the
d-me by ll.lld2, as in the game
Malaniuk-Galkin,
Krasnodar
1997, or to move to the neigh­
bouring square ll.lle l, as
played in the games Zaichik­
Peng Xiaomin, Erevan Olym­
piad 1996,
and Stohl­
Krasenkow, Germany Bundes­
liga 1997/9 8. In both cases with
accurate play Black can count on
a good game. It is instructive to
197

compare this line with the Slav
one from Leitao-Milos in
Sosonko's Comer (Yearbo
o
k
79). With the bishop on e7 in­
stead of g7, White's queen is � a
deadly trap.
10 ..i.f4 looks quite interesting,
when the queen development
10...1ib6 seems to be a good re­
ply. As shown by the games
Pigusov-Ti moschenko, Moscow
1990, Akopian-Ivanchuk, Wo rld
Team Championship, Erevan
2001, and Ionov -Sasikiran,
Cappelle la Grande 2006, in this
line too Black has no problems.
Creeping
The most dangerous for Black is
- the .'cre
e
ping ' move 10.e3 .
.
White prepares for his queen the
excellent square e2, from where
it not only avoids an unpleasant
confrontation with Black's an­
noying pieces, but it can also as­
sistincar
ryin
g out the
fundamental
l
y important ad­
vance of the e-pawn.
I consider the main reply to be
10.- l0e4.
In the Yu goslav Encyclopaedia
the main continuation for Black
is considered to be 10 ...ltJb6
I Ui'e2 ltJe4 12.l:ldl ltJc3
13.bc3 ltJa4 14 ...td2 ..te4
15...tel 'i
i
c7 16...tf1 h6 and
here; instead of 17.l:lac1, which
occurred in the game Woj t­
kiewicz-B enjamin, Pleasantville
1993, with 17.ltJd2! White could
have forcibly transposed into a
position with an unusual mate­
rial balance, in which, despite
the comparatively equal mate­
rial, White has the advantage
thanks to his bishop pair and the
possibility of developing his ini­
tiative.
Let us proceed further along the
main branch with 11.We2. The
game Sargissian-Sasikiran, Gi­
braltar 2005, transposed into the
main line after ll. l:ld 1 e5
198
12.'ti'e2. The attempt to attack
the black bishop by l l.ltJh4 also
did not lead to an advantage in
the games Hiibner-Shirov, Wij k
aanZe
e
1996 and Sapis­
Kaminski, Koszalin 1998.
ll. ..e5 U.l:ldl ltJc3 13.bc3 'Wc7
Now, after revising the evalua­
tion of the main variation, I am
inclined to suggest that it is
better here to develop the black
queen further along the diagonal
-
13 ...11Va5 . This continuation
occurred in the game
Sargissian-Sasikiran, Gibraltar
2005. One should not be unduly
influenced by the final result In
my view, from the opening Black
achieved an equal game. Thus,
for example, with 19 ...'tlra5 he
could have prevented an un­
pleasant pawn advance, thereby
avoiding those dif
fi
culties that
occurred in the game. I would
venture to suggest that this is the
most acceptable line for Black.
ButthatiswhatIthinknow,
whereas immediately before the
game, on the basis of my unfor­
tunate but instructive experi­
ence, I did not see any particular
problems for Black.
14.e4 .i.g4 15..i.e3
This is the most accurate move
order, avoiding the exchanging
operation which could have oc­
curred in the games Kortchnoi­
TIIDID an, Amsterdam 1972, and
Pigusov-Galkin, Maikop 1998.
In these games after 15.h3 ..tf3
16...tf3 Black could have
achieved an acceptable position
with the central relieving opera­
tion 16 ...ed4!7 17.cd4 c5. But he
could also have played 16 .. ..1:lfe8
and if 17.l:lb 1 in analogy with the
game Pigusov-Galkin, Maikop
1998, then I had prepared the im­
provement 17.. .ltJb6 18..i.e3
l:lad8 19 .l:lb4 a5!7 and Black has
good play.
15.•. l:lfe8 16.h3 ..tf3 17..i.f3
l:lad8
Let us return to the introduction
to the article. This is the key posi­
tion, in which Black's good de­
velopment and pressure on the
opponent's centre would appear
to promise him good play. And
indeed, after 18.Wc2 b5!7,
which occurred in the game
Roiz-Galkin, Sochi 2006, Black
obtains a good position. And if
White plays l8.l:labl, then after
18...ltJb6 this leads, by transpo­
sition, to a position from the
game Pigusov-Gal.k:in, Maikop
1998. In both cases White either
allowed Black to exploit the
weak c4-square for his knight, or
he went in for a direct confronta­
tion in the centre, in which the
rather poor placing of his pieces
told. But here, using the time that
my opponent spent seeking the
correct plan, I came to the unfa­
vourable conclusion that Black
stands worse. Home analysis
confirmed this evaluation. Of
course, one of the main factors
enabling this to be asserted is the
pair of bishops. For the moment
they are not powerful, but this is
only temporary... Since in cer­
tain variations the bishop on f3 is
hanging, the completely logical
and strong move 18..i.g2! came
tomind.Thisisnotonlyapro­
phylactic move, b,u t it also pre­
pares the f2-f4 advance,
enabling White at the necessary
moment to force Black to dis­
close his plans in the centre. Un·
fortunately, Black's problem is
that he seems unable to improve

the placing of his pieces. They
appear to be ide�y
.
d�velope
_
d
for countering White s unmedi­
ate play, but the point is that
White can pennit himself a pre­
paratory regrouping
_
for �ubse­
quent active play. It IS this that
Te mpting Possibilities
7... \'il'b6
Nlelsen,Peter Heine
Radjabov,Telmour
Tripoli Wch 2004 (2)
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�g7 5..
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g2d56.9b3CHI7.�
.b6 8.CHI J:ld8 9.cd5 .b3 1 O.ab3
�d5 11..
.i.
g5 Wf8 12.J:lfc1 �e6
13..
..td2
h& 14.a3 lt)d7 15.1oe1 �
16.J:lc3 g5 17.1lld3 �f5 18.�c5
�c5 19.J:lc5 �g& 20.�c3 e6 21.b4
a& 22.J:lca5
Y.:!-Y.:!
Aronlan,Levon
Svldler,Peter
Be
er
Sheva Wch·tt 2006 (6)
1.d4 �f& 2.c4 g6 3.�13 �g7 4.g3
c6 U)c3 d5 6...b3 CHI 7...i.g2
•b& 8.CHI J:ld8 9.c5 •b3 10.ab3
�6 11..
.i.
f4 �d7 12J:
:tfd
1
12 .• .e5 13.�5 � 14.�e5 �e5
15.de5 �f5?1 [� 15.../0c5 16.b4 tOriT
17.14 � 18.b5!J 16.J:la5 (16.e41? de4
17-l:d8 J:ld8 18..
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.e4 IOc5 19.�15 gf5
20.J:la7±] 1 6.•..
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c2 17.J:ld4 �b3
18-f4 �c4 19.84 �b4 20.ed5 cd5
21 .J:ld2 [21.�5 �5 22.J:lc4 �e3
detennines his advantage. Pos­
sible variations are given in the
notes to the game Roiz-Galkin,
Sochi 2006.
Condusion
Summing up the results of our
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25.WI3 (25.�82?1 J:lad81 26h:l J:l8d2
27.WI3 �h2 28.�e3 J:ld3 29.�&4 J:lg3+)
25...�112=) 23. .. �g2 24.� J:ld2 25.WI3
J:lb2±; 21 .�d5 � 22.J:lc4 ltlc3 23.bc3
J:ldc8±; 21 .J:lc4 dc4 22..i.b7 J:lab8 23.c6
�c6 24.� J:lb2 25.�e4±] 21.•.a6
22.J:la4 as 23.J:la3 �g7 24.�a4
:ace 25.�b6 J:lc5 26.J:lc3 �c&
27.b3 J:lb5 28.�c4 J:lc5 [28 . .. dc4
29.�bc630.J:ld8cb3
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31.J:ld1 a4
32.J:lb1+-] 29.J:lcd3 [29.J:ld51 J:ldd5
30..
.i.
d5 J:ld5 31 .�d8±] 29•.. dc4
30.J:lda �da 31.bc4 �e&= 32.�d5
�7 33.�7 J:lc4 34.J:la2 a4
35.� f6
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Bocharov,Dmitry
Kamsky,Gata
Khanty Mansiysk rapid 2005 (3)
1.d4-�f6 2.i:4 g& 3.1of3 �97 4.9a ·
c6 5.�c3 d5 6.1Wb3 CHI 7.�g2
1Wb6 8.CHI J:ld8 9.c5 ft3 10.ab3
�a& 11.�f4 �d7 12.J:lfd1 J:le8
13.84 de4 14.� �b4 15.�c3
�f& 16.�e5 �e6 17.�d2 J:led8
[17....
.i.
g4] 18.�c4 �bd5 19.J:la3 h5
20.J:lda1 a6 21 .J:ld1 �c3?1 22.bc3
�c4 23.bc4 �g4 24.�c7 J:ld7
25..
.i.a
5 e6 [25...e51?] 26.J:lb3 J:le8
27.J:ldb1 J:lee7 28..
.i.b6
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29.14;1;] 28.• •f5 29..
.i.a
7 [29.h3 �16 30.14
h4=; 29.14 �e3 30..
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l1g531.��11
32.J:ll1 �[ 29••• e51 30.d5 84 31.d6
J:lf7 32.� � 33...i.f1 ? �13
34.�g2 �d2 35.J:l1b2 �b3 36.1lb3
.i.f&-+ 37..i.e2 J:lf8 38..i.
.a
7 J:la8
39..
.i.
b6 �da 40..
.i.
d1 � 41.J:lb6
J:le8 42.�1 J:le5 43.�2 J:lc5
44..
.i.
b3 � 45.�e3 � 46.�d4
�d6
().1
Survey G/ 2.3
re search in this line of the
Griinfeld Fianchetto Vari ation,
we must once again draw atten­
tion to the interesting move
13.. .1Va5.This wouldseemtobe
the correct line for Black, where
he can count on a good game.
Aronlan,Levon
lvanch uk,Vasily
Wijk aan Zee 2006 (1)
1.d4 �f& 2.c4 g6 3.�f3 .i.g7 4.g3
c6 -5.� dS 6.ft3 CHI 7...i.g2
ft6 a.CHI J:lda 9.h3 [9 .c51? 'ltb3
10.ab3 IOa6 (10...�151? 11..114 /i)bd7j
11 .�14 �7 12.J:lld1 e5 13.� �e5
14.M .i.e5 15.de5 �IS 16.J:le5 �c2
17.J:ld4 .i.b3 18.14 �c4 19.� Aronian­
Svkler, Beer-Sheva Wch-!1 20
05]
9.. ..
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l? [9...�15 10.cd5 'ltb3 11.ab3
� 12.�g5 �a6 13.&4 � 14.bc3 �e4
15.J:lfe1 �13 16.�13 f6 17..
.i.
f4 (1 7..ic11)
17...e5 18.de5 tOes 19.ef6 .i.f6 20..
.i.
e5
.i.e5 21.J:le5 �b3 22.J:la2 J:le8 23.J:la7
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� 13..if4 lMl (13...h61 14 .�13 g5=)
14.g4 (14.J:lfd1 e51) 14 .. ..
.i.
t2 15.�d51?
cd5 16..i.d5 �dc51? 17..
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h6 19.c61 (19.�g6 hg5 20.�c2 gl4 21.c6
:ace 22.cb7 J:lc2 23.J:la6 l:b8 24.J:la7
J:lc7) 19... hg5 20.cb7 gf4 21 .ba81W J:la8
22..i.g6 (22..i.d5 J:ld8) 22....i.g6 23.J:la6=[
11.••ab6
12.cd5 [12.g4 �c8 13.cd5
�d5 14./t)dS cdS=] 12...�d5 [12...cd5?1
13.g4 �c8 14.�14 �c6 15.e3 h6 16.�13
.i.e6 17.�b5 J:leS 18.&4;1;) 13.84 [13.g4?
� 14.&4 (1 4.�1? cd5 15..ie:l �c6
16.J:lfc1=) 14 . ..� 15.bc3 e5] 13.•.�c3
14.bc3 .i.d71 [14....
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Ivancbuk
M/06-2-26
More Te mptmg Pos sibilities
7... a5
Vaganian,Rafael
Zviagintsev,Vadim
Mainz Ordil-open 2004 (7)
1.1013 1016 2.c4 g6 3.d4 �g7 4.g3
o-o s.�92 c& s.o-o dS 7•.-b3 es
S.�f4 a4 9.� dc4 10 ••c4 •b6
11••c1 �g4 1 2./0bd2 /0bd7 1 3.h3
�13 14.1013 liteS 1S.l:ld1 IOdS
16.�gS eS 17.e4 10516 (1 7. . . 1&7
18.de5 tOes 19./0eS �es 20il4 �g7
21.lld7 /Oe6 ·22 .�e3 Wb4=] 1S.�e3
ed4 19.�d4 'ifc7 20./0d21;t l:ladS
21 .•c2 bS 22.llac1 cS 23.�a3
�e5 24.•c5 'ltc5 25.l:lc5 IOc4
26.l:lbS /Oe3 27.fe3 �h6 (27.../0e4
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28.e5 (28.Wf2 l:ld3] 2S... �e3 29.wh2
l:ld2 30.ild2 /Og41 31 .hg4 �d2
32.id5i lle7 33.Wg2 wg7 34.�c4
l:lc7 3S.b3 ab3 36.ab3 lld7 37.Wt3
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40.Wg4 �c3 41.e6 f86 42.llb6
.id4 43.l:l86 l:le6 44 ..i86 .icS
4S ..ic4 .id6 46.Wf3 .ie7 47.We4
200
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Wf6
Y.z-Y.z
Vaganian,Rafael
Smirin,llya
Calvia ol 2004 (7)
1.d4 1016 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.1013
.ig7 S..ig2 d5 6.'1tb3 o-o 7.D-O aS
S.il4 a4 9...b4 /0bd7 10./0a3 dc4
11.•c4 lOb& 12.•c1 .i.e& 13.ih6
�dS 14.lld1 ..d6 1S•.ig7 Wg7
16./0e5 .ig2 17.wg2 llfdB 1S.I3
l:lac8 19./0ac4 IOc4 20./0c4 •86
21.e4 b5 22.�
22...10e4?1 23.fe4 .a4 24.Wf2 l:ld4
2s.•c2r •es 2&.lld4 'ltd4 27.lld1
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(28 ... 8517] 29.a3 'lth3 30.We1 hS
31 .l:ld4 e5 32.lld6 h4 33.•84 'lth2
(33...lle8 34.•h4 W'h4 35.gh4 llhB
36.10g2 llcB 37.h5) 34.•85 Wh7
35.�M 11t'h3 36••e7 11'f5 37./0e31
.b1 38./0d1 wgB 39.gh4 c5
40.h51_ ghS �1 .lldS
1-0
Rustemov,Aiexander
Zviaglntsev,Va dim
Moscow Aeroflol 2005 (4)
1.d4 1016 2.1013 g6 3.c4 �g7 4.g3
o-o S..ig2 c6 &.o-o dS 7.11'b3 aS
S.cd5 a4 9.-.d1 cd5 10./0c3 IOe4
(10. ..831?] 11./0eS .irS 12.�4 •as
13.b3 bS 14./0b2 .ie5 1S.de5 /Oc6
16•.ie4 (16.•d5 IOb4 17.•d1 llld8
18.'ife1 (18./0dl IOc3 19 ..id2 101
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(1 7.1td5 •c3� 17..:1ta3+ 1S..i.c3
l:ltdB 19...c1 b41 20.�d2 IOd4
21.l:le1 lldcS 22./0c4 1il'c1 23.�c1
(23.l:lac1 lle2 24� �e6 25.l:lcd1 10c2
26..ie7 � 27.bc4 /Oe1 28.l:le1 llc4+]
23••. /0c2 (23.../0b31 24.l:lb1 /Oc1
25.llec1 .i.e& 26.'�le3 llc1 27.1lc1 lla2
28.l:lb1 b3-+] 24..id2 /Oa1 2S.lla1
l:lcb8 26.ie3 l:la6 27..ic5 WtS
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lla2 34.lla2 lla2 35..ic5 lla1
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Rashkovsky,Nukhim
Moradiabadi,Elshan
Moscow Aeroflot B 2006 (1)
1.d4 1016 2.1013 g6 3.g3 �g7 4.ig2
o-o s.o-o
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s.�3 a4 9.•b4 dc4 10.Itlc4 lOa&
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lObS 14.� /Oe4 1S.llfd1 .i.dS
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a3 22.b3 .ig& 23.l:lc1 -.e7 Y.z-Y.z
Gagunashviii,M erab
Ni Hua
WjgjII 2005(B)
1.d4 /016 2.c4 g& 3.g3 c6 4./0f3
�g7 S.ig2 G-0 &.G-0 dS 7.11'b3 a5
8./0c3 a4 9••b4 dc4 10.1il'c4 bS
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b3?1 1S.ab3 ab3 __ 1&.-.c3± _10d7
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llb4 21 ..id6 lidS 22.b3 fS 23.dc5
h1 24.l:la1 l:le4 25.e3 /Of& 2&.llc1
l:leeB 27./0d4 � 2S.�f4 l:ld5
(28...g5 29..b4 fe4 30.�g5 l:ld5 31�16
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36.c6 11'h4 37.h3 :g& 38.15 h3
l9.fg& •e3 40.¢>h1 l:le5 41.gf7
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1-0
The Third Continuation
7...dc4
Loginov,Valery A
Galkin,Alexander
8ista ch·RUS 1997 (1)
1.�f3 �f6 2.g3 g& 3.c4 c& 4.�g2
�g7 5.0.0 o-o &.d4 d5 7 .'tfb3 dc4
8.'l!fc4 �f5
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28..i.b2 [28.'tfe5 wg8 29.Wba ¢>g7) 19.'tfe7 �18 20.1Wh4 10c5) 14.•g5 h6
28...16 29.�16 el6 30.1l'c7 ( 30.'1ta7 ¢>h6 15.1Wh4 (15."W'I4 g5) 15... g5
16."W'h3
31 .•e3 g5} 30...¢>1
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31 ..14 ¢>g7=) �g6;} 12••• � (12.. .�fd7 13.•a5 �5
20... 1:lld8 21il4 (2U .b7 l:lb7 22.1:lb7 14.e4 �; 14..ie6 15.b3] 13.�e4
l:ld1 23.¢>g2 �d5) 21 ...llbc8] 11 ... c5 �e4 14.b3 [14.1:ld1 - 11 .1:le1]
12.&3 [12.dc5 Wb2; 12.&3 al4 14...a571 (14... 1:le81? A 15...'Wd5�]
13.�c4 •c5; 12.�bd2 al4 1�� 'ltc5] 15.a41 :ea (15 . .. � 16."W'a3] 16ib2
12.••cd4 13.�1 [13.�e4 de3+; e6?1 [16.. ..if3 17.�f3 e5 18.e4;
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14.�84 [14.� � 15.� �83 18.�Q2!] 18."W'c21 �g2 19.�g2
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Malaniuk,Vladimir
Galkin,Aiexander
Kra
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odar 1997 (7)
Zaichlk,Gennady
Peng Xiaomin
Erevan ol 1998 (e)
1.d4 �f6 . 2.c4 g& 3.�c3 �g7 4.g3
9..ig5?! �e4 [9...�bd71?] 10..ie3 d5 5�g2 c6 &.Vb3 o-o 7.�f3 dc4
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25.b7 l:ld1 26il1 �3 27.b8'W' Wg7
11.1:ld2 �b6 12..c5 [12.� aS
13.1l'c5 �fd7 (13...%d? 14.11'83 .its
15.�e5 �e5 16.de5 00 17.!4 (17.e4)
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66•••J:lb5 67.�g4 J:lb1 68.J:le8 �d4
69.�4 :n 70.�f3 � 71 .lle3
J:la1 72.lld3 We6 73.�g5 W87
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o-1
Pigusov,Evgeny
Tlmoschenko,Gennady
Moscow 1990 (7)
1.<�lf3 lilf6 2.g3 g6 3.c4 c6 4.d4
.i.g7 5.1ilc3 d5 6.� D-0 7...i.g2
1i'b6 B.D-0 .i.f5 9.-*.14 dc4 10 ...
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J:lad8 1 6...i.g7 �g7 17.10e5 �-�
74.l:ld5 J:le1 75.� lle2 76.�
Akopian,VIadimir
J:lh2 n.J:la5 llh5 78./UgS Wd6
lvanchuk,Vasily
79.J:la6 � 80.J:Ia1 J:lh8 81.J:lc1
Erevan Wch-t
t
2001 (8)
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84.� J:la8 85.llc1 !:laS 86.li:lc5 D-0 S.D-0 c6 6.d4 d5 7...b3 dc4
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89.J:la3 J:le7 90.�d5 l:le8 91 .�4 1lrb6 11:b3 lOe4 12.J:lac1 !:lad&
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94.�2 Ilea 95.� lle1 96.�f3 'W'a4 1 6.be4 �b8
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99.J:lg6 � 100.�3 �e2 101.J:lg2
�d1 102./0eS :da 103.1ilf3 :aa
104.� J:la3 105.�2 :aa
106.�3 J:ld8 107.� We1
108.J:la2 � 109.l:lb2 J:ld7
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J:lf8 113.We4 We1
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Stohl,lgor
Krasenkow,Michal
Germany Bundesliga 1997/98 (1)
1.d4 �f6 2.c4 g& 3.g� c6.4•.i.g2 d5
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lonov.Sergey
Sasikiran,Krishnan
Cappella Ia Grande 2006 (7)
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18.bc3 bfi 19.a4 e5 20.�f3 ed4
21.cd4 •aS 22.J:lfc1 .i.e4 23.�e1
.i.g2 24.�g2 c5 25.�f3 1ra6
26.J:lab1 cd4 27.�4 ft7 28.�g1
'tfe4 29;�b5 ••7 30.:ca :ca
31 .lld1 h5 32.h4 .i.e5 33.�4 J:lcS
34.�f3 .i.f6 35.�d4 ..
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36.� ?1 (36.�) 36_.1fg4? 1
(36...-eh1 37.H 'l
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37.�2 .b5
38.llc1 We4 39.�1 �7 40Jld1
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47.lld&:
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aS [45....di 46.1tdi l:lc6;J 46.11Vd6
J:lb4 47.•e5 �7 48.b ..
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49.� 1tf5 so.•c3 1tcS s1.•cS
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Wojtklewicz,Aieksander
Benjamin,Joel
Pleasantville 1993 (6)
1.�13 �f6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 .i.g7 4•.i.g2
c65.d4dS6.11b3D-07.�dc4
a.•c4 J.ls s.o -o �bd7 1 o.e3
10 ...�b6 11.1te2 IOe4 12.J:ld1
[12.� J.84 13.J:ld1 1td5 14..i.d2 'tfc4
15.'W'c4 � 16..i.c3 �I!
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13.bc3 1084 14..i.d2 .b4 (14....i.c2
15.J:ldc1 il.e4; 14...1ilb27! 15.84 �1
(15....i.ce 16.lldc1 �� 16.sl5 �
17.fg6 hg6 18.llb1 10a4 19.llb7±]
15 •.i.e1 •c7 16 ..i.f1 h6 17.J:lac1
[17.�d21 �71 (17..ir.2 18.J:ldc1 .i.IS
19.84 .i.e& 20ig2; 17 ..id5 18.c4 .i.e&)
18... c4 �1 19./0e4 � (19..,<t)b2
20.'il'r2;t; 19 ... �12 20i!U) 20.193;1;
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22.�c3 �3 23..i.c3 e6 24..i.b2
l:lfe& 25..i.g2 .i.g2 26.�2 1tb7

