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Sveshnikov Evgeny French Advance Vol 2 Advance Variation
Sveshnikov Evgeny French Advance Vol 2 Advance Variation
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Evgeny Sveshnikov
French Defence
Advance Variation
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THE AUTHOR: Evgeny Sveshnikov (born 1950) is an active international player who currently
represents Latvia. This Russian Grandmaster is widely recognised as a great openings expert.
He has worked as a trainer for the 12th FIDE World Champion Anatoly Karpov, among others.
He is especially known for having developed the system with ...e5 in the Sicilian defence
which now bears his name, as well as for his work on the 2 c3 system for White against the
Sicilian and the Advance Variation against the French Defence.
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other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition
being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.
Printed in Germany
ISBN 978-3-283-00524-5
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Contents
I nt rod u ct i o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Sym b o l s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2 Encyclopaedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Tab l e 1 : 1 . e4 e6 2 . d4 d5 3 . e5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Ta b l e 2 : 4 . c3 'W b 6 5 . �f3 Ad7 6 . a3 !? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Ta b l e 3 : 4 . c3 �c6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Ta b l e 4 : 5 . �f3 Ad7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Tab l e 5 : 6 . Ae2 �ge7 7. �a3 c x d 4 8. c x d 4 �f5 9 . �c2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Tab l e 6 : 5 . �f3 'W b 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Ta b l e 7 : 6 . a3 �h 6 7. b4 c x d 4 8 . c x d 4 �f5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Tab l e 8 : 6 . a3 c4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 04
Appen d i x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 33
I n d ex of t h e m e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 33
I n d ex of name s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 34
I n d ex of g a m es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 36
I n d ex of var i at i o n s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5 1
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Foreword
It gives me great pleasure, for several rea have revived in the Altai and South-Urals re
sons, to introduce the author of this book. gions.
In the first place, not only are we contempo
Finally I must mention his fanatical and
raries but we also come from the same area :
stubborn work in researching the openings,
he comes from Cheliabinsk and I from neigh
which eventually brought him bri l l iant suc
bouring Ziatoust. So "Zhenya" Svesh n i kov
cess. I recall that thirty years ago, d uring a
and I have known each other from childhood .
USSR championship event, I said to him pity
We often played together in the junior teams
ingly : "Zhenya, why do you keep torturing
of the Russian Federation , and then the So
yourself by playing that Sicil ian with . . . e7-
viet U n ion. We both had the same trai ner :
eS ? Choose something simpler and you ' l l
Leonid Aronovich Gratvol, who was fanat
play much more easily !" Today I have to ad
ical ly devoted to developing j u n ior chess.
mit that I was wrong : he was right not to l is
It is perhaps thanks to h i m that the future
ten to me: today everybody plays the Svesh
grandmaster grew to love not only the work
nikov Variation ! And as a fellow native of the
of chess analysis but also coaching, which
U rals, I am pleased that this system is also
he started relatively young. Usually, active
known as the "Cheliabinsk Variation".
players prefer tournament play to spending
time and energy on other chess activities. Yet Unfortunately, his monograph on the Svesh
Evgeny Ellinovich has managed , not only to nikov Sicil ian has until now remained practi
win over seventy i nternational tournaments cally the only publication by this grandmaster
during his long career, but also to bring on in the Russian language. But now finally this
the talents of dozens of grand masters and new theoretical work of Evgeny Sveshnikov
masters. is available. It is devoted to the popular 3. eS
Secondly I should mention the high qual ity system against the French Defence. Its pop
of analysis of my oid comrade, his consci ularity is once more largely due to its con
entiousness and his basic honesty, which I stant adoption by Sveshn i kov, who has de
came to appreciate many times i n the years veloped a fantastic feel for its nuances. It has
when Grandmaster Sveshni kov was one hel ped h i m amass a pl us-score (70% from
of my trainers duri ng my difficult matches over 1 S0 games ! ) against such French De
against Garry Kasparov. fence experts as Evgeny Bareev. The author
bel ieves that Black cannot equalise against
Third ly, I am anxious to stress that our col
the Advance Variation and to date no-one
laboration continues in various ways. Evgeny
has been able to prove the contrary .
Elli novich helps me prepare for i mportant
events, teaches in the Anatoly Karpov School I consider this book to be a real manual , ori
and willingly assists when I fly with col ginal in its conception and excellent in its ex
leagues to promote the game of chess in ecution . It not only teaches you how to play
distant regions of R ussia. I should add that a specific variation of the French Defence,
he often does this on his own i n itiative as it also helps you understand many strate
wel l ; it is than ks to h i m that chess schools gic ideas and their practical application i n
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Foreword by Anatoly Karpov
the m iddlegame, which for the majority of what is real ly a very u n pleasant (for Black)
players is even more important. plan of attack. Masters (and even grandmas
A book by such an outstanding grandmas ters) will find in Volume 2 a real master-class
ter and theoretician should prove useful to a by the world expert in this variation.
wide readership. Club, Internet and weekend
tournament players will fi nd that Volume 1 Anatoly Karpov
will qu ickly give them a good grounding i n Many-times World Champion
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Introduction
I have been using the 3 . e5 system aga i nst Book. The very positive response to that ar
the French Defence for a bout thirty yea rs. ticle prompted me to undertake the present
How did this weapon become part of my ar book project, well aware that it wou ld require
sena l ? I n the 1 970s chess i nformation was not just a lot of time . . .
not as readily ava i la ble as it is i n today's
It is well know n that the choice of a pla n is
computer age ; it was difficult to obta i n it
based on the pawn structure in the centre
and process it. I got i nto the ha bit of self
and the dynamic placement of the pieces. In
rel ia nce, trusting solely my own ideas. I un
my opinion it is not very useful to ta lk about a
derstood that the move 3 . e5 was not ob
pa rticular pawn structure without placing it in
jectively the strongest, but I had no desire
the context of a concrete opening. A student
to com pete with such experienced French
who has not reached at least the m i n imum
specialists as, for insta nce, Vaganian, in the
level of ca ndidate master will have difficulty
long and complex l i nes that arise after the
in assim i lating such materia l . My teaching
main continuation 3. tOc3 . Thus I chose the
experience tells me that the materia l can be
3. e5 system aga i nst the French (and simi
assimi lated much better if it is taught in the
la rly 2 . c3 aga i nst the Sici l ia n ) for practica l
context of an actual open ing.
reasons, since I u nderstood that m y oppo
nents would be focusing their attention on I decided to begi n this book with a n expla
the moves 3. tOc3 and 3 . tOd2 wh ich were nation of the ma in ideas for each side ; each
much more popu lar at that time. pla n is i l lustrated with games and exten
By the end of the 1 980s I had accumu lated sive commentary. Other things being equa l , I
enough theoretical and practical material on have given preference to games by the play
the 3. e5 system . I prepa red a ta l k for my ers who were the first to employ a particular
pupils which I ended up g iving to over a thou pla n . I ncidenta l ly, most of the a n notations
sa nd people. What I found i nteresting was were made without consu lting a com puter,
this: when I tried to teach concrete variations and i n this lies their chief merit, since a l l
to players of 2 nd or even 1 st Category, they t h e ideas are " human" . O f cou rse, t h e vari
just looked bored and remembered noth ing. ations were then checked later with a na ly
On the other ha nd, if I expla i ned a typica l sis engines, to elim i nate crude oversights.
idea by means of a n i llustrative game, they The computer is a va luable assistant for the
learnt it for ever. So for learning a new pat technica l work but in the realm of ideas it is
tern it is best to use wel l -annotated games, actua lly, with rare exceptions, of l ittle use.
in which the ma in ideas and plans of both Further on we present the reader with a se
sides ca n be clearly expla ined . When the ries of test positions and solutions to re
pu pil u nderstands the genera l idea he ca n i nforce w hat has been learnt. Since one of
memorise the concrete va riations more eas the most common themes of the Adva nce
ily. Va riation is to blockade the centre a nd play
At the sta rt of the 1990s I wrote a qu ite exten aga inst the wea kened da rk squa res, I have
sive article on 3. e5 ! ? for New in Chess Year included a cha pter on this topic.
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Introduction
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Symbols
� King A Bishop
Y!I Queen � Knight
&! Rook A Pawn
+ Check # Mate
x captures N new move
0-0 short castling 0-0-0 long castling
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Chapter 1
In computer databases there are over 25,000 1 6. .lxgS 0-0 17. J.f3 �aS 1S. J.xdS
games beginning with the moves 1. e4 e6 2. WxdS 19. f4 J.c6 20. Wd2 �b3 21 . Wc2
d4 d5 3. e5 (C02 i n the classification of the
Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings). To save ..
the reader from drowning in this sea of infor 8 8
Game 1 6 6
N . N . - G re c o
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Eu ro pe 1 62 0
4 4
1 . e4 e6 2 . d 4 d S 3 . eS c S 4 . c3 3
�c6 S. �f3 Ad7 6. .le3 c4 7. b3 bS
2 2
S. a4 a6 9. axbS a x bS 10. lixaS WxaS
1 1 . bxc4 d x c4 1 2 . .le2 �ge7 1 3. 0-0
�dS 14. .ld2 Ae7 1 S. �gS .lxgS a b c d e f 9 h '\!
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Chapter 1 Theoretically important games for independent analysis
37. g51 a b c d e f h
8 8
37. �f2 h xg4 38. h x g4 (38. �g3 g x h3
39. �xf3 �g6 40. Ab4 �fS 41 . Ad2 h2 7
7. . . cxd4 8. cxd4 Ad7 9 . Ac2 ttlb4 1 0. ttlc3 1 9 . . . .1xg5 20. fxg5 �f5 + 21 . J.xf5 J.xf5
ttlxc2+ 1 1 . 'Wxc2 ttlfS 1 2 . 'tNd3 hS =F . 22. �e21
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1 . 1 Games by World Champions • Game 4 Steinitz - Tinsley
Development advantage for Black 14. Axd4 tbxd4 15. 'Wxd4 �c1 + 16. Ad1 ±)
14. exf6 gxf6 15. f5 tbf7 16. �c3 �g8 17. fxe6
Game 3 Axe6 00 or 1 2 . . . h5 ! 1 3 . 0-0 a6 =i= .
M c C o n n e l l - M o r p hy
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N ew O r l e a n s 1 8 50
Morphy provides a clear demonstration of
how to play against 5. f4.
1 . e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 �c6
5. 14?! 'Wb6 +
5 . . . cxd4 6. cxd4 'Wb6 7. tbf3 tbh6 8 . tbc3
tbf5 9. tba4 'Wa5+ 10 . Ad2 Ab4 =i= .
6 . �13 Ad7 7. a3 �h6 S. b4 cxd4 9 . cxd4
§cS
9 . . . tbf5 ! + 1 0. Ab2 �c8.
10 .lb2
•
After studying the games with 3. e5 featuring For and against the blockade
World Champions, I can safely say that from
the viewpoint of opening theory they con Game 4
tributed noth ing of i mportance. But world Ste i n itz - T i n s l ey
cham pions are world champions, and it is Lo n d o n 1 899
obviously i nteresting to see how they han
dled this opening. In Volume 1 we have al 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 �c6
ready seen some games by world champi 5. �13 16 6. ex16?!
ons ; now we are going to look at a few further Why develop the opponent's pieces for him ?
interesting examples. 6. Ad3 or 6. Ab5 would be better.
In the following game the first World Cham 6 �x16 7. .ld3 J.d6 S. 0-0 0-0 9. §e1
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Chapter 1 Theoretically important games for independent analysis
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6 6
5 5
4 4
L-_______....:_
::.... ---J 'l1 1S ••• �bS?
14 .A.e2
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1 5 . . . tDh6 16. h3 Ab5 � .
1 4 . h3 tDxe3 1 5 . gxe3 e5 1 6 . d x e5 tDxe5 16. �a4 +- Ve7 1 7. gx1S �xa3 1S. Vxa3
1 7. Ab5 Ac6 1 8 . tDbd4 tDxf3+ 1 9 . tDxf3 Ve2 1 9. J.d3 Vxa4 20. Vxa4 J.xa4
( 1 9. gxf3 'We5 20. g3 gxf3 2 1 . tDxf3 'Wx b2 21 . �d2 0-0 22. 16 g x16 23. Ah4
22. Axc6 bxc6 =F) 1 9 . . .'Wx b2 20. gb1 'Wf6 =F �hS 24. Ax16+ Ax16 2S. ex16 B gS
(20 . . .'Wxa2 !? 00 ) . 26. B hg1 h6 27. �eS Bxg1 2S. �x17+
�gS 29. �xh6+
14 . . . �b4 1 S. J.b1 B ae8 16. a3 J.xh2+ ?
1 6 . . . tDc6 1 7. 'Wd3 e5 !? � . Black resigned .
1 7. �xh2 �xe3 1S. 1xe3 V12+ 1 9. �h1 The future world champion played the open
�e2+ ing very uncertainly, probably owing to his
youth.
1 9 . . . Aa4 20. 'Wd2 ! ± .
20. Be2 +- �xe3 21 . Vd3 Blockading knight
Black resigned .
Game 6
Play on both wings E uw e - A b d u l S a t a r
I n d o n e s i a ( s i m u l ) 1 930
Game 5
C a p a b l a n e a - P a re d e s 1 . e4 e6 2. d4 dS 3. eS c5 4. e3 �e6
H avan a ( c a s u a l g a m e ) 1 9 0 1 S. �13 .ld7 6. d x eS AxeS 7. .ld3 Ve7
S. Ve2 �ge7 9. b4 .lb6 1 0. 0-0 �g6
1 . e4 e 6 2 . d 4 d S 3 . e S e S 4 . e 3 �e6 1 1 . Be1 as 1 2. bS �ee7 1 3. a4 .leS
S. 14?! exd4 6. exd4 Vb6 7. �13 .ld7 14. J.d2 BdS 1 S. �a3 AeS 1 6. �e2 �1S
7. . . tDh6 ! 8. tDc3 tDf5 9. tDa4 'Wa5+ 1 0 . <i!? f2 17. �ed4 Vb6
b5 1 1 . tDc3 b4 1 2 . tDa4 Aa6 =F . (see next diagram)
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1 . 1 Games by World Champions • Game 8 Nimzowitsch - Alekhine
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'WbS ! � ) 1 1 . a4 a5?!
Black resigned .
Euwe carried out very wel l t h e idea o f h i s
predecessors - 6. d xcS a n d 9 . b 4 followed
by occupation of the d4 square. He used
the same strategy in another simultaneous
game : S . . . h6 6. Ad3 a6 7. dxcS AxcS 8. 0-0
VIlc7 9. VIle2 Ad7 1 0. ttlbd2 ttlge7 1 1 . b4 Aa7
1 2 . ttlb3 bS 1 3 . Ad2 g6 1 4 . ttlbd4 gS 1 5 . h3
Ab8 1 6 . 11fe1 11f8 17. a4 ± (Euwe - Ahmed, 17 0-0 + 1S. �xe6 l1 b6 19. �xfS l1xb5
• • •
Indonesia (simul) 1 930), although he did not 20. �xd7 l1xb2 - + 21 . �xc5 'Wf5 22. l1f1
succeed i n converting his advantage and b6 23. �a6 'Wc2 24. �c7 �e3 25. �a3
even went on to lose. 'We4 26. f3 l1 x g2+ 27. mh1 'Wh4
In the fol lowing game Alekhine fai led to use White resigned. Alekhine played badly in this
this idea. game and lost as a result of his mistake on
move 1 7. On the whole he handled this vari
For and against the blockade ation better with the black pieces.
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Chapter 1 Theoretically important games for independent analysis
8. Ele1 .id7 9. c3 J.b6 10. �a3 a6 Without the participation of his b-pawn - to
1 1 . �c2 J.c7 12 .1xg6 hxg6 ( 1 2 . . .fxg6 I?)
• attack the c6 -knight - White cannot estab
13 .1f4 Y!ie7 14. �cd4 Elc8 15. Y!id3 J.b6
• lish control of the dark squares d 4 , eS and
1 6. �xc6 Elxc6 17. .le3 Y!id8 18 .ixb6 • gS.
Y!ixb6 19. �d4 ;t Elc4 20. b3 Elc8 21 . Ele3
Elh5 22. Elae1 Y!ia5 23. Y!id2 Y!ia3 24. h3
Y!ie7 25. g4 Elh8 26. f4 �d8
8 6
7 5
4 2
tr
L...-_______....;_
;;.... ----I
17. Y!ixh7 llxh7 18. exf6 gxf6 19. hxg5 e5
27. Y!i h2 20. gxf6 �xf6 21 . J.d6 11e8 22. �h4 11g8
23. �h2 J.f5 24. Ele2 d3 25. Eld2 d x c2
27. c4 d x c4 28. flc1 �e8 (28 . . . gS 29. fS .... )
26. f4 .te3 27. .ixe5+ �xe5 28. fxe5 �e7
29. flxc4 flxc4 30. bxc4 Y!icS � .
29. Elf1 c1 Y!i
2 7 �c7 28. f5 g xf5 29. g xf5 Y!ih4
•••
Draw.
Game 10
Botvinnik only ever encountered this system S m ys l ov - L i s itsyn
as Black and his opponents (apart from Lev M oscow C h a m p i o n s h i p 1 942
enfish) failed to put up serious resistance.
1 . e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Y!ig4
Counterplay by Black on the kingside
Smyslov sacrifices a pawn it la Nimzowitsch ,
Game 9 but does not even equalise.
B o n d a re v s k y - B o tv i n n i k 4 �c6 5. �f3 cxd4 6. J.d3 Y!ic7 7. 0-0
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1 . 1 Games by World Champions • Game 11 Tal - Sokolsky
•
2
md7 42. bS a x b5 43. �xb5 eS 44. h4 A rare occurrence - Tal has failed to spot a
me6 4S. �a7+ md7 46. g4 d4 47. �bS tactical shot by his opponent !
�e3 4S. �a3 me6 49. hS mdS 50. me1
d3 51 . gS e4 S2. h6 e3 53. �b1 �xb1 1 2. Uxf2 �e3 1 3. We2 �xe2 1 4. �e4
54. hxg7 d2+ 55. me2 md4 56. gsW d x e4 1 S. Wxe2 0-0-0 1 6. We4 W bS
�e3+ S7. mf3 d1 W + 17. '&'gS UdfS 1S. a4 WdS 1 9. We3 �bS
20. Ud2 We6 21 . Ud6 We7 22. �d4 h6
White resigned.
23. �bS .1xbS 24. axbS �d7 2S. b6 WeS
26. WxeS+ �xeS 27. lixaS �a6 28 . .1h4
Advantage i n development for Black
gS 29 . .lg3 lidS 30. lia4 lixd6 31 . exd6
md7 32. lixe4 lieS 33. lixc8 mxc8 34. b4
G am e 1 1
md7 35. mf2 �b8 36. b5 f6 37. e4 eS
Ta l - S o ko l s ky
3S. eS me6 39. mf3 fS 40 . .1f2 mdS 41 . g3
Vi l n i u s 1 9 S5
e4+ 42. me2 f4 43. g xf4 g xf4 44 . .lg1
1 . e4 e6 2. d4 dS 3. eS eS 4. e3 W b6 �d7 4S. h3
S. �f3 �e6 6. a3 as 7. J.d3 J.d7 S. J.e2?!
Draw.
8. 0-0 1 cxd4 9. cxd4 ttlxd4 1 0 . ttlxd4 'Wxd4
1 1 . 'We2 55 ( 1 1 . ttlC3 55 ) .
Petrosian played the French with Black and
S .•. �h6 9. 0-0 inevitably came up against 3. eS . He won
9. b3 !? cxd4 1 0 . cxd4 ( 1 0 . Axh6 g x h6 three games, lost one (as a junior) and drew
1 1 . cxd4 &lg8 1 2 . 0-0 &l c8 1 3 . 'Wd2 &lg4 seven . I n his later years he preferred the
14. &ld1 ttlxd4 1S. ttlxd4 &l x d4 1 6. 'Wxd4 closed game resulting from 'Wb6 and c4.
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Chapter 1 Theoretically important games for independent analysis
Game 12 7
K h o l m ov - Petro s i a n
1 7 th USSR Cham pionsh i p, M oscow 1 9 49
1. e4 e6 2. d4 dS 3. eS cS 4. c3 �c6
S. �f3 'Wb6 6 . .ie2 c)(d4 7. c)(d4 �ge7
S. b3 �fS 9. .ib2 .ib4+ 10. mf1 hS 3
20 . . . d4 21 . .i)(d4 .ic6+ 22. mg1 'Wc7 1 9 . . . Axd1 20. fixd1 �c4 2 1 . �xc4 d x c4
23. � h2 0-0-0 24 . .tc4 �g6 2S. 'We3 22. Ad2 ± .
Draw. 20. Ac2 mbS 21 . Ad3 �c8;t 22. �b3
�c4 23. 'Wa2 .ia4
Space advantage 23 . . . fihe8 � .
24 . .ifS
Game 13
Ta l - Petro s i a n 24. Af4 !? ;t.
U S S R C h a m p i o n s h i p (Sem i -fi n a l ), Tbi l i s i 24 . . . .id7 2S. J.d3 .1a4 26 . .1f5 .1d7
1 956
Draw. A game worthy of those two great
1 . e 4 e 6 2. d 4 dS 3. e S c S 4 . c 3 �c6 players !
S. �f3 'Wb6 6. a3 c4 7. .1e2 Ad7 S. �bd2
�aS 9. 0-0 �e7 10. �b1 h6 1 1 . 'Wc2 'Wc7 Play on both wings, counterplay by Black
( 1 1 . . J;tc8 � ) 1 2. b3 !?
1 2 . g3 � 0-0-0 13. �e1 ; 1 2 . �e1 � . Game 14
12 . . . c)(b3 13. �)(b3 Aa4 14. �fd2 �ec6 I . Za itsev - Petro s i a n
37 th USSR C h a m p i o n s h i p, M oscow 1 969
14 . . . �ac8 !? 15. 'Wd3 �x b3 16. �xb3 �f5 =F .
i s. 'Wb2 O-O-O ?! ( 1 5 . . . �c8) 1 6. �)(aS 1. e4 e6 2. d4 dS 3. e5 c5 4. c3 �c6
�)(a5 5. �f3 'Wb6 6. a3 c4 7. �bd2 .1d7 S .1e2 •
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1 . 1 Games by World Champions. Game 15 Spassky - Korchnoi
9. �c2 �b4
1S. £g2 Aa4 19. 'We2 '!' c2
An opening tabia.
10. �e3
One of the possible continuations. White re
tains a slight advantage.
10. O-O !? �xc2 1 1 . 'Wxe2 £te8 1 2 . 'Wd3 t .
1 0 . . . �xe3 1 1 . fxe3 .le7 1 2. a 3 �c6
13. b4
19
Chapter 1 Theoretically important games for independent analysis
Game 16
Sp a s s ky - Ko rch n o i
St . Peters b u rg 1 9 99
1 . e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 �c6
5. �f3 Vb6 6. a3 a5 7 .ld3 .ld7 S .lc2
• •
2S. g4
13 • • • J;lxh6 14. 'Wd2 J;lhS
28. Ax b4 axb4 29. as 'Wc7 =F .
14 . . . h4 =F.
2 S g5 29. h x g6 .lxg6 30. g5 = f4?!
• • •
1 5. h4 mfS 1 6. Vf4 mgS 1 7. �bd2 g 6
31 . exf4 �c2 32. J;ld1 .le4?! 1S. J;l d 1 mg7 1 9 . �f1 �a7 20. �g5 .lea
32 . . . Aa3 33. �f1 Ae4 34. 'W h6 ;t . 21 . J;ld3 �b5 +
a b c d e f
33 . .le3
8
33. Ac1 ! ±. 7
5
34 . . . §c8 3S. Ad3 &tc3 36. �e2 ±;
White resigned, in view of 41 . . . Ad2 42 . 'Wa3 sideration , e. g. 23. &tf3 AxgS 24. h xgS �bS
'W h4+ 43. �g2 'Wf4 + . 2S. §d2 §c1 =F .
20
1 . 1 Games by World Champions. Game 18 Hort - Spassky
8
23 . . . !;lxd3 24. !;lxd3 �xa3:;:.
7 7
24. a4 ! lixd3 25. lixd3 �c3 26. �g3
6 6
�xd1 27. lixd1 'Wb6
5
27. . .'Wc3 2S. !;lc1 £xg5 29. h xg5 'Wx b3
30. 'ti'f6+ �gS 31 . �f5 ! +- g xf5 (31 . . . exf5
32 . e6 'Wc4 33. !;lxc4 d x c4 34. d5 +-)
32 . g6 'Wxa4 33. g xf7+ Axf7 34. !;lcS+ AeS 2
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Chapter 1 Theoretically important games for independent analysis
8
Blockade of a wing !
19 ••• �g7 20. lIaf1 �e7 21 . h4
6 6
5 5
Black resigned .
4 4
Play on the dark squares
3 3
2 G a m e 20
K h a l i fm a n - D o l m a tov
1 9 th E U - C u p, Rethy m n o n 2 0 03
Game 19 4
Ka sp a rov - K l i m cz o k 3
Katow ice ( s i m u l ) 1 9 93 r-'�
2
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 �c6
5. �f3 .ld7 6 . .le2 cxd4 7. cxd4 �ge7
S. �c3 �f5 9. 0-0 .Q.e7 10. g4 �h4
1 1 . �xh4 .lxh4 12 .le3 O-O? 1 3. f4 h6
10 J.d7 1 1 . 0-0 lieS 1 2. �bd2 g5
•
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1 . 2 Master games • Game 21 Bronstein - Karner
David lonovich Bronstein did not often play Theory is extremely important in any field of
this system but, i n contrast to the games knowledge, but chess players have never set
of the World Champions, h is games were themselves the goal of discovering the best
brimming with new ideas. Bronstei n's play moves in the initial position of the game.
was very creative, packed full of original ity,
whereas World Champions are concerned Advantage in development,
mainly with their competitive results. We can attack on the king
say that they are the champions, but Bron
stein was a creator. G a m e 21
B ro n ste i n - Ka r n e r
Generally the creators of new opening sys
Tal l i n n 1 9 81
tems, the "chess researchers" are consid
ered i nferior to the champions, since the 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Ad7 !? 4. �f3 !?
chess public is more interested in outstand a6 5 . .tg5 'Wc8? 6. c4 h6 7. .le3 dxc4
ing results than i n theory. Theoreticians are S. Axc4 �e7 9. �c3 .lc6 10. 0-0 Wd7
never regarded as bei ng on the same level 1 1 . fic1 a5 1 2. d5 exd5 13 . .td3 �a6
as champions, even though it is precisely 14. a3 g6 15. e6 'tY xe6 16 . .1d4 f6
the former who educate the chess world . (see next diagram)
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Chapter 1 Theoretically important games for independent analysis
Game 23
B ro n ste i n - R o o s
6
H ast i n g s 1 9 93/94
5
4 1 .e4 e6 2. d4 dS 3. eS cS 4. c3 �c6
3 3
S. �f3 'tY b6 6. a3 c4 7. �bd2 f6 8. b3
fxeS 9. �xeS �xeS 10. dxeS
2 2
..
L...-_______-=--_----J tr
Game 22
B ro n ste i n - B o rg e s M at e o s
R u b i n ste i n M em o r i al,
Po l a n ica Zd r6j 1 9 88 10 . . . .lcS?!
1 . e4 e6 2. d4 dS 3. eS cS 4. c3 �c6 1 0 . . . ttlh6 !? 1 1 . bxc4 AcS 1 2 . 'W hS+ ttlf?
S. �f3 'tY b6 6 . .i.e2 cxd4 7. cxd4 �ge7 1 3 . !Xb1 ( 1 3. 'We2 0-0 1 4 . !Xb1 WaS 00 )
8. �a3 �fS 9. �c2 Ab4+ 10. �f1 Ae7 1 3 . . . Axf2+ 1 4 . �d1 'We3 1 S . cxdS 0-0
1 1 . h4 f6?! ( 1 S . . . exdS 1 6 . ttlf3 'Wxc3 17. Ad2 Wc6
1 8 . AbS g6 1 9 . !Xf1 g x hS 20. !Xxf2 �)
16. 'We2 �.
1 1 . 'tY hS+ g6 1 2. 'tY h4 'tYc7 1 3. �f3 �e7
14. b4 �fS 1 S. 'tY h3 Ae7 16 . .le2 0-0
17. g4 �g7 18. 'tYg3
18. O-O �.
18 a S 1 9. b S a 4 20. h 4 .i.d7 21 . �d4
••.
24
1 . 2 Master games. Game 26 1 . Zaitsev - Lempert
3 3 8
7
2 2
17 �1S 1S. a6 b6
3
•••
18 . . . ttle6.
2
19. J.gS
19. ttlc3 ttlxc3 20. bxc3 ± .
�------�--� �
19 ••• �g6?
16. 1S !?
1 9 . . . Axg5 20. ttlxg5 ttlf4 2 1 . Wf3 Wxf3
22 . ttlxf3 t . 1 6 . ttlg4 Ae7 17. Ag2 ttlb6 1 8. We2 Aa4
20. �c3 �xc3 21 . bxc3 ± 0-0 22. lLxe7 1 9 . ttlf3 ttld7 � .
�xe7 23. );id6 WcS 24. );iad1 �1S 1 6 g x1S 1 7. g 4 1><g4 18. �xg4 .lea
•••
2S. );i6d2 Wc6 26. Wd3 g6 27. �gS );i1eS 19. �16 ;t lLc6 20. );i12 �e7 21 . �11 �b3
2S. 14 �g7 29. Wd7 Wxd7 30. );ixd7 + 22 .te3 �gS 23. �hS .tea 24. �1g3 �e7
•
);ie7 31 . );ixe7 �xe7 32. );id7 h6 33. �e6+ 2S. �16 .la4 26. WhS �c8 27. );ib11 �aS
1xe6 34. );ixe7+ �1S 35. );ixe6 �17 28. We2 .le7 29. �1hS .lea 30. �g7 ±
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Chapter 1 Theoretically important games for independent analysis
4 4
2
Game 26
I . Za itsev - L e m p e r t
M oscow 1 9 94
16 ••• Wd6 !
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. e3 �c6
1 6 . . . Ad6 ?! 1 7. Axc6+ bxc6 18. 'Wxc6+ �e7
5. �f3 Wb6 6. a3 a5 !? 7. .id3 .id7 S. 0-0
1 9 . Ag5+ f6 20. Ah4 &le8 2 1 . J;!ad1 'Wc7
cxd4 9. exd4 �xd4 10. �xd4 Wxd4
22. 'Wd5 Ax h2+ 23. �h1 �f8 24. 'WhS AeS
1 1 . �c3
2S. 'Wx h7 �f7 26. 'Wh5+ �g8 27. J;!d3 !
1 1 . 'We2 'Wb6 1 2 . !Dc3 Ac5 ! 1 3 . Ad2 a4 ! (Reefat - Rahman, Calcutta 1 994).
14. !DbS !De7 1S. J;!ac1 AxbS 16. Ax bS+ !Dc6 17. 'We4 !
1 7. Axc6+ bxc6 1 8 . 'Wg4 Af8 ! 1 9 . J;!c2 cS + 17. 'Wxd6 ? Axd6 + .
