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Chess Explained: The English Opening Zenon Franco

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Cotets

Symbols Bibiography Dedication Introduction

4 4 4 5

Part  Symmetrical English:  c4 c5  2 3 4

The Hedgehog The Double Fianchetto Symetrical: Misceaneous The Rubinstein System

Part  Reversed Sicilian:  c4 e5

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The Reversed Rossoimo  c4 e5: Miscellaneous

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Part 3: Nimzo-English:  c4 f6  c3 e6 

Nimzo-English and Mikenas Attac

List of Games Index of Variations

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Symbols   # !! !

check doube check checkmate biant move gd move

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nteestng move dubous move bad move bunde champonshp team champonshp wod champonshp wod team champonshp Euopean champonshp Euopean team champonshp Euope Cubs Cup oympad apdpay game team event

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1/ 10-1/ 01

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e game ends n a wn the dawfo Whte the game ends n a wn fo Back th match game see next dag

Biblioraphy Prtd

Infotor1 to 94 S ahovsk nfoato Ne n Chess 1984 to  New n Chess Parts Selectas 1 [Selected Games 1]Mkha Botvnnik Edcones Eseuve 1990 Openngfor Whte Accordng to Kmnk exande Khafman Vo  Chess t Openngs 200 1 e HedgehogMha uba Batsfod 

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The Englsh Openng 1 c4 e5Mha ChessBase Magane1 to 1 10

Dedication To Clara Mara and Mara Rosa

Man ChessBase 23

I tod to

Te ngis Oning can lead o a wd e ay ncludng a ap o nscve ns om e of deen vatons d we ges we ave examn exclude anssons and sucues lines akn Once o oe openings suc  e ngs Ind, Gneld, Part  : Symmetrical English uc, No-Ind, Queens G, ec, we c esas ee m ndenden oups ae  c4 D) upon wc we sa fus n ts ook w B

We ee e some vey que lnes of e ymmeca ngs we s fus on e moe ccal lnes, wee one sde o he ohe seeks a Fsly we can goup ogee e lnes of moe d cononaon e ymmecal Vaaon wee Black e We as seveal ways of gng fo e ples w 1 c5 cene Te mos dec one s o pepe e A second man goup s foed wen Black openng and cupaon of e cene w d4 Anoe s o delay s advance allowng plays 1  e5, eachng a Revesed can Lasly we ave a td goup n wc Black Black o play   f e cooses o plays ewe vaaon 1f6 e6 3 deenly , wc could call e23 No ngs ,  well  e closely elaed Menas Vaaon wee We plays  3 nsead of 3 M Ts book ncludes 25 mn ges Te se lecon cea as een o coose majo pos ons fom cuen pacce n e hee man goups jus menoned ponng ou e ypc pls and e common accal mofs fo o sdes A e gnnng of eac cape I gvea gen eal descpon of e es coveed A he end we make some osevaons d suggesons

e sIn ee capes we consde e sIn opon Cape 1, we sall dscuss e Hedgeog ove e couse of fou ges as well as anoe one wee Black devaes fom s scue Cape 2 examnes e oule Fceo and Cape 3 coves a vaey of oe lnes In Cape 4 we focus on lnes n whc We alows s opponen o open e cene Blacks   can lead o a fo of evesed Moczy scue and we examne s n wo ges, wle e las game of e cape fea ues e Nowsc Vaaon wee We akes mmedae couneeasues n e cene

6

CHESS XPNE THE NUSH PENN

Pa  Reversed Siciian

Pa 3: Te NmzoEngs Variaion and e Mkenas Aack

w w

In P 2 we sa anayse e nes deved om 1 c4 e5 n wo capes Cape 5 feaues lnes wee Back pays i, e 1 c4 e5 2 c3 f6 3 f3 c6 Ts  ovous smaes o e Rossolimo clan, u es exa em can gve e play a ve deen . We sa

W e sequence 1 c4 f6 2 c3 e6, Back s cey g fo a NzoInan (wc ases afe 3 d4 ., d ou fus sa e on Wes ways o avod tis ansposon In e s fou games we consde e Nmzo

seeInee ges 4 g3 da vaey wo wof4nes e3 Cape 6, w we expoe w g3 ove e couse of ee ges

Engs (3 f3 3i, and ou na ge feao ues Mkenass e4, wic equenty eads sap pay of a unque cace

1

The Hedgehog

In he ealy 1970s some playes saed playg a new omaon called he Hedgehog gong agans pncples acceped unl ha me whch consdeed  dubous The man ponees wee Ul Andesson Ljubom Theyown wee sood ollowed byvaaons mos o he soges mas es who gealyandenched heLjubojev play wh he deas cocee Ths knd o oaon agas Whes Maoczy seup s o gea mpoance sce  ca ase om may lnes and deen openngs such as he Kn  clia ae  e4 cS 2 3 e6 3 d4 cxd4 4 xd4 a6 S d3 f6 6 0-0 d6 7 c4 o n he Tamanov ae 1 e4 cS 2 3 c6 3 d4 cxd4 4 xd4 e6 S bS d6 6 c4 among ohe vaons I can also ase om he Nmzo-Indan ae  d46 2 c4 e6 3 c3 b4 4 c2 cS S dxcS 0-0 6 a3 xc 7 3 ' b6 8 e3 Je7 ec I  s hee oe essenal o know hs sucue   s as mpoan as knowng he saeges behd ohe ypcal sucues such as he IQP he hangng pawns he Maoczy Bnd agas he ago Va ao ec  s well known ha he Ruy Lopez was suded n deph by he amous ove chool because s udesandng was useul o may ohe sucues ad opengs Hee we have a mode counep

· The Games

ame 1 llusaes he man plans ae 1 c4 cS  3 6 3 c3 e6 4 g3 b6 S g2 Jb7 6 0-0 e7 7 e1 d6 8  a6 9 d4 cxd4 10 xd4 c7 1 1 Je3 0-0 12  e8 In hs game ae weakeng

he black kngs poson We successlly employs he he mac sacce dS s sacce s n dea whch boh sd es mus ake o accou  he edgehog especally ae  c7 an d c 1 

I ame 2 we aalyse he pophylacc move hS ae 2 bd7 3 4 hS Hee we shall see a case whee he  sacce s o as successul  Black ges a couneaack agans he whe kng, hghlghng s weakness Games 3 and 4 deal wh he lnes esug om 7 d4 cxd4 8 xd4 whch o many yeas was he  mos commo Hedgehog poso ame 3 Whes we e apm look agoal he vaaon 8 dBlacks 6 9 gS Hee wead shalldescbe he cool ypcal plans o hsvaao s o aack queesde many les ove he c6-sque s a majo mo

The subjec o ame 4s 8 c6 whch was vey much  vogue  he ealy days o h e le be oe Adesson d Ljuojev showed  he 970s he poenal o he se-up wh  bd7 The gme culmaes wh a ypcal aack agas he black kng ame 5 eaues a deen sucue  whch boh sdes decde a he vey las momen o de vae om he Hedgehog Whe plays 7 el whch Black mees wh 7 e4 pevenng Whes  Oe possble oucome s a moded Hedgehog wh he c3 and 6-knghs emoved om he bod In hs game Whe chooses an uusual sucue wh he doubled pawns gag hm  cenal gp The suggle les  povng ehe he segh o he weakess I hs case he gh eds up avoung Whe

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CHESS XPLNE THE NUSH PENN

Game 1 A30]

Rob ert Ru ck  Rob ert Marku s Oympiad, Cavia 2004 1 .e3 00 1 f3 f6 2 c4  3 c3  4 g3  5 ig2 Beng so  nd wh developen he ib7 6 0-0 ie7 7 e d6 8  a6 9 d4 cxd4 10 xd4 D) eedy     xc4? s bad ee c ollow 1 2

 c andcasons now among ohes 3 e5! (as on many  3    xg2 hendxe5 4 ex6 wnnng) 4 c2 ollowed by xb7 B

12 c1

Whie has compleed his developmen d hpes a ue  c6 due o e hemac sacice  12e8

s s ve oen a useul move I gves he e7 -bshop he -sue pepang s evenual anse o g7 nce he c8-bshop s on b7 he e6-pawn s usualy aacked by Whies 4 and 5 and now Black can deend e6 by  I aso pepes a couneaack n he ong n We each one o he man posons n he Hedgehog O couse no all he hedgehogs e he same  he placemen o Whes kings bshop can vay and hs h a poound eec on boh sdes plans  he cl  s oen on  whee s uence on he kngsde s geae Fom g2  has moe conol ove he cene al hough s ds no le ou an assaul on he kingsde Blacks saegy appeas elavely smple he has o awai Wes acons svng o mely beaks wh  o  b5 I Whie doesn ake any specc acon Black wll gen eally manuve hs peces on s s wo anks wh he am o sayng exble eady o mee he vaey o plans Whe can adop A common dea s he se o he e7 -bshop o g7 o bolse he kngsde  as long as he weak ness o he long dagona dsn come a geae poblem o he d-pawn sues because o s absence Unde cean ccumsances he e7bshop has anohe desnaon on he h2b dagonal as we shall see lae on

kngsde eg whenBlacks We evenual plays 4 advcng counes on wh he  dS may leave he e-ook on  open le ce ang acc mois aong he ele 13 f4 D)

13 bd7

Ae  3 . he game can assume a de en chace Whe has wo basc deas a) One s o play 4 5 pung pessue on 10c7 e6 d senghenng a possble pawn-hus A ypcal eo s o oge abou he lse wh g4-g5 I Black plays celessly he can b7-bshop by playng o  nsance 0 0-0? have ouble deending he e6-pawn Les have losng o   e5  a lk

THE EGEHG a)  4 .?, te S xe6 xe6 6 3 S, d Backs sto s serousy uder ied aer  ! cxe4  x xe4 9 xe6, cause o  te a o te vital e6paw.  Te prophyactc ove 4 6! s con sdered to  better.  ce o S g4 Back c ow pay  ...bd, heag or e eSsue, sce Wtes havg payed g4 stops 3  Whte pays std S e6  6 3, Black as 6 ...  whe everytg s ready or ... bd. b) Te oer dea s the pawnsto wt 4 g4, whe e ac at e bght s s on ts ogi sue, d te ebsop eady on , avours Back. Ts s au r 4 ...fd S gS D) Black ne ot e Wites ump  y ore

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ow te bsop s not attacked ater S.. xg2 16 ex6 14h6? D)

A useu ove in many nstaces but here it s bad Wat is the best way to deed against tes teat o S gS? eparig he reeat to d wth 4  leads to a passve positio  ter, or sce, S gS 6d 6 b3 ad provd ing the hSsue wth 14 ... g6 is also dubious in view S gS S 16 Sg6!. d Tereore to y o 4 ...c S 2 ater 6Back  gohas in or the copcatons wit either 6 ...:ad or 6... cd  .

w

B

15 g!

The sogest and ost direct, strppig the back king o ts deences Instead, S h4?! hghlghts te dagers uking bend Whtes Tereore he c pay  c6 to exchge expansion o te kngside er   c 6 ghts, wch geeray is go or te de 2. The pawnbre 6 ... dS! now oows, edg sde wit te space 6 doesnt teatenng ..x4. Back becoes danger aceve ytng because o 6 .. b, we ously actve on the kigside, weakeed after er  6 de2 there can oow  6... ac  b3 h4 oter drawback o h4 is tat it no oger 'b   g3 c 9  and we now see that conos g3, so the rejonder g3 is not avai te de is ore atacive or the crk, in abe  aer  eS e4 ites positon is al order to prepe a tey .. aer 9 ... cd. It ing ap, or instance aer  cx x2 9 is a ght betwn tes oesive on te king x2 4+ 20 e3 xe, wning mateia side d Blacks couteratack in the cene. and with the beter position. 14g4

Ths is oe o tes a ps. Aoter idea is 4 2, when Black sould not auto atically pay 4 ...ac? because o the theat o S eS!, wing atera Back can choose between 4 ...6, so  to be able to reeat the ght to h er S eS dxeS 6 xeS, deeing te advace eS  not totay positve or Wte and 4 . ., deedng against S eS snce

 g 16 fxg h7 17 g6!

O course te e6pawn becoes a sg ct liability, and the black kng is exposed.    .. .hf6, then   h3 !  19 gxf + x 20 n !, threatening 21 'S+, bringing e ueen nto the atack, wch ten becomes ovehemng. 18  7 D)

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CHESS XPLNE THE NUSH PENN

on d6 and b6 Whe mus choose beween 23 'd4 nceasng he pessue and he anson o an endgame by 23 e5 dxe5 24 xe5 �xg2 25 xg2 8d7 26 xd7 'xd7 27 'xd7 xd7 28 ]cd Whie hen has wo pawn-sl ds agans Blacks hee and he bshop s bee han he knigh

19 d5!

Ths sacce s a possble dea n many po sons bu s no always song Hee  s nec essay gven ha Whie has conceded conol o he e5-sque and quee measues ae nsu cen Fo nsance ae 19 �h3 �6 20 c2 e5 2 1  g8 Black has a good poson 198

The exchange o he e7-bshop s a sgn

22 g5! g5  h5 g6  \xg5 g8

c Howeve concesson 19 exd5 as d6 s and no b6 much ae now bee weake Thee deensve By smpliyng Whiewll hashave gomoe d oouble good peces  Black would ollow 20 cxd5 b8 (agans 20d8 deendng hs weaknesses The endng ae boh 21 e6 and 21 c6 e song) 21 c6 24 xg5 25 �xg5 s hopeless o Black; eg xc6 22 dxc6 e5 (blockng he e4-pawn;  25 e5 26 edl g8 27 xd6 7 28 xb6  22 c5 hen 23 e5! d he g2bshop jons 25   �e8 26 'xe7+ e7 27 g5+ n he acon o gea eec) 23 "+ e6 24 �e8 28 d  + 6 d Whe ges he advanage hanks Wng maeal  e black peces lac k o o hs domnan passed pawn ae 25 c7  c8 coodnaon makes Whies ask ease 26 xd6 g8 27 �xb6 8 29 %xd6 %6 30 ]fdl %xd6 31 20 xe7 xe7 21 f3! h7 D d6 e5 32 b g7 33 h3 %h7  %g7 2 1   g8 s peeable alhough Whe s 35 h  36  axb 37 b a8 38 h3 f7 bee ae 22 �g5 6 due o he weaknesses 39 e6  0 h6 1-0

Game 2 A30]

Le f J oan n essn  Rola n S cmal Athens 2003 1 f3 f6 2 c  3 c3 c5  g3 b6 5 g2 b7 6 00 e7 7 el a6

 and hee boh 16  g6 and 16  c5 have been ed

Thee e seveal move-odes o each he 8  d6 9 d cxd 10 xd c7 11 e3 so o poson ha we see n ou man ge The move-ode used hee allows he sac hee One s o devlop he queensde quckly ce 1 1 d5 wch s consdeed neesng wh 7  d6 8 e4 bd7 9 d4 cxd4 10 xd4 c7 bu hee s no clea vedc abou  ye 1 1 �e3 c8 1 2  b8 1 3 b3 0-0 14 4 a6 11 0-0 12 cl 7 13 f D Agans 15 g4 Black can now play 15 'a8 16 13h5!?

THE EGHG

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This mes  possble o acvae he bshop on he 2-b dagonal ae  c7 lenng oce o a mely  Black reckons s absence rom he kngsde wll n be dangerous  s more common o see s bsop manoeuvre n c an lnes generally posed n on o a queen on b Noe ha om c7 he bshop sups he b6-pawn ashikran-Nspeanu uba 2004 connued 16 b3 5 17 1 c  xe6 xe6 19 de2 d7 (he weakness o e kngsde makes  nadvsable o move he queen away om s ank) 20 a4  21 4 g6 22 c2 �c7 23 �d4 'e 24 c2 d7 and Black had consoled is son Ae 25 h4 Black played 25 6 and a draw was agreed sholy ae alhough 25  g4 seems o gve hm a maeal advanage o nadequae compensa on

This move nsead o he naura 13e looks bad a rs sgh   unnecessly weakens he kngsde The bass o  s a one o Whes deas s e pawn-so wh g4 d g5; n orde o do hs We now has o 15 g6 Now e h5-pawn s deended so ae e5 play h3 and g4 Wen s occus we saw n he pevous game he cenral coune  ca Black c reea s kng o h7  also allows gan n sengh and he whe kng s weak hm o play  e5 he srong jump 5 no beng ened avalable any moe 1  e 15

Ts reea hreaens  a mely e5 ollowed by xh5 snce e reply  �xg2 s no poss ble due o ex6 hng e e7-bshop  also oveproecs he e4-pawn mkng Blacks even u  c5 less song so ha he advace g4 would serously hreaen g5 The advce 15 g4 mus always  consd eed Hee ae 1 5 hxg4 16 hxg4 c5 17 �2 he emac beak 1 7 d5 ! ollows Anoe dea o be boe n mind s 15 5 pung pressue on e6 Then Black s no oced o play 1 5  bu can choose 15�d ! ? D nsead

ave Tee eea opon 1 5o� plays16 also�xg2 possble aeso16ase5 o Les see a lkely connuaon 16 3 d8 1 7 e2 g6  g5 h7 19 x7 x7 20 g4 xg4 21 xg4 �g7 22 �3 D

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Here apar om 22 c  s mporan o ave n ones posonal aoury e esource 22  g5 !  Black ges o conol e e5-squae s poson wll be exceen  23 xg5 c8 en 24 b3 b5 gves Blck a good ge weeas agans 24 ed 24  �e5 s possble We heeoe chose 23 e5 n MGuevcNs peanu Cap d Agde 20 alhough s poson

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CHESS XPLNE THE NUSH PENN

ollowed by aS, as well as the sharper 20 5, in order to get the e6sue He can also inl trate with 20 c6, ending up with a strong passed pawn ater 20 xc6 21 dxc6, sup ported by the g2bishop 16 s For the tie being Whtes cenal aority White decides on the typical sacrice wch, although not avourable in ths case, leads to a is iobile  Black ust uickly push hs coplex position There were other uieter ueenside, creating threats, so as not to over ideas, such as 16 d2, or 16 , with a long wheled by e whte centre was dubious ater 23 x3 24 x gx4 25 exd6 xd6 26  c 2 �h4, when Black had at hs dissal several attractive options such as the sacrice 2 xb2

anoeuvring battle ahead (1166e5h? has been gested, but aer 16 dxe5 dssug not work on account o 1 exd6 xd6 1 8 db5 ! neither ds 1 6 �xg2? because o 1 ex6) 1 xe5 h 18 �xb xb 19 e2, Black can exploit the weess o the lght sues ound the wte king with 19  g5 16exd 17 cxd D

20 e2w threatening to weaken the king Black side with 20h4 The textove deends the 4pawn d thus prevents s Another possi bility is 20 3, aer whch there can ollow 20  b5 21 'c2 c4 22 c3 (the saightod 22 d6? is reuted by 22  �xd6 23 e5  24 ex6 xe, when the passed pawns have deci sively increased their value) 22 , deend ing against 23 d6, in order to keep aking proess by 23  c8 20b 2 1 "c2 c 2 2 cd D

I 22 d6?, then a siil line to e previous one can ollow, d i 22 c3, threateng d6 by swerpreventing 22 d intendig e reply c5d3 �, Black or weaken c an ing e kingside with  �c5

17 Giving back the piece is not orced Both re treats, 1 d8 d 1 b8, lead to coplex positions where White has at least soe co pensation or the piece, ough it is not easy to say i it is sucient, or enough to give hi an advantage For instance, ollowing 1 'd8 18 c6 �xc6 19 dxc65, White h tried 20 c xc 21  :ad8 but Black keeps an exa pawn without any aor ouble 20  is a better try, though ater 20 e6, the obvious 21 c? ! xc 2 2 �xb6 c8 2 3 c2? a ils on ac count o 23  d!, when Black keeps the exa piece te should play 21 5!?, when the gae reains coplex d uncle 18  d8 19 bx dx

This suender o the cene is orced Ater 19 bxc5 Whte can play the uiet 20 b3 with the subseuent d2c4 in nd, o r 'd2

22ic?!

Although it reuires accurate calculation, 22 ! is songer ter 23  e! the cene cnot hold  ce o 23 �d4 Back ws aterial and ends up better ater 23 xd5! (cleer than 23 xe) with  ovehelng position ollowing 24 exd5 xe 25 xe �xd5 The black pawns e song, there e any weaknesses in Whites cap and the black pieces e ore acve

THE EGEHOG

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      5     Whte cnot pot fro hs cene yet  f 26 d6?, e bad stuaton of the a4knght d the sength of the passed pawns ae exploted by 26. xd6 2 xd6 xd6 28 e5 e 29 xb xb 30 exf6 xe+ 31 xe ' c6!, wnng Aganst 26 d Black h 26c2 2 c 1 x!, d ce of 28 n f2 explotsfosoe ele ent that hn  latent theheson e, decsvely weakeng e f4squae w 28. h4!  eg., 29 exdS xe + 30 ' xe xdS 31 xdS :XdS 2 e2 d + 3 3 :Xd c, d on top of te ady pac a4igt Wte h to sue the exsed saon of hs king. a8?! s pawn sacce s no t the st , although the whte cene c at last make ts pesent felt afte 26 ..c8? 2 e5 , o 26 d 2 xb xb 28 e5 Agast 26..c8, Wte c play 2 xb xb 28 h! , gettg out of y pobes on the dagonal d th threateng play d6 ad gong ae oe wth thetoedate 28e5, e5 o 28 d6 7xa6 "a5 8c5 c8 9b3 "a3 D 3c?!

Whte s te, but e kngsde s on d s gves Black countechces. 30 e2! w to  pefeed not sendeng e dak sques to e black queen 3a7 31  h 3 g4 c4 33  txd5?!

s gves Black dente pac tcal chances, wch are especay dangeous wth ltte te on the clock Howeve 33 .xf4! s obec tvey bette, and gves oe than ust pactcal chances, thanks to the exposue of Whtes

kng e.g, 34 exf6 xe 35 xe xd5! 36 :e8+ h 3 d3 ' c 3 8 e 8 39 h  (39 g ? ose s to 39 . . b6+ 40 e3 xe3+ 41 xe3 xb3 ! 42 b3 c2) 39  xg2+ 40 xg2 xf6, and t s not clea that Black s any wose  d5?

Bette s 34 xdS xdS (not 34 ... xf4? due to 35 xg6+) 35 xdS xf4 36 5, whe Whte long last solves hs bg poble, the nactveatknght. 34:!

Not, of couse , 34... xdS? 35 xdS, wh the double eat aganst the c4ook d 36 'xg6+. 35  d8  e xg 37 xg  Black has ceated enough counteplay to equalze. He wns because Whtes poston s dcult t o defend at the boad 38 f el 39 e :ed1  f? "a8! 41 :g   f 1 ! 43 1 x+  �gl d1  5  e3  f g3+ 7 :g :   " 49  "d1 5 qg xg4 51  h3 -1 Whte s poweless aganst 52 . g3 fol lowed by . .h2

Game 3 A30]

Vishy An an d  M cael Adams Sofia 2005 of polonged anoeuves can eege as fo he  e lne although thee e cen dffe Fo decades ths w he an way fo Whte ences. to ght aganst the Hedgehog e sae patte 7cxd 8 'xd

l f6  c  3c3  4 g3 b6 5 g b7 6 - e7 7 d

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CHESS XPNE THE NSH PENN

Ths ecapue whch ca eal he loss o The ohe couao employed hee s 10 some emp has he same dea as 7 %e  avod d D g he exchge o lghsquaed bshops ha would occu ae 8 xd4 xg2 9 xg2 Black ca he play  seveal ways Oe o hem s 9 c8 ollowed by c6 ad aohe s o  coue as   wee a sadd Hedgehog bu wh his quee akig up a excelle posig o b7 whee  suppos a eveual b5 As we shall wheeve he b7-bshop ds appeas Blacksee mus  caeul o o allow Whe complee cool o he c6-squae 8 D

w

The dea s o keep he pessue o d6 wh 4 oce adequaely peped The game ca coue 10 bd7 1 1 d2 ad ow a) 11 c8!? s eesg Alough  s asweed wh e usel move 12 b3 ha does o mea ha Blacks quee move s a wase o

9 . g5

me Thee 4 as  le canb ollow he 12 hank 00 o 13 he acpelmi ( 13 ay  c8 13  c5! ollows decly de edg he d6-paw due o e4 wou he eed o eea wh  e8) 13  :d8 14 'b2 c7 15 a4 ac8 eachg a sadad pos o Playg a4 s almos always advsable bu somemes he weakess o b3 s also sg ca b) 1 1   00 12 4 e8 D (12  c5? s o possble due o 13 xd6 ce4 14 xe4 xe4 1 5 xe7 wg a paw sce he black quee sll o d8 s h; is shows ye aohe pupose behd 1 1  c8)

Wh his maoeuve Whe es o pu pes sue o he d6paw explog he ac ha Black cao eake o 6 wh he kgh hus ceag a cea lack o coodao amog he black oces Howeve hs comes a he cos o some smplcaos Wh 9 :d ollowed by e4 b3 e3 d4 ec a poso moe ypcal o he Hedgehog ases ad we shall cosde   he ex ge  Oe o he easos behd Whes dea s ha 9  bd7 s coueed by 10 b5 vuall w ocg 10   Whe he has he bee devel opme ad hs ooks ca quckly occupy he d ad/o c-les  r I keepg wh he dea behd he pevous move I s woh meoig ha exchagg he lgh-squaed bshops wh 10 d2 s ham less Ae 10   xg2 1 1 xg2 Black ca play 1 1  bd7 12 de4 c7 wou ay poblems

THE EGEHOG

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13 ac (oer idea is 13 g5, in order o pay ce4 ncreasing e pressure on d6 n a case i ca  defended witou er oube B aer 13 ... �xg2 4 xg2 c8 S b3 c6, fo owed by e sow bu inexorabe secing ou of e back peces wi . ..6, ... ef6, ec) 13 . .c8 (e less comon 13 ...c is fuly payabe te dea is a aer 14 b3 Black c defend with 14 ..d8 and en manoeuvre his knigs  S . . eS enWe a possibiy) 14 he b3 cS (agains 14 ...is c gigs drawbacks of Backs lack of coordinaion wi S e3, reaenng d5 bu 14 ...c, in or der o pay . .8 or .. 8, and then . .. cS, is ineresing) S gS (he expulsion of e cS g by S  comes a a cos i wekens he scre, c4 n picu) S... �xg2 1 6 xg2 6 (aer 6 ...d  f3 6 1 8 ge4 Ivancuk considers ta e as a sg advanage, owing o e pressue on d6) 1 ge4 (Ivan cuk-Nisipean, Wsaw Ech 2S) and here 1 .. .xe4  xe4 c 19 f3 d 20 c3 f6 gives Back a reasonae game. Lile y lie his pieces hei sa sares. 1 � 11 reoccpy "f Te aleaive is 1 1 d3, wich can lead o sim posiions o hose we sall look a.

The oer ssibe move is S ..:c, when e ge c coninue 16 b3 cS (e rk gives up is pace o eblack ueen) 1 a4 c. Ten  1 iniiaes a manuvre once epoyed by Kaov, wose dep c easily  oveked a) In dersson-eirawan, London 92, a mode ge for Whe, here folowed  ... c 19 a2 �f8 20 e3 e 21 c2 g6 22 a2 gS?  23 h4 f6 24  :Sc 2S bS (is is he

logical of ealso manoevre wih 1 8clminaion b  Andersson sugg esediniiaed 2S  2S . .aS 26 c6, exploiing e weness of he c6se Blacks posiion is ricky, ecase geing rid of e srong c6knig wold enail 11- Te exchange 1 1 ... �xf3 is also ineresing. he creaion of a passed pawn on c6, as wel as The idea is o bring he a8-rook o he defence a serious weness on b6 er 26...d 2 of d6 wiou delay, y mes of 12... a and cd2 cS 2 c2 g 29 f4 h8 30 �f3 e aer on ...d . 31 g2 fS 32 e4!, We expoied is mor ac ve pieces. 12 1 e7 13  x Givng up s bisop is forced, since neier b) Les see a more recen exampe n Kas 13... d5?, ending p wi an isolaed pawn on parovAdams, Moscow t 24   d was d5, nor 1 3 ... eS?, peanenly weakeing d5, is payed, acivaing he passive bknigh a once. Whie ied he plan we ave seen wih 19 e3 accepable. c 20 a2 f6 21 c2 D) 1 'x :a7 Whie has more space and npleasan pres Here 22  is aleady a hea  he c4-pawn sre on he ueenside  all his pieces can arge is nocae ecase Black oses his een h  Back wil ge adeae resorces o afer 22...xc4 23 xc4 xc4 24 c 1. How free is game, bu he ms be cefl wih he ever, Black already had his reply ready ha is c6-se. Les see an example in which Black why he played 19... c8 in advance. was careless S e3 c (a ypca measre, 21 .   ns e hrea, in exchge for con ahogh a ueen reea wold allow S.. c6) ceding bS Nevereess Back h in mind he 16 ac c 1 d4 :xc4? (king e bai eeing break .5, whc woud folow, for in Black soud pay 1 ...�f6 or 1... e) and sance, aer 22 bS?!. Te ge connued 22 Wie won maera wi  c6! in Ilescas dd2 d 23 b5 g6 24 d e8 2S �f3 d Gaego, Los Yebenes 1990. 26 d3 and Black relled he annoying bS knig wih 26 ... c, achieving a good game. 15 td4 D) 16 b3 f6 17 e3 15 

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CHESS XPINE THE NGUSH PENING

kingside and suggested instead 18 :c 19 :d2 d 2 ad (2 ' alows  e thematic break 2.b5 wi a gd game) 2 ..e5 21 e4 and again Black can break in the cene wi 21 . . d5 when fter 22 cxd5 xd5 the chces e baanced. Whites cenalizaon and cupation of e de e bced by Black s active pieces d lack of weaknesses. 19 d h

compement of the theThe white ueen on g4 theprevious sacce move. xe6 Wi is al ways  idea to  in mind. Aer 19.. c5 2 ad c White gets e advtage with 21 xe6! obtaining four pawns for the piece aer A useul move d aso a necessary one 21 .fxe6 22 xe6+ g 23 xd6 xd6 24 sooner or later. Aer 1 a4 d8 18 e3 c5 19 xd6.  Black can get a g ood game by 19 xd4! Ams pointed out 19 .c  tter  Black 2 xd4  PigusovUlybin ubai 22. The has a solid position and he c continue with b8knight can following some regrouping .. g d eventualy .. d. move to c5 reminding White of the weakness  "e  1 adl "  h :ad7 D) on b3  since there e no white ights the weness on b5 is not import 17d D)

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3 ih3!

Threatening to sacrice on e6 3e7  ! g The un now becomes active oining in ince Black has solved his problems on the the pressure on the cene d the kingside ueenside White ies to create threats on the ' undefended kingside  the e6sue is one of The break 24 b5 ds not achieve counter e gets pay. Adms ints out that ite is tter aer Adams points out at against 1 8 d2 Black 25 cxb5 b5 26 c2 2  The ueen c free his game with the break 1 8. d5 when side is now weened ere coud foow for there c folow 19 cxd5 xd5 2 ad c. insce 2 ..d5 28 f1 ! forcing 28 .xd4 Then Black s ip on the cle counterbalances when al the dk sues end up unprotected Whites cono of the dle The other break is even worse er 24d5? g6?! White has 25 cxd5 xd5 26 xe6 ! ! winning Adams himsef criticized this idea which materi underestimates the wilfu weakening of the  e!

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Cuinating the manoeuvre d uestionin e vadity o Baks moves  g6 d ... h5. There now olows a beautiu tatia duel re sung in an endgame at is slightly better or te. 25d5!

dams indiates that te h a e ad  vtage ater th 25 . 26 xe6! xe6 2 xd6 6 28 d8 xe4 29 xe8+ h 30 xe6 ave d 25 .. 26 xe6! wi xe6a2song xg6ini  28 x+ x 29 d6 6 30 xe6+ xe6 3  xd8 xd8 32 xd8 with our pawns or the pie  x dxe 27 xd e7  xe+ xe 29 d xd  xd i6! 31 b7 ie7 32 c5!

Creating diulties. Instead 3 2 g2 5 33 3 ex3 34 x3 d 35 e4 xe4 36 xe4 g 3 g2 5 poses no probems to Blak Reahing an endgame with oppositeoored bishops is an important drawing resore 32ixc5 33 xc5 bxc5 (D)  

Aer the text-move White wil reah the same ending bt with the blak piees better plaed.  35 ib7 5 36  e 37 2 as 3  d7 39 e4 e5+   c4 41 e5 cxb3 42 b3 5 43 ia6

The wrong-ooured bishop ows Bak to raw er 43 d4 g6  3 4 45 gx4x4 46 5 + 4 b5  48 a4 xb3. 

43  ie2  h6 45xh4 d4 449xh5 4 47 � �c5 night It isadvantage better to in trytoendgame expoit wi the bishop pawns on vs 4 g6 both ks with 34 g2 5 35 3 ex3 36 �x3 �xh5 50 �b55 51 xa5d4 52 b4 t6+  3 e4 xe4 38 xe4  39 2 6 40 53 a4xb4 54 xb4 e3 as dams shows in Infotor93 Blak deended arately.

Game 4 A30]

M ca Kr asen kow  Tomasz Markowsk Poish Ch, Warsaw 2004 1  c5 2 c4 6 3  e6 4 g3  5 ig2 ib7 6 00 ie7 7 d4 cxd4  'xd4c6 (D)

Instead o 8 .d6 Blak ses ts move whih was in ashion more  50 yes ago Blak retans the option o paying ... in one move athough it is nikely he wil nd a good way to y ts out.

