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The Com.p lete Torre Attack
IM Eric Tangborn
International Chess Enterprises Seattle
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Index of Variations Cll.aptcr 1: t . d4 Nr6 2.Nr3 e6 3.Bc,S c5 ·········-·····-...................... -... ._................................... . 1 A) 4,e3 .,.,_io.4,._•. . ._, .....i.u. tatuu ••u••u•u •• •••••••••••,.._.,,,.,............" •. -. ........... , ....... .........., , .. ,!.,"'"-·•l AI) 4...b6 ................................................................ .-..... .-....•...•........~ ........•....-......---.... l A 2) 4.... Qb6 ··--····.......................,. .•.. _._ . . . . . . ._ ............ ...................-.-.................._ .......•..•.. 3
A21)
5.NM2. Qxb2 6.8d3 ·-···-······--··········--.-------~-·-·-···-············-····· 4
A21.1) 6...O c.1 ···-*'··--·---·--- _._-...... -....................................-.. ... 5 A21Z) 6~ ..cl5 ,,, ..... ,......................_.._ ........... .-............................... · ·~"."' ...... 6
A22) 5.Qc1 Ne-4..... ·---·--···-._..............................-···- - ·-··-·····----·..············· 7 A Z21) 61B f41,.!""'"'-· .............. .... - ···--·-·- -·-··-·-·--- ·........... .........--. .............. 7 A222) 6-B b4 ...................................______ ._......................................_....... 8 A3)4•..h6 ............................................................. - ..................................................12.
A4)4•..Be75.Nt>c121Xi 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.G3 ..... .uu u•••• ..................... ,1, __ ,,,...._ .. , , •••13 A411) 7 ...h6 ··-···············-·-··....·-·-··········.....······-·-··--···--·-·--·--····-·-···14 A42) 7 ,,.Ne:() ,,,, "''''''" ' ''' ' "••••• •••••••• u• •• •• •••• urt ttt n twt--• tt•-••e•t• •••••••·---·--·-·••14 A43) 7 ...eltd4 -·-.····--·------·--...._....._._.__...._.__,...... ····--·-···--·············· ........... l5 B:) 4.c3 ,.,,-.....--···· ·····-- ·..... ·····--·-··· .--.-----·---... --------····-····· ······-··· ··-· ···------."2:3 81) 4•..cxd4 ......•...•..............•....................._,. .. _______............................. ·--···- ·- ·...., .23 82) 4•..h6 ..•, ... ~·····-··· ········"-·-··~···...·---·····-· ····--· ..·-····--·· ............................... _.•.24 83) 4 .ob6 ••• •••--..••-•..,• •••ii-U.i-i-e~ io~ii.j4j ~lt&A .24C) 4. e4 .... - .......... ···-·········· ................... ············--- ···--·--·-·········· .........-........... ·····--···--...2.5 t
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A) 2 ...b5 .·-·--·-.......................... ·--····-· -· ··-·-·---·----·. ·-·· ........................... ·-· . ·-·-- ·-···-·- ...54. B) 2 .. .d 6 ...... ··-·-- ·- ·· ·-· --·-··.....................- ............. - ................- ·- ··· ...· ··-·-· ...•...... ._..,.54. C) 2 .. .c6 .. ...•... ··--·-···-· --......·-·-............·······-·..•.··~·· ............ .- ...---- ····.... .......,... . . ...........55
D) 2 ... .&0.. ··-·-...... ·--··· .................--................ ·--......... ,.................·-·-- ·-······.............................:SS
E) 2....b6 3,Bg.5' tt• ... t•••••-••• ••• •• u ••••n t• tu1tt.,.tttatttt'nrrt•.SS El) 3 .....Bb7 ·-··--·-·................. - ....- ...........-·-···-·· ·-····· ......•...•... ···-·-·--·-···-·--·--··55 A•ta Ut iOI H4 .. ftt t »•tu .At tAPI-II.IU t a n • •••• • •• •••
El) 3••..Ne-4 ......" ............... Ht~ttt•ttf"t'ft'f' ··~····· S6 Cllapter fi! l.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nr5 3.B~ e4 4. Bil4 .... ~ 53 A) 4 ...c5-·--·-··--.......,.................•....·--···-.........··-· _..........·-.............. "-.....··-·· ·-..... _...59 B) 4 ...00... .....-·-·········· ............ ·······-·· .......... .u "'·""'· ' · "'' "'...., ............ . ... ..... . .-.• .......-. ...... ......." •....59 Chapter 1: l .d. Nf6; 2 ..Nfl dS 3.Bf4 ...... _..._... _._............................ ·-·--·-...- .. ·-·--...<>2 A) J ...c;.) ...........,.......... ......................... .........._. ................... '".''". '"" ,,.t,..,_..",...-.. ·-·· ·- -- - ..-.02 13) 3 ...BfS ··-··-··--············ ........... ··········-··-....- ................... -···-···---··--·..·-·----·-···-···-·--···~4 C) 3 .•.Bg4·-·········· .................................- ................. 6S D) 3....c6·-·- ······· ........................... ~ ..65 E) :l...e 6................................ ~-· ··· · 6S Chapter 8: l .d4 Nf6 Z.Nfl g6 3.8;5 Bg7 4.Nbdl 0-0 S.c3 d6 6 . ~ .......,., ...............70 Jt"tttf't?tl tf I
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A) S.e3 0 -·0 6.'Bcll cS' 7.c3 . ··-· ..-·--·-···-·--·- ······-······ ...... --·-···-· ..................... ..85 A 1) 7' •.Qb6 .....,.....u .... .................. ... .-....... .... .. . .... . ...... ..... . .... . .......... .. . ........ ....... "'''"'"'S1 A2) ? ...b6 ...............-·--···-·- ......................... ··- ···-·- ... ·· ''"' .............................. ...... _, __ .2,"] B) S.c3 0 -0 6.c-3 Nbd7 7.Be2 .." ..,'"tt""' "H'"''''"''f""''".................................__. ............ ....88 BJ) 7.. E e8 ................................ - ................ ...!.-......................... ......... .... ..... ·-- ·-··. - · _ •••89 B2) 7...b6 _·-·--·- ·· ................. ·····--·- ·· .......-·-· ··-· --·-· •......•.,_.............. - ................91 Cb1pCer 11: I .d4 NAi Z.NO g6l.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbdl cS_.............................. ,..~............... 96 A) 5.Bx£6 ........ _..............···-o······ ................. ·-..... - ............................ ."-·-·--·-···· ......................96 B) 5.c3 ., ...... --·-_ .........u. u••u••u •••u •"•~••• .-. ... _ .....,, '" ••u •••••u•••••" nneut ..97 C) S.e) 98 4.M.Jot.4 U
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Introduction Maoy of the top players in the wurld from tne past and present ltnve employed ttJe Torre Attack. These players include Petrosiao, K(Jrtchnoi, Timman , Kaspar()V,
SpaS$ky, Keres., Alekbine, Smyslov, Brnns.tein, and Yusupov. The nonl'rnfessionat player will also find it very handy. The Torre Attack is a "c:ry solid a nd easy to learn system. White can usually play the first ~hree
moves no matter how Black: r\:pli=: l.d4, 2.Nf3, 3.Bg5.
able to develop his m inor pieces and occupy the center. The Thrre atiaclc also exposes White to very l ittle risk because of the solid central p awJ1s on c3r d4-, and e3.
Hence W hite will have little troubJe reaching a playable middlegame with .a variety of reasonable plans a t his disposal. This book is a compilation of important aod recent g.am~~ In many varia-
t ions, the pos.itional themes and pl~m are of more importance than actual move order~. The reader Sh()u Jd be ~ware O[ key move~ and plans that both sides .have at the ir disposal. In the f uture more advanced database! could lead to a &rend away from sharp theoretical openrngs a nd the Torre Attack would become even more popular. A q\lo te of Savie lly Tartakower should be remembered: ••The real battle begins only in th e middlegame.'' The middleg.ame is usually the ba ttle [ie ld where the game is. decided by unaided skill. This. D<>ok is intended to nelp the re.ade r reac h a p lay.able middlegame position. Great effort was coneentrated here- to provide the
wm
His next few moves depead o n how Black plays, but usually White will strive for this set-up:
s:tu(Jeot with a thorough i n1rocluction to this fasc inating opening s.ystem.
I.M_ Eric Thngborn Seattle 1993 Notatjon "'" Approllimately equal + = White is better
+ Blacl is better + - Wbite h:as .a de c~ive advantage =
In this opening Wb ite is always
·+ ... lU
Black has a decisive advantase
0xf6 9.Qxd.5 Nc6 (if 9.•.Q:xb2, then lO.Rdl Qb4+ ll.c3 Qx.c3 + l2Rd2) lO.BtA Be7 11.0-0.0 Rd8 12.Rd2 0-0 13.c3 +•, Petrosian-Kozma, Munich (ol) 1958. • a2} 6_.8e7 7.Nxd5 Bb7 (7... 0 ·0 8.Bxf6 Bd6 9.c3 Na6 t0.Qd2 Rb8 ll.Rdl bS t 2.Be2 Nc7 l 3.Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.0 -0 Rb615 .b4 + =, Chernin-Salov. USSR 1983.) 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.c3 0·0 (9... Nc6 10.Qc2 NcS? 11.Nxe5 Bxd5 12.0-0 -0 Be6 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Qe4+ Be7 15.Rxd7 Oxd7 16.0xa8+ Bd8 17.0e4+ Be7 18.Bd3 +·, BarlovOster meyer, Biel 1985) 10.Bc4. See Jllustrative Game 1. b) 5... d6 6.dxe6 (6. Bxf6 Oxf6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Nd2 QdR 9.a4 Be7 10.Be2 0-0 11 .0-0 1Nd7 12.Nc4 Nf6 13.e4 Rb8 14.dxe6 fxe 6 IS.e5 dxe5 l6.Qxd8 Rxd8 17.Nxe5 Bb7 t8.1Rfe 1 + Ba rlov- Aodersson, Haninge 1988) 6... Bx:e6 7.Bb5+ Nbd7 8.Nc3 a6 9.Bxd7+ Bxd7 tO.NuS Be7 I 1.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.Qd5 K c7 14.0-0 -0 + ·• Yusupov- Frie$· Nielson, Slden 1979. c) S...b6 6.Bx:f6 Qxf6 7. Nc3 Bb7 (if 7 ... a6, then 8.Na4! exd518...Qd8 9.&:e6 fxe6 IO.NeS or 8 ...eS 9.d6J 9.Qxd5 Ra7 10.0-0~0 Bb? 1t.Qd2 Be7 12.Nc3 0-0 13.Bc4 b5 14.Bd5 +=. Zaichik- Oipslis. USSR 1988. If 7 ...d6, then 8.Nd2 eS 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.0 -0 BxbS ll.Nxb5 Qd8
Chapter 1 l .d4 N f6 2.Nf3 e6 3.BgS cS
ft We exami ne three moves for White. A) 4.e3
B) 4.c3
C) 4.e4
A) 4.e3
With four possibilities for Black: AO 4...b6?! Al) 4... Qb6 AJ) ·L.h6 M) 4...Be7
=.
AI) 4 ...M?!
A wmmon mistake here, afrer whic h White often gains a •lnrninating position with S.dS!
12.f4! a6 [12...ex.f4 13.Qg4) 13.Nc3 N d 7 14.f5 Be7 15.Nce4 Nf6 16. Nxf6 + B.xf6 17 .Q h5 Ke7
18.Ne4+ =. Chemin-Kudrin . Mendow 1985) 8.e4. See Illustrative Came 2. d) 5 ... b5!? 6.Nc3 a6 7.a4 b4 R.'Ne4 d6 9.Bc4 e5 1O.Qd3 Be7
Black has tried the following: n) S...cxd5 6.Nc3 al) 6 ...Bb7 7 .N.xd5 Bxd5 8.Bxf6 I
ll.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.N'Xf6+ QKf6 13.e4 0 -0 14.Qe3 Nd7 t5.Nd2 Qe7 16.0..0-0 aS 17.b3 N'b6 JS.t'-1 O c7 19.84 Ba6 20.Qd3 Bxc4 21.Nxc4 Nxc4 22.Qxc4 Qt>7 Draw, Cifuentes-Speelman, Malta Olympiad 1980.
N()t 24... Rd6 because o f 2S.bxg6
and if 2.5 ... hxg6, th~n 26.8lCf7! l5.b3 Rfd8 16.e4 !! l7.Qe3 h& l8.c4 Re7 Black wanu to play ... Nb6-d7-f6 to hit the weakness at h5. 29.Rd3 Nd7
llhrSJTari~
Cam e 1 GM Artur YuSUJ»V
GM Aaatoly ~rpov Lonch>n matcll/989
I .d4 Nrti l.Nt3 b6?! Thi~
~6
3.BgS cS 4.e.3
is pro bably the most com-
mon opening trap.
Eveo Karpov
fell int.o it1
S.dS! exd5 6.Nc3 8e7 7.NxdS Bb7 8.Rxf6 Bxr' 9.t3 0·0 10.8c4 .Also good for White is l0. Be2 d6 11.0 -0 Na6 l2.a4 Ne? 13.Bc4 Rb8 14.Qd3 BxdS J5:Bxd5 a6 t6.Rfot g6 17.Bc6 Be7 18-Qe 4 f6 19.b4 Piket-Farago, Wij k aan Zee 1?88.
IO ... a6 11.0-0 bS ll,Bb3 Better is 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.Bd5 Nc6 14.Qd2
ll ...d6 13.Qd2 Nd7 14.Rfdl BxdS IS.PxdS Rb8 16.Qcl Nb6 17.Rd2 g6 lS.Radl Qc7?! Better is 18... Qe1.
19.Qe4 Worth considering is 19.h4 , bec:ause 19 .•. h5 would not be possible. After 19...Kg7 20.bj Qe7 21.g3 fo!lowed by Kg2, White bas an initiative.
lt.Qr4 s~s ll.Nxe5 dxeS 23.Qg3 Rbd8 l4.h5 Rd7 19...Kg7 .zo.h4
Q~'
30.Bx17! With bo th players short on time, Wlt i te complicates the position witn a spectacular :Bishop sacrifice. 30... Kxf7! Not 30 ... Qxf7 ? because of 3 l .Qh3 winning the Knigh t. 31,Qd2 Wbit.e's compensation for tbe
piece is th at Black's pieces a re pinned to the Knight, be bas. wea k pawns. and the King has little protection. JJ ••.Ke3 32.Qa~ bxc4 If 32... Rc6, thell 33.cxb5 ax.b5 34.QxbS Qe6 35.RdS with a strong
attack. 33.bxc4 Rc(3? The decisive error. Black wants to play J.3...Nf8.
J4.Qa4 Threatening 35.Rd6. 34••.Rc7 3S.Qxa6 ab8 3c;.Qz6 + Kf'8?
J6_.. Kd8 W()1Jid have held out
longer, although 3.7.Rd6 Kc8 (or \1 . ..Oe8 38. Oxb6) 38.Re6 N£8 1'1. Rxe7 Nxg() 4(}.Re8 + Kb'7 ·11. Rb J + is wj nning.
... 7.RJ3 + 1..0
16•..a6 11.Kbl Ra'7 If 17... f5, then 18.Qg6 is very strong.
18.Ne3
Threatening 19.Nf~ . l8 ...Kh7 19.h4 Bxt3? This just opens. up the g·file for White.
1//ustrolive Game 2
(;M Luoomir Kavalek
20.gxf3 g6
IM Lucas Bruoner
Not 20... Bxh4 because of 2 l.Nf5 Bg5 22.£4 +-.
l .d4 Nf6 2.NB e6i 3.Bg5 eS 4.e3 116?! S.dS! b6 ~.Bxfft Qxfft 7.Ne3 Rb7 8.e4
Zl.bS Ra8 22.f4 Qe8 23.Nd5 Bd8 24.bxg6 + Rxg6 If 24.•. &cg6, then. 25 .Nf6+ Bxf6 26.exf6 followed by Re7 + is
Al:so good is 8.Bc4 a6 9.a4 d
=.
Cifuente~-Tarjan,
Malta
( llympia
fi..•Qd8 9.e5 White's control of tbe center p.ives him the advantage. IJ ••.exdS IO.NxdS Nc6 ll.Bc4
N;tS 12.Qd3 Nxc4 13,.Qxc4 Be7
14.0-0-0 0-0 15.Rbel Be' J6.Qg4 As. .Bl ack has been prevented
l'wm obtaining any counterplay, White now directs his attention to
· the kin~ide .
decisive.
2.5 ..Qh3 Qg8 26.Rhl Qg7 27.fS Rg4 28.16 Qg6 29.Ne3 RgS 30.Qh2 1-0 There is no defeQse to f4 followed by Rdgl . A2) 4 ••. Qb6
The poisoned pawn variation has been successful for B lack and its practitioners inc lud e Karpov. Ho-wever, it i! risky. BI.Ac..k willlos.e time with his Queen and f.all behind in developmenl He will also have trouble finding a safe place for his King.
White now has the ct.oic~ be1Ween sacrificing All ) s.Nbd2 or protecting All ) S.Qc:l the b.-pawn. .Ut) s.Nbdl.
An alternative is 5.Bxf6. a) 5 ...gxf6 6.Qcl (6.Nbd2 Qxb2 ?.Be2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 .a6 9.0-0 Qb6 IO.Rbl Qc7 =+, G . Garcia-Ka.rp<>v, Len ingrad 1917) 6... Nc6 7.c3 dS 8.NW2 Bd7 9.Be2 Rc8 10.0-0 cxd4 1 l. exd4 Bd6 12.Qb 1 Ne7 13. Rel = +, Holmov-Ani'kaev,
USSR 1976. bt) .5 ... Qxb2
6.Bxg7 Bxg7 7.Nbd2
cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6 9.Rb1 Qxa2 ti).Bd3 Nxd4 11 . Nxd4 Bxd4 12.0-0 dS 13.Qg4 Bc3 14.Qf4 w1th corn p ens a tloo for th e sactiflced material. Hodgso n-Sc.hul~. Beni-
dorm 198&.
s...Qxb2 Black bas also declined or postponed the pawo capture: a) 5...d5 6.Bxf6 gxf6 a1) 7 .Qbl Nc6 8.c3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 e5 10. N4b3 Bc6 11.a4 a6 12. a!5 (Taiman.ov-Gipslis~ Tallln n 1980) 12...Qc7 13.e4 0-0-0 is ~flclear, according to lhimanov. a2) 7.Rbl cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6 9.Ne2 eS 1O.N g3 Be6 11.Bd3 e4 12.BeZ f5 13.0-0 h5 14.Nx;h5 0-0-0 1S.c3 Bd6 16.Rel f4 t 7.exf4 Bc5 with compensation for the saerificed material, Torre Lobroo, Lu<:erne Olympiad 1984. a3) '7.Be2 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6 9.Nb-3 Bd6 10.0-0 0-0 ll ..Ret Bd7 12.c3 Ne7 13. Bd3 BbS 14 .g3 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 aS 16.Nc5 Qc6 HugKe11er, Zur icb 1984. a4) 7.c4 cxd4 8.exod4 Nc6 (8 ...dllc4 9. Bxc4 Nee> 10.0-0 Bd7
1bd5 exdS 12.Qe2+ Ne7 13.Bx:d5
=.
0-0-0 14.Bxti + Spassky-Zaitsev. USSR Cb ampionsbi·p 1962) 9.cxd5 exdS 1O.Bdl Be6 (9... Nxd4 1LQa4+ Nc6 12.0-0 Be6 13-~ac t RcB 14 .Qb4 Be7 1S.Q h 5 + r::, Rodr ig\lez-s,mye Neto, Lucerne Olympiad 1984) 11 .0-0 Bd6 lZ.Rcl 0 -0 -0 13.Qa4 KbB 14.Nb3 Rhg8 15.Rfel R g4 16.Qb5 Rdg8 17 .g~ bS: = + , Plachetka- Hardicsay, Stary Smokovec 1982. b) S...-cxd4 6.ex l) 8...Qc3 9.Rel (9.Rbl l3e? 10..Rb3 Qc7 I LNe5?! Nc6 12.Ndf3 Nxd4 = +, Hoi - Shamkovich, E~bjerg 1982; 1l.Qb1!? Nc6 l2.c4 is unclear"' .according to Shomlcovicb) 9...Be7 10.Re3 Qc7 ll.Ne5 , Nc6 12.c3 Nd 7 13.Bxe7 Ndxe5 14.dxe5 Nxe7 15.. Qg4 g6 16.c4 Bd7 17.Qg5 unclear, Marovic-Mueo, Malta Olympiad 1980. b2) 8 ... Nc6 ~.c4 Oc3 (if 9...Nxd4, then 1().cxd5 followed by Rb 1) l0.0e2 Nxd41l.Nxd4 Qxd4 12.Nf3 QcS 13 .cxd5 Qxd5 14.13c4 QaS 15.Bd6 gxf6 16.Bb5 + with a strong attack, Yermolinsky-O"'rma, Manila Olympiad 1992.
=.
6.Bd.l 4
u) 6.Rbl Qc3 7.Rb3 Qa._~ 8.Rb5 Oue2 9.Bxf6 gxf6 .10.Ne4 a6
h) 6.Bxf6 gd6 h 1) 7.Be2
10.Bh4 Nc6 li .Nc4 Qc7 12.Qb] NbS 13.Qb2 Be7 14.Bxe7 Ox:e7 15.Nfe5 Q.Q J6.Nxc6 bxre6 17.Qe5 QgS 18.£4 QxeS 19'.Nxe5 N£6 20 .Rab1 +-, Bondarevsky-Aili· to$hin~ Soebi 1964. a3) 7...Nc6 S.Rbl Qc7 (8 ...Qd8 9.e4 cxd4 l
h 11) 7 ...cxd4 8.Rb l Qc3 9.0-0
l2.Bg.3 NdS 13.Ne4 b61! [IJ•..NcJ.)
I l.lbc5 Bxc5 12.d:xc5 QaS 13. Nfd2 f"' 14.Nd6+ Ke7 15.QhS with comltil' tlSation for the exchange, Kt\I)(!C~eFirmian,
USA. 1986.
14.Nfd2 + =, Knezevic-Stean,
f)r7 IO.Nxd4 a6 11.<:4 Nc6 12.Ne4
Cir~lh
dj Di~m"pte 1976/?7) 9.Bx:f6 gxf6 10.Ne4 (Kirpicboikov-
u,!7 L3.c.5 0 -0 14.Bd3 f5 15.Ng3 Nc:5 16. Rc1 d6 17.cxd6 Qxd6 IH.Dbl Nc6 1~.Nx.c6 bxai 20.Qxd6 lhd6 2l .Rxc6 BeS 22.R c5 Bd& .n.Rc6 Be5 24.RcS Bd6 Draw,
VitoHnsb, 104..Be7=.
Yurma~a
1978)
b) 6... Nc6 7.0-0 dS (not 7... Be7'? 8.Nc4 Qb4 9.c3t Qxc3 lO.Rcl Qb4 I t.a.3 Qb:S 12.Nd6+ winning the Queen) 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.c4 Nb4 10 .Be2 Qa3 11.e4 dx:e4 t 2.Nxe4 Be7 13.Qd2 Bd7 14.Qf4 0-0-0 15.Nxf6 txd4 16.Nxd4 Bc6 17.NbS QaS 18.Nc4 Bxe4 19.Qxf7 Rd7 20.Qxe6 Boo 21 .8g4 h5 22.Bb~ Bd8 23 .Radl Rb7 24.a3 Nc2 2S.Qg6
Mu11ak-Bandza~
Katowiee 1993. h 12) 7... Qb6 8.0-0 Be7 9'.c-4 Nc6
ll).cJ5 NeS 1 l.Nel f5 12.f4 Ng6. 1:1.Bd3 d6 14.Rbl Qa5 unclear, Mulanillk-011, Novosibirs.k 1986. h 13) 7... Nc6 8.0-0 cxd4 9.Nc4 Ob4 JO.Rbl Qe7 11.exd4 d5 12.Ne3 Bh6 1J..c4 dxc4 14.Bx~
0-0 15.Qe2 Rd8 l6.Rfdl f5 17.BI>S Bxe3 t8.0xel with compensation , Hug-To rn~. Zurich 1984.
Rbe7 26.Qxc2 a6 27.Na7+ 1-0, L
Sokolov-Oeorgievt Palma de MaiJorca 1989. c) 6...cxd4 7.exd4 Qc3 8.0 -0 d5
b2} For 7.Rb-l, see 111ustrative
9.Rel Bd710.Re3 Qc7 ll.Ne5 Noo t2.c1 NxeS 1~.dxeS Ng8 t4.Nf3 ho l5.Bf4 Be7 16.Nd4 Bg5 17.:Bxg5 hxg5 18.Qg4 Oxc3 19.Nb:3 Nb6 20.Qxa5 Qb4 2t.Rg3 Q£8 22..Rcl ffi 23 .Qe3 f5 24.NcS f4 2S.Bg6+ 1-0.
Game 3.
Now we examine two moves for Black: A211) 6.••QcJ AllZ) .fl••.dS
Spanky-Osnos, LeninJrad 1963.
Alternatives;
A211) 6.••Qc3
a) 6 ... Qb6 7.0-0 a 1) 7.•.exd4 8.exd4 Be7 9.Rel Qc7 H).c4 b6 1 Lkc 1 do 12.Bb 1 N:bd7 t3 .Nft b6 14.Bh4 Bb7 t:S ..Ne3 0-0 16.NdS Qd8
7,Bxr~
7.0 -0 dS 8.Rel (8.dxc5 Qxt5? 9.c4 with a strong po~itigo for W bite, Nun-Sjoberg, Hr.adec Kralove 1985. Better is 8•..Nbd7.) 8 ...cxd4 (8... c4 94Bfl Nc6 10.Bxf6 gx(6 l1.e4 +=, Alexejev-Salasbov, USSR 1972) 9.Nxd4 a6
17.Nxe1+ Ql:e7 18.d5 Rfe8 19.Nd4 +-, Nei-Mikenas, Me>scow 1967. a2) 7 ...d6 8.dxc5 dxc5 9.e4 b6
s
lO.N4f3 Nc6 11.e4 Be? tZ.exdS Nxd5 J3.Ne4 Qa3 14.c4 Nc3 15.Qd2 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 f6 17.Bf4 eS 18.Rad1 B!4 19.Re3 QcS 20.Bg3 0 -0 21.Qc2 £5 22. Bd5+ Kh8 23.Bxc6 Qxc6 24.Bxe5 ... , SalovPsakbis, Irkutsk 1986. 7..•axf'6 s.o.o dS 9.e4 9.dxc5 Qxc5 10.c4 Bg7 ll .cxdS QxdS 12.Qc2 Nc6 13.Rabt Qd7 14.Nc4 b6 l S.Rfd l Qc7 Rodrigue:z-deFirmian, New York 1988. Now White blundered a piece with 17. Bb71 f5 17.Nd6+ Kf8 18.BxfS exfS - +. Perhaps the be..<~t way for White to continue is with the tran~ fer of the Knight from c4 to b5 via d2, e4, and g3. Nevenheless, the position is good for Black. Later in Kamsky-deFirmian, Reykjavik 1990, Black varied with 9 .•. £5 lO.Rbl Nc6 ll .Rb3 Qg7 12c4 d4 and should again have a fine posi· tion. For 9...Bg7, see Illustrative Oame4. 9•.•c4 lO. Be2 Be7 lJ.Rel Nc6 U .exdS exdS 13.Bxe4 dxc:4 14.Ne4 QaS lS.dS NeS With two examples: a) t6.Nxe5 &eS 17.Qf3 Kf8 IS.Radl Bd7 19.Qh5 RgS 20.Qxh7 Bg4 2t .Qh6+ Rg7 22.d6 Bd8 23.Qh8+ unclear, Balashov-011, Sverdlovsk 1987. b) 16.d6 Bd8 17.Nxe5 fxeS 18.d7+ Bxd7 t 9.Nd6+ Kf8 20.Nxf7 Qc7 21.Qf3 Kg7 22.Nxd8 Raxd8 23.Qg3+ Kf6 24.Qh4+ Kg6 25.Qg3+ Kf6 26.Qh4+ Kg6 27.Qg3+ Draw, Shabalov- 011, Vilnius 1988.
7.Bxf6 A major alternative is 7.c4 Qc3 8.Ne5 Nc6 (8... Nfd7 9.Rcl Qa3 10.Nxd 7 Bxd7 ll.Bbl b6 12.Bf4 cxd4 13.0-0 unclear, Karner-Karp ov, USSR 1972) 9.Rcl Qa3 10.Nxc6 bxc6 ll.Qc2 Rb8 12.Rbl Rxbl 13.Qxbl Be7 14.0-0 cxd4 15.exd4 h6 16.Bxf6 Bd6 17.cxd5 cxd5 J8.Bb5+ Ke7 19.Rc1 ?! ( 19.Nf3! unclear) J9... Qa5?! ( 19... Bxd4! 20.Rc7 + K f6! =+) 20.Nf3 Rd8 2l.R c5! unclear, Spassky- Mjles, Tilburg 1978. Dubious is 7.0 -0 ?! c48.Be2 Be7 9.Ne5 Nc6 IO.Rbl Qa3 I l.NlCc6 bxc6 12.e4 0 -0 13.Rel c3 14.Rb3 cxd2 15.Rxa3 dxe 1=Q+ 16.Qxe1 Bxa3 - +, K.ristenson-Sher, H astin~ 1989-90. 7...gxf6 8.c4
8.Rb l Q c3 9.0-0 c4 JO.Bxc4 dxc4 ll.Ne4 QaS 12.Nxf6+ Ke7 J3.NeS Nc6 14.Qb5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Bg7 16.R fd l h6? 17.Rxb7 + I-0, Pira-Michalet, France 1990. 8.•.Qcl
8 ... b 5 9 .0 -0 Qa3 IO.Qbl bxc4
1J.Nxc4 Qa6 12.Nce.S c4 13.Nxc4 dxc4 14.Be4 Nc6 lS.d.S Rb8 J6.Qc2 Nb4 17.Q b2 elldS 18.Bxd5 R b6 0-1, KJinger-Granda Zuniga, Novi Sad
AllZ) 6 ..•dS 6
Olympiad 1990. 9.Rb1 would bave hdter tested Black's. novelty.
1989). al) 8..B~3 ReS ?.0·0 h{) 10.Bf4 cxd4 ll.exd4 Nb4 12.Be2 BbS • • Prokesh-Capabla.oc~.
B\ldapest
1929. a2) 8 .Be2 R e$ 9.Qbl Bd6 10.0-0 0 -0 11.Bxf6 gxJ6 t2.d:xc.5 Bx:cS 13. e4! dxe 4 14.Qxe4 Be7 ( 14...Qxb2 15.Qh4!) t.S.Radl Kn8 t6.Nc4 Oc? 17.Qh4 R g8 18.0n.51 Rg7 19.Rd 2! RcgB 20.g3 b5 21.Rfd1 Be8 22 .Nd6 a6 23.Qc5 +·, Larsen-Popel, USA 1972.
b) 6.Bxf6 ~6 7.c3 dS ~.Be2;
b l} 8.Nbd2 Bd7 9. Be2 R c8 10.0 -0 cxd4 U .ex:d4 Bh6 t2.Qttt
cxd4
CJ •.• dxc4 10.0.0 Qa 5 tl.Nxc4 •)c~ 12.Rc1 Nc6 tl.Ncd2 .Be7 gives
0 ·0 13.Nb3 Ne7 14.Nc5 Bc6 15.g3 Kh8 t6.a4 Rg8 17.Nb4 Oc7 18.Bd3 Ng6 19.N;I{g6 + hxg6 20.Re1 e5 un· elear, Kogan-deFi.rm ca n, USA 1984. b2) 8 . Bd3?~ cxd4 9 .cx:d4 e5 1 O. Be2 R g8 1l.g.3 Bh 3 l2.Nc3 Q.Q . Q 13.a3 Kb8 14.b4 Bh 6 15.Na4 Qc7 l6.Qb2 Rge8 =+,Si· deif-Zade-Yudasin, USSR 1989.
Wh1to the o pportunity t o seize the ;.ulva ntage by t4.dxc5 1 Vagan ia nRa ~uvaev, USSR C b ampions.hip l~JfG. Vaganiao also gives a big ad· vltntage for White after 13.e4 c:xd4 14.Nxd4 a6 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.e5. After the text, Satov~e la Villa ( i3rcia,. Sz:ir.ak lnter zona l 1987, nmtinu~ lO.Rcl Qa5 1 Lcx.dS Na6
12..Nxd4 Qxd5 13.0 -0 Be7 t4.Bf3 ( 14 ... Qd8 1S.Qb3 0 ·0 lt~o. Bxb7 Rb8 17.Rxc8 +=. Salov) ltNc6! 0 .0 16.Qe2! ~b4 17.Nxb4 .ltxh4 1.8.Ne4 Be7 19..Rfdl Qe8 l(t.Rc7 eS Z1.Ng3 Bd8 22. R:xc8 lhd~ 23 .Be4 f5 24.Nxf5 Kh8 .l~ . Nd6 Qe6 26.Bf5 1·0. (JrJ7
A21) S.Qcl
s...Ne-t !i... Nc6
After S ... Ne4, White has two w~y~ of retrea ting; Al-21) 6.8f4 and A22l) 6.Bh4
~•)
6.c3 d5 7.Nbd2 Bd7 (7.•. Be7 1Uie2 Qc7 9.dxc5 B"e5 10.c4 Be7 11.0-0 0-0 12.a 3 Bd7 l 3.cxd$ Nxd5 14.Bxe7 N dxe7 l5.Qc5 e5 12. Rac1 b6., 17.Qxe7 1·0, J(ovacevi c-Podl e&oik, Ljubljana
A~lt )
6.Br4
6... Nc' 7
6...d5
6...d5 a) 7.c3 Bd7 8.Nbd2 Nxd2 9.Qxd2 BbS lO.Bxb.S QxbS 11.Qe2 Qxe2+ 1Z.Kxe2 :a, Morovic-Miles, Malta Olympiad 1980. b) 7.Bd:3 bl) Dubious is 7...Bd6?! 8.Bxd6 Qxd6 9.c41 b2) 7...Nd7 8.0-0 Bd6 9.Bxd6 Qxd6 t0.c4 o.o ll.Qc2 Ne£6 • , Alekhine-Spielmann, Semmering 1926. b3) 7 ... f5 8.c3 Be7 9.Nbd2 Nc6 lO.h4 0 -0 ll .Ne5 NxeS t2.Bxe.S Bd7 13.£3 Nd6 14.dxc5 Qxc5 15.Bd4 Qc7 16.£4 + =, Pettosian1\cherepkov, USSR 1961. b4) For 7 ... Nc6, see n lustrative Game
5.
7.c3 Be7
If 6 ... cJtd4 7.exd4 gS 8.Bd3 Qa5 +, Kovaeevic recommends 9.c3 Nxc3 10.Nxc3 gxh4 ll .Nxh4 with. advantage to White. 7.c3 Nc6 8.Bd3 a) 8.Nbd2 fS 9.Nxe4'1 1 fxe4 tO.Nd2 cxd4 ll .exd4 Bd6 12.Be2
0 -0 13.0-0 Bf4 14.8g3 e~ 7...d5 a) 8.Nbd2 Nxd2 9.Qxd2 Be7 15.dxeS Bxg3 16.h:xg3 NxeS = +. 10.Bd3 Bd7 tl.0-0 0 -0 12.dxc5 Petrosian-Ol afsson, Stockholm Bxc5 13.e4 dxe4 14.Bxe4 Rfd8 .:, 1962. b) 8.Nrd2 f5 9.Nxe4 fxe4 10.Bg3 Alburt-Sosonko, Lucerne Olym· Bd7 ll.Be2 ReS 12.Qd2 Be7 piad 1982. b) 8.Bd3 Be7 (8.•.Bd7 9.0·0 Rc8 13.0 -0 0-0 14.£4 exf3 tS.BxO 10.Nbd2 f5 , H o rt-Sosonko , BgS • +, Quinteros- Ljubojevic, Amsterdam 1979. Now Wbito Las Palmas 1974. could obtain an advantage with 8 ...Bd7 ll .NeS.) 9.h 3 Bd7 10.0-0 fS 8...Bd6 9.Bxe4 dxe4 10.Nfd2 £$ ll.NeS Nxe.S 12.Bxe5 Bf6 13.Bxf6 ll.Nc4 Qc7 t2.Nba3 Be7 13.Nb$ gxf6 14.Bxe4 fxe4 t5.f3 Bb516.Rf2 Qd7 14.Bxe7 Kxe7 1S.dltc5 QdS + =, Dreev-Agz.amov, Sevastopol 16.Nbd6 QxcS 17.b4 (17.0-0 1986. NeS •) 17 ... QdS 18.f4 bS s.Nbcll rs 9.Bel o.o 10.0-o d5 (18...exf3?1 19.e4 fxe4 20.Qf4! and ll.Ne5 cxd4 ll.exd4 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Rdl +=, Saidy) 19.083! (19.Nxc8 Bd7 U.Qd Bb5 15.Bxb5 Qxb5 Rhxc8 20.Nd2 Qd3 • + ) 19... blCc4 16.NO Rad 17.Nel Qc4 l8.Ncl3 bS 20.Rdl Qxdt + 2t.Kxdl Rd8 22.bS Rxd6+ 23.Kc2 Nd8 24.Rdl Nb? 19.0
25.Rd4 Bd7 26.Rxc4 Ke8
+ • , Spasslcy-Cbandler, London
=.
Sb irui-Saidy, USA 1982. 9. Nbdl fS Lobro n-Kortchooi, Biel 1984,.
1985. A2ll) 6.8h4 8
continued 10.Bg3 N xg3 11.bxg3 ~11 (better i$ I LBe7) 12.g41 and Wbite stands somewhat bette r.
finding a safe home for his Kin!·
16.0-0 b4 17.Nh4 aS 18.Bcl It is important to blockade tbe passed pawns. Not 18.f4 a4 J9.Qg4
BM-+ .
1/JustratiPe Game 3
18... Bh6 t9.Ba4 Qf4 20.dx~
GM RongguangYe GM Murray Chandler
~. . . . F Ai l
Man1/a lrnerzonal 1990
l.d4 N~ 2. 0 e6 3.8g5 c5 4.e3 Qb6 5.Nbd2 Qxb2 ,. Bx~ gxf6
00
7.Rbl Sacrificing another pawn to keep the Queen sideline!! longer and h~nce gaining more time.
7 ... Qxa2 I f 7 ... Qc3, then 8 .Bd3 cxd4 li.0-0 dxe3 10.Ne4 ex£'2+ ll.Rxf2 Q c7 l 2. Nx£6+ w ith .an unclear posi tion.
20 ...fxe6?! Also bad is 20... Qxd2 21.Qh 5 0 -0 22.e7 ReS 23. Nf5 B~7 24 . Rf~l Qg5 25.Q h3 followed by Rb3-g3 with a large advantage to Whirc. Better is 20 ... Qxb4 21.exd7+ Kd8 22.Nb3 Qxe4 23.f3 ! Be3+ 24.Kh1 Qe7 25.Re l with an unclear position.
8. c4 Threatening to trap the Queen. For example. if 8...cxd4. then 9.Ra 1 Bb4+ tO.Nfd2.
8...Qa4 T he only move. If 8... Qa6, then 9.d51 exd5 l O.QxdS Qc6 1 J.Qh5 with "s'arge advantage to White.
21.Qh5 + Kd8 22.Ndf3! 818?! Better is 22... R g8 23.Rbd1 Rg7!
9.dS bS! lf 9 ...exd5, then JO.QxdS Qxc2
24.0xc~
Bxe4 wirb ao unclear posi·
tlo n. After the text Black's pieces are disorganized and his position falls nport.
li.Bd3 Qc3 + 12.Nfd2 is 1trong.
IO. Ncd2 No t JO.Rxb5 Ba6! I t.Nb2 Qe4 12. R b3 Qxd5 with a large advantage to Black.
23.Rbdl! 23 .Ng6 hxg6 2 4.Qxh8 Ke7 (24... Kd8 25.Qg8) 25.Qil7 + Kd8 is
less clear. 23...Bxe4 l4.Qn Ra7 There is no· defense. If 24 ... Bd6, then 25.g3. Or if 24... Be: 7 2.5.Qxe6.
IO ... a6 ll .RaJ Qb4 12.c4! Bb7 Black is finally able to start developi ng some of his pieces. But his Queen is still in a bad position.
13. e4 Bg7 14.Rbl QaS JS.Bd3 Qc7
O r if24... Kc7 25.Bxd7.
25.g3! O nce again forcing the Q ueen into an awkwa rd posi tion on the
The Queen is finally able to rt:tu rn, but Black's problem now is
9
side of tbe board.
2S...Qh6 26.Qxe6 Bx£3 27.Nx0 Rt7 28.Rtel Bg7 29.Qb6 Kc8 30.Re7 Rd8 3l.Nb4 IS 32.Qxa5 Bt8 33.Nd5 ! Qa6 34.Nd6+ Qxd6 J5.Rxd6 Bxe7 36. Rb6 Rb7 37.Rh6 b3 38.Rb6 b2 39.Rxb7 Kxb7 40.Qb5 + Kc7 4l . Qxb2 Nt6 42 .Qg7 Bf8 43.Qxh7 NeS 44.Bb5 Bd6 45.f4 Nf3+ 46.Kg2 Nd4 47.Ba4 Ne6 48 . b4 Nrs 49.Q~4 Ne6 so.rs Nd4 Sl.bS Rb8 52.Bb5 NxbS 53.cxbS R x bS 54.h6 Rb2 + 55.Kh3 Rb4 56.Qe8 Rb8 57.Qxb8 Kxb8 58.1"6 l-0
GM Joel Benjamin GM Leonid YudasiD New Yorlc 1990
l.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.8g5 cS 4.e3 Qb6 S.Nbd2 Qxb2 6.Bd3 Qd 7.0-0 d5 8.8xf6 gxf6 9.dxc5 Bc7 IO.Rbl QxcS ll.e4 White must open up the position before Blac k completes his development.
13.8b5 + Kf'8
U .N xe4
later o n.
18... h3 19.g3 RhS 20.Rd3 QaS 21 .c:3 Ex.c banging Queens wo uld ease the pressure o n Black.
Illustrative Game 4
ll ... dxe4
17.Nd6 b4 18.Rb3 Better is J8.b3. White will have trouble with the Black pawn on h3
21 ...Rb8 2l.Qb2 Rc5 23.Nn8 If 23.Bfl , then 23 ...rs. 23.- RbS?? Wit h t his zwischenzug Black seems to stay a pawn a head. However, there is a simple reply. Bet· ter is 23 ... Rxc8, altho ugh after 24.Qxb7 Rb8 25.Qd7 Rxc:3 26.Rxc3 Qxc3 27. Nd4 White has the advantage.
24.Qc:Z.?? But White also misses it :
Qc7
24.Qa3 +! Then o t' cnu rse not 24... Qxa3? 2S.Rd8+ mating. But White is just a piece up after other
If 13 ... Nc6, the n 14.Qd4 is
su ong.
moves.
J4.Qd2 a6 15.Be2 Nc6 16.Rfdl
24•••Rxc8 Now White hu inadequa te: compensation for the sacrificed pawn.
hS Blaclc is having tro uble developing bis pieces. Therefore be advances his h· pawn to free bis King's Rook and also t rie$ to create a weakness o n White's
2S.Rd7 Rb6 l6.Qh7?! White tries tn get the h1 tho rn, but now his Queen 1$ nut of play.
26...Rb2 27.Kn Rdl 28.Rxd8 +
kingside. 10
•
Nxd8 Z9.QdJ Nt6 30.Qd7 Threateni ng 31.Qc8 + Ke7 32.Rd7 mate. 30>...Bb6 3l.Nd4 Nxd4 32.Qxd4 Qe.S 33.80 Rxal 34.Qb4 + Kg7 3S:.Qg4 + Bg5 36.Qxh3 fS S hutting off White's Queen. 37.QgZ Qxc3 38.Be2 Not 38.Bxb7 Be3. 33...Qb3 39.b4 Bd2 40.Kgl Qd5 41 .80 Qc5 42.8xb7 Be3 43.RO Bd4 44.Qf3 aS While W hite is tied to t he defense of f2, tbe pas.sed a-pawn decides. 4S.Qf4 Qb6 46.8g1. a4 47.Kh2
16.Bxd6 Bxd6 17.Nf'3 Ba6?! Better is 17... Be8. 18.Kf2 Qc7 If 18...cxd4 19.exd4 Bxf4'/, then 20.Qxf4 Qxb2 2l.Qcl . 19.&J b5 20.a3 Bb7 2l.Bd3 Qb6
22.0d2 Not 22.Qd1 b4!
