ALEXANDER ALEKHINE (er. 1927-1931)
The Steeplechase
The Tactician's ·Handbook Vol. 5
Copyright © 1999 by Victor Charushin English Language Translation Copyright © 1999 by Pickard & Son, Publishers All .rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photo copying and any information storage and retrieval system, without permis sion in writing from the publisher. Printed in the United States of America
ISBN: 1-886846-15-4 Cover by Ellis Graphics This work is a revised and expanded translation of the Russian book ..The
Steeplechase," published by the author in 1999.
The Steeplechase Author: Victor Charushin Editor: Sid Pickard Translator: V.Charushin & A.Sychev
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Table of Contents Symbols Introductwn
PartOne Excelsior
8 9
11
Across the Centuries
14
Alexander Alekhine Plays the Steeplechase
19
Laws of the Steeplechase
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PartTwo The Opening Steeplechase Paris Opening [AOO]
29 29
Larsen's Opening [AOO]
30
English Opening [A18J English Opening [A27]
30 33
English Opening [A39]
33
Modem Defense [A42] Dutch Defense [A84]
34
Owen's Defense [BOO]
35
Center C ounter Defense [BO I]
36
Pirc Defense [809]
36
C aro-Kann Defense [B15]
37
C aro-Kann Defense [Bl8]
37
Sicilian Defense [B23 J French Defense [Cl2]
37
Center Opening [C20] Danish Gambit [C21 J
34
38 40 40
The Steeplechase
Vienna Game [C2 71
45
King's Gambit [C35] Scotch Gambit [C44]
45 48
The Modem Move Order Two Knights Defense [CSS] Ruy Lopez [C64]
49 50
51
Albin's C ounter Gambit [DOB]
52 52
Slav Defense [015]
53
Queen's Gambit Accepted [021]
53
Tarrasch Defense (032]
54
Ragozin Defense [039] Variation I
54 55
Variation II (The Junge System)
57
Variation III
62
Variation IV
63
Variation V
64
Chigorin's Defense [007]
Semi-Slav Defense [047]
67
The Modem Une
68
Queen's Gambit [053] Queen's Gambit [060]
70 70
Queen's Indian Defense [El2]
71
Queen's Indian Defense [El7]
71
Old Indian Defense [E97]
72
PartThree The Middlegame Steeplechase
73
The a-pawn March
73
The b-pawn March
74
The c-pawn March
77
The cl-pawn March
81
The e-pawn March
89
The f-pawn March
95
Table of Contents
The g-pawn March
100
The h-pawn March
103
PartFour The Mutual Steeplechase
109
Excelsior in Chess Compositions
110
March of the Doubled Pawns
113
Postscript Index of Players
117 119
Symbols
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White has a slight advantage ±
White stands c learly better +
White is winning =
the game is even 00
the position is u�clear
an excellent move ? a mistake !? a move deserving attention �
with the idea
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Black has a slight advantage =i=
Black stands c learly better -+
Black is winning •
c heckmate 00
with compensation !! a brilliant move ?? a blunder ?! a dubious move 0
better is
Introduction
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definite threats. Its appearance on the sixth rank brings perturbation in the opponent's camp. Here a blockade is almost impossible, and any push to the seventh rank is very "The pawn is the soul of chess" F.A.D. close to victory. Forward again to the Philidor eighth rank with transformation into a Queen - rather a rare thing in the middlegame - is a complete As the soldier dreams of becoming a apotheosis! general, so the pawn desires to be come a Queen. The pawn's road forward is not stud
Introduction
In the opening stage of chess, pawns define the redoubtable structures of Black and White fortifications. In the middlegame, pawns serve as rams for crashing through the opponent's defenses, or as armored shields to beat off an attack. In the endgame, pawns are the masters who hold the game's fate in their hands. In this Sth volume of The Tactician's Handbook we will investigate the combinative potential of pawns, with emphasis on opening and middlegame play. Let's look, for example, at the White d2-pawn. On its initial square this pawn carries out only defensive func tions, but with each move its offen sive strength increases. On the fourth rank it provides a solid foot hold in the center, but the pawn's advance to the fifth rank already constitutes an invasion into the op ponent's territory, accompanied by
ded with roses: it must overcome numerous obstacles created by the opponent. Thus the march turns into a Steeplechase - a race through obstacles. Of course, the name only represents artistically the combination's main point and must not be understood literally. Here the "chase" is a pawn charge or breakthrough (with inter mediate moves), and the "barriers" are opposing units that directly, or indirectly, influence the "racer's" route. The following position illustrates these points.
(see next diagram) The d4-pawn is at the starting gate. The initial advance is directly influ enced by the enemy e5-pawn, so the first move breaks down this barrier.
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Game1 Charushin, V 1998
White to play and win
1 .de5f We7 2.ef6 (In the same manner the f6,pawn is eliminated) 2 . we8 (Now the Black King controls f7, and seems co stop any further charge of the noisome pawn. However... ) 3.f7ff (The finish! 1bis pawn forces itself co the seventh rank despite all. The decision follows shortly) 3 we7 4.J:ld8 wd8 (The spiteful 4 . �f7 only prolongs the suffering) 5.fs=e +.
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As it happened, to reach the eighth rank an intermediate move was needed. Starting from the fourth rank, therefore, the pawn required three moves co reach the seventh rank, and five moves to gain the eighth. These steps will be seen repeatedly in the following pages!
Part One
Part One
Excelsior The shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed A youth, who bore, 'mi.d snow and ice, A banner with the strange device, Excelsior! H.Longfellow, "Excelsior"
The most complex and spectacular kind of Steeplechase is the pawn's march from its initial position to the eighth rank, where its. promotion takes pl ace. This variety of Steeple, _ chase we call "Excelsior." To illustrate this theme, nothing serves better than the following well,known game, which the first Russian world champion c�nsidered to be the best of his chess career. Ex, cept where noted, the comments are those of Alekhine.
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positively for a win in order to make sure of first prize, whereas a draw was sufficient for my opponent to secure third prize. Hence I found myself forced to run some risks which wereI after all, justified by my result) 2.c4 �f6 3.g3 (It is better to prepare this flank development of the light,squared Bishop in the Dutch Defense before playing c2-c4, be, cause now Black can advantageously exchange his dark,squared Bishop which has only a very limited range of action in this opening) 3 ... e6 4.-".g2 (This immediate fianchetco development, evolved by Steinitz and adopted later by Rubinstein, does not appear to be the best line of attack; Black with the succeeding move obtains at least equality) 4...3,b4 5.-".d2 -".d2 6.�d2 (The recapture 6.1Wd2, followed by 7.lllc3, is a little better) 6...�c6
7.�gf3 0-0 8.0-0 d6 9 .•b3
(This maneuver does not prevent Black from realizing his plan, but at this point it is difficult to suggest a satisfactory line to play for White) 9...@h8 10.•c3 eS (This advance is feasible, because after the ex, changes in the center the Queen's Knight is attacked by the Black Game2 Queen) 1 1 .e3 (If l 1.de5 de5 Bogoljubow,E-Alekhine,A 12ltJe5? lLie5 13.'ife51 White's Hastings 1922 Knight would be en prise to Black's 1.d4 f5 (A risky defense, which up Queen) 11 ..aS! {It was very impor, to the present I have adopted only tant to prevent b2-b4 temporarily, as very infrequently in serious games. will be seen later) 12.b3 (Not But in the present game I had to play .
12.a3 ?! o n account of 12 ...a4) 12... •es 13.a3 eh5 (Now Black has secured an attacking position, for White cannot answer 14.deS de5 15. llJe5?? llJe5 16.iie5 on account of 16...llJg4, winning outright; nor could he play14.b4?e415.llJel ab4 and wins) 14.h4 (A good defensive move, which secures new squares for his f3 Knight and revives the threat 15.deS) 14 ... �g415.�g5 (White seeks to dislodge Black's Knight at once by 16.f3, which, however, weakens his pawn position still further. Possibly 15.b4 would now be preferable) 15 ... -*.d7 16.f3 (If 16.�c6 Ji.c6 17.f3, then 17...ed4! 18.fg4 dc3 19.gh5 cd2 [Steeplechase! V.Ch.] leads to the bem�r endgame for Black) 16...�f6 17.f4 (Already compulsory, in view of t�e t h r e a t e n e d l 7 ... f4!) 17 . . . e 4 18.l:lfdl (In order to protect the g,pawn [which was threatened by 18...t!fg4 and 19... llJhS] by !Ofl. However, the preliminary advance 18.dS!, preventing Black from form ing a center, would have yielded White more chances of a successful defense) 18... h6 19.�h3 d5 (By this move Black completely wrecks his opponent's hopes in the center, and shortly seizes the initiative on the Queenside in a quite unexpected fashion) 20.�fl �e7 (Prepares 21 ... a4!) 21.a4 �c6 (Now the Knight can penetrate right into the hostile camp via b4 and d3) 22.J::ld2
�b4 23.Abl (The fact that White had to conjure up this complicated maneuver in order to create faint chances on the Kingside shows clearly the inferiority of his position) 23...•e8 (This very strong move yields Black a new advantage in ev ery case: either control of the d5,square after 24.cdS, or opening of a file on the Queenside after 24.cS b5!, or lastly, as in the actual game, the win of a pawn) 24.J:lg2 (White is still trying for 25.g4, but even this weak counter,chance will not be vouchsafed him) 24 ... dc4 25.bc4 -*.a4 26.�f2 .i.d7 27.�d2 (In this position there sounds the command, "On your marks! Get set! Go!" as the b7-pawn rushes forward: V.Ch.)
27...b5! (The renewal of the strug, gle for the center squares, a struggle whose vicissitudes will culminate in a stirring and original finish) 28.�dl (The Black b-pawn has passed the first two ranks without problems, but now there appears an original obsta,
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de - one of its own pieces blocks the way. It will have to go! V.Ch.) 28...�d3 (Preparing the ensuing combination. Instead, 28 ... bc4 would have been weak, for White's Knight would later have secured a good square at e5) 29.J:la5 (In the event of 29.cbS �bS 30.l:laS ct:Jd5 31.'fi'a3 l:taS 32.1Wa5 1Wc6, and Black launches a winning attack) 29.. b4l 30.l:la8 (If 30.1Wa1 l:taS 31.'ilt'aS, then after 31. 'ft'a8! 32.11fa8 J:ta8, and Black's Rook pen etrates into White's game with deci sive effect) 30 bc3! (As will be seen, this continuation is much stronger than 30 ...tva8 31.'irb3 �a4 32.'itbl, after which White could still defend himself) 31.l:[e8 c2!! (The point! White cannot pre vent this pawn from Queening) 32.ms Wh7 33.�f2 (Clearly the only possible move) 33...cl = 9 .
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"Excelsior" looks like, as performed by the world champion. Because of this combination, Black has a srrate g i c a 11 y won p o s it i o n . V.Ch.) 34.�fl �el (Threatening an un expected and original "smothered mate") 35.l:th2 ffc4 (Creating a threat of mate in a few moves, start ing with 36...�b5, which compels White to sacrifice the Exchange)
36.Cb8 .i.b5 37.J:b5 eh5 38.g4 (The only chance for White to pro long his resistance, but Black retorts with a fresh surprise move)
3 8...�f3 39.Af3 e f 3 4o.gf5 (Forced, for if 40.gS Black would have obtained two united passed pawns after 40 ...lt:Jg4 41.ct:Jg4 fg4) 40...•e2n (This move leads to a problematic position, in which White is unable to move any piece without exposing himself to immedi ate loss, for example, 41.lt:Jh3 ct:Jg4!; 41.lt:Jg4 ct:Jg4; or 41..:h3 ct:Je4 and wins. Hence, after two unimportant moves, he must play e3-e4, which leads to immediate liquidation with a won endgame for Black) 41.dS Wg8 (Not, however, the pausible move 41. ..hS, upon which White could have saved himself by 42.lt:Jh3, followed by 43.lt:JgS) 42.hS Wh7
43.e4 �e4 44.�e4 1fe4 4S.d6 (Being unable to defend his pawns, White endeavors co dislocate chose (The finish line! Having overcome of his opponenet. but his game is all obstacles, the pawn nearly by hopelessly lose) 45...cd6 46.f6 gf6 force advanced along the route 47.l:ld2 1'e2 (A pretty finish, worb7-b5-b4-c3-c2-cl. That's what
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thy of this fine game. Black forces a winning pawn endgame) 48.J:le2
fe2 49.wf2 eft = • 50.wft wg7 St.wf2 wf7 s2.we3 we6 53.We4 d5, 0-1 (A.Alekhine) The game makes a singularly bright impression, so much so that the com bination might have been called ''Alekhine's Passage"!
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The history of the Steeplechase combination spans nearly 400 years. After Giulio Polero in the period 1585- 1590 finally formulated the modern rules of chess play, there appeared an opportunity to demon strate the full screnght of this tactical method. The next game was played at Duke Dacomo Buoncomanio's palace.
Gwne3 Polerio,G-N.N. Italy cr.1 572-1584
1.e4 e5 2.f4 ef4 3.�f3 g5 4.,*.c4 .,i.g7 5.h4 h6 6.d4 d6 7.�c3 c6 8.hg5 hgS 9.J:h8 .i,b8 to.�e5 de5 11.eh5 9f6 (� llC'Xt diagram)
12.de51 (Beginning a forced charge to the t7-square. The Queen at f6, an indirect obstacle, has to be over come) 12.. •11 13.e6 (No obsta· cle here!) 1 3 . . . �f6 14.ef7 (White's aim is achieved through a Steeplechase along t h e route d4-e5-e6-t7, overcoming two obsta cles) 14...wfS (The game is cited by Gioachino Greco [Calabrese] in his treatise, where he points out varia· tions such as 14 ...
e4 23.iLlc5• J 22.i.d2 �a4 23.b3 1;>a3 2 4 . 'W'e7 �Q2 25.'it'e5 1;>a3 [25 ... @c2 26.'ttc3• 1 26.i.cl
16.Ad6•, 1-0 Now we must leap forward 230 years! The deposed emperor of France, be-
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ing imprisoned on a distant island, 12..li,gs Ae7 (12 ... l:tg8 13.'ti'
Napoleon I-General Bertrand St. Helena 1818
14...Af8 15.AgS ll..e7 16.�e7 we7 17.•f7 wds 1s. Wfs•, 1-0
1.IL!f3 IL!c6 2.e4 e5 3.d4 IL!d4 The fantastic potential of pawns on 4.IL!d4 ed4 5.Ji,.c4 �c5 6.c3 1'e7 the march recalls a game by the "chess 7.0-0 ee5 8.f4! (Interesting inten tions. White invites the opponent's d4-pawn to start a Steeplechase. While it is busy overcoming obsta cles, the emperor gets development for his pieces, consolidates the posi tion, and achieves a winning game) 8... dc3 9.Whl cb2 (Black loses his Queen but immediately gets a new one) 10..i.f7 (An important inter mediate move. The Bishop cannot be taken, for if10... @f7?, then 11.fe5 rJ:/e7 12.�b2 follows) 10...wds 1 1.fe5 bal = 1' (As a result, White for some time will play without a Rook , but the opponent's camp is ru ined and victory is close at hand!)
comet" Reno Charousek, a combina tional genius.
GameS Charousek,R-Grunn Hungary 1890
1.e4 e5 2.IL!c3 IL!c6 3.f4 ef4 4.d4 •h4 5.we2 (The Steinitz Gambit) 5...d5 6.ed5 (Admirable� The race begins on the 6th move! Here is an obvious case of the Steeplechase and its efficiency in the opening) 6....i,g4 7.IL!f3 (A compelled inter· mediate move) 7...0-0-0 8.dc6 (Two moves, two obstacles. Next is the third, the b7-pawn) 8....i,c5 9.cb7 @b8 (It's the end of the e4-d5-c6-b7 Steeplechase, and the beginning of material gains) (sec next diagram)
10.IL!b5?! (White could have de cided the game immmediately by 10.tWel tWh5 l1.d2 �f3 12.gf3 �d4 13.Ad3 'fff3 14.1Wfl 1Wg4 15.ftJe2 +-) 10... a6 11.c3 abS
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After 9. . wb8 .
10...dc3! (As in the previous exam-
ple,the combination is carriedout in the opening. Of course,if 10....tc4?? then 1 1 .l0f6•) lt.•b3 .i.b4 (An important intermediate move, x-raying the el-square) 12.�egS cb2! 13.�e6 bat = •t (The tti· brilliant strokes in Chaousek's style!) umphant finish!) 14.�d8 .i.el 2t ...•hl 22.•cs wb7 23.•c6 1S.�c6 ect, 0-1. White resigned wa7 24.ea6•, 1-0 because after 16 ..tf7 'it>f8 there are no checks from a3 or b3. In the next game a future Grandmas ter was examined by the world cham During a Christmas tournament at pion, in a "seance" of simultaneous Hastings, the victim of our combina play. tion was an ex-world champion, the chess machine J.R.Capablanca.
12 .• b 3 J:[e8 13.wd3 .i.f3 14.gf3 •et 1S.wc2 .i.b6 16 .• b S � f 6 17 . • a6 .i.a7 18 . .i,f4t •at t9. .i.c7f wc7 20.•a7 J:[b8 21.AbSt (A series of
Game6
Rethy,P-Lasker,Em Moravia 1910
Game7 Lilienthal, �-Capablanca,J Hastmgs 1934
1.e4 eS 2.�f3 �c6 3.d4 ed4 4..*,c4 �f6 s.o-o �e4 6.J:let dS 1.d4 �f6 2.c4 e6 3.�c3 -*.b4 7..i.dS ed s 8.�c3 eds 9.�e4 4.a 3 Ac 3 S.b c3 b6 6.f3 dS .i.e6 10. c3?f (In the hop e of 7..i.gS h6 8..i.h4 .i.a6 9.e4 Ac4 10. .tc4 1 l.l0f6. The usual contin· 10 . .i.c4 dc4 tt.ea4 e d 7 uations 10.-'.g5 or 10.c!Deg5 are 12.ec4 •c6 13.ed3 �bd7 better. Now there follows a Steeple14.�e2 J:ld8 lS.0-0 aS 16. ec2 chase along the route d4-c3-b2-a 1 !) ec4 17.f4 (No, the start is not yet! ..
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Another soldier will run the Steeple, chase) 17 ...J:lc8 18.f51 e5
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GruneB Tal,M-Hecht,H Varna 1962 1.d4 �f6 2.c4 e6 3.�f3 b6 4.�c3 Ab4 s.Ag5 Ab7 6.e3 h6 7.Ah4 Ac3 8.bc3 d6 9.�d2 e5 10.f3 1!fe7 11.e4 �bd.7 12.Ad3 �f8 13.c5 dc5 14.deS We5 1S.•a4 c6? ( o 15....!D6d7) 16.0-0 �g6 17.�c4 •e6 (Now the Stee
19.de5! (Here the sprint to g7 be gins) 19...1'e4 20.ef6n (A Queen
plechase begins its e4-e5-f6-g7 route. Further comments are by Tal, with some abridgement)
sacrifice that shook the chess world, but a necessary element of this well-planned combination) 20...•c2 21.fg7 (For the Queen White gets only a Bishop, but the opponenet's King is in danger. The following moves ofBlack are forced) 21...J:tg8
22.�d4 1Je4 23.J:lael � c S 24.J:le4 �e4 25.J::(el (Now White gets a decisive material advantage) 25 ...l:tg7 26.J::(e4 @d7 (Not wait ing for the obvious 27. l:le7 d6 28.f6 l:lg4 29.�g3 +- , Black re, signs), 1-0 An analogous idea was put into prac, tice by the "Magician from Riga," ex,world champion Mikhail Tai, dur ing the 15th chess Olympiad at Yarna.
18.eSI (White's main goal is to keep the enemy King on e8. The combi nation begins in the hope of securing the more advantageous ending nothing more is expected from this position) 18...b5 (There was an in, teresting continuation in 18... .!Dh4!?, for after 19..!Dd6 f8 it is disadvan tageous for White to take any of the three pieces threatened. For exam ple, if 20 . .!Db7 or 20.'ti'h4, then 20...'ti'e5. However, White has the positional 20.lUel!,. as Black would find it impossible to protect all three
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pieces) 19.ef6!! (Now most players of Black would happily go 19...0-0, for then three White pieces would be under fire, and if 20.'ifc2 l0h4 then Black is under no pressure at all. However, let's not forget about vigi, lance! For after 19 ...0-0 White has a very strong argument - and even stronger attack - with 20.l:tfel!. Af, ter 20...-.d5 could follow 21.li'c2 l0h4 22.l0e5 with a strong attack; or if 20... 'tt'el 21.:lel ba4 22..i..g 6 fg6 23.l:le7, and Black cannot continue with 23...l:lf7? because of 24.lLid6)
19...ba4 20.fg7 llg8
22...fe6 23.l0d6 �d7 24.l0b7 illus, crates dexterity of the White Knight)
23.�d6 We7 24..i,c4! (The corn, bination is completed, bringing a weighty advantage in the ending to White) 24 . . .Dg7 25.g3 wd6 (Black had a chance to escape the worst by 25... .tc4 26.l0c4 l:ld8)
2 6 . .i.a6 � f 5 2 7 .J:labl f 6 28.J:lfdl we7 29.J:le l wd6 30.wf2 c4 3t.g4 �e7 32.:lb7 J:lag8 33.Ac4 �d5 34.Ad5 cd5 35.l:lb4 1%c8 (It would be better to exchange Kingside pawns with 35...h5 36.h3 hg4 37.hg4 f5, but e v e n that c o u l d h a r d l y h e l p )
36.Da4 1%c3 37.J:la6 wc5 38.l:lf6 h5 39.h3 hg4 40.hg4 J:lh7 41.gS Dh5 42.l:f5 .C.c2 43.wg3 Wc4 44.J:lee5t d4 45.g6 J:lli l 46.J:k5 @d3 47.1%c2 Wc2 48.wf4 J:lgt 49.:g5 (Black re, signed in view of 49...l:lg5 50.
21..i,f5!! (The climax of the combi, In conclusion, let's consider another
Steeplechase, a performance by the nation! After 21...l!Vc4 Black has a chief priestess of Caissa's temple, the spare Queen, but still would lose af, unmatched J udit Polgar. It is a t e r 22.l:tfel 1We6 23.l:le6 fe6 "quick,play" game from Geneva.
24 ..i.g6 @d7 25.l:ldl rJirc7 26..tg3 @b6 27.Itbl rJira6 28 ..t.d3 �a5 29..t.c7•. The try 21...'ii'f5 leads to a hopless ending for Black after
Game9 Polgar,J-Epishin,V
Geneva 1996 22.lLid6 d7 23.lLif5 lLih4 24.fladl
21...�h4 22./i.e6 Aa6 (How to 4.�e4 �d7 5.Ac4 �gf6 6.�g5 save one of the pieces? The variation e 6 1.ee2 � b 6 8 . A b 3 h6
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9./'15f3 cS 10..Af4 -*.d6 tt.-*.g3 •c7 12.dcS Wes 13.0-0-0 .i.g3 t4.hg3 Ad7 t5.J::lh 4 J:l c s t6./'1e5 A b s 1 7 . e e t o-o t8./'1gf3 /'1bd5 19.wbt Ac6 20.•d2 mes (20.. Jlfd8 21..J:ldhl Wf8 22.g4 ±, J.Polgar) 21.J:ldhl •rs
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Alexander.Alekhine Plays the Steeplechase
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Game 10 Blumen'feld, B-Alekhine,A Moscow 1908
1.e4 e5 2./'1f3 d6 3.d4 l()d7 ( o 3 ... l!Jf6 4.deS l!Je4 S.Ac4 c6
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4.b3 (4. .i.c4 c6 S.l!Jc3 Ae7 6.deS de5 7.l!Jg5! AgS 8.Wh5! :!:) 4 ... c6 5 .i.b2 •c7 6.l()bd2 (.6 7.l!Jc4) 6.../()e7 (.6 7...l!Jg6, xe5,f4) 7.Ae2 (o 7.g3, .6 8..i.g2) 7...l()g6 8.0-0 Ae7 9.a4?! 0-0 10.l()c4 f.td8 (x d � ) 11.ec1 ( o 1 1 l:el, .6 12..atl) . 11...�4 .12.J:lel l()e2 13.J:le2 f6 22.g4 (It is hard to imagine, but 14.l()h4 �f8 (.6 . .. l!J e6, ...l!Jf4) 15./()e3 /()e6 16.deS (16.l!Jef5 •
this pawn will reach the h7-square Af8 17.c3 g6 18.l!Jg3 l!Jf4 19..J:ld2 in 4 moves!) 22...l()e4 23••el (A �e6 20.'ii'c 2 't!i'f7 +) 16... deS forced intermediate move) 23...�d6 hfS �b4 ! ( .6 18 ...l!Jf4 ) 24.g5 l()f5 25.gh6 �h4 26.h7 17.l() 18.c3 (18.g3 l!Jg5; 18.f3 l!Jf4 Wh8 (Judit has ushered the pawn 19JH2 Af5 20.efS [20.l!Jf5 Ac5 to its goal; now there follows a 21.l!Je3 'ii' b6 22.aS! Ae3 23.ab6 mating attack. The remaining notes .i.cl 24.l:kl ab6 +] 20 ....i.cS, .6 are from J.Polgar in Inf. 67/180) 21. . .l!Jd5 , 22 ...li'b6) 18 ... l()f4 27.� h4 (27.l!J g5 .J:l e7 28.l: h4 (18...i.f8 19.J:ld2 l!Jf4 20.J:ld8 'fid8 �e8) 27 l()f4 (27 ...l!Je7 28.i.e6) [20...lLJ e2 21.�fl l!Jcl 22.l:tfB cwfi> f8 28.•b4r g5 (28...'ii'b4 29.ttJhg6 23.A a 3 'Wfi>f7 24.l:kl J 21. tidl) f g 6 30. lLJ f 7 •) 2 9 . •d 4 wg7 19.J:ld2 -*.f5 20.l()fS .i.cS 21.b4 (29... Wg7 30.ttJhg6 fg6 31.lLJf7•) •.•
Af8 22.J:ldS J:ld8 23.Wc2 Wd7 30.�fS ef5 31.hs=• Wh8 24.J:fl .d31 25.9b3 (25.tt'd3 32.�f7, 1-0 J:ld3 26.ttJg3 c5 27.bc5 �c5, .6 2a...:d2) 2s...whs 26.�g3
The Steeplechase
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fg3 7.ttf3!, M.Chigorin) 4.�c3 ,Ab4 (4 ... c6!?) s.�ge2 (5.4Jf3 0-0 6.0-0 lbe4 7.lbd5!; 7.lt:Je4 d5
=
) s...dS
(5...lt:Je4 6.0-0) 6.ed5 f3 7.gf3 0-0
8.d4 (8.0-0! c6 9.dc6 lt:Jc6 10.d4 .1lh3 11.lU2 l:tc8 oo ) 8 .i.h3 (8... 4Jd5 9.0-0 ..ie6 ) 9.AgS •.•
=
(9.4Jf4 :e8 10.�f2 4Jg4! 1 I.@g3
26 hS (The h,pawn begins its vie,
-+ )
9... .i,g2 10.1:g1 Af3 11.ed2
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march. Yet Alekhine saw an, other way to win the game, b y 26...lLJe2 27.4Je2 1We2 28..i.cl We4 29.1Wt7 c5 30.bc5 .i.cS 31.tllc7 .i.b6 -+, V.Ch.) 27. .i,cl (o 27.h4! lbe2 [27 ...gS 28.'ii'f7 ..ig7 29.hg5 fg5 30..i.cl) 28.lbe2 1Ve2 29..i.cl 1We4 3 0 .tlff7 c5! 3 1 .1i'h5 ,.Pg8 +) tory
(11...lbe4 12 ..i.d8 lt:Jd2 13 ...if6; 1l.....ie2 12 ...ie2 .1lc3 13. Wc3 l:te8 14.o-o-o l:te2 15.Wf3) 12.0-0-0
AhS (12 ... lbe4 13 . .i.e7 lt:Jd2 [13...•e7 14.1Wh6!) 14 ..i.d8 lt:Jc4 15.l:tg7 @g7 16. Xtgl �h6 17...ig5 �g6 [17...@h5 18.lbf4 •J 18...ie7
f5 19 . ..if8) 13.J.ldel �bd7 27...h4! 28.Af4 ef4 29.�fS h3t ( 2 9. . .1W e 4 3 0 . lbh 4 ) 3 0 .• e 6 14.�f4 .i,g6 1S.h4! (A 16.h5) (30.gh3 'We4 31.4Jd4 Itd5! 32.f3 15 ...J:leS 16.9g2 (A 17 .h5) ffe3!; 30.f3 'We2! 31.gh3 l:td2; 16....i,fS 17.hS .�JS 30.xtel •d2! 31.l:tfl fte2 -+} 30 ... hg2 31.wg2 (31.l:tel tWc3 32.l:tbl 'tfc2 33.l:tel l:tdl 34.l:tdl Wdl 35.�g2 'ttg4 36.�fl .i.b4 37.Wc8 �h7 38.'ii'b7 a5 39.'ii'c6 f3!
-+) 31...f3 32.wgt Wft, 0-1
(A.Alekhine)
Game 11 Ale khine,A-Le vitsky,S St. Petersburg 1913
1.e4 eS 2.f4 ef4 3.Ac4 �f6 18.�e6f fe6 (18...'ttc8 19.1Wf3! +- ) 19.de6 (The d,pawn Steeplechase. (3... tWh4 4.fl d5 S.£d5 gS 6.g3 V.Ch.} 19... whs 20.ed7 l:lel
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21.J:lel Ad7 22.h6 +- Ac6 23.d5 Ad7 24.J:lfl bS 2S..th3 9e8 26.d6 (26.Af6) 26 ... �h5 (26...J.c6 27.d7 [Another Steeple chase! V.Ch.J 27 ...Jt.g2 [27 ...'ifd7 28.'ti'f2 /bg8 29.t!t'f8!l 28.de8=1W l:e8 29.l:tf6) 2 7 . .tf7 We5 28.•as, 1-0 (A.Alekhinc)
Game 12 Alekh ine,A-Grigoriev,N Moscow 1915
Arter 23...bl =Wt'
1.e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3.�c3 �f6 4..i.g5 (4.ed5 ed5 5 ..i. g 5 'Llc6!? ) 26. •ds wa6 27. •ea3, 1-0 4 . . . .tb4 5.e5 h6 6.ef6 (A.Alekhine) =
("Chigorin's Steeplechase," VCh; 6. .i.d2 .i.c3 7.bc3 ltJe4 8....g4 �f8!)
6 ... hg5 7.fg7 l:lg8 8.b4 gh4 9. • g4 (Grigori e v ; 9.'tih5?!) 9...Ae7 10.g3! c5 (o 10...J.f6) 11.gh4 cd4 12.h5! dc3 13.h6 cb2 (Black answers with a Sceeple
Game13 Alekh ine, A-Hofmeister Petrograd 1917 (lLibl odds)
c ha sc along t h e path c7-c5d4-c3-b2, VCh.) 14.J:lbl •as
15.we2 Wa2 16.h7 W b l 17.hg8 = 1!r (Wonderful! The third Steeplechase in this game. VCh.)
11...wd1 1s.•f7 wc2 19.wr3 �c6 20.1tge6 wc7 21.er4 wb6 22. •ee3 A c 5 23.g8 = W (? 23. .i.d3!! +-, VCh.) 23...bt = •
1.c5 bS (1. .. /bfl 2.whl 'Llg3
3.l:g3! 'flg3 4.cb6! l:tc2 [4...'fld6 5.Ac8 'iib8 6.b7! l:tb7 7.ab7 �b7 24.l::lh611 < [}. 2s. 'itdB •) 24...•r1 8.l:tb8 Cit>b8 9.J.f2 :t; 4 ... l:ec7 ( 2 4 . .. A g 4!=) 25.flb4 .bS 5.ltc7 +-; 4...l:b8 S.b7 +- J 5.'itd8 •bs 6.t!t'e7 ab6 7.'t!t'f6 ±; I...l:le2 [� 2...ltJfl] 2.l:te2 'Lle2, [}. 3....i.c7 (sec n�xl diagram)
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The Steeplechase
+; l.../LJe4 2.cb6!1i'g2!! 3.l:lg2 /LJd6 We cannot resist showing the final 4.b7 'llb7 5.ab7 l:lb7 6.l:lb7 �b7 7.l:g7 l:lc7 8.l:lg4 f5 9.l:b4 �a8 10.l:lf4 �) 2.abS �e4 (2...l:te3 3.l:le2 /LJe2 4.b6! +-; 2 ... /LJfl 3.�hl /LJg3 4.l:g3 t!rg� 5.b6! ab6 [5...1rd6 6.cd6 l:c2 7.de7 .i.e7 8.b7 �b8 9.Ah2 l:c7 10.�f4 �c5 l l.g3 hg3 12.h4 .i.d4 13..i.c7
position. A fantastic combination!