( Halasz - Soreghy, corr. 1 970). 17 J.e7
•••
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1 . 2 Master games· Game 28 Circenis - Katishonok
8 6 6
7 5 5
4 4
2 2
L..-_______...._--I
.;;.... 'IJ
20. §ab1 Ad4 21 . bxcS Axe3 22. fxe3 Pawn sacrifice for the initiative
21 . 1re2 J.xe3 22. 1rxe3 c4 23. 1rg3+ 1 1 . Iic1 �e7 1 2. c5 1rdS 1 3. J.d3 �g6
maS 24. 1rxg7 �d5?! 1 4. g3 Ae7 1 5. 1re2 a6 1 6. h4 h6 17. h5
(see next diagram) �fS 18. �h4 1rd7 1 9. f4 �h7 20. 1rg4
0-0-0 21 .lc3 1rc7 22. 1re2 mbS
•
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Chapter 1 Theoretically important games for independent analysis
a b c d e f h ..
8 8 8
7 7 7
6 6 6
5 5 5
4 4 4 4
3 3 3 3
2 2 2
L...-_______....;_
;;.... ----' 'lf
7. . .Wxb2 8. Ac1 Wxa1 9. Wc2 cxd4 1 0. tDfd2 Black has an extra pawn but when you look
d xc3 1 1 . tDb3 tDb4 1 2 . tDxa1 tDxc2+ at the position , it seems that White is the
13. tDxc2 Ad7 14. tDxc3 §c8 1S. ct>d2 oo . one with more pawns ! This is not entirely an
S. "d2 J.d7 ( 8 . . . Jig7 9 . tDa3) 9. 0-0 Ag7 optical i l l usion - White controls a lot more
10. �a3 0-0 1 1 . �c2 cxd4 1 2. cxd4 f6 squares.
13. J.d3 fxe5 14. �xe5 �xe5 15. dxe5 2S. g5 !?
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1 . 2 Master games • Game 32 I . Zaitsev - Laine
2S. fS exfS 29. g xfS �xg1 + 30. �xg1 AcS 20. tile3 !? tilfS 21 . tild xfS AxfS 22. Ad4
31 . �h4 Axd4 32 . �xd4 'tt b 2 33. e6 �gS+ Ad3 .: .
34. �f1 'tt x h2 3S. exd7 'tt h 1 + 36. �e2 �g2+ 20 . . . .tf5 21 . �xf5 �xf5 22. �h1 b5
37. 'ttf2 �xf2+ 3S. �xf2 'tt h 2+ 39. �f3 'tt h1 + 23. §cd1 h5 24. J.c3 §e8 25. Vf3
(39 . . .'ttd 6 40. AbS �g7 41 . Ac6 ;t ) 40. �e3 Draw.
YNg1 + 41 . �f3 YNh1 + =.
28 . •• .tc5 29. §xh6 §g7 30. 'tt h3 +- §ee7 Pawn sacrifice to establish a blockade
1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 �c6 4 4
5. �f3 'tt b 6 6. a3 J.d7 7. b4 cxd4
3 3
S. cxd4 §c8 9 .lb2 �h6 1 0. �c3 �a5
•
2 2
11. �a4 'ttc6 12. §c1 �c4 13. J.xc4 dxc4
14. �c3
The critical position. It is not easy for Black L...-_______....:_
:.... ---J iJ'
to equalise.
16. d5 exd5 17. �d4 � J.e7 1S. 'Wf3 J.c6
... 19. �xc6 'Wxc6 20. �xd5 .tg5 21 . §cd1
0-0 22. 'Wg3 'Wg6 23. �c3
23. f4 AdS 24 . 'tt h 3 tilfS 2S. �h1 ±
(2S. Ad4 ±).
23 . . . �f5 24. Vh3
Draw.
G a m e 32
I . Za itsev - L a i n e
H eart o f F i n l a n d Open , J yvas kyl a 1 9 94
14 . . . J.e7 1 5. 0-0 0-0 1 6. d5 exd5 1 . e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 �c6
17. �d4 fi'g6 1S. �xd5 J.g5 19. f4 ;1; J.dS 5. �f3 fi'b6 6. a3 .td7 7. b4 cxd4 S. cxd4
20. fi'e2 §c8 9 .te3 �h6 10 .td3 �g4 1 1 . 0-0
• •
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Chapter 1 Theoretically important games for independent analysis
a b c d e • 6 6
8 8
5 5
7
4 4
6 6
3 3
5 5
2 2
4 4
3 3
2 2
12 ••• �xd4?!
1 2 . . . hS !? 1 3 . tDh3 AdS 14. fxe4 O-O !?
( 1 4 . . . tDxe4 15. c5 Ae? 1 S. tDxe4 d x e4
1 6 f6 17. exd5 fxe5 18. dxe5 + - exd5
••. 1 7. Ad2 ± ) 1 5 . e5 tDxe5 ! 1 S . d x e5 Axe5 5i3
19. �xd5 1re6 20. 1re4 �h8 21 . b5! �c5 1 7. Ab2 Ad? 1 8 . tDf3 Aa4 1 9 . Y!ld3 AdS
22. �f4 1rg4 23. �h4! .lf5 24. �xf5 20. Ae2 e5 � .
(24. 1rb4 +-) 24 g xf5 25. 1rxb7 �xe5
•.•
1 3. cxd4 +- e3 1 4. c5 Ad7 1 5. Ad3
26. �ac1 1rh4 27. g3 1rd8 28. �c7 exd2+ 16 .lxd2 1ra4 17. 1rb2
•
For and against the blockade For and against the blockade
G am e 33 G a m e 34
C h e r n i a ev - K o r n i u k h i n McShane - Gdanski
V l ad i vosto k 1 995 4 th I EG G , I stan b u l 2 0 03
This game is interesting in that it shows that 1 . e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 �c6
this variation does not bring White any ad 5. �f3 1rb6 6 .le2 �h6 7 .lxh6 g x h6
• •
30
1 . 2 Master games· Game 34 McShane - Gdanski
Aa4 23. §g3 §af8 24. ttld3 �h8 2S. ttle3 hSt
27. . . §xc2 ? 28. ttlxc2 Y!ixe2 29. Y!ixc2 .1xc2
(Antonio - Lputian, Shenzhen 1 992).
30. §e8+ +-.
1 7 �e7?!
2S. De2 'Wg5 29. 'Wd1 .lh5 30. f3 �gS
•••
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Chapter 1 Theoretically important games for independent analysis
44 . . . .le4?! 34. fxe6 fxe6 35. .1c2 J.b3 36. J.b1 J.a2
44 . . .'Wd7 4S. �e1 !;ta3 46. �f3 Ag7 37. .lc2 .lb3 3S . .lxb3 c x b3 39. cxb4
(46 . . . !;txaS 47. �eS 'We6 48. 'Wf3 Ae4 �ec6 40. �e2 h6 41 . �h3 �b7 42. �hf4
49. 'WxhS i; ) 47. �eS AxeS 48. fxeS !;txaS g5 43. �d3 g x h4 44. mh2 �gS 45. mh3
49. 'Wf3 b4 SO. !;tf2 'Wf7 S1 . 'Wg2 'Wd7 �xb4 46. �df4 md7 47. mxh4 mea
S2 . g4 !? Ae4 � . 4S. �f3 �c2 49. �h5 � b4 50. �f6 �fS
45. 'Wxh5 b4 46. �f5 .txf5 47. 'Wxf5 �c3 51 . �d1 �c6 52. �fd3 �f7 53. mh5 �a7
Better was 47. . . !;txd4 48. �e3 Af8 49 . hS ± . 54. mxh6 �aa4 55. g5 �2xd4 56. �xd4
�xd4 57. �xd4 �xd4 58. �xd4 �xd4
4S. �e2 �c6 49. �e5
59. g6 � h4+ 60. mg5
49. !;te8+ Af8 SO. �e3 +-.
49. . . .tg7 50. �xd5 'WfS 51 . 'Wd7 �cS Black resigned .
52. � b5 �c2 53. �xb7 'Wf6 54. 'Wd5+
mhS 55. �xb4 Typical endgame
SS. !;tf7 +-.
55 . . . .1fS 56. �bS 'Wg7 57. �b7 G a m e 36
Black resigned. H a b a - Fa ra g o
Wattens 1 996
Space advantage, typical endgame
1 . e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 'Wb6
G a m e 35 5. �f3 �c6 6. a3 c4 7. �bd2 �a5
S ve s h n i kov - D o n ch e v S. � b1 .ld7 9 .1e2 �e7 1 0. �f1
• 'Wb3
Lvov 1 9 83 1 1 . J.f4 J.a4 1 2. 'Wxb3 .lxb3 1 3. �e3
1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 �c6 �g6 14 . .lg3 f5 1 5. exf6 g xf6 1 6. �h4
5. �f3 'Wb6 6. a3 c4 7. J.e2 J.d7 S. 0-0 .lh6 17. 0-0 .lxe3?!
�ge7 9. �bd2 �a5 10. � b1 �ec6 17. . . �f4 18. Axf4 Axf4 1 9 . g3 Ac7 20. f4 i;.
1 1 . �e1 J.e7 1 2. 'Wc2 �cS 1 3. �f1 'Wb3
1 4 . .td1 'Wxc2 15 . .txc2 �b3 16 . .1f4 1S. fxe3 0-0 19. �bc1 .la4 20 . .lg4 .ld7
�ca5 17. �g3 .ta4 1S. �e2 b5 1 9. �h5 21 . �f2 �c6 22. �cf1 mg7
mfS 20. .tg5 �c6 21 . .txe7+ �xe7
22. �f1 �a5 23. J.b1 �ac6 24. g4 �c7
25. �h4 g6 26. �g3 a5 27. f4 �dS 2S. f5
meS 29. �f3 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31 . �ef2
�a7 32. �g5 J.b3 33. h4 .la2
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1 . 2 Master games · Game 38 Sveshnikov - Luther
25. d x e6 .l.c6 26 . .l.d6 l1ae8 27. �f5+ 16. I1fe1 £e7 17. l1ac1 0-0 18. �e4 �f5
�xf5 28 .lxf8+ �xf8 29 .axf5 �xe6
• •
31 . . . e3 !? 32 . !;!e2 f5 55 .
1 9 . 'Wxc4 'Wxc4 20. !;!xc4 Axe4 21 . !;!xc8
32. 6f4 f5 33. g3 J.a4 34. I1d5 e3 35. �f1 !;!xc8 22. !;!xe4 !;!c2 23. Aa1 !;!a2 24. Ac3
J.c2 36. I1fd4 J.d3+ 37. �e1 �g5 38. h4+ !;!xa3 25. Ad2 !;!b3 + .
�h5?!
1 9 1rxe4 20. 1rxe4 £xe4 21 . I1xe4 c3
• • •
15. �xd7 'Wxd7 :f . 8. cxd4 �f5 9. �a3 £xa3 10. bxa3 'Wb6
15 . . . .lc6 + 1 1 .le3 �xe3 1 2. fxe3 'Wd8 13. 6b1
•
a b c d e f •
8 8
�,....-
7 7
6 6
5 5
L...-_______ ....;;....
_ ----I 'lr
33
Chapter 1 Theoretically important games for independent analysis
8 8
7 7
'--_______-"-_---0 is
6
21 . h3?! 5 5
34
1 . 2 Master games. Game 41 Enders - Uhlmann
S6. tOh4+ �f6 S7. tOxg2 �xe7 S8. �d4 �d6 Counterplay by Black against the eS pawn
S9. tOe3 Ah7 = . with '7-'6
50. �xeS g3 51 . �d6 g2 52. e7 g1 "
53. eS" "e3+ 54. md5 "xeS 55. �xe8
G a m e 41
d3 56. �d6 d2 57. �f5+ mg4 58. �e3+ Enders - Uhlmann
mf3 59. �d1 27 t h G O R C h am p i o n s h i p , E gges i n 1 978
35
Chapter 1 Theoretically important games for independent analysis
B2b) 17. . . �g6 18. f4 Yi'b6 1 9 . Ac4 d3 A2 ) 1 2 . . . a6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. c4 ± ;
B2b1 ) 20. �d1 Yi'f2 2 1 . �d2 �xf4 22. §f1 B) 1 0 . . .Yi'a5 1 1 . �b3 Yi'c7 ( 1 1 . . .Yi'a4 1 2 . �e5
Yi'e2+ 23. Yi'xe2 d x e2+ 24. Axe2 �xg2 ! �f6 � ) 1 2 . �g5 �f6 1 3 . cxd5 exd5 1 4 . c4
(24 . . . �xe2 25. <t>xe2 �) 25. §f3 g6 26. §cc3 Af5 =F.
Ah6 27. §cd3 �f4 � ;
10 �f6 1 1 . g3 lLe7 12. llb1 Yi'c7 13. lLe2
• . •
B2b2) 20. §b1 !? Ae7 (20 . . . �a5 2 1 . �xa5 0-0 14. 0-0 �a5 ! :;: 1 5. c5 b6 16. �b3
Yi'xa5+ 22. <t>f2 !? ±) 21. g3 � .
�xb3 17. cxb6 a x b6 18. Yi'xb3 .la6
9. bxc4 19. lle1 �d7 20. �g2 11fc8 21 .lg4 �fS •
9. �xe5 !? ( Bronstein) 9 . . . �xe5 1 0. d x e5 22. Wxb6 Wd7 23. �f4 lLd6 24. Wb2 Wf7
�h6 1 1 . bxc4 Ac5 1 2 . Yi'h5+ �f7 1 3 . cxd5 25. Wd2 llc6 26. c!>g2 llac8 27. .le2 Axf4
Axf2+ 14. <t>d1 t . 28. Yi'xf4 lLxe2 29. Wxf7+ c!>xf7 30. llxe2
llxc3 31 . lLf4 �g6 32. lLd6 IlSc4 33. lla2
9 . . . e4
llxd4 34. a4 llc6 35. a5
I n this position White has no advantage, so
he should follow Bronstein's suggestion on
8 8
move 9.
7
a b c d e
6 6
5 5
4 4
6 6
3 3
5 5
2
4 4
36
1 . 2 Master games • Game 43 Zhuravliov - Sveshnikov
The right move ; now White has no advan Counterplay by Black on the kingside
tage.
10. exf6 g xf6 1 1 . .ld3 �xe3 1 2. fxe3 G a m e 43
.lh6 Z h u ra v l i ov - Sve s h n i kov
M oscow 1 975
12 . . . eS.
13. 'We2 .ld7 14. �c3 �e7 1 S. 0-0 0-0 1. e4 cS 2. �f3 e6 3. c3 dS 4. eS �h6
S. d4 �fS 6. .ld3 �c6 7. 0-0 cxd4
1S . . . eS 1 6. e4 ! exd4 1 7. �xdS �xdS
S . .lxfS exfS 9. cxd4 .le7 10. �c3 .le6
18. exdS+ Ae3+ 19. cbh1 !.
1 1 . �e2 gS 1 2. 'Wb3 J;lbS 1 3 . .1d2 f4 !
16. �h1 J;lac8 17. � d 1 .lg7 �
1 3 . . . 0-0 ? 14. �xgS ! ± .
14. J;lac1 'Wd7 1S. �h1 .lfS 16. �e1 0-0
8 8
17. �d3 f6! 1S. �cS .lxcs 19. J;lxc5 fxeS
7
20. dxeS!
6
20. 'i!VxdS+ ? 'i!VxdS 21 . �xdS Ae4 + .
5
2 0 . . . .le6 21 . J;le1 ! d 4 22. 'Wd3 J;l bdS
4 23. �g1 J;lfS 24. 'WbS? g4?!
3 24 . . . �df8.
2 2S. J;le4! J;ldfS
2S . . . d3 26. �xf4 �xf4 27. Axf4 d2 28. Axd2
�------��- � 'Wxd2 29. 'Wx b7 AdS 30. e6 ! .
26. �e2 f3
1S. �f2 eS 1 9. d xeS fxeS 20. e4 d4
21 . J;lac1 �g6 22. J;lxcS Axcs 23. g3 26 . . . d3 27. �xf4 �xf4 28. �xf4 �xf4 29. Axf4
.lh6 24. �d2 �g7 2S. �c4 'We6 26. bS d2 30. Axd2 'Wxd2 31 . 'Wf1 00 •
'We7 27. �d1 .ld7 2S. J;lxfS 'WxfS 29. a4 27. J;lxg4+ �hS 2S. �f4 J;lSf7 29. J;l h4
'Wb4? 30. h4 'WcS 31 . �f2 �hS?! fxg2+ 30. �g1 J;lgS 31 . J;lh6
31 . . . cbg8 32 . hS �e7 33. �g4 Ag7 34. h6
Ah8 3S. 'ti'f3 �g6 36. �f6+ Axf6 37. 'ti'xf6 8
'i!Vf8 38. 'Wxf8+ cbxf8 � .
32. �g4 �f7 33. 'Wf3t 'We7 34 . �aS?!
.lcS
34 . . . Ad2 3S. �c4 Ab4 =F .
35. �c4 .lc1 36. � h 2 h6 3 7. 'Wd1 .la3
3S. .lf1 .lb4 39. .lh3 'WcS 40. �b2 'Wc3
41 . �d3 .ld6 42. �gf2 .lxh3 43. �xh3
'Wc4 44. 'Wg4+ �fS 45. 'Wd7 'Wxa4
46. 'Wxb7 'Wa1 a b c d e f
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Chapter 1 Theoretically important games for independent analysis
38. e7 ? I;!xe7 ! 39. 'fIxe7 tilf3+ 40. �xg2 Development advantage for Black;
tilh4 +- + ; counter-attack on the king
6. a3.
A theoretically important game. So far no 6 ••• .tb5 7. dxe5 !1
way for White to gain an advantage has been A relatively uncommon move ; the main al
found. ternatives are 7. 0-0 Axe2 8. 'fIxe2 'fIa6 !?
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 e5 4. e3 �e6 or 7. c4 !? Axc4 8. Axc4 d x c4 9 . dS exdS
5. �f3 .id7 6 .ie2 �ge7 !1 7. �a3 exd4
•
10. 'fIxdS tile7 1 1 . 'fIxc4 ( 1 1 . 'fIe4, I. Zai
8. exd4 �f5 9. �e2 _b6 10. 0-0 uca tsev - Doda, Riga 1 968, game 24 on page 2S)
11 .id3 �b4 12. �xb4 .txb4 13. a3 .ie7
•
1 1 . . .'fIa6 1 2 . tila3 'fIxc4 1 3 . tilxc4 tildS
14. AgS tild7 1S. 0-0-0 til7b6 = (McShane
Th6rhallsson, 3S th Olympiad, Bled 2002).
8
7 .4.xe5 8. b41
•••
7
8. 0-0 Axe2 9 . 'fIxe2 'fIa6 ! (9 . . . aS ?! 1 0 . c4
6 6
tile7 1 1 . tilc3 t, Movsesian - Volkov, Panormo
5 5 ( B l itz) 2002) 1 0. 'fIxa6 ( 1 0 . 'fIc2 tild7 1 1 . a4
4 4 I;!c8 +! , Kupreichi k - V. Molnar, Rimavska
3 3
Sobota 1 990) 10 . . . tilxa6 1 1 . b4 Ab6 1 2 . a4 t.
The worth of the move 6. Ae2 depends very
2 2
much on the evaluation of this endgame.
8 ••• .ixf2+ 9. mf1
L...-_______-=--_----I 'lr
..
14 .ixf5
•
20. Uxe4 2
38
1 . 2 Master games • Game 46 Portisch - Milic
Th is leads to a lost position . The computer 20. §fe1 l!i)xe5 2 1 . §xc7 l!i)xf3+ 22. gx f3
suggests 1 1 . a4 !? as ( 1 1 . . . l!i)g4 ? 1 2 . a5 +-) Axb5 23. Wxa7 Ad6 + .
12. Ad3 l!i)g4 13. 'Wg5 h5 +! . a b c d e •
1 1 . . . �g4 + 1 2. 'Wg5?! 8 8
�f8. 3 3
12 . . . .lb5! 1 3. c4 2 2
•
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Chapter 1 Theoretically important games for independent analysis
7 6 6
6 6 5 5
5 5 4 4
4 4 3 3
3 3 2
2 2
36 . . . llhS
36 . . . eDe3 ! -+. 7. . . Ab4+ 8. Ad2 eDe7 9. Ad3 (9. Ae2 Axa3
10. bxa3 Ab5 1 1 . Axb5+ 'Wx b5 1 2 . gb1 'Wd7
37. 'Wa6 i.fS
1 3 . 'Wb3 b6 � 1 4 . a4) 9 . . . Axd2+ 1 0 . 'Wxd2
37. . .'Wg5+ 38. eDg3 d4 -+. eDbc6 1 1 . eDc2 'Wx b2 1 2 . 0-0 'Wb6 13. gab1
3S. IlcS 'We7 'Wc7 14. gfc1
38 . . .'Wg5+ 39. eDg3 eDxg3 40. gxf8+ t!>xf8 A) 1 4 . . . h6 1 5 . eDe3 ( 1 5. gb3) 1 5 . . . gc8
41 . 'Wc8+ =. 1 6. 'Wb2 b6 1 7. gc1 � ;
39. 'Wx b6 d4?!
B) 14 . . . 0-0 1 5 . 'Wg5 � f6 1 6 . exf6 gxf6
39 . . . eDd6 40. gc7 'Wh4 41 . eDg3 'Wh2+
17. eDe3 h6 (17. . . . gxf3 18. gxf3 Ae8 19. 'Wg3
42 . t!>f1 gh4 + .
'Wxg3+ 2 0 . fxg3 b 6 21. eDc2 ±) 18. 'Wh4
40. J.xd4
40. 'Wd8 !? e5 41 . eDg3 � . B 1 ) 1 8 . . . gb8 1 9. eDe5 'Wd8 20. eD3g4 gf8
21 . eDxh6+ g x h6 22. 'Wxh6 gf7 23. 'Wh8+
40 . . .'WgS+
(23. eDxf7 t!>xf7 24 . 'Wh7+ t!>f6 25. gc3 'Wg8
40 . . . eDxd4 41 . 'Wxd4 gd5 �. 26. 'Wh6+ t!>f7 27. 'Wh5+ t!>f8 � 28. Ah7 ?!
41 . �g3 �xg3 42. IlxfS+ = �xfS 'Wh8 �) 23 . . . t!>xh8 24. eDxf7+ t!>g7 25. eDxd8
43. 'Wd6+ �eS 44. 'Wc6+ gxd8 26. gx b7 t!>f6 27. f4 ± ;
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1 . 2 Master games· Game 48 Kupreichik - Lautier
'Wf4+ =.
7. . .'Wx b2 8. Ae1 'Wxa1 9. 'We2 exd4 � .
S . 'Wd2 .lg7 9 . 0-0 0-0 29 'Wxc1 + = 30. �g2 I:Ixf2+ 31 . �xf2
.••
35. 'Wb3 ! .
35 . . . e2 36. �f2
�------�--� �
�------�--� �
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Chapter 1 Theoretically important games for independent analysis
G a m e 50
3
S ve s h n i kov - P i s kov
2
B l ed 1 990
�------�--� � 1 . e 4 e 6 2. d 4 d5 3. e 5 c 5 4 . c 3 �c6
5. �f3 Wb6 6. a3 .td7 7. b4 cxd4 S. cxd4
14 .txg6 hxg6 15. Wd3 �f7 16 .te3 ghS
• •
gcS 9 . .te3 �h6 10 .td3 �g4 1 1 . 0-0
•
17. gae2 �c4 1S. .ld4 g h6 ( 1 S . . . gS I?) �xe3 1 2. be3 g6 1 3. �c3 .lh6 14. We1
19. h4 a6 20. bxa6 bxa6 21. �bd2 Axd4 0-0
22. cxd4 ghS 23. �b3 be5 24. dxe5
.txa4 25. �bd4 .td7 26. g3 We8 27. gb1
8 8
gfS 28. g b7 �gS 29. �g5 gdS 30. f4
a5 31 . h5 a4 32. g h2 a3 33. h x g6 g bS 7
6 �------��- �
5
1 5. �a4
4
3
1 S . tild1 ! f6 ( 1 S . . . Ag7 1 6. tilf2 fS 1 7. exf6
§xf6 1S. tDg4 §ffS 19. 'Wh4 'WdS 20. tilgS +-)
2
1 6 . exf6 §xf6 17. tilf2 ( 1 7. 'Wh4 Ag7 1 S . tilf2
eS 1 9 . bS tilxd4 20. exd4 e4 21. tileS AfS :f!)
�------�--� � 1 7. . . eS (17. . . Ag7 1 S . tilg4 flxf3 1 9 . §xf3
42
1 . 2 Master games • Game 51 Sveshnikov - Portisch
tLlxd4 20. tLlf6+ cbh8 21. !;!f4 ±) 1 8 . b5 tLlxd4 4S. . . �f4 49. �xdS �e3 50 . �c6 �c3
19. tLlxe5 Ax b5 20. exd4 ±.
8 8
15 . . .•dS 16. �c5 6c7 17. h4 b6 1S. �xd7
.xd7 19 . .1b5 .cS 20. g4 �e7 21 . g5 7
4
8 8
3
7
2
6 6
5 5
I--�� L--_______....;_
;.... ----' «f
4 4
51 . b5?
3 3
White misses the win : 51 . tDe6 ! g3 52. tDg5
2 2
cbf2 53. tDe4+ cbg1 54. tDxg3 cbh2
55. tDe4 +- tDe2 56. Af3 tLld4+ 57. cbd5 tDxf3
L--_______-=--_----I «f 58. b5 +-.
51 . . . �xb5 52. �xb5 g3 53. �e6 �f2
It might appear that there is no point in play 54. �f4 g2!
ing on in this ending ; there are bishops of I had overlooked this neat resource and the
opposite colour and Black has no weak game finished in a draw.
nesses. But in real ity White has practically
an extra piece - his king ! His plan is first to Play on both wings
achieve the e3-e4 break, followed by d4-d5
to make use of his more active ki ng. Black G a m e 51
lacks counterplay, his pieces have only the Sve s h n i kov - P o r t i sch
e7 and f8 squares at their disposal , and the I nterzo n a l , Biel 1 993
f7 pawn needs to be defended by the king.
This game was very important in a competi
26 . .la6! tive sense, since it was played in the penulti
This move prevents Black's only possibility mate round of the I nterzonal and winning it
of counterplay with a7-a5, after which the g7 would practically guarantee my qualification
bishop would be "resurrected" . for the Candidates.
1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 �c6
26 . . . �e7 2 7. �f2 h 6 2S. �g3 .lfS
5. �f3 Wb6 6 . .ie2?!
29. �f4 �f5 30. e4 dxe4 31 . �xe4 �g3+
Better is 6. a3 ! .
32. �d3 .le7 33. d5 ! exd5 34. �d4 hxg5
35. hxg5 �e4 36. �xd5 �xg5 37. �d4!
6 . . . cxd4!
6 . . . tDh6 ?! 7. Ax h6! gxh6 (7. . .'Wx b2 8. Ae3 ! ±)
Centralisation ! 8. Wd2 t.
37. . . �e6 3S. �b5 .idS 39. �c6 g5 7. cxd4 �h6 S. b3
40. �xa7 g4 41 . .1f1 �d4+ 42. �b7 f5 8. tDc3 tDf5 9. tDa4 Ab4+ 1 0 . Ad2 'Wa5 = is
43. exf6 �f7 44. a4 �xf6 45. £g2 �e5 preferable.
46. .ih1 b5 47. axb5 �xb5 48. �c6+ S . . . �f5 9 . .lb2 .lb4+ 10. �f1 0
48. tLlx b5 Ae7 =. 1 0 . tDc3 tDcxd4.
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Chapter 1 Theoretically important games for independent analysis
7 7
12 . . . 0-0 13. �g2 Ad7 � .
6
13. mg2 fxeS 14. dxeS 0-0
5 5
Portisch has played the opening very well
indeed . At a later stage I managed t o win a 4 4
8
'-------=--' \(
.txdS 30 .ld4?! •
"'---_______....;_
;.... ----I \( 30. Wxd8? �e3+ ! + ; 30. �d3 ! Ab5 31 . §c1
and �c5 ± ; 30. �b3 ! ± .
1 S. Hc1 .ld7 16 .td3 'WeS
•
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1 . 2 Master games· Game 53 Guido - Foisor
Play on both wings 'irxg4+ 25. h xg4 �xe3 26. fxe3 11xc1
27. 11xc1 md7 2S. mf2 b6 29. b5 J.dS
Game 52 30. e4 J.g5 31 . �f3 dxe4+ 32. �xe4 11aS
Sve s h n i kov - K i r i a kov 33. 11f1 meS 34. �h3 .le7 35. g5 11cS
R u ssian C h a m p i o n s h i p , E l i sta 1 994 36. md3 11dS+ 37. me4 11c8 3S. md4
11dS+ 39. mc4 11cS+ 40. md3 11dS+
1 . e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 �c6 41 . �e4 11cS
5. �f3 J.d7 6 .le2 �ge7 7. �a3 cxd4
Draw. Black played well , equalising the pos
•
A) 1 2 . b4 tDc4 ( 1 2 . . . Ax b4 1 3 . �b1 +-) S. cxd4 �f5 9. �c2 'irb6 10. 0-0 11c8
13. Axh6 gxh6 14. Axc4 dxc4 1S. tDd2 ;t ;
1 0 . . . Ae7.
B) 1 2 . Ax h6 g x h6 1 3 . b4 tDc6 ( 1 3 . . . tDc4 ;t ) 1 1 . J.d3 !
14. bS tDaS ;' .
1 1 . g4.
1 2. �fe1 .lb5 1 3. �d3 h5 14. g x h5 �f5
•
15. J.e3 11c8
15 . . . tDc4 1 6. a4 tDcxe3 1 7. fxe3 Ac4 18. tDf4
Ab3 1 9. AbS+ �d8 20. YNe2 Axc2 2 1 . as
'Wc7 22. �fc1 �c8 23. a6 b6 24. Aa4 ;t ,
Sveshnikov - Dolmatov, Naberezhnye Chelny
1988 (Volume 1 , page 27).
16. b4 �c6 17. a4 .lc4 1S. 11b1 YNdS
a b c d e f
8 8
7 7
6 6
11 a5
5
•••
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Chapter 1 Theoretically important games for independent analysis
8 8
7 7
6 6 6
5 5 5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
{r {r
46
1 . 2 Master games • Game 55 I . Zaitsev - Naumkin
21 . §xc6 ! + - §xc6 22. Wf3 f6 23. �xc6 1 7. . . tDaS ?! 18. tDxaS WxaS 19. c4 ± ; 17. . . Ae7
�d5 24. axb5 18. c4 dxc4 1 9 . Axc4 ± .
Black resigned . 1S. �d2
18. Aa6 !? Ax b3 19. Wx b3 tDaS 20. Wa4 g"a8
Play on both wings 21. !;lbS ! +-.
1S ••• f6
G a m e 55
1 8 . . . tDaS 1 9. c4 d x c4 20. tDxc4 tDxc4
I . Za itsev - N a u m k i n
21. Axc4 Ac6 22. !;lfc1 ±.
M oscow 1 9 95
19. f4 ll.e7 20. exf6 gxf61!
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 �c6 20 . . . Axf6 21. tDf3 !;lhf8 �.
5 . �f3 Wb6 6 . a 3 c4 7. �bd2 �a5 S . ll.e2
.td7 9. 0-0 �e7 10. §b1 (Zaitsev) 10 h6 •••
8 8
10 . . .Wc7 1 1 . tDgS h6 1 2 . tDh3 0-0-0 1 3 . tDf4
7
c,t>b8 1 4 . tDhS g"a8 1 S . g4 tDc8 1 6 . f4 tDb6
17. We1 ( I . Zaitsev - Vasyukov, 37 th USSR 6
§ b8 26. §fc1 1
1 1 . . . 0-0-0
26. 'ti'd2 ±.