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9d3

For yes the usual ne was 9 4 00 0 d b8   e4. Lets see a lassi example with this ine Petrosian-Portish Pama de Malora Ct (5) 94 ontinued with the e less exhange   .x4? ! 2 x4 d8 3 e5 e8 and Blak was ored into npleasant passivity In ranik-Leko Bdapest rpd (5) 2 Blak payed more aurately . .. d6  2

b3 6 3 b2  4 h3 a8 5 e3 e5 (this is a typial manoevre the 6-night

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reahes a more exbe sue where t doesn t bok the bbshop the sua damage a ter 6 xe5 dxe5 s seldom to be eared be ause the ebshop omes bak to le and Blak an establsh a  grp o the d4-sue ater a tmely 5) 6 d4 h6  d2 e8 8 h  9 4 8 20  b8 2 g4 h 22 d (the atvty along the -le wll not be arreahng 22 h4 s nterestng) 22 a8 23

payng 5 x3 6 bx3 x3 the evenual 5 w gve Wte avty but Bak s a pawn up The game nstead ontnued 5 d8?! 6 �e3 x3  bx3 a6  8 5  9 �g5 wth Whte more atve d materal even 11 dl 'b

In order to be able to deend d6 wth d8 n ase o 4 I Bak ould play     a6 ol owed by    a d   he would

g3 g6 24 but 5?! the (gvng theWhtes e5-suare s not have tempo omped wth the game mportant atupthat suture this swon notapossble or 2 4 ores Blakbutto beoms rgd s tes nitatve on the king make some onesson to avod losng a pawn sde won t be suessul) 24g 25 e2 12 b3 D) 5 26 xg6 xg6 2 e3 (D te dedes to plae hs bshop on the long dagonal or perhaps n the ture on . Now 2 4 d does not aheve hng speal B B

Blak took onol by means o 2 e5!  ap pently breakng all the rules Blak no longer has ontrol over the e5sue d gves up the d5suare to boot The dea s to besege the weak e4pawn The ge ontnued 28 2 and wth 28  b5! Blak sezed the ntatve The mstake 29 xb5? allowed 29 xe4! 30 xe4 x2 and the wte poston beame prearous Wtes eat pay  be bamed on the at that ths was a rapd game but the example s enlghtening neveheless

12 d! Ths btous move s n keepng wth the dea o playng  d5 but sne Blak s not go g to aeve ths adve t wl prove a loss o me The more natural 2 e s better 13 ib2 6

Beause o the looseness o the e-bshop  allowng a tmely attak  3  d5? s no longer 90-0 10  d6 aeptable There woud olow 4 exd5 exd5 The break 0 d5 tres to punsh the draw 5 xd5 xd5 6 exd5    e4 d6 (not bak o 9 d3 vz that t makes an eventual   xd5? beause o  8 xd5 and 9 xe) d  less song sne t does not eye a blak  h4! when the weakness o the blak king ueen on d8 ter   xd5 asenkow ponts sde beomes appent Blak wl not be abe out   exd5 2 e5 s somewhat avourable or to regan the pawn and make up or the weak Whte     b4 s better so as not to onede nesses that wll be reated ound hs king the 5suare yet Heberla-Chojnak Lubne 14 :d2 we 22 then ontnued 2   exd5 3 d  The d-le s the one hosen by Wte to take 8 4 e5 e4 5 d4 and perhaps here away mobty rom Blak who now regroups Blak should have pked up the gauntlet by hs ores reahing a typal postion

THE EGEHOG 14 15 3 c7 16 dl d7 This is an impont moment The exhge o nights had to be onsidered either ater 6 x3+ and   d or 6  g4 ol lowed by   x3+ and    e5 In general ading o a ouple o nights gives Bla more mobility  17 d4 �  4 (D) asenow ints out that  h  was tter

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no longer exploit the weaness thus inurred in the ing s position 20 h3 8!

It is not so neessary to get o the -le now sine there is no white roo on    Ths was Blas last hane to play 20h6! although it is ue that ites manoeuvre in the game was diult to oresee 21 g4 h6 (D)

Blas e not to a dsmssed and e ounter-hes g-a dagonal now oers possibility that Bla lets sp w

22 g!

 :e

The aorementoned possibility was   e5! whih in general would not be good beause o the reply 9 5 but here Bla has at hs dis posal the brea 9 d5! The game beomes omplex and reuires deep analysis Frtis not optimisti about Whites hanes 19 hl ac8!

n almost automati move but in this situa tion 9  ad  be onsidered sine the d6 pawn needs exa proteton so that the  bishop an move and deend the bla ng with a timely  g6 and  �g Whereas Bla maes natural moves ite strengthens his position antiipating all the breas One he ahieves this unlie Bla he an embar on aggressive measures Bla annot do liewise but he should have antii pated Whtes pl o g4  usel move we saw in ramniLeo is 9  h6 stopping White s g5 advane and allowing  h oring yet another prepatory move With the night on h aer Whites g4 we should not orget Blas resoure  g5 aer whih White an

ust at the ght time O ourse ths gives away the e5sue but Bla will not have any hane to exploit it The uieter 22 g3 or 22 3 intending to play h4 and g5 later is less eetive 22hxg 23 fxg h7

The nght would be more ative on h5 but ater 23 h5 24 3 g6 25 xh5 gxh5 26 3 a 2 e2 Bla gets to apture and eep a healthy exa pawn Nevertheless ater 2 e5 Bla has pratial hanes beause the white piees have lost their oordination and the absene o the lightsued bishop weaens hs position  h4 g6 (D) How should Whte now ontnue? There is no lear way to mae progress on the ingside and i Bla manages to stabilize with e5 the position will be unle O ourse when play ing 22 g5! White already had his reply ready 2  ! Not allowing  e5 Bla has two impor tant weanesses whih ombined with the long open diagonal will ore the weaenng o the d5suare 2ia8!

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CHESS XPNE THE NGUSH PENING

25 6 is more tenaios

26 d4!

With the threat o 2  when the weak ness on d6 prevents the deene  i 26 D In this siation this advane does not look like the ramnik-Leko example we saw I 26 e5 White pla ys 2 a4 ! with a doble threat against b6 and e5 27 e3  d5 One this enal otpost is sered White an reate a deisive kingside atak wihot earing any reation in the ene by Blak cd8 29 h2! b5

This brek laks sient ore to disat White beause i reaes no serious hreat 3 g47

nother way o going down was 30 x 3 xd5 oneding ontrol o all the light ses withot geting y ontelay 31 in e6 32 h2 ig7 33 dd2

Ts prepation is nneessary  White an play 33 h5 gxh5 34 x5 wh a wining attak stronglybt ondted in any ase the nal oensive is 33  h5 d8 35 cxb5 xg5  h3 c5 37 hxg6 'xg6  dg2! g5 39 6+! i6  xg5 1-0

Game 5 A30]

Veselin Topalov - Micael Adams Word Ch San Luis 2005 1  6 2 c4  3  c5 4 g3 b6 5 ig2 i7 6 0-0 ie7 7 el

I Blak ds not like e orms o Hedgehog arising aer ts move this is the ime to avoid them One possibility is    d5 when against 8 xd5 Blak has severa options 8   exd5 is pos sible leading ater 9 d4 to a Qeens Indian e ene Peosian Variation wi e dierene hat el has en played instead o  or 8   x5 9  and Blak aes a ght against Wtes ene aer 9 x3 or 9     7e4 D Now we  get a stdrd Hedgehog bt with a pr o knights exhanged whih makes a wte oensive less dangeros 8 d4

W

This ompletely hanges the ste and gets ot o the sal paths It is ssible to insist

THE EGEHOG

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on a Hedgehog struture b paing 8 xe4 xe4 9 d3 b 0 e4 oowed b d4 a though this has not proved ver suessu or White a) 0  00   d4 xd4 2 xd4 d6 is a itte s but aso bious reahing the aore mentoned Hedgehog but without the 3knight and the 6knight There e severa moves and man pans  the genera ideas are to stop the

b) For exampe 4 d is  attempt to ore the bak dark-sued bishop into a more psive sition er 4  d6 5 a4!  6  6  b3 d8 8 a3 d 9 ad2 ad8 20 e3  2 4 h6 22 h4 a6 23  8 24 h2 as paed in BeiavskLutz Leipzig 22 White has made progress stop ping Baks ountea There are severa ssibiities to  t avoid this knd o sition

 b5 adve with a4 and to pa the see  bishop an  deveoped to b2 or e34ts some possibities a ) 3 b3 a6 4 e3 d  5 4 e8 6 2    6 8 d2 ad8 9 g4 5 (better is 9  g6 at one) 20  (winnng spae; the weakness on 4 is easi ed) 20  g6 2 2  22 g5 g 2 3 3 Now the situa on is u aer 23 5  t Vaejdams Lines 22 onnued 23 h5? whih a owed a song oensive against the bak king  3 a4 is aso payabe d aer 3 6 4 x6 x6 5 b3  6 a3 d8   a6 D White ha at his disposa a ma

One is not to pa 4   d6asbut 4 main 6expe in order to pay ater on  5 in the that we sha k at nother is to reate ten sion in some other pt o the board to disat attention om the pressure on the bakwd pawn wi the break 6 5 b2) ter 4 b3 5! Bak suessy ativates his bishop outside the pawnhain whih is somewhat unusua d gains spae or the major piees er 5 3 5  5 is aread possibe but in Ponomarov-and oa 25 nand deided to onnue with de veopment by 5 e beore undetaking a tive measures There oowed 6 e2   a4

nuvre whih is good to know

(this onsoidates 5-bishop stopsmove an evenua a4 byeBak)  5but8aso e5 xg2 9 xg2 ad8 oowed by  d6 when Bak had a his piees in pa 8x 9 bx D

B

8 b4! is speia direted against the  b5 break ter  8  b5? ! 9 xb5 b5 20  in ChuheovMedveg Bundesiga 2004/5 White ended up with a song passed pawn on , d the 20 d5 break didnt ahieve an ad vantageous oning o  ines at a ater 2 xe xe 22 exd5 d6 23 a6 xd5 24 xd5 xd5 25 x x 26    the psed a6pawn gave White a e pus b) 0  6 is the best way to euaize  ter   d4 xd4 2 xd4 xd4  3 xd4 0-0 White an pay in several dierent was

9  themati move preventng Other pos sibe moves e 9 6 9 d6 and 9 00 n those ases the at that ite is abe to pa  is in pnipe a sma umph or him d the same  be said about the d5 advane eaving the b-bishop shut in  Nevertheess this ds not impy an indisputabe supeiorty ter

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CHESS XPINE THE NGISH PENING

No a oue move  e mos aua co We pays d5 ack as wo pas oe s o besege e doubed paw o c4 as  some uao s 1 1 d2 b7 12 e4 1 1 4 ca be es o e NoIda eece w a5 use bu  s aso ue a  wees e ad a6 (9  c6 s payed) Te oe s o we kgs poso pemauey 11 td7 12 d5 cose e cee w d6 ad e5  ode o Tyg o pose pobems o ee4bsop by seek e beak 5 ae adequae pepaao cug o s eea o e queesde Te a 10 .n W he dea o occupyg he cee w eave was 12 d2 b7 13 e4 Hee we see d2 ad e4 Te aleave w e same oe bee o 1 1 4 peveg he e4-bsop dea s 10 3 wc as s pos ad cos 10d6 Te ue woseg o Wes sucue ae 10 x3 1 1 ex3 D a e expese o cocedg e bsop-pa ad opeg e e e as o  cosdeed

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om chagg dagoals D ad payg 1 1  g6 12 00 13 a4 13 dxe6 xe6 pomses Whe e as 14 3 s o good sce ae 14  5 We as o compesao o s damaged paw sucue ad 14 g5 xg5 15 xg5 6 s o pomsg o m ee Ae 13 d2?! exd5 ! 14 xe4 dxe4 1 5 g2 6 16 g5 ' d7 e as pobems wg back s paw  a good mae

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Hee we ca see a deece  avou o 10 1 ov e 10 3   e eve o 1 1  c6 12  a5 e c4paw s aeady deeded Te ee ae wo possbles oe s 13 4 sug gesed by Cepov ad e oe s o pus e kgsde paws; eg 13 4 00 14 4 6 15 d2 ad ow 15  exd5 16 cxd5 c4 1 7 g2 b5 18 b a6 19 c2 :b8 20 e4 h6 21 g2 b7? ! 22 g4! x4 23 g5 as payed  Tukma kov-Geogu Cas Moaa 20 sows ow dageous Wes eas ca become  ack as eded up wh s a5-kg badly paced ad s kg pooy deeded I u agzh-Aasasa Tpo FIE KO 24 ack played 1 5 e8 16 g4 g6 (o 16  xh4? because o 17 g5 exd5 18 h5 ec) 17 3 g7 bee deedg s kg Wes pos o s somewha moe pleasa ae 18 5 sce e ca make pogess o he kgsde wou ay sks  sg 11 h4

13 h6

ack ca coose amog seveal pas ee Oe s 13  exd5 14 cxd5 6 15 a3 e5 we ack as o poblems ae 16 xe5 xe5 17 c4 "6 bu  seems eve moeaac ve o o udouble he we paws ad pay 13 6 14 :a3 e5 I s aso easoabe o bg e a8ook o play by 1 3 c7 1 4 3 exd5 15 cxd5 6 16 :a3 :ae8 14 .h3 exd5 15 cxd5 .f6 16 :a3 b5!

Ads cosdeed s move a msake d poed ou he supeo 16  e5 17 xe5 xe5 18 c4 ' 6 19 g2 'g6 wh eve a sgh advaage o lack O he oe d 16 e8 s good because e c suppo hs d-paw w 17 c4 17 axb5 tb6 D

THE EGEHOG

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23  g5 24 xe5 dxe5 25 "4 is good or ite beause o his passed pawn d geater ativity  .f5 Continuing with the srcinal idea  to play 2 ollowed by e4 'e8 D

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18 c!

Ts move proves dams right in his evaua tion o  6 b5  White keeps his d5-pawn the one that is hindering Blaks oordination and holding Whites position together Instead 8 d2? xd5 9 e4 �b leaes the white piees badly plaed 18   25 c2 Blak had to hoose between this apture s we shall 25 b ! is better deending the and the diret 8 x4 whih would be met by 9 a4 and ater 9 x3 Wte has sev pawn beore attaking era options  he  aptre either the 425d7 knight or the 3-bishop te has slightly the Blak shold play the surising 25 xb5! reer game and  to make progress on the It is not le whether White i s better ater 26 kingside but the position is not lear e4 g6 2 xg6 xg6 28 �xe5 xe5 29 h4 (29 xg6+ is not oet or ater 29xg6 19  xc 20 'a! gain the most preise 20 2 e5 2 a3 30 �xg6 4 the passed pawn inreases its allows the a8-rook into the game with 2   b8 value) 29 h or 29  g giving up th e ex hange with a omplex game ater 30 a4 a6 20e5 26 'e g6 27 d3 c I 20 b6?! the ueen an swing to the gainst the only deene 28 Chepa kingside with 2  g4 teatening xh6 and i 2   h8 then 22 h5 ! when Whites posi rinov points out 28 5 xb5 29 xd xd tion beomes teatening 30 5 d8 3  xa with a sght advantage to ite due to his more ative piees 28 b 21 : e8 22 h5! White plans to attak with his ueen and deending the b5-pawn is aso interesting bishop on the b-h diagonal his indiates 28 'xc 4 29 4  30  h3! that 2  h5 was to be preeed ites posi 30 xb5 is better but White invades by 3  tion is more pleasant he has more spae and b e8 3 2 d3 xb + 3 3 xb 8 34 h now there e weaknesses in both strutures  d 35 h8+ e 36 8 not ony in Whites  and the bishoppair begins 31 xa7 xh5 32  h2+ 33 < h3+ to make a dierene  e2 e5 35 c7! Cuing o the blak ueens retreat  the 22:e7 ms suggested 22 b8 to deend better threat is 36 h  35c8 against Whites aorementioned pl  23 �5 White wins by elegantly exploiting the bad then Blak an play 23 b 24 �2 8! 25 e4 g6 regrouping better than in the game situation o the blak ueen 23 if4 b8

36 if5! 5 37 xc8+ �h7 38 hl! 10

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CHESS XPINE THE NGUSH PENING

Summary The Hedgehog system is a batte o manvres By knowing the main sategi and taa ele ments it is ssibe to onront new probems Genery it doesnt reie an exat owedge o vaiations White enjoys a spae advtage d has severa ps at his disposa whih  be ombined One o the main ones is the attak on the kngside with g4 d gS as we saw in Games  and 4 Another reent idea is the sarie d5 whih we saw in Game  nder exellent onditions sine Blaks king was aready weened and in Ge 2 nder not-so-le imstanes Another idea is e attak on the e6-sare songer when the 8-bishop has abandoned the 8h3 diagona seeking to ore a weakness or to wi n the d5-se i Blak repies with  eS as we saw or instane in the notes to Game  with 3  8 White  aso play on the eenside An impoant theme when e blak b-bishop has disap peed (generay in exhange or the g2-bishop) is the possible exploitation o the vita 6-se as we saw in IlesasGaego Los Yenes 990 in the notes to Baks 4th move o Game 3 d in Andersson-eiaw London 982 on Baks Sth o that same ge Whites move a4 stops  bS d is generaly a good one althogh it mst not be orgotten tat it weakens b3 whi Bak an somemes expoit wi an evena S Bak st basiay await deveopments moevring wit the major piees on the bak r aways having the possibiity o ontering with bS or  d5 at hd other typial bak manoevre i the d6-pawn is not nder pressre i s 8   8  g6  g et  bostering the kings position The ebisop an also head towds the oer ank with  d8 espeialy when White has weakened te -b8 diagona as we saw in the notes to ites Sth move in Game 3 Whites atk with g4 is not withot risks espeily when the h-pawn has also adved to h4 rther opening the white kings posion Then Blaks breaks bS d  d5 in p mst always  elly onsidered as we saw in the no te to Whites Sth move in Ge   and Whites Sth move in Ge 2 This is wh at jsties or the most p the padoxia move 3   in Ge 2.

When Whites attak begins with g4 beore it adves to gS we mst remember te risky de ensive resore o paying  gS in order to win the eS-s e a in MGvih-Nisipean Cap d Agde 2 as mentioned on Baks Sth move in Game 2 The edgehog wit a pai o kights exanged 6 or 3  mentioned on Whites 8t move in Gae 5 eaves the bak kings position somewat weaer Te exge o the oer pai o knights (er Baks  6  and e exhge on d4) robs the position o mh o its sting as seen in Ponomariov-Anand oa 2S athogh Blak an hoose to be more biios d play te b8knight to d with an atypia Hedgehog as in Vallejo-dams Lines 22 mentioned on  ths ase Wites 8th move in Ge st avoid the exessive psivity we saw in BeliavsLtz Leipzig 22S mentioned in Bak that note

 Nt  vrdr When seting p his opening repertoe Bak mst be awe at White i he so hooses an avoid the Hedgehog sing e order  4 5 2 g3 when it is no onger possibe to reah the ain nes we have seen ness ite hooses to alow them Thereore it is neessy to have an ateative sys tem against that order (te same appies to the obe Fihetto te sbjt o or next hapter) One s possibiity is 2 6 3 g2 d5 4 xd5 x5 S 3  ssing to the Rbistein ystem wih we over in Chapter 4 whie avoidig ites sh opions tat we see in e 2

2

The Dobe Faheo

n this short hapter we s on the main posion o the obe Fianhetto whih ises ater  4 5 2  6 3 g3  4 g2 b 5 0-0 g6 6 3 g  d4 xd4 8 xd4 The obe Fiheto in poparity Kasparov its soidity and possi biities or onteay in gained his mathes against ater Karpov in the demonsated d-980s t has some eares in ommon with the Hedgehog as Bak is wiing to grant White a spae advantage in re or a exibe siion wih ontenhing apabiities The at tat Baks dark-sed bishop is aready on the ong diagona natray has an impat on eventsas does the at that ite has eas ier aess to he d5-se whih Bak annot easiy over with e6 in view o the sensitivity o the d6-pawn One point is worth noting om the otset at manvres o a bak rook via 5 and ssiby aong the th rank e  important part o Baks arsena  this idea was demonstrated by Kasparov and rops p severa times in this hapter O orse sh an adaios method a ways needs to be jstied by spei ators in the posiion

The ames  ame 6onteraaks White beginsby an sing attaktypia on he bak ing withot adeate preparaon and Bak s essy methods By onast ame  eatres a we-sred atak by ite and it proves sess when Bak ais to nd the ght deene

Game 6 A30

Mgu el  les cas  Zoltan A lma s European Team Ch, Gothenburg 2005 36 2 c4  3 g3  4  5 0-0 g6 6 c3   d4 cxd4

Bak4  deviate rom the enjoy main aine by B paying bt this doesnt good reptation  xd4 (D)

s noted above the obe Fianheto is a ose reative o the Hedgehog bt the dier enes are aso e Cey the g -bishop is more ative on the ong diagona han it is on e tray when the pawn moves to d6 it wont immediatey be vnerabe bt on the other side o the baane sheet the d5-se is weak d he kingside dark es wi be ome weak i the g -bishop is exhged  d6

This is e most exibe move d rhaps e st one Bak aies ot se deveoping

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CHESS XPLINE THE NGUSH PENING

moves on he queensde beoe commtng m sel o caslng Insead the auomac 8 00?! s naccuae We eples 9 h4! wh he dea o exchang ng e ksqued bshops by h6 whou loss o me e 9d6 0 h6 bd7 1  dl c8 12 b3 a6 13 ac 1 D hee s an nsucve example

d5) 0 d6   b3 (an almos always useul move; anothe possbly s  1 d2 o play acl ) 1 1  e4? ! (when playng 1 1 b3 Whe was no aad o hs jump;    0-0 s bee when he game can connue 12 b2 c7 3 h4 a6 1 4 h3 {noe hs move acvang he bshop  eaps n my postons } 4 b8 15 ac wh the moe comoable game o We) 12 xe4! xa 13 a3 g7 4 g5 00 xh7! xh7  g5+ g8 17 h4 e8 5D

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lows 3hexh6? whe (hs queens o a seous domnae eo manyBlack squaes al on he kngsde bee s o nsance he yp cal 13  c5 heaenng h5 and ocng Whe o exchge bshops Whe would play 4 xg7 and hen bng he queen back o he cene once s ask on he kngsde s nshed) 4 'xh6 b5 Blacks dea s o explo he ac ha he we queen s on h6 o o ceae couneplay on he queensde bu he daw backs e eae Ae 5 g5 ! xg2 6 xg2 bxc4 17 :d4 cxb3 18 :h4 :e8 analyss nd caes ha Whe ges a decsve advanage wh 9 ce4! Insead GusassonBabula Bun deslga 23/4 contnued 19 xh7 h5 20 xh5 gxh5 2 ' g5+ xh7 22 'xh5+ g7 23 g5+ h7 24 5+ g7 25 g5+ 1/1/  Al hough play seldom devlops no such a dec aack agans he kng ts poves tha Black mus no undeesmae he mpoce o kng saey Anohe possble move s 8 c6 wch s no n ashon e 9 '4 (delayng caslng allows Black o coune 9 ' h4 wh 9 h6! pevenng h6 and heaenng o haass he whe queen wh a possble g5) 9  c8 0 dl (makng he black queen eel uncoo able on d8 as well as suppong an evenual

18 h3 ! ! 8 19 e6+! g8 20 g5 8 21 e6+ g8 22 xd8 cxd8 23 g2 6 24 h6 e6 25 h4  26 h5 g7 27 g5 dxc4 28 xd8 xd8 29 bxc4 gxh5 30 b2 e5 31 d5 d6 32 xh5 :d7 33 5 0 RblKoualy Lucee Wch 1985   I s me usual o play 9 :dl s We al eady know ha 9  h4?! s no accuae due o 9 h6! In geneal e3 s played lae on when hee s no longe any useul move n connec on wh he dea o 'h4 and h6 One possblty o e3 s o connue wh d2 and h6 Then he queen wll eman cen alzed ae a bshop exchange on g7 whch wll be  advantage n many scenaos hough obvously aso educes Whes poscs o launchng a dec atack on e black kng Anohe dea ely employed s o develop he cbshop on b2 9  d bd7 1 0 b3 c8 1 1 b2 00 Now 1 2 e3 was played by Kpov agans Kaspov n he penultmae game o the 1 986 mach Black chose  2 e8 whch by deendng the e7pawn ees he queen om s duy Ae 3 ac a6 Whe played the

THE OE FIHEO

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sge-ooking 4 �a  d Blak arried ot a standd manoevre 4  5 ! with the idea o breing with b5 ter 5 a4 Blak re groped with 5  a8! getting a good game KvKaspov London/Lenad Wh (23 986 9   acl D

naral 3  a6 White gets somewhat the tter game with 4 �xd7 xd7 5 �xb6 �x3 6 ex b7 7 Jd4 �xd4 8  xd4 x3 9 e  4 d4 a6  5 b3 7  6 3 Jb7 7 2 ab8  8  e6 a nd Blak has ompeted al the tasks o the position with a good game    It was still possible to deay astling with yet another sel mov     a6 The leap 2 d5

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is hrmess  ater  223  00ite in Iesas-Kha iman os Heanas did not nd any way to inrease thepressre and simpie with 3 x6+ whih poses no problems to Blak  4  2 d2 a6 3 d and then a 3  e4 4 xe4 �xe4 (with this ex hange, the advane b5 gains in sength 5 e 6 ( 5  �xg2  6 xg2 b5 seems more logia with a reonable position d ater e amili manoevre 6 �h3 ! Blaks position worsens srprisingly ikly In Ivanhk Aro MoreiLinares 26 there ollowed

c8 elaying asting se Whites options Onewith ite has moves playedlimits Je3 0  00 is ogia, threatening     e4 There  oow or instane,   d2 when Bak  onne wi    a6 ine e wte een does not ono e4 it is aso possible to ex hange knights with    e4 when ehev tohl Croatian Cht (Pla 999 ontined 2 xe4 �xe4 D

 b8  873d3 (in :e8? hindsight  7  �b7 is6better ! e6 �a8 9 J2! ! 20 ! and Baks position beame rial b 3  e8 was played in GlkoGrishhk Beersheba 25 where a simil position ose ater 4 Jh3 7  5 �h6 5 6 �xg7 xg7 7 d4 7  8 e4 g8; Whites advantage is minimal  a6  h6 D The alteative is to opy the enal le with the nara 3 d whih we shal see in the next game

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 3 Jh3 (this idea appes reenty ite avoids the bishop exhange and pts pressre on the d7-knight with ideas o a tre 3 d e4 3  e5 (a preliminary to a6; ater the

 c5

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CHESS XPLINE THE NGUSH PENING

This move is surey in thereaders positiona oury aeady It threatens ..h5 suppos .. b5 and makes way or the ueen to move to e ueenside. 1 g!

T optimisti. 4 xg xg D is more natura Then

a) Coing bakto the ene with 5 d4 is

materia) Whites struture is damaged by ... xe4 8 xe4 h5 9 4 bx4 sine he has to retake with the pawn. I 6 xb5 Bak omes dangerousy a tive aong the ueenside es aer 6 ..8+!   8 when 8 d2 an be met with  8... g5 oowed by 9.. g4. 16bxc 17 bxc  D

pe aso somewhat a naa oow-up. devaued  sine iusious it was aex bitz game ontinued  5 .. 8 ater whih 6 d aowed 6 ...b5 soving Baks his probems. Yeoinsky-aspov Wijk  Zee (btz) 999 onnued  xb5 b5 8  4 9 e3 and here instead o 9..a3 the naura 9... 8! was beter. White  improve with the annoying 6 a4! so it is better to pay 5... b5! with a good game. b) In uvrajitonguve Idi Ch  apatnam) 2 there oowed 5 a4 stopping ... b5 but Baks posion is sound and he went on to regroup without probems by 5... a8 6 d4 8  d e5  8 e3 8 9 e 18  xg2 20 xg2 6 2 3 e6 with a good ite woud end up with a weakness on 4 game. without y ompensation aer  8 xg xg 1xg 15 xg2 D) 9 x6 x6. b! 18 A It is a rae tween Baks attak on the eendig against the teat o 9 xg o ueenside and Whites on the kingside. There is owed by xe6+. Whites attak needs rein way to be seen or White to make any prog orements but there doesn t seem to be a way ress whereas Bak easiy skes rst on e or these to ve. ueenside. 19 dl 16 d ter the spetau 9 xg xg 20 Continuing with the oensive but Baks 'h6+ !? the ueen is sae but ater 20...g8! king is soidy deended. er 6 xg xg Whites attak omes to a hat.  ge4 (i  e4 en  ... h6! wining 19 ! n

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atenng to win te g5ght and orc ing soe concession Te battleont is shited to te ueenside d te wte pieces e  B away so te outcoe o the game is not hd to oresee 20  (D)

7! Wit te threat o 2   d5 21   orCapturng Black the c4pawn  the rest is simple 22  xc4  3 "as  xg7 �xg7  e5 xe5  xc "x 27 'f4 d 0-1

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Maxim Sorokin - D ar men S adv akasov Aeroot Open, Moscow 2005 1 c4 6 2   3 g3  4 g2 b7  c3 g6 6 0-0 g7 7 d4 cxd4 8 'xd4 d6 9 dl bd7 10 e3 c8 11 acl 0-0 12 h4 a6 13 b3 (D)

to allow the exchange o bishops or to prevent it by playing 3  e s or the rest the br eak  bS is on te cds with the support o  c5 o nce the e3bishop moves away o is the regrouping o the pieces on the ueenside or wch the crook must move along the cle ollowed by b or  a d  c 13 c7 (D)

The alteative is 3 e but Black preers to uicken s deployment on the eenside rather than keeping the gbishop It is curious that aer  3 e 4 h6 experts in ts line such as Karpov and Ftan have not with drawn the bishop to h but have allowed it to be exchanged True  e is not a useless move in the long run since the e pawn must be deended in many lines but it seems better to play on the ueenside with  c The most annoying reply to 3 e seems We have reached one o the most important positions in the cuent practice o this line to be 4 h3 or reasons we shall see later on 14 h3 ite has tee basic plans which may be White gts or the d5sue by increing combined the pressure on the diagonal Beore oving ) The exchange  bisops wit �h6 2) The occupation o the d5sue by a on lets look at the alteatives We shall see rst 4 h6 Black contines ight even by the 3ight via el and then with e plan o bringing his major pieces to the g2e3 or d34 3) The control o the 5sare by driving eenside preparing the bS bre 4   S xg xg  6 el (against the cenaliza away the 6knight with a timely g4 and gS Black has several options which are aeady tion  6 d4 Black is ready to conterattac by ailiar The rst important decision is wheter 6 b5! with a good game aer  cxbS b5

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CHESS PINE THE NGSH PENING

If Whte aceve 5 g5 the dea wuld be juted  there wud fw  and d4. Back can prevent e advance wth 4 ...h6! (exptng the fact that the g4pawn  hangng after  5 xh6 xh6 6 xh6 then 6 ..xg4 7 h4 gf6 gve Black a reanable p tn f  8 g5 xg2 9 xg2 g7 {ntendng  h8} 20 d5 c8 Black ptn  gd better   8 d5) . a-Karpv  Her mana  999 cntned 5 h3 the g5 black 6 g3kng b5 ! 77 h4 (attemptng t weaken cxb5?? le due t 7 ... :xc3 8 xc3 e4 etc. Kramnk pnt ut the nteretng p blty 7 d4 xg2 8 xg2 bxc4 9 c6 8 xb5 :xc 9 xc "xa2 20 c3 " 2 e8 20 bxc4 eadng t a uggle w lar b c8) 6  b5 ! (Back  ng n the ueen chance tere mght c ntnue 20 ...c5 and f de whch allw him t cry utth break n 2  fd7 bth de have trng ue gd crcmtce 6 .8  al accept fr ther pece) 7.. bxc4  8 hxg5 g5 9 ! able) 7 d5 (penng the a-le wth 7 cxb5 (better than penng the ueende wth 9  nt very prng  bth  7 ... b5 and xg5 cxb3 20 axb3 xg2 2  xg2 "a8  7... fc8 e ng the latter nce 8 xb7 wch nly favur Back) d here ntead f xb7 9 bxa6? xa6 20 d4 den t wrk be gvng up the ng b7-bhp n rder t keep te exa pawn wth 9... xf3 20 x3 h7 caue f 20 ...b6! ) 7 .. . xd5 8 cxd5 xc 9 xc  f6 gettng a gd game c7?!  nt t be feed a Gelfand pnt20ut there fllw 20...xd5 2 xe7 xg2 22 xg2 c8 cnterattackng wth the rk r wth the een by 22 ...d8 fllwed by ... a5. In Kv-Gefd Cap d Agde rpd 22 the cnnuatn wa 20  c8 2  f4 5 cnte t ng the pen le and wnnng pace n the ueende. Black tand wel. The jmp d5  pble n many ptn but f telf  hmle d nly remve the tenn. Therefre d n rder t make a fu ture d5 trnger t  pble t ve away the f6knght by 4 g4 D.

leavng wth plenty the whle f cmpenatn bd under Whte after 2cntr g2 Back depy al h frce wth 9 .. 8! 20 xg5 e8 ! n rder t pay . .. e4 wth an n teretng ght ahead. Anther dea  t tart the jey f the f3 knght t  w 4 e D

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Let ee what mght happen f Black pay 4... xg2?! 5 xg2. IlecaGelfd Pam plna 999 cntined 5... e8 6 f4 b8 7 fd5 d Whte ha caed ut h plan there fwed 7 cc8 8 g5 b7 9 a4 h8 20 g4 n rder t wng a rk ang the

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trd ran (a bg dfference wt respect to Game 6) w a dgerous nave t s beter to regroup w e ueen by 14  b8! (14  a8 mgt  worse because aer an eventual 3 wt deas of xd d a4 e un stndsbetter on b8  on a8 as t can defend e b6-pawn) After S h3 a8 16 a4 c 1 ? xb3 18 b1 c 19 d3 'e8! Black kept er exa pawn n Harka

Topalovsaks Las Vegas E KO 999 contnued S  xf3 16 xg xg 1 exf3 e 18 g2 bS wc le Black  an nfeor poston because of te weak bSpawn The d rect S  bS seems better and f 16 xg xg 1 cxbS bS 18  now 18  fc8 s poss ble rovsky-Hrae Laovce 23 contn ued 1 6 dS xdS 1  cxdS f6 1 8 xg xg 19 e4 c8 20 xc8 (f 20 g2 besdes the

Clye 24followed Wte sould play nstead SElsta xbwo 'xb by  fc8 wt a well-balced ston Neter does S 3 a8 16  aceve ytng as after 16 xdS 1 cxdS f6 1 8 xc "xc 1 9 g2 bS 20  (preventng 20   d 20 c3) 20 c8 te poston s balanced Krvose asran Basta  2S 14  Te careless 14  a8? led to the loss of a pawn after S xd! xd 6 a4 xf3 1 xb6 n Anand-Gomez Esteban antuz pd 23 Aganst the prophylactc 14  hS Whte can

et by  fc8 a good game2020d g4followed s also possble) 20 wth fxc8 21 xc xc 22 d4 'c3 and Black as actve play Apart from S bS other defences have not been successful Topalov-Van Wely Monte Clo blndfold 2S contnued S  x6 16 "x6 xf3 1 exf3 bS wen Whte ended up somewhat better after 1 8 xd! xd 19 d4! wth deas of playng dS and h4 there fol lowed 19 e6 20 f4 hS 21 4 dS 22 cxdS exdS 23 e2 c8 24 d eS 2S d4 Werle askran La Roche sur Yon 26 dd not go any better for Black 19 b4?! 20 dS xdS

play s ntended manoeuvre of brngngwth the f3-kgt to  n excellent crcmstances S e followed by d3-f4 cause e weak ness of the kngsde natually lmts Blacks play

21 cxdS and afteropen the forced Wte conolled the only le d 21 waseSbetter He chose to weaken Blacks pawnstructe and after 22 dxe6 fxe6 23 d2 24 c6 fd8 2S f4 s advantage was cle de to Blacks dam 15 g4 aged stucure and te exposed black ng Ts s te dea tat  gven Black prob In Topalov-Grscuk Monte Clo 26 lems Te derence om te mmedate g4 s Black dd not solve hs prblems eter after tat now S 6? s not possble for t would S d8 16 gS f8 1  a4 cS 18 xg lose a pawn g4 beng aeady defended Of xg 19 b4 ! :c and here the pawn sacce corse S xd xd 16 xb6? s no good 20 dS!? gave te a strong tatve thans due to 16 xf3 to hs geater actvty In ts game we can see A contnuaton that s ganng popularty that the whte oensve s mch more danger tanks to Topalovs paonage s S h6 D. os and more sted than n Game 6 snce ere Black cannot conterattack wth bS We now re to S g4 D 15e6!