Game14 Alekhine,A-Novak Praha 1925 l.d4 g6 2·e4 .i.g7 3-�3 cS 4.c3 cd4 s.cd4 �c6 6.dS �eS 7.�c3 a6 8..i,f4 �f3 9.ef3 eS (9...d6) 10.de6 fe6 1 1 . 0 - 0 -0 �e7 12.Ad6 bS 13.eS J:[a7 14..i.d3 �c6? (o 1 4....i.b7) 1S.Wg3�e7
it. b7 ?'> l6 • 111r1 g6 hg6 17 .t. g6 ) (lS...... _.... • 16.h4 (A Steeplechase beg ns along 9..i.a7 q;,as [9...�c7 l0.l:c2 d6 the path h2-h4-h5-g6-h7. V.Ch.) ll.l:cB l:b3 12.l:dSJ l0.l:ba3! ±) 1 1 .hs .i.h6 1s.w b1 4.cd6 J:lec7 (4 ..Jk2 s.b7 J:b7 6.ab7
�
·
�isms
7.q;,hl .i.e7 8..i.b6 b7 10 ..i.e3; 4... .i.c7 5.b7
19.hg6tt (19.AfS gf5 20.J..f8 �f8 �) 19...�g3 20.gh7 (A 21.J..g6)
20...wf7 (20 ...'ll fS 21.�f8, A 22.hB=•) 21.fg3 Wg7 22 23.J:[dft (23 ...•n
•rs
•hs
.i,fs
•
24.l:fl
+-) 24.J:[f6 dS 2S.J:lhh6, 1-0 (A.Alekhine)
Part One
Game 15 Alekh ine,A-Te Kolste,J Baden Baden 1925 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.�c3 �f6 4.e3 e6 5.�f3 �bd7 6 ..i,d3 dc4 7. .i_c4 b5 s.,ad3 a6 9.e4! c5 10.e5 �d5 (o 10...cd411.�b5 [= 11.lLie4] 11 . . . � e 5 ) 11 .�g5
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Game16 Alekh ine,A-Treybal ,K Semmering 1926
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 (3.4Jf3) 3 ...e6 4 ..i.d3 f5 5. •c2 er6
(5...l2Jd7 6.cd5; 5 ...4Jf6 6.f3, t::,. lbe2� lLibc3, �d2, 0-0-0, e3-e4) 6.�c3 .i,d7 (6...�d6? 7.cdS ed5 (1 l.�d5 ed5 12.dc5 4Jc5 13.�d4) 8.4Jd5; 6 ... 4Ja6 7.a3 4Jc7 8.4Jf3 11 ...cd4 12.�d5! (12.4Je61t'a5!) Ad6 9.c5) 7.�f3 .i,d6 8.a3 �h6 12 ...ed5 13.0-0 Ae7? (13... llJc5! (8... 4Ja6 9.c5, t::,. 10.�a6) 9.b3 (9.b4 0-0 10.e4! fe4 l l.�e4 de4 14.f4) 12.4Je4 1i'e7 13.�gS) 9 ... �f7 10 . .i,b2 g6 (10 ... 'ire7 11.h3) ll.h3 '9e7 (11... 0-0 12.0-0-0, t::,. 13.g4 fg4 14.lLid2!} 12.b4! dc4 (12...4Jg5 13.ltJgS 1i'g5 14.g3, t::,. 15.h4; 12...o-o 13.g4) 13.Ac4 b5 14.Ab3a5 15.ba5 �a6 (15 ... l:ta5 16.e4! �a3 17.0-0! Ab4 18.l:taS �a5 19.dS +-) 16.e4! (16.0-0 g5!}
16...0-0 17.0-0 �g5 18.�g5 •g5 19.e5! (19.d5 cd5 20.ltJdS [20.edS e5] 20... J:tac8) 19 JLe7
14.e6! �e5 (14...Ag5 15.'ifhS!) (19...�c7 20.dS!) 15.ef7 (A short but effective Steeplechase! V.Ch.) 15...wfs (1 S ... 4Jt7 16.J:tel +-) 16.�h7 wf7 17.ffh5! g6 18.•es l::lh7 19.•d4 J:[h4 (19...�f6 20.'ifcS) 20.ffe3 1t h 8 21..i,g6 wg6 22. ffe7 l:la7 23. 1'a7 J::l h 2 2 4 . tlb6 w f 5 25.g4r, 1-0
•..
(A.Alekhine)
20.d5! (Another cl-pawn Steeple chase. V.Ch.) 20... �c5 (20... cdS
21 . lDd5 l:tac8 [21...edS 22. .i.d5 +- J 2 2 . 'ii'd l +-) 21.de6 �b3 (21. .. .i.e6 22 . .i.e6 lDe6 23. •b3 'ltif7 24.lDe2 c5 25 ..i.cl c4 26. twb5; 2 1 . . . lDe6 22.l:tadl .i.c8 23.lDe2) 22.ed7t (22.1Wb3 �c8 23.l:tadl ;. 23.f4 1!fh6, A 24 ...g5) 22 �al 23.l:tal J:Ud8 24.J:ldl (24.e6 Af6 [24 . . . f4 25. lDb5 'i!rbS 26. 1Wc3J 25. 'iib 3 �f8 26.l:tel) 24 •h4 25.e6 Mr (25 . . . h6 26. lDbS cb5 27.1Wc3) 26.ab4 Wb4 27.�e2 J:la5 28.�d4 J:lc5 29.ffe2 •c4 (29 . . . h6 30. lDc6 l:tc6 3 1 . 'i!re 5 ; 29...-..a4 30.l:td2, A 'ii'e3-h6 +-) 30.Aa3 9e2 31.�e2 J:ld5 32.lldS Aa3 33.J:td3 Ac5 34.�d4, 1-0 (A.Alekhine)
18.ab5 0-0 19.lDa3 .i.a3 20.ba3 �) 15 cb3 16..*.a5 .•.
..•
.•.
16 bc2t (A fa ntastic c7-c5c4-b3-c2 Steeplechase! V.Ch.) 17.Ad8 J:lal 18.J:(e7 @d8, 0-1 •.•
(A.Alekhine)
Gamel8
Gamel7
Alekhine,A-Veenink,H Prague 1931
Carransa,L-Alekhine,A Buenos Aires 1926 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.�f3 �f6 4.e3 1.e4 e5 2.�f3 �c6 3.JtbS a6 Af5 5.cd5 Ahl? (5 ... cdS 6. 1i'b3 4.Aa4 �f6 s.o-o d6 6.d4 .i.,d7 'ifc7) 6.J:lbl 9d5 7.a3 (7.fic2 (6 . . . bS 7 . .i.b 3 [7. deS ] 7 . . . lDd4 Wa2 [7 . . . e6 8.b4!] 8 . .i.c4 1Wa5 8 . lDd4 ed4 9 . c 3 !) 7.l:lel h5 9..i.d2 -..c7 10.e4) 7...e6 8.ffc2 s.Ah3 (8.deS de5 9.Ab3 �d6 Ae7 (8 . . . cS 9.b4!) 9.Ad3 h6 10. .i.g5 h6=)8...�d4 9.�d4 ed4 (9 . . . 0-0 10.e4, A l l .e5) 10.e4 Wd8 11.0-0 �bd7 12.b4t (A 10.eS (1 O.c3 dc3 1 1 . lDc3 Ae7 �) 13.l:tb3) 12...0-0 13.1te2 J:le8 10...deS 11·ne5 Ae7 ( 1 1 Ae6 14.:lh3! ffc7 15.Abl �h7 12.Ae6 fe6 13.l:te6 f7) 12.ee1 (15 ...aS 16.fic2 ft:)f8 17.bS) t6.e5 c5 (12 .. \ttf8, £::.. .i. d6, . .c5) 13.Ad2 f5 (16... lDhf8 l 7.g4!) 17.ef6 Af6 (13. lk5? 0-0) 13 as 14.a4 c4 18. •e4 � h f 8 19. eg4 ( £::.. 20.Ah6) 19 whs 20.ffh5 �h7 15.ab5 ( l 5 . .i.a2! lDg4! l6.l:te2 21.l:tel l:lad8 (In th is positi on the [16 .lle4 � JS 17. :te2 Ae6116....i.e6 world c hampi on r i ps open the 1 7 .h3 (1 7.abS fib8!) 17 . . . li:Jf6 ···
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enemy King's fortress with a g,pawn march [V.Ch.]. Instead, if 21...eS then 22.Af4!)
Arter 7.. .fg2
22.g4t ed6 23.Ag6t (23.g5 'ifd5) 23 . ..l:lfS 24.g5 Ad4 25.gh6 �df6 26.hg7 Wg7 27.Wh6 whs (27...g8 28.li:Jd4 1Wd4 29..tlg3) 28.�d4 ed4 29.Ab2t (29.. :ttd7 D 30.l:td3! 1Wg7 31.Af6!), 1-0 (A.Alekhine)
Game19 Peres-Alekhine,A Madrid 1943 (blitz)
Game20 Alekhine,A-Saemisch,F Berlin 1923 (blindfold)
1.e4 c5 2.�f3 �c6 3.Ae2 e6 4.0-0 d6 5.d4 cd4 6.�d4 �f6 7.Af3 �e5 8.c4 �f3 9.9f3 Ae7 10.�c3oo - 11.b3 �d112.Ab2 Af6 13.l:tadl a6 14.9g3 9c7 15.wht J:ld8 t6.f4 b6 t7.f5 Ae5
l.e4 e5 2.li:Jc3 llJc6 3.f4 ef4 4.llJf3 g5 5.d4 g4 6.Ac4 gf3 7 ..tf4 fg2 (set' next diagram)
(The World Champion is playing blitz games versus the participants in the Madrid 1943 tournament. Here Alekhine has fallen into a terrible trap) 8..i.t7 t7 9. 'ffh5 g710..ttgl llJge7 11..i.h6 �g8 12..ttg2, 1-0 18.fe6!! A g 3 19.ef7 Wh8 20.�d5U (20...1Wa7 21.llJc6 AeS 22..i.eS deS 23.llJa7 l:ta7 24.llJb6
The Steeplechase
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of
lU8 2 5 . lLJcB l:k8 26.l:ld7 +-; Laws the 20 ...flb7 21.lL!e6 �e5 22.lLJdB +-; 20. . .ifcS 2 1 . lL!e6 �e5 22.�eS de5 Steeplechase 23.lL!cS bc5 2 4.lL!c7 l:lb8 25.lL!e8!! +-; 2 0 . . . 1'b8 2 l . lL!c6 � e 5 [21 ...ti'b7 22. lL!d8] 22.�eS de5 From the games and analysis featur, 23.lLJb8 l:tb8 24.lLJc7 l:tf8 25.lL!e6, ing this combination, we may draw a A 26.lLJfB lLJfB 27.l:tdS +- ) , 1-0 number of conclusions:
(A.Alekhine)
Game21 Alekhine,A-Gize corr. 1906 1.e4 e5 2.lL!c3 lLJf6 3.f4 d5 4.fe5 lLJe4 5.1'f3 f5 6. lL!ge2 lLJc6 7.d4 lLJb4 8.�dl c5 9.lL!f4 g6 10.�bS �d7 l l . Ji..d7 'ifd7 12.�e3 �h6 13.lL!d3 lLJd3 1 4.cd3 lL!c3 1 5 .bc3 Ae3 16.ti'e3 ti'a 4 17.�d2 c d 4 18. 'Wd4 ti'd4 19.cd4 l:tc8 20.l:thcl �d7 21.�e3 l:kl 22.l:lcl l:lc8??
1. The primary goal of the Steeple, chase combination is to reach the 7th rank (or even the 8th, upon oc casion) with a pawn.
The further back from this goal the Steeplechase begins, the more spectacular the combination. That's why, in the case of a Steeplechase be, ginning on the 5th rank, the pawn must race to the target square and re main there for at least one move. 2.
To elaborate this point, in cases where the pawn perishes at the end of its journey, then the combination turns into a simple exchange.
23.e6! �d8 2 4.e7 @d7 25.l:lc8 For example, if on the White pawn's route d 5 -d6-c7 Black now plays (25...@c8 26.e8=tlt' +-), 1-0 ... Ji..c7, then it's only an exchange combination. But playing d5-c6-b7 This game was the foundation for answered by . . .l:t b8, or d5-d6-d7 Game 1 (p.10).
Part One
answered by .. . :dB, gives us a true Steeplechase. 3. Any intermediate moves lessen
the esthetic impression. The number of intermediate moves must there fore be limited. Here we suggest the simplest formula: N + M < 5, where N = the numbered rank from which the pawn starts, and M =the num ber of intermediate moves. So, when starting from the second rank, no more than three intermediate moves are allowed (2 + 3 = 5). The analo gous formula for Black is N -M > 4, i.e. when Black starts from the sixth rank there must be no more than two intermediate moves (6 - 2 =4). 4. The number of direct or indirect obstacles must not be less than two. In the diagram above, the White pawn overcomes two indirect obsta cles along the d5-d6-d7 route - the Black pawns on c6 and c7. On the path d5-c6-b7 .two direct obstacles are surmounted - the pawns c6 and b7. In other words, direct obstacles are to be overcome by capture, and indirect obstacles by avoiding them. The Steeplechase is often accompa, nied by the sacrifice of pawns and pieces, which makes the combina, tion even more spectacular.
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Part Two
Part Two The Opening Steeplechase The Steeplechase is one of the few combinational types seen regularly in chess openings. Sometimes it is merely a kind of trap, but more often it's a positional method of piece de velopment or the means to secure an opening advantage. The following review is incomplete - more open ings that feature the Steeplechase could be demonstrated. Some sys tems have become quietly anti quated, or were incorrect from the beginning. However, the sample size is large enough to prove our point, that the Steeplechase is clearly one of the basic tactical elements, like those illustrated in The Tactician's Handbook. The openings are exam ined below in the order of their ECO code.
Paris Opening [AOO]
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aiming for the h2-square) 3. .,i.h3 (Black accepts the challenge) 4..i.h3 ef4 5.0-0 fg3 6.e4 (The idea of this opening belongs to S.Tartakower, who introduced it in the 1930s. One of his games contin ued instead 6.hg3 ltJf6 7.d3 ltJc6 8.LLJC3 Ad6 9.�g5 �g3 10.�f6 gf6 ll.e4 l:lg8 12.lL!dS .i.e5 13.�hl tlld 6 14.c3 l:lg3 15.'WhS l:ld3 16.l:ladl l:ldl 17.l:ldl lLle7 18.lL!e3 1Wc5 19.tlfh7 +-, 1-0. Tartakower-Lilienthal, Paris 1933) 6 gh2 7.Whl (A typical position. In shedding three pawns, White achieved not only a great advantage in development and an attacking po sition, but can also use the Black h2-pawn as a shield for his own King!) .
•..
7...de4 (A delicate hint: Black's
e-pawn is ready co begin its own Steeplechase to the c2-square. Myers,H-Alvarez Myers allows the charge, and estab lishes a record by sacrificing 6 pawns Santo Domingo 1966 1.�h3 d5 2.g3 e5 3.f4 (Black's in the opening!) 8.�c3 �f6 9.d3!? e5-pawn is invited to a Steeplechase, ed3 10.Ag5 dc2 11.•t3 (A
Game22
The Steeplechase
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unique case - both Black center pawns have marched to the second rank within ten moves. As a result, White developed his pieces and will deliver mate in seven more moves)
Larsen's Opening [AOO] Gwne24 Schussler,H-Huss,A Buenos Aires 1978
1.b3 c5 2.Ab2 /t)c6 3./t)f3 ft)f6 4.e3 e6 5.c4 b 6 6.�c3 Ab7 7.Ae2 Ae7 8.0-0 0-0 9.d4 d5
(The beginning moves of a mutual Steeplechase, which unexpectedly leads to a draw!}
11... Ae7 t2.flb7 ft)bd7 t3.Ad7 /t)d7 14.il_e7 @e7 15./t)d5 @f8 1 6 .ft)c7 /t) c 5 17 .ft)e6 � e 6 18.\Yf7•, 1-0 Grune23 Garnett-Muller Guernsey 1980
10.dc5 dc4 11.cb6 cb3 12.ba7 ba2 (Mirror,image moves from be, 1.4Jh3 e5 2.g3 d5 3.f4 Ah3 4.i.h3 ginning to end!) 13.Da2 fldl ef4 5.0-0 fg3 6.e4 gh2 7.@hl de4 14.J:(dt :la7 15.l:la7 /tla7, 8.d3 4Jf6 9.lLlc3 ed3 10 ...tg5 Ae7 1/2-1/2 ll.1Wf3 0-0 12.l:tael iLic6 13.ft'g2 4Jh5 14.i.e7 iLle7 l 5.i.g4 d2 16.J:te5 4Jf6 17.llf6 gf6 18.l:td5 �b8 19. .r:th5 g8 22.llJe4, 1-0
English Opening [A 18] On the third move of this variation there begins a simultaneous Steeple, chase with obstacles. White's route is e2-e4-e5-f6-g7; Black's route is d7-d5-d4-e3-d2.
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Part Two
Game26 Ragozin, V-Sozin, V Leningr ad 1934 1 . c4 tllf6 2.lll c3 e6 3.e4 dS 4.e5 d 4 5.ef6 d c3 6.fg7 cd2 7. .i.d2 .ig7 8.t!fc2 cS 9.l0f3 lLJ c6 10. .i.d3 llJd4 11. tlld 4 .i.d4 12.0-0-0 hS 13.l:l hel .i.d7 1 4. .i.e3 'tWaS 1 S. .i.e 4 0-0-0 16. .i.d4 cd4 17.9b3 .i.c6 18. .i c6 b c6 1 9.... f3 l:ld6 20.�bl ti c7 21.l:le4 'Wd7 22. ttf6 l:ld8 23.l:ld3 After 1 . c4 lllf6 2. lllc3 e6 3.e4 dS 1lk7 2 4.l:leS h 4 25.'Wh4 l:lg8 26.g3 4.eS d 4 5. ef6 d c3 6.fg7 cd2 l:ldd8 27.'tre 4 •d7 28.l:lc5 rJ;c7 29. l:la3 wd6 30. l:l caS, 1-0 Game25 Nimzowitsch,A-Nillson,B Game27 Copenhagen 1933 Ragozin, V-Makogonov, V Leningrad 1 939 1.c4 lllf6 2.lll c3 e6 3.e4 dS 4.e5 d 4 5.ef6 d c3 6.fg7 cd2 7. .i.d2 .i.g7 8.ti c2 tllc6 9.lllf3 lll d 4 10. tlld 4 .i d 4 1 1 .Ad3 'Wf6 12.0-0 .id7 13. .i.e4 0-0-0 1 4. .i c3 e5 1S. .i.d4 ed4 16. 'ilrd 3 A c6 17.f3 h5 18.J:lael h 4 19.AfS b8 20.b4 l:lh5 21..i.g4 l:lhh8 22.bS Ad7 23. .i.d7 l:ld7 . 24.a4 'Wg6 25...g6 fg6 26.l:le6 l:lg8 27.�f2 d3 28.l:ldl b6 29.l:ld2 g5 30.h3 l:lgd8 31.�e3 l:ld4 32. l:le8 l:le8 33. d 4 l:ld8 3 4. � c3 l:le8 35.l:ld3 l:le2 36.l:ld2 l:le3 37.�d4 l:l e l 3 8 .
1 . c4 /LJf6 2.ll:l c3 e6 3.e4 dS 4.eS d 4 S.ef6 d c3 6.fg7 cd2 7. .i.d2 . i.g7 8. 'Wc2 cS 9. .i. c3 .i. c3 10. 'Wc3 l:lg8 1 1.l:ldl 9e7 1 2. .i.d3 fS 13 . .i.e2 LOc6 1 4. .i.hS
The Steeplechase
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Grune28
GameJI
Tartakower,S-List,P London 1946
Roizman,A-Boleslavsky,I Minsk 1957
l.c4 il:if6 2.il:ic3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.ef6 dc3 6.fg7 cd2 7. .i.d2 .tg7 8.'it'c2 c5 9.0-0-0 't!k7 10. .i.c3 e5 11.f4 il:ic6 12.fe5 0-0 13.il:if3 l:ld8 14.l:ld8 1i'd8 15.1We4 lL!d4 16..i.d4 c d 4 1 7 . .i.d3 h6 1 8 . l:l e l ..i e 6 19.il:id4 .tc4 20.Ac4 l:lc8 21.lL!c2 b5 22...ib3 l:k5 23.e6 fe6 24.1i'e6 �h8 25.1Wf7, 1-0
l.c4 lL!f6 2.il:ic3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.ef6 dc3 6.fg7 cd2 7. ..id2 .tg7 8.'fic2 il:ic6 9.il:if3 'ti'e7 10 . .i.d3 ..id7 11.a3 0-0-0 12.0-0-0 il:id4 13.il:id4 .td4 14.i.e3 .i.e3 15.fe3 'ti'gS 16.Wf2 .i.c6 17.l:lhgl 1Wc5 18.ltgel .ta4 19.ltd2 ltd3 20.ltd3 1i'c4 21.l:lc3 tlt'a2 22.ltc7 r/ic7 23.tflf4 Wc8 24.'ifa4 1i'al 25.�d2 'ifb2 26.1i'c2 1Wc2 27.�c2 ltg8 28.g3 J:g4 29.rlid3 lta4 30.l:lcl wd7 31.ltc3 fS 32.We2 h5 33.h4 b5 34.�f3 @d6 35.ltc8 lta3 36.lth8 b4 37.lth5 b3 38.J:h8 lta6, 0-1
Grune29 Cherepkov,A-Osmolovsky,M Moscow 1949
l.c4 lL!f6 2.il:ic3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.ef6 dc3 6.fg7 cd2 7. ..id2 i.g7 Game32 8.'fic2 c5 9.il:if3 il:ic6 10. .i.d3 fS Katalymov,B-Cherepkov,A 11.0-0-0 ..id7 12.g4 fg4 13 . .th7 gf3 Lvov 1968 14.'fig(} �f8 l 5 ..i.h6 1i'f6 16.1Wf6, l .c4 il:if6 2.il:ic3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 1-0 5.ef6 dc3 6.fg7 cd2 7 .i.d2 ..ig7 8.1i'c2 il:ic6 9.il:if3 'ire7 10 . .i.d3 GruneJO ..id711.a3 0-0-0 12...ig5 .tf6 13.h4 Dvorzinsky-Stein h6 1 4 . -'. e 3 .t g 7 1 5 . 0 - 0 - 0 f S Poland 1966 16.lthel lthf8 17.g3 e5 18.lL!d2 e4 l.c4 lL!f6 2.il:ic3 e6 3.e4 dS 4.e5 d4 19 . ..ifl il:ie5 20.il:ibl il:if3 21.lte2 5.ef6 dc3 6.fg7 cd2 7 ...id2 .i.g7 i.c6 22.il:ic3 l:ldl 23.il:idl il:id4 8.1i'c2 il:ic6 9.il:if3 .i.d7 10 ..td3 24.i.d4 .i.d4 25.il:ie3 1i'e5 26.i.h3 'fl e 7 l l ...ih7 0-0-0 12 . ..ie4 f5 27.1Wd2 ..ie3 28.1We3 f4 29.gf4 13..i.c6 .tc6 14.0-0-0 ..ie4 15.Ag5 �b8 30.ltd2 ti'h4 31.b4 a6 32.Wc5 ..ih6 16.l:ld8 l:ld8 1 7 . ..ih6 i.c2 'flf4 18.Ag5 't!k5 19. .tdB wdB 20.wc2 1i'f6 33.b5 e3 34.ti'e3 abS 35.cbS 'tff2 21.Wc3 1Wg2 22.ltdl we7, 0-1 ..ib5 36.l:ld4 lte8 37.1i'd2 'fk6 38.t!i'c2 1i'hl, 0-1
Part Two
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English Opening [A27] Game33 Schweber,G-Anelli,A Vilja 1971 1 .c4 e5 2.ltJc3 lL!c6 3. lL!f3 f5 4.d4 e4 5.d5 ef3 6.dc6 fg2 7.cd7
After 8.cd7
English Opening [A39] Game35 Saenz,D-Martinez,J Canete 1994
7...11Vd7 8.'ird7 Ad7 9.Ag2 0-0-0 l.c4 c5 2.ltJf3 lL!f6 3.g3 g6 4 ..i.g2 10.J.f4 lL!f6 1 1 .0-0-0 Ac5 1 2 . e3 J.g7 5. lL!c3 lL!c6 6.0-0 0-0 7.d4 d5 Ae6 13.b3 c6 14.Af3 l:ldl 15.ltdl 8.cd5 cd4 9.dc6 dc3 10.cb7 cb2 l:ld8 16.AeS l:ldl 17.�dl = (. .. ) , 11.ba8=1t bal=W, 1/2-1/2 1/2-1/2 ·
Grune34 Razuvaev, Y-Kupreichik, V Dubna 1970 l .c4 e5 2.lL!c3 lL!c6 3.lL!f3 f5 4.d4 e4 5.Ag5 lL!f6 6.d5 ef3 7.dc6 fg2 8.cd7 (see 11ex1 diagrnrn)
8... lDd7! 9. .i.d8 ghl=W, 0-1
An effective opening trap!
fi11al position
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The Steeplechase
Modem Defense [A42]
Dutch Defense [A84]
Game36 Agdestein,S-Keene,R Gausdal 1983
Game37 Shumjakina-Matveeva,S Kstovo 1998
1 .d4 g6 2.c4 .i.g7 3.tLlc3 d6 4.e4 l.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 .i.b7 4..i.d3 f5 tLJc6 5.d5 tLld4 6..i.e3 c5 7.tLlge2 5.ef5 .i.g2 6.•hs g6 7.fg6 .i.g7 111b6 8.tLld4 cd4 9.ltJa4 de3 10.tLlb6 8.gh7 �f8 (A typical feature of the e4-f5-g6-h7 Steeplechase is the ef2 pawn's support by a Bishop. The prel, ate increases the strength of this tac, tical method)
11 .�f2 ab6 12.1i' c2 ..td4 13.�el l0f6 1 4. .i.e2 0-0 1 5.l:ldl .i.e5 16.a4 hS 17.b3 .i.d7 18.'ifd3 e6 19.de6 .i.e6 20...tf3 tLJd7 21 .�f2 b5 22.ab5 9..i.g5 ltJf6 10.Wh4 tLJc6 11 .tLle2 l:la2 23.l:d2 lLlcS 24.'tie3 l:ld2 lllb 4 12. .i.g6 .i.hl 13.lllbc3 .i.f3 25.1i'd2 lLlb3 26.1tc2 .i.d4 27.�g3 14.ll:lf4 lLlc6 15..i.d3 �f7 16 ..i.g6 �f8 17.ll:le4 .i.e4 18 . .i.e4 ll:ld4 .i.eS 28."1rf2 .i.d4 29.�g3, 1/2-1/2 19.0-0-0 c5 20.lll h5 l:lh7 21..i.f6 .i.f6 22.1i'f6 trf6 23.ll:lf6 l:t f 7 24.lLld7 l:ld7 25..i.a8 ll:le2 26.�c2 tLld4 27.�cl lLle2 28.�c2 li:ld4, 1/2-1/2
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s.hg8 = W {8.l!Je2 !?) s...wgs (8 ... l:tg8 9.tlff5 .if6 0 10.J.h6 �f7 [10 ... �e8 1 l .'ttg6J 1 1 .'tth5 @e6 12 ..i.f4, A 13 . .i.f5) 9.•g4 Ahl 10.h4 .i.dSI (10... e6 11 .hS ± ) 11.hS ( A 12.h6 .... ) 1 1 ....i,e6 12 .•g2 (12.'ttg6.tf7 13.\i'g2 l:th5 1 4.'ifaB .i.d5) 12...J:lh51 13.•as .i. d 5 1 4 . •a7 � c 6 1 5 . Wa4 ( 15 . fi'a 6 l:t h l 1 6 . @f l l!J d 4) 1 s...mi1 16.wft �d4 11..i.c4 (o 17.l!Jd2) 17...e6 18 ..i.d5 ed5 19.Af4 eh4 (19...l!Jf3) 20.•as ct>h7 2 1 .• d5 1th3 ( 2 1 . . . l:tgl After l .e4 b6 2.d4 .ib7 3.J.d3 f5 22.�gl •f4 23.1td7 [23.l!Jc3 'ttg 4 4.ef5 Ag2 5. •h5 g6 6.fg6 .i.g7 2 4.lt>fl lt:J c2 25.fi'd3 +- ] 23... ficl 7. gh7 �f8 (Completely analogous to 2 4.�g2 'ttg5 25.@h2 l0f3 26.�h3 LOgl 27.�h2! =) 22 .•g2 l:tgl the previous game!) 23.wgt �e2 24.wft eg2 2 s.wg2 �f4 26.wf3 Ah2 Game38 27.wf4 .i.at 28.c3 Ab2 29.we3 Zakeralo-Drevoricev .i,cl, 1/2-1/2 (ChessBase) Yugoslavia 1 965
Owen's Defense [BOO]
l.e4 b6 2.d4 .ib7 3..id3 f5 4.ef5 Ag2 5.1!rh5 g6 6.fg6 .ig7 7.gh7 �f8 8.hg8=tlf @g8 9.'ttg5 Ahl 10.f3 l:th2 1 l .1Wd5 e6 12.'tfa8 ti'h4 1 3.@dl \Wf2 1 4.ti'b8 �f7 15.l!Je2 .tf3 16.l!Jbc3 'irfl 17.�d2 �h6• , 0-1
Grune39 Shmit,A-Vitolins,A USSR 1969
1.e4 b6 2.d4 .i_b7 3..i,d3 f5 (A x l:th8) 4.ef5 ( 4.1We2) 4 ... Ag2 5.•h5 g6 6.fg6 .i.g7 (6 ... l!Jf6?? 7.gh7 l!Jh5 8.J.g6•) 7.gh7 wrs
Grune40 Bunjaev-Krivaus corr. 1992
l.e4 b6 2.d4 .i.b7 3.it.d.3 f5 4.efS J.g2 5.1th5 g6 6.fg6 J.g7 7.gh7 f8 8.l0f3 l0f6 9.1t'g6 .ihl 10. .ih6 l!Je8 1 1 . \WfS l0f6 12.it.g7
The Steeplechase
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Center Counter Defense [BOI]
13.bas=• •bs 14.wd1 •ds 1 s.�d2 Wg2 1 6 . • ds we6 17.:tel, 1-0
Game41 Mieses,J-Ekvist Nuremburg 1 895
Le4 d5 2.ed5 'ft'd5 3.fi:)c3 'tf'd84.d4 fi:)c6 5.fi:)f3 .ig4 6.d5 fi:)e5
Pirc Defense [B09] Game43 Byhovsky-Bebchuk,E Moscow 1967
l.d4 {£)f6 2.fi:)c3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 .ig7 5.fi:)f3 0-0 6.e5 lt:lfd7 7.h4 c5 8.h5 cd4 9.hg6 dc3 10.gt7 l:t7 11.lt:lgS cb2 (A mutual Steeple chase: h2-h4-h5-g6-t7 for White, and c7-c5-d4-c3-b2 for Black!)
