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Wii ith The Kng's Gabit Volume One

 r 

WINNING WTH THE KING'S GAMBIT Volume One ACCEPED

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

Atdes The Mfaceted K.G.A

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CHAPTR ON .

The Mod e (3 ... d5) Defese  e4, e5  f4 ef 3 N£ d5

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CHAPTR TWO

Bobby Fischers " Bst (3 ... d6)  e4 , e5  f4, ef 3 N£ d6

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CHAR REE

The Ancien 3 ...g5  e4, e5  f4, e 3 N£ g5

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CHAPTR FO

Abe Beckers 3 ... h6 Finesses  e4, e5  f4 ef 3 N£ h6

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CHAPTR FIV

M Ewes Defese (3 ... Be7)  e4 e5  4 ef 3 N£ Be7

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NNNG W HE KNG' GAM ACCED

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CHA SX

E   6  e4, Schaos e5  f4, 3ef 3   f6

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CHAPTE SEVEN

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The Vaaon Whou A ame (3  c6)  e4, e5  f4, ef 3   c6 CHAPTE EIGHT

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Oer Vaaons

  neve

eV

b c

w



f y nog ls v w,  oen d; • as am s . Gambit  pt f< f gs� .· · ir

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5 INTRODUCTION

ATITDES Th Kng's Gambt has njoyd a srang rutaon ovr h yars among grandmastrs and amaurs alk. W rfr to hnk tht th gamb s frvolous obsolt and sho fu of analycal hols. But w also don't wan to b layg Black afr  4 5 2 f4 d hav o dfnd t t. An ustraton of ths curous atttud: Back  914 a caso was ond  Badn b Vnna and h ownrs dcdd to do what co orators had bn dong snc th u of h cntury sonsor a chss touamnt as a mans of romotng busnss. Th orators askd h rscd chss dor Gorg Marco to run matrs and h dcdd that t should b  gmbt touamnt n whch vry gm bgn wh Wht ong som ng sd gambt. Marco's lan da was to rvv th 19h cntury gambt sr whch smd o b dyng out as mor and mor gams bgan wh  d4 d5 aftr 1900. Undr Marco's rls layrs  th touamnt could choos Kng's Evas' Dansh Scotch or Two Knghts Dfns gamb lns. Th lyrs h chos to nv ncludd tr gambrs such as Rudolh Slman. Bu thy wr outnumbrd by youngstrs who would b consdrd Hyrmods  Rchard R Gyula Bryr and Sally Ttkowr I ud ou that Wht lcd to o h Kng's Gamb n 20 of th 90 gams lyd at Bdn But ds th "oor rutaon of th 3 N vrson of  gamb ccd Black rd to avod  t That arcular gambt occurrd only thr tms

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NNNG WH HE KNG GM CCEPED

wh Blac losng wce and wnng once on a gross bunder. And when ayers deced o dece he gamb Bac won once drew sx mes  and os egh mes Perhas he Baen maer were uenced by wha haene n he rs round: ReNyhom Baen be Venna 914:

2 3

e4 4 N

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Nc3

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e e4 N6

Nowaays we refer o chlenge Bacs hd move wh 4 e5!. The modes ex moves erms Bac o ransose no a oson usuay reached by 3 N 5 4 exd5 Nf6 5 Nc3.

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ed Nd

d Nd d

Introduction  

d4 c4

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K!

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Bd6 e6 c

A commo dea  the Kgs Gmbt Accepted Whte clears the ee for exploao by s kg rook. H g s que sfe as log as he c5 dgo remas obsruced he g move o  woud hve bee eve sroger afer he oher quee checks eg 8 Qe4 ch 9 K! B 10 c5!, Be7 II Bb5 ch! c6 12 Bc4 d wh 13 Re comg up Whe has a excellet gme 

A bsc rule of the gamb s ht f Whe ca grab the paw a f4 Black  tu ou o be the gambteer  ad  hve suce compesao Afer 8   Qe6 ch 9  Whe 

hrees 0 c5 ad II B4 Roue play by Blck o proec f4 such as 9  Qf6 0 c5 Be II Qd2! g5 l allow 12 b4! ad 13 Bb2 wh remedous ply for Whes bshops, ad eveuy hs rooks 

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WNNN W E KNG' GAM ACCEPED

10 Bd3 1 1 Re c 1 2 Qe2 13 b4

Q6 K Bd

Typca of he spr of a mode Kngs Gamb. Whe ghs for he cener even a he cos of a qeen sde pawn (13...cxb4 14 c5

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b6 Be4

Ths appears o wn orght (5 b5 comg p bt  has a seros acca aw. Wh 4 dxc5! and 5 b5 Whe wod have  qeen sde bnd and a hge advanage.

4 15 b5 16 Nxd4

Nc6 Nxd4 Re

Aga a move conssen wh he hemes of e gamb acceped Back brngs hs rook o safey and prepares o expo

Intrductn

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th l n

1 N 18 Bd5 19 Rxe2

 Rxe2 ch

Wht mad a n qun sacrc that avods gtg th worst of t Now 19 g5 20 Bb2 Rg8  robaby bst wth roghy qual chancs

19 20

Bb2

21 22 23 24 25

Be5 Rae1 Nxe5 Kg1 N

Be Bf6 g5

Bxe5 Qh4 ch Be8 Qh5

Wht can w out hs matral dct wth 26 R8 ch but h has much bttr

26 2 28

Nxg5 Re  ch Bf

Kg Kh6

(See dim, n  pe)

A wondrful strok Back must surrndr th qun sc 28  B fal to h kght fork and 28    Qg5 ows 29 R16 ch Kg 30 Bh5 ch Kg8 31 R8 ch Kg 32 R8 ch Kg8 33 B and wns wh nsung rook chcks

28 29 30

Bxh5 Rxa

Kxg5 Bxh5 

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WNNNG WH HE KNG' GM CCED

  2 p!

31 32 33 34 35 36

Re Kxg2 Kg3 K Rad R e c

xg2 6 £4 c Rd Ra K4

Bck sn' ry for bur n   xh6 h hs hs own sros of chcks bgnnng    . x2 ch. 

3 3 39

Rd2 Re6 Rxb6

Ra4 Rxc4 Rb4

An hr 40 5 b2 ch wou g pproch  rw (See dm nt p ge)

40 41 42 43

Rx6 a3 Rc6 Kg2

c4 Rb3 R c Rxa3

Intrductn

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(osn afer 39  

44

Rxc4

Black rfets 10

Neverheless, openng theory was chng d Marcos experment wa s somehng o f a lop. Even hough the be st players n the world hd been usng the KGA. for more hn a century, he gambt w largely forgoten afer 920 Oca theory concluded t was "speculave or "quant  words tha hed a dubousness whou exacly sayng so. No one had found a refutaton of the gmbt, but lke so many openngs t fel from favor  a mter of fhon It wa not un two Russans, Davd Bronsten and Bors Spssky, began plyg the gambt n the 950s th the K.G.A. reganed respecablty. Here the two men mos responsble for the gambt's rehablton slug t out  one of he songes of he Sove Chmponshps. SpskyBronsen, U.S.S.R. Chmponshp Lenngrad 1960

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e5 ex£4

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WG WH HE KNG' GAM ACCEPED

n hs notes to ths game, Spassky rased the natur queston: Why s the ngs Gambt so rarey seen these days? Hs aser  that fe mode payers ere comfoabe t the pace and carty of the openng, and prefeed the muddy maneuveng of the Ruy Lop ez. And snce defensve s had mproved so much n  century t  beeved at t as very dcut to successfuy conduct a ngs Gambt attack. But t seems to me, Spssky added, that n the ngs Gambt Back must pay vey exacty  order to equaze.

3 4

4

N exd5

d5

Bd6

Bronste, t the hte peces, had ost a ceebrated game to ord champon Mkh Botvnnk n 92 that con ued th the mode  . .. Nf6. n that ne Back s usuay g to exchange o hs f pan for the ne Whte pan at d5 But n ths game Back chooses the oher mn strategy He decdes to make t dcut for Whte to regan the f-pan, by protectng t th a kght and bsop

Irodcio

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Ths hoe s sy bause  reaes he ossby of an avanhe of Whe cene awns  d2d4 and ae c2c4c5!. Bu assy refers a more dynmc oy, usg mnor ees rahr han he baerng ram cawn

5 6  

Nc3 d4 Bd3 00

Ne 00 Nd h6

Ba aes me ou o avod Ng5 eg  00 9 Ng5! Ng6 0 Qh5 or 9 . h6 10 Nge4 and Whe sds we. Now  Whe wans o u a ngh on e4  l temoay cos m a wn 

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9 Ne4 0 c4 1 Bxe3

2

Nxd5 Ne3 fxe3

c

Anoher haracersc seres of moves Bac s g to

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NNNG W E KNG GAM AEED

ve back the f-awn  ret for creag darksqes weak nesses Bt White gains sace and dects his attenon towards  and h7. 12 13 Bc2 14 Qd3

Be7 Re e2

With this move Back tes to ve back the exa awn to break Whites stde (15 Qxe N d  B, or 15  N Sssk now makes a remakabe sacce whose m ne ns ten moves ong and eads to comex b aroximatey even chances

15 Nd6 16 Nx£7

N

his second saccia oer woud have been mae agnst 15 .. f6 aso. What, yo might wonder, woud have haened  Back acceted the ina sack? he most dct ne for Whie woud have been 1 5... Bxd6 (ceng e7 for the gs escae) 6 cxd6, exf (Q) ch 7   cxd6 18 Qh7 ch,

Intrductn

15

 19 Qh8 ch Ke7 20 Re ch, Ne5 21 Qxg7 and now 2  Rg8 22 Qxh6 Qb6 23 Kh, Be6! 24 dxe5 d5 and now with 25 Ba4 White h good compensation  et fo s slight (Exchange fo pawn matel decit

16 1 Rx

ex (Q) ch B

n ode to netae th e c2h7 agonal Black ets his boot White l again end p with compensaon fo the Exchange, b  me it is too geat The pe wa to end the game wold have been 17  18 Ne5 ch, Kg8 19 Qh7 ch, Nxh7 20 Bb3 ch d Ng6 mate Who sas biant KG.As cant  plaed b mode gandmastes? 

18 Qx 19 Qf4 20 N3e5

Qd Bf6 Qe

21

Bxe5

Bb3

16

WINNING  TE KINGS GAMIT ACCEPED

T  one of the most wdely seen chess posions ever havng been wtnessed by lions of people - wen it wa sed  he sh to a game wo by the evil Soviet spy mter "onst en in te 1964 James Bod movie Fm Rsia With Lv.

Nxe5 c Qe 4 c

22 23

7 Black Ress 0

After 24 ! Black w not be able to serously cone What both rosein d Spsy had scovered wa the rc posional depth of the gambi When Black plays 2 .ex4 he is mang a sght but sicant surender of te center. That surender may not seem much but over he years expeience has shown that  Wte regains the sacced pawn usuly by Bxf4 afer is dpaw advances then he shoud have some supeorit Ths mode theor or for tat matter opeg teoy n genera since 1900 wa bed on the assumpion that Black must eiher retan he extra pawn (wt a chain of felow pawns at g5 and h6 or with a knigh a h5) or force some enemy conces sions i the ceter. We w consider te pawnchan n hree forms  . g5  .h6 ad  d6  well  he transposiioal  Nc6. The mode alteaives sch   ..d5 or e delayed versions  ..Be7 ad  ..e ae cosidered in three oter capers 

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 

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Itrodctio

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THE MULTFACETED KGA

n ny  not ost openings  pye  enjoy y te fth move  fy good ide of ht the ne futue oes him He i pobby no fo expe hethe by ove  the posion  be tcc o posion, hete the cente   open o cosed nd pehps e non excty ht te pn stuctue w be Not so, in the KGA Afte  exf White y e ced upon to conuct seve eent types of posions They vy considey  

fom endgme to sshing ttc Fo exmpe StotzSeisch Seunde 

1 2 3

4

e4 f4 N h4

e5 exf4 g5

We w be ecoending  deent poicy fo White

18

WINNING  THE KING'S GMIT CCED

when faed with 3...g5. This gae is well worth studyg, howeer, beause it was one of te rst ode grandaster gaes o llusrate e adantage to White of reahng a eary endgae. Preiously, he attude of any ters was: Wen White oers a gabit, he ust attak d he annot atak whout his ueen Gosta Stolz appreiated a  erent point: Without s ueen Blak annot easly defend!

4 5 Ne5  d4 7 Nd3 8 Bxf4 9 Qe2 10 c3

g4 N£ d Nxe4 Qe 7

Bg7 5

ow, if Blak is not hallenged  the ne few oes, he w soothly oorate his reang piees with 11 B, 12. 6 and 13. His ng side weaknesses w be wel poteted then

11 Nd2 12 Kxd2 13 Bxe2

Nxd2 Qxe2 c

(See diaam nt pe.) Ths ay tehally be led the endgae but it is ore of a "ueenless ddlegae. White now is able to use his rooks eeely at e1 and  whle is reang kght yes to oupy the d5 outpost For eaple, 1 1  12 Be3,  13 Nf4, Bg6 14 d5 oers White exelent opensaon

13 14 R

B Nbd7

Inroducon

19

on ae 13 

Black takes cae that hs othe kght l be adeaely otected o f6 ad that he l be able to lay a aw to c6 to kee cotol of d5 Ad dcao of what wod hae afte 14. c6   e: 15 Bg5! Bg6 16 f4  17 Bd3 Bxd3 18 xd3 f6 19 Be3   f4 Rh8 21 d5 Rac8  Bg5 ad Whte eces doate

15 Nb4! 1 6 Bb5 ch!

N6

A embaassgly srog move to cofo Black wth O 16.c6 Whte l haly sacce o c6  17 xc6 bxc6 18 Bxc6 ch Ke7 19 Bxa8 a8  Bg5 Be6 21  ad  Ra  comg  vey stoy.

16 17

Bd7 Rae1 ch

d 8

Thees o mch mrovemet  17 .  18 Bxd7 xd7 19 d5 ad  xc7

18

Bg5!

Bxb 5

20

WINNING WITH THE KING'S GIT CCED

19

Rxf!

Black Resigs 10

Back cnt even ech move 20 - despie the absence of queens Afe 19 .Bxf6 hee woud foow 20 Bxf6 ch Kd7 2 1 Re7 ch, Kd8 22 Rx ch Ke8 23 Re7 ch  24 Rxc7 Rg8 25 b7 wih a wing p osiion. A emkale game - and emkably nscie 

Itroducto

2

BSIC PRINCIPLES

Tere w be itance  te page  anali tat lw  wic Wte bet pic i t excange queen. (See Capter Five i pacular) Tere  a b tce (c Capter Tree)  wc te bet pc  t ip g l ut r ate Regadle  te tk ped b Back Wite uld keep  d certain baic principe  te K.G. Te rt  tat ater 2 . ex Back ke certai pi ccei  rder t be a pawn aead Ti a be bviu but ten paer, wit Wte r Back rget ti pit. Te beieve at  Back retu  exta pawn e uld be abe t eque. Nt true: unle e a euaed Wte' advatage i pace r ced te ke attacg ne uc  te le ad b3 diagnal, Back ma ver wel ave canged r beig wre i a pawnup pn t being wre i a equmateri pin 

ner pit t keep in id i tat Wite ut retai e pe  te itiave at a e I e et Back cll te tune e w mt ike be ig. Even a geat paer uc  Pau Kere ked ke a aateur we e ailed t eed  advice Kerelattev U.S.S.R. Capinip 

1 2 3 4 5  7 8

e4 £4 N Bc4 e5 0-0 d4 exd

e5 ex£4 Be7 N£ Ng4 Nc d5 Bxd

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WINNING W TE KINGS GAMIT ACCEPED

We  e ecommendng a sghly deent system fo Whe when we consder we's 3 Be7 n Chapte Fve ote that here  Re1 ch cod even e met by  ? 10 c3, B (11 e, Bxe 12 xe, g5 wh a e gme fo Back) 

9 Nc3 10 Ne2

0-0

he egnnng of a sow pan When Whe h an aeatve method of atcng f 10 d5, Be6   B3 - he shold avod sch maneves

10 11 Bxe3

Ne3 fxe3

(See diaam nt page)

12

a3

And hee 12 Qd3! seng a key dgona and pepang Re1 followed y g3 and Rxe3 was mch to e pefered.

Introduction

23

(on afe ll  

12 13 14

Qd3 Rae1 1 5 3 1  Nc3 1 7 Nd5

Qf! Q Bg4 B5 Rae 8 e2!