27.13 •as 28Jld3 Den: 29Jla3
•b7 30.tlb3 tldB 31 .tld3 'Ita&
32.�h3? -.
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cal-+ 33.Ddd1 a5
34.�g2 ed4 35...
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d3 De7 36.tle1
tte3 37...d2 hS 38.tled1 De1
39.tle1 •e4 40.tle7 •a2
0-1
Hiibner, Robert
Shirov,Aiexey
Wijk aan Zee 1996 (10)
1.d4 �16 2.c4 g& 3.�e3 �g7 4.g3
d5 5.�g2 dc4 6.•a4 c6 7...
.
c4(H)
8.�13 �f5 9.1Hl �bd7 10.e3 �e4
11.�h4
11.� 12...
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e2 �c3 13.bc3 �b6
14...e2 •e7 15.e4 �c4 1&.De1
b6 17.�f3 �c4 18..i.f4 e5 19.de5
lt:leS 20./l:la5 .ieS 21 -.i.eS ..eS
22Jlad1 Dada 23.•b3 •cS
24...b4 .b4 25.cb4 .i.b5 26.a5
.b4 27.tld6 :tea 28.tle3 Wf8
29.tld8 tld8 30.�" tld1 31 .�g2
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34.bc5 Da2 35..i.f3 Df2 36-.i.c&
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39.tlc7 Dc2 40.g4 c5 41 .�g3 c4
42.h3 g5 43.� c3 44.� h&
45.�d4 tld2 46.�c3 Dh2 47.�d4
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0-1
Sapis,Wit alis
Kaminski,Marein
Koszalin 1998 (2)
1.d4 �16 2.c4 g6 3./l:lc3 �g7 4.�13
0.0 5.g3 c6 6..i.g2 dS 7...b3 de4
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.ic4 16.•d1 lhd8 (16. .. 851?) 17.14 �4
18.�13 c5 l'rl'l BeshukoY-Uiibin, Krasnodar
1997) 14. . ..i.c4 15.1Zd1 a5 16.1t:l13 fS
17.e4?1 fe41 1B.�g5 [18 ...
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20..ie4 ed4 21 .cd4 .i.dS 22•.i.d5
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25.1Zd2 tits 26...
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a4 a& 27.Vb3
� 28.1Zb3 IZb5?1 [28...1Zfd5]
29.�?1 [29.tlb51 ab5 (29. . .cb5? 30.d51)
30.�] 29...Wf7 30.� Db3
31.ab3 �� 32.g4 �dS 33.1Za2
�e& 34.tld2 IZdS 35.tld3 tlaS
36id2 Da2 37.1Zh3 hS 38.�
hg4 39.1Ze3 � 40.1Ze7 .i.d4
41 .1Zb7 .i.eS 42.1Zb6 c5 43..i.e3
.i.d4 44..i.d4 cd4 45.� Df2
46.1Za6 1Zh2 47.�3 1Zh3 48.�
Db3 49.�g2 1Ze3 50.Db6 �4
51 .1:116 �g5 52.Df8 1Zf3 53.1Za8
Dd3 54.1Zb8 Del ss.:aa IZe5
56.�3 1Ze3
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Sargissian,Gabriel
Sasikiran,Krlshnan
Gibraltar 2005 (B)
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IHl S..i.g2 c6 6.�c3 dS 7.1t"b3 dc4
B...c4 .ifS 9.1Hl lt:lbd7 1O.e3 lt:le4
11.tld1 e5 12.1t"e2 [12.ltle4 �e4
13.de5 IOeS; 12.10e5 lt:lc3 13.1t:ld7 �d1
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29.gh4 Dh5 30.e5 .i.dS 31 .f4 .d7
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43.WI2 1Zh2 44.�e3 l:lb2 45.Dd5 tla2
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11
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37.1:tg1
37...d2?? (37..ie51-+) 38.d7?
(38.l:tg71 Wg7 39...
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40:..g5 Wf7 41:..
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.d7 46.•e5.e&
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Pigusov,Evgeny
Galkin,Aiexander
Maikop tt 1998 (B)
TII
II
II
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SB/56-23
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.ig7 5.d4 o-o &.c4 c& 7.Wb3 dc4
8...c4 .i.f5 9.� �bd7 10.e3 �
11 ...
.
e2 (11.11d1 e51? 12.•e2 - 11 .We2)
11 ...e5 (1 1 ....85 12.� � 13.bc3
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12...�3 13.bc3 •c7 (13.. . .851?)
14.e4 �g4 15.h3 ..i.f3 16if3
16...l:tfe8 (16...ed41? 17.cd4 c5<2 18..if4
(18..1b2 �d4 (18...cd4 19...i.d4 �d4)
19..i.d4 cd4 20.J:Id4 IOe5 21 ..i.g2 !:ladS=:
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(17..b3 llad8; 17.d5 cd5; 17ig2 ad4
1B.cd4 c5 19ib2 (1 9il4 .aS 20.11ab1
cd4 21.11
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18.�83) ,B. ..I:tadS 19.llb4 (19ig5
l:td6; 19...c2 �: 19.llb3 � 20.•c2
(20.Wc4 b51) 20...b5oo; 19.de5 .bS)
19... .i.fS (19...851? 20.11b3 � 21...c2
(21 .Wc4 b51) 21 ...b51? 22.d5 (22.c4 ed4)
22... cd5 23.l:tb5 (23.ed5 e41? 24ie4
�c3) 23...d41? 24.'it'e4 de3 25.11d8
(25.Wa5 l:td1 26id1 ..c4 27.fe3 Wd3)
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Roiz,Michael
Galkin,Aiexander__
Sochitt2006(9)
1.�f3 d5 2.g3 g6 3ig2 .i.g7 4.o-o
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King's Indian Defence
Gligoric Va riation
Kl 18.9 (E92)
The Gligoric is Fine for Black - Part II
by Victor Mikhalevski
1. d4
tl:lf6
2. c4
g6
3. tl:lc3 �g7
4. e4
d6
5.ttlf3 o-o
6. �e2
e5
7. �e3 ttlg4
8.�g5f6
9. �h4 g5
10. �g3 ttlh6
11. d5
f5
The first part of this Survey cov­
ered the fas hionable ll. ..ttld7.
In the second part, I would like
to consider the move ll...f5 .
Now, after 12.ef5, Black has a
choice between two main lines:
the natural 12...ttlf5 and
Kasimdzhanov 's 12... g4, while
the unexplored 12. .. �f5 and
12.h3 will be represented in the
Game Section by one game
each.
The Natural 12u.t0f5
This move is a rare guest in tour­
nament practice, and rightly so.
The encounter Ki.Georgiev­
Bologan, Gibraltar 2006, shows
that White has a number of good
options in this line.
Kaslmdzhanov's Idea
Kasimdzhanov 's idea 12 ...g4 is
definitely a better choK:e. Now,
after the moves 13.ttld2 �5 . we
reach another junction.
I believe that the materialistic
14.ttlfl is the best way to meet
12.. .g4. In this line the knight is
heading for e3 in order to attack
the g4 pawn. Usual
l
y the games
continue 14 ...ttld7 15.tl:le3 ttlc5
(15.. .e4 16.� ttlc5 transposes)
16.� (according to Khuzman,
after 16.ttlf5 ttlf5 17.�g4 e4
18.�. Black could play
18 ...�c3 19.bc3 1i'g5, with com­
pensation for the sacrificed
pawn, instead of 18...tl:lg3?,
which led to a white advantage in
Khuzman-Avrukh, Pula Zonal
200
0
) 16.. .e4, and finally we
reach the last junction.
Here White's latest attempt to
fight for an advantage is 17 J:lc 1,
which occurred in Roiz­
Radjabov, St Vincent 2005.
Rustam Kaslmdzhanov
Now, instead of Teimo ur's
17 ...a5?!, Black could play
17 ... '1Vd7, protec ting the g4
pawn, after which I haven 't been
·
·
able to -find -any · advantage ·for-­
White. White has also tested
17.1i'd2 and 17.tl:lg4, but Black
seems to be OK after both.
14.ttlde4 looks like the standard
way to play in the position of our
second diagram. Now, after
14...tl:ld? 15.0 -0 (the game
Gofshtein-Kasimdzhanov, Hoo­
geveen 1999, saw IS.�d3 !?,
which doesn 't look to
o
dangerous
for Black either), in the game
Zhao Xue-Xiu Deshun, Jinan
2005 , Black played 15.. : .-e?,
which I believe is an inaccuracy,
andWhitewonthegameingood
style. However, I believe Black
shouldn't have any problems here.
For instance, 15 .. .'ire8 with the
idea of 16...'tfg6 1ooks interesting.
205

Conclusion
I believe that the safesl way for
Black lo handle lhis line is
Kasimdzhanov's
invention
The Natural Move
12.. .<'2 :15
Georgiev,Kirll
Bologan,Vildor
Gibrahar 2006 (7)
1.d4 l0f6 2.c4 g6 3.l0c3 !J.
.
g7 4.e4
d& 5.l0f3 � 6..!J.
.
e2e57.!J.
.e3
l0g4
8..!J.
.
g5f69.!J.
.
h4 g5 1O.!J.
.
g3 l0h6
11.d5 f5 (11...l0d7 Isthe fresh line, which
canbefoundinthefirstpartolthisarticle
inVeaii
iOok
80] 12.ef5
·
·-- --· --
12...l0f5 (12...g4 is the main ahamaliYB]
13.l0d2[Theknightgoeslotherice
blockingsquaree4.llisset-upismore
natural -than -14.1l
lde4
.
Se
e
below. For
13.l0e4 se
e
Khuzman.Sodul] 13...l0d4
14.�[AckNer11
1M
order, which avoids
...g4.For14.1tlde4g4lse
e
Prusikhiri-Sodul]
14...l0e2(Bologandoesn,wan!tose
e
thisbishopong4endsoheexchangesIt
Ap
par
entlythis11
1M
isanoYelty.For
14.. ./J.
.
ISse
e
Gros
s-Golod]
15.'1t'e2 'lt'e8
[Biad!preparestheadvanceoftheh-pawn.
Incaseof15...g4(withtheIdeaof...h5-h4),
WMe answers 16.13 and only then places
his klng's knight on e4] 16.�de4 •g&
17.f3 [Prophylax
is
against ll
lad<'s
plan.
Thedarl<-�aredbishopfindsa�out
via 12. The immediate 17.c5 deserwd
serious attenljon as In the game Black
co
o
ldmake�"Standardadvance!i
iiJcu
H]
17...!J.
.
ts [Preparing ...l0d7. Black could
start wi1h 17.. .�a6 preventing c5, although
206
12.. .g4. After lhis move, White's
main attempts to fight for an ad­
vantage are Roiz's 17.J:lcl and
Gofshrein's 15.i.d3, but to date
inthiscasetheknighthasnofuture]
18.h3 [Another Jli'OPir
lf
actlcII10WIaimed
againstBlack'splanwith...g4.Onceagain
the immediate 18.c5 lo
oks
better,whileh3
canbe�laterWneCBS
S8I'f.
18...dc5
19.l0c5 and the game position arises
wt
thout
the�h3and...h5]18...h5
(Bologanprep8l8S...g4,butWhileisthe
first to break throuftl. Why not 18...00,
preventing c5, and only after 19.!J.
.f2
h5
20.g4 hg4 21.hg4 !J.
.
e4 22.fe4 (22.l0e41?)
22...%1141 · 23.!J.
.e3
:alB!,
· obtaining
compensationforhistempomriybad
bishop?] 19.c5 [Rnafly] 19... dc5
(19...l0d7 20.cd6 cd6 21 .l0b5 !J.
.
e4
22.11f'e4 Wh6 23.llac1;t with a clear
positional advantage for WhHe] 20.l0c5
lOd7
21.l0e61? [Not forced, but an Interesting
pawnsacrific
e
. White'sideaissimple:he
wanls to exchange Black's righ t-squared
bishopandexploittheramalning'bad'
bishop.Isthisworthsacrific
i
ngapawnfor7
Thegamewil
l
tell us] 21...!J.
.e6
[Blackhas
toacceptthesa
aiflce
]22.de61i'e6
23.lt:le4[Nowwes1arttole
e!
a drawback
ol1B...h5:Blad!can,protecttheg5-pawn
by means o1 ...h6] 23.../J.
.h
& 24.llfd1
g4(Blackreturnsapawn,butactivateshis
bishop] 2S.fg4 hg4 26••g4 'lt'g4
27.hg4 !J.
.
e3[Thebishopgoestod4.Not
abadrewardforapawnsa
alfice
]
28.�h2 !J.
.
d4 29.llac1?1 p think WMe
shouldhaveBVDidedtheexchangeofhis
Black has experienced no real
problems in any of these lines.
So I'll say it again: The Gligoric
.
is fine for Black!
strong knight with 29.g5] 29.. .c5?1 [Black
alsomis
ses
his chanca to play 29... l0161
30.l016 (30.lle11?) 30... %116 31.g5 [Thera is
no time for 31.llcn in view ol 31...llh6
with an immediate win) 31...llg61? (31...%117
32.WhJIwiththeIdeaof33.Wg4tollowed
bythedoublingoltherooksalongthe
h-file)32.:C7llgsandBlad!isnotworse]
30.g51[NowWhitehasaclearplan,as
mentione
d
abcM!J 30...85
31.b3 :as
(Biad!couldhavecomplicatedtheposition
by means of 31. ..841? 32.b41 cb4 33.llc7
Jlad834.llb7b335.ab3a3with
co
o
nterplay] 32.Wh31 [Tlme to activate
the king] 32...�g7 33.�g4 llc6
34.llt1 1? [I
I
wouldbeinterestingtoknow
whyGeorgievdidn,contiruewiththe
obviousdoublingolro
oks
along the h-�le:
34.llh1 b5 35.:h3 %117 36.llch1 l018
37.ll/16;1;] 34. ..b5 [Biad! creates a pas
sed
pawnontheque
enside
. 34 ...%111 35.%111 c4
doesn,workInviewolthesimple36.bc4
llc4 37.l0d6 threatening both 38.l0c4 and
38.ltf7] 35.:ra tOte 3&..!J.
.
e1 1 [S!Kldenly
White activalas his bishop and creates the
threat or37..bson the�1 36...b4?1 p
don,likethismow.Blackblockshisposi­
tiononthetrJeenside,hopingtoplay
...l0d7-b6andthan...c4,butWhileisjus!
IntimetostopthisbreakandMnlualy
Blad!Isleftwithafrozenque
ensi
de.
36...841? se
ems
tobemoretothepoint
37.ba4 ba4 38.llc4 :as 39.WIS (39.l0c5?!
Isdubiousinviewof39...llc640ib4
Wg&l (ilJt nol 40...lt:ld7? 41.lld41 ed4
(41.. .l0c5 42.llc41) 42.00+-) 41.llc1
IOe6 42.10d3 llc1 43.l0c1 lOgS) 39.. .l0d7
40.!J.
.
f2:asandBlackoblainsco
o
nterptay:
41.!J.
.
d4 (41.llc21?) 41...ed4 42.We&
(42.l0c5 :as 43.lle4 lieS 44.�)
42... lle8 43.� lle4 44.llc5 %192'1!' and
it'sWhilewhohastolo
ok
branascape)
37..!J.
.
d2(WhileIsplaMinganattad!on
theblackkingbymeansolWIS,llh1and
l016withllh7to bllow.SoBlad!brilgs!he
knij;lltog6tomeetWf5with...l0e7or
... lt:lh4] 37...l0g6 38.g3 lt:le7 39. oi'f31

[The king runs to d3 to slop c4) 39•••/0dS
40.we2 10b6 41.�3 [Just in lime)
41.•.c4 [Looking lor counl� Black
sacrific
eS
apawn,buthegelsnosuf
ficie
nt
compensa
tion
.
lnsiBadhecouldhave
wailed: 41...Wgl
l
(daringWhileIDshowa
winring plan) 4Uel c4 43.bc4 �e3
44.W83 l:lc4 45.l:lc4 IOc4 46.Wd3 10b2
47.Wc:!�4=withequafily.Incaseol
41...Wg6Whileplays42.l:lh1withlheidea
of 43.1lh6) 42.bc4 � 43.We2
10b8?1 [By unblocking the c-pawn, Black
onlyhelpsWhile.Probablyhellis
sed
45�e3; 43. .. Wg61?] 44.cS
44•••10117? [I beli!M! lhls Is lhe dedsive
mistake.AHerlheco
oecl
44... �4 45�
IOc346.10c3bc347..i.d4ed446.wd3
l:lc5 49.Wd4 l:lgS 50.l:lc3;1; I'm not sure
whetherWhilecanwinatal
l)
45.�83+­
[NowWhi1eactivateshiskingandwils)
45•• •1018 46�d4 ed4 47.Wd3 1086
48.wc4l:lc849.Wd5[Thec-pawnIs
lo
o
stni
ilg]
49••.l:lea SO.IOd6 10c7
51 .Wc6 l:le2 S2.1015 [There was also
nolhlng wrong with lhe Immediate 52.W<:7;
52.1015 Wg6 53.101
14
l:le7 54./0bS and lhe
aclvanceollhec-pawndecides]
1-0
Gross,Stefan
Golod,VItali
Ceske Budejovice 1993 (3)
1.10f3 10f6 2.c4 g6 3.10c3 �g7 4.e4
d6 5.d4 ().
.()
6�e2 e5 7•.ie3 10g4
8�g5 f6 9�h4 g5 10.�g3 IOh&
11.d5 15 12.e15 lOtS 13.10d2 10d4
14.().() �15 15./0de4 10d7 16 •.ig4
h6 17�f5 l:l15 18./0e2 10f6 19.10d4
ed4 2D.l:le1 [WMe is bet
t
erthankstohis
exirapawnonlhekingsideandlhe
weaknes
s
of Black's light squares]
20 ..• 'ilff8 21 .10f6 'ilff6 22.l:le6 'ilff7
23.'ilfd3 h5 24.h4 l:lf8 25.l:lae1 gh4
26.ll4 l:lt4 27.l:le7 'ilf15 28.'ilftS
l:l8f5 29�g3 l:lg4 30.l:lc7 l:lfgS
31 .Wtl b5 32.b3 h4 33.�d6 h3
34�g3
34...l:lg3 35.l:le8 wh7 36.gh3 l:lh3
37.d6 d3 3& .we1 bc4 39.bc4 l:lg&
40.c5 l:lg4 41 .l:lee7 d2 42.Wd2 l:lhS
43.d7 l:ldS 44.W82 wh& 45.l:lc6
l:lg6 46.l:lg6 wg& 47.l:lg7
1-0
Prusikln,Michael
Socko,Bartosz
Germany Bundesliga 2002103 (14)
1.d4 10f6 2.c4 g6 3.10c3 �g7 4.e4
d6 5.10f3 ().
.()
6.�e2 e5 7•.tel 10g4
a..tgs f6 sih4 gs 1o.�g3 IOh&
11.d5 15 12.e15 1015 13.10d2 10d4
14.10de4 g41 (Black creates lhe lhreal ol
...h5-h4, exploiting lhe lacllhat wtite's king
isstillone1 andcapturinglhepawnleads
to ·malarial los
s
)
15.f3[Whileallowslhaweakeni1
g
o1 his
pawn strudura on lhe klngside anticipating
amarchoflheh-pawn.15.�g41?�
16.'ilt'g4 IOc2 17.Wd2 �1 1B.l:la1 with
somecompensationforlhaexchange]
1S ••. gf3 16..if3 10f3 17.gf3 wha
[17.. ..ih61?J 18..-e2 .its 1 9.o-o-o
Survey K/ 18.9
10d7= 20.h4 10f6 21.�b1 IOh5
22.wa1 a6 23.�12 'ilfd7 24.l:lhg1
1014 25••d2 b5 26.c5 b4 27.10b1
aS 28..ie3 �g6 29.l:lg5 •h3
30.l:lg3 .h4 31.l:ldg1 �h6 32.Jlg4
.h3 33.l:l4g3 ..h5 34.cd6 cd6
35./0d& l:ladB 36.10e4 l:ld5 37••c2
�g7 38.l:lg4 l:ldd8 39.� l:lc8
40••d1 l:lc6 41� b3 42.a3 'irf5
43.1tlbd2 10e6 44.10b3 10d4 45.10
04
ed4 46..ib4 l:lb8 47.l:lg5 ••4
48.l:ld5 l:lbc8 49.10c5 �f7 50.l:ld7
•f6 S1 .l:la7 h5 S2.t4 l:lc5 53.�c5
l:lc5 54.l:la8 wh7 55.l:la7 �g6
56.l:le1 d3 S7...b3 d2 58.l:ld1 l:lc1
S9.wa2 �1
Q-1
Khuzman,Aiexander
Socko,Bartosz
Bastia rapid 2005 (7)
1.d4 10f6 2.c4 g6 3.10c3 .ig7 4.e4
d6 S.IOf3 ().
.()
6.�82 e5 7�a3 10g4
B�gS f6 9•.th4 g5 10�g3 IOh&
11.d5 15 12.af5 1015 13.1084 h6
14.10fd2 10d4 15.().() .if5 16�g4
�g& 17..
.i.
h5 .tts 1B�g4 .tg&
19�h5 �5 20.�g4
}1.-Y,
Kasimdzhanov s Idea
12... g4
Khuzman,Alexander
·
·Avri.Jkh,Boris ·
···-·
·
Pula zl 2000 (9)
1.d4 10f6 2.c4 g& 3./0c3 �g7 4.e4
d6 5.10f3 ().
.()
6...i.e2 e5 7.�83 10g4
8.�g5 f6 9�h4 g5 1O�g3 10h6
11.d5 15 12.af5 g4 13.10d2 .i15
14.10f1 N [14.10de4 00 15 ..id3 whB
16.(H) a5 17 .• a1 �g6 1B.Wa2 •a7=
sea Golshtein -Kastmdzh110
01
below)
207

