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First published in Sweden 2005 by Quality Chess Europe AB Copyright © Esben Lund 2005 All rights reserved. No part of this pubication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or b any means, electronic, elec trostatic, magnetic tape, photo coping, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of the publisher ISBN 91-975243-7-9 Al sales or enquiries should be directed to Qualit Chess Europe Vegagatan 18, SE-413 09 Gothenburg, Sweden te: +463124 47 90 f: +463124 47 14 e-mail: [email protected]  website: wualitcessbookscom Edited by John Shaw  Jacob Aagaard Typeset: Ari Ziegler Proof reading: Danny Kristiansen Cover Design: Carole Dunlop Printed in Estonia by Tallinnna Raamatutrkikoja LLC

ONTNT Bibliography Preface

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Part 1: ory 1. Teoretical Foundation . Fundamental Endgames

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Part II Practic Introducton to Part II . Te  c6 Catalan . valuation xercises . Te Scotch Endgame

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Part III Training 6. General xercises 7. Solutions to Evaluation Exercises 8. Solutions to General Exercises Indexes

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Bibliography k ngish ies

oth oth i: Iprve Yur Che Nw vy Ch 1999. Mk Dvotky: Secret Che Che inin Btfo 994. (Rpubih  Schl Schl Che  Che Exceence  O O 200  .) Strte go Mikki hhvky: Mi hhvky: Ende Strte go   1 98 5 . ern  the eend  Quity Mihi Mi: ern Quity Ch 2004. 2004 . Secret    Che nce, bit 200. Mihi Mi: Secret Cectinn    Che tudie (with  uppt xi oitzky: oitzky: Cecti upp t o o  th t h oy of th g of two Kight Kight git git w w)) , O O 1 98 5 . Ctn vy Ch 2004. Rtky  Chtvik:  e Ct eran ies

Frtechrittene (Ch fo v py), potvg Axi uti: Schchlehruch r Frtechrittene 95 t: rteunen und Queen zur Gechichte de Schchpie  O 198. Mk Dtky: Dtky: ie Endpieluniveritt, Chgt 2002 200 2 (Ao (Ao pubi pu bih h  Dvotky Dvotky g g M M  R R 200). 200) . y Kp: Wlteiech  ( (o o Chpiohip Chpiohip Mt Mthh 1 98 5)  t t Ru Ru 1 98 98   Awbh: Endpiele Sine een u & Tur een eichur potvg 989. ehuch der Endiele Endiele - uendpiele uendpiele & Sprinerendpiele potvg 90.   Awbh: bh: ehuch tlni ce Eou Eoun n h Rtki    htw htwik: ik: ie Ktlnice hv v gg Ki 200 20 0  .

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Prfac  ubjt of thi book b ook h h itt i tt  fo fo  og ti ti   ti o h h  b b   tog py   tt to gt gt th poitio poit io i y ow ow g, g,  bg bg to thi t hikk bout th tiohip btw btw thi ti ib. ib . uy th two io pi    btt, btt, o  o how uh optio i  fo th ook i to ty i th g? t w ou th ti of y two g i th oti Foutio tht  bg to thik thi k out th th tht  hv fout o ut  u" o guii .  .  kpt kpt thiki thi kigg bout th iu   futh futh g g  yi how tht th g guii  vy vy hpfu hpfu  thikig too. too .  t hp  to ut th poiti po itio o btt,   hop tht it wi hp you i pov you h   w w..   oh oh    thi thi  wok wok ot oy   book, but o   otio of tii ti igg ti. ti .  ti t  t fo fo thi thi  book bo ok h b fuy fuy ho  ot o t of i t h b tt i y tiig io.  wou ik to giv pi thk to y pupi fo thi fbk o th i i   it w, of ou vy vub vub fo fo thi book. But Bu t  wou wo u bov  ik i k to thk y goo fi fi ob o b Ag Ag  fo fo ki  kigg thi book poib.   vy gtfu fo tht,   wou o ik to thk i fo hi iti ig of th book.  wou o ik to thk Ru tg, piy fo hi ot o th oth  oth g. g . k k  fo fo th fbk   th goo vi. Of th th ohpy o hpy who uou uou  ,  ,  wou ik i k to thk y oth Ru fo fo hi  ttitu tow  ipott thig uh  th iy uti i th kith. Fiy  w t to to thk th k y ito, ito , oh oh  hw, hw, fo fo tui t uig g y ft ft ito it o th th  book you ow ho ho i you h. i i book b ook qui qui   ot of y ti, ti , but b ut  y joy witig wit ig it    hop hop  you you wi joy j oy tuyig it! b Lu, Cophg Db 2004.

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t  Teoy

12 pwns whh n be seen n the tte of the seton n hs h s book: book : w wo mno m no pees s. ook n pwns). Rook n one pwn s usuy not enough ompenston omp enston fo fo  bshop bshop n knght. But f we ompe n smpe mte tems knght o bshop= ook=5) then mte s eu wth  ponts. Mny uthos he ponte out tht suh  g ompson of pees n pwns s unstsf uns tsfto toyy n eeythng eeythng epens on the poston. Of the boementone uthos Jon s s touhes touhes upon ths ths subjet subje t n n  he ns suh mtest eutons neute uness un ess they   ynm euton euton n he s of ouse ght). Te foowng uote s fom hs exeent book Iprve Yur Che Nw:

I n emembe tht I h  ey exggete sense of the powe of two mno pees gnst  ook n pwn. My euton ke n unestnng of how muh stonge the ook beme n n enng n I n ey emembe hng to en ths by t n eo s  youngste."

In the megme the ete ue of pwns s somewht sme n we ou onse tht two mno pees shou mth  ook n two pwns. It s howee ppopte to pont out tht suh stt eutons eutons e not ey ebe. ebe. h poston hs to be estmte n one wth the onete stutue n pee spo spos." s." pg pges es 1 1 9 1 20) Agn the mg numbe of two pwns ppe ppe ss . . . In hs book Secret  Che nce Mn suggests 1  pwns to euze mte pge 128). Compng the eent ews s ut n nteestng!) n whe I ee eepe nto the susson I w stt out wth two gmes fom my own expeene. I w efe to the moe moen" ew whe nnottng these gmes: Lund  sing sing

Copenhgen 2002

An then he s: Ts n be most sty seen when  bshop n knght btte gnst ook n two pwns. Often ths s ee n the fou of the pees n  ompte megme. In n enng  ook n two pwns ten to stemo  bshop n  knght." pge 14) Te foowng uote fom Mh Mns exeent book ern  the eend  Che Chpin t their Bet onens the sme subjet of how mny pwns shou be epte s the ght mesue:

Bk Bk hs just pye pye 1  .. g4. g4. hte now tnsfome the poston nto ook s. two mno pees wth: 1 7.xa7! xa7! xa7 xa7 1 8 .  xa7 xa7 xa7 1 9 . xb7 c 20.e3

hte now hs ook n two pwns fo bshop n knght. htes two ext pwns

Teoet Fountion on the ueense ueense e psse but t the sme tme they e so both sote. e shou note mmetey m metey tht one of o f them s  ooks ooks pwn n knghts he get pobems wth suh pwns. Secret et  Che Che inin inin  Mk In hs book Secr Doetsky touhes upon the subjet of the ue of  ook ompe o mpe to two mno m no pees n the hpte Te stongest pee s the ook!" Te te hs nothng to o wth the euton of ook s. two mno pees but s no ess thn  hess joke (!) s ee n the sme book he pesente the ee wth  poston whee the weke se ws be to onstut  fotess wth bshop n knght s. ueen He ges n exmpe of the ook beng stonge thn the two mno pees n n hene hen e the ook must be stonge thn the ueen!? Hmm. (By the wy Job Ag mentone the book book Schl Che Excellence fo  moe m oe eent ee nt efeene efeene on  by Doetsky fo the subjet.) Anywy ths sm hpte s ute nstute. Inste of the teril nce the ueston of the numbe of pwns  Doetsky fouses on the  dynic ptentil of the pees pees He ponts out tht: 

1) Ifthe If the ook penettes nto the opponents oppon ents post poston on o 2) If he n ete  psse pwn tht estt esttss the mno mno  pees then the ook n poe no weke thn the two mno pees. Jon s s so oe oes s ths th s subjet subje t n Iprve ur Che Nw. In the hpte Rook s. knight knigh t n bshop" he wtes moe spey bout the oe of pwns (yes Jonthn oes eentte between the thee possbe mno pee pee ongutons) : wns on the se of the outnumbee pee he two key oes. Te st s to spe the enemy foes n ie them

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wy wy fom fom te posts. posts . Te T e seon seo n s to py p y n te oe themsees s psse pwns n n  gn gn ths beomes moe mke m ke s the th e poston smpes n t beomes ese to push them n to sk exposing the kng moe" (pge 14) se se wos. wos. Lets Lets he  ook o ok t the poston poston fte 20.e3

hte is the se wth the outnumbee pee (the ook) so n pnipe I wou be g to exhnge pees n go nto the engme. Bk nnot o the exhnge exhnge of ueens s the bshop on  s hngng. Te exhnge ofueens of ueens is w wys ys impotnt impo tnt s the bsene of the stongest pee hnges the euton of the poston onseby. Te mn eson fo ths s tht the kng n be  stong pee espey n the engme n in gene t n be  stong suppote of the mno mno  pees. pees. th th ueens st on the bo t s often ut fo the king to tke n te pt n the gme s the kng s the utmte go to ttk: nnoyng heks n the nge of hekmte often foe the kng to seek shete when the ueens e st pesent on the bo Lte hte wou ke to exhnge one p of ooks s we we Te ueen  ueen s  suppote suppo te

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t t I:I : Teoy

of the mno pees n be  ey ngeous wepon wepon but  ook ss so  ston g suppote supp ote theefoe I wou be hppy to exhnge ooks hee. Aso the exhnge of ght sue sue bshops wou be potbe po tbe fo fo m e. Bk shou entey o futhe pee exhnges. In n te n Schcknytt ( Swesh hess mgzne) Mh Mn wote bout ths pobem of exhngng s we. He wtes tht  ook s  b spefee spefee f f e tt pjsen" pjsen"  tht s the ook s  oonto oonto  of py" fo fo the th e mno m no pees pees . . .I ke ths nogy (the expesson s Secret OJ Che tken fom Mh Mns Secret nce pge pge 1 28) . By themsees themsees the the mno pees e estte estte (ompe (o mpe to the th e ook) ook)  s they n n ony potet one oo u ompex omp ex t  tme. But wth moe pees on the th e bo  n n espe espe yy he he pe pee ess  the mno mno pees oopete we on both oous n the ntge of beng one pee up n be fet. Te subjet of exhngng w be susse ntense nte nsey y te. Bk to the gme: Bk hs  k sue bshop n knght fo  ook n two pwns. hte shou use hs pwns to estt o omnte the enemy foes n s  mss my ksue bshop  t s og og to pe my pwns on k sues. Ts eues the sope of Bks ksue bshop onseby. te 20e my pwn stutue begns to estt the bshop. e othe oe of the pwns tht both Doetsky n s mentone ws tht of psse pwns etng thets n thus mkng the opponents mno pees psse. Bk st hs  ook n f he n exet pessue ong the e my pwn ou poe ey wek. I ey wnt to exhnge ths ook but unfotuntey ths m nnot be hee n the ne futue. Howee I sw sw tht t  t ws ws ut fo fo Bk to ognse pessue ong the e. 20 .e 21.xa7 

B s 2.b1? !. Bk os the exhnge of ueens n the euton of the poston hnges ompetey! Bk hs possbtes of etng thets gnst the whte kng te n the gme n thus I nnot tun my ttenton ompetey to the ueense. Bk s n ft ft bette. Te exhnge of ueens s wys  ey mpotnt eson tht hs to be tken n ths etny ppes to postons wth ook s. two mno pees. Mn n hs book ern  the the een  Che Che Chpin Chpin t their Bet t the begnnng of the hpte on s

Supe Sup e Rooks" Rooks" wtes:

Te pesene of ueens n hnge the hte of the poston mty. As we know ey the mno pees fee muh sfe wth  bg bothe" (o sste!) oun but on the othe hn the ueen n ook tnem s be to spy n esstbe esstbe foe when ttkng the enemy kng" (pge 120) Te ueen s the stongest pee n f t s exhnge then the et ttk on the kng usuy nshes nshes (tho ugh osony  ook n be  ne substtute!). Ts exhnge hs to be onsee efuy In the gme t ws n htes fou to exhnge ueens s the bg sste" wou wok we wth the bk mno pees gnst the whte kng. hte foeste ths n the fous shfte to the ueense nste. Anothe eson why  ueen exhnge shou be onsee twe s tht wth the ueens o o  the kng w be be  be to ptpte ptpte tey tey n the gme. Te kng s  stong ston g pee n wth hs hep the oe oonton of the mno pees w mpoe. th the uote fom Mns book I he ey mentone the subjet of pee exhnges. Ts w be  theme of susson te. Fo the moment t shou be bone n mn tht n ttkng foe of just  ook

oti Fontion bishop n knight n stil t  ng fo th opponn oppo nnts ts king s w shll s in th nxt gm. gm. 2. ..x .. xa7 a7 22.1

 wnt to pntt p ntt with wi th my ook.

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 b mo s it ws hit who wnt wnt to xhng pis.  bishop shou b kpt s  fn of th light sus. Now Blk fs pobms with th b7-s.  ight mo ws 2 2 . . . 8! n Bk ois immit pnttion.  i is 2 .b7 7! 7! n if 24 . 6 thn thn 24 . . . 6! 2.b 2. b77 7!. o ft ft 22 . . . 8! wht shol hit py?  On On  xmpl of o f intious int ious py by hit is 2.?  Blk ots his knight to . 24.6 f! is ontintion is mo omising omising th thn 24 . . .  2 . 7 7 26. 26. 1 8 27.6 x6 28.x6 x6 29.x6  wh Bk hs som wing hns   to to th opposit olo olo bishops bishops.. 2  . i 26.b7 f6 27.x8 27.x8 x8 x8 28.b7 28 .b7 8!. t st this mo looks pssi pssi bt b t iti t is y  to bk though Bks fns on t knight gos to . Bt Bk hs som ti is himslf hit p his pwns on k ss to omint th bishop so Bk sho ty to ght ginst this onpt! is is on by

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ning th pwns on th kingsi with ...g ... g n .. .f-f4. is i of xpoiting th missing" bishop b ishop is  y impotnt thm s w. hit misss his k-su bishop so h sho ty to o th k ss somhow  n  nt nt wy wy to o this is with th pwns. n so Bk sho ght fo th k ss.  bi tht Blk hs nogh ontply in this in. b hits bst mo is pobby 2.b!. Now Now th knight mno mno t o  isi s impossib. imposs ib. Aft Aft 2 . . . ? 24.b1  2. Bk loss mtil. f 2 . . . 7!? hit hs  stong ply in 24.b 24. b 1 ! . Bk nnot  nnot oi oi th xhng xhng of ight-s bishops n ft this mo Bks pi oointion is poo. 24.b7  2 .x8 x8 26. 2 6.  is possib p ossib s wl wl with  positon simi to on w isss bfo. Bk is not f n with his pns on th kingsi bt th stion is if hit n s th xt tim sonby. hit is slighty btt in this ngm.  fo xmp xmp 24 . . . h6 w y know 24 ...   2  . thn thn 2 .6 is isi. Bk Bk shol ontinu 2 . . . 4 24.b4  6.    position of th bk knight on 6 is shki. hit hs th btt pospts. 23 .xc6 xc6 xc6 24. b

Now hit pntts siy.

24... .. . c 2S. 2S . d d

 oth ook pntts s wll.

2 .. . c c 26. dd7 dd7 d  d 27.bc7

ogil n stong. t ws lso possibl to s th mp position of th blk pis pis with 27.b 27.b  f 27 . . .f8 28. 6 29.6 is winning 28.x8 x8 29.x  0.g2  . 7. Blk hs som ountpy in this ook ngm bt hit is pobbly  st winning. winni ng. Anyw Anywy y t gm ontintion is -t s  wnt to xh xhng ng ooks  to mo mo k ks Cooin Coo into to of ly." ly." On On  sho not b too ogmti thogh n t tnt is so stong.

rt  ory

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27 . . J7 28.xc 28. xc77 b6 b6 29J8 29J 8 @£ 30Ja8 30J a8 @e7 3.a cS 32J8

Blk i not low to py ...6. ...6. By th wy not how rtrit Blk bihop i. ow it h to gi p ontrol of 7. i momnt in th g i th totl triumph of hit hi t ttgy! 32 ...d6 ... d6

2 ...7 ... 7 .7 . 7 op op th bihop.

33.a6 33 .a6 @d7 @ d7 34x 34xd8 d8 10

Blk w t bot 200 o n it tong to ng plyr plyr  not ofotb ofotb with th trtgi th. 2 2 . . . 6? w  b mo n php n th ii itk. ft th gm bn ing tho thogh ghtt tht 16 . . . g4 w th ii itk owing hit to ply 17.x7. hi i of o nonn; yb  w t frtt bot oing th g. n ny  thi g pro to  tht th thm r worth lrnin lrning.g.

Blk h py th rthr trng i . ..8-b6-b7 . . 8-b6-b7 int of th mor norml . .. . .  n ithr .. .7 or . . . b7 to pott th pwn on 7. 1 7 ...g4 ... g4

 ltrnti ltrn ti w w to ontin ont in ply  in th poition mntion bfor 17.. 17..8 8 18.2 6 19.g4 19.g4 but hr Blk i mo pi thn  o h go for for nothr optio op tion. n. 18 .e2  e 19.e 1 9.e44 b4 b4

i l mot by for to th nxt igm poition.  poibl impomnt w 19. 19. ..6. . . 6. 20 .f4 f4 xe4 2 1 .xe4 b4

Of or or  2 1 . .. f6?! 22. x  2.b 1 i trribl trri bl fo fo Blk. B lk.

22.xeS 22. xeS xeS 23 .xe xb2

ow w h  gm fo th Copnhgn Chmpionhip 2002 Lund . iesen 

Copnhgn Copnhgn 2002

hit h th ntg with bihop n knight . rook bt how hol h onrt it?  blk rook  ry ti n th knight i ti to protting th pwn on 2 n n .   bihop ol n p in om trobl if Blk mng to omint th rk r -  h ttmpt ttmpt in th gm gm.. hit hit h  fw oorintion pobl.  m p with  trong rply 24.c!

oition oiti on ft ft 17.

i i withot obt th trongt o.  ltrnti w 24 .f4 bt ft ft

ortl Fonton 24 .. . E2 ht hs nothng bttr thn th rook xhng 2.E Ex 26.x. Blk bnts mor from ths xhng of o f rooks for two rsons: 1 Frst w h lry sss tht th s wth two rooks wnts to xhng on pr of rooks s th rook s  goo ply lr." Bt hy s ths so? so ? Blk n tt hs kng ft ftrr th xhng of rooks mor sly thn f th rooks wr not xhng. H n ply n th ntr ntr wth ... . .  n  . . -f6 -f6 n thn .. . 7 6 t som pont. Aftr th xhng of rooks th blk kng s sfr on th lght srs s hts bshop s rksr. hts knght s not bl to prott ll th lght lght srs srs  or myb t s mor prs to sy:  knght s not bl to prott th lght srs s wll s th bshop n prott th th rk rk srs  n ths s bslly th rson why ht shol kp kp on pr p r of rooks on th bor. n th t h rst  rst gm ht wnt to xhng mny mny ps ps  ns  pr pr of rooks rooks n th lght-sr lght-sr bshops. bshops . In ft ft I wnt to xhng ll th opponnts ps tht ol hlp hm ontrol th lght srs. sbn sng h  knght n rksr bshop for th rook so hs mn onrn shol b th lght srs.  shol lso mnton tht th sm mtho of solng th olor problm s lso mplmnt n th ngm ston: t s th sst sst n mos m ostt logl logl wy wy to mt wth wth kng kng bshop n knght s.  lon kng f sy ht hs  rksr bshop h ll slly h no problms prottng prottng ths ths olor omplx. Rthr th lght srs r th mn problm n so th wht kng shol hlp th knght to prott ths olor srs s rs  wll s mor mo r of ths n th nmntl ngms hptr. 2 only t s f mor lt to rt thrts gnst th blk kng ftr th rook tr. In th gm th ongrton rook bshop n knght pro to b ry ngr ngros os s w shll s.

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24... 24 ...g!? g!?

Blk pls pls hs pwns pwns on th sm olor s th bshop to rstrt t whh s n prnpl  lr strtgy.  only problm s tht t wkns th lght srs n wth n xtr pr of rooks prsnt on th t h bor Blk soon fs s probl pr oblms. ms. 2 2  c7

so possbl ws th followng ln: 2.4 Ebx2 26.Ex E2 27.E7 E7 28.Ex7 Ex7 29.6 x6 0.x6. s ngm promss ht goo wnnng hns lthogh Blk n pt p som rsstn. H th pwn on g bn on g7 th rslt wol h bn  rw rw bs bs  Blk ol thn ply .. .f6 n ...h6 ...h6 n t s mpossbl to orgn  s ttk gnst th pwn on g7. s ngm s nlys n rk ortskys prosly mnton book Secet  Che inin n th fns  s shown n or ngm ston. n th poston ftr 0.6 ht n orgn n ttk gnst th wk blk pwns n ths nng s shown n th ngm hptr s wll. n th gm  kpt th pwns on th ns to b bl to rt thrts or thr ltr whh ss mh m h strongr. 2 . . a7 26.d6 exd6 27. 27. xd6 a

Not th prttst mo to mk bt ftr 27 .. . 4 28. ht n fr th knght. n ft Blk sms to los th -pwn n th nr ftr n ths  wol rh th prosly mnton ngm wth n xtr pn. 28e!

Blk hs wknsss on  n g n 24.. . g!? wkn th blk kngs poston. ht ht no w t tts ts hs rook. 28 ? 

 gss th  s to mo th kng to g6 whr t wll b rlt rltl lyy sf sf bt 2 8 . . . h6 ws th lssr l. Howr ftr 29.g4! ht wll soon thrtn th blk kng. 29e7

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Part : ery

uenly ue nly me m e well-knwn well-knwn matng pattern ccur cc ur f the whte knght kngh t reache f6 f6 29... .. . a

e nly way t prtect f6.

30.xc5

hte  wnnng.

3 0 ...  3 1 .a4 .a4 c2 c2 32 .d4 d2 33.d7  34.x 34 .x @x 35 3 5 . ! 10

n thee tw game I entne three theme the exchangng prblem the clur prblem, an mnatn f the bhp  ummare chging probem: Uually the e wth

the tw mnr pece wul ke t a exchangng exchan gng ther pece wherea the e wth wth the rk hul hul  eek eek exchange. e cler cl er the game  t the enge the trnger the rk becme cmpare t the tw nr pee ere are, f ure, exceptn t th rule f, fr ntance, the ppnent kng ptn  weak, t cul be mre releant t keep pee n the bar n rer t attack t e uetn f kng afety afety  naturally na turally an mprtant theme One ther rean fr nt fllwng the rule cul cu l be f the e wth wth the tw tw mnr m nr pece  ate wth the exchange f pece t btan a wnnng funamen funamental tal engae engae  fr ntane. nta ne. If the the e wth the tw nr n r pece  the ne n e wh  ate wth the exchange f pece then th  uually an ncatn that thng lk really b fr the e wth the rk! nther mprtant guelne IS the fllwng Coour probem: Uually t  the bhp r

the abence abenc e f the bhp bh p that ece whch whch clur clu r cmplex cul be weak  prblem  clely lnke t the exchangng exchangng prblem prble m e bhp  n general a better prtectr f ne clur cl ur cplex cple x than the knght but t ha the efect f hang n

acce t the ther clur cmplex, wherea the knght can prtect bth the lght an the ark uare, uare, but b ut nt multane mu ltaneul uly y  pnt  mae clearer when acate wth the thr ueful guelne Dominaion of he bishop by pawns: e

bet way t play agant agant an unpp un ppe e bhp  t place yur pawn n the ame clur uare a th bhp n rer t mnate t.  theme  clely lnke t the clur prblem e pawn ha the ame feature a the bhp when t capture an thu the pawn can prtect clur cmplexe a well.  be mre eecte n mnatng the bhp, a pawn chan  neee rbably the mt mprtant pnt that I wu lke t ere ere frm frm thee game  an  hpe t tate thrughut the ret f the bk   re cmple cmplexx an cncern cncern the the erall trategy f game wth the materal balance rk . tw mnr pece. e furth guelne  the fllwng he tw erent ew ecrbe at the begnnng f the chapter are tw erent way f ealuatng the ptn the l, materaltc ew an the mre mern, ynamc apprach.  guelne guel ne they are bth alu aluable. able. One ew ew hul nt n t be preferre preferre t the ther; the player hul ntea lk fr a ynthe f the tw ew ew n rer  rer t ealuate ealua te the ptn pt n prperly pr perly..  wl try t explan what  mean by a ynthe f the tw ew" wth the fllwng tw example. retky ge an example f the ynamc ew n h abe-mentne Scrt  Ch Trinin, frm the game Beiavs - Dom Doma aov ov nk 1979 He al ue th ntructe example n h excellent bk i Endpilunivritt.

Teoeal Fondaon

I n he game Blak played played 38 ... c4 c4 39.c4 39.c4 �c8 40.  4  . .e3 e3 �c 42.4 �a 43.d5 �a2 44.4 �2

Te oo  vey ave and he a2pan ha been elmnaed T Black' aed apan ha ned he kngh no a ave ee Blak evenly en on o n e game e game onlded 45.e2 �3 46.  47.a2 47 .a2 4 48.4 48.4 �x3 49.c4 �3 O.

Deng he kng o he qeende h 50e2! g6 5d5 nendng d2 (b4) and c2 gve dang hane (Dvoeky)  �2t �2t   . .g2 g2  .g3 .g3 �5 53. 5 54. �d5 55.a6 �d2 56.c4 �d4 

Blak Blak play play    5 5 nex n ex Whe egned egned  Te no pee pee canno cann o oe h h he pan

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h game llae he oe o he ook f it  ai and alo he poe o a aed pawn   o he opponen' mno ee no pave poton poton We hall ee othe poon hee h ynam appoah do no el he hole oy oy  a  he ae ae th the oh oh ndgame whee e ook de ha o addonal

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pan In h ae ae Blak doe no hae o e dynam in he ame ay a above beae he poon  moe ateria baaned  Blak mply doen' have have o pove pove ha h poon  okay n the ame ay and he an allo hmelf to play m oe qely q ely On an alo ay that nethe de n he oh ndng ha a ta advanag In he dagam dagam above  a Whe Whe ho had h a aanage an Blak ho ha the dynam aanage Te em a and dynam ae loely lnked o he em I have choen o u hee a ee o e maealc e o gan a l ndeandng o ha  gong on n oon  ook v o mno ee ohe o he gdelne ae neea neea Dvoeky examle  llave and el a  he oon ddenly hange hen he noledge o he above dagam poon and o o play dynam poon  vey el B ohe le have o be apled a ell o ge he ll ll e Dng he e o he hape I ll y o povde he eade h he apopae ool to jdge hee oon Beoe I go hough my gam one moe I old lke o ommen on a game om he exellnt book by Mhal Man Learn  the Leen. In he eon Comlex nng Objevy and le o Play" he aue om e avan ho he game  - aue Champonhp 65 Te ae  abo al and ho he loved o ae e ook' de n he gh agan o mno ee Man e ha al a a mae o dynam and n he game ee al aed" o oban he deed maeal mbalane he ually poeed a ong nave o had an ave ook o a ong paed an Hene he evaaon evaaon o o  hee oon oo n  ell h he dynamc evalaon aleady exlaned We jon he game ae he 23.f4

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Pa : Teo

Hee He e Blak laed 23 . . . 7

llo llo ng ng  

24;a8 a8 25.g4 fe7 26.   27.

Blak had no me o ogane h foe and Whe nave onned o le.

Fom he dagam oon Blak od nead nead have have onned onned 2   . g! o blok he g-an Whe ha o e aefl afe h move and Man ho ho Whe an oe a da Sll h  an ndaon ha Whe old ol d e oe o e  Blak ge h oe oganed In he dagam oon Whe had (onl) one an o he ook v o kngh and h hold ell Whe ha Blak ma have he a advanage (maeal advanage) of he oon heefoe Whe ll have o e dnam dnam o manan mana n he balane M on hee  ha he maeal evalaon of he oon (ng ook and o an)  oen no h a bad meae ae all I an gve a moe omlee e of ha ha  gong g ong on n he he o  oon on Whe ha ha onl one an and and h h  fa fa hold alam hm h m f o o an an ae he h e alane on o n Of oe  doe doe no al al o o all oon oon  I e   ea o nd (obe) exame and lam

ha h knd of evaaon evaaon  oo gd  b  l l    One an age agan he ndeenden gnane of dnam evalaon a ell fo ho doe no n o agee ha one on e hod h od have have an ave ook o a dangeo aed an ha make he oonen ee ave? An neeng qeon  Ho man an doe he ook de need befoe he ha he a advanage and doe no have o e dnamm o ho omenaon omenaon?? e go bak o he above-analed game of mne mn e On he ba of a nhe o he he o deen ve I ll  o evalae hee o game one agan ) In he  game nd  jng I ha d a ook ook and o an an fo fo bho and a nd kngh Togh olaed ll l l o an an Man Ma n ee ee on he boad and I aned o exhange ee heea Blak hold have ke h ee on he boad. Hene h geneal gdelne o exhang exhange e ale hee hee  Noe ho qkl qkl Blak ended ended  n a hoee oon o on afe he exhanged h lgh-qaed bho Abo he oo oblem Blak hold have eed Whe an han o gh agan Whe domnaon o he dak qaed bho We a ha Whe an ee deall laed on dak qae In he game  a dl o dede ho had he dnam and ho had he a advanage  he game game a a omeha omeha alaned alaned (and a he ame me omlaed oml aed of o f oe) Mabe Blak had he long-em advanage f he old beak he dak-qaed blokade b a he ame me an advane on he kng kngde de old ea eake kenn h oo oonn -   dl o jdge j dge 2) In he game game nd  M Nelen Nelen e have a deen ae Hee Whe had bho and kngh agan agan Blak Blak ook  Blak ha no addonal an. If e e he maeal ve Whe ha he advanage. Blak eem

Teoeal Fondaon o have no dynam omenaon o h aeal de (h ook ae no vey ave and h aed an no alaly dangeo a lea Blak' avy  no eal hea o he avy oWhe mno ee) and o ha eaon  eem ha Whe  bee n any ae. he game onan ome neeng ape hogh Whe old have gone o he exhange o ook a he elng ba endng gve gve hm good hane o a ll ll on, b by a a he onge  onge onnaon on naon a l ha o he game Whe avoded he exhange exhange  ook n aodane wh he geneal gdelne. Wh one exa a o ook on he boad Blak old no lay a lgh aed aegy and he ongaon o ook bho and a nd kngh oved oved a dangeo dangeo ang mahne. I wll oeed h he don o ho any pan hold be added o he ook o ban adeae omenaon. I beleve he nex examle  al o he evalaon o any mla oon oon Cu. Hsen - Hson

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We jon he game a Blak  move. he ha a lgh ad n devlopen b

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h advanage ll vanh n a ole o move  nohng hapen h apen.. Whe Whe nex nex  move  an exellen y o an advanage 14.e6 e6 1.e6  16. � 17.c7 d7 18.a8 a8

A al oon. Whe ha a ook and o an o bhop and kngh. Te poon ha mpled and opened p ae Whe xhange opeaon leavng Blak wh o o pan le le and o oen o en e n  n he n o he boad. 19.�fd

Te ollong lne  lghly bee o Wh Whe:e:  .a .a  ! 6 6 20. 2 0. a5! (20 . . . 5 2. a5 22.b4  alo bee o Whe) 2. b5. We ll y o eae aakng on o he ook b o he momen Blak ha a old oon. Whe ll ll h h enal an an  one plan plan  o lay  and e4 (domnaon o he bho) and hen advane he kng o e. ae he an hoe o a he oenng o he oon. Blak ll y o avae avae h kngh and an d eae eae hea agan Whe eende an. Whe hold heeoe be aae o a kngh jm o d o 4. O Blak an onde ...a4 ...a4 a ome pon o eee eee he pan   .. We We ll ee ohe o he poon lae whe Whe  a ole o pan p, b whee he ha one an exa on eah de o he boad n a mla oon h open enal le. o h oon ae he bje o don n he olon o exee 8 and  on age 575. In h oon   geneally moe dl o he de h he bho and kngh o develo develo lay on one de o he boad. boad. In h h game e have have a dee deen n ae a he  he 2 agan 2" on o n he eende eende ell ell an eal gh. T  a geneal onlon and good o be aae o b o oe nomal oonal ao h a avy oodnaon and  on ae eally  no moe mpoan. 1 9 ...c6 ...c6 20.  2 1 .�ac e7 22.�c3 22.�c3 a a 23.b3

20

Pa  : Teoy Blak ha eaed a paed pan and h nomally pel polem o e,  n h ae h kng l hep o ogane an aak aak agan  and laneoly ppo he enal pan e he kng  n a a ey ong pee hee One agan I nd  mpoan o noe no e ha he old no hae had h eay pay h Blak' ook ll on he oad 3 2 3.3 3 .3 

ho he kng hee he aan old ly adane 3 3 36.b d 37.b2 ? 3.d6 7 

23 . . d6?

B h  a mak, an ne one n a Inea In eadd he hold h old ha played played 2    g! 24h 24 h h  h h onplay onplay T  a ey loga lne, a Blak an to gh agan e' ghqaed plan o e he hop (dene (de ne Domnaon o he bhop bhop y pan) Ae he exhange o ook h pan om on he kngde loe engh, and   n geneal e ho o om h a ook a  e olo he ohe gdeln (xangng ole) gven aoe

8   e 6 la onge,  doen' ae he game 3.6 1-

In he nex examle h hop and kngh e hae hae an neeng endgame poon v v - Miav Miavs s

Ra 

26 26 6 2. 

No e  ealy ee  ee

2 ...d ... d

O 2 2     26e4 26 e4  24 ax4 28 ax4  a6 2 e 0 e Bak' Bak' oneplay o neplay on he qeende a eay paed, and e  eady o expand n he ene en e 26. 6 27.  3 3 b

he olong lne ho anohe aakng lan o Blak on he qeende 2     28b4 28 b4 4 2ax4 2ax4a6 a6 0d 6   d4 d4  No e kng ha ae o he -qae 2d 2 d66 8 8 d8  d8 e6 4e8 4 4 5  Inead Whe aak he lneae kngde pan H adanage adanage  oo 2.b a 2.  d  3 3  3  .b .b  32.b6 d7 33.a6 33. a6 b3 3.

e poon aoe om he Dloh Aa Aa  a lne o he Open Spanh Spanh hee hee Blak ae ae ealy on    Ae he ae o hop and kngh o a ook and pan, he he'' kng  lghly nee and Bla B lakk ha a lead n deeopmen I  a ey neeng

Teoeal Teoeal Fondaon Fonda on lne leadng o o deed malane and on dal ed ome game o dee he heme ook v o mno mn o ee  ee (ee mrv ur h Nw age 0-) In he dagam oon above Blak ha o exa exa an an - one on eah ng B he paemen of he an  no n h favo a he  eak on he dak qae Te pan omplex a6--6-d doe no domnae h bhop and one Whe ge me o lay hi kngh o b he ll oon e ale o aak Blak pan Teefoe Blak deded on he follong follong an a n ae a e 28 d4! 

A vey moan move ha fll o am Blak' kng  heaenng o eneae ino hie am va he d-qa d-qaee - a lgh quae, and 2) Te d4-qae  no aeible o hie' hie' ee  ee anymoe anymo e eally  eally Whe' Whe' knigh old love o oy he d4-qae Af h exellen move   Blak ho lay fo an advanage Who h move h poon poon old o ld n o o e lghly nfeo nfeo  o h qeende qeende eak eakne nee e  dee dee he fa ha ha he ha o an n  n addon add on o he ook 29.d4

On 2  e4 Mkh M khale alekygg kygg  2   Ed5!? (2  e7 0xd4 0 xd4 anpo o  o 2x4)

game Blak ganed ome hane o lay fo a  32 ...g ...g

Te dea  o lay g-g4  g-g4 and enae h he ook a he f-qae Noe ha 2  a?! mmedaely  le ee eae he b-pan  lef npoeed afe d! xd 4xb Whe aed an afe 4  b4 b4 Eb7 6d4 d7 7 ae oble fo fo Blak ddenly dden ly  i Whe ho play fo he fl on 33.h3 '!? 34.'

M khalevky gve he follo Mk follong ng n  nve ve ln o ho ha Whe ll ha o lay aeflly o kee he alane 4d xd xd e4! 67 Ef6! 34... 'g6 3. 3 . 'g2 'g2

In he evee me-oe, Aeev dede o kee he kng on he kngde

3 ... h 36. 36.  4 g4 37.hg4 37.hg4 hg4 hg4 3.d 3. d2? 2?!!

Agan a b ave Whe an o o Blak ook fom eneang, b 8 a a ee ay ay o eqale eqal e 38 ... ' 3. 3 .b3 b3 '4 4. 4. 'xd4 'xd4 41 . .xa xa66  42. 42.b! b! 'd 'd 43.d7 43.d7

he elmnae Blak g-pan Te emanng endgame ih pan on ony on y on ide of he boad boa d i a da da

43...x ... x 44. '4 ' 4

2 9...'7 ... '7 3.4 3.4 '6 3 1 . .3 3

he e o oe he eny qae 5, b he move  ahe pave Inead ikhal ikhale eky ky gge gge     d 2e5 2 e5!?!? hen hen he poon  abo eqal 3l ..J .. J

Blak pepae a a o emove h eak a-pan and o oen  he oon on he qeende 32.a3

Mkhalevky gve he folong lne a eqa 2a4!? bxa4 xa4 d 4f2 Eb7 Eb7   xb4 6 6 xa6 xa6 he ha many ay o nai Bak niave, manly beae of Blak eak pan Wh oe play he gam hold hold end n a da da - n he

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4.d6!

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Pa Pa I  Teoy

A ve veyy impo im poan an move. Mialev Mi alevky ky ie ha 45.xg4?! lead o nneeay oble o ie ae 45 .. .a2! .a2 ! 46. 46 . xb4 xb4 . He i igh b on he bai o a imila ndamenal endgame poiion I old ay ha ha he poiio poi ionn i aleady aleady lo  ee he nex nex hape page  o moe o hee poiion ih an exa b b and pa pan n  .. J�

Mikhalevky give 45 45g g 465 b 47e4 xb4 48xb4 xb4 4xg ih a da. Blak ie anohe move b he poiion i dan. Te emaining move ee 6 . b3 7. 7.  b  .b b \b .@ \3 .\2 b 1.\d \b2 2. b3 3.6 \a .d b2 . .  b3 \a2 \a2

Da ageed. Ae 55. 55.a2 a2 5.d2 he da i obvio 

exeme hee migh be ome h hidden hee Togho he book I ill o on he dieene beeen he vaio mino piee ongaion and y o ee hen one ongaion i peeable o he oe. Main ie abo he dieen ongaion  .  . A he ame ime i me o  o knigh eqenly eqenly ae poblem ghing again a ook Te ook ha a mh moe ompliaed ak hen playing again again a knigh and a bihop." biho p." (Lern    the the Leen page 2) I ill no n my aenion o he bje o o bihop and o knigh. e a ih o knigh Anand  Hrnandz Hrnandz

Meida Meida 200 

e hae o a a ol olloed loed he gh gh ob o bih ihop op and knight . ook. O he hee ongaion hi i by a he mo elevan. Tee ae to main eaon o hi Fily i o moe oen oen in paie han he ohe o (o bihop o o knigh) and eondly e ondly beae ii  ho ho he oopeaion o o nda ndamenally menally di d ieen een piee. B B  ha abo o o bihop biho p o to knigh . . a ook and pan() ? And And hi hihh ongaion on gaion o mino min o piee i peeable? peeable? In geneal o bihop ae o be peeed o boh bihop and knigh & o knigh. Te bihop pai i ally vey ong and hi i eay o explain in em o he olo poblem poble m Hee yo poe boh olo ol o omplexe ih eqal engh Nex one old ol d ally all y pee pee a bihop bi hop and a knigh o o knigh A Rian poveb ay ha even he o bihop i bee han he be knigh  and hog hoghh aken aken o he

Poiion Poii on ae ae 32.d7 32... .. .  33. 

Rogoenko annoaed hi game o Chebae and he ie abo hi ompliaed endgame hie ak i o nd able qae o hi knigh and peven Blak' oneplay" Blak ha an exa pan and hi i oen enogh o ompenae o he o knigh

Teoeal Fondaon omeme even an eqal nme o pan old ll no avo he kngh  he po poon on  de open  a  he ae ae lae in h h game

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47.e2 h5 48.�xd6 h4

33 J�f4 

Rogoenk Rogoenkoo gve gve   . . e2 4.xd6 4 .xd6 2 2 a lak e. Te ook hae o e aive!

34.e3 �d8

4  e8 a ee  ee

35.d5 � 36.7b6 a5 37.e3 �e8

Rogoenko Rogoenko ghly ghly pon o o  Blak ha o eae oneplay and h i e done h  8!? 8!? 84 a4 xd6 a 

T  an neeng pon o he game. Blak hpan look dangeo  n a   no In a e move e kngh appoah h kingde and mang hea appea hank o he aane o he ook Te e o he game ho ho dangeo o kngh an e hen playng on one de o he oad  oad only o nly 49.e3 �g5

I i nlkely ha Blak ol loe hi poion Blak pae pan on h ueeni ueen i ie Whe oe an hee a imply oo e pan o heaen Blak poion. It i in exaly h knd o poion hee he kng kngh h ae ad ad  open h pan on oh ide o he oad In addon kngh j hae ook pan In h poon Whe kngh kngh lak ale opo o po a ell Blak Blak ha enogh dynam ompenaon 38.g2 � 39.�d �g 40. �g£ I.�d2

lak ha lo valale ime and no Whie ha onolae hi poon h an advanage. 1. �h6 42.ec4 �2 43.xa5 �h   4.g2 4. g2 �h5 45.ac 45. ac44 �g 46. �h   

lak anno allo he kngh o  4 4 .... h .h6 g   52.4 an Whi  inning inni ng (Rogo (Rogonko). nko). 50.bc4 h3 5I.h6 g7 52.h4 g6

lak la hop  o play he ook ehind he he pa pan b.   53.f4

oed hm o egn egn 5    h5 54e5 loe maeial a nd ohe ohe e e he pan pan ill dede -0  menoned aove a ook omeme ome me eqal

o kngh ho any addonal pan. h ae ae ae hen a lea one o he mino min o pee pee i a hop. In he ollong poon e hall ee y anohe gh eeen ook and o knigh ae lak  lak exhanged exhanged hi hi  ligha bhop

eoreti Fountion

  .d .d d7 22.xc4

hite pik up nother pwn not ring uh bout ueenie eeopment or the oment. i  i i  riky ri ky trtegy trtegy bbut ut the gme ontinution proe tht he i right: Bk i not be to tke u ntge, n in the ng run the mteri uperior uper iority ity wi te.   c 23. 2 3. b 24b3 2 4b3 h4

Bk trie wht he n to open up the pition.  f4 h3 26 h d6 27. xf4 f4 

25

Bk h probem hoin g on to hi pe pe pwn, but now they impy i mpy rop. erhp he w in time troube troube here. 3x d4 363 g8 37. d 3'e3 xa2 3f4 b6 40e4 a4 4'd4

hite h h  winning winni ng poition poi tion thnk to hi pe pwn pwn in the entre. en tre.

41.. 41. . . b 42 42  'b7 43 .d3 d 3 bxc4 44xc4 a 4e6 b4 46'e h8 47c 'a7 4. 4 .d3 h 49 . b2 0. 0 .  e4 b 1.c7 'b 2c8 'a7 3.c3 b8 4.c7 'a6 .c6 'b7 6.a4  7c 7c 'a ' a7 8.a6 'b  9. d7 'b7 ' b7 60.c 60.c 'b 6 I. d7 d7 'b7

Jd

e white piee ome ie. hite i y u eeope n rey to ght for te inititie.    30g  3   

ite ntge i now beyon oubt. Bk pe pwn re boke, but more iportnt i tht tht hite i now tie. hite ngterm trump i the pe pwn in the entre. 3 . xc4 32.bxc4 d 33.'3 f4 34cl 4.! ook ery trong here. e ie i 4 .  x4 5.7  .e5 n ite i. e moe pye pye in the gme i oky  it e e not poi po i hite hite ntge ntge but bu t the more m ore ggreie moe ook more or e eiie. 34 34  e

6x

ere i no te, o hite impy ore  won enge. 6 . 'xa 'xa66 63d6

Bk wi he to rie the rook for thi pwn n hite wi then he to how hi mting tehniue tehniue with with bihop biho p n knight. 63 ...'b6 ... 'b6 64.e6 'c6 6.d4 'b6 66' h4 67. 67. e6 a4 68.d7 h 69' e7 b8 70.d8 xd8 xd8 7  .  xd8 'cS 72. e6 e6  73'd7 'd4 74'd6 'c3 7c6 'b2 76. b4  77xa ' a 78.' 7 8.'c c

ote the metho in thi gme. hite mke  w between the th n the eenth eenth rnk  in the next hpter  wi wi how how

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nother erion of how to mte with bihop n knight. knig ht. e  e point i tht tht with with thi knight knight mnoere hite eek to protet the rk r on the the bk rnk rnk  in thi e e the the r r    ,e1 n g . 78 ...Wb2 ... Wb2 79.Wb4 Wc2 .Wc4 Wd2 81.Wd4 Wc2 .b4 Wb2 83.Wd3 Wal 84.Wc3 Wbl .c2 W 86. 86 .a2 Wd 87.d4 We 88.Wd3 W 89.e2 Wel 90.We3 Wd 9b3 el 92.f4 W 93 .c2 W e l 94.g2 g2 fl 9.W 9. W Wg 96. 96 . d3 h h22 97. 97 . f f4

e king kin g i ght in the orner n hit hit wi mt in  few moe. 10

In the e of two bihop the rook ie n often be eer pwn p withot itrbing the bne of the gme. e foowing poition i from th or Chmpionhip mth mth in 2000 . p pov ov  ni ni

onon onon ( 1 1 ) 2000

the gme. e mth mth w w ti  ti going on o my ge i tht t ht ii  w w rey rey jt  erb ght  ipte rther thn  re iion. In my opinion opini on thi th i poition ho ho t ty y en in i n  rw rw  I he gret gret fith fith in the power of the bihop pir! hite i two pwn p in thi poition, n beie tht Bk h obe fpwn n other iote pwn. Bt he h h the two two bihop . . . 2 1 . h 22.h4 22.h4 We We 23.W b7 24.c4 24.c4

It w ron thi tge tht pro righty pointe ot tht 24.1 w more preie, preie ,  with hi hi  next moe moe Bk Bk preent the whit rook from boming tie on the e. ob Agr, who foowe the gme ie, i e, to me m e tht pro fter fterwr wr im ime e tht the poition w winning for for him, when rmnik rmni k ironi ir oni y y repon repone e tht Bk Bk w w ertiny not ot. In ny e, hite h  potenti pe pwn on the eenie, bt it i ery it to e err th pth pth for for iti t  the bihop protet  ot of re. In thi ipte I gre with rmnik. 24... .. .e 2.d2 2. d2 c! c!

e bihop trnfer to e6 ook trong n oi e eye the pwn on th eenie n i now rey to nre hi obe pwn pwn with with . . . f5. 26.d e6 27.a c 28.We3 d4 29.Wd3  30.b4 e4 31.xe4  32.bxc

Unfortntey for hite 2.b5 i not poibe poibe in iew iew of2 . . .x4 x4 when the pwn pporte by the bihop i more ngero thn hit hit bpwn. After After .  . b6 6 Bk Bk i ty o to winning. 32 xh4 33.c6 Wd6 34.xh  3.g4 Wxc6 

16 ...b ... b4 1 7. 7.x bxc3 1 8.bxc3 8. bxc3  19.d7 d6 20.x Wx

After the gme the pyer igree bot the etion of thi poition. pro (hite) i it w  win, where rmnik efene the orretne of the otome of

e poition i  rw. After frther exhnge Bk n rie one of hi bihop bih op for hite t pwn.

