Imagination in Chess - Paata Gaprindashvili - OCR

lm ginatio in Chess
kow to btnk Creativ,ty and Avoid feollsh Mista
Paata Gaprindashvi i
1 ' 1
lmagination in Chess
How to think creatively
and avoid foolish mistakes
Paata Gaprindashvili
BATSFORD
Contents
First published in 2004, reprinted in 2005
© Paata Gaprindashvili
The right of Paata Gaprindashvili to be identified as Author of this work

has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright,
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1 Progressive Thinking 7
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2 Reciprocal Thinking 40
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A BATSFORD CHESS B O O K
Foreword
Chessplayers possess plenty o f manuals on tactics, quite a few textbooks

on strategy, and stacks ofbooks on the opening and endgame. Yet there are
hardly any publications dealing with the main thing-the process ofthought,
the evaluation and development o f the brain 's reflective activity.
It is to these issues that the present work is devoted.
The author would like to share his ideas and the pedagogical material that
he has accumulated over many years o f intensive labour. Over 700 ''fresh"
positions are collected in the book, incorporating a variety of schemes o f
thought. Attention is drawn to the role oflogic and resource; light is shed on
the problem o f imagination. ln sum, there is much here that the reader will
find useful.
The book is intended for trainers and competitive players.
How should you work with the book? To make the best use of it, we
recommend the following:
(1) Carefully study the introductory article to the first chapter.
(2) To consolidate the material, solve a few exercises.
(3) Go on to the second chapter, and proceed in the sarne way.
ln other words, you need to acquaint yourself with ali the theoretical
material and then extend your mastery equally in all directions.
Asterisks above the diagrams indicate the levei o f complexity. The
exercises should, of course, be solved without moving the pieces, though an
exception may be made with positions on level four (****).
We believe that regular solving of these exercises will improve the
cogitative action o f the brain and raise your standard of play.
The author is grateful to those who helped him collect the material and
who collaborated in the production o f this book.
1 Progressive Thinking
What should I undertake? How am I to continue? Chessplayers are faced

with such questions at every tum. To answer them correctly, you have to
perform a specific task which comprises a number of steps:-
( l) Study the position, that is, identify all the tactical and strategic
peculiarities of the configuration of pieces and pawns. Note the word study.
We are not talking about "evaluating" the position but about "studying" it,
because an evaluationjust by itself(without study) doesn't supply the key to
further action. For instance it may be a case of"White stands better", anda
young player may give the correct assessment-but he won 't know what to
do nexl What is he to do with this "better" position?
(2) Studying the position generates ideas with their corresponding
''candidate moves". These ideas aim at exploiting some particular character-
iestics ofthe situation (the characteristics you previously identified!).
(3) Now calculate the variations and assess the positions to which tbey
lead. ln other words, weigh up an idea and assess it for suitability.
(4) Ifthe verdict on the ideais positive, you carry it out, that is you make
the corresponding move.
Let us take an example.
Toshkov-Russek
Saint John, 1988
White to move
8 Progressive Thinking Progressive Thinking 9
But is what we have said above realistic?

As we study the situation, our attention is drawn to the following: Usually it ali happens a bit differently. When a player tums his attention to
(a) the opposition o f the queens, and the fact that the bishop on d6 is to the placing ofthe queens and the vulnerability ofthe bishop on d6, and notes
some extent "hanging"; the corresponding moves l tl'lcb5 and 1 tl'ldb5, it's hard to imagine him not
(b) the alignment ofthe king and bishop on the a2-g8 diagonal (the pawn looking immediately at the capture o f the knight-1...cxb5. ln other words, a
on f7 is pinned, which means the knight on g6 is unprotected). preliminary, cursory inspection o f the elementary forced variations takes
place as soon as the idea emerges. ln this way, idea "A" is discarded without
Such are the tactical features. Of the strategic ones, we notice: more ado.
(c) White's pawn superiority in the centre, and Black's on the queenside. Next, the player will notice the opposition o f the bishop and k.ing, the pin
From the above, some ideas and "candidate moves" emerge: on the f7-pawn and the unprotected position o f the knight on g6. The move I
(A) White could try to pick up the bishop on d6 by jumping to b5 or f5 e5 comes into bis head, and he immediately starts working out the variations.
with a knight: 1 tl'lcb5; 1 tZ'ldb5; 1 ll'lf5. With this, the preparatory work is practically finished. The player will
(B) He might attempt to win the knight on g6 after clearing the pawn from dispense with any further investigations. He will re-check his variations and
e4; thus, 1 e5. play I e5.
(C) He could prepare the advance ofhis e- and f-pawns: I ll'lde2; 1 'ifd2.
You might ask about the order in whicb the candidate moves should be
examined. The answer is, first o f ali look at the most promising ones, those
which are forcing and tactica! in character. Only then examine the moves
which aim to carry out a strategic plan. NEGATIVE
So let us proceed to the calculation o f variations. YERDICT
(A) lt's clear that knight excursions to b5 promise nothing good, while 1
tl'lf5 doesn't lead to a forced line o f play, and would require detailed
investigation.
So we switch to the following possibility:
(B) 1 e5 - a fairly straightforward analysis shows that White wins. The
verdict on the idea is positive. The move can be played.
As you see, then, we never got round to examining the strategic moves It's easy to see that this scheme differs substantially from the previous one.
1 tl'lde2 and 1 'i'd2. I f idea "B" cropped up first (as well it might), the scheme ofthought would
ln the game, the continuation was: 1 e5! tl'lxe5 2 f4 (the knight perishes) be simplified still further:
2 ... tl'leg4 3 hxg4 tl'lxg4 4 J . c l l:I.ad8 5 ll'le4 ... 1-0.
O
ln this case the winning idea wàs "on the surface", the variations proved
very simple and White didn 't need to "dig deep". Let us visualize the scheme VERDICT
--PO_S_IT_I_VE-'I
o f thought like this: 80VE
1 V 2 3
We will agree to classify this scheme as progressive thinking, by which we

mean a simple, straightforward train o f thought.
POSITIVE
T ln chess as in life, battles are fought between ideas. As a rule, the more
-YE-RD-IC sophisticated ones prevail. We now offer 180 positions for solution, which we
- I 80VE hope will help young players to pursue their mental development and
10
conceive new, interesting ideas.
!O Progressive Thinking Progressive Thinking JJ
7 8
Black to move
3 4 9 10
5 6 11 12
Black to move
J2 Progressive Thinldng Progressive Thinking J3
13 14 19* 20
Black to move
15 16 21• 22
Black to move Black to move Black to move

17 18 23 24
Black to move
25* 26 31 32
Black to move Black to move

27 28 33 34
29 30* 35 36

37* 38* 43 44

39 40* 45 46
11 , *lr i
--'-\l ---,,
,,
Black to move
41 42 47 48*
Black to move
18 Progrfssive Thinking Progressive Thinking 19
49* 50* 55* 56*
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61 62 67 68
Black to move
63* 64 69 70*
Black to move
65** 66 71* 72*
Black to move
73 74 79*** 80*

75* 76 81 82*
77 78* 83 84
85* 86 91 92
Black to move
87 88* 93 94*
89 90 95** 96*
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... ,B,
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26 Progressive Thinldng Progressive Thinking 27
97 98* 103 104*
Black to move
99** 100* 105* 106*
101* 102* 107 108

109* 110 115 116
Black to move B/ack to move

111 * 112* 117 118
113 114* 119 120*
Black to move
30 Progressive Thinking Progressive Thinking 3 J
121 122** 127** 128**
Black to move
123* 124 129* 130*
125 126 13 l* 132**

32 Progressive Thinking Progressive Thinki11g 33
133** 134** 139* 140

z
, •... ¼,.
, .,
Black to move
135** 136** 141 * 142***
Black to move
137** 138* 143* 144**
34 Progressive Thinking Progressive Thinking 3 j
145*** 146** 151*** 152***
Black to move
147*** 148*** 153*** 154***
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Black to move
149**** 155*** 156***

Progressive Thinking 37
36 Progressive Thinking
157*** 158**** 163** 164*
Black to move
160** 165* 166*
159***
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161** 162* 167* 168**
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169* 170 175*** 176***
Black to move
171* 172* 177** 178**
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173* 179*** 180

174***
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m'êr:r
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Reciprocai Thinking 41
would gain nothing from 33 ... d4, in view of 34 'i'xd6. The threats of 35
'i!Vg6+ and 35 'i'xc5 would be quite unpleasant. After a little more thought,
2 Reciprocai Thinking I carne to the conclusion that the knight on f5 had to be eliminated at once."
32 ... l:txfS! 33 exf5 'ffd2, and White resigned.
What did Kholmov do? He corrected his idea. How? By altering the order
ofmoves.
Let's look at another episode from play.
After noticing an idea and briefly familiarizing ourselves with it, we pro·
ceed to its detailed examination. What do we do if we find that it doesn 't
work? Do we discard it and try another one, and then the next one and so Purins-Inglitls
on? Then do we come back to the first one, and study it more closely? This Correspondence game, 1971
is hardly sensible. If we fail to make an idea work, we need to stop and
ascertain the cause of failure (i.e. answer the question "why?"), and then
attempt to correct our design. E A.-
¾. . . 'f S
Let's take an example.
,..4-i,--
J
Aronin-Kholmov
Yerevan, 1962 .8
White to move
After 1 'i'xd6+ 'it>b7, or l xd6 hxg6, no decisive continuations are to be

