Yearbook 104

2012 New In Chess - The Netherlands

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Editor: Genna Sosonko
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Contributing authors
Aagaard • I. Aima i • Antic • Bangiev • Benjamin • Bologan • Burg • abrera Pino
Caruana • De Dovitii • ingom • Finkel • Flear • Fogara i • Gelfand • Golubev
Griva • M.Gurevich • Hazai • Howell • Hou Yifan • lkonnikov • Kaufman • A.Kuzmin
Lemo arro • Lukac • Martynov • tirlis • Odeev • Olthof • Palli er • Plie ter • Rob on
Rojas Keirn • aka lau ka • cherbakov • I.Sokolov • Stohl • Sui ki • Tay • Tiviakov • Tuncer
Vachier-Lagrave • Van de Oudeweetering • Van der Tak • Vegh • Vilela • Wang heng

I II I C II I -, -, P I \ ' I H ' ' (; ll I I> I T 0 0 I' I ' I ' (, :'1: I \\ -,

Edited by Genna Sosonko

0 hts
Boris Gelfand
Even Anand admitted that Boris Gelfand had won the
opening battle in their World Championship match. The
Israeli GM did a great job neutralizing the Champ's plans
in the Chebanenko Slav. Then, in Game 7, the Indian was
finally overcome by a switch to the suffocating 6.c5. Istvan
Almasi describes the ins and outs of Gelfand's choices in
two in-depth Surveys on pages 131 and 141 , which include
Gelfand 's own analyses.

Teimour Radjabov
A real top player sets new opening trends. Since 2007
Teimour Radjabov's treatment has Jed to a revival of the
risky Jaenisch Variation of the Ruy Lopez . The Azeri has a
plus score with this ancient line against 2700+ opposition. In
his Survey on page 91 , Sergey Tiviakov investigates the topical
5 ...tt::lf6, against which he himself has had some trouble
beating several young Dutch rivals recently.

Grzegorz Gajewski
Also in 2007, Grzegorz Gajewski rocked the chess world
with his gambit 1O... d5 in the Ruy Lopez, analysed by Alexey
Kuzm in in Yearbook 88. Antidotes for White were found , but
this year the young Pole came up with an even better,
accelerated version of the Gajewski Gambit. Is this the
ultimate weapon for Black against the Spanish? Renowned
repertoire builder Larry Kaufman thinks it is! See his Survey
on page 105.

Luis Rojas Keim

What is more beautiful than gaining the grandmaster
title with a prepared sideline? Luis Rojas Keirn
managed this last December. With the little-known
1O... lt!a5 against the Yugoslav Attack in the Dragon
the Chilean defeated Lorenzo de Ia Riva in Barcelona,
fulfilling his third norm. In his Survey on page 63, Rojas
demonstrates that this knight move to the edge is a
worthy alternative to the common moves.
 Fabiano Caruana
The ltalo-American star just keeps rising. He confirmed his
top-1 0 status with a convincing win in the Reykjavik Open this
year. In Alex Finkel 's Survey on page 183 Caruana comments
on his crucial win over Cheparinov, in the second game of the
sixth day. The Bulgarian's 7..ib5 in the Exchange GrUnfeld
should not trouble Black in Finkel's view. Caruana coped
brilliantly with the surprise and won a game that can serve
as a model for all Grunfeld players.

Anish Giri

The young Dutchman is one of the proponents of the bizarre

9.~f21? in the Alapin Slav, an original way to avoid the
well-known bishop sacrifice and get through the desired
e2-e4 anyway. Giri's preparation can be amazing, which
showed in his games against Vallejo Pons and Hector. The
highly interesting developments in this new line are investigated
on page 125 in a Survey by Junior Tay and Lee Wang Sheng.

Jan Nepomniachtchi

On page 230, Alexey Kuzmin presents a variation that

combines the English Opening, the Caro-Kann and the
Grunfeld Indian ! ian Nepomniachtchi is an expert in this
line that has also been adapted by Leko and Anand . The
Russian former Junior World Champion had no problems
with black in games with Potkin and Vachier-Lagrave. This
is confirmed by the Frenchman's analysis of their exciting
game at Tata Steel 2011 .

Jacob Aagaard

Together with Nikolaos Ntirlis, the Scottish-Dan ish

grandmaster wrote a book last year that makes the
Tarrasch Defence accessible for chess players of all
levels. In the two authors' Survey on page 151, we are
advised what Black should do against Rubinstein's
feared move 6.g3. And we also get to see what
happens when a grandmaster-author forgets his own
analysis in tournament play!
Your Variations
Trends & Opinions

Opening Variation NIC-Key Author Page

English Opening Anti-Anti-Grunfeld 2.e4 e5 EO 62.4 Stohl 11

Ruy Lopez Arkhangelsk Variation 6...~b 7 RL 12.10 Van de Oudeweetering 13
French Defence Early Divergences 2.f4 FR 1.1 Bangiev 14
Sicilian Defence PaulsenjKan Variation 2... e6, 4...a6 Sl42.8 Vi lela 16
Pirc Defence PU 3...lLlbd7/3 ...e5 The Lion PU 5.2 Schroder 18
Sicilian Defence Rossolimo Variation 3. ~b5 Sl 31.6 Martynov 18
Sicilian Defence Najdorf Variation 6.~e3 Sl19.16 Bennett/ Maack 19
Ruy Lopez Marshall Variation 8... d5 RL 17.6 Van derTak 21
Sicilian Defence Dragon Variation 9.0-0-0 Sl 17.4 Boel 22
Caro-Kann Defence Classical Variation 4... ~f5 CK 12.3 Olthof 24
Italian Game Evans Gambit 5... ~e7 IG 5.10 Van derTak 25
Grunfeld Indian Defence Russian System 5.'ifb3 Gl10.2 Odeev 26

Benjamin's Open ing Takes Benjamin 28

Kuzmin's Harvest A. Kuzmin 33

Surveys

Opening Variation NIC-Key Author Page

Sicilian Defence Najdorf Variation 6 .~g5 Sl 9.7 Vi lela 41

Sicilian Defence Najdorf Variation 6 . ~e3 Sl14.8 Cabrera Pino 49
Sicilian Defence Dragon Variation 9.g4 Sl17.3 Olthof 54
Sicilian Defence Dragon Variation 9. ~c4 Sl18.3 Rojas Keim 63
Sicilian Defence Rossolimo Variation 3... lLld4 Sl31.1 lkonnikov 71
French Defence Chatard-Aiekhine Attack 6.h4 FR 6.2 Eingom 76
Caro-Kann Defence Classical Variation 4... ~f5 CK 12.3 Tuncer 82
Ruy Lopez Jaenisch Variation 5.. .tt:lf6 RL 6.6 nviakov 91
Ruy Lopez Delayed Cozio Variation 4... lLlge7 RL 9.1 Van de Oudeweetering 97
Ruy Lopez The Accelerated Gajewski 9... d5 RL 17.2 Kaufman 105
Various Openings Sokolsky Opening 1.b4 vo 10.1-5 De Dovitiis 113
Slav Defence Early Divergences 4.'ifc2 SL 1.4 Palliser 119
Slav Defence Alapin Variation 7.f3 ~b4 SL 4.3 Wang Sheng,tTay 125
Slav Defence Chebanenko Variation 5.e3 SL8.1 I. Almasi 131
Slav Defence Chebanenko Variation 5.e3 SL8.1 I. Almasi 141

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Surveys (continued)

Opening Variation NIC-Key Author Page

Tarrasch Defence Rubinstein Variation 6.g3 TD 4.10-14 Aagaard/Ntirlis 151

Catalan Opening Open Variation 6... dc4 CA 5.5 Scherbakov 161
Nimzo-lndian Defence Rubinstein Variation 8 ... ~d7 Nl 5.12 Lukacs;Hazai 169
Queen's Indian Defence Ql 4 . ~d2 ~d2 Line Q11.2 Antic 176
Griinfeld Indian Defence Exchange Variation 7 . ~b5 Gl4.1 Finkel 183
Griinfeld Indian Defence Flohr's 4.ltJf3 ~g7 5.'ii'a4 Gl 7.4 Vegh 189
King's Indian Defence Ranchetto Variation 3.g3 Kl 71.6 Lemos Sarro 198
Benoni Defence Benko Gambit 4.~g5 Bl18.4 Grivas 201
Benoni Defence Benko Gambit 5.b6 Bl 23.14 Fogarasi 208
Dutch Defence Early Sidelines 4.h4 HD 5.14 Pliester 214
English Opening Rubinstein-Botvinnik System 6.~g5 EO 8.9+10 Sulskis/ Sakalauskas 220
English Opening Symmetrical Variation 3 ... g6 EO 34.3 A. Kuzmin 230

Service

Preview The Powerful Catalan Bologan 237

Book Reviews Rear 241

- Tim Taylor: slay the Sicilian!
- Dejan Antic & Branimir Maksimovic: The Modem French
- Igor Lysyj & Roman Ovetchkin: The Berlin Defence
- Arkadij Naiditsch & friends: Chess Evolution (series)

New in Chess Code System 8

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ENGLISH ESPANOL DEUTSCH FRANCAIS
WMe stands sightly better con leve ventaja de las blancas ;!; Weill steht etwas besser les blancs sont legerement mieux
Black stands sightly better con leve ventaja de las negras 'f Schwarz steht etwas besser les noirs sont legerement mieux
Wh~e stands better con ventaja blanca ± WeB steht besser les blancs sont mieux
Black stands better con ventaja negra + Schwarz steht besser les noirs sont mieux
Wh~e has a decisive advantage con gran ventaja de las blancas +- We{l hat entscheidenden Vortei les blancs ont una vantage decisW
Black has a decisive advantage con gran ventaja de las negras -+ Schwarz hat entschei:lenden Vori!l les noirs ont un avantage decisW
balanced position y Ia posici6n esta nivelada ausgegichene Position position equiilree
unclear position una posici6n ilcierta 00 unklare Position position embrouilee
compensation for the material compensaci6n por el material ~ Kompensation hir das Material compensation pour 1e materiel
strong (sufficient) fuerte (suficiente) > star!< (ausreichend) fort (suffisant)
weak (ilsufficient) debi (ilsuficiente) < schwach (unzureichend) fable (ilsuffisant)
better is mejor es ~ besser ist preferable
weaker is mas debies !5: schwacher ist moils preferable
good move una buena jugada guter Zug bon coup
excelent move una excelente jugada !! ausgezeichneter Zug coup excellent
bad move una mala jugada ? schlechter Zug coup fable
blunder un grave enror ?? grober Fehler grave erreur
ilteresti1g move una ilteresante jugada !? ilteressanter Zug coup ilteressant
dubious move una dudosa jugada ?! zweWellafter Zug coup de valeur douteuse
only move jugada unica 0 einziger Zug seul coup
w~ the idea con idea /),. rna der Absicht avec Fidee
attack ataque Angriff attaque
ilitiative iliciativa f Initiative ilitiative
lead i1 development ventaja de desarrolo tf Entwicklungsvorsprung avantage de developpement
counterplay contra juego ,:;: Gegenspiel contre-jeu
kilgside flanco de rey (I KlinigsOOgel aile roi
queenside flanco de dam a 11 DamenOOgel aile dame
space espacio !SJ Raum espace
center
diagonal
centro
diagonal ,
lCJ Zentrum
Diagonale
centre
diagonale
fie
pa~ of bishops
pawn structure
linea
pareja de alfiles
-
rP
Lilie
Lauferpaar
colonne
pare de fous
Ia estructura de peones 00 Bauemstruktur structure de pions
mate mate X Man mat
novelty novedad N Neuerung nouveaute
endgame mal de juego EN Endspiel til de partie
zugzwang zugzwang z Zugzwang zugzwang
tine tiempo T Ze~ temps
see ver siehe voir
ed~orial comment nota de Ia redacci6n RR Anmerl<ung der Redaktion remarque de Ia redaction
Yearbook Lbro Anuario VB Jahrbuch Livre-annuaire
national championship campeonato ch nationale Meisterschaft championnat
zonal tournament tomeo zonal zt Zonentumier toumoi zonal
ilterzonal tournament tomeo ilterzonal izt lnterzonentumier toumoi ilterzonal
candidates tournament tomeo de candidatos ct Kandidatentumier toumoi des candidats
team tournament tomeo de equipos tt Mannschaftstumier toumoi d'equipe
olympiad olinpiada ol Olympia de olympiade
match encuentro m Wenkampf match
correspondence partida de correspondencia cr Fern partie partie par correspondence
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TRENDS & OPINIONS

FEATURING

Forum
Benjamin's Opening Takes
Kuzmin's Harvest
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Forum
No Prejudices
The FORUM
is a platform for discussion
of developments in chess
opening theory in general
and particularly Anti-Anti Grunfeld Afterword
in variations
by Igor Stohl
discussed in previous
EO 62.4 (A 10) YB 93, 94,95
Yearbook issues.
ln late 2009-early 20 I 0 l wrote a
Contributions to these longer artic le about the Anti-Anti
pages should be sent to: Grtinfeld Variation the gist of
Editors Yearbook which was to present a viable
method for Griinfeld fan to meet
P.O. Box 1093
l.c4. It was publi hed in three
NL 1810 KB Alkmaar part in Yearbook 93-95. One of
The Netherlands . the main highlights of Part 3, pub-
Or by e -mail to: lished in YB 95 , was the game
editors @newinchess.com Aronian-Kam ky from Jermuk
2009. In it the Armenian tar came
up with a surprisi ng novelty a
early a move 5. Slightly more
than a year later Black reacted in
kind, presenting a new idea of hi s
own on the same move, albeit in
another branch of the line! A more
recent top-level game from the
German Bunde liga eems to indi-
cate this concept is fully feas ible.
Nlklta Vitlugov has just played 44.l:tc7?- the fatal mi stake
Vitiugov,Nikita
Volokitin,Andrey
Germany Bundesliga 2011/12 (11)
1.c4 g6 2.e4 e5!?
The startin g position of the who le
article.
3.d4
Part I in Yearbook 93 dealt withal-
ternatives to the immediate central
thru t most notably 3.tt::lf3 ~g7
4.d4.
3 ... tt::lf6 4.tt::lf3
This leads us to Part 3 of the Survey.
AJtemative to this continuation
were the topic of Part 2 in Yearbook
94, here we wi ll mention j u t 4.de5
tt::le4 5. d4?! from d1e game Ree-
Ribli, Wijk aan Zee 1973, when the
ideal reaction i 5 ... ~b4! =l=. The sig-
nificance of thi note will become
clear oon enough.
4 ... ed4
4 ... ~b4 5.tt::lc3 was Aronian ' nov-
elty, but it found a fol lowing only
recently.
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5 .~d2 i the main line. There are
no ignificant development here,
the only recent game de erving
mention went 5... ~d2 6."W'd2 "W'e7
(~ 6 ...ed4 7.e5 'ii'e7) 7.de5 ttJe4
8.'ii'e3 ._.b4 9.ttJbd2 tLld2 and here
White, in tead of going for the
endgame from Poluliakhov-
Sutov ky, Ko zalin 1999, opted
for IO.ttJd2! ? 0-0 11.0-0-0 'ii'e7
1 2.~d3 ttJc6 13.l:!.he I l:!.e8 (~
13 ... d6 14.ed6 'ft'd6 15. e4
e5i/<=!) 14.tLle4 tLle5 15 .~c2d6
16.f4 ttJd7 17.ttJ f6 'ft'f6 18.'ft'e8
<j;g7 19.'ft'e7 f4 20.<j;b I 'ft'f6
2 l .c5 ._e7 22.l:!.e7 ttJc5 23.l:!.c7±
Girard-Ca tellano, cr 2008.
However, after 5 ... ed4 (5 ... tLle4!?
i recommended in Yearbook 95 a
ufficient for equality) 6.a3! Black
played the pa ive and incon is-
tent 6 .. .~e7?! (6... ~c3 7.bc3 0-0
8.e5 l:!.e8 9 . ~e2 i the aforemen-
tioned game Aronian-Kam ky)
7.ttJd4 d6 .f3 0-0 9 . ~e3 a6
IO.'ft'd2 c5 ll.tLlde2 ttJc6 12.tLlf4
l:!.e8 1 3 .~e2 ~f8 14.0-0 ~e6
15.l:!. fd I ttJa5 16.ttJe6 l:!.e6
17.l:!.abl l:!.c8 18.b4 cb4 19.l:!.b4
tLld7 20.tLld5± l vanchuk-Svid ler,
A tana Wch blitz 20 12.
5.e5 ttJe4!?
The M egaba e indicate the au-
thor hipofthi move hould be a-
cribed to uto ky, who played it
in October 20 I 0 again t
Toma hev ky. In Yearbook 95 we
dealt olely with 5... ~b4 6 .~d2 .
6.'ii'd4
In Yearbook 95 I di mi ed thi ·
position, j u t briefly tating that
White i a full tempo up (tLl f3) in
compari on with Ribli-Ree, al-
ready mentioned in the note to
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White' 4th move. While thi i
certai nl y true, Black till retain
ample counterchance .
6...~b4 7.ttJbd2
7.<j;dl f5 8.ef6 tLl f6 9. ~h6
ttJc6oo/:f. i hardly a eri ou threat
for Black: 7.tLlc3 ttJc3 8.bc3 ttJc6=
and with hi split pawn White
can't eriou ly a pire to an edge.
7 ... ttJg5
The text-move i more ambitiou
and complex than 7...ttJd2 8 .~d2
ttJc6 9.'ft'f4 ~d2 IO.'ii'd2 'ffe7
11.0-0-0 b6 1 2.~d3 ~b7 1 3.~e4
0-0-0. However, even here Black
ha reasonable counterplay:
14.l:!.hel 'ii'c5 15 .~d5 ttJb416.<j;bl
ttJd5 ( 16... d6! ?=) 17.cd5 d6 18.e6
fe6 19.ttJg5?! (~ 19.l:!.e6 l:!.de8
20.ttJg5=) 19 ...~d5 20.l:!.c l b5
2 1.ttJf7 l:!.hf8 22.tLld8 l:!.d8 23.f4
~b7:f. uba-Kamsky, Romanian
Team ham pion hip, Brasov 20 I I.
8.~e2
White' ta k i to fini h hi devel-
opment without exce ive c nee -
ion . After 8.ttJg5 'ft'g5 9.f4 (9.a3
ttJc6 I O.'ft'd5 ~d2 ll.~d2 ._.e5
12.'ii'e5 ttJe5 1 3 .~c3 0-0 14.c5
b6! ?oo and the pair of bi hop ju t
about compensate for the mi ing
pawn) 9 ... ttJc6 IO.'ft'e4 ( 10. e3
-.e7 ll .a3 ~c5 l:l 12 ...d6t)
I 0... e7 ll.a3 ~d2 1 2.~d2 d6tt
Black i at least equal - he will ea -
i ly fi ni h hi development, while
White till ha to coordinate hi
force .
8.a3 ttJc6 9."W'd5 ttJ f3 I O.gf3 ~e7
ll.tLle4 d6<=!/:r..
8... ttJc6 9.1Ve3 ttJf3 10.~f3 0-0!
Thi natural move i new. Black
wants to attack the e5-pawn in
uch a manner that he can retain
hi dark- quared bi hop.
~ IO ... 'ii'e7 ll. ~c6dc6 1 2. 0-00-0
13.a3 ~c5 14.'it'g3 ~f5 ( 14 ... ~d4
15.ttJ f3i) 15.tLlb3 l:!. fe8 16.l:!.e I f6
17 .~f4 ~d6 allow White to keep
hi central outpo t with 18.ttJd4!
<j;h8 19.tLlf3 fe5 20.~e5 <j;g8
2 1.l:!.e3 ~c5 22.~d4 it"d6 23.~c5
'ft'c5 24.ttJe5 (~ 24.l:!.e8!? l:!.e8
25.1Vc7t l:l 25 ... l:!.e2 26.'ii'b8 <j;g7
27. b7±)24 ... d4 25.l:!.ae l 'ft'b2
26.h4 l:!.e6 27. h5 l:!.ae8oo
Toma hev ky- utov ky, Euro-
pean Club Cup, Plovdiv 20 I 0.
11.0-0 l:!.e8
ontrary to the previou note
Black wi ll have a afe quare for
hi bi hop on f8.
12.~c6?!
The fir t critical moment. With the
text-move White can't fi ght for an
advantage, Volokitin point out
the more enterpri ing 1 2. ~d5 !.
Hi analy i continue 12... d6
13.tLle4 l:!.e5 14.it'g3! ttJd4
15.it'd3 c6! 1 6 .~f7 ! Wf7 17.'W'd4
'ft'e7 18.ttJg3, but it eem Bla k
hould be able to hold hi own af-
ter 18...~c5 ( 18...<j;g8!?) 19.'t!t'c
'it'h4 20 .~e3 ~e3 2 1.fe3 <j;g =.
12... dc6 13.tLlf3
ow the e5-pawn wi ll be vulnera-
ble. However, Black with hi bi h-
op ha little to fear after 13.f4
~e6 14.b3 ~f5=ff .
13... ~g4 14.it"b3 aS 15.~g5
'W'c8 16. ~f6 ~e717.~e7?1
Thi wap i natural, but it hand
the initiative to Black. lntere ting
were attempt to retain the f6-out-
post a a ource of counterplay :
17 . h3a4 18 .'t!t'c3 ~f319 . f3 \fe6
20. 3<=! , or 17. c3 ~f6 18.ef6
f5 19.ttJd2!? l:!.e6 20.f3 ._.c5
2 l .l:!. f2 ~ f5 22.g4l:!.e2 23.l:!.fl oo .
17...l:!.e7 18.l:!.fe1 a4 19.'W'c3
~f3 20."iff3 't!t'e6 21.'ft'c3
Bl ack i better in the major-piece
endgame, a he will occupy the
open d-fi le, whi le White mu t
guard the e5-pawn. 2 1.'it'e4 l:!.d8:f.;
2 1. e2 't!i'f5!? 22.'ft'e4 't!t'e4
(22 ...l:!.ae8 23.'ft'f5 gf5 24. f4 f6
25.l:!.ad I <j;f7 26.Wf2<=! eem ten-
able) 23.l:!.e4l:!.d8 ; 2 1. f6! ? l:!.ae8

22.'fi'e6 l:te6 23.f4 f6 24.l:te4 fe5
25.l:tae l l:td6! ?=F till force White
to fi ght for a draw.
21 ...l:td7 22.l:tad1 l:tad8 23.l:td7
'ft'd7 24.e6!?
A bid for actjve counterplay. Pa -
ive defence doe n t olve White'
problem in the long run, viz.
24.Wfl 'ft'd2 25.'ft'd2l:td2 26.l:te2
l:td4 27.b3 <ittf8 28.We I <itte7 (~
... <itte6, ...g5) 29.l:td2 c5i.
24 ... fe6 25.'ft'e3 'ft'f7 26.g3 fS
27.<ittg2
Yitiugov didn ' t dare play the radi-
cal 27. e6! ? 'fi'e6 28.l:te6 l:td2
(28 ...<ittf7 29.l:te2 l:td4 30.b3 ab3
31.ab3l:td3 32.l:te3=) 29.l:te7 l:tb2
30.a3 l:tb3 3l .l:tc7 l:ta3 32.l:tb7
l:k3 33.l:ta7 l:tc4 3 4.f4~ with rea-
onable drawing chances.
27 ... <ittf7 28.h4 cS 29. h6 <ittg8
30. e3 l:td4
•
~
.l ~ 45 ... Wd4 46.cb5! cbS (46 ... l:tb5
~ if
~ .i ~ 50.l:tf3 Wd4 5t.l:tf4 <ittd3 52.l:tf3
'iY ~ 55.Wg2 l:tc3 56.l:tc3 Wc3 57.g6
~~ ~~
n motif) 47.l:td7! Wc4 (47 ... Wc3
31.'ft'e2?
Thi i a more eriou inaccuracy.
After 3l .b3! ab3 32.ab3 l:td3
33. e6 'i.Ye6 34.l:te6 l:tb3 35.l:te8
(35.l:te7! ?) 35 ... ~n 36.l:th8 <ittg7
37.l:t 8~ White should hold the
endgame.
31 ...e5!? 32.b3
ow after 32. e5 e5 33.l:te5
llc4 34.l:te8 wn 35.l:tc8 b5!
36.l:tc7 we6 37.b3 (37.l:th7 l:tb4t)
Yolokitin indicate the generous
37 ... l:tc2! (37 ... ab3?! 38.ab3 llc3
39.g4 is far le convincing)
38. ba4 b4 39.l:th7 c4 and thi i al-
ready winning for Black.
32 ...ab3 33.ab3 e4 34.l:ta1
Black wa gradually increasing the
pres ure, but 34.'i.Ye3 seem more
resilient.
34 ... l:td3 35.lla8 36.l:th8
<ittg7?!T
36 ... 'i.Ye5 !+ maintains the status-
quo, a the h7-pawn is taboo.
37.l:te8 'i.Yf3 38.'i.Yf3 ef3 39.<itth3
<ittf6! 40.g4 l:tb3 41.g5 <ittfS
42.l:te7 c6 43.l:th7 bS
44.l:tc7?
Yolokitin ' analysis in Chess In -
formant 114proves thatWhite still
could have aved the game with
the accurate44.l:tf7!. Hi s main line
run s 44 ... We4 (44 ... We5 45 . h5!~
~ 45 ... gh5 ? 46.g6 l:tbl 47.Wh2
llfl 48.l:tf3+-) 45.l:te7 (45. h5 ?
gh5 46.g6 l:tbl 47.Wh2 l:tfl!+ )
47.l:te6 c4 48.l:tg6 Wc5 49.l:tf6 c3
Wd2 53.l:tf4 c2 54.l:tc4 l:tb3
c I 'if 58.g7= i another Fanta tic
48.h5! gh5 49.l:tf7!=) 48.l:td6l:tbl
49.Wh2! b4 50.l:tg6 and White's
counterplay come just in time.
44 ... bc4 45.l:tc6 l:tbS! 46.l:ta6
We4
Paving the way for hi pas ed pawn.
47.h5
The imple line 47.l:tg6 c3 48.l:te6
<ittd3 49.l:td6 <ittc4 50.l:tdl c2
51.l:tc I Wd3 52.g6 l:tb I 53.l:tc2
<ittc2 clearly how White' pawn
are way too slow.
47 ... gh5 48.g6 c3 o-1
Fratricide in the Arkhangelsk
by Arthur van de Oudeweetering
RL 1!2.10 (C78) YB 102
The white player in the following
game is my younger brother. He
Forum
does not play chess much, and nei-
ther is he following the late t de-
velopment in opening theory.
Whereas I live in Am terdam, he
live in the easternmo t part of the
Netherlands (En chede). A couple
of week after thi game had been
played we met on a joint family
holiday. It was there that he asked
me about theopeni.ng in thi game.
Van de Oudeweetering,Raoul
Schoori,Rob
Netherlands tt·2 2011/12 (9)
1.e4 es V o f3 l0c6 3.i.b5 a6
4.i.a4 l0f6 5.0-0 bS 6.~b3 ~b7
7.c3
It eem that nowaday 7.d3 i the
preferred move, opting for more
cia ic Ruy Lopez positions and
thus avoiding the complex theoret-
ical lines of the Arkhangel k.
7 ... l0e4 8.d4 ed4 9.l:te1 dS
1O.lOgS 'i.Yf6
..t ~
.l ~
.l .l
~ ~
11..~
~~ ~~~
~tLJ~~: ~
Raoul van de Oudeweeterlng
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 Here my brother told me that after
the game Schoorl had explained to
him that I 'always ' played
I 0... d7 but that he him elf pre-
ferred the text-move. Thus it i not
clear to me whether Schoorl wa
aware of my urvey on thi line in
Yearbook I 02, or was just refer-
ring to my game again t Van
A endel ft.
11 .~d5
A recent game hawed a new at-
tempt for White: I l .tt:ld2 f2
12.<;i;>h I 0-0-0 13.tt:lde4 de4
14. f7 e3 (thi s wa the game con-
tinuation. 14 ...~d6 completing de-
velopment and threatening ... h4
eem appropriate: 1 5. ~g5 d3 and
now the po ition i tremendou ly
complicated, for instance 16 . ~d 8
( 16.l:e4 tt:le5! 17.tt:le5 f5! !)
16 .. .tt:ld8! ? 17. g4 (17.tt:lh8
"ft'h4) 17 .. .<f!ilb 18.tt:lh8 e3 and the
far advanced connected pa ed
pawns. eem to outweigh the mate-
rial deficit . ln general a lot of Fan-
ta tic analy i can be done here!)
15.'t!i'g4? (thi check render.
White' po iti on lo t. He could
have proceeded trongly with
1 5 .~e3! de3 1 6. ~e6 <;i;>b8 17.tt:ld8
tt:ld8 I . d8 <J:la7 19.'it'g5! . Thi s
move, protecting g2 and threaten-
ing to take on e3 with check, give
White the better chance , for in-
stance: 19 ... 'it'b2 20.~d5 ~d5
2 1. "ffd5 ~d6 22. "if d4 Wb8
23.'i!t'e3 l:f8 24.a4 f2 25.ab5
"ife3 26.l:e3 ab5) 15 ... Wb8
l6."ft'g3( 16.'it"e2 e5! 17.'it"f2ef2
18.l:fl tt:lf7 19 ...tf7 dc3-+ )
16 ...'it"f6? (returning the favour.
16 ... tt:le5! i winning: 17.tt:le5 ~d6
18.cd4 ~e5 19.de5 ~g2 20.'it"g2
'it'e1 2 l.'it'g I 'it'h4 22.'it'g2 l:d3
23 .~c2 l:hd8 24 .~d 3 J:td3. A fter
thi s mi ed chance the game re-
main complicated, and eventually
Black lost track) 17.cd4 ~b4
1 8.~e3 ~e l 19.l:e l l:c8
( 19 ... tt:ld4) 20.tt:lh8 l:h8 2 l.d5
tt:la5 22.d6 cd6 23. ~g5 b2?
(23 ... 'ifg6) 24. d6+- Wa8
25 .~d5 'iff2 26."ifa6 Wb8 27. aS
~d5 28."ifb5 ~b7 29.l:e8 l:e8
30.'it"e8 ..tc8 3 l .'it"e5 Wa8 32.'it"e4
14
1-0 Schnegg-Krivec, ibenik 20 12
(Mitropa Cup, Au tria-Slovenia).
11 ... f2 12.<J:lh1 0-0-0 13.tt:le4
f514.c4N
For 1 4.~c6 see Yearbook 102.
14... bc4 15.~c4 tt:le5 16.tt:lg3
After 1 6 .~d3 Black can pl ay the
clever 16 ... <;i;>b8! when White till
ha difficultie to complete hi
queen ide development. For in-
tance: 17.tt:lc5 tt:ld3 18.tt:ld3 ~d6
and Bl ack i threatening to play
19.. . h3, or to further trengthen
hi s attack by exchanging one rook
on the d-fi le.
16... f2
17.~f1?
White could go for a draw by repe-
tition by 17.tt:le4 f5 18.tt:lg3 al-
though Black can make an attempt
at a better re ult with 18. .. f6.
17... tt:lf3 0-1
Perhap a bit earl y, my brother re-
signed. You will under land that
when I told him about my recently
published urvey, and al so showed
him that the entire line from hi
game wa already on my laptop, he
wa tlabberga ted. L ater he mu t
have felt lightly betrayed by hi
older brother.
The Battle for d4
by Alexander Bangiev
FR 1.1 (COO)
Here i my analy i from the game
akamura-Seirawan from the lat-
e t U. . Champion hip. I find 2.f4
agai n t the French very intere ting.
Nakamura,Hika ru
Seirawan,Ya sser
StLouis ch·USA 2012 (11)
1.e4 e6 2.f4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.tt:lf3
tt:lc6 5.c3 tt:lge7 6.tt:la3
The manoeuvre tt:la3-c2 with the
aim to trengthen the d4-square is an
important element in thi. sy tern .
6 ...tt:lf5
Planning to attack d4; Black 's
problem i that the square i n't oc-
cupied yet, which means that hi s
manoeuvre agai n t it are not very
effecti ve.
7.tt:lc2
ow White' idea become clear;
quare d4 is under control and the
d2-d4 push i hi long-term goal.
However Black eems to be well
prepared for thi . The trength of
the sy tern that d2-d4 can only be
played after the manoeuvre ~d3
followed by ..tf5 or even g2-g4.
White's pawn tructure i quite
fl exible and he can permi t him el f
a little more preparation, even a
small delay. True, Black can pre-
vent the pu h radically by blocking
wi th 7... d4 blockieren, but then he
ha to take into account that thi s
pawn will be a target later on.
7 ...h5
Preventing g2-g4 and thereby
maintaining the pre sure on d4.
7... d4 give White control of e4
and d4 become a target: 8. ~d3
b6 (there were other plausible
move like 8... ~e7 , 8... h5. But the
text-move i strange t. Black
trengthen hi control of d4 and
indirectly prevent White's ca -
tling) 9. e2! (9.0-0? dc3 b.
IO...c4) 9 ...tt:l fe7!
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ll. .. c4 12.b3; ll. .. cd4 12.lbcd4.

12.dc5!
Opening the attac k aga inst the
queen' pawn .
12 ...~c5
12 ... h3 13 ...te3 hg2 14 .llf2.
13 ...te3! ..te7
Withou t th is bishop Bl ac k wi ll be
vulnerable on the dark squares:
1 3... ~e3 14.lbe3;!; 'iWb6 15.'iWe2
h3 16.g3 .
14.h3
A new move. Bl ack wants to play ow the pawn on h4 become a
IO ... lbd5 and meet the pl anned target ! White want to attack along
..ie4 with .. .t7-f5. But the move the dark quares, di vertin g Black's
also has drawbacks: Black remains attention from d5 .
lagging in development and the 14... b6
pawn on d4 i weakened. However Bring ing the ..tc8 into play, but
White cannot make use of these Hlkaru Nakamura weakening the squares b7 and c6
positive fa ctors a he ha not occu- and consequently d5.
pied hi pl ay ing space and hi s (13 ... cd4 14 ...tc6 bc6 15.lbfd4) 15. e2
piece cannot move freely. 14.b3;!;. Preventing 15 ... ..ta6 and preparing
A) I O...te4 s...td3 16.llfd l .
This i a typical idea for such po i- 15 ...lbb8
lion ; White wants to play d2-d3 , This look. tra nge. But there are
to be able to castle king ide. How- no other way to prepare ... ..ta6:
ever, I I .d3 i fore tailed by l5 ... a5 16.lbcd4 ..ta6 17.lbb5 !.
IO ...lbd5 : l l.g3 ..td7 l2.c4 lbdb4 16.llfd1
13.d3 lbc2 14.'iWc2 f5 15 .ef6 gf6 White has distributed hi p.iece
16.lb h4 f5 17 ...tg2 0-0-0 18.lbf3 optima ll y: ~e2 contro ls the light
..td6 19 ...td2 lldg8 20.0-0-0 h6 quares, and ..te3 the dark o ne .
2 l .llde I '1t>b8oo in Stripunsky- He threaten to attack d5 with
akamura, St Loui s ch-USA c3-c4.
2010. 16... ..ta617. e1
So White should con ider the other The ~a6 cannot target any White
po ibilities; pieces - so much for his light-
B) LO.cd4 The threat i 9. ~ f5 followed by quare initi ative.
In reply to the lbf5 retreat this is a d2-d4. Blac k has to prepare for thi s 17...lbd7
logical and rad ical continuation . and decide if he want. to take bac k Head ing fo r c5 and e4.
White aim to conquer the weak by 9 ... ef5 or 9 ... gf5 . 18.b4
pawn on d4; but the opening of the 8 ... g6
centre a l o favour Black, who ha Black want to take bac k with the
better possibilitie to develop g- paw n, which seems to be the
g 'if * :i
there. IO ...lbd5 !? 6 ll...lbf4; ri ght dec i ion . After, for instance, .l ,.A .l
C) I O.'iWf2!? 8 ... h4, recapturing with the t!:.e6 A .l .l
Thi s may be the best reply to weakens the paw n on d5, which i
9 ... lbfe7 . It hou ld enable White to inconsequent in view of the threat-
.l ~ .l
ca tie king ide and with it an at- ened thru t d2-d4 a blockading ~ ~ .l
tack on the f7-point. Please note move which i a ' positional attack' ~ ~ttJ ~
that by the occupation of e5 the against the pawn on d5: 9 ...tf5 ~ ttJ ~
f7-square becomes a potential (9.0-0 h3) 9 ...e f5 IO.d4.
target fo r White, for instance: 8 ... lbh4 9.0-0 c4 IO.~e2 ~c5 ~ l:t. 'i¥ <it>
I O... lbd5 11.0-0! ? ( ll.g3 i al o J 1.'1t>h I lb f5 12.d4 cd3 13 ...td3 .
OK; Il.'iWg3) ll. ..lbf4 1 2. ~e4 (6 9.0-0 ~e7 Fore tailing the manoeuvre
13.lbg5) 12 ...~e7 ( 12 ... lbg6 9 ...lbh4 I O.lb h4 h4 l l.b3. ...lbc5-e4. But the tex t al o has a
13.lbg5 lbce5 14.lbf7) 13.cd4 c4 1 o.~ts 9 ts 11.d4 h4 trategic aim: White wa nt to oc-
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 cupy the quares b5 , c6 and o
block the weak square a7 and c7
for an attac k along the dark
quare . The threat i a2-a4 fol -
lowed by b4-b5 and a4-a5. This
pl an weaken c3, o White shou ld
take an attac k on that pawn into
acco unt.
18... tt:lf8
Correctl y ignoring the weakne
on c3 a , due to the in ufficient co-
ordination between hi pieces, he
ha no good way to regroup.
18 ... llc8 19.a4 'fllc7 20. ~d4 ~b7
2 I. 'fll f2 a5
19.a4
Threatening b4-b5 , followed by
c3-c4 .
19... ~c4?!
Defending d5, but the bi hop can
be attac ked here. Moreover, Bl ac k
lo e control of the quare c6.
19 ... tt:\g6 20.b5 ~b7 2 1.c4 c7.
20.tt:\cd4
Threatening b4-b5 and tt:\c6.
20 ... d7?!
20... c7 was perhaps the better
option; the idea is to meet 2 1.b5
with the manoeuvre ... tt:\d7-c5-e4:
2 1.b5 tt:\d7! .
21.b51
·~
~.t.l
.l
!'!, .l l'!, .l
.t tt.J !'!,
!'!, ~tt.J !'!,
!'!,
Threatening tt:\c6 and ~f2 . con-
quering the pawn on h4.
21 ... tt:lg6
Defending h4 but weakening d5 .
22.tt:\c6
Fixing hi clear gai n of pace and
e tabli hing the dark- quare initia-
tive again t a7, ~e7 and h4.
22 ... ~f8?1
The manoeuvre ... ~e8-f8-g7 i in-
tended to connect the rooks, but
thi i done at an unfavourable mo-
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ment. ow the 'flld7 i unprotected
and so the pawn on d5 is pinned.
23.tt:ld21
Threatening 24.tt:\c4 !.
23 ... ~d3 24.c4
Black is helples : ~e7 and tt:\g6
have to control the dark squares
and the ~d3 cannot take c4.
24 .. .'it;>g7
24 ...~c4 ? 25.tt:\c4; 24 .. .dc4?
25.tt:\c4.
25.cd5 ed5
25... d5 26.tt:\e7 tt:\e7 27.tt:\f3 + - .
26.tt:lb11
Square e6 i free; White consider
the opening of the long diago nal
by e5-e6.
26 . ~d4 ~h7 27.'flle3 ~c2
28.lldc I ~e4 29.a5+-.
26 ... ~c4?1
26 ...~e4 27.tt:\c3 'flle6.
27.'fllc3
27 .. .'ti'e6 28.tt:\d2
28.tt:\d4 'fllc8 29.e6 ~h 7 .
28 ... llhc8?
28... ~h7 29.tt:\d4.
29. d4 'flld7 30.e6
Against Prejudice
by Jose Vile/a
Sl 42.8 (842) YB 102
The 201 2 Tata tee) Che s Fe ti val
in Wij k aan Zee wa rich in excite-
ment and al o in creati ve idea in
the opening . The following game
i one example. The line played i
relevant for the theory of the
Paulsen-Kan Variation of the Si-
cili an Defence.
Bruzon Batista,Lazaro
Timman,Jan
W ijk aan Zee B 2012 (8)
1.e4 c5 2.tt:lf3 e6 3.d4 cd4
4.tt:\d4 a6 5.~d3 tt:\f6 6.'flle2
e5!?
A move which i found only three
time in the main databa es. I think
thi i urpri ing, given that there
is undoubtedl y po itionallogic be-
hind it. It block the advance of the
white e-pawn while forcing the
knight to abandon it central po i-
tion; meanwhile the bi hop on d3
is denied a bright future, at least for
the moment. The draw back i , of
cour e, the weakening of the
quare d5, but thi prej udice ha
since long been di carded in mod-
em chess.
7.tt:lf5
ew.
A) In two of the aforementi oned
game White played 7.tt:\ b3. Both
encounter continued in an identi -
cal way fo r fo ur more move :
7 ...d6 8.0-0 ~e7 9.c4 0-0 IO.tt:\c3
tt:\c6 ll . ~e3 and now the game
di verged:
1.~ g ...
.l Ai.l.l
~' .l ~
!'!, !'!,
tt.J tt.J ~~
!'!,!'!, !'!,!'!,!'!,
1-0
J:r J:r
A I) I l ... tt:\g4 12.tt:ld5 ( 1 2 . ~d2
~g5 !?) 12 ... tt:\e3 13.fe3 ~e6
14.lladl ~d 5 15.ed5 tt:lb4 1 6 . ~bl
a5 17.c5 g6 18. b5 dc5 19.d6
~g5 20. c5 tt:\c6 (20 ... a4!
2 1.tt:\d2 a5 22. a5 lla5 23.e4
(23.tt:\c4 llc5 6. 24.b3 ab3 25 .ab3
b5 !+; 23.llfe l !?) 23... ~e3
24. '<Ph I ~d4 and Black i OK)
2 1. ~e4 a4 22.tt:\d2 'flla5 23.fi'a5 ?
(23.'Wa3 !) 23...~e3 24 . ~ h I tt:\a5
25 . ~d5 ~d2 26.lld2 ~g7 27 .llc2
llad8 28.llc7 lld6 29. ~ f7 ~ h 6
30. ~g I llb6 3 1.ll f3 llb2 32.llh3

'iPgS 33.l:h7 l:d8 ?! (33...lDc6!,
bringing the knight back into the
game, seem better than the text)
34.h4 ..ti>f4 35.l:g7 l:dd2 36.l:g6
e4 37.i..e6 lDc6 38.l:f7 WeS
39.l:f5 Wd4 40.l:d5 'ifi>e3 41.l:tg3
<tt.;f4 42.l:g4 We3 43.l:g3 (after
43.l:d2 l:d2 44.h5 Black would
till have to play accurately to
draw) 43 ... Wf4 44.l:g4 ~e3
4S .l:g3 Draw by perpetual check;
V:z-V:z, Pulkkinen- yysti , Finland
2002;
A2) ll.. .lDb4 12 .~bl lDg4
13.i..d2a5 14.lDb5 lDc615 .h3 lDf6
16.i..e3 ~e6 17.l:dl b8 18.~c2
(18.lDd2;!;) 18... lDb4 1 9.~bl l:c8
20.lDd2 a4 2 1 .~g5 h6 22.i..h4 l:a6
23.i..d3 (23.a3 lDc6 24 ...id3=)
23 ... lDh5! 24. h5 ~h4 25. h4
ttJd3 26. b3 lDf4 27 .lDfl d5 !?
(27 ... i..d7 is probably stronger)
28.ed5 g5 29.'i:Yh6 i..dS 30.'i:Yg5
l:g6 3 1.'i:Yg6 fg6 32.cd5 ab3
33.d6? (33.ab3! l:cS 34.d6 l:bS
35.d7 l:dS 36.l:d5 lDdS 37 .l:d I
~d6 38.lDe3 'i:Yd7 39.l:d5 White
ha compensation for the queen;
the po ition can be as es ed a ap-
proximately balanced) 33 ... b2!-+
34.l:ab I l:c I ! 35.lDg3 (35.d7
d8) 35 .. . e8 36.l:bc I be I
37.l:c I bS 38.l:c8 Wg7 39.l:c7
Wh6 40.d7 dS 0-l , Bryan
Smith-Alberto Dav id, Rome 20 II ;
B) 7.lD f3 lDc6 8.0-0 i..cS 9.a3
h6 IO.b4 ~a7 ll.c4 d6 12.i..e3
~g4 13 ...ia7 l:a7 14.lDbd2 aS
IS .l:ab I ab4 16.ab4 l:a4 17 .cS
0-0 18.cd6 'i:Yd6:f 19.lDc4 'f'Je7
20.~e3 i..f3 2 1. f3 l:b4 22.lDe3
ttJd4 23.'i:Yh3 bS 24.lD f5 lD fS
25. f5J:I.b l 26.l:bl b4 27. h3l:tb8
28.i..c4 lDe8 29.i..d5 lDd6
30.~h5 lDbS 3 l.Wh2 lDc3
32.l:b3 'i:Yf6 33 ...ti>g l l:b6 34.'i!fg4
1'Vd8 35.1'Vf3 l:[ f6 36.1'Vd3 'f!ib6
37.l:b2 c5 38.l:d2 g6 3 9. ~b 3
..ti>g7 40.'ifi> f l l: f4 ?! (40 ... h5 -+)
4 l .~d5 ? (4 1.g3 l:[ f6+ ) 4 l ... lDd I!
0-1 Gin burg- Kekelidze, Los An-
geles 2011 .
7 ... d6
7 ... d5 de erves testing in the fu-
ture.
8.i..g5 ~f5 9.ef5 lDbd7
Lazaro Bruzon Batista
The other way to develop the
knight, 9 ... lDc6, is left for further
investigations.
10.c4
White applies a ' light-square trat-
egy' . Thi move ecures the con-
trol of dS and e4.
1o.....ie711.lDc3 o-o 12.i..f6 i..f6
It seem to this annotator that
12... lDf6 hould be preferred. If
White plays it sharp with 13.g4
then, in the long run the white
king would not be a afe as in the
game.
13...ie4 l:b8 14.0-0 lDc5 15.l:fd1
d7 16.b4! lDe4 17. e4
.i B~
i ~ i.li
i .l .t
~~ ·~
'iV
l2J
~ ~~~
~ l:r
White' advantage, with the excel-
lent outpost on dS , is now beyond
any doubt.
17... c6 18.lDd5 l:[fc8 19.l:ac1
b5? 20.lDf6 gf6 21 . h4 d5
22. h6!
With the double threat of 23.cd5
and 23J:tc3 (or 23.l:d3).
Forum
22 ...Wh8 23.cd5 'iYd6 24.h3
24.J:tc5 was more energetic, not al-
lowing Black to make use of the
outpost on c4. 24 ... l:c5? 25.bc5
'iYcS would then lo eat once after
26.'iWf6 ..ti>g8 27.d6.
24 ...J:tc4 25.a4
25J:tel with the idea of exchang-
ing rook on c4 fo llowed by l:e3
eems stronger.
25 ... l:bc8 26.ab5 ab5
After26 .. .l:c l 27.l:c l l:c l 28.1'Vc l
abS 29. cS the wi.n i imple.
27.Ila1 J:l.d4 28.l:tdc1 l:dc4
29.l:c4?!
Again 29.l:e l eem be t, intend-
ing the arne l:e3. Now Black get
counterplay.
29 ... bc4 30.l:a7 ..ti>g8 31 .b5
31 ...c3??
A blunder. Re ilient was 3 l ... e4
(now 32 ... c3 i threatened) .There
is no forced win in ight, and al-
though White remains better there
i till a great fight ahead.
32.l:a4! 1-o
Mate i unavoidable .
Epilogue
This game was played in round 8
of Group B. In the IOth round of
Group A, Fabiano Caruana played
agai n t Topalov in the following
way: l.lDf3 cS 2.e4 e6 3.d4 cd4
4.lDd4 a6 5.~d3 lD f6 6.0-0 eS .
This ha been played a lot more
than 6.'iYe2 eS , but a lot les than
od1er line considered more nor-
mal. Topalov played the aggres-
ive 7.i..g5 and Caruana managed
to win in a sharp truggle. Will the
Paulsen-Kan ystems featuring an
early ...e6-e5 become a frequent
gue t in hi gh-level ches ?
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An Early Exchange Sac
by Gerhard Schroder
PU 5.2 (807) Y8 102
I'd like to share with you a highly
dramatic game I played in the
B-group of the Pardubice Open. I
got the opportunity to acri.fice an
exchange on h5 as early a move
II . A imilar opening idea with
h4-h5 wa played by Cheparinov
recently (however agai n t a low-
rated opponent, simi lar to mine).
So frankly I cannot tell if it i rele-
vant to opening theory or not, as it
wa an over-the-board inspiration
to sac the exchange on h5. After
i.e. ll.g4 (?) instead, Black could
play I l. ..tDg3 and take over the
initiative. That wa the main dif-
ference in compari on with the
Rauzer Attack in similar Dragon
positions.
Schroder,Gerhard
List,Andre
Pardubice 2012 (6)
1.e4 d6 2.d4 lDf6 3.tDc3 tLlbd7
4 .~e3 c6 5.f3 e5 6.tLlge2 g6
7. d2 ~g7 8.h4 0-0 9.h5!? ed4
1O.lDd4 lDh5 11.l:lh5!? gh5
12.tDf5
12... f6? !
A) 12... ~c3 13.f#'c3 tLle5
14.tLlh6 'it;>g7 15.f4 c;fo?h6(15 ... ~h4
1 6. c;fo?d2 'it;>h617.fe5 ~g7 18.ed6f6
19.e5 ~e6 20. ~e2 ~h2 21.ef6
l:lf6 22.l:lfl ~d6 (here or on the
next move 22 ... l:lf8 lose to
23 .~h6! ) 23. ~d3 ..ia2 24.l:lf6
'i!Vf6 25. ~d4+-) 16.fe5 Wg6
17.ed6 h4 t8 .'it;>d2 ..ie6 19...id3;
18
B) 12 .....ie5! 13.0-0-0
Bl) 13... 'i!Vf6 14.~g5
15...ie7 l:le8 16.f4 and now:
BI I ) 16 ...~h8 17.'i!Vf2! l:le7
18.'ilig3 'it;>f8 19.l:ld6 'i!Vd6 20.tDd6
lD b6 2 1...ie2 ~g4 22.~g4 hg4
23.e5 f6 24.tLl f5 l:lc7 25.tLle4+-;
B 12) 16 ... ~f6 17...id6 tLlb6
18.lDh6 'it;>h8 19.f5 ' d7 20 ...ie2
..ig7 2 1...ih5+- ;
Bl3) 16.....ig7 17.tDg7
18.~d6 "it'g6 19.f5 f6 (19 ... h6
20.~f4 "it'f6 2 1 .~e2-+) 20.~e2 tLle5
21.~5 4 22.~f4 l:ld8 23 ...ib4
l:ld I 24. I 'it;>g8 25.~c3+-;
82) 13...tLl f6 14...id4 lDd5! ?
15.tLlh6 Wg7 16.ed5 ..id4 17 .~d4
~f6 18."it'f6 Wf6 19.dc6 bc6
20.l:ld6±;
83) 13 ... tLlb6 14.f4
15.lDd60 and now:
B31) 15 ... ..ic3 16 .~c3 ..ig4
17.l:ld2 lDd5 ( 17 ... 'i!Vh4 18.b3
l:lad8 1 9 .~b2 tLld5 20.ed5 l:ld6
2 1...ic5±) 18. a3 h4 19.l:lf2
tDe3 20. e3 b5 21.e5
22.lDe4 f6 23.ef6 e6 24 ...id3
a2 25.f5 "it'a l 26 5~d2 Wh8
27.f#'h6 dl 28 .~c3
29.Wb3 l:lf7 30.tLlg5 ~e8 3 1JHI
"it'g8 32.tLl f7 f#'f7 33 .~c3;!;;
8 32) 15.....ig4 16.lDb7
17.l:ld2 ..ic3 18.bc3 l:lab8 19.tDa5
l:t fc8 20.~a6 l:le8 21.lDc6 l:te4
22.tLlb8 l:te3=.
13.0-0-0 lDe5 14.f4?
14 ...ig5! "it'e6 15 .~e3 f6 16.J:ld6
e8 17.tLlg7 Wg7 t8 ...ih6 ~g8
( 1 8... ~ f7 19.f4 tLlg4 20 ...ic4+-)
19. d4 ~e620 ...if8c;pf82J.f4+- .
14.....if5 15.fe5 deS 16.ef5 ~f5?
16... e4! 1 7.~d4 f#'f5 18...ig7 ~g7
19. d4 Wg620. e4f#'e421.tLle4
l:lae8 22 ...id3 f5 23.lDd2 ~g5
24.b3 'it;>g4 25 .l:th I l:te3 26.tDf3 f4
(26... Wg3 27.l:th5t) 27 ...ih7 ~g3
28.tLlh4 ~ f2<=t.
17.~d3 e6 18."&'e2
18.a4!?;!;.
18...b5! 19."it'h5 f5 20.~ b1!
"it'g6
20 .. .e4 21.~e2l:tad8 22.l:th I±.
21 .~ h2?!
2 1."it'h4! e4 (2 1...~g4? 22."it'g4
fg4 23.l:th I +-) 22 ...ie2 ..ic3
23.bc3 "iff6 24.~f4± .
21 ... l:tad8 22.l:lh1
'ilie6
'it;>g7
22 ... l:tfe8?
22 ... l:td3!! 23.cd3 l:td8 24. ~c2 f4
25 . ~c5 "ifd3 26. c;t,?c I f#' d2 27.~b I
~d3 28.Wal "ifg6 29."it'h4 l:td2
30.tLlb I l:td3 3 1 . ~a7 e4gg;
22 ...e4 23. ~e2 ..id4 24 ...ih5 "ifd6
..if6 25 ...i f4±.
23.g4! e4
23 ... l:td3 24.cd3 f4 25 ...ia7 't'id3
26. c2±.
24.gf5 "iff5 25 ...ie2+- ..id4??
25 ...l:te7 26.'fig2 g6 27.'Wh3l:te5
e7 28.l:tgt "ife6 29."ifg3 f6 30 ...ih6
l:td7 31.'t!fh3 l:tc7 32.a4l:tf5 33.ab5
cbS 34 ...ib5! (34 ...ic I+-) 34 ...l:tb5
el 35 ...ig7 l:tb2 (35 ... l:tg7 36.f#'c8 ~t7
37. c4+-; or 36 .. .'~f8 37.l:tg7
Wg7 38.'t'id7+-) 36.c;fo?b2 l:tb7
d2 37.Wc l l:tg7 (37 ...'t\YM 38.'it;>dl 0 )
38.'~c8+-.
26 ...id4 l:td4 27.'fi'g1 1-0
Why Not 9.tDd5 ?
by Pavel Martynov
Sl 31 .6 (830)
The following game was played in
the final round of the St Petersburg
championship. Shimanov came fLr t
in the tournament - 1 came Ia t. So I
really wanted to win this game!
Martynov,Pavel
Shimanov,Aiexander
St Petersburg ch-city 2012 (11)
1.e4 c5 2.tLlf3 e6 3.tLlc3 lDc6
4 ...ib5 tLlge7 5.0-0 "ifc7
I think thi s is a bad idea. The main
continuation i 5... a6 6...ic6 tLlc6
7.d4 cd4 8.lDd4.

6.tle1 !
Of cour e 6.d4?! gives Black
beautiful play after 6 ... cd4 7.t0d4
t0d4 8. d4 t0c6.
6... a6 7 ...ic6 l0c6 8.d4 cd4
& i. ~ i. .i
.t.'if.t. .t..l.l
.t. .. .t.
9.l0d5!?
Why not? 9.t0d4 is the mai n line in
the theory books. ow 9 ... ..id6 is
best. Black trie to di courage
lLldS . The position after 1O.'>Ph I
( IO.lOdS edS ll.edS tOeS! 12.f4
0-0 13.feS ..ieSoo) IO... t0d4
ll. ~d4 ..ieS 1 2.~d3 0-0 13 ...ie3
with the idea 14 ...id4 is a little
better for White. So I thought that
9.t0d5 might be really dangerous
for Bl ack.
9...ed5 10.ed5 t0e711 .l0d4
ll .~d4?! is inferior, becau e it
wi ll be hard to bring the f3-knig ht
into play.
11... d612. h5! c5!
12 ... h6 13 ...if4 ( 13 ...igS? hgS
14. h8 cS; l3 ...id2 g6 1 4.~e2
i.g7 IS...iaS d7) 13 ... ..id7
( 1 3...~cS 14.l0b3) l4 ..l:te3!
( 14 ..l:tadl g6 (14 ... 0-0-0 I S.~f7
i.e8 16.i+'e6 'fi'd7 17.tld3)
IS . h4 0-0-0 16 ..l:te7 ..ie7
17.f/ie7 ..ig4 1 8.~c7 '>Pc7 19.f3
i.c8) 14 ... ~cS IS.tld I.
Forum
The cri tical po ition.
13.c3!?
A) 13.l0b3?! (the knight should
remain in the centre) 13 ... 't'ib4!
( 13 ... c7 14 ...igS h6 IS .tle3;
without any superstition the com-
puter recommends 13 ... 'fi'c2, but
that's not a human move) 14.'fi'e2
bS IS...igS f6 ( IS... ~g4 16 ...ie7
'fi'e2 17 ..l:te2 ..ie7 18.tlae l Wd8
19.lle7 ..ie6 20.tl7e6 fe6 2 l.de6
'>Pe7 22.l0d4 and White has an ad-
vantage) 16. hS g6 17 .~f3 fgS
18 ..l:te4 g4 19. e3 ~e4 20.~e4
..ig7 2 l .l0d4 (2 1.lOaS ..ifS 22. e3
'>Pf7 23.t0c6 l:the8) 2 1... 0-0
22.t0e6 ..ie6 23. e6 tl f7 24. d6
i.d4+ ; Pavel Martynov
B) 13 ..l:te4! ? (it's very difficult to
find this move over the board! 23.i.d6! ~d6
ow Black must play very care- 23 ... tlg6 24.l0a8 We8 2S ...icS+-.
fully to ward off the danger) 24.l0e8 '>Pd7 25.l0f6 <j;>dB 26.d6
13 ... h6 ( 13 ... g6 14.f!ih4 ..ifS A nice fina l position!
IS .l:te l ; 13 ... i.d7 14...ie3 '\WaS 1-0
IS .b4 g6 16 .~h4 ~dS 17 ...igS
..ifS 18.l:te2 ..ie6 19 ...if6 l:tg8 Conclusion : I suppose that the ac-
20.tlae l) 14.b4 ! ( 14 ...id2 g6 rifice is really interesting and
IS .~e2 ..ifS; 14 ...ie3 g6 I S .~e2 White ha a lot of attacking po i-
'fi'c7 16.tle l fS 17.t0e6 ..ie6 bilities.
I ..l:te6 0-0-0 19. d2 tlh7 20.c4:
14 ...if4g61S . e2fS 16.l0e6 ..ie6
17 .l:te6 0-0-0 18.c4 c7 19.tle l
Wb8) 14... b4 ( 14 ... ~c7 IS...ib2 The Strategic Sacrifice
g6 16. e2 l:th7 17.lle l) IS...igS
cS 16 ...ie7 i.e7 17.tldl by Peter Bennett and Kjartan Maack
(17 .l:tae l 0-0) 17 ... ..id7 18.1!i'e2 Sl19.16 (890)
0-0 I 9.tle7 l:!. fe8 20.t0fS '>Pf8
2 l.l:!.e8 l:!.e8 22.l0e3 with a play- 1.e4 c5 2.l0f3 d6 3.d4 cd4
able po itjon. 4.l0d4 l0f6 5. c3 a6 6 ...ie3 e6
13 .....id714.b4? 7.f3 b5 8.~d2 b4 9.l0a4 t0 bd7
White wants to open the c-fi le to 1 O•..ic4 ~c7 11 ...ib3 ..ib7 12.c3
prevent Black from queen ide bc3 13.l0c3 ticS 14.0-0 ~ b8
ca. tling. But Bl ack ha enough 15.tlac1 ..ie7
defensive poss ibilities.
14 ...if4! 0-0-0 (14 ... h6 IS.tlad l)
I S.~f7oo with a lot of opportuni - ~& ~ i:
ties for both side . i. 6\i..t..l.t.
14 ... ~c3 .t. ........
14 ... ~c4 IS ...if4.
15...ie3 d3 16.:tac1 l:tc8
17.l0e6
The last chance.
17... g6 18.tlc8 ..icB 19.l0c7
Wd7 20. f3 f5 21 ...if4 g5
22.~c3 l:tg8?
A blunder! 22 ... ..ig7! wrap it up.
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 Thi characteri tically Sicilian po-
ition i actuall y taken from a sur-
pri singly rare line. A s it happened,
I reached it agai nst one opponent
in the 20 11112 Briti h Correspon-
dence Che s Championshjp whjch
ha ju t concluded. The problem
for White in modern CC is that
Black can secure so many techni -
cal draw in the main lines. Thus it
wa the u ual search for sound but
theoreti ca lly under-explored lines
which had brought me to th.i posi-
tion in the fir t place.
ow, for the first time, I rea lly
started to study the po ition in
depth and to look at the key for-
ward line . I oon reali zed, with a
growing sens of concern, that in
thi apparently innocuous posi-
tion, Wrute al ready ha a key stra-
tegic dilemma which ha to be
so.lved immedi ately. Thi fact
alone should arou e far greater in-
tere t among exponents of the Si-
cilian Defence than it has o far.
0 ten ibly, White has a pace ad-
vantage and i comfortabl y placed.
The problem is that Black i about
to castle; and once he doe so, he
can begin to use the latent power
inherent in a position where hi s
piece are well -placed and he has a
central pawn maj ority.
Several hour of analysi con-
vinced me that the only move
whk h would ustain White' ini -
tiati ve was the strategic sacrifi ce
on e6, to prevent Black from ca -
tling and inhibit the development
of hi s kin g' rook.
The databa es were of little help at
the time; bu t in our later research
for tbi arti cle we uncovered ome
very curi ou fact :
I ) According to the databases
only 7 games have gone forward
from thi s position;
2) All these games are by corre-
pondence. No-one of note has
even tried the line over-the-board;
3) Only 2 of the 7 games have
ended in a draw. White has won 3
decisively, Black 2. Thi s is a very
exciting statistic, even with o few
re ults to go on;
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4) Although Ftacnik mention
the position in hi treati e on the
Sicilian Defenc Grandmaster
Repertoire 6: The Sicilian De-
fence, he does not consider the sac-
rifi ce at all.
Another strange coincidence is
that I happened to be playing both
the protagoni st in the following
encounter (but with di fferent ope-
nings) at the same time that l was
'borrowing the.i r line in my
Sicilian game.
Eldridge,Mark
Evans,Gordon
crch·GBR 201 1/12
From the diagrammed po ttlon
above, thj s game continued .. .
16.lL!e6!
The acrifi ce was played in 5 of the
7 game , ugge ting - ri ghtl y, in
our view- that thi s .i s White's most
acti ve continuation. In the two
games where White ha decl ined
to take up the challenge, he has
cored only 25%. 16 ..1:tc2 0-0
17 ..1:t fc l was pl ayed in Staggat-
Jung, (2008, 0- 1 in 45). 16.a3 0-0
17.llfdl was tri ed in Kubasky-
Pannekoek (20 II , Y2-Y2 in 39).
16...fe6 17.~e6 J:tc7?!
lfthe acrifi ce can be ucce fully
defended, thi s is one move which
need to be ca lled into question.
17 ... J:tc6 1 8 .~d4 tt:le5 was the con-
tinuation in Daurelle-Pannekoek
(20 I I , 0- 1 in 73). 17...J:td8 18. e2
~c8 1 9.~b3 was played in Silin-
Ruggieri (20 II Y2-Y2 in 39).
18.b4 lL!e5 19.tt:le2 d5 20.l:tc7
c7 21.ed5 d8 22.J:td1 lL!c4
23. c1 tt:le3 24. e3
24 ... ~f8? !
The onl y reasonable al tern ati ve is
24. .. d6 ( ee below). White' at-
tack now proves deci ive. The
game continued:
25.d6 ~d6 26.lL!d4 c7 27.g3
~b4 28.~b3 "fi'c3 29. e6 c7
30.~g2 ~c8 31 .J:tc1 "fi'g3
32.hg3 ~e6 33.tt:le6 ~e7
34.J:tc7 ~d6 35.J:ta7 a5 36.J:ta6
~e7 37.lL!g7 J:tf8 38.g4 lL!d7
39.lL!f5 ~ d8 40.f4 J:tf6 41 .J:ta8
<J;c7 42.l:th8 h6 43J:th7 ~d8
44.J:th6 J:th6 45.lL!h6 ~e7
46.ttlf5 ~f6 47.lL!g3 ~g7
48.c;t>f3 1-0
In the fo ll owi ng encou nter, the ex-
peri enced Gl aser had the adva n-
tage of knowing about the game
Eldri dge-Evans, but he till could
not fi nd any improvement on Ev-
ans' defence in the earl y tages.
Bennett,Peter
Glaser,Karel
Scotland v Czech Republic, Corre·
spondence match 20 12, Board 8
From the diagrammed po iti on
after 24. e3 in Eldri dge-Evans,
th is game continued ...
24... d6! 25.a3 g6 26."fi'a7 ~c6
27.lL!c3 ~d7 28.J:te1 Wf 8
29. d4 ~d8 30.tt:le4 ~b6
31 .lL!c5 c;t>g7 32 .~d7 "t!fd7
33.J:te6 ~c5 34.bc5 l::tf8 35.J:te5
35 ...~g8!
For an altern ati ve, ee the next
game.
36.h4 J:te8 37.J:te8 lL!e8 38.d6
Wf7 39. c4 'ite6 40."fi'f4 '+Wf6
4Ullfd2 lL!g7 42.c6 lL!e6 43.f4
h5 44.f5 gf5 45.c7 tt:lc7

Black return s the piece sacrifice, in
the hope of getting a technical
draw in the queen and pawn end-
in g.
46.dc7 ~c6 47. ~f4 ~c5
48. ~ h2 'it>e6 49.~h6 Wd7
50. h7 ~c8 51 .~h5 ~c7
52.Cft>h3 ~c5 53.'i'.ff3 Wd7
54. b3a555.h5 1-0
White' h-pawn will now prevail.
Ln the British Championship game
to which I referred at the beginning
of this article, progress was rather
slower, such that it was being
played in parallel with Bennett-
Gia er between moves 22 and 40,
at about the same time. Since nei-
ther of my opponent could ee
what the other wa doing, it is in-
tere ting that two strong players
with black, independently cho e
exactly the same moves ri ght up to
move 34. This ugge ted to me that
both were correct in their choice of
line.
Black actually has everal options
at move 35, though none ave the
line. ln the next game, again t I an
Pheby, at onetime a world' top 60
CC player with a grading of 2621 ,
Black made a different choice:
Bennett,Peter
Pheby,lan
cr ch·GBR 2011/12
From the diagrammed po Ilion
after 35J:le5 in Bennett-Giaser,
thi game continued ...
35 .. J:U7?! 36.d6 ~b5 37.h4
c;f;g8 38.l:te6 tt:lh5 39.a4 ~c6
40 .<~ h2 tt:lg7 41. ~e5 tt:lf5
42. e4 "iVd7 43.~e8 ~f8
44.~a8 ~as 45.'ii'a8 'it>g7
46. a6 ~f7 47.~d3 ~e8
48.~e4 ~d8 49.h5 Wf7 50.~c4
~g7 51.~f4 c;f;f6?!
The game is lo t anyway, but thi s
move allows White to force an ex-
change of queen , effectively de-
troying Black' only defen ive
re ource.
52.g4 e8 53. e4 54.fe4 1-0
So what conclusions can we draw?
The three games featured in thi
Forum
article make one thing clear:
.17 .. .~c7 is a bad line for Black,
which White ha convincingly de-
feated 3-0 again t orne very
strong oppo ition.
But thi s is all we can claim. The
sacrifice itself i neither deci ively
winning, nor refuted ; which make.
it all the more surpri ing that the
line hasn 't been tried more often.
What this article also calls into
question is the tatus of the theo-
retical advice which ha accumu-
lated around earl ier moves.
From Black's point of view, the
preference for I O... tt:le5, a op-
posed to IO ... ~c7, eems to be
purely a matter of fa hion . Until Lubomir Ftacnik
omeone ha refuted the lines
played by Pannekoek referred to Since then a whole flood of game
above, both before and after the have een the light. E pecially cor-
sacrifice, 10... c7 seem per- respondence player have thrown
tectly sound to u . them selve into thi s move. So an
Similarly, Ftacnik' advice in hi update eem appropriate.
book to White to play 15 .~a4,
rather than 15 .~ac I doe not take
any account of the ub tantial stra- & &~
tegic po sibilitie which 15 .~ ac I i i
~e7 16.tt:le6! offers the fir t i i..t ~
player.
What i even stranger is that a line
i ..ti'iV
that i eminently suitable for OTB ~J:I
play is, at pre ent, only being ex- .Yi.~ ~~
plored by corre pondence players.
~~ ttJ "fil~
Have we collectively lo tour cre-
ative urge? Are both databa e and
1:[ ~ ~
theoretical texts being u·eated with
far too much re pect ? In thi s line, it The main line is 19 ... ~g6 20. ~e3
seems that they are! .l:[ae8 21.tt:le4 tt:le4 22.g4 tt:lg3
23. hg3 ~d3 (though not a lot
seems to be wrong with black de-
viations like 20 ... tt:ld5 and
Always Active Counterplay 22 ... ~g4). White remain s a pawn
up, but it is virtually impossible for
by A. C. van der Tak him to make real progress. One
RL 17.6 (C89) YB 82 way or another, Black always re-
tain active counterplay. A well-
In my FORUM contribution in Year- known picture in the M arshall !
book 82, in the Marshall Attack See the games below.
after 15. ~e4 g5 l6 .~fl ~h5
17.tt:ld2 ~ f5 18.f3 tt:l f6, following Rattinger,Friedrich
the game Anand-Aronian, Wijk Almiron,Luis
aan Zee 2007, I put up the new c r W ch-26 final 2010
move 19. g2!? for discussion. 1.e4 e5 2.tt:lf3 tt:lc6 3 .~ b5 a6
I concluded thi s article with ' Defi - 4.~a4 tt:lf6 5.0-0 ~e7 6. ~e1 b5
nitely to be continued .. .'. 7.~b3 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.ed5 tt:ld5
21
 1 O.tt:leS tOes 11 .l:teS c6 12.d4
~d6 13.l:te1 'i¥h4 14.g3 h3
1S.l:te4 gS 16.'it'f1 hS 17.tt:\d2
~fS 18.f3 tt:lf6 19.'it'g2 'it'g6
20.l:te3
20 ...l:tae8
20 .. .tt:ldS! ? 2U:te l l:tae8 22. f2
(22.tt:le4 g4 23 .~c2 hS 24. ~d2
~c7 2S .fg4 hg4 26.l:te2 l:te6
27.l:tae l l:tfe8 28. ~d 3 aS 29.Whl
a4 Y2-Y2 Kubicki- Boreika, cr 2009.
Both ide have positioned their
piece on the optimum quare .
The mo t likely result is a draw, a
it i difficult to uggest a reall y
useful way for either side to im -
prove their position ' - Brunello in
hi Attacking I he Spanish, Quality
Chess 2009) 22 ... tt:lf4! 23.gf4 gf4
24.Whl l:te l 2S. e l Wh8 26. g l
'WhS 27. f2 l:tg8 28.tt:le4
(28.~d I? ~h3?! (28... g6!
29.~e2 ~e7 30.tt:lc4 ~h4 3 l.tt:leS
~hS 32.'f.ffl ~g3 33.~g l f6
34.tt:lc6 l:tg4!-+ Brunello)
29. ~e2 ~e7-+ 30.~d3 ~h4
3 1 .~e2 'figS 32.~eS ~eS 33.deS
~ f2 0- 1 Shomoev-Gri chuk,
Sochi n 2008) 28... ~e4 29.fe4 f3
30 . ~gS! l:tgS 'h-Y2 M. oble-
Godat, cr 20 I0.
21.tt:le4
2 1.tt:lfl cS+=t 22.l:te8 l:te8 23. ~d 2
g4 24.l:te l l:te l 2S. ~e l gf3
26. f3 ~e4gg Sel.in-KJo ter, cr
20 10.
21 ...tt:le4 22.g4 tt:lg3
22 ... ~g4!? 23.fe4 ~c8 24.eS
(24 .~c2 fS 2S .eS ~e7 26.l:th3
Wh8 27.a4 hS+=t Laube-R.Mayer,
cr 2007) 24 ... ~e7 2S. ~c2 fS
26.ef6 f6 27.l:teS h6 Y2-'h
Voicule cu-N.Antonov, cr 201 I.
22
23.hg3 ~d3
23 ... ~ b I?! 24. e2 l:te3 2S . e3
h6 26. e l ~c2 27. ~c2 'ifc2
28. e4 d I 29.Wg2 Wg7
(Anand-Aronian , Wijk aan Zee
2007 - YB/82- 12) 30. b3!± t::.
30 .. .~g3? 3 J.l:tb I+-.
24.~d2 l:te3 2S.~e3 l:te8
26.l::te1 cS 27. ~f2
27 .deS Svidler-Aronian, Morelia/
Linare 2007 - YB/86- 124;
27.'f.ff2!? - YB/102- 121.
27 ...l:te1 28 . ~e1 c4 29.~d1 h6
29 ... hS 30.ghS 'ifhS 3 1 .~e2 'Wg6
32. ~d3 d3= D.Kraft-P.Nil son,
cr 20 II.
30.a4 fS 31.gfS ~fS 32.abS
abS~ 33.b4 hS 34. ~ d2 ~d7
3S.~e1 V2-V2
Grigoryev,Valery
Fagerstrom,Bjorn
cr RCCA-Gold 2011
1.e4 eS 2.tt:lf3 tt:lc6 3.~bS a6
4.~a4 tt:lf6 S.0-0 ~e7 6.l:te1 bS
7.~b3 0-0 8.c3 dS 9.edS tt:ldS
1 O.tt:leS tOeS 11.l:teS c6 12.d4
~d6 13.l:te1 'ifh4 14.g3 'ifh3
1S.l:te4 gS 16.'iff1 'ifhS 17.tt:ld2
~fS 18.f3 tt:lf6 19.~g2 'ifg6
20.l:le3 l:lae8 21 .tt:le4 tt:le4 22.g4
tt:lg3 23.hg3 ~d3 24.'ifd2 l:le3
2S.'ife3
2S ... ~g3
2S ... h6 26.Wf2 (265.t>g2 a5 27.a4
(27.a3l:lb8 28. f2 l:le8 29. ~e3 a4
30.~a2 hSgg Griii -Duliba, cr
2009) 27 ... ~c2 28.~c2 c2
29. d2 b3 30.abS bS 3 1. e l
cS 32.dcS 'h-Y2 Jacot-Leone, cr
2009) 26 ... aS 27 . ~d2 a4 28 .~d I
~c4 29. b3 ~dS 30. e2 ~c7
31.c4 f6 32.'ifd3 ~b6 33. ~e3
~e6 34.cbS cbS 3S.ba4 ba4
36.Wg2 l:td8= Rubinas-
J.Marci nkiewicz, cr 20 II .
26.'ifgS l:te8
26 ... aS 27.Wg2 ~d 6 28 .~dl a4
29.Wf2 fS 30.gfS ~fS 3 1. ~d 2
gS 32.~gS l:te8 33. b3 aJ
34.l:lc I;!; Nimtz-K.Stein, cr 2008.
27.~e3
27.'ifg6 hg6 28 .~gS ~d6 29.l:lc l
Wg7 30 .~c2 ~c4 3 1 . ~e4 ~dS
32.~dS cdS= Keuter-Petraiti , cr
20 10.
27... gS 28. ~gS h6!?
28 ... 'it>g7 29.Wg2 ~d 6 30.l:ld I f6
(30 ... l:te2 3 l.Wfl ± Borzenko-
Ter.Taylor, cr 2006 - YB/82-1 3)
3 1 .~c I;!; Saric-Melkumian,
Sarajevo 20 I I - YB/1 02- 120.
29.~h6 'it>h7 30.~d2
JO. ~gS Wg6 3 1.<;1o>g2 ~c7 32.f4 f6
33 .~h4 ~ f4 34.l:ld I ~e2 3S .~c2
Wf7 36.l:le l ~d2 37.l:lbl ~h6=.
30 ... l:le2 31.l:ld1 fS 32.~f4
32.~c I ~b I 33.l:lfl ~d 3=; 32.gS
f4=.
32 ... ~f4 33J1d3 fg4 34.fg4
l:rb2= 3S.l:lf3 ~d2 36.<it>f2
36.Wfl <it>g6=; 36Jl f7 Wg6
37.l:rc7 WgS=.
36 ... ~c3 37.We3 l:tg2 38.l:lf7
Wg6 39.l:rc7 w gs 40.l:tc6 l:lg3
41. ~f2 l:rh3 42.dS ~f4 43. ~g2
43.d6 l:rd3=.
43 ...l:ld3 44 ..l:!.a6 Wg4 4S. 1
~f3 46.l:lc6 %-%
Perhap to be continued? I am not
ure.
De Jong's Brilliant Novelty
by Peter Boe/
Sl17.4 (876) YB 36, 42, 48, 89
At the Dutch Open in Dieren,
Dutch LM Migchiel de Jong pl ayed
the intere ting IO.'f.fe I in the
9.0-0-0 Dragon and wa urpri ed
by his young opponent, Bharat
Aijun from India, with the sharp
14 ... b8!?. ltledto animprovised
queen sacrifice and some brilliant
tactic .
 Forum

De Jong,Migchiel
Arjun,Bharat
Dieren 2012 (3)
1.e4 c5 2.ll:Jf3 d6 3.d4 cd4
4.ll:Jd4 tl:Jf6 5.tl:Jc3 g6 6 .~e3
~g7 7.f3 0-0 8. d2 tl:Jc6 9.0-0-0
d510.~e1
The move invented by Semen
Dvoiri , who also played in Dieren
everal times. See the urvey by
Van der Tak in Yearbook 36.
1o... e5 11 .tl:Jc6 bc6 12.ed5 tl:Jd5
12...cd5 1 3 .~g5 ~e6 14 .~c4 c7
1 5 .~f6 dc4 1 6 .~g7 <J;g7 wa in-
vestigated by Tibor Karol yi in
Yearbook 89.
13.~c4 ~e6 14.tl:Je4 b8
Many moves have been played Mlgchlel de Jong treats Bharat Arjun to an Improvised queen sacrifice
here for in tance L4 ...l::rb8,
14... ~c8!? and even t11e exchange 15.~c5 l::rd8 16. a5 Hitting upon b2. De Jong found a
acrifice 14 ... e7/15 ...~7 . ln the 16 . ~h4 h6 17.g4 'f!ic7 (here we great solution over the board.
late l980s 14 ...h6 was popular, then have the tempo los ; 17... tl:J f4!? is 18.'f!id8!?
it wa uper eded by 14 ...'tli'c7 also known from the 14... c7 A devastating novelty! Youngster
1 5 .~c5 l::r fd8. ln tlli mai n line line) 18.g5 h5 J9.'f!if2 with nice A rj un i in for a rough ride.
White mo tly attacks on the king- pl ay for White was seen in the tern ln Vogt-Ballmann, Wintertllur
side witll g2-g4 and ~h4 or g2-g4 game for J4 .. .'f!ib8, Dvoiri s-Basin, 1996, there fo llowed l 8.~b3 ~ 6
and h2-h4, while 16.tl:Jg5?! turned Simferopol 1988. The text i a di- 19.h4 'f!ic7 20. e l .l:e8 2 1.fe4
out to be le incisive after Bori rect attempt to take profi t fro m ~ f7 22.l::rd4 f4 23.<J;bl ~g5
Alterman' l6 .. .~h6 ! (see Mikhail Black's 14th move, which in De 24.hg5 g5 25. f2 l::re4 26. ~a7
Golubev' Survey in Yearbook 48). Jong' opini on ' looked in feri or'. .l:ae8 27 .l::re4 .l:e4 and Black won
The interesting exchange sacrifi ce 16... f5!? after a tough fi ght.
15... l::r fb8 ha also been tried: The harpe t approach! Arj un 's 18 .. .'tli'd8 19.tl:Je6 ~h6 20. ~b1
1 6.~d6 b6 17 . ~b8 l::rb8 led to a predece or Mikhail Antipov and d7 21.fe4! fe4
draw in Van Riemsdijk-Ricardi , Martin Ballmann have played 2 1... 'f!ie6 1oses at once to 22.l::rd5! .
Bueno Aires 1989. J6... ~h6 fir st, but to create coun- 22.tl:Jd4 l::rd8?!
Perhaps we hould regard 14... b8 terchances tlle bishop will have to Wi th 22 .. .<;t;>h8! Black could have
a a more aggressive move tllan go back to g7. White's king i not prevented the fo llowing bri lliant
14... 'ffc7. Black's immedi ate idea yet worse on b l ince witll tlle on blow. White then ha to try some-
i to play ...f7-f5 and ... e5-e4, with a5 there i no kni ght check on c3 . thing like 23 .l::rhe I (much worse is
attack on b2. However, in the few 16.. . c7!? foiJ owed by ... l::rd7 and 23 .tl:Jc6? tl:Jc3 24.bc3 'flic6 25 .~d4
game played with the text move .. .l::rad8 was . ucce fully played by ~g7) 23 ...l::rb8 24.tl:Jb3 when after
Black often had to re ort to ... ~c7 Taufik Halay against Wang in 24 ... l::re8 tlle trick are gone and
again after White sta1ted his Oropesa del M ar 2000. White will have to prove some-
kingside attack with g2-g4. 17.tl:Jg5 e4 thing.

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 23. ~e71! e7
Moving the rook to e to 24.ttJc6
and 25. ~d5 .
24.ttJc6 ifcS 2S.l:tdS!
The pretty point. Black cannot
capture twice in view of the famil y
check on e7.
2S ...l:tdS 26.~dS ~g7 27.~e4
~e3 28.l:td1 hS 29.a3 gS
JO.l:tdS 'i!fc4 31 .l:td7 ~f8
32.~dS 'i!fe2 33 .~a2 h4
Perhap 33 ... ~c5 wa more tena-
ciou .
34.l:tf7 ~e8
3S.l:tg7
Winning wa 35.ttJe5
3 6.~e6!! (De Jong had only
looked at 36 .~c6 c6 37.ttJc6
~ f7 and wa n' t ure of hi win-
ning chance there) 36... d2
37.~d7 ~d8 3 ..ic6! (weaving a
mating net) 38 ... 'i!fc2 39.l:td7 ~c8
40 ..ib7 ~b8 41.ttJc6.
3S ... a6 36.c4! as 37.l:te7 ~f8
38.l:tf7 ~ea 39.ttJeS! .id4
On 39 ....if4 White win with
40. ~c6 ~d8 41.l:td7 ~e8
(41. .. ~c8 42 . ~b7 ~b8 43.ttJc6 i
again mate) 42.l:td2.
40 ..ic6 ~dB 41.l:td7 ~ea
42.l:td4
Winning a piece and the game, but
42.l:tb7! would have been mate in
4 after both king moves.
42... 8 43.l:te4 c2 44 . ~dS
d1 4S.ttJd7 c.Pg7 46.l:te7 ~h6
47.ttJf8 g4 48.l:te6 'it>g7 49.ttJg6
a4 SO.l:tb6 g1 S1.l:ta6
S2.l:tb6 'i!fg1 S3.l:td6
S4.cS! 'ifcS SS.ttJ h4 'iff2 S6.l:tg6
~h8 S7.l:tg8 ~h7 S8.l:tg4
S9 ..ie4 ~h8 60.ttJg6 c.Pg7
61 ..ib1 'i!fd1 62.h3 ~h6
24
63.c.Pa1
ot clever wa 63.tiJf4 ?? b3
64. ~a I b2 ! wi th a talernate
draw. But tronge t was 63. h4!
when Black has to give his queen
due to the threat of 63 ... 'ife I
64.ttJf5 ~h7 65.ttJe7 ~h6 66.ttJg8
~h5 67 . ~g6 mate.
63 ...'i!fb3 64.l:th4 ~g7 6S.l:tb4
'i!fd1 66.ttJf4 c.Ph6 67.ttJd3 1-0
The Gentle Touch?
c2 by Rene 0/thof
CK 12.3 (819)
Over the years I have written both
Surveys (Yearbook 78 and 83)
and item for our FOR M (92 and
94) about Bl ack cast ling king ide
in the Classical Caro-Kann . This
et-up comes in many varietie ,
but they all have in common that
the ortie ttJg3-f5 i a dangerous
weapon against it. Recentl y I
carne across a fre h branch on thi
tree.
Anwesh,Upadhyaya
Navalgund,Niranjan
Mumbai 2011 (6)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.ttJd2 de4
4.ttJe4 .its s.ttJgJ .ig6 6.h4 h6
7.ttJf3 ttJd7 S.hS .ih7 9 ..id3
~d3 10. d3 e6 11 ..id2 ttJgf6
d1 12.0-0-0 .ie7 13.~b1 0-0
e3 14.l:the1
Rather rare. See for the other
d2 po ibilitie the Survey by Ufuk
Tuncer on page 82.
14... b6 1S.tiJfS!?
g ...
.l.l ~.i..l.l
~.l .l~ .l
ttJ £::,
1S...l:tfe8
15 ... ef5 16.l:te 7 d8 17 .l:te2 ttJe4
18.-ie l ( 1 8. ~f4!? tiJdf6) 18 ... l:te
19.g3 and White may be li ghtly
better, G.Papp-Doric, Sibenik
20 12 (Mitropa Cup). There have
at o been game between grand-
ma ter with 15 ... ~ b4. in which
Black tayed afloat.
16.l:te6
Using a crowbar to demoli h
Black's king ide fortre i a com-
mon motif in thi line. Can Bl ack
urvi ve?
16 .. .fe6 17.ttJg7
The alternative knight acrilice
lead directl y to a draw: 17.ttJ h6
gh6 18 ..ih6 ~ f8 19. g6 ~h
20. ~ f8 l:tf8 2 1.ttJg5 l:tae8 22. h6
~g8 23.'ifg6 ~h8 and a draw by
perpetual check i unavoidable for
both ides.
17...~g7 18..ih6! ~h8
18 ... ~ h619 . g6 mate!
19.ttJgs ttJf8 20.ttJf7
Black re igned. 20 ... ~g8 2 1. g3
~ f7 22. g7 is mate!
What ha happened here? Did
Bl ack's defen ive scheme get
busted? It certainly look that way,
but no, I don ' t think o.

In tead of the cooperative
17 ... <3;g7? Black ha the smart
zwi chenzug 17 ... ~a3!! - remi -
niscent of the game Berbatov-
Juhasz, Vaujany 20 I I, pre en ted
in Yearbook I00 on page 40.
Black clear the way for addi-
tional back-up along the eventh
rank: 18.1!Ya3 'J;;g7 19.'iVe3
( 19.llle5? llle5 20.de5 llle4-+;
19.g4'i!Yb5; 19.'i!Yd3 <Ji;h8 20.1!Yg6
.:te7 2J.'i!Yh6 llh7+) 19 ... <3;g8
20. h6 J:te7:f: and if anyone
Black i better.
We can conclude that the use of a
battering ram is appea ling but it
doe n' t quite work for White. So
we mu t look for alternative op-
tions.
.i • found a cutting from Schach
.t..t. ~.t. i.t.
'if i .t. ~ .t.
tZJ ~ between the computers Shredder
The obviou choice would be
l6.lllh6 gh6 17 .llle5 llle5 (forced)
18.de5.
ow l8 ... lllh5 ? is too risky in view
of L9.~h f2 (or 19 ... lllg7
20.~h6 'i!Yf2 2l.~g4! ~ f6
(2 l ...~f8 22.J:tfl ~c5 23.~f4+-)
22.J:te4 J:tad8 23.J:th 1+-) 20. h5
f5 21.~h6 ~g6 22. e3 and
with material equality restored,
White is surely feeling more com-
fortab le.
Therefore we bank on 18 ... lllh7
19 . ~h6 <Ji;h8 (l9 ...~f8!?) 20.1!Yf3
lllg5 2 I.'i!Yf4 llg8 22.J:td7 'i!Yb4,
hoping to trade queens while hit-
ting eJ at the ame time. Thi po i-
Lion i unclear.
Again , forci ng your way through
doe n't yield there ult we want. I
sugge t the gentle touch: 16.llle7!
J:te7 17.llle5 or L7 . a3, when in
both ca e White retains a sma ll
edge.
A Worthwhile Exchange Sac?
by A. C van der Tak
IG 5.10 (C51) YB 100
In hi beautiful new book Posi-
tional Chess Sacrifices (Quality
Chess 20 12), one of the games
crutinized by Mihai Suba i
Kasparov-Anand, Riga 1995:
1.e4 e5 2.lllf3 lllc6 3.~c4 ~c5
4.b4 ~b4 5.c3 ~e7 6.d4 llla5
7. ~e2 ed4 8. d4 lllf6 9.e5 lllc6
10. h4 llld5 11.~g3
g .t.tv• g Mihal Suba
.t.ii.t. .t. i.t.i
~ Ln the various database , like Suba,
~~
Here Anand played II ... g6,
whereupon Suba writes: 'Objec-
tively thi i good but for pra tical
purpo es it i a bit risky. Curiously,
nobody has tried 11. .. 0-0!, offer-
ing an exchange sacrifice to
dampen White initiative.' Then
he illustrates this view with a few
variations.
lndeed, throughout the year
hardly anyone has looked at the
move I 1... 0-0. Apparently the lo
of the exchange was considered
too serious, e.g. by Anka in hi s
Survey in Yearbook 100. Excep-
tions are Tibor Karolyi and ick
Aplin in their book Kasparov's
Fighting Chess 1993-1998 (Bat -
ford 2006): 'After 12 .~h6 g6
1 3.~f8 ~ f8 1 4. ~c4 Black has
enough compensation', and
Yelena Dembo in ChessBase Mag-
azine 142, June 20 II : ·stack ha
compen ation, but whether it is
enough is not clear.' And Ka parov
him elf in Informant 63, where af-
ter 1 2. ~h6 g6 he does not take on
f8 with white, but indicates
13.h4! ?-+!
Forum
J have not been able to find game
with 11 ... 0-0 but in my file I
Maga·d 11 64, August 2006, where
the couple Vasik Rajlich/Iweta
Radziewicz how two test games
and Rybka in which 11 ...0-0 wa
tried . As a mall addition to
Anka' Survey I give one of these
test games here:
SHREDDER 9
RYBKA Beta-Version
Testgame 2006
1.e4 e5 2.lllf3 lllc6 3.~c4 ~c5
4.b4 ~b4 5.c3 ~e7 6.d4 llla5
7.~e2 ed4 8. d4 lllf6 9.e5 lllc6
10. h4 llld5 11 .~g3 0-0!?
12.i.h6
12.i.c4 lllb6 L3 . ~h6 g6 14.i.f8
~ f8 15.lllbd2 d5 16.~b5 llle7
17.h4 lllf5 L8. ~g5 f6 19.ef6'i!Yd6
20.f7 'J;;f7 2 I .h5 i.e7 22.'iVg4 ~f6
23.hg6 hg6 24.llh7 lllg7 25 .~e8
c;!;>e8 26.'~'g6= Suba.
12 ...g6 13.~f8 i.f8 14.0-0
14.~c4 lllb6 1 5.~b3 a5 16.a4 d6
17.0-0 5 18.llle5 de5 19.'ife5
..tf5gg 20.J:te I llld7 2 I.'i!Ye2 'i!Yf6
22.g4?! 5 23.~ 'i!Yf7 24.gf5 f5
25.llld2 J:td8~= another testgame
Shredder-Rybka from 2006, eventu-
ally won by Black as well.
14... i.h6 15.llld4
I5.l:tdl ~ f4 ( 15 ... lllf4 Suba)
16. h3 ( 16. h4?! h4 17.lllh4
25
 tt:lb6+) 16 ... d6 J7 .~h4 h4
18.tt:lh4 .lit.e6 ( 18... tt:lb6oo J-L
Co ta) L9.ed6 .lit.d6 20.tt:l f3 (;!;
Pin ki) 20 ....lit.e7=f Rybka 3.
15 ...tt:lf4!? 16.l::re1 tt:le5 17.tt:lf5
g5 18.tLlh6 h6 19.tt:ld2
d6~fi: 20.tt:le4 ~f5 21 .tt:lg5 tt:le2
22.J:re2 'ith5 23.13 h6 24.tt:le4
~e4 25.J:re4 tt:ld3 26.14 'ijfc5
27. 1 ~b5 28.c4 ~b2 29.J:rd1
tt:lc5 30.J:re2 ~f6 3U We3 a6
32.~f3 <1Pg7 33.g3 h5 34.<1Pg1
J:rb8 35.~f1 bS 36.l:lee1 h4
37.J:re3 tt:le6 38. ~d3 c5 39.~d5
tt:ld4 40.g4 bc4 41.J:rf1 c3 42.g5
~d8 43.~e4 c2 44.J:tee1 J:rb2
45. ' e3 c8 46.J:rc1 ~g4
47. 2 J:ra2 48.J:rg1 f5
49.J:rgf1 J:rb250. e7 ~h3 0-1
The conclu ion in Schach
Magazin 64 wa : ' ... vielleicht
verdi ent da. Qualitiit opfer mehr
Beachtung
angenommen.'
al gemeinhin
How Novelties are Born
by Ahmed Odeev
Gl10.2 (097)
For more than 30 year I have been
trainer of the Turkmeni tan corre-
pondence team, and I constantly
pl ay through tournament games,
and !love watching li ve game .
A nd oon 24thJul y l wa watching
M orozevich-Giri from Round J
of the 45th Biel f e tival. It was a
Grtin feld Defence, Ru ian Sy -
tern : l.d4 tt:l f6 2.c4 g6 3.tt:lc3 d5
4.tt:l f3 ~g7 5.~b3 dc4 6. c4 0-0
7 .e4- and now 7 .. ..lit.e6!!!
:i"
.li.l
if R~
.li.i..l
.a ... .t
26
M y surpri e and j oy knew no
bound - after all, th i variation
was introduced by my brother
.Khanzhar Odeev back in 199 1!
But the idea and the analy e of the
vari ati on occurred much earlier.
Youth ful memories immediately
came flooding back: tudy and
trai ning e sion for USSR Junior
Championship and quali fy ing
tournaments for the World Cham -
pionship , with lessons lasting
I 0- 12 hour a day plus 4 hours of
physical preparation. I u ed to ub-
cribe to 15 magazine from vari-
ous countries one of which I
received as a collaborati ng author
- that was New in Chess. !made an
opening card index in which
much attention was devoted to the-
oretical reviews of tournament .
Khanzhar was analysi ng all the
time, ince he used to play about
I 00 games simultaneously by cor-
re pondence.
Particular allention wa pa id to
theoreti cal positi ons from the Si -
cilian Defence - the Najdorf and
Dragon Variati ons -, to the
Grtin fe ld Defence and to the Volga
Gambi t.
T he result was the emergence of
new variation in the aj dor f after
l .e4 c5 2.tt:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.llJd4
tt:l f6 5.tt:lc3 a6 6.~g5 e6 7.f4 tt:lc6!
(Yearbooks 93, 94, 98, 99 and I 00)
and after 6.f4 e5 7.tt:lf3 tt:lbd7 8.a4
- 8 ... d5! 1 (Yearbook 17), and in
the Grtin fe ld Defence after l .d4
tt:l f6 2.c4 g6 3.tt:lc3 d5 4.cd5 tt:ld5
5.e4 tt:lc3 6. bc3 ~g7 7.tt:l f3 c5
8.J:rbl 0-0 9.~e2 cd4 I O.cd4 a5
I I. ~d2 ~a2 12.0-0 - 12 ... ~d7!
(Yearbook 2 1) and an interesting
idea in the Russian Sy tem -
7 ... ~e6!.
Now the game:
Morozevich,Aiexander
Giri,An ish
Biel 2012 (1)
1.d4 tt:lf6 2.c4 g6 3.tt:lc3 d5
4.tt:lf3 ~g7 5. b3
'Thj y tem, defined by the earl y
development of the wbite queen on
b3, i one of the most intere ting in
the Grtin feld Defence. After con-
ceding the centre to the opponent
with his next move, Bl ack ga ins
good opportuniti es for creating ac-
tive counterpl ay. The move 5. b3
wa introduced by Ragozin in
1932 in a game again t Roma-
novsky' , write B otvinnik and
E trin in their J979 monograph on
the Grtin feld Defence.
5 ... dc4 6. ~c4 0-0 7.e4 ~e6 !
The Ia t time thi occurred in an
over-the-board tournament wa · in
1988. The basic idea of Black '
move is simple - to provoke an
earl y d4-d5 by White attack hi s
centre w ith ... c6 and then ... e6, and
achieve a harmoniou arrange-
ment of the pieces.
8. b5
A novelty.
:i"
.li.l
if R~
.l.l.i..l
.a ... .t
On encountering a surprise in the
fi rst round, M orozevich deviate
from the cri tica l path . T he main
positions of thi variation ari e af-
ter 8.d5 ~c8 9.~ f4 c6 I O.l::rd I b5
II . b3 ~a5 12.tt:ld2 a6 and 8.d5
~c8 9..lit.e2 c6 10.0-0 cd5 ll.ed5
e6 12.de6 ~e6.
' When preparing for a tournament,
a di fficult questi on alway arise :
how to determj ne the range of vari -
ation that an opponent will play in
a game? You have to take into ac-
count the vari ations that the oppo-
nent usuall y plays, the vari ation
that he play rarely and tho e
which may even have occurred
only once. But thi s is not yet uffi-
cient, ince it is hard to count on
ucces in a game i f in the opening
you don' t prepare something new
and unex pected fo r your opponent.

Therefore, when studying your op-
ponent's style, his ta tes, his pro-
nouncements and hi attitude to
the forthcomi ng battle, you have to
determine with the greate t proba-
bility what new opening , posi-
tiona.l set-up and variation he i
intending to employ' - Bole-
lavsky and Bondarevsky.
It would be interesting to know :
what had Giri prepared in the main
variations?
8... ~d7 9. cS
Whynot9. g5rightaway?-Giri.
White cou ld have played 9.'i!Yb3,
tran posing into positions th at
ari e after the well-known moves
l .d4 lLJf6 2.c4 g6 3.lLJc3 d5 4.'i!Yb3
dc4 5.'ifc4 ~e6 6. b5 ~d7
(Bole lav ky 's move) 7.'ifb3 ~g7
8.lLJf3 0-0 9.e4 with good play.
9... b6 1 O.'ifgS cS 11.dc5 ~c6
Black wou ld have been better after
Giri 's suggestion .l l ... lLJc6!
12.~e2 h6 13.'i!Ye3 (if 13 .~h4,
then 13 ... g5!) l 3 ... lLJb4 14. d2
~e6 15 .0-0bc5 16.a3 lLJc6 17.l:tdl
'ili'd2 18 ..1:td2 lLJa5 with a trong
initiative on the queenside. Or if
12.~c4, then 12... b5! , when
13 .~b5 ? fai ls to 13 ... lLJe4!, while
after l3 .~b3 b4 14.lLJe2 lLJe4
Black ha the better game.
12. h4 bcS 13 .~e2
13.~h6 ('there isn' t a real threat'-
Giri) 13 ...~h6 ( 1 3 ... b6) 14. h6
~e4 ( 14 .. .lLJe4? 15.lLJe4 ~e4
16.lLJg5 mating). We think that af-
ter 1 3. ~h6?!, 13... lLJbd7 1 4.~g7
~g7 15 ..1:tc I e6 I6.lLJd2 l:tb8 17.b3
lLJe5 gives Black a better game.
13 ... e6 14.~g5 h6 15. ~h6
15.e5 wa bad becau e of 15 ... hg5
16.lLJg5 lLJh5 17 .~h5 ~h6-+ .
15 ... lLJe4
1 5...~h6 1 6.~h6 ~b6 17 .e5 ~2
18.0-0± Giri .
16. f4 lLJc3 17.~g7 ~g7
18.bc3 f6 19. e3
The exchange of queen would
have given B lack lightly the
better endgame: 19. f6 ~ f6
20.0-0 lLJd7 2 1.lLJd2 lLJb6 22.c4
lLJa4 23.lLJb3 .l:tad8.
19... lLJd7 20.0-0 .!:tabS 21 ..1:tfd1
.l:tfd8
2 l ... .l:tb6 22 ..1:td6 ~ f3 23 ..1:tb6 ab6
24.~ f3= Giri. AI o nothing wa
given by 2 l.. ..l:tb2 22 ..1:td2 .l:tfb8
23 ..1:tad I .l:td2 24.'ifd2ltb725.~a6
~ f3 26. ~b7 ~d I 27.~d7 ~e2
28.'i¥d2=.
22.h3
22 ..1:td6?! ~ f3 23.~f3 lLJe5 24 ..1:td8
lt:)f3 25.'i!Yf3 'i!Yf3 26.gf3 .l:td8
would have led to a rook endgame
w ith the better chance for Black.
22 ... ~d5 23.a4
'At this point I might be a bit
wor e'- Giri .
23 ... a5?!
'I have to make a move '. 23 ... l:!.b3
24 ..1:tac I .l:ta3 25 .~b5 - Giri.
23 .. .~f3 24. ~f3 'i!Ye5 25.~e5
lLJe5 26. ~e2 g5 deserve consider-
ation, with equality in the end-
game.
24 ..1:tab1 ~b3 25 ..1:td6 ~a4
26 ..1:ta1 'ife7
26 ... .1:tb6! ? 27 ..1:tb6 lLJb6 28.'iitc5
lLJd5 29 ..1:ta4 lLJc3 30. c4 lLJa4
3 1. a4 'i!Yc3 32. ~b5 .l:td6 with
sli ghtly the better chance for
Black.
27 ..1:ta6 ~bS 28.~b5 l:lbS
29 ..1:ta7 .l:tdb8 30.lLJe5
Nothing wa given by 30.tii'f4
.l:t8b7 31.l:tla5 .l:tbl 32. ~h2 lLJ f6
33 ..1:tb7 .l:tb7 34. e5 c7 35 ..1:tc5
e5 36.lLJe5 lLJe4 37 ..l:tc8 lLJ f2
38 .'1Pg3 lLJd I , with equality.
30 ... l:t8b7 31 ..1:tb7 .l:tb7 32 ..1:ta5
'ifd6?
A blunder! Correct was 32 ... .1:tb I
33.'1Ph2 ~d6 34.f4 with equal pl ay
- Giri.
.i
33.f4?
33.'i!Yh6+ ! ( 0 my God, o my God,
this is embarra ing') 33 ... '.tg8
Forum
(33 ... '.tf6 34.~f4) 34.'ifh8 '.th8
35 .lLJf7- Giri .
33 ... .1:tb1 34 . ~ h2 lLJeS 35.fe5
'ifd1 36.'iff2 'ifh1 37.'.tg3 l:lf1
38.'ifc5 .l:td1 39.'ife3
39.~f2 .l:tf l 40.'ife3 .l:te I 41. f4
.l:tfl = Giri.
39 ... 'iff1 40. ~h2 .l:te1 41 .'i!Yd2
41.~d4? 'i!Yh I 42 .~g3 .l:te2-+
Giri .
41 ... 'ifg1 42.<;i.Jg3 l:te3 43.<;i.lf4
I f 43.Wg4, then 43 ... .1:te4 44.<;i.J f3
.!:te l 45.Wg3 .l:tdl 46. e2 g5=.
43 ... g5 44.Wg4
44.'.tg5! .l:th3 (44 .. ..1:tg3?! 45.Wh5
.l:tg6 46 ..1:ta4) 45.Wg4 .l:th6:f Giri .
44 ... Wh6 45 ..1:ta4?
A blunder in an equal po ition.
Correct was 45 ..1:ta8! .l:te4 46.Wg3
lte5 47 ..1:th8 Wg7 48 ..1:td8 'ife3.
45 ... l:le5 46.h4
46 ... f6?
Black throws away his advantage.
There was an immediate win by
46 .. .f5! 47. ~ f3 'iffl 48.Wg3 f4
49.Wg4 'ifb5!.
47.<Jo>f3 'ifh2
47...'iffl 4 .<Jo>g3l:te2 49.hg5 <Jo>g6
50 . ~d3 f5 51 .'i!Yf3 ~d I 52.l:td4
with equal play.
48.hg5 fgS 49.l:te4?
A final and decisive mi take. Cor-
rect was 49 ..1:tg4! l:f5 50.We2 with
equa l play.
49 ... l:tf5 50.<Jo>e3 ~g3
and White re igned.
This was how thi s dramatic and far
from faultles game concluded.
After al o losing in the nex t round
to Bacrot, Alexander Morozevich
w ithdrew from the tournament due
to illne .
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Ben·amin's
Money in the Benk?
We look to the top-rated player
for guidance in the opening, which
wo rks pretty well if we want to
keep up with the late t develop-
ment in the lav or the atalan or
the ajdorf. I thought it might be
intere ting to take a look at an ope-
ning that doe n' t appear ooftenin
the top tournaments and get an
idea how the bi g boy play them
for either ide. I noticed the Benko
Gambit pop up recentl y in a few
by Joel Benjamin major tournament and reali zed
that in all the commentary I've
done on the Internet he s lub, I
can o nl y recall seeing the opening
a couple of time . That and the fact
that our name are o close on the
rating li t made the choice for me.
For the main material 1 earched
for games in 201 2 where at lea t
one of the player was rated 2675
or higher. On the Blac k ide I
fo und champion in the veteran
Victor Bologan and the new Ru -
sian Champion Dmi try Andre ikin.
Nyzhnyk,lllya
Bologan,Victor
Turkey t1 201 2 (1 2)
1.d4 ltJf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cb5
In a couple of game thi year
Bl ack demonstrated an effecti ve
plan against 4.'ft'c2 bc4 5.e4 d6
6.~c4 g6 7.ttJc3 (7 .b3? ttJe4! wa
an aw kward mo ment fo r I an
Soko lov again t Ivanchuk in the
20 I0 Olympiad) 7 .. .~g7 8.ttJ f3
0-0 9.0-0 ttJfd7 (9 ... ~a6 IO . ~a6
ttJa6 II . e2 ttJc7 12. d2 a6
13.a4 ttJd7 14.ttJc4 ttJe5 15.ttJe5
~e5 16.f4 ~g7 17 .<~hl l:tb8
28
Takes
18. l:ta3 l:t b4 19.ttJa2 l:td4 20. c2
f5, Bo iocic-Yan We ly, Aix-les-
Bain 20 12) I O .~g5 ~a6 ll .b3
ltJb6 1 2 .~a6 ttJa6 13.l:tac I 'ft'd7
14.'ife2 ttJc7 15.l:tfd I a6 16.a4
l:tab8 17.ttJd2 f5
(thi s won' t be the Ia t time yo u ee
thi idea) 18.f3 fe4 19.fe4 e6
Gelfa nd-Andre ikin, A tana Wch
blitz 20 12. Blac k won handil y in
both ca e .
4 ...a6 5.f3 g6
Black has a fu ndamental cho ice
here.
The harp line wi th 5 ... e6 ha been
under a cloud since aka mura '
impon ant di covery in 2008: 6.e4
ed5 7.e5 e7 8.'ft'e2 ltJg8 9.ttJc3
~b7 IO.ttJh3 c4 ll.ttJ f4 c5
12.ttJfd5! ~d 5 1 3.~e3 'ifb4
14.a3! a5 1 5 .~d 2 ~e6 16.ttJd5
d8 17. c4 l:ta7 18.l:tc I with a
big advantage, aka mura-
Yachier-Lagrave, Cap d' Agde
rapid 2008. yzhnyk al o won a
game in this line last year. Blac k
ha a a fer option in 5 ... ab5 6.e4
'it'a5 7.~d2 b4 8.ltJa3 and now e i-
ther the afe 8 ... d6 orthe enterpri -

ing 8 .. .e6. Bologan ' choice keep
a more traditional Benko tructure.
6.e4 .ig7
Black often tri es to save a tempo
on the routine 6 ...d6 in order to at-
tack the centre faster with ... e7-e6.
However you have to be prepared
if White call your blu ff with 7.e5,
a Vladimir Kramnik did (though
not many other player have)
7...tLlg8 8.f4 d6 9.tLlf3 tLld7
IO.tLlc3 de5 I J.fe5 tLle5 12. ba6
and now instead of 12 ...llt'a5?!
13.tLle5 ~e5 14 ..ib5 'it.?f8 15.'\lff3
with a promising initiative (Kram-
nik-Ponomari ov, Nice blindfold
20 I0) Black should play 12 ....ia6,
e.g. 13.tLle5 .ie5 14 ..ia6 l:!a6
15.fi'e2 llt'd6 l6.tLle4 llt'd5
1 7 . ~a6 ~e4 18. e2 ffh4 with
sufficient compensati on for the
exchange.
7.tLla3
From this ga me 7.tLla3 look a bit
optimi tic to me and White should
probably settle for the traightfor-
ward 7.tLlc3 . Two high-l.evel ex-
amples: 7 .. .0-0 8.tLlh3 d6 9.tLlf4
tLlbd7 IO .~e2 ab5 II .tLlb5 tLle8
12.0-0 .ia6 with typical Benko
compensation (Grischuk-Caruana,
European Club Cup, Plovdi v
20 10) and 7 ...0-0 8.a4 e6 9.tLlh3
.ib7 IO.de6 fe6 ll..ie3 d5 12 ..ic5
l:!e8 (Mamedyarov-Carl sen, Mos-
cow Wch blitz 2007). The latter
Dmitry Andrelkin
may suit for a blitz game, though I
doubt Carl en would be a confi -
dent at a low time contro l.
7 ...0-0 8.tLle2 e6 9.d6
I'm not convinced Whjte's under-
developed position can back up
thi advance. But White's support
of the centre is a step slower after
the natural 9.tLlc3. Blac k has an
unlikely looking bu t interesting
option: 9 ....ib7 IO ..ic4 ed5
I I .tLld5 tLld5 12 ..id5 ab5!?
13.tLlb5 a5 14.tLlc3 .id5 15. d5
.ic3 is good fo r Black, but 13..ib7
l:!a3 looks okay as well.
9 ... tLle8 1 O.tLlc3 ab5 11 .tLlab5
tLlc6 12.~e3 .ia6 13. d2
1 3 .~c5 g5 is awkward fo r White.
13 .. .f5 14.~c5 fe4 15.tLle4 l:!f5
Blac k has a strong initi ative.
Radjabov,Teimour
Andreikin,Dmitry
Astana W ch blitz 201 2 (24}
1.d4 tLlf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cb5
a6 S.b6
Thi ee ms to be Radjabov's favor-
ite.
5 ... g6 6.tLlc3 .ig7 7.e4 d6 8.tLlf3
tLlbd7 9 ..ie2 0-0 10.0-0 l:!b8
Benjamin's Opening Takes
Bl ack maintain his options of
how to capture on b6; perhap the
rook will take if White should go
fo r a2-a4. lvanchuk opted to cap-
ture immediately I O... tLlb6 and an-
wer ll .a4 with ll ... .ig4!?. It i
alway a dilemma fo r Bl ack
whether to play .. .a6-a5 or not.
Here Black mitigates hjs lack of
pace by wapping a piece that i
sometimes tarved fo r squares.
12.a5 .if3 13 ..if3 tLlc4 14. a4
(White could try to ave th i tempo
with 14 ..ie2; then 14 ...tLla5
15. a4 tLl b7 16 ..ia6 exchange
White' cramping a-pawn but
leave the knight very pa ive on
b7. One crazy po sibili ty is
16. .. b6 17. c6! c6 l8.dc6
tLld8 19.c7 tLle6 20.tLlb5 c4 2 1..ie3
tLlg4 22 ..ib7 l:!a I 23.l:!a I tLlc7
24 .tLlc7 tLle3 25.fe3 .ib2 26Jia4
c3 27 .l:!c4 l:! b8 28 ..ic6 l:! b3 and
Wh ite seems to keep winning
chance) 14 ... tLle5 15 ..ie2 tLle8
16 ..ig5 tLlc7 17.f4 tLld7 18.e5 f6
19.ef6 ( 19.ed6 ed6 20 ..ih4 l:! b8
2 1..ig4 g5 22 ..id7 gh4 23 ..ie6
'it.?h8 24.f5 h3 is di ffic ult to evalu-
ate) 19 ....if6 20.~ f6 tLlf6 and the
pl ayer unfortunately agreed to a
draw in Radjabov-Iva nchuk, Wij k
aan Zee 20 12.
11 .tLld2
Against ll .l:!b I Andreikin found a
creati ve and entirely different plan:
ll.. .tLlb6 12.h3 tLla8 13..if4 tLlh5
14 ..ih2 .ih6 15.l:!e l tLlf4 16 ..ifl
tLlc7 17 .10th I e5 l8.de6 fe6 19.tLle2
tLle2 20 ..ie2 e5 2 1..ic4 .ie6
22 ..ie6 tLle6 23.'itd5 llt'e7
24.l:!edl l:! b6 25 .tLld2 .id2
(Melkumian-Andreikin , Pl ovdi v
Ech 20 12) and Bl ack had a com-
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 fortable po ition , though he
mi sed a textbook win on move 67:
18.l!Jde4 c4 19.i.g4 ~ h8
20.i.e6
20.l!Jg5 wa perhap more accu-
~ g.
.. ~.t..t.t.
rate, a Bl ack can now di rupt ~ .t.
White's plan with 20 ... cb3
~ ~
21. b3 l:c4.
20 ... i.a6 21.l!Jb5 ~ ..
Wh.ite ha a clear advantage. ltJ ltj~
~~ ~~~
Gavrilov,Alexey
Andreikin,Dmitry 1:1 jL~J:l
Moscow 2012 (2)
1.d4 l!Jf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cb5 13.l:e2
a6 5.ba6 g6 6.l!Jc3 i.a6 7.l!Jf3 Thi is a maneuver you ee occa-
Gelfand tried a more aggres ive ionally but l don ' t think it accom-
ow 67 .. .<;.f;>c3 (in tead of approach again t Carl en in the pli he much. I think White must
67...~d3?) 68.g4 l:d4! i an ele- Amber rapid 20 II : 7.e4 i.fl directly combat Black' plan of in-
mentary win . Beyond the cope of 8 .~fl d6 9.g3 i.g7 IO.<t >g2 t!J bd7 vading with a knight; omething
our di cu. sion, but we have to ll.f4!? 0-0 12.l!J f3 l!Je8 13.l:e l like 13.'it'e2 'it'a5 14. g5 offer
know endgame , too. l!Jc7 14.i.d2 l!Jb6 15.'it'e2 'it'd? more hope for a good po ition.
Finally, ll .b7 help Black execute 16.b3 f5 and Black was already 13 ... 'it'a5 14.l:c2 l!Jge5 15.l!Je5
Andreikin ' plan in the text game: better. l!Je5 16.'it'e2 'it'a6 17.'iWa6 l:a6
ll ... i.b7 12. h3 l!Je8 13.i.g5 l!Jc7 7 ... i.g7 8.e4 18.i.d2 l:b8 19.l:d1 ttJd3 20.b3
14.'it'd2 f5 with good play for Thi i the ma.in line if you go by l!Jb4 21.l:b2 l:a3 22.i.e1 f5
Black, Bruzon Bati ta-Leon ECO (which of cour e ju t repre- 23.ef5 gf5 24.l:e2 Wf7 25.h3
Hoyo , Quito 20 12. ents a moment in time when the l:b7 26.g4 i.c3 27.i.c3 l!Ja2
11 ... l!Jb6 12.a4 ttJfd7 code was created), but I ee little Black went on to win the endgame.
Andreikin adopt a thematic faith in this move nowaday and the
though often ri ky plan to under- result don 't look very impre ive. Wang Hao
mine White's centre wi th .. .f7-f5. till , Magnus Carl en ha found Bologan,Victor
13.'it'c2 i.b7 14.h3 a5 15.l:d1 him elf on both ide of this move. Biel 2012 (5)
l:c816.b3 f5 17.i.b2 8 ...i.f1 9.~f1 d6 10.g3 1.d4 ttJf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cb5
White can al o ca tie by hand with a6 5.ba6 g6 6.l!Jc3 i.a6 7.g3
h2-h3 and ~ fi -g l-h2. It take one d6 8.l!Jf3 .tg7 9 ..tg2 0-0
more move, but the g4-square i 1 O.l:b1 i.c8
denied to a black knight.
10 ... 0-0 11 .<itg2 ttJbd712.l:e1
Again t Andrei kin in Astana 2012,
Carlsen him elf opted for 12.'it'e2
and direct play in the centre:
12 ... a5 13.e5! ? de514.l!Je5 l!Je5
15. e5 l:a7 16.l:d l l:d8 (White
can hardly hold the weak d-pawn
after his early central thrust)
17. e2 l:tad7 18. f3 c4 19.i.e3
17... fe4 l!Jd5 20. l!Jd5 l:d5 21.l:d5 d5
Thi fall in with White' plan a bit 22. d5 lld5 23.1: I i.b2 24.l:c4
to much. ritical eems to be i.a3. The a-pawn m.ight confer
17 ... i.d4 with computer-generated winning chance to White in the
tactics in the offing: 18.l!Jf3 fe4 bi hop ending, but not with rook
19.l!Jd4 cd4 20.l:d4 e3!? (B lack on the board, and the game wa
has everal playable alternative eventuall y drawn.
here) 2 l .fe3 e5 22.de6 'it'g5 23.e4! 12... l!Jg4
e3 24.~h I d4 25.l:d I 'it'e3 ot on ly avoidi ng implification
26.ed7 l!Jd7 27.'it'd2 'itd2 28.l:d2 but heading for the tender
l!Jf6 with a probable draw. d3- quare. Victor Bologan