Ths solves the problem of the dS-sque Instea d S  bS 16 gS S 1 dS demon sates the complete sccess of Wtes dea After 1 xdS 18 cxdS c 19 g4 as played n FancsyAnka Hungaran Ct 22/3 Black loses a pawn wtout any compensaton Aer S cS 16 gS f (aganst 16 fd now 1 dS wold ndeed be song snce af ter 1 xdS 18 cxdS the weaness of the c6 sque wc can be exploted wth d4-c6 is mpotant) 1 xe4 xe4 18 xc xf3 19

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CHESS XPLINE THE NGUSH PENING 17b5

Te oter break 17 d5 18 cxd5 xd5 19 g2 leads to  awkwd poson for Black wo as not maged to uavel   19  :Xc 1 20 �xc 'c8 21 a3 Black s n ouble  cxb5

18 xd6 xd6 19 xd6 :c4 20 xc4 'xd6 2 1 c b2! ? folowed by 22   e5 etc gets Wte nowere Te 1uet 18 g2 seems  after 8 bxc4 19 bxc4 d5te 20 most cxd5 noyng xd5 21 c5 Black ddnt manage to solve te fate of e e8-kngt sasfactorly n on-Kram nk ant Vncent ECC 25 xd6! exd6 20 exf3 te exa pawn s not very b5 19  c  c  D mportnt but te weakness on d6 s n Flp pov-Van Wely Trpol FE KO 24 Wte won usng te f4-f5 attack 16 g5

Te smplcaon 16 :xd6 xc4 accom plses notng 17 :dd (or 17 xd7 xc3 1 8 xc3 xd7 wen te g4pawn s a slly oa ment n Wtes poson) 17  c7 d Black

 19 defends f4 e5 19 texe5 d7kngt xc3wtout or 1 8 g5fearng eter xd5 18 xd5 16  afer tan 16 5 17 g4 b5 18 �x5 gx5 and ere nstead of 19 x5 as played n Van Wely-Grscuk Iteet bl 24 19 e4 s songer  Blacks srucure s worse Te e8-gt s badly placed for te tme ng rng communcaons Black os to cay out one or bot of s temac breaks  b5 or  d5 so at te kgt can come back to an actve ston 17  D

Even toug Black as many peces botled up on te kingsdeall te nvon ponts e de fended d e c create teats on e ueen sde explotng te absence of e wte ueen Tus e c force smpcatos owng m to free s ge 21 ixg7 �xg7

Black overlooks a strong zwischenzug, and s poston collapses Instead after 21  xg7! e would ave reaced a reasonable ston a) 22 f6 xf6 23 gxf6 e8 need not  feed snce e f6-paw cannot be uckly supported Black repels e atck n e event of 24 d4 xa2! 25 xe6 d2! forcng 26 g5  wt te ueens o Black keeps s ma teral plus b) 22 xd6 s a beer cace aloug af ter 22 xf3 23 exf3 e5 24 g2 a3! 25 e (te only move for f 25 d all e black peces would come back to lfe d wn mate al w 25 d8 26 d4 c6 27 d3 f5)

THE OBE FIHEO

25  xd6 26 g3, Black as a pleasant coce between 26f3 d e more bious 26 c4 2 bxc4 i  bot cases e gknigt retus to te gt from f5, wt a good poston

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22 xd6! i3

Blacks poston s worse after 22 xd6 23 "d4 g8 24 xd6 xf3 25 exf3 'd8 26 f4 23 c8! "d5

ueen does25 not"d4 suceg8  after 23 Gvng xd6up24texa8 xa8 26 "xd6 b8 2  g2 Wte wns ely wt s ueensde majorty because of Blacks absolute passvty  xe8+ �h8 D 25dl+ 26 n ih5 27   28 24 xe8 loses at once to 25 '6! '! 'd8 25 6 Tere s no defence  f 8  g, ten 29 Ts wns omewat ucker was 25 "6!, c3 wt unavodable mate and f 25e5, te elegant 2 f6! mates 29 c3  30 'e5 -0

Smmary Te ouble Fcetto related to tevaratons HedgeogTe of te prevous capter leadste to ag game ll of moeuvres d deas, snot concrete derences e alsotclear -bsop s more actve on te long dagonal tan on e te d6-pawn s not weaened n te st place because te e-pawn defends t n excange te dSsuare s we Te black kng s somewat more exposed tan n te Hedgeog, d terefore the excange of te dk-sued bsops s a plan Wte always as at s dsposal Topalovs dea, 15 6 n Game , deserves attenton Te occupatn of te dS-suare wt a knigt s a recurrent motf, but s not ptcully dangerous  t only leads to smpcatons, as we saw, for nstance, n llescas Kalfm, os Heanas 23 (note to Blacks 1 1 t move of Ge 6), or n Krvose askr, Basta rpd 25 (note to Wites 14th move of Game ) Tere e more dangers for Black wen te f3-kgt avels va e, d ten g2e3, or d3 f4, and a wte knigt gets to be enenced on dS, as, for nstance, n llescas-Gelfand, plona 1999/, as mentoned at Wte 14t move n Game  We saw tat te conol of te -sue can also be obtaned by tryng to drve away te f6 ngt Wtwt te wite a timely ueen g4 on and4,g5,ites te teme attack ofnaturally Game becomes more dangerous, but f tere s no attack, te ueen may end up out of play and t s better to swng t to te cene Black must sve for counterattack, especally wt te  b5 break, preped wt c5, as n Kaov-Kaspov, LondonLenad Wc (23) 1986, mentoned on Wtes 9t move n Game 6, and wt Blacks 19t move of Game 6 tself, we see e black ueen beng actvated on te -d8 dagonal f t s not possble to play b5 n ths saigtfoard way, one as to prepe t more slowly, ac cumulatng major peces on te ueensde n advance, suc as wt 13 c of Ge , to make way for the ueen wt b8, or  'a8, and ten the f8-rook can swng to te ueensde Black managed to play an deal b5 n Kaov-Gelfand, Cap d Agde d 22, mentoned on Whtes 14 move of Ge  f t  s tactcally jused, reganng control of dS b y  e6 , as  n Game  , s o f course welcome, but snce ts weakens d6, t reures a precse evaluaton based on concrete factors

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Symmetia: Miseaeos

In ts capter we focus manly on two very mportant stons stemmng from 1 c4 c5 2 f3 f6 3 c3 c6 4 d4 cxd4 5 xd4 e6 In ame 8 Wte plays 6 a3, preventng te pn  b4, wt te dea of contnu ng wt e4 Te f-bsop almost always develops along te fa6 dagonal We sall look at 6xd4  xd4 b6 8 f4,  well as examnng te varatons 6    6  c5 and 6  e In te game, slow manuv res culmnate n a wte attack on te ngsde ame 9 examnes postons were Wte plays 6 g3 developng te bsop on g2, tus gvng te ge a derent caracter We analyse te lne 6 b6  db5, as well as partally lookng at b3 Whte caes out tematc sacrces n order to weaken Blacks scure and to keep te black kng n te centre

Game 8 [A33]

G rry K sp rov  Loek v n Wely rmenia - Rest of Word', Moscow 2004  f3 f6 2 c4 c5 3 c3 c6 4 d4 cxd4 5 xd4  6  D

Ts modest-lookng move prevents   n order to be able to play e4 Oter standd moves nclude 6 db5, and especally 6 g3, wc we s l see n te next game

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layng a3 s not a loss of tme n te long run f te ge reaces a Hedgeogtype struc ture, were te b4advance can be useful, as we ave already seen

6xd4

Black must decde weter to carry on de velopng and allow te move  e4, by playng, for nstce, 6 e, or to prevent ts by play ng 6    or 6  c5 If coosng 6  d5, Black as to be wlln g to play wt an IQ After  cxd5 exd5 ( xd5 s less advsable due to 8 xc6 bxc6 9 d2, gvng Wte a structural advantage) 8 g5 e 9 e3 0-0 10 b5 e 5 1 1 00 a6 1 2 e2 e6 13 b3, Wte next moves a rook to dl, as played n KrasenkowMamedyarov, talya Ec 24 Ts s somewat better An for Wte because of te weakness of te solated pawn vng te d4kngt from te cene wt 6 c5 s oter typcal move  after  b3 e 8 e4 0-0 9 e2 b6 10 0-0 D we reac a slgtly derent Hedgeog-ype poston om te ones we ave seen n prevous capters, but were smlar general prncples e vald nev erteless Black can coose between 10  b and 10  a6  tere s no bg derence between tem

YMMEIA ISEEOS

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eualze wt 8   ts would follow n te event of 8 e2 Wtes only way to avod m medate eualty s wt te reeat 8 f3 d6 (anoter way to play s 8 c7, n order to stop te development f4 Wte can ten play 9 g5, reacng a sml knd of stucture) 9 e2 b6 1 0 0-0 b7 1 1 f4 c8 d en a) Korcno-onomov, onetsk (2) 21 followed te moeuvrng pat we ave al ready n oter lnes 12 16 ed2 a6 b8 13 17 c7 14seen  fd8 15 c e5 3 c6 1 8 e2 g6 19 g3 b7 20 b3 6 D

a) 10  b7 1 1 e3 c8  2 f4 d6 1 3 c (te rk s almost always usel on c  , to de fend te pawn but t s aso possble to play w 13 d3 n order to make way for te ueen to reac f3, or 13 f3 to play 'e2, delayng c) 1 3 b8 14 ' d3 (slgtly unusu but play able, snce te gt wll consst of protracted manoeuvrng) 14 bd7 15 f3 'c7 16 d2 b8 17  :fd8 dWte stated a pawnroller Frman, on te kngsde Copenagen wt 2004 18 g4However, n ogorelov-de Wtes atck wont run smootly because of Blacks counteratacks n te cene d on te ueen sde b) After 10 a6 ere mgt follow 1 1 f4 c8 12 e3 d6 Ten b) 13 c was played n Cucelov-Gof sten, Frenc Ct 21, d after 13  d7 14 e 7 15 d2 a5 Wte managed to drve te black peces away from te centre wt 16 e5 gettng te edge after 16 dxe5 17 fxe5 d7 18 g3 However, Black ad at s dsposal an nterestng counter after 13 b8 14 d2, tere s te bre 14  !, wen 15 e5 can be met by te ichenzug 15  d4 b2) In Valleo-Matamoros, Havana 1999, takng ts fact nto account Wte played te propylactc 13 f2, wen Black ad to play more passvely Aer 13 b8 14 d2 b7 15 c bd7 1 6  6 17 d3 a6 18 e2 e8 1 9 fd c7 20 g3, Wtes poston was som e wat better as e was able to moeuvre more easly Contnung development wt 6 e7 s possble too After 7  0-0, as opposed to te prevous lne (6 c5 7 b3), Wte now con trols d5 wt a pece less and Black treatens to

Here Wte staed a typcal pl wort re memberng 21 b !, wt te dea of a future a4-a5 (or even c5), explotng te rok beng on te same le as te black ueen In ts case t s necessary to prepare t wt te re of te g3bsop to te g-a7 dagona wt f3 and f2 b) In Cepnov-Kakn Wk  ee 25, Black played a derent dea tat we must also remember 12 c 1 e5 13 d2 (tere s no advantage after te smplcaton 13 xe5 dxe5 14 xe5 xe4) 13 a6 14 e (playng f3 s always usel) 14 c7 15 e3 ed7 16  a8 17 a4 c6 18 b3  d ere Black started a typcal manoeuvre 18  d8 (te bsop s eadng to c7 n order to become ac tve on te 2b8 dagonal wle also defend ng te b6- and d6pawns) 19 f3 c8 20  c7 21  Black now ntated a plan used wt reversed colours n FscerAndersson egen (ebton ge) 1970 wc sould become part of a players general knowledge, and n patcularof tose wo play lnes related

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CHESS XPLINE THE NGSH PENIG

to te Hedgeog structue 21 8 22 b2 g8 Black wll play  g5 n ode to wn space on te kngsde and tus eventually be able to attack wt g4 Te ge contnued 23 b3 c6 24 c3 b 25 a4 c6 26 c3 b 2 ed b8 (wt the teat of 28 d5 on ac count of 2 not beng well defended) 28 g 1 g5 eacing a complex poston wt even cances 7 xd4 b6 D w

1 1  5? s not possble due to 12 g4 f6 13 x5 g6 14 '6 wen tee s no com pensaton fo te pawn 12 .f4 .b7 13 d l

Anote move to pevent Black fom e goupng comfoably Te natual 13 d3 can be met by 13  f6 teatenng to take on c3 wen afte 14 c d4 followed by f6 Black aceves moe actvty tan e wll get n te13game .h4 14 h3 f6 It s not possble t complicate now wt 14 f5?! due to te ce efutaton ponted out by Kaspaov 15 exf5 xf2 1 6 xf2 xf5 1 g3 ! x 1 8  c6 1 9 xf5 exf5 20 "xf5 d te weakness of d6 s agan te most mpo t facto 15 .e3 .g5 16 .e2 .xe3 17 'xe3 D

B

Ts move s te eason behind the pelm nay excge Black plans to develop s c8 bsop on te long dagonal and hs f8-bsop wt tempo Ts would appen fo nstance aganst 8 e4  'f4

Wte es to explot te fact that te queen as become actve eletan usual n ode to play 'g3 followed by te development wt Once Whtes development s nised te tempo h6 Playng  s stll on te cds weakness on d6 wll become mpotant Wite .e7 wll double ooks on te d-le wt a slgt ad It s not possble to puns Wtes loss of vantage tme wt te cenal beak 8 d5? because of9 17 e7 1 0-0 tf6 19 :d2 d  fdl .6 21 f4! b5 9 e4 d6 Now te next step s to stop te counteattack It s necessa to peent Wite playng te based on  d5 and bng te e2bsop nto te tust 1 0 e5 game 10 g3 0-0 11 .h6

If 1 1 d3 b7 12 0-0 d7 tis knigt aceves a moe exble poston In ode to avod ts Wte s wllng to delay s devel opment a bt moe  e manages to complete t wtout payng too ig a pce e wll be bette Black s tus oblged to complcate te game 11 te

21 h5!

Tis advance s to o optstc  t weakens the kngsde te pawn tse and t oes a pont of contact fo Wte to open up lines aganst te black kng wtout gettng ytng  e Kaspov ecommends 21 6 22  as a bette opton 22.f3

Teatenng to wn mateal wt 23 e5 

YMMEIA ISEEOS 227 23 h3!

Intendng to open nes by g4 Back decdes to gve up a pawn to deay Wtes kngsde of fensve 23   h4 25 2 ib7 26 tb5 26 b3 ! a6 2 a4 !, panng to captre ater on 4, s at east  song 26x4 27 txd6 7 D

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Ts aows Back to complcate te sgge te s st better, but e w ave to cacuate accuatey mper s 28 xb ! xd2 29 xd2 xb 30 'x4, wt a eaty exa pawn. i6! Wt te dea of 29 ...a4 Instead, te tact ca due ensung om 28 d5 eads to a ce advantage for Wte 29 b5 c5 30 < xb5 3 1 exd5 d6 32 ' g3 e8 33 e2 29stake g4 tat coud ave canged e resut A of te game 29 d3 ! s best, wen tere mgt foow 29 ...d 30 'g3 ad8 3 1 "xe5 e8 32 xe8 xe8 33 xe8 d8 34 d6, wt more t enoug compensaton

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29ia4 30 g5 ixdl 3 1 6 31 xd6

31  gxf6 draws! Te foowng ne s a most forced 32 'xf6 xf3 33 'g5 f8! (not 33  ? due to 34 g2! xg2 35 f6 c  36 'xc xd6 3 g5 d  38 f2, wnng) 34 6 e 35 g5, w a draw 32 g2!

Te ony move, but a decsve ne. 

2 xh4

32 g6 33 xg6 1-0

Game 9 [A33]

Bor s G elfan d - B art lom ej Mac ej a Bermuda 2004 1 t3 t6 2 4 5 3 tc3 t6 4 d4 xd4 5 txd4  6 g3

Ts s te most mpoant alteatve te w deveops s bsop on te ong dagona, ex potng te fact tat t s already opened 6 D Ts s te most actve contnuaton. Oter possbes e 6 c5, drvng te kngt away om te cene, and 6 e, contnung wt deveopment. 7 tdb5

Te ateatve s  b3, aganst wc t s possbe to attack te wte cene wt tempo by   e5 8  , and after9 'e2 d6 (Back can gnore te treat of f4 and e5 wt 9 ..00 snce aer 10 f4 c6 1 1 e5 e8 Wtes expan son acks support from s peces, d Back w open te game wt . ..f6, remndng Wte tat s kng s not competey safe 9 ..xc3? 10 bxc3 d6 1 1 f4 c6 s asty, snce Wte

nders Backs quet deveopment wt 12 a3! creatng seros probems 12 . a5 s met by 13 xa5 xa5 14  foowed by d) 10 f4 (yet oter dea s 10 d2 n order to caste queensde) 10... c6 1 1 e3 xc3 12 bxc3 "c 13 g2 0-0 14 00 (now tere s

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CHESS XPINE THE NGUSH PENING

no n back; ndoblin e pawns s  bshop w feln avceo-Lvss Tel Avv less  n he case of 14 c5 dxc5 15 xc5 d8 1 6 2003 I s nscve o analyse e lne 7  c5 e5 e elean 16 a5! leads o a draw aer 17 d4 xb3 1 8 axb3 d4 19 cxd4 c3 20 D  xd4 21 f3 c3 and no oer a emp has obaned anyn more han eqal y) 14  b6 1 5 4 D. w 

s s a strle beween te sac advan

Aer e smpcaon 8 d6 e7 9 de4 xe4 10 xe4 b4 1 1 d2 xd2 ( l    d5 s also neresn) 12 xd2 i Black as no problems

ae ofchances namic Blacks of beer Whies scre aack aans In hisecase dy he permanen advanaes preval 15  b7 (5  a6 s empn b Black prefers s peces cenralzed ven a e s lanc n an aack) 1 6 5 d7 17 : ac8 (anoer dea s o free he f8sqare for he kn wh 17  8) 1 8 h3 fe8 19 ' h5 f8 20  (he ame s a a crcal momen  e plans f5) 2  e7! (no ony defendn e nsde b also sn an aack aans te we pawns) 21 d2 a6! 22 d4 xc4 23 f2 (Whe s ready o play f5 b Black manaes o conerbalance ) 23 e5! 24 fxe5 dxe5 25 xc4 exd4! and aer overcomin ceran df cles Black won n IllescasLeko Leon 1996 7 rvn away e annoyn kni w 7a6 s always o be consdered Te naral conn aon 8 d6 xd6 9 'xd6 comes o non snce wh 9  10 'xb4 x 1 1 :b d5 Black as no problems GedTopalov o mnd 22 However ezwiscenzug 8 e3 ! rs developn e bsop canes e pctre Afer 8 'a5 9 d6 xd6 1 0 'xd6 e4 1 1 d3 xc3 12 d2! ie o a lead n devel opmen and e absence of e dk-sqared

cle Whie aerhas 8 xf2 8 2 !?9  wen4 e Whie poson es s no explo e absence of e dksqared bsop w 10 d6 forcn 10 d8 as played n Greenfeld-Emeln Beerseba 1998 He has compensaon b wh bo kns n a bad s aon te verdc s no cle In Rsemov Karain os Heanas 23 e move 8 d5 was played 9 00 dxc4 (9 a6? s no coec becase of 10 a4 'a5 1 1 xc5 axb5 12 cxd5 wnnin maeral) 10 d6 xd6 1 1 xd6 d aer 1 1   e7 12 a3 We ad adeqae compensaon Black as problems developn d Wes dk-sqed bshop s js abo o jon n e  Te more acve 1    b4 moves te kni oo f away from te n sde wc s led n te lne 12 e5 00 13 h6! whic by eaenin 14 x7 forces e reea 13 e8 (f 13   bd5 en 14 xg7! x7 15 xd5 exd5 16 xd5 ' e6 17 '5 wnnn) Aer acevn ts We connes 14 e3 a6 15 c5 wt son pressre Ten 15  'a5 16 d4 c2 1 7 xc4 xa 18 xa seems o be bes play We as reganed s pawn wile keepn s lead n de velopmen Noe te nence of te Caalan bsop on 2 We now re o 7 e5 D

YMMEIA ISEEOS

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Gong back to 8 f4 te best eply s con sdeed to be 8 fg4 Ae 9 e3 tee follows te song 9 a6! as n And-Leko Wjk aan Zee 1996 (nstead of te too geedy 9  c6? played n Kochno-Grnfeld Beeseba 1995 afte 10 3 f3 1 1 e2 ge5 12 b3 g5 13 g2 gxf4 14 exf4 Black loses mateal) Ae 9 a6! Wte ddnt acheve anytng specal wt 10 c xc 1 1 xg4 d6 12 e2 d

13 xe5 dxe5 fd8 14 g2 0-01 0-0 acs :ac8 1   18 e c5 f51!5but 1   '16xc4! even cleae explotng the composed pos ton of te wte peces mnHolzke ot En 24 Te almost foced endng asng 8 g2 fm 10 3 axb5 1 1 xg4 xc4 12 b3  13 Te alteatve s 8 f4 Black as seveal xc4 dxc4 14 'xb5 xb5 15 xb5 b4 optons te seengly actve 8 c5?! s met 16 e2 s nothng specal ete  Black as no by te tematc sacce 9 g2! wc we al poblems wt ete 16 a5 o 16 0-0 eady know n good ccumstances Ae 9 a6 8a6 D (f 9xf2? 10
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9 

Wte punses Blacks pecaous contol of s ueensde as well as s lack of develop ment wt te tematc sacce 10 c5! Afte 10 xc5 1 1 e3 c4 tee followed 1 2 b3  13 c d8 14 xa8 'xc3 15 d2 and Wte wns mateal as n Romeo-K n Bendo 23 t s even bette to play aganst te kng n te cene by 12 xd6! xd6 13 ' xd6 ed 14 c 1 and tee s no appaent defence

Fo a long tme 9 a4 was pefeed Afte 9 :b8 10 e3 c5 O   b5 1 1 xb6 bxa4 12 c s somewat wose wen Blacks best seems to be 12 a3 !? 13 b3  14 c  a8 1 5 xe5 but afte npnnng by castlng te c3 kngt wll be fee to nvade te eensde) 1 1 xc5 'xc5 12 a3 Now Black as te atac tve opton o openng the ble and getng a pawn neae te cente wt 12 b6 13 d6 e 14 xc5 bxc5 15 xc8 xc8 16 b3 g5!? so tat te explson ofte e5-ngt wll weaken Wtes stctue wt eal cances 9 x! Afte 9 e?! 10 0-0 10 'c? yng to develop te c8-b sop s punsed n a way tat s aleady faml to s 11 f4 d6 12 c

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CHESS XPLINE THE NGUSH PENING

:b8? and before Black consoldates s pos ton wt   tere follows 13 c5! snce f 13 dxc5 14 ab5 wns at once wle after 13 fd 14 cxd6 xd6 15 'c2 followed by fd1 te wte peces get uckly to te cene and te ueensde wt advantage Agrest Hellers eds Ct 21 2 10  d6 s better preventng te c -bsop from developng so easly ter 1 1 b3 'c (adng ueens gves

e4! seems songer treatenng xf6 wt te dea of playng 15 b and 'd4 Wt te kng n te cene and te kngsde weakened Blacks poston s suspcous eg  14 f5 15 b c 16 'd4 "e5 (f 16  e5 tere follows 1 xc4! ) 1 d6!  wnnng 12 1 D

even more strengt to te wll contnue wt f4 andg2bsop te teat Wte of c5 stops Black from easly playng  b8 n order to develop te c8-bsop) 12 f4 00 13 fd g6 14 e3 d Black sll as work to do to develop te ueensde Gelfand-Nspeanu Bled OL 22 10 bxa3x4 11 g5 D

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s move s vally forced at some pont layng 12 6?! t13 now xf6nstead ' xf6?ofbecause castlngofprevents 14 e4 e 15 d4! wen Black s n serous trouble  e s bound to lose at least te g-pawn 12d5

Eac tempo s precous Black as already played te reeat 'd8 delayng develop ment Gelfand suggests 12  00 1 3 00 6! 14 xf6 xf6 1 5 e4 e 1 6 xc4  1 c3 (worse s 1 xc8? c8 18 d2 xa3 wt a 11d8 Black wants to keep s sucture ntact materal advantage and great actvty wle e most mant doubts aut ow dger- Wtes mnor peces ave no good sues os Wtes sacrce s comes from 1 1  c5 !? wereas 1 b4 dxe4 18 xe4 b8 gves wastng a tempo to force te excange on f6 Wte no advantage) 1 dx 1 8 xe4 e5 19 so tat te bsop ds not conol e3 any more c wt a slgt edge to Wte Black doesn t Aer 1 2 xf6 gxf6 1 3 0-0 Black as 1 3  e3! seem to ave y problems defendng s only Excangng kngts wt 14 fxe3 xe3 d weakness on b and nsng s development 15  xc3 s not acceptabe so Wte s forced wt eg 1 9 b8 followed by  b5 to suender e excange gvng m compen 13 00  D saton but not  advantage after eg 14 "d3 Black aeady as to be cel Te e4 break xf 15 e4 e5 16 d6 e 1 d1  as s mmnent d t s not stopd by 13 6?! played n Agrest-Hall weds Ct 20/5 snce tere follows 14 e4!  and after 14 dxe4 1 1  6 employed n GelfdV Wely Bled Wte wns wt 15 xe4 dxe4 16 xd8 OL 22 seems t optmstc Tere followed xd8 1 xe4 12 xf6 gxf6 13 00 b8 Now Wte played 13 0-0 kps te ston closed but dsnt 14 c 1  teateng e4 but wt 14 d6! solve te problems ter 14 e4 d4 15 e2 d3 15 c2 b5 16 a4 e5 Black eld s ston 16 f4 e5 1 5 tere s unpleast pres wtout maor problems Te mmedate 14 sure aganst te black kng

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We ad o coose beween e e4 break Now s s possble bu less song an be and e nlaon n Blacks camp a e de fore cdes on w s excge Gelfand consd 18 000 ered  beer o open lnes w 14 e4!  er I would be a msake o open e game and 14  d4 15 " d 16 fd1 c6 1 e5 end up w te kng n e cene by playng Wes son w all s peces n play s 1 8 dxe4? ! 19 xe4 �xe4 20 �xe4 beer 19 xd �b8 20  1 Te ueen s no playng any role on e ere Ts would s necessary follow 15�xd5 e even ! wnnng of 14 backxf6 e pawn w a bg advage

kngsde 20 dxe6 ere any more follows so 20swngs �xg2o21exg2 cene fxe6 If w a good game afer he rook excge  s  "d2 no cle w c kng sands worse Ts w e dea  o play 1 6 "6 eaen 20�a8 21 a D g e black kng n order o open up n e Gelfd pons ou 21 fe1 aloug aer cene w e een already acve s own e 21 xa3 22 xf6  We s b advage s sml Te kng s no er aer casng  15  00 We brngs e frk o e g and en breaks n e cene w for nsance 16 fd1 f5 1 e4 fx 1 8 xe4 d e acvy comn B saes for e pawn 16 

Tere s no openng of nes w 16 e4  ere would follow 16 d4 1 e2 c4 16 b7 17 d 1

reaenng 1 8 e4 We would ave pre feed o brng e frook o e cene bu af er 1 fd 1 c8 ! e evenual unpnnng of e c3-kg leads o smplcaons favourable o Black because of s maeral advage 17 7 D Tryng o seler e kng on e ueensde 21   Gelfd pons ou a  s beer o keep e Black as o close e game f 21  bxa4? kng n e cene w 1 e oug e en 22 d6 "e8 (or 22 xd6 23 �xb+ xb poson s complex aer 18 e4 d4 19 e2! d3 24 " c6 25 e4 wnnng) 23 �xb+ 20 f4 xb 24 xf6 wnnng

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22 d6 xd6 23  xb4

Gelfand rejected 23 xb? because now tat te c3kngt s e prse t s possble to w play 23 xb! 24 xd6 bxc3 ! due to te fact at 25 "xf6?! s met by 25  f3 26 1 d2 2 f3 :c8 wen Black s better 23:d7  a5 eraps 24 b6 oers slgtly more wn nng cances but Wtes advantage s small anyow xg2 25 :xd7 xd7  xa6+ a7 27 xa7+ �xa7 28 �xg2 c8 D 29 cl

Ts wll lead to a ngt endgame were Black as enoug resources to daw due to te 31 �a5 32 b3+ a4 33 c5+ � 34 whte kngs passvty e4 d7! 29�a6 30 e2 :cl 31 xcl Ts reeat s a beer defence t pusng Black must urry to capture te apawns n te pawns wc would weaken em and gve sues for te wte ng to nlate te rst place and wen te wte kng l rates te kngsde e must y to create coun 35 �h3 �xa2 36 �h4 �b3 37 �h5 �c4 38 telay by movng s kng across to atack te �h6 �d3 39 d6 �e2   e5 1 7 � wte pawns _

Summary Te two varatons weave consdered e very derent Te postons of Game 8 wt 6 a3 gen erally lead to manoeuvrng play were kowledge of te Hdgeog s mpoant snce many lnes can lead to ts structure To our knowledge about te Hedgeog from prevous capters we c now add wat as been mentoned n te notes to Blacks 6t move n Game 8  Wte c launc a dangerous oensve on te ueensde wt  a4 and  or c5 provded adeateprepatos ave taken place s dea was tated by 21 b1 ! n Korcno-onomarov onetsk (2) 2 1  We sould also bear n mnd te  8   g8 followed by  g5 manoeuvre boowed from te game Fscer-Andersson egen (exbton game) 190 n Ceparnov-Kakn Wjk  Zee 2005 (aso gven n te note to Blacks 6t move n Game 8) Black employed s dea aer  d8c whc s also a cacterstc manoeuvre tatts well w e dea of openg e g-le Te cenre beng relatvely stable s a precondton for ts teme to be approprate Te lnes from Game 9 wt 6 g3 e more akn to te Catal Openg altoug e play can be saper My lnes ental a materal mbalance exposed kngs or atypcal suctures We see an attack on te kngsde n excange for weaknesses on te ueensde n te notes to tes t move n ts case te weanesses cay more wegt t e dynamc feaures Tere s no clear le n relaton to ts  a concrete evaluaton s necessa  our case llescasLeko Leon 1996 te sde tat s attacked on te kngsde as neter weaknesses nor problems n regroupng so some optmsm s justed Te sengt of e g2bsop e Catalan bsop s sown n Rustemov-Karakn os Hermanas 23 mentoned on Blacks t move Te closed cacter of te poston does not justfy Blacks delayng s development exces svely n te notes to Wtes 8t move we saw tat Wte can explot ts wt e emac sacr ce c5 ! openng lnes n Romero-Karakn Bendo 23 and te notes to Blacks 9t move n AgrestHellers weds Ct 21 2

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tempt t etpnta revered  cle that Black therefreMcy. playng Itjt fr eqalty nce f Whte allw the bnd and fal t break t he can n d hmelf hrt f pace. Hwever Black  al beng crcmpect  he drp h knght back t a ecre lcan n c7 befre ettng p a bg pawn-centre Th lne tend t lead t qte ncate play a Whte manevre and attempt a arety f pawn bre whle n reply Black ha a electn f dynamc dea at h dpal ncldng ne where he gve p materal n ret fr attack ng chance agant Whte kngde. A typcal eqence t reach the abve da

break Whte cannt make any prgre. Black hwever can mprve h ptn

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12 'd2 b6 13 :cl ac8 14 dl �h8 15 id2 :d8 16 'b3 tc7 17 ic 3 b8

Here Btv cmmented Black de nt hrry wth the rgnatn f h attack bt fr the tme beng methdcally cnldate h ptn awatng the bet mment t play .. d4. 18 'c2 td5 19 td b8 20  td4! The tme ha cme  Whte wnt be able t wthtand the prere n e2 and wll have t get rd f  knght penng the ele t

gr 5 g 3c4c6 c5 62 g2 f3 c7 f6 3ntendng c3 d5 74...e5. cxd5 xd5

Black advantage. 21 'dl ig4 22 ixd4 exd4 23 'd2 i8  :el :e8 25 h4 ih3 26 i3 :e7 27 :e8 Befre gng nt the pecc and the typ 28
Nw the theat f ..d5 frce Whte t ex change bhp and he cld nt defend h kng

he ames In ame 10 after 7 00 e5 8 d3 e7 9 d2 d7 10 c4 f6 Whte ced t the thematc plan f breng thrgh whch led t a typcal manevrng tggle.

