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Contributing authors Afek•I. Almasi•Anand•Andrianov•Atalik•Avrukh•Behl•Beliavsky•Bosch•Dautov•Dirr Dobosz • Dokhoian • Dorfman • Dreev • Epishin • Gavrilov • Gershon • Golubev • Grischuk Gutman•L.B. Hansen•Hazai•Karolyi•Kinderrnann•Kramnik•Krasenkow•Kuijf•Langeweg Lautier • Lukacs • Marin • Meszaros • Morozevich • Nikitin • Oskulski • Pavlovic • Piket Pliester • Radjabov • Reinderrnan • Scherbakov • Shulman • Sokolov • Solozhenkin • Stohl Sutovsky • Svidler • Timman • Tisdall • Tiviakov • Tkachiev • Van de Mortel • Van der Sterren Van der Tak • Van der Weide • Van Wely • V ilela • Wedberg • Xu Yuhua • Yerrnolinsky

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NIC Forum and Sosonko's Corner Opening

Key

Variation

Page

Gl 5.1

Grunfeld Indian

Exchange Variation 10.l:tc1

8

vo 23.11

Modern Defence

Chaos Counterattack 4...i.c3 5.bc3 f5

9

FR 6.1

French

Tartakower Variation 5...lt:le4

QO 2.11

Queen's Gambit Declined

Blackburne Variation 5.i.f4

SL 4.4

Slav

6.tt:le5

11

EO 8.7

English

Four Knights 4.d4

12

column

13

Sosonko's Corner

9 10

NIC Surveys Page

Opening

Variation

Sl 3.7

Sicilian

5.f3 Variation

16

SI 13.15

Sicilian

Najdorf Variation 6.�c4

21

Sl 18.6

Sicilian

Dragon Variation 9.i.c4

29

Sl 20.5

Sicilian

Keres Attack 6.g4

36

Key

Sl 33.9

Sicilian

Accelerated Dragon 7... tt:lh6

41

Sl 34.6

Sicilian

Four Knights Variation 6.tt:lc6

48

Sl 44.6

Sicilian

Closed Sicilian 3.�b5 tt:ld4 4...tc4

57

Sl 44.6

Sicilian

Closed Sicilian 3.�b5 tt:ld4 4...ta4

64

Sl 49.8

Sicilian

Grand Prix Attack 2.tt:lc3 d6 3.f4

68

FR 3.3

French

Advance Variation 5...tt:lh6

75

FR 4.4

French

Steinitz Variation 4.e5

80

FR 6.4

French

Classical Variation 4.�g5

83

FR 11.4

French

Winawer Variation 7.'ifg4 0-0

90

FR 17.2

French

Tarrasch Variation 7.tt:lgt3

95

CK 1.12

Caro-Kann

Pseudo Panov Attack 2.c4

101

CK 4.4

Caro-Kann

Advance Variation 4.tt:lc3

105

Caro-Kann

Advance Variation 4.c3, 5.�e3

111

Caro-Kann

Classical Variation 4....�.J5

117

CK 4.5 CK 11.5

+

7

RL 18.3

Ruy Lopez

Anti-Marshal! Variation 8.a4

121

RL 26.7

Ruy Lopez

Zaitsev Variation 9...�b7

126

S03.3

Scotch Opening

Four Knights Variation 10...c6 11.'ii'f3

132

Q03.6

Queen's Gambit Declined

Blackburne Variation 5.i.f4

135

QO 15.1

Queen's Gambit Declined

Sokolov's Choice 4...tt:lbd7, 6...dc4

143

NIC Surveys (continued) Variation

Page

Key

Opening

QO 16.9

Queen's Gambit

Declined but Accepted 4...dc4 5.e3

148

SL 1.7

Slav

The Slow Slav 4.e3 �f5

153

SL 3.1

Slav

Chameleon Variation 5.cd5 cd5 6.�g5

159

SL 6.6

Slav

Anti-Moscow Gambit 5...h6 6.�h4

165

SL 7.8

Slav

Botvinnik Variation 16.t2la4 'i:Wa6

171

SL 9.7

Slav

Meran Variation 13.0-0

174

QG 5.6

Queen's Gambit Accepted

The Early 3...c5

178

NI 13.12

Nimzo-lndian

Rubinstein Variation 4...b6 5.t2le2 �a6

182

NI 20.16

Nimzo-lndian

Classical Variation 4.'i:Wc2 0-0

189

Q13.9

Queen's Indian

The Deceptively Slow 4.e3

195

Kl 20.11 Bl 8.4

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10

King's Indian

Romanian Variation 6.h3, 8.�g5

198

Benoni

The Modern Main Line 8.h3, 9.�d3

204

0116.5

Old Indian

Schmid Benoni 6.�c4

210

QP 9.13

Queen's Pawn Opening

A Hodgson Rarity 2.t2lf3 c6 3.�g5 h6

215

NIC Service NIC Review

222

NIC Statistics

225

General Index Yearbooks 7-60

226

NIC Code System

235

FORUM

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Sosonko's Corner

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The Secret o'f Creativity

Black

is OK!

1 4... h5!

a letter by Torsten Behl

Gl5.1 The NIC FORUM Is a platform for discussion of developments in chess opening theory in general and particularly In variations discussed in previous NIC Yearbook Issues.

Contributions for these pages should be sent to: Editors NIC Yearbook P.O. Box 1093 NL 1810 KB Alkmaar The Netherlands. E-mall: [email protected]

VB 59

In Yearbook 59 Mr Van der Tak took a look at Berliner's .!:f.c3-line in the Polugaevsky Variation of the Griinfeld. Well, Mr Berliner tried to give us scientific proof that White is win­ ning after l .d4 against the Griin­ feld. That is really funny. Anyway, I already analyzed the above-mentioned line three years ago. I had a look into my notes and found the first deviation on move 15, where Black can play 15 ... �e6. Neither Mr Berliner nor Mr Biicker pays attention to this move.

1 .d4 tt:lf6 2.c4 g6 3.tt:lc3 d5 4.cd5 tt:ld5 5.e4 tt:lc3 6.bc3 �g7 7.�c4 0-0 8.tt:le2 c5 9.�e3 tt:Jc6 1 0.J::!.c 1 cd4 1 1 .cd4 'iYa5 1 2.Wf1 'iVa3 13 . .l:l.c3 'iVd6 1 4.h4

14 ... tt:ld4? 1 5.e5 tt:le2 1 6.ed6 tt:lc3 1 7.'iff3 ed6 1 8.�d2 d5 1 9.�c3 dc4 20.�g7 Wg7 2 1 .h5 �f5 22.h6 Wg8 23.g4 .ltd3 24.Wgl .l:l.fe8 25.'iff6 <Jtf8 26.l::!.h3+-; 14 ...e5 1 5 .d5 h5!; 14 ... J::!. d 8? 1 5.h5 tt:ld4 1 6.hg6 hg6 17.tt:ld4 �d4 1 8.l::!.d3 e5 1 9.'iff3+-.

1 5.f3 �e6! My improvement. Inferior is 1 5 ... .!:td8?! 1 6 . .\td5 e5 1 7.�g5 ( 17.itc6 ed4 1 8.jLf4 'ife7+) 17 ... tt:le7 1 8.de5 �e5 19 . .!:f.d3 jLe6 20.f4 �g7 2 1 .e5 'ifd7 22.�c4 'iVc7 23.jLe6 fe6 24.J:rd6±; 1 5 ...tt:la5 ! ? 1 6.�d3oo.

1 6.jLe6 Black is winning after both 16.d5? �c3 1 7.tt:lc3 tt:le5 1 8.�e2 �d7 and 1 6.�d3? tt:ld4, while 1 6.e5 'il'd7 17.�e6 'iVe6 is also a little better for Black.

1 6 ...'ife6 1 7.d5 17.tt:lf4 'iVa2 1 8.g4 J::!. fd8 1 9Jld3 hg4 20.fg4 'iVc4+.

1 7 ... 'iVd7 1 8.'ifd2 tt:le5 1 9.<Jtf2 f5!?"F 1 9 ....l:l.fc8:f. In my opinion the scientific proof of a White win is far of the mark. Or, to put it into Andras Adorjan's words: Black is OK. Best wishes, Dr Torsten Behl Hennef, Germany

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retical works presenting the accumulated knowledge of 1 00 years of practice do not provide any conclusive refutation, so let's go for it. Then the reason for the variation's mysterious lack of popularity is re­ vealed.

Postscript Van der Tak: After this letter reached our desk the same line was discussed in Biicker's magazine Kaissiber 17 by John Watson who in a previous review had dissected Berliner's book The System with painstaking precision. Apart from 1 4 ... �e6 ! ? 1 5 . ..ie6 'ife6 1 6.'ii' b 1 'ii' d7 1 7 . .!lc5 h5 1 8.f3 e6 = and 14 ... h5 1 5.f3 :ld8 ! ? 1 6. .td5 .td7 1 7 ..tf4 'ii' b4 1 8.a3 'ifa5, with at least equality for Black, Watson also mentions exactly the same line as Dr Behl. He also analyses 16 ..tf4 (not men­ tioned by Beh1) to equality after 1 6.. .'ii'd8 1 7.�e6 fe6 1 8.l::t d3 'ii' b6 1 9.�e3 llad8 20.�f2 'ii' a6. This see ms dubious because of the sim­ ple reply 2 1 .lld2 when Black has little to show for his ruined pawn structure. However, 16 ... 'ifb4! in­ stead of 16 ...'ii' d8 looks perfectly OK for Black. Surely to be continued!

1 7..th3 [1 7.�g2 tt'lb6 18.�e4 tt'lc4 1 9.'ii' d3t] 1 7... llh8 1 8.'ii'e4 l::th3 1 9.llh3 tt'le5 20.l::th 7 .tf5 21 .'iff4 tt'ld7 22.llb7 �b7 23.g4 tt'lf8 24.l::th 1 .tb1 25.a3 �c7 26.�d2 nbs 27.'iff6 ef6 2s.nhs tt'ld7 29..!lh7 g5 30.ne7 .ta2 31 .'it>d3 llb2 32...ic1 �b1 33. �e3 l::tc2 34. .td2 'it>dB 35.ne6 tt'le5 36.l::td6 wc7 37.J::la6 tt'lg4 38.�f3 tt'le5 39.'it>g3 l::td 2 40.e3 f5 41 .l::ta7 �b6 42.J::la8 .te4

Take My Rook? a

letter by Dimitri Reinderman

vo 23.1 1

VB 59

In his survey about the 4 ...�c3 line, Martin Appleberry analyses my game against Sakaev on page 1 25. He didn't solve the question why a rook was put en prise on move 18 though. The answer: l 7.�h3 was played, which makes the final result much more credi­ ble!

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With kind regards, Dimitri Reinderman Hoorn, The Netherlands

Winning Novelty

Sakaev,Konstantin Reinderman,Dimitri

A

Cappelle la Grande 1 995 (2)

FR 6.1

1 .d4 g6 2.c4 �g7 3.tbc3 c5 4.d5 �c3 5.bc3 f5 6.h4 tt'lf6 7.h5 .!lg8 8.hg6 hg6 9.'ii'a4 'ifb6 1 O.tt'lf3 tt'le4 1 1 .tt'lg5 'iff6 1 2.tt'le4 fe4 1 3.'ifc2 d6 1 4.llb1 'it>d8 1 5.�e3 �c7 1 6.g3 tt'ld7

by Rene Olthof

Dominguez,Lenier Heidenfeld,Mark Istanbul ol 2000 (2)

1 .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.tt'lc3 tt'lf6 4.�g5 �e7 5.e5 tt'le4

Wolfgang Heidenfeld ( 1 9 1 1 - 1 9 8 1 ) was a colourful chess personality who was born in Germany, emi­ grated to South Africa and then went on to live in Ireland, only to return to his native soil in the sev­ enties. He authored many fine chess books, including Grofie Re­ mispartien, Lacking the Master Touch and a monograph on the Classical French (Batsford 1979). Irish International Master Mark Heidenfeld is his son, to whom this treatise was dedicated. Whereas his father specialised in the solid but slightly passive re­ treat 5 ... tt'lg8 (which he called the Frankfurt Variation) Heidenfeld junior apparently prefers the live­ lier action in this almost forgotten line, which is commonly known as the Tartakower Variation.

6.�e7 tt'lc3 A familiar situation. There is this attractive side-line, rich in history and with a lot of tactical pitfalls, which no contemporary grand­ master seems eager to play. Theo-

In his annotations to the game Forgacs-Tartakower, St Petersburg 1909, Emanuel Lasker observed: 'By 6. ..ie7 tt'lc3 White would gain nothing' . Really? 9

7.'tlfg4 7.�d8 tt'ld1 8.�c7 tt'lb2 9J:!: b 1 tt'lc4 1 0.�c4 dc4 netted White a small plus after 1 1 .tt'lf3 ! in Spassky-Byme, Moscow 1 975. Few books fail to point out 1 1 .l:i:b4? tt'la6 1 2.l:i:c4 b5 ! 1 3J:!:c3 i.b7 with the dual threat of 1 4 ... �g2 and 14 ... b4 (Chigorin­ Lewitt, Ostend 1 906). Francis Lee-Arthur Tietjen, London 1 900, a game which nobody ever men­ tions, saw the no less convincing 1 3 ... b4 14.l:i:c6 i.b7 ( 1 4 ...>t>d7 seems more logical) 1 5Jla6 i.a6 and Black has won the exchange (but he didn't win the game). And the real premiere of this line is NN-Rhodes Marriott, Manchester 1 897, which went 14 . .ll c4 i.b7 1 5 .tt'lf3 J:f.c8 'and White resigned some few moves later' .

7 '1J/ie7 8.'i!'g7 •••

Tartakower suggested 8.bc3. The critical line is 8...'1J/ia3 9.�d2 0-0 1 0.i.d3 c5, avoiding 9 . . .'1J/ib2? 1 0.'1J/ig7 'IJ/ia1 ( 1 0....l:if8 1 1 .tt'lf3 ! is clearly horrible; the rook on a1 is indirectly covered) 1 l .'lilih8 �d7 1 2.tt'lf3, with an easy win for White in Malinin-Bashkirov, St Petersburg 2000.

8 ...'1J/ib4 9.'lilih8 >t>d7

The ending after I O...tt'lb1 1 l .'tt> e2 'lilib2 1 2.l:rb1 'lilib1 ( 1 2 ... '1J/ic2 1 3.tt'ld2 is an important defensive idea) 1 3 .'1J/ih7 is quite hopeless. At first sight 10 ...tt'le4 1 1 .>t>e2 tt'lc6 ( l l ...'lilib2 12.'tt> e3 transposes to the note after 1 1 ...tt'lb1 in the game) looks promising, e.g. 1 2.'1J/ig8? tt'ld4! 1 3.tt'ld4 'lilid2 1 4.Wf3 'IJ/id4 ! and White has great difficulties in coping with the combined power of queen and knight. After 1 5 .g3 ! (there is no defence after the greedy 1 5 .'1J/if7? 'tt> c6) he somehow seems to sur­ vive: 1 5 ... '1J/if2 1 6.�g4 'lilif5 1 7.'tt>h4 tt'lf2 1 8J:tg 1 'IJ/ie4 1 9.g4 'lilif4 20.llg2 'lilih6 2 1 .'tt> g3 'IJ/ie3 22. 'tt>h4 'lilih6 (little is achieved by 22...'1J/ih3 23.Wg5 tt'le4 24.>t>f4), with a perpetual. Or 1 5 ... tt'lg5 1 6.'tt> g2 'IJ/ie4 1 7.>t>g1 tt'lf3 1 8 .'tt> g2 tt'leS 1 9.Wg 1 and Black might try 1 9 ...'1J/ic2 ! ? However, the fearless 12.'tt>e3 ! and if 1 2 ...tt'ld4 then 1 3 .i.d3 ! puts an immediate end to Black's ambitions.

1 1 .>t>d2! One wonders how many players (and computers ! ) had this wonder­ ful ploy in store to spring upon an unsuspecting opponent. 1 1 ..S:d1 ? 'IJ/ic2 is of course not a line White is dreaming about.

1 1 ... tt'lb1 ?! Black has nothing better than 1l...tt'le4 1 2.We3 ! 'lilic2 1 3 .i.b5 c6 1 4.i.e2 when he is an exchange down in a dismal position. Heidenfeld prefers to perish in style.

1 2.Ilb1 'lilib1 1 3.'1J/ih7+- a5 1 -0 1 4.'1J/if7 'tt>c6 1 5.'1J/if8 Another side-line sent to the bin! Until this game, three moves had been played in this critical posi­ tion: IO.J::!. d 1 , I O.i.d3 and even 1 0.bc3, which resulted in an al­ most forced draw by repetition in Lipnitsky-Geller, Soviet Champi­ onship, Moscow 1 952.

The Secret of Creativity by Paul van der Sterren

QO 2.1 1

1 0.tt'lf3! The winning novelty.

1 0...'Iilib2 10

In Chess Informant 80 we find the correspondence game Nadanian-

Mpenza, 2000, which features a popular line of the Queen's Gambit Declined. After the opening moves l .d4 dS 2.c4 e6 3.tt'lc3 i.e7 4.tt'lf3 tt'lf6 5.i.f4 0-0 6.e3 cS 7 .deS i.cS 8.'1J/ic2 tt'lc6 9.a3 'IJii aS Nada­ nian comes up with the astonish­ ing move 1 0.lla2! ?.

Look at this position ! Perhaps you have to set it up on a board to really appreciate the effect of this move. Does it not look as if the rook has been accidentally moved to a2? Is this how Nadanian keeps surpris­ ing the chess world with his amaz­ ing discoveries? Have we stumbled upon the secret of his creativity? Did one of his grand­ children or his dog, or perhaps the cleaning lady inadvertently push the rook to a2 where Nadanian finds it, immediately realises the strength of this slight alteration and starts analysing it deeply? Anyhow, now that I O.lla2 has come into existence, we have to deal with it. What should Black play? Mpenza's reply I O ...tt'le4 is logical, but perhaps not the best. The game continued 1 1 .cd5 tt'lc3 1 2 .bc3 edS 1 3.i.d3 h6 1 4.0-0 when Nadanian claims a slight ad­ vantage for White and I would say he is right. In his extensive annotations he concentrates mainly on IO ... dc4 and 1 0. . .i.e7. The latter looks like Black's most natural reply to me. Nadanian wants to play 1 1 .b4 'IJiid8 1 2.cd5 edS 1 3.b5 tt'laS 14.i.d3 i.g4 1 5 .tt'ld4 and analyses this in great detail, apparently consider­ ing the position to be about equal

but not quite clear. I would be sur­ prised if this were to prove danger­ ous for Black. The first player to take up 1 0Jla2 was Alexander Rustemov, who played it in the Russian Team Champonship in Tomsk 2001 . His opponent Evgeny Pigusov in fact chose 1 0 ....lte7 when Rustemov deviated from Nadanian's analysis with 12.itd3 instead of 1 2.cd5. This did not cause Black any prob­ lems at all: 1 2 ... dc4 1 3 .iilc4 t2lh5 ! 14.0-0 t2lf4 1 5.ef4 t2ld4 gave him perfect equality. So does this mean that when you play a Nadanian move, you should not try to improve on his analysis, or does it prove 10J:!.a2 to be a harmless move? In any case, I do not think this is the end of the story. If I OJ:ia2 becomes serious, we will come back to it. If we come back to 10.l:i:a2, it will be serious.

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l 2.iilg5 t2lg5 1 3.'iYg7 .ltc3 14.bc3 Black is not at all obliged to settle for a draw with 1 4 ... 'flVc3 1 5 . �e2 'flYc2 (even though many games have been conducted this way ! ), but instead can continue the game with 14 ... 'flVe3, as Paul van der Sterren pointed out in the Year­ book 52 FORUM. In his recent book The Slav, Gra­ ham Burgess also draws attention to this move, observing that while 14 ... 'flVe3 does make White work for the desired draw, if he plays precisely, only Black will be in danger of losing. But why make a draw with White? Ruud Janssen, a young IM from the Netherlands, sets a better ex­ ample. Instead of going for a draw, he had prepared the stunning 1 0.Ra3 ! ?, a move only few players had ventured before. At the Whitsun weekender, an annual tournament in the Nether­ lands, Janssen finished first partly because ofthe following entertain­ ing game.

Janssen,Ruud Oosterom,Eric

Drawing Une?

by ]an van de Mortel

Bussum 2001 (3)

SL4.4

1 .t2lf3 d5 2.d4 t2lf6 3.c4 c6 4.t2lc3 dc4 5.a4 .ltf5 6.t2le5 e6 7.f3 .ltb4 8.e4 iile4 9.fe4 t2le4 1 O.Ra3 'flVh4

In the position after 1 .d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.t2lf3 t2lf6 4.t2lc3 dc4 5.a4 itf5 6.t2le5 e6 7.f3 iilb4 8.e4 iile4 9.fe4 t2le4

••n;:,

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... i�'' ... Aib4 1 6.iid2 .li!.d2 1 7.'ilfd2 0-0 1 8.0-0 e4 1 9.d6 ef3

Buhlmann,Werner Grabinger,Hartmut cr QTV 1 991 ( 1 )

1 .e4 c 5 2.tt:lf3 d 6 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:ld4 tt:lf6 5.f3 e5 6 ..li!.b5 tt:lbd7 7.tt:lf5 dS S.edS a6 9. .>id7 'ii'd7 1 0.tt:le3 bS 1 1 .a4 .>ib7 1 2.abS abS 1 3.l::t a8 .li!.a8 1 4.Vi'e2 .li!.cS 1 S.tt:lc3 0-0 1 6.'iVb5!? 'ii' bS 1 7.tt:lbS tt:ldS 1 8.tt:ldS .li!.dS 1 9.tt:lc3 .li!.c6 20.tt:le4 .li!.b6 21 .tt:ld6 l::t a8 22.'i;e2 l::t a2 23.'i;d3 .li!.c7 24.tt:le4 fS 2S.tt:lc3 l:i:a1 26.J:!.d1

33 ... l::t ed7 34.tt:lf6 l::t d 6 3S.tt:lg4 'iVg7 36.tt:leS 'ii'f6 37.tt:lg4 'ii' h 8 38.tt:lf2 .li!.f2 39.'iVf2 Wf6 40.Wd2 g7 41 .g1 .li!.c8 42.f4 wh7 43.J:!.e5 .li!.b7 44.J:!.d4 l::t 8d7 4S.'ilfe3 l::t d8 46.'iVe4 .li!.c8 47.'ii'f3 wg7 48.'iVg3 .li!.b7 49.tt:le3 wf8 SO.h4 l::t c8 S1 .tt:lg4 'ii' g7 S2.tt:lf2 l::t cd8 S3.'iVe3 Wh6 54.tt:le4 'iVh4 SS.tt:ld6 1 -0 J:!.d6 S6.fS 'iVh5 S7.f6

Gamza,M Soffer,Ram 20.tt:lc3?! J:ie8 [20 ... fg2] 21 .gf3 .li!.f3 22.l::tf3 'iVg4 23.l::t g 3 'ii'c4 24.I!g7! Y, -Y, g7

Tel Aviv 1 990

1 .e4 cs 2.tt:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:ld4 tt:lf6 S.f3 es 6 ..li!.bS tt:lbd7 7 .tt:lfS dS S.edS a6 9 .li!.d7 'ii'd 7 1 0.tt:le3 bS 1 1 .tt:lc3 .li!.b7 1 2.0-0 b4 1 3.tt:le4 tt:ldS 1 4.tt:lc4 'ilfc7 1 S.'ilfe2 .li!.cS 1 6.tt:lcs 'ii'cS 1 7.wh1 0-0 1 8.tt:leS l::tfe8 1 9.tt:ld3 l:!e2 20.tt:lcs .ll!.c6 21 .tt:lb3 llc2 22.tt:ld4 J:!:c4 23.tt:lc6 l::t c6 24.l::t d 1 l::t cS 2S.Wg1 f6 26 . .li!.d2 l::t c2 27 ..li!.e1 tt:lf4 28.l::t d 2 J:id2 29. .li!.d2 tt:ld3 30.a3 ba3 31 .ba3 J:!:b8 32 .li!.b4 Wf7 33.'i;f1 [33.J:f.d1 !? li:Jb4 34.ab4 l::tb4 35.l::t d7 Wg6 36.J:f.a7'f] 33 ... l::t bS 34.l::ta2 as 3S ..>id2 a4'f 36.we2 l::t b3 37.wd1 we6 38 ..>iaS wdS 39 ..li!.d8 Wd4 40.c2 l:!b8 41 .li!.as l::t bS 42 ..li!.d8 we3 43 .li!.e7 l:i:b7 44 .li!.d8 l:tb8 4S ..>ias J:l:c8 46 ..li!.c3 tt:lf4 47.wb2 'i;d3 48. .li!.e1 tt:lg2 �1 •

9 "\Wd7 10.ti:Je3 b511.ti:Jc3 •..

Bonch Osmolovsky,Mikhail Kan,Ilya Moscow ch-SU sf 1 949

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26 e4 27.fe4 fe4 28.tt:le4 .li!.h2 29.l::t e1 l::t a8 30..>igS h6 31 .li!.e7! I!e8 32 ..li!.cS l::t d8 33 ..li!.d4 .li!.eS 34.c3± gs 3S.b4 .li!.bS 36.we3 .li!.f4 37.Wf2 l::t a8 38.g3 l::ta2 39.wf3 .li!.c7 40.J:!.h1 +- cJ-;h7 41 .tt:lgs w9s 42.tt:le4 hS 43.l::t e 1 cJ";fS 44.'i;e3 J:!.a6 4S.J:!.h1 wg6 46.l::t h4 l::t e6 47.Wf2 l::te8 48.tt:lf6 l::tf8 49.g4 hg4 SO.J:!.g4 fS S 1 .l::t g7 .li!.d8 S2.tt:lg4 .li!.g5 S3 ..li!.cS .li!.h4 S4.g1 J:!.a8 SS.c4 l::ta 1 S6.Wh2 .li!.c6 S7.tt:lh6 we6 S8.J:!.g6 wd7 S9.Wh3 J:ih1 60.g4 .li!.d8 61 .tt:lfS .>ia4 62.l::t g7 wes 63.tt:ld6 f8 64.l::t a7 .li!.d1 6S.'i;g3 1 -0 ••.

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Koch,Berthold Smith,Olle er ol-5 1 968

1 .e4 cS 2.tt:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:ld4 tt:lf6 S.f3 eS 6.iibS tt:lbd7 7 .tt:lfS dS S.edS a6 9 ..>id7 'ilfd7 1 0.tt:le3 bS 1 1 .a4 .li!.b7 1 2.abS abS 1 3.l::t a8 .li!.a8

1 .e4 cS 2.tt:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:ld4 tt:lf6 S.f3 eS 6. .>ibS tt:lbd7 7.tt:lfS dS S.edS a6 9 ..>id7 'iVd7 1 0.tt:le3 bS 1 1 .tt:lc3 .li!.b7 1 2.'ii'e 2 [12.tt:le4 tt:ld5 1 3.tt:ld5 .li!.d5 14.'ii'e2 .li!.e7 15 ..li!.e3 'iVc6'f Kupper-Samisch, Germany 1 948; 1 2.0-0] 1 2 .li!.e7 [12 ... b4! 13.tt:le4 tt:ld5 14.tt:ld5 'ii'd5 15.0-0 .li!.e7 16.l::t d 1 'ii'c6'f] 1 3.0-0 0-0 1 4.l::t d H J:ifd8 1 S . .>id2 l::t ac8 1 6.a3 'ii'c7 1 7 ..li!.e1 .li!.cs 18 ..li!.h4 'iVb6 1 9.l::t d 3 .li!.d4 20.Wh1 l::t e8 21 .li!.f6 'iVf6 22.tt:le4 Wg6 23.c3 .li!.b6 24.g4 l:icd8 2S.l::ta d1 hS 26.ghS 'ilfhS 27.l::t g 1 wf8 28.l::t g s 'iVh3 29.tt:lg3 g6 30.tt:le4 'ilfh4 31 .tt:lg2 'ilfh6 32.Wd2 l::t e7 33.b4 ••.

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Reichstein,Boris Wojtkiewicz,Aleksander Fredericksburg 1 999 (3)

1 .e4 cs 2.tt:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:ld4 tt:lf6 S.f3 eS 6..li!.bS li:Jbd7 7.1/:JfS dS S.edS a6 9..li!.d7 'iVd7 1 0.tt:le3 bS 1 1 .tt:lc3 .li!.b7 1 2.0-0 b4 1 3.tt:le4 tt:ldS 1 4.c4 bc3 1 S.tt:ldS .lidS 1 6.tt:lc3 .lieS 1 7.wh1 .li!.c4'f 1 8.'ilfd7 wd7 1 9.l:td1 we6 20.b3 .li!.bS 21 ..>ib2 .li!.c6 22.J:!.e1 f6 23.tt:le4 .li!.b4 24..li!.c3 .>ia3 2S.J:!.ad1 J:!.hd8 26.tt:ld2 J:!.d3 27..li!.aS .li!.dS 28.tt:lb1 l:i:d1 29.I:id1 .li!.cS 30.tt:lc3 .>ic6 31 .b4 .li!.d4 32.tt:le2 .li!.e3 33..>ic7 .li!.dS 34.tt:lc3 .>id4 3S.tt:le2 .li!.b2 36.J:!.d2 .li!.a3 37. .li!.aS J:ic8 38.J:id3 .li!.b2 39.J:!.d2 .li!.c1 19

40.J:td1 �e3 41 .J:td3 .tf2 42.J:td2 J:tc4+ 43.h3 iJ..a7 44.a4 �c6 45.J:ta2 h5 46.J:ta1 J:tc2 47.b5 ab5 48.ab5 iJ..bS 49.tug3 h4 5M:lf1 §Ld4 51 . .1:tb1 �d3 52.l:td1 .te2 53.J:te1 �f2 54.J:ta1 f5 55.ti:Jh2 iLg3 56.ti:Jf1 iJ..f1 57.J:tf1 g6 58.�d8 �f2 59..tg5 e4 0-1

Papageorgopoulos,G Atalik,Suat 1 .e4 c5 2.ti:Jf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.ti:ld4 ti:Jf6 5.f3 e5 6.kb5 ti:Jbd7 7.ti:Jf5 d5 8.ed5 a6 9.kd7 'i!Vd7 1 0.ti:Je3 b5 1 1 .ti:Jc3 [11.b3 �cs �::,. 12.c4?? iJ..d4] 1 1 ... iJ.. b7 1 2.'i!Vd3 [12.a3 0·0·0!?] 1 2 b4 1 3.ti:Je4 ti:Jd5 1 4.ti:Jd5 [14.0·0 •..

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[16.�e3 J:tc8 17.0·0·0 ka2 18.ti:Jd6 iJ..d6 19.J:td6 iJ..b3 20.J:td2 0·0 21.'0t>b1 .11l.e6 22.llhd1 kiS] 1 6 ... J:tc8 1 7.'0t>d1 ke7 [17....te4 18.1e4 ii.e7 19.J:tl1 0·0 20.l:t13] 1 8 ..td2! 0-0 [18...�e4 19.1e4 J:td8 20.'0t>c1 0·0]

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Shamaev,Leonid Chekhover,Vitaly Leningrad 1 938 (4)

1 .e4 c5 2.ti:Jf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.ti:Jd4 ti:lf6 s.t3 es 6.�b5 ti:lbd7 7.ti:Jts d5 8.ed5 a6 9. .11l.d7 'iYd7 1 0.ti:Je3 .11l.c5 1 1 .ti:Jc3 0-0 1 2.ti:Je4 ti:Je4 1 3.fe4 f5!? 1 4.ef5 b5 1 5.0-0 �b7 1 6.'0t>h1 J:tad8 1 7.'iYd3 �e3 18 ..te3 �d5 1 9 .tg5 .11l.c4 20.'ifd7 J:td7 21.:C:f2 g6?! 22.f6 'Ot>f7 23.h3 .te6 24 .1:te1 J:td5 25.J:tfe2 J:tc8 26.c3 J:tcc5 27.iLe3 J:tc4 28. .11l.g5 e4 29.h4 .11l.f5 30.'0t>h2 h5 31 .Wg3 l:td3 32.J:te3 J:te3 33.J:!e3 llc6 34.'0t>f2 lld6 35.'0t>e1 'Ot>e6 36.lle2 J:td3 37.'0t>f2 'Ot>f7 38.J:te1 we6 •

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1 .e4 c5 2.ti:Jf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.ti:ld4 ti:Jf6 5.f3 e5 6 ..11l.b5 ti:Jbd7 7.ti:Jf5 d5 8.ed5 a6 9..td7 'iYd7 1 0.ti:Je3 b5 1 1 .0-0 .tcs 1 2.'0t>h1 o-o 1 3.ti:Jc3 ke3 1 4 ..11l.e3 b4 1 5.ti:Je4 ti:Jd5 1 6.kc5 J:td8 1 7.a3 'ifc7 1 8.ab4 ti:Jb4 19.'iYe2 ti:Jd5 20.'ii'f2 'iYc6 21 .J:tfd1 ii.e6 22. 'ifh4 f6 23.b4 �f5 24.'ife1 ti:Jf4 25.'ii'e3 h6 26.c4 �g6 27.ti:Jd6 Wh7 28.b5 ab5?! 29.cb5

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29 .'ifd5!+ 30.J:tac1 ti:Jd3 31 .ti:Je4? .te4 32.fe4 ti:Jf2-+ 33.'iYf2 'ifd1 34.J:td1 J:td1 35.'it'g1 J:tg1 36 . .tg1 J:ta4 37.g3 l:te4 38.'0t>g2 f5 0-1 ••

39.a4! ba4 40.J:ta1 J:td6 41 .J:ta4 J:tb6 42.'0t>e3 'Ot>f7 43.J:tc4 llb7 44.b4 J:td7 45.:C:c6 J:ta7 46.J:tb6+­ .11l.e6 47.'0t>e4 ii.c4 48.'0t>d4 J:tc7 49.kf4 J:tc8 50.ii.e5 'Ot>g8 51 .g3 �b5 52.'0t>e3 J:td8 53.'0t>f4 J:!.d7 54.ii.d6 'Ot>f7 ss.wes g5 56.J:!.b8 gh4 57.gh4 .11l.c4 58.J:!.c8 .11l.b3 59.J:!.c6 J:!.a7 60.�c5 J:!.d7 61.J:ta6 J:!.d5 62.'0t>e4 J:l:d1 63 ..td4 J:!e1 64.'0t>f4 'Ot>g6 65.J:ta5 J:!.f1 66.'0t>g3 .11l. d1 67.J:!.g5 wf7 68. .i:tg7 we6 69.J:!.e7 'Ot>d6 70 ..11l.c5 'Ot>c6 71 .ii.f2 ii.b3 72.f7 kf7 73.J:!.f7 1 -0

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INTRODUCTION: Alexander Nikitin MAIN ANALYSIS: Alexander Morozevlch, Alexander Nikitin STUDY MATERIAL: Nlkltln, Sutovsky

Sicilian Defence Najdorf Variation 51 13.15

Unsuccessful Searches for an Advantage 1 .e4 c5 2.li:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.ti:Jd4 ti:lf6 5.ti:lc3 a6 6.�c4 e6 7.�b3 b5 8.0-0 iie7 9.'iff3 'ifc7 1 0.'ifg3 We are accustomed to the stormy development of events on the Sicilian battlefield, when rapidly advancing pawn chains clear space for the main forces. More rarely one encounters attempts to break up the black fortress using piece forays alone, imparting to the play a solidity typical of the Spanish Game. This is how events develop after 9.'fif3 'ifc7 1 0.'ifg3. In this set-up the g2 and h2 pawns, which are active participants in modem Sicilian battles, remain behind to guard their king, and the f2 pawn is advanced depending on the tem­ perament of its sovereign - either to f5, if he is too aggressive, or to f3, if experience suggests to him that restricting the activity of the opponent's light-square bishop is also quite a good benefit, achieved without any risk. Anyone going in for this position, before tackling the more general problems, must decide for himself (desirably before the game) two problems of a tactical nature: for whom is Black's desire to grab the e4 pawn dangerous, and should he be in a hurry to castle, to defend the g7 pawn? It seems to me that, in

both attempts to gain an immedi­ ate material advantage, the risk is greater than the pleasure. The in­ quisitive or interested reader may familiarise himself with attempts to substantiate this opinion, by looking at the comments to games 1 and 4. I think that the choice of the great and mysterious Bobby Fischer - 1 l .ti:lce2, leaving the a4 square for the bishop, is more promising, and Ernil Sutovsky's excellent novelty 19 .. .'tl¥e8 ! shows that the g7 pawn is inedible.

Two Main Lines In the first main line - 10 ... ti:lc6 1 l .ti:lc6 '/lfc6 1 2 . .l:!.e1 - Game 3

(Short-Kasparov) is notable for its wealth of interest and instructive­ ness. The other main line of this opening variation - 10 ... 0-0 1 l .�h6 ti:le8 1 2.J:!.ad1 �d7 - has had the most tournament experience, although the pattern of the middlegame play differs little from the previous set­ up, and the most interesting games, 9 and 10, confirm this. This line is the most solid. Since neither player has any obvious weak­ nesses or bad pieces, with correct play White can retain a slight spa­ tial advantage, but with equally correct play Black gradually equalises. As they say, if a blonde

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plays well, and a brunette replies in the same way, the game should end in a draw. Standing apart in this line is the main game Morozevich-Kasparov, Astana 2001 , which is the reason for this review. Alexander, a grandmaster with a striking tacti­ cal talent, attempted to stir up a grand battle, by throwing forward his f2 pawn, leaving his central pawn without defence. For a long time he was able to keep the posi­ tion in a state of tension and dy­ namic equilibrium, but his strength did not suffice for the en­ tire game. His opponent, Garry Kasparov, a grandmaster no less tactically gifted and with much greater experience, plays this variation with success for both sides, although this success is de­ termined not so much by the open­ ing, as by his enormous practical strength, which causes his oppo­ nents to tremble. In the preparation of this review I have selected only those games (or extracts) which can give a com­ plete impression of the character of the play in the opening and the subsequent middlegame. As a re­ sult, the review consists of 1 1 games and 22 extracts, included in the notes. Many established evaluations, which have passed from one source of knowledge to another, have after checking been changed. I think that a study of the material in this review will be suf­ ficient for the reader to regard one­ self as an expert on the given opening variation. For those wish­ ing to deepen their knowledge still further, I would advise them to turn to the excellent works by grandmasters Adrian Mikhalchi­ shin (Yearbook 2 1 ) and Mikhail Golubev (Yearbook 45). The variation is strategically well-founded and therefore play­ able for both sides.

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81 1 3. 1 5 Morozevich,Alexander Kasparov,Garry Astana 2001 (3)

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2S.'ifhS? [25.�a7!! 'it>a7 26.'ife1 �dB! (26 ... 12le3?? 27.'ii'a5 'it>bB 2B.'ii'b6 �b7 29.'ii'e3; 26 ... 12ll6 27.'ifa5 'it>bB 28.'ii'b6 was 29.12lb4-->>; 29.'ii'a5=) 27.fg4 �b6 2B.'it>h1 �g4! (2B ...hg4!? 29.g3! (29.l:tl2!? l:t8g7! 30.'111 11 :!:.h6! 31.l:tl7 J:tl7 32.'111 17 �b7!! 33.'ii' e8 (33.h3 'ithB 34.12l12 l:tl6) 33 ... g3 34.h3 l:th3 35.gh3 �e4X) 29 ...J:th8 30.�d5 J:tgh6 31.'ii'd2 E. l:tl1, E. b4} 29.l:tl2!? (29.:C:dd2 �e2 30.:!:.e2 'ii'e7+) 29 ...�d1 30.�17! J:tg2!! (30 ... �13?! 31.J:tl3 J:tg2 32.�g8 'ifgB 33.l:tg3 J:tg3 34.hg3 'ifcB 35.'ii'1 1oo) 31Jig2 (31.�e8 �13!-+) 31...�13 32.�g8 'tigB 33.'ii'g3 Wg4!!-+ 34.'tig4 hg4 35.b3 �e4]

17.12l16 'it>hB 18.12le8 12l15 19.�g7 'it>gB 20.Wg4 12lh4= 21.'ii' g3 12l15 22.'ii' g4 %-% Bolievich-Lhagvasuren, Soviet Union 1987; 13.a4 b4 14.12lce2 'it>hB 15.�g5 �g5 16.'ifg5 12l16 17.12lg3 12lc6 18.12lc6 �c6 19.l:tad1 J:tadB 20.lld3 h6 21.'ifl4 'ii' e7 22.'ifh4 J:td7 23.12lh5 12lh5 24.'ti'h5 'li'dB 25.h3 'ti'b6 26.a5 'ti'b7 27.'i!'h4 'ifb5= Kasparov-Gelland, Paris 1991; 13.12lce2 12lc6 14.12lc6 'ifc6 15.12l14 'it>hB 16.�g5 �g5 17.'ifg5 12ll6 1B.e5 de5 19.'ti'e5 llacB 20.a4 'i!'b6 21.a5 'ifc7 22.12ld3 J:tldB 23.12lb4 'ifb7 24.J:tad1 �c6 25.12lc6 'ifc6 26.c3 'it>gB 27.J:td4 lld4 2B.'Ii'd4 'li'c7 29.J:ta1 'it>IB 30.h3 'ii'c5= Minasian-Rodriguez, Luzern Wch-11 1993] 1 3 ... 12lc6 1 4.12lc6 �c6 1 S.J:te3?! [15.�14 a5 16.l:tad1oo] 1S ... aS [15 ... 'it>h8!? 16.�g5 (16.�14 e5 17.�g5 16 18.12ld5 'ifdB 19.J:tc3 �d5 20.�d5 lg5 21...�.a8 'ifaB+) 16... 16 17.�h4 g5 18.�e6 gh4 19.'ti'l4'i']

1 6.�gS �gS 1 7.'ifgS l:tb8 1 8.J:tae1 a4 19.�a2 b4 20.ab4 :!:.b4 21 .12ld1 h6 22.'ifg3 12lf6 23.f3 12ld7 24.'ti'f2 ltJeS 2S.'ti'd2 l:tfb8 26.l:tc3 l::t b2 27.12lb2 l::t b 2

Arizmendi,Julen Pelletier,Yannick

5

Bermuda 1 999 ( 1 )

1 .e4 cS 2.12lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.12ld4 12lf6 S.l2lc3 a6 6.�c4 e6 7.�b3 bS 8.0-0 �e7 9.'tif3 'ii'c7 1 0.'ii' g3 0-0 1 1 .�h6 12le8 1 2.l:tfe1 �d7 1 3.a3 [13.12ll5 el5 14.12ld5 'tidB 15.el5 12lc6 (15 ... �16!? 16.12ll6 '111 16 17.�g5 '111 15 18.�e7 �e6 19.�18 'it>IB 20.�e6 le6 21.J:te6 'ife6 22.'iVI3 12l16 23.'iVaB 12Jd7oo; 15 ... �h4 16.'iVg4 �15 17.'ifl5 gh6 18.g3 �g5 19.h4gg} 16.l:te7! 12le7 26

21 .12le2! a4 22.�a2 b4 23.ab4 'li'b4 24.�c3 'li'b7 2S.I2ld4 12lf6! 26.12lc6 [26.l:!e6? le6 27.12le6 �d5 28.�d5 12ld5 29.�g7 �h4! 30.'ifh4 J:te8-+] 26 ... '1i'c6 27.l:td1 [27.'i¥13!? 'i¥13 2B.gl3 �e7! 29.l::te5i] 27...�e7 28.h3 J:ta8 [28...a3!? 29.ba3 12lh5! 30.'ife3 12l14!=] 29.l::td4

12le8! 30.Wd3 �f6 31.J:tc4 'ifa6! 32.�f6 12lf6 33.Wd2 h6 34.l:td4 'li'b6 3S.c3 a3 36.ba3 [36.b4 J:tbB! (36...12ld5? 37.c4! 12lb4 38.c5} 37.Wc1 'ti'a7oo; 36... J:ta3'i' Short] %-Y, M/93-7-38 YB/45-202

Morozevich,Aiexander Gelfand,Boris

2S ... I2le3 26.l:te3 J:tg2 27.'it>h1 l:t8gS! 28.'ii'h 7 J:tg7 29.'ii'h S l:t2gS 30.'ii'h 6 'ii'g8 31 .:C:ee1 l:th7 0-1 Sutovsky

12lc6 1 4.12lc6 �c6 1 S.�f4!? [15.14 'it>hB (15 ... d5? 16.ed5 ed5 17.�d5!± Reinderman-Roder, Ohrid Ech 2001) 16.�g5 a5 17.15 b4 1B.ab4 ab4 19.12le2 �g5 (19...�e4 20.fe6 le6 21..UIB �18 22.12ld4 e5 23.12le6 'ifa7 24.'ifl2! �e7 25.�e3 'ifa1! 26.'ifl1! Wa6 27.�c4 'ifb7 2B.Wf7 d5 29.�d3 �d3 30.cd3 b3 31.l:tl1 'ifb4 32.�d2! 'li'd6 33.�g5+-) 20.'1i'g5 12lf6 21.fe6 'ifb6'i' Skrobek-Engel, er 1990; 15.llle1 a5 16.J::r.e3 b4 17.ab4 ab4 18.12le2 J:l.a5 19.�14 12lf6 20.e5 de5 21.�e5 lldB! 22.l:te1 �d6'i' Macieja-Vaulin, Warszawa 1992] 1 S...'Ii'b7 1 6.J:tfe1 aS 17.eS deS 1 8.�eSi �f6 19.J::r.d4 J::r.d8 [19 ... b4 20.ab4 ab4 21.12la2 �e5 22.'1i'e5! (22.J:te5 l:!a2! 23.�a2 Wa7 24.:!:.b4 'ifa2 25.l::te1 'ii'd5 26.c3 e5 27.13 f6 28.'if12oo) 22...�g2 23.l:tb4 'li'c6 24.'1i'c3i] 20.l:td8 �d8

7

Istanbul ol 2000 (7)

28.l:!a3? [2B.�c4 a3 (28... 'i!'b6 29.'it>h1 a3 30.�b3! a2 31.l:tce3oo) 29.'i!'e3 (29.l:ta1? 'ifb6 30.'ifl2 l:tb1 31.l:tb1 'ii' b1 32.'ifl1 'ii'b6 33.'it>h1 12lc4 34.J:tc4 a2-+) 29 ... a2 30.�11 J:tb1 31.J:ta3 �e4 32.l:ta2 l:!e1 33.'ife1 �13'!'] 28 ... �bS 29.'it>h1 0-1 J:tc2 [30.'li'e3 12ld3]

Short,Nigel Kasparov,Garry

6

London Wch-m 1 993 (20)

1 .e4 cS 2.12lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.12ld4 12lf6 S.l2lc3 a6 6.�c4 e6 7.�b3 bS 8.o-o �e7 9.'ti'f3 'ifc7 1 0.'itg3 o-o 1 1 .�h6 12le8 1 2.J:tad1 �d7 1 3.a3

1 .e4 cS 2.12lc3 d6 3.12lge2 12lf6 4.d4 cd4 S.l2ld4 a6 6.�c4 e6 7.�b3 bS 8.0-0 �e7 9.'iff3 Wc7 1 0.Wg3 0-0 1 1 .�h6 12le8 1 2.l:tad1 �d7 1 3.f4 12lc6 [13 ...b4 14.12lce2!? (14.15? bc3 15.1e6 �e6 16.12le6 le6 17.�e6 'it>hB 18.l:tl8 �18 19.1:1.11 12ld7! 20.�d7 12l16! 21.�e6 cb2 22.�e3 'ii'c2 23.'ii'e1 'ii'e4 0-1 Olivier-Dunis, Monaco 2000) 14 ... 'it>h8 15.�g5 12lc6 16.15;!; Golubev; 13 ... 'it>h8!? 14.�g5 12lc6 15.�e7 12le7 16.15 e5 17.12le6 le6 18.fe6 l:tl1 19.l:tl1 12l16 20.ed7 'i!'d7 21.'1Wd3 l:tdB= 22.g3 h6 23.a3 Tischbierek-Grunberg, Zittau ch-DD 1989] 1 4.�gS [14.12lc6 �c6 15.15 'it>hB 16.�e3 (16.fe6?! gh6! 17.ef7 12lf6'i') 16 ...b4 17.12la4 (17.12le2 e5 1B.'i¥13 12lf6 19.12lg3 'lli'b 7 20.�d5 �d5 21.ed5 'ii'c7 22.l:td2

Survey S/ 13. 1 5

'i'Nc4+) 17...1bt6! (17...eS!? 18.12lb6 J:!bB 19./bdS �dS 20.edS (20...11l. dS 'ii'c2 21.l::td2 'i'Hc7 22.'ii't3 lbt6oo) 20 ... 12lt6 21.'ii't3 lbd7=; 17... J:!b8?! 18.fe6 te6 19.lltB .>ttB 20.J:!.t1 'ii'e?D (20 ... 1bt6 21./bcS! lbe4 22.1be4 .>te4 23.�t4+-) 21.eS .>ta4 22..>tg5 Wia? 23..>te3 �e? 24...ia4;t A. Sokolov-Geltand, Odessa ch-SU 1989 - YB/21-19S) 18.te6 lbe4 19.Wih3 te6 20.'i'He6 .>tt6oo 21.Wic4 (21.12lb6 l::taeB 22./bdS .>td5 23.WidS lbcs 24 ...id4=) 21...Wib7 22.12lb6 :C:aeB+ Damaso-Arnason, Novi Sad ol 1990]

1 4 ... .>tg5 1 5.fg5 lbd4 1 6.l:!.d4 �c5 1 7.'i'He3 b4 1 a.lbd1 �b5 1 9.J:!e1 a5 20.c3 1bc7 21 .h4 l:!:fba 22.�f2 .>tea 23.1be3 bc3 24.J:Ic4 '¥/Ja7 25.bc3 a4 26 ..>tc2 e5 [26... J:!b2!?+] 27.J:!:b4 lbe6 2a.lbd5 '¥/Jf2 29.1tf2;!; l:i:da 30.'0t>e3 'Ot>fa 31 .g3 .>tc6 32.12lb6 nas 33.1ba4 [33.J:!eb1 !?;!;] 33 ... 1bc5 34.1bc5 dc5 35.l::tc4 l:la5! 36.J:If1 e7 37 . ..ib3 �ea aa.g4 J:!daa 39.l:lf2 �d7 40.h5 ..11l.e6 41 .h6 Y2-Y2

Kasparov,Garry Gelfand,Boris

8

Linares 1 993 (1 1 )

1 .e4 c5 2.12lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.12ld4 lbf6 5.1bc3 a6 6 ..>tc4 e6 7 ..>tb3 b5 a.o-o .>te7 9.'iff3 'ifc7 1 0.Wig3 0-0 1 1 . .>th6 lbea 1 2.l:lad1 ..lil.d7 1 3.t2:lf3! b4?! 1 4.1be2 a5 15.1bf4! 'Ot>ha 1 6 ..>tg5 1bf6 1 7.'ifh4!

24.J:!g3+-; 20 ... bc2? 21./bgS h6 22. Wih6+-) 21. Wit6 ltgB 22./bgS! .>tbS (22 ... ..11l.c8 23.J:!d3 J:!dB 24.Wih6) 23.'ifh6 t6 24.'ii'tB '>t>tB 25.1be6 te7 lbe7 20.'ife7 IlacB 21.J:!:d6 �c6 22.Wic7 J:!c7 23.J:!e1 lbt6 24J:td4±; 17...�dBD 18.1bd4 J:!:eBoo 19./bhS lbhS 20.WihS .>tgs 21.Wig5 a4 22./bbs Wias 23..ia4 'ifa4 24.12ld6 WgB 2S.Ibe8 .ieB 26.J:!d8 lbc6 27.J:!a8 'ifaa 2aJ:La1 'ifa?oo] 1 a.lbd4!+- �ea [1a....it1 19.12lde6! te6 20...11l.e6+- g6 (20...h6 21...11l.h6 1bgao 22.12lg6 wh7 23./bta ..ita 24...its ha 2S ..ig7 'Ot>g7 26.Wih7+-) 21.1bg6 'Ot>g7 22.'ifh6X] 1 9.1bde6! fe6 20.1be6

'ii'a7 21 .e5! de5 22./bfa �fa 23.�f6 gf6 24.l:lda lbd7 25.'i'Hg4! [2S....ig7 26.Wie6]

1-0 M/93-3-74 YB/4S-202

Short,Nigel Kasparov,Garry

17.1bd3

e5!?

1 a. ..ie3

ke7

[1a ... ..ida!? 19.1bd2 lbt6 20.13 Wiba 21.12lc4 .ie6.,t] 1 9.12ld2 lbf6 20.f3

Ilfea! 21 .'0t>h1 £l.e6 22.Ilfe1 .!:iaca [22.../bba!? 23.J:!:c1 lbbd7 24 ..>te6 te6 25.c3oo; 22 ...dS!? 23...igS lbhS 24.Wih4 lbt6! 2S.edS lbdS 26..>te7 Ile7 27.1bc4 t6 28./bcs .it?oo] 23.'iff2 d5 24 . .>tb6

'iYba 25 . .>tc5 .>tc5 26.1bc5 lbd4!.,t 27.1be6 fe6 2a.ed5 lbb3 [2a...edS 29.1be4

lbb3

30.12lt6

gt6

31.cb3oo]

29.12lb3 ed5 30.12la5 'iYaa 31 .12lb3 'ii'a4 32.Ila1 'ii'c6 33.Ile2.,. d4 [34.J:!ae1 lbdS 3S.IleS lieS 36.lleS Wc2 37.'ii'c2 l:lc2 38.l:!dS Ilb2 39.h4 J:!b3 Y2-Y2 40.Ild4= Makarichev] M/93-7-4a YB/4S-202

Kasparov,Garry Gelfand,Boris

10

London Wch-m 1 993 ( 1 8)

Moscow ol 1 994 (5)

1 .e4 c5 2.12lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.1bd4 lbf6 5.1bc3 a6 6 . .>tc4 e6 7 . ..11l. b3 b5 a.0-0 .ie7 9.'iff3 'ifc7 1 0.'ii' g3 0-0 1 1 . ..11l. h 6 lbea 1 2.J:!ad1 .id7 1 3.12lf3 a5! [13...'0t>hal? 14 ..ie3 (14...igS ..igS

1 .e4 c5 2.12lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.1bd4 12lf6 5.1bc3 a6 6.£l.c4 e6 7 ..>tb3 b5 a.o-o �e7 9.Wif3 Wic7 1 0.'il'g3 o-o 1 1 .�h6 lbea 1 2.l:!ad1 kd7 1 3.12lf3 lbc6 1 4...if4 'ifb7 [14...l:!da?! 1S.e5!

1S.IbgS h6 16.1bt3 b4 17.12lb1 aS 1a.a4 lba6 19.1bbd2 lbcS+) 14 ...1bc6 1S.a3 ILl aS 16..>ta2 lbc4=] 1 4.a4 [14.a3 b4 15.ab4 ab4 16.12le2 lbc6 17.1bt4 IlaS!.,t; 14.e5? a4 1S.Ild4 'Ot>ha (15 ...ab3 16..ig7! lbg7 17.Ilg4 'Ot>ha 1a.Ilg? ba2 19.Ilh7 ha 23.bc3 Iltea 24.h4 'ifb7 2S...ic4 .>te4 26. ..11l.b3 �t5 27.c4 J:te2 28.cS .>tc2 29...11l. c2 J:!:c2 30.J:!e1 .tia2 31.'0t>h2 Wit? 32.J:!:e7 'il'g6 33.c6 Wig3 34...ig3 tes .>tc6=] 1 5 ... b4 [1S...Ibas 16.eS1 dS (16...deS 17./bes .>tea 18./bds .ics (1a...lbb3 19./be? 'ii'e7 20.ab3 t6 21.12lc6 'il'cs 22.'llft3!±) 19.�e3 lbb3 20.ab3 .id6 21.12lb6 J:!:ba 22.t4;t) 17..ig5 £l.cS 1a.lbe2 lbb3 19.ab3;!;] 1 6.12le2 [16./bdS?! edS 17.edS lbes 1a.lbeS deS 19...11l.es .it6+] 16 ... e5

1 4 ... b4 1 5.12le2 12lc6

1 7 ... .>tb5?? [17...a4 1B.ti:lhS ab3 19.1bt6! �t6 (19...h6 20..>th6! .>tt6 21.tiJgS! .>tg5 (21...\t>gB 22 . .>tg7!) 22.�g7! ltg7 23.WigS 'Ot>h7 24.l:ld3 eS 2S.J::! g3+-) 20..>tt6 gt6 (20 ...J:taS? 21./bgS l::tgS 22.WigS l:lgB (22 ...gt6 23.'ii't6 hB 30.ti:ld3 g6 31.l:!e4 'ilo>g7 32.l:!b4 'ii'eB 33.'�11+-) 21.'ii'c5 l:!d1 22.l:!d1 'ii'e4 23.ti:lg3 'ife5 24.'ii'b4 a5 25.'ii'b7 l:!b8 26.Wa7 �c6 27.a4 l:!b4 2B.h3 h6§g; 16 ... ti:la5 17.e5 de5 1B.ti:le5 �b5 19.ti:ld4 ti:lb3 20.ab3 16!oo] 1 7.�g5 [17.�e3 ti:ll6!=] 1 7 �e6 1 8.ti:lh4! [1B..b6 le6 19.'ii'g4 'ii'd7!? 20.i.e7 'ife7 21.ti:lg5 l:!f6oo] 1 8...ti:la5 [1B ...i.g5 19.'ifg5 'ii'e7 20.ti:ll3! �b3 21.ab3 'ifg5 22.ti:lg5 l:!cB 23.ti:ll3 ti:le7 24.c3 l:!bB 25.ti:ld2 g6 26.l:!a1 ti:lc7 27.l:!ec1 bc3 2B.l:!c3 l:!lcBoo] 1 9.�d5 �d5 20.l:!d5 [20.�e7!? i.e4 (20 ... We7 21.l:!d5 ti:lc4 22.b3 ti:lb6 23.l:!d2!;!;) 21.�1B 'ilo>IB 22.c3 (22.b3 �c2 23.l:!d2 �e4 (23 ... l:!cB 24.l:!c1 �e4 25.l:!c8 'ifcB 26.'ii' e3 'ifg4 27.ti:lg3;!;) 24.13 Wb6 25.wh1 �b7oo) 22 ...b3 23.l:!a1! i.d5 24.ab3 ti:lb3 25.l:!a3 ti:ld2 26.b4 ti:lc4 27.l:!aa1;!;] 20 ... �g5 21 .'ii'g5 ti:lc4 22.ti:lg3 ti:lb2 [22 ... h6 23.Wc1 ti:ll6 24.l:!d3±] 23.ti:lgf5 .•.

28

23 ...16 [23... l:!a7! 24.ti:ld6 (24.l:!e3 'ii'c6 25.l:!g3 'ifc2! 26.h3 16 27.Wh5 'ii'e4+) 24 ... ti:ld6 25.l:!d6 ti:lc4 26.l:!d8 l:!aB=] 24. Wg3t [24.'ifg4 l:!cB! 25.ti:le7 'ii'e7 26.'ifcB ti:lc7 27.'ii'b7 (27.ti:ll5 W17 2B.'ii'b7 ti:ld5 29.'ii' d5 ti:lc4'f) 27 ... ti:ld5 2B.Wd5 W17 29.'ik17 'ilo>l7 30.l:!b1 ti:la4 31.l:!b4 ti:lc5=] 24... l:!c8 [24 ... ti:lc4 25.l:!d3-+] 25.Wb3 ti:lc4 26.a3 [26.l:!d6?! g6 (26 . . .ti:ld6 27.ti:ld6 'ikc7 2B.ti:lc8 l:!cB 29.'ikb4±) 27.l:!ed1 gl5 2B.l:!d7 We4 29.Wg3 Wg4+; 26.l:!d3!?-+ (Kasparov) 26 ... g6 (26 ... 1:!17 27.l:!g3 hB 28.l:!h3 l:!lc7 29.'ifl3-+ wgB 30.'ikh5 ti:ld2 (30 ...g6 31.ti:lg6 hg6 32.'ifg6 l:!g7

33.ti:lg7 ti:lg7 34.'ifl6±) 31.ti:lg6 hg6 32.'ifg6 d5 (32 ... l:!c2 33.l:!h7 l:!c1 34.ti:lh6 'ilo>IB 35.l:!hB we? 36.WI7 dB 37.l:!eBX) 33.l:!h7 ti:le4 34.'ii'h5 g6 35.'ifg6 ti:lg7 36.l:!e4 de4 37.ti:lh6 WIB 3B.'ifl6 weB 39.Wd6 1:!17 40.l:!hB l:!IB 41.l:!IBX) 27.l:!g3! 17 2B.ti:lh6 wg7 29.'ii'l 3!-+ 'i!;>hB 30.l:!g6 ti:la3 31.ti:l615 l:!c3 32.'ifh5 W17 33.ti:lh6 We6 34.l:!g4 ti:lg7 35.l:!g7 g7 36.ti:l615 'ilo>gB 37.Wg4 'ilo>l7 38.'ifg7 (38.'ii'h5=) 3B ...'il;>eB 39.'ii' b7 1:!17 40.'i!fb4 l:!lc7 41.ti:lg7 l:!g7 42.'ii'c3±] 26 ... g6! 27.ti:le3 ti:le3 [27 ... ti:la3!? 2B.l:!e5 'ifl7 (2B. . .whB 29.l:!d5 ti:lc7 30.l:!d6 Ve4 (30. . . ti:lcb5 31.l:!d5 ti:lc3 32.l:la5! 'ife4 33.ti:ll3§g) 31.ti:ll3oo) 29.l::td5 l::t c3 30.Va4 (30.'ii'b4 J:le3!+) 30 .. .15! 31.J:ld2 le4 32. 'ii'b4 l:le3!? 33.l:!e3 (33.1e3 ti:lc4 34.J:lde2 d5!+) 33 ... ti:lc4 34.l:te4 ti:ld2 35.Vd2=] 28.l:le3 J:[f7 [2B ... 'ifl7 29.ab4 ti:lc7 30.l:!d6 'ifb3 31.cb3 ti:ld5 32.l::te 1 ti:lb4=] 29.ab4 Vc6 30.c3 ti:lc7

31 .l:!dd3 ti:lb5= 32.ti:lf3 wg7 33.h4 h5 34.ti:ld2 J:lfc7 35.Va2 Vb7 36.'i!fa1 J:lc6 37.J:lg3 'i!fc7 38.Vd1 YB/45-203

N�c

Survey S/ 18.6

SURVEY

INTRODUCTION: Mlkhall Golubev MAIN ANALYSIS: Mlkhall Golubev STUDY MATERIAL: Golubev

Sicilian Defence Dragon Variation 51 18.6

The Yugoslav Attack 1 .e4 c5 2.lt:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:ld4 tt:lf6 5.tt:lc3 g6 6. .ie3 .ig7 7.f3 tt:lc6 8.'it'd2 0-0 9..ic4 .id7 1 0.0-0-0 l:tc8 1 1 ..ib3 tt:le5 1 2.'it>b1 The first time I encountered the variation 9 ..ic4 .id7 1 0.0-0-0 l:tc8 1 l ..ib3 tt:le5 12. 'it>b 1 ! tt:lc4 1 3 . .ic4 .!:tc4 14.g4 at the board was in a game against Schekachev, Dimitrovgrad 1 988. Following some forty minutes' thought I re­ plied 14 ... b5, and after 1 5.tt:ldb5

STATISTICS

�b8 I obtained a promising at­ tacking position. Some time later New in Chess published some cor­ respondence games by Nesis, which similarly developed advan­ tageously for Black, and this, of course, merely reinforced my con­ fidence in the harmlessness of White's idea. The exceptionally important novelty 1 5.b3 ! was em­ ployed by Topalov against Tiviakov in Polanica Zdroj 1 995, but even then the variation did not provoke serious concern - either

because the game ended in a draw, or because at that time I was mainly employing the variation with 'it'a5. It is curious that the Topalov-Tiviakov game was not annotated (at least, in the sources available to me). Therefore the 1 2.'it>b 1 boom began later, when Tiviakov several times employed this idea as White. To date White's successes in the 14 ... b5 1 5 .b3 llc8 ( 1 5 .. Jk5? 1 6.tt:le6!) 1 6.tt:ldb5 variation have been very impressive. The natural 1 6... 'it'a5 is barely playable, and it is by no means clear if Black has anything better. The other popular reply, 14 ... 'it'c7, is now under a cloud because of 1 5 .g5 tt:lh5 1 6.tt:ld5 'it'd8 17.tt:le2 (in Yearbook 52 the complete score of another important game Ehlvest-Tiviakov, Port Erin 1998, was given), but in fact it is quite possible that 1 5 .h4 is capable of causing Black even greater concern. Other moves 14 ... a6?! , 14 ... lle8 and 1 4 ... 'it'b8 inspire little optimism, although I think that to the last one White has not yet found the key.