7.fi:)e5 (Black is caught in a typical trap. After 7 ....idl 8..ib5 c6 9.dc6,
White wins with a Steeplechase along either the d5-c6-b7 pat h or the d5-c6-c7 pat h), 1-0 Game42 Federov-Chemy
12 ..ic4 fi:)eS 13.1Wh5 •as 14. f8 19.�h6 .ih6 4.d4 �c3 5.bc3 �c6 6.�f3 �g4 20.l:h6 lt:lf3 21..:lh5 lt:lg5, 0-1 7.d5 �e5 8.�e5 (Analogous to the pr e ce ding game) 8 �d 1 9.�b5 c6 10.dc6 •d5? (Correct was 10 ... �e2 l l.c7 .ib5 12.cdB-'iW �d8) 11.cb7 @d8 12.�c6 Wd7 Minsk 1988
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Part Two
Caro-Kann Defense [B 1 5] Game44 Schuster-Carls
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.i.d6 8.h4 irc7 9.h5 .i.f4 10.hg6 .i.g3 1 1 . J:lh7 (As in the previous game, but with colors reversed) 1 1 ...J:lh7 12.gh7
Oldenburg 1913
1.e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.�c3 de4 4.�e4 �f6 5.�g3 hS (The pawn starts on a long journey) 6 .i.g5 h4 7 .i,f6 hg3 8.JieS %1h2 (Next •
.
comes three intermediate moves. Let's check our formula: 7 3 4. Everything's all right!) -
=
1 2 ...ira5 13.c3 Af2 14.�d2 .i.e3 1 5.�c2, 1-0
Sicilian Defense [B23] e46 Grun Shchekachev-Vojzehorsky Nizhny Novgorod 1998 9.J:lh2 Was 10.c3 (10. ird2 gf2) 10 •es 11.deS gh2 (The ap, l.e4 c5 2.1Llc3 d6 3.f4 !Lic6 4.!Lif3 g6 ...
pearance of a new Queen is inevita, 5 . .i.c4 .i.g7 6.0-0 !Lif6 7.d3 0-0 8.'ifel !Lid4 9..i.b3 .i.e6 10.!Lid4 ble. Excelsior!), 0-1 cd4 (Starting a Steeplechase along the main diagonal) 1 l . .i.e6 dc3 Caro-Kann Defense [B 1 8] 12.-'.b3 !Lie4 (An important inter, mediate move) 13.de4 cb2 (Black emerges with an extra pawn)
Grune45
Davydov-Koshelev
(see nexr diagram)
USSR 1965
l.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.1Llc3 de4 4.!Lie4 14.Ab2 Ab2 15.J:ldl a5 16.f5
The Steeplechase
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After 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.IOc3 /Of6 4 . .t.g5 Ab4 5.e5 h6 6.ef6 hg5 7.fg7 l:lg8
Game47 Turtakower,S-Vid.mar,M Vienna l9C17 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.IOc3 IOf6 4 . .t.g5 .t.b4 5.e5 h6 6.ef6 hg5 7.fg7 l:lg8 8.h4 gh4 9.tllh5 l:lg7 10.IOf3 ©d7 After 13 ...cb2
1 1 .l:lh4 IL!f6 12.tfh6 .t.f8 13.iff4 .i.d7 14./0e5 •e7 l 5.IL>d7 ©d7
20.�h1 l:tc5 2i .:h3 :hs 22.:b1 16.IL>b5 e5 17.de5 IL>e5 18.0-0-0 'flc7 2 3 . 1i'e2 :cB 2 4. •e3 g5 0-0-0 1 9 . l:t h 5 f6 2 0.© a 7 �b8 25J:tg3 h6 26.h4 l:lh8 27.c4 �f8 21 .©bS tllf7 22.:rs :g4 23.•es, 28.hg5 hg5 29.l:lh3 �g7 30.l:th8 1-0
'it>h8 3 1 . g 3 :c6 3 2 . l:l b 4 :a6 33.�g2 �g7 34.wf3 :as 35.�g2
· Game48
•cs 36:tllc5 dc5 37.l:lb7 l:ld8
Balla,Z-Brody,M
38 . ..t.bl g4 39.�f2 l:ld2 40.�fl
Ae5, 0-1
Budapest 19(17 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.©c3 IL!f6 4 . .t.g5 .i.b4 5.e5 h6 6.ef6 hg5 7.fg7 l:lg8 8.tllh5 'fff6 9.h4 'ffd4 10. ©ge2
French Defense [C12]
'ffg7 1 1 .0-0-0 ©d7 1 2.hgS -.8s 13 ...g5 l:lg5 14.l:lh8 ©f8 15.f4 :g4 16.©bS Aas 17.IL>bd4 .t.d7 18.©f3 0-0-0 19.©eS l:lg7 20.f5 ©h7 2 1 . l:ld8 �dB 22.©f4 q;e7 23.©d7 �d7 2 4 . IL> d 5 ef5 2 5 . b4 .i.b4 26.fl)b4 �c8 27. .i.d3 l:lg5 28.g4 a5 29.IL>d5, 1-0
Part Two
Game49 Forgacs.L-Spielmann.R St. Petersburg 1912 l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.lLJc3 lLJf6 4. .i.g5
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16. .i.bS 11fh7 17.l:th7 l:tdf8 18./l)e2 i:th8 19.i:tdhl a6 20 . .i.c6 .i.c6 2 1 .it:)eS .i.e8 22.f4 l:lh7 23.l:lh7 l:lh8 24.i:th8 .i.h8 25.g4 f6 26.ltJd3
b6 27.'it;>d2 'it;>d7 28. b3 .i.g7 29.c4 .i.b4 5.e5 h6 6.ef6 hg5 7.fg7 l:lg8 dc4 30.bc4 .i.f8 3l ./Oc3 .i.g6 32.d5 8.h4 gh4 9.•h5 11ff6 10.ltJf3 ltJd7 edS 33.ltJ dS .i.g7 34.!iP e3 !iPd6 1 1 .0-0-0 .i.c3 12.bc3 'W'g7 13.1Wh4 35.f5 .i.f7 36.'it;>e4 .i.d5 37.cd5 .i.h6 lLJfB 14 .•f4 £6 15 . .i.d3 •e7 16.g3 38.!iPd4 .i.g5 39.ltJf2 c5 40.dc6 !iPc6 c5 17. l:lh6 c4 18.Ae2 ltJg6 19.11rg4 41 .ltJe4 .i.h4 42.e3 b5 43.!iPd4 as 1Wf7 20.lLJh4 ltJh4 2 1 . •h4 b3 �d5 48.lLJd2 !iPe5 49.�c4 25.l:lel .i.e6 26.•hl 'it;>d6 27.i:th7 �f4 S0. "1i>d5 Wg4 5 1 . 'it;>e6 !iPg5 1Wg8 28 . .i.b3 l:te4 29.l:t b7 i:t c8 52.ltJf3, 1-0 30.1Wfl l:lc6 31. l:te4, 1-0
GameSO Grigoriev.N-Alekhine,A Moscow 1915 l .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.ltJc3 ltJf6 4.�g5 .i.b4 5.es h6 6.ef6 hgS 7.fg7 i:tg8 8.h4 gh4 9 .•g4 Jl.e7 10.g3 c5 1 1 .0-0-0 lLJc6 12.dcS 1Wa5 13.�bl eS 1 4 . tl'h5 Ae6 1 5 . ltJdS .i.dS
Gamc52 Belavenets,S-Bondarevsky,I Tbilisi 1937 1.e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3.lLJc3 lLJf6 4..i.g5 .i.b4 5.es h6 6.ef6 hg5 7.fg7 l:tg8 8.h4 gh4 9.1Wg4 'tt'f6 10. l:th4 •&7 l l . 'W'g7 l:tg7 12. i:th8 .i.f8 13.0-0-0 .i.d7 14.l:tel .i.c6 1 5.f4 /l)d7 16.f5
0-0-0 1 7 .fe6 fe6 1 8 . l:te6 l:tg4 16.l:ldS lLJb4 17.i:tes 1Wa2 18.�cl 19.lLJf3 .i.g7 20.l:th5 lLJf6 21.l:tf5 0-0-0 19 ..i.d3 •at 20.�d2 •b2 lLJe4 22.ltJe5 .i.eS 23.l:teeS lLJg3 2 1 .�e3 11.£6 22.•rs !iPb8 23.l:te4 24 . .i.d3 l:ld4 25.i:tf7 i:th4 26.b3 %td3 24.cd3 Jl.d4 25.!iPf4 •r2, 0-1 lLJe4 27.Jl.e4 de4 28.l:tee7 l:te8
Game51 Tart.akower,S-Wolf,S Vienna 1923 l .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.lLJc3 lLJf6 4. .i.g5 .i.b4 5.es h6 6.ef6 hg5 7.fg7 :8s 8.h4 gh4 9. tth5 •r6 10.t0f3 lLJc6
29.l:te8 .i.e8 30.l:tf8 Wd7 31 .!iPd2 l:tg4 32.J:lf2 'it>e6 33.ltJe2, 1/2-1/2
Game53 Krischewsky-Fu Berlin 1961
1.e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3.�c 3 �f6
l l .l:th4 tl'g7 12.0-0-0 .i.d7 13.g3 4.AgS Ab4 S.Ad3 cS 6.es cd4 o-o-o 14 .•h7 .i.e7 1 5 . i:th5 .tf6
7.ef6 dc3 8.fg7 cb2
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The Steeplechase
(The mutual Steeplechase has led to a verycritical position) 9.Wfl .i.c3! 10.ghS = W
Ahs
1 1 .i:tbl
(11 ..i.d8 bal='it 12.1Wal .i.al -+)
� � e6 13.c3 11... •gS 12.'<.Je2 '<.l Ad7 t4.l::lb2? ( a 14.h4 1re7 1 S. l:tb2) 14 ... d4 1S.f:lb7 dc3 16.Ae4 •dz -+ 17.•a4 l:lc8 18.g3 �e5 19.Wa6 fS 20.l:td7 Wd7 21.9a4 We7 22.ea7 �d7 2 3 . 9a6 J:lb8 2 4 .�f4.d6 2s.•d6 wd6, 0-1
linal position
GameSS Saullson-Filips Chicago 1907 1.d4 LLJc6 2.e4 e5 3.dS LLJce7 4.f4 d6 5.ILJf3 .i.g4 6.iLJc3 iLJg6 7.h3 .i.f3 8. .i.b5 c6 9.dc6 .i.dl 10.cb7 @e7 1 1.ILJdS �e6 12.f5 • , 1-0
Danish Gambit [C21] Center Opening [C20] Game54 Rusakov-Verlinsky,B Moscow 1948
1.e4 e5 2.c3 �c6 3.d4 �f6 4.Ags h6 5.Ah4 g5 6.Ag3 ed4 7.eS dc3 8.ef6 cb2 9.•e2 •e7!!
fantastic move! This mutual Steeplechase [e5-d4-c3-b2 and e5-f6-e7] ends in immediate victory After l .e4 e5 2.d4 4..i.c4 cb2 5..i.b2 for Black) 10.fe7 ,i.g7!, 0-1 (A
ed4 3.c3 dc3
Part Two
A rare case, in which the e7-e5d4-c3-b2 Steeplechase begins on the first move. This gambit contains a quite sensible idea. Sacrificing two pawns, White places both Bishops �� ideal squares. Practice shows chat lC s dangerous to accept all the sacrifices, seeing that White leaves his oppo nent far behind in development and launches a strong attack. The great est follower of the Danish Gambit at the beginning of our century was Grandmaster Jacob Mieses. Nevertheless, the age of dashing at; tacks has passed and the opening is almost never used nowadays. As A.Alehkine has shown, the main reason for its lack ofpopularity is that Black, by means of5 . . . d5 6.J..d5 lLJf6 7.i.f7 �f7 8.'t!t'd8 i.b4, can pass on to an equal ending. The world cham pion managed to find a method of strengthening White's play - one's ambition must be limited to the sacrifice of only a single pawn, by playing 4.lLJc3 instead of 4.J..c4.
Game56 Linden-l\1achusky Paris 1863 1.e4 eS 2.d4 ed4 3.c3 dc3 4.J..c4 cb2 5.i.b2 J..b4 6.lLJc3 lLJf6 7.lLJge2 ll:)e4 8.0-0 /l)c3 9./l)c3 J..c3 10.J..c3 11'g 5 1 1 . l:l e l � d 8 1 2 . f4 1Wf4 13.J..g7 l:lg8 14.\tg4 't!fd6 l 5.J..f6, 1 -0
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Game57 Charousek,R-Brosztel Kassa 1893 l.e4 eS 2.d4 ed4 3.c3 dc3 4.J..c4 cb2 5. .i.b2 J..b4 6./l)c3 d6 7./l)f3 i.g4 8.'t!fb3 J..c3 9.J..c3 �f8 10.J..f7 lLJf6 1 1 .lLJd4 lLJe4 12. J..h 5 \te7 13 . .i.g4 ll:)cS 14.ltJe6 lt>e8 15.1Wb5 c6 16. 't!fe2 ltJe6 17. 1We6 hS 18.i.fS l:lf8 1 9 . 0-0 ll:id7 20.i.g6 �dB 21 .1i'e7 rj;e7 22.l:lael �d8 23.i.g7 l:lg8 24 . .i.hS, 1-0
GruneSB Dorrer-Bilenkin St. Petersburg 1897 1.e4 e5 2.d4 ed4 3.c3 dc3 4.J..c4 cb2 S.J..b2 lLJh6 6.ltJc3 i.b4 7.lLJf3
o-o 8.lk2 d6 9.0-0-0 J..e6 10.lLJdS J..a5 1 1 .h4 lLJd7 12.lLJgS c6 13.ll:ie3 i.c4 14.e5 g6 1 5.lLJc4 d5 16.ltJd6 i.c7 17.'t!fc3 ltJf6 18.l0b7 •bB 19.l0c5 l:le8 20.e6 i.d8 21.g3 1Wb5 22.ltJd7 't!fc4 23.\tc4 dc4 24.ltJf6 .i.f6 2 5 . i.f6 fe6 26.l:ld7 lLJg4 27.l:lg7, 1-0
Game59 Tenunovic-Zanibelli Sabadka 1897 l.e4 e5 2.d4 ed4 3.c3 dc3 4.i.c4 cb2 5.J..b2 t0f6 6.lLJf3 lLJe4 7.0-0 ttJf6 8.l:lel i.e7 9.J..f6 gf6 10.•
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Wf8 19.lZJg3 lZJa6 20.lZJf5 .i.f6 lLJeS 1 4. .l:tfcl 0-0-0 15.lLJfS .i.fS 21.lZJd4, 1-0 16.'fffS •ct7 17.1Wd7 l:td7 18.lZJb3 l:l g 4 19 . .i.fl l:t e 4 20 . .l:tabl .i:t b 4 21 .g3 �c7 22 . .i:tdl .i:tdl 2 3. .l:tdl Grune60 .i:ta4 2 4.lLJd4 .i:td4, 0-1 Soldatenkov,K-Dumovo St. Petersburg 1898
l.e4 eS 2.d4 ed4 3.c3 dc3 4.Ac4 cb2 5.Ab2 lZJf6 6.e5 Ab4 7.lZJc3 1We7 8 . lZJge2 l0 e 4 9.0-0 lZJc3 10.Ac3 i.c3 1 l.lZJc3 0-0 12.lZJdS We5 1 3. l: e l tid6 1 4. 'ff h 5 c6 15.lZJc7 g6 16.'W'h6 flc7 17.Af7 f7 18.1Wh7 �f6 19.1Wh 4 q;,g7 20.l:te7 l:tf7 21. 1Wd4 �f8 22 ..'tfh8 �e7 23..l:tel
Game61 Mieses,J-Chigorin,M
Grune63 Mieses,J-Maroczy, G Monte Carlo 1903 l .e4 e5 2.d4 ed4 3.c3 dc3 4.i.c4 cb2 5 ..i.b2 d6 6.lZJe2 lbc6 7.0-0 Ae6 8 . .i.d5 l0f6 9. 'ii b3 1tc8 10.lLJf4 .i.d5 1 1 .edS lZJeS 12. .l:tel Ae7 13.i.e5 de5 1 4. .l:teS 'tYd7 1 5.1Wg3 0-0-0 16.•g7 Wd6 17.'ffg5 .i:the8 18.l0d2 l0d7 19.l:te7 ti'e7 20.•g3 •b4 21.lLJf3 l:tg8 22.flh4 Wc3 23 . .l:tbl 'fff3 2 4.1Wh6lLJb6, 0-1 ·
Hannover 1902
1.e4 e5 2.d4 ed4 3.c3 dc3 4. i.c 4 cb2 5.Ab2 'f/Je7 6.lZJc3 c6 7.'ik2 d6 8.0-0-0 i.e6 9 . .i.e2 l0d7 10.lZJf3 l0c5 1 1.ltd4 0-0-0 12 . .l:thdl 'f!Jc7 13.lZJa4 lZJd7 1 4.l:tld3 lZJgf6 15.l:tc3 it.. e 7 1 6 . l:t b 4 lZJb8 l 7.lZJd 4 d5 18.lZJc6 lZJc6 19.Aa6 'iif4 20.l:te3 Ab4 21.1Wc6 'W'c7 22.Ab7 �b8 23.AeS 'ires 2 4.l:tb3 'W'c7, 0-1
Game62 Rabinovich,A-Chigorin,M Kiev 1903
1.e4 e5 2.d4 ed4 3.c3 dc3 4. .i.c4 cb2 5.Ab2 'ife7 6.lZJd2 lZJf6 7.lZJgf3 d5 8..ilf6 gf69. i.d5 c6 10.Ac4 l:tg8 1 1 .0-0 �h3 12.l0h4 lZJd7 1 3.'tfh5
Grune64 Mieses,J-Chigorin,M Cambridge Springs 1904
l.e4 e5 2.d4 ed4 3.c3 dc3 4. .i.c4 cb2 5 . .i.b2 We7 6.lDc3 c6 7.l0ge2 bS 8.i.b3 a5 9.l:Cl llJa6 10.0-0 llJcS 1 l.llJd 4 llJb3 12.llJf5 'tt'e6 13.ab3 llJf6 1 4.llJe2 llJh5 15.f411'g6 16.llJed4 llJf6 17.'tfc2 .i.b7 18.l0b5 cb5 19.1Wc7 i. b 4 20.ffb7 0-0 21.l:tf3 .i:tab8 22.'ii'a7 llJe4 23.llJg3 lLJd2 2 4. .i:te3 .i:tbc8 25 . .i:tc8 l:tc8 26.ti'd7 'f!lbl 27.�f2 'f!lc2 28.lLJe2 .i:tf8 29.'f!ld4 f6 30.g4
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gf5 4 3 .gfS �d6 4 4 . lt:Jd4 l:c4 26.fS wh7 27.l:te7 l:tf8 28.l:tc7 .i.c3 45.lt:Jb3 c6 46.l:b8 a4 47. l:c8 29.l:ld3 .i.e5 30.l:tc4, 1-0 �d5 48.l:d8 e5 49.lt:Jd2 .i.d2 50.l:d2 �f5 5 1 .l:d5 �e4 52.l:a5 �d3 53.l:ta7 �c3 54.l:h7 a3, 1-0
Gmne65 Janowsky,D-Marshall,F Paris 19f17
Grune67 Nyholm,G-Reti,R Baden Baden 1914 l.e4 e5 2.d4 ed4 3.c3 dc3 4. .i.c4 d5 5 ..i.d5 cb2 6. ..i.b2 lt:Jf6 7.lt:Jf3 .i.b4 8.c.Pfl 0-0 9.9b3 lL!c6 10.lt:Jc3 'flle7
l.e4 e5 2.d4 ed4 3.c3 dc3 4 . .i.c4 1 l.a3 ..i.d6 12.l:lel lt:Je5 13.lt:JeS cb2 S . ..ib2 lt:Jf6 6.lt:Jf3 d5 7.ed5 ..i.e5 14 . ..i.c4 c6 l 5.h4 bS 16..i.e2 .i.b4 8 . lt:J c3 We7 9 . .i. e 2 lt:Je4 Ae6 17.9c2 t!fc5 18.l:tcl l:tfd8 10.l:cl 0-0 1 1 .0-0 lt:Jc3 12.l:k3 19.g3 a5 20.'i!fbl l:td2 21 .lLldS l:tb2 i..c 3 1 3 . ..ic3 lt:Jd7 14.l:el lt:Jf6 22.1i'b2 'i!fd5 23.edS ..ib2 24.l:lc2 1 5..i.d3 1Wd8 16.:es l:e8 17.l:tg5 .i.d5, 0-1 h6 1 8.l:tg3 lt:J h 5 1 9 . ..ic2 lt:Jg3 20.hg3 f5 21 .g4 l:e4 22.lt:Je5 1Wg5
Grune68
23.d6 cd6 24. ti'd6 •cl 2 5 ...idl
Nyholm,G-Tartakower,S
:es 26 . .tes h7 27.�h2 ..ie6
Baden Baden 1914
(28.1We7 l:tg8 29.1i'e6 1i'dl 30.'irfS l.e4 e5 2.d4 ed4 3.c3 dc3 4.Ac4 d5 @h8 311!JrgS 1Mt1 [31...1Wd2? 3 2 . f4 5..i.d5 cb2 6. ..i.b2 lL!f6 7. ..i.f7 �f7 33.lWh6• 1 32 . .a.g7 l:g7 33.Wes =), 8.9d8 .1b4 9.'ird2 .i.d2 10. llld2 l:le8 1 1 .f3 lL!c6 12.l:tcl .i.e6 13.a3 1/2-1/2
Game66 Marshall ,F-Duras, 0 New York 1913
l:lad8 14.lt:Je2 l:te7 l 5.lt:Jc4 ..i.c4 16.l:tc4 lt:Jd7 17.©d4 lt:Jd4 18. l:ld4
c5 19.l:td5 l:lc8 20.�e2 l:tc6 21.l:kl g6 22.g4 a6 23.h4 b5 24.hS c4
25.hg6 hg6 26. ..ic3 lt:Jb6 27.l:td8 l.e4 e5 2.d4 ed4 3.c3 dc3 4.Ac4 l:ld7 28.l:ld7 lL!d7 29.l:tdl lt:Jc5 cb2 5 ..i.b2 lL!f6 6.e5 d5 7.ef6 dc4 30.l:td5 ©a4 31 .�d2 lt:Jc3 32.�c3 8.1Wd8 �dB 9.fg7 .i.b4 10.lt:Jc3 l:le8 l:tf6 33.�d4 l:tf3 34.�eS l:ta3 1 1 . lL! g e2 .i.f5 1 2 . 0 - 0 - 0 lL! d 7 35. l:td7 �e8 36.l:ta7 �d8 37.gS 13.lLldS .i.d6 14 ...if6 lt:Jf6 15.lt:Jf6 l:lal 38.�d6 l:ldl 39.�e6 c3, 0-1 @e7 16.lt:Je8 l:te8 17.l:td4 ct>f6 18.lL!g3 Aa3 19.@dl .i.g6 20.f4 .i.d3 21.lt:Jh5 �g6 22.l:tel l:tg8 23.l:ld5 h6 24.l:te3 ..ib2 25.g4 i..g7
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Game69
Game72
Marshall ,F-Molotkovsky
Mieses,J-Finn
USA 1914
New York 1903
l.e4 e5 2.d4 ed4 3.c3 dc3 4 ..i.c4 1.e4 eS 2.d4 ed4 3.c3 dc3 4 . .i.c4 c2 cb2 5.1'.b2 d5 6..i.dS .i.b4 7.fl 5.'iic2 'llc6 6.'llc3 'llf6 7.tt:Jf3 d6 'll f6 8.'ifb3 'fle7 9.'ll f3 'llc6 10.a3 8.Ag5 .i.e7 9.0-0-0 .i.g4 10.e5 .i.f3 .i.c5 1 1 .'ll bd2 0-0 12.l:kl .i.g4 1 1 .ef6 gf6 12.gf3 fg5 13.'ti'fS 'lle5 1 3. .i.c6 bc6 14.'lle5 l:ad8 15.'ll dc4 14.l:thel lbc4 15.'lld5 ltJeS 16.J:te5 'll e4 16.'ll g4 'll d 2 17.'lld 2 %ld2 de5 17.tlt'eS f6 18.ltJc7 �f8 19.'lle6 18.'llh6 wh8 19 . .i.g7 �g7 20.'llfS, �g8 20.l:td8 l:td8 2 1 .'ttc7 l:te8 22.'ttc4 b5 23. 'iid 5 l:tf8 24.lLig5
1-0
�g7 2 5 . 'll e 6 �g6 26.'ll f8 l:tf8
Game70 Stolberg, M-Golovko,N USSR 1939 l.e4 e5 2.d4 ed4 3.c3 dc3 4.1'.c4 cb2 5 . .i.b2 d5 6.ed5 'll f6 7.'llf3 .i.b4 8.'ll bd2 0-0 9.0-0 b5 10..i.d3
.f 6 .i.d2 'ifd5 1 1 .Wbl .i.b7 1 2 . .i 13.1'.h7 �h8 14 ..i.b2 .i.f4 15.l:dl Ah2 16 .wh 2 'ii' h 5 1 7 . g 3 f5 18.�fS 'iff5 19.1Wf5, 1-0
Game71 Kotrc,J-Petrovic
27.'ttbS f5 28.1Wd7 .i.g5 29.c2 l:td8 30.'ih7 l:td2 3 1 .'ifi>c3 l:te2 32.b4 .i.f6 33.�d3 l:tb2 34.@c4 l:tc2 35.�b5, 1-0
An original interpretation of the Danish Gambit was seen in the next game. With 3.. . d5, Rubinstein de nied his opponent's Bishop access to the c4-square, and White couldn't get compensation for the sacrificed pawn. Later Mieses found the strengthening 4.ed5.
Yugoslavia 1970
Game73
l.e4 e5 2.d4 ed4 3.c3 dc3 4 ..i.c4
Mieses,J-Rubinstein,A
cb2 5.�b2 d5 6.Ad5 'llf6 7.'llc3
Prague 1908
'll d5 8.'ll d5 'llc6 9.'llf3 .i.g4 10.h3 1 .e4 e5 2.d4 ed4 3.c3 d5 4.e5 dc3
Ah5 1 1 . 0-0 'it'd7 12.l:bl 0-0-0 1 3.1i'b3 Af3 14 ..i.g7 lLiaS 1S.•e3 l:tg8 16. 'ii'a 7 'ifh3 17.tt:Jb6 cb6 18.l:tfcl tt:Jc6 19.gh3 l:tg7 20.fl l:tdl 21.l:tdl 'lla7, 0-1
5.lLif3 cb2 6. .i.b2 ll:ih6 7.ltJc3 .i.e6 8. .i.d3 �e7 9.11'c2 tt:Jc6 10.a3 'iWd7 1 1 . .i.cl 'LlfS 12.'ifa4 0-0 13.'#f4 f6 14.g4 fe5 1 5 .tt:JeS 'll e5 16.We5
.�.f6, 0-1
Part Two
Vienna Game [C27]
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Game75 Book,E-Hildenhejmo
Game 74
Helsinki 1924
Turtakower,S-Spielmann,R
1 .e4 eS 2.4Jc3 lLJf6 3.-'.c4 l0e4 4.1!fh5 l0g5 5.d4 l0e66.d5 g6 7.de6 gh5 8.ef7 �e7 (Now begins the
.O stende l9f17 1.e4 eS 2.l0c3 l0f6 3 . .i.c4 l0e4 4. •hs l0d6 s. .i.b3 lLJc6 6.lObS g6 7.11ff3 l0f5 8.g4 a6 9.gfS abS 10.fg6 'f!Je7 1 l . gf7 (Excelsior! [Nearly.
pursuit of Black's King, which will end in mate)
V.Ch.] This pawn's destiny will de, fine the game's destiny. Tartakower)
9. .i.g5 'wtd6 10.0-0-0 �c5 1 1 .J:dS
1 l.. .�d8 12.d3 l0d4 13.'irhS .i.g7 14.4Jf3 l:la6 1 5.l0d4 ed4 16.�fl J:g6 l 7 . .i. d 2 d6 1 8 . J: e l .i.g4 19.l:e7 .i.hS 20.l:lel .i.f3 21.J:gl .i.eS 22.Ah6 �e7 23 . .i.g7 J:d8
�c4 1 2 .b3 �b4 1 3 . J: b5 a3 1 4 . lO b l � a 2 1 5 . J: a 5 A a 3 16.J:a3• 1-0 I
King's Gambit [C35]
The Cunningham gambit embodies .i.c6 27.J:egS J:dd6- 28.l:thS J:g3 an idea that is familiar to us. The 29.hg3 h6 30.g4 .i.f3 31 .l:bS b6 name must be a mistake, because the Italian Greco analyzed this gambit 32.:es J:d8 33.gS hS 34.g6, 1-0 100 years before the S c o t tish chessplayer was born! Here the Scee, plechase is "traded" for an advantage in development. White sacrifices three pawns in turn along the e5-f4-g3-h2 route, and the resulting 24. .i.eS de5 25.l:eS �f8 26.J:g3
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Black h2-pawn is used as shelter for the White King. The gambit is rarely used now in his Analyses Philidor had already proven it's inefficiency. Although the Cunningham has virtually disap peared from modem practice, it re mains a monument to masters of the past. -
27.ab5 ab5 28.l:tal l:ta8 29.l:tael Ad7 30.d4 c4 31..i.c2 h4 32.l:thl l:th5 33.b3 l:tah8 34.b4 g4 35.iL!d2 l:tg5 36.l:tfl g3 37.:f6 tJl;c7 38.l:tg6 h3 39.�gl g2 40.l:tg5 h2 41.tJl;g2 hl='iW 42.�f2 l:tf8 43.�e3 1Wh3 44.iLif3 t!ff3, 0-1
Game77 Guttzeit-Kiezeritzky�L Dorpt 1832 l.e4 e5 2.f4 ef4 3.liJf3 J..e7 4 ..i.c4 J..h4 5.g3 fg3 6.0-0 gh2 7.�hl J..f6 8.e5 d5 9.ef6 iLif6 10.J..b3 J..e6 1 l.d4 iL!e4 12.J..f4 f5 13.iLibd2 0-0 14.c4 c6 15.l:tcl iL!d7 16.cdS cdS 17.iL!e4 fe4 18.liJgS 'fie7 19.1Wh5 iLJf6 20.1Wh2 l:tad8 2 1 .J..c7 l:td7 22.Aa4 h6 23.iLie6 1We6 24.Ad7 1Wd7 25.Ae5, 1-0
After
1.e4 e5 2.f4 ef4 3.lt:Jf3 J..e7
4 .J..c4 Ah4 5.g3 fg3 6.o-o gh2 7.�hl
Game78 Bilguer,P-Majet Berlin 1838
Game76 N . N . -Philidor,A London 1790
1.e4 e5 2.f4 ef4 3.lLif3 J..e7 4.J..c4 .ilh4 5.g3 fg3 6.0-0 gh2 7.hl d6 8.J..t7 �t7 9.iLih4 tLif6 10.d4 J..h3
1 1 .l:tf3 J..g4 12.l:tf6 1i'f6 13.1flg4 l .e4 e5 2.f4 ef4 3.liJf3 Ae7 4. Ac4 'ttfl 14.@h2 trcl 15.iLic3 'tta l �h4 5.g3 fg3 6.o-o gh2 7.hl Af6 16.'tffS �e8 17.1i'c8 �t7 18.1i'c7 8.e5 d5 9.ef6 lt:Jf6 10.J..b3 J..e6 @eB 19.1Wc8 @f7 20.1Wb7 �e8 1 l.d3 h6 12.J..f4 c5 1 3.Ah2 lt:Jc6 2 1 .iL!f5, 1-0 1 4 . lt:J b d 2 iL!g4 1 5 . 'ire 2 iL! h 2 16.'irh2 1Wb8 17.1Wb8 :b8 1 8.l:tael @d7 ·19.tLieS lLieS 20.l:te5 �d6 2 1 .l:tfel b5 22.c3 l:tbe8 23.a4 a6 24.liJf3 g5 25.@g2 f6 26.l:t5e2 h5
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Game79
29.1i'e6 •h4 30.9h3 li'h3 31.Wh3
Lazard,F-Jaenisch, C
c5 32.�g4 �g6 33.�f3 CiPf6 34.�e3
�e6 35.d4 ed4 36.cd4 cd4 37.d4 ct>d6 38.eS �e6 39. e 4 rJ;e7 l .e4 e5 2.f4 ef4 3.ilJf3 JLe7 4.JLc4 40.cotdS �d7 41 .e6 �e7 42.we5 a6 JLh4 5.g3 fg3 6.0-0 gh2 7.�hl .i.f6 8.llJe5 �e5 9.1Wh5 1We7 10.l:tf7 43.a3 �e8 44.'it>d6 Wd8 45.e7 �e8, Berlin 1 842
11'c 5 l 1 . l:f8 �e7 1 2 . d 4 •c4 1-0
13.1t'e8 �d6 14.'tlfe5 �c6 15.llJa3 d6 16.d5 �c5 l7..i.e3 �b4 18.c3
Game82 Dus-Chotimirsky, F-Rabine 1910
Jaenisch. C-Lazard,F
1.e4 e5 2.f4 ef4 3.ilJf3 il.e7 4. .tc4 i.h4 5.g3 fg3 6.0-0 gh2 7.hl d5
Berlin 1 842
8.ed5 Af6 9.d4 llJe7 10.llJgS h6
G a meBO
1.e4 e5 2.f4 ef4 3.ilJf3 Ae7 4 . .tc4 .i.h4 5.g3 fg3 6.0-0 gh2 7.
1l.ilJf7rJ;f7 12.d6
G a meB J
'tlfe7 14.eS 'tlff7 15.ef6 gf6 16. .teS
Helabert-Bermudez,S
l:tf8 1 7 . � H6 'ti'g7 18.i.c7 �e8 19.'tre2 1We7 20.l:lel lLJc6 21 .1i'h5
:tf7 22.'trf7 • , 1-0
Cuba 1923 1 .e4 e5 2.f4 ef4 3.ilJf3 JLe7 4.JLc4 Ah4 5.g3 fg3 6.0-0 gh2 7.hl
Game81
.te7 8. .tf7 f7 9.llJe5 ct>e8 1 0.1th5
Morphy,P-Bird,H
g6 1 1.llJg6 llJf6 12.l:tf6 .i.f6 13.llJe5
London 1859
rJ;e7 14. 1Wf7 �d6 l 5.llJc4 �c5
1.e4 e5 2.f4 ef4 3.ilJf3 JLe7 4 . .i.c4 Ah4 5.g3 fg3 6.0-0 gh2 7.�hl d5 8. ..i.d5 lLJf6 9..tf7 �f7 10.llJh4 l:te8 l l .d3 .i.h3 1 2.t!Vh5 �g8 13.lU6 gf6 14.llJc3 :es 1 5.1i'f3 1i'd7 1 6. .tf4 LLJc6 l 7 . � h 2 .i.g4 1 8 . l: g l h5 19.�eS fe5 20.llJdS lLJd4 21 .lLJf6 h8 22.'tWe3 'tWg7 23.llJhS •h7 24.J:g4 \th5 25.1i'h3 �h7 26.c3 lLJe6 27.lig6 lte8 28.l:le6 l:te6
16.1td5 �b4 17.a3 �a4 18.b3 •, 1-0
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Scotch Gambit [C44]
l:le7 22.liJdS liJg8 23.ffg5 'i'e8 24.l:tdl, 1-0
GameBS Bilguer,P-Majet Vienna 1839 1.e4 eS 2.liJf3 ©c6 3.d4 ed4 4.1'.c4 iLb4 S.c3 dc3 6.0-0 cb2 7..ib2 f6 8.t!t'b3 'ifi>f8 9.eS fe5 10..i.eS .ie7 11..i.c3 d6 12.!0bd2 .tf6 13..i.g8 l:tg8 14.!0e4 .i.c3 15.©egS t!t'e8 16.©h7 @e7 17.1Wc3 ..-g6 18.:fel After 1.e4 eS 2.ll:lf3 !Oc6 3.d4 ed4 @dB 19.liJhgS .ifS 20.'ttb3 'ifi>d7 4.i.c4 Ab4 5.c3 dc3 6.0-0 cb2 2i.:ac1 l:tab8 22.l0h4 •gs 23.•f7 &iJe7 24.liJfS l:tge8 2S.ll:le7 •r6 7.iLb2 26.l:tc7 @c7 27.liJdS 'iti>c6 28.l:tcl It is clear that this attempt is a @b5 29.tlfd7 @a6 30.liJf6, 1-0 brother of the Danish gambit. Com, paring the two openings, we find that Grune8 6 two additional moves ( ll:lf3 and 0-0 Witkomb-Kiezeritzky, L for White; ... ll:lc6 and ... .ib4 for Paris 1845 Black) are present in the Scotch 1.e4 e5 2.liJf3 ©c6 3.d4 ed4 4..i.c4 gambit. Black's wayward .ib4 seems Ab4 5.c3 dc3 6.0-0 cb2 7 . .tb2 �f8 absolutely useless, and only supports 8.t!t'd5 •e7 9.liJgS ©d8 10.a3 c6 the \Vhite attack. 1 i.•d4 t!t'g5 12.ab4 ttJe6 13...-d6 'tie7 14.1Wd2 ©f6 15..ta3 b5 16.eS Game84 liJ e 4 1 7 .1Wd3 d 5 18 . .idS cdS Bilguer,P-Lazard,F 19.1id5 .ib7 20.1Wb5 h5 21.t!t'd3 Berlin 1839 1Wg5 22.bS
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Game87
?k7 35.g4
linal position
Game88 Reshevsky,S-Gollney Grand Rapids 1921
1.e4 e5 2.iLlf3 ltJc6 3.d4 ed4 4 ..ic4 .i.b4 5.c3 dc3 6.0-0 cb2 7. .ib2 f6 8.e5 d5 9 . .id5 .i.g4 10.ef6 llJf6 11..ic6 bc6 12...b3 .if3 13.'ii' f3 ti'd5 14. • e2 �f7 15.ltJc3 .i.c3 t6. .i.c3 J:lhe817 ..-c2 J:le6 18.J:ladl 1Wc5 19.'ti'd3 J:ld6 20.'tWf3 1Wh5 21.J:ld6 'iif3 22.J:lf6 'ii'f6 23.Af6 · "1rf6 24.J:lcl J:l dB 2s.:c6 l:d6 26.J:lct �e6 27.�fl �d7 28.�e2 J:la6 29.J:lc2 cS 30.J:lc5 J:la2 31.itie3 �d6 32.J:lbS J:la3 33.�f4 J:lc3 34.h4
After l.e4 eS 2.ltJf3 ltJc6 3.d4 ed4 4.c3 dc3 5..i.c4 cb2 6.Ab2
GlltD(89 Klovan-Suetin,A Minsk 1962
1.e4 e5 2.llJf3 lDc6 3.d4 ed4 4.c3 dc3 5..i.c4 cb2 6..ib2 .ib4 7.llJc3 llJf6 8.'ii'c2 d6 9.0-0-0 0-0 10.e5 lLlg4 1l.h4 tll ce5 12.tll dS .t.c5 13.iLlgS g6 14.ltJe4 .if5 15.f4 c6 16.fe5 cd5 17. .id5 J:lc8 18.�bl lUe3 19.1i'e2 Wb6 20.�al .ie4
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2 1 . .te4 'Lldl 22.Xtdl de5 23 . .te5 c3·square . . . then unexpectedly :fe8 24 . .tb2 l:kd8 25.%td8 .:td8, launched his own Steeplechase on the e4-e5-f6-g7 path! Black's resig· 0-1
nation was forthcoming.