14...�d7 [14.. . •g5!7 15.oL\e3 .i.d7
16.oL\e4 .g6 17..i.d3 �� 18.� ll
18.../0g3 (18... h5Q 19.oL\el6 .i.l6 20..i.g6
�1+ 21if51 .i.g71 22..i.e6 (22..i.d7
� 23.•e2 h5 24.040 :UI+) 22..ie8
23.de6 llX:6 24...
.
d5 h5 2S.e7 l:ll7+]
15.�IOcSI[Thisposition
al
pawn
sacrific
e
lo
oks
vetrylntareslilg.Iliad!hopes
toopenthea1-hl
l
liagonallorthe.i.g7
withtheITHMI...e4.Ontheotherhand,the
.i.g3wil
l
be very passive] 16.�f5 �f5
17ig4 e4 1B.IHI [18..i.J5 .i.c3
(18... ttxl3 19.WI1 IllS 20.•g4 .16
21.oL\e4 h 22.l:ld1 .c2 23...
.
e2..
.
e2
24.We2±) 19.bc3 l:IIS 20.0·0 ·gS�]
1B.•. �3? [Black shou�1 exchange this
knlghltlrthepas
sive
bishop. The other
rn
n
uso11hlsITHMIisthaithediagonaltlr
the.i.g4Isopened.Blackcouldhave
obtainedsolidcompensation.,.
.
the
•sacrific
ed
. pawn· . with. 18.�..i.c3-l9.bc3
•g5!!
!!
J 19.hg3 .i.c3 2D.bc3 •9s
(20...¥16 21 ..d4 ..
.
g6 22..i.h:l±]
21 •.i.e61 � (21...Wg7 22..d4 l:l16
(22.....
.
16 23.13±) 23.l:lae1 l:l18 24.l:le3±]
22.de6 J:lfS (22...831 23.141 (23...
.
d5 l:IISI
24.W'b7 el2 25.%112 .e31 26.•88 Wg7
27.•13 (27.%111 l:ll2 28.%112 Wc1=)
27... %113 28.gf3 W16 29.J:ld1 w�)
23.. .Wg6 (23...9g3 24.-.e1 1±) 24.%113
(24.•d5 c6 2S.•d6 (25.15 e2 26.%112 cd5
27.1g6 1112 28.W!2 dc4 29.rfl7 Wh7
30.l:le1 l:le8 31.l:le2 Wg&) 25... J:lae8
26.J:lae1 J:le6 27.•181 Wl8 28.15 •g3
29.1e8 we7 30.l:le2 We& 31 .%113 Wg7
32.l:lla3 Wd&=) 24....e6 25.We2 l:laea
26.J:le1;t]
23.¥c14 (23.Wb11 e31 24.141 ¥g6
25.Wb7 J:le8 26.J:lae1 (26.-.c7 We6
27.J:lae1±) 26.. .J:le6 (26...We6 27.Wc7
J:le7 28.Wb8 1118 29.'eba±; 26 .... g3
27.'W'e4+- ) 27.•c7±; 23...
.
d4 l:le5
24.l:lae1 (24.J:lab1 b6 25.J:lb5 c5! 26.Wd6
208
l:le8!!
!!
) 24... WI5 25.13 el3 (25...J:le8
26.J:le4 J:le4 27.fe4 .e6 28.1114;!;)
26.J:le5 de5 27.Wd5 c6 28 .•d6 e4"'*)
�-�
Khuzman
Grooten,Herman
Vanderhallen,Nicolas
Vlissingen 2006 (6)
1.d4 �f6 2.c4 g6 3.10c3 .i.g7 4.84
d65.�f3().()6•.i.e2e57..
.i.a
3 �g4
BigS f6 9..i.h4 g5 1O..i.g3 �h6
11.d5 f5 12.ef5 g4 13.�d2 .i.fS
14.�f1 �d7 15.� ft)c5 16.�f5
�fS 17..i.g4 � 18.hg3 84 19.().()
.i.c3 2D.bc3 Wg5 21..i.e& �
22.de6 J:lfS 23.Wd4
23 .. • J:le5 24.J:lee1 •fs 25.e7 l:le7
26.f3 l:lae8 27.f84 •g& 28.Wd5
l:le& 29...
.
b7 1184 30.Wd5 l:l4e6
31 .1186 J:le6 32.J:le1 Wf7 33.J:le6
We& 34.Wt2 Wd5 35.cd5 Wt&
36.c4 Wf5 37.Wf3 h5 38.g4 hg4
39.We3_ g3 _ _.W.Wt3 as_ 41 .wg3
Wd4 42.Wt4 Wc4 43.W&4 Wc:S
44.g4 c& 45.g5 cd5 46.Wd3 1-0
Khuzman,Aiexander
Sidorenko,llya
Ramal Aviv ch·ISR 2004 (B)
1.d4 �f6 2.c4 g6 3.�c3 .i.g7 4.e4
d6 5..
.i.e
2IHI6.�f3e57•.i.e3�g4
BigS f6 9•.i.h4 g5 10 •.i.g3 �h&
11.d5 f5 12.ef5 g41? [Sidorenko
lollows an earlier game of Khuzman]
13.�2 .i.ts 14.�f1 [1Mxte4J
14.. .�d7 15.�3 � 16.().()
[Khuzmanistheflrstonewhowho
deviales !rom his game against Avrukh.
WMe'sideaIsobvious-hewanlstoplay
17.b4 and alter 17...e4 1 B.bc5 .i.c3
19.J:lc1 WMe Is beHer. For 16.�15 se
e
Khuzman·Avrukh. The Idea behind the
manoeuvreoltheblackque
e
n knight can
bese
en
In the lollowlng line: 16.b4 e4
17.l:lc1 � 18i.d3 ed3 19.�15 �15
20...
.
g4•161withgo
od
compensation t1r
thesacrificedpawn]
16•• •84 [ProbablY Black lidn1 lilai 17.b4.
16...Wg5couldlead1ollanspos
ll
l
on aHer
17 .•d2 e4] 17.Wd2 [Delandilg the
c3-lcnight KhLmn81
1
renewstheIdeao1b4]
17•..•g51? (17.. ..i.d7 was Interesting.
preparingtorne
el
1B.b4 with 18... �.
almost !orting WhRe to sacrifice an
exchange with an unclear outcome]
18.J:led11 [With the positional threat of
19.b4 �b4 20.J:lb1, winning back the
b7i)8Wil.Theimrnelia
l
e1B.b417wasalso
pos
si
ble, 'With the idea 1B...ttxl3 19.J:lad11
and2o.t
t�l
5 lollowed by 21idl] 1B.•.a6
[Anunusual11
101'1!
Inthistypeofposition
wtich,llowewr,hasalogicalexplanation.
BlackCOV8IStheb�uareandthus
prevents�-Incaseofthetypical1B...a5
Black would have to consider 19.�Q
19.b4 �d7 20.c517
21
1
--�1 [Bi
iD
d1o
oses
Il
l
acive�
After20...dc521.b:.5�22.
.J.
.c
7theposililn
1sinWli
iB
'sao
or
eshe'sIJli"gtoplirf23.d6
obtriJgari:JI1QJ8reond5b't-is�]

21 _.Q.e51 (Ac
cording
toFritzlhisisthe
beslm<MIinthispositiOn.Buteventhough
tliSal
lows
WMetowinapawn,the
ensUilgpositionishaJdIOwin]21.••.Q.a5
22.�fS 9'f51? (After 22. ..9'112 23.1%112
�f!i (23..ic3?? 24.<t\h6 �7
25.1:lc2+-
-
) 24./()e4 .if4 25.1:ldd1f ll.ae8
26..id3 White ke
epS
anextrapawn,but
aJsohassometedlnicalproUemsto
IMICOfiM
!
onhisWItothewin]23.•h&
.Q.c3 24.cd6 l:lf&l [The point of Blad(s
play.ItturnsoutthaiBladlshouldn'tbe
afraidofanattackonhisdark-squared
bishcp.24...cd6125.'W'd6±leadsloaposi­
lionwithanextrapawnforWhitewithout
any compensation] 25.9'h4 (A safe WI to
play.Whitedoesntal
low
much counterplay,
buthischanceSforawinarenotgrea�·
either. ProbablywtVteshoiAdhaYeprefar
red
25.1te3 .i.e51 (25....i.b4? Is bad In viaw of
26.dc7 .i.d6 27.1:ld41 wlmlng the &4-ilawn)
26.dc7 .i.c7, but Black s1il
l
oblalnssome
CClUil
lelplay
] 25...cd6 26..ig4 .85
27.f41? (A nice tadical trick which
enables the exchange of the poter
r
tfal
weaknes
s
on 12. 27..ic8, slarting to attack
the queenside pawns, lo
oks
Ilksthelast
attempttoplayforawin.However,n
al
lows
strong counterplay: 27. . .b5 (of
course not 27 ... 1%c8?? 28.1rg4) 2B..ib7
l:laf8 29..ia6 .ib4 30..b5 .icS and lhe
12-pawn Is wealc] 27•• • ef3 (27...1:lf4??
blundersaro
o
koraqueenafterthesiqlle
28.1:lf.4 •t4? 29..ie6) 28.1%13 l%f3
29..if3 l:lf81 [One ol the black pieces
comes lo 14] 30.<i>h1 ·[30.113 - .Q.bzq
30...•f41 [Stack equalizes by exchanging
theque
e
ns.Nowthewhneque
enside
pawns are getting wealcJ 31...f4 J:lf4=
32.a3[NowWhttealteredadraw.Justin
time, for after 32.•ib2 33.1%d3 l:lc4l
34.<i>gtl:lc31BleckfDrcestheBl
l
changeol
ro
o
ksafterwhichadrawIsinevitable.A
verygo
od
defencebyayoungplayer]Y.t·Y.z
Marku s,Robert
Djuklc,Nikola
Hercag Novi It 2005 (7)
1.d4 <tlf6 2.c4 g6 3.�c3 .Q.g7 4.e4
d6 5.10f3 ().
.{)
6..ia2 aS 1..
.i.
e3 10g4
a..tgs f6 9•.ih4 gs 1 o..tg3 �h&
11.d5 f5 12 .ef5 g4 13.� .itS
14.�f1 �d7 15.fl)el �5 16.1Hl e4
1 7.�g4 .ig4 18•.ig4
18. .. .ic3 19.bc3 •f6 20•.ie6 �e6
21 .de6 .e6 22.c5 �f5 23...
.
g4
<i>hB 24.cd6 cd6 25.1:lfe1
Y.t-Y.z
Roiz,Michael ·
Radjabov,Teimour
St Vincent tt 2005 (2)
1.d4 �f6 2.c4 g6 3.�c3 .ig7 4.e4
d&5.�f3IHl6..ie2e57..Q.e3�g4
8..ig5 f6 9.ih4 g5 10..ig3 �h6
11.d5 f5 12.ef5 g4 13.� .itS
1U)f1[Themodemmalertaist
tC
woacn.
Insteado1blocki1gthe&-paWiltheknight
headsfore3toattacktheg4-pawn)
14. -� 15.1£le3 e4 16.1).0 l£lc5
17.1:lc11?(Anau�to�'4lOI1
Kl
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's 17.1td2, se
e
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tack.
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after 17.�!5 l£lt5
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.
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17./t)g4, se
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b4,ilJttliSmeansthesacrific
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(19...tol4?t 20.1£lh6 .ih6 21�±;
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OOIRerpl
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canbe�answera:
1
by 18...a5) 18...1£ld3
19id3 ed3 20.1£lf!i 'itl5 21./CbS (21.Wd2
doesn' ad1ie.le the ain: 21...1£lt7 22.1Z(d1
�23.
.ie5
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11
1
Black
is on �) 21 ...1:ltc81 (21...:17 22.1%e1 1 (wil
l
thei:lsaof23.:83)22....tf623.1:le6;)
22..1le1 (22.
.id6
al6 23.� 'irg6 24.�
l%c8shouldbeatleastOKforll
ladl
) 22...a6
23.1£lc3:eaandBlad<preYensl%e3and
tluke
eps
lle diJawnl 18.� l£lg4
19..ig4W'gS20.�15l:lfS[Biadlistrying
tocompensa
le
forthep8'M1withtheactivity
oltispiea!s,tJ.rtRolzftndsastrongreply)
21 ...
.
c21e3[Blackcrudha\1
11
bied
21....ic322.9'c3h523.h4'itg6�on
While's'bad'bistrJp,howiM!rapi
i'M1
isa
p8'M1andsoWhiteshouldbebelterJ
22.1%ce1 1 ef2 [22...1%86 23.1%821)
23..if2 l:laf8 24.�e41 [Returns the
pawn,butstabilizeshispositionandunpins
his pieces) 24...1£le4 25 ...e4 .bS?I
[l.osDJan�fl!n1)0.Problt
tf
�
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sed
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thei:lsaof-��
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1
28.<i>l
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(26ih4alcw.lcn
nerplay.
26...1%1
1
27.1:lt1
:11 28.<i>!l W'cl 29..i.s1 �) 26.-:n
[Biadlhasnolinetlr26..�siR:eti;
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ladal:
27.<i>h2 'W'h5 28.<i>Q1+-
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27JI.Ml%f1[Prtilat
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30.1t'e6 �7 31 .1l"d7 11"f7 (Certainly
not 31...�17 32.1t'e8 and White wins a
que
en
. AIthesametime,31...WI87losas
thec7·pawnwithchedtandla
a
dstoa
bishopendgameapawndown:32.1t'cl!
•ea 33ih6 Wl7 34.•c7 11"e7 35."W'e7
W97] 32.•f7 Wf7 33.a41± [White fixes
hisadvantage.Nowhewil
l
createapas
sed
pawnonthekingsidewhileBlackcan1do
thesameontheque
enslde
] 33 •••Wf&
34.h2 wrs 3s.wd3 [Arst of all White
wants to lon:e ...b6) 35...h5 36.�d2 b6
37.We3[Nowthekinggoesto13)
37 ... �f6 38.Wf3 ¢>g6 39.g4 �h4
[39.. .hg4 40.¢>94 is Bl'l!n worse lor Black)
40.ghSI whS 41.¢>84 ¢>g6 [Oihetwisa
42.� 42.�f4 �f& [Neither does
42...�1 saw Black: 43ie3 (preparing
¢>141
14
, whichwilbefol
lowed
byh4-h5)
43. ..� 44.WI4 .tgS 45.WI3 .te3 fd
Blacklce
eps
thebishopson,thewhileking
comestog4andWhitewinsbyadvancing
his h1JQW!lto h5 and then penetrating with
theldngtotheque
e
nside via 15) 46.We3
Wg5 47.WI3 wh4 48.Wg2 and While wins
bytakinghislmgtotheque
ens
ide]
43•.tg3 [Preparing Wl4-g4. The
Im
med
iate 43.c5i was also strong)
43•••¢>95
44.c51+-[Whileaea1esasecond
M8lcnes
s
Intheblackpositionandwi"ls]
44...dc5(Incaseof44...�7Whilewi1s
thankstoabeautifu
l
bishopsacrific
e
:
45id&JJ al6 (45.. ..t<li 46.al6 al6 47 .Wd4
Wl4 48.¢>c4 We4 49.h4+-) 46.cb6 .td8
47.b7.tc748.Wd3(nowtheldngcanesto
the�.andWhilewinsby
oonquemgthea-pawnan:lll
llvardlg
tis
owna-pawn.Black'ski1gcan,helpasRhas
todealwiththeh-j2Nn)48...Wh449.Wc4
Wh350.Wb5Wg451.¢>c6.ib852.Wb6
Wl5 53.Wa5 We5 54.¢>116 Wd5 55.a5
¢>e4 56.a6 d5 57.a7. Al
l
er 44...bc5 45ie1
.ida 46..ta5 wh4 47 ..te1 Wh3 48.85+-,
210
thea-pawnisunstop
pate
] 45�c7 bS
46.ab5 a4 47.d6 83 48.d7 a2
49.ie51 [Cerlainly not 49.d8'W?
?
�
50..td8Wg6andBlackwins]49..�d8
SO.Wd!iWf551�11[Blackcan,stop
Wlile'spawi,sandsoheresigned
.
Awry
strongperbrman
ce
byMichaelRoiz.Al
l
er
51 ...c4 52.Wc6 (52.h417+-) 52...We6
(52. ..We4 53.b6) 53.h4i (53.116 also wins:
53..�54.Wb6warss.Wc5We6
56.Wd41 (56.Wc47 ¢>15=) 56...¢>15 57.We3
Wg558.¢>13Wh459.¢>1
12
) 53....th4 54.116
¢>e755.¢>c7wirs,asdoes55.b7�
56..il61+-)
1-Q
Gofshteln,Leonld D
Kasirndzhanov,Rustam
Hoogeveen 1999 (6)
1.d4 �f& 2.c4 g6 3.� .tg7 4.e4
d6 5.�13 D-O 6..te2 e5 7�e3 �g4
8.�g5 f6 9..
.t
h4 g5 10 ..tg3 �h&
11.d5 fS 12.ef5 g4 13.�d2 .tts
14.�de4 �
1S•.td3 wh8 16.0-0 aS 17 .•e1
�g6 18••e2 •e7 19.a3 a4
20.l:lad1 · �b& 21 .l:lfe1 D.ad8
22.:b1 :as 23.1l"d1 :ge 24.b4
ab3 25.•b3 �fS 26.c5 deS 27.d6
IOd6 28.l0c5 �d3 29.� �bc4
30.:S1 b5 31.l:la2 c6 32.a4 hS
33.D.ae2.ba4 34.�4 :as 35.�c5
•f7 36..c2 h4 37.�5 �
38..tes .teS 39.l:le5 l:la2 40.l:lh5
•hs 41 .•82 •cS 42.•a6 �rs
43.l:le5 •d6
0-1
Zhao Xue
Xiu Deshun
Jinan 2005 (4)
1.d4 �16 2.1013 g6 3.c4 .tg7 4.1Llc3
o-o 5.e4 d& 6.�e2 e5 7.�a3 1Llg4
a..tg5 f6 9..
.th4
gs 1 o..tg3 �h&
11.d5 fS 12.ef5 g4 13.�d2 �f5
14.1Llde4 [14.�11) 14 ... �d7 [The knight
isheadinglor16)15.o-o[For15id3se
e
GofshteiJI.
.Kasimdz
ha
) 15.....7 (�
thismowisnew,butIbeiMtheque
e
n
canlildabet
ter
placeontheboard.Two
pr8C8dln
g
gamesSI
IW
theinckJsionofthe
moves 15...a5 16.83 belora playing ....e7:
15...a5 16id3 Wh8 17.83 -*.g6 18.1re2
•e719.b4..th5lHl
l
�BYe.
Vandoeuv
re
20
04
; 15...95 16.83 •e7
17..
.td3
Wh8 18.W'e2 a4 19.•c2 �
20.1Lld1 .tg& 21.� �15 22.� .tl5
23.13;1; Zivanic-Zimmen
n
an,Budapest20
00
.
Theahematlve15....e817withtheideaof
16...1l"g6, creating ad
d
itionalpres
su
reon
e4,deseMisat
tention
] 16.l:le1 [16.13 ,
strength
en
ingthepositionofthekn9lJon
e4andopeningthef.Jielorthero
ok,
wo
o
ld
be an Interesting altamative: 16..;gf3
17..tf3 � (or 17..�g6 18..tl2 �15
19..t.h5 •ea 20..tg6 •g6;t;) 18.W'a2
(18.• d3i?) 18....tg& 19..tl2 �15
20.tog3i;!;; preventi
ng
...� and
exchangilg the dangerous kni!trt on 15
WhiteobtainsacomlortalEposition)
16...85 [16...�16!?) 17.83 [WhHe Is
preparing b4) 17...�f6 18...th41? [Wh�e
decidestoel
l
llinatethe8IUlC7fi
ng
knight)
18... •ee [Finally Black returns to the
rl!1rt plan of ...ee8-g6) 19�f6 [Whtte
couldalsoobtainanicepositionbymeans
of 19.� JlJ!T (19....tg& 20..tf6 .tl6
21..i.Q4±)20..td:l;twithrontrolofthe
light �) 19..�f6 20.c5 [WNte
startsanol
lensMI
ontheque
enslde
andIn
the centre) 20....te7 [Black could have
determinedthesituationontheque
e
nslde
exploiti
ng
apinalongtheb1-h7diagonal:
20....g617 21..td3 �) 21 ••b31
[Put
ti
ngsomepres
sure
onthe�
pawns]21...l:lb8 [21... dc57 Josas to 22.d6)
22..td3