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Black's bi shop maneuver certa inly
looks strange but it is trategically
moti vated.
1Ul)d2 ..tf5 12.e4
On 12.l:ta I tt:\a6 the knight come
chargi ng in.
12 ...-tca 13.0-0 ..ta6 14.l:te1
~ R.
l.l..i.l.
I. ,.,
l. ts
lS
ttJ lS
lSlS ttJ lSJi..lS
~~~~ ~ he want a queenside fianchetto.
Black ha conceded four tempi ,
but they are not nece sari ly moves
that White want . He would prefer
to play e2-e4 on ly after deterring
all po sible incursion on the
d3- quare.
14... tt:\fd7?!
Bologan has a concrete idea, but
how long can Black go back-
ward ? Better i 14 ... tt:\bd7 or per-
hap first 14 .....td3 IS.l:ta I tt:\bd7
16.-tfl ( 16.tt:\f3 c4 17.tt:\d4 tt:\dS )
16... -tfl l7.l:t fl aS, followed by
~a6 and the u ua l assault on the
d3- quare.
15.tt:\f3!
Black' choi ce of kni ght looks
good after I S...tfl tt:\eS.
15.....tc4 16...tf4 tLlb6
Black ha gone through a lot to try
to grab a pawn and Wang Hao uses
all tho e free move to develop an
initi ative.
17.e5! ..ta2 18.l:ta1 ..tds
19.tt:\d5 :ta1 20.tt:\e7 e7
21. a1 d5 22.e6 fe6 23 ...ih3
Whi te tand clearly better.
Le Quang Liem
Bologan,Victor
Astana W ch blitz 2012 (28)
1.d4 tt:\f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cb5
a6 5.ba6 g6 6.tt:\c3 ..ta6 7.g3
d6 8 ...tg2 ..tg7 9.tt:\f3 tt:\bd7
10.l:tb1
Thi has been a hot idea for a few
years. The timing is crucial be-
cau e I 0.0-0 tt:\b6 I l.l:tb I allows
ll.....tc4! .
10 ... 0-0 11 .0-0 aS
White will have to work a little if
12...td2
The main alternative 12.ftc2
looks quite logical ; White pre-
serves the option of a fianchetto
and prepare to upport dS with
l:t fl -dl. Fabiano Caruana, one of
the mo t Benko-friendl y 2700+
players, tried 12 ... tt:\b6 aga in t the
oon-to-be Ukrainian Champion :
13.l::td l tt:\ fd7 14...td2 tt:\c415 ...te.l
l:tfb8 16."ii'c I tt:\deS 17.tt:\e5 tt:\eS
18.h3 ..tc8 19.b3 c4, Korobov-
Caruana, A erotlot 2012. White
eventually won, though Bl ack
looked okay for a good while.
12.....tb7!?
Bologan aga in takes a step back-
ward to provoke e2-e4 and open up
the light quar . 12 ... :tfb8 is
played far more often, part ly be-
cause it i so obvious as well as
non-committal. AI o interesting i
12 ...tt:\g4 13. c2 tt:\geS 14.b3 tt:\ f3
LS ...tf3 "ii'a3 16.-tcl ~b4 17 ...td2
tt:\eS 18 ...tg2 c4 with acceptable
compensation for the pawn,
Erdogdu-Caruana, Aix -les-Bains
Ech 20 II. ote the imilarity to
the afore-mentioned Korobov-
Caruana, despite the fact that
Fabiano manoeuvred his kni ght
differently in the two games.
13.ftc2
13.tt:\e l l:tfb8 14.tt:\c2 tt:\e8 I S.b4
a616.bc5dc517.l:tb3 tt:\d6wa
about equaJ in Bartei- Bo logan
Eretria 20 I I .
Benjamin's Opening Takes
13.l:te l ~c7 14.e4 tt:\g4 15.a4 ..ta6
16.h3 tt:\geS 17 .tt:\eS tt:\eS 18 ...tfl
..tfl 19.l:tfl b7 20. b3 and after
the ubiquitous 20 ... f5 Bl ack once
again obtained good play,
Abramovic-Vuckovic, V rnjacka
Banja 2010.
13...'\Wa7
Thi i apparently a novelty. There
are a few game with 13 .. .'Wa6
14.e4 e6.
14.e4 ..ta6 15.J:tfd1 tt:\g4
16...te1 J:tfb8 17.b3 tt:\ge5
18.tt:\e5 tt:\e5 19.h3
It is easy to make subtle error in
blitz, but White needed to play
19.a4 to maintai n an okay position.
The point 19 ... c4 20.b4 gives
White's queenside freedom to
move forward.
19... c4!
Benko pl ayer have to under-
stand the do ' . and don' ts of thi s
advance. Don ' t play it if a white
kni ght can jump to c6 via d4, or if
White can pu h b3-b4 ... unle s
you can sink your knight into d3.
20.b4?! tt:\d3 21 .a3 .tea
Black had more than enough for
the pawn and went on to win .
Sandipan,Chanda
Andreikin,Dmitry
Moscow 2012 (4)
1.d4 tt:\f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cb5
a6 5.ba6 g6 6.tt:\c3 ..ta6 7.tt:\f3
d6 8.g3 tt:\bd7 9 ...ig2 ..tg7
1O.l:tb1 0-0 11 .0-0 tt:\e8!?
Yet another approach empha izing
the underminin g of the centre over
queenside pres ure.
12. c2 tt:\c7 13.l:td1 tt:\b6
Several player have tried
13... ..tc3!? with the idea of win-
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ning back a pawn, whether it be the
e-, d-, or a- pawn. I think White ha
orne attracti ve po ibil ities, for
instance 14. c3 .i..e2 15 ..i..h6 tLl f6
16.l:te I tLlcd5 17 ...Wd2 ~b5
18..i..f8 ..Wf8 19.a3. Bl ack ha com-
pen ation for the exchange, but
White ha a more plea ant po ition
wi th no weakne e and a poten-
tially u eful pa ed pawn on the
queenside.
14.e4 .i..c8 1S.b3 fS
There i that move again. I' m ur-
pri ed how often Black i able to
execute thi move effecti vely. At
lea t here Wh.i te i able to how
orne drawbacks to thi s thru. t wi th
a pawn sacri fice.
16.eS!? deS 17.tLlgS e4 18..i..e3
.i..d4
Bl ack al o look okay after
18... .i..c3!? 19. c3 tLlcd5. Gi ving
up the fi anchettoed bi hop for a
knight i a common motif in the
Benko, though thi is not exactl y a
typical ca e.
19. d2 ~e3 20.fe3 d6
21.l:tbc1 l:td8
ow 22.tLlce4 fe4 23.tLle4 would
produce a me y but balanced po-
ition.
Finally we ee a Grtinfeld maven
try his hand at the Benko. In an in-
tere ting twi t, he makes the lead-
ing ' Volgan' face hi favourite
opening.
Andreikin,Dmitry
Svidler,Peter
Moscow ch·RUS 201 2 {5)
1.tLlf3 tLlf6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 .i..g7
4.g3 cs S.dS bS 6.cbS a6 7.ba6
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0-0 8 ..i..g2 d6 9.0-0 tLlbd7 26.tLld2 d3 27 .b4 tLld4
1O.tLlc3 tLlb6 28.l:tc3 e2 29.bcS deS
Thi fine e date back to the hey- 30.l:tcS tLlcS 31. cS eS 32.de6
day of the Benko mae tro Lev tLle6 33. d6 1-o
Albun, who ought to avoid the
maneuver d l -c2 and l:t fl -d I.
11 .l:te1 ~a6 12.tLld2 ~ b7
13.tLlf1 tLlfd7 14.tLle3 l:ta6
1S. d2 a8 16.b3 .i..d4
17.tLlc2 .i..g7 18.tLle3 ~d4
19.tLlc2
Unfo rced repetition were un for-
tunately prevalent in the Russian
Superfi nal. White may have feared
I 9 ..i..b2 tLlf6, but 20.tLlb5 offer
orne con olidation, e.g. 20 ....i..b2
(20 ....i..e3 2 1...We3 tLlbd5 22 ..i..d5
tLld5 23. h6±) 2 1. b2 and
White benefit fro m the twin
threat of tLlc7 and tLld6.
19....i..g7 20.tLle3 'h-'h
Speaki ng of Lev A lbun, the tire-
Lev Alburt
le upporter of the Benko Gam-
bit recently played hi fi rst
tournament in year . He did pl ay a T here i a lot to learn from high-
Benko, and though it wasn' t uc- level game , and a li ttle digging
ce ful, it brought back fond mem- can be very fruitful. I found the
orie to ee him at it again . Benko to offer lot of dynamic
po ibilitie and a variety of plan .
Kaidanov,Gregory While all but a few player will
Alburt,Lev only hazard the Benko Gambit in
Rockville 2012 {5) blitz, blind fo ld, or rapid play, it
1.d4 tLlf6 2.c4 cS 3.dS bS 4.cbS look a ound as j ust about any-
a6 S.ba6 g6 6.tLlc3 .i..g7 7.e4 thing el e to me (they are all happy
0-0 8.tLlf3 d6 9 ..i..e2 .i..a6 10.0-0 to give thei r c4-pawn in the Cata-
..Wb6 11.h3 tLlbd7 12.l:te1 tLle8 lan, but not o much thi one). So
13..i..a6 l:ta6 14.l:te2 tLlc7 readers, i f your favourite opening
1S ..i..f4 ..Wb4 16.l:tc1 l:tb8 17.a3 i. n ' t being played much or heavil y
c4 18. d2 l:tab6 19.l:tc2 analysed at the top level , be pa-
.i..c3 20.l:tc3 a2 21.l:tc2 f6 tient and dig around a bit and you
22. c1 l:tb3 23 . ~ h2 tLlbS might manage to fi nd enlighten-
24.l:te3 l:te3 2S.~e3 b3 ment and encouragement.
 Kuzmin's Harvest

Openings Episodes

It i trange, but the opening bat-

tles of the 201 2 Tal Memoria l have
mainly tuck in my memory not
for their vivid idea , but their
hard-to-explain ' breakdown ' .
Moreover, these were in the game
of tho e pl ayer fo r whom defect
in the ir preparation could be lea t
expected. We ll , it i not often that
an opening review begins with thi
by Alexey Kuzmin phrase ab ut the winner of a
uper-tournament :
The opening preparation of
Mag nu. Carl sen looked unexpect-
edl y weak...

Spots on the Sun Magnus Carlsen

The y te m with ca tling and A novelty!

6 ...d5 again t 4.'i!i'c2 in the
Nimzo-lndi an Defence i regu-
larly played by Kramnik . And the
7.e3 b6 8.cd5 variation occurred in
a rapid game between the a me op-
ponent at the Botvinnik Me mo-
rial in Mo cow Ia t year. That
game continued 8 ...tDd5 9.'fi'c2
.b6 IO.~a6 tDa6 ll .e4 and White
eized control of the centre. atu-
rall y, the capture with the pawn on
the e ighth move could have been
fully expected ...
The further development of event
Nl20.3- E32 in the game wa log ical and quite
Carlsen,Magnus predictable. Black exchanged
Kramnik,Vladimir bishops and advanced hi pawn to
Moscow 2012 (1) c5. Mag nu developed his kni ght
1.d4 tDf6 2.c4 e6 3.tDc3 ~b4 on e2 and with b2-b3 he prevented
4.'fi'c2 0-0 5.a3 ~c3 6.'~c3 d5 the e izure of pace by ... c5-c4.
7.e3 b6 8.cd5 ed5 9.~d3N Kramnik removed the tension in
33
the centre and with tt:lc5 attacked
the pawn, which had to be
defended.
9 ...~a6 10.~a6 tt:la6 11 . d3
'itc8 12. e2 c5 13.b3 cd4
14. d4 tt:lc5 15.1i'd1 a6!
The outcome of thi very natural
play wa a position in whi ch White
had to olve a problem involving
ca tling!
What the leader of the world rating
li t, M agnus Carl en, analy ed at
home i quite incomprehensible!
g.
'~'
~ ~
~~ ~ ttJ
tO~~~
~ ~ \t> l:[
In the game after 16.tt:l f4? ! d4
( 16 ... .1:t fe8 17.b4 tba4 18. e2
d4 !?t was al so attracti ve)
Kramnik began a direct attack .
A lthough M agnus managed to
hold the po ition, it would appear
th at Vladimir did not ex pl oi t all
hi re ources.
In the di agram position Houdini
recommend , a the le er ev il,
16.0-0 tt:lb3 17. b3 e2 1 8 . ~ b2
and if 18 ... c4 19. d l with
counterpl ay ufficient for equal -
ity. But it ha to be agreed : to em-
ploy a novel ty and after half a
dozen natural moves begin openly
fi ghting for a draw i not at all
' manl y!
That was the fir t day. In the
second round Carlsen had Black
against Morozevich ...
In the same vari ation of the
imzo- Indian Defence M agnus
cho e a more fi ghting continua-
ti on -4 ... d5 . In reply Morozevi ch
exchanged pawn and pl ayed
6 . ~g5. Thi had been played
again t Carl en at lea t three
rime before.
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Nl23.15- E35 12.tt:le2± tt:ldc5
Morozevich,Aiexander We wi ll not ca ll thi , the only
Carlsen,Magnus move, a novelty, merely because it
Moscow 2012 (2) had not previou ly occurred!
1.d4 tt:lf6 2.c4 e6 3.tt:lc3 ~b4 Pribor ky-Gordon, Liverpool
4. c2 d5 5.cd5 ed5 6. ~g5 h6 2008, went 12... a2? 1 3. ~d l !
7.~h4 c5 8.dc5 g5 9.~g3 tt:le4 and in thi s po ition, which is al-
10.e3 a511.l:tc1 mo t hopele for Bl ack, the play-
ot the mo t popular move, but by ers agreed a draw!
no mean a new one. 13.a3
In hi 1993 match with hort, After thi the game ru he like a
Kaspar ov pl ayed I l .~e5 and bobsleigh down a chute.
I l .tt:le2. 13 ... ~c3 14. c3 c3 15. c3
c3 16.l:tc3 tt:le4 17 ..1:tc7 g3
19.~b5 ~f8
g 18.hg3 .l:tb8
20. ~d2 '0Pg7 21 ..1:thc1±
~
.t ~ ' ~
~ ~
~~ ~~~
n w..tttJl:[
11 ... tt:ld7?
Of the four continuation th at have
occurred (apart from the move in
the game, the e are I I ... a2, It i clear that everyone ha the
ll ... ~ f5 and II ... c6) Carl sen ' right ' to make a mi take or even to
choo e the wor t. blunder. Thi al o happen , albeit
rarely, with elite pl ayer . It is an-
other thing that i inexplicable:
why, in a topica l variation regu-
larl y employed by M agnus, did he
eek a reply to the well-kn own
continuati on ll ..l:tc I at the board ?
It onl y remain. to add that the or-
wegian aved both game .
Incidentall y, the e two examples
erve a an additional illu trati on
to Joel Benj amin ' very intere tin g
and deep arti cle 'The ew Way to
Prepare' , devoted to an analy i of
arl en' approach to work on the
opening (Yearbook I 03).
I f with uch preparati on M agnus
Alexander Morozevlch took ole fir t place, the que ti on
ari se : do we perh ap overestimate
the importance of the op ning in
After the game M agnu called his general?
II th move a ' blu nder', expl aining Or i Carl sen already moving in a
that after 12.tt:le2 he wa intending tell ar orbit, beyond the bound of
to capture on a2 ... general law and rule !?

The fo llowing example urpri ed had already occurred, al o look
me no le than the two preceding quite good. Only, after 13.coPe2
one . Here lhe main performer wa Black hould not capture on d4,
the o.2 rat d player in the but play 13... ~c8! l4.ttle5 ttld5!.
world ... Again it i not clear: what had the
ronian champ prepared in reply
SL3.1 - D15 to the simple l l...e6 12.e3 ~b4
Aronian,Levon 13 .<ito>e2 ttlc6?
McShane,luke I f one reject the almo t unbeliev-
Moscow 2012 (3) able ver ion that, beginning with
1.d4 d5 V t.Jf3 ttlf6 3.c4 c6 6.a4, Le on wa playing ' by
4.tilc3 a6 5.~g5 dc4 6.a4 h6 ight ', it i hard to understand how
7.~h4 b5 8.ab5 cbS 9.ttlb5 ab5 in general thi p ition could have
10.tla8 ~b711 .tla1 occurred in hi game.
12 .~g3 e6 13.e3 ~b4 14.~e2
~ ~ · .a g 4.d4 ed4 5.ttld4
.t .l.l.l
~ .l
~ harp fi ght.
ttJ
8 8888
t:t ~~ t:t
An amazi ng po ilion!
It i amazing not in it elf, but for Thi i all very trange! I f you be-
the fact that A ron ian went in for it. lieve the rna media, almo t the
The e tra exchange i of cour e a entire national Armenian team
eriou advantage, but Black only help Levon ronian in hi prepa-
need to give a check on b4 and it ration , and yet at the board he ha
will almo t be mate! to defend wilh hi king on e2!
11 ... g5N 14... ttlc6 15.ttle1 ttla5 16 .~e5
part from the novelty in the 0-0 17.h4 g418.ttlc2 ~e7
game, ll ... e5 12.e3 ~b4, which Bl ack has uffic ient compen ati on
and the ea ier game.
However, I am ure that Aronian '
opening hie up wa merely a vex-
ing and i olated epi ode. It wa
imply lhat the 20 12 Tal M emoria l
was not hi tournament...
The third 2 00 player Vladimir
Kramnik, wa , a u ual, excel-
lently prepared in the opening.
Under a New X-ray
For nearly forty year lhe pri ate
Kroller-Miiller Mu eum near the
Dutch ci ty of Arnhem kept a pic-
ture by an unknown arti t ' till life
Levon Aronlan with meadow flower and ro e '.
Kuzmin's Harvest
Art critic con idered it to be f no
particular intere l. Recent ly Dutch
cienti t tudied the anva u ing
a new X -ray machine. Under the
ti Ill i fe, the depiction oft wo wre -
tier by the arne rna ter wa
ob erved on the canva .
And it al o tran pired that the ' un-
known ani t' was Vincent van
Gogh ...
SO 3.2- C47
Kramn ik,VIad imir
Aronian,Levon
Moscow 2012 (4)
1.e4 e5 2. f3 ttlc6 3. c3 f 6
Kramnik played thi s ancient varia-
tion in hi unofficial match wi th
Aronian (Zurich 20 12). Then
Levon replied 5 ... ~c5 and lost in a
5 ...~b4 6. c6 bc6 7.~d3 0-0
8.0-0 d5 9.ed5 cd5 10.h3 tle8
11 .'it'f3N
When I looked at lhe game from
the Zurich match, I lhought lhat
the appearan e of lhi forgotten
variation of lhe Scotch Game was
merely an i olated epi ode, a trib-
ute to the relaxed format of the
match. ow it ha become clear
that it wa no accident. The anti -
quarian y tern ha undergone an
inve tigation ' under the new
X-ray ' of Vladimir Kram nik.
11 ... c6 12. ~f4 ~d7 13.a3 ~c3
14.bc3 e4 15.tlfe1 'it't6
16. ~e4 de4 17. e3!
Surpri ingly, the defect of
White' pawn tructure en ure hi
bi hop far greater activity. The fur-
ther cour e of the game howed
35

Vladimir Kramnik
that Black ha considerable
problems.
17....te6 18.llad1 ~f5 19.lld4 f6
20.llb1 .tds 21.c4 .tf7 22.llb7±
White's control of all the most im-
portant lines makes any question
about hi advantage far more per-
uasive.
Defence of an Indian Brahmin
For nearly 50 years the Scotsman
John Cochrane lived in India .
John was a man of many inter-
est , but his main affection re-
mained che s. He met at the board
with La Bourdonnais, Staunton
and Saint Amant. But Cochrane's
con tant opponent in the Calcutta
Chess Club wa the Brahmin
Mahescandra Bannerjee - the be t
Indian player. Mahescandra liked
to begin the game with the
fianchetto of hi bi hop, a trange
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idea at that time: l.d4 tLlf6 2.c4 g6
3.tLlc3 .tg7 4.e4 d6. But the de-
fence of the Indian Brahmin be-
came the 'King's Indian only
much later - in the 1920s, thanks to
the erudite grandmaster and jour-
nali st SavieUy Tartakower.. .
But who first called Kramnik's fa-
vourite variation with 9.b2-b4 the
'Bayonet Attack' I do not know.
K14.6- E97
Kramnik,VIadim ir
Grischuk,Aiexander
Moscow 2012 (2)
1.tLlf3 tLlf6 2.c4 g6 3.tLlc3 .tg7
4.e4 d6 5.d4 0·0 6 ..te2 e5
7.0·0 tLlc6 8.d5 tLle7 9.b4 tLlhS
1O.g3 f5 11 .tLlg5 tLlf6 12..tf3 c6
13 ..tg2!N
It would appear that some defect
ha been found in the Kramnik-
Giri game (Hoogeveen, 2011).
Vladimir played 13 ..ta3 cd5
14.ed5 e4 l5 ..te2, and Black
could have gained strong coun-
terplay by choo ing 15 ... h6
16.tLle6 .te6 17.de6 f4!.
13 ... h6 14.tLle6 .te6 15.de6
tbe4 16.tLle4 fe4 17 .b5 .l:U6
18 ..te4 lle6 19. 't!Ya4 d5 20.lld1
White' mltlatlve clearly out-
weighs the mi ing pawn.
20 ...r.t.;> h7 21.cd5 cd5 22. b3
llb6 23.a4 a6 24 ..ta3
Black has seriou problem .
The novelty 13..tg2! made a
strong impre sion. King 's Indian
player decided that it wa not
worth engaging even in a long-dis-
tance discussion with the former
World Champion, and they began
looking for alternatives on the pre-
viou move. ln the Russ ian Cham-
pion hip Demchenko and Yev eev
preferred to relieve the pawn ten-
ion in the centre - 12... fe4
J3.tLlce4 tLlf5 , while in the Chinese
Club Champion hip Ding tried the
altogether original 12...llb8!?.
For a long time Kramnik' main
weapon in the Bayonet Attack wa
the variation IO.llel f5 I l .tLlgS
tLlf6 12.~f3 . but later Black wa
able to find sound method of de-
fence. ow Vladimir ha reverted
to the old move 10.g3, not in com-
bination with the usual 12.f3, but
with 12. · , a rare move in this
ver ion. What this i : preparation
for a couple of game , or a new
page in the variation, time will tell ...
The opening battles in Caruana s
games are always rich in idea .
This tournament wa no excep-
tion .
Honoured Benelux Trainer
For a long time now Vladimir
Chuchelov ha been not a Mu co-
vite, but a Belgian grandma ter. Of
course, he also did training work
earlier, but in this capacity 1 fir t
noticed him along ide Loek van
Wely. Now Vladimir works regu-
larly with the new ri ing tar An ish
Giri , and quite recently he also
took up the po t of trainer of the
Dutch team. But Chuchelov'
training fame has already made it
mark beyond the bound of the
Benelux countries. To the Tal Me-
morial he brought the Italian tar
Fabiano Caruana!

It is hardly possi ble to estimate ex-
actly the extent of the trainer's
contribution, but all Vladimir
Chuchelov' proteges are excel-
lently equipped in the opening!
SO 4.4 - C45
Caruana,Fabiano
Kramnik,VIadimir
Moscow 2012 (8)
1.e4 e5 2.lt:lf3 t!Jc6 3.d4 ed4
4.ltld4 t!Jf6 5.t!Jc6 bc6 6.e5
'i'e7 7.1i'e2 tlJdS 8.c4 .ta6
9.lt'ld2 g6 1 O.t!Jf3 .tg7 11 ..ig5
f6 12.ef6 1We2 13..te2 t!Jf6
14.0-0-0 0-0-0
15..ie3!N
An important improvement. In a
game with Hungaski (Moscow
2006), Sve hni kov fir t included
15.J:lhe l J:lde8 and onl y then re-
treated his bi hop with 16 ..ie3 .
But it is not clear how useful a
move J:lhe l i ...
15... J:lde8 16..id3 d6 17.c5!
~d3 18.J:ld3 t!Jd5 19.cd6 cd6
20 ..ta7 <j;c7 21 ..te3 : as 22.a3
%%.a4 23.J:le1
There is no doubt that Black has
compen ation. But it i also clear
Vladimir Chuchelov
that the que lion i whether or not
he can equ?lize. Now the be t was
23 ... t!Je3 24.fe3 .l:%.e8. In the game
Kramnik played the inaccurate
23 ....1:%.f8?!
and after 24.t!Jg5! .l:%.e8 2S •.ib6
<j;d7 26 ..1:%.e8 <j;eS 27 ..ie3 White'
adva ntage became obvious.
Gl7.7 - 092
Grischuk,Aiexander
Caruana,Fabiano
Moscow 2012 (5)
1.d4 t!Jf6 2.c4 g6 3.t!Jc3 d5
4.t!Jf3 .tg7 s..tf4 o-o 6 ..1:%.c1
.te6!?
Not a new move, but a rare and
very sharp one. The point of it i
that if 7 .'«Vb3 there foll ows 7 ...c5 !
with great compli cation . One of
the possible variations occurred in
Ding Liren-Le Quang, Manila
2010: 8. b7 '«Vb6 9.1i'b6 ab6
I O.e3 dc4 ll .dc5 bc5 with chances
fo r both sides.
7.t!Jg5
Kuzmin's Harvest
7 ... c5!N
7 ....tf5?! has previously occurred,
after which 8.e3;!; is correct.
8.dc5 d4 9.t!Jb5 t!Jc6!? 10.t!Jc7
.itS 11.t!Ja8 e5! 12 ..td2 e4
Black has brilliant compen ation.
13.e3 h6 14.t!Jh3 .ih3 15.gh3
t!Je5!
White' pos ition has already be-
come extremely dangerou .
It is rare tournament where
Teimour Radjabov does not pro-
duce any opening noveltie .
' Light Your Fire!'
In May, in the new Crystal Hall in
Baku, the 20 12 Eurovi ion Song
Contest was held for the first time
in Azerbaijan. Although the 'home
entry' Sabina Babayeva wa unable
to repeat the previou year' duet
succes of her co mpatri ot~ Eldar
Gasi mov and Nigara Jamal
EIJ/Nikki' , who won the contest,
the pirit of her performance was
full y in keeping with the fe tival
motto Light your fire! '. And two
week later, at the Tal Memorial,
the leader of Azerbaijan ches ,
Teimour Radjabov, 'li t his fire'.
True, he wa unable to mai ntai n
hi powerful 2/2 tart, but in the
end Teimour held on to third place.
Gl 4.14 - 085
Radjabov,Teimour
Caruana,Fabiano
Moscow 2012 (7)
1.d4 t!Jf6 2.c4 g6 3.t!Jc3 d5
4.cd5 t!JdS 5.e4 t!Jc3 6.bc3
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..ig7 7.tb f3 c5 8.J:[b1 0-0 9 ...ie2
cd4 10.cd4 aS 1U Wd2 d2
12...id2 J:[d8 13.d5 ll:la6
The fact that White ha no claim at
all to an advantage after 14.-tgS or
14 ..ta6 wa convincingly demon-
trated back in the late 1990s by
grandmaster Semen Dvoiri .
14.J:[c1N
14...f5?!
A ri ky decision. Caruana provokes
the creation of a powerful, far-ad-
vanced centre, hoping to mount an
attack on it. But Black's hope are
not rea.lized and the attack on the
centre proves i.neffective.
15.e5 h6 16..tc4 'it;>h8 17.0-0
g5 18.J:[fd 1±
In the game after
18...f4?! 19..ta6 ba6 20.-taS!
White's advantage as umed deci-
ive proportions, and the fact that
Caruana wa able to extrica te him-
el fwa the sen ation of the round .
In thi game the novelty 14.J:[cl
wa a great ucce s. But the mai n
line of Radjabov' preparation,
beginning with the quiet move
14•..e6 or 14•.•Wf8, remained
off- tage. Therefore: 'we awa it the
development of events...'
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The fact that akamura doe
omething new in the opening
does not surpri e anyone. But the
fact that thi occur in the ri gorou s
Queen' Gambit i a urpri e!
Bishop b4 as Master Key
Who of u ha not accidentally
lammed the door of a hotel room
behind us?!
It i true that it i not a great disas-
ter: you a k the hotel porter, and he
produce the ' ma ter key' for the
corridor, olving your problem. It
Hlkaru Nakamura
is wor e when this happen in your
town apartment. Ln thi s ca e the
idea of a magic ' ma ter key' ac- to pl ay 9 ... c5. T hen I O.ll:lc3 wi ll
quires the character of an almost tran pose into typical po iti on of
unreali zable dream. the Queen' Gambit Accepted.
It is the ame in opening prepara- 9 ....tb4!N
tion: who ha. not wanted to have An attempt by one and the same
uch a ma ter key move, sol ving move to relieve the problem in all
one' problems imultaneou ly in vari ations.
all variations!? 1O...id2 .td6 11 .ll:lc3 c5 12.e4
cd413.ll:ld4 ~b8 14.g3 0-0
OG 5.7- D22
Caruana,Fabiano
Nakamura,Hikaru
Moscow 2012 (2)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dc4 3.ll:lf3 a6 4.a4
ll:lf6 5.e3 e6 6 ..tc4 b6 7.0-0
.tb7 8 . ~e2
After Morozevich's wins over
fvanchuk (Biel 2009) and
M ched lishvili ( ovi Sad 2009) the
move 8... .tb4! in repl y to 8.ll:lc3
became the key to the ol ving of
Bl ack's opening problems. And it would appear that
8 ...ll:lbd7 9.J:[d1 akam ura has succeeded in thi .
The master-key ' move ....tb4 ha
B ~ ~ .t g al o opened this door!
_t j. .. j.j.j. 15.f3 ll:le5 16...ib3 ..ic5 17..te3
~c7
.t..t. .~. .. ow it wa White who had to play
accurate ly to maintain the ba.lance.
akamura renovated hi opening
repertoire specially for the Tal M e-
morial. We are accustomed to ee-
ing Hikaru in a pirate shirt on the
high seas of the Dutch or K ing s
fndi an, but it turned out that in the
Caruana deliberately delays the severe robe of a Queen's Gambit
development of hi queen ' attorney he feels al ·o more than
knight, inviting the opponent first confident !
 SURVEYS

FEATURING

27 Opening Variations

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 Si ilian Defence
Najdorf Variation Sl9.7 (899)

A New Main Line

Sacrificing Two Pieces
by Jose Vilela

1. e4 cS On 16...11i'c6 Another Alternative

2. tt:lf3 d6 The fir t thing that mu t be aid 16 ... ttJ b6 eem le logical than
3. d4 cd4 i that, in spite of 16 ... 'ii'c6 being the main line 16 .. .ttJc5, a the
4. ttJd4 tt:lf6 ri k.ier than the knight moves, knight i more olidl y e tab-
5. ttJc3 a6 practice ha not produced an out- li hed on c5, where it control
6 . ~gS e6 right refutation of thi move. quare on thee-fil e (e4 and e6)
7. f4 ~e7 be ide creating the option of an
8. 'iWf3 'iWc7 exchange of the knight fo r the
9. 0-0-0 ttJ bd7 bi hop on d3.
10. ~d3 bS
11. l:the1 ~b7
12. 'ifg3 b4
13. ltJdS edS
14. edS '1Pd8

After 17 . ~f6 both 17 ... ttJ f6 and

In Yearbook 69, A.C. van der
Tak mentioned the attempt
15.ttJc6 to reinforce the white at-
tack in thi ttJd5 acrifice line for
the fir t time. It was introduced
te n year ago in Kotronia -
Le iege, Montreal 2002, in Au-
gu t. Since then thi s move ha
clearly uper eded all the other
alternative 15.ttJf5 , 15 .'iWe3,
15.l:te7, clearly e tabli hing it-
elf a the main line.
So our tarting point will be the
po ition after 15.ltJc6 ~c6
· 16.dc6.
the harp counterattacking
17 ... ~ f6 have been tried. The lat-
ter move lead to a double-edged
po ition after 1 8. ~e4 a4 {the
cautious 18 ......c8 produced a
quick white victory after I 9. ~a8
'ii'a8 20.l:td6 l:te8 2 1.l:td7 !; see
Ramaswamy-Fellou i, Gibraltar
2007) 1 9 .~a8 'iWa2; the game
Zhao-Solomon improve for
White over the original Luther-
Dvoiri Oberwart 2003, o it i
now Black' tum in thi s line.
For 17 ... ttJf6 18.'ii'g7 the reader
can take a look at Luther-
Shneider and Zj ukin-Sergei
Karjakin (the latter player being
from E tonia, not Sergey
Karjak.in from Ukraine). In both
case White's initiative and two
pawns are very good compensa-
tion for the piece.
The knight on b6 al o clo e the
di agonal c7-a5 fo r the black
queen. everthele s, it inten-
tion i to control quares c4 and
d5 again t po ible u e by the
white piece .
In Yearbook 83 (pp. 28-30)
Swedi h grandma ter Emanuel
Berg annotated hi s game wi th
Kaare Kri ten en in which
16 ... ttJb6 wa played ( 1 7 .~h4
~ f8), and with a well-prepared
Parimarjan Neg i ( 1 7 . ~h4 l:tg8,
in Coru C, Wijk aan Zee 2 7).
Both the e games are till highly
relevant for the line and vividl y
illustrate the danger Black mu t
face in it.
After Berg- Negi there have been
everal more tries with 17 ... l:tg8,

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which the reader can find in the
note to File -S. ikolov, Sofia
2008, in the Game Section.
The Main Option
Finally we come to the main
move: 16... c5.
The Main Game of our Survey is
a recent high-level encounter
from the Rus ian Team Champi-
onship, played in the last and de-
ci ive round between Wang Hao
and Le inier Do minguez, on
board 2 of the match ShSM-64
(Mo cow) v . Saint Peter burg
Ches Federation. After my
initial earch of over-the-board
databases, I thought that
Dominguez' 23 .. .: a7 wa new.
But then the Yearbook editor
prov ided me with orne corre-
pondence che material, which
howed that it had already ap-
peared everal time in that type
of play.
The game continued along sharp
lines, and after reaching a very
intere ting endgame with the
queen. on the board, and Black
one knight ahead in exchange for
three passed pawn and an inse-
cure black king, the pl ayers
agreed a draw. Objective ly
speak ing, thi s may be the logical
outcome of the game, but it
would have been intere ting to
see the play continuing from the
final po ition .
It i important to state that, given
the ava ilable material analysed
(mainly corre pondence games,
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a previously expl ained), a clear
mai n line has already been estab-
li hed after 16 ... t2Jc5 1 7 .~h4
.l:[g8 (some games with le ser
alternati ve like 17 ... g6?,
17 ... d3?, 17 ... t2Je6
17 ... ~ f8 area l o shown, in order
to give a comp lete a picture of
the 15 .tDc6 vari ation as po si bl e)
1 8 . ~h7 (some correspondence
pl ayer have played the less forc -
ing 1 8.~ f5 , ee Roci u -Hanse n;
there have also been o rne other
rare tri e like 18 ..1:[e2 (Bokar-
Dearnley), 1 8 . ~e3 (Moranda-
Butkiew icz) and 18 .~c4 (Zoll-
Cunha)) 18 ....1:[h8 19 .~g7 .l:[h7
20 . ~ f6 .l:[h4 2 1. ~ f7 l:th8 .
The ituation is extremely harp:
Bl ack i two minor pieces up,
while White ha four pawn
(three of them pa ed) and a very
in ecure black king position by
way of compensation . White's
ev ident fo llow-up i to double
rooks on thee-fi le, when Bl ack
usually end up giving back the
bishop on e7 in order to re lieve
. orne of the pre sure.
See Hebels-Chopin , Leone-Ca -
tro Salguero, and the games in-
erted in these two encounter ,
for the complementation of the
mai n encounter Wang Hao-
Dom inguez. The conclusion on
all the e game i that Black de-
fend safely with 23 .. J:ta7 and
the opportune deploy ment of the
bi shop on e7. Thu far, neither
ide has been able to prove an
advantage.
and
Vaslllos Kotronlas
There have also been several
(correspondence) games which
have followed in the foot teps of
Kotronia -Shneider, Kori nthos
Open 2004 where Black in-
tended to keep his two-piece ma-
terial plus, at lea t for the
moment, with the defensive
....l:[e8. In the long run White will
alway b able to recover one
piece, as f5-f6 i un toppable, but
some interesting games have
been played in this way; see
Hervet-Bokar Peli-Guevara and
those included in the comments.
Conclusion
15.t2Jc6 has become the main
continu ation in thi s acri ficial
line. Thu far, White has not
been able to how an advantage
aga in t 16 .. .t2Jc5, o I would ay
the ball is in White' court. There
may also still be room for inve -
tigation in the ramifications of
16... c6 and 16 ...t2Jb6.
Lately there have been more te. t
of the line under crutiny in cor-
re pondence chess than in over-
the-board play. Perhap thi s i a
trend that will per ist, o in order
to follow the thread of thi varia-
tion in the future it will probably
be nece sary to keep track of
developments in both fields of
chess.

No Complete Refutation
16 ... 'ifc6
Ramaswamy,Aarthie
Fellousi,Abdelaziz
Gibraltar 2007 (7)
1.e4 c5 2.ll:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.ll:ld4
lil16 5.ll:lc3 a6 6 .~g5 e6 7.f4 ~e7
8.'iff3 1!fc7 9.0-0-0 ll:lbd7 10.~d3 b5
1U i he1 ~b7 12.1!fg3 b4 13.ll:ld5
ed5 14.ed5 l#;>dS 15.ll:lc6 ~c6
16.dc6 ifc6 17.~16 ~16 18.~e4
18.. .'~c8? 19 . ~a8 -..as 20.l:td6
l:teS 21 .l:td7! l#;>d7 22. d3+- <j;c7
23.it'c4 l#;>b6 24.1!fb4 <j;a7 25.1!fc5
<j;b7 26.W"d5 <j;b6 27.1fd6 [Either lhe
rook is lost or the black king is mated] 1-0
Zhao Zong Yuan
Solomon,Stephen
Australia 2004
1.e4 c5 2. 13 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.ll:ld4
lil16 5. c3 a6 6. ~g5 e6 7.14 ~e7
8.1!f13 VJic7 9.0-0-0 ll:lbd7 10 .~d3
b5 11.l:the1 ~b7 12.VJig3 b4
13.ll:ld5 ed5 14.ed5 WdS 15.ll:lc6
~c6 16.dc6 c6 17 . ~16 ~16
18 .~e4 1!fa4 19 .~a8 W"a2 20.l:td6
[The most principled move. But 20.1!fb3 has
also been lried. After 20 ...1!fa1 21 .Wd2
1!fb2 22.l:te3 ll:lcS 23.W"d5 1!fd4 24.We2
W"d5 25.~d5 l:tfB the resulting endgame is
complicated and, in the opinion of this
author, dynamically balanced. Nevertheless
Black ended up losing in 49 moves,
Siwiec-Oparin, Moscow 2010) 20 ...VJib2
21 .<j;d1 1!fb1 22.We2 1!fc2 [Zhao
points out that 22 ...l:teB 23.Wf1 l:te1
(23...ifc2 24.l:ted1+-) 24.W"e1 1!fc2
25.1fb4 leads to White's advantage)
23. 1! [23.Wf3?1 l:teB 24.l:teB w eB
25.~c6 (25.1!fe11?) 25 ...WfBI (nice
defensive move!) 26. ~d7 (26.l:td7?
it'c6-+) 26...We7! (the rook has no
retreat square along the d-file) 27.l:tf6 gf6
(there is also a draw beginning with
27 ... 1!fd3) 28.~g4 b3 29.ife1 WfB
30.VJia5 b2 31 .~f5 1fb3 32.Wf2 with
equality, Luther-Dvoiris, Oberwart 2003 -
YB/69·23) 23... c4 24.l:td3
24 ...l:te8! [In case of 24 ... WcB 25 . ~d5
VJibS 26.Wg1 White's king reaches safety,
giving White the advantage) 25.l:td1
~d4? [Most resilient is 25... Wc71 when
there is still a fight ahead] 26 . ~d5 1
1!fb5 [Not 26 ...ifd5 because of 27.l:td4
'it'bS 2B.Wg1 l:te7 29.1!fg7] 27 . ~c6 !
W"c6 28.l:td4 l:te7 29.l:tb4 [The fog
has disappeared and it is clear that White
is winning] 29 .. .15 30. b3 l:te4
31.l:tb7 l:t14 32.Wg1 'it'c5 33.<j;h1
1!fd4 34.1!fg8 We7 35.l:td7 Wd7
36.l:td4 1-0
Luther,Thomas
Shneider,Aiexander
Istanbul Ech 2003 (11)
1.e4 c5 2.ll:l13 d6 3.d4 cd4 4. d4
lLl16 5.ll:lc3 a6 6.~g5 e6 7 .14 bd7
a.'it'13 c7 9.o-o-o b5 10 . ~d3 ~b7
11 .l:the1 ~e7 12. g3 b4 13. d5
ed5 14.ed5 [It is well known that the
other possible move, 14.e5, gives Black the
opportunity to repel the attack] 14... Wd8
15.ll:lc6!? [This spectacular novelty,
introduced by Kotronias, allows White to
fight for the initiative. White opens the
position even more, therefore increasing the
activity of his pieces. As practice has shown
other moves, such as 15.it'e3, 15.l:te7 or
15. fS, don't give White anything real]
15...~c6 16.dc6 1!fc6 17. ~16 [A
natural continuation of the attack. White
Survey Sf 9. 7
penetrates with the queen into the
opponenfs camp and captures the g7- and
f7-pawns] 17... 16 18.it'g7 l:tgS
19.1!f17 "tlfeS [Previous annotators had
different opinions on this move. While
Gofshtein considers 19... 'i!feB as the best
defence in 'ChessBase Magazine' 96,
Hernandez and Ibarra in 'Chess Informant'
B9 think 19... ifc7 is better. Both are
playable] 20.1!fb3!? [20. c4 is also
good. Gofshtein mentions the variation
20 ...l:tg2 21 .l:te7 <j;e7 22.l:te1 <j;fB
23.l:teB l:teB 24.b3 aS 25.1!fc7 l:te1
26.Wb2 l:tgg1= But in this line a
prophylactic move like 25.Wb2 should be
advantageous for White] 20 ... l:tg2
21 .~15? 1 [A dubious move. White
relinquishes the control over the b5- square,
which sometimes allows Black to activate
his queen by ..."tifbS. The immediate
21.'l!fb41 gives White a strong initiative:
21...1!fc6 22.'it'a5 w eB 23.1!ff5 with
excellent compensation for the material]
21...l:tg7 [21...l:tb81?] 22.it'b4 ..-c6
23.l:te6
23 ...Wc7? [As Gofshtein points out
23...1!fb5! was the strongest, with the idea
24.l:ted6 WeB! and Black takes over the
initiative. After 25.1!fb5 abS Black is OK in
the endgame] 24.l:te3 [White decides to
continue the attack. 24.l:tf6 was interesting:
24... ~f6 (24 ... a5 25.1!fe4 ~f6 26. c6
Wc6 27.~e4 Wd7 2B .~aB) 25 .~e4 aS
26 .~c6 ab4 27.~aB. The question would
be if White's advantage is enough after
27... l:tg4) 24 ...'i!fb6? [A mistake which
leads to a lost position. 24 ...WdB, moving
out from the danger on the c-file, seems to
be the best try] 25.l:te7! l:te7 26. b6
Wb6 27.l:td6 w c7 28.l:t16 [Three
pawns for an exchange is more than
enough compensation] 28 ... a5 29. ~d3
a4 30.l:th6 a3 [Black is desperately
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 looking for counterplay] 31.ba3 J:la3
32.f5 J:la2 33.f6 J:ld7 34.~15 [This
forces Black to remove the rook from the
seventh rank, as after 34...J:lf7, 35. ~e6 is
possible] 34 ...J:ld6 35.J:lh7 <Jo>b6 36.17
J:la8 37.J:lg7 [Threatening, after 38.J:lg8
or 38.J:lg6, to exchange the rooks]
37 ... J:lh8 38.J:lg6 <Jo>c7 39.h4 J:ldd8
40.h5 [I am curious about White's last
move and Black's loss. While 40.J:lg4 kept
the advantage, the point of 40.h5 is hard to
see. Perhaps zeitnot was the issue here]
1-0
Zjukin,Sergey
Karjakin,Sergei
Estonia ch-EST 2003
1.e4 c5 V bt3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tbd4
tb16 5.tbc3 a6 6 . ~g5 e6 7.14 tLlbd7
8.'i!f13 'i!fc7 9.0-0-0 b5 10 . ~d3 ~ b7
11 .J:lhe1 ~e7 12.'i!fg3 b4 13.tbd5
ed5 14.ed5 <Jo>d8 15.tbc6 ~c6
16.dc6 'i!fc6 11 . ~16 tb16 18."i!t'g7
.Ilea 19."ii'f7 J:la7
20. ~15 [A blitz game Navara-Shirov,
Prague 2005, continued 20.J:le7!? J:lae7
21 . 'ilff6~ and after 21...<Jo>c7 22.'i!fd4 'it'b6
23.'i!fb6 <Jo>b6 24.<Jo>d2 <Jo>c5 25.15 White
had enough compensation for the exchange.
Another question would be if, objectively,
White has chances to win. In the end
Navara ended up losing, but of course, that
had to do only with the clock] 20 ...J:lc7
21 .J:le6 tbd7 22.J:ldd6 'i!fg2?
(22 ... 'Wd6 23.J:ld6 ~d6oo] 23.J:le7?
[Simplest was 23.J:ld1 !+-. A quick glance
at the resulting position should be enough
to convince oneself about the helplessness
of Black's situation] 23 ...'fi'f1 24.J:ld1
'iW14 25.<Jo>b1 J:le7 26.'fi'18 J:le8
27.1Vf6 J:le7 28.'i!f18 .Ilea 29."ii'16
J:le7
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Another Alternative
16 .. .tbb6
Filev,Georgi
Nikolov,Sasho
Sofia 2008 (6)
1.e4 c5 2.tb13 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tbd4
tb16 5.tbc3 a6 6. ~g5 e6 7.14 tbbd7
8.'i!f13 "ii'c7 9.0-0-0 ~e7 10. ~d3 b5
11.J:lhe1 ~ b7 12.'i!fg3 b4 13.tbd5
ed5 14.ed5 <Jo>d8 15.tbc6 ~c6
16.dc6 tbb6 17. ~h4
17...J:lg8 (17... ~f8 Berg-K.Kristensen,
Denmark tt 2006/07- YB/83-28] 18 .~ h7
[In Todorovic-S.Nikolov, Skopje 2012, the
move 18.J:ld2 was played (a similar idea to
that in Berg vs. Negi, Wijk aan Zee Ill
2007 - YB/83-29, the difference being the
specific rook that goes to the second rank)
18.. .d5 (after 18...J:la7 19.J:lde2 "i!t'c6?
20.J:le7! J:le7 21. ~f6 White had a winning
position in Koutroukis-Dimitrova, Sofia
2009) and now White produced the tepid
19.J:lde2 when Black was OK after
19... tbc8. The real test was 19 .~h7 ! J:lh8
20.J:lde2! which looks critical for Black:
20... J:lh7 (20 ... 'i!fc6 21.J:le7 J:lh7 22.J:lf7
tbd7 23.J:lee7 with a fierce attack;
20 .. .tbe4 21 .~e7 <Jo>e7 (21..."i!t'e7 22 .~e4
de4 23.J:le4 'i!ff6 24.J:le7 with a winning
position for White, in case of 24... 'i!t' e7
25.J:le7 <Jo>e7 26.'i!fe3 and 27.'iifb6 next)
22 .~e4 de4 23.'iifg7! with a powerful
attack) 21. ~f6 1 +- ~f6 (21...gf6 22.'iifg8)
22.J:le8X] 18... J:lh8 19 . ~15 J:la7
20.J:ld4? (20.1t'g7 J:lh4+; 20.J:le5!?]
20 ... d5 21 . ~d7 tbbd7 22.cd7 'i!fc5
23.J:led1 J:ld7 24.15 J:lc7 25.J:l1d2
<Jo>c8-+ 26.'tfd3 'li'b5 27.'it'b5 ab5
28.J:le2 J:lc4 29. ~16 ~16 30.J:ld5
J:lh2 31.J:lb5 ~g5 32.<Jo>d1 J:lh1
33. J:le1 J:ld4 0-1
The Main Option
16 ... tb c5 17.Ah4: 8
Wang Hao
Dominguez Perez,leinier
Sochi It 2012 (7)
1.e4 c5 2.tb13 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tbd4
tb16 5.tbc3 a6 6 . ~g5 e6 7.f4 ~e7
8.'*t"13 "*t"c7 9.0-0-0 tLlbd7 10. ~d3
b5 11 .J:lhe1 ~b7 12.'*t"g3 b4
13.tbd5 ed5 14.ed5 <Jo>d8 15.tbc6
~c6 16.dc6 tbc5 17.~h4 J:lg8 (The
main way to defend g7] 18 . ~h7 J:lh8
19."*t"g7 J:lh7 20.'1Wf6 J:lh4 [20 ... ~f6?
21.~f6 WeB 22.J:le8+-] 21 .'ilff7 J:lh8
22.J:le5 [Threatening 23.J:lc5] 22 ... tba4
23.J:le3 (White prepares to double the
rooks on the e-file. It is not possible to play
23.J:lde1 at once because the rook on e5 is
hanging] 23 ... J:la7 24.J:lde1 'i!fc6
25.J:le7 J:le7 26.J:le7 tbb6 27."ii'16
(Strong at first sight because of the double
threat of discovered check and capture of
the rook, but easy to parry as the rook on
e7 will be unprotected when the queen
captures the rook. 27.h4 WeB and now the
only reference is a correspondence game,
and it is of no use as the opponents agreed
a draw after 28.'iWf6 Pietrocola-Cardonna,
cr Email 2008] 27 ...tbd5 28.'it'h8 <Jo>e7
(Another interesting position. White has
three passed pawns for the knight and
Black's king remains exposed. But if White
is not careful his king could also come
under enemy fire by the strong combination
of queen plus knight] 29.'*t"g7 WeB
30.'iWg8 <Jo>e7 31.'ilt'g7 <Jo>e8 32.'it'g8
<Jo>d7 33.1t'g7 <Jo>d8 34.'.,d4 [If White
continues the checks with 34."*t"g8 the king
goes to the queenside 34 ... <Jo>c7 and at
some point Black will cover the checks with
one of his pieces. Even then, there is no
guarantee of an advantage for Black]

34...We7 [The opponents decided to exert
caution and agreed a draw. There is still life
in the position, although objectively a draw
is the most likely result] %-%
Hebels,Aibert
Chopin,Philippe
cr Email 2006
1.e4 c5 V i:Jf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tLld4
'llf6 5.tLlc3 a6 6 •.ig5 e6 7.14 lLlbd7
8."ii'f3 'iic7 9.0-0-0 b5 10..id3 .ib7
1Ulhe1 .ie7 12.1Wg3 b4 13.tLld5
ed5 14.ed5 Wd8 15.tLlc6 .ic6
16.dc6 tLlcS 17..ih4 l:lg8 18..ih7
l:lh8 19.'iig7 l:lh7 20.'ii'f6 l:lh4
21 .'iif7 l:lh8 22.l:le5 lLla4 23.l:le3
l:la7 24.l:lde1 .-c6 25.l:le7 l:le7
26.1t'e7 'itc8
•
~.l
'if
.i
'
,...l ~ 29.l:ld6 'iib2 30.w d1 tLlc3 31 .w d2
~ ~~ ~ ~
~ n
27.h3 [In my view this is weaker than
27.h4 (see Leone-Castro Salguero, cr Email
200B), as it is important to create threats
with the passed pawns] 27.•. /.llcs
28.w b1 aS 29.f5 [29.b3?! (the
weaknesses created around White's king
may become dangerous) 29 ... d5 30.'Wa7
lLle4 31 .'ilfa5 l:leB 32.'iib4 lLlc3 33.'iWc3
'ilfc3 34.l:leB Wd7 (an original position, in
which White has a rook and five pawns for
the queen. White should be able to hold the
draw) 35.l:lgB d4 36.l:lg5 We6 37.g3 )i,. )i,
Schinke·O.Hansen, cr Email 200B]
29 ...1Wd7 [29 ... 'iWg2 30.'iWd6 is about
equal, as Black's king becomes quite
vulnerable] 30.b3 1We7 [30 ... a4!?]
31.l:le7 l:lh5 32.16 l:lf5 33.17 lLld7
34.g4 l:lf1 35.Wb2 'itd8 36.l:le8
w c7 37.g5 l:lf7 38.h4 l:lg7 39.l:la8
'itb6 40.l:ld8 w c6 41.l:la8 lLlb6
42.l:la5 l:lh7 43.g6 l:lh4 44.l:lg5
l:lh8 45.g7 l:lg8 46.a3 ba3 47.w a3
tLldS 48.c4 tt:Jc7 49.b4 lLle6 50.l:lg6
Wd7 51.c5 Y2-l--2
Leone,Federico
Castro Salguero,Robert
cr Email 2008
1.e4 c5 2.tLlf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tLld4
tLlf6 5.tLlc3 a6 6 ..ig5 e6 7 .f4 lLlbd7
8.'ilff3 'ilfc7 9.0-0-0 b5 10..id3 .ib7
11.l:lhe1 .ie7 12.-.g3 b4 13.lLld5
ed5 14.ed5 Wd8 15.tLlc6 .ic6
16.dc6 tLlcS 17..ih4 l:lg8 18..ih7
l:lh8 19.'ii'g7 l:lh7 20."iWf6 l:lh4
21. 'iif7 l:lh8 22.l:le5 lLla4 23.l:le3
l:la7 24.l:lde1 'iic6 25.l:le7 l:le7
26.1We7 'itc8 27.h4 'iid5 [27 ... lLlc5
2B.l:ld1 l:lgB 29.'i!fd6 'tWd6 30.l:ld6 w c7
(30 ... l:lg2? 31 .l:lc6+- ) 31 .l:ld5 (31 .l:ld2
l:lg4) 31 ...lLle6 32.f5 tLlf4 33.l:lc5 Wd6
34.l:la5 l:lg2 35.l:la6 and the chances in
this endgame were level, Tritt-Perez
Fernandez, cr Email 200B] 28.l:ld1
[2B.'We2 lLlc5 29.Wb1 'itc7 30.'We7 lLld7
31 .g4 'Wd4 32.h5 'Wf4 33.l:le4 'Wf1
34.l:le1 1t'f3 Black was better and
eventually won the game, Vestergard·
Rotariu, cr Email 200B. Defending the a2-
pawn naturally with 2B.Wb1? gives Black
the advantage after 2B ...'Wd4!] 28 •.• 1Wa2
lLlb1 32.We1 'Wc1 33.l:ld1 'Wf4
34.'iie6 Wb8 [A draw was agreed as
perpetual check cannot be prevented] %-%
Kotronias,Vasilios
Shneider,Alexander
Korinthos 2004 (8)
1.e4 c5 2.tLlf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tLld4
tLlf6 5.lLlc3 a6 6 ..ig5 e6 7 .f4 lLlbd7
8.'iif3 'Wc7 9.0-0-0 b5 10..id3 .ib7
11.l:lhe1 .ie7 12.-.g3 b4 13.tLld5
ed5 14.ed5 Wd8 15.tLlc6 .ic6
16.dc6 lLlcS 17 ..ih4 l:lg8 [This is the
first over-the-board master game where this
move was played] 18..ih7 l:lh8 19.'Wg7
l:lh7 20.'ti¥f6 l:lh4 21 .'iif7 l:lh8
22.l:le5 lLla4 23.l:le6 [23.'We6?! was
tried in the European Youth Championships
2009. White's threat is 24.l:led5)
23 ... l:la7?? (and Black manages to
completely overlook the threat. 23...lLlb6!
was essential) 24.l:led5 'tWc8 25.c7?
(25.l:ld6!+-) 25... l:lc7 26.l:ld6 w eB?
(26 ....id6 27.l:ld6 l:ld7oo) 27.'i!fg6 WfB
2B.l:lf6! .if6 29.'iif6 w eB (29 ... w gB
30.l:ldB+-) 30.l:le1 Wd7 31 .l:le7 WdB
32.l:lh7 1·0 Stankovic·De Schampheleire,
Fermo Ech U1B 2009] 23 •..tLlc5 24.l:le5
Survey Sl 9. 7
lLla4 25.l:le3 [25.l:le6 lLlc5 26.l:le5 lLla4
is a way to agree to a draw without words,
which has already been used, like for
instance in Fier·Mekhitarian, Campinas
2010] 25 ...l:la7 26.l:lde1 l:le8 [Black
insists in defending all his material
advantage, but the advance of White's f.
pawn forces the devolution of the bishop]
27.f5 'i!fc6 28.f6
~ .i
.i A'if
.l ~.l ~
,...l
tt
/::;; ~ /::;; /::;; ~
~ ll
28 .•• 'Wg2? [A bad mistake. In the
selection of correspondence games you can
see that Black has more than one feasible
move in this position] 29.fe7 Wd7
30.l:lg3 'it'a8 31 .l:lg6 tLJcS 32.l:ld 1
lLlb7 [32 ... 'it'bB 33.l:ldd6 'iid6 34.l:ld6
Wd6 35.'it'eB l:le7 36.-.bB+- 1 33.'iie6
w c7 34.l:lg4! [The rook joins the attack
with decisive effect] 34... a5 35.l:lc4 1-0
Hervet,Gilles
Bokar,Jason
cr Email 2005
1.e4 c5 2.tLlf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tLld4
tLlf6 5.tLlc3 a6 6 ..ig5 e6 7.14 lLlbd7
8.'iif3 'Wc7 9.0-0-0 b5 10..id3 .ib7
11 .l:lhe1 .ie7 12.'iig3 b4 13.tLld5
ed5 14.ed5 Wd8 15.tLlc6 .ic6
16.dc6 lLlcS 17 ..ih4 l:lg8 1B..ih7
l:lh8 19...g7 l:lh7 20.'iif6 l:lh4
21 .'iif7 l:lh8 22.l:le5 tLJa4 23.l:le3
l:la7 24.l:lde1 l:le8 25.f5 'ti¥c6 26.f6
lLlcS 27.Wb1 l:lc7 28.%11e2 'it'bS
29.b3 w eB 30.'it'd5 lLld7 31 .'iib5
abS 32.l:le7 l:ldB [32 .. .1:118 33.l:leB Wb7
34.l:lfB lLlfB 35.g4 is better tor White]
33.%12e6 tLle5 34.h4 tLlg6 35.l:le8
lLlh4 36.l:ld8 w d8 37.l:ld6 w ea
38.l:ld5 [After 38.g4 l:lc5 the game should
end in a draw too] 38 ... l:ld7 39.l:lb5
l:ld4 40.g3 lLlf3 41 .l:lf5 l:ld1 42.Wb2
lLld2 [Threatening mate with 43... l:lb1 ]
43.c3 bc3 44.w c2 [44.Wc3 tLle4
45
45.~b4 .tld4 46.Wa5 Wf7 is also drawish]
44 ... .tla1 45.a4 tt:lb3 4S.Wb3 [After
46 ...c2 47 .~c2 .tla4 the too far advanced f-
pawn allows Black to get a comfortable
draw, e.g. 4S.Wd2 .tlg4 49..1:113 Wf7 etc.
For more on this type of endgame the
reader is advised to take a look at Nunn's
'Chess Endings' Volume 2] \1!-11!
Peli,Giora
Guevara,Francisco Javier
cr Email 2008
1.e4 c5 2.tt:lf3 dS 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:ld4
tt:lfS 5.tt:lc3 aS S . ~g5 eS 7.f4 tt:lbd7
8.'it'f3 'ii'c7 9.0-0-0 b5 10 .~d3 iJ..e7
11 ..tlhe1 ~b7 12.'ii'g3 b4 13.tt:ld5
ed5 14.ed5 Wd8 15.tt:lcS ~cS
1S.dcS tt:lc5 17. ~h4 .tlg8 18.iLh7
.tlh8 19.'i!fg7 .tlh7 20.'i!ffS .tlh4
21 . f7 .tlh8 22 ..tle5 tt:la4 23.l:e3
.tla7 24 ..tlde1 .tieS 25.f5 'i!fcS 2S.fS
.tlc7 27 ..1:11e2
27 .•. tt:lbS [An interesting idea of giving
back the knight was applied in Leone-
Unalmis, cr Email 2006: 27 ... 'i!fb5 28.'i!fg7
tt:lc3 29.bc3 bc3 (now both kings are in
danger. The immediate threat is mate in two
with 30 ...'ii'b2 followed by 31 ...'i!t'b1X)
30.fe7 .tlce7 31 .'i!fc3 (31 ..tle7? 'i!fb2
32.Wd1 'i!t'b1X) 31 ... .tle3 32 ..tle3 'i!fg5!
33.Wd2 'i!fg2 34.Wd1 'i!t'g1 35 ..tle1 .tle1
36.'i!t'e11i'd4 37.'i!t'd2 't!r'g1 3S.'t!r'e1 'tWd4
39.1i'd2 'tWg1 40.'t!i'e1 ~-~ White cannot
escape from the checks] 28 ..tle7 .tlce7
29.fe7 [29 ..tle7 tt:lc8 30 ..tlb7 .tlet led to
an immediate draw in Bernal Varela-
Pietrobono, cr Email 200S. After 31 .Wd2
Black can force a perpetual with 31 ... .tle2
32.We2 'tWe4] 29 ... Wd7 30.'t!i'f5 Wc7
31.b3 tt:\d7 32.'ifa5 'it'bS 33.'ifh5
't!i'g1 34.Wd2 'it'd4 35.Wc1 1i'f4
3S.Wd1 tt:lfS 37.'i!t'f7 "itg5 38. We1
46
"tlt'c1 39. 2 'tWf4 40.We1 'it'd4
41 . 1 tt:lg4 42.We1 [42.'ii'e8? "itf4
43.~g1 'it'c1 44 ..tle1 "tlfe1X] 42 ..."ii'a1
43.Wd2 W'c3 44.Wd1 W'a1 [Perhaps
Black could go for more with 44 .. :;wc6,
although after 45."itf4 tt:le5 46."itb4 .tle7
47.W'd4 White will keep compensation for
the piece] 45.Wd2 "itc3 4S.Wd1 11!-%
Rocius,Marijonas
Hansen,Oie Nerregaard
cr Email 2008
1.e4 c5 2.tt:lf3 dS 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:ld4
tt:lfS 5.tt:lc3 aS S. ~g5 eS 7.f4 tt:lbd7
8.W'f3 'ifc7 9.0-0-0 b5 10.iLd3 iLb7
11.l:he1 iLe7 12.W'g3 b4 13.tt:\d5
ed5 14.ed5 Wd8 15.tt:lcS iLcS
1S.dcS tt:lc5 17.iJ..h4 .tl g818 . ~f5 a5
19.W'e3 [Threatening 20.'i!fc5] 19 ...tt:leS
20 . ~h3 [20.iLf6 gf6D (20...iLf6? 21. ~e6
.tieS (21...fe6 22.W'e6+-) 22 ..tld6! W'd6
23.W'b6 w e7 (23... "itc7 24..tld1+-)
24.W'b7! WdB (24 ... WfB 25.W'f7X) 25.c7
(25.'ii'aB is also winning) 25 ...W'c7
26..tld1+-) 21.Wb1 (21 .g3 .ticS 22.iLe4
f5 23.iLd5 .tlg6 24.-;tbt .tlf6 25.c4 bc3
26.'t!i'c3 (this seems a good moment to
think about Black's king safety, bringing it to
the kingside with ...WeB-fS, as the
arrangement of Black's pieces is adequate
to provide royal protection in that sector)
26 ...a4 27.a3 W'bB 2B.h3 't!i'b5 29.iLe6 fe6
30..tld6 ~d6 31."itf6 Wc7 32."ife6 .tldB
33. 17 Wc6 34.Wa1 (34.l:c1 'if.1b6)
34 ... "itd5 35. a7 c4 36.'ii'h7 ~a3!
3Hi'g6 (37.ba3? 'ii'c3-+) 37...~d6
3B.'i!t'f5 ~c5 39.W'e4 'ii'e4 40..tle4 'if.1b5
41 .f5 .tld2 42.f6 ~d4 43.17 ~b2 44.'if.1b1
~g7 and Black finally won the endgame in
59 moves, Kasperek-Filipchenko, cr Email
2010) 21 ...:ca 22 .~ h7 .tieS (22 ... l:g2!?)
23 .~e4 f5 24.iLd5 and the opponents
agreed a draw, Pezzica-Secchi, cr Email
2009. A complex fight is still ahead in the
final position; 20.~e6 fe6 21 .'ii'e6 .tleB
22."ii'17 ..-c6 23.'i!fg7 tt:le4! 24.ti'h7 ~h4
25.'ii'h4 'if.1c7 26."ith7 'if.1b6 gave Black an
advantageous position in Zielinski-Goins, cr
2004] 20 .•. .tle8 21.f5 tt:lf8 22.g4 "tlt'cS
23.g5 1Pc7 [23... tt:l6d7 24.16!-]
24.'it'b3 [24.'i!fd4 tt:l6d7 25."t!fg7 a4
26.Wb1 (26 ...-17? b3!) 26....tla5 (26...b3
27.cb3 ab3 2B.ab3 makes Black's king
uncomfortable on the open c-file) 27.16 b3
2B.cb3 ab3 29 ..tlc1 ba2 30.~a1 .ticS
(30 ...tt:lc5? 31."itl7!) 31 ..tlc5 tt:lc5 32 ..tle7
(32.W'f7 tt:lg6! produces an unclear
situation, with mutual chances) 32 ... .tle7
33.fe 7 and a draw was agreed as now there
is a perpetual check after 33 ... tt:lb3 34.\Pa2
'i!t'a4 35.<~b1 'i!t'e4 etc. Hefka-Mielke, cr
Email 2009] 24 ... a4 25.'i!t'b4 [25.W'I7
b3!<=] 25 ...tt:ld5 2S.'t!i'd4 a3 27. ~g2
.tla4 28.'i!t'd5 'ii'd5 29. ~d5 l:h4
30.fS [30 .~17? ~g5 -+] 30 ...ab2
31 .'if.1b1 tt:leS [31...gf6? 32 .~17±]
32. ~eS ~d8 33.iLf7 [Draw agreed as
after 33 ... .tle1 34..tle1 gf6 the endgame is
equal] %- Y2
Bokar,Jason
Dearnley,Andrew
cr Email 2008
1.e4 c5 V i.Jf3 dS 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:\d4
tt:lfS 5.tt:lc3 aS S . ~ g5 eS 7.f4 tt:lbd7
8.'i!t'f3 'i!t'c7 9.0·0-0 b5 10.~d3 iLb7
11 ..tlhe1 ~e7 12.'ti'g3 b4 13.tt:ld5
ed5 14.ed5 'if.1d8 15.tt:lcS ~cs
1S.dcS tt:lc517. ~h4 .tlg8 18..tle2
18...tt:ld3 [1B ....tla7 19. ~f5 g6 20 .~d7
tt:lcd7 21 .cd7 'i!Yc4 (21...'i!fd7 22 ..tlde1 oo)
22..tlde1 g5! 23.fg5 (23 ..tle7 gh4 24.Wh4
.tlc7 25 ..tleS lt.>d7 26..t!Be7 (if 26 ..1:11e7
lt.>c6 27.'ii'f6 .tle7 2B.We7 'i!ff4 it is Black

who can think of an advantage) 26...<;/;?d8
27.l:c7 rj;c? 2Uff6 l:g2 29.'i'e7 ~c6
30.'i'e8=; 23.~gS h6 (23 ... l:d7) 24.b3
'i'c6 2S.l:e7 hgS 26.1:17 l:c7 27.'ti'd3
li:ld7oo) 23...1Dd5 24.g6 l:g6 2S.~e7 IDe?
26.W'f3 l:d7 27.l:e7 l:e7 28.W'a8 'fi'c8
29.W'cB q,cB 30.l:e7 l:g2 and peace was
signed as the endgame is level, Stephan·
O.Hansen, cr Email 2008] 19.l:d3 q,ea
20.l:de3 [20.q,b1 dS 21 .'i'f3 aS 22.c4
bc3 (22 ...dc4? 23.l:d7! IDd7 24.cd7 q,b8
25.l:e7+ - ) 23.l:c3 a4 24.l:e5 l:a7
2S.l:c2 l:d8 (2S ...q,b8!? A 26... q,a8)
26.'i!Vd3 ~b4 27.a3 ~f8 28.g4 h6 29.h3
: as 30.l:f5 l:e8 31 .~f6 gf6 32.l:dS lH1
Krabbe-Zeihser, cr Email 2011 ] 20 ... ~d8
21 .~f6 ~f6 22.l:e8 l:e8 23.l:e8
.idS 24.'i'g4 q,ba 2s. We2 [2S.'i'g7
rj;a? 26.l:f8 'i'c6 27.l:17oo] 2S ...g6
26.fS dS 27.fg6 hg6 28.g3 aS
29.'i'f2 [29.'i!Vb5 q,a7+] 29...q,ea
30.WeS a4 31. W'bS [31 .'ti'b4? W'c6+ ;
31 .W'dS b3+=%] 31 ...a3 32.b3 W'a7
33.'iWdS 'tifg1 34.q,d2 'h· Y2
Moranda,Wojciech
Butkiewicz,Lukasz
Koszalin 2005 (7)
1.e4 eS 2.1Df3 d6 3.d4 ed4 4.1Dd4
li:lf6 S.IDe3 a6 6. ~gs e6 7.f4 ~e7
8.'i!t"f3 W'e7 9.0-0-0 IDbd7 10. ~d3
bS 11 .l:he1 ~ b7 12.W'g3 b4
13.1DdS edS 14.edS Wd8 1S.IDe6
~e6 16.de6 IDeS 17 ..ih4 l:gB
18.We3 IDd3 19.l:d3 l:e8 20. eS
l:b8 [It was not necessary to defend the
pawn on b4. Better seems to relieve the
pressure at once on the open file with
20 ... ~f8. After 21 .W'b4 l:e1 22.W'e1 'li'c6
Black has chances of converting his
material advantage] 21 .W'e4 .ita
22.~f6 gf6 23.l:e8 q,ea 24.l:e3
.ie7 25.'i'e4
2S ... fS?? [Given the number of
correspondence games included in the
Game Section of this Survey, I cannot help
making lhe observation that this mistake is
typical of over-the-board play (as is the
case with this game), in correspondence
chess it is almost impossible to find such a
blunder. The right move was 2S ... <;/;?d8 and
then 26.W'h7 'i!t"c6 27.W'f7 l:b7 2B.'i!t"g8
'i!t"e8 29.'i'dS 'li'd7 30.'li'g8 q,c7 31 .W'c4
Wb8 32.'i!fa6 dSoo] 26.W'd4! +- [The
threat of penetration on h8 is lethal]
26 ...'i'e6 27.'i!fh8 q,d7 28.'li'b8
~ dB 29.'i'b4 ~ b6 30.l:e2 1-0
Zoii,Detlef
Cunha,Eduardo
cr Email 2008
1.e4 eS 2.1Df3 d6 3.d4 ed4 4.1Dd4
1Df6 S.IDe3 a6 6.~gS e6 7.f4 ~e7
8.W'f3 We7 9.0-0-0 IDbd7 10. ~d3
bS 11 .l:he1 ~b7 12.'li'g3 b4
13.1DdS edS 14.edS q,da 15.1De6
~e6 16.de6 IDeS 17.~ h4 l:g8
18.~e4 1Dfe4 19.W'g4 l:a7 [19... ~h4
20.W'h4 q,c8 21.'ti'h7 1Df6 22.W'fS
q,b8oo]
20.~dS [20.~17 ~h4 21 .l:e4 (21.W'h4
gSI+ ; 2 1.~g8 ~e1 22.l:e1 W'c6+)
21 ... W'f7 22.'i'h4 g5 23.l:d6 q,c7 24.'i'h6
l:g6 25.l:g6 hg6 26.l:b4 when the
situation is complicated, but it seems that
Black is at feast out of danger after
26 ... 'li'e7] 20 ... 1Df6 2U i'f3 IDdS
22. ~f2! [22.W'd5 ~h4] 22 ..•1Df4
23. ~e5 1De6 24..ie3!? [24 ..ia7 'i'a7
2S.'i!ffS (2S.'i'17? ~g5 -+) 2S... 'i'c7oo]
24 ... w ea [24 ... l:a8? 2S.'i'17+ - J
2S. ~a7 'i'a7 26.'it'dS 'fie7 27.Wb1
'it.>fB 28.l:e4 aS 29.l:f1 ~f6 30.l:fS
We7 31.'i'aS W'e6 32.'ilfa7 1it'd7
33.l:aS l:e8 34. d7 [34.l:b4!?]
Survey Sl 9. 7
34 ... w d7 3S.l:a7 1De7 36.l:b4 ~es
37.h3 dS 38.a4 .id6 39.l:b3 l:e8
40.q,e1 l:e4 41 .l:f3 f6 42.l:e3 l:b4
43.aS d4! 44.l:d3 ~eS! [The rook on
a7 is trapped] 4S.e3 l:bS 46.l:e7 ~e7
47.b4 ~a7 48.w e2 de3 49.l:e3
~b7 so. ~ b3 l:dS S1.w e4 l:d2
S2.g4 l:d4 53.<-t>bs ~ba S4.w es
l:e4 SS.bS l:eS S6. ~e4 ~d6
57.l:b3 hS SB.ghS l:hS S9.l:d3 l:eS
60.'it.>b4 J:ds 61 .w e4 l:d3 62.w d3
.ib4 63.a6 Wb6 64. w e4 g6 0-1
Lesser Alternatives
16 ... tllc5 17.~h4
Cunha,Eduardo
Saldano Dayer,Horacio
Praca Seca 2009 (1)
1.e4 cS 2.1Df3 d6 3.d4 IDf6 4.1De3
ed4 S.IDd4 a6 6 ..igS e6 7.f4 ~e7
8.W'f3 'i'e7 9.0-0-0 IDbd7 10.~ d3
bS 11.l:he1 ~ b7 12.'i'g3 b4
13.1DdS edS 14.edS Wd8 1S.IDe6
~e6 16.de6 1DeS 17. ~h4
17 ...g6? [This weakening is clearly not to
be recommended] 18.l:e7! [18.1S has also
been played, but it is less energetic than
the text; for instance, after 1B... w eB
19.'i'e3 .id8 20.W'd4 W'c6 21. ~f6 l:g8
22 .~c4 l:a7 23.'iVd6 'Wd6 24.l:d6 gfS
2S ..id8 l:d8 26.l:d8 Wd8 27.l:eS 1De4
28.l:fS 1Dd6 29.l:dS We7 30 .~d3 White
reached a won endgame in Mista-Guliyev,
Warsaw 2007] 18...'i!t"e7 [18... <-t>e?
19.l:e1 q,19 (19...1De6 20.'iWgS+ - )
20 . ~f6+- l 19.l:e1 e6 20.fS gfS
21.~f6 'fif6 22.'i!fd6 w eB [22... <&>c8
23.'i'd7 Wb8 24.'i1Vb7X] 23.e7 l:e8
[23 ... 'i1Vh6 24.wb1 ! (24.wd1 f8 25.l:e6
47
 fe6 26.'ife6 'ife7 27.c8l:r J:rc8 28.W'c8
W'dB 29 . ~e6 W'e7 30 . ~c8 'WdB 31.'We6
'ti'e7 32.'ti'a6 gave White somewhat better
prospects in Papadopoulos-Fakhiridou,
Athens 2007, but 24 . ~b1 is stronger)
24... 'ti'l8 25.l:re6 (25.'ti'c61~e7 26.~15 is
perhaps a little more difficult to calculate to
the end, but seems to be more decisive)
25... fe6 26Jii'e6 ~e7 27.c8lt' l:rc8
28.W'c8 ~17 29.W'I5 ~g7 30.~g4 ~h6
31 . ~f4 ~g7 32.1t'g3 <Ji> h6 33.'WI4 ~g7
34.W'd4 <Jo>h6 35.a3 l:rf8 36. ~ b4 Wt6
37. b7 c:.>g5 38. h7 1-0 Zwirs-Vereggen ,
Bussum 2010] 24. ~a6 'ife7 25.'t!Yc6
[25.W'e5 'ifg5! 26.~b1 c:.>e7] 25 ... 'ifd7
26.'irc5! l:rc7 [26... 'irc7? 27 .~b5+- J
27.W'e5
26.'ti'b7 [Here Black could already resign]
26 ...l:rc5 27.'Wa6 ~g7 28.-.d6
l:rhcB 29.c3 l:rc4 30.'ifd3 Wh8
31.W'f5 <Jo>g7 32.Wc2 l:r8c7 33.'ti'd3
J:rc8 34.b3 l:r4c6 35.a4 l:rc5 36.b4
l:r5c6 37. ~b3 l:re6 38.a5 J:ra8
39.<Jo>a4 J:rc8 40.a6 f5 41 .b5 1-0
Padmini,Rout
Nakhbayeva,Guliskhan
Tashkent Ach 2007 {5)
1.e4 c5 2.ti:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.ti:ld4
ti:lf6 5.ti:lc3 a6 6. ~g5 e6 7.f4 ~e7
8 ...f3 W'c7 9.0-0-0 ti:lbd7 10 .~d3
b5 11 .l:rhe1 ~ b7 12.'ifg3 b4
13.ti:ld5 ed5 14.ed5 ~dB 15.ti:lc6
51 . ~e2 ti:ld3 52.l:rc8 ti:lf4 53.c:.>d1
ti:ld5 54.l:rd8 ti:le3 55.We2 d1 'ti'
56.l:rd1 ti:ld1 57.c:.>d1 ~ h3 0-1
Thorhallsson,Throstur
Gislason,Gudmundur
Bolungarvik ch-ISL 2009 {7)
1.e4 c5 2.ti:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.ti:ld4
ti:lf6 5.ti:lc3 a6 6 . ~g5 e6 7.14 'Wc7
a.'ti'f3 ti:lbd7 9.o-o-o bS 1o. ~d3
~b7 11 .l:rhe1 ~e7 12.'ti'g3 b4
13.ti:ld5 ed5 14.ed5 WdB 15.tt:lc6
~c6 16.dc6 ti:lc5 17. ~ h4 ~fa
18.~c4 J:ra7

. .
~c6 16.dc6 ti:lc5 17 . ~ h4 ti:le6 ~ .i. .i
18.f5 .i 'if ~~~
~ ~ ~
.i ~ g
~ .i. ~~~ ~~ ~ ~
~ ~ ~ .... 'iV
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
~:a:tt

19.~d5 [Another try is 19.'ti'l3 'it'a5

[With the double threat of 28.W'h8 and
28. ~b5] 27 •.• <Ji> e7 28.'ifh8 1t'c6
29. ~d3 'ird6 30.Wb1 it'h2 31 .~f5
W'h4 32.'ife5 l:rc6 33:.-e4 We4
34. ~e4 1-0
Vocaturo,Daniele
Oparin,Grigoriy
Pardubice 2009 {3)
1.e4 c5 V !Jf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.ti:ld4
ti:lf6 5.ti:lc3 a6 6. ~g5 e6 7.f4 ~e7
a:.-f3 ~c7 9.0-0-0 ti:lbd7 10.~d3
b5 11 .l:rhe1 ~ b7 12.lt'g3 b4
13.ti:ld5 ed5 14.ed5 c:.>da 15.ti:lc6
~c6 16.dc6 ti:lc5 17 .~h4 ti:ld3? [A
bad move] 18.l:rd3 ~fa 19 .~f6 gf6
20. h4 ~e7 [20 ...~g7 21.l:rg3+-J
21 .l:rde3 l:rcB 22.l:re7 'it'e7 23.l:re7
w e7 24.-.e1 c:.>fa 25:it'b4 J:rc6
18... g5 [The only defence] 19.fe6
[ 19.~g5 ti:lg5 20.'ifg5 l:rg8oo] 19...gh4
20 . ~f3 [20.'it'h4 deserves serious
consideration] 20... l:rc8 21.~a6 'ti'c6
22. ~c8 'ti'f3 23.gf3 ~ca 24.ef7
c:.>d7 25.l:rd4 d5 26.c4 bc3 27.l:ra4
cb2 28. ~ b2 ~c5 [To prevent 29.l:ra7]
29.l:ra6 l:rf8 ! 30.l:rc1 [30.l:rf6?
~d4 - + ] 30 ...~d4 31. ~c2 l:[f7
32. ~d3 ~f2 33.l:rf1 [33.<Jo>e2 ~d4
34. ~d3 ~12=] 33 ... ~c5 34.l:rc1 ~e7
35.l:ra7 Wd6 36. J:ra6 ~e5 37.l:re1
5 38.l:ra7 ~b4 39.l:rf7 ~e1
40. ~e2 ~c3 41.h3 ~e6 42.l:rc7 d4
43.Wd3 h5 44.l:rc6 5 45.a4
[45.l:rc5!] 45 .•.ti:ld7 46. ~e2 tt:le5
47.l:rc8 [47.l:rc5] 47... 4 48.l:rf8
~ g3 -+ 49.14 d3! 50.c:.>e3 d2
20.l:re2 ~e7 2 1.~16 ~IS (21...gf6
22.lt'd5~) 22.l:rd6 ~c7 23.1t'd5 l:rd8?
(23...l:rc8!) 24.l:rd8 ~dB 25. ~17?
(25.l:re8!+ -) 25 ... <Jo>b6 26.~18 ~c7 27.l:re8
~ 28.'ti'l7 ti:ld7 29.lt'e6 ~d6 30.g3 c5
31 .lt'e4 Wc7 32.c3 ti:IIS 0-1 Wendei-Sieber,
Germany II 2007/08] 19...lt'a5 [19... a5 was
seen in the stem game Kotronias-Lesiege,
Montreal 2002 - YB/69-23] 20.~b1 'it'b6
21.15 Wb8 22.~c4 [A nice prophylactic
alternative is 22.~13- Black's king is prevented
from moving to the queenside due to the fine
point 22 ...<Jo>c7 23.l:rd6! ~d6 24 .~d6!! ~
25.~g3X] 22...~c7 23 .~f7 ~c6
24.~c4 ti:lfd7?! [24 ...a5 is better than the
text] 25.~d5 ~b6 26.W'f4 aS 27.~12
lt'c7? [27 ... l:rc7!oo] 28.l:rd4 [Wrth the
threat of 29.l:rb4; 28.c3! bc3 29.b4]
28...lt'd8 29.~e6 ti:lbB 30.l:red1 <Jo>c6
31 .l:rc4 ~ea 32.c3 bc3 33.l:rc51 [Alter
33...dc5 34.'ti'a4 Black's queen is lost] 1-0

48
 icilian Defence
Najdorf Variation Sl 14.8 (890)

New Dynamics in the 10... a5 Line

by Alexis Cabrera Pino

1. e4 c5 Black to move his queen with

2. lbf3 d6 J l."it'e l will play into White'
3. d4 cd4 hand.
4. l!Jd 4 l!Jf6 11 ..• c8
5. lbc3 a6 By the way, the over-ambiti ous
6. ..te 3 e5 advance of the pawn only help
7. lbb3 ..ie6 White: ll. .. a4? 12.l!Jc5 a3 13.b3
8. f3 ~e7 ..ic8 14 ...ic4, with clear uperi-
9. "it'd2 0-0 ority.
10. 0-0-0 aS 12.a4 l!Jc6 13.g4 l!Jb4
11. "it'e 1 Both ide focu their attention
on the central break .. .d6-d5.

Ante Brklc

i an edge for White, a he can

neutralize Black' activity.

Once again the Sicilian player'

endle s que t for dynami m is
rewarded . The debate on the
Poli h Sy tern' ( o called in cer-
tain mall che communitie
becau e of the ince ant contri-
bution of it mo t faithful follow-
er ) i renewed below.
Playing into White's Hands
The trategic idea of thi s y tern
for Black are clearly hown in
the previou articles in Yearbook
84 (Emi l Anka) and 99 (U fuk
Tuncer).
Although at thi point White can
develop hi game in everal
way , J think that to encourage
14.<;t>bl
This move order is important;
otherwise Black ha the po ibil-
ity of carrying out the fa t
counterblow ... b7-b5, as shown
in the game Solov iov-Ani imov,
St Petersburg 2007.
14...d5 lS.gS l!Je8 Neverthele , a our Main Game
L5 .. .d4? 16.gf6 ~ f6 17.l!Jd4 ed4 how , the path i not o clear
18 ...id4 ~a2 195wPc l ..tg5 and Black can re ume the debate
20 ...ie3 ..if6 2 1.l:tg I, and Black with a new counterplay idea:
doesn' t have enough compen a- 19•.. d7!?N
tion. The difference between the
16.ed5 ..if5 17..l:d 2 l!Jc718.l!Jal tex t-move and the previou ly
.l:d8 19.'ifd l played .. .l!Je8-d6 manoeuvre lie
Up to here everything i well in the intention to occupy the
known and the theory ' verdict open files before the pawn acri -

49
fice ... b7-b5 , thu offering new
opportunitie for Black. In the
Game Section I will try to pre -
ent orne of the mai n idea in the
development ofthi new sy tern.
Main Game
10 ... a5
Cabrera,Aiexis
Asis Garagatagli,Hipolit
Salou 2012 (5)
1.e4 cs V o f3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tLld4
tLlf6 5.tLlc3 a6 6. ~e3 e5 7.tLlb3 ~e7
8.f3 ~e6 9.'ir'd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 aS
11 .t!i'e1 twca 12.a4 tLlc6 13.g4 tLlb4
14.<it>b1 d5 15.g5 tOea 16.ed5 ~f5
17.l:d2 tLlc7 18.tLla1 l:d8 19.t!i'd1
'ifd7!?N
20 . ~c4 [The direct threat to the central
pawn requires all our attention. 20.h4
tLlbdS'i'] 20... : ac8?! [During the further
course of the game, the position of this
rook didn't seem to make sense. It would
be better placed on bB to support the
future advance of the b-pawn. 20... b5! (the
critical point of the debate) 21 .ab5
(apparently the best capture. The other two
alternatives only offer Black better
chances: 21.~b5 tLlbS 22.ab5 !:deB-;
the threats of sacrificing the rook,
destroying the white position, as well as
the advance of the black a-pawn, make
White's defence very precarious after
21.tLlb5 tLlcdS 22.~d5 tLldS 23.l:d5 'it'dS
24.'it'd5 l:dS 25.tLlc7 l:adB 2B.tLld5 l:dS
27.<it>c1 ~d7 2B.b3 ~cB. White's material
advantage is compensated for by the
strength of the bishop pair and the white
50
Conclusion
In the analyses we will ee that
the black initiative ha not been
neutralized yet. I hope the dear
reader will be inspired to reflect
knight being out of play) 21...tLleB (once
the lines are open, Black goes back to his
main plan by bringing on forces to add to
the pressure) 22.-..e2 (22.tLlb3? !:deB! (I
consider it important for White to block the
critical square e4, which is why Black must
take measures here) 23.'ii'e2 a4 24.tLlc1
tLldB 25 .~a2 l:c3 2B.bc3 tLlbS 27.<J.>a1
tLlc3 2B.'it'f2 l:bB with a mating attack;
22.t!i'f1!? tLldB 23 .~e2 (23.14 ef4 24 .~f4
(24.'tit'f4 ~gs 25.'it'g5 tLlc4t) 24 ... a4t)
23... a4-) 22 ... a4! (22 ...tLldB?! 23.tLlb3
'f!lc7 (23... l:dcB 24.tLlc5 -..eB 25 .~b3
and White's problems are solved) 24.tLlc5.
As mentioned above, once White
establishes central control his chances will
increased considerably. He should consider
returning the material, with the intention of
simplifying and slowing down Black's
initiative) 23.dB! (23.l:hd1 tLldB 24. ~c5
!:deB 25 .~dB ~dB 2B.tLle4 ~e4 27.fe4
-..c7 2B .~d3 a3-; 23.tLle4 tLldB 24 .~c5
(24 .~f2? ~e4 25.fe4 ~gS 2B.l:dd1 !:deB
27 .~a2 a3+) 24... ~e4 (24 ... tLle4 25.fe4
~cs 2B.ef5 -..fs 27.dB±) 25 .~dB ~c2
2B.tLlc2 ~dB'!' and the black position is
better, with pressure on the weakened
white king) 23 ... tLldB 24.~c5 'ike?
25.'i!i'e5 tLlc4! 2B.l:dB (2B.t!i'c7? tLld2
27.<it>c1 ~cS 2B.-..c5 tLlb3!! 29.tLlb3
ab3-+) 2B ... 'ili'dB 27.'i!i'e7 ~c2 (with this
tactical stroke Black reaches equality)
2B.tLlc2 tLld2 29. <it>c1 tLlb3 30.Wb1
tLld2=] 21 .'iie2
on the position and maybe either
find a formula to prove Black
wrong or take warni ng and
witch to a new approach again t
the black system.
21 •.. b5 [Now the pawn sacrifice is weaker,
with the queen's rook out of place. 21 ... tLleB
22 .~b5 'jjc? 23.~eB l:eB 24.dB! ~dB
25.tLlb5+- ] 22.ab5 [22.~b5 tLlbS 23.ab5
l:c3! (23 ... a4!?) 24.bc3 tLldS 25.'* c4 ~e6
2B.l:hd1 'it'dB~] 22 ...tLle8 23 .~b6? !
[23. ~ tLldB 24.b6. Irs difficult to assess
the position. The white knight on a1
balances Black's material disadvantage]
23...~g5 24Jtdd1 [24.~dB ~d2
25.'it'd2 tLldB 2B. ~e2 'it'dB~] 24...tLld6
25.b3? [With the intention of maintaining
the blockade, but paying a high price by
burying the white knight on a1. 25.~dB
'f!ldB (25... ~dB 2B.~b3±) 2B.~b3 gB
27.tLle4 ~e4 2B.fe4 a4 29 .~a4 ..Was 30.b3
l:c3oo] 25 •.• a4 26.tLla4 tLlc4 [2B ...l:eB!?
27.~c5 l:cS! 2B.tLlc5 -..a7 29.tLlaB e4!
30.tLlb4 'i!t'a3!! and Black turns the sacrifice
into an attack along the dark squares:
31 .tLlaB ~16- +] 27.bc4 : aa 28.tLlc3
28...l:a3 [This 'human' move is not the best
Wcrf to develop the initiative... With 2B... l:dc8!
Black can try to set up his artillery on the
rook file: 29.Wb2 ~dB!! 30.~e3 (30.~d8
-..a7) 30 ...e4t 31.~d4 ef3 32.-..f1 ~16!
33.~16 'ii'a7- +] 29.Wb2 l:da8 30.~c5
[The black aHack falters, and WMe's material
advantage prevails] 30 ...l:c3 31. 'it»c3
tLla2 32.<it>b2 ~f6 33.tLlb3 e4
34.l:d4! [34.~d4?? 'i!t'a7! 35.~16 gf6
36.l:hg1 WhB 37.tLla5 'f!laS 38.'i!t'e3 ef3oo]
34...-..c7 35.'iie3 ef3 36.d6 1-0

Stopping ... d6-d5
14. 5
lnarkiev,Ernesto
Brkic,Ante
Budva Ech 2009 (2)
1.e4 eS Vt~f3 d6 3.d4 ed4 4.lLld4
~f6 S.tt:le3 a6 6 . ~e3 eS 7.lLlb3 ~e7
8.f3 ~e6 9.'i!fd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 aS
11.'iWe1 W eB 12.a4 ~e6 13.g4 lLlb4
14.gS [The immediate determination of the
central structure is not better than the
prophylactic 14 .~b1 . Even though Black
cannot carry out his central counterthrust
... d6-d5, he has other means to get a
counterattack] 14... tLleB 1S.f4?!
[15.\t>b1 !?] 1S.. .fS! 16.h4 [16.gf6 ~f6
17.f5 ~b3 18.cb3 d5!? (18... tt:le4 19 .~c4
\t>hB 20.tt:le4 d5 21.We2 dc4 22.bc4
'W'f5+) 19.ed5 'it'fS=F l'l·l'l Quesada Perez-
Abreu Delgado, Yucatan 2004] 16.. .fe4
17.feS deS 1B . ~ b1
18... ~d6 [Again the pawn sacrifice,
opening lines, allows Black to develop a
strong attack: 18... b5! 19. ~b5 tt:lc7
(19 ...lLld6?! 20.J:[d6 ~d6 21.'ife2=F)
20.'i'e2 lObS 21 .'ifb5 tt:lc2! 22 .~c2 J:[bS
23.'i!fe5 ~b3-+] 19.tLleS ..tg4
20.~dS lLldS? [20 ...lLlf5 21.lLle7 tt:le7
22.J:[d2 b6 23.lLlb3 tt:led5 24 .~g2 ~13+]
21.J:[dS lLlfS 22. J:[g1 tt:le3 23. 'i!fe3
l:lf3 24.'i!fe4 ~es 2S .~e4?! [25.'i!fc4
~e6 26.Wc5 Wc5 27.J:[c5 J:[af8
28. ~5;!;] 2S .. .\t>h8 26.J:[g4 J:[e3
27.'i!fg2 ~d4 2B . ~ b3 'iifB? (28 ... J:[e1
29.~a2 J:[g1 30.'ifg1 ~g1 31.J:[g1=]
29. ~a2 J:[f3 30.J:[g3 J:[f2 31 .'i!fe4
J:[eB 32.hS-+ J:[f 4 33.'i!fd3 J:[f1 34.e3
.ie3 3S.be3 e4 36.'i!fe4 J:[eB
37.'i!fe2 J:[ee1 3B. ~ b2 +- J:[a1
39 . ~a2 J:[f2 40.J:[d2 J:[ff1 41.J:[gd3
1-0
Anand,Viswanathan
Vallejo Pons,Francisco
Monaco blind 2004 (3)
1.e4 eS 2.tt:lf3 d6 3.d4 ed4 4.lLld4
tt:lf6 S.tt:le3 a6 6 .~e3 eS 7.lLlb3 ~e7
B.f3 ~e6 9.'i!fd2 Q-0 10.o-o-o aS
11 .We1 W eB 12.a4 tLle6 13.g4 lLlb4
14.gS ~hS!? 1S.~b1 'it'e7?! [Too
slow. Black's play should be directed straight
towards a central counterattack with ... d6-d5
or ...17-fS; 15.. .15! 16.gf6 t016 17.J:[g1 ~hB=
would have kept the balance] 16.'iff2 tLlf4
[16 ...15!?] 17.tLlbS 'i!fbB 18.~f4 ef4
19.l03d4± [Whtle ends Black's pretensions
by seizing control in the centre] 19..•~d7
20.J:[g1 [20.h4!?] 20...g6 21 .~e4 'i!ieB
22 .~b3 eS 23.'i!id2 'i!ieS 24.h4
J:[aeB 2S.hS ~g7 26. h2 ~gS
27.lLld6!+- ~f6 28.hg6 fg6
29.lLl6fS! ~hB [29 ...~f5 30.lLlf5 ~h8
31.'i!ih7 ~h7 32.J:[h1 ~h4 33.J:[h4X]
30.'i!ih7!! ~ h7 31.J:[h1 1-0
[M/04-3-66 Nunn)
Lopez Martinez,Josep M
Edouard,Romain
Andorra 2009 (5)
1.e4 eS 2.tLlf3 d6 3.d4 ed4 4.tLld4
tt:lf6 S.tt:le3 a6 6 . ~e3 eS 7.lLlb3 ~e6
B.f3 ~e7 9.'i!id2 o-o 1o.o-o-o as
11.'i!ie1 'i!ie8 12.a4 lLla613.g4 lLlb4
14.gS lOeB 1S .~b1 tt:le7!? 16.f4
tt:lea6 [16 ... ef4!? 17. ~f4 b5! 18.ab5 a4
19.lLld4 a3 20.b3 d5 21 .b6 tt:lca6 22.ed5
~d5 23.lLld5 lLld5 24.~c4 ~b4 25.~d2
~d2 26.1i'd2 lLlb6!1r?] 17.tt:la1? [Definitely
not the best way to counter the threat of
17... tt:lc2. 17.~a6 ba6 (17 ... ef4 18..if4 ba6
19.lLld4 J:[b8oo) 18.15 ~b3 19.cb3 d5
20.J:[d5! tLldS 21.lLld5±] 17...ef4 1B.~f4
tOeS 19.~d6 ~d6 20.J:[d6 J:[dB
21 .'ifg3 'i!ie7 22.J:[dB 'it'dB 23.~bS
Survey S/ 14.8
1i'd2=F 24. J:[e1 J:[eB 2S.h4 g6
26.'it'e3 'it'h2 27.J:[d1 'i!ih4 28.b3
1i'h2 29.'it'd4 'i'f4 30.lLldS tLldS
31.edS 'it'd4 32.J:[d4 ~fS
33 .'~ b2 J:[dB 34.e4
Soloviov,Sergey
Anisimov,Pavel
St Petersburg ch-city 2007 (5)
1.e4 eS 2.tLlf3 d6 3.d4 ed4 4.lLld4
lLlf6 S.tt:le3 a6 6.~e3 eS 7.lLlb3 ~e6
B.'it'd2 ~e7 9.f3 0-0 10.0-0..0 aS
1Hi'e1 'i!ieB 12.a4 lLle6 13.g4 lLlb4
14.gS tLleB1S. ~ b1 bS!
.. B ~
Ai.t.i
.t.A
.t.
£::.
Jlt::.
16 ...Q.bS (16.ab5 a4 17.lLlc1 a3t]
16... tLle7 17. ~d3 (17.'it'e2? ~b5
18.lLlb5 (1B.'i!ib5 ~c4-+) 18... ~c4
19.'i!fl2 ~b3 20.cb3 'i!fe6+] 17... tt:lea6
[17...J:[bB! 1B.tt:la5 (18.'i!id2 tt:lc2 19 .~c2
~b3+) 18... d5 19.ed5 tt:lcd5 20.lLld5 ~d5
21.We2 J:[aB 22.tt:lc4 'i!ic6 23.a5 J:[fb8,
with a strong attack] 18.lLldS ~dS
19.edS lLld3 20.J:[d3 lLlb4 21 .J:[d2
'it'dH 22.tt:le1 'i!ia4 23.e3 tt:la6
24.h4 'i!fd7 2S.'i'e2 J:[fe8 26.hS
~gs 27 . ~gS 'it'fS 2B.'i!ie4 'i!igS
29.f4 'it'f4 30.'it'f4 ef4 31.tt:le2 J:[abB
32.J:[f1 J:[e4 33.J:[f4 J:[f4 34.tLlf4 tOeS
3S . ~e2 gS 36.tt:le2 tt:le4 37.J:[d1 fS
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 38.tLld4 14 39.l:le1 l:le8 40.b4 ab4
41.cb4 g4 42.b5 l:lc8 43.'ito>d3 tLlc5
44.'ito>e2 l:le8 45. 1 l:le1 46.We1
47.b6 13 48.tLle6 tLlb7 49. 2
6 50.'ito>g3 5 51.h6 We4 52.'ito>f2
5 53.'ito>g3 'ito>g6 54.tLld4 'ito>g5
55.tLlc2 tLlc5 56.tLle3 tLle4 57.'ito>h2
g3 58.'ito>h3 g2 59.'ito>h2 tLlc5 60.tLlc4
4 ~1
The Right Move Order
14.~b1 d5 15.g5 tLl e8
Mamedov,Nidjat
Georgiadis,loannis
Kavala 2009 (2)
1.e4 c5 2.tLlf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tLld4
tLlf6 5. 3 a6 6.13 e5 7.tLlb3 ~e6
8 .~e3 ~e7 9.1t'd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 a5
11 .1t'e1 'i!i'c8 12.a4 tLlc6 13.g4 tLlb4
14.g5 tLJe8 15.'ito>b1 d5 [15 ...b5!]
16.ed5 ~15 17.1:ld2 tLlc7 [The attempt
to weaken the light squares in White's camp
with the jump ... tLlc4 gets frustrated because
of Black's resulting weaknesses on the dark
squares: 17... tLld6? 18.~c5! ~g5 (18 ...1:le8
19.h4 1t'c7 20.W'f2±) 19.~d6 ~d2 20.tLld2·
~c2 (20 ...tLlc2 21 .1t'g3±) 21.'ito>a1 ~4
22.1t'g3 tLlc2 23.'it;>b1± and the presence of
i..
queens on the board favours White with his
two pieces] 18.1t'd1 (18.~c4
Ai ~ i_
~ LS ~ A LS
LS ~ A
ttJ ttJ ~LS
LSLS ~ I 32 ...-b3 ~e7 33.h6 gh6 34.~ g3 1-0
<;t> 'iV
18... b5! Once again the bishop capture is
the most natural move, but it increases
Black's chances of a counterattack - this
example is no exception: 19.ab5 (19.~b5?
tLlb5 20.ab5 a4 21.tLla1 a3 22.d6 ab2
23.Wb2 W'c41 24.de7 l:la2 25.'ito>b1 l:la1
26.'ito>a1 W'c3 27.'ito>b1 ~c2 28.l:lc2 1t'c2
29.Wa1 'tWa2X) 19... tLle81 20.'ii'e2 a4
(suddenly Black is ready to take the
initiative and demand payment for his two
52
sacrificed pawns) 21 .tLlc1 tLld6 22 .~d3
tLld3 23.tLld3 tLlc4 and in the following
game White failed to keep the balance by
returning material and soon found himself in
a desperate position: 24.1:ldd1 ?!
(24.tLle5!oo) 24 ... a3 25.tLle4 ~e4 26.fe4
ab2 27.tLlb2 tLla3 28.'ito>c1 1t'c3 and the
black attack was irresistible, Nedev·
Gajewski, Heraklion Ech·tt 2007] 18... 1:ld8
19.tLla1 [19.d6?? l:ld6- + ] 19...tLle8?!
[19... 1t'd71 - Main Game] 20. ~ b5 tLld6
2H i'e2 'li'c7 [21...tLlb5 22.1t'b5 l:la6
23.l:lhd1 (after White has reorganized his
position Black is left a pawn down and
without compensation) 23... 1:lad6
24.h4? (after finding the most difficult
moves, White fails to find a direct way to
take over: 24 .~b6! ~d7 (24... 1:l8d7
25. ~a5 tLla6 26.h4+-) 25 .~d8! (maybe
this was the move Topalov hadn't seen in
his calculations. lfs clear that capturing a
second pawn is impossible: 25. aS??
l:lb6! 26.'i!t'b6 ~cS+) 25... ~b5 26.~e7
l:ld7 27 .~b4 ab4 28.tLlb5+- and the
white advantage is overwhelming)
24...~d7oo Topalov-Dominguez Perez,
Sofia 2009] 22.1:lhd1 l:lac8 23.h4 b6
24. ~12 16 25.g16 ~16 26.tLle4±
'tWb 7 27.c3 tLlb5 28.'tWb5 tLla6
29.tLlc2 l:lb8 30.c4 'ito>h8 31.h5 ~d7
Alternatives for Black
14.~b1
Zubov,Aiexander
Nedilko,Vasily
Odessa 2007 (2)
1.e4 c5 2.tLlf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tLld4
tLJ16 5.tLlc3 a6 6.~e3 e5 7.tLlb3 ~e7
8.13 ~e6 9.._d2 0-0 10.0-0-0 a5
11 .-.e1 1t'c8 12.a4 tLlc6 13.g4 tLlb4
14.'ito>b1 -.c7?! [As already said in the
comments to the game Anand-Vallejo, this
is too slow] 15.h4 [ 15.~b5!? d5 16.g5
tLleS 17.ed5 ~f5 18.1:ld2 tLld6 19.1t'e2
l:lfc8 20.1:lhd1 1t'd8 21 .h4 ~f8 22.tLlc5
tlJb5 23.1t'b5 ~c5 24 .~c5 ~d 7 25.-.b6
-.ea 26.~b4+ - Aroshidze-Udeshi,
BalagOer 2009] 15...1:l1d8 16.1ff2 tLld7
17.tLld5 ~d5 18.ed5 l:ldc8 19.c3
tLla6 20.g5 ~d8 21.14± [White controls
the entire board] 21 .•. e4 22. ~h3 l:lcb8
23.tLld4 tLldc5 24.tLlb5 -.e7 25.15
tLld3 26.16 1t'e5 2H W15 tLlac5
28. ~d4 'i!i'15 29. ~15 tLla4 30 .~e4
tLldb2 31 .1:lde1 l:la6 32.1:lh2 ~ b6
33.1:lb2 ~d4 34.tLld4 tLlb2 35.Wb2
b5 36.tLlc6 l:lba8 37. ~15 8
38. ~ h7 b4 39.h5 bc3 40.'it;>c3 l:lb6
1-0
Kristjansson,Arne
Hansen,Tomas Guldberg
cr Email Ech tt 2005
1.e4 c5 2.tLl13 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tLld4
tLlf6 5.tLlc3 a6 6 .~e3 e5 7.tLlb3 ~e6
8.".-d2 ~e7 9.13 0-0 10.0-o-0 a5
11.'it'e1 -.c8 12.a4 tLlc6 13.g4 tLlb4
14. ~ b1 'i!i'c7 15.h4 l:lac8
16.h5?! [16.g5 tLlh5 (1 6... tLld7 17.1:lh2 f5
18 . ~h3 ;!;) 17.1:lh2 f5 18 .~h3 g6 19.14!
tLlf4 20.~f4 ef4 21 .tLld4±] 16... d5!
17.g5 d4 18.g16 ~16 19 . ~d2 l:l1d8!
20. ~ b5 dc3 21 .~c3 l:ld1 22.-.dl
~g5 'F 23."ite2 h6 24.l:ld1 ~14
25 ...-g2 'ito>h7 26.1:lg1 l:lg8 27.'ite2
b6 28.l:ld1 l:ld8 29.1:lg1 ~g5
30.1:ld1 l:lc8 31."ii 'g2 16 32.tLlc1
-.11 33. ~ b4 ab4 34.1:ld6 1t'e7
35.1:lb6 ~c1 36 . ~c1 ~f7 37.b3
l:ld8 38.1t'g4 -.c5 Y2-l-2

Saric,lvan
Brkic,Ante
Opatija ch-CRO 2012 (7)
1.e4 cS V t:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.lt:\d4
lt:lt6 S.lt:lc3 a6 6. ~e3 eS 7.lt:lb3 ~e7
8J3 ~e6 9:ilt'd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 aS
11.1i'e1 'ilt'c812.a4 lt:lc6 13.g4 lt:lb4
14.Wb1 lt:le8 [With this alternative Black
refrains from the central break, with the
direct intention of playing ...b7-b5 and
...lt:lc7, opening lines] 1S.h4?! [It is
necessary to defend the c2-pawn, reducing
the force of ... b7-b5; 15.'ilt'f2! lt:lc7
(15... b5!? 16.lt:lb5 (16.~5 lt:lc7 17.~d3
'ilt'b7<=') 16...d5 17.ed5 ~d5 18.lt:lc3
(18.l:ld21?) 18... ~b3 (18 ...~e6 19.lt:le4±)
19.cb3 (after the exchanges White's
queenside structure remains blocked, but in
return he is granted control of the light
squares, and this assures him an
advantage) 19.. .'i ie6 (19... lt:ld6 20 . ~c5
l:ld8 21..~.b4 ab4 22.lt:ld5 'ilt'e6 23 .~g2 ±)
20. ~c4 'ilt'g6 21 .lt:le4 lt:\16 22.'ilt'g2 l:lad8
23. ~d2 lt:le4 24.fe4 l:ld4 25 . ~ ~b4
26.l:ld4 ed4 27.l:lf1 ± Ka~akin-Dominguez
Perez, Dos Hermanas 2005 - YB/84-30.
The active positions of White's pieces and
the superiority of his bishop guarantee the
advantage) 16 .~b6 (White shoulp
constantly see to it that Black will not able
to carry out any one of his aforementioned
breaks and tree his position) 16...lt:lca6 (a
hard blow is threatened on c2) 17.~a5 b6
18 .~b4 (simpler was 18 .~a6 lt:la6 19 .~b6
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lt:lb4 20.a5± and Black has insufficient
compensation for the sacrificed material)
18...lt:lb4 19. ~b5 'ilt'b7 20.'..d2 l:lfc8
21.lt:ld5? lt:ld5 22.ed5 ~d7 23.'ilt'd3 ~b5
24.ab5 'ilt'a7 25.c3 'ilt'a2 26.q;>c2 l:la3 0-1
Ragger-Van Oosterom, Pardubice 2007)
1S... bS! [15...lt:lc7 16.~ lt:lca6 17.lt:lc1
lt:lc5 18.~ ~dB 19..ic5 'it'c5 20.lt:ld3
lt:ld3 21.l:ld3;t] 16. · s lt:lc7 17.l:lh2
lt:lbS 18.abS [18.lt:lb5?? ~ 19.cb3
'tli'e6--+] 18... a4 19.lt:lc1 'ilt'b7 [And Black
has achieved excellent play for the material]
20.b6 a3 21.b3 dSI 22.edS lt:ldS
23.lt:ldS ~dS 24.l:lhd2 .ib4 2S. 2
~d2 26. 'it'd2 ~f3 -+ 27.'ilt'd7 W'e4
28.l:ld3 ~g4 29.'ilt'dS ~f3 30.'ilt'e4
.ie4 31 .l:ld7 fS 32.lt:lc3 ~c6 33.l:lc7
l:lfc8 34.b4 f4 35 ~cs l:lc7 36.bc7
e4 37.bS a2 38.o;\>a1 · 7 39.b6 l:le8
40.lt:lbS e3 41 .lt:ld6 f3 42 .~e3 l:le3
43.lt:lb7 l:le8 44.lt:ld8 f2 0-1
Survey S/ 14.8
lnarkiev,Ernesto
Ter Sahakyan,Samvel
Ptovdiv Ech 2012 (3)
1.e4 cS 2.lt:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.lt:ld4
lt:lf6 S.lt:lc3 a6 6 .~e3 eS 7.lt:lb3 ~e7
8.f3 ~e6 9.'ilt'd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 aS
11.'ilt'e1 'ilt'c8 12.a4 lt:lc6 13...t>b1
lt:lb4 14.g4 l:ld8?!
1S ..ib6 [15.g5 lt:le8 t6 ..ib6 lt:lc7 17.h4
d5 18.ed5 lt:lbd5 19.lt:ld5 l:ld5=] 1S... l:lf8
16 .~aS [16.g5 lt:lh5 17.h4 lt:lf4oo]
16... ~b3?1 [16 ...lt:lc2! 17.<J»c2 ~b3
18.<iPb3 l:la5 19..i.b5 l:la8 20.'ilt'e2;t]
17 . ~ b4 ~a4 18.lt:la4 l:la4 19. ~b5
l:la7 20.W'e3 'ilt'a8 21 .c3 lt:le8
22. ~c4 ± lt:lf6 23.o;\>c2 l:lc8 24 .~ bS
lt:le8 2S.'ilt'b6 .i.d8 26. 'ilt'g1 ~as
27.~aS l:laS 28.'ilt'b6 l:la2 29.l:ld3
lt:lc7 30 .~c4 l:la4 31 .'ilt'b3 l:lf8
32.l:ld6 bS 33. ~f7 <J»h8 34.l:lhd1
l:la1 3S.l:la1 'ilt'a1 36.'ilt'a3 'ilt'a3
37.ba3 g6 38.l:ld7 lt:la6 39.gS 1-0
53
 icilian Defence
Dragon Variation Sl 17.3 (876)

The Third Option

by Rene Olthof (special contributions by Ray Robson and Mikhail Golubev)

1. e4 c5 Vere ov after his match again t

2. l0f3 d6 Panov, Moscow 1938, i refuted
3. d4 cd4 by lO.g5! l0h5 ll.ed5!. Trading
4. l0d4 l0f6 the white bishop on c4 for a
5. l0c3 g6 knight or a bishop i equall y un-
6. .ie3 ~g7 attractive so Black has to come
7. f3 l0c6 up with alternative plans.
8. 'it'd2 0-0 So onko examined the specta-
9. g4 ~e6 cu lar 9 ... ~g4 in Yearbook 30
10. l0e6 fe6 (1993) and in 2002 Cetera dealt
11. 0-0-0 with 9 .. .h5 in Yearbook 63.

g 'iV g~ Black's Strongest Reply

9 .. .~e6 is generally considered
.t..t. .t. .t..l to be Blacks trongest reply.

~··~· Initially it wa met by I 0.0-0-0, Ray Robson

After removing his king from the
centre with 8 .. .0-0 Black i ready
for the central thru t 9 ... d5.
White can choo e to top this ef-
fectively with 9 ..ic4, but later
thi bi hop will be exchanged off
against Black queen' knight,
which cost him two preciou
tempi. White's econd choice is
9.0-0-0, ignoring the direct
threat but completing develop-
ment and piling up the pres ure
on the d-file.
The Best of Both Worlds
The third option 9.g4 aims to ob-
tain the best of both worlds. The
break 9 ... d5 , recommended by
but as shown in Yearbook 28
and 34, this on ly tran poses to
acceptable lines from the 9.0-0-0
l0d4 I O.~d4 .ie6 complex.
Evgeny Sveshnikov (not univer-
sally known for his expertise on
the white ide of the Open Sicil-
ian) appear to have been the first
to realize (in his game against
Van der Wiel at the 1980
Chigorin Memorial) that de pite
the weakne on the f-file White
must take on e6, if he want to get Kudrin 's 12 ... 'it'c8 was Robson '
anywhere in the opening phase. choice in this year s US Champi-
Together with the welcome sup- on hip. Our Main Game lose it
port by the great Anatoly Karpov theoretical relevance at move 16
in the 1982 London Phillip & where 16.. J:tad8 i the critical
Drew Tournament thi cleared continuation. As Rob on ex-
the way for a sharp increase in plained in New In Chess Maga-
popularity of 9.g4 which ha zine 2012/4, he had comp letely
Ia ted till this very day. forgotten that in reply to hi
queen check on move 20 White
Kudrin's Move needn't take on f4 and instead
After I O.l0e6 fe6 ll .0-0-0 tOeS could get a comfortable plus with
l2.~e2B iacki atacro road . 2 1.Wb l. There were some highJ y

54

entertaining complication ub-
equently, incl uding an under-
promotion to a knight, but in the
end Nakamura reeled in the point
thank to two killing rooks on the
eventh rank. Being a queen up
wa of no avail to Black.
Rob on had played 12 ...'ii'c8 be-
fore, at the Aeroflot Open in Feb-
ruary 2012. Barto z Socko went
for 13.i.h6 and for a while fo l-
lowed in the footstep of the tern
game Campora-Kudrin, Bern
1988. White wa better during
mo t of the game and in the end
he won the ending of three con-
nected pa ed pawn v a knight.
Wegener-Polzin shows a typical
way to keep the h-file clo ed. The
ensuing complication in the
middJegame are breathtaking,
causing the player to completely
lo e their ense of direction .
13.'0Pb I cannot be the refutation
of thi line. A oon a White
pu hed hi pawn to f4, Black
generated dangerou counter-
play in both KJein-Riemer rna
and Hracek-Jone .
Remaining Flexible
12 ...l:tc8 tops the tran fer of the
bi hop to c4 but keeps the black
queen flexible .
Kudrin's Move
12 .. .'~c8
Nakamura,Hikaru
Robson,Ray
St Louis ch·USA 2012 (3)
1.e4 c5 V !:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:ld4
tt:lf6 5.tt:lc3 g6 6...b 3 ~g7 7.f3 tt:lc6
8.W'd2 0-0 9.g4 ~e6 [9...d5?
(recommended by Gavriil Veresov) 10.g5!
tiJhS 11 .ed5! tt:ld4 12 .~d4
13.W"d4±) 10. e6 [10.0·0·0 tt:ld4
{10... tt:le5 11 .tt:le6!? fe6 - game) 11. ~d4
WaS; 10.h4 d5! Van der Wiei·Miles, Utrecht
1986; 1O .~e2 J:lc8 Balashov-Enklaar, Wijk
aan Zee 1973 - YB/21-16; 10.tt:ld5? ~d5
The drawback of this line i that it
encourage White to tran fer hi
knight from c3 to d4 via J3.ttJbS!,
eyeing the newly created weak-
ne on e6, whi le at the same time
keepi ng the black queen away
from aS. The regu lar attacking
cheme with .. .ttJc4 didn ' t work
out well in Ducarmon-Olthof and
Vallejo Pon -Carls on.
Again t the standard kingside
attack 13.h4 aS 14.hS Black is
in want of a convincing defen-
ive cheme, too. It's even un-
clear what Black' be t reply is -
the books recommend the ex-
change acrifice 14 .. .l:tc3 ( uri-
Gerber), but I'm doubtful de-
pite the black win.
Little Experience
There i little experience with
12... aS. Recently Women'
11 .ed5 tt:ld5- + J 1o...te6 11 .0-o-o
[11. ~c4) 11 ... tiJe512 .~e2 W"c8
g ..
.1. .t .l
... , ~ ,
~ 14...tiJc4 15 . ~c4 'it'c4 16.e5 tt:lb6?
~ ~
~d4
~~
ttJ
~ ~ ~ 'fi Ji ~ 21 .<Ji> b1 ! [21 .'ilff4? ef4=) 21 ...'ilfh2
~l:X l:X
13.h4 [13.~6) 13... tt:lfd7 [13... c4
14 .~c4 W"c4 15 .~h6;!;) 14.f4 [14.h5 tiJI3
Survey S/1 7.3
World Champion Hou Yifan
fai led to break down the brick
wall erected by the Vietname e
IM Nguyen Due Hoa .
No Knight on e5
After 11 .0-0-0 it i by no mean
obligatory to put the knight on
eS. Luke McShane cho e there-
strained ll ... l:tc8, keeping all hi
options open. 12.i.c4 'it'd7
13.i.b3 ttJaS leads to a po ition
which u ed to arise after I l .i.c4
(fonnerly the mo t common
move) II... d7 12.i.b3 ttJaS
13 .0-0-0 l:tc8. igel hort
reached an advantageous po i-
tion , but lo t the thread at move
22, where 22.l:thS would have
yielded great winning chance .
Wojciech Moranda put hi king'
knight on c7. I vanchuk had orne
difficulty in converting his light
advantage when he failed to
harra Black 's king with 3l.g6
or 32.g6.
There are few games with the
active ll...dS (Klein- Vroom-
bout), which dra tically change
the character of the position.
Conclusion
9 ...i.e6 far from guarantee ea y
equality for Bla k again t 9.g4.
(14... tiJc4 15.~c4 1i'c4 16.hg6 hg6)
15. d5 d2 (15...ed5 16.'Wd5 J:lf7
(16...<Ji> h8? 17.hg6 f6 18.J:lh7 tiJh7
19.W"h5+-) 17 .~13;!;) 16.tt:le7 <J;>f7
17.tiJc8 J:lac8 18.J:ld2 <Ji>e7 19.hg6 hg6
20 .~g5 ~16!? 21.J:lh7 J:lf7 22 .~16 <J;>f6
23.g5 <Ji>e7 24.J:lf7 <,1;>17 25.J:ld6 tt:le59!!)
[16 ... J:lad8oo] 17.h5 de5 18.hg6 hg6
19.11t"h2 J:lf4 [19... ef4 20.~d4 +-l
20. ~f4 [20.<Ji> b1? d5!=) 20...'Wf4
22.J:lh2 J:lf8 23. e4 [23.b3 J:lf4 24.tiJe2
J:lg4 25.J:ld8 <J;>f7 26.J:lb8±; 23.g5+-
Velickovic) 23 ...J:lf4 24.tt:lg5? [24. c5
J:lg4 25.tiJb7± ) 24... J:lg4 25. e6 ~f6
55
 26.b3 tDc8 27.c4 [27.l:[d8 <oW 28.tDc5
tDd6 29.l:th7 ~g7; 27.l:tf2 b6 (27 ... tDd6?
28.l:td6+-) 28.c4 <oW 29.tDc7 e4]
27.•. tDd6 28.c5 tDb5 29.l:td7
29... [29 ... e4 30.l:tb7 l:tgt 31.'ifolc2 l:tat
32.l:tb5 l:ta2 33.~1 l:th2 34.c6 e3 35.c7
l:tht 36.'ifolc2 e2 37.c8'it' ~7 38.tDf8 <J;g7
(38 .. .<J;>h6?? 39. e8 l:tgt 40.'li'f7+-)
39.tDe6 (39.'ife8?? et'if 40.'ifg6 ~hB
41 .l%h5 l:th5 42.'it'h5 ~7-+) 39.. .<~h7
40.l:te5 (40.l%b8 l:tct! (40 ...e1'if?? 41.ti'g8
~h6 42.'i+'h8 ~ 43.l:th8X) 41.~1 et'if
42.'ifolc2 'it'e2=) 40... ~e5 41.ti'f8 (41 .tDg5
'i;g7 42.tDI3 et'if (42 ... et tD!?) 43.tDe1
l%e1 44.ti'd7 ~ 45."ira7 l:te4=) 41...~16
42.'i+'f7 ~ 43.tDI8 ettD 44.1.W2 tD13
45.~e2 tDh4=] 30.l:tb7 l:tg1 31. ~c2
tDa3 32.'1\>b2 tDb1 33.tDd8
34.tDc6 e4 35.'1\>c2 tDa3 36.'1\>d2
tDb1 37.'iPe3 l%e1? (37 ... tDc3! 38.l:ta7
(38.l:th7? l:tg3 39.'1tf2 l%13 40.'i;g1 tDd5)
38 ... l:tdt 39.'iPI2 l:td3!? 40.l:th7 e3 41.'1\>g2
e2 42.l:the7 fJ..e7 43.l:te7 '1tf8 44.'1tl2 l:th3
(44 ... l:td1 45.l:te2 tDe2 46.'wte2=) 45.'wte1
tDa2 46.l:te2 tDct 47.l:tf2 'wte8=] 38.c.t;>f2
l:tc1 39.l:th7 l%c2 40.'iPg3? (40.'wte3
tDc3 41.tDe5! tDdt 42.'1\>14 l%12 43.'wtg4
tDe3 44.~+-] 40.•. l:tc3? [40 ... tDc3
41 .l:the7 (41.tDe7?? fJ..e5-+; 41 .l:ta7 tDd5)
41...~e7 42.l:te7 '1tf8 43.l:ta7 tDe2
(43 ... tDa2) 44.~ l:tc3 45.tDe5 l:tg3
46.<~>h4 g5 47.~h5 tDI4 48.'1\>h6 e3 49.l:ta4
e2 50.l:te4 l:tgt 51 .tDI3 l%11 52.<,t;>g5 l%13
53.c6 tDd5 54.l:te2=] 41.'wtg4+- e3
42.tDe7 e2 43.tDd5! [43.l:tb8 'wtd7
44.tDg6 '1tc6 45.l:te8+-J 43 ... l:tg3
44. 4 ~g5 [44 ...~e5 45.'1\>e5 et'i¥
46.'1\>d6] 45. 5 e1 'it' 46.'wtd6 ~f4
[46... l:t13 47.l:tb8 ~d8 48.tDc7] 47.tDt4
l%d3 [47 ... ti'd2 48.tDd5] 48.tDd3 'i!fg3
49.tDe5
Robson
M/12·4-42
56
Petrosian,Davit Gevorgi
Kanter,Eduard
Moscow 2012 (6)
1.e4 c5 2.tDf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tDd4
tDt6 5.tDc3 g6 6.~e3 fJ..g7 7.f3 0-0
8. 1rd2 tDc6 9.g4 ~e6 1O.tDe6 fe6
11.0-0-0 tDe5 12 .~e2 'ifc8 13.h4
tDc4 14. ~c4 'li'c4
15.h5 (15 .~d4 e5 16.fJ..e3 b5 17.'it'd3t;
15. ~h6 b5 16. ~g7 ~g7 17.h5 b4 18.hg6
hg6 (1 8... bc3? 19.'li'h6 'wtg8 20.g5!+-)
19.e5! (19.tDbt 'ifa2 20.'ifh6 '1\>17 21 .g5
l:th8 22.'i+'h8 l:th8 23.l:th8 tDh5 24.l:th7
'1\>e8'i") 19...de5 (19 ... bc3 20.'it'h6 'wtl7
21 .el6+- cb2 (21...'1\>e8 22.fe7) 22.'1\>bt
'1\>16 23.g5 '1\>f7 24.l:th4) 20.'i+'h6 'wtl7
2t.tDe4 l:tg8 22.'wtb1 l:tac8 23.l:th2±]
8 15•.. b5 [15 ... tDd7 16.hg6 hg6 17.l:th3
tDe5 (17... ~c3 18.'ifc3 'ifc3 19.bc3 e5;
17.. .b5; 17... l%ac8) 18.14 (18.'it'g2!?)
18... tDg4 19.'it'g2 tDe3 20.'ifg6 (20.l:te3
l%14 2U!t'g6 l%16 22.'i+'g2 l:tal8 23.l%g3
l%817 24.b3?! Wc5! 25.l:tht W'l2!+)
20 ... tDd1 ~- ~ Kulaots-Cvitan, Zadar 2011]
16.'wtb1 b4 17.tDe2 e5 (17 ... l%ac8
18.hg6 hg6 19.lL.14 '1\>17 20.l:th3±]
18.b3!? 1Vc6 (18... 'it'b5 19.hg6 hg6
20.c4 bc3 21 .tDc3±] 19.h6 (19.hg6 hg6
20.'it'b4] 19..• fJ..h8 20.g5?! (20.'i+'b4±
Black's compensation is rather doubtful]
20 ...tDh5 21.l:thf1 aS 22. 'li'd5 d5
23.l%d5 tDt4 24.tDt4 ef4 25. ~d4
fJ..d4 26.l:td4 7 27.c3 bc3
28.'wtc2 l%tc8 29.l:tfd1 '1te6 30.l:td5
a4 31.b4 a3 32. ~ b3 l:ta7?! (32 ...c2!
33.l:tc1 l:tab8 34.b5 (34.l:ta5 l:tc5)
34 ... '1td7 35.l:tc2 l:tc2 36.'wtc2 e6 37.l:td3
l:tb5 38.l:ta3 l%g5 39.l:ta7 ~c6 40.l:th7
l:tg2=] 33.l%c1! l:tac7 34.l:tc2± '1\>d7
35.l:ta5 l:tc4 36.l:ta3 l:t8c7 37.l:ta4
1-0 [37.l:ta8!+-] 37 ... e6 38.l%a5 '1\>c8
39.l:tb5 l:t4c6 [39 ... l%d4 40.l:tc3 l:tdt
41 .l:tb6!] 40.a4 l:tc4 (40 ... l:ta7 41 .e5 d5
42.l:tc3 l:tc3 43.'1\>c3 l:ta4 44.l:tb6+-]
41 .l:tb6! d5 42.l:te6 d4 43.l%d6
'wtb7 44.e5 l%7c6 45.l:td5 l:tc7
46.e6 1-0
Socko,Bartosz
Robson,Ray
Moscow 2012 (7)
1.e4 c5 2.tDf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tDd4
tDf6 5.tDc3 g6 6.~e3 fJ..g7 7.f3 tDc6
8.'it'd2 0-0 9.g4 ~e6 10.tl)e6 fe6
11.0-0-0 tDe5 12.~e2 -.c813. ~ h6
13... fJ..h6 (13... tDc4 14 .~c4 'it'c4 15 .~g7
'1\>g7 16.h4 b5 17.'1\>bt (17.e5; 17.h5
(Kurten·Berza, cr 2009) 17...b4 18.hg6
hg6oo) 17... l:tac8 18.h5 '1\>fl?! (18 ... b4
19.hg6 (19.tDe2) 19... hg6 (19 ... bc3?
20.-.h6 '1\>g8 21 .b3 'li'c5 22.l:td3+- -.a3
23.l:tc3) 20.e5 de5 21 .-.h6 <oW 22.tDe4
l:tg8±) 19.e5! de5 20.tDe4 tDe4 21.hg6
hg6 22.l:th7 (22.1e4!±) 22 ... '1\>g8 23.l:th8
'1\>fl (~- ~ Emelin-Soloviov, St Petersburg
ch-city 2005) 24.l:tl8 '1\>18 25.1e4 'li'e4]
14.'li'h6 'li'c5 15.h4 '1th8 16.'ifd2
l:tac8 (16 ... l:tf7 17.<J;>bt l:taf8 18.h5 gh5
19.g5 tDid7 20.l%h5 tDg6 21.l:tdh1 tDf4
22.g6 tDh5 23.gf7 l:tf7 Hamalainen-Kosmo,
Finland H 2007/08] 17.l:thf1 N (17.'1\>bt b5
18.tDb5 tDI3 19.fJ..I3 'ifb5 20.g5 tDd7
21 .~g4 (21 .~e2 'ife5 Campora-Kudrin,
Bern 1988 - YB/21-19) 21...'it'e5 22.h5
Se.Pavlov-Bargan, Paracin 2010] 17... d5
18.ed5 ed5 19.g5 tDh5 20.'it'd5
[20.tDd5 e6 21 .tDc3 tDg3 22.l:tfe1 tDe2
23.'ife2 tDf3 24.l:tf1 tDh4 25.tDe4'?!]
20.••tDf4 21.'it'c5 (21.'ili'e4!? tDe2
22.'ife2 tDc4 23.l:td3±] 21 ... l:tc5
22.l:td2 '1tg7 23.fLd1 h6 24.l:te1
hg5 25.hg5 l:tf5 26.l%e4 tDh3
27.l%a4 a6 28.l:th2 (28.l:tdd4t]
28 •.. tDg5 29.f4 b5 30.l:ta6 l%f4
31.l:ta5 l:tf1 ?! (31...l:tfc4 32.a3 tDe4

33.<t:Je4 l:le4oo; 31 ... ~c4 32.l:lb5 l:lb5
33.~b5 ~b2 34 .~b2 l:lb4=] 32.l:lbS
l:lbS 33.~bS ~gf3 34.l:le2 gS
[34 ... ~16 3S.a4!] 3S.a4! ~c6 36.l:le6
~ b4 37.c3 ~d3 38 . ~c2 ~cS?
39.l:le7 6 40. l:le3 g4 41.~d4
[41.aS+-] 41 ... l:lf2 42. ~b1 ~d2
[42 ... 1:111 43 .~13 l:ld1 44.<;f;>c2 l:lh1
4S.~d2 l:la1 46.~c4 ~a4 47.b3 ~c5
48.b4±] 43 . ~a2 ~c4 44. l:le2 g3
4S. l:lt2 gf2 46 ..b 2 ~d2 47.<;f;>a3
tHW 48.i.f1 ~f1 49.<;f;>b4 ~d7
[49...~d3 SO.~bS ~e7] SO. ~ bS [SO.a5
~es S1.a6 <;f;>d6 S2.a7 ~b6 S3.~bs ~c7
54.~a6 ~e3 5S.~e6 ~c6 56.b4 ~ec4
S7.bS ~d7 58 .~14 ~d6 S9.<;f;>b7 ~c5=]
so ... <;f;>e7 S1 .~c6 ~d8 S2. ~bS ~d2
53.b4 ~e4 S4.aS <;f;>c8 SS. ~d6 ~d6
56 .~d6 +- ~f6 S7. ~c6 ~g4 S8.bS
~es 59. ~dS ~d3 60. <;f;>d6 ~ b7
61 .c4 ~ b2 62.a6 <;t;>a7 63.cS ~a4
64 . ~dS ~c3 6S.<;f;>c6 ~e2 66.<;f;>d7
~c3 67.b6 <;f;>a6 68.c6 ~d5 69.b7
~ b6 70.<;f;>c7 ~dS 71.<;f;>d6 1-0
Wegener,Oiaf
Polzin,Rainer
Germany Bundesliga 2011/12 (15) .
1.e4 cS 2 . ~f3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4 .~d4
~f6 S .~c3 g6 6.i.e3 i.g7 7.f3 0-0
8 ."i!fd2 ~c6 9.g4 i.e6 10. ~e6 fe6
11.0-0-0 ~eS 12.i.e2 "i!t'c8 13.i.h6
i.h6 14 .'~!f h6 -.cs 1S.h4 l:lac8
[1S ... d5; 15... b5] 16.hS ~f7 17.'ifd2 gS
18.<;f;>b1 a6 19.h6 'ifes 20. l:ldf1 bS
21 .i.d3 b4 22 . ~a4 [22. ~e2] 22 ...aS
[22 ... 'ifa5 23.b3] 23 . ~b6 l:lcS 24.f4
gf4 2S.l:lf4 'ifgS 26.'iff2 l:lc6?
[26 ... ~e51 27.l:lh5 'it'f4 (27 ... 'it'g6!?)
28."iff4 ~h5 29....g5 ~g6 30.'it'd2;
26 ... l:lc7] 27.~c4? [27. ~d7! ~d7
28.l:lhS+- ] 27...a4 28.l:lf1 oo a3
29.'it'a7!
Survey S/ 17.3
29 ... l:lc4? [29 ... l:le8 30.es deS 31 .1:116 el6 8.Wd2 0-0 9.g4 i.e6 10 . ~e6 fe6
32.'it'd7! (32.i.h7?! <;f;>f8 33.~b6 l:ld6! 11 .0-0-o ~es 12.i.e2 'ifca 13 . ~b1
(33... l:ld8 34.~d7 <;t;>e8 35.'ifa4 l:ld7 [13.i.d4 t0c6 14.i.e3 lH~ Emelianov·
(35 ... <;t;>d7? 36.i.e4 l:lc8 37.l:ld1 ~d6 lsaev, cr ch·RUS 2007] 13 ... t0c4
38.i.c6 l:lc6 39.'ifa7 l:lc7 40.'ifa6 l:lc6 14.i.c4 'lit'c4
41.'ifb7 l:lc7 42.-.b4 l:lc6 43.'it'b7 l:lc7
44.'ilt'b6 l:lc6 45.'ifa7 l:lc7 46.'ifa3 l:lc6
47.h7 'ifh4 48."*'a7 l:lc7 49."ii'b6 l:lc6
50.'it'b7 l:lc7 S1.'ife4!+- <;f;>e7 52.l:lh1
~e4 53.l:lh4 l:lc8 54.h8"i!t' l:lh8 S5.l:lh8)
36.1Wc6 -.g4 37.i.g6 <;f;>e7 38.-.cS <;f;>e8
39."ifc8 <;f;>e7 40.'ifc5=) 34.~d7 l:ld7
35.1fd7 'ifh6 36.i.e4 (36.i.d3 'ifd2+)
36... l:ld8 37.1t'e6 'ifd2 38.i.f3 "i!fd4
39.'ilt'b3 e4 40.i.e2 <;t;>g7+) 32 ... l:lec8
(32 ... l:lcc8 33.~d6 ~d6 34.'it'h7 ~18
35.i.g6 l:lc7 36.'ifc7 'ifg6 37.-.d6 <;f;>g8
38.'ifb4 ab2;t) 33.~b6 l:l6c7 34.-.e6 l:ld8
35.~d5 e4 36 .~16 (36.i.e4 l:la7 37.~16 1S ...Wd3 [15.~2 t0d7] 1S...l:lac8
<;f;>h8 38 .~ h7 "i!fl4 39.'ifl6 'ifl6 40.~16=) 16.t0bS [16.eSI?] 16...t0d7 17.f4
36 ... <;f;>h8 37.'it'e4 ~ h6 38."ii'b4 'it'eS!oo; [17.'ifc4 l:lc4 18.l:lh11 i.b2 19.t0d6 l:lb4
29 ...d5? 30.ed5 ed5 31 .1:115+-; 20.a3 i.a3 21 .<;f;>a2 ed6 22.<;f;>a3 l:lbS=F;
31.'ilt'e7+-] 30.-.e7? [30.i.c4! 'ifeS 17.~7 tOeSI=F] 17... a6 18.t0a3 "i!fb4!
31.c3 bc3 (31 ... ab2? 32.'i!fe7 ~e4 33."i!t'l8 19.e5 ~cs 20.'ifc4 'ifc4 21 . ~c4
<;t;>~S 34.1:117 <;t;>e8 35.1:118 <;t;>d7 36.i.bs t0a4 22.t0b6? [22.~ deS 23.feS i.eS
'ifbS 37.1:1117 <;f;>c6 38.l:lc8+-) 32.'ifa3 24.c3 i.c3 2S.bc3 ~c3 26.<;t;>b2 ~1
l:lb8 33.i.b3 (33.b3 ~e4 34.<;f;>c2 ~eg5 27.l:ld1=F; 22.l:ld4 b5 23.~d2 deS 24.fe5
35.'ifa7 d5 36.i.d3 'ifd6±) 33... cb2 i.es 25.l:le4 i.g7 26.l:lb4=F] 22 ... t0b6
34.'ifb2 Wb2 35.~b2 ~gS±J 23.i.b6 l:lf4-+ 24.i.e3 l:le4 2S.ed6
30... l:lcc8? [30 ... l:le4!! 31.'it'l6 (31.1:116 l:le3 26.de7 i.f6 27.l:ld7 l:le8 28.l:lb7
Wes 32.c3 ab2 33."i!ff8 <;t;>f8 34.1:117 <;t;>e8 l:le7 29.l:lb8 <;f;>g7 30.h4 · 4 0-1
35.i.e4 'ife4 36.~b2oo) 31 ...1:114 32.W14
1+'14 33.1:114 l:lb8 34.g5 ~e5] 31.'ife6
l:lce8 [31...-.eS 32.'ifl6 'iff6 33.1:116 Hracek,Zbynek
tOeS+-] 32.'iff6 [32.'ifb3!+-] 32 ...'iff6 Jones,Gawa in
33.l:lf6 tOeS 34.ba3 ba3 3S.l:lf8 l:lt8 Porto Carras Ech-tt 2011 (6)
36.l:lf8 [36.l:IIS l:IIS 37.gf5 <;1;>17 38.i.e2 1.e4 cS 2 .~f3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.t0d4
<;t;>f6 39.c3 <;f;>gS 40.<;f;>c2 <;f;>h6 41.<;f;>b3 <;f;>gS ti)f6 S.t0c3 g6 6.i.e3 i.g7 7.f3 ~c6
42.~a3 hS 43.<;t;>b4 h4 44.a4 h3 45.i.f1 h2 8.'ifd2 0-0 9.g4 i.e6 1 0 .~e6 fe6
46.i.g2 <;t;>l4 47.a5 <;t;>g3 48.i.h1 <;t;>f2 49.a6 11 .0-0-0 tOeS 12.i.e2 W'c8 13.<;f;>b1
<;t;>g1 SO.f6 <;f;>h1 S1.17 ~17 S2.a7 <;t;>g1 ~fd71?
53.a8'if h1'if 54."~g8 <;t;>h2 55.'ifh7 <;t;>g2
S6.'ifl7 'lit'b1 =] 36... 8 37.i.e2
38.c3 <;t;>g6 39.<;f;>c2 <;f;>h6 40.<;f;>b3
o;t;>gs 41 .<;f;>a3 ~g4 42.i.g4 <;t;>g4
43.~ b4 hS 44.a4 h4 4S.aS h3 46.a6
h2 47.a7 h1 W 48.a8'if 'ifb1!
49.<;f;>c4 'lit'f1 SO.<;f;>dS 'ifd3 S1.<;f;>e6
'ifc3 S2. ~d6 4 53.'it'dS ¥.!-V2
Klein ,David
Riemersma ,Liafbern
Amsterdam 2011 (6)
1.e4 cS 2 . ~f3 d6 3.d4 ~f6 4. ~c3 14.l:lhf1 [Golubev: 14.14 ~c4 1S.i.c4
cd4 S.t0d4 g6 6.i.e3 i.g7 7 .f3 t0c6 ..Wc4 16.e5 Black faces some problems.
57
 Here I played a move which gives White a
choice: 16... gSi. This was not analysed by
my opponent with Rybka in his
preparation, as he told me later! The game
ended after 17.ed6 ed6 18.fSoo ~ - ~
M.Pavlov-Golubev, Odessa 2009. Here
Black is already OK as he has 18... efS
19.gfS l:lfS 20.lDdS 'iPh8! with the idea of
21 .-igS?! lDb6!) 14... tDc4 1S..ic4
1t'c4 16.tDe2 lDeS 17.b3 'ii'c8
18.lDd4 lDc6 [18 ... as 19.h4 a4 20.hS
J:lf7 21 .hg6 hg6) 19.f4 eS [19 ... lDd4
20 ..id4 .id4 21.1i'd4 1fc6 22.1S;!;)
20.tDc6 'it'c6 2U!t'dS 'it'dS 22.edS
.ih6 23.gS .ig7 24.c4 [24.feS .ieS
2S.J:lf8 J:lf8 26 ..ia7 .ih2 27.J:le1 .ies
28.c4) 24 •..J:lfS 2S.feS J:leS [2S ....ieS
26.J:lfS gfS 27.l:lf1 f4 28 ..id2 J:lf8 29.'1Pc2
'iPg7 30 .~d3 <Ji>g6 31 .h4 <Ji>fS=) 26.l:lf3
J:lf8 27.l:lf8 8 28.l:lf1 <Ji> gB
29.J:lf3 e6 30.de6 l:le6 31. Wc2 J:leS
32 . ~d3 a6 33 ..if4 l:lfS 34.<Ji>e4
.ieS 3S.h4 <Ji> g7 36.-ieS J:leS
37.~d4 J:le2 38.<Jo>dS J:la2 39.Wd6
as 40.w cs [40.<Ji>c7 l:lb2! (40... a4?
41.b4 J:lc2 42.bS J:lc4 43.Wb7+-) 41 .cS
l:lb1=J 40 •.. J:la3 41 .J:ld3 <Ji>f8 42.<Ji> d4
[42 .~bS '1Pe7 43.cS a4!) 42 ... b6
43. J:le3 <j;f7 44.J:lf3 <Ji> e7 4S.J:le3
\7-\7
Remaining Flexible
12 ... l:lc8
Ducarmon,Quinten
Olthof,Rene
Maastricht 2011 (1)
1.e4 cS 2.lDf3 d6 3.d4 lDf6 4.lDc3
cd4 S.lDd4 g6 6..ie3 .ig7 7.f3 tDc6
8.'it'd2 0-0 9.g4 .ie6 10.tDe6 fe6
11 .0-0-0 tDeS 12•.ie2 J:lc8 13.lDbSI
58
13... a6?! [13 ...lDc4?! 14..ic4 J:lc4
1S.'IWd3! (1S.tiJd4 'ii'd7 - Vallejo Pons-
Carlsson) 1S ... J:lc8 16.'1Wb3 'ti'd7 17.tDa7
(17.tiJd4 d5 18.eS tDeS 19.14± Hamalainen-
Gamback, Helsinki 2001 ; 17.Wb1) 17...J:la8
18.lDb5 J:laS 19.tiJd4 dS 20.e5 tt:\e8 21.14±
Ducarmon-Rihouay, Belgium 11 2011/12;
13...lDfd7 14.lDd4 (14.14 lDc4 1S..ic4 J:lc4
16.eS (Navara-Leon Hoyos, Khanty-Mansiysk
ol 2010) 16...g5!?-=t; 14.lDa7 lDc4 1S..ic4
J:lc4) 14...lDcs 1S.b4! 'ii'b6 16.bc5 dc5
17.lDb3 lDf3 18..if3 J:lf3 19.'ii'd7 J:lc7
20.'We8 J:lf8 21.'ti'a4+-J 14.lDd4 itd7
1S.h4 [1S.<Ji>b1 d5 (1S ... tDc4 16..ic4 J:lc4
17.h4 - game; 1S...bS 16.h4 tDc4 17..ic4
bc4 18.c3 eS 19.ta2 'ifb7) 16.gS lDhS 17.14
tDc4 (17... tDc6 18.eS lDd4 19.it'd4±
Nestorovic-Milenkovic, Serbia 2010) 18..ic4
dc4 19.e5 'it'dS (Ponomariov-Radjabov,
Khanty-Mansiysk ol 2010; 19...c3!?;:t)
20.'it'b4! Jones) 1S...lDc4 [1S...b5 16.h5
tDc4 17~c4 bc4 18.hg6 hg6;!;; 1S...dS 16.gS
(16.h5!?) 16...lDhS 17.14 tDc4 18..ic4 J:lc4
19.e5) 16..ic4 J:lc4 17.~b1 [17.h5)
17... J:lfc8 [17 ... eS 18.lDe2 (18.lDb3!?)
18...1t'e6 19.hS± A.Fedorov-Kanter, St
Petersburg 2010] 18.c3 [18.J:lc1 b5 19.hS eS
20.lDb3 "iic7 21.hg6 hg6 22..ih6
(Stojanovic-A.Kovacevic, Montenegro II 2011)
22....ihs 23.gS lDhS 24.'ii'd5 e6 2S.'ti'e6
'it'f7 26.'tWd6±J 18... bS [18 ...es 19.lDc2
"i!Ve6 20.hS ghS?I 21 .gS! lDd7 22.J:lhS+-
Tukhaev-Moranda, Herceg Novi jr 2006]
19.hS b4 [19...aS (Black is a full tempo
down on the line with the immediate
13...'ifd7) 20.hg6 hg6 21..ih6± .ih80;
19...eS) 20.cb4 aS? [20 ...es 21.lDb3 it'bS
22.hg6 hg6 23..ih6 .ih8 24..ig5±) 21.baS
[21.hg6 hg6 22.bS+-I 21 ...it'a4 22.J:lc1
[22.hg6 hg6 23.b3 l:lb4 24..ih6+-)
22...lDd7 23.J:lc4 J:lc4 24.lDb3
[24.lDe6+-) 24 ...lDeS 2S.hg6 tDc6
26.gh7 <Ji> hB 27..ih6 .if6 28.'it'f4
[28.'it'gS+-; 28.gS lDb4 29.'it'b4 J:lb4
30.gf6 Wh7 31.17 J:lb8 32.18'if J:lf8 33..it8
~ 34..ie7+-J 28... tDb4 29.'i!ff6 1-0
Vallejo Pons,Francisco
Carlsson,Pontus
Gibraltar 2010 (2)
1.e4 cS 2.lDf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.lDd4
lDf6 S.lDc3 g6 6•.ie3 .ig7 7.f3 0-0
8.1t'd2 lDc6 9.g4 .ie6 10.lDe6 fe6
11.0-0-0 tDeS 12 ..ie2 J:lc8 13.lDbS!
1t'd7
14.lDd4 [14.lDa3 bS! Sveshnikov-Van der
Wiel, Sochi 1980 - YB/21-17 - one of the
rare games in which Sveshnikov didn't play
2.c3; 14.lDa7 J:la8 (14 ... lDc4 1S..ic4 J:lc4
(Van der Wiel) 16.b3! b6 17..ib6 'i!t'b7
18.bc4 'ilt'b6 19.lDbS lDd7~) 1S.<Ji> b1 b6
(1S ...bS?I 16.gS lDhS 17.lDbS lDt3
18.'it'b4± Vallejo Pons-Azarov, Dresden ol
2008) 16.lDbS tDf3 17..if3 -.bs 18.eS
lDdS (18 ...lDg4 19..ig4 'i!t'c4 20.'ii'd4
'ti'a2 21.<j;c1 .ieS 22.'it'b4i) 19.-idS edS
20.'ifdS 'tifdS 21.J:ldS .ieS 22.J:lbS)
14... tDc4 [14... 'it'a4 1S.Wb1 lDc4
16..ic4 itc4 (OIIe-Lammens, Enschede
2008) 17.b3! 'it'c3 18.'it'c3 J:lc3 19..id2
lDe4 20.fe4 .id4 21..ic3 .ic3 22.J:lhf1
.if6 23.c4 J:lc8 24.a4i) 1S..ic4 J:lc4
16.<Ji> b1 [16.Wd3!? l:lfc8 17.l:ld2 es
18.lDe2;!; Waitzkin-Moskow, New York
1992] 16... J:lfc8 [16... bS 17.h4 b4 18.hS
J:lfc8 19.hg6 hg6 20.J:lc1 aS] 17.c3
[17.J:lc1 Dolmatov-Aiterman, Beer-Sheva
1991 - YB/21 -16) 17... bS 18.J:lc1 [18.h4
aS 19.hS b4 20.cb4 eS (20...ab4 21 .hg6 hg6
22.b3± Cilento-Poli, cr ch-ITA 1993;
20... J:lb4 21.J:lc1) 21.lDb3 (Gongora Ryes-
De Blasio, cr 2002) 21 ... J:lb4 (21 ... J:lc2
22.'i!fc2 J:lc2 23.<Ji>c2 ab4 24.h6±) 22.hg6
hg6 23.J:lc1 (23.gS!?) 23... J:lc1 (23 ...J:lcb8?!
24.gS! tDe8 2S.'itdS e6 26.it'aS l:la4
27.'it'd2±) 24.J:lc1 'ii'bS 2S.'Wc3 a4
26 ..id2 ab3 27.1t'b4 'ti'd3 28.<Ji>a1 'ti'f3
29.l:le1 ba2 30.1t'c4 Wh7 31 .'iff7 'i!t'g4
32.ft'e7 ft't3 33 ..ic3+-J 18... as 19.h4
b4 [19 ... eS 20.lDe2 (20.lDc2 e6 (20... ft'b7
21 .hS b4 22.cb4± A. Kovacevic-Havas, Pula
2011) 21.hS dS 22.hg6 hg6 23.J:lhd1)
20... ft'b7 21 .hS b4 22.hg6 hg6 23.cb4
ab4± Zwanzger-Gaponenko, Germany
Bundesliga W 2006/07; 19... 'it'b7 (Gawain
Jones) 20.gS lDe4 21.fe4 e4 22.Wa1 b4J
20.cb4 J:lb4 21.a3 l:lbc4 22.J:lc4
J:lc4 23. aS J:lc5 24.1i'b4 ~f7
2S.J:ld1 c8 26.lDe6! ft'e6 27.-ics

deS 28.'ilt'bS (28.'ilt'c5 'ilt'b3 29.lld4+-)
28 ... c4 29.eS (29.lld8!+- ) 29 ... ~e8
30.f4 c3 31 .'ilt'dS! ~c7 32.'ilt'e6 ~e6
33.a4 ~dS 34.aS hS 3S.gS cb2
36.a6 ~ b6 37.lld8 1-0
Arakhamia-Grant,Ketevan
Ward,Christopher
Bem 1992 (7)
1.e4 cS 2. ~13 d6 3.d4 cd4 4 . ~d4
tD16 s . ~c3 g6 6 ..b 3 ~g7 7.f3 0-0
8."ifd2 ~c6 9.0-0-0 ~e6 10. ~e6
fe6 11.h4 ~e5 12.~e2 llc8 13.g4
-.as 14.hS (14 .~b1 ~c4 15.~c4 llc4
16.tDe2 'ilt'd2 17.lld2 ~d7 18.llh3 ~e5
19.b3 llcc8 A. Kogan-Th.Reich, Nuremburg
2007) 14...~c4 1S. ~c4 llc4
16.hg6 ll1c8 {16...hg6 17.~h6 llfc8
(17 .. .1:117 18.~g7 llg7 19. ~b1 g5 20.'ilt'd3
llc8 21. ~e2+- Okkes-Wantola, Nederland
tt 2010/11) 18. ~g7 ~g7 19."..h6 ~17
20.lld3! g5! 21 .14 llc3 22.llc3 llc3 23.fg5
llf3 24.gf6 llf6oo] 17.gS! (17.e5 llc3
18.ef6 llc2 19.'ilt'c2 llc2 20.~c2 ~16
21 .gh7 ~h8 22. ~b1;!;) 17... llc3?
(17 ... tDe8?! 18.llh7! ~c3 (18 ... llc3?
19 .~b1! 1t'a4 20.llg7 ~g7 21 .bc3+-)
19.bc3 'ilt'c3 (19 .. ."ii'a3? 20.'<ti•b1 lla4
2U:Ih8 ~g7 22 .~d4 e5 23 .~e5 deS
24.llg8 ~g8 25.'ilt'd5) 20.1t'c3 llc3
21. ~a7± ; 17...~d7!N 18.gh7 (18.llh7
~c3 19.bc3 W'a3! 20 .~b1 lla4 21 .llh8
~g7 22.llh7 ~g8 23.W'h2 -..c3!
24.l:ld4=) 18...~h8 19.lldf1 ~b6 20. ~b6
ab6!oo] 18.g16 (18.bc3 'ilt'a2 19.'ilt'd3
tDd7 20.gh7 'it>h8 21.~d4 ~e5 22."it'b5
tDI3 23.~g7 'it>g7 24.lld3 ~e5 25.lldh3
-.a1 26.'i!t"b1 1t'b1 27 .~b1 llh8)
18... ~f6 (18 ... llc2 19.1t'c2 llc2 20.'it>c2
~16 21.gh7 ~17 22 . h8~ +-) 19.gh7
'it>h8 20.lldg1 !+- -..a2 21.llg8!
l:lg8 22.hg81t' ~g8 23. g2
Survey S/17.3
24.bc3 'ilt'a1 2S. ~d2 "i!fc3 26 . ~e2 19.bc3+-; 14 ... ll17 15.hg6 hg6 16. ~b1
'ilt'c2 27.~d2 'ilt'c4 28 . ~e1 b5 ~ld7 17. ~d4 llf3 18.'ilt'g5 ll17 19.1t'h4
29.1t'e2 'ilt'b3 30. 2 b4 31. W'bS aS ~18 20.g5+- Kaidanov-Chow, Chicago
32. "ilt'hS 8 33. ~h6 ~g7 34.~g7 1995) 1S ....c3 "*a2 16.W'a3 [16.hg6
~g7 35.W'g5 8 36.llh8 'it>f7 hg6 17.-.b4±; 17.1t'c7±) 16 ...'ilt'a3
37.llh7 1-0 17.ba3 b6 18.hg6 hg6 19. ~d4?!
{19.llh3! llc8 20.g5 ~h5 21.14 ~c4
22.~g4±) 19... ~ h7! 20.lldf1 ~d3!
Haimovich,Tal 21 .cd3 ~d4 22 .~d2
Stisis,Yaacov
Israel It 2002 (8)
1.e4 c5 2.~13 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.~ d4
~16 S .~c3 g6 6. ~e3 ~g7 7.f3 0-0
8.'ilt'd2 ~c6 9.g4 ~e6 10. ~e6 1e6
11.0-0-0 ~es 12. ~e2 llc8 13.h4
(13.q;,b1!? ~c4 (13 ... W'a5 - Hou Yifan·
Nguyen Due Hoa) 14 .~c4 llc4 15.e5 llc3?
(15...~d7 16.ed6 ~e5 (16... ~c3 17.de7
-..e7 18.1t'd7 'ilt'd7 19.lld7 llb4 20.b3
llf3 21. ~h6 lld4 22.llg7 ~18 23.llc7
~e8 24.llc3 llc3 25.~g7+-) 17.de7
'ilt'e7 18.-..e2 llc6; 15 ... ~e8! 16.14;!;)
16.ef6! (16.W'c3 ~d5 17.'ilt'b3± Unk- 22 ... e5!oo 23.llc1 ~cS 24.a4 ~gS
Pannek, Germany tt 1995/96) 16... lle3 2S.ll h11 ~g7 26.llb1 ~e6 27.ll h1
17."it'e3 ll16 18.1t'a7 ll13 19.'ilt'b7+-l aS 28.llh3 llc8 29.llhh1 [29.llbh1
13 ... 'ilt'aS 14.hS bS 1S.hg6 [~ 15.a3 ~b4 30.'it>d1 llc3] 29... ~b4! 30.'it>e3?
b4 (15 ... ~c4 16 .~c4 bc4!? (16 ... llc4 [30.llb4 ab4 31 .llb1 ~d4 32.~d1 b3
17.hg6 hg6 - game) 17.hg6 hg6 18 .~d4) 33.~3 ~13 34 .~e3 d4+)
16.~a2 ! W'a4 17.~b4±) 15 ... hg6 30 ...llc2- + 31.ll b4 ~14 32.lle1
[15 ...b4!? 16.gh7 ~h7 17 .~b1 'ilt'a2!!!1 ab4 0-1
(Travenec-Gazik, Slovakia tt 1995) 18.'ilt'b4
llb8 19.'ilt'a3 llb2 20.'ilt'a2 lla2] 16.a3
~c4 17. ~c4 llc4 18 .~ h6 ll1c8
19. ~g7 q;,g7 20.e5! [20.1t'h6 ~ t:.
21 ... llc3=] 20 ...deS 21.W'h6 (21.g5!? Little Experience
~h5 22.1t'd7 ~18 23 ...-e6 llc3 24.bc3 12 ... t!fa5
"i!fa3 25.'it>b1 'i!t'c3 26."~Wa2 llc4
27.lld3;!;) 21 ...'it>f7 22. e4 llc2 Hou Yifan
23.q;,b1 ~e4 (24.1t'h7 'it>f6 25.fe4 llb2 Nguyen Due Hoa
26.'it>b2 '*'c3=) Y2 -Y2 Bangkok 2012 (4)
1.e4 cS 2. f3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.lDd4
~f6 S .~c3 g6 6.~e3 ~g7 7.f3 ~ c6
8.1t'd2 0-0 9.g4 ~e6 10. ~e6 fe6
Nuri,Kambez 11 .0-0-0 ~e5 12. ~e2 'i!t'aS
Gerber,Richard
Thun 2008 (3)
1.e4 cS 2. ~13 d6 3.d4 cd4 4. d4
~16 S. ~c3 g6 6. ~e3 ~g7 7.f3 ~c6
8 ....d2 0-0 9.g4 ~e6 10 .~e6 1e6
11.0-0-0 ~eS 12. ~e2 llc8 13.h4
'ilt'a5 14.h5 llc3!? {14... ~1g4? 15.fg4
~13 16 .~13 llc3 (not surprisingly this
sacrificial attack doesn't work) 17.e5!
(17.hg6 'i!t'a2 18.gh7 'it>h8 19.".-c3 ~c3
20.bc3±) 17...~e5 (17 ...ll13 18.bc3 '*'a2
19.-.d4 ~e5 20.1t'a7) 18. ~d5!! ed5
59
 13 .<~• b1 [13.i.h6 i.h6 14..-h6 l:tac8
1S.1fe3 Wcs 16.1t'cs l:tcS 1H JbS ll:lf3
18.ll:ld6 ll:lg4 (18 ... ed6 19.i.f3 l:teS
20.l:td6 ll:le4 21 .i.e4 l:te4=) 19.ll:lb7 l:tc7
U. Bischoff-Reschke, Frankfurt ch-city 2007
(19 ...l:teS 20.i.f3 l:tf3 21 .l:td7=) 20.l:td8=;
13.gS!?] 13•.. l:tac8 [13 ... l:tfc8?1 14.ll:lbS
1t'd2 1S.i.d2 ll:lc4 16.i.c1 l:tcS 17.ll:ld4
~17 18.gS ll:ld7 19.14 eS 20.feS i.eS
21 .l:tdf1 ~g8 22.ll:le6± Gutenev-M.Panov,
Satka 2012] 14.ll:lb5 1t'd2 15.l:td2
[1S.i.d2 ll:lfd7 (1S ... a6 16.ll:ld4 ~17;!; )
16.ll:ld4 ~17 17.i.c1 ll:lc6? (17 ... ll:lc5!)
18.ll:le6! ~e6 19.i.c4 (Monsieux-
Vocaturo, Belfort jr 200S) 19... ~eS 20.14
l:tf4 21 .l:tdS c.Pe4 (21...c.Pf6 22.gS c.PI7
23.l:tfS) 22.l:te1 ~13 23.l:td3 ~g4
24.i.e6] 15 .••ll:lc4 [1S ...a6 16.ll:ld4 c.PI7
17.l:tdd1 ll:lc4 18.i.c1 eS Sulskis-Kanter,
Plovdiv Ech 2012] 16.i.c4 l:tc4 17.b3
l:tb4 18.ll:ld4 [18.c4 !? ll:ld7 19.14 ll:lf6
20.eS] 18..•ll:ld7 19.a3 i.d4 20.i.d4
l:tb5 [20 ... l:td4?1 21 .l:td4 ll:leS (21...l:tf3
22.l:td3 (!':: 22.l:tc4 tOeS 23.eS b6)
22 ... l:tf2 23.l:tc3 ll:lcs 24.eS± ) 22.l:tb4 b6
23.a4 l:tf3 24.gS;t] 21.l:tf1 l:ta5
22 . ~b2 l:ta6 23.h4 e5 24.i.e3 ll:lf6
25.l:tdf2 l:tc6 26.l:tg1 c.Pf7 27.c4
~e6 28.l:th2 a6 29.a4 l:tccB
30.l:tg3 l:tg8 31.i.g5 ll:ld7 32.h5
(32.aS!?] 32 .. .h6! 33.i.e3 [33.i.h6? gS]
33 ... g5 34.a5 ll:lf8 35.l:td2 Wd7
36 . ~c2 ll:le6 37 .~d1 l:tgfB 38.We2
l:tf7 39.i.b6 l:tcf8 40. 2 l:tcB
41. ~e3 l:tcf8 42.l:th3 l:tf6 43.b4
l:tcB 44.l:tc2 l:tf7 45.l:tg3 l:tf6
46.l:tc3 ll:lf4 47 . ~d2 ll:le6 48.l:tg1
ll:ld4 49.l:tf1 l:tcfB 50.i.d4 ed4
51 .l:tb3 e5 52 . ~e2 l:tc8 53.l:tc1
~e6 54.l:tc2 l:tf7 55.l:tc1 l:tfc7
56. ~d3 l:tf7 57. ~e2 l:tfc7 58.~d3
l:tf7 59 . ~e2 l:tfc7 Y.!-Y.!
No Knight on eS
11.0-0-0
Miroshnichenko,Evgeny
Gazmaga,Stefan
Pardubice 1996 (8)
1.e4 c5 2.ll:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.ll:ld4
ll:lf6 5.ll:lc3 g6 6.i.e3 i.g7 7.13 0-0
8 .'~i'd2 ll:lc6 9.g4 i.e6 10.ll:le6 fe6
11.0-0-0 ll:le5
60
12.h4 (12.gS ll:lhS 13.14 ll:lf3! 14.'ifg2
ll:lf4 1S.'tlfg4 ll:leS (1S ...i.c3 16.i.f4)
16.'i!i'h4 ll:lhS 17.i.e2~] 12•.. ll:lf3
13.'tlfg2 ll:le5 (13 ... ll:ld7] 14.i.e2 l:tcB
15.h5 l:tf7?1 [1S ...gS 16.h6 i.hS 17.i.gS
l:tc3 18.bc3 Was 19.i.f6 .-a3 20.~b1
l:tf6 21 .l:th3 l:tf4;!;; 1S ... l:tc3 16.bc3 Was
17. hg6 ll:lg6~] 16.hg6 hg6 17.1t'h3 [<!:
17.gS! ll:lfd7 18.'it'h3 lOIS 19.i.d4± ]
17... l:tc31 18.bc3 .-as 19.i.d4 ll:le4
20.i.c4 (<!: 20. ~b1] 20 .•.ll:lg5 21.'iih4
i.f6 (21...l:tf4! 22.l:tdf1 'ifa3 23.<~<d1
ll:lef3 24.1t'g3 l:tl7 2S.l:tf3 i.d4 26.l:tl7
c.PI7 27.l:tf1 c.Pg7+] 22.'ii'h6 [<!: 22.i.b3]
22 ...ll:lgf3 [22 ... dS 23.i.eS i.eS 24.'ii'g6
~18 2S.l:tdf1 dc4 26.'it'gS i.f4 27.'it'f4
l:tf4 28.l:tf4 c.Pg7+; 22 ...i.g7 23.W h4
l:tf4!+] 23.i.e5 'it'e5? [23 ...ll:leS!
24.i.e6 i.gS (Black must have overlooked
this defensive resource) 2S.'tlfgS ll:ld3
26.cd3 W'gS 27.Wc2 ~g7 28.i.l7 ~17+]
24.'ifg6 8 25.i.e6+- W g5
26.'it'g5 i.g5 27 . ~b2 l:tf4 28.l:tdf1
c.Pg7 29.i.d5 ll:lh2 30.l:tf4 i.f4
31 .i.b7 32.l:tg1 c.Pg5 33.a4 eS
34.l:td1 ll:lg4 35.l:td6 e4 36.l:td5
i.e5 37 .i.e a 1-0
Short, Nigel
McShane,Luke
London 201 0 (2)
1.e4 c5 2.ll:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.ll:ld4
ll:lf6 5.ll:lc3 g6 6.i.e3 i.g7 7.13 0-0
8.'it'd2 ll:lc6 9.g4 i.e6 10.ll:le6 fe6
11.0-o-o [11 .i.c4 'tlfd7 12.i.b3 ll:laS
13.0-0-0 l:tacS - game] 11 ... l:tc81?
(11 ...1t'aS?! 12.i.c4!; 11...W'c8?! 12.h4
tOeS 13.hS!--+ Jones] 12.i.c4 [RR
12.ll:lbS a6 13.ll:ld4 ll:ld4 14.i.d4 Wc7
1S.i.d3 ll:ld7 16.i.g7 ~g7 17.14;!; Worek-
Gaponenko, Germany Bundesliga W
2010/11 ; 12.gS ll:lhS 13.i.h3 'tlfd7
Zapata-Miles, Brussels 1986 - YB/S-38]
12 ...W d7 13.i.b3 [RR 13.h4 tOeS
14.i.e2 (Black is a tempo up but has used
this tempo to play .. .'"'' d7, which disallows
him to put the queen on aS now!)
14...'it'c6? (14 ...ll:lc4 1S.i.c4 l:tc4 16.hS
l:tfc8 and Black exploits the extra tempo -
nviakov) 1S.hS ghS (closing the h-file but
opening the lethal g-file) 16.ghS ll:lfd7
17.i.h6 1-0 Leder-Matti, cr 19S9!]
13... 5 [RR 13...ll:leS?! 14.'it'e2! c.Ph8
1S.h4 l:tc3? 16.bc3 aS 17.hS+- l:tcS 18.h6
1-0 A.Sokolov-Bromberger, Bad Wiessee
2011] 14.h4 ll:lc4 (Food for thought is
provided by the game Lorentzen-Lilleoren,
Email 2007: 14... b3 1S.ab3 'tlfc6 16.i.h6
i.h6 (16... bs 17.i.g7 c.Pg7 18.hS b4
19.hg6 hg6 20.ll:la4 c.PI7 21 .l:th2 'tlfbS
22.l:tdh1 gS 23.~b1 l:tc7 24.'it'd4 l:tgS
2S.l:te1 l:tgc8 26.l:tc1 l:tg8 27.l:te1 12-12
Kolcak-Windhausen, cr 2010) 17.'it'h6 WcS
12-12. There is also 14 ... ll:le8 (spotted at
livechess.chessdom.com) when the first
question is whether Black survives after
1S.hS] 15.W'd3 [This move was awarded
an exclamation mark in my 1999 book,
which pemaps is not a correct assessment.
Not only 1S.i.c4!? l:tc4 is the alternative
for White, assessed over-optimistically for
Black in 199S by nviakov who obtained this
position in analysis via a different move
order - see move 13. But also 1S.'it'e2
when after 1S... ll:lb2 16 . ~b2 White's queen
will not come under attack: if 16...l:tc3 he
can simply play 17.i.d4t]
15... W c6N [Black could have tried
1S ... ll:lb2!? 16.~b2 and now probably
16... ll:ldS 17.edS l:tc3 18.'tlfc3 i.c3
19.Wc3 l:tf3 20.de6 'tlfc6 21. ~d2 aS ('The
two players were dismissive of this line,
feeling that White's rook and two bishops
were more than adequate compensation for
the queen' - John Saunders, bulletin);

15...b5?! 16.~d4T was Zo.Varga-Kiiipfer,
Anensteig B 1993] 16.tl:le2 tl:ld7
17.tl:ld4;!;
17 ...'ifa6?! [Preferable was 17... ~d4
1 8.~d4 aS 19.a3 l:lf7 which is somewhat
better for White: 20.l:lh3!?; 20.h5 g5 Rybka,
chessok.com; 20.g5 tl:\de5] 18.f4!? [There
were alternatives: 18. ~e2! ? (livechess.
chessdom.com) or 18.h5 tl:lde5 19.W'e2
tl:lf3 20.hg6 hg6 21.c3] 18... e5 [18 ... d5!?
was possible because after 19.e5?! tl:lc5
Black wins a pawn or exchange by force,
which somehow compensates the fate of
his semi-dead bishop: 20.'ifc3 (20.W'e2?
tl:lb3- + ) 20 ... tl:la5! 21.~b4 b3 22.ab3
and now 22 ...'ifa1 or 22 ... tl:ld3] 19.fe5!
[More precise than 19.tl:le6 ef4 20.tl:lfB
which is not so clear] 19••.tl:le5 20. e2
~h8 [White is better, also after 20 ... d5
21.ed5 tl:lg4 22 .~g5!? tl:\12 23.d6 tl:ld1
24.W'e6 ~hB 25.d7 - bulletin] 21.h5 gh5
E ~
.i. .l
''
~ i
~ ttJ ~ ~ 30 ... a4?
.i ~ [31 .g61+- ] 31 ... l:lc5 32. ~a4 [32.g61
~~~ 'fi
<;t>l:l 1:[
22.g5? [The correct move was 22.l:lh5!±
tl:le3 (a~ernatively: 22 ... tl:\f3 23.g5 tl:le3
24.g6 d5 25.l:lh7 ~gB 26. e3 tl:ld4
27.~d5 e6 2B.l:lg7 Wg7 29.~d4± Rybka.
chessok.com) and now 23.~h2!! (not
23.W'e3? l:lt1 ! 24.l:lh1 (24.l:lh7 Wh7
25.'ifh3 ~h6 26.g5 tl:ld31-+) 24...'itd3!!
(Short) 25.'it'd2 l:lh1 1 26.l:lh1 ~e4-+ )
which is bad for Black as analysis shows:
23... d5 (23 ... tl:\5c4 24.l:lh1 I with the point
24...l:lt1 25.l:lf1 tl:lf1 26.l:lh7 w ga 27.l:lg7!!
~g7 2B.tl:le6 Wf7 29.'it'h5 We6 30. ~f5X)
24.l:lh7 q,gB 2s.~ds tl:ld5 26.l:lg7 w g7
27.'it'e5 and so on] 22 ... tl:lg4! ;::t 23.~g1
[Not 23.l:lh5? tl:lce3] 23 ... tl:lce3! [Now
Black manages to exchange queens, which
is a huge accomplishment] 24. W'a6 ba6
25. ~e3 tl:le3 26.l:ld3 ~d4 27.l:ld4
l:lc5 28.l:ld3? [Correct was 2B.l:lh5 and
While holds according to engines. After the
text White gets a very unpleasant position]
28 ...tl:lg2! t 29.l:lg3 tl:lf4 30.Wd2
l:le5!? [An obvious a~ernative was
30... Wg7] 31.l:le1 ?! [After 31.We3! Black
could have tried 31 ... tl:lg6 (31...Wg7 32.l:lh4
tl:lg6 wins a tempo, but gives White the
possibility of 33.l:lh5 l:lf4 34.~d5 e6
35.l:lh6! ed5 36.l:lg6 Wg6 37.WI4 l:le4
38.Wf3 with chances to hold) 32.l:lh5 l:lf4 t]
31...Wg7 32. 3 Wg6 33.c3 l:lg5
34.l:lg5 Wg5 35.l:lg1 Wh6 [Black is
objectively winning] 36.e5 deS 37.We4
tl:lg6 38 .~c4 aS 39.Wd5 l:lf2 40.b4
ab4 41 .cb4 h4 42.a4 h3 43.a5 h2
44.l:lh1 w gs 45.b5 Wg4 46.b6 ab6
47.a6 Wg3 48.a7 l:lf8 49.Wc6 tl:\f4
50.l:la1 e4 51. · 6 tl:lh3 52. ~b7
tl:lg1 0-1
Golubev
www.chesstoday.net
lvanchuk,Vasily
Moranda,Wojciech
Warsaw Ech rapid 2010 (6)
1.e4 c5 2.tl:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tl:ld4
tl:lf6 5.tl:lc3 g6 6. ~e3 ~g7 7.f3 0-0
8. ~d2 tl:lc6 9.g4 ~e6 10.tl:le6 fe6
11 .0-0-0 tl:le8 12.f4 'ii'a5 13 . ~c4
tl:lc7
14.tl:lb5 [14.h4 d5!?; 14 .~b3 ~c3
15.'ifc3 'ii'c3 16.bc3 tl:la5 17.l:lhf1 tl:lb3
Survey S/17.3
1B.cb3± Lorentzen-Lovholt, cr ch-NOR
2007] 14..•tl:lb5 [14 ... W'd2 15.l:ld2 tl:la5
16...ie2 tl:lbS 17 .~b5 a6 18. ~e2 b5;t;
14... 'it'a4!? 15.tl:lc7 'ii'c4!!!!? 16.'li'd3 'it'a2
17.'ifa3 (17.tl:laB ..ib2 18.Wd2 l:laB!!!!?)
17... ~a3 (17 .. .'i t'c4 1B.tl:laB l:laB 19. ~d3
~a2 20.'i!t'b3 'ii'b3 21 .cb3;t) 1B.ba3 e5
19.tl:laB ef4 20 ...id2 l:laB 21 ...if4!!!!?]
15.'i!t'a5 tl:la5 16 . ~ b5 a6 17 . ~e2
l:lac8 18.WbH b5 19.g5 tl:lc4
20.~c1 l:lc6 21. ~g4 ~17 22.h4 b4
23.h5 l:lb8 24.l:ld3 aS [24 ... l:lbcB
25.hg6 hg6 26.l:lh?;t] 25.hg6 hg6
26.l:lh7 [26.b3 tl:la3 27...ia3 ba3 2B.l:lh7
l:lb4! 29.l:le3 d5 30 .~13 (30.c3 l:le4
31 .l:le4 de4 32.c4 a4=F) 30 ... d4 31 .l:ld3 e5
32.15=; 26.15 gf5 27.ef5 ef5 2B ...if5;!;]
26 ... ~ g8 27.l:lh2 [27 ...ie61? Wh7
2B.l:lh3 ..ih6 29.f5! (29.l:lh6 Wg7 30.f5
(30.b3 tl:la3 31 ...ia3 ba3 32.15 gfS
33.ef5oo) 30... tl:le5 31. ~ f4 l:lc5 32 .~e5
l:le5 33.l:lg6 Wh7 34 .~d5 l:lfB=)
29 ... tl:le5 30.16 ef6 31.gt6 gS 32 ...it5 w gB
33.l:lh6;t] 27 ... Wf7 28.f5 [2B.b3 tl:la3
29 . ~a3 ba3 30.l:lh7 - 26.b3] 28 ..•ef5
29.ef5 gf5 [29... tl:le5 30.fg6 w eB
(30... Wg6 31 ...ih5 Wf5;t) 31 .l:lg3 tl:lg4
32.l:lg4 d5=] 30. ~f5
[30 ... tl:le5!;t] 31 ...id7
Wg6 33.l:lf3+- ; 32.l:lf3! w g6 33.~e6
tl:le5 34 ...if5 Wf7 35.g6 w eB 36.l:lfh3+-]
32...Wg6 33. ~b3?1 [33.l:lb3± ]
33 ..• l:lf8 [33 ...d5] 34.l:ld1 d5 35.l:le2
e5 36 .~c4 dc4 [36...l:lc4 37.l:ld5 l:lf1
38.l:ld6 Wf5±] 37.l:ld6! Wh7 38.l:le1
[38.l:lb61±] 38 ...l:la8 39.g6 Wg8
40.l:led1 l:lf8?! [40 ... l:lccB± ]
41.l:lb6l+ - l:le8 42.l:lb4 l:lc6
43 .~e3 e4 44.c3 l:lec8 45.l:lg1 l:ld6
46.l:lg4 l:ld1 47.Wc2 l:le1 48.Wd2
l:lh1 49.l:le4 l:ld8 50.We2 l:lh2
51 .Wf3 ~f8 52.l:lb7 ~d6 53.l:le6
61
l:lh3 54.'it;>g4 l:lg3 55.'it;>h4 l:lg2
56. ~d4 ~f8 57.l:lh7?! l:lg6 58.l:lg6
'it;>h7 59.l:lc6 l:lb8 60.l:lb6 l:la8
61.a3 1-0
Klein,David
Vroombout,Enrico
Amsterdam 2011 (4)
1.e4 cs V bt3 d6 3 .d4 cd4 4.t!Jd4
t!Jf6 5.t!Jc3 g6 6. ~e3 ~g7 7 .f3 0-0
8.tfd2 t!Jc6 9.g4 ~e6 10.t!Je6 fe6
11 .0-0-0 d5
12.ed5 (12.gS!? t!Je4 (12 ... d4 13.gl6 ~16
14 .~c4 "i¥b6 1S .~e6 'it;>h8oo) 13.t!Je4
(13.fe4 d4 14 .~h3 tfb6 1S .~e6 Wh!l)
13... de4 14.tfd8 (14.1e4 tfc7 1S .~h3
l:lad8 16."\i'g2 Wh8) 14 ... l:lad8 1S.l:ld8
l:ld8 16.1e4 ~d4 17.~d4 l:ld4 18.~g2 es
19.c3 l:ld6 20.l:ld1 l:ld1 21 .Wd1± Pereira-
Teixeira, Lisbon ch-city 2006] 12 ...t!Jd5
13.t!Jd5 ed5 14.f4 (14.'it'dS '*'dS
1S.l:ldS l:ll3 16.~c5 (16. ~c4? e6! 17.l:ld3
t!JeS! 18. ~e6 Wh8-+ Haugen) 16...l:l14
17.l:ld7 b6 18. ~g2 bc5 19 .~c6 l:lb8
20.b3; 14.h4 e6 1S. ~e2 (1S.hS!?) 1S ...d4
16 .~gs 'ifdS 17.Q;>b1 aS 18.a3 bS 19.hS
b4 (19 ... t!Jb4!? 20.ab4 ab4 21.'i¥b4 &'gs
22.hg6 hg6 23.'ifd6oo) 20.hg6 hg6 21.~h6
l:la7 (21 ... ba3? 22 .~g7 'it;>g? 23.'it'h6 'iPI7
(23 ... 'iPI6? 24.'ifl41+-) 24.'it'h7 WeB
(24...c;ftl6 2S.f4!+-) 2S."ifg6 Wd8
26.l:lhS±) 22.~g7 l:lg?oo Van Kempen-
Haugen, cr ol-13 1998] 14 ... e6 [14 ... d4]
15.c;ftb1 'tfc7 16.'tfe2 l:lae8 17. ~g2
d4 18 .~c1 (~ 18. ~d2] 18...t!Jb4!
19.l:lhe1 e5 20.f5 l:lc8 21.~e4 "ii'f7
22.b3 t!Jd5 23 . ~ b2 l:lc5 (23 ... t!Je3;
23... t!Jc3 24 .~c3 l:lc3] 24.fg6 hg6
25.l:lf1 'tfc7? [2S ... t!JI4;t] 26. l:lf8
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[26 .~g6 t!Je3 (26 ... t!JI4?1 27.W'e4+- )
27.l:ll8 ~18 28.l:lc1±] 26 ... ~f8
27 .~d5?! (27 .~g6 t!Je3 28.l:lc1±]
27 ... l:ld5 28. l:lf1 [28.c3!?; 28.h4]
28... b5?? (28 ...l:ld7] 29.'iff3 [29.'1We41
l:ld7 30.W'g6 l:lg7 31 .'1We6+-] 29... l:ld8
30. "iff6± 'it'd6? 31. 'iff7 Q;>h8 32.l:lf3
1-0
No Queenside Castling
9. 4 tO d4 1 o .~d4
Grischuk,Aiexander
Nakamura,Hikaru
Moscow 2012 (8)
1 .e4 c5 2 .t!Jf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4 .tL\d4
t!Jf6 5.t!Jc3 g6 6 . ~e3 ~g7 7.f3 t!Jc6
a :i!td2 o-o 9.g4 t!Jd4 10 .~d4 ~e6
(10 ... "ifas 11 .h4 (11. ~c4 'it'b4!?) 11...~e6
- 10... ~e6 11 .h4 'tfaS] 11 .t!Jd5 (11.h4
-.as (Piechota-Ciejka, Sopot ch-POL 1946)
12.hS-+ ; 11 .gS!?; 11 .0-0-0 'IWaS - 9.0-0-0
t!Jd4 10.~d4 ~e6 11 .g4 tiaS] 11... ~d5
(11 ... t!JdS 12 .~g7 (12.edS? ~d4 13.1:Yd4
WaS) 12 ... '0Pg7 13.edS ~d7 14.h4±
Karpov] 12.ed5 'tfc7 [12 ... l:lc8 13.h4 eS
(13 ... 'tfc7 - game) 14.de6 fe6 1S.hS;t
Bresciani-Bancod, Bratto 1996; 12 ... eS
13.de6 fe6 14.0-0-0; 12 ... 'tfd7!?] 13.h4
l:lac8 (13 ... eS 14.de6 fe6 1S.O-O-O t!JeS
16.hS l:lc8 17 .~g7 t!Jg? 18.hg6 hg6
19 .~d3± Ciocaltea-S.Erdelyi, Bucharest
19S3] 14.l:lh2 (14.0-0-0 t!JdS (14 ... t!Je4
1S.fe4 ~d4= Karpov; 14 ... eS 1S.de6 fe6)
1S .~g7 c;t;>g? 16.c3 e6 (16 ...t!Jc3 17.W'c3
'ifc3 18.bc3 l:lc3 19.Wd2oo) 17.hS~]
14 ... e5 (14 ... bS 1S.hS 'ifb?oo Hladkulik-
Praszak, cr 198S; 14 ...hS!? ('yet to be
refuted' - Ward) is called 'dubious' by
Golubev. Why? 1S.ghS (1S.~h3 hg4 16.fg4
t!Je4 (16 ... 'ifc4!+) 17. d3 (17.'tfe3 eS!
18.~a7 'ifas 19.<i;>l1 W'bs 20.'0Pg1
1i'b2+) 17 ... tiaS 18.'it;>f1 (18.c3 t!JcS
19.~c5 l:lc5 20.l:ld1 'ifa2+) 18 ... ~d4
19.'tfd4 'it'bS 20.c;ftg1 l:tc4 (Kadyrov-
V.Maiorov, St Petersburg 2006) 21 .~11 l:ld4
22 .~bS+ ; 1S.O-O-O hg4 16. ~d3 (16.fg4
t!Jg4 17. ~g7 t!Jh2 18. ~18 tL\11 19.l:lf1
c;ftiS 20 . 'tff2~) 16 ...g3 (16 ... t!Jd5 17 .~g7
c;t;>g? 18.hS (18.fg4 'tfcS) 18...g3) 17.l:lh3
(~ 17.l:lg2) 17... t!Jh5 18.~g7 'iPg7 19. ~1S
1i'c4 20 .~c8 l:lc8+ Zo. Varga-Komljenovic,
Andorra 1991 ; 1S.g5 t!Jd7 16 .~g7 c;ftg?
17.14 eS 18.de6 le6 19.0-0-0 dSoo)
1S ... tLlhS 16.~g7 c;ftg? 17.0-0-0 'tfc5 18.14
l:lh8 19.1S giSoo; 14... t!Jd7] 15.de6 fe6
16.0-0-0! (16.hS dS! (16 ... es; 16... &'c6
17.0-0-0 'tff3 18.hg6 hg6 (18 ... t!Je4 19.gh7
(19.l:lh7? ~d4 20.'it'd4 1i'14 21 .<i;>b1
t!Jd2- +) 19 ... <i;>h8 20 .~g7 'iPg7 2UWh6
'iPhS 22.~e2 'iWg3 Karpov) 19.~g2
(Karpov-Mestel, London 1982) 19... 'tfg3
20.~b7;t ) 17.hg6 (17.0.0-0 t!Je4! 18.1e4
~d4:f) 17 ... hg6 18.l:lf2?! (18.c3? t!Je41
19.fe4 ~d4 -+ 20.cd4 tfg3 21 .l:lf2 de4;
18.0-0-0 t!Jg4 19.~g7 t!Jh2 20 .~18 tL\11
21.l:ll1 l:lf8 22 .'it;>b1~ ; 18.l:lh3 tfc2
19.1i'c2 l:lc2 20.~d3~) 18 ... 'ifg3
(18 ... eS!+) 19.0-0-0 t!Jd7 20.~g7 'it;>g7=
Liwak-Praszak, Poland tt 2001] 16 ...e5N
(16 ... t!JdS 17 .~g7 'i!r'g7 011-Kir.Georgiev,
Biel izt 1993, is 'likely to be acceptable for
Black' - Golubev] 17 .~e3 tff7 18.'0Pb1
d5 [18 ... t!Jg4 19.1g4 'tff1 20.hS 'ifl3
21 .hg6 hg6 22 .~h6 ~h6 23.l:lh6 rJ;;g?
24.l:lhhli] 19.h5 e4? ! (19 ... d4 20.hg6
hg6 21. ~h6±] 20.hg6? ! [20.h6!! ~h8
21 .gS t!Jd? (21 ... t!Jh5 22 .~h3+ -;
21 ... t!Jg4 22.fg4 '1Wf1 23."i¥d5 'iff?
24.&'e4+-) 22.l:lf2! el3 23.l:lf3 1i'f3
24 .~g2 15 25 .~d5 l:lf7 26 .~17 'it'f7
27.'it'd7+- ] 20 ... hg6 21 . ~e2 "ife6
[21 ... ef3 22 .~13 t!Je4 23.~e4 de4
24.l:lhh1±; 24.l:ldh1? 'ifl1 Milos] 22 . ~d4
l:lc7 23.l:ldh1 l:lff7 24.a3 [~
24.'i!r'g5!+-] 24... b6 25.fe4 "ife4
26.g5 t!JhS 27. ~g7 c;ftg 7 28 . ~ h5
gh5 29.l:lh5 'tfc4 30.'it'd1 'it'e4
31 .g6 l:lfe7 32.l:l5h4 'it'e5 33.l:lh7
rJ;;gB 34.l:l7h5 'it'e4 35."*'d2 1-0
Sicilian Defence
Dragon Variation Sl 18.3 (B77)

The Surprising 10... t2Ja5

in the Yugoslav Attack
by Luis Rojas Keim

1. e4 c5 Then I thought of the incisive and

2. ttJf3 d6 little-used variation (in compari-
3. d4 cd4 son with IO... J:tc8, I O... ttJd4 and
4. ttJd4 ttJf6 I 0 ... 1i'a5) IO ... tLla5.
5. tLlc3 g6 During the game I wa able to
6. ~e3 ~g7 neutralize Lazaro's attack, and
7. f3 tLlc6 al o to take the initiative to win
8. d2 0-0 the point, the tournament and my
9. i.c4 i.d7 3rd GM norm. The game is fea-
10. ~b3 tLlaS tured as the Main Game in the
Game Section.
X 'if K. In recent year , especially thanks
to the inve Ligation of the Chi-
.t..l .t.t..l.t.l nese grandma ter Bu Xiangzhi,
.t. ,., LO ... tLla5 has emerged as an in-
tere ting choice for Black. The
most popular reply is 11.0-0-0
(Variation A) , but in this article
we will also study the most im-
portant alternative : ll.h4 (Vari-
ation B); ll .~h6 (Variation C);
ll.g4 (Variation D).
La t December, during the com- However, we will first look at the
memoration of their foundation pros and cons of the mo t fre-
80 year ago, the chess club quent moves to arrive at this po-
Mollet organized a strong grand- ition.
ma ter tournament in Barcelona.
To obtain the GM norm it wa Different Move Orders
nece sary to score 6Y2 points. To guide the reader, and before
When the last round came the delving more deeply into the de-
leader were 1M Lazaro Lorenzo tails of the variation I O... tLla5, it
de Ia Riva and I, each with SY2 is important to mention that the
point . By a twi t of fate, tarting position can be reached
Lorenzo and I were to face each from the Accelerated Dragon;
other in the Ia t round, and we l .e4 c5 2.tLlf3 tLlc6 3.d4 cd4
both had to win ... 4.tLld4 g6 5. tLlc3 ~g7 6. ~e3
During my preparation, the ques- tLlf6 7. ~c4 0-0 8.i.b3 d6 9.f3
tion in my mind wa 'What can I i.d7 I O.'it'd2 ttJa5, as well as
play with black again t the Yugo- from the 'Normal Dragon'; 1.e4
slav Attack in order to urpri e c5 2.tLlf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4. tLld4
my rival in a decisive game?' tLlf6 5.tLlc3 g6 6. i.e3 i.g7 7.f3
Bu Xlangzhl
tLlc6 8.'it'd2 0-0 9. ~c4 i.d7
IO .~ b3 tLla5.
The fundamental advantage of
playing the 'Normal Dragon ' is
that it avoid the Maroczy System,
a line that i considered very olid
for White. However, White i not
required to play 10.i.b3, heal o
ha<; the strong moves I0.0-0-0 and
lO.h4 at his disposal, both of
which are very popu lar. If Black
plays 10... tLla5 anyway, trying to
tran pose, White could withdraw
his bishop to e2.
If the game starts as an Acceler-
ated Dragon, the most probable
po ition that will be reached (if
White play the Yugoslav At-
tack) i the one tudied in thi
article, becau e usually White
plays 8. ~b3 . Other move , like
8.f3 1i'b6 9.i.b3 tLlg4 (9 .. .ttJe4 i
also pos ible) IO.tLla4? (1 O.fg4
i.d4 ll. ~d4 'it'd4 12.fi'd4 tLld4

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13.tLld5 tLlc6 14.0-0-0 b5
15.l:thf l q;g7 16.g5 d6 17 .l:td2
l:tb8, with equality, was Se.
Mikhailov-D.Chuprov, Tagan-
rog 201 I) 10... tLle311.tLlb6 tLld1
12.tLlc6 dc6 13.tLla8 ttJb2
14.q;e2 i.d7 15.tLlc7 l:tc8
16.tLla6 ba6 17.~d2 c5 0-1 B.
Sekar-Joh. Gomez, New Delhi
20 I 2; or 8.'ii'd2 tLlg4 (8 ... tl:le4 i
also good) 9.tl:lc6 bc6 10.i.d4
i.b611.'ife2 d612.f3 c513.i.c5
deS 14.fg4 d4 15.h3 i.gS
16.l:td 1 i.h4 17.~fl 'ii'eS give
Black good chances, Mayer-
Shabalov, ew York 2000.
Main Ideas of 10...lLla5
The move lO ...tLla5 ha the fol-
lowing principal idea :
- to remove the bishop from b3
(or at lea t to have it under con-
trol) and thu reduce White' at-
tacking chance ;
- to weaken White' pawn struc-
ture on the queen ide after he ha
ca tied there (doubled pawns on
the b-file). Black can prepare a
pawn offen ive on the queen ide
with ... b7-b5-b4, followed by
... a7-a5-a4.
ln the variation that emerge af-
ter l.e4 c5 2.tLlf3 d6 3.d4 cd4
4.tLld4 tLl f6 5.tLlc3 g6 6.i.e3 i.g7
7.f3 0-0 8.'ii'd2 tLlc6 9.i.c4 i.d7
lO.i.b3 'ii'a5 (in tead of
lO ... tLla5) 1l.O-O-O l:t fc812. ~bl
tl:le5 13.h4 tLlc4 14.i.c4 l:tc4
Whjte ha at hj djspo al the un-
comfortable move 15.tDb3 ex-
pelling the black queen and
forcing her to retreat. In the vari-
ation IO... tLla5 the move tLlb3
will never be po sible and there-
fore Black will be able to move
hi queen to a5, attackjng the
queen ide and helping in the de-
fense of hi king ide.
The move ... e7-e5 expel the
white knight from it excellent
po ilion on d4, gaining in
trength becau e the d5- quare i
le weak here.
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Main Responses To 10..•tt:Ja5
We wi ll analy e White's four
pri ncipal re pon e again t the
move JO.. .tDa5, in order of im-
portance and choo ing from
among Black' plan the one
that don ' t transpo e to other vari-
ation .
Variation A) 11.0-0-0
In hj excellent book Opening
for White according to Anand,
Vol. 11 , Khalifman only consid-
ers this alternative for White.
11.0-0-0 tLlb3 12.cb3
12.ab3 ha rarely been played
because Black's pawn torm is
very trrughtforward.
12 •. .'ii'a5
Thebe tplaceforBiack' queen .
13.<1Pb1 l:tfc8
14.g4
In a recent game Zambrana-
Villalba, Luque 2012 White
played the immediate l4.h4.
14 ... b5
Black canal o choo e to prepare
this advance with 14 ... l:tab8
15.h4 b5 16.h5 b4 17.tLlce2l:tc7
I8.hg6 fg6 19.g5 tLlh5 20.l:tcl
l:tbc8 2J.l:tc7 l:tc7, with a bal-
anced po 1t1on, Mmylev-Bu
)Uangzhi, Khanty-Man iy k
2007.
IS.i.h6
White took the pawn on b5 in the
game B.Socko-Bu Xiangzhi,
Beijing 2008.
15.h4 (analysed by Khalifman)
15 ... b4 16.tLlce2 l:tc7!?
(l6 ... 'ii'e5 i inferior because
now White's attack was very
ea y in Wahl -Kunze, Munich
199l/92) 17.h5 l:tac8 18.i.h6
i.h8 (it i very important to keep
the dark- quared bi hop)
l9.tDg3 e6 20.hg6 fg6 2J.g5
tDh5 22.tLlh5 gh5, and the po i-
tion i very complicated, for ex-
ample if 23.l:th5 then 23... c5,
with a clear advantage for Black.
In hi excellent manual
Desmontando La Siciliana 2,
grandma ter Jesus de Ia Villa
recommends on page 198, the
very intere ting line: ' 15.a3! b4
16.tLla2 e5 17.tLle2 b5 18.a4
with a mall advantage for
White.' In my opinion, after
18 ...'ii'b7, the posi tion is compli-
cated, for example 19.g5 (if
19.'it'd6 i.g4! 20.fe4 tLle4)
J9 ... tLle4! 20.fe4 e4 21. ~al
i.e6 22.tLlc I d5 23.tl:lg3 'it'h4.
15... · 6 16. h6 b4 17.tLlce2
'ii'eS!
In both Annaberdiev-Bu
Xiangzhi, Khanty-Man iy k
Olympiad 20 I 0 and the Main
Game Lorenzo de Ia Riva-Rojas
Keirn, Mollet 2011, White wa
blown away from this po ition.
Variation B) 11.h4
ll.h4 tLlb3! There are other re-
plie , but the idea of thi s move i
to reach imilar po ition a
tho e analysed in the previou
variation. ll ... h5 i playable
(Gabrielan-Bu Xiangzhi , Mo -
cow 2012), but u ually tran -
po e to other line which are

out ide the cope of thi article·
if Black plays pa sively he will
come under a terri ble attack.
12.cb3 'ifaSlJ.0-0-0 bS14.~bl
b4 1S.ttlce2 .l:l.fc8 16.hS ttlhS
17.g4 ttlf6 18.ttlg3 ttlg4!? Inter-
e ting, but too ri ky. 19.fg4 i.g4
20.l:l.dfl e5 21.l:l.f4 hS
22.ttldfS gfS 23.ttlhS ln thi
complicated po ition Black did
not find the right move in Berg-
Zhao Zong Yuan, Khanty-
Man iy k Olympiad 20 10. After
23 ... i.f3 24.l:l.hh4 ~dl! Black i
OK.
Variation C) 11. ~ h6
Black' plan again t thi vanatJOn
i to immediately wap the bi hop
on h6 and to attack the knight on
d4 with 12.. . b6. The alternative
i l2 ...e5, with the arne idea: to
expel the knight on d4, taking ad-
vantage of the queen ' di tance
and the fact that it i not pre sing
on the d6 weakne .
ll.~h6 i.h6 In the game Zhou
Jianchao-Gundavaa Ho Chi
Minh City 2012, Black played
ll ... ttlb3 but thi eem prema-
ture after 12.ab3 ~h6 13. h6 e5
14.ttlde2 b5 15.'it'd2 ~b6
16.l:l.d I b4, and now with
17.ttla2! Whit will have a clear
advantage due to hi trong pre -
ure on the d6-pawn.
Variation A
11.0-0-0
Lorenzo de Ia Riva,Lazaro
Rojas Keim,Luis
Mollet del Valles 2011 (9)
1.e4 cS V t:lf3 liJc6 3.d4 cd4 4.liJd4
g6 S.liJc3 ..Q.g7 6 •..Q.e3 lt:lf6 [6 ... d6
7.'it'd2 liJI6 8.13 0·0 9...Q.c4 ..Q.d7 10.0·0·0
J:lb8 11 .liJd5 bS 12.liJc6 ..Q.c6 13.liJI6 ..Q.f6
14...Q.d5 'ifc7 15.h4 ..Q.d5 16.ed5 'ifc4
17.~b1 b4 18.h5 J:lbS 19.'ifd3 'ifd3
12. h6 ~b6
The alternative i 12 ... e5
l3.lLlde2 b5 t4.ttld5 , Ganguly-
Zhao Zong Yuan, Sydney 2008
and Karjakin-B.Savchenko
Mocowtt20t0.
13.0-0-0 ttlb3 14.cb3 aS!
The typical counterplay on the
queen ide.
lS ...ttbl a4 16.ba4 ~a4 17.l:l.d 2
.l:l.fc8 18.~e3 ~d7 19. .1:1.el ~aS
20.a3 hS and the po ition is
balanced ataf-Bu Xiangzhi ,
Reykjavik 2004.
Variation D) 11.g4
One of the fir t important game
in which the variation I O... ttla5
was played was Ekstrom-Rog-
er , in the year 1985. Black de-
layed the two key move ... lLlb3
and ... e7-e5. For thi rea on the
white attack wa quick and deci-
ive. Thi is how the game went:
ll .g4
20.J:ld3 aS 21 .hg6 fg6 22...Q.f2 h5 23.J:le1
~17 24.J:le4 g5 25.J:lc4 J:lg8 (25 ... a4?!
Lorenzo de Ia Riva-Rojas Keirn, Barcelona
2010) 26.J:lc6 g4 27.14 h4 28.J:lb6 g3+
(RR 28... J:lb6 29...Q.b6 J:lh8 30.J:ld1 h3
31 .gh3 gh3 32 ...Q.a5 h2 33.J:lh1 J:lg8
34 ...Q.b6 J:lg2-+) 29...Q.g1 l:tb6 30...Q.b6
J:lh8 31 ...Q.a5 h3 32.gh3 J:lh3 33.'if;>c1 g2
34...Q.b6 J:lh1-+] 7...Q.c4 0-0 8...Q.b3 d6
9.13 ..Q.d7 1O.'ifd2 liJaS 11 .0-0-0
liJb3 12.cb3 'ifaS 13.g4 J:lfc8
14.'if;>b1 bS 15•..Q.h6 ..Q.h6 16.'ili'h6 b4
17.lt:lce2 'ifes
Survey S/18.3
ll. .. .l:l.c8 12.h4 h5 l3.gh5 ttlh5
14.0-0-0 ttlb3 15.ab3 'ii'a5
16...ttbl ti'a6 17.ttld5 .l:l.fe8
18.l:l.hg l e5? ( 18 ... e6! l9.ttlc3
.l:l.c5 hold the po ition) 19.ttlf5!!
~f5 20.ef5 ~h7 2l.~g2 1-0.
An interesting plan wa played
in the game Hirnei e-Cabrera,
Budape t 2008, where Black
made the two important move
( ll.. .ttlb3 and 12 ... e5). With the
elimination of the bi hop and the
retreat of the white knight, the
white attack lo e trength.
Cabrera then made a very inter-
e ling pawn acrifice in the cen-
tre ( 13 .. .d5! ?), achieving a
dangerou tmuattve on both
side of the board.
Conclusion
For tho e who play the Dragon
(Normal and Accelerated) it i
very important to have a strong
weapon again t the Yugo lav
Attack becau e tati tically that
i the mo t used and mo t dan-
gerou line. In thi article we
have analy ed a little-practiced
variation compared with
IO ... .I:I.c8, IO ... ti'a5 and
tO ... ttld4, which in recent year
ha e tablished it elf a a erious
alternative to fight for the initia-
tive. The material in the Game
Section i clear evidence.
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 18.h4N [18.lt:lg3 Annaberdiev-Bu
Xiangzhi, Khanly-Mansiysk ol 201 0]
18... ~g4! [18 ...as 19.hS a4 (<!: 19...gs
20.liJIS ~IS 21.'tWgS ~g6 22.'it'eS deS
23.hg6 hg6=) 20.hg6 lg6 21 .lt:l14 rJm
22.liJIS!! giS 23.gS+- ] 19.fg4 'ife4
[19 ...lt:lg4 20.lfl4 'i!fl4 21 .li:ll4 lt:lf2oo]
20. ~a1 lt:lg4 2U i'g5? [2U!fd21 eS
(21 ...lt:ll2 22.lt:lg3) 22.lt:lbS l%c2 23.lt:lg3
'it'hl (23.. ."fi'g21?; 23 ... 'tlfc6?! 24.liJIS!! giS
2S.-.g5 - the difference with the line at
Black's 21st move) 24.lt:lh1 l%d2 2S.l%d2 IS
26.lt:ld6 l%d8 27.~b1 oo] 21 ... lt:lf2 [21 ... h6
22.'ii'd2! eS 23.hS (23.lt:lbS l%c2 24.lt:lg3
-.c61 25.'ii'b4 lt:lf2 26.lt:lc3 lt:lh1 27.l%h1
dS-+) 23...ed4 24.hg6 fg6 2S.lt:ld4 lt:le3
26.l%he1 lfd4 27.lfd4 lt:lc2 28.'it>b1 lt:ld4
29.l%d4+] 22.lt:lg3 'ti"eS 23.lt:lgf5 li:ld1
[RR 23... lt:lh1 24.lt:le7 ~18 2S.lt:lc8 l%c8
26.'ifh6 'it>gB 27.'i!fd2+ ] 24.l%d1 l%c7
25.h5 [RR 25.lt:lc6 'i!t'IS 26.lt:le7 l%e7
27.'ii'e7 aS 2B.'ifd6 l%e8-+] 25 ...l%ac8
26.hg6 fg6 27.1t'g1 [27.lt:lh6 c;t>!B!-+;
27.l%h1 'ii'16 28.lt:lh6 ~hB 29."ii'l6 el6
30 .~b1 l%e7 31 .a3 aS-+] 27 ...'t!t"f4
28. ~ b1 'i!fe4 29. ~a1 't!t"t4 30. ~ b1
eS 0-1
Annaberdiev,Meilis
Bu Xiangzhi
Khanty·Mansiysk ol 2010 (7)
1.e4 cS 2.lt:lf3 lt:lc6 3.lt:lc3 g6 4.d4
cd4 S.li:ld4 ~g7 6. ~e3 li:lf6 7. ~c4
0-0 8 ..i.b3 d6 9.f3 .i.d7 10.'i!fd2
lt:laS 11.0-0-0 lt:lb3 12.cb3 [12.ab3 aS
13.~b1 (13 .~h6 a4 (13 ....i.h6!? 14.\!t'h6
a4 1S.ba4 eS 16.lt:lb3 .i.a4 17.lt:lc5 ~c6)
14 .~g7 'it>g7 1S.ba4 .i.a4 16.eS lt:leB
17.h4 .i.d7 1B.hS l%a1 19.lt:lb1 'i!faS
20.hg6 'ii'd2 21 .l%d2 hg6 Martius-Mandel,
Nuremberg ch-BRD 19S9; 13.h4) 13...a4
14.ba4 (14.b4 a3 1S.b3 'ii'c7+ Neumeier·
Veszpremi, Oberwart 2010) 14... ~a4 1S.h4
'tlfas (1S... ~d7 16.hS li:lhS 17.g4 lt:lf6
18.~h6 ~e6 19..i.g7 'i!faS (19...~g7?
20.lt:le6 fe6 21 .eS+- ) 20.'it>c1 ..-a1
21.lt:lb1 ~g7 22 ....h6 ~hB 23.gS li:lhS
24.lt:le6 fe6 2S.l%hS ghS 26.g6+-) 16.hS
li:lhS 17.g4 lt:lg3 1B.l%h2 (18.l%h3 ~d4
19 .~d4 (19.'ifd4 .i.bS 20 .~c1 lt:le2
21 .lt:le2 .i.e2 22.l%dh1 .i.f1 !!) 19... .i.bS
20 .~c1 'tta1 21.lt:lb1 lt:le2) 18... l%fc8
19 .~c1 .i.bS 20.lt:lb3 .i.c3 21 .lt:laS .i.d2
22 ..i.d2 li:lf1 -+; 12.lt:lb3]
66
B ~ B.
~~ .t.~~.i.~
~ ~ ..
12.•. \!t'as [Another possibilily is 12...'i!fb8
but I think that the queen is better on aS for
the reason given in the introduction. 13 .~b1
(13..i.h6 .i.h6 14.\!t'h6 bS 1S.h4 b4 16.lt:ldS
li:ldS 17.edS 'ii'b7 18.hS \!t'dS 19.hg6 l%ac8
20.~b1 .i.IS 21.~a1 ~g6 22.g4 IS 23.liJIS
l%1S 24.l%dS l%dS 2S.f4 e6 (Zontakh-
Velimirovic, Arandjelovac 1993) 26.". ,h3±)
13...bS 14.h4 b4 1S.lt:la4! (the first
difference, the knight blocks the attack of the
black pawns) 1S... l%c8 16.hS l%c7 17.g4 (the
idea is to put the queen on h2, but maybe
17.hg6 fg6 18.~h6 ~hB 19..i.gs e6
(19... \!t'b? 20.~16 ef6 21.\!t'h6 ~a4
22.ba4±) 20.\!t'f4 \!fiB 21 .lt:lc2± is better)
17... \!t'b? 18.hg6 fg6 19.~6 ~hB
20.~gS?! lt:le4! 21.fe4 'ii'e4 22.~a1 ~g4
23...-h2 hS 24.l%he1 -.ds 2S.lt:le6 .i.d1
26.lt:lc7 \!t'gS 27.l%d1 l%c8 28.\!t'c2 (Gopai-
Kuzubov, Zurich 2009) 28... ~h7!-+]
13. ~b1 l%fc8 14.g4 bS 1S..i.h6 .i.h6
16.'ifh6 b4 17. e2 'ifeS [Another
way is 17... l%ab8 18.h4 l%b6 19.l%c1 l%c1
20.lt:lc1 'i!fes 21 .'ife3 lt:ldS 22.'i!fd2 li:lf4
23.l%e1 ~bS 24.l%d1= Sarenac-lvanisevic,
Kragujevac ch-SRB 2009] 18.lt:lg3
[1B.tfe3] 18•.. a5 19.tthg1 a4
20.ba4 ?! [20.14 lt:lg4 21 .feS li:lh6
22.ed6oo; 20.lt:ldfS .i.IS 21 .liJIS lt:leB
22.ba4 l%a4 23.l%g3 l%a7 24.tth3 \!t'hB=i= ]
20... l%a4 21 .lt:lgf5? [21 .b3+]
21 ... lt:le4f! 22.tfe3 gfS? [22 ... .i.IS!
23.lt:lfS l%a2! 24.'it>a2 \!t'e6 2S.b3 (2S .~b1
lt:lc3! 26.bc3 'ifb3 27.'it>c1 bc3-+)
2S ... l%c2 26.'it>b1 l%e2-+] 23.gf5 lt:lg3
[23 ...'it>h8 24.fe4 ttcaB 2S.lt:lf3 'iff6
26.ti'd4oo] 24.l%g3 'it>h8 25.'ifg5 l%a5
26. 'ifd2?? [26.l%g4 b3 27.a3 .i.IS
28.liJIS 1t'IS 29.ti'IS l%1S=i=] 26... ~f5
27. ~a1 [27.lt:lfS \!t'IS 28.~a 1 b3 29.a3
l%dS 30.'tWe1 l%d1 31.it'd1 l%c2-+]
27 ... l%a2 28.'it>a2 it'd5 0-1
Zambrana,Osvaldo
Villalba,Marcelo
Luque 2012 (1)
1.e4 cS 2.lt:lf3 g6 3.d4 cd4 4.lt:ld4
.i.g7 5.lt:lc3 lt:lc6 6 •.i.e3 li:lf6 7 •.i.c4
0-0 8 . ~b3 d6 9.f3 lt:laS 10.tt'd2
.i.d7 11 .0-0-0 lt:lb3 12.cb3 'i!faS
13.'it>b1 l%fc8
B •
~~ .t.~~.i.i
~ "'
14.h4 [14 ..i.h6 .i.h6 1S.'ifh6 bS; 14..i.gS
l%c5! 1S.h4 (1S..i.f6 .i.f6 16.lt:ldS ttdS!?
17.edS 'ii'dS~ Kostromin-Hamdouchi,
Rogaska Slatina II 2011 ) 1S... bS
(1S... l%ac8) 16.a3 ( 16.~16 .i.f6 17.lt:ldS
'tlfd2 18.lt:lf6 'it>g7 19.l%d2 'it>f6=) 16... b4
17.lt:la2 'ifdB 18.lt:lb4 l%ac8 1 9 .~16 ~16
20.li:ldS .i.g7 21 .hS] 14.•. b5 15.h5 b4
16.lt:la4 [16.lt:lce2 lt:lhS 17.g4 lt:lf6
18.lt:lg3 l%c7 19.'ii'h2 e6 (19... l%ac8 20.gS
lt:leB 21 .14 eS 22.li:ldfS gfS 23.'tlfh7 c;t>IB
24.efS ef4 2S .~f4- ) 20.gS lt:leB 21.14
l%ac8 22.1S efS 23.efS .i.d4 24."t!fh7 'it>fB
2S .~d4 .i.IS 26.li:lfS 'i!ffS 27 .~a1 ~e7
2B.l%he1 ~d7 29.~e3 \!t't3 30.l%b1 'it>c6
31 .tfh4 l%b8 32.'ifd4 (Demidowicz·
M.Socko, Lublin 11 2009) 32 ...l%e7±]
16... e5 [16...lt:lhS! 17.g4 lt:lf6 18..i.h6
~h6 19.1t'h6 'ilt'eS! (the same idea that Bu
Xiangzhi used against Annaberdiev) 20.liJIS
gfS 21 .gS (21 .efS lt:leB) 21 ...lt:le8 22.Wfh7
c;t>IB 23.g6 fg6 24.\!t'g6 'ifg7 2S.'ifhS li:lf6

26.1t'h4 lt>e8 27.J:ldg1 W18-+) 17.ltJe2
dS 18.hg6 fg6 19.~gS [19.ed5 is also
possible: 19... ~15 20.1Pa1 J:lc2 21 .1t'e1
ttJd5 22.ltJg3 ttJe3 23.1We3 e4 24.ltJI5
'WI5 25.1e4 '*e6g?) 19... ~a4 20.ba4
d4= 21.J:lc1 .-a4 22. J:lc8 J:lc8
23.J:lc1 J:lc1 24.ltJc1 ltJd7 2S ..-d3
ttJb6 26.b3 'ifas 27. ~d2 ~f8
28.'ifc2 'ifbs 29 ...-d3 .-as 30.a4
31.'ifc2 cS 32.ttJd3 '*c2
33.1t>c2 lt>e6 34.ttJb4 ~ b4 3S .~ b4
gS 36 . ~d2 h6 37.g4 ttJc8 38.b4
ltJb6 39.\Pb3 a6 40.bS abS 41.abS
lt>d7 42. ~b4 ltJc8?! 43.\Pc4 ltJd6
44.\t>cs lt>c7 4S.b6 lt>d7 46.\t>dS d3
47.~aS ltJb7 48.~d2 ltJd6 49.~e3
tt\bS SO.It>eS \Pc6 S1 .b7 \Pb7
S2.\PdS ttJc7 S3.\Pc4 \Pc6 S4.\Pd3
tt\e6 SS.It>c4 lt>d6 S6.~f2 ltJg7
S7. ~cS lt>e6 [~ 57 ...\t>c6] S8. ~f8 ltJe8
S9.~ h6 60. ~f8 s 61 .\Pd3
tt\c7 62.\Pe3 ltJe6 63 .~e7 1-0
Motylev,Aiexander
Bu Xiangzhi
Khanty·Mansiysk 2007 (2)
1.e4 cS 2.ltJf3 ttJc6 3.d4 cd4 4.ltJd4
g6 S.ttJc3 ~g7 6. ~e3 ttJf6 7.~c4
0-0 8.~b3 d6 9.f3 ~d710. 1t'd2 ltJaS
11.0-0-0 ltJb3 12.cb3 'tWaS 13.\Pb1
J:lfcB 14.g4 J:lab8 [A 'very strange' move.
14...h5 15.g5 8 16.a3!? Khalilman]
1S.h4 bS 16.hS b4 17.ttJce2
i
g
.t i i .t i • 29.~b4 J:lbS 30.J:lg2 lt>g7 31. J:lh1
i
~·~
'iY
i ttJ~ ~ 44.b5 ab5 45.a6 ba4 46.a7 J:lh8 47 .~b6
~ Yl~
~~ 'ifttJ
w n n 16... W'eS [16 ... J:lc7!? 17.h5 J:lac8
17... J:lc7 [17 ...'ife5!?] 18.hg6 [18.ltJc2
J:lc6 19.a3 J:lc2!? 20..-c2 (20.\t>c2 Wc7
21 .\Pb1 ba3oo) 20...ba3 21.~d4 ab2
22 .~b2 ;!; Gopai·Bu Xiangzhi, Beijing rapid
2008; 18.J:lc1 J:lbc8 19.hg6 hg6 20.J:lc7
J:lc7;t; 18.h6!?] 18.. .fg6 [18 ...hg6] 19.gS
[19.ltJg3! ltJeB (19 ...J:lb6 20.ltJc2;
19... J:lbc8? 20.g5! ltJeB 21 ...h2+-;
19... -.e5? 20.g5! -.g3 21.~14+-) 20.-.h2
IPf7 21.1i'h7 ltJf6 22.1i'h2 J:lb6 23.ltJge2;!;)
19...ttJhS 20.J:lc1 J:lbc8 21. J:lc7 J:lc7
22.ltJc2 J:lb7 23. J:lc1 WeS 24 . ~d4
-.h2 [24 ...-.b5 25.~g7 \Pg7 26.ltJe3;!;)
2S~g7 \Pg7 26 ...d4 [26.ltJb4! J:lb4
27.J:lc7 ~b5 28.'ifb4 W'e2 29.a4+-)
26...'ifes 27.-.es [~ 27.-.e3 Khalilman]
27...deS 28.ltJe3 ~bS 29.ltJc4 J:ld7
30.\Pc2 ltJf4 31.ltJf4 ef4 32. J:la1 J:lc7
33.\t>d3 J:ld7 34.\Pc2 J:lc7 3S.\Pd3
h6!? 36.gh6 \Ph6 37.\Pd4 IPgS
38.\PeS J:lcS 39.\t>d4 J:lc8 40.\PeS
~c4 41.J:lg1 \Ph6 42.J:lc1?? [42.bc4
J:lc4 43.J:lg2 g5 44.riPI5 J:lc5 45.e5 a5
46.J:lh2 <iPg7 47.J:le2=] 42 .•• · 6 0-1
Socko,Bartosz
Bu Xiangzhi
Beijing blitz 2008 (4)
1.e4 cS 2.ltJf3 ltJc6 3.d4 cd4 4.ltJd4
g6 S.ttJc3 ~g7 6.~e3 ltJf6 7.~ c4
0-0 8.~b3 d6 9.f3 ~d7 10. d2
ttJaS 11.0-0-0 ltJb3 12.cb3 'ifaS
13.\Pb1 J:lfc8 14.g4 bS 1S.ltJcbS
'ifd2 16. ~d2 [16.J:ld2 e5 17. d6 ed4
18. ~d4 J:lc6 19 .~e3 ~e6 20.J:lhd1 h5
21 .g5 ttJd7:f] 16•.. a6 17.ttJa3?!
[17.ltJc3! ltJg4 18.ltJd5 J:le8 19.1g4 ~d4
20.h3) 17... ltJg4 18.fg4 ~d4 19 .~gS
~cS 20.h3 f6 21.~f4 ~a3 [21...g5
22 . ~g3 h5 23.gh5 \Pf7 24.ltJc4 J:lh8 25.h4
g4+] 22.ba3 gS 23.~d2 ~bS
24. ~aS J:lcS 2S.J:lhe1 J:lac8 26.J:ld2
hS 27.<.t b2 hg4 28.hg4 ~d7
J:leS 32.J:le1 J:lh8 33. ~c3 J:lcS
34 .~d4 J:lcc8 3S.a4 J:lh4 36. J:leg1
37.aS ~bS 38.J:ld2 J:lh3 39.a4
~d7 40.J:lc2 ~e6 41. J:lc8 ~c8
42.J:lc1 ~g4 43.b4 ~e6 [43... ~d7
J:la8 48.J:lc7 ~b5 49.J:lb7 ~c6 -+)
44.bS J:lb3 4S.It>c2 abS 46.a6 J:lb4
Survey Sf 18.3
47.aS? [47.ab5! J:lb5 48.a7 J:la5
49.J:la1+-] 47 ..•~c8 48.a7 ~ b7
49.\t>d3 J:lb3 SO.\Pd2 J:la3 S1.~b6
b4 S2.J:lc7 ~e4 S3.J:lc8 g4 S4.J:lc4
J:la2 SS.\Pe3 ~dS S6.J:lg4 b3
S7.J:lb4 b2 S8.\t>d4 \t>e6 [58 ... J:la4-+]
S9.\t>c3 fS 60.1Pc2 <iPd7 61 .\Pb1
J:la1 62.1Pb2 J:lh1 63.J:ld4 ~c6
64.J:lf4 e6 6S. J:lc4 J:lh8 66.a6 J:la8
67.\Pc3 eS 68.'it>b4 J:lh8 69.J:lc2 f4
70.J:ld2 e4 71 . ~cS dS [71...J:lh6
72 .~d4 ~as 73.J:lg2 J:le6 74.J:lg7 J:le7
75.J:lg4 e3 (75 .. .13 76 .~e3=) 76.J:ll4 e2
77. ~c3 e1 -. 78. ~e1 J:le1 :f) 72.J:lg2
~a8 73. J:lg7 \Pe6 74.J:le7 \t>fS
7S.J:lf7 1Pg4 76 .~d4 J:lc8 77. J:lb7
J:lc4 78.\PaS e3 79.J:lb8 J:ld4
80.J:la8 e2 81. J:lg8 3 82. J:lg1 J:ld1
83.a8W' J:lg1 84.1i'dS \Pf2 8S.W'd4
1Pg2 86.W'e4 f3 87.-.g4 2
88.W'd4 1 89.1t'd3 J:lgS 1-0
Wahls,Matthias
Kunze,Markus
Munich 1991 /92 (1)
1.e4 cS 2.ltJf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.ltJd4
ltJf6 S.ltJc3 g6 6 .~e3 ~g7 7.f3 0-0
8.'ttd2 ttJc6 9.~c4 ~d7 10.0-0-0
ttJaS 11. ~b3 ltJb3 12.cb3 'ifaS
13.\t>b1 J:lfc8 14.g4 bS 1S.h4 b4
16.ttJce2
(17... J:lb8 - Motylev·Bu Xiangzhi) 18.~h6
~h8 19.ltJg3 e6 20.hg6 lg6 21 .g5 ltJh5
22.ltJh5 gh5 23.a4 (23.J:lh5?? W'c5-+)
23 ...-.c5 24.J:lh5 ~a4 25.ba4 ~d4
26.W'd4 W'c2 27.\Pa2 W'a4 28.\Pb1
'ttc2=) 17. ~f4 [17.h5! ltJe4 18.fe4 -.e4
19.\Pa1 ~g4 20.ltJg3 W'd5 21 .J:ldf1 e6
22.J:lh4 15 23.hg6 hg6 24.ltJge2±)
17...W'cS [17 ... ltJe4!? 18.1i'e3 (18.fe4
-.e4 19.<iPa1 e5 20 .~h6 ~g4 21.~g7
67
Wg7 22.l:tde1 ed4 23.t(}d4 'ifd5 24.l:thg1
h5+) 18...'it'a5 19.'it'e4 e5 20.'it'b7 ~e8
21 .l:tc1 l:tcb8 22.t(}c6 ~c6 23.'i!t'c6 ef4
24.((}14 ~b2 25.l:tc4 ~g7 26.t(}d5 l:te8~]
1B.~ h6 ~ hB 19.hS aS 20.t(}fS l:teB
(20 .. :iVe5 21.t(}ed4;!;) 21 . ~e3 'it'c6
2Vo ed4 "*'b7 [22 ...'i!t'a6 23.hg6 fg6
24.t(}h6 Wf8 25.g5 t(}h5 26.l:th5 gh5
27.'it'h2+-J 23.hg6 fg6 24.gS?
[24.t(}h6+-J
_tj.
.i •.t
if j.
j. .. j.
Cfj /3,
Cfj /3,
~/3,
~ Variation C
J:t J:t
24 ... t(}hS? [24 ... t(}g4!1oo] 2S.t(}h6 ~fB
26.l:thS ghS 27.'i!t'h2+ - e6 [27 ... e5
28.'it'h5] 2B.'i!t'f4 ~e7 29.t(}e6 1-0
Variation B
11.h4
Gabrielian,Artur
Bu Xiangzhi
Moscow 2012 (9)
1.e4 cS 2.t(}f3 t(}c6 3.d4 cd4 4.t(}d4
g6 S.t(}c3 ~g7 6.~e3 t(}f6 7.~c4
0-0 B.~b3 d6 9.13 ~d7 10.'ifd2
((}aS 11.h4 hS [11...l:tb8? 12.h5 t(}b3
13.ab3 a5 14 .~h6 ~c6 15 .~g7 Wg7
16.hg6 1·0 Guerrero Sanmarti-Fernandez
Diaz, Barcelona 2012] 12. ~ h6 l:tcB
13.0-0-0 t(}c41? [13 ... t(}b3] 14.~c4
l:tc4 1S .~ g7 Wg7 16.t(}de2 (16.g4;
16.~ b1 ; 16.l:the1 ; 16.l:tdg1 ; 16.t(}d5]
16.. .'ifas 17.«1i'b1 l:tfcB 1B.a3N
(18.t(}d5; 18.'i!t'e3; 18.l:the1] 1B•.. ~e6
19.l:the1 bS 20.t(}d4 b4 21.t(}a2
(21 .t(}cb5 a6 22.t(}e6 (22.b3 ab5 23.bc4
'it'a3oo) 22 ...fe6 23.t(}d4 e5 24.ab4 l:tb4
25.t(}e6 «1;117 26.t(}g5 ~g8oo ] 21 .•.'it'c7
22.t(}b4 aS 23.t(}dS ~dS 24.edS
t(}dS [24 ... l:tc5] 2S.t(}bS 'ifb6 26.'ifdS
l:t4cS 27.'ifa2 [27.W'd4 e5 28.'ifd6
'Wb5 29.l:td2] 27 ...l:tbS 2B.l:te7 dS
68
29.a4 (29.b3!? l:tc3] 29 ...'iff2 30.b3
l:tbcS 31.'it'b2 l:tc3 32.l:tdS 'it'g2
33.l:taS [33.l:te8!?) 33 .. .'i i'f1 34 .~a2
B 3S.l:taa7 l:tc2 36.l:tf7 ~eB
37.l:tae7 ~dB 3B.l:td7 ~eB 39.l:tde7
~dB 40.l:td7 ~eB ~-~
Berg,Emanuel
Zhao Zong Yuan
Khanty·Mansiysk ol 2010 (9)
1.e4 cS 2.t(}f3 t(}c6 3.d4 cd4 4.t(}d4
g6 S.t(}c3 ~g7 6. ~e3 t(}f6 7 . ~c4
0-0 B. ~ b3 d6 9.f3 ~d7 10.'i!t'd2
((}aS 11.h4 t(}b3! 12.cb3 [12.ab3 h5
13.0-0·0 'ilia5 14 .~h6 'ifa1 15.t(}b1 ~h6
16.'ii'h6 l:tfc8 17.g4 l:tc5 18.((}15 ~15
19.gf5 l:tac8 20.l:th2 'ifa2 21 .'ife3 l:tb5
Saric-Sebenik, Zadar 2011 ; 12.t(}b3]
12 •..'i faS 13.0-0-0 bS 14 . ~b1 b4
1S.t(}ce2 l:tfcB 16.hS t(}hS 17.g4
t(}f6 1B.t(}g3
1B... t(}g41? [18 ... l:tc7?! 19.g5 t(}e8
20.'it'h2 l:tac8 21 .'ii'h7 ~18 22.14 ~g4
23.15!1, giving up the exchange, leaves Black
in dire straits; 18... e5 19.t(}c2± ; 18... l:tab8
19.g5 t(}e8 20.'ii'h2 e6 21 .'it'h7 ~18 22.14
l:tb6! (another typical counterattack in this
variation) 23.t(}ge2 (the only move. 23.15?
l:ta6+ ) 23... l:ta6 24.t(}c1 e5! 25.fe5 'ife5,
w~h a very difficu~ position for White, for
example 26.l:th4 'ii'g3-+] 19.fg4 ~g4
20.l:tdf1 'ifes 21 .l:tf4 hS 22.t(}dfS
gfS 23.t(}hS [23.((}15 ~15 24.ef5 ~h6
25.'it'g2 'ifg7 26.1t'g7 «1i'g7 27.~d4~ /::,.
28.l:tfh4] 23...~hS? [23...~13! 24.l:thh4!
~e4 (24 ... ~d1 25.l:tf5 l:tc2 26.l:te5 l:td2
27.t(}g7 de5 28.~d2 «1i'g7=) 25.l:te4 fe4
26.t(}g7 'it'g7 27.'ifd1 ! 'i!ff6 28.l:th6 'ii'e5
29.l:th5=] 24.l:thS e6 2S.efS l:tcS?
[25... ef5 26.l:thf5 'ife6 27.l:tf7 Wg6
28. ~a1 'it'f7 (28 ...l:tf8 29.l:tg71 ~g7
30.'it'd4 l:tf6 31.a4+-) 29.l:tf7 <M1
30.'i!t'd5±] 26 .~d4 +- l:tdS 27.~es
l:td2 2B.l:tg4 f6 29 .~f6 ~ 30.~g7
l:tgB 31 .l:th7 1·0
11.~h6
Karjakin,Sergey
Savchenko,Boris
Moscow 2010 (1)
1.e4 cS 2.t(}f3 t(}c6 3.d4 cd4 4.t(}d4
g6 S.t(}c3 ~g7 6. ~e3 t(}f6 7 . ~c4
0-0 B.~b3 d6 9.f3 ~d7 10.W'd2
((}aS 11. ~ h6
x•
if
j.j. _tj.j._!j.
j. .. j. ~
11... ~h6 [11...t(}b3 12.ab3 ~h6 13.'ii'h6
e5 14.t(}de2 b5 15.'ifd2 1t'b6 16.l:td1 b4
17.t(}d5?! (17.t(}a2! a5 18.'Wd6 Wd6
19.l:td6 ~e6 ;!; ) 17... t(}d5 18.'ii'd5 ~c6
19.1t'd6 l:tad8 20.1t'e5 l:td1 21. ~d1 l:td8
22 .~e1 ~b5 23.c3? (23.c4 bc3 24.bc3
~e2 25 . ~e2 'iWb3 26.~12 l:td2 27 .~g3
h5 28.'iWe8=) 23...'ifa6 24.t(}c1 -.a1
25.~12 'iWb2 26 .~g3 a6 27.'ifc7 l:td2
28.c4 ~d7 (28... l:tg2 29.~h3 'iff2
30.'it'b8 ~g7 31 .'it'e5 16 32.'it'c7 ~d7
33:ii'd7 ~h6 34:ii'd3 l:tg5- +) 29.t(}e2
(29.l:tg1 +) 29 ... l:te2 30. d7 l:tg2 31.~h3
~g7 32.'it'e7 h6 33.14 it'e2 0-1 Zhou

Jianchao-Gundavaa, Ho Chi Minh City 2012;
11...l:tc8 12.h4 .i.h6 13.-.h6 e5 14.tl:lde2
b5 15.h5 tl:lb3 16.ab3 b4 17.tl:ld5 tl:ld5
18.hg6 tl:l16 19.g7 l:teS 20.g4 't!fb6 21 .c3
{21 .'..16 l:te6 22 ...h4 h6) 21...d5 22.g5 de4
23.fe4 'i!fe3 24.gf6 't!fe4 25.l:th4 ~g4
26.040 l:te6 (26... l:tc6!?) 27.tl:lg3 't!fl4
28.l:td2 't!fh6 29.l:th6 l:ta6 30.l:tdh2?
l:td8!+ 31.l:td2? (3 1.~ 1 bc3 32.bc3 l:td1
33.'~b2 l:tda1 34.c4 l:t 1a2 35.1Pc3 l:th2
36.l:th2 l:t16+ ) 31 ... l:ta1 32.1Pc2 ~d1
33.l:td1 l:tdd1 34.tl:le2 e4 35.l:th3 l:tl1
36.l:te3 l:tl6 37.l:te4 bc3 38.bc3 IPQ7
39.tlJI4 l:th1 40.c4 l:th4?? 41 .tl:le6 l:te6
~-~ Lombardy-Reshevsky, New 'tbrk m-1
1956] 12.'tlt'h6 eS 13.tl:lde2 bS
[1 3... tl:lb3 14.ab3]1 4.tLldS l:tc8 [14... tl:lb3
15.tlJ16 ..16 16.ab3 d5?1 (16... b4! 17...d2
a5 18.l:td1 ~e6 19..-d6 l:tld8 20.'tlt'b6
l:td1 21.'0Pd1 W'g5 22.l:tg1 a4 23.ba4 l:ta4;
16... a5!?; 16...~e6!?) 17.tl:lc3 de4 18.tl:le4
We7 19.l:ta6 15 20.tLlgS 'tlt'g7 2U!t'g7
q;>g7 22.o-o ~c8 23.l:tc6 h6 24.l:tc7 1Pg8
25.tl:lh3;!; Ganguly-Zhao Zong Yuan, Sydney
2008] 1S.tl:le3 ~e6 16.h4 tl:lb3
17.ab3 dS 18.edS tLldS 19.hS [19.l:td1
W'a5 20.b4 W'b4 21.c3 'tlt'd6 22.h5 l:tc7
23.tlJg3;!;J 19... W'e7 20.tLldS ~dS
21 .tl:lc3 ~c6 22.0-0-0 l:tfd8 23.hg6
fg6 24.W'e3 b4 2S. aS 26.1Pb1
a4 27.l:td8 'tlt'd8 28.ba4 ~a4 29.b3
~bS 30.f4 [30.Wh6 l:tc7 31.'i!fh4 Wh4
32.l:th4 l:te7 33.tlJg3;!;J 30...'..e7
31 .tl:lgS W'cS 32.'tlt'cs l:tcS 33.tl:le4
l:tc8 34.feS ~g7 3S.tLlgS hS 36.l:th4
l:te8 37.l:tb4 l:teS
38.tl:lf3 l:tfS 39.tl:ld4 l:tf1 40. ~b2
~a6 1:2:. 40 ... ~e8] 41.l:tb6 ~c8
42.l:tc6 [42.b4±] 42 •.• l:tf8 [:2:. 42...~15
43.tlJI5 l:tl5 44.b4] 43.b4 ~h6 44.g3
~b7 4S.l:td6 l:tg8 46.tl:le6 ~c8
47.bS l:te8 48.tl:lf4 ~ts 49.b6 ~gS
SO.tl:ldS l:tc8 S1 .tl:le3 ~e4 S2.c4 h4
S3.l:td4 ~h1 S4.gh4 6 SS.IPc3
l:tc6 S6.b7 l:tb6 S7.l:td6 1-0
Nataf,lgor-Aiexandre
Bu Xiangzhi
Reykjavik 2004 (9)
1.e4 cS 2.tl:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tl:ld4
tl:lf6 S.tl:lc3 g6 6.~e3 ~g7 7.f3 tl:lc6
a . ~c4 0-0 9.Wd2 ~d7 1o .~ b3 tl:las
11. ~ h6 ~h6 12.'Wh6 Wb6 13.0-0-0
liJb3 14.cb3 aS 1S. ~b1 a4 16.ba4
· 4 17.l:td2 l:tfc8 18.'tlt'e3 ~d7
19.l:te1 W'aS 20.a3 hS [20...b5!?
21.liJc2 (21.e5 b4 22.ab4 'it'a1 23.'~'c2
l:tc3 24.bc3 'tlt'a4 25.<;\?d3 'tlt'a6 26.1Pc2
liJd5-+) 21 ... ~e6 22.e5 tl:leS 23.tl:lb4 de5
24.W'e5 tl:ld6 25.tl:lbd5 l:ta7 26.tl:le7 l:te7
27.'it'd6 ~15+ ] 21 .tl:lb3 'it'eS [21 ... 'it'a61?
22.tl:ld5 tl:ld5 23.ed5 b5 24.l:td4 ~15
25.1Pa2 l:tc2-+] 22.tLldS tLldS 23.edS
Wh2 24.'tlt'gS h4 2S.IPa2 'tlt'g3
26.W'g3 hg3 27.l:te7 l:td8 28.tl:ld4
8 29.l:te3 l:te8 30.l:te8 l:te8
31 .tl:le2 l:te3 32.b3 gS 33.tl:lg3 g4
34.l:tf2 l:td3 3S.tl:le4 gf3 36.gf3 1Pe7
37.l:te2 l:tdS 38.tl:lc3 l:teS 39.1Pb2
~e6 40.l:teS deS 41 .1Pc2 42.b4
s 43. ~d2 4 44.~e2 ~c4
4S.
so ...IPd4?? [50... ~d6 51 .a6 ba6 52.ba6
~a6 53.tl:ld1 =] S1.a6 ba6 S2.b6 1-0
Variation D
11 .g4
Eidinger,Helmut
Cebalo,Miso
Basel 2012 (1)
1.e4 cS 2.tl:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tl:ld4
tl:lf6 S.tl:lc3 g6 6 .~e3 ~g7 7.f3 0-0
Survey S/18.3
8 . ~c4 tl:lc6 9.W'd2 ~d7 10. ~b3
tl:laS 11 .g4 l:tb8 12.h4 bS 13.hS
l13 .~h6 tl:lb3 14.tl:lb3 ~h6 1S.W'h6 b4
16.tl:ld5 tl:ld5 17.edS es 18.de6 ~e6
19.tl:ld4 'tlt'c7 20.hS l:tle8 21 .0·0-0;!;
Zherebukh·Annaberdiev, Konya tt-2 2011 I
13 ..• tl:lc414.~c4 bc4
1S .~ h6 [15.tl:ld5 tl:ld5 {1S ... eS!?) 16.edS
e5 17.de6 le6 18.hg6 hg6 19.'it'h2 'tWaS
20.1Pt2 W'es (20 ... l:tl7! 21 .-.h7 'i1.?18
22 .~h6 WeSco) 21. Wh7 'i1.?17 22.l:th6
'ii.?e7? (22 ...1Pe8 23.Wg6 l:tf7 24.l:thS
W'l6;!;) 23.l:tg6+- Chrzaszcz-Gonzalez
Diaz, Krakow 2011/12] 1S......aS!?
I1S...l:tb2? 16 . ~g7 1Pg7 17.hg6 lg6
18.W'h6 ~g8 19.g5? (19.0-0-0! l:tb7 20.e5
• as 21 .el6 l:tf7 22.1Pd2+-) 19... W'as
20.0-Q-0 'it'c3 21 .gl6 J:[f7 22.l:tdg1 l:ta2??
(22... 'ii.?h8 23.fe7 l:tb8 24.tl:le2=; 22 ... el6?!
23.l:tg6 q;>h8 24.l:thg1 J:tb8 25.l:tg7 • b2
26.1Pd2 'it'd4 27. ~e2 ~IS 28.l:tf7 W'g1
29.l:tl8 l:t18 30. 18 Wg8 31 ....16 'i!fg7
32.'iWIS;!;) 23.l:tg6?? (23.'i!fg6! hg6 24.l:tg6
~18 2S.l:th8X) 23 ...1Ph8 0-1 Edvardsen-
Andreassen, Tromso 2008; 1S... ~h6
16.'i!fh6 'tWaS! (1 6......b6 17.l:td1 ! {17.hg6
lg6 {17......d4? (M.Arnold·M.Bauer,
Nuremberg 2010) 18.g71+-) 18.tl:lde2
l:tf7oo) 17...WaS 18.hg6 lg6 19.g5 tl:lh5
20.l:thS ghS 21 .g6! hg6 22.'tlt'g6 ~h8
23 .... h6 'ii.?g8 24.l:td2 l:t16 2S.l:tg2 ~g4
26.'t!fd2± ; 16... e5? 17.gS! (17.tl:lde2 ~c6
18.g5 tl:lh5 19. g3 l:tb7 20.0·0·0 16
21 .tl:lh5 gh5 (Krejci·Chirila, Antalya jr 2009)
22.g6! l:tg7 23.gh7 'i1.?h8 24.l:thS±)
17...ed4 (17 ... tl:lh5 18.l:th5 ghS 19.tl:ld5
'tlt'a5 20 .~e2 'tlt'd5 21.edS ed4
22 ....d6+-) 18.gl6 W'l6 19.tLldS 'it'g7
20.tl:le7 ~h8 21 .hg6 W'h6 22.l:th6 ~g7
23.l:th7 ~16 24.g7 l:tle8 2S.g8'i!f l:tg8
26.tl:lg8 l:tg8 27.0-0-0+- ; 16... l:tb2 17.hg6
lg6 18.0-0-Q - 15... l:tb2; 16... e6 17.0-0-0
'*'e7±) 17.0-0-0 g5D 18. IS ~IS 19.'it'gS
69
'ot>h8 20.h6 l:tg8 21 .'Wf5;!;;] 16.i.g7 'ot>g7
17.hg6 fg6 18.0-0-0 l:tf7 19.'ot>b1
b4 20.b3 cb3 [20 ...a5!?] 21.cb3 a5
22.e5 deS 23.lLlc2 'Wb7 24.g5 i.f5
25.gf6 ef6 26.'ot>b2 h5oo 27JWd5
Y2·Y2
18.'it'e3 i.b2 19.l:tb1 i.e5-+] 13...d5 : ace 22.lLlc5 'it'fS~] 16 ...lLle4 17.fe4
14.ed5 b5 15.g5 b4 f5 18.gf6 'Wf6 19.0-0-o Wa6
20.'ot>b1 i.g4 21 .l:the1 i.f3 22.'ot>a1
l:tac8 23.l:tc1 i.e4 24.l:tc8 l:tc8
x 'if x• 25.'tlt'b4 i.d5 26.lLlc3 i.f7 27.l:td1
a\ .t. i.t.i e4 [27 ...i.t8 28.'l!fa4 'i!Va4 29.ba4 a6=F]

Hirneise,Tobias
Cabrera Trujillo,Jorge
Budapest 2008 (5)
1.e4 c5 2.lLlf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.lLld4
lLlf6 5.lLlc3 g6 6.i.e3 i.g7 7.f3 0-0
8.'Wd2 lLlc6 9.i.c4 i.d7 10.i.b3
lLla5 11.g4 lLlb3 12.cb3 e5
13.lLlde2 [13.lLldb5 d5 14.ed5 i.bS
15.lLlb5 e4 16.g5 lLldS 17.fe4 lLle3
~·~
~ a\
16.lLle4 [16.gf6 bc3 17.lLlc3 i.f6 18.0·0
i.h4 19.d6 i.c6 20.l:tac1 'i!rd7 21 .lLle4
28.'tlt'b5 [28.lLle4=; 28.'We7 i.b3 29.l:td7
Wt1 30.l:td1 {30.lLlb1 i.b2) 30 ...'l!fa6
{30 ... i.d1? 31 .'l!fe6) 31 .l:td7=] 28 ... 'l!fb5
29.lLlb5 h5 30 .<~>b1 a6 31.li:Jc3 [~
31 .lLld6] 31 ...i.e5 32.l:td2 i.e6
33.'ot>c2 h4 34.l:tf2 h3 35.b4?! i.a2
36.i.c5 [36.'ot>d2+] 36...i.e6!-+
37.lLle4 i.f5 38.l:te2 i.h2 39.'ot>b3
[39.l:th2 i.e4 40.'ot>d2 i.g2-+] 39 ...i.f4
40.lLld6 h2 41.l:te1 l:tf8 42.'ot>a3
i.d7 0-1

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70
Sicilian Defence
Avoiding the Standard Rossolimo
by Viacheslav lkonnikov
1. e4 c5
2. tf.Jf3 tt.Jc6
3. ~b5 ttJd4
4. tt.Jd4 cd4
I .t'if•.t~.l
'' '''''
Thi i a rare line to avoid the ba-
ic variation of the Ro solimo.
The main idea i to get a different
type of po ition, for example: to
avoid the exchange of the knight
on c6 with ~c6, which cau es
Black everal pecific problems.
No better evidence than the pa t
World Champion hip match be-
tween Anand and Gelfand!
On the other hand, Black can
now have different kind of pro-
blems connected with the pawn
outpost on d4.
ln the diagram position White's
three main continuations are:
A) 5.0-0, B) 5.c3 and C) 5.c4.
Variation A
5.0-0 is the mo t olid and mo t
popular line. ln practice around
90 percent of players choose this
move. White avoid all tactical
or other complication con-
nected with the unstable po ition
Rossolimo Variation
of hi king in the centre. Black
ha to choo e between two way
of developing hi piece here.
Becau e the next move will be
c2-c3, and taking on c3 ( ... dc3)
will only develop the white
piece , his only option is to
defend the pawn on d4. Thi is
po sible with either ... g7-g6 and
...i.g7 or ...e7-e6 and ... i.c5:
The Fianchetto
A I) 5 ... g6 i a quite solid way
to defend the position . Black'
general plan is to play ... g7-g6,
... i.g7 , ... a7-a6, ... b7-b5 , ... i.b7,
.. .e7-e6, and ... tf.Je7. For hi part,
White also ha two way to play:
to open the centre with 6.c3, or
6.d3 , with the continuation f2-f4
and ttJd2-f3 to tart organi zing
an attack on the kingside.
Positions with c2-c3
6.c3 a6 7 .i.a4 i.g7 8.cd4 i.d4.
White hopes that Black will not
be able to castle kingside oon.
But as we will how in the ill us-
trative games, Black ha good
Sl 31 .1 (830)
chances to equalize when he fir t
develop with ... b7-b5 , ... i.b7
and only then play the bishop to
g7 and fini shes development
with ... tf.Je7 and ... 0-0 ( ee the
game Turikov-Danner).
Positions with d2-d3
6.d3 i.g7 7.f4 tt.J f6 8. tt.Jd2 0-0.
The critical po Lion of thi varia-
tion. Now White prefer to play
on the kingside with tt.J f3 and
'ife l -h4. Black al o ha to make
a few change : the knight now
better tays on f6, becau e the
continuation ... e7-e6 can be dan-
gerous for Black, as White will
play f4-f5. The idea for Black
here is to prevent thi push. [n
practice Black has tried to play
...d7-d5, which look quite OK,
preventing White from develop-
ing his attack.
Bishop Goes to c5
A2) 5 ...e6 is Black's second
way to defend the d4-pawn , i.e.
with ... i.c5. White ha the arne
plan : one i playing in the centre
71
with c2-c3, the econd i playing
on the king ide with d2-d3.
Positions with c2-c3
6.c3 a6 7.i.a4 b5.
An important po ition. Now
8..Q.b3, a we will ee in the
game , cause Black no prob-
lems. But the trongest move,
8.i.c2, give White an extra re-
ource with 9.b4 and .Q.b2, to
exert more pressure on Black's
centre.
Positions with d2·d3
One typical move order is 6.d3
a6 7.i.a4 b5 8 ...ib3 .Q.b7 9.f4
liJf6 1O.liJd2.
Now, in the game Fontichenko-
Yakovenko, Lugansk 2007,
Black played I O... i.c5, which
later allowed White to organize
a trong attack with the ma-
noeuvre 'ii'el-h4. It is safer for
Black to place the bishop on e7,
to control h4 and defend the
pawn on d4 with ... 'itb6. In tbi
case Black has good chances of
counterplay.
72
The rarer line are characterized
by move with the c-pawn.
Variation B
Attacking the centre: 5.c3 liJf6 .
Without castling White immedi-
ately attacks the centre pawn on
d4. Black now has no time to de-
fend the weak pawn on d4, but a
ha been hown in practice, after
5 ... tDf6 6.e5 liJd5 the posi tion
transpose to a kind of c3-Sicil-
ian with a temporary pawn sacri-
fice on d4, which can be
recaptured with total equality.
Variation C
Controlling d5 : S.c4 a6 6 ...ta4.
K .i.'if • .t~K
~ ~~~~~
~
This is a solid method, with the
plan to attack on the kingside:
c2-c4, d2-d3 f2-f4, liJd2-f3,
'ite l -h4. Pawn c4 take the im-
portant d5-square from the
knight. Inca e Black trie to play
... tDf6 (the knight is better placed
on e7 in these positions) then
e4-e5 will follow. However,
Black has two ways to try and
equali ze. Fir t: with quick up-
Georg Danner
port by ... b7-b5, ..ib7 to regain
control of the d5-square for the
knight, or econd: by developing
on the king ide with ... g7-g6,
... ..ig7, ... e7-e6, ... ltJe7. ln thi
ca e Black has to pl ay ... f7-f5
himself to top the possible at-
tacking push f4-f5.
Conclusion
3 ... ltJd4 is still a rare guest in
high-level che s.
A lot of continuation deserve
further exploration here, but
what we ee i that Black has
normal counterchances like in
Clo ed Sicilian line (w ith d2-d3
and f2-f4) and, more impor-
tantly, that he is able to maintain
equality in the lines with the cen-
tral attack c2-c3. In any case thi
i a quite afe method to teer
clear of specific Rosso limo posi-
tions.