22...a5?! It was n ec essa r y to close the Kingside with 22...b5. 23.NgS Be7 24.Qt2 h6 Not 24...b4? 25.Qb5 h6 26.Qg6 winning. 2S.NI3 8<:6 Better is 25...b4 with an unclear posit ion. 26.1Ne5 Be8 27.g4 8d6 28.gxts
Bf6 48.Qt4 Qb1 49.Bt' a3 SO.Be8 Qc2 Sl.Qa6 QcS 0·1
Bxe5 l9.fxe5 exfS Not 29...Bg6? 30.f6 winning. 30.115! 10 prevent 30..,g6. 30..~c4 3 l.Bc2 b4 32.:axb4 axb4 33.Kg3! Tbe White King is well placed strategically on f4 . White bas a large advantage. If now 33 ...Qd8, then 34.Qf3 . 33 •••8d7 34.Kf4! Be6 3S.Qg2 Rb8 36.Rhgl Rf7 37.Qg6?! Correct was 37.Qb1 followed by Rg6 and Bd t-£3. The players were getting short oo time here. 37...Kh8 38.cxb4? It was better to try the plan given in the last note: 38.Qg2 followed by Qb 1 and Rg6. Now the tables are turned. White will have ttouble becawe the pO:sition of his
JllusJmtive Game 5
GM Alexey Dreev GM Vadim Ruban St. PtJ£:rrbwg 1993
l.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c:S 4.e3 Qb6 S.Qcl Ne4 6.Bf4 dS 7.Bd3 Ne6 8.c3 Be7 Hort-Sosooko, Amsterdam 1979 continued 8 ... Bd 7 9.0-0 ReS 10. Nbd2 f5 I I.Be5 (better is
ll .Ne5) 1t...Nxe512.Nxe5 Nf6 ~. 9. h4 1b meet the threat of 9...g5, but 9.b3 was better. 9 ... 0 -0 tO . Nbd2 rs tl.NeS Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Bd7 13.f3 Nd' J4.f4! BbS 1S.Bc2 Rac8 Now White is able to exchange his Bishop for Black's Knight. Better was I S... Nn 16.Nf3 Nb6 fol lowed by ...Ng4. Knights are better than Bishops in closed positions.
King becomes bad. 38...Qxb4! 39.Qxe6 If 39.Rg2, then 39...Qe7. 39 ...Qd2 40.Kf3? 11
Not 40.Qxd5? Qf2+ 4l.Qf3 Qh4 + -+. Howeve r, White could force Black to take a perpetual check with 40.BKf5 Qf2 + 41.Kg4 Qe2+ 42.Kh4 Qf2+ 43.Kg4 ""· Now Black gets a large advantage.
48 .Rc6 Rc8 49.b5! Rcc7 ?!
50.Qd6! Rd7 Sl.QeS Rb8 If 5L.Qh4, then 52.Qf8+ Kh7 53.Rxb6+ winning.
52.Qxc3 Qe8 If 5 1...Qh4, then 53.Rc8+ Rd8 54.Qc7! Qh2+ 55.Kd3 winning. 53 . Rgg6 RxbS 54.Rc8 Rd8 ss.Q~7!
1-o
A3) 4...h6 5.Bh4
5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.c4!? cxd4 7.exd4 Bb4+ 8.Nbd2 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 J0.0-0 0 ·0 l l.NeS Bxd2 12.Qxd2 d6 13.Ng4 Qg6 14.Ne3 Nc6 15.(4 Ne7 16.d5?! (16.Bd3 +=) J6 ... exd5 l 7.f5 QgS TorreCebalo. Novi Sad 1984.
=.
40...Qxc2 4l.b4! The only move. 4t.Qxf7? Qe4+, 4l.Ra8 Rb7!, and 41.Qxd5 Rxb2 all
lose. 4l ••.Qe4 + 42.Ke2 R1b7? Losing bis advantage. Correct i$ 42...Rbf81 43.Qg6 c3. 43.Qg6 Qd3 + 44.Kf3 c3 Black could have forced a perpetual check wi th 44 ... Qc4+ 45.Ke2 Qc2 +. 4S.Ra6! Qe4 + Unclear is 45 ... c2 46. R c6 (46.Re6 Qdl+ 47.Kf4 Rg8 48.Re8 immedi ately forces a draw) 46 ... Ra8! 47.Re6! Qe4 + 48.Kf2 (not 48. Ke2? c l=N+I - + ) 48...Qb4+ 49.Kf3.
s...Be7 a) 5... b6 6.c3 Be 7 7 .Nbd2 0 -0 8.e4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 ll.e5 Be7 12.BbS Ba6 13.a4 Bb7 14.0-0 a6 15.Bd3 Nc6 16.Rel Bb4 17. Re3 Na5 ,., Yusupov-Be liavsky, Linares 1993. b) S ... Qb6 6.Qc1 cxd4 7.Bxf6 !:)tf6 8.exd4 dS 9.Be2 Nc6 1O.c3 e5 J 1.0-0 12.Na3 R c8 13.Nc2 h5 =+, Spassky- Schmittdiel, Ge rman League 1989.
46.Ke2 Qh4?! This was Black's last chance to
for ce a perpetual check with 46...Qc2+. 47.Rt6 Qd8? A time tro u ble e rro r . Now White o nce again has a large ad vantage.
u
•
QxdS l4.fS
6.Nbd2
+ =, Kovacevic-Henley, New
6.Bd3 b6 7. 0~0 Bb7 8.c4 exd4 9.Nxd4 d6 10.Nc3 Nbt17 11.Ret a6
12. Bfl ReS
York 1989.
=. Larsen-Andersson,
Buenos Aires 1980. 6...cxd4
6 ...b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8 .0 -0 0-0 9.c3 d6 l O. Re t a6 J l.Qe2 Nbd7 12. Radl NhS 13.Bxe7 Qxe714.Be4 Bxe4 1S.Nxe4 Nb£6 =-, Balashov-
Lerner, Kiev 1986 7.exd4 b6
7 ... Nc6 8.c3 dS 9. Bb5 Bd6 10.0-0 a6 JJ.Sxc6+ bxc6 12.c4 0-0 13.c.S Bf4 14.Re1 Oe7 15.Qc2 f6 unclea r, Sideif-Za
A4) 4 .•. Be7
4._cxd4 'and 4... No6 will usually transpose t o variations resul ting after 4... Be7. For example. 4... Nc6 5 .Nbd2 b6 6.c3 Bb7 7 .Bd3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Be7 9.Nc4 Qc7 l().Qd2 ReS
11.0 -0 h6 12.Bf4 d6 l J:.Rfel Nd8 14.Qd1 NdS 15.Bg3 0 -0 16.Nh4 gS I 7.Qh5! Kg7? ( 17... ph41) 18.Rxe6! Nxe6 19.Nf5+ K'8 20. xh6+ 1-0. Torre-samisc:h, Moscow 1925. For 4...d5, see Chapter 3. 3... d5.
1989.
5. bd2 Another idea is 5.dxc5. a) 5... Bxc5
al) 6.Be2 Be7 7.c4 b6 8.Nc3 Bb7 9.0 -0 0 -0 tO.Qc2 Na6 tl.Radl NcS 12.R d4 + =, Horc-Adorjan, ~uio
Emilia 1984/85.
a2) 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nbd2 b6 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.0-0 Be7 IO.Rc l Bb7 l i.Qe2 0-0 12.Rfd l Qc7 13.8£4 d 6 14.h3 Rac8 15.o3 R fd8 •,
lO.Qel NhS?I Better is 1O... Nbd7 11.0-0 -0 Nd5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.g3 Rc8 ~. ll.Bxe7 Qxc7 11 .g31 Nf6 13.0-0-0 Nbd7 14.RheJ 0-0 IS.Kbl a6 16.KaJ bS 17.8 b l Rfc8 18.N h4 dS 19.f4 b4 20.c4 dxc4 2l .Nxc4 BdS 2l.Ne3 Qd6 2JJ~xdS
Yusupov- Karpov, Londo n 1989.
b) 5 ... Na6 6.Bxa6 Qa5 + 7.Nbd2 bxa6 8.c6 d6 9.c4 Qc7 lO.Qa4 Rb8 ll.c:5 dxc5 12.Bf4 Bd6 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 l4.Nc4 Qc7 15.Nfe5 Draw, 13
Yusupov-Hubner, Baden-Baden 1992. c) A new move i~ 5 ...Qa5+ . See Illustrative Game 6.
s...w a) For 5... 0-0, see Illustrative Game7. b) 5...cxd4 6.cxd4 b6 7.a4 N'c6 8.c3 0-0 9.Bd3 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.0-0 Nf4 12.Bb5 a6 13.Bxc6 dxc6 J4.Ne5 f6 15.Nec4 Bb7 l 6.Qg4 g5 17.Nxb6 Rad8 IS.Rfel cS 19.d5 b5 unclear, Hodgso nMotwani, London 1988. 6.Bd3
6.dxc5 bxc5 7.e4 Nc6 8.Bb5 Bb7 9.0 -0 0-0 10.e5 Nd 5 11.Bxe7 NcJCe7 12.c4 Nb6 13. Ba4 Nxa4 14.Qxa4 Ng6 wi th a good posi tion for Black, Utasi-Adorjan. Sarajevo 1984. 6...Bb7
a) Attem pting to exchange Bishops with 6...Ba6 is worth considering. Beliavsky- Dolmatov, USSR Championship 1986, continued 7.c4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bb7 9.0~ 0 -0 10.Qe 2 d6 ll.Rac l Nbd7 12.Rfd l a6 =. b) After 6 ...cxd4, Salov-Cebalo. Leningrad 1984, continued 7.exd4 Ba6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.Ne4 Be7 IO.dS exdS ll.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Qxd5 Nc7 13.Nd 6 + Bxd6 14.Qxd6 Qe7+ 15.Qxe7+ Kxe7 16.0· 0 -0 +=. 7.c3 7.0-0 cxd4 8.exd4 NdS 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 lO.Rel 0 -0 tl .a4 Nc6 l 2.c3
We will now break the line into ' 'ariations with ...h6, A41) 7...M . and without ... h6, A42) 7 ...Nc6 aod A43) 7 ...cxd4.
A4l) 7••• h6 8.8h4 Nc6 a) 8...d6
al ) 9.Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 (10.0-0 0-0 ll .Rad l Qc7 12.Rfel Rfe8 J3.h3 e5 unclear, Janowsky-Aiekhine, Mannheim 1914) tO... N"hS ll.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.g3 0 -0 13.Nh4?' Nf4! 14.gxf4 Qxh4 ""+, PetrosianReschko, Leningrad 1967. a2) 9.0-0 0-0 tO. Ret cxd4 11.e.xd4 Nbd7 12.a4 a6 13.b4 Nd5 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 1S.Qb3 a5 16.b5 Rac8 17.Racl Rc7 18.Be4 N7f6 19.Bbt Rfc8 20.c4 + LarsenAndersson, Biellnterw nal 1976. b) For 8... 0-0, see IlluStrat ive
=.
GameS. 9.dxc5 bxcS 1o.e4
Hort-Makarichev, O slo 1984 conti nued l O... d6 11.0-0 0-0 J2.a3 ReS 13.h3 Nh5 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Re1 Nf4 t6.Bft Rfd8J7.b4 +•.
fS J3.Nc4 Na5 14.Ne3 Qf61S.Nxd5 Bxd5 16.b4 Nc6 17.Bfl d6 18.aS
A42) 7.- Nc6
8.0-0 For 8.a3, see Illustrative Game 9.
Draw, Walther-Siklos, 8th World Correspondence C hampionship. 14
20.Qxd 5 + + =, Episb io-smirio, Viloius 1988. c) 9.Rel Rc8 lO.Rcl Nb5 ll.Ne4 f6 12.Bh4 g6 13.a3 c4 14.Bc2 Na5 J5.Ned2 f S = , Balasbov- Miles, Novi Sad 1975. d) 9.dxc5 bxc5 JO.e4 d6 1J.Qe2 Rb8 12.Radl Nh5 13.Be3 g6 =, Kan-Keres, USSR Championship
8•.•0·0 8 ... h6 9.Bh4 g5!? 10.Bg3 h5t? 11.Nxg5 b4 J2.BeS uncle ar, Kraseo kov- Velimirovic, Kusadasi 1990.
1952. 9~.. NdS
a) 9•..d6 JO.e4 Clld4 11.Nxd4 Ne5 12. Ba6 Bxa6 13.Qu6 Qc8 ;;, Pet rosian- Averbakb. Moscow 1950. b) 9...cxd4 IO.exd4 Nrd5 l l.Bxe7 Ncxe7 12.g3 Nf6 13.Ba6 Qc8 14. Bxb7 Oxb7 =. Spasslcy-
9.Qel a) Ineffective was 9.e4 cxd4 in
Andersson,
1989. l0.8xe7 Qxe7 lO... Ncxe7 ll.g3 £5 12.e4 fxe4 13.Bxe4 Rb8 14. Rae l unclear, Rechlis-0 . Gurevich, Jerusalem 198(;. l t.Ba6 Bxn6 12.Qxa6 Nc7 13.Qe2 dS With equ ality, MarshaiiCapablaoca, Bad IGssiogen 1928.
the following games: al) JO.cxd4 b6! l l.Bxf6? (ll.Bh4 Nb5= ) 1 l...Bllf6 l2.e5 Be7 1J.a3 d6 14.Be4 b5 =+, Barlov- Adorjao, New York 1985. a2) 10.Nxd4 d.S ll .Nxc6 B)(c6 12.e5 Ne4 13.Bxe7 Q xe7 J4.Nf3 f6 15.Qe2 Bb7 16.exf6 Qxf6 J7.Rae.l Rfd8 =, Yusupov-Hmad i. Tunis
Interz.onal 1985. b ) 9.a3 bl) 9 ... cxd4 t O.exd4 NdS l l.Bxe7 Ncxe7 12.Rel f5 13.c4 Nf4 14.Bf l Rf6 15.Qb3 Rb6 16.R adl gS 17.d5 g4 t 8.Nd4 Neg6 19.dxe6 dxe6 20.Nxe6 Nxe6 2J.Rxe-6 Qh4 22.h3 RdM 23.c5 Bd5 24.Bc4 Bxe6 25.Bxe6+ K g1 26.c6 and White prevailed io the complications in Hodgson-Ko~tcn ,
Clermnnt - Ferrand
A43) 7...(Xd4
1... 0·0 will usually transpose into the o ther lines ex:amined, al· though White could try to take advantage of early castJing: a) 8.h4!'1 d6 9.Bxf6 B'd6 10.Ne4 cxd4 1 t.cxd4 Nc6 t2.Nfg5 g6 13.a3 Bg7 l4.Nxh7 +·, Z. Nikolic-P.
Nikolic, Yugoslavia Championship
London 1988.
1981. b) 8.Q c2 h6 9.b4!? cxd4 10.cxd4 Nc6 ll.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Ne4 Be7 13.Q e2 CS l4.Ned2 R eS 15.Ba6 Bxa6 16.Q xa6 Bf6 J7 .Nb3 Q c7
b2) 9...h6 t O.Bh4 cxd4 J t.e xd4
NbS (11...Nd5 12.BgJ. d6 unclear) 12.Bg3 {5 13.d5 exd5 14.Nb3 £4 15.Bg6 Nxg3 16.fxg 3 fxg3 J'7.Bc2 gxh2+ l S.Khl Rf6 19.Qd3 g6 15
18.Qe2 Rce8 =, Hulak-Spassov, Plovdiv 1983. 8.exd4 8.cxd4 a) 8 ... Nc6 9.a3 0-0 10.0-0 Nd5 ll .Bxe7 at) J L..Qxe7 12.Qe2 Rac8
l3.Rac1 Nb8 14.Rfe l f5 l5.Qfl Nf616.Rxc8+ Rxc8 17.Rc1 Qf8 ... , Hort- Larsen, Lioares 1983. a2) 1 t. .. Ncxe7 12.R c 1 ReS 13.Qe2 Rxcl 14.Rxc1 Q b8 15.Ne5 Nf6 16.Ng4 Nxg4 17.Qxg4 f5 18. Qg3 QxgJ 19.hxg3 + = , Estevez.-Lebredo. Cuba 1984. b) 8... Nd5 bl ) 9.Nc4 0-0 {9... Bxg5 10.Nd6+) 10.h4 f5 (10...f6 11.Qb1) 1t.a3 Nf6 Spass ky-Po rtisch , Geneva match 1977. b2) 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.0-0 CS ll.Ret 0 -0 12e4 Nf4 13.Bfl fxe4 J4.Nxe4 Nc6 1.5.g3 Nd.S J6.Bg2 + ... , Timman-Andersson, 1984. 8. ..d6 a) Again, castling could be
c) 8...Nd5 c l ) 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 JO.g3 B a6 l l.Bu6 Nxa6 12.Qe2 Nac713.NeS d6 14.Nd3 0.0 15.f4 b5 =, KamslcySax, Manila lntefzonal 1990. c2) 9. Ne4 0-0 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Qd 2 f5 12.Ng3 Qd6 13.Ne5 Nc6 14.Nc4? ! Q c7 15.Ne2 Rfti = +, Klaric-Rashkovsky, Sochi 1977.
=.
premature: 8 ...0 ·0 a 1) For 9.h4, see Jllustrative Game 10. a2) Less aggressive is 9.0-0 Nc6 lO.Rel Nd5 l l.Bxe7 Ncxe7 ·t 2.a4 a6 13.(.) Nf6 14.Qe2 Q c7 I5.Ne4 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 NdS 17.Nc:5 Nf6 18.Bf3 d6 19.Nd3 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 d5 21.Ra3 Ne4 22.Qe2 Nd6 23.Ne5 Draw, Kovacevic-Lalic, Sarajevo
9.0-0 9.Nc4 Qc7 10.Qe2 Nbd7 11.0· 0 0 ·0 l 2.Rfe1 Rfe8 t3.Rad t Nf8 14.Bc1 Nd5 16.Ng5?1 b5 17.Na3 b4 18.cxb4 Nxb4 +, Torre~Lasker, Moscow 1925. 9 ... Nbd7 9... 0 -0 lO.Re 1 Nc6 11.a4 Nd5 12.Bl(e7 Ncxe7 13.a5 bxa5 14.Qa4 Nf4 15.Be4 d5 16.Bbl Nc6 17.Qc2 g6 18.Nb3 Rb8 19.Nc5 Bc8 20.Q d2 Nh5 2l.Ra2 += with the idea Qh6, Ng5, g4, h4, Spassky- Beliavsky. Mo ntpellier 1985.
=
IO.Rel 0-0 ll.a4 ll.Qe2 Re8 12.Nfl h613.Bd2 Bf8 14.Ng3 transposes to Illustr ative Game 11. Jt. ..a6 I I. .. NdS 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.a5 N7f6 14.Qb3 Qc7 15.Qa3 Ra b8 16.Bfl b5 17.Bxb5 Nxc3 led to a simplified posit ion , Timman-
1988. b) 8 ... Nc6 9.0-0 0 -0 lO.Rel Nd5 J l.Bxe7 Ncxe7 l2.Bf1 £5 1 (better are 12 ... d6 , I 2 ... Ng6, or
12 ... Rc8) 13.c4 Nf6 14. b4 Ne4 15.Qb3 KhS?! l 6.Radl Ng8 17.d5
+-, Balashov-Lebredo, Cienfuegos 1975. 16
•
This allows Black to play a
Andersson, Brussels 1988.
u.Nn
s tro ng co mbination .
Better is
2l.Be3.
a) Less aggressive is 12.b3 ReS 13.Bf4 Qc7 l4.Bh2 BfS 15.Nc4 Bd5 =, Spassky- P o rtisch , Geneva Match 1977. b ) 12. Nc4 b5 l3 .axb5 axb5 l4.Rxa8 Qxa8 15.Na3 b4 16.cxb4 b6 17.Bf4 Nb6 18.b5 Rc8 19.Qe2 Qa4 with compensation, Z. Po lgar- Peturssoo , Reykjavik 1988. c) DeFirmiao-We dbe rg, Reyk· javik 1990, continued 12.Qe2 ReS 13.Nfl Qc8 14. Bc 2 Bc6 15. Nc3 Qb7 16.Nd2 Nf817.h4 bS. A fter 12.Nf1 we have two examples, in bo th of which White ge ts a dangero us attack: a) 12... Re8 13. Ng3 Q c7 14.h4 Bf8 15.h5 e5?l 16.Nh4 e4 17.Bc2 d5 18.Nhf5 Ruf- B arbero, Germany 1988. b) 12 ... h6 13. Bb4 Re8 14.Ne3 Qb8 1S.Nd2 Bc6 16.Bg3 Qb-7 17.Ndc4 Qc7 t8.Nc2 RadB 19.Nb4 Bb7 20.Ne3 Nb8 2J.Qe2 aS 22.Nbe2 Ne 4 23.Na3 Nxg3 24.hxg3 Bc6 25.Nb5 Qb7 26.d 5! TangbornL. B. Hansen, Berlin 1988.
2l ...eS 2l.Qb2 Nxe4! 23.Nxe4 If 23.B l(e7, the!) 23 ... Nxd2
24.Bxd8 Og4 25.£3 N:xf3+ with a very stro ng attack. Z3 ..• BxaS 24.NxgS Qg4 25.f4 Nxc4 26.Qt2 Ne3 l7.h3 Nxdt 28 . bxg4 Nxf2 29~Kxf2 RaS 30.a4 Rxa4 The smok e has cl eared. Blaclc is
winning due to his extra pawns. 31 .fxe5 d xeS 32.Rc7 Rt'4 + 33.Kg3 Ba6 34 . Ne3 Rc8 35.Rxc8+ Bxc8 36.NC3 Rx&4 + 37 .K£2 Bb7 38. Ba2 Bxf3 39.gxf3 Rd4 40 . Ke3 Kg7 41.Ne4 CS 42.NgS Ra4 0·1
1/lu.rtrative Game 6
GM Roberto Cifuehtes Parada IM Arkadij Rotstein
lllustnuivc Game 7
W'ljk Dlln Zcc 1993
IM Konstantin urner GM Vale'")' Chekhov
l .d4 f6 2.Nf3 e6 3 .BgS c5 4.e3 8e7 5.dxc5 Qa5 + 6.Nbd2 QxcS 7.c4 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.0-0 Qc7 IO.Rd d6 ll .Nd4 Nbd7 12.b4 0 -0 13.NbS Qc~ 14.e4 NeS lS.BbJ . Qd7 16.Qe2 Ne6 17.a3 aS 18.bxa5 NxaS 19.Qd3 Rfd8 20.Rfdl g6 2l.Qd4?
USSR Champiooship 1984
l.d4 Nf6 2.NI3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4.e3 Be7 S.Nbd2 0 - 0 6. 8d3 b6 7.Qe2 To prevent Black fro m exchanging Bisbops with 7...Ba6.
7•.•cxd4 8.exd4 NdS?! 17
.. A common move in this type of position, but here it leads to difficulties. Better is 8 ...Bb7 9.0 -0 d6 JO.Rfet Nbd7.
Th is move closes the a8-h 1 d iagonal. Not 20.Rdhl Ne7.
9.h4! This move is possible as White bas not cast led. To Black's advantage would be 9.Bxe7? Qxe7 '10.0-0 Nf4 11.Qe4 Nxd3 12.Qxa8
Nc6 l3.cxd3 Ba6 14.Qxf8+ Kxf8.
9... rs Controlling the e4 square and closing the bl-h7 diagonal. White would have a large advantage after eitber9...h610.c4 Nb4 1l.Bbl bxgS 12.bxg5 g6 13.Bxg6 £xg6 14.Qe4 or
9... Bb710.c4 Nb411.Bbl. 10.c4 BxgS
20 ••.Nd8 White also has a great advantage after e ither 20...exd5 2l.Rdhl or 20-.Ne7 21.c6 dxc6 22.Nc5.
The h-file is opened, which will later play a decisive ro le .
2l.c6! Rc8 22.Kbl
ll.hxgS Nf4 U.Qrt Nc:6 13.0-0-0 The position would be unclear after 13.Bbl g6 (but not 13 ...d5
u ...dxc6 23.Rdhl
14.g3 Ng6 15.Qh3 dxc4 16.Qxh7 +
8 lack is in a ma ting ne t . If 2 4 ... Kf7, t hen 25.Ne5+ Ke7
Kf7 17.Rb 6 Nee? 18.Nxc4 +-)
14.g3 NhS.
13 ...b5 14.c5 Correctly keeping the queenside closed.
14...Ba6
No t 22.Rdh l Nxc6!
c:xdS
Or 23... h6 24.gxh6 g6 25.h7+ Kh8 26.Ne5 Rf6 27.Rh6 +·.
24.Rxb7 26.Rxg7+ Kd6 27.Rd7+ KxeS 28.Ret mate. 24... Nn 25.g6 Nh6 26.1Uxh6 gxh6 27. Rxb7 f4 28.NeS Rf5 29.Ng4 1-0
White has a large advantage after 14... Qa5 IS.Bbl Ba6 16.g3 b4 17.Nc4.
11/ustrati•oe G~~me 8
15 .&3 Nxd3 + 16. Qxd3 QaS 17.Qb3 Not 17.Kbl Qxa2+. 17...Qa4
GM Curt Haasen GM Mlkhail Gurevich
Exchanging Queens does no t lessen White's attack along the hfile.
Be7 S.Bd3 0-0 6.0-0 h6 7.8h4 b6 8.Nbd2 Bb7 9.c3 cxd4
Mullich 191>2
l.d4 Nf6 2.NO e6 3.Bg5 cS 4.t3
IO.cxd4 Nc6 ll.a3 d6 12.e4 NbS 13.dS!?
18.Rh4 Qxb3 19.Nxb3 Bb7 20.d5!
An unclear position would resull
18
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after 13.Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Re l N£4 15.Bfl Qd7. 13.••Nb8 Not 13 ... Bxb4? 14.dxc6 Bxc6 t 5.N d4 Nf4 16.Nxc6 QgS t 7.g3 Nxd3 18.Nf3 winning. 14. Bxe 7 Qu7 1 S.dxe6 rxe6 16.e5 Nd7!'! Black accepts a weakened pawn
pawns. This h-pawo will late r play a decisive role. Black now plans to march his King to e5.
structure in exchange for active
pieces. Wbite would have a slight advantage after 16...Bxf3 17.NxD
d5 18.Rcl. 17 . exd6 Qxd6 18.Be4 BdS 19.N c4 QcS lO . BxdS udS 21.Ne3 Ndf6ll.Rcl'!! Better is 22.Qd4 Rae8 2J.RadJ.
22•.•Qd6 23.N d4 It was still better to play 23.Qd4. 23 ... Rac8 24.&3 Qd7 lS.K&2 ReS 26.Qd3 Ng4 27.Nxg4 No t 27.Rce1 ? Nxh21 28.Kxb2 Nf4 1 28.gxf4 R hS+ 30.Kgl Qh3 . . wanmng.
49.Kel Accordin~
to Ourevich, also lo,iog are 49.b6 Nxb6 50.K e3 Nd51 + 5l.Nxd5 a2 and 49.Na2 Kg8 50.b6 Nxb6 5l.Ke3 Nc4+ 52.Kxd3 Nd6 S3.f6 gxf6 54.gxf6 Nf5 55.Kc3 Nxh4 S6. Nb4 Nf3 S7. Nd5 b 4 58.Nf4 K f7 59.Kb3 Kxf6 60.Ka3 Kf5 6t.Nh3 K g4 62.Nf2 Kg3 63.Ne4+ Kg2 64.Nf6 b3 6S.Ng4
27 ... QJ(g4 28.Khl Nf6 29.Nc6!
NeS.
Re6 No t 29 ... Rh 5 30.Ne7+ K£7 3J.Rc7. 30.f4?! Better is 30.0 Qh5 3l.Nd4 ReS with an u nclear position. Now Black
49... K&8 SO.Kdl Or SO.b6 Nxb6 S l.Kd2 NdS! S2.Na2 Nf4 winning. SO ... Kn Sl.Kcl Kt7 SZ.Kbl S2.b6 still does not work due to S2 ... Nxb6 53.Kd2 Kd6 54.Kxd3
is able to get into an endgame which
NdS SS.Na2 Nf4 S6.Kc3 Ng2.
is ravorable because be gets a Rook
A fterr
on the second rank. 30...Qe2! 3l.Qn2 Rxel 32.Rfel Rh8 33.Ru2 Rxe2 3 4 . Ne5 Rxb1. 35.Rc8 + Kh7 36.(5 Rn 37.&4 Rel 38.Ng6 ReS 39.Rxe8 Nxe8 40.Kg2 Nd6 4l .Ne7 Nc4 4l.a4 d4 43.Kf2 d 3 44.h4 aS! 45.&5 b5 46.axbS a4 47.NdS a3 48.Nb4 hS! Black needs to avoid exchanging
threatened.
the
text,
53. Nxd3
is
S2 ... dl S3.Kcl Kd6 S4.b6 Nxb6 SS.Kxdl Nd5 56.Ncl al. 57.Nal O r 57.Kcl Ne3 ! 58.Na 1 Nx£5 winning. 57... Ke5 58.!6 gxf6 59.gxf6 Kxf6
60.Kc1. KtS 6l.Kb3 If 61.Kb2, then 61...Kg4 62.Nb3 Kxh4 63.Nc5 Kg4 6 4.Ne4 h4 65.~a2 Nc3+! 66.Nxc3 h3 67.Ne4 19
h2 68.Nf2+ Kf3 winning. 61...Kg4 62.Ka2 Kxh4 63.Nb3 Kg4 64.N cS b4 65.Ne4 Nc3 + 66. xc3 h3 0-1
_Witb such an advantagei'!_!Qace, it is better not to e:cchan gc:_pi~ces: ·Bmer was - 15.0·0 R c3 l~. Q e2 'Qbll 17.Rfd l Rfc8 18.Nfll fo l-lowed by Bd2.
l4...Nh5 16.0· 0 Rxcl 17.Q"cl Illustrative Game 9
s~asser ~irawaif'l "M Ulf Andersson .) \
. __./' SlceUaftt.a 1989
l.d4 Nf6 2.Nt3
~
3.BgS cS 4.e3
Be7 S.Nbd2 b6 6.c3 8b7 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.a3 White wants to play e4 without wo rrying about ....cxd4 and ...Nb4.
8 ...0-0?! · Allowing W hite to create a strong ceoter. Better is 8...Nd5.
9.e4 d6 According to Seirawan, 9... Nh.5 can be met with 10.Be3l f5 l l.exf5 exf.S 12.d5 Na5 (if 12 ...f4, then 13.dxc6 Bxc6 14. Ne5 +· o r 13... fxe3 14.exb7 exd2+ 15.Nxd2 + ·) 13.Qc2 £41? (if 13_.g6, then 14.Bh6 Re8 15.0-0 Bxd5 16.Bxf5 Bxf3 17.Nxf3 gxfS l S.QxfS Ng7 19.Q d5+ with a strong attack) 14.Bxh7 + K.h8 1S.Ne5 fxe3 (not IS... Nf6 16.Ng6+ I
l l.Be3 and not have to wo r ry about ... Ng4. lO.••cxd4 11.cxd4 e5 12.d5 Nb8 13.Be3 Meeting the threat of 13.-NxdS. White's advantage is from his greatet control of space and the hole at c6. 13 ... Nbd7 l4.b4 Rc8 IS.RcJ ?!
"
Not 17 ... Nf4 18.Bxf4 ex£4 19.Nd4 eyeing the weakness at c6.
18 .Q c2 Qb8 l9 .Qa4 Rd8 20.Rd?! Again it is better oo t to exchange Rooks. White could have kept a bi g advantage with 20.Bb5 Nf8 2l .Bc6 f5 22.Bb6 Nf6 23.Ng5. 20...Rc8 2l.Rxc8+ Bxc8 l2.g4 Better is 22 .Qc2 fo llowed by queenside expansion with a3-a4. n ...Ng7 Not 22... Nf4 23.Bxf4 exf4 24.Nd4 and now 24.•.Ne5 loses a piece to 2S.Qe8+ B£8 26.Ba6. 23.Ba6 T his leads to
an exchange
of
Queens. However, Wh ite bas no advantage in the e ndgame. 23 . .. 8xa6 24.Qxd7 Qb7 25.Qxb7 B:xb7 26.Nel This Knight would like to go to c6. This move abo allows White to secure his p awn chain with £3. 26.- fS 27.f3 hS? A fatal error. Now White is able to maneuvcr his Knight to c6. Cor· re et is 27 ... B a6 28.a4 t hreatening ...Bdl.
Be2!
28.gxf5 gxfS l9.b5 Nel -c2-b4-c6 will be decisive. l9••. Ne8 30.Ncl Bh4 3l.Bt2 BgS 32.Nc4 Kr7 33.Nb4 fXe4 34.fXe4 Ke7 3S.Kg2 Kd7 36.a4 K c7 37.Nc6 Bxc6 38.dxc6 Nf6 39.a5 bxaS 40.Bxa7 Nxe4 41.Nxa5 1-0 20
Black cannot stop the b.pawn.
16.dS! Kc8 If 1S... Na6, then 16.Bu6 Bxa6 l 7.QaJ wins a pieoe.
/UustraJive Gam4 10
CM Vlado.KovaCiVIc \.
IM Dragoljab Minic ' /(Qrf()VQC
1977
l .d4 ri l .NO Nffi J.BgS c5 4.t3 Bt7 S.Nbdl b6 6.c3 Bb7 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.exd4 0-0? It is very risky to castle in this variation before White has done so as well. Better is 8 ...d6.
17.Q'b4 Nf7 On 17... Qc7, Kovacevic gives tbe following variation: 18.Qb4 19. Ne5 R g7 20. Nxg6! bxg6 2t.Qh8 + K£7 22. Re7+ K.xe7 23.0xg7+ N£7 24.Rel +.
Rn
J8.QM h6 If 18. .. b5, then 19.Bxf51 19.Regl BxdS 20.Qd4 l-0
9.b4! Ne8? /IIILSYQJ{.... Oamt 11 Better is 9... d6, altho ugh White has a big advantage after 10.Blff61 IM Carsten Hoi Bxf6 11.Qc2! ( not 1 l.Bxb7+ ? GM Boris Gulko Thes.salor~iki Olymp/4d 1988 Kxh7 12.Ng!5 + Kh6! 13. 0g4 e.S -+) 1l...g6 {1L .h6 12.g4) 12.h!5 Qe8. Anno tated by GM! Yasscr The idea o f the text mo,·e is to Seirawan. close the bl -b7 diagonal with ... CS. l .d-4 t6 2.NO c5 3.e3 Nr6 4.Bd3 JO.g4! fS ll.pfS txlS U.QbJ + b6 S.0-0 Bb 7 6.Nbd2 cxd4
Kh8
If J2. ..d5, then 13.0·0.0 Nd6 14.Rdel Ne4? 15.Bxe4 fxe4 16.Rxe4 + -.
13.0·0·0 Nd6 14.Rdel Bxg5
7.e.xd4 Bc7 8. Rel 0-0 9.c3 d6 JO.Qel Re8 1 J.N U Nbd7
12..Ng3 Bf8 Black has an excellent defensive
setup. He is now preparing to break with ...e6-e5. Afterwards, h is o nly concern would be t he potential weakness of t he £5 square. 13.Bg5 h6 !? This move doesn't fit imwith the plan of ...e6-e5. so Black deddes on another course. I prefer ... Qc7 fo llowed by ... g7-g6, ... Bg7 and ... e6-e5. Still, this is all a matter of taste. 14.Bd2 Qc7 lS.BcU! White is floundering without a phm. A normal course wo uld be to press matters on the q ueenside with 15. Ba6 and a2-a4-a5. Like the
Black had oo choice but to o~n the h·file. If 14... Bf6, then IS.Qa3. lS.hxgS g6 If 1S... Nc6, then 16.N h4.
21
text, this plan would step out of the ...e6-e5-e4 hit.
Suddenly Blade is in big trouble. White has two screaming Bishops and the open g-file. Boris tries to force White's hand witb a provocative defense.
tS...BdS Black immediately tries to take advantage of the weakening of c4. The deployment of the Bisho p on dS is very provocative and gives White a plan. Perhaps the modest
23...NhS
15 ...Bc6 preparing ...b6-b5, securing dS for the Knight, was better. t6.b3 Qb7 17.Nh4 bS 18.Qd3
l4.R,g1 Kf'8
Wha t does o ne make of this position? It's easy to get t he im-
2S.Rxg7! Kxg7 Mandatory, as 25 ... Nxg7 26.Bxh6 f.5 27.Rg l Re7 28.Qe3 fxe4 29.Rxg7 Rxg7 30.Qg5 is curtains. 26.Bxh6+ !! A magnificent follow-up to the Exchange sacrifice. White can't allow the Black King to waltz to safe ty via e7. Thus 26.Rgl + Kf8 27.Bxh6+ Ke7 wo uld lead to a dead e nd. 26...Kxh6 27.Rgl White's attack is frigh tening. In all likelihood Black is lost here and now. T he defensive resource _. Ng3 + seemed to offer hope. I can't fin d a way to moke it work though. White t hrea tens the simple 28.Qe3 + Kh7 29.Nf6+ Kh8 30.0h6 mate. Against this Black: can try to plug the c l·h6 diagonal
The purpo$e of this move is to play ...f7-fS as quickJy as possible. Black is convinced that 24._£5 25.Bxh6 quickly torches his King.
pression that White has been outplayed and that Black has taken over the initiative. Black feels justified he re in punishing White for his play. This explains Boris's o ve rly optimistic thrust ...g7-g5, which be plays t his move. The problem as I see it is tbat Black's pieces are ill-prepared to support t his thrust. Particularly unfavorable is the placement the Knight on d7. But outside of ...g7g5, does Black have another plan? 1f Black sits, perhaps Wbite will try f2-f4 and build up a "real" kiogside
or
attack. 18... g5?! l9.Nf3 Bxt3 20.p;f3 8~7 2t.h4! p:b4 22.Ne4 Qc6 23.Khl ! 22
•
Wbat horrible irony to be mated
with ...c6-e5 and ... Nf4, or continue as in the game. If 2Le5 28.Nxd6, ""; th the threats of Qh7 mate and Nxf7 mate, is immediate ly decisive. It should also be noted that these l1'l()Ve
by a Rook supported by the Bishop which made such a strange retreat o n move fifteen.
.
B ) .f.cl
2 7...fS 28.Qe3 + f4 The retreat 28... Kh7 is met by tbe brutal 29.Qg.5 and if 29- .Ng3+ 30.fxg3 h3, crying to keep the g-file closed , 31.g4 and , to quote Kortchnoi, " Black experie nces unpleasant sensatio ns."
We C11aminc 81 ) 4 •..cxd4, Bl)
4 ... h6, 8 3) 4...Qb6. Alternatives are: a) 4... b6 5.e4 a 1) 5 ...h6 6.Bxf6 Oxf6 7.Bd3 Qd8 8.0·0 Ba6? ! (8-.Be7 9.Nbd2 +.,)
9.Bxa6 Nxa6 lO.dS Nb8 I t.NeS Bd6 12 Nxf7! Kxli l3.dxe6+ Ke7 14.e5 Bxe5 15.Q f3 d5 16.Qt7 + Kd6 17.Rdl Kc6? ( 17...0e8) 1Kc4 Qf6 J9.cxd5+ Kd6 20.Qb7 +-.
After investing a pawn, Rook and B ishop in tbe attack, White offers more, with o ne ai m: Checkmate!
29 .Nxd6! Q xd6 30.Qd3 Nf8 3l.Qb7 + 1-0 The final posi t ion de$erves a
Lu t ikov-Velimiro vic,
Sukhumi
l%6.
diagram too.
o2) 5... Be7 6.Nbd2 Bb7 7.Bd3 cxc14 8.cxd4 h6 9.Bh4 dS JO.e5 Ne4 11.!Bxe7 Oxe7 12.0-0 0 ·0 13.Rcl Nxd2 14.Qxd2 Ba6 15.R c3 + = , M~u na-Ostojic,
Germany 1992. b) 4.-Be7 5.Nbd2 b6 6.e4 0-0
7.8<13 Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6 9.0 -0 d6 IO.Qe2 Ne? ll.Rudl NbS 12.Be3 Qc8 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.e5 + = ,
Med una-Brunner, League 1989. 81) 4.•. cxd4 23
German
6.8dl Q!HS 7.Nc3 dS 8.e3 Nc6
S.cxd4 5.Nxd4 a) 5...Be7 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2 0 ·0 8.0-0 b6 9.Bd6 Bxf6 10.e3 d S 1 l.Na3 Bd712.Nb3 Qe713.Rcl Rfd8 14.Qe2 R ac8 15.Rfd l NeS = +, Avcrbakh-Kovacs, Budapest 1970. b) 5...d5 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.e4 dxe4
8.Nxe4 Nx£6
~-al
9.Na4 Qd8 l O.Rcl Bd6 11.Bd3 0 -0 12.0-0 Ne4 = , Sakov-Zait-
sev, USSR 1959. 9...Bd610.Be2 0-0 W ith equality, LechtynskyYudasin, Trnava 1983.
~7
=,
9.Nxf6 + Bx:£6 10.Bxf6 Trifunovic-Pirc, Amster-
dam 1970. S...QaS+ a) s... Qb6 al) 6. Qc2 Nc6 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.e3 dS 9.Nc3 Bd7 10.Be2 Be7 11.0-0 0 -0 12.Na4 Qc7 13 .N c5 Rfc8 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.Qa4 LarseoPortisch, Tilburg 1980. a2) 6.Qc1 Nc6 7.e3 Be7 8.Nc3 0 -0 9.Be2 h6 10.Bh4 d6 Ho rtKo rtchnol, Wijk aan Zee 1971. b) 5 ... d5 6.N c3 Be7 7.e3 0 -0 8.Bd3 b6 9.Ne5 Nrd7 IO.Nxd7 Qxd7 ll.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Qe2 Nc6 13.a3 Bb7 14.0-0 Rfc8 •, Tuk· makov- Ka pengut. USSR 1972. c) s·... Nc6 6.Nc3 dS 7.e3 Qb6 8.R bl Bd7 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Bd3 Be7 11.0-0 ReS 12.Nd2 £5 13.Qb5 Qd8 14.R bcl Bd6 15.f4 Qf6 16.Nf3 Be7
=.
=.
82) ..... h6
5.Bb4 5.Bxf6 Oxf6 6.e4 (6.Nbd2?! cxd4 7.cxd4 Nc6 8.e3 g5!? unclear, L echtynslcy-Ye limirovic, Banja Luka 1985) 6 ...cxd4 (6... Nc6 7.a3 d6 8.d5 exd5 9.exd5 NeS IO.Bb5+ Kd8? ! [ 1O... Bd7] ll.N bd2 + =, Augustin-La n ~. Brno 1975) 7.cxd4
Bb4+ 8.Nc3 0-0 9.a3?! (better is 9.R c l ) 9...Bxc3 10.bxc3 d6 1l..Bd3 e5 12.h3 Nc6 =+, Orlov-Psakbis, Philadelphia 1992. After 5.Bh4. nif unovic-Nemet, Yugoslavia 1963 continued S...cxd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4 9.Qb3 Nc6 10.e3 Qb6 l l.Rc l dS J2.Bd3 xg3 t 3.bxg3 f~ t 4.a3 +=. 83) 4••. Qb6 5.Qb3 a) S.Nbd2!? Qxb2 6. Nc4 Qb5 (6 ... Qxc3+ 7.Bd2 Qxc4 8.e4 + · ) 7.e4 Qc6 8.d5 exd.5 9.Nce5 (9.exd5 Qxd5 10.B d3 Qe6 + [10... K d8 11.0-0 d6 12.Qc2 Kc7 13.Ne3 Q c6 14.Rab l + • , Rytov-Osul, U SSR 1978] 11.Kd2 dS [SokolovMuratov, U SSR 1973 ) 12.Re l Ne4 + 13. Kc2 unclea r) 9 ... Q c7 I O.exd5 d6 11. Qa4 + Kd8? (1 L .Bd7 l 2.Nxd7 Nbxd7 13.Bxf6
=. Trifun ovic-Darga, Sarajevo
1962.
gJCf614.Nb4 with compensation for the pawn) 12.Qf4! Qe7 13.0 · 0 ·0 ! dxe5 14.Nxe5 Nbd7 15.Nc6+ bxc6 24
16.dxc6 c4 17.Bxc4 Qa3+ 18.Kbl Qxc3 19.c7+ Ke8 20.Rhe l + Be7 21.Qd6 QKc4 22.QKe7 1-0,
a) 7... Bd7 8.Be2 cxd4 9.exd4? (9.Qxb6 axb6 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 l 1.exd4 •) 9 ... Bd6 10.0-0 h 6 11.I;lb4 NbS =+, K ostic-Capa-
Sokolov- Dobosz, Primorsko 1970.
blanca, New York 1919. b) 7 ...Bd6 8.Be2 Bd7 9.0 -0 0 -0
b) 5.Qc2 bl ) 5...d5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bxf6 gx£6 8.Nbd2 Bd7 9.Be2 fS 10.0 -0 +~~:~::, Bobm-Oiafssoo, Amsterdam 1976. b2) 5 ... Nc6 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.e4 Rg8 9.g;3 Qc7 10.Nbd2 b6 11.Nb3 Be7 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.Qe2 a6 14.a4 h5 tS.R£1 Rg4 -=, G. Gar-
Bxc5 ll.Rad 1 Rfd8 12.Qxb6 Bxb6 13.c4 Ne7 14.Ne5 l O.dKc5
+ =, Koromara-Parma, Sarajevo
1964.