36.h2 36. h2 c c 37.c2  38.h2 38. h2 xc4 xc4 39.h6 dS 40.W x 41 .g .g Wd W d •!

Toal Fondaon  th gam th bhop llld a ply f tak, and h h ponal o h hop pa dd no ally ho. In poon h h th th bhop bhop  a abl to play pl ay h mo m o gy h ook d ll ally ha o ho  t o ompnaon o math h bhop p th n maa maa (a lo o pan pan . . .) o ynm ynm  m (a (a ook o pad pa d pan) . ualy a mo han hn playng agant hop and kght.  ollong gam ho om ap o h hop potnal n opn poon

7

d7 (No 9 ...g8? ... g8? .  .    and th n  appd and Blak l ha  a mata o g h o.) .4 5 Bak p opy a poon. . 7 .  . x5 bx5 bx5  . 4 4

   c c

ty 

Agan Blak only akn  on 7 and   had o aak. T potn m k a lghly lghly o  on on o h gam - h h dn dn bng that th at h kngh a a xhangd on 5  5 and an d no 6. 6. Blak pan n h nt a ompa ompa and h b6pan ha tn t n nto a pad pan on th -. 27...x ... x  28.g5 28.g5 al  29.g2 29. g2 !? ! ?

 jon th gam at ht 21.g4 ak a not ntt n tang th kght, o 21. ..e . e3! 3!?? 22Jxe3 22J xe3 xe3 23.xe3 2 3.xe3 xa4 xa4

ft a  of od mo a al pton ha an. 24.d2

ak l ha o xhang th annoyng kght on b5 at om pon, at hh ht ll njoy th bhop pa. 24.. 24.. Jh4 Jh4 25.h3 xbS xbS 26.b5   27.x

ht an kp th knght on h boad th 7. but ony o th tm bng, t m. m.  7 . . . d4  8 . g g7 9 . 

9 .. .xg5  . xg5 a  pobaby poba by an. an. Blak ony on y akn  th th 7pan, bu bu  t  aly ay o pot. T h pan on b5 and d5 a ao y dt,  no mpob, o aak, and t  no ay o  ho h pay an mpo h kng poton. 3 0. a2 3.g3 a3 32 e3 £ 33.h4 

H h old play .d h aty, b t m ha boh d  playng o o a n. 33 ..e8! .. e8!

ddnly ddnl y Bak Bak plan  ald H mo h kng o h nd h  l nd a good hl, ha h kng t f n. T ol ol ng ng ph th th hpn hp n

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rt  eory

i oubeege It rete  wekne on g6, but the the open o penin ingg of the the h hee ou ou be nother nothe r thret to the white king 34.h5 d 35.hxg6 hxg6

e he h been opene, but it wi be Bk who benet be net from from it, i t, miny mi ny beue of the expoe poition ofhite king e g6 pwn i now wek, but Bk tiity more thn ompente for thi fter he trnfer hi king to fety on the eenie

be to onert the ntge e roe of the queen on the bor hou be note It i not yet entirey er i Bk wnt to exhnge exhnge queen  the gpn gpn i trong n the hite ing i e o win B i he to puh hi queenie pn forr, though thi rete weknee for the bk b k king kin g  we we ury ury i neee, neee ,  we h h oon ee e e SO.gl

36.g2

6e4 f rop mteri for hite

36 ... c8 3.g3 b

Bk king i fe, n he i rey to tke ntge of hite weknee Beue hite ightre bihop i neee to heter it king, the b5pwn i  trget 38.g2  39.g3 jb 40.g2  4 1 . e4 jb2 jb 2 4.gl je

e pwn on g6 i inirety i nirety protete protete

43.g2 43. g2

4 xg6 xg6 e  ! (4 (4  xg6 44xg6 xe 45f2 gie hite ome hne of ing the gme beue of the gpwn Inte Bk py for n ttk) 44h2 f n hite i oe one of hi bihop in the ner uture ter 45g2 e2 46e4 e 4g5 xe 4g4 hite gin pin hi hope on the gpn, but thi time Bk Bk get  better eri erion on of the eng e ngme me 4   f2   f2 49g6 4 50x4 exf4 5h e5! retening to win the pwn with  g5   g5 52e6 g5 5  n one the king tke oer the efene of the g ure, the win i ey 43...je ... jell  44.h2 d 4S. je2 46.g3 xbS 4. 

hite ti nnot tke the gpwn 4xg6 b! 4f e4 4... .. .b3 48. 4 8.g2 g2 ja2 49.xg6 xdS

Bk h three pwn n  roo gint the two bihop, but the bihop re jut mreou in thi open poitio Bk h hiee hiee  gret gret e e in the t 1 520 52 0 moe, n with preie py he hou be

 ... ja? i ontinution i too ow Bk preent the bihop from rehing g2 n he i rey to ne hi ueenie pwn, but it w better to ttk the gpwn with 50   ! 5 1 e4 e4 (5 1 f5 f5 4 rop the the g pwn pwn right wy) 5     5 52 f5 f5 4 5 g xg4 54xe5 4 55x4 x4 n Bk hou win with hi three onnete pe pwn 5 1 . . bS bS 52.e3 52g 52 g55 immeitey w w more preie 52 ...c4 ... c4 53.g5 b4 54.g2 a2 SS.g3 d5 omething probby probby went wrong with the orret reoring of the gme i moe i  gre mitke  hite n pik up the ueen with the obiou 56g2 Inte the gme ontinue 56.g6 56. g6 b3 5. x x 58. 58.  ja

Teoeal Teoeal Fondaon Fondao n ee Blak old old n ealy h h 58    x 59.2 b2 608 b Peha he laye ee n me oble o ble b n any ae ae he game h o moan e 1) he oe o he bho n an oen p pon on  mlaneoly mlaneoly a deende deende an aake beae o he long ange  beame a ealy ae Blak' med ppny o oe an advanage eale 2) he oe o a aed an oed by he bho a Blak ha o (!) an b he an only o nly move one a a  a me and h he o o he bho he an ll  Blak h ook  .h6 e o an ae no mah o he o bhp ...b2  ...b2  59   d5 60 6 08 x8 x8 61 6 1 x8 x8 e4 62a 62 a 5

.4 Te he kng aoahe and lak all no gang and do h pan pan hen hen mang ma ng h o bho bho  agan a lne kng  a mle m le mae 59 e4  e4  aneed h 604! b2  d5 d5 and n 60 .g2 0d?? 0d?? lo loe e o 60 .   a! ... @b6 60 ...@b6 0 ...6 ... 6 gve moe hane 6.e4 d5

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62b  5 6   8 x8 x8 64x8 64x8 6 65 6 5   alhogh he  ll nnng nn ng 6  .e3 @a 62.a8 62.a8 b 63.

he n ealy hee He only need a lle oodnaon beeen h ee Te emanng move ee

63 ... g6 g6 64.@ c2 65.@ 65. @ b b  66.@e2 b5 67.@ b2 68.@g3 b3 69. 69. g8 g8 70.@ 70.@  71 .@e b  .@e2 c5 73. 73.d2 @a6 74. @b6 75 . d5

an ak egne.

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o hy dd Blak le h game? Ae he ealy exhange on e h oon a neeng and he elng oon abo eqal e logal oome o he game old have been a da b he deded o lay on and h aed hm oble e nng on o he he game game a   .  e8! hen he blak kng eaed o he qeende o eek hele hele heea he he kng a ll n he dange one one Te deene deene n kng a a ey a a  he eaon eaon hy Blak avoded he qeen a and he eaon hy he hold objevely hae been been aed a ed h he da da ae ae  8 8  I  Blak aod he qeen ap he ann move h kng o he qeende. In he al oon ae 50g Blak hold have layed 50. 50 .d! d! o elmnae he g-an nead o he loe 50 50 a a ?! Only ae h dd he' bho ho he aggeve oenal a ell a heleng he' kng T game ho ha h o bho   dl o gve a maeal evalaon o ho many an ae needed n addon o he ook a omenaon b heea  a 1 2 o o bho bho and ngh ngh  agan agan he bho a   a lea o an In he onldng a o he game hee he h e had a a advaned aed an no even o an an ee ee enogh! en ogh!

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a   Toy

In poon wh wo bhop o wo kngh ony om of h fou fou gun gun gn a  appy  h  may ony hp hp n ny y.. T xhangng pob  ha  an a wo kngh an two bhop wou o an xa ook u a uh a h bhop an kngh oup  w aw ha n h xamp wh wo kngh an a ook n h gam Anan Anan  nan nan abo. abo. In ompaon, h wo bhop a h pang a a  pnn p nn on xa aa aa (ay (ay,, a ook) bau bau  hy wok o w ogh. ogh. T oou pobm o o an. h wo kngh boh oou ompx an b po wh ua ngh o  wakn wakn  a on hoo hoo o o   . T wo bhop wok w ogh an h h  p ob o no nf nf hy a boh uay ong n pong h oou ompx. Apa fo bng a ongang p, I b ha   h ha mak h bhop pa o ong. Domnaon of h bhop by pawn  ky, o ay h a. how  a pawn wa ha wok wok agan boh bhop b hop.. oo o o a a  o y o kp h a po p oon on of h pawn pawn  whh  b ah ah oh (fo nan h bak pawn pa  an ). Nmowh wo n y Syt ha f  f on of h pawn  mo fowa, hn h pay ha o b u o ha a ombu" (ooh-ng) o pa h amag on by h pawn aan. If Bak pay ...-4 ...-4 hn h kng an  n h ho on 4 by mong o . In any a h pay w ha o ug y nw poon npnny an  whh a h mo mpoan fao. h wo kngh h maa baan  pobaby 01 pawn an wh wo bhop h numb numb  of o f pawn o ompna fo fo h ook  a a wo. T  , of o f ou, a ough gu an n h wo a  mak mo n o ook a h mo ynam fau of h poon uh a ay an yng o a a pa pawn o mak h mno

p pa. I ugg  ugg ha ha  h a ak ak a a appoah o h uon houghou h book an ug fo fo hm o hf - h w b pnt pn ty of oppoun oppoun  o o o. In a mgam wh pawn on boh  of h boa h kngh an ofn f unomfoab. If w u ony h maa mau of h poon, hn h ook   ofn okay whn ghng agan wo kngh, n n f h a no aona aon a pawn a ompnaon. T fa w b n n Chap  on h 6  6 Caaan an ao n h x x on. h wo bhop omm mo han wo pawn   no nough o ompna fo h ngh  ngh of h bhop bh op pa, pa , n n h ngam. T ngh of h bhop w b mona n h x on. Bfo mong on o h funamna ngam, I wou k o mnon om anfomaon ha an ak pa whn payng poon wh ook . wo mno p ang bak h ook fo wo mno p  away a poby ha hou b on on - pay fo h ook  f h ha aona pawn. wo xamp a Rub Rubky ky  Nko fom fom h hap hap  on h oh ngam ( pag 86) an oh  aauka, o. 2001 fom h 6 Caaan (h gam  hown on pag 6). If h ook  ha aona pawn h an omm a h xhang. T w a hm a p own, bu h w phap gan a fuh pawn fom h xhang o om oh kn of ompnaon. Inu In u  xamp an b foun n h oh nga, fo nan h gam h   vvi Rua 1999 wh Bak aay ha wo pawn po o h p a   h foowng foowng aga aga

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e e wth the two mno pee an ae a pee an ony" be the exhange own own T fat fat foe foe me to how  how ome of the ot mpotant funamenta engame wth ook  a (one!) mno pee n genea thee ae a we ange ofaa of aa pobte tatng fom ook  two mno pee, an I hope that  w be abe to oe te a. t  tme to poee to the funamenta engame poton Tee fom the othe pat of te theoeta knowege that t  potant to poe when payng poton wth ook  two mno pee

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Fndamenal ndame

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Fundental Endges

 ould alo hae alled h hape Bic de Te ba dea behnd h hap i o hae a epo o ndamnal dgame o ompaon and jdgemen o  omplaed omplaed poon poon  Amd wh h ppopa knowlede   pobl to mak  oe oe de deon on a he boa  hold I  hould I no xhan e pee n go o ti enn? F we hall ee how kn  and wo mno pi mae e opponen' lone kn w  uhe maeal peen on he boad Te pon  kn  and wo knh  kn  he ehe de ha o hae an addonal pwn o mak mae poble owee owee I wll manl m anlyy o o on o n mae h bhop and knh  a lone kn  beae aly h on aon o mno pee ha ane o he le gen n he Teoal Foudaon oudaon  o h olou olou poblm e mehod explad h  y logal  on o ou g Al ou ag an b ed o any o h th guaio. e e  he mehod mehod   In whh one   poble o ma h k? b ee he kng n he oe one wh  o he he mno pee  Te Te ohe mno mno  pee pee ome o help help   Te man mehod  oep poe  no only ey lgal b ey paal a well I  eay o deand and e dng a game Beoe I n o he mang mehod   tie o op and hnk abo wha he alue f he mehod gen hee  ome mgh ond wha  deepe po 

F   no a eay o mae w wo mno pee pee a people peo ple end o hnk  hnk hen I ak people omeme een on e playe  hy hy an mae ma e wh bhop and knh hen a ommon ply i ha  i eay eay  i yo know know how o o ! May popl do no know how o o  o a le hy on hae a meho hy olow eond do  hae elean o he heme o ook ook  wo mno pee? pee? Ye Ye ey e y mh o! In he ae ae o bhop kn and an d pawn  ook  he weake de ha o   p  ook o he pawn yo m know ho o mae wh he maeal le on he boad I yo ollow my lne o ho h n he mehod o man a ba kn  wh wo mno pee yo wll doe he ben be n when w moe on o moe omplaed poon o ma wh bhop bh op and knh (and wh wo bhop o wo kngh a well an wh o oh p p on h boad boad  yo la lann a lo bou how uh pi ooi wth h oh how thy oopt T will b th abiou py wh og o o oe ompia lg poiio Bhop and kngh  a dl ae a hee we m hae oopeaon beeen wo ndamnally dee pe and h ake h mang on aon omehow he mo neen  oe oe  Te T e bhop onol onol on olo omplex (ay a dakqad bhop and o h kngh ha o onol h oh (lgh hal o he boad I  a ae o he bhop han o he kngh o onol  olo omplex heoe he kn  ha o help he kngh T make he knh look neo neo o he bhop bhop  and a nd n ome way way  

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a : Teoy

nogh ak e n o he onee meho of how o mae a bae king a) In whih one i i poibe o mae he king? Ony he one wih he ame oo of he bihop ho be e I i poibe o on on  a mae in he one one wih oppoie oo o he bihop, b wih be efene i i no poibe o foe hi Ony wo o of fo one an be e (ih wo bihop evey one i poibe, an wih o knigh i epen on how fa avane he pawn pawn i) b) ee he king in he  he oe oe one wih one of he mino mino  piee Te foowing iagam how he poiion fo whih yo ho aim ai m Te knigh i kep in eeve eeve

ha a ighqae bihop an hene he knigh wi have o poe he ak qae  oen wih wih he hep hep of he king

ih wo bihop mae i exee exee qiky afe he eeve bihop join in wo knigh ae moe ompiae an he iaion epen on whee he pawn i bokae by he eeve eeve knigh Te knigh knigh  kep in eeve eeve ha o eive mae befoe an evena pawn pomoion beome beome pobemai pobemai  ) Te maing meho Te meho of maing i hown h own beow beow e a fom he foowing iagam poiion

Te bak king ony ha a8 an b8 a i ipoa (ih wo knigh, one of he knigh knigh  he one no boking boking he pawn pawn  ho aim fo 6 in he iagam above) ) Te ohe mino pi ee ee ome o hep Te knigh i aiming ai ming fo fo he qae nex o i own own king king  in he he iag iagam am above i i 6 Te bak qae b8, 8 an f8 ae he key qae he knigh i aime o poe hie

Fndamenal ndgames

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age  We can only mae e lac ing in he cones o e same colo as he bishop In e dagam poson Whe ams  ae Blac in he acone   e gh is ao he lack sqae e hich hich Blac no conols.  came acoss a solon n a lle ook b essenal endgames made o jnio plyes. Fom e aove poson he moves  . �d6 2� �d . �6 e �c 5�e �c6 6�e6 �5 �d6 5 .�c5 �a6 a4 � 0�d6 �b6 .d �a5 2�c5 �a6 .4 � 5 a6 54  65 a .c  .a6 a .6  20. b6 a 2  . .  22.d 22. d mae! mae! nsed? I as  I lean he mehod" f ha oo y ea en I as a ngse ngse  only lae dd dd I eally ndesand h h as as gong gong on . . . 1 . £ 2.< o o Whe Whe conol con olss e  ...e8 ...e8 3. e5 <£ Blac is yng o escape o e sae cone h . e nigh conols he dak sqae .  e8 .
Done! Te nex sep s o eac e c6 sqae.  . .... < b 6 1 2. 2.c6

Ye anoe sel meod placng e bshop n on o he ng" o oce him ackads 1 2 ...
Follong e ng

13 ...
Whe Whe conols e da sqae sqae a5. a 5.

1 4...b ... b66 15. 15 . 5

Png e shop s hop n on o o  e king. kin g.

1 5 ... ... 77 6.
akng conol o he da sqae b6

1 6 ... c8

 6 . ..a . . a .a6 b �b6 nd he ing is appe in i n he cone 1 7.< 7.
age age 2 has been been eche! eche ! Te nex nex  sep se p s o conol he a sqae  1 8 ...
I shold e noed ha he kng and ishop d mos o e o n ocing e lack kng ac In ac o o 2 moves only 6 ee made made   e ng ng  Te es   5 move movess  ee ee made   he kng kng and shop! Tis s vey economcal Te ng sold e moved as lle as possle w is ocs on he oppose colo o he sop Ts is an mpoan poin  cy o achieve s h

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Pa Pa II  Teoy

kngh hange olou" eey me  moe Young he playe eally lke o moe he knght, u he kng an bhop houl o the ha wok

in in and and Hoiz Hoiz 18 1851

Fndamena endames wih pawns

Now we tun ou atenon to ome a engame wh ook  two mno pee Une Une  nomal noma l umane umane t  no pole fo ehe e to wn the game when hee ae no pawn peen on he oa We tat ou wth one pawn an hen aane aane o moe mo e pawn   Berer 1922

Blak o moe moe Nomally h wn fo he e wh he hop an kngh a ang he ook fo the the pawn  obouly obouly hopele hopele  Wth an a- o hpawn   pole o ae the ook, h tme fo fo the t he kngh, kngh , an make a foe foe f he pmtn uae  no n o ha of he he hop In he agam potn potn aoe h  no t ple an Blak Bl ak wn l . . .e

Te bhop ha the ght lou ompae to he h  one an Blak wn wn 2.�a5

Blak to moe m oe wo knght an a pawn  a ook  uually a aw eaue Whe  ale o ae he ook fo the pawn Hee he gpawn  fa aane an Whe Whe ha no hane ha ne to ae he ook Blak wn a follow l . . . e3t 2.e 1

2g e2 xe2 xe2 Note tha wh a h-pawn nea of o f a g-pawn, Blak Bl ak woul hae een talemae hee, an thu he tat ta t poon hfte a le fuhe o the gh  a heoeal aw 4h g2 g f wnnng 2 ... ...  d3t 3.d 3. d2 2 4.� 4.�a1 a1  t 01

2a2 2 a2 5  e2 4 4f 4 f2  an Blak n Beaue of he kngh on f Whe ue talemae mof n he efene, u Blak wn anyway 2a4 5 g4 f2 44 a6 52 g 64 e 7  8 7! 9x7 f2 g h2   f f h   2e2      e   mate 2 ... c6 3.a3! S 4d3

Wh Whee peen peen 4    f

4 .. . a6 a6 S.d1 S. d1 e2 6.! e 1 7.1 7. 1 t  2 8.a1  e1 9.t d d 01

Fndmen ndgme ne hd ne h i Blk dne h pwn  he eenh nk  ey i i pble  Whie  ie he k  k bhp  he eling ending i  w. Whie j me hi king beween h n g nd nd  he blk king pphe Whie  be emed  emed.. Ne h hi hi  e e nly n ly k wih he k' pwn n he eenh nk nk  wih he pwn pwn n h i i  win. win. Te fe i hwn  hwn belw b elw

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 . .  3t

...g .  . Te k ny h  n he he il e  ee  ee he dw. 2.h2 2.h 2 e5

O  . . .    .h 

3.a 3. a4t e4t

 .. . 4 4.x4 x4 5.xh i  dw.

4.h 1  5.x 5 .xe4 e4

wih  heei dw.

asa 1912

e e n    he nex ne x piin pi in whee whe e Bk B k h h he wng bi bihp hp mped  he h 1 ne nd he piin i ny  dw.  erer 1922

Whie    me In hi exmpe Bk h  nnk pwn nd he wn  mp e.  ge ge he fw fwing ing ne 1.a4

I Whie ie  mke  hid nk deene hen Blk win  lw 1.4 e5 .e 5 .b  e4   .. . g g44 nd .. . nn be pped. 1 ...  e5t 2.e2 2. e2 c5

Te pwn pwn dne. dne. Whie Wh ie nn  nn  pe p e he e. 3.a5 3. a5 t 4.  d4 5.a4 5. a4 e4  e4 6.a2  4 7.d2

Wie wn   hi k  he bihp  me pin pi n nd hen p ik p he pwn. pwn.

k  me

7 ...e3t ... e3t 8. 8. t

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Pat Pat I : Teoy

Not 8 .. . 4?? 94 �x4 0�x wth a aw. 9.fl  g3t 10. 1 0.el el c3 c3 01

 Berger 1922 ate Howt an lng 85

We now now moe moe on to moe mo e aane example exampl e whee both e hae pawn on the ame e o the boa We one ae wth thee pawn eah on the knge a a ba poton. Doetky e h poton wth bhop an knght . ook n h book Secret Secret  Che inin in in

Ft he how a la: Capablana Cap ablana  ake ake t Petebg 94 whee Blak manage to make a aw e to h ate ook. Next he how a game o o  h own whee the e  e wth wth the ook eene elly. Tee two game ae hown below: Capab Capabanc ancaa  Lase Laserr

t Petebg 94

Blak to moe T  the wotae enao o Bak a ook pawn. He hol be awae tha Whte ee a aw  he tae o h ook o the lghtae bhop bho p Te poton  tl won won o Blak, thogh the wnnng metho  not a eay a t mght eem. l ..g3 . .g3 g2t! g2t!

Blak annot take the ook beae o talemate. Te ght plan o Blak  to wak h kng to the othe e o the boa when, wth the hep o the two bhop he wl ontol the ent en tee eon ank! 2 .. ..  3Jc2!

.Ee2 e 4� 4 5�e g an Bak wn. wn. O E2 E2 �e4 4.� h  � 5 �g  e.

3 e4  e4 4Je2t

4.Eb2 � 5 .Ee2 � hange hange nothng. nothng.

4 . d3 5 b2 c3 6e2 6 e2 b3!

Whte  n gwang gwang a a he h e annot ann ot leae the eon ank wth the ook. Any kng moe wl alow the hpawn to aane.  3 0

3g5 hxg5 4hxg5 g5 5.xg5t g8 6e6 d1 .e4  8.g5t g8 9.e5 e1t 80.@f4 t 8I.@g4 d 82.   83 .e5  84.@f4 @g 85e4 85 e4 d1 86. g5 e1 e 1 t 8. 8. @d d d  t 88.@e6 e1 89.h3 b1 90.f4 b6t 9 I .@e b5 92 g6 b6 93 .d6 a 94.@e6 b6 95.et @h 96c8 a 9.e b6 98.d5 a6 99.c3 @g  00.e4 b6 

Fumetl gme nshin nshin  Dvore Dvores s

nig 1 97 4

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199 hw. I highly ecmme thi bk by Detky f futhe tuy f the t piti. ith thee pw ch    the kigi kigi it i iteetig iteetig t ee if i f it i  wi wi  if hit hit h tw kight ite. e fllwig gme i iteetig: Larsen Larsen  Mranovc Mranovc

Ble 1979

   h3 43  g3  g3  4 4 g2 4S e5 e 5  4e3 4 e3 e2 47d5 47 d5 c2 48   e3  49 g4 c2 SO SO c3 c3 e2 S l   d 5   d5 c6 53 53   f4 e3 54 54 e5 el SS   56 56 c3 d6 57e4 57 e4  S  dS c6 59 59 e5 e5 e2t 60 60  7 4  62e4 c 63e5  4d3  65e4 h3 66f4 l  l 7e5 h h44 68 68  c 9     70e c2 7 l 3     d3  3 3 5t  7 74  dl d l 75eSt b7  d2 77  dt c 78   dl 9 9  e7t e7t b7 80   d5 c 8 l c7 c7 el t  l 83b3 bl 84 84 xb xb3  d  8 xa5 xdSt xdS t / / 

n bth gme the efee plce hi n  th me clu  the ppet bih n me  ucceful ucceful efece efece i  i i ntthy. n th ctch gme thi gm i  ibility  Blck c get thi fmti ith pwn n g6, f5 n h5 t cunte the ihtu ihtue e bihp. bi hp. i i t the ly efeie fmti ith thee pwn ech  the kigie,    me me ni ni  lkett lkett,, tig tig

heehky h the fllwig t y i hi bk End Strt: It i icult t igie tht the ge wil l e i  wi f hit. f he gie up hi w knight f  k n pw, thi le t  w k ening." i might b tue tue   with with th h-pw h-pw  h5 the k egme i pbbly till  w. n the gme Blck cttly tie t exchge  pi f k  hite cleely i it. Lte the het f the blck kig by the k  w kight cue Blck fet. ee e me ittig pect f thi piti cmpe t the piti pit i with ly k . tw tw kight: Cn hit hit wi th piti if ne pi p i f k i exchge? I thi ce Blck i, f cue, cu e,  lge ble t ete  thee . tw pw pw k egme egme  thi wul wul be  lt pwn eig inte. inte.

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Par 1: Teory

B aybe Black cold aord o advance his pans, pan s, as here old be no hie rook o harass he black king Maybe Black cold sap o soe so e pans and hen sacrice sacrice he rook for hie's las pan, secring he dra, as o knighs are nable o force ae If hie avoids he rook hange hen for he ime being Black anno advance his kingside pans A least i would be very dangeros for he black king 36.e3 �bb7 3 6   b5!  b5! o chase away he annoying knigh as he righ move 37.�e4 37. �e4 �e7 Once again Black shold have played 37 b5!  b5! 38.�h4 h6 39. �blt �bl t 40.@g2 �b 41.c4 �be2 42.cd2 �d7 4J.b3 �de7 44.�a4 �b2 4S.bd2 �eb7 46.h3 �2b4 47.�a5 Whie is, of o f corse, co rse, no ineresed in a rook sap as his old make mak e he defensive ask easier Ad iho Whie's rook i ill be possible o  o move he kingside pawns in some lines lines - I a no sre sre f Whi Whiee ca ca n arrange to sac sa crice o knighs for rook and pan o ener a on on ending e nding 47 �7b5 48.�3 48.� 3 �S 49.�a 49.� a7 �dbS SO.h4 Ben Larsen ries in Skakbldet 2003/5 ha ha  50g4 50 g4 also gives gives inn inn ng chances chances s  ...�b7 ... �b7 Boh Larsen and Shereshevsky agree ha Black shold have played played 50    h5 Te move seems naral o preven preven  Whie's hpan from advancing frher, b Marjanovic was probably afraid o give one of he  hie knighs an opos on g 5 aacking aacking . Black's kingside pans ill be eakened ea kened no maer hether Black or Whie plays a pan o h5 - b  c omp omp araively i s less eakening for Black o play i himself Sl.�a6 �7b6 52.� �6b5 53.�d3 @h7 54.gl @g7 SS.e2 �aS 56.f4 �ba4 57.b3 57. b3 �a7 58.�d5 58. �d5 �4a6? �4a6?

Afer 58    h5 Larsen old have played 59 59 h3 h3 o ransfer ransfer he knigh knigh o g5 , hen he is no compleely sre tha Whie's posiion is inning 59.h5 Shereshevsky hinks h inks ha Black's game is los afer afer this move 59 @h7 Ins Insead ead 59    g5 old srrender he f5 sqare o he he hie knighs knighs 60. d4 @g7 6  .bS �b7 62.d6 �bb6 gives his move a qesion mark, bt L arsen gives even even aer he sronger sronger 62    e7 he hinks hinks hat Whie Whie has oo many tricky knigh moves! e8 t @ 64.c7 �a7 6S.�d8t @e 63. 63 .  e8t 66.�g8 �c6 66   7 67+ @  ins he exchange and leaves leav es Whie a knigh p 67.cdSt Whie Whie ins maerial 67... .. . @d6 68.6 f 69.b4 �b6 70.f 70. fd5 �bb7 7 1 .�6t @cS 72.�xh6 72 .�xh6 � 73.�c6t @bS 74.�c2 74.�c2 �ad7 �ad7 7S.g4 -0 .••

In his game he presence of an exra rook probably meant he dierence beeen a in and a draw, or a he very leas i gave Whit gave  Whit ecellen pracical pracical chances chan ces

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pov - Kpov pov Mosco (2) 1985

Fumetl gme p wite tt ti egme i bectiey  w but tt Wite will e t ply ey cefully t bti it. c c b b  49.4 49.4 d . e2 a3 5  c3 c3 52.b4 b4 !  52.

p citicie ti me  te king i ply plce ee lte (te pibiity f  knigt ceck  6 iiectly ptect te    f5) . Ite Ite e ugge ugget t 5 . . . 7 ith te ie tt if Wite tie t ue te e efeie ie  i te gme e wil e te kigie pw n pbbly te e  well. 5.c Eb8 54.b4? (54.b4! b5 55.g4 Eb8 56.! E8 57. E4 58.b4 6 59.  Wite  built u n impegble fte fte..)) 54 . . . Eb5! 55.g4 b8 Wite  t llw te blck k t ente ente i i piti piti .. 56 .  E8 E8  57 . c hxg4 58.xg4 4 59.x 4 60.b x4 x4 6 .c .c  Eg 6. 6 . c Ef E f 6. 6 . c Exf5 Exf5 64 .  Kp Kp wite tt it i icul i cultt t e ti egme  tee i  elet tei teil l t cmpe iti t wit wi t,, but Blck wul bby e excellet pcticl wiig chnce. chnce. I mge t   e piti pi ti fm fm the Wl Cmpiip mtc bewee teinit teinit  ukett ukett  ee te ext gme.

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2cl 2cl  h6 

6 .. . g5 64. 64.  e4  g6 65 .7 . 7 Ef Ef 66. 66.  c4 E 6.xf6!  65 ... ... x7 66.xf6 Exf6 67.xg5 bt le t  w  well. 64. 64. e4 h h 65.2

Dw gee  fte 65.b f5 66.7 Blck will wil l e e t gie up i  i k. f

i egme i elet t me piti fm te c6 Ctl e ext piti i eent eent f f the p p  Kp gme gme be. It i l elet ele t f f te tey f tee egme wit pw   te me ie in geel. I  te igm igm pitin piti n belw Wite  me  lt f pge but c e wi te gme? einiz einiz - Zeror Zeror

t Lui Lui ( 1 ) 1 886

c b 54.a2  .g4 b d3 dt 57.c4 dl 58.xa3

p wite tt 58.gx5 w  muc eie wy t w. w.   Jal

58 ... 4 i te ty, but Wite mke   hee  well. 59.c E 60.e4 Ex 6 .6 .6 Ef Ef 6. 6 .  4     ee Kp ie w eully g lie bt leig t  w: ) 6.c7 Eb 64.f Blck ct mke ge. b) 6.g5 Exf5 Exf5 64.gxf 64 .gxf66 gxf gxf66 65 . e - lee te ti piti f te.  hl . xh3t c 

e pblem wit te kig   becme eient i the ie 6...Exh5 6.e4 Exf5? 6.6.

l  . g7!

e bet efece. Blck ct llw te wite wite kig t get get t 7 - t let let t while while te kigt kigt i till pie. I te gme Blck Blck plye plye: :  . . .4? .4? . 6 g7 g7 ( . . .  f8  . f6  f5 4.g6 h4 5.  h7   Blck le le ue t i p ci citi: ti: 5 . . .c 6.Ec7 b 7.Ec4 7. Ec4  f5 8 . g6 6 9.E b4) .  .  Blck Blck i lt lt..  . . . 4 4. 4 . g6  f8 5 .Exe7 .Ex e7  xe7 6. 6 . g7 2a7

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Pa  : e

2f6? xf6 i a aw immeiael 2g6? f6 g4 xf5 46 wi he igh u Bla elimiae he he la la paw  g6 a he game gam e i e agai agai a aw aw 4    e5 5 5  5  f6 f6 6xf5 6xf5 xg6 xg6 Alhugh lhugh i  a  egame pi hie hul ill   miae he la ihp e ieal eup f he paw i g5 a f6 2  5 d4  h6 alw alw he whie g   h6 u he igh i  pie a Bla a u  u a fe fe     g8 4h7  f6 ! 5 gxf6 gxf6 e e a hie a wi Hi ig will  eape fm he e a he   h6 dagal dagal i  g Kae ha give he fllwig lie a a wi f hie 27 e5 5 g7 4a5 4 55  6 e5 7f hie' idea   afe he   f a he pla f5f6 7    5 8f e 9f 4 1 f  f4 g7 g7   f6 f6   2g6 g g   f 14a4 f6 15g5 7 16a8 e 17e8 6 18g8 f6 19f5 e7 20g7 a wi Te plem wih Kae' lie li e  ha Bla Bla a pla pla 7     g8 iea a hie will have  mve hi ig  e ef (e4  wi Bege give he h e llwi llwig g lie li e a wiig wi ig f f he he 2g4! 2 g4! e leae leae lui 2       (Bla whe whe  peve he he whie ig ig fm eag he e4quae f f Bla eplie eplie    2 2    g7 (f ( f Ba Ba pla pla     e5 he whie ig eahe e4 a fllw 45  5 7 Zugz Zugzwa wag! g! Bla Bla will wil l  e ale  heae heae he g5paw g5 paw 5   e5 6  7e4 4f4 4 e4 hie ha eahe he eie eie eiai eiai 5   g7 66  7f6 e afe f he   f al wi u hi mve i g g eugh 7    g6 87 e6 9 9 g7 g7 Bla ha  ime i me  aie ai e  f6 f6 9  h4 (9   f8 f8  e7  e7 6 1  f5 f5 wi wi f hie la ie  eep a ee  he f5ua 5ua   e7 6   h7 g6 1 2f 2 f5 f8 1g6 a hie wi 2 ...d4 ...d4 3.b7 3. b7 g7 4.c7 e5 5b7 g7 

e a pu Bla i zugzag ih he   he eveh a ad he will have  afe  ig  he ee eve Bege' le pe a wi  e e' g a  he pie pi i he Kapv  Ka Kap pa av v game ae hie' hie' 64 mve i he aali if Bla ha eviae wih 52 52h7 h7

f hie ha a lighquae ihp we wul have ha he pii a ave u iea hie i lef wih a aquae ihp i give hie he ppui  p he la paw alea  f4 u i he lg u hie will ael e ale  p Bla fm avaig hi paw  he eiz  Zue Zue game game hie avae avae hi paw  he h a a l ae afee afee he g  he e  e (wih me  me iu u hee Bla a pla f hi plan immeiael He an plae hi paw  g5 a f4 f4 (ame lu a he ihp ih p  omiae i a hie will  e ale  p Bla plaig g4 g4 a a apppiae mome Te hie wil have  p he paw  g (he ex a quae Te fllwig pii i pile

daeal dgaes

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is is psii p sii  s s w f f Bla: B la: I.g I. g e4  e4 2.g 2. g2 

 2 g  g f f 4h2 4 h2 leads leads whe whee e

3.g �a

i's i's psi s  amped

.g2  .g e2

an Bla wis

 n nlsn lsn is ha nsead nsead f 52    ?! 5 2 h7 h7 pal lead  a win f Bla ih e e pla  aalsis aals is is  xhausive, xhaus ive, u if w pae wih Bege' aali a ali hn i sms as if ie is  a lsg pah   hav i  sp he deees ase  h in led ishps   ses   n ipvee f he defede ha i i aqaed aqaed  ap h gae wld sill e a daw ih pi pla pl a  af 52    h7 Kapv ul have had  se a dee defesive lan han i he gae as diaed i he n n  s he lie egi egig g wih wih 544 54 4!! n nein nein wi h he Ka Kap pv v  Ka Kasp spa av v a ju analsed  wld lie  shw se ipan  vs in pi edgaes n h n   Bla Bla' 'ss ve 58    a Kaspav nin a line lading  qali  s iaam hws a pssile fss if hi ais his igh f Bla' fpawn  n aga is v sila: A shp' an  dawn a wll

 w w piin a nl n l aw awnn wih wi h h  defn! hi' pawn ha avan  fa fa  wh h pawn n h fh fh an in h ass i i sill a win f f hie 's nsde he s psi ave wih a pawn  a hie ann appah wih he ing and he a fe he shp awa awa fm he lng a7g  diagnal diagnal  e  e nl hane is  saie he apaw:  .a7 xa7 xa7 2.@a6 2. @a6 b

Bu hee he ing is in he  n (ppsi  h ishp fie pla: 3.h8

Bla i almad n h send pn wih a pawn n  pla igh dvelp as fll fllw: w:

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Pa  e

�e7 f4 f4 2.� 2. � g

f Bla a  he lg iagal wih f iae 2  . . h2 he pii i aw.  i iuive i uive  ee wha happe i f Bla Bla pla aelel hugh h ugh ih ih a ih  ihp' p' paw hee i  wi wi  i a  a  a igh' paw paw if hie aie he paw: 7 7 f all he emai ema iig ig piee pi ee ae ae mve mve e quae  he lef he he pii i w f hie. e wiig meh i: 47 (45 g a ie a mae pge e a7g iagal i  lg a ie i uale  miae he ihp 4   f4 58 x8 6 . 6 u hee he la ig impl hie hi e i he ae: 6  . . 8! wih a aw familia familia fm he pi p ii i wih wi h a   ' paw

 . . .g

3.c7

f ie wee  mve he .7 wul wi a he hea f a a mae wi he ihp ih hi la mve he ihp ie  hie ehi he whie ig

3 ...b7 ... b7 4.c 4. c h4 .�g7

2.�

Nw i w ue  Bla' p iai Bla a peve he ig fm eahig he 6quae.  ...e ... e

hie a le he ig u: 27 f wih a aw 2 ...h2 ...h2 3.� 3. � g3

6.d6 a 7.�

 . . g 4.g2 fe he ihp u a well.

7 ...b6 ... b6 8.c8 8.c8 xc8 xc8 9.c6 d 0.�£ 0 .�£

e e ha h 4 . . .h4 h4 5 h5 a a 4 .  f4 5.f5 p he ihp

5  f6 f6 6. 6 .6! 6! xg7 7. 7 al wi. wi .

Bla i i zugzwag. e a58 iagal pve  e  h a ie wi

A igh' paw  he ixh a i  a aw (agai a aquae ihp i hi ae ie a aie he paw ue favuale iumae leaig  he fllwig pii whih i w f hie eaue he la ig i appe i he e:

4.�g2 d6

.�d .� d2 e7 6.�c2

N 67? 6 7? f f a he ig eape.

6 ...b4 ...b4 7.�c8 £ 8.�a8 h 9.�x mae

 wul lie  u he eae' aei  he fllwig pii:  v ihp a  v igh wih w paw eah  he ame ie:

uameal game

verba 1981

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i fe  pa p a 8    a6  gve awa he 6 quae 5c5 5 c5 d3 d3 6.b6 c8

hie  wii wi igg hee aig aig  a u  Je eve fm 1949 Aveah efe  hi u  hi pi, u  wi pee pee fm fm hi piti p iti  whee he ihp ii   e6 ite i te f g4 n wih u  u evee hite  i t fe the la ig awa fom the queenie i oe  mae 6 w 7J7t d8

i p h ue i ma en enam amee   i iee iee ve ve  eihe on he igie igie     he queeie, queei e,  wih oou evee i piti i ae fm eah  Turm Gegen Leichgur, ge 288 b4!

f it wa Bla t mve i he iagm oition oition he 1    a5! w w hite ha t uh hi -paw at me time i e  e pge, ut he B ehe on  an he emaii pw  6 pevent hie fm fm appahi appahi  with hi h i in     a5 2a5 a5 5 Hee i he ieee e whie ig h ae to the 5u 5ue e     a4 (hie hea wa 6 6 8 5 8 64 a hie i up he a-paw a4 e4 3.a5 3. a5!! ba5 4.ba5 a6

eah e  mei he me tu tu  4    Ba ie  vi vi puhi puhi  the pw pw  ite i te wi  f fw w 5 e e  5 5  5 f (6     76 wih immeiae oinai oinai f he ihp - hee hee i  he on e 7e!  (e  quae ef on the iana Ba a alw hie to pa 6 7   2 8a6  9e 8 10 10 6  6 n mte foow foow 8 6 a a  Ba

7  �8 8 7  a we-w we-w eai  w w 8   f5 98 8 a ae he quie mve 10h8 Bla i i zugzwag a wi e mae 1 0    a8 1 1  8 8 8b7 e2

8   e4 98  pg he eiae, u  wil fw he lie give i Aveah'  Hee he ihp w  4 a he ihp he he i  pile pil e 9J2 b5 0Jt e7 1l.c7 e6 12Jd4

Ba i i zugzwag a wil have  pu hi ihp u i he pe, hu awi hie hi e  gai a emp  hae hae the la i fuhe wa 1 2 . .  1 3d6t 3 d6t e5 1 4 c c66 e2 e2 1 5  c5 b 16b6

Bk t t t put  j ut me  ig mve   hie hie theten to ptue   5 a a  pmte the -pwn 16 .. . .  e2 17J�b2   d3 18J�b3  19�e3t f44 20d4 f 20 d4   b5 2 1 .e5 a4 22.e6 22. e6

A t wi a emp he hee ue he fa h the a-paw wa lef whu pe

2 2... ... b 5 23. 23 .t t g5

Nw he a i i fa eugh awa fm he ale

24£ g6 25c5 25 c5 g7 26.a8  7.b6 e7 28.a6 a6 29a6 d7 30b7

a a hie wa wa ju i ime i me  pe p eve ve Ba fm ehig ehi g the the avig 8-quae 8- quae

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 he ex pi p ii i Bla ha ha a igh igh iea f a ihp: i hp: Grana Grana Zunig Zunigaa - Nau Naura ra

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72.e5  h7

Fm hee he igh pe h f6 a g5 u aue f s awa pii he quil e up i zugzwag

7. 7. e6 e6 g5

O 7  . . h8 74.

7.hg5

Bla ege i vew vew f 74    xg5 75f5 f 76g6 e5 77.xh5 a he exa paw eue he wi 1-0

62 ...  6t 6.f 6. f 

Bla ha ave immeia pein via he g5quae 6.�a8  65 .�a6t g7 66.e 66. e

Oe O e gia gi a  eee eee ewee a ihp a a g  suh pi i ha Bla a e up  zugzwag zugzwag wih a igh fig fig hm  weae hs ps ll fuhe is pi pi  wul e a aw if Bla ha a a a squa squae e shp shp  he he a  h8 ag agal al i   lg a heefe hie a fe Bla i zugzwag. zugzwag.

Nmall pi wih w paw eah ae a wi f he  ie u i i pil  a a a aw aw wih a ihp v  i me aee ae (a we w a  he ave game he w wa   iul f he. e ie wh he igh ee a lea e paw exa  have have awig he  1940 A Leii hwe hw he aw aw ul  ahieve ahieve i i  suh s uh piis pi is e e fllwing piin i again fm Avea' ngam eie Turm Gegen Leichur, page 71: A. Leiin 1940

66... 66 ...h6 h6 67.e5

e ex p i  fe he la ig  he a a.