Game90 Marjasin-Epstein Bobrujsk 1967 l .e4 e5 2.lUf3 lUc6 3.d4 ed4 4.c3
Game9 2 Kozlicek.L-Trangoni Hlogovec 1994
dc3 5.Ac4 cb2 6. .tb2 d5 7. .td5 l.e4 e5 2.'Llf3 lUc6 3.d4 ed4 4.c3 lUf6 8.0-0 .te7 9.'trb3 0-0 10.Ildl dc3 5.'Llc3 .tc5 6..tc4 lUf6 7.e5 d5 ..-ea 1 1 . lU a 3 a6 1 2 .l:lacl .i.d8 8.ef6 dc4 9. 'ilid8 'Lld8 10.fg7 l:lg8 13.lUc4 lUe7 14 . .tf? :tf7 1 5.lUce5 lUc6 1 6 . l:tc6 bc6 17.lUg5 Ji..e7 18. lUef7 �f8 19.e5 lUd5 20.�f3 �g8 2 1 . :td5 .tg4 22.'We4 .tg5 23.�g5 'i'h5 24.lld4, 1-0
Game91 Ljubojevic,L-Kovac Sarajevo 1970 1.e4 e5 2.t'.Df3 t(Jc6 3.d4 ed4 4.c3 dc3 5 . .tc4 cb2 6..tb2 d6 7.lUc3 .te6 8.t'Dd5 'i'd7 9 . l:l c l lUge7 10.0-0 t'Dg6 1 1 . 'i!Va4 a6 l 2.l:fel lla7 1 3 . .i.fl �d8 14.fib3 b6 15.tie3 tl:\ge7 16.:edl f6 l 7. Ji.. c4 Ji..d5 18 . .tdS 'Ud5 19.ed5 t(Je7 20.t0d4 @e8 2 1 . tt'f3 �f7 2 2 . l: e l J:t a 8 23.Ite6 h 5 24.. tkel lk8 25. t0c6
1 l.l0d5!, 1-0
Two Knights Defense [C55] A rare variant of the Max Lange at· tack is seen in the following game.
t'Dc6 26.l :tf6 @g8 27.dc6 'if'g4 28.'ti'd5 �h7 29. :tf5 �h6 30.J.cl g 5 3 1 . 'We 6 � h 7 3 2 . 11 f7 .t g 7 33.:tg7, 1-0
Game93 Fahrni,H-Tartakower,S Baden Baden 1914
l.e4 e5 2.'Llf3 'Uc6 3.d4 ed4 4 . .tc4 In the next game White, following cuf6 5.0-0 .tc5 6.e5 d5 7.ef6 dc4
Alekhine's suggestion, interrupted 8.fg7 .1%g8 the black pawn march at his
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Ruy Lopez [C64] Game94 Akvist,H-Hvenkilde,J Copenhagen 1974 l.e4 e5 2.'Llf3 it)c6 3. .i.b5 .i.c5 4.c3 Ci:lf6 5.d4 .tb6 6..tg5 ed4 7.eS dc3 8 . ef6 cb2 9 . 1i'e2 1i'e7 1 O . fe7 bal-11' 9..i.g5 .te7 1 0..i.e7 �e7 l l .l%el .1e6 12.l:te4 f5 13.l:th4 �f7 14.l:th7 :g7 1 5 . l:tg7 �g7 16.ti:lbd2 1i'f6 17 .'ti'e2 c3 18.bc3 dc3 19.'Llb3 :ea 20.'1Vb5 .i.c8 2 1 .ti:lbd4 a6 22.'flc5 tt:Jd4 23.'Lld4 'ife5 24.1t'c3 �f8 25.'1Vd2 c5 26.ti:lb3 f4 27.:tfl b5 28.'trcl @f7 29. ti'dl i.b7 30.'ii'd7 :e7 31.'ii'h3 �g8 32.1i'h4 c4 33.ti:lcl (33.tLid2 .tg2 34.�g2 •
=;
33.'Lld4 .i.g2 (33 ...'fidS 34.ti:lf3 l:tg7 35.�hl l:tg2 36. .J:tgl l:tgl 37.�gl
1 1 .0-0 ti:ld4 12.ti:ld4 'ii'd4 13.'Lld2 c6 14.it)f3 •cs 1 5 ..td3 f6 16.'ii'b2 �e7 1 7 . .te3 'tW h S 1 8 . 1Wa3 c5
19.l:tel �d8 20.l:tbl .i.c7 21..i.cS .J:te8 22.:cI :e6 23.h3 b6 24 . .i.e3 36.�fl G.Marco) 33 . . .f3 34.g3 .tb7 25.ti:l d4 :te3 26.fe 3 'ii'e 8 :ld7 3 5 . a 3 :td4 36. 'ii' h 6 l:td6 27 ..i.fS g6 28.l:t c7 �c7 29.ti:l b5 37.1i'h4 .i.c8 38.ti:l a2 �g7 39. 'Llc3 �dB 30.it)d6 'fff8 31 .it)b7 �c7 :td440.ti:le4 .J:te4 41.ti'd8:tel, 0-1 32.'ik3 wb7 33.Ae4 �b8 34 ...c4
•d1 -+ l 34.it)f5 •fs 35. •e7 .tfl =,
a 5 3 5 . .ta8 �a8 36. 1Wa6 �b8 37.1Wb6 �c8 38.1WaS ft'd6 39.'fla7, 1-0
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The Steeplechase
Chigorin' s Defense [D07]
Albin's Counter Gambit [008]
An interesting theoretical byway was demonstrated by Razuvaev in this Let's confine ourselves to the exami game. nation of a well known trap. The Steeplechase d7-d5-d4-e3-f2 (and Game95 sometimes "gl" too!) puts White in a Razuvaev, Y-Koski hopeless situation. Mojaquec 1971
1.d4 dS 2.c4 /Oc6 3./0f3 .i,g4 4.cdS .i.f3 5.dc6 .i.c6 6./0c3 e6 7.e4 .i,b4 8.f3 f5 9..,i.c4 fe4? 10.0-0 ef3 tt..i,e6 •r6 (l l . ..fg2 [This Steeplechase ends sorrowfully] 12.'tth 5 g6 1 3 ..i.f7 @f8 14 . .*.h6 ttJh6 1 5.1i'h6 @e7 16.l:lael +-; in stead, l l . ..ttJe7 1 2.d5! f2 13.l:lf2 �c5 14..i.f7 �f8 1 5.t!t'f3 +- was Trapl-Ratalistka, USSR 1962) 12.dS f2 (12 ... .i.c5 13.@hl fg2 After l.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.de5 d4 4.e3 [13... l:ld8 14.t!t'f3 'tte6 15.dc6 ± ] .i.b4 5..i.d2 de3 14 .@g2 'tte6 15.l:lel +- ) 13.Whl
Ac3 14.dc6 •e6 1S.cb7 l:lb8
Grune96 Linze-Killberg Malmo 1917 l.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.de5 d4 4.e3 �b4 5 . .i.d2 de3 6.Wa4 ttJc6 7. .i.b4 ef2 8.�f2 'tth4 9.�e3 1i'd4 10.'ltf3 .i.g4 l 1 . @g3 'Llh6 l 2 . h 3 'Llf5 13.�h2 'ttf4, 0-1
Game97 Biwer,J-Kassidi Muncheustein 1959 16.bc3 /Of6 1 7 .• a4 Wf7 l.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.de5 d4 4.e3 .i.b4 18 .•a7 ± , 1-0 5.�d2 de3 6. .i.b4 ef2 7. �e2 fgl =ttJ
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8.�el 1fh4 9.�d2 t()c6 10.Ac3 .i.g4, 0-1
G a me98 Petrov-Pantaleev,D Bulgaria 1 973
1.d4 dS 2.c4 eS 3.de5 d4 4.e3 -'.b4 S.Ad2 de3 6.tWa4 ttJc6 7.Ab4 ef2 8.�f2 'W'h4 9.g3 ttd4 10.�g2 'W'b2 ll.tZ'id2 •al 12.ttJgf3 Wb2 13.a3 .i.g4, 0-1 Unfortunately, in the more serious variation (l.d4 d5 2.c4 eS 3.de5 d4 4.ttJf3 ttJc6 5.g3 Ae6 6.Wa4 'ti'd7 7.j,,g2 d3 8.0-0 de2) the pawn reaches the second rank overcoming only one obstacle. According to our classification, this line is not a Scee, plechase, but rather an exchange combination.
Slav Defense [Dl5]
Aft.er 10.gh8•W
which whoever has the move wins. White to move wins with 1 1 .tWf8 �f8 1 2 . .i.h6 'it>e8 1 3.'ti'al +- ) 1 0 . . . WaS 1 1 .tZ'id2 1f5c3 12.Ae2 'ifacl, 0-1
Queen's Gambit Accepted [D21] Game100 Jun-lvanchuk,V
Gatnc99
Luzem 1993
l.d4 dS 2.c4 e6 3.lLJf3 dc4 4.1fa4 tZ'id7 5.e4 lLJgf6 6.lLJc3 a6 7..i.c4 l.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.tZ'ic3 ttJf6 4.tZ'if3 %lb8 8.Wc2 bS 9.Ae2 Ab7 10.0-0 dc4 5.e4 b5 6.a4 b4 7.eS bc3 8.ef6 b4 1 1 .eS bc3 12.ef6 cb2 13.fg7 bal =lLJ 14.gh8=1i' (As always, the cb2 9.fg7 ba1=1' 10.gh8•\W mutual Steeplechase leads to very critical positions for both sides) (see 11exl diagram) Fadeev, V-Mikheev Furmanov 1986
(A mutual Excelsior has brought about this interesting position, in
(see next diagram)
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Tarrasch Oefense [032] Game101 Grekov,N-Grigoriev,N Moscow 1919 l.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.llJc3 c5 4.1Llf3 1Lic6 5 . .i.f4 cd4 6.l0d4 .i.b4 7. 1Lldb5 d4 8.1Llc7 'W'c7 9..i.c7 dc3 10.a3 c2
14 ...©c2 15 . .i.g5 .i.f3 16. .i.dB .i.e2 17 ..i.c7 l:lb7 18..i.d6 .i.fl 19.�fl l:l b6 2 0 . .i.fS ©f8 2 1 . g 3 © b 4 2 2...e5 ©d5 23.h4 ©g6 24 ...g7 h5 25 ...gS �e7 26.'W'cS ©f8 27.a4 .!Od7 2 8 . a 5 l:ld6 29. 'W'c4 �d8 30...e2 .!07f6 31.'W'c4 �d7 32...c5 ©e4 3 3 . .. a 3 f5 3 4 . �g2 l:lc6 35.'W'b2 �c8 36.'W'e2 ©ef6 37.'W'b2
1 1 .'W'd2 .i.d2 (Black first wins back the Queen, and then... ) 1 2.�d2 e5 40.'W'd2 l:lc3 4 1 .f3 �c7 42.'W'b2 13.�c2 �d7! (Domination!), 0-1 l:lc6 43.'W'd2 �c8 44.'W'b2 l:k7 f4 38.gf4 .!Of4 39.�g3 .!06d5
45.�h2 l:k4 46...a3 l:lb4 47.'W'cl �b7 48.'W'd2 �c6 49.'W'c2 �b5 50.'W'c5 �a4 5 1 .9c6 �a5 52.'W'c5 l:lb5 53.'W'a3 �b6 54.'W'd6 �a7 55.'W'd7 l:lb7 56.'W'd6 l:lc7 57.�hl a 5 58. 'W' a 3 �a6 59. •b3 %lc6 60.�h2 l0b6 61.'W'e3 ©fd5 62.'W'e2 ©c4, 0-1
Ragozin Oefense (039] Game102 Sideif-Zade-Dzhanclzhava USSR 1988 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.©c3 /Of6 4./0f3 .i.b4 5 . .i.g5 dc4 6.e4 c5 7.e5 h6 8.ef6 hg5 9.fg7 l:lg8 (We know from
the following games that in the Ragozin defense, a Steeplechase on the route e2-e4-e5-f6-g7 is usually accompanied by one or cwo interme,
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diate moves. The present game is a rare exception)
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Variation
I
After l .d4 li:Jf6 2.c4 e6 3.li:Jf3 dS 10.dc5 ._.dl 1 1 .l:tdl J:.g7 12 .i.c4 4.i..gS Ab4 5.©c3 dc4 6.e4 c 5 7.e5 c S cd4 s..-a4 ©c6 9.0-0-0 h6 10.ef6 ©c6 1 3 . 0-0 g4 1 4 . eo d 2
A
15.li:Jde4 .te7 16.lLld6 i.d6 17.J:d6 hg5 ll.fg7 J!tg8 q;e7 18.l:.fdl flJeS 19.�b5 a6 20.�e2 .td7 21.l:t6d4 -'.c6 22.flJe4 Game103 . l:.h7 23.flJg5 llg7 24.©e4 11h8 Vidmar, �-Bogoljubow,E 25.flJg3 f5 26.:el q;f6 27.i.dl :d7 28.l:.d7 �d7 29.i.b3 a5 30.a4 flJd3 31.:dl li:Jc5 32.©e2 Aa4 33.Aa4 li:J a4 34. J:. a 1 li:Jb2 35.l: a5 :d8 . 36.h3 :dl 37.�h2 :d2 38.li:Jf4 gh3 3 9 . li:J h 3 eo d3 40.�g3 b6 4 1 . l:.a3 tlJc5 42.f3 e5 43Jla8 f4
Nonmgham 1936
l.d4 ©f6 2.c4 e6 3.©f3 d5 4.�gS i.b4 5.li:Jc3 dc4 6.e4 c5 7.eS cd4 8.'ti'a4 li:Jc6 9.0-0-0 h6 10.ef6 hg5 11.fg7 %:tg8 12.t0d4 .td7 13.t0e4 'flle7 14.tlJc2 f5 1 5.t0b4 fe4 16./0c6
44.h2 b5 45.lUS f7 :b2 47.t0g5 b4 48.4't>h3 b3 49.g3 19. .te2 '""g7 20.'ttd4 "1f6 21 .ti'a7 l:lbl 50.gf4 b2 51 .Wg2 ef4 52.l:tb5 Xtgf8 22.We3 .td5 23.%kl •r4 24.ltc8 l!tc8 25.g3 'W'e3 26.fe3 �f6 ©d3 53.t0e4 Jlcl, 0-1 27.h4 gh4 28.gh4 q;g6 29.b3 h5 34.�c2 h4 35.g3 36. �e 1 i.e4 37 . a 4 .tc6 38.l:.b2 e5 39.l:.d2 .te8 40.�fl �c6 4 1 .rld6 .i.e4 42. J:f6 .i.d3 43.�el .i.c2 44.a5 i.b3 45.ltg6 �h4 46.�f2 e4 4 7 . l: d 6 i.c4
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33.l:iJf4 l:lh6 3 4. .tlg7 c7 5 1 . llJf5 l%d7 52.llJg7 �c6 USSR 1987 l.d4 l:iJf6 2.c4 e6 3.lLif3 d5 4.l:iJc3 53.l:lh6 l:ld6 5 4.l:ld6 �d6 55.l2Je8 dc4 5.e4 Ab4 6...tg5 c5 7.e5 cd4 c6 56.llJf6, 1/2-1/2 8.tla4 4Jc6 9.0-0-0 h6 10.ef6 hg5 Game106 1 l .fg7 l:lg8 12.l:iJd4 Ac3 13.bc3 Vaisser,A-Panchenko,A 1!h5 1 4.l:iJc6 fi'c3 15.�bl bc6 Sochi 1 982 16.1!fc6 g5 5 4.l:lf4 ..thl 55.
l.d4 CLif6 2.c4 e6 3.lLlf3 d5 4. .i.g5 dc4 5.lLlc3 Ab4 6.e4 c5 7.e5 cd4 8.\li'a4 l:LJc6 9.0-0-0 h6 10.ef6 hg5 11 .fg7 l:ig8 12.llJd4 ..tc3 13.bc3 1Wa5 1 4.'flaS l:iJaS 15.h4 g4 16.h5 .tlg7 17.h6 l:lh7 18...te2 b6 19...tg4 ..tb7 20.lLlf3
Game107 Ribli,Z-Chemin,A Subotica 1987 l.d4 l2Jf6 2.c4 e6 3.l:iJf3 d5 4.l2Jc3 dc4 5.e4 ..tb4 6. .i.g5 cS 7.eS cd4 8.lLld4 1ffa5 9.ef6 .i.c3 10.bc3 1llg5 1 1 .fg7 111g7 12.'ttf3 :tg8 13.0-0-0 \li' g 4 1 4. fi'e3 ..td7 l S . f 4 l2Jc6 16. ..te2 'ii'g6 17.llJbS 0-0-0 18.i.f3 1i'f6 19. b 2 e 5 20.l:iJa7 l:iJa7
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21.1!t'a7 e4 22.Ae4 Ac6 23.l!t'cS %lge8 24.Ac6 ti'c6 25. 1!t'c6 bc6 26.a3 %le2 27.g3 hS 28.�b4 %la2 29.c4 l:ldl 30.l:.dl l:lh2 31.%ld6 h4 32.gh4 %lh4 33.%lf6 @d8 34.%lf7 d7 38.fS %lh5 39.c4 .Ug5 40.�d4 %lh5 41.f6 %lh4 42.c5 %lf4 43.l:te7 �d8 44.%le6 '1Pd7 45.%ld6
Variation II (The Junge System) In this rather popular system, differ ent versions of the Steeplechase are possible. Here we will examine the two most often seen routes ofmarch.
Game108 Lukacs,P-Horvath, C Hungray 1989 l.d4 llJf6 2.c4 e6 3.lLif3 d5 4.llJc3 dc4 5.e4 .i.b4 6. .i.g5 c5 7.e5 h6 8. .i.d2 cd4 9.ef6 dc3 10.bc3 i.f8 1 l.fg7 Ag7 12 . .i.c4 Ad7 13.0-0 Ac6 14.l:lel Ad5 1 5 . .i.h6 %lh6 16.AdS llJc6 17.l:lbl Wc7 18.1!t'a4 0-0-0 19 . .i.c6 'ffc6 20.'ffa7 %lg6 21.1!t'e3 %ld5 22.g3 l:tg4 23.l:tb3 \lfd7 24.l:tb4 %lb4 25.cb4
After l.d4 dS 2.c4 e6 3.lLif3 llJf6 4.l0c3 .i.b4 5 ..i.gS dc4 6.e4 b5 7.a4 c6 8.e5 h6 9.ef6 hgS 10.fg7 %lg8
Game109 Popov,L-Schmidt Vama 1968 l.d4 dS 2.c4 e6 3.l0f3 l0f6 4.l0c3 Ab4 S.AgS dc4 6.e4 b5 7.a4 c6 8.es h6 9.ef6 hg5 10.fg7 %lg8 l l.g3 l0d7 1 2 . .i.g2 .i.b7 1 3 .h4 gh4 14.%lh4 tlif6 15.fl .i.c3 16.bc3 Wg7 1 7 . tlJd2 %lb8 18.ab5 cb5 19.%la7 .i.g2 20.�g2 'ffg5 21.%lh5 'ftd8 22. 'ftf3 'ffb6 23.%ld7 �d7 24.1Wf7 c6 25.d5, 1-0
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GatneIIO Bukic, E-Pinter,J Bajnok 1 980 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.lLlf3 lLif6 4.lLic3 .i.b4 5 ..i.g5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.a4 c6 8.e5 h6 9.ef6 hg5 10.fg7 J:tg8 1 l.g3 .i.b7 1 2 . .i.g2 ttJd7 l 3.h4 gh4 14.J:lh4 J:lg7 15.l:thB .i.f8 16.ab5 cb5 l 7.d5 ·1fb6 18.1!fe2 0-0-0 19 . .i.h3 .i.e7 20.J:ld8 .i.d8 21.lLle5 lLi c 5 2 2 . J:l d l J:lh7 23 . .i.g2 f6 24.tLic6 .i.c6 25.dc6 b4 26.tLia4 tLia4 27.1i'e6 �c7 28.'fld6 �c8 29.tl'e6
Game111 Ehlvest,J-Andrianov,N Tallin 1981 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.lLlf3 lLif6 4.lLlc3 .i.b4 5 ..i.g5 dc4 6.e4 bS 7.a4 c6 8.e5 h6 9.ef6 hg5 10.fg7 J:tg8 1 1 .h4 gh4 1 2 . J:lh4 lLld7 13.J:lh8 we7 1 4 . 9d2 J:l h 8 1 5 . gh8,.11f 'tfh8 16.abS cb5 17.lLldS ed5 18.'ft'b4 �d8 19.1Wb5 9e8 20..i.e2 lLib6 2 1 .'ii'a S �c7 22.@fl a6 23.'ft'cS @b7 24.b3 'fib5 2 5 . tWe7 t!ld7 26.tl'a3 111c7 27.bc4 dc4 28.lLieS �a7 29.1ic5 1Wc5 30.dc5 lLld7 31.lLld7 .i.d7 32. .ic4 ltb7 33..if7 �b5 34.�gl �c6 3 5 . l': c l a 5 36 . .tg6 Wc7 37. .i.e4 .ic6 38. .i.c6 �c6 39.
a2 42.J:lal �c5 43.f3 �b4 44.g4 �cS 45.�e4 wd6 46.�fS @e7 47.wg6 q;,rs 48.g5 J:ta6, 112-112
Grune112 Ehlvest,J-Tenikin Buhara 1 981 l.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.lLlf3 lLif6 4.lLlc3 .i.b4 5 . .i.g5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.a4 c6 8.e5 h6 9 .ef6 hg5 10.fg7 l':g8 1 1 .h4 gh4 12.l:th4 1!1f6 13.J:lhS a6 14.ab5cb5 15.l:tb5 ab5 16.J:la81i'f4 17 . .i.e2 .i.b7 18.J:la7 .i.c6 19.g3 •e4 20.J:lf7 lLld7 2 1 . J:lf4 •h7 22.lLlh4 J:lg7 23 . .i.f3 .i.d6 24 . .i.e4 1i'h6 25.%lf3 .i.e4 26.tLie4 Ae7 27.'ttd2 li'hS 28.'tt'e2 1td5 29.lLlc3 'ft'c6 30.dS ed5 31.lLlfS l:tf7 32.lLld4 'flh6 33.:n ft'cI 34.tLidt wn 35.wfl lLif8 36.wgz b4 37.9f3 t:j;eB 38.'tth5
Gatnc113 Tukmakov,V-Kupreichik,V Erevan 1 982 l.d4 lLif6 2.c4 e6 3.lLlf3 dS 4.lLlc3 .i.b4 5..i.g5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.a4 c6 8.e5h6 9.ef6 hg5 10.fg7 J:lg8 1 1 .h4 g4 12.lLieS l:tg7 13.h5 f5 14 . .i.e2 tfd5 1 5.�fl Ac3 16.bc3 lLld7 17.h6 J:lh7 18.'tlfc2 lLle5 19.de5 .i.b7 20.J:ldl 'fie5 21 . .i.g4 c5 22.ab5 .i.e4 23 ..i.hS We7 24.tl'd2 f4 2 5 . .i.f3 .i.d3 26.�gl J:lah8 27.J:lal t!lb8 28.g3 l:tg8 29.g4 eS 30.J:lh5 l:tg6 31.J:lel wf6 32.J:leeS
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'tfe5 33.%le5 �e5 34 .• el �d6 gh4 l 2 . l:l h4 'ff f6 1 3 . g 3 lbd7 35.'ti'eB %lgh6 36.'iic6 �e7 37.'ti'cS 14. .i.g2 .i.b7 15.�fl .i.c3 16.bc3 a6 :d6 38. 'ii a 7 �f6 39.9b8 :e6 17.lbe5 lbe5 18.deS We5 19.abS 40. 'itf4 �g6 4 1 .�g2 :el 42. Wd6 ab5 20.:aa .i.a8 2 1 . 'tWal 'tWb8 �g5 43.'t!fd8, 1-0
Game114 Tavadian, R-Panchenko ,A Irkutsk 1983 1.d4 lbf6 2.c4 e6 3.lbf3 d5 4.lbc3 dc4 5.e4 Ab4 6. .i.g5 b5 7.a4 c6 8.e5 h6 9.ef6 hg5 10.fg7 :g8 1 1 .h4
22.:hs �d7 23.l:lg8 'ifg8 24.'tta7 @d6 25.'ifa3 b4 26.'ifb4 c5 27 .• b6 �eS 2 8 . 1f c 5 @f6 2 9 . 'tWd4 e5 30.'ii'h4, 1-0
Game117 Wirthensohn,H-Flear, G Graz 1984
:87 1 2 .hgS lbd7 1 3 .:ha llJfa 1.c4 e6 2.d4 dS 3.lbf3 lbf6 4.�gS 14.ab5 cb5 l 5 . .tc4 .i.c3 16.bc3 bc4 c6 5.lbc3 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.a4 .i.b4 17.1i'a4 .i.d7 18.ffb4 We7 19.l:ta7 8.e5 h6 9.ef6 hg5 10.fg7 l:lg8 1 1.h4 :d8 20.tlle7 �e7 2 1 .llJeS :h7 gh4 1 2 . :h 4 'tt f6 l 3 . g 3 lbd7 14 . .i.g2 .i.b7 1 5.�fl .i.c3 16.bc3 22.lbc6 �d6 23.lbdB, 1-0 'ti'g7 l 7.lbe5 lbe5 18.deS 'tWe5
Game115 Lputian, S-Arbakov, V Irkutsk 1983
19.ab5 l:ld8 20.l:ld4 l:[d4 2 1 .'fld4 'ti'b5 22.'ifa7 �e7 23.1fa3 �f6 24.1Wc1 c5 25.1Wf4 �g6 26.llrg4
�h7 27.'if hS �g7 28.'fl e5 �g6 1.d4 lbf6 2.lbf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.lbc 3 i' 4 29 . .i.e4 .i.e4 30.'ife4 �f6 31.'if dc4 5.e4 Ab4 6. .i.g5 b5 7.a4 c6 �g6 32.'flg4 �h7 33. •hs �g7 8.e5 h6 9.ef6 hg5 10.fg7 :gs 1 1 .h4 l S �g6 35.'te t 4 @f6 36.l:lbl 34.tle gh4 1 2 . %l h 4 'iH6 1 3 . g 3 lbd7 llrd7 37.'tW f3 �g6 38.llrg4 �f6 14 . .i.g2 �b7 15 . �fl a6 16.lbeS l 3 �g6 40.l:[dl 'flc7 41.1Wg4, 39.tlf taeS 1 7 . de5 'ti'e5 1 8 . ab S abS 1-0 19.:as .i.a8 20 ...Wal •ba 21 .l:h8, 1-0
Game118 Game116 Yennolinsky,A-Rivas,M Leningrad 1984
1.lbf3 d5 2.d4 lbf6 3.c4 c6 4.lbc3
Salov, V-Neverov, V Volvograd 1985 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.lbf3 lbf6 4.lbc3 .i.b4 5.Ag5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.a4 c6 8.e5 h6 9.ef6 hg5 10.fg7 J:tg8 1 1 .h4
e6 5.Ag5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.a4 .i.b4 g4 1 2.lbeS f5 13.f3 c5 14.dcS •r6 8.e5 h6 9.ef6 hg5 10.fg7 :gB 1 1 .h4 15.'ife2 :g7 16.ab5 lbd7 17.f4 lbe5
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18.ti'e5 'ire5 19.fe5 .i.c5 20 . .i.c4 8.e5 h6 9.ef6 hg5 10.fg7 J:lg8 1 1 .h4 .i.b7 2 1 .� f l :ld8 2 2 . h 5 J:l d 2 gh4 1 2 .l:lh4 1Wf6 1 3 .'flc2 .i. b7 23.llJe2, 1-0 14.1We4 'irg6 1 5.'tVg6 fg6 16.J:lh8 �f7 17 .llJg5 �g7 18.l%h7
Game119
Averkin, 0-Bagirov, V Volvograd 1985 l .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.llJf3 llJf6 4.llJc3 .i.b4 5 . .i.g5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.a4 c6
19.llJge4, 1-0
Game122 Zakharevich,I-Sabyanov Andropov 1986
8.e5 h6 9.ef6 hg5 1 0 . fg7 l%g8 l.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.llJf3 tt:Jf6 4.llJc3 1 l .h4 llJd7 12.hg5 .i.b7 13. l%h8 .i.b4 5 . .i.g5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.a4 c6 �e7 14.l:lh7 ti'a5 1 5 . .i.e2 .i.c3 8.e5 h6 9.ef6 hg5 10.fg7 l:tg8 16.bc3 ti'c3 17.�fl a6 18.l:kl 1i'a3 1 1 .h4 g4 12.llJeS f5 13.g3 .ib7 19.ti'd2 c5 20.llJeS cd4 2 1 .llJd7 14 . .i.g2 'flc7 15.0-0 .i.c3 16.bc3
�d7 22.'tWd4 .i.d5 23.l:lal 1id6 l:tg7 17.J:tel llJd7 18.llJc6 1i'd6 24.l:tdl, 1-0
19.d5 e5 20.1td4 :le7 2 1 .llJe7 r:l;e7 22.ab5
Game120 Loginov, V-Panchenko,A Aktjubinsk 1985 l .llJf3 tt:Jf6 2.c4 e6 3.tt:Jc3 d5 4.d4
Game123 Lermahn-Karpov,Al USSR 1986
dc4 5.e4 .i.b4 6.Ag5 b5 7.a4 c6 l.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.llJf3 llJf6 4.llJc3 8.e5 h6 9.ef6 hg5 10.fg7 l:lg8 .i.b4 5 ..i.g5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.a4 c6 1 l .h4 tt:Jd7 1 2.hg5 .i.b7 1 3.ab5 cb5 8.e5 h6 9.ef6 hg5 10. fg7 J:tg8 14.l:th8 rJ;e7 15.1i'd2 a5 16.d5 :lh8 1 l.h4 g4 12.tt:Je5 :tg7 13.h5 f5 17.d6 .id6 18.0-0-0 J:ta6 19.gh8='ir 14 . .i.e2 ti'd5 15.'ti'd2 llJd7 16.h6 1i'h8 20.tt:Jb5 1i'b8 2 1 .llJd6 :td6 l%h7 17.ti'g5 llJf8 18.f3 c5 19.0-0-0 22.1i'd6 1Wd6 23.l:ld6 �d6 24 ..ic4 J&.c3 20.bc3 .i.d7 21 .fg4 f4 22 ..if3 .i.f3 25 .gf3 @c5 26 . .i.e2 �d4 •d6 2 3 . d 5 l:tb8 2 4. d e6 1We6 27.