8.Bd 0 -0 9.0-0
cia-Gipslis, USSR 1"983. 5 ... Nc6 a) S...cxd4 6.cxd4 Ne4 7.Bf4 Nc6
8.e3 Bb4+ 9.Nbd27 (9.Nfd2 ;;) 9 ...g5 10.Bxg5 Bxd2+ l 1.Nxd2 QaS 0-1, Sangla-Karpov, Riga 1%8. b ) 5 ...N e4 bl) 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.e3 Be?
bll ) 8.Bd3 d5 9.Bxe4 dxe4 W.Nfd2 f5 tl .Nc4 Qd8 t 2.Nba3 g5 13. Be5 0 -0 14.0-0-0 unclea r. Sokolov-Karpov, USSR 1977. b12) 8.N bd2 Nx<12 9.Nxd2 d5
White st ands slightly better. 'IWo examples:
aO.Qxb6 axb6 li.Bc7 BdR 12.Bd6 Be7 =, KJa ric-Suba~ Sochi 1977. b2) 6.Bh4 Nc6 7.e3 d5 8.Bd3 Bd6 (8... f5) 9.Bxe 4 dxe4 10.Nfd2 fS ill.Nc4 Qc7 12.Nba3 Qd7 13.Nb5 Bb8 14.dxc5 Ne5 t .S. NxeS l-0, Ud-
a) 9...Bd7 to.Ne5 Be8 ll.f4 cxd4 12.Qxb6 axb6 13.cxd4 Bd6 14.a3 Nd7 15. Bb4 f6 16.N d3 Bg6 =, lvkov-Tal, Varna Olympiad 1962. b) 9...h610.Bh4 ReSt l.Ne5 Nd? 12.Bxe7 Rxe7 13.f4 CKd4 14.Qxb6
tovski-Popov, USSR Champion-
Nxb6 lS.exd4 Bd7 16.Nb3 .Be8 17. NcS +=, L utikov-Karpov,
ship 1979 (1S...Bxe5 16.RdJ). 6.e3 6.Qxb67! axb6 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.e3 d5 9.Na3 c4 =+, Minogina-Aiek-
USSR 1971. C) 4.e4
sandra, Thilisi 1979. 6 .. .dS
Other seldo m p layed moves are: a) 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Qxd 4 Nc6 6.Qb4
6...Qxb3 7.axb3 dS 8.Nbd2 6d6 9.Be2 0 -0 10.0-0 Bd7 ll.dxc5
h6 7.e4 Rg8 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.0~0·0 a6 10. Bc 4 Ne5 1l.Bb3 Rxg2 12.Nd4 d6 t3.Qh3 R:g8 l4.f4 Ng6 15.f5 Nf4 16.fxe6 Bxe6 17.Qf3 Bxb3 t8.axb3 Ng619.Nd5 +-, Gurgenidze-Kapengut, USSR 1981.
B.xc5 12.b4 Bb6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.e4
+ =, Trifunovic- Zuidema, Bel-
grade 1964. 7.Nbd2 Be? 25
b) 4.d5 QaS + S.Bd2 Qb6 6.c4 Qxb2 7.Nc3 Qb6 8.e4 d6 : + ,
Shamkovich-Antoshm,
USSR
1961.
8.Bg3 NbS 9 .Bb5 g4 10.Bh4 Qb6 1t.Bxc6 Qxc6 12.Nxd4 Qxg2 13.R£1 Qxb2 ·+, Malicb-Adarnski, Leipzig 1977. Sw.h6 6.Bh4 &5 7 .Bg3 Not 7.NxgS'! hxg5 8.Bxg5 QaS+ or 7.exf6 gxb4 s.Qxd4 h3 9.g3 Nc6 lO.Qh4 Qb6 11.b3'!! BcS ·+. After 7.8,3, we have two older examples: a) 7... Ne4 8.Qxd4 Nxg3 9.hxg3 Nc6 lO.Qe4 Qb6 ll.Nbd2 QxbZ 12.Rbl Qc3 • +, Apscheneek-
Kasbdan, Hamburg Olympiad 1930.
4."cxd4 a) 4 ... Qb6?! 5.Nbd2 cxd4 (S... Qxb27 6.Nc4 Qb4+ 7 .c3 Qxc3 + 8.Bd2) 6.e5 Nd5 al) 7.Nc4 Qb4+ 8.Nfd2 b5 9.a3 Qa4 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 ll.exd6, Schlage-Kocb, Berlin 1929. Now
b) 7... Nb5 8.Qxd4 Nc6 9.Qe4 Bg7 10.Bb5 Qc7 tl .Bxc6 Qxo6 12.Qe2 Qc.5 13.0.0 Nxg3 14.hxg3 g4 =+, Marshall-Nimz.ovitch, Berlin 1938.
Coodusion: After I .d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.BgS cS 4.e3, 4... b6?1 should never be played but oft~o is by naive victims. 4 ... Qb6!? is very sharp and both sides need to Hart suggests 11...Qa6. be well versed in all the variaa2) 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bb4 Nc6 9.0-0 tions. 4 . .. h6 and 4 ... Be7 are Qc7 IO.Re 1 Ndb4 lt .Be4 d5 popular and solid . 4.c3 avoids the 12.exd6 Qxd6 13.c3! Basman-An- poisoned pawn variation , but toshio, Sinaia 1965. Black should equalize after either b) 4... Qa5+ ?l 5.Qd2 (S.Nbd2 4 . .. cxd4 or 4...0b6. 4.e4?! Is cxd4 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.Nb3 dubious. QeS 9 .c3 fS : + , Steiner-Fine, USA 1944; 5... Nxe4 6. b4 Qxb4 7.RbJ Qc3 Draw, Steiner-
Opocensky,
1930) 5... Qxd2+
6.Nbxd2 cxd4 7.Nxd4 a6 8.e5 +=, Grav-Coria, Buenos Aires 1931. c) 4 ...b6?! 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.e5 Od8 7.d5 exdS 8.Qxd5 Be7 9.Nc3 0-0 10. 0~ 0-0 Nc6 11.Qe4 d6, MalichZaitsev, Berlin 1968. Now according to Ublmann, White should play 12.Bd3! g6 t3.Bc4 BfS t4.Qe3 +=.
S.tS S.Nbd2 Nc6 6 .e5 h6 7.Bb4 g5 26
•
Chapter 2 t.d4 N~ l.NG e6 3.8g5 h6
d~e4
16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Bxh4 18.Qxh4 e5 19.dxc5 Nxc5 20.Rd5 QfS 21.Radl Qc2 Z2.RSd2 QfS 23..RdS Qc2 24.R.Sd2 QC5 Draw, Yermolinsky- Romanish io, Simferopol 1988. 5 .1Jg3 Ne4
.a) S ... NhS 6.8e5 ffi 7.Qd3 Kf7 8.g4 Ng7 9.Bg3 h5 10.gxb5 Nxh5
Now White can either retreat A) 4.Bh4 or exchange 8 ) 4.8x:F6.
A) 4.Bh4 .....gs O ther moves should transpose to
tbe other variations we examined in the previous chapter. Here are some exceptions. Exa mpies in which Black postpones ...g5: a) 4...c5 5.e3 Nc6 6 .c3 g57! 7. Bg3
N e 4 8.d5 exd5 9.Qxd5 Qe7 10.Nix:l2 Nxg3 1l.hxg3 Rg8 12Qe4 + =, Bro ns tein- Van den Bergb, Beverwijk 1963. b) 4...d6 5.Nbd2 g5 6.Bg3 Nh5 7 .e3 Bg7 8.c3 Nd7 9.Be2 Ndf6 10.0 -0 Qe7 ll.e 4 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Q . Q 13.Bd3 b6 14.Qe2 Bb7 1S.Ba6 Bc6 16.Bb5 Bb7 17.B a6
Dc6 Draw, Seirawao-Ehlves t, Skelleftea 1989. Here is ao e~ample in which ... g5 is not playe d: 4... b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Nbd2 d6 7.c3 Nbd7 8.Bc4 Be7 9.0 -0 0 -0 1O.Qe2 cS t l .Ba6 Bxa6 12.0xa6 d5 13.R fdl Qc8 14.Qe2 ReS IS.e4
ll.e4 dS unclear, Van ScheltiogaPortisch, Beverwijk 1965. lb) s... d6 6.Nbd2 (o.h3) 6... Nb5 7.e3 Bg7 8.c3 FS 9.Bc41 Qe7 10.Ng1 N£6 11.£4 ( I J.£3 e5 ~ +) ll...Nc6 12. Nf3 Bd7 13.Q re 2 0 -0 -0 14.0-0-0 Nb5 =+, TrifunovicKortchnoi, Havana 1963. 6.NM2 a) 6.Qd3 Nxg3 7_hxg3 Bg7 8.Nc3 d6 9.0-0 -0 Nd7 10.e3 a6 ll.Nd2 bS 12.f4 Bb7 13.Kb l Qe7 14.Nb3
0-0-0 •, Larsen-ByiCOe, Las Pal·
mas 1976. b) 6.Nfd2 Nxg3 7.mxg3 dS 8.e3 Bg7 (8...c5 9.dxc5 Bg;7 10.c3 Qc? t l.e4 0 -0 12.Be2 Rd& unclear) 9.c3 Nd7 10.Bd3 c5 11.0-0 +::::, Bohm-Hamaon, Amsterdam 1975. 6w.NxeJ 7.hxg3 8g7 8.e3 !For 8.c3, see Illustrative Game 12
8 ... d6 9.Bd3 Ne6 l O.c3 Qe7 ll.Qc2
The position is unclear. Some examples: a) 11...Bd7 at) 12.0-0-0 0-0-0 {12 ... a5 13.e4 a4 14.a3 Na5 IS.Rdel +=, Petrosiao-Bo tviooilc, USSR Championship 1951 ) 13.g4 Rdf8 14.Nfl fS l5.d5 Ne5 16.Nxe5 BxeS
J 7.dxe6 Qxe6 18.Bxf5 Qxa2 19.Bxd7 + Kxd7 20.1'3 aS 2l .Nd2 b5 22.Qb3 Qxb3 23.Nxb3 a4 24.Nd4 Rb8 25.Kc1 Draw, Mih. TseitlinLevitt. Polaoica Zdroj 1988. a2) 12.g4 Qf8 13.0-0 -0 0 -0-0 t4.Nc4 Kb8 1S.e4 Ne7 t6.Ne3 + =, Meduna- Pra nd$ tetter , Erevan
1984. b) Jl...f5 12.e4 Bd7 13.0-0-0 fxe4 J4.Nxe4 0-0-0 15.Kbl On 16.Qb3 Kb8 17.Rhel Rhf8 18.Bc2 Ho rt-Bro wne, Lo ndon 1979. b6
=.
Illustrative Game ll
GM Mikhail Tseitlin
. IM Pawel Stemptn
(
'1
' .. ./
Polanial Zdroj 1989
l.d4 Nt6 2 . Nf3 eo 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 gS 5.Bg3 Ne4 6. Nbd2 Nxg3 7.hxg3 Bg7 8.c3 d6 9.e4 Qe7 JO.Bd3 Nc6 ll.Qb3 a 6 12.0-0-0 bS lJ.Rhel Bd7 J4.dS NeS White has a large advantage after 14... Na5 l5.Qa3 Nb7 16.dxe6 fxe6 17.e5 Nc5 18.Bg6+ .
l5.Nxe5 dxeS 16.Nfl Q cS Better is 16... 0 -0 17.Ne3 aS l 8.dxc6
fxoo 19.Be2
I9••. hS Black loses quickly after 19...a4?
20.Bh5+ Ke7 21.Nf5+ ! Kf6 22.Rxd7 axb3 23.Rf7 mate. However, after the text White has a combination that wins material. ZO.Bxh! +! Rxh5 2l.Rxd7 Kxd7 22.Qdl + Kc6 23.Qxh5 Qe7 lf23.. .b4, 24.Qn bxc3 25.Qxe6+ . 24.Rdl a4 2S.a3 Bffi 26.Kbl Kb6 27.Qp Rf8 28.Rd3 c6 29.c4 b4 3 0.axb4 Q xb4 3 t.Rc3 Ka6 32. Nc2 Qd6 JJ.c5 Qd2 34.Rc4 QdJ 35.Ra4 + Kb5 36 .Rb4 + KxeS 37.b3 Qdl + 38.Kb2 Qd7 39.Qh5 Qd2 40.Qh7 Kd6 4l.Rb7 Rd8 42.b4 1-0 8) 4.B:x f6 4~.Qxr~
,
JL .0-0 12.Nb5 dxeS 13.dxeS a6 1 4.Nc3 bS unclear. c2) 6 ...e5 7 .c3 Be7 8.Nbd2 0-0 9.0·0 Nc6 IO.dxeS Nxe5 ll.Nxe5 dxeS 12.Qe2 aS 13.a4 Bc5 =, Spiridonov-Zaichilc, USSR 1984. c3) 6 ... Nc6 7.c3 gS 8.Nbd2 g4 9.Ngl b5 10.Qb3 Bh6 1 LNc4 e5
ln this variation Black bas tbe two Bishops, but White gets the ceoter and a lead in development.
B lack has a sound position, but has 'tO play exactly to avoid a quick :knockout, as GM H odgson has demonst rated in many of his games. We examine Bl ) S.e4 and Bl) S.Nbdl.
12.c:Lte5 Nxe5 13.Nxe!S dxe5 J4.Ne2 h4 IS.Rdl c6 16.a4 Bg5 = + , I. lvanov-Browne, U.S. Championship 1989. c4) 6.-Nd7 7 .0 -0 gS 8.c3 Bg7 9.Nbd2 0 -0 10.b4 eS ll.d5 b5?! 12Nc4 ReS 13.Nfd2 g4 t4.f3 with a
Bl) S.c4 Several move$ have been played tin this position: Bll) s_.d6, Bl2) .S•.•dS, Bl3) S...cS, R 14) S... b6, 815) s.. -e6, Blfi) s...Nc6.
large advantage to White, SandlerP~ askett,
Bll) 5 ... d6
H astings 1989-90.
8111) 6.Nc3
And now Black has played 811 tt) fi ...a6 and BllU) 6...Nd7.
Bu u ) ' · ·a'
We examine Blll )
~.Nc3
a) Worth consideTing is 6... a6 7.e5 Qd8 8.Bd3 d5 9.Ne2 cS 10.c3. a 1) 10...Nc6 11.0-0 Bd7 12.Qd2 J3.Rad1 (better is l3.dxc5 BxcS 14.b4) l 3.-cxd4 14.cxd4 Be7 with a big advanrage for Black, ThrpugovBotvinnik, Moscow 1951. a2) IO...Ob6 lt.O..O? (better is
and
Blll) 6.Nbd2. ~ldom s~n ~re;
ll.Rbl Bd7 12.0·0 Bb5 ==)
a) 6.e5 Qe77.Nbd2 g6 8.Bd3 Bg7 9.0-0 dxe5 10.dxe5 No6 11.Qe2 Bd7 12.g3 gS unclear, Grivas-
ll ... Qxb2? (better is 1l...c4 12.&2 Qxb2 = +) 12.Rbl Qa3 13.c4 dxc4 14.Be4 cxd4 15.Qxd4· Bc5 16.Qxc4 Q.O unclear, Yap-Sax, Szi rak
Luther, Lenin&rad 1989. b) 6.c3 Nd7 7.Bd3 b6 8.0·0 Bb7
1985.
9.a4 a6 10.Nbd2 Qd8 ll.Nel cS 12.Qg4 cxd4 13.cxd4 eS 14.f4 +=, Dreev-Kengis, USSR 1988. c) 6.Bd3 cl) 6...g6 7.0·0 Bg7 8.e5 Qe7 '9.Qe2 Nd7 IO.o4 cS 11.Nc3 (SideifZade-A. Ivanov, USS R 1985)
b ) 6 ...g5?! 7.e5! Oe7 8 .b4 g4
9.Nd2 h5 to.f4 gx.f3 ll.NxD Nc6 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.Qe2 dxe.S l4.Bxc6 Bxc6 l S.NxeS Qb4 16.0-0-0 Bg? 17. Nxf7! Kxf1 18.Rhfl + Bf6 19.d5! exd5 20.Rxf6+ 1-0, KingSummermatter, Germany 1989. 29
c) 6 ... c6 7.Qd2 (if 7.e5, B lack sho uld play 7 ... Qd8 instead of 7 •.• dxe5?! 8.dxe5 Q£4 9.g3 Qb4 IO.a3 Q a5 1 t.b4 Qc7 12.Ne4 with a large advantage, P·e trosianTaimanov, USSR team champion-
s hip 1960) 7 ... e5 8.0-0 -0 Be7 9.Kbt Nd7 10.h4 cxd4?! 1 LNxd4 Ne5 12.f4 Ng4 J3.h5 Bd8 14.Ndb5l cxbS 15.Bxb5+ Bd7 (15 ... 1<£8 would h ave held o ut longer, although a fte r 16.e5 White b as a very strong attack) 16.Bxd7+ Kxd7 17.Qe2 Qxf4 18.Rhfl QgS 19.Rf5 Qh4 20. Qb5+ Kc8 21.Rxf7 Be7 22.Nd5 J-0, Hodgson-S. Polgar. Lucerne 1989. d) For 6...Nc6, see Illustrative Game 13. 7.Qd2 a) 7.Bb5+ Nd7 a l ) 8.e5 Qe7 9.dS!? dxe5 IO.Qe2 Bg7 11.0-0-0 0-0 t2.Rhet e4 =, Shabalov-lvaoov, USSR 1987. a2) 8.Bxd7+ Bxd7 9.Qd2 Bg7 10.0 -0 0-0 ll.RfeJ Qe712.Radl a6 13.e5 Rfd8 14.Qf4 Bc6 JS.exd6 Rtd6 J6.Ne4 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 c6 =, Bany-Levitt, Polanica Z droj 1988. b) 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.Qe2 Nd7 9.0 -0 -0 a6 10.Rbel eS?l (better is 10...Qe7) l l. Nd5 Qd8 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.M c6 J4.Ne3 h5 J5.Bc4 bS 16.Bb3 Qe7 17.Ng5 0 ·0 18.Nf5! gx£5 19.R xd71 Qxd7 20.Rdl + -, Velikov-D. Cramling, Reggio Emilia 1980. c) Fo r 7.e5, see Illustr a tive Game 14. 7 ... Qe7
Fernaodes-Wirrhensohn, Dubai O lympiad 1986. b) 8. ..Nc6 9.Bb5 0-0 b J) 1O.e5 dxe5 1 J.Bxc6 exd4 12.Ne4 Qe7 l3.Ba4 cS with co m p e n~uti o n, H o dgs o n- Eingorn, Reykjavik 1989. b2) 1O.Bxc6 bxc6 ll.eS QfS 12.Rbel cS 13.Ne4 dxeS 14.dxe5 .Bb7 l5.Qe3 .6xe5 J6. N~teS QxeS l7.Nxc5 Qxe3 18.£xe3 Bxg2 19.Rd7 with compensation, Piket-Nijboer, Wij k aan Zee 1990.
8.0·0· 0 a6 9.h4 Bg7
See Illustrative Game 15. 81112) 6... Nd7
7.Qd2 a) 7.d5 ~d5 (more so lid is 7...e5 and 8. .. g6 =) KNxd5 Qd8 9.Nd4 (stronge r is 9.Qd4 c6 10.Ne3 + =) 9...c6 10.Ne6!? O a5+ (10... fxe6?? tt.Qh5+) tl.b4 Q a3 12.Nec7-t-?! (Better is 12.Ndc7+ Kc7 13.Nxf8 Qc3+ (l 3...Qxb4+ 14.Qd2 Qxd2+ 1S.Kxd2 Rb8 • J 14.K e2 Nxf8 15.Nxa8 Ne6 16.f3 Nd4+ 17.K.f'2 Nxc 2 18. R c l QeJ+ + =, Makarichev) 12 ... Kd8 13.Rbl cxdS 14.Rb3 Oxb3 ( 14 ...0x.a2 l5.Nxa8 dxe4 16.Bc4 Ne5 17.Bd5) 15.axb3 Kxc7 16. Qxd 5 Lerner- Maka-
7...Bg7 8.0·0 ·0 a) 8 ... 0 e7 9.e5 dxe5 IO.Nxe5 Nd7 1 1.{4 NxeS 12.fxe5 Bd7 13.g3 0 ·0 14.Bg2 c5 15.dxc5 R fd8 + ,
=
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r ichev, USSR 1982 and now Black should play 16...Be7 17.Qxn Bf6
8.0· 0 · 0 eS This move may n o t b e best . Wo rth conside ring is: a) 8 ... Be7 9.Kbl e5 end now: al) I~. Ne2 e11d4 ll .N[xd4 Qxfl 12. NfS B£8 13. Nxd6 + Bxd6 14.Qxd6 Qf6 15.Qc7 0-0 16.Ng3 Nc5 17.B c4 Be6 18 .Rhfl Q g6 19. Nf5 Kb8 unclear, M orovicPopovic, Bor 1985.
= +. b) 7.Bd3 g6 8.Qe2 Bg7 9.0-0 0-0 lO.Rhel eS 1 I.Nd5 Qd8 12.c3 exd4 13 .Nxd4 Nc5 14. Bc2 Re8 15.f3 c616.Ne3 Oc7 17.Qd2 b5 unc lear, Morovic-Browne, Santiago
1981.
.a2) 10.h4 Nb6 (N,o t 10... Nf8? 1 J.dxe5 dxeS 12.Nb5) ll. a4 Bg4 12.a5 Bxf3 13.gxf3 e:xd4 14.Qxd4 Qxd4 l S.Rxd4 Nd7 HodgsonCarlier, Stavanger 1990. b) 8...Qd8 9.Kbt Be7 10.h4 eS ll.dJCe5 dxe5 12.g4 Qc7 13.Be2?1
=.
Nr8 14.g5 b5 15. Qd3 Ng6 .. +, Blatny-Tolnai, Stara Zagora 1990.
7 ...c6
a) Not 7...g6'! &. Nb5 Oll8 9.Qc3 c6 IO.dS. b) 7...86 8.0-0-0. bl) 8. ..g6 (8...c5'll 9.dxc5) 9.e5 (for 9.Bd3, see Illustrative Game 16) bll) 9 ... Qe7 IO.Qf4 dxe5 t l.dxe5 Bg? 12.Bd3 g5 13.Qg3 h5 14.Rhel Bh6 15.Nd2 Nc5 ( 15 ...Bg7
9.dxeS For 9.b4?! see Jllus trative Game 17. 9...Nxt5 A mistake is 9 ...dxe5? tO.NbS!
16.h4) 16.Nde4 Nxc4 17.Nxe4 Kf8
18.Nf6 g4 + t9.Kb 1 Bg7 20.Qf4 Bh6 2J.Qe4 +=, H o rt- Wirtbeosohn. San Bernardino 1984. b12) 9 ...dxe5 JO.dxe.S Q e7 11.Ne4 Bg7 12.Qc3 Nb6 13.Nf6 + K£8 14 .Be2 Bd7 15.Qxc7 Bb5
16.Qxb6
BxeZ
l7 .Rd7
a)
I0 ...cJCb5
ll .Dxb5
Qe6 12 .Nxe5 Qxe5 13.Bxd7 + Ke7 I 4.8 xcR +-. b) 10 ...Rb8 ll.Nxo7 Nc5 12.Nxc8 R xc& J3 .b4 Q e6 14 .bxc5 Bxc5 15.0c3 ~ -. Kli nger-King. Lucerne 1989. c) !O... Kd8 ll.Qc3? (correct is
+·,
Hodgso n- Ward, Jlllringey 1988. b2) 8. .. Qd8 9.h4 b5 tO.BdJ Bb7 I J.Kbl c5 12.dxc5 NxcS 13.Qe3 Q c7 14.Nd4 0 -0 -0 !? unclear, Hod~on Miles, Kuala Lumpu r, 1992. 31
ll.Qa5+! b612.Qc3 cxbS 13.Bx:b5 Bd6 14.Qc6 or 12... a6 13.N'd6 Bxd6 14.Qxc6 +·) ll...cxbS J2.BxbS Bd6 13.Rxd6 Qxd6 14.Rdl Qc7 -+, Hodgson- Mednis, Stavanger 1990. After 9... N'xeS, strongly wortb
7.c3 7 . Bd3 e5 8.c3 g6 9 .N c4 Bg7 tO.dS 0 -0 ll.Ne3 hS 12.Qe2 Bb6 13.0 -0 -0 Nc5 14.Bc2 Bg4 15.Kbl Bxf3 16 . gxf3 aS • + , Hoi- Browoe, Reykjavik 1988. 7... g6 a) Tntere~t ing is 7...g5! ? 8.Nc4 g4 (8 ... Bg7 9.Bd3 Qe7 I O.Qe2 b6 11.0-0-0 Bb7 12. Rhe1 0 -0 · 0 13. Kbl Kb8 14. NaJ Nf6 15.Nd2 Qd7 16. Ba 6 Q c8 I16. .. Ba8!? J 17.Bxb7 Qxb7 18.f3 + =, Yusupov-G urgenidze, USSR 1981) 9.Nfd2 (worth con· sidering is 9.e5!? Qe7 10.exd6 cxd6 l t.Nfd2 dS 12.Ne3 h5 un· c lear, accord ing to Browne) 9 ... h5 I O. b3 Bh6 1J . Bd3 e5 12.Ne3 Nb6 13.dxe5 Qxe5 +, Silman-Browne. USA 1987. b) 7... Qd8 8.Bd3 Be7 9.Qe2 c5 10.b4 cxd4 ll.cxd4 e5 12.0-0-0 Bf6 ? 13.Nc4 Qc7 t4.Bc2 Be7
considering is 1O.Nd4. I nstead Plaskett- Ward, Hastings t 989-90, continued IO.NxeS QxeS l l.f4 Qa5 12.Bc4 Be7 13.Kb1 bS unclear. 8112) 6.Nbd2 6...Nd7 a) 6•..No6 7.c3 g68.Bb5 Bd7 9.0 -0 Bl7 10.e5 dxe5 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.Nxe5 Bb5 t3.Rel (Black also has problems after 13.c4 Bc6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Nf3 0 -0 16.Ne5) 13 ...0-0-0 14.a4 Be8 15.b4 +"", Zlotnilc:-Andreiev, Burevestni1c 1976. An example in which the Knights are superior to the Bishop pair. b ) 6 ...g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.e5 Qe7 9.0-0 Nd710.Rel dxe5 ll.dxe.S b6 t2.Qe2 Bb7 13.Qe3 Rd8 14.Qf4 g5 1S.Qg3 Qb4 16.Nc4 QcS 17.a4 Bd5 18.b3 Qe7 19.a5 B)[£3 20.axb6 axb6 21.gxt3 NcS unclear, Giffard- Koste n, Canoes 1988. c) 6.,_Qe7 7.Bd3 g6 8.0.0 eS 9.c3 Bg7 10. Nc4 0-0 ll.Ne3 Nd7 12.Rel Nf6 13.a4 c6 14.dxe5
=
I.S .Ne3 + =. McCa mbridgeReshevsty, USA 1988. 8. Bd3 Bg7 9.a4
a) 9.0·0 0 -0 al) 10 . Rel e5 1l.Qe2 Qe7 l2.Nc4 Nb6 13.Ne3 ( 13. NaS t'!) 13 ... h5 J4 .b3 a5 = + , Gruenfeld- Wirthenso hn, Biel 1981. a2) 1O.a4 eS ll.dxe5?! (l l.Qc2) 11...dxeS 12.a5 Rd8 13.Qe2 NcS J4.Bc2 Ne6 == + , Ortega-Psakbis , Alma·Ata 1986. b) 9.Qe2 a6 10.a4 b6 11.0-0 Q . 0 12.b4 Bb7 13.aS b5 t 4 .c4 bxc4 15. Bxc4 R a7 = , BotteriiiAndersson, Hastings 1978-79.
=, Dreev-Romanishin. Lvov 1987.
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1983, Black sought cbanc.es witb an Exch ange sacrifice: t 3 ... Nf6 14.Nc4 NhS 15.Ne3 Be6 16.Bc4
Rae8 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.dxe5 RxO J9.gxf3 Blle5 20.Ng4 R:£8 unclear. •
BU) S•..dS
9...Qe7 9..•a.5 10.0-0 and now: a) 10...0 -0 11.Re1 e5 12.Nc4 Qe7 13.Qb3 b614.Ne3 Bd7 JS.NdS Qd8 16.Radl += , Johanssen-
Lawlon. London 1984. b) IO...e5 I l.d5 0 -0 12.b4 Qe7
13.Qc2 Nf6 14.Nb3 axb4 15.cxb4 NbS 16.Rfcl Nf4 17.Bb5?! (17.Bf1) 17... £5 18.Qxc7 Qf6 un-
Not a popular move:. Black fixes the position too early. If White
were now to play 6.Nc::3, we would transpose into a vari ation of tbe French Defense { l.e4 e6 2d4 dS
clear, Silman- Benjam in, USA 1989. 10.a5 a6 11.0-0 0 -0 12.Rret eS IJ.Qcl
3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6. Nf3 ). However . White plays 6.Nbd2, leaving c2-c3 open. t6 ,Nbd2 A Frence Defense $tru cture also
resulted in Ermenkov-Burger, New York 1980 after 6.c5 Qd8 7 .Nbd2 c5 8.c3 Q b6 9.Qb3 Bd7 10.Be2 Nc6 11.0-0 Be7 12.dxcS Bxc5 13.Rael + =. 6...Nc6
a) 6-.QdB 7.Bd3 Be7 8.0-0 0 -0 9.Qe2 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 ll.Nb3 Bbo 12.Radl +=, Smith-Fiear, Great Britain ChampionshiP' 1978. b) 6... dxe4 7.Nxe4 0d8 8.Bd3 Be? 9.c3 Nd7 l0.Qc2 c6 11.0-0-0
A typical posi\ion in this variation. White has the mo re comfortable position. Black can keep the equilibrium but should not remain passive . In the game Psakh isMakarichev. USSR Championship
+ =, Hoi-Hansen, E~bjcrg 1982.
7.c3 Bd7 8.Bd3 Risky is 8.Qb3 0-0-0 9.exd5 33
exdS lO.QxdS BfS =+. 8-.0-0-0 9.e5 Wbite would also get a large advantage afler 9.b4 gS 10.b5 Ne7 lt.Qa4 Kb8 12.Ne5.
Leip1.ig 1973. b) 7 ... exd5 8.QxdS Be7 9. c3 0-0 10.0-0-0 Nc6 ll.Qe4 d6 12.exd67! (12.Bd3 &6 13.Bc4 BfS 14.Qe3 +=, Ubhnann) 12 ... Bxd6 t3. Nb.S ReS 14.Qa4 Re6 15.Bc4 Rf6 16.Rhet BfS 17.Bd3 Bxd3 18.Rxd3 a6 19.Nxd6 Rxd6 ::::,
9 ...Qe7 10.b4 &5 ll.Nb3 g4 U .Nfdl QgS 13.0·0 16 l4.b5 NxeS Practically forced . lC 14... Nc7, then 15.f4 gxf3 16.Nx0. After the text, Vaganian- Psakhis, USSR Championship 1983, con ti nued 15.dxe5 fxeS 16.c4 bS 17.Qe2 e4 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Bxe4 with a large advanta&e to White.
Malicb- Zaitsev, Berlin 1986.
c) Perhaps best is 7... Qb6 8.Nc3 and now: c l ) 8 ...g5 9.Nd2 Qxb2 10.Nde4 with compensation, PribyiVidenkeller, l983. c2) 8...a6 9.Nd2 Qxb2 10.Ndc4 Qb4 ll.Rbt Qa5 12.a4 Be? 13.Bc4 w ith compensation, ThaiSita nggang. Asian Team Championship 1991.
813) s...cS'!! A dubio us move which allows White to roll his center forward.
JU4)
s...b6
6.e5 Qd8 7.dSI H armless is 7.Nc3 cxd4 8.Nxd4
6.Nbd2 a) 6.Nc3 Bb7 7.8<13 Bb4 (7...d6 8.Qe2 Qd8 9.0-0 Nd7 (9... a6!1) IO.d5 e.S ll.Bi16 Bxa6 120xa6 +.,, B. Schmidt-Miles, Germany 198182 or 7...g5 8.Qe2 Nc6 9.e5 Qg7 10.Ne4 g4 ll.Nf6+ Kd8 12.Nd2 Nxd4 13.Qe3 Bc5 14.Qg3 Be7 JS.Qf4 Nc6 16.Nde4 unclear, Murshed-Conquest, London 1989) 8.0·0 Bxc3 9.bxc3
Nc6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bd3 Rb8= .
al ) 9...d6 10.Nd2 e5 1 l.f4 exf4
Thrre-Sam isch, M arianske La,ne 1925. After the text move White stands well, ns the following ex· amples demonstrate:
12.g3 gS 13.a4 Nc6 14.0t:2 0-0-0 15.a5 NxaS J6.Ba6 Bxa6 17.Qxa6+ unclear, Spassky-Miles, N iksic 1983. a2) 9 ... 0·0? 10.Nd2 c5 ll.f4 cxf4 (1 1...exd4 12.e5 Qc6 13.Be4) 12.e5 Q h4 t3.Ne4 d5 14.g3 Qh3 15.Nf6+ gx£6 18.Rxf4 £xe5 17.Bf5 exf4 18.Bxh3 fxg3 19.Qg4+ Kh7 20.Qf5 + Kg8 2t .Qf6 1-0, Cifuentcs-Ligterink, Wijk aan Zee 1988.
n) 7...d6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.0 -0 Na6 (10 ... dll:e5 li.NxeS Qltd5 12.Qxd5 exdS t 3.Rel Be7 14.Nc3 0-0 15.Nxd5 Bd8 16. Rad I + ~ ) I J.exd6 8xd6 l2.dxe6 fxc6 13.Nbd2 0-0-0 14.Qe2 + =, M alicb-GrOnberg, 34
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b) For 6.a3. sec Illustrative Game 18.
( better is I 3.Qe3 and thtm g6) 13... f:xg6 14.e5 0-0 15.Rhgl Nf4 16.Qe3 Qe8 t'7.Rg4 Qf7 -+, Palatnik-Tukmakov. USSR 1982. b) 9.0-0-0 d6 10.h4 a6 tt.Nc4 Nd7 t 2'. Ne3 Nf6 13.e5 NdS ( 13 ... Ne4 ? 14.d5 exdS lS .NxdS BxdS t 6.Bxe4 +=) 14.Nxd5 BxdS t 5.Be4 c6 with only a s light ad· vantage for White, Lern er-
Yudasin, USSR 1983. c) 9.c3 d6 10.0 -0 -0
Nd7 ll.Kbl c5 12.g4 Qc7 13.Rhg1
0-0-0 14.Ba6 Nf8 I5.Bxb7 + Kxb7 t6.h4 d 5'! 17.exd5 cxd4 18.cxd4 exd5 J9.Rcl Qd6 20.Ne5
6••• Bb7 7.8d3
7.c3 g6 8.a4 a6 9.e5 Oe7 IO.Nc4 Bg7 lt.Bd3 Nc6 12.0 -0 0-0 13.Re l f5 l4.cxf6 Oxf6 15 .0c2 + =. Christiansen- J . Whitehead,
BxM 21.Qf3 Nd7 22.Nxf7 Qg6-+
Zl.Kal Nf6 24.NxhR Rxh8 25.Nc4 Rd8 26.Nd6+ 1-0, KavalekBOsken. German League 1987-SR.
U.S. Championship 1987.
9.a4 a) White can advance energeti·
7...Qd8
a) 7... d6 8.c3 g5'!! (8... Qd8 transposes baclc to the main line) 9.0a4+ Kd8?! (9... Bc6) 10.0-0-0 Oc7, Hon-Pianioc, Moscow 1975 and now White s hould play
caiJy with 9.b4. K.arner-Ornstein, Tall inn 1977. con t inued 9 ... a6 10.0·0.0 Nd7 I J.g4 g6 12.c3 Bg7 t 3.Kb1 Qe7 14.Nf1 h5 15.gxh5
1 I.Rhe l with the idea o f d5 + =-. b)7 ...a6 8.Qe2 d6 9.0·0-0 Nd7 lO.Kbl e5?1 I t .c3 Be/ 12.Nc4 0-0 J3.Bc2 Rfe8 14.d5! c5'11 (better is 14... c6 fo llowed by ... b5) 15.Ne3
King will have problems fin din2 a safe borne. b) 9.0-0~0 also giws White a comfortable position; 9 ... Nd7 10.e5 Qc7 1l.Ba6 0 -0 ·0 12.Kbl , Ermcokov- Szekely, Bulgaria 1982..
Rxh5
16. Ng3
J8.Rhg1.
Bf8 16.&4! + =. Ko rtchnoi-Karpov, Hastings 197tn 2.
s.Qez 8 .c3 d6 9.0 -0 Nd7 IO.a4 a6 transposes in to Dreev-Kcngis,
Ba roaul 1988, which continued ll.Nel c5?1 12.Qg4 cxd4 l3.cxd4 e5 14 .f4 Nf6 1:S.Qg3 exd4 16.Nc2+=. 8...d6 Worth considering is 8...Be7:
a) 9.h4 d6 10.0 -0 -0 Nd7 11.g4 Nf6 t 2.gS ( 12.Rhg l !'!) Nh5 13.g6? 35
Rh&
Bl ack '~
17. h5
gS
9 ..•a6 10.0-0 Be7 11.d5 exdS If ll...e5 , then t 2 .a5 0 -0 according 13. axb6 cxb6 14.b4 + to Vaga niao.
ll.exd6 cxd6 J2.Qb4 dS IJ.Nd6+ Kd7 If 13... Kf8., then 14.Qc5 would be
u.exd5 BxdS lJ.Rret c5 14.Nh4 Ra7 Vaganian- K engis, USSR 1982 continued 15.Qb5 Bc6 16.Nc4 KfB 17. Ng6+1? fxg6 18. Bxg6 Nd 7 19.Re6 Nf6 20 .Qf5 bS! and Black held. Instead White should have p layed I S.Og4 Kf8 16.Q rs Bxh4 17.Qxd5 g6 18.Ne4 to demonstrate
tS.dxeS Nc6 16.Qt4 aS! 17.Qe3 . If 17. Qxf7, then 17 ..• Q xf7 18.Nxf7 Rh7 19.Nd6 Nxe5. 17...1'6
=.
uncom fortable. 14.Nc:S+ BxeS
t8.Nxc8. Hodg$on-Lputian, Hastings 198687, con tinued 17.. .£6 18.c4 d4 19.Qf3 fxe5 20.Nf7 e4 with a very complex posi tion wh ich later ended in a draw. Not
an advantage.
BlS) s...g6 6.Nc3 8g7 6 ... Q e7 7.Bc 4 Bg7 8.0-0 d 6 9.Qd3 0 -0 10.Rae1 a6 11.a4 b6 t2Ne2 c5 Oregory- Nimrovl tch, St. Petersburg 1913.
17 ••• Nxe5
BHi) S...Nc6 6.c3 6.e5 Q e7 7 .Nc3 d 6 8 .Bb5 Bd7 9.0 -0 a6 lO.Bxc6 Bxc6 ll.d5 exd5 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.Qxd5 0-0-0 =. Ho dgson- A. Sokolov, Reykjavik 1990.
=.
-~..~.~.~: ~I!
oc~~~i~\r
w ft ,. . ~~~~1 " ~·~'fj~~ -~~
~·
-~Mffti~~~ ~jrt~it'
~~-~&-ti~:a_p~_;f
7.Q d2 u6
7 ... 0-0 8.e5 Qe7 9.0-0 -0 d 6
A fter 6.c3 d5 7. Nbd2 we t ranspOse into Vaganian- Psakhis. USSR 1983. given in 812.
10.&4?! Nd7 ll.Q f4 a6 12.Bd3 bS 13.Ne4 B b7 14.exd6?! cxd6 15.Qxd 6 Q xd6 16.Nxd6 Bxf3 17.g,cf3 Nb61S..c3 Ra7 l9.Ne4 NdS 20.Rhel Rd8 2 1. Nc5 b4 22.Kc2 bxc3 23.bxc3 Nxc3l -+, TimmanLobron, TV World Cup, Hamburg 1982.
Worth considering is 5 ... c5 and now:
8.0 -0 -0 b5 9.e5 Q e7 lO.Ne4 d S
a) 6.Ne4 Qf5 7.Ng3 Qf6 8.e3
lSl) S. NbdZ
s...d6
36
•
cxd4 9.exd4 b6 t0.Be2 ( 10.Bd3) t0... Bb7 11.0-0 b5 =+, Vaganian-Taimanov, USSR 1983. b) 6.c3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nc6 8.e3 g~ 9 .a3 (9.h3 b5 10.g3 unclear) 9...g4 lO.Ngl bS ll.g3 dS 12.Bg2 Bd7 1 3 .Ne2 n4 = +, Lecbtyns~y Velimirovic. Banja Luka 1985.
Qe7 12.e4 e5 i3.Nc4 e:xd4 14.Nxd4 Ne5 J5.Ne3 Bd7 t 6.f4 Nc6 17.Nd5 Qd8 18.Nc2 Ne7 19.Nxe7 + Qxe7 20.Nb4 Qd8 21.Qd2 ReS 22.Qf2 a6 23.Rfd J Qc8 24.Nd5 Bc6 25.Qd2 Bxd5 Draw, Tangborn-Kost en, Hastings 1989-90.
s.e::J Be7 See Illus trative Game 19.
Illustrative Ganu 13 GM Julian Hodgson IM James Howell Brilish Champions/tip 199J
l.d4 Nt6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 b6 4.Bxr6 Q:d6 5.Nt3 d6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Qdl Hodgson- Adams, Ireland 1991 con tinued 7.d5 Ne5 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Nxe5 Qxe5 JO.Bxd7+ Kxd7 +'"'. 6.cJ Nd7 7.a4 a) 7.g3 a I) 7 .. .gS 8.Bg2 g4 9.Nh4 hS
7...Bd7 8.0-0-0 0-0-0 9.d5 Ne7 If9... Ne5, then 10.Nd4 and Ncb5 can be played later, a.ttacking the black Ki ng.
10.0-0 Be7 ll .e4 Qh6 12.£4 Nf8 13 .~5
d5 14.c4 c6 15.Qe2 Bd7 16 .Racl Bxh4 t7.gxh.4 Ng6 J8.Qf2 Ne7 ""· Salov-P. Nikolic. Belgrade 1987. a2) 7...g6 8.Bg2 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 1O.a4 aS 1l.Qb3 eS 12.e4 Nb6 13 .Nc4 Nxc4 14.Qxc4 Qe7 l5.Radl Be6 16.dS lk8 17.Nd2 h5 unclear, Kosten-Adams, London 1990. b) 7.e4 g5 8.g3 Be7 9.Bd3 Qg7 1O.b3 h5 11.Qe2 g4 12.Nh2 c5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Bb5+ Kf8
JO.QeJ Kb8 ll.eS Qp If ll. .. dxes. then 12.Ne4 Qf4 13. Qxf4 exf4 15.Ne5+ -.