found. What is White to do?
1 bS+!! An important interpolation! With this intermediate check, White
causes the long diagonal to be opened, allowing his bishop to join in the
attack with tempo: l...cxbS (or I...'it>b7 2 cxd6+ 'it>a6 3 c7 mate) 2
Black to move 'i'xd6+ b7 3 ii.xe4 (check!) c6 4 i.xc6+ a6 5 'i'a3 mate. Therefore,
Black resigned.
It's interesting to acquaint ourselves with Kholmov's comments: "Black's By inserting a useful intermediate move, White brought about a
advantage is undeniable. It looks as if 32 ... lbd4 would be very strong, favourable change in the position. Thus, an idea may be corrected by:
removing the last obstacle-the knight on f5. But then there could fotlow 33 (a) a/tering the arder o f moves;
xd4 'fie3+ 34 'it>hl cxd4 35 'fixa5, and White obtains saving chances (b) inserting an intermediate move.
based on the threat of perpetuai check. This variation didn't satisfy me, so A simplified representation of the "reciprocai" scheme of thought would
my thoughts took a new direction. What about 32 ...'i'd2 ? Then White evi- look like this:
dently has to play 33 l:tf2, to defend against mate. But after that, it's simple:
33 ... dl+ 34 l:tfl f2+! 35 'it>xf2 l:txf5+ 36 exf5 l:txfS+ 37 We3 'ikxfl ' and
Black wins.
"That's it! I've found the solution-let's go!
"And yet just as my hand was reaching out towards the queen, an uneasy
feeling carne over me. On 32 ...'i'd2, White has 33 h4!. What then? Black
42 Reciprocai Thinking Reciprocai Thinking 43
181 182*
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1
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2
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6
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NEGATIVE
VERDICT
8 MOVE
4 ,
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Black to move
183* 184*
A problem that many young players have is that they don 't think about the
reason why one idea doesn't work; they set about examining the next one
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straight away. ln other words in the logical chain o f their thought there is a
link missing, namely "ascertain the cause", and consequently "correct the :!:!:;'•
idea",
This results in missed opportunities and a low quality o f play.
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Experience has shown that the reciprocai manner o f thinking is easy for a i
player to develop. ¾
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185* 186*
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Black to move
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187* 188 193 194*
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199 200 205 206

201* 202 207* 208
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203* 204* 209** 210
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Black to move
211* 212* 217* 218
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213 214 219** 220**
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215 216 221 "'** 222*
Black to move
50 Reciprocai Thinldng Reciprocai Thinking 51
223*** 224*** 229** 230**
Black to move
225*** 226*** 231** 232***
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7, X. 0 ,
---· .;J
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227*** 228*** 233*** 234**
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Black to move
Reciprocai Tlzinking 53
52 Rec procal Thinking
241 *** 242***

235*** 236***
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\t . l...,
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Black to move
243** 244****
237*** 238*
245** 246**
239*** 240***
247*** 248*** 253 254
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"'¼ W..JI
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Black to move
,
251**** 252**** 257* 258**
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ffi
-
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a:<: - 1
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Black to move
Reciprocai Thinking - logic 57
Bednarski-Ghitescu
Bath, 1973
3 Reciprocai Thinking - Logic
Quite often a player succeeds in physically elíminating the reason why an

idea doesn 't work. This is achieved with the aid of logic.
Sax-Partos
Biel, 1985
White to move
White can't play 1 :h3 because of mate on g2.

1 .tdS! Depriving Black of his counter-threats on the long diagonal-a
logical decision!
l ... xt3 If 1... exdS, then 2 :h3.
2 .i.xc6 .i.xc6 3 gxt3 Ji.xf3+ 4 'it>gl ... 1-0.
Here White parried bis opponent's counter-threat with tempo, that is he
deprived him o f an indirect defence.
White to move
8 8
The straightforward 1 : x e 6 .txe6 2 :xe6 looks obvious, but then Black POSITIVE
parries the threat of 3 :g6+ by playing 2 ...i h c 2 .
-r
VERDICT
1 c4!! bxc3 Now tbe queen can't get to c2! IDEA
6
2 :xe6 .txe6 3 l:txe6 J.f6 4 lbf6, and Partos resigned.
In this case White eliminated the direct defensive possibility c8xc2). NEGATIVE
Now let us look at another example. S 3
VERDICT
LOGIC
4
58 Reciproca/ Thinking - Logic Reciprocai Thinking - Logic 59
Sometimes more complex cases arise.

259 260
Lukin Yuneev
Leningrad, 1989 %
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,
-
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,
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½,
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m
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261 262
White to move
% - A
ti ··-·r- lWitt
-·····-,;:-··
;
i···'í,'!;
:r. ""'
Wl
The knight on al is short ofmobility. White can try to win it with 1 l:'.c4,
0··%
but Black replies 1... : b s and saves his piece by exploiting the weakness of i tl Wl
lhe back rank: 2 : c l llic2!. So let's try to stop the black rook from coming Wl, ,WI WI /-'//,.
-·····' ·
into play: 1 :d4+ 'ít>c8 (the square b8 is now inaccessible) 2 l:'.c4, and wins.
However, the king isn't forced to retreat to the eighth rank-Black has fW,
g Wli m -,r-"'
l .. .'it>e6. Well, can we deprive him of this possibility too?
1 e6+!! fxe6 2 :d4+!, and Yuneev laid down his amis. -·2.'êWI i:m
ln this case, how will the reciprocai train of thought be schematically • - ¼ ,. • :•·····
represented?
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1
8 IDEA ___..,
2
--
POSITIVE
VERDICT
9
8 MOVE
263
IWIJ..
!t't ■
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WIX
264
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,.. 3 ,: '
6 NEGATIVE :i: r j
%
VERDICT
WI ti"i
Bm
8
NEGATIVE
J ····'
S VERDICT
0
w
LOGIC
j m ½---,,. ,
4
W,
LOGIC
7
Reciprocai Thinkíng - logic 6)
60 Reciproca/ Thinking - Logic
271 272*
265 266
·:l
ltt
%"-'¼
i
, -----
Black to move
Black to move
273 274*
267 268
m i-
-··- --
f.
Black to move
275 276
269 270*

62 Reciprocai Thinking- Logic Reciprocai Thinking- Logic 63
277 278 283 284
Black to move
,
279 280 285 286
E 1<:
is ti
-,;- - -
---···

281 282 287 288

64 Reciprocai Thinking - Logic Reciprocai Thinking- Logic 65
289 290* 295 296

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293 294 299 300
- J!

66 Reciprocai Thinking - Logic Reciprocai Thinking- Logic 67
301 302 307 308*
--- F---J ,.
·---
-- í.ti' ;
··--··'
Black to move
303* 304* 309 310*

305 306 311 312
Black to move
68 Reciprocai Thi11ki11g - Logic Reciprocai Thinking- Logic 69
313 314 319* 320*
1
"
k
-
- ,.
Black to move
315 316 321 322*
, -w
i ,z.._,,,
--,,,f··--·
-¼
,
Black to move
317 318 323 324
Black to move
70 Reciprocai Thinking - logic Reciprocai Thinking - logic 71
325 326 331** 332

327 328* 333 334
Black to move
329 330* 335* 336*
Black to move
72 Reciprocai Thinking- logic Reciprocai 111inking - Logic 73
337 338 343 344
339 340* 345 346
Black to move
341 342 347 348
74 Reciprocai Thínking- Logic Reciprocai Thinking- Logic 75
349* 350* 355 356*
- 1
m -
I?
%- .,,!;
. '§'- f' p
-
i0i<:. f1!iz---J----\
i lr
------' ------ . t
-i
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,
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ft iff···· !f
0
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%
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/ ,
-: \n >----
1w
%""' . f %"¼
ffj
f.
.... w L. -
i--,--'
t 1
-
-
/.
Black to move
,•.•
351 352* 357**
,fi 358*
'St t- ftS" 'S
- *,
,__
' ,
,f·'
----- w
?rut '------X. ,
f_
'ím m
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···---i -·'i j. -».1- ,_1

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,J'·--J
"¼
0 J «•------
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l ]
1, ,,,
*
,
0
im "jf
--- "f.
1 0
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1
-. 2. ...- - z
t···
,--
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,.,.
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f ' ,._
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0
-, %-- 1-, ¼
f ftfft % ftíj
W§ f!,, r, , .... ,,, ,,., .....
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···
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, -
353 354 359 360
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1,,.m··--1
S !ftfm'
f 1 ·----'
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1
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7- ,.
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!!
-
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f -' ,
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. f.... J %¼
"
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0-
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f.
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,w §t-:,;: ?,: ,;, - •
76 Reciprocai Thinking-Logic Reciprocai Thinking - Logic 77
361* 362 367* 368*

363* 364* 369* 370*

365 366 371* 372**

78 Reciprocai Thinking - Logic Reciprocai Thinking - Logic 79
373** 374** 379** 380**

375* 376** 381** 382**
Black to move
---J J ,, ,
377*** 378** 383** 384*
E!
¾_____ •
i
¼- z . · -/ -· .
- /.