22..•.b4 ? [A serious positional mislake.
Blacktre
es
lhe IS-square lor lhe 116-knight,
butlhishardlyjustifieSlheBl
l
chailgeo1lhe
imponanl lighl-squared bishop. And again
BlackcoUdbytocon
nect
the�
pawnsbymeansol22...b6]23.1Ze4[Now
BlackhastosaM!somead!itiona
l
prol
ll
ems.Theg4-jl8Wilhasbecomea
large!] 23 ...'tl'f7 24.'tl'c21± [White is in
lull control] 24 ...1fg7 [24...dc5? is bad in
view o1 25.d61 with 26.i.c4 coming]
25.'tl'e2 [25.1Zae1 !?] 25.••dc5 26.1Ze5
i.f627.Ae6i.d4[BlackalsoHndsan
objecto1altaek,butWMehasnoproblems
10proleclit,'l!flileBlackcan'tcoverhislight
squares] 28.1ZM 1Zf7 [Black COI
I8IS
lhe
SENeOihrank,buthispositionI'BI
II8ils
dif
ficu
lt; 28...1Zbd81?] · 29 ./t:lbSI [An
ImportantIIKMI,'l
lfl
lch underlines White's
superior
ity
] 29...if6 30.'We3 [30.d61 c6
31.�7 would be similar lo lhe game]
30...b6 31.d6 c6 [A brave decision. Now
Blad<willalsohawtowatchoutlorlhe
d-jlSWil. Or 31 ...cd6 32.tala 1Ze7 33.1Ze1 ±
wilhstrongpres
s
ure] 32.�7 �gS
33.•84 [The inmedale 33..l
le8
wasalso
strong: 33. .. 1Zf8 34.•a6 *h8 35.d7+-]
33...1Zbf8 34.1Ze8 1Ze8 [34 . . .�14
doesn't saw Black: 35.'tl'c6 1Ze8 36.•e8
'1
1'
18 37�+-] 35.'tl'e8 IZfB
36.1tc6+- [Picking up Blad<'s que
ensid
e
pawnsWhiteobtainsadecisivematerial
advantag
e
] 36.. •1tf7 37.•b6 �f4
38.1tc5 ..
.
f6 39.�1 [A good
performancebylhe)O
O
ng Chinese] 1-o
Deviations
12. ef5
Naer,Evgeny
Chiong,Lulz
Philadelphia 2002 (8)
1.d4 ltlf6 2.c4 g6 3.ltlc3 �g7 4.e4
d6 5.ltlf3 o-o 6.�e2 e5 7.�e3 ltlg4
8.�g5 f6 9.ih4 gS 10.�g3 ltlh6
11.ds ts 12.e15 �ts
13.h4 g4 14.ltlg!i •e7 15.id3 e4
16.ltlce4 .i.b2 17.Ab1 �c3 18.*"
.i.e5 19.1Zb7 � 20.ie5 'tl'e5
21.ltle4 ltla6 22.*s1 1Zf4 23.'tl'd2
IZaf8 24.g3 1Ze4 25.ie4 'tl'e4
26.�2 ltlf7 27.1Ze1 Vts 28...
.
f4
ltle529.'tl'ts:rs30.*s21Zf731.Aa7
ltlc532.84ltlc433.:e&*s734.1Zc8
� 35.1Zac7 :C7 36.1Zc7 ltlb6 37.a5
ltld5 38.1Zh7 ltle7 39.1Zh6 *e5
40.1Zh5 ltlfS 41.1Zg5 d5 42.1Zg4 d4
43.h5d344-*"ltld445.a1ltle4
Survey K/ 18.9
46.1Ze4 *e4 47.86 ltlf3 48.�1 d2
49.a7
Berkes,Ferenc
Van Delft,Merfjn
Hamburg ch-<:ity 2003 (7)
1-0
1.d4 ltlf6 2.c4 g6 3.ltlc3 �g7 4.e4
d6 5.�82 o-o 6.ltlf3 e5 7.i.e3 ltlg4
8.�g5 f6 9.�h4 gS 10.ig3 'l
l
h6
11.d5 f5 12.h3
12. ••ltld7 13.-.c2 Il
l
eS 14.ltld2 �d7
15.13 fe4 16.fe4 1te8 17.b4 ltla6
18.e3 *hB 19.�f2 g4 20.:b3 gh3
21.gh3 ltlf7 22.c5 ltlb8 23.G-CHI c6
24.� aS 25.ltlc4 ab4 26.ltld6
1fe7 27.ltlf7 1Zf7 28.eb4 1Zf8 29.ig4
�eB 30.*b1 ltld7 31 .1ZhM IZM
32.1ZM cd5 33.ltld5 1td8 34.1Zd1
�f7 35.ltlc3 �e8 36.id7 �d7
37.'tl'd3 'tl'b8 38.•d7 We7 39.'tl'd8
IZdB 40.1Zd8 �f8 41 .�h6
1-0
211

King's Indian Defence
Averbakh Va riation Kl 26.4 (E73)
The Ki ng's Indian Demands Passion!
by Ernesto lnarkiev (specal contribution by Leon id Yu rtaev)
1. d4
2.c4
3. ll:lc3
4.e4
5. ..te2
s. .t9s
ll:lf6
g6
..tg7
d6
o-o
Spring 2003, Kyrgyzstan . I had
come to visit my relatives . On
one of the sunny, but not yet hot
days, I met the first and only
grandmaster of Ky rgyzstan,
Leonid Yu rtaev.
Leonid
Nikolaevich is one of those few
players in the world who not
only loves, but also genuinely
unde11itands the King's Indian
Defence. When we began talk­
ing about the Averbakh Vari a­
tion, he smiled mysteriously, his
eyes lit up, and he asked: 'What
about this old line?', and he
made on a board the moves 6...h6
7...te3 c5.
I tried to suggest the first thing
that occurred to me: 'What about
8.dc5?' 'deS is not so danger­
ous', he politely stopped me.
' 8 .e5 is considered the main re­
ply', and he showed me the fol-
212
lowing variation : 8.e5 de5 9.de5
•dl lOJ:tdl ll:lg4 ll...ic5 ll:le5
12.ll:ld5 ll:lbc6. It is this position
that will be the topic of the pres­
ent rev iew.
I was able to employ this varia­
tion only this year, against
Alexandrov, and this wil
l
be the
main game.
6...h6 7 ...te3 c5 is a fairly force­
ful reaction to the Averbakh
Vari ation. Among the players
who have chosen this method of
play for Black, apart from
Yu rtaev, mention should be
made of Va silios Kotronias, a
true supporter of the King's In­
dian, and Viorel Bologan, who
has played it this year.
White has a choice of three
moves: 8.dc5, B.d5 and 8.e5.
8.dc5•aS 9...id2 ..
.
c5leadstoa
standard Mar6czy Bind struc­
ture. After 8.d.S the white bish­
ops are not altogether well
placed, and Black has various
possibilities, mainly associated
with .. .b 7-b5 and . . .e7-e6.
The most aggressive rep ly is
Leonid Yur tl
le
v
8.e5, after which the next few
moves are practically forced:
8 . .. de5 9.de5 •dl lOJ:tdl ll:lg4
ll...ic5 ll:le5. Here 12.ll:ld5 is the
critical continuation, and after
12.. .ll:lbc6 we arrive at the theme
of our Survey.
In this P<>sition White also does
not have a great choice. If 13.b3 .
then Black simply completes his
development with 13.....tf5 fo l­
lowed by ... lld8. After 13..;.e7
ll:le7 14.ll:le7 �h7 15.ll:lc8 (other-

wise Black will play ... �e6, and
after tt:ld5, which is inevitable at
some point, he himself wil
l
de­
cide whether or not to exchange
bishop for knight) 15 ...l:lac8 an
endgame with, opposite-co�o�
bishops arises, where the nuna­
tive more than compensates for
the pawn, and therefore White
plays 13.f4 �g4 14.W (14.h3
tt:lf6 15.W M5 leads to the
same position) 14 ...�f5 15.�e2
The Theme of our Survey
13.f4
Aleundrov,Aiexey
lnarklev Emesto
Sochi tt 2008 (9)
1.d4 �f6 2.e4 g6 3.�c3 J.g7 4.e4
d& s.J.e2 o-o &.J.gs h& 7..te3 c5
8.e5 de5 9.de5 .d1 10.J:ld1 �g4
11-J.cs � 12.�ds �bc6 13.f4
�g4 1 tif3 (14.113 �16 15.J.l3 J.f5
1M:\e2 IUd8-14 .J.I3 .i.l5 15.�e2 J:lfd8
16.113 �16) 14.•.J.f5 1U)e2 J:ltdB
16.�g3
1& ... .tb21N 17.�15 [17.113 �16 18.�15
gf5 19.:b1 �d5 20.cd5 .tc3 21.�e2
(21.Wf2 .td4 22id4 � 23.J:lb7 �13
24.�13 J:ld5 25.J:le7=) 21...10:14 22.J.d4
.td4 23.l:lb7 �I 17..•gts 1B.J:lb1
[18.113 �16 - 17.113 �16 18.�15 gf5J
18 ..�d4 1U.d4 �d4 20.IIb7 [20.h3
�13 21 .gl3 e6 22./()a7=1 20 ...86
21 ..i.g4 adS �hS de4 23.�21?
(23..tf7 � 24..tc4 J:lac8 25..tl1 J:lc1
26.Wf2 �I 23...�b5 24.�2 �&
l:lfd8. Here White has a genuine
choice between 16.h3 tt:lf6
17.tt:lg3 and 16.tt:lg3; both ideas
were introduced by grandmaster
Bareev.
Conduslon
At the present moment Black is
alright in this branch of the
Averbakh Va riation. It should be
mentioned that not many games
have been played, and therefore
25.J:lc7 J:ldc8 [25 .. . J:lac8?1 26.J:la7 J:la8
(26.. .�b5 27.J:lb7) 27.J:la8 J:la8 28.J:la1;!;;
25...�b51? 26.J:lb7 (26.J:ll71 J:labBI+;
26.J:lc5? � 27.�b2 J:ld:l=!') 26.. .�d6=1
26.J:ld7 J:ldB 27.J:ld81? [27.J:lc7
J:ldc8=] 27 ... J:ld8 28.J:ld1 � 29.J:ld5
h7 30.J:la5 � 31 .1:186 [31.J:la7
�94 32.�c1 J:ld2 33.J:lf7 �e6oal
31 ...J:ld7 32.J.f3 h7 [6 33.../()a41
33..i.c6 [33.� �841? 34.� 10:12=1
33...J:lc7 34.g3?1 (34.� /()a41?
35.J.84 (35.�7 � 36.Wb5 �)
35...1&4 38.1:1116 J:ld7 37.1lh51 J:ld:l 38.�
J:ld239.1:185�1640.g4J:lh2.41.a4J:lh.4
42.g5 �g6 43.J:le4 WIS=) 34...�e4
35..tb5?1 (35.J.e4 le4 36.J:lh6 e3
37.J:lh5 J:lc6 38.1:1851 (38.1:185? J:le6
39.J:le6 �ee 40.114 (40.g4 �d5 41.114
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improvemen ts are to be
expected, both for White and for
Black. We have no right to ex­
pect a large number of games in
this line, since nowadays more
'solid' openings than the King's
Indian Defence are popular, and
the Averbakh Vari ation is not the
most popular choice for White.
Therefore I do not think that the
evaluation is likely to change in
the immediate future.
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Bareev,Evgeny
Bologan,VIktor
Poikovaky 2008 (8)
0-1
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Bareev,Evgeny
Yurtaev,Leonid
Moscow tt 1990 (2)
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Zakharevich,lgor
Yurtaev,Leonld
Samara 2002 (6)
Yurtaev
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Kovalev,Andrey
Alushta 2003
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Norri,Joose
Kotronlas,Vasilios
Moscow ol 1994 (2)
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Dochev,Dimitar
Velingrad 2004 (B)
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Jedrzejowski,Maciej
Szczesnlak,Konrad
cr 1995
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d65ie2�6�g5h67�a3c5
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57.l:td4 Wf3 58.l:td3 We4
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Kachiani,Ketino
Peng Zhaoqin
Azov izt.W 1990 (7)
1.d4 �f6 2.c4 g6 3.<tlc3 .i.g7 4.e4
d6 5..
.i.
e2 0-0 6..i.g5 h6 7..i.e3 c5
8.dc5 deS 9.e5 Wd1 10.l:td1 �g4
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l:ttd8 17.�7 �7 18.J:Id8 l:td6
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l:ta2 35 •.i.h6 .i.d3 36..id2 .i.c2
37.b4 .i.d3 38.h5 a& 39.J:Ic3 J:la1
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Grigorov,Grlgor
_Ba nikas,H rist()�
Kavala 2005 (4)
1.d4 �f6 2.c4 g6 3.<tlc3 .ig7 4.e4
d6 5�e2 0-0 6..i.g5 h6 7�a3 c5
8.85 deS 9.de5 Wd1 10.lld1 �g4
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Less Principled Attempts
8.e5
Roder,Mathlas
Arizmendi Martinez,Julen Luis
Ubeda 2000 (3)
1.d4 �f6 2.c4 g6 3.�c3 .i.g7 4.e4
d6 5•.i.e2 o-o 6..ig5 h6 7�83 c5
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1
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b6 26.�c6
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Khalid AI Shaali
Abu Dhabi 1999 (5)
1.d4 �f6 2.c4 g6 3.�c3 .i.g7 4.e4
d6 5�82 IHl 6•.i.g5 h6 7..i.a3 c5
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36.�a5 �b7 37.g4 hS 38.g5 h4
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Seifert,Volker
.
Felge,Manuel
Winterberg 2002 (5)
1.d4 �f& 2.c4 g6 3./()c3 .ig7 4.e4
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8.85 deS 9.de5 1td1 10.1:ld1 �g4
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216
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Petursson,Margelr
PikeUeroen
W�kaanZee1990(11)
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f6 37.h4. hS 38.g3 We& 39.b5 Wd6
I
40.�b8 �5 41.� rk7 42./!)a6
�d6 43.�b8
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(M/90-2 -31]
Borisenko,Georgy
Yurtaev,Leonid
Tash kent 1988
1.d4 �f& 2.c4 g6 3.&3 .ig7 4.e4
d6 5ie2 IHI 6..ig5 h6 7..ie3 c5
8.85 deS 9.de5 .d1 10.1:ld1 �g4
11ic5 � 12.�f3 �be& 13.1Hl
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16..i.e7 l:lf8
8
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33.Wg2 �d5 34.1:le1 ?? l:ld3 0·1

King's Ind ian Defence
Siimisch Va riation Kl 48.12 (E81 /A65)
A Risky Plan in a Sam isch-Benoni
Hybrid - Part II
by Albert Kapengut
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g6
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Part I ofthisSurvey,in Yearbook
80, featured a general explana­
tion of the intricate white knight
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arise via 'different move orders
and which has been baptized
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ferent plans at their disposal
The lnduslon of ._a& and a4
Significant is the inclusion of
.. .a6 and a4 at an early stage. On
the one hand, Black gets rid of
the threat liJb5 and the break­
through .. .b7 -b5 makes more
sense. On the other hand, White
can use the weakness of square
b6 after b2-b4 , or block the
queenside with a4-a5 (and per­
haps liJa4) and he adds the possi­
bility of a l:lal -a3 manoeuvre.
The inclusion can take. place as
late as the 19th move and still
lead to similar patterns (- dia­
gram). In our Main Game
Lautier-Nataf, White played
Jail Lautler
19.a4 a6 20.a5 only after open­
ing the centre with 17.f4 , a plan
which was also fe atured in Part
I.
Condusion
In my opinion, this inclusion is
in White's favour. Sometimes
White even plays a2-a4 without
. . .a7-a6. When adopting the con­
temporary main plan with
...fl-f5 , Black usual
l
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avoid ...a6 and a4.
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g5 llg5 33.1:
:t
g5
b4 34.ltld1 l:
:t
eB 35.1tlf2 11'16
36./tld3 b3 37.l:lg1 •e7 38.ltlf2
'tlt'b7 39./tlg4 ••7 40.1:
:t
M li.>h7
41.1t'h6
1-0
The author makes extensive use of
cross references, which is very im­
portant for a good understanding
of the variation. References to
other games resulting in the same
series of moves, yet al
l
owing
transpositions, are usually marked
with the symbol (*).

Qu een's Pawn Opening
A Flashy Colle Sac
by Nenad Sulava
1. d4
�f6
2. �f3 e6
3. e3
b6
4. .i.d3 .i.b7
5.o-o
c5
6.c4
g6
8.d5) 8.ed4 d5 9.cd5 �d5
lO.�e5 0-0
ll.Wh5 or 11.11fg4?
Agamst the first choice I advise
readers to study the model (blitz !)
game Kramnik-Kasparov from
For those readers less fa miliar the Botvin
nik.
Memorial 200 1,
with this opening, I'll start with where the Greatest of al
l
Prede­
the claustrophobic move 3.e3, cessors used an instructive rna­
locking in the bishop. ·
-
·-··-
··
noeuvre:- - ..-J:te8, -;-;�·.i.f8, . . � :-:g6
This seemingly modest move and ....i.g7.
could be an interesting choice Against the second possibility
against a theoretically well-pre- Black has to be very careful to
pared opponenL White avoids avoid serious problems. Here a
Bogoljubow's 3 ....i.b4 (after well-known trap has occur
r
ed in
l.d4 �f6 2.c4 e6 3.�f3 or later, practice no fe wer than 10 times
in a large number of Queen's In- (!), from the previous diagram,
dian positions). While fi
ili
shing after 11.1Wh5 (l l .'ifg4) II. ..llJf6
his kingside development, White 12.1nl4 g6 13..i.g5 �c6??
saves a tempo for his crucial de- 14 ..i.a6 !+- (Ree-Pilret, Breda
cision on the 6th move. Wil
l
he rapid 2001, Yu supov-D . Gure­
continue with a slow develop- vich, Minneapolis 2005 ...etc.).
ment of his queenside in true
Colle style (b3, .ab2. �bd2.
11fe2, c4 etc.) or is he going to
prefer a central strategy. trying to
enter into a menacing position
from the Queen's Gambit with
6.c4 .ae? 7.�c3 cd4 (7 ...0 -0?
To prevent these inconveniences,
black players came up with the
idea of trying 6 ...g6. The black
king looks better protected now
and Black can try to get an 'im­
proved' Kasparov position.
Colle Va riation
OP 6.5 (A46)
The games mostly continued
7.�c3 .i.g7 8.d5 (8 .e4 leads to
Hedgehog structures) 8 ...ed5
9.cd.5 �d5 IO.�d5 .i.d5 Il..i.g6
hg6 12...
.
d5 �c6 13.e4. White
players have had good results in
this line (Yus upov-Kersten,
German Championship, Saar­
briicken 2002; Soppe-Parligras,
Calvia Olympiad 2004; both
1-0), but things may be less clear
than these results suggest. ·
I first noticed the interesting
pawn sacrifice IO.�b5 0-0
l l.�d6 when I saw a short game
by my compatriot Goran Dizdar
in the Austrian Te am Champion­
ship 2002.
In fact, it was Nikolay Legky
·who tested it for the first time in
his game against Daniel Contin
(Anzio 1994, see Ye arbook 63).
After ll....i.c6 12.e4 �c7
13..ags, White takes the initia­
tive. Better results have been
scored with 12 . ..�f6, and in
case of the su1prising ll...'ifc7
12.�b7 �f6 13.�c5, White
seems to be slightly better.
223