Variation A
500-0
Sax,Gyula
ljubicic,Filip
Split 201 o (8)
1oe4 cS 2.lDf3 ~c6 3o..ib5 ~d4
4olf.."ld4 cd4 So0-0 g6
6oc3 ..ig7 [6oo.dc3?! 7.t0c3 ..ig7 8od4±]
7ocd4 ..id4 8o~c3 a6 9o · 4 e6 [9 ... b5
10o.i.b3 ..ib7 11.~e2 ..ig7 12o~g3 h5!?
(12oo.d5 13.l:le1 de4 14o~e4 ~h6oo)
13.l:le1 d5 (13o..h4 14.'it'l3 ~16 15. ~11 h3
16.g3 Q.Ooo) 14.'it'l3 e6 15oe5 (15.ed5 ~16
16.d3 .idS=) 15ooo'it'b6 16.'it'l4 ..ih6
(16 ... h4!? 17 .~11 h3 18og4 ~e7 19.d4 lOc6
20...ie3 a5;:t) 17.'it'h4 'it'd8 18.'it'd8 ~
19od4 :ca 20.~e2 (20 ...ih6 ~h6 21 .l:lac1
Wdl=) 20...~7= Zarnicki-Ricardi, Pinamar
2002] 1 Ood3 lf.."le7 (10 ... b5 11..i.b3 ..ib7
12o..ie3 (12.q;,h1!?) 120.. --ig? (12.oo..ie3
13.1e3 ~e7 14o'it'g4 0.0 15.l:l13t) 13.'iWd2
(13od4!? lf.."le7 (13o.. b4 14.tt:la4 ..ie4 15.13
..ic6 16.d5!1!1) 14.d5 0.0 15.l:lc1oo)
13.o.tt:le7 14 ...ih6 0.0 15.l:lae1 d5 16...ig7
'Otg7 17.'it'l4 b4 (17 ... d4!? 18.~e2 tt:lc6
19oe5 a5;:t) 18.~e2 (18.~41) 18o.. a5
19.~g3 a4 20o..id1 ..ia6 21...ie2 'it'b8?!
(21 ... de4 22.de4 'iW~) 22.'it'g5= Turikov-
Danner, Rijeka Wch sr 2011] 11. 0 6 bS
12...ib3 tt:lc6 13.'it'd2 'it'b6 14oq;,h1
(14ott:le2!? ..il6 15 .<~h1 ..ib7 16.~]
14ooo..ib7 15ol:lac1 fS?I [15.o.'it'a5;!;]
16olf.."ld5! (16.el5 gl5 17.tt:le2 l:lg8 18.~d4
/f..)d4 19.13 /f..)b3 20.ab3 l:lc8;!;] 16oooed5
17.ed5 o-o-o [17 .. ott:le7? 18.l:lle1 ..il6
(18o....ic5 19.l:lc5 'it'cS 20.d6 'ii'd6
21 .'it'c3+-) 19o..ie3 'it'd8 20.d6+-l
18o..if4 l:lde8 19oa4 ..ieS 20.--ies
l:leS 21.d4 l:le4 22odc6 dc6 23od5
l:lf8? (23 .. ol:ld8 24.ab5 'iWbS 25.'iWc2±]
24.'iWd1 Wb8 25odc6 ..ic6 26o'iWf3
..ib7 1-0
Tukhaev,Adam
Matiushin,Gennady
Alushta tt 2009 (8)
1oe4 cS 2o ~f3 tt:lc6 3o..ib5 ~d4
4.~d4 cd4 soo-o g6 6od3
6ooo..ig7 7ott:ld2 (7.14 ~16 8.¥13 (8.tt:ld2)
S.. o0-0 9...ic4 (9.e5 ~es 10 ...ic4 d6
11 .tt:ld2 ~c7=) 9...d5!? 10 ...id5 ~d5
11 .ed5 'ii'd7 12.l:le1 :es 13oc4 dc3
14 .~c3 b6 15 ...id2 ..ib7 16ol:le2 e6
17.l:lae1 l:led8 18.15 gl5?1 (18 ... --idS
19ott:ld5 'Wd5 20.Wd5 l:ld5 21.1e6 ..ib2=F;
18.o.el5 19ol:le7 'it'cS=F) 19o't!fg3 q;,hs
20.de6 le6 21 .l:le6? (21 o..il41 l:lg8
22 ...ie5=) 21...l:lg8 22.--igS ..id4 23oq;,h1
l:lg5-+ Bernadsky-Matiushin, Alushta tt
2009 (9)] 7... ~f6 8.f4 0-0 9. 0 4 (9.e5
tt:ld5 10.~13 d6;:t] 9 .. od5 [9 ... d6 10.15
(10.We1 ..id7 11 o..ib3 ~g4 12 0~13
J:lcS;:t) 10oo.d5oo] 10oe5 tt:ld7 (10o. o~g4
11 ott:ll3 Wb6 12o'it'e2 ~h6oo] 11o..ib3
~cs 12o'iWf3 tt:lb3 13.~ b3 f6 14oef6
..if6 15...id2 ..ig7 16ol:lae1 l:lf7
17.q;,h1
17o.o..if5? [17.o.a5! 18.a4 e6 19.'t!fl2
'iWb6;:t] 18.Wf2 'Wb6 19.--iaS Wa6
20o · 4 l:lc8 [20 ... l:le8 21.--icS e5 22.1e5
..ie5 23 ...id4±] 21 ...ie7 Wb6 22.h3
h6 23.l:le2 q;,h7 (23 ... a5!?] 24ol:lfe1 aS
25.a4 l:lc6 (25.o...id3 26.cd3 'it'b3
Survey Sl 31 . 1
27011t'g3 l:lc6 (27.oo'it'a4 28.l:le6+-)
28.l:le6 l:le6 29.l:le6 'iWd1 30.q;,h2 'iWhS
31 o..ic5 'it'l5;!;] 26.Wg3 l:lc2 (26oo.'iWc7
27 ...ia3 l:lc2 28.l:le7 l:le7 29.l:le7 'iWb6
30.We1 q;,gs 31 ol:lg7 q;,g7 32.We7 q;,gs
33.1i'l8 q;,h7 34 ...id6+-J 27.l:lc2 Wb3
28ol:ld2 ..id7 29 ...id6 ..ic6?1
[29 ... Wa4 30.l:lde2 Wc6 31.15 .its
32ol:le7+-] 30ol:lde2 1-0
Kurnosov,lgor
Xie,George Wendi
Istanbul Wch-jr 2005 (2)
1oe4 cS 2 o~f3 ~c6 3o..ib5 e6 4o0-0
~d4 So ~d4 cd4 6.c3
6oooa6 (6 ...--icS 7.b4 ..ib6 8...ib2 'iWh4
9.c4!? (9 ...id3!? dc3 (9 ...~16 10.cd4±)
10odc3 tt:ll6 11 .We2 ..ic7 12.g3 Wh3
13.c4 ~g4 14.13;!;) 9o.o'it'e4 10.c5 (10od3
W15 11. ~d2!? Wd3 12 ...ia4 11t'g6
13 .~13!1!1) 10o.o..ic7 11 .l:le1 11t'd5?!
(11 .. o'iWI5 12.g3 tt:le7 13...id4 0-0;!;)
12.tt:la3 tt:l16 13...ie2 (13 ...ic4 'iWgS
14 .~b5 ..ib8 15.g3 0-0 16 ...id4;!;) 13...0-0
14 ...il3 'ifg5 15.tt:lb5 ..ib8 16...id4 d5
17. ~d6 tt:ld7 (17.o ...id6 18.cd6 W14
19.--ieS Wb4 20.l:lb1 'it'a3 21.Wc2!!!!)
18.'ifb3 ..id6 19.cd6 Wd8 (19o.oWI4
20.'it'c3 g6 21 ...ie3±) 20.l:lac1± lzoria-
Bonin, New York 2006] 7. 0 4 bS
8o..ic2!? ..icS [8 ...dc3 9odc3 (9.tt:lc3
..ib7 10.d4 tt:l16 11.a3;!;) 9.....ib7
(9o..11t'c7!?) 10...il4 d6 11.Wd3 ~16
12 .~d2 ..ie7 13.a4 ..ic6 14...ig5?! (14.ab5
..ib5 (14o.. ab5 15.l:la8 Was 16 ...id6 ~e4
17 ...ie7 ~d2 18.Wd2 q;,e7 19.Wg5±)
15...ia4 l:lb8 16.tt:lc4±) 14.ooe5? (14o.. h6
15...ih4 Wb6) 15.ab5 ab5 16...il6 l:la1
17.l:la1 ..il6 18 ...ib3 0-0 190~11 ..igS
20.--idS 'it'b6 21 .l:ld1 l:ld8 22 ...ic6 Wc6
23.'t!fd5;t Melia-Guseva, Istanbul Wch-jr
2005] 9ob4 ..ib6 (9 ... ..ie7 10.cd4 ..ib4
73
 11.a4 ~b7 12.lQc3!] 10.~b2 'it'f6
[10... lQf6 11.cd4 ~b7 12.d3 0-0 13.lQd2! )
11 .a4! lQe7 (11...~b7 12.ab5 ab5
13.J:a8 ~as 14.lQa3 ~c6 15.c4 bc4 16.b5
~b7 17.lQc4 ~c5 18.'fi'a1+- J 12.abS
0-0 13.'ti'f3 'lieS 14.cd4 ~d4
(14 ... 'Wb5 15.lQc3 'figS 16.e5 l:bB
17.lQe4±) 1S . ~d4 'fi'd416.'fi'c3 'fi'b6
17.'it'cS 'fi'd8 (17... c5 18.bc5 ~b7
19.b6 l:lc8 20.d4 e5 21.lQd2 ed4
22.lQb3+ - l 18.lQc3 (18. d6!+-J
18 ...d6 19.'li'e3 ~b7 20.ba6 ~a6
21 .bS ~b7 22.J:a8 aS 23.'it'b6
lQg6 (23... d5 24:*'c7 lQg6 25.ed5±)
24.f4 l:td8 25.fS efS 26.J:fS lQe5
27.J:f1 J:d7 28. ~ b3 h6 29. ~dS
~dS 30.lQdS 'fi'a2 31 .d4 lQd3
32.'Wc6 'li'a4 33.'li'c3 'WbS 34.l:d1
lQb2 3S.l: b1 J:b7 36.'* 'c8 q;,h7
37.'it'fS ~g8 [37 ... g6 38.'fi'c8 q;,g7
(38 ... l:b8 39.'li'c7 l:tb7 40.'fi'd6+ - )
39.lQc7+- ) 38.l:c1 l:b8 39.l:c8 l:tc8
40.'li'c8 q;,h7 41 .lQe7 1-0
Diamant,Andre
Santiago,Yago de Moura
Americana ch-BRA 2009 (2)
1.e4 cS 2.lQf3 lQc6 3 . ~bS lQd4
4 .lQd4 cd4 S.0-0 e6 6.c3 a6 7. ~a4
bS 8 . ~ b3
S ... ~ cS (8... ~b7 9.d3 ~c5 10.cd4
(10.'fi'g4 g6oo) 10... ~d4 11 .lQa3 lQe7
12 .~c2 ~b6 13 . ~e3 0-0 14.q;,h1 15
15 .~b6 'it'b6 16.'fi'e2 J:acB 17.J:ac1 a5t
Jakovljev-Dujkovic, Petrovac tt 2004]
9.cd4 ~d4 10. ~ c3 ~b7 11.lQe2
(11.d3 lQe7 12 . ~e3 b6 13. d2 0·0=]
11 ... ~b6 12.lQg3 hS [12 ... 'li'h4!?
13.d4 lQI6 14.l:e1 0-0+=t) 13.d3 h4
14.lQhS (14.lQe2 h3 15.g3 'fi'l6oo]
14 ... g6 1S. ~f4 lQe7 16 .~e3 ~e3
74
17.fe3 ii'b6 18.'it'e2 J:c8 19.l:tf2 fS
20.J:af1 (20.ef5 gl5 21 .d4 ~e4oo]
20 ...q;,d8?! (20 ... a5 21 .a3 a4 22 .~a2 g5
23.lQh5 g4-+) 21 .efS gfS 22.d4 ~c7
23.dS?! (23.a4! q;,ba 24.ab5 ab5 25.l:a1
h3 26.tQ h3 ~g2 oo) 23 ... eS 24.l:td1
'fi'd6 2S.lQ h3 q;,bs 26.'li'd2 J:cgs
27. ~c2? (27.e4 fe4 28.lQg5 'it'g6
29.J:e1+=t) 27 ... 'i1Yd5 28.'li'dS lQdS
29.l:e2? [29.l:te1 tQe7+) 29 ... ~e3
0-1
Fomichenko,Eduard
Yakovenko,lvan
Lugansk 2007 (14)
1.e4 cS 2 . ~t3 ~c6 3. ~bS ~d4
4. ~d4 cd4 S.0-0 a6 6 . ~ a4 bS
7 . ~ b3 e6 8.f4 ~ b7 9.d3
9 ... ~f6 [9 ...d51? 10.15!? e5 11. ~d2
(11.ed51 ~16 12.~g5 ~e7 13 .~16 ~16
14 .~d2 ~d5 15.~d5 'li'd5 16.~e4 !)
11... ~16 (11...de4 12.~e4 ~e4 13.de4
~16 14. ~g5 ~e7 15.a4 0-0=) 12.ed5 ~d5
13 .~e4 'ltd? (13... ~e7 14.'1Wh5t) 14.a4
b4 15.16 g6 16:~13 (16.a5! ~c6 17.1t'e1
h5 18. ~d2±) 16... h5 17.'ifg3 'ifc7
18. ~g5;t Basagic-Miladinovic, Ohrid Ech
2001] 10 .~d2 ~cS [10 ... ~e7!? 11.~13
'Wb6 12.h3 h6 13.~d2 a5+=t Zhevna-
Bekarev, Anapa 2011] 11 .~f3 (11.e5!?
~d5 12 .~e4 ~e7 13.15 'fi'c7 14.ii'g4-+]
11...0-0 12. ~d2 'ifc7 (12 ... a513.a4 b4
14.'We1 d5oo] 13.ii'e1 d6 (13 ...h6!?
14.'ifh4 d5 15.e5 ~e4 ! ?oo] 14. 'fi' h4 aS
1S.a4 b4 16 . ~gs (16.15!? el5 17.el5
l:taeB 18. ~g5! ] 16 ... h6 17. ~ h3
~ h7?! (17 ... d5 18.15! ~d6 (18 ... ~e7
19.1e6 le6 20.~h6 gh6 21.~14 ~e4
22.'fi'g4 ~g5 23.h4-+) 19. ~h6 ~h2
20.q;,h1 g3 21. ~g5 'ti'h4 22 .~h4 ~d6
23.fe6 le6 24 .~g5!] 18.fS dS 19.f6
(19.fe6 le6 20.~14 ±] 19 .. .'*'d8?
[19... ~16 20.~h6 'ii'e5 21. ~g5 ~h7
22 .~14 1t'f6 23.'ti'g3! ] 20.eS gf6
21.ef6 ~ h8 22 .~h6 J:g8 23. ~g7
J:g7 24.fg7 q;,g7 2S.'ii'g4 1-0
Variation B
5.c3
Scharrer, Patrick
Danner,Georg
Vienna 2011 (4)
1.e4 cS 2 . ~f3 ~c6 3 .~ bS ~d4
4.li:ld4 cd4 S.c3
~ .t~ ~ .t~E
~~ ·~·~·
s ... ~t6 (5 ... 'ii'b6 6.'it'e2 (6.'fi'a4 ~16
(6... 'ii'g6! ? 7.0-0 'ife4 8.d3 'ifl5 9.cd4 a6
10.li:lc3 e6 11 .l:te1 ~d6 12.li:le4 ~b8
13.'ii'c2 li:le7 14 .~a4 0-0oo) 7.e5 ~d5oo)
6.. .e6 (6... ~16 ! ? 7.~c4 e6 8.0-0 ~e7
9.e5 ~d5 1o .~d5 ed5 11.'i¥g4 0-0
12.'ti'd4 'ife6 13.d3 d6g?) 7.a4 a6 8 .~d3
~c5 9.b4 ~e7 10 . ~a3 li:ll6 11 .0-0 d5
12.e5 li:ld7 13.a5 'i¥c7 14.cd4 ~b4
15 .~c2 ~e7 16.14 ( 16 .~a3 li:lb8
17.'ifh5! ) 16... li:lb8 17 .~b2 (17.15 el5
(17... ~c6 18.'ii'g4-) 18.li:le3 ~e6
19.li:ll5 ~15 20.~15 g6 21.~g4 !)
17... ~ c6 18. ~c3 ~d7 19.15 li:la7?
(19 ... el5 20.li:le3 ~e6 21.li:ll5 0-0
22.'ifg4!) 20.fe6?! (20.'li'g4 g6 21.fg6 lg6
22 .~b4 ± ) 20 ... ~e6 21. ~e3 ! Skulener-
Gohil, Germany Bundesliga B 2004/05]
6.eS (6.'ife2 'ifb6oo] 6 ...li:ldS 7.0-0 e6
8.cd4 [8.'1Wg4!? dc3 9.dc3 'ifc7 10.l:e1
h5 11.'li'e2! ] 8 .. .'i t'b6 9. 'li'a4 a6
1o . ~e2 'fla7 11 .li:lc3 bS 12. 'fi'b3
~ b7 13.~f3?! (13.li:ld5 ~d5 14.'ife3
~e7 15.b3 0-0 16 .~b2! ] 13 ... -.d4
14 . ~dS ~dS 1S .~dS 'ifdS 16.'ifdS
edS 17.d4 d6 18 .~f4 (18.a4! b4
19.J:e1 ~d7 20 . ~d2 a5 21 .J:ac1=]

18.. .l:tc8 19.b3? [19.a4;!;] 19...~d7
[19 ... de5 20 .~e5 16 21. ~14 ~d7:f]
20.J:tfc1 ~e7 21.ed6 ~d6 22. ~d6
~d6 23.f3 g5 24. ~f2 J:the8 25.l:tc8
J:tc8 26.l:te1 a5 27.We3 a4 28. ~d2
ab3 29.ab3 l:ta8 30.l:te2 b4 31 . ~d3
h5 32.~c2 J:ta2 33.Wd3 J:ta1
34.l:tb2 h4 35.g4 h3 36.We3 J:tc1
37. J:tc3 38.Wg3 J:td3 39.l:tb1 f6
40.l:tb2 l:td4 41.Wh3 l:td3 42.Wg3
d4 43.l:tb1 ~d5 44.l:tb2 J:tc3
45. J:te3 46.l:tb1 l:td3 47.l:tb2
J:tc3 48.~e2 We5 49. J:ta2 l:te3
50. ~d2 l:tf3 51.l:ta8 l:tb3 52.l:te8
~f4 53.l:tf8 Wg4 54.l:tf6 l:tb2
55 .~d3 l:t h2 56.Wd4 b3 57.l:tb6 b2
58.We3 Wg3 59.l:tb8 g4 60.l:tb3
J:tf2 61.~e4 ~g2 62.l:tb8 g3 0-1
Variation C
5.c4
Tatai,Stefano
Danner,Georg
Rogaska Slatina sen 2012 (8)
1.e4 c5 2.lt)f3 tt:lc6 3 .~b5 tt:ld4
4.tt:ld4 cd4 5.c4
i: .t~ ~ .t~g
~~ ~~···
5 .. .'~a5 [5 ... g6 6.d3 ~g7 7.0·0 e6 8.14
tOe? 9.tt:ld2 15!? (9 ... 0·0 10.e5 d5oo) 10.e5
0·0 11 ./013 d6 12.~a4 h6 (12... tt:lc6
13.l:te1 deS 14 .~c6 bc6 15.tt:le5;!;)
13.'li'e1 deS 14.tt:le5 ~h7 15.1%12 ~16
16.~d1?! (16.b4 g5 17.~b3;!;) 16... tt:lc6
17.tt:lc6 bc6 18. ~13 'ifd6o::t Munoz-
Cabrera, San Jose ch·CRC 2011 ; 5... a6
6.~a4 b51? 7.cb5 ~b7 8.0-0 ~e4 9.d3
Survey Sf 31. 1
~d5 10.tt:la3 tt:\16 11.~14;!;] 6.0-0 a6
7. ~a4 bS 8.cb5 ab5 9. ~b3 e6
1O.d3 ~ b7 11.~f4 [11.14 tt:\16 12.tt:ld2
~e7 13./013 0-0o::t] 11 ... tt:le7 [11 ...tt:ll6
12.~e5 'ifb6 13.tt:ld2 .ic5 14.l:tc1;!;]
12.tt:ld2 d5? [12... tt:lc6 13.a4 ~e7
14.ab5 'ifbS 15.l:ta8 ~as 16.tt:lc4 0-0=;
12... tt:lg6 13. ~g3 .ib4 14.l:tc1 0-0 15.tt:ll3
'ifb6=] 13.J:tc1 'ifb6 14.'ilt'h5 de4
15. ~c7 -.as 16.tt:le4 ~e4 17.de4
l:tc8 18 .~e5 [1 8.a4! ba4 (18...g6
19.ab5+-) 19 .~c4 +-l
19.J:tfd1 [19.a4] 19...tt:lc6 20.~c7
18...l:td8
l:td7 21. ~g3 g6 22 .'~We2 ~g7 23.a4
tt:la5? [23 ... d3! 24.l:td3 tt:ld4 25.-.d1 0-0
26.ab5 'it'b5=] 24.ab5 'i!Vb6 25 . ~a4
0-0 26.b4 tt:lb7 27.l:tc6 'ifd8
28.'it'd3 e5 29 .~b3 [29.b6 'ilt'e7
30.l:tdc1+-] 29.. .'~e7 30.l:tb1 l:tb8
31 .~d5 tt:ldS 32.'lWc4 .ita [32 ... tt:lc6!?
33.bc6 l:ta7 34.b5 1i'c7±] 33.l:tc5 ~g7
34.l:tc8 l:tc8 35. 1i'c8 J:tc7 36. ~h4
l:tc8 37 . ~e7 ~f8 38 .~d8 l:td8
39.b6 .id6 40.b7 8 41 .l:tc1 ~e7
42.l:tc8 f5 43 . ~f1 fe4 44. ~e4 ~d7
45 .~c6 ~e7 46 .~e2 h6 47. ~d3
l:tf8 48.f3 g5 49.b5 e4 50. ~e4 .ih2
51. ~d4 l:td8 52. ~e4 l:tf8 53.b6 ~f4
54.l:tc7 ~d6 55 . ~d7 l:tb8 56.~c8
~g3 57.l:th7 ~c5 58.l:th6 1-0
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 French Defence
Chatard-Aiekhine Attack FR 6.2 (C13)

Classical System with an Extra

by Viacheslav Eingorn

1. e4 e6 A) 8 ...g6. Now 9.dc5! ? ap-

2. d4 d5 pear the most promising contin-
3. tt::lc3 tt::lf6 uation for White, as he trie to
4. .tgs i..e7 open line in the centre, while in
5. e5 tt::lfd7 the ca e of 9.tt::lf3 cd4 I O..td4
6. h4 h6 tt::lc6 Black should be OK
(Kogan-Gleizerov);
B) 8 .. .'~f8. Unlike in the previ-
ou line, Black loses hi s ca tling
right here, but pre erve hi
firm position and retain possi-
bilitie of counterplay;
C) 8 .. .i..f8 and 8 ... l:tg8 al o
deserve attention, although both
the e move look a little bit over-
optimi tic. Evgeny Glelzerov

The Quasi-Classical Line French : with 8.f4, or fir t 8.'iltd2

Concept
Black dec)jnes the gambit and
uggests his opponent accept the
Classical ystem with the extra
moves h2-h4 and ... h7-h6. Lf
White withdraw the bishop
from g5 then Black plays 7 .. .c5,
avoiding some inconvenience
of the line 6 ... c5 7.i..e7. Some-
time White continue 7.'it'h5 in
the diagram position in order to
provoke one more pawn move
(7 ... g6 8.i..e7) but after 7 ... a6
and 8 ... c5 thi queen sortie may
turn out to be an irrelevant loss of
time.
The Bishop Retreat
The moves 7 .i.£4 or 7 ..td2 are
ai o po ible but 7 .i..e3 eems
the logical continuation. After
7 ... c5 8.'ii'g4 Black can secure
hi g7-pawn in different ways:
7.i..e7 'fle7.
Here the move 8.'ii'g4 is the most
popular choice for White in
tournament practice, which in a
sense look like thinking inertia.
Any attempt at a blitzkrieg on the
kings ide may lead to problem in
the centre, o in hi fight for the
opening advantage White i ad-
vised to proceed similarly as in
the main line of the Classical
and then 9.f4. After thi Black
ha two standard way to create
counterplay:
A) 8 ... a6. Black po tpones
castling for the time being and
strives for activity on the
queen ide ( ... c7-c5, ... b7-b5,
etc.). In thi ca e the presence of
moves h2-h4 and ... h7-h6 seem
to be playing into White' hands,
although the situation remain
unclear (Berg-A.Kovacevic);
B) 8 ... 0-0, followed by ...c7-c5
and ...f7-f6 . Here the following
plan appear strongest for Black:
after the undermining of the
pawn centre the fleeting weak-
ne s of squares g4 and g3 in
White's position (a con equence
of the move h2-h4) may tell
(Stetsko). White, for his part ha
a chance to u. e another scenario
by playing 1O.tt::lb5 - see the

76

note to the game Aba ov-
Bajarani.
Conclusion
The theory book do not pay
much attention to the line 6 ... h6
and usually don ' t approve of it,
Provocation
7.~h5
Gabuzyan,Hovhannes
Gleizerov,Evgeny
Jermuk 2011 (2)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.lZ:Jc3 lLlf6 4 .~g5
~e7 5.e5 lLlfd7 6.h4 h6 7 . ~ h5
7 •.. a6 [7 ...c5!? 8. ~e7 (B.lLlb5?! g6 9 .~e7
'i'a5) B...<j;le7; 7... g6 a .~e7 ~e7 9.'ite2
(9.'i'g4 a6 10.14 c5 11.ltJI3 lZ:Jc6oo) 9... a6
10.14 (10.h5 g5 11.lLl13 c5 12.dc5 lLlc6
13.o-O-O ~c5) 10...c5 11 .lLlf3 lZ:Jc6;
7...lZ:Jc6?! 8.0-0-0 lZ:lb6 9.~e3 (9.l:!.h3!?;
9.~e7 lZ:Je7 10. ~d3;t) 9... ~d7 10.lZ:Jge2
g6 11.'ii'g4 lLlc4 12.lLll4 lZ:Je3 13.fe3oo
Berg-Hoi, Denmark 2002/03] 8.0-0-0
[8.~d3 c5 9.lLld5?1 (<!:: 9.dc5) 9... ~g5
(9 ... ed5! 10.e6 lZ:JeS'I' Stetsko) 10.hg5
ed5?! (10 ...cd4) 11.e6 '1Jle7? (11 ... lZ:Je5
12.de5 ~e6) 12.'iPI1 lZ:JeS 13.ef7 lZ:Jt7
14.l:!.e1 ~e6 15.'i'g6+- Keschitz-Gubics,
Budapest 1987] 8 ... g6 [8 ...c5!? 9.dc5
(9.lZ:lf3 g6; 9.lLld5 ed5 10.e6 g6 11.~e7
<j;le7 12.1fd5 le6) 9... lZ:Jc6 10.14 lZ:JcS]
9.~e7 '1Jle7 10."it'g4 [10.'ite2] 10...c5
11.dc5 lZ:Jc6 [11...'1Jlc5 12.14oo] 12.f4
h5 13.'i'g5 lZ:Jc5 14.lLlf3 b5 15.a3
~b7 [15 ... l:!.b8; 15 ... 'itg5 16.hg5 ~b7]
16.l:!.h3 l:lc8 17.lLld4 lLld4 18.l:!.d4
'i!fc7 19.<j;lb1 "i!fb6 20 .~e2?! lLld7
but more due to general consid-
eration than to pecific analy i .
The visible weakening of
Black's king ide pawn structure
is compensated for by counter-
play in the centre (after 7.i.e3
c5) or becomes a controversial
[20 ... lZ:Ja4 21 .l:lhd3 lZ:Jc3 22.bc3 "i!fc5]
21 .l:ld1 b4 22.ab4 'ilt'b4 23.l:!.hd3
"it'b6? [23 ...lZ:lc5 24.l:!.d4 "ilt'b6oo]
24.lZ:le4+- 8 25.lZ:Jd6 l:!.b8
26.l:lb3 "ii'c7 27.l:ldd3 ~c6 28.l:lb8
'i!fb8 29.l:lb3 't!fc 7 30.~d3 lZ:Jc5
31 ."ii'f6 l:lh7 32.l:!.c3 'i!i'b6 33.lLlc8
"ii'c7 34.l:!.c5 'itc8 35. ~g6 l:lg7
36. ~tnlf b7 37. ~ 9 s 1-o
The Bishop Retreat
7 . ..Q.e3
Hellers,Ferdinand
Bareev,Evgeny
Gausdal Wch·jr 1986 (9)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.lLlc3 lZ:Jf6 4 . ~g5
~e7 5.e5 lLlfd7 6.h4 h6 7 . ~e3
[7 .~14 c5 8.'t!t'g4 (8.dc5 lZ:Jc6 9.'i'g4
lLlde5 10.'iWg7 lZ:Jg6) 8... g6 9.lZ:Jf3 lZ:Jc6
1O.dc5 a6 11.0·0·0 lZ:Jc5oo; 7.~d2 c5
8.1!fg4 g6 9.dc5 ~c5 10.lLlf3 a6oo] 7 ... c5
8."ifg4 g6
~.t.~ ~ i:
~~ ~.t. ~
~ i~
~~ LS
LS WiLS
ttJ ~
LSLSLS LSLS
: w~ttJJ:r
9.lLlf3 [9.dc5!? lZ:Je5 (9 ...lLlc6 10.lLlf3 -
game) 10.'i!i'g3 lLlbc6 (10 ... lZ:Jec6 11 .lLlb5
es 12.0-0-o ~e6 13.~c4f) 11.~14 ~16
(11 ... 16!? 12. ~e5 lLle513.f4 ltJ17 14.'t!t'g6
~c5) 12.lLlb5 <j;>IBoo] 9 ...lZ:lc6 10.dc5!
Survey FR 6.2
po itional factor in case of7 .i.e7
e7. Of cour e, White hould
keep looking for the initiative
here and there, but on the whole
the variation 6 ... h6 seem sound
enough, while stilJ leaving room
for further serious investigation .
lZ:Jc5 [10 ... ~c5 11.~c5 lZ:JcS 12.lLlb5]
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(12.<j;lb1 a6 13.'i!fg3 -.c7; 12.lLld4!?)
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(14.lZ:JI6 ~!Boo) 14 ... 'ii'c5 15.'t!t'l4 (15.l:!.d2
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15....tt6 16.'ik16±] 15.lLld6 ~d6
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18.l:lde1 <j;lg? 19.'i'g3 't!feB] 17.lLld4
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Kogan,Artur
Gleizerov,Evgeny
Alghero 2011 (5)
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~e7 5.e5 lLlfd7 6.h4 h6 7 . ~e3 c5
8.'i'g4 g6 9.lLlf3 cd4! 10 .~d4 lZ:Jc6
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~d4 16.1t'd4 ed5 17.e6oo) 15 .~11 l!lc6
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Bagirov, Moscow 2012] 14.l:te1 [14 .~g6! ?
l!le5 15.l!le5 'it'e5 16.~h5 ~d7 17.l:tl4
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fe6 22. ~g6 l:tg6 23.'\i'g6 ~d8
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l!leS 27.'iieS 1-0
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Rabinovich,llya
Leningrad ch-URS 1934
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Bogoljubow,Efim
Maroczy,Geza
Bled 1931 (21)
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32.fgS l!leS 33.l:tc7 l!lg4 34.lt:ig4
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37.l:ta7 aS 38.l!lc4 l:tdS 39 .~e3
l:t8d7 40.l:td7 l:td7 41.l!laS l:tc7
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Vandevoort,Pascal
Hovhanisian,Mher
Roux 2009 (8)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3.l!lc3 l!lf6 4.-igS
~e7 S.eS l!lfd7 6.h4 h6 7 .~e7 1t'e7
8JWg4 [8.l!lf3 a6 (8... 0-0!? 9.g4 c5 10.g5
h5; 9.'ilt'e2 c5 10.dc5 l!lc6) 9.1t'd2 (9.l!le2
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12.1Zlc6 bc6= Zakharchenko-Bashkirov, St
Petersburg 2002] 8 ... 0-0
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1 O.dcS 1Zlc6 11.0-0-0 [11.'i!ig3 IileS
12.0-0-0 15 (12 ...a6t) 13.el6 1!i'f6 14 ..id3
.id7 15.l:the1 .ieB 16.a3 ~h5 17 .~b 1
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Bucharest 2008] 11 ...1ZldeS [11...1fc5!?;
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33.lld1 e4 34.1!fe2 'iVeS 3S. 'iWe4
J:led8 36.J::tg1 "it'dS 37.'ifa6 llb8
38."it'a7 'i!fd4 39."it'g7 'iWg7 40.hg7
~h7 0·1
Sukandar,lrine
Ni Hua
Ho Ch i Minh City 2012 (2)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3.l0e3 l0f6 4. ~gS
~e7 S.eS lOfd7 6.h4 h6 7.~e7 'fie7
8.'ii'g4 0-0 9.0-0-0 [~ 9.14 c5 10.l013
l0c6 11 .0·0·0] 9 ... es 10.f4 tOeS
[10 ... cd4!? 11.l0b5 tOeS 12.l013 l0c5
13..id3 (13.l01d4 l0e4 14.'ifl3 IS 15.eiS
WIS) 13... l0d3 (13 ....id7!?) 14.lld3 l0b4
15.J:Id4 l0a2 1S.<J;>b1 l0b4 17.lOdS tOeS
18.J:Id3 IS Diaz·Kiinger, Havana 198S]
11.l0f3 [11.dc5 IS 12.eiS?! (12.l013oo le5
13.1e5 lOdeS 14.l0e5 l0e5 15.'ifg3)
12... lOIS 13.'ifg6 (13.'tiff3 'fic5 14.g4
e5=F) 13 ... 'ifc5 14 ..id3? 'ife3 15.<J;>b1
CDe7-+ Klauser-Gieizerov, Biel 2009]
11 ... a6 [11 ... 1S 12 ..id3!f c4 (12 ...15?1
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13 ... 1e5oo; 13.CDa4!? l0c5 14.l0c5 c5
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14.'t!i'g6?! [14.'ifg3 l0h5 (14 ..."it'c5
15..id3 l0h5 1S.'t!i'gS lOIS 17.'ifg3=)
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17.'ifd3 tOeS 18.feS l0g4 19.l0d1
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22 ..ie2 llg2 23.'t!i'd1 "fif2 0- 1
Mammadov,Zaur
Bagirov,Rufat
Baku ch·AZE 2011 (7)
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~e7 S.eS lOfd7 6.h4 h6 7 ..ie7 't!i'e7
8.lObS lObS 9.'ifg4 [9.a4 aS 10.a5 ab5
11 .abS lla1 12.'ifa1 c6 13.1Wa8 'fib4
14.c3 1Wa4= ; 9.c3 aS 10.l0a3 c5 11 .l0c2
(11 .14 cd4 12.cd4 CDcS) 11 ... l0c6 12.CDI3
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13 ..id3oo l0d7 14.'Wd2 cd4 15.cd4 IS
1S.eiS lOIS) 13.cd4 16 (1 3....id7) 14.eiS
'tWIS 15.'ifd2 0-D= Agrinsky·Gusev,
Moscow 1998] 9 ... 0-0 [9 ...'iWb4!? 10.c3
'ifb2 11 .lld1 (11.'ifd1 lOaS) 11...0·0
12.llh3 (12.lld2 'it'b1 13.lld1 'it'b2)
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~b7] 13.ll h3 fS [13 ...<J;>h8!? 14.llg3
llg8] 14.ef6 llf6 1S.llg3 [15J:tf3!?
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16.'ifd4 l06d7 17.llf3 [17.l013 l0c6oo]
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24 .~es l0e5 25.ll1S 't!i'l6 2S ..id5 ~15
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[27 ...l018; 27 ... 'iff7] 28.l0e2! = 'i!i'b4
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68.'tiff4 <J;>es 69 ...-f8 ..-ds 70.'ifg7
'ot.>b6 71 .'fib2 lle1 72.'ot.>g2 'f/d5
73.13 ..-es 74 ..if1 a3 7S. ~f6 'ot.>a7
76.'f/f7 lle7 77.'lllb3 b4 78..id3
'ot.>b6 79.'i!i'g8 'ifd6 80."it'e4 'ot.>a7
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'ot.>b8 84 ...-bS ll b7 8S.'i!i'e8 'ot.>e7
86.h6 llb8 87.'iff7 'iWd7 88.'li'e4
'iWe6 89."ikf7 'ot.>b6 90.h7 g4 91 .'ifg8
'iff3 92 .<~g1 '*"93 93.'ot.>h1 'it'eS
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99. W' h3 lle8 100."i!t'g3 d5
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Prins,Lodewijk
Carvajai,Juan
Tel Aviv ol1964 (2)
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Van den Doei,Erik
Hovhanisian,Mher
Delft 2012 (3)
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~e7 5.e5 tllfd7 6.h4 h6 7. ~e7 'iVe7
8.f4 a6 9.1t'g4 [9.g4 c5 10.tllf3 tt:lc6
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[22.a4±] 22....ib5 23.f5 [23.~5! ab5
24.15 el5 25.'ii'15 <l;hB 26.%1.dg4D] 23 ...ef5
24.'iVf5 ~d3 25.~d3?! [25.cd3 ~hBoo]
25... tlle6 26.• f6?1 [26.tlld5 l:l.dS 27.%1.d5
%1.18 28.1i'e4 %1.14 29.'ilfe1] 26...1ff6
27.ef6 %1.d6 28.tlld5 tlld4 29.~d4
%1.d7 30.c4 :aea 31 .<l;c3 %1.f7
[31...~8!?'f] 32.%1.g6 Wh7 33.h5 %1.e6
34.a4 gf6 35.b5 ab5 36.ab5 :ata
37.w b4 l:l.f7= 38.b6? :ata 39.~b5
%1.17? [39 ... %1.e5] 40.c5 :ata 41 .%1.g4? f5
42.%1.a4 :aes 43.tt:lf4 :aca 44.tt:ld3
%1.d5 45.~c4 %1.cd8 46.tllb4 %1.d4
47.<l;b5 f4 48.%1.a7 f3 49.%1.b7 ~g8
50.tt:lc6 12 51. 7 ~ 52.tllf5 We6
53.tlle3 %1.d3 54.tllf1 %1.d1 55.tllh2
%1.h1 56.%1.a7 l:l.h2 57.%1.a1 %1.g2 58.%1.f1
%1.f8 59.b7 %1.g1 60.%1.12 %1.12 61 .~c6
%1.b2 62.~c7 %1.c1 63.c6
64. 8 0-1
The Main Line
f2-f4 & 'i!fd2
Berg,Emanuel
Kovacevic,Aieksandar
Plovdiv tt 2010 (6)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.tllc3 tllf6 4 ..ig5
~e7 5.e5 tllfd7 6.h4 h6 7. ~e7 'ilfe7
8.'ilt'd2 a6 9.f4 c5 10.dc5 [10.tlll3
tllc6 11.0-0-0; 11.%1.h3 b5 12.tlle2?! tllb6
13.b3 c4 Nikolov-Stojanovic, Paracin 201 OJ
1 o ... tt:lc5 11.tllf3 tt:lc6 12.0-0-0
[12.tlld4 0-0 13.g4 16] 12 ... b5
13~d3 [13.'i!Ve3!?] 13.. · 7 [13...b4!?
14.tt:le2 aS] 14. 2 d4 15.tt:led4 4
[15...00 16.'ii'd3 tLlb4 1H!fe2 tLla2
18.<l;b1 tLlb4 19.15t; 15...tt:lb4!? 16.<oftb1
tLlcd3 17.cd3 ~ 18.gl3 (18.tllf3 0-0)
18...%1.d8~] 16.tlld4 o-o 17.'ilt'12 %1.fd8
18.%1.he1 [1B.~e2] 18...1fc7 [18 ... %1.d7
19.15] 19.~b1 ~d5 20.%1.e3 [20.15 'ii'aS
21.a3 (21.b3 -..a3 22.c3 %1.ac8) 21...b4 22.16
ba3 23....g3 g5 24.hg5 ab2 25.gh6 ~
26.~ %1.ab8 27.~1 ~] 20... Wa5
[20 ... %1.ac8] 21.tllb3 22.cb3?!
[22.ab3] 22...tlld3 23.%1.ed3 %1.d3 24.lld3
%1.d8 25.b4 't/c7 26.'tic5 'tib8 27.%1.c3
[27.%1.d6 1fa8 28.llc6 aS] 27...h5?
[27...Wb7 28.Wc6 We?] 28.a3 'ilfa8
29.1i'c6 .-a7 30.%1.c5 %1.d7 [30... g6]
31 . [31.15.... el5 32.e6 %1.e7 33.%1.15 %1.e6
34.Wc8 ~7 35.llh5 llh6 36.%1.h6 gh6
37.1i'l5] 31 ...g6 32.'i!Vc8 ~g7 33.g3
%1.e7? [33... %1.d2 34.'i!i'eB 'ii'b7] 34.-..dS
'*'d7 35.'i!Vd7 %1.d7 36.llc6 %1.a7
37.w b3 g5 38.hg5 w g6 39.~ 5
40.~d4 w g4 41.llc3 %1.d7 42.<l;c5 h4
43.gh4 4 44.w b6 1-0
5
Abasov,Nijat
Bajarani,Uivi
Baku ch-AZE 2011 (11)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.tllc3 tllf6 4.~g5
~e7 5.e5 tllfd7 6.h4 h6 7 ..ie7 '*'e7
8.f4 0-0 9.tllf3 c5
.t.i
.,..t .. ~,, x•
'
.t..t. ~ .t.
~ ~ ~
t;_j t;_j
~ ~ ~ ~
:t1 'i'Vw ~ J:I
1o:.-d2 [10.liJb5!? tt:lc6 (10 ... cd4
11 .tllc7 tlle5 12.tlla8 tlll3 13.gl3!?
(13.'ii'13 'i!Vb4 14.w f2 ~d7 15.'i!Vb3 'i!Vd2
16.<l;g1 d3=) 13 ... e5 (13... ~d7 14.a3 llc8
15.1i'd4 tllc6 16.'i!Ve3 %1.a8 17.0-0-0;
13 ... tllc6 14.-..d2 e5) 14.fe5 tllc6 15.14
~15 16.'i!Vd2 %1.a8oo) 11 .c3 cd4 12.cd4
tllb6 13.tlld6 (13.g4 ~d7; 13.'ii'd2 .id7)
13... %1.b8 14.'i!fd2 (14.g4 .id7 15.g5 h5)
14... ~d7 15.b4 a6=] 10 ...f6!?

11.()-().{)?! [11 .ef6 tLlf6 (11...'ii'f6 12.g3
I!Jc6 13.().{).0 tLld4 14.tLld4 'ii'd4 15.'ii'd4
cd4 16.lld4;t) 12.().{).0 (12.tLle5 cd4; 12.dc5
li:lh5) 12...tLlh5 (12 ... tLlc6) 13.tLle2 (13.tLle5
'l!i'f6) 13... tLlc6 14.g3 cd4 15.llg1] 11 ...cd4
12.1i:ld4?1 [12.tLlb5 tLlc6 13.lle1] 12.•.fe5
13.fe5 tLlc6 [13... tLle5!? 14.lle1 1ff6]
14.lle1 tLld4 15.'ii'd4 c5 16.'ii'g4
[16.'Wd1!? ll15 17.g4 lle5 18.g5] 16... llf5
17.~d3?1 [17.'ii'g3] 17...tLle5 18.lle5
l:le5 19.'ii'g6 ~d7 20.1t'h7 [20.lll1 ll15]
20... <M7 2U!rg6 7 22.1t'g7 q.,d6
23.lld1 [23.1fh6 1ff2] 23 ..•1t'e3
24.q.,b1 a6 [24 ... lld8] 25.g4 lld8
[25 ...'ilfl4 26.a3 'ii'f8 27.'ilfg6 'i!fhB] 26.g5
hg5 27.h5 'ilff3 28.h6 'i!ff8 29.tLle4
l:!e4 30. 'i!ft8 l:U8 31.~e4 llh8+ 32.c4
llh6 33.cd5 e5 34.llg1 llh4 35.~c2
g4 36 .~b3 llh2 37.q.,c1 ll.f2 38.~d1
llt4 39.~b3 aS 40.q.,d2 a4 41.~d1
""ds 42.q.,e3 ll.e4 43.q.,d2 ~ts
44.llt1 llf4 45.llg1 b5 46.~e2 ll.d4
47. 3 lle4 48.q.,d2 llb4 49.q.,c3
~ 50.llg2 ~e6 51 .llg1 lle4
52.""d3 ll.d4 53. 3 llb4 54.llc1
w b6 55.llh1 ~ 56.llh6 <;Pes
57.llh5 llb3 58.<;Pe4 ll.b2 59.ll.e5
Wb6 60..i.g4 a3 61.<;Pd3 .i.c4
62.Wc3 ll.b3 63.Wc2 a2 64.ll.e1
llb1 0-1
Souleidis,Georgios
Gleizerov,Evgeny
Stockholm 2010/11 (5)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.tLlc3 tLlf6 4 ..i.g5
~e7 5.e5 tLlfd7 6.h4 h6 7 ..i.e7 1t'e7
8.'ilfd2 0-0 9.f4 c5 10.tLlt3 tLlc6
11.dc5
11 ... tLlc5 [11 ...16!? 12.ef6 1t'16 (12 ... tLl16
13.0.Q-O 'i!fc5 14.g3 tLle4 15.tLle4 de4
16.tLld4 lld8 17.tLlb3 'ii'b6 18.'i!fe2 ll.d1
19.q.,d1 a5oo) 13.g3 tLlc5 14.0-().() tLle4
15.'i!fe1 (15.tLle4 de4 16.tLld4 ll.d8 17.c3
tLld4 18.cd4 b6) 15... tLlc3 16.'*'c3 'ii'c3
17.bc3 e5 18.tLle5 tLleS 19.fe5 .i.g4 20.ll.d2
.i.l3 21 ..i.g2 ll.ae8=] 12•.i.d3?1 [12.0-().()
a6 (12 ...15!?) 13.g4 (13.15 el5 14.tLld5 '*'e6l
13...b5 14.'il'e3 (14.g5 h5; 14.h5 ~b7
15.ll.h2 tLle4o:t) 14... .i.b7oo] 12..•f61
13.0-0-0 [13.ef6 'ii'l6 14.g3 tLld3 15.'i!rd3
(15.cd3 e5) 15... tLlb4 16.'i!re2 'i!rg6] fe5
14.fe5 .i.d7=F 15.t2Je2 .i.e8 16.tLlf4
tLld3 [16 ... tLle4 17.'i!re3 '*'c5 18.1t'c5
tLlc5 19.g3 ~h5] 17.cd3 1t't7 [17 ... tt:le5
18.tLle5 'fic7 19.1t'c3 'flc3 20.bc3 ll14
21 .ll.df1g?J 18.g3 'i!rfS 19.h5 [19:ti'e3!?]
19...'i!fg4?! [19... ll.c8 20.Wb1 'ilfg4]
20.tLlh2! W'g3? [20 ...1i'15] 21.tLle6 ll.f2
22.lldg1 W'g1 23.ll.g1 ll.d2 24.ll.g7
Wh8 25.q.,d2 ~h5 26.llb7 tLleS
27.tLlf4 .i.e8 28.lle7± tLlg6 29.lle8
ll.e8 30.tLlg6 <J;>g7 31 .tLlf4 Wt6
32.tLld5 w es 33.tLlg4 w d4 34.tLlde3
[34.tLl14] 34... h5 35.tLlf5 q.,c5 36.d4
c,\>b4 37.tLlge3 ll.h8 38.tLlh4 aS
39.w d3 a4 40.tLlc2 q.,as 41 .tLle3
Wb4 42.tLld5 q.,as 43.tLlt4 [43.tLle7]
43 ..•ll.b8 44.q.,c3 llc8 45.q.,d2 ll.b8
46.tLld3 llgB 47.tLle5 Wb4 48.c,\>e3
ll.g1 49.tLlhf3 llh1 50.tLld3 Wb5
51.d5 h4 52.tLlfe5 h3 53.d6 q.,b6
54.tLlc4? [54.tLlf7 Wc6 55.tLlde5 Wb7
56.d7 ll.d1 57.tLld3] 54 •.. q.,b7 55.tLlc5?!
Wc6 56.d7 <J;>c7
57.tLlb6? [57.q.,f2 h2 sa.q.,g2 llc1
59.<;Ph2 llc4 60.tLld3 llc2 (60 ...<J;ld8)
61 .q.,g1 Wd7 62.q.,l1] 57... lld1 58.q.,e2
h2 59.c,\>d1 h1 1t' 60.Wc2 'ii'h2
61.Wc3 W'es 62.w c4 'ii'e2 63.w c3
W'e3 64.q.,c4 "ti'c1 65.Wd5 'i!rd2
66.Wc4 Wb6 67.tLla4 Wc6 0-1
Survey FR 6.2
Hedman,Erik
Gleizerov,Evgeny
Norrkoping 2012 (7)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.tLlc3 tLlf6 4 •.i.g5
.i.e7 5.e5 tLlfd7 6.h4 h6 7 ..i.e7 'ii'e7
8. W'd2 0-0 9.f4 c5 1 O.tLlf3 tLlc6
11.0-0-0 [11 .g4 16 12.el6 i¥16 13.tLle2
'ii'g6!? (13... tLld4 14.tLlld4 cd4 15.g5t
Recktenwald·Kraechan, Ludweiler 1994)
14.ll.g1 (14.g5 "ti'e4 15.ll.h3 (15. ~ g2
tLld4) 15... tLlb6 16.gh6 (16.b3 e5)
16... tLlc4) 14 ... cd4 15.0·0·0 e5 16.g5
d3oo] 11 .•. f6 [11 ...a6 12.g4 b5 13.h5
(13.g5 h5) 13... ~ b7!? (13 ... 16) 14.g5
tLld4 (14 ...cd4 15.tLld5 ed5 16.gh6-)
15.tLld4 (15.gh6 tLll3 16."ti'g2 15) 15...cd4
16."ti'd4 (16.tLle2 d3) 16... hg5 17.ll.g1
'*'c5] 12.et6 tLlf6 13 ..i.b5 [13.ll.e1
tLlhS 14.tLld5 "ti'dB 15.tLlc3 tLlg3=
Stetsko; 13.wb1 tLlhS 14.tLle2 cd4
15.ll.g1 d3] 13 ... ~d7 [13 .. .tLl h5!?
14.tLle2 (14 ..i.c6 bc6 15.tLle5 cd4
16.tLle2 'iff6) 14... 'it'c7 15.g3 cd4oo]
14..i.c6 [14.dc5!? 'it'cS 15.g3;!; .i.e8
(15 ... tLle4 16.tLle4 'i¥b5 17.tLlc3 'ii'c5
18.g4) 16..i.c6 bc6 17.ll.de1] 14 ... bc6
15.dc5 'ii'cs 16.tLle5 ~ eB 17.g4
[17.ll.de1 ] 17 ... tLld7 [17 ...h5 18.gh5
(18.g5 tLld7oo) 18... tLlh5 19.tLle2 ll.b8]
18.tLla4 [18.ll.de1 !?] 18... 'it'd6
19.'ii'e3 ll.bB [19 ... tLle5!? 20.fe5 'ii'b4
21 .tLlc5 .i.g6] 20.tLld7 [20.g5 h5]
20 ... ~ d7 21. tLlc5 ll.b5 22.tLld3
[22.tLld7 'ii'd7 23.llhe1 co] 22 •.. c5
23.c4?! [23.g5] 23 ... lla5o:t 24. c,\>b1?
[24.g5 h5 25.a3 .i.a4 26.ll.d2 d4 27.tLle5
ll.a6 28.'it'e2; 28.'it'l2] 24 .•. 'it'a6+
25.a3 ll.b8 26.'il'e5 [26.tLlc5 'ii'b6]
26 ...ll.b7 27.cd5 ll.a3 28.tLlc5 ll.a1
29.q.,c2 'i!t'c4 30."ti'c3 llb2 31 .q.,b2
"ti'a2X 0-1
81
 C aro-Kann Defence
Classical Variation CK 12.3 (819)

Attacking the Classical Caro-Kann

with g2-g4- Part I
by Ufuk Tuncer

1. e4 c6 cause an amazingly large number

2. d4 d5 of correspondence games with
3. tbc3 de4 the e sharp lines are drawn,
4. tbe4 ~f5 sometime by perpetual check. A
5. tbg3 ~g6 possible explanation for thi di -
6. h4 h6 crepancy is that without com-
7. ttJf3 ttJd7 puter assistance it is easier to
8. h5 ~h7 attack than to defend. Let' have a
9. ~d3 ~d3 clo er look at thi mystery!
10. 'ii"d3 e6
11. i.d2 ttJgf6 Flexibility
12. 0-0-0 i.e7 13.'it;>b1 0-0 14.lt::Je4 c5 15.lt::Jf6
lt::Jf6 16.g4
A 'if ~ B After Black' 13 ... 0-0 White

'' ' .. -,,*-''

quickly got hi knight out of the

. ' fj,
way and pu hed g2-g4. Black
mu t accept the pawn, a other-
wise White has an attack for
nothing.
Gata Kamsky

White seem to have no ' real' ad-

ln thi two-part Survey I want to
examine a whole raft of attacking
lines again t the Cia icaJ
Caro-Kann (4 ...~5) where
Black ca tle. kingside (the mod-
em trend!). Naturally in this ca e
the pawn acrifice g2-g4 come
to mind, intending to open the
g-fi le against Black's king. The
resulting harp variation , en-
riched with fre h alterations and
nuance almost every other week,
have become very popular lately
and claim many victims, espe-
cially in over-the-board play. I
this only the re ult of bluff and
'incorrect' attacks? Pos ibly, be-
16... lt::Jg417.'.,e2 'ilt'b6!
In the pectacular encounter
Kamsky-Seirawan , US Champi-
on hips 2012 Black played
J7 ... Wh8?! l8. l:l.hgl ttJf6 19.dc5
c7 20.tbe5;!;
and collapsed under the mount-
ing pre ure with 20 ... ~c5?
2l. ~h6! gh6 22.l:l.d7!!+-.
18.l:l.hg1 f5 19.lt::Je5 cd4=
vantage if Black defend cor-
rectly. What did Kam ky have in
mind here?
An Extra Pair of Knights
After
13.'0tb1 0-0 14.lt::Je4 c 5
White can also play
15.g4
immediately and the extra pair of
knights on e4 and d7 are cau ing
additional confusion .
15... lt::Jg416. e2 'ilt'b6 17.lt::Je5
My search for an improvement
led me to the di scovery of
17.ttJh4! ?, a move that ha not
been tried in practice yet I de-
vote a whole section to it, but the
result is 'only' a perpetual :(.
17... lt::Jde518.de5 f5! =
When preparing for my game
against GM Ruck in the Au trian
Bunde liga I had noticed the

82

game C .Balogh-Ragger, Au -
tria 2011/12, in which White had
celebrated a convincing victory.
I found better move for both
side , but my analy i how that
Black can equalize with preci e
play. Anyway Ruck later
avoided my preparation by play-
ing 13. ~bl c5 instead.
A Typical Endgame
13.'iPb1 0-0 14.lt:Je4 lt:Je4
15.'it'e4 lt:Jf6 16.'i¥e2
Here the queen protect f2 and
clear the d-file. lf White trie to
reach the position from Kam ky-
Seirawan by mean of 16.1'Vd3
c5 17 .g4 then Black can avoid
thi with the imple
16 ... 1'Vd5!?=.
16 .. .'~!rd517. g4!?
:i ...
.i.i.t.
.t. ,.,. .t.
'if ~ Jobava again t Bareev in 2003
~ ~
ttJ
~ Black has nothjng to worry
There are many games with
17.lt:Je5 e4 18.1'Ve4 lUe4=.
Flexibility
13. 'iP b1
Analysis of 16.g4
2012
1.e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.<i)c3 de4 4.<i)e4
.Q.f5 S.<i)g3 .Q.g6 6.h4 h6 7.<i)f3 <i)d7
8.h5 ~ h7 9 .~d3 ~d3 10.'. ,d3 e6
11 . ~d2 <i)gf6 12.0-0-0 ~e713 .<.fo>b1
0-0 14.<i)e4 cS 15.<i)f6 <i)f6 16.g4
[We start our tour of inspection with
Kamsky's spectacular win against Seirawan
at the recent US championships]
16...<i)g40 [16 ...cd4? just accelerates the
attack: 17.g5 <i)g4!? (17... hg5 18 . ~g5- )
Survey CK 12.3
Practice has hown that it i trian Bunde liga: 15 .tUf6 tUf6,
extremely difficult for White to and now 16.lUd4 (or already
squeeze anything out of thi end- 15.lUd4!) would have been more
game. principled than the equal end-
17... e4 game that aro e in the game after
Taking the pawn with 17 ... tUg4 16.1'Vb5 1'Vd7= .
is unhealthy after 18 ..1:[hg I h5 A relatively new idea i
19.tUe5±. White is practically a 14 ... 'i!t'b6!?, a in Vorobiov-
tempo up, ince the queen i al- Kharitonov, 20 I I.
ready on e2. 15.g4!?
18. e4
18 . ~e3!? lUg4 i also intere l- ~·-" g
ing, but I prefer to keep the
bi hop. .. .a..t..t.
18... lt:Je419. ~e3 = . . . .t.
The move g2-g4 is also u eful in ~
the endgame, securing a pace ~ttJ ~
advantage on the king ide.
ttJ
Black Delays Castling ~
13 .c~ b1 cs 14.lt:Je4
An important difference: after
14 .. .lUe4 15. e4 the b7-pawn i 15 ... lt:Jb6 16..1:[heH
under attack. Even if Black delays ca tling, the
Another sharp idea i 14. e2 thematic g2-g4 advance eem to
0-0 15 .d5 !? (introduced by be the only way to pice it up and
create orne problem .
and covered in Yearbook 69)
15 ... tUd5 16.lUe4, and I think
that after the novelty 16 ... lU7f6! In Part II of this Survey in
Yearbook 105 we will
about. inve tigate the variou way
14 ... l:l.c8 for White to tart the atta k
14 .. .cd4! ? is what Ruck played immediately, without the
again t me thi year in the Au - preliminary move l3 .c~>b I.
18.'.,e2 hg5 19..1:rhg1 <i)h6 20.<i)g5;!; .... J 17... f5 18..1:rde1 'it'd5 19.c4 was actually
17 .1t'e2 1 ~ [Forced if White wants to win. played (Chandler·Lobron, Arnhem/Amster·
The queen protects 12, attacks e6 (in case dam 1983) 19.... d7!?oo]
of the typical .. .17-15) and the threat is
18..1:rhg1 . In the stem game of this
variation there followed immediately
17..1:rhg1 and here GM Chandler who was
leading the white pieces assumed that
17...<i)f2 would be too adventurous
because of 18...e2 <i)d1 19.~h6-+ . Later
it was discovered that a forced sequence
of moves leads to absolute equality:
19.. .<;Ph7 20 . ~g7 .l:rgB 21 .h6 <i)c3 22.bc3
cd4 23.<i)d4 (23.cd4 W'b6 24.<.fo>a1 =)
23... ~c5 24.'t!i'd3 f5 25.'it'g3 'it'eBD=.
83
 17 ...'i!t'b61 [Seirawan missed this best
move which defends e6 and initiates
counterplay against b2. Instead he moved
his king out of the g·file by 17...Wh8? but
that was just asking for trouble because it is
too passive while the kingside pawns
remain vulnerable just the same) 18.l:Lhg1
l!Jf6 19.dc5 (too hot-tempered is 19..ih6?
gh6 20.'i!t'e3 ttJh7+; 20... l:Lg8) 19...'i!t'c7
20.l!Je5 .icS?? (under pressure Seirawan
commits the decisive error, allowing a
brilliant execution. Necessary was
20 ...l:Lad8! 21.b4 aS 22.a3 ab4 23.ab4i (6
24..if4) 23... l:Ld2 24.l:Ld2 ttJdS 25.l:Ld5!
ed5 26.l:Ld1 .if6 27.l:Ld5± with a healthy
extra pawn for White, but not 20... 'i!t'c5?
21 ..ic3± 6 'i!t'l3-g2, l!Jd7)
21..ih61 gh6 22.l:Ld7!!+- 'i!t'd7 (22 ...l!Jd7
23...d2 Wh7 24.l!Jg4) 23.l!Jd7 t!Jd7
24.'ilfd2 Wh7 25.b41? (25.1!t'd7) 25... l:Lad8
26.bc5 Hl Kamsky-Seirawan, St Louis
ell-USA 2012; 17.. .'.'d5?! is creatively
answered by 18.l:Lhg11N (18.l!Je5 t!Jf6
(G.Ginsburg-Fridman, Zurich 2003) 19.l:Lhg1
c;fth8 20.dc5 'ii'e4=) 18...'ii'h5 (18 .. .15 19.c4
(19.ltJe5;!;) 19.....c6 (19 .. ."it'e4 20.'i!t'e4 fe4
21 .l:Lg4±) 20.d5 'i!t'eS 21.'i!t'e6 'ii'f7
22..if4i) 19.l:Lh1-+, an idea of IM Pein ('The
Week in Chess'). Indeed Black is sitting on a
powder keg, but he can offer obstinate
resistance. Lefs see: 19...'ilff5 (19...'i!t'g6?
20.l:Ldg1 h5 (20...cd4 2t.l!Je1 6 22.13)
2t.l!Je5 'i!t'f5 22.1411+- (6 l:Lg4, 'ilfh2)
22...16 23.l:Lh51 'i!t'h5 24.l!Jg4 W'h7 25.'i!t'e6
l:Lf7 26.d5 q;,m 27.15 l:LeS 28..ie3+- 6
29.d6) 20.l!Jh4 .ih4 21 .l:Lh4 l!Jf60 (21...h5?
giving up control over g5 does not work at all:
22.131 tt)f6 23.l:Lg1 l:Lid8 (23 .. .'.h7 24.'it'e5
'it'l5 (24 ...c;fth8 25.l:Lg5+- ) 25.'it'g3 'ilfh7
26.'it'f4 c;fth8 (26...'i!ff5 27.'iWh6+-)
27.dc5±) 24.l:Lg51 'ii'h7 25.'i!fe5! ttJd7
(25... q;>f8 26.l:Lhh5 t!Jh5 27.l:Lh5±) 26.'i!t'h2
g6 27.l:Lhh5±) 22.l:Lg1 c;fth8 23..ih6 gh6
84
24.l:Lh6 l!Jh7 25.l:Lgh1 l:LgS 26.l:Lh7 'i!t'h7
27.l:Lh7 li?h7 28.'it'h5 <J;g? 29.'ilfc5i .
Possible is 17...cd4 18.l:Lhg1 d3 (18 .. .15
19..ic3 .if6 20.'ilfe6i) 19.cd3 15 20.'i!fe6
c;fth8 21.d4 (21 ..ic3 .if6=) 2t....if6 22.l:Lc1
ttJI2 23..ib4 l:LeS 24.'it'f5 l!Je4 25.l:Lge1 ;!;
and here peace was concluded a bit early in
Daubenfeld-Rufenacht, cr ICCF 2011]
18.l:Lhg1 tS 19.ttJeS cd4 [19 ...l!Je5
20.de5- 'with huge pressure on the g-file' -
Cs.Balogh. Actually h is not so easy: 20...14
21.J:Lg6;!; l:Lf5 22.'it'g4 l:LgS 23.1t'f4
Rufenacht-Mesquita, cr ICCF 2009] 20.l!Jg4
[Whhe paid a heavy price for the exchange
after 20.l!Jd7?1'i!t'a6 (Paikidze-Girya, Chennai
2011 ) 2t.'ii'a6 ba6 22.l!Jf8 q;>f8 23..ie1
.icSgg] 20.. .fg4 [The slight whtte inttiative is
gradually fading away: my efforts to find a
conservable edge here have not been
rewarded wtth success. It looks like the mutual
pawn weaknesses outweigh each other]
21.'i!t'g4!?N [21 .l:Lg4 d3 (2t....if61?)
22.'iWd3 .if6 23.c3 'i!t'f2= V.Schneider-
Melia, Rijeka Ech 201 0; 21 ..ih6 gh6
(21....if6 22 ..ic1i) 22.'i!t'g4 .ig5 23.14 d3
24.cd3 l:Lf5 25.l:Lde1 c;fth? 26.fg5 hg5
27.'it'c4 l:Ld8=] 21 ....it6 22 ..ih6 d3
23.c3 .ic3 24.l:Ld2 l:Lf7 2S ..ie3
'it'bS 26.a4 'ifb3 27.1t'd1 1t'd1
28.l:Ldd1 .it6 29.l:Ld3 c;fth7=
Fluvia Poyatos,Joan
Alonso Roseii,Aivar
Spain tt 2011 (1)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.l!Jc3 de4 4.l!Je4
.itS S.l!Jg3 .ig6 6.h4 h6 7.l!Jt3 ttJd7
8.hS .ih7 9..id3 .id3 10.'i!fd3 e6
11 •.id2 t!Jgf6 12.Q-O-O .ie713.c;ftb1
o-o 14.l!Je4 cs 1S.t!Jf6 t!Jt6 16.g4
l!Jg4 17.l:Lhg1 ts 18.'ife2 'it'b6
19.ttJeS tOeS [19 ...cd4?1 20.l!Jg4 fg4=]
20.deS! [20.'ii'e5 .if6 21.dc5 .ie5
22.cb6 f4123.ba7 l:Lf5 24 ..ic1 l:LhS 25.l:Ld7
l:La7 26..if4 .if4 27.l:Lgg7 w hS 28.l:Lh7=]
20... c;fth8? [20...141 21.l:Lg6 l:LfS 22.1t'g4
l:LgS 23.'iff4 1t'c6 24 ..ie3oo] 21.l:Lg6!i
l:Lf7 22.l:Ldg1 l:Ld8 23 ..it4! 'ifb4
[23 ...l:Ld4 24..ic1 l:Le4 25.'it'f3;!;] 24.'it'e3
'ife4 2S.'iWg3 [25..ih6 'ilfe3 26..ie3 f4
27..ic1i] 2S ...'ife2? [25 ....ig51 26 ..ig5
hgS 27.1t'g5 l:Lfd7 28.'ii'c1 1t'e2 29.l:Lg7
l:Ld1 30.l:Lg8 l:LgS 31 .l:Ld1 f4D 32.a4i]
26 ..ih6! 'ii'hS?? [26 ... l:Ld1 27.l:Ld1
1t'd1 28..ic1 'i!t'dS 29.h6 .itS 30.b3±)
27•.ic1 ?± [27.1311 14 28.'i!t'g2+-l
27 ...t4 28...g2 'i!feS?? [28 ...l:Ld1
29.l:Lg7 l:Lg1 30.l:Lg8 <j;>h? 31 .'ii'g1 .ifS
32.l:Lg5 'ifh3 33.'iWd1 .ih6 34.l:Lg4±)
29...h3+- <j;>g8 30.l:Le6 'ii'c7
31.l:Lh6 l:Lt6 32.l:Lh8 33.l:Lg7
1·0
An Extra Pair of Knights
13.~b1
Analysis of 15.g4
2012
1.e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.l!Jc3 de4 4.l!Je4
.itS S.l!Jg3 .ig6 6.h4 h6 7.l!Jt3 l!Jd7
8.hS .ih7 9•.id3 .id3 10.'it'd3 e6
11 •.id2 t!Jgt612.0-0-0 .ie713.1i?b1
0-0 14.l!Je4 cS 1S.g4 l!Jg4 16.'i!t'e2
[Although in general an additional piece on
both sides favours the attacking side, here
the intrinsic drawback is that after the
typical ... 17-15 the l!Je4 will be under attack)
16...'ii'b6 [Premature is 16.. .15 17.l!Jc5
tOeS 18.dc5;!; (e6<) 18...'i!t'c8 as in
Cheparinov-Le Quang, Moscow 2010. Now
instead of 19..ic3 l:Lf7 20.l:Lhg1 'i!t'cS= I
believe that 19.l!Je11N .if6 (19 ....ic5?
20.l!Jd3±) 20.l:Lg1 'i!fcS 21 .'ii'e6 WhS

22.li )d3 '~WeB 23.'li'dS l:tdB 24.'Wf3;t gave
better chances to the first player because of
the undeveloped l:taB and Black's kingside
weaknesses. Playable is 16...cd4 17.lt:Jd4
(17.l:thg1 d3! 1B:ilfd3 IS<=t) 17...ll:ldf6
1B.ll:lf6 ll:lf6 19 .~h6 gh6 when after the
plain 20.ll:lfS!? (2Q.li:Je6 'li'b6 21 .l:thg1
'.PhS 22.lt:lf8 ~18 23.l:td3 l:te8 24.'it'f3=
Cornette-Magem Badals, France 2010)
20... efS 21.l:td8 ~dB 22.l:tg1 ;t White can
claim a slight advantage due to the weak
pawns in the opponenfs camp] 17.tOeS
[Theory and statistics highly favour this
move so far. But it is difficult to back up this
reputation analytically. My new attempt
17.ll:lh4!? can be seen in the next section.
Of equal value is 17.l:tdg1 which also
scored quite well in OTB practice: 17.. .fS
18.ll:lh2 ll:lgf6 leaves the ll:lh2 on the scrap
heap. Less logical seems 18... ll:lh2 19.ll:lcS
ti)cS 20.dc5 'ifc6! (20 ...'ifc7?? 21 .'ii'e6
'.PhS 22.l:tg71+ - Parligras-EI Debs,
Gibraltar 2012) which was 'proved' in
21.l:th2 14=. 19.ll:lcS ll:lcS 20.dc5 ~cS
2 1.~h6 ~d4 (21 ... l:tf7!? 22.ll:lf3 ti)e4oo)
22.c3! (22.l:tg7?! WhB'i') 22...tt:le4 23.Wa1
ll:lc3 2H!i'c2 (Piorun-Stoma, Warsaw
2011 ) and with the rigorous
g~
'' ~ ' ~
~
.i.
~ 28.W'es (A 29.'ii'c7) 28 ...l:td8 29.l:tg7±)
~~ 'fll ~ ttJ
<;t> n:a
24... ll:la2!!N Black achieves a perpetual:
2S.'.Pa2 l:tac8 26.'ii'e2 l:tc4 27. ~g70 Wa6
28.~b1 ~g7 29.Wes l:tc1 30.Wc1 l:tcB
31. ~b1 'jfd3 32.~a2 'ii'c4=. Incorrect is
17.l:thg1? !Sf as the rook should support
the h-pawn] 17... tt:lde5 [17 ... tt:lgeS??
18.deS tt:leS+- is just as bad as 17...tt:ldeS
18.deS ti)eS] 18.de5 f5 [18 ... tt:leS??
19.l:thg1 l:tfd8 20. ~h6 'ifa6 and here
21.We1 !!+- (21.l:td8 l:tdB 22.'jfe1 g6
(22 ...tt:lf3 23.11i'c3+- Negi-Del Rio Angelis,
Montcada 2009) 23.'ife3 Wc4 24."Wf4 d4
2S.c3D "Wd3 26.Wc1D 1!fd6 27.tt:ld6 tt:ld3
28.Wc2 ll:lf4 29.tt:lb7 l:tb8 30 .~14 l:tb7
31 .hg6±) 21 ... g6 (21 ...l:td1 22.'it'd1 g6
23.hg6 fg6 24.14) 22.ll:ld2! A 23.14 would
have been even more precise (but less
human)] 19.ef6 tt:lf6 20.l:tdg1 tt:le4
[20 ...Wh8N appears to be playable too, but
the text move does the trick and
simplifications usually help the defending
side] 21 .'jfe4 ~f6D 22.b3! [22.c3?
(maybe I am too harsh on this move, but my
following improvement grinds the white attack
to a halt) 22... Wf?!N (this is what makes the
difference: 22... Wf7 is not possible after
22.b3! - because in the latter case the
bishop can access c3 - as I will presently
demonstrate! 22 ...'ifd6? 23.~h6;t 'ifdS
24.'ii'g6 (24.'ife2;t) 24...'ii'IS (24 ...l:tf7
2S .~e3 'iffS 26.'iffS efS 27.~c5;t) 2S.'ii'IS
efS 26.~g7 ~g7 27.h6 l:tf7 28.l:thS l:teB
(Cs.Balogh-Ragger, Austria It 2011 /12)
29.a4!?;t) 23.'~ifh7 l:th8 24.Wc2 1!i'd6
2S .~e3 l:tad8!<=t] 22 ...c41N [After the text
move Black equalizes with precise play.
Unsuccessful was 22 ...'ifd6? 23.~h6 'ifd4
(nor can other queen moves prevent ~g7,
followed by hS-h6) 24.'ifd4 ~d4 2S.~g7
~g7 26.h6 l:tf7 27.l:th5 l:tcB 28.l:teS l:tcc7
(28... l:tc6 29.l:tg6 WfB 30.hg7 l:tg7
31.l:tge6 l:te6 32.l:te6) 29.l:tg7 l:tg7 30.hg7
l:tf7 31 .l:te6 Wg7 32.l:te2+- with a
technically winning rook ending in
Pruijssers-Abeln, Netherlands It 2009/10.
However 22 ...l:tf7!?N 23.~h6 W'b4 24.'ii'b4
cb4= looks also playable. Just as promised I
want to show why 22... Wf7? is not possible
here: 23.l:th3!!± l:tad8 (23 ... We7 24.~c3
~c3 (24 ...l:tf7? 2S .~f6 gf6 26.l:td3+-)
2S.l:tc3 l:tf7 26.l:tcg3 l:tg8 27.14 b4
24 .~c3 eS 2S.l:thg3 'ifc6 26.W'g6 cj;e7
27.14! l:tdS 28.l:te1 1fe6 29.1!fe4 cj;dB
30.l:tg6! l:te8 31 .feS±]
23. ~h6 [23.W'c4 l:tacB 24. e4 '*"d4
2S.'it'd40 ~d4= A 26 .~h6 l:tf2 27 .~g7
~g7 28.h6 l:tcc2=] 23 •.. cb3 24.ab3
Survey CK 12.3
l:tf71 [24... 'i't'a6 2S.l:tg7! ~g7 26.~g7 l:tf2
27.~b2 l:tf1 28 .~c1- l 25. ~c1 'i'if2
[2S ...'i't'd4!?=] 26. ~b2 ~ b2 27.cj;b2
l:td8 [27 ... 'iffS 28...-e2 (A 29.h6)
28...Wf6 29.Wb1 l:tafB 30.l:tg6 W'f3=]
28.h6 [28.W'e6 'it'd4 29.cj;b1 l:td6=;
28.l:tg6 'it'd4 29.Wd4 l:td4 30.l:te6
(30.h6= - 28.h6) 30 ... l:tdS=] 28 ...'ii'd4
29.Wd4 l:td4 30.l:tg6 e5 31 .l:te1
l:te7 32.l:tg7 [1-l!-1-l! Blitsko-Rufenacht,
ICCF 2011 ] 32 ... l:tg7 33.hg7 c;f;>g7
34.l:te5 6=
Caruana,Fabiano
Rapport,Richard
Chur tt 2010 (8)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.tt:ld2 de4 4.tt:le4
~f5 5.ll:lg3 ~g6 6.h4 h6 7.ll:lf3 tt:ld7
8.h5 ~h7 9. ~d3 ~d3 10.Wd3 e6
11. ~d2 tt:lgf612.0·0·0 ~e713. W b1
0-0 14.tt:le4 c5 15.g4 tt:lg4 16.We2
f5?! [16... Wb6!] 17.tt:lc5;t ll:lc5
18.dc5 '*'d5? [18... W'e8 19.tt:le1 ~cS
20.ll:ld3 ~d4 21 .13 tt:\16 22 .~b4 l:tf7
23.c3;t; 18... ~c5? 19.~h6 'jfb6 20. ~g5
~a3 (20 ...~12 21.h6 gh6 22 .~h6 l:tfd8
23 .~gS +-) 21 .b3+-; 18 .. .'.Wc8 19.tt:le1
~16 20.ll:ld3 eS 21.13 e4 22.fe4 l:te8
23.l:thet;t] 19 . ~ h6! ± 'ii'e4D [19... 'ifc6
20.~e3 +-] 20 .~e3 ~f6 21 .ll:ld2!?
[21 .h6!! tt:lh6 22.ll:ld2 "itb4 23.ll:lc4 bS
(23 ... tt:lf7 24.a3 'ii'bS 2S.l:tdg1 l:tfe8
(2S... ll:leS?? 26 .~gS! c4 27 .~16 l:tf6
28. eS+-) 26.a4!!+- ) 24.l:th6 gh6
2S.l:tg1 Wf7 26.tt:ld6 We7 27.c3+-]
21 ... W'b4 22.tt:lb3
22 ... a5?? [22 .. .'l te4 23.h6 tt:le3 24.hg7
tt:ld1 2S.gf8"it l:tf8 26.'ifd1 ;t]
23 .~d41 + - [23.h6+ -] 23 ...e5 24.h6
l:tae8 25.hg7 ~g7 26 . ~c3 'it'e4
27. f1 a4 28.ll:la5 "itt3 29.l:td3 Wt2
30.'it'h3 l:td8 31 .l:td8 l:td8 32.tt:lb7!
85
 J:[dS 33.c6??= [33.1i'h7!! 'iti>f8 34.c6+-
A 35 ..ib4] 33...llle3 34.1i'h7 'iti>f7
35.'Wh5 36.c7 (36.'iti>a1 lllc2
37.'iti>b1 llle3=] 36 ...1i'c2 37.'iti>a1 a3!
38.".h4 ~ [38 ... 'iti>g6 39.'Wh5 (39.J:[g1
lllg4 40.J:[g4 (40.'Wd8 e4! 41.-ig?
(41.'We8 'iti>g5 42.'Wd8 'iti>g6=) 41...'1Pg7
42.1i'g5 'iti>f8=) 40...1g4 41 .'ifg4 'iti>f6=;
39."ifh7 'iti>f6=) 39 ... 'iti>f6=] 39.'ifh5
[39.llld8 'iti>e8 40.'Wh5 'iti>d7 41.llle6;!;]
39 ..•'1Pf6 40."it'h4 'it;>f7? ;!; (40 ... 'iti>g6!=]
41.llld8 'iti>e8 42. 'it'h5 'iti>d7 43.llle6
ab2 44 ..ib2 J:[d1 45.J:[d1 'it'd1
46."ifd1 llld1 47.lllg7 f4 48.lllf5 f3
49..ic1 'iti>c7 50.'iti>b1 ?= [50.lllg3;!;]
50 ... lllc3?± [50 .. .12! 51 .lllg3 lllc3
52.'1Pc2 llle2 53.lllf1 lllc1 54.'iti>c1 'iti>cG
55.'iti>d2 'iti>b5 56.'iti>c3 'iti>a4 57.'iti>b2 e4=]
51.'iti>c2 llle2 52 ..ib2 'iti>c6 53.'1Pd3
'iti>b5? (53 ... e4 54.'iti>e3±] 54.llle3
[54.llld6! 'iti>c6 55.llle4+-l 54 ...llld4
55.lllg4? [55.llld11! lllc6 56.lllc3 'iti>b4
57.llle4+-] 55 ... 'iti>b4?? [55 ... lllc6! 56.a3
(56.'iti>d2 '1Pa4;!;) 56... 'iti>a4;!;] 56.We3?
(56.lll12!! lllc6 (56 ... 'iti>a4 57..id4+-)
57.llle4 Wb5 58.'1Pe3 lllb4 (58 ...'iti>c4
59.llld2+-) 59.a3 lllc2 60.'1Pd2 llld4
61..id4 ed4 62.Wc2+- ] 56...'iti>a4;!;
57.lllf2 lllc2 58.'iti>d2 lllb4 59.a3
lllc6 60.llle4 Wb3 61 .-ic1 llld4
62.'1Pd3 f2 63.lllf2 lllc2 64.lllg4 Y2-Y2
My New Attempt
13.'1P b1
Analysis of 1V t:lh4
2012
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.lllc3 de4 4.llle4
.if5 5.lllg3 .ig6 6.h4 h6 7.lllf3 llld7
8.h5 .ih7 9 ..id3 .id3 10 ."~fd3 e6
86
11 ..id2 lllgf6 12.0-0-0 .ie713.'iti>b1
o-o 14.llle4 c5 15.g4 lllg4 16."ife2
Wb6 17.lllh4!?N [In this section I am
going to examine a novelty of mine. For
17.llle5 and 17.J:[dg1 see the previous
section. More often than not the knight will
jump to g6]
17.. .f5D [The text move gives Black equal
chances provided that he finds a long
sequence of only moves, although
weakening g6 may make him feel a bit
uneasy! If Black does not find the correct
reply my move 17.lllh4 will almost certainly
succeed:
A) after 17 ... lllg16? 18.J:[dg1 the fireworks
immediately set in: 18... llle4 (18 ... 'iti>h8?
19.lllg6!! fg6 20.hg6 llle4 21.W'e4+- -
18... llle4 1Ufe4 'iti>h8 20.lllg6 fg6
21 .hg6; 18 ...'iti>h7? 19.lllg6!!
19 ... llle4 (accepting the knight opens the
h·file for the other rook and a bishop
sacrifice on h6 is inevitable: 19.. .1g6 20.hg6
'iti>g8 21.-ihG 'Wc6 (21...llle4 22.'We4+- -
18... llle4 19.W'e4 'iti>h8 20.lllg6 fg6 21.hg6
'iti>g8 22.-ihG; 21...W'a6 22.lll16 lll16
23.W'e3+- ; 21...gh6 22.W'e3+-; 21...cd4
22.-ig? 'iti>g7 23.J:[h7 'iti>g8 24.J:[e7 W'c6
25.W'd2! (A 26.W'h6) 25... J:[ae8 26.J:[h7!
lllh7 27.W'h6! J:[e? 28.gh7 'iti>h8
29.lll16+-) 22.lll16 lllf6 (22 ... -ifG 23.W'h5)
23.-igS J:[fc8 (23 ... J:[fe8 24.'it'e3 A 25."ili'h3)
24.13! cd4 25."ili'h2+-) 20.W'e4 f5 21.lll18
lll18 22.'ifg2+-; 18...Wc6 19.lll16 .il6
(1 9... lll16 20..lih6+-) 20..lih6 '~PhS
21.lllg6! fg6 22.hg6+-) 19.'We4 f5
(1 9... 'iti>h8 20.lllg6! fg6 21.hg6 ..c6
(21...Wg8 22..lih6 ..c6 (22 ... gh6 2H[h6 (A
24.'it'h1) 23 ...-.cG 24.'i!fg4 A 25.J:[h8)
23.'ifg4 (A 24.-ig?) 23 ... J:[f5 24 .... h3+-)
22.'it'e3!+- A 23. J:[h6! or 22.l:th6 gl16
23.g7) 20 ..ih6!! J:[f7 21.'it'l3 .if6 (21...lll16
22 ..ic1+- A h6, lllgG; 21....ih4 22.l:th4
lll16 23.dc5 'i!VcG (23......c5 24.-ig?)
24."ifg3+-) 22..if4 (A 23.116) 22......c6
23.1i'g3 lll18 24.116+-;
B) To the same result leads 17... llld16?
18.13! llle40 19.fe4 f5 (19 ... llll6 20.l:tdg1
'iti>h? (20 ... 'iti>h8 21.'ifg2 l:tg8 22.lllg6 fg6
23.hg6+-) 21._.g2 l:tg8 22.lllg6! .idS
23.e5 'Wc6 (23 ... llld5 24.lllf8 Wh8
25.-ihG+-) 24.'it'f1+-) 20.lllg6 .if6
21.e5 .ig5 22..ig5 hg5 23.W'd2 'Wd8
24.d5 ed5 25.h6 gh6 26.lllf8 d4 27.llle6
'it'e7 28.lllg5 'it'g5 29.'it'g2+- . Convincing
enough?
C) 17... cd4?! is puzzling but insufficient for
equality. I cannot resist coming up with
some tactics here too: 18.'ifg4 f5 19.'ifg2
.ia3 (19 .. .1e4 20 ..ih6 l:tf7 21 .lllg6 .if6
22 ..id2 e3 (22 ... d3 23.c3 A 24.h6) 23.fe3
de3 24 ..ic1 lllf8 25.h6 lllh7 (25 ... lllg6
26. g6 l:taf8 27.l:tdg1 A 28.-.h?!)
26.l:tdg1 J:[e8
27.lllh8!! l:tfe7 (27...Wh8 28.'ifg6)
28."ifg6 A 29.hg7) 20.b3 fe4 21 .-ihG J:[f7
22.l:thg1 d3 23.c30 e5 (23 ... -ifS
24..ie3±) 24..ie3 W'c6 25.c4 .ic5
26.lllg6±] 18.lllg6 (18..ic3 fe4=]
18...l:tf7 19.dc5 (19.f3 cd4 20.llle7 l:te7
21 .fg4 fe4 22.'We4 eS (22 ... lllf6 23.'We1gg)
23.g5 hg5 24 ..ig5 J:[f7 25.h6 'it'c6D
(25 ... g6?? 26.'ird5!+-) 26.'ife2 g6oo;
19..ic3 W'a6oo] 19... lllc5 (19 ... .ic5 (the

dark-squared bishops are valuable assets
that neither side should easily part with)
20.1Dc5 ti:lc5 21 .a3 (6 22.13 ti:la4 23 .~b4)
21...ti:le4 22.13 ti:ld2 23.l:td2 ti:lf6 24 ..1:thd1
lllh5 25 ..1:td6 fie? 26.f4 ti:lf6 27 ..1:te6~]
20.ti:lc3 [20.13 ti:le4 21.ti:le7 .l:te7
22.fe4~; 20.ti:le7 .l:te7 21 .ti:lc3 (21 .13 ti:le4
- 20.13) 21 ...fia6 6 22.ti:lb5? tiJI2]
20...~f6 21.f3 .l:td7! [The following trick
does not work with the other rook;
21...l:td8? 22.fg4 ti:le4 23 .~e1 !± and .l:td8
hangs with a check] 22. ~c1! [22.fg4?? is
not such a good idea because of either
22 ....1:td2+ or 22 ... ti:le4!!+] 22 ..•~c3!
[22 ... .1:td1? would lose two minor pieces for
a rook: 23.ti:ld1 ti:la4 24.fg4 ~b2 !? 25 .~b2
'Wb2 26.ti:lb2 tiJc3 27.Wa1 ti:le2 28.gf5
ef5 29.l:th2±] 23.l:td7
23 ... ti:lf6! [The point is that Black must be
ready to give up the exchange here
because after 23... ti:ld7 24.fg4;!; there is
the double threat of 25.fid3 and 25.gf5 ef5
26..1:tf1 , winning the f5-pawn. This is a
critical moment and a good practical chance
for Black to go wrong] 24 ..1:te7!? [Active
moves are more in the spirit of the chosen
variation than 24 ..1:td2 which among other
things allows a perpetual after 24... ~d2
(24 ... tiJa4 25.b3 ~d2 26 .~d2= -
24... ~d2) 25.~d2 ti:la4 (25 ... .1:te8!?oo)
26.b3 .l:td8 27.fie1 fid4 28.ba4 fid2
29.'i!t'e6 Wh7 30.fif5 fib4=] 24 ...ti:ld5D
25.1Wc40 ~f6 [25 ....1:td8 26.ti:lf40 ti:le7
27. 'i!t'c3~ and g7 is poorly defended]
26.l:te6o fie6 27.1t'c5 .l:tc8
28.fib5!? .l:td8 [The situation after
28... .1:tc6 might look precarious at first sight
because of the imminent threats ... ti:lc3 and
... .l:tb6 but 29.~d2! (6 30.l:te1) 29 ... l:tb6
30.Wc5 with the idea 31 .fif8 and mate
turns the tables. Admittedly even this is not
entirely clear: 30 ... .1:tb2 31.Wc1 ti:le7
32 .~c3~] 29.'¥ib7 [Other moves (a4, c4
or whatever) are also possible but they do
not offer more than equality. Black can
always trade queens (fib6). A plausible
finish could be:] 29 ...1t'd6 30.'i!fb3 .l:tb8
31.1t'c4 Wh7 [6 32 ... ~b2/32 ... ti:lc3]
32.'it;>a1 ti:le3 33.1t'd3 fid3 34.cd3
ti:lc2 35.Wb1 ti:la3= [Draw by perpetual
check]
A Typical Endgame
13.~b1
Analysis of 14...lbe4
2012
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.ti:lc3 de4 4.ti:le4
~f5 5.ti:lg3 ~g6 6.h4 h6 7.ti:lf3 ti:ld7
8.h5 ~ h7 9 . ~d3 ~d3 10.fid3 e6
11 .~d2 ti:lgf612.0-0-0 ~e7 13.Wb1
0-0 14.ti:le4 [The move 14..1:the1 = is
more effective without Wb1 - 13..1:the1 0-0
14.Wb1 . After 14.fie2 Black gets a good
game with 14... 'iVb6!? (14 ... c5 - 13.Wb1
c5 14.fie2 0-0) 15.ti:le5 .l:tfd8 16 .~c1
(16.ti:lg6 ~d6=) 16...a5 17.14 a4 18.a3 c5
19.ti:ld7 .l:td7 20.dc5 ~cS 21 .l:td7 ti:ld7=
Tulfer-Mignon, cr ICCF 2011] 14... ti:le4
15.'iVe4 ti:lf6
[In this line Black usually trades queens by
means of ... fid5-e4. The ensuing ending is
widely considered to be slightly better for
White] 16.fie2 [In cases where White
plays g2-g4 this is certainly the best square
for the queen, covering 12. With 16.fid3
White is speculating on 16... c5 with a
transposition to 14.ti:le4 c5 15.ti:lf6 ti:lf6 (-
Kamsky-Seirawan, section 1) but the
problem is that Black can just play
16... fid5 17.ti:le5 (17 ..1:tde1 ('!' M. Chandler
1983) does not contribute much to playing
g2-g4 after a normal 17... .1:tad8=) 17... .1:tad8
Survey CK 12.3
18. ~e3 b5 (18 ... ti:ld7=) 19.g4 ti:ld7 20.14
ti:le5 21.fe5 c5 (21 ... Wh8 22 ..1:thg1!?;t;
22.fid2 f6 Smeets-Kamsky, Wijk aan Zee
2009) 22.'i!t'b5 cd4=; 22 ...1!r'f3!?=; 22 ... .1:tb8
23.'ifa5 fie4 24 .~c1 cd4 25.fia7 .l:tfc8
26.'ife7 .l:tc2 (26...'ifc2?? 27.\t>a1 +-
Kobalia-Jobava, Budva Ech pff 2009)
27.Wa1 d3f] 16... 'i!fd5
17.g4!? [I like this thematic move. II sets
up a sort of trap (taking the pawn is not
advisable) and it helps in establishing a
stable pawn chain 13-g4-h5. 17 .~e3 avoids
trading queens: 17... ti:lg4! (delaying g2-g4
mechanically. 17... 'i!fe4?! would be a
boomerang after 18..1:th4; 17... .1:tfd8
18.ti:le5!? (18 ..1:thg1 ti:lg4= Dautov)
18... .1:tac8 (18 ... c5 19.g4 .... ; 18... ~d6
19.c4;!;) 19.c4 (19.g4 ti:ld7) 19...fie4
20.\t>a1 ti:ld7 21 .13 'i!fh7 22.g4;t; 17...~d6
18.g4!? (a prepared novelty) 18... ti:lg4
19..1:tdg1;!; Bok-Solleveld, Netherlands It
2011 /12) 18.~c1 (18.~f4 .l:tad8) 18... .1:tfd8
19.c4 'iVf5 20.wa1 .l:td7 21.ti:lh4 ~h4
22 ..1:th4 ti:lf6 23.g4 (23 .~e3 e5! 24.g4
'i!fe6) 23... fie4 24 .~e3 'i!fg2!!N (here the
queen stops 12-13 and White cannot
reinforce his kingside attack. 24 ...c5 25.13
'Wc6 26.g5 cd4 27.l:thd4 .l:td4 28 .~d4;!;
ti:lh5 29.gh6 .l:td8 (Bok-Ducarmon,
Maastricht 2012) 30.hg7±) 25.g5! (25 ..1:tdh1
cSf) 25 ... hg5 26 ..1:thh1 g4!=. The most
common move here is 17.ti:le5 (6 13, g4)
17...'i!fe4! (17... 'i!fd4 18.ti:lg6 fg6 19.'i!fe6
Wh8 20.fie7;!; Volokitin) 18.'tfe4 (18. ~e3
ti:ld5=) 18... ti:le4 (going straight for the
ending. I want to touch this topic only
superficially here because this is supposed
to be an opening survey. The gentle reader
can find other instances of this ending in
the '13.ti:le4' section in Part II. White's hope
for an advantage lies in the fixed pawn
structure on the kingside. Also he should
definitely try to exchange the enemy bishop
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 for his knight) 19 .~e1 (1 9 .~e3l:tfd8 20.g4
c5 21.13 cd4 22 .~d4 (22.l:td4 l:td4 23 .~d4
llJd2!:f Fier-Krush, Gibraltar 2012)
22 ... ~c5 23.~c5 ll:\cS 24.c3 (Zelcic-
Dautov, Plovdiv Ech-tt 2003) 24...'if;>f8!=
Dautov) 19...l:tfd8 20.13 ll:\f6 21 .~12 (21 .c3
(c. 22.<;t;>c2) 21...c5=) 21...l:tac8 (c. ...b5,
... ~d6, ...cS; 21...ll:\d7 22.ll:\d3 aS
(22 ... b5!?=) 23.c3 a4 24.g4 l:ta5 25.'it;>c2
ll:\b6 26.ll:\c5 l:!b5 27.b3 ab3 28.ab3 l:taB
29.l:!a1 l:tba5 30.l:!a5 l:!a5 31 .'it;>b2 ~cS
(after the (forced) exchange White can
count on some advantage. I adopt some of
Nikola Ostojic's suggestions for improve-
ment) 32.dc5 llJd5 33.b4!? (33.~d4;!; ;
33.l:te1;!;; 33.l:!d1? l:ta2! 34.'it;>a2 llJc3
35.<;f;>a3 ll:\d1 36 .~d4 e5 (36 ... f6? 37.<iti>b4
e5 38 .~g1±) 37.~e5 llJe3 38.Q;lb4 lHz
Vallejo Pons-V.Belov, Rijeka Ech 2010)
33 ... l:!a8 34.'it;>b3;!;) 22.c4 (a slower method
consists in the standard set-up 22.g4!?
followed by l:the1 , c3, <;f;>c2) 22 ...ll:\d7!
(22 ...b5?! 23.l:tc1;!;; 22 ... <;t;>f8 23.g4 ll:\d7N
(23 ... a6) 24.'it;>c2 (Volokitin-Jojua, Turkey
tt-2 2011) 24... b5! 25.b3 bc4 26.bc4 c5
27.llJd7 l:!d7 28.d5 l:!d6!+>) 23.<.Pc2 b5
24.b3 bc4 25.bc4 c5 26.llJd7 l:td7 27.d5
l:!d6! 28. ~g3 (28.de6 l:te6 29.l:the1 l:ta6!)
28... l:ta6 29.d6 ~dB 30.d7 l:!cc6 31 .a3
l:ta3 32.l:!a1 l:ta1 33.l:!a1 'if;>fB 34.l:ta7
<.Pe7= Voloknin] 17.•. 'it'e4 [17 ... ll:\g4?
(taking the pawn can definitely not be
recommended. White develops a lasting
initiative) 18.l:thg1 'it'h5 19.llJe5 ll:\f6 20.13
l:tad8 (20... 'it;>h7?? 21 .'i!fg2+-, 'i!fh5<;
20... l:tfd8 21 .l:th1 'it'f5 22.l:tdg1 h5
23. ~h6 llJeB 24.14 l:!d4 25.l:th5 l:td2
26.l:tf5 l:te2 27.l:tf7 ~f8 28.l:!b7 l:th2
29 .~g5±) 21 .'i!fg2 g6 22.l:!h1 'i!ff5
23 .~h6 l:tfe8 24.llJg4± (Da Costa Junior.
White wins at least the exchange!) 24...~f8
(24 ...a6 25.~e3± ; 24 ... ll:\g4 25.fg4 'ti'f6
26.~e3 c5 (26 ...'ii'g7 27.l:!h3+-) 27.g5
'ilfg7 28.l:!h4+-) 25.llJf6 'iWf6 26.~g5±]
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18. \i'e4 [I do not see real w1nmng
chances in the gambit continuation 18.~e3
ll:\g4 19.llJd2 (according to Da Costa Junior
White has enough compensation, but thafs
about it, all the more because White has to
part with his bishop. 19.l:thg1 llJe3 20.fe3
l:tad8'f) 19... \i'IS 20.l:thg1 ll:\e3 21 .fe3
l:!ad8 (21... ~g5) 22.l:!df1!1f?] 18... llJe4
19. ~e3;!; [We have finally arrived at a
position from Alexander Khalifman's book
'Opening According to Anand 1.e4' (Vol.3,
2004) where the author assures us that
White has a slight advantage. The
circumstances are somewhat curious in so
far as Khalifman recommends to play
11 .~f4 and so the last move was ~f4-e3
in the book. Even so the standard plan
here includes strongly centralizing moves
like ll:\e5, f2-f3, c2-c3, <.Pc2, and l:the 1.
The knights should not be exchanged too
early]
Alsina Leai,Daniel
Naroditsky,Daniel
Forni di Sopra 2012 (7)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.llJc3 de4 4.llJe4
~fS S.llJg3 ~g6 6.h4 h6 7.llJf3 llJd7
S.hS ~ h7 9 .~d3 ~d3 10.'ti'd3 e6
11. ~d2 ll:\gf6 12.0·0·0 ~e713 . <.P b1
0·0 14.llJe4 ll:\e4 1S.'iWe4 ll:\f6
16.'iWe2 'i!t'dS 17.ll:\eS=
17...\i'e4 18.'iWe4 llJe4 19. ~e1
l:tfd8 20.f3 llJf6 21.~t2 [21. ~h4 l:!acB
22.c3 c5 23.dc5 l:!d1 24.l:!d1 l:!cS 25.f4=]
21 ... l:!ac8 22.g4 bS 23.c3 [23.~h4
l:!d5 24.l:!he1=] 23 ... ll:\dS 24.llJd3 ~d6
2S.'it;>c2 aS 26.l:!de1 l:te8 27.l:!hg1
f6 28 .~g3 ~g3?! [28...~f8 29.~12
'if;>f7 30.l:!e4 a4=] 29.l:!g3 eS! [29 ...<t>f7
30.l:tg2 a4 31.l:tge2;!;] 30.deS cS
31.ef6 c4 [31 ... l:!e1 32.ll:\e1 ll:\e3
33.'it;>d3 ll:\d1 34.g5 gf6 35.gf6 <;1;>17
36.ll:\g2 llJb2 37.<.Pe4;!;] 32.t7 <;f;>t7
33.ll:\eSD 6 34.f4 ll:\f4 3S.l:!t3?!
[35.l:!ge3 a4 36.a3 l:!e7 37.g5 'if;>fS 38.gh6
gh6 39.llJc4 l:!e3 40.ll:\e3 <;1;>16 41 .b4 ab3
42.<;t;>b3t] 3S ...'it;>gS?;!; [35 ... l:!e5! 36.l:!f4
<t>g5=] 36.l:!e4 [36.l:!fe3! l:!e6 37.ll:\f7
'if;>f6 38.l:!e6 llJe6 39.llJd6 l:tb8 40.a4 ba4
41 .ll:\c4;!;] 36... l:!f8 37.l:!f1 (37.l:!g3!
llJd3 38.ll:\f3 c.Pf6 39.g5 hg5 40.l:!g5]
37... a4? [37... l:!f6! 38.a4 ba4oo]
38.ll:\f3! ± <t>g4 39.ll:\d4! <.PhS
40.l:!ef4 l:!f4 41 .l:!f4 gS 42.l:tf1 g4
43.ll:\bS? (43.c.Pd2!±]
43...g3?? [43 ... l:te8!oo] 44.ll:\d6!
[44.llJd4? <;f;>g4 45.l:tf6;!;] 44 ... l:!c6
(44 ... l:!c7 45.ll:\f5 g2 46.l:!g1 <;f;>g4 47.ll:\e3
w g3 4B.l:tg2 ..W±J 4S.ttJtso +- <.Pg4
46.ll:\e3 [46.llJd4? l:!cS!.lf?] 46 ...WgS
47.<it;>d2 hS [47 ...l:!b6 48.ll:\c4 l:!b8
49.l:!f3+-] 48.'it;>e2 (4B.l:tf5 <it;>g6
49.l:tf8+-J 48 ...a3 [48... l:!b6 49.l:!f5 <;f;>g6
50.ll:\c4 l:!e6 51 .l:!e5 l:[f6 52.l:!d5+-]
49.ba3 l:ta6 SO.l:!tS cj;>g6 S1.l:!f4 l:ta3
S2.l:tc4 <.PgS S3.'if;>f3 h4 S4.l:!cS 'iti>g6
SS.Wg4 l:!a2 S6.'it;>h4 l:te2 S7.l:!gS
<.Pt7 S8.l:!g3 We6 59.<.Pg4 l:!t2 1-0
Black Delays Castling
13.~b1
Analysis of 13 ...c5
2012
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.ll:\c3 de4 4.llJe4
~fS S.ll:\g3 ~g6 6.h4 h6 7.llJf3 llJd7
S.hS ~ h7 9.~d3 ~d3 10.'iWd3 e6
11. ~d2 llJ gf612.0·0·0 ~e713. 'it;> b1
c5 (Black delays castling - he is probably
afraid of g2-g4-g5 - and creates
counterplay in the centre immediately]

14.tce4 [Consistent. As we shall see
Black is deprived of the standard exchange
manoeuvre 14...lLle4 15.'i!t'e4 tLlf6?
because the white queen is now aiming at
the b7-pawn. Here I have to mention a
popular alternative which was introduced by
Baadur Jobava: 14.W'e2 0·0 15.d5.
In rTrf opinion, however, Black should be able
to beat off the attack, ~ only by the skin of his
teeth: 15...lLld5 (the stem game went
15... ed5? 16..ih6 gh6 17.tl:lf5 l:te8? (?.
17...Wh8N 18.l:the1 lLlgB 19.l:td5;!;) 1B.lLlh6
d (Jobava-Bareev, Rethymnon tt 2003 -
YB/69-112) 19.'i!t'd2!! lLlg8 20.tl:lf7 b6
21.'ii'd5+-) 16.lLle4 tLl7f6! (technically a
novelty, this is the safest move order. Black
just trades pieces, the onus is on WMe to
prove his oompensation. Attention deserves
16...'i!t'b6!? 17.g4 l:tae8! (17 ...c4;!; - 16...c4;
17... tl:J716=- 16...tl:J7f6) 18.c4 f5oot=f; 16...c4
17.g4 W'b6 (17 ... tl:l7f6;!; - 16...tLl7f6) 1B.g5
l:tfc8 (18...hg5 19.h6 g6 20....c41N (20.lLlfg5
lLl7f6 (Van Kerl<hof-Seirawan, Netherlands tt
2010111 - YB/96-14) 21.'ilt'c4 tl:le4
22.tl:Je4;!;) 20... l:tac8 21 ...-d3 tl:l7f6 22.lLlfg5
'i'o6 23.l:the1 ±) 19.Wa1 ! (19.gh6;!; c3)
19... c3 20.tl:lc3 l:tc3 21...~.c3 lLlc3 22.bc3
'ii'o6 23.'ife3 hg5~;!;) 17.g4 'i!t'b6
(17 ... tl:Je4 18.'i!t'e4 ...b6 19.g5'i" - 17......b6
18.g5 tl:Je4 19....e4) 1B.g5 tl:le4 19.'ii'e4
19... hg5!?N (19... c4 20.'i!t'c4 hg5
(Stefansson-Granda Zuniga, Khanty-
Mansiysk ol 2010) 21..~.g5 l:tfc8 22. W'b3
'ifb3 23.ab3 ~g5 24.tl:lg5 tl:lf6=) 20.h6
~f6 (Black has defended successfully and
reached an ideal arrangement of his forces.
But the game is still within the drawing
margin. 20 ... g6 21.cj;>a1 (21.c4 ~16! 22.b3'i"
- 20...~f6 21 .b3 g6 22.c4) 21...Wh8oo)
21 .b3 (21.lLle5 g6 22.c4 ~es 23. e5 f6
24.'it'e2 tl:le7 25.~g5 eS! (25 ...fg5??
26.W'e5 w f7o 27.'ii'g7 w eB 28.h7+- )
26. ~c1 W'e6 27.f4 e4'i') 21 ...g6 22.c4
tl:lc3 23. ~c3 ~c3 24.l:td7 l:tadB 25.lLle5
~e5 26.'i!t'e5 f6 27.l:tg7 IPhB 2B.'iVe4
W'c6 29.'i'c6 bc6 30.wc2 e5=i= ]
14...l:tc8 [Black delays castling as long as
possible in order not to run into g4-g5 - for
14...0-0, see 13.1Pb1 0·0 14.tl:le4 c5.
Interesting is 14... 'i!t'b61? 15.tl:le5 cd4
16.tLld7 lLld7 17.'ifg3!?N (17 . ~c1 tl:lf6
1B.W'd4 W'd4 19.l:td4= Vorobiov-
Kharitonov, Moscow 2011) 17...WfB 18 .~f4
l:tcB 19 .~d6 'ifc6=. I expect further
developments in the lines in the ... 'it'b6
direction. GM Ruck chose 14.. .cd4!? in our
game. Now Black must tread carefully:
15.tl:ld41? (eyeing e6. 15.tLlf6 tLlf6 (not
15...~f6? 16.lLld4 0-0 17.tl:lb3!!N (L> ~b4 .
~h6) 17 ... a5 (17 ... tl:lb6 1B.'ii'g3) 1B .~a5
(1B .~h6 a4) 1B... l:ta5 19.'li'd7 l:tgS
20.'iWb7 l:th5! 21 .l:thf1 ;!;) is an important
position because it can also be reached via
13.tl:le4 tl:le4 14. e4 lLlf6 15. d3 c5
16.Wb1 cd4. 16.lLld4 (this is more critical
than 16.'it'b5 ti'd7 17.'i!t'd7 lLld7 1B.lLld4=
in my game with Ruck, Austria tt 2011 /12,
but I was happy with a draw then)
16... l:tcB (16... 0·0? 17 .~h6! gh6 1B.'t!t'g3
Wh7 19.tl:le6;t; 16... W'd5 17.c4 W'd6
1B .~c3 0·0 19.g4 'iff4 20.13 l:tacB 21 .b3
a6 22.W'd2 'ifd2 23 .~d2 ;!; with a typical
ending where White has managed to build
Survey CK 12.3
a stable pawn chain f3-g4-h5) 17.l:the1
'iWb6. Sooner or later, White will have to
defend the now weak h5-pawn, for
example: 1B. ~e3 l:tdB 19.W'c4 'i!t'b4
20.W'b4 ~b4= ) 15... l:tcB 16 .~c3 0·0
(16 ...tl:ld5?? 17.tl:le6!! tl:lc3 1B.tl:lc3 fe6
19. g6 w fB 20.'ii'e6+-; 16... a6
17.tl:le6!? fe6 1B.tl:lf6 ~f6 19 .~f6 gf6
20.W'g6 IPfB 21 . l:t h4~) 17.lLlb5 'it'b6
1B .~d4 tl:lc5 ( 1B... ~c5? 19 .~c5 tl:lc5
20.lLlf6 gf6 21 .'ii'g3 w h7 22.lLld6±)
19.tl:lc5 ~c5 20 .~f6 gf6 21. W'g3 IPhB
(21 ... 1Ph7? 22.l:td7 'ii'b5 23.Wg6;t)
22.lLld6 ~d6 23.l:td6 'ifc5=. Please note
that 14 ... tl:le4?1 15.'i!fe4 creates some
problems for Black, because he cannot
play 15 ... tl:lf6? 16.'ifb7 and after 15... 0·0
16.dc5 Wc7 (16 ... tl:lc5 17.Wg4; 16... ~c5
17 .~h6 ! gh6 1B.'tlt'g4 Wh7, h6<;
(1B...WhB? 19.'ifa4 tl:lb6 20.'tli'f4+-)
19.'tli'c4 l:tcB 20.'tlt'd3± L> 21 .'tlt'd7)
17 .~f4 ;!; or 17 .~c3 ;!; White is simply
better] 15.g41N [Our thematic push gives
Black something to chew on even though
he has not castled yet. Other moves are
harmless: 15.dc5 0-0!N (15... tl:Jc5 16.tl:lc51?
(16.tLlf6 ~f6 17. dB l:tdB 1B. ~e3 l:tc8=
Dgebuadze-L.Ravi, Liverpool 2007)
16... l:tc5 17.'it'b3 'tlt'b6 1B. ~e3 Wb3
19.cb3 l:tfS (19... l:th5? 20.l:th5 tLlhS
21 .l:tc1 ! ~dB 22.l:tcB;t) 20 .~a7 0-0
21. ~e3oo) more or less with equality, for
example: 16.lLlf6 tl:lf6 17.'ife2 Wc7 1B.g4
Wc5 19 .~e3 Wc4 20.Wc4 l:tc4 21.g5 hgS
22 .~g5 l:tdB=] 15... tl:lb6 [15 ...cd4
16.lLld4;!;; 15... tl:Jg4? 16.d5!-+] 16.l:the1
tl:le4 17.'tlt'e4 'tlt'd5 18.We2 0·0
19.dc5 'iWcS 20 .~e3 'ifaS 21 . ~d4
tl:Jc4 22.lLld2;t
E E~
i.t. 1. i i
i i
'i¥ ~
.-. ~ ~
[In a possible ending White will have the
better bishop because of the fixed pawn
structure g7·h6. White has a slight
advantage]
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 Tuncer,Ufuk
Ruck,Robert
Austria tt 2011/12 (2)
1.e4 c6 2 .d4 dS 3 .~c3 de4 4. ~e4
.its s .~g3 ..ig6 6.h4 h6 7. ~f3 ~d 7
8 .hS ..ih 7 9 •..id3 ..id3 10. "i1Vd3 e6
11 ...id2 ~gf612.o-o-o ..ie713.c;t.>b1
cS 14. ~e4 cd4 1 S. ~f6 [15.~d4!?]
1S ...~f616 ."iiVbS "i1Vd717."i1Vd7 ~d7
18 .~d4= 0-0-0 19.-ias b6 20 . ..ic3
c;t.>b7 21 .l:lhe1 ~f6 22 .~t3
22...~hS (22 .....id6 23 ...il6 gl6 24.l:ld2
..ic7=] 23. ~es tS (23 ... l:lhf8 24.l:ld8 l:ldB
25.g4 ~14 26 .~17 l:liB 27.~e5 ..ih4
2B,..id4 ~ h3 29.~d3 ..il6 30 ...ie3oo]
24.~d3 l:ld6T 2S ...ieS l:ldd8
26 ...ic3 l:ld6 27.-ies l:ldd8 28 ...ic3
(28 ...ih2 l:lheB 29.l:le6 ..il6=]
28... l:lh e 8?1 (28 ... l:ld6=] 29. l:le6 ..if6?
[29 ...-iiB 30.l:le8 l:leB 31 .l:lh1 g6
32 ...id4t] 30.l:le8 l:le8 31.l:lh 11 ..ic3
[31 ... g6? 32 ...il6 ~16 33.l:lh6±] 32.l:lhS
..if6 33.l:ltS;!; aS 34.a4 (34.c;t.>c1 l:ldB
35.a4;!;] 34 ... c;t.>c6 3S.c;t.>c1 l:le4 36.b3
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l:lh4 37.c;t.>d1 l:lh2 38.g3;!; hS
39. ~e2 h4 40.gh4 l:lh4 41.~es
c;t.>c7 (41.....ie5 42.l:le5 l:lg4 43.c;t.>l1 ;!;]
42 .~c4 c;t.>c6 43 .~e3 l:lh1 44.c;t.>d3
l:lh4 4S.c3 c;t.>d7 46.l:lbS c;t.>c6
47 . ~c4 l:lh3 48.c;t.>e4 .idS 49. ~es
c;t.>b7?1 (49 ... c;t.>c7 50.c4l:lc3 51 .c;t.>d4l:lh3
52.c5 bc5 53.l:lc5 c;t.>b7 54.l:lb5 c;t.>cB
55.~c4;!;] SO.f3 [50.c4! c;t.>cB 51.14±]
so... l:lh4 S1.~g4 (51.14! g5 52 .~g6
l:lh6 53.15 l:lh1 54.l:ld5±] S1 ... l:lh1
S2.l:ldS ..ic7 [52 ...c;t.>c8 53.c4±] S3.c4
[53 .~e3! l:lh4 54 . ~g4±] S3 ... l:l b1
S4.l:ld3 c;t.>c6 SS. ~e3 g6 S6 . ~c2
[56.14 ..id6 57 . ~g2 ..ie7 58.l:lg3 c;t.>cS
59.l:lg6 l:lb3 60.l:le6 ..id6 61.~e3;!;]
S6 ... ..id6 S7. ~d4 c;t.>b7 SS.c;t.>dS ..icS
[58 .....ih2 59.c5 bc5 60.~e6 c;t.>b6
61. ~c5;!;] S9. ~bS [59.~c6 ..ia3 60.~e5
g5 61.c;t.>e6 c;t.>cB 62 .~g4±] S9... l:le1
60. ~d6 [60.14 ..ie3 61 .c;t.>e4 ..ic5
62.c;t.>f3;!;] 60 ... c;t.>c7 (60 ... ..id6 61 .c;t.>d6 g5
62.c;t.>d5 c;t.>c7;!;] 61 . ~e4 ..ia3 62.c;t.>e6
c;t.>c6 63.c;t.>t7 l:lg1 64 . ~t6 gS
6S. ~g4 ..id6 66.c;t.>f6 ..it4 67.~eS ;!;
..ieS 68.c;t.>eS g4 69.fg4 l:lg4 70.l:ld6
c;t.>cs 71 .l:ldS c;t.>c6 72.l:ld6 c;t.>cs
73.l:ldS
Akhmetov,Artiom
Kotsur,Pavel
Astana ch·KAZ 2012 (4)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3. ~c3 de4 4. ~e4
.its s . ~g3 ..ig6 6.h4 h6 7. ~t3 ~d7
S.hS ..ih7 9 ...id3 ..id3 10."i1Vd3 e6
11 ...id2 ~gf612 . 0-0-0 ..ie713.c;t.>b1
cS 14. ~e4 cd4 1S."i1Vd4 (15.~d4 ! ?]
1S ... "i1Vb6= 16...ic3 (16.~16 ..if6
17."i1Vb6 ~b6 18.b3=] 16 ... "i1Vd4 17.l:ld4
~dS (17 ... l:lc8 18.l:lhd1 ~c5 19. ~g3
b6=] 18 ...id2 l:lc8 (18 ...b5!? 19.g4 l:lc8=]
19.c4 (19.l:ld1 ~c5 20.c4 ~16 21. ~g3=]
19 ...~Sf6 20.b3 ~cs [20 ... ~e4
21. l:le4 0·0 22. ~e5 l:lldB 23 . ~d7 l:ld7
24.c;t.>c2=] 21. ~c3 ~cd7 (21...0·0
22 ...ie3 l:lldB 23.l:ld8 l:ldB 24 .~e5oo]
22 ...it4?! (22. ~b5 0·0 23 ...il4 ..icS
24.l:ld2oo] 22 ... -icS 23.l:ld2?'F
[23.~b5! ..id4 24 .~d6 c;t.>IB 25.~c8 ..if2
26.b4!1!1] 23 ... ..ib4 24. l:lc2?+ (24 .~ b5 !
..id2 25 .~d6 c;t.>IB 26...id2 l:lbB'F]
24.....ic3 2S. l:lc3 ~dSI
Y2-Y2
26.cdS l:lc3 27.de6 te6 28.l:le1
(28 ...id2 l:ld3 29.l:lc1 0·0 30 ...ie3 ~16
31 ...ia7+] 28... 0-0-+ 29...id6 l:le8
30. ~es [30. d2 b6 31.~e4 l:ld3- +]
30 ...~f6 31.g4 ~dS 32 ...ia3 (32.c;t.>b2
l:lecB 33.l:le2 l:lc1 - +] 32 ... bS 33.l:lg1
b4 34 ...ib2 l:lc7 3S ...id4 l:ld8
36.c;t.>b2 ~c3 0-1
 Ru ez Jaenisch Variation RL 6.6 (C63)

A Great Comeback for the Jaenisch

by Sergey Tiviakov

1. e4 eS tt:lf6 9.f4 ..Wf4 I O. tt:le5 c6 ll.d4

2. tt:lf3 tt:lc6
3. ~bS fS
4. tt:lc3 fe4
5. tt:le4 tt:lf6
6. tt:lf6 'it'f6
7. 'it'e2 ~e7
8. ~c6 bc6
...K
Until a few year ago the
Jaenisch Variation of the Ruy
Lopez wa considered dubiou
and it wa rarely seen in top-level
tournament . Everythi ng chan-
ged in 2007, when thi variation
was incorporated into the reper-
toire of Teimour Radjabov, and
with remarkable ucce . Out of
17 games, played mostly against
2700 opponents, he lost only one
and won two. Thanks to him we
are witnessing a revival of thi
variation now.
After l .e4 e5 2.tt:lf3 tt:lc6 3 . ~b5
f5 , 4.tt:lc3 has alway been con-
idered to be one of the be t reac-
tion . After 4 ... fe4 5.tt:le4 Black
ha two main an wers: 5 ... d5 and
5 ... tt:lf6 . The line with 5 ...d5
6.tt:le5 de4 7.tt:lc6 ..Wg5 8.'ife2
'ifh4 12.g3 it'h3 1 3. ~c4 ~e6
till remain critical, and it i up
to White to show a clear way to
an advantage here.
The other line with 5 .. .tt:lf6
6.tt:lf6 (in light of the problems in
the current line White cou ld
witch to 6.'ife2 in the future, af-
ter which the critical line i 6 ... d5
7.tt:lf6 gf6 8.d4 ~g7 9.de5 0-0)
6 .. .it'f6 7.'*e2 ~e7 8 .~c6 bc6
will be carefu lly studied in the
present Survey. Please note that
nothing has changed in the eval-
uation of the old line with Telmour Radjabov
8 ... dc6. After 9.tt:le5 0-0 I0.0-0
~d6 I l .d4 c5 1 2 .~e3 ~e5 Variation A
13.de5 ..We5 14.'ifc4 ~e6 9.d4.
15.it'c5 ..Wc5 16 .~c5 Black ha
to uffer being a pawn down but
with oppo ite-colou red bishops
in the endgame. The que tion is
whether he will be able to hold
the draw. A recent example is
Tiviakov-Pruijs er , Dutch Team
Championship 201 1/1 2, where
Black was able to exploit a mis-
take by White and make a draw.
The idea behind Black' plan in
this Survey is simple: by acrific-
ing the pawn, Black hope to get Now Black cannot take on d4
enough compensation using hi since after 9 ... ed4? IO. ~g5 'ife6
bishop pair; even in the endgame II.'ife6 de6 12. ~e7 We7
it will be extremely difficult for 13.tt:ld4 White has a huge end-
White to convert his material game advantage. Black ha to
advantage into omething more play 9 .. .0-0 or 9 ... 'ir'g6. The en-
tangible. suing position are harp and
In our tarting po ition, White complex , and difficult to analy e
ha three option at hi s di sposal : with a computer becau e of the
9.d4, 9.'it'e5 and 9.tt:le5 . material unbalance. And with

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 only a few game played, there i
lots of pace for inve tigation
and improvement. Play may
continue:
AI) 9 ... 0-0 10.0-0 (both
I O .~g5 'ii'e6 ll.~e7 'ii'e7
12.de5 .l:[b8 13.c3 d5 and
ll.'ii'e5 ~b4 12.c3 'ii'g4 13. ~e3
~d6 14.'ii'g5 'it'e6 15.0-0 .l:[b8
give Black compen ation for the
pawn. IO.de5 'it'g6 11.0-0 d6
tran po es to the po ition stud-
ied after 9 ... 'it'g6) lO ...d6 (or
IO ...e4 ll.'ii'e4 d5 12.'ii'e5, with
a small advantage for White)
ll. ~g5 'i!fe6 12. ~e7 'i!fe7
l3.de5 d5 is playable for Black,
although I think White is slightly
better here.
A2) 9 ... 'ifg6 10.0-0 (IO.de5
0-0 11.0-0 d6 tran po e ) IO ... d6
ll.'ii'c4 (after ll.de5 0-0 12.0-0
~h3 Black ha excellent com-
pen ation for the pawn, as in
Berg-Nezad, Gibraltar 2009)
ll...d5 ( ll... ~d7 12.de5 d5 de-
serves further practical te t )
12.'ii'c3 (12.'ii'b3 i intere ting)
12 .. .ed4 13.lLld4 lead to a criti-
cal position which need further
analy i .
As for now I can only write that
13 ... c5, a played in a rapid game
Shirov-Khalifman, Tallinn 2012,
is not good enough here, ince
the bishop pair cannot fully com-
pen ate for two acrificed pawns
after 14.lLlb5 0-0 15 .lLlc7 .l:[b8
16.lLld5. In my opinion, 13 .. .0-0
14.'ii'c6 'ir'c6 15.lLlc6 gives
Black more chances to equalize.
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Here all po ible moves by the
~e7 give Black reasonable
counterplay for the pawn. If
Black tries to defend the
c6-pawn with l3 ...~d7 , he mu t
be ready to deal with hi king be-
ing stuck in the centre after
14 ..1:[e I (two other move also
deserve attention - 14.lLlf3 and
l4 .~f4). The reader can find
everal game played by the
computer engine in the Game
Section.
Variation B
After 9.'ii'e5 and the sub equent
exchange on f6 Black at once ha
an excellently placed bi hop.
And with the white knight tuck
on f3 it is rather difficult to hope
for an advantage, ince it can be
attacked by ... ~g4 ; for example,
9 ... d6 (there i nothing wrong
with 9 .. .0-0 10.0-0 d6 ll.it'f6
~f6 as in D.Frolyanov-Zvia-
gintsev, Taganrog 2011. 9 .. .'ii'f7
deserves seriou attention a
well) I O.'it'f6 ~f6 ll.d3 ( l l.d4
~g4 12. ~e3 ~f3 13.gf3 is OK
for Black) 11 ...0-0 ( ll ...~f5 is
weaker) 12 ..1:[b I ~g4 13 .~e3
.l:[ab8 14.q;,d2 ~f3 (or 14 ... c5
15.b3 a5 with compensation in
Deviatkin-Azarov, StPeter burg
2011) 15.gf3 ~b2, and a draw
was soon agreed in Adams-
Nyback, Porto Carra 2011.
Variation C
9.lLle5 is con idered to be the
main reply, with more games
played with it than with other
move .
Here Black can choose between
9 ...~e6 and 9 ... 0-0.
Cl) 9 ... 'ii'e6 ha been popular
recently, but I would not expect
this to continue in the future,
since after IO.lLlc4! Black has to
suffer trying to equalize. See the
game Tiviakov-Bok, Gronin-
gen 20 I I and Dominguez-
Fre inet, San Sebastian 20 12;
both exten ively analy ed. And
although Black still ha good
chances to make a draw, it is not
advisable to play 9 ...~e6 when
there is a good alternative. Please
note that the previously played
IO. lLlf3 ~e2 ll. ~e2 is not a
good for White as I O. lLlc4 ~e2
ll. ~e2, because on f3 the knight
can be attacked by the bi hop
from g4 and after the pawns are
doubled on the f-file, Black has
nothing to worry about. See
Karjakin-Radjabov, Medias
2011.
C2) 9 ... 0-0 is a good and natu-
ral move. After 10.0-0 (I O.d4 is
too risky since after both IO.. .c5
and IO ...~a6 Black develop a
strong initiative) IO...~e6 White
is forced to play I t. : e I, and
now, after I l... ~c5! (I l... ~h4 i
clearly worse for Black, but
ll ... ~b7 i interesting, although
after 12.~g4 White may have
the better chances), White must
withdraw the knight to f3
(12. lLld3 'ii'e2 13 ..1:[e2 ~a6 i
equal). Following the exchange
 Survey RL 6.6

IV !Jf3 'ife2 13.l:l.e2, and now
13 ... d6, White cannot prevent
the ortie of the black bi hop to
g4 and the sub equent exchange
on f3. And we already know that
when White' pawns are dou-
bled on the f-fi le, Black has
nothing to worry about. See the
game Efimenko-Naiditsch, In pite of the problem in the
Mukachevo 20 II . variations Band C , White hould
try to look for an advantage in
The Final Conclusion the line with 9.d4 (a Shirov
The variation with 8...bc6 is very played in 20 12). We wi ll urely
good for Black at the moment. see more games with thi s move
After both 9.'i!fe5 and 9.ttJe5 in the future in this interesting
Black has a clear way to equality. and sharp variation.

The Old Line l:tf8 65 .~d6 l:tf6 66 .~c7

8 ... dc6
Tiviakov,Sergey
Pruijssers,Roeland
Netherlands It 2011/12 (5)
1.e4 e5 V o f3 tiJc6 3. ~ b5 f5 4.tiJc3
fe4 5.liJe4 tiJf6 6.tiJf6 'tt'f6 7.'tt'e2
~e7 8 .~c6 dc6 (8 ...bc6] 9.tiJe5 o-o
10.o-o ~d6 11 .d4 c5 12 .~e3 ~e5
13.de5 'tt'e5 14.'trc4 ~e6 15.'tt'c5
-.c516. ~cs ;
l:tf7 Neuenahr ch-BRD 1984; 10.de5 'tt'g6
67. ~f4 l:tf8 68.~e3 l:te8 69 .~f2 11 .0-0 d6 - 9...'tt'g6) 10... d6 (10...e4
~c4 70.l:te3 l:te3 71 . ~e3 l7-l7 11 .'tt'e4 d5 12....e5;) 11. ~g5 (11 .de5
'tt'g6 - 9...'tt'g6) 11 ... 'tt'e6 12 .~e7 'tt'e7
13.de5 d5; ] 10.0-0 (10.de5 0·0 (10.. .'.,g2
11 .l:tg1 ..h3 12.l:tg3 'tt'h5 13.l:tg7 l:tl8
Variation A 14.l:tg3 d5 15.ed6 cd6 16. ~g5 rtl7
9.d4 17.o-o-o±) 11.0-0 d6! - 1o.o-o d6 11 .de5
0-0] 10... d6 11.'tt'c4 (11 .de5 0·0 12.ed6
Shirov,Aiexey ~h3gg 13.tiJe1 ~d6 14.'tt'e3 ~g4
Khalifman,Aiexander 15.tiJd3 rtae8 16....g5 ~e2 17.'tt'g6 hg6
Tallinn rapid 2012 (3) 18.g3 ~11 19.1j;f1 c5~ E.Berg-Nezad,
1.e4 e5 2.tiJf3 tiJc6 3 .~b5 f5 4.tiJc3 Gibraltar 2009] 11 •.. d5 (1 1...~d7 12.de5
te4 5.liJe4 tiJf6 6.tiJf6 'tt'f6 7.'tt'e2 d5gg Gutenev-Tsvetkov, Satka 2012]
~e7 8. ~c6 bc6 9.d41? 12.ikc3 (12.'*kb3!?] 12...ed413. d4

.i.
A .i. AA
.l
• ~
.I

16... rtfe8 17 .~e3 a5 18.l:tfd1 l:tad8
19.l:td8 l:td8 20.1Pf1 l:td6 21 .b3 a4
22.l:tc1 ~f5 23 . ~e2 l:tg6 24. 3
rtc6 25.c4 l:td6 26. 4 ~d7 27.h4
ab3 28.ab3 l:td3 29.l:tb1 b5 30.~e4
l:td6 31.g3 ~c6 32. ~e5 l:td3
33 . ~d4 h5 34.c5 ~f7 35.b4 l:ta3
36.l:tb2 g6 37.l:tb1 l:tf3 38 .~e3 l:tf5
39 .~d4 l:td5 40 . ~c3 ~d7 41 .l:ta1
c6 42 .~d4 <j;e7 43.l:ta8 l:tt5
44.~e3 l:tt8 45.l:ta7 <j;e6 46 .~f4
rtf7 47. ~d4 5 48.l:ta8 ~e6
49.l:te8 l:td7 50 . ~d6 l:ta7 51 .~ b8
l:td7 52.<j;e3 ~ 53. ~t4 rta7
54. ~d4 l:td7 55 . ~d6 l:ta7 56.l:tf8
l:tf7 57.l:ta8 ~d5 58.l:ta3 IPJ5 59.t3
l:tf6 60 .~e5 l:te6 61 .l:ta8 rte7
62 . ~d6 rtf7 63.l:ta3 l:tf6 64. ~e5
9 ...'tt'g6 (9... ed4?! 10 .~g5 'tt'e6 11 .'tt'e6
de6 12 .~e7 ~e7 13.tiJd4± Yanovsky-
Tseshkovsky, Voskresensk 1992; 9...0·0
10.o-o ( 10.~g5 'tt'e6 (10...'tt'g6 11. ~e7
l:te8 12.0-0 l:te7 13.tiJe5±) 11 .'tt'e5
( 11. ~e7 ike7 12.de5 (12.tiJe5 d6 13.tiJc6
ike2 14.<j;e2 ~a6 ~ ; 12.ike5 'trb4)
12... l:tb8 13.c3 d6 (13...d5gg) 14.Q-O ~g4
15.'tt'c4 ~e6 16.'tt'c6 d5 17.tiJd4 l:tb6
18.'tt'a4 ~d7 19.-.a7 'tt'e5 20.l:tae1 ±
Ado~an·Cortlever, Amsterdam 1970)
11...'.-e5 (11... ~b4 12.c3 '*g4 13.~e3
~d6 14.'trg5 'tt'e6 15.0-0 l:tb8 16.~c1
l:tb5 17.'tt'e3 'tt'g6gg) 12.de5 l:t13 13 .~e7
l:t15 14.Q-O l:te5; T.Grzesik-Ehrke, Bad
.l
t2J
'iY
~~~ ~~~
I:[ ~ I:[~
13... c5?1 (13...o-o 14.'tt'c6 '*kc6 15. c6
~16 ; ; 15... ~c5 16.~e3 ~d6i;
15... ~d6i ; 13... ~d7 !? 14.l:te1 ! { 14 .~14
o-o 15.rtae1 ~d6 16 .~d6 '*d6 17. 13 c5
18.l:te5 rtae8 19.l:tle1 l:te5 (19 ... l:te6
20.b3 rtle8 21.l:te6 l:te6 22. e5 d4
23.'it'g3 rte8 24.14 g6 25 .~12 l:tl8 26.tiJd7
'tt'd7 27.'tt'l3 l:te8 28.g3 ~18 29.l:te8
'it'e8 30.'it'e2 '*kc6 31 .'tt'e5 ~17 32.h4 h5
33.c3 'trb6 34.c4 'tt'c6 35.a3 'tt'd6 36.~13
'tt'e5 37.1e5 ~e6 38.~e4 a5 39.'01n4 e7
40.~e4 ~e8 41.~14 ~17 42 .~13 ~18
43 . ~e2 ~e7 44.~13 ~ 45 .~e4 c6
46.~14 ~e6 47.~e4 ~d7 48.'01n4 ~e7
49. ~e4 ~e6 50.a4 ~d7 51 .'01n3 ~e7

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 S2.<~14 'it>d8 53.'it>e4 'it>e8 54.¢>14 'it>e7
SS.¢>13 'it>d7 56.¢>14 'it>e8 S7.'it>l3 'iPI8
58.'it>e2 ¢>17 S9.'it>l3 'it>g7 60.'iPI4 'it>g8
61 .¢>13 'iPI7 62.'iPI4 'it>g7 63.'it>e4 ¢>17
64.'iPI4 'it>e7 65.¢>13 ¢>17 66.'iPI4 }7-}7 Phil
Harris-Humanchesser, 3m + Os, rated 2007)
2M JeS ~IS 21.14 (21.b3 l:le8 22.14 Wb6
23.Wd2 c4 24.'it>h1 cb3 2S.ab3 ~e4 26.c4
'it'd6 (26...1t'b7 27.h4 c5 28.cdS 'it'dS
29...12 l%18 30.'it>h2 1t'es 31.feS l%12
32.l:le4 l:la2 33.e6 ¢>18 34.l:ll4 'it>e7
3S.l:l17 'it>e6 36.l:lg7 l:la3 37.l:lh7 l:lb3
38.l:la7 'it>IS 39.g3 c4 40.'it>g2 'it>e4
41 .l:le7 'it>d3 42.¢>13 c3 43.l:ld7 'it>c2
44.'it>e3 'it>c1 4S.l:lc7 c2 46.¢>14 l:lb4
47.'it>e3 l:lb1 48.l:lc2 'it>c2 49.g4 l:lb4
50.WI3 'it>d3 S1 .hS }7-}7 Kelka-Giock17,
advanced chess 2007) 27.Wg1 1t'b6
28...e3 ~c2 29.cdS ~b3 30...b6 ab6
31 .l:lc1 ~dS 32.l:lc7 l:ld8 33.l:lc2 bS
34.l:lb2 l:lb8 3S.l:lb4 g6 36.g3 l:lb7 37.¢>11
Wl8 38.'it>e2 We7 39.'iPe3 'it>d6 40.'it>d4
~e6 41.tLld3 ~c4 42.h4 ~d3 43.Wd3
Wc5 44.l:le4 l:la7 4S.g4 l:la3 46.'it>e2
'it>d6 47.l:ld4 Wc6 48.l:le4 l:la4 49.l:le6
Wc5 SO.l:leS 'it>b6 S1.l:le6 'it>aS S2.<iPf3
l:la3 53.'it>e4 l:lg3 54.l:le7 l:lg4 SS.l:la7
'it>b6 56.l:lh7 b4 S7.hS b3 58.hg6 b2
S9.l:lh1 l:lg6 60.'it>d4 l:lg4 61.'it>c4 'it>c6
62.'it>b3 l:lh4 63.l:le1 l:lh2 64.l:lb1 l:lh3
6S.Wb2 l%13 66.l:ld1 l%14 67.'it>c2 l%18
68.Wb2 Wc5 69.Wb3 l:le8 70.l:lc1 WbS
71 .Wa3 l%18 72.l:lc2 l:le8 73.l:lc3 l:le4
74.Wb3 l:le1 7S.'it>c2 'it>b4 76.Wd2 l:ld1
n.we2 l:lds 78.l:lc8 l:lcS 79.l:lb8 wc4
80.¢>13 l:lc7 81.l:lb1 Wd4 82.l:ld1 Wc5
83.l:lc1 Wd6 84.l:lg1 l:lc8 8S.l:lb1 WdS
86.We3 l:lc3 87.Wf4 l:ld3 88.l:lb8 l:lh3
89.l:lbS Wd6 90.l:lb6 <iPdS 91 .l:lbS Wd6
92.l:lb6 WdS 93.l:lbS }7- }7 cs01 -Starko, 3m
+ Os, rated 2007) 21...d4 22.'it'd2 l:le8
23.b3 Wa6 24.g4 ~e6 2S.c4 • d6 26.tLld3
~d7 27.l:le8 ~e8 28.1t'e2 ~d7 29.WI2
.. h6 30.Wg3 gS 31 .1gS 1t'gs 32...e4 hS
33...dS 'it'dS 34.cdS ~g4 35.¢>14 ~d1
36.tLlc5 ~c2 37.tLle6 d3 38.We3 ¢>17
39.tLlc7 We7 40.tLlbS a6 41.tLlc3 Wd6
42.b4 h4 43.Wd2 'it>eS 44.a4 ~b3 4S.Wd3
h3 46.We3 ~c2 47.bS abS 48.as ~IS
49.tLlbS ~c8 50.d6 <iPf6 S1 .tLlc7 WeS
S2.a6 'it>d6 53.a7 1-o Patest-Takker, 3m +
Os, rated 2006; 14.t013 ~h3 (14... 0-o
1S.tLleS • e8 16. ~e3 aS 17.a3 ~d6 18.14
~es 19.1eS Wg6 20.~d4 ~IS 21. ~c5
~e4 22.g3 l%11 23.l:l11 h6 24 .~d4 Wg4
2S.e6 'it'h3 26.l:ll2 l%18 27.l:ll8 Wl8
94
28.~g7 Wg8 29.'iPI2 ..h2 30.We1 Wg1
31.Wd2 1t'l2 32.'it>c1 1t'l1 33.Wd2 ..g2
34.Wc1 a4 35.~d4 1t'l1 36.Wd2 1t'g2
37.Wc1 1t'l1 38.Wd2 1t'g2 39.'it>c1 }7-}7
Wazir Saba-Ripped, 3m + Os, rated 2007)
1S.t0h4 1t'f6 16.1t'h3 1t'h4 17.1t'e3
(17...13 ..16 18.1t'hS g6 19.1t'h6 0-0-0
20.~14 1t'h4 21 .1t'h4 ~h4 22.l:lae1 ~16
23.l:le6 ~b2 24.l:lc6 l:ld7 2S.l:le1 l%18
26.g3 l%16 27.l:le8 Wb7 28.l:ll6 ~16
29.l:le6 ~d4 30.¢>11 l%17 31 .'it>e2 Wc8
32 .~e3 Wd7 33.l:la6 ~b6 34.~b6 ab6
35.l:la8 'it>c6 36.14 wcs 37.Wd3 c6 38.a4
l:le7 39.c3 l:lb7 40.l:la6 l%17 41.aS baS
42.l:laS Wb6 43.l:la1 Wc5 44.l:laS Wb6
4S.l:la8 'it>c5 46.l:laS }7-}7 Pizza
Margherita-Murx, playchess.com #098304
2007) 17 ... W16 18. ~d2 0-0 19. ~c3 W17
20.l:lae1 ~d6 21 .b4 Wg6 22.Wd2 Wg4
23.a3 Wc4 24.l:ld1 l:liS 2S...e3 l%17
26.l:lle1 l:le7 27.Wd3 'it'd3 28.l:ld3 l:le1
29.~e1 l:le8 30.'iPI1 l:le6 31. ~c3 a6
32.~d4 l:le4 33.g3 'iPI7 34.13 l:le6 35.l:lc3
~e7 36.h4 g6 37.WI2 h6 38.l:ld3 ~18
39.l:le3 ~e7 40.l:lc3 hS 4 1.~e3 ~d6
42.14 ~e7 43.Wf3 'it>e8 44.~d4 l:le4
4S.l:ld3 'iPI7 46.<iPI2 c5 47. ~c5 ~c5
48.bc5 c6 49.l:lb3 l:lc4 50.l:lb6 l:lc5
S1 .l:la6 'it>e6 S2.We3 l:lc2 S3.a4 l:lc3
54.Wd4 l:lc4 SS.Wd3 Wd6 S6.l:la8 Wc5
S7.'it>e3 l:le4 58.¢>12 l:le6 S9.aS WbS
60.a6 'it>b6 61.WI3 c5 62.l:ld8 d4 63.l:lc8
l:le7 64.l:lg8 w a6 6S.l:lg6 WbS 66.1S l:ld7
67.'it>e2 d3 68.Wd1 c4 69.16 l:la7 70.l:lg7
l:la1 71.Wd2 l:la2 72.'it>e3 l:le2 73.¢>13
l:le6 74.17 d2 7S.l:lgS Wa4 76.l:ldS l%16
77.We2 c3 78.l:ld7 Wb3 79.g4 hg4 80.hS
g3 81.181:( l%18 82.l:ld3 g2 83.l:lg3 l%11
84.We3 d1 W 8S.We4 'it'hS 86.l:lg4 'it'IS
87.We3 g1W 88.l:lg1 • es 89.Wd3 l:l13X
0-1 Wazir Saba-Ripped, 3m + Os, rated
2007) 14 ... WI7 (14 ...W16? 1S.tLlc6?!
( 1S .~gS ! 'it'gS 16.tLlc6 ~c6 17.'ilfc6 'iPI7
18.14!+-) 1s ... Wc6 16.Wg7 0-0-0 17.l:le7
l:lhg8 (~ 17 ...d4±) 18 ...h7 l:lh8 19...g7
d4 20.~gS l:lhg8 21.1t'l6 1-0 Copar-
Auzins, cr MN/044 1997) 1S .~I4 l:lhe8
16.t013 'it>g8 17 .~c7 l:lac8 18. ~es ~g4
19.tLld4 c5 20.tLlbS l:lc6 21 .1t'g3 a6
22.tLlc7 l:ld8 23.13 ~IS 24.l:lad1 d4 2S.c4
Wg3 26 .~g3 l:ld7 27.tLlds ~d8 28.b3
'iPI7 29.t014 l:le7 30.tLld3 l:le1 31. ~e1
~c7 32 .~g3 ~d3 33.l:ld3 ~g3 34.hg3 aS
35.'iPI2 l:la6 36.l:ld2 a4 37.l:le2 ab3
38.ab3 l:lb6 39.l:leS l:lb3 40.l:lc5 l:lb2
41.'iPI1 l:lc2 42.g4 'iPI6 43.l:lc7 g6 44.g3
h6 4S.l:lc6 ¢>17 46.c5 l:lc1 47.We2 l:lc3
48.l:ld6 l:lc5 49.l:ld4 'it>e6 SO.f4 l:lc6
S1 .'it>l2 l:la6 S2.l:le4 ¢>17 53.l:lb4 'it>e6
54.¢>13 l:la3 55.'it>g2 l:la6 56.l:lb7 l:la2
S7.'it>h3 l:la1 58.l:lb6 ¢>17 S9.l:lbS l:la7
60.gS hS 61.1S gfS 62.'it>h4 l:la3 63.l:liS
'it>g7 64.l:lbS l:la2 65.'it>h5= (}7-}7 , 194)
Big MC-KALATOGES, 3m + Os, rated 2007]
14.tLlb5 o-o 1S.tLlc7 l:lb8 16.tLldS
~d6
•
' i ttJ
.t. ''
'if
'if
!::,!::,!::, !::,!::,!::,
n ~ l:l <;t>
17.1t'd3 [17.1t'g3!?] 17...~fS 18.1t'g3;t
~c2 19.Wg6 ~g6 20.b3 l:lbd8
21 .~e3 ~h2 22.'it>h2 l:ldS 23.l:lac1
l:lc8 24.l:lc3 l:ld3 2S.l:lfc1 l:lc3
26.l:lc3 aS 27.~cs ~17 28.g4 hS
29.ghS ~hS 30.a3 ~e8 31 .b4 ab4
32.ab4 ~bS 33.'it>g3 l:ld8 34 .~e3
l:ld7 3S. 4 'it>f7 36.l:lcS l:lb7
37.l:lf5 'it>e6 38.l:leS 'it>f7 39.~cs
~c6 40.l:lfS 'it>e6 41 .l:lgS 'it>f7
42.'it>e3 g6 43.l:lg1 l:lb8 44.'it>d4
~bS 4S.l:la1 'it>e6 46.l:le1 Wt6
47.~e7 'it>t7 48.~d6 l:lc8 49.l:la1
l:lc2 50.'it>e3 l:lc3 S1.'it>e4 'it>e6
S2 .~cS l:lc4 S3.'it>e3 'it>dS 54.l:ld1
<;Pes ss.l:ld8 l:lc3 S6.Wd2 l:lb3
S7.~d4 58.~c3 l:la3 59.<iPc2
~a4 60.'it>d2 l:la2 61 .'it>e1 l:lc2
62.l:ld4 5 63.~d2 l:lb2 64.13 gS?
[A strange move, giving up the pawn] 1-0
Variation B
9. 't!fe5
Adams,Michael
Nyback,Tomi
Porto Carras Ech-tt 2011 (8)
1.e4 eS 2.tLlf3 tLlc6 3. ~b5 f5 4.tLlc3
fe4 5.tLle4 tiJf6 6.tLlf6 'it'f6 7. We2
~e7 8. ~c6 bc6 9.We5 d6 [9... 0-0

10.Q-O d6N (10... tt'g6 11 .tt'e7 l:lf3 12.d3±
S.Zhigalko-Zeberski, Warsaw 2008) 11 .trf6
.if6 12.d3 l:le8 13.l:le1 l:le1 14.llle1 ~e6
15.c;t>l1 c5 16. 13 c4 17.lllg5 ~15 18.llle4
cd3 19. 16 gf6 20.cd3 ~d3 21. c;Ye1 ~e4
22.13 ~dS= D.Frolyanov-Zviagintsev, Tagan-
rog 2011 ; 9... trf7 10.0-0 (10.'it'c7; 1o.d3)
10... d6 11 .tt'g3 0-0 12.d4 l:lb8 13.b3 l:lbS
14.~d2 tr hS~ Palermo-Aijala, Finland
1975] 10.tt'f6 ~f6 11 .d3 [11 .d4 l:lb8
( 1 1...~g4 12 .~e3 ~13 13 . gf3~) 12.b3
.its 13.c3 0-0 14 . ~e3 ~e4 1S.l:lg1 cS=
Timofeev-I.Popov, Ulan Ude 2009] 11 ... o-o
(11...~1S? ! 12.Q-O c;i.?d7 13.l:lb1 l:lhb8
14.b3 aS 1S.a4 c5 16.~d2± A. Rodriguez-
Antunes, Holguin 1989] 12.l:lb1 ~g4
13. ~e3 l:lab8 14.'iPd2
14... ~t3 (14 ... c5 1S.b3 aS~ 16.lllg1
l:tbe8 17.h4 l:leS 18.tt:le2 ~e2 19.c;i.?e2
l:te6 20.hS (~ 20.~d2 ;t) 20... ~c3 21.l:lbl1
dS 22.c;i.?d1 a4 23.~c5 l:lfe8 24 .~e3 d4
25.~d2 ab3 26.ab3 l:la8= Deviatkin-Azarov,
St Petersburg 2011] 15.gf3 ~ b2
16 .~a7 l:la8 17.l:lb2 l:la7 18.c;i.?e2
l:te819.c;i.?d2 l:lf8 ~-~
Variation C
9.ti:le5
Tiviakov,Sergey
Bok,Benjamin
Groningen 2011 (7)
1.e4 e5 2.tt:lf3 tt:lc6 3. ~ b5 f5 4.tt:lc3
fe4 5. e4 tt:lf6 6.tt:lf6 tt'f6 7.'ilt'e2
~e7 8 . ~c6 bc6 9.llle5 'ilt'e6
10.tt:lc4N We2 (10 ... dS 11 .'i t'e6 ~e6
12.llle5 ~16 13.14 (13.lllc6 c;i.?d7 14.llla5
l:lhe8 15 . ~d1 c5~ Dembo) 13... ~e5
14.1e5 d4 (14 ... l:ll8 15.d4 c5 16.c3±
Dembo) 15.d3 (15.b3!? Dembo; 1S.O-O!? d3
(15... l:ld8 16.b3± Dembo) 16.cd3 o-o-o
17.l:ll3 l:ld5 18.b3 (18.d4 l:ld4 19.l:lg3 g6
20.l:la3 c;i.?b7 21 .d3 l:lhd8 22.~e3 l:ld3
23.l:la7 c;i.?b8=) 18...l:lhd8 (18...l:le5
19.l:le3 l:le3 20.de3± Dembo) 19 .~b2
l:ld3 20.l:ld3 l:ld3 2 1.~c3 ± Dembo)
1S ... l:lf8 16.b3 l:lf5 17. ~a3 0-0-0 18.l:lf1
l:lh5 19.h3 l:ld5 20.c;i.?d2 c5 21 .l:lae1 c;i.?d7
22.c;i.?d1 l:lde5 23.l:le5 l:le5 24 .~c1 ~d5
25.l:lf2 l:le6 26.l:lf7 l:le7 27.l:le7 c;Ye7
28.g3 ~g2 29.h4 ~13 30.c;i.?e1 c;i.?e6
31. ~14 c6 32 .~b8 a6 33.~a7 c;i.?d5
34.c;i.?d2 <;Yes ~-~ Dominguez Perez-
Fressinet, San Sebastian 2012] 11. c;i.?e2
o-o 12.d3 [12.b3 d5 ( 12...~a6 13.d3 ~16
14.l:lb1 l:lae8 1S.Wd1 d5 16.llld2±)
13. e3 ~a6 14.c4 (14.d3 ~16 15.l:lb1
l:lae8 16.Wf1 ~c3 17. ~3 l:lf6 18. ~c5
d4=) 14... d4 15.lllc2 l:lae8 16.Wf1 ~c8
17.~b2 c5~] 12... ~f6 13.l:lb1 (13. e3
d5 14.l:le1 ±] 13... d5 14. e3 ~d7
15.f3 l:lae8 16. ~ (16.Wd1 ~h4 17.c3
l:lf7 18.g3 ~e7;t ] 16... l:lt7 (16... d4
17. 11±; 16...~d4 17.c3± ] 17.~d2
~h4 18.g3 ~e7 19.c3 [19.l:lbe1 ~c5
20.c3 l:lef8 21 .14 g5 22.d4 gl4 23.dc5 fe3
24.we3 l:lf2 25.~c1 ;t ; 19.lllg2 ~g4 ! 20.14
(20.lll14 l:ll4!!+) 20 ... ~c5 21 . e3 g5=]
19... l:lef8 20.f4 g5 21 .l:lhg1 w h8
22. g2 ~fs 23.w e2 [23.~e3 ~d3
24.l:lbd1 ~e4=] 23 ...~g4 24.w e1
[24.WI2 ~IS=] 24... ~f5 25.~e3 ~d3
26.l:ld1 ~e4 (26 ...~c2 ! ? 27.l:ld2 ~b1
28.a3 gf4 29.tt:lf4 a6 30. e6 l:le8;t]
27.fg5 ~f3 [27 ... a6~ ; 27...wg8!?~J
28.l:ld3 [28.l:ld4!?;t] 28 ... l:le8 29.Wd2
~e4 (29 ... ~g5 30.~g5 l:le2 31 .Wc1 ~g2
32 .~e3;t ; 32.l:ld2 l:lff2 33.l:le2 l:le2=]
30.l:ld4 l:lb8 (30 ...~g5 31 .~g5 l:lf2
32.we1 l:lg2 33.l:lg2 ~g2 34.Wf2± ]
31 .w c1 !?;t [31 .b3;t] 31 ..•~a3??
~ ~
~
.i
~ £::.
l:t .i.
.i. £::. ~ £::.
£::. £::. CiJ£::.
w 1::[
32.l:le4+- l:lb2 [32... ~b2 33.'iPc2 de4
34.l:lb1 + - l 33. ~d4 (33.l:le8 c;Yg7
Survey RL 6. 6
34.Wd1 l:la2 (34 ...c5 35.lllt4 l:la2 36. h5
w g6 37.l:le6 w ts 38.l:la6+-) 35 .~d4
'iPg6 36.lll14+-J 33 ... w g8 34.l:le8 l:lf8
35.l:lf8 8 36.Wd1 [36.llli4+-J
36 •..c5 37. ~e3 l:la2 38.l:lf1 (38.lllf4
c6 39.l:lg2+-J 38 •..w e8 39.l:lf2 l:la1
40.w e2 aS 41 .l:lt6 ~b2 42.~c5
~c3 43.l:la6 d4 44.tt:lt4 l:le1
45.w d3 l:ld1 46.w c4 l:ld2 47.h4
w d7 48. e6 l:lg2 49.tt:ld4 ~d4
50. ~d4 l:lg3 51.l:lh6 a4 52.l:lh7
w c6 53.l:lc7 1-0
Karjakin,Sergey
Radjabov,Teimour
Medias 2011 (7)
1.e4 e5 2. f3 tt:lc6 3. ~b5 f5 4.lllc3
fe4 5.llle4 tt:lf6 6.lllf6 'ilt't6 7.'ilre2
~e7 8 . ~c6 bc6 9.tt:le5 tre6 10.tt:lf3
'ilt'e2N (10... d6 11.'ilt'e6!?N (11 .d3 l:lb8
12.tre6 ~e6 13.b3 ~16 14.l:lb1 ~d5
1s.o-o o-o 16.l:le1 ~13 17.gf3 ~es 18.14
~14 19 .~14 l:lf4 20.l:le7 l:lf7 21 .l:lbe1
l:lbl8= S.Franklin-Lyell, Budapest 2010)
1 1...~e6 12.o-o (12.d3 o-o 13.o-o ~16
14.l:le1 ~d5 15.c4 ~17 16.l:lb1 ~g6
17.l:ld1 a5 18 .~e3 c5 19.b3 a4 20.h3 h6
21 .b4 cb4 22.l:lb4 l:lfb8 23.l:lb8 l:lb8
24 .~d4 a3 25 .~16 gf6 26.WI1 l:lb1
27.we2 l:ld1 28.w d1 ~d3 29. d2 15
30.14 hS 31.We1 w f7 32.Wf2 cS 33.We3
~c2 34.g3 w e7 35.we2 w e6 36.we3
d5-+ 37.we2 d4 38.<j.>f2 ~d3 39.w f3
'iPd6 40.Wf2 ~c6 41 .w l3 ~c2 0-1
Peetoom-Fagerbekk, cr ICCF 2007)
12... ~d5 13. d4 ~16 14. e2 l:lb8
1S. c3± B.Lengyel-Lyell, Budapest 2011 ;
10.. .'~t'f7 11 .0-0 0-0 12.d3 d6 13.'i!t'e4 ~d7
14 .~g5 l:lae8 15.'i!t'h4 h6 16.~e7 l:le7
17.l:lle1 l:le1 18.llle1 l:le8 19.Wf1 tre6
20.tt'h5 g6 (Amanov-Khader, Alushta 2009)
•
~
21 .tra5;t] 11 .w e2 c5 12.l:le1 ~ b7
13. 1 ~f3 14.gf3 l:lf8
95
 15.1ti?g2 [1S.d3N J:lf7 (1S ... J:liS 16.1ti?g2 -
game) 16.~gS h6 17 .~e7 J:le7 18.J:le4;!;:
dS 19.J:la41ti?d7 20.J:le1 J:lf7 21 .1ti?g2 1ti?d6
22.c3 c6 23.J:lg4 J:lg8 24.h4 g6 2S.'Ot>g3
J:ll6 26.J:ll4 J:ll4 27.1ti?14 J:lf8 28.'0t>g4 aS
29.14 a4 30.a3 d4 31 .J:le4 J:lb8 32.cd4 J:lb2
33.dc5 <oPeS 34.1S giS 35.lti?IS lti?bS
36.'0t>g6 J:lf2 37.1ti?h6 J:la2 38.J:lb4 lti?aS
39.J:lc4 lH7 Simon Padros-Ljubarov,
Barbera del Valles 2011 ; 1S.d4!? cd4
16. ~gS J:lf7 17.J:le4 dS 18.J:leS J:ld8
19.J:lae1 J:ld7 20.b4 h6 21. ~e7 J:lle7
22.J:le7 (22.J:le6!) 22... J:le7 23.J:le7 lti?e7
24.We2 ltt?e6 2S.Iti?d3 lti?eS 26.bS gS=
27.a4 hS 28.aS h4! 29.14 lti?l4 30.1ti?d4 g4
31 .1ti?dS lti?l3 32.Wc6 lti?f2 33.1ti?c7 g3
34.hg3 hg3 3S.b6 ab6 36.ab6 g2 37.b7
g1 1t' 38.b81t' 1t'g3 39.1ti?b7 1t'b8 40.1ti?b8
ltt?e3] 15•••J:l15 16.d3 d5 17.14 J:lf7
[17 ... Wd7 18.J:leS J:lal8 19.J:l1S J:liS
20. ~d2 g6= Radjabov] 18.J:le5 o-o-o
19.J:lb1 [19 .~d2 ~16 20.J:le6 ~b2
21 .J:lb1 ~d4 22.c3 ~16 23.J:la6 d4 24.c4
~e7 2S.J:la7 Wd7= Radjabov] 19•.• c6
20 .~d2 ~d6 21.J:le6 lti?d7 22.J:lbe1
J:ld18 23.J:l1e2
23 •.• J:lf6 [23...~14? 24 .~14 J:l14 2S.J:le7]
24.J:lf6 J:lf6 25 ••b 3 J:le6 26.Wt3 d4
27 .~d2 J:le2 28.1ti?e2 ltt?e6 29.Wt3
5 30.h3
96
Efimenko,Zahar
Naiditsch,Arkady
Mukachevo m 2010 (5)
1.e4 e5 2.1tj f3 tt:lc6 3.~5 15 4.tt:lc3
fe4 5.tt:le4 tt:Jf6 6.tt:lf6 1t'f6 7.1t'e2
~e7 8.~c6 bc6 9.tt:le5 o-o 10.()-()
[10.d4?! eSt; 10... ~6t] 10.. .'it'e6!
[10... Wh8; 10...d5; 10...c5; 10...~d6]1 1 .J:le1
11...~c5 [11...~b7 12.tt:l13 (12.1t'g4!?
1t'g4 13.lLJg4;!;:) 12... 1t'e2 13.J:le2 ~16
14.d4 J:lab8 1S.J:lb1 ~6 16.J:le1 J:lle8
17.J:le8 J:le8 18.~e3 ~e2 19.b3 ~13
20.gf3 ~e7 21 .J:ld1 J:ll8 22.dS c5 23.1ti?g2;t
Shomoev-Zviagintsev, Moscow 2010;
11...~h4?! 12.tt:ll3 1t'e2 13.J:le2 ~16
14.d3;t d6 1S.h3 c5 16.J:lb1 aS?!
(16...~7;!;: Karjakin/Borovikov) 17.a4 ~d7
18.b3 J:lab8 19.tt:ld2 J:lle8 20.J:le8 J:le8
21 .1ti?f1 dS (21...~c3! 22.tt:le4 ~b4 t:.
23.c3 d5 24.cb4 de4 2S.baS ed3 26. ~e3
J:la8 27.J:lc1 ~e6;!;: Karjakin/Borovikov)
22.~2± ~2 23.J:lb2 Wf7 24.J:lb1 <oi;>f6
2S.J:le1 J:le1 (2S ... J:lb8± Karjakin/Borovikov)
26.We1+- Karjakin-Zviagintsev, Sochi n
2008] 12.tt:lf3 [12.tt:ld3 1t'e2 13.J:le2
~6=] 12... 1t'e2 13.J:le2 d6 14.d3
[14.d4 ~ 1S.c3 (1S.J:le7 ~g4 16.~e3
~13 17.gf3 J:l13 18.c4 lti?f8 19.J:le4 J:liS
20.b4 c5 21.bc5 dc5 22.d5 c6 23.d6 J:le8
24.J:lh4 hS= Kharlov-Vuilleumier, Dresden
Ech 2007; 1S.~e3 ~g4 16.c4 c5 17.dc5
dc5 18.J:ld2 ~13 19.gf3 J:l13 20.J:lad1 J:lal8
Solak-Simacek, Plovdiv Ech 2012) 1S... ~g4
16.J:le3 ~13 (16 ...c5 17.dc5 (17.d5 c4
18.tt:ld4 ~c8 19.J:le7 ~7 20.~e3 ~d5
21 .tt:lb5 (Chan Wei Xuan-Lyell, Beijing 2008)
21...~e3 22.1e3 J:lab8 23.a4 J:lf7 24.J:lf7
Wf7 2S.lLlc7 ~c6 26.lLlbS ~ 27.ab5
J:lbS 28.J:la7 'Oi;>f611!?) 17... ~c5 18.tt:ld4
J:lab8 19.b3 J:lbe8 20.J:le8 J:le8 21.~e3
~d7 22.J:ld1 Wf7 23.lLlc2 ~b6 24.~
ab6 2S.tt:le3 ~e6 (Khanin-Lykov, Novo-
kuznetsk 2010) 26.c4!;!;:) 17.J:l13 J:l13 18.gf3
c5 19.dc5 ~cS 20.b4 ~b6 21 .a4 c6
22 .~e3 dS 23.1ti?11 Wf7 24.1ti?e2 lti?e6
2S.aS ~d8 26.a6 ~16 27.Wd3lti?IS 28.J:laS
~e7 29.J:la2 We6 30.J:le2 lti?IS 31.c4! ~b4
32.cd5 cdS 33.J:lb2 ~e7 34.J:lb7 ~16
35.J:la7 J:lc8 36.~d2 J:lc4 (36 ... J:lc6)
37.J:lb7 J:la4 38.a7+- J:la3 39.Wc2 J:la2
40.1ti?b3 J:la1 41. ~e3 d4 42.~c1 J:la6
43.~d2 1-o Ermolaev-Amann, cr 2008]
14...~g4 15.~e3 ~b6 [1S ...~
16.c3N (16.a3 ~S 17.b4 ~b6 18.~
(18.c4!;!;: Da Costa Junior) 18...ab6 19.J:le7
~13 20.gf3 J:lf7 21.J:lf7 lti?f7= Leko-
Radjabov, Monaco blind 2007 - YB/88-122)
16...~S 17.J:lae1 (17.b4 ~ 18.~ cb6
19.J:le3 (19.J:le7 ~13 20.gf3 J:l13 21.J:lae1
J:ld3 22.J:lc7 J:lc3 23.J:lee7 J:lh3 24.J:lg7
lti?h8 2S.Wg2 J:lhS 26.J:la7 J:la7 (26...J:lg5
27.Wh3 J:la7 28.J:la7 J:lbS 29.a3 c5= Da
Costa Junior) 27.J:la7 J:lb5 28.a3 c5= Da
Costa Junior) 19...~13 20.gf3 (20.J:l13 J:l13
21 .gf3 aS= Da Costa Junior) 20...a5= Da
Costa Junior) 17...~13 18.gf3 J:l13 19.b4
~ 20.~b6 cb6 17·17 S. Oliveira-M.Santos,
Campinas 2009] 16.~b6 cb6 17.J:le3
~13 18.gf3 J:lf6 19.J:lae1 J:la18
20.J:le6 J:lf3 21 .J:ld6 J:lf2 22.J:lc6 h5
23.J:lc7 J:l8f4 24.J:le4 J:l11 25.Wg2
J:l1f2 26.1ti?g1 J:l11 1-'.!-1-'.!
[YB/98-97)
 R ez
The Delayed Cozio Hits
Part I
by Arthur van de O udeweetering (special contribution by Hou Yifan)
1. e4 e5
2. tLlf3 tt:lc6
3. ~b5 a6
4. ~a4 tt:lge7
During the Ia t four years or o
this variation eem to have ma-
terialized virtually out of the
blue. Before, you would most
probably not have known that
uch a line exi ted, although of
cour e it had been seen before.
Steinitz, for in tance, played it
everal times from a early a
1882, while the creative mind of
Yacov Murey did orne prepara-
tory work for the modern lines
already in the early 1990s.
Lively Positions
ow the variation has uddenly
not onJy entered tournament prac-
tice on a regular basis, but the re-
sults are fine and some of the
players are among the best of the
world: Aronian, Grischuk,
SvidJer, Vachier-Lagrave, to name
but a few. Of the e players
Aronjan has played this line the
most frequently, but curiously
Delayed Cozio Variation
enough only in official blitz and
rapid games. His choice for the
line may have been influenced by
his second Alex Wohl, while in
mo t games he started off with
3 ... tt:lge7, the genuine Cozio Vari-
ation. Many other grandmasters,
including everaJ trong Dutch
players, have adopted the varia-
tion as well. Svidler explain its
popularity a follow : The idea i
that there i n' t yet much theory
and in the majority of case you
get lively positions, which is
somethjng Black welcome '. In-
deed, the theory is stiJI taking
hape, and there appear to be a lot
of unforced possibilities for both
ides. All in all, I think it i a very
logicaJ try to improve on 3 ... tt:lge7,
as, of course, has been done with
other third black moves. The in-
clusion of 3 ... a6 4.h4- aJthough
it allows the Exchange Variation -
may well bring new possibilities
in anaJogou line .
A Principled Choice
Already in the initial position of
our variation, White has to make
a principled choice. He may opt
for 5.tt:lc3, ju t like 4.tLlc3
again t 3 ... tt:lge7, which Ivan
Sokolov considers the most un-
plea ant move for Black in the
normaJ Cozio. Other options are
5.d4, 5.~b3 or 5.c4. Naturally,
with the surging popularity of
the variation all the e possibili-
ties have been tried recently and
they will be dealt with in the next
RL 9.1 (C70)
Ho~e­
Benjamin Bok
Yearbook . Another normal move
is 5.0-0, which is likely to tran -
po e to line after 5.c3, the
subject of thi Survey.
Many Transpositions
When studying the variation
with 5.c3 you have to be well
aware of the many transpositions
from imilarbranche oftheRuy
Lopez (3 ... g6, 3 .. .tt:lge7), as well
as of the differences between
various move orders. At times
you will find position in which
White has gained a tempo on
i.a4-b3-c2, having played
i.a4-c2 in one move and reach-
ing the position via a different
move order. The mo t notable
example of thi i the game
Zhigalko-Sokolov, where the
Ruy Lopez expert knowingly
goes for our main tabiya, but
with a tempo less.
97

This tabiya position normally
arises after 5.c3 g6 6.d4 ed4
7.cd4 b5 8 ..ib3 .ig7 9.lLlc3 0-0
10.0-0 lLla5 ll..ic2 d6 12.h3.
Did Sokolov - in the Ia t round
of the European Champion hip,
Plovdiv 20 12 - a sess the po i-
tion a good enough for Black,
even with White to move? Any-
way, u uaJiy it is Black's tum
here. He ha a dynamic position
and ha everal way to build up
the pres ure again t White's sup-
po edly ideal centre. He will at
orne point play the undermining
... c7-c5, and in some positions
.. .f7-f5 will also come into the
picture.
Variation A
The fir t po ibility, and the
choice of the early adherent
Komeev and Arkhipov, is
12 .. .b4.
After 13.lLle2 .ib7 14.lLlg3 c5
Sokolov (in The Ruy Lopez Re-
visited, which I gue s al o con-
tributed to the popularity of the
Delayed Cozio) now give 15.d5
as the best way to play for an ad-
98
vantage (which wa indeed tried
ucce sfu ll y by Joshua Friedel).
In this way White avoids a bad
version of a Chigorin position,
where Black ha an i olated
pawn on d6 but active piece ..
The similarity of the re ulting
middlegame positions to the Ruy
Lopez Chigorin is something
you will often encounter in the
Delayed Cozio. As Sokolov
points out, Black is very active;
his dark-squared bishop is al-
ready on the long diagonal. The
only di advantage for Black
compared to the Chigorin i that
he lacks immediate pre sure
against pawn e4 along thee-file,
because of the knight on e7. Af-
ter other moves than 15.d5 Black
eems to be fine.
Variation 8
12 .. ..ib7 i more common than
12 ... b4.
After 13 ..:te I, by far the mo t
popular i the direct 13 .. .c5 (thi
po ition may al o arise after
12 .. .c5 13 ..:tel .ib7). After
14 ..ig5 h6 15 ..ih4 g5
(Botta-Borisek) or 15 ... cd4
(Dgebuadze-Fressinet), Black is
comfortable.
The immediate 13 ..ig5 h6
14 ..ih4 does not cause Black e-
riou problem ; ee Klein-Bok,
a well as Vogt-Bori ek.
An alternative for White is the
natural developing move
13 ..if4 , after which 13 ... lLlc4 i a
logical retort. Here the latest try
is the interesting 14.'ii'cl !? pre-
paring ~h6 , protecting b2 and
anticipating .. .c7-c5 (Uiibin-
Harika). Bok' central strategy
of 13 .. .'it'd7 followed by ... .:tae8
i al o feasible and leads to more
complex play.
Finally, White can play 13.d5 ,
gaining pace and again avoid-
ing Chigorin-like tructures, but
both the centralizing 13 ... 'ii'd7
(Gomez-E teban-Turov) and the
immediately undermining 13 ... c6
(Gershkowich-Gofshtein) look
OK for Black. By the way, the
po ition after 13.d5 ha al o
been reached with White to
move, when he ha aved a
tempo on ~a4- b3 -c2 : l.e4 e5
2. lLlf3 tbc6 3. ~b5 g6 4.c3 a6
5 ..ia4 .ig7 6.d4 ed4 7.cd4 lLlge7
8.d5 b5 9 .~c2 tba5 IO.lLlc3 d6
11.0-0 0-0 12.h3 .ib7, Corrale
Jimenez-Narciso Dublan,
Barbera del Valles 2008 ; or l .e4
e5 2.lLlf3 tbc6 3 ..ib5 a6 4 .~a4
lLlge7 5.0-0 g6 6.c3 .ig7 7.d4
ed4 8.cd4 0-0 9.d5 lLla5 IO.lLlc3
d6 ll.h3 b5 12 ..ic2 .ib7 Anka-
Moze , Gyula Open 1996. Still
after 13 ..:tb I Black eemed to be
just fine.
Variation C
The immediate 12 ... c5 has
gained immense popularity -
coring amazingly well - from
20 I0 onwards after some pio-
neering by Wohl and Aronian in
2008/2009. White 's best try
eems 13 .~g5 h6 14 .~h4 g5
15 ..ig3 lLlc4, but Black seemed
to be doing OK in Polgar-Banu z
( 16.b3) and in Wieczorek-
Banusz ( 16 ..l:tb I).
The simplifying 13.dc5 dc5
14.'ii'd8 .:td8 15 .~e3 looks logi -
cal, but Black may even refrain
from the passive but ufficient
15 ... lLlb7 and play 15 ... .ie6. Af-
ter 16 .~c5 lLlec6 Black ha suffi-
cient activity for the pawn (Van
Kampen-Ernst).

The Road To the Tabiya
l.e4 eS 2. f3 ttJc6 3.~b5 a6
4..b 4 ttJge7 S.c3 g6 6.d4 ed4
7.cd4
7.tt:ld4! ?, refraining from build-
ing a trong centre, is a perhap
urpri ing but solid alternative.
See Timofeev-Svidler.
7... b5
Murey s 7 .. .~g7 enable 8.d5
and doe leave White everal
good continuation .
If8 .d5 b5 9. ~c2 (Sokolov advo-
cate 9.dc6) 9 ...ttJa5 then
IO . ~d2! ? from Balogh-
Nikolaidi s, exchanging the dark-
quared bishops, is simple and
promising. Apart from that,
10.0-0 0-0 ll.ttJc3 (ll. ~d2!?
Zherebukh-Zv iagint ev) leaves
White effectively a tempo up on
for in ranee l.e4 e5 2.ttJf3 ttJc6
3. ~b5 ttJge7 4.0-0 g6 5.c3 a6
6. ~a4 ~g7 7.d4 ed4 8.cd4 b5
9.~b3 0-0 I O.d5 ttJa5 I l . ~c2,
which wa een in two Aronian
Variation A
12 ... b4
Friedei,Joshua
Breckenridge,Steven James
Orange 2011 (5)
1.e4 eS V L\13 lL\c6 3. ~b5 a6 4 .~a4
liJge7 S.c3 g6 6.o-o ~g7 7.d4 ed4
8.cd4 bS 9. ~b3 d6 10.h3 0-0
11.liJc3 liJaS 12. ~c2 b4 13.liJe2
[1 3.liJa4 ~d7 14.a3 ba3 15.J:ta3 liJc4
game (against Karjakin and
Polgar).
IO.ttJbd2 was Balogh's former
choice (against Almasi).
8.~b3
8 . ~c2 i an important alterna-
tive, after which 8 ... ~g7 would
allow either 9.d5 ttJa5 , transpo -
ing to 7 ... ~g7 , as mentioned
above, or just 9.0-0 0-0 IO.ttJc3
(or IO.h3! ? d6 ll. ~e3 ttJa5
12.ttJbd2 Van den Doel-
Arnaudov), tran po ing to our
main line with an extra tempo (a
in A.Zhigalko-Sokolov). This
leaves 8 .. .d5 !? a the principled
reply, which leads to completely
different structures; see
Solodovnichenko-Johannessen.
Thi is relatively unexplored
territory.
8...~g7 9.0-0
9.d5 !? i les obviou , a 9 ... ttJa5
i attacking the bi hop (for in-
lance N.Kosint eva-Sokolov),
but 9.a4 is a new try by Hou
Yifan, which brought her uc-
ce . Up till now this move has
not found many follower . In-
stead of the reply 9 ... b4 in the
game, 9 ... ~b7 seems a viable
alternative.
9... 0-0 lO.ttJc3
IO.d5 ttJa5 ll. ~d2!? is an inter-
esting try; ee the game
Erenburg-Gofshtein. Or I l. ~c2
d6 12.ttJc3 and here Black ha
tried a couple of other moves be-
16.J:ta2 liJb6 17.~14 ~b5 1B.J:te1 c6
19.liJb6 cb6 20.'t ifd2;!; Sebag·Murey,
France 2008] 13... ~b7 14.liJg3 cS
15.d5! liJcB 16.J:tb1 liJa7 [16 ... liJc4]
17. ~g5 'tli'b6 18.liJh2 h6?1 19 .~c1
liJbS 20.liJg4 11o>h7 [20...~c8 21 .liJh6
11o>h7 22.liJ17 J:tl7 23.e5 deS 24.'tli'h5 \PgB
25. ~g6+- ] 21.liJh5!+- J:[hB [21... ~c8
22.lL\g7 ~g4 23.'tli'd2 g5 24.14! 11o>g7
25.fg5] 22.'tli'f3 'tli'c7 23.~h6 [23.'WI6]
23 ... gh5 24.liJf6 ~16 25.e5 1-0
Survey RL 9. 1
side Sokolov' 12 ... ~b7 . No
proble ms for Black here.
lO... ttJaS
IO.. .d6 (keeping the knight on c6
for the time being) ll .h3 will
probably lead to a change of
move order after ll ... ttJa5, but
Black has to reckon with ll .ttJd5
(Bok-Ernst).
ll.~c2
Intere ting might be I l .~g5,
opting for quick deve lopment.
l l ...d612.h3
Thus, we have reached our
tabiya.
Conclusion
In thi s complicated trategic
variation of the Delayed Cozio,
Black eems to be more than fine
after both 12 ... ~b7 and 12 .. .c5 .
In the future, attention will prob-
ably be focussed on the immedi -
ate retreat of the bi hop to c2
e.g. on move 8. On the one hand,
thi will ometimes allow (pro-
voke!?) the advance .. .d7-d5
from Black, while on the other
hand it will try to gain a tempo on
existing lines. Much of the tra-
tegic battles in thi s new-born
variation still lie ahead!
Part D of the Delayed Cozio
will focus on other 5th white
moves: the popular S.ttJc3, the
classic S.d4, as well as S.c4
and the urprising S.~b3.
Gonzalez,Jaime
Korneev,Oieg
Castellar 1996
1.e4 eS 2.liJf3 liJc6 3. ~ b5 ge7
4.0-0 g6 S.c3 a6 6. ~a4 ~g7 7.d4
bS 8.~b3 ed4 9.cd4 o-o 1O.liJc3 d6
11 .h3 liJa5 12. ~c2 b413.liJe2 ~b7
14. g3 cS 15.J:te1 [1 5.a3 cd4 16. d4
ec6 17.liJc6 c6 18 .~b3 ba3 19.J:ta3
d4 20.~c4 d5 21 .ed5 17·17 Stefansson·
Korneev, Linares 1996]15 ... cd4 16. d4
99
tLlec6'f 17.tLlf3 tLlc4 18Jlb1 l:lc8
19 .~gs Was 20 .~ b3 tLl6eS 21.tLleS
-.es 22. ~c1 as 23. ~c4 l:lc4 24.b3
l:lc7 2S. ~ b2 Wt4 26.~g7 'ito>g7
27.-.d4 "ireS
~ ·~ '
j_
.l
~ '@'
~ 'if ~
~ Ci:J ~
~ ~~
1::[ 1::[ ~ 41.tLld3 ~f6 42.'ito>f2 aS 43.'ito>e3 a4
28 ...d2?! [28.l:lbd1 l:lc2 29...b6 ~c6
30.l:lc1 l:lc1 31.l:lc1 ~e4 32.tLle4 "*e4
33.-.d6=] 28 ... l:lfc8 29.l:le2 ~a6
30.f4? "*c3- + 31.'ito>h2 ~e2
32.We2 Wc2 33.-.e1 -.a2 34.l:la1
"*b2 3S.: as l:lc2 36.tLlfS gfS
37.Wg3 'ito>h8 0-1
Variation B
12 ... .kl. b7
Dgebuadze,Aiexandre
Fressinet,Laurent
Germany Bundesliga 2010/ 11 (12)
1.e4 eS 2.tLlf3 tLlc6 3. ~bS a6 4.~a4
tLlge7 S.c3 g6 6.d4 ed4 7.cd4 bS
8. ~b3 ~g7 9.o-o o-o 10.tLlc3 d6
11.h3 ~b712 . l:le1 tLlaS13. ~c2
13... cs 14. ~gs (14.dc5 deS 15.-.e2
tLlac6 16 .~g5 -.c7 17.l:lad1 : tea
(17... tLld4'f) 18.e5 tLld4 19.tLld4 cd4
20.l:ld4 tLlc6 21 .l:le4 tLla5!? 22.14 b4
100
23.tLld1 ~e4 ~-~ Jansa-Korneev, Andorra
1998] 14...h6 1S.~h4 cd4 [15... g5
16 .~g3 tLlc4 17.l:lb1 : ca 1S.Wd3 tLlg6
19.e5 ~13 20.e6 15 21.-.13 cd4 22.tLld5
tLle7 23.tLle7 "*e7+ 24 .~15?? l:lcS o-1
Botta-Borisek, Sibenik 2012] 16.tLld4 l:lc8
17.l:lb1 : es 18.~ b3 b3 19.ab3
"*d7 20 ...d2 dS 21.tLlf3 d4+
22.l:lbd1 l:lcd8 23.-.d3 gS 24.~g3
We6 2S.tLlb1? (:2: 25.tLla2]
2S ...tLlc6-+ 26.tLlbd2 tLlb4 27.Wb1
d3 28.eS tLlc2 29.l:le4 • ts 30.l:lg4
f6 31.ef6 ~f6 32.tLlh4 -.ds 33.f3
tLle3 34.tLle4 ~g7 3S . ~f2 tLlg4
36.hg4 gh4 37. ~h4 Wd4 38.tLlt2
Wb2 39.-.b2 ~ b2 40.~d8 l:ld8
44.ba4 ba4 4S.l:lb1 a3 46.tLlb4 ~dS
47. dS l:ldS 48.l:lb8 l:ld8 0-1
Klein,Felix
Bok,Benjamin
Maastricht 2011 (1)
1.e4 eS 2.tLlf3 tLlc6 3.~ bS a6 4. · 4
tLlge7 s.o-o g6 6.c3 ~g7 7.d4 ed4
8.cd4 bS 9 .~b3 o-o 1O.tLlc3 tLlaS
11 .~c2 d6 12.h3 ~ b7 13. ~gs h6
14. ~h4
14... -.d7 (14... tLlc4!? 15.b3 tLla3 16.~d3
c5 17.-.c1 b4 18 .~e7 We7 19. d5 ~d5
20.ed5 cd4 21 .Wd2 Wb?'f Vogt-Borisek,
Rogaska Slatina 2011] 1S.l:lc1 (15.e5?
tLlt5 16.~15 Wts 17.ed6 cd6 18. ~e7 : tea
19 .~d6 tLlc4 20.~e5 ~13 21 .Wt3 W13
22.gl3 ~e5 23.de5 l:le5+ Baklan-
Benjamin, Moscow 2001 ] 1S... gS
16 .~g3 tLlc4 17.b3 tLla3 18. ~d3 b4
19.tLlb1 tLlbS 20.eS? tLlfS+ 21. ~fS
• ts 22.tLlbd2 l:lad8 23.'tWc2 Wc2
24.l:lc2 fS 2S.l:le1 l:lfe8 26.~ h2 f4
27.g3? deS 28.deS l:ld3 29.'ito>g2
tLld4 30.l:lc7 tLlf3 0-1
Ulibin,Mikhail
Harika,Dronavalli
Moscow 2012 (7)
1.e4 eS 2.tLlf3 tLlc6 3.~ bS a6 4. ~a4
tLlge7 S.c3 g6 6.d4 ed4 7.cd4 bS
s .~ b3 ~g7 9.tLlc3 o-o 10.o-o d6
11.h3 [11 .tLld5 d5 12 .~d5 ~b7
13.~g5 "ird7 14...d2 tLldS 15 . ~b7 tLlb7
16.l:lac1 l:lteS 17.l:lfe1 tLldS 18.d5 cS
19.dc6 tLlc6 20.~14 l:lad8= Bok-S.Ernst,
Eindhoven ch-NED 2010] 11...tLlaS
12. ~c2 ~b7 13.~f4 c4 (13... -.d7
14.-.e2 : ae8 15.a3 h6 16.l:lad1 'ito>h7
17.l:lfe1 15 18.e5 d5 19 .~d2 tLlc4
20.~b3 tLlc3 2 1. ~c3 ~d5= Thipsay·Bok,
Amsterdam 2011 ] 14.-.c1 cS 1S.dcS
deS 16.l:ld1 -.es (:2: 16... Wb6]
17. ~b3 tLlb6 18. ~d6 c4 19. ~c2
tLlbc8 20. ~b4 aS 21. ~cs Wc6 (:2:
21 ...b4i ] 22. ~d4 d6 23. ~g7 'ito>g7
24. d4 [24.e5!+-] 24 .. .'it'cS 2S.-.e3
l:lac8 26.eS e8 27. cbS 'ito>h8
28.Wh6 tLlg7 29. d6 l:lb8 30.WgS
(30.~e4 +-] 30... f6 31.'it'g3? feS
32. bS ~c6 33.a4 tLlefS 34.~fS
fS 3S.tLlfS gfS 36.l:le1 ?! l:lg8
37.WeS "ireS 38.l:leS ~g2 39.'ito>h2
~e4 40.l:lg1 l:lbd8 41 . c3 l:ld2
42.l:lg8 ltg8 43.tLle4 fe4 44.l:le4
l:lf2 4S.'ito>g3 l:lb2 46.l:lc4 'ito>g7
47. 4 'ito>g6 48.l:lc6 'ito>g7 49.l:lc7
'ito>g6 SO.l:lc6 'ito>g7 S1.l:lc7 J.'.!-1-'.!
Gomez Esteban,Juan Mario
Turov,Maxim
Benasque 2011 (8)
1.e4 eS 2.tLlf3 c6 3. ~bS a6 4. ~a4
tLlge7 s.o-o g6 6.c3 ~g7 7.d4 ed4
8.cd4 bS 9 .~ b3 o-o 10.tLlc3 d6
11.h3 tLlaS 12 . ~c2 ~ b7 13.dS
13 .....d7 (13...c6 14.dc6 tLlec6!? 15.~g5
~16! 16.~16 "*16 17.a4 c4 18.tLld5

'i'b2 19.l:lb1 'ilt'g7 20.'ilt'c1 ti)6e5 21.ti)d4
(~ 21 . eS) 2 1...~d5 22.ed5 lt)d3 23 . ~d3
'i'd4 24.l:ld1 'ilt'cS 25.'ilt'h6 l:lae8+ \Hz
Gershkowich-Golshtein, Haifa 2008)
14.l:[b1 c4 15.ti)d4 c5 16.dc6 ti)c6
17. c6 ~c6 18.ti)d5 l:lac8 19.b3
~dS 20.ed5 ti)b6 21. ~e3?! [2 1 .~e4=]
21...ti)d5 22 .~d2?! [22.'ilt'd5 l:lc2=i= ]
22... l:lfe8+ 23.~d3 ti)c3 24. ~c3
~c3 25.a4 d5 26.ab5 ab5 27.'ilt'f3
: es 28.l:lbd1 d4 29.'ilt'f6 • ds 30.h4
:leeS 31.l:lb1 ~d2 32.'ilt'b6 ~g7
33.llfd1 ~c3 34.~f1 l:l8e6 35. • a7
'i'e4 36.g3 l:lf6 37.'ilt'a2 • g4
38.~ h2 g5 39.hg5 l:lg5 40. ~g1 l:le5
41 .'i'c2 • hs 42.'ilt'd3 l:lh6 43 .~g2
'i'h2 44. 1 l:lf6 45.l:lbc1 l:le3
46.llc3 • g3 47. • d4 '*'f2X 0-1
Variation C
12 ... c5
Polgar,Judit
Banusz,Tamas
Warsaw 2011 (12)
1.e4 e5 2. f3 c6 3.~b5 a6 4. ~a4
<tlge7 5.(H) g6 6.c3 ~g7 7.d4 ed4
8.cd4 b5 9. ~b3 (H) 1O.ti)c3 ti)aS
11.~c2 d6 12.h3 c5 13.~g5 h6
14.~h4 g5 15.~g3 ti)c4 16.b3!?
[16.l:lb1 ti)c6 17.ti)e2 g4 1B.hg4 ~g4'l'
WleCZorek·Banusz, Krakow 2011 ) 16... 3
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24 .~a5 'it'a5 25.-.b3+-] 21 ... dcS
22.lt:lgS l:tf8? [22 ...b3! 23. ~b1 (23.~b3
lt:lb3 24.'it'b3 ~c6 25.~c3 l:tab8 26.'it'c4
~c3 27.bc3;!;) 23 ...l:ted8 24.lt:ll7 l:td7
25.e5 l:t17 26 .~a5 c4 27.l:te2 'it'c5
28.'it'e1 l:te8 29. ~c3 ±] 23 . ~e3 l:tacS
24~f7! WhS [24 ... : 17 25.lt:ll7 c;t;>t?
26.'it'd7 c;t;>g8 (26...c;t;>IS 27.'it'c8! ~c8
28.~c5) 27:tlte6 c;t;>h8 28.l:tc5 'it'a8 29.l:ta5
: ea 30.'it'l7+-l 2s.J:tcS? [25.~e6!+ -;
25.'it'g4 'it'b6 26. ~ h5 27.l:tc5 l:tc5
28.~c5 'it'c5 29.~g6] 2S •.•: cs
26.lt:le6?1 [26.'it'd6!? l:tc6 (26...l:tlc8
27.~e6) 27.'it'l8 ~18 28.~7+-]
26 •••'it'b8! [26 ... : 17 27.'it'd8 ~18 28.~c5
'it'a8 29.'it'a5+-] 27.lt:lf8 'it'f8 28.~c5
'ireS 29.'it'd8 ~f8! [29..."it'l8 30.'it'c7
~16 31 .l:tc1+- l 30.l:td1 'it>g7 31 ~dS
~c8 [31...~e7 32.'ilfg8 c;t;>h6 33."it'e6 'it'c2
34.l:tl1 ~c5 35.'ilfl6+-] 32.'ife8 ~e7? !
33 .• f7? [33.~g81?] 33...'it>h6 34.'ilff4
~gs 35.-.g3 -.c2 36.'it'f3 'ireS
37.g3?! [37.h41~e7 38.~g8 'it'h5 39.-.14
g5 40.hg5 'it;>g7 41.l:tc1 +- l 37... 'it'e7
38.h4 ~f6 39.'ife3 'it>g7 40.-.b6
• ds 41 .-.b4 lt:lc6 42.'ifc5 ~g4?!
[42 ...lt:le5 43.'it'a7 c;t;>h6 44.c;t;>g2 ~g4
45.l:tc1 ~13 46.c;t;>l1+-] 43.l:tc1 lt:le7
44.'it'c7 'it'c7 45.l:tc7 c;t;>tS 46.b4 ~e5
47.l:ta7 ~c3 48.l:ta6 lt:ldS 49.edS
~b4? [49 ...~13 50.b5 ~d5 51.l:ta7]
50.l:tf6
Hou Yifan
1-0
M/ 10-7-80
Erenburg,Sergey
Gofshtein,Zvulon (Leonid)
Ashdod 2004 (7)
1.e4 eS 2.lt:lf3 lt:lc6 3. ~ bS lt:lge7
4.o-o g6 S.c3 a6 6. ~a4 ~g7 7.d4
ed4 8.cd4 o-o 9.dS bS 1 o. ~b3 lt:laS
11.~d2 [11.d6 cd6 12.'ilfd6 lt:lb7 13.'ilfl4
(13.'it'g3 lt:lc5 14.'ilfh4 d5 15.lt:lc3 lt:lb3
16.ab3 b4 17.lt:la4 de4 18.'it'e4 ~e6:f
Neiksans-Howell, Porto Carras Ech-tt 2011 )
13...lt:lc5 14.l:td1 d5 15 .~d5 lt:ld5 16.ed5
~15 17.lt:lc3 lt:ld3+ Shomoev-Zviagintsev,
Moscow 201 1] 11 ...lt:lb3 [ 11... ~b2 1?
1 2 .~a5 ~a 1 13.d6 c6] 12.'it'b3 d6
13. ~c3 cS 14.dc6 [14 .~g7 'it>g7 15.h3
I.Sokolov] 14... ~e6 1S.'ilfa3 lt:lc6
[1 5... ~c3 16.lt:lc3 lt:lc6] 16. ~g7 'it>g7
17.'it'c3 tOeS 18.lt:leS deS 19.'ifeS
'ilff6 20. 'ilff6 'it>f6 21.lt:lc3 l:tfd8
22.l:tad1 b4 23.lt:ldS ~dS 24.edS
l:tac8 2S.l:td2 l:tcS 26.l:tfd1 [26.d6;!;]
26 •..'it>e7 27.f4 'it>d6 28.c;t;>t2 Y:!-Y:!
 Ru ez
The Accelerated Gajewski Gambit
by Larry Kaufman
1. e4 e5 FORUM by Kuzmin in Yearbook
2. tLlf3 tLlc6 I02) in a related line, which to-
3. ~b5 a6 gether can form the heart of a
4. ~a4 tLlf6 gambit-style defence to the
5. 0-0 i.e7 Spani h without having to play
6. l:le1 b5 the heavily analysed Mar hall
7. ~b3 0-0 Gambit. The common element i
the move ... d7-d5 .
To play the new gambit, fir t you
mu t ca tie on move 7, ' threaten-
ing' to play the Mar hall. In
high-level play, 8.h3 wa the
main move (avoiding the Mar-
shall) until Kamsky ' novelty
this year (see page I07) pretty
much killed it as a eriou try for
advantage, as we will analy e
here. Since 8.a4 b4 i not gener-
ally con idered very promi ing
Reader of the Yearbook will be for White, many grandmaster
familiar with the Gajew ki Gam- who reach thi s po ition are re-
bit in the Spanish, which ari e verting to allowing the Mar hall
after l .e4 e5 2.tLlf3 ttJc6 3. ~b5 with 8.c3. In my opinion, White
a6 4.~a4 tLlf6 5.0-0 ~e7 6.l:lel can retain at least a mall edge in
bS 7. ~b3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 tLJa5 a couple of Mar hall line , so the
IO. ~c2 d5! ?. It wa anaJy ed in Mar hall, while sound enough,
Yearbook 88 and again in Joel doe not refute 8.c3.
Benjamin ' column in Yearb ok
99. Although it cored well ini- A Blunder?
tially, wa played by Carlsen, Instead of 8 ... d5 , Gajew ki, de-
and wa poken well of by fending again t Solodovni-
Benjamin, the current theoretical chenko, played 8 ... tLla5 !?,
verdict i that it i omewhat du- eemingly blundering
biou , and it ha largely vani shed e-pawn. Thi pawn-offer ha
from high-level play. been played many time before,
Then uddenly thi year, but almo t alway by unrated or
Grzegorz Gajewski truck back very low-rated (around 1500
with a new, improved ver ion of Elo) players, who were almo t
the gambit. Thi article covers certainly ju t blundering the
both thi new gambit and a nov- pawn. However computer anal-
elty by Kam ky (discus ed in the y i how that it i a fully cor-
Anti-Marshall Variation RL 17.2 (CBS)
rect gambit. Black generally get
the bi hop pair in an open po i-
tion a well a a lead in develop-
ment for the pawn , which hould
be enough. In any event, Solo-
dovnichenko declined the pawn
and played 9. ~c2 , after which it
i far from obvious how Black
benefit from hi gambit.
Gajew ki ' an wer wa 9 ... d5! ,
reaching exactly the arne po i-
tion a in hi original gambit, but
with the white pawn on h2
in tead of h3 .
Thi clearly benefit Black. It
turn out, a we will ee, that in
mo t line it turn a dubiou
gambit into a correct one, and
even in the one ca e where it
makes no immediate difference,
the Black's chance improve appre-
ciably.
A couple of points need to be
made about the hi tory and credit
for the line. Fir t, Gajew ki wa
not the first to play the new gam-
bit; that honor belong to Oleg
Shakhnazarov, a 2165-rated
player from the US who defeated
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Grzegorz Gaj ewski
a much lower-rated opponent
(Yuan Wang) in San Francisco in
20 I0. However, White played
poorly and lo t in 21 moves, so
the game was probably not no-
ticed by grandma ters then. It
should al o be mentioned that
GM Alexey Bezgodov (the au-
thor of an amazing booklet on
l .e4 c5 2.a3 !?) played the 8 ... tt:la5
gambit idea twice in the late
1990 , but again t 8.h3, not
agai n t 8.c3. The motivation for
the gambit i obvious after 8.h3,
ince White cannot decline with-
out lo iog the bishop pair for
nothing. But it turn out that the
gambit i probably more correct
again t 8.c3 though even again t
8. h3 it i quite pl ayable. See the
analy is in the two Bezgodov
game in this Survey. I would
even go so far a to recommend it,
except for the fact that Kam ky 's
novelty looks like an even better
way to meet 8. h3. Anyway, a ide
from all the e coo ideration ,
Gajew ki clearly deserve the
credit for the new gambit, ince it
i reall y a refinement of his origi-
nal line, and he was the fir t to
play the new line at high level.
Unfortunately due to the Shakh-
nazarov game, it might not be eli-
gible for Yearbook Novelty of the
Year in 201 2!
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White Accepts
Let's tart by aoal y ing the
acceptance of the fir t ga mbit
8.c3 tt:la5 !? 9.tt:le5 tt:l b3.
Lf White recapture with the
pawn, after 10.ab3 ~b7 l l .d3
d5 , he can try to keep hi booty
by l 2.ed5 ( 12.f3 .l:[e8 is already
betterforB iack) 12 ... d51 3.f3 ,
but after 13 .. ..1:He8 14. d4 J:tad8
Black' active bi shop pair and
significantly uperior develop-
ment offer more than enough for
the pawn . So I 0 .~3 i better,
when after IO ... ..ib7 I l.d3 d5
l2.ed5 (or 12.tt:ld2 ~d6 13.ed5
l:te8 l4.tt:ldf3 .idS , with full
compen ation) 12 ... 'ifd5 13. d5
lLld5 the queen trade at least
avoid any direct attack. Still , the
bi hop pai r tend to be worth
more without queen than with ,
and even here Black retains
enough developme nt advantage
to neutra li ze White' light ma-
teri al plu of pawn v . bi hop
pair. 1 think that anyone who
would play the Mar hall (or
almo t any other real ga mbit)
would be happy to play thi line
a Black.
White Declines
[f you accept the above conclu-
ion then it fo llows that the
Accelerated Gajew ki Gambit is
uperior to the original one. ow
we mu t con ider exactly how
the exclu ion of h2-h3 benefits
Black in the line where White
dec Unes the gambit.
After 8.c3 tt:la5 9.~c2 d5! ?
White has two tries for advan-
tage 10.d4 and 10.ed5 . If instead
IO.tt:le5 then 10...de4 ll.d4
(1 l. ~e4? tt:le4 12.l:te4 f6 13. tt:lf3
~f5 14.l:te l ..id3, with a cru h-
ing bind) ll ...ed3 1 2. ~d3
(12. d3 d3 13.tt:ld3 l:te8= )
12 ... ~d6 13.tt:l f3 ~b7=. Or if
IO. d3 de4 I I .de4 d I 12 ..l:[d I
(Burg- He ndri k ) l2 ... ..ib7
13.tt:l bd2 J:[fd8 !=.
So let' exa mine I O. d4 which i
a very strong move in the origi-
i.. .
nal Gajewski line.
.tif
' .t.t.i.l
~
''
~ ~
ttJ
~~Ji.. ~~~
~ tt:J~ 'iY~ ~
Here Black rep lie IO... ed4
( IO... .ig4 i al o pl ayabl e, fo r
example I l.ed5 ed4 12.cd4 lLlc4
I 3.tt:lc3 ~b4= or ll .h3 ..ih5
l2.ed5 ed4 l 3.cd4 tt:lc4 14.tt:lbd2
tt:lb6= but ll .tt:lbd2 ed4 12.e5
tt:ld7 13.cd4 c5 14. h3 ..ih5
15 ...if5 or ll. .. de4 12. tt:le4 ed4
13. d3 g6 1 4. ~h 6 J:te8 15.tt:le5
i a bit better for White due to the
offs ide knight on a5) ll .e5
( ll.ed5 ~b7 l2.cd4 tt:ld5=)
ll.. .tt:le4 12.cd4 ( 12.tt:ld4 f6!
13.ef6 ..if6 14.f3 ~e5 15.g3 c5
16. tt:lb3 tt:lb3 17.ab3 ..ig3 !, when
Black will reach an eq ual end-
game or get perpetual check in
all lines) 12 ... ~g4! (thi move,
taking advantage of the ab ence
of h2-h3, improves on the Ga-
jewski ga me) 13 ...ie4 ( 13. tt:lc3
tt:lc3 14.bc3 tt:lc4=) 13 ... de4
14.l:te4 .ih5! 15.tt:lc3 f6. Black's
better development, bishop pair,
pin , and pre sure on the centre
are ea ily worth the paw n.

o it eem th at White ha noth-
ing better than to play to win a
pawn with I O.ed5 e4 I l . ~e4
(ll .tlJg5 i a maj or line with
h2-h3 incl uded, but n there, due
to ll. .. ~g4) ll. .. tlJe4 12J:te4.
Black can rega in one f hi. two
pawns either with 12 ... ~b7
planning ... ~d 5, or with
12... l:e , planning ... d5,
whi h are of about equ al merit.
!though White cored 62 per
cent in 45 grandma ter-level
game in the analogou po iti on
wi th h2-h3 incl uded, clearly the
move h2-h is help ful for White,
and in any case Bl ack almo t al-
way replied ... ~b7, which may
not be the best. A fter 12 .. .l:e8,
both 13. d4 and 13.d3 are eri u
tries for ad antage, o we mu t
analyse both .
fter 13.d4 d5 14.tlJbd2
( 14.'t!t'e2 d7! 15. e5 ~d5 , of-
fering a repetition or 15... f5!?
if you mu t wi n) 14 ... ~e6 15.b
f6 1 6. ~b2 ~ f7 1 7. h 3 b7 1 .c4
(if 18.l:te l d7 19.tbe4 l:ad8
Black ha uperi r development
and the bi hop pair for the pawn;
nearl y enough) 18... d7
19. I bc4 20. b 4
ha ub tantial compen ation.
The alternati e i 13.d3 d5
14. e2! d8 15.tlJbd2!
( 1 5. ~ f4 ~b7 16.l:e3 g5!=)
15... c5 16.l:e3! c6 17.h3 ~ f5 .
when Bl ack ha m devel p-
m nt and pre ur on d to com-
pen ate for hi 'half-paw n
deficit as 1 like to call the bi hop
pair or a pawn for the bi hop pair.
Probably White i objecti ely
bener but Bl ack hould have le-
cent practi cal chance .
If Black opt for 12... ~b7, we
ca n expect 13.d4 l:e8 14. bd2!
( 1 4. ~ f4 tbc4 15 .b3 tlJb6= or
14.l:te l d5=). Black cored 2
out of 4 from her in the analo-
gous po ition wi th the white
pawn on h3. ow both captur
are rea onable. Let' chao e
14... d5, when 15.b3! i be t
(never pl ayed in the po ition
with the pawn on h3). Then per-
hap 15... c5 1 6 .~a3! b4 1 7. ~b2
d7 18.l:e l cd4 19.cd4 l:ad8
20. c2 ~d 5 2 1.l:l.ac I c6
22. h3 h6 23. d b7. White i
urely better with hi extra
pa ed (but i alated) pawn for
the bi hop pair, but Bl ack'
bl ockade and the li ghtl y bad
white bi h p hould give Bl ack
at lea t near-equality.
I hould mention that the engine
(K modo and Houdini both
con ider the e gambit line to
favour Wh ite omewhat. En-
gine ha e impr ed dramati-
ca ll y in recent year in their
abili ty to j udge compen ation
for materi al, but are still in ferior
to grandma ter in that kill , I
think . Grandma ter Roman
Dzindzicha hvili helped w ith
the analysi of the gambit line
and concl uded that although
Bl ack i n t fully equal, hi com-
pensati on hould be nough to
draw in hi gh-level pl ay.
Kamsky's Novelty
T here i not much po int in talk-
ing about an alternative to the
M ar hall if White can profitably
a oid both line with .h3. The
rath r subtle idea behind 8.h3 is
th at after 8... ~b7 (the only rna e
to try to puni h White for avoid-
ing the M ar hall) 9.d (not
9. 3?! d5!=, with a much im-
pro ed M ar hall) 9 ... d6 I O.a3,
Survey RL 17.2
the b7-bishop bite on granite
and would rather be on c8 to
come to e6. The way to j u ti fy
the bi hop' po ition on b7 i
9... d5, but thi gambi t had a
slightly dodgy reputati n after
I O.ed5 tlJd5 II . e5 d4 when
Bl ack get the bi h p pair but not
mu h el e for the pawn. Of
cour e I 1. .. e5 12.l:e5 i orne-
time played, but it turn out that
onl y the rare move 12... d6!
give good play for the pawn.
ow, after 13. l:l.el l:ae8!
14. d2, Bl ack pl ayed the poor
move 14... g6 . 40 year ago in
Kava lek-Harandi . Kam ky im-
proved greatly on th i against
Ga himo with 14 ...c5! Ia t Jan-
uar y, after which I am unable to
fi nd even a trace fan ad anlage
for White. Here are , orne line :
.t
'
) 15. f3 d7 16. e4 c4!
17.dc4 tbf6 I . d l c6 19.cb5
ab5 20.tlJ f6 ~f6 2 l .f3 c7
22 .~d2 (22.Wh I ~f3!) 22 ... l:d8
23.l:e2 ~b2 24.l:b I ~d4 25. ~h I
h 7. Black' compen ation for
the pawn i quite obviou here;
B) 15. e4 c6 16.c4 b6
17.cb5 ( 17.f3 ~h4 18.l:e3 l:d8,
and aga in the compen ation i
apparent) 17... ab5 I .'t!t' f3 c4
19.d 4 tbc4! 20 .~c4 bc4 2 1. ~ f4
l:td8. With idea li ke .. .f7-f5
and/or ... l:td3, a nasty pin, and
the bi hop pair, Bl ack clearly ha
full compen ation f r the pawn;
C) 15.a4 c4! (Ku zmi n ana-
ly ed 15... c7 to equa lity or
com pen ation, but I wa n ' t full y
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convinced) 16.dc4 lbf4 17.4Jf3
lbg2! l8 ...Wd6 4Je l 19 ...Wb6 4Jf3
20.Wg2 lbh4 2 1.Wh2 with per-
petual check;
D) The Kam ky game went
15.c3, when hj 15 ... ..Q.d8 uf-
ficed for equality, but I prefer
15 ... ..Wg6 16.4Jf3 ..Q.d6 17 ...Q.d2
lb f4 18 ...Q.f4 ~f4. With pre ure
on the king and on d3 and the
bi hop pair for the pawn, I prefer
Black' chance .
Declining Kamsky's Gambit
If White decline the pawn by
ll.a4 lbd4! l2.4Jbd2!,
tv • Conclusion
1..1. 1..t..t..t.
.t.
.t.
~ with the idea of a quick ... d7-d5,
~ ~ ttJ
~~tjj ~~
1::[ . 'iWl::t
Black hould play 12 ... 4Jb3
13.lbb3 f6 14.lLla5 1i'c8 l5 .lbb7
'itb7 l6.4Jh4 l:fe8 l7.4Jf5 ..Q.f8
18.h4 (Bologan-Krujakin) L8 ... g6
with equality. Or if ll.lbbd2 lbf4
l2.lbe4 lba5 13 ...Q.f4 lbb3 14.ab3
ef4 15.d4l:e8 16 ...Wd3 (Topalov-
Svidler) 16...h6! 17.l:adl ..Q.b4
18.c3 ..Wd5!=.
One Final Note
If White avoid the above gam-
bit with 8.a4 b4 9.c3 (9.d3 i
better, while if 9.d4 d6 I O.de5 I
recommend the uncommon
IO.. .lbe5=) then agajn we play
9 ... d5! a in the Mar hall. After
IO.ed5 4Jd5 ll .lbe5 4Je5 12.l:e5
..Q.b7 13.d4 ..Q.f6 Black get full
compen ation for the pawn,
more than in the Mar hall
proper.
The twin repertoire ba ed on
Gajew kj novelty again t 8.c3
and Kam ky' again t 8.h3 , both
i a very dynamic one that give
~ rea onable if not full com pen a-
tion for the pawn, almo t alway
in the form of the bi hop pair on
an open board plu orne other
factor , whjJe avoiding the mas-
ive theory of the Mar hall. Fur-
thermore, Black is not o clearly
limjted to a draw a in orne
Marshall line .
There i no doubt that the Accel-
erated Gajew kj Gambit i upe-
rior to the original one, and in my
view it is a rea onable alternative
to the Mar hall Gambit. One
down ide compared to the Mar-
hall i that Black often end up
with a-, b-, and d-pawn (v .
abed) in the Mar hall which
eem to make White' extra
pawn le valuable than when it
i a, b, and c v . a, b, c, and d a
in the Gajew ki. Black' main
problem i finding a good role
for the aS-knight.
A for the Kam ky Gambit, it ap-
pears to be totally correct and of
huge theoretical importance.
Perhap we will ee an increa e
in the popularity of 8.a4 and of
6.d3, a White now ha to worry
about both the Mar hall and the
Accelerated Gajewski if he play
8.c3 and the Kam ky Gambit (as
well a Bezgodov' 8... aS!.) if
he play 8.h3. Already in the Tal
Memorial the e two alternative
were preferred by White, along
with 6 ...Q.c6, and, e p cially, the
cotch rather than the pani h.
White never once allowed Black
to play the line cover d in thi
article.

The Accelerated Gajewski
8.c3 ti:J a5
Solodovnichenko, Yury
Gajewski,Grzegorz
Maastricht 2012 (7)
1.e4 e5 2.lt:lf3 tt:lc6 3 ..ib5 a6
4 ..ia4 tt:lf6 5.0-0 .ie7 6.J:te1 b5
7 ..ib3 0-0 8.c3 tt:la5 9 ..ic2 d5
10.d4?1 (10.edSI e4 11 ..ie4 tt:le4
12.J:te4 J:te8 (12 ....ib7 13.d4 J:te8
14.tt:lbd2! •ds 1S.b3 cS 16..ia3 b4
17..ib2 • d7 {17 ... bc3 18 ..ic3 tt:lc6
19.dcS .icS 20.1t'e2 tt:le7~) 18.J:te1 cd4
19.cd4 J:tad8 20.1t'c2 .idS 21 .J:tac1 c6
22.h3 h6 23.1t'd3 Wb7 24.tt:lc4 W bS~)
13.d3 {13.d4 1t'dS 14.tt:lbd2 .ie6 1S.b3 16
16..ib2 .if7 17.h3 tt:lb7 18.c4 1t'd7
19.1t'c1 bc4 20.bc4 1t'a4 ~) 13... 1t'dS
14 ....e2 1t'd8 1S.tt:lbd2 cS 16.J:te3 tt:lc6
17.h3 .itS 18.tt:lb3 1t'd7 19.d4 cd4
20.tt:lbd4 tt:ld4 21 .tt:ld4 .ig6~]
1 o...ed4 {10....ig4 11.tt:lbd2!;!;] 11 .e5
{11 .edS .ib7 12.cd4 dS 13.tt:lc3 tt:lc3
14.bc3 tt:lc4=] 11 ... tt:le412.cd4 {12. d4
16 13.e6 {13.ef6 .if6 14.13 .ieS 1S.g3 cS
16.tt:lb3 tt:lb3 17.ab3 .ig3oo Black should
get at least perpetual check or a pleasant
endgame) 13... c5 14.tt:lfS .ie6 1S.tt:le7
• e7 16.13 tt:ld6 17 ....dS .idS 18.J:te7
tt:lc6= Black's development offsets White's
bishop pair] 12 ...f5?! [12 ....ig4! 13..ie4
{13.tt:lc3 c3 14.bc3 tt:lc4=) 13... de4
14.J:te4 .ihS 1S.tt:lc3 16= Black has full
compensation] 13.ef6 .if6 14.tt:lc3
c3 15.bc3 .ig4 16.1t'd3 [16 ..ia31
J:te8 17.h3 J:te1 18.1t'e1 .it3 19.W'e6
\PhS 20.gl3 Wg8 21 .J:te1 ;!;] 16 ... g6
17..ih6 (17 ..ia3 .itS 18.W'd1 .ic2

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19.'i'c2 J:le8=] 17... j,.f3 18.'itf3 j,.g7=
19.'\lfh3 'Wf6 20.J:le2 [20.13 ~h6
21.'i'h6 tt::lc4=] 20... · 6 21 . h6 J:lae8
22.'i'd2 tt::\c4 23.'ird3 tt::\d6 24.g3?
'i'f3+ 25. 'irf3 J:lf3 26.J:le8 tt::le8
27. · 3 c6 28. J:lc1 tt::\d6 29. ~d1 J:ld3
30-.ie2 J:ld2 31.~g4 liJfS?! 32.a4
33.ab5 abS 34 .~f5 gfS 35.Wg2
36. Wd6 37.We3 J:la2 38.h3
[38.J:lb1=] 38...c5 39.dc5 <;t;>cS 40.g4
fg4 41.hg4 J:la4 42.J:lh1 Wc4 43.J:lh7
'tt>c3 44.J:ld7 [44.g5=] 44...d4
45.'tt>e4?? J:lc4-+ 46.g5 b4 47.g6
b3 48.g7 b2 49.J:lb7 d3 50.We3 J:lc8
51 .g8'tlt' J:lg8 52.J:lc7 Wb3 53.J:lb7
2 54.J:lc7 1Pd1 55.J:lb7 d2 56.J:lb2
J:le8 57.1Pd3 J:ld8 58.1Pe4 1 liJc4 21.Wg2 liJb6) 20... f5 21 .f3 g6]
59.J:ld2 <;t;>d2 60.14 J:le8 61.1Pd4 w e2
62.15 63.f6 4 0- 1
Wang, Yuan
Shakhnazarov,Oieg
San Francisco 2010 (2)
1.e4 eS 2.liJf3 liJc6 3 .~ b5 a6 4 .~a4
tt::\16 5.0-0 bS 6.j,.b3 ~e7 7.J:le1 0-0
8.c3 tt::laS 9 . ~c2 dS 10. eS?! de4=
11.~e4?! [11 .d4 ed3=] 11 ...liJe4
12.J:le4 16 13.liJf3 cS [13 ... j,.fS'f]
14.d4 J:le8 15. ~f4? [15.J:le1 cd4=]
15...~15? [15 ... g5!'f] 16.J:le3?
[16.J:le1!] 16 ... tt::lc4= 17.J:le2 "i!i'd7
18.b3? liJb6:f
19.liJbd2? tt::\d5-+ 20. ~e3 liJc3
21. 'irf1 j,.d3 0-1
Burg,Twan
Hendriks,Koos
Den Bosch 2011
1.e4 eS 2.liJf3 liJc6 3 .~ b5 a6 4.j,.a4
liJf6 5.0-0 bS 6. ~b3 ~e7 7. J:le1 0-0
8.c3 liJaS 9.~c2 [9.liJe5! liJb3 (9... ~b7
10. ~c2 d5 11.b4 liJc4 12.tt::lc4 dc4 13.e5
liJd5) 10.ab3 ~b7 11.f3 d6 {11...d5 12.ed5
liJd5 13.d4 c5 14.c4 liJb4 15.d5 j,.d6 16.f4
'i'c7 17.tt::lc3 J:lae8 18. ~d2 f6 19.liJf3
~f4 20.liJe4; RR 11 ... c5! 12.d4 cd4 13.cd4
d5 14.ed5 liJd5~ Kaufman) 12.liJd3 c5
13.liJf4 'i'c7 14.d4t ] 9 ... d5 1 O.d3 de4
[10 ... ~g411."i!i'e2 de412.de4 c513.liJbd2
~h5] 11 .de4 [d5 en f5 are nice squares
for White, d3 and f4 for Black] 11 ... 'i' d1
[11...'ird6 12."i!i'e2 ~g4 13.h3 ~13 1Hi'f3
J:lfd8 15.liJd2 c5 16.liJf1 "i!i'e6 17.liJe3
J:la7 18.b3] 12.J:ld1 ~g4 13.liJbd2
J:lfd8 14.J:le1 ~d6 15.h3 ~d7
16.liJf1 h6 17.liJe3 cS 18 .~d2
[1B.liJd5 liJd5 19.ed5 J:leB 20.liJd2 (20.g4
18.•.c4
19.J:lad1 [19.liJd5!? liJd5 20.ed5 J:leB 21 .b3
f5 22.b4 tt::\b7 23.a4 e4 (23... a5? 24.ab5 ab4
25.cb4 J:la1 26.J:la1 ~ 27.j,.f5) 24.tt::ld4
~e5 25.liJc6 ~16=] 19...liJb7 20.~c1
[20.liJf5 ~5 21.ef5 J:le8 22.liJh2 e4 23.~e3
~c5=] 20...~c7 21.b3 [21 .tt::\d5 tt::\d5
22.ed5 16 23~e3 liJd6 24.liJd2 ~c8 25~g6
~7] 21 ... tt::lc5? [21...~e6! 22.J:ld8 (22.bc4
J:ld1 23.J:ld1 tt::\d6!) 22... J:ld8 23.bc4 bc4
(23... liJd6 24.tt::ld5t) 24.~3!=] 22.bc4
tt::lce4? [22 .. ~e6 23.liJd5 j,.d6] 23.~e4
ttJe4 24. 5+- tt::lc3 25. 3 · 5
26~d2 b4 27.liJd5 4 28.J:lc1 f6
29.a3 1-0
Burg
Nikitina,Eiena
Bene,Aiina
St Petersburg 2008 {8)
1.e4 eS 2.liJf3 liJc6 3 .~ b5 a6 4. ~a4
liJf6 5.0-0 bS 6.~b3 ~e7 7.J:le1 0-0
8.c3 liJaS 9.liJe5 b3 10.ab3?!
[10. 'irb3! ~b7 11 .d3 d5 12.ed5 "t!i'd5
13.'ird5 liJd5 14.d4 ~d6 15.liJd2 J:lfe8
Survey RL 17.2
16.liJb3 f6 17.liJd3 .J:le1 18.liJe1 .J:le8
19.liJd3 ~c8 Black's superior development
and bishop pair offset White's extra pawn]
10... ~ b7 11 .d3 dS 12.13? [12.ed5
'*'d5=. This shows why White should
recapture on b3 with the queen]
12•.. ~d6? [12 ... .J:le8! 13.ed5 liJd5 14.d4
~d6. With attacking chances and the
bishop pair for the pawn, Black is for
choice] 13.ed5? [13.liJI7! .J:lf7 14.e5t]
13... liJd5 14.c4?! liJb4 15.d4 .J:le8
[15 ... 'irh4!f ] 16.liJc3? [16.cb5 'i'h4=]
16•..16 [16... c5!+] 17.tt::ld3?? liJd3-+
18 ..J:le8 "i!i'e8 19.c5 ~14 20. ~f4 liJf4
2U i'd2 dS 22.J:le1 'irf7 23.liJd5
~dS 24.b4 J:le8 25.h3 .J:le1 26. "i!i'e1
'ilfe6 27."i!i'd2 ~c4 28.<;f;>h2 gS
29.'i'c3 'iriS 30.b3 ~dS 31 .'ira1
'ire6 32.'Wa5 '*'c8 33.'Wa2 ~b7
34.'ire2 'ird7 35.h4 gh4 36.'ire3
~dS 37."i!i'f4 'irg7 38.'irf5 g3
39.'1t;>h1 e1 40.Wh2 'ire6 41 . 14
'irf7 42.'Wg4 Wh8 43.'*'c8 '*'98
44.'ira6 c6 45.'*'b7 'iig3 46.Wh1
h3 47.gh3 'i'f3 48.1Ph2 'it'f2X 0-1
Bezgodov 's Move
8 .h3 tt:J a5
Kalod,Radek
Bezgodov,Aiexey
Pardubice 1996 (7)
1.e4 eS 2.tt::lf3 liJc6 3.j,.b5 a6 4. ~a4
liJf6 5.0-0 j,.e7 6 ..J:le1 bS 7. ~ b3 0-0
8.h3 liJa5!?
.i .i.'if .i .
.l.l.i..l.l.l
.,.
.l
~
ttJ ~
~~~~ ~~
~ tt:J.i'i!V tl ~
9.liJe5 liJb3 1O.ab3 ~ b7 11 .d3 dS
12.ed5 tt::\dS?! [12 ... 'i'd5! 13. 13
(13."i!i'l3 ~d6 14.d4 .J:laeB~) 13... .J:lfe8
14.j,.f4 'i'd7~. Pemaps Black's compen-
sation is not quite worth the pawn, but it's a
109
close call] 13. ~c3? [13.d4!;!;J 13..•~f6?
[ 13...~b4 1 =J 14. dS? [14.'iif3!±J
14...1t'dS= 1S.'i!Yf3? 'iieS - + 16JleS
~f3 17.l%cS ~b7 18.l%c7 ~dS
19.c4 l%fe8 20.~e3 ~b2 21.l%a2
~es 22.l%a7 l%a7 23. ~a7 ~b7
24.d4 ~d6 2S.l%a1 ~b4 26.dS bc4
27.bc4 aS 28. ~e3 fS 29.l%d1
30.g3 l%c8 31.l%c1 a4 32.l%b1 l%c4
0-1
Kovalev,Andrey
Bezgodov,Aiexey
Minsk 1998 (5)
1.e4 eS 2.~f3 ~c6 3.~bS a6 4 · 4
~f6 S.()...{) ~e7 6.l%e1 bS 7 · ()...{)
8.h3 S!? 9. ~es b3 10.ab3 ~b7
11 .d3 dS 12.edS ~dS [12 ...1t'd5!
13.~13 (13.'ii13 ~d6 14.d4 (14.1t'd5 ~5=)
14 ...l%ae8~) 13... l%1e8 14 .~f4 1t'd7~J
13.~c3? [13.d4;!;J 13...~f6? [13... b4!=J
14.~d2 cs 1S.1t'f3 1t'd6 16. g4
~c3 17~c3 [17.bc3± J 17...fS?
18.t-oe3 f419.~ds ~ds 20.1t'g4 l%a7
21 .f3 l%af7 22.~es 1t'h6 23.h4 ~b7
24.1t'gS 1fb6 2S.hS c4 26.d4 cb3
27.cb3 h6 28.t+'g6 1fd8 29.l%ac1
~c8 30.l%e2 aS 31.l%cS i.fS 32.1fc6
~d3 33.l%f2 'iih4 34.~d6 l%d8
3S.l%eS lt;>h7 36 .~cs 'iig3 37.l%d2
[37.d5+-J 37...i.fS? 38.'iibS+- l%dS
39.'i!fe2 l%fd7 40.~e7? lt;>h8?
41 .l%dS? l%dS 42.'iif2 ~e6 43.'iig3
fg3 44.i.h4 l%hS 4S~g3 l%bS
46.l%e2 ~b3;t 47.l%e7 c;t;>g8 48~e1
a4 49.~c3 l%gS SO.c;t;>t2 hS S1 .l%a7
l%dS S2.l%b7 h4 S3.1t;>g1 gS 54.1t;>h2
l%fS SS.l%e7 g4? 56.fg4 l%f2 S7.l%eS
l%f1 58.l%hS l%c1 S9.l%h4
S9...a3 60.ba3+ - l%c3 61 .l%h3 l%c4
62.l%b3 l%d4 63.l%b4 l%d2 64.a4
lt;>g7 6S.aS l%a2 66.l%bS l%a3 67.g3
110
lt;>g6 68.'ittg2 l%c3 69. 2 l%a3
70.gS 'ittg7 71 .g4 ~96 72.l%eS l%a4
73. 3 l%b4 74. ~e3 l%g4 7S.It;>d3
l%b4 76.'ittc3 1-0
Kamsky 's Novelty
8.h3 ~ b7
Kavalek,Lubomir
Harandi,Khosro
Skopje ol 1972 (1 )
1.e4 eS 2 . ~f3 ~c6 3. ~ bS a6 4. ~a4
~f6 S.0-0 i.e7 6. ~b3 0-0 7.l%e1 b5
8.h3 i.b7 9.d3 dS 1O.edS ~dS
11. ~es ~es 12.l%es 1t'd6! 13.l%e1
l%ae8! 14. ~d2
14... 'it'g6? [14 ...c51=J 1S.'ifg4
[15.'i+'f3! ± J 1S... ~b4?! [15 ... 'it'g4
16.hg4;!;J 16.l%e8 l%e8 17.~e4 fS
18.1t'g6 hg6 19. ~d2 i.d2 20. d2±
l%e2?! 21 .1t;>f1 l%e7 22.l%e1
23.l%e7 'itte7 24.i.dS i-dS 2S.c4
i.b7 26.b4 lt;>d6 27. ~ b3 bc4
28.dc4 i.e4 29. ~c1 ?! cS 30.f3
i.b7?! 31.a3 cb4 32.ab4 aS 33.baS
· 6 34.f4? [34 .~d3 ! + - l 34... ~c4
3S. lt;>cS 36. ~e2 lt;>bS 37.~d4
c;t;>as 38 . ~c6 lt;>bS 39.~es ~cs
40. ~g6 lt;>d6 41 .g3 i.e6 42. ~eS
i-dS 43.1t;>e3 i.g2 44.h4 i.dS
4S. ~d4 i.a2 46.~c4 lt;>e6 47. e3
~b1 48.1t;>cS i.e4 49. ~c4 ~g2
SO.~d6 i.f1 S1. ~e8 c;t;>t7 S2 . ~c7
lt;>e7 S3.1t;>dS ~e2 S4.1t;>eS g6
SS .~dS S6.1t;>d6 i.t3 S7.~b6
~e2 S8. ~d7 ~d1 S9. ~es
60. ~c6 c;t;>t7 61. ~d4 6 62.lt;>d7
~a4 63.1t;>d6 c;t;>t7 64.~f3
6S. ~es ~bS 66.1t;>c7 ~e2 67.1t;>d6
i.f1 68.~d7 c;t;>t7 69.1t;>eS i.e2
70. ~f6 i.d3 71. ~d7 ~e2 72. b6
~d1 73. ~c4 i.e2 74 . ~ b6 ~d1
7S . ~c4 i.e2 76. ~e3 i.f3 n. ~fS
gfS 78. s ~e2 79.g4 c;t;>g7 80.c;t;>gs
i.d1 81 .fS ~e2 82. 4 ~d1 83.hS
~e2 84.lt;>g3 i.d1 8S.'itth4 i.c2
86.1t;>gS i.d1 87.h6 lt;>h7 88.1t;>hS
~g4 89 . ~g4 'itth6 90. 4 'ittg7
91 .'ittgS Y.!-~
Gashimov,Vugar
Kamsky,Gata
W ijk aan Zee 2012 (2)
1.e4 eS 2 .~f3 c6 3.i.bS a6 4.i.a4
~f6 S.0-0 i.e7 6.l%e1 bS 7 .~b3 0-0
8.h3 ~b7 9.d3 dS 10.edS ~dS
11. ~es eS 12.l%eS 1t'd6 13.l%e1
l%ae8 14. d2 cS!
1S.c3?! [15.1t'l3 'i+'d7 16. e4 c4! 17.dc4
~f6 18.1t'd1 't!fc6 19.cb5 ab5 20.~16 i-16
21 .13 't!fc7 22 .~d2 (22.1t;>h1 ~13 !=)
22... l%d8 23.l%e2 ~2 24.l%b1 ~d4
8 25.1t;>h1 ~7 and Black has great
compensation for the pawn; 15.~e4 'it'c6
16.c4 ~b6 17.cb5 (17.13 ~h4 18.l%e3
l%d8~) 17... ab5 18.1t'l3 c4 19.dc4 ~c4! N
20.i.c4 bc4 21 .i.f4 l%d8. The bishops and
the diagonal pressure are enough for the
pawn] 1S...i.d8 [15 ... 'ili'g6! 16.~13 i.d6
17.i.d2 ~f4 18.i.f4 i.f4~ Black is for
choice here] 16 . ~e4 'ili'g6 17.i.d2 ~f6
[17 ...c4 also equalizes] 18 ~c2 c4
19.Wf3 c;t;>h8 20.Wg3 cd3 21.1fg6
hg6 22. ~f6 l%e1 [22 ...~16 23.i.d3
l%d8=] 23.l%e1 dc2 24.~d7 l%g8
2S.l%c1 l%e8 26.l%c2 [26.~c5 ~d5
27.l%c2 i.a2=] 26 ... ~c8 27. cS ~fS
6 28.l%c1 l%e2 29 .~e3 l%b2 30. ~a6
l%a2= 31 . ~b4 l%b2 32.i.d4 ~e6
6 33.l%e1 ~c7 34. 6 ~f4 3S.~cS
i.c4 36.~d7 l%e2 37.l%e2 ~e2 38.f3
f6 39. 2 ~c4 40.~e3 ~d6 41.i.cS
Y.!-Y.!
 Survey RL 17.2

