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    emo T-hY openin CHRIS WARD fr eee Coal IT opening play improve your opening play BEN KesEss Fics plished 2000 by Everyman Publishers ple frmerty Cadogan Books Pe Cloueetr Mamba 1408 Shatsbury ena, London WC3HE SUD printed 0. 2001, 2002 Cyright ©2000 Chie Wd The righ of Chee Ward to be enti an the autor of thie work hasbeen ‘tmrd on aosrdance withthe Capsiehts, Desens and Patnte et 1088 Allsghs roared No prt of th puibtion may be repraduond tore in| ‘ensayo rams in ay fot at by any mean leon. ‘etrntate, maghete pe photompeina ceding o terse bor pees of tho pair British Library Cataloguing-n-Publieation Data ‘Sowtalogue nd for eh bok arable fo the Bits Library sen Disthurod in North America by The Globe Peguat Press, P.O Box 40, 246 Ge Lane Gund, CE 017 0180, Allater sales enquires sould be directed to Everyman Chess, Gloucester Mansions, 1408 Shatsbury Avene, Landan WOSH AD ‘also 7339 7000 ta 0207379 1000 ri: danseverymaruk com Sebi wor everyman scm omy deor Grandina BVERYMAS Cuts SemDES Gormrly Caan Chess) Chie avi: Garey Respro Commencing wir Byron Js "Typeset and ete by Fist Hank Plein, ighion Production by Hk Production Servicen Printed wd tound in Great Britain by The Cromwell ees La, Contents 1. Opening Fundamentals 2. Symmetrical e-pawn Openings 3, Other Defences to 1 e4 1B 4, Symmetrical d-pawn Openings 1H 5, Other Defences to 1 d4 6, Other Openings 87. Solutions to Exercises 124 130 Chapter One Opening Fundamentals 1 The Basic Idea of the Opening About this Book ‘The Basic Idea of the Opening Dinan ‘Wlomo to this bok. in which wll be taking you through the chess openings of today apd ying texan to you wy ie {hat theory is ast, Thowsout this oak you wal nie omen themes rparting the explanation of meet move, and telore we gin in earnest let me ofr some general ner ‘on rgarding the carly tage a game. Tow tht ou ay have ard soe of theve tips efor, but sf a Fm oa ‘nmed, you can never be tld them enh mest Q errrmncecee nent png Fema Ie White were to hav wo mas at the star fhe game thon Ihocould doa lot worse tha to ply Let and 1 sel apace "These pawne ould then advance faster up the Road to ake sures sry rm he opponent’ pies, ‘rights ar the ony pisces hat can jum, sis clear Ut one needs advance a pawn two in ode ole he oer poo ‘at Ifa Whita you can gotone pwn on et and one on 4 ‘hove conte patna equar further pth Dod and theo my knights are severely restricted (ce Dingram 3, TIP: Develop your pieces a qucky as possible. Diagram 4 shim a model frm of development for White, Although much aa in the game it may be poeible wo promote ‘paw int queen, ite fur toy that throughout «cess Seago iis general the pices that do most ofthe ard ‘rene The loss source sriy and you mst be [tae to maximum fle. ‘Wilt wil ontinue to tees thst you shoulda eave sore of our firepower at home watching the TV, is lao lear that {hore iso auch thing apr’ pitee configuration, Where You should deploy yur pices wil rll depen on where Sour opponent deploys hi own pies Ingo Yau One Py 6 NOTE: n genera st east one of ha knights wl be ‘eveloped bore he bishops ate brought ot. NOTE: Some ko the ‘Finchetto espito my suggestion about puting pen inthe ante, ‘many pavers prefer altrsativs approach Indeed one thing You wil most certainly ath fo ths bok that openings fre amatter of tarts Although it see ke an ateactve prospec to dominate the contre of the boar fat dre are Inanyplajers who prefer fo avai the responabity of having toeep everthing under onto n favour of a quster ie. Fer Blac ¢Gancheltoehareteried ty depleving abi o the ‘unre drely in ont of where the knight sar) een Inter fillowe bya counter stra in Ue canes. a oa wile, svhen playing with Whi iis la posse to combine the ewe Wo no start with ou rat exerin, (Vou wil the answers to the eerises in Chapter Seven, but shang) Exercise 1 Does the rule of ight before isops apply with ‘bance? NOTE: Most erong players wily to cate ear, sthovgh ‘here wil be occasions when Ie saisactory not odo 20, you don't ease earty thon ou mut sways be aero of any hecke Diagram 0 Sometimes homer, the king ean find ale haven without the need fr caatling Disgrat 7. "TW: Plana pawn break But note hat this dos no nol pling oom apes “guint the pound ax hard ae you cam! Whats actually means ‘Seine you chou ry o engineer a pawn move Oat wil put presure on your opponents postion. This may then able {outo bring your token ie gene eller. agame ‘Damaging arate pays nptenae our tok ate vail ies anddoserve to lay an im portant role inthe gene, Thor cam be ne arguing the fflueece pve Yeu aig Pay they have in ending, requently nipping around stacking pawns nnd nach ike However, whist it ln that Ub pen Ings ond throu for knights ao bishops, only to of ten the Yoks are let ut in the cold oo one {en dic to intedce com into the ston witoxt pawn brenk ist. Put spl, attompting to bring raks ext infront tf your prvnsisawloverdand when thre ore a any icc tell around, thy are tound tobe vlaerable o enemy psn of loner vale, (scasoaalyin the middlgamne, when the pawns fe ome over withthe 5 ones Diagram 9) ts posable to sng {fake to up ad alng In general ehough he fiestas fo Activating rok sto challenge am enemy pawn with ne of ‘sours. When thet en side-stepping tobe dane, he Lely ‘utcome wl be the eration a one oF two open cr balFopen Dagan aan 19 Arcoc surge cabeerdy —Tairgendtoometreta eats ere the pan break eet hat et sho bl olling Both sides ‘must bin developing thi cre, but he ft ay ealy ol panties for the rske sng thee andes, NOTE: Although one cannot catogorcaly state that bishops ate better than knight, you wil often ind that oer things being equal, more often than ot» bianop wil avod an Lunprovoked swap for a knight. Obviously it depends upon the knight wil frequently be happy to ‘concede ise fora bishop provide tnt making 8 ‘concesson elsewhere. “TP: The cretion in which he fled paws oan glves a good indication as to which side of te boar one should deceato a Ly ea if white eens rans Exercise 2: On which side ofthe board ar bth player ily About this Book ‘ten when teaching junirs wha hae en bemused by the ‘existence af numerous openings Tey o prevent the fmm being tindd by ence. Up ta certain post. provided that you ate avare of base princes and eas, Core 69 ned ‘tart booking upon pages of thor that may take minh of be fa ou af he gam i you tmp toler pare fh, (Gn the cer band, Fo ure that rnny players lice that whl iti the competing that nun, ar mare enjoyable ‘hon you wis In this ook hav ret demonstrate ht hore amare t9 hots openinge chan ur petting your pwns in the eon 4d ‘developing yor puon (although tat nota pcs start. haven sere every singe pombe opening, Bit there a preity eosonble selection. Perhaps nat por {ant whether «variaton fared aller «famous paver or = ‘ouneys capital, bu taking am board some ofthe atures of Inge eu Ones Pay Tings hat have yet to crossbar path, cam only lp improve your understanding of the eu ‘Te naturally flows that as Jou improve you wil eek ot far ‘more deta and erode aration ip texts epee o yout ‘ours opening and fits pala soves yor fer then youre bttr off withthe BCU EOD! and NCOs thie ‘rol My aim her nto provi the reader witha instastive neruton ta varies af maya ta spp te att oa chess game "here are donens of opeings out ther, what are we iting foe Lats goon witht peng Fonte Put your pan in the centre, Develop your pesos ae qui To goners a ast ns of he knights wil be developed before the bishop ae rouse ox, ‘The drton in which he Sd pawn an ies 9 od nd Chapter Two Symmetrical e-pawn Openings Scotch Game Bl Centre Game 1 Ponziani Opening i Ruy Lopez Opening Mi Italian Game i Two Knights Defence Four Knights Game Vienna Game i King’s Gambit i Petroff Defence @ Philidor Defence Syemaalogen ores ln thi chapter we shall conontrate onthe wide range of honing shat can arian arte mes Pattng a pawn in tho contre whore conto some uefa quar (anny and 9) and mesial providing options {eethe queen an bishop. Las blocker! Black ells ni, hun receiving wim beni Scotch Game Developing a knight and altching Blas eb paw, 2.Nob Developing» knight