80 Reciprocai Thinking- Logic Reciprocai Thinking - Logic 81
385** 386** 391* 392*
m
i
-
Black to move
387 388* 393** 394**
Black to move
389* 390 395** 396**
--<?, ,
i
-¼
.f!
Black to move
82 Reciprocai Thinking -Logic Reciprocai Thinkíng- Logic 83
397*** 398** 403* 404*
li 13 @ *m iri'-
c-1 % ," '-• tª A? ·
1f ,.§. ti t
t ------- s tvt-
--
-
-
t
1l
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r: v @- ii
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j_
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r,
ft____ft,_
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l i
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, •m•---- i..-ft-w
r'1mi t·r.:,
-
ma'ê
%"1
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1 ----·-'w 'êi.ID<ít>i:fü ,
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%
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3 %,_.,/0 !b,· ,,,
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.§.
399** 400* 405* 406*
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3 mt -
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iF m%w"
t ,. "__',"½ % ,-- "
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401* 402* 407** 408***
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84 Reciprocai Thinking- Logic Reciprocai Thinkíng- Logic 85
409*** 410*** 415*** 416***
:t
,• m • • 0
&i
,t
:t
W'" 0.J %
:t
.-'?,.:. ã·-·%
i
1
-
--¼
•····3 :t tll
--¼ ,
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f m■%mA ··-m:t
m x..,.w-··· m
• m • ft.1
-··-··j--
•:
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-
o
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m m• w .i r- , r- m
mE ■* i..... ft ir.
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ft
rt{' W,"'-'
ft í E ft í.'.m
7• . .,:
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0 w
418****
,.,,
411** 412* 417**
.··m ·-J m
m :t % r
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i
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f
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':S
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r ',
m i m • r··-
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·1. m
..... J ?0 .J.
ift···
:rt m··· i -·-·-··
t.'.m -·----
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l ■
m 'iv
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, ... --¼
''
..¼
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ft
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¾
-
0
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..
°ft,
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m ,.-,.
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• :1.
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Black to move
-:-:-:,,
Black to move
·-
Black to move
413*** 414*** 419* 420 *"'
i A:t r
fl ]!!:t rf-l t'
:t ■
lf''
Í ■i
'··· "o
.'/,.
m
-:t , .
L. , ·m · ·l. w--o/,.
- i :t
fmm d m % ¼
mm*11m ·····
·
•
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m
ft
m
· mw!a
ft-
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m--
····r···'
fti .fti.'.m--«
m w····-·
%%.¼
fti.'.m ....3w f!!
g, - %m .§.%.,.r·-- ¼ , -
Black to move
86 Reciprocai Thinking - Logic
421** 422**
4 Reciprocai Thinking -
Auxiliary ldea
Sometimes, to cany out one idea, you need to find another auxiliary one.
Gulko-Vaganian
Reggio Emilia, 1981
423***
Black to move
Black to move Black is in a difficult situation. To save himself, he will have to pick up
the h-pawn (which is a long way away) and get back to the f5-square. But
analysis shows that he is one tempo short. His position looks hopeless.
l. ..Wc5 2 Wa4 Playing 2 h4 would be silly-the opposing king is in the
"square".
2...Wc4!! The auxiliary idea! By threatening to take the e3-pawn,
Vaganian forces his opponent's next move:
3 h4 After 3 WaS Wd3, the game would be dawn.
3...Wd5! Reverting to the original idea-the rciute to the h pawn is now
one square shorter!
4 @a5 We5 5 a6 Wf5 6 Wxa7 Wg4 7 Wb6 'it.>xh4 8 c5 Wg4! But not
8... Wg3? on account of9 Wd5! Wf3 10 d4.
9 ds wrs 1/2-1/2
88 Reciprocai Thinking - Auxiliary ldea Reciprocai Thinking-Auxiliary Jdea 89
424 425
ICT
ATIVE
8
" E3
4
426 427
Black to move
428* 429*
Black to move
90 Reciproca/ Thinking-Auxiliary Jdea Reciprocai Thinking-Auxiliaryldea 91
430* 431* 436* 437*

432 433 438* 439*

434* 435* 440 441

92 Reciprocai Thinking-Auxíliary /dea Reciprocai Thinking-Auxiliary ldea 93
442 443 448 449**

444 445* 450* 451*
m m i
m-··-··11
ti
...
0,
0m
,m • ,m,ii§
··-0
Black to move
446* 447* 452* 453*
--- m-- ,, ,
m mm
t, ■Am E
, · -m
,.....t
, K.#.
••
?
;,: ____X,·
'
Black ta move
94 Reciprocai Thinking-Auxilia,y ldea Reciprocai Thillking -Auxiliary /dea 95
454** 455** 460** 461*
456 457 462** 463***
Black to move
458 459* 464** 465*
96 Reciprocai Thinl,,ing -Auxiliary ldea Reciprocai Thinking-Auxiliary Idea 97
466** 467* 472* 473*

468 469** 474* 475*
0"'1
i&P'
Black to move
470*** 471** 476** 477**
Black to move
98 Reciprocai Thinking -Auxiliary Jdea Reciprocai Thinking-Auxiliary Jdea 99
478*** 479**** 484** 485**

480* 481* 486**** 487****
'=
...a
, ,,
!:,-
w
w
..
,,
f,
r., •
-
?iifilJ.
.,,----
.,
B/ack to move
482* 483*** 488* 489***
i'
1 m -- 3 -
, . J, ,.,
.
--- zf""' ' 0
·
- ffl
-
..,•. 0
.' z.:·
" m
t.
Black to move
/00 Reciprocai Thinking-Auxiliary Jdea Reciprocai Thinking -Auxi/iary Idea 10 l
490*** 491* 496* 497*
492** 493*** 498** 499**
494* 495** SOO** 501**
Black to move
102 Reciprocai Thinking-Auxi/iary Idea
502** 503****
5 Mental Agility
Every chess teacher watches his pupils and evaluates their mental
capabilities. One of the criteria for this evaluation is their mental agility
(quick-wittedness, resourcefulness). This quality is easy to detect by means
oftests. Let's look at the following example.
F.Olafsson-Karpov
Valletta, 1980
Black to move
To find the winning idea, you have to show resource.
1.. .'i'bl+! 2 l:tel al! A delicate manoeuvre-an ambush is laid for the
white queen. On 3 l:.e2, Black has prepared 3... làl2+. Therefore White
resigned.
Regarding the development ofthe mental faculties (and resourcefulness in
particular), heredity and the age of the pupils are highly significant factors.
As specialists will tel1 you, at the age of three, children should already be
receiving a large quantity of the most varied information. This fortifies their
nervous system and advances their mental development. Subsequently their
brainwork must be stimulated by a variety of exercises, problems, puzzles,
etc. There is no time to lose-the older they are, the less chance there is of
developing their wits.
We would strôngly urge coaches working with young chessplayers to use
more exercises with original, unconventional solutions, since it is at a young
age that mental agility can be successfully developed. This quality
sometiines helps a chessplayer to find the main idea in a position, but far
more often it comes into play when searchingfor a auxi/ia,y idea.
The exercises offered in Chapters V and VI can be effectively used to
assess your mental agility, but not to develop it.
/04 Mental Agility Mental Agility JOj
504* 505* 510* 511*
- Jl.
tB
m..J ,
..... ,.
?
?' _.§
506* 507* 512* 513
Black to move
508 509 514* 515
a··-··
<. . . . !
"
B/ack to move
106 Mental Agility Mental Agility 107
516* 517* 522 523
·-
Black to move
•..
, .,,
518* 519* 524 525

521* 527
,
520* 526*
m··
·- --
······'
!I
ir.
•.'....¼,. ,, . · ······'
!'.!"
/08 Mental Agility
528 529*
6 Mental Agility - Reciprocai
Thinking - Auxiliary ldea
..
- .ft
,
.,
' , ii.t-
:f·-$ Think about the following position and find the strongest continuation.
?.
······'
Behrhorst-Dizdar
Berlin, 1985
530 531**
Black to move
Now let us follow your train o f thought. Wbat díd you Iook at in the first
place? You thought about taking the rook, didn't you? But White replies 2
i.h6, and by threatening mate he recovers the lost material. Next you will
have studied the logical move 1...h5. lts aim is to drive the queen o:ff the
532** g-file and thus destroy the mating set-up. But in this case logic is powerless:
21/ig3 h4 3 ii'g4.
It is only after this that you go a little more deeply into the position and
,1 ,
unearth the winning auxiliary idea.
ln the game, there followed:
; .,.
< l ... f5!! Unblocking the seventh rank with tempo.
2 exf5 l h d l 3 i . h 6 l:td7! 41:tcl °iYd4, and White resigned.
Wbat helped you (and Oi.Mar) to find the winning auxiliary idea? Your
mental agility and resourcefulness, I believe. It is something you must keep
,,
testing!
:-: - .,._
110 Mental Agility-Reciprocal Thinking-Auxiliary [dea Mental Agility- Reciprocai Thinking-Auxiliary ldea 1l J
--..eDEA
1 2
POSITIVE
VERDICT
6
8
MOVE
533 534
RESOURCE
535 536
Black to move
,, ,
537 538
E w ,-
rtJ
112 Mental Agility- Reciproca/ Thinking-Auxiliary Idea Mental Agility-Reciprocal Thinking -Auxiliary /dea 113
539 540 545 546
541 542
.,
547 548*
ft.
r s
'0
iaa
, -,

543 544 549 550
Black to move
114 Mental Agility- Reciprocai Thinking-Auxi/ia,y Idea Mental Agility- Reciprocai Thinking -Auxiliary Ideà 115
551* 552* 557 558*
Black to move
553* 554 559* 560*
Black to move
561 562
555 556
Black to move
Black to move B/ack to move
116 Mental Agility- Reciproca/ Thinking-Auxiliary ldea Mental Agility- Reciprocai Thinking-Auxiliary Jdea 117
563* 564* 569 570

565* 566 571 572
:: &
: , ,
-z
Black to move
------ ,
.U.
<> or..11-«ftii
Black to move
567 568 573* 574*
mr,__
-m
-----' , - 1.