White has aen too long to acvate his foces and pays fo it: 1 8 Rxe2 allows 1 8 Rxe2 1 9 Qxe2 Nxd4! and Blac wins he es of the game eqes litle commen ven a gea aacke ike Kees cod do te once he had ost he ave: 

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18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

R c3 Rexe2 Rx Qxc4 b4 Rx Kh2 d5 d3 Rg3 d4 3 0 c4 3 1 cxd5 3 2 c5 33 b7

Bg3 a5 Bx ch xc4 c6 Bx Qc1 ch Qxb2 a5 Qxa3 Q6 g6 cxd5  b6 Qc7

Whe Resgns 1

6:

ow ets meet  deenses ater I e4, e5 2 4 ex4 3

Itroductio

25

Capter Oe:

The Mode (3 d5} Defese

Capter To:

Bo ishers "Bs (3 d)

Capter Tree:

The Aie 3 g5

Capter Fou:

Alet Bekers 3 h esse

Capter Fie:

M Ewes Defese (3 Be7)

Capter Si:

El Shlos 3 Nf

Capter Seen:

The Variato Witho a Nae (3 N)

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











Cape ig:

Ohe Vaaios

2 CR ONE

e ode (3



d5) Deense

For approximately 40 years the move 3 d5 h eed the mters nod as the best method of countering he  heo hs not always been able to prove equity for Black and, i fact, it is hite who h the greater number of choices after 3 d5 4 exd5, f evertheless, 3  d5 remains popul chey because it is the most eecve in minimizing hites initiave he cos to Black is usuay the gambit pawn 1

2

e4 £4

e5 ex£4

he various methods of refusig the gambit are consid ered  the companion volume to ths "innng wth e ngs ambit eclned

3

N

here is something to be said for oher versions of the ings ambit (3 Bc4; 3 Q; 3 c3) but ths is the most soid hite secures the e-h4 diagonal against queen checks d prepares the tradiional quick-development attack agaist  (Bc4 and 00 followed by e5 d B4 or Qh5)

3

d5

(S di  p)

From me to time ou w d opponents who  wt to avoid hites thd-move alteaves (menoned  te lt note by way of hs clever transposiona trck:  e4, e5 2 f4 d5

Chapter One

2

(on ae  d 

3 xd5 (now 3...4 is h alr Counrgambi 3...xf4!. Thr may b a way o xploi hs mov ordr bu w rcommnd h simpl 4 N. Thn Black h nohng much mor o say han 4 .. Nf6, which ransposs xacly ino our mn n blow.

4

exd5

I is asy o s why Blacks lqudaion of h cnr wih movs hr and four appars o many dfndrs. H closs h dangrous b3 diagonal and prpars o ca. His dvlop mn  now b smooh (...Nf6, ...B and 00 and, i alowd o rcapur on d5, h l rain his xra pawn for a a h nx svral movs. Amps by Wh  o rain maal quay usuay av Black wih h niaiv,  in h mos popular "book vaaon  4...Nf6 5 Bb5 ch, c6 6 dxc6, Nxc6  d4, Bd6 8 Q2 ch, B6 9 Ng5, 00  0 Nx6, 6   Bxc6, bxc6 and  Qc.. Ra8.

4

N6

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hen Blacks thid oe w st tied he ollowed it up with e sipe-ded 4.xd5 5 c d8 but ter 6 Bc4 Bd6 7  and ter 8 Re1 ch deenders soon dscoered how uch e they had lost. A conteporary ersion o  4 . xd5 is the slaughter listed below a ustraie ae   Occionally you  see 4Bd6 a siilar idea to our an ne except that Black akes sure he w not lose his 4 pawn beore he attends to the recapture on d5. is knight ay go to d7 and e7 where ey set up a deensie wa around e g olowed by . 6 and ...exd5 oweer the bishop on d6 block access to d5 d akes i eer or te to retain a poweru cenra pawn ront with d2-d4 and c2c4 Best play ater 4...Bd6 appeas to be 5 d4 e7 6 c4! ollowed by c and Bd with an edge  space or 5...6 6 c4 Bg4 7 Bd  8  and now that hites g posion is secure he can be usng is as o cen pawns. ee llusrae ae 2. Onhelps the other hd 4.Be7 whichhere. neither retns the o  pawn nor w the d5pawn is poor he xture ...d5 with the ...Be7-h4 ch idea tus out poorly e.g. 4 .Be 5 Bc4 Bh4 ch 6  and now deeloping the ng knight at 6 or e7 leaes the h4-bishop hng. hereore 6 . B6 7 d4 e akes sense but then 8 c  9 Bx4 ws a pawn wiou copensaon or Black e.g. 9...b5! 1 0 xb5 Ba6   d6! cxd6 1 2 a4  1 Bd5 with an adantage  or hite a i Blaesschoppeyer Bundesliga 198687. Reeber that ater 4 exd5 aterial is equal. Black cannot aord to lose his ow d -pawn unl ess (a) he gets the d5 pawn  retu or (b) he ge substana copensaon usually  te or o piece acy.

Chapter e

5

29

Bc4?

Aoun th tu of th ctu a Gma mast by th am of Pau Saain oat pop  mov an it mind n fshion vn nto th 1950s bfo bing pushd ou by th mo focg 5 Bb5 ch Rcny haks n pat to h gsh ganmast Jo Ggh t has ga som of  fom statu Of cous th bsc a of 5 Bc  o ak nct aim at , h vunab sua that so oftn povs ciica n h ng's Gambt But th  sv subthms, such  a my xchg of th bshop (ft ...Nx5/Bx5) i o o gain tim wih Nc3

5

Nxd5

Bck can wn a tmpo, at som convinc wth Aia Rubinst's manuv 5 Nb7 6 00, N6  ow 7 B3, Nbx5 Howv, th 5night is vn back with 8 c an 9 d, a unss Bck can fn th fpawn hough xtaonay mans h w hav a spai ifioiy aft  0

30

NNING W  E KINGS GAM ACCEPE D

B4 ead o 7 Bb3 hite ca pa the better 7 Bb5 ch  i trative ame #3 i i aoter bic eo o he   materia remai eqa throgh captre o 4 ad d5, ite a ha more cotro over more terrai tha Back e ca ecre a better ceter with h paw at d4 beig ppored b aoher at c3 wile i rook corol the e ad -e Black caot aord to be mg ater tradig hi 4-paw or the oe at d5 

Other move at the th t ch a 5Be7 ol deer the captre o d5 or o parcar prpoe Back ca ot ox hme wih 5 Qe7 ch 6 Be2 d5 becae hi qee  ipaced o e7 ee ltrave ame 4

6

00

ih thi move hte cear he e-e or check

6

Be7

h poto occrred i wo iea pky game,

Chapter Oe

31

payd ary tw dcads apa, which hpd md pins abt th md 3 ..d5 dfns Bt snc hit as advrtsd hs ntrst in a cck ang th , y w s cntr th tricky mv 6B6 hs has th advantag f tratng t dscvr an attack n ts c4bisp, .g  c3??, c3 d 8.Bc4. wvr, th bishp is nt parcary wpacd  6 and  sbjct t harassmnt y hits cntr paws ypical pay wd rn 6...B6  Bb3! and nw B ads t r man , whi .Bd6 8 c4! racs favrab psis fr hit, .g 8..7 9 d4, g6 1 0 c5!, B7 1 1 B6, 6 1 2  1 r 8..b6 9 d4!?, c4 1 0 Q2!, b5   a4 and Backs rng f mutua prtctin apps fragi (ghr-rnfd,  vv 1988)

7

d4

ht has t m mattrs w h immdt  Bd5, Qd5 8 c3, Qd8 dsnt sm t ad anywr wvr, tr  d4 hit is gtig cs t a sit n wich th chang favrab. Fr mp, 7 d4, 00 invs 8 Bd5, Qd5 9 B4 and nw 9 c5  th thmac mthd f tryg t brak hts cntr advantag Bt aftr 10 c3, Qc4   Q1 t is prfr (s strv am 5)

7

Be6

On pint f this dfnsiv mv is tht nw 8 Bd5, Bd5 9 Bf4 ads t a mr favrb vrsin f 9 ..00 10 c3, c5! than in th prvis nt. n th gam passkyvrbkh, vit ampiship 1 955 Bck pyd th mr cnsrvv  ...c6, aftr which 8

32

WINNING WITE KING'S GAMIT ACCED

c3, 0-0 9 e5, Be6 10 Bx4 alowe e to ge hs pawn back Back conne 10 f6   Bx5, cx5 12 3, B? 13 Qg4, h8 14 Bxb8, xb8 15 Rae1, Re8 16 e5 an was soon lost n e post-more, 12  c6 w consere srong enogh o eqae Bt 1 3 Bg3 foowe by 14 f4 s the way to expo Backs sghy ba e6-bshop eg 13 x4 14 f4, Bc5 15 B noer basc pont o remember ogh e exchange on e3 s generay a goo one for Back, he sho no rsh nto  ere, for exampe, 7 e3? 8 Bxe3, e3 o aow 9 e5 an  s reeae to be fatay nefensbe Bt afer 7 Be6 Back both efens  an aso threatens 8 e3 9 Bxe3, Bxc4 

8

Qe2

efens e bshop agast the  e3 ea an prepares to compete eeopment wth c3 fooe by an exchge of nor peces on 5 an a capre on f4

00

8

here s no reon for Back to hrry the proece 8c6 before  s neee (see next moe) t worst, after 8 c6, hte can transpose nto or mn ne w 9 c3 snce Back  le beer han 9 00 

(See daam nt p age)

9

c3!

hs s an taon to an exchange of two pas of or peces Ornay, ths sho faor Back, now that he has

Chapter Oe

33

(on afer   

casted ad is a pawn ead owever, 9 xc3 1 0 bxc3 Bxc4   Qxc4 ad now  Bac reuishes the fpawn wit 1  d (1.c6 12 d5) 12 Bxf4, c6 he ends up with the spaal neriorty we menoned  the note to Blacs fth move (13 Re1 b6 1 4 Qd3, d5 1 5 Bd2 an d 1 6 e5 or 1 6 c4 nd i Blac proects the hreatened fpawn with 1 1B d6, hite responds avoraby wth 12 Qb5, b6 13 g5! (13 c6 14 Q£)

9

c

his occrred  passyyte, ice 197 4, whch w drawn fter 1 0 xd 5, cxd5 1 1 Bd 3, c6 1 2 Bxf4, b4 because the loss of htes go od bishop o  xd3 ose  spaa advantage owever, improvements were fond for hite sch  preservg e bshop w 13 Bb5, a6 14 Ba4, b5 15 Bb3 hen Blacs een side is vuerabe to a2a4 and tes bshop c reemerge eectivey after c2c3 and Bc2 For exampe, 15  c6 16 c3, b4 17 Rae1 ad hte h exceent

34

NNN  E N'S AMT ACCEED

py ter Bc2

10

Nx d5

Bxd5

ot  ocig   cxd5, bu  es ow Bcks g squed biso is ot mpeed by  ow w  d5  ppes  Bck c ow oce  vobe de o bisos o   w wi  Bx d 2 Qxd4 c

11

Bd3!

Ue te sito  e ote to Bcks  move, he does best to void Bxd5 d Bx4 becuse, we  sp dvtge is s there to be expoited, is bette to peseve ht exceet ightsqred B e oe ht so ote tes Bck t 7 o  e eet to d3 ebes e to coue smooy wi Bx4, o e5 d c2c3 or eve cc4, eg Bd6 12 e5, d7 (26 13 Qh5!) 13 Bx4, Qc7 14 xd7, Qxd7 15 Bxd6, Qxd6 16 Re with the mr s edge

Chapter Oe

35

Note however, that 1 1 Bd3 s a pawn sacce  . .Bx 12   Qxd4 ch 13 . One of e few examples of ths occurred n the correspondence game Glhov-Crand 198485 whch wen 13 .  Bd6 14 Bd2  N d 1 4 .. . Qxb2 15 Bc3 ! Qxc3 ?? 16 Bxh ch and 1 c3) 15 Bc3  Qc5 16 Rh3  g6 1 Bxg6! and Whe wns 1g6 18 Qe6 ch  18 !).

I GAM #1 Mazzeo-Bndon Correspondence 1983

1 2 3 4 

e4 f4

N exd Nc3

e ex4 d xd? e6 ch?

second at dubous sce the queen w be booted  square from s a gnmove of me.

6 7

K Bb

Nc6

The mmeate threa s 8 Re1 but Whte so prepares d2d4d5!.

7 8 d4 9 Re 10 Ne4

Ne7 d6 Bd7 h6

36

NNN H E NS AM ACCEED

11

d5

Decsve. Bacs best pracca chance now may be to ce athough it hary oers enough compensaon for the os kngh

11 12 13

Nb Bxd7 c Nxd 7 d6 Nc 

Captung on 6 oses the queen Bac's game was we beyond reempon

1� 5

N6 c Kd Re mate 0

I E # 2 Gagher-Bouar Pars 1990

Cape One 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

e4 £4  exd5 d4 c4 Be2

37

e5 ex£4 d5 Bd6 7 g6

o eon o hwh a pawn psh, snce ae 7 c5 Be7 he d5pawn eqes poecon oe oweve, ha lack anno oe an ehange wih 7 6 eause hen 8 5 and  d6 are oo annong 

7 8 9

00 c3

00 b6 c6

s ees Blacks game a i u changes he 3 pawn majo  he cene o a 2-0 one

10 dxc6 11 b

xc6 Be7

38

WNNING WIH H KING'S GMI CCPD

12 d5 13 K1 14 Nfd4 15 Nc3 16 Ne4 17 N 1 b4

Bc5 ch Nce7 a6 Bd6 Be5 Bb

With a bishop head ed to b2 and his pa wns to d 6 and c5  Whie holds a substana supeority.

1 19 20 21 22

22

Bb7 Qc2 Nc5 Bb2 Bxc4

b5 Bc bxc4

Bd6

Not 22 . .. Nxd5 ecause of he pinng 23 Rad 23  . . Ne3 24 B ch h8 25 Qc3!). Now Whie proceeds sify to dominate the center.

Chapter Oe 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

31 32 33 34

35

39

Bxb4 e4 Bxg7 Kxg7 Qb 2 ch 6 Qxb4 xd5 Bxd5 Qxd5 Rd1 Qb5 Qd6 Bg4 Rab1 Qc4 Rb 7 ch R7 Qx6 ch Kg8 Rx7 Qx7 g5 Qx6  x6 ch Resgs

ILUAV GAM # 3 Gagher-Ferrei, Chiasso 1991

1

e4

e5

2 3 4 5 6 7

f4  exd5 Bc4 d4 Bb5 ch

ex4 d5 6 bd7 b6

Perhaps beer than  Bb3 whch was considered  the anaysis section Bd 7

7

8

Qe2 ch

40

WINNING W THE KINGS GMIT CCEPED

8

Be7?

Ths alows Whe to renforce hs d-pawn wth c2-c4 Black had to try 8 Qe despe the quesonale nature of the endgame that foows 9 Bxd ch and 1 0 Nc3. Now Black s commtted to exchange o one of the enemy dpawns for hs cpawn. 

9 10 11 12 13 14 1

Bxd7 ch Qx d7 c4 0- 0 00 c?  bxc6 dxc6 Bxf4 Rfe8 Bc Qd3 Nbd2

Of course, no 15 Be5??, xe5 The tex refutes Blacks pawn oer.

1 16 Nb3 17 Rae1

Rad B Rxe1

Capter One 18 19

Rxe1 B5



c5

etter than 19 d5 Nd5 20 cxd5 c

19 20 21 22 23

Bx£6 Re4 4 Nbd2

cxd4 x£6 Qc8 h6 Na4

Bac bds fo countepay wth 2Nc5 and 25 d3 owever 24

25

b4 Rx6

26 Nxd2 27 Ne4 28 R7 c

Bxb4 Bxd2 Qe6 K 7 K8

Or 28  h 29 Ng5 ch, g 30 Nxe6 ch e6 3  Qa3  and the endgme s a smpe wn 

42

INNIN  THE KIN'S AMIT ACCEPED

29 30 31

32 33

R6 Rx6 R Qd2 Ng3

7 Q4 Nb2 Q4 Black Resis 10

Also lost s 32  . Qxe4 33 Qg5 ch d 34 Qxd8

ILUV GAM #4 Gallagher-Orlov Roy 1988

1 2 3 4 5 6

e4 4 N exd 5 Bc4 Be2

e5 ex4 d5 N 6 Qe7 c

The avods comparson wh he6prevous game worhtonotng Here Whte the endgame Qe2?) snce he sstands te the atve wh  0-0 Note tha the common dea n such posons of 6 K? has a tacc aw here 6 Qc5 ch -

6 7 8 9

00 c4 d4



Nxd5 Q6 Ne7 c5?

A good dea from the strategc pot of vew sce Blac now gas some conro of da squaes a shoes he ange of Whtes paws But  aso coss aothe vu empo  furher opens he poson.