Also possible is 12.Bd3, as 12...Qxg2 13.b3 leaves the Queen trapped. White will get a good position after 12... Nf5 J3.Qe2. IZ••. cxd6 13.dxe6 fxe6 Also losing is 13.•.8xe6 14.Nb5 Nc6 15.Ne5 NxeS (not 1S... dxe5 t6.Rxd8+ Nxd8 17.Qxe5+ with mate to fo llow) 16.Qxa7+ K.e8 17 . Qa8+ Kd7 18.Qxb7+ Ke8 19. Nc7+ Ke7 20.Nd5+ Ke8 21.Bb5+ Bd7 22.Rbel. t3.- 0xe6 wo uld have put up the most resistance, although White is mucb bet-
Estevev-Ortega, Cuba 1984. 7 .~3
fxe6
ll.exd6
15.0-0-0 a6 16.8\13 bS unclear,
')
14.dxe6
Qd8 8.1k2 &7 9.0·0
0-0 10.Qc2 b6 ll.a·4 Draw, Benja min-Hjartarson, Surak (iz) 1987. 1..
.,s
More constrained is 7 ...g6 8.g3 Bg7 9.Bg2 0-0 lO.aS Rb8 11.0-0
37
ter after J4.Qd2.
14.Rxd6! This does not seem to be possible because of Black 's next move.
11/u.rtrtUivc Game 14
GM Mlcbael Adams GM Vladimlr Eplshin Dos llerrnanas 1993 l.d4 Nf6 2 .Bg5
to
3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 S.ND d6 6.Nc3 &6 7.eS
A new move. Normal and more restrained is 7.0<12. 7...Q e7 8.Qd2 Bg7 9.0·0·0 a6 A common move in this type of posirion. It is important to prevent White from having access to the
14.-NfS 14... Nd5 would be met with the same response.
JS.Rxd7! Rxd7 If 15.-Nxe3, then J6.RxdR+ K c7 17.R d7 +! K c8 18.fxe3 and White has a strong attack as well as a
bS-square. Also ... b7 -b5 may late r be played to start a queenside attack.
1().h4 Also a common move. White gains space on the kingside and makes Black tbiolc twice about caslling there.
10 ... 8d7 ll.Ne4 Bc6 12.Qr4
material advuntage.
Bxe4 13.Qxe4 c6 14.Qf4 dxeS
J6.Ne5 Qe8 U 16... Nxe3. then 17.Nllg6 Ndl 18.Nxh8 Nd2 19.R dl winning the Knight. 17. xd7 + Qxd7 18.Qe4 Bc5 J 9 .Bc4 Nd6 2 0 .Q e5 Q c7
lS.NxeS Nd7 16.Nc4 Nf6 17.Nd6 + Kf8 18.N c4
21.Bxe6 Nb5
With stubborn resistance, Black is able to enter an endgame just one pawn down. H owever, Whi te activates his pieces quickly and ends the game with a strong attack.
22.Qxc7 + Nxc7 23 .Bg4 Bxf2 24.1td l Bh4 25 . Rd7 BgS + 26.Kbl Bf6 27. e4 BeS 28.b3 a6 29. c3 Ka7 3 0 . Bf3 Kb6 3J.Nd6 Bh2 32.Nxb7 Ne6 33.a4
aS 34.RdS NgS 35.Rb5 + Kc7 36.Bd5 1-0
White has pr~ven ted Black from
castling, but he has lost a lo t of time. Black is plan ning to break
with ... c7-c5, ufler which the b8-a 1 c.Jiagi)Oal will become very powerful.
•
J8.•• h5 l9.Kbt Rd8lO.Be~ NdS 21.Qg3 6 22.NeS Qf6 l3.Qa3 Worth considering is simplifying the positio n with 23.dxc5 QxeS 24.Qxe5 BxeS 25.c4. 23••. Kg8 24.QxcS Qxn White's position is very difficult. Black is threatening lboth 2S...Qxe2 and 25...Bxe5. .Z.S.Qa5 ReS 26.Qel Qxg2 l7.Bd3 Nf4 28 .8e4 Qe2 29.Qxe2 Nxel 30.Bxb7 This loses the exchange but White had little bope in an y case. 30... Rb8 31.Bxa6 Nc3 + 32.Kal Nxdl 33.Rxdl BxeS 34.dxe5
Better is 22...a4 23.1Ba2 Bf6. 23.a4 c5? ! Black cou ld have maintained equality with 23 ...Rc7 24.Re4 cS (or 24 ... d5 2.5.R4e3 c5 26.dxcS RxcS) 2S.dxc5 dxc5 26.Bc4. l4.dxcS duS lS .N d2 K,7 26.Rf3 Rc7 27.Nc4 Nxc4 28.8xc4 Rd8 29.c.3 Rcd7 30.Kc2
Kg7 3S.c4 Rhd8 36.Rcl gS 37 . cS Rd2 38.Bc4 Rdxb2 39.hxgS R2b7 40.Bd3 Rc7 41.a4 Rb4 42.BbS Ra7 43.Bc6 Ra6 44.Bd7 Rb7 4S.Rd I RaS 0-1
White is planning to attack tbe queenside weaknesses with Kc2b3-c4-b5. 30 ... Rd2 + 3 1.KbJ Rdl Jl.Rxdl RxdJ 33.Bb5 RdS?! Correct is 33... Rcl 34.Kc4 Rc2 3S.Bc6 Rcl 36.Bd5 Rc2 37. Kb5 RJCc3 38.Kxa5 Rxf3 39.Bxf3 Bd4 40.Bd5 c4! =,according to Botvinoik. After the te)(t, White should play 34.Kc4. 34.Re3 Rt5 3S.Rd3 Re2 36.Rf3 ReS?! As mentioned before, 36 ... Rel 31.Kc4 Rcl is correcL 37 . Kc4 RfS 38. Rd3 Rxf2 39.Kxc5 BeS 40.Kb' Rg2 41.c4
I/IU$(raJive Game 15
GM Viktor Kortchnoi GM Anatoly Karpov M rm:ow mutch / 974
l.d4 Nf6 2 . Bg5 e6 3.e4 b6 4.8xf6 Qxro S.NO d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Qd2 Qe7 8.0·0·0 a6 9.h4 Bg7 IO.g3 bS IJ .Btl3 b4 l2.NdS ud5 13.Bxc8 0-0 14.8h7 Ra7 I S . BxdS c6 16o .8b3 Qxe4 l7.Qd3 Bo tvinn ik suggests instead tt7.Qf4 Qxf4 18.gxf4 followed by a9.f5 or l9.h5 wit'h a slight advantage to Whi to. Now the endgame is equaJ. n ...Qxd3 18.Rxd3 Nd7 19.Rel
lbg3 If 4L.Bxg3, then 42.Rxg3 Rxg3
43.c5 g5 44.hxg5 hxg5 45.c6 Rc3 46.c7 Rxc7 47.Kxc7 f5 48.Kb6 win· mng.
Nb6 20.a4 bxa3 2l.bxa3 aS 2l.Rde3 B£6 39
4l.Rd7 gS 43.hxg5 hxgS 44.c5 RcJ 45.c:6 g4 46.c7 g3 47.8c6 Bxc7 + 48.Rxc7 Kh6
/lluslrtllive Game 16
GM Artur Vusupov GM KJaus Bischofl
According to Botvinnik, Black draws with 4S...Rxc6+! 49.Rxc6 f5.
l.d4 Nf6 l.Nt3 e6 3 .Bg5 h6 4 .8xl'6 Qxf'6 5.e4 d6 6.Nc3 Nd7 7.Qd2 a6 8.0·0·0 Qe7 9.Bd3 g6 lO.Rhel Bg7 ll.h4 0-0
49.Re8 1'5 50.Rf8
IF ll. .. c5, then 12.e5 d5 13.d)(c5.
12.e5 dS 13.Nd cS 14.c3 c:xd4 IS.Ncxd4 If IS.cxd4, then Black can obtain couoterplay with 15..•Nb6 followed by .•. Bd7·b5.
IS•.• NcS 16.8bl Bd7 t7.hS It is important to play this move before Black can play ... R fc8 followed by .- Be8.
50... Rxc6+ ? But now this loses. According to
Botvinnik, Black still could have drawn with 50... Kg5! 5l.Bu8 f4 52.Kxa5 Rb3! 53.Ka6 (53.Bd5 Rb2) 53...Kg4 54.a5 f3 55.Ka7 g2 56.a6 Kh3. Sl.Kxc6 KgS Sl.Rg8 + Kf4 53.Kb5 KCJ 54.Ku5 f4 55.Kb4 Kgl 56.a5 f.3 57.a6 t2 S8.a7 n Q S9.a8 = Q + Qf3 60.Qa2+ Qfl 6I.Qd5 + Q1'3 6l.Qdl + Qfl 63.Kc3 Kgl 64.Qdl + Kgl 65.Qd3 Qc5 + 66.Kb3 Qb6+ 67 .Kcl Q c6+ 68.Kdl Qb6 + 69.Qe3 Qh4 70.Rb8 Qf6 71.Rb6 QfS 72.Rbl
=
Khl 73.Qb6 + Kgl 74.Qb6 + Kh2 75.Qb8 Kh3 76.Qh8 Kg4 77.Rb4 + Kf3 78.Qhl Kfl 79.Rb2 l-0
+ +
,s t8.Re3
17...
Not 18.Nh2 due to 18.. .f5!
18 ... Rrc8?! Better was 18... g4. According to Yusupov. the position is equal after 19.Nh2 Og5 20.Nxg4 Qxg4 21.R~ Ox.hS 22.0f4 Kb8 23.Rb3 Qxe5 24.Rx.h6+ Kg8 2S.Bb7+.
19. Nb2 b5 20.Qcl g4? According to Yusupov, better was either 20 ... Kf8. although White has a strong position after 21.Ng4! Ke8 22.0117 Qf8 23.R£3, or20... Ne4, and if 2 l .f3, then Black
has counterplay after 21...f5! 22.fxe4 dxe4. 21.Nxg4! Not 21.Qh7+ ? Kf8 22.Nxg4 QgS with counterplay. 21.- QgS 2l.Nf6 + Bxf'6
•
Black has the betler position because of his lWO Bisbo ps. 1f now 14.dS, then 14... Bd7. 1
14.dxe5 duS 15.Na4 0·0 16.Kbl If 16.Nc5, then 16...Bb6 17.Qc3 Bg4.
23.ND! A very strongZwisclletrzugwhich gives White contro l o f the eS square. ·
Z3 ..•Qg7 24 .ed6 Qxf6 2S.Ne5 Kl8 Also losing is 2$_.Be8 26.Qh7+ Kf8 27.Ng6+. 26.Nxf7! K e7 27 . Ne5 Kd6 28 . Qd2 b4 29 .Nc4 + K c7
16 ... Bg4 17.Rd3? The o n ly move was 17.Qc3. Black would be sl ightJy better after l7... b5 t 8.Nc5 Bb6.
30.~xb4
N a4 31.Bc2 Kd8 32.Nc5 Nb6? 33.Qd4 1·0
17...b5! 18.NcS?! 18.Nc3 Bb6 would have held out longer. 18...Bb6 19.Rc3 Black would get a strong attack after 19.b4 a5 20.c3 Qe7. 19 ...Qe7 Thre~ te ning 20... b4 21.Rc4 Be6.
JllusurzJive Game 17
GM J uti an Hodgson GM lan Rogers Wljk 11an Zce 1989
l.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3 . ~4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 S.N t3 d6 6.Nc3 Nd7 7 . Qd2 c6 8.0·0·0 eS 9.h4?!
20.a3 aS ll .b4 0..1 21...altb4 22.axb4 Qa7.
White would like to play g4-g5. But this does not fit in well here. Bette r is 9.dxe5.
/llustralive Game 18
GM Vik:tor Kortchnoi
GM Paul Keres
9... Be7 IO.QeJ Nf8! ll.Bel
USSR G1ampionsllip, Tollinn 1965
I f t l.d5, then 11...Nd7 followed
l.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.8gS b6 4.Bx£6 Qx£6 S.e4 b6 6.a3 Bb7 7.Nt3 d6 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.0-0-0 g5?!
by ... Nc5 and ... Bd8-b6 is good for
Black. li ... Ne6 12.Bc4 Bd8! 13.Bxe6 Bxc6 41
Better is 9...o.o.o.
lO.NbS Kd8 Not 10... Qd8 11.Qc3 c6 12.d5.
11/ustnuivc Cam4r 19
GM RafaeJ Vaguian IM J im Plaskett
1 l.h4 g4 12.e.S Qg7 13.Ne1 a6 14.Nc3 dS lS.f4 fS
Hosting$ 11)8,2-8)
With Black's King in the oenter, it is risky to open up the center. But Wbite was threa tening 16.f5 exf5 17.Nd3 followe
l.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3 .B g5 h6 4 .8xf6 Qd6 5.N bd2 d6 6.c3 N d7 7.a4 gS 8.g3 Bg7 Wo rt b conside ring is 8...g4 9.Nh4 Be7 foll owed by ... h5, ... Nf8.
16.exf6 Qxffi 17.hS?! Better is 17.Ne2 to meet 17 ...c5 with 18.c3 or 1Kc4. Now Black obtains coun terplay. 17- .cS 18.dxcS bxcS 19.g3 Bc6 20.Rb4 Rg8 ll.Nd3 Rb8 22.Nf2 c4 2.3.Nxg4 Qe7 24.Rel C'.
and ... QhO.
9.Bgl 0-0 lO.aS Threatening IJ.a6.
IO ... Rb8 11.0-0 eS This severely weakens the £5 square , but Black had little ·scope for his p ieces.
12.e3 Qe7 Better is 12 ... Re8 followed by
13... Nf8. 13.e4 exd4 13...g4 J4.Nh4 exd4 J5.Nf5 + ""· 14.Nxd4 NeS IS.Rel The White Knight maneuvers to e3 via fJ where it will be very well posted.
JS ... Re8 16.Nfl Nc6 17.Nc2 Correc 1ly avoiding exchanging pieces when o ne bas a space advantage.
24 ... Rxbl! 25.Kxb2 Qxa3 + 26.Kbl Bg7 27 .Ne5 Kc7 28.NbS + axb5 29.c3 8xe5 30.txeS Rxg3 31.Rb3 Rg5 32.Rbe3 NcS 33 .RrJ Be8 34.Qa2 Qxa2 + 35.Kxa2 Rxh5 36.Ka3 Ne4 37.Rf8 Bd7 38.Kb4 RxeS 39.Ra I Rf5 40.Rb8 Rn! 0-1
17... Qe5 l8.Nfe3 QcS No t 18 ... Nxa5 19.Nd5 Nb3 20.Ra3 c6 2 l.Rxb3 + - or 1 9... Nc6 20.£4
+·.
19.Nd5 Ne7 20.b4 Qc6 ll.Nd4 Qd7 22.Qd2 NxdS 23.exdS Rxel+ Better was 23 ... Re5.
If 4 t.Ra7+ , then 41... Kb6!
24.Rxel Qd8 2S.a6!
42.Rxd7 Rb2+ 43. Ka3 Rb3 + 44.Ka2 Nxc3+ 45.Ka t Rbl mate.
Creating a fresh weakness at c6. 42
(
----. . ~Chapter3
/ rt.d4 • 4 .e3
f6 2.Nt3 e6 3.8g5
--J
25-.Bxd4 Exchanging off White's active Knight, but now h is King position is weakened. If 25... Bd7, then 26.axb7 Rxb7 27. Nc6 Bxc6
(27 ... Qf6 28.Re7 Bxc6 29.dxc6 Oxe7 30.cxb7) 2&.dxc6 Rb8 29.Bd5 Qf6 30.Re3. 26.Qxd4 b6 Better was 26...bxa6. 27.b4 Bd7 .28.80 gxh4 If 28..• Qf8, then 29.1ug5 hxg5 30.0£6 Qg7 3 t.Qxg7 + K xg7 32.Re7 Rd8 33.BhS +-.
29.glth4 Qf8 30.Kh2 ReS 3l.Rgl + Kh7 32 .Qt6 ReS 33.Bdl BfS 34.Bh5 Bd3 3S.B"r7 Re8 36.Rg3 Bbl 37.RI3 Rd8 38 .Bg6 + Bxg6 39.Qxrs Rxf8
40.Rxf8 1-0
We will classify the variations ac-
cording to the pl an that Black chooses: A) ... Nbd7, ...b6, ...8b7; B) .... cs, ... c6; C ) ... b6. A) lllack plnys • w bd7, ...b6, ~. 8b7 4 ...c5
Black can also play without ...c5: 4 ... Be7 5.Nbd2 o) 5... 0 -0 6.Bd3 b6 7.Ne5 Bb7 8. Bxf6 Bx£6 9.£4 Bxe5 1O.fxe5 Qh4 + 1 l.g3 Qh6 12 .Qe2 Nc6 13.0 -0 ( not 13.c3 f6) 13 ... Nb4 14. Rf4 + = , Timman-Geller, Linarcs 1983. b) 5... b6 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6
Conclusion: After l.d4 Nf6 2.NO e6 3.Bg5 b6 4.Bh4, Black can win the Bishop pair with 4...g5 5.Bg3 Ne4 or transpose into Chapter 1 with 4.-c5. After 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 Black
has the two Bishop~ and a solid posi· tion, but must play accurately. After
S.e4 the best move u 5...d6 and if tbeo 6.Nf3, then 6... a6 or 6.•.Nd7 7.Qd2 c6 £ollowed by ...Be7 and ...eS are worth considering.
8.c3 0-0 9.h4 (the point of 7.Bxf6: t he defensive f6 -Koigbt i:i ex· changed and the gS square is available to the whi te Knight) 9... Nd7 10.Ng5 g6 1t.Qg4 h5 12.Qg3 Bxg5 t3. hx~S c.S 14.0-0 -0 aS 1S.Qd6 c4 16.Bc2 Ra7 17.g4 + ""• Oullego-AlO thman, World Junior Championship, Kiljav-d 1984. c) 5... Nbd7 6.Bd3 0 -0 7.c3 b6 8.b4 Bb7 9.Qbl h6 10.Bb4 NhS
ll.Bg3 Qc8 J2.Be5 Nbf6 13.0-0 c5 Petrosian-Andersson, Am-
=.
sterdam 1973. S.cl 8 e7 5--Nbd7 6.Nbd2 a) 6...Bd6 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bh4 Q . Q 9.0-0 b6 10.e4 dxe4 l t.Nxe4 Be7 l 2.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Nxc5 bxcS 14.Qe2 Bb7 15. R ad t Qc7 l6.N e5 +=. M eister- Pigusov, USSR 1985. b) 6 ...Qb6 7.Rb I h6 8.Bh4 Bd6 9.B
gar-Dive, Wellington 1988. b222) 9.8 xf6 Bxf6 lO.f4 Ba6 l 1.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Ndf1 Nc7 13.Qe2 Ne8 Platonov- Dolmatov, Thsh·
=.
tent 1980. b223) 9.0-0 Nfd7 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 I J.f4 Ba6 l2.Bxa6 Nxa6 13.Qa4 Nb8 14.b4 +=, Spassky-HCibner,
Montreal 1979.
Bb7 u nclear, R ongguan g YeLukov, Thessaloniki Olympiad 1988. 6.Nbd2 6.Bd3 would be inexact: 6...Qb6 7.Qb3 c4 8.Qxb6 axb6 9.Bc2 bS followed by ... b4. 6 ...Nbd7 a) 6...b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.Ne5 Nbd7 9.Bb5 0-0 l O.Nc6 Bxc6 11.Bxc6 R c8 12.Bb5 Ne8 l3.Bf4 Bd6
7.Bd3 b6 a) The moves 7.•.h6 8.Bb4 have often been inserted here. Yusupov-Speelman, Hastings 1989-90. conti nued 8 ... b6 9.Ne5
=.
Barlov-Psakhis, Socbi 1984. b) 6 ... 0-0 7.Bd3 b6 bl) 8.0 .0 Nbd7 9.Qbl h6
NxcS lO.dxeS Nd7 ll .Bxe7 Qxe7 12.£4 Bb7 t3.Qe2 0 - 0 -0 14.0-0 -0 £6 15.exf6 grl6 16.e4 d4 17.c4 hS 18.g3 K b8 19.Nf3 bS 20.Rbel (20.cxb5 Nb6 21.Nd2 fS)
10.Bh4 Bb71l.b4 cxb4 12.cxb4 R c8 13.Bg3 R c3 14.a3 Nb5 I S.Be5 f6 16. Bf4 Nxf4 17.exf4 Bd6 = ;
Nb6 =+. b ) Dubious is e xch a nging 7 ...cxd4 8.exd4. White will obtain a
Kiselov-Oavrikov, Moscow 1983. b2) 8.Ne5 b21) 8...Nfd7 9.Qh5 g6 10.Bxe7 0~Ce7 11 .Qh6 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nc6 13.f4 f6 14.Bb5 dS 15.Nf3 flte5 16.Nxe5 + =, Kiselev-lvaoeoko,
strong position by playing 0-0. Oe2, Rael. Ne5. c) Also dubious is 7...a6?! 8.0-0 b5 9.Ne5 Bb7 10.f4 c4 ll .Bc2 Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 t 5.b3 0-0 16.bxc4 blCc4 17.Qc2 Qc6 tS.R abl + ;;,
Moscow 1984. b22) 8... Bb7 b221) 9.Qf3 Nbd7 IO.Rdl cxd4 tl.exd4 a6 12.0 -0 ReS 13.Rde l N £8 14.Qh3 bS 1S.a3 Qb6 16.Re3 a5 17.Qb4 b4 18.Rh3 +·, Zs. Po l-
Seirawan- L ars.en, unares 198:3. d) Black also h as no reason to immediately castle (forfeiting the 44
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option of queenside cnstling) with 7...0 -0 8. Ne5 NxeS 9.dxe5 Nd7: dl) For 10. 8 [4, see Illustrative Game 20 . d2) Dre ev- Ostenstad, World
Jun ior Champio nship, X.iljara 1984, continued IO.Bxe7 Oxe7 1U4 f6 12.exf6 Qxf6 13.0.0 Qh6 14.Nf3 e5 lS.BbS! +·. e) Another plan here is 7 ...Qc7 to hinder NeS. HoJmov-Oipslis,
USSR team Championship 1962, continued 8.0-0 0~0 (Dubious is S....e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 I O.Nxe5 Qxe5 1 J.NO Qe6 t2. BbS+ , DreyerGonzales, Siegen Olympiad 1970) 9-0e2 b6 (on 9 ...e5, 10.e4 is strong) JO.e4 dxe4 tl .Nxe4 Bb7 12.Radl Rfe8 13.dxc5 bxc.5 14.Ng3 +=.
l4. Qg4 Rb6 = +, llaritonovNolcilcov, USSR Cham pio nship 1984. c) 8.Qbl aS 9.0-0 1836 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Bxa6 Rxa6 12.Qd3 c4 13.Qe2 b'5 14.e4 0-0 I:S.Rfet Rb6 16.cxd5 exdS J7.Nfl Re6 :z, DayVrancsic, Toronto 1989. d) 8.Qe2 h6 9.Bh4 0-0 10.Ne5 NxeS ll.dxeS Nd7 12.Bxe7 Q xe7
13. f4 f6 14.exF6 Qxf6 \S.0 -0 eS 16. fxe5 OxeS 17. Nf3 Qe7 1S.e4 Bb7 19.e5 + = , Ttmman-H artston, The Hague 1967.
8.0 -0
a) 8.Ne5 shou ld a lso be considered here: al) 8...NxcS 9.dxeS Nd7 a 11 ) 1O.B£4 Bb 7 11.0-0 gS 12.Bg3 hS 13.f4 h4 14.Bel gxf4 15.exf4 Qc7 16.Qg4?! 0 -0-0 =+, K laric-Geller, Sochi 1977. a1 2) 10. 8xe7 Qxe7 Jl.f4 fS 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.0-0 0 -0 14.e4 dxe4 1.5.Nxe4 Bb7 16.Qe2 +z, Machulsky-Feroaode.t, Manila
~CM... the 8-.Bb7 'n 0
examine At)
t
) 8.•.0 -Q
s...
'i ]
alternative IS h6 9.Bb4 IO.NeS NxeS l1 .dxe5 Nd7
0 -0 12. Bg3 Bb7 (t2 ... Bh4? 13.Bxb4 Qxh4 14.£4 Bb7 1.5.Rf3 Qe7 16.Rg3 Kh8 17.0hS with a large advantage to White, Tartakower- Keres, X.emcri 1937) 13.Qg4 c4 (13.. Qc8? 14. BF4 + ·, Brons te in-Roizman, USSR 1963) 14.8e2 Nc5 15.Radl Nd3 16.Bxd3 cxd3 17.Nf3 Ba6 un-
1987. a2) 8 ...cxd4 9.exd4 Nxe5 tO.dxeS Nd7 ll.Bxe7 Qxe7 t2.Nf3 0-0 13.0-0 NcS 14.Bc2 aS 15.Rel +-, Lein-Seirawan, Lone Pine 1981. b) Dubious i$ 8.Qa4?!: bl) 8 ... 0 -0 9.NeS Bb7 10.Nc6 Bxc6 ll .Qxc6 a6 12.Qa4 bS 13.Qd1 b4 14.c4 cxd4 15.exd4 dxc4 16.Nxc4 NdS 17.Bd2 a5 =+, Slipak-Panno,
Buenos Aires 1984.
Blac:TC'rlesefTt's ' the option of cas-
b2) 8...b6 9.Bxf6 Bx£6 10.e4 Bb7
t ling queenside..
J l.e5 Be7 12.0· 0 a6 l 3.bxc5 bxc5
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9.Ne5 a) 9.Qbl (a common maneuver in this position, controlling tbe e4 square and bolstering queenside play beginning with b2-b4) and now: at) 9 ...Qc7 10.b4 a ll) tO...c4 t l.Bc2 b6 12.Bh4 0.0 13.a4 a6 14.Re 1 R fc8 15.Re2 b5 I 6.a5 Re8 17.Qel Rad8 l&.Rcl Qb8 19.Bb l Q c7 20.Qd l 8 a8 2 t.Qc2 Bb7 22.Rfl QbS 23.Bxf6 ·~~N?'iS lO:dxeS Nd! / Nxf6 2 4.N e5 Bd6 2S.f4 Ne4 = , 10... Ne4'rTosenfpawo: ll .Bxe7 Hodgson-Uozicker, Almada 1988. Qxe7 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.B.xe4 Bxe4 a12) 10...Rb8 ll.c4 dxc4 l2.Bf4 l4.Qa4 +. Bd6 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.Nxc4 ~7 IS.e4 bS t6.Na5 cxb4, Tukmakov- (_ll.Bxe7 An. inaccuracy would be ll.Bf4? ! Schussler, H elsinki 1983. Tukmakov now re.commeods J7.Nxb7 Soe..Jllwtrative Game 21. - (u..... ...Qxe7 u .r4 f6 Qxb7 1&. Qc2 +=. 12...0-Q..O-a2) 9...h6 t0.Bh4 Qc7 11.b4 Bd6 a) 13.a4 f6 14.exf6 gxf6 1.5.a.5_c§ and n ow D amljan ovic- Vailer, 16~ BeZb'5 i7.a6 Bc6 l ~.b.4}{b6 unVrojack a B anja 1986. continued l 2.Rfcl c4 13.Bc2 a6 14.a4 Ng4 clear, Garcia- Kortcbnoi, Las Pal'i98t.. 1S.h3 Ngf6 16.Bxf6 Nxf6 t7.Rel mas • b) J3.Qe2 f6 14.c:xf6 gxf6 (weak :.· 0-0-0 = +. Instead White should is 14 ... Nxf6 15.Nf'3 c4?! 16.Bc2 Kb8 play 12bxcS bxc5 13.e4 = . J7.Qdl Nd7 18.Qd4 Rde8 19.Ba4 b) 9.a4 a6 10.Qbl h6 R ef8 20.Bxd7 Qxd7 21 .a4 Qc7 bl ) 11.Bf4 N h S 12 .Be5 0 -0 22.a5 bxaS 23.Ne5 K.a8 24.Ra2 Qb6 13.b3 c4 14.Bh7+ Kb8 15.Bc2 bS 25 .Rfal +=, H ebert-lvanov, = , Hort- Kir. Georgiev, Thes- Mo ntreal 1983) IS.e4 d4 {JS ...c4 salon iki Olympiad 1984. J6.Bc2 Kb8 17.b3 +=; J5_. Nb8 b2) 1 t.Bh4 0-0 J2.Rel Qc7 l6.exd 5 Bxd5 17.Be4! with the idea 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxc4 R fe8 lS.dxcS Nc4, a4 + =) 16.a4, see SpasskybxcS l 6 .Nxf6+ Bxf6 J7.Bg3 Q c8 Sokokw-b&lo.y.r. -:Qits+____ 18.Nd2 Be7 19.Nc4 BdS 20.Qc2 Qbi •, H odgsoo-Ruuvaev, Sochi a) J • xf6 g:d6 J 4.e 4 0 -0 -0 1987. 15.Qe2 d4 16.a4 e 5 ( 16 ... a 5? 1 c) 9.Qc2 0 -0 10.Raet c4 ll.Be2 17.Ra3! with the idea R b3, Bxa5) bS 12.Ne5 NxeS t3 .dxe5 Ne 4 l7.f5 Nb8 18.a5 dxc3 ( 18 ... N c6 14.Bxe 7 Qxe7 1S.f4 QcS 16.Bf3 f5 l 9.axb6 axb6 20.Ba6 with good at17.exf6 Nxf6 '"'• Time-A. Sokolov, tac ki n g prosper.ts, S passlcy-A . Soko&ov, Bugojno 1986) l9.bxc3 Biel 19&5. ~M
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( 19.axb6 cxd2 20.bxa7 Nc6 2 l.a8=0 Bxa8 22.Rxa8+ , Kc7) 19...0d6 20.Rf3 b5 21.Nfl c4 ,. +, Heyland- 1\ilfer, correspondence 1989. b ) 13.Nf3 0 -0 -0 ( 13 ... fxe5 14.1Bb5) 14.Bb5 Kb8 1S.a4 N£8?! ( 15 ... a6) 16.b4 a6 17.Bd3 f xe5 18.Nxe5 Nd7 19.Qh5 + =, D reevNovikov, USSR 1984.
S birazi- Browne, L os A n geles 1982. b) 9.Qe2 B b7 l O.N'eS NxeS 11.dxe5 Ne4 12.Bxe7 Oxe7 13.B,x e4?1 (be tter is 13.£3) t3...dxe4 r4.Qg4 Qc7 15.Qf4 Oc6 16.Rfdt Rad8 17.h4 c4· 18.h5 h6 19.Nft Rd3 • +, Diakovsky-Cvetkovic, Yugoslavia C ham pionship 1968..
c) 9 .Qb l Bb7 IO.b4 cxd4 11.exd4 R c8 12.b5 h6 13.Bh4 R c3 14.a4 Q c7 t 5. Rcl R c8 16.Nb3 Rxcl + l7.Qxc1 Qxcl+ 18.R xc l Rxcl+ J 9.Nxc l D raw, H ubne r- Keene, Hastings t969no. d) 9.Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 Bb7 1l.Rae1
c4 12.Be2 Qc7 1l .Bg3 Bd6 14.Bxd6 Qxd6
15.e4
+= ,
Spasslcy-
Reshevsky. A msterdam lntenonal
1964. l3.- Qr7 14.Qel 0 -0 a.) 14 ... (5 15.a4 aS 16.Nf3 h6 17. b3 Nb8 18. Bb5 Nc6 19. Rfcl
+ =.
Hulalc-Polajzer,
Por-
toroz(Ljubljana 1987. b ) 14...0-0·0 t5.e4 fxe5 16.exd5 e:xd5 17.fxe5 Qe7 18.Nf'3 K b8 and now 19.e6 would give White a big advantage, H ulak- van der Ste rre n, Wij k aan Zee 1987. U .exU Nxt6 16.N13 Qh5 '\J See Illust rative Game 22. ~ ~-· ( /
9 ..Jll)7 9... Nxe 5 tQ.dxe S- Nd-7-t 1.Bxe7 ~2) s...o .o / 'f'~ :. Qxei'Tir4 f5 13.exf6 R x£6 t 4.e4 9.N-es.__...... 4 <;; ·· B b7 tS.eS Rfl 16.Qg4-g6..17.NB O ther possibilities: ·-· R g? 18.Rad1 + Tll'ifunovica) 9.<4 ~... tO.l'xe4 Bb7 I I.Qe2 ~arna Olympitd I 962. ( 1 l.Nx£6+ =) ll...Nxe4 12.Bxc7 ;10 . Qxe7 13.Bxe4 Bxe4 14.Qxe4 N£6 raJ Queen moves have been 15.Qe5. Rfd8 16.dxc5 IRdS 17.Qe3 tried here: Rx c5 18 .Rfdl R d8 19.h3 h6 a) 10.Qa4. Kavalek- Ravi, Dubai 20.Rxd8+ Qxd8 21.Qe2 Rd5 =+. O lym piad 1986, cont inued 10 ... b6
c:r-: ·
=.
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(very bad is t0 ... Nxc5?? ll.dxe5 Nd7? 12.Qb4 +-} 11.Bh4 Nxe5 t2.dlle5 Nd7 17.Qg4 +=. Recommended instead is 10...a6, as 11.Nc6?! Bxc6 12Qxc6 b5 is very risky for While. b) IO.Qf3 h6 (not t O... NxeS? ll.dxeS Ne4 12.Bxe7 Nxd2 13.B~7+ +-) l l .Bf4 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nb7 13.Qb5 14.Qg6 Rfi unclear, lrifunovic- Filicic, Yugoolavia 1945. c) tO.Qbt (10.Qc2 followed by Rae l is also worth considering) 10...h6 tl.Bxf6 Bxf6 12Nxd7 Qxd? 13.f4 &6 14.Rf3 Bb5 15.Rh3 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 Be7 l7.Ni'3 Bd6 t&.g4 +
rs
=.
So~-Pismenn\~J?R 1974. ~;;.;
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, 10... a61l.Qf3 NxeS 12.fxeS Nd7
- t3.Qii~ t(( l4.B66__w-itb $U'Q~Jla~-
tacking chan.ces,.. !o~_y~hn~k•, M_g§cow 1925. After t~ e text,
Dreyer-Ramr~~.!-Th.LA...YJY_j)l)'JD-
p!&d 1964, continued 11.Bh4 Ne4
6 .Bd3 would be inexact here: 6 ... Qb6 7.Qb3 c4 8.Qxb6 axb6 9 .Bc2 b5 =+. Zara- Gbeorghiu, BucharesU967.
. 6,.Be~~
a}O:::Cxd4?! 7.exd4 al) 7 ... Bd6 8.Bd3 Bd7 9.0-0 Rc8JO.Rel Qc7 t l.Qe2 b6 12.Bh4 N h S t3.Bg3 Nxg3 14.bxg3 0-0 tS.NeS NxeS I6.dxe5 Be7 17.Nf3 a6 t8.Rad1 b5 19.a3 Rb8 20.Bbl Rfc8 21. Rd4 and White has a dangerous attack, TartalcoverSamiscb, Vienna 1921. a2) For 7...Be7, see Illustrative Game 23.
b) 6...Bd6 7.Bd3 h6 8 .Bb4 0 -0 9.0 -0 and now: bl) 9 ... b6? 1 10.Qe2 Bb7 ( t l...dxe4 12.Nxe4 8e7 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.dxc5 wins a pawn) 12.e5 + =. Kopec-Bauer, USA 1988. b2) 9...e5?! 10.e4 (also possible ·s lO dxe5 NxeS 11 NxeS Bxe.5 l2.f4
12.~e7~-gxe·7' -1~flat;J_:.~6 ~nd ·13.e4)
IO...exd4 tl.exd5 dxc3 }~.Qe1 P.. l~.Rdl C4 t6..1f~~ Nxe4 t2.Ne4 cxb2 t3.Nx.f6+ gx.f6 J4.Qd2 17.Nd2 Nxd2 !8.Rxd2 Kg7 19.g4 (6_ Kg7 15.Rael + =, Tseitlin-Roguli, _ 20.Nf3 ~!1-~J ~Rg~ RbS 22·Qg3 Lodz 1980.
B) Black plays ..c5 nd .• Nc6.
4;;;en:c.rNc6 ·
If 10.e4, then IO... cxd4 11 .cxd4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Be7. c) 6... Qb6 7.Bxf6 (7.Rbl cxd4 8.cxd4 c:5!? is Bisguier- 1. lvanov, USA 1986} 7...gxf6 B.Rbl e5 9.e4 cxd4 lO.exdS Ne7 l l.cxd4 Nxd5 12.Bc4 Be6 13.Rcl exd4 14.0-0 Bh6 15.Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Nc4 Qd8 17.Rc2 b5 l8.Re1 + Kf8 19.Ncd2 Qd7 20.Ne4 + ""• YermolinskyNaumkio, Tasbkeot 1987. d) Another idea here is 6...Qc7 to binder NeS, in which c:~se White usually plays for e3-e4: 7.Bd3 Be7 8.0·0 b6 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 0 -0
__..-------ll.Qe2 Bb7 12.Radl Rfe8 J3.dxc5 Bxf4 19.0-0 + -, Klaric-Majeric, bxcS 14.Ng3 Rad8 IS. Rfel ~ Yugoslavia 1981. ' 16.Rd2 + =, Holm<)V-Gipslis, . • b) Nd79.Bg"3·o :o t0.Qe2 c4 USSR 1962. tl.Sc2 f5 12.h4 bS 13.e41 Nf6 e) 6. ~h6 7.Bh4 Be7 8.Bd3 0 -0 ( 13 ... fxe4 t4.N xe4) J4. exf5 exf5 9.0-0 Nes 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 1l.dxc5 15.Ne5 Nxe5 t6.dxe5 Ne4 17.Nxe4 QxcS l2.e 4 dxe4 L3.Nxe4 Qe7 dxe4 18.Rdl +=. Holmov-1Sesh14.ReJ e5 15.Ng3 Nf6 16.Bb5 Bg4 kovsky. USSR C hampioo:s hip 17. Qe2 +;, Trifunovic-Velimi· 1970. rovic, Yugoslavia 1963. 9.exd4
s:..
'7.Ud3 h6 a) 7 ... Nd7 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.0·0 0 -0 (9--e5? JO.e4) lO.Re l ! al) JO ... Qf6 ll..BbS! Qd8 {ll. .. cS?! 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.dxe5) 12.Rcl Qb6 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Qc2 +=, Timman- Beliavslcy, Wijk aan Zee 1985. ar2) 10... Rd8 11 .Qe2 g6 12.Radl c4? ! (better is 12... e5 t3.e4 dxe4 14.Qxe4 f5 15.Qd5+ Kg7 16.BbS unclear) 13.Bc2 fS 14.Ba4! with a large advantage to White due to This position is much better for the weakness at e5. Whice. H e has the initiative io the b) 7... 0-0 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.dxcS center apd on the;. kin~ide, The Qe7 10.Qc2 h6 tt.Nb3 aS 12.a4 eS following examples demonstrate 13.e4 Be6 14.Nfd2 BgS t5.Rdt this: Rad8 16.exd5 Bxd5 J7.Be4 + =, a) 9... Qc7 10.0·0 0-0 I l.Ret Tihi-Schoneberg, Prague 1981. NbS 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Nfl fS c.) 7 ... b6 8.Qa4 Bd7 9.Qc2 b6 14.Bb5 Nf6 IS.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Ne5 10.Bh4 Qc7 tt.0-0 0-0 12.a3 Qd6 17.Nd2 c5 18.d:xc5 Qxc5 Qd6 20.Qd4 + Rad8 13.RfeJ Bc8 14.b4 Bb7 15.b5 l9.Nb3 Na5 16.Qbl Ng4 17. Bg3 Bd6 =, Polugaevsky- Padevsky, Budapest 1965. Psakhis-Tiviakov, Moscow 1989. b) 9... Nh5 10.Bxe7 Qx•e7 11.0-0 d) 7...Qb6 8.RbJ h6 9.Bh4 cxd4 10.cxd4 g5 tl.Bg3 Nb5 12.Be5?! Nf4 12.Bc2 Qf6 13.Re1 0 -0 14.g3 (12.0-0) 12".NxeS 13.Nxe5 Nf4 Ng6 IS.Qe2 b6 16.h4 ·Re8 17.Ne5 14.1Bfl Bd6 ~ +, Pekoveli- G. Gar- Ncxe5 18.dxe5 Qe7 t9.Nf3 aS 20.Nd4 + =, Spassky-Matanovic, cia, Havana 1986. Havana 1961. 8.Bh4 C)(dJl 'anL.().o 9.Nc5 Nxe5 tO.dxe5 ... C) Black plays ... b6 Nd7 ll .Bg3 f6 12.exf6 Bxf6 t 3.Qg4 • 4 .•.Be7 S.Nbdl ~ 6.c31 NeS 1~ . BxeS Bxe5 15.Qg6 Q£6 --.... 16.Qh7+ Kf7 17.f4 Bd6 J8.e4! a) 6.NeS Nfd7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.f4 --.... .. 49 . -
=.
c5 9.c3 0-0 IO.Bd3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Qa4 NxcS 13.fxe5 Qb7 1•1.0-0 bS 15.Qdl b4 =, Cifueotes-Schiissler, Lucerne Olympiad
1/Justrati~-c
Game 20
GM Tigran Petrosian NM Viktor UubJinsky USSR Cham.piottsltip, Moscow 1949
1982.. b) 6.Bd3 0 -0 7.h4 Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6 9 .Ne5 Qe8 1O.Qe2 Nb4 ll.Ndf3 cS 12.c3 Nc6 13.h5 b6
l.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.8gS cS 4.e3 Be7 S. Nbd2 dS 6.c3 N bd7 7.Bd3 0·0
14.Nxc6 Oxc6 15.Ne5 Qb716.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.f4 Bxe5 18.dxe5 b5 19.0 -0 Rad8 Draw, Spassky- Taimanov, USSR Championship 1963.
This allows W hite to invade e5 with his Knight. Correct is 7... Q c7. '
8.Ne5! :._ 1
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Without thi.~ move White can establish no advantage.
8.-NxeS 9.dxe5 Nd7 10.8f4 fS If t t...f6 , tben Jl.QhS forcing ll...f5, as ll...g6 would be met by 12.Bxg6 hxg6 13.Qxg6+ Kh8 14.h4 followed by Rh3. After the text it seems it will be more difficult to start an attack.
1l.h4!
6...d 7.Bd3 7.Bb5+ Nfd7 8.Bf4 0 -0 9.N e5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Ba6 ll.Bxa6 xa6 J2.Qg4 Kb8 13.Rdt Qe8 14.0-0 Qa4 15.e4 Nc7 16.a3 + =, KlaricFlear, London 1979.
7...0·0 8.N~S 8 .0-0 Bb7 transposes into Spassky-H ubner. Montreal 1979. whi ch continued 9.N eS Nfd7 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 1 t.f4 Ba6 t2.Bxa6 Nxa6 13.Qa4 Nab8 14.b4 +=. 8 ...Bb7 9.14 Nt4 JO.Bxe7 Q xe7
White prevents ... g7-gS and prepares g2-g4. Not 11...Bxh4? due to 12.QhS.
11... <:4 12.8c2 bS Better is 12 ... N~S followed by ... Ne4 closing the whi te K ing Bishop's diagonal.
11.0-0 f6 U .Nt3 Nd7 13.Qc:l fS 14.BbS Ndf6 1S.Nxc4 dxe4 16.NeS a6 17 .Bel NdS Pe trosianG iigoric, Niksic 1983.
l3.Nf3
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Petrosian gives I 3.g4 as even
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13-.NcS 14.g4 b4 15.gxf5 Too hasty according to Petrosiao. Better is 15.Nd4. 1S ... exl5 I 6.NgS gfi? According to Petrosian, correct is J6•.. h6 17.Qb5 Nd3+ 18.Bxd3 cxd3 J9.Qg6 hxgS 20.bxg5 Qe8 21.Qb7+ Kf7 22.Rb6 Rg8 with an unclear position. Now the opening of the b-fjle will be decisive.
IS~ .gxh4
I6.8f4 0 -0-0 17.a4 It would have been better to open lines on the queenside with 17.bxcS. 17... e4!. Giving up t he d4 -square. but closing the queens ide.
17.h5 Nd3 + If 17... Bxg5, then 18.BxgS Qxg5 19.Qxd3+ Be6 20.Qxc5 + -.