11 . . . tDb3 12. tDxb3 Aa4 1 3 . tDfd2 (13. Ae3 26 ••• J.xf4 27 .ixf4 Wxf4 ;t 2S. �h1 1!
•
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Chapter 1 Theoretically important games for independent analysis
48
1 . 2 Master games. Game 57 Sveshnikov - Dizdar
.lc4 40 . .ld1 a5 41 . J.a3 J;:[17 42 . .lc2 1 8 . gxe1 AbS 1 9 . 'We3 Axe2 20. 'Wxe2
.la6 'Wx b2 + .
42 . . . c;!.>e8 ! + . 18 • . . .lb5 19. Wc2
1 9 . 'fIb3 ?? Axe2 20. 'fIx b6 Axf3 -+.
43. £.g6 ! "f2+ 44. mh2 .lc4 45. gc2
1 9 . . . .lxe2 20. "xe2 �c6 21 . .le3 .le7
"f1 46. "b2 b5 47. gc1 "f2 48. gc2
22. mg2 md7 23. "c2?!
Wf1 49. gc1 Wf2 50. gc2
23. ge1 = .
50. gxe4 !? 'Wxb2 51 . Ax b2 gf2 (S1 . . . d x e4 23 . . . lilb4 24. "b3 Wb5 25. a3 �d3
52. Axf7 c;!.>e7 ± ; S1 . . . gg7 S2 . geS gxg6 2S . . .'Wd3 26. 'Wxd3 tilxd3 27. gd1 tilx b2
53. gx bS Axe3 S4. c;!.>h3 Af2 SS. gb3 � ) 28. g b1 Axa3 29. Ae1 tile4 (29 . . . tild3
52. ge2 ± . 30. Axa3 tilf4+ 31 . c;!.>f1 bS 32 . gb3 ± )
5O . . ...f1 = 30. Axa3 tilxa3 (30 . . . b6 !? �) 31 . gx b7+ c;!.>e6
32 . gxf7 as 33. ge7 I?�
Draw, since S1 . gxe4 gf2 loses.
8
Play on both wings
7 7
G a m e 57 6
Sves h n i kov - D i z d a r
5 5
S l oven i a n Leag u e , B l ed 2 0 02
4 4
1 . e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 �c6 3 3
5. �f3 .ld7 6 . .le2 �ge7 7. �a3 cxd4 2 2
8. cxd4 �f5 9. �c2 �b4 10. 0-0 �xc2
11. Wxc2 Wb6 1 2. Wd3 gc8 13. g4 !? lile7
14 . .ld2 h5 1 5. h3 a6
26. Wa2
26. 'Wx bS+ a x bS 27. b3 ge8 =F (27. . . ga8
28. gd1 tilb2 29. g b1 Axa3 30. tilgS f6
31 . tilf3 tild3 32. gd1 tilb4 33. gh1 li5) 28. c;!.>f1
ge3 29. b4 tilb2 30. c;!.>e2 tile4 31 . Ae1 ge2+
32 . c;!.>f1 f6 =F.
26 . . . gca 2 7. b3
27. b4 'Wa4 28. 'Wd2 tilx b4 29. AgS f6 !
(29 . . . tile2 30. gb1 bS 31 . Axe7 c;!.>xe7
32. 'WgS+ � ) 30. exf6 g xf6 31 . Axf6 Axf6
32 . 'Wx b4 'Wx b4 33. a x b4 ge4 34. bS ax bS
3S. gd1 b4 36. gS Ag7 37. c;!.>g3 c;!.>d6 38. g6
c;!.>e7 39. c;!.>f4 b3 40. tileS gb4 -+.
16. gfc1 ?!
27. . . gc3 28. gb1 Wc6 29 . gd1 Wb5
16. a4 !? h xg4 17. h xg4 tile6 ( 1 7. . . tilg6 29 . . . ge2 ? 30. 'Wb1 'fIe3 31 . gd2 +-.
18. b4 I?) 1 8 . as "e7 !? 1 9 . gfe1 'Wd8 !? 30. gb1 Wc6 31 . gd1 lilc1 32. "b1
20. c;!.>g2 tilb4 ! 21. gxe8 Axe8 22. Wb3 tile6 32 . Axe1 gxe1 33. gd2 (33. gxe1 'Wxe1 +)
23. Ad3 Ae7 24. ge1 'fIe7 2S. gS fS 26. g6 �. 33 . . .'i!lbS + .
16 . . . hxg4 17. hxg4 gxc1 + 18. .lxc1 32 . . . lilxb3 33. 'Wh7 Wca
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Chapter 1 Theoretically important games for independent analysis
33 . . . Axa3 34. §h1 'Wc8 3S. 'Wxg? 'Wf8 1 1 . §g1 ! f6 1 2 . exf6 g xf6 1 3. tilc3 tilf?
36. 'Wxf8 Axf8 37. §h? g;,e8 38. tilgS §c8 1 4 . tila4 ! ( 1 4 . §c1 Ah6 1 S . §c2 tile? 1 6 . h4
39. §xf? Ae? 40. §g? +! . Af4 17. Ad3 h6 1 8 . §e2 'Wc? 1 9 . 'Wb3
34. a4 'Wf8 35 . §b1 b5
tild6 +! , Lautier - Bauer, French Champion
ship, Val d ' isere 2002) 14 . . .'Wd8 1S. tilcs ;t
3S . . . Ab4 36. tilg1 !? = . b6 1 6. tilxd? 'Wxd? 1 7. §c1 , Vasyukov
36. axb5 axb5 Bukhman , St. Petersburg 1 994.
36 . . . as 37. tild2 a4 38. tilx b3 axb3 39. Ad2 ...
§c2 40. 'Wd3 ±.
37. �d2?!
6 6
37. tilg1 ! g6 38. tile2 §d3 39 . tilf4 §c3
40. tile2 =. 5 5
�....,....,
37. . . §xe3D 38. �xb3 §c3 39. �d2?! + 4 4
3
39. §a1 ! Aa3 40. tild2 b4 41 . tilb1 =1= .
2 2
Draw.
G a m e 58 1 1 . . . .te7
T i m m a n C u . H a n sen
-
1 1 . . .f6 1 2 . Ad3 tilf? 1 3 . tilbd2 ( 1 3 . 0-0 §c8
M al m o 2 0 03 14. tilbd2 as 1S. bS tile? 1 6. a4 tilg6 17. Axg6
hxg6 18. g;,g2 gS oo , Belkhodja - Morovic Fer
1 . e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 �c6
nandez, 3S th Olympiad, Bled 2002) 13 . . . fxeS
5. �f3 1rb6 6. a3 �h6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
1 4 . d xeS Ae? 1 S . §c1 tilgS 1 6 . h4 tilxf3+
8. Axh6 g x h6 9 . cxd4 Ad? 1 0 . Ae2 §c8 17. 'Wxf3 tild4 18. 'We3 tilbS 19. tilf3 'Wxe3+
1 1 . 0-0 Ag? 1 2 . 'Wd2 0-0 1 3 . §a2 f6 1 4 . bS 20. fxe3 as 2 1 . Ax bS Ax bS 22. tild4 Ad?
tilaS 1 S . exfS §xf6 1 6 . tileS Ae8 17. 'We3 23. bS Ad8 24. a4 ± , Sveshn i kov - Lputian ,
§fS +! ( Bosch - Lputian , Wij k aan Zee 1 999). Tilburg 1 992 ;
8 . . . �f5 9. J.b2 J.d7 1 1 . . . §c8 1 2 . tilc3 tilaS 1 3 . tila4 'Wc6 14. §c1
9 . . . Ae? 1 0. Ad3 as 1 1 . 'Wa4 0-0 1 2 . bS tilc4 1 S . §xc4 !? dx c4 1 6 . tilc3 'Wb6 17. Ag2
tilh4 (Kiik - Korchnoi , Rilton Cup, Stockholm as 1 8 . bS Ax bS 1 9 . dS AcS 20. 0-0 §d8
2003 ; Volume 1 , page 9S) or 12 . . .f6 (Lastin 21. d6 Ac6 22. 'We2 sa , Shirov - Sadvakasov,
S. Ivanov, Aeroflot Open , Moscow 2004 ; Vol Astana 2001 .
ume 1 , game 2S on page S1 ). 1 2. Ad3
10. g4 �h6 1 2 . tilc3 !? 0-0 1 3 . tila4 'Wd8 1 4 . tilcS �b8
1 S . Ad3 Ae8 1 6. 'Wb1 g6 17. 'Wc1 t, Haba
1 0 . . . tilfe? !? 1 1 . tilc3 tilaS 1 2 . tild2
Koutsin, Wattens 1 999.
( 1 2 . 'Wc2 , Sveshnikov - Radjabov, Tal l i n n
2004, game 6 1 on page S 3 ) 1 2 . . . §c8 12 . . . §eS 1 3. �bd2
1 3 . §c1 tilg6 1 4 . h4 Ae? 1 S . gS h6 1 6. g x h6 1 3 . 'Wd2 tilg8 1 4 . 0-0 f6 1 S . §e1 fxeS
§x h6 1 7. hS tilh4 1 8 . 'Wg4 tilfS 1 9 . Ad3 ;t , 16. dxeS tilh6 1 7. tild4 tilf? 18. tilxc6 Axc6 =,
Grischuk - Radjabov, Wijk aan Zee 2003. Merenkov - Podlesny, Moravia 1 996.
1 1 . h3 13 . . �b8
.
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1 . 2 Master games· Game 58 Timman - Cu. Hansen
A typical ' French' idea : Black prepares to Here 21 . . . eS !? would have been more stub
exchange light-squared bishops on bS. Tim born : 2 2 . 'WxeS (22 . AxeS !?) 2 2 . . .'Wxf6
man hinders this. 23. 'Wxf6 g xf6 24. Axf6 ± .
14. 'We2 a6 2 2. .i.xb5 'Wxb5 23. 'We3 +-
Renewing the threat. Black can no longer defend the dark squares,
15. �b1 !1 and his h6 knight is completely useless.
A purely prophylactic move : if Black insists 23 ••• d4 24 .i.xd4 UfdS 25. Ufd1 1!
•
on exchanging bishops, White will exchange After 2S. fxg7 eS 26. Ab2 §c6 Black wou ld
on bS and then the kn ight will come to c3 to sti l l have had some defensive chances. In
attack the doubled pawn, which cannot be my opinion the most precise course was
defended . 25. a4 ! 'WdS 26. Ab6 §d7 27. §ad1 'Wxd1
1S. tDb3 ;t . 28. 'WgS +-.
15 .• • �c6 25 ••• Ud5
1S . . . AbS 1 6 . Ax bS+ a x bS 1 7. tDc3 §c4 Black has parried the most dangerous threat
18. tDd2 !? 'Wxd4 ( 1 8 . . . §xd4 ? 1 9 . 'We3 tDd7 - the incursion of the queen to gS - and at
20. tDx bS +-) 1 9 . tDxc4 bxc4 20. tDbS ± . the same time he sets a trap.
16. 0-0 0-0 17. �c3 26 .1b2 !
•
The knight heads for cS . Black cannot reply After 26. fxg7 Black had the surprising ri
with tDaS since the b2 bishop is protected poste 26 . . . tDxg4 ! (N otkin ) 27. h xg4 'Wd7 ! ,
by the queen . and Black regains the piece, e . g . 28. §d2 eS
17. . . �xd41 29. Ac3 §xc3 ! .
Black underestimates White's attacking 26 ..• Ug5 27. Uac1 UeS 2S. 'Wf4
chances. It was better to withdraw the queen 28. §d3 !? ± .
to d8 and then prepare the f7-f6 break.
2 S U g 6 29. Uc5 'We2 30. Ud2 'We1 +
•..
1S. �xd4 'Wxd4 19. �e4 'Wb6 20. �f6+ ! 31 . mh2 'Wf1
h •
���������� The threat was 32 . §c1 trapping the queen,
8 8
and if 31 . . . eS White could win with 32. §xeS
7 §xeS 33. AxeS gxf6 34. §d8+ �g7 3S. Ad4
'We7 36. 'Wd6 +-.
5 32. Uh51!
4 32. fxg7 fS !? 33. gS eDf7 34. h4 h6 35. §c1
3 'WbS 36. Af6 +-.
2 32 ••• �f51!
32 . . .'Wb1 ! ( Psakhis) 33. fxg7 tDfS ±.
33. 'Wf3 �h6
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1--_______"";;"_
" ---' 'If
17. h4 .le7
White is better. If 17. . . eS , then 18. dxeS fxeS
36 . .lf6 1 9 . gS with an attack.
Here 36. 1::l x h7 ! would have finished matters : 18. g5 fxg5?!
36 . . . �xh7 37. WhS+ �h6 38. g8W+ 1::l e xg8
This weakens the eS square even more.
39. 1::l d 7+ .
19. hxg5 ( 1 9 . �xgS ±) 19 . . . Dg8
36 . . . �xg5 3 7. .lxg5 h 6 38 . D d 1 "b5
a b c d e
39. .lxh6 "e5+ 40. �h1 "f6 41 . .le3
8
Black resigned .
G am e 59
Sve s h n i kov - D vo i r i s
3 3
C h e l i a b i n s k 2 0 04
2 2
1 . e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5
Semion had certainly not expected that a
�_____________�____ � 'If
Sici lian would turn into an Advance French !
4 . . . �c6 5. �f3 .b6 6. a3 �h6 7. b4 cxd4 White has seized the key square eS and pre
8. cxd4 �f5 9. Ab2 .td7 vented Black from castling. Strategically the
game is already decided - it just remains for
Another possibility is 9 . . . Ae7. White to wrap it u p with an attack on the
10. g4 �h6?! king.
Dvoiris is again u nlucky ! In 1 993 I played a 20. �d3 !?
thematic match against Lputian to i nvesti White refines his plan : the knight is headed
gate this position , so I was very fami liar with for eS. Now the black king will have no safe
the ideas. At the moment theory considers haven . Instead 20. bS �cd8 2 1 . Ad3 ;t was
1 0 . . . �fe7 to be the best continuation. also good .
1 1 . Dg1 ! f6 1 2. e xf6 g xf6 1 3. �c3 �f7 20 . . . Ad8
14. �a4 "c7 1 5. Dc1 ! "d6 20 . . .Wd8 2 1 . �feS �fxeS 22. �xeS �xeS
After lengthy reflection , Semion Isaakovich 23. d x eS 1::l x gS 24. 1::l x gS AxgS 2S. WhS+
comes up with a new move. The stem game �f8 26. 1::lc3 +-.
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1 . 2 Master games • Game 61 Sveshnikov - Radjabov
G a m e 60
Sve s h n i kov - G o l ova n ov
C h e l i a b i n s k 2 0 04
37. .txe6 fxe6 3S. �fxe6 'fld7
1 . e4 e6 2. d4 dS 3. eS eS 4. e3 �e6 39. �eS +- 'fla7 ?!
S. �f3 'i!lb6 6. a3 e4 7. �bd2 �aS S. g3 39 . . .Wf5 40. �xa4 �xe2 41 . Wxe2 �xfS
.td7 9. h4 �e7 ?! 42 . �c5 ±.
9 . . . h5 ! 1 0. Ah3 �hS ! � . 40. 'flf4 gdS 41 . ge6
1 0 .1h3 ;t 'i!le7 1 1 . 0-0 �eS 1 2. �e1
• Black resigned .
12. h5 �.
Attack on the king
1 2 hS?! 1 3. g b1 �b6 1 4. �df3 0-0-0
•..
16. �d6+
31 . gfe1 as 32 . .tf6 .txf6 33. exf6 ±
1S. Wxc3 tDd5 17. Y!lxcS AxcS 18. gg1 (18. f3
�d6 34. �gS b4 35. axb4 axb4 36. �f4
�f4 55 ) 1 8 . . . �d8 55 ( 1 8 . . . h5 !? 1 9 . g5 �f4
ghfS?!
20. �g3 h4 21. �f3 �g2+ 22. �f1 h3 oo).
(see next diagram)
16 ••• mdS 17. �xf7+ meS 1S. �d6+ mdS
3S . . . Ab5 37. AxeS fxeS 38. �fxeS +-. (see next diagram)
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19. �f7+
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Encyclopaed ia
Table 1 ...
8
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5
7
6 6
5 5
4 4
3 3
3 4 5 S 7 8 9 10
Note : the author has included many games in the encyclopaedia tables more than once, to
take account of possible transpositions.
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56
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Moscow 1 976. 7
1 5 5 . . . �e7 6. h4 cS 7. hS h6 8. b3 ?! Aa6 6 6
9. Axa6 �xa6 1 0. 'We2 �c7 1 1 . d xcS bxcS
5 5
1 2 . c4 �c6 13. §h4 ?! d4 14. �bd2 O-O-O �
Schm itt - Short, Montpell ier 2004 ; 5 . . . c5 4 4
(6. 'Wxg7 �g6 oo ) 6 . . . Ab6 7. 'Wxg7 ;t ( Keres) Axe3 1 3 . 'Wxe3 � Becker - Maroczy, Carls
7. . . §g8 8. 'Wx h7 'Wc7 9. �f3 �bc6 1 0. Af4 bad 1 929.
�d4 1 1 . c3 �xf3+ 1 2 . g xf3 Ad7 1 3 . a4 as 24 7. Af4 'Wb6 (7. . . �g6 8. Ag3 fS 9. exf6
14. bS d4 1S. c4 ±. 'Wxf6 1 0. Axg6+ 'Wxg6 1 1 . 0-0 0-0 = Polu
22 S. Af4 ?! AxcS 6. Ad3 'Wb6 ! gaevsky - Antosh i n , Tbilisi 1 9S6) 8. 0-0
[6 . . . �ge7 ?! 7. �f3 �g6 8. Ag3 0-0 9 . 0-0 'Wx b2 9. �bd2 'Wb6 ( 0 9 . . . �g6 ! 1 0. §b1
fS 1 0 . exf6 'Wxf6 1 1 . c4 !? 'Wx b2 1 2 . Axg6 ! 'Wa3 1 1 . Ag3 O-O =i=) 1 0. �b3 ( 1 0. c4 !? h6
( 1 2 . . .fixa1 ? 13. Ax h7+ <i!?xh7 14. 'Wc2+ <i!?g8 1 1 . 'Wc1 �b4 1 2 . Ae2 Ad7 13. a3 �a6
(14 . . . g6 1S. �gS+ <i!?g7 16. �c3 ±) 1S. �c3 ±) 1 4 . §b1 t Keres - Alexandrescu , Unofficial
12 . . . hxg6 13. cxdS ! oo Velimirovi6 - Kholmov, Olympiad , M u n ich 1 936) 10 . . . �g6 1 1 . Ag3
Yugoslavia - USSR, Odessa 1 975] 7. Ag3 Ae7 1 2 . h4 � Nimzowitsch - Spielmann, San
'Wx b2 8. �d2 �xeS + . Sebastian 1 91 2 .
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Table 1 : 1 . e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5
1 2 . 'iVd1 Ad6 1 3 . c3 d x c3 1 4 . tDxc3 Ad7 + 'iVeB 13. tDe1 Ad7 14. ttlc3 'iVf7 1S. Ae2
Smyslov - Lisitsyn, M oscow 1 942) B. tDxeS !;lfcB � Honfi - Uhlmann, Leipzig 1 9B2 .
WxeS 9. Af4 ttlf6 1 0. 'Wg3 ( 1 0. AbS+ Ad7 32 1 1 . Ad2 ( 1 1 . a3 I?) 1 1 . . .ttlb4 1 2 . Ab1
11. Axd7+ �xd7 1 2 . 'Wg3 'WfS +) 10 . . .'WhS oo ; !;lcB 1 3 . a3 ttlc6 ( 1 3 . . . ttla6 14. Ad3
6 . . . 16 7. Ax h7 tDxeS B . ttlxeS fxeS 9 . 'iVg6+ tDcS 1 S . Ac2 aiS) 14. Ad3 O-O =i= Svesh
�e7 1 0 . AxgB !;lxgB oo Baranov - Yakhi n , n i kov - Komarov, Vrnjacka Banja 1 999 ;
USSR 1 974. 14 . . . ttlaS !? =i=.
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Grigoriev, Odessa 1929 ; 9 . . . lOxeS ! 10. Y!ixeS lOxd4 1 1 . Axg6+ hxg6 1 2 . 1rxd4 ;! .
Ad6 ! 1 1 . Wxd4 0-0 1 2 . lOd2 Wc? 1 3 . Wh4
38 9 . !;!e1 Wb6 1 0. lObd2 Ad? 1 1 . lOb3
h6 =F ] 7. . . Ad? B. Axc6 bxc6 9 . Wxd4 fxeS
!;!cB 1 2 . a3 a6 13. h4 AdB 14. Y!id2 � Keres
(9 . . .Wb6 !?) 1 0. WxeS lOf6 1 1 . Af4 AcS ;!
Hazenfuss, Kemeri 1 93?
Alekhine - Euwe, Nottingham 1 936 ;
39 9 . . . 0-0 1 0. h4 [ 1 0. lOb3 Ad? ( 1 0 . . .1S
b) 6 . . .1S 7. lObd2 ! (7. a3 as B. AbS Ad? 1 1 . exf6 g xf6 1 2 . lOfxd4 eS 1 3 . lOfS e4
9. Axc6 bxc6 1 0. Wxd4 cS 1 1 . Wf4 lOh6 1 4 . lOxe?+ Wxe? 1 S . AbS fS 1 6 . f4 00
1 2 . c4 d4 =F Crosa - Leitao, Sao Paulo 2002) Stocek - Matlak, Czech League 1 999/2000)
7. . . lOge? B . lOb3 lOg6 9 . !;!e1 Ae? (9 . . .Wb6 1 1 . lObxd4 lOxd4 1 2 . lOxd4 Wb6 13. Axg6
1 0. a4 !? Ab4 1 1 . Ad2 Axd2 1 2 . Wxd2 t ) fxg6 14. Wd2 g5 ! = ] 10 . . . f5 00 .
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Table 1 : 1 . e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5
40 10. h3 0-0 1 1 . ge1 tLlh4 1 2 . Axh4 Axh4 8. b4 Ab6 9 . bS !) 8 . . .Wc? ! 9. We2 tLld?
13. tLlb3 Ad? 1 4 . tLlxh4 Wxh4 1 S . AbS = 1 0. Af4 f6 ! � ;
Hodgson - Ree, Wijk aan Zee 1 986. d) 6. Ad3 b6 7. AgS 'Wd? 8. 0-0 Aa6 9. dxcS
bxcS 1 0. Axa6 tLlxa6 1 1 . c4 ! Sveshnikov
41 1 1 . tLlh4 ( 1 1 . ge1 eS 1 2 . tLlh4 tLlxh4
Lputian , Moscow 1 989.
13. WhS+ �d? 14. Axh4 �c? 1S. Ag3
43 S. Ad3 Ad? [S . . . cxd4 6 . cxd4 tLlc6
Ad6 + Kivisto - Tukmakov, M oscow 1 985)
11 . . . tLlgeS ( 1 1 . . . tLlxh4 ! 1 2 . WhS+ �d? (6 . . . Ad? = Keres) 7. tLlf3 Ad? see 4 . . . tLlc6]
13. Wxh4 eS 1 4 . c4 d xc3 1 S . bxc3 �c? =F ; 6. We2 !? (6. d xcS AxcS 7. We2) 6 . . . cxd4
1 1 . . . �f? 1 2 . WhS fS oo ; 1 1 . . .fS 1 2 . tLlxg6 7. tLlf3 tLlc6 8. 0-0 tLlge? !? 9 . a3 55 Garcia
hxg6 13. tLlf3 Af6 14. ge1 55) 1 2 . WhS+ Cardenas Serrano, Havana 1 991 .
g;,d? 13. AbS We8 14. We2 a6 1S. Axc6+ 44 a b c d e f
Havana 1 986. 3
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5 5
6. 'Wb3 !? !Dc6 (6 . . . c4 ?! 7. 'Wc2 ;t ; 6 . . .'Wxb3
7. axb3 !Dc6 8. d xc5 !? Axc5 9. b4 Ab6 ;t ; 4 4
62
Table 1 : 1 . e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5
14. ttlxbS �e7 00 ) 1 0 . . .WaS ( 0 1 0 . . .Wx b2) 49 1 0 . 0-0 ttlc6 1 1 . d xcS AxcS 1 2 . a3
11. f4 ttlh6 12. Wc2 ( 1 2 . Wd2 ttld7 13. Af3 56) WbS 1 3 . ttle4 ( 1 3 . We2 ttlge7 14. ttlxc4
1 2 . . . AcS 1 3 . 0-0 56 Yagupov - Rustemov, ttlfS 1S. b4 ;!; Galdunts - Gavrilov, Naberezh
Moscow 1 994. nye Chelny 1 988) 13 . . . ttlge7 14. Ae3 gd8
1 S . We2 Axe3 1 6 . ttld6+ gxd6 17. exd6
48 8 . . . dxc4 9. dS exdS (9 . . . ttle7 1 0. dxe6 Axf2+ 18. gxf2 ;!; Adams - i liescas Cordoba,
'Wxe6 ! 1 1 . ttlc3 ttlec6 ! 1 2 . 0-0 Ae7 13. AgS ! Las Palmas 1 994 .
0-0 14. Axe7 ttlxe7?! 1S. ttle4 ttld7 16. tDfgS
50 10 'Wa5 1 1 . 0-0 ttlc6 1 2 . ttlxc4 Wa6
'Wc6 1 7. Wc2 ! h6 1 8 . gad1 ttldS 1 9 . ttlc3 . . .
Tilburg 1 992) 1 1 . . .Wc6 ( 1 1 . . . ttld7 1 2 . 0-0 'WdS 13. tD4f3 ! (13. tD2f3 AcS 14. Ae3 Axd4
Wc6 1 3 . Wxc4 ttlb6 1 4 . We2 ttledS 1 S . a4 ± 1 S . Axd4 ttlc6 1 6 . 0-0-0 ttlge7 00 Ivel l
Zaitsev - Doda, Riga 1 968) 1 2 . Wxc4 Wa6 ! Beliavsky, London 1 985) 1 3 . . . ttld7 14. ttlxc4
( 1 2 . . . ttld7 1 3 . 0-0 ttlb6 1 4 . We2 ttledS gc8 1 S . ttle3 We4 1 6 . b4 ;!; Howel l - Mestel,
1S. a4 ± Salem - Volzh i n , Abu Dhabi 2001 ) Swansea 1 987] 1 1 . . . ttle7 (11 . . . ttlc6) 1 2 . ttle4
13. We4 ( 1 3. ttla3 ;!; Zlotnik) 1 3 . . . ttlbc6 ttldS 13. dxcS ttld7 (13 . . . AxcS 14. 'We2 ttld7
14. ttlbd2 O-O-O ? Zaitsev - Krasnov, USSR 1 S . b4 Ae7 1 6. AgS 56 ) 14. ttld6+ Axd6
1968 ; 1 4 . . . ttld4 ! 1S. ttlxd4 cxd4 16. Wxd4 1S. cxd6 O-O ?! lI Iescas Cordoba - Beliavsky,
tDC6 56 . Madrid 1 995 ; 1S . . . c3 ! � .
Notes
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Table 2
1 . e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 'Wb6 5. �f3
.td7 6. a3 !?
6 7 a 9 10 11 12 13
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Table 2 : 4. c3 'Wb6 5. tilf3 Ad7 6. a3 !?
51 7. .le2 a4 (7. . . tDe7 8. d xcS Y!ic7 9. b4 1 6. AxcS+ Y!ixcS 1 7. §ac1 Y!ib6 1 8. Y!id7 55
�bc6 1 0 . Ab2 ttlxeS 1 1 . ttlbd2 tD7g6 1 2 . c4 Shirov - Anand , F I D E World Championshi p
dxc4 13. 0-0 Ae7 14. ttlxeS ttlxeS 1S. f4 ttlg6 ( 1 ), New DelhifTeheran 200 0 ;
16. ttlxc4 ;t Sveshnikov - Dambrauskas, Vi l c ) 7. . . a4 8. 0-0 AbS 9. c 4 d x c4 1 0 . Ae2
nius 1 997) 8. 0-0 tDc6 9. Ad3 tDaS 10. Ac2 cxd4 1 1 . ttlxd4 ttlc6 1 2 . ttlx bS Wx bS 13. ttlc3
�c4 1 1 . ttlgS !? 00 Sveshnikov - Volkov, Dubai WxeS 14. Axc4 55 Sveshnikov - M inev, Mos
2002 ; ( 1 1 . §a2) ; cow 1 977.
7 .id3
. d) 7. . . ttlc6 8. Ac2 ttlh6 9. 0-0 §c8 (9 . . . cxd4
a b c d e f ... 1 0 . cxd4 tDfS 1 1 . AxfS exfS 1 2 . tDc3 00 Pre
8 dojevi6) 1 0 . d xcS ( 1 0 . h3 !? cxd4 1 1 . cxd4
ttlfS 1 2 . AxfS exfS 13. ttlc3 Ae6 ;t) 1 0 . . . AxcS
7
1 1 . b4 ?! axb4 1 2 . axb4 Axf2+ 13. §xf2 ttlg4
6 6
14. tDd4 ( 1 4 . Y!ie2 Y!ixf2+ 1 S . Y!ixf2 tDxf2
5 5 1 6. g;,xf2 tDxb4 =+=) 14 . . . ttlxf2 1S. g;,xf2 ttlxeS
4 4 1 6. Y!ihS = , Krapivin - Zakharevich , St. Pe
tersburg 200S.
3 3
2 2
52 7. . . ti)e7 8. d xcS (8. Ae2 cxd4 9. cxd4
AbS 1 0 . Ax bS+ Y!ix bS 1 1 . tDc3 Y!ia6 1 2 . a4
tDec6 1 3 . tDbS Y!ib6 = Zviagintsev - Volkov,
St. Petersburg 1 999) 8 . . .Y!ixcS 9. c4 Wc7
1 0 . tDc3 Ac6 1 1 . Ab2 tDd7 1 2 . cxdS
a) 7. . . AbS 8. 0-0 Axd3 9 . Y!ixd3 tDc6
tDxdS 13. tDbS Y!ib6 ( Delchev - Vol kov, 8a
10. dxcS AxcS 1 1 . c4 Y!ia6 1 2 . ttlbd2 ttlge7 =
tumi 2002) 14. Ad4 !? (Psakhis) 1 4 . . . AcS
Suetin - Lputian, Daugavpils 1 978 ;
1S. AxcS WxcS 16. §c1 ;t ;
b) 7. . . cxd4 !? 8. cxd4 tDc6 9 . 0-0 tDxd4
7. . . ti)c6 8 . Ae3 tDh6 9 . Ad3 tDfS 1 0. AxfS
10. ttlxd4 Y!ixd4 1 1 . ttlc3 ( 1 1 . Y!ie2 55 )
exfS 1 1 . 0-0 cxd4 1 2 . cxd4 h6 1 3 . tDc3
b1 ) 1 1 . . . tDe7 1 2 . tDbS Y!ixeS 1 3 . §e1 Y!ib8 Ae6 14. tDa4 Y!ibS 1 S . tDe1 Ae7 1 6 . tDd3
14. Y!if3 Ax bS ! 1 S . Ax bS+ tDc6 1 6 . Y!ixdS §c8 1 7. tDacS 0-0 1 8 . §c1 §fe8 1 9 . §c3
'Wd6 ! 17. Y!iC4 55 I. Zaitsev - Lem pert, M os ttla7 20. a4 Wb6 21. WhS ;t Vorobiov - Volkov,
cow 1 994 ; Moscow 2004.
b2) 1 1 . . . §c8 1 2 . Y!ie2 tDe7 1 3 . g;,h1 Y!ih4 !? 53 9 ti)h6?! 1 0. Axh6 g x h6 1 1 . 0-0 Ag7
. ..