118 Mental Agility-Reciprocal Thinking-Auxíliaryldea Reciprocai Thinking Auxi/iary Jdea 119
575* 576** 581 * 582*

583 584*
577* 578*
Black to move
585** 586*
579 580*

120 Mental Agility- Reciprocai Thinking-Auxiliary ldea Mental Agility- Reciprocai Thinking-A uxiliary ldea 121
587** 588** 593 594*
Black to move
589* 590
595* 596*
, z@
/.
,.,
- -
.. ,.
•
/1
--- §
Black to move
591 592 597 598*
Black to move
l 22 Mental Agility- Reciprocai Thinking-Auxiliary ldea Mental Agility - Reciprocai Thinking-Auxiliary Idea 123
599 600 605 606

601 602* 607 608

603* 604 609 610**
. ;_
124 Mental Agility- Reciprocai Thinking-Auxiliary Idea Mental Agility-Reciprocal Thinking-Auxiliary Jdea / 2j
611 612* 617 618*
613 614* 619* 620*
m
m m ,
m
mm
ft
,
Black to move
615 616* 621** 622*
m:
ftm
?<i
§{"'
126 Mental Agility- Reciprocai Thinking -Auxiliary Jdea Mental Agility- Reciprocai Thinking-Auxiliary ldea 12 7
623** 624* 629* 630*
--- , m·· w -
- Atli
• mi-' f
■
¼
m·· ----··'
0 i
if.í
?
0
·'····",'
625 626 631* 632*
Black to move
627* 628* 633** 634
m1
0

128 Mental Agility- Reciprocai Thinking -Auxiliary ldea Mental Agility-Reciprocal Thinking-Auxiliary /dea J29
635** 636** 641*** 642**

637*** 638*** 643*** 644**
Black to move
Black to move
639*** 640*** 645 646*

130 Mental Agility- Reciprocai Thinking-Auxiliary Jdea
647* 648**
7 Imagination
Kronlack-Kneller
Liepaja, 1972
Black to move
649*** 650***
White to move-assess the position
The kingside pawns are blocked, and there's no possibility of creating a

passed pawn on the opposite wing. Does this mea:n it's a dead draw?
l d6 i.c3 2 '&t>c6 i.a5 3 i.c2!! '&t>h6 4 b4! cxb4 I f 4... i.xb4, then 5
xb6, and the a-pawn is set in motion.
Black to move 5 i.b3! Extraordinary! The bishop is watled in! lt was soon ali over.
651 **** 652****
What helped Kronlack to discover bis remarkable idea? Logic? No.
Mental agility? Hardly. Imagination? O f course! That was what led him to
the thought of shutting off the bishop.
But what part did k:nowledge play? How does knowledge affec1
imagination? Let us take an example.
Black to move
132 lmagination Imagination 133
A.Selezniev, 1923 Discovery ofthe solution made such a strong impression on them that the
(conclusion o f a study) idea stuck in their memory. Thus they found the concluding move o f the
Selezniev study with the aid o f an analogy, that is, through knowledge and
recollection. What about the remainder ofthose who found that move? They
had managed independently to rid themselves offalse inferentes restricting
theír imagination.
Let's take a practical episode from a game between young players.
Kamsky-Tiviakov
Daugavpíls, 1986
White to move
We have shown the diagram position to many a junior chessplayer. The

task-''White to play and win", or again ''White wins in one move"-Ieft
them bewildered. Hardly anyone could :find the solution. Why? Let us look
into it. Two factors should be noted:
(1) Toe pupils possessed the indispensable k:nowledge. for solving the
position; they knew about the right to castle.
Black to move
(2) They also knew that castling usually takes place at the beginning ofthe
game, and that í f it doesn't, something will happen to deprive the player o f
his castling rights. ln other words, they had systematized and generalized Of course, when Kamsky made his last move, ltie2-d4, he had consid red
their knowledge. As a result, the chíldren subconsciously inferred that what would happen ifBlack captured on that square. Yet he was only thmk-
castling must be impossible in an advanced stage ofthe endgame. It was this ing about a knight exchange, which is char':'cteristi o f such pos tions. The
unconventiona/ move 1... i.xd4! escaped his attenbon. After 2 ilxd4 e6 3
inference that prevented them from finding 1 0-0-0+.
ll::ie3 eS, Black emerged with an extra piece.
Most ofthe small number who did give the right solution had come across
something similar before-see the next diagram. Why did White overlook 1... i.xd4 ? Kamsky Gust lík any other hes -
player) had probably seen a knight exchange dozens o times be ore. m th1s
type o f position. Black's surrender ofthe fianchettoed btshop, wh1ch m most
cases runs counter to common sense, was something he had perhaps never
once come across. His knowledge bad become generalized; for him, the
knight exchange had become the typical precept. Hence 1... xd4 was
subconscíously excluded as a possíbility.
We may say that imagination is endangered not by knowledge but by
generalizationsfrom it, for they entail various subconscious inhi i ons. d
yet generalizations from knowledge are a human charactenshc that 1s
essential to life. How can this contradiction be resolved?
Clearly, the ability to think in a non·stand:1fd manner nee s to be
developed in young players from the time o f their very first steps m chess.
This means the coach must not merely impart knowledge and teach them the
mate in one move principies and methods o f combat, but also demonstrate exceptions to the
mies, and, most importantly, stimulate their own investigations.
134 lmagination Imagination 1j j
653 654 659 660*

655 656 661 662*

657 658* 663 664
Black to move
I 36 Imagination lmagination 137
665 666 671 672
,-
······'m··
-- ½ " t ,, § -
..••• r
i---···'m·, fti % ,_ . <
-,..1 ª, ---,
f "
- , -
m ml■
,, . ,. ½ w
,,, ,- - Black to move
,,
673 674
:a i
667 668
- . "--··11@'--.i
, m;-- -- m*• m;--
i i ii i1 % i • t
,
-- r.
45 -- --?,
if.
\lf- m... .3 .¾ .
ii ft m;
;
, !,
W,$ 'jf
'. .... '-' ·-··-, -
íi¼
m z; ;,:
,,[I
669 670 675 676*
- m ®i
íiz ,
, ---··r
-
·.-:,
---lA
,
, ..... ,
[1 J· -
tt.J'
m; ..
·'m··
i
0;--1<
- !<
l
4imt W,$f'¼ , ¼. ..
lê] ,
"
íi¼, ·-·· ,. , - ,?: ?,. ,
:o: - ,_
/ 38 lmagination Jmagination 139
677 678* 683** 684*
! -· ½··,,,
· ttt
',,-- ···"·'¼ 'í
¼• • '..
,
679 680 685* 686*
,,, ,
i
"
Black to move
681 682 687 688
.· i;,i''.-:
• í! z z• ,.
-
· --«
i??J.
_:!S;
1::
· ---·--' •· .. ·

/40 lmagination lmagination 141
, m,
689 690"'* 695 696**
®"ê -'
- @lff -·ir.
-
- , r.....
..-- m , iinff ,
ifz m*
ft
00
1
,, ----- 0
lm 1
_....
,,... \ 9·-'l-··· i
'
¾ Z
"'
" 0
" "
i
·-rir···'
t:
m-·· .. :-.: -
-- :· =
-0m m· it .....
,/!, .,,
, , ,
Black to move
691* 692 697* 698*
--1 - i-,-: 1
,
"
2 .,
'LSJz-, m ®".'--0,
.¼
ifi ' 0m 0 m•i..·m
,
i ir.
---mti
- -
.... • 0,-
m
f,-- .,
t......
,11
fAtl
.¼m·-- ,m
1(-,.J ff'¾ t:f
0
...
?
¼
t 1 m ftt
w
"½
'/('·····
ip
q
, ,
Black to move
693 694 699* 700**
d·-·
!llil- t "'.d
---··'m",¾
.- - ,
mt..¼m
w---,
iA
i½
j R @m"',;--
7-
--ti
,: i
---t..... ,m
?
..V..tii i -r
,,._.,, .,. 0
.,_,K,,
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Solutions to Exercises 153
9 Kupreichik-Gavrikov, Lvov 1984

1 l:tfl! Kupreichik drives the queen away from the e5 square. 1..."filg4
J••JWg6 2 'iVe5!. 2 i.f.3 'iVg7 3 'iVeS! 1-0
Solutions to Exercises
1OPismenny-Shwartz, Moscow 1968
Black is counting on moving his rook back and forth from g6 to e6. 1 g5
l Short-Topalov, Linares 1995 l:te6 2 'ii'f6! ! c;t>ra The pawn ending is hopeless. 3 Wd8 Wg8 4 d7 l:tel
The rook on d6 has two defenders. I. .. i.c4! With the idea of first 4... 'it'f8 5 'ii'h8 mate. 5 g6 1-0
removing one, and then-the other. 2 'i'xf.3 2 .l:!.a5 f2 3 '{li'xf2 'tWxd6.
2...i.xd5 3 .U.xd5 .l:!.xc3 The rest is a matter of straightforward technique. 4 11 Khalifman-Ulibin, Sochi 1989
°it'f6 'fkc7 5 'iif2 "filc4 6 'it'b2 "filb4+ 7 'it>a 1 .l:!.h3 8 'i!'n !íe3 0-1 1 lt:lxe6!! 'i!i'xe6 2 l:tel 'iVxel+ 2... lt:leS 3 lt:lxcS; 2 ... 'iVt7 3 l:te7. 3 'iVxel
i.b7 4 'i!Ve6+ •.• 1-0
2 Ehlvest-Kir.Georgiev, Vrsac 1987
1 Wid4! The pin allows him to win a knight. 1...1!Vd6 2 c7 xc7 3 xd5 12 Reshevsky-Larsen, Lugano 1968
etc. 1... lt:lf6! 2 luxe5 l:txc2 3 i.xc2 'iVal!! 0-1
3 Matanovié-D.Byrne, Vincovci 1968 13 Lein-Flesch, Ordzhonikidze 1964

1 i.b6! The d4 square is needed for the knight. 1. .. .l:!.e8 2 lt:\d4 'iia4 3 1 d5! exd5 l...i.xc3 2 dxe6+ xe6 3 l:txd7 lt:la5+ 4 '.tic2! i.e5 5 c5 etc. 2
lt:lxe6 ... l-0 .l:!.xd5! 1-0 2.•. l:txd5 3 cxd5.
4 Kraseokov-Gleizerov, Poland 1993 14 Magergut-Bykov, Vladimir 1960

The black rooks are very restricted in their movement. 1 l:i'.d8+ 'it>f7 2 1 lt:ld2! 1-0 There is no defence against the manoeuvre of the knight to
J.c6 l:.ec7 2... .l:!.bc7 3 i.e8+. 31:tddl! and Gleizerov resigned. 1-0 g5.
5 Stein-R.Byrne, Sousse l 967 15 Matanovié-Dumpor, Novi Vecey 1986

