ICON Sicilian Accelerated Dragon
IM John Donaldson
International Chess Enterprises Seattle, WA
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Donaldson, John ICON: Sicilian Accelerated Dragon First printing: January 1 995 1 56 pages ISBN 1 - 879479-24-9
Introduction The principal objective of the Accelerated Dragon variation of the Sicil ian, which arises after l.e4 c5 2.lijf3 ctJc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.ctJxd4 g6, could be described in two ways. Explanation one says that Black keeps his pawn on d7 in the hope of going the Dragon variation one better and playing ...d7-d5 in one jump, as opposed to its more popular cousin, where ...d7-d6-d5 is the modus operandi. Another way to look at the Accelerated is as an attempt to play something akin to the Dragon, but where the chances of getting mated are much less. The flip side of the move order is that White has the opportunity to play 5.c4, setting up the Maroczy Bind, something White can never do in the Dragon. It's no accident that of the 212 games in this book, almost 75 percent feature the Maroczy. Not only is it an ironclad way of control ling d5, but it also arises from different move orders. In fact, in Grand master chess, the Bind is much more likely to arise from l.ctJ£3 or l .c4 than l.e4. However, the Marcoczy Bind is not the all-powerful line it was once thought to be. In particular, the line 5...lijf6 6.liJc3 d6 followed by ...liJxd4, has an excellent theoretical reputation while interest in lines like 5...iig7 6.iie3 liJf6 7.liJc3 liJg4 8.'i:Yxg4 liJxd4 9.'i:Yd l e5 sug gest Black may .have more than one answer. Note however that Black will have a hard time winning against a White player looking to draw. The danger of getting a drawish position early on is not a worry for Black against 5.liJc3 but 5.c4 is another matter. Players looking to avoid drawish options for White have been experi menting with slight deviations from the Accelerated Dragon move or der. While the Semi-Accelerated (l .e4 c5 2.ctJf3 ctJc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.ctJxd4 ctJf6 5.ctJc3 g6?!) is a poor proposition for Black the Hyper-Acceler ated (l.e4 c5 2.liJf3 g6) is worthy of consideration and can be recom mended to those who like to experiment and are willing to allow the
Schmid Benoni (l.e4 c5 2.liJf3 g6 3.d4 il.g7 4.d5 liJf6 5.ltJc3). This volume of the Icon series contains 212 games, with all but about a dozen from the period January 1992 to October of 1994. The earlier games, primarily in the 2. . .g6 section, have been provided to give study material in lines where recent practical experience has been limited. The chief source of information for this book has been the ICE Chess Assistant Data Base with over 350,00 games. Accelerated Dragons by IM Jeremy Silman and the present author was a useful reference. Other sources consulted include Chess Informant, through issue 60, and New in Chess Yearbook, through number 31, as well as the follow ing periodicals: British Chess Magazine Chess Chess Life Inside Chess Michigan Chess New in Chess Schach Schachwoche Schweizer Schach
Readers looking for more on this opening may wish to consult Acceler ated Dragons. Published in 1993 by Cadogan, it runs 226 pages and
features detailed theoretical coverage as well as a lot of explanation of the basic strategies of this opening.
This book is dedicated to the memory of David Collyer, long IM John Donaldson
time NW tournament organizer
October 1994
and player. 11
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Chapter 1 Early Divergencces
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Chapter 2 7 'i¥a5 ...
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Chapter 3 7 0-0 •.•
36
Chapter 4 Li n es w h ere W h i t e playes a n early llJxc6
Chapter 5
43
Maroczy with 7 llJg4 ...
lll
56
Chapter 6 Double Fianchetto versus the Maroczy
62
Chapter 7 Play on the Dark Squares versus the Maroczy
78
Chapter 8 lLlc2 in the Maroczy
81
Chapter 9 White answers lLlxd4 with 'iV d3 or 'iV e3 ...
IV
Chapter 10
87
l1.e3 and 'ild2
Chapter 11
99
White plays JL g5 with 'iV e3 plus lines with JJ.. g5 and 'iV d2 involving ... b5 as a gambit.
Chapter 12
108
Wh ite plays JJ.. g5 and 'ild2 (main lines)
Chapter 13 The Hyper-Accelerated Dragon (2...g6)
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Chapter 1 Whether this is something to fear is unclear.
Early Divergences
On a final note White does have one way to absolutely force a transposi tion to the Dragon variation. By adopting the move order 5.lll c3 i.g7 6.0de2, followed by a Kingside fianchetto, the first player guarantees a transposition to B70 as 6 ... lllf6 7 .g3 d5 is unsound. 1 Bruno Belotti Pierluigi Passcrotti Italy (ch)
This chapter is a little different from the rest in the book. Here White tries to steer the game into the Classical Dragon (i.e2), instead of heading into pure Accelerated territory with 5.c4 or 5 .lll c 3 i.. g 7 6.i.. e3 lll f6 7.ii.c4 (or 7.lll xc6). Black can go along with this, knowing that lines where White castles Kingside in the Dragon are not very dangerous, or he can play experimentally by holding the d-pawn back.
1994
l . e4 cS 2 .lll f3 lll c6 3.d4 cxd4 4. lll xd4 g6 s.lll cJ .i.. g7 6.lll b3 i.. xc3+ 7. bxc3 lll f6 8 . .i.. d 3 dS 9.exd5 �xd5 10.0-0 0-0 1 1.�e2 i.. f5 12.i.. a3 l::!:fe8 13.ld:fe1 .i.. xdJ 14.cxd3 lll h5 15.c4 �gS 16.d4 aS
Experience with . . . a5, . . . lll b4 and . . . d7-d5 is limited, but on balance Black has been having positive ex periences. Note that some White players use the move order 5.i.. e2, only bringing their Queen Knight out when Black has committed to . . . lllf6. The reason for this is they want to avoid the possibili ty of . . . i.g7xc3. 1
17.Ac1 ,.f6 18.d5 a4 19.JLb2 �f4 20.A xf6 � xe2+ 2 t .l::t xe2 axbJ 22.dxc6 exf6 23.cxb7 1:0
46J hb7 W d5 47. l::t e 7 l::t xg2+ 48.We3 l::t g 1 49.Jig3 1 :0
2 John Van der Wiel Karel Van der Weide Leeuwarden
3 Hakan Han S pyridon S kembris Varna
1994
1994
l . e4 c5 2.� f3 � c6 3. d4 cxd4 4.�xd4 g6 s.�cJ i.g7 6.Ae3 �f6 7.i.e2 0-0 8.0-0 d5 9.exd5 � b4 10.i.f3 � fxd5 1 1 .� xd5 � xd5 12.i. g5 h6 13.i.h4
l . e4 c5 2 . � f3 � c6 J. d4 cxd4 4.�xd4 g6 s.JLe2 JL g7 6.�b3 a5 7.a4 d6 8.0-0 JL e6 9.�c3 Ji xcJ 10.bxc3 �f6
1 1 .A h6 � d 7 1 2 . � d4 � c5 1 3.� xe6 � xe6 1 4.JL g4 � c5 15... e2 e6 16.l::t fd1 ,.e7 17.Ag7 l::t g8 18.JLd4 0-0-0 19.,.b5 �xe4 20.i.f3 f5 21.Ab6 l::t d7 22.JLxa5 d5 23.i.xe4 fxe4 24.i.b6 ,. d6 25.c4 d4 26.a5 e5 27.a6 bxa6 28.l::t xa6 l::t b7 29.A c5 l::t xb5 JO.JL xd6 l::t b 2 31.l::t xc6+ Wd7 32.l::t a6 l::te8 33.c3 dJ 34.i.a3 l::t e2 35.f3 Wc7 36.fxe4 l::t d8 37.Wfl l::t xe4 38.i.b4 W b 7 39.l::t e6 d 2 40.i.d6 l::t xc4 41.l::t xd2 l::t xcJ 4 2.i. xe5 l::t c t + 43. W e2 l::t xd2+ 44. W xd2 l::!: g1 45.l::!: e7+ Wc6 2
13 �f4 14.i.g3 e5 15.i.xf4 exf4 16.c3 ,.b6 17. ,.b3 Axd4 18.cxd4 ,.xd4 19.l::t act i.e6 20.l::t fd1 i. xbJ 2 t .l::i: xd4 i. xa2 22.A xb7 l::!: ab8 23.l::!: c7 l::i: fd8 24.l::!: xd8+ l::i: xd8 25.Af3 l::i: d2 26.l::t xa7 l::t xb2 27.g3 A e6 28.W g2 l::t b4 29.l::!: as W g7 JO.JLdS Wf6 31.Axe6 fxe6 32.gxf4 l::t xf4 33.h3 h5 34.l::!: a8 g5 35.l::i: h8 W g6 36.l::!: g8+ w rs 37.l::!: h8 h4 Js.l::!: rs+ We4 J9.l::i: g8 l::!: rs 40.l::i: g6 e5 41.l::t g8 Wd3 42.l:ta8 e4 43.l::i: a3+ W d4 44.l::!: a4+ W e5 45.l::t a8 W f4 .•.
46.l::r g8 l::r f7 47.l::r g6 l::r a7 48.l::r g8 l:1 f7 49.l:1 g6 l:1 f8 so.n g7 w rs Sl.l::r h 7 Wg6 S2.l::r e7 l::r f4 SJ.l::r e6+ W f7 S4.l::r a6 W g7 SS.l::r e6 W f7 S6.l::r a6 l::rf 6 S7.l::r aS W g6 S8.l::r eS l:1f 4 S9.l::r e6+ w rs 60.l:1 h6 w es 61.l::t h8 l::r fS 62.l::r g8 W d4 63.l::r a8 l::r cS 64.l::r d8+ l::r dS 6S.l::r a8 W eS 66.l::r e8+ Wf 4 67.l::r f8+ l::rts 68.l::r g8 n n 69.l::r g6 l::r f8 7 0.l::r g7 w rs 71.l::r h 7 l::r e8 72.l::rt7 + Wg6 73.l::r a7 l::r d8 74.l::r e7 W fS 7S.l::r f7+ W e6 76."t1 a7 l::r d2 77.l::r a8 Wt7 78.Wg1 W f6 79.l::r as l::r dJ so.w g2 l::r f3 81.l::r bS l::r aJ 82.l::r cS l::r a2 83.Wg1 l:[ a6 84. 'tJ g2 l:[ e6 8S.l:t aS l:[ eS 86.lla8 l::r bS 87.lle8 WfS 88.l::r f8+ WeS 89.l::r e8+ W d4 90.l::r d8+ l::r d S 91.l::r e8 Wd3 92.l::r e7 l::r d8 Draw
10 a3 11.b3 'iVa5 12.il)bS dS 13.b4 'iV d8 14.l::!: b 1 Ae6 1S.Axf6 Axf6 16.exdS AxdS 17.c4 Ae6 18.il)e4 Ab2 19.'iVb3 'iVb6 20.il)cs 'iVxbS 2 1 .il) xe6 'iV xb4 22.'iVxb4 il) xb4 2J.ll) xf8 W xf8 24.JLf3 il)xa2 2s.cs l::!: a5 26.Axb7 l::!: xcS 27.l::!: b d1 il)c3 28.l::!: d8+ W g7 2 9.l::!: a8 il) e2 + 30.Wh1 il)cl 0:1 .••
9 llJ b4 ...
4 Volker S chlick Oliver Brendel G ermany
1994
l.e4 cS 2.ll\ f3 ll\ c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.lll xd4 g6 s.Ae2il. g7 6.lll b3ll\ f6 7.ll\ c3 0 -0 8 .0-0 aS 9il. . gS a4 10.ll\ d2
s Gregory Gurevich Boris Maryasin Israel
1992
l.e4 cS 2.il)f3 il)c6 J.il)cJ g6 4.d4 cxd4 s.ll) xd4 A g7 6.il) bJ ll) f6 7.Ae2 0-0 8.0-0 aS 9 . a4 it) b4 10.il.f3 d6 ll.il)dS il)fxdS 12.exdS A rs 1 3.c3 il) dJ 1 4. A e3 'iV c8 1S. 'iV d2 il)eS 16.Ae2 il)c4 1 7.Axc4 'iVxc4 18.l::!: a3 l::!: a6 19.l::!: d1 l::!: b8 20.il)c1 bS 21.axbS l::!:xbS 22.0 l::!: a8 23.A gS l::!: ab8 24.A xe7 l::!: x b 2 3
1 9. li:ld4 lll xg4 2 0 . 'iVxg4 W h8 2 1 .l::!: bd 1 ?! f5 ! Kotronias-Skembris, Karditsa 1 994. 9.a4 lll b4 10.f4 ? ! 'iV b6+! ll.W h 1 d 5 Here l l . . .d6, transposing into a good version ofthe Classical Dragon (White's Bishop on c 1 lacks a square), was a viable alter native. 1 2. e5 ll\ e4 1 3 . 0 d 4 f6
25.'iVeJ l::!: e8 26.g4
14.exf6 .i.xf6 15 .i.eJ lll xc3 16.bxc3 lll c6 1 7.l::!: b 1 'iVc5 18.l::!: b5 'iVd6 19. .i.f3 e6 20.g3 'iVaJ 21.l::!: b3 'iVxa4 22.lll b5 .i.d7 2J .i.c5 lll e7 24.lll d4 'iVc4 25. .i. a3 'iV c8 26.l::!: et l::!: e8 27.'iVdJ li:lf5 28.l::!: b6 li:lxd4 29.cxd4 .i.d8 JO.l::!: b b1 b5 31.c3 'iVa6 32.�e3 .i.e7 33 .i. xe7 l::!: xe7 34.'iV e2 a4 35.h4 aJ 36.�a1 l::!: ee8 37.h5 l::!: f8 38. .i.g4 l::!: f6 39. .i.f3 'iVa4 40.'iVd2 l::!:ff8 4l.�ee1 l::!: fc8 42.�ec1 •
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26 Jhe7 27.'iVxe7 ecs+ 28.W h1 'iVf2 0:1 .•
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6 Bela Lengyel Jeremy S ilman Budapest
1994
l . e4 c5 2 . li:l f3 lll c6 J.d4 cxd4 4.lll xd4 g6 5.Ji.e2 i.g7 6.lll b3 lll f6 7.lll c3 0-0 8.0-0 a5 Another indepen
dent path starts with 8 . . . b6 when 9.i. g5 i.b7 1 0.f4 ( 10 .�d2 d6? ! [ 1 0 . . . :!:c8! intending . . . lll e5 when l l .f4 b5 !? leads to lively play] l l .f4 lll d7 12 J:!:ael lll c5 13.Ac4! lll xb3 14.axb3?! a6!? 15.0d5 b5 16. i.d3 f6 17.i.h4 e6 18.llle3 g5 19.Ag3 gxf4 20.A xf4 � e7 2 l . c3 :!::!: adS 22.lll c2 lll e5 with unclear play in T h . T h o r h a l l s s o n - S k e mb r i s , Kopavogur 1 994) 1 0 . . . d6 1 1 . Ji.f3 lll d7 1 2 . i:b l lll c5 1 3 . lll d5 f6 14.1Lh4 e6 1 5 .lll c3 g5 ! ? 16 . .i.g3 gxf4 17 . .i.xf4 lll e5 18 . .i.g4 �e7 4
42... b4! 43.f5 bxcJ 44Ji'e3 gxf5 45.Ae2 'iVb4 46.'iVg5+ Wf7 47.h6 'iVxd4 48.i.h5+ W f8 49.l::!: d 1 'iVh8 50Ji' h4 l::!: c4 5l . g4 c2 52. : d c 1 'iVb2 5J.Wg2 'iVd4 54.'iVg5 .i.e8 55. gxf5 A xh5 56.'�' xh5 'i* g4+ 57. 'i h g4 l::!: xg4+ 58. W f3 l::!: c4 59.fxe6 We7 60.l:tg1 W xe6 0:1
cxd4 5.it:)xd4 .i.g7 6.it:)b3 [6 . .i.e3 it:)f6 7 . .i.e2 0-0 8.0-0 d5 9.ex d5 it:)xd5 10.� x d5 � xd4 l l . .i. xd4 'ifxd5 12 . .i.xg7 'if x d1 1 3 .l:t fx d1 � xg7 1 4.l:t d2 ( 1 4. .i.f3 .i.f5 1 5.c4 l:t ac8 1 6 .b3 l:t c7 1 7 . l:t d5 .i. e6 18.l:t d4 l:tfc8 19.l:tad1 a6 20 . .i. d5 .i. x d5 2 1 .l:t x d5 e6 2 2 . l:t d6 b5= Wedburg-Donal dson, Athens, 1980) 1 4. . . .i.e6 1 5. l:t a d1 l:tfc8 1 6 .i.f3 l:tab8 17.c3 b5 18.i.d5 iUS= Mills l. lvanov, Chicago 1 985) 6 ... � f6
7 Alonso Zapata Roger La Flair New York
1993
l . e4 c5 2.ltH3 it:) c6 3. d4 cxd4 4.it:)xd4 g6 5.Ae2 A g7 6.it:)bJ it:)f6 7.it:) cJ 0-0 8.0-0 a5 9. a4 it:) b4 1 0.� h 1 d5 l l.e5 it:) e4 1 2.f4 f6 13.cxf6 exf6 14.it:)b5 f5 15.cJ it:)c6 16.Ae3 iie6 17.l::t f3 Af7 18.'ifg1 g5 19.fxg5 A h5 20.l::t d 1 f4 21..� b6 'ifxg5 22.it:)c7 it:)gJ+ 23.l::t xg3 fxgJ 24.l::t xd5
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7 .i. e2 0-0 8.0-0 aS 9.a4 it:) b4 10 ..i.g5 h6 ll ..i.h4 g5 12..i. g3 d5 13.exd5 �fxd5 [ 1 3 . . . .i.f5 1 4.� d4 .i.g6oo Silman] 1 4.it:) xd5 it:) xd5 15.c3 •
24 'ifxd5 25.it:)xd5 Axel 26.it:)d2 l::t ae8 27.hxg3 l::t e5 28.'ifc5 l::t ff5 29.c4 l::t h5+ 30.�g1 l::t xd5 31.cxd5 li. d4+ 32.'if xd4 it:) xd4 33. .i. xd4 l::t xd5 34..i.c3 �f7 Draw ••.
1 5 ... e5 Los Angeles IM Jeremy
Silman had two games in Pardubice 1994 where he tried out 1 5 . . . �f4. Black had good play after 16.Axf4 gxf4 17.'(�hd8 l:txd8 18.l:tfd1 .i.e6 a n d 1 6 . .i. b5 (better) 1 6 . . . � b6 17.i.xf4 gxf4 18.l:tfe1 e5. 16.Af3
8 Yuri Balashov H. Winants EUJlen
1994
it:) b6 1 7. 'if xd8 l::t xd8 1 8. l::t fd 1 l::t x dl+ 19.l::t xd 1 f5 20.l::t d8+ �f7 2 1 ..i. h5+ � e7 2 2. : e8+ � d6
1.e4 c5 2.it:)cJ it:)c6 J.fl)fJ g6 4.d4 5
23.ri �H A e6 24.� x g7 .i. xbJ 25 .Ilg 6+ .i.e6 26.�xh6 �f8 27.h4 f4 28. .i.h2 gxh4 29.b3 lt:\ dS JO.c4 lt:\ e7 Jl..i.g4 lt:\ rs 32.-i. xfS �xfS JJ.�xh4 W cS 34.0 W b4 JS.�h6 .i.c8 36.� b6+ 'it>cJ J7J::!: bS Wc2 38.'it>f2 'it> dJ 39.�xa5 e4 40.�xfS eJ+ 4 1 .'iii e1 .i. xfS 42 .i. xf4 'it> cJ 4J .i. xe3 W xbJ 44.cS W xa4 4S.g4 .i.h7 46.Wf 2 W bS 47.'it>gJ 'it> c6 48.Wf4 W dS 49.'it>g5 'it> e6 so.r4 wf7 su s 1 :0 •
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22.�h3 The first new move of thi game. Filipowicz-Hollis, Mariansk Lazne 1 962, saw 2 2 . fxg6 hxg 23J:l:h3 a5! 24.�fl �c5 25.�xc �xc5 26.�d3 � c4 leading to drawn Rook ending. The idea behin Brooks' 22.�h3 is to leave the paw on h7 as a target. 22 ... A g7 2J.�g
Classical Dragon 9 Michael Brooks John Donaldson S tillwater
1992
�cS+ 24.'it>g2 �eS 2S.�h4 hS 0
1 . e4 cS 2 . /l\ fJ lt:\ c6 J.d4 cxd4 4./l\xd4 g6 S.lt:\ cJ .i.g7 6./l\bJ'l\ f6 7..i.e2 0-0 8.0-0 d6 9.Ae3 .i.e6 10.f4 lt:\ as 1 1.fS .i.c4 1 2./l\xaS 1 2 . .i.d3 is
more usual when 12 . . . i.xd3 1 3 .cxd3 d5 14./l\xa5 �xa5 1 5.e5 d4 16 .i.xd4 lt:\d7 1 7 . f6 exf6 1 8. exf6 .i. xf6 19.�xf6 /l\xf6 20.�f3 /l\h5 2 1 . /l\dS f5 ! is crucial for the assessment ofthe 10 . . . /l\a5 (Maroczy) variation. In stead 2 1 . . . �fd8? quickly led Black to defeat in Rattman-Marchand, Corr. 1949; 22. /l\e7+ Wf8 23.�fl! Wxe7 (23 . . . � xa2 24 . .i.c5 W g7 25.g4 ) 24. 'iV xb7+ ! W d6 2 5 . b4 � ab8 26 . .i.c5+ 1 -0. 1 2....i. xe2 13. 'ihe2 � xaS 1 4. g4 � ac8 1 S. gS � xcJ 16.gxf6 �xeJ 1 7.�xe3 .i.xf6 18.c3 �c8 19.a3 l::!: c4 20.l::!: acl bS 21.�0 �c7
25 . . . h6 White has 26. fxg6 fxg 27.�g4 Wh7 28.�g3 with the ac vantage. 26.fxg6 fxg6 27.�g3
27 ... Af6! On 27 . . . W h7 White ha
28.�g5. Now the Queen either gel buried on h3 or his next move i forced. 28.� xg6+ W h7 29. � g 6
when l 2 .. . li) xd5 l 3 . exd5 li) a5 l 4. li) xa5 ( l 4 . :!:l:e l li) c4 l 5.'l¥e2 'i¥b6+ l 6.'i¥f2 �xf2+ l 7.Wxf2 a5 l 8 . .te2 ii..a 6 l 9 . .txc4 A xc4 20. ii..xe7 :!:!:fc8 2 l .Axd6 Axd5 22. .t 2 3 . :!:l:e2 :!:!:x e2+ 24.W xe2 :!:l:e8 2 5 . W e2 .txe5 2 6 . fxe5 :!:l:xe5 27.li)xa5 :!:l:f5+ led to a winning end ing in Ciric-Petursson, Switzerland 199 1 ) l 4 ... 'iha5 1 5 'lYcl ( l 5 . ii..xe7 :!:l:e8 l 6.Ah4 Axb2 with unclear play) l 5 . . . :!:!:a7 l 6 . :!:l:e l :!:l:e8 'l¥b5 l 8 . :!:l:e2 :!:l:c7 l 9 . :!:l:b l .tf5 20.'l¥e l :!:l:xc2 2 l . :!:l:xe7 :!:l:xe7 22.'l¥xe7 h6! 23 24 .'i¥xf6 'l¥ c 5 2 5 . :!:l:e l :!:te l 26 . .tdl 'l¥e3 ! 27.'i¥h4 g5! 28.fxg5 hxg5 29.'l¥xb4 h3 .tc2 3 l . :!:l:e 8+ W h7 32.:!:l:e l 'lVxe l + 0- l Donev Novkovic, Austria 199 1 . 12 ...Axf6
29. :!:l:xf6 exf6 offers White no more than the text which leads to a drawn Rook ending. 29 �xg3+ 30.:!:I:xg3 .••
iL h4 31.Wf3 ii.. xg3 32.hxg3 W g6 33.We3 :!:res 34.:!:l:d1
1993
1.e4 cS 2.li)f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.li)xd4 li)f6 s.li)c3 g6 6.ii.. e2 � g7 7.0-0 li)c6 s.li)b3 0-0 9.�gs a6 10.f4 bS ll.�f3
13.eS bxc3 14.exf6 cxb2 15.fxe7 li)xe7! Preparing to bring the Knight to the powerful f5 square. 16.:!:l:b1?
Necessary was l6 . .txa8 bxa l ('i¥ ) l 7.'l¥xal ii..f5 ! l 8 . .tf3 Axc2 though Black is a little better. 16 ... l::!: b8 1 7.l::!: xb2 lt) rs 18.�e1 aS 19.a4 :!:l:b4! 20.l::!: a2 ii.. e6 2 t.l::t a3 ii.. c 4! 22.l::tf2 l::t e8 23.'ifd2 'ifb8 24.g3 hS 2S.l::t a 1 l::!: e3 26.W g2 Axb3 27.cxb3 :!:l:bxb3 28.l::!: d1?? :!:l:xf3! 29.l::!: xf3 l::C b 2 0:1
11 Thro stur Thorhallsson Margeir Petursson Reykjavik
ll ... b4! ? 12.Axf6?! White falters in
the critical position. Here 1 2.li)a4 is met by l2 . . . e5 !? l3 fxe5 li)xe5 and the Knight is offsides. Note that the natural looking 12 . . . ii..b7 would be strongly met by l 3 . e5 ! dxe5 l4.li)bc5. White's best try is 12 Nd5
1994
l.e4 cS 2.li) f3 li) c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.li) xd4 g6 S.� e2 .i. g7 6.li) b3 7
1/)f(, 7/t) cJ 0-0 8.0-0 d6 9.Ji.. g5 a6 IO.u4 Ac6 ll.Wh1 l:!c8 12.f4i?la5 I J.if) xa5 � h a5 1 4 . Ji.. d3 A c4 15 .' � f3 [ 1 5 . f5 'i¥b4 1 6. l:t b 1 b5
12 Viswanathan Anand Veselin Topalov Linares
17.axb5 axb5 18.'i¥ f3 'i¥c5 19. i?ld1 d5 20.e5 ltJe4 2 l. Ji.. e3 'VIic7 22.f6 exf6 23.exf6 ltJxf6 24.Ad4 l?le4 2 5 . Ji.. xg7 'it> xg7+ Sorensen Alterman, Santiago 1990.] 15 'ii' b4
1994
l .e4 c5 2.li:) f3 d6 J.d4 cxd4 4.li:)xd4 li:)f6 5.ltJc3 g6 6.Ji.. e2 Ji.. g7 7.0-0 0-0 8.i. g5 a6 9.a4 li:) c6 10.ltJb3 i. e6 l l.W h1 On the im
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1 6 . l:! a b 1 b 5 1 7. axb5 axb5 18.Ji.. xc4 'i hc4 1 9 .Ji.. xf6 A xf6 20.ltJd5 'iVxc2 21.e5 dxe5 22.fxe5 Ji.. g5 23.'iVg3 l:!cd8 24.l:!bd1
mediate l l .f4 Black can play 1 l ...b5 !
l l l:! c8 1 2.f4 li:) a5 1 3. ltJ xa5 'iVxa5 14.Ji.. d3 l:!fe8 Black's most .••
common choice here has been 14 . . . Ac4. The text bolsters the e pawn and preserves Black's options with his Queen Bishop. Now on 1 5.f5 he would play 1 5 ... Ji..d7 intend ing 16 . . . gxf5 17.exf5 i. c6. After 14 ... l:tfe8 the move ... ltJd7 becomes a distinct possibility. 15. 'iV e2 'iVb4 16.a5?! Topalov criticizes this move, suggesting instead 1 6 . f5 A c4 1 7 . Ji.. d2. 16 Ji.. g4 1 7. 'iV d 2 [ 1 7 . 'i¥ e 1 Ji.. d7 1 8 . i. xf6 A xf6 1 9. ltJ d 5 'i¥ xe 1 20.ltJ xf6+ exf6 2 1 .l:tfxe1 l:te7] 17 i.d7 18.�e2? .••
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�xb2 19.i. xf6 i. xf6 20.ltJd5 24 ... e6 25.'ihg5 l:! xd5 26.� xd5 exd5 27 .e6 'iV e4 28.exn+ I! xf7 29.l:! d 1 'ii' f5 JO.'ii' c1 d4 J l .hJ � d5 3 2. W g1 dJ JJ.'iV eJ : d 7 34.:d2 W g7 35.'it>h1 h5 36.'it>h2 'iV d4 37.'iV e 1 h4 38. 'iV c 1 'iV e J 39.'iV c3+ W h 7 40.l:! d 1 'ii' f4+ 41.Wh1 d2 42.'ii' c5 :c7 43.'ii' xb5 l:! c 1 44. 'iV d7+ W h6 45. 'ii' x d 2 �xd2 0 : 1
8
Black takes the sting out of this idea. Moves like ... e6, ... �b7 and ... lll f6d7-c5 are quite common in this Black setup. 1 2.c3 e6 1 3 .lll b4 it:) xb4
20 � b5 ! 2 1 . � xb5 � xb 5 2 2. � x b5 a x b 5 23. l::t ab1 l::t c5 24. l::t fd 1 c;i;> g7 25./t:) b 6 l::t xc2 26. l::i: xb5 l::t e 2 2 7./t:) d5 l::t xe4 28.l::t xb7 l::t a8 29.g4 l::t xa5 30.g5 �a1! 31./t:)xe7 l::t xf4 32./t:)c6 l::t a8! 33. l::t xd6 l::t a2 34. l::t d 1 l::t ff2 35,/t:)dS c;i;>gS 36.l::t b8 h5! 37.gxh6 � e5 38. l::t b 7 l::t xh2+ 39. c;t> g1 l::t h g2+ 40.c;i;> h 1 l::t h2+ 4 1 .c;i;> g 1 l::t hg2+ 42.c;i;>h1 l::t g4 0:1 .•.
13 Sofia Polgar Vladimir Georgiev Matinhos
14.cxb4 /t:)b6 15.l::t b 1 �b7 16.�e3 �d7 17.�d3 l::t bd8 18.l::t fd1 /t:)c4 19.�d4 e5 20.�e3 f5 21.�g5 fxe4 22.�xe4 �xe4 23. �xe4 l::t c8 24.b3 /t:)b6 25. � e3 d5 26.� xb6 dxe4 2 7. l::t xd7 axb6 28. l::t c 1 l::t x c l + 29./t:)xc1
1994
l . e4 c5 2./t:)f3 /t:) c6 3.d4 cxd4 4./t:)xd4 g6 5./t:)c3 � g7 6./t:)de2 /t:)f6 7.g3 b5 [7 . . . d6 8.iLg2 0-0
9.0-0 l::!: b8 10.a4 a6 1 1 . /t:)dS /t:)d7 1 2.c3 b5 1 3 . axb5 axb5 1 4 .lll d4 /t:)de5 1 5 . ii.. g5 h6 1 6 . iL e3 e6 17.lllb4 lll xb4 18.cxb4 iLd7 19.h3 /t:)c6 20.lll xc6 iLxc6= V.GeorgievVescovi, Matinhos 1994] 8.� g2
29 ... e3! At first glance it looks like Black's horrible pawns are the key features in the position but as soon becomes apparent it is actually the activity of his pieces that is. 30.fxe3
l::t b8 9.0-0 0-0 10./t:)d5 d6 11.h3
/t:)d7 The point ofBlack's play, consciously omitting the natural iLd7, is to be able to meet lll d5 with ... llld7. The goal of the g3 variation is to plop a Knight on d5, have Black capture it, then apply pressure down the eline. By being able to play . . . /t:)d7
� h 6 3 1 . l::t d3 e4! 3 2. l::t c3 l::t f3 33,c;i;>g2 �xe3 34.g4 l::t f2+ 35.c;i;>g3 � d4 36. l::t c8+ c;i;> f7 3 7 . a4 e3 38.lll d3 l::t d2 39,/t:)e1 l::t d 1 40./t:)fJ e2 4 1 .l::t c7+ c;i;>e8 42.l::t c8+ W e7 43.l::t c7+ c;i;>d6 44.l::t c8 �e3 45.l::t e8 l::t g l+ 0:1
9
Chapter 2 7
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.'�'6 a5
14 Guy Hoffman Roman Dzindzichashvili Philadelphia
1993
t . e4 c5 2 . liJ fJ liJ c6 J.d4 cxd4 4.liJxd4 g6 5.�c4 �g7 6.�e3 liJf6 7.liJcJ �as 8.0-0 0-0 9.liJbJ �c7 10.�d2 More usual is l O.f4 when
Black can choose between systems based on ...b6 and ...d6 with ... e5. One amusing example of the latter is Prandstetter-Znamenacek, Prague 1992: 10.f4 d6 l l .�e2 lld8 1 2.il.f3 e5 1 3 . llf2 il. e6 1 4 . liJ d5 �xd5 Black has two main ways to avoid the 15.exd5 exf4 16.�xf4 liJe5 17.llc l Dragon when White plays with liJc3 liJfd7 18.c4 liJc5 1 9.liJxc5 �xc5 and �c4. By playing 7 ... �a5 Black 2 0 . � b3 liJ xf3 + 2 1 . � xf3 �d4 forces the first player to castle due to 2 2 . �e3 �xe3 2 3 . � xf7+ W h8 the attack on the e-pawn. By way of 24.�f6+ Draw. 10 ... b6 Experimen compensation White gains time at tal play by the ever creative tacking Black's e":posed Queen which Dzindzhi. Here he wants to hold back is usually, but not always, forced to the d-pawn until he can play . . . d7-d5 retreat to c7. in one go. n.ll ad 1 � b7 12.�e2 Play is shaped by where White puts his King Bishop. Today theory con siders that Black has satisfactory chances after 9.liJb3 �c7 10.f4 d6 l l .�e2 b6, so most recent games see White trying the more dynamic 9.�b3. Gata Kamsky, no doubt in fluenced by his second-Accelerated Dragon afficianado Roman Dzindzichasvili-scored two impor tant wins (one with each color) in his Candidates Matches last summer.
liJes 13.f3 :fd8 14.�d4
1 0
14 dS 1S.il)bS ,..c8 16. ,..c3 il)c6 1 7.eS il)xd4 18 .... xd4 il)e8 19.f4 il)d6 20.,.. b4 il)fS 21.l:td3 e6 22.g4 Ji.f8 23 .... d2 il)e7 24.l:tc3 il)c6 2S.a3 d4 26.l:t h3 a6 27. il) Sxd4 il)xd4 28.il)xd4 l:txd4 29....c3 Ac5 0:1 ..•
1S Walter Wittman Darko Supancic Austria
leads to exactly the sort of position White is aiming for. Much better are I I ... :!::I:ac8 or l l... :!::l:fe8. Note that af ter l l . . . :!::l:fe8 the natural 12.'iYd2? is a no-no because of 12 . . . li:lxe4, an swering 13.li:lxc6 with 13 . . . 'iYxc3. 1 2. A xd4 A c6 1 3 . il) d S A xd S 1 4. exdS :!::!: fe8 1 S.c3 ,.. c7 Here
1 5 . . .a6 16.� d3li:ld7 17.Axg7 �xg7 18.l::!:e3 gave White a clear advantage in Lanka-Lehmann, Plovdiv 1 985. The Knight hop to d5, and pressure down the e-file after the inevitable trade of the steed, are typical charac teristics of this line. 16.l::!: e2 Ars
1994
l . e4 cS 2.il) f3 it) c6 3. d4 cxd4 4.il)xd4 g6 s.lt)c3 Ag7 6.ii.c3it:)f6 7.Ac4 o-o s.A b3 d6 9.h3 A d 7 10.0-0 ,.. as ll.l:re1
17.�d2 bS 18J!ae1 :!::l: eb8 19....f4 ,.. d8 20.g4 aS 21.a3 :!::l: b7 22.h4 Ag7 23.f3 � f8 24.�hl :!::l: c8 2S.hS a4 26. .ta2 :!::l: bc7 27.l::!: h2 l:!c4 28.il.. xc4 :!::l: xc4 29.hxg6 hxg6 30.,.. gS :!::l: c 7 31.,.. h4 ,.. c8 32.�g2 :!::l: c4 33.l::!: xe7 :!::l: x d4 34.cxd4 ,.. c 1 3S.:!::I: e2 ,.. d 1 36. ,..e l ,.. xd4 3 7....d 2 ,..cS 38.l::!: h 1 il)d7 39.l::!: e8+ lt) f8 40.l:tcl ,.. a7 1 :0
16 M. Reverby Andy Ansell New York
[ l l .'iVd3 ! ? :!::l:ac8 1 2 .il) d5? ( 1 2.f4 il)b4 1 3 .'iYe2 li:l a6 1 4.'iYO il)c5 1 5 .l::!: ad1 li:l xb3 16.li:lxb3= ) 1 2 . . . li:lxd5 13 .exd5 li:lxd4 1 4.Axd4 ii.f5 1 5 . 'iY e3 A xd4 1 6 . 'iY xd 4 A xc2 1 7 . l::!: fe 1 :!::!:fe8 1 8. l::!: ac1 A xb3 19 .axb3 a6+ Baczynski-Donaldson, New York 1 982.] ll .. li:l xd4 This .
1 1
1993
l . e4 cS 2 . il) f3 il) c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.il)xd4 g6 s.il)c3 Ag7 6.Ae3 il)f6 7.Ac4 ,.. as 8.0-0 0-0 9.Ab3 d6 10.h3 Ji.d7 11.f4 l:t ac8 12.... f3 ... hS 1J.il) xc6 A xc6 14 .t xa7 For the •
superior 1 4.g4 see the next game. It happens that chess data base afficionado Andy Ansel is a student
of GM Roman Dzinzichashvili who signed on as Kamsky's second just prior to the match in India. The Dzin's influence is felt. 14 . 'ilhf3
10.h3 Ad7 ll.f4 l:rac8 12.'iWf3 'iWh5 lJ.lDxc6 Here 13.'�f2 b5 is much more common.ll...Axc6 14.g4 'iWaS 15.l:rad1 b5 16.g5 lDd7 1 7.f5 A very
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sharp continuation. Karnsky cedes the e5 square for pressure against f7. 17 ... Axc3!? The passive 17 . ..Wh8 is not Anand while 17 ... b4?! ( 1 7 ...lDe5 1 8 .'� f4 ) 1 8.fxg6 bxc3 1 9.Axf7 + ld:xf7 20.'�"xf7+ Wh8 2 l .'iWxe7 is too risky for Black. 18.bxc3 lDe5 19.'iWf4 lDc4 20.Ad4 Here 20 .f6 is tempting, but after 20 . .. e5 2 l . � h4 W h8 White's attack grind to a halt. 20 ... e5
15.gxfl lDh5 16.Ae3 Axc3 17.bxc3 A b5 18.l:rfe1 l:rxcJ 19.Wf2 l:rcc8 20.l:recl e6 21.a4 Ac6 22.l:!:d1 l:!:fd8 2J.Ab6 l:rd7 24.WeJ lDf6 25.it..d4 lDe8 26.l:rg1 lDg7 27.l:rg5 d5 28.c3 h6 29.l:rg2 Wh7 JO.a5 dxe4 31.fxe4
21.fxe6 fxe6 22.it.f6 'iWc7 23.Axc4
Gata is unable to continue his attack; so he opts for a small edge in the end ing. 23 ... b xc4 24.l:r xd6 A xe4 25.ld: xe6 'iWxf4 26.l:rxf4 Ars 27.l:ra6 :n 28.h4 Axel 29.l:rd4 Ars JO.a4 l:rb7 J1.Wf2 l:res 32.Wf3
3 1 ... lDf5+ 32.exf5 A xg2 JJ.fxe6 fxe6 34.h4 Ahl 35.We4 l:rf8 36.a6 bxa6 37.l:!:xa6 l:!:dd8 38.l:ra7+ W g8 39.l:r g7+ W h8 40.A e5 it. g2+ 4 l .W e3 : rs 42.l:r xg6+ l:r xe5+ 43.fxe5 it.d5 44.Axd5 1:0
17 Gata Kamsky Viswanathan Anand Sanghi Nagar
32... Wf7?! According to IM Jack
1994
l . e4 c5 2 . lD f3 lD c6 J.d4 cxd4 4.lDxd4 g6 s.lDcJ Ag7 6.it.eJ lDf6 7.it.. c4 'iW as 8.0-0 0-0 9.it.. bJ d6
Peters this was probably the decisive mistake. The text prepares 33 . ..ld:e6, but the passive 32 .. J::i:c 7 was sturdier. JJ.l:rc6! A dl 34.a5! Preparing to chase Black's Rook off the seventh rank. 34 ... ld:e6 After 34 ... Wg8 35.a6
1 2
16 �a5 The manuever . . . �a5-h5a5 is quite typical for this line!
�f7 36.�cd6, the pawn at a7 falls. JS.a6 l::!: be7 36.l::!: xe6 l::!: xe6 37.l::!: d7+ W e8 38.l::!: d8+ Wf7 39.l::!: d7+ W e8 40.l::!: xa7 it.e4+ 41.We3! Accurate to
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17.l::!: ae1 l::!: ab8 18.ltJ ed4 ltJ xd4 19.i.xd4 bJ! 20.cxb3 i.bS 21.�e3 axbJ 22.it.xb3 it.xfl 2J.l::!: xfl lDhS 24.it.xg7 W xg7 2S.ltJd4 �b6 26.e5 ltJ gJ! 27.l::!: f2 dS 28. W h 2 ltJe4 29.l::!: e2 e6 JO.g4 W h8 31.it.c2 l::!: bc8 32.it.d3 l::!: a8 JJ.Wg2 l::!: a4 34.ltJf3 �xeJ JS.l::!: xeJ ltJcS 36.it.c2 l::!: xf4 37.b4 l::!: c4 38.i.bJ ltJxb3 39.l::!: xb3 l::!: fc8 40.bS l::!: a8 41.b6 l::!: b8 0:1
the end, Kamsky offers the a-pawn for a pretty finishing bind. 41 it.b7+ •••
4 2 . W d4 it. xa6 43.W d5 l::!: b6 44.WcS l::!: e6 4S.l::!: xh7 1:0 18 Radojica Dabctic Zoran Novoselski Yugoslavia
1993
l.e4 cS 2.ltJf3 g6 J.d4 cxd4 4.ltJxd4 �g7 S.ltJcJltJc6 6.i.eJ ltJf6 7.i.c4 ,. aS 8.0-0 0-0 9.it.b3 d6 10.h3 Ad7 l l .f4 � h5 1 2.ltJ fJ bS lJ.aJ aS 14.�d3 a4 1S.A a2 Avoiding the
19 Vlastimil Piza Ivan Janakicv Mlada Bolcslav
trap 1 5 . ltJ e2 ? ( idea 1 6 . ltJ g3 ) 1 5 . . . i.xh3 ! . Besides the text 1 5 Bd5 also enjoys a good reputation. One recent outing was G. Garcia-Zamora, New York 1994, where White quickly got the better of it after 15.it.d5 e6 16.i.xc6 i.xc6 17.lll d4 i.b7 1 8.f5 gxf5 1 9 . exf5 e5 2 0 . ltJ dxb5 d5 2L�c5. 1S...b4 16.ltJe2
1994
l . e4 cS 2 .ltJ fJ ltJ c6 J . d4 cxd4 4.ltJxd4 ltJf6 s.ltJcJ g6 6.Ae3 i.g7 7.A c4 � as 8.0-0 0-0 9.A b3 d6 10.h3 i.d7 ll.f4 �h5 12.�d2 The
immediate 12.�d3 is much more to the point. 12 ... bS 13.�d3 a5 14.a3 a4 1S.i. a2 �ab8 16.ltJ dS ltJxdS 1 7.exdS ltJ xd4 18.A xd4 A xd4+ 19.�xd4 �h4 20.ki: ae1
1 3
18 ... Ad7 A mystery. Theory gives
20 Axh3 Draw .•.
20 Nigel Short Gata Kamsky Linares
1994
l.e4 c5 2.lll f3 g6 J.d4 cxd4 4.lll xd4 lll c6 5.lll c3 iJ.. g7 6. .aeJ lll f6 7. .ac4 �as 8.0-0 0-0 9.Ji.bJ d6 tO.hJ �h5
Usually Black waits for IO . . . .ad7 l l .f4 before playing the Queen sally. Little is known about IO . . . '�' h5, Accelerated Dragons by Donaldson and Silman gives only IO .. .'(ih5 ! ? 1 J.'(jxh5?! ( l l .'(jd2! Ad7 12.lll de2! is much better for White according to Gufeld) 1 1 ... lllxh5 12J:!:ad 1 lllxd4 1 3 .Axd4 lll f4 14.l::t fel ii.e6 15.llld5 ii. xd5 ii. f6 Draw, Jonasson-Frey, Reykjavik 1982. One can be sure that the team of Kamsky and his seconds-GMs Fedorowicz and D zi ndzichasvili-had 1 1 . 'li' d2 worked out. ll.f4 Ad7 12.�d3 b5
1 8 . . . A a4 ! 19.A xa4 II xa4 20.f5 'iVh4 2 l .Af2 'iVf6 22. fxg6 hxg6 23.'iVb3 IIaa8 24.'iVxb4 from an old game between Ceshkovsky and Kapengut. The position after 24 ... IIfb8 is supposed to be slightly better for Black. So why did Short go into it and Kamsky play 1 8 . . . A d7? 19.Af2? Misplacing the Bishop. Either 19 ii.c 1 or 19 li.d4 were much better. 19 ... l::t fe8 20Jh t � f5! 2t.�d2 Aa4!
tJ.l::t ael a5 14.a3 b4 15.lll xc6 Axc6 1 6. axb4 axb4 1 7. lll d5 lll xd5 18.exd5
Not missing a second chance to play this strong move which aims to elimi nate a vital defender of White's Queenside. Gata plays the conclud ing phase of the game with real art istry. 22.g4 � d7 2J.A c4 1::t cc8 24.�d3 k:l:a5! 25.l::tfel Ab5 26.b3 A xc4 27. bxc4 l::t aJ 28.l::t b3 �c7 29Jha3 bxaJ JO.fh aJ � xc4 Jt.�f3 l:tc7 32.�c4 �xc4 JJ.l::t xc4 f5 34. l::t c2 � f7 35.� g2 l:!: c4
I 4
36.li.e3? The final mistake! Instead
35. Wf3 meeting 3 5 . . . l:t c3+ with 36. Wg2 had to be tried. 36 li.d4 .••
3 7. gxf5 gxf5 38. W f2 li. xeJ+ 39.W xeJ l::tcJ+ 40.W d4 l::tf3 4 1.l::te3 l::t xf4+ 42.Wd3 h5 43.c4 h4 44.Wc3 l::t n 45.W b4 l::t g1 46.W b5 l::t gJ 47.l:te2 l::t xh3 48.Wc6 l::t a3 49.Wd7 l:ta7+ 50.W d8 hJ 51.l::t h2 l:t a8+ 52.Wd7 l::t h8 0:1
20.�g5 �c4 2 1 . g4! �h6 22.li.c 1 Af6, Gerasimov-T.Georgadze, and now 23.�e4! is strong. 16 � a5 •• .
1 7 .li. d4 • b6 1 8 . l:t a e 1 l::t fe8 1 9.� xb5 l:t ac8 2 0 . b3 Now the
Knight on a5 is out of play and Gata d ecides to sacrifice a piece rather than slowly get ground down. 20 li.f5 •••
21.�d2
21 Judit Polgar Gata Kamsky Buenos Aires
1994
l . e4 c5 2 .llH J � c6 J.d4 cxd4 4.�xd4 g6 5.�c3 li.g7 6.�e3 �f6 7.li. c4 � as 8.0-0 0-0 9.li. b3 d6 10.h3 � d7 ll.f4 �h5 12.�f3 De
viating from Short-Kamsky, Linares 1 994, where 12.�d3 was played. 12 b5 13.a3 a5 14.�d3 a4 15.Ad5 � xd5 16.exd5 Experience is limited •..
here, but Black's results have been uniformly bad enough to suggest that this line is to be avoided. Here theory gives 16. �xd5 l:tab8 17.c3 ! i.e6 1 8 . l:t ae 1 i. xd5 1 9. exd5 � a5
21 ...l:txc2 22.• xa5 li.xhJ 23.l::t f2 axbJ 24.Axg7 W xg7 25.l:!:xc2 bxc2 26.� c3+ W g8 2 7. gxh3 � xf4 2 8. W f2 � a4 2 9 . � b d4 l::t a8 JO. l::t xe7 � a5 3 1 . � x a5 l::t x a5 32.�xc2 l:txd5 33.a4 l:ta5 34.l::t e4 rs 35.l:t b4
Chapter 3 7 0-0
22 Oleg Eismont Andries Dekker Balatonberony
...