J8.Bxd3 cxd 3 19. hxg6 ~ xc 6 ~O . Qxd3 bxc3 Zl . bxc3 Bxg5 2l.Bxg5 QaS 23.Bf6 Rt8
24.Qd4 Kf7 25 .e6 + Rxt6 l6.8d8 J.O 11/ustrauve Gamt 21
18.8e2 Correct wa~ I8.Bf5 in order to give the Bisbop a better defensive role on 113. If J8...exfS, then 19.e6 Bd6 20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.cxd7+ RJtd7 22.Nd4 with an unclear position. 18 ... a6 19.Kbl Rd&8 20.Rgl Rg4 2l.Qd2 Rha8 2.2.a5 bS 23.Radl 81'8 Threatening 24... f6 ZS.ex£6 e5 and 24 .•• Bg7 25.Qdl4 Nb8 fo llowed by ... Nc6. 24.Nbl NxeS! Petrosian was well known for his positional Exchange sacrifices. ZS. Nxg4 llxg4 26.t4 Bd6 27.Qe3 Nd7 Preparing to posh his central pawns. 28 ,B'Cd6 Qxd6 l9 .Rd4 e5 30.Rd2 £5! 31.exdS Better is 3J.exf5. although Black remains better after 3 l ... Nf6. 3l...f4 32.Qe4 If 32.Qa7, then 32...e4.
GM Boris Spassky GM Tigran PeCrosian Wcrit Chalnpioluhip MaiCh, MO$cuw /~
J. d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 J.BzS d5 4.Nbd2. 8e7 S.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 cS 7.c3 b6 8.0-0 Bb7 9.Ne5 NxeS lO.dxtS Nd7 ll.Bf4?! Correct is l l.Bxe7. 11...Qc7 Even stronger is I l.. .g5 as in Klaric-Geller, Socbi 1971. l2.Nf3 No t t2.Q~4 due to 12 ..g5 13.DJtg5 {13.Bg3 hS} 13... Rg8 -+. ll... h6 J3.b4 Accepting the pawn would give White a strong position: 13.•..cxb4 14.cxb4 Bxb4 tS.Nd4. 13 ...g5 J4.8g3 h5 IS.h4 If 1S. h3, t hen Black is better after J S...g4 16.bxg4 hxg4 17.Nb2 NxeS 18.Bb5+ Kf8 19.Nx&4 Bd6 20.f4 Nc4.
St
32•.. N"' 33.QfS + Kb8 34.0 lf 3 4.Q e6, the n 34 ... Qxe6 3S.dxe6 Ne4. 34... Bc8 35.Qbl g3 36.Rel b3 3 7 .Bn Rh8 38.gxb3 Bxh3 39.Kg1 Bxn 40.Kxtl e4 41.Qdl Ng4! 42.fxg4 f3 43.Rgl r~g2 +
the Q ueen is o ut or play. Better is 34.Bxa6. Now
0-1 llJustralive G(li'M. 22
lvan Sokolov VassiJy lvanchuk
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N~
2.Nr3 e6 3.Bg5 cS 4.e3
d5 5.Nbd2 Be7 6 .<:3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 b6 8 .0-0 Bb7 9.Ne5 Nxe5 lO.dxeS Nd7 ll.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.f4 f6 13.Qb5 + Qn 14.Qe2 0 -0 15 . ext6 N'Xf6 16.Nf3 QhS 17.Qel Ng4?! Loses t ime. White now gets a very strong position. 18.b3 N£6 19.Ne5 a6 20.g4 Qe8 Of course not.20...Qxh3?2 l.Rf3. ll.gS Nd7 l2.Qb4 22. Bxb7+ ~h7 23.Qh4+ Kg8 24.Nxd7 (24.g6 Nf6) 24 ... Qxd7 2S.g6 RfS 26.e4 dxe4 27.Radl R dS
34...QeS 3S.Qxc6? Short on time, White allows a perpetual check. ;J::f!:_ could have won with 35. K.g2 Q e6 36.Qxc5 Qg4+~~'l+ JKKe2
·
3S••.Qg3 + Draw IUu.strRrive GClnle 23
CM Tigran Petrosian GM Henrique Meddng Wijktlan Zee 1971 l.d4 Nffi 2.Nf3 e6 3.BgS cS 4.e3 dS 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 cxd4?! 7.exd4 8e7 8.Bd3 h6 .9.Bf4 NhS 10.Be3 Nf6 l l. NeS Nxe5 ll.dxeS Nd7 13. 8d4 NcS 14.Bc2 aS 15.Qg4 g6 16.0-0 Bd7 17.Rfel Qc7 18.a4 Na6 19.Qe2 Kf8 20.Nf3 Kg7 ll.BeJ NeS 22.Nd4 Ra6 23.Bcl Raa8 This game is very typical of
is not enough.
22 ... g6 l3 .Ng4 Qe7 24.Qg3
Rad 25.h4 Kh8 26.Qh2 e5 27.fnS Better ~ 27.h5. 21...RJcn +?! Acco rd ing to Sokolov, correct is 27 ... Qe6 28.Qg3 d4! 29.cxd4 cxd4 30.exd4 QdS with compen· sation for the sacrificed pawn.
Petrosian's style. A position has been reached io which although White can only make progress very slowly, Bla<..ic
can make oo progress at all. 24.g3 b6 25.h4 hS 26.QO Qd8 27.Bd2 Qe.S'!
28 .RxrJ NxeS l9.Nxe.5 Qxe5 30. Rf8+ Kg7 31.Rxe8 Qxe8 32.Qc7 + Kg8 33.e4 Bc6 34.Qxb6?!
Black attacks the a-pawn. hut al-
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lows tbe dark-squared be exchanged.
Bi$hOp.<~
to
Chapter 4 I.d4 N~ 2.Nf3 ~ 3.BgS b6 T his ~ill likely t ranspose into one of the o the r variations. Unusual third moves are: a) 3... d6 4.Nbd2 Nbd7 5.c4 eS 6.c3 b6 7.Bh4 g6 8.Be2 Bg7 9.0·0 0-0 IO.Rel Qe8 I t.Bfl NhS l2.Nc4 Bf6 13.Bxf6 Nhxf6 14.Qc2 Qe7 1S.a4 Re8 l 6. Rad l Draw, Morovic-Robatsch, Malta Olympiad 1980. b) 3 ... a6 (the actual o rder of moves was 2... a6 3.BgS e6) 4.Nbd2 h6 5.Bh4 d6 6.e4 g5 7.Bg3 NbS 8.Bd3 Bg'1 9.c3 Nd 7 IO.a4 N£8 11.0-0 Ng6 12.e5 Nef4 13.Be4 fS 14.ed 6 Qx£6 un clear, NemetMiles, Germany 1989.
28.8gS! Qd8 lvkov gives the foiJowing variation: if 2R...Bxg.S, tlleo l9.hxg.S Bxa4 30. B~a4 Nxa4 3 1.Rxa4 Qxa4 32Nxe6+ fxe6 33.Qf6+ Kg8 34.Qxg6-t- Kt8 3.5.Qf6+ Kg8 36.Qxc6 + Kg7 37.Qf6+ Kg8 38.Qg6+ K.f839.Re3. l, ,Qf4 ReS 30.Re3 8x&S 31 .hxg5 R a8 32.Qf6 + Qxf6 33.ed6 + Kh7 34.Kil Rae8 35.f4 Rb8 36.Reel Nb7 37.Rb I Kg8 3 8.N r3 Nd6 39.NeS Be8 40.Bd3 ReS 4t .Kf3 Bc6 42.Rh2 Bd 43. Ke3 Rc7 44.Kd4 Nb7 45.b4 Nd8 46.Rh4 Nb7 47.Ra2 Nd6 48 .Rhl Nb7 49. bS N cS 50.8 c2 Nd7 Sl.Ra3 Nc5 52.c4 Nd7 53.Rc3 NxeS S4.Kxe5 dxc4 4.Nbd2 55.Be4 ReS 56.Kd6 R eS 57.Rhcl b4 1-0 a) 4.e3 Jvkov gives the following logical al) 4... Bb7 S.Bd3 Be7 6.0-0 conclusion: 58.Rxe4 Rxc4 59.Rxc4 Q.Q 7.C4 h6 8.8 rl6 B:tf6 9.Nc3 cS bxg3 60.Rc8 Kh7
10.Nc3 Nbd71J.Rel a6 12.Bfl ReS = , Larsen- Andersson , Bue nos
Aires 1980. b) 4.e4 b6 5.Bxf6 Qx£6 transposes to C hapter 2. 4•••Bb1 S.e3 Be7 cS tran$pOses to Chapter 1. 6.Bd3 d6 7.0-0 Nbd7 s.e4 e.s 9.Rel +•.
s...
Chapter 5 Second Move Alternatives
l.d4 Nf6 Z.NO We examine fi ve moves: A) Z."b5, B) z...d6, C) z".c6, b) z...a6, E) z...b6.
11.0 -0 cxd4 Draw, Br"Owne-Miles, London 1980/81. b) 5.Nbd2 g6 6.c4 bxc4 7.Bxc4 dS 8.Bxf6 ex£6 9. Be2 Nd7 1O.Nb3 Bb4+ ll.Nfd2 aS 12.0 -0 0 -0 13.Nf3 a4 14.Ncl Bd6 15.Nd3 Ba6 16.Rc l + = , Jvlcov- Ljubojevic, Hilversum 1973. 4.-&6 5.a4
5.c3 e6 6.e 4 h6 7.Bxf6 Q xf6 8.Bd3 cS 9.0-0 Qd8 10.Qe2 ad4
I t.cxd4 Be7 12.Rc l +=, Langeweg- Miles, Amsterdam 1981.
s...b4 6.c4 e6 7.e3 c5 8.Bd3 Be7 9.0-0 d6 lO.Rel Nbd7 ll.Rd h6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 l3.Bbl Qc7 14.Qel cs 15.Redl g4 J6.Net hS 17.d5 0 -0-0 Uncle~r. Ribli-M iles, Ble d/Por· torot 1979.
A) 2 ...bS 3.Bg5
B) l ...d~
3.o,s
3 ...Bb7
3...d5 4.e3 c6 5.Nbd2 h6 6.Bh4 Bf5 7.Bd3 Bxd.3 8.cxd3 Nbd7 9.Rcl Qb6 10.0 -0 e6 II.Bxf6 gxf6 l2.Q c2 Rc8 l3.e4 += , Wirtbensohn-Partos, Biel 1917. 4.Nbd2 4.e3 a6 a) S.c3 e6 6.e4 h6 7.Brl6 Qxf6 8. Bd3 c5 9 .e5 Q d 8 10.Be4 Q b6
If Black plays a n Old Indian setup, the Torre Attack is not effective. 3 ... Nbd7 4.-d h6 S.Bh4 5.Bd6 Nxf6 6.Nbd2 c6 (6...g6) 7.Bd3 Qc7 8.c3 eS 9. Q c2 Be7 JO.dxe5 dxeS 1 J.Nc4 bS 12.Ncd2 0-0 13.0-0 Bb7 14.c4 b4 15.Ne4
+ =, Klama o- Karasev, USSR
1976.
Bd3
--+.
S.-gS 6.Bg3 NhS 7.Nbd2
7 .Bd3 Nxg3 8.fxg3 Bg7 9.Nbd2 cS 10.c3 Rb8?! 11.Qe2 e6 12.0 -0 Qe7 13.Kb I ?! 0 -0 14.e5?! and now -with 14 ... cxd4 tS.cxd4 g4 16.Nh4 Bx:d4 J7.Qxg4 Qg5 Black bas a big advantage, Xu JullLobron, China 1988. 7.••Bg7 8.Bd3 8.Bc4 Ndf6 9.Qe2 Nxg3 IO.bxg3 dS ll.Bh3 c6 t2.e4 Nxe4 I 3.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Qxe4 Qa5+ 15.c3 ars 16.Qe2 e6 =+, Rossetto-Gligoric, Buenos Aires 1960. 8 ...e6 9.c3 rs lO.Net?l Better is 10.Qe2 followed by ·
0 -0..0. 10... Ndf6 11.f3 Nxg,J ll.hxaJ dS
lJ.Nel Qd6 U.Qb3 e5 Black is better, BobmLjubojevic, Wijk aan Zee 1976.
D) 2 .•.a6
3.BaS t6 4.Nbdl d6 S.h3 Nbd7 6.e4 h6 7.Be3 g6 &.c3 Bg7 9.BdJ 0 -0 White is better. Vei ngoldMainka, Canda5 1992 continued 10.g4!? e5 11.dxe5 NxeS 12.&2 bS t3.Nxe5 dxe5 14.Nb3 Bb7 14.Nb3 Bb7 and was later drawn.
C) 2-.••c6
E) 2 ...b6
J.Bxs
Against thi' move briog!ng ~ut the Queeo Bishop ma.y be mfenor
as well. Sbort- Kasparov, Skellef.
Now we examine two moves for Black: El) 3...Bb7, E2) 3 ..• Ne4.
tea 1989, continued J..Bf4 d6 4.h3 Qb6 S.b3 (better is 5.Qcl) S...cS 6 .dxc5 QxcS 7.c4 g6 8.Nc3 Bg7 9..Rcl BfS 1O.BeJ QaS ll.Bd2 Qd8 12.Nd4 Be4 13.e3 Nc6 14.Nde2
El) 3 ... Bb7 4.Nc3
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a) 4.Bxf6 exf6
5... Nxd2 =) 6.Nxe4 Bxe4 7.c3 Nc6 8.c3 Be7 9.Be2 0 -0 t 0. h 4 h6 ll.Bd3 d5 12.g4 Bd6 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 l4_8 xe4 dxe4 JS.Nd2 +=, Hulak-
at) 5.g3?! Qe7! 6.Bg2 Qb4+
7.Nbd2 Qxb2 8.0-0 Qa3 9.Nc4
Qa4 10. Q d3 N a6 11.Qe3 + Be7 12.c3 d5 =+, Stean-Kortcbnoi,
Miralles, Haifa 1989. 4... Bb7 For 4 ...dS, see Illustrative Game 24.
Beersheva 1978.
a2) .5. Qd3 d5 6.g3 Bd6 7.Bg2 0 -0 8.0-0 g6 9.c4 dxc4 IO.Qxc4 Nd7 l l.Nc3 a6 12.e4 bS 13.Qb3 c5 l4.R adl cxd4 tS.R xd4 BcS l6.Rd2 Qe7 17.a4 b4 18.NdS Bxd519.Rxd5
5.Nbdl Nxdl For 5...g6, see Illustrative Game 25. 6.Q xd2 g6 6 ... Bxf3? 7.exf3 c6 8.Bd 3 Qc7 9.f4l Q d6 (9...d6 10.£5) 10.0-0-0 Qxd4 Jl.Rfet e6 12.c:3 Qd6 13.f5 Be7 14.Bg3 Qd5 IS. Kbl B f6 16.Qe2 Qxg2 17.fxe6 dxe6 t8.Qg4 QdS t9.Bxb7 Rxh7 20. Rxd5 cxdS
Ne5 •, Hodgson-Morrison, Bri-
tish Championship 1988. b) 4. Nbd2 c5 (4... d5 has also been tr ied. 4 ...e6 would transpose back into the normal lines) 5.Bxf6 gx% 6.e3 e6 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.0-0 d5 9.dxc5 (9.c3 c4 10.Bc2 f5) 9 ... bxc5 10.a3 f5 l t.b4 Bd6 12.c4 Ne5 =, Kochiev-Veingold, Tallinn 1985.
2t .Rxe6+ 1·0, Romanishin-savon, USSR 1979.
4~.g6
4 ...d5'l! S.e3 Nbd7'!! 6Jile5 NxeS 7.dxe.S Ne4 8.Nxe4 dxe4 9.0g4 Qc8 JO.e6 with a large advantage for White, Pctrosian-Qolo mbek, Bu-
charest 1953. s.e3 Be7 5 ...d5?! 6.Bb5+ c6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.e4 0 -0 9.e5 Nfd7 1O.Ne2 f6 11.eJ6 exf6 12.Be3 Na6 13.h4 Nb4 14.h5 Nxd3+ tS.Qxd3 Qe816.hxg6 h xg6 l 7.Nf4 NeS 18 .dxe5 fxeS
19.Qxg6 exf4 20.Qh7+ Kf7 21.Rh6 Qe7 22Qg6+ Kg8 23.Ng5 1-0,
7.8gS h~ 8.Bf4 d 6 9.dS Bg7 10.c4 + • , Guimard·Bo lbochan, Mar del Plata 1946.
Petrosian-Nievergelt 1954.
6.8d3 c~ 7.0 · 0 d6 8.Qd 0 -0 9.Rtdla6
Fiister-Csom, Siegen Olympiad
lliustrmive Gomt 24
1970 continued t0.d.xc5 bxc5 1 l.e4 Nfd7 12.Nd5 Nc6 13.c3 Re8 =.
JM Mjkbail Tseitlin IM Nikolay Popov
USSR 1982
El) 3 ... Ne4
l.d4 Nf6 2..N f3 b6 3.Bg5 N e4 4.Bh4 dS ?! S.N bd2. Bb7 6 .e3
4.BM 4.Bf4 Bb7 S.Nbd2 e6 (better is
56
,
Nd7?! 7. c4 Ndf6 8.Rc:l e6 9.cxd5 QxdS Black is already Joslt. If 9...Nxd2, then 10.Qa4 + . Jf 9 ...exd5, then IO.Qa4+ c6 11.Rxc6 Qd7 12.BbS a613.Rxe6+.
12.exrs This allows Black to 1Juin White's pawn structure. Better is 12 Qe2, and if 12... f4 (threateniing ... h6 and
...g5), then 13.e5.
12...Bx0 I3.gxf3 Nc6 14.fxg6 Nxd4 15.ph7 + Kh8
10.Rxc7 Nxd2 ll.Nxd2 Bd6 U.Qa4 + Kl8 13.e4 Nxe4 If 13 ... Qh5, then 14.Rxb7 Qx.h4 15.e5 Bxe5 16.Qa3+ +-.
Black is much better because his King is safer and the Knight is very imposing on d4.
14.Bc4 Qxd4 1S.Rxf7 + Kg8 16 .NrJ Qxbl 17.0-0 Nc5 18.Bxe6 Nxe6 19.Rxb7 b5 lO.Qe4 Qxa2 21.Rd7 Bxh2+ 2l . Kxhl R£8 Z3.Rd NcS 24.Rxg7 + Kxg7 lS.Qg4 + 1-0
16.Bd
R~ 8 17.R~l
Rxtl +
18.Qxcl RfS 19. Bg3 R e S lO . Qdl Nxe2 2l.Kxe2 Qc8 22.Qd3 Rc2 + l 3 .Krt Qc4 24.Qxc4 Rxc4 B lack is winning in title endgame becau se W hite's R ook is tem-
1/Justram-e Garm 25
NM KhapiUn NM I. Komissarov
porarily out of play and his pawns are weak and scattered.
Podolsk. Russia 1993
25.b3 Rc2 26.Kg2 Rxa2 27.Rel e6 28.Rd1 dS 29.Rel d4 30.Rxe6 Rb2 31. Re8 + Kxh7 3 2 . Re7 Kg6 33 .Rxa7 Rxb3
l.d4 Nf6 l.NO b6 3.BgS Ne4 4. 8h4 8b7 S.Nbd2 g6 6.e3 6.Nxe4 Bxe4 7.Nd2 Bb7 8.e4 Bg7 9,c3 0-0 10.Bc4 dS 11.cxd5 BxdS 12.0-0 Nc6 13.Rel Bxc4 14.Nxc4 + =, Trifu novic- Bofbocban, Mar del Plata 1950. 6... Bg7 7.Bd3 Nxdl 8.Qxd2 cS 9.1C3 0..() 10.e4 cxd4 11 .cxd4 fS
34.Kh3 RxfJ 3S. Kg4 Rf7 36. Ra8 Rb7 37.Ra6 d3 38.Kf3 Bd4 39.Ra2 Bc3 41J.Ke3 Rd7 4l.Rd2 Bxd2 + 4Z.Kxd2 KtS 43.t3 b5 44.Bel Kf4 4S.h4 Kxf3 46.h5 Ke4 47.Bh4 Rb7 0·1 57
6.Qc1 Bf5 7.Nbd2 Nbd7 8 .c4 e6 9 .Be2 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 1 LNeS R feB 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 J3.c5 Q c7 14.Bd3 Ng4 l S.Bx£5 exf5 t6.Ndf3 NxeS 17.NxcS Bf6 l 8.Nd3 Re4 =+, Masearinas- P. Nikolic, Thes-
Chapter 6 l .d4 d5 2.Nt3 Nr' 3.BaS
salo niki Olympiad 1988. 4.Bh4 4.8£4 c5 a) S.dxc5 Nc6 6.e3 fG 7.c4 e5 B.Bg3 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nxd2 I O.Nxd2 Rossetto- Be oko, • +, BxcS
Buenos Aires 1960. b) S.c3 Qb6 6.Qb3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Qd8?! 8.e3 f6? 8. Bb5 + K£7 (8 ... B d7 9.Ne6) 9.Bc7 Qxc7 3...Ne4 10.Qxd5+ e6 11.Qxe4 e5 12.Nd2 This move gives Blad: a stTong Ob6 13.f4 Nc6 14.Nc4 Qc5 15.1>4 position. Alternatives are: Qe7 16.Nxc6 b~tc6 17 .B~tc6 Rb8 a) 3 ...e6 transposes to tbe varia- 18.Bd 5+ 1-0, D izdar-Gelfand . tion we looked at in Chapter:}. - -:--., Halle 1987. f b) 3...Bf5 4.c4 c6 5.Nc3 e6. 6.cxdS c) 5.e3 Qb6 6.Qe1 c.-xd4 7.exd4 : cxd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Qb3 Qb6 9.Bb5+ . Nc6 8.c3 Bf5 9.Bc2 Rc8 l.O.Nbd2 1 Nc6 10.Ne5 Nd7 1 J.Nxd7 Kxd7 ' e6 11.0-0 Be7 12.Nxe4 dxc4 (bet. 12.Bf4 h 5 13.NxdS +-, Gesic- ter is 12 ... Bxe4•) 13.Nc5 Nxd4 \l:-ey!i~~~r!jsy9_~7..l. . . .. " 14.Bh5 Bg6 tS.Qdl BxbS 16.QxbS c) 3 ...Bg4 4.c4 e6 5.e3 h6 6.Bxf6 g6 17.Qdt f6 18.cxd4 fxe5 19.Bxe5 Qxf6 7.Qb3 Nc6 8.Qxb7 Kd7 0-0 20.Qg4 Rc2 2t.Qxe4 Rxb2 =, 9.cxd5 exdS 10.Bb5 t-0, Oskam- Murshed-Kaidanov, Calcutta Euwe, H olland 1921. 1988. d) 3 ... Nbd7 4.c4 Ne4?! 5.Bb4 dxc4 6.Qc2 Nd6 7.e4 Nb6 8.NM2 c6 9.a4 a5 10.Nxc4 g6 li.Nxb6 Qxb6 12.Bd3 Qb4+ 13 .Qc3 Bg7 J4.0 -0 + =, Petrosian-Stahlberg,
Copenhagen 1960. e) For 3 ... c5, see Illustrative Game26. 0 3...c6 fl) For 4. Bxf6, see Illustrative Game27. f'2) For 4.Nbd2. see fllustrative Oame28. g) 3.. .h 6 4 .Bh4 c6 5.e3 Qb6
A fter the tex t we examine A) 4 ...cS and B) 4 ...c6. 58
Worth considering is 4 ...Qd6, wbich threatens both :S ••• Qb4+ and S...Qh6. H~tnsen-Sadler, Cappelle L .a Grande 1993, continu e d S. Nbd2 Qh6 6.c3 gS 7.8 !3 Nxg3 8.fxg3 g4 9.Nc5 Qe3
= +.
A) 4 ...c5 5.dxc5 R o ngguang Ye-Haba, Thes-
=
N e4 12.a 4 Bg4 + . LillknvKamys t ov. USSR JIJ 4CJ n r fl .t:J Nxc5 7. Na3 g6. U) 4...c6
S.eJ · 5 .c3 Qb6 6 .Qb3 Bf5 7.e3 h6 8.Nbd2 Nd7 9.Nxe4 Bxe4 t0.Be2 e6 11.0-0 Bh7 12.Rfc1 Bd6 •, Khapilin-Komissarov, Po dolsk
1993.
saloniki Olympiad t 988. continued 5.e3 Q b6 6.Nc3 (no t 6.Qct cxd4 7.exd4 g5) 6 ... cxd4 7.Bb5+ t\c6 &.NxdS Q aS+ 9.b4 Qd& t0.Qxd4 N'd6 l t.Nc3 Nxb5 J2.0xd8+ K.xdB 13.NxbS 8&4 14.Nd6 g5 15.Bxg5 f6 J6.Bh4 Kc7 17.Nb5+ Kb6 18.Nbd4 xd4 19.Nx<.l4 e5 unclear. 5... Nc6 Not as strong is 5... Qa5+ 6.Nbd2 Nc6 (6 ... Nxd2 7 . Qxd2 Qxc5 8.0-0 -0 c6 9.e4 + = ; 6...e6 7.c3 Nxd2 8.0xd2 Qxc5 9.e4 + =) 7.c3 Qxc5 8.e3 Bf5 9.Be2 e5 10.0-0 f6 I J.Nxe4 d}(e4 J2.Nd2 Bg6 13.Q a4 QaS 14. 0 c2 Be7 15.Nxc4 a nd White is muc h bette r, BergDanielscn, A rhus 1992.
s...Qb6 a) 5...Bf5 6.Bd3 Nbd? 7.0-0 Qc7 S.c4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 e6 10.Bd3 Nef6 I J.Bxf5 exf5 12.Nc3 Be7 13.d5 0-0 14. Bg3 Qb6 JS . Na4 Qa6 16.dxc6bxc61 7.Qc2 +=, TimmanAodersson, Tilburg 1980. b) 5... Bg4 6.Be2 QbG 7.Qct Nd7 S.Nbd2 eS 9.dxe5 Nx,d2 10.Qxd2 Bxrf3 ll.gxf3 Qxb2 12 .0 -0 Bb4 13.Qd l Qxe5 14.R bl a5 15.c4 0-0 D raw. Hart.ston- Soso nko. Enr;land-Ho lland match 1977.
6.Qcl Bf5 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.0-0 h6 8 ... e6 9.b3 'l! (9.Rd 1 Bd6 1O.c4 dxc4 1 t.Bxc4 0 -0 12.Nc3 += ) 9 .•. a5 10.c4 Ng3 I I.Bxg3 Bxd3 12.c5 QdS 13.Rel hS == + , R o ngguang Ye-Rahman , Asian team Championship 1991. 9.Nc3 gS 10.Bg3 Nxg3 ll .hxg3
After the text Blade obt ains the advantage afte r either 6 .e3 g6 7.Nbd2 Nxc5 8.Be2 (8. Nb3 Na4) 8 ... 8g7 9.c3 0-0 10.0-0 aS 1l.Nb3
S9
8'Xd3 12.c:xd3 Bg7 13.Qdl 0-0 Tartakover-Euwe. H asti ngs 1945/46. Now instead of 14.e4?, White $bould play 14.g4 with the idea of Ne2-g3.
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NM Christoph Mic::balek IM Sergey Kishnev · , . -· . •.
~~ :
··· D
l.Nr3 dS 2.d4 N£6 3.Bg5 cS 4.e3 4.dxc5 e6 5.e3 Bxc5 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bb4 Be7 9.0·0 b6 Boodarevsky- Smyslov, Moscow l945.
34.Qxf6 Rxf6 3S. Rxf6 Qc8 36.Rx17+ Kg8 37.Nd 7 bS Black sets a trap. 38.Ne5
4 .•. Qb6 5,Qcl Nc6 6.c3 BfS
40.Nxt8 b4 4l .Ne6 b3 42.axb3 Olb3 •+. 38 ... b4 39. R7f5 b3 40 . Rg5 + Kh8 41.Rxh5 + Kg8 42.RgS + Kh8 43.Nf7+
=.
7.Nbdl e6 Black has already at least equalized.
8.Be2 h6 9.Bf4 gS 10.B&3 NhS ll.BeS NxeS 12. Nxe5 N f6 13.Bd3 Bxd3 14.Nxd3 c4 According to Nikitin, better is 14-.cxd4 15.exd4 Bd6 16.Nf3 Ne4 - +. Now White is able to take the initiative due to Black's weakened kingside. lS.NeS 8d6 16.14 gxf4 17.exf4 Rg8 18.0-0 Rg7 19.Qc2 NbS? Overlooking White's next simple move.
20.Qa4 + Ke7 ll.Qd7 + Kf6 22.Nexc4 dxtA 23.Ne4 + Not 23.f5 Qc6 24.fxe6+ Nf4.
Which White does not fall for. Not
38.Rr8+? Rxt8 39.Rxf8+ Qxf8
According to Nilc:itin, there was a
forced win with 43.Rf6 Kh7 44.Rh5+ Kg7 45.Rg6+ Kf8 46.Rh8+ Ke7 47. R h7+ KdS 48. Rd6+ Qd7 49.Rdxd7 Kc8 50. Rc7+ Kb8 5l.Nc6+ Ka8 52.Ru7 mate. Black has little hope in any case. 43 ...Kh7 44.Nd6 Qe6 4S.Nxe8 Qxe8 46.Re5 Qa4 47.axb3 cxb3 48 .Rb5 + Kg6 49.Rg5 + Kh6 SO.Rf6 + Kh7 St.Rn + Kh6 52.Kh2 Qa6 S3.RgfS QeZ 54.Kh3 Qd3 + SS.Rf3 bZ 56 . Rxd3 bl = Q S7.Re3 Qg6 S8.Ref3 Qe6+ 59.&4 l-0
23 ...Kg6 2A.Qxd6 Qxb2 2S. Ru l Kh7 26.Rf2 QbS 27 .fS ex fS 28.Nd Re8 29.Ren f4 30.Qd5 N f6 31.Qf5+ Rg6 3l. h4 bS 33.Qxf4 Qc6
1/luJfTrllil~ Game 2'1
GM Eduard Meduna NM Sergey Koul.sin KJJto ..ic.e 1993
60
1.d4 dS 2.8gS c6 3.Nr3 Nf6 4.Bxf6 4.c3 or S.e3 are sol id.
4 ...exf6 S.e3 5.Nbd2 Bd6 6.e4 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Bc7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 Nd7 lO. Re l
Re8 ll.c3 Nf8 12.Qb3 b513.a4 Be6 14 .Q c2 a6 1S.Nc5 Bd.S 16.Rxe8 Qxe8 J 7 .Be4 + =. Nikitin- Dol-
matov, Moscow 1978. S ...Be6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.c:4 Nd7 8.cxdS cxdS 9.e4 Qb6
3S.Rxb6? This seems to be winning, but
Wo rth considering is 9 ... d xe4 JO.Nxc4 Bb4+ ll.Nc3 Nb6 12.Bb5+ Bd7.
White overlooks a simple resource. White should keep up the pressure
10. Bd3 0·0 11.0-0 Qxb2
e4-e5. 35 ...axb6 36.a7 Rc3+ 37.Kxc3 NbS + 38.Kc4 Nxa7
ll2.exdS BxdS 13 . Nc4 Bxt'4 J4.Bxc4 White is slightly be tter because of Black's mis plac ed Queen. Black's doubled extr:a pawn has l ittle significance.
witb 35.Bd5 followed by Rrt and
Now Wbite oeeds to play for the draw. 39.8dS Ke8 40.e5 f'Xe5 .Cl.dxeS gS 42.hxg5 bxgS 43.Kb4 Kt8
44 . Kt4 Ke7 45.Kb4 r6 46.exf6 + Kxf6 47.Kc4 Ke5 48.Br3 Kd6 49.Bg2 Ke5 50.80
J4 ... Nb6 15.Rbl Qc3 16.Bb3 Rad8 17.QeJ Qxel The endgame is good for White. Worth considering is. 17... Qc7.
Kf4 Sl.Bdl Ke3 Sl.Bc2 Kt3 531.Br5 Kf4 54. Kd5 NbS SS.Bd7 Nc3 + S6.Kc6 bS S7.Kc5 KeS 58.Kb4 Kd4 S9.Bc6 Draw
18.Rf)(d Rfe.8 19.Rxe8 + Rxe8 20.Kn Kf8 2l.a4 With the advance of the a-pawn. Black becomes very cramped.
lllusuadve Gam~ 28
2l... Re7 22.a5 Nc8 :Z3.8d5 b6 24.a, Ke8 2S.Nd2 Kd8 26.Nc4 g6 27. 8b7 Rc7 28.Ne3 Nt7
GM Rong:uang Ye GM Rosendo Balinas MalaysiD 1990
29.Ke2 Bt4 30.Kd3 Bxe3 Otherwise 3 l.Nc4. In a cramped position one needs to exchange pieces.
l.d4 Nf6 2 .Nt3 dS 3 .8&5 c6 4.Nbcl2 Qb6 S.e3 White avoids an awkward defensive move like 5.Qcl and Instead sacrifices a pawn for quick development.
3J.txe3 Nc8 32.g4 Ke7 33.e4 h6 34.h4 Nd6 61
Chapter 7
5 .•. Qxb2. 6 .Bd3 Nbd7 7.0-0 Qa3 S.Qe2 e6 9.1Ubl Be7 10.c4 0-0 ll.e4 dxe4 1l.Nxe4 Re8 Not 12... Nxe4? due to 13.Qxe4 g6 14.R b3 Qd6 15.c5 Nxc5 16.dxc5 Oxc5 17.Rcl Qd6 18.Qh4 wi th a
large advantage to White.
13.c5 Furthe r constricting Bl ack's position and creating a square for the Knight at d6. 13...QaS 14.Rb3 Qc7 Perhaps better is 14...Qd8 fo llowed by 15 ... Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Nf8. tS.Bb4 b6 16.Bg3 Qd8 If l6...Qb7, then 17.a4 threatening a4~a5 -a6.
l.d4 dS l.Nf3 N1'6 3.Bf4
Although technically not a Thrre Attack system, this move can be more dangerQus for Black than what we saw in the previous chap-
ter.
17.Ne5 Bb7 If J7... Nxe5, tbe n 18.Bxe5 Bd7 19.Nxf6 + Bxf6 20.Bxh7+ Kxh7
We witl examine five moves: A ) J .. B ) ~... C) 3 ...
.cs,
21.Qb5 + mating.
urs,
o,. .
D) 3 ...c6, E) 3...e'6. _ ' 3... g6 iranspose,s into Chapter 10. A) J ...c5
4.e3 a) Wo rth considering is 4.c3 al) 4 ... Q b6 5.Q b3
al l ) S...c4 6.Qc2 g6 7.Nbd2 Bf5 8.Qc t h6 9. b3 g5 1O.BeS Nbd7 l l.g3 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 e6 13.Bg2 Qc7 14.0 -0 Bd6?! (l 4...Bg7) 15.Nexc4 dxc4 J6.e4 Bg6 17.e 5 +=, 0\ert8.Nxr7! NxcS nikov-Fedorov, USSR 1981. If 18.. .Kxf7, tben 19.Ng5+. al2) .Le6 6.h3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Qxb3 19.Nxd8 Nxb3 20.Nxf6 + Bxf6 8.axb3 Nc6 9.e3 Bd7 t 0.Nc3 ReS 11.Bd3 Nb4 12. Bb 1 BbS 13.Kd2 21.Bxh7 + 1-0 Ba6 14.Rc1 Nd? 15.Ne t f6 16.Nd3 Conclusion: Afte r 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e 5 17. dxe5 Bxd3 18.Bxd3 fxe5 N£6 3.Bg5, 3... Ne4l gives Black a t 9.Bg3 uncl ear , Sa ntos-Alelcsandrov, European Team Chamfi ne position.
62
.. pioosbip, Debreceo 1992. a2) 4... Nc6?! 5.d:xc5 g6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 0-0 8.0 -0 Ne4 9.Ng5 f5 10.Nxe4 fxe4 ll.Qd2 Ne5 12.Na3
be1ter is 7...e6) 8.dxc.S Qxc.S
Be6 13.Rad 1 Qa5 14.c4 Qxd2 15.Rxd2 dxc4 16.Bxe4 Rac8 t7.Be3
New York 1924.
a) 9.Nb3 Qb6 10.Qd2 e6 ll.Bd3 B e 4 12.Qe2 Be7 13.0-0 0 -0 14.Bg5 =, Capablanca-Maroczy, b ) 9. Qd 1 Qb6 IO.Q b3 Qxb3 1! J.axb3 Nh5 12.BbS Nxf4 t3.exf4 a6 14.Bxc6+ Rxc6 1S.Nd4 + =,
Ng4 18.Bxb7 +-, Granda ZunigllB6nscb, Capabla nca Memorial 1987. b) 4.dxc5 e6 5.e3 BxcS 6.c4 0-0
Kne zevic-Osma no'V i c, Sarajevo
1981.
7.Nd Nc6 8.a3 ReS 9.Ne5 Bd6 JO.Nxc6 bxc6 l1.Bx:d6 Qxd6 12.Be2 Rb8 13.b4 aS 14.b)(a5 QeS 15.Qd4
=
Qxd4 16.exd4 e5 +. GrootenVan der Werf. Wijk: aan Zee 1993. 4...Nc6 4 ... Bg4 5.Nbd2 Nc6 6.c3 e6
?.Qa4 Bxf3 8.Nx:f3 Qb6 9.Qb5 (9.Rb1 Be7 10.Bd3 0-0 11.0-0 R fd8 =, Keres-Reshevsky, Kemeri 1937) 9 ... Qxb5 tO.Bxb5 a6 11.Be2 + =. Berzog- Noglleiras, Lucerne Olympiad 1982.
6 ...c4 7.Qxb6
S.c3
7.Qc2 BfS 8.Qcl h6 9.Nbd2 Qd& 10.b3 cxb3 tl.ub3 e6 t2.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Nd7 t 4. Bg.3 Be7 1S.Be2 0-0 16.0-0 a6 t7.c4 Bb4 18.cS cS 19.Nf.3 Bg4 20.b3 BhS 21.Qd1 e4 22.Ne l Bxe2 23.Qxe2 Nb8 24.Nc2 Nc6 25.Bd6 Re8 26.Qh5 Qg5 27 .QxgS bxg5 28.f3 g6 29.fx e4 Rxe4 30.Rf3 BaS 3 I.Rafl f5 32.g4! + =. Lputian-Yakovich, Moscow 1992. 7 ...axb6 8.Na3 8.a3 b5 9.Ne5 e6 IO.b4?! {better iis t0.Nbd2, although Black is be tter after 10 ...b4) tO... NhS ll.Nxc6 Nxf4 12.exf4 bxe6 and the a-pawn is very weak. Black went on to win after 13.Nd2 f6 14.NO Bd6 15.g3 0 -0 16.Be2 Rf7 l7.Kd2 Rfa7 in Kovacevic-Ribli, Bugojno 1984. s...Ras
S. Nc~
(with the i.dea of 6.NbS): a) 5...Bg4 6.dxc5 b) 5 ... Qa5 6.Bib5 Ne4 7.0-0 Nxc3 8.Bxc6+ bx<-6 9.bxc3 Oxc3 JO.NeS cxd4 lt.exd4 B£5 12.Rbl £6 13.Nd3 Qxd4 14.Rb4 Qc3 t5.Rb7 Rd8 16.Rxa7 e5 17. Rel ? (17.Bd2 = + ) 17 ... e4?? ( 17 ... Bxd3 - + ) t8.Ra4! +-, Meduoa- Yakovich, Socbi 1986. c) 5...cxd4 6. Nb~! ? (6.exd4 Bg4 =) 6 ... Qa5+ 7.Qd2 (7.c3 dxc3 8.bxc3 Bg4 =+) 7... Qxd2+ 8.Kxd2 dxe3+ 9.Exe3 Kd71 lO.Rdl (10.Nc7 e5!) 10... e6 11.c4 (1 1.Nc7! Rb8 . ') f 12.Nb5 ::r) 1l... Bc5! 12.Kc t .. (12.Nc7!) 12...a6 - +, Rakjc-Cvetkovic. Yugoslavia 1991. s...Qb6 6.QbJ 6.Qc1 Bf5 7.Nbd2 ReS (perhaps ~~
63
a) Wort h considering is 8 ...e6 9.Nb5 Kd7. b) For 8 ...e5, see lllusr rative Game29. 9.Bt7 srs a) 9...e5?! JO.Nc2 e4 tl.Nd2 Ra6 J2.a4 + '""• Kovacevic-Kristensen, Thessaloniki Olympiad 1988. b) 9...e6 10.Nc2 (l0.8xb6 Ra6 11.Bc5 BxcS 12.dxc5 RaS) 10...Kd7 11.Bf4 b5 12.a3 +=. The text move prevents Nc2. tO.Bxb6 If 10.Nh4, 10...e6 lt.Nxf:S Bxa3
12Nxg7+ Kd7 J3.Bxb6 Bxb2 is strong. 10.~Ro6
ll.lk7 If l l.Bc5, then ll ... b6. U .•.Kd7 l:Z.NbS e~ l3.8e2
Better is 13.Bg3 Be7 l4.Ne5+. t3...Be7 t4.Bdl RhoS 1S.a4 Na7 = + , Legky-Cvetkovic, Vrnjaclca Banja 1989. B) J •.•srs
B lack can unsuspectingly get
into danger with this move.
4.c4
4.e3 e6 S.c4? Bxbl 6.Rxbl (6.Qxbt Bb4 + ... +, Z. NikolicDjukic, Nis 1981) 6...Bb4+ 7.Ke2 dxc4? 8.Qa4+ Ne6 9. Ne5 NdS
10.Nxc6
Qd7
I t.Bg3
Qxc6
12.Qxc6+ bxc6 13.Kf3 + =, Hulak-Rowley, New York 1989. 4.•.c6 a) 4 ...e6 5.Qb3 is s trong for White. b) 4 .. .dxc4 5.Qa4 + c6 6.Qxc4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e6 8.a3 Be? 9.g3 Nb6 10.Qb3 0-0 1l.Bg2 NfdS 12.Bd2 Nxc.3 13.Bxc3 Be4 J 4.0 -0 Draw, Meduna- Lecbtyosky, Czechoslovakian Olampionship, Prague 1992. S.e3 e6 6.Ne3 Nbd7 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.cS Qxb3 9.a:xb3 a6 1O.b4 Rc8 W ru te was threatening 11 .b5. 11...0 -0 -0? would be met w ith J2.Rxa6 bxa6 13.Bxa6 male. Here White has only one dangerous plan: NO-d2-b3-a5 and Black's b-pawn will be difficult to defend. Blade bas two
possible defens.es: to exchange the Knight with _.Be7-d8 or defend the pawn with t he Rook. The text move may not be Black's best. Worth considering is 10 ...Rd8 ll.h3 Be7 12.Nd2 NfB 13.Nb3 Ng6 14.Bh2 0.0 tS.NaS Rd7. The question ~ whether White could then successfully advance his queenside pawns after a sacrifiCe on a6 or c6. Otbetwise Blade would have successfully solved his opening problems, as ...Bd8xa5 could then fol· low. See lllustrative Game 30.
C) ~ ..• Bg4 4.NbdZ. e6 S.e3 Bd6
4 ...Qb6 4 .. .Bg4 5.c4 Nbc17 6.Nbd2 e6 7 .Bd3 NbS 8.Bg3 Nxg3 9.hxg3 Bd6
1O.Qb3 Rb8 Il.Nh2: Bb5 12.Nbfl
6.Bxd6
6.Bg3 0-0 7.c3 Ne4 8.Qb3 Nxg3 9.hxg3 Nd7 10.e4 dxe4 ll.Nxe4 Be7 12 .Bd3 Bf5 13.0-0 -0 Qc8 14.Q c2 h6 15.Nh4 Bxe4 16.Bxe4 Rd8 17. Qe2 c5 ""'• KovacevicMaotovaoi, Mendrisio 19S8. 6 ...Q xd6 7.c4 Nbd7 &.Qb3 RbS
Nf6 13.13 Bg6 14.Bxg6 fxg6 15.g4
0-0 16.0-0-0 + =, KovacevicBisguier, New Yo rk 1989. S.Qd BfS 6.e4 Na6 7.a3 Nb5 8.c5 Qd8 9.Nbdl f6 10.b4 cs 1 J.B&3 Nxg3 tl.hxlt3 Nc7 13.Qc3 Kn 14.Bcl3 Qd7
Equal> Hulak-Ku~igowski, Wijk aan Zee 1983.