Capter Oe 10 11 12 13

Nc3 Nxd4 Nd5 Re

43

cxd4 Ng6 Qd

Back shoud not ast long n such posons. 13

14 15

B c b4

Bc5 Be6 Bb6

Or 15 .. . Bxd4 ch 1 6 Qxd4, 0-0 1 7 B2 and wns

16 c5 17 Nx4

0-0 Black Resgs 10

Because of 17 . Nxf4 18 Bxf4 Bc7 19 Nxe6 e6 20 Qxd8 Bxd8 21 Bx7

44

INNIN W E IN AIT ACCEPED

IUAVE GAME #5 GagherBalshov Len 1991 Yet another Gallagher game. This one also features an early challenge by Blacs c-pawn to e Whte center  and le the last also features an unstoppable White ntave

1 2 3 4

e4 4 N exd5

e5 ex4 d5 N6

5 6 7  9 10 11

Bc4 0-0

Nxd5 Be 7 0-0 Qxd5 c5 Qc4

d4

Bxd5 Bx4 Nc3 Qe1

attacs protects so 14 thatd5. 12 b3 played e.g. the 1  . .bshop . Be6 12and b3also 13 a3c3 and Q b4 may be This

11 1 2 Bd6 1 3 K1 1 4 Ne4 1 5 Q4 16 Ne5

B6 Bxd4 c Rd  Nc6

Capter One

45

Ths st occue  GaagheCampoa Bie 1 99 0 Now 1 6.. Qxf ch 1    Bxe5 18 Be5 e4 19 Qg5 s qute ost Bac has bee pacca chnces by sueneng hs queen fo two mo peces

16 17 1 19 20

Bxe5 Bx6 N6 c Qxc4 c  Bxc5 Ne5 Qe2 b6

n the st em game Campo paye 20    Be6 2 1 Rf1  f4 22 Rx8 ch Rx8 23 Be!  an ost soon afte 24  Bc4 25 Qxe5 Bxe5 26 Bx8.

21

Be7

Bxe7

22 23 24 25 26

Qxe5 Rae1 Rx 3

27

Qe7

B6 6 Ba6 Bxb2 Rdc Bc4

Qc7

46

NNNG  E NGS GM CCEED

2 29

Qb4 Re4

Bd4

The fastest wg metho, sho of exchanng o  four rooks s ts attackng pl

29 30 31 32

Qd2 R5 Rxc4

a5 Bb2 Rc6

Forcng a Q-and-pawns versus-Rand-B endgame that s an eortess wn 32 33 34

35

Rxc4 Rx6 c x6 Qx6 c g Qe6 c Black Reign 1-0

ILU GAM #6 GoldstenRems Correspondence 1981

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 

e4 £4

N exd5 Bc4 00 Qe2 Nc3

e5 ex£4 d5 N£6 Nxd5 Be6 Be7

Capter Oe

47

Wh 8 d Whe coud ranspose no our man ne However he e aes advnage of he enemys probems on he e-e

 9

dxc3

Nxc3 Qd6?

The spa advanage s grea afer 9  Bxc4 1 0 Qxc 00   Bxf and 12 Rad1 bu ths  oo rsy 

10

Bxe6

xe6?

Overoong Whe's nex move Bac had o ge queens o the board wh 1 0  Qxe6 even   mean a bad endgame

11

Bx4

Qx4

12 13

Nd4 Nxe6

Qd6

The Bac ng s caugh n he cener and threaened by 14 Rad1 and 15 Nxg mae

8

NNN  THE N'S AMT ACCED

13 14 1 1 5 Q5 c

Qb6 c R  Black Resigs 1-0

49

CHR O

FSCE RS "BUST (3 .. . 6) Not long ago the move 3 . .. d6 had nether a name nor a reputaton. t wa just there to be played generlly by amateurs who ddnt apprecate  subte transposon vaue. n the lt 20 years however, t has become a sold challenge to he soundness of K.G.A.

1 2

e4 4

e5 ex4

3

N

d6

Blac's hd move had be en own  ad geeray overlooed  by Kg's Gamb devotees snce at let he 19th century. But t had not enjoyed ndependent recognon because 3.. . d6 aways seemed o transpose nto the 3 ..g5 (or 3 . . . h6) vaaons. The earlest nown example AnderssenAmelng Bern 1 8 62 , went 3 . . d6  d, g5 5 h  g 6 Ng5?!, h6 ?! 7 Nx wt a morefavorablehan-usul verson of the Allger Gambt (7 . . Kx 8 Bc c, Kg7 9 Bxf Rh7 0 Nc3 K8  Qd2 c6 2 0-0-0 wth a deady attac). 

50

NNN  THE N' AMT ACCEPED

The ransposona repaon of 3 ... d6 changed n 96 when Larry Evans began a new magne Amcan C ay n s nal sse he Q feared a cover arcle by Bobby Fscher ha promsed nohng less han "A Bs o he gs Gamb.

4

d4

Fscher called 3 . . . d6 "a hghcls wag move. One of s many pons s revealed when Whe nnocenly plays 4 Bc4 and Black repes 4 . ..h6!. Then 5 d4 g5 reaches a relavely favorable poson for Black  e.g. 6 00, Bg4  c3 Nc6 8 Qb3 Qd! or 6 g3 g3  hxg3 Bg 8 00 Nf6 and 9 .. . Be6. Fscher acally analyzed 6 00 Bg  c3 Nc6 8 Qb3 Qe 9 h Nf6 0 hxg5 hxg5  Nxg5 Nxe4  leadng o a  for Black alhogh sbseqen alyss exoneraed Whe Wha h happened s ha Black hs reached one of he 9 h ce nry gamb posons by a mes o her hn 3 . .. g5. As we'l see n he nex chaper he mmeae 3  . g5 allows Whe oher opons sch as 4 d4).

4



f Black does no ry o hold ono he pawn wh hs move he w have merely assred hmsel by way of 3 .. . d6 of a passve mddlegame For example 6 B4 or 5 . . . 5 6 Be2 Bg4 00 c64 Nf6 . .. g6 58 Nc3 Nd5 Bg4 favors Whe raher obvosly 8 Ne Bxe2 9 Qxe2 g6 0 Q wh an nave  poned o by gor Glazkov and Yakov Esn n her  982 book on he G.A



4

Capter Two



Agan Whte ut be trpoonwary n 5 B4 he aow Bak wih   Bg7 6 h4 h6 (or even   h6 6 h4, Bg7) to get other of thoe 9th entury problepoon Blak ut no be alowed o put h ng de houe  order

5 6

4 N 

Rather h ae (6 Ng5, f6!) White tre to prove that Bak pawn are now unprotebe and therefore overextended There are three a way for Blak o repond tot henge and, beaue he Fher Defene  o wdely praed hee day, t  worth ondeng the  oe deta They e (a) 6 Bh6, (b) 6 N6 d () 6 !?

f the oher poble for Blak at ove x, 6  Bg7  the leat haenng and alow Wte, with 7 Bxf4 and 8 N3 (or 7  N6 8 Be3 and hen 9 N3) the learet road to upeor ity f Blak, on the other hand attak the hpawn with 6  Be7 Whie play 7 Bx4, Bxh4 h 8 g3! wth an edge due to

52

NNN H E N'S  CCEPED

Blac's may exploiable ng sde holes eg 8   Bg5 9 Ne2 h5 0 Qd2 Bxf4 11 Nxf4 h4 12 Nc3 c6 13 000  a reme dous cet red poso  adooThpsay Bagaore 1981 Ths s typca of the favorable mdegames for Whte  e Fischer Defense a huge lead  development and plety of ng side tgets, chey around g 6  Bh6 6  Nf6 6??

SCON (a) SCON ) SCON 

Capter Two

53

SCON (a) 6

B6

(After 1 e4, e5 2 f4, exf4 3 N, d6 4 d4, g5 5 h4, g4 6 Ng1)

The Blak bhop  not wonderfully plaed here, bu here  no oher onvenent ean of defendng e fpawn ter 6Qf6 Blak  ubjet to N3d5 haraent, eg 7 N3, 6 8 Nge2,  (or 8 . Bh6 tranpong nto our lne below) 9 Ng3!,  h 10 e2 d depe the unofortable appee of h g,   Whte who hold the edge T l beoe apparent after 1 1 Bg5  Reeber,  th e GA paal advantage often ount uh ore than tepora ng dofor! Sary 9 g2 (ntead of 9  h) 10 Bxg2, Bh6  e5! , dxe5 1 2 Nde4 , Qe7 13 dx e5, Qxe5 1 4 00 wh a feroou attak (analy by E. Bhend) Better  6. Qf6 7 N3, Ne7 and then 8 Nge2, Bh6 9 Qd2!, Nb6. At h pot 10 g3?! h been reoended 

54

NNIN  TE IN'S AMIT ACCED

leadig to a excelle posio for We (I ...g3  Q6, Q£ ch 12 Kd1, g2 3 Bxg2, Qxg2 14  Q 15 Bg5!. Bt Back does mch beter wih 0. Bg7!, ter wch Wie cot reserve cotrol of d4 e.g 1 d5, g3! 12 Nxg3, Nd4 d Back is obviosly beter. Note how ofe ad how sigicatly the idea of chleg f4 wih g2g3 arises i the Fischer Defese ad how eqy sigicat  Blacks coterattack o d4. The proper aswer to 9...bc6 i te lie above apes o be 10 Nb5!, which attacks c7 d defeds d4. For eame, 0..Kd8 1 d5, Ne5 12 Nx4 leaves Black with more problems th White

7

Nc3

Sice Back is ot ressg d4 with a bisho at g7, hite eed ot save c3 for paw sor d c make se of his e develoig idea. Whte preares qck qee side casg ater Qd3

7

Nc6

Ths became the recommeded defese after a celebrated victo by Svetoz Gigorich. However, here is reao to qeso is relabliy. More commo  7 ...c6 afer which We hs a choice betweeplay 8 Nge2, ad 8Qf6 Bc49 (to Tyica wold8beQd3 8 Nge2, g3!,discorage  10 Nf4...6-d5). ad ow 0 ...Qe7 is best (0 .. Ne7? 11 e5! wo qckly for te  CraigDemster, Scottish Corresodece Cham 985 after 1....de5 12 Ne4, Qg7 13 Nh5!, Qg6 4 Nhf6 ch,  15 h5, Qg7 6 dxe5 ad Qd6!).

Capter Two

55

Similaly, 7c6 8 Nge2, f6 9 g3! ad oce aga 9g3 10 Nxg3, Bxc  c1, h5 12 d2! leaves Whe wih more ha eogh comesao  view of he g side holes (eve  he edgame afer 2 h6 3 Nce2!) Black does beer wih 9  0 Nf4, e7 (o he slow 0 Nd7 1 Be3 ad 2 d2 wih hreas o he qee) 1 !, N7 12 Bc4 wih Re1 cog  (DayMorovic, Beos es 978) or 1 Bd3, Bg7 12 Be3, h5  o so Nh5!  13 d2, Nd7 14 000, N 15 e1 wih a cre-book oso for Whie (GallagherS Jackso Brish Chamioshi 1989) 

More recey, Rober eber h ried a ew efese, 7Be6. See lsrave Game 0.

8

Nge2

· Ores Poovych, he logme Kgs Gambieer from New Jersey, has layed 8 d3, eg 8 Nf6 9 g3, d5 0 Nge2 wih advage he ex is more ec

8



56

NNIN H HE NS AM ACCEED

9

N£4!

Not 9 Ng3 which aows Back a ir m afr 9...Bxc1 10 Rxc1  c 11 K2 b6! ad .. Ba6 c.

9

 ch!

f Black dos tr o siz h ii av  with a two paw sacric  h risks big ovrwhlmd b mov 20. For xampl 9...Qf6 10 Ncd5! Qxd4 11 Qxd4 Nxd4 aows 12 Nxc7 ch Kd8 13 Nxa8 Nxc2 ch 14 Kd1 Nxa1 15 Nd5 ad Whis pics ar supior. Sarl h middlgam of 9...g2 10 Bxg2, Nf6 11 0 0 is a dagrous aacg formao for Whi wih th usua dvlopmtal problms plaguig Back. For xampl, 11. ..0-0 12 B3, B7 13 Qd2 Q7 14 Ra d Wh is rad for Nfd5

10

Kx

W dos ot ral d aothr improvmt bcaus of our m  bow. Howvr 10 K2 is aohr possibii.

10

g 3 ch

Foowig Blacks prscriptio i h highl publicizd gam Plaic-Gligoc Ljubljaa/Pooroz 1977. Th x fw movs ar mor or ss forcd. 11 g3 12 Be2 13 K 14 Bxg4! 15 Qd3

N£6 Rg8 ch Ng4 ch Bxg4 Bg7

Capter  16 Be3 17 Nd!

57

Qd7

Afr h Gigoric gam wo by Back folog 17 Nc2 0-00 18 Ng3  19 Nx Rd 20 Nxg7 Qxg7 21 K1 Nb4 th x mov w suggstd  a mprovmt  ts tc by h ash corspodc payr Nmtz  184 ad  oth gams sc

t s worth cosrg ths posos  rahr xsv dph bcaus th fa of th Fschr fs may g o  Black rspods 1 7 0-0-0 ad aftr 18 b4 w g 

(a) 1 8 .. Ne7 19 Nxe7  Qxe7 20 Nd Qe6?! 21 Rae1 Rde8 22 Q4 Qd7 23 b 8 (23   Rx4 24 b6 ad wis) 24 B£4 Be6 2 Re3 ad hit ha a ca g (Nimzkorpk) His g s th safr o bcas h ca op th q sid wih a2-a4-a5 ad b5b6 (b) 1 8  1 9 b Ne7 (or 9  Na5 20 Qc3 b6 21 5 ad h is ag bttr  th wir poitd o) 20 Qa3 8 21 Nxe7 Qxe7 22 e! ad Backs gam soo provd 

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NNNG  E NGS G CCEED

hopeess because ... dxe5 aows the openng of he e3a7 dagoa. The game went 22   Rde8 2 e6 6 24 d5 or,  the game went, 22   Rge8 2 e6 d5 24 Qxe7 Rxe7 25 Rac1! (to open the ce), 6 26 Re1  27 c4 dxc4 28 Rxc4 Ree8 29 d5 d6 0 Nd e7  £4 Rxd5 2 xc7 Bd6  Rd7 Bxf4 4 Rxd5 d2 5 Ree5 resigns (NimtzBobkov). Yet anoher game, NmtzVoz,  98 6, vared from the st two wh 20 .. . Nxd5 (raher than 20    Kb8) 2 1 exd5 , Kb8 22 Qd3 Rde8 23 Rae ad We w soo occpy e6 stogy.

A third possibiity is cearing d8 for a kght retrea wth (c) 18   Rde8  n Dufraisse-Roos, French Corespo dece Championship 987, which went 19 b5 Nd8 20 c4? Ne6 21 Rae1 ! 22 ex Nf4 2 Nx£4 x 24 Qa and Bac won Kb8 25 d5 6 26 Qc2 e5 27 Kg1 Qg7 However, since Backs chef source of couterpay is the e-e and the paw ever of . .  Whte need no pay 20 c4 A bette pa is 2 0 a4 with te idea of 2  a5 d 2 2 b6, or the more forcefu, but sacci 21 b6!? foowed by 22 a5. 

Ths appears to dea a ve serious bow to Ggorchs ne of pay d woud seem to reque Bac o come up with somehing better, mos ikey befoe he I move.

Capter w

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SCON ) 6

Nf6

At   5 2   3 N d6  d g5 5  g 6 Ng)

Ts coutattack o Whits ct w oc gdd as dagous bcaus t kgt at ta t g bsop ds up ddg Backs pw om 5 Tat avs  bisop  to go to g7 w it attacks d o to 7 om w it l gb t paw wit cck T pu tao o 6   N6 mad ig o sv as bcus o s suc  7 Qd3 d5 8 5 N5 9 N2 B6 o 7 Nc3 N5 8 Ng2 Nc6 9 Qd3 B7 Howv Wt  a simpl pa

7

Bxf4

Ts  simla to  bt supo to  aot muc od KA variatio cad t irsrsk ambit T

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NNN  HE NS A ACCEED

drc  that th Kirity ad to a qutioab dgam i whic Bac ta paw i igicat (1  5 2   3 N g5   g 5 N5 N6 6 d d6 7 Nd3 N  B Q7! 9 Q2 Nc6! 10 c3 B ad  000 tc)

7

Nxe4

ac mgt  w gab t paw c otwi h a o compao or  g id wak

8

Bd3

Qe 7

 t igt rat Wht cou atuy wit th owam 9 Nc3 10 Qd2   Ng2 ad 12 000 Back ca  o ty 8    whc ha th bt o kpg t dagrou  cod but ao  i that th wakig o 6 ad g6  cout agt him  HbdPhi Mocow 1 986 Whit coud 9 N2 Bg7 10 B    Bg5 d tr olowd 1    B6 12 Nbc3! Bg5 13 hg5 Qg5 1 N Q3 15 N6 Kd8 ad 16 Qd2! dg that oow a trad o ch qu R atr mut which avor th Wht

9

Ne2

Bg7

Bac do bt to rmov hi g o   qucky a poib Atr 9    Nc6 10 00 Bg7 Wh h n tr tmpo to do damag ad h ca pay   B Q  2 bc3!    BhotLamour Tory 1 99   ck d to brak th attac with 12   d ch 1 3 K !  c3  4 � Qc bt oowig 1 5 Nd5  N7 1 6 N6 ch Kd 17 !  w oo at (1 7  B6 1 R Qc6 19 Ba3 ch Kc 20 Bx!7 te

Chapte Two 10 0-0 11 Bxe4!