67 gt 68.e6 g8 6.�a7  

Bla v all h ivai quae u nw hie u hi ae e aga  he g5qua

70.5 g8 g8 71 .e t

N ee i 71h6 72e5 (Bla' ea wa 72f4  u he mie he hea f peeai: Bla a a allw he whie ig i g  f6 f6 eihe. eihe . 72 .   g4 7f4 a h whie ig ea hugh

.f �a6

O .g5 2.hxg5 hxg5 .h a5 4. fllwe  f4 a he la pw i exhage

uamea game

.  3.'g3 a6 .' 6 .'g3 e3 6. 6 . g2t ' 7. 7.  f

hie i uale  eae a ageu theat a he game hul e a aw e ea f hi u wa he game ima ima  e eie a Rem Rem 1 90 whee whee a w ei hwe ha he game ou e aw wih he e efee eep aali f hi game a e fu i ea' egame  noh nohe e pii pii  wh iveigaig iveigaig i whe oh oh ie have hee paw eah eah u whee whee the o ie ha a weaene paw uue ue  a eapue  f wih he gpaw e fwig pii i ve iuive: rnev rnev  Lyov ov

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 . ' e  g2t 2. e2  ft 3. 'e3  h3 .a7 . a7  f .  . ' e  h3 6.a2 6. a2

Bla i i me i f zugzwag a he mu aw hie hie  pee fuhe fuhe ae ae  hi ex mve

6 ... ...  f

6    e  f he f5quae: 7f5 f4 8a7 f 9h4 a ie ea hugh 7.h

Ti i he  eahugh hie ha I e  eae hea he wi have  aie maeial  tain a piia avaage iea  f he pie pie f  f a pawn he aivate aivate hi ig a  7 ...t ... t

he efeive efeive pa 7     h?! 8hxg5 8hxg5 xg5 i ifei aig  Avea hie ea hugh  aaig g7 wih a ig mah  f8 8.e5 8. e5  t  .  e  ! 1 0.a6t 'h5 l  .hxg5 .hxg5  t 1 2.e3 2. e3  xg5 xg5 13 . .ff

hie ha eae ew p em f f Bla

1 3 ... 

1  h  h 14g g5 15f ae nhig 1. h6 1 5.al   1 6.a7 6.a7 g7 g7 17.e3

e5 an 5 ae we pete b the knight  hite tie hi u f he an intea 7 ...  1 8.d 8. d h6 h6  .5 . 5   20.b7

 menie ave ha he ie wih he ih hu have a ea e aiinal n n u hi i a ieeig exepi exepi ue to the ai weae f hie' immile oue f-paw ee Bla l li u hie ha a oin  aa  g5 ih e pla he ame ame hul e  e a aw hugh a Avea Avea how ( Tu rm gegen Lecgur, page 65 ) Te fllwig aai i fm hi o

20f4? g5 exhange he a pawn a aw aw n he p 20 ...  8 2 1 .b6t 'g5!

Te l wa Afe 2g7 22f4 g5 28!  24e6 gxf4 257 hie win Ba ha  efe efe aive 22.'e5 22.'e5  t 23. 2 3.e6 e6

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2. e7 f f! ! 25. 2 5. 

25�x8 g5 26 g4  25g6  26x8 f4 27.e7 e2  al l a aw e whe ig i  fa awa. 25 ...g5 ...g5 26�b5  27.

ie iea ie  p fm he lgh ganai  ganain n f Bla' piee. e nigh i pae m m he ig an a n wihu he gpawn gpawn hi pii wul have een hpele  i i nw he game en in a aw 27... c6 28.3t  2.e g 30�2t g3 3b6  e7 32e6 c8  c8 33.e3 a7 3.b6 c8 35.b  e7

   a he igh ge u.

23 . . . 8t!

2 h6  h6 244! i v unpleaan f Bla eau f hi app piee n h ie f he a nea h i ea o giv up he nigh  puh hi pawn fwa.  i nwh ha Bla aw onl wih an aive ef e fene. en e.



ee wee he uamenal ngame ha  n elevan f he page  me  hpe he will fm he ai f he e jugemen f  f he me mpliae enga e ngame me ha fllw.

Part II Practice

Itouctio to t II

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e      m

i pt i  pcticl pplictio of the etic ppoch gie i the t two pte. With thee two opeig I wou i to ietigte how my theoeticl tio wok out i pctice. ee e  thought tht me me chooe peciely  wo wo opeig opeig   ughout the opeig  ito the iegme iegme of the c6  c6 Ctl, the mtei ib ibce ce ook . two mio pi ece i peet i y lie  ielie. It my gie ie  the imblce  well, but the oell ept i ot itube.  me i tue i the cotch gme,  hee the poitio fte Blck 7  moe i e moe implie  othe mteil ibce ibce e ot poible po ible to the me extet. exte t. t the oly oe i whe Blck cice  exchge White the i  mio piece  but Blck ley h two pw,   he cice he wil pobby gi futhe tge, mteil  well  poitiol (fo ice, toge cet coto). B  the c6 Ctl the imbce ook  t kight ppe egully (fo itce itc e i he mi ie)  thu thi chpte i  tic pplictio of the theoy gie o hi hi io piece cogutio. e poitio iig fom fom the  c6 Ctl lo occio ly  to the titioly moe commo  . bihop  kight. Becue of the ipie mteil i the cotch gme y the bihop  kight combitio i ibe. (e two bihop e, i geel, too tog  the ook  I i ot  mtei

uitbl u itblee fo fo  chpte li ke thi whee thi exct cogutio ppe o the bo. bo.)) C) Both opeig e to egme poitio eet eet to the peiou chpte o fu fumet met egme e the egme to kight . kig  pw() i woth lookig t  the gm gmee eogie  imoheko, omo om o 00  le to exct exctyy thi eig. ei g. If you wih to ply the mi mi  lie li e of the c6  c6 Ctl thi houl, to ome extet, be  pt of you egme egme epetoie." But othe ot he fumetl fumetl egme e gme lo l o ie, uch  ook . . bihop  kight with fou fou pw ech o the kigie whee the ook ie h  ext pw. i emi u of the fumetl fumetl egme Kpo  Kp Kpo o fom thei  98 5 Wol Wol Chmpiohip Chmpioh ip mtch. A i the cotch gme the poibility of thee pw ech o the kigie i lwy peet. D) I ply thee peig myel o the eciio to tke  eepe ook ito them w ot too icult I ply the Ctl  White, o oe coul fe tht my iew upo thi opeig e ey et fom the tt. owee, I he tie to be  obectie  poible,  fo tht pupoe I he ime to ecibe the poitio fom the pepectie of wht both White  Bk wt,  to wht extet thee im c be fullle. Oly the wil I gie eite cocluio. e me goe fo the cotch gme. I he plye thi egme ice I beg ply plyi igg  . . . e5  fte hig witte thi chpte my oell oell elutio of the ie i e h

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P II Pie

 hge: Bl gi full equli u i me lie he h  te efull efe he  elx A with he 6 Ctl I hve tie t give  vell uetig f he peig  wht i gig  efe givig eie lui e evluti f he lie e, i geel, e  the piiple f he vell vell heme f thi thi  e 6 Ctl h ee le i evel  eetl,  I will efe t hee  e  e peig pei g gie gie i ppulit ppulit i he eightie, eightie ,  lt f  f gme hve hve ee ple ple ie he I hve ee le t   w he wih ew mteil  ew view (

me f hee  ie igil fm the exitig pii u the pit f hi hpe i l  eie hi peig fm the pepetive f the vell theme  v w w mi mi  piee pi ee e th gme h  ee vee t he me exet i   theefe hi hpe i wie i  iee w t l   pil pplii f he heme  v ihp  igh u l   iepee ie pee  hpe hpe ig  ll i he hle f he peig he  thi uje me gme hve ee e i Mega Database   I will efe t hem

Te c6  c6 Catalan

Cha Ch apter 3

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e c6 at

 c6 Catalan arises aer the following  ld4  2c4 e6 3g3 d5 4

hange. White has a fw coorination problms and Blacks pic ar ativ

 5 g2 g2  c6

l l    xal 12.c6t d7 13xc4

 poiti poitions ons leading lead ing to th th desired desi red material material ibalanc arise after the further

hit will win th black knight on a and we have have the desired desi red material imbal i mbalanc. anc. But it takes takes some tim and manwhil manwhil Black will t to dvlop an initiati At th point Bak ha two main ontnuaton  3   b8 n  3   c5 and om th  ha hosn to plit the hapter nto th majo majorr stions stions  3  b8 14b4 c5 an now 15c3 o r 15c3, and the main line 13 . . c5  stating moes for the rst wo lines are:

a

 other main lin li n is 6.00. 6 .00.

b4t  b4t

n altrnative fo fo Bak i 6 . . .  .4 b.

d2 d5  ... ...   also possible.  mov w t

  in arpo arpo Kramnik Wijk aan e 199 1 998.8.  gam continu 8.5 5 9.   .5 5   .  12. 1 2.c3 c3 5  b8 14.f4 and Whit is slightl tt ording to bli bl i eor has evloped , but t is not as to poe an aantag  t against thi soli move. b4 xb4 9 b5 IO.xb5 c2t 

  .f !? s mov mov i rare rare but plaab plaable. le. Te t ti ial al line might b   . . .d .d 1 2.a2 2. a2 6d4 6d4  .5   1 4.    1 5 . d4 d4 d4 .a8 a8 wth ompnaton fo th

l .d4  2.c4 e6 3.g3 3. g3 d5 4 .  dxc4 dxc4  .g2 c6 6.a 6.a44 4t 4t 7.d2  d5 8 xb4dxb4 9 b5 IO.b5 c2t ll.d2 b 

A mor moree comm common on move move orr orr is   .. . a  12.c6 d 13.c4 whn Black has a choice btween 13. 13. . .b8 . b8 and 13. 13 . . . c5. ibli prefers 13. 13. ..c5 . . c5 to the tt continuation. 1 2xc6t 2xc6t d7 d7 1 3.xc4 3.xc4 xal xa l

ow Whit has ha s no real real alternativs al ternativs to

14b4 c5

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Part Part II I I Practce Practce

Te alternatve 14... 14...a5?! a5?! s weaker. ow hite has a choice Black's dea s revealed after 15.c3 c5 1 6.a 1 ab4 1 ab4 ab4 b4! b4! and Black Black puts pressure on on ht hte'e's centre centre - normall the pawn pawn s on o n a5 nstead of c5 c5.. Instead Instead 1 5  c3! seems to be the refutatio refutationn of 14. 14 . ..a5?!. . . a5?!. A Aer 1 5 .ab4 .ab4 1 6.ab4 6.ab4 c5 Black cannot enter ent er normal lnes l nes fav favourable ourable for for hm. h m. 1.a1 cb4 18.e4 gives White a clearl favourable verson of the normal lnes in this hbrid between the lines 15c3 and 1 5 .c3 . Black has has no dangerous dangerous passed pawn pawn or lead in development to compensate for his material loss Another strong contnuaton for White is 1 5  e5 00 (If 1 5 .ab4 .ab4 16.ab4 c5 then ite reples 1.c6! c6 18c6 f8 19.c5 g8 20.c3! with a winning poston pos ton . hite has won back the the pawn pawn and developed developed his pieces and it s Black who laks laks n development here) 16c3 b4 1.ab4 c5 18.a1 cb4 19.e4 Again White ha consolidated with a huge advantage. esk  Stajcc Stajcc Austr Austria ia 1 996. Tis leads us to our rst rs t bra branch nch (aft (after er 1 4    c5) Te 1 5.3 5.3 ine ine

Te pont of ths move s to get the pece out quc. ormall hte reles on th static advantages of hs position and tries to mnmize Black's actve pla until he s bette developed and coordinated. With ths mov hite s not afrad afrad to ght for for the n  ntatve tatve 1 5 ...cxd ... cxd 16.e

Te echange sacrce 16d4?! e5 1a1 c8 18d5 ed4 19d4 i dubo dubous us 1 9 .00 . 00 20 .e . e 1 and here hte ha ha knight and two pawns for a rook. However with with pawns on both both sides si des of the board in thi open positon Black's prospects seem better In the long term the rook s superior to th knight. Te game game Lahner  Cernousek Czec Czec epublic 200 2 003 3 saw Black Black wn on move move 44. 1 6...b5 ...b5 17. 

1  ..a5 .. a5 was plaed in a correspondenc game in 2001. Te move is simpl too slo - allowing hite to get get hs pieces out out an consolidate If this happens the superort o the two two min m inor or pieces pi eces will soon soo n be felt felt Black trumps are a slight lead n developmen and ocaionall the passed pawn on th queensid. Te gam continued 18.a 00 192 b4 20.b4 c8 2c5 c 22.e1 e8 23.h4 h6 24.f b6 25b1 e5 26. d2 and a nd White White had ha d a huge advan advanta tag g n Holzh Holzhaue auerr  elic elic corr corr.. 200 1 .

18.xal!?

Te c6 Catala

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18.a1 looks more atura but is probabl iferior. Raetsk has show that lacks chaces are preferable after 18. 18. ..c8! . . c8! (18... (18 ...d de2 e2  1 9. e 1 is aother cotiuatio coti uatio  see v valuatio eercise eercise 9 at the ed o f the ectio ectio for for more of this positi po sitio o.. Zilberstei Zilbers tei aetsk Russia 1988) 19.c5 c5! 20.bc5 a5 21.e3 c3 22.ed3 d3 23.f4 Ctn n pag ! 24.g5 f5 ( e Ct  whe Black equalizes material with a cntiui cntiuig g attack.  dxet  dxet 19d4 0-0 Oe3

etter was 20.c. Te followig lie i possib possible le 20 . . .d4 2.d4 fd8 e3 e5! 23.b5 d1 24.e2 c ith a iterestig positio. Black has two ks agaist Whites three mior pieces. ee v valuatio eercise 1 1 for more of o f this psitio.  e5! e5! 21xd8 d8 22el bc8 c5 dl

lack has a strog iitiative. Te game ended up i a iterestig rook vs. two knights knights edgame edga me after after e4 cd8 25 c2 al a l 6!

26.a4 was a better move trig to hold o t the paw.  xd3 xd3 7d3 xa3

lack is better here as his rooks are e active. Te white kights have problems cr crdiatig diatig i this ope positio. positi o.   29xe e4 30e4 e4 31f4 at 32e3 al 33fg b8! 34xe4 xb4t 35e3 aS

An iteresti iterestig g poit poi t i the game. game. Te rest of the ame ca be foud i valuatio eercise n. n. 1 1 . Kiss Kiss  Bogusla Boguslavvsk Szolok Szolok 1 987. 987 .

e  5c3 ine ine l   c4  c4 e6 3g3 d5 4d4 4 d4 dxc4 dxc4 g  c6 6a4 b4t 7d2  dS 8 xb4 xb4 xb4 xb4 9 b5 b5 10 10 xbS xbS c2t 1 1 d xal 12xc6t d7 13xc4 b 14b4 5

15c3

Tis is more precise tha the other quee move 15.a2. After 15. 15 . . .cb4 . cb4 16.ab4 Black has 16. 16 . . .b4. . b4. Tis move is ot possible with the quee o c3. After 17.a1 a4 ( 1 7... 7 ...b6 b6 trasposes tras poses to the mai  game ad ad is good good as well) Black is more active tha usual . Also after 16.a1 a5 Black has a active positio. Te more precise precise 1 5 .c3 rules out all these these tries for for Black to complicate compli cate the positio. positio . 1 5    cxb4 16b4 00

Black wats to pla for a uensi initiativ rathe than push the a-paw a logica impomnt o ack pa. Te mal 6. 6...a5 a5 1a  wa seen i the et game game Rahm Rahman an  ausis ausis oori oorick ckee 200 1 .

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17a1 1    1! is a possible improvemen on

hites pla p la.. Te idea i dea becomes apparent if we compa co mpare re with wit h the game. Black Black has wo wo wait waitin ingg moves moves 1 . . . a5 and and 1 .. .b6 bu boh of them interfere interfere with the plan . . b4 followed b quick pressure on Whites position. 1 ... a5 1 8 .a1 seer seers the game game back back ino he main line an and 1  ...b6 ... b6 18.a1 b4 sees he black queen on b4 insead of the rook. er 19.c3 Black doesn have he same pressure against d4 and furthermore the pawn on a is hanging. 19. 19 . . .fc8 . fc8 20.a or 19... 19...c6 c6 20.a and hie has eliminated the dangeous apawn. It is no clear how Black can punish hite fo being greed.

1  . ..b4 . . b4 was he coninuaion in he game Lund  D. D. Peder Pedersen sen Copenh Copenhag agen en 2004 ad a he same ime an ineresing novel. Black wans a passed rooks pawn instead of a knighs pawn as this is far more dangerous in the endgame. See valuaion eercise  at he end of his chaper for a more deailed analsis of his game.

1 7 .. b4 1 8. 1 b6

Black gets the setup h wantd and has a ver active active position. position . 19.e1 19.e1 8!

Forcing he echange of ooks. ooks.

20.c8t c c88 2 1 . .ffd2!

Beer was 2.bd2 to hold on to th cenral pawn. 2 1 ..� .. �d4 d4 22.c3

and and draw draw agre agreed ed in Schandor - Zucchelli Zucchelli Copenhagen 2002 on he suggestion of the Danish grandmaser. grandmaser. See the eercise eercise section section valuaion eercise 6 for more of this position. Tis game was more for heoreical value. et comes an interesig game hat shows ver well how pla can develop in hese positions m - Rau Raui i

Goodricke Goodricke 200 1

l .    2.c4 2 .c4 e6 3.g3 3 .g3 dS 4.d4 4. d4 dc4 dc4 S .g2 g2  c6 6.a4 6.a4 b4t 7.d2  dS 8.b4 db4 db4 9.a3 bS 1 0.xb5 c2t 1 1 .d2 �b8 2.c6t d7 13.c4 a1 14.b4 cS 1 S .c3 b4 16.b4 16 .b4 aS 1 7.a1 7.a1 b4 b4

8Jl!

Ratsk gis the following line in Di Knisch Eron 1 8. e5 00 00 1 9.d 1 (19.c tansposs to th main game) 19. 19. ..b3 . . b3 20.e1 (20.b (20.b2!? 2!? - Lund Lund)) 20 .. . b2 2.a b5 22. 22 . c3 d6 23 .a5 fd8 fd8 24 . e4 e8 (Koslo (Koslovv  Chernikov Chernikov Sovie Sovie Union Union 198) and assesses he posiion as unclear. See valuaion eercise 8 for more of his posiion. 1 8 ...0... 0-00 19. 1 9.e5 e5 bS

1 9 . ..b3 . . b3 has also been plaed. Te gam Sidor Sidoroova  Ovchi Ovchinik nikov ova a Rus Russia sia 1 99 continued continued 20.b2! 20 .b2! . It makes makes a lo of sense o block the pawn here and not let it adanc further and become dangerous. Tough frequenl Blacks pawn is allowed to advanc to b2 m general advice would be o preent his his.. 20 . . .a5 21.c3 fd8 22.e3 White secures the dark squares in he cenre an Black will tr o open up wih a laer ...f ...f6 and ...e5. ...e5. 22 ...e8 ... e8 23.d3 f6 24.a1 Te

Te c6 Catalan  ang angee of queens ill e the osi  ositio tionn of ites ites king ore secure. 24 . . .b6 25.a3 g 26.E 26.Eb b h8 27. Eb2 e5 2 8.d5 8. d5 and hite as a lot better. She Sh e has a stable osit o sition ion with wit h a strong assed an on d5. Te osition ained colicated though and it was tuall dran.

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to block and it akes the front" shorter omared to the a-pan. 24 e5 

Or 24 .. . a6 25.Ea6  26.Ea7 ith a better endgae (bli).

c5 "b6 b6

 .. .f6 2.c6 c6 22c6 is better for it it as ell ell (bli (b li)) . If 22 . . . e5 Wite can p 23d5 23 d5 ith a strong stron g pased pawn pawn in te tr. e3

bli suggests 21.b2!?. Again it makes s to sto the an from advancing to .   ?! ?!

  .. .Efc8!? .Efc8!? sees like the onl onl ove ove to to ut p a gt. g t. Te ov  ovee is logical as hites hites rook o 5 isis str strong. ong. 22.Ec8 22 .Ec8 Ec8 23.b2 d6 a Wite is onl slightl better according o ibi. As an alternativ alternativee he gives gives 23 . . . f6 d3 e5 25.b4 ed4 26.d4. Tis  gives hite a 4 vs. 3 on the kingside i must be an eas win if hite reaches reaches t endgame. ite is robabl close to ning here. r 23 23 . . . d6 Black treatens to open up  ntre with the thematic thema tic .. . f6 and . . . e5 so f f6 25.f3 is logical as it also provides ites king ith a shelter on f2. In m opinion opinion White is better better here. here . 6  6 xc6 xc6 23. 2 3.xc6 xc6 "b7 b7 24." 24 ."a6 a6

.d2 is possible  ell but hite o like to echange queens and go into  ndgame. Te clean" endgame rook vs. sop and knight might sil be lost for lak. White quick obtains a assed an o t d-le and besides that he has active s and good coordination. Te active position of the king will suddenl benet i.  tis endgame Black has an outside bpan instead of an a-pan and this is al in hites favour. Te b-pawn is easier

25.c4t

hite continues the struggle in the middlegae. After 25.b7 ed4 bli gives 26.d3 (h not sil 26.d4? 26.. . Eb7 Eb7 27.d5 h8 28. 28 . d2 with a ce cear ar advantage in the endgame for the asons alread alread mentioned. mentioned . 25 h 26.d5 26 .d5 a7t a7t 27"c5 c5 al 28.e4 ? 

Tis drops a pawn. pawn. Ribli Ribli sugg s uggest estss 28 . . . b3.

29.x! b3

9 ...Ef5 ... Ef5 30.Ec8 and ate to follo. 29 ... d4 30.d4 ed4 3.e4 doesnt save save Black Bla ck either. eit her. 30 d d a4 a4 3  c3 4 Black Black threa threaten tenss . . .  g5 folloed b b . . . Ef E f4 

but hite arries the threat easil. 32. 32 . h3 h3

Or 32 ...g5 ... g5 33..

33.c4

ot 33.d6?! h2 with some counterpla for Black.

33 xh2 

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brie discuss the theor of this interesting opening imzhov - an ey ey

ijk aan Ze 2002

l .4  2.c4 e6 3.  d5 4.g3 c c 5.g c6 6.a4 b4t 7.2 5 .xb dxb4 dxb4 .a3 b5 10. 10 .xb5 xb5  c2t l l .d xal 12.xc6t 7 13.xc4 c5

34.h4!

Because of the threat against th blak king, hite forces the echang of uns, obtainin obta iningg a won edgame. edgame. 34 xh4 35.4 �f4 36.h5 b2 37.�e6 �4 38.�xe5 38 .�xe5 

hite has a huge matrial advantage. ow Black canot even sacrice back th rook fo to minor pieces, as the rook endgam is completel hopless for for him. hi m.

38 ...g8 ... g8

In the the line lin e 38   . b1 39.b1 b1 40.b 40 .b 1 b 1 4  .e8 Black Black is eve evenn matd! matd! 3. 3.   4.5   4 2 g6

Blak is lost in a case. case. ibli giv gives es 41 . . .@e6 42f 42 f55  @ 43 h7 as winnin g for for hite.

42.g6t hxg6 43.b5 bl 44.xbl x6t x6t 45. xb5 46. xb5

his ending end ing is easil ea sil wo for for hit hite.e. An etra non-rook non- rooks pawn wins without wit hout a problems.

46.. . b6 b6 47. c3 g5 8.  4 g6 4.@e3 ? 50.c5t

and Black resiged He cannot avoid the knight knight fork after after either 50 . . . f6 f6 5 1 .d7 or 50 ... 5 51.d7. 10

Te Main ine 13. 13 . . .c5 . c5

We start with an interesting novelt b Kasimdzhanov. At the same time we will

Tis move was rst plaed in vanchu  Ko Korc rchnoi, hnoi, ilbu ilburg rg 1 989 . Compar Compared ed t the alternative 13. 13. . .8, . 8, Black wants t keep keep his options options open  th black rook rook do not necessaril belong on b8. aetsk an Chetverik gve the following lines in Die Katanische ata nische  u ng, page 21 14b4 cb 15.ab4 c8 and 14e5? c8 15.b4 b 16.c3 d4 promise no fun for hite. Tis shows the eibilit of Black's 1 move. 14.

Bad Bad is 1 4 c3?! cd cd44 1 5 . d4 c8 c8 1 6.d 6.d e5 and Blak gets gets his knight out. ou t. 1 4...a5t ...a5t

1 4 ...cd4 ... cd4 is intresting. It keeps the positi more closed and allows White to complete hi development, but Black is left with a stro centre. 15.a1 c8 16.b4 (Tis move i better than 16.b e5! 1.d1 a5 18.b

Te c6 Catalan b5 19e 00 20bd2 c2 and Black  n active active position position in Levin Levin - Rogozen Rogozenko ko mburg 2001) 16 16c6 c6 (16 (16a4?! a4?!  4 c2 1 8. e3! e3! isi s a tpica tpica anoeuvre e hite king is not afraid of teporaril being in the centre of the board on e3 it is ite safe.) 17.c 00 18b2 f6 19.e e5 0.c5 fe 2bd2 b7 22.f Black s seized contro of the centre but White is bt bt to to achieve full full coordination coordinati on..  . . . c .e1 e4 4c4e position is still mplicated but its closed nature gives White ligtl better chances Blacks position looks rmonious though an his counterpla l not be underestiated. White went on t in in in eske eske - Dgebuad Dgebuadze ze Berlin 1 995  c3

5.b4!? is another possibilit leading to e confusing pla where Blacks chances are t orse. Fro Fro a strategic viewpoint viewpoi nt I thin t hinkk tat this move is istaken as ite should t to consolidate his position rather than reating a ess. Te ove does take soe pessre o d4 but Blacks initiative on the eensie becomes ver strong. Please note tt the move b4 is good for White in soe lies lter on.

  d4 

lack has two other options to challenge hite hitess position posi tion..

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a) 15. 15.c c66 1 6b4! ow ow this this is good good 16   cb4 1ab4 a2 (17 (17 b4 b4 18b! creates no probles for Wite) 18a2 ow Black has a choice Both oves lead to ver interesting positions that I will cover in the eercise eercise section at the end of the chapter. chapter. a  ) 1 8. 8 . ..b3 . . b3 19.c3 d5 0.e4 c 2.b2 e4 (21...c4 is answered b .f) 22.b3 d5 23.b a 24.a2 c2 25.b3 f2 imoshenko  Ziatdinov Phiadelphia 1999 a2) a2) 18 ... a5 1 9 .a1 .a1 ( 1 9.b 5?!  b3 20.c3 20. c3 d5 2 1 e4 c 22 b2 b 2 c4 is di di erent fro fro before before as now n ow the back knight has an escape route) 19 19ab4 ab4 20b4! a1 2c6 with a strange positio posi tionn where White Whi te has three ino i norr pieces for for Black Blac ks two two rooks. rooks . b) After 15... 15...d d hite again has a choice

b1) 16.b4?! is now not so good as before becaus becausee of 1 6  cb4 17b4 a2 18a2 b3 19.c3 a4! with unclear pla. Black saved a tepo in this line copared to the gae b2) Another option is 16.a!? cd4 1.d4 e5 18.b3 b6 19c2 00? (Better as as 19 . . .f5 20.e4 e4 2e4 c 22. 22 .c3 c3 f f2 and Blacks position posi tion is not orse. With equal pawns he has a ver active position pos ition and Whites king is slightl insecure.) 0

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Par Par II  Pracce Pracce

f5 f5 2  . de4 de4 Men Menss  Mejer Mejere,e, Baun Baunat atal al 1999. e game contnued 2...b8 22.d1 f2 23.f g2 24f5. See the eercse secton sect on for the full ealuaton of ths pos pos on. on. b3) After After 1 6a 1 cd4 cd4 (Bad (Bad s 16 . . c6? 1 .b4 cb4 cb4 1 8.a 8. ab4 b4 b4 1 9e3 and he consoldaes conso ldaes hs poson pos on wth an adan adantag tage.e.)) 1.d4 e5 18b4 b6 19c2 pla rasposes o he he man lne. 1 6. 4 � 17.al 17.al

1.b4?! was one of he rst attemps n hs openng. Te moe s not er good In geeral geeral he h e should onl respond respond wth b4 b4 n repl to ...e5. ... e5. After After 1 . . .b6 18.e3 c6! 19c6 c6 20.a1 e5 Black s better. he has o pawns for the echange, bu he open poston faours the rook. Gasmo  Doroshkech, Doroshkech, St Pete Petersb rsbur urgg 1 994.

followg varaons varaons comes no cosderaon, spred sp red b b bl bl a) 2   h h2? 2? 22h 1 ! g g22 23e @h8 @h8 24h 24 h @h 25 .h4 s a classca classcall mae. b) 2h3 22h3 h3 23d1 wh an advaage. In I n he las eample eampl e hte hte has a sold poson pos on wh good coordna coordnao o and and hs kg s que safe. Compared o some of he posons poso ns from from he valuaon valuaon eercses, eercses, hs s a great acheemen. c) Aer Aer 2 1 .  e6, as plae plaedd n  n the game, he responded 22h4 ad had a materal adanage, whle Black's counerpla dd ot ge eough compensaon (bl) I he game hte wen wen on o wn. 18.b4

Here he knght manoeure o b3 s premaure 18.b3? e6 19.@c2 b6 e knght on b3 s pnned and he has dcultes dcultes fr freeng hs poson poson 20d 20 d 1 d1 2 1 . d 1 00 00 2 2.c3 2. c3 d he cannot cannot aod the followng actcal blow whout gng gng up materal materal 23  . . b3 24b3 d2 (Ftacnk) 1 8 ...b6 ...b6 19.c2

Bad s 19.b3? c6 and he bshop on g2 drops.

1 7 ...e5 ... e5

A alernave alernave o hs move move s

1  . .b6 b6 1 8.e3 e5 1 9.  d5. Te epers dsagree abou the Di ata atann isch ealua ealuaon on of hs hs poston . In Di  ung aesk ad Cheverk clam Black has has good counterpla counterpla after after 1 9 . ..6, . . 6, whereas bl ges he a clear adanage Te moe was tred n  n Van Van el  Aeksandro Aeksand ro, , Greece 2002, 2002 , where where pla pla contnued 20.c4! 20 .c4! 00 (Black cao cao ake he knght 20 ..ed4 .. ed4 2 1 .c5 and he o hrea hreas s of mae mae wn he he quee queenn  bl) bl) 2  . e2 ow ow the the

1 9 ... ...

1 9 .e6 .e6 s anoher opon and pla usuall ransposes to he man lne. Boh

Te c6 Catalan hite and Black can deviate hough as we shall see 20d5 2 2e3 (2d!? as a nov novelelt t n eorgev  osheko oshe ko rm rmoo 200   I  vew vew the rook doesn doesntt blng on his square More o this gae later  the chaper) 2h2 22c4 leads to h main line li ne unle u nless ss Black goes or or he greed  g3?! g3?! (22 (22   00 23h4 is the ain ) ) 23b5 d7 (23   d7 24c5 c8 a7 also avours e) 24e4 with a strng iniiave or e 20 20  d5 It is ineresg hat Adas gives ths e an eclaato ark Te ove does rce Black o pla e6  e6 but the quesio is i Black has has oher bshop oves oves I ot hn hn it s erel  erel a questio questio  o o  ove orders nthe ntherr po po  s s ha  i ie e would raher b le with a bshop and knght isead o  knghts  the coi g edgae he he uld preer 20e3 wih a urher gh jump to d5 0e3 e6 (20 (20 h3?! h3?! 2d5 h2 c4 g3?! 23c5 s oce aga beer r ie due to Black's lack o develop developent ent)) 1cd5 00 22c4 d5 23d5 h2  the the gae gae Baree Bareevv  Adas Adas Dortund Dortu nd  below 0-0 2 1 .c4 20 20  .0-0 nteresting nteresting hough a bi slow slow isi s 2  h  h  ! ?  22c?! (22e3 gh be beter)  d5 d5 23d5 e2 See the eercise sctin or a ore deailed analsis o the sitin 2  e6 tac tacni nikk gves gves 2    h2 22 22  e6 23 23 3 s nclear

6

a) 25   d5? loses ater 26d5 g2 27 27d d ! d5 (27 (27   d5 28c2 s o better) 28d5 d5 29c2 and hie n b) 25    d6 26c 26 c  hite is clearl better better He has an active posit pos iton on with a strong stro ng central knight and queen Ts position is eactl what hie is looking or with t knights or a rook: ood srongholds or the kights and active (heav) pieces o support the hie has a big advatag advatagee here here  In the gae ater ater 24 24 3? 3? ! Black Blac k swapped swapped queens queens wth 24   3 ad the plaers agreed a draw aer aoher ve oves 23.h4 23. h4 xh4 xh4 24.h4

Fiall we have reached reached he edgae

24... ...  25.'c2!?

aspar asparov ov clas cla s 25 e  e  is preerable: preerable:





.e3 . e3 xh2 xh2

  d7!? was was an iteresn i teresngg ovel  n Seg Segun undo do  Aleksa Aleksadr droov Ohrid 200   at game coniued 23e4 d8 ad now hite plaed 243 243 ?!  taci tacikk gve gvess 24e5 2 4e5!?!? as a a  iprovee iprovee  ite ite Aer 24  d5 25cd5 and w:

25    26e6 e6 27a4 4 (or 27  d4 28c with a he atve) 28c5 6 29c4 d4 30d2 5 ad hte is probabl slghl beer asparovs 25e ght well be he best ad asdzhaov's ove i connection wih his provee on he ne ove wll abe ot last log I he long run the whie whi e kg k g s probabl prob abl better as a deender deender on he kgside ad he can use his rok in the cle See also the notes to hites net ove

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Part Part II: I I: Pactice Pactice

Kasimdzhanovs Kasim dzhanovs move ceates ceates some tactical threats in the gle but if Black defends successfull against them then what? Ftacnik Ftacniks 26 . . . g6!? was tried in a traiing game between two of m pupils. Kaspaovs 25 . \e 1 was tried tried in Sloth Sloth  Palcia Palciausk uskas as cor. cor. 200 20 0 1  see see the the net net game. game. 2 5 .d 1 ?! is inferior inferior as the roo rookk is not ideal ideal on tis squae. Aer 25 .. .f4 .f4 26.\c 26. \c  Black ca pla 26. 26. ... . \£ 27.e6 e6 28.ed5 and it is hard for White to avoid a rook swap. 2 ... 

More pecise than 25 . . .d5 d5 26.ed5 26. ed5 \£ when White will stat pla on the queenside immediatel with 27.b5! 27. b5! e6 28. b4.

26gl!

A novelt b Kasimdzhaov. So fa weve been following following Kaspaov Kaspaov  Adams Corus Corus 2001 which continued 26.d f4 27.c4 and was soon drawn. Tis however was caused b the touamet situation. Other possibilities lead to unclear pla: a) 26. 26 . c6! ? It makes sense to keep keep the bishops on the board: It is coect in accordance with ou ou  ule" ad it helps helps Wite Wite to create a passed pawn on the queenside. On the minus mi nus side sid e Black gets an additional tempo to create create active pla after after 26 . . . d4 27.h1 f4 2 8.  f fd8 fd8 but bu t mabe mabe a tempo tempo is wot wothh it. Ae 29 .b 5 White is active active on the queenside. queenside.

Ftacik assesses the position as unclea. b) Anothe option is to go for the c6squae ight awa with 26.b5 f4 27.e6 \e6 28.c4 d4 29.a5 but Black opens up the position position with with 29 . . . f3 and is ver active. Te right assessme assessmett is pobabl uclea but I like l ike the activit activi t of the the black ooks. ooks . Aer Blacks Blacks last move ite has woies about the h4pawn and the ope position does not suit Wites kights. White has to make peparato peparato moves before before he ca jump j ump to c6 because of the pin on the c3knight ae .. .4 so Blacks ini i nitiative tiative might mi ght be unpleasant unpl easant for for Wite. 26 ...7 ... 7

26 .. . d5 27.ed5 d7 28.b5! Tis manoeuve is familiar b now: White ceates a strong outpost for for his knight on c6. 28 . . . c8 29.b4 with a slight advatage for Wite who is active on the queenside. 26 .. . f4 was metion met ioned ed b Ftacik. Ftac ik. Aer Aer 27.e6 \e6 28.c4 g6 29.d2 White is better due to his central control (the e4 square). 26 .. . g6!? g6! ? is Ftacnik Ftacni ks suggested suggested impovement Te idea is to avoid the tactical tricks on the kingside consolidate the position and then slowl improve it. It seems as if Black can allow this slight loss of time as he alead threatens to pla ...f4. ...f4. How pla developed in te abovemet abovemetio ioed ed traini g game game ca be see afte the et game. 27.e6t

27.g7? leads onl to equalit aer 27.. . \g7 28.e6 d4! 29.f5 f 30.d4 ed4 (Kasimdzhanov). 27... xe6 28.a4

Whites main idea in this position haass Blacks king. kin g.

2... 2 ... 

IS

t

Kasimdzhanov gives the following line 28 ...c8 ... c8 29.c5 \f6 30.h5 d4 31.f f4 32.\c3 g6 33.hg6 hg6 34.c4 wit a slight edge to White. White. Bad now is 34 3 4 . . . g5 35.h  ! g4 36. 36.e5!. e5!. 2.c5 4?

Te c6 Catalan

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o Paauskas 

corr 2001

l .4  2.c4 2 .c4 e6 3.g3 3. g3 5 4 .g2 c4 c4 . . c6 6.a4 b4t 7 .2  d5 8 .xb4 dxb dxb44 .a3 .a3 b5 IO .xb5 .xb5 c2t I I .'2 xal 12.xc6t 7 13.xc4 c5 14.a2 a5t 15.c3 4 16.x4 E8 17.Exal e5 1 8.b4 b6 1 . c2  20 . 5 5 0 2l.c4 e6 22.e3 2 23.h4 4 24.h4 24.h4  25.'e 25. 'ell

Kasarov Kasarov's's suggestion suggestio n

25 ...x5 ...x5

i allow a tactical trick after which it it obtains obtains a winnin wi nningg advantage advantage 29    8  t right move after which thigs are tr unclear although I still have a slight rence for ite .!

i move crows ite's straeg of  an Eg to la against the somewhat lrable black kig Once again we note tt te combination of a rook and wo ir pieces can be ver threatening o the   king kin g ...  ... 31 .e4t! .e4t!

Ater 2 5    ®£ hite can avoid avoid the echange echange of bishos with 26  c6!?  Tis i an alerative to the reviousl mentioned 26d f4 2c4 from the game Kaarov  Adams Adams which ended ended in i n a draw draw quick quick afer afer 2    d5 28d5 e6 29c f6 till ti ll Black shoul not no t be b e afraid afraid of 26 c6!? as it oens oens u other other ossibilities ossibilities 26  Ed4!? 2 2 b5 b5 Eh4 28 a g5 with a ver ver shar shar osition 26. ex5 ex5 E7 E7 27.El ' 28.e4!?

Tis move erhas oens u the oition too much An alternaive was immediae pla on the queenide

 point 3  Ef E f ?? is no good afte afterr 3 l  f4 f4 

... . .. 

 3 1  Ee4 Ee4 32Eg5  f4 33 e6

. t e7  e7 33.Ex x

 lack lack tries tries a deserado dese rado with 33    Ec4 b3 Ec5 hite wins the awn ending  35bc5 f8 36c4 .6t  35 .x . x44 ex ex44 36.'3 36. '3

i pawn ending is won for hite as ll . .  37.'x4 g5 38.g5 'g6 3.b5  40.a4 



parov' idea was tried in one game b the r Correpondence orl Camion ] lot

28 ...Ec8! ... Ec8!

28 g6  g6 is now too slow slow in view of 29 29 a4 a4 wen ite initiats in itiats la on the the queenie

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Par Par II  Pracice Pracice

Black's decision to acivate he rook is good Black would rather open up he posiion (and the fourh rank!) raher han allow hie a srong oupos on d5 Tis would have been he case afe aferr he eak 2 8  f4?  o onl on l would would his give ie a srong knigh on o n d 5 bu the plan of advancing advancing he gpawn is harmless hie plas he king o f3 and he is read o o mee he openi o penig g of he he kingside (he hle). Also he knigh o c3 would be freed from he du of proecing is colleague on d5  and c5 looks like a srong oupos 2.

hie has won a pawn pawn bu he has no n o secure squares for his knights which are no ied o each oher in he centre. 2 .. 4 3. 4!

30  . h4 h4 3 1 .e  ! and the the epa epawn wn drops drops

3 1 .cl g6! g6!

Again Again 3 1 .  .h4 .h4 32e 3 2e 1 ! is unplea unpleasa san n for for Black. Te e5pawn is hanging and hite would obain srong cenral conrol. Insead Black Black avoids he empaion of maerialis maerialism m Te capre on d5 o eer a rook edgame edgame is no o be recomeded eiher as hie ges an acive roo o he ce 32. 32 . 6  h

Blac ha o roblems afer he osiion opens  is oe he case he rook full maches maches o knighs knighs i i  a oen posiion posi ion like li ke his even even wihou addiional addiional pas. pas. 33.hl

Draw agreed A possible coiaion i s 3 3 . . . 4d5 34d5 d5 ad Black's chances are are not no t orse orse in i n he roo edgame 

Ftacnik's improvemen was ried i a rece training game beeen o of m pils pi ls eber  Tesrup

Copenhagen 2004

26...g6!N ... g6!N

Facnik's Fa cnik's imrov im roveme emen n on o n Black's pla p la

27.h5!?

A ineresing idea aso seen i our  game. Le us r o lis he possible pros cons of this move a) hie wans o ge rid of he ha· as knighs nd rook's pawns ver dicul sop Furhermore he fron is shorened  the echange of hpawns b) Te open ope n hle can fal fal ino hie's h laer I is he who decides hen o capu g6 and open he hle If Back caure h5 his pa rcre il be weakeed corse corse  his isi s an oion oi on for for Black and  shold sho ld be aare of his ossibi ossi bilili  c) Te an o h4 can be a objec aack afer he ical manoeuvre    Movig he a ad evenuall echa i can be seen as a prophlacic prophlacic measure d) Te hree rs poins poin s are all posiive posiive  he mai oin o in agains he pawn move is i helps help s Black o creae creae a passed pawn pawn o o kingside ormall one should no pla he side of he board where he oppone sroger sroger Considering Cons idering all hese pros ad < i becomes evident ha he rook ech favours avours Black here  he argumens li above concentraed o he oe hle a passed black pawn on he hle and B would love to echange a pair of rooks. 

Te c6 Cataa

... .. .f? f?!!   ..g8! .. g8! s strong here It seems that Black

as enough tme to at aother move He s  ove aa from strog couterpla th  ff ff4 - hereas Wht Whtee ll have to use some  to avace hs queese majort Black  e to ake one more consola cons olatng tng move,  es. Ar the tet move Whte s able o a a out out an nterestng n terestng echangng operaton operat on .6t g6 2 xe6t xe6 

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ssetal as 33 a8! a8! (a3 s hagg no 34a8 a8 35b3 6! 36b4 h8 Ts shos another raback of b4-b5 as Black no wns the for c5 c 5 Te engame after after 3.a4 3 .a4 h4 c5 c 5  s eve eve slghtl better for hm, although hte shou be abe to ho the posto Please ote the mportace mpo rtace of the rook sap! 3.c7?!

More to the pot was 34a4, but Whte as better  an case an evetuall o the game. Bae Baeev ev - ds ds

Dortmu 2000

l .d   2.c 2.c e6 3.g3   . .  xc xc  g2 c6 6.a b4t 7 d2 d 8.b4 b4 . b 10.xb c2t ll.d2 xal 12.xc6t d7 13.xc4 c 1.a2 at at 1 . c3 d d 16.xd 16 .xd �d 17.�xal 

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Jg6t!  31.�a6 e3 32.�xa7t e6

fer a seres of force moves a ctcal son has has arse

.5?!

ot the best move m ove as no n o Black Blac k can force  ec echa hang ngee of one on e par pa r of rooks. Yes Yes - ths l l s a gneral gneral rule an can be appe ap pe  n ths th s son as ell here Whte  s a echage echage ! Whtes rook s actve an supports the aa aanc ncee of the quees que es e pans. p ans. Back's rooks, rooks ,  he other ha, has problems ng an bject to attack, an thus Black shoul seek e echange of one par of rooks. More rcs rcsee as as 33 a4 an an aer aer 33   . a8 a8 34. 34 .h h 8 Whte plas 35h8 h8 36a5 th ber nnng chances than n the game.  .. 6?

s eak moe oes not mprove Back's ston an allows Whte to push hs paws  he ueense whou an culty.

1 7 e   

1  .c5!? . c5!? s a nterestng move Ts almost almos t forces forces te to sacrce sac rce the echange, echange, an e have seen from other postons that Black often enjos the long-term avantages of the rook even f Whte has to pans for the kght. 18e3 e5 an o a) Kasmzhaov Kasmzhaov - Aeksar Aeksarov ov,, ahorna ahorna 2003 sa the contuaton 9.5 5 205 {20.5 as bet, o conn

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as in th main gam) 20  . . d4 2.d4 h5 22  
Tis is an altrnativ to 2.d5. T ida for hit hit is to b lft lft with bishop and knight vs. rook in th coming ndgam. Tr ar som signicant dirncs to th normal main lin as w shall soon s 2 1 .. .0-0 22.c4 22.c4 xd5 xd5

22 . . .f5! has gon unnotc so far but it sms lik a strong option for Black. 2.f 2. f g2! g2! (T (T point. 2 . . .d5?? loss to 24d5 sinc th bishop is capturd with chck) 24.g2 d5 25.c5 g2 26.< c8! 27 f 28.<f f4 with an unclar unclar position.

Blacks rooks ar vr activ in this opn position and hav a good chanc of coordinating wll against th and position ofhits king its chancs li in his qunsid pawns in ordr to disrupt Black Blacks coordination  Black is slightl bttr hr du to hi s longtrm advantag advantagss Atr 29gf4 f4 Fritz 8 suggsts 0 a7? a7? which which is i ndd a bad mov Black Bl ack now claris claris th position o n th qunsid with 0. 0 .a8 a8 1.c5 f! (..a 2.b5 is lss clar. T far advancd bpawn will disturb Black Blacks coordination) coordinatio n) 2f 2 f (2 (2  b5 ? f2 onl splls troubl for hit) 2 2 a a d5
Ftacnik giv givss 24.g4!? h6 2 5 .f .f < h8 26. 26 .hh 1 g6 g 6 as slightl bttr for hit. T ndgams aftr aftr a qun swap ar alas alas mor advantagous for hit compard to th lins whr hit has two knights and following our gnral considrations th prsnc of an tra rook bnts hit as wll. In fact I bliv that hit is a lot bttr aftr ithr 27.< f5 28.c4 or 27.g4 4 28.f4.