The Universal Weapon In this situation it is hard for Black supporters not to think about pos­ sible alternatives between the first and the twelfth moves. In this arti­ cle we are interested in the position 29

after 12.�b 1 , and here, apart from 1 2 ... ti:lc4, perhaps the only move worth considering is 1 2 ... l::!:e8 ! ?, after which at present the main line is 1 3.h4 h5 !, where Black obtains a slightly inferior version of the old variation 1 2.h4 h5 1 3.1.th7 30.a4 jLeS+ 31 .l::t: bd8 it.d6 32.lld6 jLf3 33.'it>a2 �g2 34Jld2 l::t:g 1 35.ti:ld7 it.h3 36.ti:lf6 \.tf8 40.ti:lf6 it.e6 41 .b3 h4 42.c4 h3 43.Wa3 Wg7 44.ti:le8 l.tb4 l::t:c 1 0-1 49.ti:lf6 g4 50.ti:ld5 g3 Golubev

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Study Material

Bologan,Viktor Fedorov,Aiexey Calcutta 1 999 (4)

1 2.�b1 tt::l c4 1 3...tc4 J:!.c4 1 4.g4 b5

Schekachev,Andrey Golubev,Mikhail Dimitrovgrad jr 1 988

1 .e4 cS Vi:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.ti:ld4 ti:lf6 5.ti:lc3 g6 6..te3 .tg7 7.f3 t2Jc6 s ..tc4 0-0 9.'1i'd2 �d7 1 0.0-0-0 .!lcS 1 1 .tb3 ti:laS 1 2 . .t>b1 t2Jc4 1 3.�c4 .!lc4 1 4.g4 [14.h4 h5!] 1 4... b5 [14 ... h5 1 5.h3!±] 1 5.ti:ldb5?! [1 5.h4 b4!oo (15 ...'1!\Ye? 1 6.h5 .!lc8) 16.ti:ld5 (16.t2Jce2) 16 ... e6 1 7.ti:lb4 (17.ti:ll6 'li'l6=) 17 ... a5 18.ti:ld3 t2Je4! 1 9.1e4 �d4; 1 5.g5 ti:lh5 16.ti:ldb5 'li'bB=F Byrne-Soltis, New York 1 971 ; 15.ti:lcb5oo 'li'b8 ( 1 5 ... e5 1 6.ti:ld6 .!ld4 1 7.�d4 ed4 1 8.e5) 1 6.ti:la3!?; 1 5.t2Jee2oo Karpov-Sosonko, Brussels blitz 1 987; 1 5.'1i'd3 'li'bBa1 'li'b4 19.�d4 e5 20.�e3 'li'a5oo] 1 6 ... .!lfcSt 1 7. .t>a1 •

1 .e4 cS 2.ti:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.ti:ld4 ti:lf6 S.ti:lc3 g6 6.�e3 �g7 7.f3 0-0 a.'li'd2 t2Jc6 9.�c4 �d7 1 0.0-0-0 ti:laS 1 1 ..te2 .!lcS 1 2 .t>b1 t2Jc4 1 3.�c4 l':.c4 1 4.g4 bS 1 5.b3! .Ilea 1 6.ti:ldb5! 'ifaS 1 7.a4 a6 [17 ... .!lle8 1 8.e5!? (1 8.g5!?±) 18 ... t2Jg4 1 9.1g4 a6 20.ed6 ab5 21 .ti:lb5 Golubev] 1 S.ti:ld5 'ifd2 [18 ... ti:ld5? 1 9.'ii'a5 ti:le3+-l 1 9.ti:le7 .t>ha 20 .!ld2 .!leeS 21 .ti:lg6!? [21 .ti:ll5!? - YB/52·28] 21 ... fg6 22.ti:ld6 .!le6 23.�c5 [23.ti:lb7 �ea 24.ti:lc5 .ile6 25.h3 g5 26.J:I:hd1 t2Jg8 27. .!:1.12 .ilh6 28.l::t h 1 1:1hl6 29 . .!lhl1 .!lh6 30. .!lh1 .!lhl6 31 ..!lhl1 %·% Topalov·Tiviakov, Polanica Zdroj 1 995 YB/52·28] 23 ... ilc6 [23 ... h5 24.g5 ti:lh7 25.ti:ll5! gl5 26.ill8 ti:ll8 27.el5 .!le5 28.16+Bologan] 24.ti:lc4 l':.ba [24 ...1:1c8 25.�d4± Bologan; 24 ... .!lle8 25 . .!lhd1 ?! ile4oo AI Sayed·Asauskas, Erevan Wch·jr 2000] 25.J::t d 6 .!ld6 26.�d6 .!ldS 27.ile7 .!lba 2S . .!ld1 �a4 29 ...id6 .!lb7 30.ti:la5± [ila4c1 ilh6 33 . .t>b1 �g7 34 .!ld3 .!lcS 35.�b6 .!lbS 36.ti:lc4 :C.b4 37.ti:ld6 ti:lf6 3a.ila5 .!lbS 39.ilc7 .!lb4 40 .t>a2 ilbS 41 .c4 ..ic6 42.e5 ti:ld7 43.e6 ti:leS 44.ti:lf7 ti:lf7 45.ef7 hS 46.1:1dS .t>h7 47.�e5 J:l:b7 4a.fS'if �fS 49 . .!lfa .t>h6 50.h4 hg4 51 .fg4 .!lh7 52 . .!lga 1 -0 •

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23.f5 .llc4 24.ti:lf4 .t>ga 25.h4 l:!cS 26.h5 gfS 27.gf5 f6 2S.J:I:hg1 .t>f7 29.h6 >toeS 30 . .!lg7 ilf7 31 . .t>c1 'ii'c s 32 .t>b2 'ii' b7 33.'>t>c1 W/cs 34.t2Jce2 dS 35.ti:ld4 de4 36 . .!lh7 ti:ldS 37 .ti:ldS .!ldS 3a .t>b2 eS 39.fe6 �e6 40.'ife2 .!leS 41 .ti:le6 'ii'e6 42.'ii' d2 'ii'cS 43.'ifd6 .!le6 44.'ii'fS 1 -0 •

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Goloschapov,Aiexander Korobov,IIya

17 ...�g4! [17...�e6 (Malakhov-Dragojlovic, Porto San Giorgio 1999) 18 . .!lb1oo] 1 a.fg4 t2Je4 1 9.'1i'e2 [1 9.ti:le4 :C.c2! 20.'1:1Yc1 (20.J:I:b1 Oim-Nesis, 1 989 er - YB/15·17) 20... .!le1 21 . .!lc1 oo/+] 1 9 ... .!lc3 [19... t2Jc3 Richardson-Nesis, er 1 987 - YB/1 5·17] 20.bc3 t2Jc3 21 .'1i'd2 'il'aa [21 ...'ifb7] 22.'1i'd3 [22.'1i'c1 'il'd5-+] 22 ... e5 23 .!ldf1 [23 . .!lde1 +] 23 ...ed4 24.�f4 'ii'd S 25 . .t>b2 .!lbS 0·1 YB/11 ·21

1 S.t2Jde2 [18.ti:ld5 ti:ld5 1 9.ed5 e5fl!l Gonzalez Santiago·lbarra Jerez, Mondariz 2000; 18 . .t>b2; 18.t2Jee2? e5] 1 a ... .ie6 [18 ... �c6 19.h4 �aB 20.�h6 ilh6 21 .'1i'h6 d5 (Seiler·R.Muller, 1 999) 22.h5!?; 18 ... t2Jg4? 1 9.ti:ld5+-] 1 9.�d4 ti:ld7 [19 ... 'ii'b7 20.h4 .!lc7 21 .h5 .!lieS 22.hg6 lg6 23.g5 tLlh5 24.14 .ig4 25.�g7 .t>g7oo A.Schneider] 20.ilg7 .t>g7 21 .h3 ti:lb6 22.f4 Wlb7

1 .e4 cS 2.ti:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.ti:ld4 ti:lf6 5.t2Jc3 g6 6.�e3 �g7 7.f3 0-0 a.'ifd2 t2Jc6 9.�c4 ..id7 10.g4 ti:leS 1 1 .ile2 .Ilea 1 2.o-o-o ti:lc4 1 3.ilc4 J:lc4 1 4 .t>b1 bS 1 5.b3! J:lcS [15 ... b4!? 16.bc4 (16.ti:lce2 .!lc8 /:;. 17.'1i'b4 a5+) 16 ... bc3 1 7.'ii'e3 'ii'a8 18.h4 �g4!? Golubev; 18 ...h5; 15 ... .!lc7 16.ti:ldb5 ilb5 1 7.ti:lb5 .!lb7 18.ti:ld4 'ifd7 1 9. .ih6 a5 20.h4 a4 21 .h5 e5 22.�g7 .t>g7 23.ti:ll5 1·0 Saulin·Khaliavsky, Moscow 2001; 1 5 ... .!lc5? 16.ti:le6! - YB/52·27] 1 6.ti:ldb5! a6!? [16 ... l':.e8? 1 7.e5! Golubev] 1 7.ti:ld4 W/c7 •

Kolev,Atanas Hemaudez Jimenez,Gustavo Barcelona 2000 (5)

1 .e4 cS 2.ti:lf3 t2Jc6 3.d4 cd4 4.ti:ld4 g6 S.t2Jc3 �g7 6.�e3 ti:lf6 7.�c4 0-0 s.�b3 d6 9.f3 �d7 1 0.Wid2 .!lcS 1 1 .0-0-0 ti:leS 1 2 . .t>b1 t2Jc4 1 3.ilc4 .!lc4 1 4.g4 bS 1 5.b3! .!lcS 1 6.ti:ldb5! W/as 1 7.a4 a6 1 S.t2Jd5 'ii'd 2 19.ti:le7 .t>ha 20.:C:d2 J:!.ceS 21 .ti:ld6 .!le7 22.->lcs .!leS 23.�a3!± [.!le5gB 28.ti:lc6+- Bawart· Neumeier, Budapest 1 999] 25 ... ti:ld7 26.J:ihd1 l:!c7 27.ti:ldS ti:lfa 2S.�e5 31

�es 29.ttle6 tt'les 30.l::td 7 �h2 31 .J:tc7 �c7 32.b4 'it>g7 33.aS hS 34.ghS ghS 3S.c4 h4 3S.J:th1 �g3 37.�b2 'it>fS 38.bS tt'lcs 39.wc3 �es 40.'it>b4 tt'ld3 41 .wa3 �ds 42.'it>a2 �g3 43.l::td 1 ttlf2 44.J:!b1 �b8 4S.cS 'it>eS 4S.cS h3

0-0 8.�b3 dS 9.f3 �d7 1 0.�d2 J:tc8 1 1 .0-0-o ttleS 1 2.'it>b1 ttlc4 13 ..ic4 J:tc4 1 4.g4 �c7 1 S.gS ttlhS 1S.ttldS �dB 1 7.ttle2 ..ies 1 8.tt'lg3 �dS 19.edS [19.�d5 'i'c7 20.ttlh5 (20.�d3? J:!c8 21 .J:ld2 l:tb4! 22.b3 �a5 23.ttlh5 gh5 24.J:lc1 ..ic3 0-1 Fernandez Torre-Martin Fernandez, Barcelona ch-ES 2000) 20 ... gh5 21 .'i'd2 J:tc8 22.J:tc1 Socko-Bobras, Suwalki 1 999] 19 ...�d7 20.b3 J:tc7 21 .ttlhS ghS 22.�d4 �d4 23.�d4 J:tfc8 24.J:td2 �fS 2S.J:tc1 bS 2S.f4 as 27.J:te2 J:[cS Y2-Y2 28.'ifd2 J:tdS 29.'i'as e6 •

Kovacevic,Aieksandar Torres,Juan 47.c7 �c7 48.baS

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Mallorca 2000 (1 )

1 .e4 cS 2.ttlf3 dS 3.d4 cd4 4.ttld4 ttlfS S.ttlc3 gS S ...ie3 ..ig7 7.f3 0-0 8.�d2 tt'lcS 9...ic4 �d7 1 0.0-0-0 l::tc8 1 1 .�b3 ttleS 1 2.'it>b1 tt'lc4 1 3.�c4 l::tc4 1 4.g4 �c7 1 S.gS ttlhS 1 S.ttldS �d8 1 7.ttle2 �eS

Rowson,Jonathan Burnett,Andrew Edinburgh 2000

1 .e4 cs 2.ttlf3 dS 3.d4 cd4 4.ttld4 ttlfS S.ttlc3 gS S.�e3 �g7 7.f3 ttlcS 8.'i'd2 0-0 9.�c4 �d7 1 0.0-o-0 ttleS 1 1 .�b3 l::tc8 1 2.'it>b1 ttlc4 1 3.�c4 J:tc4 1 4.g4 bS 1 S.b3! J:lc8 1 S.ttldbS! �as 1 7.tt'ldS!?N �bs [17...�d2 18.ttle7 'it>h8 1 9.J:!d2 l::tce8 20.ttll5 gl5 21 .ttld6 le4 22.ttle8 J:te8 23.g5+- Santo Roman-Lafont De Sent, France 2000] 18.ttle7 'it>h8 19.ttlc8 l::tc8 20.gS ttle4 [20 ... ttle8 21 .h4 e:. 22.h5-] 21 .fe4 �g4 22 ..ia7 �d1 23.J:ld1 +- J:!c4 24.'i'dS J:te4 2S.�b8 �b8 2S ..ib8 �c3 27.�g3 hS 28.ghS fS 29.J::td 3 �b4 30.J:ld4 J:ld4 31 .�es 'it>h7 32...id4 f4 33.'it>c1 f3 34.'it>d1 'it>hS 3S.c3 ..idS 3S.a4 �h2 37.aS 1 -0 •

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1 8 ...ia7!fl!1< �dS [18 ... b6!? 1 9 ...ib6 �aB 20.b3 Ehlvest-Tiviakov - YB/52-29] 1 9.'ifdS �c7 20.c3 [20 . ..ib6 �ea 21 .c3 J:ta4 22.�d4 �h3 23.ttlg3 J:lla8 24.a3 ttlg3 25.hg3 'iYg3 26 ...ig7 J:t8a5 27.'iYb7 'it>g7 28.�e7 'i¥13 29.J:tde1 J:!e5 30.'ifd6 J:tg5 31 .e5 �15 32.'it>a2 J:!g2 33.e6 'i\'12 34.'iYe5 1-0 Gi. Hernandez­ Vilarnovo, Madrid rapid 2001] 20 J:!c8 [20... b6 21 ...ib6] 2 1 . �bS [21 . ..id4 YB/52-29] 21 J:tcS 22.�e3 J:!aS 23.ttlc1 J:tas 24.�b4 J:laS 2S.'i'b3 bS 2S.l::tdS J:laS 27.ttle2 J:lca8 28.a3 �c4 29.'il'c4 bc4 30.J:laS J:laS 31 .l:td1 fS 32.ttld4 'it>f7 33.h4 fS 34.efS gfS 3S.ttlcS J:!bS 3S.a4 J:lb3 37.'it>c2 .\tes 38.aS ttlf4 39.aS 1 -0 .••

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Svidler,Peter Van Wely,Loek Wijk aan Zee 1 999 (13)

1 .e4 cS 2.ttlf3 ttlcS 3.ttlc3 gS 4.d4 cd4 S.ttld4 �g7 s.�e3 ttlfS 7 . ..ic4 32

Georgiev,Kiril Malakhov,VIadimir Saint Vincent 2000 (7)

1 .e4 cS 2.1i:lf3 gS 3.d4 ..ig7 4.ttlc3 cd4 S.ttld4 ti:lcS S ...ie3 ti:lfS 7 ..ic4 0-0 8.�b3 dS 9.f3 ..id7 10.�d2 J:tc8 1 1 .0-0-0 ti:leS 1 2.'it>b1 ti:lc4 1 3.�c4 J:lc4 1 4.g4 �as [14 ... 'iYc7 1 5.h4!? (15.g5 ti:lh5 1 6.ti:ld5 'iYd8 - game) 1 5...:C:c8 (15 ...b5 16.h5 b4 (16...J:lc8 1 5... J:!c8) 17.ti:ld5 ti:ld5 18.ed5 g5) 16.h5 (16.g5!? ttlh5 17.ti:ld5) 16 ... b5 (16 ... J:lc3 1 7.'iYc3! 'i!Vc3 18.bc3 J:tc3 19.J:ld3±; 16 ... 'iYd8 1 7.hg6 lg6 1 8.e5 de5 1 9.ti:le6 'iYa5 20.ti:lg7 J:!c3 21 .g5! 'i'b5 22.a4!? 'iYa4 23.gl6 J:te3 24.c3!± Golubev) 17.hg6 lg6 1 8.g5 ti:lh5 19.ti:ld5 �dB 20.b3 J:l4c5 21 .ti:ll5! Rhodes-Matthew Paul, er 2000] 1S.gS [15.ti:ld5? 'i'd2 16.ti:le7 'it>h8 17.J:td2 l::te8; 1 5.ti:lb3!] 1 S ti:lhS 1 S.ti:ldS 'il'd8 [16... 'iYd2? 1 7.ti:le7 'it>h8 18.J:ld2] 1 7.ti:le2 [1 7.ti:lb3 e6 18.ti:ll4 ti:ll4 1 9.�14 d5 Dolmatov] 1 7 eS!? 1 8.ti:ldc3 [18.ttldl4 ti:ll4 19.ti:ll4 J:!c6 (19 ... 'i!Vc7 20.'iVd6 J:lc2 21 .'iYc7 J:lc7 22.�a7 b6 23. ..ib6 J:lb7 24.b3 ..ia4 25.k12! �b3 26.ab3 J:tb3 27.'it>c1 J:la8 28.Wd2! J:!l3 29.ti:ld3 J:la2 30.'it>e1 ..ic3 31 .WI1 ..id4 32.'it>g2 J:lff2 33.ti:ll2 �12 34.'it>l3 kc5;t Golubev) 20.h4 'fie? (20 .. .16!?) 21 .h5± Kolev-Aiterman, Burgas 1995 - YB/52-28] 1 8... dS [18 ... J:tc6 1 9.ti:lb5] 1 9.edS �as 20.ti:le4 [20.ti:ld4 J:!lc8 21 .J:the1 ed5 (21 ...'il'a6!?) 22.ti:lb3 'Wa6 (22 ... �c3 23.ti:la5 ..id2 24.J:ld2 J:t4c7 25. .\ta? k15 26.J:lc1±) 23.�d4 ke6 (23 ....\tiS!?) 24 . ..ig7 ti:lg? 25.ttld5! Gavilanes-J. Diaz, Sancti Spiritus ch-CU 1 989] 20 ... 'iYdS 21 .b3 J:lc7 22.�dS edS 23.J:ldS �cS 24.J:ld3 fS@!!! 2S.gf6 ti:lf6 2S.ti:lfS J:tfS 27.ti:ld4 ..id7 28.a4 aS 29.J:le1 J:lf7 30.f4 J:lc8 31 ..ic1 .ltg4 32.:C:g1 ..id7 33.J:tg2 J:te8 34 ...id2 J:le4 3S.ti:lf3 J:lfe7 3S.'it>c1 ..icS 37.J:I:d8 :C:e8 38.:C:e8 l::te8 39.l:if2 ..ifS 40.aS J:le7 41 .c4 J:lf7 42 ..\te3 .ltc3 43.�d2 ..ifS 44.J:tf1 .lte4 4S ...ib4 hS 4S.ti:ld2 ..icS 47.Wd1 ..id8 48.'it>e2 l::tfS 49 .\tc3 ..iaS SO ..iaS .ti.aS S1 .'it>e3 l:ihS S2Jlf2 'it>f7 S3.'it>d4 'it>eS S4.ti:lf1 J:lh4 SS.'it>cS J:th3 SS.ttlg3 hS S7.b4 h4 S8.ti:le2 'it>fS S9.ti:ld4 ..ih1 SO.bS abS S1 .ti:lbS J:lb3 S2.ti:lc7 WfS S3.ti:ldS ..ie4 S4.J:td2 •

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1 2.�b1 4:lc4 1 3.�c4 J:!.c4 1 4.g4

1 1 ...1le2 1Lle5 1 2.0-0-0 lt:lc4 1 3.�c4

lt:le4 20.'ii' h2 Golubev] 1 7 .bc3 'ii'c7f6 32.1Llc3 e5 33.1Lld5 >l<e6 34.1Llc7 Wd7 35.J:tf5 .t>c7

36.I:te5

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J:tg2

38.wd3 J:tg3 39.>l<e2 J:tg2 40.wf3 l:!c2

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43.J:!a3 l::t h 2 44.>l;>g4 a5 45.l::t b3 >li;>d1

[1 5.g5 lt:lh5 16.1Lld5 'tlfdB - 14 ... 'ifc7 15.g5; 1 5.1Lld5?! 'ifd2 16.1Lle7 wh8 17 . .!:r.d2 l::teB; 15.h4 .!:r.lc8!oo] 15 ...'tlfa6 [15 ...'tlfc7 1 6.e5+-; 15 ... 'tlfd8±, J:IB< YB/52-30; 15 ... 'iVe5± 16.14? 'tlfc3 17.bc3 li:le4!!lli;>b1

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1 6 ... 1Llg4 1 7.fg4 �g4 1 8.e6 �d1

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Moreno,Javier Flores Escuin,Sadumi Malaga 2000 (2) 1 .e4 c5 2.1Llf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.1Lld4 1Llf6 5.1Llc3 g6 6.�e3 �g7 7.f3 0-0 8.'il'd2 lt:lc6 9.�c4 ..lid7 1 0.0-0-0

1 9.ef7 .t>f7 20.l::td 1 d5 21 .l::tf1 .t>g8

J:l:c8 1 1 .�b3 1Lle5 1 2.Wb1 a6 1 3.h4!

22.1Lle6 'ifd6 23.1Llg7 Wg7 24.1Llb5

[13.g4 b5] 1 3... h5 1 4.i.g5 [14.g4!? hg4 15.h5 1Llh5 1 6.14 (1 6.i.h6) 16 ... 1Llc4

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23.�g2! fgS 24.'li'gs ncs 2s.ng1 .ig4 26.J::i:g4 �f1 27 ..ic1

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1 .e4 e 5 2.ti:lf3 d 6 3.d4 cd4 4.ti:ld4 ti:lf6 5.ti:lc3 g6 6.�e3 il.g7 7.f3 0-0 8.'ifd2 ti:lc6 9.�e4 il.d7 1 0.0-0-0 J:!c8 1 1 .�b3 ti:le5 1 2.Wb1 l:ie8 1 3.�h6 �h8 1 4.h4 'ii'a5 1 5.h5! .!lc3 [15 ...ti:lc4 16.'ii'd3 (16.il.c4! :!lc4 17.ti:lb3±) 16 ... ti:la3; 1 6 ... ti:le5 17.hg6! ti:ld3? 1 B.gf7] 1 6.bc3± [16.'ifc3? iic3 17.bc3 ti:lhsgg] 1 6 ... b5 [16... ti:lh5? 17.:!lh5 gh5 1 B.ifg5+-; 16 ... .!lc8 17.hg6 hg6 18.11.18 J:I:IB 19 . .J:!h8 whB 20.'ii' h6 w9a 21 .l:l:h1 ti:lhs 22.g4 J 1 7.hg6 hgs 1 8.�g5 [1 8.�18 :!liB 1 9.J:i:h8 WhB 20.'ii' h6 WgB 21 .:!lh1 ti:lh5 22.g4 'ii'c3 23.gh5 ti:lc4 24.�c4 bc4! 25.hg6 .J:!bB-+] 18 ... �g7 1 9.�h6 �h8 20.fig5 J:f.b8 21 . .!ld3 ti:lc4?! 22.iih4+- e5 23.ti:lf5 il.f5 24.ef5 d5 25.il.f8 Wf8 26.'i!'h8 ti:lg8 27.:!lh7 we7 28.'i!'g7 :!lf8 29.�c4 ttlf6 30.il.d5 ti:lh7 3 1 .'ii'e5 Wd7 32.il.b7X 1 -0 --+

Kontic,Djordje Motylev,Alexander Niksic 2000

1 .e4 e5 2.ti:le2 ti:le6 3.ti:lbe3 g6 4.d4 ed4 5.ti:ld4 �g7 6.�e3 ti:lf6 7.il.e4 0-0 8.�b3 d6 9.f3 il.d7 1 0.h4 h5 1 1 .'ifd2 l:i.e8 1 2.0-0-o ti:les 1 3.d1 j£,a4 36.'it>e1 l:te2-+ 1:::. 37...'1Wh4] 35... 't/Vh4 36.�e3 J:IcS 37.lld1 'iYg3 38.l:td8 'it>h7 39.St..d3 fS 40.�d4 [40.St..f5 J:tf5 41 .gf5 'il\Vg5-+] 40...'1Wf3 41 .�d2 't/Vg2 42.�e3 [42.St..e2 l:!.a5!? (42... l:td5) 43.h6!d2 �h2 44.St..e2 [44.�e3 lle5-+] 44...lle5 45.'fic4 �f3 46.'ifg8 'it>h6 47.'fih8 'it>gS 48.'t/Vg7 'it>h4 49.'fif6 �h3 0-1

'.t>b8 28.�c1 J:i.d7 29.b3 'i!Vd4 30.'ilfh2 �c7 3 1 .l::t e8 J:l.d8 32.l::t d8 'i!Vd8 33.f4 'ilff6 34.'i!Vg3 a5 35.a4 'i!Vd4 36.'i!Vd3 'i!Vf6 37.'i!Ve4 'ifc3 38.�b2 'i!Vc5 39.f5 'ilfg1 40.'.t>a2 'i!Vc5 41 .f6 �d6 42.f7 �f8 43.'i!Vc4 'i!Ve7 44.'i!Vc6 '.t>a7 45.�d4 'ilfd8 46.�f6 1 -0

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81 20.5 Timmerman,Gert Jan Andersson,Ulf er NPSF-50 1 994

1 .e4 cS 2Jt:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:ld4 tt::lf6 5.tt:Jc3 e6 6.g4 h6 7.h4 tt:Jc6 8.llg1 dS 9.�b5 �d7 1 O.edS tt::l dS 1 1 .tt::ld 5 edS 1 2.�e3 �e7 1 3.'t�Vd2 0-0 1 4.tt::lf 5?!

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Study Material 9.j£,bS �d7 1 O.edS tt::ld 4 1 4... d4! [14...St..l5 1 5.gl5 �h7 1 6.0-0-0t; 14 ... �16 1 5.tt::lh 6 gh6 1 6.g5t] 1 5.�h6 [15.tt::le7 'fie? 1 6.0-0-0 (1 6.�e6 de3 1 7.'t/Vd7 �h4-+) 1 6 ...de3 1 7.�d7 e2-+; 1 5.�d4 tt::ld4 1 6.'1Wd4 (16.tt::ld4 �b5 1 7.tt::lb5 'iYb6+) 16...�15 1 7.'1Wd8 J:tld8 1 8.gl5 St..h4+] 1 5 ... St.. b4! 1 6.c3 dc3 1 7.bc3 tt:Jes 1 8.�e2 [1 8.J:tg3 �b5 1 9.eb4 (1 9.'t�Vd8 l:!.ad8 20.�g7 llle8-+) 1 9... tt:Jd3-+ Grahn] 1 8 ... l:te8 1 9.�f1 �fB 20.�f4 't/Va5 21 .l:tg3 l:!.adB 22.tt::ld 4 �a4 23.h5 tt:Jc6 24.�e3 [24.l::td3! tt:Jd4 25.l:td4 �e5 26.l:td8 lld8 27.'1Wb2 St..d 6 28.�d6 'fid5 29.13 'fid6 30.'iYb7 �h2 31 .'1Wa7 l:te8 32.J:!.e1 h-h Lorentzen-Sterud, er eh-NO 1 997; 24.tt:Je6? �e6 25.l:td3 l::te2! 26.'fie2 (26.�e2 'il\Va6 (26...�b5? 27.e4) 27.c4

Lanka,Zigurds Luckans,Arnolds Riga tt 1 993

1 .e4 c5 2.12lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.12ld4 12lf6 5.12lc3 e6 6.g4 h6 7.h4 12lc6 8Jlg1 d5 9.£l.b5 �d7 [9 ... 'i!Vb6] 1 0.ed5 12ld4 [10 ...ed5 1 1 .g5 hg5 1 2.hg5 12le4 1 3.12le4 (1 3.12ld5!?) 13 ... de4 1 4.12lc6 bc6oo O'Donneii-Vranesic, Canada 1 991] 1 1 .jld7 'i!fd7 1 2.'i!Vd4 12ld5 1 3.12ld5 ed5?! [13 ... 'i!Vd5 1 4.'ilid5 ed5 1 5.�e3 �e7 16.h5t; 1 6.g5?! hg5 1 7.hg5 '.t>d7 18.0-0-0 '.t>c6= Lopez-Galego, Cienfuegos 1 997] 1 4.�e3 b6 1 5.0-0-0 0-0-0 1 6.'.t>b1 �e7?! 1 7.'i!Vg7± �h4 1 8.l::t h 1 �e7 1 9.'i!ff7 .!lhf8 20.'i!Vg6 l::tf6 21 .'i!Vh7 'ilfe6 22.l::t h e1 l::tf7 23.'ilfh6 'i!Vg4 24.J:!d5+l::tf6 25.l::t d 8 �d8 26.'i!Vh7 l::t d 6 27.'i!Vh1

1 o.. .tt::l dS 1 1 .tt::ld5 edS 1 2.'ife2

Morovic Fernandez,lvan Valerga,Diego Santiago zt 1 995 (7)

1 .e4 c5 2.12lf3 e6 3.d4 cd4 4.12ld4 12lf6 5.12lc3 d6 6.g4 h6 7.h4 12lc6 8.l::! g 1 d5 9.�b5 �d7 1 O.ed5 12ld5 1 1 .12ld5 ed5 1 2.'ife2 'i!Ve7 1 3.�e3 12ld4 1 4.�d7 '.t>d7 1 5.�d4 'ilfe2 1 6.'.t>e2 J:!g8 1 7.'.t>d3 g5 1 8.hg5 l::tg 5 1 9.f4 l::t g8 20.l::tae1 �d6 21 .f5 b6 22.c3 J:!ae8 23.l:!e3 �f4 24.l::te8 J:te8 25.a4 '.t>c6 26.b4 l::t e4 27.b5 '.t>d7 28.l::t g2 �e5 29.�e5 l::te5 30.l::t h2 lle4 31 .l::t h 6 l::t a4 32.llh7 J:tg4 33.l::t f7 '.t>d6 34.l::ta7 J:tg3 35.'.t>d4 J:!g4 36.'.t>e3 l::t g 3 37.'.t>f4 l::tc3 38.f6 llc1 39.f7 l::tf 1 40.'.t>g5 d4 [40 ... '.t>c5 41 .'.t>g6 '.t>b5 42.l::ta8 '.t>c4 43.18'i!V l::tfB 44.l::tf8 b5 45.l::t c8! (45. '.t>l5 b4 46.'.t>f4 b3 47.'.t>e3 b2=) 45 ... '.t>d4 46.l:tb8 '.t>c4 47.'.t>f5 d4 48.'.t>f4+-] 41 .'.t>g6 d3 [41 ...'.t>e6 42.'.t>g7 llg1 43.'.t>f8 l:lc1 44.l:!.b7+-] 42.lla8 '.t>c5 [42.. .J::t g 1 43.'.t>h5+-] 43.f8'ilf l::t f8 44.l::tf8 '.t>b5 45.'.t>f5 '.t>c4 46.'.t>e4 d2 47.l::t d8 '.t>c3 48.'.t>e3 b5 49..i:l:CS '.t>b2 50.'.t>d2 1 -0

Formanek,Edward Wagman,Stuart Reggio Emilia 1 977

1 .e4 c5 2.12lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.12ld4 12lf6 5.12lc3 e6 6.g4 h6 7.l::t g 1 12lc6 8.h4 d5 9.�b5 £1d7 1 0.ed5 12ld5 1 1 .12ld5 ed5 1 2.'ilfe2 �e7! 1 3.12lf3?! 0-0 1 4.g5 lle8 1 5.'.t>d1 �f8 1 6.'ii'd2 l::te4 1 7.jld3 l::t g4 1 8.l:!.e1 'i!Vb6 1 9.a3 l::t g 2 20.gh6 �g4 21.�e2 J:te8 22.h7 '.t>h8 23.'ilff4 37

1 1 .�bS �d7 1 2.�e3 a6?! 1 3.�e6 be6 1 4.'i!'e2 �e7 1 S.O-O-O g6 1 6.hS gS 1 7.f4 0-0 1 8.t2lfS gf4 1 9.�b6! �b6 20.'ife7± 'ifd8 21 .t2lh6 h7

32.e2 aS 33.d1 'ife7 34.'ife2 Wid7 3S.'iff3 Wie7 36.Wie2 'ifd7 Y2-Y2

Ashley,Maurice Salov,Valery New York 1 996 (1 1 )

23 .. .'il'f2? [23 ...16-+] 24.'iff7 'ife1 D 2S.e1 .!:tee2 26.d1 h7 27.12\gS h6 28.12lf3 h7 29.t2JgS h6 30.t2lf3 22.�eS!? [22.�d6] 22 h6 23.gS h7 24.g6 fg6 2S.hg6 g8 26.'ifhS Wie7 27.g7 .!:tfb8 28.Wih8 f7 29.Wih7 [29.Wih5=] 29 ... Wie3 30.1itb1 .!:tb2 31 .a1 .!:tb1 32 . .!:tb1 �d4 33.e3 Wie3 34.l:tb2 .!:tg8 3S.Wig6 e7 36.b1 'ifes 37 . .!:tb7 d8 38.WigS WigS 39J1gS f3 40Jib8 �ea 41 . .!:tb3 [41 .l:!l5? •I3 39

.lth4-+ Rowson-Stocek, Budapest 1 996] 1 9-0-0-0 0-0 20.g5 .ltg5 21 .�g5 hg5 22.J:lg5 J:la6 23.J:Ih1 J:tg6 24.J:td5 'Wc7 25.'Wd2 'Wc6 26.J:tdh5 f5 27.'Wa5 J:lh6 28.J:th6 gh6 29.J:tg1 'i!th7 30.'We5 'Wf6 3U iic7 J:lf7 32.'Wc8 h5 33.'Wg8 'i!th6 34.f4 J:le7 35.J:ld1 h4 36.l:th1 'i!th5 37.'Wd5 'Wg6

�h4?! 1 4.0-0-0 �f6 [14 ... 1Zld4 15 ...1td7 'ik'd7 1 6.j),.d4 0-0 1 7.f4t /:,. 1 8.g5; 1 4...0-0 1 5.g5t] 1 5.1Zlf5 ..tf5 1 6.gf5 a6 1 7 ..\tc6 bc6 1 8.�c5! J:[b8 1 9.b4 l::t b5 20.J:lge1 'i!td7 21 .c4 J:lc5 22.bc5 ..tg5 [22 ... 'il'b8 23.cd5 .ltg5 24.J:te3 �e3 25.fe3 'We5 26.dc6 c6 27.'Wd7 'i!tc5 28.'i!f'a7± Krnic] 23.f4 'Wf6 24.cd5! [24.fg5? 'Wat 25.'i!tc2 'ilf'a2 26.'i!td3 (26.'i!tc1 =) 26... 'Wc4 27.'i!te3 hg5!l!1t Krnic] 24 'ifa1 25.'i!tc2 'ifa2 26.'i!td3 'i!f'd2 27.J:ld2 .ltf4 28Jla2 cd5 29.l:ta6 h5 30.d4 h4 31 .'i!td5 J:lb8 32.f6 gf6 33.l:tf6 �g3 34.J:tf7 'i!tdB 35.J:lf8 1 -0 •••

Wiersma,Eelke De Roda,Juan Amstelveen 2001

1 .e4 c5 2.1Zlf3 e6 3.d4 cd4 4.1Zld4 1Zlf6 5.1Zlc3 d6 6.g4 h6 7.h4 1Zlc6 8.l::tg 1 d5 9 ..\tbs �d7 1 0.ed5 1Zld5 1 1 ./ZldS ed5 1 2._b3 �e7 1 3.'ifd2 0-0 1 4 ..tc6 bc6 1 5.0-0-0 l::t bB 1 6.g5 h5 1 7.1Zlb3 aS 1 8.�d4 J:lb4 19.'ife2 �d6 20.'i!f'h5 [20.g6] 20 ...�f5 2 1 .il..e3 [21 .�g7? �14! 22.'i!tb1 'i!tg7 23.'(/fh6 gB-+] •

Nunn,John Anderson,John Kilkenny 1 997 (5)

38.'Wd8 [38.l:th4! 'i!th4 39.'Wh1 'i!tg4 40.'Wg2+-] 38 ... '1i'f6 39.J:ld1 l::te6 40.'Wd5 '(iig 6 41 .'(/fb7 h3 42.'Wb3 'i!th4 43.J:lh1 'li'g2 44.l:th3 'Wh3 45.'(/fe6 'iff1 46.'i!td2 'Wf4 47.'i!td1 'i!tg3 48.'We1 'i!tg2 49.'ife2 'i!tg1 50.c4 '(/fd4 51 .'i!tc2 f4 52.'il'g4 'i!tf2 53.'(/fh4 'i!tg1 Y2-Y2

Karpov,Anatoly Spassky,Boris Tilburg 1 980 (9)

1 .e4 c5 2.12lf3 e6 3.d4 cd4 4.1Zld4 1Zlf6 5.1Zlc3 d6 6.g4 h6 7.h4 1Zlc6 8.J:lg1 d5 9.�b5 �d7 1 O.ed5 1Zld5 1 1 .1Zld5 ed5 12 .\te3 .lte7 1 3.'Wd2 •

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1 .e4 c5 2.1Zlf3 e6 3.d4 cd4 4.1Zld4 1Zlf6 5.1Zlc3 d6 6.g4 h6 7.h4 1Zlc6 8.J:I.g1 d5 9 ..ltb5 .ltd7 1 O.ed5 1Zld5 1 1 ./ZldS ed5 1 2.�e3 �e7 1 3.'1i'd2 0-0 14 ..\tc6 bc6 1 5.0-0-0 J:lbB 1 6./ZlfS �f5 1 7.gf5 �f6 1 8.�d4 'i!th7 1 9.'1i'c3 �d4 20.'i¥d4 'i¥f6 2U i'f6 gf6 22.l:tg4 J:lbeB 23.J:[a4 J:[e5 24.J:la7 J:lf5 25.l::tc7 J:!aB 26.a3 'i!tg6 27.J:[c6 J:!a4 28.J:tc5 J:th4 29.b4 h5 30.b5 J:la4 31 .b6 J:!aB 32.J:ldd5 J:!d5 33.l::td 5 J:tb8 34.J:tb5 h4 35.J:lb3 'i!tf5 36.'i!td2 h3 37.J:lh3 J:tb6 38.a4 'i!te4 39.'i!tc3 f5 40.J:ld3 f4 41 .f3 'i!te5 42.'i!tc4 J:lc6 43.'i!tb3 l:!b6 44.'i!ta3 l:!b1 45.a5 f5 46.a4 J:tb2 47.a6 J::ta 2 48.J:la3 J:lc2 49.a7 1 -0 •

21 il..g 4!? [21 ... J:lc4] 22.l:tg4 g6 23.'i!f'h6 J:!g4 24.h5 [24.�d4 l:td4 25.1Zld4 l:teB-+ t:,. 26 ...-tfB] 24 ... l:!h4 25.�d4 l:td4 26.hg6 [26.J:ld4 'i!f'e7 27.'i!tb1 'i!f'e1 28.1Zlc1 'ilih1 29.J:td1 'ifh5 30.'ifh5 gh5 31 .J:lh1 J:leB 32.1Zld3 (32.c3) 32 ... c5+] 26 ... 'ifg5 27.'Wg5 il..f4 28.'Wf4 J:lf4 29.gf7 'i!tf7 30.1Zla5 l::tc8 31 .b3 l:!f2 32.l:td2 l:td2 33.'d2 c5 34.a3 'i!te6 35.c4 d4 36.b4 :as 37.1Zlb3 J:la3 38.1Zlc5 'i!td6 39.1Zlb7 c6 40.1Zla5 'i!tb6 41 .'i!tc2 Y2-Y2 .••

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INTRODUCTION: Mihail Marin MAIN ANALYSIS: Mihail Marln STUDY MATERIAL: Van de Mortel, Marln

Sicilian Defence Accelerated Dragon Sl 33.9

Maroczy System: �ab 1 vs tbh6 1 .e4 c5 2.tLlf3 tt:lc6 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:ld4 g6 5.c4 iJ.g7 6 ..1il.e3 d6 7.tt:lc3 tt:lh6 8.ile2 0-0 I have been tempted to include the Accelerated Dragon in my black repertoire more than once. This seems to be a 'universal' weapon against l .e4 (combined with the Dragon), l .c4 (symmetrical Eng­ lish) or l .d4 (Benoni or Volga Gambit). There is only one prob­ lem: it is really difficult to get ac­ tive play in the Maroczy System and Black should be prepared to endure long drawn out torture against a strong opponent. One of the typical counter-attack-

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ing moves is t7-f5. Usually this is carried out after the knight ma­ noeuvre tt:lf6-d7-c5, but this is rather time-consuming, so White has time to prepare for it. In his time, Simagin suggested the following plan: instead of block­ ing the f-pawn with tLlf6, Black could develop his knight to h6 in order to play f5 immediately after castling. The merits of the plan can be seen from the fact that such a classical player as Keres (other­ wise an outspoken 'enemy' of any kind of Sicilian) tried it a few times. It also didn't pass untested by one of the very few players in the history of chess who managed

to use the Accelerated Dragon as an ... attacking opening for Black: Bent Larsen. White has two ways of reacting: 1 ) play an early f!Vd2, attacking the knight, but allowing tt:lg4 (it is worth mentioning that in other Maroczy lines, with the knight on f6, White usually allows tt:lg4 only after Black has moved his light­ squared bishop in order to win an important tempo after .lil.g4); 2) simply allow Black's plan, trusting that opening the e-file will favour White in view of the weak­ ness of the e7 pawn. Practice has shown that the former plan is not so dangerous for Black. After the exchange on g4 he is usu­ ally able to create threats on the queenside (with f!Va5, l:Uc8, a6). The game Geller-Larsen, Monaco 1 967, is an excellent illustration.

Ignoring the Threat It seems that ignoring the 'threat' offers White better prospects of an advantage. After 8.tt:lc3 0-0 9.0-0 f5 White should, obviously, take on f5 - allowing f5-f4 or fe4 would give Black excellent play. The only problem of this line from White's point of view is that he has to be prepared for no fewer than four different reactions. Let's con­ sider them one by one. 41

White simply develops his pieces in the centre and Black is left with a chronic problem: where to de­ velop his queen? Compared with the first line ( 1 0 ... tt:Jd4) e7-e5 is less appealing, as Black would be left with a passive bishop on g7. See, for instance, the game Cabrilo-Stanojovski, Prilep 1 992.

Variation D Variation A

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Every Maroczy player's dream is to get control of the 'weak' d4 square. The position after 10.J2Jd4 l l .�d4 tt:Jf5, planning e7-e5, might seem like a dream come true but, unfortu­ nately, Black's development is in­ sufficient to execute his plans. Still, in the long run it is rather difficult to avoid advancing that pawn, as it is difficult to defend on e7, and Black lacks space. The game Tal-Kuprei­ chik, Sochi 1 970, is a case in point. It is highly instructive to see how the Wizard from Riga switches from positional pressure to a direct attack with only a few pieces left on the board.

Variation B Simagin's initial idea was to recap­ ture with the pawn ( 1 0... gf5). This is in accordance with the recom­ mendation to bring the pawns to the centre and, given Simagin's authority in those days, the plan became popular (Larsen once ironically wrote: but it was enough that I started playing like this and people started calling the plan original, curious and dubi­ ous ! ' ) . Seriously though, the move has one obvious drawback: the knight is rather misplaced now (too far from the square e4 !), and White can get a firm grip on the po­ sition with l l .f4. The knight jump to g4 only makes things worse, as the classical game Szabo-Larsen, Vinkovci 1 970, shows. '000

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Variation C There is not much to say in favour of the line 1 0 tt:Jf5 1 1 . tt:Jf5 �f5 . 00.

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The most active continuation seems to be 1 0 .itd4 1 1 .�h6 l:!.f5. Black has some pressure on the f­ file and the long diagonal. In par­ ticular, squares f2 and b2 might not be easy to defend. But once again, things are not all that rosy for Black. After 1 2.'i!!Yd2 White fin­ ishes his development by connect­ ing the rooks (also preventing .ic3) while Black still needs two moves to do the same. A long time ago Keres played 1 2 ... "t�Vb6 here, creating a direct threat against f2 and seemingly solving the prob­ lem of 'what to do with the queen?' . The second featured game Wunnink-Ardeleanu, Bu­ charest 200 1 , shows that after 1 3 . .id3 .l:it7, the calm 14.l:!.ab l (defending b2 and preparing for tt:Jd5) doesn't allow the tactics to work out well for Black. It is just natural: White already plays with all his pieces, which cannot be said about Black ... The same modest-looking rook move ( .l:iab 1 ) proved very effective against another 'active' queen move in Marin-Istratescu, Sovata 200 1 . For a while it looked as Black would be attacking, but White quickly managed to stop all the one-move threats and retained a large positional advantage.

practical chances as a surprise weapon or against less experi­ enced players. White has to take some concrete decisions, and sometimes it is not so easy to con­ trol the entire board to avoid counter-play. This will probably be felt especially under the new FIDE time-control, which dis­ courages any attempt to find the 'absolute truth' during the game...

8 1 33.9 Marin,Mihail Istratescu,Andrei Romania tt 2001 (2)

1 .c4 c5 2.tt:Jf3 tt:Jc6 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:Jd4 g6 5.e4 �g7 6 ..ite3 d6 7.t2'lc3 tt:Jh6 8.�e2 0-0 9.0-0 f5 1 O.ef5 .itd4 1 1 ..ith6 [11 ..itd4?! tt:JI5! (.itd4t>h2 h4 33.f4 IDd7 34.gf3 IDeS 3S.gds l::t b1 36.b4 IDd7 37.llc2

Praha 1 996 (6)

1 .1Df3 cS 2.c4 g6 3.d4 cd4 4.1Dd4 gg7 S.e4 1Dc6 s.gea d6 7 .IDea 1Dh6 8.�e2 0-0 9.0-0 fS 1 O.efS �d4 1 1 .gh6 l::tfS 1 2.'1i'd2 'l!lYb6 1 3.�d3 :!l:f7 1 4.llae1 IDeS 1 S.�e3 �e3 [15 ... 1Dd3 16.'1Wd3 �e3 17.lle3 'li'b2 18.'1i'd5 \t;>IS 1 9.'ti'd4 �g8 20.'1Wd5=] 1 6.ld.e3 'iWd4 1 7.1De2 'li'h4 1 8.14 1Dg4 1 9.llh3D 'li'f6 20.J::i: hf3 'li'h4 21 .l::t h 3 'li'f6 22Jl:hf3 'iWh4 23.h3 1Df6 24.1Dc3 �d7 2S.l::t 3f2 :C:af8 26.'1i'e3 IDhS 27.1De2 �c6 28.cS dS 29.b4;!; a6 [29 ... �d7!?] 30.�h2 1Df6 31 .�g1 IDhS 32.'>t>h2 1Df6 33.'>t>g1 IDhS 34.a3 J:l.d8 3S.IDd4 1Dg3 36Jle1 �d7 37.llf3 IDhS 38.ld.ef1 l::t df8 39.1De2 gS 40.fS g4

41 .g3! gf3 42.gh4 J:!:g7 43.'>t>h2 fe2 44.�e2 1Df6 4S.hS h6?! 46.'1Wh6 1De4 47.�g4 1Df6 48.'1i'f4 '>t>h7 49.h6 l::t gg8 SO.�f3 l::tf7 S 1 .l::te 1 �c6 S2.V!\Yc7 IDeS S3.'iWf4 1Df6 S4.J::i:e6 �d7 SS.l::t eS �c6 S6.lle1 \t;>h8 S7.l::t g 1 J:l:gf8 S8.'il'eS '>t>h7 S9.'iWg3 llg8 60.'il'g6!? l::t g 6 61 .fg6 liit g8 62.gf7 '>t>f7 63.l::t g7 '>t>f8 64.�g4 d4 ss.�ts gbs 66.:C:g1 es 67.h7 1Dh7 68.gh7 �f7 69.�e4 1 -0

Goloschapov,Aiexander Mohamed,Farag Cairo 2000 (2)

1 .e4 cS 2.1Df3 1Dc6 3.d4 cd4 4.1Dd4 g6 S.c4 �g7 6.�e3 d6 7.1Dc3 1Dh6 8.�e2 0-0 9.0-0 fS 1 O.efS �d4 1 1 .�h6 l:tfS 12.V!\Yd2 'li'b6 1 3.�d3 l::t h S?! 1 4.�f4 �d7 1 S.r.iab1 ! ges 1 6.�eS lleS 1 7.�e4 l::tf8 1 8Jlbe1 'il'cs 1 9.b3 '>t>g7 20.'>t>h1 gfs 21 .f4 lle6 22.�dS tle1 23.l::t e 1 tle8 24.1DbS!± IDb4 2S.�b7 IDd3 26.l::tf 1 a6 27.1Dc3 'iWd4 28.�a6 eS 29.�bS llf8 30.1DdS .lli.e4 31 .V!\Ye3 1Df4? [31 ...gds 32.'1Wd4 �g2 33.1iit g2 ed4 34.'>t>g3±] 32.'1Wd4 gg2 33.'>t>g1 ed4 34.1Df4 1 -0

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INTRODUCTION: lstvan Almasl MAIN ANALYSIS: lstvan Almasl STUDY MATERIAL: I.Aimasl, Epishin, Nlkltin

Sicilian Defence Four Knights Variation 51 34.6

Into the New Millennium 1 .e4 c5 Vt:Jf3 tt:Jc6 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:ld4 tt:lf6 5.tt:Jc3 e6 6.tt:Jc6 bc6 7.e5 tt:Jd5 8.tt:le4 The Sicilian Four Knights with 6.tt:lc6 bc6 7.e5 tt:Jd5 8.tt:le4 was popular from the late 70s till the early 90s, especially among play­ ers who wanted to avoid the Sveshnikov lines, which were also very popular at the time. Initially, everybody went for 8...f5, later in­ terest turned to 8 .. .'�Vc7 9.f4 �b6, which is still regarded as the FKV main line. In the early 90s players from the former Soviet Union gave a new impulse to the development of this

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system with their discovery and successful use of lines such as 8 ... �a5 and 8...�c7 9.f4 �aS. The good statistics on Black's side and the fact that Black can reach the Sveshnikov easily with another move order diminished interest in 6.tt:lc6. Surprisingly, it came into fashion again in the new millennium. The reason is probably the sensational reappearance of 6.tt:ldb5 ..tb4, an­ other well-forgotten old system, during the friendly match Leko­ Kramnik, Budapest 200 1 . This hyper-solid system gives Black practically zero chances to win the game, but it comes in extremely

handy if you want to simplify the position and avoid any form of tac­ tical battle. Although White has an obvious and durable advantage, it is not at all easy to convert it into victory. Moreover, White's eggs are virtually all in one basket: in 90 per cent of the games with system 6.tt:ldb5 ..tb4 White tries to make progress against Black's isolated queen's pawn, and the outcome largely depends on how successful White is in doing this. Strangely enough, this system is also adopted by rising new star Alexan­ der Grischuk. These developments made it feasible to reconsider 6.tt:lc6. Kasparov has used this weapon several times as well.

The First Main Game Modem practice threw up several problems for both sides. One such modem continuation is 8 ... ..tb7 ! ?, which was introduced into practi­ cal chess by Peter Leko. He de­ fended his idea successfully against the world's chess elite ! The reader can study the early games with 8... �b7 in Timoshenko's arti­ cle in Yearbook 55. In this survey I would like to present an update with a latest developments. In our main game Kasparov-Grischuk, after 9.�e2 c5 1 0.0-0 �c7 1 1 .tt:ld6 �d6 1 2.ed6 �c6 1 3.B c4 14.�d4 0-0 1 5 .�c4, young Grischuk came

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up with a dubious novelty ( 1 5 ... J:!.fc8), which didn't greatly impress me. In their first encoun­ ter, Linares 200 1 , Kasparov chose the cautious 1 6.�d5, transposing into an opposite-coloured bishop ending in which he outplayed his opponent with remarkable ease. In his second game against the same opponent, Cannes rapid 2001 , the former World Champion didn't follow his winning formula, probably afraid of an improve­ ment. This time he didn't squeeze an advantage from the opening, but outplayed the excessively pas­ sive Grischuk in the middle-game. In the end Kasparov made a seri­ ous mistake, probably due to time pressure, letting his opponent off the hook. I couldn't find any im­ provements for Black, even in their first encounter: I just don't see any way for Black to regain the pawn. So Grischuk's 1 5 .. Jlfc8 is not to be recommended. Even less in view of Black's other possibilities, tested in practice, of getting better chances, such as Leko's 1 5 ... �d6 and Filippov's 13 ... t/Jb6! ?. Against this latter move there is no antidote at this moment. Alternatives like 1 3 ... 0-0?! cause Black more problems than they solve. Compared to 1 3 ... t/Jb6, this simply seem to waste a tempo. White has several ways to get an edge: 14.c4 t/Jb6 1 5 .�d3 or even 1 5.�d3 ! ?.

The Second Main Game In our second main game Shirov tested another new idea ( l l .c4) in a rapid game against Krarnnik, but Black managed to save the draw in a long and very instructive oppo­ site colour bishop ending. It seems that this type of endgame often oc­ curs in games with 8 ... �b7. There is also fresh news in the line 9.c4 t/Jb4 1 0.c5 ! ?. Black still hasn't come up with anything con­ vincing against this radical ap­ proach. The latest tragic collapse happened in Macieja-Czebe, Oh­ rid 200 1 .

8 . c5 ..

To avoid this awkward line I con­ cluded that Black should choose another move to execute his (cor­ rect) plan, starting with 8 ... c5 ! ?. This rare move occurred only in a few woman's grandmaster games ( !) a decade ago. I haven't been able to find a refutation, so I think White could do worse than trans­ posing into the 8 ... �b7 9.�e2 c5 line with 9.�e2. This means that 8 ... c5 ! ? has practically no inde­ pendent theoretical significance, but it is very useful in that it allows Black to circumvent the line 8...�b7 9.c4 t/Jb4 10.c5.

The Other Lines We will briefly deal with Black's prospects in other lines: 8 .... �a6?! is ingenious, but White can get an advantage in several ways. The lat­ est example of this is the game Narciso-1. Almasi, Budapest 200 1 , i n which 9.c4 �b4 1 0.�d2 �h4 1 1 .�f3 f5 1 2.ef6 �d2 1 3.t/Jd2 t/Jf6 1 4.'i¥a3 .¥t.b7 would have given White the better chances, if he had played 1 5 . .¥t.e2. But after 9.�a6 'iVa5 1 0.�d2 �a6 1 1 .b3 ! I don't see how Black can stop White from playing c2-c4 on the next move. The game Popovic­ Grabher, Schlechter Memorial, Vienna 1996, is very impressive in this respect. The old 8 .. .f5 is only rarely tested in modem practice, but I would like to draw your attention to an in­ teresting plan in this system, too. Because there is such a limited number of practical examples, it is hard to give a concrete and defini­ tive assessment of these positions or to decide which reaction in the line 8 ...f5 9.ef6 t/Jf6 10.t/Jd6 �d6 1 1 . �d6 is better: 1 1 ... �b6 1 2.�d3 �a6 or the immediate l l .. .�a6 ! ?. In any case, Black's statistics are not too bad in these rare lines, and most white players have no idea what to do. Very ener­ getic and spectacular play enabled grandmaster Igor-Alexandre Na­ taf to beat his strong opponent

Lautier in the French Team Cham­ pionship 1 996. Maybe we should follow his example.

81 34.6 Kasparov,Garry Grischuk,Alexander Cannes rapid 2001 (2)

1 .e4 c5 2.tt:lf3 t/Jc6 3.d4 cd4 4.t/Jd4 t/Jf6 5.t/Jc3 e6 6.t/Jc6 bc6 7.e5 t/Jd5 8.t/Je4 �b7 9.�e2 c5 1 0.0-0 'fi/c7 1 1 .t/Jd6 .¥t.d6 1 2.ed6 �c6 1 3.f3 c4 1 4.�d4 0-0 [1 4 .. .'iYb6 1 5.�b6 (15.l::t d 1 J:!.cBoo; 15 ... t/Jb4 1 6.�b6 ab6 1 7.�d2 t/Jc2 1 8.J:!.ac1 t/Jd4 1 9.�c4;!;) 15 ... t/Jb6 16 ..¥t.e3 �d5 17.b3 (1 7.b4!?) 17 ....l:ic8 1 8.J:!.Ib1;!;] 1 5.�c4 J:!.fc8?!

1 6.b3!? [1 6..¥t.d5 Kasparov-Grischuk, Linares 2001] 1 6 ... 'i¥d6 1 7.�b2 [1 hti'h1 �b6] 17 ... �b6 1 8.J:!.f2 �d4 1 9.�d4 t/Jb4 20.c3 [20.a3 d5 (20...t/Jc6 21 ..¥t.b2) 21 .ab4 dc4 22.�a7!? (22.J:!.a7 J:!.a7 23.�a7 cb3 24.cb3 J:!.c1 25.J:!.I1 l::tl1 26.WI1 �a6=; 22.bc4 .!:!:c4 23.c3 a6=) 22 ... cb3 23.cb3 J:!.c3 24.l::t b2oo �d5 25.b5 l::!.c5!? 26.b6 J:!.acB] 20 ... t/Jc6 21.�e3 d5 aS!? 23.a4 t/Je7 22.�f1 [23...t/Je5!? 24.J:!.c2! £:::. 24 ....¥t.a6 25.�b5; 24.J:!.c1 �a6!, d3t>d8 1 6.'i¥14! (1 6.'l!lfg7? >t>c7) 16 ... >t>c7 17.�e2 h5 18.�g4 l:ihl8 1 9.'iVe3 'il'g4+] 1 2 ... �d2 1 3.>t>d2 ti:lg4 1 4.'iYa6 ti:le5 1 5.ti:lc3 'il'f2 1 6.�e2 J:tb8! 1 7.b3 ti:lf3!-+ 1 8.>t>c2 ti:ld4 1 9.>t>d3 ti:lf5 20.l:iad1 0-0 21 .l:ihf1 'ifc5 22.l:if3 d5 23.�c2 ti:le3 24.J:l:e3 'il'e3 25.'ifc6 d4 26.l:id3 'ilff2 27.'ifc5 e5 28.'il'a7 'ilfe1 29.�d1 l:ia8 30.'iYc5 dc3 31 .a4 e4 32.l:id7 e3 33.�h5 0-1 'il'a1 Epishin

M/95-5-42

Movsesian,Sergey Stocek,Jiri Czech tt 2001 (9)

1 .e4 c5 2.ti:lf3 e6 3.d4 cd4 4.ti:ld4 ti:lc6 5.ti:lc3 ti:lf6 6.ti:lc6 bc6 7.e5 ti:ld5 8.ti:le4 �a6 9.c4 �b4 1 o.�d2 'il'h4 1 1 .'iYf3 f5 1 2.ti:ld6 �d6 1 3.cd5 �f1 1 4.ed6 �b5? [14...�c4! 1 5.dc6 �d5 16.'il'l4 (16.cd7 �d7oo 17.'iYe2 (17.'il'e3 'ilfe4!? (17 ... Wd6 1 8.0-0 Schmidt-Becker, Germany Bundesliga 1 999) 54

1 8.'ife4 �e4 1 9.13 �d5 20.�14 (20.�b4 l:ihc8 21 .0-0 llc2 22.l:il2 l:il2 23. �12 l:ic8=) 20 ... J:!hc8 21 .0·0 (21.Wd2 J:l:c4 22.�e5 l:iac8!??) 21 ... J:l:c2 22.l:il2 l:iac8 23.b3 (23.�e5 l:il2 24.�12 l:ic2 25.�11 g5+Z) 23 ...l:il2 24.�12 J:l:c2 25.�11 oo I.Aimasi) 17 ... l:ihc8 1 8.0·0 'ife4 1 9.'i¥e4 �e4!?i! 20.13 �d3 (20 ... �d5 21 .�14 :tlc2 22 . .i;II2 J:iac8 23.b3oo - 1 7.'iYe3) 21.J:l:le1 l:ic2 22.�c3 �c4 23.�e5 J:tc8 24.l:iad1 Schebler-Ankerst, Germany Bundesliga 1 996) 16 ...'l!l¥14 17.cd7 �d7 1 8.�14 J:Ihc8 (18 ... .!:thg8 Girkiyan-Delgado, Erevan oi-W 1 996) 1 9.Wd2 l:tc4 20.�e5 J:iac8!!?? I.Aimasi; 20 ... �g2 21 . .!:thg1 J:f.g4 22.h3! J:ig6 (22 ... �h3 23.J:igc1 ±) 23.l:tac1 �c6 24.J:f.g6 hg6 25.l:tg1 ± Movsesian] 1 5.de6:t 0-0 [15 ... de6 16.a4 �a4 1 7.d7 �d7 1 8.�14 Movsesian] 1 6.ed7 J:l:ad8 1 7.0-0-0 'ifc4 18.�c3 'ifa2 1 9.J:l:he1 l:Id7 20.l:te7 l:tfd8 21 J:!de1 'ifa1 22.Wc2 'ifa2 [22...�a4 23.b3 �b3 24.Wb3 l:tb8 25.�b4+-l 23.l:te8 l:te8 24.lle8 Wf7 25. 'ifh5 g6 26.l:te7 >t>f8 27.'ifh6 1 -0

Popovic,Peter Grabher,Heinz Wien Schlechter-mem 1 996 ( 1 )

1 .e4 c 5 2.ti:lf3 e 6 3.d4 cd4 4.ti:ld4 ti:lf6 5.ti:lc3 ti:lc6 6.ti:lc6 bc6 7.e5 ti:ld5 8.ti:le4 �a6 9.�a6 'i¥a5 1 o.�d2 'ifa6 1 1 .b3! 'il'b6 [ 1 1 ...�e7?! 1 2.c4 15 13.cd5 le4 14.de6 0-0 1 5.'ife2 'ife2 16.>t>e2 de6 1 7.l:tac1 ± Drozdov­ Kjeldsen, Budapest 1 995; 1 1 ...15?! 1 2.el6 ti:ll6 1 3.ti:ll6 gl6 14.'/WhS �d8 (14 ... >t>e7 1 5.�b4 d6 16.0·0·0--+) 1 5.�a5! �e7 1 6.c4 (16.0-0-0 d5 (� 1 6 ... 'il'b5) 17.�c3 'ifa2 1 8.l:the1 Vi'a3 1 9.Wb1 '1Wd6 20.l:td3 �g7 21 .l:tde3 e5 22.14 e4 23.l:ie4+­ Prie-Toulzac, Montpellier 1994) 16 ... J:l:g8 1 7.�b4 d6 1 8.0-0-0! c5 1 9.l:td6!! �d6 20.'ifc5 �d7 21 .J:l:d1 �e8 22.'i\fh5 l:ig6 23.'/Wh7 �b4D (23 ... J:ig7 24.'ii' h 5 l:tl7 25.l:td7!+-) 24.Vi'g6 >t>l8 25.Vi'l6 WeB 26.'ifh8 �18 27.'iYh5 �e7 28.Vi'h7 Wl6 29.l:td3 'i!!Va2 30 . .!:tl3 wes 31 .Vi'c7 �d4 32.'ifd7 Wc5 33.b4 �c4 34.'ife6 1-0 T.Horvath-lstvandi, Hungary tt 1 991] 1 2.0-0! [1 2.c4?! 'i\fd4!] 12...'il'd4 1 3.l:te1 '/We5 1 4.c4--+ ti:lf6 1 5.�c3

'iff4 1 6.g3 'i\ff5 1 7.ti:ld6 �d6 1 8.Vi'd6 ti:lg4 1 9-�d4 '1Wh5 20.h4 f6 21 .J:ie4 [21 .II:e6? de6 22.'i\fe6 �18 (22 ... Wd8?? 23.�b6 ab6 24.J:l:d1+-) 23.lle1 c5-+] 21 ...ti:le5 22.�e5 fe5 23.l:te5 '1Wf3 24.lld1 0-0-0 25.J:!a5 l:thf8 26.l:td2 1 -0

8 f5 9.ef6 tt'Jf6 1 O.tt'ld6 .iii.d 6 ..•

1 U IVd6 �b6 1 2 .iii.d3 .iii.a6 •

Nataf,Igor-Alexandre Lautier,Joel France tt 1 996

1 .e4 c5 2.ti:lf3 e6 3.d4 cd4 4.ti:ld4 ti:lf6 5.ti:lc3 ti:lc6 6.ti:lc6 bc6 7.e5 ti:ld5 8.ti:le4 f5 9.ef6 ti:lf6 1 O.ti:ld6 �d6 1 1 .'iYd6 'iYb6 1 2.�d3 �a6!? [12 ...c5] 1 3.�e3! [1 3.c4 (Manik-Svobod­ ova, Lazne Bohdanec 1 997) 13...�c4! Bukai-Stein] 13 ... '1Wb2 1 4.�d4 'i\fb7 1 5.c4! [15.�c5 ti:ld5! (!::,. 16 ... �d3, 17 ... Vi'b8; 15 ... WI7 16.Vi'e7 �98 17.c4 (1 7.0-0 �d3 1 8.cd3 ti:ld5 1 9.'iYg5 'i\fb2 20.llab1 'ii'l6 21 .'il'g3 h5 22.'ii'd6 h4 23J,i:te1 J:l:h5 24.Vi'd7 ti:ll4 25.'i!!Vc6 l:td8 26.�e3 ti:ld3 27.J:ied1 l:ihd5 28.h3 Vi'g6 29.Vi'c2 ti:ll4 0-1 Kontic-Topakian, Arnhem Ech-jr 1 988) 17 ... 'iVc7 1 8.0-0 Ilea 1 9.'iYd6 Vi'd6 20.�d6 Wl7 21.l:tab1 l:tc8 22.�c5 l:tc7 23.�d6 l:icc8 24.�c5 l:tc7 25.�d6 h·Y2 Muller-Schulte, Germany Bundesliga 1 989) 16.'ifg3 (1 6.�h7 'iYb2!; 16.c4 '1Wb8!) 16 ... �d3 (h· Y2 Munoz Moreno­ Melendez Fierro, Madrid ch-ES 1 992) 1 7.'i!!Vg7 (1 7.cd3 'iYb5 1 8.'i\fg7 0-0-0) 17 ... 0-0-0 1 8.cd3 ti:ll4 (1 8 ... l:ihg8) 1 9.Vi'c3 Vi'b5!??] 1 5 ... 'il'b8 1 6. Via3 �ea [16 ... e5?! 1 7.l:tb1 'i!!Vc7 18.�c5:t; 16 ... 'iYI4!? 1 7.l:td 1 ! (1 7.�e3 'iYeS 1 8.l:tb1 ti:lg4! 1 9.'1Wa6 ti:le3 20.1e3 Vi'e3 21 .�e2 0-0--+) 17 ...�b7 (17 ... �c8 1 8.0-0± Wl7 1 9.J:l:le1 (1 9.g3 Vi'h6 20.14 .lieS) 1 9 ... l:te8 20.�e5 (20.II:e3 e5) 20 ... 'i!!V h4 (20 ... 'iYh6 21 .l:te3) 21 .J:l:e3 ti:lg4 22.�g3! (22.l:th3 'iYf2 23.Wh1 ti:le5 24.J:f.l1 ti:ld3 25.'i!!Vd3 'il'l1 26.'iY11 >t>g8) 22 ... Vi'h5 23.�e2 'iYg6 24.l:tl3 >t>g8 25.II:d4--+) 18.'i!!V b2?! (1 8.'iYb4!?; 1 8.0-0 c5!? (18 ... ti:lg4 19.g3 'ilfh6 20 .h4) 19. Vi'c5 ( 19 .�e3 'iYh4 20.13 0-0 21 .�c5 .i;IIc8 22.�d6 aS 23.�e2 �a6

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24.il'e3 tt:Je8 25Jld4 'li'h5 26.14 'li'17 27.ile4 dS 29.�d3 J:ta7 30 .ileS dc4 31 .>lc4 bS 32.�d3 c4 33.�c2 .ildS 34.l:th2 h6 3S.J:!g1 J:tda8 36 .>lc3 J:l:a6 37.l:l:f2 J:tg8 38 .ild2 hS 39.�c3 eS 40.�es J:te6 41 ..ild4 J:tge8 42.�c3 1 -0 hg4 43.fg4 �g8 44.hS •

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1 8.�c2 [18.�e2? 12ih1 19 . .>le3 'ifdS!± Adorjan·Ouinteros, Amsterdam 1 977] 1 8 12lh1 1 9 ..ilgS! cS 20J:!h1 'il:fdS •..

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INTRODUCTION: Sergey Tlviakov MAIN ANALYSIS: Sergey Tlviakov STUDY MATERIAL: Van de Mortel

Sicilian Defence Closed Sicilian 51 44.6

Naer ' s Pet Move 1 .e4 c5 2.ct:lc3 ct:lc6 3 .tb5 .

I came across this variation for the first time in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 1997, when James Plaskett played it against me. The ideas behind 3.�b5 are very simple: White threatens to spoil Black's pawn structure by taking on c6, gains some time for speedy development and takes the initiative. Later, in Groningen in 1 999, I had to face this variation against Evgeny Naer, and again I had problems. I liked the variation for White and

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decided to start playing it myself. It is absolutely impossible to cover all the lines in one survey, a large theoretical article would be neces­ sary to cover all the ins and outs. For self-study I would advise you to take a look at the games of Evgeny Naer, who plays this varia­ tion very often and with good re­ sults, too. Black can't afford to play 3... e6, 3...d6 or 3...g6 since after 4..itc6 White has a clear and long-lasting advantage. The main line in the po­ sition is 3...ct:ld4, although 3... 'iVc7

and 3 ... ct:la5 deserve attention, too. After 3... ct:ld4 4.�c4 (4.ct:lf3 and 4.ct:lge2 are interesting as well) Black has to choose between 4... e6 and 4...g6.

Variation A 4... e6 occurred in one of the two main games of this survey, Tiviakov-Fedorov, Wijk aan Zee 2001 . After 4... e6 5.ct:lf3 (5.ct:lge2 is interesting) Black came up with the strong move 5 ... 4:lf6 ! , attack­ ing the pawn on e4 and not allow­ ing White to take on d4. After 6.0-0 a6 (6.. .'iVc7 is interesting) 7.e5 (7.a4, 7.d3 and 7.l:tel are the other options) 7...d5 8.ef6 dc4 9.fg7 .fi.g7 an unclear position arises with approximately equal chances.

Variation B After 4 ... g6 5.ct:lf3 �g7 6.ct:ld4 ! ? (6.0-0 i s a worthy alternative to the text, although it will not be cov­ ered here) 6...cd4 7.'iVf3 ct:lh6 (the only move) 8.ct:le2 (after 8.d3 Black is able to steer the game into an equal ending with 8 ... 'iVa5 ! ? 9.ith6 ..th6 10.'iVf7 �d8 l l.'iVd5 'iYd5 l 2.ct:ld5 e6 l 3.4:lf6 ..tg7 l 4.e5 .itf6 1 5.ef6 J:tf8, Zufic­ Malakhov, Bled 2001 ) 8 ... 0-0 the critical position of the variation has arisen. White has several moves at his disposal. 9.d3 is 57

strongly met by 9 .. .t2lg4 ! , intro­ duced in the featured game Naer­ Tiviakov, Groningen 1 999. Al­ though White has a slight plus, Black should be able to neutralise White's pressure with correct play. 9.0-0 and 9.�b3 have not been tried in tournament practice yet, but can be recommended as alter­ natives. 9 .h3 was recommended by yours truly when annotating the game Naer-Tiviakov. Alexander Moro­ zevich followed my advice when he had to play Alexey Shirov in the final round of this year's Corns Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee. The idea is to simply cut off the knight on h6 and complete de­ velopment. Black has to act ener­ getically to bring the knight back into play. After 9 ... e6 IO.d3 f5 l l .�g3 b5 1 2.�b3 �b7 the posi­ tion is sharp and unclear. Only fur­ ther games and analysis can shed more light on this position.

12.�b3i Konieczka·Kern, Germany Bundesliga 1 990) 1 O ... a6 1 1 .de5 ab5 1 2.�b3 cb2 1 3.�b2 'i¥a5 1 4.�c3 b4 1 5..itb2 'i!Vb5 16.0·0·0 b6 1 7.'ife3± Bangiev) 9 ... �b6 1 O.c3 dc3 1 1 .dc3 a6 12.�e3±; 7...tt.if6? 8.tt.ib5 0·0 (8 ... e5 9.tt.id6+-; 8 ... �b6 9.e5+-) 9.tt.id4 d5!? 1 O.ed5 e6 1 1 .0-0 ed5 1 2.�b3 J:l:e8 1 3.d3 �g4 1 4.�g3 �d7 1 5.h3 �h5 16.�e3±] 8.tt.ie2 [8.d3 0-0 (8 ... dc3?! 9 ..ith6 .itl6 (9 ... 0-0 1 0.�g7 wg7 1 1 .bc3 'i!Va5 12.d4 (1 2.Wd2!?) 12 ... b5 13.�d5 llb8 14.0-0±) 10.b3± Bangiev) 9.tt.ie2 - game; 9.tt.ib5 'i!Vb6) 9 ...b5 (9...tt.ig8!?) 1 0..itb3 tt.ig8!? Bangiev; 10 ... �b6?! 1 1 .�h6 �h6 1 2.�16 0-0 13.'i!Vd4 "iVa5 14.c3± Bangiev-Lagunow, Germany 1 998] 9.d3 [9.�d3?! e6 8... e6 9.�d3 0-0; 9.h3!?; 9 ..itb3!?]

Conclusion At the moment it is impossible to draw a definite conclusion on the assessment of this variation. There is not much in the way of theory, which leaves ample room for crea­ tivity on both sides. The line can be recommended to those who want to avoid the main theoretical lines. The surprise factor is very impor­ tant and if Black doesn't have any idea how to play against 3.�b5, he can easily get into trouble.

81 44.6 Naer,Evgeny Tiviakov,Sergey

Groningen 1 999 ( 1 0) 1 .e4 c5 VL:lc3 tt.ic6 3.�b5 tt.id4 [3... g6 4.�c6! oo] 4.�c4 [4.�a4!?] 4 ... g6 5.tt.if3 �g7 6.tt.id4!? cd4 7.�f3!? tt.ih6D [7 ... e6? 8.tt.ib5 �e5 (8 ...d6 9.�a3!? �e5 1 0.d3 d5 1 1 .14± Bangiev; 8... 'ifb6 9.'i¥14± Solak· Allemann, Biel 2001) 9.�d3 (9.c3 dc3 1 0.d4 (1 0.dc3 a6 1 1 .tt.id4 �c7 58

9... tt.ig4!N [9...�b6 10.'i!Vg3 (1 0.h3!? 6 1 1 .g4) 10 ...d6 (10 ... tt.ig4!?) 1 1 .h4 "iVb4 12 ..itd2 'i!Vb2 1 3.J:l:c1 tt.ig4 1 4.h5 �d7 1 5.hg6 hg6 1 6.13 tt.ie5 1 7.�h4 l:!.lc8 18."iVh7 Wl8 19 ..ith6+­ Branding-Hansel, Oberhol 1 999; 9 ... ifa5 1 0.�d2 �b6 1 1.. �b3! 1 1 .0-o-o!; 9 ... d6 1 o.h3J 1 o �ba [1 0.'!Wg4 d5 1 1 ."iYg3 (1 1 .�13 dc4 1 2.dc4 15 (12...�e6 13.�d3 a:ca (13 .. .'�c7 1 4.b3) 14.b3 b5 1 5.cb5 llc2g?) 13.tt.ig3 (1 3.ef5 �!5, c2] 1 3.!JL.e3 !JL.c6 1 4.f3? [1 4.!JL.d4 �d4=; 14 ... cd4 1 5.tt:le4:t J:!:gB (1 5...!JL.b5 1 6.c4!) 16..!:tle1 :t] 1 4 .. J:tg8?! (t> 1 5 ...�g5; 14 ... �b6!?+ t> 0·0·0] 1 5J:!.f2 �h4 [15 ... �b6!? 16.!JL.d4 cd4 1 7.�h7 0·0·0 18.tt:ld1 �c7g@>j 1 6.!iL.d4 cd4 1 7.tt:le2! [1 7.tt:le4 0-0-0+, tt:le4 32.ne2; 31 .tt:ld4 'ifc1 �] 30.tt:lf4 j)_c6 31 .�g2 l:rd1 32.l::!.e2 �fS?! [32...'ifl6 33.tt:ld5 jLd5 (33...'ifa 1 34.tt:lb6 �c7 35.ne7 �dB 36.'ifa1 .!:!.a1 37.lll7+-) 34.cd5+-; 32...h6!?] 33.tt:ld5 !iL.dS (33... J:!.d5 34.cd5 'ifd5+-] 34.'ifc5 �d8 35.'l!lfd6 �d7 36.'ifb8 (36...'ifcB 37..!leB �eB 3B.�cB+-] 1 -0 Tiviakov

Study Material

Rehn,Ralf Veingold,Aiexander Tammisaari 1 996 (5)

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Tsekouras,Theodoros Shavtvaladze,Nikoloz Hania 2000 (7)

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Kovalevskaya,Ekaterina Madl,Ildiko Halle tt 2000 (7)

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Zeidler,Sven Dishman,Stephen England tt 2000 (8)

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Hemandez,Gilberto Kudrin,Sergey Merida 2000 (6)

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Morozevich,Alexander Shirov,Alexey Wijk aan Zee 2001 ( 1 3)

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Heberla,Bartlomiej Singer,Krystian Zakopane 2001 (1 1 )

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Naer,Evgeny Van Blitterswijk,Stefan Groningen 1 999 (2)

34 ... �b6 35.we1 �a5-+ 36.J::i: e3 'i!Ve1 37.wf2 'fi'f4 3S.wg1 'ti'd4 39.<Jih2 'fi'e5 40.<Jig1 'fi'e1 41 .wh2 �e3 42.'fi'e3 'fi'h4 43.wg1 'ti'g5 44.tue7 �d7 45.�t1 h5 46.'1Wb3 h4 47.'1Wb7 h3 4S.tiJe6 '1We3 49.wh2 �e6 50.de6 'fi'f4 51 .Wh3 'fi'f1 52.ef7 wf7 53.'ti'd5 wg7 54.'1Wd4 'ti'f6 55.'ti'a7 d5 56.'ti'e5 d4 57.b4 d3 5S.'ti'e3 'ti'd6 59.'1!\Yd2 '1Wd5 60.<Jig3 e5 61 .<Jif2 <Jif6 62.we1 'i!Vd4 63.1iif 1 e4 64.'1!\Yf4 we6 65.'fi'g4 wd5 66.'fi'g6 '1Wa1 67.1io>f2 'll\Y b2 6S.Iio>g3 '1Wb4 0-1

Naer,Evgeny Plischki,Sebastian

1 .e4 e5 2.12le3 1Ue6 3.�b5 1Ud4 4.�e4 g6 5.12lf3 �g7 6.0-0 e6 7.1Ud4 ed4 S.IUb5 a6?! 9.12ld6 we7 1 0.1/JeS :!:ieS 1 1 .d3 b5 1 2.�b3 fS 1 3.a4 1Ue7 1 4.�d2 12le6 1 5.f4 �f6 1 6.ab5 ab5 1 7.'fi'f3 wg7 1 S.l:!.a6 :!:!gS 1 9.:!:ifa1 whS 20.Wh1 �e7 21 .g3 �b4 22.e3?! de3 23.be3 12ld4! 24.ed4 �d2 25.l:!.d1 �e3 26.'fi'e3 l:!.aS 27.l:!.aS 'iias 2S.d5 'fi'a3 29.l:!.b1 l:!.eS 30.de6 de6 31 .f5 'iid 6 32.fe6 fe6 33.l:!.f1 Wg7 34.l:!.e1 Y2·Y2

Naer,Evgeny Kovchan,Alexander Swidnica 1 999 (7)

1 .e4 e5 2.12le3 12le6 3.�b5 1Ud4 4.�e4 g6 5.12lf3 �g7 6.0-0 d6 7 .12ld4 ed4 S.I/Je2 I/Jf6 9.d3 d5 1 o.�b5 �d7 1 1 .�d7 12ld7 1 2.ed5 12lb6 1 3.e4 de3 1 4.12le3 0-0 1 5.'il'b3 'i!'d7 1 6.�e3 �e3 1 7.be3 12ld5 1 S.�h6 l:!.fdS 1 9.e4 12lf6 20.l:!.ad1

Pardubice 1 996 ( 1 )

l:!e6 44.we2 wf6 45.a5 12ld6 46 ..!:!a4 l:Ia6 47.wd3 we5 4S.�b4 lUeS 49.e4 J:!e6 50.�e5 12ld6 51.wb4 12lb7 52.�b6 litd5 53.l:!a1 Jle4 54.Wb3 J:!f4 55.a6 J:f.fS 56.ab7 we6 57.�e3 1 -0

4 ... g6 5.ti'lf3 iilg7 6.d3

Spassky,Boris Lautier,Joel Clermont Ferrand 1 989 ( 1 )

1 .e4 e 5 2.12le3 1Ue6 3.�b5 12ld4 4.�e4 g6 5.12lf3 �g7 6.d3 e6 7.0-0 12le7 S.l2ld4 ed4 9.12le2 d5 1 0.�b3 de4 1 1 .de4 1Ue6 1 2.a3 0-0 1 3.1/Jf4 b6 1 4.1Ud3 12la5 1 5.�a2 �b7 1 6.b4 1Ue6 1 7.:!:ib1 ii'd7 1 S.�f4 .!::l.aeS 1 9.f3 J:ifdS 20JU2 12le7 21 .b5 .!::l. e3 22.a4 a5 23.wh1 lUeS 24.�d2 l:!e7 25.�f4 l:!e3 26.l:!d2 'i/e7 27.12le5 '1We5 2S.I/Jd3 '1We7 29.12le5 'i!'e5 30.12ld3 'il'h5 31 .l::!. b3 1Ud6 32.'il'e1 l:!.eeS 33.l:!e2 1Ue4 34.l::t b1 g5 35.�g3 12le3 36.�b3 g4 37.'ilf2 lithS 3S.�f4 �h6 39.�e5 �g7 40.�f4 �h6 41 .�e5 �g7 42.�g7 wg7

1 .e4 e5 2/ue3 12le6 3.�b5 1Ud4 4.�e4 g6 5.12lf3 �g7 6.0-0 e6 7.1Ud4 ed4 S.IUb5 d5? 9.ed5 ed5 1 0.�d5! a6 1 1 .'1Wf3 I/Jf6 1 2J:ie1 wfS 1 3.'1!\Ya3 1io>gS

20 ... l:!.aeS [20 12lg4!?] 21 .h3 l:Ie6 22Jlfe1 b6 23.d4 :!:!deS 24.'1Wb4 'il'd6 25.'i!Vd6 ed6 26 . .!:!e7 .!:!e4 27.l:!a7 l:!4e7 2S.l:!e7 l:!e7 29.l:!eH d5 30.g4 1Ue4 31 .f3 1Ud6 32.l:!e5 f6 33.l:Ie6 12lb5 34.l:If6 J:ieS 35.J:ib6 1Ud4 36.l:!f6 12le6 37.a4 d4 3S.f2 1Ue5 39.l:!e6 I/Jf7 40.�d2 l:!e2 41 .e1 <j;g7 42.J:!e4 .t1e4 43.:!:id4 ...