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00

Sl a srong idea sce Whies kight can amos ceainly go to d now with eec

11 12

Qxe4 Nbc3

Where the Back queen reeats  determe Whites middegame pa Now 12  Qg6 safegds the ng side  bu ot he quee side folowing 13 Nd Better is 12  Qc6 aer which 13 Qd2 d 14 Ng3 leads to a dangerous iative for White o  the oer wg (Nhg7 or Be) See  ustrave Game 11

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NNIN  E NS AMIT ACCED

SCON (c) 6

?

(After 1 e, e5 2 f, exf 3 N, d  d, g5 5 , g  Ng1)

Up un a few yers ago,  temporary countersacce w consdered feror ecause of oo analyss tat conued 7  , Be7 8 Be3  and ten 8 . . Bx c 9 d2, Nc 10 Nc3, Bf   B5 (not   c1?,  and . Bg) wth adantage to Whte. For example, BngeMayr, Correspondence 19887 went 11 .. Bd 7 12 Bxc Bxc 1 3 g. But Bacs play may e strengtened  a nuer of ways, ncludng the callenge to th e key d pot wth 9 . .. c5 (nstead of 9 .. . Nc). For nstance, 10 c1 , cxd   Qxd, Bf s muc smooter for Bac to ande tan the postons arsg from the ast paragraph. A game GagherConquest, Bt Camponsp 1988 went 12 Qd2, Nc 13 Nc3, Be 1 d5, Bxd5 1 5 exd5 , Ne5 1  f, Nd7 and Blac stood perfectly we.

Capter Two

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Terefore, we recommend We takng a derent tack from te dagram

7

Bg5!

More accurate tan te 7 Be3, Be7 8 B, wc eave Back a free and for 8    Nf6 9 , Rg8 wt e pece pay on te muuy porou g ide

7

Be7

Of coure, 7  f6  doom any counteraack on te Wite pawn and foowg 8 Be3 e w and wel, eg 8  g2 9 Bg2, Nc6 10 Nc3 folowed y te uua queen de catng pan Nge2, Qd2 and 0-00 Better  8 £ after wc 9  , e4 9    g3 1 0 Qd2 , Be7 1 1 Nc3 , B4 1 2 000 1 0 fe4, d 1 1 Nc3  

8

Qd2

Now 8   Bg 9 g cppe Back ng de 9  f6 1 0 g6; 9   g2 1 0 Bg2 , Ne7 1 1 Nc3 , Nc6 1 2 Nge2 ad te kngt ead for f6 va g3 and 

8

f6

T w payed  GagerBode, Bad Worofen 1 991, were Wte was ae to regan  pawn wt 9 B6 treatenng Bg7 , N6 10 Q6 , Be6 1 1 g  (See  t pe)

Wt no mer  compenaon, Back went qucky down and  fact ted ony egt more move: 1    12 N, c6 3 Nc3, Qa 14 Ng, fg 1 Qe6, Nd7 16 Bc4,

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(osn afer B  

 7 000 4 1 e5 d5 19 B5 Bac Reign 10 9 . cd5 20 Nd5  Qd 2 1  folowed b  c and win).

ILUA GAM #7 HebdenCaneo Spn 196

1 2 3 4 5 6

e4 £4 N d4 h4 Ng

e5 exf4 d6 g5 g4

f oue ea oong o ge ou of e boo 6 Ng5! f6 7 B4 g5  Bg5  neve been quie efued aoug i doe ae oubfu

Chapter Two 6 7 8 9

Ne2 Nbc3 g3!

65 Bh6 Qf6 c6

Once agan a stong idea snce 9 .. g3 10 Nxg3 Bxc1  1 xc oes good compensaon  Noe how th e Blac pawns at g4 nd c6 obsct hs mno peces 

9 10 Nf4

 Bxf4?

n anothe game Bac faed pooy wih 10 Qe7  , Nd7 12 Bc4, N 13 h5. The ex h no vue whatoeve and s nex move  wose 11 Bxf4 12 Qd2 13 0-0-0 14 Bxb5!

b5? Qe 7

Nd7

Wnng decsve contol o d5 n ce of 14  cxb5 1 5

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N5, Q8 16 x6 an Nc ch The game now takes on the chaacter o a typical mi-19h century blowout 14 15 Bc4 1 6 e1 1 7 Bd3 18 Nd5

Bb7 a? Nb6 Nd7? Black Resigs 1-0.

Abou  me Ater 18  cx5 19 ex5 or 18  Q8 19 6 an Nc ch lack loses hs queen ILU E #8

ellereler West German Corresponence, 1980 Another example o the 6  h6 vaiaon beng mshan le by lack 21 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

ef44 N d4 h4 Ng 1 Nc3 Nge2 g3

Nf4

eexf4  d6 g5

g4 Bh6 c6 Qf6  b5?

For some reason this is a popula move among amateurs, who perhaps hink that a ng sie attack must always be met by something on the opposite wing Wtes 12th move shows tha a wing emonstration can also be met by a stroke  the center

Chapter Two 11 Be3 12 e5! 13 Ne4 14 dxe5

6 b4 dxe5 Qe7 Nd7

Too dangeous s 14 ... Qxe5 15 Nd6 ch,  1 6 ! 1 5 Nd6 c 16 Qd2! 17 0-0-0 18 Bc5

K Nxe5 Be6 Black Resigns 10

Hee esgnaion  pemaue bu 1 8 . Nd (no 1 8 g? 19 N ch and 20 Bxe) 19 Bxb4 is oo depessing 



ILUAE GAE #9

DaBlocke, Ccago 199 21 3 4 5 6 7 8

fe4 4 N d4 h4 Ng1 Ne2 Nbc3

e5 exf4 d6 g5 B6 Qf6 Ne7

19 0

Qd2 g3?!

Nbc6 ?

g4

No 10  Ng6   Nd5! bu 10 .. Bg! punshes Whie or hs loss o conrol o d4)

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WNNIN WTH THE KIN' MIT EED

Qxh6 fxe2

11 Qxh6 12 Bxh6 13 Nxe2

Whe the gs Gmbt beg t 20 cetury revval t w due  part to Whtes success  such "sat edgames hat ca arse wthout a mddlegame Whte h a huge edge cossg o the two bhops, the better ceter ad ope le d the vaous target he ca attack, stg wth  Black seek to repr that begg wh s ext move 13 14 e5!? 15 dxe5

! dxe5 Be6

Black ca probably take the epaw {5 ... Nxe5 16 Bg N ch) but he wats to cle qucy. 16 Nf4 17 Nxd5 18 00-0 19 Rh2!

Bd5 Nxd5 Nce7

Chapter Two

69

The doubng of oo aong the d-e s pacuy dangeous and afe Backs nex move Whie coud aso enage his supeo with 20 c4. 19 20 Rhd2 21 c4 2 2 Bxc4 2 3 h5! 2 4 e6 ch!

c6 b5 bxc4 Rg8 7 Ke8

O 24  e6 25 Re ch, d6 26 Rde2 wih theats of 2 Re6 ch and a gowing advantage

25 26

Bb3! Ba4

27 Rxd5! 28 Rxd5

Rd8 Rd6 Nxd5 Rxe6

Back s, of couse, ost foowng 28 .. xd5 29 Bxc6 ch. He now shoens he sugge wh a bunde

0

WNNNG W E KNG G AEPE

29 30 31

Bd2 Rx Bg h

Ke7 Rd8 Blak Resigns 10

IUA GAE #10

Gallagher-uebner Swss League 1991 1 2 3

N

e exf4 d6

4  6 7

d4 h4 Ng1 N3

g g4 Bh6 Be6

e4 f4

A new move at the tme It protects agast a ght curson and aganst the occupaton o the dagonal wth c4 On 8 d5? the bshop retreats to c8 and lack occupes e5 wth an excellent knght 8 Qd3 9 Bd2 10 Nd!

a6 N6

A strong dea that vrtuy orces lack to exchage (not 10  Nce 1 1 Nx4) 10 1 1 e xd 12 Ne2!?

Bxd N e 7

A number o alteves suggest themselves, l ed by 12 0 00! and 12 c4!

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Chapter Two 12 13

Nxd5 Qe4 ch

Th sures Wte o getng a least one pawn back but Back is soon equ 13 1 4 c4 1 5 Qxb7 1 6 Qxb8 ch 17 Bx£4 18 Nx£4

Nge7 £6 Qb8 8 Bx£4 Ne4!?

This dicouages queen side ctg   19

b3

Ng6

20 21 22

Nh5! Be2 00

g3 0-0 Draw

Just when the game was materialy level but getng nteesng

7

NNN<  HE KNG GAT ACCEED

ILU GAE # HebdeBor rge 187

 2 3 4 5 6 



e4 f4 N d4 h4 Ng  Bx£4 Bd3

e5 exf4 d6 g5

g4 N£6 Nxe4 Qe7

You dot rey w your quee o e7 bu  8  . . B hs dwbs s we. he ght s he   sm , whh Whe y  to exo  d2, or  4 d 1 2) or st omete hs develome   e2, Bg7 1 b.

9

Ne2

Bg7



00

0-0

Chapter Two

7

The ode treatent of the ng Gab d er fro the oan veron  any way One of the ot oon  the gne of Whte o exhange o the ared lght-uared bho the one Morhy and Selann alway eeed to reee for he eventual aault on 

11 12 13

Bxe4! b3 Qd2

Qxe4 Q6 d5

The threat w 14 Bh6 followed by 15 g5 or an exhange of bho and Ngh5 h Blak nex ove  ju too rovoave

14 g3 15 Be5! 16 Bxg7 17 xd5!

Qf6 Qxh4 Kxg7

If Blak now take the knght he  ated wth 18 g5 h 1 f6 h and 2 Ne7

17  18 Qf4 6 And here 18  Na6 to rotet 7 allow a bg hek on e5

19 20 21 22

x7 Rae1 d5! h5!

8 Kg8 e7

Th threaen 2 h6!  24 d6 and 25 e8 h Blak  jut about lot

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22 23 Rxe7 24 Rfe1 25 d6 2 6 g3 27 Ne8!

Qxh5 b5 6 Qh4 Q£6

A re moe he qeen  os er 27   g6 28 g7 ch nd oher qeen moes ow  chec  g5

27 28

Qg5 ch

Qxb2 Kh8

29 30 31 32

Rxh7 ch! Re 7 ch Qh6 ch Qh7 mate

Kxh7 Kh8 Kg8 1-0

do Siemnn codn he hnded i beer

75 CHAPTER THREE

The cient 3 g5 

Oe of he edug yhs of hess s h he oves lyed ody  grdser oumes re he bes ossble d h he reso you do' see 1h eury oegs  he 20h  d erhps soo 2 1s  eury oues s beuse ll he old su hs bee rove o fl Auy y of he old oegs d he subvos re perfely usble I's jus h heyve fle ou of fsho  for he Soh d Four ghs uexle of he eury d Gme e 10s The se goesdd forbewee  g5he I my very well be he bes ove gs he g's Gb Aeed The reso you wo d my Swss Syse ooes lg  hese weeeds s h hey gre   be  good move i gel Shor or Vsly Ivhu re' lyg  

eveheless we ed o e  g5 que seously If he bes lyers  he world ould refue  wy b whe how  we exe o whou  seous loo? 

1 2 3

e4 £4 

e5 ex£4 g5

(S diaam nt p.)

4

4!

We e gog o reommed he sme bs roedure 4 d4 here s gs he Fsher Cher Two d Beer Cher Four Defeses By hreeg o desroy Bl's g sde w wedge wh 5 h4 Whe foes he ssue more so h

76

NNIN E IN'S AMIT ACCEED

osn afer   

wth e radoal 4 B4  For exapl, 4   h6 would low Whte to traspose to he Beker Defese wh 5 h4, Bg7 6 hxg5 There e ow two prple ethods for Bak o oue e s a ) 4   Bg7 hopg to re  ore fa te The other  b) 4  g4 dag Whte to sare a pee  the Muzo sp Wel osder the oe at a e

SCON (a) 4

Bg7

Afer  e4 e5 2 f4 exf4   g5 4 4) (S   .)

ow 5 B4 h6 wod per Bak to ge hs g se house  orer ha poso ad reae oes, have bee ayzed  grea deph for ore ha a ery ad have ore ofte ha ot bee foud to favor Blak I fa Bobby

Chapter ree

77

   

Fshers obuo o he heory of he KGA s bed on suh osos, reahed by rsoson

5

h4

Bu we refer a ere oe e more Bla  ned no he Beer Defense whh now has a quesonable reua o For ha reaso, mos defeders wh he Bla ees  ay 5   g4 here, eadng by rsoson o wha was oe oary reoged as ous Pasens Defense

5 6

g4 Ne5

Ths osons s usually reahed by way of I e4, e5 2 f4, ex4  £  g5 4 h4, g4 5 e5 , Bg7  and he reon s s a good soso for Whe s ha Paulsen's 5  Bg7 s no  good as he sueor 5    f6, whh a e equaes f ourse, n our ove order Blak never ges a hane o l y he 5   f6 oson

6

Nf6

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f Bla tres to gan e wh 6   d6 Whe does best wh 7 xg4 se 7    Bxg4 8 xg4 Bxd4 lows Whte wth  ! uwe o develo strony For ee   6  Bxf4 Bx h 1 1 bx  6 1 2 Kd2 or 9  f6 1  xf4 bd7   Bd2 and  2 0-0-0 



Nxg4

he sest ow on 7   xg4 8 xg4 Blas bsho at g7 s attaed and ater 8  Bxd4   we reah a oson slar to the one enoned  he last note 

Nxe4

One  not ve ong ago  hs was thoght to eqe eg after 8 Bxf4 0-0   Re8! However the e for Whte has been srenghened by gor Glovs analyss

8

8

Nc3!

5

Chapter ee

7

hs reeved  exlon on n he 182 verson of Glovs boo. Clerly 8 . . g fls o  Bxf4! x1 0 Bg5 6 1 1 xf6 h!  Bxf6 12 h5 h. he sengh of Wes eghh ove es n r n hs by o e qeen sde qly. For exe 8 ... 0-0  xe4 e8  s o wh we o nsdered n he noe o Bl s sevenh ove bove   nsen here bese of 1 e2! d5 1 1 gf6 h or 1  ... K8 11 Bxf4 d5 12 e5.

9

Bxf4

0-0

B n M hgos dys hs oson w bndoned  rerely s  s o  bese  w fel o be oo srong for B. he dsdvnge o B of exhng g ngh  .. . x 1 bx 00)  lsred by 1 1 Bd d now 1. . .e8 h 12 Kd2! 6 1  followed by h6 h or g� Slly he  on d4  1. .. 5  s oo slow: 12 h6 h Bxh6 1  Bx6 e8 h 1 4 Kd2  4 15 £  d6 1 6 Bf4! f6 17 e.

10

xe4

Nxe4

Unforney for B he rve 0 ... e8 ows 11 e5 ! eeng he e-e osed d ng m   Bl od s ry 1 1 ... 6 b hen 1 2 Bg5  f6 1  h5 ! oers Whe srong ng hnes  1 . xe5 1 4 Bxf6 1 . .. g5 14 xg5 .

1 1 Nh6 ch 8 f orse 1  . . .Bx6 1 2 Bx6  e8  here no  he     he l noe o Bs  00  1  h5 nd Bl h no openson for hs oros ng sde 

12

Qh5

80

NNIN  E INS AMI AEED

A key posion If White can ge  bishop to c4 he should be n the dvrs seat. Glkov alyzes 12 ... Qf6 3 Bg5, Qg6 (or 13   Q6 4 b3 followd by 15 Bc4) 4 Qxg6!, hxg6 5 Bc4  d concludes Black is in rouble, e.g 15    6 1 6 N  ch, Kh7 7 Be3, Bg4 18 d2!, Bh5 9 Rag1 inendng 20 g4 or  8... Bh8 intedng .. g7 19 Ng5 ch!, g5 20 xg5 ch, Kg7 2 d5 and 22 Bd4 ch. But it appears to be even ore dagerous for Back to grab the dpawn, e.g 2 . Qxd4 13 Rd1, Qf6 14 Be5!, Qe6 (14 .. Qxe5 5 Nx ch Rx 6 Rd8 ch) ad now he beauu 5 Qx!!, Rx 1 6 Rd8 ch Anoher versio of the ndga is  4. Qg6 insead of 14  Qe6) 5 N ch, Kg8 16 Qxg6, hxg6 7 Bc4, Bxe5 18 Nxe5 ch, g7 9 h5, g5 20 h6 ch and 2 N Glkov aso poins out ta at ove 3 n he lt lne, Black h no perpetual check after 3 . . . Qxb2 instead of 3 . Qf6 because of  4 x ch, Kg8  5 Nh6 ch, 8  6 Qd5! , Bc3 ch 17 Ke2, Qxc2 ch 8 Ke3! and wns. Alough hardly conclusive, this susts that the Palsen

Capter Tree

81

yem of defene hod no be a maor obae for Whe A greaer haenge  oed by he rarey enonered 4 .g4. hen Whie reay h o ake 

82

WINNIN WH E KIN' MI EPED

SCON  (Ar

I

 5 2  xf  N g5  !)