1993
l.e4 c5 2.ilk3 il)c6 J.l't) fl g6 4.d4 cxd4 s.il) xd4 Jl g7 6.Jl e3 l't)f6 7.Jlc4 0-0 8.0-0 il)xe4
The Uogelc variation (7 . . 0-0, 8 a5), named for the Lithuanian cor respondence master Anicetas Uogele who pioneered the line, has an excel lent theoretical reputation. .
...
Particularly critical for the variation is the system where White plays 14.a3, as seen in games 46 and 47. White gets two minor pieces for Rook and pawn. Black has been doing fine but one gets the impression that White's play can be strengthened. DeFirmian-Shabalov is an interest ing attempt by Black to try to avoid the heavily analysed main l ine Uogele.
8.0-0 1 6
Here there is a lot to be said for trans posing into the Dragon with 8 . . d6 9.h3 and then 9 . . . il)xe4. This i s predicated o n the systems with Ji.xf7+ being Black's primary danger. By throwing in 8 . . . d6 9.h3 before cap turing on e4 Black not only gains the developing . . d6 for the somewhat peripheral h3, but also picks up the possibility of meeting il. x f7+ with . . . Wxf7 (as in Adams-Shirov, Biel 1 99 1 ) . After 8 . . . d6 9 . h 3 il)xe4 10.il. x f7+ Wx f7 l l . il) xe4 Black seems to equalize without trouble: (a) 12.c4 �a5 ! (Dlugy); (b) 12. �d2 .
�h7 1 3 .l::t a d1 'iVa5 14.li)c3 �d7
1 5.a3 l::t af8 16.�e2 �xd4 17.�xd4 liJxd4 18.l::t xd4 �c6 W. Watson Ward, Plymouth 1989; (c) 12.c3 �d7 ( 1 2 . . . � h7 13.'iVb3 d5 l::t ad1 ?! liJa5 ! 14.'iVb4 b6 1 5.liJb3 �a6 16. l::tfe1 liJ c4 was better for Black i n Kupreichik-Pigusov, Moscow 1 989) 1 3 . l::te 1 'iVa5 14.'iVb3 'iVa6 1 5.a4 liJ a5 16.'iVa2 liJc4 1 7.liJd2 l::tc 8 18.liJxc4 'iVxc4 1 9.'iVxc4 l::t xc4 Jansa-W.Watson, Oslo 199 1 . The fi nal question is whether the insertion ofh3 for free effects the line 8 . . . liJxe4 9.�xe4 d5 I O.�d3 dxe4 l l .�xe4 �a6 12.'iVxd8 l::t fxd8 l 3 . l::tfbl (in tending c3 and Rdl trying to capital ize on White's superior structure). It doesn't appear so. 9.� xf7+ l::t xf7 =,
=
10.liJxe4 d6 11.c4 h6 12.1::t c 1 � a5 1J.liJc3 � d7 14.liJb3 �f5 15.c5 liJ e5 16.liJ d4 �d3 1 7.cxd6 �g4 18.�b3 exd6 19.h3 �d7 20.�xb7 �c6 21.�b3 Ab7 22.:fd1 �c4 23.liJ cb5 � xb3 24.liJ xb3 l::t d 7 25. l::Ix d6 l::t xd6 26.liJ xd6 � d 5 27. l:lc7 liJc6 28.liJc8 l::t b8 29.l':txc6 1:0
8.f3?! 23 Nicls-Pctcr Nielsen Yuri Yakovich Denm ark
1993
1.e4 c5 2.liJc3 liJc6 3.liJge2 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.liJ xd4 �g7 6 . A c3 liJ f6 7.�c4 0-0 8.f3?!
It's hard to know what sort of sym bol should be attached to this move. While it forfeits White's attempt to get an opening advantage it doesn't necessarily give Black the better game. 8 ..JWb6 Invariably played but 8 . . . e6 !? is also interesting. 9 . 0-0? There is no doubt what to give this lemon. Instead 9.�b3 keeps the play ing field level. 9 .. .'ihb2 1 0.liJcb5 'if b4 1 1 .'ife2 't!Va5 1 2JHd1 d 6
Black is a pawn up for nothing. 1 3. � f2 � d 7 1 4 . A fl liJ xd 4 1 5.liJxd4 l':tfc8 16.c4 'ifd8 1 7. a4 b6 1 8. l:ia2 �c8 19.liJ b3 liJ d 7 20.a5 'if c 7 2 1 .g3 liJ c5 22. ax b6 axb6 2 3 . 11 x a8 n x a8 2 4 . liJ d 4 n a4 25. l:l b1 11¥ a7 26 .liJ b5 A x b5 27. l:lxb5 l:la2 28. 'i¥e1 liJ d 7 29.f4 � a3 3 0.Il b1 h5 31 .Af2 !!c2 32. f5 liJe5 33.Wg2 'if fJ+ 34. 'it'gl liJ g4 35. ii. g2 'if xf2+ 36. � xf2 liJ xf2 3 7.fxg6 fx g6 3 8 . 1:1 x b 6 A d 4 39.Ilb8+ � g7 40.w flliJ g4 o:t
24 R. Pulido Hugo Spangenberg Seville
25 Gildardo Garcia Hugo Spangenberg Buenos Aires
1994
l . e4 cS 2.ltHJ ill c6 J.d4 cxd4 4.ill xd4 g6 s.ii.eJ ill f6 6.f3 ii.g7 7.Ac4 0-0 8.ill c3 't!Vb6 9.ii.bJ ill xe4 10.ill d5 't!V aS+ l l .cJ A xd4! ? A
little-known alternative to the more common l l . . .ill c 5 and l l . . .ill f6. 12. 1ixd4 ill c5 13.0-0 More challeng ing is 1 3 .Ac4 when 13 . . .llle6 14.b4 'i¥d8 15.ii.e3 d6 led to an unbalanced position in Ozsvath-Honfi, Budapest 1 96 3 . 1 3 ... lll xb3 1 4 . 't!V xb3 d6 1S..tf2 .ie6 16.c4 l:!:ab8 17.l:!:fd1 l:i: fc8 18.�e3 � d8 19.l:!: acl b6 20.Ah4 l::t b7 21.f4 �f8 22. a3llla5 23.b3 AxdS 24.l:!:xd5 l:!:bc7 25.k!:e1 f6 26.g4 �f7 27.I:td3lllc6 28.�e4 a6 29.1:!: dS ill aS 30. 'iV eJ I:t b 7 31.I:td4 b S 32.cxb5 axbS JJ.I:te4 ill c6 34.I:tc1 I:tbc7 JS.b4 eS 36.fxe5 fxeS 37.�d3 ill xb4 0:1
1994
l . e4 cS 2 .ill f3 ill c6 J.d4 cxd4 4.ill xd4 g6 s.ill cJ ii.g7 6.ii.eJ ill f6 7.Ac4 0-0 s.ii.bJ e6! ? An interest
ing change of pace from 8 . . . d6 (Dragon) and 8 . . . a5 (Uogele). 9.0-0 Here 9.lll xc6 dxc6! IO.e5 lll d5 is fine for Black, while 9.f4 should not be answered by 9 . . . d5 when 10.e5 is strong, but instead by 9 . . . e5 ! ? l O.lll db5 d5!? with sharp play. 9 d5 lO.exdS exdS l l.hJ l:!:e8 White is slightly better, though Blacks strong g7 Bishop and easy development al most make up for the isolated pawn. 12.�d2 lll as 1J.I:tad1 a6 Taking away b5 from White's Knights. Here 13 ... lllc4? would have been met by 14.Axc4 dxc4 15.lll d b5. 14.Ag5 Ae6 15.I:tfel ill xbJ Necessary as White was threatening 16.Axd5 Axd5 17.l:!:xe8 'i¥xe8 1 8.ii.xf6 and 19.lll xd5. 16. axb3 I:tc8 1 7.I:te2 't!Vd7 ••.
18.l:!:del bS! 19.ii.h6 Ah8 20.�d3 �d6 21.I:t al ill d7 22.ill xe6 fxe6
8.Jib3 e6
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23. lll e4 � c6 24.lll g5 lll e5 As
24 . . . A xb2 i s met by 2 5 .l:!ae l .
25.� e3 lll f7 26. lll xf7 � xf7 27.� a7+ The alternative was 27.c3
which would lead to an unclear posi tion where Black controls the center ( ... e5 and ... d5), but has a somewhat loose position (insecure King and backward a-pawn). The text leads to a drawn Rook and pawn ending.
12.cxb3 d6 13.Ad4 Axd4 14.'�xd4 A e6 15.b4 axb4 16.� xb4 'itd7 1 7.0-0 !:!:fc8 18.f4 !:l: a6 19. � d4 !:!:c5 20.!:I:ae1 b5 21.!:1:0 !:l:c4 22. �f2 b4 23. axb4 !:l:xb4 24.f5 Ac4 25.fxg6 hxg6 26.lll d5 li.xd5 27.exd5
27...!:!:e7 28.�xa6 Axb2 29.'ihc6 l::t xc6 30.!:I:a8 White now threatens c4 and !:i:f8 mate 30 ... Ag7 31.Axg7 � xg7 32.!:i:b8 :ec7 33.!:i:e3 �f7 34.l::t xb5 l:!xc2 Draw
8.i. b3 a5 9.a3 27... �a7 28.!:i:xf7 !:l:xb2 29.'iha7 !:!: x a7 30. !:i:fxe7 !:l: aa2 3 1 .!:i:c 1 n xg2+ 32. �fl !:!: af2+ 33.�e1 !:l:c2 34.!:!:xc2 Itxc2 35. l::!:c6 �f7 36.h3 Draw
8.i. b3 a5 9.a4 llJ g4 lO.'i¥xg4 llJ xd4 ll.Ji. xd4
26 Artur Kogan Yaacov Zilberman Israel
1992
l . e4 c5 2 .lll f3 lll c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.lll xd4 g6 5.lll c3 Ag7 6.Ae3 lll f6 7.Ac4 o-o s.A b3 as 9 . a3 lll g4 1 0.� xg4 lll xd4 1 1 .� d1 lll xb3 1 9
27 Marc Jaulin Ncbojsa Nikcevic Paris
1993
1.e4 cS 2.lll c3 lll c6 3.lll ge2 g6 4.d4 cxd4 s.lll xd4 � g7 6.ii. e3 lll f6 7.Ac4 0-0 8.� b3 aS 9.a4 lll g4 10.'�Ihg4 lll xd4 ll.A xd4 ii. xd4 12.0-0-0?! Allowing his queenside to
be shattered. The solider 12.'iVg3 is seen in the next two games. Overall Black doesn't seem to have much to worry about from 1 1 . Ji.. xd4. 12 �xc3 13.bxc3 •••
28 Marat Muhutdinov Yuri Yakovich St. Petersberg
1993
1.e4 cS 2.lll f3 lll c6 3.lll c3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 s.lll xd4 li. g7 6.� e3 lll f6 7.Ac4 0 -0 8.� b3 as 9.a4 lll g4 10 .... xg4 lll xd4 ll.� xd4 � xd4 12.�g3 d6 12 ... e6 13. !!d 1 (13.0-0-
0?! �f6 14.f4?! Axc3 1 5.bxc3 d5 !) 1 3 . . . �f6 14. !!d3 b6 15.0-0 Ji.. a6 16. !!f3 �e5 17.�xe5 Ji.. xe5 18. !!d1 !!fd8 gave Black the better side ofthe ending in Bokan-Kochiev, Tallinn 1989. 13.0-0-0 Ji.. g7 This may be too slow. Ivanovic-Cebalo, Yugoslavia (ch) 1 983 saw instead 1 3 . . . i.. xc3 14.�xc3 Ji.. e6 with equal chances. 14.h4 .i.e6 1S.lll bS �b6 16.f4 !!ac8 1 7. � xe6 fxc6 1 8 . � bJ � cS 19.�xc6+ Wh8 20.c3 �c4 21.�xc4 !! xc4 22.g3 !! xe4 23. Wd2 !! xa4 24.!!he1 eS 2S.'&ftc2 exf4 26.'&t b3 1:0
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13 bS! 14.axbS a4 1S.Ji.. a2 �aS 16.�g3 �xbS 17.!!d4 d6 18.<;io>d2 Ae6 19.!!bt �cs 20 .i.dS A xdS 21.UxdS ,.. c6 22.�d3 a3 23.�bS �c7 24.l!i:a1 !!fb8 2S.�d3 �b6 26.�d4 �b2 27.c4 !! a4 28.�c3 l!i:bb4 29.!!bS !!xbS 30.cxbS l:i:d4+ 0:1
Robert Rowley Dan Benjamin Philadcl 1 )hia
1992
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l . e4 cS 2 .lll f3 lll c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.lll xd4 g6 s.lll c3 li.g7 6.�e3 lll f6 7 .i.c4 0-0 8. Ji..b 3 aS 9.a4 lt::\g4 10.� xg4 lll xd4 ll . .i. xd4 .i. xd4 12.�g3 d6 13.0-0-0 •
7.�c4 0 -0 8.� b3 aS 9.a4 li:)g4 w.'it xg4 li:)xd4 l l .'it d 1 li:)xb3 1 2.cxb3 d6 13.0-0 �e6 14.l:Ib1 l:I a6
Here 14 . . .'� d7, intending to meet 1 5.li:)d5 with 1 5 ... �xd5 16.exd5 b5 is an improvement. 1S. li:)dS fS 16.f3
13 ... AeS 14.f4 �xc3 1S.'ihc3 'itb6 1 6 . 'it d4 'it xd4 1 7Ji xd4 A e6 18.AdS it.xdS 19JixdS !!fc8 20.b3 l:Ic6 21.l:Ihd1 Draw
l:If7 1 7.'itd3 � d7 18.l:Ifc1 � c6 19.b4 axb4 20.li:)xb4 l:Ixa4 21.li:)xc6 bxc6 22.l:Ixc6 l:I b4 23.'ita6 �d7 24.l:Ic8+ l:IfS 2S.� al+ e6 26.l:Ixf8+ W xfS 27.'ita8+ Wf7 28.l:Ia1 l:I b7 29. � c 1 � d4+ 30.'�i;>h 1 'it bS 3 1 .'it a6 V xa6 32.l:I xa6 � xb 2 33.� xb2 l:I xb2 3 4 . 'it> g 1 fxe4 3S.l:txd6 exfl 36.gxf3 Wf6 37Jid8 Wg5 38.l:Ih8 h6 39.l:Ie8 l:Ie2 40.l:If8 eS 41.lif7 l:Ia2 42.l:If8 hS 43.!!e8 'it'f4 44.l:If8+ 'it>e3 4S.l:If6 h4 46.h3 l:I f2 4 7. l:I xg6 l:I xf3 48.l:I a6 e4 49.'it>g2 l:I g3+ so.'it>h2 'it>f4 s1.l:Ih6 wg5 s2.l:Ih8 e3 S3.l:If8 'it>g6 S4.l:If4 'it> hS ss.!!f8 W h6 S6.k!:f4 'it> g6 S7.!!f8 l:IgS S8.l:Ie8 liaS S9.l:Ixe3 l:t a2+ 60.Wg1 WfS 61.l:tf3+ Draw 31 S. Kislov Oleg Kulikov Podolsk
30 M. Reverby Nebojsa Vitaljic New York
1993
l . e4 cS 2 . li:)f3 li:)c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.li:)xd4 g6 s. li:)c3 �g7 6.�eJ li:)f6 7.�c4 0 -0 8.� b3 aS 9.a4 li:)g4 1 0.'it xg4 li:)xd4 l l .V d 1 li:)xb3 12.cxb3 d6 13.0-0 it.e6 14.f4 fS This
1993
l . e4 cS 2 .ltH3 li) c6 3. d4 cxd4 4.li:)xd4 g6 s.li:)c3 Ag7 6.it.e3 li:)f6
might wait. One ofthe pioneer games with 8 . . . a5, J. Szabo-Neamtu, Roma nia 1969, saw Black play 14 .. . '�'d7 here and obtain good counterplay af ter 15.l:If2 l:Iac8 16.li:)b5 f5 (played
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when White's Knight is away from d5 ) 17 exf5 :!:! xf5 15.exf5 :!:! xf5 0
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16. tl: f2 l::!: c8 17.g4 l::!:f8 18.ill d5 l::!: c6 19.h3 Wh8 20.'iVd3 .i. xd5 21.'iVxd5 _.c7 22.'iVe4 'iVd7 23.l::!: d l e6 24.b4 axb4 25 ... xb4 d5 26 . .i. d4 1::!: fc8 2 7. b3 .i. xd 4 28.'iV xd4+ 'it> g8 29.l::!: d3 l::!: c l+ 30. Wg2 'iVe7
32 Manuel Apicella Francisco Llera Palacios Parana
1993
l . e4 c5 2. ill f3 ill c6 3. d4 cxd4 4.ill xd4 g6 5.ill c3 .i.g7 6 .i.e3 ill f6 7 .i. c4 0-0 s . .i. b3 a5 9.a4 ill g4 lO.'iVxg4 ill xd4 11. 'iVh4 d6 12.ill d5 e6 13.'ifxd8 l::!: xd8 14.ill c7 l:! b8 15.0-0-0 ill xb3+ 1 6.cx b3 .i. d 7 17.Ji.. b6 Ji.. c6 18.0 l:!d7 19. Wbl l:!c8 20.ill b5 .i.xb5 21.axb5 •
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31.f5! gxf5 32.gxf5 'iVg5+ 33.'iVg4 'iVxg4+ 34.hxg4 wn 35.l:!e3 l:! tc3 36.fxe6+ 'it> g6 3 7. :1:! xc3 l::t xc3 38.l::!: e2 l:!c8 39.e7 l:!e8 40. Wf3 Wf7 41.Wf4 d4 42.l:!e5 1 :0
l l .'iVh4
2 1 . l::!: a8 2 2.l:! d3 a4 23. Wa2 f5 24.l:!cl Wf7 25.l:!c7 We7 26.l:!xd7+ 'it> xd7 2 7 .i. c5 d5 28.exd5 e5 29. bxa4 1::!: xa4+ 30. 'it> b3 n a5 31. Wc4 l:!a4+ 32.b4 l::!: a2 33.d6 Af6 34.b6 h5 35.g3 l::!: c2+ 36. Wb5 l::!: a2 37.h3 g5 38.g4 hxg4 39.hxg4 f4 40.Wc4 :!:!at 4t.Wd5 l::!: e t 42.l::!: a3 l::!: d l+ 43.We4 We6 44.l::!: a7 l:!el+ 45.Wd3 e4+ 46.fxe4 .i.e5 47.l::!: x b7 -'. xd 6 48 .i. xd6 l:! d t + 49. Wc4 l::!: xd6 50.l::!: g7 Wf6 5 1 . b7 l::!: d8 52.l::!: c 7 f3 53. Wb5 We5 54.l:!f7 Wxe4 55.Wc6 1:0 .•
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33 lstran Borocz Deak Budapest
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1992
l . e4 c5 2.ltH3 ll:l c6 3. d4 cxd4 4.ll:lxd4 g6 5.ll:lc3 .i.g7 6..i.e3 ll:lf6 7. .i. c4 0 -0 8 . .i. b3 a5 9.a4 ll:l g4 1 0 . 'i h g4 ll:l xd4 l l .'it'h4 ll:l xb3 12.cxb3 .i.f6 Though nowhere near
as popular as 12 .. J:!a6, the text seems much more reliable. 1 3 . .i. g5 13 .'i¥g3 !? 13 .i.xg5 14.'ihg5 d6 15.ll:ld5 If White wants to try for an advantage it's probably necessary to play this before Black has time for 1 5 . . . i. e6 and . . . i. xd5. However since the following play doesn't lead to anything for the first player, and the Knight finds itself in a double edged position on c7, 15.0-0 might be more prudent. Still, after 1 5 ...i.e6 16.0d5 i.xd5 17.exd5 'i¥d7 plan ning ...b5, Black is doing fine. 15...e6 16.'iVxd8 [ 16.0f6+ Wg7 17.0h5+ Wh8] 16..J:!:xd8 17.0c7 •••
1 7 1:! b8! Ignoring White's pressure on d6. The alternative 1 7. . . l:!a7 led to sharp complications which fizzled out to a draw in Szalanczy-Kochiev, Balatonbereny 1 988, after 18. � e2 b5 !? 1 9.0xb5 .li.a6 20.�e3 l:!b7 2 1 .b4 .li.xb5 22.axb5. 1 8.l:!d1 This doesn't tu...-n out well but other moves are also fine for Black, i.e. 1 8.0 b5 lit>ffi 1 9. l:!d l � e7 followed by ... b6 and . . . .li.a6. 1 8 ... A d7 ! 1 9 . We 2 1 9. l:!xd6 would be met by 19... .1i.c6 with ideas like 20. l:!xd8l::!xd8 2 1 . f3 l:!d7 22.0b5 il.xb5 2 3.axb5 l:!d4 intending . . . l:!b4. 19 ... l:!bc8 20.l:!c1 .li.c6 21 .ll:lb5 i. xe4 2 2.l:!xc8 !!xeS 23.0 xd6 It c2+ 24. 'it'eJ ii. xg2 25.1:! d1 !!x b 2 26.ll:l e8 1:! xbJ+ 2 7. Wf4 i. c6 2 8 . ll:l f6+ w g7 29.We5 i. xa4 JO.l::td8 0:1
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ll.'t»'h4 ltJ xb3 12.cxb3 �a6
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34 Emil Szalanczy Peter Leko Budapest
Veselin TOJ)alov Bent Larsen Las Palmas
1992
1992
l . e4 cS V�H3 � c6 3 . d4 cxd4 4.�xd4 g6 S.�c3 Ji..g7 6. Ji..e3 �f6 7.lLc4 0 -0 8. Ji..b 3 aS 9.a4 � g4 1 0. 'ihg4 � xd4 1 1 . � h4 il)xb3 12.cxb3 l::!: a6 13.0-0 l::!: e6 14.l':!:ad1 b6 1S.lLd4 Ji..b 7 16.lLxg7 Wxg7 17.l::i: d4 il.c6 18. l::!:fd1 fS 19.f3 �e8 20.b4 fxe4 2I.il)xe4 lLxe4 22.l::!: xe4 l::!: xe4 23.�xe4 d6
l . e4 cS 2 . il)f3 � c6 3 . d4 cxd4 4.�xd4 g6 S.�c3 lJ..g7 6.Ji..e3 �f6 7.lLc4 0-0 8. Ji..b 3 aS 9 . a4 � g4 10.� xg4 il)xd4 1 1 . � h4 il)xb3 12.cxb3 l::!: a6 13.0-0 l::!:e6 14.l::!: fe1 b6 1S.lL h6 Ji..b 7 16.lL xg7 Wxg7 17.l::i:e3 rs 18. !:'l:ae1 fxe4 19.�xe4 h6 20.�d2 l::!: xe3
24.bS l::!: f6 2S. l::!:e1 Wf7 26.�dS+ Wf8 27.�b7 dS 28.� xdS �c8 29. � eS � d7 30.h3 Wf7 3 1 . b3 �d6 32. Wf2 �d2+ 33.l::!: e2 �d7 34.�e3 l::!: d6 3S.�h6 Wg8 36.�g5 Wf7 37.h4 l::!: d 1 38.�f4+ Wg7 39.l::!: e4 � d2+ 40.� xd2 l::!: xd2+ 41.l::!: e2 l::!: d 7 42.l::!: e6 l::!: b7 43. We3 Wf7 44. !:'l:c6 e6 45.We4 Wf6 46.g4 h6 47.f4 1:0
21.�d4+ eS 22.'ihe3 d6 23.�c4 l::i: f4 24.l::i: d1 l::i: e4 2S.� c3 � gS 26.g3 l::!:d 4 2 7 . l::i: xd4 exd4 28.�xd4+ Wh7 29.�e3 �e7 30.f4 hS 3 1 . Wf2 � e6 3 2. � c4 � d 7 33.We1 JJ.. c6 34. Wd2 bS 3S.axb5 lLxbS 36.�dS a4 37.bxa4 lLxa4 38. il)c4 � h3 39.� h 1 � e6 40.� b7+ Wg8 4 1 . � b8+ W h 7 42.�a7+ 1:0
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36 John Emms Yuri Yakovich Copenh agen
1993
l.e4 cS 2.it)f3 it)c6 3.it)c3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 s.lt)xd4 A g7 6. A e3 lt)f6 7.Ac4 0 -0 8.A b3 aS 9.a4 it) g4 10."ihg4 it) xd4 1 1 . � h4 it) x b3 12.cxb3 : a6 13.0-0 l::t e6 14.l::tfe1 b6 1S.A h6 A b7 16.l::t ad1 A xh6 1 7.�xh6 �c7 18.l::te3 f6 19.it)dS AxdS 20.exdS l::t xe3 21.�xe3 �cS 22.ktc1
2 2 . . . � x dS 2 3 . � xe7 � x b3 24.� x d 7 � x b2 2S. l::t d 1 !'.l:f7 26.�d8+ 'it> g7 27.g3 �c2 28.l::t d4 �c7 2 9.�dS �cs 30.h4 � xdS 3 1 . l::t xdS l::t c7 32. l::t d 6 l::t c l + 33. Wg2 l::t b1 34. l::t d 7+ 'it> h6 3S.l::t f7 fS 36.l::t b7 l:!: b4 37. Wh3 gS 3 8 . h xgS+ 'it> xgS 39.f4+ Wg6 40.'it>h4 11b1 41.Wh3 'it>f6 42. Wg2 hS 43J:tc7 l:!: b4 44.l::t c6+ We7 4S. Wh3 bS Draw
John Emms Tomas Butters Copenh agen
1994
l.e4 cS 2.it)c3 it)c6 3.it)f3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 s.lt)xd4 A g7 6.A e3 it) f6 7.Ac4 0-0 s.A b3 aS 9 . a4 it) g4 10.� xg4 it) xd4 1 1 . � h4 it) x b3 12.cxb3 l::t a6 13.0-0 l::te6 14.l::tfe1 d6 1S.l::t ad1 Ad7 16.it)dS Ac6 1 7.Ah6 AxdS 18.exdS l::[x el+ 19.l::t x el
19...Axh6 20.�xh6 �b6 21.l::t xe7 � xb3 22. � d 2 � x a4 23.g3 b6 24.h4 hS 2S.l:!:b7 �bS Draw
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3 7.'iU6+ W e8 3 8.'ilxc6+ W f7 3 9. 'it' d 7+ w rs 40.'it' g7+ w es 4 t . 'it' g8+ W d7 4 2 . 'it' d5+ w es 43.'it'g8+ W d7 Draw
8 .. a5 9.f3 d5 .
10.exd5
38 Franklin Alvarez Gary Shure New York
1993
l . e4 c5 V!iH3 it) c6 3.d4 cxd4 4./t)xd4 g6 5./t)c3 il.. g7 6.il.. e3 /t)f6 7. il.. c4 0-0 s . il.. b 3 as 9.f3 d5 1 0 . /t) x d S ? ! /t) x d5 l l .exd5 As
1 I .il.. xd5 /t)xd4 12.il.. xd4 il.. xd 4 13.�xd4 e6 wins a piece. 11 ... /t)b4 1 2.c4 a4 13.il.. c 2 e6 Here 12 . . . a3 1 3 .b3 e5 1 4. /t)b5 e4 is more ener getic. 14.0-0 exd5 15.c5 :e8 16.il.. f2
a3 1 7.bxa3 /t) xc2 18.'ihc2 il.. d7 1 9. '�' b 3 : a4 2 0. : a d 1 'it' a8 2 1 . 'it' xd5 il.. c6 2 2./t) xc6 bxc6 23.'it'd7 :a7 24.'it'd2 :xa3 25.:fe1 :xel+ 26.'ihe1 il.. f8 27.'it'e5 'it'a4 28.:ds 'it'c2 29.g4 :xa2 30.:xrs+ w xrs 31.�b8+ W g7 32.il.. d4+ f6 3 3. 'it' c7+ w rs 34.'it' d8+ W f7 35. 'it' xf6+ W e8 36. 'it' e6+ W d 8
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39 Artur Kogan Yochanan Afek Israel
1992
l.e4 c5 2./t) f3 /t) c6 3.d4 cxd4 4./t)xd4 g6 5./t)c3 il.. g7 6.i.. e3 /t)f6 7.il.. c4 0-0 8.i.. b3 a5 9.f3 d5 10.exd5 /t)b4 11./t)de2 a4 12.il.. xa4 The text
is quite rare. Almost i nvariably 1 2 . /t)xa4 is played. Note that 12 il.. c 4 is bad because of 12 . . . a3 1 3 .bxa3 lll fxd5 1 4.axb4 lll xe3 1 5 . 'ihd8 :xd8 16.il.. b3 il.. f5 1 1.:c1 : ac8 18.lll e 4 il.. h6 19.:b1 l'llxc2+ 1988, J. West-Donaldson, New York 12 /t) fxdS 1 3.il.. d2 � b6 14.a3 /t)xc3 15./t)xc3 /t)c6 16.il.. b3 /t)d4 •.•
17.'itcl :aS 18.lDe4 :e5 19.iLe3 iL rs 20.0-0 iL xe4 2 1.fxe4 : xe4 22.:et
40 Nick DeFirmian Alexander Shabalov Chicago
1994
l.e4 cS 2.lDO lDc6 J.lDcJ g6 4.d4 cxd4 S.lD xd4 Jl. g7 6.Ji.. e3 lD f6 7.iL c4 0-0 s . JL b J as 9 . f3 d S 10.iL xdS lDxd4 Something new! ?
Shabalov has played this move before in his native Latvia but to my knowl edge this is the only game with lO . ..lthd4 that has been published. The idea is to get in . . . a4, . 'if aS and . . . �d8 quickly. ll.iLxd4 a4 1 2.a3 .
22 :xe3 2J.'i!he3 lDe2+ 24.:xe2 Jl.d4 2S.:ae1 �xe3+ 26.l:!:xe3 :ds 27.h3 l::!: d 1 28.:xd1 'itxc3+ 29.W h1 e6 JO.a4 hS Jl.iLc4 gS 32.b3 g4 33. � d3 'it e l + 34.W h 2 'it eS+ JS.'iii> h 1 gJ J6.:o h4 37.:n 'iii> g7 JS.: d1 rs 39.aS 'iii>f6 40.a6 bxa6 41.1Lxa6 'itcS 42.iLd3 f4 4J.Jl.e4 'iteJ 44.Jl.c6 eS 4S.iLbS e4 46.:n WeS 0:1 •••
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'it as 13.'it d2 e6 14.iLa2 :ds 1S.e5 lDg4 16.0-0-0 A xeS 1 7.lDe2 iL xd4 18.lD xd4 'it xd2+ 19.� xd2 lD eJ 20.g3 �a6 21.:e1 lDdS 22.lDbS W g7 23.lD c7 : as 2 4. : e d 1 hS 2S.lD xdS exdS 26.: xdS : axdS 27.iLxdS h4 28.Jl.e4 :hs 29.l:d4 hxgJ JO.hxgJ bS 31.g4 iLe6 32.Wd2 :hJ JJ.iLc6 iLc4
l O.i.. xd5 llJxd4
34.gS wrs JS.'it>cJ : gJ 36.: g4 � hJ 37.Wb4 � h2 JS.iLxbS iLe6 39.:e4 :xc2 40.:e2 :c1 41.W xa4
�e7 42.lld2 At'S 43.�b4 �e6 44.f4 Ae4 45.A d7+ � e7 46.ll d4 Ac2 47.Aa4 At'S 48.Ab5 Ac2 49.Ac4 1:0
1 0.�xd5 llJ xd5 l l.llJ xd5
l3...A xd4 Also playable is 13 . . . e6 when 1 4.lllf4 (1 4.lllxc6?? �h4+ and Black won shortly in Fullbrook Donaldson, Vancouver 1 989) 14... lll xd4 1 5.cxd4 i.xd4 16.�xd4 �xd4 1 7 . i. xd4 l::!:xf4 1 8.0-0-0 .td7! ( 1 8 . . . l::!:x e4? 1 9 . i. c3 ! and Black is in t rouble) 19 . .t e3 (or 19.i.e5) leads to a drawn double rook ending. 14.cxd4 e5 15 .i.f2 exd4 •
16.0-0 .i.e6 1 7.�b3 itJb4 18 . .txd4 l::!: xfl + 19.l::!: xfl ltJ xd5 20.exd5 �xd5 21.�e3 l::!: f8 Draw
42 Yury Zeziulkin Jacek Janicki Polanica Zdroj
1993
41 V. Tsaturian Anicetas Uogele Correspondence
1992
1.e4 c5 2.<�jfJ g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.ltJxd4 Ag7 5.ltJc3 ltJc6 6.Ae3 ltJf6 7.Ac4 0-0 s.Abl a5 9.fJ d5 10.Axd5 ltJxd5 ll.ltJ xd5 f5 12.c3 fxe4 13.fxe4
l . e4 c5 2 . itJ fJ ltJ c6 J. d4 cxd4 4.ltJxd4 g6 5.ltJc3 .t g7 6 . .teJ itJf6 7 . .t c4 0-0 s . A b J a5 9.f3 d5 1 0 . .i. x d5 ltJ x d5 1 l . itJ xd5 f5 1 2. 0 xc6 bxc6 1 J.ltJ b 6 1:! b8 14.�xd8 l::!: xd8 15.lll xc8 A novelty.
Previously 1 5 . l::!:d 1 was played. 15 l::!: dxc8 16. l::!: b 1 l! xb 2 Here 16 ... fxe4, along the lines oflvanchuk Zsu. Polgar, is worth considering. 1 7.l::!: xb2 Axb2 18.We2 Now 18.exf5 gxf5 19. <;!;> e2 looks more exact. 18 a4?! To get the pawn off a dark square before White can play a2-a4. Howeve r 1 8 . . . fxe4 1 9 . fxe4 i.e5, preparing... l::!:b8 and ... .tc7, seems fine for Black. 19.l::!: b 1 .t aJ 20.e5 c5 •••
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21.Wd3 wf7 22.Wc4 we6 2J.l!b6+ W xe5 24.f4+ 1:0 2 8
43 Vassily Ivanchuk Zsuzsa Polgar Monaco (blindfold)
1994
l . e4 c5 2 . liJ fJ /l) c6 J.d4 cxd4 4./l)xd4 g6 5./l)cJ ii.g7 6.Ae3 /l)f6 7.A c4 0-0 s . A b J a5 9.f3 d5 1 0. A xd5 /l) xd5 1 1 ./l) xd5 f5 1 2. /l) xc6 bxc6 1 J./l) b 6 l:t b8 14.�xd8 l:t xd8 15. l:tdl White's best
try for an advantage in this line. Rather than try to hang onto mate rial lvanchuk first tries to neutralize Black's activity and only after this utilize a second trump--superior pawn structure. 15 1:!: xd 1 + ..•
16.� xd1
16 fxe4 So far, so theory. Now the most recent book on the subject, Ac celerated Dragons by IMs Donaldson and Silman, gives only 16 ... Axb2. The initial game in this line, Kir. Georgiev-Van der Wiel, Wijk aan Zee 1989, continued 17. Nxc8 l:!: xc8 18.exf5 gxf5 19.�e2 Ae5 20.l:!:b1 The typical answer to •..
1 9 ... Be5. The b-file is more impor tant than the h-pl),wn. (Black was threatening . . . l:!: b� . ) 2 0 . . . ii. xh2? ! 2 l .g3 e5 22.ii. f2 f4 23 . g 4 bxg3 24.ii.c5 l:!:e8 25. l:::!:b6 l:!:e6 26. l:::!:a6 with a small, but nagging, advantage for White who made Black suffer for a long time before agreeing to a draw. Cuban GM Roman Hernandez, a great specialist in this line, improved Black's play with 20 ... �f7! and drew comfortably after 2 1.l:!:b6 (21 .f4 .td6 22.a4 l:!:g8 23.g3 l:!:g6 24.ii.d2 l:!:h6 2 5 . ii. xa5 l:!: xh2+ 26. � d 1 l:!: h 1 + 27.ii.e1 ii.c7 28.�e2 Aa5 29.l:!:d1 l:!:h2+ 30.�d3 l:!:h1 3 l .�e2 l:!:h2+ draw Diaz-Hernandez, Cuba 1 990) 2 l .. .Axh2 ! 22.l:!:a6 Ad6 23.l:!:xa5 � e6 2 4. a 4 l:!: g8 ! 2 5 . � fl l:!: b8 26.l:!:a6 �d5 27.Ab6 c5 28.a5 l:::!:g8 26.l:!:a7 �c6 27.�c6 30.l:!:a6 �b7 3 1 .l:!:a7+ Estevez-Hernandez, Cuba 1 989. 1 7.fxe4 The alternative i s 17.liJxc8 l:!:xc8 18.b3, trying to give White a big majority on the Lanc-Michenka, queenside. Bratislava 199 1 , continued 18 ... exf3 19.gxf3 a4 (getting the pawn off a dark square before White has time to nail it down as a target with a 4) 20.� d2 � fl 2 l . � d3 l:!:a8 22.b4 l:!:d8+! 23 l:!:d5 24.l:!:fl l:!:h5 25.l:!:f2 Ae5 26.f4 Ad6 27.a3 �e6 28.�d3 �d7 29.c4 l:!:h3 draw. In this line, as well as those coming from 16 ... Axb2 there are certain similari ties. Both lines require Black to play actively with his Rook. Also common to both is the manuever . . . Ag7-e5d6/c7. Black's Bishop does good work provoking the weakening f4 while redeploying to the other wing
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to cover his vulnerable queenside. 1 7 ... Axb2 lS.lthcS l:xcS 19.We2
JO.WdJ l:a7 J t.l:g4 l:as 32.l:!:h4
A well played effort that could easily pass for a regular tournament game. Instead it was played with both con testants blindfold ! , as part of the Melody Amber tournament. Draw
l l.exd5 ltJ b4 12.ltJ de2 e6
19 ii. e5 This position should be compared to that arising from 16 ... ii. xb2 1 7.li�xc8 Rxc8 1 8.exf5 gxf5 19.We2 ii.e5 20.l::!:b l . At first glance they look identical, but on closer inspection important differ ences are revealed. Black's pawn is on g6 and not f5, while White's pawn is on e4 and f3. The former is per haps more significant as it means ... ii.xh2 can be played with impunity. The pawn on g6 means that attempts to trap the Bishop with g3 , which were in the air with an open g-file, no longer come into consideration. Also, the pawn on e4 means that f3f4 isn't available to guard the h-pawn with tempo. 20.1: b 1 Forced, as Zsuzsa was threatening to take the b file with 20 ... l::!:b8. 20 ii.xh2 21.a4 il.. c7 22.l::!: b 7 Wf7 While Vassily pre pares to capture the a-pawn, Zsuzsa brings her King into action. 2J.l:a7 •••
•..
We6 24.il.. d2 W e5 25.ii.xa5 Axa5 26Jha5+ W xe4 27.l:!:a7 e5 Staying active. as 27 . . . l::!:e8 28J:l:c7 is fine for White. 2S.l::!: xh7 l:as 29.l:h4+ w d5 3 0
44 Zigurds Lanka Zilberman Yaacov Manila (ol)
1992
l . e4 c5 2 . /t) fJ /t) c6 3.d4 cxd4 4./t)xd4 g6 5./t)cJ il.. g7 6.Ji.eJ /t)f6 7. il.. c4 0-0 s.A b J aS 9 . f3 d5 1 0 . A xd5 it) xd5 1 1 . exd5 it) b 4 1 2./t) de2 e 6 A reasonable way to
sidestep the complications generated by 1 2 . . . .tf5. lJ.aJ The positional approach is the right way to go here. 13.dxe6 (see the next two games) gives Black way too much play.
13 /t)xdS 14./t)xdS exd5 15.Ad4 Jt.xd4 Here 1 5 ... ii.h6!? is more popu•••
lar. 16.'�xd4 l:te8 17. Wf2 .itfS
7 .it c4 0-0 s . .it b l as 9 . f3 d S 1 0 .it xdS il) xdS l l . exdS il) b4 12.il)de2 e6 13.'ifd2 Here l 3.d6 is •
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strongly met by l 3 ... l::t a 6! Correct is l 3 .a3 when l3 . . . il) xd5 1 4.il) xd5 exd5 1 5.Ad4 .i.h6 is maybe a little better for White. 13 exdS 14.a3? d4! 1S.O-O-O il)xc2! With the point that 16.'ifxc2 is met by 16 . . . .i.f5 17.'ifb3 dxc3 ! 1 6. A f2 ? Necessary was 16. il) xd4 il) xe3 17. 'ihe3 , though after 17 ... Ad7 Black is doing fine. •••
Another try here is IM Tim Taylor's 17 ... l::t a6, intending . . . l:tae6 or . .J::!: c6 depending on the circumstances. 18.c3 l:tc8 19.l:the1 bS 20.b4 l:tc4 2 1 . 'if d 2 'if b 6+ 22.il) d4 l:t ec8 23.l:te3 .itd7 24.l:tae1 axb4 2S.axb4 'ifc7 26.il)e2 'ifxh2 27.'ifxdS 'ifh4+ 28.il)gJ .itc6 29.'ifd2 l:td8 JO.l:tdJ l:t xdl J l.'ifxdl hS 32.l:th1 'ife7 3J.il)e2 'iff6 34.l:td1 W g7 3S.'�"d6 'ifgS 36.l:td4 l:txd4 37.'ifxd4+ 'iff6 38.We3 h4 39.il)g1 gS 40.'ifxf6+ W xf6 41.il)e2 WeS 42.il)d4 .itd7 4J.fl)bJ fS 44.il)d2 .ite6 4S.il)fl .itf7 46.il)d2 W dS 47.f4 g4 48.Wf2 gl+ 49.Wfl .ithS SO.Wel Draw
4S Tapani Sammalvuo Tom Wedburg Sweden
16 il)a1! Now Black wins with a crushing attack. 1 7. W b 1 il) bJ .••
1 8 . � c2 d xcl 1 9. l:t xd8 l:t xd 8 20.il) xc3 J us 2 1 .il) e4 il) d 2+ 22.W a1 l:t ac8 23.'if a4 bS 24. 'if xbS l:tb8 2S .i.b6 A xe4 26.fxe4 Ad4 0:1 •
46 Nikolaj Borge Carlomagno Oblitas Manila (ol)
1994
l . e4 cS 2.il) fJ il) c6 J.d4 cxd4 4.il)xd4 g6 s.fl)cJ Ji.g7 6.Ji.e3 il)f6
1992
1.e4 cS 2.il)f3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.il)xd4 Ji. g7 s.Ji.eJ il)f6 6.il)cJ 0-0 7.Ji.c4
3 I
it:) c6 8.A b3 a5 9.fJ d5 10.Axd5 it:) xd5 ll.exd5 it:) b4 1 2.it:) de2 e6 13.dxe6 This gives Black's pieces too
much activity for the pawn. 1 3.a3 is much better. 13 Axe6 14.a3 it:) d5
b5 1 4.0-0 l::t c8 1 5.lL\ d4 .i. xd4 16.'ihd4 lL'I xc 2 1 7 .l::t xc2 .i. xc 2 18 .i.h6 e5 19.'ihe5 f6 20.'iV d4 •
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15 .i. d4 it:) xc3 16.bxc3 l:te8 17.Wfl 'i¥c7 18.l:tb1 Axd4+ 19.cxd4 l:tac8 20.c3 A c4 21.it:)gJ .i. d5 22.l:tcl 'i¥e7 23.'i¥d2 'i¥xa3 24.h4 b5 25.h5 'i¥e7 26. it:) f1 l:t c6 2 7.it:)eJ l:t e6 28.l:tce1 'i¥d8 29.hxg6 fxg6 JO.it:)g4 l:t xe1 Jt.l:txe1 l:txe1 32.'i¥xe1 h5 JJ.it:)eJ Af7 34.'i¥a1 b4 35.c4 bl 36.c5 'i¥b8 37.'i¥c3 b2 38.c6 b1='i¥ 39.c7 'i¥1b2+ 40.\i'xb2 'iVxb2+ 0: 1 •
14.0-0
One of three White tries here (20.'�'e2 and 20.'�'e6+ are the others.) An ex ample of the latter is Kuindzhi-Klovan, Minsk 1 980, which went 20. � e6+ l::t t7 2 1 . tt:l e4 A xe4 2 2 . fxe4 � d7 2 3 Jhf6 l::t e8 2 4 . l::t xg6+ hxg6 2 5 . � xg6+ W h8 2 6 . i.. e3 l::t ef8 27.i.. d4+ l::t g7 28.h3 W g8 29.Axg7 �xg7 30.�e6+ �f7 3 1 .� g4+ Wh7 3 2 . � h4 + w g7 3 3 .'iV g 3 + � g6 34.�c3+ �f6 35 .e5 �fl + 36.'itt h2 � f4+ 3 7 . W h 1 b4 3 8 . � c7 + l::t f7 3 9 . � xa5 � xeS 4 0 . � xb4 � g3 4 t . � d2 l::t f4 o- 1 . 2o l::t n 2 t .d6 2 1 . lL'I xb5 l:t b7 2 2 . tt:l c 3 � b6 (22 . . . l:t b4 2 3 . � d2 l:t xb2 2 4 . tt:l e4 �b6+ looks like a better try.) 23.�xb6 l:txb6 24.l:tf2 AfS 25.Ae3 l:tb4 26.g4 i.. d7 2 7 . tt:l e4± Prandstetter-Dory, Dortmund 1 98 7 . 2 1 . b4 22.lL'I e4 .••
47 Vladimir Kontic Zvonko Stanojoski Kladovo
1990
1.e4 c5 2.lL\fJ g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.lL'Ixd4 .i.g7 5.lL'Ic3 lL'I c6 6.Ae3 lL'I f6 7.Ac4 0-0 8.Ab3 a5 9.fJ d5 10..i.xd5 lL'I xd5 ll.exd5 lL'I b4 12.lL\ de2 .i.f5 lJ.l:Icl 3 2
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A xe4 23.fxe4 l::t c6 2 4.e5 fxe5 25.'0'd5 'iVb6+ 26.Wh1 'iVb7 27.l::t d 1 �d7 28.'iVxa5 l::t c8 29.�xe5 l::t e8 30.'iVd5 'iVfS Jl.hJ �xd5 32.l::t xd5 l::t d7 3J . .i. d 2 l::t e4 34.l:t d3 w n 35.l::t bl l:t x d6 36.i.. xb4 l::t d 1 +
37.'it' h2 l::t e2 38.l::ttJ+ We6 39..i.cJ l:t d5 40.llf6+ W d7 4l.Wg3 llg5+ 42.W f3 l::t exg2 4J.l::t f7+ W c6 44.l::t xh7 l::t 5g3+ 45.W e4 l::t h 2 46.l::t a7 l::t hxhJ 47.l::t a6+ Wd7 48.a4 llh4+ 49.We5 gS 50.a5 l::t a4 51.l::t g6 g4 52.l::t g7+ W c6 5J.l::t g6+ W c5 54.b3 l::t eJ+ ss.wf5 l::t fJ+ 56.wes l::t eJ+ 57.Wf5 l::t tJ+ 58.We5 l::t a2 59.A d4+ W b5 60. W d5 l::t xbJ 6 1.l::t xg4 l'lxa5 Draw 48 Viktor Kupreichik Vidmantas Malishauskas Miedzybrodzie Zyw.