Te c6 Caala

6

Georgiev Georgiev - Timoshen Timoshenko ko Paormo Paormo 200 1 I .4  f 2.4 e6 3.g3 3. g3 S 4.g2 4.g2 c4 c4 S .    c6 6.a4 b4t 7.2  S 8 .xb4 xb4 xb4 9.a3 9.a3 b5 lO .xbS .xbS  c2t l l .' 2 xal 12.xc6t 7 13.xc4 cS 14.a2 aSt 15.c3 d4 16.x4 E8 17.Exal eS 1 8.b4 b6 b6 1 9. c2 e6t 20.5 x x

 ..  tanik wries: Black a eraily not a t op for a egame, sice his main an an lies in i n the shay posiion posi ion of he whie ing"  ngam ngam afte afterr 24   . �xh4? 25gxh4 is   a lo lo btter b tter for for Whi Whi  25 . . . d7 (If sta sta 25 2 5  
2I.El!? Nomal Nomal is 2  3  is gam gam s nt n tsting sting u to t ngam with two knights vs ook. 21 ... 0-0 22.' 2 2.' c1 xS 23.x5 23. x5

_ li

 last gam in his h is chaper cha per shows a gh gh  teen a rook an two knighs, eveually aing to a two knights vs. king an pawn ing

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More teting wa wa 23  . e2! 24.e7 �h8 25.Ed8 Ed8 26. h2 wth an intereting poition. After the fpawn diappeared the black kng wa lghtl weakened but a long a ite cannot get the other knght to join the attack the poition reman unclear. hite kng need helter fom the torm a well oing nto an endgame after 2.f5 d2 28�b2 d might caue problem for hite a Black ha a trong potential paed pawn in the h-le hite can create hi own paed pawn on the queenide but thi wll take him ome time Te following line how the dicultie hite will face in a poition lke thi 29e?! (Ti i Frtz 8 main uggetion uggetion but 29d 29d Ed 30 .b5 .b 5 i more to the point hite tart hi attack on the queenide queen ide without dela.)   . . e e 30. 30 . e Ed3! 31.c6 Eg3 32.a h5 (Knight jut hate rook pawn!) 33.b5 h4 34.c6 (34.b6 Eg6 35.c8 Eb6! 36b6 h3  an amuing line that how the helplene of the white knight in an open poition.) 34 .. h3 35b6 Ef3 36b Ef8 3.e5 Eb8 38g4 b

30.x 30. xg St 3l . .cl cl e6!

Pobabl Black had thi brillant move in mind when when he plaed plaed   h5  hite eemed eemed to be well on h h  wa to the full full pont but with thi move the game enter an endgame where a draw i the likel reult.

3.xe5 c8 33.6 e8 3.xe6 xe6 35. 35 .xxt g8 36. 36.  8 xe xe

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.c

Te pawn on e2  protected and hite ha obtaned coordnaton c oordnaton between between h force Black till win win  a pawn but wth heav piece pi ece for both ide the poition remain unclear. 24 ...xh ...xh 5.g g g 6. 6.  e3

26ce3?! i unpleaant for hite after 26 .  Ec8!.

2 6. . xl xl t 27.xl 27.xl h t 8. 8. hS

A more ambitiou tr for Black wa 28 .  Ed8 29.�c3 2 9.�c3 b 30.�b 2 Ec8 Ec8 to hope for ome chance againt hite king and then onl in i n the endgame en dgame advance the h-pawn (and tr to obtain a paed hpawn). hte poton make a harmonou impreion though. 29.c7 hxg4

29 . . . h4  both ambitiou and rik after W � h3. 30.e5 E   � W

A critical potion. 37.c6

3.b5!? to  the apawn wa perhap a better winning attempt.

37...a6 ... a6 38.a g5 39.b5 b5 0.b5 g l.b6 g3 2.b7 e8 3.e3  .g2 e6 45. 6 6.b8t xb8 7.xb8

Te game i a theoretical draw. Te reerve knight i too far awa fom the a-corner where the black kng will eek helter. See te endgame ection for more information about when it i poible to mate in which corner It all depend on how far advanced the pawn IS.

7 ...5 7... 5 8.d3 8.d3 c5 49.e 49.e4 6 6 50.a6 c6 5l.d4 b6 52.c5 c6 53.e b6 5.c3 c6 55.e4 b6 56.6 c6 57.c4 b5 58.d5 a6 59.c6 a7 a7 60. d6 b8 b8 6 l .b6

hite ha obtained the deired poition (ee the matng method in chapter 2) but it lea nowhere a a8 i a afe corner.

Te c6 Catalan

...a8 62.8 b 63.a7 a .c6

 raw agree agree

'%

a brng to a cloe the game that I hav  to how n th chapter I hav tr  cu on the crtcal poton of the c6 lan an m hope  that the how how  ateral mbalance work n practce o  the reaer' feelng fo uch poton  v v choe another 1 1 poton for the ng eerce ecton Te eerce eal  crtcal poton or mpl poton   I blve are ntructve ntr uctve  houl war the reader at th tage  ncluon to th chapter (page 4) an ome pot from the oluton of  eerce a therefore thee erce ul be olved rt to ga the full beet  m

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vauato v auatonn eercses

Chap ter 4

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Evuation uati on Exercis Exercises es

imosheno no - anov anov 1  imoshe ladelpa 1999

Quesion: r to evaluate te poson n

genera and on te bass o the undamental postons dscussed n the endgame capter. 3. Meins Meins - Meiere

aunatal 1999

oston ater 2S ... ...  esion: r to evauate te poston ater 26 0-0 27.hl . Wat are te pros and

ons ote and acks poston and wat  te trng to obtan? Wo s better and ? 2 imoshenko imoshenko - Zianov Zianov ladelpa 1999

Poston aer 24.x Quesion: r to evaluate the poston n

terms of materal atvt an stat vs. dnamc advantages. 4. Georgi Georgiev ev - imoshe imoshenko nko

Panomo 200 1

oston ater 21.xc6 ...x2 Poston Post on ate aterr 23 ...x2

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Quesion: ry to evaluate this postion in the

same ay as the previous eerise.

7. cho choff - Zuche Zucheii

Copenhagen Copenhagen 2002

5. Be Beev  Ad Ads (line)

Dortmund 2000

Positon aer .c3 Positon osito n aer 6 . h Quesion: In hs h s analysis to the game game Ftanik

gave 27. h5 5! 28.h4 d6 et. as beng unlear Is there a stronger ontinuation or hite rom the diagram position?

Queio T o evaluate the poson on

the ass o games already dsussed ho is better and ? 8. oz ozov ov - Chei Cheio ovv

Soviet Union 1978

6. Lund Lund  D Pede Pedes sen en

Copeagen 2004

Poston aer   e8 e8 Quesio: ry to evaluate ths omplate

Position aer a er 3 e7 

Quesion: Te queston here s simple but

the ans anser er might be diult: diul t: Can Blak Bla k in this position? Clue Compare this position ith that of Ka Karp rpov ov  Kaspar Kasparov ov on page pa ge 40.

middlegame middl egame position positi on in terms terms o material an the ehanging problem. hat are hite's plans? And hat an Blak pn his hopes on?

valuao v aluao eerce 9 bes besei einn - Res Res ve Uo 1988

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Supor our choce wh varaos. Ad do ou cosder he edgae a draw or a w for Blac? 1  . Ks Ksss - Bos Bos vs vs  (le)

Szolno Szolno 1 987

so aer .e esion: r o evaluae he oo  tems of dac vs. ac advaage ad then draw soe cocluso o ho boh

l ler erss hould hou ld develo devel o her he r la  la 10 Kiss Kiss - Bos Bos vs vs  lno 1987

...  o afer afer 3 ... esion: er e's sroges ove

.f do ou hk ha Blac should la    . . a4 ad coue he arch of he a n or ake rohacc eaures agas  wh wh eher eh er    . . bb 1 or   . . b2.

oso o so aer .  . . c Qion: O he bas of he edgae

kowledg kowledgee of he he fudaeal osos os os wh o or eces for a rook r o evauae h oo Clue Coare he ore basc edgae oso  eercise 2

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Concusions:

W hav discussd th c6 Catalan and it is tim to draw som conclusions. W tak th thr main lins on at a tim In th 15.c3 lin

Whit tris to contst Blacks initiativ in th opning. Tis is a dubious stratg as Black is bttr btt r prpard than Whit du to his lad in dvlopmnt and in this lin Whit can hop for nothing mor than qualit. Aftr 15. 15. ..cd4 . . cd4 164 b5 17a2 d3 Rat Ratsk sk has shown shown that 1 8. a1 c8! 1 9c 9 c55 c5! c5 ! is strog or or Black An improvmnt for Whit is 18a1!? d2 19d4 but Black has an cllnt gam hr as wll. In th rcis sction rcis rcis 1 1  Whit Whitss pla was was impro imp rov vdd upon but iti t was was not nough no ugh to scur scur hi m qualit in this matriall unbalancd position. Trfor I rcommnd that Whit should avoid this this lin. lin . T 15.c3 lin was Whits choic in th lin whr whr Black pla plass 13 . . . b8 (instad of th main lin ...c5) ...c5) and aftr 14.b4 c5 Whit should choos 15c3 instad Ts lins sm to scur Whit a plus if h plas carfull

In Schandor  Zuchlli Black Blacks novlt novlt 1 6  . . 0-0( 0- 0(!)!) paid o as Whit Whit rpl was not th bst and Black obtaind a good position. H was in fact bttr whn a draw was agrd as th solution to th valuation rcis 6 tlls us. Had Whit plad dirntl h could ha strd th gam back into th main lin and hus this novlt can b answrd with anothr anot hr novlt novlt and it isi s mrl m rl a mattr of a trick mov mov ordr in th opning. opn ing. Lund Lund  D. Pdrs drsnn saw anothr nov novltlt in 17.. 17..b4!?. b4!?.

Black wants a rooks pawn instad of a knights knig hts pawn and h wants an activ roo rookk on b4 rathr tha sking countr cou ntr chancs with a far-advacd bpawn. bp awn. Aftr 17 17   b4 b4 Black Blac ks pawn on th qunsid aks longr to b dangrous but instad Black njos an activ position Anothr point is that changing pics to go into an ndgam is suddnl not so favourabl for Whit as was th cas in th positions discussd in th Rahman Rahman  Rausis Rausis gam. In that gam Whit Whit wantd to chang chang quns to mak th posi tion of o f his king mor scur and vn th chang of th rook was prfctl oka as h usuall controlld th b pawn Aft 17... 17...b4! b4! Black was lft with an apawn and this dirnc changs th cours of th gam considrabl consi drabl 

valuatio v aluatio eercises ite was ot obliged to echage pieces  ppe ppeed ed i Lud Lud  D. D.  Pederse Pederse ad ite is still slightl better aer 18.1! as   nlsis nlsis of the game game shows. sh ows. Tis T is is perhaps p erhaps  criticl criticl cotiuatio of this lie. li e.   main main lie lie 13 . . . c 5

lck seems to obtai approimatel li or at least good couter chaces i r complicated complicated edgame e dgame positi pos itios os.. simdzhaov's improvemets o the 25  n ' moves will perhaps ot last if Black ls tacik's improvemet ad follows up i further reemets as shown in the ri rini ning ng game Weber  Testrup. Te point p oint i  simdzhaov's cotiution creates rt-term rt-term threats but if Black plas carefull carefull en wat? spa sparo rov' v's move 25 2 5 . e 1 might might still stil l be best s te kig is well placed o the kigside.  mov move was plaed plaed i Sloth  Palciauskas Palciauskas  ere White's 28.e4!? was perhaps too rl. Wite should have cotiued o the enside instead or tried to create outposts r is kights o either c5 or c6. Te gam gamee Bare Bareev ev  Adms shows  the conguration bishop ad kight . rok is better than o kights i this gme. We also saw that White had a rmising cotinuation in that game had he

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plaed taciks move 26.g4 ad later the kight hop to f5 f5 as show i eercise 5 . Te move 2.cd5 has ol bee plaed once so far. t seems as if Black keeps the balace balace (or eve eve gets a slightl sl ightl better positio posi tio) ) with the strog move 22 . . . f5! leadig to a ver complicated position with quee vs. to rooks. f we look at the c6 Catalan i terms of the four poits give i the Teoretical oudatio the coclusios are: We have alread discussed the echagig problem itesivel itesivel  durig the games ad also brie above. Usuall Usua ll Wite would like li ke to echage echage quees as his kig k ig is more mo re isecure. White would i geeral li ke to keep his rook o the board ad this is i accordace with our guidelie. We also saw cases where the udametal edgame is clearl favourable for White whe a rook swap simplies the positio ito such a edig. (Tis was the case whe Black had a bpaw!) With to kig kight htss  istea isteadd of bish bishop op ad kight  some of the rules presete presetedd in the heoretical oudatio do not appl. Domition of the bishop is of course irrelevat and to a certai etent the colour problem vaishes as well as the knights ca protect either colour comple equall well (or badl).  th the 13 . . . b8 lie White usuall secures the squares e3 ad d4 i the cetre. Tis makes sese because of his lightsquared bishop o g2 bu Black will ofte succeed i echagig this bishop o ad with his to kights ad isecure kig White's strateg is merel to avoid the cetre beig opeed up. A tpical aswer to ...f6 ...f6 nd ...e6e5 ...e6e5 is d4 d5 also creatig a passed paw i the cetre. As  metioed i the Teoretical oundation oundation  these guidelies appl mail to the bishop ad kight pairig.  lso metiond tht with two kights merel counting pwn

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dos not give  good pictur of th position. If  mteril vlution cn b given then probbl  rook nd betwn 0 nd 1 pwns is the right mesur for two knights! Anw in this cs  more dnmic pproch to th postion s prfrbl. If w sum up: T position posi tion is lr l rd d unblncd from from th strt. str t. Whit hs  mtril dvntg dvntg with two two knghts for  rook in  rthr closd poston. But Blck hs compnstion s the whit king is inscur nd becuse h is behid n dvlopm dvlopmnt. nt. Te queston is hther White cn hold on to his logterm dvntges or if Blck cn ake use of his slght led in dvloment. Black will hv to pl ctivl with his rookspieces or h will crte  pssd pwn to disrupt th coordintion ofWit's forcs. And we hv sn css of both ths ws Blck cn chllng Wit's position. Blck's ctivit is linkd to his ld in dvlopmnt. W sw tht clrl in th 15. c3 lin. In both th  5 .c3 .c3 lin nd th th min lin Whit gv up mtril to consoldt his osition nd colete develomet. I the 5.c3 le a oston ws rechd here Black could rel o hs ssed aw d d ot ol o his hi s cotiu cot iung ng ctiv at  prce. T min min line line 3 . . . c5 ses Blck ckng u th fpwn. Ts activtes th que nd mkes th whit kig mor inscur. Blck takes the h2pw s well before h agres to tr th dgm. ot tht he is not stised with the conditos of the edge if t keps  bishop nd kight instd of two knights nd th onl chnc for u ulit lit seems to be 22 22 . . . f5! s mntiond i the th e nots nots to the th e Breev Breev  Adms Adms gme. Blck

continus th ctivit ctivit until h is stised with th outcome of th opig ftr which w enter n endgm with qun vs. o rooks. In th ndgm ndgm  of th c6  c6 Ctl Ctl  r th chng of quns on h4 w hv probbl rchd  blnc point lthough Blck still hs to b lrt.  gm Sloth  Plciusk Plciuskss shows tht Blck hs to continu hs ctiv pic pl. pl. T rooks must m ust b ctiv!  one lst point I will focus focus on the rlevnc rlevnc of the outsid pssd pwn on the queeside in thse thse positions especil especill l in 1 5 .c3 lne I mn lines Blck's pl is bsd upon  sed sed wn wn o th th quensid quensid  with ithr n - or b-awn. b-awn. If Blck is l with with  bpwn h is obligd to l ctivl to obtin compnston  w sw tht nn th gm gm ahmn ahmn  usis. usis. Ts comenstion comenstion is probbl not nough for Blck in th middlegm lthough th ositios rein comlicted nd in i n mn cases cases it was Whit Whit who ws hpp to chng pics to ntr n ndgm s th bpwn m ot rov too strong in this phs of the the gme. Trfor Dnil  Pedersen's ovelt 1  . . .Eb4!? . Eb4!? is interestg s Blck c rel on nothr nothr kind kind of compns compnstion tion  nd nd prhs ths s lss committl. chgs ar mor fvourabl for him now a th distnt rook's wn is  fctor in th edgm. Wht's wa to countr ths is b voidng piece echnges d strting his own l in th cntr whre he has n tr pw. Black is ctiv though esecill th rook on b4 erts  lot of pressur on Whit's osition. Wht is robbl ol slightl slightl bttr in i n thse o critcl lines li nes of th c6  c6 Ctln Ctln.. With Wit h this evlution we end this chptr n n mov mov on to nothr opening th Scotch.

Te Scotch ndgame ndgame

Chapter 5

e Scotc S cotc ndge ndge

 cotch ndgame arie after the foll followin owingg    2.    c6 3.d exd .  xd   6. e e7 7.e2  d 8.c 8 .c a6 a6 5x6 bxc6 6.e g7 l l .g3 b3 g lO b2 g7 

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 al ariation ariation White moe are the ame ame  g e8 13.00 e5 14.e5 e5 . .5 e5 1 .cd .cd55 f  7. 7.f cd5)  ight dierence in thee poition ar prtant a we hall ee. re i actuall one more ariation of  ct ctch ch nd ndga game me  if Blac Blackk pla pla  . . . g5!? d of the more modet ...g ...g on the ih moe. Ti mall deiation i poible  ll of the four line lited aboe giing

baicall eight dierent wa of plaing the poition. Sometime Black pla ...g-g5 ...g-g5 in the endgame after the 19  moe o it i poible to ae ome time on the ninth moe. Al uch nuance will be dicued in the Teor ection ect ion at the end but or ow I hould note that that in the the middlegame - ifWhite aoid aoid the endgame endgame - there are certain certain rik inol inoled ed with the the more ambitiou 9 . . . g5!?. It i ambitiou ambit iou a it grap pace on the kingide kingide  but at the ame time it i le olid. Firt I will conider White and Black general plan. If White adance hi pawn on the queenide it can lead to a tpe of poition that I hae choen to call the critical poition" and I hae found it ueful to coer thee poition more inteniel. Ti how that Whit Whitee hould be careful careful when adancing adancin g hi queenide pawn and I hae deoted a ection to premature action on the queenide et follow ome bic engame poition tht roe from pcicl ge an on hen wil I ele eeper into the theor of he cotch ndgme. Here I will focu on he mall dierence in the eight dierent endgame poition and ue the knowledge obtained from the preiou ection. And at the end of thi chapter I will tr to draw draw ome concluion about thi endgame in general. Te organization of the chapter therefore look a follow 1. Gene ps ps  hie 2. Genea Genea pans  Bac Bac 3. Te ciica ciica posiion . Bic endes endes  Teoy secion 6 Concusions

Part II Practice

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1. Gener pans -i - iee

hite and Black have a vare o plans and below I will onl list the the most important one s. ome plans plan s b ether hte hte or o r Black Blac k are more appropriate to discuss in the Teor section as the have relevance to the opening moves o the classical endgame endgame.. Ts is the case with the push push    g5!?. Other themes are so common that the pop up almost everwhere but I have tred m best to include the best eamples and otherwse give directions on where the other eamples can be ound Tis is the case with the miorit attack ...a4. ...a4. nough talk here are hites hites plans plan s in i n overview la Bringing the king to the centre 3e2

ollowed b a king march to d2 lb he knight manoeuvre c5a6 to stop Blacks Blacks pla on the ueens de lc Plaing the ook to a6 to bok the a pawn

A rather strange stran ge looking lookin g move htes dea is to move the kig to the centre! 5 e 6 6 ae8 ae8 7. 7. e 

hte wants to bring hs king to d2. Meanwhle Black epands on the kngsde his game shows that the plan pla n o o  transerring transerring the king ki ng to the centre cen tre can be risk ri sk as iti t allow allow Black to develop a dagerous initiative. 7 h6 8. d gS .g5 S 30 . d d 31 .  c5 

Black plas ver aggressivel.

3.c3 3. c3 a

and Black was was better bette r due to his activi ac tivit t Fo the rest o the game see the heme section  he he trck trck .. e4 lb . Te nigh manoe manoeuvre uvre c5a6 c 5a6

Fercec Fercec - Nicevic Nicevic

France 1996

 a. Bringing he ing o he cenre

Te dea o bringng the kng to the cenre directl has onl been tred once. e join the game Dashko Dashko  Lugo Lugovo vo Russa Russa 1 999 aer   

Positio osi tionn ater ater 6.a6!? his is an interesting setup. Black has n pla on the ueensde and can onl wait for hite to strengthen his positon over thee hereore he stats a counter attack on t othe wng 6   7h 7 h33 f!? f!? 8g        5 e?! 

ote this pawn structure Black has seize spae on the kingside but the danger is a

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k kning ning of his posi p osition tion later. Tis structure u urr rred ed in the game Ponomariov Ponomariov - Plaskett Plaskett stings 1998 which we will cover in the si si endgames endgames section section on page page 95 95. 2 8 e6 29. �h6 30.g2 �he6 3l.l 6 32. g2 �h6 �h6 33. 33 . 

nd a draw was agreed. Te threat was   1 and a rook echange.  we shall see tr it is risk for White to allow that as  change of one pair of rooks in general urs urs Black - see the section General G eneral plans  a ak" k" or or more mo re of this theme.  

 aying he oo o 6 o boc he  pawn

Position ositi on aer 23 .. . � 2.b �ee8?

is is the most dangerous plan. B blocking  pawn White achieves a lot 1 e restricts Blacks pieces to the defence  t apawn. In man cases it is not eas r lak to untangle himsel If he commits  to ...d6 ...d6 he should be aware of the ible weakness weakness of the c6pawn c6 pawn..  I lack does nothing ite can build  t pressure with  pawn advance on the nside. Usuall Black will tr to chase  the annoing rook b moving th a n before or creating active pla himsl   an interesting interesting question quest ion i Black can rel rel  is soid position and let Whit car on  is plans on the queenside  or rom rom ititees point  poi nt of view  if he is able to break rugh if Black defends passivel. We wil l ith this in the concluding chapter but r prctical reasons should Black should in ral do what he can to avoid a scenario  at. e net ample shows how dangerous  plan can be i Boic 

rti rti 000

Tis mov is dubious. See the Teor section (on page page 1 1 7) for for the right continuation.

2.�

Prevents ...a-a5. ...a-a5.

2S ... .. .  263 c7 27.�6

Proph Prophla lais is against  . . �b6.

27.b . b77 28. b b  �c8 �c8 29.

Whites pressure on th queenside i unpleasant.

29 ..�c ..�c77 30  d f f

Black is gtting desperat and tris omthing on th othr wing. wing.

3l.f � 32.  33.b3

Par Par II: II : Pracice Pracice

80 33  U?

33 ..b8! .. b8! is a good prophlactic move. Te et move loses a pawn whout compensation. Te vital quesion is how big Whites advantage atuall is Mabe Whe wins a pawn bu aer some echanges he posiion is opened up for the black rooks. If ou fae a position lke this in a pracical game where ou nd n d ourself under pressure then hink twce before ou panic! 3d 3d �h6 3 t

White now has a winning posiion. Te a pawn will decide.

3   b8 b8 36bc6 �h 37d7 �d7 38c6t  c7 c7 3�7t  d6 d6 0�d7t  d7 c7 3b  b6 d7 I �h6 6  c7 b6  b7 �h dt  dt  a7 a7 6e7 1-0

Here is another eampe to show Blaks diulties.

the side. Te mve makes a raher clums impresson especall aer Whie plas hi knght t c5  b  d6 d 6 3 3 �e8 6d 6 d h 7 b3

Black can nl wai passvel

7   �e7 8 c �c7 �c7 h �e 30�6 30 �6

Here we go!

30 30 �e8 �e8 3I  e e

Te king is the nal piece hat nee mprovement so Whie decides to bring i t the cenre.

3 I     e e  3  e e  d6

Te knight was annoing on c5 but no there is a weakness weakness on c .

33d3t  e6 e6 3 3 

34.d2!?

3�b8  �b8 3b �b6

35 ...c5 ... c5 was worth considering. he paw is indire indi rectl ctl proected: proected: 35  . .b5 3.ab5 an 3 .. . b5? ? is impossible impossible in vie view of 3.  f4

36� Rubevs J . Gee 

ussia 2004

Of ourse White doesnt want to echang  pair of rooks rooks as the pressure he has buil  u on the queenside would then vanish vanish 36 36 cx cxb b 37b

Blak has a lot of weaknesses weaknesses now both th th isolaed a-pawn and the doubled pawn in th entre. 37  �bb7 38  �c3 3  d d �b3

Black atacks atacks he b-pawn b -pawn twie but Whit had prepared a little surprise:

osition afer    �b8 i i o again a positio pos itionn from from the angerous 1 9   i he move is new bu no impro improm m tt it ms ms ormal ormal is 22 . . .  3�a4 3�a4 �b7 �b7

Blak ie to o the pw fom

Te Scoch ndgame . .xd5! xd5! xd5 4I .b6 c4  c4 42Ja4!

 nal inermediae in ermediae move move Black Bl ack resigned resigned  t a-pa a-pawn wn will cos him hi m a rook. r ook. 

 at at should Black do o couner coun er this plan? p lan?  possibili is o pla ..a5 ..a5 and ..a8 ..a8 e Whies rook reaches he a-le In the r secion his suggesion is considered it threatens o move his b-pawn and win  a ann because Blacks a-paw is pin p inned ned but t lins given are ineresting anwa. noher possibili is o coninue naural lpment and allow a4 but hen te knowledge abou he posiion is uid if Black is to avoid passivit. See the r scion for more.  nd his heme with a rather inere in eresi sing ng   Coin 

 199

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3 1 .bc6 .bc6 dc6 was perhaps perhaps he bes. 31.. 31. . .b6 32.xa8 32 .xa8 bxc5

. . wih  wih advanage o Black Wis bishop is not rall atacking anhing bu ectivel ut in b Blacks pawn phalan and Whites a pawn is no dangerous as it lacks suppor from the bihop. biho p. he pawns pawns for for the bis bishop hop is more mo re thn enough compensation in this position. 33. 

Blacks pawns are eas o defen defend. d.

34.e2 34.e2 d4 35.el 35. el d5 36. c4 37.d2 c5 38.a 38. a4 c3 39.d 39 .d c4! c4! 01

We now urn our aenion o Blacks plans 2. Genea Genea ps - Back Back

he main ideas for Black are

2a. change one pair of rooks 2b. Te trick .  . e4 Pawn move movess on he he queenside queenside with with  .  a 5 2c. Pawn

a4(-a3)

At this sage I would like o menion wo further main ideas for Black 1 ) Mo Moving ving he he king to d6 and 2) Sacricing the apawn to obtain a strong cenral pawn mass.

ition afer 30 .. . d6 k placed his rook on h sih rak o unter a6. his is quie an ineresting ida.  Whie has o release he pressure but it i ard o avoid the rook swap. Insead he ide idedd upon u pon he following move 

 d6 is almos alwas a good square for he black king and in gneral Black should r to get his king o his cnral oupos I will cover his theme in he eor secion as he evaluaion of man lines depends on Blacks abili o defend when hie aacks on he queenside Bu no onl in he eor eor secion is his manoeuvre manoeuvre a subjec of discussion discussi on

2) Te sacrice of he a-pawn o obain a song cenre is an opion in he heor secio secionn  see h he dang danger erou ouss 1 9.d 1 line In the critical posiion soe lines occur where Black sacrices he a-pawn to foce th change of rooks and in general thi tm should be borne in mind. mind .

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Pat II: Pactic

2a. chnge chnge of o f one pair of rooks rooks

ala mntion in th Totical Founati on th chang of on pai pa i of ook uuall favou th i ghting againt th two mino pic. In th cotch ngam Whit ha a lightqua bihop an knight v. a black ook. A Whit po no akqua bihop h will hav paticula iculti potcting thi colou compl. With a pai of ook on th boad thi mino wakn wakn i not o obviou but onc th ook ook a chang th inc can b flt. In thi ction cti on I will illutat il lutat thi thm with two ampl ampl  on of o f thm fom fom m own own pactic p actic..

3l ...c5 32.'e2 32.'e2

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Grosar Grosar - Bainov Bainov

Bl 1998

32 . . . c4?

i i too impatint. Whn Black attack on th quni h houl t to kp hi pawn connct in th cnt. A plan with ...a5a4 ...a5a4 look ctiv h to cat wakn wakn on o n th qun qu ni. i. Wit it  i foc to captu on a4 but thn Black can locat hi ook an ha cllnt cllnt winni w inning ng popct with hi two cntal pawn. 33.bxc4 dxc4 34.g4 'd5 35.'e3 �el 36.'d2 �gl 37.'e3  38. 38 .t 'e6 39.dl  40. 40. t  4.c3

Whit ha cud hi mlf a billiant bi lliant qua qua fo hi knight on c3. H i much btt cooinat than in th iagam poition an h houl not lo now.

18.f4! �e3 19. 19.xd5 xd5 �ae8 �ae 8 20. 20.  d2 �d 2 1 . e4 'g7 22 .c4 c4 �t 23.'g 23.' g2?!

23 . f2! do do  not allow allow th ook wap wap   th To ction pag 98 9 8

2 3...�e ... �e33 24. 24. � el el 

Black foc th chang of ook an i clal btt. Hi ook will b v activ aft pntating Whit camp. 2.�xe 2.�xe �xe 26.' 26.' �c 27 .d3 d5 28.'e3 28.'e3 ' 29.'d2 29.'d2 �g 3 .e2 e2 'e6 3  .d

Whit Whit pic a bu ting tin g to contol conto l th hpactiv black ook Whit can onl wait fo Black to impov impov hi poitio poi tion. n.

4...'d6 42.'d4 �fl 43.b5t 'd 44.'e3 �cl 45.xa7 �c3 46.' �c2 47.'e3 �xa2 48.c6 'd6 49.d4 'c5 50.x 50. x �2 5 I . d4 c3 52 .e4 �h3 53. 'b4 54. 'a3 55. �h6 56. � 57 .xh7 xh7 �x 58. 58 .e4

h t of th gam gam i not v v intting. intt ing. Whit w ail ai l.. In thi gam w aw that th activ black ook cau Whit toubl. toubl . Both B oth pawn pawn chain chai n on ach i of th boa w vulnabl with a2 an h2 a th wak point and thi foc Whit to pla a paiv tup. Ha

Te Scoch ndgame ndgame ak plaed ore patientl he would have a ecellet ecellet wining wini ng chaces but instead in stead he ased the pressure pressure with 32    c4? ad hite hite ntuall saved hmsel In the et game  darksquared colour problem beomes ea ev - Lund Lund  ev

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It is more important to hold on to the c6 pawn pawn  as the cete format or matio io restricts hites hites bishop. 30.x a3 31 . e5 xa2 32.g4

A good ove hite fores the rook to the seventh row and Black will have to use an additional tempo to stop the fpawn if it reaches  32 c7 33 dl b2 

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htes bishop b ishop is passiv passivee on d 1  and passive passive   or or peces p eces are earl ea rl alw alwas as a bad sig i positios whe the tr to prove theselves stroger tha the rook ites advantage is that he has two pieces agast one (albeit ot as strog idividuall!) but with oe of the passive this is far ore dicult to eploit! 34.e2

ow the kigs ght for darksquared control i the centre. 34 c3 35. e3   

sition after 23 a8 

.a6!?

is is a com common mon theme for for hi hite te but hee  me me is built bui lt upon upo n a bad idea. hite wants  et pressure o Blacks queenside. he   isis new new  a earlier game game saw saw 4.b4. 4.b 4.

ote that it is ver dicult for hite to drive the black king awa from this square. It will take him at least four moves! 35 c5 36.f4 b7 37.g4 aS!   

3 ..  b4 38.f3 d4 39.e4 b3 was good as well but I wanted to aptue on b3 in one move. 38.

 was better to retreat the rook. hite is a paw pawnn if i f Black captures on a6 a 6 but this is a heap pice for Black to pa in order to ange rooks

38f3 d4 39.e4 b3 40.f5 gf5 4  .gf5 .gf5 b  ad ad Black Black has has a wining poston. I have two two strong stro ng passed pawns suppo rted b an ative king One of the paws is a rooks pawn pawn  usuall usuall the worstcase scenario for for a knight. 38 h4!? h4 !? was a better tr tr

 xa6!

38 e7! 39. 3 9.f f44

  c7 c7 2S.f 2S. f44 b7 26. d3? 



ere was no real alternative to this move as if6 if6  .ee8 2c5 c 28b4 and Black is assiv assivee and uder pressure .e5 . e5 bS! b S! 28. 2 8.xd xd77

8.a3 to prevent the black king from netra netrating ting is no better. better. Aer 2 8 . .  5 .d . d d4 Black is rml in control.

 ...b4 ...b4 29.e5 c8

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39.g6 e5 40f4 e4 and 41 hg6 hg6 wins for Black B lack a s well.

39 g5t! 40.xgS xe5 

Black won a piece and is an echange up. hite soon so on resigned resigned 0-1

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Part II Practice

2b. Te ric rickk . . . e4 Dhko  Lugo Lugovo voii

St Petersburg 1999

43.e4 43 .e4 {ot 4. 4 .a4 a4 d3 d3 mate! mate!)) 43 . . .de4 44.c3 44. c3 c3 45.c3 45 .c3 (Te resulng resulng pawn pawn ending is a draw) 45 ...b5 ...b5 46.g4 {46.b3? d5 47.@a3 47.@a3 @c4! @ c4! wins win s for for Black Black.).) 46 . . . d 5 47.d4 b4 48.d5 c3 49.e4 b2 50.f4 gf4 51.g5 a 5.g6 b2 53.g7 a2 54.g8 54. g8  a1  5 5 .f4 .f4 37 d4t  •

ow Black is clearl clear l on top after after Whites Whi tes last passive passive move. so possible was 37 . . . f8!?. 38.®c2 'e S 39.dl dS

Te black paws are qute impressive.

40. 40.  c4

Another opion was was 40 . . . ! 4.e4 de4 42.d2 f 43.e2 d5 wth ecellent winning winn ing chances as as well. well. ... a4 Position after 32 ...a4

Tis game also illustrates the power of pushing the apawn. With this minorit attack Black wants to create a weakness in Whites Whites pawn pawn structure on the t he queenside and a nd he is alread alread well on o n his hi s wa wa to achieving this aim. aim . I is worth notng not ng hat if Black possesses possesses the nitiatve the minort attack gains in srength. s was he case n ths game. For the rst 3 1 moves moves of this game see the Teme secton secto n rngg rng g he kng to the cenre." cenre." 33.b2 b8 34.g 34.g22 a3!? a3!? 3 5.bl 5. bl

Black has strengthened his position to the maimum and there now follows a strong echange sacrice leaving Black a knght down but with impressive central pawns. 35 ... e4!

his is possble due to Blacks strong position and ites passive pla so far. Te point for Black Bla ck o atack ata ck is a2. a2 . 36.xe4?! e4 37.e?

Much better was 37.b4! c4 (37.. (37.. . ed3?? ed3?? 38.bc5 and the rook is hanging) 38.c5 f8 39.d 39. d  c6 40 .d2 .d 2 e e position is complicated the following line leads to a draw draw 40 . . . f 4.d4 c 4.c2 d6

4.f4t! f4 42.f4t '4 43.xd4 'eS 44.d2 b3t 45.b3 45 .b3 d4 46.h2

46.d1 is also problematic for Wie afte afterr 46 . . . d5 47.a a8 48.d2 White has problems making an progress whereas Black strenghens his position with ever move. o violen vi olentt approach for for White is o be seen. {48.a2 @c5 49.@d @b4 is no beter) 48 ... a2 49. c2 c5 and Whie is in trouble. trouble.

46...c8t ... c8t 47.®d2 47.®d2 c3 48.h5t 48. h5t ®f ®f44 49.a5 xb3 SO. c2 e3t?

50 ...d3 ... d3 is winning. 51.a3 e3 52.e3 (52.c d2 53.d1 b 54.e2 d is mate) 52. 52 . ..a3. . . a3.

Te Scoch ndgame I. �3

   . .d3  onl onl a daw: daw: 5 2a4  f3 f3 .d4 f2 54b3 e2 55.e4 e .e e 57b

2.xa3 xa3 53.xa3  54.c2 e4 .el

    a heoetcal he oetcal daw. daw.

 d3 

e fuhe fuhe 5 5 .d3 . d3 56d3 56 d3 d d33 57d 57 d  ake ake he daw obvou, obvou , o he plae ageed to all  a da. 

 s anohe eample wh a ucceful ange acce on e4  n he pevou aple he acce wa pepaed b the iot atack on he queensde:

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he plae ageed a daw hee Howeve Black  bee and ha ome dea o engh enghen en h poon po on.. O  he can change change he natue of the poon n ode to pla fo a wn. Te followng lne llutates well how Black can poceed: 28  29.fl ab7   

o oble  29 . .  e4!?. Black es to pepae he acce. 30.c2

Mabe e hould pla acvel wh 30b4 30 b4 !?. On he ohe ohe hand h leave leave Black wh an enomou pawn cene In an cae Whte' poon  nfeo.

e Giorgadze 

bda 1999

Bla Blakk want wantss to pla . . . , but unfotunatel fo hm th d5 -pawn would be hangng. hangn g. Black has a stong ontnuaton ontnuat on though. 30 e4! e4! 3 l .xe .xe44 e4 e4 32.   d4 

osi ositon ton afte afte 23.d3 23 a5! 24.g2 a8 25.a4 25 .a4 

is s a sad conceon bu the alenave i to allow ..a4 ..a4 ow the b3-pawn  a akne. Te e move alead ndcae tat Black Black  about to eze he n tave. ta ve. 2 aa7 26  h6 27.h3 

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7.g4!?

2... .. .!? 28.g2 28. g2 

Black ha a clea advanage. e b3pawn s weak and the counepla on he kngde doen' look oo convncng fo Whte In geneal, he dea wth ...f5 ...f5 and ...e4 ...e4 hould alwa be condeed. Black acce he echange and emans a pee down, bu h compenaton  moe cenal conol and pace Of coue t  not alwa good fo Black o acce lke h uuall  onl wok afe appopae peaaon and f he poee the nave.

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I the chapter about the critical poston I will discuss two further eamples of the . . .e4 . e4 trick. Tese are from the games Leko  . Amasi Amasi and and Ashle  Mikhalevs Mikhalevsk k..

a5 (a dark square opposite to the bishop). he positio is still complicated ad the move perfectl plaable whereas the follow up b Black is ot! o t! 29.b4 29.b4 e4

2c. Pawn moves on e queenside

I the eamples above Black could launch the stro strogg echa echage ge sacrice sacrice . . . e4 ad thereb obtain a strog paw cetre ad the initiative. I coectio with this pla advacig the a paw was strog but i these eamples Black alread had good good positios ad the apaw advace was just a idicator of his advantageous positios. We ow move to more comple co mple case where where there are both pros ad cos coected with the miorit attack.

Mab Mabee 29 . . . a3!?.

30.a3 30.a3 g5 3 1 . d4 d4

ece ecess ssar ar was 3 1 . . .gf4! 32.e4 de4 33.gf4 f5! A ver importat move! (Istead ormal ormal cotiuatios like 3 3 . . .
Rubevs Rubevs  Niko Nikoic ic

Polaica droj 1996

Positio Positi o after after 28 g4 

From the diagram positio posi tio Black ow made a doubleedged doubl eedged decisio b movig the apaw forward. 28...a4!? ... a4!?

When hite ca repl to this move with b4 Black should alwas cosider it ver careull. On a4 the pawn can be vulnerable to an attak b Whites minor pieces if the rooks are echanged. Tis i not the cae on

Suddel ite is ot afraid of the rook swap. swap. Te main reason reason is the laried position on the queesid quee sidee ad the weakness weakness of Black Black a4paw. e closed position avours Wite as well ad makes Blacks weakness more obvious. 33 ... �dlt �d lt 34.g2 

It is noteworth that Frt 8 is till satised with Blacks poition In realit hite is much better. 35.g4 g4 36.xg4  37.g3!

hite goes goes or the th e king. Tis game ga me shows shows that rook bishop and kight ca be a dangerou dangerou attacking attacking combiatio . Please ote that Black push with the gpaw weaee the 5quar 5quaree  this wil willl be the subject subject o o isusion in the eo eor r section section..

Te Scoch ndgame

 ...d4 38. 38.  t h7 394 � 40.�xd4 40.�xd4 g

lack sil canno aow he rook echange b now Whie creaes srong hreas agains  black black king kin g .d6! �b3 42.�xh6t g8 43.�g6t  .t g8 45.e7t g7 46.�g6t  .6

 h-pawn quick dcides the oucome o  game game 

 . . . �xb4 48.�g7t  49.g8t e5 .xg5t  .xg5t 

r r s anoher eampe eamp e

  - Moiseenko Moiseenko

krain krain 2000

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kingside ha he creaed himself Soon Black wil aack in he cenre and on he queenside as well 36  a4! 

ow ther ther are no doubs abou ab ou he srengh of his pawn move 37.bxa4 37.bxa4 � 38.�d2 38 .�d2 �xa4 39.xd5?!

Deperaion but one o ne cant cant blame bla me Whie for for ring o change he coure cour e of he he game.

39 ...d5 ... d5 40.xd5 e6

Back has a winning maerial advanage

41.c7t  42.d5t g5 43.b6 �a7 44.�xd7 �xa2t 45. �a3t 46.  47.c4 �g3 48.e3 �3g5 49. �a8 50.� �a4 5l.�d6t g7 52.�b6 �c5 53.�3 g6 54.g3 �caS 55. �a3 56.�6t g5 57. �c3 58.�b2 �e5 59.g2 �t 60.gl g4 61.e1 �g3t 62.g2 h3 63.�e2 �a5 64.h1 �xg2 65.�xg 65 .�xg22 �a1 �a 1 t 0-1

In he he previou previou game he he pawn pawn push .  . a4 was clear-cu when i was plaed as  le to an advanage for Black. e net gam agan show a double-edge eciion b lack onaov - ok okin in

oscow 00

osion afer 29 .. . c7  i tage he advance wih the apawn is o clar as Whie can respond wih b4 I  hite o move hough and aer his ne o o lack seizs he in iiaive iiai ve .4??

 opens he posiion in fron of Whie's Whie's g

...  ...�e3 �e3 3l. 4 32.4 �e5 33.g4 d6 34.� �g8 35.e2 35 .e2 �e3

lack is ver active. Whie had o pla avl o proec th weaknesses on he

Posio osi onn afe aferr 29.�c5

Par Par II  Pracice Pracice

88 29 a4!? 

Black must have foreseen he following actics leading o an endgame with rook vs. bishop and knight.

30.b4 �xb4 �xb4!!

Black makes use of the fac hat Whites knigh is overloaded If Black does not pla his move hen White will consolidae his queenside with a3 and onl Black can face problems laer on. We alread discussed his issue issue in ublevs ublevsk k  ikolic.

3 1 .�xd5t .�xd5t cxdS cxdS 32.xb4 32. xb4 d4 d4

Black obained the desired echange of rooks bu the price was a weakening of his central pawns. Tis endgame is level and aer moving back and forth a few times the plaers agreed a draw. 33 .e2  34. a6t b6 35. 35 .b4 b4 cS 36.a3 d6 37.a6t b6 38.b4 cS 39. 39.  a6t b6 40. �e8 41 . b4 cS cS 42. c2 �e7 � e7 43 .e2 �e8 44.b4 44. b4

2 2 .. . c7 23.�dl g4!

Tis weakens he f4-square bu Black follows ol lows up with acive pla on he other ot her ank ank  Te move also ghs for for light-squared light -squared conrol c onrol and space on he kingside. 24.g2 .g2 aS 2S . .ff4 �ge8 �ge8 26.

Black' Black's idea was 26.d3 26. d3 e2.

2 6...a4! ... a4!  

A imel couner-blow. I is a shame ht Black was satised wih a draw. We alread know ha if Black can pla ...a4 ...a4 and follo up with active pla then this is usuall a indication that hings are working out well fo him. Here Wie has no ime to consoidat his queenside and Black is better. A possibl continuation was 2.b4  28 .x x �e3! 29. 29. 

29.d3? d3 30.d3 e3! and Whit oses mterial 29 ... .. . � 30.�d2 30.� d2 �ee3 3 1 .xd5 .xd5 �xg3 �xg3



nd Black has the advanage. White hs weaknesses on both anks and the blck rooks are active and read to aack them.

osur - ishin ishin

ussia ussia 200 1

3. Te T e criic criic posiion

Position fter 20 . .  

21.h3 �g8 22.e2

Perhaps White shou pl 22.g4 to voi  future ...g4. ...g4.

A ver ver tense positi pos ition on arises if Wite moves the queenside pawns queenside and Black challenge challengess he he b4-pa b4-pawn wn b b plaing plaing . . . a5. I Whie answers answers his with b4-b5 b4-b 5 we w e have have what what I have chosen to call the criticl posiion" Tis is perhaps more a thematic situaion than an actual position but the critica posiion" has a certin music to it that cannot be denied. In conrast to the positions where hit plas plas his hi s rook to a6 (nd (n d onl later advances advances his queenside queens ide pwns to incrase the pressure hie is forc forc to pla pla b4-b5 afer afer . . . a5 i he critica position. In addition th white rook is ess acti acti on on the the c-le c- le (of (o fen c5 ) tha th a on 6 whr it pus pressure on he a-pawn. e criticl poston" is somewhat conncted with the theme tha I have chose

Te Scotch ndgame t all White advances his queenside pans t arl" (3a). It is not bad for Wite on iple to advance the queenside pans t he he should corretl corret l evaluate evaluate the associated ges. If the push is tenable Wit could  space on the queenside and ill be closed t ating concrete threats t hreats.. e denition of the critical position" l  l oncerns itself itsel f ith ith the the pan structure structure  ual uall l Black' Black's king kin g is on d6 (as it should sh ould be) be)  t n the last game of this section the king s still on d8 hen hen Wite Wite responded responded  . . a 5 th b4-b5 Black's passivi favoured White  that gam  folloing position is vr impotant  th eva evaluat luation ion of these these positi pos itions ons..  . mi

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sacried a pan to obtain a strong centra pan mass It looks as if Black ill force the rook ehange ith a later . .  b8-b-a 28 dxe4 29.e5! xS! 30.xd7t c4! 3.b8 

3  .bc6 .bc6 b  32.e2 d4 d4 (or (or 32 . . . c 33 . c5 ! b6! 3 4.c c6 c6 give givess Black a inning advantage. 3. b5 32.b5 32 .b5 a4 

32 ..b5 .. b5 33.e2 a4 34.d2 is unclear

33.b6  34.b7  35.c6 alt 36.g2  37.a5t 37. a5t b S 38.b8t 3 8.b8t xaS xaS 39.a8t 39.a8t b6 40.xe4 40.xe4

(ll (ll lines lin es b Mik Mi khalevsk.) n th above line hite saved himself ith the tatical blo 29e5!. Let's take a look at a similar position

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a 199

Ashey Ashey - Miaevs Miaevs

Budapest 199

stion aftr 26.b5  plaes agreed a dra her and in his tations to the game Mialevsk rites tt t as because of the folloin folloingg lin li n  b8 b8 27�5 27�5 e4! e4! 