4

4

An amp a an mprov vson o s n  4 5 5 x5 g sn 6 xf x ors la a somwha rr ns an n  no o Wis nx mov. Howv W  no sa h ngh n hs mov orr an an pla 6 Q2  (nsa o 6 Bxf) Tn 6 . Q7 7 N5  8   9 Qx is q so or Wh. Th mar SpmanCoh Abba 1912 onlu  wh 9 .6 1 0 b5  K8 II 00, Nh6 (o  . .Bg7 12 g5! 6 1 6) 12 Qx6 Rg8 h 1 Kh1 h 1 Qx7 h Kx7 15 !,  16 Bg5 h R6 (16 ... K6 ows ma n hr) 17 N a a rsg  vw o N

5

Bxf4!

Chapte ee

83

Whe has ie choice snce 5 Ne5, Qh4 ch ves Black a e eay The piece sacce, popey he main ne of he osenee Gambi, is ie pomisg hogh i h geneay eded he aenon of heoeicis. The 186 ochnoi/Zak boo mes no menon of 5 B4. Even Gkov's mos ecen boo on he ing's Gambi (oscow, 188) devoes oy a paagaph o i.

5 6

x Qx

In s posions of e gaie and Mo Gamis, ae We sacces  ng knigh, Black ries o eae  game a he cos of a pawn wih a ic ...d7d5. Hee, howeve, 6.  d5 7 Nc3 heps Whie's deveopmen  mch  Bac's, e.g. 7.. de4 8 Ne4 and he n 8  . . Qd4  Bd3 is  nesed sggeson by he fome E Geman coespondence playe eiseben. Fo eampe,  . . . N6 10 00-0 Nc6   Bb5 o 10  .  Nbd7 1 1 he 1 , Be7 1  Bb5  Qb6 1 3 Bd6 (S ee so 7 ed5  in lsave game 13).

6

d6

This mgh be consideed he main ne, alhogh i is had o spea o sch hings n a viaon ha h neve eay been esed in a grandmase game. (And n fac 6  . d6 eceives a qeson m n Segean's ceebraed coecon of Mophys games.) mos move is o 6 .  . Bg7 a ns7 no n someThe nes, o naal asposes ino mainb ne afe Bc4,Qg3 d6. The eading eave is 6. . . Nc6, aacng he d4pawn. Whie shod espond 7 B c4 , and now 7 . . . Nd4 is he typic siaon n which a sacce on  is appopiae  8 B ch,   Qh5 ch g7  0 Be5 ch, N6 11 00. A simi vesion

8

WINNING  E KING' G CCEPE

of t "Wd Muzo  7  Bg 8 e5 Nxd4 9 Bx c  Q5 c  1 1 0-0 wt a song attac 7

Bc4

10

B g7

Blacs t  been ven an exclamaon ont n e ast Lets see wy by examnng te oer eadng rosec a 7  Qh4 ch 8 B, Q£6 forces Wte temory away from e attac on  and dcourages g sde cg. owever 9 Qb reares a vuent 10  or examle 9 h6 10 R , Qe7 1 1 c  as n a 1 968 Sweds game wo n 

qucy by Wte b 7  Be6 s anoer way of deng w e mendng crss on  Wte gans lte from 8 Bxe6?, xe6 9 Qh5 ch, Kd7 owever 8 d5, Bc8 9 0-0  not been tested snce MoryMauan New Oreans 1869 one of te vey t games Mory ever layed See usave game 12  but bear n mnd tat We was aso vng ngt odds. c 7  6 transoses nto an ene game at went folowed by 8 B5, Be7 9 0-0, bd7 10 c, c6 11 R Raf and ee5! w a crusg attac

8

0-0

Note tat neer 8 B c?  9 Bg5 c Nf6 nor 8 Bxd6 Be6! nor even 8 e5 dxe5 9 Bxe5 Nf6 ve te wat e wans. e sould connue  te st of Paul Caes Mory

8

Bxd4 ch

On 8    Nf6 Bac nvtes e n 9 Bg5 eg 9 Nbd7 10 Nc 0-0 11 Rae1 nendng 12 Nd5 or 12 e5

Chapter ee 9

85

Be?

An old anayss by the ealy Soviet ter Nenaokov suested that 9 Kh1 , B6 w adequate or Back because ater 10 e5, e5 1 1 Bxe5, Nd 7 1 2 Bc3 , Qe7 13 e1 , Be5 1 Bxe5, Nxe5 15 Qh5 chances were equal As Glkov ponts out, however, it  hard to nd a good ove or Black  the n posion o Nenaokov's anys Ater either 15    Bg or 15  N6 Wte goes into a avorable endgae  16 Qxe5 However, 9 Kh1 sees to b et by 9  Q6 and  1 0 Nc3, then 10  Bxc3   bxc3, Nc6 12 Qg3, Ne5 with good chances or Black (ustrave gae 1) 

Bxe ch

9

Snce Wite's nnh ove has opened the le, Black cannot aord anytng less ocing 9   B6 10 Nc3, c6   e5, xe5 12 Ne)

10

Qxe

Whte  a ul piece down but his asault on  cannot be denied now (10  Be6  Qd o r 10    N6   e5)

10

Qe7

11 c T appears ore prosng than 1 1  or 1 1 B ch

86

NNNG  E NGS GAMT AE

The chief hreas are 12 Nd5 and 12  Afer 1  Be6 12 Nd5, Bxd5 1 Bxd5 Whies aack is considerable (1  Nc6? 14 Qb; 1  c6 14  Qe5 15 Qb) Aso, 1  Qe5 12 Nd5, Kd8 aer which 1  creaes a dger of a roo invion a  .

,

Perhaps he key e is 1    Nf6 afer which 12 xf6!, Qx6 1 Nd5 ainains he iniave, eg 1  Qxb2 14  (14  00? 15 Nf6 ch) or 1  Qd8 14 e5, Be6 16 Nf6 ch, Ke7 17 Bxe6, e6 18 Q5

IUAE GAME #12 orphyarian, New Orleans 1869 (We gave QN odds)

1 2  4 5 6

e4 4  Bc4 d4 Qx

e5 ex4 5 4 x d6

Chapter ree 7

87

00

Despte Whte's fourth ove we  have transposed back nto our an ne of secton (b by ove nne

7 8 9

d5 Bx4

9

Be6 Bc8

Qd7

Black retreated the bshop al the way n order to clear d7 for a pece But here he oves the wrong pece He probably wanted to put a knght on d7 (and later on e5 but gave up on t after seeng hat 9  Nd7 alows 10 Bxd6 and a threat of ate on  However 10  Qf6  a dangerous response. o 0 Bg5  a paper attack (10 .. Qxg5! If  gae were not played at QN odds Wte would eet 9 Nd7 wh 0 Nc3 after whch 0  Bg7   Bxd6 Qf6 2 Qg3 eads to ense copcaons 2 . Qd4 ch 3 Kh1 cxd6 4 Nb5 Be5

88

WINNING  E NG GAM ACCED

10 e5  11 Qe 12 exd6 1 Rae1

Q4 Be7 cxd6

A c whn not havg a qn knght hps Wh mmasably Now 13   s ssnal 



1 14 Bxd6 15 Bxe7 16 Bb5

h5? Qd7 xe7 Black Resis 10

ILUAE GAME # 1 LsbnJngl E Gman Cosponnc Champonshp 1986

1

e4

e5

2  4 5 6 7

4  d4 Bx4 Qx exd5

ex4 5 4 x d5

H ECO v s 7    N6 8 Bb5 ch c6 9 B5 Bg7 10 xc6N8 bxc6 1 1 avanag Bxc6 ch Nxc6 1 Qxc6 ch B7 13 Q  00 14 00  o Black

7 8 9

Bb5 ch Bxd6

Bd6 Bd7

Chaper Three

89

Anaysis by Jakov Estin onc rcondd 9   Bxb5 hr  a winnng ov Howvr isbn pons out that 0 B5 ! 6   Qh5 ch  a song ply 1      12 c)

9 10

0-0

cxd6 Q£6

An ancnt gam Tstalotkows Los Angls 197, saw   6   c wth do bdgd pay Th txt is an attpt to ds th f bt Wt's py focs Back back idaty

11 Qc 12 a

Qd8 a6

Back cannot sooth o his pics wh 12    7 and 1  00 bcaus of  Qg, hing a d6 and g7

1 14

Rae1 ch Q

K £6

15

Q£4

Qc7

90

WNNN WE N AM ACCEED

Ad hee 15  Bx5 1 6 x5  Qd7 1 7 Re6!  g (17 Qx5 18 6 ch

6 Bxd7 7 Re6 18 b5 19 xd6 20 

Qxd7 Qf7

d8 Q7 Q6

Black s also os olowg 0 Q  1 h6 o 0    Qg5 1 Qxg5 ad  h6 ch

21 22 2 24

d6 d7 Qd6 h4

b4 K7 Q5 Black Resis 1-0

Black cocedes ecase o 4    Qh5 5 Re7 ch xe7 6 Qxe7 ch Kg6 7 Qg7 ae

ILUAE GAME #14 eseeKopp Coespodece 1988

1 2  4 5 6 7 8 9 0

e4 4  d4 Bx4 Qx Bc4 0-0  c

e5 ex4 5 4 x  d6 B 7 Bxd4 ch Q6 Bxc

Chapter Three

91

Unounaely I I B ch?! does not wok hee    Qx 12 Qxc3 Q6! 13 e5 Qg7 and Black wns Black now gains me to contol the cucial e5 squae

11 bxc 12 Q

c6 e5

But hee Black could easly have len o a sim vesion o the pevious note 2  Qg6? and now 13 B ch!  Q 1 Bxd6! and White wins

1

Bxe5

14 15

Bx£7 ch Qh4 ch

Qxe5 Kd8 e7

Black can ake a daw hee with 5 Qe7 snce White can hadly avoid 16 Qg3 Qe5 17 Qh Qe7

16 R£6 17 Qh6

Bd7 Qxe4

Leisebein in  In Chs, suggesed I 7  c6! with the

92

WNNN  E KN A ACCEPED

idea o 8 d6 Kc7 9 Rad, Rad8 20 Qd2, Nd5! d he d e  deused

1 8 Q7 1 9 Bxe8 20 Q 2 1 Q 2 2 Re 2 h4 24 R 25 Rg8 26 g4 27 Kh2

Re8 Bxe8 Qe5 Kd7 Q5 Qh5

c6 Rd8 Qd5 ch Q7?

A bude. The stuao  ucear aer ac creaes a gh suare with 27 ... Ne5 28 Q£ ch, Kc6.

28

R7

Black Resins 10

Because o 28 . . . Qxg7 29 Q£ mate.

93 CHR FO

e Becker's  h6 esses 

Alost o o plys 3    6 owdys But t o  t w cosdrd  portt ss t would ow Bck to py  rly g-g5, wthout t copcos of 3 g5 4 h4 I othr words, Bckrs 3  h6 hd th s trsposo pp of Fschrs 3  d6 Howvr, sc t dds ost og to Bcks dvopt, 3 h6  fcd y ttps t ruo

21 

e4 £4 

e5 ex £4 h6?

4 d4 If h ws to pont out th ost obvos dccy of 3   6, Wht c rpy 4 b3!?, sc th t oy cosstt Blck rply  4  g5  lows  srog szur of t go t 5 Bb2 Wt c cou w Nc3 d Q2 d qu

9

WINNING  HE KING GAI ACCEED

sde csng However here's o reso o be fcy whe sch  spe nd ur  nd ey-o-e  ehod of hndg e Becer Defese s vbe Th es  d he se ove we sed gis he Fscher Defese

4

g5

Ad   he Fscher Defese, i Bc ows 5 B, he eds p wih  pssve poso wh ohng ese o show for  (5    Nc6? 6 Bf)

5

h4

Ag foowng he -Fscher prescrpo Oe jor erece is h ow 5    g c be e by boh 6 Ng nd 6 Ne5 here The he dvge of  d7 d6 over he fy reev  h 7 -h6 s obvios

5

B7

Ths s e pon of e Becer Defese: Bc sed hs d ove o gin  epo over he Fscher nd 3   g5 defeses  order o ge hs ng sde pws io  cohere s Now o qe oves Bc c deveop wh  d6  Nf6 d  Nc6, where o he cve 6 g3 he c respod 6    d5 7 ed5, g 8 Ne5 Qd5 9 2, Be5 wi dvnge There s however oe oher wy for Whe o epo Bcs ng sde before  s copeey coorded

6 7

hx 5 Rxh8

hx5 Bxh8

Chapter our

95

hs exchange exposes h7 and h8 and aso g8 to potena vons by Wes heavy peces pacary a qeen after h5 or g4 and xg4  n or ma ne beow)

8



t  vta for Whte to se at Backs pawn chan before t can be foed by deveoped peces ow Bc cannot aord 8.  g 9 Bxg5 d t s Bacs ng poson that s more verable 9 ... Bf6 1  Bxf6 xf6 1 1 e5 ) herefore hs choce es between o r man e 8 . . . g4 and he vaos means of compeng hs developmen at he cost of a pawn. Whe mst bear n mnd hat i he gets to pay 9 f4 Bac s almost cean to repy9 ... g4, eepng nes cosed and dvng the Whte nght to a qesonable sqare snce h4  no longer be avaable) For example, 8  c6 9 f4, g4  one ely cona on. te does best o conne wh 1 g5 and hen 1... xd4 1 1 Bc4 wh attac ng chances wel worh a pawn 1. . h6 12 Be and 1 c).

96

  E ' AMT AED

8

4

On 8 d5 he hod avod 9 exd5, Qe ch when Back and we Nora he hod conder a pece acce on g5 here  9 4, g4! 1 0 Ng5  B here  fa becae of 10 f6 1 1 Nh3 , dxe4! d 1 1  g5 12 Qxg4, Bxd4! are ond 

However, he can ee 8  d5 wh 9 Nc3 when he openg of the cener hod hod no eor for he: 9 dxe4 10 Nxe4, Qe 1 1 Ng5! ? On he oher h d, agan a oewha pve deveopng ove ch  8   d6 he c ndeed ake he gh acrce enoned above: 9 gx4, g4 10 Ng5, f6 1 1 Nh3! and 1 1   h3 12 Qh5ch/13 Qxh8

9

h2

Now Back g de coape

9 10

x Qx4

K

No 10  h2 1 1 Qxg8 ch, Ke 1 2 Bg5 ch, f6 1 3 Qh ch (S di  ) 11

Qx

We e foowng he beow trave Gae No 15 n whch Back coned 1  Bxd4 and o A ore recen exape wa Lenaae, Keckee 1 985 whch wen 1 1 N , d5 12 Qh5 , Bg 13 e5 , c5 14 Ng5 wh a  edge o he

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 J O ) 

ILU GAME # 5 Keres-Soonurm, Tann  942

 2  4 5 6 7 8 9 

e4 £4  d4 h4 hx5 Rxh8  h2 Qx 4

e5 ex£4 h6 5 B7  5 Bxh8 4 x 

By aacg g8  wel  g3 We sweeps e g side open Black decides o ake on d4 o keep some maerial edge.

  Qx

K Bxd4

98

WINNING  TE KING GAIT ACCEPED

T cape so sees  mpoa posoa ppose. Black can occpy e5 now wih a o piece. Howeve, 1 2 N, B7 seems a moe accae defee ha 12 . . Bf6 whch provokes Whie o closin he 3-c7 daona 

1  1 e5 14 5

B£6? Be7 Bx 5

n view of 15 Nh7 ch, Black ca hardly avoid  new cocesson.

15 Bx5 16 c 1 7 00-0

Qe c6

A easy deco. Back cao las lon  he does  ake he e-pawn, so  . . .

17 1 19

B£4 Qh

Qxe5 Q7 d6

Chaper our 20 21

Bxd6 ch cxd6 Qxd6 ch Ke8

Or 2. . . ge7 22 Qd8 ch! d aes.

22 2 24

d5 Qxh6 c 7 ch

Qh6 ch xh6 Black Resigs 10

99

100 CHAER FI

x uwes Deense (



Be

From Becers now-rare 3 . h6, we tu to a move that h been  and out of fhion for more than a centu. The t word has yet to be said about  Euwes 3  Be7 system 1 2 

e4 4 N

e5 ex4 Be 7

This vaaon h a very long hstory an evokes memo es of the Berlin Pleiades and Caf de la Rgence. And most of a t recas the socaed "ng Sde Gambt (4 Bc4, Bh4 ch 5 g3 !?, g3 6 00 h2 ch)  whch Whte sacrces not one but  side awns OneBern of the842 oest King's Gambit w the four gameg HanstenJaesch, whch went: 1 e4, e5 2 f4, exf4 3 N Be7 4 Bc4, Bh4 ch 5 g3 g3 6 0-0 h2 ch 7 Kh! 6 8 Ne5!, xe5 9 Qh5  Qe7  0 !  Qc5 1  ch Ke7 12 d4 Qxc4 13 Qe8 ch, Kd6 14 Qxe5

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ch, Kc6 1 a3, d6 16 d ch, Kc 17 Be3 ch, K4 18 c3 ch Ka4 1 b3 ch, Kxa3 20 B mae! 0 A  aer on, Pau Morph demonsraed ha here w no reason o ae such ss when Whe ges a erfect reon ale game  meeng 4 .  Bh4 ch wh  K!. Th u he 3 ... Be7 nes under a cloud where  remned for hf a cenu  w on when Euwe showed ha 3 . Be7 shod e sed  a ransoson devce ha he isho move regaed resecabi  nd gned  mode name: The Euwe Vion 4

Bc4

or a whe, hs o Bos Sps's eos o revve he KG.A, the move 4 c3, and  4.. . Bh4 ch hen  Ke2, came ino fashon Bu here is no reon o so ds he smooh coornaon of Whe's forces Hs ng l sand much woe on e2, blocng n a bsho, than  4

N£!