20.l':I xaS 'if xeJ+ N. W h 1 'if b6 22.l::t a2 Axel 2J.'ife2 e6 24.l::t d 1 b4 25.:C:a6 'flc7 26.'ife4 'ifc5 27.h4 'ift2 28.h5 'ifc5 29.'ifh4 gxh5 JO.l':I d8 l'Ixd8 31.'ifxd8+ Wg7 32.l'Ia5 'ifeJ 33. 'if g5+ 'if xg5 34.l':I xg5+ W h6 JS.l':I b5 <;it g6 36.W g1 f5 3 7.W f2 <;it g5 38.l::t b8 <;it f4 39.g3+ w g5 40.l':I g8+ Wf6 4t.We3 e5 42.l::t f8+ Wg6 4J.Wd3 h4 44.gxh4 f4 45.We4 WhS 46.l':If7 wxh4 47.l':Ixh7+ Wgl 48.l'Ih 1 Wg2 49.l'I d1 Wt2 SO.l::!: dJ We2 Sl.WfS Ad2 52.W xe5 W d 1 SJ.lld4 Wxc2 54.llxb4 Draw
12 ... i.. f5 13.I:I:cl b5 14.a3
199 1
l.e4 c5 2.lt:l fJ ltJ c6 J.d4 cxd4 4.lt:\xd4 g6 s.lt:lcJ Ji.. g7 6.Ji.. eJ lt:l f6 7 ..i.c4 0-0 8. .i.b3 a5 9.fJ d5 10..i.xd5 [ I O.exd5 lt:lb4 1 1 .lt:lde2 a4 1 2.lt:lxa4 tll fxd5 1 3 . A f2 A fs 1 4 . 0 -0 b 5 1 5 . tll ac3 tll xc3 1 6 . bxc3 'iV xd 1 1 7.l:Iaxd1 tll xa2 1 8.g4 il.. c8 1 9.l::!: a l A e6 20.Axe6 fxe6 2 I .Ad4 l::!: fc8 2 2 . i. xg7 W xg7 2 3 . l:t fb 1 tll xc3 2 4 . ll xa8 tll xe2+ 2 5 . W f2 l:t xa 8 26.�xe2 llc8 27.Wd3 l:t c 5 28.l:t a l b4 2 9 . l:t a2 l:t c3 + 3 0 . W e4 W f6 3 1 .l:tb2 l:tc4+ 32.Wd3 l:tf4 33.We3 'iti e5 3 4 . ll a2 ll c4 3 5 . h3 l::!: c 3 + 36.'itie2 Wd4 37 .l:tb2 'itic4 38.h4 h5 39.gxh5 gxh5 40.l::!: a2 l::t a3 4 1 .l::!: b 2 W c3 42. l::!: b l l::!: a2 4 3 . W d l l::!: xc2 4 4 . l::!: xb4 'iti xb4 4 5 . W xc 2 W c4 46.Wd2 Wd4 47.We2 e5 0- 1 , Laird Karlsson, Copenhagen I 98 1 . ]
10 lt:l xd5 ll.exdS ltJ b4 12.lt:l de2 .i.f5 lJ.llcl b5 14.0-0 l::tc8 15.lt:\d4 l::t xcJ 16.bxc3 lt:l xa2 17.l'Ia1 'ifxd5 1 8 .lt:l xf5 'if xf5 19.l':I xa2 'if e6 .•.
49 Mladen Milenkovic Ivan Ujhazi Kladova
1992
l.e4 cS 2.lDe2 it:)c6 J.if:)bcJ g6 4.d4 cxd4 s.lt:lxd4 Ag7 6.AeJ lt:lf6 7.Ac4 0-0 8 . .i. bJ aS 9.f3 dS l O . .i. xdS it:)xdS ll.exdS it:)b4 12.it:)de2 .i.rs
3 3
I J . ll d h 5 1 4. a3 This move is sharper than 14.0-0. With the text Wh ite wins two Knights for Rook and
28.it) xf7+! l::!: xf7 29.1d: d8+ : rs JO.l::!: xf8+ Axf8 3t.Ad4+ A g7
pawn, usually a favorable middlegame trade, but here things are not so clear. 14 .. .llhc2+ 15Jhc2 Axel 16.�xc2 b4 17.it)a4 �xd5 18.it)b6 �e6 19.Wf2 Here 19.it)xa8
leads to a draw according to Bagirov; 1 9 . . . � xe3 20.llk7 :!:!cs 2 l .it)d5 :!:!xc2 22.it)xe3 :!:!xb2 23.axb4 :!:!bl + 24.it)dl a4 25.0-0 a3 26.it)dc3 :!:! :!:!dl h5 28.:!:!d8+ Wh7 29.:!:!a8 :!:!b3 30.:!:!c8 :!:!b2 3 l .:!:!a8. 19... l:tab8 It's necessary to attack b6. On 1 9 ... :!:!ad8 White is able to consolidate; 20.it)f4 (20.axb4 axb4 2 l .b3 :!:!d6 22.it)f4 � e 5 2 3 . it) c4 Draw, E . Allen T. Taylor, Philadelphia 1 992) 20.. .'�a2 2 l.axb4 axb4 22.�bl �b3 23.:!:!el ii..d4 24.kxd4 l:txd4 25.�cl :!:!d6 26.liJc8 :!:!d4 27.liJxe7+ ® h8 2 8. liJ e6 :!:! d2+ 2 9. liJ e6 l'it d2+ 3 0 . W g3 � b2 3 1 . liJ g6+ 1 -0 , O.Popovych-D.Benjamin, Philadel phia 199 1 . 20.liJf4 �a2 21 .axb4 axb4 22.l'it d1 bJ 23.�e2 l::!: fd8 24.it)fd5 e6 25.it)e7+ W h8 26.it)d7 l::!: b 7 27.liJe5 1d:f8
32.�e5!
1:0 50
Alonso ZaJlata Jose Vilcla Havana
1993
l . e4 c5 2 . if) fJ liJ c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.it)xd4 g6 s.lf)cJ Ag7 6 .i.eJ if)f6 7. A c4 o-o s.A bJ as 9.f3 d5 1 0. A xd5 it) xd5 l l . exd5 it) b 4 12.it) de2 Westerinien-Hernandez, •
Alicante 1989, saw 12.liJdb5 Ad7! 1 3 .a3 ( 1 3 . liJ a 3 e6 ! ) 1 3 . . . A xb5 14.axb4 Ac4 1 5.bxa5 (As 15.ii.. d4 axb4 16.:!:!xa8 �xa8 17.Axg7 Wxg7 18.'�'d4+ ®g8 19.�xc4 bxc3 and 1 5 . :!:! xa5 :!:! xa5 1 6.bxa5 � xa 5 17 .Ad4 l'itd8 are both fine for Black.) 15 ... l:txa5 16.:!:!xa5 Axc3+ 17.bxc3 �xa5 1 8 . d6 l:t d8 1 9 . W f2 l:t xd6 20.�a l �xa l 2 l .:!:!xa l l:td8 and Black was doing well. 12 ... A f5 13.l:tc1 b5 Black has a little known alternative here. 13 . . . l:ta6!? is an in-
3 4
genious move which doesn't seem to quite work. One example is Kucera Jezek, corr. 1984 , which continued 14.a3 �d6 1 5 . .\tc5 ( 1 5.axb4 axb4 16.0-0 bxc3 1 7.ltJxc3 b5 18.'iYe1 �e8 19 . .\tc5 Axc3 20.'iYxc3 �xd5 2 l .�fe1 Gallagher-Wolff, London 1 994) 1 5 . . . liJ xd5 1 6 . .\t xd6 ltJe3 1 7 .'iY d2 ltJ c4 1 8.'iY 1 9 . b3 .lt h6 (Maybe 1 9 . . . 'iYb6 ! ? 20.ltJa4 'iYe3 2 1.'iYc5 'iY xc5 22.ltJxc5 .ltb2 23. 24.liJd3 �c8 is worth investigating) 20.f4 il.. g7 2 1 .0-0 'iVb6+ 22.<0iJh1 �c8 2 and Black didn't quite have enough for the sacrificed material. Another 13th move try for the sec ond player i s 1 3 . . J::l: c8. M . Marinkovic-Rogers, Sokobanja 1989, went 14.a3 ( 14.0-0 b5 transposes into lines from 1 3 . . . b5) l 4 . . . ltJxc2+ 1 5 . l:!: xc2 i. xc2 1 6 . 'iV xc2 '!W xd5 17.0-0 (17.a4!) 17 ... b5 18.�d1 'iYe6 19.�e4 'i¥xe4 20.fxe4 � 2 Lad4 b4 2 2 . liJ d 5 � c2 2 3 . W fl i. xd4 2 4 . liJ xd4 !:l: xb2 2 5 . axb4 axb4 26.liJc6 b liJdxe7+ Wg7 28.�d3 �a8 0-1 . 14.a3 ltJxc2+ t5Jbc2 i.xc2 16.'ihc2 b4 17.liJa4 �xd5 18.liJb6 'ife6 1 9.Wf2 �ab8 20.liJf4 'iVa2 21.axb4 axb4 22.'ifbl
22... 'ifxbl Two other lines are (a)
22 . . . b3 23.liJd7 1L xb2 2 4 . ltJ xb8 �xb8 25.Wg3 Jl.e5 26.W h3 � a4 27.liJd3 1Lf6 29.ltJc5 b2 0-1, \an der Tak-Widera, corr. 1986. (b) 22 ... 'iY a7 23.'iYa1 'iYb7 24.'iYa5 b3 25.'iYb4 1Lh6 26.�d1 �fc8 27.liJfd5 �c2+ 2 8 . � d2 1L xe3+ 29 . W xe3 e6 3 0 . liJ f6+ w g7 3 1 . liJ fd7 l:t e8 32.�xb3 �c6 33.�d3 e5 34.ltJc4 'ifa7+ 35.We2 'ifg1 36.liJe3 'ifxh2 37.�d5 �c1 38.liJf6 �e6 39.liJfg4 �g3 40.liJf2 h5 4 1 .b4 �b1 42.�c5 � h4 43 .liJd5 � g 1 44.ltJe3 l:t b 1 45.ltJc2 �g5 46.liJe1 'iYh4 47.liJc2 �g5 48.liJe3 � a6 49.liJe4 'iY h4 50.�xe5+ W h7 5 1 .ltJ g5+ W h6 5 2 . liJ xf7+ 5 3 . 'iY h8# W h7 Kristjansson-Brendel, Reykjavik 1 990] 23.l:txbt l:!:fd8 24.liJfd5 l:i:b7 25.b3 e6 26.liJf4 �a7 27.ltJa4 �c7 28.liJe2 �c2 29.l:i:ct �a2 JO.l::t c4 i. f8 J t .l::!: d4 l:t c8 32.l::t d2 kt cc2 33.l::t xc2 l:txc2 34.'Ji' et e5 35.W dl l::t c6 36. liJ c l f6 37.ltJ dJ : c 7 38. JI. c5 1L xc5 39.ltJ a xc5 W f7 40.<.ti> d2 l:tc6 4t.ltJa4 l::t d6 42.We3 l:t d5 43.liJ b6 �b5 44.ltJc4 W e6 45.Wd2 f5 46.liJe3 e4 47.fxe4 fxe4 48.tt::l f4+ We5 49.tt::l e2 l:Ib8 50.tt::l c4+ W d5 51.W e3 ll e8 52.tt::l f4+ W c5 53.tt::l d 2 It aS 54.tt::l xe4+ 'itt b5 55.tt::l e2 I:Ia1 56.tt::l d4+ W b6 57.tt::l t3 Wc6 58.'.t> d4 l:ta2 59.g3 l:Ic2 60.h4 W b6 6 1 .tt::l fg5 h5 62.tt::l f3 ll c l 63.tt::l e5 l:t d l+ 64.W c4 l:t e l 65.tt::l d7+ W a5 66. W d 5 l:t e J 67.tt::l dc5 l:tel 68.Wc6 l::!: n 69.tt::l d6 ll f6 70.W c7 l':!f3 7 1.W b7 l:t xgJ 7Vt/c6 l:::t xb3 73.tt::l db7#
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Chapter 4 exd6 1 5 . h3 l::t fe8 1 6 . � d l i. e6 1 7.i.b3 a5 1 8.c4 li)b4+ Sipaila Silman, Reno 1993] 8 �b6!
5.llJ xc6 bxc6
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Lines in the Sicilian where White voluntarily captures on c6 are few and far between. Normally the exchange only strengthens Black's control of the center, but here the fact that the second player's Knight has to move makes 7.li)xc6 a viable line. Still, both 8 ... li)d5 and 8 ... li)g8 are hold ing up fine.
51 Klaus Pohl John Donaldson Winston Salem
1993
l . e4 c5 2 . li) f3 li) c6 3. d4 cxd4 4.li)xd4 g6 s.li) xc6 bxc6 6.� d4 li)f6 7.e5 li) dS 8.c4 [8.i.c4 i.g7
9.0-0 �b6 10.�e4 0-0 l l .li)d2 d6 12.li)f3 i.f5 13.�e2 i.g4 14.exd6
3 6
9.�xb6 (9.�e4 li)c7 I O.li)c3 i.g7
l l .f4 0-0 12.i.d2 d5 1 3 .�f3 i.f5+ Chistyakov-Veresov, USSR 1 95 3 . ]
9 li) xb6 10.b3 i. g7 ll.i.b2 d 6 12.f4 dxe5 13.i.xe5 i.xe5 14.fxe5 i.rs t s.li)d2 li) d7 t 6.li)fJ i. g4 17.0-0-0 0-0-0 tsJ:ret i. xfJ 19.gxf3 li) cs 20. l::t e3 ld: d4 2 1 .b4 li) e6 2 2. l::t e4 l::t h d8 23. l::t xd4 l::t x d 4 24.�gt l:il:f4 25.l::t g4 nrs 26.l::!: h4 l::t xe5 27.� d2 h5 28. i. d3 l::t g5 29.�e3 l::t g2 30.i.e4 �c7 31.a4 f5 32.i.d3 l::t a2 33.c5 �xa4 34.l::t c4 aS 35. bxa5 l::t xaS 36. l::t c2 li) xcS 37.i.c4 eS 38.i.f7 �a3+ 39.We2 li)dJ 40.i.e8 li)f4+ 41.�f2 l::t a6 42.l::t d 2 l::t a8 43.l::t d7+ � b6 44.l::t e7 l::t a2+ 45.�fl l::t a t+ 46.Wf2 l::t as 47.h4 l::t d5 48.i.f7 l::t d2+ 49.�fl l::t d t+ SO.�f2 l::t d 6 Sl.� fl l::t d t+ 52.Wf2 l::!: h t 53.�e3 l::!: e t+ 54.Wf2 •.•
it:) dJ+ 55.Wg3 f4+ 56.Wg2 l::!: e2+ 57.W g 1 it:) e1 58.A xg6 lt:) xfJ+ 59. W fl l::!: eJ 60. A xh5 it:) xh 4 61.Ae8 it:)f5 62.l::!: e6 it:)d4 63.l::!: f6 Wc5 0 : 1
52 Rosendo Balinas John Donaldson Reno
Bishop on h6. 18 ... cxd5 19.\i'hJ Axh6 20.'ifxh6 d4 21.it:)b5 'ifb6 2 2.a4 A g6! Now all of White's queenside is falling while his Queen is seriously misplaced. 23.h4 gxh4
2 4. it:) aJ 'if xb 2 25. l::!: d b 1 e cJ 26.exh4 l::!: b8 27.lll b5 'ifc5 28.l::!: c 1 a6 29.it:)aJ 'ifcJ 30.'ilg4 l::!: b 6 31.a5 l::!: c6 J2.'ifd7 l::!: n JJ.ees+ W g7 34.l::!: a2 l::!:fc7 35.'ilb8 dJ 36.it:)b1 �c4 37.l::!: b2 dxc2 38.lll a3 edJ 39.it:)xc2 'ifd2 40.1::!:0 Axel 41.l::!: b7 'iVd7 0:1
1994
l .e4 c5 2.it:) fJ it:) c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.it:) xd4 g6 5.it:)xc6 bxc6 6.ed4 it:) f6 7.e5 it:) d5 8.e6 f6 9.exd7+ A xd7 10.Ad3 [10.Ae2 e5 l l .�dl
8 llJ d5 .••
Ag7 1 2.c3 0-0 13.llla3 f5+ Vestol Botvinnik, Moscow (ol) 1956) 10 ... e5 11.eh4 A g7 1 2.o-o o-o 1J.l::!: d1 e c7 With the text Black has ideas of
playing . . . lll f4 exploiting the poor position of White's Queen. 14.�c4 Ae6 15.it:)cJ l::!: ad8 16.Ah6??
53 Arthur Frolov Alexander Shabalov USSR (ch)
16 ... g5 ! 1 7. 'iV h5 A n 18.A xd5
Forced as 18.�h3 lll f4 drops the
1991
l . e4 c5 2.itH3 it:) c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.it:)xd4 g6 5.it:)cJ A g7 6.Ae3 it:)f6 7.lll xc6 bxc6 8.e5 it:) d5 9.it:) xd5 cxd5 10.'ihd5 l::!: b8 l l . A c4 0-0
3 7
I l l 1'1 de. I L� bl Ab7 (13 . . . 0-0 .>!i.a(, l �.llf2 dxc5 16.�xd8 Il hxdX 1 7 . fxc5 kxc5 1 8.c3 l:td7 l l.U
u u
n 'l 1 ·1
I IJ.l.:.b6 l.:.c7 20.JLxc7 l:txc7 2 1 .l:tel lla7 22.Ilc5 JLc8±) 14.�d2 dxe5 1 5 .0-0-0 exf4 16.i.xf4 e5 17.i.e3 �xd2+ 18.l:txd2;!;] 12 d6 13.i.xa7 l:!:b4 14.i.b3 [14.i.c5 i.e6 (14 . . . e6 1 5. � xd6 � xd6 1 6 . i. xd6 l:t xc4 17.i.xf8 i.xf8 1 8.l:the l;!;) 15.�xe6 fxe6 16.i.xe6+ �h8 17.i.xb4 i.xe5 1 8.f3;!;] 14 .'itc7 15.exd6 'it xa 7 •.•
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1 6 . d 7 l:!: xbJ 1 7.dxc8='it i. xb 2+ 18.� b 1 l:!:b8 19.'ith3
4.lDxd4 g6 5.lDcJ i.g7 6.i.eJ lDf6 7.lD xc6 bxc6 8.e5 lD d5 9.lD xd5 cxd5 1 0.'ifxd5 Il b8 1 1 .Axa7 Ilxb2 1 2.A d4 Il xc2 [ 1 2 ... l:tb8 1 3. Ac4
0-0 1 4.0-0 Ab7 15.�c5 d6 1 6.exd6 exd6 1 7.�a7 Axg2 1 8. W xg2 l:ta8 1 9.�b6 �d7] 1 J.Adl e6 1 4.\\fas Ilc6 1 5.0-0 ( 1 5 .�a4 �g5 1 6.0-0 Axe5 1 7.Ab5 l:d6 1 8.Axe5 � xe5 1 9 . l: fe l � d4 Mayr-Molzahn, corr. l 989-9 1 .] 1 5 0-0 1 6. A b 5 .•.
A a6 1 7.\\f xdS l: xd 8 1 8.A xc6 A xf1 1 9.W xfl d xc6 20.Ac3
19 i. g7+ 20.1it'cl i.b2+ 21 .� b1 i. g7+ Draw .•.
20 J�!:dJ Watch how Black uses his Rook to prevent White from utiliz ing his passed a-pawn. 21.l:!:cl l:td5 22.I1 e 1 (22.f4 g5 ! =] 22 ... l::t c5 ••
54 Viktor Kupreichik M argeir Petursson Reykjavik
1 980
l .e4 c5 2 . lD fJ lD c6 J.d4 cxd4
3 8
2J.l::t e3 l::t c4 24.i.b2 h5 25.W e1 'it>h7 26.Wd1 g5 27.f3 l:!:a4 28.a3 c5 29.Wc2 c4 JO.WcJ W g6 Jl.l::t e4 w rs J 2.W d4 g4 JJ.'it> eJ i. h6+ 34.'itJf2 i.f4 35.g3 i. d 2 36.l::t d4 i.h6 37.fxg4+ hxg4 38.We2 i. gS 39.Wf2 i.h6 Draw
8 lD g8
56 Jaroslav Stodola Oleg Chernikov Pardubice
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1994
55 Viktor Varavin T. S. Myrvold Gausdal
1.e4 c5 2.ill f3 g6 J.d4 cxd4 4.ill xd4 .t. g7 5.ill cJ ill c6 6. A e3 ill f6 7.ill xc6 bxc6 8.e5 ill g8 [8 ... ill d 5
1993
l . e4 c5 V�HJ ill c6 J.d4 cxd4 4.ill x d4 g6 S.ill cJ Ag7 6.Ae3 ill f6 7.ill xc6 bxc6 8.e5 ill g8 9.A d4 ill h6 1 0. e6 f6? Much better is
9.ill xd5 cxd5 10.'ifxd5 l::!:b8 l l .Ac4 e6 12.'ifc5 Ab7 13.0-0 l::!: c8 1 4.'i.Yb4 'if c7 1 5 . f4 a5 1 6 . 'if b5 i. xg2 1 7. W xg2 'if xc4 1 8 . 'if xc4 l::!: xc4 1 9.l::!: f2 !? d6! 20.exd6 Wd7=] 9.f4 f6 10.iLd4
10 . . . 0-0 when 1 1 .A xg7 W xg7 1 2.'ifd4+ f6 13.exd7 Axd7 14.0-00 Ag4 1 5.f3 'ifxd4 16.l::!: xd4 Ac8 17.Ad3 ill f5 gave Black a slightly better endgame i n Troianescu G hitescu, Romania (ch) 1 95 7 . 1 l . exd7+ � xd 7 1 2. A c4 ill f5 u.A c 5 ill d 6 1 4 . A b J A a 6 1 5. 'il d4 l::!: ds 1 6. 0-0-0 w rs 1 7. � a4 � c8 1 8. ill e4 A h6+ 19.W b1 .:Lb5
20.ill xd6 exd6 21Jhd6
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This is White's most common try but the little known 10.Ac4 ! is very strong. A invention of the American master Danny Krystall it seeks to ex ploit Black's loss of time in the open ing ( ...ill g8-f6-g8) by sacrificing a pawn. One of the lines, analysed by Krystall, IMs Kim Commons and Tony Saidy plus SM Allan Pollard goes 10 ... fxe5 1 1 .0-0 exf4 12.Axf4 ill f6 1 3 . A d6 ! �b6+ ( 1 3 . . . A a6 3 9
1 4 .1I e 1 ,.. b6+ 1 5 .'it' h 1 A xc4 16.l:Ixe7+ 'it'd8 1 7.l:Ixg7) 14.'it'h1 'it'd8 (if 14 ... exd6? then 15 .... xd6 ,.. xb2 1 6 . l:I ae l + 'it' d8 1 7 .... e7+ wins) 1 5 .Ji a3 ! (So far, Krystall Batchelder, Newport Beach 1974 (by transposition) when White played 15.Ae5? and eventually drew. After 15.Aa3 ! Black cannot play 1 5 ...d6 because of 16.Axd6 or 1 5 ... Ab7 be cause of 16.ll�a4-c5. White has full compensation for the pawn. 10 ...... a5 ll .... e2 c5 More usual is l l . . . fxe5 1 2.Axe5 lll f6! ? 13 .... c4 ! ,.. b6 1 4 . 0-0-0 d5 1 5 .... a4 0-0 16.Ad4 ,.. c7 and both sides have chances, Ulibin-Serper, Thilisi 1989.
57 Viktor Varavin lvar Bern Gausdal
1993
l.e4 c5 2 .lll f3 lll c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.ithd4 g6 5.�c3 �g7 6.�e3 lll f6 7.�xc6 bxc6 8.e5 �g8 9.�d4 ,.. c7 10.f4 f6 ll .... e2 l!b8 12.0-0-0 �h6 13.g3 0-0 14....c4+ �f7 15.exf6 exf6 16.Ag2 ,.. b 7 17.b3 a5 18.l!he1 d5
12.exf6 lll xf6 13.Ae5 0-0
19.�xd5 ! ? cxd5 20.� xd5 ,.. b5 2 1 . � c5 ,.. xc4 22.� xc4 � g4 23.Axf8 �xf8 24.l!d5 �b4 25.c3 � xc3 26.l!e7 1::1: 1'8 2 7.l!c5 � b4 28.1:!: xf7 � a3+ 29. 'it' c 2 � xeS 30.l:Ic7+ W h8 31.l:Ixc5 l!a8 32.l!c6 W g7 33.Wc3 l!d8 34.l!c7+ W h6 35.l!a7 l!d1 36.�g8 1:0 1 4."if b5 ,.. xb5 1 5. lll xb5 A b 7 16.llk7 l!ac8 17.0-0-0 d6 18.Ac4+ W h8 1 9.� xf6 l! xc7 20.� xg7+ W xg7 21.l!he1 Axg2 22.1Id2 l!xf4 23.l!xg2 l! xc4 24.l:t ge2 e5 25.c3 W f6 26.l! d 2 W e6 27.l! e3 l! f4 28.l!ed3 l!d7 29.l!h3 d5 0:1
58 Richard Kelson Jeremy Silman Reno
40
1993
l . e4 c5 2 . � f3 � c6 3.d4 cxd4
4.llhd4 g6 5.lt)c3 JJ.. g7 6.1J.. e3 lll f6 7.lll xc6 bxc6 8.e5 ll!g8 9.f4 ill h6 10.'iUJ 0-0 1 1.0-0-0 A new move,
destined to hold back ... d7-d5. How ever, as is often the case in this line, Black can play the break as a highly effective pawn sac. 11 d6! 12.�xc6 Consistent but risky. On 12.h3, in tending 13.g4, Black has 12 ... �c7, forcing 1 3.exd6 which opens up the diagonal for the Dragon Bishop. ..•
12...1J.. d 7 13.�d5 lll g4
14.�f3 On 14.exd6 (14.i.. d4 dxe5
15.fxe5 i.. e6; 14.i.. g l i.. h6+) Black has 1 4 . . . lll xe3 1 5 . dxe7 � xe7 16.'ihd7 �b4. 14 lll xe3 15.�xe3
59 Fritz 2 Kasparov Garry Germany
1994
l . e4 c5 2 .lll f3 lll c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.lll xd4 g6 5.lll c3 JJ.. g7 6.1J.. e3 ill f6 7.lll xc6 bxc6 8.e5 ll!g8 It's worth
noting that both Bobby and Garry like the Accelerated Dragon - when they're playing computers ! Perhaps they have secret information that the machine is partial to lll xc6? It's worth noting that both giants played 8 ... lll g8 here. 9.f4 ill h6 Avoiding the Krystall Gambit (9 . . . f6 lO.i.c4 ! ). When Fischer played, it played the weaker 10.exf6 and after 1 0 ... ll!xf6 l l .i.. c4? d5 12.i..e2 ld:b8 13.b3 lll g4 14.i.. d4 e5 ! 15.fxe5 0-0! Black was already on his way to victory. 10. � d2 0-0 11.0-0-0 d6 Here l l. ..'!i'as 12.h3 Illes 13.i.. f2 d6 14.g4 dxe5 15.gxf5 i.. xf5 is speculative. 12.exd6 exd6 13.�xd6?! A typical greedy com puter move. Much better is 13.i.. d4 i.. xd4 14.'!i'xd4 li)fS with unclear play. 1 3 ... � x d6 1 4. l::t xd6 ill f5
•..
i.. e6 16.ll! d5 l::t c8 1 7.i.. a6 l::t c5 18.c4 As 18.lll xe7+ is answered by
1 8 . . . � xe7 1 9. exd6 l::t xc2 + ! 20.W xc2 i.. f5+ 2 l . W d2 'li'xd6+ 2 2 . i.. d3 'li' b4+ 2 3 . W e2 i.. g4+. 18...JJ.. xd5 19.l::t xd5 l::t xd5 20.cxd5 'C!V a5 2 1 .1J.. c4 l::t c8 2 2.b3 'C!V xa2 2J. l::t e 1 dxe5 2 4.fxe5 iJ.. h6 25.� xh6 � xbJ 26.l::t e4 l::t xc4+ 27.l::t xc4 � xc4+ 28.W b 1 � e4+ 29.W c 1 � xd5 JO.' � eJ � xg2 31.�xa7 �hl+ 0:1 4 1
15.l::t d3 i.. a6
16.�c5 Initiating a long forced se quence which leads to a better endgame for Black. 16 J. xd 3 .••
1 7. J. xf8 J. xfl 1 8 . J. xg7 J. xg2 19.l:!:g1 W xg7 20.l:!:xg2 l:!:b8 21J:!:e2
60 Viktor Varavin Alexander Khasin Russia (ch)
1994
l.e4 c5 2./l)fJ g6 J.d4 cxd4 4./l)xd4 J. g7 5. /l) cJ /l) c6 6. J. e3 /l) f6 7./l)xc6 bxc6 8.e5 /l)g8 9.�d4 f6 10.f4 'if aS 1 1 . 'if d2 fxe5 1 2.fxe5 J.xe5 13.0-0-0 /l)f6 14.l:tel .i. xd4 1 5 . 'if xd4 0-0 1 6. l:!: xe7 � g5+ 17 ..tb1 d5 18.J.dJ J.rs 19.J.xf5 �xf5 20.l:the1 l:tae8 21.b3 l:t xe7 22.1::!: xe7 � fl+ 23. <.t> b2 � xg2 24.l:tc7 �g4 25.�e5 I!:f7 26.l:txc6 �f5 27.�d4 g5 28.l:td6 •
21 l:!:h8! A deep move and one a computer might never find. Kasparov plans to play . . . h7-h5-h4-h3, fixing the weakness on h2 and preparing . . . l: h8-h4 attacking the pawn on f4. •••
22.b3 h5 2J.W b2 h4 24.h3 l:!: d8 25./l)e4 Having created a weak pawn
on h3 and an entry for his Knight on g3 , Kasparov prepares to i nvade down the d-line. 25 /l)gJ! Simpli fying into a winning Rook and pawn ending. The result of these type of endings is usually not determined by who has more pawns, but rather whose are more likely candidates to queen first. Here the Black pawns run faster. 26./l)xgJ hxgJ 27.l:!:g2 l:!:d4 •..
28.1:!: xgJ 1:!: xf4 29. 1::!: cl 1:!: h4 JO.l::!: xc6? l:txhJ Jl.�a6 g5 32.:xa7 g4 JJ.l':ta5 l:!:h6 0:1
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28... � f4 29.�xf4 gxf4 JO./l)xd5 !D g4 J l .hJ !D f2 3 2 . h4 !D g4 JJ./l) xf4 l:t xf4 34.l:ta6 l:!:f7 35.c4 ..trs J6.b4 <.t>es J7.a4 W d8 38.a5 wcs 39.Wc3 l:tfJ+ 40.Wd4 l:tf4+ 41.Wc5 !De3 42.l:tc6+ W b8 4J.l:!:e6 !:l:xc4+ 44.Wb5 a6+ 45.l:t xa6 l:t xh4 46.l:tb6+ Wc7 47.l:tc6+ W b8 Draw
Chapter 5 1 2.b3, 12.'ifd5, 12 . ..te2 and 12 . ..td3. 9 . . . e5 enjoys a shaky reputation. 10.lllb5 was long considered to put it out of business but now matters aren't so clear as both 1 0 . . . 0-0 1 l .�d2 �e7 (Anka-Silman) and the older 1 l . . .'ifh4 (Quist-Espig) appear to be okay. White's best try for an advantage may be Ivanchuk's little known 1 1 ...te2
Maroczy Bind with 7 .llJ g4 ..
9 e5 10.Ad3 ...
With 7 . ..ltJg4 Black follows the well established rule that when you have less space you should exchange pieces. After 9. � d 1 the second player has to choose between the solid 9 ... ll\e6 and the double-edged 9 ... e5. The theory ofthe first line has solidi fied of late with White favoring IO.�c1 over 10.�d2. The idea is that l O.�cl prepares b2-b4, taking away c5 from Black's Knight. Also after 10.�c1 White can often save a tempo by playing �dl -d5 in one go, instead of the stagger-step � d 1-d2d5. Black's best answer to 10.�c1 is 10 . . . �a5, stopping b2-b4 and threat ening to capture on c3 . After the followup 1 l .�d2 b6 White has sev eral moves to choose from including
61 Alexandre Lesiege Roman Dzindzichashvili New York
43
1993
l.d4 g6 2.c4 Js.. g7 J.ll'l fJ c5 4.e4
cxd4 s.lthd4 ll:l c6 6.�e3 ll:l f6 7.ll:lc3 ll:lg4 8.�xg4 ll:lxd4 9.�d1 eS 10.�d2 0-0 l l.Ji.. d3 d6 12.0-0 �c6 13.b3 a6 14J:!:ad1 White's plan
is crystal clear. After suitable prepa ration like b3 and 1: ad 1 the first player plans to either force the Knight on d4 to retreat or to capture it and then win the weak isolated pawn. 14 � c7 1S.� xd4 exd4 16.ll:le2 �g4! The Bishop is needed on d7 to
46. W eS � e2+ 4 7. W d4 � f6+ 48.�eS h4 49.gxh4 gxh4 SO.�cl+ 'it> g6 S t .f4 h3 s 2. � g 1 + w n S3. � g4 � d6+ S4.W c3 � xeS SS.fxeS � xeS+ 56.W b 4 h2 S7.� f3+ W e6 S8.� g4+ W e7 S9.� h4+ W e8 60.W c4 � e2+ 61.WdS �dl+ 62.We6 �d7+ 0:1
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enforce . . .b5 but first Black forces White to make a weakening move (17.f3). 17.f3 �d7 18.� b1 The fi nal preparation before laying siege to the d-pawn. 18 ... bS!
62 Lev Polugacvsky Jcrocn Pil
1994
t . ll:l f3 cS 2.c4 ll:l c6 3. d4 cxd4 4.ll:lxd4 g6 S.e4 �g7 6.Ji.. e3 ll:lf6 7.ll:lc3 ll:lg4 8.�xg4 ll:lxd4 9.�d1 cS 10.�d3 White's main choices
here are 10.ll:lb5 and the text. GM Gennadi Kuzmin gives the following analysis of some of White's less com mon choices: ( 1 ) 1 0. i.. xd4 exd4 1 I .ll:l d5 0-0 1 2 .i.. d3 a6 1 3 .0-0 i.. c6=; (2) IO.�d2 0-0 1 1 .0-0-0 d6 12.'�i'b1 a6=. 10... 0-0 11.0-0 d6 12. � d2 �c6 1 3.�ad1 a6 14.b3
Just in time! 19.cxbS �xbS 20.Ad3 � b 6 2 1 . � f2 � fc8 2 2 . g3 � a7 23.'iil g2 dS 24.exdS l:t d7 2SJ:!:c1 � xc1 26.ll:l xcl kl: xdS 27.i.. xbS axbS 28. ll:l d3 !:l: d8 29.l::t c2 l::t c8 30.�e1 �c6 31.ll:lb4 �aS 32.�c4 d3 33.�c3 i.. f8 34.�xd3 i.. xb4 3S. � x b4 � xa2+ 36. 'iil h3 hS 37. � xbS � c 2 38. <3J h4 � b 2 39.� dS 1::!: xh2+ 40. W gS W g7 41.Wf4 f6 42.�c4 <3J h6 43.�cS gS+ 44.WfS �bl+ 4S.W xf6 �g6+ 44
[14.ll:le2?! b5! 1 5.cxb5 axb5 1 6.a3 � b8 1 7 . f4 lll b3 1 8 . � e l lll c5 19.i.. b 1 i.. b3 20.�d2 i.. c4 2 1 .f5 f6 2 2 . � f2 lll b3 2 3 . � dd 1 gxf5 2 4 . � xf5 i.. xe2 2 5 . � e6+ W h8 26. � xb3 i.. c4 2 7 . � b4 :ct a4 2 8 . � xd6 i.. xfl 2 9 . � xfl � d4 3 0 . � xb8 � xd 1 + 3 l . � e2 n xb8 3 2 . � xd l i.. f8 3 3 . i.. c2 � g7 3 4 . i.. b3 � d8+ 3 5 . � e2 � g6 36.i.. e6 i.. h6-+ Abdullah-Skembris, Novi Sad (ol) 1 9 90.] 1 4 . . . l::t c8 1S.ll:lc2 ll:lc6 16.� b1 bS 1 7.cxbS
axb5 18.ill c3 'ir a5 1 9.ill d5 b4 20.Ag5 f6 21.iLeJ f5 22.exf5 gxf5 2J.ill e7+ ill xe7 24.'ir xd6 cj} f7 25.iig5 ill g6 26.g4 e4 27.h4 iie5 28. 'ir d2 h6 29. gxf5 iL xf5 JO.h5 hxg5 Jl.hxg6+ cj}xg6 32.'ire2 0:1
63 Boris Gulko Yasscr Scirawan Key West (US ch)
1994
l.c4 c5 2.ill f3 g6 J.d4 cxd4 4.ill xd4 Ji.. g7 5.c4 ill c6 6..i.c3 ill f6 7.ill c3 ill g4 8. � xg4 ill xd4 9. � d 1 e5 10.Ad3 0-0 11.0-0 d6 12.�c1 .i.c6 lJ.bJ a6 14.Ji.. b 1
64 Vassily Ivanchuk Viktor Korchnoi Monaco
1994
l . c4 c5 2.ill f3 ill c6 J.d4 cxd4 4.ill xd4 g6 5.c4 .i. g7 6..i.e3 ill f6 7.ill c3 ill g4 8.�xg4 ill xd4 9.'�'d 1 c5 10.ill b5 0-0 l l . .i.e2 This is a rare
14 ... b5 15.cxb5 ill xb5 16.ill xb5 axb5 17.!:tc6 d5 18.exd5 Draw
l O.llJ b5
and highly effective move. A search of the ICE Chess Assistant data base, totaling over 350,000 games, re vealed but two other examples! Both involved former World Champions and took the same path: l l . . .�h4? (not so good here as i t is after l l .'iYd2) l 2.ill xd4 exd4 l 3.Jixd4 �xe4? 14.Ji.. xg7 �xg2? 1 5.�d4 ! 'iYxhl+ 16.cj}d2 'iYxh2 (16 . . . �xa l 1 7 . 'iY f6 ! ! 1 -0 , Gaprindashvili Servaty, Dortmund 1974) 17.Jixf8 cj} xf8 1 8.Jif3 d5 1 9 . .1i xd5 ld:b8 20.ld:e1 i.e6 2 1 . l:!xe6 1 -0 Tal-Pahtz, Halle 1974. ll ... ill xb5 12.cxb5 d6
4 5
13.0-0 Theory gives only 13 .JI.c4
.te6 14. l::t c 1 as slightly better for White. As usual Vassily Ivanchuk has caused everyone to take a fresh look at things. It may be that 10. tD b5 and 1 1 . .t e2 is White's best chance for an advantage against 9 . . . e5. 13 Ji.e6
Jl. g7 5.e4 fl) c6 6.1L e3 fl) f6 7.i'l)cJ i'l)g4 8.�xg4 i'l)xd4 9.�dl e5 1 0.i'l) b5 0-0 1 1 . � d2 � h4 1 2. 1L d3
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14.'ti'a4 'ti'd7 15.!Udt !Uc8 16.];[d2 Ji.f8 1 7.'ifdl f5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.f4 e4 20.a4 d5 21.1Ld4 Jl.c5 22.Wfl 'ti' d6 2 J. Ji. e5 � d7 24.� el h6 25.];[adl W h7 26.�gJ ];[g8 27.�h3 :ac8
28.];[ xd5! Jl. xd5 29.];[ xd5 � e6 JO .i. c4 Ji. b6 J l.bJ ];[ g6 32Jid8 1L xd8 3J.JI. xe6 : c t + 34. W e2 : xg2+ 35.'ti' xg2 : c2+ 36.® fl :ct+ 37.Wf2 1 :0 •
65 Johan Quist Lutz Espig Germany
1993
12 ... d5 This move leads to sharp play but doesn't have a good reputation in the theory oflhe Accelerated Dragon. Since this line is one of Black's best attempts for active play against the Maroczy Bind, Accelerated Dragon players have invested a lot of time in trying to revive this line. One inter esting try, which unfortunatly just fails is 12 . . . i'l)xb5 13.cxb5 d5 14.exd5 f5. The ideas behind it are seen in the line 1 5 . 0-0 f4 1 6 . Ji. c5 f3 17Jifel Ji.h6 followed by . . . fxg2. However IM David Strauss' sugges tion of 15.Ji.g5 ! 'l¥g4 ( 1 5 ... 'i¥d4 15. Ji. e2) 1 6.0-0 (or 1 6 . f3 ) 16 . . . f4 17.Ae7 f3 1 8.'i¥g5 fxg2 1 9 J:!:fc 1 currently seems to refute it. 13.cxd5
t.i'l)fJ c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.i'l)xd4 4 6
i'l)xb5 14.JI.xb5 �xe4 15.0-0 ];[d8 16.l:[fd1
16 �f5 Espig's attempt to revive the line. The natural looking l 6... i. e6 is strongly met by 17.f3 ! lli' xd5 (for 1 7 . . . 11i' f5 1 8. i. d3 see game 66) 18. 11i' e2 ! trapping the Queen in the middle of the board! 17.l::t acl �d7 18.Ae2 Threatening 19.g4 trapping the Queen. 1 8... e4 19.l::!: c7 A c6 .•.
20. dxc6 l::t x d 2 2 1 . 1::t xd2 b xc6 22.Ac4 �e5
for White. In fact if we look at the actual continuation of the game it becomes clear why Espig was will ing to repeat the line (and why he has been willing to play 9 ... e5 for over twenty years!). Instead of the text (23. � b7), Gufeld went into a pawn up ending. However after 23. � xf7 lli' xf7 24.i. xf7+ � xf7 25. � d7+ � e6 26. � xh7 a5 it soon became apparent that Black's active pieces fully compensated for the material deficit and a draw was soon agreed-27.b3 a4 28.bxa4 � xa4 29. � a7 �b4 30.�fl � bl+ 3 l . � e2 i. c3 32.f3 � b2+ 33.Wfl exf3 34.gxf3 � xh2 35.a4 � a2. Quist prefers to stay in the middlegame but his decision is debatable. Perhaps 16 ... 11i' f5 may re vive interest in l l . . . lli' h4 and 1 2 . . . d5. 23...l::t f8 24.l::t xa7 -'. f4 25.l::!: a3 j,xe3 26.l::t xe3 W g7 27.l::t de2 l::t d8 28.-'. b3 l::t d4 29.� c2 � c5 30.-'. xe4?? l::t dl+ 31.l::t el � xe3 32.fxe3 l::t xel+ 33. Wf2 :at 34.a3 c5 35.�d5 l::!: d l 36.e4 ktd2+ 0:1 66 Arinbjorn Gunnarson A. Mossin Reykjavik
23.l::!: b 7 So far so theory! The books
give Gufeld-Espig, Sochi 1972, as the refutation of 16... 11i'f5, stopping with 22.i.c4, claiming a clear advantage
1994
l.e4 c5 2.c4 lll c6 3.lll e2 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.lll xd4 A g7 6.� e3 lll f6 7.lll c3 lll g4 8.�xg4 lll xd4 9.�dl e5 10.lll b5 0-0 11. � d2 l l .ctJ xd4
exd4 12.i. xd4 Iii' a5+ 13. \it' e2 � e8
47
14.f3 d5 1 5 . .it xg7 ll xe4+ 16.�f2 �c5+ 17. � g3 � e3 = (analysis Kuzmin). ll ..Jth4 GM G.Kuzmin, in his book on the Novi Sad Olym piad (which he co-authored with Maya Chiburdanidze) had some in teresting things to say about the Ac celerated Dragon and the 9 ... e5 line against the Maroczy. Here he men tions the possiblity of l l ...d6 12 . .it d3 ( 1 2. '� xd4 exd4 l 3 . .it xd4 � h4 14. � e3 .it h6 15.�f3 ll es 16. .t d3 f5 winning) 1 2 . . . A e6 with equal chances. 1 2.Ad3 d5 13.cxd5 it:)xb5 1 4 . A xb5 'ii' xe4 16.l:!fd1 Ae6
1 5. 0 -0
l:! d 8
67 Emil Anka Jeremy Silman Budapest
1994
l . e4 c5 2 . it:) fJ it:) c6 J.d4 cxd4 4.it:)xd4 g6 5.c4 Ag7 6.Ae3 it:)f6 7.it:)cJ it:)g4 8.'it xg4 it:) xd4 9. 'it d1 e5 1 0.it:) b5 0-0 1 1 . 'ii' d 2 'ii' e 7 1 2. 0 -0-0 1 2 . f3 f5 13 . .it d3 d6?
1 4 . .it g5 ! .it f6 15 . .it xf6 � xf6 16.'�Jxd4 exd4 17.0-0 gave White a clear advantage in Yemelin-Silman, Budapest 1 994, but Black can im prove with 13 . . .'�J xb5 14.cxb5 d6 15 . .it c4+ .it e6. 12 ... it:)xb5 13.cxb5 d5 14.exd5
1 7.f3 'ii' f5 Or 17 ... �xd5 18.�e2 and the Queen is without a square. A trap that many players have fallen into. 1 8 . A d 3 l:! xd5 1 9 . A xf5 l:! xd 2 20.l:!xd2 A xf5 21.l:!c1 e4 22.Ii:c7 exfJ 23. gxf3 A e6 24.l:! xb7 a5 25.l:!a7 l:!b8 26.Af4 l:!c8 27.:xa5 Ars 28.l:!e2 A hJ 29.Wf2 Acs+ JO.W gJ Ae6 Jl.l:!c2 1:0 4 8
14 .. J:td8! This position has long been thought to be good for White based on 1 4 . . . Af5 1 5 . Ad3, but 14 .. J:!:d8! -an idea of the English GM Peter Wells-changes the situation considerably. 15.d6 Alternatives are: ( 1 ) 15.Ac4 Af5 16.b3 a6! 1 7 .b6 ( 1 7 .bxa6 b5 ! ) 1 7 . . J:t d7 1 8 . W b2 (18.d6 �d8) 18 . . . l: ad8 19.f3 e4+
20.A d4 l::t xd5 2 1 . A xd5 l::t xd5 2 2 . 'iV c3 l::t xd4 2 3 . l::t xd4 exf3 24. gxf3 'iV e2+ 2 5 . � a3 A xd4 26. 'iV xd4 'iV xf3 with more than enough compensation for the sacri ficed Exchange; (2) l S.<;t>bl Af5+ 16.<;t>al l::t ac8 gives Black a power ful initiative. 15 .'ire6! 1 5 ... 'iVe8!? 16.W bl Ji.f8 16...b6?! 17.'iVc2 fa vors White. 1 7.Ac5 b6 18.Ji.b4 il b7 •.
win. 19 J::t ac8 19 ... Axd6! still ap pears playable. 20.h5? 20.f3 was much better. 20 il xd6 2 1 . A c3 Forced. 2 1 ... Ji. e7 22.'ir e l 'ir f5+ ••
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23.W al l::t x d l + 24.'ir xd l l::t d8 25. 'ir bJ Ji. d5! 26.Ji. c4 Ji. xc4 27.'irxc4 'irxh5! 28.'irfl 'irf5 29.a3 Ac5 Here 29 ... A f6 was an easy win. JO.fJ .li. d4 J l .'irel 'ir dJ?! Here
3 1 .. .l::t d7 was much safer, especially as Black was low on time. 32.ilxd4 'ir xd4 JJ.g4 l::t d5?? Correct was 3 3 . . . Kg7 3 4 . 'iV h4 h5 meeting 35 .'iVe7 with 35 . . . 'iVd6 36.'iVxa7 h4 ! 37. Rxh4 'iVdl+ 38.Ka2 'iVdS+ 3 9 . Kb l 'iV xf3 . 34. � h 4 l::t xb5 35.�xh7+ Wf8 36.�h2? The obvi ous 36.'iVh6+ � e7 37.'iVcl would have required Black to do a lot of dancing with his King to prove the win. Now Silman has things under control again. J6 J�. b J 37.�c2 ••
1 9.h4 On the more logical 1 9.f3,
Black can play the solid 19 ... l::t d7 fol lowed by . . . l::t ad8, or he can try the shocking 19 . . . A xd6 ! ! - an idea ofthe Swiss IM Beat Zuger. There follows 20.A xd6 l::t d7 2 1 .'iVb4 and now aside from 2 1...l::t ad8 22.Ac4 'iVf6 23.Jl.. e7 'iVf5+ (and not 23.J:dl+?? 24.l::t xdl l::t xdl + 25. � c2) 24. � c l 'iV f4+ with a perpetual check, Black can play 2 1 ...ild5!, which seems to
l::t xa3+ 38.W b l l::td3 39.�c8+ W e7 40.� c7+ W e6 4 1 .� xa7 l::t d l + 42.l::t xdl � xdl+ 43. W a2 � d5+ 44.W bl �d6 45.g5 �c5 46.�b7 b5! 47.�a6+ We7 48.�f6+ We8 4 9 . � h8+ 'it> d 7 so. � b8 'it> e7 s t . � b7+ w rs 5 2 . 'ir b8+ 'it> g7 5J.�d8 b4 54.�f6+ 'it> gs 55.b3 � g1+56.Wc2 �f2+ 57.WdJ �d4+ 58.W e 2 � b2+ 59. W e l � xbJ 6 0 . 'ih e5 � e6! 6 1 . 'ir xe6 fxe6 62.Wd2 'it>f7 6J.'it>c2 e5 64.'it> b3 'it> e6 65.Wxb4 wrs 66.'it>c4 'it> xg5 67.Wd3 Wf4 68.We2 e4! 69.fxe4 'it> xe4 70.'it>f2 'it>f4 71.Wg2 'it> g4 n:�t>h2 wo 7J.'it>gt 'it> gJ 74.W h l g5 75.Wgl g4 o : t
4 9
17.iJ.. xgS llg8 18.iLh4 'it'hS 19.ii.g3 llJ cS 20.fJ llc8 21.c4 'it'g6 22.llfdl 'it' e6 23. 'it' c2 'it' c6 24.ll dS llJ e6 2S.ll bdl liJ f8 26.ll c l ll g6 27.f4 'it'b7 28.fS llgc6 29.'it' a4 llcS 30.f6 exf6 3 1.ii. d6 'it'c6 3 2.'it' a3 ll xc4 33.llcdl llc3 34.'it'b2 'it'a4 3S.l::rS d2 'it'c4 36.h3 llc6 37.lld4 llc2 38.'it'aJ 'it' e2 39. 'it' g3 llJ g6 40.JL b4 d 6 4 1 .ll 4d 2 ll xd2 4 2 . ll x d 2 'it' xe4 43.iJ.. xd6 llc2 44.llxc2 'irxc2 4S.'irfJ fS 46.'it' a8+ W d7 47.ii. b8 'it' cS+ 48.Wh2 bS 49.'ti'b7+ We8 SO.ii.xa7 'ireS+ Sl.Whl Wf8 S2.'ird7 'irel+ S3.'it> h2 'ireS+ S4.W hl f4 SS.'it'd8+ 'ireS S6.ii.cS+ 1 :0
9 .llJ e6 ..
