CONTENTS
Contents Symbols Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41
Players (White first) and event Gelfand – Dreev, Tilburg 1993 Benjamin – Anand, Groningen PCA 1993 Karpov – Morovi‡, Las Palmas (1) 1994 Adams – Agdestein, Oslo (2) 1994 Yusupov – Dokhoian, Bundesliga 1993/4 Gelfand – Hertneck, Munich 1994 Kasparov – P. Nikoli‡, Horgen 1994 Karpov – Salov, Buenos Aires 1994 Timman – Topalov, Moscow OL 1994 Shirov – Piket, Aruba (4) 1995 Kasparov – Anand, Riga 1995 J. Polgar – Korchnoi, Madrid 1995 Kramnik – Piket, Dortmund 1995 Kramnik – Vaganian, Horgen 1995 Shirov – Leko, Belgrade 1995 Ivanchuk – Topalov, Wijk aan Zee 1996 Khalifman – Short, Pärnu 1996 Kasparov – Anand, Amsterdam 1996 Kasparov – Kramnik, Dos Hermanas 1996 Timman – Van der Wiel, Dutch Ch 1996 Svidler – Glek, Haifa 1996 Torre – Ivanchuk, Erevan OL 1996 Tiviakov – Vasiukov, Russian Ch 1996 Illescas – Andersson, Ubeda 1997 Shirov – Yusupov, Ter Apel 1997 Salov – Illescas, Dos Hermanas 1997 Bareev – Rozentalis, Pula Echt 1997 Gelfand – Kasparov, Novgorod 1997 Van Wely – Topalov, Antwerp 1997 Kramnik – Gelfand, Belgrade 1997 Lputian – Dlugy, New York Open 1998 Krasenkow – Wahls, Bundesliga 1997/8 Kramnik – Shirov, Cazorla WCC (9) 1998 P. Nikoli‡ – Van Wely, Dutch Ch 1998 Nenashev – Georgiev, Recklinghausen 1998 Shirov – Lautier, Spanish Cht 1998 Van Wely – Morozevich, Elista OL 1998 Hra†ek – Shirov, Ostrava (3) 1998 Kasparov – Topalov, Wijk aan Zee 1999 Topalov – Kasparov, Linares 1999 Sadler – Krasenkow, Bundesliga 1998/9
5 6 Opening Semi-Slav Defence [D48] Sicilian Defence [B63] Queen’s Gambit Declined [D32] Alekhine Defence [B02] Queen’s Gambit Declined [D31] Benko Gambit [A57] French Defence [C18] Sicilian Defence [B66] King’s Indian Defence [E87] Semi-Slav Defence [D44] Evans Gambit [C51] Caro-Kann Defence [B19] Catalan Opening [E05] Queen’s Indian Defence [E12] Ruy Lopez (Spanish) [C92] English Opening [A26] Queen’s Indian Defence [E12] Caro-Kann Defence [B14] Semi-Slav Defence [D48] Sicilian Defence [B31] French Defence [C07] Sicilian Defence [B22] Ruy Lopez (Spanish) [C65] Sicilian Defence [B88] Petroff Defence [C43] Slav Defence [D17] English Opening [A13] Queen’s Indian Defence [E12] Modern Benoni [A70] King’s Indian Defence [E97] Queen’s Gambit Accepted [D26] Bogo-Indian Defence [E11] Grünfeld Defence [D70] English Opening [A30] Benko Gambit [A59] Sicilian Defence [B30] Slav Defence [D17] Sicilian Defence [B81] Pirc Defence [B07] Sicilian Defence [B80] Queen’s Gambit Declined [D31]
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INSTRUCTIVE MODERN CHESS MASTERPIECES
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J. Polgar – Adams, Dos Hermanas 1999 Kasparov – Short, Sarajevo 1999 Topalov – Leko, Dortmund 1999 Shirov – Nisipeanu, Las Vegas KO 1999 Kasparov – The World, Internet 1999 Anand – Leko, Linares 2000 Timman – J. Polgar, Malmö 2000 Lutz – Smirin, Saint Vincent Ech 2000 Anand – Khalifman, Shenyang WCup 2000
Index of Players Index of Openings
Ruy Lopez (Spanish) [C89] Nimzo-Indian Defence [E20] Ruy Lopez (Spanish) [C65] Caro-Kann Defence [B12] Sicilian Defence [B52] Grünfeld Defence [D85] Queen’s Indian Defence [E15] Sicilian Defence [B33] Sicilian Defence [B80]
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