14. f4 tDfS 1S. AxfS exfS 16. tDxdS Acs 1 2 . §a2 cxd4 1 3 . cxd4 AbS 14. §d2 ?!
17. Ae3 o-o ;t Vel imirovi6 - lvkov, Titograd (14. Ax bS+ Y!ix bS 1S. §c2 0-0 16. Y!ic1 ;t
1 965 ; §c6 1 7. §xc6 bxc6 1 8 . Y!ie3 cS 1 9. §c1
b3) 1 1 . . . tDh6 1 2 . tDbS Y!ixeS 1 3 . §e1 Y!ib8 §c8 20. tDbd2 ;t) 14 . . . 0-0 1S. Ax bS Wx bS =
14. Y!if3 Ad6 1 S . tDxd6+ Y!ixd6 1 6. Af4 Sveshnikov - Volkov, Togliatti 2003 ;
'We7 17. Wg3 f6 55 I . Zaitsev - Geller, Moscow 9 c4 !? 1 0 . bxc4 Y!ib2 1 1 . tDbd2 Y!ixc3
•..
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57 14. exd5 Axd5 1 5 . �e4 'Wg6 1 6. �e1 60 1 0 . . . tDe7 1 1 . b4 tDf5 ( 1 1 . . .'Wd3 1 2 . 'Wa4+
0-0 17. d xe5 Axe4 1 8 . �xe4 �xe5 1 9 . b4 tDd7 13. �b5 0-0-0 14. �e1 + �e6 15. �xe6+
( 1 9. AxeS �xe5 20. 'Wd7 �xe4 2 1 . bxe4 1-0 KIOnter - Hank, Cologne 1 995) 1 2 . g4
Axa3 22. 'Wx b7 Ae5 � ) 1 9 . . . axb4 20. axb4 �e7 1 3. b5 'Wb6 1 4 . 'We2 �d7 1 5 . �a4
�ed8 21 . 'Wb1 �e6 22. b5 �d5 23. �fe1 �fd8 'Wd8 16. 0-0 h5 17. h3 ;;t Korbut - Khasanova,
24. 'Wb3 ;;t . Budva 2003.
58 9 . . .'Wc4 1 0. �e2 �e6 1 1 . 0-0 �ge7
61 1 1 . 'Wb3 �e8 1 2 . �e1 h6 13. �e2 �b6
1 2 . Ad2 'Wa6 1 3 . b4 'Wb6 1 4 . 'Wa4 a6
14. �e2 �xe2 1 5 . 'Wxe2 'We4 1 6 . Ae3 �e7
15. �fb1 ;;t Sveshnikov - Hulak, Brioni (Rapid
17. 0-0 tDe6 18. b3 'Wa6 19. �a1 Ae7 20. tDe1
play) 1 990 ;
0-0 21 . 'Wd3 'Wxd3 22. �xd3 %-% 0 1 1 -
9 'Wd7 1 0. 0-0 �e6 1 1 . b4 �ge7 1 2 . 'Wd3
.••
Rustemov, Vilnius 1 997 ;
�e8 1 3 . Ad2 a6 14 . �a4 !? �xe5 ( 1 4 . . . b5
1 5 . �e5 AxeS 1 6 . d xe5 �8e7 ;;t ) 1 5 . �xe5 1 1 . 'We2 !? 'Wxe2+ 1 2 . <!>xe2 O-O-O ?
( 1 5 . d x e5 'Wxa4 1 6. Ae3 ! �e7 1 7. �d4 S5 ) ( 1 2 . . . a6 ;;t ) 1 3 . �he1 + - <!>b8 1 4 . �b5 �h6
1 5 . . .'Wxa4 1 6. f4 ?! Potkin - Asrian , Batumi 15. Ag5 1-0 Hengl - Luft, Sehwarzaeh 2000.
2002 ; 16. �ae1 Ad6 1 7. 'Wg3 t .
62 11 . . . �e7 ? ! 1 2 . a4 ! ± 'Wb6 [ 1 2 . . . �e8 ?!
59 1 0 . �e2 �e7 1 1 . 0-0
13. �b5 ! tDe6 (13 . . . tDf5 14. g4+-) 14. tDd6+
... Axd6 1 5 . b5 'Wb6 1 6 . bxe6 'Wxe6 1 7. exd6
'Wxd6 18. 'Wb3 + - Fingerov - Vysoehi n ,
U krainian Championship, Sebastopol 2000]
13. as 'Wd8 14. a6 bxa6 15. �xa6 �e8
1 6. �g5 ! Ae7 1 7. �xe6 ! 0-0 1 8 . 'Wg4 ±
Belov - Lisy, Vladimir 2002 .
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Table 2 : 4. c3 fi'b6 5. �f3 Ad? 6. a3 !?
5 5
72 9. �xd4 !? 'Wd7 [ 9 . . .Wc4 1 0 . Ae3 �c6
4 4 1 1 . �d2 Wxc3 ( 1 1 . . .Wd3 1 2 . Wa4 ! l::! c B
3 3 1 3 . �xc6 bxc6 14. 'Wxa7 ± ) 1 2 . l::! c 1 Wxa3
2 2
1 3 . �bS 'Wx b4 14. �c7+ c;!>d7 1 S . �xaB oo
] 1 0 . 0-0 ( 1 0. �d2 Wc7 1 1 . �2f3 'Wxc3+
1 2 . Ad2 Wd3 1 3 . 'Wa4+ �d7 14. l::! c 1 a6
1 S . l::! c 3 'We4+ 1 6 . Ae3 'Wb1 + 17. Ac1
We4+ 1 B . Ae3 Wb1 + = ; 1 0 . Af4 !?) 1 0 . . . �e7
8 • • • �e7 !? 1 1 . Af4 !? �bc6 1 2 . �f3 h6 ! 1 3 . h4 ( 1 3. h3
gS 14. Ag3 Ag7 00) 13 . . . gS !? 14. h x gS �g6
a) 9. d6 �g6 1 0. �c3 �d7 + ;
1 S . Ag3 h x gS 1 6. �xgS ( 1 6 . c4 g4 17. cxdS
b) 9. a4 Aa6 1 0. as Wb4+ [ 1 0 . . .'WdB WxdS =F ; 1 6. bS �ce7 17. �xgS �fS i55 )
1 1 . Wa4+ 'Wd7 1 2 . d xe6 ( 1 2 . d6 'Wxa4 1 6 . . . �cx eS +! Kupreichi k - Feig i n , 2 nd Ger
13. l::! x a4 �ec6 1 4 . �a3 �d7 1 S . Af4 man League 1 999/2000.
tDb4 1 6 . �xc4 00 ) 1 2 . . .fxe6 1 3 . Axc4 'Wxa4
14. l::! x a4 tDdS 1S. �c3 Axc4 16. l::! xc4 tDc6 00 73 9 a5 !? 1 0. �c3 ( 1 0. bxaS �c6
•..
] 1 1 . tDfd2 tDxdS 1 2 . l::! a4 WbS 1 3 . �a3 'Wd7 1 1 . �c3 Wc4 1 2 . �e2 l::! x aS +! ) 1 0 . . .Wc6
14. Axc4 i55 ; ( 1 0 . . .'Wc4 1 1 . Ad2 a x b4 1 2 . axb4 l::! x a1
1 3 . 'Wxa1 !) 1 1 . Ad2 ax b4 1 2 . ax b4 l::! x a1
c) 9. �c3 �xdS (9 . . . exdS 1 0. �xdS 'WdB
1 3 . 'Wxa1 Wa6 14. 'Wa4+ !? ( 1 4 . Wb1 bS
1 1 . tDe3 Wxd 1 + 1 2 . c;!>xd1 Aa4+ 1 3 . c;!>e1 bS
1 S . 0-0 �e7 1 6 . Wd3 �ec6 1 7. �xbS c;!>d7
14. g3 �bc6 1 S . Ag2 0-0-0 00 ) 1 0. �xdS
1B. tDgS ± Shirov - Ljubojevi6, Monaco (blind)
exdS 1 1 . 'WxdS Ae7 1 2 . Axc4 0-0 13. 0-0
2002) 14 . . .'i'xa4 1S. �xa4 bS 16. tDc3 Ax b4
tDc6 14. b3 [ 1 4 . We4 l::! adB 1S. Ae3 Axc4
1 7. �x bS Ae7 ( 1 7. . . Axd2+ 1 B . c;!>xd2 c;!>e7
16. 'Wxc4 'Wx b2 1 7. AxcS ( 1 7. l::! a b1 �xeS
1 9 . l::!c1 �h6 20. tDd6 ±) 1B. c;!>e2 ± Zviagint
1B. �xeS WxeS 1 9 . l::! x b7) 1 7. . . �xeS =F ]
sev - Volkov, Samara 1 99B ;
14 . . . l::! a dB 1 S . 'We4 ! Sveshnikov - Lutsko,
Minsk 1 999 ;
9 . • • �c6 1 0. Ae3 as 1 1 . tDc3 'i'c4 1 2 . tDa4 ! ! .
8 exd5 9. WxdS �e7 10. 'We4 'Wc6 1 1 . tDc3
. . .
'i'xe4+ 1 2 . �xe4 00 .
74 1 0 . . .'Wc4 1 1 . Ab2 �e7 1 2 . l::! c 1 �c6
1 3 . �e2 'WbS 14. 0-0 a6 1 S . �e1 ! ! N isi
68 1 0 . Wc2 exdS 1 1 . 'WfS+ c;!>bB 1 2 . Wxf7
peanu - Ionescu, Calimane�ti 1 999.
tDge7 + .
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Table 3 : 4. c3 �c6 ttJ
Table 3
8
1 . e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 �c6
7
6 6
5 5
4 4
3 3
'i1
5 6 ? 8 9 10 11 12
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79 5••• .ad7 6. tDf3 'Wb6 7. 'Wd2 14. l;tab1 'We? 15. Ag5 ;t Kupreiehi k - Farag6,
Passau 1 993) 8 . . . tDf5 9. tDf3 Ad? 1 0 . Ad3 !
( 1 0 . Ae2 tOa5 1 1 . 0-0 Ab4 1 2 . 1;tae1 l;te8
13. Ad3 tDe4 14. 'We2 'Wa5 � Aes - Parkanyi,
Budapest 1 994) 1 0 . . . tDfxd4 1 1 . tDxd4 tDxd4
1 2 . Ae2 Ae5 1 3 . b4 tOe2+ 14. 'Wxe2 Axe3
15 . fxe3 'Wxe3 16. 'Wd3 'Wxe5 1 7. o-o ;t.
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Table 3 : 4. c3 tbc6
Ad3.
6. Ad3 93 6 . . . tDfS 7. tDc2 Ad? ? (7. . . cxd4) 8. Ad3
a) 6 . . .fxeS 7. d xeS g6 8 . h4 ! Ag? 9 . hS ± c4 (8 . . . cxd4 9 . AxfS exfS 1 0. tDcxd4 Ae6
Paulsen - Schwarz, Vienna 1 882 ; 1 1 . h4 h6 1 2 . �h3 !? Svesh n i kov - Dvoiris,
Cheliabinsk 1 990 ; 1 2 . Ae3 Ae? 13. 'Wd2 ± )
b) 6 . . . Ad? 7. 'Wc2 fS 8 . g4 g6 9 . g xfS g xfS
9. AxfS exfS 10. ttle3 Ae6 1 1 . g 3 Ae? 1 2 . h4 ±
10. dxcS AxcS 1 1 . 'We2 'Wc? 1 2 . ttlbd2 ttlge?
Kupreichik - Furman, 3? th USSR Champion
13. ttlb3 Ab6 14. ttlbd4 = Muftang -Alekhine,
ship, Moscow 1 969.
Paris 1 923 ;
94 a b c d e f •
c) 6 . . .'Wc? 7. O-O !? ( 7. Af4 fS 8 . O-O ! 8
Paulsen - Blackburne, N u remberg 1 883 ;
8. dxcS !? AxcS 9. b4 Af8 1 0. O-O !) 7. . .fxeS
8. dxeS c4 (8 . . . ttlxeS 9. ttlxeS 'WxeS 1 0. �e1
'i'd6 1 1 . 'WhS+ 56 ) 9 . Ac2 AcS 1 0. b3 c x b3
1 1 . axb3 ttlxeS 1 2 . ttlxeS 'WxeS 1 3 . �a4 !?
ttlf6 14. �h4 56 Dvoiris - Bertholee, Dieren
2002.
14. 'Wxe?+ Axe? 1 S . d xcS AxcS 1 6. Ae3 a) 9. Ad2 tDxc2+ 1 0. 'Wxc2 'Wb6 1 1 . Ac3
Axe3 1 7. fxe3 ± . Ae? 1 2 . Ad3 Ad? 1 3. g4 tDh4 1 4 . tDxh4
Axh4 1S. 0-0-0 hS?! (1S . . . AbS !? 16. f4
89 1 0 . . . cxd4 1 1 . cxd4 c S 1 2 . tDxd? tDxd?
Ae? �) 16. �hg1 AgS+ 1 7. <!>b1 h4 18. �df1 !
13. �e1 Ae? 14. 'WhS+ g6 1S. 'Wh3 ! .
Sveshnikov - N i kolenko, M oscow ( Rapid
90 1 1 . . .'WxcS ! . play) 1 989 ;
b) 9. ttlxb4 Ax b4+ 1 0. Ad2 Axd2+ ( 1 0 . . .'i'aS
91 1 2 'Wxb2 !1 1 3 . tDd2 'Wxc3 1 4 . tDxd?
1 1 . Ad3 Axd2+ 1 2 . 'i'xd2 'i'xd2+ 13. <!>xd2 !
• • •
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Table 3 : 4. c3 �c6
c;t>b8 16. tba4 Wc7 1 7. b4 ± I . Zaitsev - Volke, 1 989 ; 1 2 . tbf4 'Wb6 1 3 . �h3 g6 14. �f1
Podolsk 1 991 ) 1 1 . tbe1 ( 1 1 . 'Wb3 �b8 12. tbe2 0-0-0 1 S . �g1 �dg8 1 6. �b1 gS � Svesh
gS 1 3 . Ad2 f4 =i= Kholmov - Vasyukov, Beltsy nikov - Temirbaev, Kuibyshev 1986) 1 2 . . .Wb6
1 979 ; 1 1 . tbe2 gS 1 2 . Wb3 �b8 1 3 . Ad2 f4 ! ( 1 2 . . .'WaS+ 1 3 . �f1 �c8 14. �g1 �d7
14. �ac1 Wd7 1 S . c;t>h1 AfS 1 6. tbe1 0-0 1 S . tbf4 �c7 1 6 . �h3 �hc8 � Khalif
17. tbd3 f6 ! � Zhuravl iov - Sveshnikov, Mos man - Akopian , Dortmund 2000) 1 3 . tbf4
cow 1 975) 11 . . . �c8 1 2 . tbc2 0-0 1 3 . Wd3 Wa6 ( 1 3 . . . �c8 14. a3 tbaS 1 S . b4 tbc4
Wd7 1 4 . f4 a6 1 S . Ad2 f6 1 6 . exf6 Axf6 = 1 6 . �h3 aS � Kharlov - Kuporosov, Helsinki
I . Zaitsev - Moskalenko, Moscow 1 992 ; 1 992 ; 13 . . . 0-0 14. 0-0 �fc8 1S. �e1 �c7
1 6 . �e2 �ac8 1 7. Ae3 tbb4 � Tiviakov
10. h4 h6 ( 1 0 . . . Ab4 1 1 . Ad2 Axc3 1 2 . bxc3
Arizmend i Martinez, Istanbul 2003) 14. Ad2
h6 1 3 . tbg1 0-0 14 . tbe2 f6 1 S . tbf4 Af7
�c8 1 S . �h3 0-0 1 6. �g3 t Sveshn i kov
16. exf6 t Vasyukov - Popovi6, Palma de
Naumkin, Moscow 1 987.
Mallorca 1 989) 1 1 . c;t>f1 !? ( 1 1 . Af4 'Wb6
1 2 . We2 a6 13. �d1 O-O-O !? 14. �f1 10S 1 2 . Ad2 Wa6.
Ae7 = Edelman - G lek, Phi ladelphia 1 990 ;
109 1 3 . �g1 �c8 1 4 . tbf4 Wb6 [ 1 4 . . . g6
1 1 . tbe2 Ae7) 11 . . .Wd7 1 2 . Ad2 Ae7 13. tbe2
1S. a3 ? ! ( 1 S . �h3 ± ) 1S . . .Wb6 1 6. b4 as
0-0-0 14. �g1 c;t>b8 1S. tbf4 t Christiansen
17. �b1 a x b4 18. a x b4 tba7 = Adams
Andersson , F I D E World Championshi p ( 1 ) ,
Lputian , Pula 1 997] 1S. hS O-O � ; 1S . . . tbb4 ?!
Groningen 1 997.
1 6. Ad2 tbc2 ? ( 0 16 . . . �c6 � ) 17. tbxe6
106 1 0 . . .Wb6 1 1 . tbf4 h6 1 2 . h4 g6 13. c;t>f1 fxe6 18. �c1 'Wx b2 1 9 . tbe1 ! ± Sveshn ikov
(13. 0-0 Ae7 14. g3 as 1S. c;t>g2 a4 16. �b1 t) Psakhis, Sochi 1 997.
13 . . . Ae7 14. g3 0-0-0 1 S . �g2 t Sax
1 1 0 6 �g4 ? 7. 'Wa4 ! hS 8. h3 tbh6 9. Ae3
Gurevich , German League 1 992/93 .
•••
5
111 7. Axh6 g x h6 8. b4 [8. Ad3 f6 9. exf6
(9. b4 Af8 1 0. bS tbxeS 1 1 . tbxeS fxeS
4
1 2 . WhS+ �d7 1 3 . 'Wx eS �g8 14. g3
3 Ad6 =i= Khalifman - Kaidanov, Moscow 1 987)
9 . . .Wxf6 1 0 . 0-0 0-0 1 1 . Ac2 �f7 1 2 . tbbd2
Ad7 13. tbb3 Ab6 14. 'We2 eS � Short - Glek,
Cap d'Agde (Rapidplay) 1 996] 8 . . . Af8 9. bS
tbe7 ! 1 0. Ad3 Ag7 1 1 . 0-0 tbg6 � Svesh
nikov - Glek, Moscow 1 991 .
11 g6 1 2 . Ad2 Wb6 13. �b1 as 14. c;t>f1 Ae7
•• .
1S. �g1 �d7 16. a3 Wa6 1 7. Ae3 a4 18. tbf4 1 1 2 7. . . J.fS 8. bS tbaS (8 . . . tbe7 9. Ad3
gS 1 9 . h xgS h xgS 20. �x h8 �x h8 2 1 . tbxe6 tbefS 1 0 . o-o t ) 9. Ad3 f6 1 0 . Axh6 g x h6
fxe6 22. AxgS AxgS 23. tbxgS �h4 24. tbf3 1 1 . tbd4 'Wc7 1 2 . exf6 WeS+ 1 3 . Ae2 Ad6
�g4 55 Adams - Vaganian , Lucerne 1 997 ; 14. f7+ ! ± (Sveshnikov - Jol les, Torcy 1 991 )
1 1 . . . J.e7 1 2 . hS ! ( 1 2 . �f1 Wb6 ! 1 3 . hS 14 . . . �xf7 1S. g3 �g7 16. 0-0 ;
0-0-0 14. g3 �b8 1S. �g2 �c8 16. tbf4 7 J.xf2+ ?! 8. �xf2 tbg4+ 9. �g3 tbcxeS
•••
tbb4 17. tbe1 �c4 = Schlosser - Glek, Odessa 10. AbS+ Ad7 1 1 . We2 ±.
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( 1 0. Wd2 I!tlg6 1 1 . Wx h6 Wc? 1 2 . Wg5 Ad? 55) ( 1 1 . . . h x g6 1 2 . Wa4 ;t) 1 2 . 'Wa4 ( 1 2 . h3 I!tlh6
1 0 . . . I!tlg6 11. 0-0 'Wc? ! (11 .. .16 12. Axg6+ 13. Ax h6 g x h6 14. I!tlbd2 0-0 15. c4 a6 �
h xg6 13. Wd3 �f? 14. exf6 'Wxf6 15. I!tlbd2 Grischuk - Bareev, Cannes (Rapid play) 2001 )
§dB ?! 16. §ae1 a6 17. l!tle5+ ± Sveshnikov 1 2 . . . l!tlh6 1 3 . I!tlbd2 ( 1 3. Aa3 ;t) 1 3 . . . 0-0
Dukhov, Moscow 1 992) 1 2 . §e1 0-0 1 3 . a4 14. Aa3 §f? 15. c4 ;t ;
Ad? 14. §a2 (14. 'Wd2 !? ;t) 14 . . . f6 15. Axg6
9 . . �hf5 1 0 . g4 I!tlh6 1 1 . Axh6 g x h6
( 1 5 . exf6 §xf6 1 6 . c4 � ) 15 . . . h xg6 1 6 . Wd3
.
1 2 . Wd2 ;t.
f5 17. I!tlbd2 §fcB 1B. §c2 a6 00 Sveshnikov
Nikolaev, Moscow 1 992. 116 1 2. 'Wa4 ?! Ad? 13. h4 f5 14. h5
114 B . . . l!tla5 9. Axh6 g x h6 1 0. Wd2 Ad? I!tlhB 15. I!tlbd2 I!tlf? 1 6. c4 I!tlg5 17. cxd5
1 1 . 'Wxh6 'We? !? [ 1 1 . . .'Wc? 1 2 . 'Wf6 §fB exd5 1B. §ae1 Gallagher - Glek, Dubai 1 993
1 3 . Ae2 !? ( 1 3 . Ad3 I!tlc4 14. 0-0 Ax b5 1 B . . . l!tle6 !? =+= ;
15. I!tlbd2 ;t) 13 . . . l!tlc4 14. a4 Wc5 ( 1 4 . . . Ac5
1 2. Vc2 !? ;t .
1 5 . Axc4 Ae? 1 6. 'Wf4 'Wxc4 17. 'Wxc4
d x c4 1 B. I!tlbd2 a6 1 9 . O-O ± ; 14 . . . a6 1 17 1 2 . . .16 1 3 . Axg6 h xg6 1 4 . 'Wd3 �g?
1 5 . bxa6 §xa6 16 . 0-0 §xa4 17. §xa4 1 5 . I!tlbd2 Ad? 1 6 . c4 ;t fxe5 1 7. cxd5
Axa4 1 B . Ad3 00 Sveshnikov - Moskalenko, [ 1 7. I!tlxe5 ! AeB 1B. I!tldf3 §cB (1B . . . a6 19. a5
PCA 1 994) 15. I!tlg5 AdB 1 6. 'Wg? Axg5 Ac5 20. cxd5 'Wxd5 2 1 . 'Wc2 ± ) 1 9 . §ad1
17. 'Wxg5 'Wc? � ] 1 2 . Ad3 0-0-0 13. 0-0 d x c4 20. We4 'Wc? 2 1 . I!tld4 t ] 1 ? . . exd5
§dfB 14. I!tlbd2 �bB 15. a4 f6 16. c4 AcB oo 1B. 'Wxd5 Af5 19. Wxe5+ Wf6 55 Sveshnikov
Sveshnikov - Cherniaev, Moscow 1 996. Moskalenko, Rostov on Don 1 993.
Notes
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Table 4 : 5. tDf3 Ad?
Table 4
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 �c6 5. �f3
J.d7 7
6 ? 8 9 10 11 12 13
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0-0-0 10. 0-0 Ae7 1 1 . �e1 hS 1 2 . f4 ttlxeS 1 2 . dxeS AeS 13. Ae3 Axe3 14. gxe3
g6 13. ttldf3 t Sveshnikov - Kalinin, Kharkov ttle7 = Haba - Potkin , Pardubice 2002 .
1 978 ;
1 23 9 .lf4 e4 1 0 . Ae2 h6 ! 1 1 . h4 Ae8
•
76
Table 4 : 5. �f3 Ad?
fxg6 !? 1 1 . Af4 0-0 1 2 . Ag3 tDe7 =i= Svesh 1 3 �e7 1 4 . tOa3 �xa4 1 S . tOxc4 d x c4
•..
2
130 9 . . .'Wc7
L..._
.- ______-=-_----I 'lf
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1 4 . gc1 �c4 1 S . gc2 �xe3 1 6. fxe3 bS � Ae7 1 4 . Y!ie2 gS 1 S . Ag3 O-O-O =F Kupre
Grischuk - Radjabov, Dubai 2002 ; ichi k - Gulko, 44 th USSR Championship,
e) 8. g3 h6 9 . h4 Y!ic7 1 0 . hS �ge7 1 1 . ge1 M oscow 1 976 ; 9. ge1 0-0-0 1 0. Ad3 �h6
cxd4 1 2 . cxd4 'Wb6 13. g4 g6 14. hxg6 �xg6 11. �a3 a6 12. AgS §e8 13. Af4 Ae7 14. 'Wd2
1S. �c3 §g8 oo Grischuk - Bareev, Chalkidiki §ef8 1S. �c2 c4 16. Af1 §hg8 =F Movsesian
2002 ; Shirov, German League 1 999/2000) 9 . . . d4
1 0 . Af4 �h6 1 1 . �bd2 �f7 1 2 . �e4 Ae7
f) 8 . �a3 !? �ge7 9 . �c2 �g6 1 0 . Ad3 1 3 . Ad3 0-0-0 1 4 . ge1 gdf8 1 S . Ag3 gS
Ae7 1 1 . g3 c4 1 2 . Ae2 f6 1 3 . exf6 Axf6 1 6. �f6 hS 17. h3 00 M otylev - J . Ivanov, St.
14. h4 h6 1S. hS �ge7 16. Af4 ;i; Sveshnikov Petersburg 1 997.
Razuvaev, Moscow (Rapidplay) 1 992 .
1 35 8 . . . Ad6 9 . �xc6 Axc6 1 0 . AhS+ g6
1 33 ..----�--:---, . 1 1 . Ag4 ± .
8 1 36 9 'Wc7 1 0. c4
•••
�--�--�----�-, .
6
4 6
3 5
2 4
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Table 4 : 5. tDf3 Ad7
140 1 2 . AhS+ ! g6 ( 1 2 . . . �g6 1 3 . We2 Wf? c) ?. . . Wb6 8. dxeS ! WxeS 9. hS Wb6 10. �a3
14. exdS ±) 13. Af6 gg8 14. Af3 ± . �fS 1 1 . Wb3 AeS 1 2 . Wx b6 Ax b6 13. g4 �h6
141 1 2 . . . d x e4 13. Wxd?+ ! Axd? 14. gg1 Ae? 1 S . �bS Ab8 1 6 . Af4 ;! Svesh
14. �d2 ;! . nikov - Bash kov, Satka (Rapidplay) 2003 ;
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145 ,..----:---:---,
...
6 6
5 5
4 4
10 ..•'Wb6
80
Table 4 : 5. tbf3 Ad7
5 5
4 4
3 3
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Table 5 : 6. Ae2 eDge7 7. eDa3 cxd4 8. cxd4 eDf5 9. eDc2
Table 5 ...
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 ctlc6 5. ctlf3
.ld7 6 . .le2 ctlge7 7. ctla3 c)(d4 1 60 8. c)(d4
ctlf5 161 9. ctlc2 1 62
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
28 . . . g4 !? 197 lid2 1 98 h3 a4 1 99
§c8 tDe7 h5 a6 h xg4 200 �
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Table 5 : 6. Ae2 t;)ge7 7. t;)a3 cxd4 8. cxd4 t;)f5 9. t;)c2
14. f4 AbS ( 1 4 . . . tj)c6 1 S . Ae3 Ae7 1 6 . tj)g2 Ac4 1 7. b4 Wd8 ! ( 1 7. . . Ab3 1 8 . as Wd8
f6 i Sveshni kov - U l i b i n , R ussian League, 1 9 . tj)de1 �c8 20. !;lb1 Ac4 2 1 . tj)g2 Axe2
Podolsk 1 992) 1S. Wd2 Wa4 1 6 . b3 Wa6 22. Wxe2 tj)h4 23. tj)ge1 tj)fS 24 . tj)g2 tj)h4
1 7. Ax bS+ Wx bS 1 8 . fS tj)c6 1 9 . Ab2 = 2S. tj)ge1 %-% Grosar - Dizdar, Ljubljana
Sveshnikov - G leizerov, Russian League, 1 997) 1 8 . Ag4 !? ( 1 8. Wd2 as ! .: ; 1 8 . as !?
Podolsk 1 992] 1 3 . tj)g2 ( 1 3 . tj)xg6 h x g6 =) transposes to Grosar - Dizdar, Nova Gorica
13 . . . Ae7 .: ; 1 997, see N ote 1 69) 18 . . . tj)x e3 !? ( 1 8 . . .Wh4
c) 1 1 . �h1 tj)aS 1 2 . g4 tj)e7 1 3 . tj)fe1 hS 1 9. h3 tj)xe3 20. fxe3 Wg3+ 21. �h1 �xhS !
14 . g x hS tj)fS 1S. Ag4 tj)h6 1 6. Ah3 tj)c6 22 . AxhS Wx h3+ 23. �g1 'ifg3+ =) 1 9. fxe3
17. b3 .: Charbon neau - Barsov, M ontreal WgS 20. h3 �xhS 2 1 . Wf3 O-O-O !? .: Sha
2003. balov - Shirov, Edmonton 200S.
166 1 1 . tj)e3 tj)xe3 1 2 . fxe3 Ae7 .: . 171 1 6. b3 tj)c6 17. �c1 as 1 8 . Wd2 Ae7
167 1 1 . . . tj)h6 1 2 . h3 ± . 1 9 . £g4 Wa6 .: Bergstrom - Kiriakov, Port
Erin 2000.
1 68 1 2 . . . AbS 1 3 . tj)d3 hS 1 4 . b 4 tj)ac6
1 S . a4 Ac4 1 6 . as Wc7 � Stevi6 - Dizdar, 172 17. a4 Ac4 18. �b1 Wd8 19. tj)f4
Croatian League, Poree 1 998. Axe2 20. Wxe2 Wh4 2 1 . h3 .: Sveshnikov
169 1 S . b4 tj)c6 1 6 . a4 Ac4 17. as Wd8 Kiriakov, Russian Championship, Elista 1 994.
18. Ae3 Wh4 (Grosar - Dizdar, Nova Gorica 173 1 1 . b3 �c8 ( 1 1 . . . tj)b4 1 2 . tj)e3 Ae7
1 997) 1 9 . tj)f4 Axe2 20. Wxe2 gS + . 1 3 . tj)xfS exfS 1 4 . a3 tj)c6 1 S . Ab2 0-0
170 • 16. tj)e1 �fc8 17. f4 00 Delchev - Gurevich, Ba
8 tumi 2002) 1 2 . Ab2 ( 1 2 . Ae3 tj)b4 13. tj)ce1
7
AbS 14. !;lc1 !;lxc1 1 S . Ax bS+ Wx bS
1 6. Wxc1 tj)c6 = Greenfeld - Sher, Swiss
6
Championshi p 1 995) 1 2 . . . tj)b4 1 3 . tj)x b4
ax b4 14. �e1 [ 1 4 . Wd3 i Ae7 1 S . g4 !