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CHESS XPLINE THE NGUSH PENING

ame 11 features the theoretcal pawn sacrce after 10 00   xc6 xc6 1 2 xe5 e8 n the ame Black ot reasonable compensaon for the pawn

White has several ways to prevent Black from settn up his bnd wth pawns on c5 and e5 and these e the topc ofame 12 After 1 c4 c5 2  f6 3 c3 d5 4 cxd5 xd5 5  was an dea devsed by Nowtsch The main ame deals wth the lne 5  6 c4 d3  e2 f4 8 f1 e6 and Whte won by means of a typcal atack aanst the black kn

Game 1 0 [A 34]

L evon A ron  an  Pet er Sm  rn ov FIDE KO, Tripoi 2004 1 c4  2  6 3  c6 4 g3 d5 5 cxd5 xd5 6 g2

f4 n deal condtons  aer 9 b3 e 1 0 d3 f6 1 1 f4 exf4 12 xf4 0-0 he as the son 13 e3! D

Wllnly on nto the Rubnsten lne There are several ways of avodn t nether better nor worse th the text-move 6 d4 for example or 6 a4 6c7 B Ths reeat s necessy n order to play the setup wth  e5 f 6   e5? at once ere fol lows 7 00  xe5 e5 D ! wnnn a pawn

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Ts move conols e mportt d4sue cles the way for the ueen to te knsde and plas a evenual d4 sng the passed pawn as a cenral r avng te conol of the d5suare to boot Aer 13  b6 14 b2 d6 15 cd5 ' e8 16 5! e5 tere are many peces near lack s  d Wte ex plots ths 1 xf6! 4 18 xg ' d 19 Black has played e Maroczy setup w 'c2 x 20 d 6 xd6 2 1 xc ' xc 22 reversed colours xa8 6 23 e4 wt a decsve materal 8 advantage for Whte Cramlng-Lenyel Wth the dea of playn 9 d2 and ten f4 Eksj 1982 Another sml dea s 8 e  Then contnun Black as to d o sometng more acive one noal development wt 8 e? ! s dubos dea s 8  4 prevenng 9 3 on accou of for t allows Wte to double Blacks pawns and 9 xd3 !  a more aressve one s 8  h5 attack them e  9 xc6 bxc6 10 'a4 0-0 1 1 Ten a kngsde counterattack wt 9 f4 s not d3 foowed by b3 and a3 t s more natu convncng There can follow 9 h4 10 d3  3 ral to prevent the damae wth 8 d aanst 1 1 hx3 exf4 1 2 x4 e6 1 3 a4 ' d w wch White has a son plan nely to play  ecellent poson  te white kng s weak

THE RBINSEI N YSEM

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and Black as no problems Mastrovasls Lupulescu Kavaa 22 Aer 9 4 e wte kng s left exposed d te excge xc6 s less advsable Black may contnue 9 �e7 teatenng 10 g5 or 9   �g4 n better cond tons tan n te prevous move followed by d7 etc and even 9 g5 saigt away n BrcdCBauer Frenc C (V dsre) 22 9  w played 9 �e7 (reateng 10 4)

Krasenkov-Tumakov Ostend 19 t s better to play at once 17 e! avodng  g3? due to   g5

4 d7 �g41and Black no problems After 1101 d3 2 a4?! 0-0 ad 1 3 d2 e6 14 c4 ed4 15 e3 :fe 16 e  te game re sembled Botvnns nitial example 8� 9  � Allowng doubled pawns requres a great deal of condence Ater 9 00 10 �xc6 bxc6 1 1 c4 f6 12 � e3 �3 1 3 e d5 14 c b 15 d2 Wtes poston s to be pre feed Van Welyalov Wk Ze 1997 10 4 6 D Te alteatve s te pawn sacrce 10 00 wc we sa see n te next game

f-rook sxd6 felt) 15 b5116 xb5 !g b 20 17  cd6! xd6 e7 9 f7 6  21 g5 ! f 22 f7 wt a materal ad vantage Tal-vov ant on 1 9 12 3 D

11  b

Te c4-ngt must be drvenback Te pas sve 1 1  0-0? ! allows the black kngs poston to be weakened wth 12 fxe5 fxe5 13 f xf 14 e3  15 b3! (te treat s 16 �xc6 xc6 17 x5 wen te absence of e

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12 c8

11 4

The most dect Anoter dea s to play 1 1 a4 st avodng the expulson of te c4-kngt It as te drawback of weenng , wc c make t easer for Black to moblze hs peces Tere can follow 1 1   0-0 12 f4 exf4 1 3 xf4 and ere 13 �e6, to mprove te place ment of te c7ngt wt   Black need not fe 14 �xc6 bxc6 because te open b-le would be enoug compensaton wereas after 14 e3 c 15  ' d7 16 g4 te s com mtted to an attack n te centre and on te kng sde wc comes at a cost After 16 fd 17 e  nstead of 17  b6   g3 e played n

Escapng om te ge ofte g2-bsop d renforcng te poston of te c7kngt Ts c  mant  for nstance after 12 b?! 13 f5 ! xf5 14 �xc6 d7 1 5 xd7 xd7 16 fxe5 16 d4 17 g2 xe5? does not work due to   f4 'e6 19 xc7 c6 20  ! x 2 1 e4 wnnng 12 0-0 1 3 fxe5 fxe5 14 ed5 s also ques tonable Aer 14 b 15 d2 xd5 16 xd5 xf  17 xf  as played n Benko  om Orense 1 973 Black s somewat worse  ere e wenesses n hs pawnsctre and s king s slgtly exposed but te man problem s te strong d5-gt wc sould ave been neutralzed wt 1 7 d6! followed by   e7 The other contnuaton wor mentonng s 12 exf4 Ten 1 3 f5 leads to a complex pos ton and s somewat better tan 13 gxf4 c 14 ed5 xd5 15 xd5 (15 xd5 s dubous because of 15   16 e4 �3 wen Wite

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CHESS XPLINE THE NGUSH PENING

must gve up te excange snce 17 xc6 xc6 leaves te wite kng ve unprotected) S   OO 16 fS d4 17 e4 d6 18 e3 c6 wen Black as all s peces well placed IzoraAnt Erevan Z 20

l ixc6

W so many peces gng sategc ques tons te a back seat Tere e two altea tves Accordng to cuent teo te strongest s  S c4 fxg3 1 6 bd6 f8 1 xc8 wn nng te excange Te poston s very com 3 a4 Occupyng te dS-sque always as to be plex and terefore te evaluaton s subject to consdered  after 13 edS xdS 14 xdS 0-0 cange S gxf4 xbS 1 6 axbS d4 17 xa7 S fxeS xeS 16 f4 D Black must seek aso leads to a complex game putan-Leko some convenient regroupng 

 Zee 2 Wjk l  fxe3 16 e4 16 xa7? doesnt work due to 16  a8! wnnng materal wereas f 16 xd7 "xd7 17 xc7 (not 17 xe3? b ecause of 17  dS) 17  xc7 18 xe3 tere follows 1 8   or 1 8 e6 wt equaty rater tan 18  0-0 wic alows te wte queen to become actve wt 19 "b3 By keepng te bsop Wte opes to cre ate teats aganst te black kng

6xb 17 axb xb  8 xa7 0-0

It s not possble to keep te e3-pawn If 18 d4? ten 9 fS d8 20  followed The dSkgt cannot easly be elnated but wt 16 c6 ! Black eads for d4 an deal destnaton 17 a4  18 c 1 e6 1 9 e4 d6 20 e3 ?! (Blacks goa s to explot te queensde weaknesses but e underestmates Wtes cene after 20 d4! 21 xd4 cxd4 22 xc8 xc8 23 d2 d7 te poston s level) 21 d4! c4 22 f4 f7 23 g4 mys vHbner Velden Ct (4) 1983 te as be come actve on te kngsde and te black kgt on te queensde s le out of play 3   14 b e4 D

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by e4 and xe3 wen Black as only elped Whtes actvty 9 .xe3

Wites poston s somewat more actve but Black as defensve resources to prevent te a7-rook from gettng dangers suppo 9 �h8 20 a d6 2 

If 21 "a5 Black must keep te queens n or der to counterattack aganst te slgtly ex posed wte ng Tradng queens would not be conveent  ter for example 21 xa5? ! 22 xaS d7 23 c fe8 24 f2 Wte as made progress 21 id7 22  ! e8

Not of course 22 xfS? because of 23 xfS g6 24 x7 wnnng 23 d D 23f!

After 23  6? 24 f4 xf4 2S xf4 all te wte peces are lly actve  h3 fxe!

Te endng s banced Instead 24c6? allows an overwelming attack after 2S xd6 fxe4 26 g4 g8 27 4 2 xd7 "xd7 26 xd7 exd3 27 exd3

If 27 xd3  tere follows 27  eS leadng to rter pawn excges d nevtable equal t

THE RBINSEIN YSEM

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B

B

7:ce8 28 .g5

There s no mbalce ether after 28 xc5 xc5 29 xc5 :e 30 g2 :e2 31 h3 xb2 28.e5 29 e7 D

30 xe7 xb2 31 7 :e8 32 d7 d4+ 33 �g2 b3 34 d8 g8 35 5d7 b2 36 g8+ �xg8 37 :b7 .c3! The reat of 38 . allows the black kng

to get out of ts connement. 38 b3 7 39 W �6 
b 29. d4 s better30for:xd4 Whte xe 31 xe cxd4 32

41 45   g5 42 g4 43 g4 c2 d4 

Game 1 1 [A34 ]

Vugar G as mov - Xu J u  Oympiad, Cavia 2004 1 c4 c5 2 c3 6 3 g3 d5 4 cxd5 xd5 5 .g2 c7 6 3 c6 7 0-0 e5 8 d3 e7 9 d2 .d7 1 0 c4 00 11 .xc6 .xc6 12 xe5 e8 D

w

Black retreats hs bshop to prevent Whte from exchgng t  hs dea s to drve back the e5-knght and then ret to the long dago nal 13 e3

In one of the rst games wth ths lne etros played 1 3 e4 closng the long dag  nal n advance but weenng the d4sque and the d3-pawn. There follwed 13 �f6 14 g4 �d4 15 e3 c6 1 6 f5 e6 1 d5? (ths wastes to much tme better s 1 xd4 xd4 18 �e3 when Black can choose between 1 8 b6 delayng any actn and the more en ergetc 18 .. f5 Whtes extra pawn s not m potant yet the d3pawn s weak and Whte must be ceful wth any pawn advces snce the c6-bshop c ncrease ts value to much) 1  e8 ! (theatenng to capture the pawn

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CHESS XP NE THE NGSH PENING

whe actvatng the ook the dsappeance of the d4bshop bngs no eef because ts e placement s ualy stong) 1 8 xd4 xd4 19 e3 'd 20  ad8 2 1 b 3 D

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whch alows te to solve the fate of his knigt eant afte 15 xf6 'xf6, athough Back gets compensaton fo e pawn hanks to hs pay aong te cenal les, conol of d4, and moe actve peces) 15 e3 (a ctcal ne s 15 xb, d f 15  b8, et ndcates 16 g2 f5 1 e3 f4 18 c4 f3 19 ex xc3 20 bxc3 "xd3, and Back s ony sgty wose 16 xa desees atenon) 15 xc3 16 xc3

b6 1 f3 compensaton b5 1 8  d 1 9 e4 e6ket-Kas wth ea sonabe fothe pawn, pov, Inteet 2 In epy to 1 3   , te as ed te dea of bngng the queen to he cene to suppot s knights 14 c4 d6 1 5 e4 e 15  e6 16 c4 c 1 e3 c8 18 f4, Whte man agd to keep his peces cnalzed d so could be moe tan sased n ao-Negni, oo an Gogo 1993 15   f5 s ntestng, al te has succeeded n cosng he ong d hough t sendes e e5sue Hee Back agona, but at t gh a pc  es aggng be can ucky become acve by expotng te hnd n deveopment and a the back peces e awkwd pacement of the white peces afte acve 21  f5 ! 22 b2  (the ook wasnt 16 'e3 e6, headng to d4, o aso 16b5! ? quck dong anythng 23 4 on fxe4 e8 24 anyfxe4 moe) xf Thenish 25 xf was f8 26 'd f3 2 h b5 ! 28 e5 xe5 29 xe5 e6 30 b2? f2 0-1 eosan Vaga, UR C (Moscow) 196 eayng te expuson of he knight wth 1 3 b3 D s aso possble Ths move, wch aso hts b, was bought nto fason afte a vctoy by et ove Kaspov

planng  e6d4,tocontnue h5, etcw 1 , folowd by 13 14 3 If 14 c 1 , Black can eac smi posons to  ones we ave seen w 14 f6 15 f3 (f 15 g4, tee folows 1 5  d4, heatening 16  f5) 15  c6, getng enough comnsaon e 16 b3, HjsonVag, Rottedam 1989 contnued 16  d4 1 xd4 xd4 18 xd4 cxd4 19  wen Back coud have obtaned vey good pay w 19 d 20 c5 ae8 21 fc 1 8 ! foowed by  f5 om wat wose fo Back s 16 xf3 1  e 'xd3  18 e4 (ae te compicatons ensung fom 18 xb ab8 foowed by 19  xb2, Back gans acvty d countcances) 18  xb3 19 xf6 gxf6 20 b3 b. 14f6 15 f4 D 15 Concedng t bshoppa, but the ote bsop becomes vey actve and Whtes suc tue s daged, and so Back obtans sucent compensaton 16  c6 17 c4 e 13  f6, the game contnued 14 g4 Black mages to euaze afte 1 b5 d4 (s sue s e dea desnaton of two xb5 18 xb5  foowed by 19  b o pecs, s bshop and the c -knigt ts move 19 d4 Fo nstanc f 1 9 f5, hee c fo was consdeed an mpovement on 14 c6, low 19  4 (o 19 b6 20 c4 'xc4 21 dxc4

THE RBINSEIN YSEM

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te ge ended suddenly 22 c4! d 23 '4 g5 (te atack  already unstoppable f 23  f6 ten 24 x ! d 5#) 24 xg5 ! f6 25 g6 g 26 xf8 fxg5 2  xf8 2 �xc5 10 aov-ok§ ugoslav C (Bor) 196

B

18g6 19 g4 d4

Te game eads towards a draw Te same would appen afte 19  20 �g5 xg5 21 'xg5 gxf5 20 �x d42 2 'f6 Forced ter 20  xe5 Wtes kng s te worse protected ad and en  d4) 20 �xd4 'xd4 21  1 g6 w 22 "xe5 comng next 17c7 18 :f5

Te surprsng  d5 was successful n one game after  'xe5 19 e  20 c �d 21 f5 D.

20cxd4 21 e4 �xe4

gan forced nstead 21 ? leads to an awl son aer 22 f6 for te f5-rook s untoucable 22 dxe4 ae8 23 dl xe5  f4 D

B B

f5

However ere Black made a bg mistake n stead o cenaizng w 21  "d6! 22 �xc5 xc5 23 'xc5 "xc5 24 xc5 :ae reac ng  even endng e played 2 1 b? and

cceptng te aw 24 e  s worse snce tere s no way to explot e pn aer 25 xe5 xe5 26 xd4 c5 2 e3 25 'g5+
Game 1 2 [A 34]

Valeri Filippov  Loek v an Wely FIDE KO, Tripoi 2004 l O  2 c4 f6 3 c3 d5 4 cxd5 xd5 5 e4 gan te upper and on account of s lea n development D Instead of a conventon development Wte 5 d4 leads to a completely erent sucture cooses to force te poston w tis mpeu Black can coose between a Grnfeld efence ous pus weakenng d3 d d4 but opng to wt 5 xc3 and 6  g6 and a em-Tasc

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CHESS XPLINE THE NGUSH PENING

wh eher 5 e6 sagh away or 5 xc3 followed by 6 e6

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1 1 �xb2 e6 1 2 00 d7 (anoer dea s o ry to close he long dagonal wt 12 f6 n order o play  e5) 13 xc6 �xc6 14 e5 e8 15 xc6 bxc6 1 6 :a4 f6 17 :fa f7 1 8 xa7 xa7 19 xa7 �e7 wth an even poston Here Whie made a bg mstake 20 c7?? n sead of the natural 20 f1 and the weakness of he back ra could have been punshed w 20 c5 ! 2 1 b5 (no  21 bxc5? d ue o 21  b8 !)

21 b8 22 f1 xb5 d Bla ck has a cle exra pawn 6  nce We s preparng d4 ths knght heads to e6 o preven t Anoer way to oppose s s w the less usual 6 �e6 mangng o keep he kngh on d3 for he tme beng bu weakening he sucture after 7 �xe6 d3 8 1 (not 8 e2? f4) 8 fxe6 9 g5 6 10  Gong afer he weness on d3 Other re 'f3 reas are met by 6 d4 when he openng of he 7   espe havng been played on occason by game favours Whie who s he beer devel oped whereas 5 xc3 c sse nto a the grea Rubnsten and more recently by u Grnfeld efence or e Tasch afer 6 ovs he exchange of he d3-knght for a ng bxc3 because The endng uneafer he unpromisng 6 dxc3 !? s also endg nerest aer 1 c4 f6 2 f3 g6 3 c3 d5 4 cxd5 x5 5  xc3 6 dxc3 where Black can play  f6 and  e5 n our son e c5 push has weened Blacks poston d so he mus play carefully 6  An alteave s 6 b5 sacrcng a pawn afer 6 8c6 7 d4 cxd4 8 a3 dxc3 9 'xd8
er a pece 7 xc hasn1  moved 8 xcdoesn 1 c6t look Black very hasgood pre vented d4 By 9 b5 te nssts on  and af er 9 �d7 1 0 d4 cxd4 1 1 xc6 �xc6 1 2 xd4 White has a lead n developmen  Blacks bshoppar s not mportant Halkas-uovsky Terme Zrece 2003 connued 12 �d7 Here 13 'b3 s song he dea beng o brng he hrook quckly no play aer 13  e6 (not 13 g4? because of 14 f3 d f 14 xd4 then 15 hd wng) 14 hd 8   D

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An llumnang exple s Lauter-Kaspa rov Tlburg 1997 which contnued 10 cxb2

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te sss on d4 w ths pawn sacrce whch furtheore opens the long dagonal so that the c -bshop can develop along t. B Another dea s to play wth the peces by 9 eS. That such a plan s dangeros can  seen from the game ba- Hastngs 1983/4 whch contnued 9 ... 'd6 10 f4 c6   a4 ed8? 12 d4! cxd4 13 b5 "8 14 xd4 f6 1S dxc6 bxc6 16 f! 1-0. Black may contne hs development of thea complex kngsde endng wth 9 ...g6 when Whte can force wth 10 "a4 d 1 1 xd xd 12 xe6 fxe6 1 3 xd
b  ! followed n Valleo-Leko Lnares 23 escapng the ence of the gbshop and ths ncreasng the vale of the pawn-cene. After 16 ...'a6 (f 16 ..xa2 then 1 bd2 followed by dS wth an ovehelmng pos ton) 1 dS the centre s very song and Wte wns space or materal. There followed 1 ...fS 18 xc4! xc4 1 9 bd2 'xa2 20 dxc6 bxc6 21 g3 and Whte ted hs materal advantage

d2 c6gS22!.e4 dS 23 c3 c6 dS 24 h421h6c3 2S :ad

to We account. now re to 9 ...cx D

9cxb4

Another dea s to reect the oer n order to speed p development and contnue preventng d4 wth 9 ...g6. Aer 10 bxcS g (lo ... xcS? w s nconsstent and   d4 gves Wte the ad vantage) 1 1 xe6 (necessary to sprt cS)   .. xe6 12 d4 Black has t he two bshops and more actve peces. Hs plan s to attack the d4pawn wth ...:d8 (possbly castlng ueensde) n connecton wth an assault wth .. c6 and ... g4 n exchange Whte has  exa central pawn. There can follow 12... g4 12 ...  12... c6 o r a combnaton of these n some or der. Lets see an example 12..  c6 13 e3 (D).

1 3... c4 (there e two alteatves one s 13 .. .  to castle ueensde wthot revealng the destnaton of the e6bshop yet  t may go to g4 whch seems as strong or even songer than the chosen move the other s 13. g4  n both cases t s also possble to attack the cente later on wth ...fS) 14 g  S c 00-0. Black plans ... fS wnnng strong sues n the centre after the e4-pawn dsappears. Ths wold follow for nstance after 16 h3 n order to play h2 but the paradoxcal reeat 16

0  Another dea s 10 dS n order to regan the pawn. After 10 ..g6   b2 g 12 xg xg olugaevsky-Korchno Benos Ares Ct ( 14) 1 980 contnued 1 3 xb4 00 14 d4? (14 h3 s better) 14 .. g4! S e2?! ' d6 ! 16 'd2 e6 1 xe6 'xe6 18 e3 fS 19 ' d3 fxe4! 20 xe4 xe4 21 xe4 d and te had many weaknesses. Even wthot ueens the whte kng s badly placed n the centre  t helps Black to become actve by attackng t.

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CHESS XPNE THE NGSH PENING

Tere followed 22 c 1 f5! 23 c7 f6 24
problems crdnatng s peces  ere s more tan enoug compensaton for te pawn 12  b5 13 d3 b7 s more actve, wen tere can follow 14 5 6 (D)

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 c7to contnue wt te development of In order te kngsde wt 1 1  e6 One of te reasons bend 10 e2 s to keep cle te dagonal of te c4bsop wc s mportant f Black uses te same recpe as aganst 10 dS  f 10 g6?! , ten 1 1 b2 g7 12 xe6 xb2 13 xf7! f8 (or 13  x7 14 b3 wnning back te pece, and wt te black ng sll very wek) 14 c4 c6 15 b f6 16 d4, and te wte cene s song, Here LognovVanWely, Moscow 22 con wereas te black kng as ended up weakened tnued 15 :4?! d 7 16 f4 a6 17  ?! e5 !, ere too wt a very gd poston for Black Wtes wel cene collapses cause te f3gt  d4  (D)

s overloaded Instead, bot 15 3, wc s swered by 15  d6, d 15 b2, awatng te develop ment of te f8bsop, e to be consdered 15 e7, ten 16 3, and f nstead 1 5  d6, te can cange plans and play 16 c 1, wen after 16 00, t s ssble to create treats along te b7 dagonal wt 17 b and d3 Te b2bsop ncreases te sengt of  evenual 

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3 h 5 h6 14 .4

Wtes great lead n development d space constutes ample compensaton for te pawn 14b6  d3 .d7

12 h4!

A song manuvre startng te sault on te kngsde Te dea s to brng te rook nto play va 3 to g3 12 d7! Ts move s rater slow Lognov suggested 12 6, to put pressure on d4 Hs man lne s 13 5 6 14 4 (f 14 3, tere follows 14 d6, preventng g3) 14 e7 15 g4 f6 16 g3 e5, and ere e suggests 17 b3 e7 18 dS  19 d3 xc4, wen Black can be very appy, but 17 dS, wtout excgng any peces, seems more dangerous Black as

Against 15  d6 Wte as two pleast optons  16 e5, cupyng e cene, wt out smplfyng, and 16 "d2 allowng te ex cge, but actvatng e ueen e plans wt :3g3 e stll present after due prepa tion 16  .a4 Ts removal of peces n order to seek countelay ndcates tat Blacks poston s dubous Wte, tas to s strong centre, sgnctly mproves s pes, wereas Black doesnt 17 d2 e7 (D)  3

THE RBINSEIN YSEM

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Treatenng 22 x6 21 x6? doesnt work yet de to 21  xe2 22 xe2 (or 22 xe2 'd4) 22  xd2 23 xd2 f6 Fritz tnks e drect 2  s even son ger altog brngng a pece nto play s a more man move tan relyng exclusvely on calclaton 2  Magomedov suggests 21  c6 callengng

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Te rook goes to g3 creatng more pressre aganst te black kng Wtes play s cle  wt te placement of te f4-bsop and een tgetng 6 t s dclt for Black to castle kngsde so te kng wll be n oble 8 Black tres to dvert Wte from te attack wt a conterattack aganst d4 Of corse aganst   0-0? te move 19 x6 s devastatng 9 g3 xd4  19 f6 tere smply follows 20 'x wereas 19  s songly met by 20 b2 wen aer a re  te een decsvely bes down on g

te song e5-kngt xc6 xc6 23 x6 d, 24 d4 after c5 22 gves Black good play For nstance 25 xc6 s not good becase of 25  'xd3 26 'xd3 xd3 2 :d b2 followed by 2  bxc6 d   Wte can y to mprove wt te nclson of 24 : g wen now 25 d4 s song for te g-rook ends p attacked after 25 c5? ! 26 xc6 'x? 2 'xd3 xd3 2 xe Of corse Black c play better 22 g3 xe2 23 xe2 D)

B

20 :xg7

Blacks kng safety s serously compro msed as well as te protecton of te 6-pawn wose fall wold gve Wte a song passed pawn f8 D)

23xe!

Radcally stoppng te teat of 24 b5 However 23  c 24 xc  'xc s some wat better wen Wte can coose between 25 g4 and 25 f3 teatenng te 6-pawn

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 ie

Black keeps s extra pawn bt ts as no bearng on te poston Wte s greater actv ty wt s bsop-par as a strong nence n te game t makes te black kngs weak ness sgncant n te mddlegame wereas te weness of 6 wll be so n te endng  Blacks poston s bad 8 2 8 x8 D)

2 l

25  c doesnt cange e son mc Tere mgt follow 26 'e3 or 26 'd2 wt

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CHESS XPLINE THE NGUSH PENING

song hras Flov ons ou a ln sho w ng h sngh o h wh bshos 26 6 c  27  ' x  28
Wnnng maal an h gam I 26 :g8 hn 27 6 s csv 26 'a 27   28 'd2 Th qucks hng h6 an b4 Th s s sml 28 e7 29 '
h6 g6 32 h7 d4 33
Summary Th Rubnsn ysm s jus s Black bng a mo own com o h  Moczy Bn W canno lay assvly as Bovnnk show mo han 70 yas ago Ths can  sn n h s a o Gam 0 Th 4 bak s an ssnal lan o Wh Black s no avs o sga h ha o oublng hs awns wh xc6 H allow hs wh ubous suls n h nos o Whs 8h mov an Van Wly-alov Wjk aan Z 997 on Blacks 9h mov  o Gam  0 Th csonchos on whh sacrc h 5awn movr  s bascally a ma saw Kasaov o gvo u h awn whaaLko o suor  o as  as w Wh may sablsh a song kngh on 5 In BnoPom Ons  973 sn on Blacks 2h mov n G 0 Black coul hav nualz by ng s xchang Whn hs s no os sbl Black can y o comnsa o  by sablsng a kngh o hs own on 4 as shoul hav bn lay n myslovHbn Vln C (4 983 mnon on Ws 3h mov h sacc o h 5-awn by Black gvs asonabl comnsaon Black alay has a hs sosal h long agonal an Wh can only clos  a h cos o waknng hs srucu a ll mo Black can o ah mus snghn a mo c on 4 Evn h ga Tgan Posan quckly n u los as w saw n h nos o Whs 3h mov o Gam    Th Nowsch Vaon sn n Gam 2 las o a ah unconvnonal oson A mov 8 Wh canno ho o xac any avanag by qu mans Hs kng has los h gh o casl an h s a waknss on 4 Tho h mus so o voln mans such as h sacc 9 b4 h s o gan conol o h cn In ValljoLko Lns 23, mnon on Blacks 9h mov achvs comlBun succssAs whas whgvn cn collass u o h naccua 4 4 nW Polugavs-Kochno C ( h 4 980 n h no o Whs 0h mov An al way o mak h mos o h loss o h gh o casl s h aggrssv h4 avanc n nng :h3-g3 o o us hs vy awn o h onsv

t  vrdr I  so wshs Wh can choo s among sval ways o avo h Rubnsn ysm  so Black ns an alav sysm agans hos oons I Blck s no boh by h Nmzowsch Vaon h mos aoa mov-o sms o b  c4 c5 2 3 6 3 c3  Ohs h shoul choos 3 c6 an only a 4 g3 lay 4 5

5

The Revesed Rossomo

The Rossolmo Vaaon ( 1 e4 c5 2 3 c6 3 b5  s a oula ely o he clan. I n ally leads o o closed buha sllnoses se o ghng chances bohosons, sdes. Wh mind,a se  s nochallenge suse and ha gves wh evesed colouslay  s owh ne o he ncal eles o he Englsh Oening. Whou an mmedae oenng o he oson,  s no so easy o Whe o make hs exa emo coun o moe han a slgh nave, whle Black can hoe o wnnng chan ces base d on he mbalance ha s e sen n he game om he ou se. In he oson ae 1 c4 e5 2 c3 6 3 3 c6, Whe has wo man aoaches. On e s he ancheo wh 4 g3, akn o agon lnes o he clan, whle he ohe s 4 e3, moe n keeng wh he Paulsen o chevenngen. In hs chae we ocus on lnes whee Black eles wh .  . bu obvously  s also ossb le o hm o lay by analogy wh an Oen cla n, by mak ng an ely . . d5 advance. Agans 4 e3, hs allows mmedae essue agans he black oson (hough a subsequen  .d5 may be an dea o be consdeed  Whe s ncauous n hs develo men u  s a oular and eseced sysem vesus 4 g3 (he Reversed agon, and s exam ned (ogehe wh ohe non-. .. . aroaches agans g3 lnes n Chae 6.

The ames In Games 13 o 15 we examine one o he man lnes o he Revesed clian ae 1 c4 e5 2 c3 6 3 3 c6 4 g3 . (D)

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ame 13 eaues 5 d5. In he game Whe achieved a sace advanage and bee cene, wch he bough o uon n nsucve ashon

In ame 14 we anyse 5 g2, and n acul he man oson e 5 00 6 00 e4 7 e . We see Whe yng o ncease he value o hs bsho-a by means o a awn sacce, wch was neualzed by Black

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CHESS XPLINE THE NGSH PENING

Te ote desnaon fo e kngt, nely  g5, s te subject ofame 15 Wte caes out atypcal pawn sacce to slow down Backs development, ad s s countered n eve moe ad cal fason by Black Te nal two games of te capte featue e lne 1 c4 eS 2 c3 f6 3 f3 c6 4 e3  In

ame 16 we analyse S c2 (togeter wt a beflook at alteatves to 4b4, notably 4e)

A typcal endng was eaced n te game, wc Wte won w ve nsucve tecue

In ame 17 we deal wt S dS In e game Wte obaned a space advage wc e grad ually nceased, altoug tactcs could ave saved Black

Game 13 [A29]

Joe l La ut er  Bu X an  Taiyuan 2004 1 c4 f6 2   3  c6 4 g3   (D)

Wt ts jump Wte avods e dmage to s sucure by  xc3, d treatens to wn e eSpawn n te next game we sal see te more usul S g2

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feed ( c s er) ee foows 8 a4! d er 8 d (or 8  9 xf6 xf6 10 xe4, reateg xc6 f 8cS, ten 9 d4! xd4 10 xg5, snce ae 10 x? Wte wns w 1 1 x folowed by xc, or even 1 1 d followed by  etc  10 xb2 s bee, but ae9 1x compomsed) 1 b d4 all Blacks 10 dpes gx4e11 c2! 3?! 1 2 xe4! d te ged e ad vantage n Topalov-Adams,  P 1 993 b) 6  0-0  g2 e8 8 0 0 d ow b) Black can eeat s bsop to a safe sue w 8 f8? ! Ten Wte must pay 9 d3 to get d of e anoyg e4pawn ad wn space ere folows 9 exd3 0 xd3 eS 1 1 c2 c6 1 2 xf6 xf6 (D)

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 Ts s te most common, aloug snce Wte as ost conol of  S e4 s to be co sdeed t drvng e f3-kngt to e edge Weter e4 cn be suppoed satsfactoly af te 6 4 s oe ueston a) Aer 6 d6 tere s e eat of gS w g a pe  xx 8 d4 exd3 9 exd 00 w payed n KocoAdams jk Ze 1993 wout y problems fo Black ubse Te c bsop s sl to  develo Wc uently Wte sowed tat e could ave payed  g2!, eatenng to cape te pawn w 8 sue s best? Evdenly o e long dagoa, xf6 d xe4, snce  gS?! s not to be te moe so because of e rets at e us

THE REVESE ROSSOUMO

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cad agains h black qun. H 13 b3 ! s ossbl nocng  c4awn o boo. Th dscovd atacks by h 5kng  no o w b d; .g. 13 ... xc4? loss maal 14 bxc4 xa 15 b2 ' xa2 16 a B s 1 3... d6  d a 14 b2 6 i nds o bng hs qun s ook no lay o sa ushng hs kngsd awns ads. Posan-L b gn OL 1 970 connud 15 ad g6 16 5 5 7 d4 whn  w cs oc cuy otmal lacs. b2 I s bt o whdaw  bsho o a mo acv squa by lay ng 8 ...c5 9 d3 xd3 0 xd3 5  1 c2 ( c3 s also ossbl 1 1 . .. c6 (D)

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4 .. g5 !? skng comlcaons 15 h3? s m by 15 .. . xh3 ! c.. Thn b3 3 ... g4 s m by 14 h3 and h bsho has o go back o d7 snc  would b ou o lay on h5  b32  jum 13 ... g4 s no omsng h du o 14 b2 "g5 5 ad w h da o nualzng h ssu on 2 by d4. b32 3 . 7 was chosn n LauK

v 15 omund (whou allowng 1993.  anyollowd counlay 4 b2 whch  would a a 15 a a4! 15 ... g6 16 xg6 hxg6 17  H Black n s ug o nimz h c o 4 wnd his os on wh 7 ... g5 whch vnually ma ha vy sam bak vn song. Lau sug A 12 x6+ 'x6 layng lk n ln gsd 17 .. 7 18 1 6 9 c4 7 20 b  wh 1 3 b3? ! s no o b commndd u d4 xd4 21 ' x4 wh only a slgh g o 13  g4! d  snc o  bsho on o Whi bcaus o hs sac advanag. Lasly w mus look a 5 .xd5 6 cx5 (D) c5 maks all h nc wnning maal. Kasaov suggss a slo amn by 13 2 wh h sam da. Th o ln un dscusson sas wh 12 3 whch s cu nly consdd sasacoy o Black a  2 cxd5 13 xc5 d6 4 d4 dxc4 15 :a d5! 16  g4! 17 3 d7 Lau-Kasaov Moscow 22. b3 I s also ossbl o lav h bsho on b4 o h m bng and connu dvlo mn wh 8 ... d6 .g 9 d3 xd3 0 "xd3 5   "c2 x5 12 cxd5 c5 (D) H agan Whi mus dcd on h dvl omn o h c-bsho. Fo smla asons o hos sn abov h bs s 3 b3 ! ( 13 2 Black manags o dvlo comoably wh H 6 ..d4 s bs (6 ...4? s a wllknown 3 .. g4 hng 2 an  14 c3 hs m o 4 ...7 whn . h3 can b layd o msak 7 dxc6 x3 8 b3 ! 10 Pos-R

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CHESS XPLINE THE NGSH PENING

Wjk  Z 197 1 Thr may ollow 7 x4 x4 8 g2 (anohr viaon s 8 c2 7 8 7 9 0-0 c5, whn Wh ns spac, so w h mus g r o h 4-pawn wh 10 3 Ar 10  x3 hr ollows 1 1 x3 opnng h  l  gvng mor sngh o a uur 4, o kp a cnal majory 11 6 (or 1 1  0-0 whn Wh gs a goo g wh 12 ! cxb4 13 b2 12 b4! 6 (ar 12  cxb4 1 3 a4+ 7 14by'xb4, Whs cnral majory sup por h g2-bshop gvs hm h avan ag 13 b 0-0 14 bxc5 xc5 15 4! cx4 16 b2 b6 ( 16  x3 !?, hn 17 x6 gx6 18 '4, gng back on oh pawns, wh com pnsaon or h ohr on u o h waknss o h black kings poson an h song pass pawn on 5 howvr, his s no cl an Wh s probably no br 7 x4 x4 18 x4 a6 19  6 an hr Wh can play 20 4! :a8 (brngng y an ohr whi pawn o h cn wh 20 x4 21 gx4 avours Whi 21 c  wh avag MGurvch-Hauch, Blor 1999 connu

hs cnalz knigh Laurulypa, Frnch Ch 1 996 connu 1 1  b8?! ( s no clar his mov s usl, an so 1 1   6 s br wh h bshop sll on c5, h mov 10 6? woul los  a pc bcaus o 1 1 4!, ollow by x6+  5 12 'c2 (rhaps h orc 12  s br, an hn h mov chosn 12 6 13 b4 7 14 : , raching a R vrs clan

lng h nsa 20 cl c, whch an complica allow Black h ogam chalby how Wa h sgam h rason alman-hor, bhin 1 1 c3? Lns Ls 1995 s 20 :ac8 ! 2 1 c6 a3 ! vlop, an w sha ll hav h answr 9 3 (nsa o9 a3 9 a6 10 b3 a7   b2 (D) W now r o 5 c5 (D)

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Thr  svral mov-orrs omhng worh nong happns afr 6 g2 0-0 7 0-0 h6 8 3 6 9 a3 a6 10 3 a7 (D)  how h rra o h black bshop whch woul b orc ar 4 or b4 by W, s ma n avanc n orr o b abl o rply mor rly o hos movs Now 1 1 c3 !? s an nsucv manouvr  Wi also ras

Black oun an xclln plan 1 1   x5 ! 12 cx5 7  3 2 b5 ! 14 c b7 15  c6 16 xc6 xc6 7 f3 c8 18 2 6,  ployng all hs orcs o goo placs, wh an asy gam 6h6

Black nis i h possbliy o playng g5 7 a3 a5

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Prvnng Wh rom xandng wh 7 .. a6 can also b layd rng h ra o h bsho o a7. 8 g2 00 mlyng wh  ... xd5?! 9 cxd5 d4 s sll no ossbl bcaus h comnsaon s nsucn ar 0 x5 d6  1 3 x3+  2 �x3 h3 13 a4+ orcng 3 ... .  e3

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Wh s somwha br  h has a srong kgh on d4 d ar suabl raon h wll b abl o s ushng his kngsd major y. 13g6

Agans 13 ... 5 h mos aroa mov s 14 2 ! avodng h xchang o cs n ordr o com back o d4 onc  s rady. 14 b3 d7 (D)

I 9 0-0 canNow lay s9 somwha .  xd5 10 drn. cxd5 d4. WhBlack h mov-ordr n  gam Wh rvns hs Th mov 9 3 s usul or wo rasons   r w vns  jum ... d4 and ls a ossbl ad vanc w d4. Nvrhlss  s no cl ha h x-mov was ncssary snc ar 1  x5 7 (br han 1 1 . ..? 1 2 3 x5 13 xd4 �xd4 14  g4 2 3 ' x5 13 xd4 xd4 14 4 6 15 �xc7 �xb2 6 a2 d6 17 3 Black has oubl shng h dvl omn o hs qunsd. 9 d6 10 00 (D)

15 h3!

layng �b2 n ordr o ak away sac rom Black. I 1 5 �b2 hr ollows 5 ...c n ordr o lay 6 ...�h3  as a rsul h wh cn loss som o s sngh.