1 4.�f7! <j;f7 1 5.1Ud6

1 -0

43.l:!e3 ! ? de3 44.'ii!i' e 3 gf3 45.gf3 fS 46.:!:ig1 e7 47.llg3!= J:id6 4S.g2 J:!e3 49.J:ih3 '1!\Yg6 50.J:ig3 i¥h5 51 .l:!h3 'i¥g6 52.l:!g3 'fi'h5 53.l:Ih3 'i¥g6 54.J:1g3 'ti'h5 55.l:!h3

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INTRODUCTION: Sergey Tlvlakov MAIN ANALYSIS: Sergey Tlviakov STUDY MATERIAL: Van de Mortel, Tiviakov

Sicilian Defence Closed Sicilian 51 44.6

Naer ' s Pet Line: Part 11 1 .e4 c 5 2.lt:lc3 lt:Jc6 3.jLb5 lt:Jd4 4.jLa4 This is the second survey in this Yearbook dealing with the rare variation 3.�b5 lt:ld4. After finish­ ing the first survey I studied the other retreat 4.�a4 as part of my preparation for the second Euro­ pean Individual Championship in Macedonia. It turned out to be an important step - my victory against the young and talented Russian player Pavel Smirnov was the first in a series of wins that eventually secured my qualifica­ tion for the 2001 FIDE World Championship. Later that month,

in the Dutch Championship against Karel van der Weide, I tried 4.jLa4 again. Although the game ended in a draw, I couldn't have been hap­ pier with the opening, having gained a large advantage.

Pros and Cons What is the main difference be­ tween 4.�a4 and 4.�c4? After 4.�a4 Black will find it much more difficult to develop his pieces, since he can't play d7-d6 and in the variation 4.�a4 e6 5.lt:lf3, he can't play 5 ... lt:lf6 be­ cause of 6.e5 lt:lg4 7.lt:Jd4, and now, in contrast to the parallel line with 4.�c4, the bishop on a4 isn't

hanging, so 7 ... lt:Je5 is no longer possible. The drawback of 4.jLa4 is the awkward position of the bishop itself. Black can play 'iVd8-a5 and try to trap the bishop after b7-b5, followed by c5-c4. The number of the games so far played with 4. .ta4 (including transpositions) is very limited. It is hard to find another solid line in the Sicilian Defence with so little theory, but with such good chances of getting an opening advantage straightaway. In the diagrammed position three different approaches have been tried.

Variation A) 4 . . a6 .

STATISTICS

This move took place in Tiviakov-Smirnov, Ohrid 200 1 , the featured game o f the present survey. Black exchanges White's bishop, but falls behind in devel­ opment. After 4...a6?! 5.d3 b5 (5...e6 leaves White a choice be­ tween 6.lt:lge2 and 6.lt:Jf3, with better chances) 6.�b3 lt:lb3 7.ab3 �b7 8.lt:lf3 White has the upper hand. Obviously, 4... a6 cannot be recommended.

Variation B) 4...g6 After 4... g6 White has a choice be­ tween 5.f4 and 5.lt:Jf3. 5.f4 was played in two of Jan Werle's games. He managed to get the bet64

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ter position in both, but Black's play can be improved upon. That's why I believe that White shouldn't waste any time and try to develop all his pieces as quickly as possible by playing 5.ttJf3. Please note that the position after 5 .ttJf3 can also arise after 2.ttJf3 ttJc6 3.ttJc3 g6 4.�b5 ttJd4 5 .�a4. In general, White's chances should be pre­ ferred if White takes on d4, so Black must try to prevent this ex­ change. B l ) 5 ... 'ifa5 ! ? is interesting but has yet to be tried in the tourna­ ment practice. B2) 5 ... a6 6.ttJd4 cd4 7.ttJe2 was better for White in Lip-Phan Koshnitsky, Gold Coast 200 1 . B 3 ) 5 ... �g7 i s the main move in the position. After 6.0-0 (6.ttJd4!? deserves serious attention) 6... �a5 (the only other way to develop is 6...ttJh6, although after 7.ttJd4 cd4 8.ttJe2 White was clearly better in Nieminen-McLean, Port Erin 1999, and Nieminen-Laasanen, Finland 1998) White should play 7.a3, planning b2-b4, with a small advantage in a very sharp position. 7.l:t:b l , which was played in Dobrowolski-Patla, Polanica Zdroj 1999, and Schekachev-Van Wely, Dordrecht blitz 2000, is interest­ ing, but in my view weaker than 7.a3.

Variation C) 4 :ifa5 ..

The most challenging move 4... �a5 (a novelty on move 4! ! ) was first recommended by the author of these lines in the analysis of his game against Smimov, published on his Website www. tiviakov.demon.nl several days af­ ter the end of the European Cham­ pionship. Later it was tested in Tiviakov-Van der Weide, Leeu­ warden 200 1 , the last game of this survey. After 5.ttJf3 b5 6.ttJd4 Black must play 6... cd4 (after 6 ... ba4 7.ttJde2 �b7 8.0-0 e6 9.d3 White had a sizable advantage in Tiviakov-Van der Weide) 7.ttJb5 (7.b4 was recommended by Karel after our game. It needs further

analysis because the position is ex­ tremely sharp) 7 ... 'iia4 8.ttJc7 Wd8 9.ttJa8 �b7 10.d3 �aS 1 1 .0-0.

81 44.6 Tiviakov,Sergey Smirnov,Pavel Ohrid Ech 2001 (4)

It is extremely difficult to evaluate the diagrammed position, as no games have been played with it yet. But it is obvious that White must have sufficient compensation here. His plan is to open the posi­ tion with b3, �d2 (or �b2), c3 and to organise an attack on the Black king, which is stuck in the centre. Since the position of the diagram can appear almost by force after 4.�a4, everyone who wishes to play this variation in the future, will have to spend a lot of time ana­ lysing it. At the same time, we will have to wait for these future games to shed more light on this position.

Conclusion The line with 4.�a4 is very inter­ esting and solid. It can be recom­ mended to those wishing to avoid theory in the Sicilian Defence. At the moment it is absolutely impos­ sible to draw a definite conclusion about whether White is better or whether Black can equalise with­ out a problem. The evaluation of the line strongly depends on the as­ sessment of the position of the sec­ ond diagram.

1 .e4 c5 2.ttJc3 ttJc6 3.�b5 ttJd4 4.�a4!? a6 5.d3 b5N 6.�b3 ttJb3 [6 ... �b7 7.ttJI3 ttJb3 8.ab3 game] 7.ab3 �b7 8.ttJf3tt d6 [8...e6 9.0-0tt; 8...ttJI6 9.e5 ttJd5 (9... ttJg4 1 0.�14) 1 0.ttJe4tt] 9.�g5! tt f6 [9 ... ttJI6 1 0.ill6!; 9 ... h6 1 o.�h4 g6! t:.. 1 1 ... ilg7; 1 o. . .g5 1 1..�. g3±] 1 0.�d2! [t:.. 1 1 .ttJd5, 1 2.ila5; 1 0. .ie3 e5!] 1 0...e5 [1 0...b4 1 1 .ttJd5 e6 1 2.ttJe3±] 1 1 .ttJd5 [t:.. 12.�a5] 1 1 ... b4 [1 1 ....id5 1 2.ed5 ttJe7 (12...g6 1 3.c4±) 1 3.c4±] 1 2.c4 bc3 [12 ... ild5!? 1 3.cd5 t:.. 14.ttJh4, 1 5.14f[JICJ, c4c3 '.t>l7 (33...�15 34. .!:!.e3) 34Jie3 (t:.. l:t:e1 -c1 , �a7, a6e6 44.tllg6 (44.J:!.h6? �g5) 44... �da (44 ...�g5 45.14) 45.tlle5 g7 37.J:J:f3+- 12lg3 38.l::t g3 .if1 39 ..ic4 .ic4 40.bc4 Wif4 41 .W/f4 .!:tf4 42.l:i:e3 l:if1 43.l:i:a3 l:ic1 44.J:l:a5 J:!.c4 45.e5 <Jh1 g5 23 . .id2 f4 24 . .ib4 l:!.fe8 25.W/h5 12le5 2S.J::!. g 1 li:lcS 27 . .id2 J:J:e5 28.l:!.g4 �g6 29.'ii' g 6 hg6 30.J:J:ag1 .ifS 31 .h4+g7 32.hg5 .ig5 33.J:i1 g2 1 -0

Schekachev�ndrey Van Wely,Loek Dordrecht blitz 2000 ( 1 2)

1 .e4 c5 2.12lc3 li:lcS 3.12lf3 g6 4. .ib5 12ld4 5.�a4 .ig7 6.0-0 W/a5 7.J:i:b1 aS 8.12ld4 cd4 [8 ... .id4 9 ..ib3 d6 1 0.12ld5 e6 1 1 .12le3 b5 12.c3 .ig7 1 3.d4 .ib7 14.d5 e5 1 5.a4 12le7 16 ..ic2 �c7 17 . .id2 .icB 1 8.ab5 ab5 1 9.14 el4 20.lll4 O·Ooo Dobrowolski·Patla, Polanica Zdroj 1 999] 9.12ld5 W/a4 1 0.12lc7 \t>f8 1 1 .12la8 W/c6 [1 1 ...'ii'a2!?] 1 2.c4 bS 1 3.12lbS W/bS 1 4.b4 12lf6 1 5.d3 dS 1 6.a4

Survey SI 44. 6

42.l::!.e 1 lt>f7 43.dS .l:i:g6 44.e4 ..ie3 4S ..l:i:b1 �d4 46.1i:Ja8 .l:i:g8 47.1i:Je7 .!:lea 48.�d6 i.b6 49. .l:i:e1 .l:i:e7

4 .. :il'a5

Tiviakov,Sergey Van der Weide,Karel Leeuwarden ch-NL 2001 ( 1 )

1 .e4 e S 2.1i:Je3 li:Je6 3 ..ibS li:Jd4 4.�a4 'il'aSN S.li:Jf3 bS 6.1i:Jd4 ba4?! [6 ...cd4 7.ti.:Jb5 (7.b4!? Van der Weide) 7...'tlfa4 8.1i:Jc7 lt>dB 9.1i:Ja8 i.b7 10.d3 i.aB 1 1 .0-0!?i!] 7.ti.:Jde2 i.b7 8.0-0 e6 9.d3 ti.:Jf6 1 o.i.gS �e7 1 1 .'iYd2± 'ii'a6 1 2.eS 'ife6 1 3.f3 ti.:Jg8 1 4.i.e7 ti.:Je7 1 S.Ii:Je4 0-0 1 6.'ii'e3 [16.'ii'a5!?] 1 6 ... I:iae8 1 7.ti.:Jd6 I:ie7 1 8.'tlfas i.a6 1 9.ti.:Je3 ti.:Jg6 20.f4 f6 21 .'ii'a4 'ii'a4 22.1i:Ja4 feS 23.feS li:JeS 24.b3 ti.:Jf7 2S.Ii:Je4 d6 26.e4 .l:i:d8 27.I:iae1 = i.b7 28.ti.:Jee3 I:ie7 29.a3 aS 30.ti.:JbS i.e6 31 .1i:Jae3 eS 32.d4 ..ibS 33.1i:JbS ed4 34.1i:Jd4 l::!. b7 3S.ti.:Je6 I:iaS 36.b4 ab4 37.ab4 ti.:Jd8 38.1i:Jd8 .!;IdS 39.bSt I:ieS 40.J::[e4 l:!.b6 41 .I:if3 I:ie8 42.I:id3 lif2 I:ie7 44J:ih4 h6 4S.Ii'e2 I:l:a7 46.J:!.g4 lla2 47.1i'f3 I:ia7 48.\t>e3 I:ie7 49.J:!.d2 lleS SO.I:if2 li'g8 S1 .I:ie4 I:ie7 S2.l:!:d2 li'f7 S3.h4 hS S4.g4 hg4 SS. .l:i:g4 li'g8 S6.J:l.dS J:!.f7 S7.J:l.g6 .l:i:f4 S8.Wd3 I:if3 S9.\i<e2 l::!.f6 60.I:ig4 lt>f7 61 .\t>b3 I:ib7 62.\t>b4 \t>e6 •

1 6.. .1i:Jd7 1 7.aS 'ii' b7 1 8. ..b 3 i.f6 1 9.f4 lt>g7 20.bS 'ii'a8 21 .b6 i.b7 22.'tlfg4 'tlfe8 23.'ii'g3 hS 24.llbe1 h4 2S.'ii'f2 h3 26.g3 'ife6 27 ...ib4 li:JeS 28.'tlff3 e6 29.1i'f2 'ifa4 30. ..ieS deS 31 J:ia1 'ife6 32.\t>e2 fi.e7 33.g4 fS 34.gfS efS 3S.Ii'd2 'tife6 36.l::!.ae1 fe4 37.l::!. e4 ..ie4 38.'ll!Ye4 'ii'e4 39.de4 .!:tf8 40.\t>d3 i.d6 41 .eS fi.eS 42.\t>e4 fibS 43.l::!.f3 IlfS 44.J:!.h3 J:!.f4 4S.It>dS l:[fS 46.\t>e6 gS 47.1i'b7 ..ieS 48.1i'a6 l::!.f 1 49.\t>bS l::!.a 1 SO.a6 lt>g6 S1 .a7 lie4 SS.b7 d2 S6.b8'if d1 'll!Y S7.'iVe8 lie3 S9.\i<e6 1 ·0 li'e4 60J:id4

SO.eS?! [50 ...ic7 �c7 51.J::[d 1 t] SO ... Ii:JdS [50 ... .l:i:d7 51 ..l:i:e7 I:l:e7 52.i.e7 li'e7 53.cb6 lt>d6 54.h4 gh3 55.1i'h3 lt>d5 56.\t>h4 lt>c4 57.\ib4 58.\t>f5 a5=i'] S1 .eb6 .!:te2 S2.1i'g1 .l:i:e6 S3.�eS li:Jb6?! [53 ... a5 54 . .l:i:e5 ab4! 55.J:!:d5 lt>e6 56 ..l:i:d4 .l:i:c5 57 ..l:i:b4 Wd6+] S4. .l:i:e7 li'g6 SS ..l:i:b7 li:Ja4 S6.i.d4 .l:i:d6 S7.�es .!;Ie6 S8J:ia7 .l:i:eS S9.J:!:a6 lif6 63.bS li<eS 64.b6 li'e4 6S.I:ie8 lt>f3 66 .!:te1 = I:ib6 67.I:if1 li'e4 68.I:if4 wes 69.1i'g2 %-% •

Tiviakov

Werle,Jan Van de Mortel,Jan Leeuwarden ch-NL si 2001 ( 1 )

1 .e4 eS 2.1i:Je3 li:Je6 3. ..ibS li:Jd4 4.i.a4 g6 S.f4 i.g7 6.1i:Jf3 l::!.b8?! 7.1i:Jd4 ed4 8.1i:Je2 e6 9.0-0 li:Je7 10.d3 0-0 1 1 .i.d2 d6 1 2.1i'h1 fS 1 3.1i:Jg1 ! eS?! 1 4.fi.b3 lif7 3S. 'ii'f2 hS 36.I:ie1 ?! �b4 37.I:if1 'il'e3 38.h3 'iVd3 39.'ii'f3 'ii'd4 40.'il'f2 'iVf2 41 .1i'f2 I:ie2 42.\t>f3 li'e6-+ 43.J:!.b1 d4 44. ..ih4 d3 4S.�e1 d2 0-1 •

63.1i'aS? [63.J:!g2±; 63.I:ig1 ] 63 ... J:l.a7 64.1i'b6 I:ia4= 6S.It>e6 [65.I:id6?? Wd6 66.c5 lt>e7-+] 6S ... Ii'fS 66.I:igS Wf4 67.eS deS 68.\i<eS e4 69.I:ig7 e3 70.J:!.e7 Y2-% Tiviakov

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INTRODUCTION: Kick Langeweg MAIN ANALYSIS: Viswanathan Anand STUDY MATERIAL: Langeweg, Van der Tak, Xu Yuhua, Yermollnsky

Sicilian Defence Grand Prix Attack 51 49.8

The Active 6 1 .e4 c5 2.ti:lc3 d6 3.f4 t2lc6 4.t2lf3 g6 5.�c4 �g7 6.0-0 t2lf6 The Grand Prix Attack is a favour­ ite choice for those who for what­ ever reason want to steer clear of the massive amount of theory in­ volved in studying the Open Sicil­ ian. This approach is less common amongst top players, but every now and then it is used to catch someone unawares. Kasparov and Gelfand, the world's greatest ex­ perts of the Najdorf Variation, use the flexible set-up 6 ...e6 and 7 ... t2lge7 to meet the GPA. The ac­ tive 6 ... t2lf6, the subject ofthis sur­ vey, also has its fans, e.g. the late

STATISTICS

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t2Jf6

Polugaevsky (in his time no less an Najdorf-expert than the two men­ tioned above) and Anand. Roughly speaking there are two ways for White to handle the posi­ tion after 7.d3 0-0.

Variation A The pawn sacrifice 8.f5 immedi­ ately reveals White's intentions: he is heading for the enemy king ! In the old game Hodgson-Nunn, London 1 978, White fully suc­ ceeded. Sorokin-Baburin, Vo­ ronezh 1988, also shows that White's attacking chances after accepting the pawn sac shouldn't be underestimated. Khalifman-

Kuczynski, German Bundesliga 1 993, was complex and obscure right to the end. However, Black is by no means forced to take the pawn. The games G.Horvath­ Senff, Budapest 1 997, and Vo Hong Phuong-Xu Yuhua, Istanbul Olympiad 2000, prove that 8 ... t2lg4 and 8... e6 yield excellent counter-play.

Variation B 8.'i¥el and 8.�b3 are more re­ strained options, which often transpose to the same position. Black's two main replies are 8 ... e6 and 8 ... t2ld4. A third good possi­ bility is eliminating White's king's knight, a potential threat to the black king, with 7 ...�g4 or 8 ...�g4. Black has had fairly good results with this strategy, as wit­ ness the Study Material. B l ) 8 ... e6 was Polugaevsky's preference: the scope of the light­ squared bishop is restricted and the pawn break f4-f5 is prevented. The downside to this is that the thrust e4-e5, possibly followed by t2le4, gains in strength due to the weakening of the dark squares (f6, d6, c5). The games Plaskett­ Byrne, London 1 99 1 , and Mitkov­ Leitao, Poikovsky 200 1 , illustrate this theme, and both deserve closer study. B2) 8 ... t2ld4. This centralising

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move is played against 8.'i¥el and 8...tb3 alike and usually leads to the same position. This is the case in the featured game Hemandez­ Anand, Merida 2001. But Anand is the first to question, after 8...tb3 tt:ld4, the validity of 9.'i¥el on account of 9... a5 ! One move later he rejected 1 0 . ..ii.d7 !, the strongest continuation, because he was afraid that after l l .a4 tt:lb3 1 2.cb3 ii.c6 1 3.f5 White's initiative would outweigh his scattered queenside pawn formation. It would be inter­ esting to have Anand's evaluation tested in practice.

81 49.8 Hernandez,Gilberto Anand,Viswanathan Merida 2001 (2)

1 .e4 c5 2.tt:lc3 d6 3.f4 tt:lc6 4.tt:lf3 g6 5.�c4 �g7 6.0-0 tt:lf6 7.d3 0-0 8.�b3 tt:ld4 9.'i¥e1 ?! [9.tt:ld4 cd4 1 0.tt:ld5 (1 0.tt:le2 tt:ld7 1 1 .c3 dc3 12.bc3 tt:lc5) 1 0 ... tt:ld5 1 1 ...td5] 9 ... a5! 1 0.�h4 [10.tt:ld4 ed4 1 1 .tt:ld5 (1 1 .tt:le2 a4 12.ii.e4 d5!"F) 1 1 ... tt:ld5 (1 1 ... a4 1 2.tt:liB ii.IB 1 3.�e4) 12 ...td5 eB 1 3.�e4D (13...tb3 a4 14.�c4 d5 1 5.ed5 ed5 1 B.�b5 �a5) 1 3...d5+]

1 5.bc3 tt:le4+) 1 4....1ka4 1 5.eiB ..tiB 1 B.'ti'e1 !) 1 3.tt:lc3 tt:le3 1 4.be3 c4 1 5.de4 be4! (15...tt:le4? 1 B.eb5 tt:le3 17 ...tb2 tt:lb5 1 8.tt:lg5 h5 19 . ..tg7 'it>g7 20.15!±) 1 B.ii.e4 tt:le4 17 . ..td5 ..tiB! (17... l::!.a4 1 8...te4 .!::re4 1 9.tt:lg5) 1 8.tt:lg5 tt:lg5 1 9.fg5 (19..1¥.a8 tt:le4 20.'iYe1 (20.'ti'hB d5!=F) 20... d5!"F) 1 9.....tc3 20. .!::rb 1 .!:ta5 21 ...tl7 (21 .'ti'e4 ..tl5) 21 ....!::rt7 22.�17 �17 23.'i¥e4 .lkeB 24.'iVe3 �e5gg) 12.tt:le3 tt:lb3 1 3.eb3 b4oo] 1 1 ... ..tg4 [1 1 ... �a4!? 1 2.tt:la4 tt:lc2 1 3.l:tb1 b5 (13...tt:lb4 1 4.�d1 tt:la2 1 5.tt:le3 tt:lc3 1 B.be3 e4gg) 14.tt:le3 b4 1 5.tt:ld1 (1 5.tt:la4 ..td7 1B.b3 .lka4 17.ba4 'ti'a5gg; 1 5.�12 tt:la3! 1B.ba3 be3 1 H!Ye2 'i¥a5) 1 5... 'iVa5! (15 ...ii.aB 1 B.tt:ll2 'iVa5 1 7.a3! (1 7.b3 tt:le4! 18.tt:le4 'ti'a2 1 9...td2 �d3 20.�e7 (20.15 tt:ld4) 20...tt:ld4!) 1 7...'iVbB (17...e4 1 8.e5±) 1 8.ab4 (1 8.e5 ba3!) 18 ...tt:lb4 (1 8 ... c4 1 9.e5 tt:ld5 20.15!; 18 ... eb4 1 9.�h 1 ) 1 9.J:l.d1 ! ) 1 B.a3 (1 B.b3 .taB) 1 B. . .'ti'b5 1 7.e5 tt:ld5gg] 1 2..!::rb 1 [12.ii.b3 ii.l3 1 3.gl3 b5gg] 1 2 ... .1kf3 1 3.gf3 .!::ra4? [1 3... d5! 14...tb3 (14.�e3 eB"F) 1 4...eB 1 5.15! el5 1B ..Ikg5o::t] 1 4.tt:la4 b5 1 5.tt:lc3 �a5 1 6.a3 b4 1 7.tt:ld1 ? [1 7.ab4! cb4 1 8.'1i'l2 be3 1 9.'iVd4 tt:lh5 (19... �a2 20. .1ke3 tt:lg4 21 .'ti'a7!) 20.e5 de5 21 .'iYe3 �bB 22.'it>h1 el4 23.'ti'e4] 1 7...tt:lc2gg 1 8.'iVf2 b3 1 9.tt:le3 'ti'a4 [b2e5 (46...�g5? 47.�h2! tt:ll1 48.'it>g2 tt:le3 49.�g3! tt:ll1 50.�12 b 1 \\f 5 1 .l::td5 �d5 52.14 �g4 53.�gB+-) 47.'iVh8 'fiiB 48.'fih2 Wd4 49.\\fd2 �e5-+; 42.a4!! c3 (42 ... 'it'd8 43. .1ke3 (43.a5 �ea 44.1:1h8 .lih8 45.'i¥h8 '.tc7 4B..Ikl4 �cB 47.J::td 5!) 43 ... tt:le3 (43 ... 'iYIB 44.1:1h8 �d7 45.'fih3 '.teB 4B.'ti'e8 �bB 47..1kd4 tt:ld4 48.a5 �aB 49.�c4 tt:lb5 50.J::l:a8 1:1a7 5 1 .J::l: a7 wa7 52.\\fb3) 44 . .l:!.d4 �ea 45.J::l: g 7+-) 43.a5 'iie 5 44.�hB (44.\\fe5 .lke5 45.aB J::l: a7 4B. .!::re7 J::l:e7 47. .1ke7 tt:le3 (47... ..t>e7; 47...jlb8 48 . ..\kiB+-; 48.J::l: d8 ..t>e7 49.l::t b8 tt:lb4! 50.a7 e2 51 .a8� c1 'iY=) 48.a7 cJile7 49.a8'ii ! (49.�g1 b2 50.a8\\f e2 51 .'iia7 'c7 53.1Va5) 4B.J:1c8 Wb5 47.�12 b2-+] 43 b2 44.\\Vh8 �c6! 45.�e8 [45.J::laB ..t>b5! 4B..!:!.eB •..

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Study Material 6 ... tLlf6

2S ..iih6 l:ie4 26.�f8 c4 [26 ... \t>l8 27.'iYd3 l::t e6 28.'ii' h3 r;t>g8 29.J:ibe 1 ] 2 7..iie7 d S 28.�d2 .iig7 29.h3 'iYe6 30.�gS bS 31 .fg7 Wie7 32.'ii'd S J:ie6 33.b3 1 -0

Variation A: 8.f5

Hodgson,Julian Nunn,John London 1 978

Almasi,Istvan Enders,Peter Budapest 1 995 (7)

1 .e4 cS 2JZlc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.ti:Jf3 §ig7 S.§ic4 ti:Jc6 6.0-0 ti:Jf6 7.Vi'e1 e6 8.fS ti:JeS [8 ... 0·0 9.1g6 lg6 (9 ... hg6 1 0.d3 �:;. §igS, Vi'h4-+; 9 ... d5!?) 1 0.d3 ti:Jd4 (2 10 .... h6 I.Aimasi) 1 1 .ti:Jd4 cd4 1 2.ti:Je2 ti:Jg4 (12 .... d5;t) 13.1:1.18 Vi'IB 14.Vi'g3 ti:Je5 15J�.b3 ti:JI7 16.�12± I.Aimasi-Fogarasi, Budapest 1 999] 9.ti:JeS deS 1 0.�bS \t>f8 1 1 .fg6 hg6 1 2.d3 a6 1 3.�c4 bS 1 4.§ib3 c4 1 S.dc4 bc4 1 6.§ia4 r;t>g8 1 7.h3 �c7 1 8.�gs ti:JhS 1 9.l::t d 1 f6 20.�e3 l::t b8 21 .b3 ti:Jf4 22.ti:Je2 gS 23.bc4 Vi'c4 24.ti:lf4 ef4 2S.§ia7 .l:!.b7 26.�b3 Vi'c6 27.§id4 r;t>f7 28.'t!Ve2 l::t d 7 29.§ib2 l::td 1 30.l::t d 1 �f8 31 .l::t dS §ib7 32.l::tfS l::t h 6 33.�f6 weB [33 ... l:il6 34.Vi'h5 we? 35.'t!Vh7] 34.§igS efS 3S.efS Vi'e4 36.�e4 �e4 37.§ih6 §ih6 38.f6 §LgS 39.f7 \t>e7 40.r;t>f2 .lih4 41 .1h1 f6 1 7.WihS J:[f7 18 ..iih6 ti:JeS 1 9.ti:JdS [�:;. 20.c3] 1 9 ... c4 [19 ... ti:Jg6 20.l::t g3!] 20.c3 .lieS 21 .J:if1 r;t>h8 22.:C:fS! [�:;. 23..!:f.e5] 22 ... e6 [22 ... Wie8 23.ti:Jc7; 22 ... �g8 23.l::tg3 ti:Jg6 24.ti:lf4] 23 .iig S! [23... ed5 24.�16; 23 ... el5 24.ih1 f4 1 3.eS ti:Jg4 1 4.g3 ti:JeS 1 S.ti:JeS deS 1 6.gf4 bS 1 7.l::t g 1 �b7 1 8.ti:Je4 \t>h8 y,.y,

Minasian,Artashes Browne,Walter Las Vegas 1 993 (4)

1 .e4 cS 2.ti:Jc3 d6 3.f4 ti:Jc6 4.ti:Jf3 g6 S. .lic4 .iig7 6.0-0 ti:Jf6 7 .d3 0·0 8.fS gfS 9.ih1 Vi'e6 1 7.ie8oo] 24 ... \t>eB 2S.Wig8 ti:Jf8 26.J:ie6!+­ \t>d8 27.Vi'f8 r;t>c7 28.'lloYcS \t>d8 1 -0 29.J:ih6 •

Sorokin,Maxim Anastasian,Ashot Podolsk 1 989

1 .e4 cS 2.ti:Jc3 d6 3.f4 ti:Jc6 4.ti:Jf3 g6 S.itg2 li:Je1 34.'>th2 li:Jd3 3S.'ti:Ve6 '>thS 36. .1il.f8 li:Jcs 37 . .1il.g7 '>tg7 38.'li'es g6 39.bcs 1 -0

Vo Hong Phuong Xu Yuhua Istanbul oi-W 2000 (8)

1 .e4 cs 2.1i:Jc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.1i:Jf3 .lil.g7 s..lil.c4 1i:Jc6 6.0-0 li:Jf6 7.d3 0-0 S.fS [8.'t!fe1 e6 9 . .1il.b3oo] 8 ... e6 9.'t!fe1 dS 10 ..1il.b3 [10 . .Iil.b5!? de4 1 1 .de4 el5 1 2 . .1il.g5!?] 1 o .. c4 1 1 .dc4 de4 12.1i:Je4 li:Je4 1 3.'t!fe4 efS 1 4.'ife1 [14.'ifd5 'ifc7 (14 ... .1il.e6 15.'/WdB J:!ad8 16 . .1il.g5oo) 1 5.c3 J:!d8 1 6.'tlfc5 b6 1 7.'tl¥12 .lil.b?+] .

Budapest 1 997 ( 1 )

Sepman,Yelius Karasev,Vladimir SI Petersburg 1 999 (5)

1 .e4 cs 2.1i:Jc3 li:Jc6 3.f4 g6 4.1i:Jf3 .lil.g7 s..lil.c4 d6 6.0-0 li:Jf6 7.d3 0-0

Xu Yuhua

M/00-8-46

Variation 81 : 8.'il'e1 e6

Hennings,Arthur Polugaevsky,Lev Kapfenberg Ech-tt 1 970 (6)

1 .e4 cs 2.1i:Jc3 d6 3.f4 li:Jc6 4.1i:Jf3 g6 s .lil.c4 .lil.g7 6.0-0 li:Jf6 7.d3 0-0 8.'ii'e 1 e6 9 ..1il.b3 dS 1 0.es ti:le8 1 1 ..1il.a4 li:Je7 1 2 ..\il.eS 'WeB 1 3 . .1il.d2 b6 1 4.a4 .lil.d7 1 S.g4 f6 1 6. 'li'h4 li:Jc6 1 7./iJbS 'li'd8 1 8.'t!fg3 a6 1 9.1i:Jd6 't!fe7 20.d4 cd4 21 .l::!.ae1 feS 22.fes li:Jes 23 .1il.b4 li:Jf3 24.l::!.f3 eS 2S . .Iil.a3 J:l:f3 26.'iff3 'ife6 27.h3 .lil.a4 28./iJfS gfS 29.gfS e4 30.'li'g3 't!ff6 0-1 •

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Damljanovic,Branko Polugaevsky,Lev Sochi 1 988 ( 1 0)

Horvath,Gabor Senff,Martin 1 .e4 cs 2.1i:Jc3 d 6 3.f4 li:Jc6 4.1i:Jf3 g6 S ..lil.c4 .lil.g7 6.0-0 li:Jf6 7.d3 0-0 S.fS li:Jg4 9.'t!fe1 li:Jges 1 0.fg6 li:Jf3 1 1 .l::tf3 hg6 1 2 . .1il.gs li:Jes 1 3.'li'h4 li:Jf3 1 4.gf3 .lil.c3 1 S.bc3 J:ie8 1 6.'1Wh6 dS 17 ..\il.dS 't!fb6 1 8.eS .lil.fS 1 9.l::t e1 c4 20.d4 l::t ad8 21 .e6 f6 22 . .1il.e4 'ti:Ve6 23 . .1il.d2 .lil.e4 24.l::te4 't!fts 2SJ:!:g4 '>tf7 26.'ti:Vh7 '>te6 27.lle4 d7 28.'li'f7 ea 29.'t!fc4 '>tb8 30 ..Iil.f4 es 31 .'t!ff7 J:l:f8 32.'ifg7 0-1 ef4 33.l::t e7 'ifc8

.lil.c6 44.J:!e2 't!fd4 4S.h1 .!lc3 46.h2 'fi'f4 47.g3 'iff3 48.l::!.d2 J:!e3 0-1

1 4 ... l::t e8 1S.'tlfg3 1iJd4 1 6.1iJd4 'tlfd4 1 7.'>th1 .lil.d7 1 8.c3 'ilfb6 1 9 ..1il.f4 aS! [.lil.b3.h4 l:i:d7 26.c3 deS 27.feS l::t d S 28.b4 as 29.bS li:Jes 30.i>.g3 f6 31 .\il.es feS 32.ti:lgS 'ii'e7 %-% •

Illescas,Miguel Rivas Pastor,Manuel Almeria ch-ES 1 989 (8)

1 .e4 d6 2.f4 li:Jf6 3.1i:Jc3 cS 4.1i:Jf3 g6 s.i>.c4 i>.g7 6.0-0 0-0 7 .d3 ti:lc6 8.'We1 e6 9.es des 1 0.feS li:Jg4 1 1 .i>.f4 li:Jd4 1 2.1i:Jd4 'Wd4 1 3.1ith1 a6 [13 ... 1i:Je5 1 4.1i:Jb5 'ii'b2 1 5.l:i:b1] 1 4.h3 bS 1S ..Iil.b3 1i:Jes 1 6 ..1il.e3 't!fd6 1 7.1i:Je4 'tlfc6 18 ..\il.cs J:!e8 [18 ... l:td8 71

1 9.�e7] 1 9.'iff2 fS 20.ti:ld6 J:td8 21 .d4 ti:Jc4 22.ti:Jc4 bc4 23.�c4 �d4 24.�e6 .ie6 2S ..id4 �dS 26.c3 aS 27..i:.te1 J:te8 28.stg1 a4 29.J:te8 .!:!.e8 30.l::!:e1 J:te1 31 .'ife1 'ife6 32.'tl!fh4 'ife4 33.'tlfd8 wf7 34.'ii'd7 wts as.�cs stgs 36.'ifd8 stf7 37.'iff8 1 -0

Plaskett,James Byme,Robert London 1 991 ( 1 0)

1 .e4 cS 2.ti:Jc3 d6 3.f4 ti:Jc6 4.ti:lf3 g6 S.i.c4 �g7 6.0-0 ti:Jf6 7 .d3 0-0 8.'tlfe1 e6 9.eS ti:Je8 1 0.�bS �d7 1 1 .ti:Je4 'tl!fc7 1 2.'tl!fh4 fS 1 3 ..11i.c6 'l!!fc6 [13 ... .11Lc6? 14.ti:legS] 14.ti:JegS h6

Almasi,lstvan Felegyhazi,Laszlo Hajduszoboszlo 1 995 (7)

1 .e4 cS 2.ti:Jc3 ti:Jc6 3.f4 g6 4.ti:lf3 i.g7 S.jl,c4 d6 6.0-0 ti:Jf6 7.d3 0-0 8.'ife1 e6 9.i.b3 a6 10.1t>h1 bS 1 1 .eS ti:Je8 1 2.jl,e3 jl,b7 1 3.a4 ba4 1 4..b4 J:tc8 1 S.ed6 ti:Jd6 1 6.jl,cS ti:Je7 1 7.d4 ti:JefS 1 8.ti:JeS 'tfc7 1 9.b4 l::!:fd8 20 ..ib3 ti:ld4 21 .i.d4 ti:JfS 22.�cS �es 23.feS 'tl!fc6 24.l:J.g1 aS 2S.�a4 'tfc7 26.ti:JbS ifb8 27.ti:Jd6 ab4 28.'ii' b4 l::!:c7 29.J:I.ab1 l::!:cS 30.ifcs jl,g2 31 .stg2 1 -0

Borge,Nikolaj Akesson,Ralf Torshavn 1 997 (3)

1 .e4 cS 2.ti:Jc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.ti:Jf3 �g7 S.jl,c4 ti:Jc6 6.0-0 ti:Jf6 7 .d3 0-0 8.'ife1 e6 9 .11i.b3 ti:JaS 1 0.'tfh4 ti:Jd7 1 1 .'tfh3 ti:Jb3 1 2.ab3 fS 1 3.ti:Jgs ti:Jf6 1 4.eS deS 1 S.feS ifd4 1 6.Wh1 'iifeS 17 ..11Lf4 'ii'd4 1 8.ti:JbS 'iifb2 1 9.ti:Jc7 eS 20.J:I.ab1 'l!!fd4 21.�e3 'tfd6 22.ti:Ja8 f4 23.ifh4 fe3 24. 'tl!fc4 'Ot>h8 2S.ti:Jf7 l:tf7 26.'iYf7 �d7 27.l:J.be1 ti:Jg4 28.h3 ti:Jh6 29.'tff3 i.c6 30.'ii'e3 ti:JfS 3 1 .'ii' gS h6 32.'ii'g4 hS 33.'ifgs jl,h6 34.l::!:fS i.gs 3S.l::!:g S e4 36.h4 'ii't4 37.g3 e3 �1 •

1S ..id2 dS [1S ... hgS 16.ti:JgS l::!:l7 1 7.'tl!fh7 WIB 1 8.'ifg6 l::!:e7 1 9.ti:Jh7 stgB 20.ti:JI6 WIB 2 1 .l::!:l3-+] 1 6.ti:Jh3 d4 [16... ti:Jc7] 1 7.'1Wg3 ti:Jc7 [17... Wh7 1 8.ti:Jh4] 1 8.ifg6 �e8 1 9.'tfg3 wh7 20.'tfh4 J:tg8 21 .ti:JfgS Wh8 22.g4 .liLtS 23.gfS efS 24.Wf2 ti:JdS 2S.J:I.g1 i.e7 26.l::!:g 3 J:tg6 27 . .!:!.ag1 stgs 28.'ii' h S J:l.gS [28...hgS 29.ti:JgS l::!:gS (29 ... J:I.g7 30.ti:JI7 l:l.g3 (30 ... i.IB 31 .'ifh8 stl7 32.l::!:g 7 �g7 33.l::!:g 7 We6 34.'ii'g8 .if? 3S.'ifl7) 31 .l:J.g3 'Ot>IB 32.'ii'h 8 Wl7 33.'tl!fg8) 30.l:tgS .igS 31 .J:tgS WIB 32.'tfh7 i.l7 33.'tfh8] 29.iff3 l:tg6D 30.J:I.g6 �g6 31 .l:tg6 'ii'g 6 32.'tl!fdS sth8 33.'tlfb7 �h4 34.1t>f1 J:l.g8 3S.'tff3 Wh7 36.b3 l:J.g7 37.a4 'ii'f7 38.ti:Jg1 .!:!.g4 39.ti:Je2 l::!:g7 40.b4 i.e7 41 .bcS .lli.cS 42.c3 dc3 43 ..11Lc3 ifb3 44.d4 'tfd1 4S.stf2 �e7 46.aS i.a3 47.e6 l::!:e7 48.'tl!fe3? [48.dS �cs 49.stg2 l:J.eB SO.ti:Jg3 'IWI3 S1 .WI3 .!:!.dB S2.ti:JIS l::!:dS S3.We4 J:l.dB S4.steS l::!:eB SS.ti:Jg3+-] 48 ... 'tfb3 49.'ii'eS 'tl!fe6 0-1 SO.ti:Jg3 'iVa2 72

8.'iife 1 e6 9.�b3 ti:JaS 1 0.eS ti:Je8 1 1 .i.a4 b6 1 2.i.d2 �b7 1 3.�e8 l::!:e8 14.ti:le4 �e4 1 S.de4? [1S.'tfe4 deS ( 1 S ... dS) 1 6.1eS 'l!!fdS 17.ifh4] 1 S ... deS 1 6.feS ti:Jc6 17 . .11i.g S 'ii'c7 1 8.�f6 ti:Jes 19.�g7 ti:Jf3 20.l:J.f3 stg7 21 .eS J:l.ad8 22.'tff2 J:l.dS 23.l::!:f 1 .!:!.f8 24.l::!:e3 ile7 2S.'ife1 l::!:fd8 26.h4 l::!:Sd7 27.J:tef3 c4 28.'iYg3 [28 ..!:!.17 'IWI7 29.l::!:l7 l:tl7+] 28 ... 'ii'cs 29.J:!e3 l::!:d 1 30.l::!:d 1 J:l.d1 31 .Wh2 .llf 1 32.hS J:tts 33.hg6 hg6 34.ile1 l::!: h S 3S.It>g1 [3S.It>g3 'l!ifd4] 0-1 3S ... J:I.eS

Variation 82: 8.'tl¥e1 t2Jd4

Schekachev,Andrey Voitsekhovsky,Stanislav Nizhni Novgorod 1 998 (9)

1 .e4 cS 2.ti:Jc3 d6 3.f4 ti:Jc6 4.ti:Jf3 g6 S ..lli.c4 �g7 6.0-0 ti:Jf6 7.d3 0-0 8.'tl!fe1 ti:Jd4 9. .ib3 .11Le6 1 0.ti:ld4 cd4 1 1 .�e6? [1 1 .ti:Je2; 1 1 .ti:JdS] 1 1 ...dc3 1 2.�b3 ti:le4! 1 3.de4 cb2 1 4.�b2 �b2+ 1 S.J:td1 as 1 6.tS lt>g7 1 7 .l:J.f3 a4 18.�c4 l::!:c8 1 9.i.d3 �f6 20.sth1 llcS 21 .!:!.h3 J:th8 22.l::!: b 1 'ii'c7 23.'tl!fe2 l::!:c8 24.'iife3 gS 2S.l::!:g 3 h6 26.h4 l::!: h8 27.c4 'Ot>f8 28.hgS hgS 29.l::!: h 3 lt>g7 30.l::!:h 8 whs 31 .g3 l::!:c6 32 .!:!.b4 lla6 33.wg2 stg7 34.wf3 J:ta8 3S.wg2 'tfcS 36.'ii'cS deS 37.l::!: b7 J:d8 38 ..11i.b 1 g4 39.stt2 lld2 40.Wf1 jl,eS [41 . .1le7 lt>16 42.l::!: b7 �g3] 0-1 •

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A I Modiahki,Mohamad Faulks,Nick Istanbul ol 2000 (2)

1 .e4 cS 2.ti:Jc3 d6 3.f4 ti:Jc6 4.ti:lf3 g6 S.i.c4 �g7 6.0-0 ti:Jf6 7.d3 0-0 8.'ife1 e6 9.�b3 ti:ld4 1 0.ti:Jd4 cd4 1 1 .ti:Je2 ti:Jd7 1 2.'tff2 '!Wb6 1 3.fS dS 1 4.'tl!fh4 i.f6 1 S.�gS 'tl!fd8 1 6.fg6 1 -0 fg6 1 7.l::!:f6 .!:!.f6 1 8.eS

Mitkov,Nikola Leitao,Rafael Poikovsky 2001 ( 1 )

1 .e4 c S 2.ti:Jc3 d 6 3.f4 ti:Jc6 4.ti:lf3 g6 s.�c4 i.g7 6.0-0 ti:Jf6 7.d3 0-0

Kudrin,Sergey De Firmian,Nick Denver eh-US A 1 998 (4)

1 .e4 cS 2.ti:Jc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.i.c4 ti:Jc6 S.ti:Jf3 i.g7 6.0-0 ti:Jf6 7.'ii'e 1 0-0 8.d3 [B.IS e6 (B ...giS 9.d3 ti:JaS 10.�dS e6 1 1 .jl,b3 le4 1 2.de4) 9.1e6 le6 1 O.eS!? deS 1 1 .d3 ti:ld4't' Dorlman-Polugaevsky, Moscow ch-SU 1 976] 8 ... ti:ld4 9.�b3 ti:Jb3 10.ab3 e6! [10 ... .11i.d7 1 1 .1S! giS 1 2.'tl!fh4] 1 1 .eS ti:Je8 1 2.ti:le4 b6 1 3.b4 fS!

Survey SI 49.8

61 ... �d4 62.�d4 lt>d4 63.c;l;>b7 J:!b1 64.c;l;>a8 .l:l.b6!= 6S.l:th3 lt>e4 66.l:!h8 lt>f4 67.l:tb8 l:!a6 68.\t>b7 J:!a7 69.\t>a7 gS 70.J:!f8 \t>e4 71 .l:tg8 lt>14 72.1t>b6 g4 73.\t>cS g3 74.\t>d4 lt>f3 7S.It>d3 g2 76.1t>d2 c;l;>f2 77.:C:f8 Y,-y, lt>g3 78.:C:g8

Sutovsky,Emil Zhu Chen 1 4.tl:l12 cb4 1 S.ed6? [1 5.'iYb4 �b?+ 16.tl:lg5 de5 1 7.tl:le6? 'iYd5-+] 1 S ... b3! 1 6.cb3? [16.c4 tl:ld6 1 7.tl:ld2] 1 6 ... tl:ld6-+ 1 7.J:!.a2 tl:l17 1 8.�d2 �b7 1 9.�c3? �13 20.g13 'li'dS 21 .�g7 lt>g7 22.'il'c3 lt>g8 23.d4 J:t1d8 24Ji.d1 tiac8 2S.'iYd3 J:!c7 26.\t>g2 li:ld6 27.tl:lh3 h6 28.tl:lg1 tl:le8 29.tl:le2 tl:l16 30.:C:a4 .!:l.dc8 31 .lld2 'il'd6 32.:C:c4 tl:ldS 33.J:ld1 :C:c4 34.bc4 :C:c4 3S.It>12 Wic7 36.lld2 lt>f7 37.'1i'b3 aS 38.'iYd3 a4 39.b3 ab3 40.'iYb3 gS 41 .:C:a2 g14 42.lla8

9 ... e6 1 o.�b3 dS 1 1 .eS tl:ld7 1 2.'1i'e1 tl:lc6 1 3.tl:ld1 bS 1 4.c3 �a6 1 S.�c2 b4 1 6.�d2 l::t b8 1 7.h4 Wie7 1 8.Wig3 fS 1 9.hS ghS 20.'il'h3 bc3 21.bc3 'li'f7 22.tl:lf2 lt>h8 23.tl:lgS 'i¥g6 24.�d1 tl:ld8 2S.�hS 'iYh6 26.:C:ab1 l::t b6 27.:C:b6 tl:lb6 28.l:tb1 lt>g8 29.g4 tl:lc6 30.\t>f1 1g4 31 .'il'g4 tl:leS 32.1eS �d3 33.\t>g1 .1:1.12 34.c;l;>12 �b1 3S.tl:lf3 �fS 1 -0 36.'iYh4 �16 37.ef6

Hansen,Sune Berg De Firmian,Nick Kobenhavn 1 999 ( 1 0)

42 ... 'iYe7! 43.'1i'c4 [43.:C:a7 'il'a7 44.'il'c4] 43 ... 'iYh4 44.tl:lg3 'i¥h2 4S.It>e1 1g3 46.'il'c8 'il'12 47.\t>d1 'il'd4 48.\t>c2 'iVcS 49.'1i'cS bcS SO.c;l;>d2 hS S1 .c;l;>e1 h4 S2.llh8 t/Jf4 0-1 Yermolinsky M/98·8-60

Vokac,Marek Sobek,Jaroslav Lazne Bohdanec ch-CZ 1 999 (7)

1 .e4 cS 2.tl:lc3 d6 3.14 tl:lc6 4.tl:lf3 g6 s.�c4 �g7 6.0-0 t/Jf6 7 .d3 0-0 8.'il'e1 tl:ld4 9.'il'h4

1 .e4 cS 2.tl:lc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.tl:lf3 �g7 S.�c4 t/Jf6 6.0-0 0-0 7 .d3 tl:lc6 8.'il'e1 tl:ld4 9.�b3 tl:lb3 1 0.ab3 tl:le8! 1 1 .'iYh4 [1 1 .15!?] 1 1 ...1S! 1 2.�d2 [12.tl:ld5!?] 1 2 ... tl:lc7 1 3.tl:lgS h6 1 4.tl:lf3 e6 1 S.'i¥g3 \t>h7 1 6.\t>h1 b6 1 7.:C:ae1 �b7 1 8.tl:ld1 dS 1 9.tl:lf2 [1 9.e5 d4!] 1 9 ... de4 20.de4 tl:lbS 21 .c3 tl:ld6 22.'ii' h3 tl:le4 23.tl:le4 �e4 24.tl:lgS c;l;>h8 2S.tl:le4 1e4 26.�c1 'iYdS 27.Wie3 'ii'b3 28.'ilfe4 lt>h7 29.'ilfe6 'il'e6 30.J:!e6 tiae8 31 .l::te8 l:te8 32.c;l;>g1 lt>g8 33.1t>f2 .l:l.d8 34.\t>e2 aS 3S.�e3 lt>f7 36.g4 hS 37.h3 hg4 38.hg4 l:!h8? 39.\t>d3 l:!h2? 40.J:!f2 J:!h4 [� 40 ... :C:h3] 41 .\t>c4! J:!g4 42.\t>bS J:!g3 43.J:!e2 a4 44.\t>b6 a3 4S.ba3 �c3 46.\t>cS lt>f6 47.a4 lt>1S 48.\t>bS lt>g4 49.�c1 l:!h3 SO.J:!c2 :C:hS S1 .\t>c6 l:!h8 S2.\t>b7 .l:l.h3 S3.\t>a6 c;l;>fS S4.aS lt>e4 SS.It>b6 lt>d3 S6.J:!g2 .l:l.h1 S7.J:tg3 lt>d4! S8.�e3 lt>e4 S9.a6 J:tb1 60.\t>c6 J:ta1 61 .a7?! [61 .\t>b5 �e1 ! (61...l:!b1 62.\t>c4!) 62.l:!h3 �c3! 63.\t>c4 J:!a6 64.\t>c3 .l:l.a3 65. c;l;>d2 J:ta2 66. c;l;>e1 .l:l.a3 67. lt>e2 .l:l.b3=:1

Shenyang 1 999 ( 1 )

1 .e4 c S 2.tl:lc3 d 6 3.f4 g 6 4.tl:lf3 �g7 s.�c4 tl:lc6 6.0-0 t/Jf6 7.d3 0-0 8. 'ilfe1 tl:ld4 9.tl:ld4 cd4 1 O.tl:ldS tl:ldS 1 1 .�dS 'li'c7 1 2.fS e6 [12 ... 'ilfc2 1 3.�g5 'ilfc7 14.Wih4 e6 1 5.16t] 1 3.�b3 efS 1 4.�gs fe4 1 S.'i¥e4 �1S 1 6.J:!fS!? gfS 1 7.'1i'fS 'ilfcS 1 8.�dS J:tae8 1 9.�f4 lt>h8 [19 ... J:!e5? 20.'il'g4!; 20.�e5? 'li'd5] 20.l:!f1 J:!e2 21 .h4! J:!c2 22.hS! [I> 23.h6 �e5 24.�e4+-J 22 ... h6 23.�d6! 'liVeS 24.�f8 'iYf8 2S.'i¥d7 'i¥c8 26.'iYf7 :C:c7 27.'iYg6 l:te7 28.�e4 'iYg8 29.J:!c1 �f8 30.'iYf6 'iYg7 31 .'iYh4 'iYgS 32.'ilfgS hgS 33 .1:1.c8 J:!f7 34.h6 l:tf6 3S.g4 b6 36.�fS aS 37.a4 lt>g8 38.h7 lt>g7 39.\t>g2 J:!f7 40.\t>13 1 -0 •

Haii,Jesper King,Daniel Germany Bundesliga 1 999/00 (1 1 )

1 .e4 cS 2.tl:lc3 d 6 3.f4 tl:lc6 4.�c4 g6 S.tl:lf3 �g7 6.0-0 t/Jf6 7.d3 0-0 8.'i¥e1 tl:ld4 9.�b3 e6 1 0.tl:ld4 cd4 1 1 .tl:le2 'ifb6 1 2.c;l;>h1 aS 13.a4 tl:ld7 1 4.fS tl:lcS 1 S.f6 �h8 1 6.tl:ld4 tl:ld3 1 7.cd3 'iYd4 1 8.'iYc3 eS 1 9.�h6 'il'c3 20.bc3 J:te8 21 .�dS �e6 22.�b7 J:!ab8 23.�c6 .l:l:ec8 24.�bS dS [24 ... J:!.c3 25.�d2±] 2S.edS �dS 26.c4 �e6 27 .J:!ae1 �fS 28.J:!e3 [I> 29.1:!15] 1 -0

AI Modiahki,Mohamad Alvarez,Johan Istanbul ol 2000 (3)

1 .e4 cS 2.tl:lc3 d6 3.f4 tl:lc6 4.tl:lf3 g6 s.�c4 �g7 6.0-0 tl:lf6 7.d3 0-0 73

S.�b3 tiJd4 9.tiJd4 cd4 1 0.tiJe2 tiJd7 1 U i'e1 tiJcS 1 2.'li'f2 'li'b6 1 3.fS tiJb3 1 4.ab3 dS 1 S.�gs de4 1 6.de4 f6 1 7.�h4 eS 1 S.fe6 'li'e6 1 9.tiJd4 'li'e4 20.llfe1 'li'ds 21 .c4 'liVeS 22.tiJbS 'iff2 23.�f2 �d7 24.tiJc7 J::rabS 2S.�a7 llbdS 26.�b6 �c6 27.tiJe6 lld2 2S.tiJfS :C:g2 29.f1 �fS 30.:C:e2 J::r g4 31 .J:l:aS 'iif7 32.llcS gS 33.:C:f2 �d6 34.�c7 �cS 3S.�g3 �f2 36.Wf2 hS 37.h3 J:!:e4 3S.llc7 g6 39.b4 J:!:c4 40.bS �dS 41 .lld7 l:i:.cS 42.b6 �c6 43.l:Id6 h4 0-1

Bryson,Douglas McShane,Luke Edinburgh 1 996 (4)

1 .e4 cS 2.tiJc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.tiJf3 �g7 S.�c4 tiJc6 6.0-0 tiJf6 7.d3 �g4 S.h3 �f3 9.'li'f3 tiJd4 1 0.'i¥f2 0-0 1 1 .a3 e6 1 2.�a2 .!:!.cS 1 3.tiJd1 dS 1 4.c3 li:Jc6 1 S. 'li'e2 bS 1 6.tiJf2 'li'b6 1 7.'iih 2 aS 1 S.g4 c4 1 9.eS cd3 20.'1i'd3 tiJd7 21 .�e3 W'bS 22.'ii g2 'ii!l' b7 23.'ii h 2 b4 24.'li'e2 b3 2S.�b1

32.:C:f4 ef4 33 ..!:!.f4 >ii h 6 34.hg6 l:Ig6 3S.'t\Vh4 'li'h4 36.'ii h4 tiJe2 37.J:!.g4 l:Ig4 3S.>ii g4 >iig 6 39.�c6 tiJc1 40.�a4 tiJd3 41 .�c2 tiJb2 42.eS 'iif7 43. >iifS [43.ed6 'ite6 44. >iil4 >iid6+] 43 dS 44.e6 'ite7 4S.>iieS d4 46.>iid S d3 47.�b1 c4 4S.d4 >iie6 49.�d3 cd3 0-1 .•.

Conquest,Stuart Dao Thien Hai Amsterdam 1 996 ( 1 0)

1 .e4 cS 2.tiJc3 d6 3.f4 tiJc6 4.tiJf3 g6 S.�c4 �g7 6.0-0 tiJf6 7.d3 0-0 S.'liVe1 �g4 9.fS gfS 1 0.tiJh4 fe4 1 1 .de4 tiJeS 1 2.�e2 �e2 1 3.'1i'e2 e6 1 4.�gS h6 1 S.�f4 tiJfg4 1 6.�g3 'ii'e7 1 7.h3 tiJf6 1 S.l:If2 a6 19 .!:!.af1 tiJfd7 20.tiJdS 'li'gS 21 .>ii h2 edS 22.tiJfS l:IaeS 23.�h4 'il'g6 24.edS WhS 2S.�e7 l:IgS 26.�d6 tiJf6! 27.>iig 1 [27.�e5 .l:f.e5; 27.tiJg7 tiJeg4] 27 ... tiJeg4! 2S.tiJe7 J:ie7 0-1

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Hancu,Andrei lvanov,Igor Pasadena 1 983

1 .e4 cS 2.tiJc3 tiJc6 3.f4 g6 4.tiJf3 �g7 s.�c4 d6 6.0-0 tiJf6 7.d3 �g4 S.h3 �f3 9.'li'f3 tiJd4 1 0.'li'f2 e6 1 1 .tiJbS 't\Vb6 1 2.tiJd4 cd4 1 3.fS gfS 1 4.efS eS 1 S.�gS h6 1 6.�h4 l:IcS 1 7.�b3 l:IgS 1 S.'Ii'd2 fS 1 9.:C:f3 [1 9.�16 �16 20.'liVh6 'ite7gg] 1 9 ... dS 20.h1 e4 21 .l:If4 :C:eS 22.�e1 :C:e7 23.'1/ias W'aS 24.�as hS [24 ... e8 25.�a4 tiJd7 26.16] 2S.�b4 �h6 26.:C:ff1 �e3 27.Wh2 eS 2S.�d6 d7 29.�e7 e7 30.g3 d6 31 .l:Iae1 eS 32.de4 tiJe4 33.:C:f3 tiJd2 34.l:Ife3 de3 3S.:C:e3 fS 36.:C:d3 tiJb3 37.l:i:.b3 [37.ab3] 37 ... :C:cS 3S.c3? [38.:C:I3 'ite4 39.l:II2] 3S ... b6 39. Wg2 [39.llb4 J::!.c4 40.llc4 dc4-+] 39 .. Ji:c4 40.:C:bS eS 41 .f3 fS 42.a3 h4 43.:C:b4 hg3 44.g3 ltJe4 4S.h4 e3 46.l::l c4 dc4 47.hS f4 4S.ItJg4 f3 49.h6 f2 SO.h7 f1'i¥ S1 .hS'Ii' 'i¥f4 S2.'ith3 Wd2 S3.'li'g7 [53.'li'd4 'li'd4 54.cd4 c2 55.d5 Wb2 56.d6 c3 57.d7 c2 58.d8'1i' c1'i¥-+] S3 ... Wc2 S4.'1i'a7 'l!Vh6 SS.ItJg2 'itb2 S6.'i¥c7 't\Vg6 S7.'ith1 c3 SS.W'eS b3 S9.W'bS wa3 60.'li'b1 0-1

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2S ...f6 26.ef6 �f6 27.�d3 l:IceS 2S.tiJh1 es 29.fS e4 30.�bS 'li'c7 31 .'iig 2 �eS 32.fg6 hg6 33.:C:ad1 tiJe7 34.c4 J::rf 1 3S.'Ii'f1 .!:IfS 36.'li'e2 tiJf6 37.cdS tiJfdS 3S.�c4 'li'c6 39.�b3 Wh7 40.�dS tiJdS 41 .'1i'd2 'li'f6 42.'il'e2 'li'e6 43.'1i'd2 'iYf7 44.'liVe2 �f4 4S.�d4 e3 46.'li'f3 'il'e6 47.�cs e2 4S.l:Ie1 �d6 49.'1/ifS �fS SO.�fS 'il'e4 S1 .Wg3 'li'e3 0-1

Macieja,Bartlomiej Alvarez,Johan Bermuda 2001 (2)

1 .e4 cS 2.tiJc3 d6 3.f4 tiJc6 4.tiJf3 g6 S.�c4 �g7 6.0-0 tiJf6 7.d3 0-0 S.'liVe1 �g4 9.es tiJeS 1 0.tiJgS deS [10 ... h6 1 1 .tiJI7!? :C:I7 12.15!? oo] 1 1 .'1i'h4 hS 1 2.h3 �CS

Faulks,Nick Danner,Georg Istanbul ol 2000 ( 1 )

1 .e4 c S 2.tiJc3 d 6 3 .f 4 tiJc6 4.tiJf3 g6 S.�c4 �g7 6.0-0 tiJf6 7.d3 �g4 S.h3 �f3 9.'ii!l'f3 tiJd4 1 0.'1i'f2 0-0 1 1 .fS 'iY d7 1 2.�gS bS 1 3.�dS :C:abS 1 4.fg6 hg6 1 S.'t\Vh4 b4 1 6.�f6 ef6 [16...�16!?] 1 7.tiJd1 tiJc2 1 S.:C:c1 tiJd4 19 ..!:!f2 l:IbeS 20.tiJe3 'il'dS 21 .'il'g3 .!:!eS 22.tiJc4 >ii h 7 23.tiJeS feS 24..!:!cf1 fS 2S.ItJh2 f4 26.'t\Vg4 �h6 27.h4 'ii g7 2S.>ii h 3 as 29.g3 a4 30.hS l:If6 31 .gf4 �f4

1 3.fS! �fS 1 4.:C:fS! '1Wd4 [14 ...gf5 15.'1i'h5 tiJI6 16.�17 l:I17 17.'1i'17 >iih8 18.'1i'g6 W'd7 19.tiJ17 >iig8 20.tiJh6 >iih8 21 .tiJI5 J::lgB 22.�g5] 1 S.'Ii'd4 ed4 16Jl:f7! [16 ... dc3 17.l:II8 'iil8 18.tiJh7] 1 -0

Survey FR 3. 3

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SURVEY

INTRODUCTION: Yochanan Afek MAIN ANALYSIS: Yochanan Afek STUDY MATERIAL: Van de Mortel, Afek

French Defence Advance Variation FR 3.3

Just A Question of Pawn Structure? 1 .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 tt:lc6 5.tt:lf3 tt:lh6 In the French Advance after l .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 tt:lc6 5.tt:lf3 (this position may also arise by transposition from the Sicilian Alapin after l .e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.e5 tt:lc6 5.tt:lf3) one of Black's main continuations has always been 5... tt:lge7. The knight is aim­ ing for f5 in order to increase the pressure on White's central pawn on d4. White has two ways to meet this plan. The first is 6.�d3 cd4 7.cd4 tt:lf5 8.�f5, undermining his opponent's pawn structure at the cost of giving up his ace bishop.

STATISTICS

The second way is to maintain the centre with the modern prophylac­ tic approach 6.tt:la3 tt:lf5 7. tt:lc2 which has proved to be a fairly solid option. This is probably the reason why the 'Anti-Tarrasch' - like alter­ native 5 ... tt:lh6 has started to gain considerable popularity since the late eighties, the idea being to meet the somewhat irritating 6.tt:la3 with 6 ...cd4 7.cd4 �a3 8.ba3 tt:lf5.

Postpone Or Not Postpone? In reply to 5 . .. tt:lh6 White can ei­ ther stick to the main line 6.�d3 or try to benefit from ruining Black's pawn formation with 6.�h6 gh6, after which in practice mainly two

lines have been tested: 7 .�e2 and 7 .dc5; other moves, such as 7 .a3 or 7.�b5, seem less energetic. Black's most common counter­ strategy would be to open up the centre by means of �f8-g7 and ... f6, taking advantage of the ab­ sence of White's dark-squared bishop and of the open g-file. Sveshnikov therefore proposed to postpone the capture on h6 and to first relieve the impending pres­ sure on the centre by playing 6.dc5 �c5 7.b4 �b6 8.b5 tt:la5 (or 8 ... tt:le7), and only then (or possi­ bly a move earlier) capture on h6 with the bishop. In this way White gains more space, but at the same time he creates weaknesses on his own queenside. In my game against Vaganian from the final play-off match of the Dutch Team Championship (Breda 200 1 ) I tried the rather intuitive 6.�h6 gh6 7. .itd3, which was met by the over-optimistic 7 ...f6? ! , which turned out to b e somewhat premature. We both underesti­ mated the much stronger 7 ...'iYb6 ! , which after the more or less forced 8."ifd2 �d7, drives the bishop back to where it belongs, the e2 square.

Conclusion Practice has shown that 6.�h6 al­ lows Black sufficient counter-play in return for his damaged kingside 75

pawn structure. White should probably seek his opening advan­ tage elsewhere, perhaps by follow­ ing Sveshnikov's idea 6.dc5 �c5 7.b4, or by reverting to 6.�d3 (see Yearbook 57), to keep the centre under control.

FR 3.3 Afek,Yochanan Vaganian,Rafael Breda pff 2001 (2)

1 .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 tt'lc6 5.tt'lf3 tt'lh6 6.�h6 [6.dc5 �c5 7.b4 �b6 8.�h6 gh6 9.b5 Sveshnikov] 6 ... gh6 7.�d3?! [7.�e2; 7.dc5] 7.. .f6 [7...�b6! 8.'ifd2 �d7 9.�e2 �g7 1 0.0·0 0·0 1 1 .b3 16=] 8.0-0 fe5 9.tt'le5 tt'le5 1 O.de5 c4 1 1 .�c2 [1 1 .'ifh5 rt;e? (1 1 ...�d7 12.�c4!±) 1 2.�c2i] 1 1 �g5 1 2.f4 �c5 1 3.�h1 �g7 1 4.b4 cb3 [14 ... �b6 1 5.�a4 �d7 16.�d7 �d7 1 7.a4 l::!.hg8 1 8.l:!.a2-+ McDonald] 1 5.ab3 0-0 1 6.�e2 [1 6.b4!? �e3? 1 HU3! �14 18.�11 �e5 1 9.�h7!+-] 1 6 �d7 1 7.b4 �b6

l:!.h4 37.l:!.f7 lt>g8 38.l:!.e7 lt>f8 39.g3 [39.l::!. b7 l:!.g4 40.�h3 l:!.g7 41 .J::i:g7 �g7 42. 'it>g4 �16 43.l:!.c2] 39... J:!.h2 [39... rt;e? 40:;£g4 d5 42.J:!.c2 d4 43.J:!.c6 e3 44.llh6] 40Jl:ea7! �a7 41 .\t>h2 �b8 42.'it>g2 e7 43Jl:d2 [43.J::i:e2? �d6 44.l:!.e4 'it>c6 45Jl:d4! �d6 46.b5 (46.'it>l3 �18 47.'it>e4 'it>b5=) 46...�c5 47 ..!:l:d1 h5 48.�13 h4 49.rt;g4 �e7 50Jl:b1 'it>b6 51 .�13 �d6 52. �e4 h3 53. 'it>d5 �b8 54. Wc4 h2=] 43...�d6 44.b5 'it>d7 45.�f2 h5 46.J:!.d5 h4 47Jl:h5 'it>c7 48.e3 h3 [48... 'it>b6 49. .!:l:h6 �c5 50.b6 h3 51 .b7 h2 52.'it>e4 �b8 53.WI3 �c7 54.\t>g2+-] 49 .l:!.h3 �f8 50.rt;e4 lt>b6 51 Jl:b3 'it>c5 52.b6 �d6 53.b7 �b8 54.�d3 �c6 55.c4 cJ;;c7 56.l:!.b5 [.t. 1 -0 'it>b4·a5·a6] •

Afek

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Study Material 6.�h6 gh6 7.�d3

Pula 2000 (3)

76

Yudasin,Leonid Glek,Igor Tilburg rapid 1 994 (3)

1 .e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3.eS cS 4.c3 tllc6 S.tllf3 tll h 6 6.�h6 gh6 7 .�e2 f6 8.0-0 cd4 9.cd4 a6 1 0.tll bd2 �g7 1 1 .ef6 'iff6 12.tll b3 0-0 1 3.�c1 lt>h8 1 4.�c3 aS 1 S.a4 eS 1 6.deS tlleS 17 .tlleS 'ifeS 1 8.�f3 'Wf4 1 9.J:!.cS �es 20.�e1 'ifh2 21 .\t>f1 b6 22.'ifdS �a6 23.J:I:bS J:!.ae8 24.�e4 �bS 2S.'IibS 'Wh1 26.\t>e2 'lib1 27 .tll d 4 iid4 28.�e8 'Wb2 29.Wd1 'lia1 30.\t>d2 'ifc3 31 .\t>d1 'Wa1 32.\t>d2 %-%

Yudasin,Leonid Glek,lgor Tilburg rapid 1 994 (3)

Klaric,Zlatko Kovacevic,Blazimir

1 8.c4! dc4 1 9Jl:a3! �h8 20.tt'ld2 .1::!.17? [20... �b5!? 21 .tt'le4 a6oo] 21 .tt'le4 l:!.af8 [21 ...�c6 22.tt'ld6 l::!.c7 23.J:i:g3 �e7 24.'ifh5±] 22.tt'lf6 l:!.f6D 23.ef6 �f6 24.�c4 'iid 4 25.'iid 4 �d4 26.�e4 �b5 27.l::!.d 1 ? [27.�d3! �c6 28.�c4!+-] 27...1:lf4 28.�b7 �b6 29.J::i: b 1 l::!.f7 30.�a6 �a6 [30...�c6 31 .l::!.l1 l:!.d7 32.J:i:g3+-] 31 Jl:a6 e5 32.l::!.a2 e4 33.g3 h5! 34.g2 h4 35.gh4 [35.g4? 1:1.13! 36.h3 l::!.g3 37.h2 �c7 38.l:!.a7 l:!.b3 39.l::!.c7 J::i:b 1 =] 35 ...l:!.f4 36.l::!.f1

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Yudasin,Leonid Glek,lgor

Smerdon,David Harp,Joel

Afek,Yochanan Savchenko,Stanislav

Canberra 1 999 (1 )

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Khalifman,Alexander Kaidanov,Grigory Moscow 1 1 1 987 ( 1 )

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Sveshnikov,Evgeny Glek,Igor Moscow 1 991

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Kupreichik,Viktor Kaidanov,Grigory Lvov 1 988

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Sveshnikov,Evgeny Bareev,Evgeny Moscow tt 1 991 ( 1 )

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Langheinrich,Ferenc Holzke,Frank Germany Bundesliga 2000/01 (9)

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Wiersma,Eelke Radjabov,Teimour

Feletar,Darko Kovacevic,Blazimir

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1 7.c4! �d7 [17 ... 'il'c3 1 8.td 1 ; 17 .. .16; 1 7...'il'l2 1 8.tl2 12lc6 1 9.cb5 ab5 20.J:!.b2±] 1 8.J:!.b2! 12lc6 [18 ... 12ld3 19.�d3 'il'd3 20.J:!.b3 'i!'g6 21 .0-0--.; 21 .'i!'c5] 1 9.cb5 ab5 20.�b5 l:ihb8 [20 ... 'il'c3 21 .'il'd2 'i!'c5 22.J:!.c2 t::. �c6, liJI5] 21 .0-0 f6 22-�c6 [22.'il'd4! 12ld4 23.a4±] 22 'il'f2 23.J:!.bf2 �c6 24.J:!.c1 J:!.a6 [24...�d5! 25.J:!.c7 '>t;>IBg;t;>d6±] 30.J:!.c8 J:!.d8 31 .J:!.d8 dS 32.12lb7 tea 33.J:!.c7 [33.l:icB '>t;>d7 34.12lc5] 33 ... fe5 34.fe5 �d1 35.J:!.g7 J:ta2 36Jih7 J::ie2 37.12ld6 f8 38.J:tf7 '>tg8 39.l:if1 �b3 40.J:!.f3 �d5 41 .J:!.g3 th7 42.l:tg5 J::if2 43.12le8 '>t;>h6 44.J:!.g3 J::ie2 45.12Jf6 �c6 46.'>t;>g1 J:!.d2 47.'>t;>h2 J:te2 48.h4 �a4 49.l:ig5 �c6 50.'>tg1 J:!.d2 51.J:!.g4 [51 J:i:gB? �g2!] 51 ... �g2 52.12lg8 1 -0

Groningen 1 999 (9)

Pula ch-CRO 2000 (1 1 )

1 .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.12lc3 12lf6 4.e5 12lfd7 5.f4 c5 6.12lf3 12lc6 7.�e3 aS 8.'il'd2 b5 9.dc5 �c5 1 0.�c5 12Jc5 1 1 . 'il'f2 'il'b6 1 2.b4 12lb4 1 3.J:!.b1 12lc6 1 4.�b5 �d7 1 5.0-0 'i!'a7 1 6.�c6 �c6 1 7.f5?! ef5 1 8.12ld4 12Ja4! 1 9.12lc6 'il'f2 20.J:!.f2 12lc3 21 .J:!.b3 12le4 22.J:!.f5 0-0 23.12le7 '>ig8 28.J:!.a7 12ld2 29.12lg4 J:!.g5 30.l:ta3 h5 31 .12le3 l:ie8 32.l:i7a6 J:!.g3 33.12lf5 l:i:e1 34.<J;>f2 J:!.a3 35.J:!.a3 J:!.f1 36.'>t;>e2 l:if5 37.'>td2 l:tf2 38.'>tc1 J:!.g2 39.J:!.d3 J:!.g5 40.a4 J:!.a5 41 .l:td4 '>ltd6 51 .a7 J:!.a8 52.c5 '>td5 53.J:!.g2 J:!a7 54.J:!.g6 J:!.b7 %-%

1 .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.12lc3 12lf6 4.e5 liJfd7 5.f4 c5 6.12lf3 12lc6 7.�e3 aS 8.'il'd2 b5 9.dc5 �c5 10.�c5 12Jc5 1 1 .'i!'f2 'il'b6 1 2.b4 12lb4 1 3.l:tb1 12Jc6 1 4.�b5 �d7 1 5.0-0 'i!'a7 1 6.�c6 �c6 1 7.12ld4 l::tc8?! [� 1 7...�d7; 17 ... 12la4!? 1 B.IiJa4 �a4 1 9.J:!.b4 �d7 20.J:!.Ib1 ;t Feletar] 1 8.f5! ef5 1 9.12lf5 0-0 20.J:!.b4! f6D [20... l:ic7? 21 .12lg7!; 20 ... l::tldB? 21.l:i:g4] 21 .J:!.g4

Van der Weide,Karel Sarana,Oksana

Skrzypnik,Maciej Hanley,Craig

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Munster 2000 (3)

Halkidiki jr 2000 (9)

1 .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.12Jc3 liJf6 4.e5 liJfd7 5.f4 c5 6.12lf3 12Jc6 7.�e3 a6 8.'i!'d2 b5 9.dc5 �c5 10.�c5 12Jc5 1 1 .'il'f2 'il'b6 1 2.b4 12lb4 1 3.l:tb1 12lc6 1 4.�b5 ab5 1 5.l:tb5 liJd3

1 .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.12lc3 12lf6 4.e5 liJfd7 5.f4 c5 6.12lf3 12lc6 7.�e3 aS 8.'i!'d2 b5 9.dc5 �c5 1 0.�c5 12Jc5 1 1 .'il'f2 'il'b6 1 2.b4 12lb4 1 3.J:!.b1 12Jc6 1 4.�b5 �d7 1 5.0-0 'i!'a7

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21 ... g6? [21 ...J:!.c7D 22.12lg7! J:!.g7 23.J:!.g7 <J;>g7 24.el6 tl7 (24 ... tgB 25.'il'd4 h6 26.Wh1 ±) 25.th1 h6 26.'i!'l5 'il'b7 27.12le2! \tea (27...�b5? 2B.IiJ14 weB 29.'i!'e5+-) 28.17 WdB 29.'il'l6± Feletar] 22.ef6 J:!.c7 23.f7! l:i:ff7 24.12lh6 tf8 25.12lf7 J:!.f7 26.J:!.f4! 1 -0

Survey FR 6.4

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SURVEY

INTRODUCTION: Alexander Nlkltin MAIN ANALYSIS: Emll Sutovsky, Alexander Nikitin STUDY MATERIAL: Nikitin

French Defence Classical Variation FR 6.4

No Revolutions 1 .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.lt:Jc3 tt'lf6 4..lit.g5 il..e7 5.e5 tt'lfd7 6.il..e7 'tJ/ie7 7.f4 Three recent games involving strong grandmasters, and there­ fore of interest to the serious chess public, were begun with the old opening variation l .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.tt'lc3 tt'lf6 4 ..lli.g5 il..e7 5.e5 tt'lfd7 6 . .lit.e7 Wle7 7.f4, which is rarely seen against the background of the currently fashionable ultra-com­ plicated Sicilian set-ups. These

STATISTICS

games are given at the very start of this survey. They are indeed full of tense play, but they do not contain anything revolutionary in the opening stage, and they do not make any contribution to theory that is of greater value than the games of famous players given in the same survey, which have al­ ready become classics.