Ths w Euwe's conbuon Blac h  extra move of developen when comared wth Schalo's 3 f6 Chaer Sx) d, sice Whe's isho s ead deveoed on c4, Bac l foow n ear advce of Whe's eawn wh a emo gang  d7d! The old checg ne, 4 .. Bh4 ch  !, now aears duous. To iustrae: a) 5 d  d4, Bg4 7 Bx£4 and Blac's eces are saced 7 Qf6 8 Be3 , c6  c3 or 8 ... e7  bd2 h6 10 h3, Bx£ I I £, d7 12 Kg!) Once agan a sa advanage of Whe's roves s vue 

102

G  THE KG GAMT AEPED

b) 5 Nh  d4 and Bla has n nveient methd f frestng 7 Bxf4 6  g5?  Nx h4 ; 6 Bg5 7 h4) ter whih the ight is shwn t be mseraby paed n h6 

) 5   d4 g5 7 h4 flwed by Ne5 

he ms nteresng ty ater the bishp he  5 d5! 6 Bxd5, Nf6 7 Bb3 Nw BCO rst edin, remmended the blunder   00  equa, but f urse, 8 Nxh4 wins a piee Gv and Estr nte h at 7  Nxe4  ther bunder beause f 8 Qe2 One f the few exampes f  Bb3 was the psta game WelsCrett, 1989, whh saw  Bg4 8 d3 0-0 9 N3, Nh5 10 Nd5, Qd6 1 1 Qd2, Bx! 2  6 and Blak std we Whte may imprve with 10 Ne2 Fr 4 d5 see Illustrave Game 20 5

e5

Anher pint t Blaks pay is ha 5 N3 aws the faiar fr  f 5   Nxe4! 6 Nxe4 d5, whih  usual equaizes 5

Ng4

n nt t Chapter S the ght  bady paed n h5 5 favs Nh5 6 ite N3 and nw 6  d6  exd6 fwed by 8 d4 9 Ne4 dhere 

Nc3

Is usefu fr Whte t prevent  d7-d5, whih w a ey mve in Euwes system Nte here that  Blak ges head

Chapter Five

103

anyway with 6   d5 , Wte cn eply 7 Bxd5 , since 7   Bh4 ch 8   Nc6 oes nsucent compensaon (9 Bxc6 ch, bxc6 10 d3, 00 1 1 Bx4 ad now Kees ves 1    6 12 e6,  1 3 Nh4, Q4 14 Qe1 as avong Whie) Note also that development aloe  not solve Blacs openg poblems Ate 6    Nc6 7 d4, fo example 7    d6 8 Bx4, dxe5 9 dxe5 , 00 1 0 h3 ollowed by 1 1 Qxd8, Nxd8 12 00-0 favos Whte's moe aggessive pieces And, once moe , 7    d5 simply suendes a pawn wthout compensaon  8 Bxd5 , Bh4 ch 9  and now 9   B, t the idea o a fok on e3 , is met by 1 0 Bxf4, Be3 1 1 Bg3 , Ne7 12 Be4



d

The othe ey test o Whtes play is 6   Bh4 ch, snce Blac is eady to castle ad theeoe i bette ove shape th in the positions cosideed above at ase e 4   Bh4 ch We w coside the fou most liely Blac pocedues te 6  Bh4

ch 7 K

a) 7.. . N 8 Qe1 Nxh 9 Qxh4 ad White w emege wth two mo pieces fo a ook A 1986 post game, WoOtte, saw 8 g5 9 Nxh4 Nxh1 10 N ad Black esigned oowng 1 0 . . . Qe7  1 Nd5 Qc5 1 2 N ch K 13 Bb3 d 14 d4. ••

(h 7.. . Nc can impove on the last lne ae 8 d4 N 

9 Qe1 Nxh1 10 Qxh4 Qxh4 11 Nxh4 Nxd4 since Black hs won the d-pawn Howeve, te 2 Bx4 Blac  let with a poble of developng hs queen side, eg 1 2 ... b 13 d1 Ne 14 Be3 Bb7 15 Kg

I 04

WI W E KI AM ED

(c 7.. . d 8 exd! and now 8 Qxd hangs the h4 bshop (9 Nx4, Qd4 0 Qe2 ch Theeoe, 8 cxd  he expected ecaptue. Whte can then pay 9 Qe2 c! stony since 9   Qe7? d 9  Be? ose aea Bac shoud espond 9 . .Be7 ate whch 10 d4 d 11 Bxf4 oes Wte exceen chances I  g5  h4;   Ne3 ch   Bxe3 , e3  2 Qx e3, 00  3 Re , B6  4 Nd5 

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







Ths thee o capuing on d6 oowed by a queen chec is one we see agan  ou  ne Theeoe, Bac ay do best to avod  checs wth   (d 7  00 8 d4 and now Gov ves 8 Ne3 ch 9 d Ng5 as eang to a Bxe3 xe3 10 Qd3 B 11 h4! Wte advage, and o 8 8 9 g3! (9 g3 0 g3, Bxg3   Ng5 and wns, o   ... Be  Qd3, h6 2 Qe4, d6 3 Bx6 



7

exd!

One o the ajo dscoveies  actuy a ediscove  duing the ngs Gabt evva o the  950s was tha Whe h

Capter ive

105

uite a good edgame  he c tade uees This exchge favos Wte i age pat because of s pospec afte the atua 7    Bxd6 8 Qe2, Qe7

7

Bxd

Rey payed but pefecly eoabe 7  Qxd6 Its pncp drawback s that White l g a usef tempo w Ne4 o exampe, 8 d4, 0 -0 9 00, c6 10 Ne4, Qc 7 1 1 h3 ,  ve by Euwe, grats Wte a sm but cetan advtage Howeve, thee have bee few exapes oft fom actual pay See Iustrave Game 8

8

Qe 2 c

Wte caot aow Back to ce to safetyi he hopes to exact somethg fom the opeg Back ca ow avod exchages wih 8   with 9 Nc6 to folow But Wte ca egai his paw favoaby wth 9 d4 ad Nd5, eg 8   9 d4, Nc6 10 Nd5, g5 11 h4! or 9 h6 ! 10 h3! , Nf6 1 1 Ne 5  

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

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8 9

Qe7 Qxe7 c Kxe 7

The atua 9   Bxe7 ecaptue s faty because of 10 d4 theatenng Bxf4) ad i 1 0 Bd6, t he 1 1 Ne4 ad Nxd6 ch   ustaive Game 1. 





Tme to evauae Back s h  exta paw but  g  soewhat secue ad s uee sde  s aleep White's pncpe method of expoing Backs probems be Ne4xd6 or Nd5 ch, depedig o Back's ext move or exampe, 10   c6 takes away the ght check but makes 1 1 Ne4

06

WINNING  E KING GI CCEPED

stoge, e.g. 1  . ..Bc 1 2 b3 ad 13 Ba 3 ch o 1  .. .B 1 2 Nxd6, Kxd6 13 d3 Ad i Bac bes to get hs othe pieces o play wh 10 .. . Nc6 he maes 1 1 d4, B 12 Nd5 ch a dage. Note also that Whte h aothe idea  the om o Re1 ch, tyig Bacs g to the deese o s  paw.

0

£

Re

This is a most local move allowg the g to ee to bt pehaps ot best. Blac would lie play 10 . . .B,

attacg c2 th a appet gai o me. B t 1 1 Re1 ch the becomes aog, e.g. 1  . ..K8 12 Ne4 o 1. ..Kd 12 Bx, Nc6 12 ... Bxc2?? 13 Be6 ch 13 d4,  14 Bb3 Rae8 15 Rxe8 ad 16 h3  i Leisebei-Klgma, Coespodece, 1986. Aothe way o deag with poblem o deedg  is 10 .. .6 wth the addioal beet o sppog a .. g7 g5 advace. Ths meas 1 1 exta Nd5 ch, Kd8wih 1 212.. d4 g5 is esoable becase Blac eeps his paw ad 13 ... c6. Bette  Glaov's sggeso o the immedate   d4 , wth a possible coao o 1    c6 1 2 Ne4, Bc  13 h3 , Nh6 1 4 b3 .

11

d4

K

To stop Whtes ext move, Bl ac has tied 1  .  .h6 but the 12 B4, Bx4 13 Nd5 ch, Kd8 14 N4 avos Whte, e.g. 14 ... Ne3 15 B, Re 4 15 . .. Re7 ad 15  ecoage a good Exchage sacce i 16 Ne5 16 Nd2, Re7 17 Nd5, Nx 18 Nxe, Nxd2 19 Nxc8, Kxc8 20 Re1 PeoeNes Coe spodece 1984 The Blac ght is apped ad Whte  std bette oce its coaled. 

Capter Five 12



Ng5!

A stong move whch hts at h7 d   we  pepa ng to centae the ght at e4 Fo  exampe o t ne, see Iustave game 

ILUAE GAME #1 Rennemovesen Coespondence 

1 2 3 4 5  7 8 9 10

e4 f4 N Bc4 e5

e5 exf4 Be7 Nf Ng4

Nc3 d4 Bxd5! K Qd2!

Nc d5 B4 c N

108

NIN  TE IN'S MIT EPED

A geneal ule o humb dicaes hat a pawn  sold  Whies d-pawn s we woth he Exchange. Hee the sacce s moe eecve han usu because Qx4  heaten mae on £  we  a captue on h4

10 11 12 13 14

Qx£4 Nxh4 Bb3 N

Nxh1 00 Nb4 Be c

Blacs theas ae ove nd he must lose the h-nght The est equies lile commen.

15 1

Kg  Qg3

N Nh3 ch

17 18 19 20 21 22

gxh3 Bg5 Ne4 cxb3 Re Bd2

Kh8 Qd7 Bxb3 Nd5 £ fxe5

Cape Five 23 24 25 2 27 28 29 30 31 32

dxe5 Nfg5 e  Bc3 bxc3 c4 Nd Ndf7 c N c!

109

Rae8 Qc7 Qb c Qd4 xc3 Qd5 Q Qc2 Kg8

Thee ae sevea ways to  but mate s test

32 33 34 35

Ne4 dis. ch Qe5 c Rg c

gxh 8 Kg8 Black Resigns 10

LUAE GAME #17 BoseLemoe, Much 1958 Ths game dd pobaby moe ha ay ohe to pope Whte's teatmet o the Euwe Deese

 2 3 4 5  7 8 9

e4 f4 N Bc4 e5 Nc3 exd Qe2 c Qxe 7 c

e5 exf4 Be7 Nf Ng4 d Bxd Qe7 Bxe7?

 0

NNING  E KING G CCEED

10 d4 11 Ne4

Bd

Black  lost me t is ni d tent moves and  s end up losig back the f4-pawn As a esult, he h no compesatio o his posion weakesses n the endgame

Nd7 11 1 2 Nxd ch cxd Nb 13 Bxf4 1 4 Bd3 d5 1 5 00 00 N£ 1 b3! 1 7 Rae1 B g4 18 Re7 The main taget now s not b7 but  (Ne5  

18 19 Be5! 20 Bxf 21 Ne5

Nbd7 b Nx£ Be

Capter ve 22

I

Ba!

Aepig o  Bck ou o oes (22 .  Re8 23 Rx).

22 23 24 25

Bb5 Bc Nxf7!

Bc8 a Rb8

Now 25    26 Bxd5 Nxd5 2 Re ch oces e.

25 2

Rxf!

Bg4 Back Resgns 10

Becuse o 26 ... g6 2 Nh6 ch d 28 Nxg4 wih  ey wi

IU GAME #18 G ghe-Chibudide BieTbisi ch 1990

1 2 3 4 5

e4 f4 N Bc4 e5

e5 exf4 Be7 Nf Ng4

 7 8

Nc3 exd d4

d Qxd Be!

This kes dge o Whie's ibiiy o ck he quee 9 Ne4 Qb4 ch). Now 9 Qe2 Bxc4 eses Bck's defese. To oid h Whie us cocede soe coo o e5 d c5

12

G  E KGS GT ACCED

9 d5 10 Qe2 11 Ne4 1 2 Bxf4 13 Ng3?

Bd7 00 Qb B

Ths appeas to  a pece but 1 3 000 was oe natu.

13 14 3

Bg Bd!

Saves the piece and oces the posonay desabe exchage o da-squaed bishops  ad then the  o a pawn.

15

Bxd

Qx d

1 17 18 19 20 21

000 1 Rd4 Qx e3 R2 Rg4

Qf4 c Ne3 Qxg3 Qx g2 Qg3 Qd

Capter Five 22

Rg2

 Nd7

s ebe tht Blc cod hve codcted he pw-gbbig id wthout copeng quee side deveopen The est of the ge w spiited but foeodied.

23 24

h4 Qxa7

Rae8 Qf!

The ight cnot ove becuse o f the dedly oo chec.

25 2 27 28 29 30 31 32

Qxf a3 5 Nf xg Nxg4 gxf7 c Rxf7 Rd2 Ne3 Re2  d  c Nxc4 ite Resigns 0 1

Whie shold hve plyed  0-0-0

ILUVE AME # 1 9 LesebeKpe Coespodence 

1 2 3 4 5  7

e4 f4 N Bc4 e5 Nc3 exd

e5 exf4 Be7 Nf Ng4 d Bxd

114

WNNNG WTH E KNGS GT CCEPED

8 9 10 11 12

Qe2 ch Qxe7 ch 00 d4 Ng5!

Qe7 Kxe7 Re8 K

£

Now 13 Nh ch tap the ght w obcue eul foowng 3... Ke 4 B4 8

13 Nge4! 1 4 Nxd 15 Bx£4

Bd7 cxd Rc8

A n the Bonten-LeMone game, the conequence of og the da-quaed bhop ae daou fo Bac

1  Bxd ch Ke8 1 7 Rae1 ch Kd8 1 8 Be7 ch Kc7 19 h3 Nh 20 Nd5 ch Kc 2 1 Bx£! Back Ress 1  0

Capte Five

5

IUAVE AME #20 TgovPedesen, Moscow 1956 1

e4

e5

2 3 4

f4 N Bc4

exf4 Be7 d5!?

Ths speeds Black's developmen a a g of me. Howeve, i canno be oveooked ha he bes g abou Blacks posion  he ngs Gambi is ofen his exa pawn. Wihou ha pawn Black has he wos of i. The ... d7d5 counesacce is ofen a poweful efuaon of vaaons  which Whe h gambied moe han a mee pawn. o exam ple,  Muzioke gambis, Whe oes a ful piece fo he aack, nd afe .. d7d5 Black sil holds a maeial edge. No so   posion

5

Bxd5

Nf

7

Nc3! Nxd5

Nxd5

Black  eued hs exa pawn and now mus ake cae ha he doesn lose he f4-pawn s wel Te, he has bluned Whies adional aacing pl ha is dieced a£  Bu he knigh a d5 is an exceen piece ha mus be eaed a some cos.

7 8 d3 9 Nxe7 1 0 Qe2 11 4! 1 2 Nd4

g5 c Qxe7 Na g4 Qe5

116

  THE K' AMT ACCED

13

Bd2

Rg8

Ate 13 ... Nc5 14 Bc3, N4 15 Nxc6 White wins  pwn.

14 Bc3 1 5 000 1  1 7 Q 1 8 gx£

19

Qc7 Be 000  g3

Qe3

Een stoge is 1 9 Nxe6, e6 20 Qx7, eg. 20 . . . g2 21 Rg1 , Q4 ch 2 2 Kb1 , Qx 2 3 Q8 ch, Nb  2 4 Be5 .