1 c4! 1-0 lf l...dxc4 2 l::t.cbl ! 1'Va6 3 i.xe7; l...'iifa6 2 cxd5. 1. .. g4! With the idea of clearing the second rank of pawns. Already then
the well known manoeuvre l:tbl-hl-h2+ will be decisive. 2 hxg4 The threat
6 Mukhamedzianov-Pelts, Ryazan 1976 was 2...exf2 3 c;t>xf2 g3+. 2... h3! 3 gxh3 exf2 4 l:tb7+ f6 5 l:tb6+ @e5 6
1 h5! gxh5 1...ll.'.e4 2 hxg6 'it'xg6 4 lhb4. 2 lt:lh4! l:txh4 2...l1e4 3 'i!Vf3. 3 l:tb5+ @d4 6.. /i!i>f4!. 7 'it>xf2 l:thl 8 Wg3 bl='iV 9 l:txbl l:txbl 10 'it>f4 <;f;d5
gxh4 11Va3 4 11Ve2 i.e7 5 'i!Vxb5 "files 6 .l:!.b3 "fi/a7 7 l:tg3+ 'it'f8 8 11Vxh6+ 11 h4 l:tfl+ 12 °it;g5 c;i;>e6 13 c;i;>g6 fff6+ 14 g7 :t'7+ 15 g8 ffa7! 0-1
'.tie8 9 llg8+ d7 10 'fif4 'ilia! l l 11ixf7 'i'xe5 1211Ve8+ 1-0
16 Van der Wiel-Hübner, Wijk aan Zee 1987
7 Mirkovié-Gluzman, Belgrade 1991 1 ffhhl! lue7 2 'ii'h3 l"iJfS 3 g4 1-0 Since the variation 3... liJh6 4 g5 lt:lf5
1 d6! l:Id5 1...lk6 2 l:te8+! (2 l:te7?? xe7) 2... 'i!Vxe8 3 'i'Vxe8+ luxe8 4 5 'iVh8+ Wfl 6 g6+ 'it'e7 7 l:bf5! is easy to find.
d7; I...1ít't7 2 .l:!.e8+!. 2 l:te7 1-0 2 .. J::td 1+ 3 'it>g2 'i!Vc6+ 4 'it'h3 'i!Vc8+ 5 d7
'i'Vf8 6.l:te8. 17 De la Villa Garcia - Illescas Cordoba, Spain 1995
1. ..'iVh3! Black exploits the opponent's pieces on the third rank. 2 lt:lxg6
8 Rozentalis-Nikoloff, USA 1994 Other continuations are also unsatisfactory, e.g. 2 i.xe5 luxes 3 'l'i'xf6 (3
l lt:lb4! 1-0 ifg2 lhh4) 3... l:txh4 4 'iVf8+ d7 5 ffdl+ Wc6 6 'iVf6+ 'it>b5; 2 l:te3 i.xc3
154 Solutions to Exercises Solutio11s to Exercises 155
3 .l:.xc3 d4 4 'i!Ve3 g5 5 .l:!'.xc5 .l:!'.xh4. 2... i.xc3 3 xh8 i.xel 4 'i!Vxf6 d4 25 Matanovié-Soos, Israel 1965
0-1 Since there is no perpetuai check: 5 'i'f8+ c,t,d7 6 'ilff7+ c,t,c6 7 'i'f6+ 1 d5!! exd5 1....ic5 2 f6+! 'it>h8 3 nh3 h6 4 i.xc5 'iWxc5 5 f5. 2 .l::.c3
c,t,b5. dxe4 2 ... 'i!Va4 3 .l:!'.g3. 3 1:txc4 bxc4 4 'ifc3 g6 5 "ti'xc4 .ib7 6 'ir'c7! i.c6 7
'iVeS f6 8 'ifxe7 ... 1-0
18 Salov-Wahls, Le Havre 1980
1 fS!! Threatening 2 'i/Ve3. l ... d4 Or J•••.l:!'.b7 2 f6 i.f8 3 g5 and 4 g4. 2 26 Ogaard-Barczay, Lublin 1975
'i'f4 i.f8 2 ... g5 3 'i'e4. 3 .l:!'.xd4 'i'b8 4 fxg6 fxg6 5 W'g5 i.g7 6 .l:!'.d6 'i!Vc8 7 1...b3! Freeing the b4 square for the knight. 2 'ii'c4 2 'ii'xb3 'it'xb3 3 axb3
i.xg6 l-0 b4; 2 'iWbl lbb4. 2.•• b4 3 nd2 nd4 4 'it'xb3 :hd8 0-1
19 Kofidis-Stefansson, Athens 1993 27 Henkin-Karpman, Minsk 1989

l. .. cS! The winning idea! 2 dxcS l:te5 3 .l:!'.gl .l:!'.xe6 4 i.xe6 lbh4! A 1 nf4! The knight cannot be saved (2 nc4) 1-0
clear-cut move! 5 .l:!'.xg3 fxg3 6 i.d5 g2+ 7 c;t>gl i.e5 8 i.e4+ c,t,bS 0-1
28 Kopye-P.Gomez, Correspondence 1987/89
20 Velickovié-Musil, Yugoslavia 1984 1 e6! fxe6 L ..l:!'.fe8 2 e7 .l:!'.d7 3 'ii'd4 c6 4 .l:!'.xg7+ c,t,h8 5 l:i.g8+; I...'ilfxe6
1 .ixeS!! .l:!'.e8 l...fxe5 2 xe5 'i'e7 3 lbf7+ c;t>g8 4 c4! with irresistible 2 'tlVd4 f6 3 'iVxb4 .l:!'.xd6 4 .l:!'.gel °iWd7 5 .i.a3. 2 1\Yd4 d5 2 ... c2 3 lhg7+
threats. 2 i.c3 'i'e6 3 eS d7 4 'i'f3 fxe5 5 xeS! c,t,gs 5... e5 6 xf8+. h8 4 .l:!'.g8+ g8 5 'i!Vh8+ c,t,f] 6 .ih5+! 'ifxh5 7 'i'xh7+; 2... c6 3
6 xc6 i.d6 7 b4 .l:!'.f8 8 °i!Vdl Black lost on time. i.xc6. 3 .ixd5 1-0
21 Macbulsky-Cvitan, Shibenuk 1987 29 Vistanetskis-Kholmov, Vilnius 1953

1... i.h3!! 2 gxh3 'i'xh3 3 i&'f3 .l:!'.ed8 Exploiting the overloading of the 1... gS! 2 e3 d5!! The threat of d5-d4 forces White to accept the
knight, Cvitan wins back the piece and remains a pawn ahead; 4 ab3 sacrifice. 3 cxd5 exd5 4 lt.Jxd5 xdS S i.xdS+ c,t,h8 6 nacl b6 7 .ixg5 On
lbc4! 5 'ilr'xh3 xh3+ 6 c,t,bt t2Jxd2 7 xd2 .l:!'.xd2 ... 0-1 7 a3 follows 7... 'ii'e5 8 .l:!'.fdl e7. No good is 7 i.xc6 .l:!'.xd2 8 i.xd.2
because o f 8... °itd6!. 7... bxg5 8 e4 d4 9 f4 gxf4 10 gxf4 .l:!'.xd5! 11 exdS
22 Dely-Suetin, Kecskemet 1972 e2+ 12 c;;f.>g2 'ife4+ 13 .l:!'.O xf4+ 0-l
. l .. Jlh5! 0-1 2 h4 'ii!Vf3+ 3 c,t,gl t2Jd3; 2 .l:!'.hl f3+ 3 c,t,gJ d3 4 .l:!'.c2
.l:!'.e5!. 30 Ehlvest-Fominykh, Helsinki 1992
1 f6!! Creating irresistible threats on the 8th rank. 1...'ii'd6 2 ndl 'ifxd8 3
23 Karpov-L.Portlsch, Tilburg 1988 1:[xd8 c5 4 n g l cxb4 S .l:!'.gdl 1-0
1 .l:!'.f3! The black rook is in an extremely poor position. l ...'i!fb7 Of
course it is possible to shed a pawn by 1...i.e5 2 t2Jxe5 dxe5 3 2 but it 31 Instructive example
would hardly affect the outcome of the game. 2 .l:!'.xf6 'i!fb5 3 'ii'c3 'ilffl+ 4 l ... d4!! After 2 exd4 (2 .ixc6 dxc3!) the cl-h6 diagonal is opened and
c,t,gJ 'i'gl+ 5 r;t>h4 1-0 Black wins a bishop: 2... t2Jxc3 3 i.xc3 .ixc3 4 'ifxc3 'i!Vg5+.
24 Joldié-Werner, Biel 1975 32 Browne-Sax, London 1975

1 O!! A winning move and a theoretical novelty! 1. ..W'h4 1...'i'xd5 2 1 c6!! Browne prepares to seize the long diagonal. 1... .ixc6 l...bxc6 2
W'e2; l .. .'iff5 2 i.d3! and 3 dxe6. 2 i.g5 'ifhS 3 .i.xd8 .l:!'.xd8 4 °iWa5! But .ixa6 1:[b8 3 :xc3 'ii'xc3 4 .id4. 2 dxc6 The c6 pawn must be taken, but
not 4 dxe6-4 ... .l:!'.xd2 5 e7 .l:!'.xg2+!. 1-0 4 ... b6 5 dxe6!. after 2... .l:!'.xdl+ 3 'ii'xdl : x c 6 follows the blow 4 nxc3! (4 ... xc3 5 l!fd8+
c;t>g7 6 .id4+). 1-0
156 Solutions to Exercises Solutions to Exercises 15 7
33 M.Gurevich-Bareev, Bel g rade 1988 40 Lobron-Schüssler, West Germany 1983