Game121 Ragozin, V-Baburin,A Tomsk 1986
25.J:lhel :le7 26.llJd7, 1-0
Game124 Hauzman,A-Oll,L Uzhgorod 1987
l.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.llJf3 tt:Jf6 4.llJc3 LllJf3 llJf6 2.c4 e6 3.tlJc3 d5 4.d4 .i.b4 5 ..i.g5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.a4 c6 dc4 5.e4 .i.b4 6. .i.g5 b5 7.a4 c6
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8.e5 h6 9.ef6 hg5 1 0 . fg7 l:tg8 1 l.g3 Ab7 1 2 ..i.g2 t'Lld7 13.0-0 a6 14.ab5 abS 15.l:ta8 i.a8 16.t'LleS t'LleS 17.deS l:tg7 18.t'Lle4 'ii' d l
Game 127 Lobron.E-Werner.M Cannes 1988
l.d4 llif6 2.l0f3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.l0c3 19.l:tdl f5 20.ef6 l:a7 21.t'Llg5 c5 dc4 5.e4 ..i..b4 6. .i.gS b5 7.a4 c6 22.fl �e7 23.l:td8, 1-0 8.e5 h6 9.ef6 hgS 10.fg7 l:tg8
Game125 Kanstler,B-011, L Uzhgorod 1 987
1 1 .g3 i.b7 12.i.g2 llid7 13.0-0 a6 14.ab5 cb5 15.l0g5 i.g2 16.'ifh5 'f!le7 17.g2 .i.c3 18.bc3 llif6 19.'tltf3 llid5 20.llie4 l:tg7 21.l:tfbl
l.d4 t'Llf6 2.t'Llf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.t'Llc3 Wd8 2 2 . l:t a 2 e7 2 3 . h 4 1Wc8 dc4 5.e4 i.b4 6..i.gS b5 7.a4 c6 24.'it>gl 'ifc6 25.lbf6 l:tg6 26.llid5 8.eS h6 9.ef6 hg5 1 0 . fg7 l:tg8 ed5 27.l:tel l:te6 28.l:te6 fe6 29.h5 . 1 1 .g3 .i.b7 12.i.g2 cS 1 3.dcS 'ii'dl •eB 30.l:te2 ltd7 3 1 . l:te5 'tfg8 14.�dl g4 15.lLJel ..i..g2 16.l0g2 32.h6 :es 33.1t'f6 1Wh8 34.l:te6 ba4 l 7.l:ta4 l0c6 18.l0e3 l:tg7 1Wf6 35.l:tf6 b4 36.cb4 c3 37.l:ta6 19.l0c4 i.c5 20.l0e4 ..i..d4 2 1.l:ta6 l:l e l 3 8. �g2 c2 3 9 . l:t a 7 ltd6 ttJb4 22.l:ta4 l0c6 23.l:ta6 llib4 40.l:ta6 �d7 4 1 .h7 l:tgl 42.Wgl 24.l:ta4, 0-1
cl=1W 43.�g2, 1-0
Game 126
Game128
Dokhoian, Y-Yakovich, Y Uzhgorod 1 987
Moreno-:Mendez Havana 1996
1.d4 d5 2.llif3 llif6 3.c4 dc4 4.llic3 1 .d4 dS 2.c4 e6 3.llif3 llif6 4.llic3 e6 5.e4 i.b4 6. .i.g5 bS 7.a4 c6 .i.b4 5 . .i.g5 dc4 6.e4 bS 7.a4 c6 8. e5 h6 9.ef6 hg5 10.fg7 l:tg8 8.e5 h6 9.ef6 hgS I O.fg7 l:tg8 l l .h4 l 1 .h4 g4 1 2.llieS l:tg7 13.h5 f5 gh4 1 2 . l:th4 'ii' f6 1 3.1Wc2 ..i.. b7 l 4 ..i.e2 cS 1 5.h6 l:th7 I 6...i..g4 'ii'd4 14.'tte4 a6 15.ab5 ab5 16.l:ta8 .i.a8 17 . ..i..h5 �e7 18.llig6 �f6 19.l!kl 17.'ifeS 1We5 18.lLJeS l:tg7 19.l:th8 .i.c3 20.bc3 'ire4 2 1 .Wfl i.b7 .i.f8 2 0 . lLJ e 4 c S 2 l . lLJ f6 �e7 22 . ..i..f3 Wd3 23 ..i.e2 1Wd6 24.l:th3 22.llih5 l:tg5 23.f4 l:th5 24.l:th5 cd4 wg6 2 s . :g3 1tg3 26.fg3 :h6 25.l:th7 ct>e8 26.l:tf7 ..i..e4 27 ..i.e2 27.'W'b2 l:th2 28.J:tdl llia6 29.'tibS llic6 28 . .i.h5 llie5 29.fe5 ..i.. b4 i.g2 30.�el llic7 31.1Wc4 llidS 30.�dl �d8 31 ..i.f3 i.g6 32.l:tf6 32.g4 f4 33.\tcS l:tf8 34.'iff8, 1-0 ..i..bl 33.J:te6, 0-1
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Game129
Gabriel. C-Kupreichik, V Bad Woerishofen 1997 l . d4 /LJf6 2.c4 e6 3./LJf3 d5 4./LJc3 dc4 5.e4 .tb4 6. .tg5 b5 7.a4 c6 8.e5 h6 9.ef6 hg5 10.fg7 i:tg8
l l .ef6 .i.b7 12.g3 c5 13.dS ©b6 14.de6 .i.hl 15.e7
Game130 Smejkal,J-Bednarsky,J Sweden 1 975
l l.g3 .tb7 1 2. .tg2 /LJd7 13.0-0 a6 l.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.itJc3 ttJf6 4./LJf3 14./LJe5 1Wc7 15.ab5 cb5 16 . .tb7 c6 5 . .i.g5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 t!t'b7 17./LJd7 'ffd7 18. 'ii f3 �e7 8..th4g5 9.©g5 hg5 10 ..tg5/LJbd7 19.d5 Ac3 20.de6 fe6 21 .1!t'c3 t!t'd3 1 l .ef6 .i.b7 12.g3 c5 1 3.d5 /LJb6 22.1i'e5 •rs 23.1i'd4 �f7 24.t!fd7 14.de6 Ahl 15.e7 'ifdl 16.i:tdl a6 �f6 25. l:tfel l:tad8 26.1!fc7 l:td2
17.ef8s1W l:tf8 18.l:td6 ©d7 19. .i.f4
27. 'ifb6 i:tg7 28.i:ta6 l:te7 29.1i'e3 0-0-0 20 . .i.h3 :hs 21 ..i.g4 :h2 t!f d 5 3 0 . h 4 gh4 3 1 . 'ifh6 �f7 22.:b6 :e8 23.�fl .i.b7 24 . .td7 32.'tt'h7 �f6 33.'tt'h4 �f7 34 .• h7 �d7 2 5 . l:tb 7 �e6 26.g4 i:th4 f6 35. 'ifh8 �g6 36.:as :g7 27.i:tb6 �d7 28.f3 b4 29.©e4 :cs 37.i:ta6 l:te2 38.'tle8 �f6 39.'fifB 30.J:ta6 lk6 31.:a7 we6 32.lbS �g6 40.l:te2 'ii'd l 4 1 .�g2 t!fe2 �d5 33..i.e3 c3 34.bc3 �c4 35.cb4 42.1!fe8, 0-1 cb4 36.©d2 @c3 37.©e4 �d3 38 . .i.f2 l:thl 39.�g2 l:tal 40.©c5 �c4 4 1 . /LJ b3 J:t d l 4 2 .g5 J:t d 5
Variation III
43.J:td5, 1-0
Game131 Bareev,E-Lukacs,P Vrnjacka Banja 1 987 1.d4 l!Jf6 2.c4 e6 3.l!Jf3 d5 4./LJc3 c6 5 . .tg5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.eS h6 8. .i.h4 g5 9.l!Jg5 hg5 10..i.g5 ©bd7 1 1 .ef6 .tb7 12.g3 c5 13.dS ttJb6 14.de6 .i.hl 15.e7 1!fd7 16.f3 .i.e7 17.fe7 f6 18 ..i.f6 l:th2 19.l!Je4 ©d5 20.a4 1We6 2 1 ..i.h4 l!Je7 22 . .i.e2
After l.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.©c3 l!Jf6 l%d8 23.1i'cl J:td3 24. t!t'g5 .i.f3 4.©f3 c6 5 . .i.gS dc4 6.e4 b5 7.eS h6 25 . .tf3 :r3 26.tths :f7 27. 'ti'hB
8. .i.h4 g5 9.©g5 hg5 10. .i.g5 /LJbd7 :rs 28.1i'h5 Wg6 29.1i'e5 i:th4, 0-1
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Variation IV
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Game 133
Beliavsky,A-Bagirov, V Moscow 1981 l.d4 lllf6 2.c4 e6 3. 'llf3 d5 4. 'llc3 c6 5.i.g5 dc4 6.e4 bS 7.e5 h6 8...th4 gS 9.'llgS hgS 10...tg5 'll bd7 l l .ef6 i.b7 12.g3 cS 13.dS lllb6 14.de6 'W'dl 15.l:ldl ..thl 16.e7 a6 17.ef8=tt' �f8 18.l:ld6 l:lb8 19 . .te3 l:lhS 20.i.e2 :es 2 1 . tt:J d l �gB 22 . ..tf4 J:lee8 23.'ll e3 i.e4 24.f3 i.g6 25.h4 l:lb7 26.g4 llla4 27.h5
After l.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3. 'llc3 'llf6 .i. b l 2 8 . b 3 'll c3 2 9 . bc 4 i. a 2 4. 'll f3 c6 5 . .i.g5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 30.i.d3 .i.c4 3 1 . .i.c4 bc4 32.gS h6 8. i.h4 g5 9. 'llg5 hg5 10.i.g5 h7 33.g6 <1Pg8 34.
Game132
Plachetka,J-Bagirov,V Berlin 1979 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.tLlc3 ttJf6 4.'llf3 c6 5.i.gS dc4 6.e4 b5 7.eS h6 8. ..th4 g5 9.'llg5 hg5 10 ..'-g5 'llbd7 1 1 .ef6 i.b7 12.g3 c5 13.dS tLlb6
�h6 46 . .'-eS .:tg8 47.l:lc6 �h7 4 8 . ..t c 3 J:lb b B 4 9 . i. e S J:l b c 8 5 0. .:tb6 l:lg7, 0-1
Game134 Polugaevsky,L-Torre,E Moscow 1981
14.de6 'iWdl 15.l:ldl ..thl 16.e7 a6 1 . d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.tLlf3 ttJf6 4.'llc3 17.ef8•1W �f8 18.i.e3 .:th5 19.l:ld6 e6 5 . .'-g5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.eS h6
.:tb8 20 . ..t e2 :es 2 t . q;> d 2 b4 8..i.h4 g5 9.tLlg5 hg5 10 . ..tg5 ltJbd7 22.'lld l q;>gs 23 . .i.f4 :tees 24.ltJe3 l l .ef6 ..tb7 12.g3 c5 13.dS ttJb6 c3 25.bc3 bc3 26.
30. .:ta6 J:la6 31.i.a6 lLldS 32 . .tbS 20.ltJdl i.g5 21.fg5 ltJd5 22.i.c4 J:le6 33.i.c4 tLlf4 34.gf4 .:tf6 35.f5 lll e7 2 3 . fe7
30.ltJdS
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.tc2 33 . .i.c2 �dS 34 . .tb3 �eS 35.g4 �f4 36.g6 �e3 37.g7 l:k8 38.�fl d3 39.�g2 �f4 40.h6
Variation V
(Time), 1-0
Game135 Suba,M-Tatai,S Dortmund 1981 l .c4 ©f6 2.©c3 e6 3.©f3 dS 4.d4 c6 5.-tgS dc4 6.e4 bS 7.eS h6 8. .th4 g5 9.©gS hgS 10 . .tgS ©bd7 l l .g3 1Wb6 12.ef6 c5 1 3. .tg2 .tb7 14.dS b4 1 5.0-0 0-0-0 16.de6 .tg2 17.e7 After l .c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.itJc3 iLJf6 4.©f3 e6 5 . .tg5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8. .i.h4 g5 9.©g5 hg5 lO. .tg5 ©bd7 1 1 .g3 .tb7 1 2 . .tg2 •b6 13.ef6 0-0-0 14.0-0 c5 15.dS b4 16.l%bl 'tta6 17.de6 .i.g2 18.e7
Game136 Uhlmann, W-Alexandria,N Halle 1981
17 ... -tfl 18.©d5 'ti'b7 19.ed8-'tt �dB 20.4'Pfl l%h2 21 .�gl l:lh8 . 22.'ti'f3 .td6 23.l%d l .te5 24 ... e2 c3 25.bc3 bc3 26...e4 l:le8 27.Whl, 0-1
l.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.©c3 lll f6 4.itJf3 e6 5 . .i.g5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 s..th4 g5 9.©g5 hg5 IO..tg5 tLibd7 1 1 .g3 .tb7 12 . .tg2 9b6 13.ef6 0-0-0 14.0-0 c5 15.d5 b4 16.l:lbl Wa6 l7.de6 .i.g2 18.e7 �.fl 19.�fl bc3 20. 1' d 5 .i.e7 2 l . fe7 c2 22.ed8•t!i' l:ld8 23.l:lcl c3 24.�g2 cb2 25.\i'a8 ©b8 26.l:tc2 1i'b6 27 ..td8 �dB 28. "tt'd5 ©d7 29.l:td2 "tt'b5 30.a4, 1-0
Part Two
Game137 Yermolinsky,A-Shabalov,A USSR 1986
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Grune139 Yermolinsky,A-Gurevich,D USA 1994
l.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.©c3 ©f6 4.l!Jf3 1 .©f3 dS 2.d4 ©f6 3.c4 c6 4.lDc3 c6 5 . .tg5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7 .e5 h6 e6 5 . .tg5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8. .th4 g5 9.lDg5 hg5 10 . .tg5 l!Jbd7 8..th4 g5 9.l!Jg5 hg5 lO ..tg5 lDbd7 l l .ef6 .tb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 '1i'b6 1 l.g3 .tb7 12 . .tg2 'ii'b6 13.ef6 c5 1 4 . .tg2 b4 15.0-0 0-0-0 16.l:tbl 14.d5 0-0-0 15.0-0 b4 16.l:lbl 'ii'a6 1Wa6 1 7 . de6 .tg2 1 8 . e 7 .ta8 1 7.de6 .tg2 18.e7 .tfl 19.'ii d 5 1 9 . ed 8 = fi' @d8 2 0 . ©e 2 �c8 .th6 20. .th6 .td3 2 1 .1Wa8 lLibB 21 .°tWc2 fie6 22.©f4 1Wg4 23.l:lfel 22.ed8-=1W l:ld8 23.l:lel bc3 24 ..tf4 .th6 24 . .th6 •f3 25.�fl 1Whl ti'b6 2 5 . b c3 .tf5 2 6 . h 4 .te6 26.�e2 1i'f3 27.�d2 tt'f2 28.l:le2 27.�h2 l:ld7 28.h5 l:lb7 29. .tbB \'ld4 29.@cl .tf3 30 . .tg7 l:lh2 l:lb8 30. fle4 �c7 3 1 .l:ldl l:lh8 3 1 . l:th2 'ii'gl 32.�d2 Wh2, 0-1
32.g4 't!Vb2 33. 'fi'f4 @b7 34. 1i'f3 �c7 35.'ti'f4 �c6 36. ti'e4 @c7
Grune138 Yermolinsky,A-Ivanchuk, V Pinsk 1986 l.d4 dS 2.c4 e6 3.©c3 l!Jf6 4.l!Jf3 c6 5 . .tg5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8..th4 g5 9.©g5 hg5 10 ..tg5 ©bd7 l l .ef6 .tb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 1Wb6 1 4 . .tg2 b4 15.0-0 0-0-0 16.l:lbl 1Wa6 1 7 .de6 .tg2 1 8 . e 7 .tfl 1 9 . 11t'd5 .th6 20.edS='ti' @d8 21 .lDe4 .th3 22.©c5 .te6 23.lDe6 fe6 24. 'tla8 'ii' c8 2 5 . 'ii' a 7 .tgS 26.fia5 'f/c7 27.tllg5 ..-e5 28.'ti'd2 c3 29.bc3 bc3 30.ti'd3 ._.f5 31 .'f!if5 efS 32.l:lcl ©f6 33.l:tc3 �e7 34.a4
37.ti'e5 @b6 38.l:ld6 �b7 39.1ie4 �b8 40.ti'f4 �b7 4 1 .ti'f3 <:li/c7 42.ti'f4 @b7 43.'ilf3 �c7 44Jk6 @d7 45.lk5 'ii b6 46.l:e5 'ft'd6 47.'f!ib7 @d8 48.'f/a8 �c8 49.'WdS 'ii' d5 50.l:tdS �e8 5 1 .@g3 l:lh6 52.l:ld6 .te6 53.f4 llh8 54.�h4 .i.d7 55.f5 @dB 56.l:la6 l:le8 57. lla7 l:te4 58.l:la8 �c7 59.
Grune140 Beliavsky,A-Shirov,A Ljubljana 1995
:as 35J:la3 :as 36.@g2 f4 37.h4 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.l!Jc3 l!Jf6 4.l!Jf3 @e6 38.�f3 �f5 39.l:tal l!Jg4 e6 5 . .tg5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 40.gf4, 0-1
8. .th4 g5 9.lLig5 hg5 10 . .tg5 l!Jbd7 l l.ef6 .tb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 \'lb6 14 . .tg2 b4 15 .0-0 0-0-0 16.l:lbl 'it'a6 l 7 . de6 .tg 2 1 8 . e7 .t f l
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19.'ifd5 .i.h6 20.�h6 �d3 2 1 .llJe4 .i.e4 22.•e4 l:tde8 23 . .i.g7 l:th5 24.l:tdl 't!t'b5 25.f4 c3 26.bc3 c4 27.cb4 q;c7 28.g4 l:th3 29.g5 l:td3
Game142
Grunberg-Shuganev
Timishoara 1996
l.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.llJc3 lLJf6 4.llJf3 30.l:tcl c3 31 .g6 fg6 32.f7 l:te7 c6 5 . .i.g5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 33.'ife7 't!t'b6 34.�fl •b5 35 ...-e2 s..t.h4g59.llJg5 hg5 IO. .i.g5 llJbd7 lt'c4 36.�el �b7 37 .... g2 wc7 l l .ef6 .i.b7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 •b6 38. 'ii'e2 @b7 39. ...g2 �c7 40.ire2 • 14.Ag2 b4 15.0-0 0-0-0 16.l:tbl 0-1 tra6 1 7 .de6 .i. g 2 1 8 . e 7 .i. f l 19.'t!t'dS .i.h6 2 0..i.h6 .i.d3 21 .llJe4 Game141 .t.e4 22.'ife4 l:tde8 23 ..i.g7 l:th5
Kamsky, G-Kramnik,V Dos Hermanas 1996
24.l:tdl 'ii'a4 25.b3cb3 26.ab3 't!t'b5
27.f4 c4 28.bc4 Wb6 29.�g2 l:ta5 l.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.l0c3 lLJf6 4.4.Jf3 30.g4 b3 31.g5 l:ta2 32.@hl b2 e6 S . .i.g5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 33.fid5 'iib7, 0-1 8.i.h4 g5 9.4.Jg5 hg5 10 ..i.g5 llJbd7 l l .ef6 .i.b7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 trb6 Grune143 14 . .i.g2 0-0-0 1 5 . 0-0 b4 16.l:tbl
Wa6 17.de6 .i.g2 18.e7 .i.fl 19.q;f1 iJ..e7 20.fe7 l:tdg8 2 1 .llJe4 •c6 22.llJd6 �b8 23 ..i.f4 l:th2 24.@e2
Nikolic,P-Shirov,A Linares 1997 l .d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.4.Jc3 llJf6 4 .llJf3
e6 5 ..i.g5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 @a8 25. 'if c2 llJb6 26.'irf5 4.Jc8 8..i.h4 g5 9.llJg5 hg5 10..i.g5 llJbd7 27.e8=1W l:te8 28.4.JeB •es 29..i.e3 1 l.ef6 .ib7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 't!t'b6 . lll b6 30.l:tdl wb7 3 1 .1Wc5 'W'a4 14 . .i.g2 b4 15.0-0 0-0-0 16.l:tbl 32.l:td2 c3 33.bc3 bc3 34.l:td4 Wa2 1Wa6 17.de6 .i.g2 18.e7 .i.fl 19.�fl
35,q;f3 c2 36.l:td2 l:th8 37. .?lc2 •d5 'ii'c6 20.edB='if �dB 2 1 . ltJdS l:th2 38. 1i'd5 ©d5 39.l:tb2 l0b6 40.q;e4 22. cwfiigl l:th8 23.i.f4 'W'e6 24.'iff3 l:tc8 41 .g4 l:tc6 42.g5 l:te6 43.�f5 'iih3 25.l:tdl b3 26.a4 •h2 27.@fl a5 44.l:tb5 a4 45.l:ta5 ©c4 46.l:ta4 'il h l 28.�e2 1i'f3 29.�f3 �c8 l!J e 3 4 7 . fe3 l:t e 3 48.l:taS q;, c6 30.g4 l:th3 31 .we4 c3 32.bc3 c4 49. �f6 l:tf3 50.�e7 l:tfl 51 .l:ta6 33.llle7 �dB 34.llJc6 c;Pe8 35. .i.g3 �d5 5 2 . l:tf6 l:tgl 53.l:tf5 �e4 il:l c5 36.wd5 lL'ld3 37.l:tbl wd7 54.c;Pf6 l:tg4 55.l:te5 cwfiid4, 0-1 38.lL'lb8 �c8 39.�c4 lll c5 40.l!Jc6 lll e4 4Ll!Je7 c;Pd7 42.l:tdl we8 43.lL'ld5 .i.d6 44.l:tel, 1-0
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67
Game144
Ubilava,E-Tirnoshenko,Gen Volgodonsk 1981 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3. li:if3 li:if6 4.li:ic3 e6 5 . .i.g5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8..i.h4 g5 9.li:ig5 hg5 10..i.g5 l0bd7 1 1 .ef6 .i.b7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 •b6 14 . .i.g2 0-0-0 15.0-0 b4 16.l0a4 'trb5 17.de6 .i.g2 18.e7
After 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.l0c3 c6 4.l0f3 ltJf6 5.e3 l0bd7 6. .id3 dc4 7. .i.c4 b5 8. .i.e2 a6 9.e4 b4 10.e5 bc3 l l . ef6 cb2 1 2 .fg7 ba l • ti' 1 3.gh8=1'
Game 145
Krogius,N-Kamyshov,M Taroslare 1949 18... 1'.fl 19.edS=• �d8 20.�fl
1 .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.ltJc3 c6 4.li:if3
'Wc6 21 .gl .i.d6 22.f4 :es 23.@f2 ltJf6 5.e3 ltJbd7 6.�d3 dc4 7..tc4 q;c7 24.b3 cb3 25.ab3 c4 26.'ttd4 b5 8. .i.e2 a6 9.e4 b4 10.e5 bc3 li:ib6 27.g4 i:te4 2 8 . ti' d l l0a4 1 1 .ef6cb2 12.fg7 bal-=W 13.gh8""1r 29.i:ta4 .i.c5 30.�g3 i:te3 31.�h4 1ra5 1 4 . ©d2 1rf5 1 5 .0-0 .i.b7 'ttg2, 0-1
16.1rb3 ©c5 17 ..i.a3 ©b3 18.Wf8 �d7 19. 1i'e7 �c8 20.©b3 1i'fl 21 . .ifl ttd5 22 ..i.d6, 1-0
Semi-Slav Defense [D47] Here the mutual Excelsior along the main diagonal leads, as a rule, to po, sitions favorable to White. (sec next diagram)
Gazne146 Benko,P-Pytel,K Hastings 1973 1 .ltJf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 li:if6 4.ltJc3 e6 5.d4 li:ibd7 6..i.d3 dc4 7. .i.c4 b5 8 . .i.e2 a6 9.e4 b4 10.e5 bc3 1 1 .ef6 cb2 1 2.fg7 bal-tt 13.ghB·W •as
The Steeplechase
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14 . .td2 1lfdl 1 5 ..tdl 1lff5 16.0-0 •c7 22.'Wh4 .tc6 23.tlfh7 0-0-0 ..i.b7 17.d5 1lfd5 18.'Wh7 c5 19. .ta4 24. .ta6 q;bs 25 . .te2, 1-0 0-0-0 20 . .i. aS lbe5 2 1 . lb e l c4 22. .i.dS '1Vd8 23 ...hS f6 24. 'Wg8 'Wd6 2S.l0c2 q;c7 26.l0e3 .te7 2 7 . l:t d l 'ii' b6 2 8 . .. eB .t c 5 29....dB•, 1-0
Game148
Bukhman,E-Karasev, V Kronstadt 1975 l .d4 dS 2.c4 e6 3.lbc3 c6 4.l0f3 'Of6 5.e3 l0bd7 6..td3 dc4 7 . .tc4 b5
The Modem Line
8. .te2 a6 9.e4 b4 10.e5 bc3 l l.ef6 cb2 1 2 .fg7 .tg7 1 3 .Ab2 •as 14.l0d2 •b4 1 5. ..c2 .td4 16. .td4 'ifd4 17.0-0 l:tb8 18.tLJb3 'tig7 19.l:tadl cS 20.l:td3 .tb7 21 .l:lg3 . 'Wes 2 2 . f4 .te4 2 3 . . d 2 'tic7 24.'ik3 q;e7 25.'tie3 .td5 26.l:tg5 .lb3 27.ab3 h6 28.l:tg3 c4 29..tc4 'tic5 30.:al •e3 31.:e3 l0c5 32.f5 :b6 33.fe6 fe6 34.wf2 :rs 35.�e2 :fbs 36.:a3 l:tg8 37.g3 lH8 38.l%a5 q;d6 39,q;d2 l%f2 40.Wc3 e5 41.b4 l0d7 42.l%d3 q;c7
l.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.lLJc3 c6 43.l:tad5 :t7 44 . .tb3 l%e7 45.:e3 4.l0f3 lLJf6 5.e3 lbbd7 6.Ad3 dc4 l%c6 46.wd2 l%b6 47.l:te4 l0f6 7. .tc4 b5 8. .te2 a6 9.e4 b4 10.e5 48.l%c4 q;b7 49.:d3 l:tc7 so.:c7
After
bc3 1 l.ef6 cb2 12.fg7
Game147
Taimanov,M-Onat,I Albena 1974 l.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.lLJc3 c6 4.l0f3 lLJf6 5.e3 l0bd7 6. .td3 dc4 7. .ic4 b5 8..le2 a6 9.e4 b4 10.e5 bc3
Wc7 5 i .q;c3 lLJe4 52.q;c4 l:td6 53.l:td6 q;d6 54.q;d3 l0f2 55.we2 l0g4 56.h3 l0f6 57..tc4 e4 58.q;e3
�e5 59.g4 l0d7 60 . .t a6 l0b6 61..tb7 l0c4 62.q;e2 �f4, 1-0
Game149
Pytel,K-Gralka,J Poland 1979
l 1 . ef6 cb2 1 2.fg7 .tg7 1 3. .tb2 c5 14.0-0 .tb7 15.l:tbl .i.e4 16.dc5 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.l0c3 c6 4.l0f3 -'. b l 1 7 . .tg7 l:tg8 1 8 . c6 tLJ c 5 lLJf6 5.e3 l0bd7 6..td3 dc4 7..i.c4 1 9. .td4 .ta2 20. .tc5 .td5 2i .•a4 bS 8. .te2 a6 9.e4 b4 10.e5 bc3 l l .ef6 cb2 12.fg7 .tg7 1 3. .tb2 •as
Part Two
69
14.ll:ld2 l:lb8 15.1Wc2 0-0 16.0-0 c5 14.ll:ld2 9g5 15 . .i.fl a5 16.'ff f3 17.ll:lb3 'ila4 18.dc5 �b2 19.'irb2 ..tb7 17 ..td3 0-0 18.h4 1Wf6 19. 'Wf6 ll:lc5 20.'iVeS llid7 21.'irg5 �h8 llif6 20.l:lcl :fd8 2 1 .l:lh3 llih5 22.llicS 1Wa5 23.l:lacl l:lg8 24.'iff4 22.l:kS llif4 23.l:lg3 .i.a6 24. ..tc4 'ird8 25.llid7 �d7 26.l:lfdl f6 .i.c4 25. llic4 l:d5 26.l:c6 l:ad8 27.l:lc7 l:lg7 28.'ird6 'ii'g8 29.g3 27. .i.c3 �h8 28.llie3 l:h5 29.l:lg4 .i.bS 30.l:lg7 �g7 31..i.hS l:lb7 llid3 30.�fl l:bS 31.l:c7 h5 32.l:gS 32.l:ld4 f5 33. •es �h6 34.'irf6, 1-0 l:g5 33.hg5 wg8 34.l:a7 .i.d4 35 . .i.d4 l:d4 36.l:laS wg7 37.l:la7 �g6 38.a4 llic5 39.aS l:la4 40.f3 Game150 wg3 4 1 .wf2 llib3 42.l:b7 llia5 Shneider-Kishnev,S 43.l:a7 l:a2 44.�g3 l:le2 45.llifS ef Samarkand 1983 46.l:laS f4 47. �f4 l:lg2 48.l:a6, l.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.llic3 c64.ll:lf3 llif6 1/2-1/2 5.e3 ll:lbd7 6.iLd3 dc4 7.iLc4 b5 •
8..i.e2 a6 9.e4 b4 10.eS bc3 ll.ef6 cb2 1 2 . fg7 �g7 1 3 . .i.b2 •as 14. llid2 l:lb8 15.'Wcl 1t'g5 16.0-0 c5 l 7. llib3 1kl 18.l:lacl �b7 19 . ..ta3 cd4 20 . ..td6 l:ld8 2 1 . :c7 .i.d5 22. .i.a6 .i.e5 23.iLe5 llie5 24.l:lel d3 25.ll:ld2 llig6 26 . .i.d3 .i..a 2 2 7. .i.b5 �f8 28.llie4 h6 29.l:lal ..td5 30.llif6 �g7 3 1 .llih5 �f8 32.f4 llih4 33.:aa7 :h7 34 . .i..d3 llif5 3 5 . ..tf5 ef5 3 6 . lli f6 l:l h 8 37.ll:ld5 l:ld5 38.l:lf7 e8 39.l:lfb7 l:ldl 4 0.�f2 l:ld2 41 .�e3 l:ld8 42.l:le7 �f8 43.l:lf7 �g8 44.l:lfS h5 45.:aa5, 1-0
Game151 Ilincic,Z-Kosic,D Yugoslavia 1995
Game152
Sadler,M-Kaidanov, G Andorra 1991 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.ll:lc3 c6 4.e3 lLJf6 5.ll:lf3 llibd7 6. .i.d3 dc4 7. .i.c4 b5 8 . .i.e2 .i.b7 9.e4 b4 1 0. eS bc3 l l .ef6 cb2 1 2. fg7 bal•'if 13.gh8-9
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70
The Steeplechase
21 .'W'f7 c5 22 . .i.f4 .i.d6 23.'W'e6 �b8 24. ..t.d6 4Jd6 25 ...e7 'tta5 26.dcS 4Jc8 27.'W'e5 'W'c7 28.1k7 �c7 29.J:ldl J:le8 30 . ..t.bS J:lg8 31.J:ld7 �b8 32.c6 ..t.a8 33.t0e5 aS 34.J:lh7, 1-0
Queen's Gambit [D53]
Queen's Gambit [D60] Game154
Novikov,1-Kazautzev Perm 1986 l .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.liJc3 liJf6 4 . ..t.g5 Ji.e7 5.e3 0-0 6.l!Jf3 l!Jbd7 7. .i.d3 c5 8.cd5 cd4 9.de6 dc3 10.ed7 cb2 1 l.dc8='tt bal ='tt
Game153
Ree,H-Borsna Netherlands 1985 1.c4 e6 2.liJf3 d5 3.d4 liJf6 4..i.g5 Ae7 S.4Jc3 0-0 6.'ttc2 h6 7. .if6 ..tf6 8.0-0-0 c5 9.dc5 d4 10.e3 dc3 1 1.J:ld8 cb2
1 2..i.h7, 1-0
Game155
Benderac,A-Peres, T Mamaia 1991 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.4Jc3 4Jf6 4 . .ig5 4Jbd7 5.4Jf3 .ie7 6.e3 0-0 7. .id3 h6 8. .ih4 c5 9.cd5 cd4 10.de6 dc3 12.�bl J:ld8 13./LJd2 g6 14.4Je4 1 1 .ed7 cb2 12.dcB=• Ag7 15.4Jc3 4Ja6 16.f0a4 liJb4 (see next diagram) 17.'tte2 Ad7 18.4Jb2 .ic6 19.f3 b6 20.a3 bc5 21.ab4 cb4 22./LJd3 a5 . 23.g3 a4 24 . ..tg2 a3 25.
Part Two
71
l l .lg2 .i.g2 .