68 Viktor Bologan Jose Padron Garcia Las Palmas
9 .. llJ e6 lO.� c l �a5 ll.�d2 b6 .
1993
1 . e4 cS 2 . � f3 � c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.�xd4 g6 S.c4 iJ.. g7 6.iJ.. e3 �f6 7.�c3 � g4 8.'�lhg4 �xd4 9.'iVd1 �e6 10.iJ.. d3 JJ.. xc3+ 11.bxc3 'iras
69 Jakov Nesterov Vladimir Ilinsky Bishkek
11
1 . � f3 cS 2.c4 � c6 3. d4
1
1 2.0-0 gS 13.'ird2 b6 14.l::t abl iJ.. a6 1 S. c S � xeS 1 6 . JJ.. x a6 � x a6 5 0
4.ltJxd4 g6 5.e4 ltg7 6.ite3 itJf6 7.itJcJ ltJg4 8.'ihg4 ltJxd4 9.'�'d1 ltJe6 10.�d2 �a5 1l.l:cl b6 12.b3 Ab7 13.itJd5 �xd2+ 14.Wxd2 l:c8 1 5.b4 it d4 16.it d3 d6 1 7. f4 f6 1 8. W e2 A xel 1 9 . W xe3 W f7 20.l:c3 itJd8 21.l:c2 itc6 22.h4 it d7 23.a3 itJe6 24.g4 ltJc7 25.g5 iDxd5+ 26.exd5 h5 27.W d4 l:c7 28.l:hcl l:d8 29.lte4 a6
JO.c5 bxc5+ 31.bxc5 lta4 32.cxd6 l:xc2 JJ.itxc2 Axc2 34.l:xc2 l:xd6 35.l:c6 fxg5 36.fxg5 l:d8 37.l:xa6 l:b8 38.l: a7 l: b 1 39.l: a4 l: d l + 40.Wc5 l:cl+ 41.l:c4 l:d1 42. a4 l:a1 43.Wb5 l:bl+ 44.l:b4 l: d 1 45.Wc6 l:c1+ 46.Wb6 l:d1 47.l:b5 e5 48.a5 e4 49.l:b4 eJ 50.l:e4 l:xd5 5 1.l: xe3 l: d4 52.a6 l: xh4 53.a7 l:a4 54.l:!:e5 1:0 70 Marcellino Sion Jose Padron Garcia Spain
1994
l . e4 c5 2 .ltH3 it:) c6 J . d4 cxd4
4.it:)xd4 g6 5.c4 ltg7 6.ite3 it:)f6 7.it:)cJ it:)g4 8.�xg4 it:) xd4 9.�d 1 it:) e6 1 0. l: c1 � a 5 1 1 . � d 2 b 6 12.�d5
One of the reasons White plays IO.l::!: c l , instead of 1 0.�d2, is the occasional chance of playing �d5 in one go. Here 1 1 . �d2 was played to protect the a-pawn but l l...ii. d 3, with the idea l l ...i.xc3 12.l::!: xc3 �xa2 13.�c1 'iYa5 14. c5, offers good com pensation for the pawn. 1 2... l: b8 Much better than 1 2 ... �xd5 which gives White the advantage after 13.exd5 ! (13.cxd5 it:)c5 14.f3 a5 =) 13 . . .it:)d4 1 4.i.d3 i.b7 15.0-0 0-0 16.l::!:fd1 ; Morrison - W. Watson, Brit ish ch. l 988. 13.�xa5 bxa5 The iso lated a-pawns are no big deal as White has no easy way to attack them. On the plus side they produce an open b-file and opportunities for . . . a5-a4. 14.b3 it d4 Offering the thematic exchange of dark-squared Bishops which White does well to avoid.
5 1
Va n dcr Sterren-Rogers, I IJ92, was drawn at this point.
I �. A d 2 l ' r ague
I !L.d6 1 6.lDd5 lDc5 17.lDc7+?!
27.l::!: cc1 l::!: hb8 28.l::!: fe1 � d6 29.g3 l::!: xa7 30.�c3 W c6 31.Wg2 l::!: d 7 32. l::!: b 1 l::!: x b 1 33. l::!: x b 1 � c7 34.Wfl l::!: d3 35.l::!: c 1 eS 36.We2 e4 37.l::!: c2 fS 0:1
71 Jiri Malivanek Jan Michalek Czech Republic
The whole plan of lDc3-d5-c7-b5 looks very fishy. In the end Black gets a beautiful center pawn in exchange for one of his a-pawns. 1 7 W d7
1994
1.e4 cS 2.c4 lDc6 3.lDe2 g6 4.d4 cxd4 s.lD xd4 � g7 6.� e3 lD f6 7.lDc3 lDg4 8.'ihg4 lDxd4 9.'�'d1 lD c6 10.� d2 d6 l l .� d3 � d 7 12.l::!: c 1 �as
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1 8. lD b5 � eS 1 9 . � x a5 lD xe4 20.�d3 lDcS 21.�c2 a6 22.lDa7 � b 7 23.0-0 � e4 24. b4 � xc 2 25.l::!: xc2 l::!: b 7! 26.bxc5 dxcS! The
Knight won't run away!
13.0-0 gS 14.l::!: fd 1 ... eS 15.lD d5 �c6 16.b3 g4 1 7.f4 gxf3 18.gxf3 ... hS 19.l::!: fl l::!: gs 20.W h 1 W d7 21.c5 dxcS 22.�xc5 lDxc5 23.l::!: xc5 ,.. h6 24.f4 ,.. d6 25.,.. c2 l::!: ac8 26.l::!: d 1 �d4 27.l::!: c4 �xdS 28.exd5 ,.. xf4 29.�(5+ W d6
5 2
60. l:!: e4+ W a5 6 1 . :1:1: xe7 � e5 6 2. l:!: a7+ W b6 63.l:!: a6+ W b 7 64.�c4 l:!:xa2 65.l:!:a4 l:!:g2+ 66.WfS l:!:gl 67.We6 l:!:xhl 68.d6 :!:!:el 69.d7 .i.c7+ 70.W xf6 W c6 7 1.�e6 hl 7 2. :1:1: a8 h2 73. d 8='if A xd8+ 74.l:!:xd8 l:!:xe6+ 0:1
12. Bd3
30Ji e4 'if xe4+ 3 1 . � xe4 l:!: xc4 32.bxc4 �e5 33.l:!:fl f6 34.l::!:f3 :g4 35.Ji.d3 h5 36.h3 l:!:d4 37.W g2 wc5 38.Wf2 b6 39.We1 a5 40 .i.e2 a4 41..i.d3 h4 42.We2 W b4 43.l:!:f1 Ji.f4 44.l:!:bt+ Wcl 45.Ji.g6 l:!:d2+ 46.Wf3 �c7 47.l:!:ct+ W b4 48.l:!:c2 l:!: d4 49 .1i. e8 al 50. Ji. b5 l:!: d 1 51.Wg4 l:!:b1 52.Ji.d7 Ji.gl 53.�f5 :!:!:n 54. � dl l:!:f4+ ss.whs Ji. n 56 .1i.e2 Ji. gl 57.Wg6 •
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72 Voronjatov Vokarev Russia
5 7 :!:!:f2 58.c5 bxc5 59.l:!:c4+ W b5 •..
1993
l . e4 c5 2 . it) f3 it) c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.it)xd4 g6 5.c4 .i. g7 6.Ji.e3 it)f6 7.it)c3 it)g4 8.'ifxg4 it) xd4 9.'ifd1 it) e6 1 0. 'if d2 'if a5 l l . l:!: c 1 b 6 1 2.Ji.d3 Ji. b7 ll.fl g5 14.0-0 Ji.e5 15.l:!:fd1 l:!:c8 16.b3 �f4 1 7.�b1 d6 1 8. it) d5 'if xd2 19.� xd2 .i. xd 2 20.l:!:xd2 b5 21.it)e3
5 3
21. b4 22.:cd 1 �c5 2J.�c2 a5 24.Wfl h5 25.h4 g4 26.�d5 gxfJ 27. gxf3 f6 28J! g1 W f7 29.We3 l:!cg8 JO.l:!dg2 l:!xg2 Jl.l:!xg2 e6 32.�f4 e5 JJ.�d5 �e6 34.A d 1 A xd5 35.exd5 �f4 36.l:!g1 � g6 37.Ac2 �xh4 38.f4 exf4+ 39.W xf4 l:!e8 40.�e4 l:!e5 41.c5 f5 42.�h1 � g6+ 43.Wg3 dxc5 44.l::J: c t l:!e3+ 45.wf2 l:!c3 46.l:!d1 �f4 47.�0 h4 48.l:!h 1 hJ 49.W g3 �dJ so.Ah5+ 'iil f6 5 1.'&th4 �f4 0:1 ••
15.�b1 h4 16.l:!fd1 d6 1 7.f3 �c6 18.�b2 0-0 19.b4 � e5 20.� d 2 l:!fc8 2 1.�d5 W f8 22.�f2 � b 2 23.l:!c2 � aJ 24.�d 2 Aa4 25.Axg5 �xg5 26.�xg5 e6 27.�e7+ W g8 28. � f6+ � xf6 29.� xf6 � eJ+ JO. W fl A xc2 3 1 . A xc2 l:! xc4 3 2. A b 3 � c 1 33.l:! xc1 � xc l + 34:&te2 l:!c8 35.f4 �cJ 36.�xh4 � b 2+ 37.W el l:! c t + 3 8. � d 1 � xb4+ 39.W e2 � b 2 + 40. W e l �xg2 0:1
12.i. e2 73 Bragin Vokarev Russia
1993
l . e4 c5 2 . � f3 � c6 J.d4 cxd4 4.�xd4 g6 5.c4 Ag7 6.�e3 �f6 7.�c3 �g4 8Jifxg4 �xd4 9.�d1 �e6 10.l:!c1 �a5 11.�d3 b6 12.0-0 A b7 13.�d2 g5 14.b3 h5
5 4
74 Vladimir Kramnik Lj ubomir Lj ubojevic Monaco
43.'it> e 2 %:[ g3 44.%:t xeS+ 'it> b6 4S.%:txeS %:txg2+ 46.'it>e3 Draw 1994
7S
t.lt) fJ cS 2.c4 g6 3.e4 JJ.. g7 4.d4 cxd4 S.tll xd4 lll c6 6.JI.. e3 lll f6 7.lll c3 lll g4 8.� xg4 lll xd4 9.�d1 lll e6 10.�d2 � aS l l.%:t cl b6 12.JI.. e 2 JJ.. b 7 lJ.fJ hS 14.b3 h4 1S.tll dS 'ilxd2+ 16.'it>xd2
16 JJ.. h6 The exchange of dark squared Bishops is almost always use ful for Black. The second player ide ally wants to trade all pieces except for a Knight, which often dominates against White's light squared Bishop.
Milan Vukic Milos Pavlovic Yugoslavia
1993
1.tll fJ g6 2.c4 Jig7 3.d4 cS 4.e4 cxd4 S.tll xd4 lll c6 6.JI.. e3 tll f6 7.tll c3 tll g4 8.'ihg4 tll xd4 9.'il d 1 tll e6 10.'ild2 'i¥a5 l l.l:I cl b6 12.JI.. e 2 .ib7 lJ.fJ gS 14.0-0 hS 1S.%:tfd1 d6 16.a3 Wf8 17.tll dS 'ilxd2 18.%:txd2
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17.tl:hd1 Jl.. xe3+ 18.'it>xe3 gS 19.b4 d6 20.cS bxcS 21.bxcS dxcS 22.tll c3 JJ.. c6 23. JJ.. c4 tll d4 24.tll e2 eS 2S.JI.. a6 Jl.. a4 26.l:ld2 :C:h6 27.JI.. b7 n b8 28.JJ.. dS %:t c8 29.lll c3 JJ.. d7 30.JI.. c4 Ac6 31.h3 %:td6 32.l:l:b2 'it>e7 33.tll d1 f5 34.lll c3 fxe4 3S.fxe4 nrs 36.iJ.. dS Ad7 37.JI.. c4 Ac6 38.iJ.. dS 'it> d7 39.Axc6+ 'it>xc6 40.lll a4 tll e6 4 1 .lll xeS tll xeS 42.ll bc2 l:t d3+
18 h4 19.b4 Jl.. eS 20.a4 l:tc8 21.:1Ia2 JJ.. d4 2 2.JJ.. xd4 tll xd4 23.tll e3 aS 24.%:tb1 Jl.. c6 2S.'it>f2 'it>g7 26.JI.. d 1 %:t a8 27.%:td2 lll e6 28.tll fS+ 'it> f6 29.'it>e3 Ad7 30.bS %:t ac8 31.'it>f2 lll f4 32.tll e3 A e6 33.ll c1 %:t cS 34.JL e2 tll xe2 3S. 'it> xe2 ll hc8 36.%:td4 'it>es 37.'it>d3 trgs 3s.nn %:tgc8 39.g3 hxg3 40.hxg3 f5 41.f4+ 'it>f6 42.fxgS+ 'it>xgS 43.exf5 Axf5+ 44.'it>c3 l:!:eS 4S.tll dS Jl b8 46.l::t f3 llb7 47.tll e3 l::!: d7 48Jlh4 e6 49.%:th8 Jl.. h 7 SO.l:te8 Draw
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Chapter 6 li)fJ+ 16.J.xf3 �xg5 17.�cl �g6 18.W h1 W h8 19.�eJ J.e5 20.J.e2 l::!: g8 21.g4 c5 22.f4 J. d4 23.�f3 J.b7 24.li)d5 �h6
Double Fianchetto versus the Maroczy
The Double-Fianchetto doesn't enjoy a great theoretical reputation but it scores surprisingly well in practice. It's very trappy, witness games 78 and 79 for recent victims. Unfortunately 1 0 .f3 ! takes a lot of the fun out of the Double Fianchetto.
76 Sofia Polgar Daniel Edelman Munster
1994
l .e4 c5 2 . ll:} fJ lt)c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.li)xd4 g6 5.c4 J.g7 6.J.e3 li)f6 7.li)cJ 0-0 8.J.e2 b6 9.li)xc6 dxc6 10.�c2 li)g4 11.J.g5 �d4 12.J.h4 �c5 13.hJ li)e5 14.0-0 g5 15.Axg5 5 6
25.g5 �d6 26.l::!: ad 1 J. xb2 27.e5 � d 7 28.J. d3 e6 29.J. xh7 l::!: g7 JO.J.e4 exd5 31.cxd5 J. d4 32.f5 l::!: xg5 33.h4 l::!: g7 34.e6 fxe6 35.dxe6 J. xe4 36.� xe4 � b7 37.� xb7 l::!: xb7 38.f6 W g8 39.l::!: d3 l::!: h 7 40.l::!: f4 W f8 41J:!:g3 J.e5 42.fi l::!: h8 43.e7+ 'it> xe7 44. 1::!: e4 1::!: xh4+ 45.l::!: xh4 J.xgJ 46.l::!: h7 l::!: f8 0:1 77 Sofia Polgar Frcdrik Olafsson Vienna
1993
l . e4 c5 2.ll:} fJ li) c6 3. d4 cxd4 4.li)xd4 g6 5.c4 J.g7 6.J.e3 li)f6 7.li)cJ 0-0 8.Ae2 b6 9.f4 li) xd4
10.ii. xd4 1Lb7 l l .e5 �e8 12.1Lf3 1L xfJ 13.'ti' xfJ
13 ... � d6 14.exd6 1L xd4 15.0-0-0 1L xc3 16.'ti'xc3 l::t c8 17.W b1 exd6 1 8. h4 b5 19.l::t x d6 l::t xc4 20J!*d3 l::t e8 21.h5 'ti'e7 22.a4 l::t e4 23.hxg6 hxg6 24.'ti'd5 l::t e6 25.l::t xe6 'ti'xc6 26.'ti' xb5 'ti' e4 + 27.W a2 'ti' xf4 2 8. 'ti' xd7 l::t b8 29. 'ti' c6 'ti' d4 30.'ti'c2 a5 31.l:i:h3 l::t d8 32.'ti'b3 'ti'e5 33.'ti'b5 'ti'e6+ 34.l::i: b3 l::t d 5 35. 'ti' c4 'ti' d6 36. 'ti' c8+ W g7 3 7. l::t h 3 l::t h 5 38. l::t xh5 gxh5 39.'ti'c3+ W g6 40.'ti' xa5 'ti'e6+ 4 1.W a3 'ti'e4 42.'ti'b6+ f6 43.'ti'b3 h4 44.a5 'ti'e2 45.'ti'd5 f5 46.'ti'c6+ W g5 47.a6 h3 48.gxh3 f4 49.Wa2 'ti'eJ 50.'ti'b7 �d4 51.Wa3 'ti'd3+ 52.b3 'ti'c3 53.'ti'e7+ W h5 54.Wa4 f3 55.a7 'ti' c6+ 56.W a3 'ti' c l + 57.Wb4 'ti'd2+ 1 :0
1 0.'fid2?
78 Magnus Eriksson Ian Rogers Malmo
1993
1.�f3 �f6 2.c4 c5 3.�c3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.�xd4 lLg7 6.e4 �c6 7.li.e3 0-0 s.Ae2 b6 9.0-0 j_b7 10.'ti'd2?
One of the practical merits of play ing the Fianchetto variation against the Maroczy Bind is the traps that White can fall into. Besides the text many good players have fallen into l O.l:I c l ? lZJ xd4 l l .A xd4 A h6. Also not to be overlooked in the list of tricks and traps is 1 0.f3 lZJ h5 l l .f4? lZJxf4! 10... �xd4 11.1Lxd4 e5! If White is unfamiliar with this variation he may work out the line 1 1 . . . lZJ xe4? 1 2 . lZJ xe4 A xe4 13.Axg7 Wxg7 14.'i:Vd4+ and fig ure out everything is okay. The tricky text doesn't win material but it does gain the Bishop pair in an open posi-
5 7
l!o. u·� lt ) u·4 I J.'1ht-4 AxeS H . 'l l•lh Ad, l !'i.n11dl �e7 16.Ag4 j l h D: l d ? � f6 ! 1 7 . b3 i.. cJ 1 8.'�d3 A xe l 1 9.llxc l �e5! and Black is 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 .
21.fxg6 hxg6 22.�h6 �ti 2J.ligJ g5 24.h4
winning. Eingorn-Rogers, London 1 989J 1 6 i.. xd6 1 7.'ihd6 � e4 •••
18.Ah3 �xc4 19.b3 �c2 20.lid2 �cJ 2 1 . li dJ � a5 2 2. a4 li ad8 2J.lia1 life8 24.lidd1 �cJ 25.�g3 �xgJ 26.hxg3 lie4 27.liac1 liee8 28.lid6 'itJf8 29.licd 1 W e7 JO.fJ lit'S Jl.g4 f6 32.Wf2 b5 JJ.a5 lih8 34.f4 g5 35.f5 li es 36.g3 li c 7 J7.litd2 h5 38.'itJeJ h4 39.w n i.. e4 40.JL g2 lL x g2 4 1 . W x g2 h xgJ 42.Wxg3 lih1 4J.k!:6d5 b4 44.l:::t 5d4 lial 45.lie4+ W d8 46.l:::t xb4 lixa5 4 7. li b8+ W e7 48. l:::t h 8 li b 7 49. l:::t h 7+ W d8 so.w r2 l:::t a6 5 1 . � h8+ W c7 52. l:::t h 7 l:::t d 6 5J.l:::t c2+ W b6 54.l:::t h3 a5 55.li hc3 l:::t d4 56.W f3 W a6 57.lie2 k!:f4+ ss.wgJ l:::t b b4 0:1
79 Tiruchi Parameswaran Colin Crouch Calcutta
1994
l.lt�fJ g6 2.d4 lL g7 J.c4 c5 4.e4 cxd4 5.ithd4 ill c6 6.lLeJ ill f6 7.ill c3 0-0 8.i.. e 2 b6 9.0-0 1Lb7 10.�d2? Yet another victim falls into the trap! 10...ill xd4 11.1Lxd4 e5 12.1Lxe5 ill xe4 13.ill xe4 1Lxe5 1 4. f4 i.. x b 2 1 5 . � xb2 i.. xe4 16.i.. f3 i.. xfJ 17.lixfJ �c7 18.f5 �c5+ 1 9.W h 1 �xc4 20.�d2 f6
5 8
24 ... � h 7 25.h x g5 � xh 6 + 26.gxh6+ W h7 2 7.li g7+ W xh6 28.l:::t xd7 W g6 2 9.l:::t a d l li h8 + JO.Wg1 l:::t h4 Jl.l:::t 1d3 l:::t a4 32.a3 l:::t cs JJ.l:::t fJ li as 34.li gJ+ W f5 35.l:::t e7 l:::t c4 36.lifJ+ l:::t f4 37.l:::t h J l:::t fa4 JS.lifJ+ W g6 39.l:::t g3+ l:::t g5 4 0. l:::t f3 l:::t aa5 4 1 . W h 2 l:::t g4 4 2. W hJ li ga4 4J. l:::t eel l:::t h5+ 44. W gJ l::!: f5 45.li bJ li xfJ+ 46.l:::t xf3 l:::t e4 47.l:::t d3 Wf5 48.Wf3 l:::t a4 49.l:::t d5+ We6 50.lidJ W e5 5 1 . g3 b5 52. l:::t b3 a6 5J.g4 li c4 54.Wg3 We6 ss.wo wti 56.l:::t e3 W g6 57.l:::t dJ l:::t a4 ss.w gJ w gs 59. l:::t d5+ W g6 60. l:::t d3 li e4 61.Wf3 l:::t c4 62.Wg3 l:::t cs 6J.Wh4 Wti 64.l:::t d6 a5 65.l:::t a6 a4 66.l:::t b6 W e7 67.Wg3 l:::t cJ+ 68.Wf4 l:::t b J 69.Wf5 Wd7 70.W xf6 wc7 7t.l:::t e6 l:::t xaJ 72.g5 l:::t fJ+ 73.W e7 W b 7 74.g6 aJ 75.l:::t e 1 l:::t gJ 76.Wti W b6 77.g7 W c5 78.W f8 b4 79.li c l + W b5 80.l:::t c8 a 2 81.l:::t a8 b J 0:1
2 1 . 'if xd4 li) xf3+ 2 2. gxf3 A xd4 23.!:txd4 f6 24.Itd2 Vc7 25.Ji.f4 Itcd8 26.Itcd1 Vc5 27.li)a4 'if h5 28.it) g4 W f7 2 9 . It xd6 It xd 6 30.It xd6 b5 3 t. li) b 6 'if c5+ 32.Wg2 g5 33.Itd7+ W g6 34.Ji.e3 Vc6 35.it)xf6 W xf6 36.e5+ 1:0
10.f3
81 Alexander Wojtkiewicz Juan Bellon lraklion
80 Grigory Serper Niama Tumurhuyag Bishkek
1993
l . c4 c5 2.1lH3 li) c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.li)xd4 {i)f6 5.li)c3 g6 6.e4 Ji.g7 7.Ji.e3 0-0 8.Ji.e2 b6 9.0-0 Ji. b 7 10.f3 !:tc8 11.Itct Ite8 12.'ifd2 'ifc7 1J.{i)db5 'ifb8 14.li)d5 d6 15.J.h6 Ji. h8 1 6 . b3 li) d 7 1 7. It fd 1 a6 18.li)bc3 e6 19.{i)eJ li)d4 20.J.f1 li)eS
1993
t . {i) f3 c5 2.c4 li) c6 3 . d4 cxd4 4.it)xd4 g6 5.e4 J.g7 6.J.e3 it)f6 7.li)c3 0-0 8.J.e2 b6 9.0-0 Ji.b7 10.f3 e6 l l .'if d2 V e7 1 2 . ld: fe1 Itfd8 13.J.f1 li)xd4 14.J.xd4 it)e8 1 5 . J. x g7 W x g7 1 6. W h 1 d6 1 7.Itac1 it)c7 18.Ve3
18 e5 Black now has .. .'�Jc7-e61 9 . li) d5 it) xd5 d4 in mind. 20.cxd5 ]::!: deS 2 1..1i. b5 It c5 22.J.a4 Draw •••
5 9
H2 Ank1t l<:mil And ries l>ckkcr ll n l nto n bc rcmy
1993
l.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 0-0 8.Be2 b6 9.0-0 Bb7 10.f3 e6 11.Qd2 d5 1 2.cxd5 exd5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14.e5 Nd7 15.f4 Nc5 See next game
for a different way to proceed from here. 16.Bxc5 bxc5
1 7.Bf3 f6 18.e6 f5 19.Nxd5 Bd4+ 20.Kh1 Qd6 21.Ne7+ Qxe7 22.Bxc6 Rab8 23.Rael Rxb2 24.Qa5 Rfb8 25.Bd5 Kg7 26.Qa6 Rd8 27.Bb3 Bf6 28.Rd1 Rbd2 29.Rxd2 Rxd2 30.Qc6 Qd6 31.Qxd6 Rxd6 32.Rcl Rc6 3 3 . K g 1 Rb6 34.Kfl Be7 35.Ke2 Rb4 36.g3 Rd4 37.Rc4 Rxc4 38.Bxc4 Kf6 39.Kd3 Bd8 40.Bd5 c4+ 4 1 . B xc4 B b 6 4 2.Ke2 Bc5 43.Kf3 Bg1 44.h3 h5 Draw
83 Alexander Dgebuadze Kvetoslav Znamenacek Pardubice
1993
l.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 0-0 8.Be2 b6 9.0-0 Bb7 10.f3 e6 11.Qd2 d5 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.cxd5 exd5 14.e5 Nd7 15.f4 Nc5 Reaching the same
position as the previous game. 16.Radl Nc4
1 7.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Qc2 Qe8 19.Rd4 ReS 20.Rc1 Bb7 21.Rc4 g5 22.Rxc8 Qxc8 23.Qa4 Qf5 24.fxg5 Qxe5 25.Rc2 Bd5 26.Qxa7 Ra8 27.Qxb6 Bxa2 28.Rd2 Qe8 29.Bb5 Qc8 30.Qc6 Bbl 31.b4 Bc3 32.Rdl Bc2 33.Rc1 Qxc6 34.Bxc6 Ra2 35.b5 Bc5 36.b6 Rb2 37.b7 Bb8 38.Bd5 Kf8 39.Bd4 Rb1 40.Rxb1 Bxb1 41.Kf2 Ke7 42.g3 Bd3 43.Ke3 1:0
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85 Alcksandar Kovacevic Vladimir Georgiev Varna
84 Jan Timman Artur Yusupov Brussels
1992
l . e4 c5 Z..�HJ � c6 J. d4 cxd4 4.�xd4 g6 5.c4 lLg7 6./LeJ �f6 7.�c3 0-0 8.lLe2 b6 9.0-0 lL b 7 10.f3 � h5
With the idea of lLlf4 and possibly ... f7-f5. 1 1.�db5 a6 12.�a3 Ii:b8 The other option is 12 e5, trying to stick a Knight on d4 or f4. 1J.f4
1994
1 . e4 c5 2 . � f3 � c6 J. d4 cxd4 4.�xd4 g6 5.c4 lLg7 6./LeJ �f6 7.�c3 0-0 8.lLe2 b6 9.0-0 lL b 7 10.f3 Ii:c8 ll.Ii:cl �xd4 12.lLxd4 lL h6 1J.Ii:c2 �h5 14.b3 Ii:c6 15.g3 f5 16.exf5 gxf5 1 7.f4
. . .
lL xcJ 1 4 . b xc3 � f6 1 5 .e5 � e4 16.�el d6 Black should have played 16 f5 (Yusupov) with White only slightly better. 1 7.lLfJ � aS ...
18.f5! gxf5 19.lLh6 W h8 20./LxfS � xf8 2 1 . exd6 � xd6 22.Ii: b 1 ! �e4?! 2J.�e3! White is winning. 2J... �g7 24.�xb6 �xcJ 25.lLxe4 �xaJ 26.Ii:xf5 �xc4 27.�d4+ f6 28.l::!: xf6 e5 29.�a7 l:!d8 JO.'�Ihb7 1:0
1 7 ... � xf4 18.li xf4 Axf4 19. gxf4 Il: g6+ 20. W fl � c7 2 1 . � d2 e6 22.�e3 �c6 2J.Wel d6 24.W d2 � g2 25.'�f2 e5 26.� xg2 l:! xg2 27.fxe5 dxe5 28.Axe5 f4 29.Wc1 f3 JO.i.. dJ f2 Jl.�b5 Ii:fJ 3 2.Ae2 Ii:eJ JJ.Wd1 0:1
6 1
Chapter 7 Play on the Dark Squares versus the Maroczy
Normally the second player fights the Maroczy Bind with . . . b7-b5, but here we see a different strategy - the fight for the dark squares. Black's play with 8 . . . d7-d6 may seem a IitLle slow and passive, but trying to crack the setup is another matter. Systems in the Maroczy where . . . f7f5 works, with White's Knight still on d4, probably don't exist. Illescas Abramovic (game 86) is a caution ary tale. Finally check out Ernst-Petursson (game 87) where the Icelandic GM manages to trick a respected theore tician and win a free move! 62
... llJ h6
86 Migucl lllcscas Boslm Abramovic Bicl
1993
l.lll fJ c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.lll xd4 Ji g? 5.e4 lll c6 6.Jie3 d6 7.lll c3 lll h6 Abramovic is about the only
GM in the world willing to defend the ... lll h6 line. What he had in mind on existing theory is unknown as Illescas deviates first. However his choice is also good and the Spanish GM soon has a big advantage, Black surviving only by a miracle. 8.Jie2 0-0 9.0-0 f5 10.cxf5 gxf5 ll.f4 Jid7 1 2. � d 2 ill g4 l J . Ji x g4 fxg4 14.l:!adl [14.lll d5 l:!f7 1 5.f5 W h8
16.lll e6± Szabo-Larsen, Vinkovci
1 970) 14 Ji'e8 15.lt)de2 l:t d8 16.b3 � g6 1 7. � b5 a6 1 8.� bc3 j, fs 19.�g3 e6 20.j,b6 l:td7 21.�xf5 l:t xf5 22.�e4 d5 23.�e2 d4 24.�g3 1:t fti 25. � e4 � xe4 26. � xe4 h5 27.�c5 l:t de7 28.l:tdel e5 29.f5 j, h6 JO.f6 l:te8 Jl.�e4 l:te6 32.l:tf5 W h 7 JJ.l:t xh5 l:t exf6 34.� xf6+ l:t xf6 35.l:thxe5 �xeS 36.j,xd4 ••
87 Thomas Ernst Margeir Petursson Reykjavik
1994
l . e4 c5 2 . � f3 � c6 J. d4 cxd4 4.�xd4 g6 5.c4 �f6 6.�c3 d6 7.f3 j, g7 (By this move order Black side
steps the complex lines arising from 7 ...�xd4 8.�xd4 li.. g7 9. Ji.. e3 0-0 IO.�d2 Ji..e6 l l .�cl �as 1 2.�d5. Also note that the KID Samisch line l .d4 lll f6 2.c4 g6 3.lt:lc3 Ji.. g7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6. Ji..e3 c5 7.lt:lge2 lt:lc6 8.�d2 cxd4 9.0xd4 0xd4 10.�xd4 Ji.. e6 leads to approximately the same position.) 8.Ji.. e3 0-0 9.Ji.. e2 �xd4 10.ii.. xd4 li.. e6 U.l:tcl �a5 12.�d2 l:tfc8 lJ.bJ a6 14.j_eJ
36 � 0+ 37.gxf3 l:t xfJ 38.l:te7+ W g6 39.l:txb7 j_f4 40.l:tb6+ wrs 41.l:txa6 l:thJ 42.l:tf6+ We4 43.Af2 j, xh2+ 44.Wg2 Aes 45.l:te6 l:!:cJ 46.l:te8 l:tc2 47.Wgl Draw •••
... liJ xd4
14 b5 Compare this position with the line l .e4 c5 2. 0f3 0c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.0 xd4 g6 5.c4 0 f6 6.0c3 d6 7. Ji..e2 0xd4 8.�xd4 Ji..g7 9. Ji..e3 00 10.�d2 a6 l l .f3 Ji.. e6 1 2.�cl �aS l 3 .b3 l:fc8. Ernst has lost a tempo and doesn't have time for Na4. •..
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l �. ft ) d � i hd2+ 1 6.W xd2 li:) xd5 1 7 . o d � j_ d 7 I H .li xc8+ l:!: xc8 I 'J.lld ll xc l 20.Wxcl Wf8 Draw
88 Viktor Korchnoi Granda Zuniga Buenos Aires
32.�d5 JJ..c7 33.�c6 l:!: at+ 34.We2 JJ.. e5 35.�e8+ W g7 36.�xe7 JJ.. f6 3 7. � c7 l:!: a2+ 38.W d 1 gxf5 39.�g3+ Wf8 40.�d6+ W g7 41.e5 JJ.. g5 42.�c6 l:!: d2+ 43.We1 l:!: d4 44.g3 l:!:e4+ 45.Wf1 l:!:xe5 46.�c7 l:!:e7 47.�c5 W g6 48.�c6+ JJ.. f6 49.� a6 l:!:d7 50. We2 l:!:e7+ 51.Wft Draw
1993
9 J::!: e8
1 . c4 c5 2 . li:) f3 li:) c6 3. d4 cxd4 4.li:)xd4 g6 5.e4 JJ.. g7 6.JJ.. e3 li:)f6 7.li:)c3 d6 8.JJ.. e2 0-0 9.0-0 JJ.. e6 10.f4 li:)xd4 The idea of taking on
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d4 here makes this line something of a cross between those where Black captures on d4 early and the systems with . . . d6. The game Ernst-Petursson is another example of this treatment. 11.Axd4 l:!:c8 12.b3 �a5 13.f5 iJ.. d7 14.a3 �d8 15.b4 b6 16.�d3 JJ.. c6 1 7.l:!:ad1 l:!:c7 18.�e3 � a8 19.JJ.. xf6 iJ.. xf6 20.li:)d5 A xd5 21.l:!:xd5 l:!:fc8 22.l:!:fd1 �c6 89 Alexander Veingold Deco Hergott Manila (ol)
1992
1.d4 g6 2.c4 JJ.. g7 J.lf:)fJ d6 4.li:)c3 c5 5.e4 cxd4 6.li:)xd4 li:)c6 7.JJ.. e3 li:)f6 8.JJ.. e2 0-0 9.0-0 l:!: e8 Bent
23.c5 bxc5 24.bxc5 JJ.. e5 25.JJ.. b5 � xb5 26.cxd6 � xd5 27.l:!: xd5 JJ.. xd6 28.Wf1 l:!:c2 29.l:!:d2 l:!:8c3 30.� h6 l:!: x d2 3 1 . � xd 2 l:!: x a3
Larsen's old favorite. If White plays 10.�d2 then after 1 0 . . . 0 g4 1 1 . i. xg4 i. xg4 the second player has picked up ...l::t e8 for free (in contrast to 9... i.d7 10.�d2 liJg4 I I .i. xg4 i. xg4). 10.l:!:c1 li:) xd4 t t .JJ.. xd4
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i4h6 12J�k2 [12.f4?! it..d7 (12 ... e5) 1 3 .W h 1 e5 14.il.e3 il.c6 1 5.il.d3 li)h5 1 6.li)e2 il. xe4?! ( 1 6 . . . exf4 1 7 . li) xf4 il. xf4 1 8. il. xf4 li) xf4 1 9. l:i: xf4 l:i: e5 ! ) 1 7. il. xe4 exf4 1 8. li) xf4 i4 xf4 1 9 . il. xf4 l:i: xe4 20.il.xd6 'l¥d7 2 1 .'l¥d5 l:i:e2 22.i4a3 l:i: d2 23.'l¥xd7 l:i:xd7;!;; Schleifer Hergott, Canada (ch) 1986.] 12 e5 This is just supposed to be good for Black but look at the mess that quickly develops. 13 . .i e3 J. xeJ 1 4 . fxe3 W g7 1 5 . l:i: d2 'lV a5 •••
16.l:i:xd6 il.e6 17.'iVd2 l:i:ad8 18.b4 'l¥b6 90 Viktor Korchnoi Anthony Saidy Las Vegas
1993
1.c4 c5 2.li)f3 li)f6 J.li)cJ g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.li)xd4 li)c6 6.li)bJ .i g7 7.e4 d6 8 . il. e 2 li) d 7 9 . il. e3 il. xcJ+ 10.bxc3 b6 ll.lt.h6 lt.b7 12.h4 'iVc7 1 3 . l:i: h3 0-0-0 1 4. li) d4 li) c5 15.lt.g4+ e6 16. .i g5 l:i:d7 17 .if6 l:i: e8 1 8. li) b 5 'iV b 8 1 9 . l:i: e3 a6 20.fl)aJ •
19.l:i: d5 li) xd5 20.li) xd5 A xd5 2 1.exd5 f5 22.c5 'iVf6 23.d6 l:i:f8 24.l:i:d1 e4 25.b5 l:i:c8 26.d7 l::!: cd8 21.nc1 f4 28.exf4 eJ 29.'iVd3 'iVb2 JOJh1 'iVf6 Jl.il.fJ 'l¥xf4 32.c6 l:i:f6 33.'iVe4 'iVd6 34.'iV xe3 bxc6 35.bxc6 1:0
ltJ b3
6 5
fxg6 2S.i.d4 :!:adS 26.�e6+ 'it> hS 2 7 . l:!: xd3 l:!: d6 2 8 . � xe7 l:!: fd 8 2 9. l:!: cd 1 l:!: S d7 30. � e3 ., dS 3 l.it)bS l:!:e7 32.it)xd6 1 :0
1 1 . • •· l 1ih�4 22Jihg4 • "" tn ,..,a 24.ll xc4 Axc4 I " I I 1'1 do l(o. ll h l ll b7 27.it)c2 •• 1 1 H . 't kl A u.a 29.I:I: b4 it. d7 lll � h(o f h � J l . �4 Ac6 32.'it>f2 • •• ., .u . ll b 2 Il d 7 34.A d4 eS B .\!<. x h(o f* a3 36J:!: d 2 � xc3 J 7 . ll f 2 � b4 38.cS dS 39.a3 �f4 411. � d4 cxf4 4l.it)g2 d4 42.gxhS ����� 4J,it)xf4 l:!:eJ 44.it)xhS l:!: xfJ+ 4�. W c l d3 46.l:!:h2 l:!: dS 0:1 Ill
11 \ c · '\
h '\ 1 1
92
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91 Leonid Gofshtein Jan Smejkal Prague
1993
I.it)fJ it)f6 2.c4 g6 3.it)c3 it.g7 4.e4 cS S.d4 cxd4 6.it)xd4 d6 7.Ae2 0-0 8.it.e3 it)c6 9.0-0 it.d7 10.it)b3 a5 u.it)d2 it) b4 1 2.f4 .i.c6 13.l:!:c1 it) d7 14.a3 it) a6 1S . .i. d3 it) acS 16.Ac2 a4 17.�el �aS 18.eS dxeS
Vlastimil Hort Peter Meister Germany
1994
l.c4 cS 2.it)fJ g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.it)xd4 i. g7 S.e4 it)c6 6.i.e3 it)f6 7,it)c3 0-0 s.Ae2 d6 9.0-0 i.d7 10.it)b3 a5 1l.l:!:c1 a4 1 2.it) a1 .,as 1J.it)c2 l:!: acS 14.Ad2 ., dS 1S.it)e3 it)d4 16.i.d3 i.c6 17.l:!:et it)d7 1S.it)edS e6 19.Ae3 it)cS 20.i.fl eS 2 l.f3 fS 22.exf5 gxf5 23. 'it> h 1 W hS 24.it) b5 i. xbS 2S.cxb5 f4 26 . .i. f2 'iV aS 27. .i. xd4 exd4 2S.l:!:e7 d3 29. b4 axb3 30. axb3 d 2 3 1 .:1: b1 ., a2 32.it)b4
19.fS it)f6 20.it)fJ i.xfJ 21.l:!:xf3 e4 22.l:!:h3 it)d3 23 .i.xd3 exd3 24.fxg6 •
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32..... xb1 33... xb1 it)xb3 34.it)c2 it)ct 35. .i.e2 :!:res 36.l:i:e4 l:!: xe4 3 7. fxe4 it) xe2 3S . 'iV d l l:!: xc2 39.�xc2 .i.c3
7.J.. e2 Ji. g7 s.J.. e3 0-0 9.0-0 J.. d 7 10.�c2 a6 ll.fJ lies 1 2. a4 J.. e6 13.�d5 �d7 14.libl a5 15.b4 axb4 1 6.�cxb4 � a5 1 7.J.. d4 li. xd4+ 18.�xd4 �c6 19.�e3 lia8 20.�d3 lixa4 21.lixb7 lia3 22.�d2 J.. xd5 23.cxd5 � d4 24.l:tfbl Draw
40.�d3 �d4 41.h4 gS 42.Wh2 h5 43.�xc3 d1=� 44.�c8+ Wf7 Draw
ltJ c2
93 Nigel Short Margeir Petursson Tilburg
1992
l . e4 c5 2 . � f3 � c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.� xd4 g6 5.c4 � f6 6.�c3 d6
94 Grigory Serper Salor Sitanggang Jakarta
1994
l . c4 c5 2 . � f3 � c6 3 . d4 cxd4 4.� xd4 g6 5.e4 JL g7 6.1Le3 d6 7.�c3 �f6 8.Ji.. e2 0-0 9.0-0 Ji.. d 7 10.�c2 � a5 uJ�cl lifc8 1 2. f3 �d8 13.�d2 �f8 14.b3 h6 15.lifd1 W h 7 16.Ji.fl li. e6 1 7.� d5 � e8 t8.�el J.. d 7 19.W h t lid8 20.�f2
20... �h8 Black's elastic position is not easy to crack. 2 1 . � d3 e6 2 2 . � 5b4 � x b4 2 3. � xb4 a5 24.�c2 .ic6 25.�d4 .i f6 26.h4 �g7 Draw
6 7
95 (; a·i�ury Scq,cr Zhynck l l racck
1994
J11karta
t . c4 c5 2 . �.H3 it) c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.ti) xd4 g6 5.e4 ti)f6 6.ti)c3 d6 7.Ac2 Ag7 s.Ae3 0-0 9.0-0 Ad7 10.ti)c2 l:t c8 l l.f3 A e6 12. 'if d2 ti) d7 13.l:t ac l a5 14.l:tfd 1 ti)c5 15.b3 l:ta8 16.ti)d5 l:te8 17.l:t b1
4.ti)xd4 g6 5.e4 A g7 6.-'leJ ti)f6 7.ti)c3 0-0 8.i.e2 d6 9.0-0 ti)xd4 to.Axd4 Ad7 u.'ild3 Ac6 12.b4 b6 lJ.aJ a5 14.'ife3 ti)d7 15.i.xg7 � xg7 16.l:tadl axb4 1 7.axb4 l:taJ 1 8 . 'if d4+ � g8 1 9. l:t a 1 l:t xa l 20.l:txal 'ifc7 21.ti)d5 A xd5
22.cxd5 Here 22.exd5 was more ac
1 7 f5 18.ti)f4 'ifc8 19.ti)xc6 'ifxe6 20.exf5 'ifxfS 21.A f2 l:t ad8 22.ti)eJ 'iff7 23.ti) g4 'iff8 24.-'l fl � h8 25.l:tel e6 26.l:tbdl b6 27.i.e3 e5 2 8. -'l d3 ti) d4 29.i. e4 a4 30.b4 ti)xe4 31.fxe4 'iff7 Draw ••.
curate but it's easy to secondguess Stean who probably had visions of playing Ae2-b5-c6. Now Petursson proceeds to play with great energy and creativity. Particularly noteworthy are his manuevers with his Knight which seems to have no active possibilities. 22 'ifc2! One piece is active now. ..•
23.i. b5 ttJ f6 24.f3 ttJ h5! 25 .111. f1 l::t c8 26.l'la7 ltJf4! A very fine con •
ception. Petursson sacrifices a pawn to strip away White's last defender.