Finally we come to the object of
our interest, the twin continua­
tion 7.d5!? . There are only eight
games so far with this move. Af ­
ter7. . .ed5 (7...b5!?)8.cd5 �d5
(8 . . .�g7? 9.e4 0-0 IO.tt:lc3 leads
Black into an inferior Benoni
Defence
Gelashvili-Iorda­
chescu , Dubai 2004, and
Vaganian-Hoffrnan
n
,
Fiigen
2006) 9.e4 �c6 IO.e5 tt:ld5, Al­
bert Blees tried ll.�c4 in 1983
and was successful with it It is
surely interesting.
Vaganian's Creative Idea
More than 20 years we have had
to wait for something new. It was
Rafael Vagani an who impressed
me -With- his- - creativitY after
ll.tt:lbd2 tt:lc7 12.b4 , resulting in
a flashy 19-move victory over
Igor Stohl (European Club Cup
2004). It was, however, clear that
this game was incorrectly repro­
duced in Chessbase (it gave 19
moves instead of the actual he­
roic battle of 86 moves, . where
Black missed a good chance at
some poin t). We have a copy
thanks to Igor, who kindly sent it
to us.
Main Games
7.d5
Sulava,Nenad
Hanley,C raig
Porto San Giorgio 2006 (7)
1.d4 li:lf6 2.1i:lf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.�d3
�75.0.0c56.c4g67.d5eelS
[7..ign B.e4
-
Lechtyns
ky
-Murdzia;
7. .b5!7 B.de6 le6 9.cb5 - Golod-Greenfeld]
B.cd5�5(B...�gnleadstoabad
Benoni,se
e
GelashviTHordache
scu
and
Vagarian
-Ho
llmann. As lordachescu has
ina�ealed, B...li:ld!i. leads to a dearly better
position br While after 9.b4 li:le3 10�7
li:ld111hB.Lefslakeaslightlyde
eper
lo
olc
11 ...1i:lc6 12.�71 (12.�c6 deS
13.l:le1 �e7 14�g5 li:lb2 (14...%1187
224
I gave 12..C.el a new try against
the English 1M Craig Hanley, but
very soon, after 12 .. .tt:le6, I
picked up Va ganian's idea with
13.b4 . Maybe Black could have
tried to collect the sacrificed ma­
terial, but instead he tried to play
more safely with 13 .. .d5 14.ed6
�g7. Now 15.�3 !! took me a
good hour of thinking, but left me
with the initiative and, eventual
l
y,
with the prize for the best game of
the tournament
Conclusion
After 7.d5, Black has to show
good defending abilities and
preparation. The ensuing posi­
tions are very complex . I will re­
strict myself to-·coi:ruiJ.enting on
Mr. Vaganian's and my own
games.
For the more adventurous player,
the countergambit 7 .. .b5
(Golod-Greenfeld, Dov Porath
Memorial 1997) could be worth
atry.
Tricky Move Order
Black has, however, a slightly
hidden possibility at his dis­
posal. Instead of the automatic
(threatening 15 . . .16) 15.l:le7 •e7 16�7
�7 17.1i:le5+-; 17.b3) 15�e7 WJ/e7
16.l:le7 �e7 is unclear) 12 ... 1i:lb4 13.a317
(13.l:ld1 li:lc2 14.1i:lc3 li:la1 15.l:le1 �e7
16./i:)d!i (lhreatering Il
l
iG, �) 16... h6
17�14 (threatening 1B.�c7) 17...1i:lc2
1B.l:le2 d6 19.a3 � 20.l:le7 WJ/e7
21 .1i:le7 �7 22..i.e4;t) 13...1i:lc2 14.%182
�g7 15.l:ld1 (H) 16.1i:lc3 IOd4 17�±]
9.e4 �c6 1o.es li:lds 11.1i:lbd2
(11 ..i.c4!? li:lc7 12./i:)g5 li:le6 13.14 b5
14�d5 � 15.'i
i'
d5li:lc6Ble
es-G
rooten]
11•••1i:lc7 12.l:le1N (I didn� like 12.1i:le4
�e4 13.b4 li:lc6 here. Vaganian continued
withtheveryInteresting12.b417.Thefirst
ideaistoweakenthec5-pawnafter·the
exchangebc5,thesecondistocontinuewith
li:le4lateronand,aftertheexchangeone4,
Rafael Vaganlan
move 5 .. .c5, he could play
5 . . .g6, as Komarov, Nisipeanu
and ieceriilT:POiioiD.anov have ­
done.
The point behind this move order
is that 6.tt:lbd2 �g7 7.e4 d6 does
not promi se White much (Negu­
lescu-Nisipeanu, Cappelle-la­
Grande 1998) while after 6.c4
�g7 7.tt:lc3 Black now has a
choice between 7 .. .c5 (which
leads to the aforementioned vari­
ations) or 7 ...d5 (which was the
choice of Kortchnoi, Shabalov,
Z. Almasi.. .) .
andfftheliJc7ITlCMldtoe6before,thenb5
wil
l
winanexchangewith�-Wewll
encounterthis motifagainlateron]
12.•• 'Lle6 (12...�g7 looks bad and during
the game I thought that 13.1i:le4 �e4

14.�e4 /Oc6 15.�g5 •c8 16.'W'd6 would
give me an almost winning advantage. Bul
Mr Fritz isn'l prepared lo agre
e
withmeand
slub
bomfy
resisls with 16...10e61 (16.../0bS
17.1i'd3 10c7 18.%lad1 and WMe is better).
Thepositionremainsveryunclearafterbolh
17.�c6 �18 18.1rd2 (18�d7 1rd7
19...
.
d7 � 20.%lad1 � 21.�16 %lg8
gives nolhing) 18... dc6 19.�16 �g7
20.�g7 /Og7 21 ./0gS o-o 22./0e4 1015
and 17.ll?l �16 18.el8 "W'b8 19...
.
d2
•d8 20.b4 (20.%lad1 o-o 21 .•d7
tt:l�; 20./0eS %lc8<») 20... cb4
21./t:leS IOeSI (21...M 22.M dc6
23.�±) 22.� o-o 23.%la5 (23.�d5
•16 24.a3? 1014'+) 23.....
.
16 24.%lae1
%la8.
Wh�e is better ailvised lo build up
positionalpres
su
re wilh 16."Wd21? o-o
17.%lad1 /Oe6 18 ..i.h6. After 18 .. . "Wc7
19.�g7 �7 20...
.
d7.d721.%ld7heIs
better In lhe endilg and 18...:d8 19.h4
flc7 20.h5 %lacS 21.�d5 could be
dangerous] 13.b41? d5 [II Blad! had
gmbbedlhesecondpawnwilh13...cb4I
intended lo continue with 14.10c4 (14.10e4
�e4 1S.�e4 IOce), trying 1o organise en
attad! after 14.. .b 5
1S.IOd6 �d6 16.ed6
o-o 17./0a5] 14.ed6 �g7 [Looks logical,
bullhereIs a surprise:]
15.-.b3110-0[Theonlymove.Now
1S. .�1 loses lo 16.%le6 le6 (16...Wf8
17.%le7 �e8 18.10g5; 16.. .Wd7 17.%le7
� (17...Wca 18.%lc7) 18.%117) 17...
.
e6
� 18.tt:la51 �e8 (18 ..� 19.'lt'a5 :ge
[19...� 20.�) 20./0e4 %lg7 21�
ilt'd7 22.•16 W'f7 23..i.g7 we
e
(23...Wg&
24.� .c4 25."Wf8X) 24.d71 IOd7
25.�19.�(thisjus!winsandIs
EMlnbet
ter
lhan19./0d3,lhernove1
IntendedloplaywhencalcUaUngbelore
15·W'b3
. 19...h620./0g&l(myIdeawaslo
play20�g6wtd1isunclear)20...�g6
21.10e511 (a lypical computer rnove)
21....i.a5 (21...�e8 22..i.h6) 22."WaS %lh7
23ig&+-) 19...h6 20.�1 and Bladl is
�]16�10d7?[Wi
ile
holdslhe
irilialiv
e
lhenkslolhed6pawnandp�
Blad<shouldhavelrledlakingilwilh
16. .� 17.Wb2 .d6 18.10e4 (18�e41?)
18....i.e41 (18..."Wd3'1 leads to some nice
variatio
ns
: 19.10!6 Wh8 20.:ad1 1 (20.%le6
.i.f31 and 21 ... "Wd4) 20...1rc4 21.:e& •as
22.10gsr •rs (22... flc4 23.10d5 16
24.1016+- � 25.1017 1117 26.%ld8 �7
(26. .. %118 27.10h5 "W'b2 28.%l18X) 27.%lg8
Wh6 28.-.c1 +-l 23./0hS 16 24./0m WgS
(24 ...%117 25.%ld8) 25.101
16
+-) 19..i.e4
IOc6 20.%lad1 Wc7 21.b5 IOcd4 22.�
:as23.10d410d4wilhaslrongkrigl
l
on
d4andaPawnklranexchange,Iliad<has
go
od
d1ancesloholdlheposil
l
on) 17•.i.g7
Wg718�e41±[Biad<skingIsnow
weakened(!6,h6)andbrlhlsreasonIne
ed
knighlsiJ 1B.•..ie4 19.1084 :ea
20.•b2[Theproblemsonlhlsdiagonal
begin].. 20.••f6 [20...� 21.tt:la5+-]
21.%le31[NowlhallhaIOe6hasloslils
support.IprepareaniTiaslononlha!Hila]
21 .•• cb4 22.:Se1 +- a5 23./0egS
lOgS24./0g5[Theonlybtl!Ihavelo
IMlid is 24.:een wee 25.:ee :ee wilh
an Lrdear position] 24.•.tt:le5 [24...1183
25.%la3wilhthelhra
als
oflOeBand
%le7+-] 25.f4 10<13 [25...1g5 26.%la5 %laS
27.%la5 (27JeS) 27...Wg8 28.%le7 •16
29...
.
85+-] 26.%le8 /Ob2 [26...1We8
.. 27.%le8%le8 28...
.
d2 %let .29.We1 .10e1
30.d7+-] 27.%l1e7 [Simpler WO
Od
have
be
e
n 27.%ld8 %ld8 28.10e6]
1·0
Va ganlan,Rafael
Stohl,Igor
lzmir tt 2004 (6)
This game was lhe source of my Inspiration.
1.d4 /Of& 2.c4 e6 3./0f3 b6 4.e3
�b7 5•.i.d3 c5 6.0-0 g6 7.d5 ed5
B.cd5 �d5 9.e4 i.e& 10.85 tt:ld5
11.10bd2 10c7 12.b41? dS [12. . .10e6?
13.b5 .tb7 14.10e4 �e7 15.�6±;
1s�2±; 12.. ..tgn 13./0e4 (1 3.bc5)
13 ... 1}-0 (13 ... i.84 14.�84 10c6 15.bc5)
14..i.QS±. Bul 12.. .cb4 ne
eds
adosarlo
ok.
NoN, after 13.�1!4- Qnstead lhere Is another
promising move: 13.10c4, wilh lhe idea
13 ...10e6 14 ..tb2 �c5 1S.IOd6 i.d6
16.ad6 o-o 17./0aSt) 13 .. . .te4 14�e4
IOc6 Wh�e has a choice:
Survey QP 6.5
A) 15.�g5?1 i.e7 16.M dc6 17...
.
c2
1}-01 (17 ....i.g5? 18.%lad1 We7 19.Wc6
Wl6 20.%ld7 ..
.
c5 21."W'b71 �d8
22./0g51t) 18.%lad1 'lra8 19..ih610d5<»;
B) 1S.IOd41? IOd4 16..ta& IOce6 17.i.d5
�g7 18.141 (1 8.a3? �e5 19.ab4 10e2
20.Wa2 �al 21 .i.a3 i-16 22.b5 �e7)
18...o-o 19.��;
C) 1S.fla41? b5 16.� wilh lha Idea
�e3 and %lad1, wilh compensation]
13.ed6 .i.d6 14.�b2t ().
.{)
15./0e4
�e7 16./0eS tOe& 17.bc5 bc5
18.%lc1 [18.10g4 10d4] 18.• •1Wb6
19...
.
c2 /Od7 20.10g4 [Al
l
white pieces
are looldng al lhe kingside and � Is hard lo
believelhalBlad<cansurvtve.However,
20...
.
c3 was also very tempting, blkMed
by lha exChange ·of -ihe strong tOeS:
20...160 (20...10d4? 21.10ce .c6 22.•d4
cd4 23.%lc6 tOeS 24� IOc6 25.�c6
%lacS 26.i.a4± %lld8 27.%ld1 wilh lhe Idea
Wll, We2) 21.10c6 •c6 22.i.c4 (22.f4)
22... /0eS 23.%lte1 10c4 24.Wc4 WI?
2S.%lc2wilhlheldaa%lca2or25.%la3
%lab826�c3wilhpres
su
re] 20•••%lfc81
21 .%lb1 •c7 22./0h& Wftl 23.f4
23... c41 .. 24.1lrc3? [After lhis Blad! Is
on lop. 24.1lrc4 was better. 24...Wb6
(24.. �e4?1 25.-.
.
c7 (25...
.
84lOdeS
26...
.
13 IOd3 27.11rd3 -�) 25...�c5
(25 ... %lc7 28.-t�) 26.Wh1 �g2 27.Wg2
10c7 (27.. .%lc7 28.15) 28.15!!
!!
) 2S.Wh1
.tb71 (25...i.e4 26.fl84 lOdeS 27.'il'e3
IOd3 28...
.
d3±) 26.Wa4 lOdeS 27./0cS
10c5 28.-.
.
d4 16 29.Wc4 (29..ta3 fl�)
29.../0e&l (29•..�n 30.•17 Wh6
31...tg61 hg6 32.15+-; 29.. .Wa6 30.�16
i-16 31...
.
e6±) 30.i.l6 (30.•a4 IOcS)
30...12.c4 31 .i.e7 W&7 32.%lb6 ab6
33..i.c4 llc8=) 1 24••• •b&+ 2S.tt:l12
[25.Wh1 1lrd41 26.15 g15 27..tc4 •ca
(27....i.e4?? 28.•g3+-) 28.10c3 �g2
29.Wg2 %lc4=!=] 25.•• j_f6 26.i.a3
225

(26.•a3 •c5 27.Wc5 taleS 28.h4 b2
29.1:1.b2 15+) 26.•. Wg7 27...
.
c4
27.•.•d4 (Here Fri1z claims 27...�g2-+
and 27...1Wa5-
-+
)28.15(Isup
pose
that
both p�rs were In time-trouble. �
28.�g4oo] 28..• •c4 29.�c4 �f4
30 ..b6 J:le8 �� 30....i.g2] 31 .�hg4
"".id4 (3i.:
.. tg2J 32.J:lld1 �c5 33.�b2 ·
Wf8 34.J:lbc1 (with an attadt again]
34...1tle2? 35•.b2 J:le2 36.J:lc51
�cS 37.h3± gfS (37...J:lc2 38.10e3
J:lc3739..i.b4+-.Ileavetherestofthe
game un�� 38Jtc5 �g7
39.�d4 Wf8 40.rtle5 J:le8 41.l0ed3
J:la2 42.1t)b4 J:ld2 43..b7 J:ld1
44.�d1 J:le1 45.� J:ld1 46.�c6
�g7 47.�d4 �g6 48.rtle2 J:ld2
49ie3 J:la2 50.� J:la3 51 .10d4 f6
52.rtle2 J:laS 53.h3 J:la4 54.� �
55.�f4 J:lb4 56.� J:lb3 57.rtle2
J:lb4 58.10d4 �g6 59.�4 J:la4
60.h4 J:lc4 61.g3 J:la4 62.� J:la3
63.�c6 � 64.�4 J:la1 65.�5
J:la6 66.<tJd4 J:laS 67.�4 �g6
68.� hS 69.�2 J:lbS 70.�f4 �
71 .�e4 J:leS 72.�3 J:laS 73.�d4
J:lfS 74.� J:laS 75.�c3 J:lcS
76.�d4 J:lfS 77.�c4 h7 78Jtb4
� 79.�d4 J:leS 80.�c5 J:lfS
B1 Jtd6 'it>g8 82.<tJd5 � 83.�
1:111 84.�14 J:ld1 85ic5 J:le1
86.�e3
1-Q
Black Accepts
9.e4 .l
l
c6 1 O.es 1Zld5 11..!Lc4
Blees,Aibert
Grooten,Herman
Eindhoven 1983 (6)
1.d4 �f6 2.c4 e6 3.�f3 c5 4.e3 b6
5.�d3 �b7 6.0-Q g& 7.d5 ed5
226
8.cd5 �dS 9.e4 �c6 1 O.e5 �d5
11•.i.c4 fiJc7 12.�5 � 13.14 bS
14id5 .i.d5 15.•d5 �c6 16.�
1fb6 17.10ce4 �e7 1Bie3 J:lc8
19.�f7 � 20.15 giS 21 .•d7 �bB
22.1:115 Wg6 23.•e7 �5 24.<tJd6
�5 25.�14 �4 26••f6 h3
27...
.
12
.
-
1-0
Black Decl ines
7... ed5 8.cd5 .ilg7
Primavera,Giuseppe
Szabados,Eugenio
Venice 1948
1.d4 �f6 2.�f3 b6 3.e3 �7 4id3
c5 5.o-o g& 6.c4 e& 7.d5 .i.g7 8.e4
adS 9.ed5 D-0 10.� d6 11.�f4
�hS 1Ug5 f6 13 ..i.d2 .d7
14.Wc2 15 15-�gs ltle6 16.�
J:lle8 1 7.�b5
17 ... J:le6 18.de6 •e6 19.J:lle1 'it'd7
20..i.g5 tt:lb4 21.'it'd2 a& 22.� h6
23.�83 14 24..i.g6 fe3 25.J:le3 �f4
26.J:lg3 1:118 27.J:ld1 �g6 28.J:lg6
'iWI5 29.J:lg3 �h7 30.83 fiJc2
31 .�d5 �d5 32.cd5 �4 33.J:le1
J:lf7 34.J:ld3 .i.e5 35.J:lh3 'ti'h3 0-1
Gelashvili,Ta mas
lordachescu,Viorel
Oubai 2004 (3)
1.�f3 �f6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 b6 4.e3
�7 5id3 c5 6.0-Q g6 7.d51 adS
8.cd5 .i.g7 (8. ..10d5 9..i.e4 00
10h7 tal1 11.�8+-; B..idS 9.&4
.h6 10.� Jig7 11.85 �g4 12.J:le1±
lordache
scu
] 9.e4 G-0 10.fiJc3 (10.85
� 11.Jig5co] 10..• d6 11..i.l4 �86
12.�?1 (12.J:le1;!;; 12.h3;!;) 12• . . �h5
13.�e3 �b4 14.�e2
14. .. 151 15.el5 gf5 (15.. .�c3 16.bc3
�dS 17.�c4 (17.fg6 tt:le3 18.gh7 �hB
19.fe3 'ti'gS�) 17.. . �g7 18..i.d5 �d5
19.fg6 hg6 20.c4;t lordachescu) 16.�h5
14 17.�c51 deS 18.�f3 �hB
19.'it'b3 (19.d61 �1317 20.�13 c4)
19... �86 20.J:lld1 �d3 21 .�de4
(21 .�B2 �121ooJ 21 ...�e5 22.�d2
1fg5 23.�b51 c4 24.'it'a4 �bS
25.•bs J:lac8oo 26.J:lac1 J:lc5
27.•as (27.1Wb4 Wh4+, 12<) 27.•. J:la5
28.•b7 J:la2 29.d6 bSI 30.'ti'e7 h6
31 .�e4 J:lb2 32.�f3 �13 33.�13
•cs 34.Wc71 Wf2 35.�h1 1Wb&
36.We7 'ti'dB 37.J:le1 �f6T
[37 ...J:ld21 38.J:lcd1 c3+) 38 .•a& J:ld2
39.J:lcd1 c3 40.d7 J:ld1 ? [40. .. b4
41.J:ld2 cd2 42.J:ld1 •e7 43.We7 .i.e7
44.J:ld2 a5!f) 41.�d11- •b6?
[41.. .�7 42.�) 42.W15+- �e7
43...e4 J:lf7 44...
.
e7 J:le7 45.J:le7
c2 46.�c2
1-0
Vaganian,Rafael
Hoffmann,Michael
FOgen tt 2006 (2)
1.�f3 tt:lf6 2.d4 e6 3.e3 c5 4..i.d3
b6 s.o-o �b7 &.c4 g& 7.ds eelS
e.cd5 �g7 9.e4 o-o 1o.�c3 d&
11.h3 �6 12.J:le1 fiJc7 13.�14

.tree 14.a4 h& 15.�a6 /Lla6
16.1Lld2 1Llc7 17.1Llc4 �f8 18...f3
[lncomplele game score?]
1·0
Black Declmes
Other Lmes
Golod,Vita li
Greenfeld.Alon
Givatayim 1997 (4)
1.d4 !Llf6 2./Llf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.e3
�b7 5.i.d3 c5 6.0 -0 g6 7.d5 b5
8.de6 fe6 9.cb5 �g7 10.1te2 d5
1Uid1 1Llbd7 12./Llc3 0-0 13.e4
1tc7 14.�g5 :ae
e
15.l:lac1 /Llg4
16.h3 /Llge5 17./Lle5 ILleS 18.b3
/Lld3 19.l:ld3 de4 20.1Lle4 1t"e5
21.l:le3 �e4 22.h4 .t!f2 23.Wf2 1ff5
24.�e1 �dS 25.g4
�-�
Lechtynsky,J iri
Murdzia,Piotr
Czech tt 2005/06 (1)
1.d4 !Llf6 2./Llf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.e3
�b7 5..id3 c5 6.0-0 g6 7.d5 �g7
8.e4 d6 9.1Llc3 0-0 10.de6 fe6
11.ll:lg5 1fe7 12.14 !Llc6 13.15 gf5
14.ef5 el5 15..
.i
f5 ·fl:ld4 16.l:le1
1tc7 17.�h3 l:lae8 18.ll:le6 ll:le6
19.�e6 l:te6 20.l:le6 •f7 21.-.e2
ll:\g4 22.ll:lb5 ll:le5 23.l:le5 �eS
24�h& :ea 25...
.
g4 W'g& 2&...g&
hg6 27.l:ld1 a& 28.ll:lc7 .t!e7
29./Lld5 �d5 30.l:ld5 l:th7 31 .i.g5
.ih2 32.� �eS 33.84 �f7
34...id8 � 35� llb7 36.a5
�b2 37.:gS :g1 38.�f3 .te5
39.l:lg4 g5 40.l:le4 l:lf7 41.� l:lf8
42.�e2 l:lh8 43.�d3 l:lh2 44.g4
l:lh3 45.l:le3 l:lh4 46.l:le4 llh&
47.l:le3 l:lf8 48•.tle4 .t!f3 49.l:le3 l:lf1
50.l:le4 l:lf8 51 .l:le3 l:lh& 52..tle2
l:lh4 53.l:le4 l:lh1 54...id8 l:lh3
55.l:le3 l:lh1 56.�g5 l:lg1 57.�h4
.t!g4 58.l:le4 l:lg2 59.l:le2 l:le2
60.�e2 �c3 61�d8 .i.b4 62."'d3
d5 63.�b6 "'d6 64.�d8 "'c6
65.�b6 "'d6
Y.z-�
Good Results
8.d5 and 1 O.ttld5
Yusupov.Artur
Kerste n,Uwe
Sa
alb
rilcken ch·GER 2002 (2)
1.d4 ll:lf6 2.<�
�
f3e63.e3cS4..
.i
d3
b6 5.0-0 �b7 6.c4 g6 7./Llc3 �g7
8.d5 edS 9.cd5 /Lld5 1M:ld5 �d5
1 1 .�g6 hg6 12...d5 ll:\c6 1 3.e4
13.. .1fe7 1 4�f4 �b2 15..t!ad1 l:ld&
16 ..i.d6 11rf6 17.e5 1t"f5 18.l:lfe1
.i.c3 19.lle3 .i.d4 20.1tld4 ltld4
21.h3 1t"e6 22..1:td4 cd4 23.1fd4 g5
24.l:lg3 1ff5 25.e6 f6 26.l:lf3 l:lh4
27.1fd1 1fg6 28.1fd5 ..e4 29.l:tf6
•d5 30.:tsx
i-o
Survey QP 6.5
Soppe,Guillermo
Parllgras,Mircea
Calvia ol 2004 (4)
1.d4 fl:\f6 2.ll:\f3 e6 3.e3 b6 4�d3
�75.0.0g66.c4�g77.1tlc3c5
8.d5 eelS 9.cd5 /Qd5 10./0dS �dS
11..
.i
g6 hg6 12.1fd5 1tlc6 13.e4 llh5
14.e5 �e5 15.l:le1 f6 16.1tle5 lle5
17�14 ll:le7 18.l:le5 fe5 19.We5 d6
20.1ff6 ll:lc8 21 .1fg6 "'d7 22.l:ld1
1fe7 23.h4 •e& 24.1fh7 "'c6
25.h5 l:lb8 26.f3 Wa2 27.1te4 "'d7
28.h6 •b3 29.l:ld3 1lrb2 30.h7 "'c7
31 �e5
1-0
The Jnteres t1ng Sacrifice
8d5and1O.tiJbS
Dizdar,Goran
Gri
i
nberg,Hans-Uirich
Austriatt2002(3) . __
_
___ -· ··-·
1.d4 e6 2.<�:lf3 c5 3.e3 ll:\16 4.�d3
b6 5.0-0 �b7 6.c4 g6 7.ll:lc3 .i.g7
8.d5 ed5 9.cd5 ll:ldS 1 M:lb5 0.0
1 1.lt:ld6 .ic6 12.e4 ll:lc7 13.�g5
.i.f6 14.1fd2 ll:le6?1 15ih6 .i.g7
16.�g7 "'g7 17.ll:le5?1 (17.l:lfet±;
17..i.c4 ±] 17.. .1fe7 1 8ic4 ll:ld4
19.ll:lg4 ..d6? (19...1fh4) 20...h6
"'he 21./l
l
f&l
1-0
227