and defending the span Things ae prety straight rar oo! as “The move ntadaces the Sesh Opening a ond place tart the entre and lchough th paws» if cxpetancy ent Tooking to grt, already White hos mde hie par break moo Yaw Open Poy xe respons, Blok pawn wat under attack tie and fhe chore to font, Wht alka the eption of svancing hin pawn fo gin sor aon ad sale te Knee Note tha b+? woud achive very ltl fr Black ar 4 ‘lllnorder to solve hth the atack on bishop and the pa Black would hon hve to eres isha tod. On that square woud butract the dane whi ta tarn would bso the ebro which in un wuld rac thew rook. A most underrableknaleon eet ‘Ti: tis aways wise to Keop an eye out for checks because sometimes there might bea ery good one on offer. However, ‘ats net to say you shouls give one at every opportunity! A posible altcenative hoe fr White the rather odooking Ted tee Diageam ‘The mores known ao the Soteh Gambit, and thei is hat after dee} 3 Nc in exchange fr hi sarod pawn White hs achivedspedier develapeent WARNING: Beware of accepting gambit - your opponent can {ot bg lean development and this cn be very dangerous, Syme gem Opes [Now lat’ return tothe position after Nut Senay dveoping th ater knight and iting White pawn in the press Exercve 8 Instead would oth wise fr Blak to ende [eights the conte, thus rapping the enemy queen nt the ‘middle and eeching the postion below? owns So 4 NIDie a better move than 4.Nads, with the oni other ‘oie sotinution Ding 4. Be To chat event White woul Ihave te do something about his Knight in the mile ne it “ Imo YeurOpnng ‘woul be undo threat fom two Black pion, Sustestons in ‘ae trading knights on, potcing it wth ed andre treating it with 5 Nis. Ropnng the later tis generally ok dvs to keep moving the sams pisces fen tn the open ‘ngmllogame, bu the blow would ke ntoned here by toe ‘ct tata tmpo Would be gine on Blacks cishop 5 Ne Siriety speaking, we are aw onteing an opening known {he Scotch Four Knights White hast do something about pro tecting his -pewn, but most ost orgs that hie dig ‘ies support Porexample § Ba"? woul interrupt ‘quent wn, thus Bandera piece to Nl ‘The main altcrative bers «8 Nese and then 6 (re: ‘ual unplayable esse hee bight ered ti gues Putin the question ato blak kg. lsat square, (here ts lof wore sa) ion dB but interestingly ually Black prefers to throw in 6. Qc? ft. This pete pat White's hing, with 7 Qe2 being the ony satintctary ey protcet che e-pawn ad break te pin Frankly both qucene lak daft stuck in ont hit Kings an ‘obstructing their own bishops bat Rls ese edn Get in that this tre ie worse fo hin opponent then oe hime St Developing the bishop and at che same tne pinning the white yams oamn Orange ‘igh she ing The upshot of thie in that efcively White ‘ipa ema longer protected and ator than BseS* 7 tract Nee, Black atplythrestns Neel This may em ‘vious to the reader, but tina ery ipertant plat abd one ‘often ooo by unies. By presertng the bishop Black Tra more options “TP: Behope ee excellent at pinning enemy knight (1 kings {queens and sometimes rook). However, hat does nat ne {scarily mean tat they are happy fo exchange themselves or Aho trusted ste. 6x6 Paving th way fr Whites noxt move. White dees not want bring his qoen ot yo with ay the uly Inking 6 Qa and be ot ell justi awn move (6 whan thee tl de ‘lopment tobe geting on with "THe: When there are more important things 0 Be dng (ke completing one's development), one shouldnt fale around ‘with ite pawn moves 6.bres ‘his change Bac’s pawn structure sigaifcany, but the correct cote. To eeapture the ater way would allow sn ut ‘avouenble ade of qonens ae Black would mo ogra to cast Tn addition he would simply have an inferior pawn ‘tructre as there sno easy wa to undeuble bcp. Lanes oppor. er oa my pe vw oping has Often it is tre oay that bishops dn ke jst defending mesa However thee pron not locked snd thus there ie potential fr the bab ang the J-87 dingonal. Bese ‘White is vady toast lands you hve, he beter of you are. fn diagram 7, Blac has three pan ‘sland (pawn groupings) sompared to Whites two. Black clearly has the ni serie: tre a be has an elated spawn Gack sy compan pawns around to Bly t) and doubled epawn. However, dow ted owns are noe always aba thing, Freres unless ‘you have sacked mine pawns ont the Boa) there wl at least ane halFopen Be. Here there nr, with Bac also having tho potent Bah up with a unt cote paw, Sb 9 xd g “TP: The general rule of tht that the fer he pani ‘Acommon mistake here i fo Whit to advance bis pan with 65. The chsquae Isa nce one fr the pan, afer 9. Net ‘White oul ea find tims in bt water, he ha and pawns are potential targets slang with ee Bp, White Unable to defend that with 10 fa Black cum i he exchenge Vth 10.Bese (and oto this ster ged recom why lac ha withbeld fom mapping the Bebop forthe knighton ‘Symmons ven though that woud have meant osng up Whites ‘Guns pawn strgetre) 11 KM N= ead 10 Bas Whites laa minor pice io brousht int play, pinning the ight and thos pouring Bc paw, 10.6 tee vibe ‘inking aout bringing hie major pisces ion the st EL land Rel) He has a wel coordinate potion and anguabiy ‘ery eal vantage Centre Game retes2a4 ‘eking the concep of patting your pawn inte enterather too erly. Asin the Ssh Game this pen wil snatched ot eed 3 Qeat Portonaly {don't hace «goat deal of respect for hi opening, Iba art ho taken few scalp nt tine mst eke seriously, Compared tour lite discus aout contralaed ‘Gren hela ection, would have to say tht White ‘den isnt wel placed hae Degen pernan ® (One ateraatve eto nto gambit ode ste with 8 ant ‘on deh, ow doen 8 Bt xk Be (Diagram 10) tae sour bay? ero mo sce the so-called Danish Onn, in which White af. feeewa merifie tro pawns fora zea in development, One Wwellown anidte to rturn a pawn imines with Bus 6 Buds Nt. xoreae 4: Dove 7 BIT win the ace queen? NOTE: Gambis dont always have o be accoped and ‘omatimes material canbe effectively retuned at ater date ‘Symmaclogen Opn Ne Developing se knight with tempo as the white queen must, Ages An ugloking place o park the quson, tthe ly methat in White's apparent mance tht, having ornate with is quen, he sone step nearer to one cting 5.NM6 6 Nea BOE ‘Black pressuriss the e-pain by pinning one ofits protectors, 7932005000 Res Blac has held ack oo a soutine 47-46 Deca be habourt Arcam of gong in 7-45 in ne gn Hs potion bere oper Teal okay Ponziani Opening Tet e6 2NE Neb ted Although the Pooconi Opening early oun in Grandenaster nen ofc} nwa in an a7 ‘neti epawn vations. Quite simply White wants to end {wih a strong pm ene nnd prepare 2-44 sch ha "2Sudt canbe met by Sal, when i am would be achieved noe ou Ona Py shoul be our thatthe dame of 2 tha it deprives ‘he queen’ night ofits mow alural square; feature which Black sr quick tempo ants This atacs the epano, whi bs no obvious gud volutes fordatence. The athr popula resonss that takes avantage of Whit last move nd. The pint eat ater fend ‘Qu, the back queen would beim ua pasion det Ned ‘ot ing onthe ment, ico must persevere a moves ike 4 Qe 4 ae tow snd do nt fin nth hs plan, suexdd Somtimee snding a hnight out on ib an brs, but ac tually here thor aro no reel problems wth te crn {Naot 5B Ne? 6 Nae Nes 565 Diagram 14) ‘This theme is worth rmembering. White wast about tele rate getting hides contre with Sd oly to wee one of the paens drop with Nye Oath fac of seems that ‘White hes ined the upper and because ner the attacked ‘ack hight moves, White mil regu hie pawn snd ave a Than pain chain ia the centre Hoover, bth Net nd Src Cranes 45 and SNS 6 end 6 ar playable fr Black Inthe former ‘ace he wil hn fstold in the entre ad inthe attr he ‘am try fo prove that White ha overextended hima by chi tings the conte at lator Sate Ruy Lopez Opening 10462 NED Neb 9 BOS. ae Ae eB 2 é wie 2 bey 7 Rie a fag a Daa ts ‘reper ha per Sanh aig ‘The move 2 BBS intraaie neo the mot popular openings known t Gradnaster cae =the Ruy Lopes or Spanish, ‘Opening White develops the bishop 2 that premarin the pee eu ping Pay g ack knight, which ie urreny guarding the wpa and at ‘he eae ie prepare ena Knee “TIP: When stuck