Svidler,Peter 8.h3 ~ b7 9.d3 d5 10.ed5 <i:)d5 16. ~a2?! <i:)b4?! [16... ~d8 ! 17.<i:)e4
Muzychuk,Anna 11 .l£Je5 ttJe5 12.14e5 '*'d6 13.14e1 '*'c6'f] 17.~b1
Gibraltar 2012 (3) c5?! 14.<i:)d2?! 14ae8 [This transposes
1.e4 e5 2.<i:)f3 <i:)c6 3. · a6 4 · back to the new main line] 15.a4
<'tlf6 5.0-0 · 7 6J%e1 b5 7 ·
8.h3 · 7 9.d3 d5 10.ed5 <i:)d5 i.
11. 5 <i:)e5 12.14e5 d6 13.14e1 ~
.aaea 14. 2 c5 15.lt:le4 ~c6 16.c4
~
ttlb6 17.cb5 ab5 18.~f3 c4 19.dc4
bc4 [19...l0c4 20~o4 bo4 21 ~f4 l4d8=] ~ ~~
20.~c2 f5 21 .ttJca ~f3 [21 ...'it'd7 ~
22.'l!kd1'*'c6 23.13 14d8~] 22.gf3 ~f3 ~~Cfj ~~
23~t4 [23~e3;!;J 23.. · 24.14e8 : ea
25~f5 ~c3 26.bc3 l£Jd5 27 ~d7 14e2 ~ ..t~'ii l:t
28 · <i:)f4 29~c4 ~d5 30~e2
2 3 1.<~h2 l£Jc3 32.a4 lOe4 33.a5 [It looks like Black should have a winning
<'tlf2 34.a6 <i:)e4 35.a7 <i:)f6 36.a8 attack here but neither I nor the computers
37.14a8 38.«Pg3 g5 39. 15 ... ~d8? 16.<i:)e4± '*'c6 17.ab5 could find one] 17...cd3 18.cd3 <i:)d3
40.14a5 h5 41. 3 h4 42. ab5 18.c4± ttJc7?! 19 .~f4 q,ha 19.ttJe4 ~e4 20.l:le4 <i:)c1 21 ...c1
43. 3 q,g6 44.14b5 g4 l-2-l-2 20.cb5 ttJb5 21. ~a4 14e6?? l4c8 [21... ~f6 ! 22.ab5 ab5 23.1t'e1 l4e4
22. '*'b3 ~a6 23.<i:)d6+ - l4g6 24.g3 24 .~e4 g6. Black has whatever chances
l4d6 25 . ~ b5 ~b5 26. ~d6 c4 remain, but a draw is very likely] 22 .~c2
Van Kampen,Robin 27.dc4 ~c4 28.14ac1 '*'d6 29.14c4 ~f6 23.ab5 ab5 24J!I'd1 '*'d1
Hebden,Mark ~b6 30.14f4 g5 31 .14fe4 '*fb8 25 . ~d1 ~b2 26.14b1 14c1 (White, a
Amsterdam 2012 (9) 32 ...c3 f6 33.14e7 1-0 WGM, made the IM norm in this event]
1.e4 e5 2.<i:)f3 <i:)c6 3 .~b5 a6 4 . ~a4 Y2-Y2
10f6 5.0-0 ~e7 6.14e1 b5 7 . ~ b3 0-0
8.h3 ~b7 9.d3 d5 10.ed5 <i:)d5 Svetushkin,Dmitry
11.<i:)e5 <i:)e5 12.14e5 ._d6 13.14e1 Fressinet,Laurent Nadig,Kruttika
c5?! [13 ... 14ae81 14.<i:)d2 c5 is the more France tt 2012 (5) Hegde,Naveen
accurate move order] 14.<i:)d2?! 1.e4 e5 2.li:lf3 <i:)c6 3 .~ b5 a6 4.~a4 Mumbai 2008 (9)
[14.-.13;!;] 14...14ae8 15.<i:)e4 .-cs <i:)f6 5.0-0 ~e7 6.14e1 b5 7. ~b3 0-0 1.e4 e5 2.<i:)f3 ttJc6 3 .~b5 a6 4. ~a4
16.a4 <i:)b6 17.ab5 ab5 18.iff3 c4 8.h3 ~b7 9.d3 d5 10.ed5 <i:)d5 <i:)f6 5.0-0 ~e7 6.14e1 b5 7 .~b3 0-0
11.l£Je5 <i:)e5 12.14e5 '*'d6 13.14e1 8.h3 ~ b7 9.d3 d5 10.ed5 l£Jd5
14ae8 14.ttJd2 c5 15.a4 <i:)f6?! 11 .ttJe5 <i:)e5 12.14e5 'l!kd6 13.14e1
16.ab5 ab5 17.c4 b4 18.lt) e4 .-c7 c5?! 14.<i:)d2?! 14ae8 15.a4 c4
19. ~c2 [19 .~a4 !;!;] 19... <i:)e4 20.de4 16.dc4 ttJf4
~f6= 2H i+'h5 l4e6 [2:. 21... ~d4 :f]
22.14b1? b3 23. ~d3 l4d8'f 24. f3
_.d7 25 .~f1 l4de8 26 ...b3 ~e4
27.14d1 ~d4 28.14a1 'it'c7 29 . ~e3 i.
l4b8 30.'it'a3 ~e3 31 .fe3 h6 i
32 ...c3 l4g6 33.14d2 'it'g3 34.14f2
14e8 35.14a7 f6 36.'it'a3?? [36 ...d2
i
l4e5'f] 36 ... 14e5-+ 37.14c7 14h5 ~ ~
19.14a7?? [19. ~a2 f5 20.dc4 bc4= 38. ~d3 '*fh3 39. 1 '*'e3 0-1 ..t
21 .<i:)d2 ~c5!=] 19...cb3 [If 20.14b7 ._b7
~ ~ Cfj ~ ~
21.<i:)f6 ~f6 22.'*'b7 l4e1 23.q,h2 bc2
wins for Black] 0-1 Padmini,Rout l:l ~'iill ~
Kaufman,Larry
Philadelphia 2012 (6) 17.<i:)e4? [17.<i:)f3 ttJg2 18.'l!kd6 <i:)e1 !
Sredojevic,lvan 1.e4 e5 2.<i:)f3 <i:)c6 3. ~b5 a6 4. ~a4 19.'i!l'b6 c!L)f3= 20.'it;>g2 (20.'it;>h1? ~as
Spasojevic,Miodrag <i:)f6 5.0-0 ~e7 6.14e1 b5 7. ~ b3 0-0 21 ...a6 ~c5 22 .~f4 l4e6+) 20 ...<i:)h4
Belgrade 2006 (6) 8.h3 ~ b7 9.d3 d5 10.ed5 <i:)dS 21 .'it;>h2 (21 .'it;>g3 <i:)f5 22.'it;lg4 l4b8:f)
1.e4 e5 2.<i:)f3 <i:)c6 3 .~b5 a6 4.~a4 11 .ttJe5 e5 12.14e5 '*'d6 13.14e1 21...<i:)f3=] 17...<i:)h3?? [17 .....d1
<i:)f6 5.0-0 ~e7 6.14e1 b5 7. ~b3 0-0 14ae8 14.<i:)d2 c5 15.a4 c4 18.14d1 <i:)e2 19.'it;>f1 <i:)cH] 18.gh3

11 1
 W'd1 19.J:d1 bc4 20.~c4 ~e4
21.c3± ~15? 22. ~a6 + - ~ h3
23 .~b5 l:lb8 24 .'~h2? (24 . ~11+ - ]
24... ~g4 25.l:ld4 15? 26. ~14 +­
l:lb6 27.l:le1 ~c5 28.l:ld2 l:lb7
29.b4 l:le7 30.l:le5 l:le5 31. ~e5
~e7 32.l:ld7 l:le8 33.l:la7 8
34. ~e8 <;PeS 35 .~g7 ~d6 36.Wg2
h5 37.13 1-0
Inferior Lines for Black
13.J:le1
Padmini,Rout
Hegde,Naveen
Mumbai 2008 {5)
1.e4 e5 2.<~~13 ti:Jc6 3 .~b5 a6 4.~a4
tD16 5.0·0 ~e7 6.l:le1 b5 7. ~b3 0·0
8.h3 ~b7 9.d3 d5 10.ed5 ti:Jd5
11.ti:Je5 ti:Je5 12.l:le5 "it'd6 13.l:le1
c5?1 14.c4 (14.ti"l3! l:lab8 15.tt:ld2 ti:Jf6
16."it'l5;!;] 14... ti:Jb4 15.ti:Jc3? (15.a3
ti:Jc6 16.ti:Jc3 ti:Jd4 17.~e3 ti:Jb3 18.'iWb3
l:l fd8~] 15... l:l8d8'!' 16.ti:Jd5 ti:Jd5
17.cd5 ~16 18.'iWc2 ~d5 19. ~d5
'itd5 20. ~e3 l:lc8 21 .'iWb3 c4?
22.dc4 bc4 23.'iWc2 l:lb8 24.l:lab1=
l:l1c8 25.l:le2 'iWb5 26.~14 l:tb6
27.l:tbe1 h6 28. ~e5 l:te6 29. ~16
l:tf6 30.l:te4 l:tg6 31.l:t1e3 ti"d5
32.l:te8 l:te8 33.l:te8 Wh7 34.g3
ti"d7 35.l:te4 "it'h3 36.l:lc4 15
37.l:tc6 l:lg5 38.l:ta6 l:lh5 39.ti"c6
'iWg4 40.ti"d5 ti"e2 41.l:te6 ti"b2
42.l:te1 ti"c2 43.l:td1 "it'e2 44.84
l:tg5 45.'ii'd3 ti"e5 46.ti"d4 ti"a5
47.'iWd7 14= [Perhaps Black lost on time,
or the remaining moves are missing] 1-0
Zinchenko,Yaroslav
Airapetian, Yury
Alushta 2005 {3)
1.e4 e5 2.ti:J13 ti:Jc6 3.~b5 86 4. ~a4
ti:Jf6 5.0-0 ~e7 6.l:te1 b5 7.~ b3 0-0
8.h3 ~b7 9.d3 d5 10.ed5 ti:Jd5
11.ti:Je5 ti:Je5 12.l:te5 ti"d6 13.l:te1
~h4? 14.ti:Jd2± "t!t"b6 15.ti:Je4
[15."it'l3!±] 15... l:tae8 16.~d5?
[16.'iWI3!±] 16...~d5 17 ~e3 "it'g6=
18 .~c5 [18.ti"g4 ~e4 19.de4 l:te4
20.ti"g6 ¥.1·¥.1 Decoster·Akhayan, Namur
112
ch-BEL 2007] 18.. .15 19.~f8 fe4
20.de4 ~e4 21 .l:te4 ~f2 22. 2
l:lf8 23.'iPg1 Y:!-Y:!
Declining Kamsky 's Gambit
. 10.ed5 tt:\dS
Bologan,Victor
Karjakin,Sergey
Astana Wch rapid 2012 {7)
1.e4 e5 2.ti:Jf3 ti:Jc6 3. ~b5 86 4. ~a4
tD16 5.0-0 ~e7 6.l:te1 b5 7. ~b3 0-0
8.h3 ~b7 9.d3 d5 10.ed5 ti:Jd5
11.a4 ti:Jd4 12.ti:Jbd2 ti:Jb3 13.ti:Jb3
f6 14.ti:J85 ti"c8 15.ti:Jb7 [15 .~d2 l:tf7
16.'tife2 c5=] 15...'iWb7 16.tt:lh4 l:t1e8
11.tD15 ~18 18.h4
18... l:tad8 [18...g6 19.ti:Jh6 ~h6 20.~h6
l:tad8=] 19.8b5 ab5 20.ti"g4 c5?!
[20... Wh8 21 .h5 'ifc6 22.c3 ti:Je7=]
21 .~d2 ;!; 'ith8 22.h5 'iWd7 23.1t'f3
ti:Jf4 24.ti:Jg3 ti:Je6 25.h6 [25 .~e3;!;]
25 ... ti:Jd4 26.hg7 ~g7 27.'ifd1 15
28. ~e3 l:t18 29.ti:Jh5 ti:Je6 30.l:t86
l:tg8 31.~d2?! b4= 32.g3 ti:Jd4
33.c3? 1t'b7 34.cd4 'W86'!' 35.'it'13
e4 36.de4? fe4 37.l:te4 ~d4 -+
38. ~e3 l:ldf8? 39. ~d4 cd4
40.'it'd1? d3 41.l:tb4 'li'a5 42.l:ta4
'ifc5 43.l:tf4 l:td8 44.b4 '*'e5
45.ti:Jf6 d2 46.'ith2 l:lg6 47.ti:Jg4
l:tg4 48.l:tg4 'Wh5 0-1
Topalov,Veselin
Svidler,Peter
Astana Wch rapid 2012 {9)
1.e4 e5 2. tD13 ti:Jc6 3. ~ b5 a6
4. ~84 ti:Jf6 5.0-0 ~e7 6.l:te1 b5
7.~b3 0-0 B.h3 ~b7 9.d3 d5
1O.ed5 ti:Jd5 11.ti:Jbd2 ti:Jf4 12.tt:le4
ti:Ja5 13. ~14 ti:Jb3 14.ab3 ef4 15.d4
l:le8 16.'iWd3
16.. .15?! [16... h6 17.l:tad1 ~ 18.c3
ti"d5!=] 17.ti:Jc5 ~c5 18.l:te8 ti"e8
19.dc5 Wg6? [ 19... ~e4 ;!;] 20.l:le1
l:l18 21.l:te7 ~e4 22.W'd1± c6 23.b4
~d5 24.c3 h6 25.Wh2 l:lf7 26.l:tf7
'Wf7 27.ti:Je5 'it'e7 28.Wd4 "ii'g5
29.ti:Jf3 ~13 30.gf3 W'h4 31.b3?
[31 .Wg2±] 31...Wh7 32.c4 'iPg8
33.'iPg2 'ii'g5 34. 1 ti"h5 35.'i!id8
Wh7 36.'ite2 '*'17 37.1fd4 V/ie7?
[37 ...1fe8=] 38. 1 g5 39.'ii'd6± 'i!fe8
40.Wg2 'iPg7 41 .ti"c7 'iPg6 42.Wd6
Wg7 43.h4 'i!fc8? 44.ti"e7 'itg6
45.h5 Wh5 46.'ii'f7 'iPh4 47.li'g6
'ii'h8 48.ti"c6? [48.1ff5! WhS 49.'ii'f7
Wh4 SO.'it'd7 WhS 51 .cb5 abS
52.'ii'c6+-] 48 ... g4 49.'ii'd6 Wg5
50.c6 'ii'e8 51.'ii'd5 gf3 52.'it'f3
ti"e7 53 ...d5 Wg4 54.Wh2 'ifc7
55.'it'd7 e5 56.'ii'd5 'ifc7 57.'~' g2
Wh4 58.'i!ff3 'iPg5 59.Wg2 h5
60.'ifd5 Wg4 61.c5 h4 62.ti"f3 <.Pg5
63.<.Ph3 'iPf6 64.'iWd5 'itg5 65."it'g8
6 66.'ilt'd5 'itg5 67.'ilt'e6 'ii'g7
68.f3 fi'a1 69.'it'e7 <.Pg6 70."it'e8
'itg7 71 .We7 'itg6 72.'it'e8 Wg7
73.'ith4 'iWf6 74.Wh3 'ilt'a1 75.li'd7
6 76.'ii'd6 'iPg5 n.'iWe7 'iPg6
78.'ife6 'itg5 79.tt'g8 'iPh5 80.'it'g2
'iff6 81.Wg8 'ii'c6 82 .'~1f h7 'itg5
83.'ii'h4 'iPg6 84.'it'f4 'ii'e8 85.tt'd6
'iPg5 86.'ii'd2 Wf6 87.Wd4 'itg5
88.14 Wh5 89.tt'e5 "it'd7 90.'ife2
'iPg6 91.'ii'g2 7 92.Wh4 'it'd8
93.tt'g5 'it'd3 94.tt'h5 'iPg7 95.'it'g5
Wf7 96.'it'h5 w g7 97.ti"e8 tt'b3
98.'it'e7 'itg8 99.c6 'ii'c4 100.'i!i'e8
Wg7101 .'iPg5 1-0
 Various 0 s
Sokolsky Opening VO 10.1-5 (AOO)

Mr Bulcourf's Polish Symphony in

Argentina
by Alejo de Dovitiis

1. b4 there. On the opposite ide there

are many pos ible plans; for ex-
ample, to occupy the center with
X".i. 'if'* .i.'l .i pawns; to counter on the queen-

'''''''' side with ... a7-a5 or ...c7-c6; or

to develop a King s lndjan Attack
are the mo t commonly used.
There are several re ponses for
Black:

Many year ago, about the mid-
dle of the 1980 , I knew the Ar-
gentinean FM Carlos Bulcourf.
Unusual Moves
With l ... e6, l ... ttJf6 and other
moves Black trie to obtain a
playable game without too many
theoretical complications.
A I ) I .... e6: Thi move pre- Carlos Bulcourf

He i a physician, but he work , pares a counterattack in the cen-

love and breathes chess. With
the white pieces Bulcourf has a
' lethal weapon': the Sokolsky
Opening ( l.b4). His good score
of almo t 60~ confim1s the
above.
Another Argentinean ches
player, Alberto Rodriguez has
al o played this interesting line a
lot. In the Ia t 40 years he ha
played more than 200 games
with l.b4.
The main goal of thi opening
Survey i to show Mr Bulcourf's
tyle in handling thi singular
opening: the Sokol ky Opening
(al o known as the Polish Ope-
ning) 'a Ia Bulcourf'.
Purposes and Plans
What i the purpo e of thi open-
ing? First of all White begins a
' project' on the queenside: to ad-
vance hi pawns and gain space
tre with ... d7-d5 and ... c7-c5
(and a queenside fianchetto is
al o po sib le). It leads to play in
the centre and on the queen ide.
See the game Bulcourf-Darcyl.
A2) J ... ttJf6.
A move aimed to qujckJy de-
velop the kingside. Black can
play with ... e7-e5 with a position
similar to an English Opening (if
White plays c2-c4). In some
cases there occur attacks on
oppo ite wing (White on
queenside and Black on the king-
side). See the game Bu lcourf-
Ha e.
A3) l... c6: Black intend to
di srupt White ' queenside pawn
tructure with moves such a
... a7-a5 , ... c7-c6, ... 'iYb6 and o
on. White s plan is also flexible :
the d-pawn may move one or two
squares, depending on Black's
plan. See the game Bulcou rf-
Labollita.
New York and London Schemes
After I ... d5 Black can choose
between many different y -
terns. The following two
schemes are the main one , both
illustrating well-known meth-
ods to fight against a rarely- een
opening.
B l) London System: l...d5 ,
2 ... ttJf6, 3... c6 and 4 ... ..Q.f5.

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Black build a olid pawn chain
on the light square in the centre.
He can play either in the centre
or on the queenside, depending
on White's plan (mainly b4-b5
and c2-c4, to break on the
queen ide). See the game Bul-
courf-Giardelli.
B2) The ew York Sy tern:
l...d5, 2 ... tDf6 3 ...c6 and
4 ....ig4.
With imilar purpo e as the
London System: to play on the
light square in the centre. See
the game Bulcourf-E candell.
But there i another possibility
for Black. He can capture the
tLlf3 with a quick ... .ig4 before
playing ... tD f6 . This plan leads to
Unusual Moves
1.b4
Bulcourf,Carlos
Darcyi,Tomas
Villa Martelli 2006 (4)
1.b4 e6 [A solid move. Others are:
1...liJf6; 1...f5; 1...b6; 1... c6. I will show
114
a different game becau e the
econd player can either play
...e7-e5 or build a et-up on the
light quare with pawns on c6
d5 and e6 (to cover the ab ence
of hi light- quared bishop). See
the game Bulcourf-Ro ito.
The Main Line
l ... e5 is the most critical line, be-
cause Black wants to settle his
pawns in the centre of the board.
EIJI\i.'if * i.IJI\:i
.l.l.li i i i
In this position White has two
possibilitie :
C I) After 2 ..ib2, Black's next
move determine what type of
game it will be.
2 ... j.b4 i the move with which
Black wants a comfortable
game, without pressure on his
centre, and aim for quick piece
development. White has the
c2-c4 break in the centre and the
b-file to play on the queenside.
Mr. Bulcourf likes to exchange
hi dark-squared bi hop for the
tDf6, but I don't like thi too
much. See Bulcourf-Lopresti.
With 2 ... f6 Black can establi h a
strong centre. Sooner or later
these in the following games] 2 .~ b2 liJf6
(2...~b4?? (be careful!) 3. ~g7+ -] 3.b5
[3.a3] 3 ..• c5 [3 ...b6 4.e3 ~b7 5.liJf3 d5
6.c4 ~d6 7.cd5 ed5 8 .~e2 0-0 9.0-0 .Ue8
10.a4 a6 11 .liJa3 ab5 12.ab5 liJbd7
13.liJc2;!; Bulcourf-Aguila, Buenos Aires
2005; 3... a6 4.a4 ab5 5.ab5 l:!a1 6 .~a1 d5
7.e3 c5 8.c4 b6 9.liJf3 ~ b7 10.~e2 liJbd7
White will play c2-c4, to weaken
hi opponent' pawn formation .
In my opinion this is the most
ambitious variation for Black.
See the game Bulcourf-Rodri-
guez.
C2) With 2.a3 White intends to
maintain hi pawn tructure on
the queenside. This will lead to a
battle against Black' central
pawns. The moves c2-c4 or
sometime f2-f4 will be crucial.
Black needs to strengthen his
centre (either with the move
.. . f7-f6 or with a king ide
fianchetto) because tl1e power of
his centre pawn is that it gives
him more space, which could
lead to a king ide attack. See the
games Bulcourf-Panno and Bul-
courf-Tern pone.
Conclusion
With this unexpected opening
you may urpri e many oppo-
nents . 1 recommend it to players
who do not want to battle on the-
oretical territory.
If you ' re playing with black, ev-
erything depends on your chess
style: if you want a harp game
you can try I ... e5 or some rarely-
een line with l ... c6. Those who
want to play a afe game, better
try 1.. .d5 and then choose be-
tween the London or the New
York chemes.
I my elf would recommend
l ...e5, but every chess player will
have hi own idea . There i a lot
of new ground to cover here and
not ju t for Mr Bulcourf!
11 .liJe5 (11 .0-0) 11 ... liJe5 12.~e5 ~d6
13.~d6 "ii'd6 14.0-0 0-0 15 .~f3 l:!a8t
Black has good prospects, Bulcourf-
Foguelman, Buenos Aires 1978; 3... d5 4.e3
~e7 5.c4 c5 6.liJI3 0-0 7.~e2 liJbd7 8.0-0
b6 9.d4 i.b7 10.liJbd2 l:!c8 11 .l:!c1 l:!e8
12.liJe5 cd4 13.ed4 liJe5 14.de5 liJe4=
Bulcourf-Justo, Buenos Aires 1991] 4.c4

d5 [A reasonable measure: the centre is
always a useful place for pawns] 5.liJf3
~bd7 [5 ... dc4 6.e3] 6.e3 ~d6 7 .~e2
b6 a.a4 ~b7 9.0-0 .l:lc8 10.d4 [10.d3
o-o 11.liJbd2 Is also fine] 1O•.• Wc7?1 [I
prefer to castle first and then to think where
to place the black queen. Maybe e7 will be
a good place. 10...0·0] 11 .cd5 ed5
12.a5?! [A risky move: b5 may become
weak] 12 ...0-0 [12...ba5 13.dc5 White
obtains the d4-square for his knight and
.ib2 has a beautiful long diagonal]
13. ~ bd2 l1Je4 14.g3 [To capture on e4]
14... liJdf615.liJe4 liJe416. ~d3 c4?
[16....1:lfe8] 17.ab6 1i'b6 [17 ... ab6]
18 .~e4 de4 19.l1Je5 1i'b5 [19 ... ~e5
20.de5 c3 21 .~a3 .l:lfd8 Black is at least
OK] 20 .~c3 .l:lcd8 [20 .. .16] 21. We2
21 ..•~b8?? [Defending a pawn ... Black
will lose a bishop!; 21... ~e5 22.de5
(22..1:la5?? 1i'b3-+) 22 ....1:ld3 23..1:lfb1
"i'd5 24.1i'b2 with some counterplay]
22 ..1:lfb1 1i'd5 23 ..1:la5 [~b7 will be
~~ 1~
Bulcourf,Carlos
Hase,Juan Carlos
Buenos Aires 1978 (14)
1.b4 liJf6 [1 .. .15 2. ~b2 liJf6 3 .~f6 ef6
4.a3 a5 (4...d5 5.e3 a5 6.b5 a4 7.c4 ~e6
8.cd5 1i'd5? 9.liJc3 1i'b3 (Black's queen
prefers the jungle to a quiet place. By the
way, if 9... 1i'd7 10.liJa4±) 10.'it'c1 ~e7
(10 ... liJd7 11 .liJf3 ~c5? 12.d4! ~d6
13.liJd2+-) 11 .liJf3 ~d7 12.liJd4 Wf7
13."i'c2± Bulcourf-Darlinger, Acasusso
1991) 5.b5 f4!? 6.liJh3 ~d6 7.liJc3 We7
8.g3 fg3 9.hg3 c6 with an unclear position,
Bulcourf-Bianchi, San Martin 1987] 2 .~b2
g6 [2...e6 3.b5 d6 4.e3 liJbd7 5.c4 We7
6.liJf3 e5 7.d3 g6 (this is a King's Indian
Attack) 8.~e2 ~g7 9.0-0 o-o 1O.liJc3 .l:le8
11 .liJd2 h5 12..1:lc1 l1Jc5 13.liJb3;!;
Bulcourf-Campos, Buenos Aires 1992]
3.c4 [Bulcourf has played 3. ~f6 several
times: 3... ef6 4.a3 f5 (4 ...d5 5.e3 c6 6.d4
liJd7 7.c4?! (7.liJd2!?) 7... dc4 8 .~c4 liJb6
9.~d3 aS! 10.bS c5 11 .liJe2 cd4 12.liJd4
fS 13.0-0 ~g7=1' Bulcourf-Sunye Neto,
Buenos Aires 1998) S.g3 ~g7 6.d4 o-o
7.e3 .l:le8 8.liJe2 a5 9.b5 c5 10.~g2 d6
11 .0-0 liJd7 12.ltJbc3;!;, .i.g2 is very
strong, Bulcourf-Casafus, Buenos Aires
199S] 3..• ~g7 4.e3 a5 5.a3 0-0 [I
prefer: S...ab4 6.ab4 .l:la1 7. ~a1 and right
now 7... 0-0] 6.l1Jf3 d6 7.l1Jc3 e5 8.d3
[II seems an English scheme, but ~f1 will
be moved to e2] 8...liJbd7 9.~e2 .l:le8
10.0-0 e4 11 .de4 liJe412.1i'c2 liJc3
13. ~c3 .i.c3 14.'it'c3 Wf6= 15.'it'f6
liJf616.liJd4 ~d7 17. ~f3 liJe4
18 .~e4 [A typical Bulcourf move - he
loves knights more than bishops. 18..1:lfd1]
18.•..1:le4 19.c5 dc5?! [19 ...ab4 20.ab4
.l:la1 21..1:la1 dc5=] 20.bc5 f5 21 ..1:lab1
~c8 22 ..1:lfd1 .l:le5 [22 ...14 23.liJbSI]
23.c6 bc6 24 ..1:lbc1! ~d7 25.l1Jc6
~c6 26 ..1:lc6 .l:le7 27.g3± [A hard
position to defend with black because his
rooks are passive] 27...9;;t? 28 ..1:ld5
.l:la7 29..1:lcc5 a4 30 ..1:ld4! [30 ..1:laS c6
31 ..1:la7 .l:la7;!;] 30 ... .1:le6 31 ..1:lcc4 .l:ld6
Survey VO 10.1-5
[31 ....1:lea6 32..1:ld7] 32 ..1:lc71 .l:lc7
33 ..1:ld6 .l:lc3 34..1:ld7 <J;>g8 35.h4
.l:la3 36..1:la7 [Black's king and rook are
badly placed] 36 ...h6 37.'.t;>g2 .l:la2
38 ..1:la5! [To hS] 38 ...<J;>g7 [~ 38 ... hS]
39.h5! gh5 40..1:lf5+- a3 41 ..1:la5
'.t;>h7 42.e4 <J;>g7 43. 3 '.t;>h7 44.e5
<J;>g7 45.'.t;>e3 '.t;>h7 46.f4 h4 [46 ... .1:lg2
47.<J;lf3] 47.gh4 .l:lh2 48.r;t;>e4 1-0
Bulcourf,Carlos
Labollita,Martin
Buenos Aires 2003 (2)
1.b4 c6 [1 ...a5 2.bS liJf6 (2...eS 3.c4 liJf6
4.liJc3 d6 5.e3 ~e7 6.liJf3 0-0 7 .~e2
liJbd7 8.d4 ed4 (8... .1:le8) 9.ed4 b6?! 10.0-0
.i.b7 11 .d5 l1Jc5 12.liJd4 1i'd7 13.1i'c2±
Bulcourf·Tanner, Buenos Aires 1992) 3.~b2
d6 4 .~f6 ef6 S.c4 g6 6.liJc3 ~g7 7.e3 0-0
8.g3 15 9.~g2 liJd7 10.d4 liJf6 11 .l1Jge2
.l:le8 12.1t'd3;!; Bulcourf·Emma, Buenos
Aires 1988; 1... b6 2.liJf3 (2 .~b2 ~b7 3.c4
e6 4.e3 liJf6 S.a3 ~e7 6.liJf3 o-o 7 .~e2
cS 8.bS dS 9.'iii'c2 liJbd7 10.0-0 .l:lcS 11 .d3
Wc7 12.liJbd2 ~d6= Alb.Rodriguez-De
Dovitiis, Argentina tt 1997) 2... .i.b7 3.e3 e6
4..i.b2 liJf6 S.bs ~e7 6.c4 o-o 7. ~e2 c5
8.0-0 d5 9.d4 liJbd7 1O.liJbd2 with the
same position as in Bulcourf-Langier, cr
19n, reached with 1...e6]
:i .. ..t'if ~ .i. .. .i
.li .l.li.li
i
2.c4 [2 .~b2 1i'b6 (this does not work)
3.a3 aS 4.c4! (without hesitation!) 4...ab4
5.c5! (Black cannot capture on c5)
S...'it'c5?? 6.ab4 Wb4 7..1:la8 'ili'b2
8..1:lb8+-] 2... e6 [An unusual but
interesting move. 2...Wb6 3.a3 a5 4.c5
Wc7 5..i.b2; 2... d5 3.e3 liJf6 4 .~b2 e6
5.b5 a6!? 6.bc6?! (maybe 6.a4 is better)
6... liJc6 7.liJf3 ~d6 8..i.f6 (8.liJc3)
8... Wf6 9.l1Jc3 ~b4 10..1:lc1 dc4 11.~c4
0-0 with a comfortable game for Black,
Bulcourf-Gibson, Villa Ballester 2008]
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 3.i.b2 l!:lf6 (3...i.b4? 4.i.g7] 4.b5 cbS
s.cb5 i.e7 6.e3 d6 7.l!:lf3 0-0
8.i.e2 es 9.0-0 :tea 1 o.a4 i.ts
11 .l!:lc3 h6 12.d3 l!:lbd7 13.e4?! (I
do not like this move. 13.l!:ld2 l!:lcS 14.l!:lb3
l!:lb3 15... b3 d5'f] 13... i.g6 14.l!:lh4
i.h7 15.g3 l!:lcS 16.l!:lf5 (16.i.l3 d5
17.ed5 l!:ld3; 16.d4 ed4 17...d4 l!:lb3 and
in both cases White is in trouble; 16.l!:lg2!?
6 17.14] 16... i.f5 17.ef5 "t!fd7 18.g4
d5! 19.f3?! d4 20.l!:le4 l!:ld5+
21 .i.c1 l!:le4 22.de4?
22... c3 23.1fd3 J:tac8 24.Wh1
[22.fe4]
l!:le2 25.1!i'e2 d3 26."tlfe1 J:tc2-+
27.i.d2 :teeS 28.J:tc1 J:ta2 29.g5
[Too late for counterplay] 29 ...i.g5
30.i.g5 hg5 31 .J:tf2 J:tcc2 32.J:tcc2
J:tc2 33.1t'e3 d2 34.Wg2 [34 ...d11!i'
35 ...g5 J:tf2 36.1i>f2 _.1 d2] 0-1
The London System
1 ... d5
Bulcourf,Carlos
Giardelli,Sergio Carlos
Buenos Aires 1992 (4)
1.b4 d5 2.l!:lf3
~.t.'ti' • .t.~:i
''' ''''
2 .•. i.f5 [Black starts to build the London
System with opposite colours. 2..."tlfd6!? (a
dubious move) 3.c4! (no fear!) 3... dc4 4.e3
"tlfb4 5.l!:la3 (5.l!:le5 l!:lf6 (5 ...i.e6 6.l!:la3
l!:ld7 7.J:tb1 g?) 6.i.c4 e6 7.l!:lc3 c6 8.a4
"i!ra5 9.14 l!:lbd7 10.l!:ld7 i.d7 11 .Q.O
i.e7'f Bulcourf-J.l.Rodriguez, Ballester
1991) 5...i.f5 6.l!:lc4 'ifcS 7.i.a3 "i!rd5
8.l!:lce5t White has a strong initiative and a
great lead in development, Bulcourf-langier,
Buenos Aires 2002] 3.e3 l!:lf6 [3 ...c6
4.i.b2 e6 5.c4 l!:lf6 6.b5 l!:lbd7?! (6 ...i.e7)
7.l!:ld4 i.b1 8.bc6 i.e4 9.cd7 l!:ld7 10.13
116
i.g6 11 .cd5 e5 12.l!:lb3 i.d6 Black has
insufficient compensation for the pawn,
Bulcourf-Nasjleti, Buenos Aires 1992] 4.c4
e6 5.i.b2 i.e7 (5 ...l!:lbd7 6.a3 i.e?
7.cd5 ed5 8.i.e2 0-0 9.().0 c5 10.b5?!
(10.bc5) 10..."t!fc7 11 .d3 i.d6 12.l!:lbd2
l!:le5'f Bulcourf-Rebottaro, Villa Ballester
1992; 5...i.b4 6.'it'a4 l!:lc6 7.l!:ld4 is
annoying, although Black has 7...J:tb8oo]
6.cd5 ed5 7.i.e2 0-0 8.a3 c6 9.i.f6
(I do not agree with this move, but it is very
common in Bulcourf's games] 9 ...i.f6
1O.d4 (After trading his dark-squared
bishop he puts many pawns on that colour]
10... b5!? [Combating the enemy plan]
11 .l!:lbd2?! (11.a4] 11 ... a5! 12.0-0
(12.ba5] 12.•. ab4 13.ab4 l!:la6
14.l!:lb3 [14 ..-b3 W'd6, b4 will be lost]
14•.•l!:lb4 15."t!fd2 i.e7 16.J:ta8 'ilfa8
17.J:ta1 'it'b7 18.l!:lc5 i.cs 19.dc5
l!:la6- + 20.l!:ld4 i.d7 21."tlfc2 J:ta8
22.i.d3 g6 23.J:tb1 l!:lc7 [Black is
rearranging his position step by step]
24.h4 l!:le6 25.l!:lf3 1!i'a7 26.l!:le5
i.e8 27.l!:lg4 'it'cS 28."t!fb2 d4 [The
rest is a matter of technique] 29.J:tc1
'ii'd6 30.l!:lf6 <;t;g7 31 .l!:le4 't!fa3
32.1fd2 J:td8 33.J:td1 h5 34.l!:lg5
l!:lg5 35.hg5 't!fe7 36.e4 't!fd6 37.f4
c5 38.e5 't!fe6 39."i!ra5 :tea 40.i.b5
'ii'b3! 41 .i.e2 't!fe3 42. 1 'it'f4
43.i.f3 'it'e5 44.W'd2 i.c6 45.J:te1
"i!rt5 46.1i>g1 i.t3 47.J:tf1 't!fes
48. J:tf3 c4 49 ...a2 J:tc7 [Now there is
no way to prevent ...c3] 50.'t!fa1 c3
51.J:td3 'ifg5 52.'it'a4 c2 0-1
The New York System
1 ... d5
Bulcourf,Carlos
Escandeii,Juan Carlos
Villa Martelli 1999 (7)
1.b4 d5 2.c4!? (2.l!:ll3 is preferable in
my opinion. We will see this move in the
next game] 2 ... c6 (2 ... dc4 3.e3 i.e6
4.'it'c2] 3.e3 l!:lf6 4.i.b2 i.g4 (Here it
is: the New York System] 5.l!:lf3 l!:lbd7
[5 ... e6] 6.cd5!? [6.a3 e6 7.cd5 ed5 8.h3
i-13 9.gf3 (9..-13) 9... g6 10.l!:lc3 i.g7
11 .d4 (11 .i.g2) 11 ...0·0 12.i.g2 (12.i.e2)
12...l!:lb6!'f Bulcourf-Rai. Garcia, Buenos
Aires 1995] 6 ...cd5 7.i.b5 [A very
creative way to play this position. 7.h3]
7 ...a6 8.i.d7 'ii'd7 9.l!:lc3 e6
10.'ii'b3 i.d6 11 .l!:la4 'it'b5 12.J:tb1
i.t5 (12 ... i.t3] 13.l!:ld4 'it'd3 14.J:tc1
'it'b3 15.ab3! i.d3 16.l!:lc5 i.b5
17.l!:lb5 ab5 18.w e2 b6 19.l!:ld3
w d7 20.J:ta1 J:thc8 21 .i.d4 w c7
.' ' '''
:i
' .t. i ~
~ ~
~ 0J~
~~~ ~ ~
~ :cr
22.i.e5! l!:le8! (22 ... i.e5 23.l!:le5 :tiS
24.l!:lf7! J:ta1 25.J:ta1 l!:le4 26.13+-]
23.f4 f6 24.i.c3 i.e7 25.g4 l!:ld6
26.l!:lf2 Wb7= 27.Wd3 J:ta1 28.J:ta1
h5 29.gh5?! (29.h3 hg4 30.hg4 J:th8
31.l:th1 J:tht 32.l!:lh1 l!:le4'f] 29 ...J:th8
30.J:tg1 l!:lf5 31 .e4 de4 32.l!:le4 J:th5
33.l!:lg3 :th3 34.w c2 iota 35.J:tg2
li>c6 36.J:te2 (36.l!:lf5 ef5 37.d3]
36 ..•<;t;d5 37.l!:lf1 i.d6 38.l!:le3 Wc6
39.l!:lf5 ef5 40.J:tg2 J:th71 41 .h4 i.f4
42.h5 i.g5 43.J:lh2 J:th8 44.Wd3
J:td8 [44 ... J:te8] 45.<;i<e2 J:te8 46. 3
J:te4 47. J:th3 <;i<d5 48. 2 f4 49.J:td3
<;i<e6 (49 ...<;i<c6] 50.l:td8 Wf5 51 .
J:te1 52.J:td5 <;t;e6 53.J:tb5 J:tf1
54.w g2 J:tb1 55.l:tb6 Wd5 56. 3
J:tb3 57.J:tb5 w c6 58.J:tf5 J:tb1
59.<;i<e4 J:te1 60. 3 J:lh1 61.b5
Wb7T (A lucky game for White] 1-0
Bulcourf,Carlos
Rosito,Jorge
Buenos Aires 2002 (7)
1.b4 d5 2.l!:lf3 i.g4 3.c4 (3.e3 e5 (a
sharp continuation. 3... l!:ld7 4.c4 e6 5.i.b2
l!:lgf6 6.b5 l!:lcS!? 7.cd5 't!fd5 8.i.f6 gf6
9.l!:lc3 l!:ld3 10.i.d3 'it'd3 11 .'t!fe2 'it'e2
12.we2 i.b4 13.J:thc1 O·O·O'f Bulcourf-
Scarella, Buenos Aires 1992) 4.c4 e4 5.h3
i.h5 6.g4 i.g6 (6 ... el3 7.gh5 i.b4 8.'it'b3)
7.l!:ld4 dc4 8.i.g2 l!:ld7 9.l!:lc3 h5 10.gh5
i.h5 11 .'it'a4 c6 12.l!:le4 l!:lgf6 13.l!:lg3
l!:lb6 14.'it'a5 l!:ltd5oo Bulcourf-Valerga,
Ballester 1994] 3 ...i.f3 4.gf3 (4.ef3 d4

(4 ... dc4 s. ~c4 'l!!i'd4 6.'t!fc2) S.cs is also
playable] 4...e6 5. ~b2 lt:\f6 6.b5 [6.cdS
edS 7.e3 lt:lbd7 8.a3 g6!? 9 .~h3 ~g7
10.0·0 0-0 11 .f4 l:te8 12. ~d4 c6 13.lt:lc3
aS 14.l:tb1= Bulcouri-Siipak, Villa Martelli
1999] 6... ~d6 [6 ... g6 is very reasonable
when the g-file is open for White, to fight
along the long diagonal and to neutralize
the power of white rook) 7.e3 lt:lbd7
8.d4 dc4 9. ~c4 lt:\d5 10.'t!i'b3 lt:\7b6
11 .lt:\d2 [11. ~e2] 11 .. ."ti'h4 12.Q.o>e2
0·0 13.l:tag1 l:tfe8 14.l:tg4 h5
15.l:l.hg1 g6 16.lt:le4 lt:lc4 17. c4
i.e7 [To prevent the possibility of 'l!!i'dS
and lt:\16) 18.lt:\g3 [18.l:t4g2] 18... lt:\b6
19.lt:lh5 [19.'1!!i'c7 'tWbS; 19.'t!i'd3 't!i'dSJ
19... lt:\c4 20 . ~c3 a6!
i
~
.t. ~
i
•
i
i
fj ttJ
.. ~ 1l
~ ~ ~
fj 'i;;~ ~
~
21 .a4 [WMe suffers on the queenside
because many of his pieces are on the
opposite wing] 21 ...ab5 22.ab5 l:ta2
23.q;d3 lt:lb6 24.l:t4g2 l:tea8 25.l:tc1
l:l.8a3+ 26.lt:\f4 [Going home as soon as he
can) 26...~b4 27.lt:le2 l:te2! 28.Q.o>e2
i.c3 29.l:tgg1 lt:ld5 30. 1 l:ta2 31 .h4
h5 32.l:tg5 · 5 33.l:tc5 lt:le7 34.Q.o>g1
i.b6 35.l:tc1 lt:\t5 36.f4 Q.o>g7 37. 1
f6 38.l:tg1 lt:lh4-+ 39.l:tg3 lt:lf5
40.l:th3 lt:ld6 41.l:tb1 lt:\e4 42.l:td1 l:tf2
43.Q.o>g1 l:tb2 44.d5 lt:lf2 0-1
The Main Line
1 ... e5
Bulcourf,Carlos
Lopresti,Roberto
Villa Martelli 2006 (6)
1.b4 e5 2 .~ b2 ~ b4 [Accepting the
challenge. This move gives Black free piece
play but White captures a central pawn]
3.i.e5 lt:lf6 4. c3!? [An original move.
4.lt:\13 lt:lc6 (4...dS S.e3 0-0 6. ~e2 il.e7
7.0·0 c5 D. 8...lt:\c6) s .~b2 dS 6.e3 0·0
7.c4 l:te8 8.cdS lt:\d5 9.~e2 ~d6 10.0·0
~f5 11 .lt:lc3 lt:lc3 12.~c3= Bulcourf·Lida
Garcia, Buenos Aires 1980; 4.e3 0·0 5.lt:\13
d5 6.c3 ~e7 7.d4 lt:lbd7 8 .~g3 lt:le4
9 .~d3 lt:ldf6 10.0-0 c5 11.lt:lfd2 ~f5
12.lt:le4 lt:le4 13.13 lt:lg3 14.hg3 ~d3
15.'ilfd3 c4 16.'t!fc2 ~d6t Bulcourf·
Hoffman, Buenos Aires 1997) 4...lt:lc6
[4...0-0 5.e3 c6 6.l:tb1 ~e7 ?.lt:\13 dS
8. ~e2 lt:lbd7 and Black is OK, Bulcourf·
Biagi, Buenos Aires 1995] 5 .~f6 't!i'f6
6.lt:ld5 't!t'd8 [6... ~d2? 7.\Pd2 't!i'd4
8.Q.o>e1] 7.e3 [7.lt:lb4) 7 ...0·0 8.l:tb1
~d6 9.lt:lf3 lt:\e7 10.lt:lc3 c6
11. ~d3!? lt:\g6 12.h4 ~e7 13.lt:le4
[Suddenly White wants to attack Black's
castle) 13 ... h6 14.h5 lt:lh4? [14 ...lt:\h8
looks sad, but is a better move] 15.lt:lh4
~h416. 't!t'g4! ~e717 .'ii'f5
17...l:te8 [17 ... 16 18.lt:\g3 dS 19.'t!fh7 Q.o>f7
20 .~g6 \PeG 21. ~f5 Q.o>d6 22 .~c8 'ii'c8
23.lt:lf5] 18.lt:lg3 ~f6 [18 ...'it>f8 19.'ii'h7
IS 20.lt:\f5] 19."it'h7 8 20. f5 [A
terrific attack: 20...g5 21.hg6 fg6 22.lt:lh6
~g7 23.'t!fg8] 1·0
Bulcourf,Carlos
Rodriguez,Andres
Villa Ballester 1998 (8)
1.b4 e5 2. ~b2 f6 [To build a powerful
centre. 2...d6 3.c4 lt:lf6 4.e3 ~e7 5.lt:lf3
~g4 6.~e2 0·0 7.d3 lt:lbd7 8.0·0 aS 9.a3
c6 10.lt:lbd2 't!fc7 11.h3 ~h5 12.lt:\h4;!; De
Dovitiis-Aiegria, Mar del Plata 1997] 3.a3
[3.e4 lt:lc6 (3... ~b4 4 .~c4 lt:le7 5.'t!i'hS
lt:lg6 6.14 ef4 7.lt:le2 't!fe7 8.lt:lbc3 'l!!i'e5
9.'iff3 lt:lc6 10.0·0·0 ~c3 11.~c3 'it'c5
12. ~b3 lt:\a5 13.d4 lt:\b3 14.ab3 W'g5
15.Q.o>b2!1!? Alb.Rodriguez-Gamarra. Argen-
tina II 1993) 4.a3 d5 5.edS 'it'd5 6.lt:\c3
Survey VO 10. 1-5
'tiff? 7. ~b5 ~d7 8.lt:\f3 0-0-0'l' Lida
Garcia-De Dovitiis, Buenos Aires 2005]
3... d5 [3 ...c5 4.e3 d5 (4 ... cb4 5.ab4 ~b4
6.'ii'g4 'ii'e7 7.lt:\c3 ~c3 B.~c3. lt:lc6
9.W'h5 'tiff? 1O.W'f7 Q.o>f7 11. ~c4!1!?) 5.bc5
~c5 6.d4 'ii'b6 7.l:ta2 ed4 8.ed4 't!i'e6
9. ~e2 il.d6 10.lt:ld2 lt:le7 11 .lt:lg13 0·0
12.0·0 b6 13.l:te1 WI? 14.c4 ~a6=
Bulcourf-Asensio, Buenos Aires 1996) 4.e3
~e6 5.c4 dc4 6.'1!!i'c2 lt:\d71 [The
simplest and best move. 6... b5 7.a4 gives
much activity to the white pieces on the
queenside) 7. ~c4 ~c4 8.Wc4 lt:\b6
9.Wc2 [9.'t!fe6 'ite7] 9... 'ii'd7 10.lt:\f3
0-0-0 11.0·0 'itd3! 12.l:tc1 Wc2
13.l:tc2 lt:le714.lt:\c3 lt:lc615.l:tac1?
[This move gives an excellent opportunity to
the opponent. 1S.lt:le2)
15 ... ~ b4! 16.lt:lb5? [It was necessary
to accept the exchange of two pieces for a
rook and two pawns. 16.ab4 lt:\b4 17.lt:\e2
lt:lc2 18.l:tc2+) 16 ... ~d6 17.d4 e4
18.lt:\d2 l:the8 19.lt:\b3 Q.o>b8 20.il.c3
lt:ld5 21 . ~d2 ~f8 -+ [White has
nothing for the pawn] 2V i:lc5 a6
23.lt:lc3 ~c5 24. d5 ~a3! 25.l:ta1
[25.lt:lc3] 25 ...l:td5 26.l:ta3 l:tb5 27.f3
f5 28. 2 ef3 29.Q.o>f3 l:te4 30.g3?
l:td4 31.l:tc6 l:td2 32.l:te6 g5 33.g4
fg4 34 ...Vg4 l:th2 35.e4 h5 36.Q.o>g3
l:tbb2 37.l:ta5 l:thg2 38.Q.o>f3 h4
39.l:te8 Q.o>a7 40.e5 h3 41 .l:th8 h2
42.e6 l:tbf2 43.Q.o>e4 l:te2 0-1
Bulcourf,Carlos
Panno,Oscar
Buenos Aires 1993 (3)
1.b4 e5 2.a3 d5 [2 ... c5 3.il.b2 16; 3... cb4
4.ab4 il.b4 5.il.e5 lt:\16 6 .~b8 l:tb8 7.l:ta7
il.a5 8.e3 'it'b6 9.l:ta5 'ita5 10.lt:lf3 b5
11. ~e2 0·0 12.lt:\d4 b4'l' Bulcourf-De
Dovitiis, Buenos Aires 1994] 3.il.b2 [3.e3
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 tt:lf6 4.c4 dc4 5.~c4 ~d6 6.tt:lc3 (6.~b2
tt:lbd7 7.tt:lf3 0-0 8.d3 'ife7 9.tt:lbd2 tt:lb6
Black reaches at least equality, Bulcourf-
Bibiloni, Buenos Aires 1993) 6... 0-0 7.tt:lf3
tt:lbd7 8.d3 'ife7 9.e4 a5 tO.b5 h6 1t .0-0
tt:lc5= Bulcourf-Zarnicki, Buenos Aires
1991] 3 .. .f6 4.e3 ~e6 5.c4 c6 [5 ... dc4
is an alternative] 6.cd5 cd5 7.f4 ef4
8.ef4 ~d6 9 .~b5 tt:lc6 10Ji'h5 ~f7
11.'it'g4 812 .~d3 'it'b613.tt:le2
22.0-0 l:te8 23.l:tfd1 l:td1 tt:ld3 18 .~d3 ed3 19.tt:lf3 l:tc8
24.l:td1 tt:lg4 25.l:tb1! l:te7 26.tt:lg3 20 . ~e5 l:tc2 21 .l:tb2 ~e5 22.de5
g6 27.tt:lf1 f5 28.h3 tt:lf6 29.tt:ld2 ~e4 23.l:tf2 'ifc7 24.l:tbc2 dc2
tt:ld5 30.tt:lc4 tt:ld4 31.ed4 b6
32.cb6 tt:lb6 33.tt:le5 ~e6 34.tt:lc6!
[A good way to get a draw] 34 ...l:tc7
35.tt:la7 l:ta7 36.l:tb6 ~d5 37.l:tb3
Wd4 38. ~f2 ~c4 39.l:tf3 l:ta5 40.h4
h5 41 .l:tg3 l:ta6 42.l:tf3 l:ta5 1h·Y2

Bulcourf,Carlos
:i ~ .. K Tempone,Marcelo
.li .i. .li Buenos Aires 1992 (4)
'it' .. .t .l 1.b4 e5 2.a3 g6 [The fianchetto battle.
2... d5 3 .~b2 e4 4.e3 tt:lf6 5.c4 ~e6 6.cd5
i (after 6. ~f6 W'f6 7.tt:lc3 dc4 8.tt:le4 'it'g6 I 25.'it'd6! 'it'd6 26.ed6 l:td8 27.l:td2
~ ~'Jill prefer Black, Bulcourf-Quiroga, Buenos ~g7 28. 2 ~f7 29 .~e1 ~e6
~ .t Aires 1992) 6... ~d5 7.tt:lc3 looks good lor 30.d7 l:td7 31 .l:td7 ~d7 32 .~d2
White] 3.c4 ~g7 4.tt:lc3 tt:le7 5.e3
~ ~{jj ~~ ~c6 33 . ~c3 ~d5 34. ~ b2 ~c5

~{jj n [5.h4 d6 6.e3 tt:ld7 7.tt:lf3 (7.h5) 7... tt:lf6

[Both kings are in danger] 13..Jle8
14.tt:lc3 tt:lh6 15.'ii'd7 ~f4 16.tt:ld5
~d5 17.'it'd5 l:td8 18.'*'c5 W'c5
19.bc5 ~e3 20.de3 l:td3=F 21 .~d4
8.d4 ed4 9.tt:ld4 d5+" Bulcourf-Redondo,
San Fernando 1993] 5... 0-0 6.tt:lf3 c6
7.~e2 d5 8.d4 e4 9.tt:ld2 f5 10.14
~e6 11 .0-0 tt:ld7 12.cd5 [12 .~b2]
12... tt:ld5 13.tt:ld5 ~d5 14.g3 ~ h8
15.h4 c5!? 16.bc5 tt:lc5 17.l:tb1
35 . ~c1 ~b5 36. ~ b3 ~c5 37. ~c3
b5 38 . ~ b2 a5 39 . ~c1 ~c6 [39 ... b4]
40. ~b2 Wd5 41 . ~c1 ~c5 42 . ~ b2
b4 43.ab4 ab4 44 .~ b3 ~b5
45 . ~c 1 ~f3 46 .~c2 ~c4 47 .~b2
~e4 48. ~d2 ~ b3 49 . ~c1 ! [White
has built a wall on the dark squares] ¥.! -Y2

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118
 Slav Defence
Early Divergences SL 1.4 (011)

Play the Main Line!

by Richard Palliser (special contribution by David Howell)

1. d4 d5 on the line back in Yearbook 83

2. c4 c6 (2007) , but ince then 12.tt:lh4
3. tt:lf3 tt:lf6 ha rather fallen out of the lime-
4. c2 dc4 light. In our quest to appreciate
5. t:i'c4 ..if5 why, we'll focu on three main
6. g3 e6 variation .
7. ..ig2 tt:l bd7
8. 0-0 ..ie7 The 15... e5! Counterstrike
9. tt:lc3 0-0 After 12 ... ..ih4 l3.gh4 tt:ldf6
10. l:le1 tt:le4 White has nothing better than
11 . b3 t:i'b6 J4.f3 tt:lc3 IS.bc3, whereupon
12. tt:lh4 IS .. .eS! is a strong recent innova-
tion.

Pal Benko

change sacrifice helped propel

Pal Benko s move 12.tt:lh4 was
never supposed to be too trou-
bling for Black, but then the
Polish grandma ter Miroslaw
Grabarcyzk introduced the fol-
low-up 12 ... ..ih4 13.gh4! against
no less an opponent than Yasily
lvanchuk in 2001. Ivanchuk was
quick to adopt the idea him elf
and by the middle of the
noughties the variation had be-
come quite topical, being given a
further boost by Levon
Aronian ' victory with it over
Vi hy Anand at the 2007 edition
of Morelia/Linare . Viache lav
Jkonnikov supplied a fine Survey
him to victory in Wojtaszek-
Zherebukh.
On the whole, neither ide want
to hurry tore olve the tension on
the b-file between the oppo ing
queen in this variation and it
doe n't eem that it's worth a
Following 16. b6 ab6 17.de5 pawn to break that rule. The criti-
tt:ld7 18.f4 ..ie6 Black' queen- cal te t in my opinion, come
ide pre ure upplie an ea y from 16.e4 ..ie6, which ha
game and fu ll compen ation for scarcely been explored in
the mi ing pawn. After 19.a3 practice.
l:la4 I had no problems equaliz-
ing again t the trong Spani h
IM Jo e Cuenca Jimenez in thi
season' 4NCL (British league),
nor is 19 .a4 anything to worry
about.
Thus White should probably
leave his a-pawn hanging,
although even after 19.e4 bS I
quite like Black's counterplay,
and a ubsequent strong ex-

119
After 17.'it a4 tlJh5 ! B Iack re-
mind White that hi king ide
contain a gap and the young
Ukrainian star wa quick to ex-
ploit that factor in Stabolew ki-
Zherebukh, but White may do
better with Burrnakin 's 17.'ii'b2!?.
Anand's Defence
After the exchange on h4, Vi shy
Anand was happy to repeat
l3 ... tlJef6 again thi s future ec-
ond in Wojta zek-Anand, de-
pite hi aforementioned earlier
lo with it against Aronian.
Black ha decent chances to hold
in thi variation but it 's hard to
e cape the view that White i
likely to emerge from the ope-
ning tage with a pleasant edge.
Leko's Defence
Slav aficionado for whatever
rea on not convinced by the
15 .. .e5 counter trike hould fol-
low in the foot tep of the Hun-
garian no. l , not of the World
Champion, in my view. With
12 ... 'ii'b3 13.ab3 Black does
break the ' rule', but 13 ... ~b4 is a
fairly effective follow-up.
Thi made it debut at elite level
back in AJexeev-Leko, Dortmund
2007 (covered by Ikonnikov),
and is extremely olid for Black.
Modem practice ha tended to
follow the long Line l4.tlJf5 ef5
15 .~e4 fe4 16 .~d2 l:rfe8 17.lt:le4
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l:re4 18 .~b4 l:rd4 19.~c3 l:d6
20.l:red I l:rdl 21.l:rd I tlJc5. At
fir t sight one might have thought
White to be a touch better with the
d-file and bishop against knight,
but practice has shown that Black
has ju t as many chances to try
and win a long manoeuvring
truggle as White. Tellingly, one
leading expert on the white side,
Igor Khenkin, would appear to
have given up trying to win the
endgame, a we' ll ee in
Khenkin-Dreev.
The Kaufman Approach
Going 4.'ifc2 or 4. b3 isn ' t a
bad way for White to avoid all
the theory of the main lines of the
Slav, but what i he to do with
both the 15 ... e5 counter trike
and Leko's Defence in such good
shape? Step forward the idea of
9.e3 0-0 lO. l:rdl !?.
Khenkin moved on to thi varia-
tion and.it received orne support
from Larry Kaufman in hi s re-
cent The Kaufman Repertoire for
Black and White. The obviou
try for Black i 10 ... 'ifc7 ll.tlJc3
e5, but he is unable to make any
use of hi slight development
lead here and after an exchange
on e5 may well be pu hed back
in the centre. The notes to
Mamedyarov-Eiianov how that
it's not so ea y for Black to
equali ze after 12.h3!. The uper-
olid 12 ... J:rad8 13.'ii'e2 ed4
14.tlJd4 ~g6 is likely the be t try,
but even here White ha chances
to emerge with a pull.
At elite level ll...tlJd5! ha
emerged as the choice, after
which Black has excellent
chances to equali ze, as we' ll see
in Markowski-Wojtaszek.
Finally, in Miron-Volkov we' ll
take at a look at the Russian
Grandmaster' recent penchant
for 1 I .. .J:rad8 before David
Howell how why IO ... tlJe4!?
al o eems to ob truct White s
quest for the advantage.
Conclusion
After 4.'ii'c2 and 4.'ii'b3 Black
hould tick with the old mai n
line 4 ... dc4 5.'ii'c4 ..tf5. On the
current ev idence, White i trug-
gling to prove anything, whether
he goe l:e l and tlJh4 or e2-e3
and J:rd I. Of course, there' the
mall practical matter of winni ng
chances for Black, but while I
cannot recommend the fai rly
trendy 5 ...~g4 (6. tlJc3 tlJbd7
7.e4 ~ f3 8.gf3 e5 9 ~e3, fol-
lowed by queenside castling, is
quite dangerous, as Kaufman
how ), there's always 4.'ifc2 g6
and after 4.'ii'b3 Gata Kamsky s
4 ... a5!?. Nick Pert became only
the econd person in the world to
pl ay this again t me, but who
will be the third ...

Benko 's Move
9. ti:J c3 0 - 0 1 O.l:le1
Cuenca Jimenez,Jose Fr.
Palliser,Richard
England tt 2011/12 (7)
1..!Df3 d5 2.d4 .!Df6 3.c4 c6 4.W'b3
dc4 5 ....c4 ~f5 6.g3 e6 7 .~g2
l0bd7 8.tLlc3 ~e7 9.0-0 0-0 10.l:te1
t0e4 11 .'ii'b3 '*'b6 12.tLlh4 ~ h4
13.gh4 tLldf6 14... b6 [14.13 tLlc3
t5.bc3 eS t6.'*'b6 ab6- game] 14... ab6
15.f3 tLlc3 16.bc3 e5! [t6 ... ~c2!?
t7. ~14 (t7.~g5 l:ta3 tB.l:tect ~g6 t9.e4
~laB 20.l:tc2 b5 21 .~c1 ?! l:t3a4 22.l:tb2
.!Dd7 23. ~ft tLlb6 24.~12?1 151+ Bakre·
Yee, Olongapo Ach 20t0) t7 ... l:ta4
tB. ~ect ~g6 t9.e4 l:tfaB 20.l:lc2 b5!
21. ~d6 tLld5 22.~12 tLlb6 23.~ft=
Z.Mamedjarova-Sebag, Novi Sad Ech-tt W
2009] 17.deS tLld7 18.f4
g~
~~~
8 .t
8 8
8 30.~g2 (30.g6!? ~ht 3t .~g5 .!:tea 32.gh7
8 8 ~8
1::! .,t II <;t>
18... ~e6! +=t [t8 ... tLlc5 t9.e4 ~e6
20 .~e3 ~a2 21. ~13 l:ta4 22.l:te2 l:tfaB
23.<.tg2;;;; t8 ...l:ta4 t9.e4 ~g4 20 .~e3
(20.h31? ~e6 21. ~e3 l:tfaB ~ 22.l:te2 l:ta2
23.l:tea2 l:ta2 24.l:tbt t) 20 ... l:tfa8 2t .l:tebt
bS 22.l:tb2;!; tLlfB 23.~12 (23.15!? tLld7
24.h3 ~h5 25.e6 fe6 26.fe6 tLlfB 27.e7
g6 28.l:td2 l:teB 29.~c5 tLle7 30.l:td?t)
23... ~e6 24.15 l:ta2 25.l:taa2 l:ta2 26.l:ta2
~a2 27. ~b6 tLld7 28 .~c7 ~18 29 .~e3
ltteB 30.h5;!; Damljanovic-Granda Zuniga,
La Massana 2008] 19.a3 [t9.e4
Wojtaszek-Zherebukh, Warsaw rapid 2009;
t9.a4 l:ta5 20.l:tdt l:tfaB 2t .e4 g61 22.h5
~a4 23.l:ta4 l:ta4= 24. ~e3?! l:ta3! 25.h6
lt;>IB 26.~d2 l:ta2 27. ~et ~e8 28. ~13?!
gSit 29.fg5 tLle5 30.~h5 ~b3 3t .l:tb1??
~c2 32.l:tb6 .!:tat 33.~12 tLld3-+
Ramirez-G.Shahade, Fremont 20t2]
19... l:ta4~ 20.l:tb1 [20.e4 tLlc5
(20 ... b5!?) 2t.f5 ~c4 22 .~e3 ~d3=]
20 ... l:tc4! [20 ... b5? 21.l:tb4 l:tfaB 22.l:ld1
tLlb6 23.e4t] 21. ~d2 l:td8? [2Ll:ta4
22.l:tat (22.~e3 b5 23.~ct l:tc4 24 .~d2
l:ta4=) 22... l:tfa8 23.~c1 l:tc4 24. ~d2
l:tca4=] 22.l:ted1! ~f5 [22 ...l:ta8?
23.l:tb4 l:ta3? 24.15 ~dS 25.~d5 cd5
26.l:tc4 dc4 27.~ct .!:tat 28.e6+-]
23.l:tb4! l:tb4 24.ab4;!; tLlf8
[24 ... tLle5?? 25.fe5 ~c2 26.l:tat!+-]
25. ~ tLlg6 26 . ~e1 tLlh4 27. ~h1
~ h3! 28.l:ta1 [28. ~12 tLlg6 29 .~e3
tLle7!=]
28 ...g5!? [28 ... 161 29 .~e3! (29.ef6 ~g2!
30.~g2 tLlg2 31.~12 l:td2 32 .~g2 l:te2
33 . ~ l:tc2=) 29... ~g2 30.~b6 l:teB
31. ~g2 tLlg2 32.1Pf2 tLlf4 33.ef6 gf6 34.e3
tLld5 35. ~d4;!;] 29 . ~e3! [29.fg5 ~g2
~h7 33.~h4 l:te5=) 30 ... tLlg2 31. ~dt
tLle3 32 .~ct tLlc4 33.~14 ~g7 34.l:ta7
l:td7=] 29 ... 1t.g2 30.1t.b6 [30.15!? 1t.ht
31. ~g5 l:teB 32 .~h4 l:te5 33.1t.f6 l:teB
34 .~d4 c5! 35.bc5 bc5 36.1t.c5 f6i ]
30 ... l:te8 31. ~f2 ~ h1 32.l:th1 gf4
33.l:tg1 ?! [33.l:tat tLlg6 34.l:ta7 l:te7
35.1t.c5 l:td7 36.1t.d4!i; 36 .~13? tLle5
37 .~14 16 38 .~15 ~17 39.l:ta8 tLlg6=]
33 ... tLlg6 [34.1t.d4 ~18 35 .~13 .!:taB+=']
Y2-Y2
Wojtaszek,Radoslaw
Zherebukh,Yaroslav
Warsaw rapid 2009 (8)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.tLlf3 tLlf6 4.'tWc2
dc4 5 ....c4 ~f5 6.g3 e6 7 .~g2
tLlbd7 8.0-0 ~e7 9.tLlc3 0-0 10.l:te1
tLle4 1 Hi'b3 'ifb6 12.tLlh4 1t.h4
13.gh4 tLldf6 14.f3 [14.tLle4 ~e4
t5.W'b6 ab6 t6.13 ~d5 17.a3 ~c4 ! =
(t7 ... tLld7 18.e4 ~b3 19.l:te3 1t.c4 20.l:tc3
~a6 21 .1t.e3;!; Solozhenkin-J.Akesson ,
Sweden tt 2003104 - YB/83-t46) t8.b3?!
(t8.e4 tLlh5 19.b3?1 ~b3 20.l:tb1 ~c4
Survey SL 1.4
2t .l:tb6 l:ta7 22 .~h3 tLlf6 23.~11 tLld7
24.l:tb4 ~It 25 .~ft IS=i= Fessler-O'Hare, cr
2008) 18... 1t.b3 19.l:tbt ~c4 20.l:tb6 l:ta7
2t .a4 tLldS=i= Landa-Gasanov, Sochi tt
2010] 14... tLlc3 [14 ... W'd4?? 15.e3 '*'e5
16.fe4 tLlg4 17.h3 W'g3 18.'ili'd1 !+-
Burmakin-Vernay, Rochefort 2009] 15.bc3
e5! 16. b6 ab6 17.de5 tLld7 18.e4
1t.e6 19.f4 b5!? [t9 ... tLlc5 20.~e3 ~a2
21.1t.l3 l:ta4 22.l:te2 l:tfaB 23.~g2i]
20.1t.e3 g6 [20 ... l:ta3!? 21 .c4!? b4
(21 ... ~c4? 22.l:tadt tLlbB 23.~c5)
22.l:tabt c5 23.l:tbct g6~] 21 .h5?
[2t .a3! l:ta4 22.l:tf1 !oo l:te8!? (22 ... l:tc4?
23.15; 22 ... l:tfa8 23.l:tad1 ~g4 24.l:td6
tLlfB! 25.~c1 tLle6+=') 23.l:tad1 l:ta3 24.15
gf5 25.ef5 ~d5 26.~d5 cd5 27.l:td5 l:te5
28.l:td7 l:te3=] 21 ... l:ta3! =i= 22.hg6 hg6
23.f5!? [23.l:tect l:tfaB 24 .~12 (24.l:tc2
b4!) 24 ... l:ta2 25.l:ta2 l:ta2 26 .~g3 l:ta3'F]
23 •.. gf5 24. ~h6? [24.ef5 ~15 25 .~d4
~ 25 ... c5 26 .~12 l:tc3 27 .~b7 l:tbB
28.1t.g2 l:tb6=i=] 24 .. .f4!? [24 ... l:tfa8 25.el5
(25.l:te3 l:ta2 26.l:tg3 ~h7 27.l:ta2 l:ta2
28.1t.f4 tLlc5+ 29.l:th3 ~g7 30 .~h6 ~g6)
25 ... ~15 26.l:te3 l:ta2 27.l:tft l:ta1+]
25 . ~f8 8 26.l:tf1 l:tc3=i' 27.l:tf4
[27.a3! tLle5 28.l:tf4=i= ] 27... lt:le5 +
28.l:tf2 l:ta3 29.l:td2 <J;e7 30.h4?
[30.l:tb2! tLld3 31.l:td2 b4 32.h4+=t]
30 ... b4 31 .l:tb1 c5 32.l:tc1 b6 33.h5
l:ta2- + 34.l:tdd1 b3 35.h6 6
[35 ... b2 36.l:tbt c4 37.h7 tLlg6 38.e5
~15-+] 36.l:td6 b5? 37.l:tf1 <J;e7?
[37 ... <J;g6 38. ~h3 tLlc4 39.l:tc6 l:ta7
40 .~e6 le6 41.l:te6 <J;h7+] 38.l:tb6! .:
b4 39.l:tb7 ~d6? [39 ... ~d7! 40.h7
.!:taB]
40.l:td1 ?? [40.l:tb8!+- b2 41.h7 tLlg6
42.e5! ~e5 43.l:tg8 .!:tat 44.l:tg6]
40 ...~c6 41 .l:tb8 b2 42.h7 tLlg6?
[42 ... l:tat 43.h8'tW l:td1 44 .~h2 tLlg4
45 .~g3 btW' 46.e5 l:td5 47.W'e8
121
 'if;c?! - +] 43.e5 cj;c7 44.l:tb7?
[44. ~e4 J:ta1 45.J:td8!] 44 •.. 'it;c8
45.J:tb5? J:ta1 46.J:tc5 <it;b8 47.J:tb5
Wc7 [48.J:tc5 Wb6 49.J:tc6 Wa7 50.l:tc7
Wb8 51 .l:tb7 WeB-+] 0- 1
Stabolewski,Andreas
Zherebukh,Yaroslav
Dresden 201 0 (8)
1.ti:lf3 ti:lf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4."itb3
dc4 5."i!fc4 ~f5 6.ti:lc3 e6 7.g3
'i:lbd7 8.~g2 ~e7 9.0-0 0-0 10.J:te1
ti:le4 11 ."i!fb3 "itb6 12.ti:lh4 ~ h4
13.gh4 ti:ldf6 14.f3 ti:lc3 15.bc3 e5
[15 ... 'fi'b3? 16.ab3 e5? 17.de5 ti:ld7
18.~a3 c5 19.14+- 1 16.e4 ~e6
17.'ii'a4 [17.'it"b2!? J:tld8 (17 ... ti:lh5?
18."itb6 ab6 19.de5±) 18.J:td1 (18.-.b6
ab6 19.de5 ti:ld7 20.14 g6 21. ~e3 J:ta3g?)
18... l:td7 (18 ... 1J"c7!? 19 .~e3 b6 20.a4
ti:lh5+Z) 19.'i!t'f2! J:tad8 20.~e3 'i!t'a5
21.J:tdc1 ~c4 22.'i!fg3 J:te7oo 23.Wh1
Wh8oo Burmakin·Hole, Gausdal 2005)
17... ti:lh5! +%
.i .i •
.t..t.
'iY
'if .t.
~ ~
.i.
.t. .
.t..t..t.
~
~ ~
~ ~~
: ~ ~ ~
18 . ~e3 [18.14? ti:ll4 19 .~14 el4 20.J:tl1
(20.J:tab1 fie? 21 .d5 b5 22.'i!fd4 J:tlda·
23.'it"c5 W'e5! 24.flc6 ~g4+) 20 ... 'i!t'b2!
21.d5 ~g4 22.'i!fd4 (22.W'b4 'l!Yd2
23.W'd4 W'd4 24.cd4 13! 25 .~13 ~13
26.J:tl3 cd5 27.ed5 J:tld8+) 22 .. .13+
Hernandez Carmenates·Borges Mateos,
Madrid 2007] 18...'i!fd8! [18 ...'l!Yc7?!
19.J:tad1 ed4 20.cd4 ti:ll4 21.~11 ti:lg6
22.h5 ti:ll4? (22 ... ti:lh4! 23 .~e2 ~h3+Z
24.~g5 ti:lg2) 23.h6 J:tld8 24.W'b4! ti:lg6
25.'l!Yd2± Gutierrez Valero·Moreno Martin,
Granada 2009] 19. ~g5 [19.de5 "i!fh4
20.W'c2 ti:ll4 21 .W'I2 'l!Yf2 22 .~12 J:tld8'f]
19.•.'i!fc7 20.W'b4 b6 21.J:ted1
[21 .J:tad1!? c5 22.W'b2 ~c4!?'f ; 22 ... 16
23.~e3 'l!YI7 24.d5oo] 21 .•. c5 [21 ...16!?
22 .~e3 J:tld8 23.~11 'l!YI7'f] 22.'l!Yb2 h6
122
23 . ~e3 cd4 24.cd4 ed4 25.J:td4
J:tac8'f 26. ~f1 W'e7 27.a4!? [27.'ii'f2
J:tc3 28.J:tad1 J:ta3 29.J:t1d2 J:tcS'f]
27 ... 'l!Yh4 28.e5! W'e7 29.a5 ~f5!
30.J:td6 J:tfe8 31 .ab6 ab6 32.f4?
[32.J:tb6 J:tc2 33.W'b5 'l!Ye5 3H!fe5 J:te5
35.J:ta3'f/+] 32 ...J:tc2 33.W'b5 J:tec8+
34.l:ta4? l:th2! 35.J:tc4? [35.'it;h2?
'l!Yh4 36.Wg1 W'g3 37.Wh1 1!t"e3- +]
35 •.•J:tc4 36.tfc4 'it"h4 37.~g2
J:tg2! 38.Wg2 W'g3 39. 1 W'e3 0- 1
Wojtaszek,Radoslaw
Anand,Viswanathan
Germany Bundesliga 2007/08 (6)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.ti:lf3 ti:lf6 4.W'c2
dc4 5.W'c4 ~f5 6.g3 e6 7 .~g2
ti:lbd7 8.0-0 ~e7 9.ti:lc3 0-0 10.l:te1
ti:le4 11.'it"b3 'ii'b6 12.ti:lh4 ~ h4
13.gh4 ti:lef6
14.W'b6 [14.e4 ~g6 15.'l!Yb6 (15.~e3
ti:lg4! 16.'i!fb6 ab6 17. ~14 e5+%) 15...ab6]
14... ab6 15.e4 ~g6 16 . ~f4 J:tfe8
17.~d6 [17.J:tad1 b5 (17 ... e5 18.de5 ti:le5
19. ~e5! J:te5 20.14 J:tee8 21 .'if;f2;!; Anand)
18.~d6 ti:lb6 (18 ... e5 19.d5 (19.a31
Aronian) 19... h5 20.~11 16 (20 ... ti:ll4!?)
21.b3 ti:ll4 22.a4 ba4 23.ba4 ~17
24.l:tb1oo Aronian-Anand, Morelia/Linares
2007- YB/83·147) 19.b3 ti:lld7 20.J:td2 16
21. ~h3 151 22.13 ti:ll6 23.J:tg2 ti:lbd7
24.l:tg5 Wf7 25.Wf2 h6 26.l:tg2 ~h7
27.J:teg1 J:tg8= Nguyen·M.Gurevich, Beijing
rapid 2008; 17 .~c7!? e5 18.J:tad1 b5
19.de5 ti:le5 20.14! ti:lc4 21.b3 b4
(21...'i:la3!? 22.15 ~h5 23.l:td2 b4 24.ti:la4
ti:lb5 25.~g3;!;) 22.bc4! bc3 23.15 ~h5
24.l:tc1 J:ta2 25.J:tc3 J:te2 26.J:te3 J:tet
27.J:te1 ti:ld7 28.l:tbU Krasenkow·
Volokitin, Poland It 2008] 17... b5 18.b3
e5 [18 ... 'i:lb6 19.13 (19.a4 ba4 20. ~c7
ti:lbd7 21 .ba4 J:tac8 22. ~d6 e5=
Bryzgalin·lliushin, Sochi tt 201 0) 19... ti:lld7
20.~11! (20.a4 ba4 21 .ba4 ti:lc4! 22.~g3
e5 23.d5 ti:lc5+% Laznicka·Volkov, Plovdiv
Ech 2008) 20 .. .15?! (20 ... e5 21.de5 b4!?
(21 ... ti:le5 22 .~e2;!;) 22.ti:ld1 ti:le5 23.l:te3
~h5 24 .~e2 ti:lg6 25 .~b4 IS!?+Z) 21 .a4!
le4 22.fe4 ba4 (22... e5 23.de5 ti:le5
24 .~e5 J:te5 25.ab5;1;) 23.ba4 e5 24.de5!
ti:le5 25 .~e5 J:tes 26.J:teb1 ti:lc8 27.J:tb7
ti:ld6 28.J:tb4;!; Yaksin·Volkov, Samara 2011]
19.d51? [19.de5 ti:le5 20.14 ti:led7 21 .a4
ba4 22.ba4 'i:lb6 23.15 ~h5 24.J:tab1! tt:la4
25.ti:la4 J:ta4 26.J:tb7;!; lkonnikov·Amonatov,
Vlissingen 2008] 19..•b4! [19 ... cd5 20.ed5
e4 21 .l:ted1 'i:lb6 22.l:td4!;!;] 20.dc6!
[20.ti:la4? cd5 21 .ed5 e4! 22.l:ted1 b5
23.ti:lc5 ti:lb6'f] 20 ...bc3 21.cd7 ti:ld7
22.l:te2 ti:lf6 23 .~ b4 [23.13!? ti:lh5
24.l:tc2 J:tad8 25 .~b4 ti:ll4 26.~11 15
27 .~c4 (27.el5 ~15 28.J:tc3 ~d3 29.~d3
ti:ld3g?) 27...Wh8 28.el5 ~15 29.J:tc3
l:td2+Z] 23 ...ti:lh5! [23 ...c2 24.l:tc2 ~e4
25.~e4 ti:le4 26.l:td1;!;] 24. ~c3 ti:lf4
25.J:te3 ti:lg2 26.Wg2 f6;!; 27.a4
J:tac8 28.f3 ~f7 29.b4 J:tc4 30. 2
Y2- Y2
Khenkin,lgor
Dreev,Aiexey
Sibenik tt 2009 (8)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3. f3 ti:lf6 4.'l!Yb3
dc4 5.'l!Yc4 ~f5 6.g3 e6 7. ~g2 ~e7
8.0-0 0-0 9.tt:lc3 ti:lbd7 1O.J:te1 tt:le4
11 .W'b3 'l!Yb6 12.ti:lh4 'l!Yb3 13.ab3
~b4
14.ti:lf5 [14.l:ta4!? ~c3 15.bc3 ti:lc3
16.ti:ll5 (16.J:tc4 'i:lb5 17.ti:ll5 el5 18.d5
cd5 19.~d5 (Rotshtein·Sundararajan,
Groningen 2008) 19... ti:ld6! 20.J:tc7 ti:lf6
21.~b7 ti:lb7 22.l:tb7 J:tfb8 23.l:tb8 l:tb8=)
16... el5 17.J:ta5 g61? 18 .~b2 ti:le4
(18 ...b6!? 19.J:taa1 ti:ld5 20.J:tec1 ti:lb8oo)

19.g4! J:lfe8 20.gfS a6 21.13 tt:ld6 22.fg6
hg6 23.e4;!; Nyback-KOiaots, Jyvaskyla
2008; 14.g4 tt:lc3 1S.gfS tt:la2 16.J:ld1 tt:lc1
t7.J:lac1 tL\16 18.fe6 fe6 19.tt:l13 (Vovk-
Zherebukh, Lviv 2009) 19... tLldS!? 20.e3
J:lf6=] 14...ef5 15 . ~e4 fe4 16 . ~d2
J:lfe8 17.tt:le4 J:le4 18 . ~b4 J:ld4
19 .~c3 J:ld6 20.J:led1 J:ld1 21.J:ld1
~c5 [1'2·17 Khenkin-Khairullin, Sochi tt
2010; 21...tt:lf8 (Grabarczyk-Barkhagen,
Stockholm 2001 - YB/83-14S) 22.13! tt:le6
23.J:ld7 tt:lc5 24.J:lc7 aS 2S.b4 ab4 26 .~b4
~a6 27.J:lb7;!; lkonnikov, YB/83] 22.b4
4 23 .~d4 J:ld8 24.J:ld3 [24.e3 tt:lb2
2S.J:la1 tt:ld3 26.J:la7 tt:lb4 27.J:lb7 tL\dS
Alexeev-Leko, Dortmund 2007] 24 ... f6
2S.'iti>g2 [2S.f4 'iti>f7 26.'iti>f2 tt:lb6 27. ~13
~= 28.e4? aS! 29.'iti>e3 ab4 30.~cs
J:ld3 31 .'iti>d3 b3 32.'iti>c3 b6 33.~g1 cS
34.'iti>b3 tt:ld6=i= Khenkin-D.Mastrovasilis,
Serbia tt 2008] 25... 7 26.'iti>f3
[26 ...tt:lb6 27.e4 tt:lc4 28 .~e2 J:le8 29.13
'iti>e6 30.b3 tt:leS 31 .J:ld2 b6 32.14 tt:ld7
33 .~c3 J:lc8 34.'iti>e3 c5!? 3S.bS ~e7
36.'iti>d3 tL\18 37.1S tt:ld7 38.'iti>c4 g6 39.g4
J:lgB 40 .~dS?? (40.J:la2) 40 ... tt:leS!-+
Gajewski-Volkov, Khanty-Mansiysk 2007]
Y2-Y2
The Kaufman Approach
9.e3 0-0 1 OJ1d1
Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar
Elianov,Pavel
Moscow 2010 (6)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.tt:lf3 tt:lf6 4.1t'c2
dc4 5.1t'c4 ~f5 6.g3 e6 7.~g2
~bd7 8.0-0 ~e7 9.e3 0-0 10.J:ld1
eS [10 ... 1t'c711 .tt:lc3 eS] 11 .tt:lc3 1t'c7
12.h31 [12.e4!? ~g4 (12... ~e6 13...-e2
~g4 14 .~e3 ed4 1S .~d4;!; Bukal-
Survey SL 1.4
Yordanov, Plovdiv 2012; 12... tt:le4! 13.tt:leS [34 ... tt:leB 3S.tt:lbS ~bS 36.~bS tt:ld6
(13.deS tt:lb6 14.1t'e2 tt:lc3 1S.bc3 tt:la4+Z) 37.~d3 ~c3 38.14±] 35.g4 Wd7
13... tt:leS 14.deS tt:lc5 1S .~f4 (1S.b4!? 36.tt:le6 tt:le8 37.h5 ~d6
tt:le6 16.~b2 ..-es 17.J:ld7 J:lfe8! 6
1B.J:lb7? tLldB+) 1S...~e6 16.1t'e2 J:lfd8=)
13. ~e3 ed4 (13 ...J:ladB 14.h3 ~13 1S. ~f3
ed4 16 .~d4 tt:leS 17...-e2 tL\13 18.W13;!;
Kaufman) 14. ~d4 ~13 1S.~f3 tt:les
16.We2 tL\13 17.Wf3 J:ladB 18.J:lac1 Was
19.a3;!; Navara-Bruzon Batista, Havana
2011] 12...~g6?! [12 ... J:lfe8 13.deS tt:leS
14.tt:leS ..-es 1S.e4 ~e6 16.We2 ~b4
17.~14! (17.14 1J'as 18. ~e3 J:lad8!
19.'*'12 lld1 20.J:ld1 ~c3 21.bc3 '*'a4!
22.J:ld4 ~c4 23.Wd2 cS 24.J:ld8 J:ld8
2S.'i!Vd8 '*'e8= Mamedyarov-Aronian,
Moscow 2010 (4)) 17... '*'aS 1B .~d2! J:lad8 38.g5! +- hg5 39.tt:lg7!? [39 .~gS!
19.a3 ~c3 20.~c3 '*'a4 21 .J:ld8 J:ld8 ~d7 40.tt:lg7! tt:lg7 41.h6 tLlhS 42.h7 tL\14
22.'*'e3;!; Rakhmanov-Dobre, Plovdiv Ech 43.'it;>g3! tt:lg6 44 .~17 tt:lh8 4S.~hS+-]
2012; 12...J:ladB 13.We2 (13.g4!? ~e6 39 ... tt:lg7 40.h6 tt:lh5 41.h7 tt:lf4
14.1t'e2 h6 1S.e4 ed4 16. d4 ~d6 42.w g3 tt:lg6 43.w g4 ~e8 44 ..ig5
17.'i!fc2 J:lfe8 1B.tt:lce2 tt:lb6 19.a4 aS tLlhB 45 .~f6 tt:lg6 [4S ...~g6 46. ~hB
20 .~e3 ~c4 21 .b3 ~a6 22.J:lac1 tt:lbd7oo ~h7 47.wgs ~e3 48. ~16+-] 46. 5
Wang Hao-Bruzon Batista, Khanty-Mansiysk ~e3 47.h8W tt:lh8 48. ~e5 w e7
ol 2010) 13...ed4! (13 ... tt:le4? 14.tt:le4 ~e4 49.~f61 [49 ...Wf8 SO. ~hB ~d7 S1.~e6]
1S.tt:leS! ~g2 16.tt:ld7 J:ld7 17 .~g2± 1-0
Yakovenko-Volkov, Taganrog 2011 ; 13... ~b4
14.e4! ~c3 1S.efS ~d4 16.tt:ld4 ed4
17.l:ld4 Was 18.g4 l:lfeB 19 .~e3;!; Shetty- Markowski,Tomasz
T.L.Petrosian, Bhubaneswar 2011; 13... h6 Wojtaszek,Radoslaw
14.e4 ~h7 1S.tt:leS tt:leS 16.~14! tt:lfd7 Warsaw ch-POL 2011 (4)
17.deS tt:leS 18. ~e3 bS 19.14 tt:lc4 20.~ 12 1.tt:lf3 tt:lf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.'*b3
~b4 21.eS;!; Rakhmanov-Magem Badals, dc4 5. c4 ~f5 6.g3 e6 7. ~g2 ~e7
Catalunya tt 2012) 14.tt:ld4 ~g6 1S.e4 8.0-0 bd7 9.e3 0-0 10.l:ld1 1t'c7
~c5 (1S ... J:lfe8!? 16.~14 (16.14?! ~eSt) 11 .tt:lc3 tt:ld5
16... tt:leS= Van DelfVRis) 16.~14 tt:leS
17.tt:lf3 tL\13 (17 ...tt:lfd7!? 6 18.tt:lh4 tL\16!
19.'iti>h2 ~hS=) 18.~13 '*'e7 19.eS tt:ld7
20.h4 h6 21 .tt:la4 .ib6= Matlakov-Delchev,
Spain tt 2010] 13.de5 tt:le5 14.tt:le5
We5 15.e4;!; 1t'e6 16.1t'e6 fe6
17. ~e3 J:lfd8 18.J:ld8 ~dB 19.J:ld1
~a5 [19... ~b6 20 .~b6 ab6 21.14 bS
22.a3;t Van DelfVRis; 19. .. ~c7!? 20.14
~as 21.eS tLldS 22.tLldS cdS 23.J:lct;t
Krasenkow] 20.f3 e5 21.tt:la41 ~f7
22.tt:lc5 b6 23.tt:la61 [23.tt:lb7? ~b4
24.tt:ld8 ~dS!=i=] 23 ... c51 [23...~a2?
24.~11 c5 2S.J:la1 ~17 26.tt:lcS ~b4 12.'i!fe2 [12.tt:le1 tt:lc3! (12... tt:l7b6
27.tt:ld3±] 24. ~f1 J:lc8 25.h4 ~e6 13.Wb3 tt:lc3 14.'*'c3 tt:ldS 1S.'it'b3 tL\16
26.b3?! [26.a3 ~b3 27.J:ld6;t] 16.13 eS 17.deS 'i!feS 18.e4;t Matlakov-
26 ... ~c3? [26 ... 'iti>f7!= Krasenkow] Yakovenko, Taganrog 2011) 13.bc3 (13. c3
27.J:ld6! ~d7 [27 ... 'iti>f7? 28.J:le6! 'iti>e6 eS 14.e4 ~g4= 1S.f3 ed4 16.J:ld4 ~e6)
29 .~h3+-] 28. ~g5 J:lc6 29 .~c4 'iti>f8 13...es 14.e4 ~g4 1S.~f3 {1S.I3 ~e6
30.J:lc6 ~c6 31 . c7 h6 32 ..ic1± 16.'i!fe2 Was 17. ~d2 tt:lb6 18.tt:lc2 J:lad8
'iti>e7 33 . ~g2 ~d4 34.a4 a5?1 19 .~e1 'i!fa4 20 ..if2 ~c4 21 .'i!fd2 ~a6=i=
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 Grigorian-T.Petrosian, Erevan ch-ARM 2012;
15.lLll3 l:tad8 16.h3 ~e6 17.'fi'e2 16=
Vitiugov-Wang Vue, St Petersburg tt rapid)
15... lLlb6 16.'ilfe2 ~e6 17.lLld3 ll:lc4=
Mamedyarov-Ka~akin , Beijing rapid 2011 ;
12 .~d2 lLlc3 13.~c3 ~e4 14.1!t'e2 h6
15.l:tac1 l:tad8 16. ~11 l:tle8 17.lLld2 ~h7
18. ~g2 e5= Drozdovsky-Motylev, Khanty-
Mansiysk rapid 2011] 12 ..•lLlc3 13.bc3
~e4 14.c4 [14.lLle5!? ~g2 15.lLld7
l:tld8 (15 ... 'ii'd7 16.<j,;>g2 l:tfd8 17.e4;!;
Kaufman) 16.<j,;>g2 l:td7 17.e4 "*fa5!
(17 ... e5 18.~e3 l:tad8 19.14! ef4 20 .~14;!;)
18.~d2 b5= (6. 19... 'ilt'a4) 19.a4 ba4
20.'iWc4 a3! 21.'ilt'c6 l:tdd8o:t] 14... l:tfd8
15. · 2 c5= 16.l:tac1 [16. ~11 ~16
17.lLld2 ~c2 18.l:tdc1 ~g6 ~ - ~ Hellsten-
Vasquez, Santiago 2007] 16... ~f6
17.lLle 1 [ 17.lLld2 ~g2 18.<j,;>g2 cd4
19.ed4 lLlcS!;:o] 17... ~g2 18.lLlg2 cd4
19.ed4 l:tac8 20.lLle3 'ifaS 21.l:td3
'ifc7! [21...lLlc5?? 22.dc5 l:td3 23. ~16!
l:te3 24.'it'g4 l:te1 25.<j,;>g2 g6 26.'fi'f4+-l
22.l:tdd1 'ifaS 23.l:td3 'ii'c7
24.l:tdd1 'iWaS 25.l:td3 'h-112
Miron,Liat
Volkov,Sergey
Plovdiv Ech 2012 (5)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.lLlf3 ll:lf6 4. 'it'b3
dc4 5.'ilt'c4 ~f5 6.g3 e6 7.~g2
lLlbd7 8.0-0 ~e7 9.e3 0-0 10.l:td1
Wc7 11.lo c3 l:tad8 12.'it'e2 [12.h3!?
h6 (12 ... e5 13.'iWe2 - 11...e5 12.h3 l:tad8
13.'it'e2) 13.'it'e2 lLle4 14.lLld2 lLlc3
15.bc3 ~c2 16.l:te1 c5 17.lLlb3 (17.lLle4
~4! 18.~a3 ~c6=) 17...~g6 18.e4 e5
19.~e3 (Grigorian-Volkov, Dubai 2012)
19... c4!? 20.lLld2 ed4 21.cd4 (21.~d4 lLle5,
d3<) 21 ... c3o:t 22.l:tec1 ~a3 23.~14 'ifcS
24.lLlc4!? ~c1 25.lLld6 'ii'c6 26.l:tc1
lLlf6oo] 12...lLle4 13.lLle1 [13.lLle4 ~e4
14.b3 'ifa51 15.~b2 'it'h5= Bacso-Corke,
Budapest 2009] 13...ll:lc3 14.bc3 e5
15.e4 ~e6= 16.lLlf3 f6 17.~e3 l:tfe8
[17 ...lLlb6!? 18.de5 ~c4 19.'ii'c2 fe5=]
18.l:tab1 lLlb6 19.de5 fe5 20.lLlg5
l:td1 21 .l:td1 ~g5 22.~g5 h6
23 .~e3 l:td8 24.l:td8 'i+'d8 25.f4 lLlc4
26 .~h3?! [26 .~12 'ii'a5 27.15 ~f7 28.16!
gf6 29. g4 <j,;>h7 30.'ifd7 <j,;>g7 31.~h3o:t]
124
26 ••. ~h3 27.'it'c4 <j,;>h8 28.'iWe2
'it'aSt 29.f5 Wc3
30 ..b 7? [30.<j,;>f2! 'ii'a1 31 .g4 'it'b1
32. ~h6!? gh6 33.1t'd2 <j,;>g7 34.1t'd7 <j,;lf6
35.'it'd8=] 30 ... 1t'c1 31 . 2 1t'h1 I+
32.<j,;>e3 1t'g1 33.'it'f2 'ifc1 34.<j,;lf3
'ifd1 3S.<j,;>e3 ~g4 36.~c5 b1?
[36 ... <j,;>h7! 37.16 gl6 38.'i+'f6?? 'i+'e2X]
37.'ii'd2? [37.16 "ii'c1 38.<j,;>d3 ~e6
39.fg7 <j,;>g7 40.'iff8=] 37 ... 'iff1 38.'ifc2
"*e1 39.<j,;>d3 ~f3 40. ~e3 'ifh1
41.<j,;>c3 ~e4 42.1t'f2 '*'b1 43.f6
'ifd3 44.<j,;>b4 'ifbS 0-1
Laznicka,Viktor
Howeii,David
Gibraltar 2012 (8)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.lLlf3 lLlf6 4.'i!Vc2
dc4 5.'ifc4 ~f5 6.g3 e6 7. ~g2
lLlbd7 8.e3 ~e7 9 .0-0 0-0 10.l:td1
lLle4
1Uit'e2 [RR 11.lLlc3 lLlc3 12.bc3 ~e4
13.'i!Ve2 b5! 14.lLle1 ~g2 15.lLlg2 'ifa5
16.~d2 'ifa4= Franco Ocampos-Filgueira,
Buenos Aires 2003] 11 ... 'i!Vb6 [RR
11...l:tc8!? 12.lLle1 (12.lLlbd2 lLld2 13.lLld2
~c2!? 14.l:te1 ~g6 15.e4 cSo:t Khuzman)
12...1t'a5 (12 ...'i!Vb6!? 13.lLld3 c5
(Krasenkow) 14.13 lLld6 15.e4 ~g6 16.dc5
lLlcS 17.lLlc5 l:tc5!? 18. ~e3 lLlc4!o:t)
13.lLld3 c5 14.13 lLld6? 15.e4 ~g6 16.dc5
lLlbS 17 .~e3 ~16 18.lLld2 a4 19.lLlb3±
Khenkin-Hertneck, Bad Homburg 201 0]
12.lLlc3 [12.lLlbd2 l:tfd8 13.lLlh4!? ~h4
(13 ...lLld2 14.lLlf5 ef5 15 .~d2 ;!;) 14.lLle4
~e7 15.lLlc3 lLlf6 16.e4 ~g4 17.13 e5!=;
RR 12.lLlfd2 lLld2 13.lLld2 ~c2 14.l:te1
~g6 15.lLlc4 'ifa6! 16.~d2 l:tfd8 17.~c3
l:tac8 18.a3 lLll6 19.b4 lLle4= Laznicka-
Andriasian, Benasque 2009] 12 ... l:tfd8
13.lLle1 [13.lLlh4!? ~h4 14.lLle4 -
12.lLlbd2] 13•.. ll:lc3 [13 ... lLldf6] 14.bc3
~g6 15.e4 c5 16 . ~e3 'ifaS 17.lLld3
'it'c3 18.dc5 l:tac8 19.l:tab1 [19.l:tac1
'it'a3oo; 19... 'ifa5oo] 19... ll:lc5! [19 ... b6
20.l:tdc1 'it'a3 21.c6t] 20.l:tbc1 [20.lLlc5
l:td1 (20 ... ~c5?? 21.l:td8 l:td8 22.l:tc1)
21.'i!t'd1 ~c5 22 .~c5 (22.l:tc1 'ife3)
22...'l!t'c5 23.l:tb7=; 20.~c5 ~c5 21.l:tbc1
1Va5 22.lLlc5 l:td1 23.-..d1 l:tc5 24.l:tc5
'l!t'cs 25. dB 'l!t'ts 26.1Vc7 h6 27.1Vb7
1Va3 28.'it'c8 <j,;>h7 29.'l!t'c2=] 20 ... ll:la4!
21.lLlf4 [21.l:tc3? lLlc3 22.tfe1 lLld1
23.'ifd1 l:tc3+ 24.~11? ~e4] 21 ••. tfb4
22.l:td8 l:td8 23.lLlg6 hg6
24.e5? [24.'ifc2!g?] 24 ... ~c5 25. ~g5
l:td7 26.'tlfc2 b5 27.h4 a6l + 28 .~f3
l:td4 29.ft'b3 '*'as 30.<j,;>g2 b6?!
[30 ... l:tb4] 31.l:th1? [31.~e3] 31 •.. l:tb4
32.'l!t'd3 l:tb2 33.<j,;>h3 l:tf2 34 .~e4
'ifc7 35.h5 'ifes 36.1fd8 ~fa
37.l:td1 f6 [37 ... 'it'e4! 38.tff8 <j,;>h7-+]
38. ~g6 fg5 39.l:td7 l:tf3 0-1
Howell
M/ 12-2-90
Slav Defence
Alapin Variation SL 4.3 (017)

A Fingerfehler?
by Lee Wang Sheng and Junior Tay

1. d4 d5 plays an early king move, B) A Solid Developing Move

2. c4 c6 9. '0to> f2. When encountering 9 ... lLl bd7 ?!
3. tLlf3 lLlf6 As thi move was played by for the fir t time, one could be
4. lLlc3 dc4 trong grandmaster like tempted to play a solid deve lop-
5. a4 .itS Laurent Fre sinet and Ani h Giri ing move. This was Black's in-
6. lLle5 e6 in tournaments- not in an online tinctive reaction in the games
7. f3 .ib4 setting where a mou e-slip might Laznicka-Vernay and Bu Xiang-
8. lLlc4 0-0 explain the king 's early-morning zhi-Kakageldiev. The problem
9. 'Oto>f2 excursion - we will investigate with this natural move i that it
more deeply in this article doesn ' t present White with any
whether uch an early king move challenge and allows him to
~ .i * is the start of an important new freely develop while maintain-
iii theoretical development in the ing an iron grip on the centre.
i~ main-line Slav.
.t. The main point of the move is to C) A Safe Haven for the
~ j_ Cfj~ getoutofthe pin from the bishop Bishop
on b4, so that an eventual e2-e4 In the rapid game Shen Yang-
Cfj ~
push by White will be more Wang Yu , it was demonstrated
8 ~~~ ~ forceful. how the black bishop remains a
n ~'if ~ n From thi po ition, the following spectator after 9 ... h6?! while
possible continuations will be White focu es her energies on
In the past two years , there examined. dominating the queen ide.
have been a handful of game A) 9 .. . b5?
in the Slav in which White B) 9 .. .lLlbd7?! D) Pseudo-Activity
C) 9 ... h6?! The move 9 ... ttJd5 ?! was ana-
D) 9 ... ttJd5?! ly ed by Scherbakov on the
E) 9... c5 Che spublishing.com website in
F) 9 .. ..tg6 2010 when commenting on the
game Giri-Vallejo Pons.
A) The Pawn Sacrifice
9 ... b5? was the reaction of GM
g~ ~
Dragan Solak in the stem game
of this line, Fressinet-Solak ii
2009. After IO.ab5 cb5 ll.tLl b5 i i
lLlc6 12.e3 'it'b8, W hite with-
drew the knight with J3.ttJc3 and
~ A
~ j_ Cfj ~
returned the pawn. But continu-
ing aggre sively with 13.J:ra6
Cfj
will allow White to safely keep ~ ~ ~ ~~
the extra pawn and maintain a :s .i'if ~ n
Laurent Fressinet
big plus.

125
After I0. ttJa2 ! b5 I l. ttJe5 f6
12.ttJd3 ~d3 13. d3 ~e7,
White has a clear advantage and
control of the centre.
E) Striking in the Centre
The move 9 ... c5 ha been the
main focus of the analysis in
annotated game by Scherbakov
and Kaufman . It lead to compli-
cated positions with very unbal -
anced material. In the 20 I0
European Men 's Champion-
hips, this was Vallejo Pons
choice in his game against An ish
Giri. However, by playing 1O.e4
~c3 ll.bc3 ..ie4 12 ...ia3!?, Giri
did not choose the most critical
continuation. After Vallejo's
12 ... ~d5 !, it looks difficult for
White to maintain an edge. [n-
tead, a more critical try is
12.fe4! ttJe4 13.'it>g l ttJc3
14. el cd4 15. ~a3 , which
lead to complex position in
which variou type of material
imbalance are po ible.
&~ tf
i.t.
!:!:,
~ t!:, i
!:!:,!:!:,
~ 'li'~~n
[f Black plays 15 ... l:te8, as in the
games Jakovljevic-Bykov and
Zhou Jianchao-Batchuluun, then
White gets two bishops v knight
and three pawns. In Kaufman '
opinion this is equivalent to a
pawn advantage for White. If
Black goes for 15 ... ttJc6 instead ,
then after 16 ...if8 'iYf8 White has
a rook for four pawn , as in the
encounter Ding Liren-Zhou
Jiaochao. Both these po itions
126
are hard to asse s and there are
practical chances for both sides
in over-the-board play.
Another try for Black i IO.e4
~g6!? (see Grandelius-Hector).
In this variation 12 ... cb4,
l3 ... ~e4 and 14 ... 'iYd4 are all in-
teresting alternatives that war-
rant further investigation .
F) A Prophylactic Move
If the po ition ar1 mg after
9 ... c5, which lead to material im-
balance, are not Black's cup of
tea, he could go for the prophy-
lactic 9 ... ..ig6, getting the bishop
out of harm s way and waiting
for White to build up his centre
before striking at it. Thi was
Mark Paragua 's choice against
Ding Liren in the Asian Conti-
nental Champion hip in May
2012. After 10.e4 'iYc7 ll.'ii'b3
c5 12.ttJa2 ttJc6 13.ttJb4 cb4
14 .~e3 l:[fd8 15 ..l:td l l:td7
l6. ttJe5 ttJe5 17.de5 l:tdl
18.'iYd I 'iYe5, the following
po ition arose.
~
.t.~.t
if
'''
!:!:,
~!:!:,
~ ~ !:!:, ~
~ ~ 1::[
This could be a new tabiya for thi
line. Thi s position i asse sed as
equal by variou engines, a
White has compen ation for the
pawn. The game Ding Liren-
Paragua continued 19.'iYd4 'il'a5
20 ...ie2 a4, when White had a
slight pull despite being two
pawn down . But 19 ... 'iYd4!?
20 ...id4 l:tc8 (Junior Tay) look
like a way for Black to equalize
here. Giri 's improvement over 19.
'ii'd4 in a game played three days
after the above-mentioned one in
Sigeman & Co (Malmo) 2012
was to play the con olidating
19.b3 in Giri-Hector. After
19 ... h5 20.'iYd4 'iYa5 White
missed several chances to consol-
idate hi advantage. However, . e-
riou alternative for Black
include 20 ... 'iYd4 and 20.. . c7.
The e need to be more deeply
analysed, as there appear to be
solid equalizing chance in these
line .
Conclusion
There are few practical example
with this early king excursion at
the moment. Of the game that
are available, the score over-
whelmingly favour White.
Therefore, if Black plays 6 ... e6
instead of 6 ... ttJbd7 in the
main-line Slav, expecting to go
for the line in which Black gets
three pawn for a piece (7.f3
~b4 8.e4 ~e4 9.fe4 ttJe4
LO .~d2 'iYd4 I J.ttJe4 e4
12.'iYe2 ~d2 13 .~d2 'i!Yd5
14.'it>c2), he could be in for a
na ty surprise. It is expected that
many l.d4 players will choo e
thi a a new weapon against the
Slav, as it currently poses Black
new and interesting problems.
At the moment, diagram 4 looks
like it could be a new tabiya for
thi s variation, and it may be
Black's best chance for equaliz-
ing. A deeper analysi of this po-
sition could reap huge reward in
tournament play.
Sources
Chesspublishing.com - l .d4 d5 -
Ru Jan Scherbakov 2010
The Kaufman Repertoire for
Black and White, Chapter 9, Slav
Defence, pp 134-138 ( ew In
Che 2012)

A: The Pawn Sacrifice
9 .. . b5
Fressinet,Laurent
Solak,Dragan
Eforie Nord tt 2009 (9)
1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.tt:J13 t016 4.l0c3
dc4 S.a4 ~1S 6.t0eS e6 7.13 ~b4
M :Jc4 0-0 9.Wf2 bS 10.abS cbS
11.tlJbS t0c6 [This does not seem
sufficient - Scherbakov] 12.e3! [12.e4?!
~e4 13.fe4 t0e4 14.Wg1 a6~ followed by
15... tiJd4 gave Black good compensation for
lhe piece; 12 .~d2 ! ? deserves attention -
Scherbakov] 12.. .'ifb8 13.l0c3 [13.J:la6!
(Kaufman) 13 ... it'b5 14.t0e5 '*'d5
15.1bc6±] 13... es 14.dS J:ld8 1S.it'a4
0.e7
16.d6?! [16.e4 ~c3 (16 ... ~c5 17 .~e3
~e3 18.We3!) 17.bc3 ~e4 18.d6 (18.fe4
lbe4 19.Wg1 t0d5 20.ii'c2 l0ec3 21 .h3±)
18... 1bed5 19.'ifa5 ~f5 20.~e2 ± ;
16.'i'b5!? 'ifb5 17.l0b5 t0fd5 18.t0e5
~c5 19 .~c4 ! Scherbakov] 16 ... ~d6
17.tiJd6 J:ld6 18. ~e2 e4 19.J:l11
~d7 20.'ifa3 e13 21. ~13 t0g4
22 ..ig4 ~g4 23.Wg1 iOdS 24.t0dS
J:ldS 2S.e4 J:lbS 26.it'e7 it'b6
27.~h1 ~e6 28.J:la3 'ifb7 1-2-1-2
B: A Solid Developing Move
9 ... tt:l bd7
Laznicka,Viktor
Vernay,Ciovis
France tt 2010 (5)
1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.t013 t016 4.t0c3
dc4 S.a4 ~1S 6.t0eS e6 7.f3 ~b4
8.1bc4 0-0 9.Wf2 l0bd7?! 10.e4
.ig6 11. ~e3 aS [11 ... 'ife7 12.tt'la2
J:lfd8 13.'ifb3 a5 14.tt'lb4 ab4 15.~e2 c5
16.J:lhd1 cd4 17.~d4 tt'lc5 18.'ife3 tt'la4
19.tt'le5 'ife8 20.'i'b3 b5 21 .'i'b4 J:lab8
22.~a7 J:ld1 23.J:ld1 J:lb7 24.'ifa5 1·0
Fridman-Kaufeld, Obemausen 2010]
12.J:lc1 [White has central dominance and
Black's g6-bishop is out of play - Kaufman]
12... tt'le8 13.h4 h6 14.g3 tt'lc7
1S . ~e2 ~e7 16 .~14 t0a6 17.'ifd2
tt'lb4 18.Wg2 ~ h7 19.J:l hd1 tt'lb6
20.b3 tt'ld7 21 .~11 tt'l16 22 .~e3 J:le8
23. ~12 tt'ld7 24.Wg1 ~18 2S.'if14
fl/e7 26.J:ld2 ttJ16 27.J:lcd1 tt'lhS
28.'ife3 ttJ16 29.g4 'i'c7 30.'i'e1
tt'ld7 31 .~g3 1Vd8 32.tt'ld6 ~d6
33. ~d6 1S? 34.g1S tt'l16 3S .~es e1S
36.J:lg2 • e7 37. g3 J:lad8 38. 14
Wh8 39.e1S ttJhS 40.'ifg4 'i'f7
41. ~c4 ttJdS 42.ttJdS cdS 43 . ~d3
J:l18 44.'ifhS '*'hS 4S.~g7 'ii<g8
46. ~es 47.J:lg7 w e8 48 .~bS
J:ld7 49.J:lc1 J:lf7 SO.J:lc8 We7 S1.f6
1-0
Bu Xiangzhi
Kakageldiev,Amanmurad
Guangzhou Ach 2010 (3)
1.tt'l13 dS 2.d4 ttJ16 3.c4 c6 4.tt'lc3
dc4 S.a4 ~1S 6.t0eS e6 7.13 ~b4
8.tt'lc4 0-0 9. t0bd7?1 10.e4
~g6 11. ~e3 • e7 12.tt'la2 J:l1d8
13.'ifb3 aS 14.l0b4 ab4 1S.~e2 cS
16.J:lhd1 cd4 17. ~d4 tt::Jcs 18. ~cs
'tifcS 19.'ife3 'i'c7 20.'i'b6! 'ilt'e7
21.Wg1 ± hS 22.aS h4 23.J:ld8 J:ld8
24.J:ld1 J:ld1 2S. ~d1 tt'ld7 [25 ...tt'lh5
26.'ife3±] 26.'ifc7 'i'cS? [26 ... f5!?
27.ef5 ef5±] 27. 'lieS+- tt'lcS 28.tt:ld6
1S 29.tt'lb 7! tt'la6 30.~e2 tt'lc 7
31.e1S e1S 32.tt'ld6 8 33 ..id3
w e7 34.~1S Wd6 3S. ~g6 w cs
Survey SL 4.3
36.~d3 Wd4 37..ie2 b3 38.Wf2 gS
39.a6 c,tcs 40.g3 Wb6 41.gh4 gh4
42.\Pe3 ttJdS 43.Wd4 ttJ14 44. ~c4
tt'lg2 4S.We4 Wc6 46.14 1-0
C: A Safe Haven
9 ... h6
Shen Yang
Wang Yu A
Hefei ch·CHN rapid 2011 (7)
1.d4 dS 2.tt'l13 ttJ16 3.c4 c6 4.tt'lc3
dc4 S.a4 ~1S 6.tt'leS e6 7.13 ~ b4
8.tt'lc4 0-0 9.W12 h6?! 10.e4 ~ h7
11. ~e3 tt'lbd7 12.'ifb3 cS 13.J:ld1
cd4 14.'ifb4 de3 1S.tt'le3 '*'b8
16 . ~e2 tt'leS 17.ttJbS tt'lc6 18.'ifd6
a6 19.fl/ b8 J:lab8 20.tt'ld6 J:l1d8
21.tt'lec4 W18 22.J:ld3 We7
23.J:lhdU
23 ... t0e8 24.tt'le8 We8? [24 ... J:ld3
25.J:ld3 J:le8! ] 2S.J:ld8 tt'ld8 26.b4 16
27.tt'lb6 ~g8 28.J:ld7 ~f7 29.bS±
eS 30.aS t0e6 31.ba6 ba6 32.J:la7
tt'lcS 33 . ~a6 tt'la6 34.J:la6 We7
3S.J:la7 1Pe6 36.We3 g6 37.ttJdS
J:lb3 38.\Pd2 ~g8 39.J:la6 Wf7
40. J:l16 c,1;>g7 41.J:lb6 J:la3 42.a6 1-0
E: Striking in the Centre
9 ...c5
Giri,Anish
Vallejo Pons,Francisco
Rijeka Ech 2010 (9)
1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.t013 ttJ16 4.tt'lc3
dc4 S.a4 ~1S 6.tt'leS e6 7.13 ~b4
127
 a.lZ'lc4 0-0 9. 2 cS 10.e4 ~c3!
11 .bc3 ~e41 12. ~a3?1 [Scherbakov
analyses 12.fe4! lZ'le4 13.Wg1 lZ'lc3
14."it"e1 cd4 15 . ~a3 but after 15...lZ'lc6!?
16.~f8 "i!l'l8!1r! opined that Black's pawn
phalanx gave him good compensation for
the rook. Still, it probably deserves deeper
and more careful analysis. Three months
later Ding Liren was successful with the
h2·h4, .l:lh1·h3 plan against this idea. See
below] 12•.. ~d5! (12 ...lZ'lbd7? 13.fe4
lZ'le4 14 .~g1 lZ'lc3 15.'it"c2 lZ'ld5? 16.dc5±
'*'h4 17.'it"l2 'it"l2 18.Wf2 .!:lieS 19.lZ'ld6
.rtc7 20.l:lc1 b6 21 .lZ'lb5 .!:IceS 22.c6 lZ'leS
23.lZ'ld4 .!:IdS 24 .~e2 .!:lacS 25.l:lhd1 1·0
Henrichs-Beeker, Oberhausen 201 OJ
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££
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~!::,!::,
l:t ~ ~ l::t
13.lZ'le5 (13.~c5?! ~c4 14 .~c4 .!:lea
(although White has the two bishops
against Black's double knights in an open
position, he does not have any advantage
as Black's compact pawn structure (with no
weaknesses) coupled with White's immobile
central pawns give Black the chance to
generate swift counterplay) 15.a5 ( 15 . ~d3
lZ'lbd7 16.~a3 .l:lcS 17.'it"d2 lZ'ld5 18.l:lhc1
'ilt'h4 19.'itg1 lZ'lc3! 20 .~h7 'it'h7 21 .l:lc3
lZ'li6=F) 15..."it"c7 16.'it"d3 .rtc8! 17.~b5
lZ'lbd7 18. ~b4 lZ'ldS"f] 13••. lZ'lbd7
14.lZ'ld7 'it"d7?! [14 ... lZ'ld71 might have
been more promising: 15 .~b5 ~c6 or
15...'it'h4!? 16.g3 'it"e7 with a certain
advantage for Black - Scherbakov]
15 .~c5 :ttca 16.a5 b6! 17. ~ b4
'it'c7 1a.'ilfd2 h6?! (18... ~c4!?=F
19.~c4 'iic4 20.ab6 ab6 21.'it"e2 'it"c7
22.'ite5 'it'c6 23.'it"d6 'ilt'b7=F Scherbakov]
19. ~a61 ~ b7 20. ~e2 lZ'ldS 21.c4
lZ'lt4 [21 ...lZ'lb4 22.'ilt'b4 :tda (22 ...'t!Vt4
23.:thd1 'it"h2 24.ab6 ab6 25.'ilt'b6) 23.ab6
ab6 24.:ta8 :taB 25.l:tb1 'it"h2 26.'t!Vb6
'ilt'h4 27.'itf1 'ilt'h1 28.'itf2 'ilt'h4=
Scherbakov] 22 .~f1 ~a6 23.ab6 ab6
24.d5 edS 25.g3! lZ'lg6 1-2-~
128
Jakovljevic,VIado
Bykov,Aiexey
Vienna 2011 (9)
1.lZ'lf3 dS 2.d4 lZ'lf6 3.c4 c6 4.lZ'lc3
dc4 5.a4 ~fS 6.lZ'le5 e6 7.f3 ~b4
a.lZ'lc4 0-0 9.'itf2 cS 10.e4 ~c3
11.bc3 ~e4 12.fe4 lZ'le4 13 .~g1
lZ'lc3 14.'ilt'e1 cd4 15. ~a3 :tea
16.lZ'ld6 .l:le7 17.lZ'lb5 :td7 1a.tt::lc3
dc3 19.'it"c3 lZ'lc6 20.h4 lZ'ld4
21 .:tc1 'it"f6 22.:th3 :tada 23. ~b2
eS 24.Wh1 'it'f2 25. ~a1 lZ'lc6
26.'it"e3 ifa2 (26... 'it"e3 27.:te3 f6±]
27.'ilfb3 (27. ~e5!? lZ'leS 28.'it"e5 'it"a4
29.:ta1±] 27 ...'it"d2 2a ..-c3 'it"f4
29.Wg1?! [29."it"e3 W'a4 30.~e5 lZ'leS
31.'it"e5 'ifd4i] 29 .. .'i!fa4 30.'i!fc4
'ilt'c4 31.:tc4 l:td1 32. ~c3 :tc1
33.'itf2 fS 34. ~e1 .l:lb1 35.l:td3 l:tb2
36.'itg1 l:td3 37.~d3 e4 3a. ~c2
'itf7 39 . ~a4 :tb1 40. 2 lZ'leS
41.:tc7 'ite6 42. ~c3 g6?! (42 ... 'itd6
43.:tg7 bS 44.:tb7= lZ'ld3 45.~e2 lZ'lf4
46.'itd2 c.t>c6 47.:tb8 lZ'lg2=] 43. ~c2 ;!;
lZ'lg4 44.'itg3 :tf1 45.:th7 lZ'le3
46 . ~b3 'itd6 47.:tf7 bS? [~
47 ...lZ'ld5i] 4a.~ b4 ~es 49.:te7 c.t>d4
(49... c.t>f6 50.:te6 'itg7 51. ~c3 Wh6
52. ~e5+ -] SO.:td7 'iteS 51.~c3X
1·0
Zhou Jianchao
Batchuluun,Cegmed
Shenzhen 2011 (7)
1.lZ'lf3 lZ'lf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 dS 4.lZ'lc3
dc4 S.a4 ~fS 6.lZ'le5 e6 7.f3 ~ b4
a.lZ'lc4 0-0 9. 2 cS 10.e4 ~c3
11 .bc3 ~e4 12.fe4 lZ'le4 13.'itg1
lZ'lc3 14.'il'e1 cd4 15.~a3 :tea
16.lZ'ld6 :te7 17.lZ'lb5 l:td7 1a.lZ'lc3
[18 .~b2 lZ'lc6 19.lZ'lc3 dc3 20. ~c3. Two
bishops vs knight and three pawns is about
a pawn net advantage to White. His shut-in
rook can be developed via h2·h4 and
:th1·h3 - Kaufman] 1a ..•dc3 19..-c3
lZ'lc6 20.h4 :tea 21 .:tc1 lZ'le7
22. _.b3 :tc1 23.~c1 lZ'lfS 24.~g5
as 25.:th3 h6 26. ~e3 lZ'le3
27.:te3 'ilt'cS 2a.'ilt'c3 'i!fc3 29.:tc3
a6 30.:td3! :tc7 [30 ... :td3 31 .~d3 aS
32.h5 c.t>fB 33.'itf2 c.t>e7 34.'ite3 'itd6
35.'itd4+-l 31.:tda c.t>h7 32 . ~d3 g6
33.h5 'itg7 34.hg6 fg6 35. 2 :tc3
36.~e3?! [36. ~e4 bS (36 ... :ta3 37.~b7
:ta4 38.:td6 Wf6 39 .~a6±) 37.a5 .l:la3
38.l:td6 :ta5 39.:te6 gS 40.:tg6 c.t>t7
41 .:th6±] 36 ••• l:la3 37.:td7 6
3a.:th7 hS 39.l:th6? l:td3 0·1
Ding Liren
Zhou Jianchao
Danzhou 2010 (1)
1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.lZ'lf3 lZ'lf6 4.lZ'lc3
dc4 S.a4 ~fS 6.lZ'le5 e6 7.f3 ~ b4
a.lZ'lc4 0-0 9. 2 cS 1O.e4 ~c3
11 .bc3 ~e4 12.fe4 lZ'le4 13.'itg1
lZ'lc3 14.'it"e1 cd4 15. ~a3 lZ'lc6
16. ~fa fa 17.h4
17 .. .'ii'c5?! [17 ... e5! 18.:th3 l:td8 19.l:tc1
'Wie7 20.:thc3! dc3 21.'ifc3i Kaufman;
17 ... lZ'lb4!? 18..-12! :td8 19.:th3 't!Ve7
20.h5! eS (20...h6 21.lZ'le5! lZ'le4 22.'it"f4 f5
23.~c4 lZ'ldS 24 .~d5 :td5 25.l:ld3±)
21 .h6 g6 22.lZ'le5!! 'ifes 23. ~c4 lZ'lcdS
24.:te1 'fic7 25 .~d5 lZ'ld5 26..-d4 16
27.:td3 and the knight dies soon after
:ted1] 1a.t0d2 lZ'lb4 (18...:td8 19.:th3
tOeS 20.:tc1 'it"d5 21 .lZ'lb3 and White may
play 22.:tc3 next to reach a bishop versus
three pawns middlegame in which the
pawns are not imposing - Kaufman. After
18... e5 19.:th3 f5 20.:tc1 'fid6 21.lZ'lb1
lZ'ldS 22.:tb3 lZ'ldb4 23.lZ'la3 White has
completed his development and the ex1ra
rook should count for more than the pawns,
though it's messy - Kaufman; 18...lZ'le5
19.h5 d3 20...12 ..b4 21.:th4 lZ'lg4
22.lZ'l13! and White gets in 23. d4 which
will ensure a favourable queen trade]
19.'it"f2 .!:Ida 20.:th3 lZ'lbdS 21 .:td3
[White missed the strong move 21 .:tf3!, but
even as he played, he kept the advantage
and won after 21 ... 15 22 .~c4 a6 23.l:td3 b5
24.ab5 abS 25.~d5 'WidS 26.:te1 lZ'le4
27.lZ'le4 fe4 28.l:tdd1 White is winning as
he will soon win Black's pawns- Kaufman]
21 ...e5 22.:te1 'fic7 23.lZ'le4 lZ'la4

24.J:Ig3 ti::lf4 [24 ... ti::lac3 25.ti::lf6 'othB
26.lL!d5 1Lld5 27.h5 h6 28."ii'f5! e4 29.J:Ig4
ftle3 30.J:Ie3 de3 31 .J:Ie4± and after
winning the e-pawn, White retains good
kingside attacking chances] 25.ti::lf6 'oth8
26.lL!e8 J:le8 27.'it'f4 J:le7 28.'i!fg4 f6
29.l:la3! "irc6 30.J:Iea1 ti::lb6 31.J:Ia7
e4 32."ii'h5? [32.J:Ia8!+-] 32 ... h6
33.11t'g6 'li'c8 34.J:Ie1 'fkc6 35.'oth1?
[35..i.d3!+-] 35 .. .d3? 36..i.d3 "irc3
37.J:Iaa1 f5 38.'iff5 1-0
Grandelius,Nils
Hector,Johnny
Malmo 2012 (5)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.ti::lf3 ti::lf6 4.ti::lc3
dc4 5.a4 .i.f5 6.ti::le5 e6 7.f3 .i.b4
8.1bc4 0-0 9.c,tt2 c5 1O.e4 .i.g6!?
11.lL!a2 ti::lc6 12.ti::lb4 ti::lb4 [12... cb4!?
13..i.e3 'it'e7 (13 ..."ii'c7?! 14.J:Ic1 J:ladB
15.lL!e5±) 14."~fb3 (now the queen is on
e7 instead of c7 as in the 9....i.g6 tine. The
question is whether this is an improvement
lor Black) 14 ... J:Ifd8 15.J:Id1 J:lac8 16..i.e2
.i.e4 17.fe4 ti::le4 18.'otg1 'it'f6 19.'fkd3
(1 9.g3 1Lld4 20.J:Id4 J:ld4 21 .'otg2 J:lcc41?
22 ..i.c4 J:ld2 23 ..i.d2 'iff2 24.'oth3 'i!fd2
25.J:If1 ti::lg5 26.'otg4 'othBI? 27..i.d3 g6
28.11t'c2 f5 29.'oth4 ti::lf3 30.'oth3 ti::lg5
31.<;;>h4=) 19... ti::lc5 20."ii'd2 ti::le4
21.11t'd3::] 13.'li'b3 ti::le4 [13 ... .i.e4 14.fe4
"i'd4 15..i.e3 'it'e4 16..i.e2 J:ladB
17.l:lhd1 ti::lc2 18.J:Iac1 ti::le3 19.'ii'e3 J:ld1
20..i.d1 . Here, as in other sidelines, a piece
is stronger than three pawns, all other
things being equal - Kaufman; 13... J:Ic8?!
14.dc5 ti::la6 15..i.e3 ti::lc5 16.'i!fa3 b6
17..i.e2±] 14.fe4
14....i.e4 [14... 'fkd4 15..i.e3 e4
1 6.<~g1 (16..i.e2 J:ladB 17.J:Ihc1 !
(1 7.J:Ihd1 ?? 'i!fh4 18.'otg1 .i.c2+) 17... b6
(17 ... ti::ld3 18..i.d3 J:ld3 19.J:Ic3;t J:lc3
20.'i!fc3 J:ldB 21 .J:Ic1 gg) 18.a5 ti::ld3
19.'otg1 ! ti::lc1 20.J:Ic1 ;t White's minor
pieces have become very useful in hitting
Black's queenside pawns) 16... J:Ifd8 17.h4
'i!fd5 18.J:Ih3 ti::lc2 19.J:Ic1 ti::ld4 20.'fkd1
Two bishops for a knight and three pawns is
very favourable when the pawns aren't
dangerous - Kaufman] 15..i.d2 ti::lc2
16.J:Ic1 ti::ld4 17.'i!fe3 'i!fd5 18.'i!t'f4
J:lad8 19.ti::le3 'i!fc6 20..i.c3 e5
21.'it'e5 J:lfe8 22.'i!fg3 'i!ff6 23.'otg1
'it'h6 24.J:Ie1 f5 25.'tlff2 f4 26..i.d4
cd4 27.ti::lc4 d3 28.h4 .i.f5 [28 ...13!?
was itching to be played - ChessBase
website] 29.J:Ie8 J:le8 30. d4 1fh5
31 .ti::ld6 J:lf8 32.'i!fd5 'oth8 33.1Llf5
d2 34.'i!t'd2 'tiffS± 35.J:Ih3 'it'c5
36.1t'f2 'tlt'b4 37.b3 h6 38.J:If3 a6
39.g3 b5 40.ab5 ab5 41 .J:If4 J:lf4
42.1t'f4 'i!fb3 43.'ii'f8 'oth7 44.'it'f5
liti>g8 45.'i!fd3 'it'e6 46.'fkb5 'i!fe3
47.'oth2 g5 48 •.i.c4 8 49.'tlff5
'ote7 50.'fkh7 'ote8 51 ..i.b5 1-0
Almeida Quintana,Omar
Alarcon Casellas,Rolando
Badalona 2011 (4)
1.d4 d5 2.ti::lf3 ti::lf6 3.c4 c6 4.ti::lc3
dc4 5.a4 .i.f5 6.1Lle5 e6 7.f3 .i.b4
8.ti::lc4 0-0 9.'otf2 c5 10.e4 .i.c3
11 .bc3 .i.e4 12.fe4 ti::le4 13.1iti>g1
ti::lc3
14.'iYd3?! [Selling one tempo cheaply to
Black. 14.'i!t'e1 cd4 {14 ... 'i!fd4 15..i.e3 f6
16.J:Ia3! '2Jd5 17..i.c5 J:lcB 18.J:If3 dB
19..i.a3±) 15..i.b2 ti::lc6 16..i.c3 dc3
1Hit"c3 ti::la5!? (17...'ii'd5 18.h4 J:lac8
19.J:Ih3 J:lfdB 20."ii'b2!) 18.'ii'e3 J:lcB
19.ti::la5 1t'a5 20.h4 J:lc3 21 .'li'e1 ;t J:lfc8
22.J:Id1 !? 'otfB 23.We4 Wc5 24.1t'd4
liti>e7~] 14... 'ltd4 15.'i!t'd4 cd4
Survey SL 4.3
16•.i.b2 '2Jc6 17..i.c3 dc3 18.J:Ic1
ti::ld4 19.J:Ic3 b5 20.ab5 ti::lb5 ~ - Y2
Ashwin,Jayram
Nikolova,Andriana
Albena 2012 (7)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.ti::lf3 ti::lf6 4.'2Jc3
dc4 5.a4 .i.f5 6.ti::le5 e6 7.f3 .i.b4
8.ti::lc4 0-0 9.c,tt2 c5 1O.e4 .i.c3
11 .bc3 .i.e4 12..i.a3?! .i.d5!
13..i.c5 .i.c4 14..i.c4 J:le8 15.a5!?
'li'c7 16.1t'e2 ti::lbd7 17..i.b4 J:lac8
18..i.b3 ti::lb8 19.'it'e5 ti::la6 20. J:Ihc1
ti::lb4 21 .1fc7 J:lc7 [21 ... '2Jd3 22.'ote3
J:lc7 23.'otd3=] 22.cb4 J:lec8 23.J:Ic5
ti::ld7 24.J:Ic7 J:lc7 25.d5 ed5
26 ..i.d5 ti::lf6 27 ..i.b3 J:lc3 28.J:Ib1
8 29.'ote2 <J;e7 30.'otd2 J:lc7
31. J:Ie1 'otd6 32.J:Ie3 ti::lh5 33.g3 g6
34.J:Ic3 J:le7 35.J:Id3 'otc7 36.J:Ie3
J:ld7 37.J:Id3 J:le7 38.J:Id4 ti::lg7
39.J:Ih4 h5 40.J:Ic4 'otd6 41.J:Id4
'otc7 42.J:Ic4 'otd6 43.J:Id4 'otc7
44.'otd3 ti::lf5 45.J:Ie4 J:ld7 46.'otc3
ti::ld6 47.J:Ie5 ti::lc8 48.J:Ic5 'otd8
49.J:Id5 f6 50.J:Id7 'otd7 51 ..i.f7 '2Je7
52.'otc4 'otd6 53.'otd4 ti::lc6 54. 'ote4
ti::le5 55 ..i.e8
55 .•. 'ote7? [55 ... f5 56.'ote3 liti>e7 57..i.b5
'ote6] 56.f4! ti::lc6 57 ..i.g6 h4 58.gh4
\it;>f8 59.h5 'otg7 60.b5 '2Ja5 61.\iti>dS
'2Jb3 62 ..i.c2! ti::ld2 63.<J;d6 1Llf3
64.'otc7 [64 ..i.d3! ti::ld4 65.15!] 64...ti::ld4
65 ..i.d3 ti::le6 66.'otb8 ti::lf4??
[66... ti::lc5! 67.'ota7 '2Jd3 68.'otb7 'oth6
69.b6 '2Jb4 70.'otc8 'oth5 71 .'otd7 <J;g4
72.'ote6 f5!=] 67 ..i.c4! 1Llg2 68.\iti>b7
ti::le3 69..i.d3 ti::lg4 70.'ota7 ILleS
71 ..i.f5 ti::lc4 72 ..i.e6 /Lld6 73.b6 f5
74 ..i.f5 'otf6 75.h6 7 76 ..i.e6 'otg6
n .'otb8 ti::lb5 78.<J;cs 'oth6 79.'otd7
1-0
129
 F: A Prophylactic Move
9 ...~ 6
Ding Liren
Paragua,Mark
Ho Ch i Minh City 2012 (8)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.ti:lf3 ti:lf6 4.ti:lc3
dc4 5.a4 ~f5 6.ti:le5 e6 7.f3 ~ b4
8.ti:lc4 0-0 9.'iPf2 ~96 10.e4 'ilfc7
11 . 'i!Vb3 c5 12.ti:la2 ti:lc6 13.ti:lb4
cb4 14. ~e3 l tfd8 15.lld1 lld7
16.ti:le5 ti:le5 17.de5 lld1 18."*'d1
"*'e5 19."*'d4
B. ~ dc4 5.a4 ~f5 6.ti:le5 e6 7.f3 ~ b4
ii iii
i ;l).t
~ avoid a confrontation. White does not seem
~ i vw ~
1l,~
~ w~ ~
~ 1::r
19 ... 'i!Va5 [19 ...'it'd4!? (Tay) 20 .~d4 llc8
21. ~e2 (21. ~d3 a6 22.b3 h6 23.lld1 ti:ld7
24.~c4 ti:lb8 2S.~b6 ti:lc6 26.lld7
(26 .~e2 ti:leS 27.14 ti:lc6 28. ~e3 ti:lb8
29.~c4 ~hS 30.lld6 ~18 31 .h3 tj;e7
32.lld2 16=) 26 ... ti:leS 27.llb7 ti:lc4 28.bc4
llc4=; 21. ~a7 llc2 (21...llc1 ?! 22 .~e3 eS
(22 ...ti:ld7 23.~d2 llc7 24 .~d4 ti:lcS
2S .~c5 llc5 26 .~bS ;!;) 23.~d2 lla1
24.llg1 lla4 2S.~b8 ti:ld7 26.~bS lla8
27.~d6 16 28. ~b4;!;) 22 .~e2 llb2 23 .~d4
lla2 24.lla1 lla1 2S. ~a1 ti:ld7 26 .~bS
ti:lb8 27.~es ti:la6 28. ~c4 16 29. ~d6
(29 .~e6? ! ~17 30 .~17 ~17 31. ~d4=)
29... ~e8 (29... ~17 30.~e3 IS 31 .eS;!;)
30 .~e6 ~17 31 .~c8 b3 32 .~3 ti:lcS
33.as ~e8 34.~e3 ~d7 3S .~d7 ti:ld7
36. ~d2 ti:leS 37 .~c3 ti:lc6 38 .~b3 ti:laS
39. ~c3 ti:lc6=) 21...llc2 22. ~a7 llb2
23 .~d4 lla2 24.llb1 (24.llc1 h6=)
24... 0 dS! 2S.llc1 ti:lc3 26 .~c3 bc3
27.llc3 IS 28.llc8 tj;f? 29.eS lla4 30.llc7
~8 31 .llb7 lla2=] 20. ~e2 'i!fa4
21 ..l:tc1 h6 22.h4 h5 23.llc7 b6
24.~g5 ti:le8 25 ..l:tc4 f6 26. ~e3
'i!fa5 [26... ~17 27.eS '*"as 28.14 1fdS
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29."i!t'dS edS 30.llb4 feS 31.feS ti:lc7~] 23 ... lld1 24."i!t'b7 'i!rb2 2S.~ ~e4!
27.'it'd7 ~f7 [27 ..."*'es 28.'it'b7 "i!t'b8 26.1t'b8 ~h7 27.h4 ~IS+ ; 22.~d4 "i!t'l4
29."i!t'e7 'it'd8 30."i!t'b4 eS~] 28."i!t'b7 23.~16 'iWI6 24."i!t'b4 as 2S."i!t'c4 (2S.'it'b7
l:td8 29.'it'e7 lla8 30.llb4 "i!Ve5?! 'ii'd4 26.tj;g3 "i!t'e5 27.~ llb8 28."i!t'a7
[30 ... eS~] 31.lld4 f5 32.ef5 ti:lf6 llb3+) 2S ... lld8 26.~d3 "i!Vb2 27.~e2 'iPh7
33 ..l:td8 lld8 34."i!t'd8 ~ h7 35.fe6 28.lle1 lld4 29.'i!rb5 llb4 30.'ii'a5 'it'b3
~e6 36.~d4 +- 'ii'f4 37. ~f6 gf6 31.lla1 b6=i=) 22 ... a5 23.g3 lld8 24..l:tc1
38.fVe7 ~g6 39.'ii'e6 'i!fh4 40. 1 "i!t'b2 25.llc2 'i!t'b1 26.<J.?g2~; 20 ..."i!t'd4
'i!Vh1 41.'iPf2 1-0 21. ~d4 b6 22.~c4~] 21.~e2 lldB
22.'it'a7 "i!t'e5 23.'it'b6± lld7
24. "i!t'c5? [24."i!t'bS b2 25.llc1 'iPh7
Giri,Anish 26.h3 (26."i!t'b4 ~e4 27.fe4 ti:lg4 28.~ 1
Hector,Johnny ti:le3+) 26 .. .'tifb3 27.llc4 "i!t'a2 28.llb4±]
Malmo 2012 (6) 24 ...'ii'b2? [24.. .'i!fc5 25 .~c5 ~e4
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.ti:lf3 ti:lf6 4.ti:lc3 26.~b4 ~d3;!;] 25.~g5?! [25.~c1 "i!Vb3
26.'i!fc8 ~h7 27.eS±] 25...lld3 26. c1
8.ti:lc4 0-0 9 . ~f2 ~96 10.e4 'i!fc7 llb3 27.'ii'b2 llb2 28.llc1 .l:ta2
11 .1t'b3 (The rook is coming to dB so the 29.llc7? ~e4 30.fe4 e4 31 .~e3
white queen makes a pre-emptive exit to ti:lg5'i' 32.llb7 lla3 33. 4 f6
34.~h5 lla4 35.~g6 b3 36. ~e3 8
to have a strong alternative trying to gain 37.llb3 ~e7? [37 .. .fS'i'] 38.llb7 ~d6
an edge. 11 .g3 lld8 12.~14 "i!t'e7 13.'iPg2 39..l:tg7 ~e5 40.~d3 ti:le4 41 ~e4
c5 14.dS edS 1S.edS ti:lc6 16.d6 'ii'e6 lle4 42. f5 43.g4 .l:tg4 17-Y2
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13.lld1 cd4 14.lld4 ti:lc6 1S.lld8 lld8
16.~e2=] 11 ... c5 12.ti:la2 tt:lc6 Cheparinov,lvan
13.ti:lb4 cb4 [13 ...ti:lb4 14.dcS ti:la6 Arngrimsson,Dagur
1S. ~e3 ti:lcS 16."i!Va3 b6±] 14 .~e3 Albena 2012 (2)
llfd8 15.lld1 lld7 16.ti:le5 [ 16.~e2 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.ti:lf3 ti:lf6 4.ti:lc3
llad8 17.g3 ti:ld4 18.~d4 lld4 19.'ii'b4 dc4 5 .a4 ~f5 6.ti:le5 e6 7.f3 ~b4
lld1 20.lld1 lld1 21.~d1 ;!;] 16 ... ti:le5 B.ti:lc4 0-0 9. 2 ~96 10.e4 W/c7
17.de5 lld1 18.'ilfd1 'iWe5 19.b3 h5 11. "i!t'b3 a5!? 12.ti:la2
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(22."i!Vb4?! lld8 23.~7 (23.~e2 ~e4 ! ti:lc5 16.1t'b4 ti:lce4 17 .fe4 b5
24.fe4 (24.Wic5 lldS 2S."i!t'c8 ~h7 26.fe4 18."i!t'b5 .!:tabS 19 .~ b6 'i!ff4 20. ~g1
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 Slav Defence
Chebanenko Variation SL8.1 (045)

The Variation That Did Not Decide

the World Championship
by Istvan Almasi

1. d4 d5 Anand had prepared the

2. c4 c6 hebanenko Ia wi th 5 .. . 6 a
3. lbc3 tbt6 hi main weapon wi th the black
4. lbf3 a6 piece . It is considered to be
5. e3 e6 quite a modem way of handling
6. c2 c5 thi opening, but it i not the
7. cd5 ed5 most popular Slav ub- y tern -
8. ~e2 ~e6 even within the Chebanenko it-
9. 0-0 lbc6 e lf (5 ... b5 a well a 5 ... ~g4 or
5 .. .~f5 , occur more often).
5 .. .e6 gai ned popularity among
high-le e l pl ayer around 2002,
and ha been pl ayed frequ ntly
at all level ince then, with rea-
sonable core fo r Bl ack. Al -
though Black re trict hi own Vlswanathan Anand
chance o mewhat wi th the
'earl y ' ... e7-e6, in Ge lfand ' ample, and even in hi 20 I0
move order (White ha already rapid match again t Leko, he
pl ayed 4 .e3) it make more delved into the wi ld Anti-Mo -
en e. Ge lfa nd decided to pl ay cow Gambi t (6.~h4 dc4). But in
The Match from a Theoretical the mo t olid move order the mo t important encounter of
Point of View again t the lav in thi match - hi li fe he did not ee a rea on to
The recent World ham pion hip later he even confronted Anand 's ri k too much wi th white in a re l-
match received a lot of critic i m imzo-lndi an with the arne atively hort match. For exam-
fo r being boring, lacking in fre h fo ur move : d2-d4, c2-c4, ple, it wa onl y in the fir t game
theoretical ideas, etc. However, lbb l -c3 , e2-e3! It i , I hould of the rapid play-off(! ) that we fi -
it mu 1 be under tood that uch a th ink, a perfec t wea pon to avoid nally aw what he had in mind
match (or any non-fri endl y Anand ' well-prepared noveltie agai n I the Ia ical Meran,
match, for that matter) i a pecu- in the sharp and complex Mo - whi ch had served a Vi hy'
liar type of conte t, and a very cow Variation, which req uire an main weapon in another of hi
few people get a chance to expe- excellent memory ( l .d4 d5 2.c4 prev io u Wo rld Champion hi p
rience it, it i hard to offer judge- c6 3.lbc3 llJ f6 4.lbf3 e6 5 . ~g5 matche !
ment and advice ' from the h6), or in the Krau e Variati on Gelfa nd cho e the Anti-Meran
out ide' . It i true that onl y three ( l .d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3. c3 lb f6 et-up l .d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.lbc3
game were decided and that 4.lbf3 dc4 5.a4 ~ f5 6. e5). lbf6 4.e3 e6 5.lb f3 lbbd7 6.'ifc2,
both player avo ided exce ive However, Bori did not avoid altho ugh he had often u ed the
ri k , but thi i not a medi a how the e y tern throughout hi ca- harper and ' more challeng ing '
to make everyone happy: onl y reer: he u ed to play the chal- 6. ~d 3 before (a often a
one contender can e nter che le ng ing main line 5.a4 ~f5 6. c2). He managed to beat
hi tory a · the World Champion . 6.tbe5 again tthe Krau e, for ex - Aronian wi th 6 . ~d 3 (2009, Tal

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Memorial) although he lost a
game with it again t Anand in
2008 ( ice rapid). Here I add
that Kramnik who revealed in an
interview about the World
Champion hip match then being
played in Mo cow that ' ... Boris
Gelfand and I are conceptuall y
c lose in our understanding of
che s , and that he had enough
courage to te t the Anand team
novelty, which had been pre-
pared months before, in a sharp
po 1t10n (he even accepted
Anand' challenge for the ec-
ond time- with the arne result) .
Hi 'courage ' and 'curio ity '
co t him the match and the title in
2008. (You can ee the detail in
a Survey in Yearbook 89 by Hun-
garian co-author Lukac !Hazai
with the telling title: The Varia-
tion that Decided the World
Championship ... )
Allow me to quote former World
Champion Vladimir Kramnik
from the same hort interview
again: Since world champion-
ship matches were reduced to 12
games, they have become more
tactical than strategic. The
match strategy doesn't play the
role it once did; I can say this be-
cause I played matches of 16, 14
and 12 games. In a 16-game
match not a lot depends on one
specific contest. And when we
started to have just 12 games the
result of each specific contest
was much more important.
Imagine iffoo tball were cut to 60
or even 45 minute - clearly a lot
would change. I would therefore
advocate an increase in the num-
ber of games to at least 14. It's
very difficult to predict the result
of a short match. Someone
catches his opponent out with a
gimmick and wins- and that 's it,
the shape of the match changes
dramatically. So we'll be looking
at what actually happens, at
each goal that's scored. In 12
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games the score dominates: the
adjustment for the first success-
ful game is too great.
Well , this ex plains a lot of
Gelfand's caution . Thi s is why
he used the 'quiet' Anti-Meran,
and why, on the whole, hi main
aim with white in the whole
match can be summarized in one
word: neutrali zation!
Fight Against the Isolated Pawn
Let' now see the course of the
game in which Gelfand was
White. In Game 2 and 4 Gelfand
cho e 6.b3, which is the most
frequently played continuation.
In Game 6, Bori repl aced 6.b3
with 6.~c2 , which is the econd
mo t popular move in the posi-
tion according to the tati tic .
Thi s game is our su bject.
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Bl ack plays 6•.. c5, after which
the course of the u ual Anti-
Meran play dra tically changes,
and the ensuing po itions are
much more imilar to other open-
ings! An analogy with the
Queen' Gambit Accepted arises
if White plays 7.a3, or 7.dc5 ~c5
8.a3, allowing Black to take on
c4.
Another type of tructure ari es
if White in e rts 7.cd5 ed5 and
later take on c5, which will re-
sult in an isolated pawn for
Black. Thi s is pretty imilar to a
Symmetrical Eng lish Opening
or a Tarra ch Defence, e.g. l. c4
c5 2.l!Jc3 lDf6 3.ltJf3 ltJc6 4 .e3 e6
5.d4 d5 6.a3 a6 7.cd5 ed5. Once
again, the que tion i how White
can profit from hi a lready devel -
oped queen. In thi s ca e it defi -
nitely has more pluses: agai nst
the potential d5 IQP White can
develop with ~e2/0-0/.I:d l , a
r
the d 1- quare has already been
vacated. There is al o a ma ll
tactical trick owing to the queen
being on c2: after the rook ar-
rives on d I , a threat i et up -
after inserting deS ~c5- White
make use of hi battery by play-
ing ltJd5 . However, it i not too
hard to parry this threat: Black
must defend hi c5-bi shop with
... 'W/e7, or get out of the danger
zone (to a7 or d6).
As ... a7-a6 has already been
pl ayed, but a2-a3 ha not, White
can gai n another important
tempo com pared to the above-
mentioned Tarrasch et-ups. The
move ... ltJc6-b4 deserves atten-
i tion in some positions (for exam-
ple inca e of 8.~e2 ltJc6 9.ltJe5·
see Caruana-Dominguez, Khanty-
Man iy k ol 20 10 - YB 98 p.
164), but it i not so important
that it should be prevented.
Anand has even pl ayed a move
order which kill the possibility
l::t of 8 ... ltJc6 9.ltJe5 and Jo e
Vi lela wrote twi n Surveys about
it in Yearbooks 98 and 99. We
have already seen the move
8 ... ~e6 in Gelfand-Yakovenko,
Khanty-Mansiysk o l 20 I 0, but 1
am not sure that Gelfand would
have gone for 9.ltJe5 after
8 ... ltJc6, a it i doubtful whether
that move is reall y so good.