A Model Game
against b3. Qb2. Gbd2. c4
Kramnlk,Vladimir
Kasparov,G arry
Moscowbitzm2001(1)
1.d4 �f6 2.c4 e6 3.�f3 b6 4.e3
.i.b7 Sid3 dS 6.b3 c5 7.IHI cd4
8.ed4 JJ.
.
e7 9.�bd2 1H1 1D..i.b2
�c6 11.'it'e2
228
11 ...1:le8 12.1:lad1 JJ.
.
te 13.1:lfe1 g6
t4..i.bt JJ.
.
g7 ts.ot\e!i :ce t&.toct
t
3
� 17.�g4 hS 18.� �7 19.h3
�f6 2o.�s �rs 21 .�11 �&
22.� �fS 23.�f1 � 24..b4
de4 25.�3 flc7 26.�f5 efS
27..i.c1 ••7 28.fle3 fld8 29.flg3
h4 30...f4 1:186 31.c5 b5 32.a4 ba4
33.�c4
33...ab3 34./()d6 JJ.
.d5
35.� 1tc8
36.1th4 a5 37..
.t.b2
a4 38.1:la1 l:le6
39.1tf4 .i.f6 40.1:la3 q7 41.1:lea1
..
.
c6 42.'Wb8 e3 43.13 fle6 44.'it'b5?
44... e21-+ 45.Zle1 ••3 46.Wh2
Zle6 47.•84 JJ.
.
h4 48.� flf2
49.Zlaa1 JJ.
.
g3 so.wht .i.f31 st.ds
wh7 52.1:lg1 . Zla4 53.1tb7 -·:i:g2
54.Zlg2 at• SS.Ilgt flf3X
0.1

Engl ish Opening
Reversed Dragon
EO 3.4 (A 29)
A Pleasant Choice fo r the
Positional Player - Part I
by Peter Lukacs and Laszlo Hazai (special contribution by Evgeny To mashevsky)
1. c4
e5
2. lDc3 lDf6
3. g3
d5
4. cd5 lDd5
5. �g2 lDb6
6. lDf3 lDc6
7. o-o
�e7
B. a3
o-o
9.b4
�e6
10. .l
l
b1 f6
11. d3
lDd4
This variation of the English
Opening is deservedly known as
the Reversed Dragon. White
slowly but surely exerts pressure
on the queenside, while Black
has a strong centre and some­
times an initiative on the
kingside. In this particular move
order, White first develops his
queenside, with ll.d3 comi ng
only at the end.
IO . .Ilb l is a useful preparatory
move to defend b3 against ...lDd4
atanytime, aswell astoput pres­
sure on the b-fi.le later. White
doesn't want to decide on the fu­
ture of his dark-squared bishop
too soon, although it usually
ends up on b2 anyway.
The positional threat is a knight
manoeuvre to c5, to which Black
usually responds with ...lDd4.
There is a completely different
plan for Black with 9 . . ..1le8, fol­
lowed by ...�. preparing
. ..lDd4, but this deserves a sepa­
rate Survey. The common idea is
to create a stronghold on d4.
When W Andersson was asked
why he didn 't play the Dragon,
his answer was laconic: because
of the weak d5 square...
The Immediate 11 . ..ot:ld4
Many experts claim that insert­
ing Il.. .a5 12 .b5, which will be
discussed in Part II ofthis Survey
as well as several minor alterna­
tives, is not much of an achieve­
ment for Black: They suggest the .
immediate ll...lDd4. This is the
subject of this first part of our
Survey.
In Kortchnoi-Stohl, Tilburg
1993, White used his favourite
knight manoeuvre
again:
12.tDel lDd.5 13.�b2 tDc3
14.�c3, and now Stohl has sug­
gested 14 ... �b5 !? 15.�b2 c6
16.a4 lDc7, with a complicated
middlegame. As mentioned be­
fore, White is advised to avoid
the knight swap, so again
12.lDd2 is recommended. For
other deviations, see the notes to
this game and to To palov­
Ponomariov (12.lDe4). They do
not show anything real for
White.
Mikhail Gurevich
The only other important move,
which deserves a separate game,
is 12.�e3. but in Lautier­
Portisch;-Biel-1 996,-- -Biack ­
solved his opening problems
with 12 ...c5 13.lDe4 lDf3 14.�f3
cb4 15.lDc5 �d5 !.
The Main Line
So the main line goes 12.lDd2
and 12... lDd5, as was seen in
Bauer-I.Sokolov, Chartres 2005.
Herewese
e
the difference: the in­
sertion of ll...a5 12.b5 has de­
prived Black of this natural
centralizing move. 13.�b2 a5
14.ba5 was played in the game,
opening up the b-file, and White
won a nice positional game. But
Black has enough defensive re­
sources, as the notes wil
l
show.
J4.lljd5 �d5 15id4 �g2
16.'it>g2 deserves attention, White
229

has some play on the queenside
andhisknightmaybebetterinthe
endgame, but the centre and
kingside are Black's territory.
12...c6 is the other alternative.
In Lapshun-Goldin,
after
13.ll:\de4, Black went for the
provocative 13...i.g4, and after
14.f3 went back to c8. However,
this sophisticated bishop ma­
noeuvre doesn 't look logical,
since after 15.e3 ll:\e6 White
plays 16.f4 anyway, with
slightly better prospects .
Im mediately
11.. liJd4
Kort chnoi,Viktor
Stohl,lgor
Tilburg 1993 (1)
1.c4e52./t)c:J/Of&3.10f3IOc64.g3
d5 5.cd5 10d5 6.Ag2 /Ob6 7.!Hl
Ae7 8Jlb1 f6 9.d3 Ae6 1o.a3 !Hl
11.b4 10d4
12.10e1 17 [12.10d4?1 ed4 13.10a4 .i.d5
(13 ... .i.a2?1 14./0cSI Krasenkow (14.:&1
AdS 1s..t
t1
2rs16.10d2
-
12.1094;
16.10d2 Ag2 11.�2 Wds 18.�11
Krasenkl
lw
(18.101371 cSI 19.bc5 .ic5
20.a4 10cf7 21 .Aa3 b61= R82l.Miev·
Krasenkow, Reg
gi
o Emilia 1996197) 18...a5
(18 ...AI6 19.J:lc1i!o; 18.. .c5 19.bc5 AcS
20.a41 Ab4 21 .85 Aas 22.Ad4t) 19.1Wb3
ab4 20.ab4 •b3 21.1l
l
b3 Ab4 22.10!14;1;)
14...Ab1 (14 .. .Ac5 15.bc5 Ab1 16.1t'b3
Wh8 17.cb6+-) 15.1i'b3 J:l17 16.10b7
230
13...'6'd7 and 13...ll:\d5 (foma­
shevsk:y-Khismatullin) deserve
attention, ' and in M.Gurevich­
Palac, St Vm cent 2003, Black
played 13...1U7. The plan is
. ...i.tB, . ..:d7, and after 14.e3
ll:lb5 15.ll:\b5 ab5 Black's dou­
bledpawnsarenotsobad,ashe
has good counterplay on the
queenside.
Conduslon
It's certainly difficult to come up
with any final assessment. This
(16.1i'b1 .l:lbB 17.10b7 .cf7 18.10c5�t)
16.. .11'cf7 17.1tb1�; 13.. .10d5?1 14.Ab2±)
14.Ab2 15 15.10d2 Ag2 (15.. il671
16..i.d5 •dS 17 .J:lc1 J:ll7 18.J:lc5 1i'e6
19./0W; llmman; 19.J:le1?1 c6 20.1013
10d71 21 .J:lc2 11'd5 22.1i'a1 aSI 23id4
(23.ba5 �) 23...ab4 2 4 .AI6 (Timman­
Bareev, Tilburg 1991) 24.. . 1016 (T'II
Il
ll
lBn
)
25./0eS :&3 26.� J:lb3 27.•81=;
15...a51? 16.b5 Al6 17idS IOd5=
(Azmalparashvl
li
) 18.1013, d4<) 16.�
whe (16... c6 17.1Wb3 Wh8 18.10131 Al6
19.J:llc1 J:le8 20.J:lc2 •d6 21 .a4! J:lad8
22.85 lOeB 23ia3;!; Sunye Nelo-EI Ta her,
Manila iz1 1990; 16 ... AI6 17.1Wb3 Wh8
18..l
l
fc11?; 18 ..l
lbc
1 aS 19.J:lc5 ab4 20.ab4
Ae7 21 .J:la5 Wcf7 22.1013 Al6 23.J:lc1
c6=SUnyeNeto-Hubnar,Manilaizl1990-
YB/36-220; 1 8.1013; 16...1i'd5 17.1013
(17.�1 a5 18.1Wb3 ab4 19.ab4 J:la4
20.b5 J:lb4 21..d5 IOd5 22.10c4 .ic5
23.Aa1 J:lb1 24..l
l
b1 J:lae 25.Wt1 .l
l
a2
26.Ab2 h5= Seret-Miralles, Lyon zl 1990 -
YBI36-220) 17. ..AI6 18.J:lc1 .cf7
19 .•b3;t Danallcv·'fdkcwic
h
, Sevilla 1993)
17.1013 (17.9b3!a Al6) 17 .. .AI6 18.J:lc1
.cf7 19.J:lc2 (1 9.1t'b3?1 J:lae8 20.J:lc2 14
(20 ...g5!? 21..l
l
fc1 g4 22./0g1 c6!i') 21 .b5
(Azmaiparashvllf.Chandler, London 1989 -
YB/16-1 45) 21...10d51 22..l
l
h1 IOc3 23.Ac3
d!;3.;) 19.../0a41 (19 ... a5? 20.b51) 20.•81
IOb2 21 .1tb2 gS! 22.J:llc1 g4 23.10d2
J:lae6
24.10b3m Azmaipa1
11Shvi
bl
12.../l
l
dS [12.. .c6
13.e3 1015 (13. ..10b5
14./0bS cbS 15.Ab7±) 14.1i'c2;t]
variation seems playable for
both sides. White can avoid the
long theoretical discussions, and
fine positional players like
Bare
e
v and M.Gurevich really
like it, but Black has no troubles
to speak of either.
13.Ab2 /t)c3 [13.. . c6 14./0dS AdS
15id4 Ag2 16.� •d4;!;/=) 14..i.c3
c6 [14... 10b51? 15.Ab2 c6 16.84 10c7,:)
15.a41 [15.Ad4 ed4 1:> 16 .. .a5]
15....d7 16.e3 ll
l
f5 17.10f3 J:lfd8
18.d4 ed4 [18. ..Ac4 19.J:le1 (1 9.de51?
.t.11 20...11�) 19...94 20.10d2 Ad3
21.109417 (21.:C1?1 10d6+; 21.A94 Ab1
22..b1�) 21. . ib1 22..b1�) 19.10d4
10d4 20.Ad4 .td5 [20...851? 21 .ba5
(21.b5? Ac4 22.J:le1 .b4+) 21...J:la5
22.•c2 (!:> 23.Ab6) 22...J:laa8,:;
22..if5?1 23.11'1
13
±] 21 .1i'c2 Ag2
22.wg2 •a& [22 ... b6= Kortchnoi]
23.Ac517t [23.J:lfd1 b61?= t:> :ace, cS)
23...J:ld5 [23.. . J:lcf7 24.J:lfd1 J:ladB?I
25..l
l
cf7 .cf7 26.Aa7±] 24.J:lfd1 Ac5
[24 .. . J:ld1 25.J:ld1 .l
l
e81? 26.85:;1;) 25.bc5
J:lad8 2&.lld5 •ds 27.e4 1i'f71
28.a5 h6 [1:> 29.. . J:ld4; 28...W'e7f?,:]
29.1Wb3 J:ld7 30.Wf3 [30.•17 Wf7
31 .WIJ;t) 30...f517 31 .ef5 J:ld5 32.g4
1i'e7

33...
.
e31 (33.h3 •c5 34.'ilt'b7 J:ld3
35.� ..
.
d5=] 33.....
.
c5?T (33...J:le51]
34.J:lb7+- •e3 35.1e31 J:laS 36.W14
a& 37.h4 c5 38.gS hg5 39.hg5 J:lb5
40.J:Ic7 aS 41 .e4 a4 42.J:Ic8 W17
43.g6 We7 44.eS
Hl
To palov,Veselin
Ponomariov,Ruslan
leon rapid m 2003 (2.1)
1.c4e52.1l
l
c310163.1013ll
l
c6 4.g3
d5 s.cdS ll
l
d5 6�g2 ll
l
b6 7.1Hl
fJ.
.
e78.83IHl9.b4fJ.
.
e6 10..J:Ib1 16
11.d3 ll
l
c14 12.1l
l
e4 (S 12.fJ.
.
d2c6
13.1l
l
d4 ed4 14.1l
l
e4 li'4l 15...
.
c2fJ.
.
dS
1!.-Y.zAnders
s
on-HUbner, W�k aan Zee
1988; 12.e3?1 1013 13.fJ.
.
I3 c6 14...
.
c2f5
15.b5 J:lc8 16.bc6 bc6 17..J:Id1 .1:117 1B.il.g2
ll
l
dS 19./l
l
dScd520...
.
a4 il.d6 21.il.d2
..
.
d7 22...
.
d7 J:ld7 23.fJ.
.
b4fJ.
.
b4 Y,-Y.z
Balashov·Tseshkovsky, Kiev ch-URS 1986;
12.fJ.
.b
2 1013 (12...c6
13.1l
l
d4 (13.1l
l
e4
fJ.
.b3
14.Wd2 1013 15.il.l3 iJ.
.
dS 16.fJ.
.
a1
ll
l
d7 11.'1i'c2 .J:I17 18..J:Ifd1 fJ.
.IB
oo
Kortchnoi-Femandez Garcia, Mesa 1992)
13...ed4 14.1l
l
e4 Wd7 15...
.
c2;!;; 15.1l
lc5
fJ.
.
cS 16.bc5 Il
l
eS 17.11'a4 J:ldB 1B.fJ.
.a
1
a5 oo Simlc-DOckstein, V1e1
1
na 1990) 13.il.l3
c6 14...
.
c2 (14.1l
l
e4 il.dS 15.il.c3 J:lc8
16.fJ.
.a
1 WeB 17...
.
c2 W17 18.a4 J:lfdB
19.J:lfd1 15= Suba-Wolfl, Preston 1989 -
YB/18-146; 14.fJ.
.a
1J:l171>.il.f8,J:ld7
(14...a5 Rlblij 15.a4 (1>. 16.a5; 15.b5 cbS
16.fJ.
.
b7 .J:IbB 17.fJ.
.
a6fJ.
.a
3 18.il.b5
(1B.Il
l
b5fJ.
.
f8� 18...a5�; . 15.Wc2=)
15 . ..a5 16.ba5 J:la5= Suba-Bare
ev
, Halkidiki
U20
02
) 14 ...a51 (14... We8 15.il.a11?
(15.1l
l
e4fJ.
.a2
16.J:lbc1 fJ.
.
dS 17.1l
ld
2 ¥17
18.d4 ed4 19.il.d4 J:lfd8= Gulko-Hubner,
MOnchen 1990 - YB/18-146) 15 ... J:lc8
16..J:Ifd1; 14...' tt'd7 (M.Gunwich) 15..J:Ifd1
J:lfd8 16./l
l
e41;t) 15.b5 cbS 16./l
l
bS
(16.iJ.
.b
7?1 (M.Gurevlch) 16 ... J:lb8 17.il.c6
b4 18.ab4 ab4�) 16....J:Ic8 17.fJ.
.
c3
(17.Wd2 ll
lc4
; 17...
.
d1) 17.../l
l
dS 1B.Wb2
ll
lc3
19.1l
lc3
Wd7 (19. .. b61?) 20.fJ.
.b
71?
M.Gurevich (20...
.
a1?I J:lc7 21.J:lb6 fJ.
.
I7
22.J:lfb1 J:lbB 23./l
l
bS J:lc2 24.1l
lc3
J:lc8
2S.J:Ib7 WdB 26./l
ld
s (2&.1l
l
e4 J:la2+)
26 ....i.d5 27.fJ.
.
dS · •ds 28.J:Ie7 (Hert-
neck-M.Gurevich, Germarrt Bundesftga
1992193 - YB/36-219) 28.....
.
c5
(M.Gurevich) 29.J:Ieb7 J:le2+) 20.. . J:Ic7oo]
12.• .1013 [12... il.a2 13.1:l.b2 (13.1l
l
d41?
.ibn (Krasenkow) 14.1l
l
e8+-) 13...fJ.
.
d5
14.fJ.
.
e3 (14.1l
l
d4 (M.Gurevich) 14... ed4<X>)
14...il.e41? 15.de4 1013 16.ef3 (16.il.f3
•d1 17.J:Id1 ll
lc4
18.J:Ib3 ll
l
e3 19.J:Ie3
J:lf�) 16.....
.
d1 17.J:Id1 ll
lc4
18.J:Ic2
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26.l:l.c5 .Q.f6 27.b5 11fe7 [27... cb51?
28.l:l.b5 b6 29.a4] 28.l:l.ec1 cbS
29.11fbS J:ld7 [29...b6? 30.l:l.c7 11fa3
31.flc6±] 30.a4 �g7 31 .1:1.1 c2 b6
32.l:l.c6 J:led8 33•..-c4! l:l.d6
34.l:l.c7 1:1.8d7 35.J:Ic8 l:l.d5?1
[35...l:l.d8] 36.'il'c6 gS 37•..-aB g4
38.1tld2
38•••1:1.eS? (38...11fl7] 39.l:l.g8 �ti6J
(39...WI7 40.ll
lc4
1 (40.l:l.cc8? .Q.g71)
40...l:l.e6 (40...l:l.c5 41 .a51 b5? 42./l
l
d61)
41 .l:l.b2!] 40.l:l.cc8 J:le6 41 .1tlc4 .Q.g7?
(41. . .l:l.c7 42.l:l.cd81] 42.l:l.ge8
1-0
Gurevich,Mikhail
Palac,Miaden
St Vincent 2003 (9)
To mai.hevsky
M/06-7 -71
1.c4 ltlf6 2.1tlc3 d5 3.cdS ltldS 4.g3
e5 5ig2 ltlb6 6.1tlf3 ltlc6 7.D-O
.Q.e7 8.l:l.b1 .Q.e6 9.b4 t6 10.a3 o-o
11.d3 ltld4 12.1tld2 c6 13.1tlde4
l:l.f7 14.e3 (14..Q.d2 lDctS (14.. ..l
l
b81?
15.a4 1tld5 16.e3 1tl15 17.1tlc5 .Q.cs 18.bc5
ltlc3 19..Q.c3 l:l.d7 20.•c2 'tlf97 2U..a1
l:l.bdB 22.J:Ifd1 h5= L.jubojevic-lvanchuk,
Monacoblind20
02
) 15.e3 IOc3 ·16..Q.c3
(16.1tlc3 (Bareev) 16.../l
l
fS 17.11fe2 1ifd7=)
16.../l
l
bS 17..Q.b2 .Q.f81 (17...95 18.a4 ltlc7
19.ba5 l:l.a5 20..Q.c3 l:l.a7 21.d4;1; Bareev)
1B.11fc2 aS 19.a4 ltlc7 20.ba5 10d5 21 .d41
ed4 22..Q.d4 'i!faS 23..Q.c5 .Q.rs 24 ..Q.f8
233