between declsing on which pece to develop, ‘le preference to one on he sie ht you expect to cast. Tesh to not that infact White not aul threatens ing to win a pawn with 4 Be flowed by 8 Nxo5. This ox blaine why the mont poplar ontiguation for Hck ie White now desde ener «bishop for kit tad, ee be intelatng the Eachange Viton. Te key pnt hough i= that after 4 Bact dalek enn meet 3 NewS? with 5-8, {being both ef nde, a thar garantoing Un materiale ‘turned. Not that hi wouldnt be the cae were Whit ‘ey east then White woul have ino the open Dram 16 ‘gerne gunnery ws! ‘Okay 20 Black ot x move somenbore in Dingras 16 lear that 500 after «Buc dae) now threatens to win the pa (Diagram 17) and Black mt do something about WARNING: Beware placing your king infront of your king on anopen te! Wel 5.86 would aorially be a ugly ove nit exponen the ‘ed diagona However, Whites ghtonquaed bishop is no Tonge onthe board a singe that would havo brent place yeni enn ings to prevent Bick fom cating its aooptuble to play 8.8 ope oven though toe bask hight mast Sind vmware elo (Gt being wpe candidate 10 ‘Alternatively Black oa defend che pawn wth Bishop ther divety with 5.6 or sire withthe pinon the Jengh by 8. Anat “Although the Exshunge Veriton ina sto way for Whit to Play fora alight edge, most toppers prafer to proserse the [Sohep simply eteating ito Nt 5 00 And now we are slowly geting nto the nity grit of oe of ‘he aches pening enn Ifyou can get to ee with ‘ie on, then he rst will scm Hee a walks he park ore Bleck ean choos to entar the Open Vetiaton by caper Ing Whitese-pewn, However, although on 5..Neod White ean ‘halleging sc mast be careful not to ond vp losing his leigh by geting pied tos king. natn i ‘a more cutioun an fore covne othe king and prepares ing nating. np Yor opengl xe oRet Finally defending th paw, At fie it may seem a hough trimportant ploy, the tok aa Bren suid a mesial ask, ‘The pint though oat White dosen't wan op the kesght ined cnn thats where he intend placing pew though 6d i ominont playable, White ano hoping Looe ‘py the cones with ddd ine en 6.8 in al probable thas no doubt coed your ‘lack sold be doing hn and fo, hy was White encour ging i Wall although this advance kind fens space for Black, n general White i hoping that suchen expansion wl prove to bea weakens, However, it war oolong eaifatory for Black to just eontinue with he developmen. White wa Whites own e pana was adequately protected WARNING: Goneral principles and such ike ar al very wel, buone must aways pay atonon to dayt-day meters characteristic mowe ofthe ay Laer, Not fo the fs tne tre ene White eager tbl astong pom conte withd2-ds, [Av iehappens though this allows Black tof derived ect ‘he hgh contentious Marshal Gambit with 845 x45 [Ned 10 Nae Nae 11 Ras 12 BAB 1 Rol Qa syrmeele pen Ones or 14, White ea pat up, ut he must deal with tof “my astviy As defending in this mane i ot everybody ‘apa te, there ae anode Ant Afarbal Stems aval tet These include Smmedite lal pawn bros 8 at tu 8 a wl asthe quiet 83 bic certainly doo ule ue Inter plan fe and dd). Bad Black may alan ntrehange thie with 70-0 eto might ot dee the ompeaton ofthe Marshall Gambit ons Ceti liminating fours Bu om Bae’ pons: @ post that could ely place White’ central dominance plas atk ft PT 1gan a 102 1 mS i a a eermae Mans variations spring tom the stove position alhough here trv aeveral underpin themes Wht White wil et hi d2- {push Black woul ater tlstor hie pawn (eg ith Ho nod BS) than efetively rade fr Whites pawn ‘White will nally opt oe his ihe squared bishop out of the ev latches f Blas knights and hi own gues night cten embarks ona Nbd2 fg journey NOTE: You may oscasionally see strong players retreat thele biehops to base, having Hist brought out thelr rook. As bishops ae fongrange ples, hey can ofcourse rest on one side of te board ands ve an uence onthe the pee vu oping ttalian Game Vet e5 2NfH Nos 3 Bet Here we tur to the boginors vous, own asthe Taian ‘Game or Cian Pano, White et straight the pint by de ‘plving hs bsbop onan civ agonal whore homes the teaional weak pn, Hers th thoy doesnt tal ‘al rund te so via 4nd bt eet thie ago “inthe Ruy Lopes, bat yu wil doubt ater se ome finite. Although I'm certainly nt saying tha this pte deployment ‘ould ered puta the Sparah, Backes feng Ube ‘enn of his 5-pawa qt o much here andi perhsps en {ed tobe a tuch more ambition with his bishop. The ethor out continuation 3. NfGix covered nthe net section. ixercne : Afr the more passive 3. BeT dd axdt 505 dacs (Qa lending to Diagrams 22, might Black jut aswell vain? se ‘Agia we ae thi moe, with he prnpet of 2-3 eokine ‘even more tempting in ew of he face hat t Would tack the ‘omy isp. Soa pawn trek is planted, bu there any ‘hing wrong with simple devehpment? Wall t's jae play Symmeticale pen Opes sae np mores, any 4 NeS 6 6 8 NIG Diagram 25. Dagamaz ram 23 Avena Agape ‘Now it would te neligent of meno to mention a popula rick lmongrt anions which ep he sph with © gS ane ‘the event of my 6-00 flow tp with TNS. The ‘weecing of Black's kind paws structure round i ing e potently fatal and both 8 Be ga 92 panning Qa) ero Black wo naive in jue casting ad the danger could Ihave en avoided with 6.-b67 Bh gS. Then afer BES, ‘woul be Whit’ fun deal with the pi afte 8 Bet ee ‘ot daar for act vanes his had pan in hie ‘ead consider long cling st Inter tage ‘hort thon its not nensary to prevent the in altogeter, though gain Thave nase that am ebosion wi thin ‘heme often Toads youngsters othe ine out to prevent the pin withthe monee R23 and ATG Exercise 6 (Diagram 21) What have both side goon shou Finally quick word on bt, the Bvane Gambit Ifthe gambit Isacspted, this allows White to wt in cB with emp end enon 2d quickly tn norove You Opening Pay Sie analysis ‘The mas aguressive respons, dough not nocesuely he best ono. Aquster approach lo J. Ths protects the pawn, nd although pute 424 om ol forthe tine Bing, Whe ertinty wouldn't le ot thn ental push ones Reha. pleted bie development. Aer nay 5-46 60.000 22 wart gat atat cite! ‘engavn een Symtoms thore are sever dens aiabeto in. He may caret ‘op his qucon's knighton the Kinga (in 2 a1) 80 {he fay Lapen an at well the cbioun 43a pawn ee, be nay conde expanding vate queens with move ke E2- Wand a2nd Por Blacks part ho may consider preparing his ‘en penn break with -d-dbor 12. Susendd 6 ext White has bgt sume time fo is tacked ean beau lack tn obliged to moe his bishop. After the mal ler tative 8, writs! coop xmas ight ‘Block cant ato io grovel aroun the dos a afer sy 6..Nes? Tex hin pico wil be uncordinated with Wste having wazongold inthe centre. need mont reply with Gri, tmporuiy gnorng he tack on i lt in vou tf hising the enemy chop. Should White capture this ae x panna ten Back wil have no worries, tee? BBS, be Inn nice home for his right ne whit the compeations fT aT Seed 8 Bg Ru are ine fr Black because ois ead {in develope and fantastic lao pa. “TP: in Open Games, even ithe chooses to rejeet the notion, ‘Black should sway consider meeting et wih 67-5 6.Bbt+ ‘Net giving White time to conoliate hi attentive pn ee: Ineo our png Py xe hae 1 Ne noe natural uti ww oto that i ight ‘i thus ot protecting te pawn. Nevertheless, thi ie Sopslar aration at ub eve nth White ering ore wood. forthe re after 7- Net 8-0, Note that st eral spss ‘fr Back tobe tao greedy eg, 8 Nae bed Bae 10 QR Beal I Buffs KD 125 NoT Ld Nob Bad 14 BES Cheat fing QF mst) 1.05 18 QE BP 16 Bat Bua 17 Bt BAG 1 Ba x6 19 Qf Kes 20 QF mate! Diagram 27) ee aPieiat Gag se a ct 4 A! 2 a. a ee ae Ket take our opponent's plece, but you only eal need ‘0 much extra mater to gurantee vitor. Inston safer continuation 8 Bae? when i White simply recapres (bac) thon Black ca get 25 withthe foreof 1040 ¢n fll next ‘lla 8 Nix (Diagram 28) ‘White ems tohave it made and Blse's net move arte a8! Breaking ap the White central pawn du. 1Wexdé Nxt Whi asafead in development, bt heals has a isoatd ‘ine whic swell Hckaed Syme pen Orne 6 aay eee et PONS vouguengec tae ‘move some focinating complications are encouraged. ck ttecking thee poe and womething worth bverving i that tere 4 Ned (as we have seen tates, ot reall nich help on the otic fon) ca Be met Byatt Nok ‘Tho simple ea that shout Write as tae she knight ‘Neu then the rk 3 guarantees retur. Note Ree fray Qub comes ints pay” On 2 the queen attack he Knight and trough to the bishop ae well 3 he g2-pawn, This alin withthe pn than say 9. Ba love he pice Hack anyway, iit meth im Skins a9 T+ Ker 6 Nae to reach Ue poston Diageam 30” anus [C]_NoveMostpees ahr ite ne tut you sou ‘move one piece twice blore moving others once. ‘Tho abot sugostion beaks tha eas, but certainly tate Black's metl A similar there tone we have cen beftre tmpoe You Ope Pay rine afr another lb players favourite ex the Max tage Attack Now on 30 BS 6 3 or de imediste G8, segubly Black's bee reply ie AT Diagram 3, ction, 4 8 would bo a quieter ap- hse il employed by stone pl. fn who itor the fle in tara of pan bral and eh ‘eal enpansion) lc rather than No Aftor 4 Ng it cual pays fr Black ob aero of ome ‘pening shoot nti xoreae 8 Ae Black, how would yo el wth the threat on £7? Sytem Opa ud 6 ena Now flloms positly the erestnt surprise of al en frankly ite very dial to oupain neva of opening rnp Black should not continue withthe brows 5.NadS? a ho fone prossre on fi to strong Infact aA xa (Nee Ime apne ae 2) 0-0 Bei osng to 8 NSIT KM 9 {Qa Ar ari to potct he twice atarked knight with ‘ke fle ato sewn of 10 Rel. Wort mentioning tno {Tel 8 ol Qa? when White can deliver a crurhing low i you spot 9 NT Wal shen you would have cberved that Buin logs, 9..Qh leaves the dS knight en pose and 9. Kal 10 QU is dovastatingbeuse a sthr 10-Be8 eb Ques 12 Bul or 10,-Kg8 11 Raab Quel 12 Ba SNe Inwend opening theory tll us that Black neds to take saps to remove Waits bap from te curont menoeing digonal [Netra th toethot of Ufeace involves eacicing a pwn ‘and the same canbe eid of speter bizare appease, 5.8, ‘hich sao Beant designed ohare the bishop wa. “TP: Generally knights onthe rim are considered im. How ver, although its tue that they have less options there, lacing one on the edge sof course acceptable there 2 ‘900d reason fort mor You Opeing Py eos Retrating the abo elsewhere would ust oable Black to a recaptae the dpa. Now ss posible for Black to ‘mpl lock the chock with i ship but that leaves hea Terie out inthe col Inston hie wile ne hinges on the following eantnastion 6.06 7 dxe6 bot ‘Black leaves both che and cyan slated, but fees the Dishop to move yet ze ‘The poor co-ordination of White’ piece ie wall Musratd ater {Sth he 8 NPo4 10 Nob QHs when he knight ana bebop Sroforked and 11 Bute Nac 12 aco Ges fee the hehe [P] NOTE Klos end ie open pen, array preferring to have pawns around to look ater them. knight ‘Suck out ons own an Bes lab rather nan a strength, [Now Black uses te fede notre of the white gh obi ‘advantage by incorporating wel moves whit atari NO 04 10 Nes BAG ‘Blac hae god development in xchange fr the pawn, yom vgn Cpenae Four Knights Ga et ob 2 NP Neb 8 Ned NOE Wl, al four ksights are out and you havo probably russe how this opening earned ta name Dagan ogrnte sere {tie worth noting that in the event of 1. natend of NB, White nthe 4 Nee Nie i fork ick available him. We ‘this then in the Rabin Game and orssionally peace {inthis pening oo {at wold ranapone tothe Sots Four Knights, which we Sav carr this tok With he text Wht heating the [Shpnwa afer chopping ofits defender on (note tat unlike inthe Ry Lopes, Black woulds beable wo win back with ‘aa. Wscems that symmetry ie dott the name ofthe game here and Bloc doe’ wat ede nt the completions o€4.BoS § Nios before ore beh sce asl) or «Ne, 1 40 may allow and dab this very bai chee ey peal to many bepiners. Again though | would ste my em out the Tak of thought gen to ow the rake may ape er se Vienna Game agama? ‘Tetouan | gute ike the gonra do behind tie opening, White ignores ‘teu e2 plam an fat aims she alternative pana Drew d-d4,aomely B- Indoed f Bac plays 0 par sively son everthing could ok very nin fr Wht, wt a ition ike that in Dgram 37 Here White has averal nce posites Atay time be coud trae parson eS and give isola haope le, bt pr Ips even mor attarde would bea erampang plan peer beaded by F41.Although them stoi only he oka ie aod the natura loa ofthe pwn mould nevertheless bt ‘ward the Fngside and an attaching 4a strategy would be ‘bow uncomfrabl fr Black Q tutes ‘king However, don’ ula out asa uel cormodt a porieular lean provide a required pewn break. 2..N063 Ret Vienna Gambit aria Whit play the immediate 8 lack is thon advised oto reet fei with 3.6, but er with the cote counter thr 85, syenasealegon donee Taken Inf account, modern chess teary novertheles all = Qx Amnough ofcourse he specs of a poston must be thatthe Det wey o meet wing lay ew actin nthe ean sannbe ‘The moa active pos forthe sop. The time would be right trv § exept that Black ready forthe best espn 55. fet thir move what Black shoud be Joking op snvhow. For example i alo sepable aginst 6 Ngo, bu of course not oa 8 Be whon White effectively has more conta ‘ve that hey central square. King’s Gambit dete 2 (114485200, a» White ssmesatly ges ina paw rea The Kings Gumi one ofthe ment dangerour openings aca. uti should be nted fis that the heel diagonal Ra Bet pened. Hence fr example pow 2B, $e emt din sein view ofthe ershing ipa 3. 43 Ques, Hence pee Yeu Ong esi high on Whit’ agenda uncon Avcopting the gambit. An active wey tdehie Whites pawn ‘rie with 28, whick hs clowe simlarioe o the Viena Gombe ane ‘Preventing the check on he though yoni es just worth ‘mentioning that he Bishop's Gambit 3 Bot instead offers the {H'sqare tothe whit king, biping ha hs King bel aco ‘entnced byt wil be flat by tempo guined by ee taoking the enemy quven Gi flr ture the lek ‘onen wil hae te eve spin) ad Froing the bishop, bt many players pet eave this ‘move fora while insted fwouring th immedi 83 4a ‘The point Behind the gambit. By ring avay Blacks e5-pamn, Whit as Toft cho way fe fo his pwn to dana the ce tee, If White's darkruared bishop could row take on and he ‘ould develap hier bihop and act, ie ould hardy be Sweeter. Natural though Black eat pa he party a Spanos Oeig Ann contrast with general opening principles we've wen oo Ihany pawn mover, Honewr, thie in hordly 9 repel opening ‘Whiter pen down thas wy it was gobi’) am the Pawns iva thra ia hs positon. Neverthlon, White ce have a lead in development, though he must sual De prepared ahr further wood on the Seif et sbtin an enc, From Dingron 40 White can ty Be and 80.0 he ‘nay astempt toundermine Ble protectin of ea RE Petroff Defence aes ‘EY ttt Cae aaa moore Yop ‘The Petro Defence in often reparded as sing marginally Tess cntertning than watching paint dey) lac nore thea {ck on hi own epumn i favour of ting Whit ow ‘pwn. A anspoation nt the our Knights Ge not hel ato Ne, but White woe want to be aloade ito ‘that fy his ma choice Ue ay Lape How 3d attempts to cone the a, butte mest popular entinastion etl a Nae ds An nerdy common miniature in junior hes is 9. cet? 4 (ez NES Neb when ifs onde tothe lac qos, I might ft surprise yu thon that Bek eager eo aod hae par tui eontinuaton woop to budge the white knight bine eqninng the paws oe eet ores 10: I 5 Qe? a god ide hor? Instead of ring Black's knight away, White hopes to prove it toe out of poiton by tacking sat Ie bhopwill de ‘elpon 9 and should ack eupport the ig ith then ‘ance, then White mas eter ey and andermine tat Srna em Oboe Philidor Defence Xe votes 2NE a6 Diagram 3 ‘This Lok lightly illogical Black defends his e-paen by ‘locking in in darksguared bs. nots ad we somber that in sverl 14 ine, thir bop st nor fhriydotined for oS a bl anyway and happy eeste eT sat ‘This ie striehfoneard enough though. White gosto grips with hi rpace advantage and make thst immediate paw Tronk Net and 9 Bet ace of courgesnable to, bt 362, (rth 2-t i min) arly requed hore, aNte Some players profr to trade o bu certily eves White cn undoped ede Net "am nt going to dwel onthe inplieatins of 4 dxe ber, partly because In realty thes days tle opening e uel roschoa through tho move ordor Lot 45214 NIB Ned 06 NE WARNING: Beware transpositions rom ane opening 6 