Featured Games Thus the Shirov-Morozevich game from Frankfurt 2000 forces

it to be acknowledged that the ex­ change dc5 is necessary if White wants to try for an advantage in the opening, and not hope merely for success in a mutually dangerous middlegame. In Leko-Volkov, New Delhi 2000, Black adopted the classical set-up 7 ... 0-0, using a plan for developing his pieces that has been approved on numerous occasions. Grand­ master Sergey Volkov is a great ex­ pert on this opening variation for Black, but in my view he was un­ able to solve completely his open­ ing problems. And, finally, the latest word in fashion in the varia­ tion under consideration was one of the decisive games from the last European Championship in Ohrid 2001 (Sutovsky-Sakaev), in which the set-up 7 ...a6 8.tt'lf3 c5 9.dc5 tt'lc6 l O.Wid2 Wlc5 l l ..lit.d3 b5 oc­ curred.

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In recent times the deployment of the white army has often con­ cluded here with queenside cas­ tling, with the intention of beginning an attack on the other side of the board. However, a Sicilian-like massing of the pawns does not succeed, nor does a piece attack, and as a result Black's pawn counter-offensive proves to be no more hazardous. Emil Sutovsky followed the classic ex­ amples, intending to consolidate his hold on d4, but his opponent prepared an unusual plan of action in the centre, after which there be­ gan an interesting battle, the result of which, however, had nothing to do with the outcome of the open­ ing.

My System One of the main commandments of the great classic teacher Aron Nimzowitsch (I should like to hope that many have read his fa­ mous My System) in the art ofpo­ sitional play runs: 'A player who is strongly placed in the centre need not fear a flank attack' . In the absence of the dark-squared bishops, the battle for control of the key d4 square is the battle of an advantage in the opening. Sev­ eral sample games illustrate this well. Generally speaking, although the variation in question is somewhat passive and is aimed at achieving quiet equality for Black, it is solid enough and is positionally well­ founded. Black's defences are hard to breach, especially if White tries to do this with modem 'Sici­ lian' methods. But the exchange of queens before castling (after 'lidl -d2-f2) sets Black the most difficult problems, although they are also quite resolvable. This opening variation, like the major­ ity of positionally well-founded systems of development, is attrac­ tive for the fact that things are re­ solved not by the memorising of numerous opening variations, but by the difference in a general un84

derstanding of the laws of chess and the ability to apply them at ex­ actly the right time.

The Best Of The Best Therefore, out of the numerous games, in the survey there have remained only 17 'textbook' games �nd an equal number of ex­ tracts, from a careful study of which one can understand how to overcome safely the opening stage of the game and to handle correctly the resulting middle­ game positiOns. Incidentally, most of the textbook examples in the Study Material are taken from the games of outstanding, or at least strong grandmasters. Yes, many thousands play chess, and computer databases run to mil­ lions of games, but everyone learns from the games and the skills of the best of the best.

FR 6.4 Shirov,Alexey Morozevich,Alexander Frankfurt rapid 2000 ( 1 )

1 .e4 e6 2.d4 d 5 3.tllc3 tllf6 4.�g5 �e7 5.e5 tllfd7 6.�e7 'lie7 7.f4 a6 8.tllf3 c5 9.'lid2 tll c6 1 0.0-0-0 c4! 1 1 .f5 tll b6 [1 1 ... b5 1 2.'lllfl4 (1 2.1e6 le6 1 3.tlle2!?) 12 ...�b7 13.g3 tll b6 14.'li!Yg4 (1 4.16 gl6 1 5.el6 'li!Yd8 1 6.tlle5 b4 17.tlle2 'li!Yc7oo) 14 .. J:!:g8 1 5.fe6 �e6 1 6.'i¥e6 le6 1 7.tll g5 'J;;e7 1 8.�h3 tlld8 1 9.tll e2 (19.tll h7? I:!:h8 20.tllg5 I:!:h5+) 1 9... h6 20.tll13 g5 21..�g2 b4oo] 1 2.fe6 fe6 [1 2... �e6!? 1 3..ite2 h6 1 4.l::!.dl1 tlld7! 1 5.g4! (1 5.�c4? dc4 1 6.d5 tllde5 17.tlle5 tlle5 1 8.de6 'li!Ye6+) 1 5...0·0·0! 1 6.h3 16 17.el6 tll16oo] 1 3.h4 �d7 1 4.h5 [1 4.g3!? 0·0·0 1 5.�h3 fl:dl8 16.J:!.dl1 tlla8 1 7.fl:l2 tll c7 1 8.tlla4 .ite8 1 9.J:!.hl1 .itg6oo] 1 4 ... 0-0-0 1 5.h6!? gh6 1 6.J:l.h6 fl:dg8 1 7.�f4 �ea� 1 8.'lllff6 .itg6 1 9.g4 [19.'i:Ve7 tlle7 20.g4;t] 1 9 .. .'�e8

20.�g2?? [20.tll h4! J:!.l8 21 .'i¥g5 tll b4 (21 ... tlld4? 22.tllg6 tll13! 23.'i:Ve3! d4 24.'lil2!±) 22.tllg6 hg6 23.l::!.h8 J:t:h8 24.a3 tll c6 25.tll e2;t] 20 ... J:!.f8 21 .'i:Vh4 [21 .'i:Vg5 tllb4 22.fl:d2 tlla4 23.a3 tllc3 24.bc3 'i:Va4 25.cb4 'lllfa3 26.�d1 l::!.l3+] 21 ...tll b4! -> 22.l::!.d2 tlla 4! 23.a3 [23.�b1 tllc3 24.bc3 'i:Vb5! 25.cb4 'i:Vb4 26.�c1 'lia3 27.�d1 l::!.l3 28.�13 'li13 29.Wc1 c3-+] 23 ... tll c3 24.bc3 [24.ab4 'i:Va4!-+] 24.. .'�Wa4! 25.cb4 'lia3 26.�d1 l::!.f 3!-+ 27.'lie7 [27.�13 'li13 28.\t>e1 'lie3 29.'1t>d1 (29.J:!.e2 'lic1 30.'1t>l2 l:1:18 31 .�g3 'i:¥14 32.�h3 'lil3-+) 29 ... l:1:18 30.'i:Vh1 c3 31.l:l:e2 �c2! 32.I:!:c2 'i¥d3 33.�c1 l:1:11 34.'li11 'lii1 X] 27... l::!.e3 28.�e6 �b8 29.'i:Vd6 �as 30.l::!.e2 �a1 0-1 31 .�d2 'lic3

FR 6.4 Leko,Peter Volkov,Sergey New Delhi 2000 (2)

1 .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.tll c3 tllf6 4. .itg5 .ite7 5.e5 tllfd7 6 ..ite7 Wie7 7.f4 0-0 8.tllf3 c5 9.dc5 tllc6 1 o.�d3 f5 1 1 .ef6 �f6 1 2.g3 tllc5 1 3.0-0 [1 3.Wid2 tlld3 1 4.Wid3 (14.cd3 e5 1 5.0-0 �h3 1 6.J:!.Ie1 Jaae8= Alekhine) 1 4 ... .itd7 1 5.0-0-0 .ite8 16.l::!. he1 .ith5 1 7.J:!.d2 �13 1 8.�13= Guleld; 1 3.tllg5 tlld3 14.Wid3 'i¥15=] 1 3 ... �d7 1 4.Wid2 J:!.ad8 [14 ... tlld3 1 5.cd3 e5 16.J:!.ae1 ! e14 17.tlld5 'i¥17 18.tll14 'li!Ya2 1 9.d4 Wia5 (19 ... .itg4 20.d5 J:!.ad8 21 .tllg 5±)

Survey FR 6.4

20.'iYa5 tt:la5 21 .l::te7 �g4 22.tt:le5 tt:lc6 23. .!::tb7 �c8 24.�c7 tt:ld4 25.I!.d1 tt:lf5 26.tt:lc6± Rodriguez­ Chernin, Subotica izt 1 987 - YB/52-63) 1 5. .!::tae1 �ea 1 6.a3 [1 6.tt:le5 tt:le5 17 . .!::te5 tt:ld7 (1 7...�17 1 8.tt:ld1 tt:ld7 19 . .!::tee1 'iVd4 20.'iYe3 'iVe3 21 . .!le3 tt:lc5 22.tt:lf2 Ilc8 23.c3 l::tfd8 24.lld 1 ! Keres-Lilienthal, Moscow ch-SU 1 949) 18.J:!.e3 (1 8.l:!.ee1 tt:lc5) 1 8...�h5=) 1 6 �h5 [1 6...�g6 17.�g6 '!Wg6 18.tt:ld4 'l!l¥16 1 9.tt:lc6 bc6 20.b4 tt:ld7 21 .tt:ld1 J:!.c8 22.tt:le3 (22.'iYe3 c5-=t) 22 ... 'iYg6 23.tt:lc4±) 1 7.tt:le5 ttJeS 1 8.Ile5 .itg4 .••

1 9.'iYg2 [1 9 . .!::tfe1 ! tt:ld7 20.l::!.g5 �13 21 .'i¥12 b6 22.h4! (22.'l!l¥13 'iVg5 23.l:!.e6! tt:lc5! 24.'iYe2 l::tf4 25.I!.e5 'ifg4 26 . .!::te8 J::!.e8 27.Wfe8 llf8 28.�h7 s.t>h7 29.Wff8 d4oo) 22 ...d4 23.tt:lb5 �d5 24.tt:ld4 tt:lc5 25.Ilge5±] 1 9 Jl:c8 [1 9 ...tt:ld7 20.J:!.g5 'i!Vd4 21 .'iii h 1 tt:lf6 22.h3 �15 23.�15 ef5 24. .!::tf5 tt:le4 25 . .!::tf8 IllS 26.tt:le4 de4 27.c3 Wfd3 28. .!::te 1 .!::te8 29.s.t>h2±) 20.h3 tt:ld3 21 .cd3 .itfS 22.J:if3 [22.l:rfe1 'iYh6! (22 ...d4? 23.tt:le4 Wfh6 24.tt:lg5±) 23.s.t>h2 J:!.c5 24.d4 Ilc6=) 22 d4! 23.tt:lb5 Ilc1 24.s.t>h2 .l:!.d8 (24... 'i!Vh6! 25.h4 (25.g4 .itd3! 26.tt:ld4 .itc4 27.'iYd2 J:!.a1 oo) 25... J:!.d8 26.tt:la7 '!Wg6 27.'i!Vd2 (27.tt:lb5 h6 28.l::!.f2 'iVg4 29.lld2 'iit h8 30.b4 g5!gg) 27... Wfg4 28.'i!Vc1 'i!Vf3oo] 25.'i!Vd2 J:!:a1 26.g4 .itg4 [26 ... .itg6 2HIVe2! .itf7 28.15 ef5 29.J:!.ef5 Wfe6 30.'iVI2 l:rf8 31 .tt:ld4 'iYd6 32.l:r314±] 27.hg4 'i!Vh4 28 .!:th3 l:th1 29.s.t>h1 'i!Vh3 30.s.t>g1 �g4 31 .�g2 'i!Vf4 32.'iYg5!+- 'iYf8 33.J:!.e6 llc8 34.tt:ld6 h6 35.'iYd5 s.t>h8 36.tt:lc8 Wfc8 37.'11Ve4 '11Vc 1 38.�h2 Wfc2 39.'iiig3 1 -0

FR 6.4 Sutovsky,Emil Sakaev,Konstantin Ohrid Ech 2001 ( 1 2)

1 .e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3.tt:lc3 tt:lf6 4.�g5 ite7 s.es tt:lfd7 6 .ite7 'iVe7 7.f4 a6 [7 ... 0-0] 8.tt:lf3 cS 9.dc5 tt:lc6 10 ..itd3 'iYcS 1 1 .'iYd2 [1 1 .'i!Ve2 (.6 1 1 ...0-0?? 12. .ith7) 1 1 ... 'iYb4+] 1 1 ... bS 1 2.h4! [1 2.0-0-0; 12.'iVI2 'IIVI2 1 3.�12 16=) 1 2 ... tt:lb6 [12 ... h5?!] 1 3.h5 h6 1 4.'iYf2!? [1 4.J:!.h3!? (.6 1 5 . .!:tg3) 14 ... .itb7 1 5.J:!.g3 0-0-0 (1 5 ... �18 1 6.'iVI2 (1 6.0-0-0±) 16...'i!Vf2 1 7.�12 .c, tt:lc3-e2-d4±) 1 6.'11Vf2! (1 6Jlg7 tt:lc4 17 . .itc4 dc4 1 8.'iY12 'i!Vb4-=t>) 1 6 ... '!Wb4 ( 1 6 ... 'i!Vf2 1 7.�12 lldg8 1 8.tt:le2±) 1 7.'iYb6 'iVb2 1 8.J:!.b1 (1 8.llg7 Wfa1 1 9.'iiid2 l:!.hf8) 18 ... 'iYc3 1 9.s.t>f2 .!::t hg8 20.a4±; 1 4.b3!? 0-0 1 5.tt:le2 tt:lc4 1 6.bc4 bc4 1 7.Wfc3 'i!Vb4 1 8.'iYb4 tt:lb4 1 9.s.t>d2 �d7 20.tt:led4 cd3 21 .cd3 �fc8 22.Ilhb1 .i:!.ab8 23.llb2 tt:lc6 24.l:!.ab1 llb2 25Jib2 .l:!.b8 26.l:!.b8 tt:lb8 27.s.t>c3 �18 28.s.t>b4 �e7 29.Wc5t Nikitin] 1 4 'i!Vf2 1 5.�f2 0-0 •

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llh8oo 20.g4? tt:le7� Nikitin; 16.l::!.ae1 16 17.Wg3 b4 1 8.tt:le2 fe5 1 9.tt:le5 tt:le5 20.fe5 tt:la4 21 .b3 tt:lc5 22.tt:ld4 �d7=; 16.b3!? 16 17.ef6 gf6 (1 7...l:rf6 18.Wg3 .itd7 1 9.tt:le2 .!laf8 20..!::!:h4t) 18.tt:le2 e5 1 9.�g6 .itg4 20.tf.h4 �d7 21 .l:!.d1 b4oo Nikitin] 16 ...f6 1 7.ef6 [RR 17. 'iiig3!? b4 18.tt:le2 fe5 1 9.tt:le5 tt:le5 20.fe5 tt:ld7 21 .tt:ld4 tt:le5 22.l:rhe1 tt:ld3 23.cd3 .!:t.f6 24.l::tac1 a5 25.llc7 l::tf7 26.J:!.ec1 �d7 27.tt:lf3 �a4 28.tt:le5 J:!.c7 29.J:!.c7gg Nikitin] 1 7 ... gf6 [RR 17...llf6 18.g5 J:l:f4 1 9.tt:le2 l::tf7 20.llag1 tt:le5 (20 ...e5 21 .�g6 .!::tf8 22.gh6 e4 23.hg7 l:If3 24.s.t>e1 .ith3 25.h6 tt:le5 26.tt:ld4 tf.f6 27.�h5 J:!.h6 28.llh3±) 21.l::th3 tt:ld3 22.cd3 e5 23J:!:h4 hg5 24. .!:t.g5oo Nikitin] 1 8.tt:lh4! eS 1 9.�g6 ef4 (19 ... b4 20.tt:le2 .itg4 21.J:I:ag1 �e2 22..1¥.e8 (22.s.t>e2 tt:ld4 23.cJi>f1 !?t>) 22... �h7 23. .itg6 �h8 (23...�g8! 24.�e2; 24..ite8=) 24.�15! .ith5 25.tt:lg6 �g6 26.l::th6 �g7 27.l::tgg6 'iiif7 28.llf6 �e7 29.l:!.e6!+-) 20.tt:le2 ttJeS 21 .tt:lf4 tt:lg4 22.'it>g3 tt.Jes 23.tt:lf5 �fS 24.�f5 [.6 25..1¥.e6] 24 ... 'iitf7 [RR 24...l::ta7! 25.ite6 s.t>h8 26.tt:ld5 llg7+ Nikitin] 25.�e6 �e7 26J:!ad1 ! [26..itd5 tt:ld5 (26...l::tac8?! 27. .1¥.b3!±) 27.tt:ld5 s.t>f7 .6 l::tg8-g5+] 26 l::tad8 27.llhe1 ! [27.�d5 tt:ld5 28.tt:ld5 'iitf7 .c, l::rg8-g5+] 27 lld6 [27...d4 28.�b3 J:!.fe8 29.tt:lg6 Wd6 30.l::td4 wc7 31 .J::!.de4+-) 28..itf5! J::!.g8 29.tt:lg6 �f7 30.'it>f4 [30.l::td4!?] •••

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1 6.g4? (1 6.tt:le2 (.6 17.tt:led4, 18.g4) 1 6...16-=t 17.s.t>e3! (1 7.el6 gl6) 17 .. .fe5 18.tt:le5 tt:le5 1 9.fe5 tt:ld7 20.Wd4! (20.a4 ba4 21.Wd4 l::tb8) 20 ... tt:lb8! 21 .'iiic5! (21 .a4 ba4 22.'iiic5 l::ta7) 21 ....!la7 22.tt:ld4 l::tc7 23.'iiib6 :t::!.b7! (23 ... l:rcf7 24.l:!.af1 ! tt:ld7 25.�c7 tt:le5 26.tf.f7 tt:lf7 27.tt:lc6 tf.e8 28.tf.f1 tt:lh8 29.tt:ld8+-) 24.s.t>c5 (24.�a5? tf.f4) 24... llc7 25.�b6=; RR 16.llh4! (.6 l:re1 , tt:le2-d4, g4±) 16.. .16 17.ef6 gl6 (17... llf6 18.lle1 �d7oo) 18.tf.g4 (.6 1 9.:t::!.g6+- Sutovsky) 18...�17 1 9.l::tg6

30 tt:lbd7? [30... d4! 31 .tt:le5 fe5 32.'it>e5 (32..!::t:e5? tt:ld5 33.�e4 tt:lf6 34.<Jif3 tt:lh5 35.J::!.de1 J:!.g3 36.'iitf2 tf.g5 37.lle7 Wf6 38 ...td3 tt:lf4) 32... tt:lc4 33. Wf4 tt:lb2 34. .itg6 s.t>f6 35.J:!.d2 tt:lc4 36.J:!.f2 lle6 37.J::!.e6 c.t>e6 •..

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Stahlberg,Gideon Alekhine,Alexander Warszawa ol 1 935 (9)

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Savanovic,Aieksandar Petkovic,Radoslav Ulcinj 1 997

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Van der Poei,Henk Vedder,Henk Breda pff 1 999 ( 1 )

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King,Daniel Short,Nigel England tt 2001 (6)

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Cooke,Eric Gratz,F Berlin 1 994

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Solozhenkin,Evgeny Ivanov,Sergey St Petersburg 2000 (5)

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Fercec,Nenad Rogulj,Branko Bled 2000 (7)

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Kindermann/Dirr

Sax,Gyula Goloschapov,Alexander Montecatini Terme 1 999 (4)

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94

Baklan,VIadimir Gdanski,Jacek Germany Bundesliga 2000/01 (9)

1 .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.ti:lc3 �b4 4.e5 ti:le7 5.a3 �c3 6.bc3 c5 7.'llig4 0-0 8.�d3 'llia5 9.ti:le2 cd4 [9 ... c4? 1 o.�h7 lt>h7 1 1 .ii'h4J 1 o.�gs [1 o.o-o?!J 1 0 ... ti:lg6 [10... ti:lbc6 - Shaposhnikov­ Riazantsev] 1 1 .f4 ti:ld7! [1 1 ...15?! (McDonald) 1 2.el6 e5 (12 ...gl6 1 3.�h6 (1 3.�g6?! lg5 14.'1Wg5 i!'da (14 ... hg6? 1 5.ii'g6 lt>h8 16 . .J:id1 +-) 1 5.'ii'g 3 hg6 16.'ilig6 lt>h8 1 7.'iYh6 lt>g8 1 8.'ilig6 lt>h8= 1 9.0-0t) 13 ... 15 1 4.'ti'g5 l:l.l7 1 5.h4 lt>h8 1 6.l:th3-.) 13.�15 �15 1 4.'ii'15 ti:lc6 (14 ... gl6 1 5.�16 ti:ld7 1 6.'1i:Ve6 l:tl7 17.fe5i) 1 5.fe5 ti:lce5 16.0-0i; 1 1 ...dc3?! 1 2.h4! (1 2.0-0?! ti:ld7) 12 ... ti:lc6 1 3.�g6! (13.'llig3 h5 (13 ... 'ilic7 1 4.h5 ti:lge5 1 5.1e5 ti:le5 16.�h7 lt>h7 1 7.h6+-) 1 4.�16 (14.'ili13!?) 1 4... ti:lce7 1 5.�e7 ti:le7 16.1/WgS ti:ll5 17.'l!Vh5 �d7oo; 1 3.h5 ti:lge5 14.fe5 ti:le5 1 5.'iVg3 ti:ld3 16.'ifd3 16 17.h6 g6 1 8.�h4 e5 1 9.0-0i) 13 ... 1g6 14.h5 'ifa4 1 5.hg6 hg6 1 6.�16! ii'e4 17.'ifh4 lt>17D 1 8.�g7-.] 1 2.�g6 [1 2.0-0? dc3 1 3.l:tl3 15 (13 ... 16!?) 1 4.'ifh5 l:tl7 1 5.g4 ti:ldl8 16.gl5 el5+] 1 2 ...fg6 [12 ... hg6? Shabalov-Rustemov, Bad Wies­ see 1 999 - YB/53-14]

1 3.'ilie6 [13.h4?! (Schlander) 13 ... l:tf7 14.h5 gh5 15.'ilih5 ti:ll8=i'; 13.0-0 ti:lc5oo 14.cd4 ti:le4; 1 3.�e7!? ll15 14.�b4 (14.0-Q dc3 15.ti:lg3 'ii'b6 16.1t>h1 l:tl7+) 14 ... 'ii'c7 1 5.cd4oo (15.ti:ld4 aS+) 1 5 ... 'ilic2 (15 ... ti:lb6) 16.J:I.c1 'ilie4 17.l:tc7oo] 1 3... l:if7 [13 ... \t>hB?! 1 4.'ilie7±] 1 4.'ilie8 [14.'ilid6 ti:lcS+] 1 4...l:l.f8 [14...ti:lf8? 1 5.e6] 1 5.'iYe6 [15.'ilie7 ti:lc5] 1 5 ... llf7 1 6.a4?! [16.0-0 ti:lb6 17.'ii'd6 ti:lc4 (17...dc3 1 8.e6 l:tf8 1 9.e7 J:te8oo) 1 8.'l!Vb4 'ilib4 19.cb4 h6 20.�h4 ti:le3 21 .ti:ld4! (21 .l:tfc1 �g4 (21 ...ti:lc2!? 22.l:tc2 d3) 22.ti:ld4 Ji:.14) 21 ... ti:ll1 22.l::!.l1 �15 23.e6 I;l;c7oo] 1 6 ... h6 [16 ... ti:ll6 17.'ii'd6 ti:le4 1 8.'ilib4 'ilib4 19.cb4 h6 20.�h4 �g4=i' Gdanski] 1 7.'iVe8 J:tf8 18.'ilie6 J:tf7 Y2-Y2 1 9.'ilie8 J:!.f8 20.'ii'e6 Kindermann!Dirr

Survey FR 1 7.2

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S U RVEY

MRODUCTION: Jan van de Mortel IIAIN ANALYSIS: Yury Dokhoian, Jan van de Mortel STUDY MATERIAL: Van de Mortel

French Defence Tarrasch Variation FR 17.2

Like Father, Like Son 1 .e4 e6 2.d4 d 5 3.tt:ld2 tt:lf6 4.e5 �fd7 5.c3 c5 6 ..itd3 tt:lc6 7.tt:lgf3 In May of this year I was facing Yge Visser in a two-game match in the second round of the Dutch Semi-Finals, which is played in a knockout format. An almost exclu­ sive d4-player all my life, the open­ ing left little to the imagination, a King's Indian. That is, until my fa­ ther - a first league player in the 1970's himself - asked me if it wasn't a good idea to play 'his line' against the French, for without ex­ ception Visser plays l ...e6 against l .e4. I needed little convincing, es­ pecially when 'my father's line' turned out to be subject of the game Kasparov-Bareev, Cannes 200 1 . A

played the solid 8 ... g6. Visser chose a similar approach when he played 7 ... g6. So this survey will cover the defensive systems with ...g6, which are quite popular and score rea­ sonably well for Black.

Basic Themes and Ideas The main idea behind fianchetto­ ing the bishop is to put more pres­ sure on the white central pawns whilst offering a defensive wall for the king against the d3 bishop. Black often continues with moves such as 'ii¥d8-b6 and f7-f6, creat­ ing a central pawn majority. White, on the other hand, tries to maintain his stronghold in the cen-

tre. A drawback of Black's set-up is that his dark squares are no longer protected by pawns and rather weak. White aims to exploit these weaknesses by exchanging its defenders, the g7 bishop and the c6 knight. A good example of the latter strategy is Svidler-Brynell, Torshavn 1 997, where Black was suffering all the way. White is not only looking for a pleasant endgame, as witness the featured game Kasparov-Bareev, Cannes 200 1 , and Erik van den Doel's two victories in the Study Material. If White is given the chance to swap the dark-squared bishops, Black's king becomes ex-

STATISTICS

Pawn Sacrifice

The diagrammed position is the starting point of the line in ques­ tion. The move 7.tt:lgf3 entails a pawn sacrifice, as after 7 ... �b6 White intends to continue with 8.0-0, allowing 8 ... cd4 9.cd4 tt:ld4 IO.tt:ld4 'ii¥d4. White's central pawn is not so cheap, though. After l l.tt:lf3 �b6 12.'ii¥a4 Black will find it hard to complete his devel­ opment, whereas White's pieces easily find good squares. At any rate Evgeny Bareev, like many oth­ ers, dared not take the pawn and 95

tremely vulnerable. As a result Black is ill advised to castle king­ side in the (almost identical) lines 7 ... �b6 8.0-0 g6 9.dc5 tt:lc5 and 9.�e1 JJ..g7 1 0.dc5 tt:lc5. A more solid approach for Black can be seen in Tseitlin-Luther, Budapest 1 996, and Van de Morte1-Visser, Leeuwarden 200 1 , although in these games, too, White nurtured a pleasant edge. An alternative for recapturing the pawn on c5 is to go for its col­ league on e5, but the games with 7...'+1fb6 8.0-0 g6 9.dc5 �c7 and 9.�e 1 .fig7 1 0.dc5 Wic7 show that this idea is not without risk, as the black king hasn't reached a safe haven yet. Unless you trust Viktor Moskalenko's risky act of allow­ ing a knight-check on d6, that is!

'ifb6 8.0-0 g6 9.dc5 tt:lc5 (9... '+1fe7!?] 1 O.tt:lb3 ttld3 1 U lfd3 JJ..g7 1 2.JJ..f4 0-0?! [1 2...JJ..d7 !:::. 1 3...0-0-0 Tkaehiev-Kindermann, Biel 1 995] 1 3.'+1fd2 .fid7 1 4. l:. l:fe1 aS 1 5..fih6 a4 1 6 . .fig7 Wg7 1 7.tt:lbd4 tt:la5 1 8.�ab1 tt:lc4 1 9.'+1ff4 'iYd8 20.h4 h6 2U /Vg3 '+1fe7 22.ttle2! Wh7 23.tt:lf4 J:!:g8 24.�e2 �af8 25.�be1 �ea

Black in Trouble? So far the story has not been too glorious from Black's point of view. His attempts to settle matters in the centre early on are not very successful. A more restrained way of going about is to leave White guessing. After 7 ... g6 8.0-0 .fig7 9.�e1 0-0 White doesn't have too many sensible options, and l O.tt:lfl appears to be the most logical follow-up. After 1 O ...cd4 (note that 1 0 .. .f6 is not good, see Kunze-Poldauf, Bad Neuenahr 199 1 and Blees-Vallejo, Cien­ fuegos 1 997) 1 l .cd4 'li'b6 ( 1 1 ...f6 1 2.ef6 tt:lf6 1 3 . .fib5 tt:le7 ! ? might not be ideal, but it's hard to see how White could benefit from it) 1 2.JJ..c 2 f6 1 3 .ef6 tt:lf6 14 . .fia4 tt:le4 1 5 . .fic6 bc6 1 6.ttlg3 e5 White is better, but Black's position should hold.

FR 1 7.2 Kasparov,Garry Bareev,Evgeny Cannes rapid 2001 ( 1 )

1 .e4 e6 2.d4 d 5 3.tt:ld2 c5 4.tt:lgf3 tt:lf6 [4...tt:le6] 5.e5!? [5.ed5] 5 ...tt:lfd7 6.c3 tt:lc6 7. .fid3 96

26.tt:lh2! g5!? [26 ... JJ..b5 27.tt:lg4 Wg7 (27 ... J:l:gd8 28.tt:lh5!? �18 29.tt:lhl6 Wh8 (29 ... \tlg? 30.h5) 30.'+1fl4 h5 31 .ttlh6t) 28.h5!? g5 29.tt:lh3 'ife5 30.�h2 t::. 31 .14] 27.tt:lh5 gh4 28.'+1fh3! l::!.g5 29.tt:lf6 �g7 30.f4! [30.tt:ld7 'fid7 31 .tt:ll3 '+1fd8 32.tt:lg5 'fig5h2 .fie6 33.ttlh5 'it>h8 (33... \t>IB 34.tt:lg16 d4 35.15 el5 36.ttl14) 34.tt:lgl6 d4 35.15 .!:l:g5 (35...el5 36.tt:ll4) 36.fe6 tt:le5 37.e7 lla8 38. .!:l:e5 l::!.e5 39.'+1fd3 .!::1:15 40.'+1fd4 'iVd4 41 .ed4+-] 32.tt:lh5 'it>f8 33.tt:lgf6 .fic6 34.�h4 a3 35.b3 tt:lb2 36.'it>h2 '+1fc5 37.l::!.e3 [37.15! l:!:g5 (37 ... el5 38.e6) 38.1e6 le6 39.ld:l1 we? 40.tt:l14 .fibS 41 .c4+ ] 37 ... d4 38.l:tg3 -

38 ...dc3? (38...J:l:g3! 39.tt:lg3! (39.'ifg3 Wie3 40.'ifg7 we? 41 .J:!:g1 J:l:e8 42.'+1fh6 (42.tt:lg8 I:!.g8 43.�g8 d3 44.'fig7 '+1fe5t>g7 43.tt:llh5 >t>g8 44.'iYI6) 41 .�d8 wg7 42.'+1fl6 wiB 43.ttlh5 weB 44.'\/VhB Wd7 45.tt:ll6 We? 46.tt:ld5 ed5 47.l::tl1 d3 48.'\/Vh?!?) 40...'+1fa5 (40....fie4? 41 .�d8 'it>g7 42.'+1fl6 Wg8 43.tt:lh5; 40.. .'ife1 41 .'+1fd8 iieB 42.tt:ld6 'it>g7 43.'+1ff6 Wh7 44.tt:lg15) 41 .tt:ld6 d3 (41 ...l:l:h7 42.15 tt:ld3 43.fe6!? tt:le1 44.'+1fl6 tt:ll3 (44... J:l:g7 45.ttld15; 44...d3 45.tt:lf7) 45.gl3 �d2 46.'it>h3 '+1fg5 47.e7 'it>g8 48.tt:lde4+-) 42.15 d2 43.1e6+-) 40.tt:lge4 'i!Yd4 (40.. .'�'e7 41 .tt:le3; 40 ... '+1fb4 41 .ttld6 '+1fa5 42.l::!.e3 e2 43.J:I:e3; 40... '+1fa5 41 .l::l.e 1) 41 .ttld6+-] 39.l::l.g6 fg6 40.tt:ld7 .fid7 41 .'fif6 1 -0

Dokhoian

FR 1 7.2 Van de Mortel,Jan Visser,Yge Leeuwarden eh-NL si m-1 2001 (2)

1 .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.tt:ld2 tt:lf6 4.e5 tt:lfd7 5.c3 c5 6.JJ..d3 tt:lc6 7.tt:lgf3 g6 a.o-o .fig7 9.l::!.e 1 o-o 1 O.tt:lf1 cd4 1 1 .cd4 f6 1 2.ef6 tt:lf6 1 3..fib5! tt:le4?! [1 3... 'ifb6 1 4.a4!? tt:le4 1 5 ..fie6 be6 16.a5 Wle7 1 7.tt:lg3 tt:ld6 1 8..fid2 l::!.b8 1 9.JJ..c3 JJ..d7 20.tt:le5:!: Ratner-Pitam, Jeru­ salem ch-IL-W 1 996; 13 ...tt:le7!?] 1 4..fic6 bc6 1 5.tt:lg3 c5 1 6.iie3 '+1fb6?! 1 7.tt:le4 de4 1 8.dc5 Wia6! [1 8 ... Wib2 1 9.JJ..d4 .fid4 20.'ifd4 Wld4 21 .ttld4±] 1 9.ttld2 .fib7 20.'+1fc2 JJ..d 5! 21 .a3!? [21 .tt:le4 Wlb7 22.13 (22.ttld6 'ifb2 23.'�'b2 JJ..b2 24.I!.ab1 .fie5 25.a4±) 22...�b2 23.'+1fb2 JJ..b2 24.l::l.a b1 JJ..a3 25.J:!.e2±] 21 ... l::!.ab8 22.J:!:ab1 'ifd3! [22....fia2 23.tt:le4 .fib1 24.l::!. b 1±] 23.Wid3 ed3 24.b4! [24.b3 JJ..c3] 24 ... .fia2 25.b5 iic3 [25 ....fib1 26.l::!.b 1 J:!:ld8 (26 ....fic3 27.tt:le4 .fia5 28.a4±) 27.c6 lla8 28.a4±]

Survey FR 1 7.2 'ifb6 a.0-0 g6 9.dc5 tt:lc5 1 O.tt:lb3 tt:ld3 1 U IVd3 £l.g7 1 2.£l.f4 £l.d7 1 3.l::tfe1 h6 1 4.h4 0-0-0 1 5.tt:lbd4 tt:ld4 1 6.tt:ld4 g5?! 1 7.hg5 hg5 Y2-V2 1 a.£l.g5 lldga±

Tseitlin,Mark Luther,Thomas 26. .!la1 ! .ta1 27..!la1 .td5 28.a4 a6 29.b6 �f7?! [29 ... .!lld8 30. .!la3 �c6t] 30Jl:a3 l:i:fd8 31 .f3?! [31 .14 �c6?! 32.t2lc4±; 31 .l:i:d3 .tc6 32.l:i:d8 .!ld8 33.a5 e5 34.13!] 31 J:!.bc8 32.�f2 e5 33. .!ld3 �e6 34.t2lb3 �b3 35.J:!.b3 •.

35... .!:i:c6? [35... �d7 36.a5 �c6t] 36.f4!+- e4 37.g4 [37.b7 l:lbB 38.�d4 J:lc7 39.c6! llc6 40.�e5 lld6 41 .�e3] 37 .. .';itd5 38.f5 J:!.b8 39.b7 l:i:c7 40.c6! �c6 41 .l:i:c3 [41 ...�b7 42. .!lc7 �c7 43..tl4 �c8 1 -0 44 ..tb8 �b8 45.16] Van de Mortel

Study Material 7 ... �b6 8.0-0 g6 9.dc5 t2lc5

Tkachiev,VIadislav Kindermann,Stefan Biel 1 995 (9)

1 .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.tbd2 tt:lf6 4.e5 tt:lfd7 5.£l.d3 c5 6.c3 tt:lc6 7.tt:lgf3

Budapest tt 1 996 ( 1 )

1 .e4 e 6 2.d4 d 5 3.tt:ld2 tt:lf6 4.e5 tt:lfd7 5.c3 c5 6.£l.d3 tt:lc6 7.tt:lgf3 'ifb6 a.0-0 g6 9.dc5 tt:lc5 1 O.tt:lb3 tt:ld3 1 U i'd3 £l.g7 1 2.lle1 'ifc7 1 3.£l.f4 h6 1 4.h4 £l.d7 1 5.tt:lbd4 a6 1 6.£l.g3 'ifb6 1 7.'ife3 tt:ld4 1 a.tt:ld4 Jlca?!

1 9.tt:lf5! 't!Ve3 20.tt:lg7 �fa 21 .tt:le6 £l.e6 22.l::te3 l::t c4 23.f3± d4 24.cd4 J:Id4 25.J:I.e2 \t>g7 26.£l.f2 J:l.d5 27.llc1 l:thda 2a.£J.e1 l::t d 1 29.l::t c7 J:rad7 30 . .!:td7 £l.d7 31 .\t>h2 g5 32.�g3 \t>g6 33.hg5 hg5 34.£l.c3 l::t d 3 35.l:!e4 £l.c6 36.J::tc4 \t>f5 37.a3 l::t d 5 3a.�f2 J:Id1 39.J::t g4 £l.d7 40.\t>e2 l:td5 41 .�e3 £l.b5 42.£l.d4 £l.d7 43.J:re4 \t>g6 44.£l.c3 \t>f5 45.l:lc4 £l.c6 46.£l.d4 J:Ida 47.l::t c 1 l::t h a 4a.£l.c3 g4 49.fg4 �g4 50.l::tf 1 l::t h7 5 1 .l::tf2 �g5 52.£l.b4 �g6 53.l:tf6 \t>g7 54.l::tf4 l::t h 6 55.£l.c3 �fa 56.g3 llg6 57.£l.e1 \t>e7 sa.l::t d4 f6 59.ef6 l::tf6 60.l::t g4 l::t e6 61 .\t>f2 .!lf6 62.\t>g1 l::t e6 63.£l.b4 �f7 64.£l.c3 lle2 65. Wf1 l::t c2 66.l::t g5 £l.b5 67.\t>e1 £l.c6 6a.g4 \tita 69.llg6 \t>f7 70.J:I.f6 \t>e7 71 .g5 l:lg2 72.£l.b4 \t>d7 73.g6 l:tb2 74.\t>f1 £l.b5 75.�g1 £l.c6? 1 -0 76.l::t c 6!+- bc6 77.g7

Van den Doel,Erik Thompson,lan Port Erin 1 997 (3)

1 .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.tt:ld2 tt:lf6 4.e5 tt:lfd7 5.tt:lgf3 c5 6.c3 tt:lc6 7.£l.d3 'ifb6 a.o-o g6 9.dc5 tt:lc5 1 O.tt:lb3 tt:ld3 1 1 .'ifd3 �g7 1 2.l::t e 1 0-0?! 1 3.£l.g5 £l.d7 1 4.'ifd2 W/c7 1 5.£l.f6± l::taea 1 6.'ifg5 �ea 1 7.tt:lbd4 h6 1 a.W/h4 tt:le7 1 9.tt:lb5 'ifd7 20.£l.g7 tt:lf5 21 .'ifb4 \t>g7 22.tt:la7+- b6 23.tt:lb5 �a6 24.tt:lbd4 'ifc7 25.a4 �d3 26.tt:lf5 £l.f5 27.tt:ld4 �d3 2a.l::t e3 �a6 29.tt:lc2 W/c4 30.b3 'ifb4 31 .tt:lb4 £l.b7 32.tt:lc2 l::t ca 33.tt:ld4 £l.a6 34.f4 l::t c5 35.b4 l::t c7 36.a5 ba5 37.l::ta5 £l.c4 3a.g4 l::tea 39.\t>f2 f6 40.f5!

40 ... gf5 41.gf5 fe5 42.l::t e5 llf7 43.�e3 \t>f6 44.fe6 l::t c7 45.l::tf5 \t>g6 46.J:Ia1 \t>h7 47.l::t g 1 £l.a2 4a.�d2 l:lee7 49.J:: U6 l::tg7 50.llg7 \t>g7 5 1 .l::tf 1 £l.c4 52.J:l.g1 \t>f6 53.h4 l::ta7 54.h5 l::ta 2 55.\t>e3 l:l:h2 56.l::t g 6 \t>e7 57.tt:lf5 wta 5U1h6

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Van den Doei,Erik Van Lommei,Patrick Haarlem 1 998 ( 1 )

1 .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.tt:ld2 tt:lf6 4.e5 tt:lfd7 5.c3 c5 6.£l.d3 tt:lc6 7.tt:lgf3 Wlb6 a.0-0 g6 9.dc5 tt:lc5 1 O.tt:lb3 tt:ld3 1 1 .'ii'd 3 't!Vc7 1 2.l::t e 1 £l.g7 1 3.£l.f4 0-0?! 14.'t!Ve3 b6 1 5.£l.h6 �a6 1 6.tt:lbd4 tt:ld4 1 7.tt:ld4 l::t fca 1 a.£l.g7 \t>g7 1 9.'iff4 'ife7 20.l::te3 l::t c7 21 .Uae1 h5 22.l::t h 3 J::t h a 23.l::t ee3± g5? 24Ji.eg3+- \t>h6 97

'tlib6 S.0-0 g6 9.dc5 'ti'c7 1 0.ti:Jb3 �g7 1 1 .ti:Jfd4 'ti'e5 1 2.f4 i¥f6

Kuijf,Marinus Groffen,Hans Belgium tt 1 997 (1 1 )

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g6 8.0-0 i>.g7 9.l::te 1 0-0 1 0.1Llf1 cd4 1 1 .cd4 'II!Yb6 1 2.�c2 f6 1 3.ef6 1Llf6 14.�a4 12Je4 1 5.i>.c6 bc6 1 6.1Llg3 e5 1 7.i>.e3 12Jg3 1 8.hg3 ed4 (18 ... e4 19.1Lle5 �e5 20.de5 fl/b2 21 .�d4gflj 1 9.i>.d4 i>.d4 20.fl/d4 'li'd4 21 .1Lld4 i>.d7 (21 ...c5!?] 22.J:!.ac1 ± l:!.fe8 23.J:!.ed1 J:iec8 24.l::t c5 .!labS 25.b3 �f7 26.J:!.dc1 J:!.b6 27 .J:!.a5 J:!.a8 28.f3 h5 29.a3 �e7 30.�f2 �d6 31 .b4 J:!.bb8 32.�e3 [L'> �f4-g5] 32 ... g5 33.J:!.h1 .!lh8 34.J:i.a6 �c7 35.l::t c 1 Wb7 36.b5! cb5 37.J:!.d6 J:!.ae8 38.�f2 l::te7 39 .!ld5 a6 40.J:!g5 h4 41 .gh4 J::t h 4 42.lld5 i>.e6 43.1Lle6 J:!.e6 44.g4 J:!.h2 45.�g3 J:!.a2 46.J:!.c3 J:!.e1 47.�f4 �b6 48.g5 J:!.g1 49.�f5 as 50.J:!.d6 �b7 51 J:le3 llc2 52.J:!.e5 J:!.c3 53.f4 J:ra3 54.J:!.e7 �c8 55.J:!.a6 �d8 56 ..!lh7 1 -0 •

Benjamin,Joel Shaked,Tal Parsippany eh-US 1 996 (6) •'{ ?fl

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Blees,Aibert Vallejo,Francisco Cienfuegos 1 997 ( 1 )

1 .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.12Jd2 1Llf6 4.e5 1Llfd7 5.�d3 c5 6.c3 t1Jc6 7.t2:lgf3 g6 8.0-0 �g7 9.l:te1 0-0 1 O.tZlf1 cd4 1 1 .cd4 Wib6 1 2.i>.c2 f6 1 3.ef6 tZlf6 1 4. b . 4 t1Je4 1 5.�c6 bc6 1 6.'ifc2 c5 1 7.t2:lg3 cd4 1 8.t2:le4 de4 1 9.'11!fe4 i>.b7! 20.'11!fe6 'iYe6 21 .J:!.e6 �f3 22.gf3 J:!.ac8 23.itd2 l::t c2 24.�b4 J:!.d8 (24 ... J:!.f3+] 25.J:!.ae1 J:!.b2 26.a3 d3 27.J:!.e8 J:!.e8 28.J:!.e8 �f7 29.J:!e7 �f6 30.J:!.d7 J:!b3 31 .�g2 i>.h6 32.J:!.a7 we6!? 33.J:!.e7 �d5 34.J:!.h7 �c6! 35.J:!.h6 J:!.b4 36.J:!.g6 wc7 37.J:!.g7

1 .e4 e 6 2.d4 d 5 3.1Lld2 1Llf6 4.e5 1Llfd7 5.c3 c5 6.�d3 1Llc6 7.1Llgf3 g6 8.0-0 i>.g7 9.J:!.e1 0-0 1 O.ILlf1 f6 1 1 .ef6 fl/f6 1 2.1Lle3 cd4 1 3.1Llg4 flte7 14.cd4 1Lld4 1 5.1Lld4 i>.d4 1 6.i>.g6 'ifg7 1 7.�h5 �CS 1 8.fl/c2 Wie7 1 9.fl/c3 e5 20.i>.d2 'ifh4

37...�c6?? [37...�d6=] 38.J:!.g6?? (38.ab4 d2 39.b5 �d6 40.J:!.g8 �d7 41 .b6 d1 '11!f 42.b7+-J 38 ... �c7 39.J:!.g7 �c6?? 40.J:!.g6?? �c7 Y2-Y2

Nouro,Mikael Bryneii,Stellan Stockholm 1 998 (9)

1 .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.1Lld2 1Llf6 4.e5 1Llfd7 5.c3 c5 6.i>.d3 12Jc6 7.12Jgf3 g6 8.0-0 i>.g7 9.J:!.e1 0-0 1 0.1Llf1 cd4 1 1 .cd4 'Wb6 12.i>.c2 f6 1 3.ef6 1Llf6 1 4.�a4 12Je4 1 5.i>.c6 bc6 1 6.1Llg3 e5 1 7.i>.e3 i>.g4 1 8.de5 Wic7 1 9.1Lle4 de4 20.'1i'b3 �h8 21 .1Llg5 i>.e5 22.h3 �f5 23.i>.c5 l::tfe8 24.1Llf7 �g7 25.12Je5 Wie5 26.'ife3! l::t ad8 27.i>.b4 (27.J:!.ad 1 ±] 27 ... �g8 28.�c3 ife7 29.J:!.ad1 g5 30.J:!.d8 J:!.d8 31 .f3± h6 32.fe4 i>.e6 33."'1Wf2 J:!.d7 34.b3 'iff8 35.'ife2 'tlfc5 36.'ife3 Wie3 37.l::te3 g4 38.hg4 �g4 39.�f2 �f7 40.�g3 h5 41 .�b4 J:!.d4 42.a3 a6 43.�f4 �e6 44 .!lc3 �d7 45.�e5 J:!.d1 46.g3 �e2 47.J:!.c2 �f3 48.�d2 i>.g4 49.�f4 �f3 50.J::tc3 i>.g2 51 .�f5 Ii:d4 52.e5 i>.d5 53.�g5 i>.f7 54.b4 J:!.d1 55.J:!.c5 J:!.h1 56.J:!.c2 �d5 57.�f6 h4 58 .!ld2! h3 59.e6 �ea 60.Ii:f2 J:!.e1 61 .i>.e5 i>.g2? (61 ...J:!.g1 ±] 62.i>.c7?? (62.l:t15 "" J:!.g5-g8+-] 62 ... h2-+ 63.l::t d2 l::t f1 64.�e5 h 1 Wi 65.J:!.d8 �e7 66.J:!.d7 �f8 67.i>.d6 �g8 68.J:!.d8 �g7 0-1 69.e7 Wih5 70.�d4 'li'd5 •

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21 .J:!.e5!! �f2 [21 ... 12Je5 22.1Llh6! (22.fl/e5 �g4 23.Wid5 �g7 24.i>.c3 �h6 25.�d2=) 22...�h8 (22...�g7 23.fl/e5 'iYI6 (23 ... J:rl6 24.Wic7 �h8 25.fl/c5 flih5 1 00

Svidler,Peter Bryneii,Stellan Torshavn 1 997 (9)

1 .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.tZld2 tZlf6 4.e5 tZlfd7 5.c3 c5 6.i>.d3 tZlc6 7.tZlgf3

Survey CK 1 . 12 + TO 2. 12

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INTRODUCTION: Lars Bo Hansen MAIN ANALYSIS: Lars Bo Hansen STUDY MATERIAL: L.B. Hansen

Caro-Kann Defence Pseudo Panov Attack CK 1.12 + TD 2.12

A Tricky Move Order 1 .e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.ed5 cd5 4.cd5 tt:Jf6 5.4Jc3 tt:Jd5 6.4Jf3 This line represents a tricky move order, which contains some venom for Black. One important factor is that Black is deprived of the possi­ bility e6 + �b4, which constitutes one of the most popular and safest defences against the regular Panov Attack. I became aware of the possibilities of this move order through some games of my compatriot Sune Berg Hansen, who plays in the German Bundesliga for Hamburg,

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while I play for Liibeck. As it hap­ pened, the first chance I got to use this line was in the Bundesliga match Liibeck-Hamburg. Ironi­ cally, my game against Karsten Miiller, the featured game of this survey, turned out to be the deci­ sive game of the match, since all other games were drawn. Two continuations will be consid­ ered in this survey: A) 6 ... 4Jc6 7.�b5, which was last covered by Belikov in Year­ book 48 (CK 1 . 1 2). B) 6 . . .e6 7 .�c4 tt:lc6 8.0-0 �e7 9.d4 0-0 10J:te1 ti:lf6 (TD 2. 1 2).

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One of the points of Variation A is that after the standard 7 ... e6 8.0-0 �e7 9.d40-0 10J;le1 Black cannot easily develop his queen's bishop to b7 due to the hanging knight on c6. Therefore we have seen moves such as 10 ... �d7 (Balashov­ Yandemirov, Moscow 1 998 and Peptan-A.Maric, Batumi 1 999) and 1 0 ... a6 (Karpov-Dreev, Cap d' Agde rapid 2000). It seems that White maintains some advantage in both cases. Another possibility is developing the king's bishop to g7, which worked well in Pokoma­ Kachiani, Warsaw 2001 , but White's play can undoubtedly be improved upon.

Variation B In Variation B, 10 ...4Jf6 is not con­ sidered the strongest reply by the theory, and the present material does not alter this assessment. White does indeed maintain a pleasant initiative after 1 0 . . . 4Jf6. The theory recommends 10 ... 4Jc3 1 1 . bc3 b6 instead. For further de­ tails on this line see Yearbook 28, where it is discussed as a variation of the Tarrasch Defence in the Queen's Gambit (TD).

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TD 2 . 1 2 Hansen,Lars Bo

31 . 'ifb2 e5 32.J:!.c1 t2lh4 33.f3 �c6 34.l:!c5 Wf6 35.�b8 t2lhf5 1 -o 36.�e5 L.B.Hansen

Muller,Karsten

Germany Bundesliga 2000/01 (5) 1 .c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.ed5 t2lf6 4.t2lc3 cd5 5.cd5 t2ld5 6.t2lf3 e6 7.�c4 t2lc6 8.0-0 Jie7 9.d4 0-0 1 0Jie1 t2lf6 [10 ... t2lc3! 1 1 .bc3 b6oo - YB/28] 1 1 .a3 Jid7 [1 1 ...b6] 1 2.iif4 .t!.c8 1 3.Jia2 t2la5?! [1 3...�e8] 1 4.t2le5 Jia3?! [14...�c6?! 1 5.b4 �ea 16.J:!:c1 t2lc6 17.d5±; 14 ...�e8] 1 5.ba3 J:!:c3 1 6.iid2 [1 6.Jig5!?] 1 6 .. Jic8 [1 6 ... .!1a3!? 1 7.Jib4 l:ia4 18.Jil8 WIB 1 9.t2ld7 �d7 20.Jie6! l:i:a1 21 .�a1 le6 22.�a5 �d4 (22 ...a6 23.�b6; 22... b6 23.�a6) 23.�c7±] 1 7.Jig5t [,,;:'h4-d8>] 1 7 ... Jic6 1 8.t2lg4 Wh8 1 9.�d3 [.?'b1-h7>; h7g2 c3-+ 40.�e7 l::t c4 41.'it>f1 l::t c7 42.kb4 l::t b7 43.a3 aS! 44.�as l::t b2 4S.kc3 l::t c2 46.kd4 l::ta2 47.kcs eS 48.'it>g2 f6 49.'it>g3 �f7 SO.kb4 'it>e6 S1 .kf8 l::t b2 S2.kb4 'it>fS S3.ke7 �gs S4.'it>g2 l::t b 1 SS.kcS 'it>fS S6.ke7 'it>e6 S7.kf8 fS SB.�cs 'it>dS S9.kf8 'it>c4 60.�d6 �d4 61 .ke7 'it>d3 62.�f6 IlbS 63.ke7 'it>e2 64.�b4 IldS 6S.�c3 Ild3 66.kes Ilf3 67.kd4 J:!a3 68.kcS Ilb3 69.kd4 f4 70.kcS l:!:b1 71 .kd4 f3 72.'it>g3 Ilg1 73.'it>f4 J:!g2 74.h4 Ilf2 0-1

Peptan,Corina Maric,Alisa Batumi Ech-tt 1 999 (8)

1 .e4 c6 2.c4 dS 3.edS cdS 4.cdS t2lf6 S.t2lc3 tLldS 6.t2lf3 t2lc6 7.kbS e6 8.0-0 ke7 9.d4 0-0 1 O. .!:i:e1 �d7 1 1 .t2ldS edS 1 2.'il'b3;t a6 1 3.kc6 [13.kl1] 13 ... kc6 1 4.kf4 f6 1 S.kd2 as 1 6.t2lh4 .!:lea 1 7.t2lfS kfB 1 8.l::t e8 'ii'e8 1 9 . .!:i:e1 'ii'd7 20.'il'h3 'it>h8 2 1 .'ii'g4 g6 22.t2le3 fS?! [15h7 29.�eS±

kc8 S7.t2lbS �d7 S8.t2lc3 kc6 S9.f3 gf3 60.gf3 �g6 61 .t2ld1 �d7 62.t2le3 �e6 63.t2lg4 'it>fS 64.t2leS kca 6S.t2ld3 ka6 66.t2lcs kbS 67.b3 ab3 68.t2lb3 ke2 69.t2lcS g4 70.f4 kbS 71 .a4 kc6 72.aS �aB 73.a6 �c6 74.a7 ka8 7S.t2ld7 kc6 76.t2lb6 �e4 77.a8'ii' �aB 78.t2la8 'it>d4 79.t2lc7 we4 80.'it>g4 d4 81 .t2le6 1 -0

Borge,Nikolaj Gausei,Einar Gentofte 1 999 ( 1 3)

1 .e4 c6 2.c4 dS 3.edS cdS 4.cdS t2lf6 S.t2lc3 tLldS 6.t2lf3 t2lc6 7.kbS e6 8.0-0 ke7 9.d4 0-0 1 0.'il'e2!? 'ii'c7 1 1 .lld1 Ild8 1 2.'ii'e4 t2lcb4 1 3.kgS kgS 1 4.t2lgS t2lf6 1 S.'ii'es 'ii'e7 1 6.t2lge4 tLlfdS 1 7.a3 t2lc3 1 8.t2lc3 tLldS 1 9.kd3!;t t2lc3 20.bc3 rl.dS!? [20... b6?? 2 1 .'ii'e4+-; 20 ... g6 21 .ke4;t] 21 .'ii'e4 g6 22.c4 :r:!hS 23.�e2 .!:IfS 24.kg4 :r:!as 2S.cS es 26.kc8 Ilea 27.f4 b6 28.cb6 [28.fe5 bc5 29.d5 c4 oo] 28 ... ab6 29.feS [29.a4?! 15] 29 ... l::t a3 30.Iia3 'ii'a3 31 .e6 'ii' b3 32.ef7 'ii'f7 33.dS Iif8 34.h3 'ii'fS 3S.'ii'e2 'ii'd7 36.d6± [d6>; 'it>g8g7 40.'ii'eS?! [40.Ilc1±] 40...Iif6! [�d6] 41 .'li'd4 hS 42.'ii' cs Ile6 43.'ifd4 rl.f6 44.h4 'it>f7 4S.'ii'd S 'it>g7 46.'ii'e4 'ii'a7 47.'it>h2 'ii'd7 48.Wh1 .!:IfS 'lh-'lh

Balashov,Yury Yandemirov,Valery Moscow 1 998 (5)

29 ...�f8 30.a3 'il'd7 31 .t2le1 a4?! 32.t2lf3 bS?! 33.'ifas ke7 34.�f4 gS 3S.kes g4?! 36.t2le1 'ifdB 37.'ii'c3 kd7 38.hg4 'ii' ca 39.'ii'e3 kgs 40.kf4 �f4 41 .'li'f4 'ii'ea 42.t2ld3 fg4 43.t2leS+'ii'e6 44.'it>h2 'ii'e7 4S.'ii'c 1 kfS 46.'ii'f4 'ii' h4 47.'it>g1 'ii' gS 48.'il'gS hgS 49.'it>h2 'it>h6 SO.�g3 'it>hS S1 .t2lc6 ke6 S2.t2ld8 kc8 S3.t2lc6 ke6 S4.t2lb4 'it>g6 SS.t2la6 'it>fS S6.t2lc7

1 .e4 c6 2.c4 dS 3.edS cdS 4.cdS t2lf6 S.t2lc3 tLldS 6.t2lf3 t2lc6 7.kbS e6 [7 ... a6 8.kc6 bc6 9.0-0 g6 10.'ii'a4 kb7 1 1 .Iie1 �g7 1 2.d4 0-0 1 3.t2ld5 'li'd5 1 4.�g5 e6 1 5.Iiac1 'ii' b5 16.'ii'a3 kd4 1 7.t2ld4 'ii'g5 1 8.t2lc6 l::tfeS 1 9.'ii' b4 %-Y2 Balashov-Guliev, Moscow 1 998] 8.0-0 �e7 9.d4 0-0 1 0.l:te1 kd7 1 1 .�d3 �f6 1 2.Ae4 lle8!? 1 3.'ii' d3 h6 t2ldb4 �fa 1 S.�h7 1 4.t2les 1 6.'ii'e4± tLleS 1 7.deS ke7 1 8.'ii'g4 [L:. 1 9.Ah6]

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18 ... gSD 1 9.h4 kc6 20.hgS hgS 21 .rl.d1 'ii'aS 22.kgS+- �gS 23.'ii'g S J:!ed8 24.a3 tLldS 2S.t2le4 'ii'a4 26.b3! [26.t2ld6 'ii'14] 26 ... 'ii' b3 27.t2ld6 ke8 28.l::t a b1 'il'a4 29.l:!:dS! 1 -0

Damaso,Rui Peixoto,Antonio Loures 1 998 (8)

1 .e4 c6 2.c4 dS 3.edS cdS 4.cdS t2lf6 S.t2lc3 tLldS 6.t2lf3 t2lc6 7.kbS t2lc3 8.bc3 a6 [8 ... g6 9.0-0 kg? 10.Ile1 0-0 1 1 .ka3 k16 1 2.d4 'ii'a5 13.'ifa4 'ii'a4 14.ka4 ke6 15.kc6 bc6 16.t2le5 l:!:lc8 17.�c5 Ilc7 Y,-Y, Damaso-Labib, Elista ol 1 998] 9.kc6 bc6 1 0.'ii'a4 'ii'dS 1 1 .0-0 'ii' bS 1 2.'ii' h4 e6 1 3.c4 'ii' b6 1 4.'ii'e4 ke7 1 S.l::t b 1 'ii'c7 1 6.d4 kb7 1 7.�f4 'ifca 1 8.cS± aS 1 9.t2leS Aa6 20.Ilfe1 kbS 21 .a4! f6 [21 ... ka4 22.d5+-] 22.abS feS 23.b6! 'ii'b7 24.'ii'es Jd.f8 2S.dS! Ilf4 26.dc6 1 -0

AI Modiahki,Mohamad Borbjerggaard,Lars Andorra 2000 (2)

1 .e4 c6 2.c4 dS 3.cdS cdS 4.edS t2lf6 S.t2lc3 tLldS 6.t2lf3 t2lc6 7.�bS e6 8.0-0 ke7 9.l:te1 0-0 1 0.d4 kf6 1 1 .t2le4 t2lce7 1 2.�d3 b6 1 3.t2leS �b7 1 4.'ii'f3 t2lg6 1 S.t2lf6 'ii'f6 1 6.'li'g3 'li'e7 1 7.a3 llfd8 1 8.kgS t2lf6 1 9.J:!.ad1 l::t d4 20.kg6 l::t d 1 21 .kf7 'ii'f7 22.l::td 1 'ii' hS 23.t2lf3 'ii' g4 24.kf6 'ii'g 3 2S.hg3 gf6 26.Iid7 kdS 27.t2lh2 hS 28.t2lf1 l:i:c8 29.t2le3 l:tc1 30.'it>h2 �a2 31 .lla7 ld.b1 32.b4 l::t b2 33.g4 h4 34.f3 l::t d 2 3S.a4 Ild3 36.t2lc2 £l.b3 37 .t2la3 l:td4 38.t2lbS l::!. b4 39.t2lc7 1 03

as 32.ti:Jd3 eS?! 33.Wh2! [li:Je4!!<e7 49.�gS we6 SO.c6 ti:Jb6 S1.c7 ti:Je2 1 -0 S2.il..b3 wd6 S3.�g8

.llc4 40.1Zle8 >!!!] 21 ... l::t ad8 22 ..1le2 l:Id1 23 . .1ld1 ! ti:Je4 24 .1la4 f6 2S.h4 Wf7 26 .1le3 l::t c8 27.l:tb1 ti:Jd8 28.l::tc 1 we7 29.ti:Je1 .llc6 30 ..1lb3 l::t b8 31 ..1lc4 •

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Budapest 1 999 (4)

1 .d4 dS 2.c4 dc4 3.ti:Jf3 e6 4.e3 ti:Jf6 S.�c4 cS 6.0-0 cd4 [6 ... a6] 7.ed4 ti:Jc6 8.ti:Jc3 �e7 9.l::te1 0-0 1 0.a3 b6 1 1 .�a2 .llb7 1 2.'iYd3 l:Ic8 13 ..1lgS ti:JdS 1 4.�b1 g6 1 5.�h6 J:te8 1 6.ti:Jd5 'i¥d5 1 7.�a2 '1Wh5 1 8.'i¥e3 �f6 1 9.d5 ti:Jd8 20.d6 l::t c5 21 ..1lf4 �f3 22.gf3 ti:Jc6 23.:C:ad1 ti:JeS 24.Wg2 ti:Jd7 2S.b4 J:tcc8 26.l::tc 1 Wg7 27.l::t c7 l:tc7 28.dc7 'iYbS 29.l::t c 1 l::tc8 30.�c4 'ifa4 31 .'ifd3 1 -o ti:Je5 32.�es �e5 33 ..1lb5

Survey CK 4.4

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INTRODUCTION: Jeroen Bosch MAIN ANALYSIS: Emil Sutovsky, Yury Dokhoian STUDY MATERIAL: Bosch

Caro-Kann Defence Advance Variation CK 4.4

No Longer a Forced Draw? 1 .e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.e5 �fS 4/2jc3 e6 5.g4 jlg6 6.t2Jge2 CiJe7 In Linares 1 999, Anand won a good game versus Topalov in the topical 6. . . CiJe7 line in the Caro­ Kann Advance. In his notes he demonstrated that Topalov (who was White) could have forced a draw in the early middle game. This was confirmed in the game Nataf-Solozhenkin, French Team Championship 1 999, the final game of a survey I wrote for Year­ book 5 1 . In the past two years sev­ eral peacefully inclined players have taken that very same draw. However, other routes for White have also been discovered since. This survey will present the cur­ rent state of affairs.

Black's most reliable answer. Now 1 2.CiJd6 ik.d6 1 3.ed6 g5 ! and so on, draws by force, which is why am­ bitious players have gone for 1 2.fe4 ab5 1 3.ed5 ed5. Here White was successful with 14.h6 (Nataf­ Volzhin, Stockholm 1 999) at first, but in Malakhov-Galkin, Lau­ sanne 2000, Black came up with the right answer. Meanwhile, 14.ik.g2 does not make a convinc­ ing case for a White advantage ei­ ther. The resulting positions are very complicated but Black seems to be doing OK.

Another Epic Game And so we move on to Linares, 200 1 . Enter Garry Kasparov (him again!), who in another epic game against his old rival was victorious with 8.dc5. Karpov played 8 ... CiJd7, which was more or less refuted by Kasparov's novelty 1 3 .ik.g5 ! (an improvement over 1 3.CiJd5 in Shirov-Karpov, Mon­ aco blindfold 2000). Crucial is 8 ...CiJec6 9.h4 �c7 !, which has be­ come the main line. White has mainly gone for 1 0.ik.g2 �e5 now, but 1 O.h5 and 1 OJ:!:h3 are worth in-

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A Forced Draw? Let us first investigate what has happened in the 'forced' line 7.CiJf4 c5 8.h4 cd4 9.CiJb5 CiJec6 10.h5 �e4 l l .f3, which leads up to the Topalov-Anand game. Karpov has unsuccessfully tried out his 1 1 .. .�f3 once again versus Anand (Monaco blindfold 200 1 ). And in the rapid game Shirov-Rausis, Tal­ linn 2000, Black made an interest­ ing attempt to play along the lines of Topalov-Anand without allow­ ing the forced draw ( l l . . .g5). However, l l ...a6 has remained 1 05

vestigating (see Vlassov-Dreev, Internet 2001 ). Once again it is dif­ ficult to conclude anything except 'unclear' , although it seems that Black can hold on.

1 2.hg3 tt:Jc8 [1 2...a6 1 3.�g5 �bB 14.�d3 �a7 1 5.tt:Je2 b5 16.e3 �d3 1 7.�d3 1Llg6 1 B.tiJ14 tt:JI4 1 9.gl4 h6 20.15± Svidler-Galkin, Tomsk tt 2001] 1 3.b5 �b4 1 4.bc6 beG 1 5.�d3 tt:Je7

Discarding 7 .tt:Jf4 Some players have started to dis­ card 7 .tt:Jf4 to go for an entirely dif­ ferent concept involving 7 .f4. One of them is Sutovsky, who in our main game beats Caro-Kann con­ noisseur Dautov in a highly attrac­ tive encounter. It appears that Dautov's 7 . . . tt:Ja6 is too slow. After 8.tt:Jg3 ! tt:Jb4 9.f5 ef5 10.a3 ! f4 l l .ab4 fg3 1 2.hg3 White has a considerable advantage, an assess­ ment that was confirmed in Svidler-Galkin, Tomsk 200 1 . However, 7 . . .h 5 i s no picnic either after the positional pawn sacrifice 8.f5 ! ef5 9.g5 ! . So far, Black has not been able to equalise.

Conclusion In conclusion, the pendulum of theory is moving to and fro. At this moment the ball is once again in Black's court. One strong novelty is all it takes, though, in such a sharp line ...

C K 4.4 Sutovsky,Emil Dautov,Rustem Essen 2001 (4)

1 .e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 �f5 4J2Jc3 e6 5.g4 �g6 6J2Jge2 tt:Je7 [6...c5; 6...16; 6...�e7] 7.f4!? [7.ltJI4 e5 B.h4 ed4 9.1Llb5 tt:Jee6 1 O.h5 �e4 1 1 .13] 7...tt:Ja6 8.tt:Jg3! [B.a3? h5! 9.15 el5 1 0.g5 h4! 1 1 .1Lll4 tt:Jc?+; B.h4? tt:Jb4 9.15 tt:JI5! 1 0.gl5 �15 1 1 .tbg3 tt:Jc2 1 2.'it>l2 tt:Ja1 1 3./Ll15 el5 1 4.�d3 g6 1 5.�e3 �e7 1 6.'it>g3 16 1 7.el6 �16 1B.�a1 0·0+ Midoux-Oialsson, Cappelle la Grande 2000] 8 ... tt:Jb4 9.f5 ef5 1 0.a3! f4 [1 0 ... tt:Ja6 1 1 .tt:Jb5! (1 1 .�g5!? lg4 12.1Llb5!t>) 1 1 ...eb5 12.�b5 tt:Jc6 1 3.�e6 be6 1 4.gl5 �e7 1 5.0-0±] 1 1 .ab4 fg3

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24.1lf4! [24.�a6 �eB] 24...t!.b4 25.b3 g5 26.t!.f2! l::!. b5 [26... l::!.d4 27.ifa6 t!.g4 (27...�d7 2B.e6! �e6 29.�aB �dB 30.1Lle5 �g4 31 .tt:Jb7!; 27... :Sb4 28.�aB 'it>d7 29.tiJb6 Zlb6 30.�a7 WeB 31 .'iVb6) 2B.�aB �dB 29.tt:Je5 .l::!.g3 30.'it>g3 �e5 31 .Wg2+-] 27.'tlVf3! ["' tt:Ja4-e5] 27... l::!. b7 [27... Wd7 2B.tt:Jc5! �e5 29.de5 .ll bB 30.'iVd3 we? (30...ife5 .!:teB 32.'ifb7 wdB 31 .'ifa6 33.'tlVe6+-) 31 .ifd2! �g4 32.�a5 l:!.dB (32...�d7 33.e6!+-) 33.�e7 �d7 (33... l:!.d7 34.�e6 'tlVe4 35.Wh2 'tlVe5 36.�a6+-) 34.'ifd6 �d6 35.ed6 we6 36. .l::!.e2 Wl6 37.b4+-] 28.�d3! g6 29.ifa6 l:lb8 30.'tlVa7 [30.'tlVa5] 30 ... J:!.d8 [30 ... �eB 31 .'�a5 �g4 (31 ...�b4 32.'ifa7 ifb7 33.ifb7 J:!.b7 34.lll6+-) 32.tt:Je5 'ifeB 33.e6+-] 31 .1Llc5 �g4 32.e6! h5 [32 ... �d4 33.J:!.IB (33.'\i'd?!?) 33...'it>IB 34.tt:Jd7 l::!.d7 35.ifd4+-] 33.ifc7 J:l.d6 1 -o 34.�b8 l:i:d8 35.'tlVe5 Sutovsky

Survey CK 4.4 CK 4.4

[26....S:h6!? 27.�e3!? .l::!.e6 28.�13 �d6 (28 ... ttJe5 29.�h5) 29.�h5 t2Je4 30.�h8 'it>e7 31 .�g8 tLle5 32.14+-) 27. .!:!.g1 ttJda 28.�g4 �ea 29.l:!.h5 .!:!.f8 30.J::ic5 �c5 1 -0 31 .�h5

Kasparov,Garry Karpov,Anatoly Linares 2001 (5)

1 .e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 �f5 4.tLlc3 e6 5.g4 �g6 6.t2Jge2 t2Je7 7.tLlf4 c5 8.dc5 ttJd7 9.h4 tLle5 1 0.�g2! ? h5 1 U ife2 tLl7c6 1 2.tLlg6 ttJg6 1 3.�g5! [1 3.ttJd5 Shirov-Karpov, Monaco blind 2000) 1 3... �e7 1 4.gh5 tLlf8 [14 ... tLlh4 1 5.�h4 �h4 16.�d5 �e7 17.�c6 bc6!1£18 18.�h5; 16 ... g6 1 7.�e7 t2Je7 18.0-0-0 0-0?! (18... ttJc5 1 9.�e5) 1 9.h5 g5 20.14 ) 1 7.�f4 �f8 [1 7...�a5 1 8.c3 0-0-0!? 1 9.hg7 llhgB 20.�c7 �a4 21 .�d8 'it>d8 22 . .!:!.d1 !? llg7 (22...�a2 23.�h5) 23.�13± �a2 (23...a6 24.ttJd4) 24.c4] 1 8 . hg7 'it>g7 1 9.0-0-0 .....