9.h3 BhS IO.cxdS ~xd5ll.Rd 0-0
n .Bd3 c6 13.0-0 Rfd l4.Nh4 Bg6 1S.Nq6 hq6 16.Rc3 a6 This position was reached in Kovacevic- Timman, Indonesia 1983 . Wh i te s hould play 17. Rfc l g5 18.Qd l =. Instead the game con tinued 17. Qc2?! g5 18 .Qdl g6 19.Qf3 Kg7
E) 3 ...c6
4.e3 c5
a) For 4... Be7, see Illustrative
Game3t. b) 4 ...Bd6
Qe6
bl ) 5.c3 bll ) 5... Nbd7 6.B
D)3...e6 4.e3 4.c3 ~6 5.b3 Bg7 6.Nbd2 0-0 7.e3 Bf5 8.Be2 Nbd7 9 .Qb3 ~ 10.g4 Be4 1 LRgl B:d'3 12.Bxf3 aS l3.a4 eS 14.dxe5 NcS = +, PribylYudasin, Leningrad 1989.
KbS 16.Rael fxe:S 17.e 4 + =, Sakovich-Varoa, USSR 1982. b l2) S...Bx£4 6.exf4 0-0 7.Nbd2 Qd6 8.NeS c5 9.dxc5 Oxc5 10.Bd3 Nc6 t 1.0-0 Qb6 12 .Rbl Qc7 13.Qe2 b6 14.Rfe1 + =, StoppelZobiscb, Austria 1982. b2) S.Bg3
20.Rb1 Rh8 21.Nf1 22.Ng3 R h 4 = +.
65
b21) S...Ne4 6.Bd3 CS 7.Ne5 0 -0
8J3 Nxg3 9.hxg3 BxeS IO.dxe5 Qg5 1 J.Kf2 Nd7 12.f4 Qg6 13.g4 + =, Augustio-Szilagyi, Stary Smokovec
1976. b22) 5 ... Nc6 6.c4 Bxg3 7.hxg.3 Qe7 8.Nc3 Bd7 9.a3 a6 10.Rcl dxc4 Il.Bxc4 e5 12.d5 Na7 unclear. Gulko-Kupreicbik, USSR 1982.
17 .e4 +;:;. Knezevic- Cekro, Sarajevo 1981. 7.Be3 a) 7.Bd3 Bxf4 8.exf4 Qb6 9.Qb3 cxd4 10.Qxb6 axb6 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 l2cxd4 Bd7 13.Ke2 Draw, Ro:r.en· talis- Dreev, Tbilisi 1989. b) 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.Bb5 0 -0 9.0-0 Bd7 10.Qa4 c.xd4 1 J.cxd4 a6
12.Bxc6 Bxc6 13.Qc2 Nd7 14.Rfcl f6 IS .Nb3 Rac8 16.Na5 Qb4 17.Qd2 Qb6 18.a3 Rc7 19.Nxc6 bxc6 20.b4 Ra8 2J.Nel e5 =, Rubinetti-Morovic, Buenos Aires 1992.
7...0-0 a) 7... Qe7 8.Bb5 Bd7 9.0-0 0-0
S.c3 Nc6 Or imm ed iately 5 ... Bd6 6.Bb5+?! (6.Bg3 ) 6 ... Nc6 7.Qa4 Bxf4 8.exf4 Qb6 9.Nbd2 0-0 lO.dxcS QxcS 11.0-0 Bd7 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Qd4 Qe7 l 4.b4?! c5 ;:; + , Seirawan-Aiburt, USA 1990.
10.Qa4 Bxg3 J t.hxg3 a6 12.Bxc6 Bxc6 13.Qa3 Nd7 14.Rfe1 Rfe8 15.e4 dxe4 16.Nxe4 cxd4 17.Qxe7 Rxe7 18.Nxd4 BdS 19.Nd2 Nb6 20.b3 Rd7 21.N2f'3 Rad8 =, Nikolic-Mo rovic. b) 7 ... Bxg3 8.hxg3 Qd6 9.Qa4 cxd4 l0.exd4 Bd7 ll.BbS Nb8 12.Ne5 a6 13.Bxd7+ Nfxd7 14.f4 Nc6 15.Qc2 h6 16.Ndf3 NdxeS J7.fxe5 Qe7 18.0-0-0 0-0-0 UO· clear, Hulak- Kuijf, Wijlc aan Zee
1986.
6.Nbd~Bd6
tt8d3 8 .Ne5 c.xd4 9.exd4 B.lte5 IO.dxeS Nd7 l J.Nf3 NcS 12Be2 b6 13.Nd4 Bd7 14.0 -0 fS 15.exf6 Qxf6 16.Bd6 Rf7 17.f4 Ne4 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19.BeS Qb6 20.Rf3 g6 2t.Bd3 Qf8 22.Qe2 +=, Meduna-lnldov, Gausdal 1988. 8 ...Qe7 a) 8 ... b6 9.Ne5 Bb7 JO.f4 Ne7 1l.Of3 Ne8 t 2.Bh4 fS 13.g4 Nf6
a) 6 ... Qb6 7.Qbl (weak is 7.Qb3?1 c4 8.Qxb6 axb6 9.h3 b5 tO.a3 b4 J l.cxb4 Bxb4 12.Rcl Be7 13.Be2 Nd7 14.0-0 Nb6 =+, n ombik-D rasko. Prague 1984) 7 ...Be7 8.Bd3 Bd7 9.h3 Rc8 IO.a4 h6 li.NeS cxd4 12.exd 4 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 0-0 14 . 0~0 aS 15.Qc2 Ne8 16.R ae l Nd617.Re3
+=.
Hulak-franzoni, Lucern Olympiad
1982.
J4.gxf5 NxfS 15.Qh3 Nx.h4 16.Qxb4
b) 6...Be7 7.Ne5 0-0 8.Bd3 Bd7 9.Q f3 Ne8 t O.Qh3 g6 11.Ndf3 NxeS 12.Nxe5 f6 13.Nx.d7 Oxd7 14.0-0 c4 15.Bc2 Bd6 16.Bh6 Rf7
Bxe5 17.fxe5 Ne4 Schumacbcr-Hoen, Olympiad 1982. 66
un clear, Lu cerne
b) 8... Re8 9.Ne5 BxeS lO.dxeS Nd7 1l.f4 Ob6 ( White also has a puwerful uttack 11.fter l l. ..c4
12.Nxd5 Rxd5 13.Bxc4 Ra514.Bxf7 Nxf4 l 5.exf4 with a large advantag~ to White.
12.Bc2 Qb6 13.Kf2 Qxb2 t4.Rcl
t L.NxeS 12.BxeS Ng4
Qxa2 15.Qe2 CS 16.exf6 Nxf6 17.Bh4 RfB l8.8xf6 Rxf6 19.Nf'3 Qa3 20.Bxb7 + in Burn-Marshall, O~tend 1906) 12.Qb 1 Nf8 13.Bf2 c4 t4.Bc2 Qc7 l5.Jilf3 b5 I 6.a3 a5 11.0-0 Bd7 18.Ng5 b6? (18._g6) 19.Bh7 + 1-0, M:aroc;zy- M artinolich, Vienna 1907.
If J2 ... 8d6, then 1l.Bxf61 !Ptf6 14.Nxd5 RxdS l 5.Bxc4 gives White a large advantage.
13.8g3 8d6 14. Bx:d6 Kxd6 15.Nb5! RxbS 16.b4 napping the Rook amd t hreaten·
ing to win it with 17.a4. J6...Bd7 lb me~t
17.a4with 17... Ra8. 17. Be2 Nr6 18.13 Ra8 19.Kd2? Care )e.'l~ly
allowing Black's next
move. Qm~t is 19.a4. Then the only move is 19... N.e4. After 20.1f:xe4 dxe4 21.0-0 RfS White has a slight advtlntage.
9.Ne5 Rd8 1o.r4
Bisguier- Frias,
Loo~ Pin~
1981
con tinued I O... Nd7 t 1.0-0 Nf8 12.Qe2 £6 13.Bb4 Bd7 14.Nxd7 Rxd7 1S.Kb I R e8 t 6.Rae I Kh8 17.Nf3 cxd4 18.Nxd4 Qf7 19.Nxc6 bxc6 20.e4 + =.
19.•.Ra3 20.Kc2 Rxb4l 21.cxb4
Game 29 FM Aaron Summet'S(ale llluslrati~
R.xe3 Black has a very larg.e advantage due to the weaknesses in White's · position.
GM Loek van Wely Lond011 1992
l .NtJ dS 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bf4 c.5 4.e3
22.Kd2 Ra3 23.Rhcl Ng8! Repositioning the Knight to fS
c:6 S.cJ Qb6 6.Qb3 c:4 7.Qxb6
or c6.
axb6 8.Na3 tS?! Better is 8 ...e6 o r 8 ...Ra5.
24.Rc:3 Ra8 2S.a3 Ne7 26.Rc:2
9.Nb5 RaS 10. Nc7 + Kd7
Ba4 27.Rccl NfS 2:S.Kc3 Re8
29.Ra2 Re3 + 30.Kd2 Rb3 31.Kel b5 Jl.Bdl Rd3 33.Be2
ll.NxeS + Also possible is 11.dxe5 Nh5 67
If l4... Bc7, then 15.Bxc7 Rxc7 16.b5! cxb5 17.NxbS or if 14 ... Bc7, then IS.Bh2 Bd8 t6.Na5. 1S.Nxe4 Bxe4 16.f3 Bg6 17.NaS BxaS 18.bxa5 Kd8 The King must be used to defend the b-pawn. 19.Ra4 Ra8 21).Rb4 Kc:8 21.h4! W hile Black is tied down on the
Rxd4 34 . g 3 g5 3 S . Kfl Ne7 36.Ke.3 Nc6 37.Rd fS 38.KJ2 f4 39.80 NeS 40.Kg2 c3 41.Rae2 Rd2 42.Rcl d4 0-1 Jllu.Jtrative Game 30
GM Predrag NikoJic IM Jeroen Pikel J~jk aan
Zcc 1988
quecnside, White begins play on the o ther wing. Nikolic conducts the endgame quite nicely.
l .d4 dS l .NfJ Nf6 3.Bf4 BfS 4.c4 cCI S.eJ e6 6. c3 N bd7 7 .Qb3 Qb6 8.cS Qxb3 9.axb3 a6 10. b4 Rc.S
;at
- ~·~ 0".# · ~'" ~ w~jt<"~~ ~~h~e-: ~ :l: ~~ . w.~~ :l: ·I~
As mentioned earlier, 10...Rd8 is
·t:~~-:ilifi·~j:r·~
perhaps better.
~ rt~~?« ~ . ~ ~~J.t~i
r)l~~/~i~1 ~~~,~~
ll.h3 If im mediate ly ll. Nb3 , t hen
~~7~~~~~·.,f.~,~~~a;; ~d~ .ft
11 ...Nh5. 11.-h6? Allowing the Bishop to retreat to h7, but actually carelessly losing a va iuable te mpo . KovacevicByrne, Wijk aan Zee 1980, con·
[o •J.
~
~ trJ.
~
""~
1
;(
~A.w~ f!
2l. ..h5 22.Rh3 BfS 23.Rg3 g6 24.Kd2 Re8
tinued 11...Be7 12.Nd2 Q . Q 13.g4 Bg6 14. Nb3 R a8?! ( Bette r is l4... Bd8. White's be st then would be 15.Bd6 and later Na5. Black could meet an immediate 1S.Na5 witb t 5...1\xa5 J6.bxa5 Ne8 17.Ra4 Nc7 t 8.Rb4 NbS.) l S.NaS Ra7 16.£3 Rc8 17.Kd2 b6 18.Bxa61 Rxa6 19.Nxc6 Rxc6 2 0.Rxa6 Rc8
A much bette r defense is
24... Rg8 followed by ... Nf6-e8-c7b5. 2S. RgS f6? Serious ly weaken ing the g6· pawn. Correct is 25...Rg8. l6.Rg3 gS 27.Bd3!
2J.Rhal bxc5 22.Ra8 Rf8 23.bxc5 and White's passed pawns brought
No t 27.hxg5? h4.
l7...g4
him victory.
If 27 ... gxh4, t hen 28.Rg7 b3 29.gxh3 Bxh3 30.Rb7 is winning for
U .Ndl Be7 13.Nb3 Bd8 To defe nd against Na5.
White.
28.e4 dxe4 If 28... Bg6, then 29.cxt1S Bxd3
J4.8d6! This move would would have had much less ·e ffect had Black p layed 11 ... &7. l4...Ne4
30.dxc6 wins.
29.fxe4 Bg6 30.Bc2 fS 31.eS Rg8 32.Rgb3 R a7 33.Bd3 68
•
Threatening 34 .R xb7
Rxb7
:l5.Ba6. 3lmNb8 34.Ke3! The King's entrance into the actiun is decisive.
34... R&7 3S.KI4 Bn 36.Rb6 Threa tening 37.1Bxb8 Kxb8 18.R:xc6. 36 ... Be8
lC 36... Nd7, then 37.1Ub7. 37 .d5 cxd5 38 . Bxb8 Kxb8 39.Rxe6 Ba4 40.Rb4 g3 4l.BxfS I-{) /UusJrolive Game 31
GM Vlado Kovacevic FM Tom O'Oonnell T()rolllO 1990
l.d4 dS 2.NO e6 3.Bf4 Nf6 4.e3 Be7?! Black needs to be contesting the cS-sq uare and therefor e t be Bi.sbop is better placed on d6. S.Nbd2 0~0?! Black is goin& to regret committing bis Kiog so early. 6.Rd3 b6?!
White's sacrifice i.s very original as he is a tempo dow n from tbe well-known Bxh7+ sacrifices. It would be d ifficult to calculate aU the consequences over the board, but CQmpare tbis with tbe following game. K ovacevic- Ree, M aribor 1980: l.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 e6 4.Nb d2 cS S.e3 Be? 6.c3 0 -0 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.h4 b6 9.Ne5 Nxe5 lO.dxeS Nd7 II.Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. QhS+ Kg8 13.Nf3 f6 14.Ng5 fxgS t S.hxgS Rf5 16.0h7+ Kn 17.g6+ Ke8 18.Qxg7
Bf8 19.Qb8 Rg5 20.Qg8 Nxe5 2 l.Bxe5 Kd? 22.R h8 Bb7 23.0h7+
J-0. Wh en o ne beco mes ex· perienced with an opening. a deep understanding of the important positions results! 14._16 lf J4...Re8, then lS.Ng5 BxgS
Better is 6_.c5 7.c3 Nc6 8. Ne5
Nd7 9.0 h5 f5 . 7.Ne5 Bb7 8.Qf3 Nbd1 9.h4 Blac,k will have tro uble defend· in& against the coming kingside attack. 9... Nxe5 lO.dxeS Nd7 11.0-0.() Nc5 Better is 1l.- f5. Perhaps Black tho ught that this stop s White's attack, but likely be was su rprised
16.hxg5 Kf8 J7.g6 is strong.
15.Ng5 fxgS 16.hxg5 17 .g6 is threatened. t6...RIS Black must give back material to save his King.
17.&4
by...
17.Qxh7+ is not e ffective as the King can escape to d7.
12.Bxb7 +! Kxh 7 13 .Qb5 + Kc8 14.Nf3
17... Rxg5 18.8xg5 8xg5 19.f4 Bh6 69
If J9 ... Ne 4, the n 20. Qg6. If 19... 8e7, then 20.g5 threatening 21.g6.
2.0.gS Qcll 21.Qh4 Kh7 22.Rdgl Ne4 If 22 ... d4 , then 23.gxh6 Bxh 1 24.Rxg7 + K.h8 25.Qf6 or if 23 ...g6 24.Qf6.
l3.Rg4 d4 24.gxh6 gS 2S.fxgS Qg6 Black has s ucceeded io biOGkad · ing the kingsidc but White has won all h is mate rial back.
Chapter 8 l .d4 Nf6 2.NI3 g6 3.8&5 8~7 Inferior is 3 ... c 5 4 .Bxf6 exf6 S.dxcS Bxc5 6.e3 Qb6 7.Qc1 d 5
8.Be20.09.0-0Rd810.Rdt +=, Holmov-Taimanov, USSR 1963, o r 3... h6 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.e4 Qe7 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 0 ·0 8.0-0 d6 9.Nb4 Kh7 JO.g3 Nd7 Jt.f4 NM 12.Bd3 c5 I3.f5 g5 14.Nf3 cxd4 15.Nxd4 + =, Moiseev-Ageichenko, Mos· cow 1967.
26.exd4 White sacrifices the Exchange, as his pawns will decide.
26...Nf2 27.Rfl Nxg4 28.Qxg4 Rg8 29.Rf6 Transposing into a s u perior endgame.
29 ... QxgS
+
3ct. Qxg5 RxgS
3 1.Rxe6 Be4 32.Re7 + Kxh6 33. Rxc7 aS 34.c4 Rg2 3S. b3 Kg6 Black's best chance is 35... Rc2+ 36.Kd 1 Rxa2 37.d5 Bc2+ 38. Ke t Bxb3.
36.e6 Kf6 37.d5 Rg8 If 37 ...Rxa2, then 38.Rt7 + Kg6
4.Nbd2 a) 4.e3 0 -0 al) 5.c3 c5?! 6.Bxf6 Bxfti 7.dxcS Q c7 8.Qd5 aS 9.Nbd2 a4 10.Nd4 Ra5 1 l.b4 axb3 12. N2xb3 + = , Petrosian-Gheorghiu, Ha mburg
1965.
39.d6 and 40.d7.
a2) 5.Be2 a2 1) S...c5 6.Nbd2 cxd4 7.exd4 Nc6 8.c3 d6 9.0-0 h6 t0.Bh4 e5 11.dxe5 ·dxe5 J2.Nc4 e4 13.Nfd2 Qe7 14.Q c2 gS IS.Bg3 Nc8 16.f3 + •, Kovacevic-Kozul, Ljubljana 1989. a22) 5... d5 6.Nbd2 7.0-0 Re8 S.c4 c6 9 .cxd5 cxd5 tO.R c l e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.NxeS RxeS 13.Nf3 Re7 14.Nd4 +=. Kovacevic-Wo lff.
38.Rb7 KeS 39.Rxb6 Kd4 40.e7 Kc3 4t.Kdl Kd3 42.Kel Ke3 43.Rf6 a4 44.1>4 a3 4S.b5 Rc8 46 .Ra6 Rh8 47.Rxa3 + Bd3 48.Rxd3 + Kxd3 49.Kf2 1-0 Conclusion: After 1.d4 d5 2.N£3 Nf6 3. Bf4, 3 ...c5 is a stro ng move. The solid 3 ...Bg4 is also wo rt h consideration.
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Thronto 1989. b) 4.c3 wiiJ usually transpose, although it does not prevent Black from playing 4 ...cS. It is risky for White to try to take and hold onto the pawn. Sorokin-Sakaev, St. Petersburg 1993, continued 5.dxc5 Na6 6.Qd4 Nc7 7.Nbd2 Ne6 8.Qc4 b6 9.cxb6 Qxb6 10.Qb3 Q c7 l1.Bh4 Rb8 12.Qc2 Qb6 13. Nc4 QcS 14.e3 0 -0 1S.Bd3 Bb7 witb compensation for the pawn.
vac 1984) 7 .•. Nxg5 8.Nxg5 cS 9.h4 c4 10.Be2 Qb6 (10.•. £6 unclear) ll.c3 Qxb2 l2.Rc1 f6 t3.Nxc4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 + Kh8 l5.Nf7+ Rxf7 16.Bxt7 BfS 17.b5 +=, UmaoskyPetrushrn, Krasnodar 1982. c) 6.Bd3 dxe4 7 .Nxe4 Nxe4 8.1Bxe4 cS 9.c3 Qd6 IO.dxcS Qxc5
4 ...0 -0 4 ... h6 5 .Bh4 will transpose to
S.e4 is 5 ... c5. R ozen talls- Giek, Odessa 1988, continued 6.e5 (not 6.c3?l cxd4 7 .cxd4 d5) 6 ... Nd5 7.dxc5 h6 8.Nc4 bxg:S 9. QxdS g4 1
lines examined in Chapter 9.
11.0-0 No6 12.Qb3 NaS 13.0c2 Nc4 unclear, Braga- Nunn, Germany 1989. Also wo rth considering after
13.Nxf3 b5 14.cxb6 axlb6 unclear.
s...d6 6.e4
S.c3
This is more precise th11n 5.c4 as t hen Black has the option ott rymg
.s....~:
No~ we ex~mjn~ .~l~·~~6•..B). a) 6.exd5?! Nxd5 7.c3 h6 8.Bh4 Nd7 9.Bc4 (9. Bg:3~) 9 ... N7b6 6••.h6, ·-c> o...c5, D) 6 ...Nbd7. . .Altem a·ii.veiire: · .::-_ .:.1O.Bb3 £5 ll .Qe2 gS 12.Bxg5 hxg5 ... ' 13.Nxg5 e6 14.Nxe6 Bxe6 · ·· a) 6... Na6 7.8e2 c:5 8.0-0 Nc7 ·. l5.Qxe6+ Kh7 '16.0-0-0 Qh4 9.dxc5 dxcS 10.Qc2 Ne6 l t.Bh4 1 ' 17.g3 Qh3 t8.Qe2 c6 t9.Nf3 Qg4 · N'f4 12.Bc4 Qd7 13.a4 N
1 LQc2 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 Be4 =+, Trifuoovic-K. Georgiev, Kraguje-
9.0 ·0 Nbd7 IO.a4 b6 11.Qc2 a6 l2.Rfel Rb8 13.c4 + =, Levitina71
Abhyanlcar, Thessalooiki Olympiad 1988. c) 6...c6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.0·0 eS 9.Rel Qc7 10.a4 ReS 11.Nc4 Nf8
7.8b5
7.Bd3 eS 8.b3 Qe8 9.0· 0 h6 10..&3 b6 1LRe l Nb5 12.Nc4 Nf4 13.Bft g5 J4.a4 a5 15.Qd2 + ""• D. Gurevich- E agle, U.S. Open 1988.
12.dxeS dxeS 13.Bf1 .Bg4 J4.h3 Rad8 lS.Qe2 Bc8 16.aS + ~ . Bot-
7 ...a6 a ) 7... Bd7 8 .Qe2 b6 9.Bh4 a6 JO.Bc4 eS ll.dxeS Nxe5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.0-0 aS 14.Rrdt Qe7 l 5.o4 Rfd8 16.£3 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Nc4 += , Z huravliov-Wojt. lciewicl, Latvia 1980. b) 7... h6 8.Bh4 a6 9.Ba4 bS JO.Bc2 Nd7 1 J.0-0 Rb8 t2.Re l Qe8 13 .a4 b4 14.a5 Na7 J5. Nc4 bxc J 16. bxc3 NbS unclear , Gifuentes-Douvcn, Wijk aan Zee 1988.
tema-Van Wely, Dieren 1988. d) 6 ... b6 7. Bc4 Bb7 8.Qe2 c5 9.dlCc5 bxcS 10.0 -0 Nc6 1l.Ba6 Qb6 12.8xb 7 Qxb7 13.Nc4 Nd7 14.Rfel Rab8 15.Rac l Qa6 16.b3 Qb717.h4 +=. SzjJy-Upray, Hun-
garian Ch<~ mpionship 1965. e) 6 ...e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Nxe5 Qe8 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Nef3 Nd7 l l.Bc4 Nc5 12.0e2 Rb8 J3.Qe3 Qe7 14.0 -0 b5 15. BdS Bd7 16.Rfel
+ • . Petrosian- Bronstein, Moscow 1983. t) 6... Qe8 fl ) 7.Bd.'\ Nc6 8.0 ·0 eS 9.Re1 h6 10.Bh4 Nh5 to.dxe5 Nxe 5 ll.Nxe5 dxe5 + .. , Torre-Romonishin ,
Leningrad 1987. f2) 7.Bc4 eS 8.dxe5 dxe5 9 .a4 Nh5 10.0 -0 Nd7 I l.Rel NcS J2.Be3 Qe7 t3.b4 Ne6 14.a5 a6 15.Qc2 + s , Kortchno i-Gutman. Wijk aan Zee 1987. fl ) 7.Be2 f31) 7 ... Nc6 8.0-0 e5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qc2 Nd8 I 1.Bb4 Nh5 12. Rfel Ne6 13 .Nc4 Nr4 14.Bfl + =, Salov-Romanishin, Leningrad 1987. f32) 7._h6 8.Bh4 Nh5 9.0 -0 N£4 10.Bc4 e5 ll.Rel Nc61 2.dxe5 dxe5 13.Qc2 Kh8 14.Rad 1 f5 l S.Bg3 lP 16.Bxf4 exf4 l7.exf5 Bxf5 18.Bd3 Bxd3 l9.Qxd..l Qf7 20.Qb5 Rab8 21.Nc4 a6 22.QdS Qxd5 Draw, Episbio-Van Wely, Bern 1993.
8.Bn4 Bd7 9.0 -0 h6 lO.Bh4 Qe8 lt .eS NhS 11... Nxd4 ? 12.cxd4 Bxa4 13.b3
+-. ll.Rel d5 13.Bcl Nd8 l4.Nfl Ne6 IS.Ne3 c6 16.Bg3 Nxa3 17.hxg3 Qd8 U.Nh4 Qb6 19.Rbl NgS 20.f4 Ne4 :u .Bxe4 dxe4
n .Qc2 With a large advantage to White, Darga-Ciocaltea, Siegen Olympiad 1970.
A) 6 •••Nc6
8..) 6.•.h6 72
7.Bh4 Ncti 7 ...c5 8 .Bd3?! (8.dxc5) 8... Nh5 9. Bg3 cxd4 10.c"Xd4 Nc6 1 LNb3 a5
i 2.a4 Qb6 i3.Be2 Qb4+ 14.Kf1 eS = + , Machulsky- Asanov, Kazakh· stan 1989. 8.BbS Bd7 9.0 -0 a6
9. _Qe8 1O.eS dlleS 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.Nxe5 b6 13.Nxc6 Oxc6 14.Rel Rfe8JS.Nf3 + e, Torre-Odendatal, Looe Pine 1980. 7.dxc5
7.8 1.13?! cxd4 8.cxd4 Nc6 9.0-0 h6 10.Be3 .Ng4 =+, ZaitsevLevitina, Moscow 1979. 7 ....dxc5 8.Bc4 ~~.2.0~0..
11) 9._b6 10.Qc2 Bb7 11.Bh4 NhS 12.Rfd1 Qc7 13.Nc4 Bf614.Ne3 e6
Draw,
K~arov-MQro_yifL ~£4!
._Ju nior ·c hampionship, Dortmund J 980. . -- . - - . ~
b) 9...Qc7 IO.Qc2
b 1)
IO.Rd eS ll .dxeS dxeS U .Rel Qe8 1J.a4 Nh5 14.Nb3 gS lS.BeJ
I 0 ... Be6
I LBc4
Bxc4
12.Nxc4 b5 J3.Ne3 e6 14.a4 a6 JS.Rfd l c4 =, G lyanets-Timosh-
Rd8 16.Nfd2 NxgJ
cbe oko, USSR ~1988.
If t 6 .•.Nf4, then 17.f3 h5 t8.Bf2. 17.hxcJ Kh8 U ..Qd Qe7 19.Nn Qf6 20.Nc5 Bc8 21.Ne3 Ne7 U.aSI Qc6 23.84 b6 z.a.Nrs Black has weaknesses oo both
~
··
bi) IO-:.b6 Tl.Bb4- Nh5
- · - ..
t2.Ret
Be6 13.Bfl ?! ( 13.Bc4 =) 13...Rad8
~9ig_~cr-:Y_u_r~~:~:--~-~-rnqu~8 ... Nc6
8 ... h6 9.Bh4 Nc6 10.0 ·0 Bg4
sides of the board, Smyslov- Nuon,
11.Qc2 gS 12. Bg3 N'bS 13. R fe l Nx:g3 14.hxg3 e6 15.a4 Qc7 16.Be.2
Tilburg 1982. The game continued 2.4 ...Nxrs 25.gdS Qc6 26.Nxa6 Bxa6 l7.Bxa6 bxa5 28.Rxa5 Ra8 Z.9.Real Rfd8 30. Bc4 RxaS J.l.RxaS Kc8 32.Ra6 Qd7 33.BdS Qe7 34.Qb5 Rd6 3S.Rxd6 cxd6 36.b41·0.
BbS ~ . Kortchnoi-L. H ansen, Jerusalem 1986. 9.0 -0 9.0e2 h6 10.Be3 b6 l t.h3 Na5 12. Bd3 Qc7 l3.Kh2 Rd8 14.&2 No6 15.0-0 Nh5 16. Bb3 Nf4 =, Trifunovic- Smyslov, D ortmund
C) 6....cS
1961 .
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a) 7.Bc4 al) For 7 ... e5, see lllustrative G ame 33 and 34. a2) 7 ... c6
a21)8.Bb3 b5 9.0 -0 Nb6 lO.Re l Q c7 1I.Rcl a5 12.a3 Ba6 13.c5?!
NfdS 14.exd6 exd6 JS.NfJ Nc4 =, Gulko-We.ste rinen, Moscow 1966. 1122) 8 .0 -0 Nxe4 9.Nxe4 dS JO.Bd3 dxe4 l t.Bxe4 N£6 12.Bd3 Bg4 13. h3 +=, Malaniuk-
Gurevich, USSR 1980. 9."Na5 a) 9... Bg4 10.b3 Bxf3 1l.Q:d'3 h6 12.Be3 Qc7 13.Qe2 Rad8 14.f4 Na5 15.Bd3 Nh5 t 6.Rf3 e5 17.f5 Qd6 J8.Bc4 with a large ad va ntage to White, Tri f unovic-Udovcic,
a3) 7... h6 &.Bh4 c6
a31) 9.0-0 e5 10 .dxe5 dxe5 ) l.a4 aS 12.Qc2 0c7 13. Ne l Nc5 14.f3 b5 IS.axb5 cxbS J6.Be2 Bd7 17.Bf2 Ne6 18.g3 Rfe8 =+. Dtik_iki-Chandler, Luce'roe Olympiad 1984. a3 2) 9. Bb3 Oc7 10.0 -0 cS l l.dxcS dxcS 12.Qc2 NcS? 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14.0e3 Nxb3 15. uxb3 and White wins a puwn, Nun- Stohl, Stary Smokovec 1983.
Yugoslavia 1956. b) 9 ... Q c7 tO.Qc2 b6 l i.R fe l Nh5 12.Radl Bb7 l3.Bfl RadB Klnderman n- Nun n. Zurich 19B4. IO.Be2 h6 For I 0 ... Be6, see Jllu ~ tr ative Game32. ll .Bf4 Be6 12.h3 a6 l3.a4 b6 t4.NeS Qc8 With equ ality, Malani uk- Yurtaev, USSR 1986.
=.
b) 7.Bd3 eS 8.0-0 bl} 8. .. Qe8 9.dxe5 dxe.S JO.b4 h6 1 1.Bh4 NhS M acbulsky- Cvitan, Sibenik 19&7.
=.
b2) 8 ... h6 9.Bh4 Qe7 tO.Rel Nb6
ll.Nfl Re8 12.Ne3 QfB 13.Qc2 Bd7 14.a4 a5 Kamsky-Cvitan, Palma de M allorca 1989. 7 ... h6 7...e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.0-0 a ) Fo r 9 ... b6, see IIIU!arative Game 35. b) 9... c6 t 0.Qc2 Q c7 ll.R fel Re812.Bfl b613.a4 aS 14.Nc4 Bb7 15.Radl Re6 16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.Ng5 Re7 18.Nd6 Ba6?! !9.Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Qb3 h6 2t .Ndxf7 Rxf7 22.Rd8 !with a large advantage, Epish inKa ntsler, USSR 1989. c) For 9... Qe8, see Tllos trative
=.
D ) 6-.Nbd7
7.Be2
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Game36. 8.Bb4 e5
8... Nb5 9.0-0 Nf4 10.Bc4 c6 l l.Rel Nb6 12.Bft Qc7 13.a4 aS 14.eS Be6 15.h3 NhS 16.Ne4 Bd5 l7.Qcl f5 =, Rubioetti-Graoda Zuoiga, Buenos Aires 1992. 9.dxe5 Abo good is 9.0-0 : 1) 9...Re8 10.Qc2 gS (weakening the f5 square) ll.Bg3 NbS 12.Nc4 Nf4 13.dxe5 Nxe5 ( 13 ... dxe5 14.Ne3 N£6 15.Bc4) 14.Nfxe5 Bxe5 (14...dxe5 1S.Ne3 followed by Bg4) lS.Radl Qe7 16.Ne3 Be6 17.Bg41
Bg7 18.0 aS 19.Bf2 a4 20.Nf5 with a large advantage to Wh ite because of the domination of the £5square, Balashov-Vukic, Bugojno 1978. b) 9...Qe8 IO.Rel Nh5 ll.a4 aS 12.Nc4 exd4 13.Nx;d4 Nf4 14.Bfl
Ne5 l 5.Ne3 c6 16.Qd2 +::o , Rodriguez- Damljanovic, New
U.Rd ll .Qc2 Nh S 12.Rfel N£4 13.Bf1 aS l4.a4 NcS 15.Nc4 Bd7 16.b3 Qe6 17.Nld2 B£6 18.Bg3 +•, Averkin- D idyshko, USSR Championship 1981. ll ... NhS l l ...Nc5 12.0c2 NhS t3.Nc4 Nf4
t4.Bf1 Bg4 15.b47! (15.Nfd2 +=) 15 ... Bxf3 16.bxcS Bg4 • +, Petunso n- Pliester, London 1980. ll.Nc4 Nf4 13.811 Nd 14.b4 Na4 Cifuentes-Rubinetti, Pan American Championship 1981 , continued 15.Qc2 Nb6 16.Na5 gS 17.Bg3 Qe7 18.Nd2: hS 19.£3 g4
20.fxg4 hxg4 21.Ndc4 Qg5 22.Ne3
+•. fllustTQ/ive
Game 32
GM Vladimir Malamiuk IM Mihai Marin Calirnanesli 1992
York Open 1988. 9...d xe5 10.0 -0 Qe8 IO...Qe7 11.Rel RdB 12.Qc2 b6 13.8£1 Bb7 14.Nc4 Qe6 15.Nfd2 Qg4 16.Bxf6! Bxf6 17.Ne3 Qe6 1S.Bc4 Qd6 19. Rad 1 + =, Balashov-Sax, Rio de Janeiro ln-
terronal 1979.
t.d4 Nf6 2 .Nf3 g6 3 .BgS Bg7 4. Nbd2 0·0 S.c3 d6 6.e4 eS
7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.0·0 NaS 10.Be2 Be6 1l.Rel a6 12.Qc2 12.a4? ! prevent:s ... bS b ut weakens the b3·square. 12... bS 13.Nb3 Nxb3 14.axb3 Qt7 1S. Bh4 h6 t6.N d2 Qb6 17 .Nn Rfd8 18. Ne3 Ra7 1'9 .Redl Rad7 20.Rxd7 Rxd7 21.c4?! This weakens the lll4-square and
the b8-a 1 diagonal. 2J ...Rd4? The Rook is exposed here. Bet· ter is 2 t...Nb 7 followed by •.. Bd4. 22.f3
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With the idea of playin~ Bf2 followed by NdS.
22...Rd7 23.Bfl NbS 24.&) Bd4 2S.f4 bxc4 26.Bxc4 ?! Correct is 26..£5! with a slight ad-
lllultrarive GQ/rle 33
GM Tigraa Petrosiaa GM VlastimiJ Jansa Bor J98(}
·J.d4 Nl'6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 8&7. 4.Nbd2 d6 S.e4 0-0 6.c3 Nbd7 26...Bxc4 27.Qxc4 aS 7.Bc4 e5 8.dxe5 dxeS 9.0-0 h6 Black has a larae advantage bevantage to White.
9 ...Qe7 IO.Rel Nc5 l l.Bb4 Bd7 12.a4 a6 13.a5 bS 14.axb6 cxb6 JS.Bd5 RaeS 16.Nc4 +=, EspigHazai, Leipzig 1983.
cause the B ishop i~ very powerful on d4 and White's pawns are weak-
28.Qc2 If 28.Nd5, then 28...Qd8.
tO.Bh4 Qe8 ll.Rel NhS 12.a4 Bl'6
28 ... Nf6 29.eS NdS 3 0 . Nc4
Bxfl+ 3t.Kxn Qe6
Wor th considering is 12... a5. Now Whi te gains space o n the
queenside. 13.a5 Qe7 t4.Bxf6 Qxf6 lS.Bn Rd8 16.Qe2 Nr4 l7.Qe3 gS This weakens tbe fS-square. But White was planning to play g3 fol lowed by Nc4, tying Black down to the e5-pawn.
J8.Redl Re8 l9.g3 Ng6 20.h3 Nd£8 2l.Nh2 bS? Weakening the lc ing.~ide. Better
is 21 ...Be6.
Now Black directs his attack at the exposed White King.
22.Be2 Fo rc ing Black to abandon the
32.Qe2 Nb4 33.Kgl lf 33.Rxa5, then 33 ... Nd3 + 34.Kg1 Ncl 35.Qf3 Rd3 is strong. 33 ...Nc6 34.Qe3
g4-square. 22.•. b4 l3.Bg4 Kc7 24.Nd0
If 34.Nxa5, then 34...Ra7 35.Qb5 QdS wios. 34•••Nd4 35.Rxa5 lf 35.Rdl, then 35...a4.
3S...Qc6 36.h3 I£ 36.Nd2, the o 36 ... Nxb3 37.Nxb3 Rd 1+ 38.Kf2 Qh 1 wins. 36 ... Nf5 37.Qel Rd3 38.Kh2. Rx&J 39.Qf2 Rxh3 + 0-1 76
Wb ite maneuvers bis Knights towards the weaknesses at g4 and f5.
The Knights are superior to the Bishops in this position. Black will have trouble defending ber weak-
24 ••• Nh7 2S.Rd3 Be6 26. Bxe6 Qxe' 17.Ng4 N... Otherwise W hite plays Qf3 and Nfl-e3-f5. 28.Qxgs Nxe4 2!J.Qh6 + Kg8
3 0 . Radl Nf6 3l.Nfe3 Nxg4 32.Nxg4 bxg3 33.Rxg3 Rad8 34.Rd QfS 35.h4 Re6 36.bS Q£4 37.bxg6 1..0
nesses. 19... f6 2-0.Real Rf7 21.Rdl Rd7 22. Rxd7 Bxd7 23.Nfd2 Bf8 24.Nb3 Be6 2S.Ne3 Qc7 26.Nc5 817 27.Qa4 hS 28 .N f5 Kh7 29 . Ra6 B:rcS 3 0 . bx c5 Be8 li.N d6 Bd7 32.Qa2 Rf8 33.Rxa7 Qd8 34.Qe6 1-0 White used only 59 m inute.~ in t his g a me compared with h is opponent's 1 hour and 59 minutes.
Illustrative Game 34
GM Vasily Smyslo... IM Ketevan ArakJuimla Vienna 1993
il.d4 Nf& 2.Nf3 g6 3.BgS Bg7 11/ustrative Game 35 .•. 4.Nbd2 0-0 S.e4 d6 6.c3 Nbd7 , GMv,Garry Kasparol' . 7.8c4 e5 8.dxe5 dxeS 9.0·0 h6 GM Slobodan Marcioovi6 10.8h4 g5?! ll .Bg3 NhS 12.Rel Ila1cu 1980 Nxg3 13.hxg3 c6 14. a4 NcS llS.Qc2 Kh8 Black would I ike to start t.d4 Nf'6 2.Nf3 g6. 3 .BgS Bg7 w unterplay with ...1-i-fS. 4.Nbd% d6 S.e4 0-0 6.c3 Nbd7 7 ~Be2 eS 8.dllle5 16.b4 Nxa4 If 16.•. Ne6, then 17.Nfl followed Giving up tbe center but shutby 18.Ne3. ting in Black's King Bishop. 17 . Rxa4 bS 18. RaS bx c4 8 •..dxeS 9.0-0 b6 I O.Rel Bb7 19.Nxc4 ll.Qcl h6 12.Bh4 Qe7 13.80 Rle8
It is important to defend the e5pawn. Bad is 13 ...Rfd8 14.Nc4 Qe6 15.Nfd2 Qg4 16.Bxf6! Bxf6 17.Ne3
with a bie advanta ~e .
14.b4 a6 JS.Nc4 Rac8? Better is 15 ... Qe6 t6.Nfd2 c5 with a slight advantage to Wbite. Now White is able to create a bind on the queensille. 77
36. Bxa5 Rxc6 37.Rxb8 Rxb8 38.Rxc6 b4 39.Bc7 1·0 11/usJralive Game 36
(·N,;fiii~"- l)yct<:.~/{ov ., GM Yuri Balasho'V \ --~- ·-
16.a4
Q~
17.Nfd2 Nb5 18.0
Bf6? Better is 18•.•B f8, keepi ng an eye on the queenside. l9.Bf2 8&5 20.Ne3 Ndf6 21.c4
c6 22.Nb3 Nd7 23. cS bS Z4.Redl Bt7 2S.Nc4!
· - ---.__)
Minsk 1993
t.d4 Nf'6 l.Nf3 ' ' J.BgS Bc7 4.Nbd2 d6 S.cJ Nbd7 6.e4 eS 7.dxe5 dxeS 8 .Be2 0·0 9.0·0 Qe8 lO.Qcl aS ll.b4 G rabbing space o n the queen-
side and taking the cS-square away from Black's pieces. ll ... Nh5 1Z.Rfel Nf4 13.Bft N«i l4.Nc4 axb4 15.cxb4 N6h5 16.Ne3 c6 17.Radl Be6 Better is first 17...Bf6 or 17...h6 18.Bh4 Bf6. 18.a4 b6 l9.Bb4 fS 20.Nd2 Now a Knight is able to go to c4 and d6.
2S...Rc7
Of course 2S...bxc4 26.Bxc4 wins the Knight OD d7. 26.Nd6 Rb8 27.axbS cxbS
This leaves the a6-pawn weak, but worse is 27.axb5 28.Ra7 fol· towed by NaS. 28. Nxb7 Rbxb7 29.Qa2 N b8 30.Na5 Qxa2 31.Rxa2 Ra7 If 31...Rd7, then 32.RdS. 32.c6 Ra8 3 3 .Rc2 B x b4 34 . Rd8 + Kg7 3 5.Bb6 BxaS
20... Nf6 21.Nec4 If 21.eJCf5, the n 21...gxfS 22.Nxf5 Q hS is unclear. The text is simpler. Now Black loses because of all the weaknesses in his position.
21.•. Nxe4 2l.Nxe4 f'xe4 23.Nd6 Qb8 24.Be7 NdJ 25.Bxd3 exd3 26.Qxd3 Rf4 27.Qxg6 Bg4 l8.f3 78
Qa7 + l9.Khl b6 30.rxg4 Qxe7 3 I. Nrs Q g S 32.Qx c:6 Rrs 3 3.Rd7 R4xfS 34 .&xf5 Q:xfS 3 S.Qc4+ Kh8 3, .Rddl QbS 3 7. Qe2 Qb4 3 8 .Rn Q x b4 3 9.Rxf8 + Q xr8 40.QbS Qb8 4l .a5 Qc8 42.u b6 Qcl 43.Qbl
l.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.8 gS Bg7 .N bd2 d ~--- ----- ·-.
1.0 Coadusion: After l .d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 0 -0 S.c3 d6 6.e4, all the main moves
considered have been popular, but 6 ...c5 may be worth a second l ook.
We now consider A) 5.e4 and B)
~
7,
A) S.e4 s...b6
5...Nbd7 6.c3 h6 7.Be3 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.h3 0-0 10.Bc4 Qe7 ll.b4 ( l L0-0 b6 ll.Qa4 \111CI~ar) 1J. ..b6 12.0-0 Bb7 B .Qc2 Ne8! =+ , Kovacevic- Po lugaevsky, Viokovci 1976. 6.Bh4 Less common alternatives are: a) 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.c3 (more ener-
getic is 7.e5!? Bg7 S.BbS+ c:6 9.Bd3 0-0 1O.Qe2 c5 1l.h41 cxd4 12.h5 g6 13.Qe4 + = , OuimardFischer, Buenos Alres 1960. Better was 9... Be6 unclear.) 7...Bg7 (7...0-0 8.h4 hS 9.e5 Bg7 10.Bc4 dS l l.Bd3 + ~ . Ouimard-Geller, Gothenberg 1955) 8.Bc4 Nd7 9.0-0 0 -0 10.Qe2 e5 ll.dxeS dxeS 12.Rfd I Qe7 l3.Nfl Nc5 14. Ne3 c6 = +. Simic- Vad asx, Smederevska Palanlta 1977. b) 6.B e3 Ng4 7.Bf4 eS 8.dxe5
79
14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5 16.Ng4 8'7 t7.Rdl Qe718.Nxh6+ Kf8 19.Qh7 Qf6 20. Rd3 Bxh6 21.Rxh6 Qg7 22.Bc2 +=, Balashov-Smiric, Sverdlovsk I 987. b) An immediate 8... Nxg3 rules out a possible ... N£4, but normally transposes t o other varia tions.