nother. Even you think you know your own openings, ‘cesslonally you ean be tree nto your opponents pt ne. pre Yur Oper Poy 4.Nbat A distinguishing charsteritic of th Philo. lak eaves the ‘Sraqunteevaabe frie paen soa 1 be ae toate can ome control oer the dager and iv his queen fee dom onet He temporarily blacks im is thor shop, Dt ‘hehe rl of bolting the eben 5 Bot Ber 60000 ste mat ‘Theres no doubt chat Whit a ore spice in whic to me -noeavee his pees, but practical play hae domonataed Black's ition tobe surprisingly soba TBA space advantage allows bet communication o one's pieces between the kingide and the queensde, Whon they late cramped, i's more eifeut forthe to travel rom one ‘Side ofthe Board tothe othe. Syme ge pens Summar ‘Bishop are exon at pinning enemy knight king, ‘ueens ac somtimes oka). However that ova ne ce: Striy monn that they are happy tn eachangethemache or thetnuted secs ‘When there ase more important things to be dang ike com pcting one's development one chou Ble around with lide pawn moves “The goraal rl o thumb chat te ewer the pawn islands {ou hav, he ete off ae [Although ofcouee the speed of poitn must be akon nto aosunt modern ches theory nevertbelee tlle u hat the best way to mes win play swith ction nthe ent Chapter Three Other Defences to 1 e4 'W Sicilian Defence if French Defence 'W Caro-Kann Defence ll Centre Counter 1 Panov-Botvinnik Attack @ Alekhine Defence @ Pirc Defence 1 Nimzowitsch Defence ‘The Sian Defence i arguably the most exiting and aggre tive defence fe and inves Bock lacog «pawn where ‘eoonerols an operant centel equve. Specially of eurse Ihe preventing White fom aciewing hi im of eteing two ‘penn inthe middle nnd tough queen development tf from a priory ight now, certaily the black gueon doce bao say tte tho gue for ltr. ‘There are nutnerous ines and variation in he Sian which fre dncumented in ame ol nope theory. To give you an versio the station, | thought Umea ener thre om Slotly diferent White approche. 263 Sicilian Les 02.63 Diagram 2) Nopaize for guoseng that move ‘it's intention x lar. He ie dtertine wo got hie avousite ‘a contre and, nx we am certain 1 5 ies, be pre Dare to deprive bie queens keaghto ts natural developing Square. Black mate ow act ici 0 prevent his opponent from reaching hi gland oo fr example 2 NOB is ot te ‘lution Black would then enly have to pics on and as prov Your pring Pay ‘White has wo covering himslf he canst proceed with ie plan (1d) Instead Blackmon target Whites pwn, ine ‘vantage ofthe fet thal Nes ot pose aaa oiet rare ft ae emma fo fe ge agen Dean ‘Bxereine 1: consider hem alvermative ere to be NIB (Diagram 3) In that event, how tuld White deal with the Drblem of his attacked pan? Sexds “The posit of advancing this para oe ll ote appeal when a8 the cae her, Blacks ght squared bishop ee not teen bncked n 8 pawn on 6. Hete Black oul aves first to or example, ble paying 06 (compared othe ext ection you will nate that thi able Mac chee {very favourable Froaeh Defense p suas 436 ere White has stablirhed one pani the centre an, ‘hough she nck queen seeping a ntve pst, tha fam Interesting paradox st work In order for lack to eave White ‘onto weal, he wl eltimitaly have trade pawaw on, ‘That wll nlate the dpa, but then la ie ie opponent ‘ck ue of the equare Naturally he white knaght wold ‘welcome that aftr wich the lack queen would be fre o ‘apend another tego cringe, eodecnt Open Sicilian Letes 2NELa ‘That are many diferent Open Sian variations ith ll sort fancy name! nnd Ells hat 208. 2.Nob and Pg ane ll eon alternatives depending pon the ind viualstaat, ‘This ie che pawn break that characteris the Open Sin Woe knows that his pawn wl not walang on at rather opening tine fri piews and allowing knight to take conte sage , edd 4 Nudd NOG 5 Net re would like asap and provide you with a god ero ac tion af the ype af poitone that Frequently aren the di ‘ere world ofthe Open Skin. Prbebly the ony content ‘lement throughout te that White ha pace advantaged 9 halopen dle whet Blackhat the coreoponding hal apen fle and an exten cntze pawn “The sharp Dragon Varistion rio rom the move 3.6 6 He Bet 70.08 Neb 9000 CDagram 3) Instead fs hinge Banchtto Black can abo develop exile witha, e 6 HeBe6 7 NBS Ho? #00009 ed Bos 10 Q42 ‘por Your opens Pay [Nb rouching the position in Diagram 6 gan s Darn mango Dages ‘menmseae “The popular Clana Variation arses after 5. NeB, when one {Frage Note:The qulster 446 4 Bx€ @ Bhi also pane) 5.-Qu6 6 woul tanspose to he Tompawshy Ws no great suprise tat Whine o mint his centre Scio als very sensible "The anchutto of Moe’ quent ea comin deur reno in ines where hepa. eTe user all he bahay Ahos no have a great feture onthe hi agonal 7H BT 6-0 Re? 9 Nba? 9 Both idee develop ina simple and eid ation, wwesds ‘epoca Although it could be argued that <5 (as opposed to 8 Ques eb 10 Nhs White has scared the two bishope nd has some presse on Black's quconsido. Noverbeles, Black has comfortable development thanks to his handy cetee woeneay tie Hore wesc a common position afta the sequence 43 0.05 [NOS d5 68435. The stanton nth conte Is confusing with plenty of possible pawn tender. In fe a piel 1QP Cate {Queen's Pee) porto often oxure when the white di-pawa, is tho lt one et standing inthe conte! ncaa tat agian 15 ‘emacs Verte ec ay to Move Wits obtained the bishop pir without having to have Me pawn strate damaged it the moves & Qed 4 8 a Bae 6 {Qeed Net 7 e2cS However, this ha taken time and Black ‘an sae i ead in developmen o cause early probleme. Queen's Indian Defence Laat 2c4e63NO {8B ot allowing the NimaoIndon i an eaey developing Inove, However this ent as facing 08 thre Becttarnectansvaymichinring rove Your peg ay xe AL this pint Blacks has options of eturning othe Quen’ ‘Gambie Declned with 3. 85 or aiming fru Medeen enon, seth the techn 3 rend on). ‘whut Fave tay that the bsbop ancheto ie exteemely Jogi, the Hoge-Indian, 3. bk, domonstate that tore 6 nother tonto ting i drvelope, This cmd trans {br Whitt intrpase someting (tna he gue) on 2 After say 4 a2, one posible variation 4. Qe? 8 9006 2 ‘Bud2= 1 Qud2 d63 Ned reaching the pouiton in Digrarn ight space advantage, bat having ‘waded ffhisdarksquarod bishop, Blak ery sail ceates ‘ark squared pawn chai, fasta follows that his bebop ‘Is then provided with ponies lon the diagonal. After the Queen's Indian move 3.6, a gue game often tree afar White challenge the Lng agenal with is ov ingide Ganchoto with 4, The main lero hough ie 4 ‘itwhich brings to mind that ol cheno WARNING: Beware making unecessary pawn moves, ‘The above warning wine oagvets tat i the opening iis etter fo at on with your pee developneat eather then raking pawn moves onthe de which achive comparatively Hen the overall seme of things, Toul pve diastous nsec to got caught inthe pening with few members of your ara “The big quustion whether ite worth spending a move on 4 Sto teure the knighton eT guess ch anew shat many top plavers tink that a worth tempo, early valuing the ‘mination of bt gute highly “TW: Aithough 7-06 would imply that B67 wil follow net, Intact often ine Queen's Indian Bale avalible com. ‘ody 25 useful for ying to emberass White's c8-pewn. ‘An intersting poet for Black in the Ques India De face eo move 4.4 aS with 4. ad rather than the ta dard 7, Dutch Defence nage So fain tia chapter Ihave been a pains o emphasise the ted fr Black to ry and ight for onto ofthe ek aguae, 03% ‘ly maker swe tht | should ute thin opportu to cane ‘nother controversial opening 115, the Dutch Defoe No doubt mayors the reador min that tho above da frum depict Sician Dene, but on the apposite ede the Soar! However, ane | expees the king ong the he Alagonel, [would have ony that chin i defies whore he moe Your Opting Pay scsemblance ene ecaling the advice hat fred in the mction on the Calle ‘and Stonewall ectina, 3 to ith aoe and popula, though Mack lant compelled eo tee um outpost one by Dlaving a8, Indeed the Dutch Leningrad ees 2. 