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Anand,Viswanathan Karpov,Anatoly Monaco blind 2001 ( 1 )

20.lle1 ? li:ld4-+ Joseph-Sasikiran, Sangli 2000] 1 S.'tlid8:t «i>d8 1 6.�g2 ILleS 1 7.£e4 1Llbc6 1 8.�e3 [18.1Llf2] 1 8 ... 1Llg4 1 9.0-0-0 e7 20.�cs wf6 21 .llhf1 «i>g7 22.lld7 cb2 23.«i>b1 ILlgeS 24.�f8 llhf8 2S.l::!. b7 l::!.ab8! 26.�c6 1Llc6 27.l::!.c7 l:l:bS 28.l:l:c6 l::!. b4 29.l::!.d 1 g4 30.1Llf2 wf6 31 .1Lld3 lld4 32.l:i:f1 gs 33./Llcs l:i.f4 34.llg1 l::!.d8 [34... llb8] 3S.l::!.e6 l::!.d S 36.1Lle4 «i>fS 37.l:ie7 l:i:d4 [37.. J:le4 38.l::!.f 1] 38.1Llg3 «i>f6 39.l::!.a7 l::!.f3 40.a4 «i>gS 0-1

Malakhov,Vladimir Galkin,Alexander Lausanne m 2000 (3)

1 .e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.es £ts 4.1Llc3 e6 S.g4 �g6 6.1Llge2 1Lle7 7.1Llf4 cS 8.h4 cd4 9./LlbS 1Llec6 1 0.hS �e4 1 1 .f3 a6 1 2.fe4 abS 1 3.edS edS 1 4.h6 1Lld7N [14 ... g6 1 5.�g2 �b4 16.�d2 �d2 17.'il'd2 0-0 1 8./LldS li:ld? 1 9.0-0 li:lde5 20.g5!± Nataf-Volzhin, Stock­ holm 1999/00] 1 S.e6 fe6 1 6.1Lle6 'il'e7 1 7.'tlie2 li:ldeS 1 8.hg7 �g7 1 9.1Llg7 'tlig7 20.�h6 'tlie7 21 . .U.hS .U.g8 22.a3 b4 23.�h3 l::!.g 6 24.a4

1 .e4 c 6 2.d4 d S 3.es �fS 4/2lc3 e6 S.g4 �g6 6.1Llge2 1Lle7 7.1Llf4 cS 8.h4 cd4 9./LlbS li:lec6 1 O.hS �e4 1 1 .f3 �f3 1 2.'tlif3 li:leS 1 3.'tlig3 [13.'tlie2 li:lbc6 1 4.c3 't/ia5 (14 ... dc3 1 5.bc3 �cs 1 6.�e3 (1 6.1Lld3; 16.�g2 YB/51) 16...�e3 17.'tlie3 a6 1 8.1Lld4 li:ld4 1 9.cd4 'tlia5 20. 13.13] 1 2 ... h6 1 3.f4 'ifc7 1 4.t2Je4 de4 1 S.t2:lc3 �c5 1 6.t2:le4 ke7 1 7.c3= t2:ld7 1 8.�g2 0-0-0 1 9.'ife2 f5!? 20.t2:lf2 �d6 21 .l::te3 �f4 22.l::te6 tLlcS ..•

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HjorthJens Hansen,Victor Gausdal 2000 (5)

1 .e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 kf5 4.t2:lc3 e6 S.g4 �g6 6.t2:lge2 t2:le7 7.t2:lf4 c5 8.h4 . cd4 9.t2:lb5 t2Jec6 1 O.hS ke4 1 1 .f3 a6 1 2.fe4 abS 1 3.edS edS 1 4.i.g2 kb4 1 5.kd2 0-0 [15 ... i.d2 1 6.'ifd2 tbe5 1 7.h6 g6 1 8.tLld5 t2:lbc6 1 9.0-0 0-0 20.'iff4!!!! Fedorov-Wu Shaobin, Istanbul ol 2000] 1 6.�b4 [1 6.t2:ld5] 1 6 t2:lb4 1 7.0-0 [1 7.h6] 1 7 t2:l8c6 1 8.a3 t2:la6 1 9.i.d5? [19.h6] 1 9 ... t2:le5 20.'ife2 'ii'g 5! 21 .kb7 l::t a7 22.�f3?? 'ii't4-+ 23.Wh1 t2:lf3 24. 'iVf3 'il'f3 25.l::tf3 .l:te7 26.l::t f2 0-1 l::te4 27.l::t g 2 fS •••

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Svetushkin,Dmitry Sargissian,Gabriel Erevan Wch-jr 2000 (8)

1 .e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 �f5 4.t2:lc3 e6 5.g4 �g6 6.t2:lge2 t2Je7 7.t2:lf4 cS 8.h4 cd4 9.tLlbS t2Jec6 1 0.h5 �e4 1 1 .f3 a6 1 2.fe4 abS 1 3.edS edS 1 4.kg2 tbeS 1 S.t2JdS t2:lbc6 1 6.h6 'ifd6 1 7.�f4 0-0-0 1 8.'il'e2 'ife6 1 08

Almasi,Zoltan Karpov,Anatoly Monaco blind 2001 (9)

1 .e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.e5 kts 4.t2:lc3 e6 S.g4 �g6 6.t2:lge2 t2Je7 7.t2:lf4 cS B.dc5 t2:ld7 9.h4 t2:le5 1 o.�g2 [1 0.kb5 tb7c6 1 1 .'ii'e2 ke4 1 2.t2:le4 de4 1 3.�c6 t2Jc6 14.'ife4 kc5=l' Prasad­ Prakash, Kelamabakkam 2000; 10.h5 ke4 1 1 .l:!:h3 t2:l7c6 1 2.�e3 �e7 1 3.h6 g5 14.t2:lh5 0-0+ Safiye-Karpov, Damascus rapid 2001] 1 0 ... d4N 1 1 .h5 dc3 1 2.'ifd8 l::td8 1 3.hg6 t2:l7g6 1 4.b4 tbt4 1 S.�f4 t2Jc6 1 6.l::t b 1 �e7 [16 ... l:Id4] 1 7.ke3 0-0 1 8.g5 f6? 1 9.gf6 gf6 20.�h6 J:!:feB 21 .l:!:g1 l::t d 4?? 22.kc6 1 -0

Shirov,Aiexey Karpov,Anatoly Monaco blind 2000 (4)

1 .e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.es �fS 4.t2:lc3 e6 5.g4 kg6 6.t2:lge2 t2Je7 7.t2:lf4 cS B.dcS t2Jec6 9.h4 tbes 1 o.�g2 hS 1 1 .'ife2 t2:lbc6 1 2.t2:lg6 t2:lg6 1 3.t2:ld5

23.kc6 t2:le6 24.'ii'e6 Wb8 25.�f4 'iff4 26.'ifb3 W/c7 27.�g2 fg4 28.Wf1 l::t hf8 29.Wg1 l::tf 2!? 30.Wf2 W/cs 31 .Wg3 'ife5 32.Wg4 'ifg5 33.Wh3 'iVh5 34.Wg3 'iVe5 35.Wf2 'ii'cs 36.Wg3 'ife5 37.Wf2 'iVcS 38.Wf3 'il'fS 39.Wg3 W/es %-%

Bachin,Vitaly Galkin,Alexander Elista ch-RUS 2001 (2)

1 .e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.e5 kt5 4.t2:lc3 e6 5.g4 �g6 6.t2:lge2 t2Je7 7.t2:lf4 c5

Survey CK 4.4

8.dcS tt:lec6 9.h4 Wic7 1 0.�g2 WieS 1 1 .ttlfe2N (.6. h5, �14, 14] 1 1 ... h6 1 2.f4 Wif6 1 3.�e3 tt:la6 1 4.fS �h7 1 S.b4? tt:lab4 1 6.l::t b1 o-o-o 1 7.0-0 d4 1 8.�b4 ttlb4 1 9.tt:le4 de3-+ 20.Wib1 WieS 21 .1Vb4 l::t d7 22.l::t b1 efS 23.gfS �fS 24.tt:l2c3 e2 2S.Wf2 �e4 26.tt:le4 fS 27.ttld6 �d6 28.�b7 Wd8 29.cd6 l::t e8 30.�e4 "iff4 31 .Wg2 Wig4 32.Wf2 "ifh4 33.Wg2 'ifg4 34.Wf2 Wif4 3S.Wg2 l::t d 6 36.WiaS we7 37.�fS Wf8 0-1

Gofshtein,Leonid Donchenko,Anatoly Tel Aviv 2001 (8)

1 .e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.es �fS 4.tt:lc3 e6 S.g4 �g6 6.tt:lge2 tt:le7 7.ttlf4 cS 8.dcS tt:lec6 9.h4 "ifc7 1 0.�g2 WieS 1 1 .tt:lce2 tt:la6!? 1 2.hS ]l.e4 1 3.f3 0-0-0 1 4.�d2 ]l.cS [14 ... tt:lc5 Shirov; 1 4 ... g5 Shirov] 1 S.fe4 [1 5.Wic1 g5 1 6.tt:lh3 tt:ld4 (16 ... h6! Shirov) 17.fe4 tt:le2 1 8.We2oo Shirov-Bareev, Montecatini Terme 2000] 1 S ...de4 1 6.'ifc1

Svidler,Peter Dreev,Alexey Smolensk tt 2000 (4)

1 .e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.es �fS 4.tt:lc3 e6 S.g4 �g6 6.ttlge2 ttle7 7.tt:lf4 cS 8.dcS tt:lec6 9.h4 'ifc7 1 0.�g2 'lies 1 1 .tt:lce2 �cs 1 2.hS �e4 1 3.f3

1 3 ...fS? [13 ... ttld7 1 4.1e4 de4 1 5.tt:lg3 tt:ll6 16.c3 J:!.dB 1 7.Wie2 e3 1 B.'i¥13 0·0 1 9.tt:le4 �b6 20.h6! g6 21 .ttld3 J:l.d3 22."ifl6± Smirnov-Volzhin, Samara ch·RUS 2000] 1 4.fe4 fe4 1 S.tt:le6! Wie6 1 6.ttlf4 'lieS 1 7."ifdS "ifdS 1 8.ttldS 0-0 1 9.�d2 �f2 20.Wd1 tt:la6 21 .h6!± l::tfe8 22.hg7 �d4 23.c3 l::t ad8 24.J:I.hS �g7 2S.Wc2 tt:lcS 26.�e3 tt:ld3 27.l::t d 1 l::t d 6 28.a3 J:!:g6 29.gS l::t eS 30.l::t h 4 J:ige6 31 .ttlf4 l::te8 32.ttlhS+�ha 33.ttlf6? [33.ttlg3] 33...�f6 34.gf6 hS 3S.�e4 l::te4 36.l::te4 J:l.e4 37.Wd3± J:l.g4 38.We2 J:l.g2 39.�f2 tt:leS 40.Wf1 l::t g 6 41 .l::t d S tt:lc4? [41 ... tt:lg4] 42.l::t d8 Wf7 43.�d4+ttld2 44.We2 tt:lb3 4S.J:!.d7 weB 46.l::t e7 Wf8 47.�eS tt:laS 48.l::t c7 Wg8 49.�d4 tt:lb3 SO.�a7 h4 S1 .J:I.b7 h3 S2.l::t b8 Wf7 S3.J:lb3 1 -0

1 6 ... l::t d 2 17.'ifd2 �dB 1 8.Wic1 tt:lab4 1 9.l::t h 3 [1 9.a3 �e3] 1 9 ... �b6 20J1c3 e3 21 .Wf1 l::t d4 22.tt:ld4 �d4 23.ttlh3 e2 24.We1 �c3 2S.bc3 't!Vc3 26.We2 tt:ld4 27.Wf1 (27.WI2 tt:ldc2] 27 ... "ifc4 28.Wf2 tt:ldc2-+ 29.Wid1 'lieS 30.Wg3 'lieS 31 .Wh4 tt:la1 32.tt:lgS 'ifh2 33.tt:lh3 "ifg2 34.Wia1 f6 3S.Wie1 tt:ldS 36.Wie6 Wc7 37.1Vf7 wc6 38.Wig7 1Ve4 39.ttlf2 'ife3 40.tt:lh3 0-1

Shirov,Alexey Bareev,Evgeny New Delhi rapid 25 2000 (5)

1 .e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.es �fS 4.tt:lc3 e6 S.g4 �g6 6.tt:lge2 ttle7 7.ttlf4 cS 8.dcS tt:lec6 9.h4 "ifc7 1 0.�g2 'lieS 1 1 .Wf1 ?! d4? (1 1 ...�c5 12.h5 �e4 1 3.13? 15!+ 1 4.fe4 le4 1 5.tt:le6 "ife6 1 6.Wid5 :!:!18!] 1 2.hS! �c2 1 3.Wic2 dc3 1 4.tt:ld3! Wid4 1 S.]l.e3 ifc4 1 6.'i¥c3 Wic3 1 7.bc3± tt:la6 1 8.l::t b 1 0-0-0 1 9.�c6 bc6 20.tt:leS+- l::t g8 21 .ttlf7 l::t d7 22.tt:leS I:!:b7 23.l::t b7 Wb7 24.tt:ld3 eS 2S.we2 �e7

26.Wf3 wc7 27.We4 l::te8 28.J:I:h3 Wd7 29.tt:leS Wc7 30.l::tf3 �f6 3 1 .l::tfS h6 32.f4 1 -0

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Svidler,Peter Galkin,Alexander Tomsk 11 2001 (6)

1 .e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.es �fS 4.tt:lc3 e6 S.g4 �g6 6.tt:lge2 tt:le7 7.f4 tt:la6 8.tt:lg3! tt:lb4 9.fS efS 1 O.a3 f4 1 1 .ab4 fg3 1 2.hg3 a6 (12 ... tt:lc8 Sutovsky-Dautov, Essen 2001] 1 3.�gS 'ifb8 14.�d3 1Va7 1 S.tt:le2 bS 1 6.c3 �d3 1 7.Wid3 tt:lg6 1 8.tt:lf4 tt:lf4 1 9.gf4 h6 20.fS± 1Vc7 21 .Wie3 aS 22.e6 f6 23.�f4 Wid8 24.'ifh3 hS 2S.ghS ab4 26.We2! J:ta4 27.Wig3+- 'ife7 28.b3 J:ta3 29.cb4 Wib4 [29 ... l::t a 1 30.l::ta 1 'iVb7 31 .'ifg6 WdB 32.h6+ ] 30.�d2 -

[30 ... 1fd6 31. .l:ta3!! Wig3 32.l::t a8 we? 33.�b4] 1 -0

Berg,Emanuel Hansen,Torbjorn Bergen 2001 (7)

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1Zlb5 30.ifg3+-] 29.�dS il.dS 30 .111S il.h6 31 .11d S IZldS 32. '1Wb3 1Zlb6 33.'iV17 J:ieg8 34.�h1 J:ig7 3S.IZla6 �as 36.i¥16 1 -0 •

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Czebe,Attila Rausis,Igor Basel 2000 (5)

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Shabalov,Aiexander Times,Jerald Foxwoods 2001 (7)

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40.li.Jh3 J:!h3 41 .li.Je3 litgS 42.li.JdS �b2 43.J:!a4 J:!d3 44.e6 J:!d4 4S.h4 litg4 46.J:!d4 �d4 47.1itf1 a4 48.li.Jb4 a3 49.1ite2 �cs SO.li.Jc2 a2 S1 .1itd2 �d4 0·1

1 .e4 c6 2.d4 d S 3.es �ts 4.c3 e6 s.�e3 li.Je7 6.li.Jd2 li.Jd7 7.f4 �g6 8.li.Jgf3 cs 9.a3 cd4 1 0.li.Jd4 li.Jc6 1 1 .li.J2b3 �e7 1 2.�e2 0-0 1 3.0-0 li.Jb6 1 4.J:!f2 li.Jc4 1 S.�c4 dc4 1 6.li.Jc6 bc6 1 7.li.Jd4 'ii'd S 1 8.fS ets 1 9.li.JfS Ve6 20.li.Je7 W/e7 21 .'iVd4 J:ttd8 22.Wic4 '/lies 23.�d4 'il'bs 24.'/libs %-%

Mainka,Romuald Epishin,Vladimir Frankfurt 2000 (8)

1 .e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.es �fS 4.c3 e6 s.�e3 �e7 6.li.Jd2 �g6 7.'ii' b3 'iYc7 8.�e2 f6 9.ef6 li.Jf6 1 O.li.Jh3 0-0 1 1 .li.Jgs �fS 1 2.h3 h6 1 3.g4 hgS 1 4.gfS efS 1 S.�gs li.Je4 1 6.li.Je4 fe4 1 7.h4 li.Ja6 1 8.�e3 �d6 1 9.c4 Vas 20.Iitd1 cs 21 .'/lib7 li.Jb4 22.J:!g1 '/lic7 23.'/lic7 �c7 24.cds J:!ad8 2S.dcS J:!dS 26.1itc1 li.Jd3 27.�d3 ed3 28.l:tg4 �es 29.J:!gs J:!b8 30.l:!b1 J:!b4 31 .1itd2 J:!h4 32.c6 .!IbS 33.f4 .!IdS 34. .!Ies J:lh2 3S.Iitc3 J:!c2 36.1itb4 as 37.1itb3 .!Id6 38. .!1cs J:!c6 39.J:!c6 J:!c6 40.J:!d1 J:!d6

Zagrebelny,Sergey Khurtsilava,Inga Patras 2001 (8)

1 .e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.es �ts 4.c3 e6 5.�e3 hS 6.li.Jd2 �e7 7.�e2 h4 8.f4 li.Jd7 9.li.Jgf3 �g4 1 0.0-0 li.Jh6 1 1 .�f2 li.JfS 1 2.llc1 g6 1 3.h3 �f3 1 4.li.Jf3 bS 1 5.a4 a6 1 6.b3 li.Jb6 1 7.c4?! dc4 1 8.bc4 li.Ja4 1 9.dS edS 20.cbS cbS 21 .li.Jd4 'li'd7 22.li.Jf5 gfS 23.�d4 J:!h6 24.�d3 llc8 2S.llc8 'li'ca 26.'/lif3 li.Jb6 27.1ith2 �dB 28.lle1 'il'e6 29.�b6 �b6 Y2-Y2 30.l::tc 1 litf8+

Survey CK 1 1 .5 + 7

N�c

SURVEY

INTRODUCTION: Evgeny Solozhenkln MAIN ANALYSIS: Evgeny Solozhenkin STUDY MATERIAL: Van de Mortel, Solozhenkin

Caro-Kann Defence Classical Variation CK 11.5 + 7

Changing the Move Order 1 .e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.t2lc3 de4 4.t2le4 �f5 5.t2lg3 �g6 6.h4 h6 7.t2lf3 e6 These days Black often keeps his knight on b8, playing 7 ...t2lf6 or 7 ... e6 first. The idea is, after the standard 7 ...e6 8.h5 �h7 9.�d3 �d3 10.'@d3 t2lf6, to retain the op­ tion of playing l l ...c5 and 12 ... t2lc6, exerting immediate pres­ sure on White's centre. This move order obviously allows White to put his knight in the centre with gain of tempo (8.t2le5), which is quite an important factor for White in his pursuit of an opening advan­ tage and, conversely, for Black in his struggle for equality. In this survey we will look at two lines.

Variation

(in Variation B White usually plays l l .�d2 first). The second approach consists of keeping control of the centre with �f4. The f2-f4 plan in Variation A is too fresh for definite conclusions. It will probably create its own theory in the near future. For the moment we recommend Topalov-Dreev, Sarajevo 200 1 , as a model game. The position of the knight on g8 allows Black to ex­ change knights on e5 at once without any fear of losing time by having to withdraw his knight from f6.

Variation B The move order in Markarov­ Solozhenkin, St Petersburg 2000,

is quite interesting. Ever since the crushing game Adams-Leko, Li­ nares 1 999, Black knows how deadly direct play can be in Varia­ tion B. It's recommended to pay serious attention to the plan with c6-c5, keeping the knight on b8, as in the main game Godena-Epishin.

CK 1 1 .7 Godena,Michele Epishin,Vladimir Saint Vincent 2001 (6)

1 .e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.t2ld2 de4 4.t2le4 �f5 5.t2lg3 �96 6.h4 h6

STATISTICS

A

The first one, let's call it Variation A, occurs after 7 ... e6 8.t2le5 �h7 9.�d3 �d3 10.'ifd3 t2ld7. Black's idea is not to develop the king's knight immediately but instead try to get counter-play with c6-c5. The second one (Variation B) arises if B lack develops his king's knight lO ... tLlf6 and tries to push c6-c5. The latter line can also arise with 7 ... t2lf6 on move 7 . I n both lines White has two ways to look for an advantage. First of all, the straightforward plan with f2-f4 1 17

7.tt:lf3 tt:lf6 8.tt:le5 ith7 9.itd3 itd3 1 0.�d3 e6 1 1 .itd2 ite7 1 2.0-0-0 0-0 1 3.f4 c5 1 4.dc5 �c7 1 5.tt:le4 l:Id8 1 6.tt:lf6 itf6 1 7.�g3 [1 7.�13 tt:ld7= Hracek· Svetushkin, Herceg Novi 11 1 992] 1 7... tt:ld7 1 8.tt:lg4 [1 8.tt:ld7 l::!:d7 1 9.ite3 J:tad8 20.l:td7 (20.c3 .!:!:d1 21 .l::!:d1 l::!:d 1 22std1 'ifd8 23.Wc2 ith4; 20.�13 .S:d1 21 .J:!d1 .!:!.d1 22.�d1 �a5 23.a3 �b5 24.c3 ith4+) 20 ... �d7 21 .�13 �a4 22.a3 (22.�b1 �b4 23.�c1 J:lc8+) 22...�b5 23.c3 itc3 24.bc3 l:i:d3 25.'ife4 l:i:c3 26.�d2 (26.�d1 .!'lc4-+) 26 ... 'ifb2 27.�d1 �a1 28.�d2 J:!e3+] 1 8 ... h5 1 9.tt:lf6 tt:lf6 20.itc3 [20.ite3!? tt:lg4 21 .itd4 l:i:d5 22 . .!'ld2 l::!:l5.z] 20...tt:lg4 21 .b4 b6 22.�f3 [22.J:id8 l:Id8 23.cb6 ab6 24.�b2 b5�] 22 ... bc5 23.b5 c4 24.l:td8 l:td8 25.l:td1 l::l b8 26.a4 �c5 [26 ... 'ife7!?] 27J:i:d7 �a3 28.�d2 �a4

8.1Lle5 �h7 9.�d3 �d3 1 0.'il'd3 e6 1 1 .�d2 �e7 1 2.0-0-0 0-0 1 3.f4 e5 1 4.de5 "JNe7 15.�e3 .!l:d8 1 G.'il'f3 1Lle6 1 7.1/JeG 'il'eG 1 8.'il'eG beG 1 9.�fG �f6 20.1Lle4 .!l:d1 21 . .!l:d1 �h4 22.g3 f5!? 23.gh4 fe4 24JidG .!l:f8 25 ..!l:e6 .!l:f4 26 ..!l:eG [26.d2! .!l:h4 27.l:la6 llh2 28.c3±] 26 ... \t>f7 27 . .!l:aG e3 28.d1 .il:h4 29.e2 l:le4 30.l:la7 f6 31 .e3 .!l:e5 32.e3:t h5 33.d4 lle8 34.e4 .!l:e8 35.\t>f3 g5 36 ..!l:a6 f5 37 . .!l:a5 \t>gG 38.lla6 \t>f5 39 ..!l:a5 \t>gG 40.l:ld5 g4 41 .f2 h4 42.J:ld6 \t>g5 43J:I:d5 f4 44.l:ld4 g5 45.lld5 f4 4G . .!l:d4 f5 47.l:ld5 fG 48 ..!l:h5 g3 49.f3 .!l:g8 50.\t>g2 .!l:g4 51 .b4 gG 52 . .!l:h8 g7 53 . .!l:h5 gG 54. .!l:h8 g7 Y2-Y2

Tiviakov,Sergey Ernst,Sipke Hoogeveen 2000 (7)

1 .e4 eG 2.d4 d5 3.1Lld2 de4 4.1Lle4 �f5 5.1Llg3 �gG G.h4 hG 7.1Llf3 1/JfG 8.1Lle5 �h7 9.�d3 �d3 10.'1!1Vd3 eG 1 1 .�d2 �e7 1 2.0-0-0 0-0 1 3.f4 e5 1 4.de5 �e5 1 5.1Lle4 �e7 1 G.ILlf6 �fG 1 7.'il'g3 'il'bG 1 8.�e3 'il'b5 1 9.f5 ef5 20 . .!l:d6 f4 21 .'1!1Vf4 �e5 22.�e5 fG

David,Alberto Mittelman,Gur Antwerp 1 999 (7)

1 .e4 eG 2.d4 d5 3.1Lle3 de4 4.1Lle4 �f5 5.1Llg3 �gG 6.h4 hG 7.1Llf3 1/JfG 8.1Lle5 �h7 9.�d3 �d3 1 0.'il'd3 eG 1 1 .�d2 �e7 1 2.0-0-0 0-0 1 3.f4 e5 1 4.de5 'il'e7 1 5 . .!l:he1 ILleG 1 G.ILleG 'il'e6 1 7.f5 .!ladS 1 8.'il'b3 .!l:d5 19.feG feG 20 .!1e2 �e5 21 . .!1de1 'il'd7 22 ..!l:eG �f2

23.�f6!? J:lf6 24.J:lf6 gf6 25.'il'f6 'il'bG! 2G.'il'e5 ILlaG 27.J:if1 l:id8 28.'il'e7? [28.'il'g3 hB 29.'il'e5=] 28 ... 1Llb4 29.a3 1Lld5 30.'il'f7 h8 31 .\t>b1 1Lle3 32.\t>a1 1Lld1 ! 33.'1!\VfGD '1!1Vf6 34.l:ifG [34 ... g? 35.l:Ie6 J:!d7+] Y,-Y,

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Hracek,Zbynek Svetushkin,Dmitry Herceg Novi 11 2001 (8)

29.f5 e5 30.�d5 .!lf8 31 J:!.d8 'ifa3 32.J:l:f8 �f8 33 ..\tes tt:le5 34.'ife5 �b4 Y2-Y2 Solozhenkin

Study Material 1 1 .itd2 .ite7

Zahn,Wolfgang Kachiani,Ketino Bad Worishofen 1 999 (8)

1 .e4 eG 2.d4 d5 3.1Lld2 de4 4.1Lle4 �f5 5.1Llg3 �gG G.h4 hG 7.1Llf3 1/JfG 1 18

23 . .!l:f6? [23 . .!l:1e5! h7 (23 ... �g3 24. .!l:e7 1Lle4 25.J:Ie4 1:!:11 26.�e1 'il'd6 27.c3t) 24. .!l:e7 J:ie5 25. .!l:d7 1/Jd?g?] 23 ... .!l:f6 24.J:Ie5 �g3 25 . .!l:d5 l:if1 2G.�e1 �f4 27.b1 \t>h8!-+ 28.a3 .!l:e1 29.\t>a2 'il'e7 30.J:if5 �dG 31 .J:if7 'il'eG 32.'il'eG J:ieG 33.I:ib7 J:ie2 34.e3 �e5 35.g4 J:le4 3G.h5 .!l:g4 37.b4 �f2 38.l:ie7 gG 39.hg6 J:!g6 40.e4 h5 41 .J:if7 J:ig2 42.b3 h4 43.\t>a4 h3 44.l:if5 h2 45.J:lh5 g7 4G.b5 \t>g6 0-1

1 .e4 eG 2.d4 d5 3.1Lle3 de4 4.1Lle4 �f5 5.1Llg3 �g6 6.h4 h6 7.1Llf3 eG 8.1Lle5 �h7 9.�d3 �d3 1 0.'1!1Vd3 1/JfG 1 1 .�d2 �e7 1 2.0-0-0 0-0 1 3.f4 e5 1 4.de5 'il'e7 1 5.1Lle4 J:!d8 1 G.ILlfG �fG 1 7.'il'f3 1Lld7 1 8.1Lld7 J:id7 1 9.g4 [1 9.�e3 J:ld1 20.'1!1Vd1 (20. .!1d1 �h4) 20... l:i:d8 21 .'1!1Vf3 'il'a5 22.a3 (22.b1 �b2 23.\t>b2 '1!1Vb4=) 22 ... '1!1Vb5 23.c3 '1!\Vc4.,t] 1 9... l:iad8 20.�e3 .!l:d1 21 .l:id1 lld1 22.'il'd1 �h4 23.'il'd6 'il'eG 24.'il'eG beG 25.b4 f8 2G.e4 \t>e8 27.\t>d1 �fG 28.e2 �b2 29.d3 gG 30.�d4 �a3 31 .b5 d7 32.g5 h5 33.\t>e4 �b4 34.a4 �d2 35.�e3 �e3 3G.e3 a5 37.\t>d4 d8 38.\t>e4 e8 39.d4 d8 40.\t>e5 \t>e7 41 .\t>e4 \t>e8 Y2-Y2 Solozhenkin

Survey CK 1 1 .5 + 7

1 1..�d2 tt:lbd7 1 2.f4

Brodsky,Mikhail Jaracz,Pawel Polanica Zdroj 1 999 (6)

1 .e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.1Lld2 de4 4.1t:le4 �fS S.lt:lg3 �g6 6.h4 h6 7.1Llf3 lt:lf6 S.lt:leS �h7 9.�d3 �d3 1 0.'il'd3 e6 1 1 .ii.d2 lt:lbd7 1 2.f4 'VI/c7 1 3.0-0-0 �d6 1 4.t>b1 0-0 1 S.It:le2 l:!:ad8 1 6.'i!'f3 hS 1 7.g4 hg4 1 8.1Llg4 lt:lg4 19.'VI/g4 fS! 20.'VI/f3 lt:lf6 21 .hS t>f7 22.1Llg3 bS! 23.l:!:de1 I!:h8 24.I!:e2 :tJdS 2S.l:!:f1 .!:i:h6 26 ..t!:g2 l:!:dh8 27 .l:!:fg1 t>f8 28.l:!:f1 Y2-Y2

Motylev,Alexander Atalik,Suat Lvov 1 999 (4)

1 .e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.1Llc3 de4 4.1t:le4 �fS s.lt:lg3 �g6 6.h4 h6 7.t2Jf3 e6 S.lt:leS �h7 9.�d3 �d3 1 0.�d3 :tJf6 1 1 .ii.d2 lt:lbd7 1 2.f4 CS 1 3.0-0-0 cd4

B.lt:leS ii.h7 9.�d3 �d3 1 0.'fld3 e6 1 1 .�d2 lt:lbd7 1 2.f4 �e7 1 3.0-0-0 0-0 1 4.'fle2 cs 1 S.dcS lt:lcs 1 6.�c3 Wc7 [16 ... 'il'b6 1 7.1t:lg4 Wa6 1 8.1Llf6 �16 1 9.'fla6 lt:la6 20.ii.l6 gf6 21 .15 lt:lb4 22.1Llh5 lt:ld5 23.l:!:he1 l:i:ad8 24.fe6 fe6 25.J:i.e6± Adams-Magem Badals, France 1 999] 1 7.fS efS 1 B.It:lfS I!:feB 1 9.'Wf3 ii.f8 20.1Llh6! gh6 21 .1t:lg4! lt:lg4 22.'il'g4 t>h7 23.'il'fS t>gB 24.'Wf6 t>h7 2S.'il'hB t>g6 26.hS 1 -0 Van der Weide

YB/51 -89

1 1 .�f4 �as 1 2.c3 tt:lbd7

Vehi Bach,Victor Magem Badals,Jordi Linares ch-ES 1 998 (3)

1 .e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.1Lld2 de4 4.1t:le4 .>ifS S.lt:lg3 �g6 6.h4 h6 7.1Llf3 lt:lf6 B.lt:leS �h7 9.�d3 ii.d3 1 0.'Wd3 e6 1 1 .�f4 'flas 1 2.c3 lt:lbd7 1 3.0-0 lt:leS 1 4.deS lt:ldS 1 S.'il'f3 lt:lf4 1 6.'fif4 l:!:dB 1 7.l:!:fe1 i.e7 1 B.It:lhS J:!:g8 1 9.l:!:e3 gS! 20.1t:lf6 �f6 21 . 'Wf6 l:!:g6 22. 'flhB t>e7 23. 'Wh7 gh4 24.l:!:f3 J:i.f8 2S.l:!:f7! J:i.f7 26.'Wg6 Wes 27.'iYh6 Y2-Y2

Palac,Mladen Dreev,Alexey Pula 1 999 (2)

1 4.1Llg6! I!:g8 1 S.It:lf8 lt:lf8 1 6.l:!:he1 'Wd7 1 7.'Wa3!t lt:lg6 1 8.ii.c3 lt:lf4 1 9.ii.d4 lt:l4dS 20.ii.f6 gf6 21 .1t:le4± Q-0-0 22.1Llf6 'flc7 23.1Llg8 :t:ig8 24.t>b1 aS 2S.g4 Wb8 26.'flf3 J:!:c8 27.c4! �c4 2B.l:i:c1 �d4 29.l:!:cB t>cB 30.'i!'f7 lt:lc7 31 .l:!:c1 'WeS 32.'il'eBX 1 -0

1 .e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.1Llc3 de4 4.1t:le4 �fS S.lt:lg3 �g6 6.h4 h6 7.1t:lf3 e6 B.lt:leS �h7 9.i.d3 �d3 1 0.'iYd3 lt:lf6 1 1 .�f4 '1/rYaS 1 2.c3 lt:lbd7 1 3.0-0 �e7 1 4.1t:lc4 'il'dS 1 S.l:!:fe1 lt:lhS 1 6.1Lld6!? ii.d6 1 7.�d6 'Wd6 1 B.It:lhS g6 1 9.1Llg3 Y2-Y2

B.lt:leS ii.h7 9.�d3 �d3 1 0.'fid3 1Lld7 1 1 .�f4 lt:lgf6 1 2. 'iYb3 'il'b6 1 3.1t:lc4 'il'bS 1 4.�d6 ii.e7 1 S.O-O lt:lb6?! 1 6.'i!'bS cbS 1 7.1t:lb6 ab6 1 B.ii.e7 t>e7 1 9.a3 l:!:hdB 20.c3± hS 21 .f3 g6 22.I!:ae1 l:!:dS 23.Wf2 WfB 24.1Lle4 Wg7 2S.l:!:e2 lt:lg8 26.J:i.fe1 lt:le7 27.1LlgS lt:lfS 28.g3 lt:le7 29.1Llh3 lt:lc6 30.1Llf4 l:!:d6 31 .g4 hg4 32.fg4 J:i.adB 33.Wg3 :t:ihB 34.l:!:f1 .t!.d7 3S.hS gS 36.1t:ld3 l::teB 37.1LleS+- lt:leS 38.l::t eS f6 39 ..UbS l:!:d6 40.l:i:e1 t>f7 41 .a4 l::t aB 42 . .t!.a1 t>g7 43 . .tl.a3 t>h6 44.J:!:ab3 l:i:a6 4S.l:!:3b4 fS 46.l:i:c4 l:!:aB 47.I!:cb4 l:i:a6 4B.l:i:eS :!:laB 49.gfS efS SO . .t!.fS >t>hS S1 .J:!.bbS l:i:g8 S2.l:i:f7 .Ue6 S3.l:i:h7 t>g6 S4.J:!.b7 l:i:e3 SS.>t>g4 Ue4 S6.t>f3 l:!:f4 S7.>t>g3 IlgfB SB.I!:Sb6 t>fS S9.Ile7 Ilg4 60.t>f3 :t:if4 61 .t>e2 t>g4 62.aS >t>g3 63.a6 1 -0

Rogic,Davor Zelcic,Robert Pula ch-CRO 2000 (5)

1 .e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.1t:ld2 de4 4.1t:le4 �fS S.lt:lg3 i.g6 6.h4 h6 7.1Llf3 e6 B.lt:leS ii.h7 9.�d3 i.d3 1 0.'iYd3 1Lld7 1 1 .�f4 lt:leS 12.�es 'flas 1 3.c3 0-0-0 1 4.Vie2 lt:lf6 1 S.0-0 �d6 1 6.a4 hS 1 7.b4 'Wc7 1 B.i.d6 'il'd6 19.1Lle4 'fif4 20.1Llf6 gf6 21 .g3 'il'c7 22.bS :t:ihgB 23.bc6 I:i:g4!? 24.cb7 WbB 2S.Ii:fd1 IldgB 26.Wf1 J:'i:g3! 27.fg3 '!Wg3 2B.'!Wf2 'i!'h3 29.t>e2 [29.We1 'iYc3 30.t>e2 �c2 31.>t>f3 '!Wc3=] 29 ... l::tg 2 30J:i:ab1 J:!.f2 31 .Wf2 'fih4 32.>t>e2 'fie4 33.t>d2 'iYg2 34.Wd3 'iYf3 3S.>t>d2 'iYf4 36.t>d3 'WfS 37.>t>c4 '!WdS 3B.Wd3 h4 39.c4 'i!'f3 40.t>c2 h3 41 .dS 'fle2 42.>t>c3 'fles 43.Wc2 'i!'e4 44.>t>c3 'fle3 4S.Wc2 'Wf2 46.Wc3 '!We3 Y2-Y2

1 1 .�f4

Adams,Michael Leko,Peter

Topalov,Veselin Anand,Viswanathan

Sivokho,Sergey Solozhenkin,Evgeny

Linares 1 999 ( 1 )

Monaco blind 1 999 (4)

St Petersburg 2000 (6)

1 .e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.1Lld2 de4 4.tiJe4 �fS S.lt:lg3 ii.g6 6.h4 h6 7 .lt:lf3 lt:lf6

1 .e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.1Lld2 de4 4.1t:le4 ii.fS S.lt:lg3 �g6 6.h4 h6 7.1t:lf3 e6

1 .e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.1t:lc3 de4 4.1t:le4 ii.fs s.lt:lg3 ii.g6 6.h4 h6 7.1Llf3 e6 119

S.lt:leS �h7 9.�d3 �d3 1 0.'ilid3 tiJd7 1 1..�f4 tiJeS 1 2.�es 'iYaS 1 3.c3 tLlf6 1 4.'i¥e2 �e7 1 S.�f1 0-0-0 1 6.a4 �d6 1 7.b4 'i¥c7 1 8.�f6 gf6 1 9.tLle4 eS [� 1 9...15] 20.deS �es 21 J:!.h3 ts 22.tiJcs J:l.dS 23.J:I.d1 J:l.d1 24.'i¥d1 b6 2S.tiJb3 J:!dS 26.'i¥e2 ifd6 27J:!.e3 f6 28.aS �b8 29.ab6 ab6 30.J:!f3 ifdS 31 .c4 'i¥e4 32.g3 �c7 33.'i¥e4 fe4 34Jle3 fS 3S.f3 �g3 36.fe4 f4 37.l::l:f3 l::l: d 1 38.�e2 l::l: b 1 39.l::l: d3 hS 40.bS J:l.b2 41 .tLld2 cbS 42.cbS �h4 43.�f3 �e1 44.�f4 �d2 4S.�fS rlbS 46.eS i.e1 47.�f6 �h4 48.�e6 �gS 49.l::l:d 7 �c6 SO.l::l: d6 �b7 S1 .l::l: d7 �a6 S2.l::l:f7 i.c1 0-1 Solozhenkin

Markarov,Arsen Solozhenkin,Evgeny St Petersburg 2000 (2)

1 .e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.tLld2 de4 4.tZle4 i.ts s.tZJg3 �g6 6.h4 h6 7.tZlt3 e6 S.tiJeS �h7 9.�d3 �d3 1 0.'il'd3 tiJd7 1 1 .�f4 tiJeS 1 2.�es ifas 1 3.c3 tLlf6 1 4.0-0 tZJg4 1 S.l::tfe1 0-0-0 1 6.'i¥f3 tiJeS 1 7.deS 11Vc7 1 8.c4 l::l: d4 1 9.l::l:e4 J:le4 20.'tife4 i.cS 21 .l::t d 1 fS [21 ... g6!?] 22.tLlfS! efS 23. 'iYfS �bS 24.e6 i.d6 2S.cS �f4 26.e7 �h2 27.�h1 'f/e7 28.�h2 V:!-V:! 'i¥h4 29.�g1 l::l:eS

'i¥d4 29.'tiff3 l::t g 1 30.J:I.g1 11Vg1 31 .'it>b2 'il'g7 32.c3 'il'g3 33.111'e2 tLld6 34.a4 �c7 3S.aS eS 36.�e3 �c6 37.�h6 e4 38.�f8 'il'd3 39.111'f2 'i¥f3 40.'ilid2 'ilif6 41 .111'e2 liVeS 42.'ilid2 e3 43.'il'e2 ts 44.a6 b6 4S.'il'g2 'tifdS 46.'ifg6 e2 47.�d6 e1 111' 48.�eS 'it>bS 49.c4 �b4 SO.cdS 'iYeS S1 .'it>a2 'tife2 S2.�b1 'lid1 0-1 Solozhenkin

Vuckovic,Bojan Dottling,Fabian Bermuda 11 2001 (3)

1 .e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.tLlc3 de4 4.tZle4 �ts s.tZlg3 �g6 6.h4 h6 7.tZlt3 e6 S.tiJeS �h7 9.�d3 i.d3 1 0.'tlfd3 lLld7 1 1 .f4 cS 1 2.i.e3 cd4 1 3.0-0-0 tiJeS 1 4.feS 'tifdS 1 S.�d4 tiJe7 1 6.tZle4 tiJc6 1 7.c4 'ifd4 18.'tiid 4 tLld4 1 9.J:I.d4 J:l.c8 20.J:!.hd1 �e7 21 .b3 J:!.c7 22.'it>b2 0-0 23Jld7 J:!.fc8 24.hS fS= 2S.tiJc3 a6 26.tLla4 �cS 27.tiJcS J:!.cS 28.J:I.b7 l::t eS 29.�c3 f4 30.b4 J:ie2 31 .J:!.f1 eS 32.cS l::l: a2 33.J:I.e7 J:lg2 34.J:I.eS J:tgS 3S.�d4 J:tb8 36.l:tb1 f3 37.l::t g S hgS 38.'it>e3 J:l.f8 39.c6 g4 40.c7 �f7 41 .'it>f4 'it>e6 42.'it>g4 �d7 43.J:tf1 cJ;c7 44..!U3 J:f.f3 4S.�f3 cJi;c6 46.�e4 Y2-Y2

Topalov,Veselin Dreev,Aiexey Sarajevo 2001 (3)

1 .e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.tLld2 de4 4.tZle4 i.tS S.tiJg3 �g6 6.h4 h6 7.tLlf3 e6 S.tiJeS i.h7 9..1ld3 .lld 3 1 0. 'il'd3 lLld7 1 1 .f4 cS 1 2.i.e3 'iWaS 1 3 ..1ld2 'tlfa4 1 4.'f/f3!? tiJgf6 1 S.'iYb7 J:tbS 16.11Vc7 cd4 1 7.b3 'iYa6 1 8.'Wc6 J:ib6 1 9.1il'a8 l::l: bS 20.'ii'c6 J:tb6 21 .'/ias l:tbS 22.'1!1Yc6 Y2-Y2

Fercec,Nenad Zelcic,Robert Pula 2001 (4)

1 .e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.tLld2 de4 4.tZle4 �fS S.tiJg3 �g6 6.h4 h6 7.tLlf3 e6 S.tiJeS �h7 9.�d3 �d3 1 0.'tlld3 tLld7 1 1 .f4 cS 1 2.i.e3 'il'aS 1 c3 tiJgf6 1 4.dcS l:td8 1 S.O-O-O cS 1 6 . .\lcS 'ifcS 1 7.tZle4 tZle4 1 8.tiJ 'tifdS 1 9.'iYe3!? 'ii'a2

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Illescas,Miguel Dreev,Alexey Dos Hermanas 2001 (1 )

Manca,Federico Solozhenkin,Evgeny Reggio Emilia 1 999 (6)

1 .e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.tLlc3 de4 4.tLle4 i.fS S.tiJg3 �g6 6.h4 h6 7.tLlf3 e6 S.tiJeS �h7 9.�d3 �d3 1 0.'tifd3 tiJd7 1 1 .f4 cS 1 2.�d2? tiJeS 1 3.feS 'il'd4 1 4.'il'e2 tiJe7 1 S.O-O-O tLlc6 1 6.l::l: he1 'il'a4 1 7.�b1 0-0-0 1 8.b3 'flh4 1 9.tLle4 l::l: d S 20.i.c3 'il'd8 21 .tLld6 �d6 22.ed6 'fld6 23.i.g7 J:!.g8 24.�h6 tiJd4 2S. 'flf2 tiJfS 26JldS 'il'dS 27.i.c1 l:!.g2 28.'iff4 1 20

1 .e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.tLld2 de4 4.tLle4 �fS S.tLlg3 �g6 6.h4 h6 7.tLlf3 e6 S.tiJeS i.h7 9.i.d3 i.d3 1 0.1il'd3 tiJd7 1 1 .f4 cS 1 2.i.e3 'iWaS 1 3.i.d2 'il'c7 1 4.0-0-0 tiJgf6 1 S.fS cd4 1 6.tLld7 'il'd7 1 7.fe6 fe6 1 8.J:f.he1 0-0-0 19.'il'c4 'iYc6 20.111'e6 'tife6 21 .J:I.e6;!; J:IdS 22.J:!.f1 �d7 23.J:tee1 d3 24.c3 i.cS 2S.tiJfS J:!.eS 26.J:te8 tiJeS 27.c4 J:!.eS 28.l:tf3 cJi;e6 29.tiJg3 �e7 30.�c3! �h4 [30 ... J:I.c5 31 .J:!.e3 �17 32.J:te7 'it>e7 33.i.b4 b6 34.tZle4+-] 31 .�es �es 32.J:te3 �f6 33.l:te8 i.g3 34.�d2 1 -0

20.'iYd4?! [20.'iYe4 J:td7 21.l:td7 'Wa1 22.�c2 'tll h 1 23.l:td1 'iYh4 24.'tiia4ooj 20 ... tLlf2! 21 .'tifg7 'tlla 1 22.'it>c2 'ifa4 23.b3 'iYe4 24.�b2 'il'e2 2S.�c1 J:td7! 26.'iYh8 'it>e7 27.J:I.d7 �d7 28.'ii'd4 �ea 29.J:td1 tZld1 30.1il'd1 'ii'g 2+ 31 .'tifd4 'tifg3 32.h5 'ife1 33.�b2 'il'e2 34.�a3 'iYhS 3S.'ii'a7 'ifbS 36.'it>b2 'ife2 37.�b1 'il'g2 38.'f/b8 'it>d7 39.'iYeS 'iYdS 40.'iYf6 'f/b3 41 .�c1 'iYa3 42.'it>c2 'tiltS 43.fS 'tlle7 44.'ii' h 6 efS 4S.c4 'ife4 46.�c3 'iYeS 47.�b3 f4 48.'iYh7 'iYe6 49.'tllg7 bS SO.'ii'd4 �ea S1 .'il'h8 �e7 S2.'it>a3 bc4 S3.�b4 f3 S4.'tll h4 �d7 SS.�c3 'We3 S6.�c4 f2 S7.'ii' h 1 'il't4 o-1

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INTRODUCTION: A.C. van der Tak MAIN ANALYSIS: Alexander Grischuk STUDY MATERIAL: Van der Tak, Dorfman

Ruy Lopez Anti-Marshall Variation RL 18.3

The New Main Line 1 .e4 e5 2.l/Jf3 li.Jc6 3.�b5 a6 4..b4 l/Jf6 5.0-0 �e7 6Jle1 b5 7...ib3 0-0 8.a4 ..ib7 9.d3 d6 1 0.l/Jbd2 IO.li.Jc3 has always been the main line of the Anti-Marshall, but since a few years preference has shifted towards 1 0 2 . In their 1 989 Marshall monograph, Nunn and Harding only give two games, but at the moment databases register well over 1 00. A striking detail is that some very strong players like Kasparov, Anand, Shirov and Svidler have all adopted it. White's queen's knight is not

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heading for e2 via c3, but in good old Spanish tradition it hops from d2 to f1 and on to e3. In Grischuk-Tkachiev, Enghien les Bains 200 1 , the main game of this survey, Black opts for a set-up with h6, J:!.e8 and �f8. According to Grischuk in his notes to the game in New In Chess Magazine 2001/4, five moves later B lack 'would have been happy to take back all three moves' ! This is a particularly gloomy view of Black's position but there is no getting round it, considering that B lack isn't feeling well around move 1 5 .

I n the Study Material most atten­ tion goes to 10 ... l/Ja5 l l .�a2 c5 and 10 ...l/Jd7 1 l .c3 l/Jc5, both logical continuations. If we are to believe the statistical information, the former approach (Black is just playing a la Chigorin) deserves preference.

RL 1 8.3 Grischuk,Alexander Tkachiev,Vladislav Enghien les Bains 2001 (6)

1 .e4 e5 2.l/Jf3 l/Jc6 3...ib5 a6 4.�a4 l/Jf6 5.0-0 �e7 6.J:!.e1 b5 7..tb3 0-0 8.a4 ..ib7 9.d3 d6 1 O.li.Jbd2 h6 1 1 .l/Jf1 J::te8 1 2. ..id2 .ifS 1 3.c4 b4 [13...bc4?! 14 . .tc4 J:!.b8 15 ...ie3 l/Je7 1 6.l/Jg3 tt:lg6 1 7.d4±/+- Kasparov·Tkachiev, Cannes rapid 2001] 1 4.a5 tt:ld7 1 5.�a4 J:!.b8 1 6.d3 1 -o ..•

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Grischuk 1 22

1 .e4 e5 2.ti:lf3 ti:lc6 3.�b5 a6 4.�a4 ti:lf6 5.0-0 �e7 6Jie1 b5 7.�b3 0-0 a.a4 �b7 9.d3 d6 1 O.ti:lbd2 ti:la5 1 1 .�a2 c5 1 2.ti:lf1 J:!.ea 1 3.ti:le3N [13.ti:lg3 h6 (13 ... g6) 14.ti:ll5 �18 1 5.�d2 b4 16.ti:l3h4 d5 17.'i¥13t lle6 1 8.'i¥g3 �h7 1 9.ti:ll3 ti:lh5 20.'i¥g4 g6 21 .ti:le3 ti:ll6 22.'i¥h4 J:i:e8 23.ed5 ti:ld5 24.ti:ld5 �d5 25.�d5 'i¥d5 26.ti:lg5 Wh8

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27.1i:le4+- Balashov-Frolov, Moscow 1 996] 1 3 ... h6 1 4.jitf7 37.1.t>d2 >ite6 aa.>itc2 J:lbS 39.>itc3 fS 40.f3 g6 41 .b3 >itdS 42.g4 fg4 43.fg4 e4 44.de4 l.t>e4 4S.h3 �es 46.ti:les >iteS 47Jlf1 J:iaS %-%

Bamsley,Anthony Simmelink,Joop er friendly game 1 998

1 .e4 eS 2.ti:Jf3 ti:Jc6 3.jitgB 32. >itl2 .!le? 33. .!le7 �dB'f Giorgadze] 1 9.�d2 cS 20.il.b4 ab4 21 .'iYbS 'ifc7 22.dcS l:!:a1 23 ..!la1 .icS 24 .!lc1 .if2 2S.>itf2 'iYc1 26.'iYb7 Wib2 27.ti:J1d2 h6 2a.'li'dS wga 29.>itg3 'ii'c2 %-% 30.'ii' b7 'ii'cS •

Shirov,Alexey Blatny,Pavel Elista ol 1 998 (5)

1 .e4 es 2.ti:Jf3 ti:Jc6 3.�bS a6 4.£l.a4 ti:Jf6 S.0-0 fie7 6.J:le1 bS 7.fib3 0-0 a.a4 fib7 9.d3 d6 1 O.ti:Jbd2 ti:Jd7 1 1 .c3 ti:JcS 1 2.fic2 ti:Ja4 1 3.jitha 1 S.ti:Jc4 [1 5.b4 15 1 6 . .ib2 'iYcB?! (16 ...fe4 1 7.ti:le4 d5 1 B.ti:Jg3 Jid6oo ECO) 1 7.c4 Jif6 1B.c5 1 23

Cile7 1 9.:C:ae1 �e6 20.'ife2 'Wd7 21 .d4;t Almasi-Biatny, Austria 1 998] 1 5 ... f5 1 6.Cile3

1 6 ...fe4 [!? Shirov; 16 .. .14 1 7.Cild5 (17.Cilf5!? g5 18.d4oo ECO) 17 ... g5"F 1 8.h3 'iYd7 1 9.wt1 h5 20.We2 g4?! (20 ... wg7! Anand) 21 .hg4 hg4 22.Cild2 wg7 23.Cile4oo Anand-Timman, Amsterdam 1 996] 1 7.de4 'WeS!? 1 S.Cilf5 �dS [18 ... g6 1 9.Cilen; 1 8 ... 'Wg6!oo Shirov] 1 9.�g5 g6 20.Cile3 wg7 (20 ... �g5! 21 .Cilg5 h6 22.Cilf3 Cild8+Z Shirov] 21 .Cild5 'Wf7 22.�e3 h6 23.c4?! [23.Cild2 Cile7 24.c4;t Shirov] 23 ... g5 24.c5 Cile7 25.Cilc3 'We6 26.:C:ad1 (26.ed6 ed6 27.:C:ad1] 26 �c6 27.'Wc2 Cilg6 2S.Cild2 h5 29.cd6 cd6 30.Cilf1 h4 31 .'Wd2 h3 32.Cilg3 hg2 33.'iYd6 'WcS!? 34.Cild5 �a4 35.Cilf5 J:lf5 36.J::t c 1 �c2? [36 ... 'Wd7! 37.'Wd7 �d7 38.ef5 ��5� Shirov; 38 ... Cilh4!?�] 37.ef5 'Wf5 3S.�d2!+- Cilh4 39.:C:e3 :C:cS 40.�c3 \il;>h7 41 .'We5 'ife5 42-�e5 :C:c5 43.Cilb4 �b6 44.Cilc2 :C:e5 45.:C:e5 Cilf3 46.wg2 Cile5 47.Cile3 Cild3 4S.:C:c6 �d4 49.b3 1 -0 •••

Onischuk,Alexander TimmanJan Groningen 1 996 (5)

1 .e4 e5 2.Cilf3 Cilc6 3.�b5 a6 4.�a4 Cilf6 5.0-0 �e7 6.:C:e1 b5 7.�b3 0-0 S.a4 �b7 9.d3 d6 1 0.c3 Cild7 1 1 .Cilbd2 Cilc5 [1 1 ...�!6 12.Cilf1 (12.�e2 Cile7 1 3.d4 e5 1 4.Cilf1 ed4 1 5.ed4 Cile6 1 6.d5 Cilb4 1 7.�b1 ba4 1 8.'Wa4 a5= Janosevie-Bisguier, Birmingham 1 975) 12 ... Cile5 1 3.ab5 ab5 1 4.:C:a8 'Was 15.�d5 Cile7 1 6.�b7 'Wb7 1 7.b4 Cile6 1 8.'Wb3 g6 1 9.Cile3 h5 20.g3 :C:a8 2U..b2 :C:a6 1 24

22.J:ia1 :C:a1 23.�a1 'Was Yz·Y2 E. Vitolinsh-Saarenpaa, er 1 994] 1 2.ab5 ab5 1 3.:C:aS 'il'aS 1 4.�c2 �f6 (14 ... Cile6 15.b4 'Wa1 !? 1 6.Cilb1 :C:a8 1 7.�e3 'Wb2 18.J::te2 :C:a1 1 9 . .1ie1 'Wa2 20.Cilfd2 'it'a8oo Bieganowski-Stoek, er 1 994] 1 5.b4 [15.Cilf1 Cile7 16.Cilg3 Cilg6 1 7.d4 Cile6 1 8.Cilf5 :C:d8 19.d5 Cilef8 20.h4 Cile7 21 .Cile3 'WeB 22.Cilg5;t Dely-Pogats, Pees 1 964] 1 5 ... Cile6 1 6.Cilf1 g6 1 7.Cile3 �g7 1 S.�b3 'ifdS 1 9.h4;t

1 9 ... Cile7!?N (19 ....1ie8 20.h5 \il;>h8 21 .Cild5± Kasparov-Short, London Weh m-7 1 993 - YB/31-74] 20.Cilg4 [20.h5 d5= Timman] 20 ... .1icS 21 .Cilg5 Cilf4D 22 ..1if4 ef4 23. 'ii'f3 .lig4 (23... h5 24.Cilt7 l::tf7 25.�17 17 26.'Wf4 wga 27.Cilh6;!; Timman] 24.'Wg4 �c3 25.'Wf4 d5 26.:C:c1 �b4 27.h5!? .lidS? [27 ... h6! 28.Cilf3 \il;>h7 29.'We7;t Timman] 2S.'Wh4 wg7 29.hg6 Cilg6 30.'Wh7 wf6 31 .'Wh6 :C:hS 32.Cilh7 we7 33.'Wg5? [33.�d5! t:,. 33 ... .1it4 34.'Wg7+-] 33... wes 34.�d5 'Wg5 35.Cilg5 Cilf4 36.Cilf7 Cile2 37.<J;lf1 Cilg3 3S.fg3 J:ih1 39.we2 :C:c1 40.Cild6 cd6 41 .<J;ld2 :C:c7 42.g4 WfS 43.�a2 wg7 44.d4 wf6 45.wd3 b4 46.�c4 :C:cS 47.g5 <J;lg5 4S.e5 de5 49.de5 lil;>f5 50.e6 we5 51 .g4 \il;>d6 52.g5 :C:c5 53.g6 l:tg5 54-�b3 llg4 55.e7 we7 56.�f7 [56.g7! l:tg7 57.we4 J::tg4 58.<J;lb5 t:,. 59.�e4=] 56 \il;>d6 57.wc2 wc5 5S.\il;>b2 l:tg1 59.wc2 :C:g2 60.Wb3 :C:g3 61 .wb2 wb5 62.�es wc4 63.�f7 <J;lc5 64.wc2 wd4 65.wb2 b3 [65 ... l::tg2 66.wb3 we5 67.�e8 l::tg 3 68.wb2 b3 69.�17 Wb4 70 . .1id5! l:te3 71 .g7 J::te2 72. e1 we3 73.�b3= Timman] 66.�b3 l:tg6 67.�a2 J::t b6 6S. wc2 %-Y2 M/97-1-73 M/97-2-90 •..

Svidler,Peter Giorgadze,Giorgi Pula Ech-tt 1 997 (4)

1 .e4 e5 2.Cilf3 Cilc6 3.�b5 a6 4 ..1ia4 Cilf6 5.0-0 �e7 6.l:te1 b5 7.�b3 o-o S.a4 �b7 9.d3 d6 1 0.Cilbd2 Cild7 1 1 .c3 Cilc5 1 2.ab5 ab5 1 3.l:taS 'WaS 1 4 ..1ic2 b4 1 5.Cilc4 [1 5.d4 Cild7 ( 1 5 ... be3 1 6.be3 Cild7 1 7.Cilf1 �f6 1 8.Cile3 ed4 1 9.ed4 'ifa1 20.Cilf5± Dely-Szily, Budapest eh-HU 1 965) 16.�a4 be3 1 7.bc3 'ifa6 . 1 8.'Wb3 l:ta8 1 9.�b5 'Wa2 20.'Wc4 'We4 21.Cile4 Cileb8 22.Ciled2 �!6 23.�c4 Cile6 24 . .1ib2 Cilb6 25.�b3 Yz-Yz Haufe-Sehutt, er 1 996] 1 5 ... 'iYa2?! [15 ... 'iYa6!? ECO] 1 6.�e3 Cild7 1 7.�a4 bc3 1 S.:C:e2 l:taS 1 9.b3 c2 20.l:tc2 l:ta4 2 1 .l::ta2 l:ta2 22.'it'b1± J::taS 23.h3 CiJdS 24.d4 ed4 25.Cild4 �f6 26.'iYc2 Cilc5 27.f3 Cilce6 2S. 'ii'd 2 g6 29.Cile6 Cile6 30.Cila5 �a6 31 .b4 llbS 32.Cilc6 J:taS 33.'iYd5 �b7 34.Cile7 �e7 35.ifb7 l:ta1 36.\il;>h2 g5 37.h4 h6 3S.hg5 hg5 39.�f2 �f6 40.'ii'd5 g7 4UWb3 l:tc1 42.g3 �e5 43.'Wa2 l:ta1 44.'Wb3 l:tc1 45.wg2 wf6 46.ifd3 llc3 47.'iYd1 :C:c4 4S.'iVd2 c5 49.bc5 dc5 50..1ie3 �d4 51 .f4 gf4 52.gf4 �e3 53.ife3 J::tc2 54.<J;lh3 Cild4 55.'il'g3 <J;le7 56.'iVg5 wfS 57.'iVf6 wgS 5S.wg3 J::tc3 59.wg4 l:tc2 60.f5 J::te2 61 .\il;>f4 l:tc2 62.'iVh6 l:ta2 63.'Wd6 Cile2 64.wg5 Cilc3 65. wh6 1 -0

MorgadoJuan Franzen,Jozef er Wch-14 final 1 997 1 .e4 e5 2.Cilf3 Cilc6 3.�b5 a6 4.�a4 Cilf6 5.0-0 fi..e7 6.l:te1 b5 7.�b3 0-0 S.a4 �b7 9.d3 d6 1 0.Cilbd2 Cild7 1 1 .c3 Cilc5 1 2.ab5 ab5 1 3.J::ta s �as 1 4-�c2 Cile6 1 5.Cilf1 [15.b4 wh8 16.Cilf1 Cilg5 17.Cile3 Cilt3 1 8.'Wf3 �g5 19.'it'e2 Y2-Y2 Morgado-Heilemann, er 1 996] 1 5 ... Cilg5 1 6.Cile3 Cilf3 1 7.'iYf3 fi..g 5 1 S.'iVg4 g6 1 9.Cilf5 fi..c 1 20Jlc1 whS 21 .Cilh6 [21.Cile3! Morgado] 21 ...f5 22.'iVg3 �b7 23.h4 'it'f6 24.l:ta1 CiJdS 25Jla7 c5 26.'iVg5 fe4 27.'iVf6 l:tf6 2S.de4 wg7 29.Cilg4 l::tf7 %-%

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Oim,Tonu Franzen,Jozef er Weh-1 4 final 1 997

1 .e4 eS 2.ti.Jf3 ti.Jc6 3.�bS a6 4.�a4 ti.Jf6 S.O·O �e7 6.J:!e1 bS 7.�b3 0·0 8.a4 �b7 9.d3 d6 1 0.ti.Jbd2 ti.Jd7 1 1 .c3 ti.JcS 1 2.abS abS 1 3.l:�a8 �a8 1 4...1lc2 �f6 1 S.b4 ti.Je6 1 6.ti.Jf1 ti.JgS [16 ... �b7 - Onischuk-Timman, Groningen 1 996] 1 7.ti.Je3 ti.Jf3 1 8.'iVf3 �gS 1 9.�b3

..llh 6 24.ti.Jg2!? ti.Jg8 2S.�e3 �c6 26.�f2 J:!e8?! [26 ... ti.JI6 Baburin] 27.feS deS 28.g4! ti.Jf6 [28 ... hg4 29.�17! J:!IB 30.�g8 J:!g8 31 . ..1le3±] 29.�h4! gS 30.�e1 h4? [30 ... hg4 31 .ti.Je3 �d7 32.�g3±] 31 .�d2 �g6 32. '�ife3 ti.Jg4 33.'iYf3 1 -0

Morgado,Juan Antonov,Vitaly er Russia-World 1 998

1 .e4 eS 2.ti.Jf3 ti.Jc6 3.�bS a6 4 ..b4 ti.Jf6 S.O·O �e7 6.l:Ie1 bS 7.�b3 0·0 8.a4 �b7 9.d3 d6 1 0.ti.Jbd2 ti.Jd7 1 1 .c3 ti.JcS 1 2.abS abS 1 3.J:!a8 ..lla8 1 4.�c2 �f6 1 S.b4 ti.Jd7!? 1 6.�b3 ti.Je7 1 7.ti.Jf1

1 9 ... g6 [19 ... ti.Je7?! 20.d4±; 1 9 ... �h8!? t:. ... ti.Je7, ... 15, Baburin] 20.g3!? hS [20... �h8 Baburin] 21 .J:l:f1 !N [21.h4 �h6 22.ti.Jd5 �c1 23.J:!c1 �g7 24.J:!a1 ..llb7 25.ti.Je3 ti.Je7 26.'iYe2 15 27.el5 ti.JI5 28.J:!a7 'iYb8 29.ti.JI5 J:!l5 30.'iYa2 J:!l6 31 .l:ia5 'ifea 32.�d5 �d5 33. 'ifd5 'iWg4 34.J:!a2 y,.Y, Zagrebelni-Biatny, Moscow ol 1994] 21 ...�g7 22.'ife2 ti.Je7 23.f4

17 ... cS 1 8.ti.Je3 'ilic7 1 9.ti.Jg4 ti.Jc6 20.ti.Jf6 ti.Jf6 21 .�d2 �b7 22.'iYc2

J:l.c8 23.bcS deS 24.�gs ti.Je8 2S ...IldS ti.JaS 26.�b7 ti.Jb7 27.�h4 f6 28.'iYb3 c4 29.'iYbS cd3 30.'iYd3 ti.Jed6 31 .ti.Jd2 %-%

Emms,John Kosashvili,Yona Tyniste nad Orlici 1 995 (2)

1 .e4 eS 2.ti.Jf3 ti.Jc6 3.]LbS a6 4.]La4 ti.Jf6 S.0-0 bS 6...1lb3 �e7 7.a4 �b7 8.d3 0·0 9.J:!e1 d6 1 O.c3 ti.Jd7 1 1 .ti.Jbd2 ti.JcS 1 2.abS abS 1 3.l:i:a8 �as 1 4...1lc2 dS [14 ... i.l6 1 5.ti.JI1 d5 16.ed5 'iYd5 1 7.b4 ti.Jb7 1 8.ti.Jg3 'iYd8 19.ti.Jh5 ti.Jd6 20.d4! e4 (20 ...ed4? 21 .ti.JI6 'ifl6 22.i.g5+-) 21 .ti.JI6 'iYI6 22.ti.Jg5± Dely-Malich, Budapest 1 965] 1 S.b4 [15.d4!? ed4 1 6.cd4 ti.Je4 17.ti.Je4 de4 1 8.�e4 �16 1 9.i.e3;t Dutreeuw-Abdel Aziem, Tanta City 2001] 1 S ...ti.Je6 1 6.edS 'iYdS 1 7.ti.Jf1 J:l.d8 1 8.h3 'ifd7 1 9.ti.J1 h2 ti.Jf8 20.ti.Jg4 f6 21 .�b3 �h8 22.J:I.eS 'ilid3 23.'1Wd3 J:!d3 24.J:!e3 J:!d8 2S.J:!e1 ti.Jg6 26.J:!d1 i.d6 27.�f1 �b7 28.ti.Je3 �c8 29.ti.Jd4 ti.Jd4 30.:!:!:d4 J::r e8 31 .l:i:d1 i.eS 32.�d2 c6 33.ti.Jg4 �c7 34.ti.Je3 li:leS 3S.�e1 i.b6 36.1i:lc2 i.fS 37.1i:ld4 �d3 38.�g1 �d4 39.cd4 i.c4 40.i.c2 ti.Jd7 41 .i.d2 1i:lb6 42.J:!e1 %-Y2

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INTRODUCTION: Peter Lukacs, Laszlo Hazai MAIN ANALYSIS: Peter Lukacs, Laszlo Hazai STUDY MATERIAL: Lukacs, Hazai

Ruy Lopez Zaitsev Variation RL 26.7

The Never-ending Story 1 .e4 e5 VZJf3 tt:Jc6 3.�b5 a6 4.�a4 tt:Jf6 5.0-0 �e7 6.J:l:e1 b5 7.�b3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 �b7 1 O.d4 l:!.e8 1 1 .tt:Jbd2 �f8 1 2.a4 h6 1 3.�c2 ed4 1 4.cd4 tt:Jb4 1 5.�b1 c5 1 6.d5 tt:Jd7 1 7J:!:a3 The 1 2.a4 main line of the Zaitsev Variation is one of the most com­ plicated variations for theoreti­ cians and practical players alike. Kasparov and Karpov fought many of their theoretical world championship duels on this ground, but even their efforts fell short of the ultimate truth. It al­ ways makes me smile when some­ one starts explaining that in long

STATISTICS

theoretical lines it is very difficult to find new, original ideas, which is why inventive players have to deviate from the well-trodden path as soon as possible! This line is a good example of the very opposite of this statement. Even the best theoretical preparation cannot pro­ tect you against big surprises, and we warmly recommend this line for strong attacking white players and cold-blooded black defenders.

The Alternative The 17 ... c4 line looks slightly less complicated, although this is pretty relative. Now 1 8.t2ld4 can be met by 18 ... \!Yf6, with immense

complications. B lack usually sac­ rifices his b-pawn in order to invade the weak d3 square with his knight and get compensation on the queenside. In Shirov-Z.Al­ masi, Dresden 1 997, B lack opted for 1 8 ... tt:Jd3, provoking a posi­ tional exchange sacrifice typical of this line. Certainly, the middle game of a rapid chess encounter cannot be taken too seriously, even when played by top players. 1 8 .ab5 is now the focus of interest, and after 1 8 . . . ab5 1 9.t2ld4 'ifb6 was played in Konguvel-Rathore, N agpur 1 999, showing the dangers threatening the black king. The old main line 19 ... l::!: a3 20.ba3 tDd3 2 l .�d3 cd3 22.l:le3 still looks slightly more prom1smg for White, see Anand-Beliavsky, Ma­ drid 1 998. The relatively new 1 9 . . . tt:Je5 was used by Wells (Bala­ tonbereny 1 997) to beat Sax, one of the greatest experts of this line, and it deserves further attention.

The Main Line However 'the real McCoy' is still 17 ...f5. Black wants to dismantle White's mighty pawn centre and open the long diagonal for the pas­ sive b7 bishop. This plan certainly has a drawback: the kingside will be seriously weakened. White's at­ tacking chances shouldn't be un­ derestimated and concrete play is 1 26

Survey RL 26. 7

required. It seems that 1 8.tt:lh2 has ousted other possibilities such as 1 8Jiae3 (Bezgodov-Yak:ovenko, Tomsk 1 998) or 1 8.ef5 (Borge­ Acs, Budapest 1998). Now White wants to bring his rook to the king­ side (mostly to g3), and sometimes tt:lg4 will be a threat. Here 1 8 .. .th8 is frequently played, but it seems that the king remains exposed on this square as well. 19.ef5 is again not so impressive, as demonstrated in Dominguez-Acs, Oropesa del Mar 1998. 1 9J:lg3 looks rather strong, and after 1 9 ... tt:lf6 the move 20.b3 was introduced in the blind­ fold game Topalov-Z. Almasi, Monaco 2001 , in which Black missed an opportunity to defend successfully in the middle game. 20.tt:lhf3 leads to fantastic tactical battles; see the notes to this game. In the recent game Ehlvest-Acs, Ohrid 2001;--.White opted for 19.g4 ! ? and won a nice game; but here, too, Black may have rein­ forcements up his sleeve. So these days 1 8 . . . tt:lf6 appears to be the best try. 1 9.ef5 is again not so attractive. It brought White suc­ cess in Kunte-Z. Almasi, Istanbul Olympiad 2000, after 19 .. J:le l 20.'ife1 �d5 ? ! , but the old game Vasiukov-Razuvaev with 20 ... 'l!�Ye7 ! still seems relevant. It was Zoltan Almasi who showed the right way to meet 1 9.g4 in his game against Leko, Dortmund 1998. 1 9 . . . fe4 20.g5 hg5 2 1 .tt:le4 was strongly met by 2 1 . . .tt:lbd5 ! (stronger than 2 l ...�d5, as in Luther-Stohl, Ger­ man Bundesliga 1 996). In case of l 9.J:!:g3, 1 9 .. .th8 is inaccurate, as it leads to the l 8 ... Wh8 line. Bacrot's novelty 19 .. .'iYe7 ! yielded a win against Grischuk in Enghien les Bains 200 1 , showing that knowledge of the good old ideas pays even today.