-+
(Black has an extra
piece. Surprisingly enough, however, Bogoljubow managed to lose this game) 12 .ll g l .i.b7 1 3 . .th4 d6 14.e4 f.Llbd7 l 5.1i'f3 'f/Je7 16.l:tg4 e5 17.d5 0-0-0 18.We2 lldg8 19.l:tagl l:tg4 20.l:tg4 hS 2 1 . l:t g 3 ..t>b8 22. WfS .i.c8 23. ..ig5 h4 24.l:tf3 Wf8 25 .. �J6 f.Llf6 26.'fif6 .i.g4 27.h3 1i'h6 28.hg4, 1-0 Ar1cr
12.dc8•W
Queen's Indian Defense [E12] Game 156 Tarrasch,S-Bogoljubow, E Goteborg 1920
Queen's Indian Defense [E17] Game157 Dalmagro, D-Zalisnak,J Saladillo 1992
l.d4 e6 2.ll:if3 ll:if6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 1.d4 f.Llf6 2.f.Llf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4. ..igS .i.b7 5. .tg2 Ji..e7 6.0-0 0-0 7.f.Llc3 .i.b7 5.e3 h6 6. .i.h4 ..ib4 7.f.Llbd2 d5 8.b3 f.Llbd7 9. ..ib2 l:tc8 10.f.Lle5 g5 (A case of the Steeplechase as c5 ll.cd5 cd4 1 2.f.Llf7 �f7 13.de6
punishment for the premature pin· �e6 14. .i.b7 dc3 15 . .i.c8 ning 4 . .tg5) 8.i.g3 g4 9.a3 gf3 10.ab4 fg2
1 5 . . .cb2 16..i.d7 'ird7 17.l:tbl Wdl 18.l:tfdl .i.a3 19.b4 l:C8 20.e4 4Je4
The Steeplechase
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2i .:e1 :cl 22.f3 :bl 23.:bl lLic3 24.:el �f7. 0-1
Old Indian Defense [E97] Game158 Gavrikov, V-Saitzev Pardulice 1997 1 .d4 llJf6 2.c4 g6 3.lLic3 �g7 4.e4 d6 5.lLif3 0-0 6.�e2 e5 7.0-0 llJc6 8.dS llJe7 9.b4 lLihS 10.:el llJf4 1 1 .�fl h6 12.cS fS 1 3 .. i.f4 fe4 14.�eS ef3 1 5 . .i.g7 fg2 16.Af8 gfl=W
17.:fl •rs 18.cd6 cd6 19.f3 �h3 20.:f2 'tt'f5 2 1 .'ird4 l:tf8 22.'tt'h4 'it'e5 23. tlrh3 1i'c3 24. 'tt'e6 :n 25.l:tbl lLif5 26.�hl g7 27.l:tgl g5 28.1i'e4 •r6 29.h4 tWg6 30.hg5 lLig3 31 .l:tg3 ft'e4 32.gh6 'it>h7 33. :g7 �h6 34.fe4 l:tf2 35.l:td7 :a2 36.l:td6'it>g5 37.l:te6 �f4 38.d6 a5 39.baS J:ta5 40.eS l:tdS 4 1 .:e7 �g3 4 2 .:t g 7 �f4 4 3 . d7 : d 1 44.'it>g2, 0-1
Part Three
73
35.l:lbl l:lh8 36...e2 'ila4 37.d4
Part T hree
l:te8 38. •f3 l:lh6 39.l:lal •c4 40.lLJc5 •f7 41 .l:la6 l:ld6 42.l:ld6 'ifa2 43.�d3 •bi 44.�c4, 1-0
The Middlegame
·
Steeplechase
The a-pawn March Grune 159 Steinitz, W-Martinez,J Philadelphia 1 882
Game 160
Timman,J-Yusupov,A Tilburg 1986 l.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.lLJc3 lLJf6 4.lLJf3 �e7 5.�gS h6 6.�f6 .i.f6 7...b3 c6 8.0-0-0 dc4 9.•c4 b5 10 ...b3 a5 . l l .e4 a4 12 ..c2 lLJd7 13.dS cdS 14.ed5 a3 15.de6 ab2
1.e4 e5 2.f4 �c5 3.lLJf3 d6 4.c3 �g4 5 . .i.c4 lLJf6 6.fe5 .i.f3 7.Wf3 de5 8.d3 lLJbd7 9.b4 .i.b6 10.a4 a5 1 l .g4 h6 12.b5 We7 1 3.lLJd2 0-0-0 14.lLJb3 �b8 15.�a3 lLJc5 16. .i.c5 .i.c5 17.lLJa5 h5 18.g5 lLJg4 19.lLJb3 .i.a7 20.h4 f6 21 .gf6 gf6 22.a5 l:td6 23.a6 lLJe3 24.ab7
. 16.Wbl fe6 17 ..e4 .i.c3 18...a8 0 - 0 1 9 . 'if c6 b4 2 0 . .i.c4 �h8 21 .9e4 'flc7 22.lLJh4 lLJe5 23.Ad3 lLJd3 24.lLJg6 g8 2 5 . l:ld3 l:lf2 26.l:lf3 l:lf3 27.gf3 •d6 28.Wc2 e5 29.lLJh4 .i.e6 30.l:ldl .i.d5 3 1 .Wa4 . •b2 Wa2 36.�cl
11fal 37.d2 Wc3 38.�dl .i.b3, 24... lLJc2 25.We2 lLJal 26.l:tal f5 0-1 27.ef5 •h4 28. .i.d5 e4 29 ..i.e4 l:tg8 30.l:lhl •r6 31.�d2 •e5 32.Wc2 'ilb5 33.l:th5 l:lgd8 34.l:lhl l:lb6
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Game 161
Gleizerov,E-Dvoirys,S Cheljabinsk 1990
a4 25.We3 b3 26.'l:lc3 a3 27.�e5 ab2
1.d4 4Jf6 2.c4 c5 3.4Jf3 cd4 4.lLid4 4Jc6 5.4Jc3 e6 6.g3 1i'b6 7.l!Jb3 lLie5 8.e4 .tb4 9.•e2 d6 10. .td2 0-0 1 1 .0-0-0 a5 1 2.f4 lUc6 1 3. .te3 ..Wa6 1 4 . lUb5 a4 1 5 . l!Jc7 a b 3 16. lLia6 ba2
28.@b2 lLia4 29.4Ja4 bc2 30.l:d4 .te5 3 1 .1We5 l:a4 32.d7 c l ='tt 33.�cl lk4 34.:c4 tk4 35.wb2 Wb4 36.�cl 'fla3 37.tlt'b2 'irc5 38.'it>bl .te4 39.�al 'tlrd6 40.'irb5 'ii'd4, 0-1 17.�c2 l:a6 18 . .tg2 e5 19.f5 .tc5 20.b3 .td7 21 .wb2 lLid4 22 . .td4 al='ff 23.l:al -'.d4 24.Wc2 .tal, 0-1
Game162
De Firmian,N-Shirov,A Biel 1995
The b-pawn March Game 163
Verlinsky,B-Riumin Moscow 1933 l.e4 c5 2.lLlf3 'l:lc6 3.d4 cd4 4.'1Jd4 tDf6 5./1Jc3 d6 6. .ie2 g6 7. .ie3
l .e4 c5 2.4Jf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.lUd4 .ig7 a. .-d2 0-0 9.llJb3 a6 10.f3 llJc6 5.l!Jc3 l!Jf6 6 . .tc4 e6 7. .i.e3 .i.e6 1 l .g4 b5 12.g5 4Jd7 13.h4 .te7 8. .tb3 a6 9....e2 'f/Jc7 10.0-0-0 b4 1 4 .l!Ja4 1Wc7 1 5. 0-0-0 l:fd8
0-0 1 1 .g4 lLid4 12.l:d4 lLid7 13.g5 16.Wel lLiaS 17.@bl l:dc8 18.l:cl . . lLic5 14.l:tgl b5 15.'irh5 g6 16..h6 tDc4 19 . .i.c4 'ii'c4 20 . .f2 'irb5 l:ld8 1 7 . e 5 .tf8 1 8 . 1ih3 .tg7 21 .'1Jb6 4Jb6 22 . .tb6 a5 23. .td4 a4 19.l:d6 .tb7 20.�f4 l:d6 21 .ed6 24.l!Jd2 b3 25.Ag7 bc2
Wc6 22.l:dl b4 23.lUe2 aS 24 . .tc4
(see next diagram)
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19.�b2 %ld8 20.llgl lLidS 21 .edS 1i'd5 22. 1i'b6 :ea, 0-1
Game165
Westerinin,H-Westrnann Upsala 1966 l.e4 cS 2.t0f3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.t0d4 t0f6 5. t0c3 a6 6..i.g5 e6 7...te2 �e7 8.0-0 0-0 9.f4 °flc7 10.�hl �d7 l l .�f3 t0c6 12.t0b3 %lac8 13.l:.el h6 14 . ..tf6 ..tf6 15.°fld2 bS 16.J:adl
26.�al �g7 27.a3 'i't'd3 28.llhel b4 17.°fld6 bc3 18.eS cb2 19.1i'd7 %l c 3 2 9 . b 3 %lb3 3 0 . lLi b 3 'i'i'c3 bl='ir 31 .�a2 ab3•, 0-1
Grune164 Novosibirsk-Saratov 1960 l .d4 t0f6 2.c4 g6 3.f0c3 ..tg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.LLige2 t0bd7 7..i.e3 eS 8. 'it'd2 c6 9.dS cdS 1 0 . cd S a6 1 1 .0-0-0 bS 12.�bl ll:Jb6 13.fOcl b4 1 4 . jg.b 6 bc3 1 5 . 'tt e 3 %l b 8 16. ..td8 %lb2 17.'ital c2 18.ll:Jb3 cdl-1'
20.'irc7 °fldl 21.lldl lk7 22.ef6 lLib4 23.fg7 �g7 24.%ld4 %lb8 25.c4 lLia2 26. .i.dl %lb4, 0-1
Grune166 Mestel ,J-Pasman,M Beersheba 1984 1.c4 t0f6 2.g3 c6 3.f0f3 d5 4.b3 Af5 5. .i.b2 e6 6. .tg2 h6 7.0-0 .te7 8.d3 0-0 9.ll:Jbd2 a5 10.a3 .i.h7 1 1 .1tc2 t0bd7 1 2 .l :tfcl 'it'b8 13.9c3 b5 14.lLid4 b4 1 5.1i'c2 'ifb6 16.cd5 cdS l7.'irc6 ba3 18.'it'b6 ab2
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Afrcr 21.ba8 1'
19.'fk6 .i.c5 20.11fa4 l:lfc8 2 1 . lLic6
..
l:tc7 22.b4 .i.d4 23.l:tabl lLib6 2 4 . 1W b 5 b c l •'ff 2 5 . l:t c l lLig4
Grune168 Serper, G-Gelman Reno 1996
26.ba5 .i.f2 27.�fl lLicB 28. .i.f3 .i.e3 29 . .i.g4 .i.d2 30.l:tbl .i.e3 31.a6 .i.g6 32.11'b7 l:tb7 33.ab7, 1-0
Game167
Gavrikov, V-Kharitonov,A Moscow 1988
l.c4 e5 2.tt:lc3 tt:lc6 3.g3 g6 4 ..i.g2 .i.g7 5.l:tbl d6 6.b4 a6 7.d3 f5 8.e3 e4 9.tt:ld5 lLie5 10.de4 fe4 1l . .i.e4 c6 12.lLif4 lLic4 13.lLige2 d5 14 . .i.g2 a5 15.b5 .i.f5 16.bc6 .i.bl
1.d4 lLif6 2.c4 e6 3.lLif3 d5 4.lLic3 17.cb7 .i.e7 5. .i.f4 0-0 6.e3 c5 7.dc5 .i.c5 8.cd5 lLid5 9.lLid5 ed5 10.a3 lLic6 1 l . .i.d3 .i.b6 12 . 0-0 .i.g4 13.h3 .i.h5 14.b4 l:te8 15.l:ta2 d4 16.b5 .i.f3 1 7 ... f3 de3 18.bc6 •d3 19.cb7 ef2 20.�h2 •n 21.ba8z:1!f
(!iCC nexl diagram) 2 1 . . . 'ffg l 22.�g3 fl-lLi 23.�h4 .i.d8 24.W'd8 l:td8 25. l:tf2 f6 26.l:tfl g5 27.�h5 1Wc5 28 . .i.e3 •c4
29.�h6 l:te8 30. .i.d2 'flf7 31 .1Wd3 17 ... l:tb8 18. .i.d5 tt:le5 19.'ti'b3 .i.fS l:te2 32.-.d8 l:te8 33 . ..d3 l:te2 20 . .i.gB g5 21 .lLid4 a4 22. •a4 .i.d7
34. 'fld8 l:te8 35.-.d3, 1/2-1/2
23.1Wb3 gf4 24.gf4 llJd3 25.�d2
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\i'e7 26.1'.a3 l:lb7 27.Wd3 l:lb4
Game170
28.l:bl l:lbl 29.-'.e7 l:b2 30.�cl
Pillsbury,H-Marco, G Hamburg 1885
l:f2 3 1 . \i'c4 �e7 3 2 .Wf7 �d6 33.Wg7 l:h2 34.WeS •, 1-0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.lLJc3 lLJf6 4.©f3 1'.e7 5 ..i.f4 0-0 6.lkl c6 7.e3 b6 8..i.d3 .i.b7 9.0-0 i0bd7 10.e4 de4
The c-pawn March
1 1 .llle4 lUe4 1 2 . .i.e4 lUf6 13 . .i.bl c5 14.dcS 't!t'dl 15 .l:Udl ..tc5 16.a3
Game169
l:tfd8 17.b4 1'.e7 1 8 . lUd4 lLJeB
Riemann,F-Tarrasch,S Hamburg 1885
19...ta2 as 20.c5 ab4 21 .c6 i.c8 22.c7
l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.lllc3 lllf6 4 ..i.g5 1'.e7 5 . .tf6 1'.f6 6. lllf3 0-0 7.e5 i.e7 8. .i.d3 f6 9.llle2 c5 10.c3 fe5 l l .de5 lLJc6 12. lllg3 ..td7 13.\i'bl \i'c7 14 . .i.h7 �h8 1 5 . h4 lll e 5 16.lll g5 c4 17.Wdl l:tf6 18.f4 lllc6 19. .i.c2 i.e8 20.lLJe2 ..td6 21.g3 'ilrb6 22.b3 .i.h5 23.bc4 dc4 24.l:bl \i'c7 25. lll e 4 l:d8 26. lll f6 gf6 27. 'ttc l ..tc5 28.f5 •g7 29 . ..f4 ©e5 30. :n llld3 31.-'.d3 cd3 32.g4
22 ... l:ld7 23.�c6 ..tf6 24.lllb4 l:dl
de2 33.gh5 efl -W
25.l:dl ..tb7 26.l:d7 �f8 27. ..tc4 !R.e7 2 8 . h 3 l:lc8 2 9 . IR.a6 -'.a6 ·
30.lUa6 lLJf6 31.l:ld3 llld5 32 ...te3 �e8, 0-1
Game 171 Lasker,Em-Alekhine,A St. Petersburg 1914 l .d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.de5 d4 4.lllf3 lllc6 s.a3 ..tg4 6./Libd2 'ilre7 7.h3 ..tf3 8.lLJf3 0-0-0 9. •d3 h6 10.g3 g6 34.�fl l:ld3 35.•b8 •ga 36.:b7 l l . ..tg2 ..tg7 12.0-0 /Lie5 13.llle5 l:d8 37.1rh2 1i'g4, 0-1
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.i.e5 14.b4 fS 15.c5 •e6 16.c6 C/Je7 17.cb7
:\ftt·r 18...de2 17 . . . �b8 18.J.b2 l:td6 19.J:acl 1%hd8 20.lk2 f4 21 .gf4 Af4 22.J:dl C/JfS 23 . .tcl C/Je3 24.J:cS 1Wf6 25.'t!re4 C/Jdl 26. .i.f4 C/Jc3 27. .i.d6
Grune173 Tal,M-Portisch,L Bled 1 965
ti'd6 28. •es 'i'b6 29. •e7 1Wd6 l.e4 c6 2.C/Jc3 dS 3.C/Jf3 de4 4.C/Je4 30.J:e5 d3 3 1 . ed3 •d3 32.l:e3 .i.g4 S.h3 .i.f3 6. 1!if3 C/Jd7 7.d4 •dl 33.
Game 172 Aisenstadt-Taimanov,M Leningrad 1949 1.d4 dS 2.c4 e6 3.ltJf3 lL!f6 4.g3 dc4 5 . .i.g2 lLJc6 6. Wa4 .i.b4 7. .i.d2 lL!dS 8.Ab4 lL!db4 9.a3 b5 10.•bs lLJc2 l l .�d2 lL!al 12.-.c6 Ad7 13.ti'c4 J:b8 14.b4 c5 15.lLic3 cd4 16.lL!e4 .i.b5 17.tfa2 d3 18.'W'al de2
(sec n�xt diagram) 19.'il'd4 0-0 20.lL!d6 .i.a6 21 .l:lcl J:b6 2 2 . lL!c4 J.c4 23.J:c4 l:td6 24.�e2 J:d4 2S.lL!d4 'il'b6, 0-1
lL!b4 16.J:e6 fe6 l 7.We6 �f8 18.J.f4 l:ld8 19.c5 lL!d3 20.cb6 lL!f4 21.\i'g4 C/JdS 22.ba7
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22 ...
27.%td3 l:lbl 28.ltJc3 Ad3 29.1Wf3 e4, 0-1
Game176
Ristic-Savanov ic,A Yugoslavia 1997 l.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.ltJf3 ltJf6 4.ltJc3 e6 5.Ag5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.a4 Ab4 8.e5 17.ltdl Ab4 18.@e2 c3 19.1Wb80-0 h6 9.Ah4 g5 10.ef6 gh4 1 1 .ltJeS 20.'iYbS c2 21.1Wb4 Aa6 22.@e3 Ab7 12.Ae2 c5 13.Af3 Af3 14.1Wf3 llc8 2 3 . ll c l h 5 24.�d2 1Wg5 cd4 15.1Wa8 dc3 16.0-0 cb2 25.ltJe3 1Wd8, 0-1
Game175
Filippov-Fritz 3 Moscow 1996 1.c4 ttJf6 2.ltJc3 c5 3.g3 e6 4.Ag2 d5 5.e3 dc4 6.1Wa4 ltJc6 7.Ac6 bc6 8.1Wc6 Ad7 9.1Wa6 Ae7 10.ttJge2 0-0 1 1 .0-0 e5 12.1Wc4 Ae6 13.'ffa4 1Wd3 14.'iWb5 Ac4 1 5.1Wb7 j_d6 16.b3 Aa6 l 7.Wg2 l:lab8 l8.j_a3
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17.J:tadl ._,c7 18.ltJc6 .i.d6 19.lDb8
Game178
0-0 20.1i'f3 l:tb8 21 .g4 �f8 22. J:tfe1 Van Wely,L-Topalov,V l:tb6 23.aS 1%c6 24.Wh4 c3 2S.1Wh6 Wijk ann Zee 1998 �e8 2 6 . W h S c 2 27 . J:te6 �d7 l.d4 lL!f6 2.c4 e6 3.lL!f3 cS 4.dS d6 28.J:te7 q,,cs 29.-..f5 �d8 30.J:tdel 5.ltJc3 ed5 6.cd5 g6 7.h3 �g7 8.e4 .i.e7 3 1 . fe7 We7 32.'tW dS •d7 o-o 9.�d3 bS 10.lL!b5 J:te8 1 1.ltJd2 33.jt'gS �c8 34.'it'g8 �b7 35.a6 ltJe4 1 2 . .i.e4 �a6 1 3 .a4 'it'a5 �a6, 0-1 14.lL!d6 l0d7 1 s.-.c2 fS 16.lL!eB
Game177
lvanchuk, V-Georgiev,K Belgrade 1997
J:te8 17.�dl fe4 18.l:ta3 c4 19.J:te3 'i!t'd5 20.J:te4 J:tf8 21 .f3 l0c5 22.l:te7
.�.f6 23.J:ta7 c3 24.J:ta6 cd2 25.J:tf6 dcl=W
l .c4 c5 2.l0f3 g6 3.d4 cd4 4.ltJd4 ttJc6 5.e4 lDf6 6.ltJc3 d6 7.f3 ltJd4 . s.- d4 �g7 9.�e3 0-0 10.-.d2 �e6 1 1 . l:t c l Was 1 2 . b 3 J:tfc8 1 3.�e2 a6 14.lL!a4 1!fd2 15.�d2 ltJd7 16.g4 fS 17.efS gf5 18.h3 J:tf8 19.f4 l0f6 20.J:thgl J:tad8 21 .�b6 l:tc8 2 2 . l0 c3 J:tc6 2 3 . .i.e3 fg4 24.hg4 dS 25.fS J:td8 26.�el d4 27.J:tdl J:tcd6 28.c5 ltJdS 29.cd6 lDe3 30.de7 26.�cl J:tf6 27.J:tdl •c6 28.�bl lDa4 29.'ti'c6 J:tc6 30.J:td8 �g7 3l .J:td7 �h6 32.h4 lL!c5 33.J:tf7 lDe6 34.�a2 J:ta6 35.q;,bl l0d4 36.J:tf4 ltJfS 37.J:le4 J:td6 38.�c2 l0g3 39.J:tg4 lDfl 40.�c3 l0e3 41.J:tgS l0f5 42.J:tg4 �h5 43.b4 lDe3 44.J:td4 J:ld4 45.�d4 l0c2 46.�eS l0b4 47.�f6 lDd5 48.�g7 l0e3, 0-1
30... :es 31.fe6 J:te7 32.llle4, 1-0
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Game180
Game179
Zuckermann, B-Tartakower,S Paris 1930
Neumann, G-Anderssen,A Berlin 1866
c5 5.d5 e6 6.4Jc3 ed5 7.cd5 b5
l .d4 llJf6 2.4Jf3 b6 3.c4 ii.b7 4.g3
l.d4 f5 2.e4 fe4 3.llJc3 llJf6 4.Ag5 8...t.g5 b4 9.4Je4 d6 10.Af6 gf6 c6 5.ii.f6 ef6 6.llJe4 d5 7.llJg3 ii.d6 11 .'tia4 d2 Ag4 15.l:tael l:te8 16.f5 19.'ii'f6 JJ..g7 20.We7 �g8 21 .'ileB
JJ.. g 3 l 7.llJg3 'ti'b4 1 8 . c3 \Wb2 Af8 22.l:te7 Ae6 23.de6 l:te8 19.JJ..c2 l:tfe7 20.l:te7 l:te7 21.h5 24.ef7 @g7 25.fe8=1i', 1-0 ..t.f5 22.llJf5 gf5 23.g4 l:te4 24.:tfl l:tg4 2 5 .1'e3 c 5 2 6 . l:t g l l:l g l 27.'iVgl ct>f7 28.dcS llJe6 29.c6
final posit.ion
Game181 30...dc3 31.@d3 4Jf4 32.@c4 'i'i'b7
Panov, V-Sorokin,N USSR 1953
33.JJ..b3 'ilc7 34.�b4 llJe6 35.h6 l.e4 c5 2.llJf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.llJd4 1Wb6 3 6 . 'ti'b6 ab6 37. �c3 f4 lbf6 5.llJc3 a6 6.g3 �g4 7.f3 ..t.d7 38.Ac2 llJg5 39.AfS @e7 40.'lti>d4 8.Ae3 llJc69.ffd2 g6 10.llJd5 llJd5 @d6 4 1 . A c2 @e6 4 2 . ii. d 3 fS 11 .ed5 lbeS 1 2.h3 JJ..c8 1 3.f4 tbd7 43.Ac4 @d6 44.Ag8 f3 45.JJ..c4 f4 14.Ag2 JJ..g7 1 5.0-0 0-0 16.l:tadl a5 46.JJ..fl f2 47.@d3 we5 48.We2tbe4 l7.�h2 tbc5 18.fS ii.d7 19 ...t.h6 49.JJ..g2 lttf5 50.a3 f3 5I ...t.f3 fl=._ 52.�fl llJd2 53.@f2 tbf3 54.@f3 'iJ'b6 20.b3 'ttb4 2 1.1i'e3 l:tae8 22.Ag7 Wg7 23.l:tf4 ft'b6 24.l:h4 lPg5, 0-1
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h5 25.1i'g5 l:th8 26.f:el 1i'd8 27.lbe6 (Alekhine's Block!) 27. . . Ae6 28.de6 l:lh6 29.ef7
Afler 29.f8•'Li
39.l0f7 c4 40.lLJdB @b6 41 .l:tb7 'it>a6 42.@e2 c3 4 3 . l:t b5 Cit>b5 29 ... l:tf8 30.l:th5 l:tth8 31.l:te7 l0d7 44.A c3, 1-0 32.l:th6 .J:lh6 33.f6, 1-0
Game182 Katalymov,B-Muratov,v Alma Ata 1961 l .b4 e6 2. .i.b2 l0f6 3.a3 d5 4.e3 Ae7 5. c4 d c4 6.J.c4 0-0 7.l0f3 l0bd7 8 . 1!f c2 l0b6 9 . .i.e2 .i.d7 10.l0c3 l0fd5 11.l0d5 l0d5 1 2. .i.d3 h6 13.h4 a6 14.g4 Af6 15.l0e5 iL.b5 1 6 . Ah7 wh8 17.g5 J.e5 18. .i.e5 f5 19.gf6 gf6 20..i.b2 as 21.ba5 1i'd7 22 ..i.g6 J:ta5 23.11fc5 l:tg8 24.l:tgl e5 25.d4 b6 26.deS b c5 27.ef6l:tg628.f7@h7 29.fB=lO (si•t• 11ex1 diagram) .
29 . . . �g8 30.l0g6 1td6 3 1 .0-0-0 'it>f1 3 2 . e4 l0f4 3 3 . l':ld6 l0e2 34.ct>d2 cd6 35.l0h8 c7 38.l0h6 � c6
Grune183 Tai ,M-Padevsky,N Moscow 1 963 l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.l0 c3 .i.b4 4.e5 b6 5.1i'g4 �.f8 6. .i.gS W'd7 7.l0f3 l0 c6 8.a3 J.b7 9. .i.d3 h6 10. .i.d2 0-0-0 1 1 .h4 l0ge7 1 2.0-0-0 f5 1 3.ef6 gf6 14.l:tdel l:tg8 15.1!fe6 l:tg2 16.1We3 'it>b8 17.Afl l:lg8 18. .i.h3 f5 19...d3 J. c8 20.h5 1i'e8 21..i.f4 •h5 22.lObS l:td7 23.1!fc3 .i.b7 24.l0e5 l0e5 25.de5 d4 26.e6 dc3 27.ed7 (set> next diagram)
27... .i.g7 28.l0c7, 1-0
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83
24.l:tel l:te7 25.l:tbl a4 26.llJbd4 .i.f3 2 7 . llJ f3 l:te2 2 8 . l:tfl l:tf2 29.-.Wc8
Game185 Peev,P-Bogosian Bulgaria 1968 l.d4 lDf6 2.c4 cS 3.dS eS 4.llJc3 d6 5.e4 Ae7 6.llJge2 0-0 7.llJg3 llJe8 8.h4 a6 9..i.d3 llJd7 10.llJf5 lDdf6 After 27.ed7
Game184 Bilek,I-Tal,M Moscow 1967
l l .g4 llJc7 12.1We2 @h8 13.Ad2 l:tb8 14.0-0-0 b5 15.f4 bc4 16. .i.c4 llJd7 17.g5 ef4 18. .i.f4 llJb6 19.CDe7 'fle7 20.eS llJc4 21 .'t!k4 deS 22.d6 'ti'e6 23.dc7 1Wc4 24.cbB='t!V
l.llJf3 llJf6 2.g3 b5 3.Ag2 Ab7 4.0-0 e6 5.d3 d5 6.lDbd2 .i.e7 7.e4 0-0 8.We2 c5 9.l:tel lDc6 10.c3 a5 l l.ed5 ed5 12.d4 'fi'b6 13.dc5 .i.c5 14.llJb3 l:lfe8 15.'i'Nc2 d4 16.'ft'f5 l:tel 17.llJel :te8 18.lDf3 Ad6 19.Ag5 llJe4 20.l:tel llJe7 21..i.e7
g6 22.'ifh3 dc3 23.l:te4 cb2
24 ... 'ilff4 25.l:td2 �g8 26.1Wd6 .i.f5 27.'ilc5 l:tc8 28.'ft'f2 •e4 29.l:td8 l:td8 30.llJe4, 1-0
Game186. Jadas-Bozic corr. 1968 l.e4 eS 2.lDf3 llJc6 3.AbS a6 4 . .i.a4 llJf6 5.0-0 i..e7 6.l:lel bS 7.Ab3 0-0 8.c3 d69.h3 h6 10.d4 :le8 1 1 .f0bd2 .i.f8 1 2 . llJfl .i.d7 13.llJg3 llJa5
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14.Ac2 ttJc4 1 5. .i.d3 ttJb6 1 6..i.e3 c5 17.'tte2 l:k8 18.Aacl cd4 19.cd4 4Jc4 20..i.c4 bc4 21 .d5 a5 22.Ac3 Ab5 2 3 . 1i'c2 Ae7 2 4 . a 4 .i.a6 25.4Jd2 l:tb7 26.b3 Ab4 27.ttJc4 Ac4 28.Ac4 Acc4 29.bc4 'W'c7 30.Acl 'W'd7 31.Aal 'W'c7 32.c5 dc5 33.J.d2 c4 34.Acl c3 35. 'W'd3 cd2 36.l:k7 l:td4 37.1i'a6 dl=1'
Alter 12.cb7
Game188 Sokolov,A-Vekshenkov,N Novosibirsk 1974 1.ltJf3 d5 2.g3 .i.g4 3.4Je5 .i.f5 4 . .i.g2 ll:id7 5 . f4 e6 6.c4 ll:igf6 7.l!Jc3 d4 8. .i.b7 dc3 9.ttJc6 c2 38.<.t>h2 :ta4 39.Ac8 Aal 40.Af8 @h7 41 .4Je2 4Jh5 42.tOcl 1i'c1, 0-1
10.itJd8 cdl-tW
Game187 Runclau-Schrnidt Germany 1972 1.e4 l!Jc6 2.d4 d5 3.ed5 •
(see 11ext diagram) 1 2...@bB 13.Adl c6 14. .i.c6 @c7 1 5J�d7 @c6 16. b8=ltJ •, 1-0
1 1.�dl Ad8, 0-1
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85
Game189 Bisguier,A-Karklins,A Chicago 1974 1.d4 lLJf6 2.c4 e6 3.'bc3 i.b4 4.'bf3 d6 5.e3 'bc6 6.i.d2 'flle7 7.d5 i.c3 8. .tc3 'bd8 9.i.d3 e5 10.'ik2 0-0 1 1.0-0 g6 12.'bd2 'bh5 13.£4 f5 14.fe5 de5 15.e4 f4 16.b4 'bf7 l 7.c5 g5 18.'bc4 g4 19.%tadl g3 20.h3 1'.h3 2 1 .gh3 'bg5 22.'be5 f3 23.'bf3 ltf3 24.'!Wg2 l:taf8 25.d6 'f!le6 21 ...�h8 22.%td7 i.e2 23.l:te7 h6 26.dc7 24.lLJeB 'f!le7 25.i.g7, 1-0
Game191 Beliavsky,A-Pinter,J Trud-Spartakus Match 1984
26... 'bh3 27.1fth3 'fllh3 28.i.c4, 1-0
l.d4 'bf6 2.c4 e6 3.'bf3 d5 4.'bc3 c6 5 . ..tg5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.i.h4 g5 9.'bg5 hg5 10.i.g5 'bbd7 1 l .ef6 i.b7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 i.h6 14 . ..th6 %th6 15.'W'd2 %tg6 16.0-0-0 lLJf6 17.'W'e3 'ti'b6 1 8 . ..tg2 �f8 19.:thel @g8 20.de6 i.g2 21.efl
Game190 Moring-Pokoevchik,J Balatonkerevy 1983 1.'bf3 'bf6 2.g3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.b3 i.e7 5.i.b2 0-0 6.i.g2 c5 7.0-0 lLJc6 8.e3 b6 9.lLJc3 dc4 10.bc4 i.b7 1 1 .'f!le2 %tc8 12.%tfdl 'flc7 13.liacl llfd8 14.d4 'ba5 15.'bb5 ti'b8 16.dS a6 l 7.i.e5 ..-as 18.'bc7 'iWa7 1 9 . i.h3 'bd7 20.de6 ..tf3 21...@g7 22.'be2 c3 23.'bf4 cb2 21.efl 24.'1tb2 'be4 25.'bg2 'ilf6 26.�c2
86
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Wf7 27.�bl %la6 28.l:le2 Zle8 29.f3 tLif6 30.flg5 �h7 31 .'lrf5 �g7 32.:ed2 b4 33.g4 c4 34.l:td7 t0d7 35J2d7 l:te7 36.•g5