8 Bez 6 NI Her 10.00.08 e4d8 GN, asin Diagram 30, gam 20 ‘eeepc Hor ther is il tsa going om ve the et square White Miko iter got in ee robe dd and Nat The ear weak polt nd f gosbl, Black mould lve elf with a, ‘With auch a proecativo move aff there are bound io be ‘ine etic rerponse, One of thou i (he Seuntoe ‘Gambit, bt le me highligh another common sttmpe at et 2 Bes ‘This moves designed o throw: notifies developing a bishop bere arty preventing the ‘atral 2.6 Wall, acon that move x il poole, Bot Mer 3 Belen 408 there tle doubt who hae the caer fame The pawn a dene target 26 Bxerelse 18:1 Black wer to calleng the bishop with 2.6 Inston, could Whit gut away 5th 3 Bh or woul that lt rately drop a pies? Ned Ba? dot oro he key the pave break. Had Black played 3.8, White ha a alternative ide oh hs, ted Ned as Black sits the central whit night, bt ow the ato on Bina ey unre por Yor nein Par King’s Indian Defence xe 1a NO62 04 y63 Ne8 But Hore Black has mae is mind up om 8 Ringside shop snchetio and bas happy handed over the cate o White Al ‘though hoo i no compilsion fr White to ake up the gaunt lee, aczopeance ofthe ert ut nee fr re the mast. tRematiecontimation, "Phe concept behind the Kings nin ie that Black gen up he ctr, with the intention fexting Whit’ contrl ata Ht Tater However, having sal that, Bad docen' wa ‘oreran andthe tert prevats 9 in view of Sdn deed (ells whon theebpawn willbe saree) WARNING: Possession ofa space advantage ial very wall when your oppanent is cramped. However, the odd pace ie ‘Swapped of and he pisce gt around the back, then theres ofen a good chance of them wreaking havoc. {In many wspocts this opening resembles the Pie Defeoe, bat ‘tse intreting to note that there afr toee worl ex ncn ofthe Kings indian thn the Pic Ibellove he enn For thi that mov Black players el unsomforeabe jst a Towing white pawns an ot and da bet fel ehat if White accepts tho esponaiy end tempo lot af a, then the chal lenge rally on ‘though ees Black may pay around the edges with Theat ides Ike scFo6, saa and BTS, analy Block's ain dein bole down to whether he wil tke at White's entre with 5 on 67-03, Aa nual her are veal Vari ‘Son hat Wis cam chose orm and eath branches oto ‘mero ine of ther owe. A goed ernst ofthe it supplied below ‘eka In Diagram 28 we soe a valation whlch Both ies ust de- elop coi pins naturally with SNPS 0-08 Bez 05 70 N68 A Ne More often than aot the Kin’ Indian bishop ends up being block in by sown e-pawn in his fashin. However, although itmay thas be cnuiered a comparatively inc, he rel is that it ever ewape, ream ohn do nto Skevastating effect White's pen chain ads to the quae meide nd oe wil am fr the pawn break ot, wie Black will, move his fg inorder feta “The Averbakh Syrem with 5 He 0.06 Bg cS (Diagram 24) is Aeened to deter Black rom playing 7-29. and ea he nate ‘ally turns tote alternative, White he the option of lng "he postion with 745, or making the exchange T de Inthe Iastercave, 7 dsc 8 Qui Red 96 could be wv hard for Black who nstond asthe acteurs 7 Qui hraten- Ing tho et pewa and peepering wo recapture on c5 with te mv Your Opeing Py g ‘TIP: Dont automaticaly assume that dees shouldbe met by «86, Indeed he temporary sacrifice aS, avoiding & ‘The Simisch Variation i ntoriouay aggressive sytem, ‘White alterna contr with 31809 6 Bea Neb 72068 [ged HB. Hore Whit an prevent. with 9 Nel and then ly postonaly with moves ke Nb, Be ad 0. However, ‘eis mre Siting vlaunch a Kngsde attack with 9 Ate Ble plans to pry open the Se fora rok and through Bh, Infilrat withthe quoen and thus hopfully well na ott Blac point of vvutdllvor checkmate No doubt Black wll retaliate on the guectaids at perhaps thm in 7-0 to ive ‘White «reminder that he noods ook after hi centre ow “TWP: Usually ti very dificult to organise succesful ld on the enemy king you have poor control in the conte ‘he Four Pawns Atak aris aftr 5 £0.06 NES What his fet-up ook extremely thrsering, Back whould ot be too Sindavd, If White gets net, thon afer the knight retreats hhocan ey and ciel away at White's contre with he ike of (ean. White must bill be nfl nt to ore each a athough he os lear space advantay, he hae Fargo development whilst advancing pawns nd things oud 2 wrong for im quite Quy In the above position 6.5745 ora we've seen before cb (Qu5 7c will ead tow Medora Benon-ype pain once Black trade oa 45. And gt om eve, ‘Modern Benoni LAAN 2045 roving Black takes an immediate swipe at the white centre confident that aftr 8 dt, ne would ropa this pan Indeed bth SUNaGand 15+ wold do the tk, whist 6 also ‘ory anne, White shoulda give much though otha oun: moar Your ping Py ‘inwation and alhough ho ould simply protet with NE tn tn more opel to advancs the paw #3 aase6 ‘This pmen break wll gurantee couple af halfapen les. n- send the Cinch Benn keep tinge mre Beck with 3-05 (Gs Whute won't want to take the pawn en patant any more ‘than ho lntende wo take ome). ter Ned 365, reaching ‘tho postin in Diagram 28 Blak i ery a, but Wits en Jiys more feet fr his pees. ec eereanatine ne ‘Black wil oven for 875 o $74, whilet Whit ongor- {erm aime nla the pawn Doak bb and 2, 1 ala cant et this moment pass without mentioning acter lub player's favour, tne Bonko Gambit After 8b dex 6 Blacks obviunly prepared to et oth his and pews fs [the gambit acpted its only one pawn that Black 8 tally es and ho uleimatoly bas compenntin trough xs fo ha'open Hes, Diagram 29 expat ero. ‘Gambit partion afore moves eh gO Ned By? PND. Wiis is eve to say dat Back an old Bak on 76, this ‘nth only was that he willbe abl face White ta recpiare fon mith the can, I Black delaye wich 3. £61 eS Bet 5 446, which vn kindof King Indians Booni hybrid ne op tions 63 revonting bth a future Net and ei pi) 1.0.07 NEL0G 8d su and exis (end a ad when there is mo lane nth pen structure and Black has problema Bindings home fr hie bishop. 4Ned ‘White shoul ignore the ia of fete trading hi 5 pes fee Blacks f-paw ts 4 Ou would simply ate Blk blo fake stony lai nthe ome witha tore 47-85 (a8 sll ge lowing ims haope le) Auer 5 ext Exercise 20 Why dos nigh intend? 5d 04 a6 White rcaprure oma wth sho Hei fit ny that Black's dark-quared bishop wil have ‘tore active role than it doe inte King Undinn athe b A lagonal Wie lees congeted compared to the lines where Blac plays <5). However, White an extra centre Pe tnd along with the chance to teal the sesond glaer ‘wth fire Be44 and ete. Black em ry and dase hin plank stisng the halen le fr howe rn whl a [qos lp con cotrel ede on) and a posible. {ight pin fet gt ould alan help him ot. We nut ar set that the balanced nature of he poison pnts Black ‘ith an enta pawn and White wil be ager to prevent his Spponent fom expanding with he bkes of 87:65 and bh Tew horofre come a no great surpre that a. will Imo eu Opin oy uly be met by 42-4 ad, with both sides working hard a ake something of thee pawn martin ema moe Griinfeld Defence 1A6NW 204 g63 Nes 35 For White afer $ Nek the suspenae ie shen these. Wilt be Kings ian (Bg) or will tbe a Grunfeld (48)? At frst this defence some yr ogi Inthe Quens Gambit sf Blak did take omc, thon at the ade ure o keep a footie centre apically ond) mith cts ore 6: Hee, however, Black appears to cally er bi pawn (hough nor fr athing, Shur allowing White fee sein the AexdS Nad Set Noe forced, but certainly the aid eof Blas pronaative Stine 6 bed Tesooms as though White as go jut what be wants, How: ‘ver, although Chines ecto ee ge le way up oom, the {act is that Black plane to strike back this pponeats mp. sve centre and the agra belo wil indents tu the po ‘ental or counterattack that Blak he ongnn ‘Okay, Lhe exsggeated the stanton by giving Black some ‘extra moves. Nevertheless ea tose bow White entre ‘eam qkly come andor posse. Theisen wler-sarpopes ing and you cannor ff to waste time. Clauly Blk eam a. tek dd with hs ep, be gucen, his ques night and tbe Sanchettnd kan’s bahop. The enon the cake the bishop Pitning knight ong and forte Tater reson een White ‘pte devo ton 2 naan ao that 8 would Beak he Old Indian Defence “cemsinal offen openings ar seen fo ie ome hough they re never regula plaed by top Grandaanters | ‘hough would end ti ehaper wich «cup of thee Ina very similar manner othe Philidor Defence againet et Black some happy to keep hi ste Black e