In my opinion, itju t g ive Black
too many option to pi ck the
most comfortable tructure.
From a practical point of view
Anand wa compl tely right to
limit Gelfand po ibilitie , fo-
cu ing on a po ition that wa till
behind the hori zon ... White can
capture on c5 at everal point , or
ju t wait until Black take the
d4-pawn (he mu t do thi ooner
or later, of course, before devel-
opi ng hi -bi hop).
The early central exchange u u-
ally give Black a wider choice of
et-up . For examp le, after the
immediate 7.cd5 ed5 8.dc5 .ic5
9..ie2 Black i no longer forced
to put hi bi hop on e6 and can
play 9 ... 0-0 I0.0-0 tbc6 I J.l:ld I
.ia7, which i no wor e or better,
of cour e although I can ' t ee
any drawbac k to it. However,
8... .ie6 i a ound move that
Black hould play ooner or later
anyway.
8..ie2 .ie6 9.dc5 .ic5 10.0-0
allow IO ... tt:l bd7 !? (Farago-
Erdo , Hungary 2004). It i in-
tere ting that Yako enko cho e
the ame way to develop in his
gam again t Ge lfand at the
20 10 Olym piad: IO.tt:ld4 !? 0-0
11 .0-0 tt:lbd7. Thi wa
Gelfand' mo t recent game
with the 5 ... e6 Cheban nko, and
Anand had probably ba ed hi
preparation on it. Therefore
Gelfand did not repeat hi idea
(i n view f the con equence he
would have b en better off if he
had ... ), and went for 9.0-0 tt:lc6
IO.l:ld l in tead. Thi i the late t
fa hion. White wait till the very
Ia t moment, and now taking on
c5 i a real threat.
A Critical Position
In tead of IO ..I:tdl , the ' final '
moment to take on c5 i an alter-
native though: IO.dc5 .ic5, and
now I l ..l:td I. The game can con-
tinue I I... e7 (the c5-bi shop
mu t be defended , becau e the
' natural ' I 1... 0-0 met by
I 2.ttld5 ...).
I think this i one of the critical po-
ition of the opening. White usu-
ally continue by developing hi
queenside with the well-known
12.b3 0-0 13 ..ib2 or 12.a3 0-0
I 3.b4 ( o much for kipping
a2-a3 ... ). or play in the spirit of
8 ... tt:lc6 9.tt:le5 by I 2.tt:ld4! .. It i
not ad vi able to take (I 2... d4),
becau e the en uing po ition fa-
vour White, even though th en-
gine consistently call it a 'dead
draw'. Between human players I
would bet on White' ucce , be-
cau e Black ha no counterplay,
whereas White has a lot of time to
create omething again t the black
king.
It i better to let White take on c6:
after 12 ... 0-0 13.tt:lc6 bc6 14.b3
.id6 Bl ack uddenl y profit
from the knight wap, becau e
the white king' po llron is
omewhat weakened . Later he
can force another weakne wi th
... tt:lf6-g4, and if White mu t
trade hi s bi hop for that knight,
he will uddenly reali ze that
Black' onlyweakne on c6wi ll
be hard to exploit against hi two
bishop . At thi point let me re-
mind you of Yilela' urvey,
where he pointed out that four
type of central pawn tructure
can ari e from 8 ... tt:lc6 9.tt:le5.
Ba d on my ex perience, gained
while working on thi article, I
wou ld ay Black hou ld avoid
Survey SL 8. 1
the fixed pawn tructure (i a-
lated d4-pawn v i olated d5-
paw n), but the tructure with
hang ing pawn on d5/c6 without
the white d4-pawn give good
counterplay.
Anand's Novelty: 14... 0·0
One of the points of IO..l:td I i to
recapture on d4 with the rook
after I O... cd4 ll .ttld4 ttld4. o
far, the pretty straightforward
IO ... tt:l b4!? ha been much more
popular at high Je e l.
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I think Gelfand had been ex pect-
ing (or even hoping for) thi , and
probably focu ed hi preparation
on thi move, undere timating
the more natural central ex-
change. According to Gri chuk,
who did the Ru ian commen-
tary during the World hampi -
on hip live coverage: 'Toma-
hev ky had a game ver u i
Hua and he found omething in
I O... tt:lb4 II. b I .. .' Actually,
the game he mentioned i really a
mile tone in the development of
the line, and practically ide-
tracks the IO... tt:l b4 line.
Anand and hi camp did not want
to confro nt another home prepa-
ration in the o nl y relatively harp
line (White often ac hi e-paw n
ju t to open the po ition), and
found a ' imple' olution to the
po ition. 10...cd4 ll.tt:ld4 tt:ld 4
12..1:td4 .icS 13..1:ldl had already
occurred in tournament practice
before the Anand-Gelfand
match. 13 ... e7 14 ..if3 0-0!
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was a very practical decision by
the World Champion, demon-
strating that White cannot hope
for any edge there even if he wins
the d5-pawn ' for free ' . Although
there are ome tries to improve
on Gelfand ' play ( 14. ~a4,
20.'fifb3), I do not think the final
a se ment will change: Black
equalize relatively ea ily.
I ee only one point which can be
a ' eriou improvement on the
game: 12.ed4! .
Thi changes the game's charac-
ter again and although the sym-
metrical po ition doe not
promise much at ftr t ight, I till
Main Game
6. 'i!Vc2
Gelfand,Boris
Anand,Viswanathan
Moscow Wch m 2012 (6)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.li:\c3 li:\f6 4.e3 e6
[At this point it seemed that Anand repeats
the Meran-Variation, like in his earlier World
Championship match against Kramnik
(2008). If Black wants to play the
Chebanenko all the way, the specialists
usually start with 4...a6. The early 4...e6
limits Black's perspectives to some extent,
especially because White has already
played 4.e3. After 4...a6 5.li:\f3 Black has
several options: 5... b5, 5...~f5, 5... ~g4 ,
5... g6 and of course 5... e6. But OK, you
can choose only one of those ... It is hard to
say which one of the abovementioned
alternatives is objectively the best. One may
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think it i better to let the
c 1-bi hop into the game than to
play again t the isolani with un-
developed pieces ... In line men-
tioned before White play
tlJ O-d4 after 9.dc5 ~c5 or
l O.dc5 ~c5 ll. lld l "f!e7. White
can on ly hope for this structure,
but the decision wa always in
Black' hands! This seems to be
the chance for White to get it. In
the ymmetrical po ition he can
pin the f6-knight and try to cap-
ture the d5-pawn with ~f3 , but
the opposite-coloured bi hop
do not guarantee victory, even
with the extra d-pawn. If Black
goe for .. .g7-g5 , then swap the
dark-squared bishop on g3 and
doubles rooks on the e-file, he
can try to exploit the white king'
weakened defences, and/or re-
group ~+ to the b l -h7 diago-
nal. Black ha some queen ide
counterplay, but it is not too
promising. He mu t mainly fo-
cus on parrying White' initia-
tive on the king ide, which he
has every chance of doing.
be more popular than the other, and may
have slightly better statistics, but it is
basically a matter of taste, and Anand
decided to use the ...a6· ... e6 set-ups this
time. As Grischuk (who was responsible for
the Russian commentary of the Wch
games) pointed out, after 4...a6 5.'*'c2 (this
move order became fashionable after the
game Kasparov-Morozevich, 1999) Black's
best reply is 5... e6, while the typical
Chebanenko-patents 5... ~g4 or 5... b5 6.b3
i.g4 'hit on thin air', since the king's knight
has not developed yet. I found only one
Gelfand game (and even that one was a
blitz game... ) with 4...a6 5.'*'c2, which after
Ponomariov's 5...e6 6.li:\f3 transposed to
the subject of the current match. I think
here lies the secret of why Anand chose the
...e7-e6 sub-system: with 4...a6 5.• c2
Boris could force him into this line anyway,
therefore it was useful to focus his
Conclusion
You may wonder how Black can
be so uccessful with the isolated
pawn structure even at the cost of
a tempo early in the opening.
The ecret lies in White' very r
early e2-e3, which eal the fate
of hi s dark- quared bi shop. If the
c l-h6 diagonal remain open,
Black can hardly try ... c6-c5, as
the appearance of the bishop on
g5 would hurt in that type of
i olani tructures. So if you like
Black's style of handling this
tructure, and you would like to
give it a try in your own game ,
please be careful tote tit in ope-
nings where the c !-bi shop can-
not come into play early!
After his unsuccessful winning
attempt , Gelfand switched to
the third most seriou alternative
6.c5! ? and won the 7th game of
the match in good style. I think
White's attention will focu s
mainly on thi move in the fu -
ture, in tead of improving on
6. ~c2. But that i the beginning
of a brand new tory ...
preparation on one set-up which can be
used universally against different move
orders! 4...a6 5.li:\f3 b5 Gelfand-Gashimov,
Nice blind 2010; 5... g6 Gelfand-Kamsky,
Wijk aan lee 2012; 5... ~f5 Gelfand-
Kamsky, Moscow blitz 2008] 5. f3
.i .. .t'if ~ .t .i
.l.l .l.l.l
.l .l ..
.l
~~
ttJ ~tt:)
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
: .i 'if~ ~ I:r
5... a6 [Anand prepared a surprise, I did
not find any earlier games by him with this

move! However, Gelfand had quite a lot of
experience with 5... a6 as well, and he has
also tested all major alternatives against it.
5... 1i:lbd7 6.~d3 Gelfand-Anand, Nice rapid
2008; 6.W'c2 ~d6 Sasikirian-Anand, Bastia
2011] 6.W'c2 [6. ~d3?! dc4 7 .~c4 c5 (this
is the main goal of Black's 5...a6: now the
game transposes to a version of the QGA
which is not too favourable for White. The
early development of the queen's knight is
not preferred here, because Black can gain
important tempi in case of the usual
...b7-b5, a2-a4 by ... b5-b4. Another
drawback is that even the classical 8.a4
move is not fully sufficient here, because of
8...~e7 9.0-0 tt:lc6 10.W'e2 cd4 11 ..1:ld1
eSI (which would not work without the
insertion of tt:lc3-~e7 . The latest high-level
game we saw with 6.~d3 was Kramnik-
Tomashevsky, Moscow 2012, where
Kramnik went for a relatively rare and not
too convincing line: 8.0-0 b5 9. ~e2) 8.a4
li:lc6 9.0-0 ~e7 10.'it'e2 cd4 11 ..1:ld1 e5
12.ed4 ed4 13.tt:ld4 tt:ld4 14.'it'e5 '*'d6=
Gelfand-Pr.Nikolic, Tilburg 1990; 6.b3
Gelfand-Anand, Moscow Wch-m/2 and m/4
2012; 6.c5!? Gelfand-Anand, Moscow
Wch-m/7, 2012] 6 .•. c5 [It is interesting to
note that even 6... tt:lbd7 exists here. Black
continues to play the Anti-Meran-
Chebanenko hybrid, still not showing his
cards. However, after 6... tt:lbd7 7.c5 the
game can transpose to Game 7!] 7.cd5
[White has three moves which are worthy of
attention: 7.cd5, ?.deS and 7.a3. The latter is
another waiting move. White wants to keep
the tension, and he does not develop his
bishop before recapturing on c4. 7.a3
becomes a useful move after 7... dc4 8.~c4
bS, when the bishop can return to a2. 7.dc5
.icS (7 ... dc4 8.tt:la4 ~cs 9.ttJc5 '*'as
10..id2 W'c5 11 .W'c4 ..c4 12 .~c4cP
Dittmar-VI.Georgiev, Bad Worishofen 2003)
B.a3 (~ 8.cd5 ed5 - see 7.cd5 ed5 8.dc5
.icS) 8... dc4 9 .~c4 b5. This leads to
another QGA-type position. White is just
slightly ahead in development in a
symmetrical structure, and his king's bishop
will be better placed than its colleague, but it
is not enough to call it an edge] 7... edS
B.~e2 [If White decides to go for the
isolated pawn structure too soon, it gives
Black extra possibilities: 8.dc5 ~c5 9.~e2
(}.() (9 ... ~e6 - 8. ~e2 ~e6 9.dc5 ~c5;
9... tt:lc6 10.0-0 0-0 (10 .....e7 11.tt:la4! ~d6
( 11...~a7 12.~a6 0-0 13.~e2;!;;) 12.tt:lb6
.l:tb8 (Akopian-Arizmendi Martinez, Gibraltar
2006) 13.~a6!? ~g4 14 .~e2 'IJ¥c7 15.'it'b3
~2 16.tt:lh2 ~e2 17..1:tea Gagunashvili)
11..1:ld1 ~7 (White managed to gain a
tempo compared to the Tarrasch (remember:
Black has played ... c5 in two moves), and
spared the move a2-a3, too, but it still seems
to be difficult to come up with a powerful
plan, so White often plays a3, b4, ~b2
anyway. 11... ~e6? 12.tt:ld5!; 11...'li'd6?!
12.tt:ld5! tt:ld5 13.tt:lg5 .l:td8 (13... .1:le8
1H~'h7 WfB 15 .~f3 tt:lf6 (15 ...~e6
16.tt:le4) 16.W'h8 w e? 17...g7+-
Komarov; ~ 13...'1J¥h6 14.'li'c5 (14 ..1:ld5?
~e7) 14...'li'g5 15..,d5 (15 ..1:ld5!?)
15...'i!Vd5 16..1:ld5 ~e6 17..1:ld2 (17 ..1:ld1
tt:lb4 t:. 18.b3 tt:la2) 17....1:tfd8 18.b3 .l:tac8
(18...tt:lb4 19. ~13; 19..1:ld8 .l:td8 20 .~a3
.l:td2) 19.<;t>f1 tt:lb4 20 ..1:ld8 .l:td8 21. ~a3
tt:lc2 22. ~e7± Komarov) 14.'*'h7 <;t>!S
15.tt:le4 'ifeS 16.tt:lc5 ~f5 17.'it'h8 'Jile7
18.'*'h4 16 19. ~d2 '*'b2 20.'it'g3 'JiltS
21.e4 tt:ldb4 22.ef5 1-0 Komarov-Kallai,
France II 2005)
12.tt:ld4 (12.tt:ld5?? tt:ld5 13.'it'b3 ~e6
14.e4 tt:ll4-+; 14... tt:la5-+ t:. 15.'it'a3
li'b6 16.ed5 'it'l2; 12.e4?! tt:lg4!) 12... .1:le8;
12.....d6!?) 10.0-0 'it'e7 (10 ... tt:lc6 11 ..1:ld1
~a?- 9...tt:lc6 10.0-0 .l:td1 ~a?) 11..1:ld1
~e6 12.tt:ld4!?]
Survey SL B. 1
8 ... ~e6 [Anand selects a move order
which is useful from a practical point of
view. He wants to exclude the possibility of
8... tt:lc6 9.tt:le5!?, when 9... 1i:lb4!?
Caruana-Dominguez Perez, Khanty-
Mansiysk ol 2010 - YB/98-164; 9...li'c7
10.1i:lc6 'it'c6 Mamedyarov-Grischuk,
Nalchik 2009 - YB/99-192] 9.0-0 [9.dc5
~c5 10.1i:ld4!? (10.0-0 li:lbd7 !.Farago-
Erdos, Hungary 11 2004/05) 10... 0-0 11 .0-0
li:lbd7 Gelfand-Yakovenko, Khanty-Mansiysk
ol 201 OJ 9 .•• 1i:lc6 1 O..l:td1 [You may ask
what happens if White plays 1O.li:le5 at this
moment? The answer is 10... .1:lc8!.
Compared to 8... tt:lc6 9. e5!?, where
Black, if he wants to recapture on c6 with a
piece, should play 9.....c7 or 9...~d7. It is
clearly the ideal solution to take back with
the rook, and he has the same type of
structure. See the game Sadler-M.Gurevich
in the Game Section below. 10.dc5 (I
thought for a while that this is the optimal
moment to take, since Black has already
positioned his light pieces (so he has no
... li:lbd7 anymore, neither ... ~c5-a7 by
sparing ... li:lc6 or ... ~e6) , but White still
hasn't achieved anything special) 10... ~c5
11..1:ld1 'ife7 (11... ~a7 !?)
i: • g
' 'it' i i i
' ..
.i. i
.a ..
12.b3 (12.a3 0-0 13.b4 ~d6 14 .~b2 .l:tac8)
12...0-0 13.~b2 .l:tac8 14..1:lac1 ~a?
15.'1J¥b1 .l:tfd8 16.1i:lg5 d4 17.ed4 (\-7-\-7
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 M.Gurevich-Morozevich, Moscow 2001 )
17 ...ltJd4:f; 1V iJd4!?, which is very similar
to Gelfand's try against Yakovenko, is
worthy of attention, but if Black does not
take on d4, I could not find any decent plan
for White] 10...cd4 [10 ... liJb4 11 .11t'b1
11t'c8 is a hot subject in today's GM
practice, which needs a lot of concrete
analysis - see the Game Section] 11.liJd4
liJd4 [11 ... llc8 Krasenkow-Bareev, Wijk
aan Zee 2003; 11 ... ~d6 Saric-Esen, Novi
Sad 2009]
12.lld4 [12.ed4! Grischuk-Rublevsky,
Internet blitz 2004, see below] 12... ~c5
13.lld1 11t'e7 [13...0-0? 14.liJd5]
14. ~f3 [14.liJa4?! ~d6 ( 14...~a7 ! ?
15.~a6! ? 0-0 16.~e2 llac8 17.liJc3
liJe4gg; 17... llfd8gg) 15.liJb6 (6 16.11t'a4)
15 ...~h2 (15 ...lld8 16.tt'a4 ~d7 17.liJd7
lld7 18. ~d2;!; cP) 16.\Ph2 tt'd6 17.\Pg1
tfb6. Mhough White retains some
compensation for the pawn by placing his
bishop onto the a 1-h8 diagonal, this is
definitely not the way to handle the position.
Gelfand could continue with 14.tt'a4!? ~d7
15.tt'b3 ~e6? 1 (Smirin was very proud of
finding this move, threatening 16... d4) in his
live commentary, but I do hope he did not
seriously think the line ends here ... The
level of the Russian commentary that day
was saved by the appearance of Garry
Kasparov, the 13th World Champion. ~
15 ...~c6 (not allowing 16.liJa4) 16 .~13 0-0
17.liJd5 liJdS 18.~d5 ~dS 19.lld5 -
15... ~e6) 16.~13 (16.liJa4!? 6 16... d4
(16... ~d6 17.liJb6 lld8 (since the knight
on b6 is guarded here ... ~h2 does not
work anymore ...) 18.1it'a4 - 14.liJa4 ~d6
15.tt'a4) 17.tfc2) 16...0-0 17.liJd5 liJdS
18. ~d5 ~ds 19.lld5 llfdagg and at first
sight it looks as if White has won the
central pawn under better circumstances
than in the game]
136
However, Black retains full compensation here,
too, and I do not see how WMe develops his
bishop - even at the cost of giving back his
extra pawn ... (like in the game with 18.~d2) .
All this was already pointed out by
Christopher Lutz back in 2003(!) in his notes
to the game Krasenkow-Bareev!] 14...()-()N
[Technically, this is Anand's novelty, but the
idea of giving up the central pawn has already
occurred after 14... lld8 15.b3 0-0 16.~2
llc8 in two grandmaster encounters. Perhaps
Gelfand expected this when he chose 1O.lld1
and ignored 12.ed4!... Anand (or his team)
has found the best form of the already
'irNented' pawn sacrifice: not losing an extra
tempo, and not allowing the fianchetto of the
~ on c1] 15.liJd5 ~dS 16~d5 5 tfc2 25.lld2 ~d2 26.~d4 tt'b1 27.'. -11
17.lld5 llacsgg [17... llfd8? 18.lld8 lld8
19.~d2]
18. ~d21 [This excellent move is Gelfand's
only chance to stay in the game, and fight
for an advantage. Holding onto the extra
pawn would only get him in trouble: 18.lld1
(Grischuk) 18...~e3 19.tt'e2 ~cS 20.11t'e7
~e7= 6 21 .lld7 llfd8; 18.tt'f5 llfd8 6
19. ~d2 lldS 20.tt'c8 lld8- + Grischuk &
Smirin; 18.tt'b3 lltdagg 6 19 .~d2 lldS
20.11t'd5 lld8- + Svidler; 18.11t'e2 tfe4
(18... llfd8? 19.lld8 lldB 20.~d2 ± ;
18... tt'f6!? (6 19 ...llld8) is obviously not a
human way of finding compensation (it did
not come to any official commentator's
mind), especially if you see the follow-up,
but it seems to work: 19.llb1 ( 19 .~d2
tt'b2; 19.g3 llfd8 20.lld8 lld8gg1J)
19... tt'g6 (19 ... 11t'e6!?, a2<) 20.11t'd3
(20.lld3 llfdB 21 .e4 lleB!?t; 21...lld3
22.-.d3 lle8=) 20... tfd3 21 .lld3 llfd8
22.lld2 (22.lld8 lldB 23.\Pf1 lld1 24.<Jo,e2
llh1;::t) 22... ~b4 (22...~e7 ! ?gg 6
23.\Pf1 ?? llc1 24.llc1 lld2- + ) 23.lld4
lld4 24.ed4 llc2gg (6 25 ... ~d2) 25.~e3
~d2 (25 ... 1P!B 26.\PI1 \PeS=) 26.\Pf1
~e3 27.fe3 \Pf8gg) 19.lld1 I.Aimasi;
19.-.d1 !? ~e7! (19...~!) 20.lld4 (20.13
(6 21 .e4 Kasparov) 20 ...11t'c2 21 .e4
llfd8gg) 20 ...llld8! Svidler; 19.-.f3 -.13
20.gl3 llfdB 21.lld8 (21.e4 lldS 22.ed5
lld8) 21...lld8 22.b3 (22.1Pf1 lld1 23.\Pe2
llh1 24.b3 llh2 25 .~b2 llh6 26.llc1
llc6=) 22 ...lld1 23.\Pg2 f6= 6 24 .~b2
lld2 Kasparov) 19 ...llfd8 20.~d2
(20.\Pf1 ?! (6 21. ~d2 11t'c2 22 .~e1 )
20 ... ~b6 (6 21...llc2; 20... lld1 21 .• d1
~e7 22 .~d2 lld8) 21 .lld8 (21. ~d2?
llc2+) 2 1... ~d8 22 .~d2 llc2; 20.lld8
lld8 21.b3 (2 1.~d2?? . c2 22.lld1
~b4-+) 2 1...~b4 22.a3 (22 .~b2?? lld2 )
22... 11t'd3 (22... ~c3 23 .~b2 lld2 24.lld1 !
tt'b3) 23.tt'd30 lld3 24.1Pl1 (24 .~b2
llb3) 24 ...lld1 25.\Pe2 lle1 26.\Pd3
~a3=) 20 ...tt'c2!t 21 .llab1 (6 \Pf1 ,
~e1 ;!; ; 21.b3 ~e7! (2 1... ~b4? 1 22.llac1±
tt'a2?? 23.llc8 llc8 24.tfg4; 2 1...~a3!?
22.1Pf1 (6 23.~e1 ) 22 ... tfc7 (6
23 ... -.h2) 23.g3 (23.-.hS!? g6 24.tt'a5
11t'h2! 25.11t'a3 'i!fh1 26.\Pe2 -.g2=)
23... -.c6 24.13 lldS 25 .~e1 llcSgg)
22.\Pf1 (22.-.e1 ~f6 23.llac1 -.a2)
22 ...~f6 23.~a5!? tfe2 24 .~e2 llc2
25.\Pf3 lldc8 (25... lld1 26.lld1 lla2
27.~c3 lla3=) 26.llab1 lla2=) 2 1...~!
(!> 21...llc6 22.1Pf1 llcd6 23.lldc1 1?;!;;
23.~e1 11t'd1 24.lld1 lld1 (6 ... ~b4 ; 6
... llc1 , ... lldd1 ) 25.-.c40 ~e7 26.\Pe2oo)
22.llbc10 1it'b2 23.llc8 (23.llb1 ..a2
24.llb4 11t'd2! (24 ... lld2 25.lld2 llc1
26.lld1 tfe2 27.llc1 ±) 25.lld2 llc1
26.11t'f1 llf1 27.1Pf1 lld2 28.llb7=)
23 ...llc8 24.tfg4! (6 25.tt'c8; 6 25...b4)
24... lld80 25 .~b4 lld10 26.tt'd1 tfb4
27.1it'd8 tffB 28.tfc7! tfaBD= 6 29... b5]
18... ~e3 19 .~c3 ~b6 ! [The bishop is
less vulnerable here. 19... ~g5? ! 20.tfb3±
(6 lle1 ; 6 ~b4; 20.tt'f5;!; Svidler)
20 ... llfe8 21 .lle5 tfdB 22.11t'b7;

19... .i.c5?! 20.l:te1 ] 20.W'f5 [~ 20 .~b3! ?
(I.Aimasi) 20 ... ~e6 (20... llc6?! 21 ..i.b4
~c5 22 ..i.c5 l:tc5 23.l:tc5 W'c5 24.~b?;!;; ;
20... l:tfe8 21 .h3 (21.'i!t'b6 l:tc3!; 21 .g3 .i.l2!
22.~12 W'e3 23 .~g2 ~e4 24 .~h3
'i'e6=) 21...'it'e6 (21 ....i.c5!? 6 22.l:te1
'i'e1 23 ..i.e1 l:te1 24 .~h2 .i.f2~)
22.l:tad1 - 20 .... W'e6 21.l:tad1 llfe8 22.h3;
22.l:te1 '*'c6; 22 ... '*'e1 23 ..i.e1 l:te1
24 .~h2 .i.l2~) 21 .l:tad1 (21 .l:te1??
l:tc3!-+ Svidler; 21 .h3 l:tfd8=) 21 ...l:tfe8
(21...l:tfd8? 22.l:td8 l:td8 23.l:td8 .i.d8
24.'i'b7 ~a2 25.h3±) 22.h3 (22.h4!?)
22 ....i.c5!? (aimed against 23.'*'b4: 22 .. .16
23.'ftb4!;l; 6 l:td6; 6 l:td7; 22 ... h6
23.'it'b41 and then drive the queen to the
kingside - just like in the game, but with a
serious difference: ... f7-f6 has not been
played yet) 23.l:t1d3 (6 24.l:tg3; 23 ..i.g7
~12 (23...~g7? 24.W'c3± ) 24 .~12 'ittg7
25.'ittg1 'ife3= arrives still in time,
otherwise after 26.~h1 or 26 .~h2 the
Black monarch's situation would be quite
unpleasant; 23 ...-b7
23....i.l2! 24 .~f2 'ife3 25.Wf1 l:tc4
26.l:t5d4 l:td4 27.l:td4 'i!fc1 28. ~12 ~e3
29.~f1 1!fc1=. With the queen on b3,
White could defend by returning to d1 )
23... f6!? (23 ...b6 24.l:tg3 g6; 24... f6
25.l:td7!) 6 24.'t'i'b7 .i.f2! 25.'i912 l:tc3!
26.l:tc3 '*et 27 .~3 g5!!
Black controls the f4-square, preparing the
perpetual by 28 .. .'ii'e4 and if 29 .~g3? ?
f4X. 28.'it'b4 (28 . ..-c7 '*e4 29 .~g3
'*d5) 28 ... l:te30 29.l:te3 'it'b4oo]
20 ...'t'i'e6 21 ...-f3 [21 .ii'e6 .i.l2
(21...fe6=) 22 .~ h1 (22.'i912? fe6- + )
22 .. .fe6 23.l:td7 e50 (Svidler; 23 ... l:tf7?
24.l:tf7 'ittf7 25.l:tf1 + -) 24 ..i.e5 (24.l:tb7
.i.d4=) 24 ... l:tf7 25.l:tf7 ~f7= 26.l:tf1 ~g6]
21 .. .f6! [This move was criticized by both
Russian top GM commentators because it
creates weak squares around the king, and
Svidler preferred 21...h6 here. But I think
that if we can lessen the power of the
bishop on c3 and take away the e5- and
g5-squares from the rook, we can live with
those 'holes' - in fact only e6 was
weakened ... ; ~ 21...h6 (Svidler) 22.l:te1
l:tc3?! (~ 22 ... '*c6) 23.l:te6 l:tf3
24.l:tb6;l;; 21 ... l:tfd8 (Grischuk & Smirin)
22.l:te5! (22.l:td8 l:td8 23.'*'b7 ~a2 !
(23 .....-e2 24 ...-f3) 24.l:te1 .i.c5)
22 ... ..-c6 (~ 22... ~d7 (keeping an eye on
g4) 23.l:tae1 (6 24.l:te7) 23 ....i.c5 and
you cannot avoid playing ... f7-f6 anyway)
23.'it'g4 (6 24.l:te8, 25 . ~g7X) 23 ... g6D
is a move a human definitely would not
want to make] 22.h4 [22.l:te1 c6
23.l:te7 (23.h4 l:tfe8) 23 ... l:tfe8 (Grischuk &
Smirin; 23 ... l:tc7!?=) 24.l:tg7 ~g7 25.l:td7!
d70 (25 ... ~f8 26..i.b4!) 26 .'~Wf6 ~g8
27...-h8 ~7 28.'*f6=. This could be a
spectacular way to finish the game, but of
course Boris was still searching for more at
this point; 22.l:tad1 (6 23.l:td6) allows to
trade rooks: 22... l:tfd8 23.l:td8 l:td8 24.l:td8
.i.d8 (6 25... 'it'c6) 25 .~b7 '*'a2 (the
whole position hangs by a thread, but, as
White needs a moment to draw breath, the
gained tempo is enough for Black to
survive) 26.h4 'i!t'b1 27. ~h2 '*f5! (~
27 .. .'it'd3 28.'t'i'b3! 'itth8 29.'ifb8 (6
30..i.a5) 29.. .'lWd5) 28.ii'b3 (28.'it'a6?
.i.c7+ 29 .~g1?? 'it'b1 30.'iff1 .i.h2;
28.'t'i'b8 'ifd5D; 28 ...-a8 'iff4) 28 .. .<t>f8!;
however 22 .. .'il'c6 is fine too, e.g. 23.'i!Wg4
(6 24.l:td7) 23 ... l:tcd8D (23... l:tfd8?
24.l:td7 +-) 24.l:td7 l:td7 25.l:td7 l:tf7=]
22 ... 'ifc6 [Kasparov predicted it correctly
long before Vishy played it. 22 ... l:tfd8?
23.l:td8 l:td8 24.'it'b7±] 23.h5 l:tfd8
24.l:td8 l:td8 [~ 24 ....i.d8 25.'t'i'f51
Svidler; 25.'it'g4t Grischuk & Smirin]
25.~c6 [25 .~f5 'it'd5] 25 ... bc6=
[Although Black's queenside pawns are
weakened, I felt that it is White who must
Survey SL B. 1
be careful here because of the h5-pawn.
For instance, Black already threatens
26 ... l:td5 29.g4 l:tg5. White has no time to
execute his plan l:te4-a4/c4] 26.l:te1
(26.h6?! g51? (the most ambitious 6
... ~f7-g6; 26... .i.d4?! (Svidler) 27..i.d4
l:td4 28.l:tc1 ;l; l:td6 (28 ...l:ta4 29.l:tc6 gh6
30.a3;t) 29.hg7 'ittg7 30.b3! (6 g3, J:tc5)
still gives some slight winning chances;
30.l:tc5 l:td1 31. ~h2 l:td2; 26 ... gh6
Grischuk 6 27..i.f6 .i.f2 (27... l:td2=)
28 .~12 l:tf8=) 27..i.f6 l:tf8 28..i.g5 l:tl2
Kasparov: 26.g4 l:te8!? 6 27 ... l:te4;
26... .i.d4 27.l:tc1 .i.c3 28.l:tc3 l:td4=;
26.l:tc1 l:td5] 26... 7 27.g4 [27.l:te4
l:td1 (27 ... l:td5 28.l:ta4 (28.g4 .i.a5!?=)
28 ... l:tf5 29 ..i.e1 l:tb5 (29 ...a5 30.g4 l:tb5
31 ..i.c3 f5~ ) 30.b3 a5 31.g4 f5 ~ ) 28. ~h2
.i.l2 29.l:ta4 l:td3! 6 30... .i.g3] 27 ... .i.d4
(27...l:td5!? 28.l:te4 .i.a5= 29.l:tc4 .i.c3
30.l:tc3 l:td4] 28.l:tc1 .i.c3 29.l:tc3
l:td4 Yd'2
The Piece Capture on c6
1O. tt:le5 :tea
Sadler,Matthew
Gurevich,Mikhail
Germany Bundesliga 2002/03 (12)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.t.Llf3 t.Llf6 4.t.Llc 3
e6 5.e3 a6 6.'ifc2 c5 7.cd5 ed5
B..i.e2 t.Llc6 9.0-0 .i.e6 1O.t.Lle5!?N
J:tc8!
11 .'i!t'a4 (11 .l:td1 cd4 (11....i.d6 12.t.Llc6
l:tc6 13.dc5 l:tc5 14.'it'a4 '*d7 15.W'd7
~d7 16..i.d2 t.Lle4 17.t.Lle4 de4 18..i.c3
l:td5 19..i.g7 l:tc8 20..i.c3 l:td1 21 ..i.dt b5
22.a3 f5 23.g3 .i.d5 24 .~1 1 ~e6 25.'ittet
.i.c4 26.l:tc1 .i.d5 27.'ittd2 l:tc6 28.h4
i.e? 29..i.h5 .i.b3 30..i.e2 .i.d6 31 .g4 f4
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 32 .~f1 13 33.g5 <M7 17-17 Ovseevich-Wirig, 50.'i!t'c4 <;t;>Q7=] 47.l:le3 de3 48.l:lt3 gfS 23.~c4 ~2 (23...~d4=) 24.~h2 ~c4=]
Ulle 2011 ) 12.ed4 ~d6 13.~c6 l:lc6 49.l:lf5:t 1Vc6 SO.'ilt'e3 e4 51 .<;i;>h2 20.•. ~t6 21 .d5 eS 22.W a2 ~g4
14 .~g5 o-o 15 . ~ h6 16.~ ~h2 . d6 52.'i!t'f4 'i!t'f4 53.l:lf4 gS 23.t3 ~d7 24.l:lac1 "Wb8 25 .~b4
17.coPh2 g4 18. ~g4 W"h4 19.~3 ~3 54.l:la4 ~g6 55.l:la6 t6? [55 ... <;t;>g7=] · 4 26.l:ld4 aS 27.~c5 W'b3
20.gh3 'iit'f4 21.coPh1 ..13 22.coPh2 f4 56.<;i;>g3 t7 57. 4 hS 58.l:la8:t 28.'*d2 l:lc8 29.~d1 W"d1 30.l:ld1
23.coPh1 W"l3 24 .<~>h2 W"f4 17-17 Kornev-Ni h6 59.~e4 fS 60.l:lb8 h6 ~d1 31 . 'ilt'aS ~c2 32.l:ld2 ~fS 33.f4
Hua, Moscow 2012; 11. ~13 cd4 12. c6 61 .coPd5 t7 62.<;t;>e6 ~gS 63.<;i;>e7 d3 34. a4 <;i;>d8 35.W'as <;t;>e8
l:lc6 13.ed4 ~e7 14. ~f4 o-o 15.l:lad1 ..as e4 64.l:lh8 <;t;>gS 65.<;i;>e6 h4 36. bS ~d7 37.'i!t'd3 l:lcS 38.l:lc2
16.W"b3 ~ 17 .~d2 l:lfc8 18.a3 ~c3 66.coPd5 ~t2 67.coPd4 4!= 68.l:lh4 l:lc2 39. c2 ~d8 40. e4 8
19 . ~c3 ..c7 20.h3 l:lb6 21 .W"c2 .-d7 [6B ... coPg3 69.l:lh6 <;t;>g2] y,. y, 41.W'b4 8 42.a4 hS 43.a5 l:lh6
22.l:lfe1 ~fS 23..-d2 ~e4 24 .~e4 ~e4 M .Gurevich 44.d6 ~c6 45.a6 7 46.a7 l:ld6
25.l:le3 l:lg6 26.13 ~fS 27.g4 hS 28..-e2 47.'Wc4 ~b6 48.'i!ft7 <;t;>c8 49. 1
hg4 29.hg4 ~e6 30.l:le1 l:lc6 17-17 l:ld7 so.Wt8 l:ld8 s1. W'g7 l:ld7
Postny-Antoniewski, Eretria 2011] 11 ..• .-c7 52.'i!t'g8 l:ld8 53."Wt7 l:ld1 54.<;i;>e2
[11... ~d6 12. c6 l:lc6 13.dc5 ~cS l:lc1 55. 2 l:lcS 56.'i!ff8 1-0
14 .~6± ; 11 ... W"b6!N 12.l:ld1 cd4 Sidetracked
( 12...~e7 13.dc5 ~cS 14.~ l:lc6 1 O.l:ld1 tt:J b4 1 U!Vb1 1!Vc8
15.~13;t) 13.ed4 (13.~c6 l:lc6 14.'i!t'd4 Wojtaszek,Radoslaw
'*c7 15."*'h4 ~d6 16.~d3 ~g4 17.~e2 Wang Vue Sokolov,lvan
~16 18. ~d3 g4 17-17 Turov-Rublevsky, Rublevsky,Sergey Khanty·Mansiysk ol 2010 (3)
Krasnoyarsk 2007) 13...~e7 (13...~d6!?) Ningbo It 2010 (20) 1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3. c3 t6 4.e3 a6
14 .~e3 o-o (14 ... 'iit'b2?! 15 .~ ! bc6 a) 1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3. c3 t6 4.e3 e6 5.'i!fc2 e6 6. f3 cS 7.cd5 edS
(1 5... l:lc6 16.l:lab1 W"a3 (16 ... W"c3 s.~t3 a6 6.Wc2 cS 7.cd5 edS 8.~e2 8 . ~e2 c6 9.0-0 ~e6 1 O.l:ld1 b4
17.l:ldc1±) 17.l:lb7 '*a4 18. ~4± Roiz) ~e6 9.G-O ~c6 10.l:ld1 b411 .'ilt'b1 11 .'i!t'b1 W'c8 12 .~d2 ~fS 13."Wc1
16.~d2 ~fS 17. ~6;t Roiz) 15."Wc2 'i!t'c8 12 .~d2 ~fS 13."it'c1 c4 14. eS c4 14.a3 d3 15 . ~d3 ~d3 16. eS
(15.l:ld2=) 15...l:lfdB 16. ~d3! (16."ifd2?! [14. e1 ~d6 15.b3 bS+ Krasenkow· ~fS [I prefer this move to 16... ~g6,
~~) 16... .-c7 (16... eS?! 17.de5 d4 I.Sokolov, lzmir It 2004] 14..•~d6 because from fS the bishop oovers
18.el6 ~16 19.~7 coPh8 20~d4 ~d4 [14 ... ~c2? 15.e4] 15.b3 [15.13!? ~ important squares on the queenside and is
21.~e4:t; 16... b4 17."_.b3 'Wc7 18.~e2= 16.~e1 o-o 17.g4 ~e6 18.g5 ~d7 19.~c4 a better help in the defence than on g6]
Roiz) 17. c6 (17..-e2? ~es 18.~f4 ~g4 ! ~e7 20.14 21.ed4 dc4 22.~13 b6
19.~e5 Wc3! 20.bc3 ~e2 21.~e2 e4+ 23.d5 ~g4 24.~g4 'iig4 25.~g3 ~cS
Roiz) 17....-c6 18.l:lac1 (18.~g5 h6 26.<;t;>g2 l:lfeB 27.W"c2 l:le3 28.l:le1 'i!t'l3
19.~h4 l:leB 20.l:lac1 = Roiz) 18 ....-d7 29.<;i;>h3 l:laeB 30.l:le3 l:le3 31 .".-fS l:ld3
19.h3 (19.~g5 h6 20 .~h4 ~hS 21. ~e7 32.l:le1 ..hS D-1 Duque500f·lautier,
'We7 22..-d2= Roiz) 19... l:lc6= Montpellier 2006] 15...b5 [15 ... ~!? 16.bc4
Mittelman-Roiz, Israel 2005] 12..~d2 ~d6 (16.e4?! d4; 16.l:lb1 ~3) 16... ~ 1
[12 ...cd4 13.ed4 W"b6;:] 13. c6 ~d7? ! 17.'i!fa1 f] 16.bc4 bc4 17.a3 [17.e4!?
[13 ...1i'c6 14.dc5 ~cS 15.l:lac1t] 14.dc5 e4 ( 17...~e4 18. ~g5 .c. ~16. )
~h2 [14...~c5 15.~d5 dS 16.1i'e4 ~e6 18. ~e4 19.~ ~ 20."We3 o-o
17. d4±] 15.coPh1 ~c6 16.W"h4 ~es 21.~oo] 17...~c6
17.f4! ~c3 18.~c3 We7 19. ~d3
[19.'Wgs o-o 20.l:lf3±J 19...~b5!?
20.~b5 abS 21 .l:lt3 [21.'i!fg5!?] 17.e4 de4 18.~g5 [18. a4 ..e6
21 ...l:lc5! 22 .~b4 b6g'! 23.l:ld1 o-o 19. c4 is similar to Tomashevsky-Ni Hua,
24.l:lg3 l:le8 25."it'gS g6 26.l:lt3 c;Pg7 but after 19... b5 20. cb6 l:ld8 (20 ... l:lbB
27. ~c5 bcS 28.'i!t'h4 h6 29.l:lh3 l:lh8 21 .d5 dS 22. dS 'i!fdS 23 .~f4) 21 .d5
30.a3 W'd7 31.c;Pg1 -.fs 32.'i!t'e1! [.c. dS 22 .~a5 ba4 23.~d5 l:ldS 24.l:ld5
33..-cJ;:] 32 ...l:lb8 33 ..-c3 b4 'WdS there is no check on cB; 20. ab6
34 ..-cs ba3 35. 'iit'a3 [35.ba3 l:lb2;=] l:ld8 (20... bc4 21 .~a8 'i!fc6 22.d5! W'a8
35 ... 'ilt'c2 36.-.d3 'i!t'b2 37.l:lt3 W"b4 (22... dS 23 .~a5! "Wa8 24.'i!t'c4 ~e6
38.1t"d4 'ilt'e7 39.l:lt2 l:lb4 40.W"e5 25."Wa4+-) 23."Wc4 (.c. 24 .~b4 )
'ilt'cs 41.l:ld3 l:lb1 42.c;Ph2 l:le1 23... "Wb8 24.'i!Va6:t) 21.d5 dS 22 .~g5!
43.c;Pg3 1t"c6 44.l:lc3 W"d7 45.f5 d4 bc4 (22 ... f6 23. dS (23 .•d2 fgS 24. dS
[45 ... gf5 46.l:lf5 W"e6 47.W"e6 fe6 4B.l:lc7 18.~d51? ~es [18 ...~d5 19.~c4 .c. l:ldS 25.'Wd5 bc4) 23... l:ld5 24.l:ld5 'WdS
<;t;>g6 49.lll3=] 46.l:ld3 l:le3 [46 ... de3 ~13 . e4gt!] 19.'i!t'c4 ~e6
20. t6 25. e3 'We6 26. fS 'WfS 27.'Wc6 <;f;lf7)
47.l:ld7 ef2 48.l:lf7 <;f;lf7 49.'i!t'c7 l:le7 [20.~13 ~dS 21.~d5 ttJd4 22.ed4 'ilt'c4 23."Wc4 f6 24. ~d5 <;t;>f7 25 .~f4 ~e7;::t]

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18 ...W'e6 19. e2 dS 20.ti:lf4 f4 11 . b1 "ireS 12 . ~d2 ~fS 13.'ifc1 27.bc5 'ifd4 28.c6 llacB 29.c7 lld7
21 .~f4 llc8 22.dS 'i!ff6 23.d6 ~d6 c4 14.a3 d3 [14 ... c2 1S.lla2 bS 30.'ifd4 lld4 31. c6+- ) 27. c6 ...d2
24.lld6 W"d6 2S.t1:Jf7 .-e6 26. d6 16. h4 ~d3 (16 ... b4 17.liJf5 'it'fS 18.ab4 28.liJe7 WfB 29.'i+'d2 lld2 30. fS! )
'it>fB 27.".-c3 lld8 28.lld1 WgB liJb4 19.llaS) 17.b4!; 14... c6!? 1S.e4 26 ...~c5 27.bcS 'i+'d4 28.W"d4 lld4
29.lld2 ~g6 30.~eS lld7 31 . c4 (1S.lle1 ~e7 16.e4 de4 17.dS el3 18 .~13 29.~c3!] 24. aS ~d6 2S. c4 ~b8
h6 32.ftjd6 Wh7 33.h3 llhd8 d4 19.d6 0·0 20.de7 li:\13 21 .gl3 lleB) [25...~c7 26. eS] 26.liJeS lle8
34.W'g3 llc8 3S.b4 llc1 36.Wh2 1S ... de4 16. eS bS; 16 ... ~e7 17 .~c4 0-0 27.llac1 W"d6 [27... ~fS] 28.W"h3
J:lb1 37.f4 ef3 38.gf3 ll b3 39. ~f4 18. ~gS] 1S .~d3 ~d3 16.liJeS ~g6 dS [28 .. .'..d4 29. c6±; 29. ~f4 W"b2
J:la3 40.llg2 lla2 0-1 17.e4!? de4 [17...~e4 18.lle1 (18. ~gS 30.llb1 'i+'c2 (30 ...'it'a2 31.liJg6+-)
~e7 19. e4 e4 20.~e7 We7 21 .lle1 31 .lldc1 (6 32.liJg6) 3 1... ~eS 32.llc2
lleB (21...16 22.13 feS 23.fe4; 21...Wf8!?) ~f4] 29.liJg6 'i+'g6 30. e4!+- llae7
Yakovenko,Dmitry 22.13 liJf6) 18...~e7 19.~gS 0-0 20.13 ~fS 31 . c3 f6 32.W"f3 g4 33.h3
Sakaev,Konstantin 21 .liJg4 ~e6 22 . ~16 ~f6 (22 ... gf6 h2 34.'it'dS 'i+'d3 3S.liJb1 J:le2
St Petersburg 2011 (1) 23. dS+-) 23. f6 gf6 24.tfh6 'i+'dB 36 . ~b4 llc2 37. ~d6 llc1 38.llc1
1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3. c3 f6 4.e3 a6 2S.lle3!± (2S. e2 ~fS 26. f4 ~g6) liJf3 39.".f3 f3 40.gf3 ~d6
S.'i'c2 e6 6.liJf3 cS 7.cdS edS 2S... hB (25...~fS 26.llae1 tt"d6 27.f4) 41. 1 aS 42.llc6 ~e7 43. c3
B.~e2 liJc6 9.0-0 ~e6 1 O.lld 1 b4 26. e2 ~fS 27. f4] 18. 4N "tt'e6 llb8 44. dS ~d8 4S.b4 8
11.'ii'b1 W"c8 1 2.~d2 ~fS 13.tt"c1 [1 8...llb8 19. b6 W'e6 20. ec4 lldB 46.We2 1-0
c414.a3 liJd3 1S. ~d3 ~d3 16. eS 21..~.14 ±; 1B ... liJdS 19.liJc4 'i+'c6 (19 ... bS
.ig6 17.e4 de4 18. ~f4 bS 19.liJg6 20.liJab6 liJb6 21 . b6 'i+'c1 22.llac1 llb8
hg6 20. e4 e4 21 . e3 'it'e6 23.llc6±; 19...~e7 20. ab6 b6 21 . b6
22.dS 'ii'c1 22.llac1 lldB 23 .~f4±) 20.liJcb6!
liJb6 21 .W'c6 bc6 22.liJb6 llbB 23.~as The Rook Capture
~e7 24.llac1±] 19.liJc4 ~e7 [19 ...bS 1o...cd4 11.t!J d4 t!J d4 12.l:l d4
• .t. K 20.liJcb6 lldB
...... Ragger,Markus
~ ... Kobalia,Mikhail
Aix-les-Bains Ech 2011 (8)
!::, 1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3. c3 f6 4.e3 e6
... ~ S. f3 a6 6."tt'c2 cS 7.cdS edS
!::, 'iV 8.~e2 ~e6 9.0-0 liJc6 1O.lld1 cd4

!::, t::,t::,t::, 11.liJd4 d4 12.lld4 ~cS 13.lld1

~ ~ w 'i+'e7 [13... llc8

22 ... ~cS 23.de6 ~e3 24.ef7

2S .~e3 llhd8 26. ~b6 lld1 27.lld1
J:leB 28.f3 f6 29. lleS 30. · S
J:ldS 31.lld2 We6 32.~c3 J:lfS 21 .dS! dS 22 .~5 ~e7 23. dS lldS
33.lle2 34.g3 gS 3S.Wg2 g4 24.lldS 'i+'dS 2S.W'c8 ~dB 26.liJc3 W"d7
36.fg4 liJg4 37.h3 liJf6 38.lleS lleS 27.W'a6 e30 (27... ~aS 28.lld1) 28.fe3
39. ~eS dS 40. 3 g6 41 .We4 ~as 29.lld1 ~d3D 30.'i+'aS±; 19... dS
'it>e6 42.'~d4 liJb6 43. ~f4 liJa4 20. c5 ~c5 21 .dc5 0·0 22 . ~aS!;
44.~c1 Wd6 4S.g4 We6 46.We3 22. d6!?! ] 20. cS tfc6 [~ 20 ...~c5
'it>dS 47.h4 aS 48. 4 We6 49.WgS 21 .dc5 0·0 22 .~aS !] 21. aS "it'dS
SO.Wh6 c3 S1.bc3 liJc3 [21...'i+'b6 22.liJab7 o-o 23.b4! ]
52. ~d2 b4 S3.ab4 ab4 S4.gS liJdS 22.liJab7 [~ 22. cb7 o-o (22 ... ti'd4? 14.e4? (14.W"a4! ~d7 (14... d7 1S.tfd7
SS .~b4 Y.- Yz 23.Wc6 WfB (23 ...'it'd7 24. d6 ~d6 Wd7 16.e4!) 1S.'ifb3 ~c6 (1S ... ~e6
2S.W"a8 WdB 26.tfdB WdB 27. ~b4+-) 16.W"b7±; 16.e4!) 16 .~f3 0·0 17.liJdS!
24.~b4 tfeS 2S.liJd6+-) 23.W"c4! ] with the rook on cB is a better version of
Tomashevsky,Evgeny 22 ...0-0 [22 .. .'i!¥d4? 23 . ~f4+ -; 22...~hS pawn grabbing for White than after
NiHua 23.lle1 0-0 (23... d4 24 .~c3 dS 13 ...'ife7- notes to 14th move of Gelfand-
Saratov 2011 (3) 2S.~f6 ~f6 26.liJd6! +-) 24.'it'c3] Anand main game) 14... e4 1S.1it'a4?
1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.liJc3 liJf6 4.e3 a6 23.'ifc3 lla7?1 [23 ... llfb8 24. aS lldB (1S. e4?? ~12 ; ~ 1S . ~S abS 16.liJe4+)
S.W'c2 e6 6.liJf3 cS 7.cdS edS 2S.b4 (2S .~e3 'ifhS! 6 ... liJdS; 6 ... g4) 1S ... ~d7 16.'ilt'b3 f2-+ 17.lldS liJg4
8 .~e2 ~e6 9.0-o c6 1 O.lld1 liJb4 2S ... ~hS 26.lle1 (26.lldc1 W"d4 (26... ~cs (17 ... Wc7-+ 6 .. . g4; 6 ... 0-0) 1B.llc5
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l:tc5 19..i.g4 .i.g4 20.'ii'b4 'ii'e7 21 ..i.f4
l:tc6 22.'ii'd4 "i!J'c5 23.l:te1 .i.e6 24.'it'c5
l:tc5 25.t!:le4 0·1 Mamedyarov-Aronian,
Moscow blitz 2009] 14..i.f3 l:td8 1S.b3
0-0 16 .~b2 l:tc8 17.tUdS .idS
18 .~dS .i.e3 19.'iVe2 tUdS 20.l:tdS
[A position very similar to Gelfand-Anand,
after Gelfand decided to give back the pawn
by 18..i.d2! .i.e3 19.~c3]
20 ....i.gS [<!: 20 ....i.c5 21 .l:teS (21.'it'g4
.i.f2! 22.'iPh1 g6) 21 ...'ifd6 (21...'i!fc7
22.l:tc1 "i!J'b6? (22 ... "i!J'd6D) 23.'it'c2 l:tld8
24.h3+-) 22.l:td1 (22.l:tc1 h6; 22 ....i.a3!?
23.l:td1 (23.l:tc8 l:tc8 24 ..i.a3 'ii'a3
2S.l:te8 l:teB 26."i!J'e8 'i!VIB 27.'i!Vd7 _.b8=)
23....-d1 24.'i!Vd1 .i.b2 2S.l:te10 l:tc1
26."i!J'c1 .i.c1 27.l:tc1 l:te8=) 22 ...'ii'b6= (A
23.l:tgS .i.f2) also comes into
consideration, but the bishop on b2 remains
a bit dominant without its counterpart in this
case. If you have the opportunity to oppose
it (on 16), then go for it. However, as the
games show this eventually did not work ...
In the actual position the weakness of 12
crosses White's plans to organize a
powerful demonstration against g7]
21 .l:teSI [21."i!J'g4 ~16 22.l:td7 W'e6
23 ...-e6 le6 24 ..i.f6 l:tl6 2S.l:tb7 l:tc2 26.13
h5= (A h4; l:tg6); 21 .'i!Ve7 .i.e? 22.l:td7
.i.c5 23.l:tb7 .i.f2 24.c;,f;>f2 l:tc2=]
21 .....-f6D 22.l:te1 [A 23 ..i.a3; <!:
22.l:td1 (A 23.~a3) 22 ... l:tcd8 (22 ... l:tfd8?
23.l:te1 +-) 23.g3 (23.l:td8 W'd8 24 ..i.a3
.i.f4D 2S.l:te4 .i.d6) 23 ... l:td1 24.'ii'd1 ;!;]
22 ....i.f4 [22 ... h6 23.h4 W g6 24.hgS l:tc2
2S.W'e3 l:tb2 26.gh6 'it'h6 27.'it'h6 gh6
28.l:tSe2 l:te2 29.l:te2 l:tc8 l'l·l'l Lenic-
Rublevsky, Aix-les-Bains Ech 2011]
23.l:te4 'i!fh6 24.g3 .i.c1 2S ..i.d4
"i!J'd6 26.b4 .i.a3 27.'it'g4 g6
28.'i!fh4 hS 29.'i!VgS ~b4 30.~es
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.i.d2 31 •.i.d6 .i.gS 32. ~f8 c;,f;>f8
33.l:td1 l:tc7 34.l:tdd4 .i.f6 3S.l:tc4
l:td7 36.l:tc8 w g7 37.w g2 l:td2
38.l:tc7 bS 39.a3 aS 40.l:tb7 l:tb2
41.h3 l:tb3 42.l:te3 l:te3 43.fe3 a4
44.l:tbS .i.e? 4S.l:taS .i.a3 46.l:ta4
.i.b2 47. 3 .i.eS 48.l:ta7 ~d6
49.g4 hg4 SO.hg4 .i.es 51.w e4
.i.c3 52.w d5 .i.d2 53.e4 .i.c3
54.l:tb7 wta 55.w d6 .i.e1 56.w d7
~g3 57.l:tb5 .i.t4 sa.: as ~g3
59.l:ta8 w g7 60.c;,t;>e8 6 61.l:ta6
'iPg7 62.l:ta3 .i.es 63.l:tf3 f6 64.w e7
.i.d4 6S.w e6 .i.b2 66.l:tf1 .i.d4
67.l:td1 .i.c3 68.l:td3 .i.b2 69.l:tdS
w h6 70. .i.c3 71 .l:tb5 .i.d4
72.gS fgS 73.eS 1-0
The Pawn Capture
12.ed4
Grischuk,Aiexander
Rublevsky,Sergey
Internet 2004 (18)
1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.tUc3 tUf6 4.e3 a6
S.'it'c2 e6 6.tUf3 cS 7.cdS edS
8 ..i.e2 tUc6 9.0-0 .i.e6 1 O.l:td1 cd4
11.tUd4 tUd412.ed41
12..•.i.d6 [12....i.e7 13.'it'b3 bS 14..i.gS
'it'd6 (14...0-0 1S..i.f3 'i!Vd6 (l'l-l'l
Horowitz-Euwe, New York 1948) 16..i.f6
.i.f6 17..i.dS (17.tUdS .idS 18."i!J'dS l:tad8
19.'ii'b3) 17...b4 18..i.e6 bc3 1'2 -1'2 B.Lalic-
Malakhatko, Bergamo 2004) 15..i.f3 l:td8
16.a4 b4 17.tUe2 0-0 18 .~14 'i!Vb6 19 .~eS
'i!i'as 20.tUI4 l:tle8 21 .l:tdc1 l:tc8 22.l:tc8
l:tc8 23 .~16 ~16 24 .~dS ~dS 2S.tUdS
l:td8 26.l:te1 ~d4 Fridman-A.David, Turin
ol 2006] 13 .~gs [13.'it'b3 0-0 14 .~13
(14.'it'b7 ~h2 ! 1s.wh2 'ikd6 16.g3 : lb8
17.~14 'it'14 18.gf4 l:tb7; 14 .~gS h6
1S.~f6 (<!: 1S .~h4) 1S... 'it'l6 16.tUdS
( 16 .~13? ..14; 16...b7 l:tlb8 17...c6
"*dB!? 18.l:tab1 l:tb6 19.'i!i'a4 .its 20..i.d3
~g4 21.~e2 (21.13? 'i!i'h4; 21 .l:te1 l:tb4 A
22...l:td4) 21... ~1S=) 16... 'i!i'gS 17. ~13 l:tfd8
A 18...~h2) 14...tUe4!?oo; 14......d7; :s;
13.'it'a4 bS 14. b3 0-0 1S.a4?! b4 16.tUa2
h6 A 17... aS'f] 13... h6 [1 3... 0-0 14 .~13
h6 1S..i.h4 ( 1S.~I6 ._16 16.~dS .idS
17.tUdS ~h2 18.Wh2 'i!i'd6) 1S ... l:tc8
16.l:te1 bS 17.-.d3 gS 18.~g3 ~g3
19.hg3 "*d6 20.a3 l:tc4 21. ~d1 l:tfc8
22 ..i.b3 l:t4c7 23.l:te2 w g7 24 .~c2t (A
l:tae1 /l:te5/14) (24.l:tae1 tUe4!?) 24... ~g4 !?
2S.f3 ~hS A 26... ~g6] 14 . ~ h4 1 ( 14 .~16
'ii'16 1S.'i!t'a4 ~d7 (1S... c;,t;>e7 16.'i!Vb3
l:thd8 17.'Wb7 WIB 18.'ii'b3;!;/=) 16.'it'b3
~c6 17.g3 (17.tUdS ~h2 18.'iPh2 ..,d6=;
17. ~13? tr'l4) 17...0-0 (17... 0-0-0!?
18.l:tac1 ~c7;!;) 18.tUdS;!;/=] 14... gSI?
[<!: 14...0-0] 1S. ~g3 ~g3 16.hg3 hS? I
[16...0-0] 17.1Vd2! ;!; l:tg8 18.l:tac1 h4
19.1t'e3 hg3 [19 ... 'Wd6!?] 20.1t'g3
'it'bB 21.'i!VeS!? [21 . 13;!;] 21 ... tUd7
22.'ti'e3 'i1Vd6? [22 ... w 18J
23.g3 [23.tUdS+- dS? 24 .~c4 A
2S.dS] 23... 8 24.~f3 l:te8 2S.l:te1
tUf6 26.1Vd2 l:tg6 27.l:teS g4
28. ~g2 tUd7 29.l:thS tUf6 30.l:th8
tUgS 31.tUe2 w g7 32.l:th4 l:th6
33.l:th6 tUh6 34.'1Wgs Wh7 3S.tUf4
J:tga 36.-.fs 'ilt'd7 37.l:te1 "\!fda
38.'iiVeS l:tgS 39.'i!fe3 'tWf6 40.tUe6
fe6 41 .1Ve6 'it'd4 42.1t'd7 l:tg7
43."\lfdS 1VdS 44 ..i.dS l:td7 4S.l:teS
w g7 46 . ~e4 tUf7 47.l:te6 tUd6
48 . ~d3 w f7 49.l:th6 tUbS SO.l:th7
w eB S1 .l:td7 1-0
 Slav Defence
In Search Of a Godfather
by Istvan Almasi (special contribution by Boris G elfand)
1. d4 d5
2. c4 c6
3. ttJc3 ttJf6
4. e3 e6
5. ttJf3 a6
6. c5
fter Gelfand had tried both
mai n alternative (6.b3 and
6.'t!fc2) in Game 2, 4 and 6, he fi -
nally went for the po itionally
mo t logica l and most ambitiou
continuation : 6.c5. The Engli h-
language commentator that day
wa Peter Leko, who expres ed
hi urpri e that Gelfand had not
u ed thi s move already in previ-
ou game , becau e he ha high
tat with it (2Y2 out of 3 accord-
ing to my databa e). At the same
time he took the opportunity to
critici ze Anand ' deci ion to u e
the Chebanenko-Meran Hybrid:
... to me it was a complete sur-
prise and a shock to see Vishy
play this ... a6 Meran , because I
don 't even know the name of this
opening and just before this
match I considered it a second-
rate opening, because basically
Chebanenko Variation
5... a6 was the move lazy people
were using, who didn't want to
get inside the lot of the01y in the
main Meran.
r think it is better to leave thi s
without comment...
c4·c5 against the Triangle
U ually in the tructures with
e6-d5-c6 where Black plays
.. .a7-a6 the move c4-c5 alway
comes into con ideration. The
clas ical example for thi i the
Chebanenko main line: 4.ttJf3 a6
5.c5.
There are many atisfactory
moves: 5 .. .~ f5 (the favourite of
Chinese players) or 5 ... g6
(Kam ky ' pet et-up) and the
mo t popular one: 5 .. .ttJ bd7 , af-
ter which White put hi bishop
on f4. Since in our Main Game
White play e2-e3 on move 4,
thi option no longer exist ! So at
first ight in the actual circum-
Lances- after White has pl ayed
4.e3 - it seems that pu hing the
paw n forward doe not have
much en e. But let' take a look
SL 8.1 (045)
Boris Gelfand
at Black po ition too: he ha
al o moved hi king's paw n early
and thi definitely did not help
him e ither! In the above-men-
tioned 4 ... a6 5.c5 y tern, and
generally in the e structure.
Black' main ai m are to start
actions against the white paw n
chain : ideally with ... e6-e5 or in
the cia sical way with ... b7-b6.
There is also the fl ank develop-
ment with ... g6/... ~g7/ ... 0-0
( imilar to the Chebanenko with
4 ... a6 5.c5), and then immedi-
ately tart the fi ght for the central
break ... e7-e5. Although actuall y
in thi s case he can go for ... e7-e5
in only two move ( imilar to
Game 6, where after 6. c2
Black had to go for 6 ... c5, de-
pile the fact that he had already
moved the c-pawn!). Still , if he
get the chance to pl ay ... e7-e5
he mu t u e it anyway!
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The third option is to target the
white pawn chain with ... b7-b6,
which al o combines nicely with
... e7-e6, but thi s is also met by
White's main strategic idea: to
take on b6 and play against the
weaknes on c6.
The so-called Main Line
Anand replied with 6 ... ttJbd7 ,
which urges us to stop for a few
moments. Why not the recently
more popular 6 ... b6, which i of-
ten suggested by commentators
in other chess publications, and
also played regularly by
Rublev ky, who is the greatest
speciali tin this line? 6 ... ttJbd7 is
considered a secondary line be-
cause it gives White space and
time to strengthen hi s pawn
chain with 7.b4. Gelfand himself
cho e thi s move in 2009 against
Miro hnichenko, so Anand' in-
tention was to ignore the main
line with 6 ... b6 7.cb6 ttJ bd7 and
go for a lightly handicapped
line, where the position remains
quite solid , and I think they had
found a way to neutralize
White's trie . Gelfand him elf
laconically consider 7.b4 b6
equaL However, the opening
fight from Gelfand's point of
view looks like this: they (i.e. he
and hi team) were predicting as
Vi hy 's main line 6 ... b6 7.cb6
ttJ bd7, and if Black decides to
play like this, White has no
choice; he mu t open the
queenside early. Ln that position ,
I think they found the plan
8.'it'c2/~d2/.l:[c I, which defi-
nitely suited Gelfand 's taste.
And o they decided to play the
same way against 6 ... ttJbd7 !
Why waste time on tudying a
totally different type of po ition
(7.b4) if you can force your op-
ponent into the same posi tion
that you have already studied,
and where you see a chance to
get an advantage?
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Therefore, if we want to under-
stand the crux ofthe move 7.~c2,
we mu t concentrate on the so-
called main line: 6 ... b6. Inca e of
7.cb6 ~b6 White does not de-
velop his kingside, but starts to
deploy his queenside pieces:
ttJa4/~d2/.l:[c I, ru in Beliavsky-
Buhmann, K.hanty- Mansiy k
Olympiad 20 I0. I think thi s i not
too pleasant for Black.
Development First
Thi is why he doe not want to
give White a u eful tempo (by
ttJa4) and tries to play ... c6-c5
first and recapture on b6 later,
developing with 7 ... ttJbd7 fir t.
A similar logical and direct ap-
proach here is 8.ttJa4 tDb6 9. ~d2 ,
which occurred in the top-level
encounter Ponomariov-Topalov,
Sofia 2006- and in the 8th World
Champion hip match game
Euwe-Aiekhine 1935! As the
Game Section hows, this fast
queen ide blast doe not bear
fruit: although White gets the
bishop pair in an endgame that
wa perhaps considered ;!; a cen-
tury ago, in today's grandma ter
practice almost every game ends
in a draw here!
In my opinion, 8. ~d2 ttJb6
9 ..1:[c I c5 (Erdos-Ragger, Croatia
2009) i the way for White,
which could have caught the at-
tention of Gelfand's camp. Here
one of the stronge t moves for
White is IO.'it'c2, which would
tran pose to Gelfand-Anand
(Game 7)! 8. ~d2 has a imilar
idea as 7.fic2 had in the game:
preve nting 8 ... c5 (in view of
9.ttJa4! thi move i not too ad-
vi able now) and forcing Black
to capture with the knight on b6.
At this point, let me remark that
Viktor Erdos is a pupil of the
Hungarian colleague authors/
trainers Lukacs and Hazai, who
at the same time have been Boris
Gelfand 's long-time helpers
throughout hi s chess career...
Vishy's Choice
Let's go back to the game with
6 ... ttJ bd7.
Here, besides to the main move
(7.b4), the natural developing
move 7.~d3 is popular. Then
Black reali ze his plan with
7 ...b6 8.cb6 c5!, deciding tore-
capture the b6-pawn later (u u-
ally with the queen) - the
execution of ... c6-c5 is of greater
importance! Therefore from
White's point of view, 7 .~d2
look the most piau ible, prepar-
ing to meet 7 ... b6 in the way
already shown in the previou
paragraph. But here comes an-
other point of the 'sub-optimal '
6 ...ttJ bd7 : Black can meet 7. ~d2
with 7 ... e5!. Al so interesting is
7 ... ttJe4!?, which i not only un-
u ual as it doe not come into
con ideration if White protects
the e4- quare (by 7 .~d3 or
7.~c2), but the ' unfortunate '
placement of the bi shop would
prevent the f3-knight from going

to d2 after 8.tt:le4 de4. The same
idea appeared in Timman-
I.Sokolov, Malmo 200 l , with
7... ~e7 8.l:l.c I in erted!
The Mysterious Move
We have finally arrived at the
my teriou 7.'ii'c2!?. I hope its
plu e are now more understand-
able, after the previous para-
graph . Let's have a brief look at
Black's option .
ln case of 7 ... e5 Gelfand gives
8.de5 tt:lg4 9.e6!? fe6 IO. ~d3
(Radjabov-Gri schuk , Corsica
rapid 2003), with orne pressure
on the bl -h7 diagonal. Thj line
till needs orne seriou con id-
eration, as it is quite untested in
practice so far! However, with
hi clever 7th move Boris in-
tended not only to top the whole
... e6-e5 concept, becau e in ca e
of7.~d3 e5 8.de5 tt:lg4 9.e6 fe6
IO.'ii'c2 we reach the arne posi-
tion a after 7.'ii'c2 e5. So after
7 .~d3 Gelfand was definitely
not worrying about 7 ... e5. I think
the ' prophylactic move' 7.'W/c2
erved much more to prevent the
7... b6 8.cb6 c5 line in view of a
later recapture on b6 by the
queen (see below)! In ca e of
'slow ' development with 7 ... g6
White i ready to open the centre
with 8.e4. However, thing are
far from easy even there, thanks
to Gelfand compatriot Bori
Avrukh, who introduced the
brave and very intere ting deci-
ion to play 8 ... e5!? ver u
Survey SL B. 1
The 7th match game In progress.
Notice the names wrongly attributed on the giant screen!
Krasenkow, declining to go for 17.bc3 a5, and one of my
the line 8 ... de4 9. e4 e4 opponent (who was my former
IO.'ii'e4, which doe not look too trai ner! ) played 18.'ii'e3,
promi si ng for Black. wherea another, less ·trong op-
There is still another very origi- ponent played 18. c2. I eventu-
nal idea: 7 ... 'ii'e7 (preparing ally won both game . So never
.. .e6-e5, of cour e), which was mind the confident computer en-
played and given a '!' by Michael gines - I would by all means
Roi z. Thi other I rae li grand- prefer White here. A pos ible
master was a member of improvement, though, is if Black
Gelfand 's camp, and si nce he is doe not hurry to gain space with
al o an expert of this type of the early natural 9 .. .de4, but first
Chebanenko, I guess thi de- finishes development with 9 ... g6
cently facilitated Gelfand ' prep- IO.b4 ~g7 ll .a4 0-0, and now,
aration. in case of 1 2. ~a3, opts for
After 7 ... 'ii'e7 the ... e6-e5 pu h 12 ... ed4 13 .ed4 tt:le4!. In view of
seems unstoppable, so White thi , White hould spend a tempo
must learn to live with it. I sug- with l:l.e l at orne point (let ' say
ge t 8. ~e2 e5 9.0-0 e4 IO.tt:ld2, in tead of 12 .~a3) , but the posi-
which is very imilar to a King's tion remain unclear. A possible
Indian Attack with reversed plan for Black is to move hi
colour , which I have played a knight to help out on the queen-
lot on the black side (actually, side by 12 ... tt:le8 and 13 ... tt:lc7.
here thi means I wa White ... ). 7 .'ii'c2 i the move that demon-
One pos ible way to continue i strates best what World Cham-
IO.. .g6 I l.b4 ~g7 12.a4 0-0 pion Anand was talking about in
13 . ~a3, which seems promising the interview publi hed in New
for White. I had two games with In Chess 20 12/4:
black which aren ' t worth men- He (Gelfand) knows how to make
tioning, except that they reached moves that are unpleasant. I
thi s concrete po ition: l .tt:lf3 e6 don't know if they're the best,
2.g3 d5 3 . ~g2 tt:lf6 4.0-0 ~e7 they probably are, the) 're un-
5.d3 0-0 6.tt:lbd2 c5 7.e4 tt:lc6 pleasant and he is very good at
8. l:l.e l 'W/c7 9.c3 b5 IO.'ii'e2 a5 this (.. .) Everywhere he tried to
ll .e5 tt:ld7 12.tt:lfl ~a6 13 .~ f4 find very intelligent choices.
a4 14.h4 c4 15.d4 b4 16.a3 bc3 Also with white. I never got a
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chance to implement the greater
part of my preparation.
So a Vi shy probably did not like
any of the ideas presented up to
this point, he went for the most
natural and al o very popular
7 ... b6. After 8.cb6 we transpose
to the main line starting with
6 .. .b6. Then he realized he could
not play 8 ... c5 (as after 7 .i..d3 b6
8.cb6) in view of 9.lLla4!, so he
went for 8 ... lLJb6. However, as
you can ee in the Game Section,
7. ~d3 b6 8.cb6 c5 9.0-0 'it'b6
IO.b3 cd4 ll.ed4 i a more natu-
ral way to handle this position
for Black, with his queen on b6.
Of course, even in the line with
7. ~d3 b6 8.cb6 c5 9.0-0,
9 ... lLlb6 exi t (Rublevsky pre-
fer it, for example), but now
Vi hy faced another unplea ant
move: 9. ~d2 c5 IO.l:kl !, the
point of the whole white queen-
ide mobilization.
ln view of the threat ll .dc5 i..c5
12.lLld5 Black is forced to make
a deci ion: to move hi c-pawn.
That is a big difference compared
to 7 .i..d3 b6 8.cb6 c5, where he is
not obliged to make uch a deci-
ion quickly. Even Gelfand him-
self had played 9.dc5 against
Fridman in this po ition, but
White could not get an advantage
and the game ended in a draw.
After IO.J:cl cd4 ll.ed4 the
c l-h6 diagonal wa opened for
Gelfand's bishop, which is a third
advantage of the move 7.'ii'c2
(there are many games with
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b3/~b2 in the 7.i..d3 line, with
the same structure). Apparently
Vishy did not feel comfortable in
the middlegame, and Boris could
force hi tyle on him. Black wa
left without any counterplay, o
the loss of the game was already
predicted by the online commen-
tators. Interestingly, in the rapid
play-off Gelfand managed to
keep the position clo ed with a
imJlar motif: l.d4 d5 2.c4 c6
3.lLlf3 lLlf6 4.e3 ~f5 5.lLlc3 e6
6.lLJh4 ~g6 7.lLJg6 hg6 8.i..d3
lLlbd7 9.0-0 ~d6 IO.h3 0-0
ll.'ilfc2 ~e7 12.J:dl J:ac8 13.c5
~b8 14.f4. And he came very
clo e to winning there a well, ex-
cept that Anand launched a des-
perate bid for counterplay and
omehow escaped.
I think Gelfand was patiently
waiting for hi moment, and he
managed what Kramnik had not
been able to do in his match: to
keep the po ition clo ed. This re-
mind me of a quote from
Kramnik, which I read in an in-
terview he had given to the Rus-
sian website Whychess in 20 II:
He (Anand) does have weak-
nesses. For example, he doesn 't
sen e some nuances or move or-
ders very well. But the thing is
that in modem chess you can ar-
range the whole play to suit your
style - that's the problem. So
with a computer you can create
your own little chess world and
live in it. OK, blockaded posi-
tions, but then he probably
knows about that too. If you can
tell me how to block everything
in the Me ran and still get an edge
I'd be very grateful.
Well , Gelfand managed to find a
way.
Conclusion
After his defeat Vishy gave up
the Chebanenko with 4 ... e6 for
his last two Black game , and
switched to the Nimzo-Indian .
Here I notice that Bori played
the solid 4.e3 y tern (like his
Hungarian helper, Peter Lukac ,
had done his whole career) and
gained the upper hand in both
games, gaining position where
he could build on hi bi hop pair.
In hi first Nimzo encounter, he
went for a simplification, after
which it wa not po sible to win
(queen v bi hop and rook), but
the econd time he had a more
promising option to increa e hi
advantage.
We can summarize that the theo-
retical battle in the World Cham-
pion hip match was won by
Gelfand with the white pieces:
he set problems for Vishy that
the latter was not always able to
olve.
All in alii think that 7 .~c2 does
not refute the system and Vi hy
topped playing it because he did
not like the type of middlegame
that arise , in which he ha no
counterplay at all and only White
can try something. Most games
in the database how that White
often realizes his chances in a
similar way to Gelfand.
Both IO... c4 and I0 ...cd4 look
reasonable for Black, and a
Gelfand himself points out,
Anand ' later play i improvable
too ( 15 ... ..Q.f4). Still, I think not
everyone will feel comfortable
on the Black side here.
In the move order of the game
Black still has two options:
7 ... e5 , or, if that does not work,
then 7 ... ~e7 still offers a lot of
scope for anaJy is. At this point I
notice that Gelfand' novelty
creates more headache for the
supporter of the main line 6 ... b6
7.cb6 lLlbd7, where both 8.i..d3,
8. ~d2 and 8.lLla4 had already
been te ted, but never 8 .~c2! I
think from a theoretical point of
view the whole ~c2/~d2/J:c I
concept ha added valuable ideas
for White in the main line.

Main Game
7 . ~c2
Gelfand,Boris
Anand,Viswanathan
Moscow Wch 2012 (7)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.ll)c3 ll)f6 4.e3 e6
S.l!lf3 a6 6.c5 [6.b3; s:iic2] 6 ...ll)bd7
7."i'c2!? [Prophylaxis; 7.b4 b6=; 7.i.d3
e5=] 7 ... b6 [7...eS B.deS ll)g4 9.e6 le6
10.i.d3 ll)gt6 (10 ... ll)deS!?) 11.ll)gS ll)cS
12.i.h7 ll)h7 13.'iWg6 '<Pd7 14.ll)f7±
Radjabov·Grischuk, Bastia 2003) 8.cb6
~ b6 9.i.d2 cs
10.J:Ic1 [Ll. 11 .dc5 i.cS 12.ll)dS; 10.dc5
i.cS 1Utc1 i.e7=) 10... cd4 [10 ... c4
11 .b3 cb3 12.ab3 i.b7 13.i.d3 i.d6 14.0.0
0-0 1S.ll)es l:lce (1S .. :itb8 16.ll)a4;t)
16.'i'b2i) 11 .ed4 i.d6 12.i.g5
[1 2. a4!? ll)a4 (12 ...i.d7 13.ll)c5;t;
12...<t)c4 13.i.c4 dc4 14.ll)eSi) 13.'iWc6
i.d7 14.'iWd6 ll)e4 (14 ... ll)b2 1S.'iWa3 ll)c4
16.i.c4 dc4 17.i.aSt) 1S.'iWa3 ll)d2
16.<Rd2!? (16.ll)d2 We7 17.'iWe7 <Re7=)
16... 'i'e7 17.'ite7 <Re7 18.b3 b6 19.llc5
f6;!;) 12... o-o 13.i.d3 h6 14.i.h4 i.b7
15.o-o "itb8?1 [1S ...i.l4 16.llb1
(1 6.J:Icd1 ll)bd7 17.ll)a4 aS 1B.ll)c5 'iib6=)
16...l0bd7 17.b4 (17."ite2 aS) 17... l:lce
18."i'b3 ll)b6] 16.i.g31? [16.i.f6!? gf6
17.l0e2! (17.'ilre2 l:lce tJ. 18... i.IB)
17... J:Ice (17 ... <Rg7 1B.ll)g3 i.g3 19.fg3
: ce 20.'ilrd2 llc1 21.llc1 'ilrd6 22.'ilr14
"1'14 23.gf4i; 17...1S 1B.ll)g3 'itdB 19. hS
00 20.g4! Ll. 20.. .fg4 21.'ilrd2+-)
18.'i'd2 i.f8 19.l:lce ll)cB (19 ... Wce
20.l014t) 20.ll)g3 ll)d6 21 .ll)h5 i.g7
22.'i'14f ll)e4 23.'iWg4 ll)gS 24.ll)gS lgS
2S.l0g7 <Rg7 26.14f) 16... llc8 17.'iWe2
i.g3 18.hg3 [.S 18.fg3) 18...'itd6
[18... J:Ic7 19.llc2 Wa7 20.lllc1 (20.'iWeS
i.c6 (20 ... llc6 21 ."itl4 ll)bd7 22.b4f)
21.'1'14 l:lace 22.lllc1i) 20... l:lace 21 .b3
ll)bd7 22.ll)a4 l:lc2 23.llc2 as (23 ... llc2
24.'iWc2 'i'bB 2S.ll)c5f) 24.i.bS 'iWbB
2S.i.d7 ll)d? (2S ... llc2) 26.ll)c5 ll)cS
27.llc5 llcS 28.dc5 .ice 29.'ilre3±)
19.llc2 [19.ll)eS llc7 20.J:Ic2 ll)ld7
21 .lllc1 tOeS 22.deS 'iWdB=) 19... bd7
[19...ll)ld7 20.lllc1 llc6 21.ll)dt;t; 19... as
(bS<) 20.lllc1 We7 21.a3i tDc4 22.lt)a4!f;
19 ... ~ 20.lt)a4 ll)d7 21.lllc1f) 20. J:Ifc1
•• •
.t
.i. ... .t.t
'ii' .t ... .t
.t
~ 32 ..."ithS 33.<Rg1 tt'd1 =) 22.llc8 i.c8
lb .i lb~
~~ l::r WI~ ~
1::r w
20... llab8?1 [20 ... lle8 21 .ll)eS!? (21 .ll)a4
eS 22.ll)c5 (~ 22.deS ll)eS 23.ll)c5;!;)
22... l0c5 23.deS (23.dc5 "itc7'f) 23... ~
24.tt'd3 l:les 2S.tOeS tres 26.tt'b3 llb8
27.J:Ic7 lleB! 2B.llb7 tt'e1 29.lle1 lle1
30.'0Ph2 ll)g4 31 .'0Ph3 ll)f2 32.'0Ph4 llh1 X)
21...tt'b4 22.tt'e3 ll)es 23.deS ll)d7
24.ll)e2i; 20 ...llc7! (LJ. 21...l:lace)
21.tt'e1 !? (21.a3 l:lace 22.b4 aS!o:t 23.baS
"ita3 24.a6 llc3 (24 ... h 6 2S.i.a6 llc3
26.i.ce tt'c1 27.llc1 llc1 2B.ll)e1 llc8=)
2S.llc3 llc3 26.llc3 "iic3 27.ab7 ll)b8
2B.tres ll)ld7 29.tt'e2 ll)f6= ; 21.ll)a4 llc2
22.llc2 i.c6! 23.ll)c5 i.bS 24.a3 (24.i.bS
abS 2S.a3 b4 26.a4 b3!o:t) 24 ...i.d3
2S.'t!i'd3 aS 26."iib3 tt'b8 27.tt'b8 llbB=;
21.ll)bS? llc2 22.ll)d6 llc1 23.ll)e1 J:lb8+)
21...l:lace 22.ll)a4 llc2 23.i.c2 (Ll. 24.b4,
2S.ll)c5) 23...i.c6 24.ll)c5 "iibB 2S.b4 t]
21 . 4 [21.tt'e3!? ll)b6 22.b3! )
21 ...ll)e4?1 [21...llc2 22."iic2 (22.llc2
: ce (22 ...i.c6 23.ll)cS i.bs 24.i.bs ab5
(24 ... llbS 2S.a4 llb4 (2S ... llb6 26.ll)eS)
26.ll)eSf lld4 (26... c5 27.llc5 llb8
28.tt'c2;!;) 27.ll)cd7 ll)d7 2B.l:lce ll)f8
29.tt'hS tre7 30.ll)c6 trcS 31 .llc7 ll)g6D
32.ll)e7 tt'e7 33.lle7 ll)e7 34.tt'eS!?
(34.b3;!;) 34 ... lla4 35."iib8 '<Ph7 36.tt'e8±)
2S.ll)eS ll)cS 26.dc5 tra6 27.b4 tra4±)
23.l:lce .ice 24.tt'c2 i.b7 2S.a3!;
2S.ll)c5!?;!;) 22... l:lce 23.ll)c5 (23.Wce .ice
24.l:lce ll)f8 2S.ll)c5 tt'b6; 2S ... ll)d7!?
26.ll)a6 ll)b6 27.llc2 ~=) 23... as
(23 ... eS!? 24.i.IS!? (24.ll)eS? ll)cS; 24.deS
Survey SL 8. 1
tt'b6! 2S.el6 llc5 26."iid2 llc1 27."iic1
ll)f6=) 24... ed4 2S.b4 d3 26."iib2 llc7
27.i.d3!) 24."iib3 (24.a3 eS 2S."itb1!
(2S.deS tt'b6 26.ef6 llc5=) 2S ... ll)c5 26.deS
'ilre7 27.ef6 "itl6 2B.i.h7 <RIB (28...Wh8
29.b4 ab4 30.ab4 ll)d7 31.llce .ice 32.i.fS
ll)b6 33.i.ce ll)cB 34.bS;!;) 29.b4 ab4
30.ab4 (30."iib4 'ilre7 31.i.IS llc7
32."itl4t) 30... ll)a4 31.llce .ice 32.tt'a2
ll)b6 33.i.d3i) 24...i.a6! 2S.ll)e1 !
(2S.i.a6 tra6 26.ll)a6? llc1 27.'0Ph2 ll)g4
28.'0Ph3 ll)f2 29.'0Ph4 llh1 30.ll)h2 llh2X)
2S ... ll)c5 26.llc5 ll)e4 27.J:Ice .ice
2B:itbS trc7! 29.tt'eB Wh7 30.ll)l3 tt'c1
31.Wh2 tt'd1 != 32.ll)eS (32.i.e4 de4
33.ll)h4 tt'd4 34.tt'f7 trf6 35.W'f6 gf6=)
[22 ... l:lce 2s.:ce .ice 24.i.e4 de4
2S.W'e4±]
23.tt'c21 [23.W'e1! i.b7 24."itaS±
Karpov; .s 23.'ilre3 i.b7 24.tt'l4i)
23 ... g5? [23 ... i.b7 24. c5 llcB 2S.b4±;
23 .. .ll)dl6 24.a3 (24.ll)eS i.d7 2S.ll)c5
ll)cS (2S ... i.e8!? 26.ll)a6 (26."ite2 llb4o:t)
26 ... J:Ia8 27.ll)c7 l:lce!) 26.tt'c5 trcS
27.dc5 i.bS (27 ...llb2 28. d7 ll)d7
29.c6+-) 2B.i.bS abS±; 24.ll)cS ll)cS
2S.dc5! (2S.trc5 'ireS 26.J:Ic5 i.d7 27.b3
i.bs 2B.i.c2!; 2B.ll)eS) 2S ..."itc7 26.'irc3
ll)g4! 27.lle1 as 2B.ll)d4!? (2B.c6!?±)
28... eS (28... i.d7 29.c6 i.eB 30.'irc5
hS!o:t 31 .b3! (31 .llc1 !? h4 32.i.e2 ll)f2
33.Wf2 'irg3 34.Wf1 h3 3S.gh3 'irh3
36.'0Pe1 'irg3 37.Wd1) 31...h4 32.gh4
'irh2 33.'0PI1 'irh1 (33 ...'irh4 34. 13 'ith1
35.We2 'irg2 36.llg1±) 34.We2 'irg2
3S.ll)l3 d4 36.llf1 ±) 29. bS 'it' dB 30.13
i.a6 (30 ... d4 31.ll)d4 ed4 32.'iraS+-)
31.fg4 i.bS 32.i.bS llbS 33.lleS±)
24... i.d7 2S.ll)c5 aS 26.ll)eS i.eB 27.i.e4
de4 2B.lld1 'irdS 29.b3 i.bS 30.a4 i.c6
31 .ll)e6 "ite6 32.ll)c6 "iib3 33."iib3 llb3
34.lla1 lld3 3S.ll)aS lld4 36.ll)b3 lld3
145
37..1:lb1!] 24.'tlt'c7 [24.ttJc5 IS 2S.b4±]
24...1t'c7?! (24...~7 2S. ~e4 'tlt'c7
26.~h7! 'it>h7 27 ..1:lc7 'it>g7 28..1:ld7 ~c6
29 ..1:lf7! 'it>17 30.ltJeS 'it>e8 31 .ltJc6 .l:lcS
32.l£~eS .l:lc1 33.'it>h2 .l:ld1 34.ttJc5 .l:ld4
35.ltJed3±] 2S •.I:lc7
.i. • The So-called Main Line
n~
.t .t
.t
ttJ ~~
~ ttJ~
~~ ~~
~ (19.a3 .!:labS) 19... ~b4oo) 10... ~b7
[In a bad position there are no good moves
- Anand] 2S ...f6? [2S ...ttJel6 26.ttJc5 .l:la8
27.b4+-; 2S ...g4 26.ltJeS ttJeS 27.deS± 6
28.~e4; 2S ... ltJd6 26.ltJc5 ltjf6 27.b3±]
26 . ~e41 de4 27.ltJd2 fS 28.ltJc4
ttJf6 (28 ...1Pf8 29.ttJc5 ltJc5 30.dc5 eS
31.c6 ~e6 32..1:lb7 .l:lc8 33.ltJeS+-J
29.ltJcS ttJdS 30 ..1:l87 ttJb4 [30 ... ttJI6
31 .b3+-] 31 . S?l (31.ltJd6 ttJdS
(31...ltJa2 32 ..1:lc7+-) 32.b3+-l
31 ... ttJc21 32.ttJc6 .l:lb2 33 ..1:lc7
.i.
n
ttJ
• Rogozenco) 10.0-0 ~a6 11 .ltJeS ~d6
ttJ
~ ...
~ .l:lcS?I 16.14!± Bacrot-I.Sokolov, Turin ol
~ ~ ~~
~ .l:la6!J 11 .~d3 ltJd2 12.ltJd2 ~86
33 ... .1:lb1? [33 ...e3 34.1e3 ttJe3 3S ..I:lc8
'it>h7 36 ..1:lc7 'it>h8 37.ttJeS .l:lg2 38.'it>h1
.l:ll2 39.ltJI7 (~ 39.ltJcd3+-) 39 ...'it>g7
40.ltJgS ~g6 41 .ltJh3 .l:l11 42.ltJg1 14
43.gl4 .l:ll4 44..1:lg7 ~16 4S..I:lg3] 34.c.Ph2
e3 3S ..I:lc8 c.Ph7 36 ..1:lc7 ~h8
37.ttJeS [37.ttJd7 ~g7 38.ttJceS (6
39.ltJI6 'it>l6 40..1:lf7X) 38 ... ttJd4 39.ltJI6!
(39.fe3+-) 39 ...'it>l6 40.14 ttJI3 41 .gf3 .l:lb2
42.'it>h3 g4 43.1g4 lg4 44 .~g4 hS 4S.'it>f3
.l:lf2 46.'it>e4] 37...e2 [37 ...ef2 38.ltJe6
.l:lh1 (38 ...11 ltJ 39.'it>h3 g4 40.'it>h4)
39.'it>h1 11W' 40.'it>h2+-J 38.ltJe61
146
[38 ....1:lh1 39.'it>h1 e1'tlt' 40.'it>h2+-;
38...e11t' 39.ltJg6 'it>g8 40..1:lg7X] 1-0
Gelfand
M/12-4-18
6 ... b6 7.cb6 ~b6
Beliavsky,Aiexander
Buhmann,Rainer
Khanty-Mansiysk ol 2010 (10)
1.ltJf3 dS 2.c4 c6 3.e3 ltJf6 4.ltJc3
86 S.d4 e6 6.cs b6 7.cb6 W'b6
8.ltJ84 'tlt'87
* .i. ll
.t.t.t
.t ... ~
.t
~ • c7 (6 ...: as; 6 ...~h2) ; 17.~a5? !)
~ttJ
~~ ~~~
n ~~~~ n 11.ltJ84
9. ~d2 (9. ~d3 aS (9 ... ttJbd7 10.0-0 eSt
(11... ~e7!? 12. ~a6 W'a6 13.b3 0-0
14.~b2 ltJid7 1S..I:lc1 ttJeS 16.deS ttJd7!
Rogozenco) 12.~a6 'tlt'a6 13.b3 0-0
(13...ltJid7 14 . ~2 ~es 1S.deS c5
16. ~a3± Rogozenco) 14. ~b2
(14 ... .1:lc8 1S..I:lc1 ttJbd7 16.14-+) 1S..I:lc1
2006] 9... 8S 10..I:lc1 ltJe41? (10 ... ~a6
11 .ltJeS!? ~11 12..1:ll1 'tlt'c7 13.W'c2
13.'tlt'c2N [13.ltJb3 ~b4 D.Doric-
S.Martinovic, Zadar 200SJ 13...~d3
14.W'd3 'tlt'86 1S.'it>e2 ~d6 16.W'86
.l:l86 17.ltJb3 ttJd7 18..1:lc2 'it>e7
19•.1:lhc1 .l:lb81? 20.ltJd2 (20..1:lc6?!
.l:lc6 21 ..1:lc6 .l:lb4 22.ltJc3 a4] 20 ... .1:lc8!
21 .h3 f6 22.f4 'it>d8 23.g4 'it>c7
24.fS .l:le8 2S.fe6 .l:le6 26. c.Pd3 ~b4
27.ttJb3 .l:l88 28..1:le2 ttJb6 29.ttJbcS
~cs 30.ltJcS .l:le7 31.e4 de4 32 ..1:le4
.l:le4 33.We4 .l:le8 34.Wf3 ltJdS
3S.ttJe4 'it>b6 36.h4 g6 37.hS ts
38.gfS gfS 39.ttJc3 .l:le3 40.Wf2 .l:lh3
41.ltJdS cdS 42 ..1:lcS .l:lhS 43 ..1:ldS
.l:lh2 44.<.Pe3 .l:lb2 45.84 .l:lb3
46.Wd2 .l:lb4 47.<.Pc3 .l:l84 48..1:lfS
.l:l81 49..1:lhS .l:lc1 SO.'it>b3 .l:lc7
S1 ..1:lh6 <.PbS S2 ..1:lhS <.Pb6 S3 ..1:lh6
'it>bS Y2 -Y2
Markus,Robert
Kovacevic,Biazimir
Murska Sobota tt 2008 (8)
1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3. c3 ttJf6 4.e3 e6
s. f3 86 6.cs b6 7 .cb6 bd7
8 . ~d2 1t'b6 9. ~d3 (9.ltJa4 'tlt'a7
10..1:lc1 (10. ~d3 aS 11 .0-0 ~a6 12.'ife2
~d3 13.W'd3 ~d6 14..1:llc1 W'b7 1S..I:lc2
0-0 16..1:lac1 .l:llc8 17 .~e1 h6 (Kragelj-
Cvitan, Bled tt 200S) 18.ltJd2 eS 19.ltJb3
11. ~d3 (11.~aS !?!) 11...aS 12.Q-O ~d6
13.~c3!? (13.1fe2 0-0 14..1:lc2 e4
1S..I:llc1 ISo:t) 13... 0-0 14.ltJd2 eS (~
14... ~a6) 1S. b3 e4 16.~e2 ~c7
(M.Foisor-Bulmaga, Gaziantep Ech W 2012;
16... ~a6 17.~a6 (17. aS ~e2 18....e2
17......a6 18.ltJa5!) 17. ~d2oo] 9... ~d6
[9...a5; 9...~b7] 1o.o-o o-o [10 ...a5]
~b7
• 87 12..1:lc1
13. ~8SI ;t .l:lac8 14.W'e2 (14.b4!]
14... cs 1S.dcS ~cs [15 ... ltJc5??
16 . ~b6 +- l 16.ltJcS ttJcS 17 .~b1 cl'
[a6<] 17... ttJce4 (17... ~c6 18. d4
~d7] 18. d4 .l:lc1 19..1:lc1 .l:lc8
20..1:lc8 ~c8 21. ~d3 ttJcS 22.'tlt'c2!
~d723 .~e2
ld7?!
23 ...eS? (23 ...ltJie4! 6 24...ltJd6]
24.ttJf3 e4 2S.ltJeS± ~e8 26.b4
ttJcd7 27....c71 • c7 28. ~c7 ltJeS
29 .~es ~bS 30 .~bS 8bS
31. ~f6 +- gf6 32.Wf1 8 33.We2
'it>e7 34.c.Pd2 fS 3S.g3 'it>d6 36.'it>c3
<.PeS 37.a4 b84 38.bS a3 39.Wb3
1-0