Conclusion As we said above, we can't yet draw any final conclusion. The Zaitsev Main Line remains an un­ solved mystery, at least for the foreseeable future.

RL 26.7 Grischuk,Alexander Bacrot,Etienne Enghien les Bains 2001 (4)

1 .e4 e5 2.tt:lf3 tt:lc6 3.�b5 a6 4.�a4 tt:lf6 5.0-0 �e7 6J:!:e1 b5 7.�b3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 �b7 1 O.d4 l:!:e8 1 1 .tt:lg5 l:!:f8 1 2.tt:lf3 l:!:e8 1 3.ttlbd2 �f8 1 4.a4 h6 1 5.�c2 ed4 1 6.cd4 tt:lb4 1 7.�b1 c5 1 8.d5 ttld7 1 9.l:!.a3 f5 20.ttlh2 ttlf6 21 . .!lg3 'l!�Ye7! [21 ...'l!�Yd7 22.b3! (22.el5 J:!:e1 23.'l!�Ye1 �d5) 22. ..fe4 23.tt:le4 ttlbd5 24.ttlg4 (24.�h6 tt:le4 25.�e4 (25.J:l:e4 l:!.e4 26.�e4 ttlc3!) 25...l:!.e4 26.lae4 tt:lc3 27.l:!:c3 �e4oo) 24 ... tt:lg4 25.hg4 (25.Jag4 l:!.e6 26.�b2 naeB) 25 ... tt:ll6 26.tt:ll6 gl6 27.�g6 J::!.e 1 28.'l!�Ye1 oo Pavlovic-Giigoric, Belgrade 1 999; 21...Wh8?! Topalov-Z. Almasi, Monaco blind 2001] 22.J:!:f3 [22.l:!:ge3 'iYd7 23.ab5 ab5 24.el5 ttlbd5 25.l:!.e8 (25. .lle6 ttl14) 25 ... l:!:e8 26.tt:le4 tt:le4 27.�e4 ttle3! 28.lae3 l:!.e4+; 22.ab5 ab5] 22 ... �d5 23.l:!:f5 �f7

24.ttldf3? [24.l:!.l3! d5 25.e5 d4 (25 ... tt:ld7 26.e6! �e6 27.�g6 d4 28.�e8 l:i:e8 29.ab5 ab5 30. .lla3:t) 26.�15! Wh8 (26 ... ttla2 27.e6 Wh8 28.tt:le4:t) 27.e6 (27.ab5 ab5 28.e6 lla6) 27...�g8 28.tt:le4 tt:le4 29.l:!.e4 l:!.ad8 30.tt:lg4oo; 24.e5 de5 (24 ... ttld7 25.tt:le4 ttle5?! 26.14 ttld7 27.ttl16 ttl16 28J:t:e7 �e?gg) 25.14 tt:ld?+] 24 ... �e6+ 25.g4 [25.ttlh4 �15 26.tt:ll5 'l!�Ye6-+] 25 ...�f5 26.gf5 'iYb7 27.tt:lg4 tt:le4 28.�h6 tt:lf6 29.�e3 tt:lg4 30.hg4 'l!�Yd5 31 .ttld2 c4 32.g5 tt:ld3 33.�d3 cd3 34.\!Vg4 l:i:e5 35.f6 \!Ve6 36.'l!�Yg3 d5 37.llc1 �d6 38.l:!.c6

d4 39.f7 'iYf7 40.l:!.d6 de3 41 .'l!�Ye5 J:te8 42.'iYe3 l:!:e3 43.fe3 \\ff5 44.g6 'l!�Yg4 45.Wf2 'l!�Ye2 46.h8 25.1bfe3 lbe3 26.l:Ie3 'ifc6 27.!3 lbg4 28.hg4 d5 29.l::!.e6 'ii'c5 30.£l.e3 d4 31 .'ifd4 'ifd4 32.�d4 l::td8g8 26.1be1 lbc5 27.jLd2 lbbd3 28.1Lid3 cd3 29.b4 lbe4 30.l::!.d3 'ifdn Malakhov-Dervishi, Saint Vincent 2000) 21 ...£l.g7 22.�c3;t] 20.1be4

Dominguez,Lenier Acs,Peter Oropesa del Mar jr 1 998 (B)

1 .e4 e5 2.1bf3 lbc6 3.�b5 a6 4.�a4 lbf6 5.0-0 �e7 6.lle1 b5 7.�b3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 jLb7 1 0.d4 l:Ie8 1 1 .1bbd2 �f8 1 2.a4 h6 1 3.�c2 ed4 1 4.cd4 lbb4 1 5.£l.b1 c5 1 6.d5 lbd7 17.l::!.a3 f5 1 8.1bh2 'i!;>h8 1 9.ef5 (19.J:tae3 c4! 20.b3 lbe5 21 .bc4 bc4 22.ef5 lbd5 23.J:!g3 'ik'b6! 24.a5! (Hellers· Solozhenkin, Parthenay 1 992) 24 ... 'ik'b4! 25.�a3 'WaS+ Solozhenkin; 1 9.l::!.g3! lbf6 - Topalov-Z. Almasi, Monaco blind 2001; 1 9 ... !4?! 20.l::!.c3 lbe5 21 .1bdf3 'iVf6 22.g3! g5 23.h4 jLc8 24.1bg5!± Aagaard· T.Oiafsson, Hafnarfjordur 1 999; 1 9.g4 Ehlvest·Acs, Ohrid 2001] 1 9 ... lle1 20.'iVe1 lbd5 21 .1bg4 'WeB 22.1be4 'i!'f7 23.'iVd1 b4 24.J:1g3 lle8 25.b3! lb7f6 26.1bef6 lbf6 27.�b2 �e7! 28.'iVc1 lbg4 29.llg4 �f6 30.J:!g6 'I!\Ye7! (30... �b2 31 .'ifb2 lle5 32.!6 gf6 33.f4!±] 31 .�f6 [31.llh6 'i!;>g8!+] 31 ... 'ii'e 1 !'!' 32.'ilfe1 lle1 33.'i!;>h2 gf6 34.�d3 lld1 35.jLc4 £l.d5 36 ..ilf6 £l.c4 37.bc4 'il;>g7 38.llg6 'il;>h7 39.lle6 lld4 40.'i!;>g3 llc4 41.lle7 [41.:!:id6 b3 42.:C:a6 b2] 41 'i!;>g8 42.llb7 J:!.e4 43.'i!;>f3 lle5 44.'il;>f4 as 45.g4 c4 46.llc7 b3 47.g5 (47.llc4 J:!c5-+] 47 b2 48.llb7 c3 49Jlb8 'il;>g7 50.f6 'i!;>g6 0-1 51 .llg8 'il;>f7 52.llg7 'i!;>fS .••

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20 J:!e5!? [20 ... �d5 21 .g5 �e4 22J:te4 J:!e4 23.�e4 d5 24.�b1 !,lg; 20 ... 1bd5 21 .g5 lbe5 22.llg3t; 20 ... 1bf6 21 .g5 lbe4 22.lle4 �d5 (22 ... lle4 23.�e4 'ii'e7 24.£l.g2 (24.�b1 ?! Vi'f7!) 24 ... l::!.e8 (24 ...'ii'f7? 25.llf3!) 25.J:!.e3 'ii'f7 26.lle8 (26.J:e6!?) 26 ... 'i¥e8 27.gh6;l; Aseev) 23.lle8 'i!'e8 24.gh6 gh6 25.J:!.g3 £l.g7 (25 ... 'it'f7?! 26.1bg4 'ii' h5 27.�d2 �g7 28.�c3 J:!a7 (28 ... llg8 29.�b4 cb4 30.'ifd3+-) .'ii'd2+- Aseev-Solozhen· kin, SI Petersbu 1 995) 26.�d2! 'iYe6! (Wedberg) 27.�b cb4 28.llg6 (28.'i!'d3 'ifg8 29.1bg4 lle8) 28 ... '1!\YeSg8 29.gh6!,!g] 23 ... lle6 24.'ii' g 4! (24.gh6 gh6 (24 ...d5 25.hg7 �g7 26. 'ii'h5 'i!;>g8 27.'ii' g4! J:!e7 28.£l.g5 de4 29.�e7 Wle7 3Q.jLe4 �e4 31.lle4 'il'f7oo) 25.'1!\Yg4 'fiVe?! 26.l::!.ae3 lbd5 27.1bd6 lbe3 28.lle3 lle3 29.fe3 �d5-+] 24 ... 'i!'e7! 25.J:!.ae3 lbd5 26.1bd6! lbe3 27.lle3 Ile3 28.fe3 �d5 29.1bf3 •.•

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EhlvestJaan Acs,Peter Ohrid Ech 2001 (4)

1 .e4 e5 2.1bf3 lbc6 3.�b5 a6 4.�a4 lbf6 5.0-0 jLe7 6.l:le1 b5 7.�b3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 £l.b7 1 0.d4 l:le8 1 1 .1bbd2 �f8 1 2.a4 h6 1 3.�c2 ed4 1 4.cd4 lbb4 1 5.�b1 c5 1 6.d5 lbd7 1 7.lla3 f5 1 8.1bh2 'i!;>hS 1 9.g4!? [19.llg3! lbf6 - Topalov-Z. Almasi, Monaco blind 2001] 19 ... fe4 [19 .. .!4 20.Ibdf3 g5 21 .£l.d2! (21.h4 �g7 22.a5 llc8 23. 'i!;>g2 c4 1 28

29 £l.f3? [29... 1bf6!! 30.gf6 'il'f6 31 .'ifh5! (31 .1be5 £l.d6 32.ifg6 (32.1bg6? ..•

Survey RL 26. 7

l£tgB-+; 32.t2:ld7? 'il'b2-+) 32 ... �gB 33.'il'l6 gf6 34.t2:lg6 l£tg7 35.�d6 kh7 36.ke4 J:!.eB 37.kiB 1£f6 21 .i!'h4 ltig7 22.ii'h7 %-%

1 .e4 e5 2.1Lif3 1Lic6 3.1Lic3 1Lif6 4.d4 ed4 5.1Lid4 �b4 6.1Lic6 bc6 7.�d3 d5 8.ed5 cd5 9.0-0 0-0 1 o.�g5 �e6 1 1 .'ii'f3 �e7 1 2.J:lfe1 h6 1 3.�h6!? gh6 1 4.l:i:e6 fe6 1 S.i!'g3 Y2· Y2 lifB 25.c3 ILihS 26.�b1 1Lif4 27.g3 1Lih3 28.\t>g2 1Lif2 29.1Lid4 �d6 30.t!e3 c5 31 .1t>f2 cd4 %-Y2 32.cd4 J:l.g4 33.t!d3

1 .e4 e5 2.1Lif3 1Lic6 3.1Lic3 1Lif6 4.d4 ed4 5.1Lid4 �b4 6.1Lic6 bc6 7.�d3 dS a.edS cdS 9.0-0 0-0 1 o.�g5 c6 1 1 .'1i'f3 �e7 1 2.J:lfe1 h6 1 3.�f4 [!;!; Gutman] 13 ... �d6 1 4.1Lie2?! [14.h3} 1 4 ... �g4 1 S.'ii' g3 �f4 1 6.'ii'f4 J:leB 1 7.'1Wd4 �e2 1 8.l::!e 2 lle2 1 9.�e2 i!'e7t 20.�f3 lle8 21 .h3 c5 22.i!'a4 UbB 23.i!'a3 l:Ib6 24Jld1 l:Ie6 2S.'ii'a 5 d4 26.'1i'd2 IL!e4 27.�e4 Ue4 28.1ih7 31 .a3 g6 32.J:le4 fe4 33.Vi'f4 i!'e7 34.\t>e2 aS 3S.h4 h5 36.a4 i!'b7 37.g4 d3 38.cd3 ed3 39.1i<e3 i!'e7 40.1ih6 4Hi'd8 Wh7 4S.'ii'd S 'ii'e7 46.\t>b6 'li'f6 47.\tibS 'li'f2 48.'1Wg5 'iVfS 0-1

Romanovsky,Peter Capablanca,Jose

Geist,Mark Kaufman,Larry

Moscow 1 925 (2)

Washington 2000 (6)

1 .e4 eS 2.1Lif3 1Lic6 3.d4 ed4 4.1Lid4 1Lif6 5.1Lic3 �b4 6.1Lic6 bc6 7.�d3

1 .e4 eS 2.1Lif3 IL!c6 3.d4 ed4 4.1Lid4 1Lif6 5.1Lic3 �b4 6.1Lic6 bc6 7.�d3

Engei,Klaus Oechslein,Rainer er ch-GER-1 1 1 971

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21 .1Lid4 1Lif2 22.1tif2 J:le1 23.\i<e1 'ifh4 24.Wf1 Vi'd4 25.i!'a7 ii'b2 26.l::le 1 g6 27.'i!'e3 lii<e2 .ite6 25.'1Wd4 g6 26.J:!.gc1±) 24.�d4 Wib3 25.�e2 "ifc2 26.�e3 g6 27.l:!:ab1 Wih2=; 031 312) 23 . .l:l.gb1 23... '1WI2 24.�g3 W/c5 25.lac1 'i:Vb5 26.e3 .ite6 27.'¥1Yd6 �g5 28.Wil4 Wia5 (28 ...'¥1Vb5 29.�12) 29:;.i.tl2 J:tdB 30Jld1 nest; 031 32) 22.b4 031 321 ) 22 ... b6 23.�e3 .ita6 24.Wid6 �e2 25.�14 h6 26.Wg3; 031 322) 22...Wib2 23.J:i:hb1 (23.Wid2 'IWI6 24.�e2 .ite6 25.Jaac1 J:.!d8 26.Wic3 �14 27.Wie3 '¥1Ve5 28.l::!. h d1 '¥1Vh2 29.'¥1YI2) 23...'¥1VI2 24.'¥IVg3 '1Wb6 25. �e2 .ite6 26. l1 l::!.c8 27.J:i:c1 .itc4 28.�g2 �e3 29.Wil2 W/g5 30.�h1 'i¥16 31.J:!:a2+-; 031 323) 22 ....th3 23.�e3 Wib2 24."ifd6 l::!.c8 25.l::!.hc1 h6 26.llc8 .itc8 27.�d4 Wic2 28.'ifd2+-; 031 324) 22....ite6 23.We3 .itc4 24.'i:Vd6 Wie2 25.l4 Wlg2 (25 ... h6 26.�g3 �e3 27.'i¥14 Wlc3 28.J::l. h d1 b5 29.'ifd2 'i¥16 30.J::!.ac1 .tb3 31 .J::l.g 1 rld8 32.�e3 .itc4 33.rlcd1 J:!.d1 34.J:!:d1 Wig6 35.l2+-) 26.J::l.ag1 Wlb2 27.'1We5 �d2 28.�g3±; 032) 20.. .'ifb5 21 .�c4 (21 .Wd2) 21 ....itl5 22.e4 J:i:d8 23.Wc3 llc8-+ ;

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Gavrikov,Viktor Beliavsky,Alexander Kiev ch-SU 1 986 (8)

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Gavrikov,Viktor Timoschenko,Gennady lrkutsk 1 986 ( 1 7)

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1 .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.ti:lf3 ti:lf6 4.ti:lc3 �e7 S.�f4 0-0 6.e3 cS 7.dc5 �c5 S.cdS ti:ldS 9.ti:ld5 edS 1 O.a3 ti:lc6 1 1 .�d3 �d6 1 2.'1i'a4 �f4 1 3.'iff4 d4 1 4.e4 'ii'a5 1 S.'ii' d2 [15.�e2 'ii'b6 16.b4 a5 1 7.b5 ti:ld8 1 8.e5 ti:le6 1 9.'ii'f5 g6 20.'ii'f6 �d7 21 .a4 l::tac8=] 1 5 ... �g4 [1 5 ... 'ii'h 5 1 6.'ifg5 'ii' g5 (16 ...�g4 1 7.'11ih 5 �h5 1 8.ti:ld2 ti:le5 19.�e2 jt,e2 20.�e2 g5=) 1 7.ti:lg5 ti:le5 1 8.l::td 1 16 1 9.ti:lf3 ti:lf3 20.gf3 �e6=; 15 ... '1i'b6 1 6.h3 (16.0·0 jt,g4=) 16...�e6 (16 ... jt,d7 1 7.0·0 ti:ld8 1 8.llac1 ti:le6 1 9.ti:le5 �b5 20.'ii' b4 �d3 21 .'ii' b6 ab6 22.ti:ld3 l::tfc8=) 1 7.0·0 .!:tfd8 1 8.b4=] 1 6.'ii'aS ti:laS 1 7.ti:ld2 .!:tac8 1 8.0-0 .!:tc6 1 9.J:lac1 llfc8 20.J:lc6 ti:lc6 21 .f4 �f8 [21 ...16!? 22.J:lc1 '>i>f7 23.ti:lb3 �e6 24.ti:lc5 ti:le7 25.:C:c2 b6 26.ti:le6 �e6=] 22.l:!.c1 '>i>e7 23.b4 a6? 24.ti:lb3 �d7 2S.�f2 f6 26.�e2 J:ld8 27.ti:lc5 l::t b8 28.�c4 g5 29.fg5 fgS 30.�d5 ti:le5 3 1 .l::t d 1 b6 32.ti:ld7 ti:ld7 33.J:ld4 ti:le5 34.l::t d 2 J:lf8 3S.'>i>e3 ti:lg4 36.�d4 ti:lh2 37.:C:c2 hS 38.Jlc7 �d8 39.l::t a7 J:!f2 40.�e5 �ea 41 .'>i>d6 l::tf6 42.�e6 '>i>f8 43.e5 J:lf2 44.�dS ti:lg4 45.e6 J:lf6 46.l:la6 ti:le3 47.J:lb6

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Ivanov,Sergey Karasev,Vladimir St Petersburg 2001 (7)

1 .d4 dS 2.c4 e6 3.ti:lc3 �e7 4.ti:lf3 ti:lf6 5.�f4 0-0 6.e3 c5 7.dcS �cs S.cdS ti:ldS 9.ti:ld5 edS 1 O.a3 ti:lc6 1 1 .jt,d3 �d6 1 2.'ii'a4! (12.�d6 'ifd6 13.0·0 'i¥16! 14.b4 jt,g4=; 1 2.0·0 �g4 13.h3 �13 1 4.'ii'f3 d4 1 5.l::tad1 1H2 Ooroshkevich·Pigusov, Voronezh 1 988] 1 2 ... 'iff6?! [12 ... ti:le7?! 13.�d6 'ii'd6 14.0·0 'li'f6 1 5.:ctfd1 g6 1 6.l::! d2 ti:lc6 17.I:iad1 t Letelier·Sanchez, Moscow ol 1 958; 12 ... l:!.e8 13.0·0 jt,e7 14.b4 �g4 1 5.b5 ti:la5 1 6.ti:ld4t Smagin·Azmaiparash· vili, Kiev ch·SU 1986; 12 ... h6 Oreev·Short, Beijing 2000 - YB/58·1 13] 1 3.�d6 'iYd6 1 4.0-0 'iff6 [cl 1 2.�d6 'ii'd6 1 3.0-0 'ii'f6!] 1 S.ifbS :ctd8 1 6.llad1 a6 1 7.'ii' b6 jt,g4 1 8.�e2 d4 1 9.'ii' b7 lldb8 20.'ii'c7 l::t b2 21 .ti:ld4 �e2 22.ti:le2 J:ie2 23.l::t d 6 'ii'c 3 24.ifb7 :ctf8 25.l::t c 6 'ii'a3 26.l::ta 6 'ii'c3

27.g3 g6 28.h4 hS 29.'/i'dS �g7 30.l::t c6 'ii' b2 3 1 .'ii'e4 l:td2 32.l::t b1 l::te8 33.l:tb2 l::t d 1 34.'>i>g2 l::t e4 3S.J:ib7 J:[d5 36.�f3 J:[e8 37.e4 l::t de5 38.llcc7 .!HS 39.'>i>f4 .!:!.aS 40.e5 l::t a4 41 .�f3 �g8 42.�g2 l::te4 43.l::te7 l::t e 1 44.l::t a7 l::t e4 4S.�f1 �g7 46.f3 l::t e3 47.�f2 l::t b3 48.e6 �f6 49.ef7 �g7 50.�g2 l::t b2 S1 .�h3 l::t b3 S2.:cte6 l:tf3 53.l::t aa6 �f7 S4.l::t g 6 l::tf5 S5.llh6 liig7 S6.l::t ag6 �f7 S7.g4 J:tf3 58.�g2 hg4 59.hS �e7 60.l::t g 4 I1f2 61 .1iig3 Jl8f3 62.1ii h4 J:[f4 63.l::t g6 l:th2 64.�g5 l::t g4 6S.�g4 liif7 66.\iig S 11>-¥.l l:l:.f2 67.�h6 J:l:.fS 68.l::t g7

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INTRODUCTION: Jeroen Bosch MAIN ANALYSIS: Jeroen Bosch STUDY MATERIAL: Bosch

Queen's Gambit Declined Sokolov's Choice QO 15.1

Good Fighting Chances 1 .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.f4 89. .!::!.e8 l::l.a3 90.We2 l:!.b3 91 .cbd2 .!::!.c3 •

1 1 .tt.:le5 [1 1 .0-0 0-0 12.l:tac1 llc8 (12... ..tc6 1 3.tt.:le5 �d5 1 4.i¥d3 tt.:ld7 1 5.�e7 'ife7 1 6.14;1:: Alekhine-Woll, Vienna 1 922; 0-1 ,76!) 1 3.llld1 c6 1 4.tt.:le5 Wic7 1 5.tt.:ld7 (15.�16!? �f6 1 6.tt.:lb5 Wid8 17.ti.:ld6 llb8 1 8.tt.:le4) 1 5...i¥d7= Moritz-Becker, Frankfurt 1 923] 1 1 ...0-0 1 2.tt.:ld7?! [1 2.0-0] 1 2...'ifd7 1 3.0-0 llfd8 1 4.J:!:ac1 c6= 1 5.l:tfd1 [15.�16 �f6 1 6.tt.:le4 �e7=] 1 5 ...tt.:ld5 1 6...tg3 [1 6.�e7 Wie7 17.tt.:le4 e5=] 1 6 ... tt.:lc3 1 7.Wic3 c5!? 1 8.Wib3 cd4 1 9.l::!.d 4 [19.l:tc7!? Wie8 20.ed4 �16 21 .Wib7 �d4 (.6 �f2) 22.lle7! 'U!fe7 (22...'U!fa4) 23.Wie7 �16 24.J:id8 lld8 25.'U!fd8 �dB] 1 9 llac8! 20.J:!.c8 Wic8 21 .J:l:d8 �d8 22.h3 �f6 23.b7 (41 .Wb6) 4 1 ...b3! 42.ab3 tl:lb4] 38.�c4 tl:les 39.'.t>b6 a4 40.�c5 wgs � .�b4 1� •

Riemersma,Liafbern Sokolov,Ivan Rotterdam ch-NL 1 997 (5)

1 .d4 tl:lf6 2.c4 e6 3.tl:lf3 d5 4.tl:lc3 tl:lbd7 5.�g5 h6 6.�h4 dc4 7.e4 �e7! 8.'ilk'c2 tl:lb6 9.1:1d1 !? 0-0 1 0.tl:le5 tl:lfd7! 1 1 .�e7 'il'e7 1 2.tl:lc4 c5 1 3.tl:le3?! [1 3.tl:lb6=] 13 ...cd4 1 4.l:i:d4 tl:le5 1 5.�e2 tl:lc6 1 6.J:I.d2 e5! 1 7.0-0 tl:ld4 1 8.'il'd1 �e6 1 9.f4?! ef4 20.l:i:f4 'il'g5+ 21 .g3 (21 .J:i:f2] 2 1 ...tl:le2 22.'il'e2 !ladS 23.tl:lf5 l:i:fe8 24.J:i:d8 'il'd8 25.'iVf2 h5!? 26.e5 'ifc7 27.tl:ld6 I:!.e7 28.'ilk'd4 tl:ld7 29.tl:lf5?! l:i:e8 30.tl:ld6 :C:d8! [L'. 31...tl:le5] 31 .tl:ld5? �d5! 32.'ilk'd5 tl:le5-+ 33.'iYe5 'iYd6 34.'ifh5 'ife6 35.a3 l::t d 2 36.'i'ic5 'il'h3 �1 1 45

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Illescas,Miguel Nikolic,Predrag

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Erevan ol 1 996 (1 1 )

1 .ti:Jf3 d S 2.d4 ti:Jf6 3.e4 e6 4.ti:Je3 ti:Jbd7 5.�g5 h6 6.�h4 de4 7.e3 ti:Jb6 8.�e4 ti:Je4 9.'i¥a4 �d7 1 0.'il'e4 l::! e8 (10 ...�e7] 1 1 .ti:Je5 �e7 1 2.0-0 0-0 1 3.l:!:fd1 e6 1 4.'il'b3t b6 1 S.l::!ae1 �ea [6 ti:Jd7, ti:Jd5] 1 6.�f6 �f6 1 7.a4 [1 7.ti:Je4 �e7] 1 7 .. :ife7 1 8.ti:Jd3 aS= 1 9.'i!Ve4 �e7 20.'ii'a6 'ifd8 2 1 .'ii' e4 'ii'e7 22.h3 'ii' b7 23.ti:Je4 �d7 24.'ii' b3 l::!e7 25.ti:Je5 J:!:d8 26.ti:Jd7 Y2-Y2

Farago,Ivan Taimanov,Mark Budapest 11 1 982

Pinter,Jozsef Nikolic,Predrag

17.�g3 �c3 1 8.bc3 llacB= Hernandez· Mohring, Leipzig 1 975] 9.ed4 �b4!? 1 0.0-0 0-0 1 1 .'ii'e2 [1 1 .l:tc1 �c3 12.l:tc3t Filip] 1 1 ... ilc3 1 2.be3 'ii' aS 1 3.l:tae1 b6 1 4.ti:JeS ti:Je5 1 S.de5 ti:Jd7 1 6.f4 ti:JeS 1 7.'ii'g4 l't>h7 1 a.J:tf3 �a6! 1 9.�a6 'ii'a6 20.J:l.h3 [20.�e7] 20 'ii'c4 .•.

Zagreb izt 1 987 (1 1 )

1 .d4 ti:Jf6 2.e4 e6 3.ti:Jf3 d S 4.ti:Je3 ti:Jbd7 S.�gS h6 6.�h4 de4 7.e3 e5 a.�e4 ed4 [B ... �e? 9.0·0 0·0 1 0.'ii' e2 a6 1 1 .:C:ad1 b5 1 2.�b3 'ii'b6 13.ti:Je5! c4 (13 ... .U.e8) 14.ilc2 J:!:eB 15.14! Bogol· jubow·L. Steiner, Berlin 1 928] 9.ed4 �e7 1 0.0-0 0-0 1 1 .l:le1 ti:Jd5 1 2.�g3 (12.�e7 ti:Je7 13.J:!:c1 ti:JI6t] 12 ... ti:J7f6 1 3.ti:JeS �d7 1 4.�dS!? edS 1 S.'il'b3 �ea 1 6.J:!:aeH [16.�h4] 1 6 ... a5 1 7.a3 J:l.a6 1 a.ti:JbS a4 1 9.'ii'e2 ti:Je4 20.ti:Je7 l:la5 21 .ti:Je4 de4 22.'il'e4 �g5 23.lle4

1 .d4 ti:Jf6 2.e4 e6 3.ti:Jf3 d5 4.ti:Je3 ti:Jbd7 s.�gS h6 6.�h4 de4 7.e3 ti:Jb6 8.ti:JeS ile7 9.ti:Je4 0-0 1 0.ti:Je5! e5 1 1 .ild3 ed4 1 2.ed4 ti:Jfd5 1 3.�g3t ti:Je3 1 4.be3 ti:Jd5 1 S.'ii' b3 �h4!? 1 6.0-0 �g3

21 .l:te1 ? [21.YII6! J:!:gB (21 ...gf6 22.el6+-) 22.�g7! l:tg7 23.l:th6! l't>gB (23... h6 24.'iifh 4 �g6 25.15) 24.'ii'h3 l't>IB 25.J:i:h8 l:lgB 26.'i!Vh7] 21 ... ti:Jd3 22.llee3 [22.�16 l:tgB 23.�g7 'ii'c5' 24.llee3 J::r g7] 22 ti:Jf4 23.l:thg3 llga 24.�e7 llaea 25.'ii'f3 ti:Jd5 26.'i!Vf7 ti:Je3 27.'il'g6 �ha 2a.l::! e3 'iff4 29.l::!f3 'iVeS 30.h4 (30.YII6 'ife1 31 .J:!:I1 '1We3] 30 ... l:tc3 31 .�f6 l:tc1 0-1 •..

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Malich,Burkhard Mohring,Gunther Leipzig 1 975 (3)

1 .ti:Jf3 ti:Jf6 2.e4 e6 3.d4 dS 4.ilgS ti:Jbd7 S.ti:Jc3 h6 6.�h4 dc4 7.e3 eS a.ilc4 ed4 [B ... a6 9.a4 cd4 1 0.ed4 ilb4 1 1 .0·0 0·0 12.'ii'b3 'ii'a5 1 3.l::!ld1 b6 1 4.�g3 �b7 1 5.ti:Je5 ti:Je5 16.�e5 ti:Jd?

Sorkin,Igor Sokolov,lvan Antwerp 1 998 (7)

1 .d4 ti:Jf6 2.e4 e6 3.ti:Jf3 d5 4.ti:Jc3 ti:Jbd7 S.ilg5 h6 6.�h4 dc4 7.e3 a6 a.a4 !Jle7 9.�e4 0-0 1 0.0-0 b6 1 1 .'ife2 �b7 1 2.llfd1 llea (12 ... ti:Je4 13.ti:Je4 �h4 14.d5 e5 1 5.ti:Jh4 'ifh4 16.13! Hertneck·l. Sokolov, Austria tt 1 995] 1 3.J:I.ae1 e6!? 1 4.h3 b5 1 S.�d3 'iVaS 1 6.e4 b4 1 7.ti:Jb1 c5 1 a.ti:Jbd2 cd4 1 9.ti:Jd4 ti:JeS 20.ti:J2b3 'i¥b6 21 .a5 'i!Va7 22.ilb1 J:!:ada 23.�g3 ti:Jfd7 24.�h2 'i!Vaa 25.lle7 l:ie8 26 ..!lde1 J:!.e7 27.lle7 �da 2a.:c:c1 ti:Jg6 29.lle4 ti:Jf6 30.ti:Je5 �as 31 .ti:Jdb3 �da 32.l:ib4 �ea 33.�d3 ile7 34.l:ta4 'i¥e6 35.l:taS 'ii' b6 36.'i¥e2 e5 37.�a6

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.!laB 23.1t'e7 'f!le7 24.J:i.e7+-l 20.'iVb7 .!ld8 [20 ... l:tb8 21 .�17 l7 22.l:te7!+-l 21 .l:i.e3 liif8 22.�f7 Vi'f7 23.J:i.d1 ! �ea 24.l:i.d8 �dB 25.Vi'a6 'iVd5 26.'iVd3 'ffc6 27.b3 �b6 28.l:te1 �f7 29.'ffe4 'ifd6 30.1fa8 �dB 31 .�f3 �c7 32.g3 g8 33 .!ld1 'ffc5 34.1Va8 lii h 7 35.1fe4 �g6 36.1Vc4 'it'h5 37.l::t d7 �e5 38.J:i.d8 �f7 39.'iVe4 �g6 40.'iVd5 �f7 41 .'ife4 �g6 42.'iVa8 �f7 43 ..!lh8 g6 44.'ii'c6 liif5 [44...�16 45.Vi'e4] 45.1t'd7 litg6 46.'f!/d3 liif6 47.a5 �c7 48.1t'c3 �e5 49.'ff c6 e7 50.Vi'b7 liif6 51 . .!ld8 Vi'e2 52JU8 'ii' h 5 53.a6 �d4 54.'ii'c6 liteS 55.Vi'c7 1ite6 56.1Vc4 1 -0 •

37 ... h5 38.f3 �c5 39.�c8 [39.1fc5 'i!'b3 40.�c8 'it'b2oo] 39 ... �e3 40.�f5 h4 41.�e1 .!lb8 42.l::ta 3 �f4 43.1ii h 1 'it'b5 44.1itg1 �e3 45.�f2 �f2 46.1ff2 12lf4g;; > 47.1ii h 2 12l6h5 48.12lc1 g6 49 . .!lb3 �ea 50.�d7 'iid8 51 . .!lb8 Vi'b8 52.�c6 12lg3 53.b3 'it'd6 54.1fc2? [54.�b5] 54 ... 12lf1 55.1ii g 1 12le3-+ 56.'1Wc3 12ld1 [56 ... 1fd1 57.l2 12leg2-+] 57.1fc2 'it'd4 58.h2 12le3-+ 59.Vi'f2 [59... 12lg4] 0-1

1 5.�e6! 12lg3 [15 .. .fe6 16.'1i'c2!±] 1 6.�c8 J:l.c8 1 7.hg3 l::t c3 18 . .!lb1 [18.'fVI3] 1 8.. .'i:!Yc8 1 9 ..!lb6 0-0 20. �b1 l::tc7 21 .12lf5 12le7 22.12le7 l::te7 23.'ifb4 .!lc7 24.l::t b 1 .!ld8! 25 . .ilb7 l::t b7 26.'ff b7 .!ld1 27.h2 'ii'f 5!= 28.l::t d 1 'ff h 5 29.g1 Vi'd1 Y2-%

Epishin,Vladimir lvanov,Igor New York 1 991 (8)

1 .d4 12lf6 2.c4 e6 3.12lf3 d5 4.12lc3 12lbd7 5.�g5 h6 6.�h4 dc4 7.e3 a6 8.�c4 b5?! [8 ...c5 9.a4 (9.dc5 �c5 1 0.0·0 b5 1 1 .�d3 �b7= Shainswit·Denker, New York 1 940) 9 ... b6 1 0.0·0 �b7 1 1 .1fe2 �e7 12.l::tad) (12 . .!lld1 !) 12 ... 1Vc7 13.�g3 �d6 "1!lAC1 �g3 1 5.hg3 e5= Samisch· Sapira, Spa 1 926] 9.�d3 c5 1 0.a4! cd4 1 1 .ed4 ba4 1 2 .1Va4 l::t b8?! 1 3.0-0 �e7 1 4.1fc2± 0-0 1 5.�a6 Vi'b6 1 6.�b5 �b4 1 7.�g3 �d6 [17...�c3? 1 8.bc3! D. 1 8...'1i'b5 19 . .!llb1 ] 1 8.12la4+- 'it'b5 1 9.�d6 �b7 20.�b8 .!lb8 2U :ia3 'li'h5 22.'ffc7 'i!'b5 23.12lc5 �d5 24.l::t a7 �f3 25.gf3 'iVe2 26.12ld7 12ld7 27.'1i'd7 'i!'f3 28.l::t a3 'fff5 29 .!lg3 .ilb2 30.d5

Andersson,Uif Kierzek,Matthias Dortmund 1 978 (2)

1 .12lf3 d5 2.d4 li:lf6 3.c4 e6 4.12lc3 12lbd7 5.�g5 h6 6.�h4 dc4 7.e3 a6 8.a4 c5 9.�c4 cd4 1 O.ed4 12lb6 1 1 .�b3 �e7 1 2.0-0 12lbd5 1 3.l::te 1 0-0 1 4.12le5 �d7 [14 ...12ld7 Khalilman· Vaganian, Germany Bundesliga 1 993] 1 5.�f6 12lf6 1 6.d5! ed5 1 7.12ld5 12ld5

Khalifman,Alexander Vaganian,Rafael Germany Bundesliga 1 993 ( 1 2)

1 .d4 12lf6 2.12lf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.12lc3 12lbd7 5.�g5 h6 6.�h4 dc4 7.e3 a6 8.a4 c5 9.�c4 cd4 1 0.ed4 �e7 1 1 .0-0 0-0 1 2 ..!le1 12lb6 1 3.�b3 12lbd5 [13...�d7 1 4.a5 li:lcB 1 5.Vi'd3 (1 5.12le5) 15 ... 12lh5 1 6.�c2 g6 1 7.�e7 12le7 1 8.d5? 12ld5 1 9.12ld5 ed5 20.�d5 �c6= Arsovic-Raicevic, Beograd 1 989] 1 4.12le5 12ld7 1 5.�g3 12lc3 [15 ...12l716] 1 6.bc3 12le5 1 7.�e5 �d6 1 8.'1Wf3 �e5 1 9.l'le5 �d7 20.�c2±

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Pelletier,Yannick Piket,Jeroen Biel 1 999 (8)

1 .d4 12lf6 2.c4 e6 3.12lf3 d5 4.12lc3 12lbd7 5.�g5 h6 6.�h4 dc4 7.e3 a6

1 8.12lf7! J:tf7 1 9.'it'd5 'ii'ea [ 1 9 ... �e8 20.'it'b7+- J:i.bB 21 .�17 litiS 22.'1Wa7

20... g6 2 1 .'ii' g3! [21 .1Vb7] 21 ...�f6 22.h4 b5 23.h5 litg7 24.�e4 J:i.ab8 25.ab5 �b5 26.hg6 fg6 27.J:i.e1 �a4 28.l::te 3!+- �d1 29.�d3 J:i.b6 30.�c4 �g4? [30 ... .!le8 31 .d5] 31 .'1Wg4 'ii'f2 32.1ii h 2 .!lb1 33.�d3 'iVg1 34.h3 Vi'h1 35.1itg3 g5 1 -0 36.�b1 J:i.f4 [37.J:i.g5] M/93-5-96 1 47

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SURVEY

INTRODUCTION: Paul van der Sterren MAIN ANALYSIS: Vladimir Kramnik STUDY MATERIAL: Van der Sterren, Gavrilov, Andrlanov

Queen's Gambit Declined but Accepted QO 16.9

The 'innocuous ' 5.e3 1 .d4 d 5 2.c4 e6 3.l2lf3 l2lf6 4.l2lc3 dc4 5.e3 In Yearbook 58, eminent theoreti­ cians Peter Lukacs and Laszlo Hazai describe the Vienna Varia­ tion as one of Black's sharpest re­ actions against l .d4. They say 'White is forced to play very ac­ tively, ... some knowledge of the long and complicated theoretical lines is essential and average com­ mon sense cannot replace diligent home preparation.' These long and complicated lines start from the position after l .d4 l2lf6 2.c4 e6 3.l2lf3 d5 4.l2lc3 dc4 5.e4 �b4 6.�g5 c5.

STATISTICS

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An often-played move to avoid be­ ing drawn into these complica­ tions is 5.e3. Although this is a perfectly natural possibility, it is almost completely ignored by opening manuals, except that they usually state that it transposes to the Queen's Gambit Accepted in an inferior version for White, be­ cause he has prematurely devel­ oped his knight to c3. Vladimir Kramnik, too, in his an­ notations for New in Chess Maga­ zine (2001 14) to his magnificent win over Garry Kasparov in the Zurich 2001 rapid tournament, calls 5 .e3 'innocuous' as com­ pared to the 'committal' 5.e4.

But how does play continue after 5.e3 and how inferior for White is this line really?

The Critical Question The early tLlb l -c3 does in fact limit White's options as compared to the Queen's Gambit Accepted proper, but that does not mean that the possibilities that White is left with are harmless. Let us have a look at Black's most natural response 5 . . . c5 6.�c4 a6. Now after 7.a4 White's options are really limited, because after 7 ... l2lc6 8.0-0 Jl.e7 the 'standard' 9.'t!¥e2 allows 9 ... cd4 lOJ:i:d l e5, with complete equality. After 7.0-0 b5 8.�b3, however, transposition to the old main line of the Queen's Gambit Accepted is likely. Still, since this line is no longer re­ garded as critical, Black players will generally be happy with this transposition. Withdrawing the bishop to d3 cre­ ates a much more complicated situation. Closer inspection re­ veals that this idea allows for transposition into several lines of the Queen's Gambit Accepted, no­ tably the highly popular Furman Variation ( l .d4 d5 2.c4 dc4 3.l2lf3 l2lf6 4.e3 e6 5 .Jl.c4 c5 6.'�'e2), and even to the Meran Variation of the Slav Defence ! Let us investigate this plan by

Survey QO 16.9 �g at the move order of &r.mmik-Kasparov. Kasparov played 5 ... a6 6.jLc4 b5 .rl after 7 .�d3 went for 7 ... c5 im­ .ooiately. This allowed his oppo­ E�It to play 8.a4 b4 9.tt:le4 and led ID a very interesting fight (see also Gavrilov-Ivanov, Orel 1 992, for a probable improvement on Kram­ m1(s play). Kramnik suggests that for this reason 7 . . . �b7 may be more accurate. In that case the 9.a4-plan is less Slrong after 8.0-0 c5, but 9."ii'e 2 or 9.dc5 �c5 1 0."ii'e 2 is very similar 10 the aforementioned Furman Variation and could easily lead to a direct transposition. In this respect 8.'j!fe2 may well be more accurate. �ow, after 8 . . . c5?, Black would walk into a well-known trap: 9.dc5 ..tc5 l O.jLb5 ! , winning a pawn. In­ stead of this Black should play 8 ... tt:lbd7, but then he has to reckon with 9 .e4 c5 1 O.d5 ( 1 O.e5 is also of interest), which is likely to pro­ duce a topical and hotly debated main line of the Meran Variation after, for instance, 1 0 ... 'fVc7 1 1 .0-0 �d6. Another idea is 8.a3 in order to try and squeeze some advantage from the almost symmetrical position after 8 ... c5 9.dc5 ilc5 l O.b4 ild6 l l .�b2. This is relatively risk-free and popular, but in my opinion less interesting than 8. 'fVe2. Finally, if Black prefers 6 ... c5 (or 5 ... c5 6.j/_c4 a6), the move order we started with, White has to take the same subtleties into account: 7.0-0 b5 8.�d3 ilb7 is probably less accurate than 7.'iVe2 b5 8.ild3. The immediate 7.�d3 also deserves attention, but this re­ mains virtually untried.

Conclusion In conclusion, I would say that 5.e3 still offers plenty of room for an in­ teresting opening discussion. Per­ haps we should not just look at 5 .e4 and 5.e3 in terms of one being bet­ ter than the other, but seeing how very different they are the choice should largely be a matter of taste.

QO 1 6.9

2S ... VWa6 26.'fgb4 weB 27.l:!.d6 tt:ldS 2B.lla6 tt:lb4 29.l::!.b6+-] 26.'fgb4 [26.aS 'fgcs (26 ... 'iVb7 2?.'fgb4) 27.J:!:c1 (2?.'fgb4 l::!.eB) 27...VWbS 2BJ:!.c7oo] 26 ... 'fgb4 27.tt:lc6 �f8 28.l::!.d8 tt:le8 29.tt:lb4

Kramnik,Vladimir Kasparov,Garry Zurich rapid m-2 2001 (8)

1 .d4 tt:lf6 2.c4 e6 3.tt:lf3 d5 4.tt:lc3 dc4 5.e3 a6 6.ilc4 b5 [6 ...cS] 7.ild3 c5 [7...ilb7!? t::. B... cS] 8.a4 b4 9.tt:le4 tt:lbd7 1 O.tt:lf6 tt:lf6 1 1 .0-0 �b7 1 2.dc5 [1 2.'iVe2!? cd4 1 3.e4 ile7] 1 2 . �c5 [12 ...tt:ld7 13.c6 ilc6 14.tt:ld4; 1 4."ii'e2] 1 3."ii'e2 [!::. 14.e4:!;] 1 3... 'fVd5 [1 3...0-0 14.e4 eS (14 ... as 1 S.�gS) 1 S.aS, a6l7 28 ..!:td7 "' 29.l::t c7] 28.12ld8 �f6 29.l::t e 1 c1 'i' 30.l::t c 1 l1l.c1 31 .12lc6 l1l.b2 32.1t>f1T [32.b4 lt>e6 33.bS lt>d6 34.12ld4 abS 3S.abS+-] 32 ... �e6 33.�e2 lt>d6 34.12lb4 a5 35.12lc2 l1l.c3 36.12ld4 lt>d5 37 .12lf5 g6 38.12lg3 h5 39.f3 ef3 40.It>f3 [40.gl3!?] 40 ... l1l.e5 41 .12le2 g5 42.g4 hg4 43.hg4 l1l.b2 44.12lg3! lt>c5 45.12lf5 �d5 [4S ... �b4 46.12ld4+- "' 47.\t>e4] 46.1t>e2 �f6 [46 ... �e4 47.12lg3 "' 48.�d3] 47.�d3 lt>c5 (47 ... l1l.d8 48.12ld4 �16 49.12ll3 �d8 SO.i2ld2 �cs S1 .e4 �b4 (S1 ... l1l.c7 52.12Jc4 l1J.d8 53.�c3+-) S2.eS �CS S3.12lc4 �d5 (53 ... i.c7 54.e6 l1l.d8 SS.�e4+-) 54.\t>c3 �c7 SS.b4 ab4 S6.\t>b4+-l 48.�e4 �b4 49.12ld4 �c3 50.�f5 l1l.d8 51 .12lc6 l1l.b6 52.e4 lt>b3 53.e5 lt>a4 54.e6 l1l.c5 55.12la5 lt>a5 56. lt>f6 1 -0 Gavrilov

Survey QO 16. 9

7.....tb7

Duras,Oldrich Capablanca,Jose New York RICE 1 91 3 (1 1 )

1 .d4 d5 2/Zlf3 ti:lf6 3.c4 e6 4.ti:lc3 dc4 5.e3 a6 6.i.c4 b5 7.�d3 i.b7 8.a4 b4 9.ti:lb1 c5 1 0.0-0 ti:lc6 1 1 .dc5 i.c5= 1 2.'ii'e2 'ii' d 5!? 1 3.l:!:d1 'ii' h 5 1 4.ti:lbd2 ti:la5 1 5.ti:lf1 0-0 1 6.ti:lg3 'il'g4 1 7.e4 [17.h3 i.l3=] 17 ... ti:lb3 1 8.J:!.b1 J;[fd8 1 9.i.e3

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19 ... ti:le4 20.�c2 i.e3 21 .'ii'e3 ti:lbc5 22.h3 'ifg6 23.ti:le4 J:!.d1 24.J;[d1 i.e4 25.i.e4 ti:le4 26.'ifd4 h6 27.'li'b4 ti:lf6 28.'tlib7 'ife4 29.'li'e4 ti:le4 30.b4?? [30.J:!.d4 ti:lc5 31.l:Ic4=] 30 ... ti:lc3 31 .J:!.d3 ti:la4 32.l:!.a3 ti:lb6 33.ti:le5 'il;>f8 34.ti:ld3 ti:ld5 35Jla4 l:!:b8!? [35... 'il;>e7 36.ti:lc5 ti:lc7] 36.l:!:a6 ti:lb4 37.ti:lb4 l:!:b4

57.'il;>g1 f4 58.Wg2 g5 59 ..!lb4 'il;>e5 60.J:!.b5 J:!.d5 61 Jlb8 f4 62.J:!.g8 lt>d4 63. f1 'il;>d3 64.J:!.a8 e3 65.J:!.a3 'il;>e4 66.fe3 f3 67.wg1 l:td3 68.J:!.a8 we3 69Jie8 Wf4 70 ..!lg8 l:ld1 71 .wf2 J:!.d2 72.\t>f1 .!lh2 73.\t>g1 J:!.h3 74.l:tg7 g4 75.J:!.g8 lt>g3 0-1

Maroczy,Geza Wolf,Heinrich Karlsbad 1 923 ( 1 5)

1 .d4 ti:lf6 2.ti:lf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.ti:lc3 dc4 5.e3 a6 6.i.c4 b5 7.�d3 i.b7 8.a4 b4 9.ti:lb1 c5 1 0.0-0 ti:lc6 1 1 .l:le1 cd4 1 2.ed4 i.e7 1 3 ..ie3 0-0 1 4.ti:lbd2 ti:ld5 1 5.ti:lb3 h6 1 6.l:!.c1 l:Ic8 1 7.ti:lc5? �c5 1 8.J:!.c5 'li'd6? [ 1 8 ... ti:le3 19.1e3 ti:ld4! 20.ed4 �13-+] 19 . .!:t:c1 J:!.fd8 20.'ilie2 ti:le3 21 .fe3 ti:le7 22.ti:ld2 :!:i:c1 23.l:Ic1 .!lc8 24.l:!.c8 ti:lc8 25.i.e4;t; 'ifd7 26.i.b7 'ii' b7 27.ti:lb3 'ii'c6 28.ti:lc5 a5 29.'ii'f3 'ii'f3 30.gf3+- ti:lb6 31 .b3 g5 32.wf2 [32.ti:lb7? ti:la4] 32 ... f6 33.\t>e2 wf7 34.ti:lb7 ti:la4 35.ba4 b3 36.Wd2 h5 37.ti:la5 1 -0

Andrianov

YB/1 0-11 3

Fiorito,Fabian Sorokin,Maxim

Smyslov,Vasily Beliavsky,Alexander

Buenos Aires 11 1 995 ( 1 )

Moscow ch-SU 1 988 ( 1 )

1 .d4 ti:lf6 2.c4 e 6 3.ti:lf3 d 5 4.ti:lc3 dc4 5.e3 a6 6 ..ic4 b5 7.i.d3 i.b7 8.0-0 c5 9.dc5 .ic5 1 0.'i!'e2 ti:lbd7 1 1 .e4 [1 1 .a3 'ifbB 1 2.h3 0-0 13.b4 .ie7 1 4 . .ib2 .il3 1 5.gl3 ti:le5= F. Olalsson-Van Scheltinga, Beverwijk 1 961] 1 1 'ii' b8 [1 1 ...e5t? Van der Sterren] 1 2.i.g5 0-0 1 4.J:!.fd1 .id6 .if4 1 3Jlac1 [14 ... .!lc8!?] 1 5.i.f4 'li'f4 1 6.b4! l:tac8 1 7.'i!'d2 'li'b8! [17 ... 'ii'd2 1 8.ti:ld2 /:;. 1 9.13;!;; 1 8.J:[d2? .ie4] 1 8.h3? [18.a3! ti:le5 1 9.ti:le5 'ii'e5 20.14 'tlid4 21 .'ii'l2] 1 8 ... ti:le5 1 9.'ii'e3 [1 9.ti:le5 'ife5+1QJ] 1 9 ti:lf3?! [1 9 ... ti:lc4 20.�c4 (20.'tlie2!) 20 ... .!lc4 21 .e5 (21 .ti:ld2 llb4 22.'ii'c5 (22.a3 J:!.b2+) 22 ... a5 (22 ... :!:i:b2? 23.'ii'a3±) 23.a3 llb2+) 21 ...ti:ld5 (21 ...�13 22.el6 .id! ? (22... i.h5D) 23.'il'g5 g6 24.'*!Vh6+-) 22.ti:ld5 �d5 .••

38. .!la7 h5 39.g3 h4 40.gh4 J:!.h4 41 .'il;>g2 e5 42.'il;>g3 J:!.d4 43.J:!.a5 f6 44.J:!.a7 g8 45.J:!.b7 'il;>h7 46.J:!.a7 g6 47.J:!.e7 J:!.d3 48.g2 J:!.d5 49.'il;>g3 f5 50.J:!.a7 J:!.d3 51 .'il;>g2 e4 52Jla4 'i!;>g5 53 . .!la5 g6 54 . .!lb5 lt>f4 55.l:!:a5 J:!.d2 56.J:!.a4 lt>g5

23.:!:i:c4 bc4 24.a3=F; 1 9. . .ti:ld3! 20.'ifd3 (20.lld3? ti:le4 21 .ti:le4 J:!.c1 22.'tlic1 �e4+) 20 ... J:!.c4+ 21 .e5 �13 22.el6 i.d1 -+] 20.gf3! [20.'tlil3 'li'e5!] 20 ...e5?! [20 ... 'ii'e5 21 .14!; 20... ti:lh5! 21 .a4 (21 .ti:le2 e5t[); 21 .e5!?) 21 ... ba4 (21 ...'ii'e5 22 . .il1) 22.ti:la4 .!:!.et ! (22 ... ti:ll4 23.�11 e5? 24.ti:lc5 J:!.c6? (24 ... J:!.Ie8! 25.ti:ld7 J:!.c1) 25.ti:ld7! J:!.g6 26.wh2 'ifdB 27.ti:ll8 (27.ti:le5+-) 27... 'li'g5 28.ti:lg6!+-) 23.llc1 ti:lf4 24 . .if1 e5 25.ti:lc5 i.cB+] 21 .a4! ba4 22.ti:la4 .l:!.c1 23.J:!.c1 'iYd6 24.ti:lc5 .ic8 25.�f1 ti:lh5 26.ti:ld3! [6 27.'iYc5] 26 ... 'tlig6 27.Wh2 f6 28.llc6 [2B.nc7!?] 28 ... 'iYes 29.'li'c5 h6 30.J:!.c7 .id7T 3 1 .'ii' d5 [31.'ii'c4?! Wh8 32.'iYa6 i.b52@] 31 ...i.e6 32.'tlic6 .if7 33.'iYe8?T [33.'ii'a6!±] 33 ... �e8! 34.ti:lc5 [34.J:[c8?' �b5 35.l:tf8 Wf8 36.Wg1 (6 ti:lc5-a6) 36 ... we7 37.ti:lc5 ti:lf4 38.ti:la6 i.a6 39.i.a6 ti:lh3] 34 ... i.b5 35 . .ib5 ab5 36.J:!.b7 lld8 37.J:!.b5 ti:lf4 38.h4! J:!.d2 39.J:[b8 lt>f7 40.b5 J:!.f2 41 .Wg1 :!:!c2 42.ti:la6 [42 ... ti:le6 43.J:[b7!? lt>g6 44.lle7 ti:ld4 45.b6 ti:lf3 46.\t>ft J:!.d2 47.b7 ti:lh2 48.we1 ti:lf3=] %-%

1 .d4 d 5 2.c4 e6 3.ti:lf3 ti:lf6 4.ti:lc3 dc4 5.e3 a6 6.i.c4 b5 7.i.d3 �b7 8.'ii'e2 ti:lbd7 9.e4 c5 1 0.e5 i.f3 [10... ti:ld5; 1 0 ... cd4] 1 1 .gf3 [1 Ul\Yf3 cd4 12.ti:lb5 .ib4 13.Wf1 ti:ld5] 1 1 ... cd4 1 2.ti:lb5 ti:lc5!? [12 ...ab5 1 3.ef6 gf6+%] 1 3.ef6 ti:ld3 1 4.'il'd3 'tlia5 1 5.i.d2 'ii'b5 1 6.'il'd4 �c5 1 7.'li'e4

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1 7 0-0 1 8.fg7 J:tfdB 1 9.�c3 J:id5 20.'ii'e2 [20.a4] 20 ... �b4!= 21 .'iYb5 ••.

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Varga,Zoltan Chernin,Alexander Lillafured ch-HU 1 999 (2)

1 .d4 li:Jf6 2.c4 e6 3.tiJf3 d5 4.1Zlc3 dc4 5.e3 a6 6.�c4 b5 7.�d3 �b7 B.'iYe2 b4 9.1Zla4 'ii'd 5?! 1 0.0-0 [1 0.'1Wc2 li:Jbd7 1 1 .b3 �d6 12.�b2 0-0 1 3.J:!:dt J:tfcB 14.h3 'iYh5 1 5.e4 c5= Kozui-Chernin, Portoroz 1 997] 1 O li:Jbd7 1 1 .b3 �e7 1 2.�b2 0-0 1 3.J:tac1 J:tfcB 1 4Jlfd1 'i¥h5 1 5.1Zle5! '1We2 1 6.�e2 fB 1 7.1Zlc6± a5 1 8.�f3 li:Jd5 1 9.e4 li:J5b6 20.1i:Je7 e7 21 .1i:Jc5 l:!:a7 22.d5 li:Jc5 23.J:ic5 d6 24.l:!:dc1 li:Jd7 •..

20.�b4 'li'b4 21 .h3 J:Ic5 22.J:Ic5 'iYc5 23.1i:Jf3 l::t bB 24.l::t a 1 g6 25.l:!:a4 'ii'c 1 26.'li'e1 'li'b2 27.'li'a1 'i¥a1 28.l::ta 1 li:Je4 29.l::t a2 l::t b 1 30.'ii;> h 2 l::tf 1 31 .1Zld2 Y,-Y,

Epishin,Vladimir Ivanov,Sergey St Petersburg 1 997 (3)

1 .d4 li:Jf6 2.c4 e6 3.1i:Jf3 d5 4.1i:Jc3 dc4 5.e3 a6 6.�c4 b5 7.�d3 �b7 8.a3 c5 9.dc5 �c5 1 O.b4 �d6 1 1 .�b2 0-0 1 2.l::t c 1 'i¥e7 1 3.0-0 li:Jbd7 1 4.'iVe2 l::t acB 1 5.l::tfd1 li:Jb6 1 6.1Zld2 l::tfd8 1 7.h3 �b8 1 8.1Zlb3 li:Jc4 1 9.�c4 l:!d1 20.1i:Jd1 I:ic4 21 .l::t c4 bc4 22.1i:Jc5 [22.'i¥c4? 'i¥d6] 22 'i¥d6 23.f4 �d5 24.�e5 'i¥b6 25.1Zlc3 �a7 26.�f6 gf6 27.'iVg4 hB 28.1i:Jd5 ed5 29.'li'c8 g7 .•.

26 1i:Jc5 27.:C:c5 [27.�d4 li:Je4 28.'1Wd3 ed4 29.'i¥e4 b2] 27 �c5 28.l::t d 1 'i¥f6 29.J:tc1 �b6 30.'li'e2 J:tfd8 31 .g3 �d4 32.g2 'li'g6 33.J:tc4 f5 34.�d4 [time??; 34... ed4 35.e5oo] 0-1 ••.

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Ljubojevic,Ljubomir Van Wely,Loek Monaco rapid 2001 (7)

1 .d4 li:Jf6 2.1Zlf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.1i:Jc3 dc4 5.e3 a6 6.�c4 b5 7.�d3 �b7 8.a3 c5 9.dc5 �c5 1 0.b4 �d6 1 1 .�b2 0-0 1 2.0-0 h6 1 3.h3 'li'e7 1 4.'i¥e2 li:Jbd7 1 5.J:tfd1 J:tac8 1 6.J:tac1 J:tfdB 1 7.1Zlb1 J:tc1 1 8.J:tc1 �f3 1 9.'li'f3 li:Je5 20.�e5 �e5 21 .�f1 'li'd7 22.�e2 J:tcB 23.J:td1 'ii'e7 24.�d3

Y2-Y2

Vladimirov,Evgeny Arkhipov,Sergey Dubai 2000 (4)

1 .d4 li:Jf6 2.c4 e6 3.1i:Jf3 d5 4.1i:Jc3 dc4 5.e3 a6 6.�c4 b5 7.�d3 �b7 8.'i¥e2 li:Jbd7 9.e4 c5 1 0.d5 c4 1 1 .�c2 e5 [ 1 1 ... 'i¥c7 1 2.0-0 (1 2.de6 fe6 1 3.e5 (1 3.0-0 �d6 SL 9.4) 1 3 ... �13) 1 2 ... �d6 SL 9.4] 1 2.0-0 �d6 1 3.a4 b4 1 4.1i:Jd1 a5 1 5.1i:Je3 li:Jb6 1 6.b3 cb3 1 7.�d3 0-0 1 8.1i:Jd2 �CS 1 9.1Zlec4 li:Jc4 20.1Zlc4 �a6 21 .�b2 l::t cB 22.J:tfc1 �c4 23.�c4 li:Jd7 24.�b5 �c5 25.�c6 �d4 26.'iYd2 -

e5 26.�e5 li:Je5 25.e5! 27.J:!:c7!+- J:!:c7 28.l:!:c7 ed5 29.J:if7 g5 30.:!i:h7 d6 31 .g3 c6 32.h4 gh4 33.gh4 a4 34.ba4 l:!:aB 35.�d5 'ii;>d 5 36.l:!b7 1 -0

Short,Philip Ribli,Zoltan Slough tt 1 997 (3)

1 .d4 li:Jf6 2.c4 e6 3.1Zlf3 d5 4.1Zlc3 dc4 5.e3 a6 6.�c4 b5 7.�d3 �b7 8.0-0 li:Jbd7 9.'ii'e2 c5 1 0.1i:Jg5!? �e7 1 1 .l::t d 1 'iYc7 [ 1 1 ... cd4] 1 2.1i:Jce4 l::t c8 1 3.1i:Jf6 li:Jf6 1 4.dc5 �c5 1 5.�d2= 0-0 1 6.l:!:ac1 'iYe7 1 7.a4 ba4 1 8.�a6 �b4 1 9.�b7 'i¥b7

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24 ... g5 25.'i¥e2 g7 26.g3 W/c7 27.'il;>g2 'i¥c6 28.'i¥f3 'i¥b6 29.'ili'e2 h5 30.g1 g4 31 .hg4 hg4 32.�e4 :tlc4 33.�d3 J:tcB 34.�e4 'f!lc7 35.�g2 'ilkc4 36.'iYc4 bc4 37.J:tc1 c3 38 ..!:ic2 J:tdB 39.�f1 li:Je4 40.�e2 f5 41 .g2 J:td6 42.J:tc1 'iW6 43.�d1 ?? J:td1 44.J:td1 c2 45.J:Ic1 cb1 'if 46.J:tb1 li:Jc3 47.J:th1 g7 48.J:tc1 f7 49.J:ih1 g7 50.J:tc1 'il;>f7 51 .f3 gf3 52.'il;>f3 we7 53 . .!:ih1 li:Jd5 54.J:th4 wd6 55.I:ic4 �b2 56.a4 �a3 57.b5 ab5 58.ab5 �c5 59.e4 fe4 60. e4 li:Jc7 61 .I:ic5 cS 62.e5 b5 63.g4 c6 64.'iW6 'il;>d7 65.g5 1i:Je8 66.'il;>f7 e5 0-1

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Survey SL 1. 7

SURVEY

INTRODUCTION: Rustem Dautov MAIN ANALYSIS: Rustem Dautov STUDY MATERIAL: Dautov

Slav Defence The Slow Slav SL 1. 7

The Solid and Sound 6 1 .d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.ttlf3 ttlf6 4.e3 �f5 5.ttlc3 e6 6.ttlh4 �g4 7.�b3 The 6.ttlh4 variation has become very popular of late. Black's most common reaction is 6 ... �e4, but 6...�g4 also has many adherents. After 7.�b3 Black has four accept­ able continuations. 7 ... b6 is rarely played; no one likes to weaken their queenside. After 8.h3 �h5 9.g4 �g6 White is better, while 9 ... ttle4 ! ? is less clear. Also rare is 7 ... �d7, as this square is needed by the black knights. White easily gets a better position. A solid continua­ tion is 7 ... �c7. After 8.h3 �h5

STATISTICS

9.g4 (9.�d2, with the tactical idea of J:!.ac 1 was seen in Supatashvili­ Beshukov, Cherkessk 1 997. White sacrificed a pawn and got the initia­ tive) 9 ... .\ig6 White must find the right moment for g4-g5. The rapid game Dreev-M.Gurevich, Cap d' Agde 2000, saw the immediate 10.g5 dc4 1 1 .�c4! (better than 1 l ..lic4; the white bishop belongs on g2) l l ...ttld5 l 2.ttlg6 hg6 l 3 . .1ig2, with a slight white plus. I believe that opening the centre only helps White; 10 .. .t2Jfd7 is better for Black. At any rate, this retreat yielded Black a convincing win in Nenashev-Dreev, Alushta 1 994. White can also postpone the ad-

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vance g4-g5, e.g. with 10.ttlg6 hg6 1 l .�g2 ttlbd7 12 ..1id2. The posi­ tion becomes critical after 1 2 ... ttlb6 13.cd5 ed5 14.g5 (Nenashev­ S.Emst, Groningen 1999). Again, 14 ...ti.Jfd7 was better for Black; 14 ... ttlg8 allowed Nenashev to play his beloved breakthrough 1 5.e4! de4 1 6.d5 ! .

The Main Line By far the most common move is 7 . . .Vib6. White is provoked into c4-c5, after which his bishop pair loses its efficacy, whereas the black knights become very active. This strategic idea is demonstrated very instructively in the simultaneous game Srnirin-Kasparov, Tel Aviv 1998. After 8.h3 .illS 9.g4 �g6 White has to decide whether to con­ tinue energetically or quietly. The energetic approach is the early ad­ vance g4-g5, followed by opening the centre with e3-e4. In the impor­ tant game Dreev-Htibner, Essen 2000, B lack got into trouble after 10.c5 �c7 1 1 .g5 ti:lg8 l 2.ti:lg6 hg6 1 3 .e4. 1 l ...ttlfd7 looks better, al­ though White is also better here, see Bogdanovski-Guliev, Ohrid 200 1 . Another version of the white plan is 10.ti:lg6 hg6 1 1 .g5. Now l l ...ttlh5 is doubtful, as the black knight is sidelined (Malaniuk-Diu, Tomsk 200 1 ) . l l ...ttlg8 is best met by 1 2.c5 Vic7 1 3.e4, transposing to 1 53

the game Dreev-Hiibner (less clear is 1 2.e4 de4 1 3.ti:le4 ti:la6!, see Barsov-Cifuentes Parada, Dutch Team Championship 2000). Which leaves 1 1 ...ti:lfd7 1 2.e4! ( 1 2 .itd2 also leaves White with the better prospects, see Ehlvest-Golubovic, Pula 1997) 1 2 . . . de4 1 3.�e3. Black managed to hang on to his extra pawn, but was put under severe pressure in the Survey Game Dautov-Grabarczyk, Ohrid 2001 , because o f his passive position. White is better off quietly develop­ ing with 1 1 ..ltg2 .lte7 1 2.�d2. Both 1 2 ... ti:la6 (Hodgson-Ansell, English Team Championship 1998), and 12...ti:lbd7 (Supatashvili-Mchedlish­ vili, Panormo Zonal 1998) yield Black a solid and safe position.