1 fS!! Freeing the f4 square for the knight, 1...lk6 l...gxf5 2 lZ'if4 l:te7 3 At present it is difficult to see what White can exploit in the enemy
lZ'ig6+ r:;g7 4 lZ'ixe7 r:;xh6 5 l:td6 etc. 2 fxg6 e3 There is no salvation position. 1 d5! lLib8 1...lZ'ie5 2 f4; 1...lZ'ie7 2 'li'g4!. 2 lZ'ig4 By combining
- 2 ... i.g7 3 lZ'if7+ r:;g8 4 lZ'ie7+ r:;f8 5 lZ'ixc6. 3 l::th7 mate threats on the king and bishop, Lobron achieves victory. 2 ...°iVg5 2 ...'iid6 3
'i'e3!; 2 ...'iid8 3 'iff4 .tc2 4 'ifb6+ <Ji>g8 S lZ'if6+ °ii'xf6 6 .l:te8 mate. 3 h4!
'tWf5 4 l::teS Unclear is 4 .id3 °ii'xd5 5 'if f4 .l:td6. 4 .••'i!Vc2 5 'iff4 l:td6 6 l::te7
34 Smyslov-Robatsch, Amsterdam 1954 'i'fS 7 'ifxa4 .•. 1-0
1 l::te3! Smyslov finds a way to 'put pressure' on the knight. 1...'i'e7 2
.l:!:O e4 3 lZ'ixe4 lZ'ih4 4 lZ'if6+ i.xf6 5 l:txf6 l::txf6 6 i.xf6 'i'xf6 7 'i!Vh7+ r:;fS
8 'i'xd7 l::te8 9 'i'xc7 g4 10 hxg4 'i'f4 11 i.fS 1-0 41 Azmaiparashvili-Ye Jiangchuan, Peking 1988
1 'ti'c6!! 1 'iWxa5 lets slip the win: l...'i!Vd6+ 2 'Ub6+ <Ji>a8! 3 @b5 'Wb4+.
1.•.'ifb4 1...'iWd3+ 2 'UbS+. 2 °ii'd7! 1-0
35 Yurkov-Belinkov, Moscow 1967
I. .. l::tf6! Bad is 1...l::txf3-2 'i'xe5 (2 d8='ii' l::tf2) 2 .. J:tf2 3 'i'g3. 2 r:;gl
'iVel+ 3 r:;h2 'i'f2 4 'i'cl The threats to bis king force White to leave the 42 Kosikov-Bezman, USSR 1986
d-pawn to its own fate. 4 ... l::tg6 5 'i'gl 'ifd2 6 i.b2 'i'xd7 7 i.xeS 'i'xa4 ... l l:tf2! The f7 pawn is more important than the knight! 1 l::td2 does not
0-1 achieve its objective: 1...l::te7+! (1...l:r.xb3? 2 l:tg2) 2 r:;dl l:txf7 3 .l:txd6
l::td7. l ... l:txb3 2 l:tg2 l::tbl+ 3 <Ji>f2
l:tb2+ 4 r:;gl !t.xg2+ 5 @xg2 lZ'ig6 6 @f2
l2Jf8 7 @e3 lZ'ie6 8 r:;d3 d5 9 <Ji>eJ 1-O
36 Balashov-Sunye, Wijk aan Zee 1982
1 l:tc6! Now l....txc6 is no good because o f 2 dxc6 l::tc8 3 lZ'id5+ r:;e6 4
'ifxf6+ <Ji>xd5 5 'l!Vxf7+ Wxc6 6 l::tcl+ <Ji>b6 7 a5 mate, while on l...i.c8 43 Bagirov-Vooremaa, Tallinn 1981
comes the very strong 21::tfcl with numerous threats. 1-0 t. ..lZ'if4! 2 f3 Or 2 gxf4 gxf4 3 l:teel 'iWg6+ 4 'it>hl l:tc2 5 'Wbl °fVc6+ 6
'it>gl f3 7 @hl Wih6. 2... 6 31:tael ltJdJ 0-1
37 Jansa-Bõhm, Amsterdam 1975
l h4! J.d8 0 n a clear board the bishop has no decent square. 1....i.xh4 2 44 Hort-Sigurjonsson, Reykjavik 1978
\i'c4; l...i.d2 21::tdl 'ife6 3 i.e2!; I...i.f6 2 'ifc4 <Ji>h8 3 lZ'ixf6 gxf6 4 'i!Vd4 1 i.f6! lZ'it3+ 1...l::txf6 2 !t.e7 !t.e6 3 l:txd7 l::txe4 4 lZ'if6+; 1...c6 2 .ixg7
<Ji>g7 5 l::te3. 2 l::te8 Black has no moves. The threat is 3 'ii'c4!. 2... g6 2 ...l::tb5 cxd5 3 .ixd4!; l...lZ'ic6 2 .l:te6 lZ'ie5 3 fxe5 'iWxe6 4 lZ'if4. 2 Wg2 c6 3 l:te7!
3 l::txd8; 2 ...l::tc8 3 'i!Vxc8! 'iVxc8 4 ltJe7+. 3 i.xg6 l::tbS 4 l::txd8 'i'xd8 S lZ'iel+ 4 'ifxel .l:txe7 51!Vxe7'iWxe761'.xe7 cxd5 7 cxd5 1-0
'i'xb5 lZ'ixg6 6 g3 lZ'ie5 7 'i!Vb7 a5 8 lZ'ie7+ <Ji>h8 9 lZ'ixf5 'i'f6 10 'iie4 ... 1-0
45 Wirtensohn-Niklasson, Reggio Emitia 1977/78
38 Larsen-Pomar, Las Palmas 1975 1 .tgS! Picking up on the h7 square. 1•••hxgS l....ie7 2 lêixe7+ lZ'ixe7 3
l . .. d3!! Excellent! On 2 exd3 follows 2 ... 'i'xf3 3 i . c l (otherwise 3... lZ'if4) 'li'xd8+ l:txd8 4 i.xf6 gxf6 5 !t.xe7 n'.dl+ 6 lZ'iel. 2 lêixgS lZ'ie4 2 ... g6 3
3... i.f4! and ali the sarne the knight gets to f4. 2 lZ'ic3 i.e5 3 lêidl 3...dxe2 lZ'ixf7!. 3 lZ'ixf7 lZ'ic5 3 ...<Ji'xf7 4 'iWxe4. 4 lZ'igS! 1-0
was threatened. 3 •••i.xb2 4 l::tg3 4 lZ'ixb2 dxe2 5 l::txe2 'iWxf3+ 6 .l:teg2 lZ'if4.
4 ...'i'f5 5 lZ'ixb2 dxe2 6 lêic4 °ii'd3 7 h3 'li'c3 0-1 46 E.VJadimirov-Agzamov, Vilnus 1978
1 lZ'ie6! The struggle for the h6 square. 1. .. l:txe6 1...fxe6 2 .ig6+ .ixg6 3
fxg6+ <Ji>h8 4 .:Xh6+; 1...1'r'f6 2 ltig5+ @h8 3 'iWxaS lZ'ib4 4 'iVxcS. 2 fxe6
39 Gauglitz-Hever, Budapest 1985
'i'xe6 3 i.g4 'iWd6 4 .trs+ <Ji>h8 S l:t.g6! The h6 square falis! 1-0
1•••'i'e4!! The decisive move! On 2 'ifd2 comes the planned 2 ... lZ'ih2!!. 2
l::tc2 Bad is 2 'i!Vxe4 fxe4, since the rook comes under double attack and if2
l:tel, not allowing the move in the game, then 2 ...l::te8! 3 'ifxe4 .l:txe4! 4 .l:tbl 47 Torre-Kinlay, London 1977
l:te2+ 5 <Ji>fl :h2! and Black wins. 2...lZ'ie3+ 3 'i\Vxe3 'ir'xc2+ 4 !t.f2 'iWe4+ 5 1...bl!! 2 c5 2 l:txb2 i.d2+! 3 .l:txd2 .l:tb3+ 4 @c2 l:te3+; 2 .ia2 i . c l .
'i'xe4 fxe4 ... 1-0 2 ... l:tb3+ 3 @c4 dS+! 4 @xd5 l:tg8 S c6 l:td8+ 6 <Ji>c5 .l:tbS+ 7 @c4 .l:td4+ 8
'it>c3 l:t.b3+ 9 c2 !t.c4+! 0-110 <Ji>dl .l:te3+.
158 Solutions to Exercises Solutions to Exercises J59
48 Adorjan-Ostojié, Polanica Zdroj 1970 54 lvanovié-Z.Nikolié, Budva 1986