... llJxd4
27.l'lxe7 ltJe2+ 28.i.xe2 'ifxe2 29.h3 The better coordination of the Black forces spells the difference. 29...'ife1 +
96 Michael Stean Margeir Petursson Middlesborough
1982
l . c4 c5 2 . ti) f3 ti) c6 3.d4 cxd4 68
30.'it> h2 'it'h4 31.l:l: a7 'it' f4+ 32.'it> g1 l:l:c1+ 33.Wf2 l:l:c2+ 34.Wg1 l:l:cl+ 35.'it>f2 'it'h4+ 36.g3 l:l:c2+ 37.We1 'it'xg3+ 38.W d1 l:l:c8 39.l:l:a3 'it'xh3 40.l:l:c3 l:l:a8 0: 1
97 Gylfi Thorhallsson Margeir Petursson Akureyri
1994
l . e4 c5 2.<�H3 4J c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.4J xd4 g6 5.c4 4Jf6 6.4J c3 d6 7.�e2 � g7 8.�e3 0-0 9.0-0 �d7 toJ:ret
19.�xd5 ltJc5 20.l:Ic3 �b6 2 1.h4 a4 22.� d2 axbJ 23.axb3 l:IaJ 24.h5 �a5 25.l:Idl l:I a1 26.l:Ixal �xal+ 27.l:I c l ltJ xb J 28.l:I x a l 4J xd 2 29.l:Idt ltJxc4 JO.hxg6 hxg6 31.�e2 l:Ic8 32.f3 b5 33.Wf2 l:Ic6 34.l:I bl l:Ic5 35.l:I d l W f8 36 .1L xc4 bxc4 37.l:Ixd6 We7 38.l:Id2 l:Ic6 39.We2 l:I d6 40.l:I c2 l:I d4 4 1.l:I a2 W d6 42.l:Ia5 l:IdJ 4J.l:Ia7 f6 44.l:In 'itlc5 4S.l:Ixf6 �d6 46.l:If8 cJ 47.�c8+ W b4 48.g3 W bJ 49.f4 exf4 50.gxf4 c2 51.l:I b8+ 'it> cJ 52.l:Ic8+ W b2 SJ.l:Ib8+ Wet 54.l:Ib4 l:Ia6 SS.e5 l:I a2 56.e6 l:Ia6 57.e7 :e6+ 58.Wd3 l:I xe7 59.l:Ic4 W dl 0:1 •
98 Lucas Brunner Margeir Petursson Lucerne 10 a6 Recently Petursson has ex perimented with the text. In contrast with his normal setup of I O . . . liJ xd4 I l .i.xd4 i.c6 12.f3 a5, advancing the a-pawn gives Black more flexibil ity (chances for . . . b5) while also al lowing White a lot more latitude. Whether it is as good as the normal treatment with . . . a5 remains to be seen. 11J:tc1 4Jxd4 12.�xd4 ii.c6 •••
1993
l.e4 cS 2.4J f3 4J c6 J.d4 cxd4 4.4J xd4 g6 5.c4 4J f6 6.4J c3 d6 7.�e2 � g7 8.ii.e3 0-0 9.0-0 a6 10.�d2 4Jxd4 u . .i.xd4 �e6 1 2.f4 iLd7 lJ.l:Iadl ii.c6 14.�e3 4Jd7 1S.ii.xg7 Wxg7
l J . iL fJ 4J d 7 1 4 . � xg7 W xg7 15.�d4+ W g8 16.4Jd5 aS 17.b3 eS
This move, in conjunction with ... i. xd5, sets up a Black dream and a White Knightmare. The first player has to take care to avoid the good Knight versus Bad Bishop scenario that now develops. 18.�d2 ii. xd5 69
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The pri ncipa l
drawback of
ah st�cms lo be I hal it allows White
lui loo much
expansion. 16 ...'�i'b6
1 7. �l hhlo f1)xb6
18.e5!? dxe5 19.fxe5 �fd8 20.�f2 l::t ac8 2 1 . g3 h5 22. :!::1: xd8 l::t xd8 23.� e3 f6 24.exf6+ exf6 25.l::t d 1 l::t e8+ 26.�f2 l::tc8 27.c5 �d7 28.a4 � e5 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 A d 7 31.� a4 �e6 32.c6 bxc6 33.�c5 � c4 34.b6 � xe2 35.� xe2 l::t e8 36.�f2 �f7 37.b7 � e7 38.�a6 � d7 39.l::t e t+ �f7 40.l::t xe8 � xeS 4 1 . b8='iV + � xb8 42.� xb8 c5 43.�a6 c4 44.�c7+ Wd7 45.�(]5 � e6 46.�f4+ � f5 47. � e3 cl 48.�f3 c2 49.�d3 W g5 50.h3 h4 51.g4 f5 52.gxf5 � xf5 53.�c1 g5 54.�e2 g4+ 55.hxg4+ � g5 Draw 99 Lubomir Ftacnik Henrik Teske Germany
0-0 s.Ae2 d6 9.0-0 A d7 10.'iVd2 � xd4 11.A xd4 A c6 1 2.f3 � d 7 13.Ae3 a6 14.b4 b 5 15.l::t act bxc4 16.Axc4 �e5 17.Ae2 f5 18.�d5 fxe4
19.f4 �xd5 20.'iVxd5+ �li 21.�g4 � b8 22.A e6 � xb4 23.f5 � b 5 24.A xf7+ � h8 25. 'iV e6 l::t e5 26.'iVc4 d5 27.'iV xa6 d4 28.Af4 l::t xf5 29.Ae6 'iVaS 30.'�'xa5 l::t xaS 3 1 . A d 2 l::t e5 32. l::t xf8+ � xf8 33.l::t c8 e3 34.l::t xf8+ � g7 35.l:!:f7+ � h6 36.�b4 l:!:xe6 37.l::t xe7 l::t c6 38.h4 l::t c2 39.g4 l::t c4 40.l::t b 7 g5 41.h5 l:!:c8 42.l::t d7 l:!:e8 1 :0
Lines where White playes Jlxg7 100 Yury Dokhoian Igor Glek Godesburg
1993
1.�f3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.�xd4 Ag7 5.e4 �c6 6.Ae3 �f6 7.�c3 70
1994
l.�fl c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.�xd4 Ag7 5.e4 �c6 6.ii..e3 �f6 7.�c3
0-0 8.Ji.. e2 d6 9.0-0 Ad7 10J:!:c1 If
White plans to capture on g7 then 10.l:c1 is the most accurate move here. The point is that the Queen can often come to d4 in one move (�dl d4+). 10 lihd4 11.Ji.. xd4 Ji..c6 12.f3 aS Necessary as the i mmediate 1 2 .. .'�J d7?! runs into 13.b4! i. xd4+ 14.�xd4 � b6? 15. � xb6 lLJ xb6 16.e5 ! dxe5 17.b5 i.e8 18.c5 liJd7 19.liJd5 e6 20.lLJ e7+ � g7 2 l .c6 bxc6 22.bxc6 liJb6 23 .c7 with a big advantage for White; Razuvaev Honfi , C ienfuegos 1 97 6 . 1 3 . b 3 When Black plays ...a5 White almost invariably answers with b2-b3. This enables White to answer the space grabbing ... a4 with b4, and if the sec ond player sits still permits the buildup a3 and b4 without allowing . . . a4 fixing the pawns. 13 ... it) d 7
101 Maya Chiburdanidze Borislav lvkov Monaco
1994
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1.c4 cS 2.it)f3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.it)xd4 li.. g7 S.e4 it)c6 6.Ji.. eJ it)f6 7.it)cJ 0-0 8.Ji.. e2 d6 9.0-0 Ji.. d 7 10.f3 it) xd4 ll.li.. xd4 li.. c6 1 2. b4 it) hS 13.Ji.. xg7 it)xg7 14.l::!: b 1 aS 1S.bS Ji.. d 7 1 6. f4 li.. e6 1 7. 'ti' d4 l:t c8 1 8 . it) a4 .i. d 7 1 9 J:!: b d 1 it) e6 20.'ti' dS b6 2 1 . fS lt) cs 22.it) cJ W g7 23.fxg6 hxg6
1 4 . Ji.. x g7 W xg7 1 S. 'ti' d4+ f6 16.l:tfd1 it)cS 17J::!: b1 'ti'b8 18.Ji.. fl !:!: d8 1 9. 'ti' e3 eS 20. !:!: d 2 it) e6 21.l:!bd1 b6
22.g3 :a7 2J.Ji.. h J lt) gs 24.Ji.. g2 it)e6 D raw
24.eS! dxeS 2S.'ti'xeS+ f6 26.'ti'e3 l:t f7 2 7.!:l: f4 'ti'c7 28. it) dS 'ti' d6 29.l::!: ffl l:th8 JO.hJ 'ti'b8 31.l:td2 l:th4 32.l:tf4 l::!: xf4 JJ.it) xf4 Ji.. rs 34.g4 eS JS.it) hS+ gxhS 36. gxfS l:t d7 3 7. Ji.. xhS l:t x d2 38. 'ti' xd 2 'ti'c7 39.'ti'g2+ Wf8 40.'ti'g6 'ti'g7 4 1 .'ti' xg7+ 'it' xg7 42.A f3 W h 6 43.h4 it)dJ 44.Wfl it)cs 4S.We2 'it' g7 46.Ji.. hs W h6 47.Ji.. es 'it' g7 4 8. W f3 w h6 49.w g4 w g7 SO.WhS Wh7 S l..�.f7 W g7 Draw
7 1
49.g7 e 1 =� 50. gxf8=� � e2 + 5 1. � g5 � xa2 5 2. � d6 � g2 + 53.�h6 a 2 54.f8=� a1=�
102 U11nld ( '11mpora llt•nt I .11 rscn
1993
llut•nos Aires
l .c4 cS 2.il)f3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.il)xd4 1l.. g7 5.c4 il)c6 6 .te3 il)f6 7.il)c3 d6 s ..t e2 o-o 9.0-0 .t d7 10J:tc1 fl) xd4 l l . .t x d4 .t c6 1 2. f3 aS 13.� d2 White could pick up a tempo on the game with 13.b3. 1J il)d7 •
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Here 13 ... a4!?, intending ... �a5, and meeting 14.b4 with 14 ... axb3 15.axb3 � a5, seems better. 14 . .txg7 � xg7 15.�d4+ � g8 16.f4 �b6 17.�xb6 il)xb6 1S.il)d5 .txd5 19.cxd5 !:!:res 20.b3 � f8 2 1 . � f2 a4 22.b4 a3 23.� e3 e6 24. dxe6 fxe6 25.-'l bS � e7 2 6. � d 4 il) d 7 2 7 . g3 e5+ 2S.�e3 il)f6 29 .te2 h6 30J:tfd1 l::t c6 31.-'lbS !:txc1 32.l::t xc1 �dS 33.h4 k[cs 34.l::t xcS+ � xeS 35 .i.c4 W d7 36.-'ln �c6 37..t xg6 �bS 3S.�f3 hS 39.f5 �c4 •
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55. � f5+ � c4 56.� c5+ � b3 57.�d3+ 1 :0
Lines where White retains his dark squared Bishop .ite3
103 Alexander Wojtkiewicz Helgi Olafsson St. Martin
40 .t xh5! il)xhS 41.g4 il)f4 42.f6 � d3 43.n il)e6 44.g5 dS 45.exd5 e4+ 46.�g4 il)f8 47.h5 e3 4S.g6 e2 •
72
1993
t.il)f3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.il)xd4 .tg7 5.e4 il)c6 6. .te3 il)f6 7.il)c3 0-0 s. .te2 d6 9.0-0 Ji.. d 7 10.�d2 il)xd4 l l.-'lxd4 .lc6 12.f3 a5 1J.b3 il) d 7 14 . .t e3 il)cs 1 5.l::t ab1 e6 16.l::t fcl b6 1 7.l::t c 2 � e7 1S . .tfl !:t fdS 19.l::t d1 l::t a7 20.-'lgs .t f6 2 1 . .i. xf6 � xf6 2 2 . � e3 l::t b 7
23.l::!: cd2 e5 24.g3 W g7 25.Ah3 �e7 26.f4 l::!: bb8 27.f5 g5 28.Ag4 f6 29.h4 h6 30 .kth5 l::!: d 7 3 l.Ag6 l::!: h8 32.l::!: h2 l::!: d d8 33.�f2 �b7 34.WfJ •
104 Jesus De La Villa Ulf Andersson San Sebastian
1994
l . e4 c5 2.ltH3 tD c6 3 . d4 cxd4 4.tDxd4 g6 5.c4 Ag7 6.Ae3 tDf6 7.tDc3 0-0 8.Ae2 d6 9.0-0 A d 7 10.�d2 tDxd4 ll.Axd4 Ac6 12.0 ll'l d 7 1 3 . A e3 a5 1 4. b3 tD c5 15. 1::!: a b 1 � b6 1 6 . 1::!: fc 1 1::!: fc8 1 7.Afl �b4 18.�b2 �b6 19.�d2 �d8 20.tDd1 �f8 21.tDf2 h5 Keep
ing White's Knight out ofg4 and pre paring for the exchange of dark squared Bishops. 22.tD d3 � h 7 23.l::!: e 1
34 lthe4 35.l[he4 g4+ 36.Wxg4 A xe4 37.1::!: £2 .kt g2 38.� h5 l::!: d 7 39.g4 ••.
23 i. h6 Again the thematic offer to trade dark squared Bishops. 24.e5 .••
39 Wf8 40.l:Ifd2 Here White, prob ably in his habitual time pressuire, missed an opportunity to make a strong Exchange sacrifice. After 40.l:txg2! �xg2 4 1 . �xb6 Biack is in real trouble. Draw .••
tD xd3 25 . .kt xd3 d xe5 26.A xh6 �xh6 27.�xh6+ W xh6 28.l::!: xe5 l::!: d8 29.Ae4 l::!: d 2 30.l::!: xe7 a4 31.a3 l::!: ad8 32.bxa4 l::!: a2 33.W h 1 l::!: d d2 34.l::!: g1 l::!: xa3 35.Axc6 bxc6 36.l:c7 l::!: d6 37.l::!: xf7 l::!: xa4 38.l::!: f4 l::!: d2 39.h4 l::!: c2 40.Wh2 l::!: cxc4 4t.l::!: xc4 l:txc4 42.g4 c5 43.Wg3 lid4 44.:a1
73
ll d 7 4�. D: c t IIc7 46. W f4 hxg4 47.fxg4 c4 48.l::t c3 gS+ Draw lOS Vassily lvanchuk Bent Larsen Monaco
1992
l .e4 cS 2.itH3 tt:\ c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.tt:lxd4 g6 S.c4 iJ.. g7 6.iJ.. e3 tt:lf6 7.tt:lc3 0-0 8.iJ.. e2 d6 9.0-0 iJ.d7 10.'�i'd2 tt:lxd4 1 1.iJ.. xd4 iJ.. c6 12.f3 aS 13.l::t abl tt:l d7 14.iJ.. e3 tt:\ cs 1S.b3 'iVb6 16.l::t fc1 l::tfc8 1 7.l::t c 2 'iVd8 18.a3 hS 19.iJ.fl iJ.. d 7 20.tt:ldS e6 2 1. tt:l c3 'iV e7 22 .J. gs 'iV rs 23.iJ.. f4 eS 24.iJ.. e3
106 Ruslan Sherbakov Aldo Haik Metz
1994
l.d4 g6 2.c4 cS 3.tt:\f3 cxd4 4.tt:lxd4 JJ.. g7 5.e4 tt:lc6 6.JJ.. e3 tt:lf6 7.tt:lc3 0-0 8.lLe2 d6 9.0-0 JJ.. d 7 lO.'iVd2 tt:lxd4 u.JJ.. xd4 JJ.. c6 1 2.f3 a5 13.b3 tt:l d 7 1 4.iJ.. f2 tt:l cs t s.l::t ab l rs 16.exfS gxfS 1 7.iJ.. d l e5 18.iJ.. c2 'iVe7 19.libdl liad8 20.tt:ldS iJ.. xd5 21.'iVxd5+ W h8
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22.iJ.. xfS! b6 23.iJ.. c2 iJ.. h6 24.lifel tt:le6 2S.iJ.. x b6 tt:lf4 26.'iVe4 li d 7 27.W h l 'iVe6 28.cS 'iVg8 29.g3 tt:l h5 30.lixd6 1:0 24 a4 2S.b4 tt:l b3 26.'iVdl iJ.. h6 27.iJ.. xh6 'iV xh 6 28.'iVxd6 iJ.. e6 29.tt:l bS tt:l d4 30.tt:l xd4 'iV e3+ 31.W h l exd4 32.bS l::t d8 33.'iVb4 d3 34.l::t c3 h4 3S.l::t d l h3 36. �b2 l::t ac8 37.l::!: cxd3 l::t xd3 38.li xd3 � e l 3 9. � e2 'iV c l 40.� d l h xg2+ 4 1 . W xg2 'iV gS+ 4 2. W h l W h 7 43.lid4 'iVe3 44.lid3 �gS 4S.lid4 'iVe3 Draw •••
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107 Computer Deep Blue Bent Larsen Copenhagen
1993
l.e4 c5 2.tt:lf3 g6 3.c4 JJ.. g7 4.d4 cxd4 s.tt:l xd4 tt:l c6 6.iJ.. e3 tt:l f6 7.tt:lc3 0-0 8.iJ.. e2 d6 9.0-0 iJ.. d 7
l::t xf4 4S.AxdS+
10.'itd2 it:)xd4 ll.Axd4 Ac6 12.f3 as 1 J . b 3 it:) d 7 1 4 . A e3 it:) cs 1SJhb1 'itb6 16.l::tfct l::tfc8 17.l::tc2 hS 18.it:)dS A xdS 19.cxdS
108 Ilya Gurevich Margeir Petursson St. Martin
1 9... 'itb4 20.'itxb4 axb4 21.Ad2 it:) a6 22.l::t b c1 Ad4+ 23.Wfl l::t xc2 24.l::t xc2 AcS 2S. .ildJ Wf8 26.AbS it:)c7 27.Ah6+ W g8 28. .ild3 it:)c8 29.Ad2 lt:)f6 JO.We2 W g7 Jt..ilbS h4 32.h3 l::t d8 JJ .ilgs l::t h8 34.Wd3 l::t hS JS.A f4 eS 36.dxe6 fxe6 37.Aa4 b6 38.Ac6 Wf7 39.Ad2 dS 40.exdS exdS 4t.Af4 �fS 42.ii.c7
1993
l . e4 cS 2 . if:) fJ it:) c6 J.d4 cxd4 4.it:) xd4 g6 S.c4 it:) f6 6.if:)cJ d6 7.Ae2 Ag7 8.Ae3 0-0 9.0-0 A d7 10.'itd2 it:) xd4 ll.Axd4 Ac6 12.f3 aS 1 3. b 3 it:) d 7 1 4 . A f2 it:) cS 1S.l::t a b1 'itb6 16.a3 'itd8 17.k:tfd1 l::t c8 18.Af1
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18 ... i.eS A common move in this line. The Bishop looks exposed on e5 but in fact it's hard for White to drive it away owing to the need to defend the e-pawn . 19.it:)e2 it:)e6 20.l::t bcl .
42 ... it:)hS 43.l::t e2 it:)f4+ 44.A xf4
'itb8 2 t .A b6 it:)cs 22J:l:bl l::t a6
7 5
23.AxcS dxcS 24.g3 A.g7 2S.�e3 b6 26.A g2 @t' b7 27 . a4 l:r aa8 28.ll d 3 Il: a d8 29. l:r b d 1 l:r xd J JO.llxd3 e6 31.eS hS J2/lk3 Draw
24... @t'e7 2S.lt�bS A xbS 26.@t'xe7 l:rxe7 27.exf6 Axc4 28.fxe7 Axfl 29.l:r xe6 W f7 30.e8=@t' + l:r xe8 J t.l:rxe8 W xe8 32.Wxfl Draw
109 Gilberto Hernandez Margeir Petursson Linares
110 Jesus De La Villa Hugo Spangenberg Seville
1994
l . e4 cS V�HJ it:) c6 J . d 4 cxd4 4.it:) xd4 g6 S.c4 it:) f6 6.it:)cJ d6 7.Ae2 A.g7 s.AeJ 0-0 9.0-0 Ad7 10.@t'd2 it:)xd4 ll.A xd4 A.c6 12.f3 as 1 3 . b 3 it:) d 7 1 4 . JJ.. f2 it:) cs 1S.l:rab1 @t'b6 16.a3 � d8 As in the
game with I. Gurevich, the Icelandic GM is willing to give some tempi to get W hite to commit to b 3 . Suprisingly the first player has trouble using his extra moves to gain the advantage. 17.Ad1 As 17.l:fc l would be met by 17 . . . a4! 17...@t'b8
1994
l . e4 cS 2 . it:) fJ it:) c6 3 . d 4 cxd4 4.it:)xd4 g6 S.c4 A.g7 6.Ae3 it:)f6 7.it:)cJ d6 8.Ae2 0-0 9.0-0 A d 7 10.@t'd 2 it:)xd4 ll.Axd4 Ac6 1 2.f3 aS 1 3 . b 3 It:) d7 1 4. A. e3 it:) cs 1S.l:rab1 �b6 16.l:rfc1 l:rfc8 17.Ji..fl @t'b4
18.Ac2 l:rc8 19.a4 l:rc7 20.l:rbet @t'f8 21.f4 e6 22.AxcS dxcS 23.eS f6 24.�d6
1 8. it:) d S A x dS 1 9. cxd5 l:r cb 8 20.W hl �xd2 2t.A xd2 b S 22.Ae3 it:) a6 2J.Ji.. d2 it:)cs 24.JJ.. e3 it:) a6 25.a3 b4 26.a4 ii.. cJ 27.Axa6 l:rxa6 28.g4 l:raa8 29.Wg2 f6 JO.l:rc2 Wf7 31.h3 wes 32.f4 Wd7 JJ.wfJ l:r h8 34.l:rg1 l:rag8 3S.Ji.. b6 l:rb8 36.JJ.. e3 l:rbc8 37.Ji.. b6 Draw
76
111 Alexander Khalifman Zbynek Hracek Pardubice
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1994
l .ill fJ cS 2.c4 ill c6 3. d4 cxd4 4.ill xd4 g6 S.e4 ill f6 6.ill c3 d6 7 .i.e2 .i. g7 8 .i.e3 0-0 9.0-0 .i. d7 10.'�Wd2 ill xd4 11 .i.xd4 .i.c6 12.f3 aS 1 3 . b 3 ill d7 1 4. A e3 ill cS 1 SJ::!: a b 1 e b6 1 6 J:!:fc1 l:!: fc8 1 7.l:!:c2 e ds 18 .i. fl A es 19.a3 ers 20.ill dS .i.xdS 2l.exdS ... g7 22.b4 axb4 23.axb4 ill a4 24.l:!:b3 b6 2 S . l:!: a3 e rs 26 . .i. d4 .i. xd4+ 27.-. xd4 ,. g7 28.-. xg7+ W xg7 29.l:!:ca2 bS JO.cS l:!:abS 31.c6 c6 •
SS .i.dS l::t cs S6 .i.f3 libS S7 .i. dS l::t as S8.Af3 l:!: aJ S9.A dS li dJ 60.Ag2 lid2 6t.Ah1 lih2 62.Ads l:!: xh4 63.W xfS hS 64.A e4 li h2 6S.w gs h4 66.fS hJ 6 7.f6 li f2 68.Wg6 h2 69.f7 lifl 70.Wg7 h1=-. 0:1 •
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112 Thomas Ernst Margcir Petursson Dcbrcrcn
1992
l . e4 cS 2.ill f3 ill c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.ill xd4 g6 S.c4 ill f6 6.ill c3 d6 7 .i.e2 .i.g7 s..i.eJ 0-0 9.0-0 .i. d7 10.l:!:c1 ill xd4 11.Axd4 .i.c6 12.f3 •
aS 13.b3 Here 13 .c5 e5 14.�e3 ! d5
15.�g5 d4 16.'�Jb5 h6 17.� h4 was slightly better for White in G.M. Todorovic-Abramovic, Yugoslavia 1992. One possible improvement is 13 . . . dxc5 14.�xc5 ctJ d7 1 5 . � e3 a4. 13 ... ill d7 14 .i.f2 [ 14 . .i.e3 ill c5 1 5.a3 h5 16.Wh 1 Wh7 17.b4 axb4 18.axb4 l:!:a3 19.bxc5 i.xc3 20.cxd6 exd6 2 l .i.d2 i. g7 22.i.b4 l:!:a2 23 .c5 l:!:a4 24.'ifel dxc5 25.i.xc5 lieS 26.i.c4 f5 27 .i.fl l:!:e5 28.1!i' g3 'iff6 29.i.b3 l:!:xc5 30.l:!:xc5 liar:� Ernst-Larsen, Ostersund (zt) 1992.] •
32.1Ixa4 bxa4 33.l:!:xa4 l:!:c7 34.bS W f6 3S. l:!: a6 exdS 36.Wf2 W cS 37.We3 d4+ 38.Wd2 wds 39.l':!:a1 ..ti cs 40.licl+ W b6 4l.Wd3 liaS 42.Wxd4 l:!:a2 43.lid1 l:!:ca7 44.h3 fS 4S. W dS l:!: a1 46Jha1 l':!: xa1 47 .i.c4 lidl+ 48.We6 Wc7 49.f4 l:!: d4 SO . .i. dS l:h4 S l . g4 l::t xbS S2.gxfS gxfS SJ.h4 h6 S4. .i.f3 lias •
14 ... ill cs 1S.'�' d2 e b6 16.ill bS :res 17.l::t fd1 -.ds 18.ill d4 -.rs 19.lib1 .i.d7 20 .i.e3 .i.e5 2 l.W h 1 eg7 22.i.h6 e hs 23.i.e3 e g7 24.Ah6 ehs 2S.Ae3 Draw
7 7
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Chapter 8 7.it)c2 Jl.. g7 8.JI.. e2 0-0 9.0-0 it) d7
lt:J c2 in the Maroczy
The same rule that stipulates that players who are cramped should trade pieces also dictates that the one with more space should avoid exchanges. White stops Black from trading by playing li:)c2 but he also loses cen tral influence and makes ... f7-f5 more plausible. For more examples with li:)c2 also check out games 93-95.
113 Alexander Shabalov Albert Chow New York
1993
l . e4 c5 2.li:) f3 it) c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.it) xd4 g6 5.c4 it) f6 6.it)c3 d6 7 8
[9 . . . a6 1 0.l:Ie1 l:Ib8 1 l...t d2 J.d7 12.l:Ib1 li:)e8! 13.b4 li:)c7 14.a4? a5! 15.b5 it)d4 16.li:)xd4 J.xd4 17.l:Ib3 e 5 ! ? 1 8 . .-t fl li:)e6 1 9.it)d5 li:) c5 20.l:Ig3 J.e6 2 1.1.c3 J.xd5 22.J.xd4 li:)xe4 23 .l:Ia3? exd4 24.�xd4 li:)f6! 25.cxd5 li:)d7 26.�ae3 �f6 27.�a7 li:)c5 28.�xa5 l:Ia8 29.�c7 l:Ixa4 30.l:If3 l:If4 3 1 .l:Ixf4 �xf4 32.g3 �f6 3 3 . � a5 � d8 34.�c3 l:I e8 35.l:Ic1 �e7 36.h4 h5 37.J.g2 �e2 38.�f6 �e5 39.�f3 �g7 40.�d1 l:Ia8 4 l .�c2 l:Ia3 42.b6 l:Ib3 43.l:Ib1 l:Ixbl+ 44.�xb1 �d4 45.�c2 �b4 0-1 Spraggett-Andersson, Manila (ol) 1 992] l O. l:I e l it) cs 1 1 .-t fl Shabalov's opening treatment is in teresting. He doesn't play iJ.. d2, evidentally not fearing . . . JJ.. xc3 . •
l l ... J. e6 1 2. it) d5 aS 13.l:I b l f5 14.exf5 J.xrs 15.J.gs lln 16.it)deJ J. d 7 1 7.li:) d5 J. rs t 8. a 3 a4 19.it)cb4 it)e6 20.J.h4 g5
21.1Ld3 1Le5 22.1Lg3 it:)ed4 23.it:)e3 A xd3 24.it:) xd3 A g7 2 S.cS dS 26.it:) g4 V d 7 2 7 . it:) deS V rs 28.it:) xf7 V xf7 29.1L eS lL xeS 30.it:)h6+ Wf8 1:0
Vh8 Draw 11S Igor Stohl Vidmantas Malisauskas Manila (ol)
1992
114 Gyula Sax Antonio Antunes Benasque
1993
l . e4 cS 2 . it:) f3 it:) c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.it:) xd4 g6 S.c4 it:) f6 6.it:)c3 d6 7.it:)c2 A g7 s.Ae2 it:)d7 9.Ad2 o-o 10.0-0 a5 11.Wh1 it:)cs 12.0 it:)e6 13. l::!: b 1 JL d 7 1 4 . it:) d S it:) ed 4 1 S. it:) xd 4 it:) x d4 1 6. lL gS l::!: e8 1 7.lLd3 Ac6 18.f4 it:)e6 19.1L h4 it:) cS 20. 1L c 2 1::!: b8 2 1 . fS it:) d 7 22.'iV d2 lLxdS 23.exdS it:)es 24.fxg6 hxg6 2S.Aa4 1::!:1'8 26.AbS
1.c4 cS 2.it:)f3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.it:)xd4 it:)c6 S.e4 it:)f6 6.it:)c3 d6 7.it:)c2 li.g7 8.il.e2 it:)d7 9.Ji.d2 0-0 10.0-0 it:)c5 1 1.f3 aS 12.il.e3 a4 13.'ild2 V as 14.l::!: ab1 fS 1S.exfS A xfS 16.l::!: bc1
16 Axc2 17.l::!: xc2 it:)b4 18J:I:cc1 a3 19.bxa3 il.xc3 20.l::!: xc3 it:) xa2 2 1 . l::!: c2 fJ/ xd2 2 2. l::!: xd2 it:) c3 23.il.xcS dxcS 24.l::!: a 1 l::!: fc8 2SJic2 it:)xe2+ 26.l::!: xe2 Wf7 Draw ..•
26 1Lf6 27.ii.. g3 fJ/c7 28.l::!: bc1 b6 29 .i.f4 W h7 30.h3 l::!: a8 31.b3 fJ/d8 32.l::!: c d1 lLg7 33.a3 fS 34.fJ/e2 Ji.f6 3S.b4 axb4 36.axb4 it:)f7 37.'ilf2 W g7 38.il.e3 � b8 39.Vg3 Aes 40.fJ/f2 l::!: h8 41.ktd3 l::t hs 42.Ad4 •••
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116 Semen Dvoirys Yaacov Zilbcrman Leeuwardcn
1994
l . e4 cS 2 . it:) f3 it:) c6 3.d4 cxd4
7 9
4.'1 h d 4 g6 S.c4 lll f6 6.lt:lc3 d6 7.f1)t·2 �1!7 8.Ae2 0-0 9.0-0 lll d 7 I O.�d2 l1\cs ll.b3
18.A xe6+ .i. xe6 19.!:l: xd6 !:l: ae8 20.� xe5 � xeS 2 1 . A xe5 lt:l e4 2 2 . !:l: d d 1 A xc4 2 3. A d4 A f7 24.Axa7 lt:lc3 25.!:l:d3 !:l:c8 26.lt:lb4 !:!:fd8 27.!:l:xd8+ !:l:xd8 28.�fl Ae8 29.�e1 f4 30.f3 g5 Jl.Acs A g6 32.!:l:c1 lll d5 33.!:l:d1 !:l:e8+ 34. �fl lll xb4 35.Axb4 !:l:c8 36.�e2 Draw
117 Julian Hodgson Devaki Prasad Calcutta
Along the lines of l .c4 c5 2.ctJf3 ctJ f6 3.ctJc3 d5 4.cxd5 ctJ xd5 5.g3 ctJc6 6.i.g2 ctJc7 7.d3 e5 8.ctJd2 i. d7 9.0-0 i. e? l O . ctJ c4 0-0 l l .il xc6 il xc6 12.ctJ xe5 i. e8. Here the insertion of b3 means the Bishop doesn't have to retreat to e l but the more natural b2. Black has a safe way to decline the pawn in 1 1 . . .a5, with . . . f5 in the offing.
1993
t . lt:l fJ c5 2.c4 lt:l c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.lll xd4 g6 5.e4 Ag7 6.lll c2 lll f6 7.ll�c3 0-0 8.Ae2 d6 9.0-0 Ae6 10.b3 lt:ld7 11..i.b2 Ill es 1 2.!:l:b1 A xel 13. .i. xc3 lt:l xe4 14.A b2 f5 15.Af3 Af7 16 .i.xe4 fxe4 17.�g4 e5 18.lt:le3 �e7 1 9.� xe4 !:!: adS 20.f4 Ae6 21.!:l:be1 �h4 22.g3 �h5 23.!:l:d1 !:!:f7 •
ll...�xc3 12.�xc3 lll xe4 13.�b2 � a5 1 4 . A f3 f5 15. � e2 Ill e5 16.!:!:fd1 lll f6 1 7.Ad5+ e6
24.c5 Ah3 25.!:l:f2 lll d4 26.!:l:xd4 1:0 80
Chapter 9 White answers ... ll:J xd4 with 'iVdJ or 'iVeJ
White's Queen retreats (d3 and e3) and Bishop placements (d2 and e2) may seem modest compared to the normal �d2 and jt_g5 or �d2 and i.e3, but moving the Queen to d3 or e3 has its benifits. The Queen on d2 is often a target for Black's counterplay, while placing a Bishop there not only gives the c3 square extra support (discouraging . . . b7-b5) but also keeps Black 's Queen off a5, its most active post.
White plays 'i¥ eJ
118 Alexander Wojtkiewicz Jacek Gdanski Buenos Aires
1993
l.it:)f3 it:)f6 2.c4 c5 J.if:)cJ it:)c6 4.d4 cxd4 5.it:)xd4 g6 6.e4 d6 7.i. e2 it:)xd4 8.'�xd4 Jig? 9.0-0 [9.it:)d5?!
0-0 10.it:)xf6+ i.xf6 l l .�dl �a5+ 1 2 . � d2 � xd2+ 1 3 . W xd2 i. e6 1 4 J�t b l b5 1 5 . cxb5 d 5 ! 16.exd5 i.xd5 17.a4 l:!fd8 18.W e l i. xg2 19.l:!gl i.e4 20.l:!al l:!ac8 2 l . h4?! l:!c2 22.i.dl l:!xdl+! 23.Wxdl l:!xf2 24.i.g5 i.xb2 25.Wel l:!h2 26.l:!dl f6 ! 27.i.e3 i. c3+ 28. W fl W f7 2 9 . i. xa7? i. f3 ! 3 0 . l:! e l i. xe l 3 l .Wxel l:!xh4 32.a5 l:!b4 33.Wf2 (33 .b6 l:!a4 34.Wf2 i.b7-+) 33 . . . l:!xb5 ! 34.Wxf3 l:!xa5 35 .i.e3 g5
8 1
3 6 . W g4 ll a3 3 7. it.. xg5 fxg5 38.W xg5 �D! 3 9 .'iil h6 e5 40.�xh7 I!h3# Grossman-Finegold, Detroit 1 993] 9 0-0 10.'iVe3 .te6 nJib1 it)d7 12.it.. d2 'iVb6 lJ.it)dS lLxdS 14.exdS •..
30. .th6 'iVxh6 31.:xd4 dS 32.cxdS exdS 33.'iVd1 �g7 34.l:xdS �h7 3S.�g1 it)e4 36.�d3 l:eS 37.lixeS 'iVxcS 38.l:te1 it)xf2 39.�d7+ �g7 40J:i:e7 it)xh3+ 41.�g2 1 :0 14 ... .t d4 1S.'iVg3 aS 16.b3 it) cs 1 7.'iVg4 .t g7 18.Wh1 rs 19.'iVf3 Draw 119 Alexander Wojtkiewicz Jacek Gdanski Warsaw
120 Igor Stohl Peter Leko Brno
1993
1993
1.it)f3 cS 2.c4 g6 3.e4 it)c6 4.d4 cxd4 s.it)xd4 it)f6 6.it)c3 d6 7 .te2 it) xd4 8 . 'i h d4 JL g7 9. 0-0 0-0 10.'iVe3 .te6 11..� d2 it) d7 1 2. b3 'iVb6 13.l::!: ac1 .td4 14.'iVg3 it)cs 1S.'it'h4 .t f6 16.'iVf4 aS 1 7.it)dS lLxdS 18.exdS J.es 19. �h6 iH6 20.'iVf4 A es 2 1.'iVe3 e6 22.dxe6 fxe6 23.g3 �ae8 24.h4 'iVd8 2S.� g2 'iV f6 2 6 . .t g4 .i. d4 2 7. � e 2 h S 28.JLh3 b6 29.�cd1 �g7 •
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1.c4 cS 2.it)f3 it)f6 3.it)c3 g6 4.e4 d6 S.d4 cxd4 6.it)xd4 it)c6 7.il.. e2 it) xd4 8. � xd4 .t g7 9. 0-0 0-0 10.'iVe3 .td7 l l.l::t b1 'iV b6 1 2.b3 .tc6 13.�d3 l::t fc8 14.ii.e3 'iVd8 1S.f3 a6 16.l:fc1 l:!:ab8 17.ii.a7 l::t a8 18.ii.e3 l::t ab8 19. a4 aS 20.it) dS it)d7 21.J.gS ii. xdS 22.exdS .i.f6 23.ii.e3 it)cs 24.�d2 l::i: a8 2S.Ji.d1 'iV f8 26. ii. c 2 � g7 27.l::i: fl l::t a6 28.'iil h 1 .i.c3 29.'iVf2 l:l: b6 30.f4 l::!: a6 31 .g4 it) d7 32.gS fS 33. gxf6 exf6
7.Jl.. e2 fLlxd4 S. � xd4 Jl.. g7 9.Jl.. e3 0-0 10.�d2 Jl.. e6 1 1 .0-0 � a5 12. � ac1 a6 1 3 . f3 � fcS 14.liJ d5 � xd2 1 5 .Jl.. xd2 fLl xd5 16.cxd5 Jl.. d7 17.b3 Jl.. d4+ I S. � h l Jl.. b2 1 9. � c4 JJ.. b5 2 0 . � xeS � xeS 2 I .Jl.. xb5 axb5
34. i H5 W h8 35.A xd7 -e xd 7 J6J:tbc1 ii. b4 37.f5 gxf5 38.ii.d4 l::t f8 39.-eh4 'ii' g7 40Jhf5 Ac5 41.l::t g1 1:0
121 Kenneth Larsen John Donaldson Long Beach
1993
l.e4 c5 2.if)fJ g6 3.c4 lDc6 4.d4 cxd4 s.it)xd4 lDf6 6.if)cJ d6 7.ii.c2 it) x d4 s . -e xd4 ii. g7 9 . 0-0 0-0 10.�e3 Ae6 U.ii.d2 �b6 12.l::t ac1 -e xeJ 1 3 . A xe3 a6 1 4.f3 l::t fc8 15.lDd5 it) xd5 16.cxd5 Ad7 17.b3 A b 2 1 8 . l::t xc8+ l::t xc8 1 9 . A d 3 Ab5?! Pressing too hard. Under the
mistaken impression he is better Black overeaches. The game that gave him unrealistic hope was Fishbein-Alterman, Ramat Hasharon 199 1 ; l .c4 c5 2.'�J f3 liJc6 3.liJc3 liJ f6 4.d4 cxd4 5.liJxd4 g6 6.e4 d6
22.a4 � c2 23 .Jl.. h6 b4 24.Jl.. e3 � e2 25.Jl.. b6 Jl.. c3 26. � g l � b2 27. � dl [5 2S.Jl.. d4 � fl 29.Jl.. xc3 bxc3 3 0 . � c l � xb3 3 l . � f2 � b2+ 32. � g3 c2 and Black soon won. 20.Axb5 axb5 21.l::t f2 Act 22.Ab6 ii. aJ 2J. 'it f1 rs 24. 'it e2 A b4 25.W d1 'itfl 26.l::t c2 l::t as 27.We2 l::t a6 28.A d4 l::t as 29.W d3 A as JO.g4 e6 31.gxf5 gxf5 32.exf5 exd5 JJ.l:l:g2 l::t g8 34.l::t xg8 'it xg8 35.Aa7 'itfl 36.Wd4 'itf6 37.'it xd5 'it xrs 38.Ab8 ii.b4 39.a4 bxa4 40.bxa4 'itf4 41.Axd6+ Axd6 42.'itxd6 h5 43.a5 1:0
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122 Miguel Illescas Peter Lcko Leon
1993
123 Dmitry Kaiumov Eric Tangborn Budapest
1992
l.c4 c5 2./l�fJ g6 J.d4 cxd4 4.lDxd4 lDc6 5.e4 lDf6 6.lDc3 d6 7 .i. e2 lD xd4 s.e xd4 .i. g7 9. 0-0 o-o 1 0. � e3 .i. d 7 1 1 . l:t d 1 � b 6 12.'ihb6 axb6 13.Ae3 .i.c6 14.f3 lDd7 15.l:tdc1 lDc5 16.l:tc2 l:tfc8 17.lDd5 .i.xd5 18.cxd5
l . e4 c5 2 . lD f3 lD c6 J.d4 cxd4 4.lD xd4 g6 5.c4 lD f6 6.lDc3 d6 7 .i.e2 [7 . .i.e3 lDg4 8.lDxc6 lDxe3
18 l:t a3 19.Af2 l:tca8 20.Ac4 b5 2 1 .l:t ac1 l:t J a4 22 . .i. xb5 l::t xa2 23.b4 l:t xc2 24.l:txc2 lDa6 25 .i.el .i. d4+ 26. W fl h5 27. .i. d7 w g7 2 8J:C c8 l:t b8 29.W e 2 .i. g1 JO . .i.cJ+ f6 31.h4 W h6 32.l:txb8 lD xb8 JJ. .i.c8 b6 34.Ad2+ W g7 35 .i.e3 .i. xeJ 36.Wxe3 Wf7 37.g4 W e8 38.gxh5 gxh5 39. W d4 b5 40.f4 wn 41..i. b7 wf8 42.f5 wn 43.Ac6 lDa6 44.Axb5 1:0
13 ... lD xe4 ! 14.�xe4 e6 15.�d3 exd5 16.cxd5 A d7 17 . .i. cJ .i. rs 1 8 . � d 2 l:t e8 1 9 . A b5 A xel 20.l:t xc3 l:t e5 2 1 . l:t e 1 l:t xe 1 + 22.�xe1 l:tc8 2J.h3 l:t xcJ 24.exc3 � b6 25. a4 h5 26.b4 axb4 27.�xb4 .i.d7 Draw
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.i. g7 9.0-0 0-0 1 0. � e3 .i. d 7 ll . .i.d2 a5 12.l:tac1 Ac6 13.lDd5
White plays i¥ d3
124 John Fedorowicz Hans Ree Cannes
'iV xd5 19. .i.f3 'iV d6 20..i.c3 .i.xc3 2 1 . 'iV xc3 A xf3 2 2. 'iV xf3 b xa4 23.l::txa4 l::t xb4 24.l::t xb4 'iVxb4 25.f5 'iVc5+ 26.'iVf2 'iVxf5 27.'iVxf5 gxf5 28.l::t xf5 f6 29.g4 rJiJ g7 30.rJiJg2 l::t a8 31.rJiJg3 l::ta3+ 32.rJiJh4 rJiJg6 33.l::t b5 e5 34.l::t b8 l::t a4 35.l::t g8+ rJiJ f7 36.l::t h8 rJiJ g7 37.l::t e8 l::t a3 38.l::t e7+ rJiJ g6 39.l::t e8 l::t f3 40.l::t g8+ rJiJ f7 41.l::t h8 rJiJ g7 42.l::t e8 h6 43.h3 rJiJf7 44.l':!:h8 e4 45.l::t h7+ rJiJg6 46.l':!:e7 e3 47.l::t e8 W f7 48.l::t e4 h5 49.l::t a4 rJiJe6 50.gxh5 rJiJ d5 51.l::t a 1 l::t f4+ 52.W g3 l::t e4 53.h6 l::t e7 54. rJiJ f3 rJiJ d4 55.l::t d l+ Wc3 56.l::t e 1 W d2 57.l::t e2+ W d3 58.h7 Draw 125 Tibor Tolnai Peter Leko Hungary (ch)
1992
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l . e4 c5 2 .ltH3 ll) c6 3. d4 cxd4 4.li:)xd4 g6 5.c4 li:)f6 6.li:)c3 li:)xd4 7.'ihd4 d6 s.Ae2 Ag7 9.0-0 o-o 10.'iVd3 a6 11..� d2 Ad7 1 2.'iVe3 l::t b8 13.b4 b5 14.cxb5 axb5 15.f4 Ac6 16.a4
t.li:)f3 c5 2.c4 li:)f6 3.li:)c3 li:)c6 4.d4 cxd4 5.li:) xd4 g6 6.e4 d6 7.Ae2 ll) xd4 8. 'iV xd4 A g7 9.0-0 0-0 10.'.. d3 a6 u.Ae3 A d7 12.Ad4 .i.c6 13.b4 b5 14.cxb5 axb5 15.f3
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15 l::t a3 16.'iV d2 'iV d7 1 7.l::t fd1
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ri f11H I H. ll 11c l e b7 19.l::t c2 h5 211.'1)b I Il3a6 2 1.lf'lc3 l::t a3 22.ll:lb1 n JII(I 2J l1\c3 Draw .
126 Philipp Schlosser Peter Leko Brno
matic . . . ti.J c5-e6-d4 . 1 S.Ji.. g4 a5 19.l::t ad1 a4 20.a3 � a5 21.l::t xd6 /t)bJ 22.l::t d3 �c5 23.l::t h3 l::t adS 24./t)dS b5 25.l::t c3 bxc4 26.�e3 � xeJ 27.fxe3 Ji.. b5 2S.l::t c2 W g7 Draw 12S Sergey Kudrin John Donaldson Reno
1993
1992
l.c4 c5 2./t)fJ g6 J.d4 cxd4 4./t)xd4 /t)c6 5.e4 /t)f6 6./t)eJ d6 7.Ji.. e 2 it) xd4 S. � xd4 Ji. g7 9.0-0 0-0 10.�d3 �d7 l l ..kteJ a6 12.�fd1 �c6 1 3.�e2 � a5 14.l::t ac1 lUes 15.�b1 h5 16.b4 16... �e5 17.�d4 � g5 1S . .kt f3 b5 19./t) dS .kt xd5 20.�e3 �h4 21.cxd5 /t)g4 22.Ji.. xg4 h xg4 2J. l::t xeS+ l::t xeS 24. l::r e 1 l::t x cl+ 25.�xe1 �f6 26.h3 �cJ 27.hxg4 �xb4 2S.�cS+ Draw
l . e4 e5 2./t) fJ /t) e6 J. d4 exd4 4./t) xd4 g6 5.c4 /t)f6 6./t) eJ d6 7.Ji..e 2 it) xd4 S.� xd4 Ji.g7 9.0-0 0-0 10.�d3 Ji.. d 7 11.Ji.. e3 a5 12.b3 ii.. e6 lJ.fJ /t)d7 14.l::t a e1 /t)c5 15.�d2 ii.. e5 By a transposistion of moves a
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16.l::t f d1 b6 17.Ji.. fl l::t a7 1SJh 1 !:!: d 7 19./t)e2 e6
Emilio Pupo Roman Hernandez Havana
position from chapter seven has been reached. . Black's plan of a quick ... �a7-d7 works well here but White should have played for b 3 -b4 .
1992
l . e4 e5 2 . /t) fJ /t) c6 J.d4 cxd4 4./t) xd4 g6 5.c4 /t) f6 6./t)cJ d6 7.ii.. e2 /t)xd4 S.�xd4 Ag7 9.0-0 0-0 10.�d3 /t)d7 11.Ag5 /t)e5 12.'�i'e3 �d7 Here 12 ... i. xc3 13.bxc3 leads to a position where White's kingside chances are more important than the doubled c-pawns. 13.Ji.. h6 ii.. xh6 14.... xh6 Ji.. e6 15.Ji.. f3 �b6 16. �d2 �b4 17.�e2 e5 Playing for the the8 6
20.Ji.. g5 Ji.. f6 21.Ji.. f4 ii.. e5 22.�g5 Ji.. f6 2J.Ji.. f4 ii.. e5 Draw
Chapter 1 0 .aeJ and �d2
129 Tal Shaked John Donaldson Reno
1993
l . e4 c5 2 . liJ f3 liJ c6 J.d4 cxd4 4.liJxd4 g6 5.c4 liJf6 6.liJcJ d6 7.f3 liJ xd4 sJW xd4 i. g7 9.A e3 o-o 10.'ii d2 i. e6 ll.lic1 'ii a5 12.liJd5
This line isn't played much these days but that seems more a question of fashion than a nyth i ng else.
Possibily White's most natural setup after . . . liJxd4, is that involving i.e3 and �d2. While the more aggres sive placement of the Bishop at g5 puts some pressure on e7, it is also more exposed. Those that like the setup with i.g5, �d2 and a later liJa4 might want to consider that when White adopts his most promising line ( 16.g4), Black answers with 16 . . . f6 17.it.e3 f5. This produces a position identical to that arising from i.e3, �d2 and liJa4 (with each side minus one tempo). However the i.e3 move order defi nitely cuts down on Black's options, there is no 9... �a5 or ... h6 to boot the Bishop on g5.
12...'iha2 13.liJxe7+ W h8 14.Ae2 liJg8 15.liJd5 Axd5 16.cxd5 lifc8 17.0-0 a5 18.i.d4 'ii b J?!