Nxe5 9.c3 Nbc6 JO.Bb5 0 -0 11.0-0 Qf6s, Johanssoo-Bobot-
sov, Havana Olympiad 1966. 6....5
Other moves should transpose to Cbapter 7. 7.B&3 NhS 8.c3 s...g4 was threatened.
For ex-
Then 9.1\xg3 and: bl ) 9...c6 IO.Bc4 d5 t t.Bd3 Be6 12.Nft Qb6 l3.Qe2 c5 l4.dxc5 QxcS
ample, 8.Bd3 g4 9.Nh4 Bxd4 1O.c3 Bf6 ll.Nf5 Nxg3 12.fxg37! (12Jug3 e6 = +) 12...e6 13.Ne3 hS -+, Hort-Fischer. Hercee Novi blitz 1970.
15.Nfd2 Nc.6 J6.e.xd5 Bxd5 17.Ne4 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 0-0-0 19.Qf.5+?! Qxf.5 20. BxfS Kc7 2 I. Ke2 Rd5 22.Be4 Rd6 23.Bxc6 bxc6 with a more comfortable endgame for
Black, lbrre-Suetin, Socbi 1980. b2) 9... e6 10.Bd3 Nc6 lt.Qe2 Bd7 12.b4 Qe7 13.b5 NaS 14.Nb3 Nxb3 1S.axb3 0 -0 16.e5 fS 17.exf6 Qxf6 18.e4 + =, Karpeshov- Zilberstein, USSR 1983. e) 8 ...c5?! 9.dxc5 Nxg3 10.hxg3 dxc5 11. Bc4: cl) 11 ... Nc6? 12.Nxg5 hxgS 13.Rxh8+ Bxh8 14.Qb5 Bf6 t 5.f4 e6 16.e5 Bg7 17.Ne4 Qe7 IS.Nxp Bd7 19.Rd I 0-0-0 20.Qxf7 with a large advantaie tu White, Trifunovic-Marovic, Yu&oslavia 1961. c2) 11 - .e6 t2.g4 Bd7 t3.Be2 Bc6 14.Qc2 Nd7 15.Nc4 Qc7 16.Rdt N~.51 7.Nfxe5 Bxe5 18.Qd3 + =, Ag-
We will now examine AI) 8... Nd7 and Al) 8 ..•e6. Alternatives are: a) 8...0-0 looks very risky, but has not been refuted: at) 9.Bc4 e6 10.e5 c5 ll.Ne4! d5
12.Nfxg5 Nxg3 13.hxg3 dxe4 ( J3... hxg5? 14.Qh5 Re8 15.Nxg5 +-) 14.Nxe4 cxd4 t5.Qg4 (1S.Rxh6'? Nd7! =+, z_ NikolicMartinovic, Yugoslavia Championship 1980) 15 ...f5 16.Qg6 (16.exf6 Rxf6 =+) 16...fxe4 17.Rxh6 Rf5 18.Qxf5 (18. Rb7 Rn) t8... Bxh6 J9.Qg6+ Bg7 20.Bxe6+ Bxe6 2l.Qxe6+ Kf8 22.Qf5+ Kc8 23.Qg6+ + =. a2) 9.Nc4 e6 JO.e5 Nxg3 ll.hxg3 Nc6 12.Q c2 ReS 13 .Nc3 dxcS
zamov-Rashkovslcy, USSR 1983. Al ) 8 ... Nd7 9.Nc4
a) 9.&4 e6 10.Qe2 at ) JO ... N£8 11.0-0-0 Ng6 12Nel Ngf4 13.Bxf4 Nxf4 14.00 Ng6 15. Nfl hS unclear, Benk.->Evans, U.S. Championship 1962/63. a2) 10...Qe7 11.0-0-0 a6 12a3 Nb6 13.8d3 Bd7 14.Rhel Nxg3 80
•
15.hxg3 g4 16.Nh2 h.5 l7.Nhfl Qf6 18.R e2 0-0-0 19 . Ne.3 Qg5 unclear, Qfuentes-Ho rt, Am.'lterdam ~987.
b) 9.Bd3?l c51 10.d5 0-0 1l.a4 Ndf6 12.Nc4 Nxg3 13.hxg3 e6! l 4 .Ne3 exdS 15.exd5 Ng4! =+, Espig-Ublmano, Germany 1983. 9~~
Spassky-Najdorf, MO$COw 1967, continued 9... Ndf6 1O.Qc2 Nxg3 11.hxg3 e6 12.0 -0 -0 Qe7 13.Ne3 Bd7 14.e.S Nd.S 1 S. NxdS exdS 16.exd 6 Qxd6 17 . R el + Be6 t8.Qa4+ c6 l9.Bd3 with a large advantage to White.
After the text, three examples: a) 10.Qc2 Nf8 11.0-0-0 Ng6 12 .Ne3 Bd7 13.Ne l Oe7 14.Be2 Nbf4 15.B xf4 gxf4 16.Nc4 d S 17.Nd2 dxe4 18.Nxe4 &6 19.Bh5 0 -0 -0 unclear, Yus upov-Tseshkovsky, Vilnius 1981. b ) 10.Bd3 Nxg3 l l. hxg3 Qe7 12Qa4 a6 13.Ne3 c6 14.Qc2 unclear, Cbernin-Short, Wijlc aao
keeping open the p<»sibility o f t he sharp move .. .fS or developing the Knight to c6 o r d7. '9.Qb3 Pre pari ng queenside castliog and also' to meet 9...fS with 10.exf5 exf5 11.Bc4 Qe7 + 12Xd 11 a) 9.Bc4 ful fills the same aim. .a 1) P~akb is-Zilberstei n, l rkutsk 1983 continued 9 ... Qe7 10.0-0
N)(g3 11.hxg3 Nd? 12.e4 h5 13.Qel Nf8 (better is 15...g4) J6.g4 + "'· a2) 9 ... Nc6 t 0 .Qe2 Bd7 I t.0-0 -0 Qe7 12.Ne 1 Nxg3 13. hxg3 0 -0 -0 14.Nc2 Kb8 1S.Nb3, Yusupov-Vasiukov, Viloiw 1981. b) 9.Bd3 Nd7 (9...0 -0 10.0 -0 aod now 10...Nc6 1t.Nc4 f5 12exf5 exfS 13.h3 f4 14.Bh2 + =, Ribli-W. Schmidt, Baile Hercub ne 1982 or 10... b6?1 li.Nc4 Bb7 12.a4 a6 13.Ret Nd7 14.Nfd2 +"', OleminGavri kov, Moscow 1985) 10.Nc4 Qe7 ll.e5 Nxg3 12fxg3!? g4 13.Nh4 dxeS 14.Qxg4 0 -0 llS.dxeS Nc5 16 .&2 b5 17.Ne3 QgS! = , OofmanMib. lSeitlin, USSR 1982. c) 9. b3 Nd7 10. Nfd2 Nxg3 lt.hxgJ 0 -0 12. Bd3 aS 13.a4 fS 14 .Qe2 Nf6 1514 pf4 J6.gxf4 Bd7 17.e5 Nd5 18.g3 Qe8! Bronstein-Gufeld, Th~linn 1981.
Zee 1986. c) Fo r 10.Nfd2 see Illustrative Game 37.
Al) 8...e6 This is the most flexible move, 81
9-.Nc:6 l O.Bel Qe7 10.. .£5? tl .exfS exfS 12.Ne5! 11.0-0-0 a5 l l .a4 Bd7 lJ.dS Nd8 Now witb 14.Nd4 White would h ave the better placed pieces. Balashov- Torre, Manila Jnterzon al 1976 continued with the weaker 14.h4?! Nxg3 1S.fxg3 g4 16.Nd4 hS 17.Nc4 0-0 t8.Bd3 unclear.
I ~ 5.e3 • 5...o:O 5wh6 6.Bb4 gS 7.Bg3 NhS and:
a) 8.Be2 0-0 9.c3 Bf5?1 10.0 -0 Bg6 ll.Nell Nxg3 12.hxg3 Nd7 13.Bd3 Bxd3 14.Nxd3 c5 1S.Qb3 CX7 16.a4 Rac8 17.dxc5 + "", Larseo-Haik, Lanzarote 1976. b) 8.c3 e6 (8... Nxg3?! 9.hxg3 Nd7 10.a4! Nf6 ll.aS Bd7 12.Bd3 e6 13.e4 g4 14.Nb2 bS lS.Nfl Bh6 16.Qe2 eS 17.d5 c6 18 .c4 cS J 9. Ne3! + RihH-Adorjao , Budapest 1981 ) 9.Bd3 Q e7 JO.Qe2 Nc6 1 L Nb3 Bt17 12. Nfd2 Nxg3 13. hx&3 0·0-0 14.Nc4 Kb8
=.
15.0-0-0 + =, Kovacevic-Ree,
Plovdiv 1983.
JO.a4 e4 lJ.Ne l Nb7 12.Nc2 f5 13.f3 Ndf6 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 l.S.fxe4 fxe4 l6.a5 c6 17.Qe l d5 -= +,
Kovacevic-G ligo ric, Yugoslavia 1979. a2) 7.0.0 eS 8.Bh4 Re8 9.c4 b6 t O.R c t h6 11.h3 Bb7 12.d5 aS 13.b3 Nc5 14.a3 g.S l .S.Bg3 c6 16.b4 axb4 17.axb4 Nce4 unclear, Rongguang Ye- D reev, Manila 1990. b) 6.Bc4 NbC7 7.0-0 eS (7... h6 8. Bh4 e.S 9.c3 Qe7 10.a4 aS 11.Qe2 e4 12.Net g5 t3.Bg3 Nb6 14.Bb3 Bg4 15.f3 exf3 I 6.Nexf3 Rae8 17. Rfel Bd7 18.e4 Nh5 =, K ovacevic-Smejkal, Yugos lavia 1978) 8 .dxe5 dxe5 9. Ne4 Qe8 10.Nxf6+ Bxf6 ll.e4 Qe7 t2.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Qe2 BeiS •, Orec:v-Khalifman, Vilnius 1988. c) 6.c3 cl ) 6 ... b6 7.Bd3 c5 8.b4 cxb4 9.cxb4 Nc6 10.a3 Bb7 J 1.0-0 Qd7 12.Qe2 R fc8 13.Rac1 Nd8 14.Bb5 Bc6'! 15.Rxc6 Nxc6 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.dS +-, Keres-Saidy, Tel Aviv
Olympiad 1964. c2) 6... Nbd7 7.a4 h6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.a.5 a6 IO.Qc2 eS?! (10 ... Bg7) 11.Bc4 Kb8 12.b4 bS? 13.Ne4 Bg7? J4.Neg5 witb a large advantage to While, Petrosian-Ribli , Amsterdam 1973. d ) 6.a4 Nbd7 7.a5 a6 8 .c3 e5 9.Be2 b6 JO.Bxf6 Qxf611.0-0 Qe7 12.dxe5 NxeS (Shirazi-Scbussler, H aifa Olympiad 1976) 13.Nxe5 QxeS I 4.Bg4 Bxg4 15.Qxg4 +
=.
e) 6.b4 bl ) 6 ... Nbd77.Be2 ReS 8.0-0 e5 9.c3 c6 10.Q b3 aS l l.a3 h6 12 .Bh4 6.8 d3 a) 6.Bc2 Nbd7 ond now:
at ) 7.c3 eS 8.0·0 h6 9.Bh4 Qe8
e 4 13.Ne t a4 14.Qd1 gS 1S.Bg3 b5 Torre-Ftacnik, Lugano 1988. b2) 6 ... Bg4 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.h 3 Bx£'3
=.
9. Bxf3 c6 10.0 A0 e5 ll.c3 a5 12.b5 Qb6 13.bxc6 bxc6 14.Rbl Qa7 15.Qa4 Rfc8 16.Rb2 +=, Torre-
Zuger, Biel 1988. ,,..Nbd7
6... Nc6 7.0~0 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 NhS 10.c3 e6 11.e4 £:5 12.ex.f5 exfS 13.Qb3 Kh8 14.b3 Bd7 1S.Nc4 RbS =, Kbalifman-Wa tson, Moscow 1985. 7.0-0
10.Q c2 Nh7, I l.e4 wiU s till be necessary. Thimauov-hnsu, Hurrachov 1966, continued ll ... N~rll 12.dxe5 dxeS 13.Nc4 NhS 14.Ne3 Nf4 15.Bc4 . Bf6 =. 11/ustlfltm Gume 37
GM Valery Salov
NM Ilia Smirin USSR Championship 1988
7.Qe2 h6 8.Bxf6 Nxf6 9.h3?! e5!
l O.dxe5 dxe5 11.0· 0 ·0 Qe7 12.e4 (12.0-0 Bg4 13.h3 • ) 12... a5 • +, Kamsky-YeTmolinsky, USSR 1987.
7...h, 7... b6 and: a) &Rel cS 9.c3 Bb7 10.a4 Qc7 ll.aS eS I2.e 4 (1!2.dxe5 dxeS 13.e4"'") l 2 ... c~d4 13.a6?! dxc3 14.Rcl 8c6 15.R.xc3l'lc5 16.Bfl Qd7
17.b4 Ne6 J8.Bxf6 Bxf6 t9.Nc4 Rfd8 20.Rd3 Qc7 = +, Dreev-Kir. Oeorgiev, Moscow 1985.
b) ttc3 Bb7
9- 0~2
b6 I O.Bb4 Qc8 11.e 4 e5 12.dxe5 dxeS 13.Rfel
ReS 14.b4 NhS 15.Qdt B£6 16.Bxf6 Nbxf6 17.Nc4 Qd8 18.Qc2 Qe7 Draw, Thrre-Nunn, Tilburg 1982.
c'
l.d4 Nf6 l.Nf3 3.BgS d6 4.Nbdl Nbd7 S.e4 h~ 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 NhS 8.Nc4 Bt7 9.c3 e6
lO.Nfdl Nx1J ll.hx¥3 Qe7 U . NeJ Nf6 13.Qb3! Tying the Bishop to b7. Not as
st rong is 13.f4 gxf4 114.gxf4 Bd7 15.Bd3 0-0-0 16.Qf3 KbS 17.0-0-0 eS 18.fxe5 dxeS 19.d5 bS =, Balashov- Tseshkovslty, USSR
1975.
13...c6 14.0·0·0 tS?! This opens lines and weakens the f~square. Better u 14...dS.
15.dxe5 dxe5 16.Ndc4 Be6
U J6... Nxe4, then 17.Qc2 N£6 18.Nd6+ Kf8 19.Bc4 Be6 20.Nef5
is strong. 17.Nl'S BxfS 18.Nd6+ Qxd6! Black's only chance i.s to sacrifice his Queen .
18... Kf8 19.Nxf5 is
hopeless.
19 .Rxd6 Nxe4 20 .Qxb7 0-0
8.8h4 eS 9.c3 Qe8
Better t.han 9 ... Re8?! IO.Qc2 Oe7 ll.e4 +=. Afte r 9 ... Qe8
21.Rdxb6 Nxf2 22.Qe7 Rad8 23.Bel xh l 24.Rxhl Be6 2S.QxgS Bxa2 26.Rh4 Not 26.c4? Rd4. Bwt now 27.c4
i.s threatened.
~
--
. Threatening 59... Bg5 followed by 60...Rf6. S9.Qd5 Bel Threatening ... Ba5-b6. 6G.Qd8 81'6 6I.Qd3 BeS 62.p If 62.Kxe3, tben 62... Bc7 + followed by 63...Bb6 is drawn. U •.•Bc7 63 .Qc3 + BeS 64.QcS Bd6 6S.Qd4 + BeS 66.Qa7 Bel 67.Qa4 lf 67.b6, then 67...Bd4. 67 ... Be5 68.Qb4 Bc7 69.Qc3 + BeS 7G. Qc5 Bd6 71.Qc4 BeS 72.Qb4 Bc7 73.Qc3 + BeS
26...Be6 27.Bc4 Rd6 28.Rh6?! W hite lo ses most of his ad· vantage with this and h is next Draw move. Correct is 28.0h.S R fd8 29.Bxe6 R xe6 30.Qh7 + Kf8 Conclusion: Weakening the 31.Rg4 Bb6 32.Kc2 Rd2+ 33.Kb3. kingside to win the Bishop pair is 28 •. . Re8 29.Bxe6 ?! Rdxe6 risky, but leads to sharp positions. 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 3l.Qd8+ Bf8 32.Qa8 e4 33.Kdl cS! Black gives up his a-pawn and will blockade a passed queenside pawn on tbe b6~square with his Rook and Bishop. It is dirfi~ult for White to male~ progreu in tb is position. 3.f . Qa7 + Kg7 35.Kd e3 36.Qb7 Bd6 37 . QdS 8e7 38 . Qd7 Bd6 39. Qd8 Be7 40.Qd5 Kg8 4l.Qd7 Bd6 42.Qb7 1<17 43.g4 Be7 44.Qd5 K18 4S.Qb7 Kg7 46. QbS Bd6 47.Qc4 Be7 48.b4 cxb4 49.cxb4 Bd8 Threate n ing to immediately force a draw with .50.- Bb6. SO.Qd4 + Bf6 Sl.Qd3 BeS! Threatening both ... Bf4 followed by ...Rd6 as well as ...Bc7-b6. Sl.bS Bc7 53.Qc3 + BeS 54.Qc5 Bd6 S5.Qc4 BeS S6.QcS Bd6 57 .Qd4 + Bt5 58.Qc4 Bf6
lO.Rfdl QxhJ I l.u~th:l "~ 12.tbo~ NlCe.S =, Azmoipnruhvrll Unrlnll, Stary Smokovec 1910. c3) 6... Nbd7 7.0b3 0-0 IUk~l b6 9.0-0 Bb7 t0.a4 a6 li . RI'dl Qb8 12.Bf4 Qa7 J3.Ne:S e6 14.Q~:l Rac8 t5.b4 NxeS 16. Bxe.S c4
Chapter 10 l.d4 Nf6 2.NO
~~
3.8&5 Bt7
4.Nbdl d5
17.Rel Bc6 18.80 Qb7
=, Tim-
mao-Ka.sparov, Linares 1991.
We consider A) 5.e3 and B) 5.cl. Ur.ually these twO moves can be intc::rchanged, except it should be noted that the idea of the latter
move is to prevent ...c.S.
6.8cl3 a ) 6.Be2 a t ) 6...b6 7.c3 Bo6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6 9.0~0 c5 t0.Ne5 Qc8 l i .Qa4 Nb8
A) S.e3
s...o.o a) s ... Nbd7 6.1>4
o~o
7.Bez b6
12.b4 + =, Larsen- Kavalek. Til-
8.b5 Bb7 9.0-0 Ne4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 ll .Nd2 b6 12.Bh4 g5 l3.Bg3 eS 14 .c3 f5 15.£3 f4 16.Bf2 exd4 17.cxd4 + "' • Torre-Grunfeld ,
burg 1980. a2) 6...c5 7.c3 and:
a2 1) For 7... Nbd7, see Illustrative Game 35. a22) 7... Qb6 8.Qb3 Nc6 9.0-0 Bf5 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 li.Qxd5 cxd4 12.cxd4 Qxb2 13.R fcl e5 14.Qb3 =, Vagaoian-Ftacn ~k, Hastings 1982/83. a23) 7 ...cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6 9.0-0 Qc7 t0.Bd3 BfS I =, SalovVaganian. Barcelona 1989. a3) 6... Nbd7 7.0-0 ReS 8.c4 a3 1) 8 ...b69.Bb4 e5 tO.Rc l exd4
Zagreb 1987.
b) 5 ... Bf5 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.cxd3 c6 8.0-0 0-0 9.Qc.2 NbS JO.b4 f6 unclear, Tilimanov-OIUfeld, USSR 1966. c) S...cS 6.c3 cl) 6...b6 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Bd3 Nc6
9.0-0 0-0 JO.Rel BfS ll.BJtf6 Bxd3 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Nb3 c4 15.Nbd4 Nxd4 16.exd4 BfS 17.Qd2 Rb8 = + , ShabalovKransenkov, Vilnius 1988. c2} 6 ... Qb6 7.Qb3 0-0 8.Bd3 Nc6 (8...c4 9.Qxb6 axb6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.8c2 += ) 9.0-0 Re8
ll .Nxd4 dxc4 12.Nxc4 a6 13.Qc2 Qe7 14.Rrdl +=. OsteosladLechtynsky, Troava 1989.
a32) 8...c5 9.Rcl cxd4 10.Nxd4 85
Ne4 Jl.Bh4 Nxd2 12.0xd2 dxc4 13.Bxc4 NeS 14~b3 aS =, b.etaAdanu, D os Hermanas 1993. a33) 8".eS 9.R c1 e4 lO.Nel c6 1 1.cxd 5 c xdS 12.Qb3 Qb6? ! ( 12...Nf8 +=) J3.Nc2 Qe6 14.Nb4 Bf8? 1 S.Bb51 Rd8 16. Nxd5 +·, Salov- Kozul, Wtjlc aan Zee 1991. b) 6.b4 bl) 6 ...Bg4 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.b3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 c6 10.0 -0 eS 11 .c3 a5 12.b5 Qb6 13.bxc6 bxc6 14.Rbt Qa? 1S.Q a4 Rfc8 16.Rb2 Nb 6 17.Qb3 Rab8 IS.Rfbl N fd? 19.Qdl c5 -=, Torre-Zuger, Biel 1988. b2) 6 ... Nbd7 7.b3 R e8 8.Be2 eS 9.0 -0 h6 lO.Bb4 e4?1 ( I O~.cxd4) 11 . Nh2 + "", Mal aniak-Ce hov, Warsaw 1989. 6 •..c:5
6 •..Nc6 7.c3 ReS 8.0~0 b6 9.BM B f5 lO.BxfS gxfS ll.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Khl e613.Nel Ne7 t 4.Nd3 Ng6 15.£4 b616.Rf3 + =, Lein-Hernaodez, Saint Jo hn 1988. 7.c3
J3 ... Nxg3 14. bxg3 a6 15.Ba4 bS 16.Bc2 g4 17.Nh2 fS :.+ , SchOssler-Vaganian, Thllinn 1983. a2) 8.cxd4 Nc6 9 .0 · 0 Qb6 IO.Qb3 OxbJ ( IO... Rd8 ll.Rfc l Bf5 12.Bxf5 gxfS 13.Qa3 Rdc8 14.Nb3 e6 15.Bxf6!'! Bx£6 16.Nc5 Qc7 l 7.Q n4 +=, Gelfand- Ernst. Tallinn 1989) 1 J.Nxb3 Nb4 12.Bbl b6 B .NeS Bb7 14.a3 Nc6 15.Bxf6 Bx£6 16.Nd7 Rfd8 17.Nxf6 + exf6 18.Bd3 + =, Dydyshlco-Gelfand, M insk 1989. b) 7 ...Nbd7 8.0·0 Qb6 (8...Q c7 9.Rel [not 9.Bf4 Qb6 lO.Rbl Nb5 and ~-eS] 9..•b6 [not 9. ~ eS 10.dxe5 Nxe5 1t.Nxe5 QxeS 12.Bf4 Qe7 13.e4) 10.Bf4 Qd8 ll.b3 Bb7 12.Qb 1 + =, Trifunovic-Be rto lc,
Yugoslav Championship 1952) and: bl ) 9 .Qb3 Rd8 IO.Rfel Nf8 1 l.e4 Qxb3 12.axb3 cxd4 13.Nxd4 h6 14.B"Xf6 Bxf6 IS.eS Bg7 16.b4 Ne6 17.N2b3 + = , VerdihanovRyskin. Nilto laev 1993. b2) 9 .Q c2 Re8 l O.c4 cxd4 ll .exd4 Q c7 12.Racl a6 13.Rfel e6 14.Bh4 b6 15.Bg3 Qc6 16.b4 dxc4 17.Nxc4 Bf8 J8.Qb2 QbS l9.Nd6 Qxd3 unclear, Smyslov- Vaganiao,
USSR Championship 1988. c) 7 ... N c6 8.0 -0 Nd7 (8.. . b6 9.a3 Bb7 10.b4 Qc8 Jt.Rc l c4 12.Bc2 b 5 13.a4 a5 14.axbS N a? t5.b6 Nb5 16.Ba4 Nd6 17. Bxf6 ex£6 18. Rbl + = . l o o ov-Mib.
Tseitlin, Leningrad 1983) 9.Re 1 h6 IO.Bh4 gS !? (10... Qb6 ll.Qc2 e5 =) 11. Bg3 f5 12.c4 Nb4
We now examin e At) 7 ...Qb6
and A2)7...b6. Alternatives are:
13. Bbl?
( better is
a) 7...cxd4with: al) 8.exd4 No6 9.0 -0 h6 to.Bh4 NhS ll.Re1 Qd6 12.BbS gS 13.Bg3 (better is t3.Bxc6 bxc6 14.NcS)
t 3 .. . cxd4 14. a3 dxe3 JS. ax tJ4 exd2 1 6. 0 xd2 Nb6 +, Kons tantin o p o ls lcy-Kortc hoo i, USSR C hampionship 1952 .
13.8£1 )
=
86
At) 7...Qb6 S.Rbl a) 8.Qb3 Nc6 (9._<:4} 9.0-0 Re8 (9... c4 Oxb6 axb6 11.Bc2 Bf5) 10.Rfdl Qxb3 11.axb3 eS •,lonescu-Obinda, Timisoara 1987. b) S.Qbl No6 9.0-0 eS IO.Nxe5 Nxe5 ll.dxeS Ng4 12.N£3 NxeS 13.NxeS Bxe5 14. Q c2 ReS =, Chekbov-Gorelov, Pavlodar 1987. &...Nc6 8. ..Nbd7 and: a) 9 .Qa4 eS H>.NxeS NxeS 1 l.dxeS Ng4 12.Be7 NxeS l3.Be2 Bd7 14.Qa3 Rfc8 1S.Nf3 BbS =,
15 ..•Qxr6 IUS Qd
We have two eumples: a) 17.Qd2 Bd7 18.f6 Kb8 L9.e4
Malan.iuk-q~grga~z:e,.
Lvov 1986. d4 20.Bc4 Be6 _11.Qb6 W-~·.,;r9.0-.0 e5 tO.NxeS~ ffxeS 6f>reev-Kbalifmao, Mosco~ J l.dxe5 Ng4 12.Nf3 NxeS t3.Nxe5 '. 1985. _ -··· _ . -· • --·BxeS 14.£4 Bg7 15.£5 h6 16.Bc7 ·-16]I7.Rf3 Bd7 (t7.,..g5) 18.Qd2 Re817.f6Be618.Qf3 Rxe719.fxe7
Rae8 19.f6 QgS 20.Qf2 ReS 2l.b4
ReS with compensation, Dreev- c4 22.h4 +=, Neverov-Giek, Lvov Dorfman, .. , _,.- 1985. - Moscow ..1985. -·· 9.0..() d JO.NxeS tO.dxcS Qxc:S J 1.b4 Qd6 12.&2 Al) 7.•. b6 Be6 13.Qe2 Rac8 14. Bb3 e4 1S.Nd4 Ne5 =+, Salov-Magem, Groningen 1984. lO...NxeS U.cheS N&4 ll.NO 12.c4?! Nxe5 13.cxd5 Nxd3 14.Nc4 Qa6 15.Qxd3 b5 16.Nd2 c4 = +, M alao iuk- Ro manishin, USSR 19&3.
U ...Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.14 14.Qf3 Be6 lS.B£6 Bxf6 16.Qxf6 Rid817.b4 c4 18.Bc2 BfS : , Anas-
tasov-Magerramov,
Pa,·lodav
1987. t4...Br6 14... 8~7?! 15.f5 + tS.Bxr6 15.Bh67 c4! ( l 5 ... Re8'! 16.f5 +=) 16.Bxf8 cxd3 17.Ba3 Qxe3+ 18.Kh 1 Bf5 • + , Neverov-$ideif· Zade, Baku 1986.
8.0-0 Bb7 .8... Nc6 9.a3 Qc7 IO.Bf4 Qb7 lll.h3 Nd7 12.Be2 aS unclear,
=.
Salov-Lputian, Moscow 1987. 9.Ne5 a) 9.Qbt a 1) 9 ... Nbd7 10.b4 Qc8 tl. b3 ReS 12.Rcl e5 l3 .dxe5 NxeS
87
-· 14.NxeS Rxe5 15.Bf4 ReS 16.a4 aS t7.bxaS bxaS 18. Ra2 Bc6 Draw, Agzamov-H ort, Po tsdam 1985. a2) 9... Nc6 10.b4 cxd4 11.cltd4 Qd6 12.a3 Rfc8 13.Bf4 Oe6 14.h3 Nd8 tS.Qb2 Ne4 16.a4 f5 17.aS + Loginov-Agzamov, Tashkent 1983. a3) 9...a5 JO.e4 cxd4 ll.Nxd4 Nc6 t2Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Ret dxe4 14.Nxe4
=.
QdS JS.c4 Qd7 =, T. Georgadze-Rashkovsky, Minslc 1979. b) 9.a4 Ne4 (9.. .Nbd7 10.a5 Bc6 l l.c4 dxc4 12.Nxc4 Ne4 Filip-
Savoo, USSR 1964.
l O. ~Nxd7 I l.f4 QeS ll.Q&4 e6 13.Qh3 a6 14.Bh6 BxM 1S.Qxh6 Q.7 t6.Rael b5 17.RI3 RfeS 18.c4 b4 19.fS White is better, Nikolic-Cvitan, Borovo 1981.
B) 5.c.3
s...o.o
If 5...c5, then White can try to bold onto the pawn after 6.dxc5.
=.
Minev , Amsterdam (ol) 1954) l0.Bf4 Nd7 11.0t:2 Nxd2 12.Nxd2 ( 12. Qxdl ReS 13.a5 + =) 12...e5 l3.dxe5 Bxe5 t4.Bxe5 Nxe5 15.Ba6 Bxa6 16.Qxa6 ReS =, Ma lichStcin. Kecskemet 1968.
9... Nid7 a) 9-.Nbd7 10.f4 + ""· b) 9 ... Ne4 IO. Nxe4 dxe4 1 t.Bc4 + = and now if 11...b5? 12.Qb3 +o r tt...cxd4 t2cxd4 Nd7 l3.Nxt7 Rxf7 14.Qb3 Qe8 15.Rac1 with a large advantage. 10.Nxd7 IO.Ng4 £6 ll.Bh6 B.xh6 12. Nxh6+ J
6.e3 Nbd7 a) 6 ...c5 7.dxc5 and now: at) 7 ...Bg4 &.&2 Q c7 9.b4 b6 10.cxb6 axb6 ll.Qb3 Rc8 12.Nd4 Bd7 J3 .c4 Nc6 14 .Nxc6 Bxc6 15.R ct Qa7 t6.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.cxd5 Bb5 l&.Rxc8 Rxc8 19.Bxb5 Rcl 20.J
Khalifman, Kiev 1986. a2) 7 ...Qc7 S.Nb3 (8.b4) 8 ... Ne4
9.Be2 Nxg5 lO.NxgS e6 tl.Qc2 Nd7 12.c4? Oe5 t 3 . N f3 Qxb2 14.Rcl Nxc5 and Black was much better, Smyslov-Watso n, New Yorlc 1987. b) 6 ... b6 7.b4. Now 7... Nbd7 transposes back into the main vanauoo. Dubious is 7 ... c5 71 8.bxc5 bxcS 9.Qa4 + =. Hug- Lutz, San Bem3rdin o 1988. continued 88
9 ... Ne4 10.Nxe4 d1(e4 1l .Nd2 BfS (also possible is 1L .h6 12.Bh4 f5) l2Be2 h6 l3.Bh4 Nd7 14.0-0 gS l5.Bg3 Bg6 J6.Ra b1 cxd4 17.cJ~d4 eS 18.dxe5 NxeS 19.Rfd I Qd7 20.Qxd7 Nxd7 2LNc4 Nc5 22.NeS Bf5 23.Nc6 Bf6 24.R d5 1.0. Wo rth considering is 7 ...Bf5. MachulskyG ufeld, Mos.cow 1991 , continued 8.c4?! (8.Be2 •) 8 ....c5! 9.bxc5 bxc5 JO. cxd~ Ne4l with a large advantage to Black.
Dorfman, Lvov 1988. b) 7.Bd3 bl ) 7...Re8 and now: bll ) 8.e4 dxe4 9'. Nxe4 Nxe4 t 0.Bxe4 c5 11.0 -0 cxd4 12cxd4 Nlf6
=, Popov-1\akmakov, Moscow
1983. b12) 8.Bf4 Nh5 9.0-0 Nxf4 I O.exf4 c5 1 t.Ne5 Qb6 12.Qb3 Qxb3 13.axb3 cxd4 14.cxd4 f6
15.Nxd7?1 (15.Nef'3=) 1S ...Bxd7 16.Ra5 Bh6 17.g3 eS = +, Yusu-
7.BeZ
pov- Vaganian, Moscow 1983.
a) 7.b4:
b13) 8.h3 e5 9_dxe5 NxeS lO.NxeS RxeS ll.NO ReS 120-0 c6 13.Rel Qb6 14. Bxf6 B:xf6 IS.Qc2 Be6 =, Smyslov-Kamsty,
al) 7.•.b6 8.b5 Qe8 (8...Bb7 9.a4 R e8 10.Be2 e5 11.0-0 h6 12.Bb4 c5 13.bxc6 Bxc6 14.Qb3 + =, To rre- Zapata, Brussels 1986) 9.Be2 eS 10.0 -0 Bb7 11.a4 Ne4
Manila Interzonal 1990. b2) 7... c5 8.0-0 b6 9.b4 Bb7
12.Rcl a6 13.Bh4 axbS 14.axb5 R a7 15.Bg3 Nxg3 16.bxg3 Q e7 J7. Nxe5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Bxe5 19.Nf3
JO.Qbt cxd4 tl.cxd4 R eS t 2.a4 b6 13.Bh4 g5 14.Bg3 Nb5 JS.BeS f6
J6.Bg3 Nxg3 17.hxg3 eS?! (17...e6) 18.Bf5 + -. Malaniuk- Loginov, Thllinn 1982.
Bd6 =, Torre-Kasparov. Brussels 1987.
a2) For 7... c6, see lllustrative Game39. a3) 7...Re8 8.Be2 e5 9 .Nb3 b6 1LO.Bb5 e4 l l.Bc6 Rb8I2.Nfd2 Bb7 1l3.Bxb7 Rxb7 14.bS a6 1.5.a4 Ra7 11 6.0-0 Qe7 • , Vaganian-
Beliavsky, Erevan 1975. a4) 7... Qe8 S.B£4 c6 9.Bd3 Ng4! ? iO.Be2 eS l l.Bg3 fS 12.dxe5 NdxeS U3.Nd4 gS unclear, TorreVagan ian, Leningrad 1987.
aS) 7... a5 and: We now el(amine 81) 7•••Re8 and 82) 7...b6.
a51) 8.b5 a4 9.Be2 c5 10.bxo6 l>xc6 11.0-0 cS (11...Qa5 12.c4 Ba6 unclear) 12.R bl +~ , TorreJansa, Biel1985. a52) 8.Be2 Re8 9.0 · 0 e5 10.Nb3 axb4 ll.cxb4 e4 12.Nfd2 Nf8 B.Bh4 h5 14.Qc2 BfS JS.Rfcl Re7 a6.a4 Ne6 uncle ar, Mala niuk-
81 ) 7...Re8
8.0· 0 a) 8.b4 a l ) 8 ... c6 9 .0 -0 aS 10.a4 e5 1 ~ . b5 c5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Rc1 h6 89
14.Bh4 Nx13+ 15.Bxf3 c4 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.R e 1 + =, Torre-Ftacoik., Novi Sad 1984. a2) For 8... b6, see Illustrative Game40. b) For 8 .Qb3, see Illus trative Game4J. &. .•e5
8...c6 and: a) 9.h3 e5 JO.c4 b6 ll .Bh4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.Rcl Qb6 l4.cxdS Nxd5 t.S.Q c2 unclear, ThkmakovGavriko v, M aza tlan Q u ick Play 1988. b) 9.a4 e5 lO.dxeS NxeS ll .aS h6 t2.Bh4 Nxf3+ 13.Bd3 Qe7 14.Qa4
13.Ne1 g5 14.Bg3 hS l.S.h4 Ng4 16 .bxg5 Qxg5 17.Br4 0&6 t8.f3 exf3 19.Bd3 fxg2 20.Bxg6 ~fl =- 0+ 2l.Nxfl fxg6 u nclear , Salov-Gelfand, Linares 1990. b) t0.Bb4 aS l l.a3 e4 12.Net b6 13.Nc2 Nf8 14.c4 g5 1S.Bg3 Ng6 16.bxaS R xaS 17.Nb4 R a8 soon ended in a draw in Salov-Gelfand. Reggio Emilia 1991/92..
gS tS.Bg1 B£5 t6.Rrdt Rad8 17.b3 Nd7 18.0a3 ""' • Rongguaog YeD o uven, Thessalo nild O lympiad
1988. c) 9.b4 h6 t0.Bh4 eS ll.Rcl e4 12.Ne1 Nf8 13.b5 Ne6 14.bxc6 bxc6 15.c4 Qa5 16.Nc2 Nd? 17.Bg3 Bf8 18.cS bS 19.Rb l N&7 20.Nb4 Re6 unclear, lbrre-Tbipuy, New Delhi
1990. 9.b4 a) 9.c4 witb: at) 9...e4 10.Nel c5 ll.Nc2 +=, R o ngguaog Ye- Tsesbkovsty, Belgrade 1988. a2) 9...exd4 tO.Nxd4 NcS ll.cxd5 QxdS 12.8£4 c6 13 .Bf3 Qd8 =, Torre-Sokolov, Siel1989. b) 9.b3 cS 10.Bb5 Qb6 1I.Qa4 a6 12.Bxf6 Qxb5 13.Qxb5 axbS 14.Bxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 BxeS 16 .dxeS R xeS 17.b4 + ~. Benjamin-Hellers. New Yo rk 1993.
10- .h6 lO...Qb6 Jl.Bxf6 Bx£6 12.a3 Qc7 13.R c1 e4 t4.Nfd2 bS 15.a4 a6 unclear. P~trosian -Kortc bnoi, Odessa 1974.
1J.Bh4 1 LBxf6 Qxf6 12. Q c2 ( 12 .R c l Draw, Vaganian-Nunn, Rotterdam 1989) 12...e4 13.Nfd2 QgS J4.b5 Nf6 lS.Kb t Ng4? 1 16.b3 Qh4 17.Kgl N£6 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.c4 BfS 20.Rfc l R acS 2t.c5 gS 22.Bf1 +c:, Oste nstad-Basin, ltnava 1989. 11 ..-&5 U .Ba3 Ne413.Rd 13.Q c2 Nxg3 14.bxg3 e4 15.Nfd2 f5 t6.c4 Nf6 17.a4 Qd6 18.b5? f4
• +, Ostenstad-St ohl, Trnava
SLc6
1989.
For 9 ...h6 10 .Bh4 e 4 ll.Nel see rtl ustrative Game 42
J3...Nxg3 14.hxgJ e4 To rre- Ubl mano , Thessalo ni ki Olympiad 1988, continued 1S.Nh2 fS t 6.c4 Bf8 17.b5 cxbS t 8 .cxd5
10.Nb3
a) 10.a4 aS 1 t.Qb3 h6 t2.Bh4 e4 90
•
Qb6 unclear.
Illwtraln'e Glltrw 38 GM VasUy Smyslov
Bl) 7 ... b6 8.b4 a) 8.a4 aS 9.0-0 Bb7 lO.Rel ReS l l.Qb3 e5 l2.dxe5 NxeS 13.Nxe5 Rxe.5 14.Nf3 ReS t5.Redt
GM Maya Chiburda'n idu .Arubu 1992
l.Nf3 Nf6 l.d4 &6 3.Be5 Bg7
4.Nbdl dS 5.e3 0·0 6 .Bel Nbd7 7.0-0 c5 8.c3 bCi 9.a4 9.Qa4 Bb7 10.Ba6 Qc8 ll.Bb.5
Qe7 =, Petrosian-smejkal, Moscow 1981. b) 8.0-0 Bb7 9.Rc l c5 10.Qa4 a6 li.Rfd l Qc8 l2.Qb3 bS 13.a4 Bc:6 14.axb5 axbS 15.Ne5 c4 16.Qc2 e6 17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 Draw, Granda Zuoiga-Wauo n, New York 1987.
Rd8 12.Ne5 NxeS 13.dxe5 a61
14.Bc2 Ne4 •+, Vaganinn- Timo-
s hchenko, USSR Championship 1978.
9.••a6 In order to meet I O.aS with IO...bS. 10.b4 c4 ll.bSl Malaniuk-Dolmatov, Moscow 1992, continued I I.Ne.S Bb7 12.f4 with a slight edge fo r White. ll...Bb7 12.Qc2 e6 t3.Qb2 axbS
14.axb5 Qe7 15 .N eS Rfc8 16.Bf3 Threatening 17.Ndxc4.
l6 ... h6 17.Bd6
xf6 18.Rxa8
Rxa8 19.Ral Ra5 This is the best move aJtbougb it weakens the a-pawn . 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 2l.Ndxc4 was threatened and 19...Rxal 20.Qxal allows White to penetrate with his Queen.
8.- Bb7 9.0-0 ~8 9...Ne4?! JO.Nxe4 dxe4 lt.Nd2 b6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Bg3 fS 14.f3 f4?1 ( 14... Nf6) 1S.Bf2 + =, exf3 16.Bxf3 Dxf3 l7. Nf3 fxeJ 18.Bxe3 eS 19.Qb3+ Kb8 20.Qe6l Qc8 ( 20...Qe8 21.Qh3) 2l.Rael ReS 22.Qg6 e4 23.NxgS hxg5 24.Rf7 1-0, Kavalek-Browoe. U.S. Championship 1986. 10.Bxf6 Bx16 ll.bS a6 12.a4 eS Seirawan- Kudrin, U .S. Championship 198&. continued 13.dxe5 NxeS 14.Nxe5 Bxe.S 15.Qb3 axb5 t6.a.xb5 d4 17.cxd4 Bxd4 18.Rxa8
20.lba5 bxaS 2l.Bdl! White will now have a dominating pwed pawn after Ba4 and Nc6. 21 ... Bf'8 ll.Ba4 Nd7 If 22...Qa3, tbeo 23.Qxa3 B,;a3 24.b6 Bb2 2.5.Nb 1 Ne4 26.Nd7 followed by Nc5 gives White a large advantage. 23.Nc:6 Bxc:6 2.4.bxc6 Nf6 25.Qb8 Ne8 26.g3 Nc:7 l7.NrJ Ka7 If 27 ... £6, then 28.Nb4 Kg7
Bxa8 19.Bf3 +•. 91
29.Bc2 f5 30.Nf3 followed by Ne5.
11/II.Jt.rrllilit Gonle 39
CM Eucenio Torre GM Garry Kasparov Thcs:suloniki Olympi4d 1988
28 . NeS Qd6 29 . Qa7 Qd8 30.Qxa5 Bd6 3l .N d7 Qa8 32.Qxa8 Nxa8 33.Kn r6 34.Kel Nc7 3S.f3 Kr7 36.e4 Be7 37.Kd2 Kc7 38.N~ Kn 39.Bc2 Bd6 40.f4 rs 4l.Nc8 Ba3 42.eS hS 43.b3 Kel 44.Ba4 Kd8 4S.Nb6 Be7 46.Nd7 M ?! This allows White to break through o n the ltiogside. It was better to sit tight. 47.gxb4 Ne8 48.Bdl Ng7 Not 48.•. BJCh4 49.Nf8.
l .d4 Nf6 l .N f3 1 6 3.Bg5 Bc7 4.c3 dS S.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.e3 0 ·0 7.b4 c6 8.B e2 Re8 9 .0-0 eS 10.a4?! Better is 10.Nb3 to prevent ... a7a5. 10 ... h6 11.8114 aS! 12.b5?! This gives up t he c5-sq uare. Better is t 2.0b3. l2...c5 lJ.dxeS Nxe5 14.NxeS RxeS 15.Bxr6 Bxr6 16.Rcl b6 J 7.Bg4 Bb718.813?! Better is 18.c4 d4 19.8 0 with just a slight advanta&e for Black. 18...Qe7 19.c4 Rd8! lO.Qc2 According to Kasparov, Black has a lar, e advantage after either 20.cxdS Bxd5 2l.Qc2 Bx£3 22.Nxf3 RedS 23.Rfdl Qd7 or 20.Qb3 dxc4 2l.Nxc4 Bd31 22.Nxe5 Bxe5 23.p0 QgS+ 24.Khl QhS 25.£4 Qf3+ 26.Kgl ReS.