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15 e8 16 b2 a4?! 17  b6 8 c1

Hng h c7awn rvnng ... c6 and conollng c4 n ordr o mnz h c o an vnual ..5 by Black. 18 e7 19
Anor raraory mov gng ou o h ln o h b6-bsho. 19ac8 (D)

10d5?!

W alrady know ha 10. 6? s no oss bl bcaus o  1 1 d4!. Black could mula hor wh 10 .. a7 alhough now wh .  layd nsad o . a6 h ra 1 1 c3 ! gvs Wh h addd oon o b5. Ohr ossbls or Black ar 0 ...�g4 and 0 ...�5 whn hr s sll vryhing o lay or 11 cd5 e7

Blacks xchangng manouvr s dubous hr bcaus o h ollowng advanc crd ou n avourabl crcumsancs 12 d4 ed4 13 d4

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Whs lan s o lay  and 4 bu hr s no hurry bcause Black has no counrlay. Th x-mov dnds 3 and rars rs h ad vanc 4 so ha h g2-bsho s sll acv. 20 21 c4 A chang o lans   now s o lay b5. Laur hmsl ond ou ha 2  s br and ar 2..c5 22 dxc6 bxc6 23 ' d2

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 h ur  4asarg. on h cards and hhas d6-awn canhand bcom 21 f!? 22 d3 f7 23 el

I 23 b5 g6 24 xa4 Black would lay 24. 4 comcang h suggl.

Caurng a awn wou any comnsa on. Wh ralzs hs advanag hrough ac A song xchang sacrc. Now 24...�x6? cura lay. 26 27 'dl ed8  b e8 29 d6! �h7 25 dx6 would gv mor sco o h g230 n d7 31 ' a4 h 32 dl h4 33 s bsho 23g6 (D)  !

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Accng h sacrc wh 24...�b5 would lad o a dbacl or h black kng; or n sanc 25 xg7 5 26 x5 x5 27 6 a8228e ' dde �xc42629c7 xc4 c6 30 4.

hg3+  fg3 a7 3 c7 f4 36 e4 f2 37 g2 g6  e7 'g3+ 39 hl h4  d7! 1-0

Black rsgnd n vw o h ln ond

ou xg6+ by Laur h6 43 h7+ 40...xc xh74x4+ xh4+.g6 42

Game 1 4 A 22

Lajos Porsc  Zvlad Izora European Ch, Warsaw 2005 1 c4 e 2  f6 3  c6 4 g3   g2

Unlk n h rvous gam Wh s no arad o h caur on c3 d connus wh hs dvlomn    6 00  D) Black orcs h 3-kngh o m a dc son. Also usual  6 ... 8 6 ..d6 and vn 6. .xc3.

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7 el ic3 8  h6

I s no ssnal o rvn 9 �g5  bu  s h mos common and logcal connuaon sn h dal dsnaon o h -knigh s h d5squ Ls s a rcn xaml whr Black dos no rvn h n 8 ..8 9 �g5 5 (9 ...h6 s mor logcal 0 4 :6   c2 7? (   . ..h6 s ncssary  2 5 d6  3 c 5 4 3 h6 5 �x6 x6 6 d5 'c5+ 7 h d6 8 6! g 5 ( 8 ... 6 hn  9 4 9 5 x

20 cxd5 d6 2 xg5+ ! -0 Porsch-Wom sk Wsaw Ech 25. 9 c2

Bor sng h logcal and uual lans ls hav a look a a oson drvd rom

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puoseess play by Wte sowng wat e must avod Ts may be regded as a dream poston for Back B

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forced t would undoube te pawns and n crease te scope of te dk-suared bsop so te bsoppar would become an mportant factor (Te prevous moves were 1 c4 eS 2 c3 Te second dea s bascally to get rd of te f6 3 g3 b4 4 g2 0-0 S f3 e8 6 0-0 e4  noyng e4-pawn wt f3 or f4 and open up e xc3 8 dxc3 d6 9 c2 bd 10 b3 6 1 1 te game for te bsops  e3 b6 12 "d2 b 1 3 :ad eS 14 "c ) At Lets move now to Blacks optons e must once we see tat te wte peces ave ended up decde ow to deveop s c8-bsop d two And badyte paced oter peces wat se tenot kngt actve dong eter on c2? In conast e black pes e cenzed paced n dea postons wt te e4-pawn nderng te wte peces Back must nd a pan to be come actve and create tenson n a zone favour abe to m  wat c e do to aceve tese goas? Hs ueen s cuently nactve and eads for te kngsde wt 14 c8! Wte ten made a decsve mstake by payng S 3? ( 1S d4 s better tog Black repes S fS wt a good game) tere foowed  f3! 16  (te kngt s untoucable  f 1 6 ex te man lne s 16   exf3 1  "x3 18 :d4 e4! 19 xe4 xe4 and te s poweress aganst  :eS-S f 20 f4 ten 20 gS etc) 16  eS ! 1 e S 1 8 4 "g4 19 exf3 exf3 20 xf3 xf3 21 �xf3 "xf3 22 g gS 23 d4 :e8 24 "d ? xe3! 2S fxe3 "xg3 26  g4 0-1 CellUlmann Lenngrad IZ 193 Lets go back to our game after 9 c2 (D)

possbtes b wc as are we saw acceptable n Cel-Ulmann namey to putabove t on strengtens te e4pawn or to develop t aong te c83 dagonal generaly to d at rst Ex cgng te igt-sued bsops woud fa vour Black because te wte kngs poston wold be weakened and t would leave Wte wt s worse bsop Te c6gt can move to eS and fromtere afteradeate prepaton (  for nstance) to cS va d  Wtes move b3 wll be sefl to defend te c4pawn and gve mobty to te e3kngt and can be forced by Back anyway Ten e can open te a-le wt -a4 to balance tes cenal contro Tre te can stop ts advance by payng a4 but ts comes at a pce  te sctre s made more rgd and te two bsops become slgtly more awkward wereas te back kngts are grateful for t For nstance 9 b6 10 e3 �b 1 1 dS eS 12 b3 :e8 13 f4 (13 f3 s te ateatve) 13 exf3 14 exf3 xdS  S cx (D) Wte  managed to carry out s two 9e8 Here tere e several optons for Black bt pls and e as a sgt edge Te ele s lets rst see Wtes two man deas wc open and ts s wat determnes te stggle can be combned One of tem s to place te now S f6 was payed n osFago passve c2-gt on dS by means of e3- Hngaran Ct 1993 tere followed 16 f4 If te excange xdS or  �x can ten be g6 1 b2 :e3 18 "d2 ae8 19   (aer

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CHESS XPLINE THE NGSH PENING

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xd5 16  c8 17 h2 b6 18 c4 x3 19 x3 c5 ! 20 ad  6 2 1 d2 c6 Bor connung, ls s anohr mov ordr ha can rsos o our gam, 1 1 'c2 (D)

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nuizng h conol o h cnal l, Wh wll ry o u hs bshor o work 19 7 ( s also ossbl o k h quns, bu h valuaon o h oson wouldn chang a r 19 x+ 20 x x + 21 xl "d8 20 x3 x3+ 21 x3 x3 22 2 :8 23 c4, and  was slightly btr n ths sor o oson h bshos  somwha suror 10 e3 d6 (D)

s mov s 4 n ordr o hamr th d vlomn o th back cs I aso cls h rs rank o manouvr wh h rooks,  m

hrandal oran a mly ha maks c5 I w d ak ossbl, no consdr so as o aon ha Wh wshs o lay 3 or 4,  s u a th  -rook blongs on th - or l, so w onc  cn poston s sabizd, W wll hav o rgrou Ls look a som nstrucv osons 11    12 d2 7 (Black dcds o acva s qun n h cnr, bu  s no clar whhr hs s h bs squ; Whi can now lay 4 wthou rhr praon, n br condons  n LaurKov, which w saw abov 13 4 x3 14 x3 5 15 a c5 16 h d7 17 4 g4 18 d3 h5 19 xg4 xg4 2 0 d5 'xd5 21 cxd5 rachs a 11 b3 ycal oson ha sghly avours Wh b Ths mov s vrually orcd a som on, caus o his bshoar, bragmov-Zakharov, bu Wh has o choos h rgh momn Th Novgorod 1997 l wh 4 s rmar rgh now   jus or xl wn 1 1 5 12 4 (h dosn or anyhing scal r 1 1 4 x3 catur 12 x4 s no v romisng; ar 12 x3 d7,  s sll no ossbl o lay 4 o 12  x4 13 x4 Whis xa awn s dval ncras h sco o h g2-bsho bcaus o ud bcaus o th ooscolourd bshos h waknss o h 4squ  hn 13 h3 and h wnss o h wh kng 12  x3 7 14 c2 (14 4 s m by 14  5 15 x5 (Whs oson s mor comorabl ar x5, hgghng y agan h waknss o 12 g4 13 xg4 ollowd by 14 h3, g4, 4, Black has a  hand, and n Lautr 3, c 13 xf3 (D) Karov, Bl 1990, h achivd  omal 13 6?! (Black dvlos s bsho wh lacmn or hs cs wh 14 d5! 15 cx5 mo, bu this sn woh much bcaus 

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w

orcs  o mak a usl mov  h bsho s no n a good oson hr  ob sucs  acton o  8rook wc s m oran bcaus W wans o lay 4; h da squ s c6 so  3 ... d7 ! comsno con sdraon snc  s no convnn o caur  awn wth 4 4 g4 5 xg4 xg4  6 xb7 b8 and ar  7 3 d7 or  7 c6 :2 Black has good comnsaton du o Whs

7 x4 "c8 n ordr o lay ...c6 .. h3 c. Th absnc o h dndng bso s knly l and ors good comnsaon o Black. Th jum 6 dS would achv h un doublng o h awns bu a oo hgh a rc; hr would ollow 6 ...xdS 7 cxS c8 and Black wll lay ... h3 or . . g4 ollowd by ... "5 wh a good gam.

b3 c6 and my waknsss n Mlosuny, d oor Bogoa dvlomn  992 Wh 4 could hav usd h usu al rc 5 h3 ! wh a somwha rrabl oston; . g. 5 ...6 ( cnal counr 5 ... dS? s m by 6 4 whn Blacks oson alls a 6 < sn ollowd by 4 11 •• 12 c2 Playng 2  oo soon backrs  Black c lay 2 ... 5 whou roblms as s h cas hr. W hav alrady commnd uon h dcs o  2 a4  n s cas  s ossbl o rmnd Wh abou h wknss on b3 wh h rgroung 2... b6 3 ' c2 b7 4 dS b8 5 d bd7 6 h3 c5 w h balancd cancs as n Polugavskyolmov UR Ch (Moscow 969.

16 dc5 17 c4 ib2 u or Whs Th oson hasa6 now18ond bsho-a and Blacks 4-awn s somwha wakr  hr s comnsaon bu no mor

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18c8 19 al

Nohng s gand rom gng back h awn a h rc o concdng h bshoar ar 9 x6 x6 20 x4 c6 whn all h black cs ar wll  lacd. 19al 20 ial (D)

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12 •••a4 13 bl ab3 14 ab3 e7

Black maks h c6-squar avalabl or hs bsho. H chooss hs mov-ordr nsad o 4.. d7 bcaus n ha cas 5  mgh ollow. 15 dl id7 (D) 16 c5

nsad o accng h awn ord Wh sacrcs on o hs own o on lns or hs 20• 5! Whou arng h doubld awns.  now c -bsho. Had W caurd h awn wh 6 x4 hr would hav ollowd 6 ...x4 2 x6 x3 22 x3 gx6 23 x4 g4

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CHSS XPLIN TH NGUSH PNING

wh h da o 24 6 h waknsss o boh sds cancl ach ohr ou 2 "d2 d4!

s somwha br caus o hs mor acv cs and h ossbly o brakng wh  bu h oucom sn  cl

Ths s h cls ah o qualy Black 32 e4 d + 33 �2 'd8  e3 gvs back  awn bu  wll cos  his Wh lans 35 d3 xchangng Blacks ark-squd bsho Black would los  awn mos noyng c or sng h dl so anyway ar layng h rskr 2 x3? ! 22 Black dcds o ad quns x3 6 23 x6 x6 24 x4 whn h d2 3 xd2 d2  e7 b Exchangng rooks wh 36 d7 would lad whi cs  mor acv 22 cxd4s 23 xd4avourabl o Wh Thixd4 oson slghly  hs cs conol h d-l bu h g2bsho s assv Th vnual caur o 4 mans ang wh his bsho urhr waknng h kings oson as w saw, whras Black has no waknsss 23•••c6 24 b6 i 2 4 ?!

A rsky dcson Frit suggss 25 'a8 whou wning h kngs oson whn  ss no roblms or Black 26 :d4 d7

Black dcds o kck h whi qun ou o b6 d hn o dnd 4 shung n h g2

o a msrabl ndgam caus o Blacks waknsss on h gh squs 37 ig2 bxc4 38 bxc4 ixc4 39 ixc6

Black has mad rogrss by lming h suggl o h kingsd u his srucur s oo ls wh all  dark squs ound his kng and his g6-awn so wak This maks hs ask v dcul 39•••if7  ib d6 4 3 7 42 7 b6 43 id3 c6  f3 ic4 4 ixc4+ c4  �g2 c6 47 2 r  f4 d6 49 :e7 a6 0 d d6  f4 a6 D

bsho o ushng Thsh s a awns h cos n ron o horsky his kng sagy 27  f D

2 �e3

Brngng u h kng s oun 2•••d6 3 d3  4  r  f7

a6 6 g 28 i3

Th rook on h svnh d  g5-kngh almos alys h 8gh d h black kng

Wh dcds o ncras h rssur al 6•••a4 7 b7 c4 8 a7 b4 9 �d3 hough h sacric 28 x5! w alrady dv b6  e7 b4 6 �c3 a4 62 �b3 :al 63 asang lavng h black king vry xosd �c4 dl  �c d7+ 6 �c6 r  e4 and wh mor h aml comnsaon ar This s h las lmn ndd o dcd h 28  .b6 29 h6+! gxh6 30 xh5 gam  a assd awn Th rs s sml ••g6 29 'c3  30 g2 d8 3 f4 •e4 67 e4 cl + 68 �d6   + 69 if7?

Ths sak coss Black an moan awn r 3    d4 32 "xd4 'd7 33  

�e 7+ 70 �e6 f8+  6 :n+ 72 �e f2 73 c7 n 74 �d6 gl 7 �e7 7 76 e6 -0

THE REVESE ROSSOUMO

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Game 1 5  A29]

Ya n ick P ell etier - St efan K ristj an sson Europn Team Ch, Gothnburg 2005 1 c f6 2   3    g3 i 5 � 0-0 6 00  7 g D

U 7  whn h oson rmans

3-awn c com v bohrsom u bs qunly th ugly 10 dx3 h also n layd by Kasov among ohrs ndng u wh a

closdWh d lads o manuvrng wh hs jum ass o lmna lay h 4-awn onng u th oson.

bad bu wh an xa awn   s un clsrucu whch mov  s br. 10  D

B

B

7x  bx

 s ssbl o lay 8 dxc3 8 9 'c2 '7 10 h3 wh h da o 4 alhough  s no oul. Bsds 10 .h6 rvnng �g5 Black has 10 .c5 counraackng on c4 and controllng dS wh a gd oson n boh cass. :e 9 

Th othr mov o g rd o h 4awn 9 3 s much lss on mloyd. r 9 ...xd3 0 xd3 b6 (hs mov has my vs  ar ... b7 Black comls hs dvlomn r vnng  roblms o h on b-l and h wll nualz h g2bsho bsds conol lng dS  1 h3 (hadng o dS 1  . .. �b7 2 4 a5 1 3 dS xdS 14 cxdS c6 1 5 c4 cxdS 6 cxdS '6 Black has a comorabl gam vosh-Blkov Alusha 23. 9e

Th alav s 9 ...3 !? a awn or d vsd by Zasv and succssully mloyd by Karov agans Kasarov n h c mach a vll 1 987 A naural racon s 10 d3 whch was Kasaovs ognal choc alhough h

 has managd o g rd o h ad vancd awn and has a cnal majory as wll as h bshoar.  rc s an nror structur  h has hr awnslands agans Blacks wo as wll as doubld awns on h qunsd. A good dal o h suggl ahad wll r volv ound whhr h wh cn s song   Wh manags o lay d3 and 4 whou obsacls  wll b a clcu advag Black can gh agans hs lan n wo basc ways 0'e7 Black chooss clay. Prvously 0 .dS was layd amos xclusvly Thn a 1 1 cxS lads o uncl lay ar h bs rsons   .."xdS ! 12 d4 'h5! 13  xc6 bxc6 1 4 3 g4. Boh sds hav wak nsss Whs awncnr s sll saonary and h c-bsho has no nrd h g y whr Black s vry acv hus comnsang or hs now waknd srcur.  1 .. xdS? ! s lss cv alhough n h classc mol lwa-myslov Polanca Zdroj 1966 Black showd ha h wh cn can b  v wak

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CHESS XPLINE THE NGUSH PENING

a 2 c4?! b6 3 3 �g4! (haning 4  x3 an .4+ 4 b 7 S 3 %a. Black uts h nmys cnt un B ga ssu  h has a goo oson. Th ollow  6 3 h6 7 %b2 7  8 cS S  9 4 b6! wnng Whs stucu Nv hlss som tm lat t was th whit cnt ha val by bt choosng h avancs 2 4! b6 ( no 2 .. . %x4? bcaus o  3 gS wnnng aft c. 3 4 �g4 4 h3 �hS S3S.. .7 S 4 6 s, 2 7 D.

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Kasov-Ivanchuk UR Ch (Moscow 988 h ollow 3 ... S 4 g4! 7 (wh h black ng s oston wakn  s no conv nn o lay 4 .xg4?! caus o S S xS 6 x4 g6 7 xg6 hxg6 8 xg6 Lsg-Zug Monral 2 S gxS 6 ( S .. .xS th ollows 6 gS! g6 7 x4 �x4   x4 x4 9 x4 x4 an h th anca 20 xb7 wh a bg lus.

Th was S+concluson h 8  x2quck x269gS 4"x2 720 �x6 cx6 2  b  ! x  22 x  7 23 H h suaon s vy n  h 7 c6 24 6! -0 whi cntr has mag to avanc an th b2 ubsquntly Black sought to solv oson has bn on o h bshos. Black  obm o vlong th c8-bsho w has no counlay  Whi can mak og 2.. S athough Wh szs h tav ss on th kngs. Uhmann-myslov Has wh 3 h4  th on ls an th bsho ngs  972/3 contnu  7 g4 g6   gS aS a  mo mpot than Blacks tng 9 h4! h6 20 hS hxgS 2 hxg6 xg6 22  3 c6 acvy. Aft 3... g6 4 xg6 hxg6 th bst 23 xgS c4 24 h3 '6 2S 2  26 3 choc sms o  S b  b2 In Clmn-Va Abact 24 a  xc3 27 %a x3 28 x3 bS 29 g2 x4? 30 8+ ! -0. n a was lay Black chos to n b  can  no o aclta h  agans 2 gS wth th annoyng   . .. h6. loymn o h black cs ong o   4 Black was succssu a 2 b ?! whch ushng a cnal awn an hatnng 2 was mt y 2... S ! achivng xcllnt lay gS Now a  3 xb7 aS 4 bS c6 S cS 4. Th b A h acv   . .. 4 Kasov n ccal ln s  2 cxS; at 2 ..xS 3 S ouc 2 c2 D 6 4 xc6 bxc6 h oson s comlx b  Blacks obvous ly s 2 ...xc4. Kas an th s no cshing contnuaon n sght ov nos ha h  s mau o sk o h. comlcatons wh 3 S o Black hols W now  to h osn aft 0 ...7 at 3... xS 4 'x4 g6 S S 7 D wth a asonabl oston. Insta o mm  d4 aly movng an alay-vlo c h Ths sacc was us h o st m. chos 3 b ! ! . Th c-bsho s momntaly Tadtony Whi n his atack awn aalys an n many lns th nvason o wth   3.   vnt o   ... S th wht th ook on b7 gvs Wht h avtag. In cn ss olling a th cos o saccng a

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Gong back o h oson a 1  3 n sa o 1  . .. 5  s sa o onnu vl ong wh 1 1 . .. 6 alhough Wh can lay onc mo ollowng myslov wh 2 3 n nng 4 an bngng h c bsho no lay. 11 e2

Tng u h challng. I hs als w sll hav h oon o vnng 12 Jg5 wh  1. .. h6!? 12 comnsaon e2 Th consss o Blacks lack o vlomn an h swnss wh whch W can occuy h l ogh wh  ossbly o nvang h quns onc h oubl awn whch s no  hgh a c o c6gh s vn away. ay. Th oows 1 2 4! Thn 12 e2 13 d5 a I 12 .. xc4 on ln ha has bn c Black can n sasacoly  3 g5. ommn 3 4 6 4 3 c5 15 c2 n o On nsng a s 3 . 6 gnong h o lay g5 an 3 s no convncng;  s ha o x6 alhough 13... 4 4 al sol b h wischenug 15... g4!  whn a xl 15 xl 5 1 6 4 6 1 7 g5 xg5 1 8  16  5 h wh ocs n u lack xg5 h6 sms o ss oo  Fitzosn  n ng coonaon. Th a s a goo on hough anyng angous.  a b mov-o sms o b 13 5 5 13a5 14 d4 D 4 4! 6 (as n h vous ln, by layng 4.. .x4 15 x4 x4 Black can as o g h awns o hWc bu 6 3 s a vanagous o W; 16.. 2 only gs wo B awns an  h qun gos lswh h ollows h song 7 g4 5 4 5. All o Whs onal s cysallz by 6 h6+ ! gxh6 (o 16 . 8 17 x6 gx6 8  7 x6 wh a vy song aack whch s no ossbl o so by 17 ... xc3?! 18 xh6 3 u o 19 'h5! xal + 20  l  wh unavo abl ma. b KasaovKaov vll Wch (4 1 987 connu 12 .3 3 2 xcl lmna ng h c bho whch w alay know can bcom vy angous bu now h wh Th knigh bo hans h ook an n cn osn hav o mov any mo n o ns o nva by 5 b5. o coml vlomn an h l b 14:g2+!? coms vy moan. Th ollow 14 Fo h xchang Black wll hav maal :axcl 6 15 :4 c6 16 cl  5 (agans comnsaon alhough  oson s vy  6... 6 h can ollow h lan sacc cul o hanl. 7 x6! gx6 1 8 J4 ollow by 'h5 4 14 .. .7 sms layabl so as n cas o 5 c.  wh aml comnsaon 17 3 ! J7 b5 o b abl  o n c7 wh 15 ... 6 o 1 8 5 x5 19 x5 6 20 '4 7 2 xaml 6 c5 !? c4 7 4 :7 n o o h4 (aming a mo han wha h gs wh v away h b5kngh an nsh vlo 21 x6 gx6 22 x6 5 23 :x6 x4 24 mn. A 15 c5 6 Black sms o hav a cx4 2 1 . . 7 22 h3  an Whs acvy vy asonabl oson; .g. 16 cx6 cx6 was alay ovwhlmng. 17 Jg5 7 1 8 x6 gx6 9 x6 an h

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CHESS XP NE THE NUSH PENIN

9.. g7!  ollow by . .c4 or .. .c8 wh a goo g. 15 g2 d6?!

Unrsanably Black wans o vlo hs quns as soon as ossbl bu now Wh wll g h avanag wh naural movs. 5.. xc4 ? s rsky bu nrsng  h 5 awn s hn nclss an h c4kngh can com o h nc vry quckly. 16 g56g4 Ar ..4 Wh also gs h avan ag Th rnc n acvy s vry bg. Thr woul ollow 7  a 5  8 7 wh oo many hras 19 x4 9 x5 19 g4 c. 17 ael id7 D 7... 5 s logcal closng h l bu  osn solv yhng Thr ollows 8 c5 .g . 8 . ac4 9 cx6 cx6 20 7.

Ths msak rsuls n h loss o h mor an cnal awn. 23  was ncssary. f7·24 d2 I 24  ? hn 24 ...h5. 24d5

s alray wo awns or h xchang. Onc hy bcom ass awns hy wll b vry song suo by h song bsho whch urhor ns h oson. 25 :bl d2 d2 c6 Prvnng h 26 nvason o 7 as wll as h b-l. 27 bdl e8  �e3 28 :8 s mor rsln xchangng o h black rook whch wll now ln mor sngh o Black s ass awns. � 29 g4 e7 3 :f2  31 d2 e7 32 :2 D

B w

32g6!

Onc Black lays ... 5 gng wo wll No conssn wh h rvous lay. Th su ass awns Wh s son wll nvason  8 7! s song; .g.   8 ... 5  9 c5 com crcal. 6 20 4 8 2  x7 x7 22 6+ 7 33 4 :  :gl  35 h5 f5  5+ 5 37 c4 23 xc7 c8 24 x6. 37 g7 4+ 38 2 s somwha br al 18 f6 hough Whs oson woul sll b  O cours 8... xc5?  9 b3 s csv. 19 if4 e5 20 ie5 de5 21 b3 c4 22 cul. 37f4+  �e2 5 e2  black rook s now mor acv han 22 :4! s mor acv. Now Black gs a  han. hr o h wo wh ons. 22ie8! 39 2   :g7  41 :4 Black has u  wors bhn hm. H has Thr s no nc. Th  rs s sml. only a awn or h xchang bu h oson 41 f 42 �e3 c4 43 :f4   �d2 s clos an h wh rooks  rsrc. Th : 45 7   �c2 e4+! gan.  rosac 46 ...2 aso wns. a s .. .  bsgng h d5-awn. 18 ?!

23 2?

47 �b2 e2 01

THE REVESE ROSSOIMO

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Game 16 A28]

Vas ly I v an cu k  S ege Ka r ak n Wijk aan lee 2006 1 c4  2   3   4  D

bxc4 b8! 13 ' c g4 14 g3 e8 (seekng more tan a draw whc c  obtaned wt 14 x2 15 x2 ' 4 16 g2 3 1

B

g 18 fxg3 xg3 etc) wt tage xg3 to Black  rommend seeng teadvan wole masterpece wt Karvs notes b) Agnst  e2 t s ssble to play  d5 snce after 8 cxd5 Black as 8 b4! and f 9 e4? e gets back te pece after 9 xe4! 10 xe4 'xd5 wt advantage Anoter dea wort mentonng s   D

w 4

stonal Ts streat te most of eventually actve move takng creatng on c3 te pot to double pawns or n order to facltte te  d5 break once te c3-kngt s eter elm nated or neualzed layng  d5 sagt away would be ve natual but ts goes nto  Open clan lne ( 1 e4 c5 2 f3 c6 3 d4 cxd4 4 xd4 e6 5 c3 f6) wt reversed colours and terefore a tempo down After 4 d5 5 cxd5 xd5 6 b5 Wte treatens bot to take on e5 and to play d4 n good crcumstances Black must make some concesson suc as reorcng e wte cene wt 6 xc3 n order to be able to defend e5 w  d6 or movng oter pece by playng 6 'd6 Bot optons e playable but tey may not  to everyones taste Te more serous alteatve s te modest 4 e Te naral contnuaton s 5 d4 exd4 6 xd4 00 Now a) e fous ge m-Kv Mon eal 199 contnued  xc6 bxc6 8 e2 d5 9 00 �d6 10 b3 e 1 1 b2 dxc4! Ts appar ently an-postonal dea was suggested by Za tsev · n e prepatons for te Baguo matc aganst Korcno Black forgets about te ueensde weaknesses n excange for attack ng on te kngsde Te ge contnued 12

Ts loss of me by playng 4 e d   as ts reon Wte  played te pas sve 4 e3 so te pn g5 s no longer ssble AzmapasvlAnd uba 22 connued 8 00 (f 8 c2 Black eualzes by 8 xd4 9 exd4 d5 w a g son to gt agnst te Q) 8  xc3 9 bxc3 :e8 10  e5 1 1 e4 ( 1 1 c5 s to  consdered n order to get d of te doubled pawn wen Black plays eter  or  d6) 11 d6 12 f4 fd! 13 �g3 g6 14 'c2 b6 15 6 "f6 16  �b 1  "d8 (of course t s wrong to elmnate te d5-kngt wt 1  xd5? snce ts would undouble te pawns and te e2-bshop would come back to lfe aer 18 cxd5 c5 19 �b5) 18 ad c5 19 f2 c6 20  f8 wt e dea of 21 fd or 21 fe6 sengtenng te c5 gt w aduate prepon te d5-gt c also  dslged er  �a4 and  c6

70

CHESS XPINE THE NGISH PENING

Wh can lay S 4 an lay lk n h chvnngn Varaon o h clan  nc wh S a3 an ar S  OO hr 6 "c2 B o 6 b4 5 c2

Th man alav s S S whch w shall s n h nx gam 5 c3

Ths mov s ma o rvn S which

woul comm a ago S    OO A much-xlor o son som alhough whou majo changs cnly aas a 6 5 8 7 S D

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Th ha s 8 gS 7  7?! s no o b con bcaus o 8 xS  9 x x 10  5? !   c2 xS 12 ax S 1 3 3 "7 4 2 4 S 2 x3 16 x3 g4 17 3! as lay n KasaovRomshn UR Ch (Tbls 1978  vn wos or Black s 7   xS? 8 cxS 6 9 " an Wh wns RaynrClark ubln Z 1993 Th mos usua s 7 6 agans whch Wh gs o mag Blacks kngs wh 8 x6+ 'x6 (h rskr 8 gx6 9 'hS has also bn lay scally n cosonnc oa mns  on has o b vry bav o k h quns on wh h wss o h black gs oson;  sms b o xchang hm 9 'x6 gx6 0  c    b6  2 b2  3 bS 7 1 4 4 D Wh hs mv Wh sas ushng hs awns makng h avanc cS ossbl Ths woul ncras h sco o h assv b2 bsho n h rm o 4 4 Black connu 14  g4?! whch sn lssn h sngh

o  S cS ! Ar  S  a7  6 b6 ! x3 (hs gs r o on aack bu h g-l s now on o Whi s avanag;  6 b8 hn 1 7 bxc7 xc7 8 cx6 x6 9 xS xS 20 xS  7 gx3 b8 1 8 :g + � 19 l ! an Black s aalys, MlsAmRo rguz Yoa 1997 Black c aan goo lay by hassng h wh kng wh 14 a4! n orr o connu  aS+ Ar S 0-0-0 g6 (no  S  c6? b caus o h 18 bak 16 2 o x4 xd4 x4 xd416cS! s ossbl lay7 1 8 c6 whch l o a cooabl oson o Black ar 19 bxc6 bxc6 20 g3 S 2 1 �g2 S 22 h b8 n Agrs-Ako Nw York 1998 W now u o S  �xc3 D

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Th aoxcal 6 bxc3 has n us sv ral ms scaly by h Roman GM Mha uba Th da s h sam as n h ln  4 cS 2 3 c6 3 �bS 6 4 �xc6 bxc6 S S 7 6 0-0 g6 ollowd by  6 Black s

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seekng o ge r o he avance pan n or whe here may ollow 13  e6 an aer 4 er o play 6 an  e5 laer on pung he e4  5 c (5 x oesn gve y pawns on squas o he same colour as he op hing cause o 5  c 6 3 h8 olpose bshop an opening agonals or he lowe by  a5-a4 5  b6 6 a3 c6, Black s c8bshop ong ne Les be hs poson n min o In our poson Black c also play  e4 a comare  wh he man game 4 ?! was some pon as long as he can aes su laye n Masovasls-Haek Isanbul Ech por he pawn or exchange  so as hen o a 23 bu  we compare wh he man game ack he whie cene Les see an example we see ha here  whie peces have no clea 6ea;  0-0anoher 7 e2possbly 6 8 00 s(e hs 8 3 asnsss well ason8 e4 8 e4 9 e 5 0 b2 b6   3 "7  2 xe4 xe4 13 3 (Whe carres ou his pl bu he black eces occupy g poss an wll be sege he whie cenre  3 c5 4 4 g6 5 2 ae8 1 6 c2 e6  7 n 5 uba-mys lov Las Palmas IZ 982 6 e7 7 a3 The mos ambous preparng b4 whou reealng hs nenons The smple 7 e2 s also ossble n orer o casle  lay lke n a clan Black can hen lay 7 5 wh a sa sacory reverse Open clan ses The7 rec e4avance ollowe7 4 by sb4+ possblesmply bu be ng Black can lay n a sla way o our man ge 7ex4 8 x4 x4 9 x4 c5 0 h4 5   cx5 x5 2 xe7+ xe7 (D

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osecs  aers 4 15 e2 xb4?! (beer 16:ac8 a3! when 16  c6 6s equal; bu no 6 5? becuse o 17 e4! xe4 8 c4 ganing he avanage because o he hrea o he 6  cxb4+ 7 b b3 Black was beer because o hs pressure on he queense an conol o he cle  he whe ng wll eman passve A concluson we may raw rom hs s ha he move a3 s useul o Whe n hs kn o enng 7d

The move 7 a5 oesn so 8 b4! Les have a look 8    9  xal 0 xa e4 1  b5 ex3 2 bxc6 xg2 3 cx7 + x7 4 "e5+ 0-0 xg2 as a ( hrea 4  g4 5 b2! hen (no550-0 g?! wh be6 cause o he annoyng ejone 5g4! 16 b2 h5 7 h3 g6 when he occuaon o he gle unexpecely becomes an unpleasan pn 15  8 (now  5  g4?! here ollows 6 -! an hen h an :g 6 0-0 e8 17 4! (whou closng he ah8 agonal whch woul ree he e8-kngh o lay 6 aemng 5-h4 an whou allowng he annoyng 7 '3 whch woul ollow uon 7 c 3 7  e6 8 c5 an he whe eces e moe acve Bosboom-Tvov uch Ch (Roeram 2 8 d4

Playng 8 cx5 as n a clan s ossble bu Black ges a goo game n several ways; eg 8 x5 9 'b3 (he eal square or he queen s c2 bu  9 c2 hee ollows 9 e4! 9 b6 0 3 5 (seekng o casle queense One o Whes basc eas s o play e4 wh mmeae pressure on he 3-pawn; 0 a5 sarng o ush hs cenral pawn-majoy an s also accepable n orer o so Whes lng he oponens bshop Whie has o queense lay wh  a4  casle kngse choose a me when Black canno occupy 4   e2 0-0-0 2 0-0 an hee u un-Aalk avanageously wh hs kngh Hee  3 e4 Moscow  KO 200 connue 2 6 n hen 3  b4 s annoyng; he same woul oe o lay h8 wh a goo game Aalk haen er 3 b3 n ore o lay b2 There suggese 2 e4 ore Whie has o play more moesly 3 2 8 ed4 9 d4 (D)

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r 12 ..bxc5 13 bxc5 ( 13 ' xc5, hr ollows 13 ...xc5 14 bxc5 :b  Black cus  on l rs, whch gvs hm h avanag 13...6, Black nns 14 . a6. hirov, Bv an Korchno hav lay hs oson as Black h goo rsuls c Inca s o 1 1 2 : 2  " 13 c5, Black can lay h s a o avourably x chgng bshos by 13 ... 7!, w 14 ... b5

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o ollow. 11  D

9xd4

An nrsng a s o avo smlcaon wh 9 ...5 10 cx x5. Is bu was suc cssul ar 1 1 'c2 0-0 Wh sll has o sn som m o nish hs vlomn, whch Black uss o coml his, an y o orc som waknss. lobo-K.Gorgv, Ohr Ech 2 1 r 12 2 c5 3 3 g4 14 h3 (Blacks son s somwha br ar 14 s x5 x2 15 "x2s'x5 16 00  as vlomn sill no n sh; Gorgv suggs 14  x3 15 gx3 6, alhough  sn look vry aal ng or Whi  ru, h has wo bshos bu his srucur s v wak, an w sll on know whr h wh kng wll go 14 .x3 15 gx3 : !, an Black ha a goo oson. 1 1 b3 s a ossbl mrovmn, ryng o riv h 5-gh back;  1 1 . .. c6, hr ollows 12 2, an agans 12 ... g5, W lays 13 g3 , aning 14 , an also wh h a o vnually sng rolling hs cnal maory wh 4, 3, 4, c. 10 xd4 

Black sll can lay a comlx mlgam nsa o an ning whr h s no clarly wors, bu which s mor lasan o lay as Whi. Th alav s 10 0-0 Thn a Agans 1 1 cx5 Black gs back h awn wh 1 1 ... , whn hr mgh ollow 1 2 2 x5 13 'h4 5 14 0-0 :a 15 3 3, wh a goo g. b 1 1 c5 c b m  by 1 1 . .. 4 or 1 1 . .  n orr, ar 1 2 b4, o on h bl an y o xchang  lghsquar bshos, which woul mnsh h nia o Whis aack.