19 20 21 22 23 24

Rde1 £4 Rg1 N Bd4

Qb Nc5 g2 Bxa2? Bb3 Rxd4

Capter Five 2 5 Nxd4 2  27  28 Nb3 29 Re2 30 Nc 3  Rexg2 3 2 Rxg2 3 3 Na2 34 Nc3 3 5 Q

117

Be Bd7 Na c5 Ba 4

Nc7 Rxg2 Nb Nd4 Bc Black Resigns 0

8 CHR SX

 S chaop's 3 . .  Nf E Schlop a mino Geman mte who alo hap pened to be ce tenogaphe o the Rechtag  cedted wt th counteattack n the cente. t  actuay a dged metod o potecng the exa pawn nce Back  gong to meet te natual 4 e5 wth 4  ..Nh5  The nt appea loneome  d ulneable  on h5 , but t may be a le toubleome metod of deendng the 4-pawn than the aou pawn ch de (3 .. g5; 3  d6 3 h6) 





1  3

e4 f4 N

e5 exf4 N£

Back not only attac the ony pawn n the cente he pepae to add h own wth 4  d5

4

e5

Capter Six

119

A aiy automatic ad quie easoabe adace Now 4  Nd5   a Alees Deese w the st moe Black tied when 3  N6 w youg Howee the kight  moe ueabe than i he ekhie's d ate 4  Nd5 5 c4 Nb6 6 d4 d6 7 exd6 ad 7  Bxd6 aows 8 c5

4

N5!

Yui Aebakh the lome Russi mage edito ad edgame authoity oce expeimeted with 4 Ne4 a moe emiiscet o a iao o the Kig's Gambit Declied  e4 e5 2 4 N6? 3 e5 Nxe4 4 N Ng5) o exampe 5 d3 Ng5 eases Black's game a bit Howee 4    Ne4 5 d4 ad 6 Bx4 is a simpe teatmet that leaes the kight ueable to attack wih the deelopig moe Bd3 o exampe play coud coue 5 d4 d5 6 B4 ad  6  c5 the 7 Nbd2 Nc6 8 Bd3  suggested by Paul Kees

5

d4

A simpe d dect appoach Thee  smehg o b said o 5 Qe2 (wch dscouages Black om moig hi d paw) ad the deeopig 5 Be2 ad ee the bayoet attack o 5 g4? But we' stick to the most eibe moe the moe Wte ca cout o payig  a aaios Nowpotected 5  g5 would be athe matte o oel hedepies pawn is aeady Wose adace o the sice gpaw Back o the deese  g7 g6 d so o  Qh4 ch oce Whte's kight moes This meas that 5 g5 6 Nd2 oces the Black kight back to g7 ate which 7 Ne4 must ao Wte

120

WINNING  KING' GIT CCEPED

Blacs choice at move ve  bed on his atude towads the cente Whe push his d-pawn one suae,  ode to exchange on e5, o  he push it two, and oe to eep mattes closed 5  d6 5  d5

SCON (a) SCON 

Chapter S

121

SCON (a) d

5

(Afe  e4, e5 2 f4, ef4 3 N, Nf6 4 e5, Nh5 5 d4)

The chef alteave, 5    d5, l be examned  the nex secon Bu w e shoud also tae noe of 5   g6, whch poecs the ngh whou mang a commmen wh he d-pawn Boh Glov ad ay ecommend meeng 5   g6 wh 6 Be2 ad s maes sese The afe subseque developg moves he Whe nght  ove fom  ad theaen Bh5, eg 6 Be2 d6 7 0 0, Bg7 8 exd6, Qxd6 and afte Whe poec hs dpawn wh 9 c3 and obans a good game wh he supsny song eeat 10 N e1 



Qe2!

A sog epy sce Blac canno aod he openng of e e-le wt h 6   dxe5 7 Nxe5, eg 7  Nf6 8 Nc6 ch ad 9 Nxd8

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WINNING  KING'S GI CCEPED

Anothe ap n  e poson s evealed by 6  Be7, e whch 7 exd6, Qxd6 and thee appes to be nothg wong wth Bacs poson  except o 8 Qb5 ch, pcng up the nght wih a ongange o

d5



Thee s nothng bette Now t s up o Whe o pove a hs poson  bee o hm han he one hat comes abou va 5  d5 nstead o 5   d6) In ohe wods, s Whte bete o wih a exa move  he exa ove s Qe2

7

c4

Yes,  he c bea the cene bocade wh t move Now 7    c6 s a bt psve and aows Whte a ee hd wih 8 Nc3, theaenng 9 cxd5, cxd5 10 Qb5 ch Pehaps 7  dc4  best, ae whch 8 Qxc4, Be6 9 Qb5 ch gves Whe bac hs gamb pawn 

7 8 9

cxd5 Nc3

Be Bxd5 Nc

I Bac cn maan conto o d5 he w acheve equng pece pay 10 Nxd5, Qxd5   Qc4, Bb4 c h 12   Qxc4 13 Bxc4 Nxd4  d Bac wns a pawn) Noe ha 9    Bb4 can be nsweed by I 0 Bd2, ae whch Bac pobaby does bes wh Nc6, ansposng no ou man ne 

I

10

Bd2!

B4

Mananng the d5 outpos On I   Bx I I Qx, Nxd4 Whe c go o boe wth 1 2 Qxh5  Nc2 ch 1 3 Kd  , Nxa 1 4 Bc4 o 14 e6 snce he ngh a a s tapped anyway

Capter Sx 11

23

Nxd5

Now .  .Bxd2 ch 2 Nxd2, Qxd5 loses a pece (3 Qxh5)

11 1

Qxd5 000

Oeng the a2pawn  ode to bea the bocade on d5  Now 2 . 000 3 Qc4 would bea t  a deent manne (3 . Bxd2 ch 4 Rxd2, Qxc4 ch 5 Bxc4 and Bac appeas to have nothng bette than to aow 5 .. f6 6 Be6 ch, Kb8  7 Bg4! wth a cea edge. 

1 13

Qxa d5

Despte hs ng's expose, Wte has the advantage. Two ey vaaons fom Glo show hs: (a Bac can't smpfy wh 13  . Bxd c because of 1 4 and Blacs Nxd, Qd5 15 Qx5, Qxe5 16 Qxe5, Ne5

1 24

WNNING  KING GIT EPED

pawns don make up fo e oss of he knght (17 Re, f6 18 Nc4 0-0-0 19 Nxe5, e5 20 Rxe5 ec) (b) Thee  no pepeua check o mang aack  1 3 Qa1 ch  c, Qa ch 15 b1 and now  5  Bx 16 xc6! o 1 5 . Ne7 16 Qb5 ch! ades down o a avoabe endgame (6 ... Qxb5 17 Bxb5 ch c6 8 Bxb4)

Capte Sx

125

SCON ) 5

d5

(Ae 1 e4, e5 2 4, ex4 3 N N6 4 e5, Nh5 5 d4)

5



d5

Be2

Bascally a wang move. Whe ulmaely l aac n one o wo ways: n he cene wih  cpawn o on he g side wih a nigh move ha exposes Blac o Bxh5. Wha Bl does on his nex ew moves  help deemne Whe's ge. o s ance 6 . . g5 secues poecion o he pawn so ha he ngh can eea and i so ceaes a eea squae a g7. Howeve, 7 c4 is a song eply, sce Blac's ng side l now  consideably moe vulneable now ha he cene is becoming lqd (7 . ..c6 8 cxd5 cxd5 9 Nxg5 and 10 Bxh5). And  Blac pesses on wih 7 ... g4, Whie can aod a nce piece sacce wh 8 0-0,  9 Bx, e.g.  Ng7 10 cxd5 

WNNING W NGS GAT ACCEPED

126 ad

ll

Bxf4 o 9 . Ng3 1 0 hxg3 , g3

ll

6

Bg4



Rf4 o sop . Qh4

Aleaves clude he sageloog pepaoy move 6 . Rg8, which alows Blac o play  00 g5 safely Howeve, 8 c4, c6 9 Nc3 oce aga bigs pohbive pessue o d5, eg. 9  Be6 10 cxd5, cxd5   Qd3 (g  o l    . Bxd5   Nxd5  exd5 1 2 Qd3 , Rg6 1 3 Nh4 w h advaage

7

00

Nc6

Poecg he g  wh   g6 aso maes sese See Ilusave game 21. O he ohe had,  . .  Be, which pepes o casle, ecouages Whie o 8 Ne  , afe whic 8 .. . Bxe2 9 Qxe2, g6 s vually foced. Te  0 Qb5 ch, wnng bac a paw, sould secue  edge l  Nc6   Nc3 

8

c3

We ae follog  old Pa Kees aalyss whic  sood up we o aemps a mpoveme fo Blac (S diam n p.)

8 9 10

Ne Qxe2

g6 Bxe2 Qe7

This pepaes quee side casg. Blacs lac of scope  he closed cee is dicaed by l ... Bg l l Nd3, 0-0 12 Nxf4, Nxf4 1 3 Bxf4 we We h excele play w Nd2 ad Rae.

Capte S

127

 8 ?

11



Tha maneuve an. Now 1 1  0-00 12 Nd3 and N4 mus sue Whie of some advanage.

128

NNING  KINGS GAIT ACCEED LL  #21

Buce-S Noc, Be 1984

  3 4 5 6 7 8

e4 £4 N e5 4 Be 00 e

e5 e4 N 6 Nh5

5 Bg4 g6

Wte abados hopes o openg up the e (wth devces such  g2-g3) whe he paces the oo hee A appeaing ateatve s 8 c3 wth the immedate 9 Qb3  d

8 9 10 1 1 13

c3 Qb3 h3!

N c4

Be7 c5 b6 Be6 c4 Nc6

Capter S

129

Not 13  00 14 Bxh5 o 13  Ng3 14 Bb5 ch d 14 Bx4 w an obvious advantage o White n ethe ce White might cosde 14 B5 ow, snce 14  Nxd4 loses a pece As played Black etus his exta paw ad gets a eoable game

14 15 16 17 18

d1 N3 Bx£4 Nx e Bg3

 Ng3 Nxe  5

Cleang a squae o the ght

18 19 0 1  23

4

Q 3 N£4 a1 N B

5 d3 6 x8 7 Be3 8 Ng3 9 Nxd3

Na5 N4 Na3 Qd7

0-0 N Ba3 x8  R3 xd3

Bo sdes have bad bshops but Blacks s a bt wose ad hs ng side s the geate tget emaig

9 30 31 3 33 34

Ne N Q£4 Q6 g4!

4 B B2? Qd8 Ba3

130

WINNING WIH KING' GI CCEPED

White ae advanage o the dveion o Bac good bihop Now 34 .. Be6 35 Bg5  Be7 36 Bxe7 mut avo We, bu he en pa capue i woe 34

35 Ng3 36 Bg5 37 Be7 38 Ne4

g3 Be6 Be7 Qe7

The ngh canno be ep ou o 6  decsve eec now.

38 39 40 41

Ne4 N£6 c e6

de4 Nd4 Q6 Black Resgns 10

13 CHER SEVE

Te araton Wtout A Ne (3    Nc6) Since iually eey opening aiaon o sub-subaaon seems o ge a leas one name hese days is emaable ha his ngh moe h emned anonymous een afe 300 yeas of expeience wih i.

1  3

e4 4 N

e5 ex4 Nc6

Pehaps  3 . Nc6 had a name i would ge moe es c  and moe adheens. Ye i  one of he oldes of Kings Gambi aiaons In eeboough & Ranens u-ofhecenuy h ,   , he ngh moe appeas in a foonoe wih he commen, " If 3  . Nc6 4 h4 d Black cno hold he Gambi Pawn. 

T may hae been insped one o f he oldes games ee played hough he play of Whie and Black can be consideably impoed:

Lafon LaisenMaubisson Pas 1680 ()

1 e4 e5  4 ex4 3 N Nc6 4 4 d5 5 e5 B4 6 d4 Bx 7 x Be7 8 c3 Bx4 c 9 d Q5 10 c B3 We's ng is headed fo seclusion ound  . And Blac who nds i had o open he posion fuhe, soon ges ino ouble.

11 Bd3 6 1 Nd N e7 1 3 N   N  14 1  a6

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WNNNG  THE KNG GAMT AEE

15 3, N5 16 Q4 ch, Nc6 17 2, 00 18 g1!, Nce7 19 Bd2, c6 20 Qc2, h5 21 Qc1! Suddenly White heaens o oban he advanage  he f4pawn fas The game s decided by a blunde.

2   4 22 Nxg3, Nxg3 23 Bx4, Q5 24 Bxg3, g3 25 xg3, N 26 g1, Qx 27 Bc2, Ne3 28 B3,  29 4, b5 30 Qd 2, b4 3 1  e 1 , c 4 32 Qg 5! , g6 33 e6!, Q 34 ex7 c, 7 35 Qxg6 c Resgns Howeve 4 h4  not a pacully useful move. We woudn't thn of plag i afte 3 Be7 so why do i afte Bac maes a sod developing ove ie 3 .Nc6? Also Whe us b awe ha i he esponds with 4 d4 Bac has a geat epy  the fom of 4 .. . d5 and then 5 exd5 Qxd5 6 Nc3 Bb4 We ecommend:

4

Bc4

Wte ca n o pay 4 Nc3 in ode to stop 4    d5 But

Capter Seven

133

ate 4 ...g5 he aives by tansposion in a Vienna Game oshoot that usuy equies him to sacce a piece 5 d4 g4 6 Bc4 athe than 6 Ne5 Nxe5 7 dxe5 Qh4 ch 8 Ke2  ch.

4

g5!

The quiete 4 .. . N6 alows White to oe anothe pawn with 5 Nc3 and  5.. . Bb4 then 6 Nd5  . o exampe 6. .. d6 7 0-0  Nxd5 8 exd5 Ne5 9 Nxe5 d xe5 10 d4  Qe7 1 1 Bb5 ch with advantage  in an old Tchigoin game o 6 .. .0-0 7 00 Nxe4 8 d4 Be7 9 B4 d6 10 Qd3 intending Rae1 o Ng5 ate the ight eeats 10  B  Rae1 Ng3 2 Qe3; 10 .. . N6  1 Ng5! g6 1 2 Nxe7 ch Nxe7 1 3 Nx! wt a mudeous attac.

5

d4

Bg7

Back hastens to set up the pope pawn chain on the ng side  he dies wih 5 .. . d6 then 7 h4 is stong. We should so note that 5 .. . g4 best met by a piece sacce as in the Muzio Gambit: 6 00  7 Qx and now 7.. . Nxd4 8 Bx ch leads to a qc mate  d 7 .. . Bh6 8 Nc3 Qh4 9 Nd5  Kd8 1 0 g3 appeas too dangeous o Bac to invite analysis by T. Hay.

6

Nc3

d6

Anothe way shoud o Blac to poceed s 6 .. .h6 0-0 Nge7 ate which White stie at the i g side7 with 8 g3 beoe Bac can consoidate with ...Ng6 d ... 0-0. Ate 8 g3 thee may olow: a 8 xg3 is he type o move that shoud get Blac mudeed beoe he has cased  9 Nxg5, Bxd4 c 10 g2 

134

WINNING  THE ING GIT CCEED

ad a captue o  ext move (b) 8 g4 9 N4,  is a attempt to eep the fe closed, but White ca nsst o it beig opeed with 10 N , g 1 1 B7 c,  7 1 2 Q c , g8 1 3 Q7 c,  7 14 6 etc ••

Note that Bac c se  Bxd4 ch at a umbe of pois  ths ie, but it does ot appeciaby mpove  defesve chaces

7

Nd5

The delay  cg appeas to have bee a ovey itoduced by Hy Psbuy dug the gambit touamet at Vea, 1 90 3, i which  games bega wih 1 e 4, e5 2 f4 e4

6

7

If Whie w g to sacce a piece at move sx he should cetay be g to do t at move eight (that s, afte he has a good deveopig move Nc3d5 ad Bac has the eta  Bg7 hat may ot be useful i the defese of the ey  squae)  I ohe wods, afte 7  g4 White shoud play 8 c3,  9 Q, Be6 10 Bxf4 foowing a od aayss by Geog Maco that a 10   Qd7   Qg3 o 10  Nge7  Bg5, Qd7 12 Nf6 ch

8

00

Aso qute eaoabe is 8 c3, potecig he d-paw ad ceg he quees pah to b3 whee t pessues b7 ad  Ths is a move White is liely to pay at some point, and  fact ou mai ne defes t fo oe move See aso Illusave Game

Chapter Seven

135

22

8

Nge7

Glkov cte the gae enart-Petran, Budapet 1985, whch went 8  Be 6 (protecng  9 c3 , Nce7 10 Qb3, c6 and now 1 1 Nxe7, Bxc4 12 Qxc 4, Nxe7 1 3 h4! , Ng6  4 h5, Ne7 1 5 g3! wth better chance for Whte (5  d5 16 Qe2, dxe4 17 Qxe4, Qd5 8 Qxd5! and 9 f4

9

c3

Wte  ready to looen the ng de now wth 10 g3, eg 9 00  0 g3 , g3 1 1 Nxg5, Nxd5 1 2 Nx!? or 0  Ng6   f4, g4 12  Black doe better to exchange a par of knght o wth 9 Nxd5 0 Bxd5, Ne7 after whch preervng the bhop wth 1 1 Bb3  Wte bet trategy Then 1    Ng6 12 g3! lead to a ajor decon for Black (a he ot natural  and dangerou   1 2 xg3? 