49.Nr6 Kc7 SO.hS gxhS Sl .BxhS NxhS 52. xb5 White's passed h-pawn is decisive.
S2 ...Kxc6 S3.Nf6 Bf8 If 53 ... Bxf6 54.exf6 Kd7, then White penetrates with his King on the queenside.
S4.b4 Kc7 SS.hS Kd8 56.Ng8 Ke8 57.h6 Kf7 58.h7 Kz 7 59.Nf6 Be7 60.N e8 + Kxb7 U .Nc7 Bd8 62.Nxe6 BaS 63.NcS Kp 64.Nb7 Bc7 6S.KcZ Kf7 66.Kb2 Ke7 67.Ka3 Kd7 (i8.Kb4 Kc6 69.Nd6 1-0
ZO ...d4 l l.Bxb7 Qxb7 22.exd4?! Correct is 22. Nf3, althougb Blaclc bas a large advantage after 22_.Rf5 23.exd4 Bxd4. 92
22...1Ud4 23.Rcel If 23.Nf3, then 23 ... R g4 and 24.h3 would be met by 24.• .Rxg2+
l4 ...e4 IS.Ndl f5 16.Nxd7 Bxd7 17.c4 r4
25.Kxg2 Rg5+. 23- .Rxel 24.Rxet Qd7 2S.Nn hS 26.g3 If 26.Ne3, then 26...Rd2 27.Rd1
Rxc2 28.Rxd7 Ra2 i.s strong. 26.•.h4 27.Ne3 Qet) 28.Qe2 Re4!
29.ph4 This avoids ... h4- h3, but opens up the k ingside. White was in time pressure here.
29...8c3! JO.Rdl Rxb4 31.QD If 31.Rd8+ Kg7 32.00, tben 32...Be5 is decisive.
Black has a big adv:antage. 18.cxdS he3 19.rxe3 Qb8
3l...Bd4 3l.Ne2
10.0 · 0 Qxg3 ll.Qb3 cxdS
2l.Qxd5 + Kb8 23 .Qb3 Ba4 24.Qe3 Rac8 2S.Qxc8 lf 25.Qa3, then 25...Bxd4. 25 . .. Qu3 + 26.Kbl Qxel 27.Qe3 Qh! + 28.Qh3 Qxh3 + 29.ph3 Bxd4 Black's pas.sed C.j;)3WJI aod twQ
H 32.Nd5, then 32... Kg7 33.Kg2
Oe.S 34.h3 Rh5 wins.
32 •••Rh3 33.QdS Qf6 34.Ne3 Rt3 White cannot defend against the double threat o f 35 ... Rx"f2 and 3.5~.Qg.5+ .
Bisho ps give him a decisive ad·
3S.Khl Rd2 36. Ng4 Qf3 + 37.Qxf3 Rxf3 38.Rel Ra3 39.Re8 + Kg7 40 .Rb8 Rxa4 4l.Rxb6 Rxc4 4.2..Ra6 a4 0-1
vantage.
30.Nb3 Bg7 3l.Kgl e3 32.Rfd 8c6 + 33.Kgl Be5 34.Rc2 Bg3 3S.Ree2 Bt3 36.Nd4 Bxe2 37 .Nxe2 Bd6 38.Rc4 Kc7 39.Rd4 Re6 40.IUI h5 41.Ncl Be5 42.Rd7 + Kg6 43.NdS Rd6
1Umtrt11/vc G~~me 40
GM Roberto Clfue-ntes Parada GM IUaSmirin
44.Rxd6 + Bxd6 4S.Ktl Bf4 46.b4 Krs 47.hxgS BxgS 48.a4
Wijk aan Zte JIJ9J
Kg4 49.Nc3 b4
l.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.BgS Bc7 4.Nbd2 0-0 S.cl clS 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bel Re8 8.b4 b6 9.Bh4 gS IO.Bc3 NbS ll.Nb3 Nxg3 12.hxg3 eS 13.Rcl c:6 14.Nc5
so.Kn b3 O·l
f flustrQJI'vt Gamt 41
GM Jan Timman GM Gata Kamsky
Black's coming pawn storm i.s so strong that perhaps J 4.dxe5 should be played.
Mo~cow199Z
I ,d4 Nf'6 93
~ . Nf3
&6 3.Bcs Bc7
4.c3 dS S.Nbdl 0 -0 ,,e3 Nbd7 7.8el Re8 8.Qb3 c6 9.0-o 9.0
after 12... exf3 13. Bd7+ KhS 14.Bxe8 Qxe8 J5.Rfel . 13.Nxe4 If 13.NeS, then l3 ... NxeS 14.dxeS Rxe5 15.Bxf7 + Kf8! 13 ... Rxe4 14.Bxf7 + Kb8 lS.Rael Qf8 The o nly move . Not 16 ...Qb6
.10~.Not
19... Nxe7? 20.Nf7+ dr:1w-
20.Nxd7 Bxd7 Zl .Qxb7 Qc8 22 . Qx c8 + Rxc8 ~3 . Bc5 a6 24.b3? This t ime pressure blu nder decisively weakens lhe cl-square. Correct is 24.Rt2 with j ust a sli&bt advantage for Black. Now Black's pieces ge t too much p lay. Z4 •••Ke8 2S.Rf2 Bc3 Forcing White to give up control of the e-file.
26.Rdl Re8 27.h3 Re.f 2.8.Khl
hS 29.Rcl Bel 30.Rfc2 Nxt4
31.Rc4 Rxc4 32. bxc4 Bg3 + 33.Khl Bts 34.Rc3 h4 35.Re3 Nd3 36.Bd4 Kt7 37.cS aS 38.a4 Bel 39.Re2 Bb4 40.Bf'1. Nxfl + 4l.Rxf2 Bxc! 0·1
17.Qa3.
16.Ne5 Rxd4 17.f4
IllustTGtive Game 42
GM Gala Kamsky
GM John Nunn Be.fgradc 1991
1.d4 Nf6 2. t3 g6 3.8gS Bc7
4.Nbd2 0-0 S.c3 dS 6.e3 Nbd7 7.b4 ReS 8.Be2 eS 9.0-0 h6 10.8h4 e4 li .Nel cS J2.Bg3 Nf'8 13.Rcl Ng6 Better is 13 ... g4 threaten ing 17.-RdS! This is nece.~ury to stem White's a ttack. Black n ow threa tens l B...QcS + and 19... Nxe5.
18.BxdS If 18. Nxg6~ . then 18... hxg6 l9.Qh3+
Nh7 20.Re8 Oxe8
21.Bxe8 Ndf6wins. 18 ••• NxdS 19.Be7 Qg8
_.h5-h4. 14.c4 c:6 15.bS According to Kamsky, better is 15.Qb3, and if J.L.h5, then 16.cxd5 h4 17 .dxc6 hxg3 18.Cxg3 bxc6 19.Rxc6 Be6 20.Bc4 Bxc4 21.Nltc4 followed by 22.Nd6 with good play ror the piece. 15 ... cxb5 16.cxb5 Re7 17.Ncl g4 I8.Nb4 bS 19.Qa Be6 Better is 19 ... Ne8 preventin~ 94
20.8c7. 20.&7 Qd7 2l.b6 Ne8
44 ... Kd7 45 . &4 B 116 46.NbS RgS?! 47.Kn bS?! 48.Rd Threatening 49.RcS. 48 ...R,6 49.Ng3 Br& SO.RcS b4 SJ.Rcl ·Be7 S2.Rbl Bh4 SJ.NbS
Not 21 ...aS due to 22.Na6. 22.QcS Nxc7 23.bxc7 Rc8 If 23... b6, tben White has a big advantage in the end&ame after 24.Qb5 QxbS 2S.BxbS Rc8 26.Na6.
1·0
l4.Qxa7 Jb:e7 15.Qb6 Nb4 Threatening 26... NO+. U .Nb3 NI'! 27.Nc5 Qd6 28.Na4
Conclusion: After l.d4 Nf6 2.NO g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2, 4...dS is o ne of the best ways to play the King's Indian against t he Torre. This is the variation that Kasparov has chosen.
White has the advantage due to the weakness of the
l8.Bxd5. 34.N6xd5 BxdS JS.NxdS Rcl J6.Rel Nd6 37.a4 Ral 38.Bdl Kf8 39.Nf4 b4 40.Bxg4 Rxa4 41.Rbl Ke7?! Better is 4l...Ra5. 42.g37 Better is 42.Nd5+ Kd8 43.g3. 42. .. bxz3 43.bxg3 RaS 44.Be2 White's plan is to play g4 followed by NbS-&3, hitting the weak e-pawn. 95
Chapter 11 1.44 Nf6 l.NO &6 J.BzS Bg7
Bxc3 + 9.Nxc3 cxb4 lO.QdS Qb6 ll.Na4 Qa6 12.NcS Qa3 unclear, Jooov- Livsbits, Leningrad 1963. b) A solid alternative is 6. ..Qb6
.t.NbdlcS
7.Nxf6+ Qx(6 8.c3 (8.e3 0-0 9.c3 d6 t0.Be2 b6 11.0·0 Bb7 t2.a4 cxd4 t 3.exd4 a6 14.Re 1 Nd7 15.Nd2 Rfc8 =, Thimanov-Gullco, Russian C h ampioMhip 1976) 8...cxd4 9.Qxd4 (9.cxd4 0-0 10.e3 Nc6 11 .Be2 d6 12.0·0 Bd7 13.Qd2
Rfc8 ;::, Cifuentes-Zadrim, Malta Olympiad 1980) 9 ...Qxd4 10.Nxd4 Nc6 11.e3 d6 12.Be2 Bd7 13.0-0-0 ReS J4.g4 Ne5 lS.Rhg J a6 t6.b4 b5 17 .a3 h6 18.Rg3 Kf8 l9.f4 Nc4 =, Torre-Timmao, London 1984. Black sometimes sacrifices a pawn 7 .Nxd4 cxd4 8.Qlld4 0-0 with this move, often with good 9.0-0-0 results. It is risky to delay this move a) 9.c4 with: until after 4...b6 6..Bb4: M ohr-Stull, a I) 9...Nc6 10.Qd2 and no w: Mitropa Cup 1988, continued at 1) For 10...d6 see Illustrative S...cS?! 6.Bxf6 Bx£6 7.Ne4 Bxd4 8.Nxd4 cxd4 9.Qxd4 0-0 tO.Nc3 Games 43 and 44. Nc6 ll.Qd2 (gaining a tempo from a 12) 10... Qa5 11.g3 (11.Nc3 is the normal lines) 1 l ...K&7 t2.e4 d6 better) 11 ... b6 l2.Bg2 Ba6 (Better 13.b4 +=. After 4...d, White has is J2... Bb7) l3.b3 Oxd2+ 14.Kxd2 the choice between accepting the Rac8 tS .Rhdl Rfd8 J6.Nc3 Kf8 challenge A) S.Bxf6 or the more 17.Kc2 Bb7 18.Kb2 NaS 19.Bb3 solid and passive B) S.cl aod C) S.e3. + Azmaipara.sbvili- Jiangchuan Worth considering is 5.dxc5 Qa5 Ye, Beijing 1988. 6.c3 Qxc5 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Ne4 Oc6 a2) Stronger is the immediate 9.Nxf6+ Qxf6 1O.Qd4 Qxd4 l l.cxll4 9 .. . Qa5+ tO.Qd2 ( 10.Nc3 Qb4) . b6 12.Kd2 Bb7 13.Rc l, Popchev- 10...Qxd2 1LKxd2 b6 12.Nc3 Bb7 Kosanovic, Pernilc 1987. However, t3.e3 Na6 ""+, Tangborn-Nijboer,
=.
6... Na6 is probably better.
A) S.8)(f6 s...Bxf6 5...exf6 weakens the d6 square:
6..Ne4 cl«i4 7.Nd6+ Ke7 8.Qxd4 +=, BeUon,...Piedina, Torremolinos 1977. 6.Ne4 B xd4
a) 6 ... Qa5 + 7.c3 Bxd4 8 .b4
Reykjavik 1990. b) 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Qd2 Qb6! and now Miles-Gulko, Philadelphia 1987 continued ll.Rbl Qd41 12.Rdl Qxd2 13.Rxd2 d6 14.Nd5 bS • +. Instead, White should play 1 1.b4!? (Gulko) Qxb2 l 2.Rbl Qa3 13.h5 unclear. Epishio-Mih. Tseitlin, Leningrad 1984, continued
96
.. u ...Qc7 u.Qc:S
11.b3 d61t l2.NdS Qd8 13.e4 e6 J4.Ne3 Qh4 15.Bd3 + =.
12.Qg5 BfS 13.Nc.3 Nb4 with compensation for the pawo, Nikolic-Damjaoovic, Yugoslavia 1985. Not 12. Nc3 Qf4+.
c) 9.Qd2 dS (9...Qa5 10.Nc3 d6 1l.h4 No6 12.Qd 2 Be6 l 3.h5 g5 1 4.e4 +•, Lombard-Kochiev, Kapfenberg 1976) 10.0-0-0 Qc7 1 1.Nc3 Be612.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.Qxd5 Nc6 14.e3 Rad8 • +, Trifunovic-
u ....
b,
Not 12...Be67 13.e3 with a large advantage to White, Blee.~-Nij boer, AVRO 1989. IJ.Qc3 Qf4+ 14.Qe3 14.Nd2? Nb4 -+. 14... Qxe3 IS.fxe3 NeS Kovacevic-Stein, Zagreb 1972, continued 16.Nf2 Beo 17.g3 Rac8
Karasloychev, Varna 1960.
Draw. B) 5.c3 :S...cxd4
Also possible is 5...0-0 6.Bxf6. :a) 6...Bxf6 7.Ne4 Qb6 &.Nx£6+ ex£6 9.Qd2 d6 10.e3 Nbd7 Ostro...sky-
=.
9...Nc:6 9-.0aS?! 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Qd2 d6 J2..h4 Be6 13.Kbl R.ac8 14.e4 with
Nezhmetdinov, USSR 1963. b) 6...exf6 7.dxc5 f5 8.e3 f4 9.exf4 b6 10.Be2 bxcS 11.0-0 dS 12.Nb3
a lar3e advantage to White, Yusupov-Gorelov, USSR 1981. lO.QdldS a) JO...Oc7? ll.Nc3 e6 12.e4 £5 13.exf5 Rx£5 14.g3 +•, TorreVogt, Baku 1980. b) IO...QaS lt.Nc3 d6 12.h4 Be6
Qd6 13.Ne5 Nc6 14.Nxc6 Qxc6 lS.B£3 Be6 = , Trifunovic-Spassky, Varna Olympiad 1962. 6.cxd4 Ne' Queen moves like 6... Qa5 or 6._Qb6 are weaker. 6.-d.S was Ol. 10.
l3.Kbl NeS 14.e4 Rfta 15.a3 Ng4 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17 .Rxd2 BxdS 18.exdS h5 a , Panczyk-5znapik.
Poland 1982. ll.QxdS
tl.Ng3 Be6 12.e3 Rc8 13.Kb1 Qb6 and now Agzamov-Loginov,
USSR 1986, con,inued 14.Ne2?!
d4! 15.Ncl?! Nb416.Bd3 NdS ... +. Instead 'White should play 14.Bd3
d4 15.exd4 Bxa2+ J6.Kxa2 Nb4+ '1 7.Kbl QaS 18.c3 Qa2+ cording to Loginov.
=,
ac-
7.e3 0-0 8.8d3 97
Other Bishop moves: a) 8.Be2
al ) 8...d5 9.0-0 B£5 10.Qb3 Qb6 ll.Qx:b6 axb6 12.a3 Rfc8 13.Racl Ne4 ( 13 ... Nd7!m) 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.Bf4 f6 16.Bg3 eS 17.dxeS Nxe5 1 8.Nd4 + =, Balashov-Hellers , Malmo 1988. a2) 8... d6 9.0.0 BfS 10.Qb3 Rb8 lt.Racl Be6 12.Qa3 Qb6 13.Rfd1 Rfe8 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 1.5.Ne4 Bg7
=.
Trifunovic-Tan, Beverwijk 1963. a3) 8... h6 9.Bh4 d6 10.0.0 g5 ll.Bg3 Nh.5 12.Qb3 e5 13.d5 Ne7 14.e4 Nf4 15.Rfe1 Neg6 ""• 'ni· funovic--Oiabsoo, Bled 1961. b) For 8.Bc4, see Jllustra tive
Game 45. 8 ... d6 9.0·0 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 ll .Qb3 Black had problems in TrifuoovicPavlov, Halle 1963. For example, 1L.Kg7 12.Ne4 or ll...NaS 12.Qc2. I nstead he played the dubiou$ 11 ~.eS? I White correctly sacrificed a piece with 12.Bxg6 Na5 13.Qd5 Be6 14.Qe4 fxg6 15.Qxg6+ Kg8 16.Qxb6 + K g8 17.Qg6+ Kh8 18.che5 dxeS 19.Ne4 + =.
C) S.e3
and Cl) S.-116. An alternative is: 5 ...cxd4 6 .exd4 Nc6 7 .c3 0 -0 8.Be2 d6 9.0 -0 h6 10.Bh4 and now: a) JO... Qc7 11.Rel ReS 12.Nc4 NdS ==, Guimard- Resbevsky, Mar del Plata 1966. b) 10...e5 ll.dxeS d11eS 12.Nc4 e4 13.Nfd2 Qe7 14.Qc2 g5 15.Bg3 Ne8 16.0 e3 l 7.Nb3 b.5 18.Nca5 Nxa.5 l9.Nxa5 fS 20.f4 +=, Kovacevic-KoziJI, Ljubljana 1989. C l)
s...o.o
6.c3
a) 6.Bxf6 at ) 6...Bxf6 7.Ne4 Qb6 8.Nxf6+ Qxf6 9.c3 d6 10.Be2 b6 11.0-0 Bb7 12.a4 cxd4 J3.exd4 a6 t4.Re1 Nd7 = , Taimanov-Oullco. USSR 1976. a2) 6... exf6 7.Be2 rs 8.c3 b6 9.0·0 Bb7 10.Nc4 d5 11 .Nce5 c4 12.Ne l Qe7 13.NSf3 f4 ==+, Arapovic-P aunovic, Y ugoslavia 1983. b) 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.exd4 Nc6 8.c3 d6 9.0-0 b6 1O.Bxf6 Bxf6 ll .d S? Ne5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13.Qb3 Bg7 14.Radl Kh7 15.Khl b6 16.Rfel Bb7 17.c4 f5 + , Filip-F. Olafsson, Yarn a Olympiad 1962. 6... b6 a) 6 ...cxd4 7.exd4 al) 7 ...d6 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.0-0 h6 IO.Bh4 Nb5 ll.Rel fS 12.d5 Ne5 13.Bc2 Nf4 =+, Timman-H.
=
Olafsson, Malta Olympiad 1980. a2) 7...<15 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.0-0 Qc7 lO.Rel Nh5 ll.Nfl N£4 12.Bb5 e6 13.Qd2 Nb5 14.Ng3 Nxg3 1S.hxg'3 a6 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Bh6 + ""• Trifuoovic-Gligoric, Yugoslavia 1971. b) 6...d6 7.Be2 h6 8.Bb4 Nbd7
Now we examine Cl) 5... 0-0
98
9 .a4 Qc7 lO.Qbl ?! e5 11.0-0 Re8 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.N~teS dxe5 =+, Guimard-Keres, Buenos Aires
1964. 7.8d3 a) 7.Bc4 Bb7 8.0-0 d6 9.h.3 Nc6 10.Qe2 ReS 11.Ba6? (t t.a3) li...Qc7 12.Bxb7 Qxb7 13.Rfdt Nd8 14.Racl Ne6 lS. Bh4 Rc7 =+. Tor an- Thimanov, Kapfenberg 1970. b) 7.a4 Nc6 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.0-0 h6 tO.Bb4 d6 l l.Qbl ReS 12.Rc1 cxd4 13.exd4 NdS 14.Rel Nf4 15.&4 Qd7 16.Bg3 gS l7.Bb5 a6 1&.Bfl with a large advantage to White, RibliGbeorghiu. Baile Herculane 1982. 7... Bb7 8.0-0 d6 ?.b4 9.Qe2 Nc6 1O.Rfd 1 cxd4 t 1.cxd4 h6 12.8h4 Nb4 13.Bc4 a6 14.Bb3 ReS IS.Racl bS H ort-Smyslov, W ijk aan Zee 1972.
=.
6.Be2 0·0 7.0-0 l'olc6 8.c3 Re8 9.a4 Bb7 l O.Bxf6 exf6 1 J.Nb3 Bf8 12.a5 Nxa5 13.Nxa5 bxa5 14.Qa4 cxd4 15.Nxd4 ReS! 16.Rfdl Qb6 17.Qxd7 Rd8 18.Qa4 1k5 l9.Qc2 Be4 20.8d3 Ba& 21. Bf1 Rb8 =, Lechtynslcy-Vo kac, Czechoslovakia 1984. 6 ...Bb7 6...0-0 7.Bxf6 ed6 6.dxc5 bxc5 a ) 9.Nb3 Qb6 10.Qd.5 d6 I 1. 0-0-0 Be6! t2.. Qxd6 Rc8 13.Qxb6 axb6 14.Nfd2 Rxa2 :o + ,
2. Nikolic- Bukic, Yugoslavia 1980. b) 9.Bd3 f5 10.0-0 Nc6 IJ.Qa4 Rb812.Rab1 Qc7 IJ .RfdJ d614.b4 Bd7 J.5.Qa3 Ne.S 16.Nrxe5 BxeS Rustjc-Krnic, Yugoslavia 1983. , 7.Bd
=.
a ) 7.Qa41 ? 0-0 8.8e2 d6 9.0-0 Nbd7 t0.b4 Q c? Jl .bxcS bxcS 12. Rabt Rfc8 t3.Qa3 Nb6 14.Bd3 e6 ( 14... h6 15.Bb4 gS 16.Bg3 Nh5 17.Rfel Nxg3 18.bx&3 e6=) ts. Rfel h6 16. Bh4 NbS t7.Nfl cxd4 l8.c;xd4 Bxf'3 ?! 19.gxf3 Qc3 20.Qa6 + =, Kovacevic- Larsen, Bugojno 1984. b) 7.Bd3 0 -0 8.0-0 d6 9.Qe2 Nbd7 lO. R Cd l h6 ll.Bh4 gS 12.Bg3 Nh 5 13 .Ba6 Bxa6 14.Qxa6 fS IS.Nfl Qe8 16.a4 eS = +. Koostan-
tiooposky-Zaitsev, Moscow 1966. 9 ... Nbd7 10.bxc5 bxc.S 1t.Qa4 lf.Rb t Qc7 12.Qa4 eS? ( 12... Bc6) 13.dxe5 dJCeS 14.e4 + =, Mites-Watson, New York 1987. ll ... Nb6 U .Qa3 Qc:7 13.Rabl
Rrcs =,
Pietzsch-Smyslov, H ava n a
1965. Cl ) 5...b6 6.c3
' --d6 8.0-0 0-0 Now White has tried different plans: a) 9.b4 Nd5 lO.O b3 cxb4 ll.cxb4 h6 12.Bb4 Nd'7 13. Bc4 NSf6 J4.1Uc l a6 15.a4 e5 = , MoiseevSavon, U SSR Championship 1970. b) 9.a4 b6 10.Bh4 gS 11.Bg3 Nb5 12.Q c2 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Nc6 l4.g4 Q c8 15. Bd3 Ba6 16.Bxa6 Qxa6 17.d 5 + =, Kovacevic- Dolja nin, Stara Paw va 1988. c) 9.Qc2 Nc6?! (9...cxd4 10.exd4 Nbd7 with the ide a Rc8) l O.Rfe l Rc8 ll.Rad l Q c7 12.Q b l Rfe8 13.8c4 a6 14.a4 Na5 15.Bfl c4 16.e4 e5 J7.h3 + -=, Nikolac-Hartman, German League 1986. d) 9.Re1 Qc7 tO.a4 Nbd7 11.Bfl e511 (11...h6 12.Bxf6 p 2.Bh4 gS J3 .Bg3 NbS 14.e4 Nxg3 15.hxg3 e6 • 1 Nxf6 13.e4 e6 = ) 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.e4! a6 14.Bc4 Bc6 J5.Bxf6 Nxf6 16.Qe2 Bb7 17.Bd3 Ne8 18.Nf1 Nd6 19.N3d2 Qd7 20.Nc4 + •, Plato nov- Sideif-Sade, Tashke nt 1980. Illustrative Game 43
t 8.Rd2 Rf4. 15-.f4 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.Qxd5 + Kg7 18.0-0
Black's Kn ight is superior to White's Bishop and White's only hope is the break c4-c5. For example , 18 ... a.5 19.c5 Qxc5 20.Qxc5 ~.xc5 21.Rd5 Kf6 22.Rxc5 is fine fo r White. L8-.Rac:8? Correct is 18_J
19 .b4 Qxb4 lO . Rbl 2l.Rxb7 Kf6 22.h4
Qa3
Threate n ing 23.Bg4.
GM Nlkola Spiridonov GM Garry Kasparov
u ...b6 l3.Rd1? S kivti 1981)
l.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bg5 Bg7
4.Nbd2 cS S.Bxf6 Bxf' 6.Ne4 Bxd4 7.Nxd4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 0·0 9.e4 Nc:6 10.Qd2 d6 ll.Ne3 Be6
12.e4 Qb6 lJ.Rdl? Be tte r is 13.Nd5 and if 13 ... Bxd5, then 14.exd5 Nd4 15.0 -0 -0 with a good position for White.
13...Ne5 14.b3 IS 1S.Be2 Better is 1S.exf5 Rxf.S 16.Qd4, although Black has the better ending after 16 ...Qxd4 17.Rxd4 Raf8
Correct is 23.Qd2 gS 24.Rb3 Qc5 25.RbS forcing the black Queen away from its stro ng positio n.
23 .••Rb8 Not 23...Qxa2?? 24.Qxd6 +! 24.Rc7 Rfc8 2S.Rxc8 Rxc8 Now Black's positiooa l superiority is clear. 26.Qb7 Qc:S 27.Qb2? 27.Rb 1 was more tenacious.
27".Qb6 28.Qcl gS 29.RdS e6 30.hxg5+
100
Opening the h-file gives W hite more problems.
,
30 ... bxg5 31.Rdl Ke7 32.Qc2 Rb8 33.Qa4 g4 34.Qa3 Q4:S 3S.Qc3 gJ 36.Rfl gxU + 37.Rxt2 Rbl + 38.Bt1 Qe3 39.Qxe3 fxe3 40.Rc2 Nxc4 0-1
28. h8=Q + allows White a breakthrough at f7. 2S.hxg6 fxg6 26 .Rhgl Nb5
27.a4 Na7l8.Kd4 a5 19.e5 Nc8 tries to cre ate counterplay with 29...bS, then 30.fS If
Black
bxa4 31.(6+ e xf6 32.exd6 is stro ng. 1/lustnatlw Game .U
GM Vasslly Smyslov I M Thomas Emst Lond~l 1088
l.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 J.BgS Bg7 4.Nbd2 c5 5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.Ne4 Bxd4 7.Nxd4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 0-0 9.c4 Nc6 IO.Qd~ d6 U.NcJ Be6 l2.e4 Qa5 13.Be2 a6 14.Nd5! This leads to a better endgame for White d ue to a space advantage. 14... Qxd2 + 15 .Kxd2 Bxd5 16.cxd5 N d4 17.Bd3 Rfc8 18.Racl Kf8 19.Ke3 N bS 20.g4 b6 2Lb4 Na7
30.Rel Nb6 If 30 ... b6, tbe o 3 '1 .Rce l R £8 32.f5. Afte r t he t ext, White's cerntral pawn majority will be decisive. 3l.R:xcS dxtS 32.Kxc5 Nxa4 + 33.Kd4 Nxbl 33... Rc8 34.d6 exd6 35.exd6 Rd8 36.Bb51 is also hope less.
34.Bb5 a4 The only way to save the Knight, as 35.Rb1 was threatened. 3S,. d6 exd6 36.exd6 Rd8 37.d7
Kf6 38.Rd a3 39.Kc3 Ra8 40.Re8 Na4 4l .Bxa4 1-t lliUJ/J'alive Gam~ 45 GM Arthur Bisguiu
GM Robert Fiscber
u.s. ChQI1tpi.onship 1965/66
Black is hoping to exchange off Rooks oo tbe c-file, but now White d irects h is attentio n to the kingside. 22.Rc:O Kc7 l3.f4 RtS l4.bS Rh8 If 24 ... g5, the n 25 .fxg5 hxg5 26.h6 + Kg8 21.h7+ Kg7
l .d4 Nf'6 2. Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bf7 4. Nbd2 cS S.c3 cxd4 6.cxd4 Nc4) 7.e3 0-0 8.a3 h~ 9.Bh4 d6 10.Bc4 ars ll.b3 ReS 12.0-0 eS 13 .e4 8d7 14.dxe5 dxeS 15.Ba2 Better is 15.Bxf6. Now Black shuts o ut this Bishop a.nd starts a kiogside attack. 15-.gS 16.8g3 Qe7 l7.Rel RedS J8.Nh2 Be6 19.Bxe6 Qxe6 20.Nh0 Wbite i$ hoping to t ransfer a Knight to f5. He will never get the chance, howeve r. lOt
20... Rd3 21.Re3 Rd7 22.Qb3 Qe7 23.Nf3 Rfd8 24.Rael NhS 2S.R c3 QRi 26.Ne3?
Chapter 12 l.d4 N16l.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Nt4
Better is 26.Bb2.
l6...Nd4 27.Nxd4 exd4 l8.Ng4 Qg' l9.Rd3 NxgJ 30.(xg3? 30.Rxg3 would have been a tougher defense, although Black is much better after 30...d3.
30 ..•Rc7 31.Nfl Rdd 3l.Re2 Rcl 33.Khl bS Threatening 34 ... Bc5 and 35...b4.
34.Qb7 BeS 3S.Qd5 Rlc5 36.Qd7 h4 37.Nhl Rd 38.Rf3? 38. Q g4 would bave h eld out longer.
White has two reasonable ways to retreat tbe Bishop: A) 4.8f4 and B ) 4.Bh4. A) 4.8f4 4... dS 4...c5 and:
a) 5.c3 Bg7 6.d5 (6.Nbd2 Nxd2 7.Qxd2 cxd4 8.cxd4 Qb6 9.e3 =, Zakharo v-Kolpakov. Tasbkent 1964) 6 ...0 -0 7.Nbd2 Nf6 8.d6 Nc6 9.e3 Nh5 10.8&5 (6 l l.Bh4 g5 12.g4 unclear, Gurevich-Gulko, Batumi
1969. b) For 5.e3 , see Illustra tive
38••24! Opening up the h-file.
39.Qxg4 QxJ4 40.hxg4 Kg7 4t.RfS Rxbl + 0·1 Jf 42.Kh l , then 42 ... Rc l + 43.Kb2 Bxg3+ 44.Kh3 Rhl mate.
Conclusion: After l.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2, 4...c.5 is a sharp move cham pioned by both Fischer and Kasparov.
Game46. 5.e3 Bg7 S...cS 6.c3 (6.B e5! ? f6 7.Bxb8
Rxb8 8.Bb5+ J
12.Bc4 e6 13.Be5 with a large advantage to Wh ite , Rytov-
102
•
Vaganian. Tallinn 1979. 6.Nbdl d
6 ...0-0 7 .Nxe4 d7'e4 8.Nd2 fS 9.Bc4+ Kh8 JO.h4 c.S ll .cJ cxd4 12.cxd4 Nc 6 13.h5 Qe8 "", M ikenas-Stein, USSR Champion· ship 1965.
7-d 0-0 a) 7...Qb6 8.Qb3 Nxd2 9.Nlld2 c4 to.Qxb6 axb6 ll.Bxb8 RxbS 12.e4 e6 13.Be2 bS 14.eS Ra8 15.0.0 + =, Kovacevic-Ber tok, Zagreb
1969. b) For 7 ... Nc6, see Illustrative Game 47. c) 7... Nxd2 8.Qxd2 0-0 9.Be2 b6 t O.Rd t cx.d4 t l.cxd4 Bb7 12.Rc1 Nc6 13.0-0 ReS 14.Rc2 £615.Rfc1 Qd7 =, Lokvene-De Lange, Leipzig Olympiad 1960.
4...d5 a) 4 ... c5 and: al) S.c3 Bg7 (S•••Qb6 6 .Nbd2 Nxd2 7.Qxd2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 e.5 9.Nf3 f6 1 0.~ Be7 1 LBc4) 6.Nbd2 Nxd2 J.Qxd2 cxd4 8.Nxd41 0 -0 (8...d5) 9.e4 Nc6 10.Nc2 dfi ll.Be2 Be6 12.Ne3 Bh6 13.g4 unclear, Bellon-
Fraguella. Lanzarote 1975. a2) 5.Nbd2 dS and: a21) 6.e3 Bg7 7.c3 Bg4?! (7... Nc 6; 7 ... 0 -0 ) 8.Qb3 Bx£3 9 .Qxb7 Nxd2 t 0 ..Bb5 + Nd7 li.Bxd7 + + =. Psak:his-Konopka, Erevan 1986. all) 6.dxc5 Nxc5 7.Nb3: a22J) 7 ... Nc6 8. Nxc5 (8.c37! Na4) OaS+ 9.c3 Oxc5 tO.e3 Bg7 U .Be2 0-0 12.0-0 e5 13.Rc1 (with t he idea b4-b5) 13 ... a5 l4.Qa4 B£5 lS.Rfd l h6 J6.Nd2 Be6 17.Nb3 Qb6 18.Qb5 + ""• 'lbrreE rmenkov, Thessalonik.i Olympiad 1984.
a.l22) 7...Nxb3 8.axb3 Bg7 9.c3 0 -0 10.e3 Nc6 tl.Be2 . 0-0 12.0-0 e5 =, Damjanovic-
Markovic, Zagreb 1960. b) 4~.Bg7 bt ) 5.e3 dS 6.Bd3 0 -0 7.c4 Bf5 =, Filip-Stein, Stockholm 1962.
b2) 5.Nfd2 Nd6 6.c3 cS?! 7.dxc5
8.Nxe4 8 .Be2 Nc6 9.0 -0 Q~ 10.Qb3 Qxb3 ll.axb3 Bg4 12.Bdl Nxd2 13.Nxd2 Bxdl 14.Rfxd 1 cxd4
N£5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bf4 e5 10.Bg3 Qc7
l.S.exd4 a.S 16.Nb l Ra6 =, Vaga-
b3) 5.c3 0-0 6.Nbd2 dS 7.e3 BfS
11.Ne4 0-0 12.e3 Qc6 t3.Nbd2 bS 14.Nd6 Nxd6 15.cxd6 Qxd6 16.Ne4 +=, Gelfand-Kulag:a, M insk 1980.
nian-M ortensen, Esbjerg 1988. dxe4 9.N dl a d4 10.exd4 rs
8.Nxe4 Bxe4 9.Bd3 B.xd3 10.Qxd3
Rodriguez-Westerinen, Alicante 1980, continued l t.f3 exf3 12.Be4+ Kh8 13.Nx0 Nc6 14.Qe2
c6 14.Ne5 Qe8 J5.Bg3 NbS 16.Nf3 Qe7 17.b5 a6 =, Lobron-Chiburdaoidze, Brussels 1987. c) 4 ... b6 5.Nbd2 Nxd2 6.Qxd2 Bb7 7.0-0-0 Bg7 8.e4 0 -0 9.e5
s...
Bd7 15.b4 h516.0..0
B) 4.Bb4
+•.
Od7
103
1 1 .0~0
e6 t2.Rac1 Na6 13.b4
c5 1O.dS f6 ll .exf6 exf6 12.Bg3 Ba6 13.h4 Bxf1 14.Rdxft Rn t S.hS gS 16.h6 Bf8 17.Rel d6 t8.Re6 witb a la rge advantage to White, Timmao-Sunyc Neto, Amsterdam 1985.
1955. 9.Nxt4 dxe4 JO.Ndl rs Sp as.sky- Be rezhnoy, Kharkov 1963, continued 11.Bc4+ Kh8 12.Bg.S Qe8 13.b4 e.S 14.dxe5 Nc6 t.S.h.S Nxe5 16.hxg6 Qxg6 17.Qh.S Oxh5 18.Rxh5 Nxc4 19.Nxc4 Be6 20.Nd6 Be5 21.0-0-0 + =. 11/ustraJivt Game 46
NM ADdrei Rakhmangulo" IM Alexey Fedorov Nikolatv, Ukmiru: 1993
5.e3 Be? 6.Nbdl cS
6... Nd6 and now: a) 7.c3 c6 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.0-0 NfS 10.Bg5 f6 11.8£4 gS 12.Bd3 e6 13.Bllf5 ex£5 14.Bd6 N£8 15.Ba3 with a large advantage to White, Petrosi~n-Furman, USSR Cbam·
pionsbip 1958. b) 7.Be2 c6 8.0-0 Nd7 9.c4 Nf5 1 O.BgS f6 1 LBf4 g.S l 2.Bg3 h 5 13.Bd3 Nf8 '1 4.Qc2 +=, MedunaRobatscb, Troava 1987. 7.c3 cxd4 7..• Nxd2 8.Qxd2 and: a) 8 ...QaS?! 9.b4 cxb4 IO.cl!.b4 Qh6 li.R c l Bg4 12 .Be2 Nd7 J3.a4 Bf6 14.Bg3 0-0 lS.a.S with a large advantage t o Whi te, MalaniukSemeniuk, USSR 1986. b ) 8... b0 9.Ne5 0 -0 10.£4 Bb7 1l .Bcl3 Nd7 12.0 -0 N£6 13.Rad I unclear, Gerebe n- Trinc.ardi, Reg· gio Emilia 1963/64. S.exd-' 0 -0 8.- Nc6 9.Nxe4 dxe4 tO.NgS Bf6 ll.dS + =, Filip-Molnar, Lyons
l.d4 Nf6 2 .Nf3 g6 3.8g5 Ne4 4.Br4 cS S.e3 Bg7 6. Nbd2 dS 7.c3 Nc6 8.Nxe4 dxe4 9.Nd2 cxd4 10.cxd4 QaS ll.a3 If t l .Be2, then 11...e5 is s trong. I 1...0-0 12.b4 QfS Threatening 13 ... Nxd4. 13.Bg3 Rd8 14.Rcl eS lS.dS l'be o nly move.
lS... Ne7 If 15... Rxd5, then White wins bis pawn back with 16.Qc2.
l6.f3 White sacrifices a pawn to get activity fo r his pieces. BJ:ack would be better after 16.Q c2 Nxd5 followed by ...aS.
16 ... exf3 J7.e4 fxgl 18.Bxg2
QgS 19.0-0 Bg4 If 19...Qe3 + . then 20.Bf2 Qxa3 21.Bc5 gives White a strong attack. 20.Qel Rd7?! Preventing Rc7, but the Rook is badly placed at d7, as Wbite's next moves demo nstra te . Better is 20... Rac8.
2l.h3 BhS 22.h4 Qh6 13.Nc4 1'6 l4.Bh3 Rdd8 25.Be6 + 25.Na5 immediately would have
104
=,
!been better.
0-0 14.fxe4 fxe4 15.g3 e5
l5••.Kh8 26.Na5
Keres-Botvinnilt, Budapest 1952.
White has very strong queenside play and Black's only chance to l$ave the game is witb couoterplay o o tbe tiogside.
9...13?! Better is 9 ...cxd4 1CI.cxd4 QaS as in the previous game:. Now Black will have trouble castling.
10.Qb3 cxd4 ll.cxd4 NaS 12.Qc3 Threatening 13.Bc7. 12...b6 13.b4 Nb7 L4.Rcl Nd6'/ Black should have used this opportunity tO castle.
IS.Qb3 Bb7 J6.Be2 Rc8 17.0-0 R.xcl 18.Rxd Qd7 19.Nt4 Nr7 .26•••g5! 27.Nxb7 gxh4 l8.Bx.h4 Rg829.Nd6 29.Bxg8 Rxg8 30.d6 Ng6 3t.Bg3 :should win for White. l9.••f5 30.NxfS?! If 30.Bxe7, t beo 30 ... 8£6+ .
Thu allow~ a dccil5ive blow, a lthough Black's position was hopeless in any case.
White could still win with 30.K.h1. Now Black's desperate counterattack pays off.
30 ... Nxf5 3l.Rxf5 Bf6 + 32.Bxg8 Rxg8 33.Khl Bxh4 34.Qo4 Qxcl Draw White m ust force a perpetual c heck: after 35.Qf6 + Rg7 36.0f8+. fllustrati~~e
G4me 47
GMTonyMIIes lM Erling Mortenst.a Atvhus, Dmmalk J9'}3
l.d4 N f6 2 .Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.Bg5 Ne4 S.Bf4 d5 6.Nbd2 cS 7.e3 Nc6 8.Nxe4 dixe4 9.Nd2 9.NgS cxd4 10.exd4 Qd.5 11.Qb3 e6 12Qc2 (11.Bc4 Qf5) f5 13.0
20.Nxb6! axb6 ll.Rc7 BdS 22.Qc2 Qd 23.Bb5 + Kf8 24 .Rt8 + Nd8 2S.Rxd8 + Kf7 26.Rxd5 1.0 Conclusion: 3 ... Ne4 is infer ior and less popular than tbe o tber ways of playing against the Torre. 1n5
Index of Annotated Games 1. Yusopo,·-Kupov-··-··- ··-···-· 2
25. Khapilia-Komlssarov _ ..___ 57
l. Kavalek- BruaiH:r-
··- ··- - 3
26. Mlchalek- KJshnev._ .._ ........ 60
3. Ye-Cha.Pdltr .....- ..- ·- ··--·- 9
27. Meduoa-Koutsin ........- ......-•• 60
• · Be111jamln-Yudasia - ..- .. _ .. _to
28.. Yt-BaUaas ··--·-···- ·-·-···-·· 61
5. Dree~Rubao """_..,_.._ .,_.. _.Jl
29. Summerse.ale-van Wely- ..... 67
6. CUucute~Routdn -···-..........17
30. NikoUc-Piket .......- ...- ............ 63
7. ~rn-Cbekbov- ...-·----17
31. Kovacevio-O' O
8. Hat~sea-G•revleh ····-····-····-....18
32. Malanluk- Marl.n ..__.. _._ ......... 15
9. Se.lrawan-Aoderssoo- ..- ..--20
3.3. Petrosian-JansJI ~··-..- ..-·.. 76
10. Kovaeevlc-Miolc_ .._ ,. _____ .2l 11. Hoi-GulkCl ....·-··-··· ..............,..,.. .21
ll. TseltU~ttn~pin ....._.............Zi
3~.
Smy3lov- Arakbamia ..- ......... 71
35.
Kasparo~"-MOrtinovlc .....-....
77
36. Oiaclakov-Balasbov..........-... 78
13. Hodgsoa- Howell - ...- ....- ....37
37. Salov-Smlrlo ..........-·-··-'"· 83
14. Adam.<~.-E~sbla ....."""'·" "'-'"'·.311
38. Smyslov-Citlburdanldu ........ 91 15. Kortc:bnoi-Karpov ....- -......39
16. Yusupov-Blsea.oiT
39. Torre-Kasparol' ··-··-·- ··- 9Z
..-.40
17. Hodpon-Ro,ers .._,_ ........- 41 111. Kortcbnoi-Kens ••- .......- ..."41
19. Vqa.nian-Piaskett-
40. Clfutntes--Smirin ·-··-··--..-
93
41. Timman- Kamsty - · -·--
93
42. K.amsky- Nuno .....
w
- 41
~. . . . . . .. -
•••
94
20. Perrosla.-Liubllnsky..............50
43. Spi.rldoaov-Kasparov...- ..- 100
:U. Spassky-Petrosiaa.......- ..-.51
44. SIDyslov-Emst ......................... 101
n . Sokolov-ha~~eltu k .-..-
45. Blsc•ln-Fiscller
..-.52
-46.
ZJ. Petrosla.o-Mecking- ..- ..- ..51
101
RakJunan~ulov-Fedorov .-... 104
.-,. Mile....Mortc.n~a ..- ...- ......... 105
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