(1S. a4 bxa3 1 6. Axa3 Axa3 17. �xa3 0-0 =)
1 S . . . tj)h4 ( 1 S . . . tj)h6 1 6 . h3 0-0 17. !;lfc1 i)
1 6. tj)x h4 Axh4 17. a4 0-0 18. !;lac1 i ]
1 4 . . . AbS 1S. �c1 !;lxc1 ( 1 S . . . �c6) 1 6 . Wxc1
Ae7 17. g4 tj)h6 18. 'ifc8+ Ad8 19. h3 i Tim
man - J6hannesson, Reykjavik 2004.
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174 1 2 . ttlh4 ttlg6 ( 1 2 . . .f6 1 3 . Ae3 fx e5 a) 1 2 . Ag5 Ae7 1 3 . Axe7 ttlcxe7 1 4 . 'Wd3
14. dxe5 'i!lc7 15. f4 g5 16. fxg5 'i!lxe5 17. ttlf3 !;!c8 1 5 . !;!ab1 0-0 1 6 . ttle3 g6 17. h3 �
'i!lb8 18. ttlfd4 Ag7 00 Kupreichik - Pilaj , Graz Dvoiris - Willemze, Dieren 2002 ;
2002) 1 3 . ttlg2 Ae7 1 4 . f4 0-0 1 5 . Ae3 f5 b) 1 2 . Ad3 Ae7 13. Axf5 exf5 14. Ag5 'i!lx b2
1 6. exf6 !;!xf6 1 7. h4 ( 1 7. Ad3 Ad6 1 8 . h4 1 5 . !;!b1 'Wxa2 1 6. !;!x b7 ttld8 1 7. e6 fxe6
!;!af8 19. g5 !;!6f7 20. Axg6 hxg6 21. h5 gxh5 1 8 . !;!xd7 Axg5 1 9. !;!xg7 Af6 20. !;!c7 S5
22. 'i!lxh5 g6 ! S5 Benjamin - Gulko, U S Cham Gwaze - Summerscale, Edinburgh 2003 ;
pionship, Durango 1 992) 17. . . Ad6 1 8 . h5
c) 1 2 . b3 Ae7 ( 1 2 . . . h4 1 3 . h3 Ae7 1 4 . Ad3
ttlge7 1 9 . Ad3 !;!f7 !? ( 1 9 . . . !;!c8 20. 'i!le2
'Wd8 1 5 . !;!b1 ttlb4 1 6 . ttl x b4 a x b4 1 7. !;!b2
!;!ff8 2 1 . ttlh4 h6 22. g5 h xg5 23. fxg5 ttlf5
g6 1 8 . Af4 � Chern iaev - Pert, Hastings
24. h6 ! - Sveshnikov - Gulko, 52 nd U S S R
2002/03) 13. Ad3 ttlh4 14. ttlg5 a4 15. !;!b1
Championship, Riga 1 985) 2 0 . 'i!le2 a4
axb3 1 6 . !;!xb3 'i!ld8 1 7. ttlh3 !;!xa2 1 8 . !;!x b7
(20 . . . !;!af8 21. !;!ad1 g6 22. h6 ttlb4 23. ttlx b4
ttla5 1 9 . !;!b2 !;!xb2 20. Ax b2 � Eh lvest
axb4 � Sveshnikov - Mencinger, Finkenstein
Barsov, Dhaka 2001 .
1 994) 2 1 . !;!ab1 !;!af8 00 Yagupov - Piskov,
Rostov on Don 1 993. 179 1 2 . . . Ae7 1 3 . ttlxf5 exf5 1 4 . Ad2 0-0
1 5 . a3 ( 1 5 . Ac3 Ab5 1 6 . a3 Axe2 17. 'Wxe2
175 1 2 . . . ttlg6 1 3 . f4 h5 14. g x h 5 ? ! ttlh4 ttlc6 1 8 . e6 Af6 1 9 . exf7+ �xf7 20. 'Wd3
1 5 . Ae3 ttlf5 1 6 . Af2 'Wx b2 :f Orak - Dizdar, %-% Predojevi6 - Galyas, Budapest 2002)
Pula 1 999. 15 . . . tDc6 16. Ac3 !;!fb8 17. 'i!ld2 'i!ld8 18. b3 �
176 15 . . . ttlxe3 !? :f . Cherniaev - Dzhakaev, Istanbul 2003.
180 15 . . . ttla6 1 6 . b4 a x b4 17. a x b4 ttlc7
177 17. ct\d3 Ae8 1 8 . 'Wf3 !;! x h 5 1 9 . exf6
18. b5 � Vescovi - Vuckovi6, Bermuda 2002 .
gxf6 20. Af4 Ad6 � Ermenkov - Spassov, AI
bena 1 985. 181 Grischuk - Gurevich , Esbjerg 2000.
1 7. exf6 Ae8 1 8 . h6 gxf6 1 9 . 'Wd2 !;!d7 00 182 10. g4 !? ttlh4 1 1 . ttlxh4 Axh4 1 2 . 0-0
Sveshnikov - Razuvaev, Moscow 1 985. f5 1 3 . f4 ( 1 3 . g xf5 !? � ) 1 3 . . .fxg4 14. Axg4
0-0 1 5 . b3 !;!c8 1 6 . ttle3 'Wb6 17. Ab2 ttle7
178 r-----;----;--:---;:---, . 1 8 . Ah3 !;!f7 1 9 . 'Wh5 ttlg6 20. f5 t Svesh
nikov - Karer, Nova Gorica 1 999 .
7 183 ....---....,..----:---;--, .
6
4 6
3 5
86
Table 5 : 6. Ae2 �ge7 7. �a3 cxd4 8. cxd4 �f5 9. �c2
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�c8 ! ( 1 4 . . . exfS 1 S . AgS AxgS 1 6 . ttlxgS
'ifxd4 17. �fd1 'ifh4 18. 'Wd2 'ifc4 1 9 . �ac1 ± 3
Ax h4 1 S . f4 h6 1 6 . Ae3 ;t Sveshnikov
1 S . hS ttle7 1 6 . ttld2 0-0 1 7. ttlb3 fS 1 8. as
Foisor, Oviedo ( Rapid play) 1 993) 1 3 . . . 0-0
'Wd8 19. Ad2 ;t Sveshnikov - Rublevsky, Rus
1 4 . as 'Wc7 1 S . Ad2 a6 1 6 . �fc1 Ac6
sian Championship, Elista 1 994 ;
1 7. 'Wb3 ;t Sveshnikov - N ikolaev, Sibeni k
1 990 ; 1 3 .td2 !? Ab4 ! (Filipenko ; 1 3 . . . Ae7 ?!
•
1 2 h6 1 3 . b3 a6 1 4 . a4 Ab4 1 S . Ab2
•.. 1 4 . g4 ! ±) 1 4 . �fc1 (14. Ax b4 'Wx b4 1 S . a3
gS ? ! ( 1 S . . . 0-0 1 6 . Ad1 ! �fc8 17. Ac2 g6 'Wb6 ; 14. Af4 ?! a6 ! 1S. a4 eLle7 !? 16. h4 AaS
1 8 . �fc1 ;t ; 1S . . . �c8 1 6 . Ad1 !? 0-0 17. Ac2 1 7. �fc1 �xc1 + 1 8 . Axc1 h6 %-% Svesh
�c6 18. g4 ! ±) 16. �ac1 �c8 17. �xc8+ Axe8 nikov - Dreev, Rostov o n Don 1 993) 1 4 . . . 0-0
1 8 . ttle1 ! Ad7 1 9 . ttlc2 Ae7 20. ttle3 'Wb4 1 S . Ax b4 'Wx b4 1 6 . a3 'Wb6 1 7. b4 �c4
2 1 . Ad1 ! ttlxe3 22. Ae3 ! 'Wb6 23. fxe3 ± 1 8 . 'Wd2 �xe1 + 1 9 . �xc1 AbS 20. Ax bS
Sveshnikov - Brumen, Bled 2000. 'Wx bS 21 . �cs ;t.
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Table 5 : 6. Ae2 tilge7 7. tila3 cxd4 8. cxd4 tilf5 9. tilc2
13. J;id1 h6 14. h4 a6 15. a4 Ab4 1 6. h5 tj)e7 1 99 1 6 . �fc1 ? h xg4 1 7. h xg4 �xc1 +
1 7. �e3 tj)c6 1 8 . Ad3 tj)a5 1 9. Ab1 Ae7 00 18. Axc1 Ab5 19. �c2 Axe2 20. �xe2 tj)c6
Campora - Dreev, Biel 1 995. 2 1 . Ae3 Ae7 =F Sveshnikov - Dizdar, Siove
198 1 4 . Ae3 h5 1 5 . h3 h x g4 1 6 . h xg4 a6 nian League, Bled 2002 .
17. �fc1 �xc1 + 18. �xc1 Ab5 1 9 . �d2 Axe2
20. �xe2 tj)c6 ;: Grosar - DrCiZi6, Bratto 200 1 6 . . . h xg4 1 7. h xg4 tj)c6 ( 1 7. . . tj)g6
1 997. 18. b4 ;:) 18. a5 �c7 1 9 . �fc1 ;t o
Notes
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1 . e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 �c6 5. �f3
_b6
6
L...-_______....:_
:.... ---I 'lr
6 ? 8 9 10 11 12 13
33 a3 !? b4 228 cxd4 Ab2 230 tLlbd2 tLlxc4 232 ];;ic 1 tLld2 ! 234
Ad? 227 cxd4 ];;i c 8229 tLlaS 231 tLlc4 dxc4 as 233 axb4235 �
90
Table 6 : 5. tLlf3 �b6
201 6 . . . Ad7 ?! 7. d xeS ! AxeS 1S. f6 ( 1 S . fxe6 Axe6 -+) 1S . . . ttlfS ! 16. AxfS
exfS 1 7. �e1 + Ae6 1 8 . 'WxfS 'Wd6 - + ;
1 4 . fxe6 ! fxe6 ( 1 4 . . . Ax bS 1 S . exf7+ ± )
1S. Af4 eS 1 6 . 'WhS+ g 6 1 7. V!ixeS + - ;
10 aS.
6
•••
205 ..---....,...-----,--�--:--, ..
5
8
4
3
6 6
2
5 5
4 4
L...-_______""""-_---' 'if 3
Euwe - Graves, Amsterdam 1 923) 9 . We2 a) 1 3 . �eS !? Wd8 1 4 . AgS ttle7 ( 1 4 . . . Ae7
ttlge7 (9 . . .16 !? � ) 1 0 . Af4 ttlg6 1 1 . Ag3 1S. ttlxe7 �xe7 16. V!ihS .... ) 1S. V!ihS (1S. V!ie2
0-0 1 2 . h4 f6 ! 1 3 . Axg6 ( 1 3 . exf6 �xf6 =i=) h6 1 6. Axe7 Axe7 1 7. ttlxe7 'Wxe7 =)
1 3 . . . h xg6 14. exf6 �xf6 oo Nu n - Kupreiehik, 1 S . . . exdS 16. �ae1 �e8 1 7. Axe7 Axe7
Germany 1 991 /92 ; 1 4 . . . gxf6 !? =i= ; 1 8 . �xe7+ V!ixe7 1 9 . �xe7+ c;!?xe7 20. V!igS+
b) 8 . 'We2 !? as 9 . ttlbd2 a4 1 0 . b4 a xb3 c;!?d6 21. V!if4+ = ;
1 1 . ttlx b3 Aa3 1 2 . 0-0 ttlge7 ( 1 2 . . . Axe1 b ) 1 3 . �xe6+ ! 55 (G lek) 1 3 . . .1xe6 1 4 . 'WhS+
1 3 . �fxe1 ttlge7 1 4 . ttlbd4 ! ) 1 3 . Ad2 c;!?d8 1S. AgS+ ttlf6 16. ttlxf6 Ae7 17. ttle4
�g6 14. ttlbd4 ! Hort - Andersson, Reykjavik V!idS 1 8. Axe7+ c;!?xe7 19. V!ih4+ gS 20. V!ih6
1 972 . V!ieS oo ;
202 S .lc2 ttlb4 9 . 0-0 ttlxe2 1 0 . 'Wxe2
•
1 1 'WbS 1 2 . ttlxdS Ad6
•••
ttle7 1 1 . ttle3 �e8 1 2 . Ae3 ttle6 ?! Stein itz a) 1 3 . Wg4 c;!?f8 1 4 . Ad2 ( 1 4 . ttlf4 ttlf6
Burn, Vienna 1 898 ; 1 2 . . . ttlfS =i= ; 1 S . 'Wh4 h6 1 6 . ttle2 ttldS =i= Glek - Zlotnik,
S. O-O ttlxd4 9 . ttle3 See 8 . ttle3 ; 9 . ttlbd2 M oscow 1 980) 1 4 . . . hS !? 1S. Wh3 Ae6 !
�e6 10. �b3 �ge7 1 1 . Ae3 V!ie7 1 2 . �e1 ttlg6 ( 1 S . . . exdS ? ! 1 6. Wxd7 Axh2+ 1 7. c;!?h1 ttlf6
1 3 . ttleS AxeS ( 1 3 . . . Ae7 14. b4 =) 1 4 . AxeS 1 8 . WfS Ad6 1 9 . �ae1 ! ! Borg - N i kolic,
ttlg xeS 1 S . ttlxeS = , Pap - Kosic, Bosnjaei Kavala 1 985 ; 1S . . . ttlh6 16. ttle3 c;!?g8 17. Ae3
200S ; (1S. �e1 �e8 16. Aa3 ttlxd3 17. V!ixd3 ttlg4 1 8 . ttlxg4 h xg4 1 9 . V!ixg4 Axh2+
ttleS -+). 20. c;!?f1 Wf8 oo ) 16. ttle3 ttlf6 17. ttle4
203 10. We2 a6 1 1 . 0-0 See 10. 0-0 a6 Ae7 1 8 . Ae3 ttldS 1 9 . ttleS !? oo Salnikov
1 1 . V!ie2 . Prudnikova, USSR 1 991 ;
204 10 . . .'WbS 1 1 . We2 ( 1 1 . 'Wg4 55 ) 1 1 . . . a6 b) 13. V!ihS !? c;!?f8 14. �e3 ttlf6 1S. V!ih4 Ae6
1 2 . c;!?h1 ttle7 1 3 . f4 g6 1 4 . Ae3 We7 16. AgS AeS 17. �ad1 55 ; 17. f4 ?! Ad4+ =i= Bis
1 S . �ae1 'Wd8 1 6. fS exfS 1 7. AgS 55 Pe guier - Westerinen, Netanya 1 971 .
naiver - Chaumont, Aix-Ies-Bains 2003 ; 206 1 2 . Wf3 ttlf6 1 3 . ttlbS Wb6 1 4 . Ae3
10 �e7 1 1 . ttlbS V!ixeS 1 2 . f4 ! 'tVb8 13. fS a6
.•• WaS 1 S . ttld4 Ab4 =+= Dolmadian - I n kiov,
( 1 3 . . . eS 14. f6 55 ) ( 1 4 . Wf3 ! ± Glek 1 4 . . . axbS Sofia 1 978.
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207 12 . . . .lx b5? 1 3 . AxbS+ �d8 14. Ad2 GOR 1 977) 1 3 . . . h6 1 4 . Ad2 tile7 1 S . E!ae1
(14. 'Wf3 tilf6 1S. Af4 'Wb6 16. a4 a6 17. Ad3 'ti'h4 1 6 . f4 tilfS 1 7. AxfS exfS 1 8 . b4
Ad6 1 8 . as 'Wb4 1 9 . AgS �d7 + Gossel l Aa7 1 9. tilxdS 0-0 = Padevsky - Darga, 1 9 th
Shulman, Stillwater 2002) 1 4 . . .'Wb6 1S. 'Wa4 Olympiad , Siegen 1 970] 12 . . .'Wh4 ! 13. f4
aS O 16. E!ae1 AeS 17. E!xeS 'WxeS 18. E!e1 + tilh6 ! ; 1 4 . fS ?! tilxfS 1 S . AxfS exfS 1 6. �f4
'Wb6 19. Ae3 'Wd6 20. AeS 'Wb8 21. 'Wa3 ! b6 'Wd8 ( 1 6 . . .'We7 !?) 1 7. tilxdS Ae6 + Seh u h
22. Axb6+ 1 -0 Sveshnikov - Genov, Bulgaria Namyslo, Germany 1 992 ;
1 988 ;
1 1 . .Vh4 !? 1 2 . f4 tilh6 1 3 . Ae3 E!e8
.
Adorjan - Farago, Hastings 1 976177. 16. Ae3 AeS ! 17. AxeS 'WxeS 18. fS !? Si5 Ae6 !
1 9 . E!ad1 0-0-0 20. fxe6 fxe6 2 1 . 'Wg4 d4
209 a b c d e f •
22. 'Wxe6+ �b8 23. 'Wg4 'WxeS 24. E!xd4
8
E!xd4 2S. 'Wxd4 'Wxd4 26. E!xd4 E!e8
7 27. �g1 = Qehslein - Tischer, German League
6 1 980/81 ) 1 6 . b3 ! 'We7 1 7. Ab2
5 5 •
4 4
3 3
92
Table 6 : 5. ttlf3 'Wb6
7
b) 1 7. . . Ac6 1 8 . l:!c1 l:!d8 1 9 . �f2 ! Ae7
20. ttle2 0-0 2 1 . ttld4 55 Sveshnikov 6 6
5 5 b) 7. . .'iYxcS
4 4
b1 ) 8. Ad3 ttlg6 9. �e2 d4 !? (9 . . . f6 ?!
3
10. exf6 g xf6 1 1 . 0-0 Ag7 �) 10. Axg6
( 1 0. 0-0 ttlg xeS 1 1 . ttlxd4 ttlxd3 1 2 . 'iYxd3
ttlxd4 1 3 . cxd4 �c7 14. Ae3 Ad7 1S. ttlc3
Ad6 �) 10 . . . hxg6 1 1 . 0-0 d3 1 2 . Y!ie4 Y!idS = ;
�------�--� �
d 1 1 ) 20. fxe6 fxe6 ! [20 . . . Axe6 2 1 . �f3 b2) 8 . Af4 ttlg6 9 . Ag3 �b6 ! 1 0 . b4 Ad7
Ae7 (21 . . . l:!d8 22. l:!cd1 �) 22. ttlxdS l:!xc1 + 1 1 . Ad3 as 1 2 . bS ttlce7 1 3 . ttlbd2 ttlfS
23. Axc1 AxdS 24. l:!xdS 0-0 = ] 21 . l:!f1 14. �e2 (Benjamin - Korchnoi , Horgen 1 994)
b4 22. �hS+ �d8 (22 . . . g6 23. 'iYf3 Ae7 14 . . . hS :j: ;
24 . ttlxdS exdS 2S. �f7+ �d8 26. e6 l:!f8
27. Af6 l:!xf7 28. exf7 �c7 29. Axe7 AbS b3) 8. b4 Y!ib6 9. bS !? (Glek) 9 . . . ttlaS 10. 0-0
30. f8� l:!xf8 31 . Axf8 �c6 32. l:!f7+ �b6 Ad7 1 1 . Ae3 ( 1 1 . ttld4 ?! ttlg6 1 2 . f4 AcS
33. l:!d1 �c2 34. l:!f6+ :j: ) 23. ttle2 l:!c2 1 3 . Ae3 0-0 1 4 . a4 f6 1 S . exf6 l:!xf6 1 6. g3
24. Ac1 AbS 2S. l:!d2 l:!c6 :j: ; eS :j: Vysochin - Wojtaszek, Polanica Zdr6j
2001 ) 1 1 . . .'iYc7 1 2 . ttlbd2 ttlfS 13. Ad4 � ;
d1 2) 20. l:!f1 b4 2 1 . fxe6 0 (21 . ttlxdS ? exdS
22 . e6 AbS ! + Smirnov - Beliakov, Alushta 6 f6 7. 0-0 fxeS 8. tDxeS ttlxeS 9. dxeS Ad7
•••
d2) 1 9 . �d2 l:!c8 ! 20. l:!d1 Ae7 2 1 . fS !? b4 1 0 . Ad3 ttlge7 1 1 . Af4 ttlg6 1 2 . Ag3 Ae7
22. ttlxdS exdS 23. f6 Ae6 ! 24. fxe7 �xe7 1 3 . h4 � Castro Aojas - Korchnoi, Linares
2S. l:!g3 g6 :j: Wallyn - Mednis, Cannes 1 992 . 1 979.
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Table 6 : 5. �f3 Wb6
217 11 . . . f6 !? 1 2 . exf6 gxf6 13. �c2 a5 !? � Karpachev - Bauer, Montpell ier 2003) 18. a4
Jonkman - Uhlmann, Chemnitz 1 998. ttlf5 ( 1 8 . . . h4 1 9 . Ad3 h xg3 20. h xg3 h5
218 13. Ad3 fxe5 14. �xe5 �xe5 15. dxe5 21. ttle3 Ah6 22 . as Wd8 23. f4 g;,h8
AxeS ! ( 1 5 . . .Wx b2 ?! Sveshnikov - Filipenko, 24. Wh2 ± Topalov - Bareev, Novgorod 1 997)
Cheliabinsk 1 975) 1 6. Wxh6 E!f7 17. E!ae1 1 9 . as Wc7 20. gac1 :t Kupreichik - Lautier,
Wx b2 1 8 . Wg5+ Ag7 1 9 . Wh5 Af6 =i= Belgrade 1 988.
( 1 9 . . . h6 =i=). 220 a b c d e f ...
8
219 14. b4
a b c d e f ...
8
6 6
5 5
4 4
3 3
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8. b3 tDf5 9. Ab2 Ab4+ (9 . . . Ae? 1 0 . 0-0 1 6 . . . tDx b4 1 7. �d2 tDc6 18. tDbS ;t ;
Ad? 1 1 . g4 tDh4 1 2 . tDxh4 Ax h4 13. tDa3 0-0 14 .ib5 Ad? 1S. axb4 'Wx b4
.
96
Table 6 : 5. tOf3 'Wb6
tDfS 1 1 . Ab2 Ae7 1 2 . YNd2 0-0 1 3 . �d1 1 2 . Ac3 ( 1 2 . Aa3 YNa4 ±) 1 2 . . .'iNb3 1 3 . 'iNe3
f6 14. tDc3 t Sveshnikov - Lputian , Rus tDh6 14. Ad3 �xc3 1S. tDxc3 YNxc3+ 16. cbe2
sian League, Podolsk 1 990) 1 0. bS tDxd4 ! 'iNb2+ 1 7. YNd2 YNxd2+ 18. tDxd2 a6 ±.
1 1 . tDxd4 �xc1 1 2 . YNxc1 YNxd4 = (Svesh
n i kov) 13. YNc3 ( 1 3 . 'iNc7 ! = ; 13. tDd2 YNxeS 232 1 1 . Axc4 !? dxc4 1 2 . �c1 c3 ( 1 2 . . .YNa6
14. tDf3 'iNf6 1 S . 0-0 Ad6 .: ) 1 3 . . . AcS � 13. 0-0 tDe7 14. tDgS h6 1S. YNhS g6 16. YNh3
Sveshnikov - Hoang, Cheliabinsk 1 989 . tDdS 1 7. tDge4 t Rodriguez Boado - Masip
231 Rodriguez, M ondariz 2000) 1 3 . Axc3 tDe7
•
1 4 . 0-0 tDdS 1 S . tDe4 Ae7 1 6. Ad2 0-0
8
17. tDcS Ac6 55 Sax - Nogueiras, Lucerne
7
1 989.
6
3
234 1 3 . Axc4 !? Ax b4+ (13 . . . ax b4
2 1 4 . 'iNb3 oo ) 1 4 . a x b4 'iNx b4+ 1 S . tDd2
( 1 S . YNd2 �xc4 1 6 . �xc4 'iNxc4 17. 'iNxaS
tDe7 18. tDd2 YNc2 19. Aa3 tDc6 = Yagupov
Rychagov, Russia 1 993) 1 S . . .'t!¥x b2 16. tDe4
9 • . . �h6 !? YNb4+ 1 7. cbe2 �c6 ! .: ; 1 7. . . cbe7 ? 18. tDd6
a) 10. Ad3 tDaS 1 1 . 0-0 tDc4 1 2 . Axc4 �xc4 �xc4 19. �xc4 AbS 20. 'Wd3 Axc4 21. tDxc4
1 3 . tDc3 'iNa6 1 4 . �c1 Ae7 1 S . tDd2 !? �c8 b5 22. tDd6 'Wb2+ 23. cbf3 ± HAba - Stojanov,
( 1 S . . . �xd4 !? 1 6 . tDe2 �h4 1 7. g3 Aa4 !? Datteln 2002 .
18. YNe1 AbS 19. �c8+ Ad8 20. g x h4 Axe2
21 . YNc1 0-0 .: ) 1 6. tDb3 t Korchnoi - Kotsur, 235 14. tDxc4 'Wd8 ! [14 . . . �xc4 ?! 15. Axc4
34 th Olympiad, Istanbul 2000 ; bxa3 1 6. Ac3 'iNc6 1 7. Ae2 YNxg2 ( 1 7. . . tDe7
1 8 . O-O ± ) 18. Af3 YNh3 1 9 . Ax b7 tDh6
b) 10 . tDc3
20. 'Wf3 ± Grosar - Wei nzettl, Austrian
b1 ) 1 0 . . . tDfS 1 1 . tDa4 YNd8 1 2 . h4 ( 1 2 . Ad3 b6 League 2003/04 ; 14 . . .YNa7 ?! 1 5 . axb4
13. 0-0 Ae7 14. tDc3 g6 1S. Aa6 �b8 1 6. �c1 Ax b4+ 1 6 . Ac3 Axc3+ 1 7. �xc3 ± Svesh
Portisch - M i li6, Olympiad , Moscow 1 9S6 ; n i kov - Nevednichy, Bled 1 991 ] 1 5 . ax b4
1 6 . 'iNd3 ± ) 1 2 . . . Ae7 1 3 . Ad3 f6 1 4 . AxfS [ 1 5 . a4 !? Ac6 1 6. as ! Ae7 ( 1 6 . . . �c7 ?
exfS 1S. tDc3 fxeS 16. dxeS d4 1 7. tDe2 Ae6 1 7. tDd6+ ! Axd6 1 8 . exd6 YNxd6 1 9 . dS +-)
1 8. tDexd4 tDxd4 1 9 . tDxd4 ± Sveshnikov 1 7. tDb6 �c7 18. d5 !? t Fressinet - So6ko,
Poljakov, Latvian Championship 1 992 ; German League 2002/03] 15 . . . Ax b4+
b2 ) 1 0 . . . tDaS 1 1 . tDa4 'iNc6 [ 1 2 . tDcS tDc4 [ 1 5 . . . bS ?! 1 6 . tDd6+ ! Axd6 17. exd6 tDf6 0
1 3 . Axc4 ?! ( 1 3 . Ac1 .: ) 1 3 . . . d xc4 1 4 . 0-0 1 8 . Ad3 ! ( 1 8. �c5 ? Sveshnikov - Lputian ,
YNdS 1 S . 'iNe2 ( 1 S . tDxd7 'iNxd7 �) 1S . . . Ac6 ! Moscow 1 991 ) 18 . . . 0-0 19. 0-0 Ac6 20. d5t
1 6 . �fe1 Ae7 1 7. �ac1 0-0 1 8 . tDe4 tDfS � tDxdS (20 . . . exd5 21. Af5 'iNxd6 22. Axc8 ±)
Korchnoi - I ruzubieta Vi llaluenga, Oviedo 21. YNg4 ! ; 1 S . . . Ac6 !? 16. b5 !? Ad5 1 7. Ae2
( Rapidplay) 1 992] 1 2 . �c1 tDc4 1 3 . Axc4 Axg2 1 8 . �g1 AdS 1 9 . tDe3 .: ] 1 6 . Ac3
d xc4 14. tDc3 Ae7 1S. 0-0 0-0 16. dS exdS Axc3+ 17. �xc3 cbf8 18. �a3 Ac6 19. tDd6 t
17. tDd4 'iNg6 1 8 . tDxdS AgS 1 9 . f4 t DGr Peng Xiaomin - So6ko, 34 th Olympiad, Istan
Damjanovi6, Graz 1 979 ; bu1 2000.
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22. �h1 �gS 23. �c3 �xf3 24. �xdS 1 3. 'We1 Ag7 1 4 . �c3 �bB 1 S . �h1 0-0
'WdB 2S. �xe7+ 'Wxe7 26. gxf3 ± Balashov 1 6 . e4 f6 17. exdS fxeS 1 B . d x eS exdS
Belozerov, Elista 2001 . 19. �xdS 'We6 20. 'We4 ± I. Zaitsev - Laine,
239 Jyvaskyla 1 994 ;
a b c d e f •
8 8 1 3. �c3 Ah6 ( 1 3 . . . Ag7 1 4 . �a4 'WdB
1 S . �cS �c7 1 6 . �c1 0-0 1 7. �f2 'We7
7
1 B . �fc2 �dB D 1 9. �xd7 �xc2 20. �f6+ !
6 6
Axf6 2 1 . �xc2 AgS 22. 'Wc1 ± Kharlov
5 5 Gleizerov, Bled 1 990) 14. 'We1 0-0 1 S . �d1 !
4 4 ( 1 S . �a4 Svesh n i kov - Piskov, Bled 1 990)
1S . . . f6 16. exf6 �xf6 17. �f2 eS 1B. bS �xd4
3 3
1 9 . �xeS AxbS 20. exd4 ± .
2 2
241 1 4 . 'We2 ( 1 4 . 'We1 I?) 1 4 . . . �e7
( 1 4 . . . 0-0 1 S . �b3 'WdB 1 6 . �cS �c7 1 7. h4
�bB 1 B . g4 b6 1 9. �xd7 'Wxd7 20. gS
Ag7 2 1 . �h2 ± I bragimov - Volzh i n , Ka
12 ••• .te7 towice 1 992) 1 S . g4 �c3 ( 1 S . . . Aa4 1 6 . h4
a) 1 3 . �bd2 �dB ( 1 3 . . . �bB 1 4 . 'We2 Aa4 �c3 17. �e1 0-0 1 B . �a2 �c1 1 9 . �df3
1S. e4 �c6 16. 'We3 0-0 17. �ab1 as 1B. bxaS Ag7 20. 'Wh2 t Gafner - Snatenkov, Orsk
'Wa7 19. exdS exdS 20. �b6 !? �xaS 21. �h6 2000) 1 6. �fc1 �xc1 + ( 1 6 . . .'Wc7 17. �b3 b6
Ac2 22. �h3 � Motylev - Rychagov, Kolon 1 B . 'Wd2 �xc1 + 1 9 . �xc1 'WbB 20. gS Ag7
tayevo 1 997 ; 1 3 . . . 0-0 14. �b3 �bB 1S. 'We2 2 1 . 'Wc3 Aa4 22. �bd2 �d7 23. 'Wb2 �cB
�c7 16. h4 ;;t Torre - Chernin, New Delhi 1 990) 24. �b1 �xc1 + 2S. 'Wxc1 'WcB 26. 'WxcB+
1 4 . 'We2 �c3 1S. �fe1 0-0 1 6 . g4 a6 17. �b1 �xcB 27. �c3 ;;t Heberla - Moskalik, Poland
�cB 1 B . 'Wd2 'Wc7 1 9. �a2 Aa4 20. 'Wg2 1 999) 17. �xc1 Aa4 ! ;;t ; 17. . . 0-0 18. �b3 �c8
f6 � Baklan - Moskalenko, Zonal Tourna 1 9 . �cS ± Najer - Totsky, Capelle la Grande
ment, Donetsk 1 99B ; 2004.