1 d6! Adorjan finds a profound idea. 1.. .'iWxd6 l... xd6 2 d5 i'1Vd8 3 1 f4! Ivanovié prepares an invasion of the .rook on the eighth rank.
i..xd7 1' Wxd7 4 i..c5; l...i..xd6 2 'cid5 i'1Vd8 3 i..xd7 'i!Vxd7 4 b6. 2 e4 1. .. i..xf4 1...i..g7 2 j};_xg7 l:txg7 3 'ii'xd4; I...Ji.f6 2 i..d5. 2 ..lldS! i..xh6
'l?Vd5 2... 'i1Vxd4 3 3+ 'i'c4 4 'iVxc4+ :Xc4 5 l:txd7. 3 i..xd7 'i!Vxd7 4 2... .lte3+ 3 !txe3! dxe3 4 xe3 't!Vb6 (4 ... i..e6 5 'ilfxe6) 5 i..xf7+ 'it>xf7 6
3+ 'itib8 5 i..e3! ln this move also lies White's idea. The bishop sacrifice fl + i..f5 7 g4. 3 l:te8+ i..f8 3... <it>g7 4 'iYxd4+ 'ii'f6 5 xf6+ 'itixf6
on h6 is inevitable. 5...'i'c6 6 ..txh6 i..xb4 7 ..txg7+! Wxg7 8 h6+ 'itixh6 9 (5 .. Jlxf6 6 l::l'.g8 mate) 6 !tfl+ i..f5 7 i..xf7. 4 'it°f3 'ii'd7 4... i..e6 5 !txe6! (5
g7 !tg8 10 !tg2 1-0 i.xe6 'i!'xe6) 5... !txf3 6 !txg6+ Wh8 7 !tg8 mate. 5 ! t n li'rs 6 i..xf7+ 'iii'xf7
7 !txc8 1-0 7... !txc8 8 'i1Vd5+ 'itif6 9 'tlVxd4+ Wg5 10 h4+ 'iii'hS 11 l:txf5+
gxf5 12 'i1Vf6.
49 V.Milov-A.Hoffman, Martini 1994
1 i..a5! A highly unpleasant surprise! lt looks like Hoffrnan was
55 Naumkin-V.N.Kozlov, Pinsk 1986
anticipating the natural I i..xc4. True, 'surprises occur more often when
least expected'. The queen comes under attack by the white pieces. l ...'iVc8 1 h4!! White wants to surround the bishop on g4. I. .. !th6 2 g3 i..eS 3
Or l ... 1Wb8 2 !tab 1 'iVa7 3 !tb7 'i'xd4 4 !txd7 'itixd7 5 'i!Vb7+ Wd6 6 i..b4+ f4 i.d4 4 f5! 'cid7 4... i..h3 5 'cig5. 5 h3 ltie5 6 f6! !td7 7 i..xa6 i.f3 8
'itie5 7 'ií'c7+. 2 !tfcl 0-0 No better are the other continuations: 2... d5 3 li:ixf3 'cixf3 9 xd6+ 'itid8 l Ol::te8+ Wc7 11 'cic4 'cid2+ 12 'cixd2 I:txf6 13
Ji.xc4 i'1Vc6 4 i..xd5 'ir'xd5 5 'ilVxdS exdS 6 !tel+ 'itif8 7 !tabl or 2... !ta7 3 %:tc8+ Wb6 14 e4 ... 1-0
!txc4 'ir'a8 4 i..b4 dS 5 :Itacl 7b6 6 !tc6 !tb7 7 i..e4. 3 !txc4 'i\Ve8 He
cannot avoid defeat: 3... 8 4 !tbl i'1Vd6 (4 ... i'1Va7 S !tb7) S i..b4. 4 i..b4 56 Burger-Keglevié, Correspondence 1977
d5 5 i..xf8 't!Vxf8 6 !tc6 a5 7 !tbl ••• 1-0
1 h6!! 1 ltie4 h6; 1 'cib5 %:tf6. l .. J:te6 l...bxc3 2 'liVe5. 2 l:!'.xe6 'liVxc3 3
%:teS 'i!VaI+ 3... c6 4 'itig2! (4 f6 'i'cl+ 5 'õt'g2 'Wxh6). 4 'itig2 'f.fa6 5 c5 1-0
50 Dobsza-Svensson, Correspondence 1985 5... @h8 6 c6 f6 7 l:e8!.
1 !tfl! Dobsza transfers the rook to perform the functioti of defending the
f-pawn, thereby releasing the queen for a meeting with the blaclc, monarch. 57 Browne-Mariotti, Venice 1971
Svenson cannot prevent this. 1. .. !tc3 l...!te4 2 i'1Vg3 !tg4 3 'ifc3 !tg7 4
'i1Vxg7+!; l...'i1Ve7 2 'iVfS !te6 3 'iVxh7. 2 'i1Vh4 1-0 1 3 ltic6 2 Ji.g8! Cutting off the black king's way back. 2... .!Ixg8
2... !td7 3 l:te6!; 2...vtl/c7 3 .l:te7!. 3 xg8 d3 4 h4! h5 5 l:tedl l:tb8 6 i..d6
1-0
51 Halasz-Meyer, Budapest 1984
1 'i\Va4! Creating irresistible threats. 1... !tfa8 I...!taa8 2 d4. 2 'i1Vb5 a4 3 58 Evdokimov-Madl, Budapest 1990
d4 i..xd4 4 !txc6 'itid8 5 %:td6+ 'itic8 6 !tct+ 'itib8 7 .:d7 'i'f8 8 l:.b7+ 1-0
1. ..ltlxfl ·2 'it>xf2 2 l h t 2 Ji.xc3. 2... i..g4! Preparing the manoeuvre
.ltg7-d4xc3. 3 d5 l:txd5! 4 Wgl .l:td7 0-1
52 Tal-Hulak, Novi Sad 1974
1 b4!! ln anticipation of mass exchanges Tal prepares a break on the 59 Yudasin-Kramnik, 1st match game, Wijk aan Zee 1994
queenside.1 ... g5 2 l:.xf6 l:l.'.xf6 3 a4 Gaining the maximum number oftempi.
3...'itif7 4 'i1Vxf6+ 'ir'xf6 5 l:txf6+ Wxf6 6 a5! 'i!;e6 7 b5 'itid7 8 b6 h6 9 Wf3 l. ..'cif5! The white king is holed up in the comer of the board so Kramnik
1-0 plans an opening of the h-file. But first he needs to eliminate the t2-pawn.
l ... t2:Jf3 leads only to a draw: 2 gxf3 'rlVxf3+ 3 .l:tg2 l:tg5 4 l;Iegl lhg2 5
l:xg2 'ilYdl+ 6 !tgl 'rlVf3+. 2 'rlVc7 There is no acceptable continuation: 2
53 Scbüssler-Vaganian, Tallinn 1983 ·c5 e3 3 :tgfl exf2 4 l:txe5 ltig3+; 2 'ii'b4 'i1Yxf2 3 l:txe4 l:r.ae8 4 l:tf4 (4
l ... i..d2!! 2 !txc8 2 xd2 'ir'xg3 and 3.. JXfh8. 2... !txc8 3 'cib7 3 ltlxd2 .l:.xe5 l:txe5 S h3 12'.el 6 l:txel xel+ 7 i;t>h2 'ifg3+ 8 'itigl e3 9 'rlVe4
'i!Vxg3 4 'ii'b7+ 'cie7. 3.. .'i.Wc7 4 xd2 't!Vxg3 5 tcin 'i\Vxel 6 d6+ 'itif6 7 'li'el+ 10 'it'h2 fl+) 4 ... g3+! 5 hxg3 'iVxg3 6 l:tgfl (6 l:th4 !te!)
ltlxc8 g3 8 'iVd3 i'1Vf2 mate 6... !th5+ 7 gl lte2 8 't!Vf8+ (8 l:tlf2 l:r.el+ 9 l:.fl 'm'e3+ 10 !t4f2 .!Ixfl + 11
xfl Ithl mate) 8... 'itixf8 9 lbf7+ 'itig8 10 .i:tf8+ <i;g7 11 :Jf7+ 'õt'h6.
2...e3 3 !txe3 3 d4 exf2 4 't!Vxe5 g3+; 3 !tgfl exf2 4 !txe5 g3+.
3... 't'kxe3! lterum Crispinus. 4 d6 ne7 5 'cixf5 gxf5 6 'i'd6 t'1Ve5 ... 0-1
160 Solutions to Exercises Solutions to Exercises 161
60 Panno - Gomez-Baillo, Santiago 1987 67 Ghitescu-Stoica, Bucharest 1981

1 d6! .ixd6 l....if8 2 h6!. 2 Wc2 l:td5 3 h6! 1-0 3... b3+ 4 Wxb3 .if8 5 1 b4! The eighth rank is weak. 1...h6 1...l2:Ja4 2 b5; l...gS 2 .ie3. 2 bxc5
hxg7 .ixg7 6 l:txg7 l:td3+ 7 Wc4 l:txe3 8 Wd4. bxc5 3 l2:Jb5 l:txa2 4 l:tfel 'ii'c4 5 l2Jd6 ... 1-0
61 Rivas-Mestel, Marbella 1982 68 Sliwa-Vl.Scbmidt, Poland 1970