content jst to bolster his eb-pawn, and there tea posible transposition inva «King lndion variation ihe decides to ances King’ bishop, ore epiealy though Black jst lors is bishop inn ef und after caing provides hin quren with a home on tension with ha ikes of 5 NE, 6 Ba and 70.0, OF erent trol be cutter tate whether othe would want fo ape Yooper act the central stanton iaeedntaly with 335, Budapest Gambit 1 a4 NtB 2.0406 AU Gat anc it my appear that whore efeoe iyo can eal tha) ide have is hen net 0 proper! Blk i apparently wcrcing a cenee pawn hat ‘when atcepted wil ree hint re his aly developed piece dees 2.5 woul be fish. Black can develop hie bebo on before Playing 7, when there would be mime uncomfortable preware on TP: your iatinctve rection ist advance a pawn when halenged by an enemy fot soe, be sure o stop and thine Wat hse ofen a more than aatitactory response, {ke sometime oxt to conelder exchanging (vs expar Ing) orn pardetarmalnaining the tension. SNet ‘The dubious 3. Not ls genuine gamble that not wo ber ommended. Aer. Net White hana warty f wave to ot ‘inae, but have salerted angle min ine ANE Res 6 3 Nob 6 a2 00 All ight, will concede that thi probably a'r a wnsne fumbi ether For White pay 4 to protect his pa was, {eto weakening and cerns thin efe way tat White ‘ae chosen, Blak un ogin the pawn a i ete. 10.0 ReB 8 Nea Nixa 9 Nxeb Nees ere ti onerallyscoptud hat White he a positional ‘antag. White has te option of developing his shop on 82 And although some ray attacking des auch aba 35, 'ReG and ore ts the Kngide have cme flight iapartieear ‘White's im grip on 8 aes lie very aula fo Back, eo You Opn Par ‘Summary ‘eneralykoighte prefer blacked positions, with bshops rel ishing the open Boar When you ony havo ono bishop, xy te adeanoe your paws onto the oppoit-nuredaqres om your remaining Uihop. That way hey work in tnd, rather than dupiating coverage of the ee a ‘Unualy is very dicult orga a susceal raid on tho tying fou have poo conto nthe seats ‘your instinctive reaction to nv a pawn when chal Tengo by an enemy ot slo, be sur stop ad think, Whilst thie often a more ehaneetiaictory reponse, take seme time ot to cnsiderexhanging it capturing) ein Particular maintaining the ens, Chapter Six Other Openings English Opening 1 Réti Opening area varity of dfeent ways to tart a chess pie snot cally woth ling on tho kos of 183,154, [Netand 1 gf gaint which simple develpment shold out See Tated wl round ff this bck with ome biel coverage of Let and 1 NB. Although both are deserving af tantion in {heir own Hight’ t say tat thy re eoer rolatod vo ‘quoons paws rathor tan Kings pawn openings Both methods tf epening the ame usualy nant a iter sat proceed ‘hee than Veter 1 and both ves ae sey popular a al love Although oo bishops a ed with thie mvo, White immed ‘ely exercies ental oer the d-equare Hem Black rnc to ‘hv opening should bo influenced by he preferred choi a de fee tor a Forexample, ow 1.262Ne3 d5 shold transpose to Queers Game Declined Diagram 2, andi Black na King’s dan protagonist then the altenative Ig rakes see with developing moves such as--Be Nand. {elo though a that ths move order 1. Sib 2 Ned gt un ely totanspoe toa Geanfla Defence i White Tick ino (Disgran 3) on opis at tobe daoivod by such risky move orders anit pays tote onthe bal Hoefer enumpl, ack ay have be ‘wae that he wold be snable play his Favourite Granta Defence. Sure, 2d willow, but toate fo Black similar problem oars with Nims Indian players ater 1. Nf62 Nel 0634 (Dingran # an 3b would be a cate of shutting the bara dove fer te horse hd bla, WARNING: Once you think hat you have your openings ‘ortad, beware wanapostons ito unary ines, Inorar Yur oping Phy ‘This move intaduces tho Symmetrical Kegs. The other sain reply distinguishing this opening from anscing weve ‘eon 0 far in hi tel | Unallyn thi pe fe ‘eae Stan potion White wil anche bis king shop {bd ite up to Black to decide which formation be want 0 ‘uopt Te populae setups are tstatd belo "This potion arses after 2 Ne Ne 3g ef 4 eda? 5 da 608 57 Ned NIE 8 0.00.0 and ie batalla revered Cloved Sielian game ‘accep tay one opeoge Here we oo a logic plan of evsapment or Black with 2 Net Ntba'ga Boe aB—200. Nf NOGA Nea Net "Tiss randomly mst vacation" knights sould me out ina dfleent order and either ie could break rank, fot anypially wih a King Sune, sae Finally the pawn bron comes and lack i fred to ake a ‘he prapuct of id ie doiedly unattractive dosent 5 Nit ‘White hae a amall apace advantage, although ite Black who hs the entra conte paws, Now i lack opt Eancete> tth 6g then White sun consruet seta ind on the 5 Square with Bel Black ceraily not sed nt the above though a 588 ‘beret aesptie alternative. Ala 5-Qh eather esl {ut eworthoow a safe guar) i oxnionally ace. the de eng to ter oat she dknight Note thar White wll no want to trae knights ono a whihover paw Black eapiures. ‘the wll sain ome uefa contre over the important &- nove Your Opesig Py Réti Opening Wel here ti, an absote mtnper Sarcaam spat though, the Ris exon fer being ether aque pening where ‘ncement iat asin, A withthe Engi, Cove aro humorous tnnspostins availble o 144 openingn Bot ls {koa ook at mating tat unique 1 NE. ‘Taking up the challnge, but this is ot everyone's cup oft, ‘snc if ou arena prepared o play the Queen's Gambit De Clind, Queens Gambit Accepted o la varithon, then 2.44 (wth ie intention of et) could be annoying Instead, tN Issensiblo ands ie 15 protided that you aro Rap with 2 ‘when sou woul find sour playing w Sion? tet Another iden her i 2 3. Many Grandmaster has been seen toplay 1 NES or even 13.0 ceca) filed hr 9 Bed ‘0410.0, oly th to decide on how they wistful the awa situation inthe contre Ons alternative othe 2-8 break isto somohow arrange eZ, a nthe called King's Indian Atck Diagram 9 1m nor eniely eure that playing lack defen with he oar opens ‘white pisces qin tobe anata, it tha caren Teete to be tho care herein the nvered Kings Indian De fence! Init dafonce Shou or should that be nt tack) tnt often start lf sar an oid syste often sees 10 Fave rather sing nt tal das Potsnally wold (ond indod hav hen) tempted by Eu Thor are always ka tveved though, won sou iy 10 ‘workspace advantage i the centce with lack, as each pan ‘move tea move nat pent developing ad Black lend tempo down atthe wart a the ge! an ‘Whit also has the poo of switching toa conventional Quoens Gambit Dodined ea Catalan Sytem. Tanspoiional owsbities are rif in he openings with If and 1 NES 5..NGW 42 Be7 585 0.0600 ‘The diorence between this and tradition Ques Gambit ‘aration x that Whi intends deting #244 altogether in ‘Bore ikalytosnld the ust 25 ned ofthe rea ‘entiroue 411 Blac ca continue withthe iow pace {uinng 6.25 or perhaps attempt an interesting pwr bea Plano 65-0 np Your Obrint ran 19 ‘etoteaapo nnareurosiea er pins ‘Summat 1 similar a quee!s pawn openings and wil often tans ‘nce you think you ave your epeings worked out, beware teaspoons ta ints that a cg 20 0 Chapter Seven Solutions to Exercises Exercise 1 ‘No This famous ld re ie derived fom the loi hat ene fly inthe pening bishop wl hve more ona than @ Knight Ae it mlon more sense tomate a move that you enon Soave ping wo play bios one hat you ae ot ste about ‘Sua flows tat you should develop a Krght fit, weaiing tase what your oppunent dos efor commiting the bishops. Wise coure predetermined whore a bishop goenin sista an aa once you Rave died at that's what you are {ng to do thero se no need to dla. Exercise 2 ‘ley so perhap the wording this queton we’ rat feoure you shoul always pay attention to what swing ob ‘over the bad. However, when pawn cain soe teonerally tue to say that action eat ought nth diction In which the xed paw ean In he diagram shove Whit’ fed Ge, lake by eneny pawns) pawns om ofan dan oar the queens, enor that nthe side ofthe baad hn he should wit ‘nuking his breathroush. A pawn bres with c-c ithe nex Tne wep Ihe ennai hat, them ie ook cn ey td sek entry into the eee pasion via the Ble, ere You san Pay In contrast lak’ Sed pwns (on do and # ean toward {he Kies nd nm atiack over therewith neg pp a ‘very sonable