98
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Table 7
1 . e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 �c6 5. �f3
Wb6 6. a3 �h6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 242 �f5
6
�------�--� �
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
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7
Ag7 ( 1 1 . . . ttle7 1 2 . Ad3 Ag7 1 3 . 'Wd2 'Wc7
6 6
1 4 . a4 a6 1 5 . �a3 0-0 1 6 . ttlc3 f6 1 7. exf6
�xf6 18. ttle2 � Motylev - San Segundo Car 5 5
100
Table 7 : 6. a3 �h6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 �f5
1 7. tild3 axb4 1 S . tilbcS Ae6 1 9 . a xb4 'ii' b S 16. Ad3 Ad7 =F Yemelin - Dolmatov, S6 th Rus
20. tilf4 1;1h6 21. Ac3 ;t Khalifman - Dolmatov, sian Championship, Krasnoyarsk 2003 ;
Rethymnon 2003 ; 10 .id7 1 1 . g4 tilh6 1 2 . 1;1g1 a6 1 3 . tilc3
•••
252 13 . . .fxeS 14. Ax h7+ ! ( 1 4 . Ah3 257 17. Ac1 1;1c4 1 S . tile2 !? ( 1 S. 1;1d1 ?!
Vysochin - Sambuev, St. Petersburg 2003) ttlx bS 19. ttle2 'ii'c6 20. AgS AxgS 21. ttlxgS
14 . . . �x h7 1S. 'ii'c 2+ e4 16. bxc6 +-. tilc3 22 . tilxc3 1;1xc3 23. 'ii'e2 g6 24 . 1;1d3
0-0 2S. 1;1ad1 1;1cS =+= Grischu k - Lputian ,
253 17. 1;1fe1 fxeS 1 S . tilxeS Af6 1 9. a4
3Sth Olympiad, Bled 2002) 1 S . . .'ii' x bS
'ii' x d4 ?! 20. tile4 ! ± Lastin - Ivanov, Moscow
( 1 S . . . 0-0 !? .: 1 9 . AgS AxgS 20. tilxgS 1;1fcS
2004.
2 1 . 'ii'f3 g6 22. tilf4 'Wxd4 23. tilg x e6 fxe6
2M •
24. 'ii'g 3 'ii' x f4 2S. 'ii' x g6+ =) 1 9 . AgS 'Wb3
8
20. 'Wx b3 a x b3 2 1 . Axe7 �xe7 22. 1;1fb1
1;1hcS 23. 1;1x b3 bS 24. tilf4 g6 ;t Vysochin
6 6 Pol ivanov, St. Petersburg 2002 .
5 5 258
4 4
3 3
1-'.-0-.
6 6
2 2
5 5
4 4
3
10 •.. 85 !? 1 1 . bS a4 ( 1 1 . . . f6 1 2 . 'ii'd 2 ! tildS ?
2
1 3. g4 ! tilh6 1 4 . exf6 AfS 1 S . gS ± Svesh
n i kov - Starostits, Riga 1 995) 1 2 . g4 tilh6
13. 1;1g1 tilaS 14. tilc3 tilb3 1S. 1;1a2 'ii'aS L...-_______ ...._
.;;.... ----J '\1
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ttlf? 1 3 . ttlbd2 fxeS ( 1 3 . . . Ae? 1 4 . 0-0 ttlgS 14. gS Ae? 1S. ttla4 ;!;; ; 1 2 . Ad3 ttlc8 13. h4
1 S . c.!?g2 0-0 1 6 . exf6 Axf6 17. h4 ttlxf3 tDb6 14. hS h6 � Khairullin - Matlakov, Kirishi
18. tDxf3 g6 � Sveshnikov - Lputian , Training 2004) 12 . . . hS 1 3 . ttlbS ttlc8 14. ttlgS h x g4
match, Sochi 1 993) 14. d x eS Ae? 1S. §c1 1S. 'Wxg4 Ae? 16. Ac1 a6 17. §g1 fS 18. exf6
ttlgS 1 6. h4 ttlxf3+ 17. 'Wxf3 ttld4 18. 'We3 Axf6 1 9 . ttlh? !? 00 Lastin - M alakhatko, St.
tDbS � Sveshnikov - Lputian, Tilburg (Rapid Petersburg 2003.
play) 1 992] 1 2 . . .fxeS 1 3 . d xeS Ae? 1 4 . ttla4
265 1 2 . ttla4 'Wd8 1 3 . ttlcS Ac8 14. gS
'Wd8 1 S . §c1 0-0 1 6 . ttlcS AxcS 1 7. §xcS
b6 1S. ttla6 ttlb8 1 6 . §c1 Axa6 17. Axa6
tDf? � Sveshnikov - Lputian, Training match ,
ttlxa6 1 8 . 'Wa4+ 'Wd? 1 9 . 'Wxa6 ttlg6 = Flo-
Sochi 1 993.
res - Vallejo Pons, Oropesa del Mar 1 999.
260 14 . . .'Wd8 1S. ttlcS b6 16. ttlxd? 'Wxd? 266 12 . . . ttlg6 1 3 . ttla4 'Wd8 14. §c1 Ae?
1 7. §c1 ttlcd8 1 8 . h4 ! Ad6 1 9 . §c3 ± 1S. §g1 0-0 00 Peng Xiaomin - Korchnoi , Cal-
Vasyukov - Bukhman , St. Petersburg 1 994. cutta 2000.
267 1 7. AxfS exfS 1 8 . ttlcS §b8 1 9 . 'We2
261 1 S . . .'Wd6 ? ! 16. ttlcS Ac8 17. h4 Ae? Ae6 20. 'We3 ;!;; Shirov - Kramnik, M onte
1 8 . gS ;!;; Svesh n i kov - Dvoiris, Cheliabinsk Carlo (blind) 1 99?
2004.
268 1 2 . ttld2 §c8 1 3. §c1 [ 1 3 . . . ttlg6
14. h4 ( 1 4 . 'We2 ! ? Ae? 1 S . 'We3 0-0
262 1 6. §c3 ttlgS 17. bS ttlaS 1 8 . ttlxgS 1 6 . h4 ! f6 17. hS ttlh8 1 8 . §c2 ttlc6 ( 1 8 . . .
fxgS oo Savi6 - Lputian , Bosnian League, ttlc4 §f4 23. ttlgS ! +-) 1 9. ttla4 'Wd8 = ,
Neum 2002 . M otylev - Ponomariov, World C u p , Khanty
Mansiysk 200S) 14 . . . Ae? (14 . . . hS !? 1S. gxhS
263 1 7. d xcS ttlceS 1 8 . ttlxeS ttlxeS ttlf4 1 6 . ttla4 §xc1 =i=) 1 S . hS [ 1 S. gS
1 9 . §g3 ! ;!;; Short - Lputian , Batumi 1 999. h6 ( 1 S . . . 0-0 16. ttle2 §fd8 17. hS ttlf8
102
Table 7 : 6. a3 �h6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 �f5
18 . �g1 �xe1 1 9 . ttlxe1 ttle6 20. �g4 �e8 'Wb6 22. g 5 0 a5 23. b5 (23. ttle4 'Wb5
2 1 . ttleb3 ttld8 ! = Shirov - Gurevieh , World 24 . ttld6 'Wb6 =) 23 . . . a4 24. 'Wd3 �fd8
Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk 2005) 16. gxh6 �x h6 25. 0-0 Ae8 26. !;te5 !;txd6 27. exd6 'Wxd6 56 ,
17. h5 ttlh4 1 8 . 'Wg4 ttlf5 1 9 . Ad3 Af8 Hflba - Kosic, 36 th Chess Olympiad , Calvi a
20. ttle2 ttle4 � Grisehu k - Radjabov, Wij k 2004] 1 6 . . . c;t>d8 1 7. ttlxf7+ c;t>e8 1 8 . ttld6+
aan Zee 2003] 15 . . . ttlf4 16. 'Wf3 Ag5 1 7. ttle2 c;t>d8 1 9 . ttlf7+ ( 1 9. ttl2e4 e x b2 20. 'Wx b2 56 )
( 1 7. �e2 � ) 1 7. . . �xe1 + 1 8 . ttlxe1 0-0 1 9 . h6 1 9 . . . c;t>e8 20. ttld6+ c;t>d8 = Sveshnikov
g6 � Grisehuk - Kruppa, Elista 2000] 13 . . . h5 Radjabov, Tallinn ( Rapidplay) 2004 ;
14. �e2 ttle4 15. Axe4 d x e4 16. ttlee4 ttld5 15 •.. �c8 !? 1 6 . 'Wxe4 ttlb6 1 7. 'Wxe6 Axe6
17. ttlxe4 �xe4 1 8 . �xe4 a5 56 Ivaneh u k 18. c;t>e2 ttla4 1 9 . �hb1 �.
Bareev, Dubai (Rapidplay) 2002 .
270 1 7. ttled6+ Ax d6 1 8 . ttlxd6+ c;t>e7
269 15 ••• c3 !? 1 6 . ttld6+ [ 1 6. 'Wxe3 ttld5 1 9 . Wxe6 Axe6 20. �g1 � Sveshnikov
17. Wb3 ( 1 7. 'Wxe6 Axe6 56) 17. . . Ae7 18. �e1 Potkin, Russian Championship, Krasnoyarsk
'Wb5 19. ttle4 0-0 20. ttled6 Axd6 21 . ttlxd6 2003 ; 20. 0-0 h5 �.
Notes
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Table 8
1 . e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 �c6 5. �f3
'Wb6 6. a3 c4
6
L...-_______-=-_---I 1f
? 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
41 g3 ? 1 271 Ah3 273 tDxe5 274 dxe5 Wh5+ We2 tDd2 tDf3
f6 ! 272 fxe5 tDxe5 Ac5 275 g6 Ad? tDe? 276 h6 2n 00
104
Table 8 : 6. a3 c4
271 7. Ae2 Ad7 8. ttlbd2 ttla5 9 . 0-0 see 13. ttle1 ttlf5 14. ttlg2 Ae7 15. Wf3 Ae8 16. h5
Note 301 , &thf8 17. ttlf4 ;t Sax - Knaak, Szirak 1 985 ;
272 7. . . Ad7 [8. ttlbd2 ttla5 9 . Ah3 0-0-0 9 :Wc6 1 0 . ttlg5 h6 1 1 . ttlh3 Wa4 1 2 . Wf3
••
1 0. 0-0 Ae7 1 1 . ttle1 ?! ( 1 1 . &te1 � ) 11 . . . h5 We2 1 3 . ttlf4 ttle7 14. ttlg2 !? Wh7 ?!
1 2 . f4 ?! g6 1 3 . ttldf3 ttlb3 1 4 . &tb1 ttlh6 (14 . . . ei)b3 15. ei)xb3 Wx b3 16. ttle3 ;t) 15. b4 !
15. Ae3 <it>b8 1 6. ttlg2 00 Sveshnikov - Kalinin, e x b3 0 1 6 . Ad3 Wg8 1 7. &tb1 Aa4 1 8 . ttle3
Cheliabinsk 1 977] 8. h4 !? ttla5 9. ttlbd2 &te8 1 9 . e4 t Sveshnikov - Eingorn , Soehi
1 986 .
...
273 8. exf6 ttlxf6
8
6 6
7
5 5
6 6
4 4
5 5
3 3
4 4
2 2
� 1 3 3
2 2
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274 9. d x eS AcS 1 0 . 0-0 tLlge7 1 1 . tLlbd2 c!>b8 2 1 . tLld3 Ae7 � Vlassov - l Iyushi n , St.
0-0 1 2 . b4 c x b3 1 3 . &tb1 ( 1 3 . tLlx b3 &txf3 ! Petersburg 1 995 ;
14. tLlxcS tLlxeS 1S. Ag2 &tf8 16. Ae3 Wc7 �)
c) 14. We2 !? tLlc8 1S. Ae3 tLlb6 16. tLld2 Ac6
1 3 . . . tLlaS �.
1 7. f4 g6 18. &tfc1 Wd7 1 9 . a4 tLlxa4 20. c4 5i5
275 1 0 . . . Ad7 1 1 . 0-0 tLle7 � . Charbonneau - Bluvshtein , Montreal 2003.
�
Axe7 17. If:-.
<ud4 � ;
14 ••• h6 1S. 0-0 0-0-0 00 Malaniuk - Uhlmann, 282 1S. &tc1 tLlc8 ( 1 S . . . bS 16. &tc2 &tb8
Tallinn 1 987. 1 7. &tb2 ± ) 1 6. c4 ± Sveshnikov - Timman,
Tilburg 1 992 .
278 7. . . tLlge7 ? 8. Axc4 ! d x c4 9 . tLlxc4
Wa6 1 0 . tLld6+ c!>d7 1 1 . tLlxf7 &tg8 1 2 . Wc2 283 8. exf6 tLlxf6 9. b3 cxb3 10. §b1 Ad6
h6 1 3 . tLld6 ± Sveshnikov - M ilos, Budapest 1 1 . Ad3 0-0 1 2 . 0-0 eS t ;
1 988.
8. g3 fxeS 9. tLlxeS tLlxeS 1 0 . d x eS AcS
279 8. Ae2 tLlge7 ? 9 . Axc4 ! ± Panarin 1 1 . 'WhS+ g6 1 2 . We2 tLle7 1 3 . Ag2 Ad7
Nepomniashchy, Vladimir 2002 . 14. 0-0 0-0-0 1 S . tLlf3 � Honfi - U hlmann,
Solingen 1 974 ;
106
Table 8 : 6. a3 c4
107
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USSR 1 975] 1 0 . c4 Aa4 ( 1 0 . . . tDe7 ! ) 1 1 . §c1 13. b3 c x b3 14. tDxb3 tDxb3 15 . Wx b3 Ad3
tDe7 1 2 . c5 'Wd8 1 3 . Ad3 tDg6 1 4 . g3 Ae7 16. §a1 00 I . Zaitsev - Lunev, Ore1 1 994 ;
15. We2 a6 16. h4 h6 17. h5 tDf8 18. tDh4 Wd7 9 f61! 1 0. exf6 ! gxf6 1 1 . 0-0 0-0-0 1 2 . §e1
...
6
a) 11 . . .g5 !? 1 2 . tDg2 h5 13. g4 hxg4 14. Axg4
5
0-0-0 15 . Wf3 Ae8 16. tDe3 � ;
4 b) 1 1 . . . 0-0-0 1 2 . tDg2 �b8 1 3 . §b1 Wc7
14. tDe3 tDc8 15. f4 g6 16. f5 !? (16. tDg4 Ae7
1 7. Ag2 tDb6 1 8 . We2 Aa4 1 9 . tDf3 tDd7 �)
16 . . . gxf5 17. g4 fxg4 18. tDxg4 Ae8 19. tDf6 !
I . Zaitsev - Savon, Dubna 1 976 ;
c) 1 1 . . . tDec6 1 2 . f4 0-0-0 ( 1 2 . . . g6 1 3 . tDg2
8 ....le7 9. h4 Ad7 1 0 . Ah3 f5 1 1 . exf6
0-0-0 1 4 . tDe3 �b8 1 5 . Ag2 tDe7 1 6 . §f2
( 1 1 . 0-0 tDh6 1 2 . tDe1 tDf7 1 3 . tDg2 g5 tDb3 1 7. tDd x c4 !? d x c4 1 8 . tDxc4 'Wb5
14. h xg5 tDxg5 15. 'Wh5+ �d8 16. tDf4 1 9 . tDd6 'Wa4 20. tDxf7 tDxa1 2 1 . 'Wxa4
tDxh3+ 1 7. 'Wxh3 �c7 =F ) 1 1 . . . gxf6 1 2 . 0-0 Axa4 22. tDxd8 ! Svesh n i kov - Riazantsev,
h5 1 3 . §e1 tDh6 1 4 . §b1 !? ( 1 4 . We2 tDg4 St. Petersburg, 2000) 1 3 . §b1 Ae7 1 4 . tDg2
1 5 . tDh2 f5 � ; 1 4 . tDh2 0-0-0 1 5 . Wx h5 §dg8 15 . �h1 g6 1 6 . tDe3 tDb3 17. Wf3 'Wc7
§dg8 sa Grischu k - Korchnoi, Biel 2001 ) 1 8 . tDx b3 c x b3 1 9 . Ad2 ! Psakhis - Farago,
1 4 . . . 0-0-0 ( 1 4 . . . tDg4 1 5 . tDh2 f5 1 6 . tDdf3 Banja Luka 1 985 ;
0-0-0 1 7. Af4 !? ! ) 1 5 . b4 c x b3 1 6 . tDxb3 9 h6 !1 1 0. 0-0 0-0-0 1 1 . tDe1 g5 ( 1 1 . . . h5
.•.
tDg4 ( 1 6 . . . tDx b3 1 7. §x b3 'Wc6 1 8 . Af4 tDg4 1 2 . tDdf3 tDb3 1 3 . §b1 tDxc1 14. Wxc1
1 9 . We2 !) ; Aa4 1 5 . tDg5 tDh6 1 6 . f4 g6 17. tDg2 Ae7
1 8 . Wd2 00 Motylev - Balashov, Ekaterinburg
8 f5 9. exf6 gxf6 1 0 . Ag2 tDh6 1 1 . tDh4
2002) 1 2 . Ag2 Ae7 1 3 . §b1 h5 00 Pinter
.•.
108
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109
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a2) 10 . . . tLlg6 !? 1 1 . g3 ( 1 1 . h4 !? Glek) 1 1 . . . Ae7 1 5 . Axc2 ttlb3 1 6 . Af4 ttlca5 1 7. ttlg3 Aa4
1 2 . h4 f5 1 3. h5 tLlf8 14. flb1 g5 00 Motwani 18. fle2 b5 1 9 . ttlh5 � Sveshnikov - Donchev,
Gurevich , Hastings 1 991 /92 ; Lvov 1 983 ;
a3) 1 0 . . . h6 1 1 . flb1 ( 1 1 . 'Wc2 ?! 0-0-0 1 2 . flb1
b3) 1 0 . . . Ab5 !? 1 1 . ttle1 ttlb3 1 2 . ttlxb3 Aa4
�b8 1 3 . ttlf1 'Wb3 1 4 . 'Wx b3 ttlx b3 1 5 . Af4
1 3 . Af4 Ax b3 14. 'Wd2 ttlc6 1 5 . g3 ( 1 5 . g4 !?
ttlc8 16. ttlg3 00 Sveshnikov - Nikolenko, 58 th
Ae7 1 6. Ag3 0-0-0 17. ttlg2 � ) 15 . . . ttla5
USSR Championship, Moscow 1 991 )
1 6 . ttlg2 Aa4 17. Ah5 � Sveshni kov - Ivkov,
a31 ) 1 1 . . . 0-0-0 1 2 . 'Wc2 �b8 1 3 . Ad1 flc8 Sochi 1 983 ;
14. ttlf1 ttlb3 1 5. Af4 � Sveshnikov - Casper,
Moscow 1 987 ; b4) 1 0 . . .'Wc7 1 1 . ttlg5 ( 1 1 . fle1 ttlc8 1 2 . ttlf1
ttlb6 1 3 . Af4 ( 1 3 . Ag5 ! h6 1 4 . Ah4 Aa4
a32 ) 1 1 . . .'Wc7 1 2 . Af1 ttlc8 1 3 . fle3 ttlb6
1 5 . 'Wc1 �d7 1 6. 'We3 ! Ac2 1 7. flbc1 Ah7
1 4 . ttle1 0-0-0 1 5 . f4 g6 1 6. flh3 Ae7
18. ttl3d1 ! fle8 1 9 . Ad1 = , Predojevic - Wang
1 7. ttldf3 Aa4 1 8. 'We2 h5 1 9 . Ae3 Ab3
Hao, Istanbul 2005) 13 . . . ttlb3 14. ttl3d2 ttla5
20. Af2 � Kharlov - I lyushin, Tula 2002 ;
1 5 . ttlg3 Aa4 1 6 . 'Wc1 0-0-0 00 , N i H u a
a33) 1 1 . . . g5 1 2 . ttlf1 ttlg6 1 3 . Ae3 Ae7 Bareev, Beijing 2003) 1 1 . . . h6 1 2 . tLlh3 0-0-0
14. ttl3d2 0-0-0 15. ttlg3 �b8 1 6. ttlh5 fldf8 13. ttlf4 �b8 14. ttlh5 �a8 15 . g4 ttlc8 1 6. f4
1 7. 'Wc2 ttlh4 18. Ad1 � Sherwin - Evans, New ttlb6 1 7. 'We1 � , I . Zaitsev - Vasyukov, 37 th
York 1 954 ; USSR Championship, Moscow 1 969 ;
a34) 1 1 . . .ttlc8 1 2 . ttlf1 'Wb3 1 3 . 'Wx b3 ttlxb3
b5) 1 0 . . . flc8 1 1 . g3 h6 1 2 . ttlh4 Ab5 1 3 . fla1
14. Af4 Aa4 15. ttlg3 b5 16. tLlh5 ttlb6 1 7. g4 !
ttlb3 14. ttlx b3 Aa4 15 . Ae3 'Wx b3 ! 1 6. 'Wd2
ttla5 1 8 . flec1 ttlb3 1 9 . flf1 ! ttla5 20. ttle1
flc6 ! ( 1 6 . . .'Wc2 ? 1 7. Ad1 +-) 1 7. Ad1 'Wb5
ttlc6 2 1 . Ae3 0-0-0 22. f4 � Sveshnikov
18. Ag4 � Sveshnikov - Gofshtein, Rostov on
Lutz, Berlin 1 989 ;
Don 1 976 ;
b) 1 0. flb1 ( I . Zaitsev)
a b c e f .. b6) 1 0 . . . h6 1 1 . fle1 ( 1 1 . 'Wc2 'Wc7 1 2 . b3 cxb3
d
8
1 3 . ttlx b3 Aa4 1 4 . ttlfd2 ttlec6 1 5 . 'Wb2 �
Tal - Petrosian , Tbilisi 1 956) 1 1 . . . Ac6 1 2 . ttlf1
7
'W b3 1 3 . Af4 Aa4 1 4 . 'Wc1 'Wb6 1 5 . ttl3d2
6 6 ttlg6 1 6 . Ae3 ttlh4 1 7. f4 h5 1 8 . Af2 ttlf5 �
5 5 Svesh n i kov - Ei ngorn, 52 nd USSR Cham
4 4
pionship, Riga 1 985 ;
1 5 . ttlxc4 ttlxc4 1 6 . Axc4 ttla5 1 7. Axe6 1 3 . exf6 gxf6 1 4 . cxd5 ttlxd5 1 5 . ttle4 Ae7
Axe6 1 8 . d5 Ac5 1 9 . d x e6 ± ) 1 1 . . . Ae7 1 6. Ad2 flc8 1 7. 'We1 55 Haba - Sch mittd iel ,
1 2 . 'Wc2 flc8 1 3 . ttlf1 'W b3 1 4 . Ad1 'Wxc2 B6bl ingen 1 999.
110
Table 8 : 6. a3 c4
302 1 1 . Vc2 !1 0-0-0 ( 1 1 . . . tDb3 1 2 . tDx b3 304 1 2 . b4 cxb3 13. c4 Aa4 14. Ab2 � .
Aa4 13. tDfd2 Axb3 14. tDx b3 cxb3 15. Wd3
§c8 1 6 . Wf3 �) 1 2 . b3 c x b3 1 3 . tDx b3 305 1 2 . . . c;!>b8 1 3 . Ah5 g 6 1 4 . Ae2 We7
Aa4 1 4 . tDfd2 tDee6 1 5 . Wa2 � I . Zaitsev 15. tDg2 Ac6 16. h4 Wd7 17. h5 Aa4 18. We1
Naumkin, Moscow 1 995 ; 1 1 . §e1 !1. Ae2 1 9 . §a1 Ag7 20. tDe3 Aa4 00 Ti mman
303 11 . . . tDec6 1 2 . tDh4 Ae7 1 3 . tDg2 Liberzon, Venice 1 974.
0-0-0 14. c;!>h1 Ae8 1 5 . f4 f5 1 6 . exf6 Axf6
1 7. Ah5 tDe7 1 8 . Axe8 §d x e8 1 9 . g4 g6 306 1 5 . b3 ! e x b3 1 6 . tDx b3 f5 ( 1 6 . . . tDx b3
20. tDf3 %-% Sveshnikov - Farag6, Novi Sad 1 7. §x b3 We7 1 8 . Axd7+ Wxd7 1 9. Wh5 �)
1 979. 1 7. Ah3 ! � I . Zaitsev - Farag6, Szolnok 1 975.
Notes
111
Chapter 3
A s u m m a r y of t h e 3 . e5 s y ste m
It is time to draw some conclusions. Briefly The gambits introduced by N imzowitsch
they are as follows : bring Wh ite no advantage. In fact 4. �g4 ?! is
1 . e4 e6? not even sufficient for equality (see the anno
tations to the game Sveshni kov - Komarov,
An error - 1 . . . c5 ! is better, or failing that
Vrnjacka Banja 1 999 (Volume 1 , game 28 on
1 . . . e5 !? although in the latter case Black has
page 57). The line 4 . tDf3 ?! cxd4 ! 5 . Ad3 is
serious problems with the defence of the e5
somewhat better. However, I advise all play
pawn after 2 . tDf3 tDc6 3. Ab5 ! .
ers below the level of candidate master to
2 . d 4 d5 include these gambits in their repertoire and
Otherwise White has a strong pawn pair in learn how to handle them by studying the
the centre and a winning position . games of Nimzowitsch and Keres. Mastering
3. e5 1? the methods of gambit play is an i mportant
stage in the development of a chessplayer.
Objectively 3. tDc3 ! is stronger, after which
The move 4 . d xc5 ?! - suggested by Louis
Black has a bad position . But White also has
Paulsen - was later tried a few times by Stei
a big advantage after 3. e5 !?, greater than
nitz but gives Black easy equal ity. He has
he has after 1. e4 ! in the initial position .
several playable plans, such as that demon
3 . . . c5 1 strated by Emanuel Lasker in his game
The correct move, beginning immediate against Tarrasch (St. Petersburg 1 91 4 ; Vol
counterplay against White's pawn centre. ume 1 , game 7 on page 1 8) . Also playable
The alternative plan to exchange the light is 4 . . . Axc5 5 . Ad3 tDc6 6. tDf3 tDge7 with
squared bishops with 3 . . . b6 4. c3 or 3 . . . tDe7 equal chances.
4 . tDf3 b6 5. c3 �d7 6. a4 does not offer 4 . . . �c6 1
Black any prospect of equal ity. The best move, obeying all the principles
a b c d e
of the opening. Furthermore it is consistent
with Black's plan of counterattack against
the d4 pawn. Transferring the other knight to
c6 does not equalise, since it loses time and
6 6 weakens the kingside. The plan with 4 . . . Ad7
5 5 and 5 . . . a6 is also too slow.
4 4
5. �f3
Wh ite has noth ing better than this move,
3 3
since after 5. Ae3 ?! cxd4 6. cxd4 Black can
2 turn his fire on the e5 pawn with 6 . . . tDh6,
....-c-�....,;;�..----!
7. . . tDf5 and 8 . . . f6 !? The move 5. f4 is not in
harmony with the spirit of this opening, since
�------��- �
it i ncarcerates the c1 bishop, weakens the
4. c3 light squares and simply wastes time.
112
Chapter 3 A summary of the 3. e5 system
5 'Wb6 !
••• g x h6 (7. . .'Wx b2 ? loses to 8. Ae3 ! ) 8. 'Wd2
We know from the annotated games and the Ag7 9. ttla3 is better for White.
Encyclopaedia that the variations S . . . ttlh6 ?! The move 6. Ad3 ?! is inadequate because of
6. dxcS ! and S . . . ttlge7 6. ttla3 ! are not suffi 6 . . . cxd4 ! 7. cxd4 Ad7 8. ttlc3 ttlxd4 9. ttlxd4
cient for equality. 'Wxd4, and White has serious worries about
An interesting possi bility for B lack is the equalising.
move S . . . Ad7 !? recommended by Botvinnik, •
which we call the "flexible defence" . H ow
ever, this line also offers White a greater
choice than he has after the more active
S . . . 'Wb6, since he has the add itional pos
sibility 6. Ae3 !? After the insertion of the
move . . . Ad?, the immediate development of
the bishop at e3 is more favourable than on
the S th move, since after an exchange on fS
(Ad3xttlfS) Wh ite will gain a tempo, because
Black will have to move the bishop again (to
e6) to defend the dS pawn (in reply to ttlc3).
If instead Black sends the knight to g4 via
h6 and then exchanges on e3 , he is liable to 6 . . . toh6 !?
come under attack on the kingside. Alterna Only at this point does Black have a choice
tively White can withdraw the bishop from of reasonable continuations.
e3 , leaving the g4 knight out on a limb in the a) 6 . . . c4 !? closing the position. Now after
danger zone. 7. ttlbd2 ! Black cannot ignore the threat
The strongest reply to S . . . Ad7 is defi n itely of 8. b3 si nce if 7. . . Ad7 ?! White can gain
6. Ae2 ! after which a counter-attack di the advantage by 8 . b3 ! c x b3 9 . ttlx b3 ttlaS
rected at d4 comes too late and Black must 1 0. ttlxaS 'WxaS 1 1 . Ad2 'Wa4 1 2 . 'Wb1 as
switch to attacking the eS pawn with 6 . . . f6 !? shown in the game Sveshnikov - Ti mman ,
But experience has shown that he does not Ti lburg 1 992 (Volume 1 , game 29 on
equalise in this case. The plan used several page 60). But even after the better move
times by Korchnoi comes into consideration : 7. . . ttlaS Wh ite still has an advantage, as both
S . . . Ad7 6. Ae2 ttlge7 7. 0-0 ttlg6 !? theory and practice testify.
6. a3 ! b) 6 . . . Ad7 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 �c8 9. Ab2
An attentive reading of this book will have ttlaS 1 0. ttlbd2 ttlc4, and here too theory
persuaded you that 6. Ae2 ?! brings no ad prom ises White the better game by 1 1 . ttlxc4
vantage after 6 . . . cxd4 ! 7. cxd4 ttlh6 ! , the dxc4 1 2 . �c1 as 1 3 . ttld2 ! .
move order used against me by Portisch c ) 6 . . . aS. White now has three playable con
near the end of the 1 993 Biel lnterzonal 1 993 tinuations - 7. Ad3 !?, 7. Ae2 and 7. b3 !?