Wf8 25.l:la1 l:le7 26.11t'c4 11t'b4�
Hjartarson-Baruev,NoviSadol1990-
YB/36-22
2
;14.ta!i-'.c515.bc5l()d3=
Baraev] 14...�b5 15.�b5 cbS
16..i.b2 l:lcBI? (16 .. .1oa471 17..i.a1 l:lc8
18.d4 .i.a2 (18.. . -'.c4 19.de5 -'.11 20.•11t;
18...15 19.� � 20.bc5 � 21..i.bn
l:lb8 22.-'.g2 -'.!1 23.�11 ed4 24.ed4 �h8
25.l:lc1 l:lc8 (25..� 26.d5 �1 27.J:la1
14 28.l:lc1 !g3 29.hg3 W'l6 30.W'd2±)
26.-'.bS � 27.¥d3 l:l!B 28ic3 14
(Baruev.f'onoma
rlcw
,
Moscow20
02
)
29...
.
94±Ponomari
ov
) 19.l:lc1 l:lc1
20...
.
c11521.��22.bc5-'.c4
23.de5 -'.11 24..i.l1 �; 16...�11517 17.�
�4 18..i.a1 � 19.l:lc1 � 20.1tc2
l:le8 21.l:l!d1 -'.96 22.
.i.e6
W'e6 23.d4
ed4 24.l:ld4 �"" RoiShlein-Psakhis,
18..i.d4 � 19.lla1 (t. 20.�;
19.� � 20.bc5 � 21 ..1la1�]
19..-,bs
20.1t'e2 (20.W'h5 1td7oo]
2D....i.f8 21.l:lfd1 l:ld7 (t. i.
.e
7, aS]
22.•h51? a6
Gronlngen 1990 - YB/3&22
2
] 17.d41? 23..i.f61? (23.1Dd2 lDd2 (23...g6 24.'iWe2
21... � 121...�2 28.-.dn l:ld7
29.l:ld7 .aS (29... 11t'b8 30.�16 �g7
31.� (31.� � 32.l:lc7 lt)dS;)
31...-'.ca 32.
.i.
l5�) 30.�16 �g7 31.�h5
� (31. . ..i.c3 32.l:lc7±) 32.14oo] 28.f4
•e71
(1 7.�c3 W'd7 18.11t'e2 'l:ld8 19.l:lld1 . .i.g7�) . 24.l:ld2 . .i.cSI'!�] 23...gf6 29.�f61 W'f6 (29 ... �13 30.h �
-i�f
"
17:.
-
.ed4 " i17.:".1()C4
-
18.�
-
24.-
i
id7�df 25.l:ld1 (t. l:ld7, 11t'd5] 31.�±] 30.fe5 'i
i'h6
1 (30 .....g5
(18.d5 -'.15; t. -'.18, l:ld7; 18.de5 •d1 25...l:lc7 (25...'i>hl
l
26..i.h3.l
l
c7 - 31 .'iW!31 �e7 32.l:ld7±] 31 .�d7 11t'e3
19.l:l!d1 !e5 20./t)d2 IOb2 21.l:lb2oo) 25... l:lc7] 26..i.h3 WhB (26 ... �e57 32.�h1 l:ld71= 33 ...
.
d7 'iWf3
18 ... � 19.bc5 l:ld7 (19... ed4 20.-'.d4 27.14+-] ' 27...
.
d51? (27.-'.1571 h6 34.Wg1 W'e3 35.�g2 1te2 36.�h3
� 21.l:la1�) 20.9'b317 a6 21.l:lld1oo] 28..i.d7 l:ld7 29.l
l
d7 •d7 30.�16 W'e7+] 11t'h5 37.�g2 •e2
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234

English Opening
Hedgehog Variation - EO 40.6 (A30)
Stra ight into the Endgame!
by Efstratios Grivas
1. c4
2. tt:)f3
3. g3
4. �g2
s. tt:)c3
6.o-o
7. d4
8. 1i'd4
9. b3
10. lld1
11. e4
12. �a3
13. eS
14. 1i'd8
1S. lUeS
16. �g2
cS
tt:)f6
b6
�b7
e6
d6
cd4
�e7
o-o
a6
tUbd7
lUeS
deS
llfd8
�g2
In our computer days, it is not en­
tirely unnatural that the opening
phase is simply skipped more
and more often. Games that go
straight into the endgame arc
seen quite often and here is
where the actual battle begins.
We ll, sometimes even that is un­
true, as modem chess players
tend to make their endgame
homework much more thor­
oughly than even 10 years ago!
In this Survey we will examine
an endgame which arises from
the popular Hedgehog Variation
of the English Opening.
In the diagram position, White
seems to have achieved some
pressure, as the c6-square and
the black queenside pawns are
rather weak. Add to this White's
queenside majority and his spa­
tial advantage, and we must
have a preference for the white
position. Even if he is not able to
profit from these fa ctors, he
runs a risk of nearly zero to lose.
But of course, we don't play a
chess game just not to lose, so
White must prove something
concrete. We ll, actually it is
quite easy for Black to go astray,
as many games have already
shown.
Problems for Black
From the diagram position,
Black can choose between many
attractive moves, bui in my
opinion he should fo cus on
16 . ..lldc8 !?, as in our Main
Game Soskov-S.Kasparov. The
Game Section illustrates that
Black has some problems in the
other lines. 16...� is analysed
in five games, and the thre
e
alter­
natives 16.. .�d6, 16. . . �f8 and
16.. .lld1 arc investigated in the
notes to Va ganian-Hiibner.
After 16...lldc8 and the stron­
gest continuation 17.l
l:l
a4 llab8
fo llowed by the mass exchange
on c5 (l8..i.c5 �c5 19.�c5
lieS), in my opinion the active
Sergey K.asparov
pawn push 20.f4!, as played in
the games Dyachkov-Chytilek
and Barbero-Fominykh, gives
White the best chance of an ad­
vantage. - · -
Conduslon
In this endgame, White can
maintain a tiny" advantage, which
might prove not enough to cash
in the point, but nevertheless be
is pressing and can easily drive
Black in the wrong direc tion.
235

Ma1n Game
16. .. Hdc8
Soskov,Vjatsh eslav
Kasparov,Sergey
Gathenlu
g
2006 (2)
1.10f3 <()f6 2.c.4 c5 3.<()c3 e6 4.g3
b& s.�g2 �b7 &.G-G d& 7.d4 cd4
8.•d4 a6 9Jid1 �e7 10.b3 /Obd7
11.84
11•••o-o[HIliad<Iswllilg1oaa:eptrrae
risksilorderlok!epthegame001
11lbl
ed.
heshould qll b- 11...Wbel? 1Ua
a
<()cS
13.1!5 de5 (13..� 14� deS 1S� ci>f8
16...83 Da7 17.1:1d2!
!!1
) 14...e5 ¥a717o:>;
14...1a:d717= or 11 ...•c7 12ia3 (12.
.l
lb2
().
.()
13.1lac1 .l
lac8
14.h3 1i'b8= Conquest·
L.iMt
t,
Lon<kln 1989) 12.. .<()1:5 13.e5 de5
14...e5 :ca (14.....c:8!7 1S.<tla41? <()a4?
16�7 �7 17.1fd6) 1S ...
.
c7 l:lc7 16ic1
<()fe4:ortl
laly
b- 11 ...1fc:BI? 12.
.l
lb2
(12..ia3t7 <()cS 13.e5 � (A.Sclvleid
er
·
Wojl
ldewicz,
SlarBZai1Jiaz11990)1U.f.l
de5 1S.-.e3 Da7 16 ..i.b2 'flc7 17.1:1d2 ().()
18.1:1ad1�) 12. .. ().() 13.1:1ac1 l:le8=)
12.
.b
3 1&5 13.8517 deS 14.fid8
[14.<()85 •c717[ 14.• •1:1fd8 15.<()85 �g2
16.�2 l:ldc817 [16..il8 (b- 16...�.
16...Wte, 16...1:1d1 and 16...1:1ac8 se
e
the
notesloVaganian-1-fibnef
)
lr1dnow:
A) 17.14 .lid (17...1:1d:S 1U.CS �
19.tar7l:lc620.�rJ621.1:1d7¢>!17�
M.�. Asda:l
l
20
05)
18.¢>13
fi'1ril (18...115 , 19.1
13
fiJt1720.tar7tarT
21..i.f8�22.l:ld6�23..1:1ad1l:ldi
24..1:1
1J3
t625.1084bo426.bo4=Pr\rl'jo
,ra.
Satrila,ElsladJ.RJS.W1997)19.tar7tarT
20i!8�21B101622.1:1ad1l:ld6
23.1:1dit624.1:1a6bo425.bo4l:lc4=
Pifl
lsUaia.
�.fWci
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;20
03
;
B) 17.<()(!2 tt'Jid7 18.<()d7 l:ld7 19.1:1d7
<()d7 20.�18 d 21..1ld1 We7 22.tal4
l'rl'l Mdander-Keskisa
Jja,
VanYnalacit-fiN
199
9
;
236
C) 17..ib2 l:lac8 (17...h61
1
18.Wt:l �d61
19.<()c& .l
ld7
20.114 l?:J
J
7 21.<tla4+­
L�liEd'Jts
rSeil
1992) 18.1:1ac1
101d7 19.10d7 l:ld7 20..1ld7 IOd7 21 .1:1d1
l:lc7= Wiemer-Dankert
,
GermanyBlnleslg
a
198&'87;
D) 17.l:ldl
l
l:ldl
l
18.1:1d1 l:ldl 19.10d1=;
E) 17.Wt:l /Od3 18.1:1cfl l:lcfl 19.10d3 .ia3
20.1:1d1 .l
l
dl
l
21.g4 (21 .<()85 l:ld1 22./0d1
ci>f823.1083�7=Beifus
s.
.Briele
,
!lrad!lw
de
1984) 2L.h6 22.h3 d 23.We2
l:ld4 24.13 �7= H!Uk.flruslk
em,
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West 198
8
)
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e
theg;mE
Vagariai
!-HilO
O
,
Aacnlk-Armroz and
Antunes-
Gaspar
. 17 ..ics 18.<tla4
1 B...It:le4 (lor 18...WIS?, 1B...I:lac8,
1B...I:Idc87 and 18 ....i.d47 see De
Firmian-Zivamk) 19.10c5 (19.13 101
12
20.1t:lc5 bc5 21.Wf2 16 22./0g4 l:ld4o:>
leski-l.
.a
urain,Ranceu20
02
) 19 ...bc5
20.1t:lc6 l:ld1 21.1:1d1 IOc3 22.1:1dU]
17.10a4 [Best again. Whhe's ehematM!s
areno11hatallral:ti
ve
: 17ic57 l:lc5
18.10d7 l;c6 (18. . .10d7
7
19.1:1d7 �16
20.1:1ad1 .l
l
c6 21 ./()e4± Z.Nemelh-'1\J
Mingyuan,8udapesl20
00
)19.<tla4IOd7
20.1:1d7 �16 21.1:1b1 1;6; Schirm-Wendt,
Germany Bundesfig
a
B199
910
0
; 17.b4
/Oce4 (17.. . /0bn 1B.It:la41 .i.d8 19.1:1dB
l:ldB 20.10b6 .l
lab8
21./Uc6+-) 18.1t:la4
.l
lab8
19.13 bS<x>; 19.../0d67 20.10b6 .l
lb6
21 .c5 l:lb5 (21...� 22.cb6 lt:la3 23.b7
l:lbB 24.1:1ac1 l:lb7 2S..I
I
c:B �18
26.1:ldd8+-) 22.cd6 .lieS 23.de7 /(XIS
24.1:1ac1±) 17 ... 1:1ab8 18./0cS [18ic5
�·transpos
es.
buttheothercaptureis
really bad: 18 . . .bc57 19.1:1d3 (19.10d7 l:lb7
20./(XIcSl:lc521./0c5�22.1:1118.i./8
23.1:1ad1 Da7 24.1:1c:B IOd7 2S..I
I
d8 lt:l16
26.1:1c:B IOd7 27.1:1<18 lt:l16 P.Szekely-G .J.de
Boer, Groningen 1994) 19 . .. 1:1b7 20.14
Vaganian-NogueiJaS, Rotterdam 1989)
1&....Q.cS [18.. .bc5 t9..i.b2 aS (19...1:1bnt
20.:d3 (20ic3 lt:le4 (20... WIS?I
21 .1:1.�) '21 .bS �f6 22.14 �e5 23.1e5
15 24.el6 gl6=; 20.1:1d2 �a 21.1:1ad1 �ee
22.14± Pytel-Kruszyns
ki
,
Poland 1981)
20...�8 21.Dad1 � 22.14±) 20.�c3 84
21.ba4 lt:le4 22.�e1 .i.l6 23.14;1;) 19.�cS
l:lcS
20.1t:ld771 [Exchanging knights is not
helpful. A better try is 20.14 l:lc7 sae
Dyachkov-CI'rjtllek; 20... b5 see Barbero­
Fominikh) 20. .. 10d7 21 •.1ld7 bS 22.cb5
(22.1:1ad1 g5 23.ct6 ab5 24.g4 l:lbc8=
Sanikiclze-BelozertiY, lzrnir U 20
04
]
22...ab5 23.84 ba4 24.ba4 .liaS
25.1:1b1 l:lf8 2&.:b4 gS 27.h4 h6
28.hg5 hgS 29.1:1db7= l:lfaB 30.I:Ib8
l:lb8 31 .1:1b8 �7 32.1:1b5 l:la4
33.1:1g5 'i>f6 34.f4 h7 35.¢'13 l:la3
36.1l>f2 f6 37•.1lg7 �d6 38.l:l.f7 f5
39.1:1b7 �c6 40Jlb2 l:ld3
V.
.
-!-'.1
Vaganian,Rafael
Noguelras,Jesus
Rot
t
erdam 1989 (12)
1.c4 10f6 2.1t:lcl c5 3.g3 a6 4.1t:lf3
b6 s.�g2 .i.b7 &.o-o fJ.
.
e7 7.d4 cd4
8...
.
d4 d6 9.b3 o-o 1O.l:ld1 10bd7
11.e4 a& 12•.b3 lt:lcS 13.e5 deS
14 ...
.
d8 l:lfd8 15./0eS .i.g2 16-�g2
l:ldc8 17.1t:la4 l:lab8 18.fJ.
.
c5 bcS
19.1:1d3 l:lb7 20.f4 (20.I:Iad1 Wil
l
21.g4
� 22.14± E.KI
I
arilonoY-lljin, S1
Petersburg 2005] 20...Wfl
l
(20...g6 21.g4
l:lcc7 22.1:1ad1 Wf8 23.gS IOhS 24.�3
�ee 25.10c3 16 2S.gt6 1016 27.1t:le4 lt:le4
28.�± Slohl+ioftmann,
Germany
Bundesli
ga
1�) 21 .g4 l:lcc7
22.1:1ad1 h8 23.1:1h3 g6 24.f5 efS
25.gf5 lt:lh5 26.1:183 �gS 27.1:1ee1
ll>IB 28.¢'13 fJ.
.
e7 29.1t:lc3 �f6

30.�d5 �e5 3U :te5 llc& 32./t)e7
J:[cc7 33.J:I.d8 �g7 34.�d5 J:l.c6
35.J:I.e7 J:l.e7 36.�e7 J:lc7 37.�
J:lc6 38./t)e7 J:lc7 39.�d5 J:lc6
40.� gt5 41 .WIS J:le& 42.J:la8 J:le2
43.J:I.
.a
6 J:lh2 44.�g4 f6 45.a4 �g&
46.�e7 �h& 47.�f5 �g& 48.�h4
�h& 49.�f5 �g& 50.�h4 �h&
51.J:lc6 J:le2 52.�f5 wg& 53.J:lc5
J:le4 54.�h3 �f4 55.�g3 �h5
56.� J:lg4 57.�h2 J:lf4 58.a5 J:lf2
59.�g1 J:la2 60.�h4 �h& 61.�f5
�g& &2.�e7 �h& 63.b4 �f4 64.J:lf5
J:la1 65.�h2 �d3 66.�d5 �g&
67.J:lf6 �gS 68.J:l13 �e5 69.J:lc3
�g4 70.wg2 hS 71.�e3 <M4
72.�c2 J:ld1 73.a6 �g4 74.a7 J:ld2
75.�1 �h2 76.�e1 J:ld8 77.b5 �13
78..J:l13 � 79.b6
1-0
The Pawn Push
20.f4
Dyachkov,Sergey
Chytilek,Roman
Siofok Ech·jr 1996 (3)
1.c4 c5 2.�13 �f& 3.�c3 b& 4.g3
�b7 S.�g2 e6 6.0-o �e7 7.d4 cd4
8."l
lf
d4 d& 9.b3 o-o 10.J:ld1 a&
11.e4 �bd7 12.b3 �c5 13.e5 deS
14."l
lf
d8 J:lfd8 1S.�eS �g2 16.�g2
J:ldc8 17.�a4 J:lab8 1B.�c5 �c5
19.�c5 J:lcS 20.f4 J:l.c7 21.�
(21.J:ld4 �18 22.g4 �e7 23.J:lad1;!;
Klrov.()rtega, Varna 1983] 21 •.•�e8
22.J:ld7 (22.J:ld2 f6 23.�g4 �
24.J:ladU; Arne-Lobo, Palo Alto 1991]
22...J:lbc8 23.J:lad1 f6 24.�g4 J:ld7
2S.J:ld7 J:lc7 26.J:lc7 �c7 27.�e3
'M7 2B.�d4 as 29.�f2 �e7 30.a3
�d& 31.�e4 �6 32.b4 ab4
33.ab4 bS 34.�3 bc4 35.�c4
�ea 3&.bS �b& 37.�a4 �as 38.b6
�a4 39.�c5 �aS 40.b7 �c7
41 .�d6 �a& 42.We6 �b& 43.�
�b7 44.'�g7 �c& 45.�h7 �d&
46.h4 �c5 47.hS �e7 48.�g8 1-o
Barbero,Gera rdo
Fominikh.Aiexander
Hartberg 1991 (7)
1.c4 cS 2.�c3 �f& 3.g3 e& 4.�13
b& S.�g2 �b7 &.o-o �e7 7.d4 cd4
8."l
lf
d4 d& 9.e4 o-o 1O.J:ld1 �bd7
11.b3 a& 12�a3 � 13.e5 deS
14."l
lf
d8 J:l.fd8 1S.� �g2 16.�
J:ldc8 17.1084 J:lab8 18�c5 �c5
19.� J:lc5 20.f4 b5 21.J:ld6 bc4
22.�c4 J:laB 23.J:lad1 �d5
24.fS± J:lc4 2S.bc4 �e3 26.�13
�d1 27.fe6 fe6 28.J:ld1 � 29.J:ld7
� 30.we4 J:lb8 31 ..J:ld2 �e7
32.c5 aS 33.J:lf2 J:lb4 34.�d3 hS
35.�c3 gS 36.83 J:lg4 37.�b3 J:ld4
38.Wc3 J:la4 39.wb3 J:ld4 40.wc3
Problems for Black
16....l
l
f8
Vaganian,Rafael
Hiibner,Robert
GennanyIt1993 _ .
lHlz
1.c4 �f& 2.�c3 e6 3.�13 b& 4.g3
�b7 s.�g2 �e7 &.o-o c5 7.d4 cd4
a.-.d4 d& 9.J:ld1 a& 10.b3 �bd7
11.e4 o-o 12.�3 �c5 13.eS deS
14 •• d8 J:lfd8 1S.�e5 �g2 16.�g2
�f8 (16 ..id6? 17.�c6 J:ld7 18.�a4
M.Shahade-LKiein, Philadelphia 1989
(18ics bc5 19.�a4 J:l.e8 (19.. .J:lc8?
20.J:ld6 J:ld& 21.�e7 �18 22.� J:lc&
23.M6+- Beaumont-Povah , England II
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Jewgeni Sweschnikow
Franzi
is
isch Vo rstossvariante
Band1and2
Olms 2006, 136 pages
' Two books, same author, same
subject' usually means that the edi­
torial staff has decided that there 's
too much material for one book, so
it gets split into two. Both books
fe ature an identical foreword by
Karpov, so it could well be the case
here. However, at some point
someone at the Olrns publishing
house, or perhaps Sveshnikov (I
prefer this spelling !) himself, had a
brainwave.
Why not have two bo
o
ks, each
aiming at different levels ? So
that's what they have done! Both
books deal with the French Ad­
vance Vari ation, but there are dis­
tinct dif
f
erences:
So 'Band 1 Grundkurs' (which
could be translated as 'Fundamen­
tal Treatmen t') has lots of deeply
annotated games, strategic back­
ground and allround explanations.
The exercise chapter containing 70
positions adds another string to the
bow.
In contrast, 'Band 2 Meisterkurs '
(or 'Master Trea tment') has an
ECO-style encyclopaedia of varia­
tions plus complete games with
lnformator- style an
n
otations.
So if you've not already decided
which book to buy on the French
Advance (se
e
my review in Year­
book 80), then your choice has
widened yet again !
Although Sveshnikov is one of the
leading practitioners of this ope­
ning, none of Sam Collins's selec­
tion of main games acrually fea­
rured the Russian author. Here
there are nab.lraily quite a few, in
fact the two volumes are full of
them! So I imagine that there's lots
that can be gained from looking at
this variation from another, and
undoubtedly prestigious, angle.
One distwbing point is that in the
second book, in the section called
Kapitel 3 (channingly named
' Entwicklungstendenzen' which, I