Black needs to put pressure on White's Bishop. Theory gives 18 . . . � a4 1 9. i. c3 � b3 with a slight advantage for White. 1 9.f4
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• h4 211. � x h 4 a x h 4 2 1 .1L xg7+ W IJ.t7 22.c� W fM 23.A g4 l:r xc 1 24.n u I clxc� 2 5. fxc5 ll'Jc7 26.Ji.O 1.:� 2 7. rt c4 l1\ g6 28.l:r xb4 ll'J xe5 2tJ.ll xh7 1.1\ xf3+ 30.gxf3 l:ra5 31.d6 ri el� 32.d7 We7 33.d8='ilh Wxd8 3 4 . II xf7 li b5 35.l:r xh7 l:r xb2 36.IIg7 !:tb5 37.'it>f2 'it>es 38.'it>g3 w rs J9. l:r a 7 l:r rs 40.l:r b7 'it> gs 4t.'it>g4 Il:f4+ 42.Wg3 lif5 43.l:ra7 w rs 44.li h 7 'it> gs 45.l:rh3 l:r f4 46.l:rh5 l:rrs 47.'it'g4 �f4+ 48.'iil g3 : rs 49J:thJ l:r r4 so.'it> g2 'it> g7 51.lig3 'it> f6 52.Wf2 w rs 53.h3 l:r h4 Draw
130 Leonid Yudasin Antonio Antunes Seville
13.b4 �d8 14.l:rab 1 b5 15.cxb5 axb5 16.1Lxb5 l:rxa3 17.1Ld4 �aS 18.Ji.d3 l:rc8 19.l:rfc1 ll'Jd7 20.Ji.xg7 W xg7 21.1Lfl W g8 22.�d4 ll'Je5 23.b5 � a5 24.ll'Jd5 l:rxcl 25.l:rxc1 1L xd5 26.exd5 l:r a4 27.�e3 l:ra1 28.l:rxa1 �xa1
1993 29.h3 Wf8 30.�b6 �a8 31.�c7 �xd5 32.b6 �c6 33.f4 1:0
l . e4 c5 2 . ll'J f3 ll'J c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.ll'J xd4 g6 5.c4 ll'Jf6 6.ll'Jc3 d6 7.1Le2 ll'Jxd4 8.'iWxd4 Ji.g7 9.Ji.e3 0-0 10.�d2 a6 11.0-0 �a5 12.a3 �e6
131 Antonio Pimcnta Igor Khcnkin Geneva
1994
l.e4 c5 2.ll'JO d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.ll'Jxd4 ll'Jf6 5.0 ll'Jc6 6.c4 ll'Jxd4 7.�xd4 g6 8.ll'Jc3 Ji. g7 9.Ji.e3 0-0 10.'iWd2 1Lc6 ll.l:rc1 a6 12.1Le2 Hoping for
1 2 ... � a5?! 13 .'�J d5, but 12.b3, tem porarily stopping ... b5, is more often played. 12 ... b5!? Exploiting the un protected a-pawn. The text is known 8 8
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with the Bishop on g5 but little played here.
1 6. i he6 !:t xc l + 1 7. 'Ci h c t fxe6 18.'ifd2 d5 19.b3 'ifd6 20.0-0 d4 2 1 .ii.. b6 !:t c8 2 2.!:t c 1 !:t xc l + 2J.'ifxc1 'iii f7 24.iLf4 iLeS 25.ii.. xe5 'if xe5 26.'ifc4 'if d 6 2 7.'iii f2 dJ 28.e5 'ifb6+ 29.'iii fl 'ifeJ JO.'ife4 'CIVet+ Jt.'iit f2 d2 0: 1
132 Viktor Korchnoi Viswanathan Anand London
1J.it)d5 Much more challenging is
1 3.cxb5 axb5 14.a3 as 14 ... it)d7 isn't as effective as in lines with iLg5 (the Bishop on e3 covers c5). After 15.0xb5 0c5 16. iLxc5 dxc5 Black has some compensation. 13 ... bxc4 14.0xf6+ i4xf6 15.iLxc4 !:tc8
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t.0f3 c5 2.c4 g6 J.d4 cxd4 4.0xd4 0c6 5.e4 0f6 6.0c3 d6 7.f3 0xd4 8.'ifxd4 iL g7 9.ii.. e3 0-0 10.'ifd 2 ii.. e6 ll.!:tc1 [ I I .iLe2 �a5 12.0b5
� xd2+ 1 3 . W xd2 0 d7 1 4 . l:!: ab 1 ( 1 4 . 0 c7 l:!: ac8 1 5 . il) xe6 fxe6 16.l:!:ab l 0e5 17.l:!:hc l 0c6=) 14 ... 0e5 1 5.l:!:hc l l:!:fc8 16.b3 0c6 17.f4 f5 1 8. iL f3 fxe4 1 9 . iL xe4 ii.. f5 20.iLxf5 gxf5 2 l .'iii e2 'iii f7 22.l:!:dl a6 23.0d4 0xd4+ 24.iL xd4 b5 25.iL xg7 'iii xg7 26 . l:!: dc 1 Draw, Botvinnik-Matulovic, Belgrade 1970.] ll 'ifa5 12.b3 �fc8 ..•
[ 1 5 . . . iLxc4 16Jhc4 l:!:c8 17.l:!:xc8 �xc8 18.0-0 �b7 19.b3 l:!:c8 20.l:!:c1 l:!:c6 2 I .l:!:xc6 �xc6 22.�c1 �b7 23.�c4 e6 24.'iii f2 h5 25.a4 d5= 89
1 .1./l) h�l'! � xd2+ 1 4.Wxd2 tt::l d 7 I �.li)cl4 'i'c!li 16.h4 aS 17.h5 .i. d7 I H. A t·2 a4 1 9.b4 tt::l e6 20.lthe6 J>. xc(, 2 1 . h xg6 hxg6 22.a3 l:!: c7 2J Il c 2 f5 24.b5 l:!:cc8 25.l:!:b1 Wf7 2lt.Wd3 �h8 27 .i.fl l:!: h4 28 .i.f2 hc4+ 29.fxe4 l::t xe4 JO.Wxe4 .i.f5+ 31.Wf3 .i. xc2 32.l:!:c1 .i. bJ JJ.c5 .i. b2 34. .i.c4+ .i.xc4 J5Jhc4 AxaJ 36.c6 bxc6 37.bxc6 .i.b2 38.c7 a3 39.l:!:f4+ .i.f6 40 .i.h4 a2 41..i.xf6 exf6 42.l:!:a4 l:!:xa4 43.c8=� a1=� 44.� d7+ 'it> gs 45.� c8+ 'it> g7 46. � d7+ 'it> h6 4 7. � h3+ 'it> gs 4 8 . � g3+ w rs 4 9. � h 3+ 'it> es 50.�h2+ We6 51.�h3+ f5 0:1 .
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133 Vassily lvanchuk Viswanathan Anand Moscow
i. e6 1 1 .l:c1 'i¥a5 12.0-0 a6 1 3.b3 and the first player can follow up with f2-f4. 7 .i. e2 tt::l xd4 8.�xd4 .i. g7 •
9 .i.e3 0-0 10.�d2 .i.e6 1 1.0-0 �aS 12.�acl l:!:fc8 Conventional wisdom •
holds that Black shouldn't play ... l:fc8, forcing b3, when White can still play f2-f4-f5. Therefore, theory likes 1 2 ... a6, when 13.f4 is strongly met by 13 . . . b5, as 14.f5 runs into 14 ... i. xc4. However, things may not be so clear. Certainly, 12 . . . a6 is good, but 1 2 ... l:fc8 may also be playable. lJ.bJ a6 14.f4 b5 15.f5 .i. d7
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l . e4 c5 2 .tt::l f3 tt::l c6 J.d4 cxd4 4.tt::l xd4 g6 5.c4 tt::lf6 6.tt::l c3 d6 This
little finesse, instead of the immedi ate 6 . . . qj xd4, sidesteps the line 6 . . . qj xd4 7.'i¥xd4 g6 8.c5, but there is a more important reason. By play ing 6 . . . d6, threatening a future . . . qj g4, Black makes White choose among 7.qjc2, 7.i.e2 and 7.f3. This is important, because White's optimal piece setup involves keeping his Knight in the center, putting his Bishop on d3, and playing f2-f4 in one go: 6 . . . qj xd4 7. 'i¥ xd4 g6 8.i.g5 ! i. g7 9.'i¥d2 0-0 IO.i. d3 !
16.b4!? The key position for this line. No less than five moves have been tried here: (a) 1 6.i. d4? qj xe4 1 7.'i¥e3 qj xc3 1 8. l: xc3 i. xd4 19.'i¥xd4 e5 20.'i¥d2 'i¥d8 Draw, Bobotsov-Hort, Kapfenburg 1970; (b) 16.i.g5? l:cs 17.i.e3 l:c7 18.c5 l:ac8 19.l:c2 l: xc5 !, DeFirmian Strauss, Long Beach 1992; (c) 16.g4 b4 1 7.qj d5 qj xe4? 1 8. 'i¥ c2 or 1 6 . . . bxc4 1 7 . g5 , analysis by
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Shamkovich; (d) 1 6.fxg6 (theory's favorite) 16 ... hxg6 17.c5 ! [ 17.e5?b4! 1 8 .exf6 ( 1 8.ll:J a4 ll:J e4 1 9.'iV d4 i. xa4 20. 'iV xe4 i. c6 2 1 . 'iV f4 'iV xe5 22.'iVxf7+ � h7) 1 8 . . .bxc3 1 9.:cl:xc3 i. xf6 20.:ci:xf6 exf6 2 1 . .t n i.c6 22.i.d4 .t xn 23.'iVf4 'iV g5 24.'iVf3 :cl:es and Black was a little better in Spassky-Panno, Palma de Mallorca 1 969] 17 . . . i.e6 18.i.f3 dxc5 1 9.e5 ll:J g4 20. i.xa8 i. xe5 2 1 .i. d5 ! was Tal-Parma, Bled 196 1 . This game i s usually given a s the refutation of 12 . . . :ci:fc8, but if Black substitutes 1 7 . . . b4 for 17 . . . e6 are matters so clear? The position looks murky after 18.ll:Jd5 ll:Jxd5 19.exd5 dxc5 20.i.c4 i. e8. Perhaps Vishy had this in mind and lvanchuk chose to avoid it! ? Shamkovich's 16.g4 could turn out to be the biggest dan ger for 1 2 ... :ci:fc8. 16 'ihb4 17.e5 Played to close the long diagonal for Black's Dragon Bishop. 17 ... dxe5 18.fxg6 With the threat of 19.:ci:xf6 and 20.'iVxd7. 18 Ae6 19.gxf7+
/J... xf7 Black was also doing well in Beliavsky-Stean, Hastings 1974175 after 1 9 . . . � xf7 20.i. f3 :c!: d8 2 1 . 'iV f2 :c!: ac8 . 20. /J... h6 /J.. x h 6 2 1 . 'iV xh6 /J... xc4 22. 'iV g5+ W h 8 23.l:I xf6 l:I g8! An i mportant Zwischenzug. 24. 'iV xeS e xf6 25. � xf6+ l:I g7 26. 'iV d4 l:I c8 27.lDe4 'iVe7 28./J... xc4
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134 Vassily lvanchuk Viswanathan Anand Buenos Aires
1994
l . e4 c5 2.lD f3 lD c6 3. d4 cxd4 4.lD xd4 g6 5.c4 lDf6 6.lDc3 d6 7.Ae2 lDxd4 8.'iVxd4 /J... g7 9.Ae3 0-0 1 0. 'iV d2 /J... e6 1 1 . 0-0 'iV as 12.l:!:abt l:Ircs 13.b3 lDd7 9 1
135 Semen Dvoirys Sergei Tiviakov Podolsk
1993
l . e4 c5 2 . li) f3 li) c6 3. d4 cxd4 4.li) xd4 g6 5.c4 li)f6 6.li)c3 d6 7.Ae2 li)xd4 8.'ihd4 Ag7 9.Ae3 0-0 10.'ild2 Ae6 11.Il:c1 a6 12.0 A
14.l::t fc1 � d8 15.li:)d5 li)c5 16.�f3 a5 1 7. h4 it. xd5 1 8. e x d5 � d7 19.'ife2 l:!e8 20.h5 �f5 21.�d1 it. e5 2 2 . g4 � c8 23. w g2 Ji. g7 24.Il:h 1 li)d7 25.hxg6 hxg6 26.lih4 a4 2 7.Il: b h 1 axb3 28.axb3 Il: a 1 2 9 J h h3 � a 8 30.Il: h 7 'if a 2 3 1 . Il: x g7+ 'i!;1 x g7 3 2 . A d4+ f6 33.�e3 li)f8 34.Ae4 'i!;!f7 35.Il:h8 1:0
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clever move order that requires Black to be alert. 12 ...'�a5?! Falling in with White's plans. Here Black should have played 12 . . . b5 ! 13.li)d5! Com pare this with l .e4 c5 2.li)f3 li)c6 3 .d4 cxd4 4.li) xd4 g6 5.c4 li)f6 6.li'lc3 d6 7.f3 li'lxd4 8.�xd4 il.. g7 9.il.. e3 0-0 10.�d2 il.. e6 l l . li c l �as 12.li'ld5. White has the very useful il.. e2 in for . . . a6, leaving him in effect a tempo ahead. So Tiviakov has no choice but to go into a bad ending. 13 ... �xd2+ 14.'i!;!xd2 Axd5 15.cxd5 Il:fc8 16.b4 li)d7 17.a4 c;!;!rs 18.a5 Ab2 19.Il:c2 Il:xc2+ 20.'i!;!xc2 il.. f6 2 1 .'i!;! b3 li es 22.Il: c1 Il: xc l 23.Axcl il.. d4 24.f4 h 5 25.h3 c;!;les 26.Ad2 'i!;!ds 27.c;!;lc4 Ab2 28.Ae3 Af6
29.g4 hxg4 30 .ixg4 Wc7 31 .if2 .t g7 32. W d3 .ib6 33. .ie3 W d8 34. .tO W c7 3S.h4 1ll f6 36.e5 1ll hS 3 7 . J. b6+ W d 7 38. e6+ W e8 39.exf7+ W xf7 40.J. g4 Ill xf4+ 41.We4 e6 42 .ie3 1ll xdS 43 .ixh6 lll xb4 44.J.d2 lll c 6 4S .ic3 dS+ 46.Wf4 eS+ 47.J.xe5 1ll xa5 48 .ic8 lll c6 49 .ic7 lll d4 SO. .ib6 lll e6+ S l . W g4 lll f8 S 2 . .i xb 7 lll d 7 S3.J. d 4 lll f6+ S4.W gS lll e4+ ss.wh6 1 :0 •
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136 Michael Adams Julian Hodgson England
1992
1 7. . . /l\ hS ! ? 18. dxe6 fxe6 1 9. f4 .i xb 2 20.l::!: xc8+ l::!: xc8 2 1 .l::!: b 1 J.c3+ 22.w d3 bS 23.l::!: c l b4 24.fS dS 2S.f6 d4 26 . .i d2 l::!: cs 27.h4 w n 2s .tdt lll gJ 29 . .t f4 lll hs 30. .i d6 l::!: c6 3 t..ih2 aS 32.J.a4 l::!: c8 33 . .i d6 l::!: d8 34 .i eS l::!: c8 3S.l::!: bl h6 36.gxh6 l::!: h8 37.l::!: fl l::!: c8 38 .i d l l::!: b8 39 .i a4 l::!: c8 40 .i d7 l::!: h8 41 .i d6 l::!: h 7 42.1::!: 0 Ab2 43.eS J.ct 44.W xd4 .i xh6 4S.WcS J.d2 46.l::!: d3 J.c3 47.J.e7 l::!: h8 48. W d6 lll f4 49.l::!: f3 l::!: hs SO. l::!: e3 l::!: xh4 S t . J. e8+ W xe8 S 2. f7+ W xf7 S3 . .i xh4 W g8 S4.JlgS ill hS SS.l::!: d3 1ll g7 S6. .if6 gS S7.We7 lll fS+ S8.W xe6 lll d4+ S9.W d5 a4 60.e6 lll e2 6 t.J. xgS 1:0 •
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l . e4 cS 2 .1ll f3 lll c6 3. d4 cxd4 4.1ll xd4 g6 S.c4 lll f6 6.1ll c3 d6 7.J.e2 lll xd4 8.'irxd4 J.g7 9.J.e3 0-0 10.�d2 .ie6 ll.l::!: c 1 a6 12.0 � aS 1 3 . /l\ d S � xd2+ 14.W xd2 J. xdS 1S.cxdS l::!: fc8 16.g4 e6 17.gS
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137 Tal Shaked Sharon Burtman Las Vegas
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l . e4 cS 2 .1ll f3 lll c6 3. d4 cxd4 4.1ll xd4 g6 S.c4 1ll f6 6./l\cJ d6 7.0 lll xd4 8.� xd4 J. g7 9.J. e3 0-0 10.�d2 a6 ll.l::!: c l .ie6 12.b3 l::!: c8 13.J.e2
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l:t a5 2 3 . li. xc5 dxc5 24.'� d2 c4 2 5 . W c2 f5 26.l:tc 1 W fl 27.�c3 cxb3+ 28.axb3 l:tc5 29.Ac4 Axc4 30.bxc4 l:t xc4 3 l .W d3 l:t c8= Chuiko-Starodvorsky, Simferopol 1 989] 22.A d 1 � x a4 23. bxa4 A xa2 24.a5 A d4 25.Ae2 l::t b8 26.Ad3 l::t b2 27.l::tfl A b3 Draw
13 b5!? This sort of sacrifice is well known with White's Bishop on g5, where it is more exposed, but here it is extremely rare. The feeling has been that with White's Bishop on e3 his position is too solid for ...b5 to work. Should NM Burtman's line hold up, Accelerated players will owe her a big debt of thanks. 14.cxb5 •••
axb5 1 5. lt hb5 l:hcl+ 1 6.'ihc1 �a5+ 17.�d2 l::t a8 This position
138 Robby Adamson Sharon Burtman Los Angeles
1993
l . e4 c5 2 . � f3 � c6 3. d4 cxd4 4.� xd4 g6 5.c4 � f6 6.�c3 d6 7.Ae2 � xd4 8.�xd4 il. g7 9.Ae3 0-0 10.�d2 a6 11.l:!:c1 Ae6 12.0 l::tc8 13.b3 b5 14.cxb5 axb5
is well known with the Bishop on g5. 1 8 . � x a5 Here 1 8 . '� c3 l2J g4 1 9 . i. d4 i. xd4 20.'i¥ xd4 � c8 2 1 .Wf2 is Frolov-Tangborn (game # 1 52) without . . . h6. Also to be con sidered is 18.a3 when 1 8 . . . i. xb3 1 9. 'iV xa5 � xa5 20. 0-0 i. a4 2 l .� b 1 i. xb5 22.� xb5 � xa3 2 3 . � b8+ .t f8 24.i. h6 lb d7 25.�d8 Ra1 + 26. Wf2 � a2 27.g4 f6 28.e5 ! ! seems to win for White. See the notes to Frolov-Tangborn (game # 1 52) for more on this. 18 J::!: xa5 .•
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1 5.0-0 Black's idea i s to meet 15.i. xb5 with 15 . . . 'i¥ a5. 15 ... b4
16./l) a4 With the Bishop on g5, P. Szekely-Tangborn (game# 1 5 1 ) went 1 6 . ltJ b5 � aS. 1 6 l:! b8 •.•
1 7. /l) b 2 /l) d 7 1 8. 1L d 4 1L xd4+ 1 9.' if xd4 � b6 20. � xb6 l:! xb 6 2 1./l)a4 l:! b 7 22.l:!fd1 l:!a8 23.l:!d2 Draw
139 Robert Zelcic Lodger Koerholz Cannes
1993 140
l . e4 c5 2 . /l) f3 /l) c6 3.d4 cxd4 4./l) xd4 g6 5.c4 /l)f6 6./l)c3 d6 7.1Le2 /l)xd4 8.�xd4 Jlg7 9.Jle3 0 -0 1 0. � d 2 1L e6 1 1 . 0 -0 � a5 1 2.l:! ac1 l:! fc8 13.b3 a6 14.f3 b5 15./l)b1 b4 16.W h1 This looks like
a new move. Previously only 16.a4 ltJ d7 and 16.a3 l:tab8 17. ll fl ltJd7 1 8.�h1 tLle5 19. .1le1 ltJc6, in both cases with good play for Black, were known. 16 ... l:! ab8 1 7.1L d4 /l) d7 1 8.1L xg7 W xg7 19.f4 f6 20.'�' b2 � c5 2 1 . l:! c d 1 l:! c7 2 2.l::t d3 a5 23./l)d2 a4 24./l)fJ axb3 25.axb3 l:! a7 26./l) d4 JLn 27.1Lg4 lt:) rs 28.1Lf3 l:!a3 29.l:!e1 1Lxc4 30.l:! dd 1 1L f7 3 1 .e5 dxe5 3 2 .fxe5 � c3 33.�f2 l:!a6 34.l:!cl �d3 35.l:!ed1 �c3 36.l:! xc3 bxc3 37.� g3 I!:c8 38.1Lb7 c2 39./l)xc2 1:0
Josif Dorfman Jacek Gdanski Polanica Zdroj
1993
l.d4 /l)f6 2./l)fJ g6 3.c4 c5 4./l)c3 cxd4 5./l)xd4 /l)c6 6.e4 d6 7.1Le2 /l) xd4 8.� xd4 Jl g7 9.1L e3 0-0 10.�d2 1Le6 l l.l:!c1 � as 1 2.f3 l:! fc8 13.b3 a6 1 4. /l) d S � xd2+ 1 5. W xd2 /l) x d5 1 6. c x d5 1L d 7 1 7.l:! xc8+ I!: xc8 18.l:! c 1 l:! xc 1 19.Wxcl Wf8
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20.�h6 Though the position should be drawn, White's space advantage encourages him to continue. 20 e6 This move is almost always played in this ending. 21.Jl.. c4 We7 22.Wc2 •••
� eS 23.h3 exdS 24.Jl.. xdS Jl.. c6 2S.Axc6 bxc6 26.Wd3 Jl.. gJ 27.Ad4 We6 2S.Wc4 f5 29.Jic3 fxe4 30.fxe4 An 31.g4 hS 32.gxhS gxhS JJ.WdJ Jih4 34.We3 Ji gS+ JS.WfJ �dS 36.Wf4 �e7 37.Jl.. d4 JidS JS.�cJ Draw 141 Boris S1lassky Tigran Petrosian Moscow
Black fights to get some breathing room. Note that White rarely answers ...e6 with dxe6. This exchange would diminish White's control of the cen ter and allow Black the possibility of making a passed pawn with ... d5 (af ter ... fxe6) or trade another pair of pawns ( . . . .t xe6 and ... d5). In the fourth game oftheir 1971 candidates match in Buenos Aires, Petrosian and Fischer drew here. 2 1 . a4 Other moves that have been played here were 2 1 . g4 (Vasiukov-Anikaev, 1 9 8 1 , drawn in 25) and 2 l .Bc4 (Pigusov-Yakovich, 1985, drawn in 3 1 ) . 2 1 . . . exdS 2 2. exdS W e7
1969
l . e4 cS 2.ll:l f3 lll c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.lll xd4 g6 S.c4 lll f6 6.lll c3 lll xd4 7.�xd4 d6 S.JieJ Ji g7 9.f3 0-0 10.�d2 Ae6 u.:c1 �as 12.Ae2 l Ues lJ.bJ a6 14.lll dS � xd2+ 1 S . W xd2 lll xdS 1 6. cxdS Ji d 7 1 7.� xcS+ � xeS 1 S.� c 1 � xc 1 19.Wxcl Wf8 20.Wc2 e6
2J.ii.. d3 Aes 24.g3 wes 2S.W d2 W e7 26.Ab6 Jl.. es 27.f4 ii.. g7 2S.g4 k d7 29.h3 hS JO.Ji e2 h xg4 3 1 . h x g4 iL b2 3 2. W e3 k c l + 33.Wf3 iLb2 34.iLdJ iLcJ
JS.fS gxfS 36.Ji xfS A xfS 37.gxfS W d7 JS.
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142 Oliver Reeh Tomas Polak Bern
143 Alexandre Lesiege Hugo Spangenberg Havana
1993
l . e4 c5 2.itH3 tt:\ c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.tt:\xd4 g6 5.c4 tt:\ f6 6.tt:\c3 d6 7 .i.e2 tt:\xd4 8.'ihd4 .i.g7 9..i.e3 0-0 10.'ild2 .i.e6 11J:l:c1 't!Va5 12.b3 a6 lJ.fJ l!fc8 14.a4 tt:\d7 15.tt:\d5 't!V xd2+ 1 6.W xd2 .i. xd5 1 7.exd5 •
[ 17.cxd5 Wf8 1 8.b4 it.. b2 19.l!c2 l!xc2+ 20.Wxc2 Ag7 2 1 .Wb3 l!c8 Vukcevic-Drimer, 2 2 . l! c l ;;!;; Leningrad 1960] 17.../l\cS 1S.l!b1
a5 19.f4 l!eS 20..i.f3 :!:!adS 21J�the1 b6 22.Wc2 .i.f6 23 .i.f2 h6 24.h4 W g7 25.g3 l!c8 26.l!e2 l!c7 27.g4 g5 2S. h xg5 hxg5 29 .i. e3 :!:! h 8 JO.fxg5 .i.e5 31.l!h1 !ixhl 3 2..i.xh1 l:c8 33..i.f3 Draw •
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l . e4 c5 2.tt:\ f3 tt:\ c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.tt:\ xd4 g6 5.c4 tt:\ f6 6.tt:\c3 d6 7 .i.e2 tt:\xd4 8.'t!Vxd4 .i. g7 9 .i.eJ 0-0 10.'t!V d2 .i.e6 ll.fJ 'iV a5 1 2.l!cl :!:! res 13.b3 a6 14.tt:\ a4 't!V xd2+ 1 5. W xd2 tt:\ d 7 1 6 . tt:\ c3 W f8 1 7.tt:\d5 .i.xd5 18.exd5 :!:!cbS The •
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19.a4 a5 20.f4! .i.b2 2 1.!icd1 .i. aJ 22. Wc2 .i.c5 23 .i.cl! tt:\f6 24. .i.f3 e5 Otherwise White would expand on •
the Kingside with g4-g5 and h4-h5 while Black sits. 25.dxe6 fxe6 26.g4
W f7 27.l! hel l! a6 2S.g5 tt:\ h 5 2 9 .i.xh5 gxh5 30.l::t d3 l!e8 31.l!h3 W g6
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2S.i. b 6 l::t x a4 26.A xd8 l::t xf4 27.i.b6 l::t a4 28.l::tfl l::t xa2 29.l::t f2 l::t a6 JO.l::t d2 l::t x b6 31.l::t xd7 'it> n 3 2.l::t cs l::t e6+ 33.W f2 W g6 34. l::t d dS l::t e4 J S. W fJ l::t b4 36.l::t xfS e6 37.l::t f4 l::t x h2 38.l::t e4 eS 39.l::t a4 l::t bJ+ 40.W g4 l::t dJ 4 1 . l::t a6+ W f7 42. l::t c7+ W g8 43. l::t c8+ i. f8 44. l::t f6 l::t d4+ 4S.WhS 1:0
32.fS+ 'it> xfS JJ.l::t xhS l::t e7 34.l::t h6 eS JS.hJ dS 36.l::t fl+ 1:0 14S Kurajica Bogdan Brendel Oliver Pardubice
144 Mihai Suba Jacek Gdanski Budapest
1993
1.c4 g6 2.d4 cS J.lll fJ cxd4 4.lthd4 ll'l f6 s . li:'l c J ll'l c6 6.e4 d6 7.f3 ll'l xd4 8.'if xd4 i. g7 9.i. e3 0-0 10.�d2 �as u.Ae2 i.e6 12.l::tc t l::t fc8 13.b3 a6 14.1l'l a4 � xd2+ 1S.W xd2 li:'l d7 16.g4 fS 1 7.edS
[ 1 7. gxf5 gxf5 1 8 . l::t hg1 � h8 19.ltJc3 fxe4 20.ltJxe4 d5 2 l .liJg5 JigS 22.cxd5 il.xd5 23.l::t g3 l::t xc 1 24. xc 1 liJ f6= Lau-Zsu. Polgar, New York 1 985) 17 gxfS 18.gS dS ••.
19.f4 dxc4 20.bxc4 l::t d8 21.We1 bS?! 22.cxbS axbS 2J.i.xbS l::t aS
As 23 . . . i.xa2 is met by 24.i.xd7 l::t xd7 2 5 .1l'l b6. 24.i. xd7 i. xd7
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1994
1 . e4 cS 2 . liJ f3 ll'l c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.1l'lxd4 g6 S.c4 liJf6 6.1l'lc3 ll'l xd4 7.'�hd4 d6 s.i.eJ Ji g7 9.f3 0-0 10.�d2 i.c6 u.l::t c 1 � as 1 2.b3 l::tfc8 13.i.e2 a6 14.1l'la4 � xd2+ 1 S. W xd2 liJ d 7 1 6 .l::t h d 1 l::t ab8
[16 ... l::!: cb8 1 7.c5 dxc5 18.ltJxc5 ll:l xc5 1 9 . l::!: xc5 l::!: d8+ 2 0 . W e 1 l::!: xd 1 + 2 l . W xd 1 i. c8= Hort Vasiukov, Wijk aan Zee 1 97 3 ]
1 7.1l'lc3 fS 18.ll:ldS i.xdS 19.exdS aS 20J:!:c2 ll:lcS 21J:l:b1 i.eS 22.g3 l::!: f8 23.f4 i.f6 24.i.f3 l::!:fc8 2S.a3 bS 26.i. xcS l::!: xcS 27.Ae2 W f8 28.l::!: bc1 b4 29.a4 eS JO.dxe6 l::!: e8 31.i.f3 l::t xc6 32.Wd3 i.d8 33.ld:e2 l::t xe2 34.Wxe2 i.b6 3S.ld: d1 W e7 36.Jids l::t c7 37.'it>f3 'it>f6 JS.i.gS i.cS 39.l::t e 1 l::t e7 40.h3 hS Draw
Chapter 1 1 White plays JL gS with 'iVe3 plus lines with JL g5 and 'iV d2 involving b5 as a gambit. •••
The tricky 9. . . 1!Wa5 is a good example of how complicated move orders can get in the Maroczy. Black's singu lar aim is to avoid the set-up i.. g5 and I!We3.
146 Nikolaos Kalesis Peter Leko Budapest
1993
l . e4 cS 2 . ltJ f3 ltJ c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.ltJ xd4 g6 5.c4 ltJf6 6.ltJc3 d6 7.i.. e2 ltJxd4 8.'�xd4 i.. g7 9.i.. g5 �as
After one has studied the heavy duty endings that arise after 14.li:la4 in the 9.ii.g5 or 9.i.. e3 lines it's easy to understand the interest in more active methods of counterplay like playing . . .b5 as a sacrifice.
9 .�g5 A sophisticated move order that seeks to circumvent White's setup with ilg5 and �e3. Now if 10.�d2 play has transposed back to the main line. 10.j,d2 �b6 l l.'ihb6 axb6 12.0 i.. c6 13.Wf2 ltJd7 14.k:thc1 fS 15.exf5 gxfS 16.b3 0-0 17.a4 ltJcS 18.l::!: a bl f4 19.ltJd5 i.. xdS 20.cxd5 i.. d4+ 21.w n i.. es 22.ii.bS W g7 2JJ:tc2 Wf6 24.b4 ltJa6 2SJ:tc4 e6 26.dxc6 dS 27.l::t c2 Wxc6 28.i.. d3 Draw
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4.ll'l xd4 g6 5.c4 ll'l f6 6.ll'lc3 d6 7.Ae2 ll'lxd4 8.�xd4 A g7 9.Ag5 0-0 10.�e3 Ae6 11.0-0 'ti'b6 12.b3 �xe3 13.Axe3 ll'ld7 14.l:!:ac1 l:!:fc8 15.ll'ld5
'i¥ e3 and i.. g5
147 Viswanathan Anand Sergei Tiviakov Groningen
1993
l . e4 cS 2.ll'l f3 ll'l c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.ll'l xd4 g6 5.c4 ll'l f6 6.ll'lc3 d6 7.i.. e2 ll'lxd4 8.'ihd4 il.. g7 9.Ag5 0-0 1 0. � e3 A e6 1 1 . 0-0 � b6 1 2.l:!:ab1 �xe3 13.Axe3 l:!:fc8 14.b3 ll'l d7 15.ll'ld5 Axd5 16.exd5 ll'lc5 17.l:!:bc1 aS 18.l:!:c2
ts .. A b2 19.l:!:c2 A a3 20.A h6+
18 ll'l a6! 1 9. a3 bS 20.l:!:fc1 b4 Draw
149 M. Rodin Evgeny Pigusov Podolsk
1992
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148 Sergey Dolmatov Sergei Tiviakov Rostov on Don
1993
l . e4 c5 V�H3 ll'l c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.ll'l xd4 g6 5.c4 ll'l f6 6.ll'lc3 d6 7.Ji.. e2 ll'lxd4 8.�xd4 il.. g7 9.0-0 0-0 10.i.. g5 il.. e6 11.�e3 �b6 12.l:!:ab1 l:i: fc8 13.b3 �xe3 14.1l.. xe3 \t f8 15.f3? ll'lg4 16.fxg4 A xc3 1 7.l:!:bc1 A b2 The manuever A b2-a3-c5 is ...
l . e4 cS 2 . ll'l f3 ll'l c6 3 . d4 cxd4
very common in this variation.
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18.l::t c2 A a3 19.g5 b5 20.h4 bxc4 2 1 . A xc4 A xc4 2 2. bxc4 W g8 23. l::!: cf2 l::!: xc4 24.� xf7 l::!: xe4 25.Axa7 l::t xh4 26.g3 l::te4 27.I:t7f3 Ab4 28.l::t 3f2 Ae1 0:1 150 Alexander Ivanov Benjamin Finegold Key West (ch)
1994
l . e4 c5 2.ltH3 lll c6 3 . d4 cxd4 4.lll xd4 g6 5.c4 lll f6 6.lll c3 d6 7.Ae2 lll xd4 s.'ihd4 Ag7 9.Ag5 0-0 10.'�e3 Ae6 ll.l::tc 1 �b6 12.b3 � xe3 13. � xe3 a6 14.0-0 l':i: fc8 15.lll a4 :l:!:ab8 16.lll b6 :c7 1 7.f3
f6 25.Ad2 g5 26.g3 W g6 27.W g2 h6 28.A d 1 f5 29.A c2 fxe4 30.A xe4+ W g7 3 1 . -lt f5 lll b6 32.Ae6 lll a8 33.Ac8 b5 34 .lt xa6 lll b6 35.A b7 A c5 36.h4 gxh4 37.gxh4 b4 38.h5 lll d7 39.Ac1 lll f6 40.f4 lll xh5 41.Ac8 lllf6 42.Ae6 h5 43.Wh3 '&t> g6 44.Wg2 '&t> g7 45.Wf3 W g6 46.A d2 W g7 47.Ji.e1 w rs 48.We2 '&ties 49.Wd3 Wd8 50.Wc4 '&t>c7 5t.Ah3 W b6 52.A g2 lll g4 53.-ltfJ Ae3 54.Wxb4 Axf4 55.a4 lll e5 56.Ae2 A g5 57.a5+ W c7 58. W b5 h4 59.Afl lll f3 60 . .i.r2 lll d2 6t.Ah3 lll xb3 62.Ab6+ W b8 63.a6 1:0 •
... b5
An improvement over 17.Af3 lll d7 18.a4 Ac3 1 9J::!: fd l lll xb6 draw, A. lvanov-Petursson, New York 1 99 1 .
1 7... lll d7 18.lll d5 Axd5 19.cxd5
Here 1 9.exd5 Ab2 20.l::t c2 Aa3, in tending . . . it.c5 and . . .b5, is fine for Black. 19 ... l::t bc8 20.l::t xc7 l::t xc7 21.�c1 �xcl+ 22..i.xc1
151 Peter Szekely Eric Tangborn Budallest
22...Ad4+ White has a sma1I but lasting advantage. 23.Wfl Wg7 24.Ag5
1992
t . lll f3 c5 2.c4 lll c6 3 . d4 cxd4 4.lll xd4 g6 5.e4 lll f6 6.lll c3 d6
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1 s.o-o b4 16.ll) bs � as 1 7 .i.e3 ll)d7 18.ll)d4 ll)cs 19.l:tfd1 l:tfd8 20 .i.fl .i. d7 21 .i.c4 ll)e6 22.ll)e2 l:tc6 23. .i.dS l:txcl 24.l:txc1 � a3 2S.l:tc2 l:tc8 26.l:txc8+ .i.xc8 27.h3 .i.d7 28. .i.c4 Draw •
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1S2 Arthur Frolov Eric Tangborn Budapest
1992
l . e4 cS 2.ll) f3 ll) c6 3. d4 cxd4 4.ll) xd4 g6 5.c4 ll)f6 6.ll)c3 d6 7 .i.e2 ll)xd4 8.�xd4 .i.g7 9. .i.gS 0-0 10.�d2 a6 ll.fJ .i.e6 12J�c1 l:t c8 1 3 . b3 bS 1 4. c x bS axbS 1S.ll) xbS l:t xcl+ 16.ihc1 �aS+ 1 7.'�'d2 l:t a8 •
18.ll)c3 This isn't bad but check out Riverside IM David Strauss' amaz ing 28.e5! Unless an improvement for Black is found the . . . a6-b5 line is in trouble. 18.a3 .i.xb3 1 9.�xa5 ld: xa5 20.0-0 .i.a4 2 l .ld: b l .i.xb5 2 2 . ld: xb5 ld: xa3 2 3 . ld: b8+ .i. f8 24.i.h6 li:ld7 25.ld:d8 ld:al+ 26.Wf2 ld:a2 27.g4 f6 28.e5 ! ! (28.We3 ld:c2 29.i.d3 draw was Mokry-Kallai, Trnava 1985). 28 . . . fxe5 (28 ... dxe5 2 9 . i. e3+-) 2 9 . g5+- D . Strauss] 18...h6 19.i.e3 li:lg4 20.i.d4 .i. xd4 2 1 . � xd4 l:t c8 22.W d 2 l:t xc3 23.� xc3 � hal+ 24.W e1 ll) es 25.Wf2 �a7+ 26.�e3 �a2 27.�c3 � a7+ 28.W g3 gS 29.h4 � b8 30.h xgS hxgS 3 1 .b4 f6 32.W f2 �b6+ 33.Wfl W g7 34.g3 ds 3S.f4 ll)g4 36.�cs �xeS 37.bxcS dxe4 38.i.xg4 Axg4 39.fxgS 1:0 153 Marcin Kaminski Jeroen Bosch Groningen
1993
l . e4 cS 2.ll) f3 ll) c6 3.d4 cxd4
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4.ithd4 g6 5.c4 il)f6 6.il)cJ d6 7.Ae2 il)xd4 8."tfxd4 Ag7 9.Ag5 0-0 10.11t'd2 a6 11.0-0 A e6 12.b3
[ 1 2 . f3 � a5 1 3 . il) d5 � xd2 1 4 . il) xe7+ � h8 1 5. A xd2 l:t fe8 1 6 . il) d5 il) xd5 1 7. cxd5 A xd5 1 8. A c3 Draw, Short-Andersson, Novi Sad 1990] 12 �a5 tJ.l:tact
4.il) xd4 g6 5.c4 il) f6 6.il)c3 d6 7 .A.e2 il)xd4 8.�xd4 .A.g7 9.Ag5 0-0 10.11t'd2 a6 1 1.0 Ae6 12.l:tct b5 As 12 ... �a5 is strongly met by 13.il)d5! 13.cxb5 axb5 14.aJ il)d7 •
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b5 14.il)d5 �xd2 15.il)xe7+ � h8 16.Axd2 l:tfe8 17.il)d5
15.b4 If White captures on b5 Black
has 1 5 . . . ltJ c5 with excellent counterplay. 15 l:t xa3 16.il) xb5 ..•
1 7... Axd5 Here 17 ... lZJxd5 18.cxd5
( 1 8 . exd5 iJ.. xd5) 1 8 . . iJ.. xd5 1 9.iJ.. xb5 axb5 20.exd5 �xa2 is also fine for Black. 1 8. c x d5 it) xe4 .
1 9 . A a5 il) cJ 20.A g4 il) e2 + 21.Axe2 l:txe2 22.Ac7 Ae5 23.a4 l:tb2 24. l:t b 1 � g8 25.l:tfd1 l:tc2 26.l:tbct l:tb2 27.l:t b1 l:tc2 28.l:tbc1 l:tb2 Draw 154 Veselin Topalov Antonio Antunes Candas
1992
l . e4 c5 2 . il) fJ il) c6 3.d4 cxd4
l:t a2 17.�e3 h6 18. .i.h4 g5 19.Af2 �b8 20.0-0 l:tc8 21.h4 Af6 22.hxg5 hxg5 23.l:txc8+ �xeS 24.AdJ il)e5 25.Abl l:tb2 26.l:tcl � b8 27.il)d4 �xb4 28.il)xe6 l:txb1 29.il)c7 il)c4 JOJi' el �xel+ 31.l:txe1 l:t xel+ 3 2.A xe t A d4+ JJ. A f2 A xf2+ 34.� xf2 �g7 35.g3 e6 36.f4 � g6 3 7. � f3 il) d 2+ 38.� e3 il) fl + 39. � f2 il) d 2 40.� e3 il) c4+ 41.�d4 il)b6 42.il)bS il)c8 43.�e3 g4 44.� dJ f5 45.exf5+ � xf5 46.il)d4+ �f6 47.il)c2 il)e7 48.il)eJ ll)rs 49.il)xg4+ �e7 50.il)h2 il)xg3 51.il)f3 �f6 52.il)d4 il)fS 5J.ll)f3 il) g7 54.il) d4 d5 55. � e2 � e7 56.� d3 � d6 57.il) b5+ � c6 58. it) d4+ � c5 59.il) bJ+ � d 6 60. il) d4 il) fS 6 t . il) xf5+ exf5 62.� d4 �c6 63.�e5 �c5 64.�xf5
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d4 65.Wg6 dJ 66.f5 d2 67.f6 d1='if 68.f7 'ifd8 69.Wg7 'irg5+ 70.Wh8 'iff6+ 71.Wg8 'irg6+ 72.Wh8 'ifxf7 D raw
155 Judit Polgar Roman Dzindzichashvili New York
1992
gives Black an easy game here: 12 . . . b5 ! 1 3 .cxb5 � xc3 14.'iY xc3 llJ xe4 15. 'iY xe3 llJ xg5 16. 'iY xg5 i. xa 1 17. � xa1 d5 with an excellent game for Black in Brodsky-Tiviakov, USSR 1 99 1 . 12... 'if a5 13.b3 a6?! [13 ... :c!:fe8 14.f3 a6 15.�d5 �xd2 1 6 . :c!: xd2 � xd5 1 7. exd5 iL d7] 14.� d5! 'if xd2 15.� xe7+ W h8 16.iJ.. x d2 l:!:ce8
1 . e4 c5 2.-!t.HJ � c6 J . d4 cxd4 4.� xd4 g6 5.c4 �f6 6.�c3 d6 7.iJ.. e2 � xd4 8.'ifxd4 lJ.. g7 9.iJ.. g5 0 -0 1 0 . 'if d 2 JJ.. e6 1 1 . 0-0 l:!: cs 1 2.l:!:ad1
1 7.lJ.. b4!? [ l7.e5 ! dxe5 18.i.b4 :c!:a8
A rather unusual square for the Rook in this line, usually it goes to c 1. From d 1 the Rook helps to make the ad vance e4-e5 possible as in the line 12 . . . i. xc4? 13 .e5! llJe8 14.i.xc4 � xc4 15.'iYe2 � c7 16.exd6 llJxd6 1 7.llJd5. Note that the routine 12.b3
l 9. � d5 :c!: g8 2 0 . � c7 :c!: ad8 fxe6 2 2 . i. a 5 ± 2 l . � xe6 (Dzindzichashvili)] 1 7...:c!:xe7 [ 1 7 ... 0xe4 l 8.i.f3 �c3 l 9 .:c!:d3 :c!: xe7 20.i. xc3 ] 18.i. xd6 l:!: ee8 Here l8 . . .Rfe8 l 9.Bxe7 Rxe7 20.Rd8+ Ne8 2 1 .f4 is hard to assess. 19.e5 � g4 20.iJ.. xf8 l:!:xf8 21.iJ.. f3 ! l:!:b8 22.h3 [22 . i. xb7 JJ.. xe5] 22 . . . � xe5 2J.iJ.. xb7 a5 24.iJ.. d5 iLxd5 25.l:!:xd5 � c6 26.l:!:fd1 JJ.. rs 2 7.l:!:b5 l:!:es 28. W f1 W g8 29.g3 h5 JO.l:!: dd5 iJ.. b4 J t . l:!: d 1 W g7 32.l:!: b7 l:!:e6 JJ.l:!:b6 �d4? 34.l:!:xb4 1:0
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156 Maya Chiburdanidze Eduard Gufeld Kuala Lumpur
1994
l . d4 � f6 2.c4 c5 J.� fJ cxd4 4.� xd4 � c6 5.�c3 g6 6.e4 d6 7.ii.. e2 � xd4 8.�xd4 ii.. g7 9.Ji.g5 0-0 10. � d2 ii.. e6 ll.l::!: c t l::!: c8 12.b3 a6 13.0-0 b5 14.ii.. xf6 ii.. xf6 15.cxb5 axb5 16.�xb5 �b6 17.�a3 Gufeld
chose 1 7.b4 early in the year i n Calcutta (see game 157). Now his former pupil finds a possible improve ment. 1 7... l::!: c5! ? 18.l::!: xc5 � xeS
19.�c4 Ji.. gS 20.�c3 f5 2 1.exf5 ii.. xf5 22.b4 � c7 2J.�b3 ii.. e6 24. b5 d5 25.�e3 � e5 26.� d3 l::!: c8? [26 . . . d4 27 . ltJ c4 � xb 5
2 8 . � xd4 l::!: c8 2 9 . 0 d6 � d7= Gufeld] 27.Ji.. g4! ii.. xg4 28.� xg4
�f5 29.�g3 ii..f4 JO.�fJ l::!: c2 31.g3 h5 32.�e3 A xel JJ.�xeJ l::!: x a2 34. � xe7 I:!: b 2 35. � d8+ 'itt g7 36.�c7+ 'it> h6 37.�cl+ 1:0
157 Eduard Gufeld Ponnuswamy Konguvel Calcutta
1994
l . e4 c5 2.� f3 � c6 J.d4 cxd4 4.� xd4 g6 5.c4 � f6 6.�c3 d6 7.Ae2 �xd4 8.�xd4 ii.. g7 9.ii.. g5 0-0 10. � d2 i.e6 ll.l::!: c 1 l::!: c8 12.b3 a6 13.0-0
13 ... b5 The sacrifice . . . b5 is well
known in the 7 . . . tt:J xd4 Maroczy Bind, but it doesn't seem to have been played before in this precise position. 14.cxb5 axb5 15.ii.. xf6 Here 14.cxb5 axb5 1 5 . j_ xb5 (for 1 5.f3 b4 see Szekely-Tang born, Game 1 5 1 ) 1 5. . .'�a5 16.Ad3 � xc3 17.�xc3 llJxe4 18.Axe4 Axc3 19.' � e3 �e8 20.Ab1 d5 was better for Black in Formanek-Rind, Lone Pine 1 980. Both of these examples transposed from other move orders where j_ xf6 wasn't a serious option for White. 15... Axf6 16.�xb5 �b6 17.b4 For 17. Na3 see Chiburdanidze-Gufeld game # 1 56. [17.l::!: xc8 l::!: xc8 18.l::!: c 1 l::!: xc 1 + 19.�xc1 �a5oo Gufeld] 17...�b7 18.a4! �xe4 19.�c7 l::!: b8 20.�xe6 fxe6 21.l::!: c4 .. d5 22.�c2 A d4 2J. Ji.. f3 � e5 24.� d 2 ? ! 24.Qd3 ! Gufeld. 2 4... l::!: f4 25.l::!: et �f6 26.l::!: e4 l::!: xe4 27.Axe4 ii.. b 6! 28.a5 d5 29.l::!: c 1 � d4! 30.�e2 dxe4 31.axb6 �xb4 32.g3 l::!: xb6 JJ.l::!: e 1 Draw
105
158 M. Kekelidge Matthew Thmer European Junior (ch)
1993
v��f3 /t)f6 2.c4 c5 J./t)cJ /t)c6 4.d4 cxd4 5./t)xd4 g6 6.e4 /t)xd4 7...xd4 d6 s.Ae2 A g7 9.Ag5 0-0 10... d2 Ae6 11.0-0 a6 12.b3 b5
29... l::!: c 2? Black's chances to win with two Rooks on the board were excellent until this move, but after this trade, winning chances are slim. Correct was 29 . . e6 with White's struggle to reach a draw much more difficult than what follows. JO.l::!: xe2 .