(game S1 on page 43). Portisch is well known The move 7. Ad3 !? entails a pawn sacri
for his expertise in the openings ; his games fice : 7. . . cxd4 8. cxd4 Ad7 9. ttlc3 ttlxd4
constitute a whole openings manual in them 1 0. ttlxd4 'Wxd4. For White to gain any ad
selves ! Now 8. Ax h6 ?! 'Wx b2 ! is bad , since vantage, improvements need to be found for
White does not get enough compensation him in the games I . Zaitsev - Lem pert, Mos
for the pawn. But if Black plays 6 . . . ttlh6 ?! in cow 1 994 (game 26 on page 26) and Shirov
stead of 6 . . . cxd4 ! then the variation 7. Ax h6 ! Anand, Teheran 2000 (Volume 1 , game 22
113
Chapter 3 A summary of the 3. e5 system
on page 44) . If no white advantage can be (See Volume 1 , Test position 65 on page 145 ;
found in that line, Wh ite can play 7. Ae2 in Solution o n page 1 55).
stead , since now the plan for Black shown in
These six positions (the four black options
the game Sveshnikov - Portisch (game 51 on
at move six and the two at move n i ne) are
page 43) does not work (there is no check on
the main bastions of Black's defence against
a5 available, the b5 square is weakened , and
3. e5. They also represent the directions in
White does not lose castling rights). On the
which I expect the theory to develop in the
other hand Black can develop an i nitiative
coming years.
on the queenside with 7. . . a4. Finally Wh ite
can play 7. b3 !? as in the game Sveshnikov A.
Volkov, Togliatti 2003 (Volume 1 , page 55)
9 . . . .ld7 10. g4
and this should be sufficient for some ad
vantage. Black has fewer problems after 10. Ae2 Ae7
1 1 . 0-0 0-0 with chances for both sides,
7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 �f5 9 . .tb2 ! Sveshnikov - Bareev, M oscow 1 990 (game
[2] on page 1 1 6).
The alternative 9. Ae3 ?! brings White no ad
vantage in view of 9 . . . f6 ! 1 0 . exf6 ( 1 0. b5 10 . . . �fe7
leads to a draw after 1 0. tbxe5, as i n
Black fails to solve his problems with
Romanish i n - Lputian , Yerevan 1 988 (Vol
1 0 . . . tbh6 1 1 . !!g1 ! f6 1 2 . exf6 gxf6 1 3 . tbc3
ume 1 , page 77) ; if 1 0 . Ad3 ?! Black even
tbf7 1 4 . tba4 'Wc7 1 5 . !!c1 'Wf4 ( 1 5 . . .'Wd6 ?!
gains the advantage ; see Potkin - Filippov,
is weaker, see Sveshni kov - Dvoiris, Cheli
Togl iatti 2003 ; Volume 1 , game 40 on
abinsk 2004 (game 59 on page 52 ) 16. tbc5
page 77) 10 . . . g xf6 with chances for both
and Wh ite had the better chances in the
sides ( Morozevich - Bareev, Monte Carlo
game Short - Lputian , Batumi 1 999 (Vol
2002 , game 42 on page 36).
ume 1 , game 52 on page . 1 03), which is
the most i mportant game played with this
variation . However, on this theme I also
recommend detailed study of the games
Vasyu kov - Bukhman, St. Petersburg 1 994
(Volume 1 , page 1 04), Savic - Lputian , Neum
5 2002 (game [3] on page 1 1 7) , Lautier
4 Bauer, French Championship, Val d ' i sere
2002 ( page 50) and Vallejo Pons - H i l larp
Persson , Benidorm 2003 (game [4] on page
1 1 7).
11. �c3 �a5
The earliest known game with this variation
is Rellstab - U nzicker, West German Cham
Now Black is again presented with a choice.
pionsh ip, Bad Pyrmont 1 950 (game [5] on
The main options are 9 . . . Ad7 and 9 . . . Ae7.
page 1 1 7) . Other i mportant games include :
Instead 9 . . . a5 1 0 . b5 gives White the ad
Shirov - Kramnik, Monte Carlo 1 997 (Volume
vantage, as in Sveshnikov - Bareev, Moscow
1 , game 48 on page 95) and Nevedn ichy
1 995 (Note 247 on page 1 00 and game [ 1 ] on
Lputian, Ohrid 2001 (game [6] on page 1 1 8).
page 1 1 6). Incidentally, 9 . . . a5 was Korchnoi 's
choice in a rapid game against Erenburg 1 2. 'lNc2 !?
114
Chapter 3 A summary of the 3. e5 system
115
Chapter 4
G a m es fo r fu rth e r st u d y
In his final chapter of this Advanced Course the author picked out the fol lowing eight games
as being especially significant. The Publ isher has therefore agreed to include these i n an
extra chapter for further study. Diagrams have been placed at significant points, suggested
by Sveshnikov's comments in Chapter 3.
Game [1 ] G am e [ 2 ]
Sve s h n i kov - B a reev Sves h n i kov - B a reev
M oscow ( R ap i d p l ay) 1 9 95 M oscow 1 9 90
...
6 6
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
�------�--� �
116
Game [5] Rellstab - Unzicker
Game [5]
R e l l st a b - U n z i c k e r
West German C h a m p i o n s h i p ,
B a d Pyrmo n t 1 9 5 0
1 . e4 e6 2 . d4 d5 3. e5 e 5 4. e 3 tLle6 5 . tLlf3
1 0 . . . tLlh6 1 1 . �g1 f6 1 2 . exf6 g xf6 1 3 . tLle3 'tVb6 6. a3 exd4 7. exd4 tLlge? B. b4 tLlf5
tLlf7 14. tDa4 'tVe? 15. �e1 'tVf4 1 6 . �e3 tLlg5 9. Ab2 Ad? 1 0. g4 tLlfe? 1 1 . tLle3
1 7. b5 tLla5 1 B . tLlxg5 fxg5 1 9 . Ae1 'tVx h2
20. �gg3 Ad6 21. �h3 'tVg1 22. 'tVe2 0-0
•
23. Ae3 tLle4 24. �xe4 Ax b5 25. f3 Axe4
26. Axg1 Axe2 27. Axe2 Axa3 2B. Ae3 e5
29. dxe5 �aeB 30. Ae5 AxeS %-%
G am e [ 4 ]
Va l l ej o P o n s - H i l l a rp P e r s s o n
Ben i dorm 2 0 03
1 . e4 e6 2 . d4 d5 3. e5 e5 4 . e3 'tVb6 5. tLlf3
tLle6 6. a3 tLlh6 7. b4 exd4 B. exd4 tLlf5
9 . Ab2 Ad? 1 0 . g4 tLlh6 1 1 . �g1 f6 1 2 . exf6
g xf6 1 3 . tLle3 tLlf? 14. tLla4
•
117
Chapter 4 Games for further study
1 . e4 e6 2 . d4 dS 3. eS eS 4 . e3 ttle6 S. ttlf3
'W b6 6. a3 ttlh6 7. b4 exd4 S. exd4 ttlfS
9. Ab2 Ae7 1 0 . Ad3 as 1 1 . 'Wa4 Ad7 1 2 . bS
0-0 1 3 . 0-0 ttla7 1 4 . ttle3 ttlh4 1 S . ttlxh4
Ax h4 1 6. 'Wd1 fS 1 7. ttla4 'WdS 1S. 'Wb3
game [7]
A l e kseev - S . I va n ov
To m s k 2 0 0 1
1 . e 4 e 6 2 . d4 dS 3. e S e S 4 . e 3 'W b6 S . ttlf3
1 S . . . b6 1 9 . ttle3 AeS 20. a4 Ae7 2 1 . ttle2
ttle6 6. a3 ttlh6 7. b4 exd4 S . exd4 ttlfS
Af7 22 . h3 Ab4 23. Aa3 Axa3 24. 'irxa3
9. Ab2 Ad7 1 0 . g4 ttlfe7 1 1 . ttle3 ttlaS
!leS 2S. !lae1 'Wd7 26. g4 fxg4 27. h xg4
!lxe1 2S. !lxe1 !leS 29. q;,g2 !lxe1 30. 'irxe1
ttleS 31 . 'We2 g6 32 . 'We1 �g7 33 . eDg3 ttle7
34. 'irgS ttlgS 3S. ttlhS+ �hS 36. ttlf6 'We7
6 37. 'Wh4 h6 3S. gS �g7 39 . g x h6+ ttlx h6
5
40. eDhS+ q;,fS 41 . 'Wf4 gxhS 42 . 'Wxh6+ q;,eS
43. Ag6 'Wh4 44. Axf7+ �xf7 4S. f3 'Wxd4
4
46. 'irx hS+ �e7 47. 'Wh7+ �dS 4S. 'WgS+
3 q;,e7 49. 'Wg7+ q;,eS SO. 'Wg6+ q;,e7 S1 . 'Wf6+
2 q;,d7 S2 . 'Wf7+ q;,dS S3. 'Wxe6 'ird2+ S4. q;,h3
'Wd4 SS. 'WgS+ q;,e7 S6. 'Wg7+ q;,eS S7. 'WhS+
q;,e7 SS. 'Wh4+ 1-0
�------�--� �
118
Chapter 5
T h e l atest t h e o reti ca l
d eve l o p m e nts
The publication date of the German ed ition of this book was i n July 2006. Since the research
for that ed ition was completed , literally thousands of games have been played in national
and international tournaments - 6,SOO alone in the 36 th Chess Olympiad in Turin (20 th May
to 4 th June 2006). Naturally the Advance Variation of the French Defence has been subjected
to further tests. To reflect these developments, for the English ed ition of the book Evgeny
Sveshnikov has specially selected what, in his opin ion , are the twenty-four theoretical ly most
important recent games for further study material .
119
Chapter 5 The latest theoretical developments
20 . . . Axd4 ! 2 1 . �xd4 �xd4 22. !::l a 1 �f3+ e) 22. Ad6 WixaS 23. WixaS �xaS 24 . !::l x e8
23. g"g2 Wif8 24. WihS �d2 -+. !::l x e8 2S. g"f1 �e4 26. !::l x a6 = .
21 . §a1 ;t 112-112 22 . . .'Wb7 ! 23 . .lcs �xcS 24. §xcS �a7 =
2S. §ac1 h6 26. g4?!
G a m e 63 26. �e1 �bS 27. �d3 �.
Sves h n i kov - A l a v k i n 26 . . . �bS 2 7. 'Wc2?!
R u s s i a n Leag u e , C h e l i a b i n s k 2 0 0 S 27. gS 00 ; 27. Wib4 !::le d8 28. g"g2 !::l x eS
1 . e4 e6 2 . d4 d S 3 . eS cS 4. c3 'Wb6 29. WixeS �.
S. �f3 .ld7 6. a3 cxd4 7. cxd4 .lbS 2 7. . . �a3 ! 2S. 'Wc3?!
S . .lx bS+ 'WxbS 9. �c3 'Wa6 10. b4 !? a) 28. !::l x e8 �xe2 29. !::l x e8+ g"h7 30. !::lf8
1 0. �e2 �e7 1 1 . 0-0 �d7 1 2 . �f4 i (30. !::lf8 � ) 30 . . .Wib2 31 . !::ld 1 Wib7 (31 . . .Wib3
( 1 2 . �g3 � ; 1 2 . b4 �). 32 . !::l x f7 g"g6 33 . !::lf8 � ) 32 . g"g2 = ;
b) 28. 'We3 ?! !::l x eS 29. d xeS (29. Wix eS ?
10 . . . �d7
�e4 + ) 29 . . . �e4 30. �d2 !::l e 8 31 . !::l b 1 Wia7
10 . . . Ax b4 ?! 1 1 . axb4 Wixa1 1 2 . �bS ±. 32 . �xe4 WixeS 33. !::l b6 'Wxe4 + .
1 1 . .ld2 �e7 1 2. bS ? Y2-Y2
120
Game 65 Shirov - Del Rio Angelis
26 . .1xc7 'trxc7 27. 'trxa7 ± �xc3. 14. �g2 Axe2 1S. 'ii'x e2 �e8 t .
27. . . �g6 28. Ae2 ± . 1 4. . .'trxbS 1S. �e3.
28. a 6 bSD
1 S . b4 �e4 1 6 . a4 'ii' b 6 ( 1 6 . . .'ii'd 7 17. �e3
28 . . . b6 29. 'ii'a 8+ \Wb8 30. 'ii'e 6+ Ylfe7 �e8 1 8 . �d3 i ) 17. �d3 �fS 1 8 . as
31 . �e7 Ylfxe6 32 . Axe6 +-. tt-. S 00 ) 1 8 . . . \lII
(18 . .!i!.g tt-. S -+
� bS 1 9 . .!i!.g +- .
G a m e 65 16. �1 e2 !?
S h i rov - D e l R i o A n g e l i s
a) 16 . . . g6 17. �g4 ( 1 7. b4 �xhS 18. a4 Ylfb6 +!)
G i b raltar M asters , Caleta 2 0 0 S
17. . . 0-0-0 00 ;
1 . e4 e 6 2 . d 4 d S 3 . e S cS 4 . c3 �c6
b) 1 6 . . . �e8 1 7. a4 'ii' b 6 1 8 . b4 !? �x b4
S. �f3 .td7 6 . .te2 !
1 9 . as ! 'ii' b S 20. �xb4 Wx b4 2 1 . Aa3 YlfbS
6. Ae3 !? 22. Ylfg4 �e3 (22 . . . g6 !? 00 ) 23. �fb1 �b3
6 . . . �ge7 7. �a3. 24 . 'ii'd 1 �x b1 2S. �x b1 'ii'x aS 26. Axe7
Axe7 27. �xb7 t .
a) 7. 0-0 exd4 8. exd4 Ylfb6 9. �e3 �fS
1 0. �a4 i ; 16 . . . g6 !? 17. �g4
b) 7. dxeS �g6 8. Ae3 �g xeS 9. �xeS �xeS 17. h xg6 �xg6 18. �g4 Ae7 S5 .
10 . f4 �e6 1 1 . �d2 Ae7 +! .
17. . . 0-0-0 18. h6.
7. . . cxd4 8. cxd4 �fS 9 . �c2 'trb6
9 . . . �b4 1 0 . 0-0 �xe2 1 1 . 'ii'x e2 Ylfb6 1 8 . h x g6 �xg6 1 9 . AgS Ae7 20. Axe7
1 2 . Ylfd3 i. �g xe7 S5 .
10. 0-0 �aS !? . 1 8. . . �fS 19. AgS I1d7 =
1 0 . . . �e8 !? +! .
1 9 . . . Ae7 20. Axe7 �exe7 2 1 . �e1 + c;!?b8
1 1 . g4 22 . �f3 �xh6 23. �eS Ylfb4 24. �xh6 �x h6
1 1 . b3 !? AbS 1 2 . Ax bS+ 'ii' x bS 1 3 . �e3 2S. Ylfd3 +! .
�xe3 1 4 . fxe3 Ae7 1 S . Ad2 i . 20. �f6 I1c7 21 . �e8 I1d7 22. �f6 I1c7
1 1 . . . �e7 1 2. �fe1 23. �e8 %-%
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Chapter 5 The latest theoretical developments
5 . . . dxc4 6. Axc4 Aa6 7. Axa6 �xa6 B. �c3 29. �f7+ �d6 30. YNxh6 �e8 31 . YNf4+
�b4 � . 31 . Y!Vg7 + - .
6. �c3 J.b7 7. J.e3 h6 3 1 . . . eS 32. YNh6+ YNe60 .
32 . . . .§e6 33. V!ifB+ .§e7 34. Y!Vxe7#.
7. . . �bc6 B . .§c1 d x c4 9. Axc4 �b4 � (9 . . .
a6 !?). 33. �f6 exd4 34. exd4 .lc8 35. .i.fS
�xb2 36 . .i.xe6 .lxe6 37. �f8 1-0
8. �c1 �bc6 9. a3 dxc4 10 .i.xc4 �fS •
1 1 . 'We2. G a m e 67
1 1 . 0-0. S h a b a l ov - S. I va n ov
Aeroflot O pe n , M oscow 2 0 0 5
11 �xe3 1 2. fxe3 ;t �aS 13 . .lbS c6
• • •
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Game 68 Cherniaev - Mason
17. �xc4 dxc4 1S. Wxc4 .lxa3 b1 ) 33. e6 d4 34. !;!xd4 fxe6 35. !;!b4 ct>g8 + ;
1 8 . . . !;!fc8 1 9 . W/b3 !;!xc1 + 20. Axc1 W/a5+ b2) 33. !;!x b5 !;!xc3+ 34. ct>d2 (34. W/xc3
2 1 . ct>d1 !? (21 . Ad2 W/xa3 22. W/xa3 !;!xa3 W/x b5 35. e6+ ct>f8 36. W/h8+ ct>e7 37. exf7
23. Axh6 gxh6 24. Ae2 Ax b5 25. Ax b5 !;!xf3 W/e2+ 38. ct>c3 W/f3+ 39 . ct>d4 W/xf2+
26. ct>e2 !;!b3 27. Ad3 Axh4 � ) 21 . . . Axa3 40. ct>xd5 W/xf7+ -+).
22. Ad2 Wb6 23. Ad3 Ac6 24 . �g5 Ae7 32. e6 ! d4 33. exd7 dxc3 34. Wb4D
25. ct>e2 ±. § a2+ 35. ct>xc3 Wc7+ 36. Wc4 WaS+
19 . .lxa3 §xa3 20. �d2 37. Wb4 Wc7+ 3S. Wc4 WaS+ Y2-Y2
25. ct>e3 t . 0 1 6 . . . a6 + .
17. J.xc4 dxc4 1S. �xc4?
2S . . .WdS.
18. �ce4 �g6 1 9 . !;!xc4 Wd7 �.
25 . . . �xg4 26. !;!xg4 !;!xf1 � .
1S . . . �g6.
26. Wb2 ! WaS 27. ct>c2
18 . . . Axh1 1 9 . �b5 W/b8 ! 20. �cd6+ ct>d7
27. f3 �g8 �. 2 1 . !;!c7+ (21 . f3 �d5 + ) 21 . . .W/xc7 22. �xc7
27... �xg4 ! 2S. §xg4 §xf1 29. §f4?! . ct>xc7 23. �xf7 !;!g8 24. f3 ! �d5 �.
029. ct>d3 !;!h1 � . 19. 0-0 �f4 20. f3 §dS ?
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(29 . . . Axd5 30. Ae3 +-) 30. �e1 +-. gxf1 + 22. mxf1 .lb4 23. �e7+ me7
26. fxe4 lLxf6 27. mh1 24. �a6D 'WdSD 25. �xb4 �bS
26. �xg5 mfS 27. 'WeS
027. \Wa4+ ! b5 2B. \Wxb5+ �fB 29. �h1 +-.
27. \We5+ !
27.. J;lgS ?
a) 27. . .\We7 2B. \We8+ WeB 29. h3 (29. �f3
27. . . 0-0 0 2B. �e5 \Wh7 29. �xf4 Axe5
f6 30. �e2 �f7 31 . \We7+ \We7 32 . \Wxe7+
30. �xfB+ �xf8 31 . \We2 (31 . \We2 �f4
�xe7) 29 . . . g6 30. �d3 �g7 31 . \We5 \Wd7
32 . \Wg2+ �g4 33. �eB+ �g7 34. dxe5 �xg2
32 . \Wb4 �a6 33. Wb6 \Wa4 34. �e2 ± ;
35. �e7+ �g6 36. �xh7 �x b2 37. �e7 �b6 = )
31 . . .\We7 ( 3 1 . . . m4 ? 32 . \WeB+ +-) 32 . �g1 + b) 27. . . �eB 2B. h3 g6 (2B . . .\Wxg5 29. \WeB+
Ag7 33. \Wh2 �h7 � . \Wd8 30. �e6 �xe6 31 . \Wxe6+ �e7
32 . \We5+ �e8 33. \Wb5+ �e7 34. \Wb4+ +-)
2S. �e3 +- 'WbS 29. 'Wf3 �d3 ?
29. f4 �h4 30. \WeB +-.
29 . . . Axd4 30. Axd4 �xd4 31 . \Wxf4 \Wxf4
32. �xf4 +-. 27 \We8 2S. 'We5+
• . •
30. 'Wxf6 1-0. 2B. �g1 g6 29. f4 �g7 30. We7 \Wd7
31 . \Wxd7 �xd7 32 . �e6 �b8 33. �a7 �eB
G a m e 69 34. �eB f6 35. �d6 �e7 36. �f3 ± .
M ot y l e v - A n a st a s i a n 2S . •• mgS 29. 'WeS mfS 30. �d3 g6
D u bai O p e n 2 0 0 5
30 . . . �xh2 31 . \We7 �h1 + 32 . �e2 �gB
1 . e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 e5 4. e3 'Wb6 33. �xf7 ±.
5. �f3 .ld7 6. a3 exd4 7. exd4 .lb5 31 . �e5 mg7 32. 'WxeS ?
S. lLx b5+ 'Wxb5 9. �e3 'Wa6 10. b4 �d7
32 . \We7 ! \Wb5+ 0 33. �e1 \Wb4+ 34 . �e2
1 1 . lLd2 �e7 1 2. a4 'Wb6 ! 13. 0-0
\We 4+ 35. �f3 \We 3+ 36. �g4 \Wxd4+
1 3. a5 \WdB 1 4 . a6 �b8 1 5 . ax b7 �x b7 37. �ee4 ! +-.
1 6 . b5 ±
_.
32 . . . gxeS 33. h4 �e6 34. �a6 �bS
1 3 . . . a6.
35. �e5 = 1/2-Y2
13 . . .\WdB 14. a5 �f5 1 5. Wb1 ;t .
1 4. a5 'WdS 1 5. b5 � G a m e 70
Fre s s i n et - H a l k i a s
1 5 . �a4 �e6 1 6. �e5 �bB 1 7. \We2 Ae7
6 th E u ropean C h a m p i o n s h i p ,
18 . �fe1 ;t .
Warsaw 2 0 0 5
15 ••• axb5 1 6. �xb5.
1 6. 'flb3 !? �e6 17. 'flx b5 'fle8 ( 1 7. . . �xa5 1 . e4 e6 2 . d 4 d 5 3 . e5 e 5 4. e 3 'Wb6
1 B . 'flxb7 �xa1 1 9 . �xa1 �a5 20. �xa5 +-) 5. �f3 lLd7 6. a3 a5 7. e4 !? exd4
1 B. �fe1 �a6 1 9 . �a4 t . 7. . . Ae6 !?
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Game 72 van Wely - Topalov
S. cxd5 exd5 9. Wxd4 .lc5 10. Wd2 �e7 24. Wxf7+ mhS 25. Wh5+ mgS 26. §xd5
1 1 . �c3 a4 1 2 . .ld3 �a6 ?! �xg5 27. §xdS+ §xdS 2S. Wxg5 Wb6
29. §e1 §fS 30. Wd2 §dS 31 . Wc3 1-0
1 2 . . . �be6 13. 0-0 Ag4 � .
1 3. 0-0 �c7 14. Wd1 0-0 1 5 . .lc2 Wa6 G a m e 71
16 . .lg5 .lc6?! . M ovs e s i a n - Pot k i n
1 6 . . J Ue8. 6 th E u ropean C h a m p i o n s h i p ,
Warsaw 2 0 0 S
17. §c1 ± �e6 18. Axe7 .lxe7 1 9. �xd5
.lc5 20 . .lxh7+ 1 . e4 e6 2 . d 4 d 5 3 . e5 c5 4. c3 �c6
5. �f3 .ld7 6 . .le2 �ge7 7. �a3 cxd4
20. Ad3 'WaS oo .
S. cxd4 �f5 9. �c2 Wb6 10. h4 !?
20 . . . mxh7 21 . §xc5.
1 0. 0-0 ! '
2 1 . �gS+ �xgS 22. 'WhS+ �g8 23. gxeS
1 0 . . . �b4 1 1 . �xb4 Wx b4+ 1 2. mf1 .lb5
AxdS 24. gxdS �e6 -+.
13. g4 .txe2+ 14. mxe2 �e7 15. h5 �c6
21 . . . §fdS?? 1S . . . h6.
21 . . . �xeS 22. �gS+ �h6 D 23. 'Wd4 ! 1 6. Wd3.
a) 23 . . .'We2 D 24. f3 ! �e4 D 2S. �xe4 AxdS 16. h6 g6 =F .
26. �e3 (26. 'WxdS 'Wx b2 27. �d6 'W b3 � ) 16 . . . f6?!
26 . . .'We4 27. 'Wd2+ �h7 28. 'WxdS (28. �xdS
'WeS+ 29. �h1 gfd8 30. gd1 �h8 ! -+) 16 . . . h6 ! =F 17. Ad2 'Wb6 18. a4 a6 !? (18 . . . Ae7
28 . . .'WxdS 29. �xdS gaS 30. gd1 ge8 � ; 1 9 . as �d8 20. a6 'Wd7 2 1 . ghe1 t ) 1 9 . as
'Wd8 20. ghe1 Ae7 =F .
b) 23 . . . �hS ? 24. 'We3 ! �e6 2S. �xe6
17. a3
fxe6 26. h4 gfS (26 . . . �xh4 27. �h3+ �gS
28. f4+ �g6 29. �g4+ �f7 30. 'WhS+ g6 17. exf6 g xf6 18. ge1 ;t o
31 . 'Wh7+ �e8 32 . 'We7#) 27. g4+ �g6 17. . .Wb6.
28. g xfS+ exfS 29. 'WgS+ �h7 30. 'WxfS+ 17. . . 'We7 18. Af4 ;t .
�h8 31 . 'WhS+ �g8 32 . �e7+ �f8 33 . �g6+
�e8 34. 'WgS +-. 1S. exf6 g xf6 19. b4
1 9 . ge1 !?
22. �g5+ +- mgS
19 . . . 0-0-0 .
22 . . . �g6 23. 'Wg4 +- ;
1 9 . . . aS 20. bS �a7 21. gb1 ;t o
22 . . . �h6 23. �xf7+ �g6 24 . �e2+ �xf7
20 . .le3 � mbS 21 . g 5 e5
2S. �fS+ �g8 (2S . . . �e8 26. �xe6+ �f8
27. 'WfS+ �e8 28. �hS+ �f8 29. e6 +-) 21 . . . Ae7.
26. �e7+ �h8 27. 'Wh3#. 22. dxe5 d4 23 . .ld2 �xe5 24. �xe5
23. Wh5 fxe5 25. f3 e4?! .
23 . . . �xgS 24. �e7+ �f8 2S. �fS �f3+ 2S ... d3+ 29. mf2 We6 30. Wf6 Ac5+ ?
26. g xf3 �g8 27. 'WgS g6 28. �e7+ �f8 30 . . .'Wd7 ! 31 . Af4+ �a8 32 . 'WfS (32 . 'Wx h8
29. e6 +-. AeS+ 33 . bxeS gxh8 34. Ad6 �) 32 . . .'We8 !?
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Chapter 5 The latest theoretical developments
(32 . . .'Wd4+ 33. <;t>f3 Ad6 34 . 'Wf6 ! Axf4 S. tOa3 exd4 9. exd4 tOg6 10. tOe2 J.e7
3S. 'Wxd4 §xd4 36. <;t>xf4 §e8 37. g6 ! ±) 1 1 . tOfe1 ?!
33. AeS §g8 i55 . 1 1 . Ad3.
31 . bxeS +- 1-0 1 1 . . . f6 ! 1 2. f4.
1 2 . exf6 Axf6.
G a m e 72
1 2 . . . 0-0 13. tOd3 fxeS 14. fxeS 'Wb6
va n We l y - To p a l ov
Dortm u n d 2 0 0 S 0 1 4 . . . §xf1 + 1S. Axf1 'We7 =F .
1 S. J.e3 tOh4 1 6. �h1 ?! gxf1 + 17. J.xf1
1 . d 4 e 6 2 . e4 d S 3 . e S e S 4 . e 3 tOe6
tOfS 1S. J.g1 .
S. tOf3 J.d7 6. a3?! f6 ! 7. J.d3
18. Af2 .
7. b4 e4 o= . � �
1S . . . aS � 1 9. ge1 .a.gS 20. g b1 Ae8
7. . .'We7 S. J.f4 0-0-0 9. 0-0 e4 10. J.e2 21 . tOeS tOee7 22. b4 ! ;t a4 23. bS J.g6
'Wb6. 24. J.d3 J.h6 2S. tOxa4 'WaS 26. tOeS b6
10 . . . gS !? 1 1 . Ag3 'Wb6 1 2 . b3 exb3 13. Ax b3 27. g4
g4 14. tDfd2 fxeS =F . 2 7. tDxe6 Af7 28. g4 ! Axe6 29. gxfS AxfS
1 1 . b3 e x b3 1 2. J.xb3 gS 1 3. J.e3 g4 30. AxfS tDxfS 31 . 'Wd3 tDe7 32 . tDb4 ±.
14. tOe1 tOaS ! 1 S. J.e2 fS 27. . . tOxd4 28. tOxd4 bxeS 29. J.xg6
1S . . . tDe4 1 6 . exf6 tDxf6 17. AgS Ae7 tOxg6 30. tOxe6?!
18. tDd2 o= . 030. gS exd4 31 . gxh6 'Wxa2 32 . 'Wg4 !? §e8
(32 . . .'Wx b1 33 . 'Wxe6+ <;t>f8 34. 'Wxe8+ <;t>f7
1 6. tOd3 �bS 17. a4.
3S. 'Wg4 g x h6 36. 'Wf3+ <;t>e8 37. 'WxdS tDe7
17. tDd2 !? §e8 1 8 . Aa4 'Wd8 1 9 . Axd7 'Wxd7 38. 'Was+ <;t>f7 39. 'Wf3+ ±) 33. §e1 gx h6
20. 'We2 ;t . 3 4 . §e8 ! §xe8 3 S . 'Wx e6+ <;t>f8 3 6 . 'Wxe8+
17 ge8 1S. 'We2
• . . <;t>f7 37. 'WfS+ <;t>e8 38. b6 ±.
18. Ae1 !? tDe4 1 9 . tDd2 ;t . 30 • . • 'Wxa2 ! 31 . 'Wb3?!
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Game 75 Shabalov - Abrahamyan
33. �xc5 +- 'Wf7 34. b7 gbS 35. e6 'Wf4 27. gg3 a4 2S. gd3
36. 'Wxd5 �e7 37. 'We4 1-0 28. g5 �f7 29. g6 h xg6 30. �xg6+ <t>h8
31 . �g4 �a7 32 . �xd4 �fxe7 33. �xe7 �xe7
G a m e 74 34. Ab5 ± .
Sves h n i kov - B e re n d
2S ga7 29. gd2
37 th O l y m p i ad , Tu r i n 2 0 0 6
•• .
29. h3 ;t.
1 . e 4 e 6 2 . d 4 d 5 3 . e 5 c 5 4 . c 3 �c6 29 . • • gf3.
5. �f3 'Wb6 6. a3 �h6 7. b4 cxd4 S. cxd4 29 . . . �f7 30. �xd4 �axe7 31 . �xe7 �xe7
�f5 9. J.b2 J.d7 10. g4 �h6 1 1 . gg1 f6
32. Ab5 �e5 33. �b4 �e3 34. �xa4 e5
1 2. exf6 gxf6 13. �c3 �f7 14. �a4 'Wc7 35. h4 ±.
15. gc1 'Wf4 16. �c5 J.xc5 17. dxc5
30. Ad3 !?
1 7. �xe5 00 .
30. �xd4 �xa3 31 . �b4 �f3 ! � .
1 7 �fe5 1S. �xe5.
•••
b2) 22. g5 ttld4 23. Axd4 exd4 =i= 24. �g3 39. gxg4+- gc3?!