SL 1 .7 Dautov,Rustem Grabarczyk,Miroslaw Ohrid Ech 2001 (5)

1 .d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.ti:lf3 ti:lf6 4.e3 .ltf5 5.ti:lc3 e6 6.ti:lh4 �g4 7.'i¥b3 ifb6 8.h3 ith5 9.g4 .ltg6 1 O.ti:lg6 hg6 1 1 .g5 ti:lfd7 [1 1 ... ti:lh5?! 1 2.e4 de4 1 3. .lte3!, ti:lh5g3 llhB 21 .b4 ti:lb6 22.b5 ti:lbB 23. .l:!.a7 ti:lc4 24 . .lt14±] 20.'g3 J:!.h5 21 .itf3 t!.h8 22 ..ltf4 'd8 23.l:the1 ! [23.l:!.hl1 e5! 24.de5 ti:le6 25..ltg4 we?] 23...a6 [23 ... a5? (ll 24...ti:lb6, 25...a4) 24.lle2 ti:lb6 25.llea2 a4 26.e5 ti:lbd5 27 ..ltd2 Wd7 2B.J:la4±; 23...J:l.eB 24 ..ltd6�] 24.llad1 J:!.c8 [24 ...a5 25.d5 (25.J::l.a 1 !?) 25...ed5 26.ed5 ti:ld5 27..ltd5 ed5 2BJl:d5:t b6 29.�e3 'e7 30.l:!.ed1 l:!.adB (30 ... t!JIB 31 .J:id6) 31 ..lt14 weB 32.b4!±; 24... ti:lb6 25.d5! ed5 26.ed5 ed5 27 ..lte3 ti:leB 2B..ltd5 ti:ld5 29.l:!.d5 we7 30.l::!.e5 WbB 31 .itd4±] 25.'g2 J::i:e8 26.h4! [ll 27.h5] 26...we7?! 27.d5 cd5 28.cd5 �d8? [28...'IB 29.de6 ti:le6 30.Re6 l:!.e6 31.Rd7 .!:Ie3 32.�d5±; 32.l:!.b7±] 29.d6! ti:ld5 30.itd2!+- ti:lc3 [30... b5 31 .e4! be4 32..lta5 ti:l5b6 33.be4 l:!.e5 34.l:!.a1 +-] 31 .l:!.c1 ! ti:lb5 [31 ... ti:la2 32.l:!.eB 'it>eB 33.J:ia1 +-] 32. .ltb7 llc1 [32...ti:ld6 33..lteB ti:leB 34 ..lta5 we7 35 ..ltb4 'dB 36.J::i:e6+-] 33 ..lta5 1 -o ti:lb6 34.t!.c1 Dautov

Study Material 7... b6

Hodgson,Julian Dreev,Alexey Biel 1 995 ( 1 3)

1 .c4 c6 2.12lf3 dS 3.d4 12lf6 4.e3 �fS S.li:Jc3 e6 6.12lh4 �g4 7.�b3 b6 8.h3 �hS 9.g4 �g6 [9 ... 12le4!? 1 0.12le4 �h4 1 1 .12lc3 (1 1 .gh5 'ilfe4 12.l:Ig1 'ilfh4 1 3.�d2 (1 3.cd5 ed5 1 4.�d2 'ilfh5 1 5.e4 de4 16 . .!:t:g4 'i¥15 1 7.�g2 'i¥d7 18 . .!:t:e4 ltdB 1 9.0-0-0± Janosi-Cody, ICCF 1 54

Email 2000) 13 ... g6 14.cd5 ed5 1 5.hg6 hg6= Callergard-Kiugel, er 1 996) 1 1 ...�g4 1 2.�g2 �h5 13.cd5 ed5 14.�d5 �d6 1 5.�g2 (1 5.�c6!? 12lc6 16.�d5 0-0 1 7.'ilfd6) 15 ... 0-0 16.12le4 �c7oo Atalik­ Rogozenko, Romania 2000] 1 0.�g2 aS 1 1 .�d2 �b4 1 2.12lg6 hg6 1 3.a3 �e7 1 4.cd5 li:JdS 1 S.l:ic1 .!:t:a7 1 6.12la4 bS 1 7.1/Jcs a4 1 8.'ifc2 gS 1 9.'i¥e4;t 12lb6 20.0-0 12lc4 21 .�b4 0-0 22 . .!:t:c2 .!:tea 23..!:Uc1 �f6 24.�f1 li:Jd6 25.�g2 g6 26.l:id2 �g7 27.�e2 12lc8 28.�f3 12le7 29.12le4 li:JdS 30.�d6 l:ia6 31 .'ilfg3 li:Jd7 32.1/Jcs 1/Jcs 33.l:icS 'ti'd7 34.e4 12lb6 3S.�e2 12lc8 36.�eS f6 37.�b8 J:l:a8 38.�c7 .!:t:e7 39.'ti'd7 l:id7 40.�g3 12le7 41 .f3 .l:tad8 42.�f2 fS 43.e5 '>tff7 44.�f1 weB 4S.�e2 f4 46.�f1 J:idS 47.l:id5 1/JdS 48.�d3 12le3 49.�g6 we7 SO.�e1 12lc4 51 .l:id3 12lb2 S2.�b4 ltd7 s3.l:!:c3 �fa 54.�fa .rua ss.h4 gh4 56.'>tt h2 12lc4 57.'>tih3 cS 58.dc5 '>ticS S9.gS .!:t:g8 60.�e4 '>ticS 61 .\th4 b4 62.l:!:c1 '>tid4 63.�h7 J:!:g7 64 . .!:t:d1 liteS 6S.g6 '>tff6 66.ab4 a3 67.'>tihS a2 68. .!:t:a1 J:ia7 69.'>tih6 12ld6 70.�g8 l:!a3 71 .\thS lla8 72.�f7 .!:t:h8 73.\t>g4 1/JfS

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Hodgson,Julian Hector,Jonny Oxford 1 998 (4)

1 .d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.12lf3 12lf6 4.e3 �fS S.li:Jc3 e6 6.12lh4 �g4 7.�b3 b6 8.h3 �hS 9.g4 �g6 1 O.li:Jg6 hg6 1 1 .�g2 �e7 [1 1 ...12lbd7 1 2.�d2 llc8 1 3.0-0-0 �e7 14.1t>b1 ;t] 1 2.gS dc4 1 3.'ti'c4 li:JdS 1 4.h4 bS 1 5.'it'd3 li:Jd7 1 6.�d2 12l7b6 1 7.1/JdS ed5 1 8.b3 'ifd7 1 9.J:!ca �a3 20 . .l:tc2

Survey SL 1. 7 'li'g4 2UH1 ld.c8 22.b4 tt:lc4 23Ji:c4 dc4 2Hi'a3 lidS 2S.Jd.h3 l:!:h4 26.ld.h4 'li'h4 27.�g2 'ifgS 28.il.c6 lt>f8 29.'ifa7 'ifg1 30.\t>e2 'ifb1 31 .'ifa3 ld.b8 32.'ifc3 'ifa2 33.dS ld.b6 34.'li'd4 'li'c2 3S.'Ii'b6 'li'd3 36.\t>f3 1 -0

7... Wid7

Barsov,Alexey Hector,Jonny York 1 999 (2)

1 .d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.tt:lf3 tt:lf6 4.e3 �fS S.tt:lc3 e6 6.tt:lh4 �g4 7.'Wb3 'i!Yd7 8.il.d2 �e7 9.h3 il.hS 1 0.g4 i.g6 1 1 .tt:lg6 hg6 1 2.gS dc4 1 3.il.c4 tt:ldS 1 4.tt:le4 Jd.h4 1 S.f4 'li'c7 1 6.0-0-0 tt:ld7 1 7.\t>b1 0-0-0 1 8.Jd.c1 .!ldh8 1 9.�f1 f6 20.�g2 eS 21 .feS feS 22.il.e1 .!l:4h7 23.deS 'ifes 24.�g3 'ife6 2S.tt:ld6 �d6 26.il.dS Wlle7 27.�c6 tt:lb6 28.�g2 ;i>b8 29.'ifb4 l:!:d8 30.l:!:hd1 1 -0

41 .l:Id7 l.tlh6 42.l:Ia4 lieS 43.l.tld3 1 ·0 fS 44.Jd.aa7 tt:lf4 4S.I.tld2

Nice 2000 (3)

7 ...Wic7

Supatashvili,Khvicha Beshukov,Sergey Cherkessk 1 997 (8)

1 .d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.e3 tt:lf6 4.tt:lf3 il.fS S.tt:lc3 e6 6.tt:lh4 �g4 7.'ifb3 'li'c7 8.h3 �hS 9.�d2 �e7 1 0.g4 �96 [10 ... tt:lld7? (Karpov·Nikolic, Monaco rapid 2000) 1 1 .cd5! cd5 ( 1 1 ...�h4 12.de6±) 12.tt:ll5±] 1 1 .tt:lg6 hg6 1 2.ld.c1 [12.g5 tt:le4? (12 ... tt:lld7!) 13.tt:le4 de4 14.il.g2 Ilh5 1 5.Wiic2 �g5 1 6.�e4 �e7 17.0·0·0 tt:ld7 1 8.14 0·0·0 1 9.�e1 llh6 20.I.tlb1 l:idh8 21 .il.g2:t Horl· Meduna, San Bernardino 1 990] 1 2 ... dc4 1 3.il.c4 tt:lg4 [13 ... tt:lbd7 1 4.g5:t]

1 .d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.tt:lf3 tt:lf6 4.e3 �fS S.tt:lc3 e6 6.tt:lh4 .ig4 7.'1i'b3 'ifc7 8.h3 .ihS 9 ..id2 .ie7 1 0.g4 �g6 1 1 .tt:lg6 hg6 1 2.il.g2 tt:lbd7 [12 ... g5 13.llc1 (1 3.e4!? tt:le4 1 4.�e4 de4 1 5.tt:le4:t) 13 ... Wiib6 14.tt:la4 'Wb3 15.ab3 tt:la6 16.1.t/e2 tt:ld7 17.l::! a 1 g6= Savon·Khlian, Orel 11 1 996] 1 3.gS [13.cd5 tt:ld5 14.ld.c1 'li'b6 1 5.'1i'b6 ab6 1 6.a3 b5 17.J:Ic2 tt:l7b6 y,.y, Nogueiras·Milos, Buenos Aires 1 991] 1 3 ... dc4 1 4.'1i'c4 tt:lb6 1 S.'i!fb3 tLlfdS 1 6.h4 0-0-0 1 7.tt:le2 tt:ld7 1 8.e4 tiJSb6 1 9.a4 tt:la8 20.aS± tt:lb8 21 .dS 'Wd6 22.eS WileS 23.�f4 'iffS 24.dc6 tt:lc6 2S.�c6 bc6 26.'ifb8 l.tld7 27.Jd.d1 lt>e8 28.l::td8 �dB 29.'ifa8 'WaS 30. .id2 'li'a1 31 .tt:lc1 'ifa4 32.b4 l.tld7 33.l:!h3 eS 34.WIIb7 l.tle6 3S.ld.c3 �e7 36J:tc6 �d6 37.tt:ld3 1 -0

Ree,Hans Van der WielJohn Nederland 11 2000 (8)

HodgsonJulian HectorJonny York 1 999 (5)

1 .d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.tt:lf3 tt:lf6 4.e3 �fS S.tt:lc3 e6 6.tt:lh4 �g4 7.WIIb3 'ifd7 8.h3 �hS 9.g4 �g6 1 0.tt:lg6 [1 O.g5 dc4 1 1 .�c4 tt:ld5 1 2.tt:lg6 hg6 13.e4?! tt:lb6 14.�e3 tt:lc4 1 5.'Wc4 lih4 16.14 il.d6 17. 'ifl1 'li'c7-.:< Tukmakov· Bareev, Tilburg rapid 1 994] 1 O ... hg6 1 1 .�g2 �e7 1 2.il.d2 [1 2.g5 dc4 13.'ifc4 tt:ld5 1 4.h4 'ifc7 1 5.�d2 tt:lb6 16.'iVb3 tt:l8d7 1 7.J:l.c1 a5 1 8.a3 a4 19.'ifa2 .l:ld8 20.\t>e2 'iVb8 21 .h5t Halkias-Posharsky, Ano Liosia 2000] 1 2 ... tt:la6 1 3.0-0-0 tt:lb4 1 4.e2 ld.h2 48.l.tld3 :C:h3 49.l.tle2 l:Ih2 SO.I.tld1 .ieS S1 .J:!.cS g3 S2..idS �d6 S3 .1:lc6 .ia3 S4..if7 .li:h6 SS.e4 f4 S6.lih6 gh6 S7.l.tle2 �b2 S8.1.tif3 �es S9.�e6 hS 60.�as l.tlf6 61 .�fS l.tlgS 62 . .id8 l.tlh6 63.l.tlg2 .id4 64.1.tif3 �eS 6S.�e7 �d4 66 .id6 .ie3 67.eS l.tlgS 68.e6 1 -0 •

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1 .c4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.tt:lf3 tt:lf6 4.e3 .ifS S.tt:lc3 e6 6.tt:lh4 �g4 7.'1Wb3 'Wc7 8.h3 .ihS 9.g4 il.g6 1 0.gS dc4 1 1 .�c4 tt:ldS 1 2.tt:lg6 hg6 1 3.e4 tt:lc3 1 4.bc3 J:!h4 1 S.il.d3 [15.'1i'c2 tt:ld7 1 6.�e3 �d6 17.i1.11 �14 1 8.e5 0·0·0 1 9.0·0·0 'ifa5 20.J:ig1 tt:lb6 21 .�14 l::!I4'F Barsov-De Vreugt, Nederland 11 2000 (4)] 1 S ... tt:ld7 1 6.�e3 0·0·0 1 7.1.t>e2 �d6 1 8.eS �e7 1 9. .!l:ag1 tt:lb6 20.J:Ig3 cS 21 .'ifc2 tLldS+ 22. Wf1 lidhB 23.llf3 'ifc6 24.il.e4 cd4 2S.�d4 .igs 26.l.tlg1 fS 27.ef6 gf6 28 ..ia7 fS 29.il.dS 'ifdS 30.'ifd3 'Wd3 31 .lid3 lla4 32.�d4 Jd.g8 33.1.t/g2 .li:a2 34.J:i:e1 l:Ia6 3S.�es �e7 36.:C:d4 lld8 37.J:lc4 l:Ic6 38.Jd.a4 lldS 39.f4 lla6 40.l::!c4 llcS 41 .Jd.cS �cS 42.Wf3 J:!.a2 43 ..if6 l.tld7 44 . .!l:d1 l.tlc6 4S . .!l:d8 .!l:f2 46.\t>g3 llf1 47.�eS .!l:e1 48.h4 b6 49.llg8 �dS SO.I.tlf3 llf1 S1 .1.t>e2 llg1 S2.1.tif3 l::!g4 S3.�f6 �d6 S4.�gS bS SSJ,l:d8 l.tlc6 S6.ld.e8 l.tld7 S7.J:td8 l.tlc6 S8.l::! e8 �dS 1 55

Dreev,Alexey Gurevich,Mikhail Cap d'Agde rapid 2000 ( 1 )

1 .d4 d 5 2.c4 c 6 3.1Zlf3 li:lf6 4.e3 �f5 5.1Zlc3 e6 6.1Zlh4 �g4 7.Vi'b3 V/fc7 B.h3 il.h5 9.g4 �g6 1 0.g5 dc4 1 H !Vc4! li:ld5 1 2.1Zlg6 hg6 1 3.�g2 li:ld7 1 4.�d2 li:l7b6 [14 ... 1Zlc3 15.�c3 li:lb6 16.V/fe2 1i:ld5 1 7.0·0 £i.d6 1 8.14 0-0-0 1 9.£i.d2 lt>b8;!; Savchenko-Yagupov, Ubeda 1 998; 14 ... il.d6 1 5.J:I:c1 Vi'd8 1 6.1i:le4 Jl.e7 17.h4 'i¥b6 18.b4! a6 19.1Zlc5 �c5 20.bc5 'it'b5 21 .a4± Hillarp Persson-Ziegler, Goteborg 2000] 1 5.'it'b3 a5 1 6.a3 a4 1 7.'il'a2 �e7 1 8.h4;!; J:l:dB 1 9.1i:le2 'il'bB 20.0-0-0 c5 21 .\t>b1 cd4 22.1i:ld4 �c5 23.Jl.c1 li:lc7 24.1Zlf3 li:lb5 25.\t>a1 'ifc7 26.�d2 'ifd6 27.J:I:c1 e5 28.�a5 'ife7 29.�b6 Yl.b6 30.'ifc4 li:ld6 31 .'ifa4 liffB 32.'ifb4 il.a7 33.'ifa5 �bB 34.1Zle5 lt>gB 35.1Zlf3 li:le4 36.l::tc2 �d6 37.1i:ld4 li:lc5 38.'ifb5 lifh7 39.1Zlf3 l::tcB 40.h5 gh5 41 J:th5 <Jb1 lt>b8 1 6.£lc1 J:te8 17.13 'ifg3 1 8.l::t h g1 'iYd6 1 9.e4 'ifb4 20.e5 'ifb3 21 .ab3 li:lfd7 22.14;!; Guimard-Bisguier, New York 1 951] 1 4 1Zlg8 [14 ... 1i:lfd7!?] 1 5.e4! de4 1 6.d5! li:le7 1 7 .dc6 bc6 1 8.l::tc 1 li:lf5 1 9.1i:le4 l::tdB •..

1 9 .. .15! [+ Dreev] 20.gf6 �b4 21 .\t>f1 li:lf6 22.'il'e5 �d6 23.'ife6 lii bB 24.c5 £lf4 25.il.f6 gf6 26.b4 l::t heB 27.'ifg4 'i!!Ye5 28.l::td 1 J:l:d3 29.�f3 f5 30.'il'h3 J:Ia3 31 .\t>g2 J:!a2 32.l::t hf1 a6 33.l::td 6 'i!!Y g7 34.l::td d1 'iff6 35.l::tfe1 l::th B 36.J:Id7 i..e5 37.h5 gh5 38.\t>h1 l::tf2 39.l::te 2 J:Ie2 40.�e2 il.c7 41 .b5 ab5 42.'i!!Yf3 0-1

Volkmauu,Friedrich Lipinsky,Fabian Austria tt 2000 (4)

1 .1Zlf3 d5 2.d4 li:lf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 il.f5 5.1Zlc3 e6 6.1Zlh4 i..g4 7.ifb3 ifc7 8.h3 �h5 9.g4 kg6 1 0.1i:lg6 hg6 1 1 .kg2 li:lbd7 1 2.�d2 'ifb6 [12 ... dc4 13.'ifc4 1i:lb6 14.'ifb3 .lid6 1 5.g5 li:lfd5 1 6.1Zle2 0-0? 1 7.h4 a5 1 8.a3 a4 1 9.'ifd3 li:ld7 20.h5± Prielozny-Baleja, Slovakia 2001] 1 3.0-0 [13.0-0-0!] 1 3 .lid6 1 4.l::tfe1 [14.g5!?;t;] 1 4 ... 0-0 1 5.V/fb6 ab6 1 6.e4 li:le4 1 7.1i:le4 de4 1 8 .lie4 f5+% 1 9.gf5 gf5 20.�g2 e5 21 .il.c3 l::tfeB 22.a3 e4 23.f3 e3 24.d5 £lg3 25.l::te2 f4 26.l::td 1 li:le5 27.dc6 li:lc6 28.h4 J:tadB 29.l::td8 l::td8 30.�h3 liff7 31 .h5 Jl.h4 32.Jl.f5 �f6 33.kg6 <J<e7 34.i..e4 kc3 35.bc3 l::td 1 36.<Ji 53... 'ii'd3] 53.�a6 �d4 54.l::! c 1 l::!e3 0-1 M/98·4·44

1 4.�g2 [14.ed5 ed5 1 5.ti:Je2 .ite7 16.'ii'g 3 'ii'g3 1 7.1g3 l::t: h8 1 8.�g2 ti:Ja6 1 9.�d2 ti:Jc7 20.0-0 ti:Je6 21 .h4 16 22.J:!.ae1 wl7 23.�h3 ti:Jdl8 24.Wg2t Tunik-Kachar, St Petersburg 2000] 1 4 ... de4 1 5.tt:Je4 tt:Ja6 1 6.0·0 �e7 1 7.'ii'g 3 'ii' g3 1 8.fg3 l::! h8 1 9.�f4 e5 20.�e5 ti:Je5 21 .de5 tt:Jc5 22.ti:Jd6 �d6 23.ed6± Il.f8 24.l::!ac1 tt:Je6 25.l::! c6 bc6 26.jj,c6 '>iiiiiiig7 42.J:!.d7 �f4 43.�e6 l::!.f8 44.JidS 'iid 2 4S.a3 l:!c8 46.l:!f7 .t>g6 47.'iVb1 .t>hS 48.'Wh7 .t>g4 49.�e6 1 -0

Hodgson,Julian Ansell,Simon England tt 1 998 (6)

1 .d4 dS 2.tilf3 c6 3.c4 tilf6 4.e3 �fS S.tilc3 e6 6.tilh4 Jig4 7. 'iVb3 'Wb6 8.h3 JihS 9.g4 Jig6 1 O.ti:lg6 hg6 1 L�g2 Jie7 1 2.�d2 tila6 1 3.l:lc1 [13.c5 'Wb3 14.ab3 tile??! (14 ... e5!) 1 5.b4 a6 1 6.We2 l:!c8 1 7.13 tild7 1 8.14 15 1 9.g5 tilb5 20.Jil3 .t>l7 21 .�e1 tilb8 22.Jil2 l:lh7 23.h4i Chiburdanidze-Peng Zhaoqin, Beograd 1 996; 1 3.0-0 g5 1 4.l:!ac1 "fib3 1 5.ab3 0-0-0 1 6.tile2 .t>bB 1 7.13 c5 1 8.�a5 l:!d7 1 9.J:!.Id1 cd4 20.ed4 �b4= S. Schneider­ Ansell, Malmo 2000; 1 3.g5 tild7 1 4.e4?! 'Wb3 1 5.ab3 tilb4 16.0-0 tilc2 1 7.l:lac1 tild4 18.ed5 tilb3+ Chiburdanidze-Liiva, Tallinn rapid 1 997] 1 3 .. .'ii b3 [13 ... 0-0-0? 1 4.'1i'b6 ab6 1 5.g5 tiles 1 6.cd5 tilb4 1 7.dc6 tild3 18 . .t>e2 tilc1 1 9.l:lc1 bc6 20.tilb5± Hodgson-Waitzkin, Bermuda tt 1 998] 1 4.ab3 tilc7 1 S. .t>e2 0-0-0 1 6.tila2 Wb8 1 7.�e1 l:lhe8 1 8.tilb4 tild7 1 9.tild3 gS 20.�as �d6 21 .J:l.hd1 J:!.c8 22.�e1 g6= 23 . .t>f1 fS 24.l:!c2 l:!f8 2S.l:le2 l:!ce8 26 . .t>g1 f4? 27.ef4 gf4 28.�f3i gS 29.�as .!i:h8 30 . .t>g2 J:!.h6 31 .Jic7 Jic7 32.cdS cdS 33.�dS l:leh8 34.�f3 J:!.h3 3S.l:le6 �b6 36.l:lg6 l:!h2 37.Wg1 �d4 38.J:!.gS �b6 39.l:!fS J:l2h3 40.�g2 J:l3h4 41 .tilf4 l:!8h7 42.�f3 1 -0

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Survey SL 3. 1

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SURVEY

INTRODUCTION: Rustem Dautov MAIN ANALYSIS: Rustem Dautov STUDY MATERIAL: Dautov, Van Wely

Slav Defence Chameleon Variation SL 3.1

A Weapon Against 4 1 .d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.l2lf3 l2lf6 4.l2lc3 a6 5.cd5 cd5 6.�g5 This modest way of countering the fashionable chameleon system 4... a6 has many advantages. White wastes no time on ambitious pawn moves (such as 5.a4 or 5 .c5) and aims for a quick and natural devel­ opment. In many variations Black finds it hard enough to justify his fourth move. He has the following choices: 6... l2lc6, 6 ... l2le4 and 6 ... e6.

The Waiting Move 6 ... l2lc6 is a waiting move. After both 7.e3 �g4 8.�e2 (Lobron­ Hodgson, Wijk aan Zee 1 993) and

STATISTICS

the principled 7 .�f6 gf6 8.e3 (Varaciuc-Ignatescu, Tusnad 1 993) White can count on a small but lasting advantage.

The Logical Move 6 ...l2le4 looks logical at first sight. After 7 .�4 (7. 'iYb3 promises noth­ ing, see Ljubojevic-Shirov, Mon­ aco rapid 1 998) pawn e7 is pinned, and in order to play e7-e6 the black queen will have to move sooner or later (the alternative, a Grtinfeld­ Indian type of development - l2lc3, g6, �g7 etc. - has not occurred in tournament practice yet). 7 .. .'ifa5 transposes to the main line after 8.e3 !, while 8.l2ld2 is not danger-

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a6

ous for Black, see Ionov-Volkov, Russian Championship, Elista 2001 . Although developing the black queenside with 7 ... l2lc6 8.e3 �f5 looks very tempting, White can make his lead in development felt with 9.�d3 ! , as in Nozicka­ Ambroz, Czech Team Champion­ ship 1997. The most common reply is 7 ... l2lc6 8.e3 'ifa5, after which White continues with 9.'i!fb3. Nei­ ther 9 ... �d7 (Cramling- Sune Berg Hansen, Sweden 1999), nor the lat­ est experiment 9... 'i!Yb4 (lskusnikh­ Burmakin, Russian Team Champi­ onship, Tomsk 2001 ) can guarantee Black equality. The main line 9 ... e6 1 o.�d3 is also good for White, e.g. Ionov-Rustemov, Russian Cham­ pionship, Elista 200 1 .

Movsesian i n Action It is little wonder, therefore, that the great expert on the 4 . . . a6 sys­ tem, Sergey Movsesian, prefers the quiet 6 ... e6. The plan is clear ­ Black completes his development, and after b7-b5 starts his counter­ play on the queenside. While do­ ing so he must avoid some pitfalls. Firstly, he shouldn't put off b7-b5 for too long (Villamayor-Barus, Vung Tau Zonal 2000). Secondly, he should, if possible, develop his �b7 before his l2lb8. Both the early l2lb8-c6 (Kasparian-Alator­ tsev, Moscow 193 1 ) and the pre1 59

mature tt:Jb8-d7 (in view of 10.a4 ! , Konstantinopolsky-Alatortsev, Moscow 1 945) have their draw­ backs. But what is White to play if Black develops 'correctly' (Jle7, 0-0, b5, Jlb7)? Neither Kortch­ noi's 10.'iYb3 (Kortchnoi-Movses­ ian, Neum 2000), nor the plan with tt:Je5 and f2-f4 (Ftacnik-Movses­ ian, German Bundesliga 2000/01 ) causes Black problems. The latest attempt was demonstrated in my Survey game against Movsesian with 10. �e2 and 1 l .a4 White gets going on the queenside. Sergey countered this with the manoeuvre tt:Jc6-a5, made possible by his clever development. And yet he failed to equalise!

Crisis? What Crisis? So what crisis in the 4 ... a6 variation? There is no crisis at all! I am sure that we won't have to wait long for B lack's next improvement. How­ ever, the recent games from Ohrid 200 1 still appear to confirm that this is a dangerous line for Black.

SL 3 . 1 Dautov,Rustem Movsesian,Sergey Germany Bundesliga 2000/01 ( 1 3)

1 .d4 tt:Jf6 2.tLlf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.tt:Jc3 a6 5.cd5 cd5 6.Jlg5 e6 7.e3 Jle7 8.Jld3 b5 9.0-0 .ltb7 1 0.'i!Ve2! N 0-0 1 1 .a4 b 4 [1 1 ...ba4!? 12.J:!:a4 a5] 1 2.tt:Jb1 tt:Jc6 13.tLlbd2 tt:Ja5 1 4.l::!.fcU h6 [1 4...tt:Je4 1 5.Jle7 �e7 16.Jle4 de4 17.tt:Je5;t] 1 5.Jlh4 [15.Jli4!?] 1 5 .. J!fb6?! 1 6.tt:Je5± [.0. Jll6, tt:Jd7] 1 6...J:!:fc8 [16...J:!:Id8 17.tt:Jg4±] 1 7.Jlf6 Jlf6 1 8.tt:Jd7 'iYd6 [18...'iYd8 1 9. .!::!.c8 llcB (1 9... Jlc8 20.tt:JI6 'i¥16 21 ..l::!.c 1 ±) 20.tt:Jf6 (20.tt:Jc5 J:rc5! 21 .dc5 Jlb2 22.l:rb1 Jlc3 23.tLll3 'iYcB.,t) 20.. .'fil6 21 ..\ta6 Jla6 22.'iYa6 llc2 23.tt:JI3 tt:Jb3 24.I!.I1 ! l:!:b2 25.'iYb7±] 1 9.tLlf6 [19.tt:Jc5!? e5 20.tt:Jb7 .l::!.c1 21 . .!::!.c1 tt:Jb7 22.de5 �e5 23.tt:JI3!] 1 9...gf6 20.�g4 [20.h3!?] 20 ... Wf8 21 .�h5 Wg7 1 60

22.�g4?! [22.h3! 15 (22... J:!:c1 ?! 23 . .!::!.c1 llcB 24..!::!.c8 JlcB 25.�g4 WIB 26.'iYh4 wg7 27.tLll1 tt:Jc4 28.b3 tt:Ja5 29.tLlg3+-) 23.tLll3 tt:Jb3 24.l:rc8 llcB 25 ..!::!.11 'iYe7 (25... l:!:c1 26.tt:Je5 .l::!.l1 27.Jl11 'iYc7 28.g4±) 26.g4 fg4 27.�g4 WhB 28.�14± ....] 22... r;t>f8 23.�h4 wg7 24.tt:Jf1 ? ! [24.h3! 15! (24 ... tt:Jc4? 25.tt:Jc4 dc4 26.Jlc4+-) 25.14 (25.tt:Jf3!? tLlb3 26.l:!.c8 llcB 27. .!::!.11 !) 25... .!::!.c 1 26. .l::!.c 1 .!lea 27. .!::!.c8 JlcB 28.tLll1 tt:Jc4 29.b3 tt:Ja5 30.tt:Jg3 (30.�c2 �c6 31 .tt:Jg3 'iYc2 32.tt:Jh5 �h7=) 30 ... tt:Jb3 31 .tLlh5 wiB 32.tLlf6!] 24... tt:Jb3 25.l::!.c8 l:i:c8 26.l:!:d1 l::!.c 1 27.�g4?! [27.J:!:c1 ! tt:Jc1 2B.Jlb1 'iYc6 29.�g3 WIB 30.'iYbB We7 31 .tLlg3t] 27... wf8 28.J:!:c1 tt:Jc1 .,t 29.Jlh7?! [29.Jlb1 'iYc6 30.�d1 a5 31 .Jlc2 (31 .tt:Jg3 Jla6 32.h3 �c4.,t) 31 ... Jla6!.,t; 29.Jlc2 b3 30.Jlb1 �c6.,t; 29.'iYd1 tt:Jd3 30.�d3 a5.,t] 29 ... �c6 30.tt:Jg3 f5

36.WI1 �c1 37.We2 'iYc2=] 31 ... we7 32.h3 tt:Jd3 33.�g7? [33.Jl15! el5 34.tt:JI5 we6 35.g4 'ii'c1 (35 ... tt:Jb2? 36.�d8 'ifd7 37.�18+-) 36.wg2 'i¥b2 37.�e8 Wf6 38.�d8 Wg6=] 33 ... tLlb2 34.Jlg6 �e8? [34...tt:Jd3! 35.�17 (35.'ifl7 WdB!; 35... Wd6? 36..1kl5+-) 35...b3 36.Jlh5 (36.tt:JI5 wdB-+) 36 .. .d6 38.tt:Je8 wc6 39.'ife7+- b3 40.'ifc5?? [40.tt:JI6! Wb6 (40...tt:Jd6 41 .Jle8+-) 42.l\Yb3+-] 41 .'ifb4 Wa7 40... Wd7-+ 41 .tt:Jf6 Wd8 42.'iff8 [42.'iYb4 b2 43.g4 a5 44.'ii'b3 'iYc6 45.gl5 ef5-+] 42 ... Wc7 43.'ife7 Wb8 44.g4 [44.tt:Jd7 wa7 45.'ii'e6 Jlc6 46. .tf5 (46. tt:Jc5 'ife6 47. tt:Je6 tt:Jd6-+) 46 ... .1kd7 47.'ifd7 'iYd7 48.Jld7 tt:Jd6-+] 44... b2 45.'�'b4 a5 46.'iYb3 'ifdB 0-1 Dautov

Study Material 6 ... tt:Jc6

Lobron,Eric HodgsonJulian Wijk aan Zee 1 993 (1 1 )

31 .�g8 [31 .�h4! weB! (31 ...Wg7? 32.'iYe7!! (32.tLlh5 Wh7 33.�16 tt:Je2 34.l1 �c1 35.We2 �c2=) 32 ... Wh7 33.�17 WhB 34.h3! .lkcB 35.tt:Jh5 'iYb7 36.'iYIB Wh7 37.tLll6 wg6 38.tt:Jg8!+-) 32.Jlg8! tt:Jd3 33.'iYI6 �c7 (33... 'iYc1 34.tt:Jf1 'iYc7 35.b3t) 34.b3 tt:Jc1 35.tLlh5 tt:Je2 (35 ... �e7?! 36.�e5!-+)

Vi:lf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 ti:lf6 4.ti:lc3 a6 5.cd5 cd5 6.�g5 ti:lc6 7.e3 (7.�16!?] 7...�g4 8.�e2 �f3 [B ... e6?! 9.ti:le5 �e2 10.'1We2 �e7 1 1 .ti:lc6 bc6 1 2.0-0 ti:ld7 (12 ... 0-0 13.ti:la4;!;) 1 3.�e7 'iie 7 1 4.ti:la4 c5? (14 ... 0-0 15 . .!laca) 1 5.'ii'g 4! 0-0? (15 ...15 16.'i¥14 c4 1 7.b3;!;) 16.dc5 ti:lc5 1 7.'1Wb4 .!lacB 1 8. .!lac1 '1Wb7D 1 9.'ii'b7 ti:lb7 20.ti:lb6± Lobron] 9.�f3 e6 1 0.0-0 �e7 1 1J:!: c1 o-o 1 2.ti:la4 ti:ld7 1 3.�e7 'fie7 1 4.'ii' b3 .!labS 1 5.J:lc2 .!lfc8 1 6 .!lfc1 'ii'd8 1 7.�e2 ti:le7 1 8.'ii' b 4!;t ti:lc6 1 9.'1Wa3 'ii' a5? (19 ... ti:la7!;!; Lobron] 20.b4 W/c7 21 .h3 'ii'd 6 22.'1Wb2 b5? [22 ... g6;t Lobron] 23.ti:lc5 ti:lc5 24. .!lc5 ti:la7 25.�d3 g6 26. .!l1c3 .!lc5 27 . .!lc5 ti:lc8 28.'ii'a3 ti:le7 29.'ii'c3 •

Survey SL 3. 1 J::!: b7 30.'tlfc2 J::!: b6 31 .a3 li'lc6 32.'i¥c3 >t>fa 33.�c2 h5 34.h4 li'le7 35.g3 J::!:c6

de4 13.�e4 l:Ib8 14.l:id1 0-0= Osti­ Velicka, Germany 1 995] 1 1 .�d3 �b7 1 2.0-0 �e7 1 3.a3 li'la5 1 4.Wic2 g6 1 5.e4 0-0 1 6.ed5 ed5 1 7.llfe1 J:Ica 1 a.li'le5 li'lc6 1 9.1/Jc6 J:l.c6 20. 'iVb3 J:[c7 21 .J::!:a d1 'iVd7 22.�e2 llfca 23.h3 J::!:d a 24.�f3 llc4 25.�d5 �d5 26.1/JdS '!Wd5 27.lle7 llc1 2a.'i¥d3 Wic4 29.'iVc4 Y2-Y2

16.�d6 'i¥d6 17.'i¥a4 'i¥b6 1 8.b4 li'lc6= Aseev-Kir. Georgiev, Paris m-3 blitz 1 995; 9.llc1 J:!.c8 10.a3 'i!Vb6 1 1 .1/Je4 ..lie4 12.b4 e6= Bellon-Borges, Santa Clara 2000] 9 'i!Ya5 1 0.0-0 e6 1 1 .�e4 �e4 1 2.1/Je4 de4 1 3.1i'ld2 'i¥d5 1 4.a3 f5 1 5.llc1 b5 1 6.11Jb3 jld6 1 7.1/JcSi 0-0 1 a.li'le6 V.We6 1 9.d5 'ifh6 20.dc6 .>lh2 21 .>t>h2 'ifh4 22.>t>g1 'iVf6 23.c7 J:iaca 24.'iVd5 'iff7 25.J:!.fd1 'ifd5 26J:id5 J:if7 27.l::!.d a l::!.fa 2a.J:!.d6 I:i:f7 •..

Ionov,Sergey Volkov,Sergey 36.e4 de4 37.�e4 J::!: b6 3a.d5 e5 39.'iVc1 >t>g7 40.'i¥c3 f5? [40 ... >t>g8i Lobron] 41..�c2+- Wif6 42.J::!:c7 J::!:d 6 43.f4 .l:td5 44.�b3 'i¥b6 45.>t>f1 1 -0

Varaciuc,Vivian lgnatescu,Radu Tusnad tt 1 993

1 .d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.1i'lc3 li'lf6 4.1/Jf3 a6 5.cd5 cd5 6.�g5 1/Jc6 7.�f6 gf6 a.e3 �f5 [8 ... e6] 9.1/Jh4! �ea?! [9... �g6 1 0.'iVb3 e6] 1 0.�d3 e5 1 1 .�c2 �e6 1 2.0-0 ed4 1 3.ed4 'i¥b6 1 4.1/JfS 0-0-0 15.1/Ja4 'i¥c7 1 6.'iVf3± >t>ba 1 7. .!i:.fd1 li'lb4 1 a.�b3 'iVd7 1 9.1i'le3 >t>a7 20.1i'lc3 h5 21 .h3 �h6 22.a3 �e3 23.ab4 �h6 24.J::!:a5 b6 25J:i:a3 �fa 26 . .!i:.da1 a5 27.J::!:a4 ba 2a.ba5 b5 29.J::!:4a2 l::!:g a 30.>t>h1 b4 31 .1i'la4 Wic7 32.a6 >t>a7 33.J:!.d1 J:l.g5 34.J::!:a a1 J::!:ca 35.Wie3 �d6 36.1/JcS �c5 37.J::!:ac1 'iVe5 3a.dc5 'iVe3 1 -0 39.fe3 l:l:e5

Elista ch-RUS 2001 (5)

1 .d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.1i'lc3 I/Jf6 4.1/Jf3 a6 5.cd5 cd5 6.�g5 I/Je4 7 .�h4 'iVa5 [7 ... h6 B.e3 g5 9.jlg3 li'lg3 1 0.hg3 �g7 1 1 .�d3 li'lc6 12.J:f.c1 e6 1 3.'ilt'e2 Wie7 14.jlb1 jld7 1 5.g4i Svendsen­ Rause, Gausdal 2000] a.I/Jd2 [8.e3! li'lc6 9.'ifb3] a ... li'lc3 [8 ... 1i'ld2 9.'iVd2 �15 1 0.e3 e6 1 1 .�e2 �d6 12.0-0 li'ld7 13.�g3 �g3 14.1g3 0-0 1 5.g4 .lig6 16.h4 h6= Vucic-Prosviriakov, New York 1 990] 9.bc3 li'lc6 1 0. 'i¥b3 e5 1 1 .e3 ed4 1 2.ed4 �d6 1 3.�g3 �g3 1 4.hg3 �f5 1 5.llh5 li'le7 1 6.�e2 0-0 1 7.'i¥b2 Wic7= 1 a.f1 llfea 1 9.g1 Wid7 20.1i'lf1 ..lig6 21 .lle5 f6 22.lle3 lleca 23 ...1if3 llc7 24.g4 .lie4 25 ..1id1 J:!.aca 26.1/Jg3 ha 27.l:Ic1 h6 2a.Wid2 b5 29.a3 �g6 30.�f3 li'lc6 31 .llce1 li'la5 32.J::!:e6 I/Jc4 33.'iVf4 I/Je5 34.J:l1 e5 fe5 35.'iVe5 J:iea 36.J:lea �ea 37.�d5 I:i:c3 3a.li'lf5 �g6 39.tbe7 �ea 40.1/JfS �g6 41 .1i'le7 �ea Y2-Y2 •

Nozicka,V Ambroz,Antonin 6 . .tt:le4

Czech tt 1 997

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Ljubojevic,Ljubomir Shirov,Alexey Monaco rapid 1 998 (4)

1 .d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.1/Jc3 li'lf6 4.1i'lf3 a6 5.cd5 cd5 6.�g5 li'le4 7 .'ilt'b3 li'lg5 a.li'lg5 e6 9.1/Jf3 [9.14!? li'lc6 10.e3 �e7 1 1 .1i'll3 0-0 1 2.�d3] 9 ... 1/Jc6 1 0.e3 b5 [10 ... �d6 1 1 .�d3 �d7 1 2.e4

1 .d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.1i'lf3 li'lf6 4.11Jc3 a6 5.cd5 cd5 6 ..>lg5 li'le4 7 .�h4 li'lc6 a.e3 [8.v.i'b3 li'lc3 9.bc3 'iVa5; 9 ... b5 1 0.a4i; 9 ... 1/Ja5!?] a...�f5 [8 ...Wib6 9.1/Jd2 (9 . .>ld3!? �15 1 0.0-0 e6 1 1 ...1ie4 de4 1 2.1i'ld2;t) 9 ... 1/Jd2 1 0.'iVd2 e6 1 1 .�e2 �d6 1 2.0-0 0-0 13.lllc1 �d7 1 4.1/Ja4 'lWc7 (Verdikhanov·Sanduleac, Kherson 1 990) 15 . ..1ig3i] 9 .>ld3! [9.jle2 16 1 0.'iVb3 e6 1 1 .1i'le4 �e4 12.0-o li'la5 1 3.'iVd1 jld6 1 4.1i'ld2 �g6 15.�g3 0-0 •

29.l::!.a6? [29.l::!.dc6] 29 llfc7 30.llc7 J:ic7 31 .I:i:b6 J:ic5 32.b4 l::!. d5 33.llb7 g6 34.>t>h2 h6 35.l::! c7 Ild3 36.l::!. c5 l::!. a3 37.l::!. b5 >t>f7 3a.>t>g3 l::!. a2 39.l::!. ba f6 40.b5 l::!. b2 41 .b6 g5 42.b7 g7 43.f3 h5 44.fe4 fe4 45.llea .l:tb7 46 . .1:te4 >t>f6 47.l::!. c4 .l:tb5 4a.l::!. ca .l:ta5 49.>t>f3 J::!: b5 50.>t>e4 l::!. b4 51 .>t>d5 l::! b5 52.e4 l::! M Y2� •••

Cramling,Pia Hansen,Sune Berg Sweden 1 999 ( 1 )

1 .d4 d5 2.1i'lf3 li'lf6 3.c4 c6 4.1/Jc3 a6 5.cd5 cd5 6.�g5 I/Je4 7.�h4 li'lc3 a.bc3 li'lc6 9.e3 'ti'a5 1 O.'�'b3 .>ld7?! [1 o ... e6 1 1 ..>lg3 �d7 1 2.jld3 l::!c8 13.0-0 li'ld8 14 ..1:tlc1 'ifa3 1 5.'Wd1 J:ic3 16.l::! c3 Wic3 1 7.1i'le5 �d6 1 8.1i'ld7 >t>d7 1 9.�d6 >t>d6 20.l::!.c 1 'ti'a3 21 .l:l:c8!?£ Cramling·Prie, France tt 1 998] 1 1 .�d3 l::!.ca 1 2.0-0 1/Jda 1 3.l::!.fc1 e6 1 4.a4 �d6 1 5.�da >t>da 1 6.'ii' b7± .l:tc3 1 7 .>la6 e7 1 a.�b5 .>lc7 1 9.'it'a6 f6 20.'ii'a5 J:!c1 21 .l:!c1 �as 22.f1 J:ica 23.J::t b 1 l::tba 24.e2 >t>d6 25.1i'ld2 �ea 26.1i'lb3 �da 27.f4 g5 2a.fg5 fg5 29.l::!.f 1 >t>e7 30.1/Jcs .>lc7 31 .1i'ld3 e5 32.1i'le5 �e5 •

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33.de5 '.tte6 34.'.ttd 2 �b7 35Jlf6 '.tte5 36.llb6 d4 37.�a6 l:taa aa.�b7 l:ta7 39.ed4 '.ttd4 1 -0

lskusnikh,Sergey Burmakin,Vladimir Tomsk tt 2001 (3)

1 .d4 d5 2.e4 e6 3.t2lf3 12lf6 4.12le3 a6 5.ed5 ed5 6.�g5 12le4 7.�h4 12lc6 a.e3 '!Wa5 9.'1i'b3 '!Wb4!? 1 0.�e2 [10.�d3!7;!;] 1 0 ... �f5 1 1 .'1Wb4 12lb4 1 2.0-0 e6 1 3.12le4 �e4 1 4.a3 12lc6 1 5.12ld2 �g6 1 6.J:l.fc1 '.tt d7 1 7.b4 �e7 1 a.�g3?! [1 8.�e7! 12le7 1 9.12lb3 b6 20.a4;!;] 1 a ... J:l.hca 1 9.12lb3 b6= 20.h4 a5 21 .h5 �f5 22.�b5 ab4 23.a4?! �d6 24.�h4 J:i.aba+ 25.l::t: c6 J:!.c6 26.l::t: c 1 l:!ca 27.a5 �d3 2a.J:!.c6 J:lc6 29.�d3 l:tc3 30.�b5 .tt ca 31 .�a6 c.tt ba 32.12ld2 0-1

Guliev,Sarhan Emeste,lnguna Berlin 1 993 (5)

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Andreassen,L Royset,Paal Tromso 1 994 (3)

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lonov,Sergey Rustemov,Aiexander Elista ch-RUS 2001 (7)

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Kasparian,Genrikh Alatortsev,Vladimir Moscow ch-SU 1 931

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Bellon,Juan Magem Badals,Jordi Oropesa del Mar tt 1 996 (4)

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Villamayor,Bong Barus,Cerdas Vung Tau zt 2000 (4)

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Konstantinopolsky,Alexander Alatortsev,Vladimir Moscow ch-SU 1 945 (9)

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Xu Jun Giorgadze,Giorgi Ubeda 1 998 (7)

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Kortchnoi,Viktor Movsesian,Sergey Neum tt 2000 (4)

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Ftacnik,Lubomir Movsesian,Sergey Germany Bundesliga 2000/01 (2)

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Ohrid 2001

Atalik,Suat Dautov,Rustem Ohrid Ech 2001 (2)

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Van Wely,Loek Anastasian,Ashot Oh rid Ech 2001 (5)

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Halkias,Stelios Filipenko,Alexander Pardubice 2000 (6)

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Burn,ME Beer,D cr 1 986

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Nemet,Ivan Godena,Michele Forli 1 992 (9)

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Sasikiran,Krishnan Abdulla,Al-Rakib Searborough eh-GB 1 999 (7)

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Survey N/ 13. 12 'Wf1 35.>t>f3 'Wh1 36.1t>f4 'ii' h2 37.'i¥e4 f5 38.'i¥e6 'i¥f2 39.\t>es 0-1 'ii'e3 40.�f5 l:l.c5

Gurevich,Mikhail Liu,Dede Jakarta 1 996 (5)

1 .c4 li:Jf6 2.li:Jc3 e6 3.d4 �b4 4.e3 b6 5.li:Je2 �a6 6.a3 �c3 7.li:lc3 d5 8.b3 0-0 9.�e2 li:Jc6 1 0.a4 li:Ja5 1 1 .�a3 l:l.e8 1 2.0-0 l:l.c8 1 3.li:Jb5 li:Je4 1 4.f3 �b5 1 5.fe4 il.a6 1 6.ed5 ed5 1 7.�g4 l::!. b8 1 8.'i¥f3 li:Jb3 1 9.'i¥f7 1t>h8 20.'i¥h5 h6 21 .h4 li:Ja1 22.'i!'g6 .!l:e3 23.�f5 'il'g8 24.�c1 l::!.e7 25.�h6 gh6 26.'i¥h6 l:l.h7 27.�h7 'i¥h7 28.llf8 l:l.f8 29.'i!'f8 %-%

Shabalov,Alexander Burnett,Ronald Saint Paul 2000 (5)

1 .d4 li:Jf6 2.c4 e6 3.li:Jc3 il.b4 4.e3 b6 5.li:Je2 �a6 6.a3 �c3 7.li:lc3 d5 8.b3 li:Jc6 9.�e2 0-0 1 O.a4 l::!e8 1 1 .0-0 [1 1 .il.b2 dc4 1 2.bc4 li:Ja5 1 3.li:Jb5 c6 1 4.li:Ja3 'i¥e7 1 5.0-0:t Taimanov­ Kuzmin, Soviet Union 1 975] 1 1 ...dc4 12.bc4 li:Ja5 1 3.li:Jb5 c6 1 4.li:Ja3 e5 1 5.�b2 ed4 1 6.ed4 li:Jd5 1 7.l::t e 1 li:Jf4 1 8.�f1 'ii' g5 1 9.'ii'f3 li:le6 20.l::!. e5 'ii'f6 21 .'i!'e3 li:Jc7 22.d5 'i¥d8 23.l::!. d 1 cd5 24.l::!.e8 li:Je8 [24.. 'iVea 25. 'iVg3 li:Je6 26.cd5] 25 ..l:l.d5 'i¥c7 26.l::te5 'i¥c6 27.li:lb5 [.!':. 28.li:la7] 27 ...�b5 28.ab5 'il'c8 29.c5 1 -0 bc5 30.'i!'c3 li:lb7 .

Boersma,Paul Timman,Jan Leeuwarden ch-NL 1 981 ( 1 0)

1 .d4 li:Jf6 2.c4 e6 3.li:Jc3 �b4 4.e3 b6 5.li:Je2 �a6 6.a3 �c3 7.li:lc3 d5 8.b3 0-0 9.�e2 li:Jc6 1 0.a4 'i¥d7 1 1 .0-0 l::!fd8 1 2.�b2 li:Ja5 1 3.li:Jb5 c6 1 4.li:Ja3 'i!'e7 1 5.�c3 l::t ab8 1 6.'i¥c2 dc4 1 7.li:lc4 li:Jc4 1 8.bc4 c5 1 9.a5 b5 20.cb5 il.b5 21 .�b5 l::t b5 22 . .l:l.fb1 l::!. b1 23.l::!. b1 li:Jd5 24.a6 'ii'd 6 25.�a5 l::!.c8 26.'i¥c4 h6 27.llb7 li:Je7 28.g3 cd4 29.'ii'd4 'ii'a6 30 . .!l:e7 'Was 3 1 .l::ta7 :!lc1 32.1t>g2 'i¥b5 33.l::ta8 >t>h7 34.l::t a4

Scherbakov,Ruslan Cioara,Andrei Nestor Decin 1 996 ( 1 )

1 .d4 li:Jf6 2.c4 e6 3.li:Jc3 �b4 4.e3 b6 5.li:Je2 �a6 6.a3 �c3 7.li:lc3 d5 8.b3 0-0 9.a4 'ii'd 7!? 1 0.�e2 li:Jc6 1 1 .0-0 li:Ja5 [1 1 ...dc4!? 1 2.bc4 (1 2.�a3 :!lfd8 1 3.b4 il.b7 1 4.il.c4? li:Jd4!) 12 ... li:Ja5 1 3.li:Jb5 c6 14.li:Ja3 c5 1 5.il.b2:t] 1 2.�a3 l::!fd8 1 3.l::!b 1 c6 1 4.'ii'd 2 'i!'e8 1 5.'i¥a2 l:!.ac8 1 6 ..!l:fd 1 t lt>h8 1 7.h3 >t>g8 1 8.�f1 >t>h8 1 9.il.b4 l::!. b8 20.'i¥a3 [.!':. 21 .il.a5 ba5 22.'i¥c5, a5h2 'i¥e7 37.li:lf6 l::!. g6 38.'iVc3 l::! a2 39.l::!d 2 l::t a4 40.1t>g2? [40.'i¥c5+-l 40 ... 1t>g7 41 .l::t db2 :!lf6 42.ef6 'i¥f6 [.!':. 43... .!l:d7�] 43.'i¥e3 'i¥e7 [43 .. .:!:!a7? 44.d5!] 44.'i¥c3 'Wf6 45.'i¥e3 'i¥e7 46.'i¥e5 lt>h7 47.l::tc2 �g6? [47 ... l::!.a7 48.d5!? (48.g4!? fg4 49.l::tg 1 t) 48 ... cd5 49.l::!.bc1 ±] 48.'iWh8 l::!a 6?! 49.'i¥g8 lt>f6 50.'i¥h8 �g6 5 1 .'ii'g8 >t>f6 52.�g1T li:lb7 53.'Wh8 >t>g6 54.'ii'g8 lt>f6 55 ..l:l.bc1 li:Jd8 56.'ii' h8 lt>g6 57.'i¥g8 lt>f6 58.g4 fg4 59.'i¥g4 'i¥d6 60.'i¥h4 lt>g7 6 1 .l::tc3 >t>h7 62.l::t g3 l::ta7 63.'it'f6 'i!!Yf8 64.>t>h2 1 -0 Scherbakov

Alexandrov,Alexey Akopian,Vladimir New Delhi 2000 (2)

1 .d4 li:Jf6 2.c4 e6 3.li:Jc3 il.b4 4.e3 b6 5.li:Je2 il.a6 6.a3 �c3 7.li:lc3 d5 8.b3 0-0 9.�e2 li:Jc6 1 0.a4 'i¥d7 1 1 .0-0 l::!fd8 1 2.li:Jb5 li:Ja5 1 3.�b2 dc4 1 4.bc4 c6 1 5.li:Ja3 c5 1 6.dc5 'i¥e7 1 7.'iYc2 'li'c5 1 8.l::!.fd1 il.b7

1 9.�f1 'i¥h5 20.f3 'i¥g5 21 .1t>f2 h5 [21 ...'ii' h4 22.g3 (22.1t>g1) 22 ... 'i¥h2 23.il.g2 li:Jg4] 22.li:Jb5 h4 23.lld8 l::!. d8 24 . ..!l:d1 .!l:a8 25.c5 h3 26.g3 bc5 27.�c3 li:Jc4 28.�c4 �f3 29.1t>f3 'ti'g4 30.It>f2 'li'c4 31 .1t>g1 li:Jd5 32.e4 li:Jb6 33.li:Jd6 'ii'a4 34.'ti'e2 'ii'b3 35.l::!. c 1 l::!. d8 36.e5 li:Jd5 37.�e1 l::!. b8 38.il.f2 'ti'a3 39.l:if1 g6 40.li:lf7 .!l:f8 41 .Wie4 li:Je7 42.li:Jg5 'li'b4 43.l:tb1 'ii'd2 44.li:Jh3 1 -0

9.a4

Addison,William Fischer,Robert New York eh-US 1 965 ( 1 )

1 .d4 li:Jf6 2.c4 e 6 3.li:Jc3 il.b4 4.e3 b6 5.li:Je2 il.a6 6.a3 il.c3 7.li:lc3 d5 8.b3 0-0 9.a4 li:Jc6 1 o.�b2 dc4 1 1 .bc4 li:Ja5 1 2.li:Jb5 c6 1 3.li:Ja3 'ti'e7 1 4.Wic2 c5 1 5.�e2 cd4 1 6.ed4 .l:l.fc8 1 7.0-0

17 ... l::!c6 1 8.�f3 li:Jd5 1 9.�d5 ed5 20.J:!.fe1 'tiffS 21 .'ti'f5 dc4 22.d5 l:!g6 23.li:Jc2 li:Jb3 24.jj,a3 'li'd8 25.�e7 'ii'c8 26.'ti'c8 �c8 27.l::!. a3 �d7 28.li:Je3 li:Jd4 29 . .l:l.d1 li:Jf5 30.li:Jf5 �f5 31 .d6 jj,d7 32.l::!.c 1 l::t g4 33.f3 l::!.d 4 34.1t>f2 :C:c8 35.l:l.ac3 f6 36.>t>e3 J:!.h4 37.g3 l:!h2 38.l::!. c4 l::!.c4 39.J:!c4 ltJf7 40.J:!.c7 �e6 41 . .t:i:a7 J:ib2 42.f4 l:!b3 43.1t>f2 f5 44.g4 g6 45.gf5 gf5 46.a5 b5 47.a6 l:!b4 48.1t>g3 .l:l.a4 49.il.f8 h5 50.�e7 �c6 51 .�f8 h4 52.1tJh3 �d7 53.�h6 >t>d6 54.�h4 jj,cS 55.ltJg5 il.a6 56.l:l:a8 �c7 57.�g7 b4 58.�e5 >t>d7 59.�f6 %-% 1 87

Botvinnik,Mikhail Smyslov,Vasily Moscow Wch-m 1 957 (13)

1 .c4 it:Jf6 2.1t:Jc3 e6 3.d4 ii.b4 4.e3 b6 5.it:Je2 ii.a6 6.a3 ii.c3 7.1t:Jc3 d5 8.b3 0·0 9.a4 c5 1 O.ii.a3 dc4 1 1 .bc4 lt:Jc6!? 1 2./t:JbS [12.dc5 bc5 13.'ii'd8 J:[ldB 14.ii.c5 lt:Ja5 1 5.1t:Jb5 l:tdcB] 1 2 ... �b7 [12 ... cd4 1 3.�18 'ii'IB 1 4.ed4 l:tdB 1 5.'ii'b 1 lt:Je4 16.ii.d3± Botvinnik; 16.'ii'e4 'iVb4 Bronstein] 1 3.�e2 lt:Je4 1 4.ii.f3

'iYh4 1 9.�e2] 1 8.0-0 'iVf6 1 9.'ii'd 3 J:[fd8 20.d5 lt:Jf7 21 .e4 ed5 22.cd5 �d7 23.�b2 lt:Je5 [23... b5 24.ab5 ab5 25./t:Ja4 lt:Je5 (25 ...'iYd6 26.'ii'c3) 26.'ife2 ba4 27.14+-l 24.'ii'e2 f4 25.1t:Jd1 b5 26./t:Jf2 c4 27.ab5 ab5 28.'ifd2 l:tac8 29.l:tfc1 l:te8 30.�c3 l:tc7 31 .�h1 .!lb7 32.l:ta2 h5 33 ..!lca1 b4 34.�b4 'ifb6 35 ..1tc3 'ife3 36.it:Jd1 'ifd2 37 . .!ld2 lt:Jd3 38.ii.d4 .!leb8 39.1t:Jc3 J:!b3 40.h4 J:t8b7 4Uia8 1 -0 •

Sundararajan,Kidambi Vladimirov,Evgeny Calcutta 2000 ( 1 )

1 .d4 lt:Jf6 2.c4 e6 3.1t:Jc3 ..ltb4 4.e3 b6 5.1t:Je2 �a6 6.a3 ii.c3 7.1t:Jc3 d5 8.b3 0-0 9.a4 c5 1 O ..lta3 dc4 1 1 .bc4 lt:Jc6 1 2./t:JbS 'WeB 1 3.dc5 l:td8 1 4.'ii'c2 bc5 1 5.ii.c5 ..ltb7 1 6 ...1te2 lt:Je5 1 7.ii.d4 lt:Jg6 1 8.0-0 lt:Jh4 1 9.f3 a6 20./t:Jaa lt:Jf5 21.'ifc3 lt:Jd4 22.ed4 lt:Jd5 23.'ifd2 lt:Je7 24.1t:Jc2 'ifc7 25.I:I:fd1 J:td7 26.1t:Je3 •

1 4... /t:JgS?! [14 ... 1t:Ja5] 1 5.�c6! ii.c6 1 6.f3 a6 1 7.1t:Jc3 f5 [17... 1t:JI3? 18.gf3

1 88

I:l:ad8 27.'ifc3 h5 28Jld2 'iff4 Y2-Y2 29.I:I:ad1 'ifg5 30.d5

Alexandrov,Aiexey Vladimirov,Evgeny Istanbul cl 2000 (13)

1 .d4 lt:Jf6 2.c4 e6 3.1t:Jc3 ii.b4 4.e3 b6 5.1t:Je2 ..lta6 6.a3 ii.c3 7.1t:Jc3 d5 8.b3 0·0 9.a4 c5 1 O..b3 dc4 1 1 .bc4 lt:Jc6 1 2./t:JbS 'ifb8 1 3.dc5 I:l:d8 1 4.'ifb1 bc5 1 5.�e2 'ifb6 1 6.0-0 �b7 1 7.I:I:a2 l:tab8 1 8.l:tb2 aS 1 9.e4 lt:Jb4 20.e5 lt:Jd7 21 .f4 'iVc6 22 ...1tf3 'iVa6 23.ii.d1 it:Jf8 24.l:tbf2 lt:Jg6 25.it:Jd6 J:td6 26.ed6 'ifd6 27.�f3 ii.f3 28.l:tf3 lt:Jh4 29.l:th3 'ifd4 30.�h1 lt:Jf5 31 .ii.b2 'ifc4 32.ii.e5 I:l:d8 33.l:tc3 'iVe2 34.l:te1 'ifd2 35.�c7 l:td5 36.'ii'c 1 'ifc1 37.J:[ec1 lt:Jd3 38.l:tb1 h5 39.I:I:b8 �h7 40.l:td8 lt:Jf2 41 .�g1 lt:Je4 42.l:th3 c4 43.l:td5 ed5 44.�a5 d4 45.�b4 c3 46.a5 c2 47.ii.a3 lt:Jc5 48.l:th5 �g6 49.l:tg5 �f6 50.g4 g6 51 .gf5 d3 52.ii.b2 �e7 53.l:tg2 1 -0

Survey N/ 20. 16

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S U RVEY

INTRODUCTION: Rlnl Kuijf MAIN ANALYSIS: lvan Sokolov, Vladimir Kramnik STUDY MATERIAL: Kuijf, Tlmman, Plket, Oskulski

Nimzo-lndian Defence Classical Variation Nl 20.16

Kramnik ' s Success Line 1 .d4 l2lf6 2.c4 e6 3.l2lc3 i.b4 4.'�Yc2 0-0 5.a3 i.c3 6.'�Yc3 b6 7.i.g5 i.b7 8.f3 h6 9.�h4 d5 1 O.e3 l2lbd7 1 1 .cd5 l2ld5 1 2.�d8 l2lc3 1 3.i.h4 l2ld5 1 4.i.f2 B lack has two ways to play in the diagrammed position. Both fea­ tured games witness Black defending with the active 1 4 ... c5. It's a matter of taste, but 14 . . .f5 looks more in line with the blockading intentions of Black's opening sys­ tem. Timman did well with this

move in his match against Lautier, Wijk aan Zee 1 994. After 14 .... c5, 1 5 .e4 is the normal move. Kramnik had one of his many successes with 1 S.jLbS against Adams, Linares 1 999. Later, in his 8th match game against Kramnik, London 2000, Kasparov found 15 ... l:tfd8 1 6.e4 l2lc7 ! for Black, which seems to be fine. White has a slight but pleasant edge. Typical for the modem pro­ fessional: get a position as White in which you cannot lose but maybe

win. Just look at the games of Mikhail Gurevich. Not to be rec­ ommended for us amateurs. Chess would become too dull this way. The first featured game by Ivan Sokolov is very interesting, and to improve for B lack one should have a look at the correspondence game Vujadinovic-Bokar, 1999. In the final position of this game Black was a rook down, but maybe he was not even worse !

N l 20. 1 6 Sokolov,Ivan Hansen,Curt

STATISTICS

Malmo 2001 (4)

1 .d4 l2lf6 2.c4 e6 3.l2lc3 �b4 4.'l!!Yc2 0-0 5.a3 �c3 6."flYc3 b6 7.jLg5 �b7 8.f3 h6 9.�h4 d5 1 0.e3 l2lbd7 [10 .. J�te8; 10 ... c5] 1 1 .cd5 l2ld5 1 2.�d8 l2lc3 1 3.�h4 l2ld5 1 4.i.f2 c5 [1 4 ...15] 1 5.e4 [1 5.�b5 l:lld8 1 6.e4 l2lc7! Kramnik-Kasparov, London m-8 2000] 1 5...l2lf4 [1 5 ... l2le7] 1 6.i.b5 J:i.ad8 [16... l2l16 1 7.l2le2 l2le2 18.�e2 cd4 1 9.i.d4 l2lh5 20.�e3;!::: M. Gurevich­ Van der Wiel, Antwerp 1 993; 1 6... J:i.ld8 1 7.l2le2 l2le2 18.�e2 cd4 1 9.�d4;!::: Brunner-Z. Almasi, Horgen B 1 995] 1 7.l2le2 [17.g3? l2lg6 1 8.J:ld1 15!+; 1 7.i.g3!?] 1 7 ... l2lg2 1 8.�f1 f5 1 89

1 9.d5! [1 9.�g2 le4] 1 9...ed5 [19...1e4 20.de6] 20.ed5 j,d5 [20 .. . f42] 6S ... �f7 66.l:tc8 li:le7 67 . .!lb8 li:ldS 68.J:!.h8 �e7 69.l:i:c8 �f7 70.JieS [70.l:lh8?? li:le7 %-% threefold repetition] 70 ... 1i:le7 71 .J:!.c1 �e6 72.�c7 li:lc8 [72 ... 1i:ld5? 73.l:Ic6]

Lautier,Joel Timman,Jan Wijk aan Zee m 1 994 (8)

Study Material 1 4.. .f5

Lautier,Joel Timman,Jan Wijk aan Zee m 1 994 (6)

1 .d4 li:lf6 2.c4 e6 3.1i:lc3 Jib4 4.'li'c2 0-0 S.a3 Jic3 6.'li'c3 b6 7.�gs �b7 8.f3 h6 9.�h4 dS 1 0.e3 li:lbd7 1 1 .cdS li:ldS 12.Jid8 li:lc3 1 3.Jih4 li:ldS 1 4.�f2 fS 1 S.JibS!? c6 16 ..lia4 bS?! 1 7.Jic2 b4 (17 ... 1i:l7b6 1 8.e4±] 1 8.1i:le2 ba3 1 9.l:Ia3 li:l7b6 20.Jib3 aS 21 .�d2! a4 22.Jia2 �a6 23.J:!.c1 �bS 24.Jig3±/;!;

24 ... �h8 2S.Ii:lf4 li:lf4 26 . .lif4 li:ldS 27.JieS J:!f7 28.J:!.a1 [� 28.Jid6±] 28...�h7 29.b3? [29.Jid6; 29.�b1 ! l:i:fa7 30.Jid6 .6. 31.Jic2, 32.b3] 29 ... l:tfa7 30.Jid6 ab3 31 .�b3 l:i:a3 32.Ila3 l:i:a3 33.Jia3 �g6 34.e4 fe4 3S.fe4 li:lf6 36.�e3 �f7 37.�d1

1 .d4 li:lf6 2.c4 e6 3.1i:lc3 �b4 4.'li'c2 0-0 S.a3 �c3 6.'li'c3 b6 7.JigS �b7 8.f3 h6 9.Jih4 dS 1 O.e3 li:lbd7 1 1 .cdS li:ldS [ 1 1 ... ed5 1 2.Jid3±] 1 2.Jid8 1i:lc3 1 3.Jih4 1i:ldS 1 4.�f2 fS [14 ... c5 1 5.e4 .6. 1 6.dc5;t] 1 S.JibS!?N c6 1 6.�a4 eS [16 ... b5 17.Jic2 li:l7b6 1 8.e4!] 1 7.1i:le2 J:!.ae8 1 8.0-0-0 [1 8.0-0 ed4 1 9.1i:ld4 li:le3 20.l:i:fe1 14 21 .�c6 Jic6 22.1i:lc6 li:le5; 1 8.�d2 l:te7 .6. 19 ... c5] 18 ... e4! 1 9.1i:lc3 [s 19.fe4 le4] 19 ...1i:l7f6 [19 ... ef3 20.1i:ld5 fg2 21 J:lhg1 b5 22.1i:lc7!] 20.l::!: h e1 l::!:c8 [20... �h8; 20 ... l::!:e6] 21 ./iJdS cdS [21 ... 1i:ld5 22.fe4 le4 23.Jig3±d'] 22.�d2 �c6 23.�b3 JibS 24.Ilc1 �c4?! [24 ... a5 25.Jig3 Jic4 26.Jic2 (26.Jia4 b5 .6. 27 ... a4) 26 .. .l::!.c6 27.Jie5 J:!.fc8] 2S.�a4 aS? (25 ... �d3 .6. 26 ... b5 27.�b3 �c4] 26.b3 Jid3 27.Jic6 �c4 28 ..lia4 �d3 29.Jic6 �c4 30.bc4 l:i:c6 31 .cdS Ilc1 32.l::!:c 1 li:ldS 33.Jig3! [s 33.fe4 fe4 34.Jig3] 33 ... l::!:d8 [33 ... el3 34.gf3 14 35.ef4 li:lf4 36.l::!:c6±/+-] 34.JieS hS 3S.h3 �f7 36.l::!.c 6 J:!.d7 37.J:!.c8 li:le7 38.l:'l:c1 li:ldS 39Jlc6 l::!: d8 40.Ilc4 �e7 41 .J:!.c6 �f7 42.�e2 l::!: d7 43.a4 l:i:d8 44. �d2 l:l.d7 4S.J:'l:c8 li:lb4 46.g4 hg4 47.hg4 g6 (.6. 48 ...ef3] 48.fe4 fe4 49.l::!: h 8 li:lc6 SO.Jic7 �g7 S1 .J:'l:c8 li:le7 S2.JieS �f7 S3.l::!:c 1 �e6 [� 53 ... 1i:ld5] S4.J:!.f1 [54.�c7! Salov] S4 ... 1i:ldS SS.l::tf8 J:!.f7 [.6. 56 ... 1:!17] S6.J:!.d8 l:i:d7 (56 ... J:!.f2?? 57.�e1] S7.l::tg8 li:le7 S8 . .!lb8 li:ldS S9.l::!:c8 li:le7 60.J:!.b8 li:ldS 61 .l::tc8 [61 .l::t h 8 �17 (61 ...1i:le7 62.g5!) 62.l:!.h7 �e6 63.l::t h6 �17 64.g5

73.l::!:c4? [73.�g3 li:le7 74 . .lih4 li:ld5 75.J:!.c6 �17 76.�g5 .!lc7 77.J:!.d6 li:lb4 78.J:!.f6 �g7 79.l::!:e6 (79 . .!lb6 .!lc2 80.�d1 J:!.g2 81 .Jif6 Wf7 82.g5 li:ld5) 79 ... J:!.c2 80. �e1 (80. Wd1 l::!:g2 81..!le4 (81.J:!.e7 �18 82.J:!.e4 li:ld5.z) 81 ...1i:ld5>2) 80... l::!:a2 (80... .!lg2?! 81 .l:i:e4; 80 ... 1i:ld3 81 . �11 b5 82.ab5 a4 83.b6 a3±) 81 . .!le4 J:!.a4 82.J:!.e7 �18 83.l::!:e6 li:ld5±] 73 ... l:i:dS!= 74.�c3 bS 7S.abS J:!.bS 76.�as li:le7 77. .!la4 li:ldS 78.�c4 J:!.b2 79.J:!.a3 Ilc2 80.Jic3 li:le3 81 .�b3 llg2 82.J:!.a6 �f7 83.lla7 �e6 [83...�16? 84.d5] 84.l:ta6 �f7 8S.l:ta7 �e6 J.-2-V. Timman

M/94-2-48 YB/32-136

Gurevich,Mikhail Garcia Ilundain,David Linares zt 1 995 (6)

1 .d4 li:lf6 2.c4 e6 3.1i:lc3 .lib4 4:�c2 0-0 S.a3 Jic3 6.'li'c3 b6 7.JigS Jib7 8.f3 h6 9.�h4 dS 1 0.e3 li:lbd7 1 1 .cdS li:ldS 1 2.Jid8 li:lc3 1 3.�h4 li:ldS 14 ..lif2 fS 1 S.JibS c6 1 6.Jia4 J:!.fd8 1 7.1i:le2 cS 1 8.0-0-0 J:!.ac8 1 9.�b1 g6 20.l::!: h e1 cd4 21 .1i:ld4 li:lcS 22.�c2 eS= 1 91

23.ti:le2 .lta6 24.ti:le1 li;Jg7 25 . .ia1 l:ta2 0-1

OskulskiJacek Gorny,Andrzej

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Kasparov,Garry Kramnik,Vladimir Moscow blitz m 1 998 (20)

1 .d4 li:Jf6 2.e4 e6 3.1Zle3 �b4 4.'i!'e2 0-0 5.a3 �e3 6.'tlie3 b6 7 ..ib3 40.1Zld4 ltJa2 41.h4 li:Jb2 42.h5 �d5 43.h6 �gB 44.1Zle6 li:Jd3 45.1i:JI8 a5) 39 ... 1tJb3 40.1Zlg8 li:Jb2 41 .h5 .lta6 42.h6 �d3 43 . .\te5 \i;Ja3 44 . .\tf4 (44.1Zll6 li:Jc4 45 . .\tf4 b5 46.h7 �h7 47.1Zlh7 b4 48.�c1 a2 49.1Zll6 b3) 44 ... b5 45.1Zll6 b4; 45 ... .\tg6 46.g4 b4 47.h7 .lth7 48.1Zlh7 li:Jc4 49.�c1 \ta2 50.g5 li:Jd6 51 .g6 li:;f5

Survey NI 20. 16 52.1/JgS b3 53.12le6 b2 54.i.b2 �b2 55.g7 12lh6 56.14 as 57.15 a4 58.16 a3 59.g8'ii' 12lg8 60.17 a2 61 .1g8'ii' a1 'ii¥ 62. �12] 38. �f2 i.c8 39. h4 12le6 40.1/Jfs �d7 41 .hS �b3 42.�c3 �e8 43.h6 i.g6 44.12ld4 12ld4 4S.i.d4 bS 46.i.a7 �b2 47.�cs .td3 48 ..td6 1 -0 Oskulski

7.�gs �b7 8.f3 h6 9 ..th4 dS 1 0.e3 12lbd7 1 1 .cdS 1/JdS 1 2.�d8 12lc3 1 3.�h4 1/JdS 1 4.�f2 cS 1 S.�bS .!lfd8 1 6.12le2 cd4 1 7.12ld4 a6 1 8.�e2 l:tacs 1 9.l:td1 1/JeS 20.0-0 bS 21 .l:td2 12lc4 22.�c4 bc4 23.l:tc2 aS 24.12le2 fS 2S.I2ld4 l:td6 26.l:tfc1 �a6 27.�g3 l:tb6 28.�f2 a4 29.e4 fe4 30.fe4 l:tt8 31 .12lf3 12lf6 32.J:l.e1 c3 33.J:tc3 l:tb2 34.�g1 llc8 3S.l:tc8

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Kramnik,Vladimir Adams,Michael Linares 1 999 (6)

1 .d4 12lt6 2.c4 e6 3.12lc3 i.b4 4.'ii¥ c2 0-0 S.a3 �c3 6.'ii¥ c3 b6 7.�gS �b7 8.f3 h6 9.�h4 dS 1 O.e3 12lbd7 1 1 .cdS 1/JdS 1 2.�d8 12lc3 1 3.�h4 1/JdS 1 4.�f2 cS 1 S.�bS

1S ... ItJSt6 1 6.12le2 a6 1 7.�a4 cd4 1 8.12ld4 1/JcS 19 ..tc2 eS 20.1/JfS l:tfd8 21 .�h4 12ld3 [?! Kramnik 21 ... e4!?] 22.�e2 12lb2 23.J:i:hb1 12lc4 24.�d3 12ld6 2S.It:lh6 �f8 26.�f6 gf6 27.l:tb6 �c8 28.J:i:c1 �e6 29.l:tcc6 �e7 30.e4 1/JbS 31 .�e3 12la3 32.1/JfS �f8 33.�a6 l:td1 34 ..te2 J:ta1 3S.l:tb2 l:td8 36.h4 12lb1 37.�f2 12ld2 38.l:td6 1 -0

Shipov,Sergey Ionov,Sergey Elista eh-RUS 2001 (9)

1 .d4 12lf6 2.c4 e6 3.12lc3 �b4 4.'ii¥ c2 0-0 S.a3 i.c3 6.'ii'c3 b6

Svane,Henrik Christensen,Bent er 1 991

1 .d4 12lt6 2.c4 e6 3.12lc3 �b4 4.'ii¥c2 0-0 S.a3 �c3 6.'ii'c3 b6 7.�gs �b7 8.f3 h6 9.i.h4 dS 1 0.e3 12lbd7 1 1 .cdS 1/JdS 1 2.�d8 12lc3 1 3.i.h4 1/JdS 1 4.�f2 cS 1 S.e4 12le7 1 6.�bS �c6 1 7. .tc6 12lc6 1 8.12le2 cd4 1 9.12ld4 l:tac8 20.0-0 12ld4 21 ..td4 J:!c2 22.l:tac1 l:tfc8 23.�c3 l:tc1 24.l:tc1 1/JeS 2S.�f1 12ld3 26.lld1 1/JcS 27.�e2 %-%

37.g4 fg4 38.f4 hS 39.�f2 �e4 40.�g3 g6 41 .�h4 �c6 42.�b3 il.f. S 43.�gS 12lb6 44.�b6 �b6 4S ..ia2 %-Y2

Hollis,Adrian Palm,Hans er 1 992

1 .d4 12lf6 2.c4 e6 3.12lc3 gb4 4.'llic2 0-0 S.a3 �c3 6.'llic3 b6 7.il.g . S �b7 8.f3 h6 9..th4 dS 1 0.e3 12lbd7 1 1 .cdS 1/JdS 1 2.�d8 12lc3 1 3,gh4 1/JdS 1 4.�f2 cS 1 S.e4 12lf4 1 6.ge3?! gS 1 7 ..tt4 gf4 1 S.gbs l:tfd8 1 9.�d7 l:td7 20.dcS bcS 21 .12lh3 gas 22.12lf4 J:l:b8 23.b4 cb4 24.ab4 l:tb4+ 2S.�f2 �c4 26.J:!.hd1 l:tb2 27.�g3 J:!d1 28.l:td1 eS 29.1/JdS aS 30.12le7 [30.l:ta1 l:ta2 31.J:l.a2 .ia2 32.12le7 �18 33.12lc6 a4 34.1/Jes a3 35.12ld3 �c4 36.12lb4+] 30 ... �g7 31 .12lc6 a4 32.1/Jes �bS 33.J:l:c1 a3

Gurevich,Mikhail Lutz,Christopher Essen 2001 {4)

1 .d4 12lf6 2.c4 e6 3.12lc3 �b4 4.'ii¥c2 0-0 S.a3 �c3 6.'lli c3 b6 7.�gs �b7 8.f3 h6 9.�h4 dS 1 0.e3 12lbd7 1 1 .cdS 1/JdS 1 2.Ad8 12lc3 1 3.�h4 1/JdS 14 ..tf2 cS 1 S.e4 12le7 1 6.�bS 12lc6 17 .12le2 a6 [17 ... l:tlc8 1 8.0·0 cd4 1 9.12ld4 1/Jcs 20.12lc6 J.2·12 M.Gurevich-Polugaevsky, New York 1 989] 1 8.�d3 J:!.fd8 1 9.0-0-0 cd4 20.12ld4 12ld4 21 .�d4 1/JcS 22.�c2 l:tac8 23.�c3 �c6 24.l:td8 l:td8 2S.lld1 J:!.d1 26.�d1 f6 27 ..td4 �f7 28.�d2 �e7 29.eS fS 30.�e3 aS 31 .�d2 �bS 32.�c3 �d7 33.b4 12la4 34.�d2 ab4 3S.ab4 .ic6 36.�e3 bS

34.12lc4? [34.llc7! �16 35.14oo] 34... l:tb3 3S.I2ld2 l:tb4 36.l:ta1 l:tb2 37.12lb1 a2 38.12lc3 gc4 39.12la2 ga2 40.l:tc1 �f6 41 .l:tcS ges 42.h4 J:!.a2 43.l:thS �g6 44.llcS llb2 4S.�h2 �g7 46.�g3 �d7 47.J:!.c7 �a4 48.l:ta7 �c6 49.l:ta6 llc2 so.�t4 gbs S1 .l:tb6 �t1 S2.g4 1 93

J:!.c3 53.J:!.b2 h5 54.gh5 �c4 55.l::tf2 �b3 56.l::t d 2 wh6 57.l:id8 lt>h5 58.l::t h8 wg6 59J:ig8 lt>h6 60.l::t h8 wg7 61 .J:id8 J:!.c1 62Jld3 �c4 63.J:!.d4 �e6 64.\t>eS l::t h 1 65.f4 J:lh4 66.f5 �b3 67.l::t d 3 �c2 68.J:!:g3 >ilf8 69.:C:e3 we7 70.l:le2 �a4 71 .:C.a2 f6 72.>ild4 �c6 0-1

Gurevich,Mikhail Van der Wiel,John Antwerp 1 993 (8)

1 .d4 li:lf6 2.c4 e6 3.li:lc3 �b4 4.'ifc2 0-0 5.a3 �c3 6.'1Wc3 b6 7.�g5 �b7 8.f3 h6 9.�h4 d5 1 0.e3 li:lbd7 1 1 .cd5 li:ld5 1 2.�d8 li:lc3 1 3.�h4 li:ld5 1 4.�f2 c5 1 5.e4 li:lf4 1 6.�b5 li:lf6 1 7.li:le2 li:le2 1 8.we2 cd4 1 9.�d4 li:lh5 20.�e3 f5 21 .ef5 [21 .e5!? !':. 21 ... 14 22.�d4;t, li:lh5f8 25.l:iac1 J:!:d8 26.J:l.c7 J:!.f7 27.l:idc1 .!:!dd7 28 . .!:!d7 l::t d7 29.a4 lt>f7 30.�b5 l::te7 31 .we3 g5 32.h4 lt>f6 33.hg5 hg5 34.l::! h 1 g4 35.fg4 �g2 36.J:l.g1 ?! [36.g5! wg7 37.l:ih6;t] 36 ... �d5 37.g5 lt>e5 38.�d3 .!:!g7 39.l:ig4 �c6 40.b3 aS 41 .l::t g 1 �ea 42.g6 Y2-Y2 YB/32-137

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Vujadinovic,Milan Bokar,Jason

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1 .d4 li:lf6 2.c4 e6 3.li:lc3 �b4 4.'1Wc2 0-0 5.a3 �c3 6.'1Wc3 b6 7.�g5 �b7 8.f3 h6 9.�h4 d5 1 0.e3 li:lbd7 1 1 .cd5 li:ld5 1 2.�d8 li:lc3 1 3.�h4 li:ld5 1 4.�f2 c5 1 5.e4 li:lf4 1 6.�b5 l:iad8 1 7.li:le2 li:lg2 1 8.\t>f1 f5 1 9.d5 fe4 20.de6 ef3 21 .li:lc3 li:lf6 22.e7 l:id2 23.ef8'1i' lt>f8 24.b3 .!:!.c2 25.li:ld1 li:le4 26.�c4 li:ld2 27.wg1 li:lf4 28.h4 li:lc4 29.bc4 l:i:c4 30.li:le3 l:ie4 31 .:C:d1 li:le2 32.1t>h2 we7 33.l:id3 c4 34.li:lf5 >ilf6 35 ..!:!.d7 �c6 36.li:ld6 J:!:g4 37.li:le8 lt>f5 38.l::t f7 lt>e4 39.l:ie7

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Queen's Indian Defence The Deceptively Slow 4.e3 Ql 3.9

Ree ' s Ring 1 .d4 t/Jf6 2.c4 e6 3.t/Jf3 b6 4.e3 �b7 5.�d3 c5 6.0-0 �e7 7.t/Jc3 cd4 8.ed4 d5 9.cd5 t/Jd5 1 O.t/Je5 0-0 1 1.'li:Vh5 t/Jf6 1 2."ifh4 No Luck During the 1977 Candidates' match between Tigran Petrosian and Vik­ tor Kortchnoi in Il Ciocco, the latter was seconded by Hans Ree. One of the openings they investigated was the Queen's Indian Defence. The line which is the subject of this sur­ vey was not analysed in depth, for Kortchnoi didn't trust the dia­ grammed position for Black. In the following years, Ree, who was awarded the grandmaster title in 1 980, was on the watch-out for opportunities to deploy this varia­ tion as White. His patience was not rewarded. The line showed up only twice, and on both occasions Ree ended up getting the short end of the stick, despite highly favour­ able positions. In Ree-Browne, Wijk aan Zee 1 98 1 , Black played 1 2 ... t/Jc6?, falling for 1 3.�g5, threatening 14.�f6 and 1 5."ifh7 mate. Browne tried to bail out with 1 3 . . . t/Je5 ! 14.�f6 t/Jd3, but ended up in a hopeless position after 1 5.�e7 and 1 6.�f8, i.e. until Ree dropped a rook in time-trouble. A similar fate awaited the Dutch­ man in 1993, when John van der

Wiel didn't fall for the 'obvious trick'. In a hard-fought game Van der Wiel overpressed, giving Ree a chance to win with a nice motif in a pawn endgame. Needless to say, instead of the winning line, White, pressed for time, went for the losing one.

granted to Hans Ree. Ree has not only been one of Holland's best chess players, but he also excelled as a chess journalist and writer. Not an unfamiliar phenomenon, a grandmaster turning from player­ writer into writer-player.