13.e5 Searching through the ICE Chess Assistant data base I was un able to find any other games with this exact sequence - the combination of b3 and 0-0 without ... l:tc8 is unusual - however the theme of answering the . . .b5 pawn sacrifice with e5 is well known. Note that l 3 .cxb5 axb5 14.i.xb5 'i¥a5 followed by . . . l:tfc8 gives Black excellent counterplay. 1 3 dxe5 14.cxb5 axb5 15 ... xd8 l::!: fxd8 16.Axb5 h6 17.Ae3 /t) g4 18. A c5 l::!: dc8 19.b4 e4 20J:!:ac1 A xel 21.l::!: xc3 l::!: xa2 22.l::!: fc1 /t)f6 23.A c4 A xc4 24. 1::!: xc4 it) d 5 25.l::!: xe4 /t) xb4 26.l::!: xb4 l::!: xc5 27.l::!: fl W g7 28.g3 l::!: cc2 29.l::!: e4 •••
l::!: xe2 J l .W g2 f5 32.W f3 l::!: a 2 JJ.h4 l::!: aJ+ 34.Wg2 Wf6 35.l::!: b1 g5 36.hxg5+ hxg5 3 7.l::!: b6+ e6 38.l::!: b4 g4 39.l::!: c4 l::!: a1 40.l::!: b 4 e5 4 1 . 1::!: b6+ W g5 4 2. 1::!: b 5 l::!: e 1 4J.l::!: a5 l::!: e4 44.l::!: b5 l::!: e 1 45.l::!: a5 e4 46.l::!: a6 eJ 47.fxe3 l::!: xeJ 48.:b6 l::!: e2+ 49.Wf1 l::!: h 2 so.w g1 l::!: h6 5t.l::!: b4 l::!: d6 52.Wf2 l::!: d2+ 5J.Wf1 W f6 54.l::!: b5 W e6 55. l::!: a5 l::!: d5 56. l::!: a8 l::!: b 5 57. l::!: e8+ W d5 58. W f2 l::!: b6 59. l::!: d8+ w es 60. l::!: e8+ l::!: e6 6 1 . l::!: a8 l::!: d 6 62.l::!: e8+ Wd4 6J.l::!: e7 l::!: d8 64.l::!: f7 W e5 65.l::!: e 7+ W f6 66.l::!: e2 l::!: dJ 67. l::!: e8 l::!: d2+ 68. W fl l::!: a 2 69.Wg1 l::!: aJ 70.Wf2 l::!: dJ 71.l::!: e2 l::!: d8 72.W g2 l::!: d4 7J.W f2 l::!: d 7 74.Wg2 l::!: d6 Draw
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159 Joshua Waitzkin Rafail Klovsky New York
1994
l . e4 c5 2.ltH3 � c6 J . d4 cxd4 4.� xd4 g6 5.c4 � f6 6.�c3 d6 7.il... e2 �xd4 8Jihd4 il... g7 9.il... g5 0-0 10 .... d2 il... e6 11.0-0 l:tc8 12.b3 b5?! 13.e5! dxe5
.Ae7 5 1.h4 f5 52.hxg5 f4 5J.l:td3 W f7 54.l:txa5 W g6 55.l:tb5 l:t a2 56.l:tbb3 \t>xg5 57.Wb5 \t> g4 58.a4 .Ah4 59.a5 il...f2 60.a6 .Ag1 61.l:tdc3 il... a7 62.l:!: c7 A eJ 63. l:t e7 W fJ 64.l:t b4 W g2 65.l:t a4 l:t xa4 66.W xa4 .A g 1 6 7. l:t g7+ W h 2 68.l:!:f7 W gJ 69.\t> bJ fJ 70.W c2 .Ac5 7 t.Wd2 w g2 72.l:!:g7+ wn 73.a7 Axa7 74.l:txa7 f2 1 :0 160 Maia Lomineishvili Corina Peptan Svitavy
1993
l . e4 c5 2 . � f3 � c6 J.d4 cxd4 4.� xd4 g6 5.c4 � f6 6.�c3 d6 7.Ae2 �xd4 8Jihd4 Jl.. g7 9.Jl.. g5 0-0 10.0-0 Ae6 ll.'it'd2 l:tc8 12.b3 b5 13.cxb5?!
1 4. � xb5 Here 1 5 . � xd8 :!d: fxd8
16.�xb5 is even sronger and the rea son 1 2 . . . b5?! isn't normally played.
14 ... a6 15.�c3 'CWc7 16.l:tad1 h5 1 7.il... f3 l:tfd8 18.'CWct l:!:d4 19.il... e3 il... xc4 20. bxc4 l:t xc4 2 t .il... d2 e4 22.il... e2 eJ 2J.il... xc4 exd2 24.it' xd2 'it'xc4 25.�d5 �xd5 26.'it'xd5 e6 27.'it'xc4 l:txc4 28.l:!:ct l:!:a4 29.l:!:c2 il... d4 JO.l:tb1 e5 31.Wfl e4 32.l:tb7 eJ JJ.fxeJ il... xeJ 34.l:!: cc7 l:t f4+ 35.We2 il... g1 36.h3 l:tf2+ 37.\t>dJ il... h 2 38. l:t c 2 l:!: f6 39.W e4 h4 40.Wd5 il... gJ 4 t.l:tb3 a5 42.Wc5 l:tf5+ 43. W b6 il... e 1 44.l:!:e2 il... b4 45.a3 il...c5+ 46.Wa6 il...f8 4 7.:e4 g5 48.l:t a4 l:!:f2 49.g3 hxgJ 50.l:!: xg3
lJ...l:t xcJ 14.'ihc3 lt:l xe4 15.'ff e3 lt:l xg5 16.'ffxg5 JJ.. xa1 17.llxa1 'ffa5 18.'ff xe7 'iVcJ 19.ll dl 'ff c2 20.JJ.. fJ 'ff xa2 21.'ff xd6 JJ.. xbJ 22.llel 'iVa5 23.'ffe5 llc8 24.h4 'iVcJ 25.'�We7 JJ.. e6 26.lldl 'ff c5 Draw
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Chapter 1 2 White plays Jl g5 and 'i¥d2 (main lines)
Here we deal with one of White's most popular tries against the . . . qj xd4 Maroczy. The endgame that occurs after 14.qja4 (games 172-177) is one of White's most critical tries and Beliavsky-Tiviakov (game 174) is a major challenge.
161 Vladimir Kramnik Viswanathan Anand Moscow
1994
l.<�:'lfJ c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.lthd4 lt:'lc6 5.e4 it:'lf6 6.lt:'lc3 d6 7.il.. e2 lt:'l xd4 8.'�1hd4 il.. g7 9.-i g5 0-0 10.'.,.'d2 a6 1 1.0-0 ll.e6 12.b3 �as
Here 1 2 . . . b5 ! ? transposes into Kekelidge-Turner (158). 1J.l:[ad1 b5 Despite the thematic Black piece setup this position never seems to have been reached before (the com bination of b3 and l:ad1 being un common). By playing l: ad 1 White protects his Queen, making Bxf6 and qj d5 possible, but here it has no sting. 14. .i xf6 As after 14 . . . Jl xf6 15.qjd5 'ifxd2 16.qJxf6+ Black has two reasonable continuations: ( 1 ) 1 6. . . �g7 17.qj h5+ gxh5 18.l:xd2 bxc4 19.bxc4 l: fc8; (2) 16 . . . exf6 1 7 . l: xd2 bxc4 1 8. Jl xc4 J1. xc4 19.bxc4 l:fc8. In both cases White's weak c-pawn offers compensation for Black's d or h pawn. Draw
162 Judit Polgar Vassily lvanchuk Buenos Aires
1994
l . e4 c5 2.lt:'lf3 lt:'l c6 J. d4 cxd4 4.lt:'l xd4 g6 5.c4 it:'lf6 6.lt:'lc3 d6 7..ie2 it:'lxd4 8.'�'xd4 .i g7 9. .i g5 0-0 10.�d2 .ie6 11.0-0 a6 12.1l.d3 it:'ld7 13.it:'ld5 .i xd5 14.exd5 .if6 15 .ie3 lt:'lc5 16 .ie2 a5 1 7.l:[ab1 �b6 18.l:[fc1 �b4 19.�d 1
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19..J:!:a6 20. .tdJ il)xd3 21. ihdJ a4 22.b3 axbJ 23Jhb3 if aS 24Jhb7 'ifxa2 25.g3 l:!:c8 26.Wg2 h5 27.h4 l:!:aJ 28.'ifc2 'ifxc2 29.l:!:xc2 l:!:dJ JO.l:!:cl Wf8 J t..t h6+ W g8 32 .te3 D raw •
163 Oliver Reeh Hans-Joachim Vatter Germany
1994
l . e4 c5 2.il) rJ il) c6 3 . d 4 cxd4 4.il)xd4 g6 5.c4 il)f6 6.il)cJ il)xd4 7.'ifxd4 d6 s. .tgs .tg7 9 .te2 0-0 10.'ifd2 ii.e6 11.0-0 if aS 12.l:!:ad1
1 4 . .t xf6 .t xf6 1 5. il) d5 'if xd 2 16.il) xf6+ W g7 1 7 ,lt:) h5+ gxh5 18.l:!:xd2 l:!:c5 19.f4 f6 20.l:!:e1 [20.a4 a5 2 I .l:!:f3 l:!:g8 22.f5 .tf7 23.l:!:g3+ Wh6 24.l:!:xg8 .txg8 25.'Jl f2 .tfl
26.l:!:d3 l:!:e5 27.We3 i.e8 28.Wf4 i.c6= Prie-Trauth, Cannes 1 992]
20...I!a7 21.e5 dxe5 22. .t xh5 b5 23.cxb5 axb5 24.fxe5 l::!: xe5 25.l::!: xe5 fxe5 26 . .trJ .t rs 2 7. W f2 .t b 1 28. .te2 .txa2 29.l:!:b2 l:!:a3 JO. .td1 'it>f6 Jt.'it>eJ 'it> e6 32.W d3 'it> ds 33.Wc3 e4 34.l:!:d2+ 'i.t e5 35. .tc2 .txbJ 36..txb3 l:!:a1 37.l:!:e2 Wf4 38.i.d5 l:!:a4 39..tb3 l:!:a1 40. .td5 l:!: a4 41 . .tf7 l:!:aJ+ 42. W b4 l:!:dJ 43.Wxb5 eJ 44.Wc4 l:!:d2 45. .th5 e5 46.l::!: x d2 exd2 47.Wd3 1 :0
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[ 12.l:!:acl a6 13.l:!:fd l l::!: fc8 14.i.xf6 .txf6 15.il)d5 �xd2 16.il)xf6+ exf6 17Jhd2 b5 18J:hd6 bxc4 19.f4 l::!: d8 20.l::!:cdl l::!: db8 21.l:!: ld2 l:!:b4 22.wt2 l:!: ab8 23.l::!: d8+ l:!: xd8 24.l:!: xd8+ Wg7 25.l:!:d2 l:!:a4= Nunn-Petursson, Reykjavik 1990) 12 .. J:tfc8 13.b3 a6
164 Markus Stangl Christian Sandor Germany
1994
t.il)fJ c5 2.c4 g6 3.e4 il)c6 4.d4 cxd4 s.il)xd4 il)f6 6.il)cJ d6 7 .te2
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ii) xd4 8.�xd4 JJ.. g7 9.JJ.. g5 �a5 10.�d2 0-0 1 1.0-0 JJ.. e6 12.l::r acl a6 If Black wants to avoid what follows
17Jhd6 On 1 7.b3 Black can play . . . 17 ... b5 !. 17 JJ.. xc4 18.11.0 W g7 •.•
he can do so by playing the move or der 12 .. Rfc8 13.b3 a6. uJUd1 l::r fc8 .
1 4 . JJ.. xf6 A xf6 1 5 . ii) d5 � x d 2 16.ii)xf6+ exf6 17.l::r xd2 b5 18.l::r dc2 f5 19.0 fxe4 20.fxe4 Wf8 21.cxb5 l::r xc2 22.l:!:xc2 axb5 23.a3
23... b4! 24.axb4 l::!: a4 25.'&t>f2 l::r xb4 26.We3 W e7 27.l::r d 2 Aa2 28.iJ.. d3 A b3 29.Ae2 'iii> e6 30J:!: d4 l::r b6 31. Wf4 '&t>e7 32.h4 h6 33.Ad3 'i.t> c6 34.i.e2 g5+ 35.hxg5 Draw
165 Nick DeFirmian Benjamin Finegold Key West (US ch)
1994
l . e4 c5 2 . ii) f3 ii) c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.0 xd4 g6 5.c4 0 f6 6.0c3 d6 7.il.e2 0xd4 8.�xd4 Ag7 9.Ag5 0-0 10.�d2 a6 11.0-0 �a5 12J:!:fdl il.e6 13.Axf6 A xf6 14.ii)d5 �xd2 1 5.0 xf6+ exf6 1 6 Jh d 2 l::r fc8
19.e5 fxe5 20.b3 il.b5 21.il.xb7 l::r d8 22. l::r adl n xd6 23. 1::1: xd6 1::!: a7 24.l::r b6 wrs 25.f3 we7 26.a4 Ad3 27.a5 Wd7 28.'i.t>f2 Wc7 29.iJ.. d5 W d8 30.We3 An Jl.'&t>e4 A xg2 32.W xe5 l::r e7+ 33.W f6 l::r eJ 34.l::r xa6 JJ.. xfJ 35.il.xf7 Ae4 36.b4 l::r fJ+ 37. W g7 l::r f2 38. b5 l::!: xh2 39.l::r e6 Ahl 40.l::!: el l::r h5 41 .b6 l::r xa5 42.l::!: xhl l::r b5 4J.l::r d l+ W e7 44J:l: e l + '&t> d6 45.W xh7 l::r xb6 46.W xg6 l::!: b 2 47.Ae6 l:tc2 48.Wf6 l::!: cl 49.l::!: e4 l::!: d l 50.iJ.. f5 W c5 51.l::!: e8 l::!: d6+ 52.il.e6 W d4 53.l::!: h8 l::!: b6 54.nh4+ '&t>c3 ss.wes Wd3 56.l::!: hJ+ Wd2 57.JJ.. c4 l::!: g6 58.JJ.. d5 l::!: g7 59.Wd4 l::r d7 60.l::!: h2+ '&t> d t 61.Wc4 Wel 62.l::!: a2 !!:d8 63.Wd4 W d l 64.n g2 l::!: d7 65.W e4 w e t 66.Ac4 l::!: d2 67.l::!: g8 l::!: d7 68.JJ.. b 5 l::!: d6 69.JJ.. a4 Wd2 70.l:tg2+ Wc3 11.l::!: c2+ Wb4 72.Ac6 Wb3 73.l::!: c t w b4 74.Ad5 l::!: h6 75.Wd4 l::!: h4+ 76.Ae4 llg4 77.l::!: c8 l::!: h4 78.l::!: b8+ w a4 79.W d5 w a3 so.il.dJ !:l:b4 st.!:!:hs !:l:g4 82.'iii> c5 Wb2 83.l::!: h3
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w e t 84.� h2 l::!: f4 ss.A c4 w d t 86.Wb4 l::!: e4 87.wcl wet 88.Adl l::!: eJ 89. W d4 l::!: fJ 90.l::!: e2+ W fl 9 1 . l::!: b 2 + W e t 9 2. A e 2 l::!: gJ 93.We4? l::!: eJ+ Draw t66 Marc Dutreeuw John Donaldson Liechtenstein
t994
l . e4 c5 2.it:H3 lll c6 J.d4 cxd4 4.lll xd4 g6 5.c4 lll f6 6.lll c3 d6 7.Ae2 lll xd4 sJ!hd4 Ag7 9.Ag5 0-0 tO.�d2 Ae6 11.l::!: c t �a5 12.b3 l::!: fc8 tl.0-0 a6 t4.�fel A sneaky
move specifically directed against 14 . . .b5. t4...b5?! Falling into White's plans. Instead 14 . . . � f8 was quite playable, taking away the strength of Nd5. Note that f2-f4-f5 is not very dangerous with White's Rook on e l instead of fl . After l 4 . . . \t>f8 Black is ready for . . . b5. t 5.lll d5 �xd2 t6.�xd2 lll xd5 17.exd5 Ad7
1 8.Ag5!. After 18 ...Af6 19.Axf6 exf6 White has an extra pawn in effect. t8 A f6 Giving White no second •••
chances. 19.l:c2 bxc4 20.l:xc4 Ab5 2 1 .l: xc8+ l: xc8 2 2 .i.. x b 5 axb5 23.l:cl l:a8 24.l:c2 W f8 25.Wfl W e8 26.W e2 W d7 27.W d3 e6 28.dxe6+ fxe6 29.Ab4 .i.. eS JO.hl d5 J l.l:e2 Af6 32.f4 h5 33.a3 .i.. d8 34.l:a2 .i..c7 35.We3 l:b8 36.g3 l:g8 37.h4 e5 38.fxe5 AxeS 39.Ael l:e8 40.Wf3 .i.. d6 4t.Ad2 l:f8+ 42.Wg2 A c5 4J.iH4 A e7 44.A e3 l:t e8 45.A d4 g5 46.h xg5 A xg5 47.a4 bxa4 48.bxa4 h4 49.gxh4 .i.. xh4 50.a5 Wc7 51.a6 Wb8 52.l:a5 W aS SJ.WfJ .i.. f6 54.Ab6 .i.. d8 Draw •
167 Josh Manion Roman Dzindzichashvili Chicago
t992
l . e4 c5 2.lll f3 lll c6 J.d4 cxd4 4.lll xd4 g6 5.c4 lll r6 6.lll c3 d6 7.Ae2 lll xd4 8.�xd4 Ag7 9.Ag5 0-0 tO.�d2 Ae6 tt.l::t c t a6 t2.b3 � a5 13.0-0 l::!: ab8 An interesting al ternative to the usual 13 ... l:fc8. t4.f3 l::!: fc8 t5.lll d 5?! Asking for trouble.
White should draw easily enough af ter the text, but 1 5.l:fd l b5 16.l2Jd5 was more prudent as White's King wouldn't get buried in the corner.
t5 .1i'xd2 16.Axd2 ll'lxd5 t 7.cxd5 A d4+ t8.W h t A d 7 t 9.l::!: xc8+ ••
18.ii.. dl?! Missing his chance with
White needs to get the Rooks traded off before Black gets in ... i.b2-a3. t9 l::!: xc8 20.l::!: c t l::!: x cl+ 21.Axct
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fS Usually Black plays . . . e7 -e6 in such positions but Dzindzhi tries something a little more dynamic to unbalance the game. 22.g4 'it>n 23.Ag5 b5 24.'it>g2 e6 25.dxe6+ .i. xe6 26.gxf5 gxf5 27 .i.d3 'it>g6 28.Af4 .i.e5! 29.'it>g3 'it> f6 30.h4 h6 31 .i.e2 .i.d7 32 .i.d3 a5 33.exfS
168 Diego Adla Francisco Llera Palacios Parana
1993
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l . e4 c5 2.itH3 � c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.�xd4 g6 5.c4 �f6 6.�c3 � xd4 7.'ihd4 d6 8 .i.g5 .i. g7 9 .i.e2 0-0 10.�d2 .i.e6 11.0-0 �a5 12J!acl l:!fc8 13.b3 a6 14.f4 l:!c5 15.a3 •
33 b4! 34.Axe5+ 'it>xe5 35.'it>g4 d5 36 .i.c2 d4 3 7.Ad3 Ac8 38 . .i.c2 .i.a6 39.'it>h5 Ae2 40.'it>g6 d3 4l.f4+ 'it' xf4 42.A d 1 Axd1 43.f6 Ah5+ 44.'it>xh5 d2 45.n dl=�+ 46.'it>xh6 �d6+ 47.'it>g7 �d7 48.'it>g8 �g4+ 0:1
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... �c5
A rather radical solution to get in f4f5 but not one that should cause Black any problems. 15...�xa3 16. .i. xf6 .i. xf6 1 7. f5 gxf5 18. exf5 1:! xf5 19.l:! xf5 .i. xf5 2 0. � d 5 A g6 21.�xf6+ exf6 22.b4 l:!e8 23. .i.f3 b6 24. h4 � d 3 25. � f4 � e3 + 26.� xe3 l:! xe3 2 7.l:! a 1 � b 3 28.l:!xa6 l:!xb4 29.h5 .trs 30. .td5 A e6 3 1.h6 .i. x d5 32.cxd5 W f8 33.1:! a8+ W e 7 34.1:! a7+ W e8 35.1:! a8+ W d7 36.1:! a7+ W e8 3 7. 1:! a8+ W d7 38.1:! a7+ W d 8 39.1:! xf7 1:! h4 40.1:! xf6 W e 7 4t.l:!e6+ W d 7 42.l:!f6 b 5 43.Wf2 b4 44. W e3 W c 7 45.l:! f7+ W b 6
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46.lhh7 b3 47.Wd2 'itt cs 48.Wc3 l::t h 2 Draw 169 Yuri Kruppa Sergei Tiviakov St. Petersberg
change sacrifice. Black gets the use of e5 for his pieces. 20.fxg5 /l)d7 21./l)dS .i.e5 22./l)f4 .i.xf4 23.l::t xf4 h6 24.h4 /l)e5 25.l::t m l::t c5 26.gxh6 Wh7 27.h5 �xh6 28.�xh6+ W xh6 29.hxg6 W xg6 30.l::t f4 /l)c6 3 IJ::t h4 l::t gs 32.l::t fl /l) d4 33 .i. d 1 'itt g7 34.W h2 f6 35.l::t e1 W f8 36.l::t e3 W e8 3 7.l::t h5 l::t xh5+ 38 .i. xh5+ W d7 39.l::t d3 /l) c6 40.l::t c3 W c 7 41..i.e8 /l)d4 42.l::t d3 /l)c2 4 3 .i.b5 /l)b4 44.l::t g3 .i.d7 45.l::t g7 .i. xb5 46.axb5 Wd7 47.l::t g3 We6 48.Wg1 We5 49.l::t g7 We6 50.e5 dxe5 51.c5 W d7 52. l::t g8 /l) d3 53.c6+ b xc6 54.b6 /l)c5 55.l::t a8 /l)b7 56.l::t a7 Wc8 57.: as+ <;i7d7 ssJ::!: a7 Wc8 Draw •
1993
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l . e4 c5 2.ltH3 /l) c6 3. d4 cxd4 4./l) xd4 g6 5.c4 /l)f6 6./l)c3 d6 7 .i.e2 /l)xd4 8.�xd4 .i.g7 9 .i.g5 0-0 1 0.� d2 .i. e6 l l .l::t c 1 � a5 1 2.0-0 l::tfc8 13.b3 a6 14.f4 l::t c5 A •
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very useful move. Black restrains f4f5 and prepares to double Rooks in conjunction with . . . b7-b5. 15.�e3 Covering the g l -a7 diagonal and breaking the pin on the Knight. Other possibilities here are 1 4 . i. f3 , 14.i.d3 and 14.a3. Black seems to be getting good play in every case. 15 l::t ac8 16.l::t b 1 �d8 1 7.a4 a5 18.W h1 �f8 19.l::t bel .•.
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1 70 Viktor Korchnoi Alexander Wojtkiewicz Antwerp
1994
l.c4 c5 2./l)fJ /l)f6 3./l)c3 g6 4.e4 /l)c6 5.d4 cxd4 6./l)xd4 d6 7. .i.e2 /l) x d4 8. � x d4 .i. g7 9.0-0 0-0 10..i.g5 Jt.. e6 ll.�e3 �b6 12.�d2 l::t fc8 13.b3 �a5 14.l::t ac1 a6 15.f4 l::tc5 16.�e3 Breaking the pin and
possibily supporting central action with e5 or f5. Here 16.'�'d3 would allow 16 . . J::t xg5 17.fxg5 'iYxg5 with excellent compensation. 16 J::!: ac8 17./l)a4 l::t5c6 18.f5 A very comrnital move which gives the e5 square to Black forever. 18....i.d7 19.<;i7h1 .•
19 l::t xg5!? A purely positional Ex••.
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171 Giorgi Kacheisvili Jan Suran Mlada Boleslav
19 J:!:e8 White having just made a major concession by having played f4-f5, Black readjusts to the new situ ation. His new setup will be . . . l::!: e8 (to cover the e7 square, . . J:!:cc8 (to clear c6 for the Bishop), . . i.d7-c6 (controlling d5) a and finally ... ltJf6d7-e5. 20.ltJcJ l::i: cc8 2t.Axf6 Axf6 ••
1994
1.c4 �f6 2.�c3 cS 3.�0 �c6 4.d4 cxd4 s.�xd4 g6 6.e4 d6 7.Ae2 � xd4 8.'ti" xd4 A g7 9.A g5 0-0 10.'ti" d2 A e6 11.0 'ti" as 1 2.l::i: c 1 l::i: fc8 13.b3 a 6 14.� d5 'ti" xd2+ 1 5. � xd2 � xdS 1 6. exd5 A d 7 17.l::!: ce1 e6 18.dxe6 Axe6 19.l::i: c l
22.ltJd5 Ac6 23.b4 'ti"xa2 24.ltJb6 l::i: cd8 25.b5 A d 7 2 6. A g4 gS 27.l::i: c d1 'ti"b2 28.h4 gxh4 29.ltJxd7
Now, just after White captured on d7 Black's flag fell! After 29 . . . l::i: xd7 Black is doing fine with his ironclad grip on the dark squares. 1:0 19 b5 As 19 ... d5 would be met by 20.c5. 20.Af4 b4? Here 1 9 . . . bxc4 20.bxc4 (20.i. xc4 d5) �c6 is equal •••
14.llJ d5
2 1 . l::i: h d 1 dS 2 2.cxd5 A xd S 23. l::!: xc8+ l::!: xc8 24.� e3 A b 7 25.Ac4 l::!: e8+ 26.�f2 Af6 27.l::i: d 7 l::!:e7 28.l::i: d8+ � g7 29.Ad6 A h4+ JO.gJ l::!: e 2 + 3 1 . � xe2 A xd8 32.Axb4 �f6 JJ.Acs a5 34.�e3 hS 35.a3 Ac7 36.f4 Ac6 37.b4 axb4 38.axb4 Ab7 39.b5 Ab8 40.b6 Ac6 4t.Ad4+ �rs 42.Axf7 h4 43.gxh4 �g4 44.Ae6+ � hS 45.i.e5 AxeS 46.fxe5 gS 47.h3 1:0 1 14
Here 16 ... f7-f5 (or perhaps 16 ... f6 17.i.e3 f5) seems much more active.
1 4.llJa4 'i¥xd2+ 1 5.�xd2 llJ d7 1 6.!:[c2
172 Mikhail Brodsky Christian Sandor Berlin
17.l!hct rs 18.Ad3 wf7 19.Ae3 l! c6 20. � c3 lt:l cS 2 1. it:l dS aS 22.exfS ..txrs 23...txrs gxfS
1993
l . e4 cS 2.ltH3 � c6 3 . d4 cxd4 4.� xd4 g6 S.c4 � f6 6.�c3 d6 7.Ae2 � xd4 8.'ihd4 Ag7 9.Ags 'iV aS 10. 'it' d2 0-0 uJ!c1 Ae6 12.0 a6 1 3.b3 l! fc8 14.� a4 'it' xd2+ 1S.Wxd2 �d7 16.l!c2 Wf8
24.g4! fxg4 2S.fxg4 W e6 26.l!e1 Acs 27...txcS l!xcS 28.�f4+ Wf6 29.� d3 l! c6 30.l! e4 ..t xh 2 31.Wd1 Ag1 32.l!g2 ii.a7 33.l!h2 l!h8 34.l!h6+ Wf7 3S.l!he6 l!e8 36.�f4 A b6 37.l!h6 w g7 38.gS cS 39.�hS+ Wf7 40.l!xh7+ W g6 4 1 . � f6 ..t d 8 4 2. l! xb7 ..i xf6 43. gxf6 W xf6 4 4. l! h4 l! g8 4S.l! h6+ w fS 46.1:! f7+ w c4 47.l!f2 a4 48.Wc2 axb3+ 49.axb3 l!a6 SO.�c2+ W d4 S1.l! d2+ WcS S2.Wb2 W b4 S3.l!h7 l!b6 S4.l!a7 l!g3 SS.l!a4+ WcS S6.l!dS+ Wc6 S7.b4 l!h3 SS.bS+ Wd7 S9.�a7+ W c6 60.W c2 l! g3 61.l!h7 l! g6 6 2. W c3 l! b 8 63.l! a 7 l! c8 64.1:! xd6+ W xd6 6S.l! a6+ w cS 66.l!xg6 1:0
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18 J::[ ab8 A good move which not only threatens . . .b7-b5 but also makes . . . lt) cs possible. 1 9 . it:) c3 it:) c5 •••
20.it:) d5 A xd5 2 1 . c x d5 fxe4 22.Axe4 it:)xe4+ 23.fxe4 h5 24.Wd3 Ab2 25.J::[ c2 Draw
173 Friso Nijbocr Zsuzsa Polgar Groningen
1993
16.g4
l . e4 c5 V�H3 it:) c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.it:)xd4 g6 5.c4 it:)f6 6.it:)c3 it:)xd4 7.'ihd4 d6 s.Ag5 A g7 9.'�d2 o-o 10.0 Ae6 11.J::[ c 1 � a5 12.b3 l::[ fc8 1 3. A e2 a6 1 4 . it:) a4 � x d2+ 15.Wxd2 it:) d7 16.h4 The text and
16.l:c2 have the advantage ofthreat ening to take on e7 ( 16. Ji.. xe7?? Ji.. h6+) but 16.g4 seems to be White's best. 16 ...f6 Well-timed. By throwing in . . . f6 before . . . f5, Black draws White's Bishop back to e3. This leads play into the 8.Ji.. e3 line and makes one wonder ifthat isn't a more acurate move-order as . . . a6-b5 gambits are less dangerous and 14 . . . � d8 (see Beliavsky-Shabalov, game 1 77) and 9 ... h6 and 9 . � a5 are sidestepped.
174 Alexander Beliavsky Sergei Tiviakov Groningen
1993
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1 7.Ae3 f5 18 . .i.d3
l . e4 c5 2 . it:) f3 it:) c6 3.d4 cxd4 1 16
4.lthd4 g6 S.c4 /l)f6 6./l)c3 d6 7. .i.e2 /l)xd4 8.�xd4 .i.g7 9. .i.gS 0-0 10.� d2 .i. e6 1 1 .l::t c 1 � aS 1 2. f3 l::t fc8 1 3. b 3 a6 1 4 . /l) a4 �xd2+ 1S.W xd2 /l)d7 16.g4 Of
White's 1 6th move alternatives ( 1 6 . /l) c3 , 1 6 .h4, 1 6 . l::t c2 and 16.l::t hdl ) this is probably the most popular. Beliavsky gives it an excla mation mark, evaluating the position as slightly better for White. 16 ... f6 Now the play is identical to the end ing where White puts his Bishop on e3 (both sides have lost one tempo). This game can be compared with Suba--Gdanski (game # 1 44 ) . 17 .i.e3 fS 18.exfS gxfS 19.h3 Suba played g5 when Black was able to answer with ... d5 and good play. By keeping the pawn at g4 White is able to answer . . . d5 with gxf5 winning material. 19...l::t f8 20.f4 Black was threatening . . . f4 when he would own the e5 square. •
2S.W e 1 .i. c6 2 6 . /l) cS /l) xcS 27..i.xeS .i.f6 28.b4 .i.h4+ 29.Wd2 .i.e4?! Capturing the doubled f-pawn gets Black in trouble. 30. W e3 .i.xfS?! 31 .i.g4 l::t f8 32.l::t g 1 W h8 33 . .i. xfS l::t xfS 34.W e4 l::t h S 3 S .i. d 4 + it. f6 36 .i. xf6+ exf6 37.l::t g3 h6 38.l::t a3 W g7 39.l::t xa6 l::t xh3 40.l::t aS l::t h2 4 1 . W fS hS 42.l::t a7+ W h6 43.Wxf6 h4 44.l::t a8 Wh7 4S.l::t as l::t g2 46.fS h3 47.l::t a3 h 2 48J h 3+ W g8 49. a3 l::t e 2 SO. l::t h4 l::t d 2 S l . W e 7 l::t e2+ S 2.W d6 l::t e 2 S3.W e6 l::t e2+ S4.wds l::t e 2 ss.l::t h3 W g7 S6.wes l::t e2+ S7.wd4 l::t c2 ss.wds W f6 59. l::t hS W g7 60. W eS l::t e2+ 61.Wd6 l::t e 2 62.WeS Draw •
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1 7S Sofia Polgar Peter Leko Buda11est
1993
l . e4 cS 2 . /l) f3 /l) c6 3.d4 cxd4 4./l) xd4 g6 S.c4 /l) f6 6./l)c3 d6 7. .i.e2 /l)xd4 8.�xd4 .i.g7 9 .i. g5 � as 1 0. � d 2 0-0 l l . f3 .i. e6 1 2.l::t c 1 l::t fe8 1 3. b3 a6 14./l) a4 �xd2+ 1S.Wxd2 /l)d7 16.g4 Wf8 •
Better is 16 . . . f6 17 . .lte3 f5. Black can't afford to sit. 17 . .lt e3 l::t ab8 20 ... dS 2 1 .cxdS .i. xdS 2 2 J:!: h d 1 l::t ac8 23. gxfS b S 24.l::t xe8 l::t xe8
18.g5 f5 19.exf5 A xfS 20.f4 b5 2 1 . e xbS axbS 2 2./l) e3 /l) eS 23.A xeS l::t xeS 24. b4 l::t c6 26. W xd3 25.A d3 A xd3
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26 J::t c4 27.a3 �xf4 28.!:l:hfl l:!xfl 29. l::t xfl+ ® e8 30.!:!: f4 it. xc3 31.Wxc3 l:!c8+ 32.Wb3 eS 33.l:!h4 l:!c7 34.a4 bxa4+ 3S.W xa4 l:! e7 36.l::!: e4 dS 37.l:!et Wd7 38.W b3 W d6 39.Ii:a1 e4 40. 'it>c3 WeS 41.bS d4+ 42.Wd2 l:!f7 0:1 .•
176 Thomas Ernst Sergei Tiviakov Haninge
1992
l . e4 cS 2 . ltH3 lll c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.lll xd4 g6 5.c4 lll f6 6.lll c3 d6 7.i.. e2 lll xd4 8.�xd4 �g7 9.i.. g5 0-0 10.�d2 i.. e6 11J!c1 �a5 12.f3 � fc8 1 3.b3 a6 14.lll a4 � xd2+ 1 5.W xd2 lll d7 16.g4 : c6 Black
needs to play actively with 16 . . f6 1 7.Be3 f5. 17.h4 !:l:e8 18.lll c3 i.. d4
19.lll ds f6 2o.Jt.r4 i.. n 21.g5 w g7 2 2. i.. e3 i.. xe3+ 23. W xe3 e6 24.lll xf6 lll xf6 25. gxf6+ W xf6 26.l::i: h d1 We7 27.f4 l:!ec8
28.l:!d2 bS 29.l::i: c dl bxc4 30 .i.xc4 it.e8 31.l!g1 �b6 32.fS exfS 33.exfS !:l:cS 34.fxg6 �xg6 3S.� gS l::t xgS 36.hxgS !:l:c6 37.Wd4 aS 38.l::!: e2+ W d8 39.l::!: e6 � f7 40. � h6 � g6 4 1 . � d 3 � x d3 4 2. <� xd3 !:l: cs 43.1:! xd6+ W c7 44.1:! h6 1:! xgS 4S.Ii: xh7+ ® b6 46.l::!: h6+ ® cs 4 7. W c3 l::!: gJ+ 48. W b 2 !:l: g2 + 49.Wa3 WbS SO.l:!hS+ W b6 Draw •
177 Alexander Beliavsky Alexander Shabalov Manila (ol)
1992
l.e4 c5 This game was played so late in the tournament that it wasn't sub mitted for the Brilliancy Prize. Had it been, it would have been a strong contender for the most creative effort of the entire Olympiad. 2.lll f3 g6 3.c4 lll c6 4.d4 cxd4 5.lll xd4 lll f6 6.lll c3 d6 7.i.. e2 lll xd4 8.�xd4 i.. g7 9.� g5 0-0 1 0 . � d 2 � e6 11.!:l:c1 �as 12.0 !!res [ 1 2 ... a6?!
13.lll d5 !± �xa2 14.lll xe7+ W h8
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l 5.lt:ld5 Ji.. xd5 l6.cxd5 l::!: fc8 17.0-0 li:l d7 l 8.l::!: b l l::!: c7 l 9. Ji.. f4 lt:le5 20.l::!: bc l 'lYb3 2 l .l::!: xc7 'lYb6+ and White went on to win in Suba Spiridonov 1982] 13.b3 a6 14.lt:la4
The constricted position ofthe White King make it easy for threatened com binations like Axc3 to force White to retreat. 41.lt:ldl n xbJ 42.:c7
14 JWd8!? An option not available to Black when White's Bishop is on e3. The value of the text is difficult to discern as it has only been played a handful of times. 15.0-0 [ l 5.c5!? l::!: c6 l 6. W f2 ! 'lV f8 l 7.'lYb4 li:ld7 l 8 .cxd6 l::!: xd6 l 9 . 'i hb7 Ji.. d4+ 20.i.e3 l::!:b8 2 l.'lYc7± ; 15.0-0 l::!:ab8 l6.c5 l::!: c6 l 7.l::!: fdl lt:le8 l8.b4 b5 l 9.lt:lc3 l::!: b7 20.li:ld5± Krasenkov Hernandez, Palma de Mallorca 1989) ••
15 A d7 16.lt:lc3 b5 17.l::!:fdl Ae8 18.e5 dxe5 19.'ihd8 l::!: xd8 20.I!:xd8 l::!: x d8 2l.cxb5 axb5 22.lt:l xb5 h6 23.Ae3 li:ld5 24.i.f2 lt:lf4 25.Ac4 !! d 2 26. a4 A c6 27.W fl l::!: b 2 28. lt:l c 3 28 e 4 ! 29.lt:l xc4 r:iJ h 7 30.a5 f5 Jl.li:lcJ e 5 32.lt:ldl l:i d 2 JJ. JI. eJ : xg2! 34.A xf4 A xfJ 35.JI.e3 f4 36.Agl e4 37.lt:lc3 l:id2 38.Ae2 Jl.ht 39.a6 eJ 40.a7 l:Ib2
l::!: aJ 43.h4 g5 44.Ag4 h5 45.Af5+ W h6 46.l::!: e7 gxh4 47.lt:l xe3 A f6 48.: h 7+ W g5 49. lll c2 : cJ 50.JI.d4
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so J�xc2! st.Axc2 Axd4 52.:d7 AeJ 5J.l::!: g7+ Wf6 54.:g6+ wes ss.:gs+ W d6 56.:as o 57.i.dJ A g2+ ss.w et f2+ 59.w dl hJ 6o.:xh5 Jl.xa7 6t.:h6+ We5 0:1
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Chapter 1 3 pose into the Gheorghiu Benoni (de layed ... e6) as well as l .e4 c5 v�:m g6 3.d4 il.. g7 4.d5 tt:lf6 5.tt:lc3 with a Schmid Benoni. Robatsch's experi menta1 4 . �b6 (games 207 and 208) deserves a closer look.
The Hyper-Accelerated Dragon (2 ... g6)
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Players tied with facing the Maroczy Bind often dream of a better move order, one that would avoid the Dragon proper but also sidestep 5.c4. This chapter deals with such at tempts. Black's best try is the Hyper-Accel erated Dragon (2 . . . g6). Black gets interesting play after 3.c3 il.. g7 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.e5 while 6.exd5 transposes into a line in the Panov Botvinnik Attack of the Caro-Kann that is fine for the second player. Avoiding the Rossolimo Attack (3.il..b 5) seems to be the only moti vation for the move order 3.d4 cxd4 which allows White the strong 4.'�1hd4 Nf6 5.il..b5 ! Playing 2 ... g6 gives Black options against White attempts to get into the Maroczy. Note that 4 ... d6 allows White to trans-
Not to be recommended is the Semi Accelerated Dragon (4 ... tt:lf6 5.tt:lc3 g6?!). After 6.tt:lxc6 only Botvinnik has managed to get 6 . . . dxc6 to work (in one World Championship match against Smyslov-he never repeated his choice). Mortals should also stay clear of 6 . . . bxc6. Though Black has won some beautiful games with this move, it's usually when White castles long and allows Black to sacrifice the Exchange for a pawn - that is .. Jh8b8-b4xf4 followed by ... il.. xe5. When White castles short and is willing to sacrifice the e-pawn the fun goes out of the game for the second player.
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3 .Jt c4 .
178 Renard Anderson John Donaldson Berkeley
e6 5.d4 cxd4 6.ti)xd4 a6 7.0-0 ti)e7 8.a4 1991
l.e4 c5 2.ti)f3 g6 J.�c4 �g7 4.c3 d6 5.0-0 ti)f6 6.l::!: e l 0-0 7.h3 ti)c6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.exd5 ti)a5 1 l . � fl ti) xd5 l 2.ti) cJ ti) xcJ 13.bxc3 �e6 14.ti)g5 �d5 15.�a3 Af6 16.ti)e4 �xe4 17.l::!: xe4 �d5 18... et l::!: fe8 19.�xe7
8 d5 9.exd5 ti) xd5 10.ti)d2 0-0 l l . ti) e4 ti) c6 l 2. ti) xc6 b xc6 13.�e2 a5 14.l::!: d 1 �e7 15.�g5 f6 16.�e3 �c7 17.�c5 l:td8 18.g3 e5 19.f4 f5 20.ti)g5 h6 21.ti)fJ exf4 22.� e7 1::!: e8 2J.l:t xd5 cxd5 24.� xd5+ � h 7 25.� xa8 fxgJ 26. l::!: e 1 � a 7+ 2 7. � e3 � xa8 28.hxg3 �d5 29.�f2 � b7 JO.�f4 g5 3 l . c4 � d J 3 2. � xg5 l::!: x e 1 JJ.ti)xe1 Ad4+ 0:1 ..•
19 ... : ac8 20.�d3 l::!: xe7 21Jhe7 Axe7 22.'tlhe7 l::!: xc3 23.'�e4 �xe4 24.Axe4 �f8 25.l::!: d 1 �e7 26.�d5 b6 27.g3 k!c7 28.� g2 �d6 29.�e4 !:l: cJ JO. g4 l::!: aJ J t . l::!: d 2 ti) c4 32.l:te2 b5 JJ.fJ ti) eJ+ 34.� g3 ti) d 1 35. � c2 ti) cJ 3 6J ! e3 b4 37.l::!: e8 ti)xa2 38.�e4 ti)cJ 0:1 179 A. Serras Zsuzsa Polgar San Sebastian
1991
1.e4 c5 2.ti)f3 g6 J.�c4 Ag7 4.c3
180 Jerry Wheeler John Donaldson Jackson Hole
1992
1.e4 c5 2.ti)f3 g6 J.cJ � g7 4.Ac4 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 ti)f6 7.ti)cJ 0-0 8.0-0 ti) xe4 9.ti) xe4 d5 10.� d3 dxe4 ll.�xe4 ti) d7 1 2.iU4 ti)f6 13.�c2 �g4 14.Ae5 �d5 15.�b3 Axf3 16.�xf3 �xf3 17.gxf3 l::!: fd8 18.l::!: ac1 l::!: ac8
121
181 Georg Mohr Krunoslav Hulak Portoroz
1993
t.it:)fJ g6 2.e4 c5 J.cJ d5 4.exd5 � xd5 5. d4 .i g7 6 . .i e3 c x d 4 7.cxd4 �aS+ 8.it:)cJ it:)f6 9 .ic4 0-0 1 0.0-0 it) bd7 l l . aJ it) b6 1 2. A a2 it) bd5 1 3. l':t c 1 A e6 1 4. � d2 it) xeJ 1 5. fxe3 A xa2 16. it:) xa2 � xd2 1 7. it:) xd2 it:) dS 18.l:Ifel •
19. l:t fe 1 � f8 20J ! e d l it:) e s 21.� g2 Ah6 22.l':txc8 l':txc8 23.d5 it:) d6 24. : e t lt:) fs 25.l:I c4 .i g7 26.f4 f6 27.Ac3 it:)d6 28.l':tc2 l:Ic7 29.Ab4 llJf7 JO.l:Ie6 f5 Jl.d6 exd6 32.1I xd6 it:) xd6 33.A xd6+ l:Ie7 34. A d5 b6 35.b3 � e8 36.A xc7 � xe7 37.a4 A d4 38.� f3 � f6 39.h4 � g7 40.�g3 �c5 41.Ae6 Ad6 42.�f3 �h6 43.Ag8 Draw
3.c3 d5
18 e5 ! 19.it:) fJ e4 20.lt) d 2 f5 21.it:)f1 f4 22.l':tcdl fxeJ 2J.it:)xeJ it:)f4 24.it:)f1 it:)dJ 0:1 •..
3.c3 i.. g7 1 22
� f6 22.W fl � c 1 23.eS dxeS 24.�c4 �f4 2S.g3 �rs 26.� e3 � hJ+ 27.W g1 � e4 28. l:!: f1 hS 29.a4 �d6 30.�c2 :i:c3 31.�b4 � g4 32.� xg4 hxg4 33.: b 1 aS 34.�c6 bxa4 3S.bxa4 l:!:c4 36.l:!:a1 �c4 Draw
183 Slobodan Martinovic Milos Pavlovic Yugoslavia 182 Matthias Wahls Lawrence Day Manila (ol)
1992
l.c4 cS 2.�f3 g6 3.c3 1l.. g7 4.1i.. b S a6 S.1i.. a4 �f6 6.�c2 0-0 7.0-0
7 . . . d 6 8 . d4 cxd4 9.c xd4 it. d 7 10.Axd7 �fxd7 1l.l:l:d1 �c6 12.d5 �ccS 13.�d4 l:!:c8 14.b3 �f3+ 1S.'ihf3 it. xd4 16.� xd4 k!: xc l + 1 7. :i: d 1 � c 7 1 8 .� a3 � x a l 19.�xa1 bS 20.'�c2 �c8 21.l:i:d1
1993
l.c4 cS 2.�f3 g6 3.d4 it. g7 4.c3 �as S.dS d6 6.it.d3 �f6 7.0-0 0-0 8.h3 e6 9.c4 � a6 10.�c3 cxd5 ll.cxdS �b4 12.1i.. b1
12... bS 13.�xbS 1i.. a6 14.�a3 l:!:fc8 1 S . it. c 2 � fxdS 1 6. c xdS A e2 17.� d2 A xfl 1 8 . W xfl � a6+ 19.'it;g1 l:!:ab8 20.1i.. b3 l:!:c2 21.�d1 �d3 22.�c4 l:i:bc8 23.it.d2 �xdS 24 .� xd6 l::!: xf2 2S.� xc8 A d 4 26.Wh1 c4 1 :0
1 23
1S i.d5 19.i.xd5 lll xd5 20.i.g3 lll f6 21.� d3 �c6 2 2.�f5 lll e 4 23.�g4 �d5 24.� d7 liedS 25.�a4 liacS 26.li ac1 lixc1 27.lixc1 h5 2S.lid1 i.f6 29.h4 Draw
3.c3 i.. g7 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.exd5
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1S5 Larry Christiansen Bent Larsen Monaco
1S4 John Fedorowicz Rafail Klovsky New York
1992
1.e4 c5 2.lll f3 g6 3.c3 i. g7 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.exd5 lll f6 7.i.b5+ Ill bd7 S.d6 exd6 9. � e2+ � e 7 10. '�' xe7+ Or 1 0 . i. f4 , but after
IO . . �xe2+ l l..� xe2 White doesn't have the possibility of i.f3 as he does in the Caro-Kann line originat ing from l .e4 c6 2 .c4. 10 ... W xe7 .