Development First
6 ... b6 7 .cb6 tt:l bd7
Erdos,Viktor
Ragger,Markus
Sibenik tt 2009 (1)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.tt:lc3 li:\f6 4.e3 e6
H~f3 a6 6.c5 b6 7 .cb6 tt:lbd7
8 .~d2 li:\b6 [B ... cS?I 9.tt:la4! cd4
10.ed4;!; tt:lb6? (10 ... tt:le4 11 .~aS) 11.~as
~fd7 12. ~c1+- t:J. 13. ~c6] 9. ~ c1
[9.'i'c2 c5 10.dc5 ~cS 11 .tt:lbS!? tt:le4
(11... fd7 (Leko) t:J. 12.b4 abS 13.bc5
~c4) 12.b41? (Smirin & Grischuk) 12 ... abS
13.bc5 tt:lc4'l'] 9 .•. c5 [9 ... ~b7 10.tt:la4
~a4 11 ....a4 ~d6 12 .~b4 0-0 13.~d3 aS
14.~d6 '*'d6 1S.O.O ttld7 16. ~c3 ~feB
17.l:lfc1 h6 1B.h3 '*'b4 19.'*'c2 'it'b6
20.e4 c5 21 .dc5 tOeS 22.~c5 ~cS 23....c5
'lc5 24.~c5 de4 2S .~e4 ~e4 26.tt:ld2
~d5 27.a4 ~b8 2B.b3 ~b3 29.tt:lb3 ~b3
30.l:laS ~b1 31.\l»h2 12·12 Holzi·Ragger,
Jenbach ch-AUT 2009] 10.~d3 [10 ....c2
~bd71? (Smirin; 10... c4!?; 10...cd4
Gelfand-Anand, Moscow Wch rr/1 2012) t:J.
11.~a4 tt:le4 12.dcS tt:ldcS (12...lLlecS?!
13.~c5 ~cS?! 14 .~d3;!; ; 14.'it'a4!? t:J.
15.'i'c6) 13.tt:leS!? (13.li:\c5 ~cS 14. ~d3
~d2 1S.'*'c5 lLlf3 16.gf3oo Smirin &
Grischuk; 13. ~ lLld3 14 .~d3 ~b4)
13...lLld71? (yeah, that's ill Just play against
all the classical chess rules ... ) 14.lLlc6 '*'f6
is a line given by the Houdini analysis
engine, but it looks very suspicious for
Black; 10.li:la4 lLla4 1UWa4 ~d7]
10...~ b7 11 .0-0 [11 .dc5 ~cS 12.lLla4
~4 13....a4 '*'d7 14....b3 ~d6 1S .~b4
l:lb8=; 11 .lLla4!? c4 12. ~as
'ii' * .i. K ~~ C[J
~~~
~~
~ ~ ~
~ ~
~~C[J
£::,~ ~~~
.tl'if~ .tl
t2...tt:la4 13 .~dB (13....a4 'ti'd7 14....d7
~d7=) 13... tt:lb2] 11 .•• ~ cs 12....e2 c4
13. ~c2 ~e7 14.lLle5 0-0 15.f4
~bd7 16.~e1 lLleS 17. ~f3 [17.fSI?]
17...f5 1S.g4 lLld6 19. ~ h3 g6
Survey SL 8. 1
20.gf5 lLlf5 21 .~f5 ~f5 22.lLlg4 1B. ~c3 ~hb8 19.bc4 ~b1 20.\l»d2 ~b2
llo>g7 23.lLlh6 ~fS 24.'ti'g4 lLJf6 21 . ~c2
dc4 22. ~c4 ~at ~ Rogozenco]
25 ....g2 lLJeS 26. ~g3 lLld6 27.'*'f2 1S.bc4 ~b4 19 .~b4 ~ b4 20.c5;!;
lLlfS 2S.tt:lf5 ~f5 29 .~ h4 ~ bS ~ b2 21.a4 ~as 22. ~e2 ll»c7 23. ~f1
30 .~c2 ~c6 31 .-.e1 • d7 32 .~e7 ~abS 24 .~f2 ~ Sb3 25 . ~a6 ~e3
'*'e7 33. ~g3 aS 34.h3 a4 35.a3 26.'itf1 ~ b4 27. ~a2 ~eb3 2S. ~ d1
~ b3 36.\l»h2 ~f8 37. ~gg2 'it'f6 lLJgS 29.a5 lLJe7 30.~e2 c6 31.a6
3S.,..g3 • •s 39.,..gs • gs 40.~ gs 'itbSI 32. ~ad2 ~ a3 33.11»12 g5?!
~fbS 41. ~gg2 6 42.h4 ~ 3b7 [33 ... ~aa4 34.We3 ~a3 3S.II»I2=] 34.h4!
43.\l»g1 h6 44.'itf1 ~ g7 45.\l»e1 gh4 35 .~ h1 ~d4 36 . ~ b2 [36.~b 1
~ bgS 46 .~cf2 llo>e7 47 .~ g3 g5 ~b4 37. ~b4 lLlb4 38. ~b2 ~a4 39 .~d1
4S.hg5 hg5 49. ~fg2 11»16 50.fg5 ~a2J 36 ...Wc7 [36 ...~b4? 37. ~b4 lLlb4
~g5 51. ~g5 ~ g5 52. ~g5 llo>g5 38.~b1 ~a4 39 .~d1 ~a2 40.'itf1+-]
53.11»12 'itf5 54.11»13 ~es 55. ll»e2 37 .~ hb1 lLJeS 3S .~ bS llo>c61 39. ~ cs
~c6 56.e4 4 57.ed5 ed5 5S.'itf2 ll»d7 40. ~gS llo>e7?1 [40 ... \l»c6]
~as 59.\l»e2 ~c6 60.\l»d2 11»13 Y2-Y2 41. ~ b7 'itf6 42.a7 ~da4 43.c61
lLlc6 44. ~b5 ~a2 45.\l»g1 ~ a7
46. ~c6 ~ b7 47. ~b7 h5 4S.'ith2
Ponomariov,Ruslan ~a1 49. ~c6 ~c1 50. ~b5 ~ b1
Topalov,Veselin 51 .~e2 ~e1 52 .~a6 ~a1 53 .~d3
Sofia 2006 (3) ~ d1 54 .~ h7 d4 55 .~ bs llo>g7
1.d4 lLlf6 2.c4 e6 3.lLlf3 d5 4.lLlc3 56 .~ b1 ~d2 57.~e4 f5 5S .~ b7 e5
c6 5.e3 a6 6.c5 b6 7.cb6 lLlbd7 59 .~ b5 6 60.f4 e4 61. ~cS d3
S.lLJa4 lLlb6 9.~d2 tt:la4 1 O....a4 62. ~f5 llo>g7 63. ~g5 6 64.~f5
~d7 [10 ...... b6?! 11 . ~c1 ~d7 12.lLJeS llo>g7 65. ~ g5 llo>f6 66 .~f5 ll»g7 Y2-Y2
'ti'b2 13.lLld7 lLld7 14 .~d3 ~bB 1S.IIo>e2±
Euwe-Aiekhine, Netherlands Wch m-B 193S]
11 .lLle5 lLle4!?N 12. ~a5 cso Krasenkow,Michal
[12 ... 'ti'c8? 13. ~c1 c5 14. d7 '*'d7 Kazhgaleev,Murtas
1S....d7 \l»d7 16.f3 lLlf6 17.dc5+-; Port Erin 2006 (5)
12...... bB? 13.b4±] 13.lLld7 'ti'd7 1.d4 d5 2. f3 lLJf6 3.c4 c6 4. c3
14.'ird7 ll»d7 15.f3 lLlf616. ~c1 e6 5.e3 a6 6.c5 b6 7.cb6 lLlbd7
s.~d2 tt:lb6 9. a4 a4 10.'ti'a4
~d7 11.lLle5 c5
'if * .i.
.t.
·~·
~ ~~
~ ~
~
~ ~ ~ ~
16... c4!? [16 ...cd4 17. ~c7 (17.ed4 .tl ~~ .tl
~d6=) 17... Wd6 (17 ... \l»eB 1B.ed4 ~d6
19.:b7 lLld7 20.\1»12 llo>e7) 1B.ed4 (1B. ~f7
12.'ti'a5!? [12.tt:ld7 1!t'd7 13...-d7 Wd7
de3oo) 1B... ~e7 19. ~c2 (19.\l»d2 ~dB 14.dc5 ~cS 1S.b4 (1S.~c1 ~hc8
20 . ~c5 ~as 21 . ~as ~hb8 22.b3 (1S ...~d6 16. ~d3 ~hb8 17 . ~c2 ~b4 12·12
lLlgB!?~ ; 19 . ~c5 ll»d7 20. ~c2 ~hb8=) Lenic-Kempinski, Kallithea II 2009) 16 .~d3
19... ~hc8= Rogozenco] 17.b3 ~ bS!? 12-12 Kornev-Rublevsky, Krasnoyarsk 2007;
[17 ...cb3 18.~c7 Wd6 19.ab3 ~e7 1S.~d3 ~hb8 16. ~b1 ~b4 17.\l»e2 aS
20. ~c1! Rogozenco; 20. ~b7 lLld7 21. ~d3 1B. ~hc1 g4 19.f3 lLleS 20 . ~c2 12-12
(21. ~b4? ll»c6) 21 ... ~hc8 22.\l»d2 ll»c6 Markus-Sedlak, Zlatibor II 2006) 1S... ~d6
23 . ~c7 ~c7 24 . ~c1 lLlcS=; 17...~a3 16.13 llo>e7 1 7 .~d3 lLld7 tB.\1»12 lLJeS
147
 19.~e2 l:lhc8 20.l:lhc1 tOc4 21.~c4 l:lc4
22.l:lc4 dc4 23.l:lc1 : ca 24.14 es 2S.g3
'it.>e6 26.e4 ef4 27.gf4 c3 28.l:lc3 l:lc3
29.~c3 ~14 30.~g7 m 31.a4 lHz Vallejo
Pons-Tkachiev, France II 2007] 12.. ."it'85
13.h 5 cd4 14.ed4 ~b5 [14 ... l:lb8!?
1S.b3 h 3; 1S... ~! ?] 15.l:lc1 ~d6
16.f3 ltld7 [16 ... <J.>e7 17.lLJc6 (17.~c7
l:lhc8 (17 ...t0ea!? 18.~d6 ltld6 19.l:lc7
<J.>f6) 1a.~d6 rJ.>d6 19.: ca : ca 20.<J.>d2
(20.lt:lf7? 'it.>e7 21.ltle5 l:lc2+) 20... <J.>e7=;
20...~e8! ? 6 21 ...aS) 17...~c6 18.l:lc6
l:lhb8t 6 19...~] 17.ltlc6 f6 18.~b5
8b5 19.'it.>e2 rJ.>f7 20.~ ~f4
21 .l:lc2 l:lhc8 22.g3 ~h6 23.83 e5?
[23 ...g6 24.h4 ~18=] 24.l:ld U 'it.>e6?
25.de5 fe5 26.l:ld5+- l:lc6 27.l:lc6
'it.>d5 28.l:ld6 'it.>c4 29.l:ld7 1-0
Svidler,Peter
Bu Xiangzhi
Nanjing 2008 (8)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.ltlc3 ltlf6 4.e3 e6
5.ltlf3 a6 6.c5 b6 7.cb6 ltlbd7
8 .~d3 c5 9.b3 [9.0.0 'it'b6 10.~d2 cd4
11 .ed4 ~d6 12.l:te1 0-0 13.l:tc1 ~b7
14.b4 lt:le4 1S.ltla4 'tt'a7 16.ltlc5 ltldl6
17.ltleS aS 18.a3 ab4 19.ab4 .!:ticS 20.~e3
(20. ~14!) 20 ...'it'b8 21. ~14 l:ta2 22.l:te2
l:te2 23.'it'e2;t gS 24. ~g3 (24 .~e4 ltle4
(24 ... gl40 2S.~d3±)
2S.h4!1+- (2S.'it'hS 'tt'c70) 2S ... h6 26.hgS
hgS 27.1t'hS 'tt'c7 28.ltle4+- I.Aimasi)
24 ...ltlg3 2S.hg3 ~es 26.deS ltle4 27. ~e4
de4 (Krasenkow-Cs.Balogh, Warsaw 2008)
28.'it.>h2 'it'eS 29.'tt'e3!± I.Aimasi]
9 ... lt:lb6 [9 ... cd4 10.ed4 'it'b6] 10 . ~a3
[10.0.0 ~b7 11. ~b2 cd4 12.ed4 ~e7
13.l:tc1 o-o 14.1t'e2 aS 1S.a4 ltlc8 16.lt:leS
lt:la7 17.ltlbS ltlbS 18.~bS 'it'b6 19.l:tc2
: rca 20.l:tfc1 l:tc2 21 ..1:tc2 ~d6 22.'tt'e1
'it'd8 23.'tt'c1 'tt'e7 24 .~c3 h6 2S.h3 ltle4
148
26.~e1 lH~ Svidler-Vitiugov, Moscow
ch·RUS 2008] 10 ... ltlfd7 [10...cd4!?
11. ~18 dc3 12.h3 ( 12 .~g7 l:tg8 13.~h6
l:tg2oo; 12 .~b4 d4! 13.ed4 ltlbdS 14 .~c5
ltld7 6 1S .~a3 1t'aS; 12 .~cs ltlbd7
13. ~a3? 1 'tt'as 14.1t'c1 ltlc5 1S .~e2
ltlce4) 12...'it'c7 13.l:tc1 eSoo Krasenkow]
11 .o-0 ~b7 12.l:tc1 l:tc8 13.l:te1
~e7 14.l:te2 o-o 15.l:tec2 cd4?1 [ ~
1S... c4 16.~e7 'tt'e7 17.bc4 ltlc4
Krasenkow] 16. ~e7 'tt'e7 17.ed4;t [6
18.1t'e2] 17 ...e5 18.de5 lt:le5 19.ltld4
g6 20. ~f1 [20.1t'e2!? aS 21.14 lt:lc6
22.'tt'e7 (22.ltlc6 1t'c5) 22... e7 23.ltlcbS
Krasenkow; 23.<~12 ! ? ; 23.~bS!?]
20 ... 'it'd6 21.h3 l:tfd8 22. 1t'd2
'it.>g7?! [~ 22 ... l:te8] 23.a4 bd7? r~
23...l:te8] 24.f4 lt:lc6
.i.
.I
~
' ' ~ .. ' *'
' '
~ tO ~
~ tO ~
J::t'if ~
J::t ~~
25.ltlc6? [2S.ltle4! 'it'e7 (2S ...de4
26.ltlfS; 2S ... 'it'b8 26.ltlc6 ~c6 27."it'd4
~g8 28.l:tc6 l:tc6 29.l:tc6 de4 30.l:td6+-)
26.ltlc6 l:tc6 (26... ~c6 27. ~a6) 27.l:tc6
~c6 28.'tt'd4 'it.>g8 29.ltlf2 +- ; 29.l:tc6
de4 30.l:td6 e3 31 .'tt'd1 +- Krasenkow]
25 ... l:tc6 26.ltle2 l:lc2 27. l:tc2 ltlf8
28.ltld4 ltle6 29.ltle6 1t'e6 30.'tt'd4
'it'f6 31.'tt'f6 6 32.l:tc7;t l:tb8
33.g4 h6 34.b4 ~c8 35.a5 'it.>e6
36. ~d3 ~d7 37.f5 7??
[37... <J.>d6=] 38. ~86 + - 'it.>d6 39.l:tb7
l:tb7 40. ~b7 gf5 41 .gf5 ~f5 42.h4
~d3 43.<J.>f2 d4 44. 3 ~f1 45. 4
~d3 46.a6 <J.>c7 47.'it.>e5 'it.>b6
48.'it.>d4 ~e2 49.'it.>e5 h5 50.'it.>f6
~c4 51.'it.>g5 ~e2 52. ~d5 f6
53. 6 <J.>a6 54. ~c6 1-0
Gelfand,Boris
Feller,Sebastien
Ohrid tt 2009 (7)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.ltlc3 ltlf6 4.e3 e6
5.ltlf3 86 6.c5 b6 [6 ...ltlbd7 7.b4 'it'c7
(7... b6 8 . ~b2 aS 9.a3 with a very similar
structure to 1.d4 dS 2.c4 e6 3. ltlc3 ltll6
4.ltlf3 ~e7 s.~l4 o-o 6.e3 bd7 7.c5 c6
8. ~d3 b6 9.b4 aS 1O.a3, which is
considered not dangerous for Black, plus
with the not too promising difference for
White: his dark-squared bishop stays within
the pawn chain) 8.~b2 g6 9 .~d3 ~g7
10.ltla4 o-o 11 .0-0 eS 12.ltleS eS 13.deS
lt:lg4 14 .~e2 eS 1S.I4 d7 16.~g7
<J.>g7 17.'tt'd4 <J.>g8 18.e4 de4 19. c3 aS
20.lt:le4 ab4 21. ~c4 b6 22.l:tad1 bc5
23.1t'b2 l:ld8 24. ~17 1-0 Gelfand·
Miroshnichenko, Austria II 2008109] 7.cb6
lt:lbd7 a. ~d3 cs 9.o-o 'it'b6 10.b3
cd411.ed4
.i. • .t.
~ '~'''
~
~ tt::J YJ..
~
J::t ~ 'if
11.. .~e7?! [ 1 1... ~7 12.'tt'e2 ( 12 .~b2
~e7 13.l:tc1 1t'a7 14. a4 0.0 1S.ltlc5
l:tlc8 16.b4 aS 17.a3 ab4 18.ab4 W'b6
19.~c3 ~c6 20.W'e2 lt:le4 2 1.~e 1 l:tcb8
22.ltla6 .!:tea 23.bS ~b7 24.l:ta1 lt:lgS
2S. gS ~gs 26.l:ta4 ~16 27.~as 1t'a7
28.l:ld1 lH7 Fressinet-Tkachiev, Nimes
ch-FRA 2009; ~ 12 .~14) 1 2...~e7 13 .~b2
(~ 13.~gS) 13 ... 0-0 14.l:tac1 l:tfc8=
Lafuente-Gagunashvili, Sautron 2008; ~
11... ~d6 12 .~b2 ( 12 .~gS! 0·0 13.l:le1
'it'b8 14.l:tc1 ~b7 1S.~h4 : ca 16.l:tc2
~b4 17.'it'c1 'it'a7 18.a3 ~c3 19.l:tc3
e4 2o.: ca : ca 2H W14 'Wb6 22.b4 h6
23.l:tc1 gs 24.l:tc8 ~ca 2S.'it'c1 ~b7
26.~g3 g3 27.hg3 ~c6 28.g4 <J.>g7
29.'tt'c3 ti'b7 30 .~c2 ~bS 31. d2 16
32.13 1t'b8 33.a4 ~e8 34. 11 hS 3S.W'd2
'it.>h6 36.ghS hS 37.ltle3 IS 38.W'e1 ~g6
39.g4 ltlg7 40.giS ltliS 41.~fS efS 42. dS
• ca 43 ...,d2 '*'c4 44 ...,h2 <J.>g7 4S."itc7
'*'c7 46. c7 ~17 47. a6 1-0 Bacrot-
Chernin, Bastia rapid 2006; 12. a4 11'a7
13.~b2 ~b7 14.l:tc1 0·0 1S.ltlc5! aS
(1S... c5? 16.dc5 ~cS 17 . ~16 gl6
18.~h7 'it.>h7 19. eS! d4 (1 9...feS 20.'it'hS
'it.>g7 21 ....gS 'it.>h7 22.l:tc3+ - ) 20.'WhS
 Survey SL B. 1

~7 21.'ttg4 c;f;>h7 22.'tth4 c;f;>g7 23.li)d7!
1 e7 24 ..1%cd1 (A .l% d3) 24 ...~e4 2S.We4
IS (2S ... 'ttd7 26.'ttg4 c;f;>h7 27..1%d3+-)
26.'i'eS+- ; ~ 1S... .I%1c8 16.b4;!;) 16.tt:leS!
~c5 (16...tt)eS 17.deS ~c5 18.el6 g6
19.h4-) 17.dc5 ~c5? (~ 17...~e7)
17.a3 .l:lldB?! (17... tt:leS 18.deS tt:le4)
18.tt:ld7 tt:ld7 19.b4 tt:lb6 20.tt:lc5 tt:lc4
21 .tt:le6+- Wirig·M.Gurevich, Antalya
2009) 16..1%ac1 ~18 17.tt:ld7 tt:ld7 18..1%c2
.l% c2 19.Wc2 tt:l16 20.tt:lc5 .l% c8 (20 ...aS)
21 .b4;!; aS 22.'ilt'a41 tt:le4 23 ..1%c1 ~aB
24.a3 .l%c7 2S.I3 tt:ld6 26.Was Was
27 .baS± Koneru-P.Cramling, Krasnoturinsk
2008) 12. ~f41 o-o 13.tt:la4 Wa7
14..1%c1 ~ b715.b41 .l%fc8 [1S ... ~!?
(23 ..1%b7 .l% ab8 24.'ilt'c3 'ilt'b7 (24 ... .1%b7
2S.tt:le4 de4 26.tt:lgS c;t;>g6 27.'it'g3 cJ;h6
28.'ilt'h4 cJ;g6 29.14) 2S.tt:lgS c;t;>gB
26.tt:lge4 'ilt'b2) 23...c;f;>g8 24.tt:lge4 tt:le4
2S.tt:ld7;!;) 16.tt:lc5± 'ilt'b6 17.a4 ~cs
18.bc5 Was 19.tt:le5 tt:le5 20. ~e5
tt:ld7 21. ~d6 ~c6 22. ~c2 Wb4?
23 •.1%b1 'it'c4? 24.Wd2 g6 [2S .~b3)
1·0

1 M~d7 11 tt:ld7 19 . ~h7 c;f;>h7 20.'it'hS c;t;>gB
21.~g7 c;t;>g7 22.Wgs c;t;>h7 23.WhS c;t;>g7
24.'ttgS c;f;>h7 2S ..I%c3 ~e30 26..1%e3
(26.fe3? 16) 26 ... We3 27.1e3 160 28.Wh4
(~ 28.Wg4 eS 29.We6oo; 28.WhS cJ;g7
29.1:113 .1%17 30.Wg4 c;f;>IB 31.We6oo)
28 ... c;t;>g7 29.Wg3 c;t;>l7 30.Wc7 ~ca
31.1:113 (~ 31 ..1%14 A .l%a4xaS) 31...a4!
32.b4 (32..1%h3 ab3 33.ab3 IS) 32 ... .1%b8
33.a3 .l% b7 34.'ttd6 .l% b6 3S.Wc7 .l%b7
36.'i'd6 .l%b6 37.Wc7 Yz·Yz Fressinet·
Kempinski, Germany Bundesliga 2009/10)
12...0-0 (12...Wb8 13.We2 0·0 14..1%1e1
~7 1S.tt:les .l% c8 16.tt:la4 ~es 17.deS
~e4 18 .~d4 (18.-.e3 ~c6 19 .~e4 de4
2M~c5 tt:lc5 21.Wc5 ~dS= Khuzman·
Bacrot, St Vincent tt 200S) 18... aS?!
(18... ~c6 19 .~a6) 19.We3 (A 13) 19...16?
(~ 19 ...h6) 20.el6 eS 21. ~e4 de4 (21...ed4
22.~h7 cJ;h7 23.Wh3 c;t;>gB 24.17+-)
22.'i'g3 g6 23.Wh3 Wd6 (23 ... .1%180
24.'i'd7 .1%17 2S.We6 ed4 26.tt:lcS+-)
24.17 cJ;g7 2S .~e3 ~dS 26.18W Hl
Avrukh·Ubiszewski, Benidorm 2008;
12...~7 13..1%e1?! 0·0 14..1%c1 .l%1c8
1S.t0eS .l%c7 16.We2 tt:lfB?! 17.tt:la4 Wa7
18.l:lc7 ~c7 19.tt:lc5± ~d6 20.b4 Wb6
21 .a3 ~c8 22 ..1%c1 aS 23.bS ~d7
(Chatalbashev-Stamenkov, Struga 2009)
24.a4±) 13.We2 ~b7 (13... as 14.tt:la4
'fa7 1S..I%ac1 ~a6 16.~a6 Wa6 17.'ilt'a6
lla6 18..1%c2;!; Kamsky-Navara, Baku 2008)
14.l0a4 'ilt'a7 1S.tt:leS .l%1c8 (1S... .I%ac8
16.<~h1 ~e7 17..1%ae1 ~b4 18..1%d1 aS
19.a3 ~e7 20..1%de1 WbB 21.~bS .l%c7
22.t0d7 Yz·Yz Kramnik·Dreev, Moscow
ch·RUS 200S; 15...~e7 16..1%1d1 .l% ac8
•
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~
~
~~
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~~· The Most Plausible
6 ... l!:l bd7 7.-" d2
~ Timman,Jan
ttJ .i. /:::; ~ Sokolov,lvan
~ ttJ MalmCl 2001 (2)
~ /:::;/:::;/:::;
1.d4 tt:lf6 2.c4 c6 3.tt:lc3 d5 4.e3 a6
5 .~d21? e6 6.c5 bd7 7.tt:lf3
ll'if ll<;t> ~e7N [7 ... Wc7 A B... eS; RR 7... eSI?
B.deS
16.Wb3 tt:lhS! ( 16...~as 17 .~c7! ~c7
18..1%c7 .l%1b8 19..1%b1+- ; 16...as 17.a3
tt:lhS 18. ~es tt:leS 19.deS) 17.Wb4
( 17.~eS tt:les 18.deS ~aS ; 17.~e3 ~d6)
17...tt:l14 18. ~h7! c;f;>h7 19..1%c7 tt:le2!
(19...tt:ll6 20.g3! (20..1%b7 .l% ab8) 20... e2
(20... tt:ld3 21.Wb1+- ; 20... tt:lg6 21..1%b7
.l% ab8 22.tt:lgS c;f;>h6 (22 ... c;f;>g8 23.WIB)
23.tt:ll7 cJ;h7 24.tt:lgS c;f;>h6 25 ..1%b8 .l% b8
26.Wd2+ - ) 21 .cJ;g2 .l% ab8 22.'ilt'b2±)
20.c;f;>h1 tt:l16 21.Wb2 (21..1%b7 .l%ab8
22.tt:lgS li>g6 23.Wb1 tt:le4) 21 ... tt:le4
(21....1%ab8 22.'ilt'e2 .l% bc8 23.'ilt'eS;!;)
22.tt:lc5! (22.We2 .l% ac8 23 ..1%d7 .l%cd8 8...tt:lg4?! (8 ... tt:le4! 9.e6!? le6 10. e4 de4
24 ..1%e7 .!%deB; 22..1%b7? Wb7! 23.Wb7 11. d4 c5oo I.Aimasi) 9.tt:la4 '*ic7
.l:labB+ (Naiditsch-Seel, Germany Bundesliga
2007/08; 9... tt:lgeS 10.lLleS tt:leS 11. ~c3
(11.lLlb6 .l:lbB 12.Whs tt:lg6) 11...tt:ld7
(11...We7 12.tt:lb6 .l:lbB 13.Whs)
12.Wd4;!; I.Aimasi) 10.~c3 tt:lc5
(10... geS 11 . eS eS 12. b6
(12.Wd4;t) 12....1%b8 13.WhS± I.Aimasi)
11 .tt:lc5 ~c5 12.Wc2;!; I.Aimasi; RR
7... tt:le4!? 8.~d3 tt:ld2 9.tt:ld2 eS 10.()..0
~e7= J.Fischer-Marcelin, Munich 200S)
8 ..1%c1 [B.~d3 eS!?; B... b6 9.b4 aS 1O.bS
(1 0.a3 ~a6) 10... ~b7 11 .bc6 (11.cb6 c5)
1 1... ~c6 12.cb6 0-0 13..1%b1 b6
14.tt:leS;!;J 8 ... tt:le4 [B ... eS? 9.deS tt:lg4
A 24 ...tt:l12) 22 ... tt:l2c3 (22 ... .1%ab8 23.'ilt'e2 10.tt:ldS! cdS 11.'it'a4 tt:lh6 12 .~a5+-l
Wb6 24.tt:le4 (24.tt:lgS tt:lgS 2S.'ilt'c2;t A 9•.Q.d3 [9. e4?! de4 10.tt:lg1 eS] 9...f5
26.tt:ld7) 24 ...'it'c7 2S.tt:legS c;f;>gB 26.tt:leS [9 ...tt:ld2 10.tt:ld2 (10.'it'd2 eS) 10...eSoo]
g6 27.We3 We7 28.'ilt'g3-) 23.tt:lgS 10. 4 d2 11.tt:ld2 [11.'ilt'd2 0·0=)

149
11 ••• 0-0 12.f4 gS 13.ttlf3 [13.().() g4] 'it"e7=) 13...1t'a5 14 .~e7 l:te8 15 .~d6
13 ..•g4 14.tt:le5 tt:leS 15.fe5 [15.de5!! ttlf6D 16.-.e1 ! (16.-.M!?f) 16... 'it"e1
A 15 ... b5? 16.cb6 c5 17.b3!] 15.•• ~g5= 17.l:tfe1 ed4 18.tt:lg5±, 17< Avrukh]
16.tt:lb6 l:tb8 17.1t'e2 ~d7 18.h3 9.de5?! [ ~ 9.tt:le5! tt:leS 10.de5 tt:le4
gh319.l:th3 ~e8 20 .'~f1?! [20.~d2=] 11.tt:le4 de4 12 .~c4 ! ( 12 .~e3 'tWaS
20..•'tlfe7 21.~g1 ~g6 22.l:tf1 l:tf7 13.1t'd2 1t'd2 14 .~d2 ~e6+ A 1s...o-o-o
23.b4 l:tbf8 24.a4 hS 25.b5 abS e5<, c5<; 12.-.e4 ~cS A 13... ~15)
26.ab5 h4 27.l:ta1 l:th7 28.1t'd1 12... -.as (12 ... -.d4? 13 .~e3 'it"es
[28.l:ta7 ~h5 29.-.12 -.e8 (29...~g4 14.l:td1 !f A 15 .~d4) 13.~d2 ...c5
30.bc6) 30.bc6 bc6 31 .l:th7 ~h7 32.l:th4! 14.1fe4 ~15 15.1fe2 ~g7 16.14 0-0
~h4 33.-.M ~g7 34 .~a6! +%] 17.l:tc1= Avrukh] 9 ... tt:le4 10.tt:le4 de4
28 ... -.gn 29.bc6 bc6 3o.-.a4 11.e6? [~ 11.• e4 tt:lcS 12.1t'e3
• h6 31.l:te1 l:tc7?T [31...14+ ; (12.'it"d4?! ...d4 13.tt:ld4 ~g7 14.14 16
3 1...~h5 A 32... ~g4] 32.tt:la8= l:tcc8 15.ef6 ~16 16 .~e3 ~g4!+ , e1<)
33.tt:lb6 l:tc7 34.tt:la8 l:tcc8 ~· ~ 12... ~15! (12 ...tt:le6?! 13 .~c4=) 13.ttld4
J.Sokolov ttle4! 14.ttlf5 gf5+ (A ... ~c5; A ...~b4)
~e1< ; 11.~g5 ~e7 (11 ...-.as 12.~d2
• cS 13.-.e4=) 12.~e7 1fe7 13.-.e4
tt:lcS 14.'tlfe3 ~g4 !'f Avrukh] 11 •.. ef3!
12.ed7 ~d7 13.1t'c3 l:tg8 14.gf3
The Mysterious Move ~g7 15.1t'b4 as 16.'tlfb7 • bs
6 ... tt:l bd7 7.'i!Vc2 17.1t'b8 l:tb8 18.~d3 ~b2 19. ~ b2
l:tb2+ 20.0-0 ~e7 21.l:tfe1 ~f6
Krasenkow,Michal 22. ~e4 ~e6 23.l:ted1 l:ta2 24.l:ta2
Avrukh,Boris ~a2 25.l:td6 ~es 26.l:tc6 fS
Plovdiv Ech-tt 2003 (4) 27. ~c2 ~dS 28.l:tb6 ~f3 -+ 29.c6
1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.tt:lc3 ttlf6 4.e3 a6 ~d6 30. ~a4 l:te8 31 . l:te4
5 ....c2 e6 6.c5 ttlbd7 [A 7...e5] 32 .~b5 l:t b4 33 . ~e1 l:td4 0-1
7.ttlf3 g6 8.e4 [8.b4 ~g7 9 . ~b2 0-0
1O.~e2 l:te8 11.0-0 e5= Avrukh]
Koneru,Humpy
Zhu Chen
Gibraltar 2012 (9)
1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.tt:lc3 f6 4.e3 a6
5 ....c2 e6 6.c5 ttlbd7 7.ttlf3 eS
[7 ...1fe7!
8 ...e5! [8... de4? 9.tt:le4 tt:le4 10.-.e4
~g7 11. ~c4 o-o 12.0-o (~c8 <) 12... e5o
(RR 12... tt:lf6 13....e2 ttldS 14 .~g5 ~16?
15.h4± Bunzmann-Heimgerger, Austria tt-2
2004/5) 13.~g5! (13.tt:le5? tt:leS 14.de5
150
RR 8. ~e2 (8.e4? e5 9.de5 tt:leS 10.tt:le5
'tlfes 11 .14 'tlfd4+ Roiz; 8. ~d2 es 9.0-0-0
e41SJ 10.tt:lg1 (10.tt:lg5!? tt:lg4 11.ttlge4
de4 12. tt:le4~ Roiz) 10...g6 11.tt:la4 (11.13
~g7 ( 1 1...~h6! ?) 12.fe4 tt:le4 13.tt:le4
de4+% Roiz) 11... ~g7 12.13 ( 12.~a5 ttlf8
13.tt:lb6 l:tb8 14.ttlc8 l:tc8+% Roiz) 12...0-0
13.tt:lh3 l:tb8 (13...l:te8!? Roiz) 14.tt:lf2
l:te8 15.1t'b3 b5! ( ~ 15... ef3 Alexandrov-
Roiz, Saratov 2006) 16.cb6 c5 17.fe4 cd4!
(17... tt:le4? 18. e4 de4 19.~c4 ± Roiz)
18.ed4 tt:le4 19.ttle4 -.e4 20.l:te1 1fe1
2 1. ~e1 l:te1 22 .~c2 l:te4f Roiz) 8... e5
9.0-0 e4?1 ( ~ 9... g6 10.b4 ~g7 11.a4 0-0
12.l:te1 ( 12.~a3 ed4 13.ed4 tt:le4!?)
12... tt:le8 13.~a3 (13.~b2 !?) 13...tt:lc7
14.b5 ab5 15.ab5 tt:le6oo I.Aimasi) 10.ttld2
g6 11 .b4 ~g7 12.a4 0-Q 13.~a3f (A
14.b5 ll> I.Aimasi] 8.de5 tt:lg4 9. a4
[9.e6 fe6 10 . ~d3 Gelfand] 9 ..•tt:lge5
10.tt:le5 tt:leS 11. ~d2 ~e7 12. b6
l:tb8 13 . ~a5!? ~f6? ! [13 ... ttld7!? A
14.tt:lc4 (~ 14.b4 b6 15.~b6 ...d7
16 .~d3) 14 ... b60 15.~b60 (15.tt:lb6?
~cS + ) 15... tt:lb6 16.tt:lb6 ~cS 17....c5
• b6= I.Aimasi] 14. ~e2 [14. c41? -.e7
15.tt:ld6 ~18 16.~e2! I.Aimasi]
14... -.e7 15.0-0 0-0 16.l:tad1 l:te8
17.l:tfe1 g6 18.tt:lc8 l:tbc8 19.b3
~g7 20.a4 tt:ld7 21.l:tc1 ~f8 22.b4
tt:lf6 23 .~d3 -.es 24.h3 1fg5
25.'ifb3 d7 26. ~e2 hS 27.l:ted1
l:te6 28.l:tc2 lt'e7 29. ~f1 h4
30. ~e2 l:te8 31 .• b1 fS
32.b5 abS 33.ab5 • gs ~-~
Tarrasch Defence
Proving Dr Tarrasch Right!
by Jacob Aagaard and Nikolaos Ntirlis
1. d4 d5
2. c4 e6
3. tl:lc3 c5
4. cd5 ed5
5. tLlf3 tl:lc6
6. g3 tLlf6
7. i.g2 ~e7
8. 0-0 0-0
Dr Siegbert Tarra ch, one of the
mo t influential teachers of the
20th century, wrote in his book
The Game of Chess: 'The future
wi ll decide who ha erred in e ti -
mating thi defence, me or the
chess world !'. Since Rubinstein
developed a ystem of fig hting
again t thi fearful defence, all
the ches world considered the
Tarra ch Defence an interesting
but not enti rely correct opening.
In 2011 , we (Jacob and Nikos)
started a very ambitious project:
writing a book on the Tarrasch
Defence under the Grandmaster
Repertoire erie . The aim of this
erie i to provide a powerful
repertoire for all level of che s
players, but also to discover the
' truth ' and provide 'scientific
Rubinstein Variation TD 4.10-14 (034)
proof ' fo r the opening under di s-
cus ion. Ye , we were crazy to
try and do thi s for the Tarra ch
Defence but at the end we were
more than sati tied with the re-
ult. After the publication of the
book Grandmaster Repertoire
Vol. 10: The Tarrasch Defence
we ob erved a bi g boost of popu-
larity of the mi sunderstood Doc-
tor' old invention. We beli eve
that now we are clo er than ever
to justify Dr Tarrasch's e tima-
tion of hi s own defence! Doctor,
you were correct!
Two Parts
ln thi s Survey we are goi ng to ex-
amine Rubin tein 's ' refutation' .
After the move l.d4 dS 2.c4 e6
3.tl:lc3 c5 4.cd5 edS 5.tl:lf3 tl:lc6
6.g3! tLlf6 7.~g2 ~e7 8.0-0 0-0
we will di vide the Survey in to
two parts.
In the fir t part we will exam ine
Reti 's 9.dc5.
In the econd part Rubinstein '
classical 9.~g5 , which is the
main line until today.
Nlkolaos Ntlrlls
Part 1: Reti's 9.dc5
Reti ' invention was 9.dc5 ~cS
10.tl:la4 ~e7 ll.~e3 , fo ll owed
by 12.l:tc I, taki ng control of the
dark quares on the queenside.
Thi s approach wa recommended
in 2008 by Boris Avrukh in
Grandmaster Repertoire Vol. 1:
l.d4. ln Laznicka-Jianu we ee
that ll ...~g4 12.l:tcl l:te8
13.tl:lc5 b6! , which was not
mentioned in GM Rep I, but wa
the mai n line in GM Rep 10, hold
well fo r Black.
In Giri-Ji an u we see White get-
ti ng the bi hop pai r but in a po i-
tion in which thi s is not much of
an advantage.
In Pa hik ian-Bejtovic we see
Timman's im portant lO.~gS
vari ation and especiall y the line
we warned in GM Rep I0 that it
might become more popular.
After 10... d4 ll.tl:le4 ~e7
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 12. ~ f6 ~f6 l3.b4! we still be-
lieve that 13..• ttJb4 i the way
forward for Black.
In Kachar-Bezgodov Timman 's
original idea was implemented.
ll..~f6 'il'f6 12.tLld5 'i!i'd8 (we
think that 12 .. .'i!t'f5 is a valid al-
ternative) l3.ttJd2 l:e8 13.l:cl,
and now Bezgodov played
Niko ' favourite move 13... ~f8 ,
butinthenote you'll eethatthe
solid status of Jacob 's favourite
l3... ~b6 hasn ' t changed. Black
is fine in all ca es.
Fini hing this ection, we go to a
game we were waiting to ee in
great anticipation. After IO.a3!
in GM Rep I0 we propo ed the
new move IO ... ttJe4!? as the only
way for Black to olve his prob-
lem .
We were happy to di scover that
in the recent publication Th e
Kaufman Repertoire for Black
and White by the American IM
Larry Kaufman, ourconclu ion
- that the move I O.a3 is very
critical- wa also upported by
the author, but it puzzled us
why our solution was not men-
tioned . So we were waiting for
a high-level game with thi s line
in order to be ure that the ' big
guy 'shared our opinion. In the
game Bacrot- Delchev, the
strong Bulgarian GM not only
tru ted our idea of IO ... ttJe4
against a very dangerou s player
but al o got a healthy advantage
which re ulted in an ea y draw
for him .
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Part II: Rubinstein's 9.~g5
We start the econd part of thi
Survey with the impre sive
game Gormally-Holland, in
which the following firework s
took place: 9. ~g5 c4 IO.ttJeS
~e6 ll.b3 h6 12.~f6 ~f6
l3.ttJc6 bc6 14.bc4 dc4 15.e3
'ifaS 16.'ifc2 cS 17.ttJe4 ~d4
18.ed4 cd4 19.ttJd6 d3 20.ttJc4
'ifa6 2l.'i!i'd2 ~c4 22. ~a8
l:a8.
Impressive, and you can be sure
that thi s line was exten ively
analysed in GM Rep 10! Black i
an exchange down but his pas er
is enough for at least a draw. We
were happy to see that a GM fell
victim to a well -prepared 2200
player. This is the punishment
for not reading our book (or for
not reading thi Survey! ).
In the game Ramirez-Skytte
and Ra mus en-Aagaard we
examine the uper-critical
16.l:cl l:ac8 17.'i!i'a4! line.
After 17...'i!i'a4 18.lLla4 ~e7
Black is ready to exchange his
bishop for a knight after 19.ttJb2
~a3!.
Thi was the line recommended
in the recent book A Strategic
Chess Opening Repertoire by
IM Watson, o if the reader
work on the notes in this Survey
(which will not be found in the
GM Rep I0 book) he or she will
get a practical advantage over the
players who are willing to try
Watson's uggestion in practice.
We have to note at this point that
we totally agree with Wat on 's
opinion in hi s book. Thi line i
very difficult to play with black
and require good tudy and
memory in order to under tand
the nuance that make all the dif-
ference. But we believe, as does
Watson, that objectively White
has no advantage here. We also
believe that it is very important
for White to understand the e
ubtleties quite well, becau e if
he doesn' t, he'll quickly find
him elf in a worse position , as he
might have in Ramirez-Skytte.
Readers who don ' t like bother-
ing with uch a detailed and un-
balanced endgame should buy
issue no I 03 of the Yearbook
instead and tudy the excellent
Survey by GM Halkjas there.
We fini sh thi s Survey with the
examination of another critical
position. In Bai-IIIingworth and
Nguyen Chi Minh-Li zak the
ll.f41ine is examined.
Thi s i the line Rubinstein
played against the 9 .. .c4 varia-
tion . We remain supporters of
the ... h7-h6 approach almost ev-

erywhere in the Tarrasch with
9.-tgS , and this line is no excep-
tion . After ll.f4 h6 12. · 6 .tf6
13.f5 Black should play
13.•...Q.e5 14.de5 "tifb6 IS.~hl
'i'b2 !, acrifici ng a piece for
orne pawns. If White doe n ' t go
for this critical continuation,
Black wi ll play the typical et-up
with ...ti:Je7, topping f4-f5 and
getti ng ready fo r queenside ac-
tion with ... b7-b5, etc. Thi s in-
Part I
Reti 's 9.dc5
laznicka,Viktor
Jianu,VIad Cristian
Plovdiv Ech 2012 (4)
1.d4 dS 2.c4 e6 3./0c3 cS 4.cd5
edS 5./0f3 /Oc6 6.g3 /016 7..i.g2
.i.e7 S.o-o o-o 9.dc5 .i.cS 10./0a4
[Avrukh's recommendation] 10... .i.e7
11 ..i.e3 .i.g4 12.llc1 J:le8 13./0cS
13... W'b6! [Ntirlis' idea that seems to
solve the problems of the position.
13... .i.c5 14 ..i.c5! (14.J:lc5 W'b6!~)
14... W'a5 (14 ... W'd7 was the only move
examined by Avrukh in 2008 but despite
the unfavourable conclusion for Black that
he stands slightly worse many players still
trusted Black's position, with bitter results:
15.J:le1 J:lac8 (15 ... .i.h3 16..i.h1 /Oe4
17..i.e3 J:lad8 18./0d4 /Oe5 19.13
Zagorskis·Warszawski, Warsaw 2006, was
Avrukh's main line. If someone says chess
is easy then look at this position! White
has to play .i.h1 and f3 to get the
advantage!) 16..i.e3 h6 17.W'a4
deed happened in the game Me
Kay-Aagaard, where the old
sugge tion of GM Khalifman
wa met once agai n by the rare
... h7-h6 approach.
Conclusion
We cannot ee a theoretical prob-
lem in the main line of the
Tarrasch today. ln both the
9 ...Q.g5 and the 9.dc5 lines, Black
get a satisfactory and u uall y
(17./0d4;!; J:le3?! 18.fe3 doesn't work.
Black has insufficient compensation for the
exchange) 17....i.f3? ! (17 ... .i.h3 18..i.h1
a6+", for example 19./0d4?1 /Og4 with
active play for Black) 18..i.f3 tOeS
19.W'd7 /Of3 20.ef3 /Od7;!; Gyimesi·
Brandenburg, Germany Bundesliga
2010/11) 15.W'b3 W'a6 (a reasonable
idea. The queen stands excellently at a6)
16.l:lfe1 J:lad8 17.h3! (17 ..i.f1 fails to
impress: 17...d4! (17... /0e4 18.J:led1 /Oc5
19.llc5 d4 was also reasonable but a bit
worse for Black in Malakhov·Belov,
Krasnoyarsk ch·AUS 2003) 18.e3 W'as
(18 ...d3 19./0d4 /Oe5 20.14 .i.e6 21 .1fd1
.i.g4 22.W'b3 .i.e6=) 19.ed4 lle1 20./0e1
b6 21 .d5 /Od5 with excellent play for
Black) 17... .i.h5 18.W'a3 seems like a
correct solution for White: 18... W'a3
19..i.a3;!; .i.f3 20 ..i.f3 /Od4 21.<J.?g2 /Of3
22.<J.?f3 J:lc8 23.l:led1 llc6 and now after
24 ..i.c5 J:lec8 25 ..i.e3 one of the biggest
modern heroes of the Tarrasch Defence
failed to save this unpleasant endgame in
Grachev·Halkias, Zurich 2011 J 14./0b3
[Jianu remained faithful to this line and got
rewarded with the win a few rounds later in
the same event: 14./0a4 1Va6 15.a3
(15.h3 .i.f3 16..i.f3 J:lad8 is fine for Black)
15...J:lad8 16.J:le1 /Oe4 17./0d4 /Oe5
(17 ... /0d4= with 18... .i.f6 next seems more
clear) 18.13? .i.d7 19.fe4 .i.a4+
Novkovic-Jianu, Plovdiv Ech 2012 (11 )1
14...W'a6 15.a3 J:lac8 16.h3N
(16.J:le1 h6 17..i.c5 was played in
Delchev·Moradiabadi, Ravenna 2011 ,
which was the first game that featured
Nikos' novelty. Now simplest was
17... .i.c5!?N 18./0c5 1t'b6 19./0a4 1Vb5
Survey TO 4.10-14
quite un ba lanced position that
enables him to play for the whole
point. In the 9 ...Q.g5 c4 line we
remai n supporters of the .. .h7-h6
approach and we haven ' t spotted
a single problem with it after the
publication ofGM Rep IO. Ifyou
combi ne these lines with the
ones showed by GM Halkias in
his Yearbook I 03 Survey, you
wi ll become a fear orne Tarra ch
player!
20.l:lc5 W'a6=, just one of many ways to
equalize] 16....i.h5 [16 ... .i.f5!= seems
more natural] 17.lle1 h6?! [17 ... .i.g61
18./0h4 .i.e4=J 18.'*'d3 [18./0M!;!;J
18...1fd3 19.ed3 .i.g6 20.J:lc3
.i.d6=
[Black is not worse at this point, but is
outplayed by his resourceful opponent. As
authors we feel that this is beyond the
guarantee we are able to offer!] 21.J:lec1
.i.g3 22. aS d4 23. d4 /Od4
24.J:lc8 t!Je2 25. 1 c1 26.J:le8
tOeS 27.fg3 t!Jd3 28.b3 /Od6
29./0b7 lOtS 30 ..i.a7 g3 31.<J.?g1
t!Je2 32.<J.?h2 c3 33 ..i.e3 ts 34.a4
t4 35 ..i.d4 /Oe2 36 ..i.b6 ec1
37 .as /Ob4 38 •.i.c5 a6 39 ..i.d6
.i.d3 40 ..i.d5 <J.?h7 41 ..i.t4 a2
42 ..i.d2 <J.?g6 43./0dS 2b4 44 ..i.b7
45 ..i.c3 <J.?e7 46. c6 /Oc6
47 ..i.c6 <J.?d6 48 ..i.t3 g6 49.b4 c7
SO ..i.g7 hS 51 .<J.?g3 .i.t1 52 •.i.h6
l!Je6 53.tJ.?f2 .i.bS 54.h4 d4
55 ..i.e4 lOtS 56 ..i.t4 <J.?d7 57 ..i.b 7
/Od4 58.a6 /Oc6 59.<J.?e3 <J.?e6
60 ..i.b8 1-0
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 Giri,Anish
Jianu,VIad Cristian
Plovdiv Ech 2012 (1)
1.l0f3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 l0f6 4 .~g2
~e7 5.0-0 0-0 6.d4 c5 7.cd5 ed5
8.l0c3 l0c6 9.dc5 ~c5 10.l0a4 ~e7
11. ~e3 (11.l0d4!? is not at all easy to
face with Black: 1 1... ~g4 12.h3! ~d7 !
(Jacob's strong novelty that gives Black
adequate counterchances) 13.~e3 (else
Black gets nice play with ...l:le8·l:lc8.
13.l0c6 bc6 14 .~e3 l:le8 1S .~c5 Wc8
16.~h2 ~fS 17 .~e7 l:le7;:t) 13...liJeS! -
the knight gets to c4 to hit the bishop while
Black isn't afraid of l0e6] 11 ..•~g4
12.l:lc1 l:le813.h3 ~f3 14.ef3N [This
is quite an attractive novelty. White is aiming
to get long-term pressure from g2 to b7. On
the other hand his pawn structure is slightly
impertect. 14 .~f3 1t'd7 wins a tempo at h3
to play 1S... l:lad8 and 16...d4 with good
counterplay] 14...• d7 [Normal play, Black
develops] 15.liJc5 ~c5 16.l:lc5 ( 16 . ~c5
d4!?oo] 16...h6 (This is not very ambitious,
but Black needs for the knights to be stable
in the centre to match the power of the
bishops] 17.1t"d3 (17 .~d4 1t"d6 18.f4
l0e4 19.l:lc2 1t"b4 20.~c3 1t"bS with the
idea 21 ... l:lad8 and Black is no worse]
17.•• l:lad8 (17...d4!?] 18.l:ld1
18••. 1t"e6 [Black's clearest path to equality
looks to be 18...d4! 19. ~d2 1t"e6!=]
19.1t"b3 b6 [The game was still not
obviously in White's favour after 19...d4!?
20.1t'e6 l:le6 21 .~d2 , though Black has
lost some of his active possibilities and will
have to play a bit more accurately]
20.l:lcc1 d4 21 .1t"e6 l:le6 22.~d2 !
(White's advantage is very very tiny, but we
feel that it is there, at least in a practical
sense] 22 •.• d3 23.~f1 l0d4 24. ~g2
liJe2 25.l:lc7 aS 26.l:lc4 g5 [We do
not find it absolutely necessary to weaken
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the kingside like this. Probably it was
recommendable not to do so] 27.84
(27.h4!!] 27...~g7 28.b4 8b4 29.~b4
(29.l:lb4! ] 29..•l0d5 30. ~83 ~g6
31.~b2 h5 32. ~ h2 liJe7 (32 ...l016=]
33.l:ld2! h4 [Maybe too aggressive]
34.gh4 l0f5 [34 ... l0f4 3S.hgS ~gS
36.~c1 ! l:le1 37.l:ld3 l:lc1 38.h4 ~fS
39.l:lc1 l0d3 40.l:ld1 l:ld4 41. ~d3 'iPI6
42.hS ~gS 43.~c2 l:ld1 44 .~d1 <J;lhS± is
of course dangerous for Black, but maybe
this endgame can be held due to the low
number of pawns?] 35.hg5 <J;>g5
36.l:le41± l0h4 37.~e2 l:le4 38.fe4
de2 39.l:le2 ~f4 40.~c1 ~f3
41 .l:lb2!+- [A great move] 41 ..• l:lg8
(41 ...<J;>e4 42.l:lb4 l:ld4 43.l:ld4 \l;>d4
44.~e3+ - ] 42. ~e3 l0g2 43.~ b6
l0e1 44.l:lb3 <J;>e2 45.l:le3 ~ 1
46.h4 l:lh8 47.\l;>g3 l0g2 48.1:183
l:lg8 49.<J;>f3 1-0
Jianu,VIad Cristi8n
Bejtovic,Jasmin
Plovdiv Ech 2012 (5)
1.l0f3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 l0f6 4. ~g2
c5 5.0-0 tOeS 6.cd5 ed5 7.d4 ~e7
8.l0c3 0-0 9.dc5 ~c5 1o. ~g5 d4
11.l084
(We are sad to have to admit that this
reasonable move is not mentioned in GM
Rep 10!] 11 ... ~e7 12.l:lc1 h6
(12...1faSI? 13.a3 l:ldB (13...1fbS!?N
14 .~16 ~16 1S.l:le1 l:ldB 16.l:lc5 'ilt'a6
17.liJgS tOeS 18."ilt'b3 ~gS 19.l:leS ~f6=)
14.b4 'ilt'bS 1S .~f6 gf6 16.l0c5 aS 17.a4
'ilt'b4? (17...1t"b6oo 18.bS l0b4 19.l0d3
l0a2 20.l:lc2 liJc3;:t) 18.l0e1 ! tOeS
19.l0ed3 l0d3 20.l0d3 'ilt'b6 21 .l:lb1 'ilt'c7
22.'ilt'd2± Bratanov-Kolev, Sunny Beach
2007; 12... ~e6 13.a3 ~dS? ! 14.l0c5!
P.Cramling-Ponomariov, Pamplona 1996/97]
13. ~f6 (13.~f4 liJdS 14.liJeS ( 14 .~es
tOeS 1S.liJeS ~16 16.'ilt'd4 l0b6 17.'ilt'd8
l:ldB 18.l0b6 ab6 19.l0d3 ~g4 with
pressure for Black and lots of
compensation) 14...l0f4 1S.l0c6 l0e2
16.1t"e2 bc6f (Kozhevnikov-Uiko, Moscow
2012) 17. ~c6 ~h3 18.l:lfd1 l:lc8 with two
wondertul bishops] 13... ~f6 14.83
(14.l0d2!? (more dangerous) 14... l:lb8
1S.l0c5 (B.Larsen·Kortchnoi, Bad Homburg
1998) 1S... 'ilt'aS!?N 16.a3 l:ldB 17.l0de4
~e7 18.l0d3 ~e6 19.l0ec5 ~dS 20.~dS
l:ldS=] 14... l:le8 ( 14... ~fSN 1S.l0c5
'ilt'e7;:t] 15.b4 ~f5 [1S ... 'i!t'e7N would
still have been fine, as there is time to take
on e2 still, should White ignore the threat]
16.l0c5! 'ilt'e7? (16... l:lb8 17.l0b7 l:lb7
18.l:lc6! was also quite unpleasant, but
Black would have better chances there]
17.b5 l085 18.l0d4 ~g4 19.'ilt'841±
~d4 20.'ilt'd4 ~e2 21.l:lfe1 'ilt'd8
22.1i'b2!+ - ~c4 23.l:le8 'ilt'e8
24.l0b7 l0b7 25 . ~b7 l:lb8 26.l:lc4
l:lb7 27.1t"c2 l:lb8 28.84 l:ld8
29.l:lc7 g6 30. 'ilt'c4 l:ld7 31.l:ld7
'ilt'd7 32.h4 'ilt'd2 33.'i!t'f4 'ilt'85
34.\l;>h2 h5 35.'ilt'd4 1i'c7 36.'ilt'b4
'ilt'b7 37.'ilt'c5 <J;>g7 38.85 1i'd7
39.'ilt'e5 <J;>g8 40.1i'c5 'ilt'b7 41.'i!i'c6
'ilt'e7 42.b6 8b6 43.86 b5 44.'ilt'b7
1-0
Pashikian,Arman
Bejtovic,Jasmin
Plovdiv Ech 2012 (9)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3. f3 c5 4.cd5
ed5 5.g3 tOeS 6. ~g2 f6 7.0-0
~e7 8.l0c3 0-0 9.dc5 ~c5 10 . ~g5
d411 .l0e4 ~e7
12.~f6 (12.l0f6 ~16 13.1!t'd2 ~g4
14.l:lfe1 (14.h3 ~gS 1S. gS ~e2 f
Capablanca-Euwe, Rotterdam m-S 1931 )

14... h6 15..Q.f6 'ilt'f6 16.h3 .Q.h5 17.b4 a6
18.llad1 llad8 19.'ifb2 b5!?= Aggelis-
Berzinsh, Eretria 2011 ] 12... .Q.f6 13.b4!
[1M j f6 'iff6 14.b4 lld8 15.'ifd2 .Q.g4=
16.llac1?? d3 0-1 Wohi-Kanep, Gibraltar
2011 ] 13...<t:lb4 [This was our original
recommendation. 13... a6!? 14.<t:l16 (14.a4!
li:lb4 15.<t:lf6 'iVf6 16.'ilt'd4 and White
seems a bit better to us) 14... 'ilt'l6 15.a4
(we wrote at GM Rep 10 that this 'helps
White. The black d-pawn has become
weaker'. This is an opinion that some
disagree with. For example IM Breutigam in
'ChessBase Magazine' 145 proposed the
move 13...a6 for Black. 15.llc1 .Q.f5=)
1S... lld8!? {but alter this move probably
Black proved us wrong in the following
game! 15... <t:lb4 16..-d4 'ife7 is
Brautigam's suggestion. We still believe that
the position looks more pleasant for White,
but it is not one of those positions that are
not defendable in practice) 16.bS {16.'ifd2
d3! 17.ed3 .Q.g4+=<) 16...<t:lb4 (16 ...<t:laS!N
also seems reasonable; 16...<t:le7N doesn't
seem as strong though: 17.'ifb3 .Q.f5
18.'it'b2!!) 17.ba6 (17.'ifd2! is critical, but
alter 17... a5 18.<t:le1 ! llb8 19.<t:ld3 <t:ld3
20.'it'd3 g6 21 ..Q.e4 .Q.h3 22.llfc1 'it'e5
position is more or less balanced) 17... lla6
18.'it'd2 <t:lc6 19.'it'b2 <t:la5 and Black
seemed fine in S.Schneider-Steneskog,
Sweden tt 2011 /12] 14.<t:lf6 'iVf6
15.'iVd4 [15.<t:ld4 lld8 (15....Q.g4 16.llb1
aS 17.'iVd2;!;) 16..-a4! (this discovery of
Ntirlis hasn't been played until now. 16.e3
li:lc6 17..Q.c6 bc6 18.llc1 .Q.h3 19.lle1
lld5!+=< Budzyn-Stengelin, cr Email 2010)
16...a5 (16... 'iVd4 17.llad1 'it'b6 18.lld8
'ii'd8 19.'iVb4 g6 and now Jacob's move
20.h4!± kills every dream of equality. The
point is that in some lines with 20...hS,
White has gained a very important square
on h2 for the king. In all others h4-hS is
very dangerous) 17.e3 .Q.d7 18.'it'a3
{18.'ifb3 llab8 19.llab1 <t:lc6 20.<t:lc6
.Q.c6=) 18...<t:lc6 19.llad1 b6 (19... .Q.g4
20..Q.c6 .Q.d1 21 ..Q.b7 lla7 22 ..Q.g2 lld4
23.ed4 'it'd4=) 20.'it'b3 <t:ld4 21 .lld4 llac8
22.llf4 a4 (22 ... .Q.e6!?) 23.'iVb1 'it'e6=. We
analysed this in far more great detail in GM
Rep 10 but we really need some practical
tests to be sure that Black is fine]
15•..'ii'e7 16.'it'e5 [According to IM
Brautigam White is slightly better here but
we honestly don't see it. 16.'iVb2 <t:lc6
17.llfd1 llb8 18.a4 .Q.e6 Black was fine in
Robert-J.Andersen, cr Email 2011]
16...'iVe517.<t:le5 lle818.llfd1 .Q.f5
•
.t..t..t.
ttJ .i.
~
!'::.
!'::. !'::.!'::.Si..!'::.
1::[ 1::[ ~
19.f4 [A new move we didn't consider in
GM Rep 10. 19.<t:lc4 lle2 20.<t:le3 (20..Q.b7
llb8 21 .<t:ld6 .Q.e6 22.a3 ttJc2 23..Q.f3 <t:la1
24 ..Q.e2 ttJc2=) 20....Q.e6 21.llab1 aS! 22.a3
<t:lc2 23.<t:lc2 llc2 24..Q.b7 lle8=]
19...<t:lc2 [19 ...16 20.<t:lc4 lle2 21..Q.b7
llb8 22.<t:ld6 is a more attractive version of
the posnion reached alter 19.<t:lc4,
nevertheless with careful play Black has
nothing to fear: 22... .Q.c2 23.lld4 lld8 24.a3
lle7! 25 ..Q.f3 <t:ld3 26.<t:lt5 lled7 27.lld7
lld7 28..Q.g4 .Q.a4 29.llb1 llc7 but nis true
that White has some tricks and a hint of
pressure] 20.llac1 <t:le3 21 ..Q.b7 llab8
22 ..Q.c6 lle5! 23.fe5 d1 24.lld1
.Q.e6 [This endgame is of o;>urse played at
White's condnions, but a draw should
certainly be wnhin reach for Black] 25.a3
c;t.>ta 26...w2 7 27.c.fw>e3 llb6
28 ..Q.f3 lla6 29.lld3 lla5 30. 4 h6
31.h4 lla4 32.e4 llc4 33.g4 llc5
34.g5 hg5 35.hg5 g6 36 ..Q.d1 llc1
37 •.Q.f3 llc5 38.lld4 aS 39..Q.d1 llc3
40.a4 llc1 41.lld6 lla1 42 ..Q.c2 llf1
43.c.fw>e3 llg1 44.lla6 llg5 45.lla5
llg1 46.lla8 g5 47.a5 lla1 48 ..Q.d3
c.fw>d7 49.a6 c.fw>c6 50.llb8 g4 51. 4
c.fw>c5 52 ..Q.e2 lla2 53 ..Q.g4 lla6
54 ..Q.e6 fe6 55.llc8 c.fw>d4 56.lld8
c.fw>c5 57.c.fw>g5 lla4 58.c.tw>f6 lle4
59.c.fw>e6 llh4 60.llc8 c.fw>d4 61 .c.fw>d6
1-0
Kachar,VIadimir
Bezgodov,Aiexey
Moscow 2012 (1 )
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.<t:lc3 c5 4.cd5
ed5 5.<t:lf3 <t:lc6 6.g3 <t:lf6 7 ..Q.g2
.Q.e7 a.o-o o-o 9.dc5 .Q.cs 1o..Q.gs
d4 11 ..Q.f6 'it'f6 12.<t:ld5 'ilt'd8
Survey TD 4.10-14
[12... 'ilt'f5 (a valid alternative) 13.<t:ld2
(13.<t:lf4 should be met with the accurate
13... .Q.b6! and after 14.<t:ld2 Nikos' idea
14... 'it'bS or Brautigam's 14...h5 which is
similar to Gonzalez Zamora-GraQ 13... lld8
14.<t:lf4 .Q.d6 15.<t:ld3 h5+=< Gonzalez
Zamora-Graf, Merida 2006] 13.<t:ld2 lle8
14.llc1 [The following model game shows
the attacking potential of the Tarrasch!
14.<t:lb3 .Q.b6! 15.llc1 .Q.g4 16.lle1 'iVd6
17.<t:ld2 llad8 18.<t:lc4 'ilt'h6 19.<t:lt4 .Q.cn
20.<t:ld3 'iVh5 21 .llc2 lle6'F 22.'ilt'd2 gS!
(22... llh6 is met by 23.h4) 23.h3 .Q.h3
24..Q.h3 'ilt'h3 25.Wg5 llg6 26.<t:lt4 .Q.f4
27 ..-14 llh6 2B.'it'f3 'ilt'h2 0-1 Hauser-
Perunovic, Deizisau 2012. A great game!]
14....Q.f8 [Nikos' coach, the late FM
Nikolaos Karapanos, had a special love for
this move. The bishop is romantically
related to the h6-square! We actually see
its effect in this game. 14....Q.b6 is a more
popular move and Jacob's favourite: 15. c4
(1S.<t:lf4 .Q.g4 16.lle1 llc8 17. c4 .Q.c7
18.<t:ld3 'it'gS 19..Q.f3 hS 20.'ilt'b3 llb8=
Shirov-lllescas Cordoba, Buenos Aires
1993) 1S... .Q.g4 16.lle1 .Q.cS! {16... .Q.aS?
17.<t:la5 'iVaS 18.b4 b4 19.Wd2!
Horstmann-Biauert, Germany Bundesliga B
2003/04. The point being: 19... c6
20.'it'gS!!±) 17.a3 llc8 (17... a6 18.b4 .Q.a7
19.'ii'd2 llc8 20.a4 h5 is the other big
main line here. Black is doing well after
21 .<t:lf4 h4 22. d3 .Q.e6 23.bS <t:le7!N as
proposed and analysed in GM Rep 10)
18.b4 .Q.fs 19.'tlrd2 b5 (1 9... .Q.e6N 20.e4
g6 21.<t:lb2 .Q.g7 22.<t:ld3 a6= can be found
in GM Rep 10) 20.<t:lb2 aS 21 .<t:ld3 ab4
22.ab4 hS (22 ....Q.f5 23.<t:l5f4 and now the
new move 23 ... 'iVf6= was proposed in GM
Rep 10) 23.h4 .Q.d6 24. cS;t .Q.b8
2S.<t:le4 .Q.f5 26.<t:lc5 'it'd6 27.<t:lb6 lle3
(an impressive move, similar to the classic
Tarrasch game Ogaard-Petursson, Gausdal
155
 1984, but this time it doesn't work!) 28.tDc8
1fg6 (28... ~c8 29.tDa6 ~as 30..I:tc6+- )
29.tDd3 ~g3 30.l:tc6 1fg4 31 .tDe7 1-0
Paunovic-Gonzalez de Ia Torre, Elgoibar
2011 ] 15.lDf4 g6?1 [1S ... ~d6! ? or
1S... ~g4 16 .~13 ~13 17.tDI3 ~d6, like
Miles-L.autier, Biel 1992, are both
satisfactory for Black; 1S ...l:tb8!N could be
an interesting new idea, with the intention to
transpose to the game after 16.l:te1 g6!]
16.l:te1 [16.l:tc6 bc6 17 .~c6 l:tb8
18.~e8 1i'e8! gives Black definite
compensation for a pawn but it is difficult to
say if it is really enough to claim equal
chances] 16... l:tb81 [Black corrects his
mistake and stands well] 17.tDb3 ~ h6
18.l:tc4 ~f4 19.gf4 ~e6 20. ~c6
bc6 21.l:td4 [21 .l:tc6 ~b3 +]
21... 'Wf6:f 22. 'Wd2 [22.e3 ~dS is very
uncomfortable for White] 22 ... ~ b3
23.8b3 l:tb3 24.l:td1 c5 25.l:td8 l:td8
26.'Wd8 'Wd8 27.l:td8 lto>g7 28.l:td2
[White's task is difficult in this ending, but
not hopeless] 28 ... 85 29.e3 84 30.l:tc2
l:tb5 31 .1to>g2 [31 .'ito>f1 is more natural, to
bring the king to d3J 31 ...'ito>f6 32.l:tc41
l:tb2 33.l:t84 l:tb6 34.l:tc4 [Shows a
lack of rook endgame experience or
perhaps time. The rook should not be used
as a blockader - the king is far more suited
for this. 34.\to>13 l:tc6 3S.Ito>e4 and there is
no reason for White to ever lose] 34...l:tc6
35 .~f3 lto>e6 36 . ~e4 'ito>d6 37.f5 gf5
38. 5? [The king is not of much use as
an aggressive piece in rook endings.
38.'ito>d3 'ito>dS 39.l:th4 and White would still
have drawn] 38 ... \to>dS 39.l:tc2 c4 40.f4
c3 41.h4 lto>c4 42.e4 'ito>d3 43.l:tc1
lto>d2 44.l:th1 c2 45.e5 c1 1f 46.l:tc1
lto>c1 47.h5 Wd2 0-1
Bacrot,Etienne
Delchev,Aieksander
Plovdiv Ech 2012 (4)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.tDc3 c5 4.cd5
ed5 5.tDf3 tDc6 6.g3 tDf6 7. ~g2
~e7 8.0-0 0-0 9.dc5 ~cs 10.831?
[Recommended in the recent book 'The
Kaufman Repertoire'. 10.~f4 (another
poisonous move we had a hard time to
counter in our analysis) 10...h6! 11 .l:tc1
(11 .lDa4 ~d6!=) 11 ... l:te8! 12.lDa4 ~f8!
13.tDd4 ~g4 14.l:te1 l:tc8=J 10...tDe41
[But Kaufman did not include this in his
analysis. 10... ~e6 11 .b4 ~e7 12.~b2 l:tc8
156
13.'Wb1 !! (13.lDd4 was played by
Rubinstein in 1911 against Teichmann. but
this time the "Tarrasch killer"'s instinct was
not correct. After 13... tDd4 14.'Wd4 aS
Black was fine and because this was given
for so many years as the only line in the
prestigious 'ECO' none noticed that White
can improve and reach a great position)
13...1fd7 14.l:td1± l:tfd8 1S.tDgS d4
16.lDbS ~fS 17.1fa2 lDdS 18.lDd4 ~gS
19.lDfS 'WfS 20.l:tdS l:tdS 21 .1fdS 'WdS
22 .~dS bS 23.14 ~f6 24.~f6 gf6 2S.l:tc1
tDe7 26.l:tc8 tDc8 27.Wf2 fS 28.We3 Wf8
29.'ito>d4 lto>e7 30.\to>cs tDd6 31. ~c6 as
32.Wb6 tDc4 33.\to>aS tDa3 34 .~bS c2
3S.Ito>aS tDe3 36.~d3 tDf1 37 .~fS 1-0
Wieczorek-Oienderek, Suwalki 1999]
11.tDd5 [11 .1fd3 tDc3 12.1i'c3 ~b6 !
(this is the correct solution. In the book we
got it wrong it seems. 12...1fe7 is less
natural: 13.b4 ~b6 14.e3 l:td8 1S.l:td1
~g4 16 .~b2 16 17.'Wb3 1ff7 18.h3 ~e6
19.lDd4 lDd4 20. ~d4! Hirneise-Utwak,
Germany Bundesliga 2011 /12; 12...~e7? ! is
in the book: 13.tDd4! lDd4 14.'Wd4 ~e6
1S.~f4 ~f6 16 . ~eS;t is of course
drawable for Black, but is quite unpleasant,
as shown in a computer game where White
actually won) 13.b4 d4 (13 .. .16 is also OK
according to GM Moradiabadi. The idea is
... ~fS-e4, but in principle we do not like to
weaken the kingside like this) 14.1fd2 'ili'e7
(14...l:te8 1S .~b2 ~e6 16.l:tad1 ~b3
17.l:tc1 ~a4 and Black should be okay)
1S .~b2 l:td8 16.l:tfd1 ~e6 17.bS?!
(17.'ili'f4!!) 17... tDaS 18.'ili'b4 'ili'b4 19.ab4
lDb3 20.l:ta3 l:tac8 21 .tDe1 l:td7
(21 ... ~c4 !=) 22 .~e4 l:tdc7 23.tDf3 h6
(23... ~c4=) 24.1to>f1 g6 2S.Ito>e1 ~c4
26.tDeS ~e6 Black was fine and even won
against his GM opponent in Rasmussen-
Byklum, Stockholm 2011/12; 11 .-.dS tDc3
12.1fc5 tDe2 13.'ito>h1 tDc1= is OK for
Black as shown in GM Rep 10] 11... ~e6
12.tDc3 tDc3 13.bc3 'Wd1 14.l:td1
l:t8d8 15. ~b2 tDaS 16.tDd4 ~b3
17.l:te1 [17.tDb3 the only move given in
the book with the comment that else Black
plays ... ~a4!J 17... ~84 1 18.e3 tDc4
19 .~c1 b5
20.f4?1 [20.~11 (a plan I (Nikos) feared
while watching the Delchev game live.
White dreams of 12-13 and e3-e4, just like
Jacob played against me in a Glasgow blitz
game) 20...l:tfe8 21.~e2 g6!? 22 .~d1
~d1 23.l:td1 b6! 24.13 fS Black is just
fine] 20 ...~b6 21.l:tb1 ~as [21...a6!?J
22.l:tb4 [22.tDc6 ~c3 23.lDd8 l:td8!?
24.l:tf1 aS and Black is at least equal]
22 ...~b4 [22 ...l:tfe8!?J 23.ab4 f5 [This
seems a bit unnecessary. 23... l:tfe8 Black
seems at least equal here] 24.e4 [24.tDe6
~c2 2S.e4 ~e4 26.tDf8 'ito>f8 27 .~e4 fe4
28.Wf2 l:td3=J 24 .. .fe4 25.tDe6 ~c21=
26.tDd8 l:td8 27.c;t.?t2 86 28.l:te2
~b1 29.l:te1 ~c2 30.l:te2 ~b1
31 .l:te1 ~c2 Y2-Y2
Manolache,Marius
Jianu,VIad Cristian
Sarata Monteoru ch-ROM 2012 (10)
1.d4 d5 2.tDf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.cd5
[4.g3 tDf6 S.~g2 ~e7 6.0-0 c6 7.dc5
[White can play deS without exchanging at
dS. This gives Black the opportunity to play
...dc4 himself, which gives me easy
equality) 7... ~c5 8.a3 dc4 9.'ili'a4 0-0
10.1i'c4 ~e7 11.tDc3 eS 12.l:td1 ~e6
13.l:td8 (13...-bS 'Wb8!?N (13... 1fc7 was
not bad either and this is the move that
Berkes thought that Black should play to get
equal chances, but this made him play an
even better move!) was proposed by FM
Dennis Monokroussos while reviewing
Marin's 3rd to my GM 10 Rep English book
in his blog 'The Chess Mind' and was

Jacob's intention to try this against his 2700+
(at that time) opponent) 14 .~e3 is met by
14...a6 1S.W'b6 ~dB! and this shows why
the queen went to b8 instead of c7!)
13...~c4 14.l:ta8 l:ta8 (Black has equalized,
txrt WMe has somehow lost his way and
sees 'nothing' as he later explained) 1S.b4
: dB 16 . ~b2 e4 17. e1 e3!:f' 18.fe3 ltlg4
19.bS tt:Jas 20.ltlc2 ltlb3?! (20...~gS! was
proposed to us by GM John Shaw, as the
'cleanesf solu1ion: 21.~e4 ltle3 22.ltle3
~e3+) 21 .l:td1 l:td1 lH2 Berkes-Aagaard,
Greece tt 2011] 4...ed5 5.g3 ltlc6
6.~g2 ltlf6 7.o-o ~e7
8.dc5 [8.~e3 was Taimanov's specialty:
8... c4 9.ltle5 (}{) 10.ltlc6 (10.b3 cb3 11 .W'b3
~d6 12.ltlc6 bc6;;::t) 10...bc6 11.b3 cb3
12.ab3 W'b6 ( 12...~15 13.ltlc3 Wb6 14 .~f4
a5= was proposed by Taimanov himself)
13.W'd3 a5 14.l:tc1 ~6 (14 ...ltlg4;;::t)
1S.Wc2 (Taimanov-Marjano'lic, Vrnjacka
Banja 1977) 1S...l:tfc8=] S..• ~cs 9~g5
[9.a3 is met once again by 9...ltle4! and ~
10.ltlfd2 fS! 11.ltlb3 (11.ltle4 de4=)
1 1...~! 12.ltlc3 ~e6 13.ltla4 d4!=. Black
will play 14... ~d5 with an equal game ahead;
9.W'c2 ~ 10.ltlc3 (a system championed
by GM Malaniuk) 10...<Hl 11.~g5 ~e6
12.ltla4 h6 13.ltlb6 ab6 14.~f4 We?
(14...l:te8 has only been tested in oompu1er
games with good results. The move is logical
and needs a human test. It reminds us of the
famous game Tal-Keres, Bled'Belgrade ct
1959, where Black won a very similar position
in great classical style) 1S.l:tfd1 l:tfc8 16.a3
~e4 17.l:tac1 was played in Malaniuk-Potkin,
St Petersburg 2000. In GM Rep 10 we
proposed 17...W'c5 18.~e3 Wb5 with close
to equal chances] 9...o-o 10.Wc1N ~e7
11 . c3 h6 [11 ... d4 is met typically in those
fllles by 12.l:td1 !;t] 12~f6 ~f6 13.l:td1
d4 [13...~e6!?N 14.e4 d4 1S.eS!? lUeS!
16.ltld4 ~g4 17.ltle6 ltld3! 18.l:td3 W'd3
19.ltlf8 l:tf8 20.~7 l:td8 21.~e4 W'd2~]
14.ltle4 ~fS [14...l:te8!? seems to be the
most effective: 1S.ltlf6 (1S.Wf4 ~e5!=)
1S... Wf6 16.W'd2 d3!;;::t 17.ed3 ~g4J
15.ltlf6 Wf6 16.W'f4 gS 17.W'd2
l:tad8 [17 ...d3! keeps good counterchances:
18.ed3 l:tad8 19.h4 gh4 20.ltlh4 ~d3
21.~c6 bc6oo] 18.h4! g4 19. a Main Line 'The Old Lines'. In our book we
l:tfe8 20.ltld3 ~d3 21.ed3 l:te7
22.~c6 bc6 23.l:te1 l:tde8 24.l:te7
l:te7 25.b4 ~7 26.l:te1 l:te1 27.W'e1
W'f528.We2 h5
[This queen ending should not give Black
serious practical problems, even ~ WMe has
a slightly better pawn structure. Bu1 WMe
really manages to outplay his opponent with
nice technique] 29.W'd2 f6 30.Wc2 W'dS
31.Wa4 Wd7 32.Wa5 ~g6 33. Wc5
~h6 34.84 ~g6 35. 1 ~h6 36. ~e1
We6 37.~1 Wd7 38.a5 ~g6 39.a6
~h6 40.~g2 ~g6 41 .~g1 ~h6
42.Wf8 ~g6 43.Wgs s 44. 1
We7 45.1t'c8 ~g6 4Uii'b7 Wd6
47.b5 W'a3 48.W'c6 W'd3 49.~g2
W'e2 50.b6 W'a6 51.'ilt'e4 ~g7
52.W'e7 ~g6 53.ba7 W'c6 54.~h2
WaS 55.Wd7 d3 56.'ifd3 ~g7
57.W'd7 ~g6 58.We7 1-0
Part II
Rubinstein's 9.~ 5
Gormally,Daniel
Holland,James
North Shields ch·GBR 2012 (2)
1.d4 dS 2.ltlf3 cS 3.c4 e6 4.cd5 edS
5.ltlc3 ltlc6 6.g3 ltlf6 7.~g2 ~e7
S.G-0 G-0 9.~g5 c4 1O.ltleS ~e6
11 .b3 [This move represents one of the
three different strategies WMe can choose
Survey TO 4.10-14
from: 1. Play b3 taking advantage of the
... c5-c4 move; 2. Playing f4 taking advantage
of the fact that Black has closed the centre
and 3. Play something flexible before
deciding for 12-f4 or b2-b3] 11 •.. h6 [We
called the lines where this approach was
applied 'The New Lines', calling the ... Was
supported the 'New Lines' approach and we
investigated the move ... h7-h6 almost
everywhere. We were happy to discover that
our approach was consistent and good,
because Black seems to gain enough
counterplay and thus equality with ...h7-h6 in
all variations!] 12.~f6 ~f6 13. c6 bc6
14.bc4 dc415.e3 Was
£
£
'if
£ ~
tO ~ ~
~ ~~~
l:l ~ l:l ~
16."if c2 (This was considered the Main
Line of the ... h7-h6 approach before the GM
Rep 10 was published. Now, we believe that
16.l:tc1 ! is stronger and thus this is the
Main Line of the future. More on this in the
games to come] 16...c5!!N [Mr Holland is
thus the first to play Nikos' great novelty
over the board. A draw against a GM with
almost 350 rating points more is the reward]
17.ltle4 ~d4 18.ed4 cd4 19.ltld6
d3 20.ltlc4 W'a6! 21.W'd2 ~c41?
(This deviates from what we recommended:
21 ... Wc4. In the book we assumed that
Black was fully OK after 22.l:tac1 W'd4
23.~8 : as 24.Wc3 l:tdB 2S.W'd4 l:td4
26.f3 ~a2 27.l:tc3 ~c4 28. ~12 ~bS
29.<iPe3 l:td6 30.l:tl2 a6=] 22. · 8 : as
23.l:tfe1 l:tdB 24.l:te4 [24.l:tac1 !?;t was
the best attempt to exploit the fact that the
bishop is less solid on c4] 24 ... W'c6
25. W'e3 W'dS [2S ...~a2 !=] 26.l:te5
Wd7 27.l:td1 ~b5 [27...~a2 28.l:te7
W'dS 29.l:ta7 d2 30.l:ta3 ~b1 !=] 28 .W'c5
[28.l:te7 Wfs 29.l:ta7? d2!+ 30.l:td2?
W'b1 31. ~g2 ~f1 32 .~f3 WfS-+]
28 ... a6 29.l:te7 "ifg4 30.l:td2 l:tcB
31.13 [31 .l:tc7!?;t] 31 ..."ifh3 32. W'f2
157
'tf1S [32 ...l:tc2!=] 33 ..1:te4 ..-h3 34.a4?!
.b 4! 3S ..I:td3 ~c2 36..1:th4 ..-h4
37.gh4 ~d3= 38.'tfd4 ~bS 39.14
.l:tc6 40 .<~12 .l:te6 41 .<~g3 .l:tg6
42. ~ .l:te6 43.hS .l:te2 44. ~g3 .l:te6
4S ...-d8 .l:te8 46.'tfdS .l:te3 47. ~ h4
.l:te6 48 .~g3
Ramirez Alvarez,Aiejandro
¥.!-¥.!
Skytte,Rasmus
Cappelle Ia Grande 2012 (2)
1.d4 dS 2.c4 e6 3.lL!c3 cS 4.cdS
edS S.lL!f3 lL!c6 6.g3 l016 7.~g2
~e7 8.0-0 0-0 9 .~gs c4 10.lL!eS
~e6 11 .lLlc6 [11 .b3 h6 12 . ~f4 is not
dangerous. Black takes on b3 and is fine. A
recent game saw a worse idea: 12... ~a3?
13.bc4! ~b2 14.lLld5± lLldS 15.cd5 ~dS
16.e4 lL!eS? ( 16...~e6!i) 17.l:tb1 ~e4
18.~e4 ~d4 19. ~b7 .l:tbB (Gunina-
Seliverstov, Moscow 2012) 20.1fa4!±]
11...bc6 12.b3 h6 13. ~16 ~16
14.bc4 dc4 1S.e3 'it'aS 16..1:tc1!
[16.1fc2 cS! (extensively analysed in GM
Rep 10) 17 .~a8 (17.lL!e4 ~d4 -
Gormally-Holland, North Shields ch-GBR
2012) 17... cd4] 16....1:tac8 17.1fa4
1fa4 18.lL!a4 ~e7 19.l:tb1 .l:tc7!
20.lL!c3 (20.lL!c5 ~cS 21 .dc5 .l:td7 when
Black is equal and plans 22 ... .1:tfd8. If
22 ..1:tfd1 .l:td1 23.l:td1 .l:tbB!f ] 20 ... .1:td8
(20... g6, not committing the rook yet, is also
viable. Putting the king on g7 has many
benefits, both strategic and tactical. The
strategic ones are obvious: the king is
closer to the centre of the board while
keeping flexibility with the fB·rook (it can go
either to eB or d8 or b8 according to the
circumstances (and all these where allowed
by the deep 19... .1:tc7!). The tactical
justification is that the king at g7 avoids a
check at 17 either by a bishop (after
~f1xc4xe6) or by a pawn after d5xe6. This
little detail becomes relevant in many lines!]
21 . .1:t1d1 aS?! [Blocking the access to the
b-file by putting a bishop on b4 is a nice
idea but ~ seems that it doesn't work here.
It was better to play standard and make a
move with the g-pawn. 21...g5+t and
21 ...g6 is good but the text is more active]
22.~13 (22.l:tb6!i would take advantage
of Black's last move] 22 ...~b4 ! [Black's
idea was realized and he stands at least
not worse] 23.l:tbc1 ~8 (23 ...g5!
immediately seems more natural] 24.lL!a4
158
gS 2S ..I:tc2 g4 [25 .. .15
26. ~g2 hS [26... ~g7 27.lL!b2 (27.lL!b6
c3 28.lL!a4 ~f5=) 27 ... c3 28.lL!a4 ~fS
29.e4 ~g6 30.lL!c3 .l:te7+t] 27.lL!b6 c3
28.lL!a4
X
i
X
.t.
•
i
i (Black is just fine) 27.d5) 23... .1:td8 24.~e2
tt:J .t. ~ i
i ~ ~ 28.a5 ~e7 29..1:ta2 ~e6 30.a6 15 31. ~2
~ 1:1 ~Ji..~
1:1 ~ .l:teB 26.WI2 .l:tce7 27..1:tc3 ~d5 28.~c4
28...cS? [A simple blunder. 28... ~f5 !
29.e4 ~e6 30.lL!c3 ~c3 31..1:tc3 .l:tcd7=]
29.dS± [Black always has to watch out for
this] 29 ... .1:tcd7 30.e4 1S 31 ..1:ta1 !
[Threatening 32.a3 as well as 32.de6]
31 .. .fe4 [Desperation, but 3 1... ~f7
32.ef5± wins a pawn because of 32...~d5?
33.lLlb6+-; 32.a3? fe4!oo] 32.de6 .l:td1
(32 ....1:td2 33..1:tac1 ~a3 34.lL!c3 and White
wins] 33 ..1:td1 .l:td1 34 . ~11 .l:td3
3S. ~d3 ed3 36.l:tc3 1-0
Rasmussen,AIIan Stig
Aagaard,Jacob
Helsingor ch· DEN 2012 (7)
What is the worst an author can do after
publishing a book? Play the opening again
and in the same way. First of all he has
published his analysis for all to see (and try
to pick holes in), but more importantly, if he
has a bad day, the reputation of the
opening and book can take an even greater
hit than he; maybe undeservedly (well, his
loss is, but not the readers for misjudging
the book!). As it was, Jacob played this
game without having checked the analysis
in the book and thus did not remember
them. This is an unfair disadvantage to put
yourself in after having published them!
1.d4 lL!16 2.c4 e6 3.g3 dS 4.lL!f3
~e7 S .~g2 0-0 6.0-0 cS 7.cdS edS
8.lL!c3 lL!c6 9 .~gs c4 1O.lL!eS ~e6
11 .lL!c6 bc6 12.b3 h6 13.~16 ~16
14.bc4 dc4 1S.e3 ..-as 16•.1:tc1 !
.l:tac8 17.1fa4 'it'a4 18.lL!a4 ~e7
19.lL!b2 ~a3 20.l:tc2 ~b2 21.l:tb2
26.lL!b2!±] .l:tc7 22 ..1:tc1 (22 ..1:td1 gS; 22 ...g6 23.l:tc2
.l:tdB 24..1:tdd2!?i ] 22 ...gs (22 ...g6 (the
most accurate move here) 23.<~f1 (23..1:td2
is a move we didn't mention in the book -
LeeRoth asked about it on the
chesspublishing forum: 23 ...l:td8! (most
ambitious. 23... l:tb8 24.~f 1 .l:tb4 25..1:tdc2
and now both 25 ...c5 and 25 ....1:ta4 should
draw; 23...c5 24.d5±) 24.Wf1 (24.~f1 cS)
24...~7 25. ~e1 Wf6 (25 ... .1:tb8 is also
possible) 26.~f1 (26.l:tdd1 .l:tbB!) 26...c5
~d5! 25.~d5 cd5 26.a4 ~g7 27.l:tcb1 ~16
~-~ Keuter-Aitrichter, cr Email 2012]
23.l:td2?! [23.14 gf4 24.gf4 f5! 25 .~f1
(28..1:tb4 aS 29..1:tb2 (29.l:ta4 .l:tbB+t)
29... .1:tg7 30.l:tb6 ~h7 31 .a4 .l:tegB>=t)
28...~c4 29.l:tc4 .l:te3 30..1:tc6 .l:t3e4+t
enough activity to draw; 23..1:tbc2 .l:tdB 24.f4
~g7 with the idea 25.15 ~15 26..1:tc4 .l:te7+t
27.~12? ! .l:tbB 28.~c6? .l:tb2] 23 ... l:td8
24.h3 [24.14! gf4 (24... ~g7 25.15 ~fS
26.l:tc4 is now good for White because
26... .1:te8 (26... .1:te7 27.Wf2 .l:tbB 28.~c6
and there is no .l:tb2 with check) 27.Wf2
~e4 (27 ... .1:te6 28..1:tc5 .1:16 29.~e2i)
28.~e4 .l:te4 29 ..1:tdc2 .l:tce7 (29 .. .15 30..1:tc6
.l:tc6 31.l:tc6 f4 is an interesting defensive
possibil~. Deep analysis will reveal if this is
a draw or not) 30.l:t2c3 .l:t7e6 31 .Wf3 h5
32.a4 fS 33..1:tc5 Wf6 34.l:ta5 f4 35.gf4 gf4
36.ef4 .l:td4 (~ seems that Black can hold)
37..l:th5 .l:ta4 and the presence of the h+g
pawns give Black excellent drawing chances;
24...16 25.~f 1 .l:te7 26.Wf2 c5 27.~c4 ~c4
28.l:tc4 cd4 29..1:tcd4 .l:tde8 30..1:t4d3±)
25.gf4 ~g7 26.15 ~f5 27.l:tc4 .l:td6 28.e4
~d7 29..1:tdc2±] 24 ... ~g7 2S.g4
2S ... hS? [This is a horrible practical
decision and comes out of very poor form.
Sometimes this happens to a player.

However, Black is not fully lost yet. Still
Rasmussen played a great game and
deserved to win. 25... l:tb8! with the idea
... l:tb4-a4 seems like the simplest defence
to us: 26.l:tdc2 l:tb4 27.~f1 c5 28.~c4 cd4
29.~e6 l:tc2 30.l:tc2 fe6=] 26.ghS 'Ot>h6
27. ~f3 fS 28.'0t>h2 (28.'0t>f1 l:td6!?;
2B.a4 (the only logical pawn move in this
endgame) 28... l:td6! (with the idea 29 ... l:tb7
or 29...c5 and 30... l:ta6) 29.a5 ~17 30.l:tb2
c5 31 .dc5 l:tc5 32.l:tb7 ~h5 33. ~h5 'Ot>h5
34.l:ta7 c3 35.l:th7 'Ot>g6 36.l:tb7 f4 (36 ...c2
37.l:tb6) 37.ef4 q;,f5 38.l:tb6 (38.fg5 c2
39.q;,g2 l:td1) 38 ... l:td7 39.a6 q;,f4 40.l:tb7
l:!b7 41.ab7 l:tb5 42.l:tc3 l:tb7 draw]
28 .. .14 (28... l:td6!? with the idea ... l:tb7-b4.
After 29.l:tcc2 l:tb7 30.d5 l:td5 31. ~d5
~d5i Black has reasonable drawing
chances] 29.e4 l:tcd7 (29... l:tb7
30.~g4!t ~17 31 .d5 cd5 32.l:tc4 l:tb6
33.l:tc7 ~h5 34.ed5± looks very
suspicious] 30. ~g4! ~g4 [30 ... l:te7
31. ~e6 l:te6 32.13 l:ted6 33.l:tc4 'Ot>h5± is
poor, but still offers some resistance1
31.hg4 l:td4 32.l:tdc2?! [32.l:td4 l:td4
33.e5! 'Ot>g7 34.'0t>g2 q;,17 35.h6!±]
32 •.. l:td2? (Possibly the last chance was
32...l:te4 33.l:tc4 l:tc4 34.l:tc4 l:td2 35.l:tc6
<;f;> h7 36.Wg2 l:ta2 37.Wf3± although this
looks very suspicious: 37...a6 38.l:tg6 l:ta5
39.w e4 l:ta4 40.'0t>f5 l:ta5 41 .'0t>f6 l:tb5
42.l:tg7 'Ot>h6 43.l:ta7 l:tb6 44.'0t>f5]
33.l:td2 l:td2 34.'0t>g2 l:td4 3S.eS!
l:le4 [35 ...c5 36.l:te1 c3 37.e6 c2 38.e7]
36.'0t>f3 l:teS 37.l:tc4 cS [37 ... l:te6
3B.l:tc5! a6 39.l:ta5] 38.l:te4 l:tdS
39.l:te6 'Ot>h7 40.l:te7 'Ot>h6 41 .l:tc7
l:ld6 42.'0t>e4 l:td4 43.'0t>fS l:tdS
44.'0t>e6 l:td4 4S.f3 c4 46.l:tc6 w h7
47.Wf6 l:tdS 48.l:tc4 'Ot>h6 49.l:tc6
: as so.a4 w h7 S1.l:td6 q;,hs
52.l:te6 a6 S3.l:td6 'Ot>h7 54.l:tc6
<;f;> h6 SS.l:te6 l:ta4 S6.'0t>fS 'Ot>g7
57.w gs as 58.h6 1-o
Bai,Jinshi
Illingworth, Max
Canberra 2012 (5)
1.d4 e6 2.c4 dS 3. ~f3 cS 4.cd5
edS s. ~c3 ~c6 6.g3 ~16 7. ~g2
~e7 s.o-o o-o 9. ~gs c4 10.~es
~e6 11 .f4 h6 12.~16 ~16 13.fS
~es 14.de5 1fb6 15.'0t>h1 1fb2 [This
piece sacrifice seems to hold up brilliantly]
16 . ~a4? [This is not a very fortunate
idea] 16...1fe5 17.fe6 fe6'i' 18.l:tf8
l:tf8 19. ~c5 l:tf21 -+ 20.~e6 l:tg2
21 .q;,g2 W'e6 22.e3 ~ b4 23.a3 ~d3
24. 1fe2 1fe4 2S. 1ff3 c3 26.h3 0-1
Nguyen Chi Minh
Lizak,Peter
Pula 20 12 (9)
1.d4 dS 2.c4 e6 3 .~c3 cS 4.cdS
edS s.~f3 ~c6 6.g3 ~16 7.~g2
~e7 s.o-o o-o 9. ~gs c4 10. ~es
~e6 11.14 [11. ~c6 bc6 12.1fa4 can still
be met by 12... h6!? (12 ...1fb6!'i' is
objectively better) 13.~16 ~f6 14.1fc6
l:tcB 15.1fa6 ~d4o:% Matnadze-
Kovalevskaya, Batumi 2012] 11 ..• h6
12. ~16 ~16 13.'0t>h1 ~e7!
[In this game Black shows the correct
set-up for his pieces] 14.e4 [If not this,
then Black will have a free hand at the
queenside with ... b5-b4 etc] 14... ~e5!
1S.deS?! [This seems wrong, but the
alternative doesn't give White hope for any
advantage. 15.fe5 1fd7 16.ed5 and now
either 16... ~d5o:% or 16... ~d5o:% Black's
only soft spot at 17 is easy to cover, while
his counterplay at the queenside will
become worrying for White shortly]
15•.• d4! 16. ~ b5 ~c6 17.l:tc1 1fb6
Survey TO 4.10-14
(17 ...a6 18. ~d6 b5 19.f5 ~cB 20.16 g6 is
no problem for Black according to the
machine, but the human eye can see better
that such a risky strategy is faulty, at least
in a practical game: 2UWf3 ~e6 22. ~f5
'Ot>h7 23. ~ h6!-+ White has a very strong
attack] 18 .~d6 [1B . a4 d3'i'] 18..• l:tad8
19.W'hS?! [19.15 is met by 19... ~e5;
19 .~c4 ~c4 20.l:tc4 1fb2 21."iWb1 'ifa3=
22.W'b7? ~a5 ; 19.l:tf2 f6=; 19...'ifa6o:% is
typical in these positions. The queen makes
room for the advance of the b·pawn]
19... d3'i' [White's attack looks much
slower than Black's queenside play]
20.g4?1 [Consistent at least. 20.l:tb1 q;,h7
21 .l:tfd1 f6 is just a sample line that
illustrates Black's threats. Beside the
queenside play he also has the idea to
attack the exposed d6-knight] 20 ...'ifb2
21.g5 hgS 22.l:tb1 W'e2 23 .~f3
W'e3 24.'ifgS d2 2S ....g3 ~d4 [White
is lost. Not only he has no attack at all and
the queen cannot be trapped, but also his
pawns are loose and the terrible d- and
c-paws are passed and close to promotion
- not rare in the Tarrasch Defence!] 26.15
c3 27.l:tf2 ~f3 28.l:tf3 c2 29.l:tg1
1fg1 30.W'g1 d1 W' 31.l:tf1 l:td6
32.ed6 1fd6 0-1
McKay,Roddy
Aagaard,Jacob
Scotland tt 2012
The following game was played on board
one in the local league where I live. Rod is
a talented IM who decided to just play for
fun on rare occasions. Many times I have
been in trouble with him, just to make up
for it in time trouble. Recently I seem to
have gotten the best of him. The game was
played with 1 hour for 30 moves and
159
 another 15 to the end. I played a bit fast
while Roddy got into time trouble,
accelerating his downfall. Most of the game
H was just unclear, I think. 1.tt:lf3 d5 2.g3
c5 3 . ~g2 tt:lc6 4.d4 tt:lf6 s.o-o e6
6.c4 ~e7 7.cd5 ed5 8.tt:lc3 o-o
9 . ~e3 c4 10.tt:le5 ~f5 (10 ...h6 is
interesting, in order to play ... ~f5 , but I was
ready for the main line a moment ago and I
am ready now. Such options are more
important for people who want to play
9.~g5 cd4. The main point is to avoid
10... ~e6?1 11 .tt:lc41 dc4 12.d5! ] 11 . ~g5
~e6 12.e3 h6 13 .~16 ~f6 14.f4
tt:le7
[Halkias wrote in his article in 'reaJbook 102
that he did not like this position because of
the power of the knight on e5. This game is a
good example of why we do not think this
should be feared] 15.J:[f2 [This has been
played twice in the database. My response is
o!Mous, but still a nowlty. Knowing the typical
ideas of the positions helped me a lot during
this game. 15.g4 is Khalifman's idea, but is
neutralised with 15...b5!N as can be seen in
Chapter 4 of GM Rep 10. 15.W'e2 We are
very surprised to find out that the 'idiotic
computer 111CM!' 15... W'b61 actually is a very
deep and intelligent 111CM!. We apologise for
the offensive remark - deadline pressures and
a publisher trying to get us into the red-top
press: 16.g4 J:[ad8 17.J:tad1 WaS
(17...W'a6!? looks tike a possible refinement:
18.e4 W'b6 could still transpose though)
18.e4 Wb6 19.ed5 ~d5 20.tt:ld5 tt:ld5=
Wllzschei.Qvergaard, cr Email 2007]
15•••J:tb81N 16.W'h5 g61 (I could not
resist the temptation of kicking the queen
back and playing this standard regrouping.
Especially after calculating the oonsequences
of Wh6 accurately. Ha.Yever, in the cold light
of day, one is tempted to ask what the wMe
idea is after 16...b5. Maybe n was 17.15,
160
planning 17....i.c8 18.tt:lg4. But what about
17...~15 18.1:[15 g6. Here the computer gives
the amazing line: 19.tt:ld5!? tt:ld5! (19 ...gh5
20.tt:lf6 'iPh8 21.J:[h5 Wg7 22.J:[f1 with
compensation) 20.tt:\g6 tt:le3 21 .1:[13 W'd4
22.tt:\18 J:[f8 23.J:tb1 and allegedly the
position is equal - though I prefer Black in a
practical setting: 23...tt:ld1 24.~h1 J:[eS
25.W'I5 J:[e1 26...if1 Wg7~] 17.We2
(17.Wh6?! is reMed t7y 17...tt:\15 18.W'h3
~e5! (the ll1CM! order is important.
18... tt:ld4?! 19.tt:lg4!; 18... tt:le3?! 19.g4 .i.eS?
(19...tt:\g4!oo) 20.W'e3±) 19.fe5 tt:le3'1'
20.g4? tt:lg4 21.J:[f4 ~5 22.h tt:\g4!+]
17.• ...ig7 18.g4 f5 [This is not how ~
normally play and here n is just a bH
inaccurate I think. I played quHe quiddy
throughout the game, not wasting time on
seeing that 18...b5 was ever so slightly more
accurate and that WhHe did not have 19.15
gf5 20.gf5 because of 20... tt:ll51 21 .l0c6
W'gSt ] 19.h3 [A bH slow. 19.gf5! ~f5
20.W'I3 (20.e4!? de4 21 .Wc4 'iPh7oo)
20...~e6 21 .W'g3 ~f5 22.W13=] 19•••b5
20.~f3 b41? [Preparing to sacrifice the
exchange, ~ allowed. 20... W'd6 21 .J:[g2oo]
21 .l0a4 J:[c8 22.J:[g2 [22.lLlcs J:[c5
23.dc5 ~e5 24.fe5 W'c7~] 22 •.. ~e5
23.fe5 f4 (23... W'a5 24.b3 c3oo was also
possible. The computer says Black is just
better, but I personally find the position rather
unclear. I was only too happy to protect my
queen a bH] 24.Wd2 [24.lLlcs? certainly
does not work now. After 24... J:tc5 25.dc5 fe3
26.W'e3 d4+ WhHe's position is unbearable]
24•••W'd7 [I quHe liked this 111CM!, even ~ the
details were lost on me. There are other good
moves such as 24 ... c3!? but the main
question is of course why I did not play
24... W'a5. What I saw was that my usual idea
does not work here: 25.lLlcs J:[c5 26.dc5 fe3?
(26 ... g5!?~) 27.W'e3 d4 fails to get
compensation on account of 28.W'd4! 1:[13
29.W'd6 <J;f7 30.J:tf1 ± and WhHe keeps his
extra exchange without having to face an
avalanche of pawns] 25.b3 [I did not have
full control over 25.W'b4 fe3 26.J:[f1 liJc6
27.W'c3 tt:le5 28.de5 W'a4 29.W'e3 Wh7'1'
but Black is doing OK here; 25.10<:5 is still
met with 25... J:tc5 26.dc5 fe3 27.We3 d4~
although the position is not nearty as clear as
I imagined during the game (and I still b.ind
npreUy unclear). The main point is that n is
unpleasant for WhHe] 25 ••• c3 26.We1? [I
expected 26.Wd3 which I thought was
stronger because of the ...liJe7-h4
rnanoetMe. It was to become apparent that
my opponent had not anticipated this idea at
alq 26 •••g51 (The attraction of putting the
knight on h4 is just too great to miss.
26...l0c6!?+ with the point ol 27.lLlcs?!
tt:leS! was something I did spot during the
game, but I did not see the point of H. The
point is to play ... W'e7-g5, force WhHe to take
on f4, weakening the d4-pawn. Too deep for
my wrists I must say] 27.a3 [Seeking
counterplay. 27.h4? tt:lg6 28.hg5 hg5 'Mll.lld
only favour Black as he is the one on the
attack] 27••• ba31? [I refrained from playing
27...tt:lg6!+ because I did not see what to do
after 28.ab4? tt:lh4 29.1:[12 tt:\13 30.1:[13 ~g4
31.hg4 Wg4 32.'iPI2 fe3 33.W'e3. Admittedly
I did not look very hard eHher. Or I 'Mll.lld
have seen 33...1:[13 34.W13 J:[f8, winning at
once. Again I was a bH restless and playing
too fast] 28.<t:Jc3 [Maybe there is some
difficult improvement here, but practically there
was nothing better for him with 40 seoonds
on the clock] 28.•• tt:lg6+
29.J:[a3?T [After 29.~d1 tt:lh4 30.1:[12 my
intention had been to play 30 .. .'it'e7, which
is actually quite a good move as it turns
out. But even stronger would have been
30... h5! 31 .ef4 hg4 with a devastating
attack] 29 •••tt:lh4 30. ~e2 [I was
expecting 30.1:[12 tt:\13 31 .J:tf3 ~g4 32.hg4
W'g4 33. ~12 fe3 34.W'e3. Here I had
looked at ideas such as 34 ... Wf3 and
35... J:[c3 afterwards, but the computer
points to a simple solution I would have
found for sure, had I gathered my thoughts:
34 ... J:tf3! 35.W'I3 and now either 35 ... W'd4
or 35 ... J:tf8, winning] 30 ••.tt:lg2 [30 ... 13
also won of course, but I saw a simple way
to win a rook and went for it] 31 .Wg2 f31
32 .~f3 W'f7 !White resigned. The point is
of course that after 33.~e2 Black wins with
33 ... J:tc3! 34.W'c3 W'l2 35.Wh1 W'e2
36.J:[a1 1:[12 and mate is near] 0-1
Catalan 0
Open Variation CA 5.5 (E05)

Black's Queen Goes Forward!

by Ruslan Scherbakov

1. d4 tLlf6 immediately with 9 . ~c4 (Bu

2. c4 e6 Xiangzhi -Zhou Ji anchao Dan-
3. g3 d5 zhou 201 2) are rather harmJes ,
4. ..tg2 ..te7 while the aggre ive 9.tLle5 ~d4
5. tLlf3 0-0 JO ...ta8 'f#"e5 till gives Black
6. 0-0 dc4 good counterchances.
7. ~c2 b5
8. a4 b4 A Slight Edge
The olid 9.tLl bd2 might prorni e
a light edge, but hardl y more
than White can obtain in ty pical
Catalan positi on .

Sebastian Schmldt·Schiiffer

pawn, i a seriou challenge but

La t year the urpri sing 7 .. .b5 !?
8.a4 b4! udde nl y came on stage
with great effect when Black
cored orne convincing victo-
rie with it. Since then White bas
found ways to prevent things go-
ing beyond hi control yet the
b-pawn push which i u ually
played much earlier - before
ki ng ide development - has be-
come a eri ous option to deal
with.
Black can react in di ffe rent
way , though he should carry
through the themati c .. .c7-c5 and
especially the follow-up ... c5xd4
carefully, as the simpl ifications
mi ght favour White, as in
Sasikiran-David, Gibraltar 201 2,
and Po tny-Al.lvanov, Plovdiv
White' pressure does not look
unbearable. In V.M ikhalev ki -
Hess Wheeling 201 2 , Black ig-
nored the offer and obtai ned a
quite playable though omewhat
worse position.
After the principled IO... 'f#"d4
White has a choice.
:16\.t :i~
' i ,.,.
.t.l.li

201 2. Black s plans were more ~ .l ttJ ~

New Developments convincing in the games Vidit-
There have been some new de- Wei Yi , Ho Chi Minh City 201 2,
~
velopments ince Rene Olthof' and M.Ande rsen-V.Georgiev, ~ 'if ~ ~ Jl. ~
Survey in Yearbook 99 so it's Copenhagen 20 12. ~ tb~ n~
worth looking at the m first.
Ignoring Black's c4-pawn by Ambition II ...te3 eem less pro mi sing;
9 .~g5 (E.Hansen-J.Friedel, The more ambitious 9.tLlfd2 c6 see Gleizerov-Paikidze, Alghero
Wheeling 201 2) or taking it back I O.tLlc4, sacrificing the d4- 2011. I U :l:dl c5 12 ...ie3 ,

161
dri ving Bl ack' queen to the
ki ng ide, i more cha llenging.
After 12 ...'i t'h5 13.tt:l bd2 Black
waps White's bi shop with
13 ...tt:lg4, after which hi queen-
ide remai n under eriou pres-
ure, al though it' still not ea y
for Wh ite to get a tangible ad-
vantage; Ju Wenj un-We i Yi , Ho
Chi Minh City 201 2. Instead of
exchanging the only decent-
looking pi ece, Black can try to
fo rti fy hi kn ight on d5, whi ch
might be more ambitiou . It has
not been reall y te ted yet and of
cour e there mi ght be
problem ...
A Simple-Looking Solution?
T hu , ma ny w hite pl ayer , no t
be ing co mpl e te ly ati fi ed
with all thi , have tri ed to find a
o lut io n to the pro bl e m in th e
impl e- loo king 7.'~'a4, with
the arne idea of g ra bbin g the
c4-paw n w ith th e quee n. How-
ever, it actu all y no t the
a rne!
Fir t of al l, Bl ack can imply go
fo r the main line with 7 ...a6
8.'i i'c4 b5 9.'ii'c2 ~b7, happy to
avoid 7 .'~'c2 a6 8.a4, which ha
recently become more popul ar at
top level.
162
Be ide , here Bl ack also ha a
fa irl y unexpected way to make
thing more complicated -
7 .. .'i i'd5 !?, ending the queen
fo rward to protect the pawn!
Thi s look dubiou , as it eem
to faci litate Black' develop-
ment. However, the actual gain
in time is not obviou , a in order
to avoid an ending the bl ack
queen' counterpart ha to be re-
arranged too.
Thi s idea eemed quite attractive
during our preparatio ns for the
match agai n t a much hi gher
rated pl ayer and the fac t that it
eventuall y came on the board
from a di ffe rent opening sy te rn
onl y increa ed the e lement of
surpri e. Le Quang Liem-
Megaranto, FIDE World C up
( 1.1 ) Khanty-Man iy k 2011.
For orne time White may have
thought that he fo rced hi s oppo-
nent to play something he had
never played before, but then he
became vi ibly confu ed, having
probably reali zed he wa actu-
al ly play ing on hi opponent '
ground . Yet the lack of ex peri -
ence in thi type of po iti on
eventuall y told when the lndone-
ian player tried to improve his
light- quared bi shop too earl y
and fo und him elf in a pretty un-
plea ant though ti ll d fe ndable
endi ng.
Whe n the two queen finall y fi nd
the ir place on the board , Black's
q ueen ti ll look awkward on the
edge. However, there are orne
good point to thi s, ince it
makes the d8- q uare avai lable
fo r e ither rook and it lends more
upport to Bl ack's queen ide
pl ay. Even in ca e Wh ite'
ki ng ide action come fi r t, thi
may be a clear draw back, but
Bl ack keep good defen ive re-
ource ; M.Kryl ov-A.Fil ipenko,
Mo cow 201 2.
Conclusion
The e fres h and omewhat
ugly-looking attempt fo r Black
to upport hi c4- pawn on move
7 can hardl y be tronger than the
approved ... a7-a6 approach.
However they fo rce White to
olve concrete problems earlier
than he is used to doing, which
might pro mi e Black good
chance to compl icate thing .
White player who want to avo id
uch a me might pay more at-
tenti on to an earl y 6. c2 , pro-
tecting the c4-pawn in ad vance,
but that is another story.

The Surprising
8 ... b4
Hansen, Eric
Friedei,Joshua
Wheeling 2012 (6)
1.li:lf3 li:lf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.~g2
~e7 s.o-o o-o 6.d4 dc4 7.1i'c2 b5
8.a4 b4 9.~g5
9... ~a6 [9 ... li:lbd7?! 10.ll:\e5 li:le5
11. ~16! gf6 12.de5 .l:lb8?! (12 ...c6!?)
13..l:ld1 1fe8 14."it'c4± Tikkanen-
Goudriaan, Wijk aan lee Ill 2012; 9... ll:\d5
10.~e7 1t'e7 11 .li:le5! ] 10.li:lbd2
(1 0.~16? ! ~16 11.tLlg5? ~g5 12 .~a8
'l'd4; 10..l:ld1 tLld5!? (10 ...tLlc6 11 .tLlbd2
c3 12.~16 ~16 13.tLlb3 .l:lb8 14..l:lab1
~c4 15.bc3 bc3 16.e3 'ii'd6 1H!fc3;t
Gupta-Svetushkin, Kavala 2011 ;
17.tLlld2!?!) 11. ~e7 1i'e7 12.tLle5 cS]
10... b31 11.1fc1 tLlc61 (11 ...tLld5
12. ~e7 1i'e7 13.tLlc4 tLlc6 14.tLlcd2
tLlcb4 15.1i'd1 tLJc2 (Karkanaque-Reid,
Rogaska Slatina tt 2011) 16..l:lc1 1i'b4
17.tLle4!] 12.tLJc4 (12.tLlb3 cb3 13.1fc6
~e2 14..l:llc1 !1!?] 12...tLlb4 (12 ....l:lc8!?oo]
13. ~f6? (13.tLlle5!? tLlc2!? (13... .l:lc8
14..l:ld1 tLlc2 15..l:lb1 c6!? 16.1fd2 cSJ?oo)
14.tLlc6 'ifeB 15.tLJ4a5 tLla1 16.tLle7 1fe7
17.tLlc6 1fd6 18 .~16 gl6 19.1i'h6 c2
20 .~e4 15 21 .1fg5 'ith8 22.1fl6 'itgB=
23.tLle7 1fe7 24.1fe7 le4=] 13•.• ~f6
14.1fc3 .l:lb8 [14 ...tLlc2!? 15..l:lad1
.l:lb8+] 15.1fb3 tLJc6 16.1i'c2
(16.1fa21? tLld4 17.tLld4 "Wd4 18..l:lac1
.l:lld8 (18... .l:lb4 19.b3 ~c4 20..l:lc4 .l:lc4
21 .bc4 .l:lb8 22..l:lb1=) 19.b3 1fc5=i= 6
20..."Wb4] 16.•.tLld4 17.li:ld4 1fd4
18..l:lac1 .l:lb4 19.b3 ~c4! 20.bc4
(20 ..l:lld1!? 1fe5 21 .bc4 .l:lb2 22.1t'e4 "We4
23.~e4 .l:le2 24 .~c2] 20 ....l:lb2 21 .1fd1
.l:ld2 22. "Wb3 .l:le2+ 23.1i'b5 .l:ld8
24.c5 "Wb2 [24 ... .l:lb2 25."Wa5 ~g5
26 ..l:lb1 .l:lb1 27 ..l:lb1 ~e7 28.'ii'a7 ~cS
29."Wc7 "Wf2 3Q.q;>h1 .l:ld2+] 25 ..l:lcd1
"Wb5 26 •.l:ld8 ~d8 27.ab5 ~e7
28 ..l:ld1 ?I g5 29..l:lc1 .l:le5 0-1
Bu Xiangzhi
Zhou Jianchao
Danzhou 2012 (3)
1.c4 tLlf6 2.tLlf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.~g2
~e7 5.0-0 0-0 6.d4 dc4 7.1t'c2 b5
8.a4 b4
9.1i"c4 ~a6 10.'tWc2 tLlbd7 11 .tLle5
(11 ..l:ld1 - YB/99] 11 •.•tLle5 12.de5
(12.~a8 "Wd4 13 .~g2 cS (13... .l:ld8!?)
14..l:ld1 "Wg4f El Debs-Morales, Gibra~ar
2012] 12...tLld5 13..l:ld1 'it'c8 14.~e4
(14.e4 tLlb6"i" Weber-Hahn, Oberhol jr 2012]
14.•• h6 [14 ...c5!? 15 .~h7 (15.tLld2 c4)
15...'ith8 16.~e4 it'c7!1!?] 15 .~d3
[15.b3!? c5 16. ~h7 'ith8 17 .~d3oo]
15... c5 16.b3 ~d3 17..l:ld3 aS?!
(17 ...c4! 18.bc4 1t'c6 (18 ...'tWc7!?) 19.tLld2
tLlc3 20.e3 .l:lld8 21 ..l:ld8 .l:ld8 22 .~b2 aS!t]
18.tLld2 tLlb6 19.tLlc4 li:lc4 20.1t'c4
fic7 21 .~e3 (21 .14 .l:lld8] 21 ... .l:lfd8
[21 ..."We5 22..l:lad1 .l:la7 23."Wb5!1!?]
22 ..l:lad1 .l:ld3 23 ..l:ld3 .l:ld8 24 ..l:ld8
'it'd8 25 .~c5 ~c5 26."Wc5 'ii'd1
27.'itg2 "We2= 28."Wa5 "We4 29.'itg1
"We1 30.'itg2 'it'e4 31.'itg1 ~- ~
A Slight Edge
9. tLl bd2
Sasikiran,Krishnan
David,Aiberto
G ibraltar 2012 (3)
1.d4 ll:\f6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.~g2
~e7 5.tLlf3 o-o s.o-o dc4 7.'tlt'c2 b5
Survey CA 5.5
8.a4 b4 9.tLlbd2 ~b7 1O..l:ld1 !?
ll:\bd7 [10 ... a5 11 .tLlc4 ~e4 12.'it'b3
"Wd5 13.tLle1 ~g2 14.tLlg2 tLlbd7 15.lLJ14
"Wb7 16.tLld3 (16.~e3 tLld5 (H.Hernandez
Carmenates-Maze, Salou 2011 ) 17..l:lac1 ! )
16... .l:llc8 17.~14 h6 18..l:lac1 ! lturrizaga-
H.Hernandez Carmenates, Barbera del
Valles 2011 ; 10...c5 11 .tLlc4 (11.dc5?!
tLlbd7 12.tLle1 (12.tLld4 ~g2 13.'itg2
.l:lcB=i=) 12... ~g2 13.tLlg2 tLlcS 14.tLlc4
b3!=i= Kauleld-V.Georgiev, Sunny Beach
2011) 11...~e4 12.1i'b3 Postny·A.A.Ivanov,
Plovdiv Ech 2012] 11.tLlc4 c5 12. ~f4
(12.tLlfe5 ~g2 13.'itg2 cd4 14.tLlc6
(14 ..l:ld4 1i'c8) 14.. .'i fe8 15..l:ld4 .l:lcB
16.tLle7 'it'e7oo El Debs-Mareco, Sao Jose
do Rio Preto 2012; 12 .~g5 .l:lc8 13..l:lac1
cd4 (13... ~e4 ! ?) 14.tLld4 (Vorobiov-Azarov,
St Petersburg 2011 ) 14... ~d5!o:]
12 ... ~e413."W b3
13•.. cd4?1 (13... tLld5 14.tLlle5 tLJ14
( 14...~g2? ! 15.li:lc6 tLJI4? 16. dB .l:lad8
17.g14+- Nabaty-A.A.Ivanov, Plovdiv Ech
2012) 15.gf4 ~g2 16.'itg2 cd4 17..l:ld4
(17.tLlc6 tLlcS! 18.'it'f3 1i'c7) 17... ll:\c5!
18..l:ld8 (18.1t'e3 'it'c7) 18... tLlb3 19..l:la8
.l:la8 20 ..l:ld1 q;>IB;l;/=; 13... .l:lc8!oo 14..l:lac1
cd4 15.tLld4 ll:\c5 16.'it'b4?? tLld3-+]
14..l:ld4 (14.tLld4! ~g2 (14 ...ll:\c5 15.1fb4
~g2 16.'itg2 tLld5 17.1t'd2;!;) 15.'itg2
.aca 16.tLlb5f ] 14...~c5 15..l:ldd1 ~d5
16. e1 (16.tLlle5 .l:lc8oo] 16... .l:lc8
17 .~d5 tLldS (17 ...ed5!? 18.tLle3
'l!t'e7+%] 18.tLld3 "itt6 19. ~d6 ~d6
20.ll:\d6 .l:lc6 21.tLlb7 [21 .ll:\e4!? 'it'e7
22 ..l:lac1 .l:llc8 23..l:lc6 .l:lc6 24.a5 h6
25.'it'a4 .l:lc7 26.'it'b5! ] 21 ... e5
22.tLla5 (22.tLlb4 .l:lb6 23.ll:\d5 .l:lb3
24.tLJI6 gl6=] 22 ... tLld3 23.1i'd3 .l:lc5
[23....l:lc7!? 24.ll:\c4 .l:llc8] 24.tLlb3
(24. c4!? 'ife7 (24 ....l:lfc8?? 25.tLld6+-
6 26. e4) 25.e4 .l:llc8 26.ed5 .l:lc4 27.d6
1i'd7oo] 24 •...l:lc7 25 ..l:lab1 h5 26.a5
163
l::Uc8 27.'ird4 'irg6 28.'tifd3 1fg4
[2S...'ird3 29J:td3 '<PfSoo] 29.l:tdc1
"ilfgS 30.J:lc7 J:lc7 31 .J:ld1 'irg4
3Vi:~d4 J:lc8 33.1fa6 J:lc7 34.1fd6
'i!re4 35.ttJe6 [35.1t'dS '<Ph7 36.'irg5 g6
37.J:ld3 ttJe7!? 38.13 W'd5 (38 ... 'it'b7?
39.ttJb5 J:lc2 40.ttJd6 'irc7 41.ttJeS±)
39.'ii'd5 ttJd5=] 35 .. .fe6 36.J:ld5 edS
37.fkc7 1t'b1 38.'<Pg2 'ire4 39.'<Pg1
.. b1 40.'<Pg2 !1.2-!1.2
Postny,Evgeny
lvanov,Aiexander A
Plovdiv Ech 2012 (3)
1.d4 ttJf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 dS 4.ttJf3 ~e7
S.~g2 o-o 6.o-o dc4 7.1t'c2 bS 8.a4
b4 9.ttJbd2 · 7 10.ttJc4 ~e4
11.fjb3 [11.'ird1 - YB/99] 11 ...c5
[11...ttJbd7 12.J:ld1 c5] 12.J:ld1 [ 12.~e3
cd4 (12... ttJbd71?) 13.ttJd4 ~g2 14.'<Pg2
fjd5 15.13 tlJbd7 (Maletin-Zontakh, Olginka tt
2011 - YB/99-1 73) 16.J:lac1 !? (16.J:lfd1
:lacS 17.J:lac1 tlJc5 1S.'tifc2 (18.fjb4?!
ttJd3 19...-e7 tlJc1 20.ttJd6 J:lc6 (20 ... ttJe2
21.tlJc8 J:lc8 22.J:ld2 tlJg4!oo) 21.ttJe4 tlJe4
22.fjb7!oo) 1S...'WaS!?+=> (1S..."it'b7 19.ttJa5
ttJd5 20.~12 fja6 21.tlJac6 J:lc6 22.ttJc6
'irc6 23.e4 tlJc3 24.bc3 b3 25.'ird2;!;)
19.tlJa5 (19.ttJb5!?) 19...tlJg4 20.~14
(20.~g1 ttJe5) 20... e5 21.tlJf5 ~16 22.~d2
b3 23.ttJb3 (23.'irc4? e4!) 23... ttJa4 24.'irb1
e4!oo) 16...l:lac8 17.~12!;!; !:>. 17... tlJc5
1S.'Wb4 ttJd3 19...-e7 tlJc1 20.J:lc1
(20.ttJd6 l:lcd8 21.J:lc1 'Wd6oo) 20... J:lc4
21.e41 ttJe4 22.J:lc4 'irc4 (22 ...ttJI2 23.'irc5
1 24.1!rd5 ttJe3 25.Wf2 ttJd5;!;) 23.fe4
'\!t"a4 24.b4;!;) 12...ttJbd7
13.ttJfe5 [13.~14 Sasikiran·Aib.David,
Gibraltar 2012] 13 ... ~g2 14.Wg2 'irc7
[14 ... J:lc81? 15.ttJd7 ( 15 . ~e3 'irc7
16.J:lac1 (Gutov-Arnaudov, Albena 2012)
16... ttJd5!? 17.ttJd7 'i!Vd7 1S.dc5 '\!t"c6
164
19.13 'ira6!?<=%) 15... 'i+'d7 16.dc5 'li'b7
17.'ir13 '\!t"f3 1S.'<Pf3;!;] 15.ttJd7 ttJd7
16. ~f4 'irb7 17."t!ft3 '\!j"f3 18.«P#3;!;
cd4?1 [1S... J:lfc8 19.J:lac1 cd4 20.J:ld4
ttJc5 21 .ttJd6 ~d6 22 .~d6 ttJa4 23.J:lcS
: ca 24.l:lb4 ttJb6;!;J 19.l:ld4 t [19.ttJe5?!
ttJc5! (19 ... ttJe5 20 . ~e5 J:lfdS 21.J:ld4;!;
Sasikiran-Arnold, Bastia 2011) 20.ttJc6 ~16
21. ~d6 flieS 22.~c5 J:lc6=] 19 ... ttJc5
[19 ... ttJf6 20.e4; 19 ...ttJbS!?] 20.ttJa5!
~d8 [20 ... J:lfcS 21 .l:lb4±] 21 .J:lc4
[21 . ~d6 ~a5 22 . ~c5 J:lfbS 23.J:ld7±]
21 ...ttJd7 [2 1...~a5 22.rlc5 ~dS
23.J:lac1 ~16 24.b3 ~c3 (24 ... J:lfdS
25.J:l1c4) 25.J:ld1] 22.ttJc6 ~16? [22 ...a5
23.b3±] 23.J:lb4 J:lfc8 24.J:lc1 +- gS
25 .~d6 '<Pg7 26.l:lb7 ttJb6 27.a5
ttJa4 28.b3 ttJc3 29.ttJe5 1-0
Vidit,Santosh Gujrathi
Wei Vi
Ho Chi Minh City 2012 (3)
1.d4 dS 2.c4 e6 3.ttJf3 ttJf6 4.g3
~e7 S. ~g2 0-0 6.0-0 dc4 7.'ifc2 bS
8.a4 b4 9.ttJbd2 ~ b7 10.ttJc4 ~e4
11 .'irb3 ~dS!?
12.J:ld1 [12 . ~g5 ttJbd7 13.ttJfe5 (13.J:lfd1
liJb6 14.ttJfe5 ttJc4 15.liJc4 ~g2 16.~16
~d5 17 .~e7 "*'e7 !:>. 1S ...c5) 13 ... ttJe5
14.de5 ttJd7 15.~e7 VJ!ie7 16.J:lfd1 c6
17.J:lac1 ttJe5 1S . ~d5 ed5 19.ttJe5 fjes
20.J:lc6 'ire2 21 .J:ld5 :ladS 22.J:ldS J:ldS
23.'<Pg2 a5 J.l! -J.l! Galopoulos·Halkias,
Kavala 2011 ] 12...c5 [12 ...ttJc6
M.Andersen-V.Georgiev, Copenhagen 2012]
13. ~e3 ttJc6 14.dc5 ttJaS 15.ttJa5
'it'as [15 ... ~b3? 16.l:ldS J:lfdS
17.ttJb3+-] 16.'it'c2 J:lac8 17.J:ldc1
[17.J:lac1 b3 (17 ... ttJd7? 1S.J:ld5! ed5 19.c6
ttJf6 20.~h3 J:lc7 21.~14+-) 1S.'\!t"d2
'ira4 19.J:la1 1t'd7 (19 .....-b5 20.ttJd4
"t!fbS 21. ~d5 ttJd5 22.ttJf51 (22.c6 ~16)
22 ...'irc7 23.ttJe7 'ilfe7 24.J:ldc1;!;)
20.'ifa5 'ii'b7 21 .fja7 (21 .rldc1 J:lc7)
21 ...'i!fa7 22.J:la7 ~c5 23.~c5 J:lc5
24.ttJe1 l:lbS=] 17... ttJd7 18.ttJd2
[1S.tlJd4! J:lc5 19.ttJb31? (19.'it'd2 ~g2
20.'<Pg2 J:lc1 21.J:lc1 ttJe5) 19 ...J:lc2
(19...~ b3 20.1t'b3;!;) 20.ttJa5 flieS
21 . ~d5 ed5 22.J:lc2 J:lc2 23 . ~a7 (23.J:lc1
J:lc1 24.~c 1;!;) 23... l:lb2 24.~d4 J:lc2
(24 ...J:le2 25.ttJb3 J:le6 26.a5 J:la6
27.J:lc1 t) 25.ttJb3 ttJc5 26 .~c5 ~c5
27.ttJc5 J:lc5 2S.J:lb1 J:lc4!? 29.J:ld1 ! b3
(29... d4 30.l:lb1 «PIS 31 .a5) 30.J:ld5 g6
31.l:lb5 J:la4 32.l:lb3 h5;!;] 18... ~c5
19. ~d5 [ 19.~c5 J:lc5] 19 ... ~e3 D
20.fkc8 'irdS? [20... J:lcS! 21.J:lcS tats
22.fe3 (22.ttJc4 ~12 23.'<Pf2 'i!i'd5 24.ttJe3
'i!i'd7 25.J:lac1 oo) 22 ...ed5!? 23.J:lac1 g6
24.b3 '<Pg7 25.ttJf3 ttJe6+=>, '<Pg1<]
21.'irc2 'i!rd2 22.'i!fd2 ~d2
23.J:ld1? [23.J:lc71±] 23 ... ttJc5 24.J:ld2
tlJb3 25.J:lad1 ttJd2 26.J:ld2 J:lc8=
27.J:ld7 g6 28.J:la7 J:lc2 29.l:l b7
l:l b2 30.e3 b3 31 .a5 J:la2 Y2-Y2
Andersen,Mads
Georgiev,VIadimir
Copenhagen 2012 (3)
1.d4 ttJf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 dS 4.ttJf3
~e7 S. ~g2 0-0 6.0-0 dc4 7.ti'c2 bS
8.a4 b4 9.ttJbd2 ~b7 10.liJc4 ~e4
11 .'i!fb3 ttJc61? 12.J:ld1 [ 12 .~e3 -
YB/99] 12...~d5 13."it'd3 [13.a5!?;!;]
13...~e4 14."it'b3 [14."it'd2?1 "it'd5
(14 ...'. -eS!? 15.b3 ~13 16 . ~13 ttJd4!)
15.b3 ttJa5 (15 ... J:lacS!?<=% ) 16.tlJa5 '*ka5
17.ttJe5 (17.tae1? ~g2 1S.ttJg2 ttJe4 '!'
Burmakin-Kiein, Oslo 2011 ) 1 7... ~g2
1S.'<Pg2 'ird5 19.13 '*kb3 20.e4 c5 21 .'i!i'e2
c4 22 .~e3 t , 'irb3 <] 14...'ird5!?
15 . ~e3 J:lac8 16.J:lac1 l:lfd8
17.ttJe1 [17.ttJcd2 ttJa5 1S."it'd5 ~d5

19.tt:leS c6oo] 17 ... ~g2 18.tt:lg2 aS
19.tt:la5 'it'aS 20.trc6 tt:ldS 21. ~f4
.if6 [21... ~d6 22.trdctt ] 22.e4?!
[22.e3!;!;] 22 ... tt:lb6 [22 ... tt:lf4 23.tt:lf4
.id4 24.tt:le6! ~12 ! {24 .. .fe6? 2S.'it'e6
'ifthB 26.trd4!+-) 2S.Wf2 trdt 26.'it'd1
fe6=] 23.'i!fc2 [23 .~c7 1 ? 'it'a4 24.'it'a4
10a4 2S.dS edS 26...id8 {26.edS trd7)
26 ... trc6 27.edS : ca 28...if6 gf6oo/=]
23 ...'ifa4 24.b3 'ii'bS 25 ...ie3 [2S.trc5
't'a6 26.dS edS 27.edS ..ie7 28.trc6 'i!faS
29...ic7 trdS 30...ib6 : cs 31 .~as : c2
32.trdS trc1 33.tt:le1 tre1 34.Wg2=]
25 ... a5 26. trc5?! [26.dS! ..ic3
27.tt:lf4\1l?; 27.trc5 'it'a6 28.de6 fe6 29.trc7
a4!f] 26 ... 'ifa6 27.tra1 a4 28.ba4
..id4?! [28 ... c6! {c. 29 ... ..ie7) 29.trc6?
b3! 30.'fi'c3 trc6 31 .'fi'c6 b2 32.trb1 ..id4!
33...id4 : ca! 34.'iVd6 'fi'd3!-+] 29...id4
l:ld4 30.trc7 trc7 [30 ... trc4! 31 .'i!fd3!
{31 .trc8 trc8 32.'i!id2 'i!ias 33.tt:le3 h6
34.trb1 trc3f ) 31...h6f ] 31 .'it'c7 h6
32.tt:le3? [32.tt:lf4! b3 (32 ... tre4?
33.'i!ic6; 32 ... tt:ld71?) 33.'it'eS tra4 34.tra4
10a4 3S.tt:lhS 'iti>f8D (3S .. .f6?? 36.'it'c7)
36.'it'b8=] 32 ... b3 33. 'ii'c3 tra4
34.trb1 tre4 35.'i!t'b3 tt:ld 7+ 36.'t'c2
f5 37.'ilt'c7 trd4 38.trb7 Wh7
39.tra7 'ilt'e2 40.Wg2 trd2 4 H i'f4
'i'bS 42.'ifa4 'ifa4 43.tra4 tt:lc5-+
44.trc4 tt:ld3 45. trc6 tt:lf2?! [4S ...trf2
46.Wg1 tre2 47.tre6 Wg8-+] 46.tt:lf1
l:le2 47. 3 : a2 48.tre6 e4
[48 ... tt:lh3!?] 49. We3 trb2+ 50.g4?
lOgS 51.tra6 fg4 -+ 52.tra4 hS
53. 4 Wh6 54.Wg3 tre2 55.tra3
10e4 56. 4 trf2 57.We4 trf1
58.tra2 trf3 59.trb2 WgS 60.tra2
l:lf1 61 .We3 Wh4 62.trf2 trt2
63. Wh3 64.Wg1 h4 0 -1
Ambition
9 .lLJfd2
Mikhalevski,Victor
Hess,Robert
Wheeling 2012 (7)
1.c4 e6 2.g3 dS 3. ~g2 lLJf6 4.lLJf3
.ie7 5.d4 0-0 6.0-0 dc4 7. c2 bS
8.a4 b4 9.tt:lfd2 [9.lLJeS 'ifd4 1O...ia8
'i'eS+=t - YB/99] 9 ... c6 1 O.tt:lc4 ..ia61?
11.trd1 tt:lbd7 12.tt:lbd2 [12 ...ic6?
l:lc8 13...ibS ~b7 14.'i'd3 ..ie4!? {14 ...a6
1S ...id7 'Wd7\1l?) 1S.'t'd2 tt:lb8!? 16.tt:leS
..ic2 17.tre1 tt:le4 18.'i!fe3 tt:ld6\1l? 19 ...id3
tt:lts 20...its ets 21 .tt:ld2 : eat] 12 ... : ca
13.e4 tt:lb6 14.a5 [14.tt:lb6!? ab6
{14 ...'i!fb6 1S.tt:lb3) 1S.tt:lc4 ..ic4 16.'t'c4
cS 17.'tli'e2 cd4 18.eS;!;; 14.b3!? 'i'd4
{14 ... c5 15.dS edS 16.tt:lb6 ab6 17.edS;t)
15 ...ib2 'ifd8 16.lLJf1 'WeB 17.tt:ld6 ~d6
18.trd6\1l?] 14 ... tt:lc4 15. c4 'it'd7
16.b3 trfdB 17...ie3
17 ... tt:ld51? 18 ...id2 [18.edS? cd5
19 ...if1 dc4 20.bc4 'i!fc6 21 .: ac1 ~b7
22.dS edS 23 ...ig2 'Wa6+] 18 ...tt:lf6
19 ...if4 'i!fb7 20.: ac1 ..ibS 21.h3
[21 ...if3!? 'ifa6 22.'i!t'b2;t {c. h4, ~g2)
22 ... cS?I 23.d5 ed5 24.edSt] 21...'i'a6
22 ...ie3 tt:ldS 23 ...id2 tt:lf6 24 ...ie3
tt:ldS 25 ...id2 tt:lf6 J-1!-l-1!
Gleizerov,Evgeny
Paikidze,Nazi
Alghero 2011 (2)
1.d4 tt:lf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 dS 4.tt:lf3
~e7 S...ig2 0-0 6.0-0 dc4 7.'i'c2 bS
8.a4 b4 9.tt:lfd2 c6 10.tt:lc4 'i'd4
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J:;I ttJ ~ J;I~
11 ...ie3 [11 ...if4 ..ia6 {11...tt:ldS!?)
12.tt:lbd2 'i!fc5 13.trac1 (Bulski-Zeberski,
Litomysl 2011) 13...tt:ldSoo] 11...'it'd8
Survey CA 5.5
[11...'ifg4 12.tt:le5 {12.tt:lbd2 tt:ldS!?oo;
12... ~a6 13.tt:leS 'Wh5 14.tt:ldf3;t
Av.Grigorian·Oiszewski, Shenzhen 2011)
12 ... WhS 13 ...if4 (13.tt:lc6? tt:lc6 14.'it'c6
tt:lg4 1S.h3 tt:le3 16.fe3 trb8 17.'Wc7 'i!fcS!
(17 ... ..ia6 18.'t'e7 't!fe2 19.'i!fa7 : as
20.'ilt'b6 : ab8 21 .'i!fa7 : as 22.'it'b6
trab8 ~- ¥.! Golichenko-Vysochin, Kiev
2012) 18.'i!fc5 {18.'ii'b8? ..id6 19.'it'a8
'i!fe3 20.Wh1 'i!fg3 21.Wg1 'ii'h2 22.~12
..icS 23.e3 'ii'e5 24.'ii'f3 'i!t'b2- +)
18.....ic5 19.'iti>f2 trd8+) 13... ~d6 14 ...if3
'i!fh3 15.trd1 ~es 16 ...ie5 tt:lg4 17 ...ig4
'i'g4 18...id6 : ea 19.13 'tiffS 20.Wf5 ef5
21 ...ib4;!;/=] 12.trd1 tt:ldS 13 ...id4
tt:ld7 [13...~a6?! 14.e4 ..ic4 1S.'i'c4 tt:lb6
16.'i'e2t 't'c8 (16 ... 'i'c7!?) 17.a5 tt:l6d7
18.eS! tt:la6 19. d2 lOdeS 20.'t'e3 'ifc7
21 .tt:lc4 trfd8 22.trac1 ± Gagunashvili-
Shanava, Tbilisi ch-GEO 2012] 14.e4
b3?1 [14 ...tt:lSb6! 1S. aS (1S.tt:lb6?! ab6
16.'i'c6 ..ib7! 17.'i'b7 {17.'i!t'c2!?f )
17 ... tt:lcS 18.'t!fc6 l%c8 19.'i'bS tt:lb3
20.tt:ld2 tt:ld4t) 1S ...c5 16.tt:lc6 'ife8
17. ~e3 aS 18.eS tt:ld5 { 18... ~a6!? 19.tt:le7
't!fe7 20 ...ia8 : as 21 .tt:ld2 trc8'i1l?)
19.%:rd5!? {19.tt:ld2 ..ib7 20.tt:le7 e7)
19 ... edS 20 ...id5 ~a6 {20... tra6?!
21.tt:ld2t) 21 .tt:ld2 : caoo] 15. 'i'b3 tt:lb4
16.'t!fc3 f6 17.e5?! [ 17 .~e3 'f/c7
18.tt:lba3 {18...ih3 eS 19.tt:lbd2;!;) 18 ...trb8
19.tt:lc2;!;] 17 ... tt:le5 18.tt:lba3 tt:ld7
[18 ... tt:ldS!? 19 ...id5 {19.'i'c2!?\1l?) 19... edS
20.tt:leS feS 21 .'i'c6 (21...ieS 'i'b6)
21.....ig4 22 .~eS ~d1 23.trd1 oo/?]
19.'fi'e3 [19.tt:le3!;t] 19 ... Wh8 [19 ...eS?!
20 ...ic3 Wh8?! 21 ...ib4! ..ib4 22 ...ic6 trb8
23.'ii'a7±] 20.f4?! [20.: ac1 \1l?]
20... tt:ld5 2U !t'e2 tOeS 22.trab1
tt:la4 [22 ...'i'c7!?] 23 ...ie4 tt:lab6
[23 ... lLJcS!? 24 ...ic2 't'e8+] 24. 't!fhS fS
25 ...ig2 'i!Ve8 26.'fff3 ..ia6 27.tr bc1
: ca [27 ... tt:ld71?, eS <J 2a.: e1 ..ib4
29.tred1 ~g8 30. f2
165
 30... 'ifd8?! [30 ...'ife7 31.tt:lb6 ab6
32 .~b6 tt:lb6 33.'i+'b6 ~e2 34.l:td4 l:tb8
35.'ilt'c6 W'f6-+] 31 .tt:le5 c5 32. ~c5
~c5 33.l:tc5 l:tc5?1 [33 ... 'ilt'e7'1']
34.W'c L W'c8 35.b4 ~b7?! [~
3S ...l:teB] 36.tt:lb5t 'i!fb8 [36 ... a6!?
37.tt:ld6 W'b8 38.l:ta1 l:tdB 39. b7
(39.tt:ldf7 : ca 40.'i!i'd6 l:teB) 39 ... 'i!i'b7
40.~1 1;!;] 37.l:ta1 a6 [37 ... l:tcB 38.1t'd6
Wd6 39.tt:ld6 l:tc7 40.l:ta7] 38.~d5!?
tt:ld5?? [38 ... ~dS! 39.l:ta6 l:tc8! 40.l:tb6
(40.W'b6 l:tc1 41. ~12 'ifc8 42.tt:ld4 l:tc2!
43.tt:lc2 'i!i'c2 44 .~e3 ii'c1 4S .~d4
1t'g1=) 40 ...W'aB 41 .tt:lc7 'ilfa1 42.<.t>l2
h6!~. ~12 <] 39.tt:ld7+- We8 40.'i!i'f8
W'f8 41.tt:lf8 ab5 42.tt:le6 1-0
Ju Wenjun
WeiYi
Ho Chi Minh City 2012 (1)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.tt:lf3 tt:lf6 4.g3
~e7 5.~g2 0-0 6.0-0 dc4 7.'i!i'c2 b5
8.a4 b4 9.tt:lfd2 c6 10.tt:lc4 ii'd4
11.l:td1 ii'c512. ~e3 ii'h513.tt:lbd2
13 ... tt:lg4 [13...~a6? ! 14 .~13! (14.h3?
tt:ldS 1S. ~d4? c5 16.~eS tt:lc6+ Zanan·
Sihite, Biel 2011) 14 ... tt:lg4 1S. ~g4 'ilfg4
16.13 ii'g6 17.tt:le4 hS 1B.l:tac1 h4
19 .~g2± , lLlbB<; 13 ...lLldS!? 14.tt:lb3
( 14 .~d4? c5 1S.e4 tt:lc6! 16.tt:lb3 tt:ld4
17.tt:ld4 cd4 1B.edS edS 19.tt:laS ~16+
Zanan·A.Oewi, Biel 2011 ; 14 .~13 !? ;
14.tt:le4!?) 14... tt:ld7 (14... ~a6? ! 1S.~c5)
1S.tt:ld4 (1S.~I3 'i!i'g6 (1S... h3 16.tt:lbaS
c5 17.~14 ! ~a6 1B.tt:lc6 ~16 19 .~d6
:tea 20.tt:l4aS± 6. 21 .e4) 16.'i!i'g6 hg6
17.tt:lbaS c5!) 1S ... ~f6 16.tt:lc6 ~b7
17 .~13 'ilt'h3 1B. aS (1B.tt:la7 tt:le3
19.tt:le3 b3! (19...l:ta7 20.l:td7 ~e4
21 .'it'e4 l:td7 22.'i+'b4±; 19...~13
20.l:td7±) 20.'ii'b3 ~13 21 .l:td7 ~e2
22.tt:lc6 hS~) 1B... ~c6 (1B ... tt:le3 19.fe3
166
~c6 20.tt:lc6 tt:lb6 21 .e4 eS 22.as tt:ld7
23.ii'd2 tOeS 24.'ilfb4 tt:le6 2S.l:tdS±)
19.tt:lc6 : aca 20. ~14 b3!? 21.W'b3
(21.W'c1!?) 21...l:tc6 22.~dS ! l:tb6
(22 ... edS 23.'ilt'dS l:tc2 24.'ilfd7±) 23.~g2 1
l:tb3 24 .~h3 tt:lb6!] 14.tt:lf3 tt:le3
[14 ... es 1S.~d2 b3!? 16.'i+'b3 ~c5!?
(16 ...e4 17.h3 lL\12 18. ~12 ef3
(Edvardsson-Zumsande, Reykjavik 2012)
19.'i¥13!!) 17.~e1 e4 1B.h3 ef3 19.hg4
ii'g4 20.tt:le3! ~e3 21 .el3 'ifg3! 22.fe3
'*'96 23.l:tac1 ~] 15.tt:le3 aS 16.tt:ld41?
[16.tt:lc4 l:ta7 (16...~a6 17 .l:tac1 ~ -
YB/99) 17.tt:ld4 (17 . l:t ac1 ~) 17... ~a6
1B.l:tac1 ~16 (1B ... l:td7!?) 19.'ilfe4?
(19.tt:le3!?~) 19 ... l:td7 20.tt:lb3 (20.tt:lc6
l:td1 21 .l:td1 tt:lc6 22.'i!i'c6 ~c4 23.Wc4
~b2+) 20 ... ~c4 21.Wc4 ~b2 +
H.Hernandez Carmenates·Krysa, Monte-
video 2011] 16... l:ta7 [16 ... ~a6!?]
17.l:tac1 [17.tt:lc6? tt:lc6 1B.W'c6 'ii'e2;
17 .~c6?! l:tc7 18. ~13 l:tc2 19.~hS l:tc7
(19 ... l:tb2!? 20.tt:lc4 eS! 21 .tt:lb2 ed4~)
20.tt:lb3 ~f6oo] 17... ~a6 [17 ... l:td7
18. ~13 ii'eS (1B ...'i!fgS!? 19.h4 'i!i'eS)
19.tt:lc4 Wc7 20.tt:lb3! ] 18. ~f3 [1B.f4
~dB!? 6. 19...~b6] 18...We5
19.tt:lc6? [19.tt:lg4! Wc7 (19.....gS?
20.lLlc6 tt:lc6 21 .h4! (21.Wc6 ~b7
22.'iib6 ~13 23.1Va7? ~g4) 21...tt:ld4!?
(21...ii'fS 22 ...c6 l:tb8 (22... ~b7?
23.'i!fb6 ~13 24...a7+-) 23.l:td7 l:td7
24.1!t'd7 ~fB 2S.l:tc7+-) 22.l:td4 • g6
23.'iid1±) 20.~c6! (20.tt:lc6 tt:lc6 21.Wc6
l:tc8) 20... 'ilt'c8 (20 ... l:tdB 21.lLlbS ~s
22 .~bS 'ii'c2 23.l:tdB ~dB 24.l:tc2 l:tc7
2S.l:td2!; 20... ii'b6 21. ~bS!) 21.~bS
'ilt'c2 22.l:tc2!] 19...tt:lc6 20 ...c6 'ilfb8
21 .tt:lc4 l:tc8 [21... ~gS!? 22.tt:le3
(22.e3?? ~b7) 22 ... : ca 23.Wd6 'it'd6
24.l:tcB ..-rB 2S.l:ttB ~tB'l'J 22.'i!i'b6
..-b6 23.tt:lb6 l:tc1 [23 ... l:tcc7!?]
24.l:tc1 ~d8 25.tt:lc4 ~c4 [2S ...l:tc7
26.l:td1 : ca 27.tt:ld6 l:tc2 2B .~e4 l:te2
29 . ~13 l:tc2 30 .~e4=] 26.l:tc4 l:tc7
27.l:tc7 ~c7 28.e3 b3 29. ~d1 ~e5
30. ~b3 ~ b2 31 . ~g2 Y2-Y2
Black's Queen Goes Forward
7.'ira4 'ird5
Le Quang Liem
Megaranto,Susanto
Khanty·Mansiysk 2011 (1)
1.c4 e6 2.g3 tt:lf6 3 .~g2 d5 4.d4
~e7 5.tt:lf3 0-0 6.0-0 dc4 7.'i!i'a4
...d51?
8.tt:lc3 [B. bd2?! bS Ufc2 tt:lc6!
(9 ...'i!i'hS? 10.tt:leS c6 (10 ... tt:ldS 11.~13
W'h3 12.tt:ldc4 bc4 13.~g4+ - ) 11 .a4+-
Guramishvili·Medina, Jakarta 2011 ;
9...'ilfb7?! 10.a4 a6 11 .b3t) 10.b3 (10.a4?!
~7 11 .tt:lh4 (11 .abS? tt:ld4) 11...'it'd7
12.abS lLld4 13...c4 ~g2 14.tt:lg2 l:tfbB+)
10... ~b7 11. ~b2 (11 .bc4 d4) 11...cb3
(11...tt:lb4 12. c3 cS 13.bc4 bc4 14.dc5
'ilfcS 1S. c4 (1S.'i!i'c4 l:tac8) 1S ... l:tac8
16.l:tfc1 l:tfdB'i'; 16... ~dS 17.tt:le3 1!fc3
1B.l:tc3 l:tc3 19.~c3 l:tcB) 12.ab3
(12.tt:lb3!?) 12... as 13.e4 (1 3.tt:lh4 _.d7
14.l:tfc1 l:ta6) 13... 'i!i'd7'!'; B.l:td1 ~d7
9.'ifc2 tt:lc6 (9...~c6?! 10.tt:lc3 'ii'aS
11 .e4t) 10.~14 (10.tt:lgS? tt:lb4! 11 ...d2
.-as 12.tt:la3 (12.a3 l:tadB+) 12...'ifa6+
13.e4 h6 14.tt:lh3 ~a4 (1 4... l:tadB!?) 1S.eS
(1S.b3 cb3 16.ab3 ~b3 17.l:te1 l:tfdB)
1S ... tt:lfdS-+ Goryachkina·N.Zapata,
Albena 2011 ; 10.a3 'iffS!? (10... tt:laS
11 .tt:leS • bs 12.tt:lc3 'i!i'a6'1') 11.'ii'fS efS
12.lLleS tt:laS; 10.tt:la3 tt:lb4 (10... ~a3
11 .ba3 'it'bSoo) 11 .'i!i'c4 ~c6oo)
10... W hS!? (10... b4 11.1Vc1 'ifaS!?
(11...'i+'hS 12.tt:leS) 12. eS (12.tt:lbd2 c3

13.bc3 tt:lbdS) 12 ... ~a4 13.tt:lc4 (13.b3
~b3!) 13....-aS (13 ... 'i!t'h5) 14.b3 ~c6oo)
11.tt:le5 (11.'it'c4 tt:ldS 12. ~d2 l:lad8o:t 6
tt:lb6, eS) 11...l:lld8!? 12.~13 'it'h3
13.'it'c4?1 ( 13.~g2 'it'hS) 13 ...tt:le5
1 4.~e5 tt:lg4 15. ~g4 'it'g4 1S.I3 (1S.tt:lc3
c5) 1S ....-h3 1Htc7 IS 18 . ~14 l:lacB
19.'i!t'b7 eSf 20.~e3 (20.de5?! ~cS
21.'itrh1 ~c6 22.... b3 ~dS 23.'li'a4 leS
24.~e5 l:l18 25.tt:ld2 l:lce8 2S.tt:le4 l:leS
27.l:ld5 l:ldS 28.'*'b3 l:ld8 29.tt:lc3 1t'eS
30.tt:ld5 l:ldS 31 .e4 l:leS 32.'li'eS l:leS
33.l:lc1 +) 20... ed4 21 .~d4 (21 .l:ld4 ~cs
22.'i!fd5 'ifrh8 23.tt:lc3 ~d4 24.'li'd4oo)
2 1...~4 (21... ~dS 22 .~12 ~a4 23.l:le1
l:lc5!? 24.tt:ld2!) 22.l:le1 l:ld4 23.'i!t'e7 l:le8
24 ..-cS l:le2! 25.l:le2 l:ld1 2S.'ifrt2 '*'h2
27.'ifre3 g1 28.l:ll2=; 8.tt:la3 ~d7!?
(8...tt:lbd7 9.tt:lc4! bS 10.'i!t'd1 'it'c4
11.ttld2 'i!t'd4 12 .~a8 ~as 13.~13! ? tt:les
14.tt:le4 tt:l13 15.el3;t; 8... ~a3 9.'t!Va3
'it'bS (9 ... tt:lc6 10.~14) 10.~gsgg) 9.'tWc4
~ 3 (9 ... tt:lc6!?) 10.1i'd5 edS 11.ba3 l:le8
12.l:lb1 b6 13.l:lb2 c5 14.tt:le5 ~ISoo ;
14...~a4oo; 8.~14 'i!t'c6!? (B...~dS 9 .~e5!
(9 .~dS cdS 10.tt:la3 ~d7 11 .Wc4 l:lcB
12.'it'd3 'ft'c6!?oo) 9... ~d7 10.'it'c2;!;
Morchiashvili-Sumets, lzmir 2011) 9.'i!t'c2
(9.'i!t'c6 tt:lc6 10.l:lc1 ( 10.~c7? ! tt:ldS'f)
10... tt:ld5 11 .l:lc4 l:ld8!? 12 .~d2 tt:lb6
( 12... ~1S 13.e3 eS 14.l:lc6!? bc6 15.de5
~e7 1S.tt:ld4 ~d7oo) 13.l:lc2 tt:ld4
14.tt:ld4 l:ld4 15.l:lc7 ~ISo:t) 9...tt:ld5oo]
8... 'it'c6
9.'i!t'c2 [9.tt:le5?! .-a4 10.tt:la4 tt:ld5
11.tt:lc3 (11.tt:lc4?? bS; 11 .e4 tt:lb4)
11...ttlb6:f; 9.'i!t'a5 _.bS!? (9...b6 10.'tlre5
(10.'it'g5 tt:ldS) 10... 'it'd7 11.1i'b5!?
(11 .'i!t'l4 ~b7 12.tt:les .-ca) 11....-b5
( 11...~S 12 ..-d7 tt:lbd7 13.tt:le5 tt:le5
14 .~a8 l:la8 15.de5 tt:ld7 1S.l:ld1 tt:leS
17 .~14 ~IS 18.tt:le4;!;) 12.tt:lb5 tt:ld5
13.tt:le5;!; 6 14.tt:lc4; 9...'it'aS!? 10.'it'aS
tt:laS 11 .tt:le5 tt:lb4 (11...l:ld8 12.l:ld1 tt:lb4
13.l:ld2! tt:lbd5 14.tt:lc4 bS 15.b3! ~b7
1S.~2 l:lacB 17.l:lc1;!;) 12.l:lb1 l:ld8
13.a3 tt:lbd5 14.tt:lc4 b6oo 6 ... ~b7 , ... c5)
10.'tlrb6 (10.'~a4 'it'c6= Colovic-Aib.David,
Rethymno 2012) 10 ...ab6 11 .tt:le5 l:ld8
12.a4! (12.l:ld1 tt:ld5 13.tt:lc4 tt:lc3 14.bc3
b5 15.tt:le5 tt:ld7 1S.tt:ld7 l:ld7 17.e4 c6oo)
12 ... tt:ld5 (12 ... l:ld4? 13.tt:lb5l; 12 ... tt:le8!?
13. ~e3 (13.tt:lc4 l:ld4) 13... tt:ldS ( 13... ~1S
14.tt:lc4 tt:lc6 15.a5l) 14.tt:lb5 tt:lb5 15.ab5
l:la1 1S.l:la1 IS 17.tt:lc4 ~d7 18 .~b7 ~b5
19.l:lc1 c5 20.dc5 ~cS 21.~c5 bc5;!;/=)
13.tt:lc4 tt:lc6 (13... tt:lc3?! 14.bc3 b5
15.~a3 ! ) 14.tt:lb5 tt:lcb4 15 .~d2 (15.e4
~d7 !) 15 ... ~d7 1S.~b4 tt:lb4 ( 16... ~b4
17.l:llc1) 17.e3 l:la4!? (17... dS 18.l:llc1
~18) 18.tt:lc7 l:la1 19.l:la1 l:lcB 20.l:la8
l:la8 21 .tt:la8 b5 22. e5 ~c6;!;/=]
9 .. .'i t'a6 [9 ... tt:lbd7 10. ~g5 ( 10.~14
tt:ldSoo Dubeck-Schmidt-Schiiffer, Germany
tt 1991/92, apparently the stem game;
10.e4g?) 10 ...'i!t'aS 11 .a4 (11.b3!?;
11 .tt:le4!? hS 12 .~1S tt:liS 13.tt:led2;!;/=)
11...hS 12 .~1S ttl IS 13.tt:lb5;!;; 9... 'it'b6!?]
10.e4 [10.~g5! ?] 10...tt:lc6
11 .1i'e2 tt:lb4 12.l:ld1 [ 12 . ~14 ?! c5:f
13 . ~g5 cd4 14.tt:ld4 eS 15.tt:l15 ~15 1S.el5
hS (1S... tt:ld3 17.b3 l:lad8 18.l:lad1 oo;
1S... l:lad8!? 17.b3! (17.l:lad1 hS 18. ~1S
~IS 19 .~e4 l:ld4; 17.'iWe5?! l:ld7 18.a4
(18.l:lad1 tt:ld3 19.'it'e2 hS 20.~h4
WaS+) 18 ... hS:f 6 19 ... tt:ld3) 17... cb3
18.1i'aS baS 19.ab3 l:ld3 20.l:llc1 hS
21. ~1S ~IS 22 .~11 l:ld4 23. ~as e4:f)
17.~1S ~IS 18. ~e4 ?! (18.tt:le4!?)
18... l:lad8 19.a3 (Guramishvili·A.Dewi,
Jakarta 2011 ) 19 ... tt:lc6! 20.tt:ld5 tt:ld4
21 .tt:liS ~h8 + 6 22 ... 'it'IS; 12 .~g5 hS
(12 ... c5?! 13.e5) 13 . ~h4 ( 13 .~1S ~IS
14.e5 ~e7'f) 13... l:le8 ( 1 3...~d8 ! ?) 14.a3
tt:ld3 15 .~1S ~IS 1S.e5 ~e7 17.b3 c5
18.l:lld1 cd4 (18 ... .-a5!?) 19.tt:ld4 'it'a5
Survey CA 5. 5
20.tt:lcb5 l:ld8 21.bc4 tt:lc5oo]
12... ~d7?! [12 ... tt:ld3 13 .~g5 (13.b3
~b4 14 .~d2 c5) 13... hS 14 .~1S ~IS 15.b3
'i!t'a5 1S.e5 (1S.bc4 'ft'c3 17.'i!t'd3 'it'd3
18.l:ld3oo) 1S ... ~e7 17.tt:le4;!;; 12 ... c5!
13.e5!? ( 13 .~g5 hS 14 .~1S ~IS 15.e5
(15.dc5 ~c3 (15 ... tt:ld3 1S.e5 ~e7
17.tt:le4) 1S.bc3 tt:ld3 17.tt:ld2 e5 18.tt:lc4
'it'c4 19 ....d3 't!Vc5'f) 15 ... ~e7 1S.a3
(1S.d5?! tt:ld5 17.tt:ld5 ed5 18.l:ld5 ~eS)
1S... tt:ld5 (1S... tt:ld3 17.d5g?) 17.dc5 tt:lc3
( 1 7...~c5 !?) 18.bc3 ~cs 19.tt:ld2oo; 13.d5
ed5 14.e5 (14.ed5 l:le8) 14 ... tt:lg4
(14 ... tt:ld7!?) 15.tt:ld5 (15.h3?! d4) 15...tt:ld5
1S.l:ld5 ~eS 17.l:ld1 (17. g5? c3!
( 1 7... ~d5 18 .~d5 ~g5 19 .~g5 'ii'gS
20.'i!t'g4 hS 21.h4 hg5 22.eS leS 23.~eS
~h8 24.hg5 l:lad8 25.'ifrg2 'it'h7= 6
2S ... l:ll2) 18.'it'aS baS 19.tt:leS leS 20.l:ld7
l:lad8!l ) 1 7...~15 18.h3 ~d3 19.'ii'e1
tt:lhS'f) 13 ... tt:lld5!? (13 ... tt:ld7!? 14.a4
(14.d5 ed5 15.tt:ld5 tt:ld5 1S.l:ld5 tt:lb6
17.l:ld1 ~15 ; 14 .~e3 cd4 15 .~d4 tt:lc5
1S.~c5 ~c5 17.tt:le4 ~e7 18.tt:ldS tt:ldS
19.'it'c4 'ii'c4 20.tt:lc4 ~d7 21 .tt:le3 ~c6
22.tt:ld5 ~dS 23.tt:le1 ~g2 24 . ~g2 l:lld8)
14 ... cd4 (14... d3?! 15.tt:lb5l; 14 ... l:lb8
15.tt:lb5f) 15.l:ld4 (15.tt:ld4 tt:ld3
(15... 'ii'a5!?) 1S.tt:lcb5 'ii'a5 17 .~d2 ~b4
(1 7...1t'd8 18. ~c3 tt:l7e5 19.b3 ~c5
20.bc4 aSoo) 18.b3 ~d2 19.l:ld2 tt:l3e5
20.bc4oo) 15 ... tt:lc6 1S.l:ld1 ! (1S.l:lc4 tt:la5
17.l:le4 tt:lb3 18.l:lb1 'i!t'e2 19.l:le2 l:ld8
20 .~e3 (20.~g5 ~g5 21 .tt:lg5 hS)
20... tt:ldc5 21.l:lc2 ~d7 22.tt:ld2 tt:ld2
23.l:ld2 ~e8 ;!;/=) 1S ... tt:lc5 17 .~e3 tt:lb3
18.l:lab1 g?) 14 .~g5 ~gs (14 ...cd4 15.tt:ld5
tt:ld5 1S.l:ld4 ~c5 17.l:lg4 gS 18.tt:ld2l )
15.tt:lg5 hS 1S.tt:lge4 cd4 17.l:ld4 c6
(17... tt:ld3 18. dS tt:lc3 19.bc3g? 'it'aSoo)
18.l:ld2 tt:leS 19.tt:lc5 'i!t'dS 20.tt:ld5 'it'c5
21 .'it'e5 ed5 22.l:ld5g?/=] 13.tt:le5 l:lad8
14. ~e3 tt:ld3 15.tt:lc4 'it'c4 16.l:ld3
eS [1S ... tt:lg4!? 17.e5 ( 17.~d2 ~c6)
17... tt:le3 18.'it'e3 ~c6 19 .~c6 'i!t'c6
20.l:lad1 'i!t'b6;!;/=] 17.l:lc1 'it'a6
18.l:ldd1 'i!t'e2 19. e2;!;/± ~d6
20.h3 [20.de5 ~es 21 .~a7 ~b2 22.l:lc7
~c6 23.tt:ld4 ~d4 24.l:ld4 l:ld4 25.~d4
l:ld8 2S.e5! dS (2S... e8 27.l:le7 ~18
28. ~c5 l:ld1 29 . ~1 1 ~g8 30.14 gS
31.~12 ;!;) 27 .~d5 ~dS ;!;J 20 ...l:lfe8
[20... ~a4 !? 21 .b3 ~c6 22.de5 ~e5 23.14
(23.13!?) 23...~b2 24.l:ld8 l:ld8 25.l:lc2;!;]
21 .de5 ~es 22.14! ~b2 23.l:lb1
~a3
167

24.l:tb3? [24.e5! ..Q.IS 25.l:tdB ..Q.b1
26.l:teB t!JeB 27.t!Jc3 ..Q.d3 2B ...Q.bW±]
24 .•...Q.f8? [24 .....Q.d6! 25.e5 ..Q.a4 26.~12
..Q.b3 27.ab3 ..Q.es 2B.l:tdB l:tdB 29.fe5
t!Jd5oo] 25.e5 ..Q.e61 26.l:td8 l:td8
27.l:tb7 [27.el6? ..Q.b3 2B.ab3 l:td3]
27... t!Jd5 [27 ... l:td1 !? 28. ~12 t!Jd5
29 .~d5 l:td5 30.l:tc7 (30.l:ta7 ~h3
31 .l:taB g5 32.a4 ~g7;t) 30...l:ta5 (30 ...a6
31 .g4) 31 .l:ta7 l:ta7 32 .~a7 ~a2±]
28 . ~a7 cS (2B ... l:taB 29.t!Jd4 ~c8
30.l:tb5 l:ta7 31 .~d5±] 29.l:tb8 l:tb8
30. ~ b8± t!Je3 31.a4 c4 (31...t!Jg2!?
32 .~g2 ~e7] 32 . ~d6 ~d6 33.ed6
t!Jg2 (33... ~1B!?] 34. ~g2
35.t!Jd4? (35.~13! ~eB 36 .~e4 ~h3
37.a5 ~c8 38 .~d5 ~d7 39.t!Jc3 16
40.t!Ja4 (40.15 g6 41 .1g6 hg6 42.t!Ja4 ~b7
43.~c5 c3 44.t!Jc3 15 45.t!Jd5 g5 46.t!Jb6
(46.g4 lg4 (46 ...14 47.t!Jb6
48.\t>d4+-) 47.t!JI6 ~dB 4B.t!Jg4 ~cB
49.t!Je5 g4 50.~c6 g3 51 .t!Jf7 ~eB
52.q;,c7 g2 53.~c8 g1 1!f 54.d7 ~17
55.dB'if+-) 46.. ,q;,dB 47 .'~d4
48.g4!+-) 40 ...~b7 41.'09c5 g6 (41...g5
42.fg5 lg5 43.g4! ~cB 44.t!Jb6 ~dB
45.t!Jc4 ..Q.g4 46.t!Je5+-) 42.t!Jb6 ~dB
43.c;t;>c4 h5 44.~d4 g5 45.t!Jd5! h4 46.gh4
gh4 47.t!JI6 ~c8 48.c;t;>e3+-] 35 ... c3
36. 2 ..Q.h3 37.a5 ~e8 38.a6 ~c8
39.a7 ~ b7 40 .~e3 ~d7 41 . ~d3
f6?? [41 ... g6 42.t!Jb5 h5 43.~c3 16
44.<;Pd4 (44.t!Jc7 ~d6 45.aB'if ~aB
46.t!JaB ~c6 47 .~d4 g5=) 44 ... g5 45 .~e3
~e6 46.t!Jc3 ~d6 47.t!Je4 ~e7 4B.Ig5
lg5 49.t!Jg5 ~d6 50.t!Je4 ~c7 51 .t!Jf6
~b6 52.t!Jh5 ~a7 53.g4 ..Q.c8 54.g5 ~15=;
41...g5! 42.t!JI5 (42.fg5 ~d6 43.®c3 ~c5
168
44.t!JI5 ~b6 45.t!Jd6 ~B (45 ... ~a7??
46.t!Jb7 lt>b7 47.<;Pd4+- ) 46.~d4 <;Pa7
47.~e5 ~b6 4B.t!Jf7 (4B . ~I6 <;PeS!;
4B ...It>c7? 49. ~e71) 4B ...~c7 49.q;,l6 ~e4
50.t!Je5 ~d6 51 .t!Jg4 ..Q.g6 52 .~g7 ~e6
53.t!Jf6 ~d3 54.t!Jh7 ~15 55. ~h6 q;,g4=)
42 ... gl4 43.gl4 h5 44 .~c3 h4 45.t!Jh4 ~d6
46.'09d4 16=] 42.t!Jb5 g6 (42 ... g5 43.fg5
lg5 44.g4!] 43.g41 hS 44.f5 1+- h4
45.fg6 h3 46.g7 h2 47.g81!f h1 W'
48.'i!ff7 ~c6 49.t!Jd4 ~b6 50.'it'f6
..Q.a6 51 .~c3 W'a1 52.~d2 'i!fb2
53. ~e3 'it'c1 54.~e4 'i!fe1 55. ~f5
~d3 56. ~g5 'i!fe3 57.'i!i'f4 'i!fe8
58.d7 1-0
Krylov,Mikhail
Filipenko,Aiexander
Moscow 2012 (6)
1.d4 t!Jf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 dS 4.t!Jf3
~e7 s. ~g2 0-0 6.0-0 dc4 7.W'a4
'i!t'dS 8.t!Jc3 W'c6 9.'i!t'c2 'i!fa6 10.e4
t!Jc6 11.a3 t!JaS (11...t!Jb4? 12.ab4
'fi'a1 13.e5 t!Jd5 14.t!Jd5 ed5 15 .~g5± ;
~f8 11 ... l:tdB!?J
~dB
14
12 . ~g5 (12.e5!? t!Jd5 13 .~g5 (13.t!Jg5
~g5 14 . ~g5 t!Jb3 (14 ... h6 15.~h61? t!Jc3
(15... gh6 16 .~d5 ed5 17.t!Jd5 ~g 7
1B.t!J16 l:thB 19.d5t ; 15... t!Jb3 16 .~g5 1?
(16.'fi'e4 gh6 17.'i!fg4 ~hB 1B.'ifh4 ~g7
19.1t'g4 ~hB=) 16... t!Jc3 17.bc3 t!Ja1
1B.l:ta1 !1!1) 16.'it'd2 ISoo) 15.l:tad1 t!Jc3
16.bc3 ~d7oo) 13... t!Jc6!? (13... l:teB
14 .~e7 t!Je7 15.t!Jg5 t!Jg6 16.'i!t'e2t h6
17.t!Jf7! '0917 1B.'i!fh5 t!Jc6 19.t!Je2 t!Je7
20.t!JI4 t::. 21.~e4; 13... 16 14.el6 ~16
15.~16 t!JI6 16.l:tlea ; 13...~dB 14...Q.dB
l:tdB 15.t!Jg5 g6 16.'i!t'e2t, ~gB < )
14.t!Je4!1!1 l:tdB!? (14... h6 15.~e7 t!Jce7
16.l:tlc1 b6!? 17...Q.I1 !? ~d7 1B .~c4
'fi'bn) 15.l:tlc1 h6 (15... b5 16...Q.e7 t!Jce7
17.t!Jc5 -..b6 1B.a4;t) 16.~e7 t!Jde7
(16... t!Jce7 17 .~11 ;!; ) 17.t!Jc5 Wb5
18.'it'c4 Wc4 19.l:tc4 aS (19... t!Jd5!? t::.
t!Jce7, b6) 20.l:tac1 l:tbBoo] 12...h6
13...Q.h4 ~d8 (13... g5 14.t!Jg5 hg5
15.~g5!1!1] 14.e5 t!Jh7 [14... t!Jd5!?
15.~dB l:tdB 16.t!Jd2 (16.t!Je4 t!Jb3
17.l:tad1 ..Q.d7) 16... ~d7=F] 15 . ~d8 l:td8
16.l:tae1? 1 (16.l:tad1 ~d717 . d5 t!JIBoo]
16... t!Jb3 17.l:te4 bS 18.l:th4 ..Q.b7
19.t!Je4 ~e4 (19... l:tacB!?; 19... W'b6!?]
20. 'i!fe4 cS? [20 ... t!JIB 21 .g4 'i+'b6 22.g5
h5 23.l:th5 l:tab8 24.l:td1 l:td7 25.l:th3
l:tbdB 26.'i!fh4 t!Jg6 27.'i!fh7 ~IB+]
21.'i!fg4 8 22.'i!fe4 ~g8 [22 ... t!Jg5?
23.t!Jg5 hg5 24.l:th7 ~gB 25.l:th3t]
23.'i!fg4 ~f8 24.'i!fh5? [24.'i!fe4=]
24 ... l:tac8 25.l:tf4 l:tc 7+ (25 ... l:td7?
26.d5!] 26.dc5 t!JcS 27.g4 t!Jd3
28.l:te4 ~g8 (2B ... t!Jb2!? 29.g5 t!Jd3]
29.g5 t!JgS? (29... t!Jb2! 30.gh6 g6
31 .'i!fh4 (31 .'it'g4 'it'a3 32.h4 W'e7)
31...l:tcd7-+] 30.t!Jg5 hgS 31 .'i!fg5
.i ~
... g ......
'iV ...
!::, ~
!::,
' ... .,. :t::t:
!::, f::,j)_f::,
I:t~
3 1...l:tcd7? ? [31...16! 32.el6 l:[f7 33.fg7
(33.l:tg4 e5 34.1g7 'i!fl6 35.'i!fh5 l:tg7
36.14! t!JI4 37.l:tff4 el4 38 .~d5 l:td5
39.'it'd5=) 33 ... 'i!fb6 34.l:te6 'it'e6
(34 ... l:tg7!?) 35.'it'dB ~g7!1!1/=, t!Jd3>]
32.l:tg4 g6 33.'i!ff6+- l:td4 34.~e4
t!JeS 35.l:th4 t!Jf3 36 .~f3 [36 ... l:th4
37.'i!fdB ~g7 38.'iWh4] 1-0
Nimz -Indian Defence
Rubinstein Variation 5...td3, 7... dc4
Bronstein's Original 8... ~d7
by Peter Lukacs and Laszlo Hazai
1. d4 tlJf6 David Bron tein in 1957. He
2. c4 e6 drew two game against Furman
3. tt:lc3 ~b4 and Petrosian, after which thi s
4. e3 0-0 line became more and more pop-
5. .td3 d5 ular. In compari on to the main
6. tbf3 c5 line 8 ... cd4 9.ed4 b6, followed
7. 0-0 dc4 by ... .tb7, the bishop i more
8. .tc4 .td7 vu lnerable on c6, but the other
bi hop retreat to a5 after a2-a3 i
ecured. Black avoid ... b7-b6,
keeping the d8-a5 diagonal
open. On the other hand, Black
maintai n the ten ion, avoiding
...cd4, which open up thee-fi le
and the cl-bi hop ' diagonal.
White ha two main option ,
9.'it'e2 and 9.a3. They can ea ily
tran pose to each other later in
the game.
Thi idea of developing the Immediate Threats
bi hop to the long diagonal via 9.'iVe2 prepare IO.l:dl , with
....td7-c6 wa succes fully in- immediate threat on the d-fi le.
troduced by the original thinker ln Farago-Dely, Budape t 1974,
after 9 •...tc6 lO.l:dl , Black
went for the wrong develop-
ment, playing 10••..tf3?!
ll.'iff3 tt:lc6. He had to give up
the other bishop as well after
12.a3 .ic3 13.bc3, ince
12 ....ia5? wa bad due to
13.dc5. The en uing po ition
looks clearly favourab le for
White, who can build up a trong
centre with e3-e4 or ometime
c3-c4. His bi hop pair has a
bright future.
Ln Gligoric-Taimanov, Montilla
1977, Black wa more cautiou ,
opting for 10••.'it'e7. Now
David Bronstein ll.tlJe5 is met by ll ... l:d8 and
Nl 5.12 (E54)
White lo e ome tempi elimi-
nating the light- quared bi hop.
So White played ll.a3, and after
ll .•..ic3 12.bc3 tt:lbd7 he uc-
ce fully opened the a3-f8 diag-
onal for his bi hop wi th 13.a4!.
A typical tructure with hanging
pawn aro e after 13 .. .l:fc8
14 ..ib3 'it'e8 15.c4 cd4 16.ed4.
Here White firmly controlled the
four vita l quare . Black had no
pre ure again t the c4- and
d4-pawn and he i deprived of
the liberating moves .. .b7-b5 or
.. .e6-e5 a well.
ll ....iaS i more in the pirit of
thi variation , a wa demon-
strated in Kortchnoi -Matanovic,
Palma de Mallorca 1968. White
played the imple 12•.id2 , and
after 12....if3 13. f3 tt:lc6
14.dc5! 'i!VcS 14.~fl White ha
got a sma ll but Ia ting advantage
due to hi bishop pair. The arne
goes for 12 ...tt:lbd713.dc5! c5
14.tt:ld4! , or 12....ib6 13.dc5
'i!VcS 14.tt:ld4 or 14.b4.
Ln ca e of 10.•.tt:lbd7 ll.dS! i
trong, becau e after ll...edS
169
12.lbdS ltJdS 13.~dS the b4-
bishop cau es some headache
for Black. ln Beliavsky-
Kortchnoi , Paks 2004, Black
went for 13.. .'ifc7, and after
14.~c6 'it'c6 1S.a3 ~aS 16.b4!
White grabbed the initiative.
More precise seems to be
13..•~dS 14.l:dS 'it'c7, and now
White ha a choice between 1S.e4
or again 1S.a3 ~aS 16.b4!.
ln Jussupow-Feller, Moscow
2008 the somewhat surprising
10...~c3 followed. Now, after
ll.bc3 lbbd7 White ha to decide
whether he want to grab the cen-
tre with c3-c4 or with e3-e4. He
opted for 12.~b3 'it'aS 13.c4 cd4
14.ed4, when again a structure
with hanging pawns has arisen.
Now Black's positi on is not so
bad as in the other game. After
14...'it'bS lS.l:el ~f3 has been
uggested creating many weak-
nes es in White's pawn structure
after 16.'it'f3 'it'f3 17.gf3. It has
to be said that the black knights
have no real influence on the
square d4, c4, b5 and e5 even
here, and White' bishop pai r is
trong. In ca e of 12.~d3 we
reach a imilar position to our
Main Game Gelfand-Anand -
without a3! Careful analysis will
have to decide whether this is a
weakening move or not!
The Main Line
9.a3 is the mai n option and if
9... cd4 then White can get the
bi hop pair with 10.ab4 dc3
170
ll.bc3, with sli ghtly better
chances in a pos itional game, or
go fo r the hanging pawns via
10.ed4 ~c3 ll.bc3, with
chances of an attack, sometimes
acrificing the backward pawn
on c3. ln Lukacs-Biack rock,
Budapest 1977, Black went for
9... ~c310.bc3 ~c6, and here we
uggest ll.ltJeS! ~dS 12.~e2
cd4 13.ed4!, fo ll owed by c3-c4,
again reaching a omewhat
better hanging pawn structure.
Again the thematic 9 ... ~aS
looks best.
ln Sanguineti -Szabo, Lugano ol
1968, White tarted with 9.'it'e2
'it'e7, and now came lO.a3 ~aS.
·~ .~.
'' .t'ifiii
·~
Here ll.~d2 cd4 12.ed4 led to
an isolated pawn structure in
which, after 12... lbc6, the imple
13.l:fel was requi red. ln the e
structures the rook is u uall y best
on e I . Another viable alternative
i ll.l:dl ~c6 12.lbeS, gaining
the bi hop pair.
So after 9.a3 ~aS 10.'i#'e2 'Wie7
tran pose to the previou game,
but in Knaak-Jussupow, Ham-
burg 1991 , the natural 10... ~c6
was seen, and after ll.l:dl
lbbd7 agai n the well -known
breakthrough 12.dS came, fo l-
lowed by 12... edS 13.ltJdS
lbb6!. ln comparison with the
Beliav ky-Kortchnoi game thi s
is now possible, although even
here we suggest 14.lbb6 'ifb6
1S.b4! , with exc iting complica-
tions. In tead of l 2. d5 the quiet
12.~d2 comes into consider-
ation, for example: 12...~b6
13.dcS ~cS 14.~el , fo llowed
by 1S.lbd4, getting the bishop
pair again.
ln our Main Game Gelfand-
Anand, Moscow Wch m/11
20 12, ll ... ~c3 wa seen, avoid-
ing the breakthrough d4-d5 , and
onl y after 12.bc3 lb bd7. The
challenger went for 13.~d3 and
after 13... 'it'aS he had to make a
seri ous decision about the cen-
tral pawn tructure. He went fo r
the hangi ng pawns wi th 14.c4
cd4 1S.ed4 'it'hS 16.~f4 l:tac8
17 .lbeS 'ife2 18.~e2 lbeS
19.~eS l:tfd8 .
White has got the bi shop pair and
control of the vital quares.
However 20.a4 all owed
20 ... lbe4, with suffic ient coun-
terplay. More accurate, perhaps,
was 20.f3!?, with a very small
advantage.
The harp pawn sacri fice
14.e4!? deserve attention as
well.
Conclusion
In our opinion, the Bronstein line
i playable, although in many
cases White can get a mall but
durable advantage if he gets the
bishop pai r. Subtle pos itional
play i required in which Black
can avoid the long fo rced lines.
Knowledge of iso lated pawn
tructure and hang ing pawns is
es ential. As a surpri se weapon it
is excellent, a our Main Game
has demonstrated.

Main Game
8 ...~ d7
Gelfand,Boris
Anand, Viswanathan
Moscow Wch m 2012 (11 )
1.d4 f6 2.c4 e6 3.tt:lc3 ~b4 4.e3
o-o 5.~d3 d5 6.ttlf3 cs 7.0-0 dc4
8..ic4 ~d7 9.a3 · 5 10.'it'e2 ~c6
11.lld1 ~c31? 12.bc3 ttlbd7
13 ..id3 [13..ib2 Was (13 .. ."it'c7 14 .~d3
.ie4 1S.c4) 14 .~d3 - 13 .~d3 ; 14.ttld2
~b6 1S .~d3 cd4 16.cd4 tt:la4; 14.a4
llac8j 13 ... 'tWaS
14.c4?1 [ 14 .~b2 llac8 (14 ... cd4 1S.cd4;
1S.ed4 'ilt'hS) 1S. d2; 14.e4!? tt'c3
(1 4... c4 1S .~c2 tt'c3 (1S... h6 16.llb1)
16. ll b1 ~) 1S..id2 ( 1S.~f4 cd4; 1S.llb1
'l'a5) 1S .. ."it'b3 16.eS!? (16.lldc1 cd4
(1 6... llfd8 17.a4 '*'b6l 17.llab1 1t'a2
18.a4!? (18.lla1 1t'b3 19.ttld4 1t'b6
20. c6 bc6) 18 ... es 19.ttlgS h6 20.lla1
'l'b3 21 .llcb1 1t'b1 22.llb1 hgS 23 .~gs
: aca 24.aSt) 16... tt:ldS 17..1ldb1 1t'a4
18.llc1 llfd8 (18 ... g6 19.llc4 1t'b3 20.dc5
'l'b2 21.llcc1 tt:le7 22.llab1 1t'a3
23.ttld4 t; 18 ...llac8 19.llc4 1t'b3 20.dc5
'l'b2 21 .llb1 1t'a3 22.1t'e4 g6 23.1t'd4)
19.tt:lgSJ 14 .. .cd4 15.ed4 tt'h51
16 ..if4 llac8 [16...~13 17.tt'l3 'i¥13
18.gl3 llac8 19.lldb1 b6 20.a4;tj 17. e5
[1 7.llab1 llfd8 ( 17...~13 18.'it'l3 'i¥13
19.gl3 b6 20.a4) 18.tt:leS '*'e2 19.~e2
~e5 20.~eS - 17.tt:leSI 17... -.e2
18 ..ie2 e5 19. ~e5 llfd8 20.a4
[20.llac1 e4; 20.llab1 tt:le4; 20.13!?
~hS 6 21...16 (20 ... ~4 21 .lle1 ; 21 .lld2;
21.lldc1 ; 21.lldb1 ; 20 ....1ld7 21. ~14 (21 .a4
llcd8 22.aS a6) 21 ... ~a4 (21 ... llcd8
22~e3) 22.lld2) 21.h4; 21 .g4?! 16 22.ghS
feS 23.deS llfB;:t ; 21 .h3 16 22 .~h2 gS 6
23... 14; 21 .c5 ttlf6, dS <I 20...
21 .lld3 f6 22 .~f4 ~e8 23.ll b3
[23.c5 eS 24.deS lld3 2S .~d3 tt:lc5
26. ~c4 ~f7ooj 23 ... lld4 24 .~e3 lld7
~-~
Immediate Threats
9. 'it'e2
Farago,lvan
Dely,Peter
Budapest ch-HUN 1974
1.d4 tt:lf6 2.c4 e6 3.ttlc3 ~ b4 4.e3
0-0 5.~d3 c5 6.ttlf3 d5 7.0-0 dc4
8 ..ic4 ~d7 9.1t'e2 ~c6 10.lld1
~f3?1 11.-.f3 c6 12.a3 ~c3
[12...~aS? 13.dc5+-l 13.bc3
13 ... e5 [13 ...'it'aS 14 .~d2 ( 14 .~b2 llac8
1S.~d3;t; 1S ..it1 cd4 16.cd4 'it'dS
17.llac a) 14 ... llac8 1S .~t1 Wc7
16.llab1 llfdB 17 .~e1 lld7 1B.llbS cd4
19.cd4 eS 20.g4 h6 21.h4 llcdB (21...a6
22.llc5 lld6 23.dS 'it' dB 24.llb1 ) 22.gS!
(22 .~h3? ed4 (22 ... a6 23.llbb1 lld6oo)
23.gS lldS 24.lldS ttldS 2S.gh6 gh6
26.c;Ph1 '*'e7; 26 ... c.tt8?! 27 .~d2 ! de3
2B.fe3~ Taimanov-Kholmov, Kislovodsk
1966) 22 ... hgS 23.hgS dS 24.deS eS
2S.1t'e4;t; 13... tt'c7 14 .~11 ! ? ; 14 .~bS a6
1S. ~f1 ! ? ; 1S . ~c6 ..c6 16 ...c6 bc6
17.llb1 lltb8 1 B. ~d2 d7; 18... e4!>
19. ~e1 llbS 20.a4± ; 20.c4 llb1 21 .llb1
cd4 22.ed4 ttld6 23 .~b4 (23.llb4 16)
23... c4 24.llc1 aS 2S.llc4 ab4 26.llb4
Yl-Yl Barcza·Portisch, Sal1sjobaden iz11962;
14 .~d3!?J 14.dc5!? [14.-.fS;t; 14.dS e4
1S."it'f4!? (1S.tt'e2 ttleS 16 .~a2 '*'d6oo
Larsen-Wade, Moscow 1962) 1S ... tt:laS
16 . ~a2 c4J 14 ... -.as 15.e4 -.cs
16 .~d5 llac8 [16 ... lladB 17.~gS;t;
4 16... dS 17 .edS tt:laS 1B.d6 b6 19.a4 lltdB
(19... c4?! 20.d7 '*'c7 (20 ... lladB
Survey Nl 5. 12
21 .llba) 21 .llba ; 21 .-.dS h6; 21 ... c;PhB
22.aS!? (22.llb1 aS 23.14! 16! (23 ... ef4
24.'it'd4; 23... llad8 24.feS eS 2S .~3
ttlg4 26.'it'd6 '*'c3 27 .• g3 1t'g3 2B.hg3
cJolgB 29.llb6 e3 30.~18 <;Pta 31 .lle1
1·0 Janosevic·Dely, Skopje 1967) 24.feS
eS (24 ... feS? 2S .~gS) 2S . ~a3 llldB
26.~e7 ;t) 22 ...baS (22... aS? 23.lla4± ;
23.~a3±) 23. ~a3 ;t) 20 .~3 'it'c6l
17. ~gs [ 17.~h6 ! ? lltdB 1B.'it'g3 -.Ia
19 . ~gS ;tj 17 ... tt'e7 [17 ... ttldS! 1B.edS
(1B.lldS tt'c4) 1B... tt:lbB 19.d6;tj 18.'iVg3
c;Ph8? [18 ... llldB 19 ..1ld3 lld6 20.llad1
-.cnj 19 ..1ld31 h6 [19 ... tt:lb8 20.'ifh4
ttlbd7 21 .llh3 c;PgB 22.g4 llldB (22 ... h6
23 . ~b7) 23 .~16 -.16 24.'tit'h7 IP!B
2S . ~b7 llc7 26.~dS±l 20.'it' h4 c;Pga
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23.~gS 16 24.edS!+-I 21 ... hg5
22.-.gS tt:le8 23.-.hS 'iVf6? [23 ... ttll6
24.-.h6 tt:leB 2S.-.hS=I 24.ll h3?
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Gligoric,Svetozar
Taimanov,Mark
Mantilla 1977 (3)
1.d4 ttlf6 2.c4 e6 3. c3 ~b4 4.e3
o-o 5. ~d3 d5 6.ttlf3 c5 7.0-0 dc4
8. ~c4 ~d7 9. e2 ~c6 1 O.lld1
'*'e7
11.a3 [11 .ttleS lldB ( 1 1...~as 12. c6
( 12 .~d2) 12... c6 13.dS! edS (13... eS
14.d6 'it'dB 1S.e4± ; 13... ~c3 14.dc6 ~as
( 1 4...~eS 1S.I4 ~ 16.-.13±) 1S.cb7;t)
14. dS -.es (14... dS 1S .~ds tt:les
16 . ~d2;!;) 1S .~d2 dS ( 15... ~d2
16.lld2;t) 1 6.~aS;t) 1 2.~d3 (12.a3
~aS !?) 12 ... h6 ( 1 2... ~c3?! 13.bc3 .ie4
14 .~a3 ~d3 1S. d3 Wc7 16. c5 b6
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15.a4 ..Q.d5 16.tLld5 ed5 17.1i'd3 tLlc6
18. c6 bc6 19.dc5 (19.b3!?) 19... ..Q.c5
20.b3 ..Q.d6 21 ...Q.b2 (Portisch-Matanovic,
Sousse izt 1967) 21 ...a5! (Portisch) 22.1i'l5
J:te8 23 ...Q.I6 1i'16 24.1t'l6 gl6 25...Q.I5
J:ted8=] 11 .....Q.c3 12.bc3 tLlbd7
13.a41 [13...Q.b2 tLlb6=] 13... J:tfc8
14..i.b3 [14 ...Q.d3] 14.•.1i'e8 [14 ... c4
15...Q.c2 .i.e4 16.tLle1;!; t:. 17.13; 16...Q.a3;!;;
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19.J:td3 tLlb6 20. J:tg3~; 17.J:td3 tLla4
(17....i.a4 18..i.a4 tLla4 19...Q.g5t)
18.tLle5t] 17.....Q.a4? [17 ....i.l3 18.gl3
tLlbd7 (t:. g6, tLlh5-g7-15) 19.14;!;] 18..i.a4
tLla4 19...Q.d2 b6 20.J:tdb11 baS
21 .c5 tLldS 22.1t'd3 [t:. 23.1t'b3;
22.J:tb3 J:tcb8 23.J:tba3 tLlb2 24.J:ta5±]
22 ... J:tab8 23.J:tb8 [23 ..i.a5±]
23 ... J:tb8 24.Wc2 tLlab6! [24 ... tLlb2
25.J:tb1+-] 25.cb6 ab6 26.tLlg5 g6
27.W'e4 J:tc8 28.1i'h4 hS 29.We4
[29.g4!+-] 29 ...a4 30.h3 bS 31 .g4
hg4 32.hg4 J:tc4! [32 ... b4? 33.1t'h1 b3
34.1i'h7 Wl8 35.tLle4 b2 36.J:tb1 a3
37...Q.g5±] 33.1i'h1? [33.Wg2 'Wie7
34.J:th1] 33 ... tLlf6 34.tLle41 tLle4
35.1Ve4 1i'd7 [35 ... e5 36.1i'e5 1i'e5
37.de5 J:tg4 38 .~11 J:te4 39...Q.c3 J:tc4
(39 ...b4? 40.J:ta4) 40 ..i.d2 ~g7 41 .J:tb1±]
36 ...Q.e3 eS!? [36 ... ~g7;!;] 37.W'e5
1i'g4 38.Wh2 W'h4 39.~g2 W'g4
40.1i'g3 W'd7? I40...1Vg3 41.Wg3 Wg7
42.d5 WIS;!;J 4U Wf3? [41 .J:th1 !±J
41... ~g7 [41 ... b4 42.J:th1! b3 43...Q.g5]
42.J:th1 b4? !42... ...15! 43...Q.h6 Wg8
44.WI5 gf5 45.J:td1 ±] 43 ...Q.h6+- w gs
44..i.g5 f5 45.W'f4 I45...Q.f6? ...c6oo]
45 ...1i'e6 46 .~g3 J:tc3 47.f3
48. J:th7 ~g8 49.J:te7 ...a6 so:tlt'b8
1-0
Kortchnoi,Viktor
Matanovic,Aieksandar
Palma de Mallorca 1968 {7)
1.d4 tLlf6 2.c4 e6 3.tLlc3 .i.b4 4.e3
cS 5•.i.d3 0-0 6.tLlf3 dS 7.0-0 dc4
8 ..i.c4 .i.d7 9.a3 .isS 10.1i'e2 .i.c6
11.J:td1 1i'e7 12..i.d2 .i.f3 [12 ... tLlbd7
13.dc5! (13..i.a2? .i.b6= Knaak-Vilela.
Halle 1981) 13... Wc5 14.tLld4!;!;; 14.b4
.i.l3 15.gf3 Wg5 16.~h1 .i.c7oo; 12....i.b6
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tLlc6 16.tLla4 (16..i.d3 1i'h4 17...Q.e1 tLlg4
18.h3 tLlge5 19...Q.c2 as 20.J:tac1 J:tld8
(20... g5? 21 .tLle4 Whs 22.1i'h5 1i'h5
23.tLll6 ~h8 24.tLlh5+- Lugovoi-Jovanic,
Solin 2005) 21.tLle4;!;) 16... .i.c7 17.J:tac1;!;)
14 ... ..Q.I3 15.gf3 1i'h5 16.14 tLlg4 17.13 eLliS
18.Wh1 tLlc6 19.tLla4;t; 19.J:tg1 J:tad8
20.l:!ad1;!;; 20.J:tg5?? J:td2! 21 .1i'd2 W'l3
22.1t'g2 (lotov-Cheparinov, Plovdiv 2004)
22 ...1i'g2 23.Wg2 ..Q.e3+] 13.1i'f3
13 ...tLlc6 [13 ...cd4 14.ed4 tLlcS (14 ... h6?
15.d5! J:tc8 (15... ed5 16.tLld5 tLld5
17...Q.a5+-) 16.W'e2 'W/c5 (16 ...e5 17.d6!
'*'d6 18.tLlb5 ...c5 19..i.a5 'i!fc4
20.J:td8+- l 17...Q.a2 ..Q.c3 18..i.c3 tLld5
19...Q.d5+- ed5 20.•g4! g6 21 .J:td5 '*'18
22 ..i.b4 1-0 Najdorf-Schweber, Buenos
Aires 1968) 15..i.g5 ..Q.b6 (15.....Q.c3
16.bc3;!;) 16...Q.I6 (16 ...14 h6 17..i.l6 W'l6
18.W'I6 gts 19.d5 tLld4 20.de6 fe6
21 .J:tac1;!;) 16......16 17.1Vf6 gf6 18.d5
tLld4 19.de6 le6 20.J:tac1;!;] 14.dc5
[14.tLle4 tLle4 (14 .....Q.d2 15.J:td2 tLle4
16.'i!fe4 - 14... tLle4) 15.•e4 .i.d2 16.J:td2
cd4 (16 ... J:tad8 17.J:tad1) 17.ed4 J:tadB
18.J:tad1 J:td6 (18... J:td7 19.d5;!;) 19.d5
J:tfdB] 14...Wc5 15..i.f1 [15..i.e2 'ilfe7
(15 ... tLle5? 16.'it'b7 J:tabB 17.b4 J:tb7
1B.bc5 J:tb2 19...Q.e1 !±; 15...•e5 16.b4
.i.c7 17.W'g3;!;) 16.J:tac1 (16.tLle4 tLle4
(16... ..Q.d2 17.tLll6 (17.J:td2 tLle4 18.'it'e4 -
16... tLle4) 17...1i'f6 18.W'I6 gl6 19.J:td2
J:tfdB;!;/=) 17.•e4 ..Q.d2 18.J:td2 J:tldB'f/=)
16... J:tfd8 17.b4;!;] 15 ... -.eS? [15 ...1i'e7
16..i.e1 (!> 16.tLle4 tLle4 17.'i!fe4 ..Q.d2
18.J:td2 J:tldB 19.J:tc2 J:td5 ~- ~ Donner-
Kholmov, Havana 1965; 16.g3 J:tac8
(16... J:tfd8?! 17.b4 tLle5 18.W'g2 ..Q.b6
19.tLla4 tLld5 (19 ... J:tac8 20..i.c3! J:td1
21 .J:tdt tLlc4 22 ...Q.c4 J:tc4 23.tLlb6 J:tc3
24.Wb7!+- ) 20.tLlb6 ab6 21 .e4 tLll6
22 ...Q.c3 tLlc6 23.b5! tLla5 24 ...Q.b4 W'c7
25.1i'13;t Boudy-Vilela, Sagua de Grande
ch-CUB 1982) 17.b4 .i.b6 18.tLla4 tLle5
19.1i'g2 (1 9.'ilfe2 tLlc4) 19... tLlc4
20...Q.c3;t; 16.b4 ..Q.c7 17.g3;t; 17.b5 tLle5
1B.'W/b7 tLleg4 19.g3 tLlf2!;::e; 16.J:tac1
J:tldB 17.b4 ..Q.c7 1B.tLle4;!;) 16... J:tad8
17.J:td8 J:tdB 18.J:td1 J:td1 19.1i'd1 1t'd7
20.Wd7 tLld7 21 ..i.b5;!; Sanguineti-
Matanovic, Lugano ol 1968] 16.g3 J:tfd8
17.J:tac1 J:td7?1 [17...J:tac8 18.b4;!;]
18.b4 ..Q.b6 19.tLla4± 'ite4 20. We4
tLle4 21 ...Q.e1 J:td1 22.J:td1 J:td8
23.J:td8 tLld8 l23 ... .i.d8 24 ..i.g2 tLld6
25.tLlc5±] 24.tLlb6 ab6 25.f3 tLld6
26.b5 8 27...Q.c3 f6 28 ..i.d3 h6
29 •..Q.b4 w e7 30.f4 Wd7 31.e4 tLl8f7
32. ~ g6 33.e51 feS 34 ..i.g6 ef4
35.gf4 e5 36. 3 We6 37.a4 ~d5
38.h4 We6 [38 ... Wd4!? 39.15 e4
40.Wg3±] 39..i.c2 f5 40 •.i.b3
41.fe5 tLleS 42.We4 tLlh4 43 ...Q.c3
tLlg6 44..i.d4 hS 45 ..i.b6 l45 ..i.d5+- I
45 ...tLld7 [45...tLlf7] 46 ...Q.d4 ~e7
47.a5 h4 48 ...Q.d5 [48.Wf5+-l 48 ... h3
49 •.i.b7 Wd6 SO ..i.g1 tLlcS 51. 3
tLleS [51 ...tLlb7 52.a6+-J 52.Wg3 h2
[52 ... tLlb7 53.a6+-] 53.Wh2 tLlb7
54.a6 tLlf3 55.Wh1 1-0
Beliavsky,Aiexander
Kortchnoi,Viktor
Paks 2004 {3)
1.d4 tLlf6 2.c4 e6 3.tLlc3 .i.b4 4.e3
dS 5.tLlf3 0-0 6 ..i.d3 cS 7.0-0 dc4
8...Q.c4 ..Q.d7 9.'ti'e2 ..Q.c6 10.J:td1
bd7
11 .d5! l11 ..i.d2 J:tc8 (11 ......e7 12.a3
..Q.c3 (12....i.a5 13.dc5!;!;) 13..i.c3 J:tfdB
14.b4!? (14.dc5 c5 15.J:td8 J:tdB 16.tLle5
.idS) 14 ... tLle4! (14 ...cd4 15.tLld4 .idS
(15... b 4!?) 16.tLll5! ef5 (16... W'IB?
17..i.d5 ed5 18.J:td5! tLld5 (1 8...g6 19..i.l6

1016 20.l:td8± ) 19 .~g7 '*g7 (19 .....e8?
20.1t'g4+- l 2o.tcg1 'lt;lg7 21.W g4 'lf;lfa
22.WIS Sl6 23.g4 l:teB 24.14 h6 2S.h4
l:le7 26.gS tOga 27.l:td1 10b6 2B.hS±
Donner-Kuijpers, Amsterdam
17 .~dS;!;) 1S . ~e1 (1S . ~b2 cb4 16.ab4
• b4 17. ~3 'itb6) 1S ...cd4 16.10d4 ~a4)
12.a3 ~13 (12...~c3 13. ~c3 10e4 14 .~e1
1963)
deS 16.10d4 ~dS
...16 1S.dc5
(Spassky-Taimanov, Tallinn 197S; 16... ~a4
17.b3;!;) 17.~dS edS 18.l:tac1 ;!;) 13.gl3
~c3 14. ~c3 dS 1S.~dS (1S. ~e1 7b6
16.~a2 'itrgS 17.'it;lh1 '*hS) 1S... eds
16.dc5 tOeS 17.e4 (17.'it;lh1 l:teB 18.l:tg1
d4) 17...tLla4 (17... 10e6 18.W e3 l:tcS 19.14
l:leB 20.IS;!; Sosonko-l.lvanov, Leningrad
1967) 18 .~d4 tfe7oo] 11...ed5 12.tLld5
10d5 [12 ... b6?? 13. b4+ - ] 13. ~d5
..-c7?! [13... ~dS 14.l:tdS tfc7 1S.e4
(1S.a3 ~as (1S ... 16 16.l:tgs ~as
17.b411) 16.b41 cb4 17 . ~21) 1S... IOb6
(1S... tLll6 16.l:td1;!;) 16.l:thS! c4 17 .~e3
l:tleB 18 .~d4 16 19.'l!fc2 (19.eS g6)
19... l:te6 20.eSI g6 21.l:th4! ~cS (21...feS
(Barcza) 22. ~b6 W b6 (22 ...ab6 23.l:tc4)
23.1t'c4 ~e7 24.l:te4;!; ~16? 2S. d4+-)
22.el6 ~d4 23.l:td4 (23.tLld4? l:tl6 24.l:te1
l:laiB 2S. e6 l:teB 26.l:the4 'itrc6 27.'ii"e2
10a4=; 27 ...'\lt'dS?? 28.tLlc7 1-0 Portisch-
L.Lengyel, Budapest 1962) 23 ...l:tl6
24.l:te1 ;!;) 14. ~c6 [14.e4 l:taeB]
14...W c6 15.a3 [1S .~d2? 1 ~d2 16.l:td2
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20.1t'bS l:td2 21 .l:td2 l:tcB= Del Rio de
Angelis-Ki.Georgiev, Marrakesh 2010]
15... . 5 16.b41 [16.b3 ~c3 17 .~b2
~b2 18.W b2 l:tldB 19.l:tac1 'ii"16 20.W e2
10181 (20 ... b6 21 .W a6;!;) 21.h3 (21.l:tc5
1i'b21) 21... e6 22.'iic2 b6= Berkes-
Kortchnoi, Paks 2004] 16...~c7? [16 ...cb4
17.tLld4 (17.~d2 l:tldB 18.ab4;!;) 17...1t'b6
(17...1i'l6? 18.'itrbS+-) 18 .~b2~ ;
16... ~b6 17.~b2 l:tadB 1B.l:tac1 ;!;)
17. ~b2 l:tad8 18.l:tac1± b6 19.'it'c4
[19.'ii"a61? ~b8 20.1i'd3 A 21 .10gS;
19.'ifc21? A 20. gS] 19...l:tfe8
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[20 ... bS?I 21 ...g4 g6 22 ...d4± ; 20 ... tLl18?1
21 .l:tiS;!;; 21 .l:tgS e6 22 .• c31(Kortchnoi)
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[23 ...l:te4? 24.1t'd3 1i'g4 2S.l:td1 +-J
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18. 13 'l!fd4!? [18... 13 19.gl3 l:tacB]
38.'it;lh2?? [38.'it'l1=] 38 .... d3- + 19.l:tad1?1 [19.l:ted1 b6 20.~a4
39.'it'a8 'it;lh7 0-1 l:tedB 21 .l:tab1 ;!;; 19.1t'b7 c5 20.tfl3
l:tacB 21.l:tad1 '*g4 22.W'e3;!;)
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8. ~c4 ~d7 9. 'it'e2 ~c6 1 O.l:td1 (28.l:te3 'i!i'l6) 28.... 16 29.Wg8 'it;ld7
~c3 11.bc3 tLlbd7 [11...'l!faS 12.~b2 30.l:tb7 'if;lc6 31 .'i!i'f7 'ir17 32.l:tf7 tLlcS=F]
tLlbd7 (12 ... l:tc8 13. eS ( 13 .~b3 ;!;) 27.l:te6! 1e6 28 .• g6 'h-'h
13... ~4 14.l:tdc1 (14.l:tl1 cd4 1S.ed4!?
(1S.cd4 bd7 (1S... c6 16.14 tOeS 17.1eS
e4 18. ~d3 (18.l:tf7?! l:tc4! 19.'ifc4 'lf;lf7
20.l:tl1 ~gB 21 .it'e6 ~hB 22.'i!ff7 l:tgB
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28.1t'f7 l:tg7 29.'ii"IS=) 18.... d2!) 16.14 Lukacs,Peter
l:tc4!! 17.tLlc4 (17.• c4 ~bS) 17... '\lt'a6 Blackstock,Lesly
18.l:tlc1 l:tcB 19.'it'l1! ~bS 20. d2! ~11 Budapest 1977 (3)
21 .l:tc8 18 22. 11 bSoo) 1S ...1t'c7 1.d4 t016 2.c4 e6 3. c3 ~ b4 4.e3
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12. eS ( 12 .~d3 'it'c3 13.~gS~)
12... c6 13. d7 'it'd7 14 .~d3 l:tac8
15.l:te1 ; 1S .~gS dSoo) 10 ...dc3 11 .bc3
'fic7 12 .~d3 (12.'it'b3?! l:tc8 13.~e2
'fic3'f; 12 .~e2 !? 'it'c3 13.~a3~)
12 ... 'it'c3 (12 ... es 13.-.c2 l:teB 14.tild2!
c6 1S.~a3 (1S.bS dB 16.c4 tile6=)
1S... l:tadB (1S... bS!?) 16.c4 (16.bS e7
17.h3 ( 17 .~e7? ! l:te7 1B.l:ta7 'it'b6
19.l:tla1 ~bS=) 17... ~1S ; 16.tile4;t)
16... ~e6 17.tile4 (17.b5!? '*d7 1B.bc6
'i+'d3 19.-.d3 l:td3 20. 13;t) 17 ... tile4
1B .~e4 h6 19.bS a5 20 .~b4 ! (20.c5
b3 21 .l:tad1 -.as 22.~b2 '*bS'f)
20... c4 21. l:ta7 ~dS 22.h3 (22.~aS? !
~e4 23.~c7 ~c2 24.~dB l:tdB 2S.l:tb7
~e4 26.l:tc7 tilb6'f) 22...~e4 23.-.e4
l:td7 24.l:tc1 '*b8 2S.l:taa1 (2S.l:ta2!?
tilb6 26.l:tac2; 2S .~c5!?) 2S... b6
26.l:tc5± Lesiege-Kortchnoi, Montreal
2004) 13.~a3~ ; 9... ~aS!?] 10.bc3 ~c6
[10 ... 'lit'aS 11 .l:tb1 ~c6 (11...1t'c3
12.tileSf) 12.tileSf] 11.l:te1 [11 .tileS!?
~dS (11...-.c7 12.a4;t) 12. ~e2 cd4
(12... bd7 13.c4;t) 13.ed4!;t Knaak
(13.cd4 c6 (13 ... tilbd7 14 .~d2 (14.tild3
l:tc8 1S.I3; 1S.a4 tile4 16.~2 tilb6 17.13
tilc3 18.~c3 l:tc3 19.-.d2 l:tc7 20.tilc5
~c4; 20 ... tild7 21 .tild7 'it'd7 22.a5 l:tlc8
23.l:tlc1 ~c4= Zherebukh-Feller, Paris
2010) 14... eS 1S.deS tild7 16.~b4)
14. d3 tile4; 14... as 1S.I3; 1S .~2? !
tilb3 (1S ... l:tc8?! 16.l:tc1 !?; 16.-.e1 tilb3
17.l:td1 l:tc2;:t Taimanov-Wade, Buenos
Aires 1960) 16.l:tb1 tile4;:t) 13 ... tilbd7
(13... tilc6 14.c4 ~e4 1S.tilc6 ~c6
16.~14;!;) 14.c4 ~e4 1S.~I4 ;t]
11 ...tilbd7 12. ~d3 [12 .~b2 '*c7
(12 ...-.b6 13.l:tb1 '*c7 14 .~d3 ~e4
1S.c4) 13.~d3 ~e4 14 .~11 tilg4 1S.g3
tilgl6 16.tild2 ~c6 17.a4; 17.e4 lLJb6
1B.a4 1t'd7;:t Ovseevich-Khetsuriani, Patras
2000] 12 ...-.aSI [12... ~e4 13.~11
(1 3. ~2 ~d3 (13 ... 1t'c7 14 .~11 ; 14.c4
~d3 1S.-.d3 - 13...~d3) 14.-.d3 '*c7
1S.c4 l:tldB) 13 ...'llt'c7 14.tild21 ; 12 ...tile4
13.c4] 13.~ b2 cd4 [13...~e4 14.c4f;
174
14 .~11 'it'b6!; 14 ... tilb6? 15.a4 l:tldB
16.tild2 cd4 17.ed4 ~c6 1B.l:te5 l:td5
19.tilb3 l:teS 20. aS l:taS 21.c4± Knaak-
Schone, Cottbus ch-DDR 1983] 14.cd4
[14.ed4!? 'it'h5 (1 4... b5 15. e5) 15. eS;t]
14 ... ~e4 [14 ... -.h5 15.e4;t; 14... e4!?
1S.'it'c2; 1S.-.e2 l:tac8 16.l:tec1 15 17.a4
6 18. ~a3] 15. eS [ 1S.~e2] 15 ... ~d3
[15 ... tileS? 16.deS l:tldB 17.el6 l:td3
1B.'it'g4--+] 16.tild7 tild7 17.1t'd3
l:tac8 18.e4!? [1B.l:tec1 b6 (lHz
Geller-Keres, Curacao ct 1962) 19 .~c3
-.ds 20.~ l:tldB=: 1B.a4 16 (1B... b6
19.'*bS) 19.1t'bS bS 20.abS l:tc2
21.~a3 l:tlc8=] 18 ... tilb6 [1B .. .f5!?
19.d5!? (19.13 til16oo; 19.l:tac1 16
20.'*b3 le4 21.-.e6 ~hB 22.h3 l:tceBoo)
19...1e4 (19... cS?! 20.1!t'g3f) 20.1t'd4 eS
21 .-.e4 '*cS (21...l:t14 22.W'd3;t) 22.l:te2
till6 23.'it'a4 bS 24.'ili'd1 'it'dS 25.-.dS
tildS 26.l:teS l:tldB=] 19.d5! edS
[19... tilc4?! 20.~c3 1!t'c7 21 .l:tad a]
20.-.g3 f6 [20 ... g6! 21 .'ili'eS (21.'i!i'l3?!
l:tc6; 21 .• h4 l:tc6 22 .• h6 - 21 .-.gS;
21 .-.gS l:tc6 22.'ili'h6 16 23.eS l:te6oo)
21...16 22.'ili'e6 l:tf7 (22...'il;lg7 23.e5)
23.~d4~] 21.e5 feS [21 ... l:tleB?
22.l:te3±] 22.l:te5
22 ...-.d2?? [22... -.bS! 23.~d4 (23.l:te2
l:tf7) 23 ...l:tf7 (23 .. .'*c4 24.-.e3 l:tc7
2S.l:te1 f) 24.l:tae1 tilc4 2S.l:tgS 'ili'd7
26. h3~] 23.l:te21 '*h6 24.l:te6 g6
25.-.es tild7 [2S ... tilc4 26.-.d5+- J
26.'ili'd5 1-0
Sanguineti,Raul
Szabo,Laszlo
Lugano ol 1968 (8)
1.d4 tilf6 2.c4 e6 3.tilc3 ~ b4 4.e3
o-o s.tilf3 cs 6. ~d3 dS 7 .o-o dc4
8. ~c4 ~d7 9.-.e2 '*e710.a3 ~as
11.~d2 [11 .l:td1 ~c6 (11...tilc6
12 .~d2;t; 12.dS ed5 13.lLJdS d5 14 .~d5
(Sosnicki-Stluka, Pardubice 199B)
14...~g4= ; 12.e4!? cd4 13.eS tilg4
(13 ... dc3 14.el6 gl6 15.b4! ~c7 (15 ... ~b6
16.~6 l:tldB 17.bSf) 16.~h6 l:tldB
17.b5!f) 14 .~gs 16 (14 ... -.eB 1S.tild4
tilgeS 16.tilc6 c6 17.tile4±) 1S.el6 till6
(1S ... gl6 16.tild4!±) 16.tild4;t Szily-Foldi,
Budapest 19S9; 11...l:tdB 12.e4 (1 2 .~d2)
12... cd4 13. d4 (1 3.l:td4 ~c3 14.bc3 tilc6
1S.l:td1 eS 16 .~gS h6 17.~h4 ~e6=)
13... c6 14.eS tildS 1S.tilcbS (1S.tilc6
~c6 16.tile4 '*c7 17. d6;t; 17 .~gs
W'e5! 18. ~dB ~dB (1B ... l:tdB) 19.tilc3
'it'e2 20.tile2 lLJb6 21. ~b3 ~~6~ Van der
Stricht-Schekachev, Metz 2002) 1S ... ~
16.till3 h6 17.tild6;t) 12.tileS ( 12. ~d2)
12... l:tdB (12... bd7 13.tilc6 bc6 14.'it'c2
(14.tila4 ~c7 (17-17 Schweber-Damjanovic,
Buenos Aires 1970) 15.dc5 c5 16.tilc5
'liVeS 17 .~d2;t ; 14.tila2 cd4 ( 14... ~b6
1S.dc5 c5 16.tilc3 tilce4 17.tile4 tile4
18. ~d3 tileS 19.~c2 ;t Mahia-Cheparinov,
Dos Hermanas blitz 2004) 1S.ed4 d5oo)
14 ... cd4 (14 ...l:tadB 15.dc5 (15. ~e2!? ;t)
15... ~c3 16.1t'c3 tileS 17 .~d2 ;t)
1S.edU) 13.dc5!? (13 .~a2 ~c7 14.tilc6
tilc6 1S.dS edS 16 .~dS (16. dS tildS
17 .~dS d4!) 16... l:td7 (16...tild4!?
17.ed4 'i!i'e2 18. ~17 c;l;lf7 19.tile2 cd4
20.tild4 (20.l:td4 ~b6) 20 ... l:td7 21 .~e3
l:tadB 22.l:td2 (22.l:td3 tilg4 ~ Szabo-
Portisch, Budapest ch-HUN 1961 ) 22... g4
23.h3;t) 17.~c6 l:td1 1B.• d1 bc6oo;
13.l:tb1 ~eB 14.dc5 ~c3 1S.bc3 c6
16.tild3 e4 17.~b2 tilaS 18.~a2 ~a4
19.l:te1 'ii'd7 20.tileS 'tlfc7 21 .tild3 17- 17
Savon-Polugaevsky, Skopje 1968; 13.h3
~eBoo; 13... ~d5 14. d5 edS 1S .~a2
~c7 16.tilg4; 16.b3?! tilc6 (16... ~es
17.de5 W'eS 18. ~2 'ii'e7 19.W'bS 17-17
Rogers-Lobron, Germany Bundesliga
1995196) 17.tilc6 bc6=) 13 ... l:td1

(13.. .'i fc5 14.l:l d8 ..lld8 15 .~c6 ~c6 (~- ~
Schweber-Cobo Arteaga, Havana 1966)
1G.b4 ..Wgs 17...\lb2!) 14. ~d1 tt'cS
15 .~c6 (15.14 ..\lb6 1G.b4 We7 17. 12
..\ldS 18...\ld3 cGoo; 18... ld7 (Bisguier-
Germek, Bled 19G1) 19. d7 d7 20.e4
..llb3 2U:tb1 ..lla4 22.e5;!;) 15... ..Wc6 1G.b4
..llc7 17...\lb2 bd7 18.14 aS 19.b5 WdG
20.~12 eS 2U1d1 ..We7 22 ...W13 ttb8
23.'tt;>h1 el4 24.el4;!; ~- ~ Taimanov-
Reshevsky, Buenos Aires 1960] 11 ... cd4
[11 ... ttc8 12.dc5 (12.e4?! cd4 13. d4
c6; 12...\ld3 cd4 13.ed4 hG 14.ttle1 Wd8
15.ttad1 (15.b4 ..llb6 1G .~e4 ..\lc6oo
Plachetka-R.Rodriguez, La ValeHa ol 1980)
15...~c6 1G...\lb1t) 12... Wc5 13...\ld3 ..WhS
14.ttac1 !; 11 .....\lcS 12.dc5!] 12.ed4
~c6 (12 .....\lcS?! 13.d5! ..\lc3 14...\lc3 dS
15...\ldS ..lldS 1G...Ilb4 Wd8 17...\ll8 W18
18.ttac1 ~c6 19.ttld1 ;!; Borisenko-
Kortchnoi, Kiev 1964] 13 ...\lgS (13.ttle1]
13.....\lc3 14.bc3 Wd6 1S•..\ld3
(15 ...\liG giG 1G.We3 c;t;>g7] 15...~dS
16.c4 [1G.'it'd2;!;] 16•.•~f4 17...\lf4
'it'f4 18.tt'e3!? (18.ttld1 ttacS 19.ttab1
b6] 18...We3 (18 ... WIG? 19 . ~g5] 19.fe3
ttad8? (19...b6=] 20.cS! .Ilea (20 ... ~e7
21 .ttab1 ..llc6 22.~e5;!;] 21.ttfd1 f6
22. ~d2? [22.ttab1;!; 6 23 ...\le4] 22 ..• fS
[22 ... e5?! 23...\lc4 6 24.d5] 23.g3 gS
j_ .~ .
'' ~
~
' ..lld2 13.'~ d2 ~aS!? ; 13...~d4 14. d4
~ ~ - ~ Kluger·Dely, Budapest ch·HUN 19G8)
~ .$..~ ~ 11.....\lc6 12...\lgS (12 ...\le3 ..llc3 13.bc3
lLl ~ g6 [37 .. .'i fb2? 38.ttd2 W'b3 39.W'dG c;t;>g8
n n <;!;
24. ~f3!? (24 ...\lbS 14 25...\lc6 bcGoo;
24.'tt;>l2 14 25.gl4 gl4 2G .~I3] 24 .. .f4?
[24 ... hG!? 25.ttab1 ; 24 ...g4 25. e1]
2S.ef4 gf4 26 •..\le4 fg3 27.hg3 ttd7
28.ttab1 ttg7 29.'tt;>g2 ~e7 (29 ...%114
30...\lc6!±] 30. ~es dS 31.ttb3 ..lld7
32. ttf1 [32.~d7 ttd7 33.tte1 b6]
32 ... ttf1 33. 1 ..lla4 [33 ... ..\lc6??
34 .~c6+ - ] 34 •..\ldS (34.ttb1 ttc7]
34...edS 3S.ttf3 ..lld1 36.%:td3 ..llc2
37.ttc3 ..lle4 38.qm ttc7 39.'tt;>e3
8 40.a4 aS? (40... ttg7!? 41 .'tt;>l4±]
41 .ttb3 (41.....\lc2 42.ttb5 ..lla4 43.tta5
..lld7 44.tta8±] 1-0
K.naak,Rainer
Jussupow,Artur
Hamburg 1991 (7)
1.d4 f6 2.c4 e6 3. ~c3 ..\lb4 4.e3
0-0 S...lld3 dS 6. ~f3 cS 7.0-0 dc4
8 ...\lc4 ..\ld7 9.a3 .\las
10.'i!Ve2 (10.Wc2?! cd4 11 .ed4 ..llc6
12...\le2 ..ll13 (12... ~bd7!?) 13...\l13 c6
14...\lc6 beG 15.Wa4 ttb8!?; 15.....\lbG
1G.ttd1 ; 1G...\le3 WdG 17.h3 ttab8 18.b4
eS 19.de5 Wes 20 ...\lbG ab6= Peralta·
Lopez Martinez, Barcelona 2006; 10.~e2? !
cd4 11. ~ed4 c6 12.b4 ~d4 13. d4
..llc7 14.We2 ttc8o:t Cherepkov·Taimanov,
St Petersburg ch·city 1997; 1O...\ld2 cd4
11.ed4 (11 . d4 ~c6 12 .~13!? ; 12. cbS?!
Wb6 15.ttac1 ttacS 1G...Ild3 hG 17.h3
ttc1 18.ttc1 ttd8 ~- ~ Ciocaltea-
Troianescu, Netanya 1968; 12. cG .\leG
-.as!?; 13...~ bd7 14...\ld3 -.c7= Donner·
Barcza, Havana 1967)
(12... ~bd7? ! 13.d5 edS 14 .~d5) 13.bc3
12... ..\lc3
bd7 14.tte1 ~-~ Kozma-Dely, Veseli nad
Moravou tt 19G7] 1O.....llc6 11.ttd1
~bd7 12.dS (12 ...\ld2 ..llc7!?; 12 ... ..\lbG
13.dc5 (13...\le1 We7; 13... ttc8; 13.ttac1
We7; 13.....\l13 14.W13 cd4 15.ed4 ..lld4
1G...Il14) 13... ..\lcS 14...\le1 Wb8 15.~d4
(15 ...\lbS ..\lb5 1G .~b5 aG 17. bd4 ttc8
18.ttac1 ~18 19 .~b3 ~-~ G.Johansson·
Szabo, Reykjavik 1968) 15... ..\ld4 1G.ttd4]
12 ...edS 13.~dS ~b6! 14. ~f4
(14. b6!? Wb6 15.b4!? ( 15 .~e5 ..lla4!
1G.ttd3 Wc7 17.b3 (17.~g4 g4 18.'i t'g4
ttad8oo; 17.14!? bS 18...\la2 c4+) 17...We5
Survey Nl 5. 12
(17.....\lb3? 18.ttb3 W'es 19...\lb2 We7
20.ttd1 (20.e4!? e4! (20... e4??
21.13!+-; 20 ... ttad8? 21 .e5 ttd2 22.'.-13!
(22.eiG? We2! 23...\le2 tte2 24.fg7 ttle8
25.g3 c4! 2G.ttb7 c3-+) 22 ... ttb2 23.ttb2
(s; 23.eiG WeS!) 23 ...We5 24.ttab1 b6
25.tte2± Szabo-Kholmov, Leningrad 1967)
21...\liG (21.ttg3?! W'e2! (21... 15?
22 ...\ld3 W'eG 23.Wc2! gG (23 ...hG?
24 ...\lc4 Wc6 25.WgG ~e8 2G.'.,g7! g7
27.ttg7 ~h8 28.%117 c;t;>g8 29.ttc7+-)
24.%113 (24.Wc5 WdS! (24.....\lbG?
25.'it'c3! c;t;>g7 2G.ttl3+-) 25.Wc1
ttacS ) 24... ~d5 25.Wc5 WbG 2G.Wd5
Wb2 27.%:tb1 =) 22...\liG (22 ...\le2 ..lld8)
22 .....\lc3!1 23.ttg7 'tt;>h8 24 ...\lc3 Wc4
25 ...\liG! WeG 2G.ttgG WIG 27.ttiG c;t;>g7+)
21...W'e2 22 ...\le2 giG 23.%:tb7=) 20... ttab8
21 .g3 aG 22.a4!!!?) 18...\lb2 We4 19.13 Wc6
20.ba4 Wa4 21.%:tb3 W'c6oo) 15.....\l13
(15... cb4 1G. eS ..lla4 17.ttd4;!;) 1G.W13
cb4 17.ab4 ..llb4 18...\lb2!!!?] 14...Wc7
(1 4... 1t'e7 15...\lbS=] 1S. · 2 (15...\lbS]
1S... ttae8 (15... ttad8] 16...1ld2 ..lld2
(1G ... W'I4!? 17...\las WhG 18.ttac1 ;
18...\lbG ab6 19...\lc4; 19.ttdG ..WhSt]
17.ttd2 e4 18.ttc2 (18.%:tdd1 c3!
19.bc3 Wl4] 18...'i!Ve7! 19.ttac1 ..\la4
20.b3 ..llc6 21. ~d2! d7 22 ...1lb1
W'gS 23. ~f1 tte7 24.Wd1 ttfe8
2S.f3oo ef6 26. h3 Wh6 27. ttd2
eS 28. f2 (s; 28.e4 bG; 28 .....\lbS (6
..\ll1 , 13) 29.14] 28 .....\lbS 29.f4!
[29. g3? We3 30. 15 13! 31 .gl3 Wgs
32. g3 tte1 33.We1 tte1 34.tte1
W'd2-+] 29...~g6 30 ...\ld3 ..\ld3
31. ttd3 b6 32.ttd8 h4 33. g4
[33.b4!?] 33...Wg6 34. f6 'iff6
3S.Wd7 8 36.tte8 tte8 37.ttd1
40.We7+-] 38.Wa7?!
38 ...Wc6! 39.ttd2 tta8 40.Wd7
(38.b4!?]
'it'd7 41.ttd7 tta3 42. d2 'tt;>e8
43.ttdS ~fS 44.g4 ~e7 4S.ttd3 fS!
46.gS?! (4G.~c4 tta1 47.'tt;>l2 lg4
48.e4=] 46 ...bS 47.ttd6 tta2 48.e4?
(<!. 48.<J.>i1=] 48 ... ttc2! 49.eS ~c8
(49 ...c4!? 50.bc4 bc4+] SO. ttd3 c4
S1 .bc4 bc4 S2.ttd4 c3 [<!. 52... b6]
S3 .~ b3! ~ b6 S4.ttb4? (<!. 54.ttd3]
S4 ... ~dS SS. ttb8 ~e7 S6.%:tb7 ct>d8
S7.e6 ~c8 (57 ... 14!- +] SS.ttbS?
(58.e7 tte2 59.ttb5+ ; 58. tth7]
S8 ... ~f4 -+ S9. ~d4 ttd2 60. ttc5
'tt;>d8 61. f3 ttb2 62. d4 ttb1 0-1
175
 ueen's Indian Defence
Is Simplification Enough for
Equality?
by Dejan Antic
1. d4 ttlf6
2. c4 e6
3. ttlf3 ~b4
4. ~d2 ~d2
5. 'it'd2 d5
6. g3 0-0
Ba ically, there are two way to
reach thi po ition: via the Cata-
lan 3.g3 ~b4 and via the
Bogo-lndian 3.ttlf3 ~b4 . In the
latter ca e White keep the op-
tion to develop hi light- quared
bi hop via e2-e3, which lead to
a different type of po ition.
This order of move , with
Black' pawns on d7 and e6,
practically force White to re-
capture with 5. d2, a 5.ttld2
can be imply met by the super-
olid et-up with ... d7-d6, ... e7
and later ... e6-e5, improving
Black' control of the dark
quare and howing that the
'knight doe not have very good
pro pects on d2. Thi mean that
I am recommending the follow-
ing move order: l.d4 ttlf6 2.c4
e6, and now aftereither3.ttlf3 or
3.g3, Black play 3 ... ~b4 4. ~d2
176
OJ 4..i.d2 ~d2 Line 011.2 (E11)
~d2 and in order to avoid the
abovementioned plan White has
to recapture 5. d2.
Another move order, let's say
l .d4 ttl f6 2.c4 e6 3.ttl f3 (g3) d5
4.g3 (ttl£3) ~b4 5.~d2 ~d2 al-
low White the strong reply
6.ttlbd2!.
Anlsh Girl
The Mai n Game
The game Kir. Georgiev-Antic,
Plovdiv 20 12, featured the
ow the knight is perfectly novelty 12.ttle5, as 12.ttlb5 had
placed for the forthcoming battle yielded White nothing in the
in the centre. game Kramnik-Carlsen.
Another option for White after
3 ... ~b4 is 4.ttld2, which lead to
a different type of po ition where
I believe Black ha ati factory
play.
From a trategic point of view it
look a if White has excellent
control of the dark square and
central domination in the Cata-
lan et-up (g2-g3). But thing are
not o imple at all and Black ha
his trump . To counter the pres-
ure on hi s c4-pawn, White may There i no doubt that White ha
play .t[fc I and ttla3 or c2 and some pressure and a pace ad-
ttlbd2, which mean not the be t vantage, but there is only one
po itioning of hi rooks a well open file and Black can defend it
a omewa teoftime. Let have easily. In order to ju tify thi
a look at the po ibilitie . et-up I think that White ha to

try to open the game on the other
ide of the board. That is not go-
ing to be imple at all and only
future game will show if it i
po ible.
Option 1: The Catalan Set-up
White has tried several different
plan and some of them were
very logical. A we can see in the
game Topalov-Carl en, increas-
ing White ' pace advantage
with b2-b4, at the arne time va-
cating the b2- quare for the
queen, does not yield anything
particular, as Carlsen proved
with l l...l:tb8!
i: tv K~
.l1. ~ '''
'' ' ·~
~~~
Main Game
6. 3
Georgiev,Kiril
Antic,Dejan
Plovdiv 2012 (6)
1.d4 e6 2.c4 ~ b4 3 .~d2 ~d2
4.'ilfd2 lt:lf6 5.g3 d5 6 .~g2 o-o
7_lij f3 c6 a.o-o lLlbd7 9 •.1:[c1 b6
10.cd5 cd5 11 .lt:la3 ~b7 12.lLle5!?
lt:le5 13.de5 lt:ld7 14.14 a6 15.lt:lc2
[15 ... ~e7!?
l:l.c8 16.lt:ld4 .l:[fcBao]
16.lt:ld4 "ilfe7 17.a3 .l:[fd8 [17 ...16
18.~h3 15 19.'ifb4;t] 18.e3 lLlc5
19."i!fb4 'ifc7 20 .~f1 a5 21 ."i!fe1 a4
22."ilfb4 [22.lt:lb5 1i'e7! (22 ..."i!fb8 23.lLld6
l:l.c7 (23 ....1:[d6 24.ed6 "it'd6~) 24.'ii'b4
~c6 25..1:[c2 f6ao) 23."ilfb4 ~c6 24.lLld6
:b8 25.~e2 16ao] 22 ... : aa 23 . ~b5
.l:[dc8 24..1:[c3 "it'd8 25 ..1:[ac1 g6
26 ..1:[3c2 q;g7 27. ~e2 ~a6 [27...~c6
followed by a very olid set-up
where he had all his pieces, espe-
cially hi s major one , on the per-
fect quares.
Another intere 6ng game wa
Damljanovic-Antic, where
White tried to justify the po ition
of hi s rooks to play on the
queenside and to postpone the
development of his knight. This
gave Black the excellent option ·
to react in the centre, cau ing
great damage in White's po ition.
Option 2: Development via
e2-e3
The simplest set-up of White's
pieces is shown in the game
Giri-Jobava. So, ifWhitedoesn't
want to lose a tempo developing
his light-squared bi hop, he can
capture c4xd5, followed by .td3
or .te2. Otherwi e Black plays
... d5xc4, followed by ... J:td8 and
... c7-c5, with excellent play in
the centre. I recommend the
reader to pay attention to the
games played by Jobava. After
another option, to postpone the
28.q;g2 ~d7 29.h4 h5 30..1:[c3=] 28. ~a6
.l:[a6 29.lLle6 fe6 30 ..I:[c5
~.l ·
.i.l .l
~ .~. ~
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~ ~ ~
~ ~
J:l w
30 ... bc5?1T [30 ... :c5= 3Utc5 bc5
32.'ilfb7 q;h6 33.'ifa6 d4 34. d3
(34."ilfd6 "ifa5=; 34.g4 de3 35.g5 ~g7
36.'ifd6 "ii'a5=) 34...'ifd5 35.e4 (35.ed4
cd4 36.g4 (36.h3 'ifc5 37.q;t2 q;g7
38.q;g2 (38.b4 ab3 39.'ifb3 d3) 38 ... "it'b6
Survey Ql 1. 2
development of the light-
quared bi shop, a in the game
Giri-Vitiugov, Black equalize
ea ily. I think this line i
harmle s for Black.
Conclusion
I have to admit that o far I don't
see any clear way for White to
get an advantage in this line.
However, it is premature to give
a definitive asse ment. The
theory develop every day, and
this line certainly de erve at-
tention. There i no doubt that it
will be inve tigated further in
the future. However, my im-
pression is that Black doe have
almo t full equality. A proper
as essment of thi variation i
up to the top grandmaster . In
the meantime New in Chess
readers and chess lovers as well
as professional players can ap-
ply this quite safe plan with
black. So if you don ' t want to
force too much and you are
ometime happy with a draw,
ju t try this line and enjoy.
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(36 ... g5) 37.h3 g5) 35...1Wb3 (35 ... "ifa2)
36.'ii'b3 (36.'it'd2 d3 37 .~12 c4) 36 ... ab3
37.q;f2 c4 38.q;e2 c3] 31 .'ifb7 'ifc7
32."ifa6 'ifc6 33.'ii'c6 .l:[c6 34.e4
34 ... Wf7 ?1 [A) 34 ...d4 35 ..1:[c4 .l:[b6
(35 ...d3!? 36.q;f2 (36..1:[c3 c4 37...W .l:[b6
38 ..1:[c4 .l:[b2 39.q;e3 d2 40.q;e2 d1'it'
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44.a4 l:g3 45.a5 l:a3 46.a6 h5 47.15+-)
36 ... l:b6 37.We3 l:b2 38.w d3 l:h2
39.l:a4 l:g2 40.l:a7 ~h6 (40 ... w g8
41. ~c4 l:g3 42.Wc5 h5 43.15 gl5 44.el5
el5 45.e6 l:e3 46.Wd6 14 47.l:f7 13 48.l:l4
l:d3 49.We5 Wg7 50.a4 l:e3=) 41 .a4 l:g3
42.Wc4 l:f3 43.a5 (43.wc5 l:t4 44.Wd6
g5;:t) 43 ... l:l4 44.a6 l:e4 45.Wc5 l:e5
46.w b6 l:e2 47.l:e7 l:b2 48.wc6=)
36.l:c5 l:b2 37.l:c7 w gS;:t 38.l:d7 l:b3
39.l:d4 l:a3 40.Wf2 l:a2 41.Wf3 a3
42.l:d8 Wf7 43.l:d7 w gs 44.l:a7 h5
45.15f; 35 .~12 l:b6 36.l:c5 (36.l:c2 l:b3
37.we1 d3 38.l:c5 l:b2 39.l:c7 w gs
40.l:e7 l:h2 41.l:e6 l:e2 42.Wd1 l:e4
43.wd2 l:e2 44.wd3 l:g2) 36... l:b2
37.Wf3; 35.wl1 ;
B) 34 ... de4 35.l:c4 l:b6 36.l:e4 l:b2
37.l:a4 l:a2 (37 ...g5 38.1g5 w g6 39.h4
Wf5 40.l:a7 c4 41.l:c7 l:b3 42.Wf2 l:a3
43.l:f7; 37...Wh6! 38.g4 l:e2 39.h4 l:c2
40.l:a7 c4 41.l:c7 c3 42.l:c6 Wg7 43.a4
l:a2 44.l:c7 WIS 45.l:c3 l:a4 46.l:l3 h5
47.g5=) 38.l:a6 c4 39.l:c6 l:a3 40.l:c4 g5
41.l:c7 Wg6 42.fg5 l:a1 43.~g2 l:a2;
C) 34 ... c4= 35.ed5 ed5 36.l:d1 l:b6
(36 ...l:c5! 37.Wf2 (37.g4 l:b5 38.l:d2 Wf7
39.15 ~e7 40.Wf1 w f7 41.We2 d4 42.e6
Wf6 43.l:d4 gl5 44.gl5 l:b2 45.We3 c3
46.l:d7 (46.l:a4 l:h2 47.l:a8 c2 48.l:c8
h5g?) 46 ... l:h2 47.l:17 w gs 48.e7 c2
49.:97 w l6=l 37... J:bs 38.J:d2 w f7
39.we3 l:b3 40.Wd4 w e6g?) 37.l:d5 l:b2
38.l:c5 l:c2 39 .g4] 35. ~12
35 ...l:b6?T [35 ... d4 36.we2!? (36.l:c4?!
l:b6 37.l:c5 l:b2 38.Wf3 l:b3 39.Wg4
l:a3 40.l:c7 w eB 41.Wg5 d3 42.l:c6 ~e7
43.l:c7=) 36 ... c4 37.l:d1 l:b6! (37 ...d3
38.~ l:b6 39.Wc3± l:b3 40.Wc4 l:b2
41.l:d3 l:h2 42.Wb4) 38.l:d4 l:b2 39.Wf3
h5 40.l:c4 l:b3 41.Wf2 l:a3 42.l:c7 W!S
43.l:a7 l:a2 44.Wf3 a3 45.h4 (45.we3
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ed5 38.l:c5 l:h2 39.l:d5 l:a2
40.l:d3 We6 41. ~e4 h5? [41...l:e2!
42.Wf3! (42.Wd4 g5 43.l:e3 J:[f2 44.We4
l:11 45.l:c3 l:e1 46.Wf3 l:11 47.we2 l%a1
48.l:c6 Wf5 49.l:f6 w g4 50.e6 l:a2
51 .We3 l:a3 52.~ l:a1 53.15 l:e1
54.Wc3 l:e3 55.Wb2 h5 56.l:f7 h4 57.gh4
gh4 58.e7 h3 59.16 Wf5 60.l:h7=; 42.l:e3
J:[f2 (42 ... l:c2 43.Wd4 h5 44.l:c3 l:d2
45.We4 l:e2 46.Wf3 l:a2) 43.g4 l:l1
44.l:e2 h5 45.gh5 gh5 46.l:e3 h4 47.l:h3
l:e1 48.Wd4 l:d1 49.wc5 l:c1 50.wb5
~d5 51.l:h4 l:c41) 42... l:a2 43.g4 h5
44.gh5 gh5 45.We4 l:e2 46.l:e3 J:[f2
47.l:e1 h4 48.l:h1 l:e2 49. ~ l:d2
50.Wc5 l:c2 51.Wb5 Wd5 52.l:h4 l:c4!g?)
42.l:d6 43.l:d7 8 44.e6 l:e2
45.Wd5 l:e3 46.Wd6 w eB 47.l:g7
1-0
Option 1: The Catalan Set-up
6. 3
Kramnik,VIadimir
Carlsen,Magnus
Wijk aan Zee 2011 (11)
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~d2 s ...-d2 d5 s.~ g2 tObd7 7 .t013
c6 8.0-0 b6 9.l:c1 0-0 10.cd5 cd5
11 .t0a3
11... ~b7 [11...~a6 12.t0e5 tOeS 13.de5
t0d7 (13... t0g4 14.14 d4 15.t0c2±) 14.14
tOeS 15.b4 t0e4 16. ~e3;!;) 12.t0b5
[12.t0e5 tOeS (12 ... a6 13.t0c6 ~c6
14.l:c6;!;) 13.de5 t0d7 14.14 a6 15.t0c2
(15.t0c4 dc4 16.~b7 tOeS 17.'iid8 l:adS
18.~13 b5!? (18 ... l:d2oo) 19.b3 l:d2 20.bc4
b4t) 15... t0c5 16.t0d4 'iid7 (16 ... 'iie7
17.b4 t0e4 18.~e4 de4 19.t0c6;!;) 17.'it'b4
1M 18.'ii'd2 (18.l:c2 l:lc8 19.l:ac1 'ifdS
2D.'itd2 'ilt'd7 21 .b4 t0e4 22.~e4 de4oo)
18... a5 19.t0b5 'iid7 20.t0d6 ~c6 21 .l:c3
(21 .15 ef5 22.~d5 l:adS;t) 21...16 22 ...-d4
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14.'*'b4 aS 15.'iia3 ~a6 16.t0e5 b5
17.~a5? [17.t0c6 b4+; 17.l:c6 b4
18.~e3 ~b7 19.t0b7 'i!t'b7 2D.l:ac1 l:lc8
21 .l:c8 J:[cSoo] 17...'i!t'd6 18.l:c6
'iib8:f 19.l:a6 [19.t0d7 ~71+)
19... l:a6 20.'iia6 tOeS 21 .de5 We5
22.'it'b5 l:b8 23. ~d3 l:b2 24.We3
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7 31 .l:b7 l:b7 32.ab7 t0d7
33.Wf2 w d6 34.~b5 t0b8 35 ~e8
~e7 36 .~b5 f6 37. 3 w d6 38. ~e8
w c7 39. ~17 ~b7 40.~e6 w c6
41 .~g8 h6 42.<it<g4 t0d7 43. 5
tOeS 44.h3 w cs 45.g4 Wd6 46.~ h7
w e7 47. ~g8 g6 48. 4 t0f7 49.~h7
g5 50.~g3 t0d6 51.~g8 t0e4
52.Wg2 lltd6 53. 3 w cs 54.~h7
t0c3 55. ~d3 lltb4 56. · 6 Wb3
57.~b7 w c2 58.~a6 w d1 59 . ~b7
w d2 60.~c6 w e1 61 .~b7
62. · 8 w g1
63.w g3 t0e4 64. 3 t0d2 65.w g3
t0t1 66. tOd2 67.w g3 t0c41
68. ~d5 t0e3 69. ~ b7 t011 70. 3
Wh2 71. t0d2 72 . ~g2 t0c4
73 . ~11 tOes 74.w e3 ~g1 75 .~e2
w g2 76.w e4 w h3 77. 5 llth4
78 .~d1 t0c4 79.We4 t0d6 80.'iPd5
15 0-1
Sedlak,Nikola
Antic,Dejan
Greece tt 2011 (6)
1.d4 e6 2.c4 ~b4 3.~d2 ~d2
4.'ilt'd2 t0f6 5.g3 dS 6 . ~g2 0-0
7 .t013 c6 8.0-0 t0bd7 9.l:c1 b6

10.lt:le5 ~b7 11.cd5 cdS 1V!:lc3
'i'e7 13.tl:lb5 a6 14.J:lc7 :labS
15.J:lb7 l:lb7 16.tl:lc6 We8 17.tl:ld6
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18..•tl:lb8 19.tl:lb7 'ii'b7 20.'ii'c3 tl:lc6
21 .'Wc6 '1Wc6 22.flc6 l:lb8 23.e3 aS
24.~f1 8 25.~d3 h6 26. 1 tl:le8
27. 2 ~e7 28.~ b5 tl:ld6 29.J:lc7
30.~d3 flea 31.fld7 flc6 32.f3
<i.'e8 33.fla7 <i.'d8 [33 ... flc1 34.J:la6 tl:lc8
35.J:la8 <i.'d7 36.~ <i.'c7 37.~6 tLldSf]
34.e4 flc7 35.J:la6 tl:lc8 36. 3 [17.cd5 tl:ld5oo] 17...J:la6 18.'i\Vd3 h6
de4T [36 ... J:lc1 oo] 37.fe4 J:la7 38.fla7
CV.a7 39.~c4 tl:lc6 40.e5 tl:le7
[40 ...cif.>e7 41 .c.Pe4 <i.'d7 42.d5 ed5 43.~d5
CiJ.da=] 41 .~e4 tl:lg6 42.d5 tl:lf8
43.~e2 tl:ld7 44.Wd4 7 45.a3 f6
46.de6 We6 47.~c4 ~e7 48.ef6 tl:lf6
49.w es tl:lg4 so. 4 tl:lf6 51. s
CV.e8 52.~d5 tl:ld6 53. 5 tl:le8
54.~f3 CV.f6 55.h3 'ltd7 56~e2 w e7
57.~d3 tLlhS 58.g4 tl:lf6 59.~f5 gS
60.~c8 tl:le8 61.~b7 tl:lc7 62. 5 bS
63. 5 tl:le6 64.~e4 b4 65.ab4 ab4
66.~c2 tl:lcS 67.b3 tl:le6 68.~d3 tl:lf4
69~f1 70. 5 <Jte7 71.h4 tl:le6
72 .~c4 tl:ld4 73.<lte4 tl:lc2 [73 ... tl:lb3
74.~ gh4 75.r;ttl3 ~] 74.h5 Wd6
75 ~d3 tl:la1 76.~c4 tl:lc2 77.~e2
[77...~e6 78.~d3 tl:la1 79~c4 Wf6
80.~5 tl:lc2=] 78.~e5 tl:ld4 79.~c4
CV.c2 80. 3 81.~e2 'ltd6
82.<ltg6 7 83.Wh6 84.<Jth7
CiJ.dS 85.'ltg8 tl:le7 86. tl:lc6
87.~d3 tl:leS 88.h6 1·0
Atalik,Suat
Margvelashvili,Giorgi
Kavala 2011 (9)
1.d4 tl:lf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 ~b4 4 . ~d2
~d2 s:i\fd2 ds 6 . ~g2 tl:lbd7 7.tl:lt3
c6 8.0-0 0-0 9.J:lc1 b6 10.'1Wb4 ~b7
11 .cd5 cdS 12.tl:lc3 as 13.'ilt'd6
'it'b8 14.'Wb8 :labS= 15.tl:lb5 ~a6
16.a4 flfc8 17.tl:ld2 8 18.e3 ~bS
19.ab5 flc1 20.flc1 w e7 21.J:lc6
'ltd8 22.e4 de4 23.tl:le4 CV.e4
24 .~e4 tl:lf6 25.f3 g6 26.Wf2 tl:le8
27 . ~e2 tl:lc7 28 .~d3 tLldS 29 . ~e4
tl:le7 30. J:lc3 ~d7= [30 ...l:lc8!? 31. ~d2
~d7 32 .~b7 (32.14 flc7 33.Wd3 <J;ld6
34.Wd2 tl:ld5 35 .~d5 flc3 36.bc3 ed5)
32... flc7 33.~e4 f5f]
Topalov,Veselin
Y2-Y2
Carlsen,Magnus
Nanjing 2010 (9)
1.d4 tl:lf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 ~ b4 4. ~d2
~d2 5.'1Wd2 dS 6. ~g2 c6 7.tl:lf3
tl:lbd7 8.0-0 b6 9.flc1 0-0 1O.b4
~ b7 [10 ...a5!?] 1U i'b2 l:lb8
12.tl:lbd2 '1We7 13.e3 J:lfc8 14.flc2
[14.c5 ~a6 15.'Wc3 ~e2 16.J:lab1 h6
17.a3 l:lb7 18.J:le1 ~b5oo] 14... c5
15.bc5 bcSoo 16.'1Wa3 flc6 17.J:lac1
19.'li'e2 dc4 20.'Wc4 cd4 21 .tl:ld4
J:lb6 22 .~ b7 J:l8b7 23.Wg2 tl:leS
24.'ilt'c5?! [24.'ilt'e2 flb2 25.tl:l2f3 flc2
26.flc2=] 24 ...'Wc5 25.flc5 l:lb2t
26.J:l1c2 tl:ld3 27.J:lc8 ~ h7 28.tl:l4f3
aS 29.h3 a4 30.a3 gS 31.flb2 fl b2
32.flc3? [32.J:la8 g4 33.hg4 tl:lg4
34.J:la4 tl:ldl2f; 32.J:ld8 tl:lc5 33.tl:le5
tl:lte4 34.tl:lec4 J:lc2f ] 32 ...tl:lf2 33.flc7
tl:l2e4 0-1
Damljanovic,Branko
Antic,Dejan
Valjevo 2011 (10)
1.d4 e6 2.tl:lf3 tl:lf6 3.c4 ~b4 4 . ~d2
~d2 S.'li'd2 dS 6.g3 c6 7. ~g2
tl:lbd7 8.0-0 b6 9.J:lc1 0-0 10.a4
Survey Q/1.2
~b7 [10 ... a5 11 .cd5 cd5 12.tl:lc3 ~a6
13.tl:lb5; 10...~a6 11 .b3 'iVe7 12.tl:la3]
11 .a5 tl:le4 12.'ilt'f4 [12.'i\Ve3 c5 13.a6
~c6 14.tl:lbd2 f5 15.dc5 bc5 16.cd5 ed5
17.b4 fleB 18.'i!ff4 'ilt'f6 19.bc5 tl:ldc5
20.tl:le4 de4 21.tLld2 tl:le6 22.'ilt'e3
(22.tl:lb3 ~d5f) 22 ... fled8oo] 12... c5
13.a6 [13.ab6 'Wb6 14.cd5 ed5oo
15.tl:lc3!] 13..• ~c6 14.tl:lbd2 fS oo
15.h4 [15.cd5 ed5 16.dc5 bc5 17.b4 c4oo
(17... g5 18.'i!fe3 g4 19.lLlh4= c4?
20.fla51±) 18.tl:ld4 'i¥b6 19.tl:lf5! (19.tl:lc6
'i\Vc6 20.1fe3 tl:ldf6 21.h3 J:lfbBf) 19... tl:ll2
20.'i!ff2 'WI2 21. ~12 flf5 22 .~g1 tl:lb6
23.e4;!;] 15... : ca [15 ...cd4 16.tl:ld4 e5
17.tl:lc6 ef4 18.CV.d8 J:ladB (18... tl:ld2??
19 . ~d5 +-) 19.tl:le4 de4 20.gf4 tl:lc5
21 .J:ld1 oo] 16.CV.g5 'ilfen 17.tl:lde4
de4 18.dc5 [18.tl:le6 'We6 19.d5 ~d5
20.cd5 'it'd5 21 .fld1 'ilt'f7 22.fld6 lLlbB
23.13 'i!fb3f] 18...h6 19.tl:lh3 eS
20.'We3 bcS [20 ... tl:lc5 21.'i!fa3 f4 22.b4
tl:le6 23.e3f] 21 .fld1 l:lb8 22.b3 l:lb6
23.J:la3 CV.f6 24.J:la5 J:ld8 25.J:ld8
'Wd8 26.fla1+ [26.'Wc5 'Wd1 27.~11
l:lb3-+ 28.'ii'c6 l:lb1 29.'1Wc8 <J;lh7 30.'Wf5
<J;lhB 31.g4 'Wf1 32.Wh2 e3 33.'iVf3 e4
34.'iVg2 e2 35.fe3 tl:lg4 36.<J;lg3 'it'g2
37.<J;lg2 tl:le3 38.Wf2 tl:lc4 39.J:lc5+]
26... 'it'd4 27.'i!fd4 cd4 28.l:lb1
[28.fla3 tl:ld7] 28 .•. J:lb4! [28 ...fla6 29.b4]
29.f4 ef3 30.ef3 tl:ld7 31 .tl:lf2 ~a4
32 . ~h3 l:lb3 33.l:lb3 ~ b3 34. ~f5
tl:lcS 35.tl:ld3 tl:ld3 36 . ~d3 Wf7
37.Wf2 [37.c5 We6 38.~e4 ~c4 39 .~b7
(39 . ~12 ~a6) 39 ... d3-+] 37.•.<J;le6 0-1
Harti,Dan iel
Shengelia,Davit
Linz ch·AUT 2011 (4)
1.d4 tl:lf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 ~ b4 4. ~d2
~d2 5.'1Wd2 dS 6 .~g2 c6 7.tl:lf3
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.-e7 11. ~ bd2
~b7 12.e4 de4 ~f6 1S.~f3 h6 19.b3 cd4 20. ~d4 23."il'd3 :laS
13.~e4 cS 'ii'cS 21. ~f3 aS 22. ~es Wc7
23.q,>g1 :lfeS 24.a3 1fcS= 2S. ~ d3
W'fS 26.'ii'e3 ~g4 27.'ii'e2 :ld4 if •
[27... e5!?] 2S.f3 ~f6 29 .~es :ledS ~~ ii
30.:ld4 :ld4 31 .b4 WgS 32.:le1 ii i
ab4 33.ab4 :ld2 34. 'ii'e3 W"e3
3S.:le3 ~d7 36 . ~d7 Y2-Y2 8 i
8 8
W/8CiJ8
Moranda,Wojciech
Stupak,Kirill
CD 8 8
Krakow 2011 (5) 1:! ~
1.d4 e6 2. ~f3 ~f6 3.c4 ~b4 4 .~d2
~d2 s.'ii'd2 o-o [s ... ds 6.g3 c6 1 .~ 9 2 [Incomprehensible result! 24.:la8 'ii'aB
14. ~eS?! [14.~16 ~16=] 14...cd4 ~ bd7 s.o-o b6 9.'ii'c2 ~b7 10 .~bd2 O·O 25.cb6 ~b6 26.~e5;t] 0-1
1S.~d7? ~d7 16.f4 ~cS + 17. ~ gS transposes] 6.g3 dS 7.~g2 c6 S.0-0
d3 1S.W"d2 as 19.:lae1 ~g2 ~ bd7 9.'ii'c2 b6 10. ~ bd2 ~b7
20.W"g2 :ladS 21.:lf2 :ld6 22.:ld2 11 .e4 de4 12. ~e4 ~e4 [12 ... c5 Harikrishna,Pentala
:lfdS 23 .~e4 :ld4 24. ~c3 :l4d7 13.~d6 (13.~16 ~16=) 13...~c6 Lenderman,Aiex
2S.fS eS 26. ~dS :ldS! 27.cdS e4 (13...~13!? 14.~13 cd4 15.~a8 1fa8 Wheeling 2011 (5)
2S.W"f2 :ldS 29.'ft'f4 [~ 29.16] 16.:lle1 e5 17.:lad1 1i'c6!1!?) 14.dc5 bc5 1.d4 ~f6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 ~ b4 4. ~d2
29 ... W"eS 30. W"e3 W"fS 31.a3 W"e6 (14... ~c5 15.:lld1 "it'c7 16 .~b5 'ii'b7=) ~d2 S.'ifd2 dS 6 . ~g2 c6 7. ~t3
32.b4 ~ b3 33.:lb2 a4 [~ 33... ~d4] 15.:lad1 'ii'c7;!;] 13."tre4 Wc7 [13... ~16 ~ bd7 S.0-0 b6 9."it'c2 ~b7
34."il'f4 [34.We4 -.we4 35.:le4 q,>IB 14.1i'e3] 14. ~es ~es 1S.deS :ladS 10 .~ bd2 o-o 11.b4 ~a6?! 12.:lte1
36.:le1 ~d4 -+ ] 34 ... gS 3S.-.we3 h6 16.:lfd1 ~as :lbS 13.cdS cdS 14. a4! ~b7
36.:lf2 d2 37.:ld1 :ld3 3S."*'e2 15.'ii'a7 ~eS 16."ii'a4 :laS 17.".-b3;!;
~d4 39.W'f1 g4 40.q,>h1 ~f3 0-1 bS 1S.a4 ba4 19.:la4± 'il'b6 20.:laS
~as 21 . a4 ~c6 22.'if aS ~bS
23.e4 de4 24. ~e4 ~c7 2S . ~ cS
Blagojevic,Dragisa 'il'aS 26.baS ~cs 27.dcS :laS
Shengelia,Davit 2S.:la1 ~c6 29 .~eS ~ g2 30 . ~g2
Porto Carras Ech-11 201 1 (6) q,>fs 31 .:lb1 t6 32 . ~c4 :la7 33.c6
1.d4 ~f6 2.c4 e6 3 . ~f3 ~b4 4. ~d2 q,>e7 34. 3 eS 3S.:lb7 :lb7 36.cb7
~d2 s.Wd2 dS 6.g3 c6 7.~g2 ~a6 37.q,>e4 q,>e6 3S.tlJe3 g6
~ bd7 S.W"c2 b6 9.~bd2 ~ b710.e4 39 . ~c2 q,>d6 40 . ~ b4 ~cs 41. 3
de411 . ~e4 ~e412. 'ii'e4 -.wc7 q,>c7 42.a6 fS 43.q;>e3 ~d7 44. ~d3
1-0

17.'il'e3 [17.c5 :ld5!oo] 17... cS

13.o-O [13.~e5 ~e5 14.de5 (Y.z-Y.!
Zhukova-Chiburdanidze, Plovdiv tt 2012)
14... 0-0-0!oo 15.c5?1 :ld5! 16.cb6 "it"e5
17.W"e3 :lb5 18.Qa7 'ii'e3 19.1e3 :lb2
20.0-0 16'i'] 13...cs 14."~'e2 0-0
1S . ~aS :laS 19.:ld6 'ifdS [Clearly an
input error] l/2-Y2
Evdokimov,Aiexander
Fedorchuk,Sergey
Marrakesh 2010 (3)
1.d4 ~f6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 ~b4 4 . ~d2
~d2 S."il'd2 dS 6. ~g2 c6 7. ~f3 0-0
s :.-c2 b6 s.o-o ~b7 10. ~ bd2
~bd7 11.b4 aS 12.a3 'ii'e7 13.cS
~a6 14.:lfe1 ab4 1S.ab4 ~bS
16.e3 :lfbS= 17."ii'c3 h6 1S.:la3
[1 8 .~11 ~11 19.:ll1 bc5 20.bc5 "ii'dB=]
1S...'il'dS 19.:lea1 :la3 20.'ifa3
Berczes,David
Khenkin,lgor
Rome 2011 (3)
1.d4 ~f6 2.c4 e6 3 .~13 ~b4 4. ~d2
~d2 S."i!i'd2 0-0 6.g3 dS 7. ~g2 c6
s .o-o ~ bd7 9 .~es ~es 10.deS
~d7 11.14 'il'e712.cdS edS13 . ~c3
~b6 [1 3...16 14.e4 d4 15.el6;t] 14.W"d4
~fS 1S.e4 de4 16.11Je4 ~e4
17.'ii'e4 :ladS 1S.:lad1 :ld1 19.:ld1
:ldS 20.:ldS "ifdS= 21 .e6 liJdS
[21 ...'ife7] 22."ii'eS [22.ef7! q,>f7 23.'it'h7
"ii'b6 24.q,>h1;!;] 22 ... ~e7 23. ~e4 f6
24 .~h7 q;>h7 [25."it'h5 q;>gs 26."it'17=J
l/2-¥.1