Euwe Ring

New Powers

In 1976 Max Euwe was honoured with a ring for his extraordinary im­ portance to the Dutch chess scene. Every five years the ring should be passed on to someone who stood out m Dutch chess. Hans Bouwmeester, Jan Timman and Hans Bi:ihm were to follow, and in May of this year the ring was

Soon after Ree received the Euwe Ring, he played first board in the semi-final of the Dutch Team Championship. His team, BSG Bussum, faced HSG Hilversum, an insurmountable obstacle for the Bussum club in previous years. After hours of play the score was 4\12-4\12, with only one game still

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under way: Jeroen Piket vs Hans Ree. The story of previous years seemed doomed to be repeated, as Ree was low on time in an end­ game a pawn down. However, de­ fending cunningly he managed to scrape half a point out of it. To de­ cide matters, a rapid tie-break had to be played. This time Ree was White and after decades of wait­ ing, his patience was finally re­ warded. Or was it the Euwe Ring, firmly around his finger?

Aftermath Although Waiter Browne managed to win after 1 2 .. .t>d1 bc6 25.tt:la5 c5 26.b5;t l:tc8 27.>t>c2 J:tc7 28.g4 >t>f8 29.l:td1 g6 30.tt:lc6 �e7 31 .l:ta1 h5? 32.gh5± f5 33.tt:le7 >t>e7 34.�c6 gh5 35.l:th1+- >t>f6 36.l:th5 e4 37.>t>b3 >t>e6 38Jl:h6 >t>es 39.f4 ef3 40.gf3 f4 41 .l:th5 >t>d6 42.ef4 l:tf7 43.l:th6 >t>c7 44.�e4 tt:lc8 45.l:tc6 >t>d7 46.f5 ti:ld6 47.l:tc5 l::te7 48.>t>b4 1 -0

Hodgson,Julian Shaw,John Scarborough ch-GB 2001 (4)

1 .d4 d5 2.�g5 h6 3.�h4 c6 4.ti:lf3 'i!Vb6 5.'iVc1 ti:ld7 6.c4 g5 7.�g3 g4

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Chemin,Alexander Shirov,Alexey Moscow blitz 1 996 (3)

1 .d4 d5 2.�g5 c6 3.tt:lf3 h6 4.�h4 �g4 5.tt:le5 �f5 6.g4 �e4 7.f3 �h7 8.e3 ti:ld7 9.�g3 tt:les 1 0.�e5 e6 1 1 .�d3 �d3 1 2.'ifd3 tt:le7 1 3.ti:ld2 tt:lg6 1 4.�g3 �d6 1 5.f4 'i¥c7 1 6.0-0-0 0-0-0oo 1 7.tt:lf3 tt:le7 1 8.tt:le5 l:thf8 1 9.>t>b1 f6 20.'ti'd2 g5 21 .ti:ld3 tt:lg6 22.h3 f5 23.tt:le5 �es 24.de5 gf4 25.ef4 'ifg7 26.l::t h g1 'ifh7 27.�h2 h5 28.g5 d4 29.'ifb4 'ifd7 30.J:tgf1 'i!Vd5 31 .�g1 c5 32.'ifa5 >t>b8 33.l:td3 'Wg2 34.l:ldd1 'i!fd5 35.l:td3 'ii'g 2 36.l:tc1 b6 37.'iYa4 ti:lf4-+ 38.l:ta3 'Wb7 39.'ilr'c4 ti:ld5 40.l:td3 f4 41 .a4 f3 42.�f2 l:lf5 43.a5 lle5 44.�g3 'i!Vc7 45.ab6 ti:lb6 46.'ifb5 llf8 47.l:!.f1 >t>a8 48.�e5 'ife5 49.l:!.df3 l:!.f5 50.l:!.f5 ef5 51.'ti'c6 >t>b8 52.g6 d3 53.cd3 'ifd4 54.'i!Vb5 c4 55.iff5 cd3 56.'fif4 'ilff4 57 .l:tf4 1 -0

Hodgson,Julian McElligott,Gerry Dundee ch-GB 1 993 ( 1 )

1 .d4 d5 2.�g5 C 6 3.t2Jf3 h6 4.�h4 �f5 5.c4?! [5.e3 ti:ld7 6.�d3 �d3 7.'ilfd3 tt:lg16 8.0-0 e6 9.c4 �e7 1 0.tt:lc3 0-0 1 1 .cd5 ed5 1 2.l::ta b1 a5 1 3.a3 l::te 8= Lobron-Beim, Frankfurt 1 997] 5 ... 'ifaS?! [5 ...dc4! 6.ti:lc3 b5 7.e4 �g4!l@ 8.�e2 g5 9.�g3 �g7 1 O.e5 tt:la6=F] 6.tt:lc3 e6 7.e3 ti:ld7 8.a3 tt:lgf6 9.b4 'ifd8 1 0.�d3 �d3 1 1 .'ii' d 3 dc4?! [1 1 ...�e7 1 2.c5 tt:lh5!= 1 3.�e7 'ii' e7 1 4.0-0 (14.tt:le5?! tt:le5 1 5.de5 'ii' g5 1 6.14 'ti'g2 1 7.0-0-0 ifh3=F) 1 4 . . . e5 1 5.de5 tt:le5 16.'ii'15 ti:lt3 1 7.'i!VI3 ti:lf6=] 1 2.'ilfc4 aS 1 3.0-0 �e7 1 4.b5 0-0? (14 ... tt:lb6 1 5.ifa2 tt:lbd5 1 6.ti:ld5 cd5 1 7.l:tfc1 'ifb6 (17 ... 0-0 1 8.tt:le5 tt:le4 1 9.�e7 'fie? 20.'ii' c2 ti:ld6 21 .'ii' a4 'ii'e 8=) 1 8.a4 0-0 1 9.tt:le5 J:tfc8 20.ti:lg4 ifd8 21 .ti:ll6 �16 22.�16 gf6! (22 .. ."ii' f6 23.l:tc2!±) 23.l:tc5! b6! 24.l:tc6 J:lc6! 25.bc6 l::t c8 26.l:tc1 'i!Yd6 27.'ii' c2 l:tc7 28.e4 de4 29.'ti'e4 15 30.'WI3 >t>f8 3 1 . l:!.c4 'ii' d 5 32.'fi'd5 ed5 33.l:tc3 >t>e7 34.f3 >t>d6 38. >t>t4 l:!.c6=] 1 5.bc6 bc6 1 6.tt:la4;t c5? [16 ... J:tc8 1 7.l:tfd1 'Wc7 1 8.�16 �16 1 9.l::tac1 �e7 20.J:I.c3 c5 21 .e4;t] 1 7.dc5 g5 1 8.�g3 tt:lc5 1 9.l:tfd1 ! 'ife8 ( 1 9 . . . ti:lcd7 20.tt:ld4 'ii'c8 21 .tt:lc6 �c5 22.'ilfb5 l:ta6 23.�c7+-l 20.tt:lc5 ifc6 21 .l:tac1 J:l.ac8 22.�e5 ti:ld5 23.�d4 e5 24.tt:le5 1 -0

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l.d4

Everyman 200 I 1 60 p. £ 14.99 Attacking with l .d4, isn't that a contradiction in terms? Interna­ tional Master Angus Dunnington shows why it is not. Many of the 'I have an answer to all questions' -type-of-books are much more dogmatic in their ap­ proach, and usually offer just one system which is to be used against any defence, be it the King's In­ dian, Queen's Indian or the Dutch. Dunnington has actually suc­ ceeded in presenting different

'main lines' against different black opening systems while still using 'only' 160 pages. At the same time this could also be seen as a disad­ vantage, since at times the sheer amount of information hitting you can be just too much. Each of the eight chapters deals with a different opening in the form of several massively anno­ tated games. Before you reach the conclusion given at the end of the chapter, you will have to struggle your way through masses of lines, sub-lines and sub-sub-lines (no In­ dex of Variations at the end!). This may well suit your taste, how­ ever, and if you are looking for an e4-to-d4 change, you may find this book very helpful. Especially

when 'aggression' calls your name ! Queen's Gambit Accepted ( l .d4 d5 2.c4 dc4) with 3.e4, the Four Pawns Attack ( 1 .d4 t/Jf6 2.c4 g6 3.t/Jc3 Yl.g7 4.e4 d6 5 .f4) against the King's Indian and the Benoni, an early h2-h4 against the Dutch, that's about as sharp as it can get after l .d4! The conclusion is that Dunning­ ton's work is a very nice achieve­ ment, although one has to be aware of the possibility of getting tangled along the way.

Attack ( l .e4 2.d3) - although thankfully Emms only suggests playing it against the French - is one example. The Closed Sicilian is another. In conclusion, both books have their pros and cons. However, the cons appear to be a result of the limited number of pages the authors were alloted while the pros make the purchase worthwhile!

To add a critical note, all of these Everyman opening books contain either an index of complete games or an index of variations. One or the other, but never both ! One wonders why. (Especially those practising their newly acquired lines in blitz games on the Internet would be pleased! ) All in all, however, Classical Nimzo-Indian is a concise work of a classical line by one of the better authors.

Graham Burgess John Emms Attacking with l.e4

Everyman 200 1 160 p. £14.99 It's no surprise that the same pub­ lisher presents two books on at­ tacking in chess, one covering 1 .d4 and one l .e4. Take your pick! It certainly makes the job of the re­ viewer easier. We all 1ove to com­ pare. The grass is always greener So how does attacking with 1 .e4 by Emms compare to attacking with l .d4 by Dunnington? For starters, there are many similari­ ties: the same publisher, the same number of pages and the same price. Now for the differences. The complaint with Dunnington's work is its dizzying amount of sub-lines and the absence of an in­ dex of variations. In this respect one is better served with Emms' book. Each chapter is written in a 'tree style' where all the lines are clearly highlighted and evaluated. No deeply annotated games there­ fore, only references to games. As a result one of the most distinct dif­ ferences between Attacking with J.e4 and Attacking with J.d4 is that Emms puts most, if not all, empha­ sis on the opening phase of the game, whereas Dunnington aims to guide the reader into the middle and endgame as well. Another difference is that Emms' suggested opening systems are definitely more off-beat than Dunnington's; the ubiquitous King's Indian

The Slav

Monographs Bogdan Lalic Classical Nimzo-Indian

Everyman 200 1 160 p. £ 14.99 One of the most common themes in the Nimzo-Indian ( l .d4 t/Jf6 2.c4 e6 3. t/Jc3 Ylb4) is the doubled pawns Black can inflict on White by means of 4 ... Ylc3. A classical counter to this idea is 4.i¥c2. There are few, if any, world cham­ pions that haven't had this position on the board. Is there a better recommendation for an opening system? Bogdan Lalic, a grandmaster and experienced writer, kicks off with sixteen games by the world cham­ pions. The main body of the book consists of eleven chapters, deal­ ing with mostly fashionable lines. Only one game is devoted to the old main line 5 ... ed5, as it has been largely replaced by Romanishin's variations with 5 ... i¥d5. Every chapter contains a number of games and Lalic has chosen to give the reader a kind of historical overview, starting with the classi­ cal examples and ending with re­ cent games played by the experts on the line, the most notable of which are Mikhail Gurevich and Nigel Short. Each chapter ends with a summary of the most crucial lines and positions.

Gambit 200 1 256 p. £ 1 5 .99 Perhaps with the exception of Alexander Morozevich most play­ ers prefer having white to sitting behind the black pieces. How are we to deal with the disadvantage of lagging a move behind? A dare­ devilish Benoni, a double-edged Griinfeld Indian or a sturdy Stone­ wall, perhaps? Forget about all these, says Gra­ ham Burgess, because the Slav has it all! To quote the author himself: "I believe the Slav has something to offer everyone: there are sharp lines just as there are quiet lines, while both open positions and blocked position can easily arise." Not surprisingly, the Slav Defence has been used to solve Black's

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opening problem by almost all the world champions and top players. If you like what you hear, The Slav may very well suit you. Burgess starts with an Introduction ex­ plaining the structure of this 256page book, while he gives the reader a small taste of everything to come, the main line being l .d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3 .li:Jf3 ti:lf6 4.ti:lc3 dc4 5 . a4 �f5 6.ti:le5 e6 7.f3 �b4 8.e4. Not the most tedious of variations, but this doesn't mean that more symmetrically inclined players will find this book a bad buy: the first half covers the more balanced positions arising from, for exam­ ple, the Exchange Variation (3.cd5 cd5) and the Main Line ... a6 Slav (4 ... a6). It should be pointed out that this book does not deal with the Semi-Slav (where Black plays an early ... e6), as this area has re­ cently been covered by Steffen Pedersen in The Botvinnik Semi­ Slav and The Meran System from the same publisher (see Yearbook 55 for our reviews). In conclusion, Graham Burgess has thoroughly dissected one of the most topical openings, which is part of the repertoire of top play­ ers such as Anand, Ivanchuk, Kramnik, Morozevich and Shirov. For those who wish to dig deeper into the Slav Defence, this book is a very worthwile acquisition.

Stefan Kindermann/Ulrich Dirr Franzosisch Winawer

B and 1 : 7.'il!i'g4 0-0 Chessgate 2001 352 p. DM 44.80 In his Batsford classic from 1 975, John Moles dedicated 108 pages to the French Poisoned Pawn. The consequences of 7 ... 0-0 were at­ tributed less than 10 per cent of that. Now Stefan Kindermann and Ulrich Dirr need 352 pages to tell all there is to know about the fash­ ionable line 7.'il!i'g4 0-0. A sign of

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and it is good news to hear that an English version is already in preparation.

Chris Ward Winning with the Sicilian Dragon 2

Batsford 200 1 224 p. £ 15 .99

the times. And while Moles completely fo­ cussed on 8.ti:lf3, the Germans rightly consider 8.�d3 to be the main line, as it is seen in two out of three games with this line. In a survey on page 90 the reader can convince himself that the analysis in this book is of the high­ est quality. But there is more! Special emphasis has been laid on the graphic and visual side of the book. A supporting colour, new fonts and symbols, and photo­ graphs make it a pleasure to the eye. If there is one word to describe Franzosisch Winawer it would be griindlich. You will find painstak­ ing thoroughness in every respect. Finding mistakes or gaps in the coverage proves almost impossi­ ble. Much to my surprise I noticed that the game Oll-Ulibin, Tbilisi 1 989, was missing, arguably the most brilliant encounter ever with the Warsaw Variation. But then I realised that the line they do give ( 1 3.0-0-0) is simply superior to the game continuation 1 3.tt:lh3 ! ? This wonderful production i n the German language sets completely new standards for opening books

Winning with the Dragon ap­ peared in 1994 and was an instant hit. The reason why is plain to see for everyone who reads the book: author Chris Ward conveys the soul of the variation and takes the reader to places he has never seen. Volume 2 is no different in that respect. Without ever becoming simplistic or superficial Ward acts as the ideal guide, who manages to avoid the pitfall of overloading his audience with tons of analyses and variations while still providing a complete repertoire as Black against l .e4. Following in Ward's footsteps is bound to bring you many hours of Dragon pleasure and many passed pawns! There was only one small detail on the cover of the book that puzzled us. What is that white pawn doing on d4?

N�c

ST A T I ST I C S

How to read NIC Statistics

Each NIC survey is accompanied by a statistical evaluation of the line or variation under discussion. All statistical data is extracted from the New In Chess Database, containing more than 800,000 games, with aid of the statistical functions incorporated in the NICBASE database software. The New In Chess Database is com­ piled by careful selection of in­ coming data, by sifting out insignificant or obscure games and tournaments as much as possible. The statistics extracted from the database will therefore present a more reliable picture than those gathered from other, maybe larger,

STATISTICS

but more indiscriminitely com­ piled databases. The data is presented as a graph in­ dicating White's scoring percent­ age in four different cases. The number of games upon which the statistical analysis is based is indicated in the white box inside each bar. Each NIC Statistics item centres around the survey position repre­ sented in the diagram at the top of the page. The first bar shows the score over all games featuring this specific position. Generally the other three

bars represent different (sub )varia­ tions or entire opening systems, but in some cases the score of a particular player (an expert in the field) has been depicted instead. For correct interpretation of the in­ formation it is important to re­ member that even if the player defends the Black side of the sys­ tem, the scoring percentage indi­ cated is still that of White. For instance, if the graph shows a score of 40%, this means that the player in question has a success rate of 60% as Black!

1.d4: Best by test! White's score over the entire NIC Database is 54.8%, as can be seen in the graph below. Of White's two main opening moves, l .d4 scores significantly better than l .e4. The main culprit responsible for this state of affairs is portrayed in the fourth bar.

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N �c All theoretical articles (T), surveys, Forum items (F), and some Sosonko's Corners (C) (only those of which the subject can be assigned a specific Key) published in Yearbook Volumes 7 through 60, as well as theoretical articles published in New in Chess Magazine are listed by updated Keycode (NIC Key 5 . 1 ) , followed b y the number of the Yearbook issue (for the Magazine: year and issue) and the page number.

Sicilian Defence 1 .e4 c5

SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI

1 .4 1 .4 1 .6 1 .6 1 .6 1 .9 1 .9 2.2 2.2 2.5 2.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.7

20 47 21 37 40 45 51 32 37 50 55 47 47 56 36 40 60

8 16 8 8 14 16 20 8 15 22 18 23 28 16 8 17 16

Najdorf Variation 2.1ilf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.1ild4 lilf6 5.1ilc3 a6

SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI 226

4.5 4.5-6 4.6 4.6 5.2 5.2-6 5.2-7 7.3 7.5 8.1 8.1-15

41

16

11 16 47 F 14 23 55 47 F 1 2 28 8 10 18 20 59 58 18 3 0 T 1 76 20 53

G EN ER A L

SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI

39 12 48 T 1 96 52 F 1 4 25 8 9.9 47 F 1 0 9.9 47 34 9.9 18 49 9.9 51 F 1 3 9.9 16 54 9.9 27 55 1 1 .4 23 1 1 .4-1 1 41 20 13 1 1 .5 12 21 1 2.2 40 47 1 2.4 17 11 12.12 23 45 12.15 8 1 2. 1 5- 1 6 35 26 8 12.16 1 3.2-16 45 T 1 70 1 3.5 42 F 1 1 1 3.5 43 F 9 1 3.5 49 F 1 0 1 3.5 50 F 16 1 3.7 30 8 16 30 1 3.7 22 40 1 3.7 1 3.7 41 F 8 44 F 8 1 3.7 1 3.7-1 5 21 T 164 59 28 1 3. 1 0 59 F 1 4 1 3.1 1 13 26 1 3. 1 2 28 50 1 3. 1 2 21 54 13.14 21 60 1 3. 1 5 49 24 1 4. 1 50 36 1 4. 1 18 52 1 4.1 28 1 4. 1 53 1 999-6 72 1 4. 1 19 26 1 4.7 14 28 1 4.7 8 31 1 4.7 44 1 4.7 16 45 28 1 4.7 16 1 4.7 48 50 39 1 4.7 22 52 1 4.7 33 1 4.7 59 39 18 1 4.8 49 F 1 0 1 4.8 23 51 1 4.8 53 1 4.8 32 38 59 1 4.8 27 51 1 4.9 46 16 1 4. 1 0 8 19 1 4. 1 1 8.3 9.2 9.2

IN DEX

Dragon Variation 2.1ilf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.1ild4 lilf6 5.1ilc3 g6

SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI

23 46 1 5.2 1 997-3 80 1 5.2 57 18 1 5.3 8 1 5.7 34 8 1 5. 1 1 -1 2 33 51 F 1 2 1 5. 1 3 32 12 1 6.5 15 21 1 7. 1 48 F 1 0 1 7.2 1 7.2 53 F 1 0 45 T 206 1 7.2-4 21 30 1 7.3 36 15 1 7.4 16 1 7.4 42 21 48 1 7.4 22 57 1 7.5 1 7.5 59 F 1 1 1 9 T 1 40 1 7.6 29 8 1 7.6 52 F 1 0 1 7.6 53 F 1 7.6 9 38 8 1 7.6-9 18 1 7.7 28 13 1 7.7 34 1 7.8 24 54 22 56 1 8.4 57 F 1 0 1 8.4 24 58 1 8.4 26 52 1 8.6 29 1 8.6 60 15 20 1 8.7 24 8 1 8.7 14 25 1 8.7 32 19 1 8.7 1 8.7 37 20 28 37 1 8.7 38 12 18.10 14 35 18.12 12 29 18.15 22 36 18.15 30 36 18.15 21 35 18.16

Scheveningen Variation 2.1ilf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.1ild4 lilf6 5.1ilc3 e6

SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI

1 9.3-6 1 9.8-1 1 1 9.9-1 2 1 9. 1 3 1 9. 1 3-16 1 9. 1 4 1 9. 1 4 1 9. 1 4

35 35 42 23 29 T 1 70 28 23 31 T 1 66 35 30 25 40 43 14

SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI

1 9. 1 4 1 9. 1 4 19.14 1 9. 1 4 19.14 19.14 1 9. 1 6 1 9. 1 6 1 9. 1 6 1 9. 1 6 1 9. 1 6 1 9. 1 6 20.1 20.5 20.5 20.5 20.5 20. 1 3 20. 1 3 20. 1 3 21 .2 21 .3 22.1 22.6 23.5 23.6 23. 1 2 24.8 24.8 24.8 24.8 24.8 24.8 24.8 24. 1 1 24. 1 1 24. 1 1

51 52 53 57 58 58 50 53 54 54 55 57 29 22 22 60

33 33 F 11 28 F 9 30 T 208 F 15 F 11 29 F 12 33 17 8 T 1 54 36 1 985-1 2 74 27 8 40 33 42 F 1 2 22 12 27 13 23 29 37 57 31 42 1 985-8 57 10 T 2 1 0 17 27 19 38 39 23 46 F 1 4 45 50 38 51 26 56 38 40 41 51 35 54

Classical Variation 2.1ilf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.1ild4 lilf6 5.1ilc3 lilc6

SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI

25.1 25.3 25.3 25.6 25.6 25.7 25.7 25.7 25.8 25. 1 0 25. 1 0 26.2 26.2 26.7 26.7 26.7

56 27 40 41 51 26 32 38 53 7 33 41 45 35 43 45

F T

F F

30 22 45 29 45 22 27 28 10 218 14 35 32 40 10 9

SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI

26.7-8 26.7-8 26.8 26.8 26.8 26. 1 2 26. 1 2 26. 1 2 26. 1 2 26. 1 2 26. 1 2 26. 1 3 27.9 27. 1 0 27. 1 0 27. 1 0 27. 1 0 27. 1 0 28.2 28.3 28.3 28.3 28.3 28.4 28.5 28.5 28.5 28.6 29.2 29.2 29.2 29.2 29.3 29.3 29.6 29. 1 1 29. 1 1 30.1 30.3 30.3 30.5 30.7 30.8 30.9

23 9 37 T 206 34 37 42 F 1 0 43 F 1 2 15 18 2 9 T 1 70 38 36 49 51 53 F 1 2 57 F 1 3 41 54 25 30 34 38 37 42 28 48 48 50 54 46 32 33 31 12 39 37 42 42 29 49 27 26 29 30 58 c 1 4 1 993-4 58 12 24 40 32 40 38 41 43 22 44 35 30 18 34 11 19 20 20 45 35 50 53 41 30 16 41 27 31 43 18 39 53 22 16

2. ./i.lc6

SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI

1 998-4 65 31.1 31 .4 28 28 36 27 31 .5 46 32 3 1 .5 40 27 3 1 .7 45 3 1 .7 37 56 3 1 .7 35 22 21 3 1 .8 58 50 3 1 .8 32.1 18 24 37 55 32.1 44 32.1 30 32.1+15 2000-4 66 32.6-1 2 27 T 1 80

SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI

32.9 32. 1 6 33.1 33.2 33.4 33.4 33.4 33.5 33.6 33.6 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.9 33. 1 0 33. 1 0 33. 1 2 33. 1 3 33. 1 4 33. 1 4 34.4 34.4 34.4 34.4 34.4 34.6 34.6-8 34.8

20 25 37 50 21 23 25 22 45 F 9 45 53 33 55 2000-8 80 46 27 48 36 14 23 51 40 45 47 60 41 29 22 34 23 59 42 56 F 1 1 33 20 45 38 26 26 31 T 1 86 40 56 51 53 35 58 48 60 55 37 19 25

Sveshnikov Variation 2.1i.lf3 li.lc6 3.d4 cd4 4.1i.ld4 li.lf6 5.1i.lc3 e5

SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI

35.1 35.5 35.5 37.2 37.8 37.8-1 5 37.9-1 6 37.1 1 37. 1 2 37. 1 6 37. 1 6 37. 1 6 37. 1 6 38.1 38.1 38.1 38.1 38.3 38.3 38.4 38.7 38.8 38.9 38. 1 2 38. 1 2 38. 1 4 38. 1 6

53 24 32 30 34 32 49 36 52 37 50 51 54 18 23 47 51 57 57 24 58 42 31 26 26 35 52

T

F T F

F F

54 23 52 47 31 59 206 42 38 60 16 1 88 9 18 18 50 9 10 42 28 40 46 20 31 37 50 43

Taimanov and Kan Variations 2.1ilf3 li.lc6 3.d4 cd4 4.1i.ld4 li.lc6 and 4...a6

SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI

39.7 39.9 39.9 39. 1 4 39. 1 6 40.1 40.2 40.4 40.4 40.4 40.4 40.6 40.7 40.8 40. 1 5 40. 1 5 40. 1 6 40. 1 6 40.16 40.16 41 .4 41 .4 41 .4 41 .4 41 .6 41 .7 41 . 9 41 . 9 41 .9 4 1 .9 4 1 .9 4 1 .9 41 . 1 5 41 . 1 6 42.1 42.4 42.5 43.1 43.5 43.5

41 53 34 28 1 986-1 90 38 28 43 23 53 58 44 55 67 37 40 62 43 27 1 992-6 94 54 35 43 45 40 56 45 56 47 57 25 24 60 35 62 50 58 44 36 34 34 44 49 45 50 F 8 40 T 1 80 49 34 27 33 46 34 47 F 1 2 50 68 62 53 55 57 55 54 45 27 46 F 1 2 53 67 47 59 18 T 1 48 44 39 49 F 1 3

without 2.1i.lf3

SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI

53 44.2 44.6 60 44.6 60 44. 1 0 51 44. 1 0 52 F 45.2+10 52 45. 1 1 21 45. 1 1 38 45. 1 1 47 F 45. 1 1 1 985-7 46.4 33 22 46.5 38 46.5 39 F 46.5

71 57 64 54 9 47 29 47 13 52 33 33 52 8

SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI

50 F 9 46.5 52 56 46.5 58 F 8 46.5 46.5 1 999-2 76 33 46.8 39 46. 1 1 -1 2 14 T 1 82 46.1 1 -1 2 1 993-4 74 21 35 46. 1 2 14 19 46.13 57 46. 1 5 45 41 48 46. 1 5 31 27 47.2 62 57 47.3 43 32 47.7 37 43 47.7 46 F 47.7 8 49 38 47. 1 3 48 36 47. 1 5 42 34 47.16 39 36 47.16 29 28 48.9 48 T 204 48.9 33 T 1 74 48. 1 0 28 25 49.1 49.4 39 42 31 49.5 32 49.8 60 68 50.8-10 57 69

Pirc Defence 1 .e4 d6

72 32 29 34 39 46 PU PU 56 58 PU 22 37 PU 20 T 1 38 PU 39 48 20 30 PU 7.1 55 47 PU 8. 1 1 43 41 PU 9.1 58 54 PU 9.4 52 PU 9.4 59 44 PU 1 0.2- 1 0 48 PU 1 1 .3 59 51 44 PU 1 1 . 1 4 33 PU 1 1 . 1 5 35 17 P U 1 2.2 67 32 46 PU 1 2.5 46 54 PU 1 2.6 30 23 PU 1 2. 1 3- 1 6 1 8 52 48 P U 1 3.5 19 18 PU 1 3.7 50 73 PU 1 3. 1 2 48 56 P U 1 4.2 51 F 1 3 PU 1 4. 2 55 F 10 P U 1 4.2 74 57 PU 1 4. 2 PU PU

3.4 3.7 3.7 5.2 5.2-5 5.13-14 5.14

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PU PU PU PU PU PU

1 4.3 1 6.5 1 6.8 1 6.9 16.15 1 6. 1 5

46 50 76 58 39 42

34 27 53 38 21 49

Modern Defence 1 .e4 g6

KF KF KF KF KF

4.6 4.7 4.15 4.16 8.2 KF 8.8 KF 1 0.4 KF 1 0.8 KF 1 1 .9 KF 1 1 .9 KF 1 1 .9 KF 1 3.7

30 18 20 49 53 52 1 999-4 52 26 29 38 26

58 26 34 47 81 52 83 52 46 39 62 41

French Defence 1 .e4 e6

FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR 228

1 .1 1 .2 1 .4 1 .4 1 .4 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.6 4.1 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.2

50 57 20 26 36 22 50 51 57 60 54 29 20 37 52 20 41 33 33 42 42 43 53 56 60 24 31 57 57 23 27 39 19 26

T 1 88 77 39 50 53 42 80 F 10 81 75 62 43 T 1 63 72 57 42 F 8 50 56 53 T 1 78 F 8 85 64 80 33 38 86 90 22 54 53 T 1 64 56

FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR

5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.4 6.1 6.2 6.2 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.4 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.5 8.2 10.1 1 0.4 1 0.4 1 0.4 1 0.4 1 0.4 1 0.5 1 1 .1 1 1 .1 11.1 1 1 .2 1 1 .3 1 1 .3 1 1 .3 1 1 .3 1 1 .4 1 1 .4 1 1 .4 1 1 .4 1 1 .4 1 1 .4 1 1 .5 1 1 .6 1 1 .6 1 1 .6 1 1 .6 1 1 .9 1 1 .1 1 1 2.3 1 2.3 1 3.3 14.2 1 4.4 1 4.4 1 4.4 1 5.4

61 48 55 50 68 56 58 F 1 0 51 58 68 54 27 57 46 51 47 F 10 62 47 60 F 9 16 T 1 54 49 51 21 45 37 24 25 32 62 52 83 60 42 F 1 2 45 63 47 F 1 1 58 54 44 28 41 59 2001-3 70 33 60 50 43 55 55 72 56 57 F 9 26 23 51 34 46 F 1 0 55 F 14 59 56 8 T 1 58 20 19 62 27 49 29 30 18 26 60 35 66 51 65 53 F 1 4 60 90 85 50 18 34 61 55 57 F 8 1 990-7 69 76 56 58 F 9 49 21 43 31 24 19 22 T 1 62 51 69 83 56 59 58 49 56

FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR

16.1 1 6.3 1 6.6 1 7.2 1 7.2 1 7.2 1 7.5 1 7.6 17.10 17.10 17.10 17.1 1 1 7.1 1 1 8.4 1 9.2 1 9.3 1 9.3 1 9.3 1 9.3 1 9.3 1 9.3 21.1 21 .5 2 1 .6 23.1

17 21 32 25 58 60 53 55 25 27 44 35 59 39 39 11 21 33 46 52 55 53 35 24 24

T 1 56 55 76 35 59 95 90 67 T 218 68 44 T 1 86 62 58 63 T 1 92 58 66 58 T 1 96 F 14 95 71 42 T 1 80

Caro-Kann Defence 1 .e4 c6

CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK

1 .8 1 .1 0 1 .1 2 1 .1 2 1 .1 2 1 .1 2 1 .16 2.2 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.7 3.7-8 3.9 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.5

72 54 75 51 27 72 67 48 50 F 1 7 60 101 1 00 53 31 23 59 67 59 36 69 39 64 41 69 58 94 56 40 25 40 68 52 66 72 55 39 18 35 16 59 42 43 F 1 2 72 59 34 55 18 47 51 80 1 05 53 54 79 60 1 05 43 18 111 60

CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK CK

25 4.8 44 4. 1 1 4.1 2 57 47 4. 1 3 4. 1 5 30 5.1 32 59 5.1 8.1 8T 8.4 34 22 T 8.5 47 8.5 39 8.7 43 8.7 47 8.7 48 F 8.7 58 F 8.7 24 9.6-8 9.6- 1 3 8T 32 9.8 31 9.13 1 0.5 49 60 1 1 .5+7 1 1 .6-7 36 51 1 1 .6-7 1 1 .7 57 32 1 2 . 1 -5 1 99 1 -4 1 2.6 21 12.1 1 12.1 1 38 58 12.1 1

44 48 95 66 64 82 79 1 76 61 1 88 71 72 58 76 9 13 48 1 76 87 49 61 1 17 63 86 99 92 70 63 68 75

Scandinavian Defence 1 .e4 d5

SD SD SD SD SD SD SD SD SD SD SD SD

5.2 6.7 7.4 7.14 7.15 8.4 1 5.3 1 5.5 1 6.5 1 6.7- 1 5 16.10 16.12

44 37 36 32 55 48 20 18 45 45 56 31

52 77 68 98 79 71 48 52 69 75 1 00 53

Alekhine's Defence 1 .e4 1i:lf6

AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL

2.3 5.7-10 7.14 7.14 7.14 7.14 9.6 1 0.3

42 21 31 40 44 F 45 F 44 25

66 67 58 74 14 11 58 50

AL AL AL AL AL

1 0.3 1 0.3 1 1 .1 1 1 3.6 1 4.2-5

45 46 F 19 23 20

82 9 28 37 51

Petroff Defence 1 .e4 e5 2.1ilf3 lilf6

RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG

43 65 2.2 53 24 2.4-6 51 F 1 5 2.5 79 40 2.6 82 2.7 47 81 2.7 48 91 2.7 51 65 26 2.8 35 76 2.8 39 80 2.8 1 990-6 70 2.8 24 58 2.14 1 9 T 1 88 3.1 40 F 1 1 3.1 54 29 3.2 84 54 3.2 1 1 T 1 58 4. 1 -1 0 88 59 4.5+8 22 47 4.7+10 79 27 4.7-10 80 58 4.9 85 55 4.12 49 66 6.4 50 F 1 7 6.4 1 21 32 6.8-9 23 42 6.10 71 6. 1 0 52 51 94 6.12 88 54 6.12

Ruy Lopez 1 .e4 e5 2.1ilf3 ltlc6 3.£.b5

RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL

1 .1 1 .3 1 .3 1 .8 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.2 4. 1 -4 4.4 6.1 6.4 6.6 6.7-8 6. 1 1 7.2 7.2 7.2

56 F 9 31 63 1 999-7 78 1 9 T 201 91 48 49 F 8 50 F 1 5 32 19 26 T 1 62 8 56 F 73 38 52 22 50 F 9 51 28 70 49 19 36 63 24 83 58

RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL

7.3 52 52 7.3 7.4 36 52 F 7.4 7.4 52 7.4 55 7.4 57 29 T 8.3 24 8.4 27 8.6 35 8.1 1 47 8. 1 1 28 8.15 8.1 6 43 45 F 8.16 37 T 9.3 37 1 0.3 39 F 1 0.3 31 1 1 .2 22 1 2.4 42 1 2.5 50 1 2.5 58 1 2.5 17 1 2.6 35 1 2.6 38 1 2.6 45 1 2.6 46 1 2.6 50 1 2.6 1 2.6-10 32 21 1 2.9 18 12.10 49 12.10 1 3.2 37 25 1 3.3 1 3.3 36 48 F 1 4.2-3 21 14.3 14.5 1 989-8 45 1 6.4 1 7.1 47 35 T 1 7.2-8 18 1 7.4 27 1 7.4 50 1 7.4 22 T 1 7.6 1 7.6 45 F 50 F 1 7.6 52 1 7.6 1 7.7-8 21 44 1 7.8-1 1 1 7. 1 0 49 F 1 7. 1 0-1 1 38 51 F 1 7. 1 1 54 F 1 7. 1 1 1 986-5 1 7. 1 1 40 T 1 8.1 31 1 8.3 1 8.3 60 7 T 18.3-6

74 79 73 9 86 91 1 03 1 88 67 83 81 87 56 73 13 1 80 82 8 67 57 73 88 90 55 87 78 85 64 88 1 03 71 56 75 88 55 78 12 74 68 80 93 206 59 89 94 216 9 17 92 78 62 12 83 9 10 76 206 73 121 1 92

RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL RL

34 1 9. 1 1 51 21 .4 21 .5-7 1 987-2 21 .8-14 18 T 33 21.14 43 22.9 57 23.3 28 T 23.5-9 47 23. 1 0 51 23. 1 1 39 24. 1 4 25.5-6 31 26 25. 1 0 59 25. 1 3 25 25. 1 4 28 25. 1 4 19 25. 1 6 18 26.3- 1 5 1 986-5 26.4 16 26.7 26.7 19 26.7 36 60 26.7 41 26. 1 0 26.1 3-1 5 1 986-4 1 986-7 26. 1 3 2001-4 27.3 34 T 27.4 58 27. 1 0 35 27. 1 3 38 27. 1 3 39 F 27. 1 3 59 27. 1 3 28 29.3 42 29.4 20 29.6 29 29.6 47 29.9 30.5 35 59 30.5 16 T 30.6

67 99 92 1 54 72 78 112 1 78 1 00 1 05 84 78 71 93 60

1 .3 1 .4 2.2-5 2.4 2.4 2.7 2.13 2.13 4.5 4.16 5.2 5.5 5.5-7 5.5-1 1 5.7

23 40 1 984-3 26 54 F 29 19 52 59 35 57 48 F 42 57 20

so so so so so so so so

9 96 67 82 56 58 1 05 97 1 02 1 80

so

46 85 56 76 11 63 47 96 1 06 1 03 1 17 11 87 1 24 61

46 F 52 F 36

12 13 90

1 .e4 e5 2.1ilf3 lilc6 3.d4

so

1 .e4 e5 2.1ilf3 ltlc6 3.£.c4

5.7 5.7 5.9-1 1

Scotch Game

61 40 63 78 53 43 85 1 26 70 88 84 85 1 82 95 92 89

Italian Game

IG IG IG IG IG IG IG IG IG IG IG IG IG IG IG

IG IG IG

so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so

96 55 1 .2 42 T 1 90 1 .6 43 T 1 84 1 .6 80 26 2.2 87 48 2.2 101 50 2.5 1 998-5 59 3.1 27 95 3.2 25 64 3.3 1 32 60 3.3 93 54 4.3 19 52 4.3-4 77 41 4.3-4 1 05 50 4.3-4 26 85 4.4 95 45 4.4 1 33 4.4 57 46 F 4.5 9 59 112 4.5 116 4.7 59 26 T 1 86 5.2-16 1 00 5.4 55 63 22 5.6 1 00 5.14 54 52 F 8 5. 1 5 111 53 5.15 72 5 . 1 5-16 34 5. 1 5-16 40 92 1 09 47 6.6-1 1

so 6 . 1 2+ 1 5

58

1 00

King's Pawn Openings 1 .e4 e5

KP KP KP KP KP KP KP KP KP KP KP KP KP KP KP KP KP KP KP

1 999-5 46 45 F 1 3 34 77 44 68 56 23 77 33 91 48 49 F 8 50 F 1 5 1 05 55 34 82 46 F 1 1 69 30 8.9 1 05 8.1 1 -1 2 54 79 49 1 0.2 51 23 1 0.6 4 6 T 1 84 1 0.6 24 72 10.13 2001-1 89 1 1 .2 2.5 2.9 2.9-12 2.9-1 2 3.2-5 3.2-5 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.13 4.4 6.2

229

49 84 1 1 .3 31 85 1 1 .4 1 00 27 KP 1 1 .5 KP 1 1 .8 21 84 KP 1 2.1 58 F 12 1 999-1 71 KP 1 2.1 65 20 KP 1 2.2 42 F 1 3 KP 1 2.3 1 08 55 KP 1 2.3 56 F 1 2 KP 1 2.3 57 F 1 0 KP 1 2.3 57 F 1 1 K P 1 2.3 KP 1 2.3 59 F 8 84 41 KP 1 2.5 51 F 14 KP 1 2.5 56 1 05 KP 1 2.5-6 35 1 08 KP 1 2.8 113 56 KP 1 2.8 1 999-3 55 K P 1 2.8 4 9 T 1 92 KP 1 2 . 1 0 99 45 KP 1 2 . 1 2 32 T 1 80 KP 1 3. 1 KP 1 3.3 41 F 9 KP 1 3.3-16 57 1 39 20 69 KP 1 3.7 94 37 KP 1 4.3 52 F 1 2 KP 14.3 46 73 KP 1 5. 1 0

QO 2 . 1 2

KP KP

vo vo vo vo

VO vo VO vo

VO vo vo vo VO vo vo vo vo vo vo vo vo vo vo vo vo vo vo

1 .e4 e5 2.1i.lc3 VG VG VG VG VG VG VG VG VG

1 .2-3 2.3 2.9 3.6 3.16 4.8 4. 1 5 4.1 5 4.16

53 118 55 F 1 3 1 09 54 19 60 75 30 18 69 43 83 45 F 1 2 69 29

vo vo vo vo vo vo vo vo vo vo VO

King's Gambit

vo

1 .e4 e5 2.f4

VO

KG KG KG KG KG KG KG KG KG KG KG KG KG KG KG

230

81 30 1 .4 96 48 1 .4 57 F 1 3 1 .4 25 70 2.1 1 23 53 2.1 1 989-2 80 2.1 2.1 +4+8 51 T 1 94 75 28 3.6 21 88 4.2 36 95 5.1 38 T 206 5.1 5.1 39 F 1 0 47 F 13 5.1 59 F 10 5.1 1 989-8 80 5.1

Q O 2.12

1 .? vo

vo

Vienna Game

QO 2.12

Various Openings

vo vo vo vo vo vo

50 2.16 50 3.3 43 3.3-5 54 3.5 40 5. 1 5 47 T 7.13 19 7.16 7.16 48 F 2001-5 8.8 49 F 8.1 1 37 1 2 . 1 -6 52 1 2.3 53 1 2.4+6 1 3.2 54 F 54 1 3.2 55 F 1 3.2 28 1 3.3 1 3.5-6 37 25 1 3.9 47 13.12 39 1 4.3 51 F 1 4.3 58 1 4.3 1 998-6 1 4.3 42 1 4.8 34 14.10 46 1 6.1 43 1 6. 1 0 44 F 16.10 46 F 16.10 1 987-3 17.1 24 1 7.2 1 7.2-5 1 998-7 20 1 7.3-4 56 1 7.5 35 1 8.5 41 1 8.7 1 8 . 1 0 2000-1 55 1 9.5 16 T 20. 1 -9 28 21.12 44 T 22.7 22. 1 0- 1 5 25 22. 1 2-1 5 37 22. 1 4- 1 5 57 38 23. 1 1 59 23. 1 1 60 F 23. 1 1

1 76 1 09 89 113 97 200 63 8 86 14 1 00 1 02 1 29 8 116

QO 2 . 1 0 QO 2. 1 1

QO 3.6 QO 3.6 QO 4.10 QO 5.4 QO 7.4 QO 7.5 QO 7.8-10 QO 7. 1 0 QO 8.12 QO 8.15 QO 8.15

74 115 89 15 1 05 83 93 88 80 97 13 10 84 76 55 72 1 17 113 90 63 112 214 85 1 78

QO 1 1 .3

79 110 1 45 93 1 21 9

1 .d4 d5 2.c4 e6

49 50 F 34 60 F

QO 3.6

QO 8.16

Declined

QO 2.8

Q O 3.5

9 81 1 06

Queen's Gambit

QO 2.8

QO 2.12 Q O 2. 1 2

88 14 92 10

QO 1 0.9-15 QO 1 1 .3 QO 1 1 .9+1 1 QO 1 1 . 1 0 QO 1 1 . 1 0 QO 1 1 . 1 3 QO 1 1 .1 4 QO 1 1 . 1 4 QO 1 1 . 1 4 QO 1 2. 1 4 Q O 1 4.6-8 QO 1 4 . 1 0 QO 14.14 QO 15.1 Q O 1 5.7 Q O 1 5.8 QO 1 6.9 QO 1 6.1 1 QO 1 6 . 1 2 QO 16.14 QO 16.14

18 26 46 47 59 54 24 58 60 48 44 46 28 20 55 54 31 47 25 23 18 58 47 32 56 59 21 54 55 26 56 40 44 60 39 30 60 37 11 22 30

T 1 76 90 84 F 8 1 26 121 81 111 1 35 1 02 73 88 93 T 1 88 117 1 25 92 1 22 84 T 1 66 72 119 1 27 1 07 1 22 131 91 131 1 24 95 F 10 1 02 79 1 43 93 90 1 48 115 T 1 82 67 85

Slav Defence 1 .d4 d5 2.c4 c6

SL 1 . 1 SL 1 .3 SL 1 .3 SL 1 .4 SL 1 .7 SL 1 .7 SL 2.1 SL 2.1 SL 2.1 SL 2.6 SL 3.1 SL 3.1 SL 3.1 SL 3.1

27 T 202 1 02 26 118 35 112 32 59 23 1 53 60 74 29 94 30 114 50 53 F 1 2 98 30 97 34 99 42 101 43

SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL

3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3. 1 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.5 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.6 5.7 5.8 6.1 6.1 6.1

SL 6.1 SL 6.1 SL 6.2 SL 6.5 SL SL

6.6 6.6

SL SL SL SL SL

6.6 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.6

SL SL

6.8 6.9

SL SL SL

6. 1 0 6.1 1 6.13

SL 6.14 S L 6.14 SL 7.1 SL SL SL

7.2 7.2 7.2

44 49 53 59 60 10 17 27 59 16 16 52 16 20 26 41 21 31 41 43 46 52 55 60 16 47 49 54 22 26 33 29 57 26 56 24

T T

T T T

F F T

29 34 36 49 26 59 42

85 94 1 34 1 37 1 59 171 1 66 1 04 1 42 1 98 1 98 1 08 1 98 76 1 06 95 95 98 99 1 07 93 13 1 30 11 1 98 1 33 99 1 39 78 1 06 83 80 1 50 1 06 131 85 86 101 99 1 04 111 1 46 1 03

43 46 49 54 59 60 41

1 10 98 1 09

40 2000-3 54 22 40 42 F 46 T 18 55 1 99 1 -4

1 06 68 1 52

1 44 1 51 1 65 1 04

82 114 12 1 94 76 1 34 64

SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL

7.5 7.5 7.5-8 7.7 7.8 7.8 7.8 7.8 7.8 7.8 7.8 7.8 7.8 7.8 8.2-5 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.8 8.8 8.8 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.3 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.7 9.7 9.7 9.8 9.9 9.9 9.9 1 0.3-6 1 0. 1 4 1 1 .5 1 1 .5 1 1 .5 1 1 .6 1 1 .6 1 1 .1 2 1 1 .1 2 1 1 .1 2 1 1 .13 1 1 .16

98 28 33 89 98 39 1 99 1 -4 64 28 1 03 29 91 1 05 31 1 08 34 40 F 1 0 43 F 1 1 44 F 1 1 52 1 13 53 F 1 1 1 71 60 30 T 1 82 22 88 91 24 1 07 39 1 52 54 54 1 63 1 36 56 63 23 57 1 56 99 38 1 16 43 1 62 57 24 96 1 08 48 94 29 39 113 68 23 1 09 41 46 1 04 51 1 09 1 25 58 1 27 58 1 7 T 1 36 79 20 1 05 30 1 39 56 57 1 67 7 T 1 72 7 T 1 83 1 74 60 93 33 19 72 1 09 27 34 115 20 81 117 32 19 68 37 1 20 50 1 19 73 23 1 14 30 22 71 35 1 23 1 54 59 21 T 200 1 09 30

QG 6.14

Tarrasch Defence

Q G 6.14

1 .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.1i:lc3 c5

Q G 7. 1 0

TD TD TD TD

1 .2 1 .2 1.15 2.4

TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD

2.4 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.6 2. 1 2 2.12 2. 1 2

1 02 36 1 985-1 1 49 30 119 114 41 116 48

49 F 50 F 25 29 28 1 984-4 60 18 TD 2. 1 3 36 TD 2. 1 6 TD 4.4 18 29 TD 4. 1 0 54 TD 4.10 1 984-2 TD 4. 1 0 TD 4.1 1 -1 6 1 985-1 TD 4.14 25 59 TD 4. 1 6 59 TD 4 . 1 6 TD 4. 1 6 1 985-3

16 11 89 99 1 09 56 101 84 1 07

QG 7.1 1 QG 9.4 QG 9.4 QG 1 0.3 QG 1 0.3 QG 1 1 .3 QG 1 1 .5 QG 1 1 .5 QG 1 1 .9-13 QG 1 1 . 1 0 QG 1 1 . 1 4 QG 1 1 . 1 4 QG 12.3-6 QG 1 2.4-6 QG 1 3. 1 0

81 1 04

QG 1 3 . 1 0

1 67

QG 1 3 . 1 6

56 77 94 1 59 1 64 44

QG 1 4.1 QG 1 4.1 Q G 1 6.3 QG 1 6 . 1 0

1 18 41 42 F 8 110 42 45 F 8 21 98 44 T 1 88 54 1 70 1 39 55 41 F 1 0 111 45 48 F 9 42 116 58 1 32 51 1 18 56 1 44 25 99 58 1 37 16 79 26 115 1 48 56 32 1 30 41 T 1 80 1 27 35 92 18

Catalan Opening 1 .d4 li:lf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3

Queen's Gambit Accepted 1 .d4 d5 2.c4 dc4 QG 1 .2 QG 1 .3 Q G 3.5 QG 3.5 QG 3.6 QG 3.6 QG 3.6 QG 3. 1 1 QG 3.12 Q G 3.12 Q G 4.3 QG 4.3 QG 4.3 QG 4.3 QG 4.3 QG 4.4 QG 4.4 QG 4.4 QG 4.5 QG 4.5 QG 5.2 QG 5.5 QG 5.6 QG 5.6 QG 5.8 QG 6.6 QG 6.7 QG 6.1 1

44 32 28 57

90 121 115 173 110 119 105 75 1 26 1 46

31 40 45 17 32 53 121 43 46 F 13 49 114 50 F 1 2 171 59 88 18 34 1 20 117 52 101 24 124 34 38 109 44 90 1 05 24 1 78 60 1 25 37 1 04 38 119 49 1 987-5 64

CA 3.1 CA 3.1 CA 3.1 CA 3.1 CA 3.4 CA 3.4 CA 3.5 CA 3.8 CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA

3.10 3.10 3.13 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.8 4. 1 1 5.1 5.1 5.3 5.6 5.7 5.12

27 31 44

114 1 17 95

58 1 45 45 117 45 1 23 25 T 1 94 40 F 1 2 29 110 1 993-6 86 20 87 20 90 18 96 121 48 1 46 55 59 1 77 18 99 1 24 40 36 T 1 82 23 T 1 88 1 36 47 1 79 57

Nimzo-lndian Defence 1 .d4 li:lf6 2.c4 e6 3.1i:lc3 .lil.b4

NI

1 .3

NI NI NI

1 .4-5 1 .4-5 1 .6-1 5

50 31

1 27 1 21

45 36

1 29 1 12

48 50 53 33 58 25 44 35 47 56 35 22 42 38 46 37 43 38 60 36 44 56 54 1 984-0 49 18 26 40 F 30 20 25

1 25 1 27 1 51 1 00 1 53 1 04 101 1 32 1 40 1 55 1 38 95 1 23 1 16 1 09 1 30 1 31 1 22 1 82 118 1 06 1 55 1 75 51 1 23 1 02 1 19 8 1 25 94 1 09

1 993-2 16 23 33 20. 1 3 20. 1 3 45 38 20. 1 4 20. 1 4 53 20. 1 4 55 F 47 20. 1 5 22 20. 1 6 32 20. 1 6 36 20. 1 6 53 20. 1 6 60 20. 1 6 13 T 21 .1 27 21 .6 55 22.4 22.6-7 13 T 21 22.9 37 22. 1 0 22. 1 1 18 22. 1 2 26 22. 1 2 51 F 15 T 23.1 34 23.1 46 23.5 44 F 23.6 23.6 52 F 23.9-1 1 33

96 99 80 1 05

NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI

1 .9-10 1 .1 5 3.1 3.3 3.9 4.1-9 4.7-8 5.9 5. 1 5 9.5 9. 1 2 9. 1 6 1 0.8 1 1 .12 1 2.2 1 2.7 1 3.4 1 3.6 13.12 1 4. 1 1 5 .6 1 5.6 1 6.4 1 6.4 1 6.7 1 6.9 16.10 1 6. 1 3 1 9.5 1 9. 1 0

NI NI NI NI

1 9. 1 0 1 9. 1 0 19.1 1 20. 1 3

NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI

1 34 1 28 1 55 8 1 45 99 1 35 1 27 1 62 1 89 1 78 1 19 1 52 1 78 1 02 1 35 1 06 1 23 12 1 54 1 28 1 14 14 11 110 231

NI NI NI

23.9-1 1 23.9-1 1 23. 1 3

NI NI

24. 1 2 24. 1 3

NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI

24. 1 3 25.3-4 25.6 25. 1 0 26.5 26. 1 2- 1 5 27.4 27.5 27.6 27. 1 0 27.14 27. 1 4 27. 1 4 27. 1 4- 1 6 27. 1 5- 1 6

NI NI NI NI NI

27. 1 6 27. 1 6 30.1 30.1 30.2

38 53 31 39

1 32 1 67 1 27 1 20

13 49 20 26 34 19 9 54 24 28 25 17 19 20 45 58 31 52 19 27

T 1 78 128

58

97 1 29 1 32 81 T 1 96 1 79 110 119 113 89 T 210 T 206 1 40 1 59 1 33 122 85 1 23 1 66

Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql

5.15 5. 1 5 5.16 6.4 7.6-8 7.6-8 7.9 7.10-13 9.1 9.2-3 14.5 1 4.6 1 4.6 1 4.9 14.14 14.14 1 5.2 1 5.2 1 5.4 1 5.6 16.10 1 6. 1 1 1 6. 1 1 1 6. 1 1

39 59 43 33 42 47 49 25 56 34 55 26 33 54 18 58 24 32 28 42 21 24 33 52

1 25 1 86 1 37 1 22 131 1 51 1 37 117 1 60 143 1 56 1 32 1 27 1 83 1 09 1 72 1 14 1 48 1 31 1 39 1 20 1 20 1 30 1 29

Griinfeld-lndian Queen's Indian

Defence

Defence

1 .d4 li:lf6 2.c4 g6 3.1i:lc3

1 .d4 li:lf6 2.c4 e6 3.1i:lf3

d5

b6

Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl

Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql

1 .3 1 .3 1 .3 1 .4 1 .5 1 .5 1 .7 1 .8 1 .8 1.11 1 .1 2 3.9 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4

Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql Ql

4.6 4.12-19 4.16 4.19 5.10 5.10 5.14

232

19 76 1 38 36 1 30 40 22 1 03 12 T 1 58 140 32 1 31 30 23 84 41 1 22 19 88 21 1 07 1 95 60 1 33 49 21 111 28 1 26 1 29 27 33 1 16 1 31 36 41 1 28 1 30 48 59 181 116 21 8 T 206 1 35 41 1 37 34 110 44 1 33 49 116 29

1.1 1 .2 1 .2 1.10 1.11 1.13 1 . 14 2.2 2.3 2.8-9 2.9 2.12 2. 1 2 2.14 2.14 2.14 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.8 3.8 3.13

1 35 48 52 1 37 54 1 90 18 116 1 37 40 23 T 200 18 1 13 52 1 37 1 49 34 57 27 42

185 1 34 1 44 1 76

58 19 92 1 33 39 43 T 202 1 68 56 57 F 9 1 39 31 39 1 40 51 1 23 45 1 45 51 T 208 1 998-4 65 27 1 40 1 998-8 86 1 35 26 36 1 42 45 F 1 4

Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl

3. 1 3 49 F 10 1 51 3.15 45 97 4.1 19 4.1 89 23 1 24 4.1 24 1 45 4.1 27 1 50 4.1 27 4.1 33 T 208 1 57 4.1 47 29 T 2 1 0 4.3 161 4.3 55 1 80 4.9 58 1 34 4.12 33 4. 1 2-16 1 984-1 52 121 4.14 18 101 4.14 20 4. 1 4 2 1 T 208 4.14 1 41 37 1 22 46 4. 1 4 142 4.14 49 4.14 55 F 1 1 1 65 4.14 55 4.14 1 77 55 1 36 4.15 28 141 4. 1 6 26 1 37 4. 1 6 38 4.16 41 F 1 1 1 43 4.16 43 1 34 4.16 50 4.1 6 1 985- 1 0 50 5.1 1 07 22 1 22 25 5.1 1 42 5.1 48 5.1 59 F 1 5 60 F 5.1 8 1 29 5.4 24 101 5.9 19 1 29 5.9 51 10 T 1 96 6.6 1 50 6.6 49 1 53 7.7 49 7.7 50 F 1 2 1 73 7.7 53 7.7 59 F 1 2 1 42 7.7+12 36 1 24 21 7.15 1 50 32 7. 1 5 7. 1 5 1 988-7 50 1 49 48 8.1 1 41 8.2 28 8.9-14 23 93 112 1 0.2 22 1 90 1 0.2 59 1 0.2 1 987-5 42 98 1 0.3 23 1 34 1 0.3 51 1 40 51 1 0.3 1 0.3-4 10.3-4 1 0.5

9 T 1 70 1 06 20 1 22 29

Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl Gl

1 0. 5 1 0.5-7 1 0.5-7 1 0.7 1 0.9 1 1 .1

46 44 50 41 41 52

1 28 114 1 42 141 1 50 1 43

King's Indian Defence 1 .d4 li:lf6 2.c4 g6 3.1i:lc3

�g7 Kl 1 .2 Kl 1 .2-10 Kl 1 .4 Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl

1 .6-1 0 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 3.1

Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl

3.4 3.9-1 1 4.3-9 4.3-16 4.6 4.6-9 4.10 4.10 4. 1 0 4.16

Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl

5.2 5.2 5. 1 3 5.14 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3-5 7.7 7.8 1 3.6 1 5.3 1 5.3 1 5.3 1 5.3 1 5.4 1 5.4 1 5.7 1 5.7 1 5.7 1 5.8 1 5.8 1 6.5 1 7.4 1 7.4 1 7.4 1 7.4

20 23 47 19

110 1 02 1 63 1 05

15 T 208 38 T 1 80 51 146 53 1 77 27 1 56 33 1 41 26 T 2 1 2 1 15 20 37 1 47 24 1 34 1 90 57 44 1 20 46 1 34 1 997-4 7 1 59 1 97 56 1 76 9 59 F 1 48 52 41 1 55 13 T 1 58 1 27 21 23 110 1 48 26 33 1 45 14 T 1 60 56 1 76 1 49 36 1 27 25 25 1 32 37 1 52 41 161 1 40 46 54 1 95 58 F 1 1 30 1 37 43 1 48 1 46 46 47 1 68 181 53 1 55 32 1 53 34 38 140 48 1 54 2000-5 88

Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl

1 8.1 1 8.3 1 8.5 1 8.7 1 8.8 1 8. 1 0 18.10 1 9.7 20.3 20.3 20.5 20.8 20.1 1 23.9 26.6 26.6 26.6 30.8-1 1 30.8-1 4 30.14 31 .2 31 .7-8 31 .7-9 31 .8 32.5 33. 1 -7 33.4 34.4-5 35.8-9 37.4 40.2 40.5 42.1-5

1 985-6 18 23 19 18

48 1 25 116

35 50 42 19 20 59 29 60 59 19 24 39 36 43 34 52 23 32 59 20

1 43 1 46 1 50 115 119 203 1 27 1 98 209 1 20 1 40 1 44 1 55 1 55 1 59 1 52 121 1 60 216 1 23 1 35 1 63 1 25 115 1 54 1 25 1 19 1 46 1 86

111 1 25

25 27 23 22 42 19 22 28 58 42.2 42.5 1 40 40 1 45 24 43.1 48.3- 1 2 25 T 1 66 18 1 30 48.7 24 151 48.8 28 1 52 48.8 48.12 1 58 48 50.6 35 1 50 1 60 51.1 43 1 57 51 .4-6 28 1 62 52.1 28 52.2 54 201 54.4 25 1 40 55.4 2000-7 73 55.9-1 1 21 T 220 1 47 58.6 38 1 46 59.6 40 38 60.5-6 1 47 62.6-1 1 31 T 1 94 63.7 1 25 44 64.4 22 1 22 64.4 33 1 49 145 65.2 25 1 67 27 66.5 1 56 66.5 49 1 98 57 67.2

Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl Kl

67.6 70.1 70.2 70.5 72.5 72.5 72.6 74.4 74.6 74.6 75.1 75.3 75.8 77.9 77. 1 0 80. 1 6 80. 1 7

1 986-4 58 38 55 34

82 1 90 1 55 1 82 1 65

50 34 36 37 37 44 51 40

1 52 1 71 1 62 1 58 1 64 1 31 151 1 52 1 36

44 21 56 55

1 30 1 82 189

Modern Benonl 1 .d4 1tlf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl

31 32 17 T 44 35 39 T 39 23 7.10 7.1 1 -1 3 34 T 7.12-13 22 7.16 51 52 F 7.16 8.4+ 1 0 60 8.4-1 1 32 T 21 8.8-10 8.12-16 28 T 8.14-16 46 8.15 19 8.16 44 9.1-16 12 T 42 9.6 9. 1 5 20 12.1-10 17 T 12.3- 1 4 18 T 1 8.6 48 1 8.6 59 F 1 8.7 49 F 19.10 50 19.13 1 989-4 21 .2-9 36 30 2 1 .5 22.3-8 29 40 22.7-8 29 23.1 50 23.3 47 23.4 51 23.4 23.4-1 4 1 8 23. 1 0- 1 3 47 3.6 3.8 5.8 6.3 6.5- 1 0 6.10- 1 6 7.3

1 44 1 68 1 90 142 1 56 172 1 50 1 30 1 98 1 27 1 56 12 204 1 98 135 1 94 153 1 28 148 1 92 1 59 1 27 1 90 188 161 13 9 1 56 84 1 67 143 1 38 1 59 145 1 56 1 75 1 60 1 35 1 75

Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl Bl

24. 1 -1 0 24. 1 - 1 0 24.7-8 24.7-8 24. 1 0 27.6 27. 1 3 28.8

24 30 34 44 33 24 31 29

1 60 1 49 1 76 1 54 1 59 1 57 1 49 1 33

Old Indian Defence 1 .d4 ttlf6 2.c4 d6

01

2.5

01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01

2.5 1 2.5 1 4.6-9 1 4.8-9 1 5 . 1 0-1 1 1 6.5 1 6.9 1 6. 1 5-1 9 1 6 . 1 7- 1 8

41 F 1 3 42 F 1 1 1 68 41 39 T 1 98 1 40 21 1 62 49 210 60 1 97 58 29 1 50 1 64 33

52 51 24 T 18 T 29 35 19 55 HD 6.14 HD 8.2 48 22 HD 8.5- 1 5 54 HD 1 1 .2-3 53 HD 1 1 .4 HD 1 1 .5-10 52 2000-6 HD 1 2. 1 42 F HD 1 2.7 50 HD 1 2.9 HD 1 2. 1 1 23 HD 1 2. 1 2 41 HD 1 3. 1 1 -1 4 18

HD HD HD HD HD HD HD

6.3 6.4 6.5-7 6. 1 1 6.12 6.12 6.13-14

1 70 1 65 216 218 161 1 67 1 32 206 1 79 1 31 207 1 89 1 74 80 13 1 60 1 34 1 72 1 39

English Opening 1 .c4

Queen's Pawn Openings 1 .d4 QP QP QP QP QP QP QP QP QP QP QP QP QP QP QP QP QP QP QP QP QP QP QP

1.13 1 .1 6 3.5 3.6 4.1 4.4 4.14 6.7 6.9 6.9 7.8 7.8 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.6 9.2 9.2 9.9 9.13 1 2.8-9

1 58 1 66 151 203 1 65 1 66 1 73 1 56 29 49 1 67 50 F 1 1 1 59 46 1 64 46 39 1 56 1 74 48 42 1 65 57 208 58 F 1 0 59 F 9 1 56 45 52 48 25 57 24 40 36

52 35 60 55

1 65 1 62 215 1 94

Dutch Defence 1 .d4 f5

HD HD HD HD HD HD

3.6 3.7 3. 1 1 5.9 6.1 6.2

14 T 1 88 181 47 1 99 55 1 46 21 1 73 40 38 161

EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO

1 .1 0 1 .10 1 . 1 0-1 1 2.3-7 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 4.2-6 4.8 5.3 5.5 5.7 8.7 8.7 9.2 1 4.7 1 5. 1 1 1 7. 1 20.8 21 .1 1 - 1 6 22.4 22. 1 4 23. 1 3 23. 1 6 24. 1 4 26.6 26.6 26.6 26.7 26.7 27. 1 6 28. 1 0-1 1 28. 1 2 28. 1 2

1 36 8 1 77 1 95 1 43 1 65 1 54 1 69 1 92 161 1 58 214 1 57 1 94 1 65 171 12 1 82 210 1 67 1 72 216 203 1 70 161 25 1 67 28 1 72 35 202 58 1 64 30 41 F 1 3 1 84 48 38 1 68 1 60 44 1 86 56 1 36 22 1 51 21 1 70 51 19 53 F 36 53 18 29 30 33 36 T 39 30 57 25 47 T 50 46 60 F 52 55 43 32 55 53 24

233

EO 32.3 EO 32.4 EO 33.6-9 EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO

234

33.6-9 34.1 36. 1 4 36. 1 4 38. 1 2 38. 1 2 38. 1 5 38. 1 5 38. 1 5 38. 1 5 39.3 39. 1 1 40.4 40.5

45 1 62 23 1 39 1 30 20 21 1 53 51 1 75 56 1 91 56 1 98 1 72 28 1 79 43 1 56 31 49 F 1 5 171 50 219 55 43 1 72 1 63 44 16 1 37 58 206

EO 40.6 EO 40.6 EO 40.6 EO 42.5 EO 42.7 EO 44. 1 0 EO 44. 1 1 EO 44. 1 2 EO 44. 1 3 EO 45.3 EO 45.8 EO 46.5 EO 46.5

49.8 EO 49. 1 3 EO 52.1 EO 52.4 EO

35 1 996-8 1 997-2 24 T 22 21 22 39 52 56 44 27 T 37 23 51 56 30

1 77 64 56 1 98 1 40 1 54 1 45 1 66 1 87 206 1 69 210 1 70 1 43 1 80 212 1 69

211 58 1 59 21 EO 54.6 43 1 79 EO 56.2 46 1 76 EO 56.6-7 1 34 20 EO 56.6-7 31 1 60 EO 57.2 22 1 50 EO 58.4 1 47 23 1 89 EO 58.6 48 EO 59.3 56 218 EO 59.1 1 - 1 3 38 1 74 EO 60. 1 -7 15 T 1 90 EO 63.8 42 1 72 EO 64.2 1 55 26 EO 64.2 49 1 72 EO 64.8 121 17 EO 64.8 1 87 47 EO 52.7

EO 54.4

Reti opening 1 .1iJf3 RE RE RE RE RE RE RE RE RE RE RE RE RE RE

7.4 9T 54 9.4-5 49 9.16 17.1 23 27 1 9.6 20.2 2001-2 20.4 23 20.4 23 20.4 37 53 21.1 21 .4 50 22. 1 1 -1 4 24 58 22. 1 4 49 24. 1 4

1 54 214 1 77 1 51 1 73 63 1 55 1 60 1 74 216 1 82 1 75 216 1 86

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CO D E

ENGLISH

ESPANOL

White stands slightly better

con leve ventaja de las blancas

SY S T E M

DEUTSCH

FRANCAIS

;t

WeiB steht etwas besser

les blancs sont legerement mieux

Black stands slightly better

con leve ventaja de las negras

+

Schwarz steht etwas besser

les noirs sont legerement mieux

White stands better

con ventaja blanca

WeiB steht besser

les blancs sont mieux

Black stands better

con ventaja negra

± +

Schwarz steht besser

les noirs son! mieux

White has a decisive advantage

con gran ventaja de las blancas

+-

WeiB hat entscheidenden Vorteil

les blancs ont un avantage decisif

Black has a decisive advantage

con gran ventaja de las negras

-+

Schwarz hat entscheidenden Vorteil

les noirs ont un avantage decisif

balanced position

y la posici6n esta nivelada

ausgeglichene Position

position equilibree position embrouillee

unclear position

una posici6n incierta

00

unklare Position

compensation for the material

compensaci6n por el material

gg

Kompensation fur das Material

compensation pour le materiel

strong (sufficient)

fuerte (suficiente)

>

stark (ausreichend)

fort (suffisant)

weak (insufficient)

debil (insuficiente)