suppose, could mean 'Develop­
ment OveiView') he gives 'l .e4
e6? Ein Fehler, besser ist l... c5!'.
Now I know that GM Sveshnikov
is associated with the Sicilian, and
even if these books are geared to­
wards the first player, isn't this
point of view just a shade dog­
matic? Doesn't this actually mean
that he is going to be naturally
overly biased towards White
throughout the book?
It becomes quite clear from the ta­
bles in Book 2 that from the au­
thor's point of view Black doesn't
equalize anywhere, even in the
main line with 6.a3 (l.e4 e6 2.d4
d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 /Oc6 5./0f3 'ifb6
6.a3). Bearing in mind the claim
on the back cover that in over 150
games the author has managed
better than 70%, maybe he does
have a point!
In Book 1 the 80 annotated games
are not presented in the same way
as in most opening books . Here the
chapters have titles that I've trans­
lated to be 'The Kingside Attack' ,
'Blockades: For and Agains t' as
well as 'Model Endgames' and
'Play on Both Wm gs' etc.
There then follows an innovative
and slightly curious section:
Kapitel lbre
e
, which looks at
blockades, i.e . Nimzowitsch's the­
ories fo llowed by some practical
examples, both 'classical' and
'modem '. Although this consti­
tutes an instructive master class on
the subject, the fac t that many of
the examples aren't from this
opening will surprise many read­
ers!Itisnodoubttruethatinthe
French Defence, if the d4 or e5
squares get freed up it's often a
good idea to occupy them with
pieces. But 26 pages, however in­
structive, wil
l
be an eye-opener for
many!
Soifthefirstvolumecanbe
summed up in one word 'Under­
standing' and the second by 'The­
ory', then they complement each
other rather well. However, · even
lower-ranked players should think
about getting both, as the actual
theory in the first book is limited.
The first one, then, is for learning
how to play the opening, the sec­
ond seiVes as a reference book.
In the second tome, the tables of
variations are not always easy to
fo llow and the order of the com­
plete games will take some getting
used to. So to some extent you'll
need to have already mastered the
art of 'chess openings navigation'
togetful
l
benefit from the bo
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Book Reviews
9...0-0-0
This position arises via a different
move order in Tab le 8, i.e. 7.g3?!
.i.d7. In this move order
Sveshnikov prefers 7 .. .f6 im
m
edi­
ately: 8.h4!? /Oa5 9./0bd2.
After 9...f 5 10.ef6 /Of6 (IO ... gf6
ll..i.h3 0-0-0 transposes to the
main game whereas Sveshnikov
gives 12.0 -0 /Oh6 13.�1 ltg8
14.M /Ob3 15 ..i.h6 .ih6 16.1tbl
'Tschemj ajew-Harestad, Gausdal
1993' with an edge to Black. Not
very helpful for a White reper­
toire !) Sveshnikov prefers White,
e.g. ll./Oe5 .i.d6 12 ..i.h3 .i.e5
l3.de5 /0g8 14. •g4 g6 15.0-0 /Oe7
16.00 IOb3 17 ..i.e3 Grischuk­
Apicella, French League 2003.
Inan
n
otating 'the game 'Swesch­
nikov-Golowanow, Tscheljabinsk
2004' (page 53, Band 2) the author
suggests 9...h5 ! lO ..i.hl /Oh6 !
'with counterplay ' but in the rele­
vant table on pages I 03 and 108 he
then continues with 11./0fl /Ob3
I2.1tbi lOci 13.1i'ci 0-0 -0
I4./0e3 �b8 15.0-0 .i.e7 16./0g2
g6 17./0f4 with an edge for White,
Sveshnik:ov-Balashov, Novgorod
1995. Perhaps this is a sign that the
author has nevertheless a great re­
spect for the plan involving ...h5
French Advance again! C02
followed by blocking the k:ingside.
I found the tables to be somewhat With 8 . . . .i.e7 instead of 8....i.d7,
confusing.- At ti.ines - ·ti-ans posi� -
- 9:..h5 !? .iO..i.
.i
i
3 -�d7J. i:O:o -10ii6
tiona! possibilities complicate the 12.1te1 0-0 -0 turned out very solid
reader's task and the main line for Black in Stevic -Kortchnoi,
doesn't always represent best play, Leipzig 2002.
so you have to hunt around in the 1 O•.i.h3 f5 11 .ef6
notes to see if a critical move is Sam Collins points out that White
hidden in a sub-variation. The an- gets nothing by not capturing
notated games are presented by enpassant and this is borne out by
themes, but it would have been the two examples given in Svesh­
more logical to put these in an or- nikov's tables.
der consistent with the ECO ta- 11.. .gf6
bles, as finding games from a An important position which is
particular variation is no easy task! given insufficient attention in
Thebestwayse
e
ms to be to find a Sveshnikov's book. Perhaps the
variation via a game reference!
author underestimated Black's
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 chances, but as you 'II see below he
ll'lc6 S.ll'lf3 W'b6 6.a3 c4 7.10bd2 was recently punished for this
/Oa5 8.g3 .i.d7 9.h4
oversight!
I even briefly mentioned 9 .../0e7 12.0-0 h5
and 9 ... h5 last time, see Ye arbook Collins quite likes 12 .../0e7 13.1tel
80.
ltg8 14./0fl /Ob3 15.1tbl 'i
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16.�hi iOc1 17.1l'c1 10c6 18.'i
i'
c2
.J:tg6 19.10e3 fie? 20.10g2 e5
Khairullin-Rodshtein, World U18
Championship, Belfort 2005,
when Black was doing fine. In the
game
Sveshnikov-Batchuluun,
Turin Olympiad 2006, White soon
got into a mess against 12 . . . 10h6,
e.g. l3J1e1 .1Lg7 14..J:th1 .J:the8
15.11'c2 e5! 16 ..1Ld7 lld7 17.'ifb7
f5 lB.hS e4 19.b4 cb320.10b3 .J:th8
and Black was already winning.
13.%le1 10h6
I found the instructive Grischuk­
Kortchnoi game on page 107 in
Sveshnikov 's (and on an unantici­
pated page in Collins's) bo
o
kbe­
cause the actual move order of the
game was dif
f
erent, se
e
below. So
here (Black having played . ...1Le7
rather than ...0 -0-0) Sveshnikov
suggests 14.1lb1 (and then Black
plays either ....1Le7 or . ..0 -0 -0 trans­
posing, I hope you are following
me!) and thenWhite can try 15b4.
14.10h21?
Black's best move now seems to be
14....1Le71
This is examined by Pedersen. His
exclamation mark seems to be
right, e.g. 14...10f5?! 15..1Lf5 efS
16.f4 ! .1Ld6 17.wf2! gave White
a persistant edge in Nakamura­
Hillarp Persson, Malmo 2005;
14...10f7?! 15 ..1Lg2 10d6 16.1lb1
lle8 1H:Jdfl .1Lg7 l8..1Lf3 %lef8
19.W clearly fav oured White in
Sax-Kuligowski, War saw 1979.
15.11'h5 J:ldgB 16.fle2 fS
17.10df3 10b3
and Black had adequate compen­
sation in Grischuk-Kortchnoi Biel
2001 .
•
242
A bright note is thatthe appendices
are very good throughout the Olms
series. These dual French Advance
volumes are no exceptions, having
extensive references to players,
games plus a great novelty: themes.
Germans are so well organized, we
al
l
know that, but here they have
gone further. The idea of classify­
ing game references by themes
such as 'Pawn sacrifice', 'Dark
square play' 'Undermining' and·so
on is excellent It's such a useful
idea that I can't help asking the
question: why don't al
l
opening
books do that?
They cost 16.80 Euros each ac­
cording to the Olms site, i.e. a total
of 33.60 Euros for the pair, com-
-pared to £15 (or about 22.50 Eu­
ros) for either of Collins's or
Pedersen's English-language bo
o
ks
that were reviewed in Yearbo
o
k
80.
An obvious point is that the books
are in German. This shouldn 't be
too much of a problem for those
with limited Deutsch like myself
in 'Band 2', but would reduce your
appreciation of 'Band 1'. Experi ­
enced players who have already
forked out for an English book on
the same subject could justify get-
·
ting the second volume, as the ex­
tensive theory tables, along with
plentiful game references and con­
trasting assessments, would no
doubt broaden one's knowledge.
However, realistically speaking,
most interested parties will only
want w get one book on the French
Advance.
Sveshnikov obviously has some
ideas up his sleeve, some of which
can � found within, and Olms
have rome up with an original way
of pre;:enting the materi al.
Despit<" tbe positivepoints, I don't
think w actual meat and potatoes
theorY is as clearly presented in
Sveshni.lov's book as it is in Col­
lins's oc Peders en's and I'm not
sure th3t anyone who gives l... e6 a
'?'canretrustedtogiveabal­
anced \ie\Y for Black.
John Wats on & Eric Schiller
How to Succeed in the Queen
Pawn Openings
Traf
f
ord �006, 175 pages
The two authors are probably the
two best known New Wo rld chess
writers. Wa tson is generally con­
sidered to be innovative and a 'se­
rious writer for the serious player',
whereas Schiller is prolific (over
100 chess bo
o
ks!) and enthusiastic
but, frankly, known as somewhat
superficial for the higher-rated.
The result of their combined ef­
forts is something that is aimed at a
wider readership but will mainly
interest the popular end of the mar­
ket The variations are kept short
and to the point and the writing
style wil
l
suit juniors or those with
only basic English.
The idea behind this book is excel­
lent That is, looking at various in­
teresting ideas and sidelines after
l.d4 d5 from the point of view of
both players. Other chess books go
into great detail about the critical
variations that grandmasters play,
but (and it's a big but) are often
very limited or inexistent on those
lines where one player dodges the
normal stuf
f
altogether. We al
l
know that So-and-So's pet line
can't be any good, but it isn't so
easy to demonstrate why!
Riz
z
itano's Howto Beat Id4pub­
lished by Gambit (se
e
Yearo
oo
k
78) handled this subject rather well
from Black's point of view, but to
my knowledge nD-Qne has looked
at this from both! Eric Prie has
scrutinizedmuchofthisarea(l.d4
d5 without 2.c4) for Chesspub­
lishing.com and he is indeed quoted
(for instance on the London Sys­
tem, pp. 135-140), so his work is an
important SOlli'Cf,butas thereis no
Bibliography we don't have many
clues as to which are the other ones !
Typically their repertoire for
Black is very close to Riz
z
ita no's
and often less detailed, but they
have produced a more well­
rounded coverage of the Colle. In

How to Succeed
inthe
Qu een Pawn Openings
have produced over 500 pages to
demonstrate an interesting white
repertoire.
InYearbo
o
k76Igaveapositivere­
view to their black repertoire (2005,
Ches
s
Openings fo r Black, Ex­
plained etc., by the same authors).
They actually use some ofmy com­
ments on the back cover (I'm hon­
oured, guys), but on page thre
e
pride
of place is given to a proud repeti­
tion of Anatoly Karpov's (he's om­
nipresent this time!) quote from the
previous volume who claims that
'Chess Openings Explained' is 'A
must for every Chess Player'.
The same writers are back with their
that particular case they admit hal
lmark
down-to-earth practical
their main source is Bronznik's ap proach. Diagrams abound as do
Das Colle-Koltanowski System some test positions, home analysis
(see Ye arbook 69).
andtheuseofblueinktohelpem­
There are a wide choice of varia- phasize important points. It's a thick
tions, and a second-string idea is bo
o
k, but the generous spacing
Book Reviews
Most of their repertoire tends to
avoid the main lines. The reader is
regularly reminded of the princi­
pal ideas and themes in the chosen
variations, but the detail is gener­
ally light (sometimes overly so), so
practical considerations are given
priority. The advantage of all this
clarity is that the reader gets the
impression that he's acquiring a
useful weapon in no time at al
l
.A
boon for the amateur player who
doesn't like to get too embroiled in
complicated sub-variations, but I
found their ideas to be somewhat
simplistic, especially for the seri­
ous tournament player if he were
to contemplate employi ng a cer­
tain variation on a regular basis. So
they have chosen lines that have
some venom, but only if the oppo­
nent isn't armed with the antidote.
Here are four examples.
given in certain cases. So there's means that itmakes easy reading as, Gluoco Plano C54
bound tobe somepartofthe bo
o
k for that matter, does the lucid and 1.e4 e5 Vt:lf3 ltlc6 3.�c4 .ic5
that will hit the right note. Some of basic American English. AI Law- 4.c3 lilts 5.d4 ed4 6.cd4 .ib4
these ring more true than others, but renee has had the task ofdesigning a 7..id2 ltle4 8..ib4 ll
l
b4 9..i.f7
the overall effect wil
l
be to point the way ofpresenting the chess material cjn7 1 0.W'b3 d5
amateur player in the right direction. in an easily digestible format and From personal experience I know
The layout and fo rmatting of the has succeeded with flying colours that 10 . ..<�£8 equalizes easily:
materi al, although spacious, does (well - black and blue !?).
11.1fb4 'fie7 12.'fie7 tj;e7 13.0 -0
not make the book comfortable to So I like the style, but does the tle8 14.%1el tj;f8 15.ll
l
c3 (15.ll
l
a3
sift through. This is partially be- chess content stand up to their c6 16.ll
l
e5 d5=) 15 ...ll
l
c3 16.%1e8
cause there are almost . thirty claim that it's for 'Players of all tj;eB 17 .bc3 d6=.
mini-sections, but· also because -· ieveJs'? 'i.:et;sseef ---· ·
-----
1LW'b4 nea 12.o:o
both the chapter structures and the
typesetting ar en't great.
Although their work is 'meant to
rep lace a whole host of other chess
hooks', the fact is that if you are a
l.d4 d5 lower-ranked club player,
then it wil
l
make a useful ad
d
ition
to your bookshelf.
Lev Alburt, Roman Dtindz.ichash­
vili, Eugene Pe relshteyn (AI Law-
rence)
.
Chess Openings For White,
Explained: Win
nin
gwith1e4
Ches
s
Information and Research
Centre (copyright 2007 !), 542 pages
Another American team effort.
Tbi.s time three (or four !?) authors
12...tj;g8
The American team give 12 ... a5
13.Wb3 a4 14.1i'e3 tj;gB 15.ll
l
e5
with a slight advantage for White.
This is debatable but Black does
not need to spend time pushing his
a-pawn. The text is simpler.
243

13.ll
l
c3 b6 14.'iVb3 �e6
15.l:l.ad1 ll
l
c3 16."irc3 l:l.c8=.
Two Knights C56
1.e4 e5 2.ll
l
f3ll
l
c6 3.d4 ed4
4.�c4 ll
l
f6 5.e5 d5
After5...ll
l
g4 6.'ife2 'fle7 7.�4
... Bladeci
in
equali7i With either
7.. .f 6 or 7 ...d6, neither of which is
covered correctly by the American
team.
A) After 7 ...f6 8.ef6 ll
l
f6
9.ll
l
bd2 d6 10.ll
l
b3'i
i
e2 ll.�e2
The American team only consider
ll...d3?! (stronger is the continua­
tion recommended in a Survey in
Ye arbook 69: ll.. ..i.d7! 12.ll
l
bd4
ll
l
d4 13.ll
l
d4 0-0 -0 and White has
no advantage) 12..i.d3 ll
l
b4
13.�d2 ll
ld
3 14.cd3 and they con­
clude that White is slightly better
due to his lead in development;
B) 7... d6 8.ed6 cd69.ll
l
bd2 .i.f5
10.ll
l
b3 Black has easy equality
with 10 ... d3!= (and not with the
unique line that they examine
10 ... .i.c2 ll.ll
l
bd4 .i.g6 12.0 -0
with good compensation).
6...ib5 llJe4 7.ll
l
d4 �c5 B�e3
�d79.�c6bc61O.ll
l
d2
244
This move can be unpleasant for
Black to meet if he's not pre­
pared.
Now
10...9h41
. .. is critical.
White is hoping for control of d4
and c5 asinlines such as IO...ll
ld2
11.9d2 9e7 IH:lb3 .i.b6
13.9c3.
11.0-0
After ll. ll
l
e4 9e4 12.0 -0
Black's best is the sensible
12 .. ..i.b6! e.g. 13 .l:l.el 1rg6
14.ll
l
b3 �g4 15.f3 .i.
.b
3 16.1rd2
d4 when Black was fine and went
on to win in Dlescas-Campos,
Alicante 1989.
11. .•.i.b61
The American team only look at
11...0-0 12.ll
l
e4 9e4 13.l:l.e1 1i'h4
14.ll
l
b3 with an edge due to
chances to blockade the d4 and c5
squares.
12.ll
l
e4 1re4 1 3.l:l.e1 11'g6
and we transpose to the previous
note in which Black is OK.
Caro-Kann: Exchange 813
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.ed5 cd5
4..i.d3 ll
l
c6 5.c3 ll
l
f6 6..i.f4 �g4
7.1i"b3 'ficB B.ll
l
d2 e6 9.ll
l
gf3
�e7 1 0.0-0 0-0 11.ll
l
e5 �h5
12.l:l.ae1 ll
l
e5 13•.i.e5 .i.g6
14 •.i.g6 hg6 15.1l'd1 b5 16.l:l.e3
a5 17.h4 b4
and now the American team offer
1B.l:l.h31
. .. as an improvement White's at­
tack could inde
ed
be dangerou s.
With 18.g4 White was unsuccess­
ful in Dzindzi chashvili-Karpov,
Mazatlan rapid 1988.
Sicilian: Grand Prix 823
1.e4 c5 2.ll
l
c3ll
l
c6 3.f4 g6
4.ll
l
f3 .i.g7 5�5
is their recommended system
against the Sicilian.
.
5...ll:ld4 6.0-0 ll
l
b5 7.ll
l
b5
Here akeylineis
7•..d51?
. .. aiming to open the position for
the bishop pair.
B.ed5 a6 9.ll:lc3 ll
l
f6 10.d4
The authors claim an advantage
for White, but it may well be that
Black has found an antidote...
10.••ll:ld5?1
10 . ..c4! 11.1re2 ll
l
d5 ! (the authors
only consider ll.. . b5 12.l:l.el �b7
13·.f5 when White has interesting
play) 12.9c4 .i.e6 13.ll
l
d5 .i.d5
14.'ife2 l:l.c8 15J:ldl .i.f3 16.1rf3
�4 17.�fl 1l'b6 18.'flb3 0-0
Perelshteyn-Law�on, Montreal
2005, and Black has easy equality.
11.dc5 ll
lc
3 12.'fidB �dB 13.bc3
.i.c3 14.l:l.b1 �7 15Jlb3 .i.f6
16�d2 .i.e6 17..i.a5 �c6
1 B.l:l.b6 �c5 19.ll
ld
2 �d5 20.c4
�c621.l:l.d1 �22.ll
le4
�c7
22...�e6 23.g4 leaves Black in a
.mating net, Benjamin -Smith, Phil­
adelphia 2006.
23.ll
l
f6 ef6 24.l:l.b2 �bB 25•.i.b6
and Black will play the rest of the
game without his queen's rook.
Sum
marizin
gfrom these examples :
Against both the Giuoco Piano and
the '1\vo Knights, I've pointed out
that there exists more than one way
for Black to nul
lify
White's play
and these can be easily fo und in the
books. In the third example they
suggest a genuine improvement

for Wh ite in the Caro-Kann which
may well be awkward to meet in
practice. In the final example their
interesting line against the Sicilian
has suffered a recent setback:
Perelshteyn was unable to obtain
any advantage against Lawson's
quick development plan.
Although their ideas will make in­
tere sting reading for all, I fe el that
many of their lines are not so great
if there is little or no element of
surprise. There is a contrast here
with the first volume, as there their
Black repertoire held up well
against the microscope treatment!
So I can recommend the book for
tournament players whose games
don't make their way into the main
databases, or for preparation for
use in rapid chess.
Higher echelons will get some
benefit from various new moves
and fresh interpretations, but I'm
not convinced that many 2200+
players would be happy with the
Jack of detail.
Anatoly Karpov and Mikhail
Podgaets
Caro-Kann Defence: Advance
Va riation and Gambit System
Batsford 2006, 288 pages
Although the Caro-Kann is consid­
can be seen by the indices at the
end of each chapter. The use of
bold text to separate variations and
make the material flow is interest­
ing. This reduces the need for ex­
tensive nomenclature for each in­
dividual sub-sub-variation but in­
creases the need for concentration
on the part of the reader in order
not to get confused!
To wards the end of the book there
are 15 illustrative and fully-anno­
tated games from 2004, which can
be looked at in two ways: a bonus
look at some fairly rec ent high­
level games or a sign that there's
nothing in here from 2005 and
·tater.
·
Car<H<ann 812
Don't expect to find anything on
those lines which have only really
emerged in the last couple ofyears,
e.g.
1.e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.e5 �fS
or 3 ...c5 4.liJf3 liJc6 5.c4 .i.g4!?.
4..i.e3 e6 5.liJd2 liJd7 6.�e2
'ifb6 7.liJb3!?
ered to be a fa irly sedentli
i-y
strale:-·-­
gic opening, that's not the case with
these two systems . White's aggres­
sive approach provokes sharp and,
at times, weird complications. It's
fa scinating stuff and it's certain that
the fas hionable Advance Vari ation
needed a decent book to sift
through all the developments of the
last few years. I should clarify that
the lesser 'Gambit' Va riation (that
is 3.f3) covers only 10% of the
�k, so the bulk of the work deals
wah the ramifications of 3.e5, for­
merly-known as the Closed Sys­
tem, but more logically deemed the
Advance Vari ation .
�e plus side of the chess material
IS that there is plenty of detail, as
Although I liked the work, one will
just have to accept that with so
much happening in the Advance
these days it's impossible for any
physical book to keep abreast of all
developments.
Serious Caro-Kann players need a
book on the Advance Vari ation.
Unless you know of a better one I'd
buy this, but don't forget that com­
plex and fas hionable lines like
these clearly require a decent
up-to-date database as a comple­
mentary tool.
Book Reviews
The aspect of this book that really
makes it enj oyable to read is the
text itself. The variations are en­
twined with charming corrunents
where the history, the strivings of
each player and vari ous conclu­
sions come across as part of a fa s­
cinatingjourney through the world
of chess.
As these comments are so enjoy­
able to read and re-read it makes
the chess content so attractive - I
would say instructive, but the van­
ations are just so complicated !
It's gre�t to see Karpov going into
print on an opening in which he
has so much experience. On the
front cover there is only his name,
but once we open the book we note
the mention of a co-author,
Mikhail Podgaets , who has also
played this opening. There is no
explanation as to how much of a
contribution was made by the
ex-World Champion himself, but I
did note that in one passage
Podgaets quotes himself in brack­
ets, which perhaps implies that the
vast majority of the remainder is a
product of Karpov's hand.
It's exciting to see Batsford prom­
ising further volumes in both the
Classical and the Panov-Botvinnik
Attack.
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