180

Moranda,Wojciech
Jobava,Baadur
Warsaw 2011 (5)
1.d4 tt:lf6 2.c4 e6 3.tt:lf3 ~ b4 4.~ d2
~d2 5."iid2 d5 6.g3 tt:lbd7 7. ~g2
c6 8.tt:le5 ltJe5 9.de5 tt:ld7 1O.f4 0·0
11.0-0 tt:lb6 12.tt:la3 'We7 13.J:Iac1
aS 14.J:Ifd1 tt:la4 15.e4 "iib4 16.b3
'i'c5 17."iid4 [1 hft>h1 "iia3 18 . ba4~)
17•.•"iia3 18.ba4 c5! 19."iid3 "iid3
20.J:Id3 d4 21 .J:Ib1 ~d7
22. J:Ib5? [22.J:Ib7 ~a4=) 22... ~ b5
23.ab5 h6- + 24.g4 g5 25.f5 efS
26.e15 J:lae8 27. ~ b7 J:le5 28.'1t;>f2
J:l1e8 29. ~t3 J:le3 30.J:Ie3 J:le3
31 .b6 J:leS 32.b7 'lt;>g7 33. ~c6 J:lb8
34.'1t;>t3 6 35. ~e4 'lt;>e7 0-1
Zhukova,Natalia
Khurtsidze,Nino
Mardin W 2011 (6)
1.d4 tt:lf6 2.c4 e6 3.tt:l13 ~b4 4. ~d2
~d2 s."iid2 d5 6.g3 c6 7.~ g2
ttlbd7 8.0·0 b6 9.tt:le5 ~ b7 10.f4
0·0 11.tt:lc3
1L.c5?! [11 ... "iie7 12.J:Iac1 J:lac8 13.b3
J:lld8 14.e3 c5 15."iie2 ~a6oo] 12. J:Iad1
'Wie7 13.cd5 ed5 14.tt:ld7 "iid7
15.dc5 bc5 16.tt:ld5 ~d5 17. ~d5
J:lad8 18.e4 tt:le4 19."iia5± tt:ld6
20 .'~!fc5 h5 21.J:Id3 h4 22. J:Ifd1 'ii'15
23.'i!fc6?! J:lfe8 24. ~13 J:le1 25. J:Ie1
"iid3 26.W'd5 1t'c2 27.J:Ie2 'ii'c1
2S.'It;>g2 "iics 29.g4 Wbs 30.'itb3?
[30.'it'g5+-l 30 .•• tt:lb5?! 31.J:Ie5 a6
32.~d5 'ii'c7 33.a4 tt:ld6 34."iic3
"iid7 35.J:Ig5 tt:leS 36.a5 J:lc8
37.'lid3 'it'c7 38.J:Ie5 tt:lf6 39. ~t3
'i!fc1 [~ 39 ...J:Ib8±) 40."iia6?!
[40.g5!+-] 40 ...J:Ic2? [40 ... J:Ib8±)
41.J:Ie2+- h3 42.'1t;>g3 J:lc4 43."iid6
Wg1 44.'lt;>h4 J:ld4 45.'ii'b8 'lt;>h7
46. e5 "iit1 47. 'lte3 J:ld6 48.a6
J:la6 49.'i+'d3 g6 50.'i+'a6 'ii'13
51.'i+'f6 e2 52.'i+'f7 'it>h8 53.'1t;>g5
eS 54. 'ii'15 "iib2 55. "ii16
Banikas,Hristos
Jobava,Baadur
Porto Carras Ech-tt 2011 (4)
1.d4 tt:\16 2.c4 e6 3.tt:lf3 ~b4 4. ~d2
~d2 5.'i!Vd2 dS 6.g3 tt:lbd7 7. ~g2
c6
K .t'i¥* K Mchedlishvili,Mikheil
'' I. .. , .. '''
~ ~ '
8.cd5!? ed5 [8 ... cd5 9.0-0 0-0 10.ltJc3
b6 11.J:IIc1 ~a6 12.'i!Vc2 'i!Ve7 13."iia4
~b7= 14.tt:lb5 a6 15.tt:lc7 J:lacB 16.tt:la6
J:lc1 17.J:Ic1 J:laB 18."iib4 'i!Vd8 19.tt:lc5
bc5 20.'i+'b7 J:lb8 21 .'i!Vc6 c4 22 .J:Ic2~)
9.'i!Ve3 'i!Ve7 10.'i!Ve7 'lt;>e7 11 .tt:l1d2
tt:leS 12.tt:lc3 tt:ld6 13.0-0-0 112-112
Option 2:
l!Jc3/e3
Beliavsky,Aiexander
Jobava,Baadur
Porto Carras Ech-tt 2011 (6)
1.d4 tt:lf6 2.c4 e6 3.tt:lf3 ~b4 4. ~d2
~d2 5."iid2 d5 6.tt:lc3 0·0 7.e3 'ii'e7
Survey Q/1 .2
8.a3 dc4 9 . ~c4 cS 10.0-0 J:ldS
11.J:Iad1 tt:lc6 12.'i!Ve2 cd4 13.ed4
tt:ld5 14."iie4 tt:lc3 15.bc3 ~d7oo
16.J:Ife1 J:lac8 17.h4 h6
1-0
18.d5 [18. ~d3 15 19.'\i'e3 'i!fa3 20 .~c4
J:le8 21.'ii'd3~) 18 ...ed5 19.'. -e7 tt:le7
20.J:Ie7 'lt>f8 21.J:Id7 J:ld7 22.~ d5
J:lc3 23.tt:le5 J:ldc7 24.'1t;>h2 [24.a4!?
J:lc1 !) 24 ...J:Ia3 25. ~17 [25 ... 1:117 26.J:Id8
'lt;>e7 27.J:Id7 'lt;>e6 28.1:117 'lt;>eS 29.J:Ib7=)
1I2-Y2
Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime
Spain tt 2011 (1)
1.d4 tt:\16 2.c4 e6 3.tt:lt3 ~ b4 4. ~d2
~d2 5.'\i'd2 d5 6.tt:lc3 0·0 7.e3 'ii'e7
8.J:Ic1 J:ld8 9.cd5 ed5 1 o. ~d3 tt:lc6
11.h3 tt:le4 12.'i!Ve2 ~15 13.a3
[13.0-0 J:ld6oo; 13... tt:lc3!?] 13... a6
14.tt:ld2 tt:lc3 15.J:Ic3 ~d3 16.'ii'd3
tt:la7! 17.0-0 tt:lb5 18.J:Ic5 c6 19.a4
tt:ld6oo 20.b4 J:le8 21 .'i!Ve2 "iih4
22.'\i'g4 "iidS 23.J:Ib1 J:le6 24.J:Ic2
'i!Ve7 25."iif4 J:leS 26.J:Ib3 J:lt6
27.'i!Ve5 'i!fd7 28.'i!t'h5 J:lg6 29.tt:lt3
J:lh6 30. e5 'i!fdS 31.'ii'13 112-112
Giri,Anish
Jobava,Baadur
Spain tt 2011 (2)
1.d4 tt:\16 2.c4 e6 3.tt:l13 ~ b4 4 . ~d2
~d2 5. d2 dS 6.tt:lc3 0-0 7.e3 "iie7
8.cd5 ed5 9 .~d3 tt:lc6 [9 ... J:Id8 10.0-0
tt:lbd7 11.'i!fc2 c5 12.b3 b6 13.J:Iac1 ~b7
14.'i!fe2 a6 15.J:IId1 (1 5. a4?! c4!"1')
15... b5 (15... e4!? 16.dc5oo) 16.dc5 tt:lc5
17.tt:ld4 g6 18.h3 J:lacB 19.'ii'b2 ( 19. ~b1
b4) 19... b4 20.tt:lce2 tt:ld3 21.J:Id3 tt:le4
22.J:Idd1 aS 23.J:Ic8 J:lc8 24.J:Ic1 J:lcs
25.J:Ic5 "iic5=) 10.0-0 J:ld8 11 .a3 ~g4
181
[11...tLle4 12.'ii'c2 ~f5 13.l:tfe1 l:td6
( 13...~g6 14.tiJe2;!;) 14.tiJd2 l:teS 15.13
tiJc3 16.bc3 ~d3 17.'ilfd3l:th6oo] 12.tLle1
· S (12 ... tLle4!?; 12...a6 13.14 tiJa5
14.'i!i'l2 tLlb3 15.l:tb1 l:teS 16.~c2 tiJa5oo]
13.b4 a6 14.f3 (14.14! l:teS (14 ... h6 15.h3
(15.f5!) 15...l:te8 16.tiJc2 ~g6 17.15 ~h7
18.l:tae1 l:tad8 19.g4oo) 15.tiJc2 (15.h3?
'ii'e3 16.'ife3 l:te3 17.g4 l:th3 18.gh5
l:teS+) 15... h6 16.15f] 14...tiJa7 1S.tLlc2
~g6 16.a4 tOeS 17.l:tae1 tiJd6oo
18.~g6 hg6 19.'ii'd3 l:te8 20.l:te2
c6 21.aS gS 22.g4 l:tad8 23.h3 tLlbS
24.l:th2 tiJh7 2S.tiJe2 tiJfS 26.tLlg3
Wc7 27. 2 tiJg6 28.l:tfh1 tLlh4
29.tiJfS tiJd6 30.tLlh4 gh4 31.gS
l:te6 32.l:tg2 fS 33.gf6 l:tf6 34.l:tg4
tiJe4 3S.IItg2 tiJg3 36.l:tb1 l:tdf8
37.tiJe1 We7 38.l:tb3 l:te6 39.tLlc2
tiJfS 40.\Pf2 tiJh6 41 .l:tg1 tiJf7
42.\Pg2 [~ 42.f4] 42 ... tiJd6- +
43.l:[bb1 tiJfS 44.l:lbe1 l:lg6 4S. 2
l:lg3 46.e4 de4 47.l:te4 'i+'gS
48.l:lg4 l:lf3 49. 3 tiJg3 SO.Iti>g2
'i+'dS S1 .l:le4 tiJe4 0-1
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Malaniuk,VIadimir
Jobava,Baadur
Milano 2011 (8)
1.d4 tiJf6 2.c4 e6 3.tiJf3 4 .~d2
~d2 S.'ilfd2 dS 6.tiJc3 o-o 7.e3 'it'e7
8.a3 dc4 9.~c4 c5 1o.o-o l:td8
11 .l:lad1 tiJc6 12.Wc2 cd4 13.ed4
'fic7 14.dS edS 1S.tiJdS tiJdS
16.~dS;!; h6 17.'ii'c4 'ii'e7 18.~c6
bc6 19.l:td8 'ii'd8 20.'it'c6 l:lb8 21.b4
~b7 22. Wc3 l:lc8 23."i!i"e3 a6 24.h3
'i+'dS 2S.l:le1 lti>h7 26.'ii'd4 "tits
27.tiJh4 W'gS 28."tid7 l:lc1 29.'ii'd3
fS 30.l:lc1 'ii'c1 31.1ti>h2 ~e4 32.'i+'d6
'i+'a3 33.f3 ~b1 34.'i+'g6 'if;lh8 l-2-l-2
Gunina,Valentina
Khurtsidze,Nino
Mardin W 2011 (4)
1.d4 tiJf6 2.tLlf3 e6 3.c4 ~b4 4. ~d2
~d2 s.Wd2 dS 6.e3 0-0 7.tiJc3 'ire7
8.l:tc1 l:ld8 9.cdS edS 1O .~e2 ~g4
11.b4 a6 12.0-0 tLlbd7 13.tLla4 tLle4
14.'i!Vb2 c6 1S.tiJcS tiJd6 16.l:lfe1
tLlb6oo
K R • Giri,Anish
i 'if i.t..t.
i ~ .t. ~
tZJ .t.
~ ~ i.
~Cjj
~~~~
1d: ~
17.tiJeS ~e2 18."ife2 f6 19.tiJed3
tiJbc4 20.tLlf4 'i!i'f7 21.f3 l:le8
22:.-12 aS 23.baS l:laS 24.e4 de4
2S.tiJe4 tLle4 26.l:le4 l:laa8 27.l:le8
l:le8 28.dS cdS 29.'ii'cs l:ld8
30.l:td1 tOeS 31 .l:tdS l:tdS 32.tLldS
'ii'd7 33.f4 tiJc6 34."ilfc4 lti>h8
3S.'if;lf2 h6 36.'li'e4 fS 37.'ii'c4 'li'd8
38.g3 'lifas 39.\Pe2 'lifa3 40.tiJe3
'ili'b2 41 .tLlc2 lfc1 42.lt"d3 ifh1
43.h4 'li'g2 44.'if;ld1 ...g1 4S.'if;ld2
"ilfcs 46.a3 b6 47:.-c3 "ilfdS
48.1ti>c1 tiJaS 49.tiJb4 'lifh1 SO.'if;lb2
"*'g2 S1 .tLlc2 "ife4 S2.'ii'd4 "ilfe6
S3.W'd8 lti>h7 S4.-..d3 tiJc4 SS.Iti>c3
tiJd6 S6.\Pb4 tLle4 S7.11tbS 1!fg6
S8.'Wd7 tiJg3 S9.tLld4 1!ff6 60.tiJe6
tLle2 61 .\ti>a6 bS 62.'if;laS Wb2
63:.-e7 "*'c3 64.\Pb6 tiJf4 6S.tiJf4
"*'d4 66.\PbS "*'14 67.a4 'ili'b8
68.'if;lcS -..cs 69.\ti>bS 'ii'b8 70.\ti>cS
'Wc8 71 .'if;lbS "ifb8 72.'if;lcS W'b3
73.'i!Vd7 'irg3 74. e7 [Clearly input
errors for the final two moves of the game]
11.2-11.2
Vitiugov,N ikita
Olginka It 2011 (5)
1.d4 tiJf6 2.c4 e6 3.tLlf3 ~b4 4 .~d2
~d2 S.'ltd2 dS 6.tiJc3 0-0 7.e3 'ftie7
8.l:ld1 a6 s:.-c2 dc4 10 . ~c4 cS
11 .dcS 'flieS 12.tiJe4 tiJe4 13.'ili'e4
tiJd7 14.0-0 tiJf6 1S.W'd4 'f/id4
16.tiJd4 ~d7 17.13 l:tac8 18 .~ b3
l:lcS 19.l:lc1 l:lfc8 20.l:lcS 11.2-11.2
Grunfeld Indian Defence
Exchange Variation Gl 4.1 (085)

Good, Solid and Reliable

by Alex Finkel (special c ontri bution by Fabiano Caruana)

1. d4 ttJf6 in g to find a key to the GrUn feld

2. c4 g6 Defence, and given that this in-
3. tt::lc3 d5 teresting - albe it rather harmless
4. cd5 tt::ld5 - line ha not been covered for
5. e4 tt::lc3 quite a while, and also g iven that
6. bc3 ~g7 it recently occurred in a game
7. ~b5 c6 between Ivan Cheparinov and
8. ~a4 0-0 Fabi ano Caruana, which was im-
9. tt::le2 c5 portant fro m a porting perspec-
ti ve, we decided that it wa worth
reca lling why it has been ne-
glected fo r almost a decade.
To be hone t, after rev iewing the
games played with 7. ~b5 c6
8 . ~a4 0-0 9.tt::le2 c5 10.0-0 I feel
that Wh ite should continue hi s Fabiano Caruana
que t el ewhere, as rede mption
will not come fro m 7. ~b5 . pl ayer in the world went for
Moreover, it eem that in almo t 12 ... 1'Hc7 (recommended by
any line Bl ack has more than o ne Bori Avrukh in hi remarkable
ati facto ry alternati ve. book on the GrU nfeld) rather
Our topical variation, the cunning than the more conventio nal
7. ~b5 , was a quite popular line Grabbing a Pawn l2 ...tt::lc4 13."ii'd8 lld8 1 4.~g5
again t the Grtinfe ld Defence We ' ll tart our Survey with the ~d7 1 5 . ~b3 tt::la5 16 J:tfd I 'Ot>f8 ,
through the mid-to- late 90's of line tried by Cheparinov 10.0-0 whi ch is also con idered harm-
the prev iou century. At fi r t tt::lc6 ll . ~e3 tt::la5 . les fo r Black, and go t a comfo rt-
Black truggled to confront able po ition fro m the opening.
7.~b5 , mai nl y becau e it was
pretty d ifficult to choose between Keeping the Pressure
the pl ans involving ... b7-b5 , White 's more popul ar cho ice
...e7-e5 and ...c7-c5, all of which after I 0.0-0 tt::lc6 ll .~e3 tt::la5 is
are perfectl y playable! However, 12.l:tb I, after which Bl ack
once Bl ack has succeeded in mas- should choose between two
tering the 8 .. .0-0 9.tt::le2 c5 et-up, perfectly rea onable altern a-
it eemed to take the sting out of ti ve : the more fl exible and
7 .~b5 , which i why this varia- popular 12 ...b6 and the traig ht-
tion has practical ly di appeared fo rward 12 ... tt::lc4, whi ch Avrukh
fro m tournament practice in the roots for in hi book. Ju t as in
2 1st centu ry. Thi s is considered the main line, the previo us Li ne it's not easy to
Given that White is de perate ly the Bulgarian grandma ter opted make a choice in favour of either,
(and not very uccessfull y) look- for 12.dc5. The younge t top- 10 and it s more a matter of per onal

183
ta te than of the objective val ue
of the move . In my opinion, af-
ter 12 ...b6 13.i.b5 (after 13.dc5
it White who ha to be careful
to keep the balance) Black
hou ld contin ue hi typical
Griinfe ld play with 13 ... i.b7
14.f3 cd4 15.cd4 e6 16. l:c l
e7, fo llowed by 17 ... l: fc ,
with comfortable play for Black.
Defining the Pawn Structure
nother attempt on White' part
to tight for an openi ng advantage
i by playing I l .d5 , although
Grabbing a Pawn
1o... tl:l c6 11.-".e3 tl:la5 12.dc5
Cheparinov,lvan
Caruana,Fabiano
Reykjavik 2012 (7)
1.d4 tt:lf6 2.c4 g6 3.tt:lc3 dS 4.cdS
tt:ldS S.e4 tt:lc3 6.bc3 ~g7 7. ~bS
c6 8. ~a4 0-0 9. e2 cS 10.0-0 tt:lc6
11.~e3 aS 12.dcS 'Wc7 [12... c4
13.'it'd8 l::td8 14 .~gs ~d7 1S.~b3 tt:laS
16.l::tld1 ~18 17.tt:ld4 l::tac8 18.~e3i]
13.~b3 [13.tt:ll4 e6 14.tt:ld3 b6!~]
13 ... ~g4 14.f3 ~d7 1S. b1?!
[1S.l::tc1 l::tld8 16....e1 b3 17.ab3 aS !~
!!. 18 ... a4] 1S...e6 16.l::td1 l::tfdS
17 . ~ h1 ~es [17... ~bs 18.tt:ld4 Wcs
19.W'c1 b3 20.ab3 ~e8 21.tt:l1S 'irc3
22. g7 l::td1 23.'ird1 W'e3 24. e8 l::te8
2S.'Wd7 l::tb8 26.'irc7=]
18.... b2? ! [18.'it'c2 ~18 19.l::td8 l::td8
20.l::td1 l::td1 2U!fd1 ~cs (21... ~bS
22. d4 ~c4 23.~c4 tt:lc4 24 .~g1 ~c5
184
Black get his hare of play by
mo t natural mean , uch a
l l ... tba5 12.i.g5 b6 13. d3
(otherwi e the black bi hop
would be developed to a6)
13 ... ~d7 1 4. ~d7 'it'd7 15.f4 e6,
with double-edged play where
B lack's chance are by no mean
inferior.
Black Deviates on Move 10
Although Black ha no objective
reaso n to look for improve-
ments in case he i looking for
plain eq uality he may at o con-
2S. bS _.b6 26.~c5 'ires 27.'it'd8 ~g7
28. C7=) 22 .~c5 'ifc5 23.W'd8 Wf8
24 .~a4 tt:lc6 25.~c6 'irc6=; 18.l::td4!?
~18 (18 ... ~d4 19 .cd4~) 19.'irg1 l::tdc8]
18... ~ts 19.f4 ~cs [19 ... l::td1 !? 20.l::td1
~c5 21. d4 l::td8:;:] 20. d4 ~fS 21.fS
b3 22.ab3 eS 23. f3 f6 24.c4
~c6 2S. 'irc2 l::td1 26.l::td1 l::tdS
27.l::td8 'it'dS 28.fg6 hg6 29. ~a7?
[29.h3] 29 ... b6 30.cS bS! 31 .b4 ~ h6
32. ~g1 ~g7 33. ..-as 34.W a2
~e4 3S.'it'aS 'it'b7 36. ~ b6 'Wd7
37.'i!i'a7 ~b7 -+ 38. ~d8 [38.c6 ~c6
39 ...-d7 ~d7] 38 ... e4 39. e1 '*'d2
40 . ~g3 [40.~11 ~e3 41 . b7 ~ h6 - +]
40 ... 'irf4 [41. ~ h3 'iriS 42.g4 'it'll
43.tt:lg2 't!fl3] 0-1
aruan a
M/ 12·3·53
Shariyazdanov,Andrey
Dvoiris,Semen
Moscow 1998 (5)
1.d4 tt:lf6 2.c4 g6 3.tt:lc3 dS 4.cdS
tt:ldS S.e4 6.bc3 ~g7 7 . s c6
8. · 4 0-0 9.tt:le2 c5 10.0-0
11 i e3 S 12.dc5 'irc7 13.tt:lf4 e6
[13... ?! 14.tt:ld5 tt:le3 1S. 7 tt:ld1
16.l::tfd1 l::tb8 17.l::tab1± Alexandrov-
'fdndemirov, Smolensk 1997 - YS'46-161 ]
14.tt:ld3 [14.'~1i'd6 '*'d6 1S.cd6 l::td8 16.l::tld1
W~] 14... b6 1S · s [1S.l::tb1 ~6
16....e2 l::tld8 17.l::tld1 bc5<=] 1S... . 7
16.f3 l::tfdS 17...-c2 ~c6 [17 ... a61?
18.~4 (18.dl6? 'Wc3+) 18...bc5 l
ider capturing on d4 at once al-
though White eem to enjoy a
very light edge after I 0.0-0 d4
l l.cd4 tbc6 12.i.e3 a5 13.l:c I
~d714. d5 i.b2 1 5 .l: b l ~g7, in­
tending to jump to c4 with the
knight as well a to initiate mu lti -
ple trades along the c-ti le.
Conclusion
Black ha no problem what a -
ever in the 7 ..tb5 line, o it i not
particularly likely we are goi ng
to ee a comeback of thi varia-
tion .
18.~c6 'Wc6 19.l::tfd1 bc5 20. c5
~ 21 .~f2 l::tdbS?! [21... 3 22.~
tt:lb5 23.l::td8 l::td8 24.l::td1 l::td1 25.'ird1
~] 22.l::tab1 l::tb6 23.tt'a4 [23.l::tb4!i ]
23 ...'ilt'a4 24. l::ta6 2S.l::tb4 S
26.f4 ~fS= 27.l::tbd4 g4 28i h4 eS
29.feS tOeS 30.~g3 l::teS 31 . 1 tt:lc6
32.l::tc4 tOeS 33.l::tcd4 c6 34.l::tc4
tOeS
Ristic,Nebojsa
Maksimovic,Miroslav
Obrenovac 2008 (7)
1.d4 f6 2.c4 g6 3. c3 dS 4.cdS
dS S.e4 tt:lc3 6.bc3 ~g7 7 . ~ bS
c6 8. · 4 0-0 9.tt:le2 cS 10.0-0 [10.dS
e6 11 .0·0 edS 12.edS d7 13 .~e3 Was
14 .~b3 eS 1S.c4 ~IS 16. 14 tt:lg4!
17.~d2 Hellsten·T.Ernsl, 6rebro ch·SWE
2000] 1o... tt:lc6 [10 ...cd4 11.cd4 c6
12 .~e3 tt:laS] 11 .~e3 aS 12.dcS
c4 13.'Wd8 l::tdS 14 . ~ gS ~d7
1S.~b3 aS
c6

16.l:fd1 [16.i.e7 l:e8 17.i.d6 l:e4
18.<1Jd4 <1Jb3 19.ab3 i.d4 ll!-ll! Topalov-
Kasparov, Linares 1998] 16...'it>f8
17.l:d2 [17.13 i.bs 18.<1Jd4 i.a6
(18...i.c4 19.i.c4 <1Jc4 20.c6!) 19.l:ab1
l:dc8 20. ~e3 'it>g8 21. ~12 ~18 22.c6
<1Jc6 ll! -~ lonov-Shipov, St Petersburg
ch-RUS 1998; 17.<1Jd4!? l:dc8 18. ~e3
~e8 19.l:ab1 e6 20.14 'it>g8 21.15;!;
Uanos-Hoffmann, Budapest 1999]
17... ~c6 18.f3 [18.<1Jd4 h6 19.<1Jc6 bc6
20.~e3 <1Jb3 21.l:d8 l:d8 22.ab3 ~c3
23.~h6 'it>e8 24.l:c1 ~e5=] 18... l:d2
19.~d2 l:d8 20.~e1 [20 .~14 ~b5
21.<;1;>12=] 20 ...~bS 21.l:d1 l:d1
22.~d1 ~c4 23.<1Jc1 'it>e8 24.~b3?
[24 .~] 24 ... <1Jb3! 2S.lfJb3 [25.ab3
~h6!=i=J 2S ... 'it>dn 26.f4?! 'it>c6
27.eS ~bS 28. ~f2 aS 29.<1Jd4
'i1i> a4+ 30.c6 bc6 31.<1Jc6 ~a2
32.c4 ~c4 33 .~e1 'it>bS 34.<1JaS
~dS 3S. 2 e6 36.'it>e3 ~f8 37.g4
~cs 38.'it>d3 ~b6 39.fS ~as
40 . . s w as 41.fg6 fg6 42.h4 h6
43.gS hgS 44.hgS 0-1
Avrukh,Boris
Sokolov,lvan
Amsterdam 1999 (6)
1.d4 <1Jf6 2.c4 g6 3.<1Jc3 dS 4.cdS
liJdS S.e4 <1Jc3 6.bc3 ~g7 7 .~ bS
c6 8.~a4 0-0 9.<1Je2 cS 10.0-0 <1Jc6
11 .~e3 liJaS 12.dcS <1Jc4 13.1Wd8
l:d8 14 .~gs ~d7 1S .~b3 liJaS
16.l:fd1 ~c61? [16 ... 'it>l8] 17.f3 ~f8
18.eSI? [18.<1Jd4 l:dc8 19 .~e3 ~e8
20.<1Jc2 e6 21.c4 ~c5 22 .~c5 l:cS'i'
Gaprindashvili-Qin Kanying, Shanghai tt W
2001] 18...l:d1 19.l:ld1 e6 20 . ~e3
l:c8
21.<1Jf4? 1 [21 .c4 ~g7 (21...~e8? !
22.<1Jc3 ~cs 23.~c5 l:cS 24.l:d8 'it>f8
25.<1Je4 l:le5 26.~4 <1Jc6 27. ~c6 bc6
28.l:a8± Avrukh) 22.14 ~18 23.<1Jc3 ~e7
24.'it>l2i] 21 ... ~e7 22.c4 [22.<1Jd3
~b5] 22 ... ~e8 23.<1Jd3 <1Jc6 24.f4
[24.l:b1 <1Jb8 25 .~d1 ! l:lc7 26 .~e2]
24 ...<1Jb8 2S.l:b1 <1Ja6 26 .~d1 ~c6
27.l:b3 l:c7 28 . ~e2 hS 29. 1
[29.'it>l21 'it>l8 30.~13 ~13 31 .'it>l3 'it>e8
32.l:b5;!;] 29 ... 'it>f8 30.g3 'it>e8 31.h3
'it>d8 32.'it>f2 'it>c8 33. ~d4 ~a4!
34.l:lb2 liJcS 3S.'it>e3 b6 36.g4 hg4
37.hg4 <1Jb7 38.<1Jf2 [38.l:ld2 <1Ja5
39.<1Jb2 ~c6'f] 38 ...<1JaS 39.<1Je4?
[39.c5] 39 ... <1Jc4 40.~c4 l:lc4+
41 . d6 ~d6 42.ed6 'it>d7 43 . ~eS
gSI 44.fgS ~c6 4S.'it>d3 l:g4 46.l:lf2
~e4 47.'it>c3 ~g6 48 .~14 l:lg1
49.'it>d2 l:la1 SO.'it>e3 l:lc1 S1.l:ld2
l:c3 S2.Wd4 l:cS S3.'it>e3 l:fS
S4.l:lg2 eS SS .~h2 'i9d6 S6.l:g4
'it>dS 57.l:g1 ~hS S8.l:lg2 l:f3
S9.'it>d2 e4 60.'it>e1 l:le3 61.'it>f1
l:d3 0-1
Keeping the Pressure
12.l:lb1 b6
Bao Khoa
Nguyen Van Hai
Ho Chi Minh City 2012 (8)
1.d4 <1Jf6 2.c4 g6 3.<1Jc3 dS 4.cd5
liJdS S.e4 <1Jc3 6.bc3 ~g7 7. ~bS
c6 8.i.a4 o-o 9.<1Je2 cs 10.0-o <1Jc6
11. ~e3 liJaS 12.l:lb1 [12.dc5] 12 ... b6
[12... <1Jc4; 12... ~d7 13.~d7 ..Wd7
14.dc5;!;]
13 .~bS [13.dc5 ~a6 !] 13... cd4
[13...~b7] 14.cd4 ~b7?1 [14 ... e6]
1S.dS;!; l:c8 16.'ifd3 fS 17.f3
W'd6?1 [17 ...e61?] 18.<1Jd4 a61?
19. ~a6 ~a6 20.'i!Va6 <1Jc4 21. ~f2
Survey G/ 4. 1
~d41 22 .~d4 fe4? [22 ... e5!i] 23.fe4
<1Jd2? 24.l:lf8 l:lf8 2S.l:lb6+- 1fc7
26.l:lc6 'ifd7 27.l:lg6 28.l:lg7
w e8 29 ..-a8 'ifd8 30.W'c6 W'd7
31 .l:e7 w e7 32 .~cs 'it>d8 33.'Wd7
'it>d7 34. ~f8 <1Je4 3S. ~b4 <1Jf6
36.d6 'it>e6 37.'it>f2 'it>fS 38.a4 'it>e6
39.aS 'it>dS 40.'it>e3 'it>c4 41.a6 <1JdS
42.'it>f3 1-0
Gleizerov,Evgeny
Ernst,Thomas
Stockholm 2001 /02 (4)
1.d4 <1Jf6 2.c4 g6 3.<1Jc3 dS 4.cd5
liJdS S.e4 <1Jc3 6.bc3 i.g7 7.~bS
c6 8.~a4 0-0 9.<1Je2 cS 10.0-0 <1Jc6
11. ~e3 liJaS 12.l:b1 b6 13. ~ b5
~e6?1 14.dS ~d7 15 . ~d3 eS 16.f4
ef4 [16.. .15?! 17.<1Jg3 c4 18.~c2 g5
19.1e5! 14 20.e6 ~e6 21 .e5!± Avrukh-
nmman, Amsterdam 1999] 17. ~f4 ~g4
[17 ... 'We7 18..-d2 l:lae8 19.l:be1 <1Jb7
20.'19h1;!;] 18.'il'd2 'il'e7 19.d6 'iJ'e6
20.<1Jg3 <1Jc4 21 .~c4 ' 'ifc4 22.eS
22 ... ~e6 23.a3 f6?! 24.l:fe1 feS
2S. ~es ~es 26.l:eS± l:lad8 27.h3
'it>h8 28.l:be1 ~g8 [28 ... 'il'a2 29.1Wg5
l:d6 30.1:15e2 ..WdS 31 .'ife7+-] 29.l:le7
'Wh4 30.<1Je4+- 1:117 31.<1JgS l:fS
32.l:e8 l:ld6 33.<1Jf7 l:f7 34.W'd6
'Wf2 3S.'it>h1 'iff4 36.'iff4 l:lf4
37.1:11e7 l:a4 38.l:la8 l:a3 39.l:lee8
'it>g7 40.l:lg8 6 41 .l:lgb8 l:c3
42.l:la7 1-0
Gleizerov,Evgeny
Lalic,Bogdan
Stockholm 2001 /02 (6)
1.d4 <1Jf6 2.c4 g6 3.<1Jc3 dS 4.cdS
liJdS S.e4 <1Jc3 6.bc3 ~g7 7.~ bS
c6 8.~a4 0-0 9.<1Je2 c5 10.0-0 <1Jc6
185
11. ~e3 ttJaS 12 ..1:tb1 b6 13.~ b5
cd4 14.cd4 e6 15. ~d2 [15.".-d2 ~b7
16.13 .-e7 17..1:tlc1 .l:tlc8oo] 15...~b7
16 . ~ b4 ~e4 17. ~f8 .-f8 18..1:tc1
'it'd6oo
19 . ~a6 ~ h6 20 ..1:tc3 .l:td8 21 . ~d3
~b7 22 ..-a4 ~d2 [22 ... e5!t] 23 ..1:tc2
~ h6 24 ..1:tc3 ~d2 25 ..1:tc2 ~h6
26 •.1:td1? [26 ..1:tc3= ] 26 ....-dS 27.t3
~e3 28. 1 ? I [28.q;,h1 "i!i'l3 29.ttJc3
'it'g4+ ] 28 ... 'it'hS 29.h3 ~f3 - +
30."i!i'b4 [30. g3 'it'g5] 30 •.. ~e2
31 ..1:te2 .l:td4 32."i!i'e7 .l:td3 0-1
Korotylev,Aiexey
Atalik,Suat
Alushta 1999 (7)
1.d4 ttJf6 2.c4 g6 3. c3 dS 4.cd5
lOdS S.e4 l0c3 6.bc3 ~g7 7.~b5 c6
8 · 4 o-o 9. 2 cs 1o.o-o l0c6
11.~e3 5 12 ..1:tb1 b6! 13 .~b5
~b7 [13 ...cd4?1 14.cd4 ~b7 15.d5;!;] 14.t3
cd4 15.cd4 e6 16..1:tc1 [16. .-d2 .-e7
17..1:tlc1 .l:tac8 18.~g5 'it'a3o:t] 16.•. W'e7
17.'it'd2 .l:tfc8 18 •.1:tc8?1 [18.ltJ14 .l:tc1
19..1:tc1 .l:tdB=] 18... .1:tc8 19..1:tc1?! .l:tc1
20.'it'c1 'it'b4 2 1.~d3 c6=F
22.e5 ttJe7 2 3 .~e4 ttJdS 24. ~d2
"*a4 25."i!i'c2 .-d7 26.h4 ~a6
186
27.ttJg3?! fS! 28.ef6 [28.~d3 ~d3!
29.'it'd3 .-a4+ ] 28... ~f6 29 . ~g5 ~d4
30.\t;1h2 ~eS+ 31. ~g6 .-g7?!
[31 ... hg6 32 ...g6 ~g7 33.~h6 'it'f7
34.'it'g4 ttJI6 35.'it'g5 ~c4-+] 32.~e4
h6 33. ~d5 edS 34.f4 hgS 35.fe5
gh4 36.ttJt5 "tli'es 37.\t;1h3 d4
38.w h4 "tli't6?! [38 ... d3!J 39.\t;1g4 d3
40.'it'b3 [40.1t"a4!=] 40...q;,h7 41 . 4
d2 42."i!i'h3 q;,g8 43.1t"g3?! -+
44.1t"b3 "tli'e6 45.ltJd6 7 46.ttJf5
Wd7 47.'it'a4 'Jilc7 48.ttJe3 "i!i'd6
49. 3 'it'd3 50. 4 'Ji/b7 51.g4
~c4 0- 1
Gual Pascuai,Antonio
Sanchez lbern,Marc
Spain tt 2011 (1)
1.d4 ttJf6 2.c4 g6 3.ttJc3 dS 4.cd5
dS S.e4 ttJc3 6.bc3 ~g7 7. ~b5
c6 8. ~a4 0-0 9. e2 cS 10.0-0 l0c6
11. ~e3 aS 12..1:tb1 b6 13.dc5
[13."ti'd3!?; 13 .~5] 13... ~a6 14. ~ b5
~bS 15.l:tb5 ttJc4 16. ~g5 [16 .~14 e5
17. ~c1 a6 18..1:tb4 b5 19.a4 .l:tb8 20.ab5
ab5 21 ."i+'c2 'it'c7=F Gleizerov·Konguvel,
Koszalin 1998] 16 ... h6
17. ~ h4? [17 ."~!i'd8 .l:tldB 18 .~e7 :tea
19..1:tb4 tOeS 20.~d6 ttJd3 21 ..1:ta4 b5
22..1:ta6 .l:te4 23.l0c1 ttJb2!!!? Arencibia-
Shirov, Spain tt 1998; 17..l:tb4 b5!?
(17.....d1 18..1:td1 .l:tldB 19.l:td8 .l:tdB
20.g3 bc5 21 ..1:tc4 hg5 22 ..1:tc5 .l:td2=)
18 .~c1 .-d1 !? (18 ... .1:tb8 19.a4 a6 20.ab5
ab5 21 .ltJd4 'i+'c7 22.ttJb5 'ilt'c5 23.'i+'b3
.l:tbc8 ~- ~ Cs.Horvath-Ruck, Gyula 2000)
19..1:td1 .l:tldB 20..I:td8 .l:tdB 21 .14 a6 22.a4
e5 23.ab5 ~18 24..1:tc4 ab5 25 ..1:td4 ~ -~
Gleizerov-Oral, Stockholm 1999/00]
17... g5 18. ~ g3 ltJd2 19..1:te1 ttJe4
20.cb6 .-d1 21 ..1:td1 ab6 22 •.1:tb4
ttJc3 [22 ... .1:tld8!? 23.l:td8 .l:tdB 24.h4 15+]
23.ttJc3 ~c3 24.l:tb6 .l:ta2 =F Y2-Y2
Mamut,lgor
Givon,Asaf
Haifa ch-ISR 2010 (8)
1.d4 f6 2.c4 g6 3.ttJc3 dS 4.cd5
ltJdS 5.e4 c3 6.bc3 ~g7 7 .~b5
c6 8. · 4 o-o 9.ltJe2 cS 10.0-0 ttJc6
11 . ~e3 5 12.l:tb1 b6 13.dc5
~a6 14.cb6 d1 15 . ~d1 ab6!!!?
16..1:te1 ttJc4 17. ~g5 h6 18. ~c1
[1B. ~e7 :tieS 19. ~ ttJd2 (19 ... .1:te4
20 .~c2 .l:te6 21 .l014;!;) 20..I:tc1 .l:te4=F]
18... eS 19. f4 e6 [1 9... d3 20. d3
~d3 21 ..1:tb6 ~c3 22 .~b3 ~e 1 23..1:tg6
'Ji/h7 24 ..1:th6 q;,g7 25 ..1:th3!!!?] 20 . ~b3
ttJd3 21 ..1:td1 l0c1 22 ..1:tbc1 .l:tfd8=F
23.g3 gS 24 •.1:td8 .l:td8 25.ltJh5 ~ h8
26.g4 .l:td3 27.c4 ~d4 28 ..1:tc2 ~ b7
29. g3 lt;1g7 30.Wg2 6 31 .t3
w es 32. e2 ~cs 33. c3 ~d4
34. e2 ~cs 35. g3 ~c6 36 ..1:te2
4 37.l0h5 'JileS 38. g3 ~d4
39 ..1:tc2 ~e3 40 ..1:te2 ~cs
41 •.1:tc2? fS ! 42.gf5 [42 ..1:te2] 42 ... ef5
43. fS [43.h3 le4 44. e4 'Ji/14-+;
43..1:te21? g4 44.ef5 'Ji/14 45.\t;111 gf3
46 ..1:te6+] 43 ...g4! 44. h4 gf3
45. t3 4 46.ltJd2 [<!:. 46.l0e1 ~e4
47.1t.>f1 .l:td6! 48 ..1:tb2 'Ji/g5! 49.we2
~15!-+] 46 ...~e3 47.c5 bcS 48.l0c4
~e4 49. 1 .l:td1 SO.We2 ~t3X 0-1
Kosyrev,VIadimir
Nedev,Trajce
Skopje 2002 (2)
1.d4 f6 2.c4 g6 3. c3 dS 4.cd5
ttJdS 5.e4 ttJc3 6.bc3 ~g7 7. ~b5
c6 8 . ~a4 0-0 9. e2 cS 10.0-0 c6
11 . ~e3 aS 12. .1:tb1 b6 13.tt'd3 e6

l1 3... ~e6 14.d5 ~d7 15.~c2 e5 16.14 15
1Uo g3 le4 1 8.lt~e4 ~15oo Krush-Atakisi,
Oropesa Wch-jr 1999] 14.l:.fd1 ~b7
1S.f3 cd4 16.cd4 l:.c8 17. ~bS
17 .....-e7 117... 15 18.el5 1:.15 19.l:.bc1
.l%c1 20.l:.c1 e5= Kosyrev-Barbeau,
Montreal 2001] 18.~d2 l:.fd8 19. ~b4
'ilfgS 20 . ~d2 ..-e7 21.~ b4 1t'gS
22 .~d2 !h· !h
Straightforward
12 .l:. b1 tl:l c4
Shtirenkov,Veniamen
Zinchenko,Yaroslav
Alushta 2005 (4)
1.d4 ~f6 2.c4 g6 3 .~c3 dS 4.cdS
lOdS S.e4 ~c3 6.bc3 ~g7 7. ~bS
c6 8.~a4 o-o 9. ~e2 cS 1o.o-o ~c6
11.~e3 ~aS 12.l:.b1 ~c4!? 112... b6]
13 .~gS h6 l13... ..-c7 14.'it'd3 ~a3
15..1%b2 't1Va5 16.~d1 cd4 17 .~e7 l:.e8
18.~ 1t'b5 19 .~c2 dc3;::t Oyachkov·
'fandemirov, Orel 1995 - YB/47-161]
14..ih4 a6 l14 ...b6? 15 .~c6 l:.bB
16..id5! ~60 17...-d3 b5D 18.a4
(18.dc5±) 18... cd4D 19.tl:ld4± Topalov-
Svidler, Linares 1998- YB/47·158]
1S. ~b3 l15....c1 cd4 16.cd4 b5 17 .~b3
~a5=] 1S... ~ a3 16.l:.c1 c4 17..ic2
bS 18 .~g3 ..-as 19...-d2 ~b7
20...-e3 c2 21 .l:.c2 l:.ad8;::<
22.l:.d2 't1Va3 23.l:.b1 ~ h7 24.eS
~c8 2S.dS ~fS 26.l:.bd1 l:.d7 27.h3
l:.fd8 28. ~h2?1 ~d3 + 29.~f4 ..-c3
30.e6 te& 31.lo e& l:.c8 32. ~g7 'it'g7
33.'it'e6 l:.cd8 34.l:.e1 1~ 34 .~e5
'it'g8 35.'t1Va6 ..-d5+] 34 ... 'Wf61
3S.~eS 't1Ve6 36.de6 l:.b7 37.a3 aS
0·1
Avrukh,Boris
Tseitlin,Mark
Tel Aviv 1999 (7)
1.d4 ~f6 2.c4 g6 3.~c3 d5 4.cd5
~d5 5.e4 3 6.bc3 ~g7 7. · 5 c6
8..ia4 o-o 9.tt:le2 c5 10.o-o tt:lc6
11 ..ie3 5 12.l:.b1 tt:lc4 13•.ig5
't1Vc7 14.'it'c1 114.~ tt:la3 15.l:.c1 c4
16.~ b5 17....d2 tDc2 18.l:.c2 ..li.b7oo
Lauber-Naumann, Germany Bundesliga
1998199] 14... b6! 15 . 5 tt:ld6 16..id3
f6 17. · 4 l17.~e3 c4 18..ic2 e5oo]
17...e5 18.de5 ~ 18..ig3] 18.. .fe5
19.c4 ~e6 20. c3 'it'f7 120...~?
21.tt:lb5 ...f7 22..ic4 .ic4 23.lMl+ - ]
21.tt:ld5 .idS 22.cd5 ~f6 23 .~g3
't1Ve7 24.'t1Vc3 l:.ae8 25.h3 125.131]
25....ig5! 26.~h2 h5 27.a4 c4
28•.ic2 ~f4 29.g3 ~h6;::t 30.l:.be1
h4! 31 .gh4 ~f4 32.~g3 'it'h7
33 ~d1 g5 34.'t1Va3 l:.d8 35.h5 '*lc7
36.'*1c3 't1Ve7 37.~g4 '*116 38.~g2
~ h7 39 ....b4 l:.f7 40~e6 l:.c7
41.1rc3 ~h6 42.l:.h1 l:.f8 43.l:.e2 b5
44.~g4 .ig3 45.fg3 ba4 46.l:.b1 ?I
l46.l:.a1 !1] 46 ... l:.b7 47.l:.b7
l47...1fl1 ! 48.~h2 1:.12 49.1:.12 'it'12 50.~h1
tt:le4!? 51..il5!=] 48.~f5 ~d6 49.g4±
l:.b8 50.l:.f2?1 l50...-a3!±] 50... l:.b3
51.1i'c1 a3 52.h4 c3 53.l:.f3
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53...l:.b2? l53...a2 54.l:.c3 l:.c3
55.'iVc3=] 54,q.>g3?? l54 .~h3! a2
55.l:.c3 l:.b1 56.l:.c7! 'tiVI5 (56... tt:l15
57.hg5 'it'g5 58.1i'c6) 57.el5 l:.c1
58.l:.c1 +-] 54 ... a21 55 ..ig6 l55.l:.c3
l:.b1-+ 56.l:.c7 tL\15 (check!) 57.el5 l:.c1
58.l:.c1 gh4] 55 ... l:.b1 56.-.c3 aH i'
57 ...-e3 'it'f4 58.l:.f4 0-1
Shariyazdanov,Andrey
Rade,Miroslav
Sibenik tt 2005 (9)
1.d4 ltlf6 2.c4 g6 3. c3 d5 4.cd5
tt:ldS 5.e4 tt:lc3 6.bc3 .ig7 7 ..ib5
c6 8..ia4 o-o 9.ltle2 c5 10.0-0 tt:lc6
11 •.ie3 5 12.l:.b1 c4 13 .~c1
'f!lc7 l13 ...b6 14 . ~c6 l:.bB 15. ~b5 tt:ld6
16.~d3 ~e6 17.d5 .icB 18 .~g5 'ti'c7
19.'t1Vd2 e5 20.de6 le6 Avrukh·
Simonenko, Ubeda 2001 ] 14.d5 e5
l14 ...a6 15...1i.b3 tt:ld6] 15 . ~c2 d6
16.14 ef417. ~f4 'ti'e7
18.1t'd3 f5 19.tt:lg3 fe4 20. e4 '*le4
21 ..id6 l:.f1 22.l:.f1 1rd3 23 ..id3
~d7= 24. ~c5 ~c3 25 ..ie7 .id4
b7 26.q.>h1 l:.c8 27. ~e4 b5 28.d6 l:.c5
29.g3 l:.e5 30 .~ b7 ~ h3 31 .l:.d1
? l31... ~b6=] 32 . ~d8 ~f2?
33.d7+- ~e6 34 ..ic7 1·0
Rare
12.~c1
Abramovic,Bosko
Djukic,Nikola
Bar 2010 (8)
1.d4 f6 2.c4 g6 3. c3 d5 4.cd5
tt:ldS 5.e4 ltlc3 6.bc3 .ig7 7 ..ib5
c6 8. · 4 o-o 9.tt:le2 c5 10.0-0 c6
187
11 •.i.e3 tt:laS 12.W'c1 cd4 [12 ... b6?1
13.dc5 .i.a6 14.l:1d1 'ireS 15.tt:lf4 bS
16..i.b3 .i.b7 17.tt:ld5i A.Brown-Feldman,
Cammeray 2011 ] 13.cd4 b6 14•.i.b5
.i.b7 15.f3 .l:tc8 16.'ifa3 a6 17..i.d3
tt:lc4= 18..i.c4 .l:tc4 19•.1:tac1 .l:tc1
20 ..I:tc1 'i!i'd7 21 .d5 bS 22 •.i.d4 .i.h6
23 ..i.e3 .i.g7 24 •.i.d4 .i.h6 25 ..i.e3
Y2-Y2
Defining the Pawn Structure
11.d5
Vaisser,Anatoli
Lagarde,Maxime
Belfort ch-FRA 8 2010 (9)
1.d4 tt:lf6 2.c4 g6 3.tt:lc3 dS 4.cd5
ti:ldS S.e4 tt:lc3 6.bc3 .i.g7 7 ..i.b5
c6 8 ..i.a4 0-0 9.tt:le2 cS 10.0-0 tt:lc6
11.d5 tt:laS 12..i.g5 b6 [12 ... tt:lc4!?]
13.i fd3 .i.d7 (13 ... h6 14..i.f4 e5 15..i.e3
15 16.d6 .i.b7 17.ef5 gf5 18.13;!;
Grabliauskas-Sakalauskas, Vilnius 1999]
14..i.d7 (14..i.c2 'fi'e8 15.l:tab1 b5
16.'it'e3 .l:tc8 17..i.d3 a6 18..i.h6 e5-=t
Grabliauskas-Urban, Poznan 1999]
14•..'i!fd7 15.f4 e6 16.f5 efS 17.ef5
.l:tfe8 18.tt:lg3 b7
19.f6 .i.f8 20 ..i.f4 c4?! [~ 20 ...b5'f]
2 U !fc4 .l:tac8 22.'it'd3 .l:tcS
23 ..1:tad1 .l:td8 24.c4 bS (24 ...'it'a4!?]
25.cb5 .l:tbS 26 ..1:tfe1 .l:tdS 27.'ii'd5
'it'dS 28.l:td5 .l:tdS 29.l:te7 ti:ld8
30.tt:le4 tt:le6 31..i.d6 h6?! (31...tt:lg5!
32.tt:lg5 .l:td1 3J.Ij.>f2 .l:td6=] 32 •.1:te8i
.l:td4 33 ..i.f8 tt:lf8 34. <j.>f2 .l:ta4
35.'it.?e3 .l:ta2 36.tt:lc5 .l:ta1 37.<iYe2
.l:ta2 38.<Ji>d3 .l:ta1 39.<Ji;>c2 .l:ta2
40.'it.?c3 .l:tg2 41.tt:ld7 .l:th2 42 ..1:tf8
<j.>h 7 43 ..1:tf7 1-0
188
Grabliauskas,Virginijus
Smith,Axel
Lviv 2010 (1)
1.d4 tt:lf6 2.c4 g6 3.tt:lc3 dS 4.cd5
ti:ldS S.e4 tt:lc3 6.bc3 .i.g7 7. · c6
8. · 4 ()-{) 9.tt:le2 cS 10.()-{) ttlc6
11.d5 ttJe5 12.f4 (12..1:tb1 a6 13.14 ttJc4
14..i.b3 ttld6 15.e5 c4 16.ed6 cb3 17.de7
'fie7 18.l:tb3 .i.g4+ Gomez Jurado-Berdullas
Guerra, Naron 1993] 12...tt:lc4 13•.i.b3
tt:lb6 (13 ... tt:ld6 14.e5 c4 15..i.c2 ttJb5 16.a4
'it'a5 17.l:tb1t] 14.h3?! (14.a4!i] 14.. .f5!
15. · 3 c4 16..i.c2 fe4 17.d6 ed6
18..i.e4 .l:te8 19..i.f3 dS+ 20.ttld4
.l:te3! 2U !fc1 .l:td3 22 ..1:td1 .i.d4
23.cd4 .l:td1 (23 ... l:tf3!? 24.gf3 'fi'h4
(24....i.h3!?) 25.'it'd2! .i.h3 26.'fi'h2 .l:teB+]
24.'i!i'd1 .i.fS 25.'it'e1 'tlt'd7 26 •.i.c5
tt:la4 27.'i!i'e5 tt:lc3 28.'i!fd6?! 'ird6
29 •.i.d6 .i.e4 30..i.b4 .i.f3 31 ..i.c3
.i.e4 32.<J;>t2 .l:tf8 33.<Ji;>g3 .l:tf6 34.l:te1
.l:ta6 35.f5 .l:ta2 36.fg6 .l:tg2 37. 4
.l:tf2 38. 5 hg6 39.l:ta1 a6 40.l:ta5
.l:tf3 41 •.i.e1 .l:th3 42.l:tc5 .l:tf3 43.<Ji;>e6
gS 44.l:tc8 <j.>g7 45.l:tc7 <j.>g6 46.l:tb7
c3 47.l:tc7 c2 48.<Ji;>e5 .l:tfS 49.
.l:tf1 SO..i.d2 g4 0-1
Black Deviates
10... cd4
Dao Thien Hai
Pascua,Haridas
Tagaytay City zt 2011 (4)
1.d4 ti:lf6 2.c4 g6 3.tt:lc3 dS 4.cd5
ttldS S.e4 tt:lc3 6.bc3 .i.g7 7 •.i.b5
c6 8 ..i.a4 0-0 9.ttle2 cS 10.0-0
cd4!?
11.cd4 tt:lc6 12•.i.e3 tt:laS 13.l:tc1
.i.d7 14.d5 .i.b2 (14 ...b5 15..i.b3 tt:lb3
16.'irb3 'i!fb8 17.ti:ld4 'i!fb7 18.tt:lc6i
Granda Zuniga-Lein, New York 1998 -
YB/47-162] 15.l:tb1 .i.g7 16..i.d4 .i.d4
17.'ird4 .i.a4 18.'i!fa4 .!:tea 19..1:tfc1
b6 20.g3 (20..I:tc8 c8 21 .l:tc1 'i!i'b7
22.tt:ld4 .l:tc8 23.l:tc2i ] 20 ... 'ird6
21.l:tc2 e6 22.de6 .l:tc2 23.'i!i'c2
'iVe6= 24.ttld4 .l:tc8 25.'t!fe2 'ifc4
26.'ii'c4 .l:tc4 27.l:td1 a6 28.f3 .l:ta4
29.l:td2 tt:lc4 30 ..1:tf2 aS 31.tt:lb3
.l:tb4 32 ..1:tc2 a4 33.ti:ld2 ti:ld2
34 ..1:td2 .l:tc4 35.l:tb2 bS 36.l:tb5
Y2·Y2
Sumets,Andrey
Pytei,Krzysztof
La Fere 2008 (6)
1.d4 tt:lf6 2.c4 g6 3. c3 dS 4.cd5
ttldS S.e4 tt:lc3 6.bc3 .i.g7 7 ..i.b5 c6
a •.i.a4 o-o 9.tt:le2 cs 1o.o-o cd4
11.cd4 tt:lc6 12..i.e3 .i.g4 13.f3 .i.d7
14.l:tb1 (14.l:tc1 .l:tcB 15.d5 e5 16.'tlt'b3
.i.a4 17.'tlt'a4 'ifd7 18.'ifd7i Dragoma-
retsky-Rudolf, Warsaw 1992 - YB/27-154]
14..• b6?! (14 ... tt:la5 15.d5 b6 16 .~d7
'ifd7 17.'ifd3 .l:tacB=] 15 ..i.b5 e6
16.'i!fa4 tt:lb8 17.d5?! [17.l:tfc1 a6
18..i.d7 ti:ld7 19.'t!Yb4i] 17...ed5
18.l:tfd1 .i.bS 19.l:tb5 'ireS 20 ..1:tdd5
tt:lc6 21.l:tb1 tt:le7 (21...ttla5] 22.'i!i'e8
l::Ue8 23.l:td7 tt:lc6 24 ..1:tc1 .l:ted8
25.l:tc7 ttlb4 26.l:tb7 tt:la6?! [26 ....i.e5]
27.tt:lc3 .l:td3 28.tt:ld5 .l:te3? 29.ttle3
.i.d4 30 ..I:te1 ± tt:lcS 31 ..1:tc7 fS
32.<Ji;>f1 [32.ef5 .l:te8 33.Wf1 .l:te3 34.l:te3
.i.e3 35.fg6 hg6 36..1:ta7±] 32 ... fe4
(32 ....i.e5! 33.l:tc6 fe4 34.ttld5±] 33.tt:lg4
[~ 33.ttld5] 33 ....i.g7 34.tt:lf2 .i.eS
35.l:tc6 .i.c3 36.l:te2 ef3 37.gt3 .l:tta
38.<Ji;>g2 .i.b4 [~ 38... l:tf7] 39.l:te7 bS
40.tt:lg4 ti:ld3 41.tt:lh6 <Ji;>h8 42 ..1:tcc7
(input errors?] 1-0
GrUnfeld Indian Defenc
Gl 7.4 (090)

Just a Check, Don't Worry - Part I

by Endre Vegh

1. d4 t!Jf6 The queen check disturb

2. c4 g6 Black' development before cas-
3. t!Jc3 d5 tling. In thi Survey I will deal
4. t!Jf3 ~g7 with the ' hot line that occur
5. 'iir'a4 after 5 ... ~d7 6.'ffb3 dc4 7.'ffc4
0-0 8 .~ f4. In Part 11 I will try to
introduce all other po ibilitie
after 5.'ilr'a4.

Sato Aohr In 1937

Th other option IO... t!Jh5 i

body can refute a eriou defence
like the Gri.infeld, but it' alway
exciting when we try to arm our-
elve with omething new
again tan opening. There are dif-
ferent calibre , from water-pi tol
to machine-gun and everything in
between. The 5.'ilr'a4 ystem be-
long to the tronger categorie at
the moment.
History
It first appeared in 1944, when
Salo Flohr decided to pu h hi
queen three quare ahead on the
diagonal. He repeated it twice in
the a me year. It wa n ' t mate yet,
ince Black had three rea onable
defence .
more so lid but demand accu-
racy to keep the balance. the
ow Black can choo e from example prove, it ' ea y for
among everal moves: 8 ... t!Ja6, Black to find himself in a
8 ... ~c6, 8 ... c6, 8 ... .if5, 8 ... .ie6 ( lightly) wor e p ition.
and 8 ... t!Jc6. I would call the fir t
three main line , and the Ia t Clever?
three ideline . 8 ... ~c6 i a cle er move - the
question i : how clever?
Standard Development
8 ... t!Ja6 i the mo l frequent re- ~ if g ._.
ply, a standard po ition for the
knight. iii i.l.i..l
After the obviou 9.e4 c5 IO.e5 .i. ~i
(other move are weaker here)
Black i at a eros road . If he i
ready for adventures, he can
choo e the razor- harp IO.. .~e6,
when White i forced to accept
the invi tation to the dance. The
outcome i uncertain : an unfor-
gettable night, or going home I prefer Ivan okolov ' late t re-
alone .. . action (9. :ctdl ) again tit. Apart

189
 from that, he is the mo t experi-
enced top player on the white
ide, and the move eems very
logical.
I con ider 9.lLle5 to be weaker a f-
ter the natural 9 ... ..id5(!). I think
9.e3 i playable too - a little a fer
than neces ary ...
Old-Fashioned
8 ... c6 i a bit old-fa hioned, but
Sutov ky won with thi move in
one of hi recent games from the
European Team Championship.
Anyway, I'm fairly ure it' not
the be t in the long run .
Rarer Moves
I don ' t really be lieve in 8 ... ..ie6,
although Svidler wa able to
hold Sokolo to a draw with it.
8 ... ..Q.f5 i a rare move (prevent-
ing 9.e4) that de erve more
attention.
Standard Development
8 ... tt:l a6
Demchen ko,Anton
Gabrielian,Artur
Armavir (Yuzhny) 2010 (6)
1.d4 tt::lf6 2.lt.:lf3 g6 3.c4 ~g7 4.c!l:lc3
d5 5.'~Wa4 · 7 6.1t'b3 dc4 7.'i!fc4
()..() 8 .~f4 tt::la6 [The main line besides
8...~c6; 8...c6; 8...~e6; 8... ~15; 8...c!l:lc6]
9.e4 cS 10.d5?! [This game demonstrates
well how wrong Wh~e·s concept is. 10.dc5
.l:lc8!tt] 10... b5! 11. bS c!l:le 4! 12 .'~'e4
[12.tt::lc3 c!l:lc3 13.bc3 e6 (13 ...'lli'a5!? 14..1:lc1
c!l:lc7 15.~e2 'ifa3t) 14..1:ld1 (14.d6 c!l:lb4!t)
14...c!l:lc7 15.de6 (15.d6 c!l:ld5+) 15... tt::le6
16.~e5 'i!fe8 (16...lL)g5!? 17.~g7 c!l:\13
18.gf3 'it;g7 19.'i!r'c5 .l:le8 20.~e2 'ife7
21.'i!fe7 .l:le7 and Wh~e is worse with an
extra pawn!) 17.~e2 lL)g5 18.c!l:lg5 ~e5
19.(}{)oo Rios·Alonso Garcia, Catalunya tt
20121 12... · s 13.0-0-0 [13.~ ..-as
14.tt::ld2 '*b5 15. ~d4 16..1:lc1 .!:ladS
17.a3 'ifb7+; 13..1:ld1 ~b2 14 .~ 'i!fa5
15.~d2 '*b5'f] 1 3...~f1 14..1:lhf1 ..-as
15.'ifc4
190
It mean something that Pono-
mariov pl ayed it again t Yitiu-
gov, coring a draw, in the 20 12
Rus ian Team Champion hip.
Until now 8 ... lLlc6 ha n' t found
many follower , and not without
rea on. After the strongest reply
9.e4, White is clearly better. See
the game Flear-Dutreuil.
Conclusion
I warmJy recommend thi theme
for studying. Fir t of all , it's are-
15... .1:lab8!-+ 16 .~ b8 .l:lb8 17..1:ld2
.l:lb4 18.'i!fd3 c4 19.'i!fc2 'i!fa2
20.'ifb1 'i!fas 21.'iYd1 c3 22 ..1:le2
'i!fdS 23.'iYe1 c!l:lcS 24 ..1:lh1 cb2
25 •.1:le7 .l:le4 26 ..1:le4 c!l:le4 0-1
Sokolov,lvan
Wang Vue
Nakhchivan 2011 (9)
1.d4 c!l:\f6 2.c4 g6 3.c!l:lc3 dS 4.c!l:lf3
~g7 5.'tlt'a4 ~d7 6.'ifb3 dc4 7.'ifc4
o-o a. ~f4 tt::la6 9.e4 cs 1O.es c!l:lhS
liable ystem , and ea y to unde r-
rand . It's a! o ideal for che
amateur who do not have much
time to learn ton of theory. In-
stead, checking through a dozen
or o page (we shouldn ' t forget
about the econd part! ) they get
enough information to boo t
the ir se lf-confide nce. On the
other hand , hig hly-rated grand-
ma ter may a lso find omething
to their benefit here.
Anyway, it 's a challenge to per-
manentl y learn new thing . In-
ten ive use of the brain keep one
mentally fresh - regardle of
age and Elo point . If nothing
e lse, it can g ive extra motivation!
In Pa rt ll of thi · erie all
option be ide the main line
will be crutinized in order to
complete the picture.
11 .~e3 cd4 12. d4 ~c6 13.~e2
~f3 14 .~f3 1t'd4 1 5 .~d4 c!l:\b4
16.0-0-0 f4 11.'iYb1 [17.~b7? c!l:lbd3
18.'iYc2 .!:labS 19..1:ld3 d3 20.'iYd3
(20. ~e4?! b2! 21 .14 (21.~a7 .l:lbc8
22.'iYb2 ~e5 23 ..1:lc1 .l:lc7!- +) 21....1:llc8
22 .~a7 (22 ..1:lb1 .l:lb4 -+; 22.'iYd2
.l:lb4 -+) 22 ... .1:lb4 -+) 20 ... .1:lb7 21 .b3
.l:ld8 22.14 .l:lb4 23.c!l:le2 16 24.'iYe4 a5+]
17... e6 [17 ... c!l:lc6 18. ~e3 ( 18. ~c6!?
bc6 19.g3 c!l:le6 20.14;!;) 18... ~e5 19..1:ld7
.!:labS 20 ..1:lc1 ?! (20..1:lhd1 !?) 20... .1:lld8=
Renette-De Haan, Belgium tt 2011 /12]
18. ~e3 c!l:lc6 [18 ... ~e5 19..1:ld7 c6
20..1:lhd1 (20 ..1:lb7!? ed4 21 . ~e4 15
22 .~d4 c!l:\d4 23..1:le7 le4 24..1:le5 .l:lf2
25 ..1:le4;!;) 20 ... .1:lab8 21. a4 (21 .~c6 !?
bc6 22.'iYc2;!;) 21....1:llc8 22 ..1:lc1 (22. ~c6
.l:lc6 23..1:le7 ~16 24 ..1:led7 c!l:\18 25 ..1:l7d6
.l:lbc8=) 22 ... c!l:led4 23.~d4 c!l:\d4 24 ..1:lc8
.l:lc8 25 .~b7 .l:lc7 26..1:lc7 ~c7 27.h3 ~d6
28 . ~c1 ~b4 29.Wd1 e5 30.a3 ~e7
31.c!l:lc3 15 32.tt::le2 \7-17 Riazantsev-
Sutovsky, Sochi tt 2005] 19. ~c6 bc6
20.f4 f6 21.ef6 ~f6 22.c!l:le4 ~g7
23.g3 .l:lfb8 24 ..1:ld2;t .l:lb4 25. cS

~c5 26.~c5 J:lb7 [26 ...J:le4!? 27.J:lhd1
aS 28.J:ld7i] 27.J:lhd1 ~ [~ 27... e5
28.te5 ~es 29.J:le2 ~g7 30.J:ld6i]
28..id4 J:ld8 29.~g7 J:ld2 30.J:ld2
1Pg7 31 .J:lc2 J:lc7 32.J:lc5
33.1Pc2 '<Ve6 34.b4 'i>d7 35.1Pc3
6 36.83 [WMe can torture his
opponent without any risk] 36 ... e6
37.1Pc4 86 38.J:l85 J:l87 39.1i>d4 J:l88
40.\Pe4 J:l87 41.g4 J:l88 42.h4 J:l87
43.gs J:l88 44. J:lf8 45.'<Vg4 J:l88
46.h5 J:l87 47.h61 J:l88 48.'itg3 J:l87
49. J:l88 50.'ite3 J:l87 [SO ... c;t;>c7!?]
S1 .841 J:lb7 52.J:l86 J:lb4 53. J:l87 e5
54.J:lh7 ef4 55.'i>f3 J:l84 56.J:lg7
~PeS 57.J:lg6 5 58.h7 J:l83 59.
l:!82 60 .~e1 J:l81 61.'i>d2 J:l82
62.'<Vc3 J:l83 63.'<Vb2 <i>g6 64.h8
[Ivan Sokolov is the leading expert of this
variation and this game was a nice
performance by him!] 1-0
So, Wesley
N8vara,David
Belfort tt 2012 (7)
1.1Llf3 l0f6 2.c4 g6 3.l0c3 d5 4.d4
~g7 S."-84 ~d7 6.Wb3 dc4 7."* c4
o-o 8.~f4 l086 9.e4 cS 10.eS hS
11 .~e3 cd4 12.W d4 ~c6 13.~e2
'l'c7
14.0-0 (14.Wh4 ~es 15.ll:le5 We5
16.o-o-o ll:lc7 (16 ... l0g7!?) 17.J:lhe1 ll:le6
18 .~h5 Wh5 19.Wh5 gh5 20.l0d5 J:lfeS
21 .~h6 'ithS 22 .~d2 J:lac8 23.~c3 '<VgS
24.J:le5 ~d5 25.J:led5=1i Grigoriants·
Esen, Warsaw Ech 200S] 14... ~f3
15.~f3 ~es 16. e4 tOeS 17.'tt'b4
[17.Wh4 ~c3 1S.bc3 ll:lg7 19.~c5 WcS
20.~b7 J:labS 21 .J:lab1 5 22.'tt'a4 l0d6
23. ~13 c4 24.Wd7 lOeS:J: Ding Uren-
J.Gomez, Ho Chi Minh City 2012]
17...l0d3 18.W b3 ~c3 19.'it'c3
Wc3 20.bc3 J:l8c8 21 . ~87 J:lc3
22.J:lfb1 [22.a4 J:ldS? (22 ... J:laS) 23.J:lfb1
l0hf4 24.aS eS 2S.~e3 tOeS 26.~c5 J:lcS
27.~b7 +- l0e2 2S.IPI1 c3 29.J:lc1
J:lc7 30.a6 lObS 31 .J:lc7 ll:lc7 32.a7 aS
33.'<Ve2 c;t;>g7 34 .~S J:laS 3S.'<Vd3 1-0
Feiler-Jansa, Aix-les-Bains Ech 2011]
22 ... l0c5 23. ~ b7 l0b7 24.J:lb7 J:l88
25.84i J:lc6 26.8S J:la6 27 .~d4 8 J:lg8 26.'*'h6 '*'d2= Krasenkow] 22 ... J:lg6
28.J:l8b1 ll:lf6 29. J:lb8 lOeB 30. ~c3
f6 31 .'<Vf1 32. J:l88 J:l88 33.'<Ve2
<i>e6 34.'i>d3 d6 3S.~b4 J:la6
36. J:l81 WdS 37.J:lc1 h5 38. J:lc7
We6 39.Wc2 WdS 40. J:le7 '<Vc4
41. ~d6 [~ 41. ~d2] 41 ... J:ld6 42.J:le1
WbS 43.J:l81 WaS 44.'itc3 J:ldS
4S.J:l84 gS 46.J:l82 J:ld1 47.h3 f5
48.J:ld2 J:lg1 49.g3 J:lh1 SO.J:ldS
J:lh3 S1 .J:lf5 g4 S2.'i>d2 h4 S3.gh4
J:lh4 S4. J:lgS J:lh2 SS.We2 J:lh3
56.J:lg4 <i>aS 57.J:lc4 J:lh8 58.f3
'<VbS S9. J:lc1 J:le8 60. 2 J:lh8 61.f4
J:lh3 62.Wg2 J:ld3 63. J:lc2 '<Vb6
64.J:lc8 J:l83 65. J:lc4 WbS 66.J:lc2
'i>b6 67.fS J:la5 68.f6 J:lgS 69. 1
J:lg8 70. ~e2 ~-~
Yakovenko,Dmitry
Topalov,Veselin
Nanjing 2009 (6)
1.d4 ll:lf6 2.c4 g6 3.ll:lc3 dS 4.l0f3
~g7 5."it'a4 ~d7 6.Wb3 dc4 7.'1'c4
0-0 8. ~f4 6 9.e4 cS 10.eS lOhS
11. ~e3 cd4 12.".-d4 ~c6 13.~e2
W as 14.0-0 ll:lb4 1S.Wh4 [15.1t'c5
Salem-Cheparinov, Biel 2011] 1S... l0c2?!
[15 ... ~13 16 .~13 ~es 17.~hS (17.'i!Ve7
l0c2 1S.J:lad1 l0e3 19.fe3 J:laeS 20.'*'b7
l016 21 .lOdS=) 17...~16 1S.'it'e4 ghS
19.J:lad1 (19.'it'b7 ll:lc2 20.J:lad1 e3
21 .fe3 J:lab8 22.Wf3 J:lb2 23.lOdS Wa2
24.J:la1 'i!Vb3 2S.J:la7=) 19... J:lfdS 20.'i!Vb7
~c3 21 .bc3 lOdS 22.c4 ll:le3 23.fe3=]
Survey G/ 7.4
'' .t
16.g4! ll:le3? [16 ...l0a1 17.J:la1 'iiVb4
1S.ghS 'ii'b2 19.J:lc1 ~13 20.~13 J:lfc8
2Ui'd4i] 17.fe3 ~h6 18.l0d1 'ith8
19.ghS+- J:lg8 20. J:lad8
21 .hg6?! [21.We7! ~13 (21...ghS
22.b4+-) 22.'*'16 ~g7 23.'Wf3 ~es
24. c3+-] 21...~f3 22. [22.gf7?
J:lg7 23.We7 ~e2 24.fS'*' J:lfS 2S.'ii'f8
23.'*'e4 [23.We7?? •ds 24.e4 'i!Vd2
2S.'*'h4 J:ld3 26.Wf2 J:le3-+] 23 .. .fS!?
24. Wc4 '*'d2 25.J:lc1?? [2S.Wc3 'ii'dS
26.Wf2 ~gS 27.<i>e1 ~h4 2S. 12 J:l~;
25.J:lf2! We1 (2S ... J:lc6?! 26.Wb3 J:lb6
27.~c4 ! We1 2S.'Wc3 Wh1 29.'ite2 J:lc6
30.a4±; 2S... J:lg4 26.~11 ! aS 27.b4! 'ilfeS
2S.'tt'c3±) 26.~d3 J:lg4 27 ...c2 Wh1
2S.'ite2 J:lg1 29.'l'c3 e6i Krasenkow]
25... J:lc6-+ 26.t+'h4 'i!Vc1 27.We7
J:lg8 28.e6 Wd2 29. t4 o-1
Salem,A.R.Saleh
Cheparinov,lvan
Biel 2011 (7)
1.d4 l0f6 2.c4 g6 3. c3 dS 4.l0f3
~g7 5.Wa4 ~d7 6."Wb3 dc4 7 ...c4
0-0 8.~f4 a6 9.e4 cs 1o.es lOhS
11.~e3 cd4 12.Wd4 ~c6 13.~e2
• as 14.0-0 b4 [14... 16? 1S.Wc4 'ithS
16. d4+- J:lacS 17.l0c6 J:lc6 1S.WbS
Wc7 19.lOdS (19.g4+-) 19.....es
20 ... b7 J:ld6 21 .J:lad1 e6 22.l0c3 Hl
Avrukh-Rombaldoni, Alghero 2011 ; 14...~13
1S.~f3 ~eS 16.'i!rdS (16.Wd7!? should be
better) 16... 'iYdS 17. dS J:lfeS 1S.J:lac1
(1S.g4!? ll:lg7 19.J:lad1 =1i) 1S... e6 19.l0c3
J:le7 (19 ... l0b4!?) 20.a3= I.Sokolov-Van
Wely, Belgium tt 2003104; 14... J:lfdS
1S.'*'h4 ~es 16.b4 '*'c7 17. eS WeS
1S.b5 ..c3 19.bc6 ...c6 20.~13 'l'd6
21.J:lab1 J:lac8 22 .~hS ghS (Zhukova-
Mikhalevski, Aix-les-Bains Ech 2011)
23.J:lb7!;t/±] 15....c5 [1S.J:lad1 !? ll:lc2
191
 (15... ~13 16.~13 ~e5 17....d7t) 16.'it'c5
-.c5 17.~c5 t014 18.l:ld2 t0e2 (18 ...l:lac8
19 .~e7 l:lfe8 20.~d6 t0e2 21.l:le2 ~13
22.l:lc2 ~g4 23.l:lea; 18... l:lfc8 19.~e7
e2 20.l:le2 ~13 21 .l:lc2 ~c6 22.14 White
is a pawn up) 19.t0e2 (19.l:le2 ~13 20.l:lc2
~c6 21. ~e7 l:lle8 22.~16 ~16 23.ef6
l:le6=) 19... ~13 20.gf3 l:lfc8 21 .l:lc2 b6
22.l:lfc1 l:lc5 23.l:lc5 bc5 24.l:lc5 l:ld8
25.b4 ~h6~] 1S ...'it'cS 16 .~cS tOdS
[16... ~13 17.~13 t0d3 18.~e7 l:tfeS
19.t0d5 ~e5 20.g3;!;; 16... a5 17.g3
( 17.~e7 l:lle8 18.~d6 t014<=) 17... ~13
18.~13 ~es 19 . ~e7 : res 20.~gs;
Krasenkow] 17.t0dS ~dS 18.~e3
[18.g3!? l:lfcS (18 ... l:lle8=/;!;) 19.~e7 l:lc2
20.l:tld1 ~c6 21 . d4 l:lb2 22.~3
(22.~h5!? gh5 23.~ bc6 24.14=/;!;;
22.14;!;) 22 ... l:lb6 23 .~c5 l:lb2 24 .~3 l:lb6
25 . ~c5 l:lb2 17·17 Vegh·Erdogdu, Turkey tt·2
2012] 18...16 19.l:l1d1 e6 20.g4 1eS
21.ghS [21.l:td5!? ed5 22.gh5 gh5oo]
21 ...~13 22 .~13 l:l13 23.hg6 hg6
24.l:ld7 l:lf7 2S.l:lad1 b6 26.l:lf7
27.l:ld7 28.h4= ~18 29.~gS
s 30.l:lf7 ~e4 31 .~g2 ~cs 32.13
~dS 33.l:ld7 ~c4 34.l:lg7 ~d4
3S.l:lg6 ~b2 36.~16 ~d4 37.l:lg4
WdS 38.hS ~e3 39 ~g7 l:tc8 40.h6
l:lc2 41. ~h3 l:lc1 42. ~h2 l:lc2
43.l:lg2 ~14 44. ~ h3 l:lg2 4S .~g2
~ h6 46.~h6 e4 47. Y.!· Y.!
Aagaard,Jacob
Andersen,Mads
Odense ch·DEN 2011 (9)
1.d4 t016 2.c4 g6 3.t0c3 dS 4. 13
~g7 s.'ii'a4 ~d7 6.'ii'b3 dc4 7 ....c4
0-0 8 . ~14 6 9.e4 cs 1O.es tOhS
11 .~e3 cd412.'it'd4
12 ...~e6?! [12 ...15? is simply weak:
13.().().0 (13 ....d5 e6 (13...~h8 14.()-().Q
192
~c6 (14 .. .14 15....b7+-) 15.1i"c6!+-)
14.-..b7+- is even stronger) 13... ~e6
14.t0g5 -..d4 15.l:ld4 c7 16.t0e6 t0e6
17.~c4 ..W 18.14 l:lfcS 19.~b1 a6 20.a4
b5 21.~d5 l:lab8 22.ab5 ab5 23.l:lb4 g5
24.g4 gl4 25.g15 fe3 26.~e6+­
Zakhartsov·ScMfer, Bad Wiessee 2011]
13 ~e2?! [Alter 13.1i"e4! Black has
serious problems] 13... d4 14.t0d4
~es 1s. 1e6 16 . ~13 tOb4
17.0-0-0 t016 18. ~b1 t0c6 [18 ... ~c3!?
19.bc3 t0c6] 19.t0a4 [19.t0e4!?]
19... [~ 19...~d6] 20. cS;!; l:lab8
21.l:lhe1 l:l1c8 22.g4 [22 .~c1 !]
22... t0d4? [22 ... ~d6] 23.l:ld4 [23.~d4 !
~d4 24.t0e6 ~12 25.l:le2 ~ 26.g5 (with
excellent play for the pawn!) 26... h5
(26 ... t0e8 27.l:l11+-) 27.l:lf1 ~ 28. ~d5
~hS 29.l:lf7±] 23 ... l:lcs 24.l:lb4 : as
2S.~a7! l:la7 26.l:leS;!; l:ld8 27.l:l14
h6?! [~ 27 ... l:ld2] 28.h4 ~g7 29.l:le6
bS 30.gS hgS 31 .hgS t0h7
32.l:leS+- l:ld2 33 .~dS e6 34.~e4
l:le2 3S.l:le6 l:ld7 36.l:lg6 ~h8 37.a3
l:ld1 38.~a2 l:ldd2 39.l:l h6 l:lb2
40. ~a1 l:la2 41. ~ b1 l:lab2 42. ~c1
l:la2 43.l:lh7 ~98 44.l:lh1 l:le4
4S.l:le4 l:la1 46. ~b2 l:lh1 47.14 l:l11
48.~c3 l:l13 49.~ b4 SO.l:leS 1-0
Golod,Vitali
Greenfeld,Aion
Israel II 2011 (7)
1.d4 t016 2.c4 g6 3.t0c3 dS 4.t013
~ g7 s ....a4 ~d7 6:it'b3 dc4 7.'it'c4
0-0 8. ~14 a6 9.e4 cs 1 O.eS tOhS
11 . ~e3 t0b4!?
12.l:lc1 ?! [12.Q.O..()! b5 13.1i"b3 od4!?
(13...~e6 14.d5 ~15 15.~5! (15. ~c5?!
a5t) 15...... b6 (15 ...~c2?! 16.'ii'c4 ~d1
17.l:ld1±; 15... l:lb8 16.'ilt'c4) 16.d6 a6
17.~e2 ed6 18.l:ld6 '*'c7 (18 ... 'it'a5?
19.'it'c4; 18...... b8?! 19.l:lhd1 ~c2 20.1t'c4
~d1 21 .l:ld1 ~e5 22 .~c5 ~c3 23.bc3
'it'l4 24.\Pb2 'it'c4 25 .~c4 c6 26.~18
~8 27.l:ld6+-) 19.t0d5±; 13... a5
(Greenfeld) 14.dc5 '*'c7 15.~5;!;) 14.t0d4
'it'a5 15.e6 ~e6 16. e6 leG 17.'*'e6
~h8;:!] 12 ... cd4 13. d4 aS [13...~!?
14.e6 (14. c6 ~c6 15.~e2 (15.14 e6~ t::.
16... 'it'h4) 15...~e5 16.~5 gh5 17.'*h4
d3!~) 14... d4 15.ef7 (15.ed7? • d7+)
15 ... l:lf7 16.~d4 l:tc8 ( 16... ~e6!? 17.1i"e6
'it'd4 18. l:lc2~) 17.1i"b4 aS 18.'it'b6 ~d4
19.'it'd4 e5~] 14.a3 [14.14 l:lcS 15.'*b3
(15.'ilt'e2!?;!; Vegh) 15 ... g5! 16.fg5 '*c7~]
14 ...l:lc8 1S.'it'b3 c6 16. c6 ~c6
17.e6 [17.l:ld1 (Greenfeld) 17.. .'tifc7 18.14
~6. 14<; 17.14 ~h6 , 14<] 17...fS
18 .~e2 14 [18 ... ~g2! 19.l:lg1 14 20.~b6
'it'd6! 21 .l:lg2 (21.~h5 ~d5! 22....d1 ...e6
23. ~ 1 ~b3-+) 21 ...13 22.l:lg4 fe2-+]
19. ~ b6 'it'd6 20.l:ld1 a4 21 .1t'a2
~c3 22.bc3 1t'es 23.13 ~bS
[23 ...'it'c3!? 24 .~ 'it'b3!~] 24.~d4
1i"e2 2S.'it'e2 ~e2 26 . ~e2 t0g7
[26 ... l:lc6? 27.l:lb1 l:lb8 28.l:lb4=] 27.~g7
[27.l:lhe1 e6 28. ~ 1 ~) 27...~g7
28.l:ld3 [28.l:ld7!? l:lc3 (28... ~6 29.l:ld4!,
a4 <, 14<) 29.l:le7 " 30.l:lh7 l:la3
31.l:lb7=] 28... : 16 29.l:lb1 l:le6
30 . ~d2 [30.~d1 !] 30 ... l:lcS 31.l:ld4
[31 .l:lb7 l:lg5 32.g4 fg3 33.hg3 l:tg3+]
31 ...l:lgS 32.l:lg1 l:ld6 [32 ...l:lb5!?
33.l:la4 l:lb2 34 .~c1 l:la2 ~] 33 . ~d3
l:ld4 34. ~d4 [34.cd4 l:lb5 t::. 35 ... l:lb3,
a3<] 34... 6 3S.c4 e6 [35 ...l:te5)
36.l:lb1 [36.h4! l:lg3 (36 ... l:le5?! 37.l:lb1)
37.~e4 g5 38.hg5 ~g5 39.l:lb1 l:lg2
40.l:lb7 l:le2 41. ~d4 ~] 36 ... l:lg2
37.l:lb7 l:lh2 38.cS gS 39. ~c4 hS
40.l:lh7 l:lc2 41.~ bS g4 42.l:lhS g13
43.c6 12 44.l:lh1 eS 0-1
Gold

Vegh,Endre
Andersen,Mads
Heviz 2011 (8)
1.d4 ti::Jf6 2.c4 g6 3.ti::Jc3 dS 4.ti::Jf3
~g7 S.'ii'a4 ~d7 6.'ii'b3 dc4 7.'i!Vc4
0-0 a .~f4 ti::Ja6 9.e4 cs 1o.es
~e61? 11.ef6!? [A typical motif, also
known after s.'ii'b3, the Russian Variation]
1 1... ~c412.fg7
1 2...~g7 [12... ~f1 13.gf8'6' 'i!VfB?!
(13...'itf8 is obviously better: 14.l:l.f1
(1 4.'it•f1?! 'ii'b6 1S.dcS 'i!Vb2 16.l:l.c1
~c5 'i=) 14... ti::Jb4!? (14... cd4?! 1S.O·O·O d3
16.ti::Je1 ti::Jb4 (16 ... ti::JcS 17.~b1 ;!;) 17.a3
i'as 1B. ~b1 ;!;) 1S.O·O·O c4!? and this
interesting position requires furher tests)
14.~f1 cd4 1S.ti::Jd4 'ilt'cB 16.ti::Jde2 ~fS
17.:ld1 eS 18 .~e3 ti::Jb4 19.h4! 'it'e6 20.b3
11Jc2 21 .l:l.h3± Cs.Horvath·Fiumbort,
Budapest ch-HUN 2004; 12... l:l.e8 13 .~c4
cd4 14.0·0·0 eS? (14.. .'ifaS!? 1S.l:l.d4
lladB (1S...es 16.l:l.d7 ef4 17.l:l.f7+-)
16.:lhd1 oo) 1S.ti::JeS 'i!VaS 16.~17 ~g7
17.~e8 l:l.eB 18.l:l.d4 l:l.eS 19.l:l.d7 <;PgB
20.:lhd1 (20. ~eS!? 'WeS 21 .g3±/+-)
20...ti::Jb4? (20 ... l:l.e8 21 .l:l.b7 'i!VIS
22.~e3;!;/±) 21 .l:l.d8+- ~17 22 .~e5
i'eS 23.:%1d7 Wf6 24.a3 ti::Jc6 2S.ti::Jd5
<l.>e6 26.ti::Jc7 wrs 27.l:l.f8 1·0 Jankovic-
Nestorovic, Sarajevo 2012] 13 .~c4 cd4
[13... ti::Jb4 is a new move, but I think this
will be worse: 14.0·0 cd4 (14 ...ti::Jc2
15.:tad1 cd4 16.~b3±) 1S.l:l.ad1 dc3?!
(1 5... d3!? 16.l:l.fe1 ;!;) 16.l:l.d8 l:l.fdB 17.~e5
<l.>gB 18. ~c3 ti::Jd5 19.~d2 (only White can
win in this type of position) 19... l:l.ac8
20.~b3;!;/± Halkias-Hunt, Reykjavik 2012;
13...'i'b6 14.0.0·0 ~b4 1S. ~a6 (1S .~e2!?
lladB (1S ...l:l.ac8 16.a3 _.b3 17 .~b 1;!;)
16.a3 '*b6 17.dS;t; Kizov) 15... ba6 16.a3
Was 17.d5 c4?! (17 ...l:l.fe8 Kizov) 1B.l:l.he1
llfeB 19.l:l.e4 _.b6 20.~g3 l:l.ac8 21 .l:l.de1
e6 (21 ...'itf8 22 .~b1± ; 21...'6'b7
22 .~d61±) 22.de6 l:l.e6 23.l:l.e6 fe6
24.ti::Jg5± Kizov-Colovic, Struga 2011]
14.~e5 [14.l:l.d1 '6'a5 (14 .. .'.-b6!?
15. ~e5 f6 16 .~d4 'ifb2 17.0-0 \!i'b4
(17... l:l.ac8?! 18.~b3! (18.l:l.b1 'Wa3
19.ti::Jb5 'it'a4 20. ~e6oo) 18... l:l.c3
(18 ... eS?! 19.ti::Je5 fe5 20.~e5 ~h6
21.l:l.d7 'it'c3D 22 .~c3 l:l.c3 23.l:l.b7±;
18... 'Wa3 19.ti::Jg5 ti::Jc7 20.ti::Jd5t)
19.l:l.b1!;!;) 18.~3 ti::Jc7 19.l:l.fe1 l:l.feBoo)
1S .~es (1S.l:l.d4 l:l.ad8 16.0·0 l:l.d4
17.~e5 f6 1B. ~d4 ti::lb4=i=) 15...16 16. ~d4
eS 17 .~e3 l:l.fd8 18.0-0 ti::Jb4 19.a3 ti::Jc2
20.~d2 ti::Jd4 (20 ... l:l.ac81?) 21 .ti::Jd4 l:l.d4
22 .~e2 l:l.ad8 23.~e3 (23.b4!?oo)
23 ...l:l.d1 24 .~d1 =i= Galyas-Naumann,
Germany Bundesliga 2011 /12; 14.0·0·0
doesn't promise anything special for White:
14...'ii'a5 1S.l:l.d4 l:l.fd8 16.l:l.e1 l:l.d4
17 .~e5 ~18 18. ~d4 l:l.dB 19.l:l.e5 '6'c7
20.l:l.e4 ti::Jb4 21. ~e3 <;Pg7 22 .~14 'i'c5
23. ~e3 ~-% Renette-Hoffmann, Belgium It
2011 /12] 14..•f6 [14...Wg8!? 15 .~d4 l:l.c8
16.~e2 ti::Jb4 17.l:l.c1 'it'aS (17 ... eSI?
18 .~es ti::Jd3 (18 ... f6 19 .~d4 l:l.eB 20.0·0
ti::Ja2 21 .ti::Ja2 l:l.e2 22 . ~f6;!;) 19 . ~d3 1t'd3
20.l:l.d1 'i!Vc4 21 .l:l.d4 (21 .ti::Jd5 l:l.fd8!)
21 ... '6'a6 22.l:l.d6 b6! (22 ... 't!Vc4 23.ti::Jd2
'i'c5 24.l:l.dSV±; 22 ...l:l.c6 23.ti::JdS f6
24.l:l.c6 'it'aS 2S.l:l.c3;!;) 23.ti::Jd5 l:l.feB
24.ti::lf6 wra 2S.ti::lh7 <;Pe7!? (25 ...<;Pga
26.ti::lf6 <;Pta 27.ti::lh7 <;Pga 2a.ti::lf6=l
26.<;Pd2 l:l.cdB (26...'it'a5 27.We3!) 27.l:l.e1
l:l.d6 28.~d6 <;Pd6 29.l:l.e8 'it'a2oo) 18.0·0
l:l.fd8 19.a3 ti::Jc6 20 .~e3 a6 21 .h3 ti::JeS
22.ti::Je5 'i¥e5 23 .~13 bS 24.l:l.fe1 l:l.d7
2S .~h6 'i!VbS 26.~g4 e6 27.ti::le4 l:l.c1
28.ti::Jf6 ~ h8 29. l:l.c1 ~ Farago-Sarenac,
Albena 2011] 15.~d4 eS 16. ~e3 ti::Jb4
17.0-0 ti::Jc2 18.l:l.ad1 'i!Vc7 19. ~b3
.,
ti::Je3 20.fe3
X X
.t..t. 'if
.t.i
.t.
..tttJ ~ttJ
~~ ~~
1:[ ~~
20 ..•'it'c5 [20 ... l:l.ac8 21 .<;Ph1 (21 .l:l.f2
1t'c5 22.ti::JdS aS 23.a4 l:l.fdB 24.ti::Je1 fS
Survey G/ 7.4
2S.ti::Jf3 bS 26.ti::JeS?! (26.g4!? ba4
27.~a2+) 26 ... ba4 27.~a2 a3-+
Galliamova-Lahno, Rostov-on-Don W 2011 :
21 .ti::JdSI?) 21 ...l:l.fd8 22.ti::JdS '6'c5 23.e4
aS 24.l:l.fe1 1t'bS 2S.ti::Jc3 'ii'b4 26.ti::JdS
1t'bS 27.ti::Jc3 'ii'b4 28.ti::JdS ~ - ~
Kaidanov-Robson, St Louis ch-USA 2012]
21 .ti::Jd5 l:l.ac8 22.ti::Jd2! fS 23.<;Ph1 [A
critical moment. A possible improvement is
23.ti::Jf3!? l:l.feB (23 .. .14 24.ti::JgSt) 24.g41?t
Farago; 24.l:l.f2oo] 23 ... a5 24.ti::Jf3 l:l.fe8
25.g41 [2S.l:l.f2 bS=i=; 2S.e4?! bS (2S ... fe4?!
26.ti::JgS-+) 26.a3 f4 27.l:l.d2 (27.g3?! a4
28.U 'i!Vc2+/-+) 27 ... h6=i=] 25 •.. b5
26.a3 f4 [26 ...a4 27 .~a2 'it'c2 28. ~b1 !
(28.gfS? 'tiffS+/-+; 2B.l:l.d2?! 'i!Ve4 29.gfS
'ii'IS 30.~b1 W'hS 31 .l:l.df2 l:l.f8 32.e4
l:l.17=i=) 28 ...'Wb2 29.gfS-+] 27.ef4 e4
28.ti::Je5 a4 29.~a2 gS? [29 ...e3!
30.l:l.fe1 (30.ti::Je3? l:l.eS-+ ; 30.l:l.de1
1fc2) 30... l:l.ed8! 31 .l:l.e2 (31. e3 l:l.d1
32.ti::Jd1 't!Vc2!-+) 31 ... l:l.d6t]
30.ti::Jd7? [It's a pity that I missed the
beautiful winning move 30. 16!! l:l.e7 (as
far as I remember I saw it during the game,
but after 30... l:l.ed8 I didn't notice 31 .ti::JhS
with a forced win: 31 ... <;Ph6 (31... ~h8
32.ti::Jf7+-) 32.ti::JI7 ~g6 33.1S+-;
30... l:l.eS 31.feS 1feS 32.l:l.d7 Wg6 33.~17
<;Ph6 34 .~e8 +-) 31.ti::le4 (31 .ti::JhS?! <;PhB
32.ti::J17 l:l.17 33. ~f7 e3+=t) 31 ...'i!Vc2
(31 ...'it'e3 32.ti::Jg3 <;PhS 33.l:l.d3 l:l.eS
34.l:l.e3 l:l.e3 3S.IS ~g7 36.f6 'ot;>fS
37.17+-) 32 .~b1! 'it'b2 33.ti::Jd6 gf4
(33 ...l:l.f8 34.ti::Jf5 l:I.IS 3S.gf5+-) 34.ti::JIS
WfB 3S.ti::Je7 <;Pe7 36.~h7+ -]
30 ••.'ii'c6? [30 ...'ii'c2!] 31.ti::Je3
[31 .ti::JeS! 'ii'c5 (31 ...l:l.eS 32.feS e3 33.l:l.fe1
1t'e6 34.l:l.e3 'i'g4 3S.l:l.g1 'ikh4
36.l:l.e2+-: 31 ...'i¥c2 32.ti::Je3+-)
32.ti::Jf6!! :le7 33.ti::le4 "ti'c2 34. ~b1 't!Vb2
3S.ti::Jd6+- see before!] 31 ..• gf4 32.l:l.f4
Wh8 33.l:l.f7 [33.gS l:l.e7 34.l:l.f6 l:l.d7
193
3S.l:tc6 l:td1 36.l0d1 l:tc6 37.l0c3;t;
33.l:tf6!? ~c7 34.gS! (34.1:17?! 'Wa7
3S.l0f6 l:te7 36.l:td7 1:17 (36 ... l:td7??
37.l:td7 l:tc7 38.l:td8 q;g7 39.lOhS q;h6
40.lOfS+-) 37.l:ta7 l:ta7 38.q;g2f;
38.l0e4 l:te7 39 . ~dS l:tce8+) 34 ...~a7
(34 ...l:te7? 3S.l0b6 l:td8 36.lObdS+- )
3S.l0b6 l:tcd8 (35 ... l:tb8 36.l:tdf1!)
36.l:tdl1-] 33 ... l:tcd8
34.q;g1 ?! (34.l0f6? l:td1 35.l0d1 e3
36.q;g1 "it'f6 37.1:16 e2 38.l:tf1 e1'i f-+;
34.q;g2!? ~ h6 35.l015 (3S.l0f6 l:td1
36.l0d1 e3 37.l0e8 e2 38.gS! ~g5
(38 ...'i:Vc6 39.<oW ~e8 40.q;e1 edt 'if
41.~ 1 'i:Vd8 42.q;e2f) 39.q;l2 edt lO
40. ~ 1 ~e3 41.~ 1 ~e8 42.l:t12f)
35 .. .'*'f4 36.l0g3 (36.1:11 ~d2 37.1:12
l:td70 (37...'i:Vd7 38.l:td7 l:td7 39.l:te2±)
38.~e6 (38.l:td2 l:td2 39.q;g3 e3 40.~e6
l:th2 (40... e2?! 41.q;12 l:tb2 42.l0e7 (6
gS-g6) 42 ... e1 'i+' 43.q;e1 l:th2 44.gs l:tg2
45.~1S l:th2 46.~d7 l:td8 47.~S ;t)
41.l0e3 l:th6'i=) 38 ... 1:17 39.l:td2 e3oo)
36 .. :iVg4 37.l:td5!? (37.l0f6 ~13 38.q;h3
'iff6 39.1:16 l:td1oo) 37...~g8 38.l:thS l:td7
39.l:td7 ~a2 40.l:thh7 q;g8 41.l:tdg7 q;f8
42.lOfS 'i:Vb2 43.q;g1 'iVct 44.q;g2=;
34.l:tdS! ~c1 35.l0d1 l:tcS 36.l0f6 l:tc70
37.l:tc7 'iVc7 38.l0e8 'iVI7 39.h3 ~11
40.Wh2 ~14 41.q;g1 e3 42.l0c7! 'iVc7
(42 ... e2? 43.l:td8 q;g7 44.l0e6+-) 43.l0e3
'i:Vg3 44.l0g2 'iVc7 (44 ... 'iVh3? 4S.l:td8
q;g7 46.gS+-) 4S.l:td1 !±] 34 ...'iVh61
35.l0f5?! (35.l:te1 ! ~d6 (35 ...l:tc8 36.l016
(36.q;g2 l:tc7 37.lOeS l:tce7 38.l:te7 l:te7
39.l017 1:17 40.~17 'iVg7+) 36...l:tc1
37.l:th7 (37.l:tc1 'iVe3 38.Wg2 'iVf3
39.q;g1 ~e3=) 37 ...'iVh7 38.l:tc1 'iVh6
39.lOfdSoo) 36.l:td1 (36.l016 l:te7 37.l:te7
'iVe7 38.lOfdS eS 39.l:te2 hS=) 36 ...~h6
37.l:te1 'iVd6=] 35 •.. 'iVh3 36.l:tf1 ?T
(36.l:te1? 'i+'g4 37.Wh1 ~13 38.'11i> g1 l:tg8
39.l0g3 l:tg3 40.hg3 it"g3 41.Wf1 ~h3
194
42.WI2 l:tcS 43 . ~1 (43.1:18 J:tts 44.l0f8
W'f3 4S.Wg1 ~g3 46.Wt1 e3- +) 43... e3
44.l:te3 (44.We2 ~g2 4S.We3 l:te8-+)
44 ...'iVh2 45.q;f3 ~hS-+ ; 36.l0g3! l:tg8
(36... 'iVg4 37.l:tdS (37.l:th7 Wh7 38.l0f6
Wg6 39.l:td8 (39.l0g4 l:tdt 40.<oW l:td2
41 .We3 l:tb2-+) 39... gS 40.l:te8 ~ct
41.Wg2 ~b2 42.q;h3 ~a2 43.l0ge4
W!Soo) 37...~g6 38.l:thS e3 39.l:thh7 ~h7
40.l:th7 Wh7 41 .l0f6 q;g6 42.l0e8 l:te8=;
36... e3 37.l:te1 e2 38.~b1 l:td7D 39.l:td7
~g4oo) 37.l:tdS l:tg4 38.l0f6 l:tdS 39.~dS
l:th4!? (39 ... l:tg3 40.hg3 ~g3 41.Wf1
~13=) 40.l01e4 'iVh2 41 .Wf1 ~h3
42.W12oo ] 36 ...e3-+ 37.l0f6 (37.l0g3
e2 38.l:te1 l:te3 39.l:te2 l:te2 40.l0e2
l:td7-+] 37 ...e2 38.l:te1 l:td1 39.l0e8
..f1 0-1
Clever?
8 ... -'l.cG
Sokolov,lvan
Neverov,Valery
Plovdiv Ech 2012 (3)
1.d4 l0f6 2.c4 g6 3.l0c3 d5 4.l0f3
~g7 5.'iVa4 ~d7 6. ~ b3 dc4 7. ~c4
0-0 8 . ~f4 ~c6
.~.,. x •
•••.t ••.t• w
.,.,
9.l:td1 [The most powerful reply in my
opinion. White threatens 10.dS and 9...~d5
is not possible because the c-pawn is
hanging] 9 ...~f3 [9 ... lOdS 10.~eS!? ;
9...e6 10.e3 with a slight advantage for
White; 9... l0bd7 10.lOeS tOeS 11 .deS!
(11.~eS? ! e6 12 . ~d3 -.e7 13 .~c2
~h6f Sajtar-Smyslov, Moscow-Prague tt
1946) 11...l0d7 12.e6 fe6 13.it"e6 Wh8
14.~gs (14.e3 ~e8 1S.h4!?t) 14...1:15
1S.f4oo Gretarsson-Khusnutdinov, Pardubice
2012] 10.gf3 c6 11 .e4 [11 .e3 e6
12.'iVb3 '*'b6 13. ~c4 l0bd7 14.~g3 lOhS
1S.O-O ~ - ~ Riazantsev-Eiianov, Sochi II
200S; 11 .'iVb3 'i!fb6 12.e4 e6 13.~c4
l0bd7 14 .~b6 ab6 15.a4 l:tle8 16.We2
( 16 .~e3 1?) 16... lOdS! 17. ~dS ed5 18. ~e3
l016 19.Wd3 l:tad8 20.l:the1 de4 21.fe4
l0g4 22.13 tOeS 23.We2 l0c4 24 .~12 l0b2
2S.l:tb1 l0c4f Cs.Horvath-Sedlak,
Amsterdam 2011 ] 11 ... l0bd7 12 . ~e2
e6 (12... lOhS?! 13 .~gS! h6 14 . ~e3 e6
1S.h4! 'iVI6 (1 S... c7 16.eS!±; 15... l0hf6!?
16.f4!t Shipov) 16.eS± Giorgadze·Lputian,
Ankara zt 1995; 12... aS! 6 13... eS!
Shipov] 13.h4 e7 14 . ~e3:/;t e5
15.de5 tOeS 16. c5 'iVcS 17.~c5
l:tfe8 18 .~e3 l0ed7 19.h5! l0b6
20.hg6 hg6 21 .a4 l:tad8 22.0-0
h7 23.a5 tOea 24.f4 iOta 25 . ~g4
l0d6 26.e5 l0c4 27. ~a7 (27.l:td8!?
l:td8 28.l0e4] 27 ...l:ta8 28 .~d4 l0b2
29.l:tb1 l0d3 30.l0e2 : as 31.l:tb7
(31.l:tfd1 tOeS 32 .~cs l:tc5 33.l:tb7 f6=1;t]
31 ...l:ta4 32.l:td1 c5? (32 ... l014!
33.l014 ~eS] 33.l:td3 (33.e6!? l0e6
34 .~g7 Wg7 35.l:td3 l0f4 36.l014 l:tf4
37 .~13 l:teS with good practical chances
for a draw in spite of White's material plus]
33 .•. cd4 34.q;g2 l:tea8 35.l:tbb3 g5
36.fg5 ~es 37.f4 ~d6 [37...~g7 !?]
38.Wf3 l0g6 39.~ h5 l0h4 40.Wg4
l0g2 41.l:tb7 l:tf8 42.l:td7 ~b8
43.q;g3
45.l:tbb7+ -
l0e3
d3
44.l:tb3
46.l0c3
· 7?
l:tc4
47.l0b1 (47.~17 1:17 48.1:17+-1
47 ... l:tc1 48.l0d2 lOtS 49.Wg4 l0e3
50. 3 l0f1 51.l0e4 d2 52.l0f6 Wh8
53.l:ta7 d1 ~ 54.l:td1 l:td1 55. ~f7
l:td6 56 .~e6 l0d2 57.Wg4 l:tf6
58.gf6 l:te6 59.l:ta8 Wh7 60.f7 1-0
Rakhmanov,Aiexander
Nepomniachtchi,lan
Moscow 2012 (3)
1.d4 l0f6 2.c4 g6 3. c3 d5 4.l0f3
~g7 s .-.a4 ~d7 s.-.b3 dc4 H Wc4
0-0 8 .~f4 ~c6 9.l0e5 e6 [9. .. fd7
10.e4?! (10.l0c6 l0c6 11 .e3 (11.l:td1?!
l0b6) 11...eS 12.deS lOceS=; 10.l:td1 !?;t)
10...lOeS 11. ~es (11.de5 e6f ) 1 1... ~e5
12.de5 e6 13.14 -.e7 14 .~e2 l0d7 1S.b4
l0b6 16.-.b3 a6 17.Q-O l:tad8=1f Koneru·
Boros, Budapest 200S; 9...~dS (this natural
move is perhaps the best. The knight on eS
covers the bishop's diagonal, so the pawn
on c7 is not hanging) 10.lOdS (10.'i!fd3

q}hS 11 .~d2 ~e6 12.e4 tt:la6 13.a3 c5
(13 ... tt:lc5!? 14.dc5 ~es 15.'i'c2 c6=i=)
14.d5 ~d5 (14...~eS!? 1S.de6 fe6=i= )
15.'i'd5 'i'dS 16.tt:ldS ~es 17.tt:le7 ~g7
1B.t!~d5 tt:\16 19.tt:lf6 ~16 20.0-0-0 tt:lc7=
Riazantsev-Shomoev, Sochi tt 2006;
10.'i'a4!? is an alternative which as far as I
know hasn't been played yet, but alter
o...
10... tt:lh5 Black seems to be OK) 1 tt:ldS
11. ~g3 tt:lb6 (11...c5!t looks very strong
since White is behind in development)
12.'i'c3 tt:l8d7 13.tt:ld7 'W'd7 14.e3 J:lac8
15.b4 'W'a4 (15 ... tt:la4!? with good play for
Black) 16.a3 tt:ldS (16 ... tt:ld7!?) 17.'W'c5
'i'b3 18.'ifc4 'i'b2 19.'i'c1 'i'c1
20.J:lc1=1;!; Van Wely-Khalifman, Liepaja
rapid 2004] 10.tt:lc6 [10 .~g5 ~dS
tt.q}dS edS 12.'W'b3 tt:lc6 is about equal]
10... tt:lc6 11 .e3 tt:lhS 12. ~g3 tt:lg3
13.hg3 tt:le7 14.~e2 c6 1S.O-O
[15.0-0-0!?] 1S...es 16.deS ~es
17.J:lad1 'W'b6 [17.. .'i!t'c7=] 18.J:ld7 ~c3
[18 ...'W'b2 19.tt:la4 'tWa3 20.J:lb7;!;] 19.bc3
q}dS 20.e4 tt:\16 21 .J:ld6 tt:le8 22.J:ld4
J:td8 [22 ...tt:lc7 23.J:lfd1 tt:le6 24.J:ld6
J:tad8=] 23.J:lfd1 tt:lf6 24.eS J:ld4
2S.J:!d4 tt:ldS 26.~f3 'i'b1 27.~ h2
[27.l:ld1 'i'c2!=J 27... tt:lb6 28.'ii'e2: ea
29.l:le4 [29.'i'd2 1ff5 30.'i+'h6 16=]
29... J:le6 [29 ...1fc1=] 30.l:le3
30 ... gS?! [Too ambitious. 30... ~g7
31.~g4 J:le7=] 31. ~g4 J:lh6 32. ~ h3
'i'g6 33.Wg4 [33.J:ld3! ~g7 (33 ... g4?
34.l:ld41+-) 34.~g1±] 33 ... 'W'hS
34. ~g1? [34.'tWd4! tt:ld5 (34 ... g4?
35.l:le4! J:lg6 (3S ... gh3 36.J:lh4+- )
36.e6!+-) 35.J:le4±] 34...'it'g4 3S. ~g4
8= 36.l:ld3 ~e8 37 .~fS tt:ldS
38.c4 tt:lb6 39.l:ld4 cS 40.J:lg4 ~e7
41. ~d3 f6 42.J:le4 fS 43.l:le1 f4
44.gf4 gf4 4S.g3 f3 [45 ...fg3 is a bit
risky: 46.f4 J:lh4 47.J:lf1] 46.l:le3 J:lhS
47.J:lf3 J:leS 48.J:lf4 h6 49. J:lh4 l:le6
SO.J:lhS tt:ld7 S1 .~g2 l:la6 S2.~e4
J:la2 S3. ~b7 aS S4 •.ic8 tt:lb6
SS. ~a6 tt:ld7 S6. ~c8 tt:lb6 S7.~a6
tt:la4 S8.~ b7 J:lb2 S9.~c6 tt:lc3
60.J:lcS ~d6 61.J:laS ~c6 62.l:lhS
Y.l-Y:!
Khalifman,Aiexander
Belov,VIadimir
Khanty·Mansiysk 2007 (1)
1.d4 tt:lf6 2.tt:lf3 g6 3.c4 ~g7 4.tt:lc3
dS S.'i!Ya4 ~d7 6.'it'b3 dc4 7.'ilt'c4
0-0 8. ~f4 ~c6 9.e3 tt:lbd7 [9 ... ~13
10.gf3 c6 11 .'it'b3 'it'aS (11...'it'b6!?) 12.e4
(12.0·0·0!?) 12... tt:lbd7 13.e5 tt:ld5 14 .~d2
Wb6 15.tt:ld5 cdS 16.'i'b6 tt:lb6 17.14
J:lac8 18.b3 f6 19 .~d3 (19.h4!?) 19... ~h6
20.~e3 fe5 21 .feS ~g7 22.'iPe2 l:lf7 23.h4
J:lcf8 24.J:lh2 ~e3 2S.fe3 'iPh6=1;!;
I.Sokolov-Brkic, Sibenik 2011] 1 O. ~e2
tt:lb6 [10 ... tt:lh5 11.~g5 h6 12 .~h4 g5
13.g4 (13. ~g3!? e6 (13 ... tt:lg3 14.hg3 e6
15.J:ld1) 14.J:ld1) 13...tt:lb6 14.'W'd3 tt:lf4!?
(14 ... tt:lf6 15.~g3 tt:lbd5 16.h4t) 15.ef4
gh4 16.0-0-0 tt:ldSoo Smirnov-Kurnosov,
Olginka ch-RUS rapid 2011 ; 1O... e6 11 .0-Q
tt:lb6 12.'it'b3 'it'e7 13.tt:leS ~e8?!
(13 ... tt:lfd5!?) 14. ~13 c6 15.J:lac1 tt:lfdS
16. ~g3;!;/± Kan-Kortchnoi, Moscow
ch-URS 19S5] 11 .'tWb3 aS [11...tt:lfdS
12. ~g3 aS 13.a3 (13.0-Q!?;!;) 13 ... a4
14.'i'c2 e6 (14 ...tt:lc3!? 15.bc3 tt:lc8)
15.0·0 tfe7 16.l:lfc1 (16.tt:leS!?) 16... tt:lc3
17.bc3 f5 1B.tt:leS ~e4 19.'W'd2 tt:ld7 20.f3
tt:le5 21.fe4 tt:lf7 22.e5;!; Likavsky-
Kurnosov, Warsaw rapid 2009] 12.0-0
tt:lfdS 13.tt:ldS ~dS 14.'i'c2 ~f3
1S. ~f3 c6 16.'i'b3 e6 17.J:lfd1 a4
18.'i'b4 : ea 19.~g3 ~fa 20.'i!fd2
~d6 21.J:lac1 ~g3 22.hg3 W'd6=
23.a3 J:led8 24.'i'c3 J:ld7 2S.Wcs
'i!fc7 26.J:lc2 'i'c8 [Clearly an input
error, since the knight on b6 is hanging. Is
26... tt:lc8 the right move?] 27.J:ldc1 'i'd8
28.'i'c4 [Another input error??]
28 ... tt:ldS 29.'i!fd3 Y2 -Y2
Ding Llren
Li Chao B
Tianjin zt 2011 (8)
1.d4 tt:lf6 2.c4 g6 3.tt:lc3 dS 4.tt:lf3
~g7 S.'i'a4 ~d7 6.'i'b3 dc4 7.'W'c4
0-0 8.~f4 ~c6 9.e3 tt:ldS 1 O.~g3
[10.~e5 tt:lc3 11 .tfc3 ~f3 12 .~g7 'iPg7
Survey G/ 7.4
13.gf3 tt:ld7 14.J:lc1 (14.0·0·0!?) 14... tt:lf6
15. ~g2 c6 16.14 e6 17.0·0 aS 1B.'i+'b3
'flle7 19.J:lcS tt:ld5 20.l:lfc1 f5 21.'iPh1
~-~ Riazantsev·Li, Moscow 2007]
10... tt:lb6 [10 ... tt:lc3 11.bc3 (11 .tfc3 tt:ld7
12..ie2) 11...tt:\d7 12..ie2 e6 13.0-0 .idS
14.'i!fd3 c5 1S.e4 ~c6 16.dS edS 17.ed5
~a4=/;!; Bacrot-Wang Hao, Biel 2012]
11 .'f!lb3 ~f3 12.gf3 tt:l8d7 13.J:ld1
c6 14•.ig2 aS 1S.a4 tt:lf6 16.tt:le4
tt:lfdS 17.tt:lcS J:la7 18.h4 eS?!
[1B ... h5!?] 19.e4 [19.de5!? 'flle7 20.tt:ld3]
19... tt:lb4 20.deS 'i!fe7 21.'it'c3 tt:la6
22.tt:la6 J:la6 23. d4 [23.b3!±]
23 ... cs 24.'f!ld6 'ilfeS;: 2S.'it'cS tt:la4
26.tfa3 J:lb6 27.0-0?! [27.J:ld5]
27... tt:lb2 28.l:ldS a4 29.f4 J:lb3
30.'i'a2 tt:lc4 31 •.ih3 'it'c6 32 . ~d7
'ilt'b6 33 .~ h1 [33.~h2 l:laB] 33 ... a3
34.J:lc1 J:la8 3S.'iPh2?
3S ... tt:le3! -+ 36.l:ld6 'it'b4 37.J:ld2
l:lb2 38.J:lb2 'irb2 39.l:la1 l:la6
40. 'iPg1 tt:lc2 0-1
Old-Fashioned
8 .. .c6
Petrosian,Tigran V
Kasparian,Genrikh
Tbilisi ch·city 1945 (6)
1.d4 tt:lf6 2.c4 g6 3.tt:lc3 dS 4.tt:lf3
~g7 s.tfa4 [This check was played for
the first time in a few games by Salo Flohr
in 1944!] S... ~d7 6. 'it'b3 dc4 7.'it'c4
0-0 8. ~f4 [The very first game with this
move according to Mega Database 2012!]
8 ... c6 9.e4 ~e6 [9 ... b5 or 9...'iVaS are
more usual in modern tournament practice]
10.'i'd3 tt:la6 11 •.ie2 'it'b6 12.0-0
J:lad8 13.h3 tt:lhS 14..ie3
195

14... c5?! [14 ...tt'b2 1S.J:I.ab1 tt'a3
1M :JdS "Wd6 17.J:I.b7 ~dS 18.eS tt'e6
19.tt'a6;!;] 15.e5 [1S.dS!±] 15.. .f6? !
[1S ... ~eS ! ? 16.tiJeS (16.tLla4 tt'aS)
16... cd4 17 . ~h6 tiJcS 18.tt'bS dc3
19.tt'b6 ab6 20.~hS cb2 21 .J:I.ab1 ghS
22 .~18 <J.>f8 23.J:I.b2 16 24.tiJI3 J:l.d6:/;!;]
16.dc5 [16.ft'e4!?] 16... 'lWb2 17.tLla4
~a1 18.J:I.a1 J:l.d3 19 . ~d3 tLlb4
20 . ~e4 ~d5 21.tLlc3 ~e4 22.tiJe4
f5 23.tiJeg5 tiJc6 24.J:I.b1 J:l.b8?
[24 ... tLld8] 25.g4+- tLld8 26.gh5 h6
27.hg6 hg5 28 . ~g5 tiJc6 29.e6 f4
30.q,;>g2 ~d4 31 .tLld4 tLld4 32 . ~f4
J:l.f8 33 . ~e5 tLlc6 34.f4 tiJe5 35.fe5
b6 36.cb6 ab6 37.J:I.f1 J:l.a8 38.J:I.f7
J:l.a2 39.q,;>g3 J:l.a1 40.q,;>g4 J:l.e1
41.J:I.e7 J:l.e5 42.h4 J:l.e1 43.h5 J:l.g1
44. s J:l.f1 45.q,;>gs J:l. ta 46.h6 1-o
Sokolov,lvan
McShane,Luke
France tt 2004 (5)
1.d4 tLlf6 2.c4 g6 3.tLlc3 d5 4.tLlf3
~g7 5.tt'a4 ~d7 6.tt'b3 dc4 7. ~c4
0-0 8 . ~f4 c6 9.e4 b5
.i~ 'if .i .
i .i.ii.i.i
'
~.~.
10.1t'b3 [10.tt'd3 'WaS (10 ... tt'b6 11.J:I.c1
~e6 12 .~e2 ~c4 13 .~c2 ~e2 14.tt'e2
aS 1S.O·O (1S.eS!?±) 1S ...tLlbd7 16 .~g5
J:l.le8 17.e5 tiJd5 18.e6 tiJI8 19.el7 q,;>f7
196
20.tLld5 cd5 21 .J:I.c5± Turov-Schut, Wijk 25.J:I.e2 e6 17-17 I.Sokolov-Svidler, Germany
aan lee Ill 2012) 11.tLld2 (11.~e2!?) Bundesliga pff 2004) 15...tLld6 16.0-0 ~d5
11... ~e6 12 . ~e2 b4 13.tLld1 J:l.d8=l'i' 17.tLle5 tiJd7 18.tLlc3 (18.14!?) 18... 't!fb7=
Cs.Horvath-Dragojlovic, Val Thorens 2007] Esen-Atakisi, Ankara rapid 2007;
10...~e6 11 . ~c2 ~as 12. ~d2 b4 18... ~e6!?] 11...~e6 12.'i!fc2 tiJd5
[12...~b6 13.~e2 tiJa6 14.0-0 J:l.ac8 15.h3 13 .~d2 tiJc3 14. ~d3 tiJa6 15.0-0
c5 16.d5 ~d7 17 . ~e3 b4 18.tLlb1 ~b5 tLle2 16 .~e2 ~ b6 17.a4 rlac8
19. ~b5 ~bS 20.a4 ba3 21 .tLla3 tLlb4 18.ab5 cbS 19.'i!fe4 c7 20. ~ b4
22.tt'b1 ~d3 23.tLld2 a6 24.tLlac4 tt'b1 ~d5 21 .'tlfe3 tiJe6 22 . ~e7 [~
25.J:I.Ib1 tLld7 26.J:I.a4;t; Miton-Kolosowski, 22.J:I.Id1] 22 ... J:I.fe8 23 . ~d6 ~f3
Warsaw ch-POL 2012] 13.tLld1 'Wb6 24 .~f3 tiJd4 25 . ~d5 J:l.cd8 26.'lii'g5
14.tiJe3 b3 15.ab3 ~b3 16. ~ b1 c5 J:l.d6? [26 ... tiJIS 27.'t!fl4 J:l.d?'i'] 27.ed6
17.tLlc4 [17.dc5!? ~b7 ( 17... ~c5 J:l.e5
18J%a5!) 18.tLld4t] 17...~c4 18 .~c4
cd4 19.e5 tLlfd7 20.e6 [20 .~d5 !? tiJc6
21 .e6] 20 .. .fe6 21.tLlg5 tiJe5
[21... ~h6!?J 22. ~e6 q,;>ha 23.0-0
tLlbd7 24.~d5 [~ 24.14] 24 ... J:I.ac8
25.tLle6 J:l.f6 26.tLlg7 'Ot>g7 27.tt'e4
J:l.f5'i' 28 . ~f4 ~f6 29 .~ g3 J:l.d8?! [~
29 ... tLlc5] 30.b4 tLlb6 31. ~ b3 J:l.d7
32.h4 tiJec4 33.J:I.fd1 e5 34. J:I.ac1
tLld6 35. d3 tLlf7 36.b5 [~ 36.J:I.c5]
36 ... tLld5 37.J:I.c5 tiJf4 38.'Wc4 ~e7
39.J:I.c6 tiJd6 40.'i+'f1 tiJe4 41 .tt'e1
tiJg3 42.fg3 tiJd5 43 .~d5 J:l. d5+
44. e4 J:l.b5 45. J:I.d4 J:l.b1 46.'i+'b1 28.'i!fe7! +- J:l.e7 29.de7 't'lb8
ed4 47.q,;>h2 J:l.f7 48.'it'a1 'i+'e5 [30.J:I.Ie1 tiJe6 (30... ~e5 31. J:I.a7+-)
49.J:I.c4 J:l.d7 50.J:I.a4 tt'c5 51 .J:I.a5 31. ~C6+-} 1-0
tt'c3 52.'ilfa4 'it'c7 53.'i!fa1 h5
54.J:I.a6 q,;>h7 55.'t !ff1 tt'e5 56.J:I.a3
'i!l'e7 5H Wd3 'i!l'c5 58.J:I.b3 'iWf5 Rasmussen,AIIan Stig
59.'iWc4 d3 60.J:I.b8 't!ff6 61 .'iWg8 Sutovsky,Emil
q,;>h6 62.'-eS 'i!fd4 63.'ili'f8 [63.tt'e6!] Porto Carras Ech-tt 2011 (8)
63 ... tt'g7-+ 64.'ili'f4 q,;>h7 65.'t!fd2 1.d4 tiJf6 2.c4 g6 3.tLlc3 d5 4.tLlf3
'ili'e5 66.J:I.c8 ~d4 67.J:I.a8 J:l.b7 ~g7 5. 't!fa4 ~d7 6.'t!fb3 dc4 7.'i!fc4
68.'ili'a2 J:l.g7 69.'iVd2 J:l.g8 70. J:I.g8 0-0 8. ~f4 c6 9.e4 a5
q,;, 9 a 71.'iifh6 'iWd6 72.'t!fd2 q,;,h7
73.'ili'f2 'iifd7 74.'iWd2 't!fd4 75.q,;>h1
a5 76.g4 hg4 77.h5 'ili'a1 78.q,;>h2 .i~ .i .
't'le5 79.q,;>g1 'i!fc5 80.q,;>f1 g3 ii .i.ii.i.i
~i
81.hg6 'Ot>g7 82.'t!fe3 f5 83.q,;>e1
'
't!ff2 84.q,;>d1 ~e2 0-1
Jankovic,Aiojzije
Nedilko,Vasily
Plovdiv Ech 2012 (9)
1.d4 tiJf6 2.tLlf3 g6 3.c4 ~g7 4.tLlc3
d5 5.ft'a4 ~d7 6.'tlt'b3 dc4 7.'tlfc4
0-0 8. ~f4 c6 9.e4 b5 10.'t!fb3 't!fa5 10. ~d2 [10.b4 't!fd8 (10 ...~a3 11. ~c1
11 .e5 [11. ~d2 b4 12.tiJa4 tiJe4 13. ~b4 'tlfa6 12.'t!fb3 ~ b6 13.~c4;!; Van
't!fc7 14 . ~d3 ~e6 15.'t'lc2 (15.'ili'd1 ~d5 Heirzeele-Coenen, Belgium tt 2011 /12)
16.0-0 cS 17.tiJc5 tiJc5 18. ~c5 tLlc6 11 .a4 ~e6 12.'tlfd3 tiJa6 13.J:I.b1 h5
19.J:I.e1 ~13 20.tt'l3 tLld4 21. ~d4 ~d4 14. ~e3 15 15.tLlg5 fe4 16. d2 ~d5
22.J:I.ac1 'lii'd6 23.b3 J:l.ad8 24.J:I.c6 't!fb4 17.tiJd5 d5 18.tt'c2 q,;>h8 19. ~c4 ts

20.h3 l014 2U.14 'tlfl4 22.l0e6 'tlfl5
23.tlJIS .IllS 24 .~a6 ba6 2S.O-O ~d4
26..1:lbe1 as 27.ba5 es 2S ..I:le4 (2S.'tlfe4
'l'e4 29 ..1:le4 eS 30.g3±) 2S... es~
I.Sokolov-Howell, London 2009] 1 O...b5
11 .'i'd3 b4 12.l0d1 c5 13.d5 e6
14.l0e3 ed5 15.ed5 .Ilea 16. ~e2
l0g4 [16 ...l0h5!?] 17.l0c4 [17.'ii"e2 ~a4
1S.'i'e1 l0e3 19 .~e3 ~bStj 17...'tlfa6
18.a4 ~f5 19.'ii"b3 .l:le2-+ 20.<it.?e2
/t)d7 21 .<Ji>e1 ~e4 22.h3 ~d5
23.hg4 ~c4 24.'tlfc2 ~d3 25.'tlfb3
c4 26.'tlfb4 'tlfe6 27.~e3 .l:lb8
28.'i'a5 ~b2 29..1:ld1 ~a3 30.l0d4
'l'g4 3Hii'g5 ~ b4 32 ..1:ld2 'tlfgs
33 . ~g5 ~as 34.l0b5 a6 35.l0a3
.l:lb3 36 . ~e7 .l:lb2 0-1
Rarer Moves
8 . ..Q.f4
Sokolov,lvan
Svidler,Peter
France tt 2004 (8)
1.d4 l0f6 2.c4 g6 3.l0c3 d5 4.l0f3
~g7 5.'tlfa4 ~d7 6.'tlfb3 dc4 7.'tlfc4
0-0 8 .~f4 ~e6 9.-.c7
9... l0d5 [9 ... 'tlfe7 10.~e7 l0e6 (10... l0a6
11.~as b6 12.e3! ~cB 13. ~6 ~a6
14 .~b4 .IlleS 15.a4i) 11 .a3 (11 .e3?! .l:laeS
12 .~g3 l0b4 13.<Ji>d2 .l:lfdS~) 11 ... tlJdS
12.tlJdS ~dS 13.e3 .IlleS 14. ~g3 l0a5
15.~d3 (there is no other useful move, so
White has to waste a tempo) 15...l0c4
16.~c4 .l:le4 17.<Ji>d2;!; and Black doesn't
have full compensation for the pawn deficit]
10.-.dS .l:ld8 11 .tlJd5 ~d5 12.e3
l0d7 [12 ... l0c6 13 .~e2 l0b4 14.0-0 ~e4
(14 ...l0a2 1S.e4+-: 14...~a2 15. ~c7 .l:ldS
16.e4+-) 15.~g3 ;!;/±] 13. ~g5 [13.~b5!
~13 (13 ...a6 14 .~d7 .l:ld7 1S.O-Oi) 14.gf3
e5 15 .~d7 ef4 16.~a4 15!? (16... ~h6
17.<Ji>e2i) 17.~b3 <Ji>IS 1S..I:lc1i] 13...f6
14 . ~h4 .!lacS 15. ~d3 eS 16.e4
[16.de51?] 16... ~c4= 17. ~c4 .l:lc4
18.b3 .l:lb4 19. ~g3 ~f8 20 ..1:lb1
.Ilea 21 .0-0 ed4 22 ..1:lfd1 tOeS
23 •.1:lbc1 d3 24 ..1:ld3 .l:le4 25 ..1:ldd1
\-1!-\-1!
Vitiugov,Nikita
Ponomariov,Ruslan
Sochi tt 2012 (4)
1.d4 l0f6 2.c4 g6 3.l0c3 d5 4.l0f3
~g7 S.li'a4 ~d7 6.-.b3 dc4 7:i!Vc4
o-o a . ~t4 ~ts
9.e3 [9.'tlfe7 l0c6 10.li'dS (10.'i!fb7 l0d4
11.tlJd4 (11.0-0-0? l0e4! 12.l0e4 (12.l0d4
~d4 13.e3 tlJc3 14..1:ld4 (14.bc3 'i!fa5-+)
14.. .'ti'a5-+) 12... .1:lc8 13.<it.?b1 (13.tiJc3
'i!fa5-+) 13...'i!fb61 14.'i!fb6 ~e4+/-+)
11 ... 'i!fd4 12.e3 'i!fe5 13.'i!fb5 .IlleS
14..1:ld1 tlJe4~; 10.e3 tlJb4 11 ..1:ld1 tlJfdS
12.'tlfdS .l:lfdS 13.tlJd5 tlJdS 14.~es .l:laeS
1S. ~g7 <it.?g7 16 .~e2 .l:le2 17..1:ld2 .l:lc1
18. ~d1 .l:la1 19.0·0 ~- ~ Likavsky-
P.Popovie, Germany Bundesliga 2007/0S)
10... .1:lfdS 11 .e3 l0b4 12.<Ji>d2?! (12 ..1:le1
tlJfdSt) 12... tlJg4 13 . ~e7 tlJI2! (13... .1:ld7?!
14 . ~g3 e5 15 .~b5 .l:lddS 16.h3 ed4
17.tlJd4 l0h6 1S.tlJe2) 14 .~dS .l:ldS
15..1:lg1 ~h6 16.tlJe5 (16.tlJd1 tlJd1
17..1:ld1 tlJc2+) 16... l0g4 17.tlJg4 .l:ld4!
1S.<.tte1 l0c2 19.<it.?f2 :tg4 0-1 Gomez-
Salem, Ho Chi Minh City 2012; 19... .1:lg4
20.tlJdS .l:le4-+; 9 .~c7 'tlfcB!tt] 9 ...c6
10. 'tlfb3 'i!fb6 11. ~c4 tlJbd7
[11 ... tlJa6!? 12.a3 .l:laeS] 12.0-0 'i!fb3
13.~b3 tlJhS 14. ~g5 eS 15.h3
[15 ..1:lfd1!?] 15... h6 16 . ~e7 .l:lfe8
17.~d6 ed4 18.tlJd4 ~d3 19..1:lfd1
. 6 20.tlJf3 [20.tlJc2!?] 20 .. .tlJb6
Survey Gl 7.4
21.g4 tlJf6 22.l0e5 tlJfdS 23.tlJd5
tlJdS 24. ~d5 cdS 25 ..1:ld5 .!lacS~
26 •.1:lad1 .l:lc2 27.b4 b6 28.b5 ~b7
29.tlJc6 ~c6 30.bc6 .l:lc6 31 .~g3
.l:lce6 32 ..1:ld7 .l:l6e7 33 ..1:le7 .l:le7=
34 •.1:ld8 <Ji> h7 35. 1 ~f6 36 ..1:la8
<Ji>g7 37.<Ji>e2 .l:ld7 38.a4 g5 39. 3
.l:le7 40. ~d6 .l:ld7 41.~f8 <Ji> g6
42.<Ji>e4 ~g7 43.~g7 <it.?g7 44.<Ji> e5
.l:lb7 45.<Ji> d6 b5 46.ab5 \-1!-l-1!
Flear,Gienn
Dutreuii,R
Lille 2012 (5)
1.d4 l0f6 2.c4 g6 3.tlJc3 dS 4.tlJf3
~g7 5.'i!fa4 ~d7 6.'t!Yb3 dc4 7.'i!fc4
l0c6 [In a different move order the same
position emerges after 7...0-0 S .~f4 tlJc6
9.e4; 9..1:ld1 ~g4 (9.. .tlJh5 10.~gs h6
11. ~e1 aS 12.e4 tlJb4 13. ~e2 c6 14.0-0
~e6 15.d5 cd5 16.ed5;!; Belov-Tukhaev,
Chalkida 2009) 1O.d5 tlJaS 11 .'Wa4 c5?!
(interesting but very risky. 11...b6 12.tlJeSi)
12.dc6 'ii"b6 13 .~e3 'tlfb2 14.'tlfa5 b60
15.~c1 (1S.tlJa4! 'tlfa2 16.'tlfb4±)
15...'Wc1 16..1:le1 baS 17.e3= I.Sokolov-
MeShane, Istanbul Eeh 2003] 8.e4 0-0
[S ... b5? 9.tlJb5 tlJe4 10.dS+-] 9 . ~f4
.l:lc8?! [Too passive to prevent the d4-d5
threat. 9... tlJh5!? 1O .~e3i] 1O.h3
[10 ..1:ld1 !? ~g4 11. ~e2 i ] 1 o....l:lea
[10 ... b5 11.'tlfd3!i; 11.l0b5 tlJe4 12.d5
tlJd6 13.tlJd6 tlJaS!] 11 ..1:ld1 e6 12 . ~e2
b5 13.'ti'd3 [13.'~'b51? .l:lbS (13 ... tlJd4?
14..1:ld4+-) 14.'ti'd3 .l:lb2 15.0-0;!;/±]
13 .. .a6 14.G-O 'tlfe7 15..1:lfe1 h6
16 .~f1
[Black is without eounterplay] 16... 'tiffS
17..1:lc1 .l:led8 18. e3 <Ji> h7
19..1:led1 'tlfb4 20 ..1:ld2 tlJhS 21 . ~ h2
tiJaS 22.e5!+- ~fa 23.tlJe4 cs
24.g4 cd4 25 ..1:ld4 .l:lc1 26.'ifc1 1-0
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 Kin 's Indian Def nee
Fianchetto Variation Kl 71 .6 (E63)

Another Try for Black

by Damian Lemos Sarro

1. d4 ttJf6 Repertoire - l .d4 Volume 2

2. c4 g6 (Qu ality Che 2010). The idea
3. ttJf3 ..tg7 of thi calm move i een after
4. g3 0-0 8 ... e5 . Wh ite simply trade
5. ..tg2 d6 queen and get a favo urable
6. 0-0 tbc6 endgame after 9.d 5 de5
7. ttJc3 a6 I O.'ii'd8. I recommend you to
8. d3 ..Q.d7 take a look at Yearbook I03,
where Tuncer analyse thi end-
game carefully, offering good
defen ive re ource for Bl ack.
Unlike Tuncer, I think that
Black be t try i not 8 .. .e5 but
... ..Q.d7, which we are going to
discu here. A we will ee in
the Game Section, the main line Oscar Panno
fo r White i 9.d5 , but he ha an
intere ting alternative in 9.l:[d I. ta nt fo r the evaluation of the line.
The fi nal tanding were: I.
Meier 6; 2. Mareco 5\12; 3. Le mo
Fighting agai n t a dynamic and 5; 4. Rodriguez 5; 5. Delgado
complex opening like the King' 4\.-'2; 6. Flore 4 .
Indi an i n' t an easy ta k. When
White pl ay the Fianchetto Vari - Conclusion
atio n, he aim to take the game 8. d3 i a very solid move and I
onto po itional path rather than think that after 8 ... e5 the en uing
going for the harp po itio n the endgame favo ur White becau e
King' lndjan player is looking he can play fo r a win without
fo r. After l .d4 ttJ f6 2.c4 g6 much ri k of lo ing, although
3.ttJ f3 ..tg7 4 .g3 0-0 5 ...tg2 d6 Blac k ha good defen ive re-
6.0-0 ttJc6 7. c3 a6 we reach the ln December 20 I I, a the mati c ource . You may compare my
Panno Variati on, which is one of round-robin tournament o n the findin g to tho e of Tu ncer in
the mo t popular way to light Panno Vari ati on wa he ld in Yearbook I03 and draw your
aga in t the Fianchetto Variati on. Buenos Aire in the honour of own concl u ion . I thi nk Bl ack'
Among White s mo t principled Marcel Duchamp . Six grand - be t try i 8 .. ...Q.d7 when apart
trie are 8.d5 , .h3, and 8.b3, but ma ter took part (Andre Rodri- fro m the main line 9.d5, I be li eve
in thi article we are going to fo- guez, Neury Delgado Georg that the new mo e 9 .lXd I de-
cu on 8. d , which ha be- Meier, Diego Flores, Sandro erve eriou in e Ligati on. O f
come even more fa mou after Mareco and my elt). I am har- cour e, we will need more prac-
GM Bori Avrukh ugge ted it in ing orne games from that event, tica l exa mp les, but I have fa ith in
hi excellent book Grandmaster becau e I lind them quite impor- White' po ilion in thi line.

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Thematic Tournament
8 ... ..1td7
Lemos Sarro,Damian
Mareco,Sandro
Buenos Aires 2011 (4)
1.d4 ttJf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 ~g7 4. ~g2
0-0 S.l0c3 d6 6. f3 l0c6 7.0-0 a6
U f d3 ~d7 [In my opinion this is a
better move than 8...e5. Black keeps his
pieces on the board and hopes to develop
an initiative on the queenside] 9.dS l0b4
10.W"d1 aS
11.~e3 [In this game I decided to follow
Avrukh's advice. Black has great play after
11.e4 e5 12.l0e1 b6 13.l:lb1 ttJa6 14.a3
tOeS 15.b4 ab4 16.ab4 l0a4 Bukal·
A.Fedorov, Sibenik 2005] 11 ... c6 12.a3
6 13.~d4 cS [13... cd5 14. d5
5 15.cd5i] 14.l:lc1 [14.l:le1 od5 15.cd5
a4 (I think Black has already equalized here)
1U .c5 dc5 17.e4 .i.g4 18.h3 .i.f3 19.W'f3
12-12 Grachev-Grischuk, Moscow blitz 2010;
14. 2 cd5 15.l0d5 l0d5 16.~g7 when
apart from the natural 16.. .'~g7 Black may
consider to play the tricky 16...l0e3. The
position is oomplex] 14...cdS
1S.b4?! [I can't remember why I played
this crazy move. White will have some
problems now because he has to give up his
pair of bishops. 15.l0d5 .i.a4 16.W'e1 l:lc8
was a more serious alternative, although I
don't see anything wrong with Black's
position] 1S...l0e6 [Now Black wins the
bishop pair and the game is at least equal]
16. ~f6 .i.f6 17.ltJdS .i.b2 18.l:lb1
.i.a3 19.baS .i.c6 [19 ... l:la5 20.l:lb7 ttJc5
21 .l:lb1 e6 22.l0c3 a4=] 20.1fd2 l:le8
21 . b6 l:la6 22.l:la1 ~cs 23. dS
Was 24. · 3 .i.dS [Unfortunately for
Black he can't go back with his queen:
24 ...'*'d8 25..i.e6 fe6 26.1fh6 followed by
27.l0g5 is winning for White] 2S.cdS f8
26.ltJgS [An ambitious move. The easiest
way to maintain the balance was 26.l:la2 b6
27.l:lfa1 l:la5 28.l:la5 baS 29.l:la5=]
26 ...b6 27.l:la4? [During the game I was
captivated by this manoeuvre. The rook
comes to the kingside to take part in the
attack, but it's not hard to see that Black has
enough resources. 27.'*'f4 16 28.l0e6 l0e6
29..i.e6 ~7 30..i.d7 l:lb8 31 ..i.c6 '*'a7
32.ab6 was the correct way to go, with a
balanced position] 27 ... l:laS 28.l:lh4? [As
usual, one mistake is followed by the other.
28.l:lf4!?] 28 ... l:la4! 29.l:lf4 fS [29 .. .16
30.l0e6 '*i'a5 was also a hard variation for
Whtte to face. He is a pawn down and it
looks like his attack will not succeed] 30.e4
[White is still in big trouble, but now at least
he gets some attacking chances] 30... h6
31 ..i.fS! [Perhaps this is a bad move, but in
practice ~ proved to be a good decision.
Objectively 31. e6 e6 32.de6 is a better
try for Whtte]
31...hgS [During the game I saw that Black
could play 31...l:la2 32.'*'c1 hg5 33.l:lg4
W'a3 34.1i'g5 1i'f3 and after this oold·
blooded defence Black wins inmediately]
32.l:lg4 e6? [Now Whtte can develop a
winning attack. After 32 ...l:la1 33.1!t'g5 things
are not that easy for Black, but I think he can
still win by means of 33 ...l:lf1 34 .~1 1i'a2
Survey Kl 71 .6
35.l:lf4 W'a1 36.~ 1i'g7 and Black's
queen reaches the danger zone] 33 ..i.g6
l0g6 34. W"gS 3S. 1t'g6 <l;e7
36.1t'g7 cJo>dS 37.1!t'f6 w cs 38.1i'f7
[38...l:ld8 39.l:lg7 and Whtte wins] 1-0
Mareco,Sandro
Lemos Sarro,Damian
Buenos Aires 2011 (9)
1.d4 l0f6 2.c4 g6 3. c3 .i.g7 4.g3
o-o s •.i.g2 d6 6.l0f3 c6 7.0-0 a6
8.'*i'd3 .i.d7 9.l:ld1 !? [In this game I
had to face my favourite King's Indian line
with black. My opponent tries to improve
White's play with this move. I like it,
because it looks like a useful move for
White] 9 ....i.fS [I don't think that moving
the bishop twice is the solution for Black.
Black had already tried 9... b5 10.cb5 (I
would seriously consider playing 10.e4. I
think White's pawn centre is potentially very
dangerous. After taking on b5 Black's going
to get a powerful queenside initiative)
10...ab5 11. b5 b4 12.1t'c4 l0a2
13.~d2 1i'b8 (Black's compensation is
more than enough) 14. c7 l:la4 15.b4
l:lc8 16.l:la2 l:lc7 17.1i'b3 l:lca7 18.l:lc2
l:la3 19....c4 ~e6 20.d5 d5 21 .W'h4
l:la1 22.l:ldc1 .i.f6 23. g5 .i.g5 24.Wg5
l0b4 25.l:la1 l:la1 26.l:lc1 l:lc1 27 .~c1
l0a2 28 ..i.e4 -.b4 29 ..i.d2 'ife4 30.-.e?
W'e2 31 .W'd6 h5 32.h4 W'd1 33.Wh2 1!t'f3
0·1 Turov-Van Kampen, Haarlem 2010]
1O.e4 ~g4 11.h3 .i.f3 12.-.f3 d7
13..i.e3 eS 14.deS deS 1S.l0e2
'fle7 16.h4 l:lad8 17..i.gS! [Now Black
has a tough decision to make: whether or
not to play 17.. .16 and create weaknesses
on the light squares]
.i R ._.
ii.,.tfi.t.i
.,. i
fj,
'
fj,
fj,
fj,
CiJfj, ·
ld. w
17... f6 [17 .. .16 18.~e3 c5 19..i.h3.
Despite the fact that White's bishops are
powerful here, I think this was the best way
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 to play for Black. Both tLlc6 and tLlcS can
jump to d4 one day] 18.tLlc3 tLld4
19.l:td4 ed4 20.tLld5 l:td5 21.cd5±
h6 22 .~14 c6 23.l:tc1 'ilrd7?
[23 ...l:te8 was offering more resistance for
Black] 24. ~e5 [WMe wins a pawn and
the rest is easy] 24 ...tLlg4 25 .~g7
ci>g7 26.W'd3 We7 2H f d4 'ti'e5
28.1t'e5 tLJe5 29.f4 tLld3 30.l:tc3
tLlb2 31 .dc6 bc6 32.l:tc6 l:td8
33.l:ta6 l:td3 34.l:tb6 l:td1 35.ci>h2
l:td2 36.e5 tLlc4 37.l:tb3 l:ta2
38.Wh3 l:ta7 39 .~d5 tLla3 40.h5
gh5 41.Wh4 tLlc2 42. ~e4
(42.Wh5+- l 42 .•. tLld4 43.l:tb4 l:ta2
44.g4 tLlc2 45.l:tb7 tLle3 46.e6 l:th2
47.Wg3 tLlf1 48.Wf3 tLld2 49.We3
tLJc4 50.Wd3 tLld6 51 .l:td7 hg4
52.l:td6 fe6 53.l:te6 h5 54.l:tg6 Wf7
55.f5 l:tb2 56.~d5 1-0
13... : es [13 ... cd5!? 14.cd5 l:tc3 15.bc3
tLle4 16.Wb2 tLldS~] 14.l:tfd1 cd5
[14 ... tLlg4!? 6 15 .~d4 ~h6 16.e3 c5]
15.cd5 tLla6 16. ~h6 ~h8 17.e4
tLlc5 18.'ti'f4 (18."ife2 tLlg4 19. ~f4
...b6=] 18... tLlg4 19.~h3 tLlh6
20. ~d7 Wd7 21 .'ti'h6 ~g7 [21 ... ~c3!
22.l:tc3 tLle4+] 22."ife3 tLla4 23.e5
tLlb2 24.e6 fe6 25.de6 Wd8
[25 .....-c6-+] 26.l:te1 tLlc4 2H itd3
tLlb2 28...-d2 tLlc4 29.W d3 tLlb2
[29 ...l:tc6+] 30.W d2 tLlc4 Y.!-Y.!
Jianu,VIad Cristian
Timoshenko,Georgy
Brasov It 2011 (2)
1.d4 tLlf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 ~g7 4. ~g2
0-0 5.tLlf3 d6 6.0-0 tLlc6 7.tLlc3 a6
8."ifd3 ~d7 9.d5 tLlb4 10."ifd1 a5
11. ~e3 c6 12.h3
Cosma,loan
Manolache,Marius
Eforie Nord 2011 (4)
1.d4 tLlf6 2.tLlf3 g6 3.c4 il.g7 4.g3
0-0 5. ~g2 d6 6.0-0 a6 7.tLlc3 tLlc6
8.tfd3 ~d7 9.e4 [I don't think this move
offers White an advantage. Once again I
should mention that 9.l:td1 deserves
serious investigation - Mareco-Lemos
Sarro, Buenos Aires 2011 ] 9 ... ~g4 1O.d5
[Black doesn't have problems after the
natural 10 . ~e3 tLld7 11 .h3 (11 .tLle2 ~f3
12 .~f3 tLldeS 13.de5 tLleS) 1 1...~f3
12 .~f3 e5 13.d5 tLld4] 10... ~f3 11 .-..f3
d4 12.-..d1 c5 13.dc6 tLlc6

Black 's Best Try

8 ... -'t.d? j.
'if
j_j.j.j_j.
i. *
j.j. ~j.
Naumann,Aiexander
j. ~
Kummerow,Heiko
Bad Wiessee 2011 (6) ~~ 14.~d2 (14 .~e3 l:tc8 15.l:tc1 tLld7 16.b3
1.d4 tLlf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 ~g7 4 .~g2 tO tLlcS 17.Wd2 is also interesting. While is a
0-0 5.tLlc3 d6 6.tLlf3 tLlc6 7.o-o a6 ~~ bit better, although Black's position is very
8.W d3 ~d7 9.d5 tLlb4 10.-..d1 a5 playable] 14... tLld7 15.l:tb1 J:[b8
11 .~e3 c612.Wd2 l:tc813.l:tac1
1::[ 16.tLld5 b5 (16... e6 17.tLlf4 "*'e7=]
17.cb5 ab5 18.J:[c1 tLJce5 19 .~g5
12...e5 [This is an interesting way of playing tLlf6 20 .~f6 ~f6 21 .b3 (21 .tLlf6 ef6
by Black, although after the natural 12...cd5 22.Wd4 : as 23.a3 l:ta4 24.1t'e3i]
13.cd5 J:[cB 14.a3 I beliew Black can get a 21 ... tLld7 (2 1... ~g7] 22."*'e2 Wg7
good position after 14...l:tc3!? 15.ab4 (15.bc3 23.l:ttd1 W as 24.~ h3 l:tb7 25. ~d7
tLlbdS 16.~d4 e5) 15... l:te3 16.fe3 tLle4 and l:td7 26.tLlf6 ef6 27.l:td5 'i!Va3
given the chance, I would rather be behind 28.l:tcd1 l:tb8 29.l:tb5 l:tb5 30.W b5
the black pieces] 13.de6 (13.dc6 ~ 14.a3 l:te7 31."ifa4 (31 ."ife2 f5 32.l:td5 l:te4
tLla6 15.b4 ab4 16.ab4 tLlb4 17.l:ta8 "ifaB 33.W'd2i] 31...Wa4 32.ba4 l:te4
18.W'd6] 13...~e6 14.b3 d5 15.tLld4 33.l:td6 l:ta4 34.l:td2 f5 35.f4 h6
'it'e7 16.a3 6 17.tLle6 fe6 18.cd5 36. 37.h4 l:ta3 38.Wg2
(18.W'c2] 18...ed5 19.~d4 Y.!-Y.! Y.!-Y.!

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Benoni Defence
A Sharp Line against the Benko -
Part II
by Efstratios Grivas
1. d4 tt:lf6
2. c4 c5
3. d5 b5
4. ~g5
ln Part I in Yearbook L03 we ex-
amined the main Une 4 .. .tt:le4 in
detail. However, there are many
minor replies for Black which
al o warrant attention. In the
above diagram po ition, Black
mu t make his choice.
Minor Replies
A) 4 .. .e5?! i probably the
wor t move that Black can
choo e, a it block the long di -
agonal that belongs to his dark-
quared bi shop. See the analysi
of the game Anagno topoulo -
athanail.
B) 4 ... b4 allow White to build
an impre ive centre and, gener-
ally, to be happy with the out-
come. After 5.tt:ld2 d6 6.a3 ba3
7..l:ta3 Black can choo e between
7 ... e5?! (Ubilava-Glek) and
7... g6 (Grivas-Renet).
BenkoNolga Gambit 81 18.4 (A57)
C) 4 ... "ifb6 is a harmle
move. White can continue
5.tt:ld2 or 5.tt:lc3 - ee the analy-
sis in the game Tukmakov-
Rajkovic.
D ) 4 ... 'ifa5: this check should
probably be given after 4 ... tt:le4
5.~f4, a now White has some
ex tra po ibilitie which are not
in Black' favo ur. White can
continue with 5."ifd2 or 5.ttJd2,
with rea onable chances to get
the initiative - see Summer cale-
An el l.
E) 4 ... bc4 is a more or le
' welcome' answer, as it gives Ellzbar Ubllava
White a free hand to build a spa-
tial advantage. But of cour e this 5 ... ed6?! ee Grivas-Lputian,
is eas ier to said than done. The and for 5 ... bc4!? ee Gri va-
games Grivas-Tassopoulos and Kjeld en.
Grivas-Leko are illuminative. G) 4 ... d6 i a slightly passive
F) 4 ... g6: wa once uppo ed continuation, which gives White
to be a ' fair' an wer to 4 ..ig5, a choice; accepting the gambit
but after A . Miles' innovation of with 5 .~f6 ef6 6.cb5 a in
5.d6!? thing became wi ld ... Ubilava-Gorelov, or continuing
development with 5.tt:ld2 as in
lvaochuk-Giorgadze and Griva -
~.t'if • .t. K I. Horvath.
.l .l.l.l. .l
.l.l
£::, ~·
~
Conclusion
I believe that thi s sharp line has a
£::, lot to contribute to the theory of
the ever-ilive Benko!Vo lga
Gambit and that it i much better
than it reputation . The player
who i better prepared and is able
to come up with new ideas,
For 5 ....ib7! ? see the game always has the fi rst option to
Mile -Bellon Lopez; for prevail. ..
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 Variation A
4 ... e5
Anagnostopoulos,Konstantinos
Nathanaii,Emanouel
Chalkida 2009 (1)
1.d4 ~f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4 .~g5
e5?! [This can only help White ... ] 5 . ~c3
[As Black has blocked the a1·h8 diagonal
and there is no point anymore in placing his
dark-squared bishop there, White could
'safely' accept the gambit: S.cbS a6 6.ba6
(6.e4 abS 7.~16 1i'16 B.~S 'it"g6
9.<;t.?l1!±) 6...~a6 7.~c3 d6 8.~13 ~e7
9.e4±] 5 ••. b4 6 .~e4 d6 7.a3 ba3
B..l:ta3 ~e7 9. ~f6 ~f6 [9 ...gf6 10.e3 IS
11. g3 'ii'b6 12.1i'c2;!;) 10.'ii'a4 8 .l:tbB 12.cd6± Dyachkov-Vescovi, Halle
11.g3 ~e712.~g2 ;!;
12...1t'b6 13.1i'c2 [13 ..1:tb3 1i'a6
14.1t'a6 a6 (14...~a6? 1S .lt~c5!)
1S.~h3!;t) 13...~a6 14. ~f3 .l:tbB
15.o-o g6 16..1:tfa1 q.,g7 17.~c3
b4 18.1i'd2 a6 19.~a4 1i'c7
20. e1 .l:tts 21. ~c2 f5 22 ..1:tb3 ~c2
23.1t'c2 e4 24 ..1:tb8 1t'b8 25 ..1:ta3
1t'b4 26.'it"b3 'ii'e1 27.~f1 f4
28.'it"c3 1i'c3 29. ~c3 e3 30.f3 g5
31. e4 ~f5 32 ..1:ta6 ~e4 33.fe4
[Probably White lost on time, as this
position is more or less equal. ..) 0· 1
Variation B
4 ... b4
Ubilava,Eiizbar
Glek,lgor
Minsk 1983
1.d4 ~f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4. ~g5 b4
5. ~d2 d6 6.a3 [White can also go for
the simple and natural 6.e4 ~bd7 7.~gf3
202
g6 8. ~e2 ~g7 9.()-() o-o 10.h3 (defending Grivas,Efstratios
against Black's idea with ... ~g4-eS) Renet,Oiivier
10.....i.b7 11.1i'c2 h6 12.~e3 aS 13.a4 Bucharest 1984 (2)
~e8 14. e1 ;!;, planning 12·14, ~d3 and 1.d4 ~f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4. ~g5 b4
.l:tae 1, with strong pressure on the centre 5.~d2 d6 6.a3 ba3 7 ..1:ta3 g6 8. ~f6
and the kingside: 14...e6 1S.de6 fe6 ef6
16.~d3 ~b6? (16 ... 11t'e7 17..1:tae1 ;!;)
17..1:tad1?! (17.e5!+-) 17... g5 18.eS dS
19. S ~cB 20.~13 '1Jie7 21 .cdS dS
22.'ii'e4 ~e3 23.1t'e3 c7 24. ~c4 .l:tf4
2S.b3 ~18 26. ~e4 ~g7 27.~cs ~18
28. e4 ~g7 29. d6 ~6 30 .~bS 1.0
Liu Yang-Uiuwitike, Shenzhen 2011)
6 •.. ba3 [6... ~bd7 (or 6... ~a6) seems to
be interesting: 7.ab4 cb4 8.'ii'a4 aS 9 .~gf3
(9.e4 g6 10.c5 deS (10 ... ~g7? ! 11 .1i'c6
Wch·jr 199S) 11.~16 ef6 12.~c4~) 9...g6
10. ~d4! (10.~16 ef6 11. ~b3 ISoo)
10... ~g7 11 .e3;!;) 7 ..1:ta3 e5?1 [7...~bd7 9.e3?1 [White should be 'smart' and
8.g3! g6 9 .~h3 ~g7 1o.~gf3 o-o 11.o-o; continue with 9 .~gf3 ~g7 (9...~d7 10.h4
For 7...g6 see Grivas·Renet, Bucharest h5 11 ."i!t'c2 ~g7 12. e4 b6 13.e3 o-o
1984) 8.de61 ~e6 [8 .. .fe6 9.g3 ..i.b7 14 .~d3;!;) 10."i!t'a4! (10.h4 0·0 (10 ...h5
10.~gf3 ~e7 11.~3! ~cB 12 .~g2±) 11 .e3) 11 .hS IS; 10..I:te3 <;t.?l8) 10... 'ii'd7
(10 ... ~d7? ! 11 .'it"b3 c7 12.'ii'e3 <;t,?18
13.1t'f4 IS 14.e4±) 11 ..1:te3 q.,fB 12.1t'd7
~d7 13 .~e4 ~h6 14..1:ta3 q.,e7 1S.e3 15
16.~c3 14 17.ef4 ~14 18 .~e2 eS
19 .~d2;!; or, even better probably, with the
direct 9.h4 hS 10.g3 ~g7 11. ~h3 o-o
(11 ... 15 12.e4;!;) 12 .~c8 "i!t'cB 13. e4
fic7 14. c3;!;) 9 .•. ~g7 10.b4? [A
wrong exchange, delivering the cS-square to
Black. Correct was 10. gf3 IS 11 .'ii'b1
(11.b3 ~a6) 11 ... a6 12 .~e2oo]
10.•. cb4 11.'ii'a4 d7 12.'ii'b4 aS!
13.'ii'b1 0-0 14 .~ gf3 f5 15. ~e2
9. ? [9.g3! ~ 10~±1 9.. . 7 .l:te8 16.'ii'd1 [16.0·0 14+ ) 16...~c5
10 . ~f6 11.'ii'd6 [11.~16 'ii'16 12.g3 17.0-0 ~d7 [The black bishop pair, the
liY:J7 13~g2 .l:tb8 14.~13 'IJib2 1S..I:ta7 'ii'c3 strong cS·knight and the passed a-pawn are
16.~ J:1b2 17..1:ta8 ~ 18.()-() .l:td2 19..1:tb8 too much for White ... ]
~7 20..1:tb7 " 21..ab3 .l:td1 22..1:tc3 .l:td4
23..1:td3 ~ 24..1:td4 cd4 25..1:td1=) 11 ...'ii'd6
12. 7f. 13. . 2 14..1:ta2?!
[14..ab3 - " 1S.0.c5 ~ 16..1:tb7 ~
14...f5 15.t0cs ~c3 16. 1 ~c4
17..1:tc2 .l:tc8 18..1:tc3 .l:tc5 19. h3
20. 1 l4b8 21.f3 .l:tb1 22.
23..1:te3 24.g4 fg4 25.fg4 .l:tcc1
26i g2 .l:th1 27 . 1 ~ 28 . a5
29..1:tc3 30. h6? [30...a4!+]
31.~e4 32i e4 .l:tb2 33..1:tc6
34. a4 35..1:lc5 36..1:lc6
37..l:tc5 38..1:tc6
39..1:ta6 7 40i d3 .l:ta2 41 . 18.g3 "i!t'b6 19."it'b1 "i!fb4 20 ..1:ta2
a4 21. "i!fb4 ab4 22. b1 b3

23.l:td2 cs 24. d4 l:ta1 2S.tcc3
%tf1 26. 1 l:ta8 27.%tb2 l:ta1
28.%tb1? [28.l.Od1 + ] 28 ... b21 -+
29. ~g2 I.Oe4 30.l:tb2 t.Oc3 31 .l:tb8
~fB 32.l:td8 t.Oe2 33.l.Oe2 l:ta7
34. f4 ~g7 3S.i.Od3 ~e7 36.l:tb8
%tc7 37.cS deS 38.l:tb6 ~f6 39. 1
c4 40./.0b4 c3 0 -1
Variation C
4 ... 'i!i'b6
Tukmakov,VIadim ir
Rajkovic,Dusan
Hastings 1972/73 (15)
1.d4 t.Of6 2.c4 cS 3.dS bS 4.~gS
W'b6 S.I.Oc3 [5.l.Od2! is in the spirit of the
variation: 5...bc4?! (5 ... h6 6.~f6 1t'f6
7.%tb1;!;) 6.e4 ~a6 (6...1t'b2 7 .~c4 W'b7
8.t.Ogl3 d6 9.0-Q±) 7.1t'c2 g6 8. gl3!
(8./.0e2?! t.Og4! (8...~g7? ! 9.l.Oc3 0-0
10.~e2 d6 11.0-0;!; Loemker-Boehle,
Germany tt 1992) 9.l.Oc3 t.Oe5oo) 8... ~g7
9.t.Oc4 -.b7 10.~e2 ±] S... b4 6.l.Ob1
I.Oe4 7. ~c1 [Now this position shows
remarkable similarity with the modern
treatment of the 'Trompowsky Attack']
7 ...1t'f6?! [7... g6 8.13 (8.l.Od2 i.Od2 9. ~d2
~g7 10.1t'c1 oo) 8... f6 9.e4 d6 10.~d3
~g7 11.14 0-0 12.l.Od2oo] 8.l.Of3 d6 9.e3
[9. bd2!? t.Od2 10.l.Od2 g6 11.a3;!;]
9 ...e6? [9 ... /.0d7 10.1t'a4 ~dB
11 ./.0bd2;!;] 1 O.-"d3 edS?I
11 .~e4! de4 12.-.dS+ - ef3
13.1t'a8 fg2 14.l:tg1 ~e7 1S.'it'b8
0-0 16:• as dS 17.1t'ds ~h3
18. d2 l:td8 19.'tlff3 'ilt'e6 20.l:tg2
~g2 21.1t'g2 ~f6 22. %tb1 'it'd&
23.h3 hS 24.'it'f3 'it'd3 2S.'i¥e4 'it'd7
26.~e2 'tlt'h3 27.l.Ob3 'it'd7 28 . ~d2
%te8 29.-.f3 -.a4 30.-.fS -.a2
31./.0cs 'it'c4 32./.0d3 l:teS 33.l:tc1
'tlfc1 34.1it'es 'ilt'c4 3S.-.b8 ~ h7
36.1t'b4 -.as 37 . ~c3 ~gs 38.1t'e4
g6 39.1t'd4 f6 40.'tlfd7 1-0
Variation D
4 ... 'i!i'a5
Summerscale,Aaron
Anseii,Simon
Nottingham ch-BCF 1996 (5)
1.d4 t.Of6 2.c4 cS 3.dS bS 4.~gS
'ilt'aS S.I.Od2 [Here the simple 5.'i¥d2!?
seems to be pleasant: 5... b4 (5... d2
6.i.Od2 bc4 7.e4 d6 B. ~c4 bd7 9.0-0-0!
(9.t.Oe2 g6 10.0-0 ~g7 11. c3 h6 12 .~f4
g5 13.~g3 t.Oh5 14 .~e2 g3 15.hg3
l:tbB'i" Aguiar Garcia-Gomez Polo, Malaga
1985) 9... l:tb8 10.t.Ogl3 g6 11 .h3 ~g7
12 .~e2 b6 13.b3 0-0 14 .~c2 with the
idea l:tb1 and l:thc1. If 14... a5 then 15.a4
with domination on the light squares -
Black's aS-pawn is also weak; 5... 'ilt'b6?!
6. ~f6! (6.13 d6 7.e4 b4 8.~d3 g6 9.14
~g7 10.1.013 0-Q 11.0-0oo T.Maes-Van de
Velde, Belgium tt-2 2003/04) 6... gf6 7.cb5
a6 8.ba6±) 6.~f6 gf6 7.e3 d6 8 .~d3 t.Od7
9.14 ~g7 10.l.Of3 t.Ob6 11.'i¥c2! (11 .0-0 f5
12.a3 -.a4 13.'it'e2 a5 14./.0M Wb3
15.ab4 ab4 16.l:ta8 8 17 .~f5 ~f5
18.l.Of5 ~f6 19.e4 'it'b2 20.Wb2 ~b2
21 .l:tf2 ~f6 22.%te2 b6 23.e5 de5 24.fe5
~g5 25.h4 ~c1 26.l:ta2 ~-~ E.Kahn-
lshbulatov, Budapest 1998) 11 ...15
12.i.Obd2;!;] S... bc4 [5... e4 transposes
to 4...l.Oe4] 6. ~f6 ef6 (6... gf6!? is
interesting: 7.e3 (7.'tltc2? ~a6?
(7... t.Oa6!+) 8.e4 ~h6 9.l.Of3 d6 10.~c4
~c4 11 .'i¥c4 i.Od7 12.'it'c2 W aG 13. c4!
(13.'i¥c4 'ita5 14.'it'c2 Wb5 15.b3 %tg8
16.g3 ~d2 17.~d2 'it'b4 18. ~e3 e5
19.t.Oe5 fe5oo Sorokina-Valov, Peterhof
2009) 13... b6 14.b3;!;) 7... t.Oa6 (7...c3
8.l.Oc4 'tlfb4 9.a3 c2 10.ab4 cd1W 11.<ot>d1
-"b7 12.t.Oe2!;!; ~d5? ! 13.l.Of4 ~c6 14.b5
~b7 15.l.Oa5± ) B.I.Oe2 %tb8 9.l.Oc3! %tb2
10.l:tc1 %tb8 11 .l.Oc4 'ilt'dB 12 .~d3 d6
(12... t.Ob4 13.-"e2 d6 14.a3 a6
15 .~d3;!; ) 13.a3;!;] 7.1t'c2?! [7.e31 with
the idea e2-c3, is in the spirit of the
variation] 7 ... d6 8.e3 ~e7 9 .~c4 0-0
10. e2 t.Od7 11 .t.Oc3 ~a6?!
Survey 81 18.4
(11.../.0e51 12 .~e2 f5 13.0-0 l:tb8oo]
12.0-0 ~c4 13.t.Oc4;!; W a6 14.b3
eS 1S.%tfc1 ?I [15. b2!;!;] 1S...I.Oc4
16.1t'd3 fS 17.t.Oa4 -"t6 18.%tab1
l:tab8 19.l:tc4 g6 20.l:tbc1 l:tb4
21. 1 l:tc4 22:iltc4 'tWaS 23.'tlfd3
l:te8 24. c3 ~c3 2S.Wc3 'ita6!
[25...-.a2? 26.%ta1 +-] 26.<ot>g1 'it'a2
27.l:ta1 -.e2 28.'li'f6 f4 29.1t'f4 lteS
30. '*'c4 'ilt'd2 31 .e4 'it'f4 32.f3 lthS
33.h3
33 ...1t'g3? [33 ... l:th3! 34.gh3 W g3=]
34.l:ta7 l:th3 3S.tt'c3! +- f6
36.tt'aS! tt'h2 37. 'i¥g3 38.<ot>e3
trgs 39.<ot>d3 1-0
Variation E
4 ... bc4
Grivas,Efstratios
Tassopoulos,Marios
Athens 2003 (3)
1.d4 i.Of6 2.c4 cS 3.dS bS 4. ~gS
bc4 S. c3 d6 [Black could also try
5......a5!? 6.1t'd2 (it seems that White can
also play it simple: 6. 13!? d6 (6... t.Oe4
7.~d2 t.Od2 8. d2 g6 9. c4 '*'b4 10.e3
~g7 11 .'*'c2;!;) 7. d2;!; bd7 8.e3 ~a6
9 .~f6! (9. ~c4?! e4! ) 9... f6 10 .~c4
(10. c4 -"c4 11. ~c4 g6 (11...l:tb8
12.tt'e2) 12 . ~b5 t.Od7 13.D-0;!;) 10...l:tb8
11 .%tb1 g6 12 .~a6 1t'a6 13.We2 'i!te2
14.<.t>e2 ~g7 15. c4;!;) 6...d6 7.e4 and
now: 7.../.0bd7 (7...~a6 8.f4 bd7 (8... h6
9 .~h4 bd7 10. f3 g5 11.fg5 hg5
12 .~g5 -"g7 13.e5 de5 14. h4 t.Oh7
15. f5± Quenette-K.O.Jung, Metz 1996;
8... t.Ofd7 9. f3 f6 10 . ~h4;!; S. de Boer-
Kerstens, Arnhem ch-NED jr 1996) 9. f3
h6 10.~f6 ef6 11 . d1 ( 1 1. ~e2 g6 12.0-o
203
 ~g7 13.W'c2 0-0 14.1S;!; Kiriakov-De
Vreugt, Dieren 1997) 11...'i!fd2 (11...it'a4
12.lce3 ~e7 13.'ti'c3 lf:lb6 14.'0W o-o
1S.b3±) 12.lf:ld2 l:tb8 13.~c4 ;!;) 8. ~c4
~6 (8... W'b4 9.b3 lf:leS 10 . ~bS ~d7
(10...c;t;>d8 11.lf:lge2±) 11. ~f6 gf6 12. ~d7
lf:ld7 (12... c;t;>d7 13.lf:lge2 hS 14.f4 ~h6
1S.O-O±) 13. ge2±) 9 .~a6 'ti'a6 10.f4!
(10.lf:lge2 g6 11.0-0 ~g7= Kjeldsen-
J.Sorensen, Denmark tt 2000/01 ; 10.lf:lf3!?
g6 11.~f6 lf:lf6 12.eS deS 13.lf:leS ~g7
14.0-0-0 0-0 1S.l:the1;!;) 10... g6 11 . f3
~g7 12.0-0-0!? (12.c;t;>f2 lf:lhS! 13.l:thd1
(13.l:the1 h6 14.~h4 lf:lf4 1S.'tiff4 gS
16 .~gS lf:leS!'f) 13...h6 14 .~h4 l:tb8
1S.c;t;>g1 D-Ooo) 12... h6 (12 ...0-0?!
13.l:the1 ±) 13 . ~h4 (13.~f6 ~f6 14.eS
deS 1S.d6 e6! (1S ...ed6 16.'ti'd6 'ti'd6
17.l:td6 ~e7 18.l:td2;!;) 16.feS lf:leS 17.d7
c;Pe7 18.W'e3 lf:ld7 19.lf:le4 l:thd8 20.l:td7
l:td7 21 .'i!fc5 c;t;>d8 22.it'f8 c;t;>c7 23.'i!fcS=)
13...lf:lhS! (13... 0-0?! 14.l:the1±) 14.eS gS!
1S.fgS hgS 16.~gS lf:leS 17.l:the1 l:tb8
18.lf:leS ~es 19.g4 lf:lf6 20.l:tes deS 21 .d6
l:td8 (21...W'd6 22.W'd6 ed6 23.~16 l:th2
24.l:td6 l:thb2 2S .~es l:tg2 26.lf:le4±)
22.Wg2! l:tg8 23 . ~f6 ef6 24.lf:le4 .-a2
2S.lf:lf6 c;t;>f8 26.it'b7 _.c4 27.c;t;>b1 We2=.
I am sure that both sides can improve
somewhere in this sharp continuation ...
Another try is S...e6?! 6.e4 d6 (6...edS?
7.es W'e7 8.'it'e2+-) 7. ~c4 ~e7 8.lf:lf3
(8.de6 fe6 9.lf:lf3 lf:lc6 1O .~bS 'fie?
11 .0-0;!; Zsinka-Szieberth, Balatonbereny
1994) 8...0-0 9.0-0 eS 10.h3± ] 6.e4 [6. ~f6
ef6 7.e3 ~e7 (7 ...g6 8. ~c4 ~g7 9.it'a4
lf:ld7 10.~a6 0-0 11.~c8 'i!fc8 12.lf:lge2
fS 13.0-0 lf:lf6 14.l:tab1 l:te8 1S.b4 lf:le4
16.l:tfc1 'fid8 17.bcS lf:lc5 18.Wd1 ~- ~
Arencibia Rodriguez-Pazos Gambarrotti,
Medellin 1987) 8 .~c4 0-0 9.~d3 lf:ld7
10.lf:lf3 l:tb8oo Murshed-Adams, London
1991 , isn't much for White] 6... g6 7. ~c4
~g7 8.lf:lf3 0-0 9.0-0 li:lbd7 1O.l:te1
204
1o... l:tb81? [10 ... lf:lb6 11. ~f1 was played
in the game Grivas-Leko, Budapest 1993.
Another option is 1O...lf:lg4!? 11. ~f1!
(11 .h3 lf:lgeS 12.lf:leS lf:leS 13.~11
(13 .~b3? ! ~a6 14.14? lf:ld3- + Radnic-
Broz, Baunatal 2000) 13... l:tb8 14.l:tb1 oo
K.D.Schulz-W.Carl, Germany tt 2000/01 )
11...lf:lgeS (11... ~c3? ! 12.bc3 f6 13 .~d2
lf:lgeS 14.lf:leS (14.lf:lh4 b6 1S.f4 lf:lec4
16.~c1 ;!; I.Nemet-Caposciutti, Forli 1993)
14 ... lf:leS 1S.f4 lf:lf7 16.l:tb1 ±) 12.lf:ld2!;!;;
Finally, Black has also tried 1O...h6 11. ~f4
( 11. ~h4?! gS 12 .~g3 lf:lhS 13.lf:ld2 lf:lg3
14.hg3 lf:leS'f Steedman-Haugen, Fister
1992; 11. ~c1 ! as in the game) 11...gS
12 .~c1 lf:lg4 13.~e2 lf:lgeS 14.li:ld2 it'c7
1S.lf:lf1 c4oo Tai-J.C.Diaz, Biel izt 1976]
11.Wc2 h6 12 .~c1 ! [The best. After
12 .~d2?! li:lg4! 13.~11 lf:lgeS White must
exchange a pair of knights, as the
d2-square is not available to the f3-knight.
White's plan is to achieve the e4-e5
advance with the help of a set-up with
h2-h3 and ~f4 . Black's chosen method of
preventing White's plan is unsatisfactory]
12 ...lf:le8?! [12 ...lf:lg4 13.~f1 geS
14.lf:ld2 Wb6! 1S.b3 ~a6 16.lf:la4 Wb7
17. ~2 ~bS (17 ... gS 18.~c3 lf:lb6
19.lf:lb2 e6 20.~e5 ~es 21. ~a6 Wa6
22.lf:lf3 li:ld7 23.de6 fe6 24.lf:leS lf:leS
2S.lf:lc4 lf:lc4 26.bc4;!;) 18. ~c3! ( 18. ~bS
'*bS 19.l:te3!?) 18... ~a4 19.ba4 lf:lg4
20.~e2 ~c3 21 .1t'c3 lf:lgf6 22.l:tab1 tt'c7
23 .~bS ;!;) 13.h3 lf:lc7 14 .~f4 ~a6
15 .~a6 lf:la6
x•
~ 23.lf:ld5 b7 24.W'f3 ! lf:lc7 [Forced,
.,.££.i.
£ ££
£ !::,
!::,~
ttJ !::,
!::, !::,
1::[
16.e5! [White's superiority is increasing,
as he has already achieved his main aim]
16...de5 17.lf:le5 lf:leS 18 . ~e5 l:tb7
[After 18... ~eS 19.l:teS l:tb7 20.l:tae1
Black would face unbearable pressure on
e7] 19. ~g7 c;t;>g7 20.l:tad1 l:td7 [White
is better as Black has several weaknesses
(e7, c5 and a7) while the isolated white
d-pawn is a thorn in Black's side and
cannot be effectively attacked. One would
expect White to apply direct pressure on
Black's weak pawns. However, there are two
other important elements in the position: the
weakened cover of the black king and the
lack of harmony among the black pieces -
especially the a6-knight is misplaced]
21 .'i!fe2! 'i!fb6 [21... b4 22.'i!fc4! would
not help Black, but now the black queen
has also abandoned the king's defence]
22.d6!! [The isolated pawn advances and
sacrifices itself, cutting Black's camp in two
and simultaneously weakening the defence
of the black king, the f6-square in
particular. This typical idea, although not
often met, is characteristic of the potential
of the isolated pawn] 22 ... ed6?! [It was
better to decline White's sacrifice by
22 ... l:td6 23.W'eS! c;t;>h7 24.We7 l:td1
25.l:td1 c;t;>g8 26.b3, when White retains
an advantage but it is kept within
reasonable bounds. Black failed to realize
the dangers facing his exposed king]
as White was threatening 2S.it'f6 c;t;>h?
26.it'c3!. No relief was offered by 24 ... f6
2S.W'g3! or 24...tt'b2? 2S.l:te2! 'ilt'bS
(2S ... 'ilt'b7 26.it'f6 ~h 7 27.Wc3) 26.1t'f6
c;t;>h7 27.l:tde1!] 25.'Wc3 ! f6 26.lf:lf4
[White has multiple threats ('i!fg3, 'ifd3)
while the black pieces are still unable to
cooperate] 26 ... l:te8? [Hastening the end
by allowing the transformation of White's
positional advantage into material gain.
One possible line was 26 ... 1t'b4 27.W'g3
gS 28.lf:lhS c;t;>g6 29.'ti'd3! fS (29 ... c;t;>hS
30.g4 c;t;>h4 31 .'i!fg3X) 30.g4! and g3,
with a clear advantage for White] 27.l:te8
lf:le8 28.'ilt'd3! ts 29.lf:le6 c;t;>ga
30.lf:lc5! [Winning material and the
game] 30 ... Wc6 31.lf:ld7 ti'd7 32.b4
1-0

Grivas,Efstratios
leko,Peter
Budapest 1993 (1)
1.d4 ~f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4. ~f3
.ib7 5 .~fd2 bc4 6.e4 d6 7.~c4
~bd7 S.o-o g6 9.<()c3 ~g7 1O.l:le1
0-0 11 ..if1 ~b6 [Here the bishop is not
yet on g5, but by transposition we will get a
position of the 4... bc4 line]
12.a4! [This is a nice and typical idea;
White expands on the queenside and hopes
to play b2·b4 (see also Grivas·Arduman,
Athens 1989) or apply the plan of the
game] 12... a5 [What else? II 12...a6, then
13.a5 ~bd7 14 .~c4±] 13.<()c4 [As the
b5·square is now weak, White wants to
place a piece on it, blocking the trfile. At
the same time the a5·pawn might be proven
weak as well] 13 ... ~fd7 14. ~g5 [And
we have the position that could arise by
4..ig5 bc4] 14... <()c4 15.~c4 ~a6
[1 5.. .t!~e5 16 .~f1 l:lbB 17. b5 1fd7 18.14
~g4 19 .~e2;!;] 16 . ~a6 l:la6 17.'ilt'e2
l:la8
18.l:lac1! [Preparing the set·up with b3,
~b5·a3·c4 and ~d2·c3, with full
domination] 18... ~ b6 19.b3 'ilt'd7
20 . ~ b5 l:lfbS 2 1.'ilt'c2 l:lb7 22 . ~d2
'i'd8 [Black is cramped and has little to
expect. In the end White, after good
preparation, will go lor the e4-e5 thrust]
23.h3 <()d7 24.l:lb1 ~ b8 25.llec1
[25 .~c3 now was good: 25... ~c3 26.'ilt'c3
<()a6 27. a3±] 25 ... ~a6 26.'tlfd1
~c7 27. ~ a3 <()a6 28 . ~ b5 [White, in
time-trouble, wrongly decided to repeat
moves. He should go for 28.1t'e2 ~ b4
29.<()c4 ~d4 30 .~c3 e5 31.de6 fe6
32.e5;!;] 28 ... ~c7 29.tt:la3 tt:la6
30.tt:lb5 112· 112
Variation F
4 ... 6
Miles,Anthony
Bellon lopez,Juan Manuel
Surakarta/Denpasar 1982 (1)
1.d4 tt:lf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4 ..ig5 g6
5.d61? [Another interesting idea of the late
Tony Miles and not mine, as Igor Stohl
wrongly claimed in 'CBM'] 5 ... ~ b7!?
[5 ... e6?! 6.cb5 ~g7 7.tt:lc3 h6 8.~f4
(8. ~e3 !? a6 9 .~c5 ab5 10.e3±) 8... ~b7
9. ~e5 0·0 10.tt:l13 a6 11.a4 'ilt'a5 12.l:lc1
tt:le4 (12... c4? 13.'ifd4+- V.Mikhalevski·
Hendriks, Vlissingen 2000) 13.~g7 'it»g7
14.e3;!;. For 5... ed6?! see Grivas-Lputian,
Athens 1983 and for 5... bc4!? see Grivas-
Kjeldsen, Cannes 1995] 6. c3 [6.cb5!?
~g7 (6 ... tt:le4!? 7.de7 ~e7 8.~e7 1t'e7
9.tt:ld2 0·0 10.tt:lgf3 a6 11 .e3 tt:ld2 12.1t'd2
ab5 13.~b5 ~f3 14.gf3 tt:lc6 1 5 .~c6 dc6
16.'ilt'c3;t) 7.<()c3 e6 B.lL\13 0..0 9.'.-d2
'ili'a5 10.tt:le5 (10. e4 1t'd2 11 . ed2±)
10... ~d5? ! 11.13 tt:lea 12.e4 ~es 13.ed5±
Wiatr-Byrka, Chelm 2010] 6 ... a6?!
[6 ... bc4! 7.tt:l13 ed6 8. b5 tt:lc6 (8 ...1fa5?!
9.'ifd2 'ilt'd2 (9 ...'ifb5? 10 .~f6) 10.tt:ld2
'it»e7 11 .tt:lc4±) 9.1t'd2 tt:ld4 10.tt:lld4 cd4
11 .0·0·0 ~e7 12.'.-d4 0·0 13.tt:ld6;!;]
7 .~f6 ef6 8.'ifd2 c6
Survey Bl 18.4
9.cb5? [White should aim lor 9.<()131~g7
10.-.e3 tt:le5 11 .tt:le5 fe5 12.'ilt'c5 bc4
13.e4 0-0 14 . ~c4±] 9 ...tt:ld41 10.e3
[10.0·0-0 <()e6 11.e4 1 1 o... tt:lb5
11. ~b5 ab5? [11... ~g2! 12 .~c4 ~h1
13.13 ~g7 14.0·0·0 f5oo] 12.tt:lb5 'ili'a5
13.~c7 \Pd8 14. aS 1t'd2 15.'0Pd2
~g2 16.f3? [16.tt:le2! ~as 17.l:lhc1
~d6 18. f4 !] 16... ~ h1 17.'0Pe2 ~d61
[17 ... g5 18.l:ld1 g4 19.tt:lb6 l:lgB 20.tt:lc4 i ]
18. 2 'it»e7 19.tt:lb6 l:lb8 20.tt:lc4
~ h2 21.e4 [21. e2?! ~13 22.'0Pf3 d5=F]
21...f5?1 [21...~e5! 22. e2 ~f3 23.\Pf3
~2 24.l:lb1 ~es 25.l:lb8 ~bBoo]
22. h3 ~f3?1 [22 .. .fe4 23.l:lh1 d5
24.l:lh2 dc4 25.\Pg3 el3 26.'iP13 lla8
27.tt:l14 l:la2 28.tt:ld5 'it»e6 29. l:la1
30.l:lh7;!;] 23. 3 g5?! [23 .. .fe4 24.'0Pe4
f5 25.'0Pd5 h5 26.'0Pc5± ] 24. g5 h6
25. h3 fe4 26.'0Pe4 'it»e6 27.l:le1 ?!
[27.l:ld1! f5 28.'0PI3 d5 29.l:ld2+-]
27 ... d5 28. 3 'it»d7 29.l:le2 dc4?1
[29...~c7 30. e3 'it»c6 31 .tt:lf5±]
30.l:lh2+- l:la8 31 . f2 l:la2 32. e4
1Pe7 33. 4 l:la6 34. 5 l:lg6
35.\Pd5 f5 36. c3 37. c5 f4
38.\Pc4 5 39.b4 f3 40.l:lf2 \Pf4
41.b5 h5 42.'0Pc5 l:lg8 43.b6 l:lc8
44. ~b4 h4 45.l:lb2 l:ld8 46.b7 h3
47 .'~c5 'it»g4 48.tt:le4 1·0
Grivas,Efstratios
lputian,Smbat
Athens 1983 (9)
1.d4 tt:lf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4 .~g5 g6
5.d61? ed6?! 6. c3 ~e7 [6 ... bc4
7. e4 ~e7 8 .~d6 'it?f8 9 .~16 ~f6
10.'it'd5 <o\?g7 is analysed in Grivas·
Kjeldsen, Cannes 1995] 7. b5 [7 .cbS 0·0
8.e3 ~b7 9.tt:l13 (9.~f6 ~f6 10.1t'd6 ~e7
11 .1t'f4 d5 12. 13 a6~) 9...a6~] 7 ... 0-0
8.tt:lf3 [8.tt:ld6!? might be good enough:
8.. .'i t'b6 9.b3! (9...d2?! tt:lc6 10.e3 l:lb8
11 .b3 b4~) 9... tt:lc6 10.g3! (10. 13?
<()d4 11 .tt:ld4 cd4 12. b5 .ib4 13.~d2
~cs 14.b4 ~e7 =F) 10... ~d6 11. ~16 tt:ld4
12 .~g2 ~b7 13.'it?f1±] 8... ~ b7! 9.tt:ld6
~f3 1 O.gf3 'ilt'b6 11 .'ifd2 tt:lc6
12. ~g2 l:lab8 13.llb1 ;!; a6!
[1 3... tt:ld4 14 .~16 ~f6 15. e4 ~g7 16.e3
e6 17.14 f5 18.tt:lc3±] 14.b3 tt:lb4
15 . ~f6?! [1 5.a3! 1fa3 16.0-0;!;]
15 ... ~f6 16.tt:le4 ~g7 17.0-0 'i+'a2
18.l:lfd1 l:lfd8 19.tt:lc5 d5 20.cd5
'it'd2 21 .l:ld2 lld5 22.l:ld5 d5
205
 23.ll:la4 a5! 24.14 [24.e3 ll:lc3 2S.ll:lc3
~c3 26.14 a4 27.%lc1 ~b2 28.%lc7 ab3
29.~dS=] 24 ... ll:lf4 25. ~f3 ll:lh3
26.'it>g2 g5 27. ~d5 .l:ld8 28.%ld1
l0e6 29.e3 8 30. ~f3 .l:lbS 31.%ld3
.l:lb5 32. ~d5 ¥.!·¥.!
Grivas,Efstratios
Kjeldsen,Jens
Cannes 1995 (7)
1.d4 f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4. ~g5 g6
5.d6!? bc4!? 6.l0c3 [White ends up in
a suspect position after the over-ambitious
6.~f6?! ef6 7..-dS? 11t'b6!1] 6... c6
[Black's best option. Again the alternatives
are unsatisfactory: 6...ed6?! 7.l0e4 ~e7
(7 .. :.-as? s.~d2 WdB 9.l0f6 'ilt'f6
10.~c3) 8.l0d6 IPIB (8 ...~d6? 9.11t'd6
l0e4 10.11t'eS) 9. ~f6 ~f6 10..-dS ~g7!
(10...'ilt'aS? 11.~d1 ~e7 12.'ilt'l7! ~d6
13._.16) 11 .0-o-o! (Black is better after both
11 .¥ 17? ~h6 12.l0f3 .l:lf8! (12...~b2?
13.g4!1 Was 14.l0d2 c3 1S.gS!) 13.0·0·0
~2 14 .~c2 Wf6! and 11 .11t'a8? Was
12 .<~>d1 Wa4) 11...We7 (11... c6?
12.1t'l7 ~h6 13.l0f3) 12.e3!? (12.Wa8?
l0c6 13.l0c8 11t'eS! leaves Black better, but
12.ll:lc8! .l:lc8 13.'ilt'a8 ~b2 (13 ...%lc6
14..1:ld2 c3 1S.bc3 ~c3 16J:Ic2 _.f6
17..-bB ~ 18.'it>b1 .l:lb6 19.1t'b6 'it'b6)
14.'it>b2 'ilt'f6 1S .~b1 (not 1S.'it>c2? l0c6!1
16.'it'c8 l0b4) 1S... l0c6 16.'ilt'c8 'ilt'fS
17.e4 'ilt'e4 18.~d3 cd3 19.'ilt'b7 also wins)
12... c3!? (other moves also leave White
clearly better: 12... l0c6 13.~c4! ; 12... ~a6
13.~c4 ~c4 14.l0c4) 13.'fi'a8 (not
13.l0c8? .l:lcB 14.'it'a8 c411 1S.'ilt'b7 l0c6!)
13...l0c6 14.l013 c2 1S.'it>c2 ~a6
(1S ...'ilt'd8? 16.lOfS!? gfS 17.11t'c6)
16.'ilt'c6!! and White's superiority is
significant; 6... ~7? ! 7.11t'd21 l0e4 8. e4
~e4 9.f3 ~b7 10.e4±] 7 ..-d2 [Another
interesting continuation is 7.e4!? h6 8. ~e3!
(8. ~f6!? ef6 9 .~c4±) 8...ed6 9 .~c4 . with
a slight advantage for White] 7 ... ~g7 [Not ,
of course, 7... ed6? 8.'ilt'e3!] 8.e4 [8.de7?!
1t'e7! 9.lOdS?! 1t'eS! is good for Black]
8•.. h6! [If Black attempted to continue with
8...0.()?! 9.l0f3 ed6 (9... l0d4 1O.eS!)
10.~c4 .l:le8 11.0·0. White would retain a
pleasant initiative. Note that Black cannot
relieve the pressure with 11...h6? due to
12.~h6 l0e4 13.l0e4 .l:le4 14. ~17 1]
9.~f4!? g5! [Black consistently fights for
the advantage. Another possibility was
206
9... eS!? 10.~e3 l0d4 11. ~c4 ~b7 12.13 22 ... 'it'b4 23..1:117! <;1;>17 24.'it'd7 'it>g6
0·0 (after 12... hS?l 13.~gS! White 2S..I:lb1 ! with an easy win for White;
dominates the dS·square) 13.~h6! l0c2 22... dB 23.lOdS ~e6 24.l0c7) 23.lOdS
14.'fi'c2 ~h6 1S.Wd3 with an unclear 'it>e6 24.l0d41 (and not 24 ..1:117? b3!
position] 10.~e3 [Once again the capture 2S.~d1 'it>l7=) 24... ~d4 2S.ed4 .l:laf8
on e7 is unsatisfactory: 10.de7? e7 26.1t'b4±] 17.%lhf1 .l:lfS 18.%lab11 [All
11.~d6 l0e4!] 10..•ed6?! [Up to this of White's pieces occupy very active
point Black has avoided all pitfalls but here, positions, while their black counterparts are
driven by the desire to extinguish White's unable to create any serious threats]
initiative, he 'forgot' about the importance of
castling - or assumed that he will be able
to accomplish it soon! It is true that
.. g
10... l0g4?! 11. ~cs Was 12.~a3 would i.i.
'
also not equalize, but Black should have
played 10... 'ilt'aS! 11. ~c4 l0g4 12.de7
(12.l0f3? ll:le3 13.fe3 e6!) 12... ll:le3 13.fe3
~c31 14..-c3 (14.bc3? eS 1S .~dS .l:lb8
16. f3?! (16..1:ld1 !? ~a6 17 .~17 'it>e7
18.'ilt'd6 'if;>f7 19.11t'es .l:lhdB 20.ll:le2 ~e2
21 .'it>e2 Wa2 22.%ld2 1t'c4 23.'it>f3 .l:lb6
24.WdS 1t'dS 2S ..I:ldS;t) 16... .1:lb2!)
14... 'ilt'c3 1S.bc3 tOeS 16 .~dS .l:lb8
17.l013 l0d3 (17 .. .16? 18. eS feS 19.()-{) is 18... ll:la4 [White had no reason to worry
good for White) 18 .~d2 ~a6 19..1:lab1 about 18... 'it'a3 19.'it>c2 a4 20..1:lb3! or
~e7 with balanced chances] 1U i'd6 18.....b4 19.'it>c2 .l:lb8 20.a3!, with a
l0g4? [The decisive mistake! Black was winning position in both cases] 19.e5!
compelled to play 11...l0d4! 12.%lc1! [The black aS-rook is of relatively little value.
(12 .~d4? cd4 13.'.,d4 0-0 is great for Indeed, 19. ~8? ll:lc3 20.l0c3 'it'c3
Black) 12.. .'ii'b6 13.'ilt'b6 ab6 14 .~c4 ;!;] 21 .'it>e2 ~eS would be unclear at best...]
19.•.l0b6 20•.1:lb6! [Eliminating Black's
only active piece] 20 ... ab6 21 .l0g3!
[The complications have obviously ended in
White's favour. In a quantitative assessment
of the position Black is currently ahead in
material. But in terms of a qualitative
assessment White's pieces are much better
placed and directed against a specific target
(the black king on e8). This game is a
characteristic case where Black ignored the
necessity of safeguarding his king in favour
of other priorities. As a result, the king has
ended up surrounded by the white forces,
12.~c41 [Instead, 12 .~c5? 'it'aS 13.l0e2 while all of Black's active pieces have left
~f8 14...g3 ~c5 1S.'ii'g4 tOeS would be the board!]
equivalent to resignation] 12 ...ll:le3
13.fe3 1t'a5 [White retains his superiority
after 13...~c3 14.bc3 'it'e7 1S.'it'dS
intending l0e2-g3] 14.l0e2 ll:le5
[14 ... ~es is no improvement: 1S.'it'dS o-o
16.()-0±] 15. ~d51 l0d3 16.'it>d2
l0b2?! [This eases White's task. Black
should have tried 16... ~eS!? , when after
17. ~17 <;1;>17 18.1t'd3 d6! 19.'it'dS ~e6
20.%lhf1 'it>e7 21.Wb7 ~d7 White would
have to find the spectacular 22.b41!
(22 ..1:117? is just a draw) 22...cb4 (or

21 ...fS [Desperation, but other moves also
bring no salvation: 21 ... l:lhS 22.li)t5 .itS
23."i!ff6 l:lh7 24.-if? l:lt7 25.li)d6 .id6
26.W't7 ci>dS 27.ed6; 21 ..."i!fa3 22.li)f5 c4
23.1Llg7 lifdS 24."i!i'b6 life? 25.1ff6X]
22.ef6 l:lf6 23.l:lf6 1fb4 24.li)fS
"i!i'b2 2S.Iifd1 1-0
Variation G
4 .. .d6
Ubilava,Eiizbar
Gorelov,Sergey
Telavi 1982 (8)
1.d4 tt)f6 2.c4 c5 J .dS b5 4.~gS d6
5...if6 ef6 [The alternative 5...gf6 fails to
satisfy as well: 6.cb5 ~g7 7.t:oc3 15 S.e3 o-o
9...id3 e5 10.li)ge2 ~g5 11.Q-O e4 12.14
"i!fg6 13...ic2± \blodin-Ajvazi, PiollcfiV tt 2010]
6.cbS g6 7.li)f3 .ig7 8.li)c3 o-o 9.e3
a6 10.a4 f5 11.~e2 [11.tl)d2 .ib7
12...ic4 00 13.o-o tl)b6 14.~b3 ab5
15.ab5! Peric-Collas, Cannes 1995] 11 ...abS
12. · [12.ab5!?] 12...1fas 13.0..0?!
[13."i!fb3 li)a6 14.o-o l:lb8 15.l:lfd1 !]
13...~c3 14.bc3 ~c3 1S.li)d2 li)a6
16.li)c4 'it'f6 17. s li)b4 18.li)c6
· 7 19.tl)M eb4 20.l:lb1 ~c3
21 .W'b3 1fb3?! [21...l:lfc8! 22.l:lfd1 l:lc5=]
22J!b3 .idS 23.l:lb4!
23 ... l:lfe8 24.h4 8 2S. l:ld4 .ib3
26.l:la1 [26.l:lb1! .ic2 27.l:lbb4!]
26... dSI 27.l:lb4 ~e4 28 ..ic4 l:lc4
29. l:lc4 dc4= JO.Iiff1 l:laS?!
[30... l:lbS! 31 .a5 c3 32.<<Pe2 c2 33.l:lc1
l:laS=] 31.<Jte2 ¢;e7 32.Wd2 lifd6
33.1ife3 <oPeS 34.l:la2 f6 3S.g3 l:la6
36.aS lifbS 37.l:la1 lifcS 38.hS ghS
39.l:la4 <oPbS 40.l:la2 h4?! [40 ...Iifc5!]
41.gh4 f4? [41...1ifc5 42.h5 h6 43.l:la4
lifb5 44.l:lb4 <oPeS 45.l:lc4 lifb5 46.l:lb4
<Jta5 47.Wc4±] 42.e4! +- <oPeS
43.l:ld2 life6 44.l:ldS l:la7 4S.Iife4
l:lg7 46.l:lfS l:lg4 47.l:lf6 <Jtb7 48.hS
1-0
lvanchuk,Vasily
Giorgadze,Tamaz
Moscow TV 1987
1.d4 tt)f6 2.e4 cS J .dS bS 4. ~gs d6
S.li)d2 li)bd7 6.e4 g6 7.tt)gf3
[Alternatives are: 7.cb5 ~g7 S.li)e2 a6
9.li)c3 0-0 10.a4 li)eS?! (10...~c7 11. ~e2
ab5 12.ab5 l:la1 13."i!fa1 li)b6 14.0-0!)
11. ~e2 li)c? 12.0-0± Van der Stricht-
Knoppert, Antwerp 1997; 7.li)e2 ~g7
S.li)c3?! (S.cb5!) S... bc4?! (S ... b4!) 9. ~c4
l:lbS 10.0-0 0-0 11.'it'c2 li)e5oo Bermejo
Martinez-Garcia Gata, Cullera 2005]
7 ...~g7 8.~d3 [S.1fc2!? 0-0 9.cb5 a6
10.a4 ab5?! (10 .. .'i!t'a5! 11. ~d3 ab5
12 . ~b5 .ia6 13.~a6 ~a6 14.li)c4 e6
15.de6 fe6 16.e5!) 11. ~b5 ~a6 12 .~a6
l:la6 13.0-0 tt)g4 14.l:lab1 li)b6 15.b3
~d7 16.li)c4 li)c4 17 .~c4 l:lb6 1S.'*Vc2
~ b7 19.li)d2 l:lb4 20.li)c4 l:lbS 21.li)a5
1-0 V.Mikhalevski-J.Christensen, Copen-
hagen 2000] 8 ... 0-0 9.0-0 tt)g4 10.cbS
a6?1 [10 ... ~b2 11 .l:lb1 ~g7 12.li)c4
tt)ge5 13.tt)fe5 li)e5 14 .~d2!] 11 .ba6
li)deS 12.li)eS li)eS 13 . ~e2 h6
14. ~f4 · 6 1S. ~a6 l:la6
'iW .~ .
K ''-*-
· '~ ~ '' ~Xi
~~ ttJ ~~~
n ~ n~
16.~eS! ~es 17.li)c4± ~d4 18.a3
~d7 19.l:lb1 fS 20. ~e2 f4?
21.<Jth1? [21.li)e5! ~e5 22 .'~i'a6 13
23.h3!+-] 21...l:la7 22.f3 ~ bS
23.'i!.Yc2 'Wd7 24.l:lfc1 <Jtg7 2S.'i!fd3
l:lb8 26.b4! Wh7 27.li)aS l:l ba8
28.l:lb3 .ieJ 29. l:lcb1 cb4 30.ab4
l:la6 31.li)e4 'ti'bS 32.li)e3 'it'dJ
Survey 8118.4
33.l:ld3 fe3 34.l:le3+- l:la2 JS.bS
l:lb2 36.l:lee1 l:laa2 37.l:lg1 l:le2
38.h3? [38.l:la1 ! l:la1 (3S...l:lg2 39.l:la2
l:la2 40.l:lb1+-) 39.l:la1 l:lb2 40.h4 l:lb5
(40 .. .'iPg7 41 .l:la7 <Jtt6 42.l:lb7 +-)
41.l:la7+-] 38 ... l:lab2? [38 ... Wg7!
39.1ifh2 l:lab2±] 39.l:lb2 l:l b2 40.l:la1
lifg7 41.l:la7 6 42.l:l b7 hS 43.h4
l:lb3 1-0
Grivas,Efstratios
Horvath,lmre
Dortmund 1990 (9)
1.d4 tt)f6 2 .c4 cS J .dS bS 4. ~gS d6
S.li)d2 g6 6.e4 ~g7 7 .cbS
[Alternatives: 7.li)gl3 0-0 8.cb5 a6 9.1fb3
li)bd? 1o .~e2 ab5 11. ~b5 ~a6 12.~a6
l:la6 13.0-0 ~as 14.a3 l:lbS 15.~c2 h6
16 .~h4 l:la7 17.l:lab a J.Parker-Stoeber,
Hastings 1995/96; 7.'i!fc2 0-0 S.~d3 li)bd?
9.li)gf3 tt)g4 10 .~14 li)ge5 11.li)e5 e5
12 .~e5 ~e5 13.cb5! {13.0-0?! b4!=i=;
13 ... 15? 14.cb5 14 15.13! C.Fiear-Dalmau,
Dobrna 19S5) 13 ...e6 14.0-0!; 7.13?! 0-0
8. ~d3 tt)fd7oo Camarena Gimenez-
Granero Roca, Lliria 1995] 7 ... a6 8.b6?!
[S.a4 'it'a5! 9.13 0-0 10.Wf2 e6~; S.'it'b3!?
li)bd? 9.li)gl3 0-0 10. ~e2 !] 8 ... li)bd7
9.li)e2 0-0 1 O.li)eJ b6 11 . ~e2 e6!
12.de6 ~e6 [12 .. .fe6?! 13.e5 deS
14.0-0!] 13.0-0 'i!fd7 14.a4 l:la7?1
[14 ... h6 15.~14 ~c6oo] 1S.aS li)c8
16.li)c4 l:lb7
17.eS?! [17.l:lb1! l:lb4 1S.b3!] 17... deS
18 .~f6 ~f6 19.'it'd7 ~d7 20.li)e4
~e7 21 .li)eS ~ bS 22.~ bS [22.l:lle1
~e2 23.l:le2 15 24.li)c3 ~16=] 22 ... l:lbS
23.li)e4?! [23.l:lab1! lifg7 24.li)c3 l:lb7=]
23 ... fS 24.li)c3 l:lb4 2S.l:la4 l:ld8
26. l:lb4 [26 ...cb4 27.li)a4 li)d6 2S.li)e5
l:lcS=i=] Y2-Y2
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 Benoni Defence
Benko/Volga Gambit Bl 23.14 (A57)

A Jolly Joker on e5!

by Tibor Fogarasi

1. d4 tLlf6 master like Cheparinov, If we take a glance at the dia-

2. c4 c5 Zviagintsev and Throv u ed thi grammed po ition, we can ee .
3. d5 b5 weapon again as Black. how unplea ant the active b4-
4. cbS a6 In the po ition after 7 ... g6 8.tLlf3 rook is for White! The fir t am-
5. b6 d6 .ft.g7 9.a4 'it'b6 IO.a5 'ird8, ple game brought a cata trophic
6. tLlc3 tLl bd7 Black can play the typical ma- re ult for him: three losse out of

. ....
7. e4 : bs noeuvre ... tLle8-c7-b5-d4, but three, and the victims were
then his initiative simply peters trong players!
out. After 7 ... : b8 however, if A) 13.'irc2 ltJe5 14.h3 g5!!
K.ti+'•.t .i White insi t on the standard l5. l:te l g416.hg4 tLl fg417. tLl f1
queen ide pawn advance f5!, and White wa condemned
.l 8 .l .. a2-a4-a5, it is ea y to ee that to total pa ivity in Enchev-
.l 8 Black gai ns everal important Cheparinov, Plovdiv 20 12.
8 tempi , and hi rook is very active B) l3.a5 tL:le5 14.h3 g5! 15.b3
on b4. And I haven't even men- l:td4! 16. c2 g4!
tioned his fiercest weapon yet:
.i*
.
the 'Jolly Joker' on e5 ... If Black
manage to tabilize the position
.i.i+'
.l.l.i..l
~
.-
of hi s ' magic horse' with ... tLle5
An old et-up ha reappeared in and ... g6-g5!, White eem to .l ·-~

the 5.b6line of the Benko Gam- face an uphill struggle. 8 .l 8 ..

bit lately. A I am a Benko player
myself, 1 analy ed 7 .. J1b8 orne
time ago when preparing for a
game, but unfortunately I have
had no chance to u e it yet. But
ooner or later the moment wi ll
come ...
The plan with 7 ... : b8 was fir t
u ed by grandmaster Gerald
Hertneck in 1991 agai nst Csaba
Horvath. I till remember that I
wa greatly impressed by this
spectacu lar tactical battle, which
I aw 'live' - 1 mean, standing by
the board during the EC encoun-
ter Honved-Bayern. The German
grandmaster won the game with
a pectacular queen sacrifice.
Still, we had to wait nearly two
decades (! !) until trong grand-
After this brief prologue, let'
ee the peci.fic variations:
Gaining Ground
With the advance a2-a4-a5
White trie to gain ground on the
queen ide.
8. tLlf3 g6 9 ..ft.e2 .ft.g7 1.0.0-0 0-0
11.a4 : b6 l2.tLld2 X:C b4.
.1 8
8 CiJ 8
"V/HCiJ ~88
~ ~ l:r~
And Black won a pectacu lar
attacking game in Bocharov-
Zviagintsev, St Petersburg 2009.
The advantage of 14.f4 .is that it
prevent Black from having an in-
vincible knight on e5. On the other
hand, White's king ide i weak-
ened. After l4 ... tLleg4 15.tLlc4
tLle8 16. el ..Q.d4 17.~hl f5,
Black has the initiative.
Queenside Development
ll.l:tb I !? i a new plan intro-
duced by Rakhmano . Instead of

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wa ting time on the unnece sary
a2-a4-a5, White develop his
queen ide. I do like thi s quiet
move! After ll ... .:rb6 I 2.b3 ttJe8
13 .i.d2! ttJe5 14.ttJe5 ~e5
15.ttJa4 .l:[b8 16.i.c3 i.c3
17.ttJc3 White was lightly
better in Rakhmanov-Zviagin-
t ev, Aeroflot Open 20 12.
Provocative
With ll .b7 White tries to throw a
panner in the work : I l ... ~b7
12.h3! ? ( urpri ingly, thi logi-
cal move, which hinder ... ttJg4,
i a novelty. The earlier continu-
ation wa 12.i.f4 ttJg4!)
12 ... ttJe8 13 ..ig5. White pro-
voke Black to weaken his
king ide.
However, Leon Hoyo doe not
ri e tothebait.l3 ... ttJc7 14. d2
f5!, and Black' counterplay ar-
rive in time. After 15.ef5 .l:[ f5
16..id3 .l:[ f7 17 ..1:[ael ~ f8 a po-
ition with chance for both ide
aro e in Bruzon Bati ta-Leon
Hoyo , Quito 2012.
Controlling e5
ll .i.f4.
Early a2-a4
7 ... l'l b8
Deues,Erik
Turov,Maxim
Bad Wiessee 2010 (1)
1.d4 l!Jf6 2.c4 cS 3.d5 bS 4.cb5 a6
Thi i u ually a good place for
the white bi shop, as it supports a
later breakthrough e4-e5 , and
hinder ttJe5 .
ll. .. .l:[b6 12 ..1:[b I ttJe8 13 .~c2
ttJc7 1 4.~e3 .l:[b8 15 ..1:[fd I, and
now Black hould have played
15 .. .f5 !, with active counterplay;
ll. .. ~b6 l2 ..1:[bl a5! (w ith the
typical plan .. .~a6) is al o
worthy of attention (Campo
Moreno-Matamoro Franco,
Mancha Real 1998).
Rare Continuations
The rare continuation I l.h3,
I l .ttJd2 ll .'i:Yc2 are also worth
trying, but there are not enough
ample games yet.
Virtually Unexplored
It i a bit surpri sing that the plan
with 8.f4 i virtually unexplored,
although in other set-ups this
move occurs quite frequently,
and it i not harmJe at all. After
8 ... g6 9.ttJf3 it eem that Black
ha to play 9 ... ttJ b6. 9 ... ~g7?
IO.e5! de5 I l.fe5 ttJg4 12.e6 led
to immediate di a ter for Black
in Vai ser-Simonet Pons, Eli ta
Olympiad 1998.
5.b6 d6 6.l!Jc3 l!Jbd7 7.e4 l:rb8
8.l!Jf3 g6 9.a4 l:rb6 1O.h3 ~g7
11. ~d3!? o-o 12.0-o l:rba [12 ...l:rb4!?
13:it'e2 a5o:Z] 13.-.e2 l!Je81?
[13...'i!t'a5!?] 14 .~a6 ~a6 15.1ra6
l!Jc7 16.1re2 l:rb4 17.l!Je1 ?!
[17 .~g5 !? l:re8 18.l:rfd1 lrb8 19.l:rd2
Survey 8/ 23.14
Gerald Hertneck
Hertneck give 12 ... ttJde5 as ' un-
clear' in hi analy i for Ch e s
Informant 52 in 1991 . However,
I think Black ' position i diffi-
cult after J3. ~a4! ~ f8 14.i.e2!.
Conclusion
White ha to avoid the plan with
a2-a4, as it ha led to quick disa -
ter in everal game . The et-ups
without a4 re ult in position
with chances for both side .
7 .. ..1:[b8! ? has bee n an unplea ant
urpri e for White, o I expect
many new game in the future.
l!Jb6o:Z] 17...1ra8! 18. d3 l:rb3
19. ~g5 l:re8 20.-.c2 c4! 21 .l!Jc1
l:rb7 22.l:ra2?1 [22.l01e2!? l!Jc5
23.l:rab1] 22 .•. l!Ja6! 23.'i!ie2 l!JeS
24 . ~e3 l!Jb4 25.l:ra3 l!Jbd3
26.l!Jd3? [26.14! l:rb2 27.'i!id1 ~h6
28.'it>h1 l:rf8oo] 26 ...cd3 27.'i!fe1 l:rb2
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 28. ~c1 l:tbb8 [28 ... l:tc2 29.<t:lbS l:tec8 29.l:tb21+ - <t:lf6 [29 ...l:tb6 30.l:tb6 ~h1 Bocharov,Dmitry
30.~e3 d2 3Hi'd1 l:tb2- +] 29.<t:lb5 31.eS deS 32.<t:le3 <t:lf6 33.c4+- l 30.l:tb5 Zviagintsev,Vadim
l:tec8 30.f4 8b5 31.l:tg1 ~e4 32. e3 <t:ld7 St Petersburg 2009 (2)
33.b7 34.l:tf1 ~PeS 35.l:tf4 ~h1 1.c4 <t:lf6 2.d4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cb5 86

if
j.j. j_ j.• 36.l:tf1 ~e4 37.l:tf4 ~h1 38.1Pd2
w d8 39.l:tf11 ~e4 40.l:tf8 ..tc7
41 .l:te8! <t:le5 1-0
5.b6 d6 6. c3 bd7 7.e4 l:tb8
8.<t:lf3 g6 9.84 l:tb6 [9... b6 10. d2
~g7 1 1. ~e2 0·0 12.0..() e6 13.aS <t:la8
14.<t:lc4 edS 1S.edS l:te8 16 .~gs l:tb4

~
t2J ' '
~~
~ ~
17.<t:la2 l:tb7 18. ~13 c7= l.lvanisevic·
J.Lundin, Belgrade 2002] 1 O.<t:ld2 ~g7
11. ~e2 0-0 12.0-0 l:tb4 13.85 <t:le5
l:t ~
'
Gaining Ground 14.h3 g5! 15.b3? [1S.<t:lf3!? <t:lf3
~ 11.a4 (1S... e4 16. e4 l:te4 17.<t:lgS l:tb4
18.'ii'c2 <t:lg6oo) 16.~13 h6 17.W'c2 e6;::t]
~ 'ifl:t~ 15...l:td4! 16.W'c2 g4! 17.hg4 [17.h4
Enchev,lvajlo hS 18. c4 ISH 17... fg4 18 . ~g4?
30...d2! -+ 31 .~d2 c4 32.l:t8f3 Cheparinov,lvan [18.<t:ld1 e6 19 .~2 "it'gS! (19...1rh4?!
<tld2 33.1t'd2 1t'84 34. c3 l:tc31 Plovdiv Ech 2012 (1) 20 .~g4 g4 21 .<t:lf3 W'hS 22. e3! )
35.l:tc3 1t'd4 0-1 1.d4 <t:lf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cb5 20.~d4 W'hS! 2 1. ~g4 g4 22.<tlf3 ~d4
86 5.b6 d6 6.<t:lc3 <t:l bd7 7 .e4 23.l:tc1 ~eS I 24.g3 ~b7-) 18... <t:lg4
l:t b8 8.<t:lf3 g6 9 . ~ e2 ~ g7 10.0-0 19. f3 f5 1 20 . ~g5 We8! [6
Tikkanen,Hans 0-0 11.84 l:tb6 12.<t:l d2 l:t b4 21 ... 'it'hS] 21.l:tfe1 fe4 22. e4
Sochacki,Christophe 13.1fc2?!N [13.14!? aS 14 .~ bS <t:lb6
Pardubice 2008 (1) 1S ... c2 ~ d7t ; 13.<t:lc4 <t:lb6 14.<t:laS
1.d4 <t:lf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cb5 86 ~ d7 oo ; 14 ... <t:l e4 1S.<t:lc6 1fc7
j_ ~g .•

' ' '~ '

5.b6 d6 6.<t:lc3 <t:lbd7 7.e4 l:tb8 8.84
1t'b61? 9.85 "it'b31 10.1t'b3 l:tb3
16.<t:le4
13 •. • e5
l:te4
14.h3
17 . ~ 13 ~ fS oo]
[14.14 <t:leg4 -*- '
11 . f3 g6 [11 ... l:tb4! 12.<t:ld2 (12 .~d3 e6 1S.<t:lc4 <t:lhS (1S ... e6!?) 16.fS ~d4
13.().() ~e7 14.l:te1 0-0=) 12...e6!;::t) 17.1Ph1 <i:lhf6oo ] 14 ... g5!! 15.l:te1
~ ~
12.<t:ld2 l:tb4 13.<t:lc4 ~g7 14.f3 g4 16.hg4 <t:lfg4 17.<t:lf1 X ttJ ~
[14 .~e2 <t:lg4!) 14.••0-0 [14 ...h5!? 1S .~d2 ~ t2J
h4;::t) 15 .~d2 l:td8?1 [1S ... <t:le8! 16.<t:la4
'if ~~
l:tb8 17.<t:lab6 <t:lc7;::t] 16. 4 l:tb3
17 ~c3 <t:lh51 18...td2! f5? [18...~h6
l:t l:t c;t>
19.Wc2 l:tb8 20.<t:lab6 ~7 21 .g3:t;
18... l:tb8 19.<t:lab6 ~b7 20.g3:t] 19. b6 22 ...l:tf3! 23.gf3 e5- + 24.w g2
[19.efS gfS 20.l:te1 'it;>t8 21.~d3±) W'h5 0-1
19... b6 20.8b6 ~c3 21 .bc3 fe4
22.fe4 l:tf8 23.Wc2?! [23.~e2+- 6
24.l:thb1] 23 ... l:tb5 24.g3 [24.<t:ld6? l:tf21)
24...~g4? [24 ... l:tf21 2S.c.t?c1 (2S.Wd1 Gleizerov,Evgeny
l:tb3!;::t; 2S.IPd3 f6!;::t) 2S ... l:tb3;::t] Georgiadis,Nico
25.<t:le31 l:tf2 26.1Pc1 ~e2 27.l:t821 Vienna 2011 (6)
l:tf1 28.<t:lf1 +- ~f3 17...f5! 18.f3 <t:lh6 19.<t:lg3 '*'e8! 1.d4 <t:lf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cb5 86
[19...e61? 20.de6 ~e6 2 1. ~h6 ~h6 5.b6 d6 6. c3 bd7 7.e4 l:tb8
22 .~a6 ~e3! ? 23.l:te3 14-.J 20.~ h6 8.<t:lf3 g6 9 .~e2 ~g7 10.0-o 0-0
~h6 21.ef5 ~e3 22. 1 ~f4 11 .84 l:tb6 12.<t:ld2 l:tb4 13.85 e51
23.<t:lce4 h51 24.f6 ~g3 25.<t:lg3 14.f4N <t:leg4 [14... fg4!? 1S.<t:ldb1
[2S.fe7 -..e7 26.<t:lg3 '*'h4-+] 25 ••.l:tf6 (1S.feS? <t:le3 16.• e1 c2 17.W'd1
26.<t:le4 l:tf4 27.g3 [27.Wg1 'irg6 <t:la1 -+; 1S.<t:lb3 c4 16.l:tf3 fS!t)
28.l:ta3 ~h3 29. ~d1 c4-+] 27 ...l:tf8 1S...l:td4 16.Wc2 <t:lc4 17 .~g4 ~g4 18.h3
28.w g2 h41 -+ 29.g4 [29.gh4 '*'96 ~d7 19.<tle2 <t:laS 20. d4 ~d4 21 .1Ph2
30.Wh1 l:tf4-+ ; 29.l:th1 h3!-+) ~bS 22.l:tf3 <t:lc4t) 15.<t:lc4 e8
29.....g6 30.~d1 ~f5 ! 31.Wh2 [1S...e6!;::t) 16.• e1 ~d4 17.Wh1 f5
<t:lg4 32.fg4 ~e4 [33."it'e2 '*''6 34 ...th3 18.ef5?1 [18.eS! deS 19.h3 ef4!
'*'eS- + ) 0-1 (19...<t:lgf6 20. eS ~b7 21. d3 d6!oo)

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20.hg4 g5!!!!1] 18... ~fS 19....g3 tt:lgf6 12 ... tt:le8 [12 ... e6!? 13.de6 le6 14 .~c4
2M~e3 ~e3! 21 .'ife3 tt:lc7 22. ~f3 W'e7 15.h3;!;] 13.~d2! ll:leS [13 ... tt:lc7?!
14.ll:la4 %:1b8 15 .~a5 ! ±] 14.ll:les ~es
1S.ll:la4 %:1b8 16.~c3 ~c3 17.ll:lc3
fS [17 ...'ii'a51? 18.'ilfc2 ll:lc7+=t 6 ... tt:lb5,
... e6] 18. ~c4 ltlf6 19.efS ~fS
20.%:1b2 %:1f7 21 .%:1e2 ~d7 [21 ...ltld7?!
22.%:1e3! ±] 22.ll:le4 [22.a4 a5 23.%:11e1 ;!;]
22 ...ll:le4 23.%:1e4;!; ~bS 24.h4! ...f8!
2S.hS?! [25."ij'e2 ~c4 26.bc4;!;]
25... 'i!fh6! 26.'i lfe2 [26.hg6 hg6 27.'ilfe2
%:1h7 28.13 ~d7! +=t] 26 .. .'i !fhS 27.%:1e7
'ife2 28.l:e2 %:1f4= Y2· Y2
22... l:d4! + 23.b3 tt:lcdS 24.tt:ldS
~dS 2S.'i!fe2 J:f7 [25 .. ."ilfd7+ ]
26.~b2 [26 .~d5 %:1d5 27.W'a6 ~d3 Provocative
28."ifc6 l:d4 29. ~e3 ~11 30.~d4 cd4 11.b7
31.a6 ~a6 32. %:1a6 %:114 33.h3 %:1181
34."i i'd5 <J;g7 35.W'd4 %:116+ ] 26 ...tt:lf4 Bruzon Batista,Lazaro
27.W'a6 [27.W'e3 e5! 28 .~d4 cd4 Leon Hoyos,Manuel
29.W'd2 d5+ ] 27 ... %:1b4 28.W'a8 -.as Quito 2012 (1)
29 ~a8 ~d3 30.%:1f3 %:1b8 31 . ~c6 1.d4 tt:lf6 2.c4 cS 3.dS bS 4.cbS a6
~a6 32.g3 ll:le6 33.%:117 <J;f7 S.b6 d6 6.ll:lc3 ll:lbd7 7.ltlf3 %:1b8
34.<J;g1 [34 .~d5 ~b7! 35 .~b7 %:1b7 8.e4 g6 9.~e2 ~g7 10.0-0 0-0
36.a6 J:a7-+] 34 ...%:1b3 3S .~h8 11.b7 ~b7 12.h3!?N tOea 13~gs
~c7 ! -+ 36. %:1a2 %:1b1 37.<J;t2 eS 0-1 ll:lc7 14.'ii'd2 fS! 1S.efS :ItS 16 .~d3
%:1f7 17.%:1ae1 -.fa [17 ... ll:lb6 18.~e4
~c3 19.bc3 ~d5 20. ~d5 ltlcd5 21 .ll:lh2!!!!1;
17... ~c3 18.bc3 ~d5 19.~e4 !!!1] 18.tt:lh2!
ll:ldS [18 ...ll:le5 19.~e2;!;] 19.tt:ldS