B

11 Ths s  las chanc o comlcang h gam, by layng 1 1 . . g5 12 'xg5 :g. r 13 'h6 :g6 14 'h4 g4 15 ' h6 xc4 16 3 g6 17 h4 (17 4? s no ssbl bcaus o 17  h5! , wnnng 17 .. . 6    0-0-0 1 9 3 c7, h h a o  . , h oson s saisacory or Black, Vlkov-aanov, OM 22.  i s no conn wh h raw, h mus y 13 "4 sagh away, whn ar 13... :g4 14  xc4 15 h3 : h can y h sacrc 16 b3!? n orr o lay b2, an :c , or 3. 12 xd xd 13 xe7+ xe7 14 b+ d7  e2!

Naurally  rans  bshos.  f6

15... a5!? s an nrsng am o chang  cours o h gam. 16 e4 7 17  h8 18   19 l b6 20 a6 d8 D 21 !

Ths minorty atack valus Blacks awn maory  ons h oson or h ar o bshos.

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•••c6 37 xc6 x6  4  39 .7 .d7 (D) w w

21 •••x 22 axb4 .8 23 .e2 e6  2 a8 25 al

Fo the tme ben Whte decdes to keep all the ooks on the bod n ode to put moe pessure on Blacks queensde. 25•••6

anst 25 .. . c4 tyn to exchane one of the bshops we can appecate how ood Whte s choce of keepn the ooks was afte

4 �e3!

Headn to the cene and the queensde n ode to nltate. n endn wo pawns up would be wnnin but 40 xe5? s met by 40.. .5+! when the advtae s drascally e duced. •••

 41c �d4! f7 42 .a 43 g6 45 .d2 e   d6 26 wthxc4+ the twoxc4 ooks27onxa7 the seventh xb4 2Black c  wll and .b4+  �e8 be left palysed  Whte only needs to bn a4 47 f4 Wth e ns ston mpoved, the tme the bshop to the attack afte fo example has come to ceate a passed pawn. ca3. 47••• +  7 d7 49 i .a4 50 26 .a6 b8 27 .b5 x  xa7+ �g8

29 e7

Ths wons the son of the black pes 29••• 3 al a8 e theat of 3 1 aa7 s so son that Black ves up a pawn to prevent t. 31 d7 d8 32 xa8 a8 33 .xb6

Wth all the pawns on just one  Blacks scure s much tte than n the pevous e. Wth a technique to be admedvanchuk makes proess ltle by ltle. 33••• h6  �g3 8 35 d6 .e8  .e2! an is eeat s essental  te must not ve away the bshop-pa.

4 h8 51 g3 f7 52 h4 h8 53 .d6 g6 54 e2 h8 55 .4 g6 56 e! e 57 e e7 58 e6 g6

The last mpotant step to wn Now te ets the f6sque. f Black wats wth e.., 5 .. f5 thee c follow 59 d3 e7  c5 d5+ (the a4bshop cannot move cause of 6 b5+  62 d) 61 d6 e7 2 d4 achievn the am 59 .c f5  .d3 e7 61 �d6 h5 62 �e5 f5 63 �f6 .6  e7! 1-0 Wth the dea of c4 an d f7+ pomotin the pawn.

Game 1 7 A 28]

A n Gr eenfe d - An dreas Sc en k Lippstadt 2004  c4 f6 2 c3 e 3  6 4   5 d5 (D)

Wite les out the possblty of .. .xc3, at the same me ceatn he theat of wn a

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CHESS XPLINE THE NGSH PENING

B

w

pawn (x and then xe). Howeve he su endes contol of the e4-squae whch allows the f3knht to be dven away. The queston s whch s moe mpott Whte s loss of tme o the weaknesses ceated n Blacks camp by the advance ...e4 ncludn the pawn tself  6 gl Ths eeat s almst the only wdely ac cepted move. In the event of 6 xb4 xb4 7

12 3 �b7 13 �e2 x3 14 hx3 e wth a ood ame  all the black peces ae ac tve.

d4 Fo nstance allows Black  f? a ood fals ame to  ...d! wthwhen 7 ...c9!. x7+? doesn t wok n vew of 9 ...f 1 h �4 1 1 �e2 �xe2 1 2 xe2 c2+; o   b d 9 cxd .  b3 s no bette afte  b6 the knht ends up constaned and the weakness on d3 s mpotant. The jump 7  leads to a dubous poston afte 7 ..h6! (not 7... d staht away because of  b3 !)  h3 d 9 a4+ c6 1 cxd xd 1 1 f4 d6 12 b3  (also ston s 12 ...  13 e2 d7 14 � e !) and Whte has l hs peces scat teed wth hs kn stll n the cente unye u.Hansen Thessalon OL 194. 6 0-0 D

easons as we shall butpont t oes an othe plausble plan see at ths vz. Black  ...xd 9 cxd e D seekn to ve Whte a weak pawn on d

7d6

The bshop dops back to d6 n ode to play . �e whee t wll  moe actve  f needed t could elmnate a knht attackn the e4-pawn. 8 e2 e8

The move-ode employed by te has ts

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7 a3

The moveode used to each the ctcal po ston s mtant. eously 7 c2 e  e2 d6 9 a3 was played But hee besdes 9 ..e tansposn nt o the man lne Black has at hs dsposal the excellent sacce devsed by Ro manshn 9.b! when the whte cene col lapses  Whte has to suende squaes to the black peces. alov-Gelfand Lnes 1992 con tnued 1 xf6+ xf6 1 1 c (f 1 1 cxb Black was plannn 1 1 . .. e 12 xe4 b7  wth all hs peces nto play; afte 13 d4 a6! Whte has pblems comple hs development) 11. e

a) Whte has acheved nothn wth 1 c3 te 1... f 1 1 d4 exd3 1 2 xd3 xd3+ 1 3 xd3 e 14 - d6   �d2 �d7 Black has all hs peces n play plus the bshoppa. In Flpv-V Wely Tpo E O 2 thee followed  6 f4 f6 17 e4 h ( 7... fxe4 seems as appopate f not moe) 1 exf xf 19 f3 e 2 h3 6 21 h2 h  Blacks pos ton s ood

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b) Te black peces also develop wtout poblems afte  3 f 1 1 d3 4 teaten n 4 Follown 12  (12  4 s nteestn altou t as neve been used) 13 e2 besdes 3  d3+ wic was enou to equalze n seveal ames Black s aleady pe paed to lay see to te dpawn wt 13 b6 Walsvdle Bundesa 23/4 contnued 4 d4 b7   xe4 (f  xe4 Black bns

out; a lance at te wte knsde conms ts assessment) Black wonly ave up a pawn wt 1 1  xd? 12 cxd e7 1 3 xe4 c6 14 dxc6 xc6   c2 d 16 d4 n alov-Epsn Wjk  Zee 1992   x3 2 x3 f s bette wen Black ets a easonable ame; e 3 f4 exf3 14 xf fxe2  xf6+ xf6 6 xf6 (1 6 x7+? !  exposes te vaous weaknesses of te lt sques and te passve

is lastbypece nto tetet wt pepes  :ae wc defendn eknt 16 c and snce castln s out of te question because of 16 f3+ Black as an excel lent poston)  xe4 16 xe4 xd 17 xd6 cxd6   f4 ( 1  f3 s bette) 1   x2 9 :l f3+ 2 xf3 xf3 and Black as no poblems n te endn   eekin new pats Ae 9  c2 e  3 (D) we eac a mucdebated poston (wc fo nstance can also be eaced va 7 c2 e  e2 d6 9 a3 e 1 3)

c1bsop) 16  xf6 b3 Bove QvstHebden lkebo 93 Te 17 endn s sltly favou able fo Wite because of is bette pawn sucue altou t s stll playable fo Black  .e 10 d4 exd3 11 ixd3 d6! Tee s no eason to ve up te daksquaed bsop yet MlesBacot Havana 99 contn ued 1 1   xc3+ 12 xc3 d6 13 - e6 (f 3  e ten of couse 14 e2 keepn te bsop) and ee 4 b3 followed by b2 s somewat favouable to Wite  e as te bsop-pa Ae 14 d tee follows  cxd xd 6 b2 xc3 17 xc3 and as Mn ponts out 7   xb3? doesnt wok because af te 1 x7+
B

12 6+

Aanst 12  12  xd 3 xd 6 4 f4 7 seems enou to equalze  te d-knt can be excaned wt  e7 12 •••i6 13 d e D)

w

In seveal ames Black defended aanst te teatof captun on e4 wt 1 x3?! 1  x3  Mlesn demann Bel 1 93 con tnued  1   d6 and Wte made use of te newly open le ae 12 :4! xd 3 cxd e 4 d3 ! f (o 14  xd3+  xd3 exd3 6 xd3 ntendn d2-c3 and -- wt an attack)  d2 6 6  d7 7 c3 c 1 dxc6 b xc6 19 -- Wtes poston was bette It s bete to delay te captue on 3 develop n nstead wt 1 d6!  te   e2 (Black as compensaton n case of   xf6+ xf6 2 xe4 6  3 d3 f 4 c3 f4 as alov ponts

Black s ne  e wll complete is develop ment befoe Wte wo stll as to decde wat to do wt s c bsop Wte can an te bsoppa but at te expense of excann te dknt te pde of Wtes poston and concedn Black moe actvty

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CHESS XPLINE THE NGUSH PENING

14 ie2 ih4?!

n ode to dve away the knht wth c6 wthout allown t to captue the f6bshop The smple 4 f s bette when Black doesnt fe  xf6+ xf6 6   6! when the afoementoned black actvty shows up pob n the lht sques c2 and d3 slodn theI queen fom 6 wth 7 h e6  b3  ! s also vey satsfactoy fo Black 15 0-0the c6 dea 16 f4  7 6 leadn to a Wth of playn pleant ns ndan type of poston  othe dea s 6 f when Whte would play 7 d2 and c3 as Geenfeld nts out 17 h5

dont have solid sques Whtes eat of f4 wll soon become appent n case of 2  xc4 Geenfeld ndcates 2 3 wth the contnuaton 2 e4 22 d3 d 23 f4 c 24 d4 wnnin fo Whte t s bette to play 2    xe3 ! on fo compl catons snce the endn stemmin fom 22 xh4 xd 23 xd xh3 24 e xe + 2 xe  s uncle 22 fxe3 "xh3 s possble but enWhtes advantae s not vey sncant 21 "  22 b3 d8 The most nactve pece s cenalzed but n vew of Whtes pessue on the knsde Black needs to ke concete measues He should have ed to chane the couse of the ame wth 22 ....

 now Whte es to develop his c -bshop wth 7 d2 then 7  6! 23 b2 (D) 17•••e7     19  Whte has nshed hs development and now pepes the f4 advance n the best ccum stances st bnn up enfocements wth moves lke d4 ae etc B 19h4 (D)

w

23•• xh3!?

t s not cle whethe this queen sote s moe oensve th defensve Blacks eats aanst the c4pawn and the 4 dea can be met n seveal ways 20 h3

Tyn to mx t up  23  f6? doesn t wok because of 24 f4! theatenn 2 e   and ne the does 23  ? because of 24 f6 ! wn nn n both cases The supsn 23  e! complcates thins moe  the ame becomes somewhat uncle afte 24 f4 6 althouh Whte s pospects ae to b e pefeed 24 h3

te must  t ey  ae 24 f6?! xf6 2 xf6+ h 26 xe+ e 27 f4? dsnt wok cause of 27 xe 2 e 7 when the advantae passes to Black

Moe ambous  2d4 o 2 b3 wch by allown 2 4 leaves Whte wth a mn mal advantae afte 2 h3 xh 22 x4 x4 23 hx4 6 24 e2 24 xh3 25 xg7 e5! 20 The next phase s vey nteestn om the Now 2 e6 s met by 2 b3 when Whte ctcal nt of vew Black s objecvely lost has a moe notceable advtae snce thee but touh nenous play he maes to com has en no smplcaon and the black peces plicate the ame

THE REVESE ROSSOUMO

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 .xe  beautil line pointed out by Geenfeld is 26 f6!? 7!! 27  xe5!! (27 x7 is not w enouh in view of 27  h4 2 xh4 xh4 while 27 ad de! ives Black counteplay aainst e white kin) 27 xe5 2 x7 (if 2 xd thee follows 2 .4 29 x4 x4+ 30 3 h5) 2   d7 29 h5 wit ad vantae to White 26••'6 dxe5 27xd8 6+!xd8 �h831c2 g4 29 %adl h5h4 32 i h4 33 e4 .g7  �hl '6 35 c5!?

Whites position is winn althouh thee e pactical diculties 35 f4! is moe saiht fod 35 ••  b4 axb4 37 axb4 g5 38 %gl

39••• j2!  d8+ ir 41 xe5+

fte 41 xf+ 7 the th eat of 42 f3 foces White to ab the daw with fo in stance 42 xe5+ xf 43 h+ e7  Yet aain playin f4 was sone. te 39 e5+ f4! te still has a winnin position as Geen 41 •�g8 42 ' g5+ g6 43 i g el+  feld ints out Now the advtae vanishes < jxb4 45 d7 xc5  6 ie7 47 jd4 ad the posion becomes uncle. 'xd4  6 (D) 39 dl?!

Summa By playin .  Black shows that he is willin to ive up the bishop-pai In etu he hopes to achieve a weakenin of Whites suctue o a closin of the sition o else active play. In Game 16 White ets a cle advantae with his suctue intact  the black pieces ended up passive nstead in the notes to Whites 7th move in Mastovasilis-Haek stanbul Ech 23 Black obtained enouh esouces to counteact Whites bishoppai The sen of the two wte bishops deceases when pawns e doubled on c3 e bishop-pai can even  a dawback because the daksqued bishop can end up bein passive In Game 4 White saciced a pawn with 16 c5 in ode to ive it moe scope by playin 7 c4 and 1 b2 When ites c-pawns e doubled, undoublin them is eneally a sinicant achievement  staihtfod plan is to play d5  if White manaes to foce a ade by playin cxd5 he would accomplish the double oal of saihtenin out his pawns and openin diaonals fo his bishops In Games 14 and 5 Black played .. e4 in ode to blunt the 2-bishop  pime objective is to exchane the pawn with eithe f3 o d3 If the annoyin pawn doesnt disappe Black can make poess on te kinside whee exchanin the liht-squaed bishops with . .h3 c weaken the wte kins position o in exteme cicumstances ive Black a son attack as in Cuella Uhlman Leninad  1973 mentioned on Whites 9 move of Game 14 Via anothe initial moveode in Game 13 exchanin the dpawn fo Blacks on e4 led to a pawn supeoity in the cene and the kinside. With a kniht on d4 afte the pawn was on d5 White had anion ip on Blacks position n the ame the contol ofe6 was exploited with the ele t 24 e6 ! ets emembe Blacks peliminay manoeuves with .a6 in ode to play a7 as in halifmanhot Lines 1995 mentioned on Wites 6th move of Game 3 Black caies out moves he consides foced  befoe bein diven away so as ten to tailo his esponse in keepin with what s opnent decides to do.

6 1

c4 e5: Miscellaneous

n ths chate we focus on thee deent systems afte 1 c4 e5 whose comon featue s that Whte uses a nsde anchetto and Black does not (o cannot eply wth the b4 apoach that we saw n the evous chate ame 18 deals wth the sequence 1 c4 e5 2 c3 f6 3 f3 c6 4 3 d5 5 cxd5 xd5 6 2 whch s an mott and esected lne n whch Black ots o a evesed Classcal aon eck onn on Whte ndn t had to make hs exa tempo count aanst Blacks well-cenazed eces n ou featued ame te caes out a new dea playn voously on the knsde When Black doesnt manae to counte ths Whtes actvty wns the day n ame 19 we take a look at the vaaton 1 c4 e5 2 c3 f6 3 f3 c6 4 3 d4 When Black sacces a awn to hnde hs oponents development hte doesnt eply accuately and Black wns n exemly fashon The move-ode  c4 e5 2 3 featues name 20 n the ame Whte caed out a thematc awn sacce vn hm ood comensaton and ended u wth an attack on the black kn

Game 1  [A 29]

E vgeny B aee v  u   akov c Russian Ch semifina, Kazan 2005 1 c4 e 2 g3 f6 3 g2 d 4 cxd xd 5 c3 b6 6  c6 7 0-0 e7 (D)

w

We each the Revesed aon nce he s playn a temo down Black eples wth one of the quetest lnes fo the exa tempo could be decsve n moe tactcal vaatons

8

The advance b4 s typcal of the clan Be sdes the dect theat of b5 Whte c develo hs c -bsho on b2 uttn essue on the e5-awn and contolln the vtal d4-sque t s also possble to pee ths wth  b  aanst whch Black has seveal eples He c pevent t wth  he b5-sque wch s aWhte small can conces son weakenn con tnue wth 9 d3 (D), when Black must play cefully Thee s nothn moe natual than 9- and yet wth 10 e3 e 6 1  xb6 cxb6 1 2 a4! Whte shows that by      Black can lose conol of the cene fte 12 f6 13 fd  "e Whte stats pushn s cenal majoty wth 4 e3 f7 5 d4 exd4 16 exd4  17 d5 ! asov-Faulks London smu 23 The exchane xb6 snt always favouable  n hs case  was ood because Black coudnt stop Wte fom playn e3 and d4

1 c4 e5:

ISEEOS

B



once aan shows the advantaes of  wth 13 a4 he ets an actve ame ae 14 d4 axb3 5 axb3 a2 16 c3 d8 ochno-Lutz Beln 22) 12 f6 13 c4 d5 (wth   aleady played t would be a mstake to ex chane wth  3  xc4 openin the b-le  o to allow xb6 when te doesn t even need to pat wth his bshop) 4 c :fd8 15 xd5 xd5 16 xd5+ xd5 17 e3 e6 8 c2 d4 19 xd4 exd4 c4 FIE xc4 O 21 xc4 a4 Gulko-Baeev New2elh 2 In ths endn Black has the nitatve Contnun development wth 8  allows 9 b4 (D)

Thee s a deent move-ode to pevent this dea namely 9 e The dea s to meet 1 e3 wth 1   Fo example Zvan tsevhlov az 25 contnued   xd5 B xd5 12 a4 - 1 3 :bc f6 14 a3 (D)

B

The follown manoeuve s a vald esouce fo Black n many postons of ts vaaton 14  7  the ook defends c7  thus vn moe the e7bshop feedom and to the makn c6knht t possble clen to move f8 fot late on to d7 e 15 b5 Black played  5 a4 He doesnt fe 16 xe5?  because of 16  x2 17 xf7 d5   Ths s even b ette th 15  :b8 whch had been satsfactoly played n a sml poston  Mezs-talk thens 2 te played 1 d2?  and afte 1   -  1 :c Black made the most of 8     playn 1 1   a4 thus blockn Wtes queensde Black doesnt have b poblems afte 9 b3 ethe Thee can follow 9 - 1  b2 e6 1 1 d3 d7 1 2 d2 (ae 1 2 e4 f6 13 :c  Black

aspaov-Tmm Wj k aan Zee 2 dem onsated tat t s not advsable to contnue 9 xb4? 1 xe5 snce t opens les on the queensde d they e moe usel fo Whte th the ele s fo Black e 9  seve son mastes e satsed wth the quet 9 a6 Pesstn then n yn to play b5 wth 1 a4 s questonable snce e Tmm 1  xBlack  1 xe5 ets excellent unlike ouost n aspaov on  eefoe afte 9 a6 t s moe pomsn to play 1 a3 when thee mht folow 1 e6 1  d3 f6 is c be consdeed a small success fo White snce he h pevented the vaon  ou man ame wch s eached wth the pawn on a7 and wth Black to move One of the bsc deas s to play 1 1   and ae 12 b5 e jump 2  d4 o 1  d4 saht away Fnally t s woth non that aanst 8 b ochnos volent dea 8 5 ? s also ssble We now etu to 8  (D) 80-0

80

CHSS XPLIN TH NGUSH PNING

White was teatenin  b5 captun te e5-pawn Wth the text-move Black pepes  d4 nothe way to defend the pawn ndectly s 9 :e 1 d3 (afte   b5 d4 1 1 xe5 thee follows  1 f6 oven e pawn 1  when White has seveal moves such   1 e4 11 b2 1 e3  bl etc Fo  stance 1 1 b2  (the dect 1 1   d4? loses a

B

pawn aftenow 2 xd4 exd4  3 b5 etc 12 b5 d4 and a Thee s no advanae fo White n 13 xd4 exd4 14 a4 xa4 15 xa4 c5  b 13 d2 and now Black must choose be an t s possble to pevent Wites ex tween the dect  3 a4 conolln he mpo panson wt      e 9 d3 e6 1 e3 tant b3sque thus makn  : possble  Whte ha to choose between 1 1 c 1  and 13  c6 14 bxc6 xc6  played n Ma cupyn the c-le and 1 1 a4 at once which kowskHbne Bundesa 22/3 n s ce Black conveniently meets by 1      afte Whte has access to the les on the qunsde 2 c5 Whites poston s just slihtly bette but Black can also put up a ht thee Play nstead  1  xa4?! allows te a eate contnued 5 b5 a4 16 :bl e6 17 al d7 tatve on the queensde afte 12 xa4 d5 1  c2 :ec wth a ood ston  e black 13 fcl e The classc example Botvk peces e acve Potsc (n ode Monte to ncease Calote  96 pessue contnued down 14 the c2c! le 4 �f 15 :ac l b? (consden that the pawn s untuchable Black wants to play  c6 n ode to ease the pessue fom the ooks but Whte sees futhe and ceates a wondeful combnaton 16 :xc7! c6 7  lxc6! bx c6 1  xf7 ! ! h6 ( f 1   xf7 en 19 c4+ wns 19 :b7 c 2 c4+ h 21 h4! xb7 22 6+ h7 23 e4 d6 24 xe5+ 6 25 x6+ 7 26 x6+ 1 - 9 b (D)

(White c 13 can e3 !?advantaeously xf3+ 14 xf3 sacce a4 1 5 c2thef5 ex chane n case of 15 h3? 16 xb7 ! xfl l 7 :xfl :b 1  e4  besdes contolln the lt sques the a4-pawn s vey weak 16  l :a7 17 e4 (tau un stanbul OL 2 and hee the smplest s 17 xe4  dxe4 f6 19 d5 xd5 2  exd5 d6 Once the awkwd placement of the a7k s solved Black wll be ne 10 bl (D)

efendn b3 and thus teatenin 1 1 b5 and 12 xe5 nothe dea s not to eveal e dest naton of ths ook wich may o to c 1 and play 1  d3 10f6 11 d3 

B

9•••

The alteatve s 1 1  d4 saht away The move 1 1  d7 s local but a bt pasve Whte may follow wth the son 1 2 4 head  to c5 Then 1 2 d5 1 3 c2 was played n apovHjatson eale Ct (2 199 wch came a model of Whtes play Black contn ued weakly 13  b6?! and ae 14 b2 :ac apov poduced 5 : 1 ! keepn e othe ook to suppot the d4 beak Thee followed 15 d4 (15  d s met by 16 d4 exd4 7 xd4 followed by :fd , wh a eat advan tae  all the wte peces e actvated n the

1 c4 e5: MISCEEOUS

B

81

5 b2 t s mpotant to play 5 ...a4, pevent n the consoldaton of te s queensde. f te 6 xd4 exd4 7 c2 h! (steppn out of the daneous daona nstead of captn the exchane wth 7 ...c3 ?! whch s met by  xb7 ! b 9 c6!  when 9 .. . xb? 2 xb  followed by the quck captue on a4 leaves Whte much bette  2... xa3?? s not possble because of 2 a2+  c4 e  9

:fe Black hasto no poblems. t sc5 mpotant pont out that f te eaches the poston n the daam wth b2 played nstead of :b  t s not possble to play ethe 3.. ? cause of the aleadyfamli cene, wheeas the black peces ae compo contnuaton 4 xd5! wnnn a pece o msed  6 xd4! exd4 7 c6! xc6   xc6  3... d5? whch s met by 4 xd5 xd5  5 d7 9 xd4! and Whte had moe than e3 followed by b3 when Whte aa wns a enouh fo the exchane  a pawn and a com pece. plete blockade of Blacks poston.  ths poston Black can play 3 ... c6 n a 12   d4 13 d2 (D) smil way to Mkowsk-Hbne Bndesla vodn the exchane of hts wth the 22/3 mentoned n note b to Blacks 9th dea of dvn the d4knhtaway by e3. t so move above. ves moe scope to the 2-bshop. 14 e3  15 e2

B

sde  novelty. wth f4. Whte The alteatve ntends to play s to on ncease the kn the pessue on the queensde w 5 c2 fol lowed by ethe d o b2 and :fc whle Black can choose between ...a4 n ode to play an eventual . ..: and feen mself om the pessue on b7 wt .. c6. 15a4 1 6 ib2 d6

Wth ths manoeuve the knht puts pes sue on b5 and defends the b7-pawn thus en ablin Black to eoup. 17 f4 (D)

13 c8 efendn the b7pawn and wth the dea of eventally exchann the 2bshop by . ..h3. e seemnly local  3 ...?? s a ave e o losn mateal afte the padoxcal 4 xd5 ! xd5 5 e3 f5 (f 5 .. e6  then 6 e4 wns 6 e4 wnnn The man alteatve s 3... d5. t looks odd to suende a bshop n ths way but afte 4 xd5 xd5 Blacks centalzed hts eneate mmedate theats so the ssue hnes on the specc nteplay between the peces. 5 e4 thee follows 5 ... f5 wheeas aanst

17 e4

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CHESS PLINE THE NGSH PENING

Whte gets  open le but Black has su cent esouces. Moe consstent wth the pev ous move s 17 ...d7 n ode to play . ..:ad8. The act that 18 xe5 solates Blacks e5-pawn s not mpot  the poston s balanced. l 4 Whte doesn t get anythng out o 1 8 gx4  Black has seveal deas lke tadng bshops wth 8 ... h3 to weaken the cenal stuctue

18... :a5 ollowed by . ..e8 and ... d7 when Whte has to nd some justcaton o hs play.

puttng goupngpessue wth 18 ..on db5 7. wth 18...  o e

Wnng  e mateal. Nethe 24...xe5 25 xe5 no 24 ...5 25 ex6 x6 26 b5 s enough to deend.

l  c6?

Now weaknesses stat appeang n Blacks poston. Bette s 18 . d7 o the moe actve

19 bxc6 bxc6 20 f3

The theat of 21 d4 foces moe conces sons. Whte has aleady acheved an annoyng nitatve. 20c5 21 d2 :a7 22 ia1 a6 23 e4 id??  e5

25 e6 d7 26 xa4 1-0

Game 1 9 A 29]

J o a utr - E m  S ut ovs y European Team Ch, Gothenburg 2005 1 c4 f6 2 e5 3  c6 4 g3 d4 (D)

that the move h4 mght be useul. Howeve Black achieves a good game wth 5 ... c6 6 e3 e6 wll have 7 d4 to exd4 lose8 aexd4 tempo d5soone when the o late h4-kght so as not to end up sdelned. Thee s a sl dea n the Gneld  ae 1 d4 6 2 c4 g6 3 c3 d5 4 cxd5 xd5 5 a4  although thee the theat e4 s songe than 6 e3 n ou poston 5  6 i3 ic5 The most common alteatve s 6 ..  7 "b3 c5 (D)

w

Ths jump s becomng nceasngly popula. The kght exchange unbalces the elaton of the mno peces between both anks t s ne the bette no wose than the standd moves but eques a deent appoach om both sdes. 5 ig2

w

The most logcal. The captue 5 xe5? leads to a vey uncomoable poston ate 5..e7 6 4 d6 7 d3 f5. The paadoxcal 5 h4 has been used occa sonally. The dea s to dve the d4-ght Black deems that the tempo ganed does not away n the hope that Black wll lose wo temp avou Whte snce his queen s not well placed wth ... d4 d then eeatng ths ght and on b3

1 c4 e5: MISCEEOUS

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 0-0 s naual bu  d3 s moe exble   ses up he possbly of  akin advanae of e dk-squed bshop ben away om he knsde The usual eacon s h6; hee how eve he exche of he knihs and he fac ha Black has no casled ye e fel e  h6 hee can follow 9 h4! wh he dea of 4 and   s no possble o pay 9 d6? because of 0 xb7 wnnn a pawn hanks o he check

beween he same playes Black mpoved shown he dffeence beween is poson and he pevous one wh he whie queen on b3 He suck n he cene wh   c6!  Thee followed 9 4 d ! 0 5 hx5   x (wose s   hx xh + 2 xh 4  ec)     b6  2 00 h3  3 a4   4 xc5 c5 wn nin maeal

on f 9 0-0 hee locally 0 4c6; whand a daneus oensve on hefollows nsde 9 c6 s moe cauous alhouh afe 0 4 Whe aan has he nave Insead of  h6 Black can noe he hea of he pn wh  0-0 o  c6 These moves demand a close look a)  c6 9 4 d6 0   (0  d7 comes o he same)   a4 and now     e? ! was played n Vallejo-Gelfand Pamplona 999/00 allown We o weaken Blacks sucue d an a space advanae afe 2 xc dxc  3 e4! 0-0 4 h4 f 5 c3 wh he bee poson Insead  s possble o avod he ex

Whe sops d4aans d plans Anohe possbly s 9 0-0 whchBlack can seek a ood eeasque fo hs bshop wh 9 a6 Baco-uovs Albe (4) 2 con nued 0 e3 a7    c6 (his move s now no only o lmi he bshop bu also o play  d f possble) 2 d4 exd4 3 exd4 d5 4 cxd xd  xd cxd  6 e3 h3 7 e c wh a ood ame fo Black

chane wh   a+! 2  f (heofkeyhes c5bs ha 2hop d2? does no wok be cause of  2 xf2+!) 2  !? 3  d 2 b) e  0-0 9  5 hee follows 9 h6 0 xf6 xf6   e4 e7  2 xc5 xc5 3 0-0 d6 4 c3  wh a level ame

Afe  0 0-0 Blackb6 has no poblems 0 d5  d4 exd4 2 exd4 10  e7 Wh 0 b6 Black pevens he connua on n he ame and e   c5 c7 2 0-0 d5 3 2 e6 followed by  d7 s poson s comfoable

7 d3 h6 D)

8 00 9 e3

9 c6

Black s no afad of es  and pe pes  d 10 

uovsky consdeed hs a dubous move

11 d4 exd4 12 xd4 D)

In case of 2 exd4 hee would follow 2 d  3 cxd (f  3 c5 hen 3   h3) 3  xd (Black exchanes knhs so as no o end up ed o he defence of he pawn) 4 xd5 cxd 5 0-0 e6 and Black complees hs develop men wh a level ame

w

B

8

 h4 has been played by analoy wh he pevous noe n Baco-uovsky nee 23 Black pevened 4 wh  d6 and Whe achieved a sh ede afe 9 b4 d4 0 d2 0-0   e3 xc3 2 xc3 n he nex ame

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CHESS XPINE THE NGUSH PENING

12d5!?

tovsky loves actve play, so he decdes to oe a pawn 13 00?

te s not on to be able to sstan the natal cose, snce he has to take cae of many wenesses The sac ce 2 c5 ? was sested

Now Blaks dea scceeds t was necessy 20c4 21 f4 to play 3 cxd5 xd5 4 xd5 cxd5 5  ce of2 c5 �xc5 22 bxc5 e5 23 b xd5  (bette   5 �b2 �f6  6 d2 �h3 Black h sever ssblies, the splest per 7 d e7   8 �xd5 :fd8, wth eat act haps ben 23 xa3 24 xa3 xe3+, wn ty fo Black and poblems fo the wte kn, nn a pawn

21 d8 as tovsky ot) and Black to ht to nd enoh ponts compensation fo thehaspawn afte e weaknesses n s camp pevent Whte 5 �f6 6 :a2 �e6 7 xd8 :fxd8  8 c2 om placn s peces n ood stons ac8 9 xc8 xc8 2  22 e1 (D) 13dxc4 14 xc4 (D) t s not pleasant to abandon thed-le, bt 22 xd8 xd8 wold leave ite almost paa lysed B B

14d7!

 excellent eopn Black wll be able to explot Whtes vaos weaknesses n the cene and on the qeensde The otne 4 �e6 woldnt pose Whte any dcltes afte 5 2 d7  6 d  15 � e5 16 e2 Not mch bette s 6 e4 �f6  7 d c7  8 �b2 Thee wold follow  8  e6, o  8 �4 st, d the weaknesses n Whtes camp emn 16 .g4!