 .. e4 trik one again.

.xe4!

 28.bc6 d6 29a5 e ith a slight antage fo Black because of the central ans. Again  hav a as her Black has

Positio osi tionn after after 32.d2 Tis isi s a ver Tis ver important position positi on.. Te position is ver ver similar to th game Leko -  Amasi Amasi but there are some som e signicant signi cant di di erences. Te dierences are 1) White's king has come to the cntr a is better placed on d2 than on f. n th line givn b Mikhalevsk thi s of gt

Part II Practic

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importanc bcaus Blacks apawn cannot qun whn th king is o d2. T king march to d2 was mad possibl whn Blacks rook l th l for a whil to support th push of th hpawn. Hr w w hav th scond dirnc

ko - Z mi mi (lin)

Ubda 199

2) T hpaws hav bn changd. Tis T is can b signicant in man ndgams for th sid that has to dfnd. In pur rook ndgams for instanc ins tanc iti t is alwas alwas asir asi r to dfnd dfnd whn th hpawn has bn changd. In gnral pawn changs bring th dfnding sid closr to a draw. 3) T third dirnc is th most important. In th th Lk Lkoo   Almasi Almasi gam gam Whit rspondd to th thrat to th b5pawn aftr . . .b8 . b8 with c5. In th position from Ashl  Mikhalv Mikhalvsk sk th black black rook rook is still still on a8. a 8. ow o w thr s no knight kn ight fork fork on d. T gam continud 32 �e4! 33 xe4 e4 34.bxc6 exd3 35. 35 .g5 g5 dxc6 36. d3 d3 c5 

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and Black was a pawn up in th rsultng rook ndgam. H vntuall won th gam (For th rst of this gam s th nt sction Basic ndgams on pag 94.) 94. ) . ot that Whit cannot sav himslf as in i n th Lko  Almasi Almasi gam gam with with 34. 5?? as ar ar 34 . . . c5 thr is no fork on d. d . Hr Whit was was troubld troubl d b th unfortunat position of th rook on c5. Tr was was o nd for for th t h rook to t o b thr thr  as Blacks rook did not thratn th pawn on b5 from a8. a 8. So what would hav hav happnd if th th Whit rook was on sa sa c2 instad? in stad? If Black plas ...b8 ...b8 thratning th pawn on b5 Whit can pla c5 with full condnc as th knight trick works out wll wth th rook on b8 if Black tris ...4. ...4. It sms that nithr plar can improv h poston Lts hav a closr look at th poston post on from from th Lko Lko   Almasi gam gam aftr aftr 26.b5 b8 .c5 

Black Bla ck to mov mov Insta Instadd of 2 . . . 4 lading to a draw mab it is possibl for Black to prpar th rook sacric? Bfor w tr othr movs it  rlvant to ask what Whit would pla if it wr his mov. On ida is 28.bc6 dc6 29.a5 winning a pawn but w not that Mikalvsk valuatd actl this position as slightl bttr for Black. hit has won a pawn but Blacks wo connctd con nctd cntral c ntral pawns pawn s ar vr vr strong. lack would lov to chang on pair of rooks whn th apawn will prov wak. H should b carful about moving th pawns i n th cntr c ntr too arl arl as th do a grat job at th momnt controlling th light squars squars and dominati ng th bishop.  long as th pawns ta on c6 ad d5 Black king is saf on d6 as wll. Aftr th chang of rooks and activation of th rmaining rook Black can think about moving th pawn.

Te Sctch ndgame

 sensle cntnuatn s therefre {nten dng 30 .   Ea7) 30.Ec5 29  . .7! {ntendng .a8 Ea7 31Ed8 Eed7 32.Eh8 Exa4 .xh7 c5 s cearl n Blacks favur.)   .      3 1 .g2 .g2 Ea and te  te ses the n. Tese lnes l nes shw shw that Whte can y avd the rk exchange. Anthe tin f te s t accept the rok swap,   te fwng fwng ne  ne s possle: 30  d     1 .Exa7 .Exa7 Exa7 Exa7 32 .e2 . e2 ut af after 32 32  .  c 5 it wl face prems prtectng hs a  and hldng ack Back's pawn rle i t cente te has lttle pspects f tepa, s Back's advantage ma pove i than suggested  Mkhaevsk. the dea s t pla 28Ec2 and accpt t ss f the 5-pawn. Instad Wt gets ntpa aganst d5 f Bak takes ts . . fte fte 28  .  cx5 29.5! Ee4! 30ax5  31.E3 Ex5 Black s ceal ette due  s s assed pawn n the a-le. Ts s a gd i  Bak, ut mae he can even pepae . . .xb5, . xb5, as Ec2 was hadl an mprvement  te N we have cme t the cre f the iam pstn, namel that te s nt  t mpove hs pstn, pst n, and a nd theefe  kk can can pepae pepae the the trck wth . .  Ee4!.  ae sevea was  dong ths: ) Fm the dagam pstn Back can y 7 . . . E7!?

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Ts mv mve prep prepar ares es 28 . .  Ee4 n t allwng allwng the trck wth xd7 But ths alws sme tcks fr Whte, as the fwng lnes shw: 27 ..  E7 28.Ec2 cx5 29Ec5 Ee4 30.Exd5 (We have aead dscussed the ne 30.ax5 Ed4 3  .Ec3 Ex5 . It made n deren derence ce wth the the k k n 7 nstea nsteadd of 8) 30  . . xd5 31.xe4 xe4 32c5 d4! 33.x7 xa4 xa4 34 .d6 (Or 34xa5 c3) 34 . .  c5 35 . e4 4 and Back Back wns. wns. ) Anth Anther er mve mve s 27  .  f6!? (suggested y Jhn Wee) Back takes conto o t 5 squae, undemnng the kngt maneuv d3-5xd7. c)  td ptio is my avoute: avoute: Back Back an pa pa 27 . . . f5!

Pa Pa I  Pacce

92

 ecapue  e4 w e fpaw Black ee ege e cee ad e pevul meed kg maeuve  avded, a ee  ll a paw  d5 dcecg e' k fm pecg f e e5-uae. e dea f egeg e e ce cee e w .  . e4 e4  ee e e    e game a well well Te cclu cc lu   a Black a eve eve cace  aceve a a adva advaag agee ad a 27 2 7 . . . e4? eefe eefe deeve deeve a ue ue  mak. e fllwg fllwg game w a   d d vaa f e ctcal ctcal pt: pt : o - Ydemirov demirov

Rua 1998

29J�xd5!?

M kaevk Mkaev k p p  ut  ut a wa f f e t o ta a lg pu 29xd5 29xd5!! d6 O 29  e6 30x 30x d6 d6 3  g5! w a a adva advaage age weea weea 3  .d5 . d5?? @e7  f  fe e  ad 3x5 x5 32ax5 x5 lead to uclea ceuece. 30ax5 30 ax5 f5 3 0 .  f6 f6 3  . 2! d6 3 2c4 gve gve  t t a lg plu plu a well well.. 30 . . . a4!? a4! ? wa al wt wt a . 32! d6 32c4 I all ee le e keep e k a ae e e p p   pe    pece cme alv 29 bxa4 

N N 29   . 4? 30.c5 e7 3.3! we e cae   a5 30J�xa5 30J�xa5 �d6 �d 6 3 1 . c5 �d2 32.�xa4 32.�xa4 �bb2 �bb2

Black uld ave ave plaed plaed 32 . . . f5! we  p ema uclea. Nw e ga cace f a edgame e dgame advaage advaage

33.e4 �a2 34.�x �xa2

e e f e game  f  patcula eevace f w, u  ca e fud  t ext ec, ec, Bac edgame

P afe 27 J�b8 

28.g2!?

28xc6 dxc6 29f4 (29xa5? 3) 29 ...f6 ... f6 30.4 a8 3.@e2 Ne te eece fm e pevul dcued pt pt   Lek Lek - . ma: ma: Becau Becaue e f f t p ca f Black pece ee,  cat ve up e apaw  eal. I at,  kg  alead eadg f e cte. 28 b5 

Ca Back   pt pavly?

I e ccal p e advace  paw  e ueede, ad f Black  cdaed cd aed e  ead ead  mee e' e' atac atac ee e e ae me k  k vlved  vlved f f  e e w e advace e paw  ee p I e la example exam ple,, tk tk Yademv adem v we a ta te wa uccefu w  uee advace, ad  wa ma ecaue f  pave p p  f Back pece. pece . Mvg e paw  e uee geeal eue caefu pepaa a a pemaue pemaue avac avac f e e a-    -paw gv Back a pt  aack (a k") wi able m t pe up t ueee  ex ect  deved  pema paw pay  te ueede  e:

e Scc dgame dgame

93

. ie advces his queenside pawns  ary

ee  ae example f pemaue ueede pla  e.

za zaez ez Di Di - Fernandez Fernandez

Karh Karhike ikeya yann - Babu

i 2001

iti afe 20 .. .   21?! it uld mpve te p f  it ( d3  c5) efe e advace e d paw 2 . .7 22.a 22. a4 b8! b 8! 23.d4 aS! lack excage e paw  e de Nw e' a-paw  iaed  ak, ad Black Blac k a me pe pace f f i k. a8 2S . .b2 b2 xaS xaS 26.a4 d8 2xS a8 ck eed a few mve  a ful dia e a-paw  ccall k. 27 e8 28.cl cS 29.d1 c3 2 a3 31.d4 e1 32.d3 ea1 .5 . 5 d6 e le e a-paw ad  e   xa4 3S.xa4 xa4 36. c7 .2 .2 d4 38. 38.  c l a3 39 .e4 dS 40 . c2 .b3 b3 cS 42.d2 42. d2 d3 43 .d1 c4  41 . d4 cS cS 4S.   46.cl 46. cl a1 t 1

Ida 1999

P   afe afe 21 . .. £ 22.b4? aS! 23.a3 23 .a3 !? 24. b4 2S.b4 2S .b4

Hee e  lef w a laed -paw ead f a a-paw e a a eae ak defedg e paw a  e pvu game, u me m e mpa   ew pd a-le, wc wl fall  Black ad 2S ...ee8 ...ee8 26.b1 e7 27.e2 d6t

e ideal pii f t kg.

28.d2 28. d2 a8 29.c3 a2

e k ecme acve. Black a a clea advaage, u i   a  eak dw e' defece. 30.d4 a3 3 1 .b2 gS gS 32.h3 hS 33 g2  34.h4 g4 3S.d2 b8 36. d1 d 1 •

36E2 eed me eace. Nw Black eak ug w a ce lle cma: 36... 36 ...xb xb4t! 4t! 37.e3 37. e3

37. 37 .x4 x4 c5  mae!

37 ... cS 38.d2 38. d2 Ea2t 3 9.c3 9. c3 0- 1

I w mve   me ac edgame ta ave ae fm e Scc dgame.

94

Pa Pa II : Pacice Pacice

4. Bic endes

Fi we look a o edgame a aoe fom e ciical ci ical poiio poii o

o o  -Yandem -Yandemirov irov

Ruia 1998

a exa d-paw). Agai, ee e edga eco ec o fo ow Black ould o uld def de fed ed  37.g4!

Now ie a ome cace of ceai a aack o e lig uae. Luckil f Black, e a e exa d-paw ie plae e edgame ae impaie imp aiell, , ad  lig l ig wiig cace oo vaied. Howeve wi e pla e edig i poal ju a daw awa. 37 ..h6 .. h6 3.h4  39.g5 5 40.5

ie a ceaed a poi of aack o  , u ow ee ae ol o l wo wo paw le . . .

40.a4 . a4 4g3 d4 42 g2 a4 43 a3t  g4 a 45 4 ! 46. t 47. 



Oe paw lef, ad afe

47.d6 . d6 48 4 al 49f4 49f4 

ie ageed o call i a da

•!

Poiio Poii o afe afe 3 4   35.3?

Ae 35.g5 e mpl wi a paw. 3 5  .  e7 e7 (e (e 3 5   .f6 36x7 e7 37.4 (o 37e4!?) 37e4!?) 37    a5 38g4  39.g5 e wll wl l fee fee  kg k g w good wiig wii g cace) 36x7 a5 37.4 f6 38g4 (Mikalevk) ad agai e a good cace of a full full po p o. . He ca ceae a paed paw o e kigide kig ide ad e lack l ack paw ae ae weakeed. Black ould e awae of e idea of acicig ack e wo mio piece fo a ookk ad a paw, a i oo  i would woul d lead o a paw edig edi g a paw dow. dow. Te dage fo fo ie ii  a a e  e ma ed up wi ol a ook paw lef, a i iop i e wog colou compaed o e 8 coe (ee Cape Cape wo) wo)  3 5   a5 36d5 8?!

36 . . . 5! pev peve e ie ex  ex move move If we we copae ti poiio wi e 3 agai 3 o e kigide, te we ca coclude tat Black oud be able to old e  e daw (e a

Ashey Ashey  Miev Mievs s

Budape 1997

Poiio Poii o afe afe 36 . .  5 Black a a maeial advaage. I o edgame poiioal faco uc a a aci kig o ook ae ofe moe impoa a aeial, u ee i i o o clea a i i poiioal upeio ad eefoe i

T Scc gam gam psa s aua. Hwv,   s s av av  swappd al     gam, gam ,  s s 's fc. .c4 .c4 �b8 38.�d5t 38.�d5 t ®e6 ® e6 39.xc5

9.2!? 4 40.�xc5 Exa4 was a tt c. If ca fc  ack k t y  f f  pass paw, a t  m w s kg   fc f s s paws, t  as g cacs f  w. Hs H s p ca c a  a  mm mm  ks s uk  app, s Back sl ts g wg cacs. I  gam t w f Back's a-paw, u s i kgs paws sad w a pss ga  flw.

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I  agam ps av w av a t  ts sgg dgam.   w    gam, t t  suld s w Backs d-paw. Ts su  u cu, u  u Back was gus: 40... .. . �? 4 1 . xd5 xd5

Ta was as! If Back aks  kg  ps t k  k t a kg fk.

41.. 41. . . �d2 42 .e4

... b2 40�d6t  4 1 . �b3 42.�d5t 42.�d 5t  436t  44�d5t  456t �xg3 48.d4 48. d4 g5  46.�a6 �x 47.�xa5 �xg3 .c4 .c4 g4 50.�b5 g6 5 1 .a5 �a3 52.�b6t @ 53.b4 �al 54.a6 g3 -

 x gam ps s fm a gam t I w aas ug a   f   sc (s pag 1 09). 09) .   av a sg sg cas w  paws ac   s s,, u w a aav a av aagm s  Back's acv a. miov Pke -

tgs 1998

Ts ps  mpat f gam t t  a as  s pg! t accua accuat t pa Back ds  aw. I  t w  cu t t bg s kg kg    f5 f5 g  g 6. t s uky u ky ta Back w aw t kt  ump  va  4sua, s t may y y smg sm g ls. A A pa s a s-up s-up w f5 ad  4. T  pas 4  calg g5. Of cus,  us aga s w  w  aw aw  pa  4 - Back ca ca pu s kg  5  cu s.  s. L's L's flw flw t gam cua: cua: 4 2...e6 ...e6 43.h4 d6 4. 4. �e2 45.  �e8 46. 46.g6 g6 �e7 47.c 47. c �e l 48.d3

Af Af 48 .xg5 xg5 4 9  3   kg w cm  4 va d2

48... .. . �e7 49 .e4 �e8 �e 8 50.h 5!?

st af 40.

Paps s s  a. Nw  ca  pa f f   f  pas s  s av -  aack agas agas 6. T pss pss  f cag cag a wakss  g5 as vas.

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a II acce

50 ...e7 .. .e7 5I .b4 . b4 e 52.g6 b 53.d3

ll ll  ee e ale  eac eac e f5f5-  uae w e kg k g   de  aack aack e e 6-paw? T pla  eal cueed. 53... 'd5 'd5 54.'e2 'd4 55. '

exa k  e ad, u ce e k ave ee excaged   ve dcul f e  w w  k k  Yadem ad em vv sw sw w pecel e mu pla  a a  eve eve a lg plu. If e ueede  cmpleel excag e e e ll  ll a cace f f a w , f    f f a me paccal aue,  Black uld  uld k w  defed ee p. Teefe,  aal f e k v. p ad kg edgame s w udg gee w Dvek aa f p w e paw eac  e wg (ee page 38) ey fm e ac egam kwedge f uc p. e w me   e e ec  e Sc dgame. 5. Te secin secin

5 5 . . . ??

   e  e e w w  e p? p ? Nw Nw Black wl mpl le e f-paw wu cmpea, ad e p w 3 v. 2 w eal f e.

l.e4 e5 2. c6 3.d4 exd4 4.xd4  5.xc6 bxc6 6.e5 e7 7.e2 d5 .c4 a6 9.b3

56. el b2t 57. 57.cc2t 'e5 5.'e3

Pleae e a w w e w we e kg eal ccupes e f5uae f5uae a e a acce  e3 . 5... 5 ...b3t b3t 59. c 60.el l 6I.xt ' 62.4 'e5 6. c6 64. c3 65.'e2 c6 66.e3 'f4 67. c5 6.g2t 'e5 69. c3t 70.e3

Tee   paw  f4.

70...a ... a 7l.g6 b3 72.'g2 'f4 73. 'xg4 'xg4 74. 74.xxh6t 'f 'f44 75. 75 .  1-0

If e eak ug  e ueesde  pug  paw e peg f e pii fe lead  ma excage, ad n if e w a paw e k  a al i ueenid paw wll e excaged. T me  ene f acn  e kgde. i an kp up me pue w an

O e n m, e ca pla 9.g ead ead,, a ad f9 . . . g6 e e 1 0.3 0. 3 ape  e ma  . a a w w w   pla pla . . . g5 n e  me uld e awae f  min eene. Fm  dagam p Black alea   ce. Bede Bede e ma cua c ua

Te Scc dgame    g6 g6 Black Black ca pla 9    g!? Ti mve i ited agait ite f2-f4  tege  t (e) Te mve i ik ug, a it ake ake Black pi pi  ad gve ie a tckig tage O e e ad, e mve  it lue a well, ad it i ed e ce  ti apte t make a dealed aali aali f f    ad c i a ap middleg mi ddlegame ame  g 10 b2 g7 1 1 g3 

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B ) 1 1 . . .00 . 00 fllwed  1 2  

( 1   00 00 12 12 g2 fe8 fe8 13 0 00 xe 14 14xe5 xe xe xe 16cxd xf 17xf cxd)

  

C)

w Black a aicall fu wa f y yi igg e claical edgame deped de pedig ig    lace i  k: k:

11. 11 . . .000 . 000 fllwed  1 2 .. J�de8 J�de8

(  1  00 0000 1 2g2 2g2 de de 1 300 300 xe xe 14xe5 xe 1xe xe 16xd xf 7xf xd)

)  1 .. . 00 fllwed y 12 . . Jae8 (  1   00

g2 ae8 1300 xe 4xe  xe xe 6cxd xf 7 cx

D) 11. 11 . . .000 . 000 fllwed  12 .. J�he8 J�he8

( 1   00 000  2g2 2g2 e8  3 00 xe 1 4 xe xe xe 1 5 xe x e xe  6cx 6 cxd d xf xf 1 7 xf cxd )

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t II: ctic I Bck Bck ps ps 9    g5 it cot p 2 4 o t 18t mov is vs o ou it positios to iscuss 0-0  At 1b2 I cosi a) 1 1  .. 0-0 b) 11. 11. . 000 a) 11... 11...00 00 12 g2

Agi Bck s two possiiitis: a1) 12  J�f J�f8?! 8?!  ) 12 12 a8 a8

a1) 12 12f8?! f8?!

 stt out wit tis ss pcis ook mov is i sows t gs o t 4 tust o o Bck B ck

Bck Bck c p 9    g5 ist ist  o 9    g6 i  o ts ou is, givig  tot o igt it it vitios o t gm As 9    g5 mov is tiv ,  wigig up its it s pos  cos c  tk  mo g g cct cct,, I wi tt t t ou ou 9    g5 vitios s  wo I wi ys ys gms gms w w    g5 s  p,  I wi so touc upo t suct o  t g6-g5 is ws p o t 1 9 mov mov o oomiov  sktt sktt O cous tis oss tim o Bck,   wi oft v to oow  it pt t usu I wi cosi it  Bcks g ps  ps : ) it ps 184 ) Bck ps g5? g5? (O t it mov

o t) ) it it p ps 1 9   1 94 9 4   i 1 9 

I) i pays 18f4 Bck shou  w o tis ggssiv o  it ist ps t om 18c c6 w gt  mo cos vsio o t cssic g o, o w v ito tis tuctu, w shou st cosi it ot ggssi ppoch

1 3 xeS 1 4xS 4xS xS xS 1S xS xS xS 1 6dS x x 17®x 17 ®xfl fl dS dS 1 8f4! 8f4!

Mikvsk suggst tis ov i is commts commts to t gm gm Lko  . Amsi 1 8 3  3

1 8  5   5 s so  ti  pol o Blck is tt is ook o 5 wi soo  out o p p 1 94 9 4  ow ) Aso Aso possi possi is 19    8? Bck wts to p og th sm is s Mioov  Lukn nko ko   4  5 5 to  t ook But hit c pvt tis 20c (O 20 20  Bck c p 20   5 5     i 2  g4 tn 2 1    6 22  x7 7 7  Bck hs scic  pw fo ctivit it sti s to is vopmt,  mwi

 Sot dgam k z ool of t l o doul  k o t l ) 20    6 (20   d4 2 d5 i od od fo fo te te)) 2 1 Ed 1! ad a d t t i a lot tt tt a t ook o 5 ma o id ) 19    6 20f 20 f3!3! Now ti mo i tog   6 (20   Ef5 21g4 Ef6 22xd7    fo fo Blak Not tat t at Blak Bla k do do  ot o t a  am polt fo a ook ift to t d au of t pw o 6 t  o pom atig up i dlopmt  tu  a mpy wo a mpotat ) ) 2 3  3 E8 22�2 f6 f6 23�d3    a wa aged, ut t  tt  k i o d ad t pe wll oo  to play   Mkka Mkka  Ake Akeyy,  2000

99

alowig Blak to ptat  poto t i tt ad tually wo, Ool  Skoe, No Noaa Goa Goa 2000 2000  21Ed1!

fio  2f3 6 224 E2 w t at ook o t od ak pom Blak ual a 21 xh2  xh2

t tat t aptu t paw wt i i f tmpo

2�g7 ook ik a igt impomt o t ma otuatio, ut t til kp a dg Afte 22f3 E23? (tt  22  Ex2! 23g2 E5) 23E  Ed3 24E2 24 E2 E3 25�f2 E3 26E2! t aodd t xag of ook, ad  t mo to om  wll dlop a tatie Atuall, t wo aft oly  fut mo  Gaa  t tada ada Nto, Nto, M Mda da 2002: 2002: 26E2 6 272 E7 28 4  4 E  29 2 9d6 d6 E6 30Ed2 30 Ed2 �f8 3f5 E5 32g4 �7 33�g3 E3 10

  Ja Ja88 20 d2!

22 g2 d6

d5

  t tata tatall jutato jutato of 1 8 f4! 4!  20  2 ft t 20    Ed3 Mkalky g t lg lg :  : 4 �g7 (Not 21Exd5?? 22f6) 4 4 Ee3 (t (t  tt aft aft 22 2 2    Ef3 f2!, w fo om ao a ot  yd fo)

22  E7 a  playd a wll 23a4! E5 244! t tatg  to ett t la lakk ook o 5 24   Ef5 Ef5 25 2 5  4! �g7 (ad i 25    5 ? 26Ed4! 4 273 ad t t a a a wg adatag) 26�f2  a daw wa wa ag agdd  Mo  Moiko, Rua Rua 1999 i a otig do wit t poitio i it  ay tt ikalky  uggt 26d4 i a impomt o t txt mo to a t pu 22  E5? E 5?  mpol mpol  w of 23  4 23 23 EhS Eh S 24Ecl 24Ecl E7 25a4 25a4

t a a at poo B mog t t  dpaw dpaw Blak waked waked t t  lgt lg t ua o t op a a gt futue t wo o mo mo 5 1  ezulk ezulk   Blek, Blek, Cz Cz  Repul 2002 200 2  ow tu ou o u attto attt o to t ot ot  ook ook mo: ) 12 12Ea8 Ea8

  t ma mo

2f2 6 24d1 d5 25d3 t a  a mpotat ta paw wtout

1 300 xS 14 x5 xS 15xS ES 1 6d5  17  dS

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18.f4 ge3!

Atr ida is 18. 18. . .E5?! . E5?! wit t ida f a latr latr .. . d4 ad a rk sift t t qusid Tis ida ds't ds't wrk ut wl i tis psiti p siti tug, w Back's kig is  t kigsid. O ida id a bid tis rk r k mv is t crat crat waksss i Wit's kigsid structur structu r but t pric is a bad bad  placd rk. Wit as tw lgica was t ract: a) 19.4?! ks ik a wast f  f tim aftr 1 9 . . .d4. . d4. It is itrstig t t tat t pa wit ...E5 ... E5 as b usd i ma crrspdc css gams. Black sms t ik is trappd rk  5. O xampl is (aftr 19.4) 19. 19. . .c6 . c6 20.Ld2 f6 21.Lf3 g5 Black tris t fr imslf viltl. 22.xg5 g5 23.g4 E6 24.f5 Wit was clarl cla rl bttr wit is strg prtctd passd paw ad vtua vtua w i Calw Calw  Vujadivic, jadivic, crr. 2002. b) 19.Lc3 c6 (19. (19. . . d4? is bad i viw f 0. d 5 ad Wit Wit as a s a activ activ psiti psiti  . W W sa t sam tm i t i abv.) 20.4 f6 ( Now 0 . . . d4 ca b mt mt wit 2 1 . L 4 �g7     ad Back as l cratd cratd waksss waksss with his peatur p eatur pa i t ctr) c tr) 2 1 . f3 h6 ho ho ants t av a rk  6 i a psiti psiti  i k this? Wit ad a car advat advatag ag i Schr Schrib ib  D Grt crr. crr.  996. 996 . 1 9 xd5

Aftr Aftr 20 . 4 Back taks taks vr t iit i itiativ iativ bcaus f Wit's lack f dvpmt 0 ... Ed1  2  .�2 Ec 2.�d2 Eg1 ! Wit Wit's psiti psi ti is rribl. 23.�2 E8 24.�f2 Ed 5 . c E 1 6 . d3 Ex2 Ex 2 27.� E1 ad it was t t arl t rsig. 0-1 Mar  Bria, crr. crr. 2002. 20 02. 20 .. . gt!

T is is a strg vt idicatd b my ditr Jacb Aagaard. Back aws is rk t b trappd, but Wi Wit t as svr svr prblms dvpig dvpig is qusid qusid.. Instad Instad 0 . . . E8  1 .�f . �f a5 !? 2 .  E 3 . d 1 Ed 24.2 as b pad. Hr t pars agrd a draw atug th is a t f pay i t psiti. psiti. Grk Grk  Kci, crr crr.. 1 998 . Still, t draw draw ss ik a rasab dcisi dcisi  frm Back's pit f viw: If Wite gts is pics ut bf b f Back is abl t us is mmntum, mmntum, Whit wi b bttr. On t tr hand, White as plad f2f4, a a pssibe imprvmt fr Black is t pay n t kigsi as tis paw mv as givn Back Back a pit pi t t attack attack.. A pa cud cu d b . . . f5 a ...6 ... 6 fw fwd d b b . . . g5. 2 l ' e2 e2

Te Scc dgame e k i apped, apped, u Black ge ge excele excele y y a ae.  . 1 1 8 8tt 22.• l

ie will    e ale   e ee i i  piece  e ueeide wiu ue l    mateial te  l 24.2 hl 25@d2 xh2t d3 hl 27.@c2 gl 28b2

lack a a pleaa cice ewee    Eg2 pevet pevetig ig ie m devel develpi pigg i ueeide, ueeide,   pickig up ae a e paw paw  e kigide kigide wi wi  excelle excelle cmpeai  e piece ..

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wit pii like tee, I ca ecmmed e game Vyci  Gaacz Gaaczyyk Plad Plad 2000,  ue tudy 12 . h8

Ti lk like e atua cice ad i ac 12.. 12..Ede8!? Ede8!? a  ee tied yet. Oe di di eece e e wee e  e  k me wud ecme viu i Black Black wie wie t uppt a -paw advace advace 13.0-0 x5 14.xe5 xeS 15.x5 x5 1 6.d5 6.d5  17.x cxd5 cxd5 18.f 1 8.f44

A mal ciuai i 18c3 c6 1 9 c 1  Ti Ti  i, i , i my view view,, a gd gd vei vei  e edgame  Black, a i kig i aleady  e ueeide ad eae e cee (epecially e d6-uae) d6-uae) Muc  e ey  e e lie i cceed wi w t ge te kig  d6 a uickly ad mly a pile, ad  cue ie ie  pee i. ee i i  e cae, ad Black ca aleady ik au w  ceae acive play. 1 9 . ..@8 . . @8 20.a4 e7 2c5 a5 22.d3 @a give Black a gd pii 1 8  . �h5!

i i geeally a gd me i ite ept e edgame. I ite deviate e Black kig may eel iecue  e eeide. Ti i ae y, ad a uc it a e t d wi e  e edgame, u I eel iged t ell e eade au e dage  eeide eeide cal calig. ig. g2

ee ee i e  e example examp le  w w ie ca avid e edgame: 12.d2 e8 13000 6 tig i agig  ,  Black emve e kig. 1 4  4 d5 Ti i,  cue, a ally iee pii, ad peally I wuld ee my kig t  e  e ueeide a lack. Bu  te  yu w ae appy

Te pla wit ..5 ..5 ad lae ..d4 .. d4 i ieeig i i pii wee Black a caled caled ueeide. Black a ae ae pi i 18    Ee3 Nw i i lgical  ie  take te p wi 1 9xd5 , ut a e e bip de de t pik pik

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Pat II: Pati

up te paw wit tmpo, Bak a tim to petate to te t ak, pvtig it om dv dveopig eopig i i piee piee oma oma 1 9    d 20x 20 x d   ad Bak i v ativ A poie poie otiuatio otiuatio i 2  2  1 22h4 8 24 8 ad Bak a t iitiativ 20 pvet te peetatio O gam oti otiue uedd 20 20    6 (i (i tim tim 20    8 i i i io bau bau o 2 1 2! d 22a6 oowed oowed  a kigt mov ad it ha moiied i o) 22  22a d8 2a6 7 ad t poitio ai ua t i a advatago o Bak tat i kig i o te uid i w ompa t poitio wit Gk Gk  oi o om m t peviou peviou ie ie  owv, t 0 Bak a ote ad poib o pomiig optio i 20 x! x! 2  2  2 8 8  22x 22 x e 1 wit te ame ame idea idea o aiig t xage to petat to te t ak ad pevt it om dvopig hi ueid e o die om t pviou ie i tat Bak kig i o th uid itad o th kigid

) Bac pays ...gS!? ...gS!? (on he ninh mov mov or aer) a) 9 . . .  w h ook at t optio a) gS and 1 1 . . . 00, b) 9 ... .. . g5, 11... 11 ...000 000 and and 12 . . . he8, ) 9 ... .. . g5, 1 1 . .. 000 and and 12 . . J�de8 ad a d) Bac pays ...gS ...gS aer a) a) 9 . . . g5 and 11.. 11. . . 00

e two move av ot ee paed togete ve ot Bak uua at ueide we  pa t mo amitiou 9  mov wit t gpaw l.e4 eS 2. c6 3.d4 exd4 4.xd4  S.xc6 bxc6 6.e5 e7 7.e2 dS 8.c4 a6 9.b3 gS 1 0.g3 g7 g7 1 1 .b2 0-0 12 g2 ae8 13.00 xeS 14.xe5 xeS 15. 15.xe5 xe5 xe5 1 6.d5 6.d5 x 17.' dS 

19.h4

1 9  d2 i a poi impovmt impovmt  id i 19 19 x   x2 2 20 20     5 2    !? gtig gtig mateia ad paig o aivit  ak ook o 5 i ate mispaed B e wa, ma impovemts a awa e oud, ad e I at p ut otie tat ad te ook  o 8 itead o d8, Bak oud ave paed paed    d8 pottig t 7 ua 1 9 d4 20.a 

At At 20 20  d2 Bak a pa 20    5 2 1 4 (i 2 1   te 2      i po poi i) ) 2    d5  d5 wit a ompiated poitio A poi otiuatio i 225 6 2  wit ua oue 20...a5 .. .a5 2 1 . .c2 c2 e8! 22 . cS

wit a uea poitio i Mioov  kako, kako, Ria 200 , wee wee Bak Bak vt wo Bak a mad om igt d oio, ut a ompatio o tht tht h h h  tiv tiv poiti poi tio o Ao, Ao , hit h om paw wk o t kigid

18.c3

it a ao t 8d2 i i a ittig maouv  kigt i adig o , tig to o tat g5 i  wak  t oowig gam hit w a to wi om  om tempi o ut dvopmt, ad  ao ueded i diogaiz d iogaizig ig Bak o o  8 6  6 At ti move te ak ook get ito toube Bett w 8 8g4! g4! ite kigt

e Scotc g   og oure to rec f4. Mewie ck  opportutie to ope up t oitio for te rook  pug te f . 19.f4 E5 give te  wek  ,  f e p 19.f3 Bck c rey 9 .. . c6! (Alo poe  19.. 19..gxf3 gxf3 20.xf3 3 21.4 Ef8 or 2...c5 wit  ctive oto. e pw pw c cc c wit wit 1 9 . . . c6 ook prog toug. 20.g4 f5   .gxf .gxf5 Eexf5 Eexf5  22. 22 . g  f2 f2 wt  trog iititiv. 93 Ef5 20.4 f6  20. . . e5 te 21.3!?  poe, ig for t f5ur.  .e 1 g7 22.E7  v folowe te ge Murru   o, Orope Oropeaa e e Mr Mr 1 998. 998 . ere te y gree  rw, ut tere  t  ot   i te poto After 22.Ee7 E8 4 or 23.3!? t  cer tt Bck w   r te trg to euze. te i re ver ctve,  te wekee of   og te 3c8 go gve Bck   ce. ce. te  te o o  propect propec t of p p  o  ueee. 1 8 c6 c6 19. 1 9.a4 a4 fe fe88 20. ' k tre to get i kg to 6  uu, t tere re oe irece we e  y ...g5 ...g5 te te of t ore ore oet . . . g6 l l c5 c5 'e7 'e7 22.d3 22. d3 Ee6

103

23.g4!

i i oe oe proe wit wit . . . g5 : Bck Bck  e e cotro o te igt u o te kge  g4  f5  prticur. 23 ..e4?! .. e4?!

23 ..6!? .. 6!?  itertg. i ove  po o fter ...g5 ...g5 ro  t rook ee te te -pw -pw ,  te protctio og og t xt rk c co i   w  proe  tt te rook c e oewt pce er. For tce, te te 24.3 24. 3 6  6 25.c f8 26.f5! Bck  ot owe to repr" repr"    gture  gture wek wekee. ee. 26 2 6 . . . f6 27.g4 6 28.g2 e8 29Ec2! te  coote coo te  poto   re to tke tke ctio oo. Note tt copre to oter oto wee Bck c r o  o tructure, t  ot t ce er ecue of te weke wekee e crete crete  ... . . g5. e iop o f5  trog, eg eg ot 7    (i  partcur 7. i c e  or proe for Bck ter,  t  e to put preur o te 7 pw wt te kgt  we. Bck rook o 6  ipce  Bck c o wit  ee ow ite w eveop  ititive A ver upet cerio fo Bck. e ou ot uretit Bck eource toug. I te cpt out t ook oeuvr to 6 w w i Ao  Co Co  tt t efc efc og te te xt xt rk w vy tog fo Bk,  te vtu ot tt g cue  pue too . Sti, it  te vtge ere. 24 24 d4 2Sel !

it excge rook,  ere t  ut trog  te ck rook o 4 wl fce proe. Bck w ve to ccept evr lgt ure wekee i orr to v t rook,  ewe te wi   pw. 2S ...d8 ... d8 26xe8t xe 27.e2

 tret of e3 c o e ri i o w. 27... .. . d6 28.e3 cS 29 .xh7

te vtge  coe to eg ecive. e ck ck rook cotue cot ue to e ut i 

t I ti

104

29... e 30. g4?

Bk hou wit in thi poition. ow hit py hi knight to f4 n fo Bk to puh hi pwn. 0  6  6 w w pf pfb, intning .f5 n thby foing hit to how hi hn 3 1 .g4 �xg4 �xg4 3f 3 f4 d4t 33.e4 33. e4

hit wnt on to wn i Pool  Ahin, Ahin, Ini Ini  2004 b) 9 g5, g5, 11 ...0 ... 00 000 d 12 . . . �he8 l .e4 e5 2. 2.  c6 3.d4 exd4 exd4 4. 4.xxd4   5.xc6 5. xc6 bxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Ve7 7.Ve2 7.Ve2  d5 8.c4 a6 a6 9.b3 g5 1 0.g3 g g l l .b2 0-0-0 12 .g2 �he8 1 3.0-0 xe5 14 .xe5 xe5 Vxe5 1 5.Vxe5 �xe5 �xe5 16.d5 1 6.d5 xf xf l.xf l .xfll cxd5 cxd5 

hit h wo ontinuton h: x) 18.d2 n  18.c3. x) 18.d2 g4!?

o pob i t mo mot 18 6 1 9. f f f5 f5 20 1 f6! (20    6?? w  hoib un tht oppd  ook n Ox  npob, npob, o o 200 1 ft ft 2  h. Bk in. Bk wnt to nw 24 ith .5. Aft 7 g4! 224 5 . 8 Bk i y btt u to th tht on th . ot how th bk pn on g g oint oin t hit hit bihop bi hop 19.h3

 9. f4 h bn bn py py    wl wl A A 1 9  .h 0f 0 f 6   . f th poition poition of th oo oo on h5 i owht owht mp mp. . oko oko - D V V oni oni 004.  004. obby btt i 19.! Not tht th  no tik h fo it whn h ptu th 5pwn. Cop t l ft 18f4 1 9 ...h5 ... h5 20.hxg4 hxg4 21.�el?

T xhng of ook fou fou Bk B k

21.. 21. . . d6 22.f4  23.x 23. x �xel t 24.xel

Blk  btt, but hit mng to  i Wo Wojihowki jihowki  yo, yo, t i 1 997 997 

  18.c3 c6

19.�dl

Ti mnou i  ti no omp to th in with kingi tling  Blk king i ly on th uni. But th ook wil bo ti ti  on th fouth fouth nk 19 i th min tti. Bk h  hoi  19  .  b8 h bn py p y in on gm o f 0  f f f5 2  .h g8 22  2 7 Bk i btt  h h poibilit on ot wig. wig .    th  tion fo mo mo  of thi g Bk py  4 t!) V2V2 Kotu  ihi ihi Ru Ruii 200 200   b 1 9  b7  b7 n n now now hit h h  hoi hoi

Te oth ngme

105

the king  ner the ton Bk h eer te pobite uh  4, 4, expnng on the knge or reting py on the ee wh the rook Bk i ighty better here   5  5 6??  6?? Af Afte hi hi  buner Bk Bk i ot    b7 n n Whte won Rmuen muen  Gu Copenhgen 00 Amot ny othe  moe wou ge Bk  reonb poition 19 ...c7 ... c7

One gme ontnue 19 19e8 e8 20f 8e6! 8e 6!??  Bk B k pn to trer trer the the rook rook to h6 h6    b4 h6

   0b4!? 0b4 !?   probby probby prem premtur turee  t t g ge e k opportunte to open up the poton  the ueene In the gme t worke worke out  for Whte, but Bk pye  ere of  oe: 0   6?! 24 8 22b I 7 Bk  eentuy puhed or h pae pay, ough t  not er ho muh better ite i Arngr Arngrmon mon  Ong, poo 000  e8  e8 nte ook more ntur Ater 4 Bk ntte py on the ueene i 5! b5 b6! Bk tke hyt meure by eang the h  igon igon ow he ometime omet ime threten th reten to pik  the pwn pwn on b 5  ote tht wth th pwn pwn ne White wekene the rk ue f b 5! the ourgeou king py  te prt n the gme  hou pont  tht by nng the pwn too eary ng to the pwn etup ter 5, 5, b4b5, b4b5,  oition imr to the rt poton n i In mot ae th poton  aourbe  k Tt Bk h h paye    g5 te  g6 g6 oe oe not eem to hnge the eution euti on e in the Teme eto eton n  0 4 7 (0  5   goo moe moe  he bk kng i rey on the ne n wth the kng on b 6 he n py p y   etup wt 6,  the ght wekne  the 6-pwn i nt  ttrophe when

   g e6   f f 6 k w w oiouy ie wi  rw gnt h onger oponen 4 4 g e6  5  f n Yz-Yz in Begrm Begrm  Lngr Lngren, en, ween ween 00 00  20. b8 2 I .d4

Agn Whte py th rook mnoeure to 4 Te rook i te on the fourth rnk, n fter g5 g5 the hh4 puh  n opton to remoe the potentay weak hpwn n eze pe on the kngde k ngde 21... 21. ..5 5 22.4 22 .4

On h4 Bk h  trong repy n  b4!  b4!

22... .. . be8! 23.x5

Whte oud try to brng h kng to the entre wth wth e2 b6 4 e  , or py py 4h4 4 h4 rt  rt n orer to r the the itution i tution on the kne kn e ow pay beome beome ery   

06

Pat : Pctice Pctice

23 ..elt .. elt 24.g2  25.h3 al 26.e2 d6 Bac actie oo gae i exceent coutepay cou tepay in Ewic  Jonan, ot Boy Boy 2002 Te pace Back gained on the ingide wit wit  g5 and f5 f5 heed i ate to ceate ating teat teat agan aganst st White' White' kng, bu at the ae tie t ie te pawn becae taget fo fo Wite to attack Te gae was dynaicay baanced and eventuay dawn afte a tough gt . . . 000 and 2. . .de  9 ... g5 ..

l.e4 eS 2. c6 3.d4 exd4 4.xd4  S.xc6 S. xc6 bxc6 6.e5 e7 7.e2 dS .c4 a6 9.3 gS IO.g3 g7 II.2 0-0-0 2.g2 de 3.00 xeS 4.xe5 xeS IS.xeS xeS 6.d5 7.x cxdS

Ti i a ino dieence copaed to the ine jut dicued, but it gie a bette oeiew ie thi Now Bac can oe hi ing to to d8 if Wite pay pay c   Wite again a two ain option x) .c3 and 1.d2

18 .c33 c6 19 19 ll  18.c

x

Ao Ao poibe i  %  e8  e8 20 20 ff3 f5 2  e2 (Wite (Wite pepae pepae 4, not n ot aowing e  e  2c7 22d4 6 23a4 a5!? 244?! (24xa5? i a ice i ce tap: 24   d4

25xe5 dxc3!! 26xe8 c2 and the paw poote) poote) 24    b8 b8 (24 (24    c5! 25a4 b wa wa tong ee) ee) 2 5  f4! ? gxf4 gxf4 (25 (2 5    e3! foce te excange of oo with a bette postio Afte Af te 26  e4 27 xe4 xe4 e4 2 8 g5 White win a pawn, but i poition i in un afte 28   d4) 26x4 b4! A typica anoeue to contet te oo oo doinance doi nance on te fout fout ank Bac ha a ight adantage due to i activity activity Mobeg  Roneand, on eand, Sweden Sweden 2 2 9 ...d ... d Tis ng oe oe i poibe aft afte e   de8 A in the peiou peiou ection, ection, te i ng oe oe    b7  poibe a we 20a4 e7 2   c5  b6 b6 22 f3 f3 d6 Bac ii not afa afai i of ti setup a i king i aeady on the queenide 23d3 a5 24g2 (24g4 i pobeatic hee due due to 24    h5! Bac benet fo having te ook on h8 25f e8 e8 26%c2 26 %c2 c5 and Back eie te inita in itatie) tie) 24  a8 Bac a cance cance on te queenside bu White oud tay coo 25a4?! (Ti weaken the b3pawn 25f3 was bette, wit a noa potion) 25    aa7 Bac ca pace a oo on te be and ate intiate pay on te queenide Hi poition i bette, but e wa not inteeted in a ght and te gae gae wa wa oon daw dawn n ean  Giog Gio ga ae e,, Ubeda  Afte Af te    d8 Wite a a coice beteen

Te Scotc Sco tc Endgae

x 20.e2  20.a4  20.h3 and x4)

.   .

x 20.e2 g4 2.b4?!

ay a iky deciion, epeciay en yed too eay  . ..he e7! d4 b8 23a3 (23b5 cxb5 c5 a6 foowed by d6 d6 wit a cea antage to Bac If Wite ant to gab e d5pawn he wi ae to xchange ook, ing to a ey dicut ook  biop and igt ending, whic i obaby coe to ing) ing) 23    a5! 4bxa5 a8 and Back a adanta ntage ge  ee the Tee ection fo  ig ada te te info infoatio ationn on thee th ee poiti poi tion on 2.d4 a6? i paw pawnn beong on a 5! .4 .4 @e7 24.b5 ite caied te queenide and te ye oon ageed a daw Boekeuen  a aaian, aian, ance 003 Intead Intead of 4b5 4 b5 ite coud hae payed on, a te pawn on   oud be a weakne ate

07

Peae note te foowing ook anoeue by Back 7 b4 b4 28d3 d4 c e7 30 f5 f5  d   3g 3 g ee  Afte Afte White White itae Bac actiated i ook and wa ceay bette bet te 2. 2. ..he .. he 22.a4? Peatue Peatue action on te queenide queen ide 22... 22 ...a5! a5! 23. d3 23b7 c7 4xa5 b8! tap te night 23 ...e2 ...e2 24.@g  Not ony i Back actie, but the weakened queenide wi ao caue eee obe fo Wite ate Back went on to win in Van Wien  Van Van Beek, Netheand 00    20.h3

Ti gae how oe inteeting apect of how ay can deeop deeo p 20 ...he ... he 2I 2 I . @e7 Back tanfe tanfe hi king to d6 22.a 22. a4 @d6 @d6 23.b2 23.b 2 Wite tanfe i knigt to d3

 20.a4 hS

.c5 f3 4 g4 e7 3c5 b8 4d3 e 53 d6 26c5 ee8 7e wa y yd d in Hupey Hupey  ao ao Autaia Autaia  

2 3 ...5e7 ... 5e7 Back can gt fo the f5quae, but pobaby he a afaid that Wite woud peent i fo paying a5 A poibe ine i 23  f5! f5!  4d3 5 e7 5 c5 e ! ! A tyica tick 6g2 (te oo ap ate 6xe 6 xe  xc5 xc 5 faou Bac) 2  e! ee 

08

Par I Pra

T rk   4! 4!)) 2 7.a 7. a55 d4 and Bak has a vry av poson. 2.   aS 25 g! g! Wh  o no of f5  25 ..  26 26  h6 275 27 5 H th payrs agrd a draw Afr 27 .. . a8 w hav a sandard poson, bu  W s sghy or av opard o t n wh h or ods . g6. Bak  s sod and d7 an b prod, bu hs vrson s sghy nfror for h. Maja  hv, hv, Budaps Budaps 2000. 2000 .