Game193 Karpov,A-Tirnman.I Brussels 1988 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dc4 3.e4 lLlf6 4.e5 t0d5 5..i.c4 tLib66. .i.d3tiJc67.tiJe2 J.g4 8. .i.e3 .i.e2 9.J.e2 Wd7 10.tt:.'lc3 0-0-0 l l.a4 a6 12.a5 'Od5 1 3. .i.f3 ttJdb4 14.e6 We6 15.d 5 ti'e5 16.o-o e6 l7.dc6 l:tdl 18.cb7
Game192 Gavrikov, V-Bagirov, V Lvov 1 984 l.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.lLif3 lLlf6 4.lLlc3 e6 5 . .1'.g5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Ah4 g5 9.lLlg5 hg5 10. .i.g5 lLibd7 1 l.g3 .i.b7 1 2 . .i.g2 •b6 13.ef6 0-0-0 14.0-0 .i.h6 1 5 . .i.e3 lLlf6 16.1i'f3 J.g7 17.a4 cS 18.dcS -'.f3 19.cb6 .i.g2 20.�g2 b4 21.ba7 18...@bB 19.ltfdl .i.c5 20. .i.c51ik5 21 .ltd7 f5 22.l:tadl lLlc6 23.lLla4 1ifb5 24.Zlcl 'fh4 25.%lc6 ti'a5 26.J:te6 �7 27.g3 g5 28.l:lh7 l:lb8 29.h3 g4 30.hg4 fg4 31.J.g2 1'al 3 2 . @ h 2 't!fb2 3 3 . %l h h 6 tlfa2 34.%lef6 c5 35.Zlf4 1lrd2 36.i.fl l:tb7 37.J:a6 �b8 38.l:tf8 �c7 39..i.g2 \td7 40.lih8 c4 41 ..i.e4, 1-0 2 1 . .. �b7 22.lLib5 lLig4 23.llacl Game194 lth2 24.�f3 lLie3 25.fe3 c3 26.bc3 Timoshenko, Geo-Ruban, V bc3 27.l0c3 �a7 28.cob5 �b6 Tbilisi 1989 29.l:tc7 %lf8 30.l:lbl -'.e5 31.a5 �as l.e4 cS 2.l0f3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.lLld4 32.lLld6 a6 33.%lc6 �a7 34.l:lb7, l;Jf6 5.lLlc3 e6 6.Ae2 J.e7 7.0-0 a6 1-0
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8.f4 0-0 9.a4 /Oc6 10 . .i.e3 lte8 1 1 .�hl flc7 12 . .a.f3 ltb8 13.'i!Vd2 /Oa5 1 4 . 'ft'f2 /Oc4 1 5 . .a. c l e 5 16./0de2 Ad7 17.b3 /0a5 18.f5 d5 19. .i.gS de4 20...tf6 ef3 21./0d5 fe2 22./0c7 efl='i!V
2 1 . . . �b8 22.1'.e3 e 5 23.b3 c3 24.J:ladl .a.h6 25. ..td4 ed4 26.ltd4 c2 27.J:lc4 c l ='tt 28.J:lfcl ..tcl 29.J:lcl J:ld8 30./0cS a5 31 .h4 r:J;a7 32./0a4 J:ld5 33./0b6, 1-0 23.ltfl ..tf6 24./0d5 lt:'ic6 25.lt:'if6 gf6 26.1Wh4 q;g7 27.ltf3 ltbd8 28.h3 /0d4 29.ltg3 f8 30.ti'f6 lt:'if5 31.ltg5 ..te6 32.1We5 ltd5 33.'i!Vh8 <:J;e7 34.'iih7 r1ed8 35.q;hz l:te5 36J:tg8 .ttd2 37.1Wh8 l:ee2 38.lte8 d6 39.l:td8 ..td7 40 .• f6 @c5 4I.'fic3 �d642.'tWf6wc5, 112-112
Game196 Thorhallsson, G-Gipslis Gausdal 1992
l .e4 d6 2.d4 /Of6 3.'0c3 g6 4.f4 Ag7 5./0f3 0-0 6. ..te2 c5 7.0-0 cd4 8./0d4 /Obd7 9.q;hl a6 10.lt:'if3 b6 1 l.e5 /Oe8 12 . .ie3 Ab7 13.e6 fe6 14./0gS /Oc7 1 5. ..tc4 d5 16.Ab3 /Oc5 17 . ..td4 tli'd6 1 8. .a.g7 wg7 Game195 19.'ii'd4 l:tf6 20./0e2 J:taf8 21.lt:'if3 Krausser,H-Gunter,D a5 22./0e5 /LJb5 23.1'1e3 a4 24.c4 d4 corr. 1990 25.'ttg l d3 26.lUdl de2 27.l:td6 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.lt:'if3 e6 4./0c3 fLJd6 28. .a.dl edl=t!Jf /Of6 5 . ..tg5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 (see next diagram) 8. ..th4 g5 9./0g5 hgS IO . .a.g5 /0bd7 1 1 .g3 Ab7 12 . ..tg2 'i'b6 1 3.ef6 29.'ifdl l:tf4 30.�gl l:f2 31./0f3 0-0-0 14.0-0 c5 15.d5 b4 16./0a4 l:g2 32.�g2 Af3 33.1i'f3 lH3 'i!Vb5 1 7 . a 3 /O b 8 1 8 . ab4 cb4 34.f3 fLJc4 35.l:tdl /Ob2 36.l:td8, 19.1Wd4 lt:'ic6 20.dc6 J:td4 21.cb7 0-1
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28.wg2 £De3 29.�f2 EDfl 30.�fl .i.g6 3 1 ./tJcS �e8 32. :g7 :cta 33.:b7 :
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Game198 Petursson-Thorhallsson, G Iceland 1994 l.c4 c6 2.£Df3 dS 3.d4 ttJf6 4.itJc3 e6 5.Ag5 dc4 6.a4 b5 7.abS cbS
Game197 Pav lovic,M-Grivas,E Karditsa 1994 l.c4 g6 2.g3 .i.g7 3..i.g2 e5 4.itJc3 d6 5.d3 tbd7 6.e4 ltJe7 7.ltJge2 0-0
8.lDbS 1Wb6 9.itJc3 1Wb2 10. .i.d2 ltJdS 1 1 .£Dd5 edS 12.:b1 1'a2 1 3.e4 .i.d6 14.:bs de4 15.itJeS .i.e6 16.d5 .i.e5 l 7.de6 £Dc6 18.ef7
8. .i.e3 f5 9.'ttd2 itJf6 10.�gS c6 1 1.0-0 �e6 12.:ael 1Jfd7 l 3.b3 d5 14.f4 dc4 1 5.fe5 cd3 16.ef6 de2
18. . .�f8 19.tlkl c3 20. .i.c3 .i.c3 21.1Wc3 £De7 22 ..i.c4 ti'a4 23.ItgS £Dg6 24.l:tg6 hg6 25.�dS @e7 26.ti'eS �d7 27.0-0 l:tad8, 1-0 17.1t'd7 .i.d7 l8.:e2 .i.f6 19.�f6
:f6 20.ef5 @f8 2i. :d2 .i.e8 22.g4 gf5 23.gf5 Af7 24.:d7 :bs 25.liel itJfS 26.ltJe4 :g6 27.:fl l:tg2
Part Three
Game199
Kamsky, G-Kramnik, V New York 1994
89
The e-pawn March Game200 Steinitz, W-Merian New York 1 884 (l:al odds)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.l.2Jc3 l.2Jf6 4.l.2Jf3 e6 5 . .i.g5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Ah4 g5 9.1.tJgS hg5 10.-*.g5 l0bd7 l.e4 e5 2.l0c3 t.2Jc6 3.f4 ef4 4.d4 1 1.ef6 Ab7 12.g3 cS 13.dS jfb6 tih4 5 . ..t>e2 d5 6.ed5 .i.g4 7.l0f3 14. .i.g2 0-0-0 15.0-0 b4 16.l0a4 0-0-0 8.dc6 .i.c5 9.cb7 1Wb5 l 7.a3 l0e5 18.ab4 cb4 19.1i'd4 l0c6
9... q,,b7 10.ltJbS a6 l 1.b4 .i.b6 12.c3 ab5 1 3. .i.f4 lll f6 14 . .i.g3 20.dc6 rld4 21.cb7 rl;c7 22. .i.e3 e5 l:the8 15_q,,f2 lll e4 16.�gl 'tlrf6 23.l0c3 bc3 24.bc3 Ac5 25.cd4 17. .i.el Af3 18.gf3 1t'g5 19. .i.g2 Ad4 26.XHbl •cs 27.l:a6 l:tb8 't!fe3 20.�fl l0c3 21.'ttd2 .i.d4, 0-1 28.j.cl c3 29.Aa3 tk4 30.j.d6
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1 2...�8 13..t.f4 ltJf2 14. 1We2 ltJg4 15.�hl .i.d7 16.l:lael ltJc6 17 ...e8 l:le8 18.fe8-1W .i.e8 19..i.d6•, 0-1
Game203 Bum,A-Turrasch,S Hastings 1 895
1 2... �b8 13.0-0 1!ra6 14 . .i.c2 e4 1S. ..i.f 6 ef3 16..i.eS lDe5 17 ...e5 .i.d6 18.1We4 l:lhe8 19.1Wa4 fg2 20.l:lcl 1rb6 21.d4 .i.f4 22.lDa3 J.f3 23.l:lel 1!ff6, 0-1
Game202 Charousek,R-Vollner Kassa 1 893
l.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.lL!c3 c6 4.e3 f5 5.lL!f3 J.d6 6.c5 Ac7 7.b4 lL!d7 8..i.b2 1te7 9.b5 •f6 10.a4 lL!e7 11.aS a6 12.ba6 ba6 13.1td2 e5 14.llJa4 e4 15.llJgl f4 16.lL!b6 fe3 17.fe3 0-0 18.0-0-0 l:lb8 19.lL!e2 llJf5 20.�c2 •h6 2 1 . J.cl lL!f6 22.g3 lL!g4 23.l:lel lL!fe3 24.�bl 1!fg6 25. lL!f4 Af4 26.gf4 ll)fl 27.l:lefl e3 28.fS ed2 29.fg6 .i.fS 30.@a2 dc1=1W, 0-1
l.e4 e5 2.d4 ed4 3.c3 dc3 4. .i.c4 li)f6 5.lDf3 .i.c5 6.lDc3 d6 7.0-0 0-0 8.l2Jg5 h6 9.lDt7 l:lt7 10.es lDg4 1 l .e6 1!rh4 12.et7
linal position
G rune204 Tjunkov-Marakushkin USSR 1962 l.c4 c5 2.illc3 lL!f6 3.g3 d5 4.cd5 lL!d5 s. .t.g2 lL!c7 6.b3 lL!c6 7..i.b2
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e5 8.tbf3 JJ.. e7 9.tLJe4 f6 10.l:tcl b6 1 1 .tbh4 'ird7 12.g41!fg4 1 3.tbf6 gf6 1 4. .ilc6 .td7 1 5 . .ta8 tba8 16.l:tc4 e 4 17.tbf3 1!t'g2 18.l:tgl ef3 (19.%tg2 fg2,
A
20...g1=1!f•!), 0-1
After 22.ef7
Game206 Forintos-Bobocov Hungary 1969
final position
e205 Grun Popov,L-Bullovcic Yugoslavia 1967 ·
1.e4 tLJf6 2.e5 tbd5 3.d4 d6 4.tbf3 .i.g4 5.h3 .tf3 6.tWf3 de5 7.de5 e6 8.tWe4 c6 9. .i.c 4 tLJd7 10.0-0 tWc7 1 1 Jlel h6 12.a4 a5 13.tbc3 tLJc3 1 4.bc3 .tf.d8 15.f4 g6 16.g4 .tc5 17.�hl tLJb6 18.f5 gf5 19.gf5 ef5 20.'i!VfS tLJc4 21.e6 .td6 22.ef7 (see next diagram)
22...�f8 23.ti'f6 .te5 2 4. .th6 l:lh6 25.'i'h6 .tg7 26.l:te8 l:te8 27.f#g7 @g7 28.fe8=tLJ, 1-0
1.d4 tLJf6 2.c4 e6 3.tbc3 d5 4.tbf3 JJ..e7 5.JJ..f 4 0-0 6.e3 b6 7. .id3 .tb7 8.0:0 c5 9. tWe2 tLJc6 10.dc5 bc5 1 1 .l:tfdl •as 12.a3 l:tfd8 13.h3 ?ld7 1 4. 'i!Vc2 g6 1 5. c d 5 tbd5 16. .ilbS l:tad8 17.tbe5 tbc3 18.l:td7 lbb5 19.tbc6 .tc6 20.l:te7 l:td5 21.e4 tLJd4 22.edS tbc2 23.dc6 �f8 2 4. .ild6 �g7 25.c7
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25 . . . ..a6 26. .i.eS �h6 27.J:le8, •cS 1 6. .i.e3 d4 17..i.e8 .i.c4 18.ef6 1-0 .i.e2 19.f7
Game207 Sosonko,G-Reihstein Lugano 1 976 l .d4 lLif6 2.c4 g6 3.l2Jc3 d5 4.l2Jf3 �g7 5.'tlt'b3 dc4 6.'tlt'c4 0-0 7.e4 a6 8. .i.e2 b5 9.'ti'b3 c5 10.dc5 .i.e6 1 1 .'ifc2 lLic6 12.0-0 b4 13.lba4 b3 14.ab3 l2Jb4 15.Wd2 'ti'a5 16.eS 1tad8 l 7 .ef6 l:ld2 1 8. fg7 l:te2 19.gf8='ii'
19...�h8 20.l:te2 Wc4 21.l:tf4 cS 22 ..i.d4 cd4 23 . .i.d7 g5 24 . .i.e6 •cs 25.lUS 'ti'b6 26.l2Ja4 ffd8 27.i..b3 b6 28.l:tfeS d3 29.cd3 'ti'd4 30.l:t2e3 h6 31.J:l5e4, 1-0
Game209 Pisarev-Sobol Krasnoder 1978 l.e4 e5 2.l2Jf3 l2Jc6 3..i.bS a6 4.i..a4 lLif6 5.0-0 bS 6. .i.b3 l2Je4 7.d4 d5 19...f8 20.l2Jc3 'ifcS 21..i.h6 ct>e8 8.de5 Ae6 9.l2Jbd2 l2Jc5 10.c3 d4 22.lbe2 f6 23.l:lacl 'fi'h5 24.l2Jf4 l l..i.e6 l2Je6 12.l2Je4 .i.e7 1 3.cd4 l2Jcd4 14 . .i.e3 c5 15. b4 l2Jf3 16.tvf3 Wh6 25. lLie6, 1-0 c4 1 7 . l:tfdl tvcB 1 8 . l2Jd6 .i.d6 19.ed6 0-0 20.d7 Game208 Purins-Morgado,J (sec 11ex1 diagram) corr. 1976 1.e4 e5 2.l2Jf3 fS 3..i.c4 l2Jf6 4.d4 fe4 5.lbe5 d5 6.i..e2 .i.e6 7.0-0 .i.d6 8.f3 ef3 9. .i.f3 0-0 10.We2 'fle7 1 l.Ag5 l2Jbd7 12.l2Jc3 c6 1 3.l:tael l:tae8 14 ..i.h5 Ae5 15.deS
20... 'ti'c7 21.a4 ba4 22.i..c5 l2Jc5 23.bc5 l:tab8 24.1Vg3 'ifaS 25.c6 l:tb3 26.c7 l:lg3 27.d8='1i' l:td3 28.l:td3 cd3 29. 'li'f8 ct>f8 30.c8=\i' t:Jile7 31.1!Vc4 We5 32.l:tdl, 1-0
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After 20.d7
After 36.e7
Game210 Marovic,D-Calvo Osiek 1978
Game211 Wolf,S-Gebric corr. 1988
l .d4 d5 2.c4 dc4 3.ct:Jf3 ct:Jf6 4.ct:Jc3 l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 cS 4.c3 'it'b6 a 6 5.e4 b5 6.e5 ct:Jd5 7 .a4 ftJc3 5.ftJf3 ..id7 6. ..ie2 ..ib5 7.c4 ..ic4 8.bc3 c6 9.�e2 e6 10.ftJgS ..ie7 8..i.c4 'Wb4 9.iZJ bd2 dc4 10.a3 'tfa5 l l .iZJe4 iZJd7 12..i.a3 0-0 13.0-0 1 1 .0-0 ltJc6 12.iZJc4 1Wa6 13.iZJd6 ftJ b6 14.�e7 ti'e7 1 5.iZJcS iZJd5 ..id6 1 4.ed6 cd4 15.d7 1 6.'tWd2 a5 17...if3 b4 1 8..i.dS bc3 1 9.'ii'c 3 ed5 20.l:tabl .i.f5 21.l:tb7 'tlig5 22.f4 'it' g 6 2 3 . l U3 l:tf b 8 24 .'ifaS h5 25.'if b6 l:tc8 26.l:lg3 't'lh7 27 .'t'f' b4 h4 28 .l:tg5 lle8 29.l:tb6 �c2 30.h3 .tb3 31 .fS 'ff h6 32.'@'d2 c3 33.1Wf4 ..ia4 34.f6 g6 35.e6 l:tf8 36.e7 (S<'c next
diagram)
36. JUeS 37.ftJa4 .tta4 38.lk6 l:tc4 .
39.l:tc4 dc4 40.dS c2 41.d6 llb8 42.d7 l:tbl 43.�h2, 1-0
1 S ...�e7 1 6.iZJd4 iZJf6 17.iZJfS ef5 18.l:lel �d8 1 9...if4 iZJe7 20.l:kl iZJfd5 21 .l:te7 iZJf4 22.1te1 1Wd6 23.l:tf7 1We6 24.'ifaS b 6 25.'tlfa7
94
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1Wel 26.lXel J:a7 27.l:te8 l:.e8 28.de8=1!f e8 29.l%a7, 1-0
Game212 Polgar, S-Palatnik,S Rome 1989 l.e4 4Jf6 2.e5 4Jd5 3.d4 d6 4.iDf3 i..g4 5 . .i.e2 e6 6.0-0 i.e7 7.c4 4Jb6 8.iDc3 0-0 9. .i.e3 d5 10.cS .i.f3 1 1 .gf3 lLic8 12.f4 ttJc6 13.l:tbl .i.h4 14.�hl l08e7 1 5. .i.d3 g6 16.1!fg4 lLJf5 1 7 . .i.f5 ef5 1 8.1!ff3 lLJe7 19.1th3 l0c8 20.l:tgl �h8 21.b4 a6 22.a4 c6 23.bS ab5 24.ab5 l:ta3 25.l:tgcl JLe7 26.b6 i&.c5 27.dcS d4 28.l:tdl l:tc3 29. 1!fh6 l:k5 30 ..i.d4 l:td5 31 .�g2 ttJe7 32 . .i.c5 l:te8 33.l:tdcl l:td3 34. .i.d6 4Jc8 35.l:tdl l:tdl 36.l:tdl l:g8 37.l:td3 4Jb6 38.e6 f6 39.e7
39 .. ."tfe8 40.•fB lLid5 41.l:td5 l:tf8 42.ef8='tW 1!ff8 43. .i.f8 cd5 44.�f3 �g8 4 5 . .i.b4 g 5 46.'it'e3 'it'f7 47.'it'd4 �g6 48.i.e7 h6 49.�d5 �hS 50.i&.f6 q;,g4 5 1 .fg5 hg5 52.�e5 b5 53.i..e7, 1-0
Game213 Ivanchuk, V-Kramnik,V Linares 1998
l.e4 c5 2.lLif3 lLlc6 3.d4 cd4 4.4Jd4 iDf6 S.l0c3 d6 6 . .i.c4 1Wb6 7.l0db5 a6 8..i.e3 1Wd8 9.lLld4 lLlg4 10.4Jc6 bc6 1 1 . 1!ff3 ttJ e 5 1 2 . 1t e 2 e6 13.0-0-0 JLe7 14 . .i.d4 1Wc7 l 5.i..e 5 de5 16.4Ja4 0-0 17.l:td3 1Wa5 18.b3 l:tb8 19.'ifd2 •d2 20.�d2 g6 21.l:tdl �g7 22.�e2 aS 23.l:tc3 .tb4 24.l:tcd3 .li.e7 25.g3 h5 26.h4 f5 27.l:tc3 .li.b4 28.tle3 �f6 29.f4 ef4 30.gf4 .i.e7 31.e5 cf;f7 32.l:ted3 .i.h4 33.ttJc5 .i.e7 34 . .:t.d6 .i.d6 35.ed6 l:td8 36.d7 @e7 37.dc8=lb
37 . . . l:tbc8 38.l:td8 l:td8 39.l0e6 l:th8 40.l0g5 h4 4 1 . lb h 3 �f6 42.�f2 l:td8 43. .i.d3 a4 44.lLigS a3 45.lLlf3 c5 46.ttJg5 l:td4 47.�f3 l:td7 48.�e3 l:ld8 49.iDf3 l:te8 SO.'it'f2 l:d8 51.lLlh4 c4 52.bc4 l:tb8 53.c5 l:b2 54.c6 �e7 5 5 . lbg6 'it'd6 56.iDe5 l:la2 57.l0c4 @c7 58.�g3 l:tal 59.lLia3 l:ta3 60.@h4 wc6
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61 .�g5 :a5 62.i.fS �d6 63.�g4 8.b3 tLlbd7 9 ..i.b2 1!fe7 10.tLlb5 ll:ie4 1 1 .l0d6 cd6 12.l0d2 tLldf6 '/;e7 (. .. ), 1/2-1/2 13.f3 l0d2 14.'tt'd2 dc4 1 5 . .i.c4 d5 16.i.d3 l:fc8 17.:ael :c7 18.e4 :ac8 19.e5 tLle8 20.f4 g6 21.l:te3 f6 The f-pawn March 22.ef6 tLif6 23.fS ll:ie4 24.J&.e4 de4 25.fg6 l:tc2 26.gh7 Game214 Morphy,P-De Riviere,J Paris 1863 =
l.e4 e5 2.tLlf3 tLic6 3. .i.c4 tLlf6 4.d4 ed4 5.0-0 .i.e7 6.tLld4 0-0 7.tLlc3 ll:ie5 8..i.e2 d5 9.f4 tLic6 10.l0c6 bc6 1 l . e 5 � c 5 1 2 . � h l l0d7 1 3..1d3 1:!e8 14 . .i.d2 l0f8 1 5.flhS g6 16.fih6 il:ie6 17.fS �f8 18 ..,h3 ll:ic5 19.e6 fe6 20.f6 e5 21.f7 �h8 22.fe8•fl 26...�h8 27.dS e5 28.W'b4 l:8c5 29.l:tf8 �h7 30.'it'e4 �g7 31 .i.e5 �f8 32 . .t.g7, 1-0
Game216 Charousek,R-Schaffer Kassa 1892 l .e4 e5 2.l0f3 d6 3.d4 Ag4 4.de5 i.f3 5.1Wf3 de5 6 . .i.c4 1!t'f6 7.1i'b3 b6 8.llJc3 Ac5 9.0-0 tLle7 10.i.e3 22 ... ..We8 23.�g6 �h3 24.-'.e8 .i.g2 .i.d6 1 1 .ll:ibS 0-0 12.l0d6 cd6 13.f4 'W'g6 14.f5 'ffg4 15.f6 ll:iec6 16..i.d5 25.cJi>g2 l%e8 26.l:ael, 1-0 tt'd7 17 . .i.h6 tLld4 18.fg7 l0bc6 19.gf8e1!f
Game215
Zukertort,J-Blackburne,J London 1 883
(see next diagram)
l .c4 e6 2.e3 il:if6 3.il:if3 b6 4.i.e2 19...l:tf8 20.Wg3, 1-0 .i.b7 5.0-0 d5 6.d4 .i.d6 7.il:ic3 0-0
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22.�g2 :h6 23.�hl llh5 24.llael .i.h3 2s.:g1 •
Game218
Spielmann,R-Gruenfeld,E Baden-Baden 1914 Arler 19.gf8•'W
Game217 Blackbume-Walbrodt,C Hastings 1 895 l . e4 e5 2. .i.e2 l0c6 3.l0f3 lt.)f6 4.d3 d5 5.ed 5 l0d5 6. o-o Jie7 7.lLJc3 0-0 8.lOel f5 9.l0d5 tfd5 10. ..tf3 tfe6 1 l ..i.c6 •c6 1 2.l0f3 �f6 1 3 ...tg5 e4 14 . ..tf6 llf6 1 5.l0e5 1i'b5 16.lLJ c4 Ji e6 l 7.b3 Jl d8 18.1We2 ed3 19.cd3 f4 20.l0e5 f3 2 1.'f!Ve3 fg2
l .e4 e5 2.l0f3 lLJc6 3 . ..tc4 ..tc5 4.d4 ..td4 5.l0d4 l0d4 6.0-0 l0f6 7.f4 d6 8.fe5 de5 9 . ..tg5 tfe7 10.l0c3 c6 1 1.tfd3 ..te6 1 2 ..i.e6 l0e6 1 3. .i.f6 gf6 14.l0e2 J:tg8 15.c3 :d8 16.1i'f3 J:ld2 17.b4 tfd8 18.J:lf2 llg6 19.l0g3 Wb6 20.fl tfb5 2 1 .�gl ltd3 22.•r5 l0f4 23.a 4 tfb6 24.a5 1td8 25. liafl :c3 26.�hl J:lg5 27.1Wh7 lkg3 28.lU4 ef4 29.hg3 1i'd3 30. 1i'h8
36.wgl 'flc7 37.1!fh5 llg5 38.1Wh3 c5 39.:td5 cb4 4o.:g5 fg5 41.1!rf5 'flg3 42.1i'c5 �f6 43.tltf8 b3 44.e5
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'it'e5 45.'t!fh8 �f5 46.1i'h3
Game219 Nimzowitsch,A-Rubinstein,A Berlin 1928 1.ltJf3 dS 2.b3 �f5 3.�b2 e6 4.g3 h6 5 ..i.g2 tt:Jd7 6.0-0 tt:Jgf6 7.d3 .i.e7 8.e3 0-0 9.t!fe2 c6 10.
i.e4 25. 'i'le4 l:lad8 26.e6 .i.f8 20. . .�f8 21..i.c2 'iif6! + 22.tt:Jd2 27.-'.eS Wc8 28.fS fe6 29.f6 l:tdl l:ld2 23.tfd2 1!t'f3 24 . .i.e4 .i.e4 25.l:le4 1i'e4 26.ltJc3 1i'f5 27.1We2
30.f7
ltJc6 28.l:ldl l:ld8 29.l:ld8 'Lld8 30.'tfc4 ltJf7 31.f4 gS 32.fgS .i.cS 33.h4 'tffS 37.g4 .i.f2, 0-1
Ga me221 Konstantinopolsky,A-Chistiakov,A corr. 1935 l .e4 c5 2.'Llf3 4Jc6 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:Jd4 'Llf6 S.4Jc3 d6 6..tg5 e6 7. tfd2 .i.e7 8.0-0-0 0-0 9.f4 a6 10. .i.f6 .i.f6 30...h8 31.l:ldl l:ld8 32. 1!rg6, 1-0
l l .tt:Jc6 bc6 12.W'd6 'ifb6 13.4Ja4 1.We3 14.bl -'.b7 15 . .i.d3 l:lfd8
Game220 Bogoljubow,E-Kashdan,I Stockholm 1930 l .d4 e6 2.c4 4Jf6 3.ltJc3 d5 4.ltJf3 4Jbd7 S.Af4 dc4 6.e3 tt:Jd5 7.Ac4 ltJf4 8.ef4 ltJb6 9.0-0 -'.e7 10.Ab3 0-0 1 1 .l:lel cS 12.dcS ltJd7 13.c6
16.-.c7 l:lab8 17.4Jb6 �a8 18.4Jc4 1.WcS 1 9 . e 5 �e7 20.4Jd6 -'.d6 21 .ed6 aS 22.d7 g6 23.l:lhel ti'b4 24.b3 c5 25.-'.c4 Ag2 26.fS Af3 27.fe6 .i.dl 28.ef7 rJi;g7 29.f8=t!f
(sec next diagram)
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29 .. .l:tf8 30.d8='ti' �h6 31..dl 1fc4 32.1i'd2, 1-0
Grune222 Tringov, G-Planinc Yugoslavia 1999
.\flcr 31...glz'\t
Game223 Ljubojevic,L-Milicevic Yugoslavia 1974
1 .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.ltJc3 Ab4 4.e5 1i'd7 5.a3 �c3 6.bc3 b6 7.a4 .i.a6 8.i.a6 ltJa6 9.'ifg4 f5 10 .•hS g6 1 l .1We2 cob8 12.h4 h6 13.cof3 coc6 14.c4 dc4 15.\lk4 ltJge7 16 . .i.b2 cods l 7.cod2 co a 5 18. 1Wb5 c6 19.'tt'e2 0-0-0 20.coc4 coc4 21.1Wc4 coc7 22.0-0 g5 23.hS g4 24.1Wb3 f4 25.c4 'f!/e7 26.aS 1Wh4 27.ab6 g3 28.J!tfdl 1Wh2 29.fl f3 30.�el fg2 31.@d2 g1=1i'
l.e4 c5 2.ltJf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.cod4 cof6 5.coc3 a6 6. .i.g5 e6 7.f4 f!/c7 8. .i.f6 gf6 9. .i.e2 b5 10. .i.h5 b4 1 l.COce2 .i.g7 1 2.fS 0-0 13.fe6 fe6 14.ltJf41We7 15.0-0eS 16.cofs 'tfa7 17.�hl ..i.fS 18.ef5 ef4 19..i.f3 cod7 20. .i.a8 1Wa8 21.tfd6 cues 22.i:tf4 a s 2 3 . l:t d l cof7 24 ... d5 1W a 7 2S.1We6 tfb8 26.i:tg4 �h8 27.l:tgd4 cues 28.h3 1Wc7 29.l:t l d 2 .i.h6 30.l:td8 'ti't7 31.l:t2d7 W'e6 32.fe6 tl:ld7 33.e7
(S('(' 1wx1 diagram)
(sec 11cxt diugram)
32.l:tgl •f2 33.c3 1!fd4 34.�b4 33...@g7 34.l:tf8, 1-0 ltJd5 35.�a4 cob6 36.b4 a 5 37.�a3 coc4 38.�a2 ltJb2 39.l:tacl 'ti'a4 40. 'ti'a4 coa4 41.l:tc6 �d7 42.l:ta6 l:ta8, 0-1
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l:ld8 26. 'ifb3 •b3 27.lld8 c;Pf7 28.ab3 .i.c7 29.:lcB .i.h2 30.'iPh2 lle2 31.l:tf4 l:te7 32.llb4 l0e4 33.c4 fS 34.c5 �f6 35 ..Uc4 c;Pg5 36.b4 f4 37.b5 �g4 38.l:tf8 gS 39.c6 bc6 40.bc6 l0d6 41 .c7, 1-0 me225 a G Pavlov-Kharitonov' A corr. 1984 After 33.e7
me224 a G Dolmatov,S-Ristic Tallin 1977 l.e4 cS 2.l0f3 d6 3.d4 ll:lf6 4.lllc3 cd4 5.llld4 g6 6. .ie2 .i.g7 7.0-0 ll:lc6 8.l0b3 o-o 9. .1.gS .i.e6 10.f4 l0a5 1 1 .f5 .1.c4 12.� hl l:tc8 13.e 5 Ae2 14.ll:le2 l0e4 15.llla S tllg5 16.f6 •as 17.fe7
. 17 .. JUe8 18.ed6 l:tb8 19..d3 i.e5 20.l:ladl l0e6 21 .'iff3 lllg5 22.'tte3 f6 23.b4 •b4 24.d7 .Ue7 25.d8=1"
l.e4 c5 2.lll f3 lllc6 3.d4 cd4 4.ll:ld4 ll:lf6 5.lllc3 d6 6.�c4 e6 7..i.e3 .1.e7 8. We2 0-0 9.0-0-0 •c7 10 . .i.b3 a6 l l .g4 l0d4 12.l:td4 l0d7 13.g5 b5 14.'ifhS l:tdB 15.l:lgl lllcS 16.eS g6 17.'ifh3 d5 18.l:th4 •e5 19 . .1.d4 lll b3 20.ab3 1i'f5 2 1 . 'ifg3 Ab7 22.'ifr>bl .i.d6 23.f4 hS 24.gh6 h7 25.llld l l:lac8 26.l0e3 1i'e4 27.•gs 1i'd4 28.f5 •e5 29.fg6 �h8 30:g7 �h7 31.g8='ii'
31...l:tgB 32. 'ti'g7 l:tg7 33.hg7 wg8 34.l:lh8• , 1-0
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Game226 Chandler, M-Vaganian, R London 1986
1 1 .ll'if4 lLJe5 12.de5 gh3 13 ..i.h7 l:ih7 14.1fh7 h2 15.�e2 hl='W'
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.lLJc3 .i.b4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 .i.a5 6.b4 cd4 7.l0b5 .i.c7 8.f4 .i.d7 9.lLJf3 .i.b5 10.�b5 ll'ic6 1 1.0-0 lLJge7 1 2.�d3 a6 13.
16.lLJg6 q;n 17.tl'iha •hs 18.trha lll c6 19.1ih5 �g8 20.lll h 3 1Wg2 2 1 . 1te8 .i.f8 22.lLJg5 lLJe5 23.c4 1Wg4 24.�fl 1'c4 25.