Ths zwischenzug foces the closn of the 2bshops daonal and e fthe weaken n of e scte 17  e6 18 d1 6

225!

This soldes the c4-knht, d povdes moe mobty fo the est of the peces 23 

23 c5 s wose de to 23  xc5 24 bxc5 e7, and wth the capte ofthe c5pawn Black ends p mch moe actve 23 'd7!

Tyn to make poess on the knsde Black cold also nse rt 23 a5, n ode to leave a xed weakness on  afte 24 b  25  ec; devatn wth 24 bxa5?  xa5 s no solton ethe  the theat of  f6 cnot be ped

t was also atactve to play aanst the c4  d1 c8! weakness w 8 c7 9 �b2 c4 2 e4 Wthot abandonn the c8-h3 diaonal xb2 2 xb2, d hee, fo nstance, 2  5  25 e1 f6 26 1 (D) Blacks bshop-pa n combnaton w htes Black s bette  he s moe actve, contols wenesses wold ve the advantae to Black e open dle, has a ston knht on c4, his 19 4 c7 20 'c2?! bshop-pa mmolzes the qeensde bt

1 c4 e5: MSCEEOUS

B

8

B

how should he make progress? The answer is a sfoation of the advantage  La Capa blca. 26xc3!

31 ••d2+! 32 e2

White cannot play 32 xd2 xd2 33 'c3 xb3 34 ' xb3 :d2+ 35 g (or 35 f 3)  cause of 35 .. . h3.

32 dl 33 :c3 'd7 t rid of the dead leaves  the sion as Te emendous c4gh d te open d Capablca used to pu it. Black quidates ele ments at seemed imrtant bu wich e actu le paralyse ite although Black still h to create more weaknesses or increase his activity. ally superuous given the resulting sition.   :al 35 f2 a6 27 xc3 h3

tween Following the minor thepieces bishopleftexchange on the board the duel will fa  vour Black because of the weaness of the white king, and Blacks greaer aciviy.  e4?! ie should have avoided is exchange al ough this would me owing e presence of the bishop on h3 which creaes problems for e ing. 28 f3 or 28 h l is preferable after which Black keeps his advtage with for in stance 28 ...d6 29 b2 f6 30 bdl fd8. xg2 29 �xg2 :d6 Another idea is to force a her weeng of the wte cene ong lines with 29...f5?

thaBolstering 35 .. .f5 is prematre the position. dueutovsky to 36 exf5points 'xf5out 37 xa7 b 38 'e2 when Blacks victory is f from cle e.g. 38 ...:d2 39 'e8+ h7 40 c 1  xc 1 41 'e4+ with peetual check. 36 c5?

Trying to keep active but it has a serious drawback. 36d2!

In combination with the next move this al lows he knigh o become even stronger. 37 ' f5! Achieving conol of the e4sque  the game is already decided. 38  30 f3 :8 3 1 3 (D) It looks like Wte is defending every point 38 exf5 is met by 38 ... d5+ 39 h3 e4 38xe4 39 xd8 2 40 2? a2+! of access but all is not quite what it seems  Black can inltrate nevertheless. 41 �el 'd5! 01

Game 20 A25

J an T  mman - u r Kuzbov European Team Ch, Gothenburg 2005 the ones rled ou there are lines like 2 c3 With this moveorder Wte avoids several  ssibilies d allows oers of course. Among 2 f6

l c4 e5 2 g3

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CHESS XINE THE NSH ENIN

One of the ie tht White moeoe l low i 2 .  c6 which cn le to  tcte typi cl of the Tch efence fte 3 4 ex4 4 x4 5 5 2 f6 6 f3 e7 7 cxS cx5 8 - c6 9 4. 3  c6 4  4 (D) The moeoe e by White i ime mon othe thin t bein exible with the etintion of the niht. Fo intnce

nte. Anothe ie i 6 3 n fte 6.. 6 the eet 7 c3 oiin Blc wellnown pln of ...x5 followe by ...e7 n .. c6. ince e 6bihop mt moe cot in two tempi White conier tht the time pent with hi qeen niht h not been wte 7 .e8 8 3   then ) The iect 9 e4 i nwere by 9 ...4. GeoieBee Ploi Echt 2003 contin

int White col e3 followe4 .c5 by e2 lein theply c5b with ihop5with fewe popect.

e 0 e2   xe2 e bihop h fon n xe2 excellent plce c5 on the! 7 i onl fte chin etintion eel time 4..  6..  6 n 8 ...f8. H Blc e plce ny of thoe wte tempi with the e elopin moe ...6 thi wol he le ot  . . c5. Nely lwy che i the ht fo one tempo bt jt occionlly it i bette to loe  tempo thn to win it b) 9 e3 i one i e; e. . 9 ... e7 n only now 0 e4 peentin . S n fter 0 ..c6 in e pophylctic   5 with  complex me   . .. 6  2 e2 etc c) 9 f3 i lo poible.

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We now e to 5 ... c5 (D) 5 d5

With 5 f3 White ie t poition we he ley een in Gme 4  5.

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5.c5

Thi i the mot l contintion elom i 5 .. . xS 6 cxS e7 plye  iht wy  Blc ie i to et i of te 5pwn with ... c6 bt he h to n the bet moment n thi i not it. White ply 7 f3 n Blc h to ecie wht to o with hi epwn. ter 7... e4 8 4 x5 9 b3 c6 0 xe4 he h to ie p the pwn fo ncle compention If he efen the pwn with 7 ...6 thee cn follow 8 e4 c6 9 4 In Gelleebot  Plm 976 the centl tenion w eole in White fo fte 9..cxS 0 xe5 b4+   2 x2+ 2 x2 6 3 ex6 x6 4   he h  le in eelopment n on pee on the blc poition. If 4 .. xe4 5 xe4 White wol qicly ine Blc cmp. Blc my inoe the ttc on e bihop by 5  - White fet meo i then 6 x xb4 7 3 followe by f3 with  liht

6 e3

t  int 4 ... c5 White cloe e bihop ionl in oe to contine wi e2 bein ble to ply 4 in one moe if e circmtnce ie it. 6xd5

The ltetie i 6 .6 7 e2. Blc in ten to eep the poibility of etin with .. xc6 fter ...e7 n . c6 7 cxd5 e7

7.. b4?! i not to be ecommene ince thee i no bihop chec on b4 ny more.

1 c4 e5: MSCEEOUS

Therefore White can play  d4 exd4 9 exd4, since 9  xd4? loses ma terial to 10 a 3 "f6 1 1 . A fter 1 1   xb2 1 2 xb2 'xb2 1 3 axb4 xb4+ 14 d2 Black s queenside pawns will be quicly besieged

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getting any lead in deelopment Better is 1 1 xd4 followed by b3 and b2 10 d4 exd4 11 exd4

I 1 1 xd4, there would follow 1 1  xd5 drying up Whites prospects Instead, after 8 e2 0-0 1 1  cxd5 12 b3 d6 13 b2, White has more Timman thinks  c6 more accurate now, play before White castles, in order to nimize the 11  6 (D) eect of the d4 adance He was planning to Timman was planning to meet the more cau

play d4 example, all the se, with 10a slight adantage tious 1 1exchange  d6 by 12 f4, with a faourable after,9for 9 exd4 exd4 + 1 1 bishop d2 It is generally in Whites interest to play d4 without exchanging pieces 9 0-0

White delays d4 until after castling which is w in keeping with Timmans concept Romanian GM Main prefeed the direct 9 d4 exd4 10 exd4 (to gie the c-bishop a way out if 10 xd4, there follows 10c6) in Marin-Need nichy, Romanian Cht (oata) 20 Black now aoided 10 b4+ 1 1 d2 xd2+ 12 "xd2 c6 13 c3 xd5 14 xd5 cxd5 15 00, when White is better deeloped The game continued 10 b6 (D), andrelates here something happened, which to our geinstuctie 12 d6!

The sacrice Marin made in a similar posi tion Capturing the pawn will cost Black some w tempi 12 c3 gies no adantage Black replies 12  f5 (it is better for Black that White takes on c6, since the reply dxc6 opens the c bishops diagonal and restricts the g2bishop i instead 12  xd5 13 xd5 cxd5 1 xd5 White ends up much more actie, with a strong light-squared bishop) 1 3 dxc6 dxc6 completing deelopment ery quicy If 14 d5, there ol lows 14  c5 with a good ge This type of pawn sacrice had also oc 1 1 d6  White sacrices a pawn to hinder cued beore in Timmans practice 1 c4 e5 2 Blacks deelopment Aer 1 1cxd6 12 00 d5  c3 f6 3 3 c6 4 g3 b 5 g2 00 6 00 13 g5 h6 14 xe7 xe7 15 4 "f6 16 e 7 d5 xd5  cxd5 d4 9 xd4 exd4 1 0 xd5 'xd4 17 "b3, White got adequate com e3 c5? 1 1 a3 a5 12 exd4 cxd4 (D) pensation for the pawn Now in Timman-Hbner, arajeo Ct (5) 1991, he played 13 d6 achieing complete 9c6 This is the most ambitious moe, by which conol ter 13  f6 14 d3 xd6 15 4 'a6 Black ries to get rid o Whites adanced pawn 16 b4 d 17 e f   h5 d6 1 9 d5 d7 It is possible to play the quieter 9d6 Aer 10 20 a4 c 21 e4 g6 22 'f3 c7 23 b5 6 d4 exd4 the capure 1 1 exd4 is not too logical, 24 h6 a6 25 d5 5 26 g4 c 27 e2 since the pawns e doubled without White axb5 10  there ollows 2 ae and 29 e

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CHESS PNE THE NGUSH PENNG

Ony now. ite wi achiee his main oa i.e. to hinder e deeopment of e c-bishop. The tempi Bac has to use to compete s de eopment wi be used by te to create ten sion on the inside.

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16f5

The niht remains on the inside to hep with the defence. 16 ... c4 is worse 17 �f4 and after 1 7... 5   c Bac s position is fu of weanesses 17 d6 (D) with itte deeopment.

12 f5

It is pount to eiminate the most annoy in pawn the one on d6 12... dS is met by 1 3  xd5 cxdS 14 c3 f6 15 f4 'xd4 16 b3 foowed by ad  with ampe compensation  it wi tae a on time for the c-bishop to come into pay

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13 if4 f6

The weaenin 13.. 5 soes nothin be cause of either ambitious sacrice the simpe 14 d3 14 �e4 xd4or15thexd4 more xf4 1 6 f5. 14 e5 h6 (D)

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The annoyin pawn has disappeed but the other one has come to tae its pace. Thats why it was so imrtant to pay dS. Bacs exa pawn does not mae itself fet and he has reat dicuties brinin his pieces into pay. 17e

The atace 17 ...e3 seein faourabe simpcaon is met by  x7 and the weaess of the bac in oers compensation for the pawn after ... x7 (or  ... 'x7) 19 fxe3 xe3+ 20 h, when te quicly be comes ace with e.. d3 d ae.  el e6

Now  ... e3? woud ose on account of 19 f4. 15 

19 'd3 'h5

Bac has defensie tactical resources de Timman points out at 15 dS ? is premature spite the absence of the a-roo and the c due to 15 . :e 16 �f4 5 17 d2 6 and bishop from the ame and his bac-r prob as we sha see Bac has notaby improed his ems. The text-moe is more tenacious than the position comped with t he e. weaenin 19.. 6. The hasty 15 4? is not in eepin with 20  ites idea  it eaes many weanesses after Keepin the tension  the d6pawn payses the simpe 15... h4. Bac. Apt from ts moe there were seera 15xd6 1 6 d5 aactie ideas such as 20 e4 threatenin 21

1 c4 e5 MISCEEOUS

g4 d 20 e2 intending 21 f4. Precise cal cuation is required 20 :e4 is possible d indeed quite good. The spectacular-looking 20...e3? ! is then no pacea. though 21 h4? is bad because of 21. .f5 22 e4 xe5 23 xh7+ f8 te has the reply 21 fxe3 xe5 22 d5! when 22... cxd5? loses ouight to 23 'xd5!  so Bac k has to try the unpressessing 22 ...xe4 23

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'xe4 Thef6. other option would win materia almost by force  aer 20 e2 !? it is not possible to play 20...:xe5? because of 21 f4 so now 20... e3! is Blacks best. te is better after 21 f4 "xe5 22 xe6 xe6 23 fxe3 but Against 25 ...b5 Timman was planning to Timman thinks that the path to ictory would play 26 xh7+ f8 27 'xb5 xb5 28 f5 not be cle. when the dierence in actiity is huge. 25.. .a5 does not improe anything due to 20•• 'g6 (D) 26 xd4 xe 27 xe f5 28 c5 e8 29 d5+ cxd5 3 0 e7! getting a winning ad tage both after 30... :xe7 because of the pawn on e seenth and after 30 ...g6 31 xd5 w h8 32 "xf5 when once again the absence of

2 .f4

Blacks queenside is the decisie 26 x6 fxe4 27 xd4 ax6 factor. 28 xe4 The situation has become clear  White has regained the pawn and keeps the c8-bishop locked in. Hes got the adantage although Black has defensie resources thanks to the coordination of his major pieces as Tian pointed out. ! Forcing a self-pin of the rook in order to aoid the queen exchge.

With the threat of 22 e4. 21 :e4?! was 29 d3 f 30 :ael :a4 ony ashy since there would folow e sur 30.. .xa2 would be met by 3 1 e3 ! threat prising 2 1. .. h4! 22 h f5 followed by ening 32 :xe6. ter for instance 31...'f7 32 2 d4 .e4 regrouping. h ... g6 with 22 a good For the time being B ack aoids e weaken ing 22 .. .f5 there would folow 23 g2 and e adance hasnt met any progress for Black. 23 .g2 'g6

threat g5 ! of Black f3has followed to suender by e7. theThe e due concena to the tion of white forces against the black king is de cisie. 3 f3 (D) 3 • h?!

If 23 .. . xe + 24 :xe e6 keeping e e Black should prefer the ess weening moe le closed Wte answers with 25 :e5 and 3 1 ... h6. Timm was plng to meet this with Black is out of good moes 32 a3 keeping the position stable and retaining the adantage.  .e4 h (D) 2 a4!

The threat is to win with 26 xb6  this forces some concession 2f

32 3

A good practical decision although objec tiely 32 a3! was better wrote Timman. 32 :xe4 33 fxe4 'c+  g2 g

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A fthe weaening, in oe to get i of the 6pawn. Othe moes wol pobably be met by 35 e5. 35 .e3 xd6 36 .xg5 c5?

ian points ot that 36 ...4 was nec essay, an he poies an inteesting line 37 e5  38 ex6 x6 39   'e5 40 8+ g7 41 c3 xc3 42 bxc3 e2+ 43 f1 g4  h3 e5, an Blac gets a aw. 37 .f6! Now Whites tas is mae easie by ts bishop coing into the attac. 37d5 38 e5 d4 39 c2 1-0

he inasion 40 g6+ is eastating.

Summary Fom Game 1 8, a Reese agon, we mst not foget that the naallooing 13... ?? is a te ible mistae, losing a piece e to the paoxical 14 xS. In tems of positional factos, Whites expansion with  is a fnamental iea. When Blac stops it with  , this can t ot positiely if it leas to a qeensie b locae with  a4, as we saw, fo instance, in Kochnoitz, Belin 22  in Miezis-Atai, Athens 2 in the notes to Whites 8th moe. he negatie sie of   was shown thee as well  in Kaspo-Fals, onon simconitions, 23, Blacs playable allowe White to cay the exchange xb in ey fao able aninaccate he was soon to stat pshing his ot cental pawnmajoity. The cle is an impotant asset fo any icili playe, as well as the exchange sacice on c3 (on c6 in o case). Its foce was billiantly shown in BotinPoisch, Monte Clo 1968, men tione on Blacs 8th moe, an in Kapo-Hjatson, eattle Ct (2) 1989, qote on Blacs 1 1th moe Game 19 shows how coneent it is to elay castling, mang some foce moes st, as mentione in the notes to Blacs 6th moe, whee Wite was able to se his pawns in a stom against the blac ng, in Vallejo-Gelfan, Pplona 1999/. Bt of cose sch a ecision is not always aantageos, as is poe in the comments to Whites 8th moe in Bacottosy, Inteet 2003 Blac was able to conteattac eectiely in the cente. While they ae not opening themes as sch, in Game 19, the egoping wi 14 .7, the zwischezug 16.. g4 to wosen tes position, an the simplication 26 ...xc3 to en p with the bette pieces, e all ey insctie. Game with White 2 g3 shows a moeoe to aoi some main lines haing eelope the g night yet20allows to conte the stength ofa possible . ..c5 b yNot Blac, playing e3 an e2. In VGeogieBees, Ploi Echt 23 (in the notes to Blacs 5th moe in Game 20) we saw that occasionally it is conenient to lose a tempo instea of wing it  this allowe Blac to acti ate his bishop with 1 1 . c5   he sacice 12 6 fom Game 20, as well as 11 6 fom Main-Neenichy, Romanian Cht (oata) 2qote on Whites 9th moe, an 13 6 fom imman-Hbne, aajeo Ct (5) 1991, ae all goo examples of positional sacices to hinde the opponents eelopment  a com mon theme in all opengs.

7

Nimzo-English and Mikenas Aack

The move-order 1 c4 f6 2 c3 e6 normally indicates that Blac is seeing a Nio-Indian (it can also trspose to a QG but if Blac intends that he is better o with the move-order 1 c4 e6 fol lowed by to ..). chapter wechacter loo at Whites twohave mainthe ways to sophisticated avoid this transposition. They both lead playInofthis a distinctive and each ir own body of opening theoy e st is to play much as in aClassical Nimzo but avoiding playing the move d4 This gener ally gives Blac less to bite on and White can also see tome use of the open al-h8 diagonal. On the other hand it gives Blac a freer hand in the centre. The second is to grab the centre with the imediate 3 e4 (the MienasAttac) the move that the Nio is designed to prevent by means of pieceplay In order to avoid being squashed by a mas sive centre Blac will generally respond by an immediate counterattac in the cene with  d5 or else by .. .c5 ensuring that White cannot set up a broad pawncentre unchallenged.

The ames The position after 1 c4 f6 2 c3 e6 3 f3 b4(D) is the subject of the rst four games. w

In ame 2 after 4 c2 00 5 a3 xc3 6 xc3 b6 a typical ght for the centre ensues leading to a very instructive ending. Aer 4 c2 Blac chose not to exchange his b4bishop in ame 22, playing 4 ..c5 5 a3 aS. White cried out a cenal sacrice activating his position and confronted with a wea defence won bac his investment and realized his advantage in an endgame. Aer 4 'c2 00 5 a3 xc3 6 "xc3 c5 7 b4 b6 8 b2 d6 White plays atypically in ame 23 thans to the move-order chosen by Blac. ite wins with a brilliant attac The violent line 4 g4 is examined iname 24 The complex middlegame with both ings ex posed ends up with a sccessfl white attac

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he Mikenas Attack is seen iname 25 After  c4 f6 2 c3 e6 3  d5 4 e5 d4 5 exf6 dxc3 6 bxc3 xf6, White mages to achieve a slight edge. Black defends well, until a miske allows a beautiful manoeuvre by which Wite inltrates.

Ga me 2 1 [ A1 7]

Va d mr Kr amn k - Z h an g Zhong Wijk aan lee 2004 l f3 f6 2 c4 3  i4 4 c2

ramnik has been the main advocate of this line for the last decade. He has also used 4 3, which is the main alteative Black can then play similar positions to the ones we shall see, but also has the option of keeping the bishop, aer ...c5, wihdrawing it to  he white qun would then be le in a more awkwd position, in the way of the bpawn, although of course the position has other characteristics. 4•••0-0 5   6 ' D

may continue in various ways. Here Black pre pes the anchetto of his cbishop, d starts the moeuvre of placing his pawns on dark sques 7

White needs to decide where the fbishop wil go. Basicaly it is a matter of aste, athough in this specic case against 7 g3 Black has the option of equalizing more easily  7 ...b7  g2. Khalifman, in his book on amniks rep ertoie, points out that it is best to change the sucture by playing  ..d5, and practice proves him ight. For instance, 9OO? is inaccurate be cause 0... a6, of 9 ..dxc4 winngand a pawn. if 10  Inxc4, PantsulaiaGel there follows fand, KhantyMansiisk FIE WCup 25, White played 9 cx exd5 (9 ...xd5, followed by ... c5, is also acceptable) 0 0-0 e   e3 and again Blacks easy development gives him good play  he c free his game with 1 1 . ..c5 12  bd7 1 3 d3 :c. ransposing into a sort of Catalan with 9 d4 is satisfactory for Black. here would follow 9 ..dxc4 10 xc4 d5    d3 e4 D.

B

66

Unlike in the NioIndian, the dpawn has w not been played to d4 yet. herefore, a key sque in the NioIndian, has not been weak ened, and the wte paws have more options than in the usual lines of that openg. In theo this is advantageous to Wite, but as the ges of sen, imman Karpov, Adams, d, etc., wi e black pieces have shown, Black h adequate resources. One of the ndamental pls is to neualize the future deployment of the bishop on b2, creating a barricade with the pawnstructure c5d6e5, which also provides the remaining black bishop with more eedom. his is a typical oeuvre, wiing space, he pawnchain of both sides is exible. Play reinforcing thecontrol over e4 and neuazing

IZO-NGSH D MIKENAS rACK

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the g2-bishop. 12 dl (this seems to lose more time as Black develops with threats against the white cene; 12 c3 was played in Hraek autov Bad Homburg 1997; after 12 ... bd7 White played 13 b4?, which doesnt stop Black s blows; there folowed 1 3...   14 bS c6 S bxc6 c, and Black seized the iniiaive) 12... dS  13 0-0 c6 (threatening ...xd4) 14 gS d7 (more ambitious than 14... xd4 S

backwd one on   his weakness is less se ous, d the pawn is more useul on b6. ets see 13 d3 c 14 acl dS (utz points out that it is mistaken to exchange the bishop with 14...a4?  S b3 xb2 16 xb2, because the wenesses on b6 and bS e more app ent; the ypical closure of the long diagonal with 14...eS is playable though) S cxdS xdS 16 eS e7 17 h4 and here in utz-Rozenta

'xd4 xf31916gS+, xf6 gxf6 ' xf6 xg2 :fdl 'e4 with 17 equality) S cl ac 16 e3 fd, and the white cene is un der siege  the heat is 17 ...f6, Cyborowski elchev, Cappelle la Grande 2. ets tke a look at  ...cS (instead of  ...dS), to familiarize ourselves with some typical posi tions. ter 9 b4 d6 10 0-0 bd7 1 1 b2 (D) White c manuvre more easily, because of his bishop-pair and space advantage.

lis, Bundesliga 1 999/, of 17 ...b7?, Black should have playedinstead 1 7... xg2 since  fS? doesn t work because of  .d , d Black holds. ter   xg2 fd Black has a good game. Instead of 1 1  .. a5 Black can either play 1 1 . .. :c with the idea of . .. c7 and ... "a, or bring in the other rook after 1 1 .. 7 12 d3 :fc8. 7• 7 (D)

B

w

It is in Blacks interest that the queenside be comes xed, whether by forcing a pawn ex chge or a pawn advance, so the move ... is to be considered in many cases, wiout forget ting the drawback that playing ...a5 and ... cS leaves the bSsque without protection. us after 1 1 . .. a5 12 bxcS, the pawn recap ture 12.. bxcS? allowed White the advantage in AltermanRozentalis, Israeli Cht 1999 1 3 d3 c6 14 abl :b S c2 c7 16 c3 a4 17 e4 :xbl  xbl :b 19 xb+ "xb 20 d2 b7 21 f4, d Whites bishop-pair mes itself felt, while the a4-pawn requires attention. However, Black later improved by 12... xcS, with the idea of keeping the c-le open. Black c use it to his own advantage, and not the b le. Instead of a weak pawn on a5, there is a

  Here e move-order is important In case of 8 b4 Black doesn t play the routine 8 ...d6. In stead, in Beliavsky-Gi.Gcia, Elista O 1998, he stopped White from playing b2 with 8... e4 d after 9 c2 he opened the le with 9 .. . a5, taking advtage of White not be ing developed enough to support his suctue. Following 10 b2 axb4 1 1  xal + 12 xal e7 1 3 bS (it i s not possible to defend  with 1 3 b3 because 13 ... a6 would win the cSsquare for the knight, since 14 d3? loses ma terial after 14 ...xb4 S x xb4 16 dxe4 c2+ 1 7 d2 xal , threatening both .. . xe4 and .. b3+ followed by ..cS). Black could have played Beliavskys suggestion 13 .. gS, which ite was planning to meet by 14 gl

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n order then to pay h4 but of coure adanc n the hpawn i committal Blac could con tnue 14 ..d6 1 5 h4 e4 with a ood potion. B  d6 9 0-0 d7 10 4 

en Whte can atfactorly defend the a le t i not conenient to open it wth  0...a5? 11 b2 7 (1 1...e5?  doent cloe the lon diaona rather after 12 d4 e4 13 d2 the b7 bihop end up out of play; Whte could pay d5 followed wthD)a (the reatexchane adantae) 12 d4 by1 3b3d4  fc of a the roo by 13... :xa 14 xa a 15 xa xa 16 a3 e 17 d2 leae White with a pace adantae and more actiity; he woud continue with f3 and e4 wnnin yet i uccel on al front 12 d4 e4 1 3 "d3 f6?  (it  more uel to put the queen on e7) more pace). 14 d2 6? (Blac  queen will end up io ated on the inide without creatin any theat there and eain the cene and the queenide unprotected) 15  xd2 16 xd2 w d5 17 dxc5 bxc5  :ac  fd 19 cxd5 xd5 20 e4 b7 reachin the ort of poition one ha to aod a Blac at a cot. The - and e4 pawn ie and illhi offqueen the b7ibihop. out of play. Blac i ery pa 12 d4

Thi potion can alo be reached om the Queenimzondian efence for example from the line  d4 f6 2 c4 e6 3 f3 b6 4 c3 b4 5 c2 c5 6 a3 xc3 7 xc3. It i alo poible t o mae a uefu moe uch 14 xa  (a concrete oluton ntead of the a 12 fe or 12 ae preentin the f6kiht naura 14 d2) 14.:xa (if 14 xa there from moin for the time bein. Thi ort of po follow 15 :a and a7) 15 d5 (openn the ton coud be reached if Blac had choen a lon diaona bluntn the b7bhop and wn derent moeorder playin ...e5 and .. e nn the d4quare) 15 ..f (f 15 ..e5 then 1 6 before ...bd7 o that d4 woud hae been im d2 foowed by e4 with a ce adantae for poible ince there miht foow ... exd4 ex ite who can play on both an; ramni ploitin the ooe e2bihop. Thi cued in thin that t wa better to play the endin re M.GurechRozentali Bundea 20/1 . ultin from 15 ... exd5 16 cxd5 e5 17 xe5 12  13 b3 If 13 d3 Blac can play 13 ... e5 in better dxe5  xe5 xe5 19 xe5 xd5 20 b5 a thouh th i not pleaant for Blac) 16 :d conditon. c 17 d4 reachin an deal poton Aer 13  b preparin e4 White can ee to carry out the c5 Krai ueted 13... e5 iin 14 dxe5 (f 14 bxc5 then 14  exd4 and Bac et brea KraiAnand ortmund 2. quare for hi nht) 14 ..xe5 15 ad 11  b2 D) c7 16 xe5 dxe5 17  d6 te po 11  e Bac aan ha eera moe and plan tion eem ihty better after the obiou  uch a 1 1 . .. e7. Krami conider 1 1 . .. c d2. ai doen t mention 14 d5 which i to be the bet one. et ee a ame of hi a typica dea o a to drie the e4niht away KramikKo Port Bce 25 where he at ome point with f3 and e4 but here this i not

IZONGSHD MIKENAS rACK

easy to achieve  it reqires many tempi,  Black can play ...fS followe by . ..f6. 14 ad1

The corse of the game shows that 14 :f1 wol have been better, althogh White can af for to lose time. 14'7 15 d2 ef6 16 1 a s

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22dx5 23 1 x4  x4 5 25 3

White has carrie ot his plan, an the posi tion is favorable to him 25:d 26 1 6 27 al d1  xd1 d

Whites bishoppair becomes an avanta Black gets tire of waiting. This is a move geos factor after 28 ...b7 29 bS xbS 30 that creates tension, trying to stabilize the xbS. 29 5is x5 30 xe5 qeensie as we before. Theom sitation of the qeen on b3 note prevents White playing White not satise with the slight ege to 17 bxaS folloe by S be obtaine from 30 x8 x8 31 cxbS 17 fd1 e5  n S an goes for a position with an nsal White efens against 18.. ex4 improving material balance, in which his avantage in his pieces before stting more aggressive ac creases steaily tions. 30e5 31 d+ e 32 'x6 e7 33 l ax4 19 ax4 h6 20 al e

Whites previos move was a waiting one Against 20...f8 he col have improve his position by 21 xeS  xeS 22 b  in orer to place his knight on c3, probing bS an S.

 fd7 34 7 f8 35 g3 e6 36 6 g6 37 h3 f5 3 g2 g7 39 d5 e5 a f7 41 'a1+ f6 (D)

21 2

That this bishop is awkwarly place on a l becomes appent ifWhite ies t o cy ot the main pl 21 xcS xcS 22 b cxb4 23 xb4 becase of 23 ...bS  . 21 e D

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22 dx5

The 2knight has a very esirable estina tion on bS or even on S. Therefore it has to move to c3, bt at the same time White has to stop Black from avantageosly simplifying in the centre. Kramnik points ot that if 22 b 1 at once, Black has 22 ex4 23 ex4 cxb4 24 xb4 S.

Kramnik points ot that e right move was 42 4 x4 43 ex4 xS  xcS e6 4S c6 b6 46 8 f6 47 c7 c8 48 f4, an White brings his ing to the qeensie eci siely winning material The rest of the game is very interesting an I recommen stying Kramniks analysis in Infotor 89

42a6 43 xa6 xa6   ac5 45 2 The white ing will help to bre own the black pieces blockae, ths increasing the mo bility of his pawns 45 f6 46 6+ e6 47 e2 e5  f4+

f6 49 d2 e7 50 !

It is important not to hasten to exchange pieces  if S c3 Black wol get a goo

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HESS PLINED: THE NGSH PENING

bkade by means of 50 ... xd5 5 1 cxd5 e4+ followed by ..d6.

Instead   ..f8? 65 h4 woud anspose to the previous note. 65 fxg5+ xg5 66 h4+ �g4 67  �xg3 68

ramnik points out that the other route was better  57 .. .e6 58 d6 g7, with better de fensive chances than with the textmove. Now the night wil have less mobility

nik points out the saving line 68 ...xh4 69 f6 f4 70 f7 g6 71 e6 (or 71 a4 leading to something simi after 7 1 ...h4 72 c2 f8 73 e7 h3 74 xf8 h2) 71 . ..h4 72 c8 (if 72 f6

58 �d6 e7 59 .7 g6? !  f3 r 61 d!

Black byf8"+ 72 ...e5 .. .h3 73 f6draws h2 74immediatey xg6 h  75 g3,) 72 with a draw.

503+ 51 �3 a 52 a6 x4 53 e6+ �xe6 54 �x4 g5 55 d5+ �f6 56 e5 h8? er a decate defenceBack falters. ram i6 r 57 �d5 g6

Not aowing .. e6, as mentioned above. 61 g6 62 6! r 63 d7 g6  h3? ramnik points out that the manoeuvre 5   was winning wih he m ine  . f8 65 c6  g6 66 d6 (zugzwang) 66 ..f8 67 h4 gx4 68 gxh4 g6 9 h5 f8 70 c8 h7 7 1 b7 f8 72  h7 73 d7 g7 74 e7 f6 75 f3 g4 76  h2 77 exf 5 h5!

69 e7

Now the result is decided. White mages to pmoe d prevent Back om doing e se.