 )   ) 2 . hS 2  .e2 

favouaby for for  h hrr Wh Wh or Bak Ba k was h h opponn dvad fro th an pa So of h ns wr qu nrsng, b wh h rgh ovs  baan shoud n b dsurbd

y) .2 2 g On ga saw 8 8  f6?! (probaby oo sow  9 f3 f3 8 8 20. d4 6 6 2  .  b7 22b4! (Praur (Praur aon or a srong ov? Wh  rady o pu prssur on 6. No ha Ba anno a nno prvn h h advan of   bpawn b pawn wt wt  b8) 22  b6 23a4 a 24h3!? (B s 24b5, whh w w dsus a h nd  h no) no) 24    g4! 25ba5 a5 26g 4 27b3 b4 28d A bad sg. Aft Af trr 28    8 2 9  g2 4 Bak Ba k had h nav, n av, ahough h ngs ar ar no sp s p wt wt a par of rooks s on h board Bak's kn s av, bu s fs a b unoforab In h ga Wh wn on o wn, bu thi wa probaby du o h drn n payn rngh rahr han hs poson. St  Gn Gn N Nw Zaan Zaandd  997 ntad ntad of 24.h3?! 24.h3? ! Wh an pay 24.b 5 W a aady aady fa faar ar wh 24 . 8 25 b  5!? .

22 g In hs ga Bak ras waknsss on h kngsd. H shoud nsad ava h kng and sar pay on h qund Now W an fous a hs anon on h kngsd No h ro of Wh's rook on h fourh rank afr Baks sak 2 2   2. ®g2 e7 25 . g g 26.g 26. g  27 .f . f  f5 f5 pawn p awn s wak wak and Wh Wh  soon so on p kd t up and vnuay won n Torhasson  Goga Gogadz dz, , Esa Esa  998  om  dagram dagram poston af afrr 9    d 8 Bak has has  in gnra, gnra, no probms T ony rason why om of h n und out

But hr hr s a sgh drn aus by th wakns of h h fsquar fsquar 2 6f 6 f55 ! an i s no asy for for Bak o fr fr h h f f..

h Soh Endgam

  9 ? ? has b payd hr, hr, bu as arady arady iond o svra oasios, i is no in is inrs o hang ooks Maybe i pinnd his hops on Bak's waknd igsid i a sip rook vs bishop and ig dga, bu his is a misjudgmn  h posiion Bak's rook wi bom  aiv oghr wih he king 19 19  h8 h8 5 5 23 g3 223 5 and k was br, ahough no as uh as in  gams onsidred in h Te sio v vvaa vaadz dz  Poapo Poapov, v, Gr Gr 200       9 3!  3! is probaby bs, as iond in  p pvious vious sio sio 20d 20 d  6 2 1  2 3 f h5 232 2 24a4 b2 Bak has  i iv v posii pos iion on and hor hor h advanag advanag pard o h prvious gam Whi has  ass o h f3squar, and his maks i  or him o ahiv a harmonious s p o his pis 01 was h rsu in van  Do o  Os, Os, N Nhr hran ands ds 1 99 5  e3 21l c6 22 e  c3 ak is aiv, bu Whi osoidas his piion ad h weaknss weaknss of o f h kingsid k ingsid wi wi   appar appar  6 25 4 cS 26g4 i is ber de o i ci pay gins Bak's waknsses on h kingsid n  gam Bak iniiad ounpay on he nsid nsid and vnua vnuay y won won,, bu b u objivy obj ivy i has h br hans Makropouou  a apo pov, v, Gre Gre 200   

Backk p ays ays  Bac

gS ae e ovra ovra onusi on usio o is ha Bak B ak is doing doin g  a h bginni ng of o f h Soh Endga Endga i amos a is wih qusid asing  ain rasons rasons ar ar ak' king is os o h nr of h ad f w ompar wih h ins afr igsid asing, his is of ours a big in i h king has o us ra mpi 

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o reah h dsird d6squar Sois Bak's king says on he kingsid in ordr o u oh aims, or Bak pays anohr pa  h an an pus his kingside pawns o o insan in san  bu his his is rah rah  unommo n Bak' Bak's main pan is o g his king o d6 T sond rason why qunsid aing surs Bak asir pay in h ending is hror hror probaby or onvini onvi ni ng T king dfnds h qunsid, eing h rooks from ha duy Bak has ra i o organize aiv pay wih his rooks or aiv pay i gra Bak an iiia pay o h kingsid wih h pas, bu i isf his h is is no pariuary dangrous dangrous o o b eeiv, Bak wi usuay hav o pay on boh wings, and his is easir i h king is nar h enr  wi hor hor ainy ain y onsidr onsid r his advan in onnion wih shor asing

Ponoiov Paske Hasings 1998 

le4 eS 2 c6 34 ex4 x  Sxc6 xc6 6e5 e7 7e2 dS 8c a6 9g3 9 g3  1 03 g7 g7 1 1 2 2 0-0 12g2 12g2 ae 130-0 xe5 1xe5 xeS 15xe5 xeS 16cx5 xl 17x cxS 1c3 c6 19a gS!?

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Par II Pra

Blak ss spa on h kngsd. No ha Wh annot oupy h f5squar bfo Blak plays ...f. .. .f. T sa poston aros n Phoobalan Phoobalan  Adhban Inda 2004 (s pag  03) . 20.c5 e7 2I.  22.h3 ®g7 23.3 ®g6 24Jl h6 2S.4 Anoh good plan for h was 25.5 o put prssur on a7 rs and hn push h qunsd quns d pawns afrw afrwards. ards. Ts T s ras ras fwr waknsss n hs poson and fors Blak no a passv stup. Wh h pawn alrady on b4 h kngh on d3 s sowha so wha d to th dfn dfn of h pawn and d35 oss n srngh. T sagy wh 25.5 would hav bn o bl. 2S ...  25 .. . a5?! 26.b5 b5 27.5 s good for Wh whn Blaks kng s on th kngsd  fa away fo fo h ao n. H Wh s atv and Bak has waknsss on th qnsd and hs ps (nludng th kng!) a nt hr o pro h. 26.c5 6 27.a4 If w opar wh o hr pos pos ons ons alrady dsussd  bos vdn ha  s Wht who dds whh ours h ga wll ak. A horal vsgaon of h poson ay phaps onlud ha Blak s okay okay and ha h an rspond o Whs avy wth wld ounrplay bu fro a praal vwpon Wh ss rly n h drvng sa. Trfor I onsdr ha h has th br hans. As th ga dvlopd Blak was abl o anan h balan and n h nd h should no hav los bu a poston lk hs afr Whs 27 ov s not dsrabl fo Bak. Ts pos on osky osky  Yandrov pag 92. T Blak had an nfror vson of th ral poston wh hs kng on h bak ank nsad  nsad of d6 and wh prs play Wht ould hav oband good wnnng hans n a at ndgam.  pont s that Baks Baks kn as not day pad pad that    th t h

kng was no nar h aon and Wh wa abl o gan an dg. 27 ... ®g7 2.g4 2 .g4 f4 f4 29.® 29 .®g2 g2 ® 30 30. .55 30.a5 a6 llusras a pon nton abov A kngh hop o 5 would b dsv hr f only onl y h h b4pawn b4 pawn was was no unp u npod od Wh probably has ohr way of pun prssur on h qunsd. W should not forg hat Blaks las ov rad a lon r waknss and ha now h pawn a b aakd by all h wh ps whra only h ook ould atak  on a7. 30... 30 ...a6 a6 3l.xc6 c6 32.a5 S 33.xc6 e6

34J 34 Jc 34.�8 ras or probls for Bla who has o play arfully to anan h balan. T bs bs gh gh b 34 . . . d6 (not 34 ... a5 35.5 folowd by d) 35.5 5! 36.2 f3! 37.f3 a5 38.8 (38.b7 a3 wh hk s th pon bhnd Blaks pawn sar T s no kngh fork.) fork.) 38 . . . f6. T poson  oplad th on par of rooks ra o h h board. boar d. I blv b lv Wh has slghly slg hly bt bt hans but Blak ss o hav dnt ountplay. 34... xc5 3S.xcS c6 36.7t ®e 37. cS 3.xa6 xaS 39.4 ®d 40.3

T Sot Endgam

it has won a pawn, and in t gam  soon won anotr aftr a ug mistak by a ak. k. or th th  rst of this this gam s pag pag 9 5 .  sum up In this gam Bak dfndd ssf ssfu uyy in th t h midd mi ddgam gam (wit (w it t trm igam I rfr to t position bfor it rd a basi ndgam) but  tink most rs woud agr tat it is mor fun to b i i - mayb mayb h wi sud nt nt tim in aking Baks dfns? I rmmbr som rs ago that Ponomariov mad a ommnt t paying against th Marsha Attak   Spanis Opning. H said somthing   Somtims Som tims you win and s omtims you rw", and I av th fing tat Whit as  sam pasur hr of paying without t i of osing. osing.

ie p y ys ) 1 9. I ie

) 19. a4 y now w av disussd Wits most rs rssiv siv approahs  an ary f2f2-ff4 and t  manouvr to a4.  positions arising r r 19 .  and  9 . a4 usuay ad to r positiona pay, but at th sam tim y ar ss tsting. T gnra onusion is a a Bak is ok ay if  an gt is  is kin kingg to  i stopping Whit from stting up an rs rssiv siv positio posi tionn on o n th qunsid qu nsid,, wit wit  for for stan a rook on a6.  ontinuations aft aftrr 9 . . . g5 and  . 0-0-0 ar ar usuay okay okay for for Bak B ak  mainy a aus us of o f th qu q uns nsid id asting. asting. In th i ns i .. . g5 and kingsid ki ngsid asting astin g Bak Bak as as mor m or rbms to sov aftr 19.d2 intnding , but wit pris pay in th opning s position is aptab. T positions aftr a4 and 19. ar simiar to thos aftr     g5 and and  . . . 0-0 if W Wit it dvo dvops ps his h is igt to 3, and trfor w wi not spnd  u tim on tm. Instad I wi fous  ow it an prvnt Baks king from riing riing on d6. d6 .  

 

a) 19 l.e4 e5 2. c6 3.4 ex4 4.x4  .xc6 xc6 6.e5 e 7.e2 5 .c4 6 6 9.g3 g6 10.3 1 0.3 g7 g7 1 l .2 0-0 12 1 2 g2 e 1 3.00 xe5 14 .xe5 xeS 1 5 .xe5 xe5 16.cx5 xfl 17.x cxS 1.c3 c6 

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19. Tis mov is ss pris tan 19.a4 as it aows Bak to gt is king to d6 witout probms. 1 9 fe 20   20 .. . g7!? 2.a4 5 as bn payd as w. Bak wants to start pay on th kingsid. 22.3 6?! 23.5 57 24.d3 g5 25 g4 g4 26 . g4 g4 ? (26. (2 6. hg4 is bttr) btt r) 26..  g6 27.5 f5 Now Whit has wak pawns on t kin kingsid. gsid. Aftr 2 . f3 f3  Bak was bttr and and wnt on to win, win , A Jda - A ufi ufi,, ran ran 200  But again again  Bak's Bak's stratgy was risky, as if is initiativ on t kingsid vaporats  wi av to adopt a passiv st-up on t qunsid on Wit initiats ation ovr tr. 2 1 .4 .4 e 22.c5 6  6 23.3 Wit an an for or a rptitio n wit 23 . b7 7 24.5 if  wiss. Bu wy soud ? W ar sti in th tory of t Sot Endgam, but tr migt b pratia 

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Par II Pra

rasons rasons for for su a ds on, and Bak soud b awar of s opon f  s payng for for a wm.

23 .. JSe7 JS e7 24.4 24.4 On 24 24  5 Bak as as  wknown wknown rk rk 24   25g2 a 26a5 b8 w an av poson 2 4...a5 ...a5 2SJ 2 SJ55 a A srous anav anav was was 25      !? 26g2 a4 2b4 a wh an av poson 26.2 W av av rahd rahd a ypa baand baan d pos pos on on n  Soh Endga Ba k has anouvrd anouvrd s kng kng o d6 and as payd payd    a5  W as as organzd s fors opay as w, and  s no asy for r sd o brak roug Bak now szd spa on  kngsd, bu a  os os  of  f5s f5sqq uar 26 ... 6 27.'g2 27.' g2 gS?! gS? ! 2.xg5 2.xg5 gS 29.g4! 'c7 Ws poson as rany mprovd, bu  mporan quson s wr W now as a ar advanag Wh  mr av now w prssur on d7, u  d d rn g b ony ny ny In hs poso pos onn Wh ad a gav sak w 30.f4?? S o of h ga n  n h  son s on (Bak pays a4  a4)) Su Suss  Mos Mosnko nko,, Ukran 2000

) 19.a4 l.e4 eS 2. c6 3.4 e4 4.4  S.xc6 c6 6.e5 e7 7.e2 S .c a6 9.g3  1 0.3 g7 g7 l l .2 00 00 1 2.g2 2.g2 ae 13.00 eS 14.e5 eS lS. eS xeS 16.cx5  17.' S 1.c3 c6 19.a4

19 ... . . Or possbs for Bak ar a)  arady saw 9 9g5!? g5!? n Ponoaro  Pask Pask  pag pag  09 b) 9 g  g 205 d8?! Ts passv ov s no no   rg approa 2       f6 22h3 22 h3   23 2 3 d3 d 3 5 24 g2 d8 25  f f 66 26  26 55 d6 2 a5 a8 a8 2 8 a6 Wh Whs rook as rahd a6 and h has good prosps pr osps on h h qunsd qunsd Gashmo Gashmovv  Mads, Gr Gr 200   S  Tm Tm son for for or of s ga ) 9 9  f5! f5! ? 20 5 7 2    a5 2 2f4!? 2f4!? (Ts gvs gvs Ba k somhng somhng o b  on w h  a arr   g5  On  or and W gans an oupos oupo s for for hs kngh kng h on 5  5  W's ov ov s a b rsky n any as, nsad h oud pay 22 d3 wh h a norma poson) 22    g7 2f2 h6 24d3 f6 255 a8 265 g7 g 7 27  f f g5 T pos p oson on s op o pad, ad, bu I hnk Bak as sgy br ans du du o s possb poss by y of of opn op nng ng h g ar

T Soh Endga Endga

d pnang wh hs ooks Manukyan  , o 000 d) 9  a? ! ooks sy af af 05  05 7 a6!? ) Insng s h ov ord 9 9  a5!? is ss o  o b h os b nuaon nuaon A 05 0 5 7 Bak B ak wans  nnu wh
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0  7 d3
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Par II Pra

aak hough. hough . T ga on o nnud nud 26 .. b6 27b6?! and h payrs soon agrd a draw, a  Es, Es , rr. rr.  997. 99 7. T paw pawnn on 6 was was sowha wak, bu Bak's poson aks a sod prsson. prsson. 245  25a 6

hough hs ov wakns Baks sruur,  s hard for Wh o ak us of . 26,a6 c7 No 26. 26 . . .b6? . b6? 27.b6 b6 28.b4 7 29 .d5! and  wns a pawn. pawn. 27e2  23 2 3 e6 29 294 4 6 6 O, O,a a a6 3I 2 a7 a7 Bak sowy frs hsf, ahough hs anouvrs ook rahr rapd. 32e2  33,a4 3 3,a4 aS T ga s v and ar a draw was agr agrd d n Wn Wng g  ndh, rr rr..  99 3.

9l ine ine  e 1 9 le4 eS 2 c6 34 ex4 4x4  Sxc6 xc6 6e5 e7 e7 7e2 S c4 a6 9g3 9g3 g6 g6 1 03 g g7 1 I 2 00 00 1 2g2 2g2 ae 1300 xeS 14xe5 xeS xeS 15xe5 xeS 165 x 17xfl cxS 1c3 c6 19l 19l

Copard o h anouvr 5a5 h  9.d  n has uh or or poson. T T wh rook s ransfrrd o a4, and f Ba pays h nora ...a5 ... a5 hs ay nvov  pawn pawn sar, baus h has has o onsdr ons dr b3 b4 pong h pn on h a. Whs pawn ay rah a6, bu Wh's prob s ha  nds suppor by hs ps. Manwh Bak obans a srong nr du o h absn of Wh's bpawn, and h b s opnd for for a bak rook. T d of .. . a5 nvovng a pawn sar has bn usd n on ga so far. 1 9   fe  fe On of h rs gas n h Soh Endga Endga onnud  onnud  9 .. .f5! .f5! ? 20.f3 20.f3 g5 2  .h3?! Wh shoud avod pawn ovs on h kngsd. 2.d4 day s br. 2...g7 22.d4 g6 23.a4 h5 Bak aaks on h kngsd whou any worrs abou hs a7-pawn. An nrsng pan, bu  s of ours rsky o pay k hs  whou a safy safy n. 24.2 h6 24 ... g4 25.f4 h6 26.2 s no n Bak Baks nrs nrss s  hus h prophy prophya a  kng ov.

Te Scotch Endgame

.c .c ?! he kight is heading for d3, bt it is too  .. Other O ther onti o ntinat nations ions for hi hite te are ) 25 . xa7 g4 g4 26.h 26. h 1 f fe8 e8 27. 2 7. f4 e 1  8.g2 h4! gives Black active conterplay  hile  hi le h hii te's p iees ie es lack oord o ordin inaa tio ti o n . hite wold have to patiently reoranize his fores to onter the oensive on the kingsie ) Instead 25.d4!? g4 26g2 fe8 7.g 5 28 .b5 e1  29h2 29 h2 d4 lead leadss o  very sarp position wit chanes for oth sides hite shold have chosen this contination.   ..g4 .. g4 26e2 e4 27.xa7 f4 28.gxf4 gxh3 .xd7 g8? nstea nstea of this move, move, 29  . . exf4 gives lack a wiig advantage, for instance 6 g5 3d3 h2 32.g2 xf2 3.xf2 x 34.h1 xe2 and the d an deides Aer Blak's ista ite was bak in e game an after soe essiness, probaby sed by tie troble, ite evetally on. Berth Bertheot eot  arciao, arciao, Fran Frane e  992 is gae is important as it shows how angero angeross Black' Bl ack's kigside ki gside o o ensive ens ive ca be. be . .

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2 . .   Tis is the ain line. Other Oth er moves moves are are a) 20    f5 Tis is less eective now. hite qickly develops an iitiative on the qeeside. 2  .e2 5e7 After 2  . . .g7 22d4 8e7 23.a4 g5 g5 play develops similary to the Berthelot arciano game game 24.h 24 .h33 g6 2 5 . g4? here here as as no reason to panic. White cold simpy pick p the pn ith 25xa7. Before Back can play play  ..  and and . . g4 he ill have to oe the king rst, avoiding a knigh check on f4. n this line Blacks conerpay is fr oo slo. Socko Socko  Jakb Jakbos osk k Poand Poand  997. 99 7. 22.d4 b8 23.a4 b7 24.d4 f8 If e compare ith te ain li e it beoes evident that Black has playe ioia . .f5, .f5, .. . f8 and a assive set with ...b8-b7. ... b8-b7. White ow lays is rook to a6 and starts a pawn stor o te qeeside Tis is i s very leasat le asat for lak, as al ready ready dissse in the ee setio 25 .b4 e5 6a3 5 7 a6 and and hit hitee was better bette r e e to t o his activity ac tivity on the qeensie qeensie egri  el, corr. corr. 2000. 20 00. b) 20 .  g7 is seems ie a strange mixtre betwee getting te ig to the entre and starting a pawn stor o the kingside. If Blak wants to approa the etre with the king 

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it will take hi one additional ove via f6 copared to f and the kingside oensive is already slower in coing copared to Berthelot Berth elot  arciano where where Black Black did not not waste a tepo with . �fe 2h4!? White tries to stop   g  Another option as 2   e2 to contine the the plan plan with with �d4a4 �d4a4 2 1  . .f . f 22.e2 f6 23f4?! Bt this sees wron. Te plan with the kniht to d3 does not haronize with �d1 d4a4 for for obvios reasons reasons Te knight knigh t on d3 blocks the th e access access to the d4sqare. d4sqare. 23�d4 23 �d4 was ore to the point point  Black can contine 23   . h6 with a later ..g ..g and the openin of the h le can only beet hi. 2 1 h4 gav gavee Black a hook to attack bt the the bene b enett of this thi s ove ove is that there will be no weak pawn on h2 and perhaps the opeing of the hle is not that dangero dangeros s for for Whit White.e. Jakbovics  Nicholas Birin Biringh ghaa 200 1  21e2 2.b4?! is preat preatre re  see see the the Tee Tee section for ore of the gae Gonzalez Dia  Fernan Fernandez dez Saaved Saavedra ra Spain 200 1 (page (page 93)  21h4!? h!? 22e2 e7 23.�d4 d6 24�a4 24 �a4 �a �a is the ain line lin e with the the addition of the the o oves h4 h4    h It is interesting that Black ade the sae istake here! 2. b4 �ee? �e e? (2 (2 .. . c7! is the right ove) 26f4?! preventss .. a) 26 . �eb 27 d3 a! a ! (26.�a5! prevent 2.bxa �b 29a6 �b6 30b4 �a7 with a position that is diclt to assess Black has sacriced a pawn on the qeenside to obtain a strong pawn phalanx in the centre. Te a6pawn is strong bt hite has probles clearing clear ing the way for it . Te positi pos ition on is nclear.  nclear. riel riel  Cerv Cervetto etto Arg Argentina 200  . 21. e 224 6 22 ...�b ... �b? ?!! prepares prepares a passive passive setp bt b t this is not the way to play the position 23�a4 �b7 �b7 24b4 d6 (24 (24    a !? was the the last chance to free the qeenside) 2a3 For the rest of this gae see the Tee section (page ) where White plays his rook to a6 Rblevsky 

 J. Geller ssia ssia 2004 Again 22 . . . a !? 23.� 2 3.�a4 a4 �a is possible with with the idea 24.b4 d6 and a pawn sacrice. 23a4 a 24.4 Tis is probably the ost testing ove V Zaits Zaitsev ev  nd oscow oscow 2004 saw saw 24.�a t this is probably preatre. Te ga contined contined 24   c7 2.f4 b7 26.d3?! (26.�a was better bt Black chases th annoying rook on a6 away away and an d with the t he king on the qeenside he can play ...d6 ... d6 to avoid the knight invasion on c. Te position is ncear ncear.).) 26 . . . xa6! 27xe b 2xd b4!. Black sacriced a pawn to obtain th desired exchange of rooks and to activate his king. Bac was better and went on to wi the gae See the Tee section for the rest of this gae

24... .. . ee? 24 .c7! . c7! was was right Te point is i s that hit hit cannot achieve the desired setp with �a withot al lowing lowi ng Black to becoe active. Aer Aer 2 .�a6 .� a6 b7 b7 26. 26 . ! Black pla plays ys 26    �ae! and White is one tepo short of getting th knight to d3 to prevent activity on e. No the position is dobleedged dobleedged Incidental Inc identaly y bad bad is 26   cxb ? becase of 27�f 27 �f6 6 25a5! ice prophylax prophylaxis is hite prevent preventss    a  whic whic st have een the idea behind 24 �ee? �ee?

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 ... ... 2. 7 7 27. 7 2. hite hite was on top in elcic  Bozani Bozanic c ratia 2000 and eventaly won the game. ee the Tee Tee section sect ion for more m ore of this game. . Consions Consions After the Teory section it is time to draw e e conclsions ab ot the Scotch Endgame e shol consider c onsider both if hite can try to in an avantage in the early stage of the e and how he can play for a avantage er er on. At the beginig of the Scotc gae r move 18 an ntil Black consoliates ck needs to plan for meeting ite's re activity o the qeenside Oen it is iportant whether or not hite can prevent ck from briging his king to the desired sqare e have discssed several ways r Black to get his king to the centre and ith logical play this seems to be not too iclt to achieve At the same time Black ld ld be wary of an active act ive white rook roo k on the le (especially if the rook reaches reaches a6) and a iely .a5 .a5 shold shol d be considered considered Black Black has other oth er ways ways of playing the position posit ion  one exa exampl mplee was was Bert Berthel helot ot  arc arcia iano no er eree Black Blac k attacked on the kingside kingsid e and did t worry too mch abot hite's hite's qeenside ay. Tis is a very dynamic approach to the sition and this game is importan for the ea ealatio lat io of this thi s plan. So far far nothing noth ing specia s been fon for hite bt 21�d4 was ea early rly better bette r than the wea weakk 21 2 1 .h 3? ! after after ich Back ha o proles Black's plan is risky risky thogh thogh  If Black does not no t break throgh n the kingsie then h e will e badly prepared  coter hi hite's te's play on the qeenside. qeens ide. fhite and Black both obtain the ir ideal' sitions ite with d3 f3 �c5 and lack lack with d6 d6 �e7 �a8 and and a5  how how sold the position be evalate then? And  shol play develop? Tis iagram from he game Smets  oiseenko oiseenko kraie kraie 2000 eps to answer this qestion

osition ositio n aer 2.2 A fe few moves laer lae r the posi po sitition on was trasfored trasfored into the diagram below where hite has seized control o f the importa i mportant nt f5sqare f5sqare

osit osition ion aer aer 29 4 

Tis Tis position positi on is a clear imp roveent roveent for for ite compared to the previos iagram Bt if it is enogh to seriosly treaten Black's solid setp is anoter qestion qestion I mst say that that I have my dobts. Black's position is sond in general an he as many ways to generate conterplay In comparison we saw that even in the lies li es where ite had the t he chance to play pl ay �a6

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and exert prere on the qeenide Black conterplay hold not be ndeetimated. Experience ha hown that hite ha to play ery ery precie to obtai ob tainn any advantage. advantage. f Black catle qeenide he h e i ally okay. okay. Ti goe for all line in the Scotch Endgame. Te only on ly l ine whee he mt be ery caef caefl l are the one aer kingide catling Te problem with 000 i that it i ite who can chooe to enter the Scotch Edgame  ad afte afterr qeenide qeenide catling catling he can hod chooe the a path leading to dobeedged middlegame poiti on. Te ame goe fo fo the . . . g5!? ph on move nine t ae a tempo compared to a later ...g6g5 ...g6g5 bt if hite aoid the endgame Black might not enoy haing played played g5. n the poition ariing after 18.f4 and 18.c3 c6 19.d1 Black ha to know a large amont of theory to eqalie bt after the opening phae he hold be okay. Tee two contination are y far the mot dangero for Black. hey gie dierent and more open poition than the "traditional deelopment of play where the rt Smet  Moieenko Moieenko diagram above above will ally be reached at ome point. Te two contination contination 1 8. f4 and and 1 9. d 1 lead to very dierent dierent kind of poition poi tion.. e pobem with wi th f4 f4 i i  that i t weaken weaken the e3qare and give Black a ftre attacking plan plan with ith . . . g5. e already aw thi in ome game game ( ho ld by the way mention ment ion that th at the moe 9 . . . g5!? rle  ot all the the line with 1 8  f4) . 1 9 . d 1 ha no diadanta diadantage ge o  beliee beliee that thi move i the m ot teting continati con tination on for for Black in the Scotch Endgame. Before  conclde thi chapter  will try to m p and compare the Scotch Endgame with the theory of rook . . two minor min or piece that  peented peented in the part 1 of thi book. Tere ha not been mch written on thi bect o far if we do not cont the eeral annotated game in Chessbase Megadatabase epecially by Mikhaleky who alo play thi endgame occaionally with Black. Bt  hae

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not een a chapter in a book with btantial theory on the Scotch Endgame till now. n the Scotch Endgame ae move 17 hite ha rook ih op and knight knigh t v. Black' Black' two rook. f we conider the exchanging problem then we ae already had the important exchange of qeen and conclde that neither king i in danger of being mated in the ear ftre. Ti mean that the king ae able to take an active part in the tggle. Often Black trie to get hi king to the the qeenide ad the centre centre  epecially to to d6  and and that i i  baically why  conide the line in the Scotch Endgame where Black ha catled qeenide to be bet. hite' king ally tay on f1  bt b t thi i mainly ma inly becae becae of a black rook on the e le Te king wold like to be b e on d2 bt b t the exchange exchange of one pair of rook i in general not in hite' favor and theref t herefore ore e 1 i often not a ol  oltio tionn to that problem hite can try to get the king to the centre c entre by mean me an of o f f3e2 f3e2 followe oll owedd by f f e 1 d2 bt hite hold ho ld be awa awaee that thi manoere cot cot alable alable ti me. n the preio page we hae een again and again that the exchange of rook ally faor Black. Bla ck. n  n the cae where the th e exchange wa favorable for hite thi ally had a concrete eaon and thi i of core poible  one hold not follow follow thi rle too rigidly. rigidly. However when one rook i wapped Black' kingg ddenly feel kin feel more m ore ecre and can pl ay a more mo re actie part in the game. After After the exchange of rook hite will hae hae lightly le inence in ence of the dak qare qare and thi th i i mainly becae he poee a lightqared bihop. e knight i not a trong a defender of the dark qare a the bihop i of the light qare and nle the king i there to pport the minor mi nor piece piece  thi can be a problem for for hit hite.e. A good illtration of thee problem can be een in the game Zaite Zaitevv  nd Moco Moco 2004 from the Teme ection. hite had a knight on e5 bt after Black' king arrived on c3 it wa not eay to drive away.

Te Scotch Endgame

f hite anages to keep all of his aining pieces on the board, then in some aes it was possible for him to organize eats against Black's king. Tis was the case  the gae gae Rblevsk Rblevskyy  ikolic, ikol ic, Rssia Rssia 1 996 99 6 (age 86) where hite's initiative won the -pawn and opened a rote for ite's h wn. Te game can be fond in the Teme ction ction as well. om Black's Black's poi p oi nt of view it akes akes sense  ry to dominate ite's bishop and ght  ight sqared control, and this is done  the Scoch Endgame mainly by the pawn cnre cnre formation formation d7-c6-d5 . aradoxically aradoxically this so ghts ght s for for the dark sqares, as a knight has ha s  se a light sqare to aack a dark sqare. erefo erefore re d6 is an excellen excel lentt sqare for for his h is kng  Back keeps keeps the pawn chain intact. int act. Both players shold be wary wen he ingside pawns are pshed forwad, especialy espec ialy ack's g-pa -pawn . . . . g7-g5 is a way to seize ace on the kingside for Black, b the tential weakness of the f5-sqare shold t be ignored.  have alrady drawn the ader's attention to the coparison of the o diagra positions above Again this "Doination rle shold not  impleented in practice withot carefl oght oght.. Every Every game is dierent dierent and demands de mands  dierent soltion to a given problem, bt y y stication for brea b reaking king this rle rl e shod  of a dynamic and not a static natre f ck, ck, for for instance, ws wses es to to pay pay . . . d5-d4 d5 -d4 he d be awae of te potntil waknesss  e light sqares, s qares, b te move migt serv se rv e prpose prpose ofi o finc ncreasn reasngg the rook's rook's acvity acvity on  fth rank, as freqently seen in the lines ginning with 18.f4 h5 with a sbseqent . . d4. A good way of thinking abot sch tions is that Black's compensation for akening his strctre is his activity, and s s e shold sho ld tr t ry to keep p the mome ntm. nt m. l, thee are cases where Black Blac k does doe s not need  seek activity at any prce, as his wo extra awns and solid strctre often give him an

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acceptable poston. One needs to nd the right baance here. Tis leads me directly to perhaps the most important qestion concern ing positions with rook vs. wo minor pieces how to accrately evalat the position. n the Teoretical ondation  have given a synthesis of the mateial and the dynamic view, and this can be sed with advantage on this endgae o give the reader a tool to dge the positions with the righ t balance, the following ollowi ng ethod of seeing the Endgame in wo stages can be sed 1 . n th rst stag stagee Back relies relies on his p osition osit ion in materia tems. H does not have to prove s compensaion by active means, and wo pawns n addition to the rook for the wo minor pieces is probably a good measre. Black can play along the lines given in the Teory Teory and Tee Tee sections with wit h condence. condenc e. 2 However, Back shold be ready to a change the position at any stage of the game to ore dynamic play where activity (and the creation of a passed pawn in some cases) conts. Te point poi nt of this this actvity actvity is to mke at least one of the minor mi nor pieces passv passvee  never never forget hat hite has an ea pece, even thogh the ook is stonge tan tan eter minor piece i ndividay. ndividay.  tnk tnk  te peviosly mentioned menti oned gam gam Za Zas sev ev  Lnd is a good lstraton of ts eme Black seized his cnce, scicd a pawn to exchange rooks and ecme actve. Had  not done this, I wod av been worse. inaly,  will once again  the reader's atention to the general advice given by Dvoretsky, and the positions he analyses in his excellent books Secrets of Chess Strate and Die En  pieluniversitt. Tey ae very instrctive for the practical payer.

Part Training

General exercses

Captr 6

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Gr xrc

s section conssts of 31 exercises. In the rcses al three inor pieces congratons r bt I have decided not to split ths ton ton n three spy becase beca se f the exercses r sorted sorted by aterial t will b easer to spot  ntended ove. Tere wll of corse e rcses where ths s dclt to hde bt  these cases I have tred to formlate the estons dierently for instance "Do yo nk that Black shold enter the rook vs. vs. o g ght htss endga endgaee aft after er . . . etc. etc. So besdes e nora exercses where t he stronges st rongestt ove  to be fond there wl be soe of these e e or no exercises. exercise s. ost of the exercses deal wth the ngraton ngraton bshop and knght vs. vs. rook and ans ans and here I have h ave tred to show how the delnes delnes gven gven n the Teoretical Fondaton ork ot n practce. Soe exercses deal th the exchanging proble the color roble or the thee of doinatng the hop hop  either this t his wll wll be apparent fro fro the gnnng gnnng of o f the exercise exe rcise or o r later. lat er. In the exercses wth two knghts or o hops dynamc featres ecome by fr e ost portant measre. Activ of the eces lack of coordnaton or developent re portant isses here. lso the positon  the king s portant and ths qeston s  corse closely connected co nnected to the exchangng exchangng roble.

Eerise 1

Wte to ove. Gve a convncng argent why 24.x7 is strong.

Eerise 2

nogh talk. Here are the exercses. exercses. Soltons So ltons  the exercses can be fon fondd n chapter 9 .

Whte to ove. Fnd the strongest contnation.

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art art I I I raining raining

Eerise 3

Eerise 

White to ove. ove. Shold White go for the tactical 39.e7 or play the ore odest 39.xg3 with the .. fe4 4.xe4 xe4 contination 39 ..fe4 4.4

Black to ove. ove. o yo think Black has oe chaces to sav ... or 39 .. .4 . 4 the gae after 39 ...

Eerise 4

xerise 

White to ove. ove. Tis position is probably won for Wite de to his passed pawn on the c-le Shold he contine conti ne with the straightf straig htforward orward 43.xg7

hite to move. move. Shold Shol d White White play 27.x7

Geneal Gene al exercises

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erise 7

Eerise 9

ite to move. alate the endgame ae 2.

Black to move. Shold he play the exchanging opeation 2 ... ...  2 2x2 2x2 3

erise 

Eerise 

ite to move. ind te inning contination.

hite to t o mov m ove.e. hat is the the most mos t logical conti nation?

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Part Part I I I raining raining

Eer Eeris isee  

Eerise 3

Blak to move. Shold Blak Blak ake ake o h4? h 4?

hite to move. Shold hite play S ?

Eerise 2

Eerise 4

hite to move Shold hite go for ? ?

hite to move. hat hold he play?

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General exercses

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erise 

Eerise 7

hte hte t o ove. old yo recoend .x

hte to ove. Calclate the conseqeces of 2.x

erise 

Eerise 

lack lack to t o ove. hte has st played .x Do yo yo think thin k lack lack shold sho ld opt o pt for   . . .ex

hite to ove ove Evalate the typical anovBotvinnk trck 2.x

at at I I I   aining

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Eerise 9

Eerise 2

White Whit e to moe moe Shod White pay 22.3t

Black t o oe. oe. Shold Shol d he exchange exchange qeens?

xerise 20

xerise xerise 22

Back to moe. Do yo thik   is poising fo Black?

Black to play. ... x3 ? Shod Black pay 2 ...x3

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General Gene ral exercises exercises

erise erise 23

Eerise 2

lack lack to move m ove valate 2...4

hite to move How shold he contine?

erise erise 24

Eerise 2

lack to move ind the strongest contination

Black to move Evalate 23 .. . 3

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Eercise 27

Eercise 29

White Wh ite to move Calculate the l ines beginning with 1 2 xt Do you thi nk White should play this?

White hit e to ove What should he play?

Eercise 28

Eercise 30

Black Blac k to move. White's last move was 27 h4. How can Black Black seize seize the ini tiative?

White to m ove. Should Should he worry worry about the knight on e 6?

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Genea execie

eri erise se 3

ack ack to t o move. o hold hold he contine cont ine and ho od yo aa aate te the poit ion? ion ?

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lut  Euat xrc

osiion  iosno iosno  Zin Zinov ov hilad hiladlp lphia hia 1 999 l  27.l

Evalatig th positio i atrial ters shows that Bak has a rook ad a pawn for bishop ad kight. White therfor has th stati advatage and Blak will hav to seek cop copsation sation - either either ith activit activityy or by by tryig to reate a passed pawn. Bak has an activ rook o the second rank, bt it wil take take hi soe tie to create a passed pawn. Wit otrols the opn -le, so Blak  ill  i ll have to  dd a d i re re  t way wa y to acti ac tiva vate te his othr oth r rook Hr w w larly have a ase of hit hit  protig prot ig fro th xtra pair pai r of rooks rooks on the board, ad ot oly d to the geral geral priips of rook vs. two ior pis pis  vry vry sipy, Wite's rook is ativ o th oly ope l Blak has a wakss o a7 that a be attaked Whits kig is ativ o th qeeside ad if the a-paw drops the the

b-pawn old be a very dangeros passd pa. Bease of the eak apaw ad hite's ative king in soe cases White a aord aord the rook swap if he can cash in o the a-paw White has a sall proble with coordination coordination on the kingside ki ngside thoug, and for for the ont ont this thi s ans that Wh Wh ite's rook has to stay on the rst rak base of ..f .. f Te rook o f2 really is ativ Obtaiig fll coordiatio will wil l probably ost Wit Wit a paw on th kigsid bt it ight ight b worth it if he an pt pressr o th qeesid 6 loos lik a xllt otpost for a ior pi, spialy th kight Wit's trp hre is obviosly the b paw, ad becas of it White has clarly better haes. Here are soe lies to show how play a develop 2 7... ...  Blak an try to gt rid of his a-paw a-paw with 27..  a5 !? whe Whit Whitee has a hoie a) 28 bxa5? b8 (28 . . a8? 29.5 and the a-paw is taboo becas of bak rank ate) ate) 29 . a3 b2 30.8 30 .8 x xc8 c8 3.xb2 x b2 a8!= Blak eliinats the a-pan ad the edgae is ost likely a draw. oparing ith it h the fndaental fndaental dga positions, there are not even a eqal r of pans on the kingsid ad Whit has no chances of creating a passd aw. T only point of attak for Whi ss to be , bt this is easily dfdd by Blak who sipy keps keps his l ight-sqard strtr e6- (doiatio (doiatio of o f th bishop) bi shop)  b) 28  b5 ! is th bst ov ov to hold o to the b-paw b-paw  Ar Ar 28    b8 2 9a3! a 3! g5 30 b 1 g4 3  . e5 xh2 326 326 White ha has a wiig positio d to his st rog b-paw b-paw

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2. 5! x2 x2 28 .. . a5? 29.c6+-  the point behind White White at move. mo ve. 29. 29.  c6 c6  30. xa7 xa7 3 30 ... d2 31.c6 d3 32.c3!  an exampe examp e of a favorabe favorabe exchange of o f rook for White. Te bpawn bpawn wil imply im ply cot Black the rook becae of the the trong knight otpot on c6. 3.gl and White' bpawn i ready ready to advance. advance. vauaion v auaion ua: u a: ± Posiion 2 Tiosno Tiosno  Ziainov Ziainov Philadelphia 1999 (ine)

A weird poition ha arien where White ha three minor piece againt two black rook. Ti aterial imbalance i not the bect of thi book bt one ca eaily pot the imilaritie  imilaritie if Black Black acrice acrice (or if White win) the exchange. exchange. Here White White ha the poibil poib ility ity of creating a trong paed pawn on the dle. However he hold ho ld be b e wary of Black exchanging exchangi ng a rook roo k ffor or a knight and pawn a the remaining poition with 3 againt 3 i a draw nder normal condition. Ti dier from the cae of 4 againt 4 Here White ha winning chance (the defender prot from the exchange of

pawn) and Back hold therefore wait a White i have to exchange one pawn t obtain a paed pawn on the d-e. We houd not undereti un deretimate mate the power  Back rook in thi open poition thogh Black ha to rook and they have n counterpart. An attack from the ank cod be very npeaant for for Whit Whitee and that th at i wh White hod keep hi pawn on e2 for the time being (a f2 i more dict to defend). Black pin hi hope on thi attack by the rook from the ide a here the trength o a rook compared to a minor piece i hown and White hold try to work againt thi concept. It i ceary to White advantage that the pawn are only on one ide a he poee two knight. It eem that Wite hold the advantage if he i aware of Black' defenive pan decribed above. eanwhile he ca trengthen hi poition and increae the prere on Black. Blac k. Howe However ver thing th ing are not o clear a Back i to move. With active pay he obtain obt ain good good counterp co unterpay ay.. Here H ere are ome om e line to itrate the above 21... 21. .. a2t If 21...00 22.fe5. White eaily obtain fll coordination and can already think abot active play. An attack fro the ide can be contered with king to e3 and kight to d3. 22.3 22. 3 a a 23. 23.  a2 a2 Te rook i really annoying and White wil have to dirpt di rpt hi h i force force for for a whi whie e to obtain o btain fll coordination. coordinati on. 2.gl 00 00 24.. . a1 25.h3 a2 26.f3 i White idea. 24 .. . d7! 25.b4 a1 26.f3 b8!= i Black Black bet. bet . Paying Paying 26 . . . f6?! make the pawn tructure more vlnerable later (ote that becaue of thi little pawn move Black i unabe to dominate the bihop ater in a more impied imp ied endga e ndgame me poition poit ion)) Terefore Terefore the rook move i preferable. With the active rook it i i  dicl di cltt for for Whit Whitee to proceed with

Soltions to Evalation execises

is plans in the cente and Black has good nteplay. 5.5! e bold king entes Black's positon n d it is elatively safe and Wite geneall as d contol of the cente is ove also events Black fo activatng is ok t a8  a8 becase of o f a kng ceck ceck on e7 pcking pcki ng  e ook on a8 a8  Whte as excellent inning ance ancess once te t e ote ot e knig ins  ins the gae B if Black Black is aae of this then th en he ealie eal ie ve ve 24    d7! gives gives hi  eqal chances. vuion umm: =

osiion 3 eins i Banatal 1999 -

Black has a ook heeas White has to knights. nights . Tee ae an eqal nmbe n mbe of pans pans n the boad. In geneal this means a mateial advantage fo White bt in the case of to knighs this is sally not so simple compaed t ohe mino piece congations. If the sition is vey tactical and open a ook an often pove stong copaed to the two knighs even ihot additional pans as pensation In his h is case thogh thogh  White has ha s an advantag advantagee becase becase ofhis of his active active and haonios position posi tion  e as active knigts in the cente and the

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pesence of heavy pieces is to his advantage if e follo the gidelines given in the Teoetical ondaon.  is diclt fo Black to diect his ooks against a point in Whites camp wheeas White ill nd it easie to ceate theats ith his knighs sppoted b ook and qee n Te b2 pan is not too diclt to defend and becase of his elaivel safe safe king hie can safely safely avoi avoidd the exchange of qeens qeens  If the th e qeens ee exchanged exchanged Black Bla ck old be able able to move move his his kingside kingside pan panss - and these ae ae his tmps. In a middegame poston with qeens Black cold move the f-pan ithot doing too mch damage to his king b fo the time being hite contols the key sqaes in the cente and makes this pan advance ipossible. Hoeve White shold not be too igid abot abot these these gene genea all gidein gideines es  as pla play poceeds it may be a good idea to swap o qeens qe ens to l et th e hite king paticipate paticipate in the gae It is aleady close to the action. White has a aoity on the qeenside so e wants to develop play thee Black can pck p he h2-pawn and in etn he can pck p the e-pan e- pan bt b t he shold be aae aae tha this cold lead to a ook sap in he cente. Te folloing l ines so ho pla ca n develop develop 24...�2 ... �2 25J5 nteestng is 25f !? f6 26g4 to play fo a kingside kingside ini tiative 25 ... . J 25 . .f5?! 26a2
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Part Part   rainin rainingg

oiion  Gog Gogi ivv  Timo Timono no Panormo 200 1

Here Back a an eta pawn compared to the previos eercise, ti give him a rook and a pawn vs. vs. two knigt T T  ,  , of o f core, an improvement for Back, bt in oe ne n the previos exampe hit hitee sacriced a pawn pawn to obtain attaing hances against Back king so the ti evtion is not te main iss he. o import is 's tivity in this exampe, ad in i ite's ack of oordinatio. 's qee on e2 is domiating d drivig it way wi ost ikey cost the hpawn Te position of hite's ing is aso ore insecre in this exampe, and is aesty is reay the the case case of hite's trobes. trob es. Terefore Terefore hite wod ike to exhange qeens to te o the pressre and if this happened his ing od participte ctivey in th gme. hite's trmp is his potenti pssed pawn on the qenside and with the absne of th qens these pwns wod be esier to adva advanc ncee with th e spport of the th e ing Ceary Ceary the th e xchange of qens is i s desirabe desi rabe for hite. In addition, it is not very iey that hite wi be abe ab e to deveop a ingside initiative here.