(24 . Ah3 �ad8 25. �g3 e5 26. Ag2 Ab5 39 . . . �e2 40. �g3 �e2+ 41 . <t>f1 ! <t>f7 42 . �g2
27. h4) 24 . . . e5 25. Ag2 Ae6 26. h4 � . �e2 43. Axa4 �e3 (43 . . . �e1 + 44. <t>f2 d2
22. b5 �d4 45. <t>e2 e3 46. Ad1 +-) 44. �a2 e3 45. �a1
22 . . . �e4+ 23. Ae2 ttld4 24. Axd4 exd4 <t>f6 46. Ab5 <t>f5 47. a4 <t>xf4 48. as d2
25. <t>d2 (25. e6 bxe6 26. bxe6 Axe6 49. �a4+ <t>e5 50. Ae2 �e1 + 51 . <t>g2 d1 'W
27. �xe6 d3 28. <t>d2 d x e2 29. f3 �a4 52 . Axd1 �xd1 53. <t>f3 +-.
30. �a1 =i=) 25 . . . �f8 26. �g2 � . 40. md2 gxa3 41 . J.c4 ga1 42. f5 a3
43. f6 mes 44. f7+ me7 45. gxe4+ 1-0
23. Axd4 exd4
23 . . . �xd4 24. �g3 ;t . G a m e 75
24. c6 bxc6 25. bxc6 J.cS 26. c7 a5 !? . S h a b a l ov - A b ra h a m ya n
34 th Wo rl d O pen , P h i ladel p h i a 2 0 06
26 . . . e5 !? 27. �b1 Ae6 28. �b8+ �f8
29. �xa8 �xa8 30. f4 ;t (30. Aa6 Ae8 1 . e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 �c6
31 . Ae2 ;t). 5. �f3 'Wb6 6. a3 �h6 7. b4 cxd4 S. cxd4
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Chapter 5 The latest theoretical developments
10 . .lxf5 exf5
G a m e 77
1 0 . . .'Wxa1 1 1 . 'Wd2 exf5 1 2 . �a3 'Wxf1 + Sves h n i kov - B o eh k a rev
1 3 . g"xf1 � . R i g a ( R a p i d p l ay) 2 0 0 5
1 1 . �bd2. 1 . e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. e3 �c6
1 1 . 'Wb3 'Wx b3 1 2 . axb3 a6 � . 5. �f3 'Wb6 6. a3 a5 7. b3 f6
128
Game 79 Sveshnikov - Monakhov
7. . . Ad? 8. Ae2 (8. Ae3 Ctih6 9 . Ad3 Ctig4 AxeS 1 6. Axg? Wf4 �) 1 2 . . . EDg xeS 13. EDxeS
10. 0-0 Ae? 1 1 . EDbd2 EDxe3 1 2 . fxe3 O-O � ) WxeS ;
8 . . . exd4 9. exd4 EDge? � . If 1 3 . . . EDxeS then 1 4 . Af4 f6 1 S . b4 0-0
S .td3 .ld7 9. 0-0 cxd4 10. cxd4 ;t fS?!
•
1 6 . Ctid2 b6 1 7. EDf3 EDxf3+ 1 8 . Wxf3 We6
11 . .te2 h6 1 2. h4 JJ.e7 13. hS JJ.fS 1 9 . exb6 Wx b6 ( 1 9 . . . eS 20. §fe1 (20. WhS !?
g6 21 . Axg6 hxg6 22. Wxg6+ �h8 23. WhS+
1 3 . . . �d8 !? �g8 24. Ah6 fS 2S. Axf8 Axf8 26. bx aS
14. �c3 �ge7 1 S. �a4 Ylic7 1 6. J;ia2 gS §xaS 27. §fb1 ±) 20 . . . Ae6 2 1 . bxaS !)
17. h x g6 �xg6 1S. �e1 .te7 19 .thS • 2 0. §fe1 ! (20. §fb1 §ae8 � ).
ct>f7 20. J;ic2 YlidS 21 . �d3 ct>g7 22. JJ.xg6 1 1 �xe3 1 2. fxe3 0-0 1 3. Ylib1 g 6
• . •
EDfS 1 1 . EDa4 Wa? 1 2 . Ab2 bS ! 1 3 . Ax bS 36. JJ.d7 J;if6 37. .tbS hS 3S. a4 h4
EDxeS 14. Axd?+ EDxd? 1 S . §e1 �) 1 0 . . . EDfS 39. Ylic4
1 1 . §d2 Ae? 1 2 . 0-0 §e8 13. Ab2 hS 14. EDe3 39. EDe4 Wf4 -+.
gS 1 S . EDa4 Wa? 16. EDe1 g4 1 7. EDe2 � . 39 . . . h3 40. Ylie2 e3 41 . �f3 Ylig3 42 . .td3
S �h6 9
••• • .td3 �g4 10. 0-0 .te7 J;ic6 43. .tc4 J;ixc4 ! 44. bxc4 d3
1 1 . �bd2 45. Ylib2+ ct>h7 46. �eS d2 0-1
1 1 . dxeS G a m e 79
a) 11 . . . EDxe3 1 2 . e x b6 EDxd1 1 3 . §xd1 AeS Sves h n i kov - M o n a k h ov
1 4 . e4 EDd4 � 1 S . exdS EDxb3 1 6 . §a2 exdS M i ass 2 0 0 S
1 7. EDe3 d 4 18. EDdS §d8 1 9 . Ae4 ! ; 1 . e4 e6 2. d4 dS 3. eS cS 4. c3 �c6
b) 1 1 . . .We? 1 2 . 'We2 ( 1 2 . Ad4 EDg x eS S. �f3 .ld7 6 . .te2 �h6 7. .txh6
1 3 . EDxeS EDxeS 14 . §e1 EDxd3 1 S . Wxd3 7. EDa3 ; 7. 0-0.
129
Chapter 5 The latest theoretical developments
7. . . gxh6 S. 0-0 .b6 9. •d2 Ag7 10 . .tla3 23 . .tl1 h2 .tlc6 24. g6 AdS 25 . .tlg4 f5 !?
cxd4 1 1 . cxd4 0-0 1 2. .tlc2 f6 1 3. exf6 26 . .tlgh2?!
flxf6 14. b4 flafS 15. a4 26. exf6 ! g xf6 (26 . . . Axf6 27. tDfe5 ± )
1 5 . b5 tDa5 ( 1 5 . . . tDe7 1 6 . tDe5 AeS 1 7. a4 �) 27. tDh6+ ct>g7 2S. tDf7 Ae7 29. Ah6+ ct>gS
16. tDe5 AeS 1 7. Ad3 � . 30. Af4 tDb4 31 . 'Wf1 e5 32 . d xe5 'Wg4+
33. 'Wg2 'Wxg2+ (33 . . .'Wxf4 34. 'Wh3 +-)
15 . . . flf4 16. a5 .dS 17. b5 .tle7 1S. fla3 ±
34. ct>xg2 ± .
1S. a6 b6 1 9 . §a3 ± . 26 •.. a5 27. .tlg5?!
1 S . . .•eS 19. flb1 .tlg6 20. g3?! . 27. tDe1 � ; 27. 'We2 ! ± tDe7 2S. tDh4 +-.
20. b6 ! axb6 2 1 . §x b6 Ac6 22. a6 bxa6 27. . . Axg5 2S. Axg5 .tle7 D 29. Wh3
23. §axa6 Ad7 24. §a7 §4f7 25. tDe3 .tlxg6 30. �f3 flc3 31 . �g2 flxb3
tDf4 (25 . . . e5 26. tDxd5 e4 27. tDe5 tDxe5 32. flac1 flcc3 33. flxc3 flxc3 34. fl b1
2S. d x e5 'Wxe5 29. Ac4 ct>hS 30. tDe3 §xf2 Wxa4 35. flxb6 Wd7 ! 36. Ad2 flc6 ?
31 . 'Wxd7 +-) 26. Ad1 ± . a) 36 . . . a4 ?! �
2O ••• fl4f5 21 . Wd1 ?! a1 ) 37. 'Wh5 §b3 3S. §a6 tDfS + ;
21. b6 �. a2) 37. §b1 ! ? § b3 3S. §h1 ct>fS (3S . . . tDfS
39. 'WhS+ ct>f7 40. tDg5+ ct>e7 41 . 'WgS +-)
2 1 . . .•f 7 22. �g2?! .
39. 'Wh5 -+ ;
22. b6 �. b) 36 . . . §a3 ! 37. § bS tDfS 3S. 'Wh5 g6
22 ... e5 23. dxe5 .tlxe5 24. .tlcd4 �hS ? 39. 'Wh4 � .
24 . . . §h5 � . 37. flb1 ± flc8 38 .tlg5 �fS 39. • h5 flc2
•
130
Game 84 Sveshnikov - Bareev
G a m e 82 17. .A.e3.
Sves h n i kov - D i z d a r 1 7. a4.
S l ove n i a n C h am p i o n s h i p , B led 2 0 0 5
17 ••• .A.f8 18. 1rd2 �e7 1 9. a4 lieS
1 . e4 e 6 2 . d 4 d 5 3 . e 5 c 5 4 . c 3 �c6 20. a5 1rd8 21 . £g5 �b8 22. b5 �a8
5. �f3 1rb6 6. a3 �h6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 23. IIfc1 +- 1rb8 24. b6 a6 25. �b4 �f5
�f5 9 . .A.b2 .A.d7 10. g4 �h6 1 1 . IIg1 26. �xa6 bxa6 27. J.xf5
lieS !? 27. Axa6 +-.
11 . . .f6?! 1 2 . exf6 g xf6 1 3 . tDc3 � . 27 gxf5 28. IIc7 .A.b5 29 . lIac1 .A.c4.
•••
8. cxd4 �ge7 9. �a3 �f5 10. �c2 .A.e7 12 ..• .A.c6 13 .A.d3 ;t h6
•
1 2 . b3.
14. ttld2 !? ttlc4 1 5 . 'Wg4 t .
1 2 . . . �h4
14 .•• �c4 15. �e1 a5?! 16. h4 !? .
1 2 . . . tDg7 ?!. 16. 'Wg4 g6 �.
1 3. �xh4 .A.x h4 1 4 . g 5 h 6 1 5. g x h6 16 ••• �f5 17. g 3 0-0
0-0-0 .
17. . .'ird7 18. ttlg2 � .
1 5 . . . Ae7.
18. �g2 1re7 19. �f4.
16. b4 ! .A.e7 1 9 . 'Wd3 h5 ( 1 9 . . .f6 20. g4 fxe5 2 1 . gxf5 e4
1 6 . . . f5 1 7. exf6 Axf6 1 8 . Ae3 tDe7 1 9 . a4 � . 22. 'irg3 �xf5 23. Ax h6 ttla3 24. �bc1 tl:}xc2
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2S. lixe2 Wf6 26. Ae3 ±) 20. tDf4 g6 21. We3 1 3 . . . eS ! 14. Axd7+ lixd7 1S. dxeS AeS - .
tDg7 22. tDd3 !. 14. J;l b1 J;lhe8 1 S. Wc2 eS 1 6. J.xd7+
19 . . . �a3 20. �xfS exfS 21 . J.xa3 J;lxd7 17. Wxh7 1.
2 1 . lib2 tDe4 22. lie2 Wd7 23. Wd3 Axa4 1 7. b3 e x b3 1 8 . tilx b3 tilx b3 19. lix b3 'Wa6
24. e6 fxe6 2S. tDxe6 AbS =F. 20. Axh6 (20. Wx h7 lih8 21. 'Wg6 e4 22 . tDd2
21 ... Wxa3 22. WhS1! . Wd3 23. tilf1 We4 24 . lib1 ± ) 20 . . . Axh6
21. d x eS Ag7 22. e4 d x e4 23. lie3 lie7
22. 'Wb3 'We7 23. tDxdS AxdS 24. 'WxdS lifd8 24. Wx h7 ±.
2S. Wx b7 Wx b7 26. lix b7 lixd4 27. lifb1 ! .
17. . . fS
22 Wxa4 23. J;lfd1 Wc2 24. J;le1 J;lceS
•..
26. WxfS 'Wxd4 27. lied1 'We4 28. lid2 00 . 1S. hS1! .
26 . . . J.a4 2 7. J;lc1 Wxd4 2S. WxfS .lc6 1 8 . tilxeS AxeS 1 9 . tilxe4 tilxe4 ( 1 9 . . . lixh7
29. J;lcd1 Wb4 30. Wd3 Wc4 31 . Wd2 a4
20. tDx b6+ axb6 21. Axh6 lixh6 22. dxeS =F).
32. J;lc1 1S . . . e4 ! -+ 1 9. b4 c x b3 20. �xb3 J;lhS
32 . tilxdS Wg4 =F. 21 . �xaS Wxb1 22. Wg6 Wb6
32 . . .till
a bS 33. till
ad4 a3 34. J;lc2 J;le7 22 . . . exf3 23. tile6 bxe6 24 . Wxe6+ lie7
35. J;lc3 J;laS 36. J;l b3 Wc4 37. Wd2 d4
2S. We6+ �b7 26. Ax h6 WbS 27. Af4 55 .
38. J;lc1 1! 23. �eS .1xeS 24. dxeS Wxg6 2S. hxg6
38. lib4 WeS + 39. 'Wxd4 lixeS ! -+. �g4 26. J.f4 J;le7 27. J;lb1 J;lgS 2S. J;lbS
3S . . .Wa4 ! + 39. J;l b4 WaS 40. e6 fxe6 28. e6 lixg6 29. tDe6 lig xe6 30. tDxa7+ �d8
41 . Wxd4 J;ldS 42. Wc4 WfS 43. J;le1 gS 31 . AgS tilf6 32 . tilbS lig? 33. tild4 lia6
44. J;lxe6 J;lxe6 0-1 34. Axf6+ lixf6 3S. libS lid7 + .
2S ..• J;lxg6 29. J;lxdS J;lb6 30. �c4 1
G a m e 85 30. e6 liexe6 (30 . . . lib1 + 31 . �g2 lixe6
Sves h n i kov - B a t ch u l u u n 32 . lixfS lib2 33. lieS+ �d8 +) 31 . lixfS lib1+
37 th O l y m p i ad , Tu r i n 2 0 06 32 . �g2 lib2 + .
1 . e4 e6 2. d4 dS 3. eS cS 4. c3 �c6 3 0 . . . J;lb1 + 31 . �g2 J;lh7 -+ 32. �d6+
S. �f3 Wb6 6. a3 c4 7. �bd2 �aS S. g3 32 . lieS+ �d7 33. e6+ �xe6 -+.
J.d7 9. h4 0-0-0 10 . .lh3 fS 1 1 . exf6
g xf6 1 2. 0-0 �h6 32 . . . �c7 ! .
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1- indicates page numbers in Volume 1
11- indicates page numbers in Volume 2
I ndex of themes
A E
attack endgame
on both wings, 1-69 transition into, 1-42
on the dark squares, I-51 typical, 1-47, 1-49, 11-32, 11-34
on the king, 1 - 1 2 , 1-13, 1-25, 1-26, 1-28, 1-30, 1-32,
1-33, 1-35, 1 1-20, 1 1-22, 11-23, II-53
on the king on the queenside, 1-105 M
on the kingside, 1-69 material advantage, converting, 1-64, 1-65
B p
blockade, 1-69, 11-24 pawn break f7-f6, 1-71 , 1-75, 1-77
Black's struggle against, 1 1 - 1 6 pawn centre, giving up, 1-79
for and against, 1-71 , 11-13, 11-15, 1 1-21 , 11-24, pawn sacrifice, 1 1 - 1 6
11-29, 11-30 by Black for the initiative, 11-18
in the endgame, 1 - 1 27, 1-1 28, 1 - 1 29, 1-130 for lead in development, 1-44
of centre pawns, 1-14, 1-15 for the initiative, 1-57, 1 1-25, 11-26, 11-27, 11-28
of king or entire wing, 1-131 to establish blockade, 1-68, 1-1 25, 1-126, 1 - 1 27,
of one wing, 1-62, 1-1 24 1-133, 1 1-21 , 11-29
of the squares e5 and d4, 1-79, 1-111 , 1-113, 1-115, piece sacrifice, typical, 1-61
1-116, 1-117 play on both wings, 1-13, 1-44, 1-49, 1-61 , 1-62 , 1-82,
blockading knight, 1-15, 1-1 1 2 , 1-119, 1-1 21 , 11-14, 1-84, 1-86, 1-88, 1-90, 1-93, 1-95, 1-97, 1-99, 1-101 ,
11-28 1-103, 1-105, 1-106, 1 1 - 1 2 , 11-14, 11-15, 11-18, 11-19,
1 1-25, 11-39, 11-40, 11-41 , 11-42, 11-43, 1 1 -45, 1 1 -46,
C 1 1-47, 11-48, 11-49, II-50, II-52, II-53
counterattack on the king, 11-38 play on the c-file, 11-33
counterplay by Black, 1 1 - 1 8 play on the dark squares, 1-33, 1-35, 11-22, 11-41
against the d4 pawn, 1-77
against the e5 pawn, 11-35, 1 1 -36
S
on the c-file, 11-38
on the kingside, 1-37, 1-39, 1 1 - 1 6, 11-37 space advantage, 1-42, 1-44, 1-49, I-51 , I-53, I-55,
1-60, 1-61 , 1-62, 1-64, 1-65, 11-18, 11-24, 11-32 , 11-33,
on the queenside, 1 1 - 1 1
11-34
o
development advantage, 1-42, 1-60, 1-61 , 11-23, 11-25, W
1 1-33 weak colour complex, 1 - 1 22, 1 - 1 23
for Black, 11-13, 1 1 - 1 7, 11-38 weakness of the dark squares, 1-12, 1-68
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Appendix • Index of names
I ndex of names
B H
Balashov. Yuri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-40 Hort. Vlastimil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1-19. 11-23
Bareev. Evgeny . . . 1-6. 1-11 . 1-29. 1-64. 1-65. 1-88. 1 1-6.
1 1-115
Barsky. Vladimir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9. 1 1-9 K
Bogoljubow. Jefim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-108 Kaidanov. Gregory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-62
Boleslavsky. Isaac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13 Karpov. Anatoly . . . . . . . . . . 1-7, 1-11 . 1-60. 1-70. 1-110. 1 1-7
Bondarevsky. Igor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19 Kasparov. Garry . . . . . . 1-6. 1-19. 1-109. 1-110. 1 1-6. 11-22
Botvinnik. Mikhail .. 1-19. 1-23. 1-40. 1-91 . 1- 109. 1 1-16. Keres. Paul . . . . 1-16. 1-19. 1-20. 1-88. 11-27, II-58. 11-60.
11-23. 1 1-113 11-61 . 11-107, 11-112
Bronstein. David 1- 106. 1-126. 11-11 . 11-23. 11-30. 11-36. Kharlov. Andrey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-80
1 1 -106 Korchnoi. Victor . . . . 1-11 . 1-22. 1-23. 1-96. 1-119. 1-120.
Burn. Amos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16 1-121 . 11-19. 11-20. 1 1-23. 1 1-66. 1 1-113. 1 1-114
Kupreichik. Victor . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21 . 1-22. 1-23. 1-33. 1-71
C
Capablanca. Jose Raoul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19. 1-119. 1-128
L
Chernin. Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23
Chigorin. Mikhail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13 Larsen. Bent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-110
Lasker. Emanuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18. 1-19
Lempert. Igor . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . � 1I-73
. . . . . . . .
E M
Eingorn. Viacheslav . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-71 Malaniuk. Vladimir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23
Erenburg. Sergey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1-114 Mar6czy. Geza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Euwe. Max . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19. 1-20. 1-21 . 1-108. 11-15. 11-23 Mestel. Jonathan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-106
Morphy. Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13. 11-13
F Motylev. Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23
Filipenko. Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-88
Fine. Reuben . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-116
Fischer. Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-110 N
Flohr. Salo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-108. 1-119 Nimzowitsch. Aaron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13.
Fominikh. Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-86 1-14. 1-15. 1-16. 1-17, 1-18. 1-19. 1-20. 1-21 . 1-57, 1-63.
Fritz 11- 108
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1-108. 1-109. 1-110. 1-111 . 1-112. 1-113. 1-115. 1-116.
Ftacnik. Ljubomir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-98 1-117, 1-124. 1-126. 1-127, 11-16. 11-112
Notkin. Maxim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-100. 1-101 . II-51
G
Glek. Igor . . . 1-23. 1-114. II-58. 11-62. 1 1-79. 11-91 . 1 1 -92. o
11-93. 11-108. 1 1-110 011. Lembit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-79
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11-23 T
Piskov, Yuri 11-92
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tal , M ikhail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19, 1-28, 1-110, 1-126, 11-17
Polgar, Judit 1-120
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tarrasch, Siegbert 1-11 , 1-18, 1-110, 1-124
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
S W
Sakaev, Konstantin 11-82
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wely, Loek van . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-98, 1 1 -84
Salwe, Georg 1-16, 1-111
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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I ndex of games
A page number in normal print means the first-named player had White; bold indicates that the player had
Black; italic is used for games in the Encyclopaedia section. A page number between brackets means that
a reference to this game can be found on the page indicated .
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Appendix • Index of games
Belov, Vladimir - Lisy 1- 147, /1-66, 1 1 - 1 20 Carlsen, Magnus - Rustemov 1-34, /1-68
Belozerov, Andrey - Balashov 1-49, /1-98 Casper, Thomas - Knaak 1-75, /1- 107
- Smirnov I-50, /1-98 - Mohring 11-93
Benjamin, Joel - Bareev /1-95 - Sveshnikov 11- 110
- Gretarsson /1-94 - Uhlmann 1-75, /1- 10 7
- Gulko 1-27, 11-38, /1- 79, /1-80, /1-86 Castro Rojas, Oscar - Korchnoi /1-93
- Kavalek /I-57 Charbonneau , Pascal - Barsov 1-97, /1-85
- Korchnoi /1-93 - Bluvshtein 1-31 , /1- 106
- Lau /I-56 Charochkin, Michael - Kupreichik 1-147, /1-70
Berend, Fred - Sveshnikov 11-1 27 Chaumont, Adeline - Penalver /1-91
Bergstrom, Rolf - Kiriakov /1-85 Cherniaev, Alexander - Dzhakaev 1-94, 1-148, /1-86
Berkes, Ferenc - Movsesian 1-154 - Fernandez Hernandez /1-82
Bern, Ivar - Shirov 1-150 - Harestad /1- 109
Bertholee, Rob - Dvoiris /1- 71 - Korniukhin 1 1 -30
Bisguier, Arthur - Westerinen /1-9 1 - Korniushin /1- 106
Bjerke, Richard - Sveshnikov 1-123 - Mason 11-123
Blackburne, Joseph Henry - Paulsen 1-14, /1- 71 - Pert /1-86
Blasek, Ralph - Kishnev /1-92 - Sveshnikov 11-74
Blatny, Pavel - Gonzalez Rodriguez /I-58 Chernin, Alexander - Psakhis /1- 71
Bluvshtein, Mark - Charbonneau 1-31 , /1- 106 - Sveshnikov (1-26), 1-154, 1/-72, 1/- 76
- Shabalov 1-154 - Torre 11-98
Bochkarev, Vasily - Sveshnikov 11-128 Christiansen , Larry - Andersson /1- 73
Boe Olsen, Mads - Alekseev /I-56 Cifuentes Parada, Roberto - Sokolov /1-84
Bondarevsky, Igor - Botvinnik 11-16, /1-60 Circenis, Feliks - Katishonok 11-27, /1- 108
Borg, Geoffrey - Nikolic /1-9 1 Claesen, Pieter - Schurmans 11-96
Borges Mateos, Juan - Bronstein 11-24 Clarke, Thomas - Hurley 1-78
Bosch, Jeroen - Lputian II-50 Cochrane, John - Staunton 1 1 - 1 2
Botvinnik, Mikhail - Bondarevsky 11-16, 11-60 Conquest, Stuart - Pelletier /1- 10 7
- Levenfish /1-60 Crosa, Martin - Leitao /1-60
- Rabinovich /I-59 Csom, Istvan - Portisch 1- 148
Brenninkmeijer, Joris - Sax 11-87 Czebe, Attila - Nakamura 1-130
Bricard , Emmanuel - Degraeve 11-78
Brinckmann, Alfred - Nimzowitsch 1-125
Bronstein, David - Borges Mateos 11-24 D
- Korchnoi /I-58 Dambrauskas, Virginijus - Sveshnikov 11-65
- Karner (1-36), 1 1 -23, /I-57 Damjanovic, Mato - Our (I-53), 11-29, 11-97
- Mestel l-106, /1- 107 Danielian , Oganes - Landa 11- 102
- Roos 1 1 -24, /1- 106 - Sveshnikov /1-66
Brumen, Dinko - Sveshnikov (1-38), (1-1 07), 11-48, Darga, Klaus - Padevsky 11-92
11-88 Degraeve, Jean-Marc
Brumm, Carsten - Teloudis 1- 148 - Arencibia 1- 155
Brunello, Sabino - Luther 1 1 - 1 20 - Barsov 1-151
Buchnicek, Petr - Sebenik /1- 106 - Bricard /1- 78
Bukal , Vladimir - Pavasovic /1-70 - Sokolov /1- 105
- Romero Holmes 11-72 Del Rio Angelis, Salvador
Bukhman, Eduard - Vasyukov 1-104, 11-50, /1- 102, - Saldano Dayer 1-78
(11-114) - Shirov 11-121
Burn, Amos - Steinitz 1-16, 1/-91 Delchev, Alexander - Gurevich 1- 149, /1-85
- Moreno Carnero 1-151
- Volkov (I-55), 1-150, /1-65
C Deutsch, Eyal - Erenburg II-57
Camara, Helder - Kharlov 1-1 24 Dgebuadse, Alexandre - Hendriks I-50
Camilleri , Henry - Uhlmann /1-96 Dimitrov, Vladimir- Prie /1- 78
Campora, Daniel Hugo - Dreev /1-89 Dittmar, Peter - Jonkman 1-49
Capablanca, Jose Raoul Dizdar, Goran - Grosar 1-93, 11-85, /1-88
- Flohr 1-1 1 9, 1-1 27 - Orak /1-86
- Paredes 11-14 - Palleja 11-80
Cardenas Serrano, Sergio - Garcia 11-61 - Stevic /1-81, 11-85
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Yudasin, Leonid - Gorelov 11- 100 - Pokojowczyk 1-22, (1-105), /1- 108
Yukhtman, Jacob - Matulovi6 /I-59 - Savon 1 1 -25, /1- 108
Yurtaev, Leonid - Glek 11- 79 - Tarjan /1-78
Yusupov, Artur - Movsesian 11-126 - Vasyukov 1 1 -47, /1- 1 10
- Peng Xiaomin 11- 79 - Volke /1- 73
- Tseitlin 1-85 Zaja, Ivan - Sveshnikov 1-1 29
Zakharevich, Igor - Dvoiris 11-87
- Goloshchapov 11-87
Z - Kharlov 11-n
Zaitsev, Igor - Doda 11-25, (1 1-38), /1-63 - Krapivin 11-65
- Dreev 1-88 Zakurdjaeva, Irina - Milliet 1-147
- Farag6 1-105, (1 1-47), /1- 1 1 1 Zeller, Frank - Sveshnikov 11-61
- Geller 1 1 -26, /1-65 Zhang Pengxiang - Grischuk 1-1 02, 11- 101
- Krasnov /1-63 Zhang Zhong - Peng Xiaomin 1-93
- Karner /I-5 7 Zhuravliov, Valery - Sveshnikov 1 1 -37, /1- 73
- Laine (I-50), 11-29, /1-98 Zlotnik, Boris - Glek 11-91
- Lempert 1 1 -26, /1-65, (1 1-113) - Kupreichik 11-61
- Lunev /1- 108 - Sveshnikov 1-88, 11-62, 11-88
- Lupu /I-56 Zontakh, Andrey - Pinski II-59
- Mesropov 1-29, /1- 72 Zugaj , Fjodor - Grosar 1-42
- Moskalenko /1- 73 Zviagintsev, Vadim - Volkov I-55, /1-65, /1-67
- Naumkin 1 1 -47, /1- 1 1 1 Zuger, Beat - Rozentalis 11-81
- Petros ian 11-18 - Velimirovi6 11-79
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Index of variations
1 . e4 e6
2. d4 dS
3. eS cS
3 . . . b6 1-21 , 1 1- 1 22
3 . . . tDe7 4. tDf3 b6 1-32, 1-82 , 1 1 - 1 30
3 . . . Ad7 4. c3 a6 1-35, 1 1 -23
4. c3
4. d xc5 1-18, 1 1- 1 5
4. Wg4 1-57, 1 1 - 1 6
4. tDf3
4 . . . tDc6 5. Ad3 1 - 1 9 , 1-20, 1 1 - 1 6
4 . . . 'Wb6 5. Ad3 1-68, 1 1 -35
4 . . . �c6
4 . . . cxd4 1 - 1 2
4 . . . tDd7 1 1- 1 5
4 . . . tDe7 5. tDf3 1-69, 1 - 1 1 8 (2), 1- 1 21 , 1 1-37
4 . . . Wb6 5. tDf3 Ad7
6. tDa3 1 1 -40
6. Ae2 Ab5 1 1 -25, 1 1 -38
6. a3
6 . . . Ab5 1-33, 1-42 , 1 - 1 1 8, 1 1 -26, 1 1 -46
6 . . . a5 I-55, 1 1 - 1 24
6 . . . cxd4 7. cxd4 Ab5 1 1 - 1 20, 1 1 - 1 24
S. �f3
5. f4 1 1 - 1 2 , 1 1-13, 1 1-14
S Wb6
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7 . . . cxd4 8. cxd4 tDt5 1-26, 1-37, 1-47, 1-88, 1-90, 1-93 , 1-97, 1 1 - 1 9 ,
1 1-38, 1 1 -45 (2), 1 1 -48, 1 1 -49, 1 1 - 1 21 , 1 1 - 1 25
6. a3
6. Ad3
6 . . . cxd4 7. cxd4 Ad7 1 - 1 7, 1 - 1 1 3
6 . . . Ad7 1 - 1 1 1 , 1 1 - 1 31
6. Ae2
6 . . . cxd4 1-16, 1 1 - 1 8, 1 1 -22, 1 1 -43
6 . . . tDge7 7. tDa3 cxd4 8. cxd4 tDt5 9. tDc2 1 1 -24
6 . . . tDh6 1 - 1 1 7, 1 1 -21 , 1 1 -28, 1 1 -30, 1 1 -33, 1 1 -41
6 • • . c4
6 . . . t6 1 1 - 1 1 9
6 . . . a5
7. Ad3 Ad7 1-44, 1 1 - 1 7, 1 1 -20, 1 1 -21 , 1 1 -26
7. b3 1 1 - 1 28, 1 1 - 1 29
6 . . . Ad7
7. Ae2 tDh6 1-71
7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
8 . . . tDge7 9. tDc3 1-13
8 . . J �c8 1-49, I-53, 1-84, 1 1 -29 (3), 1 1 -33, 1 1 -39, 1 1 -42
6 . . . tDh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 tDt5 I-51 , 1-65, 1-77, 1-95, 1 - 1 01 , 1 - 1 03, 1 1 -22, 1 1 -36, I I -50,
I I -52 , I I -53, 1 1 - 1 1 6 (2 ), 1 1 - 1 1 7 (3), 1 1 - 1 1 8 (3), 1 1 - 1 22, 1 1 - 1 23, 1 1 - 1 27 (2), 1 1- 1 31
7. �bd2
7. Ae2 Ad7 1-61 , 1 1 - 1 8 (2), 1 1 -32
7. g3 Ad7 8. h4 1-62
7 �a5
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