69�xh4 70 6 �g4 71 �g7 �g5 72 f6 h4 73 8 �h5 74 f5 �g5 75 e6 g6 76 f7 f4 77 .8 h5+

If 77 .. .g6, hen 78 d7 h5 7 9 f5, etc 78 �h7 1-0

Game 22 AI7]

J u lo GrandaWijk Zu aan ga lee - Ar2004 ka dj N a dts c 8 .. .e7 is possible one of the ideas is to play ... d8 d . d5. White has two basic plans. e By paying 4...c5 Black doesn t concede the slower one is to go for the advce ; the other bishoppair so easily but he doesnt rule it out is to start pusng e cenal pawns wih e3 (or under certain circumstances d) and d4. The either. two ideas c so be combined. The direct 9 6 g3 6 7  0-0 8 0-0 (D) b , in order to pay a2, c be et wih the cenal counterattack ...d8 d .. .d5, getting a good ge. The most anoying one seems to be 9 e3 preparing d4.   egundoBacrot, B Pampona 1997/8 and chekachev-Berzin§ Base 22, Black then chose 9 ... d5 (D) is was songy met by 10 a4 , eaten ing 1 1 cxd5, winning a pawn. 10 ... d4 isnt any good then since after  1 exd4 Wite reaches a favourabe reversed Benoni, with his queenside majoriy ee d wi a very song g2-bishop. The aforemenoned exampes both coninued 10.. .dxc4 1 1 xc4 d7 12 d4 b6 13 xb6 xb6 14 dxc5 "xc5 15 "xc5 xc5 16 , when Wites advge is ce Back hn t 8d6 nished his development yet and e queenside Trying to ght for cono of the cene, and wi be put under ve typica Catal pres preparing to deveop he c8bishop. sure. 1  f6 2 4 e6 3   4 '2 5 5  a5

IZONGSH AND MIKENAS rACK

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he main alteative is 9 d3 against which the most usual is 9. h6 in order to be able to play  e5 without any es o losing the senti nel o d5 with g5   any case ater 10 e3 e5 the d5-sque has been weakened hen a) In the game Vaganian-autov Reggio mia 1 995/6 White played 1 1 d5 at once and ollowing 1 1  e6 12 d2 c8 13 b3 7 ethe getting caied edgeout ater the 14 thematic d7 15advance b2 614 16 4 e4 5 17 ec3 a s White has all is pieces in nely ideal positions halim points out that Black should play 1 1   xd5 and ater 12 cxd5 e7 13 d2 5 14  ? is not possible because o 14  d4. 14 c4 seems better and ater nishing development wit d2 and a4 i necessary to cay out the break 4 ter an evenual ex4 te 5ight will prevent White rom recapturing with te pawn because o the weakness  h4 or d4 but ites prospects seem to be preeed i he captures with the rook b)  1 d2 (wi the reeat o the 3-knight the g2bishop too is brought to be on d5 and a uture 4 is made easier) 1 1   xc3 12 "xc3  13 b3 e6 14 b2 d7 (D) White made the most o the posion in Kom ljenovi-Ehlvest os Heas 1998 wit te break 1 5 4!  aer 1 5 ex4 16 gx4 e8 17 c2 5 1 8 b ! 6 1 9 c3 7 20 3 h7 21 h g8 22 b5 :ad8 23 e4 he achieved an ovehelng position 9e5 10 d4!?

s sacrice was Whites novel idea I t will demd an accurate reply 10 d3 is wrong  i White wants to adopt this approach he should

do so a move elier since as we saw 9 d3 pre pes the sally g5 and then Black wts to adopt the e5 setup he must pla 9 h6 rst Against 10 d3 Black can seek counterplay with  b5 in several ways as Michael Aams has shown 10 a6 1 1 b3 :b8 1 2 d2 d7 1 3 de4 (here 13 d5 wouldnt be the same as in Vaganian-autov because aer 13  x 14 cxd5 e7 Black has speeded up his coun (D) (14 xe4 terplay on thecan queenside) be met by13..14xe4  5! an 14 dxe4 ater 15 c3 Whites lack o evelopment and his somewhat weak kingside can be exploited with 15 4! we 15 xd6 loses material aer 15e7)

B

14 xc3 ! (exchging Whites best piece  the bishoppair is psive) 1 5 "xc3 b5 16 d2 bxc4 17 bxc4 (so as not to end up with a weak pawn on b3 but e b-le is oned) 17 e6 18 4 6 and Black as slightly tter proscts  cause o s beer sucure d tes passive bishop-pa AgrestAms French Cht 23

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HSS XPLIND : TH NGSH PNING

Anothe possible iea use by panish M against 8 ... b8 White can choose between 9 Illescas is suggeste by the placement of the 'x4 an inceasing the pessue with 9 abishop an is to play fo . White can pe fe. pe this with 10 b. f6 19 ixd4 txd6 20 xd6 xd6 21 10xd4 11 exd4 exd4

Blacks posion seems hethy afte 11... g4 12 xe5 xe5 3  c7 14 g5 h6 5 xf6 'xf6 6 5 '6 since he gets a song knight on the 4sque afte exchanging on

B.12 5 i6 1 3 f4 (D)

x7 'x7 22 x7

ing a pawn which wi come a passe one at some point. If now 22 ...ab8 then 23 5+ followe by 24 . 22ad 23 

23 stating xa7 that thenbeing 23 ...ae5. theIfule pawnWhite up onefollows has to exchange pieces not pawns.

23 h5  fel 5 25 g2 d7 26 i6 d6 27 a4 d3  i3+ Wh 29 2 f3+ 30  :d5 31 e4 (D)

B

B

13ig4?!

This allows White to keep making pogess unhinee. Bette was 13 .. 5 an afte 14 c5 3  15 ' c (if 5 x3 the game is leel with l5 ... xc5 16 c7 b8 17 al h5) 15 . .a6 16 cxb6 axb5 17 c7 'e7 (bette than 7.. '7 8 2 getting back the pawn at once 18 . 'f5 is met by 19 h4) 1 8 e 1 e4 etc. Black has a easonable position White still has to wi n back his pawn an Blac will bing all of is foces int o play. 14 xd6

The exchange of the annoying black bishop is a step foa but ictoy is still f away be cause the black ooks e actie. The technical pat is not eoi of poblems. 31 xe4 32 xe4  33 ael h7  le2 d3 35 4 6 36 g2 d5 37 el g6 3 3 d 39 2 h4?

This sacice makes Whites task easie  it was bette to wait.

White is bette  the 6knight is stong an the queenside majoity is moe impotant than 40 h4 ld4 41 f3! the 4pawn which has opene the iagonal efening e pawn conolling g4  pl fo the Catalan bishop  ning f2 with the simpcation my  1 47 1 5 e5 xe5 tes! 15... x6 is no bette since afte 6 xg4 41 dl 42 4 5 43 g4+ qf7  'e6 17 xf6+ 'xf6 8 c5 Whites song f2 ld2 45 ge4 xe2  xe2 3 47 bisoppai gies him the aantage. ix6 ax6 White is two pawns up but thee is still no 16 xe5 i7 17 5 e   e4! Whites actiity inceases  he is about to passe pawn an the black ook is actie Te win mateial. Now  8.. x6 woul lose a pawn impotant ieence is that White can make afte 9 cx6 b6 (not of couse 19... xd6? pogess with his king wheeas Black is unable ue to 20 x6 winning) 20 x4 etc.  to o this.

IZONGH D MIKN rCK

 g3 g6 49 g4 h6 50 f4 g6 51 h5+ h6 52 d2 5

If 52  b5 tying to cut o the ing White wins easiy fo he c eease the pessue with 53  eg 53   xh5 54 a4 g5 55 d6 ceating two united passed pawns

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53 c2 h7 54 f5 3 55 g4 3 56 e2 h6 57 d2 7 58 5 h6 59 g2!

he tget is now the g7-pawn he et i simpe 59h3  e6 5 61 7  62 g6+

5 63 xg7 1-0

Game 23 AI 7]

Zs uz sa P olgar  Maya C  b u ran z e Women's Oympiad, Cavia 2004

1 tf3 tf6 2 c4 e6 3  4 'c2 00 5  xc3 6 xc3  7  

hee e many possibe moeodes to each the same position Bac ties to coe the ong diagonal at once with d6 and  e5 and fo that she need to hae the c5pawn defended 8 2 d6 (D Accoding to pan Anothe possibiity was 8 b7 but Bac doesnt ue out the posibi iy of paying this bishop along e c8-h3 diag ona w

Howee thee ts out to be anothe idea 9 g4!?

hans to the moe-ode used by Bac White can ty to expoit the momentay wea ne of the h a8 diagon Athough thi is a omewhat doube-edged idea  the white in wi no onge hae a hete on the inside and some sque e weaened  White con sides that the adantages outweigh these de fects 9 7 9 c6 is aso payabe  the two moe e of simia sength Bac woud oe to seal o the ong iagonal a oon  posibe by paying 9 e5 but in that case White expoits the weanes of the othe ong diagona with  0 xe5 when 0dxe5?i not possibe due to   g2 0  b7 s no bette as   f3 ies White an exa pawn without compensation; o 0    d3  b 2 b xa 3 xa xg4? 4  when Wite pessue on the ong diagonal d e open gle gies him a wing atac 10 g5 t5

One of the dawbacs of 9 g4 is the weaen in of f4 and ts moe is a eminde of that Hee thee ae seemingy ony two ogical Intead 0 e8?  woud ao be met by   moes White has to decide how to deeop his   when White ha a fee hand f-bishop eithe with 9 g3 o with 9 e3  gl (D  e5! Ftani-Aronian Bundesiga 2002 continued At ast Bac ha managed to cose the ong 9 g3 b7 (thi position can aso be eached ia such moe-odes as 8 b7 9 g3 d6)  0 g2 diagona and White must see new paths to e c6   00 e5 2 e3 e4?  (ambitiou bt the aunch the oensie Against  d7 Zuza Pog indicate openin of the ong diagona wi be moe im potant than Bac actiity; 2 e8 is bette) that White can pay 2 d4 topping the moe 3 5 e5 4 d3 b5 5 xe4 xe4 6 xe4  e5 and pannin to open the de thus atain bxc4 7 bxc5 e8  8 ad  dxc5 9 g2 and ing moe actiity 12 ih3 White wa ahead in mateia

100

HESS XPLINED : HE NGSH PENING

a) Agast 13 ...7 Polg suggests 14 g4, with e theat of 1 5 xf4, which induces Black to play 14 ...f6, when White has a draw at hand after 15 xf4 exf4 16  d3 xf3, with 17 xh7+ h8 1 8 xf3 xh7 1 9 h5+ g8 20 g6 e8 2 1 "+ h8 22 'h5+, but there is no cle way to go for more. b) 13 ... c6 is more bitious. Ftbelieves that the best continuation is 14 bxc5 bxc5 15

B

 g 6 16 e4, by theand useful move e3,c2driving away followed the f4knight controlling d4; then there might follow b  , etc. Instead, it doesnt like the diect 14 e4. There are two reasons  one is the tempting 14 ..xe2 , high This bishop is the only piece which for now lighting the fact that the white king is not as has no cle destination  it cnot develop on safe as it seems. Black is better after 15 xe2 the fa6 diagonal, and seeks another path to d4+ · 16 e3 (or 1 6 xd4 exd4, winning back taget the kingside the piece with advantage because of the pin on Castling is less exible  bringing the a  the ele) 16 ...xe4 17 xe4 'e7, followed rook into play is still not benecial, since it can by ... b7+ or ... f5+  the white king doesn t not enter the ght. If 1 2 000, there ght fol manage to get to safety. 14... d4 is less vi o low 12 ...cx 13   forcing White to lent but possibly even more eective. The fol me a concession. lowing line is not convincing for White 15 

2 isf4a natural move, and leads to good xd4 This lowed cxd4 by 18 ..16h3 f3and xe4 ... xg5, 17 xe4 and the c8,break fol play. Polg suggested 12 ...f5?, forcing ite 1 8... d5 is also  idea. to take other steps. We now re to 13 ... g6? (D) 13 .f (D)

w

B

3 g6?

4 xe! !

Blacks mistake woud go unpunished after The idea is good  to drive away the bishop any other move. This sacrice requires calcula with tempo. Black considers that there e no tion, but the open long diagonal allows White problems in weakening thelong diagona, since to be optisc. it is rmy closed, but this is an eor of calcula 14xe2 (D) tion. We should examine each of the capures. There were two continuations leading to a Against 14 ...gxf5? the swer is easy  there reasonable position for Black follows 1 5 c6 winning at once. Aer 14 ...dxe5

IZONGSH D MIKENAS rACK

101

White eploits s conol of te long diagonal forcelly with 15 "e5 f6 16 'f4 gf5 17 gf6+ 8 (if 17  it is mate in thr moves 1 8 g7+ e8 19 'e5+) 1 8 f7+ and mate Against the most resilient reply, 14 e7, Polg indicates a beautil line 15 e4 ! !, ob sucting te action of the black queen on e2; after 15 de5 (not 15  e4 16 c6 ! d3+ 17 f1 !, and wins) 16 b7 e2 (there is no

Both elegant d accurate 16 d8? loses material because of 16 d8 17 e6+ f8 1 8 c3 e8, winning

hope 17 19 "e5 f6 1f7 8 f4) 17 e2after 'b7161b7 8 e5 f6 'e6+ 20 gf6, d although Whites advantage is ve lge, Black c still ght on 14  8 allows a si mil sequence, but now it is winning 15 e4 ! !, d after 1 5   16 g4! + 17 d3! the queen is untouch able du to 18 h6#

w

16 g7 17 xc3+ f6 18 6+

Winning the echange, and obtaining a deci sive advantage 8 '6 9 g6+6 D)

w 20 e6

ght While could thishave dsnt en rowaway shortenedebyvictory, eploiting e e posion of the ing on th edge with 20 b !, and if 20gf5 there follows 21 b3 20 c  !, wi e se idea, so works 206 21 d5 f8 22 f7 d8 23 xb7 xb7  g3 7 25 : d8 26 b5 :f4 27 d3 d5 28 :e7 dx4 29 dx4 f7

15 7! !

If instead 15 e2?, there follows 15  de5, threatening the bishop, when 16 e5? doesnt work due to the pin 16 e8

Against 29  c4 Polgar points out 30 :d :d4 3 1 d4 cd4 32 a7, etc  :dl g5 3 xa7 x4 32 : 6 2 33 xb6 4 34 a4 a 35 6 f3+ 36  d2+

36 h2+ 37 g2 g4 is no better due to After 15 f7 ite has a mating nish 38 d4, and the two passed pawns are decisive 37 xd2! with 16 g7+
37xd2 38 6 2 39 b6 1-0

16 h6+!

Game 24 A7

Mk a l G rev c - Arkad  N a d sc European Ch, Antaya 2004 the chacter of the position, going om quiet Here we see  idea of the prolic Russian manoeuvres to complications where the fate of GM Vadim Zviagintsev. White totaly changes both ings is hardous. 1  f6 2 4 3 c3 b4 4 g4 D)

02

HESS XPLINED: THE NGSH PENING

Black can also damae Wtes sctre wth  xc3  dxc3 d6 so as to be able to wthdraw the 6kniht to d7 and then prepare -- placn hs central pawns on dk sqares 5 %gl b6 The mo st exble  Black stll does not de cde how to place hs pawns and deelops hs c8bshop to the only attracte locaton rom where t contols the e-sqe

B

Mchal rasenkow the man adocate o the lne ponted ot that ths moe has slar tes wth the habalo-hro ttack o the e-la whch s seen ate  d d 2 c c6 3 3 6  c3 e6  e3 bd7 6 c2 d6 7  etc Whte combnes deelopment wth at tack dsrptn Blacks deelopment and re mndn h that  b has weakened the kinsde 

4toppn h6 Whtes expanson and secn

o the tme ben the placement o the 6knht For t to be den away Whte now e qes two preatory moes  and h In ths case Black wold hae the hle Thee e seeal othe contnatons ate ln ot x?! when Wte ecoes the pawn wth   and t s the black kn whch has lost the most wth the pawn exchane Black has three bc deas tooppose Whites mpetos attack One s smply to noe t and contne deelopment wth   whch has the drawback tat the 6-kiht s releated to a passe poston ate   e8; best sees to  6   so as ater 6 c to contne c2 b3 and b2 creatn stron pressre on the lon daonal Conterattackn wth d seems pea te  ate   e Whte can choose be tween 6 h played by Zantse and 6 a+ c6 7 e  7  d7 the endn ensn om 8 xc6! �xc3 9 xd8 xa  xb7 s slhtly better or Whte; e  �d  e3 �b6 2 d3 x 3 c b8  cxb6 :xb7   + 6 2 h  7 b3 �d7 8 bxa7 xa7 9 �b2 The h-knht has ended p badly placed and Wte has the bsho-par

6  contnes wth hs deelopment pe Whte pan a3 as n the man lne and also control ln the e-sqare  ths s mpo rtant The alteate 6 h s less conncn 6 b7 7  hx 8 hx and now Black has 8 e when ater 9 c2 xc3  dxc3 d6   e3 c6 he deploys hs oces to natral sqes Ae the mprecse 2 d2?! (Tmman ponts ot that  2 - s bette whch Black would meet by 2  e7 n ode to castle qeensde wth a ood ame) 2 h2! Whte has to place his ook on an awkward spot wth 3 :2 or 3 %? loses materal aer 3 e ad  3 h ?

s etcet Inby Van 3 Wely-Tmman  b   cxb �xh Wjk  3Zee 3999 +!  there ollowed 3 e7  3 d6   6 6  e7 7 2  wth a ha oios poston or Black 6b7 7  e7

Captrn on c3 wold be a concesson lean the whte qeen n a ston poston 7 �xc3 8 xc3 d6 9 2 bd7  h! and Whte ot a daneros ntate n kmako ss Genea 2  e? to block o the whte qeens pressre backes becase o   xe! 8 g5 g5 9 txg5 D)

B

IZNGSH D MIKENS rCK

10

Wth the threat of 10 xf7 9••• h 9 f s he alteae keepn the h-le open Whie c occpy the cenre wh 0 d d after 10 c6   f3 d5 2 cxd5 xd5 1 3 e xc3 1 xc3 d7 5 b5 f6 6 e3 Whie has more space alhoh  s not cle wch kn s better placed Chances e abot eqal Caprn the h2pawn compromises he

and keep the tenson Grech nts ot that Black wold ha reached his oal of pn hs kn no safey afer the reea 5 e3 e7 6 2 0-0-0

peces  xh2 can be met wh   h3 fol lowedby10f

re wth 20 xc3 ! 21 bxc3 e72snc af er 22 exd7 xd7 23+?xd7+ xd7 h! exh 25  he we qeensde s not mporan whereas he exra pawn s) 21 exd7 xd7 Black wll soon recoer he hpawn eqalz n the ame

10 d4 c6 1 f3

e mmedate   d5 s me by     d 2 d c5 when he cenzed knih on d s ery annoyn If 13 e3 tes poson shows ts weak pons aer for nsance 13 x5 1 exd xc  5 xc f6 16 b5 f!

 ••• c6!?

15 fx5 s playab le  afer 16 6+ f 17 dxe6 f6   xf6+ xf6 9 xb7 d 20 d e7 (the e5-bshop s ery stron Black es nothn o of daman Whes sc

16 dxe6

Openin the d-le n the hope of explon  The aleae sesed by Grech s 6 11 • f6 I s no cle whether Whies aresse d2! ? n order o conne wth 7 000 16  dxe6 posre s an adantae  Black may ye proe 6  fx5? loses o 17 6+ e7   f7+ tha Whe has one too f d6 1 9 d  12 d er 2 e3 6 (the mmedate 12 e7 s me 17  (D) by Black 13 complees e) followed s deelopmen by e7 d  000 12 •e 13 xe Jxe 14 Jg f6! (D)

sere Whte Grech prefersthinks o keepha heaer check 7 on 6+ 6 n f re   d2 e 19  d Black es coner play he black kn s reasonably safe and  s Black who has occped he d-le 20 ? s me by 20d

Insstn on he dea of connn wth 15  e7 and 6 0-00 Other moes sch as 1  f6 or 1 f6 can be met by 15 h and after 16 000 te has obtaned a lead n de elopmen and placed s kn n safey Then aan he extmoe frther compromises he kns safety n pcl he 6-sqe B

w

17 ••f!

oppn 6+ and prepn  f7 d 9  f6 wh a ood defense ber for he kn and all he peces deeloped er 7  7 or 7  e7 Black does no 15 Jg2! ? nce   f6 has weened he scre and manae o ck s kn safely away on he the black kns safety White ies to explot t qeensde There follows  0-0-0 and een

104

HESS PLINED:THE NGSH PENING

ater wnnng the h2pawn the black kngs lack o saety s  mportant problem 18 c!

Whte or his prt opens the a2-g8 dago nal n order to make the black kng eel ncom ortable

w

8 •• f6 9 

Grech belees that aer 9 b3 e7 2 cxb6 g Black has conterplay 9•••f7 d deendng the b7 2 b8 20 s b3 nteresting bshop so that ater Grechs sggeston 2 cxb6 axb6 22 g5 w a complex game Black can reply 22 c5! ter e bshop ex change the h-sqe s le nprotected which s ery mportant when captrng on h2 We see that the white king s not better placed than the black one  the poston s shaken p and some peces e exchanged 21 xd cxd 22 cxb6  23 000

Wite obtans a ery aorable endng aer 26 exd5 27 :Xd5 c8+ 28 b c 29 xd8 xb3 3 :Xc8 etc Now Wite gets a materal adtage and een more mportantly hs kng s saer which wll be the decdng actor 27 �b  2 !

Captring the b6-pawn s not to  recom Beter tan 28 g3 c7 which wold lead mended It jst opens another dangeros le to the qeens beng aded o which s not n aganst e wte kng which wont hae a sae Wites nterest or e black ng s exposed •••

28 7 29 'xb6 xd  xa6 8 31 rege 23  d7onand thethen qeensde the capre 23 xb6 o the sh2pawn met by :4! 23•• ia6  id4!? Iniatng an oense wth the three major The sacrce 2 xd5? s not aorable peces atacking n coordnaon yet 2 :c8+ and Black wns materal (25 3 ••• 32 'g6! g 33 :   b exd5 26 xd5 c) �al 7 35 d6! •••ixd4 25 xd4 :xh2? (D) Ts orces the exchange o the rooks and Ths allows White a wing combnaton the two exa pawns wn easly Te black king 25  h3 !? s nterestng wth the teat o s stll exposed bt White dsnt need to go  xe2 n order to dre the wite qeen away or mate 3•• :h  : xh+ 37 �a2 :2 38 om the a2g8 diagonal 26 ixd!   �h7 39 'f7 1-0

Game 25  A1 8 ]

Vas ly I vanc uk - Pete r H e n e N  elsen Skanderborg 2003 1 c4 f6 2 c3  3  (D)

Whtes moe-order allows hm to choose ts agesse adance called the Mkenas At tack 3 3 leads to stons dscssed earler n this chapter 3 d

The man alteate s 3 c5 aganst wch te c se the pawn sacrce  e5 g8 5 3 c6 6 d cxd 7 xd xe5 8 db5

wth comnsaton or the pawn Ts has been played e oen orthe last 3 yes and there s extense theoretcal materal aalable pon t Wth   c6 5 d cxd 6 xd Whte can anspose to a lne o the clian e ence bt snce the a38 dagon s on the annoyng pn 6 s possble so another dea  to play 5 e2 rst (other moeorder

IZONG D MIENA rAC

B

105

7 e7  e3! cxd4 9 xd4 xd4 1 0 ' xd4 dxc4 1 1 ' xd+ xd 12 xc4 00 13 0-0 d te white peces were activaed moe quckly There followed 1 3 d7 14 fd c6 15 b5 b6 16 xb6 b6 d after the typcal move 17 3! ltng boh the f6-kngh and he c6bshop Whe s poston was to be preee 4 e5 d4

Alough no long n fashon, 4 e4 s

also e6 possble dx 6 bx '6 7 (D 7 d4 usually comes to the same thing The most comon eply s 7 e5 and there ollows  , eaching the man poston By delayng d4 Wite keeps othe optons as we shall see

to reach this poston s 1  c5 2 f3 e6 3 c4 c6 4 c3 f6 5 e2),  oder o pay 6 00 laer on and only then d4 Bla ck dsn t have to accept the clan oute and can cange the scture by playng 5 dS The ge may go 6 B ex exdS 7 d4 (D)

B

7e

Afte e knght exchange Blacks kngsde has been weakened by he dsappeance of one defende Also the halfopen ele benes Whe In exchange he whte queensde pawns are doble  Blacks stctue s bee I s also possble o gh agans the cente wth 7  c5 As wth 7   e5 e has two man optons  one s to play  d4 and the othe s to posone the avance ntl he has developed the kngsde wth  3; he bshop can then move o c2 o even to  argetng the qeen se dependng on Blacks eply 8 d4 exd4 9  It s not possble to keep al the options wth 9 cxd4 because o the annoyng 9 b4+ whch makes Blacks ask ease

This s a symecal poson  wth accu rae play Black c netalze Whtes extra tempo, but f he makes any mstakes Whtes minmal advantage c ncease as n Ivan chkAnand Wjk  Zee 206 which contn ed 7  e6  e3 dxc4 9 a4 cxd4 10 xd4 d 1 1 xc4 c?! (nand comented that t s bee to contnue wth the evelopment o the kingsde by 1 1  e7) 12 0-0 d6 13 xc6 xc6 14 4 00 d hee nsead of te move actually played, 15 xa7 ?!, compromisng te bshop and the poston 15 f3! s bette wth song pesse on he queensde  te wll 9 'e probably wn a pawn n good crcumstances Almos he only move 9  g6? loses moe Curosly enogh n Ivanchuk-nan Ma tme becase o 10 d3 when 10 f5? loses nla OL 1992 Whe go he advanage oo ater to 1 1 e2+ ••.

106

HESS XPLINED: HE NGSH PENING

10 e2 e7

t s not possble to shatter Whtes strce wth 10 .. d3?  becase of the weness of d8 1 1 "d3 s not forced Whte can play 1 1 !  followed by 12 d3 wth an oerwhelmng nitate. The weakenng 0 ...f6 has been sed to pre ent Whte from ndoblng hs pawns. The game s abot eqal f after   d4 f7

be opened) 16...f6 17  a6 18 h "e 19 �f3 ( 19 f4 s here naccrate aer 19 ..e3+ 20 h 1 e8 the poston s leel  Whte can not contne wth the offense) 19 ...c 20 e "d6 2 d4 f6 22 :e3 and Whte s better wth deas sch as bngng the rook to the offense wth g3 echangng the lght sqed bshops wth g4 frther weakenng e6 and also renforcng the conol of the e-le

Whte contnes 2 �f4 �c btand Black s n seos oblewth aer1 the srprsng bea tfl 2 h6! whch hnders Blacks comfo able deelopment. The bshop s ntochable becase of 13 �h. hyazdanoRantse el 2 contned 12... g6 (f 2 .. �d6 n tendng 13 ... 0-0 there follows 13 �h g6 14 �e2) 13 "d2! a6 14 00 h6 1 "h6 d7 and here Whte cold hae played the strong moere 6 ab 0-0-0 7 'c fol lowed by b2 as hydano ponted ot.

wth Pelleter-bl Bndeslga 200 2/3. 3ae d2 6 (D) Theatening 14 ...d4. The man altea te s 1 3 .. 0-0 a) Aganst 14 f4 Black eplots the delay n castlng wth 14 ...g4 1
B

Whte somewhat the freer ge.

11 cxd4 xg5 12 txg5 (D)

w

2e7

The qeen reteats attackng the g-knght at the same tme so as not to lose more temp. Besdes from ths sqe t pns t he e2-bshop whch 12 .. .g6? ! does not. n the latter case Whte can adance wth 13 f4 theateng 3 h 12 .. "f6 s possble preentng 13 f4 when besdes the natral 1 3 d2 13 e4 has been played. Lets see an eample 13 ..g6 14 g3 (here the knight s not headng to e bt con trols f and h) 14 . 00 1 0-0 d8 6 c (be sdes preparng to swng the rook along the thd rank this moe ghts aganst ... c6 after the adance  by occpyng the le that may

14 d5

4 0-0 d4  �h doesn t get Whte any where de to ... e6!; e.g. 16 f7 �f7 1 7 �f7+ f7 8 d4 hd8 wthot major poblems. 14 15 00 00 16 el e alteate s 16 f4 d7 17 �d3 f6 1 8 :ae c+ 9 f2 (een more ambtos s 1 9 h) 19 ..f2+ 20 f2 d here a draw was agreed n C.HansenP.H.Nelsen sbjerg 2 althogh White has hs peces better de eloped.

IZONGSH D MIKENAS rACK

16 f 17 f4 f6

7... f6 is insng  f �g6 follow y ringing a ook o 8 whn lack sms o ha fw olms. 18 f3 8 (D)

Th simlicaion  ... xf+? is no o lacks n  af 9 �xf :ac 2 g4  2 ' xf6 gxf6 22 c5 h whi cn is mnacing.

107

Gaining conol ofh on l sinc now an am o sol  olms y acic ms wih 22 ..5 2 xc7 f4 fails u o 24 ' c5 (fnng f2) 24... g4 25 g \h6 26 h. 22 xl 23 xl ' (D)

w

w

24 h4!

Th awn can  usful in h aack  i can i away h fn of h inasion squ 19 h4!

I is also ossil o aack h f5isho wih h cnralizing  9 4 u af 9 ...g6 2 xf5 'x4 i is h lack qun ha ns u cnaliz. 19g6

s. Th a 9 ...7? las lack wi a a sucu  h follows 2 xf6 gxf6 2  g in o o lay 2 2 f4 an hus   al o  a h h4nigh u no 2 f4? caus of 2..g6 whn lack ais h amag. Th oh oion is 9 ...7 2 xf5 x2 whch af 2 :a las h qunsi wak an a song knigh on f5. 20  xh4 21� Whi is somwha   his qun is ac i on f5 an w now ha  wh awns can ca a angous ass awn in h cn . 21 d4

Conollng c5 an cnalizing h qun u may 2 . .6 is  ning h a anc c5 in a  way.  22 g ' 2 h4 6 24 h5 f 25 �h 7  lack sol his olms y nualizing h conol of h  l in zonZicki an o omingo 2 . 22 d7

7.Exchanging ooks an inlaing wih 24 :+ x 25 x+ f 26  is no nough u o 26 ..6 follow y ... g6 ... g7 c. 24 Th awn is unouc hal  if 24 . 4 hn 25 :7 6 26 xc7  h ass awn is oo song. 2 f g8 26 hs f 27 g d6 28 g3!

Th isho has o h om wh i con ols c hus ning h ossil fnc of h cawn y ...c. 28h6 29 7 d7

Exchanging quns  allowing h ina sion of h snh ank woul  oo much fo lack o san. 30 h3 ?

Ths is an ial squa u lack is oo con n aou h safy of his king. Af h su io  ...f6  �f5  lacks osiion is halhy. 31 f! 8 (D) 32 8+!

An lgan way of lgaing lack o as siiy  h c7-awn coms n wak. Whis manou is lik oning a a in o  o shu i afrws.

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HESS XPLINED THE NGSH PENING

32••• 

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32 ...:xe 33 xe+ f s not possble due to 34 7+! wnnin te excane 33 'e7! xe7?!

Bot now and on te next move t was better to defend wt . a6 plannin to excane queens followed by . f  xe7 ?! 35 :xc7 6  d6 Te passed pawn decdes 36 c+ xc 37 xc cS followed by . e7-d6 proves less cle. 36•••:d8 37  b6 38 c6 tb8 39  xd6  :c8 1-0

Summary Te postons of e No-Enlis e n eneral lon postonal battles alou Wte can spce tins up wt te line 4 4!? wle te Mkenas Attack opens a wder rane of possbltes. n te No-Enls Black s ready to concede te bsop-pr n excane for clos te e d placn a barrier to te b2-bsop wt te setup cS-d6eS Wte es to ncrease te value of s bsops by openin up tat barrer enerally wt d4 even before Black plays ..eS as n Ge 21 d n te notes to Blacks 9t move of te same Kra-Anand omund 2 al tou t s also to resort to f4nas for nstance n KomlenovElvest os Heanas 199 ponted outpossble at Wtes 9t move Game 2 For an exple of tes dksqued bsop becomin partcularly weak see 4... xc3 ! n ArestAdams Frenc Ct 23 mentoned n te notes to Wtes 10t move of Game 22. n Ge 23 te sltly unusual move-order cosen by Black allowed Wite a more radcal a dln of te poston wt te aressve 9 4!? Black ad adequate defensve resources but te mistake 3. 6? allowed Wte to explot brllantly te strent ofte lon a daonal d te team of b2bsop and queen on c3 stan wt 14 xeS! ! Black must not foret tat by playn .c S and ten  . , s weakened bS-square can become te taret of a wte knit  see 23 b followed by c3-bS n Game 2 . Black c  aso temporarly keep is darksqued bsop wt 4 ..cS n order to ave t n case te poston opens up or excae t later on as seen n te aforementoned ame Arest-Adams Frenc Ct 23 However Wte can try to wn more space by drvn t away wt llescass dea 0 :b  mentoned on Wtes 0t move n Game 22 n Gamemanaes 24 te lne 4 4 leads to very wt bot kns n daner Woever to brn s own kncomplex to safetypostons and leaveenerally te opponents badly placed as te advane as Wte manaes to do n te man e Te Mkenas Attack examied n Game 2S oen leaves Wite wt a centr maorty  te man ame e manaes to advace t advantaeously as also after 22 c5 n te note to Blacks  t move altou Black could ave stopped t lke n Bruzon-Zcki anto omno 23 playn 2 1    nstead of te man ames 2 1   d4. n te Mkenas Black tends to la bend n development n exce for a better strucure wc must be boe n nd. For example  0... d3? would ave been refuted by 1 1 -! explotn te fact tat te black kn s stll n te cene.

List of Games

sy Anand - Mcael Adams Soa 25 Levon Aronian - Pete Smiov FIDE KO Tripoli 2004 Evgeny Dareev -YuYakovicRussia Ch semi-al Kaa 2005 ValeFiippov -Loek van Wey FIDE KO Tripoli 2004 Vuga Gasimov -Xu un Olympiad Calvia 20 Bos Gefand Batlomej MaciejaBeuda 2004 ulo Granda Zui ga - Akadj Naiditsc Wk aa Ze 2004 Alon Greenfed -Andeas Scenk ippstadt 2004 Mkl Guvic -Akadj Naiditsc Europea Ch Atalya 2004 Mguel esc -Zoltan Amasi Europea Team Ch Gothebur 2005 Vly Ivancu -ege Kariakin Wk aa Ze 2006 Vasly Ivancuk - Pete Hene Niesen Sderbor 2003 Lef Joannessen -Roland Scmatz Athes 2003 GKasparov -Loek van Wey 'Aeia Rest of World Moscow 2004 Vladm Kraik - Zang Zong Wk aa Ze 2004 -Tomasz MarkowskiPolish Ch Warsaw 2004 Mcal oel LauKrasenkow tier  Du angz Taiyua 24 oel Lautier - Eml Sutovs Eupea Team Ch Gothebur 2005 YannckPeetier -tefan Kristjansson Europea Team Ch Gothebur 2005 Zsuzsa Pogar -Maya Ciurdanidze Wome s Olympiad Calvia 2004 Los Portisc -Zvlad Izoria Europea Ch Warsaw 2005 Robe Ruck - Robet Marku Olympiad Calvia 2004 Maxm Sorokin - men SadvakasovAeroot Ope Moscow 2005 an Timman - YuKuzuov Europea Team Ch Gothebur 2005 Veseln Topaov -Mcael Adams World Ch Sa uis 2005

13  78 49 47 37 96 73 11 25 69 1 1 34 92 17

56 82 65

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Inex of Variations

1

 g3 d5  5 cd5 d5 6 g2 c7  7 00 e5 8 79 d7 10 c 10 . f6 ; 10.. 00 4  

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21 11 ...c5 . e5 3 1  f6 2 c3 e6

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3

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5   5.. g6  6 00 g7 7 d cxd 8 'xd d6 9 e3 bd7 10 ac 1 1 1 b3 0 0 12 h a6 13 h6  13 fd   00 ie7

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   3.   cd5 d5  5 e  3 c6  d cd 5 d e6 6 a 3 . 6 g3 

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7 d  7 ... cd 8 'd 8 d6 

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NDEX OF VARAION

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8 9 10 10 11 12

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Now 7 e  7 g5 

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3: Anti-Nimzo and Mikenas Aack 1 2

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