continuation. The prospect ase god for at Exercise 3 Although one genera ral lls ws not to bring ur use ot ‘oo cary thats based onthe promise tha ing to valli eal ehsked around fom pillar fo post andi thesre bet toroffsteing st home unt the nat ar, Of core a fruethat when «more valuable piece i atarkad by one of lester value then te obviously ot soeptabl to at defend ‘However, the quem is well la im the centre ofthe Board tom whore enn krepan wath ese overall poceing) provide there are no suitable enemy pacts te and bulge nour example, the popular candidate fom weaker payee it 4. bur then wer 8 Qi leading to the peitin emia oct White haa come out of things seling ef oes, Although the white guren has ened up where it wate, Black ‘ane made some iroverblecncetaons. Phe dvsqua ea ‘ups neque retested bya pawn foe's own that ean fever bo attacked by an enemy pwn) which just ogi te ccupid by a white kag. The dS-aquare will tal ties, te heavily guarded by Whites pices, co there ite coe tha Baas pen wil nak i thee of byond nos te Anetined oben vulnerable backward pe on 4 hore el Blue's darkequared bishop. Exercise 4 Tauppoae the anewer i yee However, ar 7HxtT+ Kat 8 ‘Qu Hck con in the guses back with 8. BBA ter it at 10 ut te putin Exercises None athe ast few moves have ben particularly forend, but nthe fac oft in uzlng the feed paws an boxing ie king in Black doe seem ea have go tel ita re Asc happens those moves wor played inst nc ‘nee tok pact in when my tes bard twa pondered this o> ‘ison for sme tine ffir resigning. lam the bons saving ‘moves 6..Nb6 7 Bah6 0.0 waddenly esta whole now ebection the position Diarae Blackie a piece down but hs dul threats of 8. xb an Sun Acne snapetin reveal that an attempt by White to Al with th ofthese fal o, Bol NOU 10 UU Intend ‘White ie advised to return te pie with 9 Ned My view 8 ‘that White's pontione preferable, buts her rosignable ape Your pein Py for Black uae NOTE: Wilt one should show rspectio the opponent, the wort you can doi lee! Exercise 6 Wal the knights an shops hav bean developed an oth ‘es hav cated. However, nother payer has reals even ‘much consideration eo how the roks are eng ton he feay Whito might ty to ven tinge wp abit with 8B, Then a bishop trade eading tothe poston blow would leave White With» wef halfopen lead good atoning proepct, ‘That would be a good example of wh dood puns aot ‘soceseamly a ed hing, bu the problem that Bick sf ‘om abiged enter nto the swap. He may even with encour. ‘ge simlar deal by placing his own tsbop onc, ba fe ‘hor side sr prepare play ball ther the aerate well os ‘ously ots ral tales) wl continue Exercise? I would have to aay ‘Not Whit prevents his opponent rom asthag, but hiscan be done‘ ha and ack el li ‘mately havea nifty halFopen fle avilable for hi ok. Aer th obvious 6.65 eeing to tho position below, Wt wil also ‘he iit with isnt, ele pte ob Exercise 8 Wel you ead on, ou mould have wen that 4. is he oly stitnctry method of doling wth this pate. Okey, Black Could ty to make nar that he dvs eth exchange ae Well asa paw with 4. Qe. But thats cnceding dent For tho rcord though the erany 4D, know a the Wilke Barre or Trexler Variation, lade ry completed play fr ‘example if White play 5 Nat chen he stunned by 9 1 Ke Naess, With Ghd coming, Bask generates a wihed ‘aunterattask Homver tht iatcentng line not fred Inpro ou maa lis that eh imply acopte 8 Exercise 9 ‘Oa thie does move one pce wine before moving others fmey,but afer t Neal €3 3 ida ded 6 Bact, tangs wl have trorked ut fn for Black ashe the one with pan in proveores However, the try i somewhat more complicate than tht? Inuted White can contin withthe tneky 1 Qh. Obvibualy ‘Black mst dal with the mate ret on, but he ln ‘nts forge that is knight remains en pin. The uly Tieng Nd fore who iste fur epining the ‘awn with B xe the ca etzeat BU entero, With {habia afer & “Ne, White ean raf hi interest Jn with dhe dear 6 ND. Uhm Back e hen frond to shorice material with 6667 Qf 8 QdB Qe? 9 Nae? KA 1ONeaS. Although = whole rook the hn in the cena dooce ater 10-6 ‘he whito quen leks vulnerable nd Hck hs ic entre ‘Whether oF nthe has enough eompenastion ea Mehl abet be point whick then gives us he anamer that "Yor ie pos Dio but wheter ie works remain unclear "The pin achieves wry Iie ere an alchh 6.45? a would ‘win ait, Qe? be asittrry, og 7 NES whem both Tides hae slferd ells by having thor queens prem trey thrust i root oftheir kings. There woul tl be play let in the eum, but nth ype of ayminetreal positon, Whites extra move provides hi with only minimal benefit Exercise 11 "The cay gard move ato advance the attacked pawn with 26, [Alternative such ab 349 are vastly inferior stopgap and en ‘te Blac tote oer the conte with the Leno and a8, ‘The bonus of’ oi that it free the back knight to move gun and alter NaS, White can continue wich hie 2a pla An notable trae of pan with bc 5 x wil Teave ce situation looking Ike the di ‘nite has an undoubted ace avantage with his paw controling sme sol squares, However. Black has und a ‘sie hme ori ight and en ry undermine White's pawn conte with 27-6 ultimately hoping o prove that Wiite has overextended himeelt tapos Yur Open Pe Exercise 12 ‘Black mus bo earful in desing how o develo his kingside piers inthe awance ofthe we of the square The most ‘piel decision nto leave the dark square bishop nt hme Unt hoe something definite tod The Eaquare = god ation for the Knight help protsarive the target pint on ‘44 The knight can consider geting there via Wb or eT Also ‘Bd wil ware uefa ait rings thie comannly rie seb bisho’ a bie are he acon ad vacates thee, ‘hun enabling future.“ perhaps 00.0. Amoco pawn bok that Black ca often consider is. ‘bt probably the most popular move bere fr Blk Qb6 ‘The queen is developed oa safe nquae where esx surpingly active. Av well as prosrsing the di-pawa bie B2,thar Slgaicandysextacing the opons of White's darkeuguared bishop ‘Blac wants to pla atively and hence we can rl ot 4.6 ‘which males his ipht-rgared bishop lak tad, One cub Dyers favourite «1. Olay thi i developing a bishop Entire knight, but 766 mint come son and geal to excavate this isp Get. In dealing with the pooblem af his inked hight. White mast frgt tt hi pawn alan under the bony ee ofthe Hack qucee. Hence, or example, $ [st would simply drop apa to Qua Tors reco: onde 8 Ng enue it forces the encmy bishop to uve agin, hur oeling up the tempo itantion ater. Pe Dram 10 lenonutannw sgn From ur orginal postion Hack soul ut dovley with “NIG, but ti generally anced that the stuetral act ‘hat ose rom simple ade with 3 Nf len Black ers ‘Sights worse of Diegraz 1 mee eu pena ‘ence mot Grandmaster exponents ofthe Caro-Kenn these sige som a favour NST (Diagram 12) Ths propar 15: uoh hat Blick could rack the nights nced be, own Dagan 1 ‘The kes mot te lon out or i 82-3 (ither boro or afr ‘nb nub), Black an go teraporaiy two pawns up with 5 {SSAA but White wil eg bath gone ith soarnt aor Gabe coh 7 hot BAT 8 Qe ingen 18 Exercise 16 "The main acti 6 BxT+ Kf 7 Nob whon Whit egsine the bah one, leaving him «pan and eth the evan [ing hori exposed White could vem ty the ashy Ne. Ee Fo As ates eng me carne Unfortunately, Hls+ moet natural move, 5. e6,prevens ll ofthese treats and White wl jate have to develop normal Exercise 17 1 euppose tha tity peaking the answer a Ye although sor xd end 6 Nad Nad 7 Bad Black has Bot (Diageam 18 Whites ack of king development mons that hs as to ook the check with queen and hi uliatel lanes him fapuce ea pawn down NOTE: 5 cx (the Exchange Variation) Is not ba move in ts own ght, but clay 6 Nad fl ro @ tap and 6 eS would have Deen eminently more sonable. pro ou ne Fy Exercise 18 ‘White should realy cntinuc withthe plan of aniahing the night via {1B Lascad 11g? ope up the bth agonal 6 Nisextrome detriment and Black has the dazaling ceeponee 11 Crtinly White doe veto ake the gare, but ‘oi chre are wore Ways to fish a game than 12 exe Nite Exercise 19 ‘6 in pail, lthough Black ie playing with ie, At the ‘ver lost White can ona that he doen othe iaop Tenpped with 1, aiming eee

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