6

WNNING WH HE KNGS GAM ACCEPED

whch ow  3 Nxg5! Since  3 hxg5  4 Bx7 ch  awfu, Back o ey wold repy  3 .0-0  4 Qh 5 , gxh ch  5   d ow Back  faced wth a fata 6 Qxg6 After  5 ... hg5  6 Qxg6 , 5  7 Qh5 or 1 6 ... Qe8  7 Bxg5, Be6 8 x7 and Whte w,   a 28 bdfod gae by Aexander ekhie 



(b The a teave  12 ... g4 3 Ne,  after whch Whte can acce o  bt he c prove t a bt wh 4 h3! ad i 1 4... h5 hen 15 Nx, gx 6 Qx (c Oe oher poibity a ove 2  1 .. . Be6 afer whch 3 Bxe6, xe6 4 gx£4, gx£4 5 Q3, Qc8 ad Back appear to cover  the key poin However, he ceer qee anever of 16 Qb5 ch d 1 7 Qh5 ! oer We proig chce

ILUAVE AME #22 PibryScecher, Vienna 

 2 3

e4 £4 N

e5 ex£4 g5

Th rpoe ino or mn e by oe  reacg a poiion ay obed va  . .. Nc6 4 Bc4, g5 5 d4, Bg7 6 Nc, d6

4 5 6 7 8

Nc3 Bc4 4 N5 c3

Bg7 6 Nc6 h6 N£6

Chapt Svn 9

137

h4!

Whte genery ha wo ever for openng he ng de once Black h eabhed  f4g5h6 pawn cha In the anayi econ of ti chapter we fond g2g3 beg the ght dea Bu here are occon n whch h2h4xg5!  ore dngero parclary when Back qeen no onger protec g5   n  poon

9 10 Nd2 1 1 Nf! 1 2 Bx£4 1 3 x£4 1 4 g3 1 5 N3

4 Nh5 Bf6 Nx£4 Bx4 ch 5

Competng an mpreve ght mnever that concen trate conro of d5 nd 

15 16

xf4

Bx£4 5

38

NNING  HE KNG' GAI ACCEPED

17 18 19 20 2

Nx4! Bx4 Qx4 x4 Rx8 c Ke7 Rxd8 Rxd8 K

Whte h  er edge thk o h bhop d peo pw Bt he mtely ow  ehge o ook d  to overt h edge  eve thogh he hod  e etr pw  the mopee edg

21

8

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

R? R2 Kx2 ex K3 Kx4 Ke4

Rh2 c Rx2 c  Kf6 Ne7 Nx N4 c c6

30 31 32 33

d5 Bf B3 a4 a5

c5! N Ne7 N6 Ne7

34



Remkby, Whte mke tte poge ow 35

36 37 38 39

40 41

b4 bxc5 Be6 a6 Bd7 K Bc8

b6 bxc5 N6 N4 N6 N N7

Chapt Svn 42 43

K4 K

K7 N6 Daw

139

140 CHA EIGHT

Ot aatons Even n  openng  od  he Kng Gat there e bound o be or vaaon that have aot no htory Well conder fou very re d n h concudng chaper

1 2 3

4 4 

5 x4

What ee  here? Wel, here ae oe rae hat pop up even n he gae of andter. We conder: 3  . . Ne7

SCTIO (a)

33 . .  . c6 3 .  g6

SCTIO )) SCTION (c SCTION (d)

Chapt ht

4

SCON (a) 3

N7

Th knght move h he me gene m   ohe, 3 . Nf6,  the pomoon of 4 .. . d. But 3 . .Ne7 ck te dwck of eng foced to eet fte 4 e5. 



Howeve, hee  nevty  pce Bck py fot deence nd the pce  te py of the kght on e7. When t eventuy move t l mot ikey d on g6, whee t  vuee to tck fom the Whte hpwn. n fct, Geco nyzed 3 .. . Ne7 ck  the ey  7th Centuy nd kept comg to te concuon tt Bck w ot fte 4 h4!?

4

d4

Unke the tuon n Chpte Sx Whte h feedom of choce t move fou nce  e-pwn  not ttcked.

4

d5

142

NNN  E N'S AM ACCEED

Black c be oo conien here wih 4  Ng6?, which pace he kngh on a qare on which i c be reay aacked by 5 h ! d 6 h5 , eg 5   Be7 6 h5, Nh4 7 B4 and We and beer (7  d5 8 Nxh4, Bxh4 ch 9 g3, Be7 10 Nc3 or 5  h5 6 Nc3, Be7 7 Nd5

5

c3

dx4

 Black doen ake h capre hi developen  deayed even rher eg 5   c6 d now 6 e5, Ng6 7 h4!

6 7

x4 h4!

6

nrodced  he gae KzneovBonchOolovky, Mocow 196, hi ove hreaen o ck he wayward igh back o e7 Back go an awl poion  he gae cied wh 7  Be7 8 h5, Nh4 becae o 9 B4, Bg4 10 h6! B  he bock he hpawn wih 7  h5 , Back ender conrol g5 and g6 verabe, Bc4,vaon, Be6 9 Bxe6, e6 10oQd3 Forake a ode exaple eg o 8h ee raive Gae 23

Chap h

143

SCON ) 3

?!

(After 1 e4 e4 2 f4, ef4 3 N

Th ncien move ge  egree of repeciy t Vienn 1 903 ,  gmi oumen  whch ever op pye were nvted Ech pyer hd to choe how to defen gnt e g' Gbt n one of the popur choce w 3  ?!

4

5!

Th qute chnge he nure of the openng ce with he vance of the epwn Whe i eeg n vange  pce n  emcoe center, rther thn the uu KGA ojecve, n vantage  me an open center

4

d5

f Bck con nue 4 g  4 g4 We hou e qte

144

WG  E GS GAT ACCED

conen o oer e gh  B4!,  7 Q and no i SchecherTeichmn, ienna 903 Back bid o exchge qeen fed  7   Qh4 ch 8 g3, Qg 9 Qe3, Nc 0 Be2, Qg 1 1 Nc3 , Bb4 12 d5 !, Nd 8 13 00- 0, h 1 4 g4! , Ne7 15 d  ih  ovehemg poio See aso rave Game 24 The oc of he iaon c  for Bck o coe e poion and ha expai hy 4   d5 hod b perior o 4  d The aer move lo 5 Qe2, h he dea of 5  dxe5  Nxe5 hreaenig dicovered check) and no   Qe7 7 d4, g5 8 Qh5 ch!, d8 9 Qxg5!, Qxg5 10 N ch   a od anays by Simon apin Beer i he o of me from 5 Qe2, d5  h4, g 7 d4 or 5   Be7  d, Nc 7 Bxf4, dxe5 8 dxe5,  in Bronei Drodov, Riga 98

5

d4

g5

Once again, Back rrendes  hope of eqiy in he g Gmbi i he make no eor o hod he f-pan or oherie inefere h he deveopmen

6 7

h4! Ng

g4

An idea remcen of he mode  remen of Ficher riaon Chaper To)  ahogh  anayi predae by decade  Bh 8 form Ne2 nd 7   Be7 Bx4!, Bxh4 ch 9 g3,No are7faar of 9a B4, heorpoiona 8Fischer dvnge haks o he derence  he "bd bihop: he dak qared bihop i mch beer h Back ighqed one

7



Chap h

145

Hopng to lqdate favoraby wth 8  Be7 snce hte can no longer meet  Bxg3 ch by bocg wth hs g pawn

8

B5!

Ths presees the g sde  and most of  the sey of hs g

8 9 Bx2 10 Nc3!

fx 2 B7

te can aord to rade the h-pawn for Blacks ore vabe d-paw   Bxg5  g5 Qxg5 12 Nxd5 and now 2   Na6 13 Ne2 c6 14 Ndf4 foowed by pshng te dpawn mst favor hte sbstany f Back prefers 1  Be6 the  Nge2 and 12 Nf4 ve hte terrc compesao for a pawn

146

  THE K AMT AED

SCON (c) 3

c6

(After  e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 N Black declares wth  ove that he wants to acheve . d7 -5 and to be abe to ecapte on d5 wth a pawn after exd5 he awback s that t coss a tepo and taes away the goo c6 sqare for a knght.  eect Black s playg the Cao Kann Defense to the Kngs abt

4 5

Nc3 d4

d5

No on 5 . . . Nf6 6 exd5 followed by 7 Bxf4 or 5 . . g5 6 h4 g4 7 Ne5 he drawbacks to Black's center strategy becoe appaent

5 6

Nx4

dx4 Nf6

Chapt ht 7

47

Q2

Th occued (by h apoo  Boe Bykhovky SSR Chapohp T 1966 ad the thea of dcovered check vuy ure a exchae of qee ay coued 7  Nxe4 8 Qxe4 c h Qe7 9 Qxe7 ch ad 1 0 Bxf4 wth he uua advaae  pace o We ow ta he h eed h paw The advtae  o rea bu utave Gae 25 wel luae wha   doe wth 

14

INNING  E ING GAMIT ACCED

SCON (d) 3

6

(Aer  e4 e5 2 f4 e4  N

T oe h been played only a few es in ter een but appears to be better th its repuaon Black  deelop a bit ore conseraely tan in the  g5 ines wth  Bg  Nf6 and ng side casng e ay decide to defend te f4pawn wt a kgt at h5 And e as for a delayed  d d5 to equale in the center

4

d4

As usu Wte should  for tis adce at oe four n our syste because it  the ost eble d forcng Note ha 4 Bc4  a oe that 9 h century players chose autoa cally in such posions  ay acually splace he bishop After 4  Bg 5 d4 Nf6 6 e5 Nh5 we hae reached a erson of Scallops   Nf6 system in whch Wite wod prefer to hae s

Chapt ght

149

bhop at e2 See lutrave gae 24

4

N£6

n 4  Bh6 the Black bhop  placed Wte hod then connue 5 Nc3 and  5  Nf6 then 6 e5

5

5

Nh5

r 5  Nd5 6 Bc4, Ne3  Bxe3, e3 8 00 wth a dangerou attack developng agant 

6

B2!

We have tranpoed nto the note to 5  d 6  n Chapter Sx Secon A

ILUAVE AME #23 SpkySerawan Canddate touaent  ontpeler, 1 985

1 2 3 4 5 6

4 £4 N d4 Nc3 Nx4

5 x£4 N7 d5 dx4 Ng6

7 h4! Q7 A negave nnovaon, apparently ade wthout apprecat g the trength of Whte next ove Dd Black expect 8 Bd3?,  or 8 Qe2 B ?

50

NG WT TE KG'S GT CCEPED

8

!

B4

Of cou, 8   Qx4 lo th qu to 9 Bb5 ch d 0 R  Blac bhop ov at lt av a focd ta of th kght nxt ov

9 5 0 Bxf4  Bb5!

N4 Nc6 000

Back o h a bad gm folog     Bx 2  N 3 Nd6 ch! and   R

2 3 4

Bxc6 Qd3 x

bxc6 Nx B

5 6

Qa6 c Nc5

8

Wt ha a ubtan dg

6

Bc8

Capt igt 17 Qxc6 18 Ra1

51

Rxd4 Rxf4

Back h no choice, nce 1  Qxc5 aow ate in one move wth 19 xc7 Now he end up wth rook and two bihop o a queen d nght

19 20 21 22

Qb5 ch Qc6 c Rx7 Rd

Ka8 8 Bx7 Rf6

A bette   22  Rb with the idea of 23 Nd7 ch, Bxd7 2 d7, Bd6 25 d6, Rb6 Howeve hte ght   wth 26 Qc3

23 24 25 26

Nd7 c Qxd7 Qb5 c Rxd8 c

2 7 Qa4 2 8 Qxa7 2 9 Qa 6 ch 3 0 Qd3 31 Qxh7 32 Kg3

Bxd7 Rd8 Kc8 Bxd8 g5 Rf4 8 B7 g4 Black Rsigns 1-0

ILUAVE AME #24 KundhYanohevk, ocow 195 1 2 3

4 f4 N

5 xf4 

52

NN  T E S AMT ACCEED

4 5 6 7 8 9

5 d4 Bx4! Qx 3 Q3

5 4 x Qh4 ch Q4

Whte h a pawn and an excelen poon or h acced kngh Now 9  h5 oowed y the maneer ... Nh6-  an attrace deene try

9 10 11 12 13

c3 b4 Nd2 B2

1 4 00 15 b5 16 B5

Bb4 ch? Ba 5 Bb6 N7 Nbc6 00 Nd8 R7

Black  alo  trouble ater 6  Ng6  B! Qh3 8 Bxd8 Rxd8 9 Qg5  20 Bh5 Note how poweul Whe

Capter igt

53

or piece hve becoe d how we he 2bihop perfor Now 7 B, Qh3 wod loe to 8 Bxe7 d 9 Q5 ch

17 B 18 Bx4 19 Be4 20 Bg5

£4! Q7 Qg4 Q5?

Blck hd o ry 2 . Qe6.

21 22

Bxe7! R

Rxe7 Qe8

23 24

Ra Bd5!

Ne6

Ledin o he  of he queen wih  ch  nd n odfhioned n hun

24 25

Rg7 Rg6

Q£4

26 2 7 28 29 30 31 32

R K 7 Nx£4 Rxech c6 Rx4 Rg c 6 R4 c Kg5 N ch  R4 mate 1-0

ILUAVE GAME #25 Bronein-Bykhovky .SS.R. Chmpionhip, Tllinn 966

1 2

e4 4

e5 ex4

5

W  E KIN'S T ACCED

3

Nc3

Oeg  ce Sez gm h ly ee 3 ... Qh ch  Ke2, Bg ch 5 N£ eg pyed. Bck epy led decy bck o o y n Seco (c bove.

3 4 5 6 7 8

c6 N d5 d4 dxe4 Nxe4 Nf6 Nxe4 Qe2 Qxe4 ch Qe 7

9 10 11

Qxe 7 ch Bxe 7 Bxf4 B 0-0-0

We h bee cope fo  o pece d  poe ped qeede pw. B hee  o oo Bck weke, nd Whe m y o  y pong h  dpwn

11 12 13 14

Bc4 Rhe1 d5!

0-0 Nd7 Rfe8

(See diaam nt.

Hee  ... cxd5 5 Bxd5 Nc5 6 Ne5  cely bd fo Bck hdNxc poly coed on ... N6 only o dcove h 5 He dxc6! 6 cx7 w ogh.

14 15 dxc6! 16 Ba6! 17 Bxc8

Nb6 bxc6 Bc8 Raxc8

Capter gt

55

 14 

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Nd4 c3 Kc2 b3 N c4 Bd2

g6 Kg7 a6 c5 f6 B

An exchange of rook houd enabe Whe ng o penetrate on he queende or  rook ong he de

24 2 5 Bxe1 26 Ba5 27 Rd8 28 R8

Rxe1 Kf7 Rc6 Be7 5

29 R 7 c 30 6 31 N4

Ke8 Kf7 

Th oe a pawn u 3 g5 32 N w hdy any beer

156

INNIN  E KIN AIT ACCEPED

32 33 34

35

36 37

38 39 40 41 42 43

Nx 7 ch Ne 7 ch Nxc6 Kd3 h3 Bc3 ch Ke4 Nd8 ch Nb7 Nd8 ch Kd5!

B Kg8 Kxh 7 Nd7 Bd6 Kg7 K7 Ke6 Ke7 Ke6 Ke 7 Black Resigns 10

ILUAVE GAME #26 lpczGbch Ph Chpnhp 1960

1 2

e4 4

e5 ex4

3 4 5 6 7 8

N Bc4 d4 e5 Nc3 g4!?

g6 Bg7 N6 Nh5 00

On 8 e2  8 5 Whe eg  pwn b Bc h g chnce  eqze wh 8 .. 6. he bynec wh he gpwn h Whe pefee  fen een  he 3 .. . f6 efene. Hee Bc h  hp epy  he f f 8  5 bece n 9 Bd5 Bg4 10 Bb7 he c e  ng cce w 10 .. . 7 1 1 B8  Q8 12 00  c5 .

8

fxg3

Capter gt 9 Bg5 10 Rg1 11 Nd5 12 Qe2

17

2 Qe8 d6!

No 1 2 Nxc 7, Qc6 o r 12 Be7, Qc6 13 Bx, Qxc4 d 14 Ne3, Qb4 c 15 c3, Qxb2 16 Bxg7, Qxc3 c 1 7  Kx7 wth eceen comenstion Bc edy tds well nd wih the sme 1 2 ... Qd7 1 000 ) he hod e t let eq

12 13 Qxg2 14 Qx 5 Qx5

B4? Bx dxe5

A emendos shot whch leds o  wondefl tacg nsh Bc co oi me wth 1  ex ch 16 Qe2 Nd7 t hs oton w sll e st 15

16

B£6

gx5 Nd7

5

WIIG  E IG' GI EPED

1 Bx! There i oy oe big hek er  7 xg7 h Kh No, hoever the hret o   B6 e i rdero ( 7      N6 dobe hek d e .

1 18 19 20 21 22

 6 c Bx 6 ch R c Rx c Re c

6 x 6 K  8 K8 Black Resns 1-0

Bk old hve to py 22 Q  he ted to oe b he 23   2 B h  25 Bxe5 eve h  er piee do ...

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