Te rook exchange is a ore deicate qetion f hite can force the qeen exchange and coordinate his remai ning pieces, p ieces, then he wod of corse ike  ike to have a rook to cooperate with his cavary However, Back's to rooks an qiy threaten hite's king, o a rook swap cod be in hite's hite's interest becase of the possibe dangers connected with Back's rook pair How py deveops wi te what the right sotion for hite is. 2.3 24e1 ?! xh2 25.xe5 xg3 26.e3 is a very risky contination, as now hite can hardy aord any exhanges. Bac has two pawns ps a roo vs two nights and the three passed pawns cod prove very strong in an endgame. ith his insere ing it is dobtf dob tf  if hite wi be abe ab e to create threats threats aginst B's ing, athogh on shod not ndeestimte the power of two nights with pport from from mao r pieces 2 J7?! e move move 24    fe! serves the same pupose of protecting protecti ng the e7sqare to avoid the qeen echange, or poitona threat of e3 25 e3? is now met wit 25    g2 with dobe treat treat on  and d5  After Back protect the epawn, ite annot activate his rook o easiy, and he wi nd it harder to obtain f oordination If he instead pays 25.e xh2 26. Bck seizes seizes the iititive ii titive er 26 . . . 8 27.e2 g  2 8.b2 d  with with better better prospe prospects cts In ompison note how qiy hite obtains good coordination betwen his fores in the ine i ne given given after after 24    d7 25J 25 Jl l x x2 2 26.x 26.xSS l t 27. 27. 22 and and now now either 26 .   h 27b2 or 26.. . fd 27f3 and ite's foes begin to coordinate 

vuion ummy: 

Soltios to Evalatio exercises

Poiion 5 B Bv v  Am Am (lie) Dort Dort 2000

is exercise exercise is ot like l ike the other Evalat Evalation ion exercises, exercises, bt b t ore ore like a cobiatio . ere is a hole hol e i p reviosly reviosly kow kow aalysis aalysis,, as Whit Whitee ca go for a irect i rect attack with wit h 7 a if  7. . Jx5 Jx5 ®c  ®c  recise play by White is ow reqire. e correct path will lea to Black's efeat. e followig li es are possible possible  9® 29.b g8 30.g5 b6 s not clea beca becas see of 3  .xh6 d  !. 9  g e alteratives are no better a) 29 .. . 2 30.b g8 31.g5! with a oble oble attack o 2 ad h6! 3 1 . . .   32.x 32 .x 1 xe2 (32. (32 . . .hxg5 .hxg5 33 .h . h 1  leas leas to ate ate)) 33 .2+- a White is a piece p a a easily easily wiig. wi ig. Istead Istead the cotiatio 3  . xh6?  1  3 .x  gxh6 gxh6 is ot etirely e tirely clear. ig safe safety ty becoes especially iportat i positios with qees a rooks, a therefore both players seek the initiative. ese are very sharp a a coplicate positio s. b) 29 .. . g6 30.xh6 30 .xh6 g8 3 1 .xg6 .xg6 also also leas to ate.

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306 a White wis. Ha White's kig bee o the rst rak, Black col have playe ... ...  1 , iverting iverting the white ook ook o h 1 . 27.f5!! is a excellent move, bt ot that srprisig. As we iscusse earlier, the sie with the two ior pieces wants to keep ore pieces (a especially heavy oes) o the boar, as the his ior pieces will cooperate ore eectively. Here White se this to attack Blacks kig. e reaso why White i ot go 26.g4 i the gae was presably becase he realise that aer 2 6 . . . h7! Black is e. vuion vuion ummy: + Poiion 6 un- D Pn Copehage 2004

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After a brief igressio ito the worl of tactics i exercise 5, we are back i the evalatio bsiess agai. Here Black ha s a rook a a otsie passe a-paw for White's bishop a kight. I arpov arpov - asparov asparov (page 40) a siilar positio arose, bt here the players ha oly three paws each o the kigsie. e iereces case by this extra paw are a) I arpo arpovv - aspar asparov ov it was was Black who was attackig a White kept the balace

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due to cever defence. An etra pan favours the attackng sde, as the defender ants to echange pans. Te extra pan gves Black more ponts to attack. b) Te extra pa akes te poston ore closed and terefore t akes t soehat easer for te to defed. If he seeds n keepg the posto losed t s easer for hte to cover bot anks, so Blaks task shold be to ope p the posto frther. I poston hte s ell coordnated, both  th   th hs h s pan pa nss and an d pe p ees es,, and an d he s ther th eref efoo re better prepared to counter coun ter Blak's nvason nvason.. I n arpov arpov  asparov asparov hte had ha d a far far advanced advanced pan on the kngsde (f5) and ths pan troubled h n any lnes. It s dcult to say f Black has good  nn   nnn ngg chan ch ance ces,s, o r to say that th at hte h te has ha s good drang chances. It s certanly clear that Black has has good pract practcal cal chances chances  as he had n arpov arpov  aspar asparov. ov. Te problem 20 years years ago as that hte hte as able to study the gae n hs hoe laborato la boratory ry,, and had te to  ork  o rk out the th e rght rgh t def de fence en ce!! Blaks plan s as follos a) Place the kngsde kngsde pans on lgh t squares to donate the bshop. A pan foraton  th   th f5e4 f5e 4 s advsa adv sabl ble.e. b) Blak's kg advaes to 5, aybe even further. c) Black old lke to open another le on the kngsde, kngsde, ad for that prpose he can ca n prepare ...h5h4. ...h5h4. If hte hte plays h2h4 to stop the h-pan, h- pan, the Blak has the possbl of the classal break ...f6 ...f6 and ...g5. ...g5. Ts ll create a  eak  e akne ness ss  hte' h te'ss pan pa n stru st rut tr re,e, eth e ther er  th  t h the th e sp s plele . . . h4 leavng hte th a  eak h pa p an, n, or by gett ge ttn ngg anot an othh er pass pa ssed ed rook rook's's pan pan th th . . . g5 f hte plays hg5. heref herefore, ore, Black should be aare aare of ho ho  he  ants  an ts to advance adva nce hs pans pa ns o n t  e kngsd kn gsdee from the start, not allong hte to set up a blockade.

Te ponts of attak for Black are the f2-pan and the h2-square. hte ats to keep hs pan structre ntact thout creatng creatng eaknesses, eaknesses, b ut once Black s able to attack these thes e ponts pont s and force hte to ake  eake  ea keng ng pan pa n moves move s fu rthe rt herr attac at tackn kngg ponts for Black ll appear. eghng up the pros and ons I therefore beleve Black has genne nnng hances. ets ets go bak a bt further n the gae and see ho t all cae to be, as there are soe nterestng stuatons dsussed n the c6 Catalan chapter. ch apter.

Here after the novelty 17. 17 . . xb4! I sply had an o-day and played badly, the rght contnuato leadng to a hte plus as 1 8 8   !. As n Rah Rahan an  Raus Rauss s (page (page 56) hte hte ats to place pl ace hs rook on c5 f alloed alloed to, and the knght an ump to e5. hte's kght should shou ld stay on b 1 for the te te beng, ad for two reasons on c3 t blocks both the queen's access to d4 and the rook's acess to the cle. Ts aso allos Black to play the bshop to c6. Te game contnuaton as 1 .3 c6 c6 19d 19 d ? Ts Ts s a bad move, because te te does not  ant  a nt to ech e chang angee rooks roo ks.. 19 ... .. .  0.  xd4t xd4t  1 . e  xdt xd t .xd?

Solutions to Evaluation exercises

With this move I declined a draw, thinking that I could get an attack started if i f I kept the queens on the board. otal rubbish. Now Black is better. I am not proud of the rest of the game, but it does d oes show exactly exactly what can happen ifWi i fWite te trades o too many pieces in positions with a distant black apawn. Instead Instead 22. xd1 xd 1 xd 1  23. xd1 e  ould  ou ld have led le d to the th e posi po sitition on in the th e exerc exe rcisisee diagram diagram discussed di scussed above. From here on it was a massare.  00 34? �6 4�  reaized my mistake and oer a qeen exchange now. 4 �6 5� �6+ �6+ But Black rightly evaluates that with the qeens qeens on the board ites ites king is insecure, and terefore cannot participate in the ght against the apawn. apawn. 6.c3 4 7 e4 e 4  .�c  .�c �S �S Tere was nothing wrong with the slower 28 .. . h6.  9x7t  30 3  3®  3®c he nal mistake. Wite still has some ghtin ghtingg chances after after 32. 3 2. d 1 a2 (perhaps it is better to keep keep p the t he pressur pressuree with 32 . . . �b2 ) 33.xa2 xc3 34.c2 although Black is ikely to win. 3  Black Black is winning . 33.�x 33.�x t  t 34®x �6t and I soon resigned. vuion vuion uy: u y: 

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Tis position is similar to those previously discussed. Tere are are a lot lo t of pieces on o n the board  including queens queens  and and here White has tw two knights to conter Black's rook and passed a pawn. Tis can, of course, change if Black's bishop bish op is exchanged exchanged for for a white knight. knigh t. wo knights k nights instead i nstead of bishop bisho p and knight must be inferior for White, as the knights have more diculties in positions position s with pawns pawns on both sides. sid es. And we aready aready know from from the previou previouss game game Lund Lund  D. Peder Pedersen, sen, even this superior minor piece conguration gives Back good good winning winnin g chances if the posit po sitio io is simplied further. White is in a typical dilemma now he would like to keep pieces on the board, bu the presence of queens quee ns redes the th e strength of his king as an active participant in the game. So the best solution mst be to exchange qeens and keep te bishops! t becomes evident tha t White White has ha s problems in this positio posi tion. n. t is dicut to suggest suggest a really really good plan, and to try to build up a kingside initiative wold probably make Black augh Black theref the refore ore has a clear advantage and hite hi te will will have have a hard hard time tim e defendin defendingg this positi po sitin n vuion v uion sury: su ry: +

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osiion 8 Kos Kosov ov  Cheni Cheniko kovv Soviet Soviet nion 1 978

An eua number of pawns are present on the board. Te position is rather closed and for the th e moment mome nt White White contros th e centre. f we compare this position with the position posit ion from from Rahman  Rausis Rausis we see that White would be b e happy to enter a fundamen fundamenta ta endame with rook vs. two minor pieces. (f he ca exchange a knight for Backs bishop the aterial balance of the Rahman game wold arise) ith o kihts we have a dierent case thoh a fdaeal edame with two knihts vs roo i tis position is probably still close to wini win i for for ite ite It is i s far far easier easier to cotrol te bpaw ha a rook's pawn. Besides that tha t hite a qiy qi y reate a stro stro  passed pawn in the cere e dieree i the minor piece congurations iht not be of great great importance im portance here. her e. Te desire to go into a fdametal edgame and to activate the ki akes hite wat wat o exchange exchange qeens qeens and he is ot afraid afraid of exchanes in eneral. eneral . Black's bpawn is frther advaced which can be both a pls and a minus. He shold use the streh of the bpawn dynamically and keep pttig pressure pressure on White's positio posi tion n

One idea is to nude the soewhat shaky knight on c3 another more dobleedged idea is to ght for the dark squares i the entre with .. . f and . . . e Tese pawn oves expose Back's king at the same time so this has to be considered carefuly It is not easy to see how Black's barricades o he gside can be stormed (unless ite gets a little help) Te bishop on e8 is a good defeder of the kingside and the b2-pawn is strong diverting White from kingside action So maybe hite should ust give up his itentions i tentions on o n the kingside from from the start and go directly for the endgame! Te assessmet of this position as beig nclear is maybe not accurate As Ribli comets on the ame Sidorova Sidorova  Ovchini Ovchini kova kova Rssia Rssia 1 997 997  I do not think that the strong passed bpaw is uite enough compensation for the rook vs two minor pieces and also no in this position White has the better prospects e following i nes are possibe  5.e3 5.e3 c c 6 6   oo sow is 2.b1? b3 27.d f6! 28.d3 f- and ite loses materia I the main ine White accepts a slightly passive set up with knight on b 1 and relies on the long term prospects of his position as described above. 6  7. 7.  3 c6 White's bishop is very dominating in the centre so it is quite logical for Blac to exchange it 8.xc6 8.xc6 x xc6 c6 9. 9. Here the queen is wel placed as it eyes the epawn epawn and puts pressure pressure on b2 b2  nail n ailing ing the rook to the ble. ble .  9 6 30.c5 8 3 1 . .c4 c4;; White has has consoidated consoidated his positio posi tion. n. He has several continuatios to stregthen his grip and Back's only hope here is a middegame position with queens on e position of hite's hite's king gives Bl ack counterplay thogh so  give hit hitee only a slight sl ight advantage. advantage. vuion uy: ; •.•

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Soltions to Evalation exercises

oso 9 ers erse e  es es ssia 1988

hite has a static advantage based on his aterial speriority speri ority.. In the gae his advantage advantage increased ntil Black resigned on ove 40. nstead, Black has to do soething here and now, and for for that prpose he will wil l have to se dynaic featres. One idea is to create a weakness on the qeenside by playing ...a5. ... a5. Te proble in the gae was that hite cold pick p the e2-pawn e2-pawn withot probles prob les ote that if Black scceeds in getting i of hites two eenside pwns he has good chances cha nces of a draw. 19 ... ...  z.dz  20... a5!? here or on the next move was necessary to p ptt pressre p ressre on hite' hi te's qeenside, qeensid e, when hite has only a sall edge. 1.e3 hite wants to exchange qeens becase of his shaky king position. 1.. 1. . . fd fd .x6 x6 3. 3 .c3 c3 6? 6? If Black has nothing better than this, then soething st be wrong with his position. ow hite slowly nravels hiself First he gets gets rid r id of the th e annoying pawn pawn on e2, and an d then he starts to think abot active play. 4.g1 eS S.e± c4 6.c 

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7.4 d6 .ec3 e4 9.c5 d 30.d1 Here the rook swap prevents any Black conterplay on the dle, and the knight is transferred to e3 White has a winning advantage. 30 .. xd1 xd1 t 3 1 .xd1 . xd1 g6 3. e3 d4 33.g 33 .g4 4 g4 34.xg4 S 35.e3 d3 36.d gS 37.c3 d6 3.xe4 xe4 39.xe4 g4 40. Black resigned. hite easily protects his isolated pawn on the kingside eanwhile his ftre passed pawn pawn on the qeenside will wil l bring brin g hi  victory. victory. 10 vo v o mm m m ; oso 10 ss - Bogs Bogsvs vs  Szolnok 1987

In the gae hite hite qickly q ickly went went wrong and lost after 36.f4 b3 37.fd3?? d1 and there is no defence defence agains againstt . . . bxd3.  bxd3. Instead he shold have played 36.f After ter . . . 36...4 ... 4 hite has to set p his knights on the qeenside to be able to stop Black's pawn fro qeening. It takes soe tie to obtain

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sch a set-p if it is possible at all and it is logical for Black to contine direct play while White is ncoordinated. Another good option opt ion for Black is 36 . . b2 after after which whi ch i t is dic d iclt lt for for hit hitee to free free his position. Te only cace is 373 bt this forces te excage of rooks an after 37 .. . xf xf 38  xb2 a 1 39 . d3 a4 a4 40. ge  a2!+ . ite ite will lose his enti re kingside or the apawn apawn will cost him a knight. Bad Bad is 36 . .. bb1?. White replies 37.f5! and now a) 37 .. . xe1 38.xe1 xe1 39.f2! a 1 40. h4 a4 4 1 .a5= .a5 = gies gies a well known known theoretical position. If Black adances his pawn to a2 White keeps his king on g2 and h2 and Blacks king cannot protably escape from Whites checks. If Black places his pawn pawn on a3 to secre his king a helter on a2 then White has time to pick p the kingside ki ngside pawns pawns and this is enogh en ogh to secre him a draw after after he gies p his rook ro ok for Blacks apawn. It is important that Blacks rook is forced to stay in front front of o f the a-paw a-pawnn - if it can e transferred to defending from the side there will be wining wini ng chances. chances. b) If instea insteadd 3 7 . . . a4 Black has lost some time and tis t is gives hit hitee chances to organize himself afte afterr 38 .  c a2 a2 39 39 c5 c5 when White has real chances of savig te game. Te following line is instrctive 39 . . .1 . 1 40.h4 b2 4.f4 b3 42.e4! xg3 43.c8  44.c7 e8 45.d4! ad hites actiity gives him eery chance to save the game. Note the cooperatio of te rook and two knights (and the king as well). ithot a pair of rooks rooks each this position posit ion wold hae hae been absolte absoltely ly hopeless for White  both now and earlier. 37  3. 3t 39.4  Te apawn apawn will cost co st White White a knight. knight . Tere is no salation for White in a fndamental rook s. knight endgame with two pawns each each on the kingside kingside  this this is only only possible possible in

some cases with rook s. bishop. See chapter 2 for for more mo re of these posit po sitions ions von mm:  

oson 11 Kss Kss  Bog Bogs sv vs s (line) Szolnok 1987

Compared to the position from exercise 2 there are pawns on both sides of the board in this exercise. Besides that an eqal nmber of pawns pawns are pres p resent ent.. Black has an extra pawn pawn on the kingside whereas White has a maor ma ority ity on the qeenside. Te rooks are good in this open position bt it seems that Whites pieces are actie as the knights are ready ready to occpy active otpost o tpostss while the bishop exerts the sal "Catalan pressre pressre along the h 1 a8 diagonal. diagonal . Howeer concrete analysis tells s that Whites position is actally critical de to the power of Blacks rooks. et's see We rst notice that eliminating Blacks apawn to make the front shorter fails 25 . xa7?? xa7?? c7 and and te knight is trapped. trapped. Instea Ins teadd White White shold sh old pla pl ay 5. 5 . 66   It is well kown that two knights are hampered when protecting each other. If Black plays the more direct 25 ...a1 ...a1 26.c4 a2 hite has chances to defend. After

Soltions to Ealation exercises

27e3 a5 28c5 (Or 28xa5 �xa3 and the b-pawn drops next Also bad is 28bxa5?? �b3 and ite loses both his knighs and can resign Tis is a total triumph of Black's rook rooks!) 28    axb4 29axb4 �xb4 3xe5 a draw is the likely reslt 6.e3? Better was 26g4 ahoug Black is also on top aft after 26    �a 27c4 �d4 28xe5 �xa3 Te positon has opened p, and Black's rooks r ooks are ery strong 6 . .  7.c4 et . d3t 9.g4 g6 g6 Or 29    �xe4 3xe4 3xe4 �d4 and hite is in troble Te endgame an exchange down is lost Other waiting moes do not seem to improe his position It seems as if Black is clearly better with his rooks in this open position von mm 

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ercse 1   vo vo Bak 1972

Eercse  Nv Nvr r  Tvk Tvkov ov lovdiv 2003

4.x7 4. x7 x7 5 .x6 x6  6 6..x7 x7 7.�3± White ha o pawn a compenation fo the bihop and knight v. ook, bt moe impotant impo tant i that he i active on on the the qeenide qeeni de  ith  i th p re re re re again aga intt c6 and an d that th at Blac Bl ack' k' minor piece ae paive paive at at the momen m omentt Black will not be in i n time to pt p t p reitance againt againt White' ini tiative 7 ... 6 .5 cx5 9.c7 9. c7 �6 30.5 S Black threaten the b-pawn b White keep p the moment 31.1c6 �x5 3.�x5 x5 33.

hite ha a good poton and probaby eveal good move, bt the tonget i denitely to go directly for the king 4.xg 4. xg7 7 xg7 xg7 5.et 5 .et x 25 .. . g8 26.f5 leave no hope of alvation for Black. 6.�g4  7 .x x x .7 . 7

Back wil loe a piece. 33 ...e ... e 34.c 34.c g7 35.  1 t 36. 7 37.xe  3.e7t and Back eigned. 10 Eercse smmry smmry 

hite ha a vey trong attak, whih i pobably aleady deciive. Blak' king will nd no hel ter. ter.  ... ...  e7 9.e 9. e  30.3 g g 3 1 .�3t  3.x7  33.c3 �g6 34. �g5 35.�t �g 36.e5 Te player were probably in time troble hee. 36 ...�g5 ...�g5 37.t g 3.�t � 39.�6t �g7 40.�4 �4 41.�x7 � 4. c 43.e 43.e  10 xercse smmry 

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Eercse 3 Moro Moro - ko kove venk nkoo ec Repubic 2002 e imp  impe e recapture recapture 39 .xg3 .xg3 wa bet. Af Afte terr 39   fe4 40.xe4 xe4 41.d4 xg3 42\xg3 the poition i abot equal. Intead Wite played the fored equene 39xe7? x4 40.xe xd 41.xd xe 4.xd 4. xd66 f  fd7+ Blak i better here. He ha to knight for a rook and awn bt ore iortant i the cloed cloed nature of the the poition poi tion with White having xed weaknee (e.g. b3). t i ao iportant to note tat White bad bihop barely a a future. e preence of opoite cooured bihop clea ry help Back B ack who who can initiate ini tiate play on te dark-quare dark-quare.. 43.c6 43.c 6 g7 44. f g3 g3 45. 45 . g 4 Wite' ony counterpay lie in 3-h4-5 to break te ightquared blockade of i bio. e attack of g6 woud ecure Wite te f5quare for i biop. After te text move te biop bi op i tied to te defence defence of b3  46.d  47.d6? e 4.ct d 49. 49.f3 e5 50.d5 xb3 win for Bac 49.h4 e dro the d-pawn. 49...  e5 .7  c6 S  . d7 5. Whte ve  the bawn to ativate hi biho. 5 ... e5 e 5 53.d5

53 ... x3 Back a a winning poition. He wi oon create a paed pawn on te queenide werea Wite counterpay on te kingide i iluionary. 54.7t xd6 xd6 55. 55 . c5 56.e c7 56 .. . xc4 i ao good. e reaining ove require no comment. 57.5 cd7 5. c6 59.  60.e3 c7 61.c5 xc5 6.xc6 xc6 63.x5 6 64.e4 c7 65.6 7 66.5 d7 67.5t c6 6. t 69.d3 dS 70.7 c6 71.7 d5 . .  c4t 73.  d4 c3 74. 74. d3 e5 75.ct 75 .ct 7 76.c4 76. c4 g7 77.e4 6 7. c c5 79.3 d4 .e e3 1.ct 6 .xc3 xc3 3.xc3 g5 4.d4 g 5.e4 5 6.e5 x4 7. 4 .g6  .g6 f  f4t 9.x6 9. x6 x3 90 90.g6 .g6 c4 0-1 xercse smmry 39.xg3= Eercse 4 om omoev oev  sn sn Ruia 2003 43xg7? i to too impatient. impatient. Intead Intead 43.d4!+ 43.d4!+  i the the impet way or Wite to pay for a win. Now the pawn i ready to advance. Bak' potentia potent ia paed pawn pawn on te kingide wi be too low. 43 ... d5t 44.e3 c5 Te idea tat refute Wite' pay. 45.d4 Or 5.\d4 g5 46.e6 xg3 and the  pawn houd give Bak uci ent counter co unteray ay.. A poibe poib e line li ne to how how lay can develop develop i 47.a5 5 48.4 4 49.c7 g6 50.f4 g3 5.d5 g4 52.\d3 \ 53.c5 3 54.c6 g6 55.b4 \e6 with a draw. In te game Black einate the c-pawn rigt rigt away away and the draw i obvio ob vio.. 45 ... xc= xc= 46.5 46. 5 

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Back daw eaily. Te aye coud have age ageed ed to call cal l it a day hee but bu t Whi White te wanted to tet Back' edgae knowedge. Te et o the gae i i  given without with out coe c oentay. ntay. 47. c44 c4 4 .e3 449.f 449. f44 3 SO.e4 SO .e4  S.dSt g6 5.f4 4t 53.  S4. S4.f4 f4 3t SS . e3t g6 56.g4 56 .g4  57.d5 S 5.e3  59.3 4 60.g  61.4 e4 6.g4  63.4 S 64.g5 3 65.g St 66.3 66. 3 S S 67.d  6 .g5 g5 S S 69 .f4 f4    70.4 70. 4  7 1 .  e3 4 4 7. 7 .g5 g5 4 73.x4 73 .x4 xf4 xf4tt

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Black cannot ee hie. He theaten to ay g4 at oe oint oowed by biho to g5. Back ook wi have no quae et on the -e and he wi oe mateia. Note that the eta ook mae back ank ate oibe. Back choe to acice the pawn iediately with 43...g5 ... g5  .xg5  Both biho ae hanging ocing White to tade ook. Bac eed hie at the cot o a awn but now hi oition i lot. White wi gaduay aoach the weak  4S. dt xd xd 46 .xd xd S 47.c4 pawn. 4S.dt t 4.g 4. g c 49 .  g7 SO . 6 c6 S.d4t g 5. 6 53.3 e6 S4. e 1 5S .6 6 e6 56. 56 .c c6 57. 6 S. S.eS 4 59 .f4 .f4 S  S 60.e4 S 6  .g4 3t 6 .e3 3 63. 6 3.ff4 4 64.g5 3 6S. 6 S.  66. 66.g4 g4  67 .d4 d  6 .  69 .c3  c 70. fl fl 7  .c .c  7.e5 c 73.7 e 74. e3 7S.c 7S .c  76.d7 3 77.

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Eercse smmry smmry 43.xg7?= 43. xg7?= Eercse 5 Gev Gev   Koros Koros Geece 2001 Te gae gae conti c ontinuation nuation wa 39 ... t? 40.x 40.x x6 4  .6 .6 White ha ony o awn on the kingide againt Back' thee o Black ee to have dawing chance hee. Howeve White' iece ae active and the owe o the biho wi oon te eeciay with an eta ai o ook to uot the biho. 4.. 4. . . t 4.g 4. g  43.d7± White ha a cea advantage hee becaue

77 . . . 4t 7. 7 .  4 79 .e4 c4 0.4 0. 4 c   .dS d  d  . c  3.f 3. f44 c4t 4 .e4 c S.S S.S e 6 6..d5 d  d 7.e5 et e t .d6  .d6 d 9 .e5 d 90 .f4 f4 d 9  .e5 g7 g7 9 .c4 c4  93.6t g 94. 94.  7 9S .d6 7 96 . 7 97.3 6 9.e7 9 .e7 7t 99.e 99.e  t 1 00.d7 7t 7t 1 0  .c7 .c7  10 .d5 d

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1 03. ®6  1 04.®e e t 1 05.®6 05. ®6  106  e e  1 0.  1 0 . c3 3 109 5 e3 1 10 .2 3 3 1   .®e t t 1 12.®e c 1 13 .f4 f4 

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Fnally Fnall y Blak Bl ak rsign rsignd d T awn will wil l fall 1-0  was sll no oo lae or Whie o go wrong hough, as he folowing ines show 1 1 3 . . .a . a 1 14 . d6 h8(!) h8(!) 1 1 5 . x?? 1 1 5     !! wih a draw. draw. nsad nsad 1 1 5 b8! a6 a6 1 1 6 5 f6! 1 1   d4 ( 1 1   f6? f6? ! is on again again only a draw draw)) 1 1       1  8 d6! d6! 1 1 9 3 3 (o (o  1 9   ff ? f f) ) 1 1 9   6 0g6 hg hg    f f h h  1    6 6 and and Whi wns Wn h wn ss whin rah on shold b al fo s s, and no only bas bas of dnss dnss a h nd of a long l ong ga On you hav ssd u s a osion os ion you will nvr forg forg hs advi! W won h ga afr a oug gh. s n o h oh alnav a h bgnnng bgnnn g of o f h s s 39... 39 ...4 4 nds u n h foll folloowng oo ndga 40 .6 .6 x3 4 .x .x ®x 41...f? 4 f8 43.a a3 44.d8 wins for Wi 42x4 42x4 3 436±

W has has wnnng hans hans n hs osion os ion du o hs ra  ra aawn bng b ng dfndd dfndd fo fo h sd. Had h rook bn in fron of h awn a draw would hav ben h  h os os  lkly l kly sl sl n his osi o siion ion Wh Whs king has lny l ny of ossibls o hd on h qunsd - iher bhind h awn awn o shl shld d fro fro  hks by his own rook Eercse smm n y vw Blaks ...t? was br, hoi in h ga, 39 ...t? as h had or hans of a draw n hs nbaland os on Only af afrr a ough gh did Wh Wh g g  fl fl on o n  n onas, onas, n h abov rook ndga ndga Blak has vry lil ounlay

Eercse 6 Frm Frm  m m Philadlhia Philadlhia 003 Wh ws arial wh a sl obnaon 2.x x 2 .xc6 xc6 29.xc6± 29.x c6± Wh has won wo i nor s  s for for a rook Blak has a awn awn as onsaon onsaon,, b b  s s no nough  nough du o Whs aivy aivy Wh ra havy havy s on h board boa rd h wl soon b b  abl o u rssure on Blaks osion Ts is a siml ase whr h wo no is ar lary srong han han  rook.

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9... .. .f 30.g4  3I.Wg  3 �e5 With hi at oe White hope to brin hi rook into pay and then oordinate hi piee afterward. Ti i the idea behind the funny ookin kniht oe. Te biop on e3 i the ornertone o Wite defene a it protet f2 f2  o  o iti t ake ene for Bak Ba k to put preur preuree on it whie Wite i unoordinated: worth a try wa 32 . . . d3!?. 334 3 34e4 �5 35.�xe6t �xe6 36xe6 x3 Bak ha two paed pawn on the ueenide. Tey are not danerou at the oent, and ore iportant i Wite' atiity. Te taret i  and a White' piee are abe to partiipate in the attak. Ti wi oon fore Bak into paiity. 37 c3 3.4 cc 39. c7 40.4  4I 4 I .e5 c7 4,g6 Te idea poition ha been obtained. Now White adane adane hi kinide kinid e pawn. pawn. 4... .. . W7 43.6 fe7 44.f4

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5 I ... . . xg4 5.t Wg 53.g6 W7 54.W gz .c  .c t 56.We6 56. We6 x6 x6tt Or ee it ate. 57.Wx 57.Wx 6 .c7 . c7  59. 59 .xg7  6.4 6. 4  10 xercse smm:  Eercse 7 Bog Bog  ner ner Hunary Hunary 2003 White exhane two piee for a rook and two pawn to obtain an eaiy won endae:  I .x6 .x6 6 . 6 e 3.x x x 4.6 7 5,x6 White hi te paed pawn deide th e outoe.  5 ... ...  6.c4 6 .c4 x6 x6 7.c5  xc6  xc6 A a nee: Te kniht i threatened and Bak ha no tie to eiinate ei inate one on e of the paed pawn.   .. . 4 9. After thi ore or e ored euene White ha obtained a winnin poitio n. Bak Bak ha no rea pay to ounter White paed pawn. pawn. Te onu ion o f the ae wa: 9 ... 7 30.  g 3 l .W  h4 3.We g 33.Wf  4 34.c e7 35.We 35. We l 36.5  g 37.6 4 3. and Bak reined. 10 xercise summ:  

xercise xerc ise  Gek Gek  kon konn nko kovv Beiu Beiu 200 1 An auin poition  Bak Bak i in zuz zuzwa wan n!! Whateer he oe, he wi oe ateria.  ... 5 44 .. 8 45.f5 and h6 drop. 45. 45.   46x6 46x6 4 47. 47.4 4 7 4c6 4c6 f7 f7 49.W 49.W  3t .e4  .e4 g3 g3 5 g6  g6 White reate reate atin threat threat Bak i ot.

White take the ae into a won endin: 16.xe5 16 .xe5 xe5 xe5 17.xe5 17 .xe5 xe5   . . .x . xff3 18 .d4 .d4!! 4  9.ae 9.ae  + and White win the epawn. 1.xe5 x 19.xl n thi t hi rather oed poitio n with ix pawn pawn eah White i eaiy winnin. Te kniht hae tabe poi p oitio tion n wherea Bak' Bak' rook are

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not abe to free their otentia. wo knight are eary uerior uerio r to the rook here. 19 .. fd fd 0. 0 . \  c .e  . 4 3.d4 3.d4 White' oition i o good that he woud ike to exhange one air of rook to avoid ounteray. 3 ...xd ... xd44 4.  4.xd4 xd4 Te white knight have exeent outot 4... ...  5.d3 c 6.4 e 7.5 d7 . e6 S 9.4

9 . . . g5 Bak deerte de erte eek oter o teray ay 30.xg5 gS 31.xg5 g 3.f4  33.e4 33. e4 c 34.d4  35.g3 4 36.e6   37.4 x4 x4 3. e4   After Af ter oniderab on iderabe e eort eort Ba B a h  ativted hi rook but it i not enough to ave the game. 39.4  40.4c5t c 4I.d3 d 4. f 43. \ eS  44.e4 44. e4  45. 45.  ef4 d7 46. \ eS  47.c5t c7 4.fe6t c 49.g5 f SO.e6 c7 5I.xe7 x 5.ge6t 5. ge6t 1-0 Eercise smmry +  xercise 9 og ogevs evs  - Tmov mov eningrad 191

S ... .. . x? wa ayed in the game but b ut i t wa wa a very bad bad deiion. deii on. Te rook and awn awn are no math for for the biho and knight in thi oition a we ha ee. ntead Bak houd have ontinued 5 . . . e4 6.x4 x4 with a ighty better oition oiti on due to hi more mo re ative ative iee. 6.x c3 7. 7.  x x .x  .x xe4 xe4 White wi oon oordinate hi fore with a big advantge he kight ha  trong outot on d6 d 6 and White White i abe to attak the ight quare in Bak' am (e.g. ) Tere i no dominatio domi nationn of the biho here! 9.c4 d 30.d6± 4 3I.c4 d 3. 3 .xt  33 .xg6 xg6  34 .e4 t 35. g

White ha ha a winning oitio n. Te rook on the eond rank ook threatenin threatening g but in fat the iho defend erfety Meanwhie the marh of the e-awn wi deide deide the game. 35 ...e ...e 36. 36. ec ec 37.e 37.e  g6 3.e6 e7 39.ct e 40.e4 c3 4I.xg6t d 4.e7t c7 43.S xg3t 44. 44. \  g 44 ...h3 ... h3 4 5 .e doen't doen't he Bak either. 45.e� 45 .e� xe 46.xe S t wa wa not no t too eary to rei reign. gn. 47.5 cxS 4.e7 4 49.d5t d6 50.c3 3 5 4 5.5t dS 53.t c 54.x x3 .x d4

Soutions Souti ons to Gener exerises exerises

5 .e2 e 57J  5. 5 .  a2 59.e 10 ercise sary: sary: 25 . . . xb2? ercise 10 ronsein ronsein  Geer Geer eeside 1975 he ge ontinution ws: .e?  .c2 b 5.c  .e d4 7.e c5 .d1 d7 9.c a7= a7=

Bk is now we oordinted. Te rest o the ge did ot poe ny re thret to te oundness o    poition poit ion 40.dd2 a1 t 41.cl e5 42.e2 �d6 4.d1  .b5 b4 45.c b 4.xd xd 7.c2  .h a 49.e2 e5 50.c2 d7 51.e2 e5 52.  5.c2 7 7 5Je a a 55.g 55.g d d 5.c 5.c  57.t g g zz

et's go bk to the beginning o the exerise. nsted White shoud strike whie k is unoordinted nd the best wy to do this is by pushing the entr pssed pwn ieditey: 33.d6! 33 .d6! d3 34.d7 d4 35 .e8 f6 f6 36.8 nd White White win. s Bronstein hisef ointed

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out in his briint book bout the Zurih ndidtes ournent in 1953: "One shoud not hesitte to push pssed wns in the th e iddeg iddege! e! erc ercis isee sar sary: y: 

xercise 11 Hor Hor  Hebner Hebner Gerny 1982 1  ...xh ...xh Bk sries bishop nd knight for  rook. White hs to ept the srie s otherwise he woud hve no openston or the th e oss o the p p wn. wn . 17.xc ter 17.xh4 xd4 18.d3 x2 19.x2 4! 20.x8 x8 2.3 x2! k is three pwns up nd oupies the ony open e or his rook. He woud ike to exhnge queens nd hed or or the endge but Whi White te n try to rete soe threts threts ginst the king: ki ng: 22. g5 g6 23.h3 h5 24. xe6 xe6 xb2! Bk Bk is not r rid id o ghots. 25 .4 4 b  b 1  26.h 26 .h 2 55 nd k shoud win.  Te other try 24.3 eds nowhere ter 24.. . b 25.h2 5 k keeps  er dnt dntge ge probby just winn ing. 1 7 ...xc ... xc 1.4 xcl 19. 19.xcl a 20. 20 .g4 g4 h8 2 1 .

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Part Part I I I : raining raining

Whie kep hi apaw in thi ine o Back ha ony one paw owever Whie ha no chance of a igide aack o he wi oon face prbe epeciay when Back rook ccupie ccupie the ce c e If Whie had ie o centraie hi knigh and pace hi biop on c3 he woud woud probay be doing doing e but thi thi  i no he cae Back i a coupe of tepi ahead 2 1 ... . .c2 22.f Wg 2.b  2.e d1 t 25.Wh2 h h 2.g 2.g   Te ack rook rook peetrate 27.a b 2Wg2 xb 29.a5 b1 0. White i f rced to excange queen ecaue of the treat t reat again hi king 0 . xt  1  x b b  2.b aS    .g5 a .e7 xb 5.e1 b2 . .c5 h5 Bac i ready o creae anoher aed ro pawn pawn wih wih    g5 and and  h4 7.d 7. d a a . b 0-1 xercise sary: 

xercise 12 vanch vanchkk  Rogers Rogers Ianu Ianu 000 Whie changed he naure of the poiion for he he beer bee r wih 25.dc5 bxc5 2xc5 e7 27.xd7 xd7 xd7 2,d1 ±

In hi open poiion he rook i ceary beter han he wo knigh knigh  Te knigh on h6 i ipaced and Back king i expoed he a7paw i weak and, eide a hi, Whie ha an extra pawn i advanage i aot deciive 2 ... e7 29.a 29.a  h 0.xa7 0.xa7   1 .e  2.g g g e .g5 f 5.a 5 .a e ac  ope i i cera paed pawn   dt dt g g 7 7  dt .Wb . Wb 1  9 d 0a5 0a5 W 1 a a c 2.g1 2.g1 Wx .g e e . .tt We7 W e7 5. 5.  A hope for Back ha vaihed Te ret i orure 5 ...  c5 .xet Wd7 7.e5 xa .h5 Te knigh have eiinaed he apawn bu bu  nw he other oth er rook pawn pawn appear appe ar A we have een efore knigh are exreey ad in open poiion ... ...  d 9.Wc2 We .xh7 .xh7  5 1 .g7 .g7 W 52.g c5 5.b e 5Wb h 55g1  5g e 57.e g2 .g .g e 59g 59g  0.h5 0.h5 f f 1 .c .c xh5 2.xc7 f .d7 We .d2 d 5.c We5 .d1 e 7.d e .d5t  9.c5  70,d We5 71 .c .c   72.b5 72.b5 d5 7.x 7.x 10 xercise sary: 

ercise 1 Karjaki Karjakinn - Panov Panovic ic Spain 00 Te knight acrice i very rong o ove hi exercie dead accurae cacuaion a we crrect aeet of he foowing diagra diagra pitin pitin  i urn urn ou ha ha Back Back cannot avid ing he exchange after he acrice 1 5.db5 5. db5 b5 1. xb5 b 17.xd 1 7.xd e5 e5 If Bac pay 17 17  �d8 �d8 Whie repie repie 1 8 e5   5 (  8 8  e8? 1 9xe8 xe 0xd7 0xd7

Solution Solut ion o Gnra G nra xrci xrci

la la  it two two pawn pawn up) up) 1 9 b  b77 xb7 20.4± Onc again it a a promiing poition wit roo and two pawn againt wo nigt 1 8xe8 8 xe8 �xe �xe

it a a roo and two pawn or o nigt. Aftr i nx mo  conro  poition and a a car aanag. ac a lit counrpa 19b4± c8 1 9 . .!? o tar pla on  ingd or o crat om wan in i' camp wa worth a try.  lac' lac' on op i to cra trat againt t wit ing at om pon and  ould ou ld  i canc oonr oon r rar rar an latr! 20c2 20c2 �e6 �e6 2 1 4 4 c6! c6! Excang aour it wo would i o tr  poiion ino an ndgam. lac' potntial ingid oni aporat wi r xcang and t cop oit' o it' roo imultanou incra. 22xc6 �xc6 23cl h6 24c2  253 it a a tabl adanag. H do no a to pro "compnai "compn aion on wit acti roo roo pla pla or t t  -  impl a a a poitiona poitiona and marial plu. 25 h5  h5 26 h6 h6 27dl �4 28d6 28d6  29d3 29 d3 �6 �6 30�dl xc4

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lac win a pawn but t poition i mpid n furtr. 31xc4 �xc4 32�b3 �c6 33c3 �d6 34�c2 �e6 35c6 �e7 36�d3 �e8 37�c4 t ow buid up i adantag. Not ow  pawn on a3 and b4 rtrc lac' minor pic and pcia  c-uar i important. 3 . @h7 3@l 3 @l g7  g7 39@ 3 9@e2 e2 h4 40c7 40 c7 �e7 41 �c6 �d 42c3 �e8

434 Ar pan prparaon it adanc  und pawn 4 3 �d �d88 445 bx5 bx5 45bx5  b 46�b7 d7 476 �g5 ac  ac counerpa bu   oo a. 487 �xg2t 49@d3 �xt 50@c2 �t 5 1 @b3 �xh2 �xh2 528� 528� it a a winning matrial adantag. lac now now fougt fougt wll againt t iniab iniab  a  rmaining mo ow 52 �h3  �h3 53�d5 �g4 54xd7 xd7 55�c8  56�xg4 xg4 57�x h3 58� h2 59�h3t @g 60el h6 61g3 4 62el @g 63@c4  @ g6 66@e2 64@d3 64@ d3 g5 65�g2 65�g2 @g6 66 @e2 g4 67d2 @gS 68�xh2 68 �xh2 xe4 69x4t 69x4t e e4 70�h7 g3t 7 1 @ 5 5 72� 72�g8t g8t @hS @hS 73�h 73�h8t 8t

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@gS 74�d8t @g 7S@e2 t 7@ h 77@g3 @ 78�d @gS 79�4t @g 80@h4 @g7 l@hS 1-0 xercise summar: ± xercise 14 Maaao Maaao - Krivoshe Krivoshe Ukraine 2003 With a surprising sur prising moe White White secures hi msef excellent excellent winning winn ing chances from from this seemingy seemi ngy lee position: 20xa5!! A briliat moe. e real real point behind this moe wi be b e apparent in a fe few moes. 20 xa xa55 21 2 1 x x x 22�! �x? �x?!! t was essentia to aoid the exchange of ueen ueenss with 22 . . . e8 : Back needs needs the ueen ueen to organie the defence on the ueenside. 23.fc d7 24.c6 d8 25.d5 exd5 26.xd5 and Black is uder pressure as he has has troube troub e freeig freeig hims h imself elf.. 23 a7 241 g 24 .. . e5 gies positios simiar to the game. 25.b5 b6 26.xa7 xa7 27.b7 (After 27.xe5 Black has chances o a draw. 27 .. . xd4 28 .exd4 exd4 exd4

Black has some chances chance s of a draw. draw. Whi White te wi wi  wi the dpaw but the t he weak weak f-pawn f-pawn wi make it extremey hard or White to break Backs

defences. Aerba anaysed a simiar position with damaged f-pawns where the weaker side was abe ab e to draw draw.. See Durne D urne  Lysko Lysko page 47. Note that i the diagram position aboe Back has not moed his kingside pawns and therefore therefore White hi te has no specic poin po intt to attack. n Durne Dur ne  ysko sko White could attack attack a pawn on g5 with h2h4 although this was not enough to win the game. 2S@!? 25.b5 b6 26.xa7 xa7 27�b7 xd4 28 .exd4 is is position posit ion is simi ar to to the one one just discussed. B ack has sacriced sacriced the bishop and with pawns pawns ony o ny on the king kin gside Black retains some chances of a draw because of Whites damaged pawn structure But compared to the preious position the extra pawn makes the defensie task more dicut. White has good good winning winni ng chances here. 2S  b 2xa7 xa7 xa7 27b7! 2 7b7! inaly e bishop is trapped e pawns and rook simpy dominate it. 27 xd4 xd4 28exd4;

28    g5? Back had bet ter chances of a draw without with out this moe. Now White has a poi nt to attack. Better was was the more modest 28 . . . h6 with the idea of o f a knight kni ght transfer transfer to f6 ia h 7. 29 29 bS bS h 30 30 4! 4!  4 31 3 1 d5 exdS exdS 32xd5 32 xd5 e position has opened up and White is

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winning. 32... 32 ...'g7 'g7 33.'e2 ' 34.' g 3S.'g4 Blac a too any eanee. Now e i in ugang and ill be driven back. 3S ... 'g7 3d 3 d ' 37.' 37.'  'g7 38a 38 a  39a7  40.al g 41.gl  42.xg! A typical tric. Wite acrice bac te excang excangee to obtain ob tain a winning pawn ending. 42 ... .. . gt 43. 'xg 'e7  'xh ' 4S.'h5 1-0 xercise summary: 

xercise 15 ja jano novv - Nijboer Nijboer Povdiv 2003 1 8 .xb5! e3 19 .xa xa xa xa 20 20.. xe3

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ut ave tougt tat ti option wa too ow 21.xg5 g 22.a4 c8 23.acl h 24.e3 hS h S 25 . e2  h4 2.fl d7 27.a7 27.a7 bS bS 28. 2 8.£ £  Blac a ome acricia idea but tey dont realy or. 29.g3 Wite a conoidated i ateria advantage. 29 . . .  f4 30 .xf4 xf4 x xf4 f4 3 l .xg7t! .xg7t ! e endgae i eaily won for Wite. He a tree pawn and a very active poition. 3 1 ...'xg7 ... 'xg7 32.h5t 'g 33.xf4t exf4 34.b2 34.b2 a4 35.c4 35.c4 a8 a8 3.b 3.b dl 37.cl xt A lat deperate de perate try. 38. x 39.e5 '  40.exd d8 41. 41.  e4 e4 42.c7 42.c7 g8 43.d7 43.d7 g2t  e l  4S.d8 t 4.'e2 4 .'e2 d3t 47.'e3 1-0 xercise summary: 

xercise 1 Van ey ey - maiarashvii Greece 2002 o olve ti exercie one a to mae an accurate evauation of te poition ariing after: 1 ...  ex! ex!?? 1 7. xe3 xe3 18 .c2 bxcS bxcS 1 9.h3  20. 20.x x x x  21 .'x

A critical poition a arien. Back a a dicu di cutt coice: coic e: e  e a a to decide o to to create treat on te ingide before Wite break troug on te queenide. i i a typica King ndian deciion. n te gae Back coe to activate i knigt on e7 at te cot of a pawn: 20 ...g5!? ... g5!? Perap ti pan acrice i too opti mitic miti c 20 .. .   , to tranfer tranfer te nigt to f4 f4 wa te aternative and only ten pay ...g. ... g. Nijboer

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Pr Pr II III:  rining rining

21..b8 Bck' Bck's cntrl cntrl ws ws look trtning trtn ing but b ut c5 y y ro rov v to b wk. Plying ..... . c4 would wk wkn n t d4-squr wic Blck Blc k's biso b iso cn cn o cours not inunc. It is dicult or Bck to dvnc t cntrl wns nd to ctivt is rooks. its ics will soon bgin to coort nd is osition is rrbl. Blck s to nd soting quicky in t nxt two or tr ovs. ts try t ltrntivs: ) o bttr is 2...8 22.4 c 23.c; b) 2...d8 22.4 c 23.c c4 24.5 c6 25.d4 6 26.c3 g6 is  clvr try but tr 27.g4; it is onc gin ully coordintd nd will soon bgi to ut rssur on Blck. c) 2...c8!? igt b t bst try but it is sligtly bttr onc gin tr 22.4 (22.5?! b! is rdy n irovnt or it. ow Bc sis contro cont ro o t t 55-squr squr nd nd c5 wi be sie sie to rotct. 23.d2 (bd is 23.4? c6 24.xc5 xb2) 23 .. . g6 24.b  d4 25 .  4 c d Blck s n ctiv osition.) 22 ... c7 23.c  c4 24.c2 24.c2 c6 25 . c3 b 26.b  . ot tt it is in no urry r. H s  t ong-tr dvtgs. Soon is knigt wi occuy t xclnt d4-squre. 22.d2 fe8 Atr 22 . . . d4!? 23.4 c 24.c2 c4 25.xc4 4 26.c d5 27.5 b4 2b it consolidts nd s  s dntg 23.a4 bc8 24.c2!; Bc now s o k  wkning wn  i  dosnt wnt to os  wn.  sitin ising is  itt bttr or it s e ecnging orion inititd on oe 6 s robb inio o ore qui cntinuins 24 ...c4 ... c4 2S.e2

25.5 c7 26.d4 ws so ossib. 2 ...b ...b 2. d4 it s won t gt or t cntr nd s  strong outost or t knigt on d4. i is sigty bttr r nd kt utting rssur on Blck wo ougt ougt wl nd d  drw. Our intst in tst in t g dos not n r s r n intrsi ng g wit rook n wn vs. vs. two two knigts occurs. 2 ...a ... a 27.d2 b4 28.dl d 29.a3 bb8 0. d 3I. a 2.3 ab ab 33. 33.  dl b3 b3 34.xd5 34.xd5 it wins  wn but t bisos r xcngd d t osition is ond o Blck's rooks. 4 xd5 S.e7t @ .xd5 d8 7.@e2 7.@e2 d 38. lc3 it s  sound ositio wit ctiv knigts nd te rsenc o n extr rook s to coordint is cvlry bttr.  osition is r on toug nd its dntg is only s 38 ... ...  39. e3 b8 b 8 40.@ 40.@dl dl  c8 4l .d4 .d4 3 42. @e2  43.4 c 44. @ d2  4S. b 4.@cl cb8 47.a4 c 48.d7 .•.