1994
1.e4 c5 2.lll f3 g6 3.c3 i. g7 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.exd5 lll f6 7.i.b5+ lll b d7 S.d6 0-0 9.0-0 exd6 10.lll c3 a6 l l .i.dJ lies 12.h3 h6 13.-'.f4 lll b6 1 4 . � d 2 g5 1 5.i. h2 i. e6 1 6. l::!: fe 1 � d 7 1 7. lll e4 lll xe4 1S.i.xe4
ll.lll cJ lll b6 12.0-0 lidS 13.liel+ W fS 1 4 . h3 i. e6 1 5. lll g5 i. c4 16. i. f4 h6 1 7. lll f3 a6 1S.i. xc4 lll xc4 19.b3 lll b6 20.liac1 lll fd5 21.i.d2 lll xc3 22.i.xc3 lll d5 The
square d5 is Black's trump in this line and he is normally well advised not to play . . . d5 voluntarily. Instead a Black Knight or Bishop will find a nice home there. 23.i. a5 li dcS 24.Wfl lixc1 25.lixc1 We7 26.g3 Wd7 27.We2 b5 2S. .i.d2 a5 29.Wd3 a4 30.lll e 1 axb3 31.axb3 f5 32.lll c2 lia2 33.lia1 li xa1 34.lll xa1 g5 35.f3 lll c7 36.lll c2 lll e6 37.g4 fxg4 3S.hxg4 d5 39.i.e3 .i. f8 40.lll e 1 i. d6 4 1 .lll c2 i. f4 42.i.f2 W d6 Draw
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10.exf6 exf6 1 1.0-0 ll'l f5 1 2.JLf4 JL e6 13.l:t c 1 l:t c8 14.ll'l a4 JL f7 15.l:tc3 l:tes 16.JLb5 l:te4 1 7.JLxc6 l:txf4 18.JLxb7 l:tb8 19.JLa6 �a5 20. � d 2 � xa4 2 1 . � xf4 l:t e8 22.l:ta3 �b4 2J.JLd3 JLh6 24.�c7 ll'lxd4 25.ll'lxd4 �xd4 26.l:txa7 :rs 27.JLb5 JLf4 28.�e7 JLd6 29.�xd6 �xa7 30.a4 �d4 31.b4 �d2 32.a5 JL eS 3J.JL xe8 l:t xe8 34.a6 � d 3 35.�c6 :rs 36.a7 �aJ 37.�xd5+ W g7 38.... b7+ W h6 39.b5 1:0
3.c3 i.. g7 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.e5 Early h3
187 Paul Song John Donaldson Los Angeles 186 Michael Adams Bent Larsen Monaco
1992
1.e4 c5 2.ll'lf3 g6 3.c3 A g7 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.e5 ll'lc6
1990
l.e4 c5 2.ll'lf3 g6 3.d4 A g7 4.c3 cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.e5 ll'lc6 7.h3 ll'lh6 s.ll'lc3 0-0 9.Af4 f6 10.�d2 ll'lf7 ll.exf6 exf6 12.Ae2 Ae6 13.0-0 l:tc8 14.l:tfe1 l:tc8 15.l:tac 1 ll'ld6 1 6. A d3 A f7 1 7. l:t xe8+ ll'l xe8 18.Ah6 ll'ld6 19.:e1 ,.. d 7 20.ll'lb5 a6 21.ll'lxd6 �xd6 22.a3 �c7 23.h4 �b6 24.A xg7 w xg7 25.A b 1 h5 26.l:te2 �a5 27.�d 1 �c7 28.�d2
7.h3 ll'l h6 8.ll'lc3 0-0 9.Ae2 f6 1 25
28 .ll:l a5 29.� a2 �cl+ 30.Wh2 � xd2 3 1Jhd2 l:rc1 32.b4 tll c 4 33.�xc4 dxc4 34.d5 c3 35.l:rd4 c2 3 6 . d 6 l:r h l + 37. W x h 1 c 1 =� + 38.Wh2 � e6 39.g3 �fl 40.l::t d2 � h3 0:1 ••
White plays Jl.. b5
19 ... l:r xb2 20. gxf5 'if xf5 21.f4 � h6 2 2. l:r fl l:r c2 23.W d1 l:r b 2 24.tll d3 l:!:b5 2sJ:.tc1 c5 26.a4 l:r as 27.tll xc5 � xf4 28 . � c3 � h5+ 29. W e 1 � f5 30 . W d 1 � h5+ 3 1 . W c2 � fS+ 32. W d 1 � h 5+ Draw
189 Vassily Smyslov Zsuzsa Polgar Vienna 188 Sergey Zagrebclny N. Vorontsov St. Pctersbcrg
1993
1993
1.c4 c5 2.tll f3 g6 3.c3 J. g7 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 dS 6.e5 tll c6 7 .i. b5 �g4 8.0-0 tll h6 9.tll b d2 f6 10.h3 �d7 ll.cxf6 �xf6 1 2.tll b3 tll f7 13. tll c5 tll d6 1 4 .i. xc6 .i. xc6 1 5. tll e5 � c8 1 6. l:r e 1 tll e4 1 7 .tll xc6 � xc6 1 8 .tll xe4 d xe4 19. � g4 J. xd4 20.l:r xe4 .i. f6 21..� h6 Wf7 22.l::i: c 1 �dS 23.�c5 � xa2 24 . l:r a5 � xb 2 25.� e6+ Wc8 26.l:!:a2 'i¥c3 •
1.e4 c5 2.tll f3 g6 3.c3 i.. g7 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.e5 � g4 7.�b3 � d7 8. tll c3 tll c6 9.i.. e3 tll h 6 10.tll d 2 tll rs ll.J.b5 0-0 12.J.xc6 b xc6 13. tll a4 l:r ab8 14.�c3 f6 15.tll c5 �c8 16.h3 fxe5 17.dxc5 tll xeJ 18.'�'xe3 .i.rs 19.g4
1 26
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27.JL. g7 � c l + 28.l:! e1 � x e l + 2 9. � xe 1 JL. x g7 30. � e4 A f6 3 1.� xb7 W f7 32.� a6 g5 33.g3 l:!:hd8 34.Wg2 W g7 35.�e4 :!::t rs 36.l::!: a5 a6 37.h4 h6 38.h5 W h8 39. � g6 JL. g7 40. l::!: xa6 l::!: xa6 41.�xa6 e5 42.0 W h7 43.�g6+ w h8 44.�d3 W g8 45.wf2 W h8 46.We3 W g8 47.We4 Wh8 48.�b3 wh7 49.Wd5 wh8 so.we6 l::!: f6+ 51.We7 l::!:f8 Draw
190 David Glueck John Donaldson Berkeley
19 e5 20.dxe5 l:!: ae8 2 1 .l::t xf8+ W xf8 22.W f2 l::!: xe5 23.Wf3 JL.e7 Draw ..•
191 Gert lskov John Donaldson Gausdal
1986
1.e4 c5 2.�f3 g6 3.d4 Jl. g7 4.c3 cxd4 5.cxd4 dS 6.e5 �c6 7.JL.b5 � h6 8.0-0 JL. g4 9.JL. xh6 JL. xh6 1 0 . h 3 JL. xf3 1 1 . J1. xc6+ bxc6 12.�xf3 0-0 13.�c3 �b6 14.�d2 l::!: fb8 1 5. � b3 aS 1 6 . l:!: a b 1 a4 17.�c5
1990
l.e4 c5 2.�f3 g6 3.c3 JL. g7 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 dS 6.e5 �c6 7 .1i.b5 JL. g4 8.�c3 �h6 9.JL.e3 0-0 10.h3 A xf3 l l . � xf3 � f5 1 2.l::!: d 1 e6 1 3.0-0 f6 14.exf6 �xf6 15.JL. xc6 bxc6 16. g4 �xe3 1 7.� xf6 JL xf6 18.fxe3 JL. gs 19.l::!: d3 •
1 27
1 7 Ji' b4 18.lt:\d7 'C!Vxc3 19.bxc3 l:i: d8 20.e6 fxe6 2 1 . lt:\ e5 l:i: dc8 22.l:!:b7 A gs 23.lt:\d7 Af4 24.l:!:fb1 l:!:c7 25. g3 l:!: xb 7 26.l:!: xb7 Ji. d6 27.lt:\b6 l:!:a5 28.lt:\c8 l:!:b5 29.lt:\xd6 exd6 30.l:!:a7 l:!:bt+ 3 1.W g2 l:!:ct 32.l:!:xa4 l:!:xc3 33.l:!:a7 e5 34.l:!:a4 l:!:c2 35.W f3 exd4 36.l:!:xd4 l:!:xa2 37.l:!:b4 l:!:a7 38.l:!:b8+ Wf7 39.l:!:c8 c5 40.Wg4 W e6 41.f4 d4 0:1 ••
White plays i.. e2
192 Ljubomir Ljubojevic Bent Larsen Monaco
11.A xd5 lt:\fxd4 12.f4 0-0 13.0-0 e6 1 4. Ji. xc6 it) xc6 1 5. A e3 'CIV a5 16.'C!Vb3 b6 17.lt:\e4 l:i:fd8 18.l:i:fd1 'CIV b4 19.1:1: xd8+ 1:1: xd8 20. 'CIV xb4 lt:\xb4 21.l:!:c1 lt:\d5 22.Wf2 Ji. f8 23.a3 Ae7 24.wf3 wrs 25.g4 w es 26.Ji.f2 Wd7 27.l:!:d1 wc6 28.h4 a5 29.h5 gxh5 30.gxh5 l:!:g8 31.lt:\c3 lt:\ xc3 32.l:!:c1 W b7 33.l:!: xc3 a4 34.b3 l:!:a8 35.b4 l:!:d8 36.We2 l:i:g8 37.wo b5 38.l:!:d3 :ds 39.lhd8 Axd8 40.We4 wc6 4 t..� d4 A h4 42.Ac3 An 43.Wf3 Ab6 44.We4 Af2 45.Wf3 .ib6 46.Wc4 Draw
1992
1.e4 c5 2.lt:\f3 g6 3.c3 Ag7 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.e5 lt:\c6 7.Ae2 A g4 s . lt:\ c3 lt:\ h6 9 . h 3 A xf3 10.Axf3 lt:\rs
193 Prcmysl Bclaska Gerardo Barbero Mlada Bolcslav
1994
l.e4 c5 2.lt:\f3 g6 3.d4 .i g7 4.c3 cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.e5 lt:\ c6 7.lt:\c3 A g4 8.Ae2
128
cxd4 5.cxd4 dS 6.e5 lt:)c6 7.lt:)cJ � g4 8.�e2 lt:)h6 9.�b3 0-0 10.�e3 lt:)fs ll.l:!d1 e6 12.0-0 ll'la5 13.�b4 l:!c8 14.lt:)d2 lt:) xe3 15.fxe3
8 .i. xf3 9.�xf3 c6 10.�e3 ll'lge7 11.0-0 0-0 12.'�id2 ll'lf5 13.ll'le2 f6 14.exf6 �xf6 15J!ad1 !!ac8 16.b3 a6 1 7.�g4 ll'ld6 18.f3 hS 19 .i.h3 W h 7 20.ll'lc3 ll'lrs 2l.. � xf5 cxfS 22.g3 �d6 2J.!!fc1 l:!c6 24.�f2 !!res 25.Wfl �b4 26.l!xc6 !!xc6 27.�d3 �aS 28.a4 ll'lb4 29.�d2 � h6 JO.f4 ll'l c6 J l . � dJ � g7 32.�f3 ll'le7 JJ.Wg2 l:!c6 34.l:!d3 !! d6 35.�e1 � d8 36.ll'le2 ll'l g8 37.�b4 l:! d7 38.�c3 ll'lf6 39.ll'lg1 ll'l c4 40./l�fJ l:!c7 41.�a5 l:!c2+ 4 2. l:! d 2 � c8 43.ll'l g5+ W g8 44.ll'l xc4 fxc4 45.h3 l:!c1 46.'�i'c2 l:!c6 47.g4 hxg4 48.hxg4 b6 49.�b4 a5 50.�e7 l:!cJ SUS gxfS 52. �bS �c6 53.�xc6 l:!xc6 54.gxf5 Wf7 55.�d8 �f6 56.�xr6 Wxf6 57.l:!b2 W xfS 58. b4 l:! c4 59. bxa5 bxaS 60J:!:b5 !! xd4 61Jha5 Wf4 0:1 •••
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194 Leland Harmon John Donaldson Portland
15 !!xc3 16.ll. xg4 !! xcJ 17.l:!c1 �gS 18..i.h3 lt:)c6 19.�xb7 ll'l d8 20.� xa7 l:! x hJ 2 1 . l:! c8 � h6 22.lt:)f3 �eJ+ 2J.!!f2 !!xfJ 24.gxf3 �el+ 25.Wg2 �eJ 26.l:!fc2 �gl+ 2 7. W h3 � fl+ 28.W gJ � g l + 2 9. W h3 � x d4 J O. � e 7 � fl + Jl.Wg4 hS+ 32.Wf4 �g1 JJ.!!e2 f6 34.l:!xd8 0:1
1984
1.e4 cS 2.ll'lf3 g6 J.d4 Jl. g7 4.c3 1 29
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3.d4 cxd4 4.�xd4 llJ f6 5.e5
195 Arkadij Rotstein Peter Leko Wijk aan Zee
1993
1/t)fJ g6 2.e4 c5 J.d4 cxd4 4.'iV xd4 �f6 5.e5 �c6 6.'iVa4 �d5
196 Pablo Zarnicki Bent Larsen Buenos Aires
7.�bJ This may be a novelty. Theory
gives only 7.a3, &.c4?, 7.it.b5 and 7.�e4. 7 e6 8.c4 �b6 9.�c3 lWc7 .••
1 0 . � b5 'iV b 8 1 1 . 'iV eJ it. b4 + 1 2. A d 2 0-0 1 J . � xb4 � xb4 1 4. 0-0-0 f6 15.h4 � c6 16.� d6 � xe5 1 7.� xe5 fxe5 18.h5 � d5 1 9 . � xd5 exd5 20. 'iV xe5 l::!: f5 2 1.'iVe8+ k!:rs 22.'iVe7 �xf2 2J.h6 1:0
1992
l.e4 c5 2.�f3 g6 J.d4 cxd4 4Jihd. � f6 5.Ji. b5 � c6 6.Ji. xc6 d xc1 7.'�xd8+ W xd8 s.�cl Ji.g4 9.�e: Ae6 10.�d3 � g7 11.�c5 JL c: 12.�f4 b6 13.0-0-0+ W e8 14.�d. �d7 15.l::i: d2 e5 16.Ji.g5 f6 1 7.it.e. A b7 18.l::i: h d1 l::i:d8 19.a4 Ji.rs 20.a Ji. d 6 2 1 . axb6 axb6 2 2. f4 ii. c 2J.fxe5 � xe5 24.� xe5 l::i: x d 25.1::l: xd2
3.d4 cxd4 4.�xd4 llJ f6 5.� b5 130
25 .Jt xe5 26.g3 b5 27. .td4 J.xd4 28.l::!: xd4 We7 29.b4 J.c8 JO.�e2 .Jt e6 J t .l::!: d2 .Jt c4 3 2.� d4 l::!: c8 33.Wb2 h5 34.h4 Wf7 35.�f3 c5 36. bxc5 l::!: xc5 37. l::!: d 7+ W e8 38.:b7 J. e6 39.l::!: b6 W e7 40.c3 .t d7 41.Wc2 J.c6 42.� d2 W d7 4J.:bs f5 44.exf5 l::!: xf5 45.l::!: g8 l::!:f6 46.Wd3 W e6 47.l::!: d8 we7 48.l::!: d4 .t d7 49.W e3 l::!: a6 50.W f4 l::!: aJ st.l::!: dJ .trs 52.l::!: d5 l::!: a4+ 53.Wc5 : a2 54. W f4 J. c6 ss. : dJ l::!: c2 56.�0 .Jtc4 57.l::!: e3+ Wf6 58.l::!: c8 Draw •••
�c5 15.We2 Wc7 16.�d2 l::!: h d8 1 7 .t b4 � dJ 18.J. xe7 � xf4+ 19.We3 J. xe5 20. .t xd8+ l::!: xd8 21.�f3 J.xa1 22.l::!: xa1 �e6 23.h4 �g7 24.We2 f6 25.l::!: g1 a5 26.l::!: g4 � e6 27. l::!: e4 W d6 2 8 . a3 l::!: e8 29.Wfl h6 30.b4 axb4 31.axb4 l::!: a8 32.l::!: e 1 l::!: aJ 33.�d2 •
197 Judit Polgar Bent Larsen Monaco
1992 JJ f5 34.c5+ W d5 35.l::!: c1 l::!: hJ 36.Wg1 �f4 37.l::!: e 1 �dJ 38.l::!: e7 �xb4 39.:xb7 l::!: x h4 40.l::t g7 g5 4 1 . l::!: f7 l::!: d4? 42. l::!: d7+ W xc5 43.�b3+ Wc4 44.�xd4 f4 45.�f5 h5 46.l::!: g7 g4 47.l::t g5 �dJ 48.l::!: xh5 c5 49.�h6 gJ 50.fxg3 fxgJ 51.�f5 g2 52.l::!: h4+ W bJ 53.�d6 � e5 54.Wxg2 c4 55.l::!: e4 cJ 56.:xe5 c2 57.l::!:e 1 Wc3 58.Wf2 Wb2 59.�c4+ WcJ 60.l::t c 1 1 :0 ..•
l.e4 c5 2.�0 g6 J.d4 cxd4 4.�xd4 �f6 5.J.b5 �c6 6.J.xc6
198 Mikhail Tal Roman Dzindzichashvili New York 6...dxc6 7.�xd8+ W xd8 8.e5 �d5 9. .Jt d2 .Jtg7 10.c4 �b6 ll.bJ il.. g4 12.-icJ A xfJ 13. gxf3 �d7 14.f4
1990
l.�fJ g6 2.e4 c5 J.d4 cxd4 4.�xd4
13 1
/t) f6 5 . .i. b5 /t) c6 6 .i. xc6 dxc6 7Jihd8+ Wxd8 8./t)c3 .i g7 9 .if4 W e8 10.0-0-0 /t)d7 11.h3 e5 12 .ie3 /t)f8 13./t)d2 /t)e6 14./t)c4 W e7 15.l:td2 b5 16./t)aS .id7 17.l:thd1 /t) d4 1 8. /t) b 3 /t) xb3+ 1 9.axb3 11: hd8 20. .i g5+ f6 21.A e3 'it> e8 22.b4 .i.f8 23..ic5 .ixc5 24.bxc5 •
•
•
24 ... W e7 25.l:! d6 .i. e8 26.l:!xd8 �xd8 27.l::!: xd8 W xd8 28.b4 rtie7 29.'it>d2 W e6 30.We3 f5 31.g3 'it>f6 32.h4 Ad7 33.0 Ae6
39./t)fl .ie6 40./t)d3 Wf6 41./t)fl h 5 4 2. W f3 .i a2 43./t) d 1 .i f7 44./t)fl .ic4 45./t)d1 W g5 46./t)b2 a6 47./t)d1 Ae6 Draw
3.d4 il g7 4.dxc5
199 Roland Pfrctzschncr U. Waltcnbcrgcr Germany
1992
1.e4 c5 2./t)fJ g6 3.d4 i:J.. g7 4.dxc5 � a5+ 5./t)c3 /t)f6 6.i:J.. d 2 � xeS 7.J.d3 d6 8.0-0
34./t)e2 Ac4 35./t)c3 h6 36./t)d1 fxe4 37.fxe4 g5 38.hxg5+ W xg5 132
s A g4 9.h3 A xf3 10.'ihfl 0-0 ll.AeJ �cs 12.�e2 it) bd7 13.f4 it) c5 1 4.f5 it) xd3 15.cxd3 � d7 16.'�d2 d5 1 7.Af4 dxe4 1S.dxe4 �xd2 19.Axd2 l!fdS 20.Ae3 l!d3 2 l . A c5 l! d2 22.1I f2 l! d7 23.e5 it)eS ••.
3S.it)g4 WeS 39.Wb5 lll bS 40.a4 W d7 4 l . a5 bxa5 42.A xa7 it) c6 43.A b6 it) b4 44.A xas it) d 3 45.Ac3 lll f4 46.if)eJ JLgs 47.Ad4 it) d3 4S. lll c4 A f4 49.b4 A g3 5 0 . A c 3 it) f4 5 l . W a6 it) d 5 5 2.lll b6+ W c7 53. lll xd5+ exd5 54.Ad4 Ah4 55.b5 1:0
3.d4 il.. g7 4.c4 d6
24.fxg6 hxg6 25.1Ie2 b6 26.Af2 c6 27.Wfl lies 2S.W e1 Af8 29.1Idt l! x d l + 30.W xd1 li dS+ 3 l . W c 2 Ae7 32.1Id2 1Ixd2+ 33. Wxd2 it)c7 34. W d3 it) a6 35.it) e4 lll b4+ 36.Wc4 lll c6 37.it)f6+ Wf8
200 Grigory Serpcr Vadim Ruban Novosibivsk
1993
l.c4 g6 2.e4 c5 3.lll f3 Ag7 4.d4 d6 5.it)c3 'ifa5 The text is an interest
ing way to avoid transposition to the Maroczy Bind. Black tries to put pres sure on d4 with ... Ag4 and ... lll c6 while being able to answer d5 with ... Axc3+ and �xc3 . Tal-Chekhov, USSR (ch) 1991 gives a good illus133
tration of what Black is up to: 6.d5 ii.xc3+ 7.bxc3 tllf6! 8.'ii'c2 (8.lll d2 'ii' xc3 9J:l:b1 lllxe4) 8... lllxe4 9.ii.d3 tll f6 10.0 -0 0-0 1 1 .lll h4 ! ? ( 1 1 . 1 2.ii.g5 Wg7 13.'ii'd2 lllg8!? 14J:l:e4 f6 15.ii.e3 lll d7 16J:l:h4 l::!: f7 with unclear play in Vaganian-Chekhov, USSR (ch) 199 1 ) 1 1 ...lllbd7 12.f4?! b5 ! 13 .cxb5 c4 14. ii.xc4 ii.b7 and Black stood well. Serper's next move cuts across Black's plan and throws the line into question. 6.l::!: bl!
[6.i.e2 i. g4 7.dxc5 (7.d5 i. xf3 8.gxf3 lll f6 9.i.e3 0-0 10.'ii'd2 lll a6 l l .f4 lll c7 1 2.h4 a6 13 .e5 lll fe8 14.h5 unclear) 7 . . . dxc5 8.i.d2 lllc6! 9.lll a4?! Vliic7 IO.lll xc5 lll f6 l l .h3?! ii. xf3 1 2 .ii. xf3 0-0 1 3 .lll b3 lll e 5 14.0-0 �xc4 1 5.i.c3 l::!: fd8 16.lll d2 'ii' e6 17.�e2 i.h6 18.l::!: fd l li:lxf3+ 1 9.lll xf3 Vlii xe4 20.'ti'b5 b6 2 1 .llle5? lll d 5! 22.�b3 e6 23 .lll c6?? lll f4 24.lll e7+ Wffl 25.f3 'ii'e2 0-1 Bauer A. Ivanov, Massachusetts 1 98 9 . ] 6... cxd4 Two points of 6.l::!: b l ! are revealed in the following lines: ( I ) 6 . . . i.g4 7.d5 i.xc3+ 8.bxc3 and b7
hangs; (2) 6 . . . lll f6 7 . i. d2 cxd4 8.lll xd4 lll xe4? 9.lll xe4 1 0.i.d3 f5 ( 10 . . . 'ii' xd4 1 1 . lll c3 winning) 1 1 .lll f3 'ii' e6 1 2 .lll fg5 and again White wins. 7.lll xd4 il)c6 8.i.e3 lll f6 9.lll b3 �d8 10.i.e2 0-0 11.0-0 b6 12.f3 lll d7 13.�d2 il)c5
14,il)al! An excellent move that il lustrates that Serper really under stands the position. With the text he avoids the exchange of Knights which would give Black vital breath ing room. The rule that you shouldn't exchange pieces when your opponent's position is cramped is quite relevant here. The Knight will come back into play on c2 and Serper will prepare b2-b4 to drive away Black's best-placed piece. 14 ... a5 15.lllc2 Wh8 16.b3 Preparing a3 and b4 to drive away the Knight. 16 ... f5 17.exf5 gxf5? Practically the losing move. Here Ruban had to try 17 . . . i. xf5 with ideas like . . . ltJe6 and... i.xc2 followed by anchoring a Knight on d4. After the text the rest is a technical exercise for Serper.
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18.f4! � b7 19.a3 tl'le4?! 20.tl'lxe4 fxe4 21J:I:bdl tlt'c7 22.�g4! l::t ab8 23.a4! Having restained any chance
for . . .b5, White will play against the weaknesses on b5, b6, e4, e6, and f5. The break . . . f7-f5 in the Maroczy has to be handled very carefully or Black is left with many weak squares. 23 � a8 24. A e6 ll'l d8 25. ll'l d4 tl'lc6 26.tl'lxc6 J.xc6 27.�d5! l::t rs 2 8. it. e6 J::t rrs 29. it. d5 Here ••.
29.it.. d4 !? was also to be considered though Black doesn't really have any way to exploit 30.g2-g4. 29 l::t rs
� xc3+ 8.bxc3 ll'l f6 9.�e3 tlt'c7 10.ll'ld2 b6 11.0-0 �b7 12.f4 ll'l bd7 13.�0 0-0 14.tlt'e2 l::t ac8 lS.l::t abl l::t fc8 16.g4 tl'lc5 1 7.�f2 e6 18.e5 � xfJ 19.tlt'xf3 tl'lfd7 20.�d4 dxe5 2 1 .fxe5 tl'l xe5 2 2 . tlt' f6 ll'l c d 7 23. tlt'h4 f5 24.gxf5 exf5 25.1::!: bel l::t e6 26.tlt'g3 l::t ce8 27.l::t e3 tlt' c6 28.l::t xf5 tl'l xc4 29.tl'l xc4 tlt' xc4 30.l::t xe6 tlt'xe6 31.l::t f2 tl'le5 32.h3 tl'l c6 33.l::t f6 tlt' e4 34. A f2 tl'l e5 35.Ad4 tl'lc6 36.J.f2 tl'le7 37.Ad4 ll'lf5
.•.
30.g4 l::t ff8 31.Axc6 tlt'xc6 32.t�t'd5 l::t bc8 33.tlt' xc6 l::t xc6 34.f5 A c5 35.W g2 Another strong move was
3 5 . A d4, meeting 35 . . J:!: g8 with 36.l:tf4. 35...W g7 36.l:tfel h5 37.h3
hxg4 38.hxg4 l::t h8 39.it.gl W f6 40. l::t xe4 It cc8 4 1 . l:t d3 It c g8 4 2 . It h3 It xh3 43. W xh3 l::!: b8 44.Af2 e6 45.Ah4+ wn 46.l::t e3 exf5 47.gxf5 l::t h8 48.W g4 l::t g8+ 49.'itlf3 l:th8 50.'itlg4 l:tg8+ 5l.WO l:th8 52.Ite4 Intending l:tg4 followed by We4-d5. 52 ... iU6 53.Axf6 Wxf6 54.'itl g4 wf7 ss.l:tc6 Itds 56.Wf4 d5 57.cxd5 l::t xd5 58.l::t xb6 l::t d3 59.Wc5 l::t cJ+ 60.Wd4 Ito 61.l:tb5 We7 62.Wc4 l:tf4+ 63.Wc3 l::!: O + 64.W b2 1:0
201 Alan Stein John Donaldson Concord
1993
l.e4 c5 2.tl'lf3 g6 3.d4 it.g7 4.c4 d6 5.dxc5 tit' a5+ 6.tl'lc3 'il xeS 7.Ae2
38.l:txg6+ hxg6 39.'ib'xg6+ Draw 202 Helmut Lestinsky John Donaldson Boulder
1984
1.e4 c5 2.ll'lo g6 3.d4 A g7 4.c4 d6 5.dxc5 tit' aS+ 6.Ad2 tlt'xc5 7.tl'lc3 tl'l f6 s.A d3 A g4 9.h3 A xf3 lO.tlt' xfJ tl'lc6 11.0-0 0-0 1 2.l::t fc1 ll'l d 7 13.t�t'd1 a6 14.l::t ab1 l::t ac8 15.tl'ld5 e6 16.b4 tit' a7 17.b5 axb5 18.cxb5 exd5 19.bxc6 bxc6 20.exd5
135
207 Milan Vukic Karl Robatsch Tuzla
1983
t.'t)fJ c5 2.c4 g6 J.d4 A g7 4.e4 'it'b6 5.dxc5
28.it)d5 it)xd5 29.exd5 it)a7 JO.g4 hxg4 Jl .hxg4 W d8 32.it)d3 Wc7 33.�e2 �e8 34.WcJ it)c8 35.W d4 � h8 36. g5 � h J 3 7. A e4 it) b6 38.it)b4 �h4 39.�c2+ 'i!?b7 40.'i!?eJ � hJ+ 4 t. W d4 � h4 42.�f2 lt)as 4J.it)c2 it)c7 44.it)b4 Draw
3.d4 i4. g7 4.c4 'i¥ b6 ! ?
The beauty ofthe seldom seen 4 . . . �b6 is that White doesn't seem to have many choices. Clearly 5.d5 isn't a possibility but 5.tt:lc3 cxd4 6.tt:ld5 �a5 7.�d2 �d8 8.�f4 transposes into 4 . . . �a5+ 5 . i. d2 � b6 6 . tt:l c3 cxd4 7 . tt:l d5 8.i.f4. Few games have been played with th is line with Christiansen Beliavsky, Teeside 1 97 3 , being the most important. It went 8 . . . d6 9.tt:lxd4 e I O.tt:l b5 exf4 l l .tt:ldc7+ Wf8 (bet ter than 1 1 . . . 'it> e7 of W. Schmidt Nicevski, Polanica Zdroj 1 97 4 ) 1 2.tt:lxa8 t'i:l a6 1 3 .�d2 t'i:l f6 1 4.t'i:lxf6 i.x£6 1 5.�e2 i.e6 with sharp com plications, not unfavorable for Black.
5 .'�xc5 6.�d3 d6 7.0-0 Ag4 8.h3 A xfJ 9.'it'xf3 tt::l c6 I O.tt::l aJ tt::l e5 l l.'�e2 tt::l xdJ 12.'�xd3 tt::l f6 13llbl 0-0 14.�e3 'it'c6 15.f3 tt:\ d7 16.l::t fc l •.
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f5 17.'1f d5+ W h8 18.Vxc6 bxc6 19.exfS gxfS 20.liJc2 c5 21.b3 l:t ab8 22.W fl ltJ e5 23.l:t d1 l:t b6 24.f4 liJ c6 25.A d2 l:tfb8 26.l:te1 W g8 27.g4 Wf7 28.gxfS liJ d4 29.liJxd4 A xd4 30.l:t e2 l:t g8 31.A e3 i. f6 32.llg2 l:t a8 33.i.d2 l:ta6 34.i.e1 l:taJ 35.l:te2 a5 36.Wg2 a4 37.l:tc2 axb3 38.axb3 l:tg8+ 39.Wh2 l:tb8 40.W g2 l:t bxb3 4 1 .l:t xb3 l:t xb3 42.l:te2 l:t d3 43.l:te4 We8 44.i.f2 W d7 45.i. e3 i. h4 46. 'itt f3 h5 47.We2 l:taJ 48.l:te6 i. r6 49.l:Ie4 Wc6 50.i. d2 llxh3 51.i. c1 l:I a3 52.i.d2 l::t g3 53.i.e1 l:ta3 54.i.d2 0: 1 208 Srdjan Cvetkovic Karl Robatsch Stary Smokorcc 1988
13.c5 ill xc5 14.Ab5+ 'iil f8 15 .i. h6+ 'iil g8 16.l::!: fe1 ill c d7 17.�e3 �c5 18.�xc5 ill xc5 19.e5 ill fe4 20.exd6 ill xd6 21.l::!: ab1 ill fS 22.Af4 h5 23.g4 hxg4 24.hxg4 ill d6 25.l::!: xe7 il'lxb5 26.l::!: xb5 b6 27.Ae3 ill e6 28.l::!: d5 l::!: h4 29.f3 l::!: c8 30.Ad2 a5 31.l::!: d d7 l::!: h 7 3 2.1 h7 l::!: d8 33 . .i. e3 ill c5 34. 1::!: xb6 ill a4 35. 1::!: bb7 'ill f8 36.l::!: ec7 l::!: d 1+ 37.Wg2 l::!: a1 38. .i. d4 l::!: xa2+ 39.Wg3 l::!: ah2 40..i. f6 1:0 •
Semi-Accelerated - l.e4 c5 2.ltJ f3 ltJc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.ltJ xd4 ltJf6 5.ltJ c3 g6 6.ltJxc6 dxc6
l.c4 c5 2.liJ f3 g6 3.e4 i.g7 4.d4 Vb6 5.dxc5 Vxc5 6.Ad3 d6 7.0-0 A g4 8.i. e3 V c7 9.ltJ c3 A xc3 10.bxc3 liJ d7 ll.h3 i.xf3 12.'ihf3 liJ gf6
209 Peter Heine Nielsen Niels-Peter Nielsen Denmark
1993
l.e4 c5 2.ill c3 ill c6 3.ill ge2 ill f6 139
4.d4 cxd4 s.ithd4 g6 6.lthc6 dxc6 7."ihd8+ W xd8
8.1i.c4 W e8 9.f3 �d7 10.a4 Ji.. g7 ll.Ji.. e3 � f8 1 2.a5 li.. e6 13.i.e2 �d7 14.0-0 f6 15.f4 Ji.. f7 16.�a4 W d8 1 7. I:t d 1 W c7 1 8.1i. c4 e6 19.Ji.. b3 b5 20.�ad4 �adS 21.�4d2 1:0 210 Marat Muhutdinov Vladimir Karasev Moscow
33.Wc4 �b7 34.�d5 'it> g6 35.Wb5 �d6+ 36.Wc6 �rs 37.Wd7 �b8 38.e7 �xe7 39.�xe7+ Wf7 40.�e3 � b 7+ 4 1.W d6 a4 42.bxa4 � b2 43.a5 �xg2 44.h3 � h2 45.�a3 1 :0
6.llJ xc6 bxc6
1993
1.e4 c5 2.�f3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.�xd4 � f6 5.� c3 � c6 6.� xc6 dxc6 7.'ihd8+ W xd8 8.li.. c4 Ji.. g7 9.f3 W e8 10.a4 a5 ll.Ji.. eJ �d7 12.0-0-0 h5 13.�e2 Ji. h6 14.Ji.. xh6 l::!: xh6 15.�d2 �c5 16.�hd1 1Le6 17.�d4 g5 1 8.Ji.. xe6 � xe6 19. � 4 d 2 h4 20.�d4 �c5 21.�f5 :hs 22.b3 f6 23.W b2 Wf7 24.Wc3 b5 25J�[ d4 � a7 26.� e 1 � d 7 27.e5 � xd4 2 8. � x d4 bxa4 29.e6+ 'it> g6 30.� xc6 axb3 3 1 . � xe7+ W h 7 32.cxb3 �e8
211 Petar Popovic Dragoljub Velimirovic Yugoslavia
1991
l . e4 c5 2 . � f3 � c6 3.d4 cxd4
1 40
4.ithd4 it:) f6 s.it:) cJ g6 6.it:)xc6 bxc6 7.e5 it:)g8 8.Ac4 fS 9.Af4 e6 10."it'd2 l::t b8 ll.AbJ l::t b4 12.0-0 ... c7 lJ.!:tfel
212 Jan Timman Viktor Korchnoi Brussels
1991
l . e4 cS 2 . it:) fJ it:) c6 J. d4 cxd4 4.it:) xd4 it:) f6 s.it:) cJ g6 6 . it:) xc6 bxc6 7.e5 it:)g8 8.Ac4 A g7 9.Af4 ... aS 10.0-0 AxeS ll.AxeS ... xe5 12.!:te1 ...f4 1J.l::t e4 ...f6 14.!:teJ dS
1J... !:t xf4 14.'ilhf4 it:) b6 lS.!:tadl it:)f7 16.'ii' eJ il.. g7 17.f4 gS 18.fxgS A xeS 1 9 .... h3 l::t g8 20.'it> h l h6 21.g6 !:t xg6 22.!:td2 'it> f8 2J.il.. c4 . b 6 24. it:) d 1 'it> g7 2S.il.. dJ hS 26.it:)eJ dS 27.c3 h4 28.it:)xfS+ exfS 2 9 . A xfS A xfS JO . • xfS ... c 7 J l . !:t de2 l::t gS 3 2 . • h3 A f6 JJ.... xh4 l::t g6 34....f2 l:i: h6 JS.gJ it:) gS 36 .• fS • d6 J7J:!:e8 it:) e4 38 .... g4+ !:t g6 39.l:!: g8+ 'it> xg8 40.• xg6+ 'it>rs 41.'it>g2 �es 42.h4 'it> e7 4J. !:t eJ aS 44 .• h7+ 'it> e8 4S .• b7 ... e6 46 .• b8+ 'it> f7 47.• c7+ 'it> g6 48.a4 Ae7 49.• xaS A xh4 so.• c7 Ags stJ�!:et il.. f6 S2....f4 il.. gS SJ .•fJ AdS S4.g4 'it> g7 S S . • f4 A e7 S6. aS A d 6 S 7.' � f3 'if h 6 SS.!:t xe4 d xe4 S9 .... xe4 • d2+ 60. 'it> f3 ... d l + 6 1 . 'it> g2 • d 2+ 6 2. 'it> fJ • h 2 6J .• d4+ 'it>f7 64..a6 cS 6S .• dS+ Draw
lS.il.xdS! il.rs 16.il.. f3 hS 17.'�e2 l::t b8 18.it:) a4 'it> f8 19. l::t e1 l::t b4 20.b3 'it> g7 2 t.!:tcJ il.. g4 22Ji'eJ AxfJ 2J.'�xf3 •xo 24.!:t xfJ e6 2S.!:tdl it:)f6 26.c4 l::t b b8 27.l::!: fd3 h4 28.f3 gS 29.it:)cS aS JO.'it>f2 g4 Jt.!:td6 l::t bc8 32.We3 hJ JJ.l::!: g l hxg2 34.l::t xg2 l::t hJ JS.!:tgJ l::t x h2 36.fxg4 !:t xa2 37.gS it:)bS JS.l:i:fJ l::t g2 39.l::t d 7 'it> g6 40.!:tfxf7 l:hgS 4t.it:)e4 l::t g4 Draw
Player Index Abdullah
62
Abramovlc
86,
Adams
136,
Adamson
ll2
Cebalo
28
Cbekhov
200
Cblbunlanldze
101,
138
Cblstyakov
51
Adla
168
Chow
113
Afek
39
Christiansen
1 85,
Alterman
JJ,
Cbulko
137
Alvarez
38
a ric
10
Anand
12,
Anderson Andersson
104,
JJ 3,
Anikaev
1 41
121 17,
132,
134,
147,
161
178,
203
Anka
67,
AnseU
16
Antunes
186
114,
133,
153
82 130,
154
156
207
Computer Deep Blue107 Computer Fritz 2
59
Crouch
79
Cvetkovic
208
Dabetic
18
Day
182
D e L a Villa
104,
Deak
33
110
AplceUa
32
DeFlrntlan
40,
132,
Baczynskl
15
Dl'kker
22,
82
165
Balashov
8
Dgebuadze
83
Balinas
52
Diaz
43
Barbero
193
Dokhoian
100
Batchelder
56
Dolmatov
148
Bauer
200
Donaldson
8,
9,
15,
39,
51,
52,
121,
128,
129,
166,
178,
180,
187,
190,
191,
194,
201,
202,
BeIaska
193
Beliavsky
133,
BeDon
81
174,
177,
207
Belottl Benjamin
29,
49
203
Bern
57
Bobotsov
133
Donev
Bogdan
1 45
Dorfman
140
Bokan
28
Dory
47
Bologan
68
D1imer
142
Borge
46
Dutreeuw
166
Borocz
33
Dvoirys
116,
135
Bosch
153
Dzindzichashvill
14,
61,
Botvlnnik
52,
167,
198
132
10
Braga
131
Edelman
Bra gin
73
Elngorn
78,
Brendel
4,
50
Eismont
22
172
Emms
36,
Eriksson
78
Brodsky
1 55,
Brooks
9
Brunner
98
Hortman
137,
Can1pora
102
138
76
Ernst
87,
Espig
65
Estevez
43
Italicized games are referenced to in game body. 1 42
1 55,
204 37 112,
176
lvanovic
28
Ivkov
101,
Janakiev
19
Janicki
42
Fedorowicz
124,
Filipowicz
9
Finegold
118,
150,
Fischer
59,
1 41
Fishbein
121
Jansa
22
Formanek
157
Jaulln
27
Frey
20
Frolov
53,
Ftacnik
99
GaUagher
50
Gapri.nd ashill
184
1 3 7,
165
152
64
Jezek
50
Jonasson
20
Kachelsvill
171
Kalumov
123
Kalesis
1 46
Garcia, G.
18,
25
KaUal
152
Garcia, J.
68,
70
Kaminski
153
Gda.nski
119,
140,
Georgadze
21
Georgiev, K. Georgiev,
V.
48
Kasparov
59
100
Glueck
190
Gofshtei.n
91
Granda
88
Grossman
118
Groszpeter
204
Gufeld
65,
Gulko
63
Gwmarson
66
Gurevich, G.
5
Gure,•ich, I.
108
Halk
106
Han
3
Hannon
194
Hergott
89
Hcmandez, G.
109 43,
1 56,
50
157
127,
1 77 Hoffman
117
136
14 9
Honli
:!4,
Hm1
92,
132, 111
Hracck
95,
Hulak
181
II utters
37
llinsky
69
lllescas
86,
Iskov
191
Kekelidge
158
Kelson
58
Khalirman
111
Khasi.n
60
Kl1enkin
131
Kislov
31
Klovan
47 1 59,
184
Kochiev
28,
33
1 -l S
139
Kogan, A11u
26,
Konguvel
157
Kontic
47
Korclmoi
64,
88,
90,
132,
1 70,
212
Kotron.las
6
Kranmik
74,
Krasenkov
1 77
Kristja.nsson
50
Kruppa
161
Krystall
56
42,
43,
6-l,
133,
134,
162
Ivanov, A.
1 50,
200
Ivanov, I.
8
105,
161
128 47
Kulikov
31
Lah·d
22. 7 48
Lane
43
Kup.-cichik
39
50
Kuindzhi
La Flair
122
21
Koe.-l10lz
Kud 1in
100
20,
Klovsl.-y
Kuc cm
Hollis
lvanchuk
210
Ka1·lsson
Glek
Hodgson
17,
Karasev
13 55
R.
Kamsky
43 21
Gerasimov Ghitescu
Hemandez,
144
205
-18,
54
Lanka
1 5,
Larsen
121
Larsen
35,
86,
102,
105,
1 07,
1 1 2,
185,
186,
192,
196,
197
Lau
143
144
4-l
Lehmann
15
Leko
34,
122,
125,
1 46,
175,
195
126,
Peptan
160
Petrosian
141
Petursson
1 0,
11,
54,
87,
93,
96,
97,
98,
108,
109,
112,
150,
1 41,
149
Lengyel
6
Lesiege
61,
Lestlnsky
202
Ljubojevic
74,
Lomineishvlll
1 60
Malishauskas
48,
Malivanek
71
Plmenta
131
Manion
167
Piza
19 51
143
1 63 192 115
Pfretzschner
199
Plgusov
22,
Plket
62
Marchand
9
Pohl
Mariasin
5
Polak
142
Marinkovic
50
Polgar, J.
21,
1 55,
162,
197
Martinovic
183
Polgar, S.
13,
76,
77,
175
Polgar, Zsu.
42,
43,
1 44,
173,
179,
189 205
Matulovic
132
Mayr
54
Meister
92
Polugaevsky
62,
Michalek
71
Popovic
211
Mlchenka
43
Popovych
49
Milenkovic
49
Prandstetter
1 4,
Mllls
8
Prasad
117
Mohr
181
Prie
1 63
Mokry
152
Pulido
24
Molzahn
54
Pupo
127
Morrison
70
Quist
65
Rattman
9
Mossin
66
Muhutdinov
28,
Myrvol
55
Neamtu
31
Nesterov
69,
Nicevski
207
210
206
Nielsen Peter Heine 209 Nielsen, Niels-Peter 23,
209
Razuvaev
100
Ree
124
Reeh
142,
1 63
Reverby
16,
30
Rind
157
Robatsch
207,
Rodin
149
Nijboer
173
Rogers
50,
Nlkcevic
27
Rotstein
195
Novkovic
10
Rowley
29
Novoselskl
18
Ruban
200
Nunn
163
Saidy
90
Oblitas
46
Salov
10
Olafsson, F.
77
Sammalvuo
Olafsson, H.
45
103
Sandor
164,
Oliver
145
Sax
114
Ozsvath
24
Schleifer
89
Pahtz
64
Schlick
4
Palacios
32,
Panno
168
Schlosser
126
133
Sclunldt
207
Parameswaran
79
Seirawan
63
Parma
133
Serper
56,
Passerottl
1
Pavlovic
75,
200 183
47
Serras
1 44
179
208 70,
78
172
80,
94,
95,
Shabalov
64 40,
53,
Shaked
129,
137
Senaty
Sherbakov
1 06
Short
20,
Shure
38
Ujhazl
93, 51,
113,
177
153
49
UUbln
56
Uogele
41
Vaganlan
200
Van der Sterren
70
Van der Tak
50
Van der Weide
2
Silman
6,
Sion
70
Van der Wiel
2,
43
Sipaila
51
Varavln
55,
57,
Sitanggang
94
Vasiukov
141,
145
Skembrls
3,
Smejkal
91
Smyslov Song
6,
58,
67
62
Vatter
163
Velngold
89
189
Velimlrovic
211
187
Veresov
II
51
Sorensen
Vescovi
13
Spangenberg
24,
25,
Veselovsky
206
Spassky
1 32,
141
Vestol
113
VileIa
52
Spraggett Stanojoski
47
Vltaljic
30
Vokarev
72,
Voronjatov
72
Vorontsov
188
Starodvorsky
137
Stean
96,
Stein
201
Stohl
115,
Strangl Strauss
110,
143
133
50
Vukcevic
142
164
Vukic
75,
132
Wahls
182
Suba
144
Waitzkin
159
Supancic
15
Waltenberger
199
Suran
171
Ward
22
120
73
207
L.
86
Watson
22,
70
Szabo, J.
31
Wed berg
8,
45
Szalanczy
33,
Szekely
151
Tal
64.
133,
198,
200
Tangborn
123,
151,
152
Teske
99
1 3 7,
Szabo,
34
Thorhallsson, G. 97 Thorhallsson, T.
6,
11
Timman
84
212
Tiviakov
135,
147,
148,
169,
1 74,
176
Todorovic
112
Tolnai
10,
125
Topalov
12,
35,
Trauth
163
Trolanescu
55
Tsaturian
41
Tsuboi
131
154
155,
West
39
Westerinien
50
Wheeler
180
Widera
50
Wmants
8
Wittman
15
Wojtkie\\icz
81,
Wolff
50
Yakovich
23,
Yudasin
130
Yusupov
85
Zagrebelny
188
Zamora
18
Zapata
7,
Zamicki
196
Zelclc
139
Zeziulkin
42
Tumurhuyag
80
Zilbemtan
26,
Turner
158
Znamenacek
1 4,
145
60
103,
1 1 9,
170
28,
36,
141
50
44, 83
116
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