Queenside Development [19.~c4 e6! 20.%:1e6 tt:lc3 21 .bc3 ll:lb6
11 J% b1 22 .~e2 ~d5 23.%:1e3 a5=] 19...~dS
20.~g6 hg6 21 ....dS 'it;>h7 22.%:1e4
Rakhmanov,Aiexander [22.b3 : 1s 23...,d2 : ea 24.ltlg4;!;J
Zviagintsev,Vadim 22 ...%:1b2 23.~e7 %:1e7 24.%:1h4 ~h6
Moscow 2012 (7) 2S.ll:lg4 ll:lf6! 26.%:1h6 ... h6 27.ll:lf6
1.d4 cS 2.dS ll:lf6 3.c4 bS 4.cbS a6 <J;g7 28.'itd6 [28.tt:lg8 %:1e5 29 ....e5 deS
5.b6 d6 6.ll:lc3 tt:\bd7 7.e4 l:b8 30.ltlh6 'it;>h6 31 .%:1c1;!;] 28..• l:be2
8.ll:lf3 g6 9. ~e2 ~g7 10.0-0 0-0 29.ll:ldS %:1f7 30.'iiVcS 'iid2! 31.ll:lc7
11.l:b1 !?N %:1b6 [1 1...ltlb6 12.b3 ltlh5 aS 32.a3 %:1ee7 33.ltlbS %:1e1 34.g3
13.'ifc2 e6+=t] 12.b3 'it;>h7
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3S.ll:lc3? [35.%:1e1 'iie1 36.<it;>g2'1']
3S ... %:1f1? [35 ... %:115! 36.'ita7 <it;>h6-+]
36.<it;>t1 "i!fd3 37.<J;g1 'iits 38.'iie3
"i!ff3 39.'iid4= 'iif6 40.W cs "i!fe7
41 .'iid4 W'f6 42.'i!icS "i!fe7 43.'iid4
'itf6 Y2· Y2
Horvath,Csaba
Hertneck,Gerald
Budapest II 1991 (1)
1.d4 ll:lf6 2.c4 cs 3.dS bS 4.cb5 a6
S.b6 d6 6.ll:lc3 ll:lbd7 7.e4 %:1b8
a.tt:lf3 g6 9.b7!? ~ b7 10.~e2 ~g7
11 .0-0 0-0 12. ~f4 ll:lg4! 13.tt:ld2
lOgeS 14.~e3 [ 14 .~g3 g5!oo; 14.. .15?!
15.14 ll:l17 16.el5 gl5 17.ll:lc4 ll:lb6
18.l:b1;!;] 14...fS ! [14...ll:lb6 15.14 tt:led7
16.ll:lb3 15 17.ll:la5 Wc7oo] 1S.efS?!
[15.14!? ll:lg4! t6 .~g4 lg4 t7.'iig4 ~ca
18.%:1ab1 ll:le5 19.We2 ll:lg4 6 20 ... tt:le3
Hertneck] 1S•.. gfS 16.f4 ll:lg6 17.ll:lc4
~c3 ! ? [17 ...ll:lb6!?] 18.bc3 tt:lf6
19.'ilfc2 tt:ldS 20.%:1ad1 'iic7?!
[20... e6 21. ~c1 %:117+] 21.~c1 'it;>h8?!
22 . ~f3 ll:lf6 23.ll:le3 [23.'ii15?
ll:lh4!-+; 23.~b7 b7 2HV15?
"i!fg2!-+] 23 •..e6 24.c4 ~e4 2S . ~e4
tt:le4 26. ~ b2 <J;g8 27. ~a1! ¢>f7?
[27 ... h5! Cs.Horvath] 28.g4! %:1g8
29.gfS! [29.<J;h1 Wc6-+] 29 •..efS?
[29 ... ll:le7! 30.<;1;>h1 el5 31 .'iie2 (31.lLl15?
'iib7! 32.%:1d5 'it'b1 !!-+) 31...%:1g6! 6
32 ... <J;g8oo Hertneck] 30.ltlfS! ll:lh4
31 .<J;h1?? [31 .ll:lg3D %:1be8 32 .~e5 !
(Pinter) 32 ... 'ill'c6 (32 ... de5 33.fe5 <J;g7
34.We4 ll:lg6 35.e6 'iie5 36.1:17 <J;h8
37.%:1dd7!+ -) 33.%:1d5 lLlg3 34."iWh7 <J;e6
(34...'it;>l8 35.'iih6+-) 35.hg3! %:1g3
36.'it;>h2 6 37.%:1e1 +- Hertneck]
31 .•.'iib7! 32.%:1dS
K :i
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32 ... "i!fb1 !! - + 33.ll:le3 [33.'ife2 'ii11
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3S..IlgS 12! 36 ..1lf2 .llb1! 37 ..1lgS 30.'.,h6 f6 31 ..1lf1 .llef8 32.-..h4
IPgS-+ Hertneck] 33 .. .'.-c2 34.<t:lc2 [32.c.ii>h2! .lldS (32 .....g7 33.'tifg7 \Pg7
.llb1 0-1 34.<t:ld6+-; 32... .1lg7!?) 33.gS fgS 34.d6
'it'g7 3S.~gS±J 32 ... .1ld8 Y.!-Y.!

Weglarz,leszek
Controlling e5 Sandor,Christian
11 . ..ltf4 Poznan 1995 (7)
1.d4 f6 2.c4 cS 3.dS bS 4.cbS a6
Gaprindashvili,Nona S.b6 d6 6.<t:lc3 bd7 7.e4 .llb8
Timoschenko,Gennady 12...aS! (12 ... <t:lg4 13. d2! <t:lgeS a. t3 g6 9. ~e2 ~ g7 1o.o-o o-o
Courmayeur Ech sen 2011 (4) 14 .~gS .lleS 1S.\Ph1 ± f). 16.14] 13. d2 11.h3 .llb6 12.-..c2 tOeS 13 . ~d2
1.d4 <t:lf6 2.c4 cS 3.dS bS 4.cbS a6 ~a6 14..1le1 [14.<t:lc4 ~c4 1S . ~c4 ( 13 . ~14 !?] 13 ..•<t:lc7 14..1lad1 .llb8 (f).
S.b6 d6 6. c3 bd7 7.e4 .llb8 * b4!<=] 14... -.a7 1S.a4 .llb4!= 1S...<t:lbSJ 1S.a4 <t:leS [1S ... IS!? 16.eiS
8. f3 g6 9 .~e2 ~g7 10.0-0 0-0 16. ~bS ~ bS 17. bS ~ b8 Y.!-Y.! .IllS 17.<t:lh4! .IllS 18. ~gS <t:leS.,.]
11 .~f4 .llb6 12..1lb1 <t:le8 (12 ... <t:lg4!?] 16.~c1 ?I [16.<t:leS ~es 17 .~e3 e6
13.-.c2 <t:lc7 14. ~e3!? .llb8 1S.I4 ~g7 19.eS edS 20.<t:ldS ~IS 21 .-.c1
(14 ...<t:lbS 1S. bS abS 16.b4!±J 1S ..Ilfd1 deS 22.<t:le7! 'tlfe7 23 .~cs '*'e6 24 . ~1S
<t:leS [1S ... <t:lbS 16.<t:lbS abS 17.b4!±; Rare Continuations .IllS 2S...c7 el4 ~] 16... f3 17. ~f3 aS
1S .. .IS! 16.efS .IllS 17.<t:lgS eS<=] 11.h3/11.<t:l d2/11 . 'tfc2 (17... e6!?+%] 18 ..1lfe1 ~a6 19 . ~e2
16. eS ~es 17.f4 ~g7 18.a4 fS? ( 19 .~14 ~c4!] 19... 'i!t'c8 20 .~gS .lle8=
(1 S...e6! 19.-.d2 .lleS<=] Viviani,Aiessio

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Pahtz,Thomas sr

K.t'if
£
£ •• .t i
£
Arco 2011 (2)
1.d4 <t:lf6 2.c4 cS 3.dS bS 4.cbS a6
S.b6 d6 6.<t:lc3 <t:lbd7 7.e4 .llb8
8.<t:lf3 g6 9. ~e2 ~g7 10.0-0 0-0
11 .h3 <t:lb6 12.a4 [12 .~14 !?]
£ ~ £ 12 ... <t:lfd7 13.<t:ld2 ~b7 14.aS a8
~ ~~ 1S.<t:lc4 <t:lc7 16. ~ gS h6 17. ~e3
t2J ~ (17.~h4 <t:leS 18. ~g3 <t:lc4 19 .~c4 ~c8
20.'i!l'c2 ~d7<= /.). 21...~bSJ 17... bS
~'i¥ ~ ~~
18. a4?1 [1S.<t:lbS!? abS 19.<t:ld2 ~a6
1::[ 1::[ ~ (19... -.cS!? 20.~bS ~a6 21. ~a6 't!ra6~) 21 .b3 .llb4 (2 1... ~e2 22 ..1le2 • b7
20.Wc2;!;J 18... d4 19.<t:lab6 <t:lf6?! 23..1lb1 e6!=J 22.<t:lb1 ~e2 23 ..1le2
19.eS! deS 20 . ~cs <t:le8 2U !t'd2?1 (19 ... <t:lb6!? 20.ab6 (20.<t:lb6 e6<=) 20... e6! a6 24 ..1lee1 e6 2S.<t:la3 edS
(21 .b4! ef4 22.bS * c7 23.<t:la2! abS 21 .de6 fe6 22 .~d3 dS 23.<t:laS 1t'b6 (2S... .IlebS 26 ..1ld3 edS 27.edS=J 26.edS
24.abS±] 21...Wc7 22.'i!t'e3 ~h6 24.<t:lb7 Wb7 2S.edS 1t'dS 26 .~g6 .llb2f] .lle1 27 ..1le1 h6?! [27 ... 'tifb7!] 28 .~d2
23.g3 <t:\d6?! (23... .1lf7!? 24..1ll1 ;!;] 20 .~d3 eS?! (20 ... e6!?] 21.f4 -..e7 .lld4 29 .~c3 [29.'0c4 dS 30.~aS;t
24.b4 ef4 2S.gf4 aS 26.<t:lbS! bS 22.feS deS 23.g4 <t:lh7 24.'.-e1 <t:\14 31 .~c3 .llc4 32.bc4 Wc4] 29 ....1ld5
27.abS ~f4 28.We7 ~ h2 29.\Ph1 .llbe8 2S.1t'g3 \PhS 26 ..1lae1 .llg8 30. ~g7 c.ii> g7 31.'t!rb2 c.ii> g8 32 ...f61
'i!t'e7 30.~e7 .Ilea 31.d6+- ~d6 27.'iPh1 ~f6 'ifc6 [32 ... <t:le6 33..1le6! .lld1 34.\Ph2 le6
32. ~c4 \Pg7 33. ~d6 ~ b7 34. ~dS 3s.-.g6 IP!S 36.1fl6 \PeS 37.'. -e6 \PdS
~dS 3S ..IldS .lla8 36.b6 1-0 38.<t:lc4-] 33.'0b5? [33.<t:lc4!-J
33... bS 34.abS 1fbS 3S.• dB c.ii>g7
36 ..1le8 * b4!= 37 ..1lg8 h7 38 ..1lh8
\Pg7 39 ..1lg8 \Ph7 40 ..1lh8 Y.!-Y.!
Campos Moreno,Javier
Matamoros Franco,Carlos
Mancha Real 1998 Pustovoitova,Daria
1.d4 <t:lf6 2.c4 cS 3.dS bS 4.cbS a6 Rakhmangulova,Anastasia
S.b6 d6 6. c3 <t:\bd7 7.e4 .llb8 Moscow jr 201 0
8.<t:lf3 g6 9.~e2 ~g7 10.0-0 0-0 1.d4 f6 2.c4 cS 3.dS b5 4.cb5 a6
11. ~f4 'i!t'b6 12•.1lb1 5.b6 d6 6. c3 bd7 7.e4 .llb8

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8.t/Jf3 g6 9...ie2 ..ig7 10.0-0 0-0
11.t0d2 t/Jb6 (11...l:tb6 12.t/Jc4 l:tb4o:tJ
12.a4 t/Je8 [12 ...aS!?J 13.aS t/Ja8
[13 ...t/Jd7 14.t/Jc4 tOeS (14 ... t/Jc7 1S...igS
tOeS 16.t/Jb6;!;) 1S.t/Jb6;!;) 14.t/Jc4
t/Jec7 1S.t/Je3 t/JbS [1S ...e6!o:t)
16.t/JbS abS 17.'. -c2 t/Jc7 18.l:ta2
b4?1 [18 ...e6! 19.de6 (19.b3 IS!o:t)
19... t/Je6o:tJ 19.b3 t/JbS 20.-ibS! l:tbS
21.t/Jc4 ..ia6 22.l:td1 l:tb7 23.t0b6
..ibS 24 ...ib2 ..ib2 2S.'i!Vb2 Wc7
26.f4;!; f6 27.h3 l:ta7 28.'iff2 l:ta6
29.l:tda1 l:tb8 30.'tVe3 l:tb7 31. ~h2
l:tba7 32 . ~h1 ~g7 33.'t!Vf2 't!Vb8
34.'tVe3 't!Vf8 3S.Wf2 ..98 36.eS
'tVf8 37.'tVe3 feS 38.feS 'iffS
39.e6?! (39.ed6 ed6 40.l:tf2! 'tVeS
41 .'tVeS deS 42.l:tla2 ~16 (42... ~7
43. ~g1±) 43.l:td1 !±) 39 ... 'tVf6
[39 ... l:tb6? 40.ab6 l:ta2 41 .l:ta2 't!Vb1
42.1Ph2 -.a2 43.'i!fl41 'tVaS (43 .....ie8
44.'tVh4! gS 4S.'tVgS 'iti>IS 46.'i!Vh6 IPgS
47.'tVh41 't!Va1 48.b7 'tVa? 49.'tVe7 -.bs
50.'t!Vg5! ..ig6 S1 .h4+- ) 44.'tVf7 'iti>h6
4S.'t!Ve7 'tVdS 46.'tVI8 ~g5 47.h4 'iti>h5
48.'t!VI3 't!VI3 49.gl3+- l 40.'tVe1i 't!Vd4
41.'tVg3 'tVd3 42.'tVf4 'ti'fS 43.'t!Ve3
'tVd3 44.'tVf4 1ffS 4S.'t!Ve3 'tVd3
46. 'i!Vf4 'tVfS J.11-J.11
Yang,Darwin
Mogranzini,Roberto
Lubbock 2011 (2)
1.d4 t/Jf6 2.c4 cS 3.dS bS 4.cbS a6
S.b6 d6 6.t/Jc3 t/Jbd7 7.e4 g6 8.t/Jf3
l:tb8 9 •..ie2 ..ig7 10.0-0 0-0 11.1t'c2
't!Vb6 [11...t/Jb6 12.h3 e6 13.de6! le6
14.l:td1 'tVe7 1S...il4 eS 16.-igS h6
17...ie3 1Ph7 18.a4 ..ib7 19.t/Jd2 tOeS
20.l:tab1 aS 21 .t0bS± Benitah·Vaisser,
Bellort ch·FRA B 2010] 12.t0d2 tOeS
13. ~ h1 [13.14 c4 14 .~h1 t/Jeg4 1S.t/Jd1
..id7 16.t/Jc4 't!Vd4!g!!!J 13 ... gSI 14.a4
h6?! [14 ... t/Jig4!?; 14...e6!?] 1S.l:ta3
..ig4? [1S ... aS!? A 16... ~a6J 16.f3 ~hS
17.t/Jc4 t/Jc4 18. ~c4 ~96 19.aS
'iia7 20.'tVe2! l:ta8 21 .t/Ja4 t/Jd7
22.f4! gf4 23.l:tf4 (23 .~14! ?] 23 ... 't!Vc7
24. ~d2 tOeS [24 ... l:tlb8 2S.l:th3!..... J
2S.t/Jb6 [2S.~a6 c4 26 .~bS l:tab8g!!!J
2S ... l:tab8 26. ~a6
26 ...l:tb6D 27.ab6 't!Vb6 28. ~c3
l:tb8g!!? 29.l:tf1 'iti>h7 30.h3 'ti'd8
31.~c4 ~f6 32.l:tfa1 't!Vf8 33 .~bS
hS?I [33 ...l:tbS! 34.'t!VbS ~e4g!!!J 34.l:ta7
1fh6 3S. ~d7! 'tVgS 36.l:tf1 (A
37 . ~1S) 36 ...t/Jd7 37.l:td7 ~es
38.'t!Vf2 ~c3 39.bc3 'iti>g7 40.'t!Vf4
'tVf4 41.l:tf4± l:tb1 42.'iti>h2 ~f8
43.l:td8 ~g7 44.l:td7 8 4S.eS!
deS 46.l:tc4 l:tb2 47. ~g3 l:td2
48.l:tcS ..ie4 49.l:tc8 1Pg7 SO.l:te7
l:tg2 S1. ~ h4 ~dS S2.l:teS ~e6
S3.l:tc7 ~96 S4.l:thS l:te2 SS.l:tccS
l:te3 S6.l:tcgS 6 S7.l:th6 'iti>e7
S8.l:tg3+ - l:te4 S9.1PgS l:tc4
60.l:th4?? [60.l:td3 l:ta4 61 .l:th8+-]
60 .. .f6 [61 .'iti>hS ~17 - + J 0-1
Virtually Unexplored
8.f4
Vaisser,Anatoli
Simonet Pons,Marc
Elista ol 1998 (1)
1.d4 t0f6 2.c4 cS 3.dS bS 4.cbS a6
S.b6 d6 6.t/Jc3 t/Jbd7 7.e4 l:tb8 8.f4
g6 9.t/Jf3
Survey 81 23. 14
9 ... ~g7? [9...t/Jb6D 1O...ie2 ~g7 11 .0·0
O·Ooo] 1O.eSI deS 11.feS t0g4 12.e6
fe6 13.de6 t/JdeS 14.'i!fa41 8
1S.~e2 t/Jf3? [ 15... ~e6! ? 16.t/Je5
(16.t/JgS 't!Vb6 17.t/Je6 'ife6 18.0.0 'iti>g8
19...il4±) 16... t/Je5 17.0·0 1Pg8 18 .~e3
't!Vb6 19.'ifh4± ) 16.~f3 t/Jf6 17.0-0
l:tb6 18. ~e3 l:te6 19 . ~cS + - 'ifc7
20.'t!Va3 ..ih6 21.t/JdS 'i!VeS 22.t/Jf6
[22 ...l:tl6 23.l:tae1 +-l 1-0
Karner,Christoph
Sandor,Christian
Austria tt 1999/00 (2)
1.d4 t/Jf6 2.c4 cS 3.dS bS 4.cbS a6
S.b6 d6 6.t/Jc3 t/Jbd7 7.e4 l:tb8 8.f4
g6 9.t/Jt3 ~ g7? 1 O.es deS 11.feS
t/Jg4 12.e6 t/JdeS 13.ef7? [13.'tVa4!
'iti>IS 14.~e2 ! ±) 13 .. . f7 14. ~a6 · 6
1S.'t!Va4 'tVd7 16.'i!fa6 0-0 17.0-0
t/JfeS! o:t
18.'tVa4? [18.b7!J 18... t/Jf3 19.gt3
[19.l:tl3? ~d4 - +] 19... ~d4 20.'iti>h1
't!VfS 21 .'iti>g2 'ifeS?I [21...\!i'hS! 22.h3
t/Jh2!! 23 . ~h2 l:t13 24.l:tf3 't!VI3 25.'tVc2
't!VI1 - + J 22.f4 WhS 23.h3 l:tb6
24. e2? [24.'ifc2 t016+J 24... t/Je3
2S .~e3 'i!Ve2 [26.l:tf2 'i!Ve3 27.l:tal1
l:t14!-+ ; 26.~12 'tVe4!-+ J 0-1
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 Dutch Defence
Sacrificing the Exchange
by Leon Pliester
1. d4 f5
2. c4 ttJf6
3. tbc3 g6
4. h4
.. .i.'if * .i. :i
''''' .,., '
.i
How fa t can one acrifice the
exchange? Obviously, the quick-
e t way of losing a rook for a mi-
nor piece is l .h4 d5 2.l:!.h3??, but
thi move is too ridiculou to
con ider. Slightly more eriou
is l.e4 g6 2.h4 ttJf6 3.h5 ?! ttJh5
4.llh5 , but it' hard to imagine
that thi s line will ever be very
popular. However, if Black ha
pl ayed L...f5 fir t, in an wer to
l.d4, and continue with 2 ... g6,
matters are changing dramati -
cally. White ha an impressive
score with 3. h4. As Robert
BeliLn has put it in hi s book Win-
ning with the Dutch': 'There i a
imple rea on for preferring
2 ... tbf6 to 2 ... g6: to avert the
blitzkri eg attack launched by
3.h4. The e are dangerous for
Black in all forms.'
Much to my urpri e, Black'
performance hardly improves af-
ter delaying the blitzkrieg one
214
more move. Af ter I .d4 f5 2.c4
tbf6 3.tbc3 g6 4.h4, White is still
scoring more than 70% with
5.h5 , at lea t in my database.
True, a little crutiny teaches u
that after 4 ... il.g7 5. h5 tt:lh5
6.llh5 ?! gh5 7.e4 0-0 !
White has not enough compen-
ation for the exchange. How-
ever, White has tronger: 6.e4!,
and it is by no means ea y for
Black to equali ze.
Since my aim wa to inve tigate
the power of the exchange, or, to
be exact: to compare the
strength of rook and kni ght ,
we will focus on 4 ... d6 5.h5
tbhS fo ll owed by 6.llh5 gh5
7.e4.
A Small Material Deficit
White's trategy should be
aimed at keeping the black king
in the centre, followed by ope-
ning the position , as in Bartel-
Firman. But on the queen. ide the
black monarch isn' t free from
threats e ither; see Radj abov-
Vallejo Pons. If White can trans-
Early Sidelines HD 5.14 (A85)
Mateusz Bartel
fe r a knight to quare e6, hi at-
tack can be quite strong. T his is
what Topalov mi ed again t
Judit Polgar: l9. tbe4, fo ll owed
by tbgS and tbe6, would have
done the trick. Instead he opted
fo r 19.ttJd5?, and Blac k man-
aged to get rid of her weaknes
by pl ay ing l9 ... e6! .
In fact, also in case White man-
age to get a pawn on e6, he has
more than enough compensati on
for hi s small material defi cit -
ee Sandipan-Bartel.
These pessimi sti c con ider-
ati on , from the bl ack perspec-
tive, might give the fa t e
impression th at White i clo e to
winning after the sacri fice on h5.
Analys i , however, proves that
on everal occasion bl ack pl ay-
er are mi s ing the tronge t de-
fence. lntere tingly, it is one of
the olde t game in this collec-

tion, where Black show u a
promi ing way to play. A early
a 1989, Gennady Timo chenko
got a plea ant po ition aJmo t
traight after the opening agai n t
Zsinka. Thi exampl e prove that
we, reader of New in Chess,
hould of cour e open ourselves
to noveltie , but at the arne time
A Small Material Deficit - I
7 ... fe4
Zsinka,Laszlo
Timoschenko,Gennady
Budapest 1989 (11 )
1.d4 f5 2.c4 ttJf6 3.ttJc3 g6 4.h4 d6
5.h5 ttJhS 6.J:%h5 gh5 7.e4
7.. .fe4 8."it'h5 cJ;;d7 9.'Wh3 e6
10.ttJe4 ~e7 11 .~e3 'iig8 12.0-0-0
'it>d8 13.ttJf3 ~d7 14.~d3 cJ;;ca
15.'iih2 ttJc6 16.c5 d5 17.ttJc3 a6
18.~f4 'if'd8 19.a3 ~f6 20.~c2 ~e8
21 .ttJa4 ~g6 22 .~g6 hg6 23.Wg3
23 .• .J:%g8 [23 ... g5! 24 .~g5 (24 .~c7
'if'c7 25.ttJb6 cJ;;dS 26.ttJa8 'if'g3 27.fg3
hould not fo rget the older
moves.
A Pawn Sacrifice
In ca e Black' defence agai n t
the exchange acrifice turn out
to be uffi cient, White till has
another option. As i the ca e in
the et-up with 4 ... ..Q.g7, White
g4+) 24... ~g5 25.ttJg5 'ilt'f6=i=]
24. ~ c7 ! ? "it'c7 25.ttJb6 Wb8
26.ttJd7 cJ;;ca 27.ttJb6 cJ;;ba 28.ttJd7
cJ;;cS
A Small Material Deficit - II
7 ... ~ 7
Zsinka,Laszlo
Tseitlin,Mikhail
Budapest 1989 (2)
1.d4 f5 2.c4 ttJf6 3.h4 g6 4.ttJc3 d6
5.h5 ttJhS 6.J:%h5 gh5 7.e4 ~g7
8.ti'h5 Wd7 9.ttJf3 'if'e8 10.'Wf5
Wd8 11. 'Wg5 WigS 12.~e3 ttJc6
13.0-0-0 ~g4 14.'ilt'b5 l:tb8 15.c5
[15.d5 ttJe5 16.ttJe5 ~e5 17.13=]
15... l:tf8 16.d5 a6 17.'if'b3 ttJe5
18.ttJe5 ~e5 19.13 ~c8 20.ttJe2
cJ;;eS 21.14 ~g7 22.f5 'if'f6 23.cd6
cd6 24.ttJf4 l:tg8
25.ttJh5?! [25 .~e2!±] 25 ... 'iih4
26.ttJg7 l:tg7 27. ~a6? [27.'if'c3=]
27 ..."i!fe4 28. ~b5 w f7 29. ~h6 ~f5
30. ~d3 :tea 31.cJ;;b1 l:tg3 32.'if'c3
l:tc3 33. ~e4 ~e4 0-1
Survey HD 5.14
can aJ o, after 4 ... d6, go for the
pawn acrifice 5.h5 ttJh5 6.e4,
here, a wa een in Gri chenko-
Potapov. Even though the
squares g7 and d7 are now at
Black ' knight's di po a!, it still
remains a question whether he
will be able to maintain the
balance.
Hoffman,Aiejandro
Rodriguez Vila,Andres
Santos 2003 (9)
1.d4 f5 2.c4 ttJf6 3.ttJc3 g6 4.h4 d6
5.h5 ttJhS 6.l:th5 gh5 7.e4 ~g7
8.'Wh5 cJ;;d7 9. ~e3 c6 10.tr'f5 cJ;;c7
11.ti'a5 b6 12.'if'a3 ttJd7 13.0-0-0
'iff8 14.ttJge2 ttJf6 15.c5 ~d7
[15 ... ttJg4!?=] 16.cd6 [16.d5! cd5
17.ttJf4±] 16...ed6 17.d5! c5 18.ttJf4
ttJg4 19.ttJb5 Wb8 20.ttJe6! ~e6
21.de6 ~ h6 22.ttJd6 ~e3 23.fe3
ttJf2 24.ifa6 e7 25.l:td2 l:tf8
26 .~b5 'if'c7
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'if .l Cjj !J,
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27.e7 [27.ttJe8!] 27 ...'We7 28.l:tf2 'Wd6
29.l:tf8 1i'f8 30. ~c6 f7 31 .~a8
[31 .e5!] 31...c4! 32.'Wa4 [32."ifb71+-l
32 ...cJ;;a8 33.'Wc6 ® b8 34.'it'd6 cJ;;ca
35.ti'f4 'if'e7 36.tr'f5 cJ;;bB 37.cJ;;c2
a6 38.g4 b5 39.g5 'it'b4 40.tr'e5
cJ;;b7 41.'ii'd5 w c7 42.'it'f7 Wb6
43. e6 Wb7 44.'Wd7 Wb6 45.e5
'Wf8 46.'if'd4 cJ;;c6 47.ti'f4 'Wb4
48.'We4 cJ;;b6 49.'Wd4 cJ;;c6 50.'We4
Wb6 51 .e6 'if'a4 52.cJ;;c1 'Wa2
53.'it'd4 Wc7 54.e7 'i!fa1 55.'ifo?d2 c3
56.<1\>c3 'if'c1 57.Wb3 'l/lc6 58.cJ;;b4
aS 59.cJ;;a5 Wb7 60.cJ;;b4 'it'e6
61 .'lllc5 cJ;;a6 62.'ifb5 1-0
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7 .. .e6
Bartei,Mateusz
Firman,Nazar
Germany Bundesliga 2009/10 (9)
1.d4 f5 2.c4 lLlf6 3.lLlc3 g6 4.h4 d6
5.h5 lLlh5 6 ..J:th5 gh5 7.e4 e6
8.ti'h5 <it;>d7 9.ef5
s ..Q.e2 .Q.g7 9 ..Q.h5 <it;>d7 1O.d5 .Q.gs
11 .ef5 [11 ..Q.g4!?) 11 ... W'fS 12 ..Q.g4
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14•.Q.e3 .Q.f7 15.lLle4 .J:tgS 16..Q.h3
<it;>cS 17.'ft'd2 .Q.e8 [17...b6!?) 18..J:tc1
c5 19.lLlf4 .Q.d7 20.lLle6 'fi'f7 21.a3
b6 22.b41 +-
24 ..Q.d2? [24 ..J:tf4 'ife6=F) 24 ... 1!Vg6
25 ..J:tf4 [25 ..J:te6!?] 25 ... .Q.e7 26.g5?!
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32."fif4 .J:tf4 0·1

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22 ... lLlc7 23.bc5 bc5 24.lLlc7 <it;>c7
25.'it'a5 <it;>cS 26.lLlc5 a6 27.lLl86
Dreev,Aiexey
Dovliatov,S8nan
Baku 2011 (9)
1.d4 f5 2.c4 lLlf6 3.lLlc3 g6 4.h4 d6
5.h5 lLlh5 6 ..J:th5 gh5 7.e4 .Q.e6
8 ..Q.e2 c6 9 •.Q.h5 .Q.f7 1 o..Q.f7 'if;lf7
11.lLlh3 [11 .-.whs <;t;>gs 12.lLlh3 e6)
11 ... lLld7 [11 ... e6 12.lLlg5 ~e7
13.c5!+-J 12.'ii'h5 <it;>gS 13...Wf5 .Q.g7
14.'ii'e6 <it;>fS 15.lLlg5 'lli'eS 16..Q.e3
[16 ...Wh3 w gs 17.lLle6 lLl16 18.e5± ;
18.lLlc7±] 16... h5 [16 ... h6 17.'lli'15 w gS
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16.0-0-0 ~d817. c5! + - lLlc7 18.d5!
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Polgar,Judit
Mexico City rapid 2010 (2)
1.d4 f5 2.c4 lLlf6 3.lLlc3 g6 4.h4 d6
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8 ..Q.e2 .Q.f7 9 ..Q.h5 .Q.h5 10.'it'h5 ttJ ~
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21. 'ii'h6 'ii'f8 22.lLle6 .Q.e6 23.'ii'e6 23 ..Q.c5 lLle5 24.f4 lLlc6 [24 ... "fic8!
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26 •.Q.a7 .J:tb7 27 ..Q.c5 'it;>c7 28 ..J:td2 ~ .Q.c3? [25 ....J:td8) 26.bc3 e5 27.fe5
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7 ... ~e6 !::, 37. "i!Vb1 [37.lLlh5!+-] 37 ... lLlg6?!
38.lLlh5+- 'it;>h6 39 . .J:t h1 'it;>g5
Radjabov,Teimour 40.lLlf6 'ifc4 41 . .J:th5 'if;lf4 42. "i!Vf5
Vallejo Pons,Francisco w e3 43 . .J:th3 w d2 44.lLle4 ~ c2
Monaco blind 2007 (6) 19.lLld5 (19.lLle4!±) 19 ... e6 20.fe6 45 .lLlf2 'it;>d2 46 . .J:td3 'ifd3
1.d4 f5 2.c4 lLlf6 3.lLlc3 g6 4.h4 d6 "fie6 21 •.J:te1 -.wt7 22 ..J:te4? 47."fi d3 'it;>e1 48 .'ii'e3 ~ f1
5.h5 lLlh5 6 •.J:th5 gh5 7.e4 .Q.e6 [22 ..J:te2!?) 22 ... lLlb4 23.lLlb4 8b4 49.lLld3 1·0

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7 ... c6
Skytte,Rasmus
Dworakowska,Joanna
Aarhus 2003 (1)
1.d4 f5 2.c4 tLlf6 3.tLlc3 g6 4.h4 d6
5.h5 tLlh5 6.l:l.h5 gh5 7.e4 c6
B.'l'h5 \Pd7 9.'1'fS 1Pc7 10.'ilt'f7
.td7 11.cS \PeS 12.tLlf3 .tea
13.We6 'ilt'd7 14.'ilt'b3 tLla6 15..tf4
/'jjc716.0-0-0 'ilt'g4 17..te3 ¥2 -¥2
Radjabov,Teimour
Bartei,Mateusz
Tripoli Wch 2004 (1)
1.d4 f5 2.c4 tLlf6 3.tLlc3 g6 4.h4 d6
5.h5 tLlhS 6.l:l.hS ghS 7.e4 c6
B.it'h5 \Pd7 9.'iffS 1Pc7 10.'ilt'a5 b6
11.'ifa4 .tg7 12..te3 c5 13.0-0-0
.td7 14.'ifa3 ~c6 15.dc5 bc5 16.f4
'ifbB [16 ....tc3 17...Wc3 l:l.g8=] 17.e5
/'jjb4 18.tLlf3 aS 19.tLlg5 'ilt'e8
20 . ~b5 .tbS 21 .cbS ..Wg6 22 •.td3
/'jjd3 2U i'd3 'ifd3 24.l:l.d3
24 ... \Pd7? [24 ... c4 25.l:l.d2 l:l.hg8]
25.ed6 [25 ....td4 26..td4 cd4 27.l:l.d4±]
1-0
Macieja,Bartlomiej
Bartei,Mateusz
Opole ch-POL 2007 (6)
1.d4 f5 2.c4 tLlf6 3.tLlc3 g6 4.h4 d6
S.hS tLlhS 6.l:l.h5 ghS 7.e4 c6
B."ilfh5 li>d7 9.'iffS 1Pc7 10."i!i'h5
.td7 11.cS 'ife8 12.cd6 ed6
13."tt'h2 bS 14 ..td3 tLla6 1S.a3 1Pb7
16 ..tf4 'ifg6 17.l:l.d1 .te7?!
18.tLlge2 l:l.ae8 19.b4 hS 20.dS tLlb8
21 .dc6 [21.e5!±] 21 ....tc6 22.f3 a6
23.eS? [23.a4! ba4 24.b5!f] 23 ... 'ifg7
24.tLle4 deS 2S ..tes Wes [25 ... ~
26.ab4 l:l.eS+] 26.1Ves .th4 27.'ifg3
.tg3 28.tLl2g3 h4 29.tLlfS l:l.ef8
30. 2 h3 31.g4 tLld7 32.1Pg3 tL!eS
33.tLled6 1Pc7 34 ..te4 l:l.d8 3S ..tc6
tLlc6 36.1Ph2 l:l.hf8 37.l:l.f1 l:l.d6
38.tLld6 \Pd6 39.1Ph3
39 ...1PeS 40.1Pg3 l:l.d8 41.l:l.c1 tLle7
42.l:l.c7 tLldS 43.l:l.c1 l:l.d6 44.l:l.e1
1Pf6 45.l:l.d1 1Pe7 46.l:l.c1 l:l.e6
47.l:l.d1 li:le3 48.l:l.h1 tLlc4 49.l:l.h7
li>f6 SO.f4 l:l.e3 S1.1Ph4 l:l.a3 S2.gS
'iti>fS S3.l:l.f7 li>g6 [53 ... 1Pe4!?+]
S4.l:l.f6 1Pg7 SS.fS= li:leS S6.l:l.e6
tLlf7 S7.l:l.g6 1Pf8 S8.l:l.f6 1Pg7
S9.l:l.g6 'iti>f8 60.l:l.f6 1Pg8 61 .l:l.g6
li>h8 62.l:l.f6 tLleS 63.l:l.e6 l:l.e3
64.l:l.a6 l:l.f3 6S.l:l.a8 1Pg7 66.l:l.a7
8 67.l:l.a8 1Pe7 68.l:l.a7 li>d6
69.g6 l:l.fS 70.g7 l:l.f4 71 .1Ph3 l:l.g4
72.l:l.b7 l:l.g1 73.l:l.b6 IPdS 74.l:l.bS
lt>e4 7S.l:l.b8 l:l.g7 76.bS li:ld3
77.l:l.a8 3 78.1Ph4 tLlf4 79.l:l.a3
1Pe4 80.b6 !h-'h
Kovacs,Gabor
Szabolcsi,Janos
Budapest 2011 (2)
1.d4 fS 2.c4 tLlf6 3.li:lc3 g6 4.h4 d6
S.hS li:lhS 6.l:l.hS ghS 7.e4 c6
8."tt'hS li>d7 9. 'iffS 1Pc7 10.'if aS b6
11. 'ifhS .tg7 12..te3 li:ld7 13.0-0-0
tLlf6 14.'ilt'e2 li:lg4 1S ..tgs tLlh2
16.cS 'ili'f8 17.'ili'c4 deS 18.dcS bS
19.'ii'b4 tLlf1 20.'ilt'aS \PbS 21.li:lbS
cbS 22.'ii'bS 1Pc7 23."ilt'aS \PbS
24.tLlf3?1 [24.'ilt'b5=] 24... 1fe8
2S.l:l.dS? [25.l:l.d30 .tb7 26 ..tf4 eS
27.c6 1fc6 28.l:l.c3oo] 2S ...l:l.f8 26.c6?
[26.1Pb1 .td7 27.c6 .tc6 28..tf4 l:l.f4
29.l:l.d8 li>b7 30.'ili'b4 1Pa6oo] 26 ...1fc6
27.l:l.cS "iVd6 [27 ... 'ilt'd7] 28.eS 'ifd8
Survey HD 5.14
29."tt'b4 .tb7 30.tLld4 'ifb6 31 ..te7
.th6 32.1Pd1
32 ....tf3? [32 ... l:l.d8!-+] 33.gf3 'ifb4
34 ..td6 li>b7 3S.l:l.c7 1Pa6 36 ..tb4
l:l.fd8 37 •.td6 l:l.ac8 38.l:l.h7 l:l.h8
39.l:l.h8 l:l.h8 40.e6 tLld2 41 .e7 li:lc4
42 ..tcs li:lb2 43.1Pc2 tLla4 44 ..td6
li:lb6 4S.tL!ts .tgs 46.tLlg7 .te7
47 ...te7 li:ldS 48 ..td6 l:l.h6 49..tes
'iti>bS SO.Ii>b3 l:l.h3 S1 ..tg3 li:le7
S2.a4 1Pc6 S3.1Pc4 l:l.h1 S4.tLle6
tLlfS SS ..tb8 a6 56 ..ta7 l:l.c1
S7.1Pb4 l:l.b1 sa.lt>as li>b7 S9..tcs
l:l.b3 60.f4 l:l.b1 61.li:ld8 1Pc7
62.li:le6 1Pc6 63 ..ta7 li>b7 64 ..tcs
'iti>c6 6S ..ta7 1Pb7 ¥2-!h
Koziak,Vitaly
Bernasek,Jan
Czech tt 2011 / 12 (7)
1.d4 fS 2.c4 li:lf6 3. ~c3 g6 4.h4 d6
S.hS tLlhS 6.l:l.hS ghS 7.e4 c6 8.'ilt'hS
'iti>d7 9.'iffS IPc710.'ilt'h5 .tg711 .eS
-.ea 12.'ife2 deS 13.deS .te6
14.tLlf3 .tg4 1S..tf4 l:l.f8 16.'ife3
.tt3 17.e6 \PeS 18.gf3 WhS 19.l:l.d1
'it'fS 20 ..tgS a6 21 ..td3
21 ...'iff3? [21...'ifc5! 22.~e4 (22.11i'c5?
~c5 23 ..te7 tLld3 24.l:l.d3 l:l.e8'f)
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23 .~e7 +- l:th3 24.<;f.>e2 <;f.>c7
25 .~f5 l:th5 26.l:td7 <;f.>b6 27. ~g4
l:te5 28. 3 h5 29.~ h3 ~f8 30 . ~f6
l:te1 31.e7 lDc5 32.l:td8 ~e7
33.~e7 l:td8 34. ~d8 <;f.>a6 35.b4 b6
36.bc5 l:tc1 37 . ~f6 bc5 38 .~c8
<;Pas 39.a3 l:tg1 1-0
A Small Material Deficit - VI
7 ... 'i!fd7
Zsinka,Laszlo
Palatnik,Semen
Cattolica 1993 (4)
1.d4 f5 2.c4 lDf6 3.tDc3 g6 4.h4 d6
5.h5 lDh5 6.l:th5 gh5 7.e4 'i+'d7
8.'i+'h5 <;f.>d8 9.lDf3 'i+'e8 1O.'i+'h2 fe4
11 .lDe4 'i+'g6 12 .~d3 l:tg8 13.tDh4
W'g7 14 . ~e3 tDc6 15.0-0-0 lDd4
16.c5 ~e6 17. ~ b1 h6 18.f3 tDc6
19.cd6 cd6 [19 ... ed6 20.lDc5
21. ~15 lDd4 22.~e6 ~d6+ ] 20.tDc5
'it'f7 21.lDb7? [21.lDe6 'i+'e6oo]
21 ... <;f.>c7+ 22. c5 ~a2 23. ~a1
~g7 24.tDa6 <;f.>b7 25.g4 '*b3
26.1i'e2 'i!ra4 27. ~ b5 ~c4 28. ~a4
~e2 - + 29.l:tc1 l:tac8 30. ~c6 l:tc6
31 .l:tc6 <;f.>c6 32.lDb4 <;f.>d7 33.lDd5
l:tb8 34 . ~c1 l:tc8 35.~e3 l:tc2
36.tDf5 ~f3 37.tDg7 ~d5 38 .~h6
l:th2 39.g5 l:th1X 0-1
Gajewski,Grzegorz
Kadziolka,Beata
Warsaw rapid 2007 (13)
1.d4 f5 2.c4 g6 3.tDc3 lDf6 4.h4 d6
5.h5 lDhS 6.l:th5 gh5 7.e4 d7
8.'i+'h5 ~d8 9.tDf3 c6 [9 ... ..-eS!"f]
218
10.lDg5 [10.e5!?] 10... 'i+'e8 11 .tDf7 Sand ipan,Chanda
~c7 12.ef5 ~g7 13.c5 ~d4 14.~f4 Bartei,Mateusz
~cs 15.0-0-0 lDd7 [15...l:tl8!?oo; Kavala 2009 (6)
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17.tDf6 ef6 18.lDd6! 5.h5 tDhS 6.l:th5 gh5 7.e4 1+'d7
8.lDh3 <;f.>d8 9.lDg5 'i!re8 10.~e2 h6
11 .lDh3 ~ g7 12.lDf4 tDc6 [12 ... fe4
~ .i. 'iV ~ 13 .~h5 1+'18 14.lDg6 W'g8 15.lDh8
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21 .~b8 'ii'e7 22. ~c4 <;Pea 23 . ~d6
ft'g7 24. ~c7 ~f5 25.l:te1 ~d7
26 ...-d6 ~c8 27.l:te7 '*h6 28. ~d1
ft'h5 29 .~e1 W'h1 30 .~ d2 1+'h6 15... ~e6? ! [15... ~e8 !?oo] 16.tDe6
31.f4 1-0 W'e6 17.d5 'i!reS [ 1 7... ~c3 18.bc3 'i¥16
19.dc6 bc6 20.~13oo] 18.dc6 bc6
19.W'a4 f4 [19... l:tb8 20.0·0-0 l:tb2
21. ~d4 'i!rl4 22.<;f.>b2 ~d4 23 .~13±]
Czakon,Jakub 20.Wc6 fe3 2U i'a8 <;f.>d7 22.'it'a7
Alonso Moyano,Jonathan ef2 23.'i!rf2 l:tbB 24.0-0-0 l:tb2
Barbera del Valles 2008 (4)
1.d4 f5 2.c4 tDf6 3.tDc3 g6 4.h4 d6
5.h5 lDhS 6.l:th5 gh5 7.e4 '*d7
8.lDh3 ~g7 [S ... <;f.>dS!?] 9 . ~ h5 <;f.>d8
10.e5 [10.lDg5! ..WeB 11 .lD17 ~d7
12.c5±] 10 ...'i+'e8 11 ...-h4? ! [11 . d1 ]
11 ...de5 12.de5 ~es 13. ~f4 ~c3
dc5 14.bc3 tDc6 15.'ii'g3 ~d7 16 . ~c7
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25 . ~g4 ! +- hg4 26.W'b2 'i!rc3
27.'it'c3 ~c3 28.<;f.>c2 ~f6 29.<;f.>d3
~cB 30.l:tb1 ~ h4 31.<;f.>e4 e6
32. 4 c6 33 .~g4 ~dB 34.~h5 1-0
Sanzhaev,Darsen
Potapov,Pavel
Samara 2011 (7)
17.lDf4 [17.0-0-0 l:tgS"f] 17...'i!rg8! 1.c4 f5 2.d4 lDf6 3.tDc3 g6 4.h4 d6
18...-h2 'i+'g7 19.l:td1 'ii'c3 20.l:td2 5.h5 tDhS 6.l:th5 gh5 7.e4 'i!rd7
c1 [20 ... e6+ ] 21.l:td1 '*c3 22.l:td2 8. W'h5 <;f.>d8 9.g3 'i!reB 10.'i!re2 fe4
'itc1 Y.-112 11.lDe4 ~g7 12.d5 c5 [12...h5!?;
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15.i.e3 <j;b7 16.i.g2 i.fS 17.g4
i.e4 18.i.e4 i.h6 19.l?le6 i.e3
20.'iWe3 i?Jd7 21.f4 a6 22.0-0-0 b5
23.g5 l?lb6
24.l?Jc51 <j;a7 25.l?Je6 l%c8 26.<j;b1
[26.b3!?] 26 ...bc4 27.l?ld4 l%c5
28.l?lc6 <j;b7 29.f5 "iWf7 30.1t'd4
l:lg8 31.g6 hg6 32.fg6 1t'e8 33.l%g1
<j;c7 34.g7 e5 35:iff21 +- c3
36.i.g6 "tlfd7 37.i.f7 c2 38.<j;c1
l:lg7 39.l%g7 l?Jd5 40.l?Je5 '*le7
41 .l?Jd3 1-0
A Pawn Sacrifice
6.e4
18.1t'e4 1rd7 19.l?Jd5 l%c8 20.b3
l?Jd8 21 .l?Jf6 i.f6 22.gf6 l?Jde6 23.f5
tOeS
24.fg6? [24.'*id5!±] 24 ... hg6 25.f7
26.1t'f3 <j;g8 27.l%h8 <j;h8
28.0-0-0 .ti>g8 29.i.h6 e6 30.l?lb5
"tlt'h7 [30 ...d5oo] 31 .i.f4 [31 .1re3! ±]
31 .•.d5 32.l?Jd6 l%d8 33.cd5 edS?
[33 ...1t'e7 34.de6 i?Jce6=] 34.1t'd5 l?Jce6
35.l%h1 'flc7 36 ..ti>b2 'flc6 37.i.e5
l%d6 38.l%h8 39.•d6 1t'd6
40.i.d6 gS 41 .i.f8 l?Jf8 42 ..ti>c3 .ti>g7
43.l%h1 l?le6 44.<j;d3 <j;g6 45.
l?JcS 46. 3 5 47.l%h7 aS 48.l%c7
b6 49.l%c6 g4 SO ..ti>e3 i?Jd7 51.l%d6
l?Jf6 52 ..ti>e2 l?Je4 53.l%b6 l?lc3
54. l?Ja2 55.l%b5 <j;e4 56.l%a5
56 •.. l?Jc11 57.l%b5 Qo>d4? [57 ... l?Jd3!
58 ..ti>e2 g3!=] 58.l%b8 i?Jd3 59.<j;e21
l?Jf4 60.Wd21 g3 61.l%g8? [61 .1:%18!
w e4 62..ti>e1 fj;f3 63 ..ti>f1 g2 64,<j;g1
.ti>g3 65.l%g8 .ti>l3 66 ..ti>h2+- ] 61 ... g21=
62.l%g3 <j;e4! 63.<j;c2 i?JdS 64 ..ti>d2
i?Jf4! 65.We1 .ti>d4 66.<j;d1 .ti>e4
67.<j;d2 .ti>d41 68 ..ti>c2 l?JdS!
69.l%g4 Wc5! 70.Wd2 i?Jf41 71 ..ti>e3
i?JdSI 72 ..ti>d3 .ti>bS 73.Wd2 i?Jf41
74.<j;c2 l?JdS! 75.l%g5 .ti>b41 76.l%g4
<j;bS 77..ti>b2 l?Je3! 78.l%g3 <j;b41
79.<j;a2 .ti>bS! 80.Wa3 l?Jc2!
81 .<j;b2 l?Je31 82.Wc3 i?JdS I
83 ..ti>c2 <j;b4 84.l%g4 <j;bS 85 ..ti>d3
.tcs 86.l%g5 <j;b4! 87.l%g3 l?lf4
[87 ...g1 1r 88.l%g1 <j;b3 89.l%b1 <j;a4=]
88 •.ti>c2 l?Jd51 89.l%g4 .ti>bS 90 ..ti>d2
i?Jf4 1= 91 .Wd1 <j;cS 92 ..ti>d2 <j;bS!
93.We3 i?JdS 94.<j;d4 f4 9S.<j;e4
l?Je6 96.<j;d3 i?Jf4 1 97.Qo>c2 i?JdS I
98.<j;d2 i?Jf4! 99.Wd1 w cs 100.b4
<j;bS! 101 .<j;c2

Grischenko,Sergey
Potapov,Pavel
Moscow 2012 (8)
1.d4 fS 2.c4 l?lf6 3.l?lc3 g6 4.h4 d6 101 ... .ti>a41 102.Qo>b2 l?Jd51
5.h5 l?JhS 6.e4 fe4 7.g4 l?Jf6 8.g5 103.l%g2 .ti>b4= 104.l%c2 l?lb6
tiJfd7 [B ... tiJgB 9.l?le4=] 9.i.g2 i.g7 105.l%c7 l?Ja4 106 •.ti>c2 l?JcS
1O.i.e4 l?lf8 11.i.e3 tiJc6 12.d5 107..ti>d2 <j;c4 108.Qo>e3 WdS
tOeS 13.f4 l?Jf7 14.1t'c2 i.d7 15.l?Jf3 109.l%h7 Wc4 11O.l%h1 Wd5
c5 16.dc6 i.c6 17.l?Jd4 i.e4 111 .l%d1 <j;eS 1-2-1-2

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English Defence
Rubinstein-Botvinnik System EO 8.9+ 10 (A'28)

The Rubinstein-Botvinnik Shakes

off Its Depression
by Sarunas Sulskis and Vaidas Sakalauskas

1. c4 ttJf6 in both ca e Black could play

2. ttJc3 e5 9 .. .ttJg6 with imminent elimina-
3. ttJf3 ttJc6 tion of the beauty on h4 and, con-
4. d4 ed4 equently, White's bishop pair.
5. ttJd4 ..Q.b4 o wonder that Karpov equali-
6. ~g5 h6 zed comfortably.
7. ~h4 ~c3 Since our analytical team has
8. bc3 ttJe5 come up with a modem strategy
to handle the Rubin tein-
Botvinnik with white, you will
find only brief reference to both
9.e3 and 9.f4 here. Don't forget
you can refer to Mikhalchi hin '
Survey in Yearbook 46.

A Wartime Idea Goes Modern

In the Ia t two decades 7 .. .~c3
8.bc3 ttJe5 ha grown into a
reUable and ea y-to-remember
weapon for Black to fight off
White attempt at creating an
advantage. Hi queen ide pawn
chain having been dealt a good
blow, White wa uppo ed to get
compen arion in orne other
area. The idea of the bi hop pair
pring to mind fir t.
However, practice how that
with either of the conventional
move 9.e3 and 9.f4 White i
able to retain that valuable a set
for a few instant at mo t. In the
aforementioned period the latter
move wa slightly more popular
than the former, maybe due to
the well-known game Kramnik-
Karpov (Las Palma 1996), but
The humble name of German Vafdas Sakafauskas
pre-war master Carl Carl
( 1880-1958), who repre en ted tack . It's a model game for 9.f3
Germany at three che line, highlighting all the devastat-
Olympiads, is hardly known by ing potential of the bi hop pair.
the repre entative of the modern
PC g neration. everthele s the
way the Engli h Opening i
played now has been greatly in-
fluenced by Carls' effort to the
extent that a common name for
l.c4 in Germany i till the Bre-
mer Partie, honouring Carl Carls,
who came from the Bremen area.
It wa Carl who fir t potted the
key merit of9.f3 , maintaining the
bi hop pair at the cost of the
c4-pawn, and bravely used it Les brave and much more po i-
again t Junge in a wartime tour- tional was the modern game
nament in Ro tock 1942. We Sui ki -Socko (Porto Carra
don ' t devaluate the word ' brave' 20 I I), which nevertheles may
ince in addition to the di abled be regarded a a succe sful at-
pawn c4, Carl soon acrificed a tempt by White to pa a wartime
piece and went on to ma h the idea of Carl into the 21 t cen-
enemy king with a pectacular at- tury brain battlefield.

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j Black Captures the Pawn
The analy i of the capture
9... tLlc4 by one of the co-author
once laid a foundation brick for
thi revised Rubinstein-Bot-
vinnik System.
Unaware of the Rostock game he
had tored it on a file in hi PC
for five long year but, over-
whelmed with joy after having
defeated Poli h Board 1st at the
European Team Championship
in Porto Carra 20 11, decided to
share it with the Yearbook read-
er , refre hing it along the way.
Yet, this ignorance rather en-
riched the capture line a the
modern player focu ed hi anal-
y i on 10.e4 wherea Carl had
immediately leaped on Black
with I O.tLlf5. However making
too many move with the arne
piece in the opening may involve
the ri k of underdevelopment,
which we' U make the reader
aware of in the Game Section.
Since we are not a cheap team
that encourage other people to
ri kdubiou move , waiting com-
fortably for the outcome of such
experiment in order to draw rele-
vant conclu ions we have tried
them out our elve . And it felt...
like heaven! Therefore we can't
help noting that both the games
Sui ki -Andersen and e pecially
Sui kis-Socko take the Carls
gambit into the 21 t century.
Black Eschews the Capture
Both black player mentioned
above went along the usual track
of 9 ... tLlg6 without achieving the
u ual goal of getting rid of the
~4, o typical of the old-fash-
ioned line 9.f4 and 9.e3. Both of
them lo t a a con equence.
Black' ignorance permit White
to choo e comfortably between
the retreat I O.~g3 and IO. ~f2.
While IO.~g3 was a lucky nov-
elty, I O. ~f2 had been played in a
couple of game ptior to Sui kis-
Socko.
Transposition to a Glorious Past
But thi is not the most awe orne
thing about IO. ~f2 d6 ll.e4.
K .t'iW • K (relatively) old game . So in-
£i£ .t.t
£ ~~£
Much more curious i that after
this natural sequence the game
suddenly finds it elf on much
more explored ground and
prominent historic names like
Tal , Spa ky, Botvinnik, Kavalek
and Porti ch pop up among tho e
who have either taken on the line
a White or have been forced to
fight against it as Black, thus con-
tributing to the theoretical ad-
vancement of the Rubin tein-
Botvinnik theory.
So how doe that tran po ition
occur? How can it be that mod-
ern white players have been put
off from the notable Rubinstein-
Botvinnik heritage? Let' have a
clo er look:
Survey EO 8.9+10
On a path well known to modern
player of the Rubinstein-
Botvinnik, orne 50 years ago,
Black would u ually play 8 .. .d6.
Now 9.f3 doe n' t require any
guts to play and after 9 ... tLle5
IO.e4 tLlg6 ll.~f2 - voila!
To connect the past with the
pre ent we have analysed many
stead of Pepsi Cola the reader
may expect to be treated to a very
old wine. We apologi e for this
inconvenience ...
Conclusion
We strongly hope that Carl ' 9. f3
gambit, with the lucid strategy of
maintaining the bishop pair, may
soon exceed our personal affec-
tion and push the Rubinstein-
Botvinnik System of the English
Opening to new hei ght . Inca e
of the 9 ... tLlc4 capture the Year-
book reader may find a lot of
useful material in our analysis,
with a bomb attached that after
lO.e4 tLle3kill Black' queenby
sheer force, although surpris-
ingly the game may carry on.
In case Black mercies the pawn
and follow the u ual path with
9 ... tL\g6, then after an innocu-
ou -looking change of move
order he will quickly get chal-
lenged by a remarkable Rubin-
stein-Botvinnik heritage that
8 ... tLle5 wa once supposed to
erase.
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 The Conventional Moves
9.e3/9.f4
Kramnik,VIadimir
Karpov,Anatoly
Las Palmas 1996 (4)
1.e4 es 2.li:Je3 tiltS 3.tilf3 tile6 4.d4
ed4 S.tild4 .i.b4 6.-i.gS h6 7 ..i.h4
.i.e3 S.be3 tileS 9.t4 tilg6 1 O•.i.t6
'iif6 11 .g3 tiltS 12 ..i.g2 tile6 13.0-0
0-0 14.e4 d6 1S.'ifd2 tileS [1S ....i.d7
16.l:lae1 ~- ~ Morozevich·Svidler, Morelia/
Linares 2007] 16.l:lae1 l:lbS 17.l:le3
[17.tilbS .i.e6 18.tilc7 (18."ilt'e2 a6 19.tilc7
(19.tild4) 19...W'c3+%) 18 ....i.c4 19.tildS
.i.dS 20.'iidS ii'c3 21.'i!fd6 l:lbd8+ ]
17 ... .i.d7 1S.tilb3 [18.eS deS 19.fe5
(19.tilb3 tilb3 20.'iid7? ef4 21 .ab3
..,b6-+) 19.....We7'f] 1S ... tilb3 19.ab3
.i.e6= 20.'ifd4 a6 21 .'iff6 Yd2
[YB/ 46-174]
Paschaii,William
Baginskaite,Camilla
Seattle ch-USA 2003 (9)
1.c4 eS 2.tile3 tilt6 3.tilf3 tileS 4.d4
ed4 S.tild4 .i.b4 6.-i.gS .i.e3 7.be3
tileS S.e3 h6 9 ..i.h4 tilg6 1 O•.i.g3
tile4 11 ..i.d3 tilg3 12.hg3 tileS
13.f4 tild3 14.'iid3 d6 1S. a6
16.l:lh4 'iff6 17.tilt3 .i.e6 1S.e4
K
• .i
'' .l .i.'ii''' '
~ ~ ~ n :bt
~vw C[j~
~ ~~
:bt
1S... g5 [18 ... 0-0-0 19.'ifd4 (19.l:lb1)
19 ...'fi'd4 20.cd4 ~c4 'f ; 18 ...0·0 19.g4
'iif4 20.g5 .i.g4 21 .gh6 gS 22.1t'd4 f6'f]
19.fgS hgS 20.l:l hS 'iWhS 21 .1t'd4
0-0-0 [21 ...1t'd4 22.cd4 .i.c4 23.l:lc1 bS
24.tilgS (24.tild2 .i.a2 25.l:lc7 aS+ )
1 24... 'iPd7'f] 22.tilgS W'h6~ 23.tilt3 15
(23 ... b6!? 24.a4 aS~] 24.ets .i.t5
2S.l:le1 'iPbS [25 ... c5 26."it'f4 'ifh7
27.tilgS Wg6 28.l:le7t] 26.ifh4 "flitS
27.W't4 .i.d3 2S.'i!fd4 .i.g6 [28 ...'iff5
222
29.g4 'ifh7 30.g5;t] 29.l:le6 .i.t7
30.l:le4 dS? [30 ....i.c4 31.l:lf4 .i.f7
32.'iif6+-; 30...-i.eB 31 .l:lf4 'iifgB~]
31 .l:lf4 'ife7 32.tile5 .i.gS 33.eS±
: es 34.l:lts .i.e6 3S.l:lt3 .i.g4
36.l:le3 l:ltS 37.<~ g1 'ift6T 3S.tilg4
'fi't1 39.'iPh2 l:lt5 40.l:leS w a7 41.e6
b6 42.'ifhS
Dimitrov,Radoslav
1-0
Janev,Evgeny
Plovdiv tt 2007 (2)
1.e4 eS 2.tile3 tilt6 3.tilf3 tile6 4.d4
ed4 S.tild4 .i.b4 6.-i.gS h6 7 ..i.h4
.i.e3 S.be3 tileS 9.e3 d6 1 O•.i.e2
tilg6 11 ..i.f6 'ift6 12.0-0 0-0
13.'ifd2 .i.d7 14.l:lad1 l:lteS'f [c4 <,
c3 <, a2<] 1S ..i.t3'f [c4 <, c3< , a2 <]
1S ... l:labS 16 . ~e2 a6 17.l:lte1 l:le7
1S.f4 .i.a4! 19.l:lb1 eS 20.tilb3 tilh4
21 .tilaS 'i!fg6 22.g3 l:lbeS 23. 2
l:le3 24.-i.hS [24.'ife3 l:le3 2S.we3
tilg2 - +] 24 ... 'ife4 2S.l:le3 'i!fg2
26.We1 'i!fg1 27.We2 'ifh2 2S.<Ji>d3
l:le3 29.'iPe3 tiltS 30.'iPd3 'i!fg3
31 .<Ji>e4 [31 .<Ji>e2 'ifh2 32.Wd3 'fi'hS-+
33.l:lb7 "i¥13]
'
~
~
~~
~
~
'1W
'iW
31 ....i.e2!! 32.1t'e2 'ife3 0-1
Black Captures the Pawn
9.f3 t2l c4
Carls,Carl
Junge,Kiaus
Rostock 1942
1.e4 eS 2.lt:le3 tilf6 3.tilf3 tile6 4.d4
ed4 S.tild4 ~ b4 6.-i.gS h6 7 ..i.h4
.i.e3 S.be3 tileS 9.f3 [The stem game!]
9 ... tile4 10.ttJfS [10. e4~] 10 ... gS
11 .'ifd4 [11.e4 d5 12..i.c4 ~IS! +]
11 ... dS [Black doesn't realize he's leaving
a monster alive. ~ 11 ... gh4! 12."i!i"c4
(12.tilg7 wrs 13.tilh5
• .i
' '
~
CiJ
~ vw
~
~
~
~ ' ~~
n ~~ :bt
13...tile3!1 14."i!ie3 tilhS 1S."i!ic5 <Ji>g7
16.'ifh5 'it'gS+) 12 ... d5 13.'i!ff4 .i.fS
14.'ii15 We?+ ] 12.tilg7 We7 (12...'iPf8
13.tilh5oo] 13 ..i.g3~ l:lgS [13 ... b6
14.-i.es (14.e4 c5 15 . Wf2~) 14 ... tile5
15.ii'e5 .i.e6 16.e4 l:lh7 17.tilf5 <Ji>f8
18.l:ld1 (18.tild4'f) 18 ...tild7 19.'it'g3 .i.IS
20.efS 'ife7+ Kahn·Pietzsch, Grof3r6hrsdorl
1949] 14.e4! l:lg7 1S.O-O-O~ [C.Carls,
the father of 9.13, plays bold and spirited
chess, sacrificing a whole piece in addition
to the meagre c4·pawn. I wouldn't be
surprised if we read in his testament thai
'i t's only the bishop pair which matters'.
Those hesitant about 9.f3!? should heed
this brave man's advice] 15 ....i.d7
[15 ....i.e6 16.~c4 dc4 17.'ilr'c5+- ;
15... tilb6 16.Wcs w eB 17.-i.c? We7
18 ..i.d6-+] 16.ed5 tild6 17.-i.eS!
[White has undeniable compensation for a
missing piece now] 17 ... l:lg6D [17...tilde8
18. ~f6 tilf6 19.'ifb4 WeB 20.l:le1 ~e6
21 .de6 fe6 22.l:le6 <Ji>f7 23..i.c4-+]
1S..i.d3 [Carls goes on displaying the
maximum power of his bishop pair. The
corner rook wiil be joining in the attack
shortly] 1S ... tilgS [18 ... tilfe8 19.l:lhe1
'iPf8oo] 19.l:lhe1 -+ [The immediate
19.~g6 was probably killing: 19 .. .fg6
20..i.d6 Wd6 (20 ... cd6 21 .ii'g7+- )
21 .l:lhe1 +-l 19... s 20.g4 lLleS
21 ..i.g6 fg6 22.l:le3 'iie7
[22 ... Wf7!?oo] 23.l:lde1 [23.d6!? tild6
(23 ...cd6 24 ..i.d6 'i!fd6 25.l:le8+- )
24-'if cS-+] 23 ... tild6 [23... tilgf6 24 .~16
Wf6 25.l:le8+- ; 23 ... c5 24.dc6 .i.c6
25 . ~d6 ! "it'd6 26.l:le8+-; 23 ...a5 24.14 ..... ]
24.1t'eS ~eS 25.f4! [Carls gives his
opponent no respite] 2S ... b6 26.ii'd4

/Qb5 27.'tli'd2 -.aa [lfs quite
understandable that, sick of the relentless
threats to his king, Junge attempts a
counterattack. On the other hand his king
loses a mighty defender] 28.<.Pb1 gf4
29.~f4 'ii'a4 [29 ... g5 30.~e5 ~g6
31.<.Pa1 :tea 32.c4 l:l:e5 33.l:l:a3 :te1
34.'ii'e1 I.Lla3 35.'i t'b4+-J 30.l:l:e4
[30.~h6! (this was winning outright, but
lefs not forget the clock gave no increment
back then) 30... 1.Llh6 3Utea :tea 32.'.-h6
~ 33...h7 ~6 34.g5 <j.1g5 35.l:l:g1 <j.1f4
36.'iff7 \Pe3 37.Wea+-] 30.. .'i fe4?
[Frustration, caused by the inability to help
one's king under fire. 30...1.Lla3 31.'iPc1
'i'c2 (31...1.Llc4 32 .~h6 Wf7 33.'Wf4 I.Llf6
34.Wf6l \Pf6 35.l:l:f4X) 32.'i!t'c2 I.Llc2
33.<.Pc2 g5 34.~c7 ~g6±] 31 .l:l:e4+-
g5 32 .~e5 ~g6 33.'Wf2 \Pe7
34.'i!t'e2 l:l:e8 35.1fb5 ~e4 36.'iPb2
l:tf8 37.'i i'b4 <;PeS 38.1fe4 1-0
Sassi,Pekka
Luukkonen,Tommi
Jyvaskyla 2002 (4)
1.c4 e5 2.1.Llc3 I.Llf6 3.1.Llt3 I.Llc6 4.d4
ed4 5.1.Lld4 ~ b4 6. ~g5 h6 7. ~ h4
~c3 8.bc3 I.Lle5 9.f3 I.Llc4 1O.e4
~e5
11.~d3 [This looks ugly, but the most
essential thing is to maintain the dark-
squared bishop, which holds Black down in
an awkward pin. 11 .c4 o-o 12 . ~e2
(12.Wd2 I.Lle4! 13.~da I.Lld2 14. ~c7
I.Llf1 + ) 12...1.Llg6 13 .~12 (13. ~g3 I.Llh5)
13...1.Llf4 14.0.0!1'? . The correct assessment
of this critical position largely depends on
taste. It may not suit everybody on earth to
play a pawn down as White, but our feeling
is that the absence of the wreck is an
advantage rather than a drawback. White
can use the vacant square c3 to position
his rook, queen or bishop respectively,
depending on the demands of the ensuing
battle] 11...d6 12.0-0 I.Llg6 [12 ... 1.Lld3
13.-.d3 0·0 14.14 l:l:ea 15.l:l:ae1t] 13 .~t2
o-o 14.'ii'd2 (14.c4 I.Lld7 15.l:l:e1 'ii'g5
16.~f1 I.Llde5 17.'iPh1 !1'? ; 14.l:l:e1 1?]
14... d5 15.ed5 I.Lld5 16.1fc2 (~
16.l:l:fe1] 16... 1.Llh4 [~ 16... 'Wg5]
17.l:l:fe1 'i!t'g5 18.~g3 I.Lle3 19.'ii'f2
( 19.~h4 I.Llc2 20 . ~g5 I.Lle1 -+]
19... 1.Llhg2 [19 ... 1.Lleg2 20.l:l:e5oo] 20.f4
[20.l:l:e3 'ife3 21.<J;g2 'tli'd3- + ; 20.h4
'Wda 21 .l:l:e3 I.Lle3 22.'ii'e3oo] 20 ... 'ifd5
(20... 'We7? 21 .'ii'g2+-; 20... 'ii'a5 21 .l:l:e3
I.Lle3 22.'ife3 -.c3?? 23 .~h7 +-]
21 .l:l:e3 I.Lle3 22.'ife3;!;
23.l:l:e1 ?! [23 .~e4 ;!; l:l:ea?l 24.l:l:e1 ±]
23... ~ h3 24.'ife4 [24 .~e4 'i+'d7
(24 ... -.a2 25 .~h4 ± ; 25.~7 l:l:ea!
26.'ifea l:l:ea 27.l:l:ea <J;h7-) 25.f5t]
24 ... 'ife4 [24 ... c5?? 25..-h7+-]
25. ~e4 c6oo 26.l:l:b1 ?! [26.f5; 26.<J;f2)
26 ...l:l:d7 27. l:l:e8 28 .~ h1 es t
29.1.Llb3 l:l:de7 30. ~f3 [30.1.Llc5 l:l:e2
31 .Wg1 b6 32.1.Lld3 ~f5 33.l:l:d1 l:l:da)
30 ... b6 31 .l:l:d1 l:l:e3 32.c4 l:l:c3
33. ~d5 a5 34.l:l:c1 l:l:ee3 35.~h4 a4
36.1.Lld2 l:l:c1 37.\Pe3 l:l:c2 [37 ... l:l:c3
38.<J;e2 ~g4 39.We1 l:l:e3 40.'iPf1
l:l:a3- +) 38. ~d8 l:l:a2 39. ~b6 l:l:c2
40 . ~c5 a3 41 . ~d4 a2 42.c5 [42.1.Llb3
l:l:h2 43.c5 ~f5 44.c6 l:l:h3 45.'iPf2
l:l:d3- + ) 42 ...l:l:c5 [42...~e6+)
43. ~a2= l:l:c1 44.~d5 ~f5 45 . ~f3
<.Ph7 46.~d5 [46.Wf2=) 46 .. .f6
47 . ~f3 <J;g6 48. ~b2 (48.'.Pt2 l:l:c2
49 .~e3=) 48 ... l:l:c2 49. ~d4
50. ~d1 l:l:c1 51 .~f3 \Pe6 52 .~ b7
h5 53.1.Llb3 [ ~ 53.1.Llf3] 53 ... l:l:c7
54.1.Llc5 [54 .~b2] 54 ... Wd6 55 . ~f3 h4
56.1.Llb7 [56.li:le4 <J;e6 57.1.Llc3)
56 ...'iPe6 57.1.Llc5 58. ~d5 Wg6
59.~f3 h3 60. 2 l:l:a7 61 .Wg3 l:l:a2
62 . ~f2 (62.li:lb7 l:l:d2 63.~c5 l:l:d3
64.li:ld6) 62 ... l:l:a3 63 .~d4 ~c2
64 . ~f2?? (64 .~2 l:l:a2 65.~c1 )
64... ~d1
Analysis 10...ll:\e3
2007
1.c4 e5 2.1.Llc3 li:lf6 3.li:lf3 I.Llc6 4.d4
ed4 5.1.Lld4 ~ b4 6 .~g5 h6 7.~ h4
~c3 8.bc3 liJeS 9.f3 li:lc4 10.e4
li:le3 [Meeting this insolent intrusion once
upon a time was the cornerstone of our
Survey EO 8.9+ 10
efforts to bring 9.131? into the limelight)
11 .'ife2 I.Llf1 12.e5! 0-0 13.li:lf51
[13.Wf1 l:l:ea 14.li:lf5 d6 15.1.Llh6 (15.li:lg7
l:l:e5-+) 15...gh6 1 6.~f6oo] 13... d6
[13...g5 14.li:lh6 Wh7 1 5.~g5+- ;
13... l:l:ea 14.1.Llg7! 'ii>g7 (1 4...l:l:e5 15.'ii'e5
'ii>g7 16.l:l:f1 +-) 15.~f6 'Wf6 16.ef6 'iPfa
17.l:l:f1 +-) 14.1.Llg7! deS 15.1.Llh51
[Now in order to avert the worst Black is
strongly advised to give up the queen
immediately] 15... 1.Llh5 16 . ~d8 li:lf4
[16...li:lhg3 17.hg3 I.Llg3 1a.l:l:h6! I.Lle2
19 .~f6+- l 17.'iff1 l:l:d8 [That was the
end of my file some 5 years ago, beaming
with confidence in White's position. From a
l:l:d8 purely psychological point of view it didn't
seem like Black would feel alright being a
queen down. However, exaltation aside, it
turns out that White is quite unlikely to
castle either side, therefore ifs yet too early
to draw any conclusions]
18.l:l:d1 [1a.g3 ~h3 !) 18... l:l:d1
( 18...~f5 1? 19.\Pf2!±] 19.<J;d1 ~f5
20.g3 (20.'ifb5 l:l:da 21.'iPc1 (21 .We1
a6!? (21...1.Llg2 22.\Pf2 l:l:d2 23.\Pg3 I.Llf4
24.'ii'ea+ - ) 22.1fb7 I.Llg2 23.<J;f1 I.Llf4
24.l:l:g1 Wh7!1'? 25.'ii'c7? l:l:d1 26.Wf2 l:l:d2
(with a decisive counterattack) 27.\Pe1
(27.Wg3 I.Llh5 2a.<J;h4 l:l:h2X) 27... l:l:e2
and mate in three after either king retreat)
21...a6->; 21...1.Lld3 22.Wd2 a6 (22 ... 1.Llf2
23.<J;e3 li:lh1 24.'ii'e5 l:l:d3 25.'ii>l4)
23.'it'a5 b6 24.'ii'a3 when 24...1.Llf4- is
0-1 probably even stronger than 24 ... 1.Llf2
25.<J;e3 li:lh1 26.'i t'e7; 20.g4!?) 20 ...l:l:d8
21 .<J;c1 [21 .'iPe1 li:ld3 (2 1...~h3?1
22.'ii'b5) 22.<J;d2 I.Llb4 (22 ... 1.Llf4) 23.Wc1
I.Lla2 24.Wb2 l:l:d2 25.'iPb3 (25.\Pa3 I.Llc3)
25...~e6 26.c4 b5I-] 21...1.Lld3
(21...~h3 22.'ii'b5 a6 23. b7 (23.'itc4
~e6 24.'ii'c7 I.Lle2 25.<J;c2 ~f5 (25 ... l:l:c8
26.'ite5±) 26.<J;b3 l:l:d2 27.'ii'ba Wh7
2a.'ite5 ~e6 29.c4 b5 30.Wb4;!;)
223
 23...'Lle2 2H;>c2 (24.Wb2 l:td2=)
24 ... ~f5 25.Wb3 ~e~ 26.c4 l:td3
27.Wb4;t] 22.>Pb1 'Lle1! [22... ~ 12
23.<ifo>a1 l:td2 (23... ~h1 24.'ifh1;!;) 24.%:lg1
~e6 25.c4;!;; 22...~ b4 23.Wa1 ~c2
24.'iPb2 ~e3 25..-e2 l:td2 (25 ...%:ld3!)
26.'iVd2 ~c4 27.'iPc1 'Lld2 28.'iPd2±]
23.Wb2 l:td2 24.'iPc1 !White can also
play 24 .<~>b3 at his own peril...] 24 ... %:lc2
[24 ... %:la2 25.'iVe1 ::tal 26.'iPb2 ::tel
27.%:le1 f6 28.%:ld1;!;] 25.Wd1 ~g2!
[25 ... %:la2 26.'iVc4 ::tal 27.'iPe2 ~d3
28.'iVd3 ~d3 29.%:la1 ± ] 26.'iVb5 ~e3
27.<lf.7e1 ~ g2 28.'iPd1 ~e3=
Black Eschews the Capture
9.f3 'Ll g6
Sulskis,Sarunas
Andersen,Mads
Borup 2010 (1)
1.c4 ~f6 2.~c3 eS 3.~13 ~c6 4.d4
ed4 s.~d4 ~b4 6.~g5 ~c3 7.bc3
h6 8 · 4 lL!eS 9.f3 ~g6 1O~g3!?
[No less plausible than 10.~12. The bishop is
more active on g3, but Black may chase n
with ... ~f6.h5. 'ret by doing that he risks
displacing his knight out of the centre]
10...0-0 [10...d5? 11 .'Llb5!±] 11 .e4 d6
12.'iVd2 ::tea 13.().{}.() [Displaying a
completely revised strategical content in the
Rubinstein-Botvinnik, better adapted to 21st
century needs. The awkward c4-pawn may be
used as a bumper to block down Black's
counterptay whereas WMe's kingside pawns
may be thrown on the enemy king. 13.~e2
~h5 14.~ ~hf4] 13.. ~d7 [13 ... a6!?
14.Wb2 b5 15.<lf.7a1 ~e5 16.cb5 ab5
17.~e5 de5 (17...%:le5 18.~±) 18.'Llb5
(18.~c6! ? _.d2 19.%:ld2) 18... 'iVe7~]
14.'iPb2 a6 15.'iPa1 [Safety first!]
15...%:lb8?! [Burning precious time. 15... b5
didn't require any more backing: 16.c5 (16.cb5
ab5 17.~5 ~ 18.~b5 lLleS~) 16...dc5
(16... d5 17.c6 ~cB 18.~b3 ~e6 19.e5 ~h5
20.14t) 17.~b3 c4 18.'Llc5 ~c6 (18...'iVe7!
19.'Lld7 'Lld7 20.'iVd7? (20.~c7;!;)
20... %:tad8!+) 19.'iVd8 l:tad8 20.~e2;!;]
16.h4! bS 17.c5 dS? [17...dc5 18.~b3
c4 (18...'iVe7 19.~7±) 19.~ 'iVe7
(19...M 20/-!~a6 'iVd2 21 .%:ld2 l:tbd8
22.%:ld4± ) 20.'Lld7 (20.'Lla6) 20...%:tbd8
21.~16 'iVI6+=t]
224
18.c6! [Starting a sequence of three
consecutive pawn thrusts which turns
Black's position into a strategic ruin beyond
repair] 18... ~e6 [~ 18...~c8] 19.h5!
~e7 20.e5! ~ h7 21.~d3 + - l:tb6
[21...'iVc8 22.'iVc2] 22 . ~ h4! [It has
turned into a position for knights (compare
d4 to h7), so White is already willing to give
up his bishop] 22...1Vc8 23 . ~e7 l:te7
24.f4.... ~g4 25.%:lde1 'ii'e8 26 .~ h7
[See our note after move 22] 26 ... 'iPh7
27.'iVd3 g6 [27 ... 'iPg8 28.15
(28.'ii'g3!?+-) 28 ... l:te5 29.'ifg3 l:te4
(29... f6 30.%:le5 fe5 31 .%:le1-+) 30.%:le4
'ii'e4 31 .%:le1+- is a funny trap for the
queen!] 28.hg6 fg6 29.'ii'g3 ~c8
[29...~f5 30 . ~f5 gf5 31 .l:th6 w h6 32.l:th1
'iVhS 33.%:lh5 <.t>h5 34.'it'g5X; 29 ... h5
30.'ifg4+-] 30.f5 hS [30 ... ~f5 31 .~f5
(31.'ifg5+-) 31 ... gf5 32.%:lh6 <.t>h6 33.%:lh1
'it'h5 34.'ii'f4 'iPg6 35.%:lh5 <.t>h5
36.'\WfS+-; 30... gf5 31 .%:lh6 (31 ...g5+-)
31...'iPh6 32.%:lh1 'iVhS 33.%:lh5 <.t>hS
34 .~13] 3H !i'g5 l:tg7 32.t6 1-0
A Glorious Past
1 o.At2 d6 11.e4
Sulskis,Sarunas
Socko,Bartosz
Porto Carras Ech·tt 201 1 (1)
1.c4 'Llf6 2. ~c3 e5 3. ~f3 ~c6 4.d4
ed4 5.~d4 ~ b4 6.~ g5 h6 7 . ~ h4
~c3 8.bc3 ~es 9.f3 ~g6 [After Black
eschews the capture on c4, the modern
game soon transposes from terra incognita
into a position which has been tested at a
decent level since 1959] 10. ~f2 [ 10 . ~g3]
10... d6 11.e4 ~d7N [11...0·0] 12.h4!
[After deep thought White comes up with a
well thought-out expansion plan. Note that
the text also serves a prophylactic purpose
as Black's queen is denied a sortie to g5]
12•.•'Llc5 13.h5 ~e7 [13... ~e5!?
14 .~h4 f6 (14...'i!Yd7 15 .~f5) 15 .~e2 0·0
16.f4!? ~c6 (16 ...'Lle4?! 17.fe5 'Llc3
(17...de5 18.~ b5± ) 18.ef6!±) 17.~b3
e7 18. ~c5 dc5 19.e5 l:td8 20.'iVc2t]
14.g41 [Clamping Black down] 14 ... ~e6
15. ~f5 [15.a4 'iVd7 (15...a5 16.'Llb5)
16.a5 0-0-0 17.%:lh2oo; 15.'iVd2 'ii'd7
16.0-0-0 0-0-0 17.<.t>b2 Wa4+=t] 15 ..•%:lg8
[15... ~f5 16.gf5 ~c6 17 .~h4 'iVd7
18.16t] 16 . ~c5 [16 .~d4 f6 17.%:lh2 't!fd7
18.a4 0-0-0 19.a5 ~f5 20.gf5 a6
(20...%:lde8 21. ~c5 deS 22.'t!fd7 <ot;> d7
23.0·0·0) 21.l:tb1 ~c6 22.%:la2 l:tge8
23.~e2t ] 16... dc5 17."ilt'b3 ~f5
[17 ...b6 18.%:ld1 'ifc8 19.%:lh2f] 18.gf5
'iVd6! 19.%:ld1 [19.1Vb7 l:td8 20.'it'b2
g6+=t !::. 21 .hg6 fg6 22.%:lh6 't!Vf4 ....1
19.. .'iit'g3 20.'iPe2 b6 21 .'ifa4 c6
[21...'iPf8 22.'ii'a7!!±]
.i .i
.l *
6\ .l.l
.l
.l ~ ~
~ ~ ~
£::, ~ tv
~ ~
~ ~ ~
22.%:ld3!;!; [This hard-to-find major-piece
regroupment enables White to maintain
domination just when it seemed about to
ebb off] 22 .. .16 23. d1! 24."tlfd2
'i!i'b8 [Full gear back! But was there
anything better? 24...~f5? 25.ef5 l:tge8
26.<.t>d1 +-; 24... %:tge8? 25.f4 g4
(25... ~f5 26.%:lg3 'Llg3 27.<.t>f3 ~ h1
(27... ~e4 28.tfd7 l:te7 29.'iVe7 <.t>e7
30.<.t>e4+-) 28.~g2 l:tad8 29.'Wc2±)
26.'iPI2 l:tad8!? (26... ~f5 27. ~e2!+-)
27 .~e2 (27.%:ld8 l:td8 28.1fd8 'iff4=)
27... %:ld3 28.~d3 l:td8 29.'iVe3 l:td3
30.'it'd3 'iff4 31 .<.t>e2± ; 24 ... 'i!fe5
25.¢>f2±) 25.f4 l:td8 26.%:lhh3! [The
end of the major-piece clustering
commenced by 22.%:ld3] 26 ... '\Wc7
27. 2 l:td3 28.%:ld3 <;Pea [Once again
it seems that Socko will snatch the d-file
from White shortly. Thus White transfers his
rook to the g-file, where his property rights

cannot be challenged] 29 J~g3 %ld8
30.~d3 [White's edge is defined by the
fact that he is playing 4 versus 3 at the
kingside. Yet there are technical difficulties
with his own bishop, which has just made
his first move in the game] 30... 8
3U it'e3 "ifc8 32."ife2 [32.'iii>g1 6
32 ... "ifa6?133.e5 "iWa2 34.ef6 gf6 35."ife6
l:l.d3 (35...'it"a1 36.~f1 %ld1 37."iff6 'iii>eB
3B."ifhB lt>d7 39.%l13±) 36."iWf6 'iii>eB
37.'ti'hB+-) 32 .. •"ifc7 33.e5 <t:lg8
34.W"e4? [A sad tactical oversight, caused
by time shortage and the weighing burden
of playing Poland's board 1. 34.%le3 'ilt'f?
35.ci>g3 <t:le7 36.Wg4;!;) 34 ...fe51 35.fe5
l:l.eB 36.e6 [36. l:l.e3 <t:lf6! 37."iff4 %le5!+
is what White overlooked; 36.f6 <t:lf6 37.ef6
l:l.e4 3B.fg7 'iii>gB 39 .~e4 "iff4 40.~13
'tfc4+) 36 ... <t:lf6;: [Now Black is fine]
37.1t'f3 [37."ife2 "iff4 3B.It>g2 "ifh4]
37 ... l:l.d8 38. e2T W'f4 39.'iii>g2
l:l.e8 [39... WgB 40.e7 : ea 41 .'i+'e6 <i>hB
42.'i rf7 tlgB 43.Wh3 (43.'it"f6 "ifg3!-+)
43... "iWI2 44 .~e4 "iff1 45.Wh2 (45.~g2
W"f5) 45 .. .'i fe2 46. ~g2 <t:lh5+] 40.'iii>h3
l:l.e7 41 ."iWe3
41 ..."it"d6? [Unbelievable! Instead of
snatching the h5·pawn almost for free,
Socko pulls back and allows White to fully
regain control over the position. 41...<t:lh5
42.'tff4 <t:lf4 43.'iii>g4 g5! 44.fg6 <t:le6
(44...<t:ld3 45.%ld3 (45.Wt5!?) 45...%le6
46.'iii>f5gg) 45.%lf3 'iii>g7 46.%le3 : ea
(46... Wt6 47.%ll3 lt>e5 4B.%le3 \t>d6
49.%lh3) 47.~15 <t:lc7 4B.%ld3gg; 41..."iWe3
42.%le3 <t:lh5 43.Wg4 (43. ~e4 %lc7)
43... <t:lf6 44.Wt4 %lc7 45 . ~e2 w e?
46.~13gg) 42. ~e2 ;!; [Black has been
successfully kicked out] 42 ...%le8 43.%lg1
'tfc7 44.a4 aS 45.~f3 %le7 46.%lg6
'tfd6 [46 ...'iii>gB 47.1t'h6 'i!re5 4B.'irg5
'tfc3 49.W'g3 (49."iff4? <t:lh5) 49... <i>h7
(49... W"d3? 50.%lf6) 50.h6-+ gh6
51 .%lh61+- ] 47.%lg2 "ifc7 48.%lg1
[Passing the move to Black, who is by now
doomed to passivity] 48 ... %le8 49.%le1
Wg8 50."iWe5 'ilt'e7 [Conceding almost
the entire board to Wh~e. but it's not easy
to advise Black under these circumstances)
51 .%ld1 [51 .~c6 tldB 52 .~d5 (52 .~13
%ld3 53.%le3 tld2;:) 52 ... <t:lh5] 51 ...%lc8
[51...%ldB 52.%ldB "ifd8 53.e7 1re8
54."ife6 'iii>h8 55 . ~c6 (55.'iii>g2 <t:lgB
56.~c6 (56.16 gf6) 56 ..."ife7=) 55... "iWh5
56.Wg2 1lrg4 57.'iii>12±] 52.'ilt'd6
[Pushing on successfully) 52 ... "ifd6
[During the game I thought he should have
ventured 52 .. .'i+'eB (eyeing h5) 53.e7 'iii>h7
54."ifdB <t:lgB 55.%ld7 <t:lf6 56.%ld6 <t:lgB]
53.%ld6 [At last White's king cannot get
struck from behind) 53... 8 54.%ld1!
[Now Black is being pulled over 2 ropes, g
and b. No fun at all ... ; 54.'iii>h4?1 We?
55.%lc6 %lc6 56 .~c6 'iii>d6gg) 54 ...1t>e7
55.%lb1! %lb8 56.%lg1! %tg8
57.<iPg3± <t:lh7 [57 ... %lc8 5B.'iii>f4 WIB
59.We5 <t:lgB (59 ...%ldB 60.e7! 'iii>e7
61 .%lg7 WIB 62.c;i;>t6 %ld6 63.'iii>e5+-)
60.'iii>d6 <t:le7 61 .'iii>d7 looks horrible]
58. ~c6 %ld8 59 . ~d5 <t:lf6 60. 4 enemy from the pin. Black immediately
<t:lh5 61 .'iii>e5
[It took White 60 moves to achieve
complete centre control) 61 ...%lg8
[61 ... %lbB 62.%lg7!! <t:lg7 63.16 'iii>IB 64.e7
'iii>eB 65.fg7 We? 66.gB'ilt' tlgB
67 . ~gB+- ] 62. %lb1 %lb8 63.%lg1 %lg8
64. ~b7! [Basically the last hard·to·find
move. Chasing the b6·pawn, White puts a
slab between it and his rifled defender.
Thus the poor creature perishes within a
minute...) 64... <t:lf6 [On 64 ... %tbB 65.%lg7!!
still looks valid - 65 ... <t:lg7 66.16 'iii>IB 67.e7
<i>t7 68. ~d5 Wg6 69.fg7 Wg7 70.'iii>d6)
65.%lb1 %lb8 66.%lb6 <t:le8 [66 ... h5
67.%lb5 h4 68. ~g2 tlb5 69.cb5+-l
67.Wd5+ - <t:ld6T [67 ... h5 68.'iii>c5 h4
Survey EO 8.9+10
69. ~c6 %tb6 70.Wb6 <t:ld6 (70 ...h3 71 .c5
h2 72.c;f;>a5+-) 71 .c5 <t:lf5 (71...<t:lc4
72.'iii>b5 <t:le5 73. ~e4 h3 74.Wa5 h2
75.'iii>b5) 72. 'it>a5 (72. ~e4 <t:lg3 73. ~g2
<t:lf5) 72 ... g5 73.'iii>b6 g4 74.a5 h3 75.a6 g3
76.a7 g2 77.aB"iW g1 1r 7B.'tit'eB Wf6
79."iWf7 'it>e5 BO.e7 "iWb1 B1 .'iii>c7+- l
68.%ld6 %lb7 69.c;f;>c5 h5 70.'it>c6
%lb2 71.%ld7 8 72.c5 h4 73.'iii>d6
%ld2 [73 ... h3 74.%ldBX] 74.We5 [74.'it>c7
%lb2) 74 •.. %ld7 [74 ... %le2 75.Wf4 h3 76.c6
h2 77.c7 %le4 (77 ... %ll2 7B.'iii>g3 h1 <t:l
79.'it>h3 %l13 BO.'iii>g2) 78.Wg3 (7B.'iii>g5
%lc4) 7B ... h1 <t:l 79.'iii>g2+- ] 75.ed7 'iii>e7
76. 4 \t>d7 77.'iii>g4 w c6 78.Wh4
'iii>c5 79.'iii>g5 1-0
lvanov,Mikhail
Rausis,lgors
Reykjavik 1998 (8)
1.c4 e5 2.<t:lc3 <t:lf6 3.<t:lf3 <t:lc6 4.d4
ed4 5.<t:ld4 ~ b4 6. ~g5 h6 7 . ~ h4
~c3 8.bc3 <t:le5 9.t3 0-0 10.e4 d6
11.iLt2?! [Unnecessarily releasing the
grabs his chance, jumping with the knight to
better pastures. He has spared a lot of time
on the ... <t:le5-g6 retreat. 11. ~e2 <t:lg6
12 .~12 ; 11 ."iWd2? <t:le4 12 .~dB <t:ld2
13 .~c7 <t:lf1 14 .~d6 <t:le3 15.~e5 tleB+ ;
11.~d3! ?] 11 ... <t:lfd7 12. ~e2 <t:lb6
13."ifb3?! [13.a4 Wg5 (13...<t:lbc4?
14.14) 14.g3]
13.•.c5! 14.<t:lc2 [14.<t:lf5!? iLlS 15.ef5
1lrg5 16.0-Q 'ilrf5'i'] 14...f5! 15.ef5 ~f5
16.%ld1 [16.<t:le3 ~d3+) 16...iLc2
17.1t"c2 "ifgs- 18.0-0 [1B.tld6 g2
19.%lg1 <t:lf3 20. ~13 : aeB!- + ; 20..."iWI3??
21 .%lg7 'iii>g7 22.'i+'g6 <i>hB 23."iWh6+-]
18.•.<t:lf3 19 . ~f3 %lf3 20 . ~g3 [20.%ld6
tlafB 21 .%lg6 %lc3!+] 20 ... %lt1 21.%lt1
225
tL:lc4 22.'ii'b3 [22.'it'e4 'it'e3 23. e3
tL:le3- + ] 22 ... 'ite3 23.~f2 'it'e4
24.l:e1 'itdS 2S.l:d1 'itf7- +
26. ~g3 l:f8 27.h3 dS 28.'t!fbS b6
29.'ii'c6 tL:le3 30.l:e1 d4 31 .cd4 cd4
32.'ii'd6 'ii'a2 33.'ii'c6 aS 34 . ~d6
'ii't2 3S.'iPh2 tL:lg4 36.hg4 'ii'h4
37.w g1 'ii'e1 38.Wh2 'ii'h4 39.'iPg1
'it'e1 40.'iPh2 'it'h4 41 .Wg1 'ii'f6 0-1
Van der Sterren,Paul
Dao Thien Hai
W ijk aan Zee 111997 (8)
1.c4 es 2.tL:lc3 tL:lt6 3.tL:lt3 tL:lc6 4.d4
ed4 S.tLld4 ~ b4 6 . ~gs h6 7.~h4
~c3 8.bc3 d6 9.f3 tL:leS 10.e4 tL:lg6
11 . ~f2 0-0 12 .'~!fd2 lLld7 13.~e2
tL:lcS 14.0-0 [14.h4 tL:le5 (14...tff6
15.0·0·0 tL:lf4 16 .~f1;t) 15.h5 f5 16.ef5
~f5 17.tL:lf5 1:15 18.0-0-0oo tL:le4??
19.'it'd5+-] 14•.. ~d7 1S.l:fe1 b6
16.tLlfS!? tL:leS 17. ~d4 l:e8
18.l:ad1 'iYc8 19.g4 ~a4 20.l:b1
~c6
21.f4! tL:le4 [21...~e4 22.fe5 ~b1
23.l:b1 deS 24 .~c5 bc5 25.l:b5;!;]
22.'t!fc2 tL:lg6 23. ~t3 [23.lLlg7!? tL:lf4
24.tL:le8 'it'e8 25.~13 lLlh3 26.Wh1
(26.\Pf1 !?) 26... f5oo] 23 ...'ii'b7 24.lLlg7
tL:lt4 2S.tL:le8 [25.h4!? l:e7 26.tL:lf5 l:e6
27.'iYh2-+] 2S ...l:e8 26.h4 l:e6
27.Wh2?! [2Hi'h2!? lLld3 (27 ...tL:lf2
28 .~12 ~13 29.'it'f4+- ; 27 ... tL:lg6
28.'ii'h1±) 28.l:e3 tL:le5 (28...tL:ldf2
29.l:be1 l:g6 30.'iYf2! tL:lf2 31 .l:e8+-;
28 ... tL:lc3 29.~c6 'ii'c6 30.l:e6 fe6 31. ~c3
'*c5 32.Wh1 'ii'c4 33.'it'd2 'We4 34.1t;>h2
tL:le5oo; 28... lLldc5? 29.l:be1+- ;
28... tL:lec5 29.l:e6 fe6 30 . ~c6 tt'c6
31 .1i'g2± ) 29 .~e5 l:e5 30.tt'g2+- l
27 ...tL:lg6 28.'iPh3 'WaS! -+ 29. ~ h1?
[29 .~e4 ~e4 30.fi'f2 ~b1 31 .l:e6
226
h1 - + ; 29.1i'c1 oo] 29 ...tt'd8- +
30.gS 'i!fe8 31 .l:g1 hgS 32.hgS
~d7 33.Wh2 tL:lgS 34.l:gS l:e2
3S.fi'e2 'fie2 36.'iPg1 cS 37 .~f2
~e6 38.l:e1 'i!fc4 39 .~e4 Wg7
40. ~g3 6 41 .l:hS 'ifc3 42.Wh2
'iPg7 43.a4 fi'd2 44.\Ph1 ts 4S .~t3
'ifd3 46.Wg2 ~dS 0-1
Kosten,Anthony
Naumkin,lgor
Asti 1996
1.c4 eS 2.tL:lc3 tL:lt6 3.tLlf3 tL:lc6 4.d4
ed4 S.lLld4 ~b4 6. ~gS h6 7 . ~ h4
~c3 8.bc3 d6 9.f3 tL:leS 1O.e4 tLlg6
11. ~f2 0-0 12. fi' d2 l:e8 13 .~e2
tL:lhS 14.g3 tL:leS 1S.h3 [15.g4 lLlf6
16.0·0-0oo] 1S... tLlf6 16.g4 c6 17.0-0
dS 18.edS cdS 19.l:ad1 [19.cd5 tfd5
20.l:ad1 ~d7=] 19...~d7 [19... tL:lc4
20.~c4 dc4 21 .lLlb5 (21 .~h4
22.lLlb5? c5) 21 ... ~d7 (21 ... ~e6
22.'ifd8 (22.'iff4 'ii'a5 (22 ... lLld5) 23.tL:lc7
lLld5oo) 22 ...l:ad8 23.tL:lc7 l:d1 24.l:d1
l:c8 25.tL:le6 fe6 26.~a7 : as 27 . ~d4
l:a2 28.l:b1 =) 22.lLld6 l:e6 23.lLlb7t;
19... dc4 20.lLlb5 ~e6 (20...lLld3 2 1. ~d3
cd3 22.fi'd3 'ii'd3 23.l:d3 ~e6 24.tL:lc7
~c4 25.lLle8 l:e8=) 21 .lLld6 l:e7
22 . ~h4oo] 20.cdS lLldS 21.tL:ltS ~ts
22.'i fdS 'ii'dS 23.l:dS tL:lc6 24.l:e1
~e6 2S.l:d2 l:ad8 26.l:ed1 b6
27.fU l:d2 28.l:d2 l:d8 [28 ... tL:la5
29.f5 ~c4 30. ~f3 ;!;] 29.l:d8 lLld8
30.a3 tL:lb7 [30 .. .15!?] 31.tS ~ b3
32 .~g3 ;!; [White has retained his pair of
bishops despite some fractured pawns. The
main opening strategy point has been
made]
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32 ... tL:laS 33. ~ b8 tL:lc6 34. ~d6 tL:laS
3S. ~b8 tL:lc6 36. ~f4 tL:laS 37.'iPf2 f6
38.We3 Wf7 39.'iPd4 tL:lc6 40.It;>e4
tL:laS 41.~ b8 tL:lc6 42. ~d6 tL:laS
43 .~a6 ~a4 44.c4 ~c6 4S. 4
~g2 46.cS tL:lb7 [46...~h3?
47.'iPg3+ - ] 47. ~ c4 w ee 48 .~bS
49 .~ b8 bcS SO . ~a7 lLld6
S1 .~e2 c4 S2. ~d4± [52 . ~c5 c3
53.~d3±] S2 ... ~c6 S3.We3 w ee
S4 .~cS Wd7 SS.Wd4 [55 .~d6 Wd6
56 .~c4 w c5 57.~e2±J ss ...~g2 S6.h4
hS S7.a4 ~h3 S8. ~d6 \Pd6 S9.ghS
~ts 60 .~c4 ~g4 61 .~t7 ts 62.aS
f4 63.We4 f3 64.\Pe3 \Pc6 6S.
WbS 66.Wg3 f2 67. \PaS
68.We3 [And White went on winning this
odd-looking ending] 68 ...~d1 [68...<;i;>b6
69.Wf4 ~d1 70.Wf5 ~c2 71.We6 would
have transposed] 69. 4 <;f;>b6 70. S
~c2 71 .We6 \PeS 72. ~g6 ~b3
73.<;i;>e7 1-0
d6
Manor,llan
Alterman,Boris
Tel Aviv ch·ISR 1994 (8)
1.c4 eS 2.tL:lc3 tL:lt6 3.lLlf3 tL:lc6 4.d4
ed4 S.tL:ld4 ~b4 6 . ~ gs h6 7. ~ h4
~c3 8.bc3 d6 9.f3 tL:leS 1O.e4 tL:lg6
11 . ~f2 0-0 12 . ~e2 [12.'ifd2 looks
more to the point] 12... tL:lf4 [Of course ... ]
13.0-0 [ 13 .~11 !?] 13 ...lLl6hS
[13...lLld7=] 14.'it;>h1 fi'e7 [14... f5 15.ef5
~f5 16.g4 tL:le2 17.tL:le2± ; 14... c5! 15.lLlc2
(15.tL:lb5 tL:le2 16.'i!fe2 a6; 15.tL:lf5 ~15
16.ef5 'ii'g5) 15.. .15 16.ef5 ~15 17.tL:le3
~h7=] 1S.l:e1 tL:le2 16.'it'e2 ~d7
17.'i!fd2 l:fe8 18.l:ad1 'ii'gS
19 . ~e3 't!fh4 20. ~f2 't!fgS 21 .~e3
fi'h4 22.Wg1 b6 23.l:e2 cS
24.lLlc2 [24.lLlb5!? ~b5 25.cb5 l:ad8
(25... d5 26.fi'd5 l:ad8 27.'ifb3) 26.c4;!;]
24 ... ~a4! 2S.g4 tL:lt6 26 . ~f2 'i!t'h3
27.'ii't4 l:e6 28.fi'g3 'ii'g3 29 . ~ g3

.l:!dB 30 . .I:!ed2 tlld7 31.l:tc1 ~c2
32.l:tcc2 tLlbB 33.eS tllc6 34.l:td6
.l:!dd6 3S.ed6 8 36. 2 'iteB~
37.l:te2 tllaS 38.l:te6 fe6 39 .'~e3
tllc4 40.'itd3 bS 41. ~f2 tLleS
42.'ite4 tlld7 43.h4 aS 44.hS ~f7
4S.f4 tllf6 46. 3 tLld7 4 7 .gS b4
48.cb4 ab4 49.We4 es SO.g6 'ite6
SUeS c4! S2 . ~d4 tllb8 S3.'ite3
ILleS S4.d7 b3 SS.ab3 cb3 S6.Wd2
<;i;>d7 S7.e6 'ite6 S8 . ~g7 li:le7
S9.~h6 Y.!-112
Fahnenschmidt,Gerhard
Smejkai,Jan
Germany Bundesliga 1983/84
1.c4 eS 2.tllc3 tllf6 3.tLlf3 tllc6 4.d4
ed4 S.tlld4 ~b4 6. ~gS h6 7.~ h4
~c3 8.bc3 d6 9.f3 tlleS 1 O.e4 tllg6
11 . ~f2 0-0 12. ~e2 tllf4 13.0-0 tLld7
[ 13... ~e6? ! 14 .~h4) 14.'ith1 tLlcS
1 S . ~e3 tlle2 16.'it'e2 'it'e8 17.g4
[17.a4 a6 (17 ... tlla4? 18.tllb5+- ; 17... a5
18.tllb5; 17...~d7 18.a5 15 19.tllb5 ~b5
20.cb5 le4 21.~c5 dc5 22.fe4!) 18.a5 15=]
17 ... 1i:le4! 18.fe4 'it'e4 19.'it'f3
l:te8oo
20.'i!i'e4 [20.tllb5 ~d7 ! (20 ... 'i!i'c4
21.tLld4 ~g4 22.'it'g4 l:te3=i') 21.tllc7
~c6 + 22. e4? l:te4 - + ) 20 ... l:te4
21 .l:tae1 ~ g4 22 .~ h6?! [22 .~d2
.l:!ae8 23.l:te4 l:te4 24.l:tl4=) 22 .. Jle1
23.l:le1 cS! 24. ~g7 [24.tllb5 ~13
25.'itg1 gh6+; 24.l:tg1 15 25.h3 (2S.tll15?
~13-+) 2S ... cd4 (25 ...gh6? 26.tLJIS +-)
26.hg4 gh6 27.gl5 <;1;>17 28.cd4 l:tg8=i')
24 ... 'itg7 2S. l:tg1 fS ! 26.tLlfS 'itf6
27.l:tg4 Sf 28.l:tg7 'ite4 29.l:tg3
[29.l:tb7 'itd3 30.l:td7 'itc4 31 .l:td6 'itc3+ )
29...l:td8 30.'itg2 dS 31.cdS l:tdS
32.l:tf3 [ ~ 32.h4 l:td2 33.'ith3 l:ta2 34.hS
<;i;>!S 35 .l:tg7~ ] 32 ... c4 33.h4 l:thS
34.l:th3 4 3S.l:tt3 [35.'itf2 : as
(3S ... 'itg4 36.l:th1) 36.h5 l:ta2 (36 ...'itg4
37.l:th1 l:ta2 38.'ite3~) 37.'ite1]
3S ...'itg4 36.l:te3 l:th4 37.l:te7T
[37.l:te4 'iti>gS 38.l:th4 w h4 39.<;1;>13 bS
40.'ite4 'itg3 41.Wd4 <;1;>13 42.a4 ba4
(42 ...a6?! 43.abS abS 44.wc5 'ite4
4S.'itbS Wd5 46.'itb4 'itd6 47.wc4
~c6=) 43.~c4 aS 44.'iti>d3D=) 37... 4!
38.a4 [38.l:tb7 We4t) 38 ... b6 39. 2
l:th3 40.l:ta7 l:tc3 41 .'ite2 w e4
42.'itd2 l:tb3 43.'itc2 'itdS 44.l:ta8
'itcS
4S.aS? [4S.l:tc8 'itb4 46.l:tc6 l:tc3
47.'itb2 (47.w d1 =i') 47 ...bS 48.abS l:th3
49.b6 c3 SO.Wc1 'itb3 S1 .'itd1 l:th1
S2.'iti>e2 'itc2 S3.b7 (S3.we3 l:th4)
S3 ... l:tb1 S4.l:tc7 l:tb6 ss.we3=J
4S ... bS-+ 46. l:tc8 'itb4 47.a6 l:ta3
48.l:tc6 l:ta2 49.w b1 'itb3 SO.l:tg6
~ ~1
IYB/ 2-4S2J
Tai,Mikhail
Dvoretsky,Mark
W ijk aan Zee 1976 (10)
1.c4 eS 2.tllc3 tLlf6 3.tLlf3 tllc6 4.d4
ed4 S.tLld4 ~ b4 6.~gS h6 7. ~ h4
~c3 8.bc3 d6 9.f3 tLleS 10.e4 0-0
11.~e2 [11 .g4!?] 11 ... tllg6 12 .~f2 c6
[12 ... tlld7 13. d2 tLlb6 14.tllb3 ~e6
1S.c5 deS 16.tLlcS d2 17.o;f;>d2 l:tad8
18. ~d4 U ~c8 (18...~c4? 19.tllb7)
19.g3 (19.a4 IS (19 ... tll14 20.~11 tlle6)
20.aS tlld7? (20 .. .fe4) 21 .tlle6 cS 22.tlld8
l:td8 23.~e3±) 19 ...1S 20.'itc2 (20.eiS l:tiS
21. ~d3 (~ 21 .'iti>c2 l:tc5 22 .~c5 ~IS
23.'itb3± ) 21 ... l:tc5! 22 .~c5 ~IS 23 .~d4
~d3 24.'itd3 c5+) 20 ... 1e4 21.fe4 (21 .tlle4
~e6 22.14 ~15 (22... ~d5 23 .~d3 ~c4
Survey EO 8.9+10
24.tllc5; 22... ~c4 23. ~c4 tllc4 24.tllc5± )
23 .~d3;!; ) 21 ... l:td6 22.l:tae1 (22.l:thl1
l:te8 23.a4 as 24.l:tab1 ;!;) 22 ... l:te8
23.l:thl1 tLleS 24.~hS g6 25.~e2 tllbd7
26.tllb3 b6 27.tlld2 c5 28.tllc4 l:tde6
29.~es tlle5 30.tlle3 ~b7 =i' 31 .tlld5 l:tiB
ll!·ll! Botvinnik-Pirc, Moscow 193S -
YB/46-173) 13.'it'd2 dS 14.edS cdS
1S.O-O dc4 16 .~c4 ~d7 17.~b3
l:tc8 18.c4 a6 19.l:tfd1 [19.cS!?! )
19 ... 'ilfe7 20.l:te1 'ilfd6 21 .'ilr'c2 tllf4
22.l:tad1ttP l:tfe8 23.tLlfS [23.l:te8 l:te8
24.cS Wes~ ; 23.tlle6 'it'b8 (23... d5
24.tLlg7 l:te1 2S.l:te1 'itg7 (2S ... tllb4
26.l:td1 tllc2 27.l:td6 'itg7 28 .~c2 l:tc4
29. ~d4! ±) 26.'it'd1 ±) 24.tll14 "*'14
2S.c5! ) 23 ... l:te1 24. l:te1 ~fS 2S.'it'fS
l:te8?! [2S ... l:td8=) 26.l:te8 [26.l:td1?!
VJ/ic7 (26 ...tlle2 27.'ith1 ) 27.cS l:teS
28.'it'c2 l:tgS (28 ... tlle2 29.o;f;>l1 ; 28... l:te2
29.'i!i'c4f) 29.~g3 l:tc5 30."ii'd2 g5oo]
26 ... tlle8 2H We4! [27.cS 'it'l6 28.-.-16
tll16 29. ~c4 ;!; tP] 27 ... tllf6 28.'it'b7
'Wid3 29."ii'b4? [29.'it'e7?? tlle2 30.WI1
tllg3- + ; 29.h3± 'ith7 (29... e2 30.o;f;>h2
'i!i'd6 31 .g3± ) 30."~'17 "ii'b1 31.o;f;>h2 'it'b2
(31..."ii'l1 32 .~c2 o;f;>h8 33."ii'18 tllg8
34.'ilr'l4+-) 32.'i!i'a7]
29 ... tlle4!! ~ 30.fe4 [30."ii'e1? tlle2
31 .o;f;>h1 tll12 32.-.-12 "ii'b1 -+) 30...'it'e4
31 .'i!i'b8 ~ h7 32 .~c2 0 -.wc2 33.'it'f4
'it'd1 34. ~e1 -.we1 3S.'it'f1 'it't1
[35 ... -.we3 36.o;f;>h1 ~g6 37.h3 IS=)
36. 1 Wg6 37.g4 'itf6 38.'ite2
'iteS 39.w e3 as 40.h4 (40.a4 g6 41 .h4
IS 42.giS (42.hS? 14-+) 42 ... <;1;>15! (42 ... gl5
43.h5± ) 43.'itd4 'ite6+ ; 43 ... g5 44.hgS
hgS=) 40 ... a4 41 .a3 [41 ... gS 42.hgS hgS
43.c5! (43.Wd3 IS 44.gl5 'itiS 45.'ite3
w eS-+) 43 ...'itdS 44.c6! 'itc6 45.we4
'it;>cS 46.'itiS 'it;>c4 47.'it;>g5 'it;>b3 48.<;1;>16
w a3 49.g5=; 41 .h5? a3 42.o;f;>d3 gS!
43.'itc3 15- + ) Y.!-112
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 Zinn,Lothar
Broberg,Horst
Potsdam ch·DDR 1974 (12)
1.c4 eS 2.l!:lc3 lLlf6 3.lLlf3 lLlc6 4.d4
ed4 S.lLld4 ~ b4 6. ~gs h6 7.~ h4
~c3 8.bc3 d6 9.f3 lLJeS 10.e4 lLlg6
11.~f2 0-0 12.1!fd2 lLld7 13.~e2
lLlcS 14.0-0 1!ff6 1S.l:%fd1 a6
16.l:%ab1 lLlf4 17. ~f1 ~d7 18.lLlfS!
lLlte6 [18 ... ~1S 19.eiS -.Is 20.g4 'l!fes
21.~d4 'tfgS 22.h4+- J 19.~d4 'tfgS
20.-.f2 lLlf4 21 .g3 lLlfe6 22.~g2
~c6? (22 ... b6i]
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li li ~ 37 .. .l%d7 38.l:%d7 ~d7 39.<i;c3
23.h4! 'ifd8 24.eS? [24.lLlg7! lLlg7
25.~+- 1 24.•.lLld4 25.'ii'd4 'ifd7?!
[25 ...lLle6 26.'ifg4-+] 26. . 3 [26.lLlg7±;
26....g4 g6 27.lLlh6 <i;h7 28....g5±]
26.. .<~h7 [26 ...lLle6 27....e3f] 27.ed6
lLle6 28.ft'd3 g6 29.'iVe3! gfS 30~fS
<i;g7 31 .l:%d4 [31.'itfe5 <i;gB 32.1i'16 :tea
33.'t!fh6 16 34.l:%d4+-] 31 .•• hS 32.1!feS
f6 [32 ...<J;ga 33.1!fl6+-] 33.'t!fe6 'l!fe6
34.~e6 cd6 [34 ... l:%fe8 35~d5 c:d6
36.~c6 bc6 37.l:%d6 l:%e3 38.l:%c6 l:%13±]
35.l:%d6 l:%ad8 36.l:%bd1 l:%d6 37.l:%d6
~13 38.9;12 ~e4?! [38 ... ~c6 39.~d5
~ds 40cdS :ca 41 .lld7 <J;Q6 42.llb7 llc3
43.d6±J 39. 3 ~b1 40.cs : ea
41 .<i;d4+- 1-0
Cafferty,Bernard
Portisch,Lajos
Teeside 1972 (11)
1.c4 eS 2.lLlc3 lLlf6 3.lLlf3 lLlc6 4.d4
ed4 S.lLld4 ~ b4 6. ~gS ~c3 7.bc3
h6 8. ~h4 d6 9.13 lLleS 10.e4 lLlg6
11 .~f2 0-0 12.'t!fd2 ~e6 13. ~e2
lLleS 14.lLle6 [1 4.c5 ~c4 1S.cd6 'iVd6
(1S ... ~e2? 16.de7 'l!fe7 17.lLle2 l:%1d8
18.~d4± ; 1S ... cd6 16.lLJIS (16.0-0 dS
17. ~g3 ~e2 18.'i+'e2 l:%e8=) 16... ~e2
17.'iVe2 dS 18. ~d4oo) 16.14 lLleg4!
228
(16 ... lLle4? 17.feS 'ii'eS (17 ... 1fa3
18.1!fe1) 18.1i'e3±) 17.eS 'it'dS 18.el6
~e2 19.lLle2 Wg2+] 14.. .fe6 1S.O·O
(1S.c5 dS (1S ... lLleg4? 16.fg4 lLJe4 17.'it'e3
lLlt2 18.0-0!+-; 1S ... tllhS) 16.edS llldS
(16 ... edS 17.0-0 c6 18.l:%ab1 i) 17.~g3
(17.0-0 lLJ14 18.l:%1d1 'ii'gS 19 .~g3 l%ad8f)
17...'t!fl6 18.1!fd4 lLlc6 19.'it'l6 l%16
20 .~bS= lLJe3? 21. ~c6 bc6 22 .~eS+ -]
1S... b6oo 16.~e3 [16.a4 aS] 16... 1!fe8
17.a4 aS [17 ... Wc6 18.eS!? deS
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19... 1!fa4? 20.~bS 'Wa3 21. l:%a1 lLJe4
(21...1!fb3 22.l:%fb1+-) 22.l%a3 (22.fe4?!
l%11 23.%%11 c4oo) 22 ...llld2 23 .~d2 ±]
19.~f4 tllfd7 20. ~g3 1!fe7 21 .l%fd1
[21.14! lLlg6 (21...lllf7 22.eS±) 22 .~e4 t]
21 ... 1%ad8 22.1!fa2 c4 23.l%d2 hS
24.l%ad1 [24.h4 gS! 2S.hgS WgS-+]
24.•• h4 2S .~es lLJeS 26.l:%d8 l:%d8
27.l%d8 'ii'd8 28 .~c4 'iVd1 29.<i;f2
lllc4 [29 ... gs 30.~e6 <i;g7 31.'it'dS
(31 .1!fe2?? lLld3 32.<i;e3 'it'e2 33.<i;e2
lLJI4; 31.~b3 '*'e1 !1!1) 31...We2:f]
30.'i!rc4 1!fd6 31.<i;e3 !.1!-Y.!
Lehmann,Heinz
Kavalek,Lubomir
Marianske Lazne 1965 (1)
1.c4 eS 2.lLlc3 lLlf6 3.lLlf3 lLJc6 4.d4
ed4 S.lLld4 ~ b4 6. ~gS h6 7.~h4
~c3 8.bc3 d6 9.f3 lLJeS 10.e4 lLJg6
11 .~f2 0-0 12.'i!rd2 lLld7 13. ~e2
lllb6 14.a4! [14.l:%d1 lLleS 1S.c5 deS
16.lllb3=] 14... lLleS 1S.aS! lLlbc4
16.W a2 cS [16 ... dS 17.edS 'i!fd5 18.0-Q!f;
18.14 Wg2 (18 ... ~g4? 19.feS ~e2
20.1!fe2±) 19.l:%g1 't!fh2 (1 9... lLld3
20.~d3 l%e8 21 .lLle2+-; 19... 'l!fh3
20.l:%g3 'li'h2 21.fe5 llle5 22.'l!fd5-)
20.feS lLleSoo] 17.~c4 [17.lLle2 ~e6
18.'t!fb1 '*'g5+] 17... cd4 18.cd4 lllc4
19.'ifc4 dS! 20.1!fdS 'iWdS 21 .edS
l:%d8 22 .~d2 l%dS 23.l:%hb1i a6
24.l%b4 l%a7
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26.l%e7 ~c6 27.l:%e8 <i;h7 28.<i;c3±)
26.l:%cSi ] 2S ...~d7 26.l%eS ~c6=
27.l%ds ~dS 28.l%b6 : aa 29.l%d6
~c6 30.dS ~ bS 31.h4 hS 32.g4
hg4 33.fg4 l%e8 34. ~e3 f6 3S.gS
fgS 36.hgS l%e7 37 . ~d4 [37.g6 l%d7=]
40.<i;b4 g6 41.<i;cS <i;e8 42.<i;b6
~bS 43.<i;b7 <i;d7 !.1!-Y.!
Lengyei,Levente
Spassky,Boris
Amsterdam izt 1964 (1 6)
1.c4 eS 2.lllc3 lllc6 3.lLlf3 lLlf6 4.d4
ed4 S.lLld4 ~ b4 6. ~gS h6 7.~h4
~c3 8.bc3 d6 9.f3 lLleS 10.e4 lllg6
11 . ~f2 0-0 12.'\Wd2 c6 13. ~e2
[13.l:%d1 !? d5 14.lLlb3 l%e8 (14...'ii'e7?
1S .~c5±) 1S.cdS ( 1S .~e2 'flc7 (1S ... 'it'e7
16 .~c5 'ii'c7 (16... eS 17.~d4 1!fe7
(17... 'it'l4; 17... 'i!rg5) 18.cdS cd5 19 .~c5
'it'e5oo) 17.cdS cdS 18.edS? lLldS+)
16.~g3) 1S ... cdS 16.~bS ~d7 17 .~d7
't!fd7 18.0·0 (18.c4? l%ad8 19.cdS lLle4
20.fe4 l%e4 21 .<;t;>l1 lLJI4-+) 18... l:%ad8=]
13... dS 14.edS cdS 1S.O-O ~d7
16.l%ab1 b6 17.l:%fe1 l%e8 18.~ g3
dc4 (18... lLleS 19.cdS lLld5 20.~a6±]
19. ~c4 l:%e1 20.l%e1 ;!; ~a4 1 [20 ... l%c8
21. ~b3i] 21.'ii'd3 [21 .'t!fe2 d7; 21 .a3
: ca 22.'it'a2 1!fd7=] 21 ...l%c8 22. ~e6!
(22.'f!g6 l:%c4=] 22 .. .fe6 23.1!fg6 ~ea
24.'\Wb1 ~f7 2S.'it'b2 [25.~es l2ld7
26 .~g7 ~g7 27.l%e6 l:%c5; 2S.lLlbS a6
26.lLld6 l%c3 27 .~es l%c6 (27 ... l%c5?
28.lLlb71±) 28.lLle4\1!1] 2S... 'it'dS
26.lLlbS W cs 27. ~f2 [27.<i;h1 lLld5

(27 ... a6 28.~d6 'irc3 29.'irb6±) 28.~d6
• c4 (28 ... -.c6 29 .~a7 (29.~e5i)
29 ... -.c3=) 29.~e5i ] 27 ... 'ire7
28. • b4 W'b4 29.cb4 ~d5= 30.a3
a6 31 .~d6 l:lc6 32 . ~g3 l:lc2
33.~e5 ~g6 34 . ~g3 ~17 35 . ~e5
8 36.l:le4 1--2-Y.!
Koblents,Aiexander
Suetin,Aiexey
Riga ch·LAT 1962
1.c4 eS 2. ~c3 ~f6 3. ~f3 c6 4.d4
ed4 (4... e4!? 5.~g5? ! (5 .~d2 ! ? ) 5...h6!
6. ~ge4 ~e4 7 .~e4 'irh4=] 5.~d4 ~b4
6. ~g5 h6 [6 ... ~c3 7.bc3 h6 (7... ~e5
8.14 ~g6 (8... ~c4? 9.e4 ~e3 10.'ire2
~11 11 .e5 0·0 12.~15 +-; 12 .<~11 h6
13.~16 +-) 9.g3 h6 10. ~16 'it'f6 11.~g2
0·0 12.0.() d6;!;) 8 .~c6 bc6 9.~h4 0.()
10.'ird4 d6 (10... g5 11.~g3 d6 12.c5 dc5
(12... d5? 13.h4 g4 14. ~c7 'ire? 15.'irf6 ± )
13.'ird8 l:ld8 14 .~c7i) 11.c5i ] 7.~h4
~c3 [7...~e5 8.W'b3 ~c5 9.().0-0 ~96
10.~g3 0·0 11 .e3 ~h5 12 .~e4 ~g3
13.hg3 ~d4 14.l:ld4 d6 15.c5;!; Salov·
lllescas Cordoba, Madrid 1995] 8.bc3 d6
9.f3 [9.c5!?] 9 ... ~e5 1 O.e4 ~ g6
11 .~f2 0-0 12.'ird2 (12 .~e2? 1 ~14]
12 ... l:le8 13. ~e2 (13.0·0-0!? a6 14 .<~b2
b5 15.c5 dc5 (15 ... d5 16.~c6 'it'd? 17.ed5
~7 18. ~b4± A 18 ...~d5 19. ~d5 l:lad8
20.~16 +-) 16.~ b3 Wd2 17.l:ld2 c4
18 . ~a5~] 13...~h5 14.g3 (14 . ~e3! ?
W'h4 15.g3 'ire? ( 15...~g3!? 16.~12 ~e4
17.1e4 'ire4 18.0-().0oo) 16.g4 ~16
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17.0·0-0oo; 17.h4? ~g4 ! 18.fg4 'it'e4 ..... ]
14... ~e5 15.g4 ~f6
16.h3? [White loses a tempo. 16.h4 ..... ;
16.0.().()t] 16 ... ~e6 17.l:lg1 [17.14 ~e4
(17...~c4 18. ~e6 ~d2 19.~d8 ~de4
20.~b7 ~c3+) 18.We3 ~12 19.'irl2
~c4 - + ; 17 .~e6 l:le6 18.0·0-0oo]
17...~ h7 (1 7... ~c4 18.g5 h7 (18 ... hg5
19.'it'g5 g6 20.~c4 ~c4 21.'irh6oo;
21.~h4 ~e4oo) 19.gh6 g6 20.0·0-0oo;
17... ~c4? 18.~e6 d2 19 .~d8±] 18.h4
( 18 .~e6 l:te6 19.h4oo; 19.0.().() ~g5
20.l:lg3 'it'f6 21.'ire3 ~g6 + ] 18... ~c4
19.0-0-0 cS 20. ~ b3? (20.~15 'ira5t
21.~d6 ! ? (21. ~c4 ~c4 22.W'c2 l:le6
23.g5 'ira3 (23 ...d5) 24.<ot>b1 hg5 25.hg5
d5-) 21... l:lad8 22 .~c4 l:ld2 23.~a5 l:te2
24.~g3 (24.l:td2 l:td2 25.~d2 ~13 -+)
24 ... ~13+] 20 ... 'ii'e7?1 [20 ... ~e2
21.'ire2 c4 22 .~d4 ~d3 23.~b1 d5 ..... ]
21 .g5 ~e2 22.'ire2 hS :f: 23 .~ g3
~fB (23 ... a5 24.a4 b5! 25.ab5 a4 26.~a1
a3t] 24.l:ld5 b6 25. l:lgd1 l:lad8
Survey EO 8.9+10
26. ~d2 ~fg6 27.~f1 'irc7
28. ~e3~ ~e7 29.l:l5d2 c4 30.~e5
deS 31.l:ld8? (31 .'irc4 _.c4 32 .~c4=]
31 ... l:ld8 32.l:ld8 W'dB 33.W'c4
'ii'd7? [33...~g6! 34 .~15 ~h4 !-+]
34.'ii'a6 ~h7 35 ..-a3 (35. ~c2 ~g6
36 . ~15 ~14=1=] 35 ...~g6 36 .~f5 ~gB
[36 ... 'ird3+) 37.~c2 ~f4 38.c4 ~e6'1'
39.'ire7 ~d4 (39 ...W'a4 40 . ~b2 c5
41 .'ird8 ~h7 42 .~e7 'ii'b4 43 .~c2 'irc4
44 .~d2 'ird4 (44 ... W'a2? 45.~e3)
45.'ird4 ed4 46 . ~c6oo] 40 . ~ d3 'it'e7
41 .~e7 8 42. cB ~f3 43. ~a7
~ h4 44. ~c8 ~f3 45.g6 fg6 [45 ... h4
46 . ~e3 ~d2 47 .~ b6 h3 48. d7 ~e7
49.gf7 ~c4 50.~12 c;W 51.~g3=]
46. ~e3 ~d4 47 .~ b6 ~e7 48.c5 g5
49.~c4 ~c6 50.a4 ~d7 51 . g4
52 .~g3 gS 53 .~b6 (53.a5 ~c7 54.a6
~b8] 53... ~e6 54.lL>c 4 ~e7 55.a5
~d7 56.a6 ~c7 57. b6 WbB
58. ~d7 w a7 59.lL>f6 h4 60. ~g4
w as 61 .~ h7 Y.!-1--2
229
 En
Symmetrical Variation EO 34.3 (A35)

A Variation from Three Openings

by Alexey Kuzmin (special contribution by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave)

1. c4 c5 allows Black to retreat hi knight

2. ttJf3 tLlc6 with gain of tempo: 8 ...tLlb6
3. t2Jc3 g6 9 ...tb3 ..Q..g7 10.0-0 0-0 .
4. e3 ttJf6
5.
6.
d4
ed4
cd4
d5
:i .i.'it' .~.

.t'it'• .t K
'' ~ ''~ · '
' ~~
tLJ tLJ
~~ ~~~
: .i'if~jL l:l
A pecial feature of thi variation
i that it can ari e from three
completely different openings:
the Engli h Opening the Caro-
Kann Defence ( l.e4 c6 2.d4 d5
3.ed5 cd5 4.c4 t2Jf6 5.t2Jc3 t2Jc6
6.t2Jf3 g6) and even the Griinfeld
Defence, and after the three main
fir t move l .e4, l .c4 and l.d4.
It i intere ting that for the
Caro-Kann move order 6 .. .g6 i
a very rare continuation. The
diagram position ari e more
often from the Engli h Opening.
7.cd5
7 ...Q..g5 i not dangerou ; in reply
Black should play 7 ... ..Q..e6!
(Laznicka-Dorninguez Perez
Havana 20 12).
7 •.. t2Jd5
The main continuation i 8.'ir'b3.
The knight can al o be attacked
by the bi hop 8 ...Q..c4, but this
''
~~
i.l .i. .l
'
In thi s variation the situation is
analogou to the move 6 ... g6. In
the Caro-Kann or the English
move order 8 ...tc4 i not popular,
but the po ition after Black'
1Oth. move often occurs from the
Griinfeld Defence!
l.d4 t2Jf6 2.c4 g6 3.tLlc3 d5
4.t2Jf3 ..Q..g7 5.e3 0-0 6.cd5 tLld5
7 ...Q..c4 tLlb6 8 ...tb3 c5 9.0-0 cd4
10.ed4 t2Jc6.
Here the Griinfeld Indian meets
up with the Caro-Kann!
ll.d5 ttJa5
Maxlme Vachler-Lagrave
The main po ition of the 8 ...tc4
variation.
White has tried a number of
moves, but they have been un -
able to et Black any eriou
problems.
The mo t popular continuation
12.l:tel occurred in Vachier-
Lagrave-Nepomniach rchi , Wijk
aan Zee 2011 and Ehlvest-
Kamsky Philade lphi a 20 I 0.
The occa ionall y occurring
12...ig5 i aJso not dangerous.
ln my view, 12.h3!?, preventing
the planned development of the
black bi hop, i more intere t-
ing. Thi move was succe sfu lly
employed in Potkin-A iexeev
Ru ian Chan1pionship 20 12. Of
cour e, Black could have played
much more accurately than in the
game, but in any ca e the re ult-
ing po itions are quite compli -
cated and a yet unexplored .

230

Defending the Knight
Let us return to the main varia-
tion .
8. b3
ow the naturaJ capture 8...tbc3
runs into 9 ..tc4!, while 8... tbb6
1 i bad becau e of 9 .d5. For a long
time the e two factors gave the
po ition after Black ixth's
move a poor reputation ...
8... e6!
The defence of the knight with
the e-pawn after ...g7-g6 does
not look ae thetically too attrac-
tive, but now is the ti me for a
concrete approach.
Not Dangerous
7 .~ g5 ~ e6
Laznicka,Viktor
Dominguez Perez,Leinier
Havana 2012 (6)
1.tt:lf3 cS 2.c4 tt:lc6 3.lt:lc3 g6 4.e3
lllf6 5.d4 cd4 6.ed4 d5 7 .~g5 ~e6!
!7...tt:le4?1 8.cd5 lllc3 9.bc3 'ifd5
10.11i'b3!] 8.~f6 !8.c5 ~g7 9 .~b5 o-o
Thi move drew attention after
the game Ga hirnov-Topalov,
Nanjing, 2010. True after9 ..tg5,
Veselin made a poor re pon e
9 ... f6?! , but the next year thi
variation appeared in the opening
repertoires of Anand, Leko,
Nepomniachtchi and others.
White has two main pos ibili-
tie : 9..tg5 and 9..tb5. Other
conti nuations are not at all dan-
gerou .
The correct reply to 9..tg5 i
9....te7! Bocharov-Nepomn-
iachtchi Aeroflot Open 2012,
ended in a draw after 10•.th6
~f8 ll.~gS ~e7 . Of cour e,
White could have exchanged the
dark- quare bi hop , but this
would ha.rdJy have given any se-
riou chance of exploiting the
Ught weakening of Black's
king ide - fo r the attacking plan
with h2-h4 the queen i badly
placed on b3.
After 10.~h6 , apart from
IO ....t£8 Black has the interest-
ing po ibiUty 10...a6, prepar.ing
ll...'ifb6 - ee Wang Yue-Zhou
Jianchao, Zaozhuang 20 12.
The econd continuation is more
dangerous for Black: 9..tb5
.tg7 10..tg5 ( IO.tbe5 or 10.0-0
doe not pose any problems at
all) 10... b6. ow White pre-
vent Black from castling by
ll.'ti'a3 f6 12.~d5 edS 13..tc6
bc6 14.0-0 <;f;>f7 .
10.D-O tt:le4t; 8.'i!t"b3 tt:la5 9.'i!t"b4 tt:lc4
10 .~c4 dc4 11.'i!t"b7 ~g7oo] 8 ... ef6
9. ~e2 ~g7 !9 ... ~ 10.c5 ~c3 11 .bc3
0·0 12.llld2 tt:la5 13.0-0 b6= Teterev-
Kryvoruchko, Rogaska Slatina It 2011]
10.0-0 0-0 11 .'i!t"a4 l11 .11i'd2 dc4!?
(11 ...l:te8) 12.d5 tOeS 13.tt:le5 fe5 14 .~c4
~IS 1S.d6 1t'h4<= Speelman-Kortchnoi,
Reykjavik 1988 - YBIS1 -177] 11 .• .f5
12.l:tfd1 1~ 12.l:tad1 =] 12... ~d7
Survey EO 34.3
Black's position looks omewhat
uneasy, but with accurate play he
olves hi problem .
Nepomniachtchi continued
15..tf4 against Leko (Sochj
20 12), but Peter demon trated an
accurate way to equaUze:
15 .. .l:re8 16 ..td6 a6!=.
15.l:rfe11 eads to tactical compli-
cation , but after the acceptance
of the piece sacrifice - 15 .•. · !
16. e3 fgS White wa unable to
achjeve more than a draw in
Potkin-Nepomniachtchi, Ha-
vana 20 12.
Conclusion
The po ition in the fir t diagram ,
which, a we have seen can arise
from djfferent move orders and
openings, looks at pre ent to be
defensively ound for Black.
White needs to find new po i-
bilities for etting opening prob-
lems, or to eekalternativeway.
I think that the discu ion will be
continued ...
l12 ... a6!?] 13.'i!t"a3 dc4 14. ~c4 l:tc8 t
15 . ~t1 1t'e7 ps ... a6! ? 16.l:tac1 l:te8
17.dS tOeS 18.tt:leS ~eS'f] 16.1t'e7
tt:len 17.tt:lb5 ~bs 18.~b5 l:ttd8
19.l:tac1 l19.~a4~] 19 ... ~ h6 l19 ... l:tc1
20.l:tc1 a6 21 .~a4 ~d4 22.l:tc7 bS
23.llld4 tt:ldS 24.l:tcS lllb6 2S .~b3 l:td4f]
20.l:tc8 tOeS 21 .~a4 llld6 22.tt:le5
l:tc8 23 . ~ b3 l:tc1 24.l:tc1 ~c1
25.tt:ld3 V2· ¥.!
231
 Cabrilo,Goran
Kovacevic,Aieksandar
Jahorina tt 2012 (6)
1.tt:lf3 c5 2.c4 tt:lc6 3.e3 tt:lf6 4.d4
cd4 5.ed4 d5 6.tt:lc3 g6 7 .~g5 ~e6
8 .~f6 ef6 9.a3?1 [9.c5 ~g7 (9 ... ~h6 !?
10.~5 0·0= Ojurovic-Bukal, Zagreb 2008)
10 .~b5 0·0 11.h3 15 (11...a6!? 12 .~c6 bc6
13. ~d2 ~15 14.0·0 ~e4oo) 12.'ilfd2
tt:la5!? (12... h6?! (Melia-Lupulescu,
Gibraltar 2012) 13.0·0 g5 14.%tle1;!;) 13.0·0
a6 14 .~e2 tt:lc6oo; 9.cd5 ~d5 10. ~b5
~h6=; 9.'ilfb3?! ~b4 ! 10.c5 ~g4f
Mikadze-Batsiashvili, Batumi Wch rapid
2012) 9 ...~g7 10 . ~e2?! [10.'ilfb3! 0·0
11 .cd5 tt:la5 12 .~a2 ~g4!1!?) 10... 0-0
11 .0-0 [~ 11 .c5'1') 11...f5+ 12.~ a4
dc4 13.d5 ~d5 14.tt:ld5 'iWd5
15. ~c4 'iWd6 16.%tad1 'iWc7 17.%td2
%tad8 18.%tfd1 %td2 19.%td2 ~f6
20 . ~e2 n ea 21.'ilfd1 %te7 22.b4
~g7 23. ~f1 h5 24.%tc2?! [24.%td5 h4
25.g3+) 24 .•. %td7 25.%td2 %td2
26.'i!fd2 tt:ld8 27.tt:le1 tt:le6 28.tt:lc2
h4 29. d3 b6 30.tfc4 e5
31. e2 'ilfb2 32.g3 'ilfc1 33.'it;•g2?
tt:lg5-+ [33 ... 14!-+] 34.f3 'iWb2
35.'i!fd3 tt:le6 36. ~e2 ~e5 37. ~
't!i'c1 38.f4? [38. ~11) 38 ... 'i!fh1 0-1
Attacking the Knight
8 ...Q.c4
Vojinovic,Jovana
Cmilyte,Viktoria
Gaziantep W 2012 (3)
1.tt:lf3 c5 2.c4 tt:lc6 3.tt:lc3 g6 4.e3
tt:lf6 5.d4 cd4 6.ed4 d5 7.cd5 tt:ld5
8 . ~c4 tt:lb6 9. ~b5 ~g7 10.0-0 0-0
11. ~c6 bc6 12 . ~f4 [12.h3 ~e6
13.~14 tt:ld5 14 .~e5 16!? 15...Q.g3 tt:lc3
16.bc3 %te8 17.%te1 ~17= Svidler-Smeets,
Germany Bundesliga 2009/10) 12 ... ~g4
13.%te1 n ea 14.~e5 ~h6 [14...~e5! ?
15.de5 't!i'd1 16.%tad1 %ted8=] 15.h3 ..Q.t5
16. e2 tt:ld5oo 17. c4 %tc8
18 .~g3 tt:lf4 19.tt:le5 ~e6 20.'ilfa4
tt:lh5 21. ~ h2 't!i'b6 22.tt:ld3 ~f5
23.tt:le4 %tcd8 24.tt:ldc5 't!i'b2
25.tt:lb3? [25.~e5 ~e4 26.tt:le4 't!i'b5
27.'iJia7 tt:l14oo] 25 ... ~e4 [25 ... ~141+)
26. %te4 tt:lf6 27.%tee1 't!i'c2'1'
28.'tWa7?! [28. ~a6) 28 ... %ta8 29.'tWb7
232
%ta2 30.%ta2 'i!fa2 31 . ~e5 tt:le4
[31...'t!i'a8+) 32.%tf1 'iWc2 [32 ... tt:lf2!+)
33.tt:la5 [33.tt:lc5!=) 33 ... tt:ld2!+
34.'tWd7 ~f8 35. %ta1 ?? [35.tt:lb7)
35 ...~c3! -+ 36. %ta2 't!i'c1 37 . ~ h2
f6 38.~c7 tt:lf1 39 .~g1 'i!fb1
40.%ta3 tt:lg3 41. ~h2 e2 42.h4
't!i'g1 43.'wt>h3 h1 0-1
Kogan,Artur
Laketic,Gojko
Alimini 2011 (4)
1.c4 c5 2.tt:lc3 tt:lc6 3.tt:lf3 g6 4.e3
tt:lf6 5.d4 cd4 6.ed4 d5 7.cd5 tt:ld5
8 ...Q.c4 tt:lb6 9 .~b3 ~g7 1 o. ~e3
[10.0-0 0-0 (10... tt:ld4?! 11 .tt:ld4 't!i'd4
12.'i!fd4 ~d4 13.tt:lb5f) 11.d5 tt:la5]
10... 0·0 11.d5 [11 .h3?! tt:la5 12 .~c2
tt:lac4 (12... ~e6!?) 13 .~c1 tt:ld5t Wohl·
Zelcic, Schwarzach 2011) 11...tt:la5
12. ~d4 tt:lb3 13.ab3
13... e5! 14. ~ c5 %te8 15.0-0 e4'!'
16.~ b6?! [16.tt:le1 ) 16...'i!fb6 17. d2
~f5?! [17 ... e3! 18.tt:lc4 ef2 19.%112 'i!fc5
20.l:la5 'i!fd4+] 18.tt:lc4 'ilfd8 19.d6oo
~c3?! [19 ...'t!i'd7] 20.bc3 b5?
[20 ... 'i!fl6 21.'i!fd2;!;] 21.tt:le3 ~e6
22.c4 a5 23.c5 %tc8? 24.'t!i'd4+ -
~d7 25.tt:ld5 %te6 26.tt:lb6 1·0
Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime
Nepomniachtchi,lan
Wijk aan Zee 2011 (12)
1.d4 tt:lf6 2.c4 g6 3.tt:lc3 d5 4.tt:lf3
~g7 5.e3 0-0 6.cd5 tt:ld5 7. ~c4
tt:lb6 [7 ... tt:lc3 8.bc3 c5 9.0-0) 8. ~b3 c5
9.0-0 cd4 10.ed4 tt:lc6 [10 ... ~g4 11 .d5
tt:l8d7 12.h3 ..Q.I3 13.'t!i'l3 tbc5 14.ttda]
11.d5 [RR 11. ~e3 tt:la5 12...Q.c2 tt:lac4
13.'tWe2 ~g4= Opocensky-Tolush,
Leningrad 1946) 11...tt:la5 12.%te1
[ 12 .~e3 ..Q.g4 13.h3 ~13 14.'iWI3 ~c3
15.bc3 tt:lb3 16 .~b6 tt:ld2 17.'i!fd3 't!i'b6
18.'t!fd2 't!fc5= Alexandrov-Riazantsev,
Plovdiv Ech 2012) 12 ... ~ g4 13.h3 ~f3
14.'t!i'f3 %te8 15 .~e3 ..Q.c3! [15 ... tt:lb3
16.ab3 ~c3 17. ~6! 'I\Wb6 18.bc3 e6?!
(18...'t!i'b3 19.%tab1 c4 20.%tb7 -
Ehlvest-Kamsky, Philadelphia 2010) 19.de6
%te6 20.%te6 fe6 21 .c4±) 16.bc3?!
[16...Q.b6!? 't!i'b6! 17.bc3 'ijt'l6!? 18.'1\We3
n ac8 19.%tac1 a6 20.c4 b6 21. ~a4 l:!ed8
22.c5 'ijt'h4 23...Q.b3 bc5 24.%tc5 %tc5
25.'ijt'c5 tt:lb3 26.ab3 %td6=) 16... tt:lb3
17...Q.b6 tt:ld2! 18.'t!i'd3 'iWb6
19.'1\Wd2= 't!i'c5 [19 ... %tad8 20.c4 e6
21 .%tad1 'iWc5 22.%te4 ed5 23.%te8 %te8
24.cd5 'ijt'd6) 20. %te4 %tad8 21 .c4 f5?
[21 ... e5! 22.%tb1 !? 15 23.%tee1 b6 24.%tec1
%tc8 25.%tb3t; 21...b5?? 22.'ijt'h6 bc4
23.%th4+-] 22.%te5! 'I\Wc4 23.%tc1
23 ... '!Wa6 [23...'1\WM 24.%tc7 'i!fl6
25.'i!fe3± ; RR 23...'i!fb5 24.'1\Wd4 (24.%tce1
e6!=) 24 ... 'i!fb6 25.'i!fb6 ab6 26.%tc7 %td6=
A.Kuzmin) 24. %tce1 'I\Wd6 [24 ... e6
25.'1\We3 %td6 26.de6 't!fa2 27.h4 b5 28.h5
b4 29.h6 %te7 30.g3 6 31 .'t!i'g5 (30.'i!fg5?
%tde6 31 .%te6 %te6 32. d8 Wf7 33. d7
~16 34.'ijt'd4 ~g5 !) 30... a4 31 . c5
't!fc6 32.'t!i'b4±; 24... 16 25.%te6 'i!ff7
26.'1\Wb4! b6 27. b5 ~18 28.~c6+-J
25.h4! %td7 [25 ... ~g7 26.h5 't!fl6
27.%te6 't!fl7 28.'1\WgS %td7 29.d6+- ;
25 ... %118? 26. %te7 dS 27.'t!i'h6 %117
28.%te8; RR 25...'t!i'l6 26.%te6 'ii'f7 27.h5±
A.Kuzmin] 26.h5 gh5 [26 ...~g7 27.%te6!
'i!fdS 28.%te7+-] 27.%tf5 [27.%te6? 'ijt'd5
28.'i!fg5 ~ h8oo] 27 ... e5 28.tfg5 %tg7
[28 ... 't!i'g6 29.%tle5! 'li'gS 30.%tg5 ~
31 .%te8 ~e8 32.%th5+-) 29.'i!fh5 l:!ge7
[RR 29 ... 'iJig6± A.Kuzmin] 30.'t!i'f3! [6
31 .%116) 30 ... %tg7 [30 ... e4 31.%tg5 %tg7
32.%te4 %te4 33.%tg7 'iti>g7 34.'1\We4+ - ]
31. %tf6 + - d8 [31...'1Wb4 32.%te4 'I\Wd2

33.d6+-J 32.d6 e4 33.1t'f5 l:td7
34.l:te31 l:td6 35.l:tg3 <;i;>h8 36.l:tg71
!36 ...<;i;>g7 37.l:tf7 <;i;>g8 38.1t'h7X; 36.l:t17
llh6; 36.llh3 l:tdl 37.<;i;>h2 'We? 38.l:tf7
'We5 39.'i'e5 l:te5 40.llhh7 <;i;>g8 41 .llfg7
<;i;>IS 42.llb7+-] 1-0
Yachier-Lagrave
M/ 11-2-27
Ehlvest,Jaan
Kamsky,Gata
Philadelphia 2010 (9)
1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.ed5 cd5 4.d4
tt:lf6 5.tt:lc3 g6 6.cd5 tt:ld5 7. ~c4
tt:lb6 8. ~ b3 ~g7 9.tt:lf3 0-0 10.0-o
tt:lc6 11.d5 tt:la5 12.l:te1 tt:lb3
13.ab3 I13.'Wb3 l:te8 (13... ~c3
14.Wc3!? (14.bc3 W'd5 15.lle7 ~e6=)
14... tt:ld5 15.'*'d4 tt:ll6 16.Wh4oo) 14 . ~e3
~15 15.h3 (15.l:tadl ~g4 ! =) 15... ~d3;:t ]
13... ~g4 !13... ~c3 14.bc3 'ifd5 15.Wd5
tt:ld5 16.c4 tt:lb4 17.lle7.t] 14.h3 ~f3
15.Wf3 l:te8 16. ~e3 ~c3 17. ~b6
'Wb6 18.bc3 W'b3
19.l:tab1 l19.l:teb1 !? Wc4 20.l:tb7 'ireS!
(20...a5 21.d6! ed6 22.l:ta4! 'i'e6 23.l:te4!
'i'a2 24.l:tl4 t) 21 .Wd3 l:teb8 22.l:taa7
'ira? 23.lla7 l:ta7 2Hi c4 l:td7 25.'ifc5
J:lbb7 26.c4 l:tdc7=] 19... 'i'a3 20.l:tb7
J:lac8 21.l:te3 'i'c5= 22.l:td7 l:tc7
23.'i'g4 l:td7 24.'- d7 8 25.d6
• d6 26.'i'a7 111-111
Bae,Torstein
Thorfinnsson,Bragi
England tt 2011/12 (5)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.ed5 cd5 4.c4 tt:lf6
5.tt:lc3 tt:lc6 6.tt:lf3 g6 7.cd5 d5
8.~c4 tt:lb6 9. ~b3 ~g7 1O.d5 tt:la5
11 .0-Q o-o 12 .~g5 h6 112...~g4 13.h3
~13 14.'iWI3 tt:lb3 15.ab3 l:te8 16.lladl
tt:lc8 17.l:tlel tt:ld6= Hamark-T.Ernst,
Sweden 2008; 12... tt:lb3 13.ab3 ~c3 14.bc3
'ifd5 15.'ifd5 (15.Wcl ~g4oo) 15... tt:ld5
16.c4 tt:lf6 17.l:tlel ~e6 18.tt:ld4 l:tld8
19.tt:le6 le6 20.l:te6 <;i;>l?= Fodor-Groszpeter,
Kecskemet 2011] 13. ~f4 l13.~e3 ~g4
14.h3 ~13 15.W13 tt:lbc4 16.~c l tt:lb3
17.ab3 tt:ld6= Keres-Byrne, San Antonio
1972] 13...~g4 14.h3 ~f3 15.'i'f3=
c4?1 l15... tt:lbc4 16.We2 tt:lb3 17.ab3
tt:ld6=] 16.'i'e2 !16.d6!? ed6 17.l:tldlt]
16...llc8 17.l:tad1 <;i;>h7 18.~c1
l18.lld3!? tt:ld6 19.l:tel l:teB 20.h4t]
18... 6 19.tt:lb5 a6= 20.tt:lc3 tt:lf5
21 .tt:le4 VJic7 22 ~d2 tt:ld4 23.'i'd3
tt:lb3 24. 'i'b3 tt:lc4 25 .~c3 tt:ld6
26.~g7 111-111
Potkin,VIadimir
Alexeev,Evgeny
Tiumen 2012 (8)
1.c4 c5 2.tt:lf3 tt:lc6 3.tt:lc3 g6 4.e3
tt:lf6 5.d4 cd4 6.ed4 d5 7.cd5 tt:ld5
8.~c4 tt:lb6 9 . ~ b3 ~g7 10.d5 tt:la5
11 .0-0 o-o 12.h3!? tt:lb313.ab3
13... e6?! l13...~c3 14.bc3 'i'd5 15.~d2
(15.~e3 \!Vd1 16.l:tld1 ~15 17.tt:ld4gg
Grischenko-Bojarinov, Voronezh 2006) 15... 16
16.llel e5 17.c4oo; 13...'t!Vd6! 14.l:ta5
( 14.~e3!? ~c3 15.bc3 tt:ld5 16.~6oo)
14... l:td8 15.llel e6 16 .~g5 16 17.~e3
tt:ld5 18.tt:ld5 ed5 19.~7 ~e6=] 14.d6!.t
~d715.~g5 f616.~e3 ~c617.~c5
e5 18.b4 <;i;>h8 19.b5 ~d7 20.'i'e2
l:te8? 120... ~e6 21.l:tldl ~b3.t] 21. We4
121 .l:tldl !?±J 21 ...l:tb8 121 ... W'b8 22.llldl
l:td8 23.'i'e3 tt:lc4 24.'iie2t ~e6 25. d5!
tt:ld6 26.b6!± ] 22.l:ta7 f5 23.'i'e3 tt:lc4
24.We2 e4? !24...~e6±] 25.'i'c4 ef3
26.~d4! --. fg2 27.l:td1 f4 28.tt:ld5
'i'h4 29.tt:lf4 'i'g5? !29.. .'~ h6!]
30.tt:ld5 VJih5 31 .~g7 <;i;>g7
Survey EO 34.3
32.'i'd4+ - <;i;>h6 33.l:ta3! llf8
34.l:te1 l:tf7 35.l:te5 g5 36.f4 l:tg8
37.l:tg3 ~h3 38.VJie3 ~g4 39.l:tg2
l:ta8 40.llh2 lla1 1-0
Defending the Knight
8.~b3 e6
Vallejo Pons,Francisco
Anand,Viswanathan
Sao Paule/Bilbao 2011 (4)
1.tt:lf3 c5 2.c4 tt:lc6 3.tt:lc3 g6 4.e3
tt:lf6 5.d4 cd4 6.ed4 d5 7.cd5 tt:ld5
8.'i'b3 e6 9.tt:ld5 l9.~b5 ~g7 10. d5
ed5] 9 ...ed5 10. ~b5 ~g7 1H i'a3
111 . e5 ~d7 12.~c6 ~c6 13.0·0 0·0=
Y.!·\7 Bogdanovski-Palac, Skopje 2012]
11...'ife7 12.'We7 <;i;>e7 13. ~c6 bc6
14. ~f4 f6 15.llc1 ?! l15.<;i;>d2 g5
16.l:thel <;i;>d? 17 .~g3=]
15...g5! l15 .. .<~d7 16.<;i;>d2 ~a6 17.tt:lel
l:the8 18.tt:ld3 ~18 19.l:the1 ~c4=
Aagger-Vallejo Pons, Bahia Feliz 2011 ]
16.~e3 ~dr:F 17.h4 l17.<;i;>d2 l:thb8
18.b3 a5'f] 17... h6 !17 ...g4 18.tt:lgl l:thbB
19.llc2 <;i;>l?'f] 18.hg5 hg5 19.llh8
llh8 20.<;i;>d2 ~f8 'f 21.tt:le1
22.tt:ld3 ~g6 23. c5 ~e8 24.g3
<;i;>f5 25.llc3 ~d6 26.lla3 llh7
27.l:ta6 ~g4 28.tt:ld3 l:tc7 29.b4
~d7 30.b5 ~e7 31.bc6 ~c6
32.lla5 ~dB 33. b4 ~as 34.l:tc5
l:td7 35.83 ~b7 36. d3 ~86
37.tt:lb4?1 !37.l:tc6!? ~c4 38.tt:lc5]
37... ~c4 38.l:tc8 ~e7 + 39.l:ta8 l:tb7
40.tt:lc6? l40.<;i;>c3+] 40 ...~a3 41.l:ta7
l:ta7 42. a7 ~b4 43.<;i;>c2 3
44. c8 ~b5! 45. ~d1 ~a4 46.<;i;>c1
<;i;>e2- + 47. ~b2 ~d7 48. b6 ~c6
49. c8 g4 50.<;i;>c1 ~d7 51 . b6
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.ie6 52J(:Ja4 .ie1 53.c!De5 .if5
54.c!Da4 .if2 55 ..if2 2 56. e3
.ie4 57.1Pd2 .it3 0-1
Wang Vue
Zhou Jianchao
Zaozhuang 2012 (4)
1.e4 e5 2. f3 c!De6 3.c!De3 g6 4.e3
c!Df6 5.d4 ed4 6.ed4 d5 7.ed5 d5
8.W'b3 e6 9 •.ig5 [9 ..ic4 c!DaS 10.-ibS
.id7 11..-a4 a6! 12..id7 W'd7 13.W'd7
(13.WaS? .ib41+) 13...Wd7 14.c!DeS We7
1S.c!DdS (1S..id2 c!Dc6=) 1S... edS 16.We2
t6= Bruno-Aisina Leal, Forni di Sopra 2012]
9 ....ie71 [9 ... t6?1 10..id2 .ig7 11 ..id3
o-o 12.0·0 c!Dce7 13.l:ttett Gashimov-
Topalov, Nanjing 2010] 1O..ih6 [10 ..ie7
c!Dde7 11 .Q-Q-O!? (11 .l:td1 D-0=) 11...Q-O
12.h4 c!DtSoo] 10... a6 [10 ...-ita 11 .-igS
.ie7 12..ih6 .ita Y.!·Y.! Bocharov-
Nepomniachtchi, Moscow 2012; 10... 'it'b6?!
11 .-ibS!;t] 11 ..id3 "i!fb6 12."i!fb6
b6 13.G-G-0 [13 ..ie4 t6 14.0-0 Wt?oo]
13...16= [13 ... b4 14..ie4 t6=] 14.a3
c!Dd5?1 [14 ... Wt7 1S..ie4 c!DaS!?+=']
15 ..id2 .id7 16•.ie4 :tea 17.Wb1
e3 18•.ie3;t b5 19.l:the1 8?
(19...b4l;t] 20.d5! ± ed5 21 ..id5 .if5
22.Wa2 b4 (~ 22 ....ig4] 23 ..id2! h5
24.l:te1 c!Da7?! [24 ... c!DeSI] 25.a4! l:th7
26. h4 l:td8 27.c!Df5 gf5 28.l:te7?!
[2a.l:ted1 1+-l 28 ... l:td5 29.l:tee7 l:te7
30 •.ib4 <!DeB 31.l:te8 32 ..ie7
1Pe7± 33.Wb3 f4 (33 ... h4!?] 34.l:te7
Wd6 35.l:te4 f3 [3S ... w eS!? 36.Wc2 h4]
36.g3 l:td2 37.l:te2 l:te2 38 .~e3
l:te4 39.b3 ~Pes 40.Wd3 f5 41 .l:te5
6 42.l:te6 w es 43.l:te5 6 44.a5
l:te2 45.l:te2 l:te1 46.l:te6 ~PeS
47.l:te5 6 48.h4 l:te4 49.l:te6 w es
50.l:ta6+- l:te2 51.l:tb6 l:tf2 52.We3
l:tf1 53.l:tb5 IPe6 54.a6 f2 1-0
Pap,Gyula
Predojevic,Borki
Hungary tt 2011/ 12 (2)
1.c!Df3 e5 2.e4 e6 3.c!Dc3 g6 4.e3
c!Df6 5.d4 ed4 6.ed4 d5 7.ed5 c!Dd5
8."i!fb3 e6 9..ib5 .ig7 10. 5 [10.D-O
Q-0 11 .l:td1 h6 (11 ... "i!fb6!?oo) 12..ic6?!
(12 ..id2!? 'ilib6 13.l:tac1 .id7 (13 ... c!Dc7
14..ic6 "i!fb3 1S.ab3 bc6 16.c!De4 c!Db5
234
17.-iaS :tea) 14.c!Da4 'fic7 1S.c!Dc5
l:ttd8;:) 12... bc6 13.c!De4 "ilfb6 14.c!Dc5
(14.'it'a3!? c!Db4+=') 14... eS!= 1S."i!fc4 ed4
16.c!Dd4 :teat Kramnik·Gashimov, Monaco
blind 20111 1o....id7 [1 o... 7!? 11 ..ic6
bc6 (11 ...c!Dc6 12.c!Dc6 bc6 13.o.o o-o
14.l:td1 1t'c7+=') 12..ie3 o-o 13.o-o c5=
Szmetan-Perez Cascella, Mar del Plata
1994] 11. d7 1t'd7 12.o-o o-o
13.c!Dd5 "i!fd5 14.W'd5 ed5 15..ie6
bc6 16..ie3 l:tfe8= 17.l:tae1 8 w t7 36.Wh2 d4 37 •.id4 1Pe7
[17 ... l:tab8 1a.l:tc2 aS 19.l:ttc1 a4=]
18.l:tfe1 l:tab8 19.b3 l:tb6?!
[19 ...l:tb4=] 20.l:te5 l:te8 21.l:ta5 a6
22.l:ta4 l:te6 23. 1 WeB 24 ..if4
Wd7 25.l:te6 fe6 26. 2 .itS
27 •.ie5 8 28. Wb7 29.Wg4
h6 30.h4 w a7? (30... l:tb4 31.l:tb4 .ib4
32..ig7!;t] 31.14 l:tb7?! [31 ...l:tb4]
32.h5! gh5 33.\PhS Wb6 34.Wg6+ -
'it;>b5 35.g4 aS 36. l:tg7 37.g5 h5
38.We6 h4 39 ..ig7 h3 40.-ifB h2
41.g6 h1 "i!f 42.f5 'ite4 43. 1t'f4
44.g7 "i!fh4 45. "i!fh5 46.We7
1t'e2 47.Wd6 'itg4 48.We7 'i!fgS
49.16 "i!fg6 50..ie7 "ilff7 51 . 6 21 .'ilit6 l:te7! 22.1t'f3 (22.l:tae1 l:tf7
1t'e8 52.We6 1t'g6 53.l:ta3 e5
54..ie5 "ilfeB 55 ..ie7 .-ga 56.w e5
1t'h7 57.b4 w e6 58.We6 'i!fe4
59. "i!fh7 60.l:th3 1-0
Nepomniachtchi,lan
Leko,Peter
Sochi 2012 (4)
1.e4 e5 2.c!Df3 c!De6 3.c!De3 g6 4.e3
c!Df6 5.d4 ed4 6.ed4 d5 7.ed5 c!Dd5
8.'ilib3 e61 9 ..ib5 .ig7 10..ig5
Wb61 11 .Wa3! f6 12.c!Dd5 ed5
13..ie6 be6 14.o-O 15..if4 l:te8
16..id6 (16.l:tte1 .ig4=; 16.h3 .ia6
17.l:tte1 .ie2=]
16... "i!fa6! 17.Wa6 .ia6= 18.l:tfe1
.ib7 [1a ... l:tac8 19.l:tc3 .ie2 20.l:tb3 aS
21 .l:tb7 w ga 22.b3;t] 19.l:te3 l:te2
20.l:tb3 .ia6= 21 ..ie5 g5 22.h3
Wg6 23.l:ta3!? [23.l:te1 l:te1 24. e1
.ic4 2S.l:ta3 a6=] 23 ....ib5 24.l:ta7
l:ta7 25 ..ia7 l:tb2 26.a4 .ia6
27 ..ie5 h5 28.g4 hg4 29.hg4 f5
30.l:te1! fg4 31 . e5 .ie5 32.de5
l:te2= 33.l:te2 .ie2 34.e6 6 35.e7
38.Wg3 We6 39.a5 5 40 ..ie3
.ia6 41 ..ia7 1.7-1.7
Potkin,VIadimir
Nepomniachtchi,lan
Havana 2012 (2)
1.e4 e5 2.c!Df3 e6 3. e3 g6 4.e3
c!Df6 5.d4 ed4 6.ed4 d5 7.ed5 d5
8.'ilib3 e6 9 ..ib5 .ig7 1O..ig5
W'b6! 11 .Wa3 f6 12. d5 ed5
13 ..ie6 be6 14.0-0 15.l:tfe1
[1S. eS?! tes 16.We7 \Pga 17.'fiea .ita
1a..it6 'ilib7! 19.-iha .id7 20.tves :tea
23.'ilida w ha 24.l:te7 Wg7+) 22 ... l:tf7
23."i!fb3 Wb3 24.ab3 'it;>ha 2S.l:ta7 1Pg7:f]
1s....ifB! [1S ...'ilib7?! 16..it4 .its
17.c!Dd2 :thea 1a. b3 l:te1 19.l:te1 :tea
20.l:tea ~Pea 21 ..id6;t Ragger-Voloktlin,
Austrian 2011 /12]
16."i!fe3D fg5 [16 ... .id6!? 17..it4 .ib4]
17.tt'e8 1Pg7 18.l:te7 .ie7 19.W'e7
w ga 20.tvea [20.l:te1 .its 21.c!DgS l:tta
22.c!De6 .ie6 23."i!fe6=; 20.h4 .itS
21 .c!DgS l:tta 22.c!De6=] 20 ... Wg7
21 .'ite5 'it;>gB 22.We8 Wg7 23. W'e7
Wg8= 24. g5 "i!fb7 25.1t'e8 1Pg7
26.W'e5 Wg8 27.W'e8 Wg7 28.-.eS
1.7-1.7
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Previews & Reviews

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Preview
The Powerful Catalan
by Victor Bo/ogan
VIctor Bologan is a world
top player. He has won
many tournaments in his
career, including Dort-
mund and the Aeroflot
Open, both in 2003, and
Mainz 2007. His book 'Vic-
tor Bologan Selected
Games 1985-2004' was
highly acclaimed.
For New In Chess he has
written two earlier opening
books: 'The Chebanenko
Slav According to Bologan '
(2008) and 'The Rossolimo
Sicilian ' (2011). The third,
'The Powerful Catalan ', will
appear in September
2012. Here we present a
fragment of his preface
and three sample pages.
The material in thi bo k i ar-
ranged in the cia ical way - start-
ing with the rare t variations and
moving toward the mo t popular.
But it should be noted that ' rare
variation ' doe not nece arily
mean 'bad variation '. For exam-
ple, in the opening chapter , we
look at orne variation which
ari e via other opening , uch a
the Queen ' Indian and Tarra ch
Defence. I have included the e in
the b ok because they can ari e via
the Catalan move-order. Bl ack can
play ...b7-b6 or ... c7-c5, and the
reader will immediately be able to
obtain a ll the information he
needs. It would be cheating, if we
imply referred him to another
book. Thus, with this book, you
can prepare for the whole pec-
trum of po ition of th e Catalan
type.
Of cour e, the mo t concrete and
tactical line ari e after 4 ... d5xc4.
Black take a pawn, after which he
ha a ma of po ible move .
White mu t remember the preci e
reply to all the main move , be-
cau e a pawn i a pawn - if you do
not manage either to regain it, or to
obtain ufficient compen ation,
then Black will imply have an ex-
tra pawn.
One intere ting idea for Black i
to check on b4 with the bi hop,
and, in reply to .id2, to tran fer
hi bi hop to e7 or d6, and place
hi pawn on c6 and b6 and hi s
other bi hop on b7. Thi i po i-
bly the most olid et-up for Black
again t the Catalan, but at the
arne time, it i quite pa ive.
White eize the centre, after
which it i not o ea y for Black to
obtain full equ ality.
Black's main idea i to play ....ie7,
... 0-0, and then take on c4. After
'i!fc2 a6 White can play a2-a4, but
there we have a great many varia-
tion . In my view, from a po i-
tional viewpoint, the immediate
recapture on c4 i more c rrect, o
a then to try to establi h pie e
control over the centre. An impor-
tant ubtlety in thi line i the
multi-purpo e move .id2. Fir t of
all , White want to ee how hi op-
ponent will reply. and how he will
arrange hi piece . If Black bring
hi knight to c6, then he cannot
play ... c7-c5; if he puts it n d7 ,
then White ha the po ibility of
.ia5; and if he play ....ie4, then
later on this bi hop will come un-
der attack.
In my opinion, the tructure ofthi
book i quite preci e; I do not be-
lieve I have overlooked any impor-
tant et-up .
I B : 978-90-5691-401-1
Price: 29.95 I 24.95
Pages: 252
ew ln Che. , 2012
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 The Powerful Catalan

B) 6. ~c1-d2 sure. It is clear that Black's main problems

are connected with the poor position of
g~..t'i¥ • g the bi hop on c8 .

''' ·~''' Bl) 6 . ... ~b4-e7

Black has lured the enemy bishop to what

i asswned to be a poor square on d2, and
now retreats his own bishop. Now White
also has a choice: he can immediately set
about regaining the c4-pawn or fir t con-
tinue his development.

The strongest move, after which Black 811) 7.0-0

again has a wide choice. 812) 7.'fi'c2

81) 6 ... ~e7 B I 1) 7. 0-0 0-0

82) 6 ... a5
After 7...~d7 8.'ii'c2 ~c6 9.'ifxc4 Black
83) 6 ...c5
reaches a position examined later under
the variation 7.'ii'c2.
The simple-minded exchange of bishops
does not bring Black equality: 6 ... ~xd2+ 8. ~d1-a4 a7-a6
7.'ii'xd2 (I like this line for White, be- 9. ~a4xc4 b7-b5
cause he has already solved one of his
problems, i.e. what to do with his dark-
squared bishop. Our plan in the next few
moves is also very clear: regain the pawn
on c4 and develop pressure on the c-flle
and the long white diagonal) 7...0-0 (the
attempt to hold the gambit pawn with
7 ... b5 8 .a4 c6 9 .axb5 cxb5 turns out to
be futile: I O.tlJc3 'ii'b6 ll.'ii'gS!± and
White wins back the material, obtaining a
clear positional advantage) 8.tlJa3 (at-
tacking the pawn on c4 and at the same This position is well-known to Catalan
time preventing the move .. .b7 -b5) 8 ...c5 theory, only with the white bishop on cl,
(8 ... 'ii'e7 9.0-0 c5 lO .dxcS .l:Id8 11.'ii'c3 instead of d2 . This difference should be
'ifxc5 12.'ifxc4 'ifxc4 13. tlJxc4;;!;) in White's favour : he can bring his rook
9 .dxc5 tlJe4 I O.'ifxd8 .l:Ixd8 II.tlJxc4 to c 1 quickly, whilst the bishop is ready to
tlJc6 12.0-0 tlJxcS 13 . ~fdJ;;!;. Black still jump to aS.
experiences difficulties completing his
10. ~c4-c2 ~c8-b7
development. White can play either
11. l:tf1-c1
ttJf3 -e5, or tlJd6, strengthening the pres-

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 Chapter 11 - Bishop Check after 4... dxc4

The most logical move, although II ..Ud I! ? On of the key question of the atalan i
i al o not bad, for instance: ll .. .~e4 w h ther Black will achieve ... 7 -cS, or
12. c l ~b7 13 .~f4 tlJdS 14.tlJc3 t2Jxf4 will White prevent it? This is one of tho e
IS . xf4 ~d6 16. e3 tlJd7 17 . tlJe4 ~e4 case where White manag to stop thi
18. xe4 .Ub8 19 ..Uacl .Ub6 20.tlJeS tlJb8 br ak, and thank to thi , he obtains th
21. c2 e7 22. ~e4 g6 23 .e3 .Ud8 advantage.
24.f4;!; C . Horvath-Mochalov, Rethymnon
14. ... J:a8-c8
2003 . ow it i very hard for Black to get
15. ttJd2-b3 ~b7-e4
rid of the backward pawn on c7, whilst h.is
16. 'ifc2-c3
other thematic break, .. .c6-cS, is practically
impo ible. The whole battle revolves around the
square cS .
11. ... ~e7-d6
16 .... f6-d7
The attempt to solve his positional prob-
lem by tactical means, exploiting h.i Or 16 ... ~dS I 7 .ttJfd2 L g2 18 5.t•xg2 b4
small development advantage, is not very 19 . c6 eS 20.dxeS ~xeS 2 1. tlJc4
convi ncing: ll ... tlJc6 12 .e3 .Ua7 (Black's queenside pawn structure i
13 .tlJgS! tt:l b4 14. ~xb4 ~xb4 IS .~xc 7 hopelessly damaged; White is just wait-
a8 16 .~xb7 .Uxb7 17 . c2 h6 18.tlJf3 ing for the mo t favourable conditions to
l:tbb8 19 . e2 .Ub 8 20. ttJbd2 (White harve t his crop) 21... e7 22.e4 .Ufe8
has won a pawn and con olidat d hi 23 ..Ufl ~d7 24. xd7 tlJxd7 2S .f4 ~d6
po ition) 20. .. dS 21 .a3± P akhis- 2 6. '1f;>f3 ± Khalifman -Tissir, Shenyang
Kurajica , Benidorm 2002. 2000.
12. ~d2-g5 17. ttJf3-e5 b5-b4
18. c3-e3 ~e4xg2
19. ttJe5xd7

This intermed.iat move i directed at pr -

venting ... c7-cS; however, it wa a] o pos-
ible to permit Black this mall triumph :
19.'1i;>xg2 ~xe S 20.dxeS cS 21 ..Uc4!.

19. ... 'ifd8xd7

20. q;g1xg2 d7-b5
21. ttJb3-c5 l:f8-e8
22. f2-f4 J:e8-d8
We have reached a typical po ition for
23. 'ife3-e4 ~d6-e7
this variation, but White ha an extra
24. J:c1-c2!
tempo, as his rook is already on c I .
Safin-Kritz, Dieren 2002 .
12.... ttJb8-d7
13. ~g5xf6 ttJd7xf6
14. tt:lb1-d2 B12) 7. 'ifd1-c2 ~c8-d7

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The Powerful Catalan
8. tLlf3-e5
After s :ihc4 Black happily puts his
bishop on the long diagonal - 8 ... ~c6,
but ev n here, White ha the right to
count on a mall advantage after 9.0-0:
A) 9 ....td5 1o.'ita4+ .tc6 ll.'itb3 0-0
12.ltJc3 a6 13 .l:fd I;!; followed by ltJe5;
B) 9 .. .0-0 I O.ltJc3 ltJbd7 ll .l:ac l llc8
12 .l:fdl a6 13 .'ii'd3 h6 14 ..tf4 ~d6
15 .ltJe5 .txg2 16.<ot>xg2 'ii'e7 17. f3 c6
18.e4 h e5 19.dxe5 ltJh7;!; Onischuk-
Bologan, Sevastopol 2004;
C) 9 ... ltJbd7 I O.ltJc3 ltJe4 11 . ~ f4
ltJxc3 12 .bxc3 (weaker is 12 .'ili'xc3 ltJf6)
12 ...0-0 13 .'itd3 .tf6 14.c4
15 .llab I l:ab8 16.llfd I;!; .
8 .... tLlb8-c6
Pro pectles is 8 ...~c6 9.ltJxc6 ltJxc6
I O.e3±, then White takes the c4-pawn
and obtains a positional ad antage, wid1
material equaHty.
9. 'iWc2xc4 tLlc6xe5
10. d4xe5 tLlf6-d5
EarHer, I played this as Black, but then I
became familiar with Bori Avrukh' ex-
cellent book on the Catalan, and was
forced to admit the strength of his recom -
mended move I I. g4.
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11. 'iWc4-g41
Even the lin e that Lautier played against
me did not permit me equality : I i.ltJc3
ltJxc3 (I l. ...tc6 12.0-0-0 0-0 13 ..tf4
ltJb6 14.l:xd8 l:fxd8 15 . b3 ~xg2
16.l:d1± .tc6) 12.bxc3! ? c6 ( 12 ...llb8
13 . g4 'it> f8 14.h4 h5 15 . f4;!;)
13 . g4 g6 14. llbl c7 15. e4 h5
16 .h4;!; followed by ~g5. Lauti r-
Bologan, Calvia 2004.
11. ... g7-g6
12. tLJb 1-c3
e7
Also good is 12.0-0 c6 13 .ltJa3 c7
14.ltJc40-0 15 .llfdl.
12.... tLJd5xc3
13 . ..Q.d2xc3 d8-c8
14. A g2-e41
The key moment for under tanding
White' whole trategy: h wants to play
f3 and h2 -h4 (Avrukh) . White ha a
space advantage and controls the long
white diagonal ; his advantage is obvious.
Les promi ing i 14.0-0 c5 15 .a4 ~ 6
16.e4 0-0 17 .h4 b6 18.f4 b7 19 .llae I
h5 20. e2 b5~ Lemke-Beber dorf, Ger-
many 1995 .
Review
Slowly, but Surely
by Glenn Flear Keeping one's openings up to
scratch can be a time-consuming
chore, especially if they revolve
around harp uncompromising
variations. tn ten e situation , a
mall detail can tum an a se ment
on it head, o one need to check
for holes. Apart from all the mem-
ory work involved there is, in addi-
tion , the nagging fear that an oppo-
nent' cunning preparation will
undo all o ur effort .
Hence many are attracted to reli-
able po itional choices. Although
' olid ' move early on are Ie s
likely to provoke panic, if well-
founded, they can create as many, if
not more, problem for an oppo-
nent. Take for example the case of
the Berlin Defence. Practitioners
know that their set-up is rock solid
at heart, o they are rarely worried
by an opponent's homework.
tn a irnilar vein, Dejan Antic and
Branimir Mak imov ic have devel-
oped a French repertoire based on
trategic option . They recom-
mend fo r example the calm water
of the Steini tz and McCutcheon,
rather than the white-knuckle rap-
ids of the Winawer.
For tho e who like to keep things
under control with the white
pieces, Tim Taylor's slay the Sicil-
ian! could be ideal. The title may
invo ke image of knight of old
taking on mythical bea t , but the
content i rather different! Instead
the prudent choice 6 ...ie2 i the or-
der of the day, where White hopes
For more book Information to slowl y, but urely, build up a po-
we refer to our website: itiona! ad vantage.
The e three books have a certain
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mentality in common: steady play,
patient manoeuvring, and the nur-
turing of positional pluses.
I have completed thi Yearbook's
election with a look at how
Arkadij a.idi tsc h's brainchild, the
Chess Evolution erie , i (for the
want of a better word) evolving!
Tim Taylor
slay the Sicilian !
Everyman 201 2
It may be a rare event these days,
but Everyman has done without a
sub-title. lf they bad instead opted
for one it could have read as : 'A
ound cia sical repe rtoire fo r
White ai ming for a light pull
against the Sicilian' . So the choice
of the word slay i , hall we say,
imaginati ve. May be 'Grinding the
icilian would have been more ac-
curate, but if the book i 'grist to
the mill ' it won' t matte r too much
either way.
Timoth y Taylor exami ne a erie
of idea where White keeps con-
trol of matter in the centre. The e
usually, but not alway involve
6.~e2 in the Open Sicilian . A one
would expect, recent interpreta-
tion are adequately covered in a
fair selection of key game from
modern rna ters. However, o ne's
impress ion is that the author wants
to parti cularly emphasize timele.
Ies on from classical encounters.
So there are many references to the
like of Geller, Tal and Fischer.
The pl ayer however, who most
eem to have truck a chord i
Anatoly Karpov, who take centre
tage in no Ie s than 13 main
game from a total of 70.
So in many of the recommended
lines the main battle plans were
drawn out by previous genera-
tions. The point then is that posi-
241
tiona! under tanding is more im-
porta nt in slay rhe Sicilian! than
the late t wrinkle .
gain t the ccelerated Dragon
he ugge t a prophylactic idea:
1.e4 c5 V t:lf3 tlJc6 3.tlJc3
Chapter Three has the title ' o
Sve hnikov allowed !'.
3 ... g6
The onl y igni fica nt exception
from the author' Open Sicilian
repertoire i 3 ...tlJf6 4 .~b5 .
4.d4 cd4 5 .tlJd4 ~g7 6.~e3
tlJf6 7 . ~e2 0-0 8.tlJ b3 a5 9.a4
tlJ b4
10.~f3!
After thi the de ired ...d7-d5 ad-
van e i omewhat ri ky. I like this
move, but White has actually
cored better with the more direct
IO.f4.
10 ...d6
It eems that IO... d5 ?! i dubious:
ll.ed5 ~g4 !? (be t, a ll ... ~f5
ha proven inadequate after
12..1:lc I) after which White hould
continue with 1 2 . ~g4 tlJg4
13.'itg4 tlJc2 14.'tt;le2 ~c3 15.bc3
~d5 16.c4 'it'c6 17.tlJd2 tlJa l
18.l:a I with an edge.
11 .0-0 ~e6 12.tlJd4 ~d7
13.tlJd5
Bron tein-Petro ian, Riga ch-URS
1958, where Taylor prefer White.
Gai ning any ort of an advantage
aga in L the Najdorf i far from
ev ident, whi ch i perhap re-
fl ected in the author offering no
le s than fi e po ibiliti es for
White! The fifth o f the e i hi fa-
vourite:
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1.e4 c5 2.tlJf3 d6 3.d4 cd4
4.tlJd4 tlJf6 5.tlJc3 a6 6 .~e2 e5
7.tlJb3 ~e7 8.~e3 0-0
More olidi 8 ... ~e69 . 0-0 ( 9.g4 i s
now well met by 9 ...d5!) 9 ...0-0
IO.f4 ef4 l l.l:f4 tlJc6 12.tlJd5
(Tay lor claims at thi point that
' White has our familiar, comfort-
able, if mall Karpovian edge' )
12 ... ~d 5 (after thi s Black ha a
plu core) 13.ed5 tlJe5 14.l:b4
~c7 15 .a4.
Curi ously e nou gh, the onl y Kar-
pov ga me I found at thi point
wa one where he won a Bl ac k !
Si cili an player will know only
o well that the bi shop pair and
queenside majority are fac tor ,
but Bl ac k i o lid, ha a fin e out -
po L on e5, and ultimately hi
kin g ide maj ority is not bad ei-
ther.
9.g4
Although thi aggre ive move i
tempting, even in 1998 Joe
Gall agher expres ed doubt over
whether Whi te houl d ' take up the
challenge '.
9 ... ~e610 . g5 tlJfd711.h4
imil ar i ll .~d 2 , which ha in
fac t been pl ayed by the author.
Bl ack hould push hi s a-paw n ...
ll. .. a5! 12.a4 c6 13.f4 f5! ?,
which turned out fi ne fo r Black in
Khali fman-Gelfa nd , La Vega
1999.
11 ...tlJb6
Taylor fee l that ll. .. a5!? immedi-
ately i Bl ac k' be t option.
12.~d2
Here ex perience sugge t that
Blac k hould reach for hi s a-paw n.
12 ...a5!
Taylor analyse the fo llowi ng
high-profi le clash: 12... 8d7
13.f4 ef4 1 4 .~f4 tlJe5 15.0-0-0
l:c8 16.Wbl 'fie? 17.h5 l: fe8
18.'tt;la I ~ f8 19. d4 'f/c5 20.g6 !
Carl en- akamura, Wijk aan Zee
20 II , which White won.
13.a4
White would have to accept a
bumpy ride after 13.0-0-0 a4.
13... c6 14.tlJd5 ~d5 15.ed5
b416.c4 : ca
Smagin-Ra hkov ky, Mo cow
1984, and Black has a promi ing
queen ide initi ati ve.
A. for the quali ty of the text: The
author ha an attrac ti ve writing
tyle, full of plea ant humour,
li vely comment and handy ad-
vice. I enjoyed hi enthu ia m, hi
directne s and hi s clarit y. A plea -
ant read where I fo und myself

chuckling or nodding in agree-
ment on everal o casion .
De iating lightly, we learn from
hi dedication that the author ha
fi e children (which mu t be
omething of a record, a I per on-
ally don't know of any European
lM or GM who have that many).
Hence, he may have le time to
tudy opening theory than mo t!
o it follow that he i per onally
concerned by the need for an
ea y-to-maintain repertoire.
Overall , it ' a tine b ok that will
uit the majority of pl ayer . Jn
particul ar, it would be an ideal
choice for tho e who are toying
with the po ibility of switching
to the Open icili an, but are reti -
cent because 'there i too much
theory to learn ' . M y impre ion is
that hi ugge tion merit clo e
attenti on, do have orne poi on,
but aren' t going to rattle battle-
hardened Sicilian pl ayer who
know thei r opening y tern thor-
oughly. evenhele , even for the
higher echelon it would be a
handy tool to poli h up their cia -
ica l education.
Dejan Antic &
Branimir Maksimovic
The Modern French
ew in he 20 12
It fee l lightl y odd reviewing a
book when a four-page preview
wa already publi hed, in the pre-
viou Yearbook. However, thi
doe enable you, dear reader, i f
you are curious enough, to get a
neak view, i .e. i f you have Year-
book I 0 to hand, and are able to
turn to pages 237-24 1. A fter tak -
ing a glance, you will urely get the
impre ion that the author have
gone into great detajl, and in-
dulged in plenty of ori ginal analy-
•.
Thi i true, but the annotation
tend to vary in tyle, whjch may re-
flect the pre en e of two authors
working eparately, or the relative
complex ity of the vari ation . In the
preview, for example, we notice
that a e ment are made by and
large, with the u e of conveni ent
ymbol . However. the majorit y of
the book isn' t quite a den e, wi th
trategic factor. being given prior-
ity.
So certain ection do offer lighter
notes along with quite extensive
textual explanati on . A nice bonu
occur when the authors reall y
want to empha ize a factor, there-
upon they label a small ection as
' important ', j u t to make ure that
the point ha been taken.
Certain vari ati on covered by the
author have been wi dely te ted
in practi ce, and in con eq uence
many game reference are re-
quired to give the full truth . Fur-
therm ore, move order
altern ative and I ight differ-
ence in pi ece posit ioning j u 1
have to be ex pl ained properl y. Be
reas ured, Antic & M ak imovic
have done their work diligently.
However the u e of nomenclature
uch as D 111 2 13 1 could be orne-
what hard to digest for the more
modest readership. I al o found
the habi t of having note within
note wi thin further note heavy
going at times , for example on
page 232-2S3.
Fortun atel y, there are pl enty of
diagrams (up to fo ur by page!)
Reviews
pl u wi de pread reference to
page number . So I fo und it rela-
tively traight forward to earch
for, and then ucces fu ll y fi nd a
varia ti on.
I found their ugge tion to be co-
herent and convincing. Here i an
example:
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.l0c3 t0f6
4.~g5 ~b4 5.e5 h6 6.~d2 ~c3
7.bc3 t0e4 8. g4
~..t~ • X
''' · '~ '' '
~ ~ 'iY
~
~ ~~ ~~~
l::t ~ ttJl::t
8 ...Wf8
A ntic & M ak imovic' prefer-
ence. The more popular move i
the potentially weakening 8 ...g6,
aga in t which White has a better
core.
9. ~d3 t0d2 10 .~d2 c511 .h4
After II . f3 c4 1 2 . ~e2 c6
13.a4 ~d 7 14.h4 ~e8 I S. l:th3
l:tg8 16.hS <t;e7 17 .t0h4 aS
18.<t;c I , T.L. Petrosian- Volkov,
M o cow 2006, the author ug-
ge t the improvement 18 ... bS!,
for example 19.f4 l:tb8 20.fS b4
and here Bl ack 's attack i tron-
ger.
11 ... c4 12. ~e2 t0c6 13.l:th3 b5
Black aims to hold the fort on the
king ide whil t prepari ng eventual
counterpl ay with ...bS-b4.
Piau ible however, i an altern a-
tive plan invol ving 13 ...~d7
14.l:tf3 l:tg8 I S. h3 <t;e7 .
14."i!t"f4 ~d7
After 14 ..."i!fe7, Bl ack held fi rm
following IS .~h S We8 16.a3 aS
17.l:tg3 l:lg8 18. f3 l:la7 in
Volokitin-Kortchnoi , lgualada
200S.
15. ~h5 ~e8 16.l0e2 aS 17.g4
b418.g5
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It
Now Acs-Z.Aimasi, Ohrid Ech
200 1, continued with 18 ... hg5
19.hg5 ri;e7 20.llah I bc3 2 1.tDc3
b6 22.llb4 llb8 wi th dou-
ble-edged play. Although the au-
thor stop here and give the draw
sign, the game actually lasted 51
move before the point was shared.
A minor oversight, which i more
than made up for by their follow-
ing improvement:
18... bc3! 19.Wc3
Or l9 .tDc3 ~6 20.tDe2 c3! etc.
19... ~b6 20.a3 llb8 21 . Wd2 c3!
When A & M prefer Black.
The pre ence of several handy ap-
pendices in recent ew in Chess
publication i alway a bonus.
Here, as well a a bibliography and
a li t of variation , there is one for
players. The latter i rare in open-
ing monographs, but a welcome
addition, as it helps no end when
hunting down a game (for exam-
ple, one involving a pecific
player, who wa somehow in-
volved in a variation that you can't
quite remember).
Many French aficionados will al-
ready have The Flexible French by
Viktor Mo kaJenko (New in
Ches , 2008). A particularity of
Viktor i that he like to joke, pro-
voke, and evoke dynamic play
even if it is ri ky. The Serbian pair
are more cautiou and di scerning,
both with their choice of word
and with their recommendations.
They are also more di crete con-
cerning their own game , but it 's
wo1th noting that both Antic and
Maksimovic have been pioneers in
certain variation .
244
Seriou French players will love
this book, especiall y concerning
the Steinitz and McCutcheon vari-
ations where they have clearly
go ne well beyond what is avail able
el ewhere. The Modern French is
an excellent piece of work.
Igor Lys)~ & Roman Ovetchkin
The Berlin Defence
Chess Stars 201 2
Opening theory can be thought of
as basic principles piced up with
threats, themes and tempi manage-
ment. Understanding, in the e early
tage , involves getting the mix
right depending on the specific cir-
cumstances, plus a fair measure of Although 4.0-0 occur in 60% of
common sense. However, it oon games, there are still several ways
become clear that under tanding fo r Whi te to dev iate in the e-
the theory of the Berlin require ad- quence leading up to the following
ditional wisdom. position.
Four years ago, English JM John 1.e4 e5 2.tDf3 tDc6 3 ...ib5 tlJf6
Cox wa the first to get to grip 4.0-0 tDe4 5.d4 tlJd6 6 ...ic6 dc6
with thi fact in The Berlin Wall 7 .de5 tlJf5 8. d8 Wd8 9.tDc3
(Quality Chess, 2008). Mo t open-
ing manuscripts aimed at experi-
enced pl ayer onl y require a brief
strategic overview, but Cox felt the
need to u e over I 00 page . . Indeed
the real theory only began on page
136!
Now, Che s Star have published a
very different work, but one that
complement very nicely it pre-
dece sor. Ly yj and Ovetchkin
have opted for a repertoire ap-
proach (Cox dealt with a much 9 ... We8
wider selection of key line ), and The move chosen by L & 0 for
have spent more than half the book theirpropo ed repertoire. They de-
looking at early deviations. This i cribe it as fo llows: ' Bl ack is ready
u eful for the practical player, as to develop his queen's rook to the
mo t opponent avoid the main d8- quare. Hi s other rook may en-
line, with fo r example White opt- ter the action on the h-fi le. There
ing (after l.e4 e5 2.tD f3 tDc6 are orne more aggressive scheme
3 ...ib5 tDf6) for the mode t 4.d3, a for him connected with the place-
start.ling 30~ of the time. Side- ment of the king on the c8- quare.
lines such a thi one hardl y seem Bl ack ha. no problems then to acti-
to be critical, but they sti ll require vate later his king, but he has diffi -
attention . So the author have culties wi th the protection of hi
highlighted (i n several full y- f7-paw n and with hi defence
fledged chapters) how to cope ade- again t the offen ive of White'
quately in the Four Knights and kingside pawn .'
relevant sidelines of the Spanish. 10.h3 h5

•.t .i
ii
~~ j.
ttJ ttJ ~ the Berlin should be a trong sell-
~ ~ ~ ~~
1::[~ ll~
Thi i now the most commonl y
played move. However, be fore the
end of 2008 thi was almost un-
known hence it ab ence from
Cox 's book, where IO... a5 and
IO...b6 are the onl y option exam-
ined .
L & 0 explain : 'Blac k has pre-
vented for long g2-g4, but ha
weakened the important g5-
sq uare. The subsequent actions
mo tly depend on whether White
wi ll manage to exploi t this defect
of Black' position. The rook o n
h8 may enter the actions on the
h-fi le in nu merou variati ons.'
Thi s po ition i the cornerstone of
the au thors whole repertoire and is
covered in the fi nal fo ur chapter .
A you may have gues ed from the
above, the general level of the u e
of the English language leave
muc h to be des ired. Another nega-
ti ve characteri tic is the complete
lack of indice , but fo rtunately for
u , the chapter are in a logical or-
der.
Unli ke John Cox, the Russians
haven ' t included a major ection on
trategy, but the tex t contains de-
tai led accoun ts of po ' itional as-
pect . Indeed I found the
explanation to be particularly well
conceived and more sub tantial
than in comparable publications.
Each chapter con ists of 'A quick
repertoire' , fo llowed by a larger 'A
tep by tep' section, and then orne
'complete game '. Thi approach, a
Ches Stars patent, enables the ma-
terial to be presented with clarity.
The complete games are not over-
loaded, as the authors have pre-
ferred to concentrate the ir atten-
tion on the key moments. Even
game egment and analyses are
not too heavily e mbellished, so the
tome hould sui t tho e who prefer
lig hter reading.
The fac t that many of the e lite play
ing point. Those who invest in the
book will find that the author are
objecti ve, and furthermo re have
done a good job at makin g thi s di f-
fic ult opening y tern under ta nd-
able at all levels.
AJI-in-all The Berlin Defence i a
fin e effort. Although it i a imed
primaril y at Black, the ide lines
are so well ex pla ined it would be
useful fo r any Spanish pl ayer even
those who don' t e nj oy fac ing
3 ... t2Jf6.
Arkadij Naiditsch and f riends
Chess Evolution (series)
Che s Evolutio n
The tory goes that Arkadij
Naiditsch, along with a group of
hi close contacts, had their Eu-
reka mo ment. As they were pend-
ing a great deal of their ti me ana-
ly ing recent games anyway, they
rea oned that they may a well get
paid fo r it ! So Chess Evolwion wa
born a couple of years ago, and if I
have counted correctl y, the sev-
enth edition (May 201 2) i now
avail able.
At fir t the idea wa to produce six
edition a year, but thi always
sounded like hard wo rk . The intro-
duction to Vo lume Six info rms u
that they will now be senling for a
more c ivili zed pace, with three
planned in the next twelve mo nth .
How hould I summarize Chess
Evolution? If I de cribed the eries
as ' Perceptive analysis of innova-
ti ve games and ideas, with particu-
lar empha i on the opening
phase', doesn' t th.i sound fa mi -
liar?
Yes, indeed ! In fac t, one can' t es-
cape the urge to compare with
Sahovski Informator and, of
Reviews
cour e, New in Chess Yearbook .
The Surveys in the latter highlight
the latest trend , ex plai n the alie nt
point and give a selection of ana l-
ogou games. T hi s enable a
reader lo learn a variati on virtua lly
fro m cratch, whil t hav ing acces
to the late t nuances but without
hav ing to hunt high and wide fo r
additiona l informa tion.
lnformator has the advantage of
involving many more games, but
the in fo rmation i condensed, and
the reader needs to have previou
knowledge and reference work .
To wide n the ir appeal, the cope
has been wide ned in recent years
with the inclu ion of other fea-
ture , including mi ni- urvey and
even hi tory.
Chess Evolution has sought its
own path, a it ha graduall y been
moving away fro m the Informaror
sty le. Each volume is made up a l-
mo t entirely of annotated game
(now around about 50). although
some pace i all ocated to puzzle
or endga me feature . Volume
Seven even cover the recent
World Champi on hip game in a
specia l feature. Persona ll y though,
the special artic les by Etienne
Bacrot, mainly dea ling with end-
games, are my favo urite ecti on.
On the cover of each volume, they
have had the ori g ina l idea of fea-
turing a key po ition where a nov-
245
 elty wa recently introdu ed. In
Volume 3 & 4, my reaction to the
po ltlon wa ' intere ting, I really
want to learn more'. However, I
must admi t that the diagram on the
front of Volume 6 didn ' t inspire
me. My reaction wa , ' how could
uch a natural move be new '?
CE ha pecialized in picking out
high-le el encounter and really
delving into them in order to un-
cover hidden idea . aturally the
competitjon doe thi to a certain
degree, but aidit ch' team aim
to go further. The main game are
annotated in uch a way a to ap-
peal to trong tournament player .
There are ignificantly fewer than
in lnformator, but in Chess Evolu-
tion theory i highlighted to a far
greater extent.
The member of the he Evolu-
tion team are a hand-picked group
of high-ranking GM , many around
the 2700-mark. There i no holding
back a the team reveal analy i of
the rughe t tandard. Where other
ource would top and judge a po-
ition with a ' provisional a ess-
ment' , they go further, deeper, and
con idermoreoption intheirque t
for the truth. When I compared
annotation by aidit ch and
Predojevic to those of my own
(which were available everal
month earlier on Ches pu-
bli hjng.com) I had to admit that
their uperior vi ion had added a
tangible plus for the reader.
However, all thi come at a price
and each individ ual edition is
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priced at 33 Euro , which I find
relatively ex pen ive. Another fac-
tor to take into account i that they
are now publi shing the e work at
the arne pace a the competition ,
o ugge Lion and great synthesis
are not available any earlier.
A the serie ha developed, the
volume have become chunkier,
which i largely due to there being
more text the e day . The type-set-
ting ha improved, making the
products clearer and plea anlly
more paciou than in the begin-
ning. A couple of editjon (vol-
ume 4 & 5) were publi hed with
help from Quality Che , which
certajn ly improved the quality of
the Engli h language. However, a
new era began with their sixth vol-
ume (January 20 12) where they
have aimed to produce the final
product in-hou e. The pre enta-
tion is till profe ional-looking,
but unfortunately numerou nig-
gling error have crept into the
text. Ju t a with Che Star , the
lack of a native Engli h peaker in
the team clearly ha it drawback .
In Volume Seven (May 20 12), the
introduction of different- ized
diagrams for analysi is a welcome
bonu .
It' probably true to say that the
majority of ches tudy, mo t of
the time, i concentrated on the
opening pha e. So it follow that
the hard-core theoretical informa-
tion available in Chess Evolution
would be ideal. True, but on ly un-
der certain condition . A thorough
grounding i required, plu a level
above 2 100. A thi i generally
quite a mall cro - ection of the
che community, an international
reader hip i required to make the
whole project work. There i al o
my feeling that even trong e tab-
li hed player have their u ual
reading li t. Are they willing to
add Chess Evoltttion? Can they be
financially succes ful in such a
crowded niche market?
So, perhap in order to widen their
public, CE i now aiming at a ub-
tantial diver ification . The late t
volume adverti e the offer of
' ofter che material ' through a
weekly new letter (edited by
C aba Balogh along with
ajdit ch), plu me DVDs, and
even the publication of opening
books (including one on the lav
by Sakaev). With uch rapid devel-
opment , maybe they hould be
called 'Che · Revolution '?
The Chess Evoltttion team hould
be commended for their enthu i-
a m in trying their hand at uch
project . It' a if they are still find-
ing their way, but they eem to be-
lieve that they can compete with
anyone, on the ground that they
have the tronger analy i team .
Time wi ll tell if they are proved
right.
For the time being, I would recom-
mend all eriou player to make
the effort to buy at lea tone of the
recent volume , and then ta ke the
time to (s lowly, but urely!) enjoy
the analy is to the fu ll.
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