It ss s oug Bck is in troubl r.  ony cnc is t olowing counrtck r wic t osition bcos v y sr.

Soution to Genea eecie eecie

48   e8! e ook mut be active! 49xa7 ! 50xh  51< d2 d2  52 < c3 c 3 e3 53xc4 53xc4 xh3 545 3 55c5 4 5 < b5 b5 x5 x5 Suddeny te poition i not o cea anymoe. Perap Wite oud ave ocued ocued oe on i coordination intead o picking up pawn on te ueenide. Wite ma pu a tuned into a compicated poition wee Wite i teoeticay bette, bu Back a eceent dawing cance. 57a4 h5 58x x 59x < x x 60a5 5 1a 4 2a7 h8 3e4 e 4b4 < d5 d 5 5 d4 x4 a8 7e5 xeS 8a < dS d S 9b5 h8 70b < c c  71b7 h1 72b8 c7 73c 73 c a1  74 a5 xa5 xa5 75 < xa5 xa5 Wat a gt! 

xercise xercise sar: s ar:  xercise 17 nare narevv - Riaa Riaans nsev ev Ruia 2003 Wit  a itte combi ation Wit at ion Wite Wite cange cange te nature of te poitio ad obtain ook and two paw v. biop ad kigt. 2 1 xd5!  xd5! exd5 exd5 22xc8 22xc8 xc8 xc8 23xd5± 23xd5±

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n ti open po ition te rook ide i bette a Back wi ave pobem coodinating againt Wite active ook. Back' cance ae baed on an aaut on Wite' king, but ti i unikey u nikey to be ucce u cceu u n ti poition we ave a typica cae o two pawn being too muc o te biop and knigt ide to to cope wit in  uc an open poition wit pawn on bot ide o te boar board  compa compaee wit wit anen anen  jatao jataonn rom capter capter 1 . 23     a4 24�d4 �c 25�d2 2 5�d2 �?! �? ! Bette Bette wa wa 25 .  c7 to keep ome tenion on te boad - te move i primaiy primaiy deigned deigned to potect d8 to avoid te ook wap. 2�xb4 Wite impy pick up anote pawn. pawn. e i not araid o imaginay mating teat. 2 �c �c 27�d2 �b 28 �d4 �c7 Wite concuded te game wit a itte combination 29xe8! xe8 30d7   Te mating teat againt g7 wi win mateia. 30 e1  e1  3I  < d2 d2 e2 32 < xe2 xe2 �xc2 33 33  <  and Back eigned. 1-0 xercise sar: ±

xercise 18 onov  Kam Kamov ov Abu Dabi 2003 A uua ti tpica tpica acic e demand p recie cacuatio. n te end te compicatio avour Wite. W ite. 2 I x! x x 2  . . .<? . <? oe immediatey to 22.b4 b4 23.e6. 22xe 4 22 .. . d7 wa a bette ty. Wite pay 23. a6! a6! d8 d8 24.d7 d7 d7 25 .a5  .

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Par Par   : raining raining

39 ...'c6 ... 'c6 40.4? ec ec gives gives 4.b 4.b 1 ! c5 4  .a5 c 42.a!! wi a win for Wie. Afer e ex move Wie oses e a-pawn and e game is drawn. e ingside is easy o defend for Bac. 40 ...  c5 4I .b4 'dS 42.a5 c3 43.S 'c4 1!1/

xercise sar:  xercise 19 Lgovoi - Vera Monrea Monrea 2 e pressure on d5 wi cos Bac e excange afer wic we ave e desired maeria imbaance. n is case Wie as ree pawns and an acive posiion bu Bac as counerpay as is piece coordinaion is good and Wies pawns are weaened weaened.. 23 .4 x4 x4 24.e 24. e3! 3! xe3 25 25 xe3 xe3 @ 267 e8 27. @ 28. x7 ompared o e endgame previousy discussed Wie is more acive ere is advanage advanage may aready be decis ive 28 ...d5 ... d5 29.eS d8 e ony se-up se -up for for Blac Bl ac o avoid avoid e roo swap. 30.b4 ' 3 l .e6 xb4 32.xa6 32.xa6 Wie is le wi an apawn and e nex sep of is plan is i s o swap swap o o  one roo. 32 ... c3 33.a7! 33. a7! xd xd 34.a8 xa8 xa8 35.xat 'e7 ec noes in is posiion: "e same disribuion o pawns and exacy e same maeria as as in Lugovoi Lugovoi  Vera. (See e nex exercise). Wie is winning ere. ompared o "our Karpov Karpov - Kaspar Kasparov ov game Blac as no f-pawn and us Wie is abe o creae a passed pawn on e ingside as wel. n is game Wie is abe o win using us is a pawn oug 36.g3 'd7 37.'g2 c7 38.b8 a6 39.S?! Bee Beerr was was 9.b  .

is game leads o a posiion similar o e previous exercise and ec referred o is game in is annoaions. 22.3 22. 3t! t! c4 23 .xc4t xc4t bxc4 bxc4 24.xc4t 'h8 ' h8 25 25   26. 26.

Again we ave reaced a ypical open posiion were Wie as one pawn more on eac eac side sid e of e e bard. e posii pos iion on is oo open for e minor pieces o be a fair mac for e  e roo and wo pawns. 26... 26 ...d6 d6 27.c4 Wie prevens ...g4 ... g4 wic woud force im o weaen is ings posiion. As aready discussed Bac pins is opes on e ingside bu e open posiion and is own wea ing posiion reduces is opes for a

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ingide attac attac to a iniu ini u . Intead e will will face a ard ard gt i n an inf in ferior ending. 27..J .. J 28.b4 d7 29.bdl  eS 30.c5 30.c5 30.�xd6 30 .�xd6 xc4 3  .�c6  d2 32�e 32 �e  wa wa alo good good - Wite goe goe for for te endgae endgae already already at ti tage. 30 ...b8 .. .b8 3l.d6 g4 32.h3  33.el c8 34.b6 xb6 3S.xb6 dS 36.xa6 xb4 37.ae6  38. 38.  l e2 d4 d4 39.'l 39. 'l 39 .�e8 .� e8  i bad in iew of 39 . . . xf2! 3 9...'g7 ... 'g7 40.d2 c3 c3 4l .d7t  4  . . .6 42.a3! drop drop a piece. piece. 42.ee7 xe7 43.xe7t 43.xe7t ' 44.a7 44.a7 44. �x7   xa2 gie gie few few winning winn ing cance for Wite. It i of coure good for Blac to liit li it te play to only one ide o f te board. 44 ... d4 4S. 4S .a8 a8  d3 46.'e2 46. 'e2  4t 46 .. . xf x f2 47.�f 47 .�f8 8 win on te pot 4.'  e6 48.a4 48.a4

e ae aterial i preent a in te preiou exercie but ere Blac g-pawn i on g6 intead and ti inor dierence ae it arder for Blac to defend i ingide pawn. 48 ... .. . 'e5 'e5 49.a5 cS SO.c8 hS S l .g3 .g3 'dS 52.a6 d4  d4tt 53.'g2 53 .'g2  c6 S4.4 S4.4 b6 SS.g SS. g88 cS S.' S. '  dS  e7 56.b8 'c6 57.b7 c 59.b8 'c7 60.e8 'd6 6l.e5 b6 62.g5 e7 63.'e4 Note ow Wite ing approace on te ligt quare.

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63...a7 ... a7 64.b5 £ 6S.b2 gl 66.g2 a7 67.d2t 'e6 68.b2  69.g4 hxg4 70.hxg4 d6t 7l.' c .b7 'd6 73.'e4 cS 74.g7 e7 7S. t 76. c8 .g6t 'd 78.'d5 £ 79.g7t 'd8 79 .. . e7 loe to 80.e5 wit a furter adance of o f te f-pawn. 80.'e6 10 xercise summ: ± xercise 20 edberg - Pava Pavasovic sovic Leon Leon 200  In te gae Blac played: l S ...x£!? ... x£!? Wedberg coent on ti oe i: ro a aterial tandpoint Wite get te better of it but Blac ope to create actie play againt Wite expoed ing. 16.'x g4t 17.'e2 xe3 18.'xe3 c6 1 9.' 9. ' cxdS cxdS 20.ex 20. exd5 d5 b6t Wedberg ugget ugget 20 . . . f6!. 20 ...�e ... �e88 i anoter intereting intereting poibility. poibility. It i till too early to gie a denite aeent of Blac acrice but it i intereting a it unbalance te poition e queen cec in te gae i probably too early toug a we all ee 2l .'g3 ae8 22.gl 22.gl ! After te excange of queen Wite ing feel ore ecure. Wit ti  o  oee Wite i i  on on i way to to better bette r coordination coordination of i p iece: If Blac aoid te queen wap ten Wite gain tie to coplete deelopent. 2 2 ...xgl ...xgl 22 .. . �e3 i bad in iew of 23.�e �fe8 24.f! 24.f! . Now 24 .. . �xf3 �xf3  25 . xf xf3 xg win wi n te queen b ut Blac B lac i ated afte afterr 26.�xe8. 26. �xe8. 23.xgl aS 24.a e3 25.'£ 25. '£ e 26.el?! Wedberg gie 26.�c! wit te idea �c3 a better and aee te poition a ligtly

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better for Wite After te roo wp in te gae lack' reining oo will penetrate troug troug te c-le c- le lo  ccording to our rule Wite old try to eep te extra rook on te bord Ater 26c! te se-closed nature of te positon akes akes te kngts kngts good and so far lack as not been able abl e to penetrate  nto Wte' Wte's poston lack lack control control te ele b ut te bg queton s if e s able to create real treats treats Meanwle Meanwle Wte controls te cl e and lack igt ave trouble trouble wit    biop bi op on b7 26 ..Jx .. Jxe1 e1 27.xe1 ' '  28.c2 c8! Te cle give lack ucient counterplay 29. 29.  d4 a4 a4 30 . a2 cl c l 3 1 .  e4 a6 a6

32.c3 Anoter crtcal pont of te gae Wt 32c6 c2 33g3 xb2 34b4 e7 35c3; Wte stll as soe cances for an advantage (Wedberg) Te black rook on te econd rank s relly annoyng toug 32... .. . b4! 33.b4 33. b4?? Accordng to Wedberg Wte sould ave ettled ettle d for for a draw wt 33   xa4 bxa3 34bxa3 34 bxa3 c4! c4! 35  b3! xb3 36  xb3 c2 37 37 ff a2 38d4 xa3 39b6 a6 40c8 a5 After te dpawns are excanged te draw s obvous Wte cannot wn wt 2 agant 3

and one extra pawn on te sae sde  not enoug for lc eiter 33 ...a3! ... a3! 34.b5 b7 3S.'e3 b2 36.'d3 g6 37.c6 'e8 38.a5 c8

39.b6 Or 39c4 f5 40d4 b 4xb xb 42b6 d7 43b7 c7 44xd6 f5 wt a gly nteretng posit on on  Wte a a very very dangerou pased pawn but bu t if lack can can neutralie neut ralie Wte's nt n tiati iative ve n n te next couple coupl e of ove e will ave te lo ngter pro p rospects spects in tis endgae Tis s te ost lkely coure coure of te gae and lack s terefore sligtly better 39 ...a6t ... a6t 40.'d2 'd7 41.g3 a1 42.'c2 b1t! Wt ts trck lack obtains a wnnng poston 4 3.xb xb 1 xa5 xa5 44.'b3 44.'b 3  4S.'b4 4S. 'b4 c5 46. 46 .c2 'c8 47. 47.a4 c4t 01 Eercise summary: 1S... 1S...!? !? Eerc Eercis isee 2 1 Kadimova Kadimova  herbakov herbakov Fran France ce 1 995 Tis exercse  a trcky one Here te coce sould not be bult upon upon calculat calculaton on  lack lack sould instead evaluate te poston after te

ouos o Gra xrss xrss

qu swa. T orr ov was ayd  h ga ga 33 ...e! ...e! 33 .. . xd4 34.xd4 s bad for Ba, for svra rasos a) Ba's s ar bady ad T ba g s far away fro h qusd o suor h or s, h bsho s bad  h orr du o h d5aw, ad h gh s   d of o f a ouos. b) Ba has wa aws, ad h's a aw s vry dagrous dagrous ad w robaby os Ba a . ) h has a or ra of -d wg a  ad ourg hs s o asy. T ou  ouso so s ha ha af afrr 33 . . . xd4 34.xd4 h woud hav a wg oso. Af Af rr h rra of h qu qu  h h  ao ao  ur hs ao ry o h qusd. Ba w ry o ra ra  rass agas h's g, ad h w sud A h sa  Ba's g s ravy saf, so  was h rgh dso o avod h qu swa. 34. ' 4! 35Jl 35J l No br s 35.xf4 f5 36.xb4 3 3.f d4 or 35.xf4 4. I boh ass Ba ws. 35 ... .. . e3t 36.�xe3 h4t 3. \ gl  38.�d3 38 .�d3 4 4 39Je 39 Je l

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39 .. . h5 Ts ga s a good usrao of how sa uas a hag h ho of h orr a. Afr Ba ayd ...f4 ...f4 h was ab o ra hras agas  h' h 'ss g ad dvr h fro qusd ao. Now h oso has hagd ad baus of h assd d-aw d-aw ad Ba's Ba's or  or s'  s' w avy avy, Ba a ay 39 . . . d4 40.xd4 xd4 o r a dga whr hs has ar rfrab. rfrab. H has a ar pa  of adva advag g h d-paw, d-paw, ad aso  h b3aw b 3aw s wa.  as o pay avy bfor Bas daw provs dsv. A ossb o oua uao o s: 4  .d  xb3 42.b   a5 43.xb4 a6 ad Ba s rady o adva  paw, paw, for sa  sa 44 .b6 . b6 4 or 44.  f2 4 45.3 g6 wh br has for Ba. 40.a5 h4 Isad h ayrs sard a ra ha vuay d o a draw. 41.a6 a8 42.c2 g6 43.c8 h3 44.xa8 d4t 45. \  dt 46. \ gl d4t 4. \ l d3t 48. \ gl d4t d4t 

xercise summary:  Eercise 22 Lomba Lom bard rdyy - igu igurrjonsson Ryav 98 Ba foud foud h  h srogs srogs ouao o uao  25 ...b3! ...b3! s Ba's bs ov. No oy w h hav roo ad wo aws for bsho ad gh, bu aso h s s ar av av ad h has has for a gsd aa as h has wad hs h s g wh aw ovs. ovs. T sod ra s aso wa, ad a h mo h s oory oordad wh a bad bsho o g2 ad a assv o o 3. 26.b3 xb3 2.xb3 xb3+

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28.d3 Praps Wit soud try 28.g5!? to kp t position positi on cosd. 28 ...g4 29.hxg 29.hxg44 h5! 30.  On 30.gx5 Back as a bautiu rpy: 30 .. . 5! 31.4 x3! 32.x3 6 33.g3 gx5 and Wit as no dnc against ...4. ...4. 30... 30 ...�e7! �e7! 3I.g5  T xcang o bisops avours Back as it urtr wakns t dark squars around Wits king. Wit is t wit a bad igt squard bisop. 32.x 32.4?! b2 33.3 (33.c2 xc2 34.xc2 xd4) xd4) 33 . . .x3 34.x3 2 35.d b3 is vn wors or Wit. Just tak a ook at t wit p ics. 32 ...�x ...�x 33.xc6 b2 Back orcs t xcang o yt anotr pic. 34.c2 xc2 35.�xc2 4t 36.gl �xd4 37.e4 Soud Back xcang quns? 37... 37 ...c5! c5! No! Wits king is wak and is pics uncoordinatd. 38.�e2 g4 39.g4 3 40. c3 4g2 4 g2 2 42.� �e 43. 43.g3 g3 d5 Back combins combi ns t attack wit t advanc advanc o t dpawn Wit is  ost. ost .

44.g2 44.g2 d 45.g3 45. g3  46.g2 46. g2 d4 47.d5 2 48.c4 4 49.e2 d3 50.xd3 �xg4t 5I.@ Wit as iminatd t dangrous passd pawn but now is king is vn mor xposd. 5 1 . ..�d4t 52.@ 52.@  b5 53. 5 3.  t  t 54. 4 g 55.�e3 �! 55 .. . x3 56.x3 is sti won i w compar compar wit Stinit  Zukrtort Zukrtort (s pag pag 41). But Backs dcision to kp t quns on maks sns as t gam is sortnd considraby. 56. 56 .g3 g3 e5 57.�d2 e4 58 . d4 59.�e3 d d66 6.g4 t 6I .g3  0-1 Tis gam gam is i s on on  o my avourits avourits.. Eercise summary: + Eercise 23 Row Rowson - Mies Grat Britain 2001 Back is sigty undr prssur but  nds a way out by sacricing two minor pics or a rook. 21...d4! Inrior or Back is 2...d6 22.x7 x4 23.6! (23.x4 x5 is okay) 23 ... xc3 xc3 (23 . . . 6?? 24.x4 oss a pic) 24.x x 25.x wit a pus or Wit His bisop is strong in tis opn position and is rook is activ. Wits kingsid majority wi b mor dangrous tan Backs majority on t qunsid. 2...xg5 22.x5 6 23.xg5 is bttr or Wit. 22 .xe7 xe7 xt 23. xe5 24.a3! a3!?? A mor quit mov was 24.x4 5 25.g3 x3 wit a compicatd position. Back as a rook and pawn or two knigts. Wit as wak doubd doub d pawns on t   and Backs armonious position avs no os or wak squars or Wits pics. T position is about qua. qua.

Soluions Solui ons o Gnral xriss

Ins Insad ad of 2 5    �xh3 Blak should no oi oi hislf wih 25  f5? f5? ! baus baus of 26 d2 �xh3 27 5;  Tis praur praur pawn pawn ov ov wakns wakns h dark squar 5  5  and an d Whi Whi as an xlln ou pos for for his bisop hr Wih h x ov Whi kps h -pawn on h board o hav anohr waknss o aak Tis is a risky sragy as w shall s Now play pl ay is sharpnd  onsidrably onsi drably 24... .. . ! 2 5.g5 5. g5 el e l t 26.'g2 26 .'g2 cS Blak has sizd h iniiaiv I is iporan ha ha h holds on o i as 24    f5 waknd his posiion giving (dark) squars away in h nr and on h kingsid ils is alr hough! 27.4

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35.e7t 'b7 36.g6 cS 37.' a4 38.bxa4 bxa4 39.' 39. ' e l h2 40 .  c4 40    b6! is br ghing for h dark squars Whi will hav o ov h knigh on g5 o sop  apawn bu his lavs h hpawn wihou proion 415 b5 42 6 4 wi h xlln xlln win ning hans hans 4 1 .'dl .'d l S 42 .4 b2 43.c3 b3  'c2  45.'b2 45. 'b2 3t 46. 'c2  47.'b2 2

Eercis Eercisee summa summary: ry: 2 1 . ..  d4!= Eercise Eercise 24 Minasian  Xu un Isanbul 2000 2 4... ! Blak uss h pin on h g-l and wins arial 25.  26.x 26.x  eS 27.3 x! 27 xd5?!  xd5?! is dubious in viw of 28h4 3 29 xh7!; xh7!; 28.x xg3t 29.g2 e3t 30.'h2 h6+

27 .. . b5! A gra ov Insa Ins add if 27  6 28f3 and and Whi's king approahs h h nr nr  28 .xc5 xc5 c6t 29. 29.  cl c l 30.b4 xc2t xc2t 3 1 .'gl d7! d7! Tra Tran ning ing   5 32. 32.  d5 xa2 xa2 33 . aS Blak's pawns on h qunsid look vry dangrous 34.xg 34.xg77 d2 ayb Blak should shou ld look lo ok for for i provn provns s around hr His hans ar larly br du o his qunsid qu nsid aiviy aiv iy bu bu  in h ga Rowson anagd o draw sohow sohow 

T xhanging opraion gav Blak h advanag Whi has rook and pawn for Blaks wo knighs bu Whi has pawn waknsss and h blak knighs ar aiv in h nr

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31.e4 31f6? xf6 32xf6 d! i bad for Whit who o th d5pawn 31.. 31. . . bd7 32.d4 cxd4 33.xd4  34.4?! hit houd ha pt th tnion in th poition Prhap th payr wr in tim troub 34... 34 ...x4t x4t 35.x4 xdS 36 e3 37.g3 dl 37   54! 54! 38. 38 .d2 d2 xb2 39J"xd6 a8 40.e6 bc4  bc4 Ba ha urd a trong outot for hi night on 4 but th poition wa opnd up aftr aftr th xhang xhang o f pawn 41 .h4  42.g4 ! Ba tart an atta againt hit' ing h prn of a roo ma thi th i poib poi b for for Ba 43.xa6 g  geS 44.g3 T foowing in how how dangrou roo and two night an b: 444 f2 45 g3 f f3 3 46 h2 3 47g 47 g 1 f  4h2 f2 49g1 g2 50h1 5g4 and hit o matria  44... .. . d2 4S.'h3 l 46J3 b4! 47.c5 47b3 f2! gi ri to bautifu mating pattrn for intan: 48a8 g7 49a7 (49g3 wa nar nary) y) 49    h6 and mat on h2 oon

47... 47 ... g8! 48.a8 48. a8 48x5 g3 mat! 48 ... xa8 xa8 49.xe5 xa2 xa2 SO.e4 SO. e4 a  a3t Whit rignd du to 51g2 3 and 52  x2 0-1 Eercise summary: + Eercise Eercise 25 Browne  V der d er ie ie ij aan Z 1983 24.xd5! 24a5 x3 25x3 d6 i nothing pia for hit T txt mo ur him an adantag adantag 24 ...xd5 ...xd5 2S. xd xd55 c3 25   xd5 26xd5 xb6 27x4± a hit' pawn trutur intat 26.bxc3 xdS 27.xd5 �xb6 28.a4± 28 .a4±

it ha roo and two pawn in thi opn poition with pawn on both id of th board H i ati and ha ary bttr han Ba ha no ra oun trpay bau th opn poition faour th roo and h ha no han of rating a ad pawn Ba wi ha a hard tim dfndi dfnding ng hr 28 ... ...  c7 29.d7 cS 30.e4 e6 3 1 .�b7  32.xa6 xc3 33.b5 d 34.7d3

Solution Solut ion to nral rci rci

c7 35.d5 c2 36.a5  37.b4 c7 38.d2 a4 a4 39.c3 a8 40. al h4

41.h3 Black Black kingid initi in itiativ ativ i nothing cial. Manwhil Manwhil hit i activ and th aawn aawn i dangrou. 41. .. a7 42.a6 42. a6 h6 43.d3 43. d3 g6 .@ . @  45.a2 6 46.d6 c7 47.d5 6 48.d6 c7 49.c6 e5 50.d2 a5 51.dl Blac ha dfndd wll. It i not ay to brak through a long a Black k ic on th board. Now hit unctdly gt a littl hl from Black. 5 1 ... . . h2? 52.xe6! e6 53.xg6t g7 54.xe6t @h 55.xh6t @g 56.e6t @h 57.e8t @h7 58.h5t @g 59.xa5 Black could rign hr. 59 ... x xg2 g2tt 60.@e2  6 1 .d8t 1-0 Eercise summary: ± xercise 26 Roeder Roeder - chneider chneider rmany 1987 Black obtain a winning oition with th following combination 23 ...3! ... 3! 24.xc5 xc4t 25.@e2 xd2t

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26. xd22 xd 26.xd  xd22 27.@xd2 27. @xd2 bxa bxa22 28. 28 .xa xa22 b6 Aftr thi forcd qunc Blac ha a winning advantag. T o knight cannot match th rook and wo ad awn. 29.d3 @d6 30.c3 a8 3I.@c2 al?! 32.cl

3 2 . . .5?? . 5?? tr thi mov Black' roo i trad. Intad h hould rtrat hi rook and try to on a cond front on th kingid bfor  advanc hi qunid awn. T following lin i oibl 32 .. 8 33 . d3 b5 34. @b2 (34.g4 h8! and aftr ...h5 ...h5 Blac will on a l on th kingid kin gid. . 34  . . 5 35.@c2 (35.4 g5! again on u th oiti oition on 35 . . . a5 36.@b2 c5 37@c2 c4 38.b4 @c 39.cd5 f5 40.f3 A wakn wakn ha bn bn cratd. 40  . . a4 4.c3 a3 4 2@c2 2 @c2 f3 f3++ 33.3a2! Now it i Blac Bl ac who   th th  draw. draw. 33 ...  34. 34.  e4 35.e4 35 .e4 b4 36.@b 36 .@b22 xa2t 37.x @c5 38.b3 d4 39.xb4 c5 40.d5 @xe4 4I.c4 @ 42.@xc5 @g2 43.g4 h5 44.g5 @xh2 45.e7 @g3 46.xg6 g4 and draw agrd. f-f

Eercise summary:  +

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Par Par   : raiig raiig

Eerc Eercis isee 27 Ad Adoo  Lauier Frace 2002  e l ie begiig wi: 12xt! ou will ave o calculae o ewer a ie ove aead ad e accurael ae e reulig oiio oug job bu a e wa wa i goe oeie oei e Aoer oio wa 12b3 d8 Black wa o la a6  a6 ex 13000 a6 ad ow ie a o kee u e oeu i e wa o la or a advaage: 14xd8!? xd8 15x 8 16a3 d7 wi a colicaed oiio were Wie deiel a coeaio or e excage aer 17d6 e acrice o  wa laed i e gae ad la coiued: 12    13�b3 d8 14000 d7 15 xd xd7! 7! xd7 xd7 16 16   x 17�e6 �e8 �e8 18 18 c7 c7   19�b3 1 9�b3 �c8 20xa8 20xa8 �x �xa8 a8

Aer Aer i orced orced equec eq uecee we ave a oi o iio io wi rook ad paw paw v wo kig ite biop i wellplaced o e3 a i proect 2 an cano be drive awa Wie woul like to excange quee wic would ecure i goo conrol o e lig quare ie i e rook will will be active on e onl ope le l e

i i eioen poiion ad Wie awn rucure rucure i ou He i ligl l igl beer beer ere 2dl a6 22d5!? Here ad o e ex ove 22b1 wa good ae oio Uil e quee are excaged i ake ee o ecure e kig a lile ore ore  Wie Wie corol e oiio ad coequel e a ie or i  i 22 �b8 �b8 23�c4 \ h8 24a4 24a4  25a5 d8 26g4!? 26 g4!?  c6 27g5 27g5 e7 28�g4 28�g4 �e8 29h4 29 h4  a o ure i ie ro ro e advace o e kigide aw ead e ould ave coiued o la i e cere ad ad ried rie d o excage quee 29  � 30�e4 30 �e4 g8 3 1 b4 ie i e a laced all i i  aw aw o e ae colour a i bio: a ouble-edged raeg ow e a o worr abou lig quare weakee 3 �e6 32b 32 b22 � 33d2 33 d2 d8

34d5  o 34d5 34d 5 e6 3 5 d7 o acie acieve ve e deired quee wa? Aer i Wie kig ca ariciae o e queeide ad e d7-quare i oe or e rook ereore i ake ee or Black o r 35    8 36x x bu e Wie a e brillia coiuaio: 37b5! b5 38a6 bxa6 bxa6 39 d6 wiig wi ig a iece 34  c7 35�d3 35 �d3  e7 36c5 36 c5  e6 374 3 74 

Soluion o Genera exerie exerie

Suddenly Blak ha eriou ounerpay and he gae wa evenualy drawn afer a hard gh. 38 .b6 d6 398t 39 8t  40b8 40b 8 xh4 41.e4 g6 42xb7 e 43a7 b5 44.a8 gf4 45.c8  46.c2 d3t 47. 47.  e4 48 .e3 @ 49.b3 e2t 50.a3 e5 5d4 b5 52.xt @x 53.xe6 c4t 54.b3 xa5t 55.  c4t 56.b3 a5t 57. c4t 58.b3 2

Eercise summary: ; Eercise 28 Uhma Uhmann nn - Timm Timman an Aerda 195 hie' bihop i exelen on g5 and he hould keep i here. nead e played: played: 27 . h4? hie hould have kep e preure on e and no allowed Blak o eure he dark quare. 27 g5! ih he preure preu re o e7 Bak B ak an an ake over he iniiaive. 28 .g3 .g3 c8! 29.b5 29.b 5 Bad i 9.xf 9.xf5 ? xf5 xf5 30. e6 xd5 xd5 . 29 ...a ... a6 30.c3 h5!? 3 .e h4 he pawn on he kingide doinae he bihop. 32.x x x  33 . c 34.e3

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34... .. . b5! Blak Bla k open up he poiion for hi rook rook. e pawn puh lead o favourable pawn exhange for Blak: Aer he d5pawn drop lak wil be lef wih a enral pawn arada. 35.b5 b5 36.e4 xd5 37.xg5 c4 38. 38.  b4 39 . e5 Blak ha oo any an y pawn in he enre for for hie' hi e' liking. lik ing. 40.xh4 xh4 c3 4 1 .bxc3 .bxc3 bxc3 bxc3 42. 42 .c c c8 c 8 43. 43 . \  c4 44.e2 e4t 45. c4 46.e2 46. e2 e4t 47. 47.  c5 48 . e7  c6 49 . xd6 e be praial praial hane. 49... .. . xd6 50.xc3 g7 5.g4 @ 52.c8 e7 53.g5 d3 54.g6  55.c6t g7 56.g5 56. g5 d2t 57.@ b4 58. e3 a2

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e rook are very powerful in uh an open poiion. 59.d3 a3t 60.c2 g3 6. e4 62. 62.  d6 4 4 63.d2 63. d2 xg6 xg6 64.c7t 64. c7t @ and hie hie reigned. 0-1

Eercise summary: +

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Part  raiig

Eercise 29 ean ean  Browne Browne Buo Air 1978 2 8 a7! i trog mov wi two mior pi or a ba roo With our paw ah o th igid Whit rtai xllt wiig ha 28   29xb8t 2 9xb8t @c7 30xb4± 3 0xb4± Whit oly d a littl oordiatio ad th hi poitio i probably wiig T ight till d to oi th gam (it woud lov lov to rah d b ut iti t i a og way way  ) Ba Ba hould rat quil q uily y 30  @d6 3  e3 h4 Bla xhag a paw but hi poitio i ti diult 32h4 h7 33b5 xh4 34d5t @e7 3Sc5 g4t 36@ d6 37! h4 37   xd 38xd giv Whit a pad paw

38xe5t! Whoop! 38  @ r 38    39 g g  39d5 xdS xdS 40exd5 40exd5 xh2 4    e4 Ba ha wo th paw ba but Wit d-paw wi did th gam  th id with wi th th two mior pi ha a pad paw ad

h a upport upport it with hi m ior io r pi th thi uualy p problm or th roo id 4 4   h5 42 42  c3 h2  h2 43 d4  43    d2 d2 44  x6 x6!! i a wlow wl ow tri e5 c2 4S 4S 44 @e7 @ e7 46 e2 d2  d2 47 47  d4 @d7 48@el 48@ el a2 a2 49 49b3 b3 c2 @dl @ dl c8 Sl@d2 c4 52@d3 c8 53@d4 c2 54cSt @e7 SSd6t @  56@dS d2t 57@c6 0

Eercise summary: ± Eercise 30 Chrisiansen  Kaidanov Kaidanov UA 1993 Ti xri i maily a tatial o: Whit probaby aw aw th gam otiuatio right to th d 4bl! Whit ativat hi lat pi ot arig about th ight o 6 T thrat i b7 4xe6? 4 1   7 wa bttr b ttr but Whit Whit  p th advatag atr 42b4 (Ftai) 42 42  xe6 xe6 xe6 43b4 Kaidaov biv that Whit' Whit ' advatag i arady arady diiv diiv 

43   c6

Solution Solut ion to General exerie exerie

Te lternative are no better Ftanik give the following following l ine: a) 4   ? 44 xd6 xd6 xd6 45 b4 b) 4    f 44h 1 ! e5 45  xd6 xd6 ) Te only ove that put up a gt i 4 d!  d! with the following onequene 44a1! (ot 44b3 4 45xd6 xd6 46xd with only equality) 44    4 45a8  46b7 g6 478!! xb4 48 xg7 f5 f5 49 g4 e5 50 f f44 ate! ate! x6 With hi hi  lat ove ove Blak et up a l ittle trap: 44x6? 44 x6? h2 4 5 xh2 xh 2 x x66 i equal equal  �x �x6 6 45�a 45�a  ! �7 46�a8t Blak Blak drop the knight knigh t -0

Eercise summa:  Eercise 3 Cheo Cheoae aevv - Lu Lun n Moow Moow 2004 White ha j ut play pl ayed ed 144 n thi poition Blak ha a rook and two pawn for White' two two knight knight  Te poition poit ion i i  loed o Whit White' e' knight ould be trong if they nd good outpot One uh outpo outpott i e5 - White plan plan  f-e5 -e 5  Blak ha no real real weakne weaknee e and and hi poition poit ion look lo ok ound Howe Howeve ver,r, he hould be awar awaree of a poible poibl e attk att k later if Wite an organie hi fore on the kingide But for now there i no danger a Wite' fore are diorganied and unoordinated Te knight anoeuvre entioned above i a poitional treat, therefore therefore Blak Bla k played 1 4 e5!  e5! A trong ove that end all White' White' plan of an outpot outpot on e5 1 5e5 x xe5+ Te entral break i logial beaue it i Blak who will prot fro the opening of o f the e-le 16�xe5 e8 7�c3

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 7   xet  xet Another poibility wa the aggreive 17 17  d4!? 1 8b xe  1 9 f2 f2 e7 20 e4 xe4 2dxe4 xe4!? Blak i left with three pawn pawn for for the piee with a  ontinuin onti nuingg attak 22  xe4 xe4 (22 g5 e2 or 22f 22 f33 f5 and Blak ha a trong trong initiativ in itiative) e) 22    xe4 A nie point Blak win an iportant tepo beaue beaue the rook rook ii threat threatened ened 2 3a 1 h 1 ! Blak i alo better here, here, but b ut i n the end I hoe the ipler text ove 8   �e7 9 g5? 1 9  h6! i probably probably bet After After 1 9 e5  e5 ( 1 9  xf  2 0xf 0 xf gx6 i not n ot ent irely lear) lear) 20 e 1 20  f4? f4? d4 2  b e2) 20    d4 2xe5 xe5 222 xg2 2xg2 e8 24  f4 f4 e6 and Bla k i till ti ll better, but bu t how ho w uh i not lear lear Blak Bl ak ha two pawn pawn and the open e-le e-l e for for i rook , but bu t ifWhite i fWhite anag  anage e to organie i piee pi ee then the n 4 ould oul d be a good good outpot for te knight e blk rook would love the poition to be ore  ore open Te pl ayer yer fae a opliated opli ated iddlegae poit ion ion  Suing up the pro and on of the poition, it wa ore proi ing to go for for the tati tial al 1 7 d4!?  d4!?  9 x  x t 20 2 0x x �xg5 �xg5 2  4 Blak i iply two pawn up after White "aried "aried bk the two inor p iee

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2l 2l   d4?? Alost any otr ov wins safst is 2   7 22   d6 nstad  lost t t ga ga in on ov: 22�c7 1-0 Blac loss t t bisop bis op xercise summ summ + is is t nd of t xrcis sction  op tat t xrciss av bn instructiv and av givn t abitious playr an ida of t assssnts of roo plus pawn(s) vrsus inor ino r pics pics in di d irnt rnt positions position s n so positions t atrial ibalanc was alrad prsnt and t corrct coic sould b ad by following t guidlins givn givn in captr captr 1  portant  portant qustions qustions suc as th following aris: Sould t quns b xcangd? o bnts in gnral fro xcangs? xcangs? s t t  ffundantal undantal ndga ndga won or only on ly a draw? t is also iportant to b awar of t dirnt strngts of t pics and trfor ow t position sould b playd n th

vry last xrcis t solution solut ion was asily asi ly found found if Blac Bl ac was awar awar tat    could cou ld opn a l for is roo and at t sa ti prvnt it fro stablisi stablising ng an outpost on  5 n otr positions it was iportant to valuat proprly if it or Blac Bl ac sould go for t atrial ibalanc i balanc Sacrici Sacri cing ng activly activly to obtain obtai n t dsird atrial i balanc oftn oftn gains t initiativ and is trfor wort considring but on sould b wary wary tat t initiativ in itiativ ay only b sorttr As a gnral rul if t sid wit t roo gts two pawns in addition additio n to t init i nitiativ iativ h is oay oay  ust not forgt tat two inor pics ar bttr tan a roo and trfor t roo sid ust av so ind of copnsation n xrcis xrcis 6 w saw a sipl  cas wr wr t two inor pics wr suprior to t roo: it gav up is roo and obtaind two inor pics and Blac's copnsation was inadquat  op tat  av givn t radr an undrstanding of ow to andl ts positions Good luc wit your futur gas

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ndex o ges Abll blloo  Colin Colin 8 1 Aon Aonat atov ov  otkin otkin 87 Anand  Hrnand Hrnandz z 22 Av Av  Mialvky Mialvky 20 Ahl Ahlyy  Mial Mialvy y 89 Ahl Ahly  Mialv Mialvky ky 94 Bar Barv v  Ada da 65 Bliav Bliavy y  Dolat Dolatov ov 16 Capablanc Capablancaa  Lakr Lakr 38 Cu Hann Hann  Hjarta Hjartarron 1 9 Dah Dahko ko  Lug Lugovoi ovoi 30, 78 , 84 Durnv  Lyko Lykovv 4 7 Frc Frccc  ikcvic ikcvic 78 Gorgiv Gorgiv  iohnko 67 Gonzalz Gonzalz Diaz  Frnand Frnandzz 93 Granda Granda Zuniga Zuniga  aka akau ura ra 46 Gro Groar ar  Balinov Balinov 82 Karpov Karpov  Kapar Kaparov ov 40 Karthi arthiy yan an  Babu 93 Kai Kaidzhan dzhanov ov  Van Wly 58 Kap Kapar arov ov  Kranik Kranik 26 Kot Kotur ur  ihin ihin 88

ndex o udies udies Avrba 45 J. Brg Brgrr 36, 3 7, 3 8 ing an d Horwitz Horwitz 36 Laa 37 Likin 46

Krian ian  Giorg Giorgadz dz 8 5 Lar Larn  Marjanovi Marjanovicc 3 9 Lko Lko  Z. ai ai 89 Lund Lund  Ejing 1 0 Lund Lund  M. il iln n 1 4 Polak olak  Sock Sockoo 27 Ponoar onoario iovv  Plak Plaktt tt 95 , 1 09 Rahan han  Rau Rauii 56 Roanihi oanihinn  Dvor Dvort t yy 3 9 Rubl Rublv vky ky  J . Gllr 80 Rublv Rublvk kyy  ikolic 86 86 Scholz Scholz  M Gurvi Gurvich ch 24 Sloth  Palciau Palciauka ka 63 Sti Stinit nitzz  Zu Zuk krt rtor ortt 4 1 Sut  Moino Moino 87 al  auv auv 1 7 otky otky  Yandirov andirov 92 otky Yandirov 94  Zait aitv  Lund Lund 83 Wbr br  Ttrup Ttrup 64 Zlcic  Bozanic Bozanic 79

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ndex o xercises xercises Adianto dianto  auie auie 1 66 Bao Baogg  Pinte Pinte 149 Baee Baeevv  Adam dam 1 3 7 Bon Bontei teinn  Ge Gee e 1 5 1 Bown Bownee - Van de de ie ie 164 ebotaev ebotaev  und 169 1 69 itianen  Kaidan Kaidanov ov 1 68 Ejanov janov  Nijboe Nijboe 1 55 iman iman  h hum uman an 1 48 Gea Geahv hvii ii  Kotonia otonia 1 47 Geogiev Geogiev  imoenko 1 36 Gek Gek  Ikonnik Ikonnikoov 149 Hot Hot  Hueb Huebne ne 1 5 1 Inaki Inakiev ev  aa aant nte evv 1 57 Iono Ionov  Kayu Kayumo movv 1 57 Ivan Ivanuk uk  Roge 1 52 Kadimova Kadimova  ebakov ebakov 1 60 Kajakin ajakin  Paunovi Paunovi 1 52 Ki  Bogu Bogua av vky ky 14 1  1 42

Koo Koovv  enikov 140 1 40 omba ombaddy  igu igujon jonon on 1 6 1 ugo ugovvoi  Vea 1 58 und und  D. Pe Pedee eenn 1 37 aaatko aaatko  Kivo Kivoey ey 1 54 ein ein  ei eijee jee 1 35 ina inaia iann - Xu Jun Jun 1 63 oo oo  Jako Jakoven venko ko 1 46 Nava Navaa a  ivia iviako kovv 14 5 Pou Pouga gaev evk kyy  aimanov aimanov 1 50 Roede oede  nei neide de 1 65 Row Rowon on  ie 1 62 and andof of Zue Zueii 1 39 om omoe oevv  Iju Ijuin in 1 46 tean tean  Bown Bownee 1 68 a  avo avonn 14 5 imo imoen enkko  Ziatd Ziatdin inoov 1 33 1 34 Umann Umann  imman imman 1 67 Van ey  Amaipaavii Amaipaavii 1 5 5 edbeg edbeg  Pava Pavao ovi vi 1 59

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