The g-pawn March 21...'1Pf8 22. .i.cl lLJf5 23. .i.f5 d3 Game228 24. .i.d3 g3 25.1fg2 l:th2 26. 1th2 Ragozin, V-Levenfish, G gh2 27 . .i.h6
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23.ltJd3 'ii'g4 24.'fig4 Itg4 25.ltJcS Game230 tle8 26J1f6 'bd5 27.l:tf2 b6 28.ltJd3 Kotov,A-T olush,A l:te3 29.lbeS l:tg8 30.l:tg2 Itg2 Leningrad 1 956 31.q;,g2 %le2 32.�g3 'bc3 33.l:tfJ l:ta2 34Jlf8 �b7, 0-1 l.d4 ltJf6 2.c4 e6 3.'Df3 c5 4.d5 ed5 5.cd5 d6 6.ltJc3 i.e7 7.lbd2 0-0 8.lbc4 lbe8 9.i.f4 i.f6 10.e3 ltJd7 Game229 l l .i.e2 lbb6 12.0-0 lbc4 13.it.c4 Rabinovitch,I-Kachn,I lbc7 14."t!fe2 a6 15.a4 b6 16.lbe4 Moscow 1935 l.e4 e5 2.ltJf3 'Df6 3.ltJe5 d6 4.'bf3 i.e7 17.'tfh5 g6 18.1!ff3 f5 19.lbc3 'De4 5.'ii'e2 'f#e7 6.d3 ltJf6 7.it.g5 l:tb8 20.i.h6 lH7 2 1 . 1!fe2 Jt.f6 '1fe2 8 . � e 2 i.. e 7 9 . 'b c 3 Jt.g4 22.l:tfdl .llb7 23.it.f4 'i!id7 24.�g3 10.0-0-0 lLlbd7 1 l.h3 it.h5 12.g4 l:te8 25.'ik2 g5 26.ttJe2 Ac8 27.h4 �g6 13.ltJd4 0-0-0 14.f4 h6 15.Jt.h4 h6 28.it.h2 l:te4 29.h5 l:te8 30.i.d3 l:tde8 1 6 . .1l.f3 .i..d8 17.it.g3 a6 l:tef8 3 1 . 'ft'b3 b5 3 2 . J. c 2 b4 18.'bb3 �h7 19.lLla5 c6 20.lbc4 33.i.d3 'be8 34.lLlg3 J.e5 35.lbfl J.h2 36.�h2 ltJf6 37 . .i.e2 Ite7 it.c7 21.gS d5 22.gf6 dc4 23.fg7 38.ltJd2 f4 39.lbc4 g4 40.1!fd3 f3 (sec next diagram) 41 .i.fl g3 42.�gl gf2 (sec next diagram) 23 ... l:thg8 24.dc4 l:tg7 25.i.h2 Jt.f5 26.l:thel ltJf6 27.l:te8 lbe8 28.h4 Ag4 29.l:tel i.f3 30.Zle8 d7 43.�hl 'be4, 0-1 31.l:e3 l:tg2 32.Zlf3 l:th2 33.'be4 l:th4, 0-1
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After 42...gf2
G rune231 Medina-Pomar, A Malaga 1969 l.e4 c5 2.llJf3 d6 3.d4 llJf6 4.llJc3 cd4 5.llJd4 llJc6 6.Ac4 f/Jc7 7.�b3 a6 8.Ae3 e6 9.f//e 2 �e7 10.0-0-0 llJa5 1 1 .g4 llJb3 12.ab3 b5 13.g5 llJd7 1 4. llJ f5 b4 1 5 . llJg7 �f8 I6.f//h 5 <:J;;g7 17..i.d4 llJe5 18.f4 bc3 l 9 . R. c 3 .i.b7 2 0 . fe 5 de5 21.l:td7 Wd7 22. 1!t'h6 Wg8 23. .i.e5 f6 24.gf6 .i.cS 25.1!t'g7 tWg7 26.fg7 �f7 27.gh8=ti' (� nexl diagram)
27... l:th8 28. .i.h8 .i.e4 29.l:tfl �f5 30. .i.e5 Ae3 31.�bl �g6 32 . .i.f4 .i.. d4 33.l:tel
After 27.gh8•1!f
49.c6 <:Ji;e3 50.�a4 .i.d5 51 .�b5 c.Pe4 52. R.f6 h 3 5 3 . l:t d8 �e3 54.:ds, 1-0
Game232 Schteinbok-Koppe corr. 1973 l .h4 dS 2.c3 cS 3.e3 llJc6 4.d3 llJf6 5.�e2 e6 6.llJd2 .i.d6 7.a3 1!k7 8.b4 b6 9. .i.b2 .i..b7 10.llJgf3 e5 l l .e4 0-0 12.llJg5 h6 13.llJh3 J:tad8 14.g4 cb4 1 5.gS bc3 16.R.c3 llJe4 17.de4 de4 18.gh6 e3 19.hg7
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1 9 . . . ef2 20.�f2 lUe8 2 1 . .i.c4, 14.llJdS llJdS 15.llfdS bS 16.cbS 1-0 .tbS 1 7 . llJcl .i.c6 1 8 . 'tt d 2 fS 19.11d6 •es 20.'t!t'cS fe4 21.f4 llJd3 22.llJd3 ed3 23.�f2 l:tc8 24.t!fc4 G ame233 @h8 25. 1'd3 gS 26.l:tcl l:td8 Pestic-Bernstein,S 27.'ife2 gf4 28. .i.c5 f3 29.1!t'e8 fg2 Philadelphia 1978 30 . .i.fB ghl=llJ, 0-1 1 . llJf3 b6 2.g3 .i.b7 3. .i.g2 cS 4.d3 g6 5.0-0 Ag7 6.e4 llJc6 7.llJbd2 lbh6 8.llJh4 0-0 9.f4 f5 10.e5 1!k7 l 1.llJdf3 llad8 12.c3 llJf7 13.l:tel e6 14.d4 cd4 15.cd4 llJb4 16.l:te2 .i.a6 1 7 . l1 d 2 l:tc8 1 8. a 3 llJc2 19.l:tbl llJe3 20.tlfb3 tlfcl 21.l:tcl l:tcl 22.llJel l:tel 23.@f2 llJg2 24.llJg2 l:tfl 25.@e3 llJh6 26.h3 g5 27.l:tdl g4 28.l:tfl .i.fl 29.'1Pf2 gh3 30.llJel h2 final position
The h-pawn March Game235
Morphy,P-Perrin New York 1860 {llJbl odds) 31.1Wf3 .i.c4 32.tlfg2 llJg4, 0-1
Game234 Atalik,S-Miles,A Herald io 1993 l.d4 llJf6 2.c4 g6 3.llJc3 JJ..g7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6 . .lte3 c5 7.llJge2 lbc6 8.tlfd2 e6 9.l:tdl b6 10..i.gS .ta6 1 l.d5 llJeS 12.b3 h6 13.JJ..e3 ed5
l.e4 eS 2.llJf3 llJc6 3. .i.c4 llJf6 4.d4 ed4 S.0-0 llJe4 6. .i.dS llJf6 7.llJgS llJd5 8 . l:l e l .i.e7 9 . 't!t'hS l:tf8 10.'bh7 lbf6 1 l .llJf6 gf6 12.'t!th7 'beS 13 ..i.h6 llJg6 14.h4 dS 15.hS l:th8 1 6 . hg6 l:th7 17.gh7 �d7 18. .i.g7 @d6 19.hS='if (see next diagram)
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1i'd6 24.l:td3 l:le7 25.4Jd2 1i'a6 26.tL\e4 1Wa2 27.h4 tia6 28.h5 l:lee8 29.d6 �h8 30.l:ledl cd6 31 .hg6 d5 32.gf7
19... 1i'h8 20.�h8 Af5 21.�g7 l:lg8 22.Ah6 �c2 23.Af4 �d7 24.�c7 ..ae4 25.�g3 Ad6 26 ..id6 wd6 27.f3 Af3 2s.wr2 Ae4 29.l:tgl d3 30.'it>e3 we5 31 .l:lacl f5 32.%k7 f4 33.wd2 f3 34.g4 f5 35.g5 wf4 36.g6 .:tg6 37.l:tg6 f2 38.l:tcl wf3 39. .:thl �f4 40.l:tfl @f3 41.l%g7 d4 42.a4 a6 43.b4 b5 44.a5 �d5 45.l:lg6 wf4 46.lkl .i.e4 47.l:la6 Ag2 48.'it>d3 fl=1i' 49.l:lfl �fl 50.'it>d4 Ac4 51.l:tf6 wg5 52.'it>e5 Ad3 53.a6 Ae4 54.a7
Game236 Karstanien-Anderssen,A Cologne 1860 l .e4 e5 2.4Jf3 ©c6 3.�c4 Ac5 4.b4 Ab4 5.c3 Ac5 6.d4 ed4 7.0-0 d6 8.cd4 �b6 9.dS 4Ja5 10.e5 li:Je7 ll .©c3 4Jc4 12.1i'a4 Ad7 13.1i'c4 0-0 1 4 . ©e4 �.JS 1 5.Ab2 �e4 16.t!le4 4Jg6 17.l:tadl 'fle7 18.g3 Itae8 19 . .-d3 de5 20.Aa3 �c5 21..i.cS 1i'c5 22.l:tfel h6 23.1i'f5
32 ... l:le7 33.l:ld5 l:let7 34.1i'e5 tie2 3s . .:sd2 •r3 36.J:td7�h7 37.l:lld3 jfg4 38.l:lf7 l:lf7 39.tL\c3 l:td7 40.l:ld7 t!ld7 41.1We4 'it>h8 42.1i'a4 1i'c8, 1/2-1/2
Game237 Lasker,Ern-Blackbume,J Hastings 1895 l .e4 e5 2.tL\f3 4Jc6 3.�bS d6 4.d4 Ad7 5.tL\c3 ed4 6.tL\d4 4Jd4 7.1Wd4 �b5 8.4Jb5 tL\e7 9.0-0 tL\c6 l0.1i'c3 a6 1 l .4Ja3 1if6 12.1i'b3 0-0-0 13.c4 l:te8 14.l:lel 1i'g6 15.Ad2 Jl.e7 16.1i'c2 Af6 17.l:labl �d4 18.b4 tL\e5 19.l:le2 tL\f3 20.�hl 4Jh2 21..i.f4 4Jg4 22.�g3 ..i.e5 23.1!fd3 �g3 24.'ifg3 4Jf6 25.t!lh3 �b8 26.f3 4Jh5 27.l:ld2 l:le5 28.wgl tL\f4 29.'ifh4 4Je6 30.l:ld5 4Jg5 31.tig3 l:ld5 32.cd5 hS 33.b5 h4 34 . 1Wg4 ab5 35.tL\bS h3 36.l:lb2 hg2
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105
25...�e6 26.:gl �d7 27.t!lh3 �c6 28.'ile6 :as 29.:g7 @b6 30.lLJa3 -'.a6 31 .:d7 1!fd7 32.trd7 :ad8 33.trg7 ba3 34.ba3 c4 35.d4 :f2 36.hB-'i' :ha 37.li'hs :n 3s.�b2 ed4 39.1i'd4 �c7 40.a4 :t7 41.a5 wcB 42.11fd6 l:lb7 43.wc3 .i.b5 44.a6 :c7 45.a7, 1-0
Game239 Panov, V-Solutren Moscow 1 952
37.:g2 lLJh3 38.�fl 1ff6 39.e5 de5 40.:h2 e4 41.:h3 11'al 42.�g2 ef3 1.e4 e5 2.lLJf3 lLJc6 3..i.b5 a6 4 ..i.a4 43.wg3 1i'e5 44.cJ;>f3 #d5, 0-1 d6 5.c3 .i.d7 6.d4 .i.e7 7.0-0 .i.f6 8. .ic2 h6 9..i.e3 lLJge7 10.lLJbd2 G a me238 0-0 l l.d5 lLJb8 12.lLJel g5 1 3.c4 Chigorin,M-Pillsbury,H lLJg6 14.c5 lLJf4 15.lLJc4 .i.bS 16.b3 St. Petersburg 1 895 lLJd7 17.cd6 cd6 18.g3 lLJg6 19.lkl 1.e4 e5 2.lLJf3 lLJc6 3. .i.b5 g6 4.lLJc3 'ffe7 20.lLJg2 -'.g7 21 ..i.d2 .i.c4 .i.g7 5.d3 lLJge7 6. .i.g5 f6 7. .i.e3 a6 22.bc4 l:tfc8 23.lLJe3 .i.f8 24..i.b3 8. .i.a4 b5 9 . .i.b3 lLJa5 10.1i'd2 lLJb3 lLJf6 25. 1i'f3 lLJe8 26.lLJf5 'ff f6 1 1.ab3 .i.b7 12 . .i.h6 0-0 13.h4 d6 27.1Wg4 lLJe7 28.h4 'ft'g6 29.hgS 14 .0-0-0 c5 l 5.g4 b4 16.lLJbl a5 lLJf6 30.gf6 #g4 31.fe7 17.:dgl a4 18.ba4 :a4 19.W'e3 ©c6 20..i.g7 wg7 21.g5 lLJd4 22.h5 lLJf3 23.hg6 lLJgl 24.gf6 �f6 25.gh7
3 1 . . . .i.g7 32.cS dc5 33.f3 'ffg6 34.d6@h7 35.�g2 h5 36.:hl .i.f6 37.g4 :gs 38.wfl b5 39 . .i.d5, 1-0
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Game240 Tal,M-N.N. Stuttgart 1 958 1.e4 cS 2.©f3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.4Jd4 ©f6 5.i0c3 g6 6. .i.e3 .i.g7 7.f3 ©c6 8.11t'd2 .i.d7 9.0-0-0 11t'a5 10.�bl J:tc8 1 l.g4 h6 12.h4 a6 13..i.e2 ©e5 14.g5 hg5 1 5.hg5 i:thl 16.gf6 i:tdl 17.lOdl 1'd2 18.fg7, 1-0 final position
Game242 Uhlmann, W-Kovacevic, V Rovinj-Zagreb 1971
linal position
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.©c3 .i.b4 4.©f3 l0f6 5.Wa4 ibc6 6..i.g5 h6 7.cd5 ed5 8. .i.h4 g5 9. .i.g3 ibe4 10.J:tcl h5 1 1 .ibeS .i.d7 1 2 . 'W'b3 'W'e7 13.'tl'd5 h4 14.'tre4 hg3 1 5.4Jd7 J:th2 16.i:th2 gh2
Grune241 Larsen,B-Spassky,B Belgrade 1970 l.b3 eS 2. .ab2 4Jc6 3.c4 ©f6 4.©f3 e4 5.4Jd4 .tc5 6.tLic6 dc6 7.e3 .tf5 8.'i'c2 'fle7 9.�e2 0-0-0 10.f4 ©g4 1 l.g3 h5 1 2.h3 h4 13.hg4 hg3 14.J:tgl i:thl 15.J:lhl g2 16.i:tfl 9h4 17.�dl gfl•'fl, 0-1 (Excelsior!) (ser next diagram)
17.1'h7 0-0-0 18.11t'h2 J:td7 19.'tl'h8 J:td8 20.'W'h3 ..t>b8 21.a3 .i.a5 22.d5 tLie5 23.e4 g4 24.'tth5 f5 25.'iff5
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l:lf8 26.1!fe6 1!fg5 2 7 . � d l a6 8.c4 /0b6 9.1Lic3 0-0 10 ..i.e3 /08d7 28.l:lc2 .i.b6 29.d6 l:ld8 30.l:ld2 cd6 l l .b3 de5 12./0e5 .i.e2 13.1!fe2 c6 3 1 ./0d5 .i.c5 32.b4 Ji..a7 33.1!fe7 14.l:lfdl /Of6 15. .i.f4 l:te8 16.1!ff3a5 9g8 34.l:lc2 l:ld7 35. 'tWh4 :t7 17.l:lacl h6 18.l:ld3 .i.f8 19..i.e3 a4 36.'ttg3 1!ff8 37.�el .i.d4 38./0e3 2 0 . /0 e 4 /Obd7 2 1 . l:l c d l 'tt a 5
l:tf4 39./0d5 l:le4 40.:e2 .i.f2, 0-1
Game243
22./0f6 /Of6 23 . .i.h6 ab3 24.ab3 1!fb4 25 ..i.g5 Ji..e7 26.h4 1!fd6 27.h5 c5 28.h6 cd4 29.h7, 1-0
Lobigas,J-Micheli Skopje 1972 1.e4 c5 2./0f3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4./0d4 /Of6 5.ttJc3 a6 6..t.g5 e6 7.f4 Ji..e7 8.1!ff3 'tWc7 9.0-0-0 ttJbd7 10.g4 b5 l l .Ji..f6 ttJf6 1 2.g5 tlJd7 13.a3 l:lb8 14.h4 b4 1 5.ab4 l:lb4 16.h5 1!fb6 17.tlJb3 .i..b7 18.g6 0-0 19.h6 fg6 20.hg7 fiual position
Game245 Kasparov,G-Vaganian,R Novgorod 1995 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3./0c3 .i.e7 4.tlJf3 /Of6 5 . .i.f4 0-0 6.e3 c5 7.dc5 .i.c5 8. 1i'c2 ttJc6 9.a3 t!fa5 10.0-0-0 .i.e7 20.. J:tf6 21. tWh3 h5 22. .i.d3 ttJc5 23.tlJc5 1Wc5 24.l:thgl .i.c8 25.e5 l:lff4 26.'ifh5, 1 -0
1 l .h4 dc4 1 2..i.c4 b6 13.tlJg5 .i.a6 14./0ce4 g6 l 5. ttJf6 .i.f6 16.ttJe4 .i.e7 17 . .i.a6 1'a6 18.�bl 't!rb7 19.h5 l:lac8 20.hg6 ttJb4 2 1 .gh7
Gamc244
(see 11exl diagram)
Chiburdanidze, M-Ubilava,E Tbilisi 1976
2 1 . .. �h8 22.Ji..e5 f6 23.tlJf6 Ji..f6
l.e4 ttJf6 2.e5 ttJd5 3.d4 d6 4.tlJf3 Ji..g4 5.Ji..e2 e66.h3 .i.h5 7.0-0 Ji..e7
24.i.f6, 1-0
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20... .i.f3 21..i.f6 �l 22.g5 llJe4 23.tlle4 .i.e4 24.llJg4 hS 25.gh6 b3 26.t!faS :as 27. .i.d8, 1-0
After 21.gh7
Gamc246 Atalik,S-Cela,A Chalkida 1996 1.d4 llJf6 2.c4 g6 3.liJc3 .i.g7 4.e4 d6 5.i.e2 0-0 6 . .i.g5 liJbd7 7.f3 c6 8.tllh3 e5 9.d5 cd5 10.cd5 tllc5 1 1.tllf2 a5 12...d2 .i.d7 13.g4 a4 14.h4 •as 15.hS l1fc8 16.l1bl bS 17.llJcdl b4 18.liJe3 .i.b5 19.h6 .i.e2 20.hg7
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Part Four The Mutual Steeplechase Grune247 Spielmann,R-Nimzowitsch,A Bled 1931
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Gatne248 Guimard,C-Rossetto,H Mar del Plata 1 . d4 ©f6 2.©f3 g6 3. .i.g5 .i.g7 4.©bd2 d5 5.e3 0-0 6 . .i.d3 c5 7.c3 1Wb6 8.l:bl ©c6 9.0-0 eS 1O. .i.f6 J.£6 1 1.e4 .i.e6 12.edS .i.d5 13 . .i.e4 lUd8 1 4. .i.d5 l:dS 15.©e4 Ae7 16.c4 lidd8 17.d5 f5 18.tt:Jed2 e4 19.dc6 ef3 20.'tlle l .i.f6 21.cb7 fg2 22.baB-'t!k gfl ='tll
1 .e4 c6 2.©f3 dS 3.©c3 de4 4.©e4 ©f6 S.©g3 cS 6..i.c4 a6 7.a4 ©c6 8.d3 g6 9 . .i.e3 Ag7 10.0-0 b6 1 l .c3 0-0 1 2 . h 3 �b7 1 3 . t!t'e2 ilJ a 5 14 . .i.a2 .i.d5 15.©d2 .i.a2 16.l:a2 ©d5 17.©c4 lLJc6 18.a5 b5 19.©b6 ©b6 20.ab6 t!t'b6 2l.©e4 1fc7 22.ilJc5 a5 23.d4 l:tb8 24.f4 e6 25.l:aal ©e7 26.g4 ©dS 27.l:f3 a4 28..i.d2 1'c6 29.tt:Je4 b4 30.f5 ef5 31 .gf5 a3 32.ba3 bc3 33.f6 cd2 23.tt:Jfl l:a8 24.©e3 J:le8 25.'t!kdl 34.fg7 .i..d4 26.©dS Wd8 27.11rf3 •h4 28.b3 J:le4 29.h3 �g7 30.�fl Af2 3i.q;>g2 .i.d4 32.l:fl 1fg5 33,q;>h1 1Wd2 34.©f4 J:lel 35.©hS �h6 36.©g3 J:tf1 37.lLifl •r2 3a.1tr2 Af2 39.@g2 .i.d4 40.©g3 �g5 41.©e2 .i.e5 42.tllc l �f6 43.tll d3 Ad6, 0-1
34 .. J!te8 35.'ttd3 l:e4 36.'l'e4 l:le8 37. 't!kh4 ilJc3 38.l:tffl 't!kd5, 0-1
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Game249 Plaskett,J-Watson, W Brighton 983
·
1.e4 c5 2.ttJf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.ttJd4 tLJf6 5.tDc3 g6 6..i.e3 �g7 7.f3 0-0 8.'tWd2 ttJc69.g4 �e6 10.0-0-0 tLJd4 l 1 .Ad4 'ti'a5 12.a3 %lfc8 13:h4 l:tab8 14.h5 b5 15.h6 b4 16.hg7 ba3 17.'iih6 ab2
The term Excelsior was the motto of a famous puzzle created by Sam Loyd in 1858, at the Paul Morphy chess club in New York.
Game250 Loyd,S Era 1861
Mate i11 Five
18.
There in the twilight cold and g;ray, Lifeless, but beautiful, he lay, And from the sky, serene and far, A voice fell. like a failing star, Excelsior!
H.Longfellow, "Excelsior"
The idea behind the problem - to perform a pawn march from its initial position to the 8th rank and promo tion - was already known at this time. Loyd's creation, however, stim ulated in chess circles a general in-
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terest in the subject. Later the theme was taken up by several chess com posers; below are some examples of their creative work.
Gamc252 Meier,H Strategie 1882
G a me251 Labourdonnais
Male in Seven l .tx::3 gh2 2.cd4 gh3 3.de5 gh4 4.ef6 cd6 5fg7 lbf66.gh8•'tW hl =• 7.1Wf6• Mate in &>ven
t .'t!fb3 l:lb3 2.ab3 �b4 3.ba4 �as 4.ab5 �b6 5.ba6 �a7 6.ab7 q;,b8 7.ba8='t!f •
Grune253 Meier,H Deutsches Wochenschach 1 885
Mate in Seven
i.q;,b3 e3 2.de3 q;,e4 3.ed4 �dS 4.de5 �6 5.ed6 �d7 6.de7 �e8 7.ed8=lb •
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Game254 Kubbel,L Deutsches Wochenschach 1910
4.'tWg2•) 2.hg3 wg4 3.gh4 whs (3 ... 'iPf4 4 . .td6 �e3 5.l:lg3 <1Pd4 6.'irdl @c4 7 .•d3•) 4.hg5 wg6 S.gh6 Wh7 (5 ...�f7 6.'irh5 �g8 7.h7•) 6.hg7Wg8 7.gb8::s � ·
Game256 Troitzky,A Eskilstuna Kuriren 1916
Mate in Seven l.b4 fg3 2.hg3 l1f4 3.gf4 'ires 4.fe5 iLid6 5.ed6 .tk7 6.dc7 .if3 7.cbB=lLJ •
Game255
White lo play and win
Kubbel ,L Shakhmaty
v
SSSR 1939
t. .adl! .i.b8 2.�e4 a2 3.cb3 <1Pa5 4.b4 �a6 S.bS �a7 (S ...�b5 6.lbc3
+-) 6.b6 a8 7.11Jc7 .tc7 8.bc7 a1=1f 9.c8=1W �a7 10.1i'c5 �b8 1 1 .Wd6 �a7 12.'it'a3 +-
Marc in Sevc11
1.l:tglt ( £:. 2 ... g 2 • ) 1 l:lg3 ( 1 ...l1f2 2. .tf2 .td5 3.Wd5 cwt;>h2 •..
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Game257 Rinck,H Bachler Nachrichten 1 937
7.r;/;a7 �c6 8.c8•1' lk8 9.b7 lk7 10.�aB J:tb7 =
Game259 Korolkov,V 64-Shakhmatnoje Obozrenie
1969
While to play and win
l .�d5 Ae5 2.g3 �f5 3.g4 �f6 4.g5 �f5 5.g6 �f6 6.g7 +-
Game258 Giorgiev,G 1938
White to play and win
1.bc3 �c5 2.cd4 �d6 3.de5 q;e7 4.ef6 �f8 5.fg7 �g8 6.gh8=1W @h8 7.1Wb2 @g8 8.1We2 +-
March of the Doubled Pawns We conclude with a curious trio. Game260 Tylkowski-Wojciechowski Poznan 1931 Whit(' to play and draw 1.f4 d5 2.e3 c5 3.ILJf3 lLJc6 4.Ab5 1.�b5 �d5 2.c4 �d6 3.c5 Wd7 Ag4 5.0-0 e6 6.d3 �e7 7.ILJc3 d4 4.c6 �d6 5.c7 :lh8 6.�a6 cj;>d7 8.lLJbl lLJf6 9.e4 0-0 10.Ac6 bc6
The Steeplechase
1 14
l l .c3 dc3 12.ltJc3 .i.f3 13.l:tf3 ltJg4 14.<;!r>ht 't!td4 15.1Wgl 'tigl 16.�gl .i.d8 l 7. .i.e3 ltJe3 18.l:te3 .ab6 19.l:tdl h6 20.e5 f6 21.ef6 l:tf6 22.l:tf3 c4 23.d4 cS 24.dS edS 25.l:tdS �h7 26.l:td7 l:td8 27.l:tb7 %tg6 28.l:tg3 l:tg3 29.hg3 l:td2 30.ltJa4 l:tb2 31.ltJb2
3 1 . .. c3! 32.l:lb6 c4! 33.l:tb4 a5! 34.'bc4 c2! 35.ltJaS cl-1W 36.�h2 •cs 37.l:tb2 1Wa5 38.g4 1Wel 39.g3 h5 40.gh5 �h6 ( ... ) , 1-0 The same idea is seen in the fol· lowing game, given with commentary by the 3rd world champion, J.R. Capablanca.
Game261 Ortueta-Sanz Madrid 1933
1.e4 e6 2.d3 (Not as new as one might think. Back in 1 9 1 1 Nimzowitsch was playing this move, and, if I am not mistaken, he used it against me in the 191 1 San Sebastian
Tournament) 2 d5 3.�c3 (Here Nimzowitsch would play 3.ltJd2 with the aim of bringing about a position with White which is like the Hanham Variation of the Philidor Defense. Nimzowitsch's idea con· tains a general plan, but here White soon plays d3-d4 which, so to speak, condemns his complete opening, since it merely involves the loss of tempo) 3 .../0f6 ( He could also play 3... c5 with an excellent position) 4.es �fd7 5.f4 .i,b4 (Of very doubtful value, since it gives White the opportunity to play 6.a3) 6..i,d2 (An overly defensive move, which gives the initiative to Black without compensation ofany kind; this is suf ficient to refute entirely White's plan of development) 6 0-0 7./0f3 f6 8.d4 cS 9./0bS (White wastes the best opportunity offered by the bad position of Black's Bishop at b4, the result of his opponent's weak fifth move. The text move leads to a very inferior game, if not completely lost. Here it is necessary to play 9.a3! cd4 [9... i.a5 10.b4! cb4 1 1 .ab4 .i.b4 12.ltJbS .ad2 13.1"d2] 10.ab4 dc3 11 .i.c3, and in return for a pawn White has a formidable position) 9 fe5 (A serious error which should have cost Black the full bene fit of White's ninth move. The cor rect line would have been 9... J.d2 10.'ii'd2 cd4 l l.'bbd4 ltJc5) 10.de5 (Another mistake. 10.�b4 was the right move, and if 10... cb4 1 1 . fe5 •••
•..
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with a good position) 10...J::lf4? hand, can quickly bring all his pieces 11.c3 J:le4 12.Ae2 .i.a5 13.0-0 to the attack) 17.•c2 (This move is (The situation has completely a disaster. White limits, and almost changed owing to Black's insistence ruins, the scope of action of his best on incorrect complications. Al, piece. With 17. Wh5 h6 18..th6 gh6 though he has won a pawn his pieces [If 18 .. Jlh6 19.'irt7 and mate in are undeveloped, making it almost two] 19Jlf6 1Wf6 20.l:fl and there is impossible for him to defend himself. no defense. After 17.1Wh5 Black Such things can sometimes happen could play 17 ... g6!, but after 18. ti'h4 in closed positions, but not in open there is no defense against the threat positions like the present one. of 1 9. .tgS. For example, 18 ... c4 Black's only positional compensa, 19.AgS l:fl 20.l:fl 'tt'b6 21...t>hl tion is the strong central situation of cd3 22.l:t7 �t7 [If 22. . . hS then his pawns and, above all, the fact 23. 1if4 llJd7 24.l:e7] 23.1Wh7
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G a m e262 Bejnfest,B Shakhmaty v SSSR 1976
32...c3 33.J:lb6 c4 34.J:lb4 a5 (The finishing touch to this short but pretty combination) 3S.lt)c4 c2 (It is not necessary to give the three or Wliite Co play and win four further moves that were played before White resigned. The ending Lf6 l:tg3 2.fS %tg2 3.�hl l:tgS of this game, moves 31,34, is an ex 4.h4 l:th5 5.'itgl %th4 6.f7 %tg4 tremely beautiful miniature. It is a 7.h2 l:th4 8.@g2 +pity that the rest of the game is not at the same level as such a sublime ending}, 0-1 Q. R. Capablanca. El Ajedrez Espause, Feb. 1936, pp. 39-4 1)
Postscript
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Postscript Our next issue of The Tactician's Handbook will be dedicated to the fascinating world of "Domination," the trapping and containment of various pieces. One well known ex, ample is the first game of the world championship match between Fischer and Spassky.
Game263
After 29... .th2
trapped) 33.Wg2 hg3 34.fg3 .i.g3 3S.Wg3 (White has an extra piece,
Spassky,B-Fischer,R Reykjavik 1972
and gains the victory after further errors) 3S ... wd6 36.a4 wdS
1.d4 /;lf6 2.c4 e6 3./;lf3 dS 4./;lc3 .i.b4 S.e3 0-0 6..i.d3 cS 7.0-0 /t)c6 8.a3 .i.aS 9./t)e2 dc4 10.,i.c4 .i.b6 1 1 .dcS W dl 12.J:ldl .i.cS 13.b4.i.e714..i.b2 .i.d7 lS.J:acl 1Vd8 t6.lt)ed4 l;ld4 17.lt)d4 .i,a4 18..i.b3 .i.b3 19./t)b3 l:l d l 20.J:(dl J:lc8 21 .ci>fl wfs 22.we2 lt)e4 23.J:lcl J:cl 24..i.cl f6 25./;laS lt)d6 26.wd3 .i.d8 27./t)c4 .i.c7 28.it)d6 .i.d6 29.bS .i.h2
37..i.a3 We4 38..i.cS a6 39.b6 fS 40.wh4 f4? (40...
(see next diagram)
30.g3! (Quite a typical Domination. White catches che opponent's Bishop "behind the lines") 30...hS 3t.we2 h4 32.wf3 We7 (Useless is 32 ...h3 33.
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Index of Players
Index of Players Agdestein,S 36 Aisenstadt 1 72 Akvist,H 94 Alekhine,A 2, 10,2 1,50, l 7 l Alexandria,N 136 Alvarez 22 Anderssen,A 179,236 Andrianov,N 1 1 1 Anelli,A 33 Arbakov,V 1 15 Atalik,S 234,246 Averkin,O 1 19 Baburin,A 1 2 1 Bagirov,V 1 19,132,133,192 Balla,Z 48 Bareev,E 1 3 1 Bebchuk,E 43 Bednarsky,J 130 Bejnfest,B 262 Belavenets,S 52 Beliavsky,A 133,140,191 Benderac,A 15 5 Benko,P 146 Bermudez,S 83 Bemstein,S 233 Bilek,! 184 Bilenkin 58 Bilguer,P 78,84,85 Bird,H 8 1 Bisguier,A 189 Biwer,J 97 Blackbume,J 2 15,217,237 Blumenfeld,B 10
Bobocov 206 Bogoljubow,E 2 ,103,156,220 Bogosian 185 Boleslavsky,I 3 1 Bollner 202 Bondarevsky,l 52 Book,E 75 Borsna 153 Bozic 186 Brody,M 48 Brosztel 57 Bukhman,E 148 Bukic,E 1 10 Bunjaev 40 Bum,A 203 Byhovsky 43 Calvo 210 Capablanca,J 7 Carls 44 Carransa,L 1 7 Cela,A 246 Chandler,M 226 Charousek,R 5,57,202,216 Charushin,V 1 Cherepkov,A 29,32 Chemin,A 107 Cherny 42 Chiburdanidze,M 244 Chigorin,M 61 ,62,64,238 Chistiakov,A 2 2 1 Dalmagro,D 157 Davydov 45 De Firmian,N 162 De Riviere,J 2 14 Dokhoian,Y 126 Dolmatov,S 224 Dorrer 58 Drevoricev 38 Duras,0 66 Dumouo 60
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Dus-Chotimirsky,F 82 Dvoirys,S 161 Dvorzinsky 30 Dzhandzhava 102 Ehlvest,J 1 1 1, 1 12 Ekvist 4 1 Epishin,V 9 Epstein 90 Fadeev,V 99 Fahmi,H 93 Federov 42 Filippov 175 Filips 55 Finn 72 Fischer,R 263 Flear,G 1 1 7 Forgacs,L 49 Forintos,G 206 Fritz3 175 Fu 53 Gabriel,C 129 Garnett 23 Gavrikov,V 158, 167,192 Gebric 2 1 1 Gelman 168 General Bertrand 4 Georgiev,K 177 Giorgiev,G 258 Gipslis,A 196 Gize 2 1 Gleizerov,E 161 Gollney 88 Golovko,N 70 Gralka,J 149 Grekov,N 101 Grigoriev,N 12,50,101 Grivas,E 197 Grunberg 142 Gruenfeld,E 2 18 Grunn 5
The Steeplechase
Guimard,C 248 Gunsberg,l 201 Gunter,D 195 Gurevich,D 139 Guttzeit 77 Hauzman,A 124 Hecht,H 8 Helabert 83 Hildenhejmo 75 Hofmeister 13 Horvath,C 108 Huss,A 24 Hvenkilde,J 94 llincic,Z 1 5 1 lvanchuk,V 100, 138, l 7 7,2 13 Jadas 186 Jaenisch,C 79,80 Janowsky,D 65 Jun 100 Kachn,I 229 Kaidanov,G 152 Kamsky,G 1 4 1 , 199 Kamyshov,M 145 Kanstler,B 125 Karasev,V 148 Karklins,A 189 Karpov,A 105,193 Karpov,Al 123 Karstanien 236 Kashdan,I 220 Kasparov,G 245 Kassidi 97 Katalymov,B 32, 182 Kazautev 154 Keene,R 36 Kharitonov,A 167,225 Kherkin 174 Kiezeritzky,L 77 ,86 Killberg 96 Kishnev,S 150
Index of Players
Klovan 89 Konstantinopolsky,A 2 2 1 Koppe 232 Korolkov,V 259 Koshelev 45 Kosic,D 1 5 1 Koski 95 Kotov,A 230 Kotrc,J 7 1 Kovac 9 1 Kovacevic,V 242 Kozlicek,L 92 Kramnik,V 141,199,2 1 3 Krausser,H 195 Krischewsky 53 Krivaus 40 Krogius,N 145 Kubbel,L 254,255 Kupriechik,V 34, 1 13, 129 Labourdonnais 251 Larsen,B 241 Lasker,Em 6,1 7 1 ,237 Lazard,F 79,80,84 Lermahn 123 Levenfish,G 228 Levitsky,S 1 1 Lilienthal,A 7 Linden 56 Linze 96 List,P 28 Ljubojevic,L 9 1 ,223 Lobigas,J 243 Lobron,E 1 2 7 Loginov,V 120 Loyd,S 250 Lputian,S 1 15 Lukacs,P 108, 131 Machusky 56 Majet 78,85 Makogonov,V 2 7
Marakushkin 204 Marco,G 170 Marjasin 90 Maroczy,G 63 Marovic,D 210 Marshall,F 65,66,69 Martinez,} 35, 159 Matveeva,S 3 7 Medina 231 Meier,H 252,253 Mendez 128 Merlan 200 Mestel,J 166 Micheli 243 Mieses,J 41,61,63,64,72,73 Mikheev 99 Miles,A 234 Milicevic 223 Molotkovsky 69 Moreno 128 Morgado,J 208 Moring 190 Morphy,P 8 1 ,87,214,235 Muller 23 Muratov,V 182 Myers,H 22 N.N. 3, 76,240 Napoleon I 4 Neumann,G 179 Neverov,V 1 18 Nikolic,P 143 Nillson,B 25 Nimzowitsch,A 25,219,247 Novak 14 Noviko_v,I 154 Novosibirsk 164 Nyholm,G 67,68 011,L 124, 125 Onat,I 147 Ortueta 261
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Osmolovsky,M 29 Padevsky,N 183 Palatnik,S 2 12 Panchenko,A 106, l l 4, 120 Panov,V 181,227,239 Pantaleev,D 98 Pasman,M 166 Pavlov 225 Pavlovic,M 197 Peev,P 185 Peres 19 Peres,T 155 Perrin 235 Pestic 233 Petrov 98 Petrovic 7 1 Petursson 198 Philidor,A 76 Pillsbury,H 170,238 Pinter,J 1 10, 191 Pisarev 209 Plachetka,J 132 Planinc 222 Plaskett,J 249 Pokoevchik,J 190 Polerio,G 3 Polgar,J 9 Polgar,S 2 1 2 Polugaevsky,L 134 Pomar,A 231 Popov,L 109,205 Portisch,L 173 Purins 208 Pytel,K 146, 149 Rabine 82 Rabinovich,A 62 Rabinovich, I 229 Ragozin,V 26,27,12 1,228 Razuvaev,Y 34,95 Ree,H 153
The Steeplechase
Reihstein 207 Reshevsky,S 88 Rethy,P 6 Reti,R 67 Ribli,Z 107 Riemann,F 169 Rinck,H 257 Ristic 176,224 Riumin 163 Rivas,M 1 16 Roizman,A 3 1 Rossetto,H 248 Ruban,V 194 Rubinstein,A 73,219 Rundau 187 Rusakov 54 Sabyanov 122 Sadler,M 152 Saemisch,F 20 Saenz,D 35 Saitzev 158 Salov,V 1 18 Sanz 261 Saratov 164 Saullson 55 Savanovic,A 176 Schaffer 2 16
Schallopp,E 201
Schmidt 109, 187 Schteinbok 232 Schussler,H 24 Schuster 44 Schweber,G 33 Serper,G 168 Shabalov,A 13 7 Shaffer 2 16 Sharpautje 87 Shchekachev 46 Shirov,A 140, 143,145, 162 Shmit,A 39
Index of Players
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Shneider 150 Shuganev 142 Shumjakina 3 7 Sideif,Zade 102 Smejkal,} 130 Sobol 209 Sokolov,A 188 Soldatenkov,K 60 Solutren 239 Sorokin,N 181 Sosonko,G 207 Sozin,V 26
Tukmakov,V 104, 1 13,174 Tylkowski 250 Ubilava,E 144 Udovich,M 22 7 Uhlmann,W 136,242 Vaganian,R 226,245 Vaisser,A 106 Van Wely,L 178 Veenink,H 18 Vekshenkov,N 188 Verlinsky,B 54,163 Vidmar,M 47,103
Spassky,B 241,262 Spielmann,R 49,74,2 18,247
Vitolins,A 39 Vojzehorsky 46 Vullovcic 205 Walbrodt,C 2 1 7 Watson,J 249 Wemer,M 127
Stein 30 Steinitz,W 130,200 Stolberg,M 70 Suba,M 135 Suetin,A 89 Taimanov,M 147,172 Tal,M 8,173,183,184,240 Tarrasch,S 1 56, 169,203 Tartakower,S
93,180
28,47,51,68,74,
Tatai,S 135 Tavadian,R
1 14 Te Kolste,J 15 Tenikin 1 1 2 Tenunovic 59 Thorhallsson,G 196, 198 Timman,J 105,160,193 Timoshenko,Geo Tjunkov 204 Tolush,A 230 Topalov,V 178 Torre,E 134 Trangoni 92 Treybal,K 16 Tringov,G 222 Troitzky,A
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Westerinin,H 165 Westmann 165 Wirthensohn,H 1 1 7 Witkomb 86 Wojciechowski 260 Wolf,S 5 1 ,2 1 1 Yakovich, Y 126 Yermolinsky,A 1 16,137,139 Yusupov,A 104, 160 Zakeralo 38 Zakharevich,l 122 Zalisnak,J 157 Zanibelli 59 Zuckermann,B Zukertort,J 2 1 5
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About the Author Victor Charushin was born in the Russian Republic of Udmurtija in 1932. He is by profession a civil engineer, lecturing at the Academy ofArchitec ture and Building in Nizhny Novgorod where he lives - but his first love is chess. Victor is well known in the world of correspondence chess, and has placed among the prize,winners in several European Championships. In 1986 Victor earned the ICCF International Master tide, after which his at, tention turned to writing. Charushin is the author of over twenty books, including biographies of Alekhine and Bogoljubow.
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