t l2:Je7!! 'i!Vg8 I...l:txg5 2 hxgS 'i!Vxe7 3 fxe7 .ie6 4 . i d l + Wg8 5 .ia4!; 1 e6! 'ii'xe6 1...l2:Jf8 2 lZ:if5!. 2 l:tel l2:Jf8 3 lZ:igl l:txd6 3... 'i'd7 4 l2:Je4. 4
I...'i!V:f8 2 .ixg6+ Wh8 (2 ... fxg6 3 h5) 3 .if5 i.xfS 4 exf5 Wh7 5 l2:Jg8!. 2 l:txd6 'ii'ti 5 J:.d8 •.• 1-0
i . d t Wh8 3 'i!Vh6+ 1-0
69 E.Geller-L.Portisch, Moscow 1970
62 R Byrne-Korchnoi, Sousse 1967 1 .ig5!! An excellent idea! l ...'ii'd7 l...hxg5 2 l2:Jg6; 1...'ifxg5 2 'ifxf7+. 2
1 ... i.e6! 2 ifc3? Byme overlooks his opponent's threat. Better is 2 c4, l:!'.adl .id6 3 .ixb6 gxb6 3... l2:Jxb3 4·.ixg7! Wxg7 5 0 0 + . 4 'i'g6+ Wf8 5
though after 2... i.f5+ 3 l:tc2 Wg8! (3 ... l:ta4? 4 'ifd4! with very dangerous 'ii'f6!..tig8 6 l:te3 1-0
threats) Black should win. 2... l:t.al+! 0-1
70 Macbarasbvili-Gogadze, Tbilisi 1980
63 A.Sznapik-Vl.Schmidt, Poland 1977 1 b4!! A total surprise! lt becomes clear that he cannot play I...'i'xb4
1 i.h5! ln this original way Sznapik demolishes his opponent's king's because of 2 lZ:ixc5 'ii'xc5 3 lZ:ixb7 and l....ixb4 because of 2 l2Jc4. Nor
position 1. .. l:t.d5 1...Wh8 2 i.g7+ Wg8 3 .ixg6! hxg6 4 'i!Vh6; l....i:f8 2 does 1 lZ:ib3 achieve íts objective: l.. ..ib4! 2 a3 (2 l:td4 a5 3 l:tfdl l2:Je5) .
.ix:f8 l:txf8 3 e7 l:te8 4 'i!Vc4+. 2 'i!Vc4 l:txfS 3 .ixg6 l:t.g5 4 . i l i + Wh8 5 2... lZ:icS! with equality. 1... i.d4 2 l2Jc4 'ii'c7 3 l:t.xd4 lZ:ib6 4 l:txd8! 0n
.ixg51-0 principle-that means strong! 4...l2Jxa4 5 l:txh8 'i'xc4 6 l:t.e8+! 'it>d7 7
: d l + 'it>c7 8 l:t.c8+! 1-0
64 Hort-Vukié, Ljubliana/Portoroz 1977
t ...'ikh8!! Saving the game. 2 'i!Vg5+ Wc8 3 'i!Vcl+ Wd8 4 'i!Vg5+ Wc8 S 71 Conrady-Velimirovié, Hague 1966
'i!Vcl+ Wd8 1/2 - 1/2 Playing for a win is dangerous: 6 'i'c6? 'i'xbS 7 'i'xb5 l. .. a3+ 2 'it>cl b3!! Surprising: Pushing the pawn where it is doubly
l2:Jc7+ 8 We5 l2:Jxb5 9 h4 l2:Jd6! 10 b4 We7; 6 l2:Jd4? 'ifd6+ 7 <j;f7 'i!Vf6+. attacked. He could not play 2... . i c 4 - 3 l:t.xb4 .ixa2 4 'it>d2! .ib3 5 cxb3. 3
cxb3 l!c3+ 4 'it>d2 l1xb3 S axb3? 5 c2! led to equality: 5... l:t.b2+ 6 ..t>c3
65 Darga-O'Kelly, Madrid 1957
.ic6 7 :.Xc6 ffxb7 8 J:.d6. 5... a2 6 :.Xb5 al='i!V 7 l:t.b4 g5! 8 fxg5 'i!VaS 9
Wc3 'i'xeS+ 10 'it?d3 'i'c5 11 l:t.c4 'i'bs 12 . i t J 'i'xb3+ 13 'it>d4 'it>g7 0-1
1 d5!! White seizes the long diagonal with his queen and creates
dangerous threats. 1... exd5 More stubbom is l....ixd5 2 'ií'd4 'it>g8 3 l2:Je4
(interesting is 3 l:.5e3-3 ... eS! 4 lixes l:tad8 S l:!'.dl f6 6 l:txd5 'i!Vxd5 7 72 O.Hansen-Beliavsky, Plovdiv 1983
'i'xdS+ l:txd5 8 l:txd5 fxg5 9 J:.xg5 l1c8 10 g3 l k 2 11 l:tbS with the 1 c3! .ixg6 There is nothing else. 2 .ixg5 hxg5 3 .ixg6 'ii'f6 4 l:tbl! The
advantage) 3...'i!Vd8 4 l:txdS exdS 5 l2:Jf6+ Wh8 6 l:te7! l:.c8 (6 ...'i'xe7 7 attack is irresistible. 4...l:ta7 5 °i!Vb2 1'.c7 6 cxd4 g4 6... exd4 7 l:t.b8+. 7 'it>g2
lZ:ixdS+ f6 8 l2:Jxe7 l!ad8 9 lZ:idS l:td6 1011i'c4! l!fd8 11 l2:Je3 l:tdl+ 12 llJfl 'it>f8 8 'ií'b8+ 'it>e7 9 'i'e8+ 'it>d6 10 ![cl 1-0 10 ... ffa6 11 ffcS!.
llel 13 'ii'f7!) 7 g4! and Black is helpless. 2 'i!Vd4 Wg8 2...'i'f6 3 lDxh7!. 3
l1e7 With the threat of 4 l2:Je6. 3... f6 4 l:tle6 d8 5 l:txb7 .l:te8 6 'Wb4 1-0
73 Ritums-Akopdzhanian, 9th USSR Correspondence Team
Championship
66 G.Garcia-Klinger, Havana 1966 1 lZ:idt! Excellently played! Weak is 1 l2Je4+ ..t>c6 2 l2:Jg3 l:t.f6 3 l2Jxh5
1 l1f6+ Wh7 1...Wh5 2 l1fg6!. 2 l:t.ti+! 'it>h6 2... Wh8 3 .lli5. 3 l!fg7! 1-0 l:!'.g6 4 g 3 - 4 ... f5! 5 'it>e3 ![g4. 1...'i!.>e6 2 l2Je31-0
On the only move 3.. J:tb3 (otherwise 4 l:t.4g6 and 5 g4 mate) follows 4
'it>h4! with inevitable mate.
162 So/utions to Exercises Solutions to Exercises 163
74 David-Martin, Correspondence 1988 81 G.Timoshcbenko-Ruban, Norilsk 1987

1...lbe4!! 0-1 He suffers material loss: 2 ltJxc6 tbxf2 3 lbxd8 tbxd3+ 4 1 h3! Timoshchenko takes the a2-g8 diagonal and creates mating threats
,;t,h l lbf2+; 2 ltJxe4 dxe4 3 lbxc6 i.xf2+ 4 .l::txf2 exd3 5 lbxd8 dxe2; 2 i.e3 on it. 1. ..'ii'xg2 2 ii'xe6+ 'it>h8 3 i.c4 :tb7+ 4 i.b6! lt was still not too late
i.xd4 3 i.xd4 lbxd4 4 xd4 tbxc3. to lose: 4 ,;t,a} ?? l:ta2+! 5 i.xa2 'irh2 mate. 1-0
75 Chandor-Moet- Bottlik, Correspondence 1974 82 Instructive example

1...'i'd3+!! 2 gS Other continuations also do not save him: 2 ,J.,h51\Vh7+ 1 a4!! íollowed by 2 l:ta3. There is no defence.
3 'it>g4 gl='ilf+; 2 'it>h6 'Wd6+ 3 'ôt>g5 (3 'it>h5 ii'h2+) 3...ii'd4!. 2.. Jid4! The
concluding fine point. 3 'i'xb7+ 'it>xb7 4 "i'xg2+ @b65 a81We5+ ... 0-1
83 G.Kuzmin-Averbakh, Moscow 1974
l gS!! An attractive idea--clearing the diagonal of pawns. l. .. fxgS 2 c4
76 Ljubojevié-Tringov, Luceme 1982 1-0 2...b4 3 i.d3 ltJf7 4 J:.xf7.
1 i.g8! With the destruction of the h7 pawn Black's defence collapses.
1. .. f5 Or 1...°i'xg8 2 "i'c7+ We8 3 'li'c8+ @f7 4 'li'd7+ Wf8 5 ii'xd6+ 'it>e8 6 84 Kinderman-Tatai, Budapest 1987
°i'b8+ Wf7 7 "i'c7+ f8 8 'ii'c8+ 'it>f7 9 ii'd7+ Wf8 10 d6. 2 ..txh7 @f6 .3
exfS °fih8 4 fxg6 1-0 1 ltJe6+ 'it>g8 2 ii'dl! The queen rushes to the other edge of the board in
order to capture the solitary bishop. 2...l2Jg6 Or 2... lüc8 3 ltJd8 t'!Wc4 4 'ifd7.
3 ltJdS 1-0
77 Balashov-1.Farago, Dortmund 1987
1 .ig5! Weaving a mating net around the black king. 1... gxh6 2 : x h 6
85 A.Sznapik-Van der Wiel, Amsterdam 1984
@g7 2... f6 3 i.xf6 l:hf6 4 exf6 lbxa 1 5 tbg5 .td7 6 ll'.g6+ ,J.,f8 7 l::tg7!. 3
l1b2 lbxal 4 i.f6+ 'it>g6 5 lbh4+ 'itihS 6 lbxf5+ 1-0 6... 'it>g4 7 ltJh6+ @f4 8 White needs to eliminate the main defender-the knight f6. 1 e5! 'i'xeS 2
l:th4+. tbe4! 'iVhS 2 ...J:.g7 3 l2Jxf6+ @h8 4 ltJxh7!. 3 ltJxf6+ !t.xf6 4 'i'xh5 .txhS 5
l:txf6 g5 6 : f 8 + 'it>g7 7 J:.d8 J:.e7 8 l:td7 1-0
78 Kuindzhi-Antoshin, Moscow 1971
1 l:tb4!! Si.xh5 It was possible to avoid the loss of the queen but not the 86 Kakhiani-Chelushkina, Volzhsky 1989
wrecking of his position: 1...'i'b7 2 ltJxf6 l2Jxf6 3 'li'xe6+. 2 l:hc4 dxc4 3 1...l2Jxg4!! Not complicated but quite elegant. 2 i.xg4 .te5 3 'it>gl :td3
ii.f3 eS 4 i.xc6 exf4 5 i'1Ve6 :txg4 5....txg4 6 xc4 @b8 7 i.d5 l:tc8 8 Also sufficient was 3...'i!Vh2+ 4 'it>f2 i.d4 5 'ifxe3 'iff4+. 4 ii'c2 'ir'h2+ 5
'ii'a6. 6 i.xd7+ l:txd7 7 'iic6+ 'it>d8 8 'i'a8+ 'it>c7 9 xa7+ 'it>c6 10 'ii'a8+ 'it>f2 'ilkf4+! 6 'it>gl i.d4+ 7 l:tf2 l:td2 8 'i'fS 'iixfS 9 i.xfS :txf2 10 i.g4
,J.,c7 11 a5 ... 1-0 !t.xb2+ 0-1
79 Szczerbak-Lazarev, Kiev 1960 87 Rogers-Hort, Biel 1985

1 .ixh6!! gxh6 1...ltJxh6 2 :txe7. 2 g3 'it>g7 3 l2Je2!! The knight is 1 lcixd4!l ii'xd4 l...cxd4 2 :tc8+. 2 J:.dl 'ilkxb2 3 :ta2 ii'h5 Or 3...'ilkf6 4
heading for the h5 square! 3... b6+ 3... .td8 4 ltJf4 l2Je7 5 ltJh5+ 'it>g8 6 l:i.'.xd71/Vg5+ 5 ltfl ii'cl + 6 'it>e2. 4 ii'e8+! ltf8 5 \Wxd7 'ilkxd7 6 J:.xd7 ltJb4
'i'f4. 4 @g2 1:tfb8 5 êtJf4 d4 5... xb2 6 l:he7+ tbxe7 7 ltJh5+ 'it'f8 8 7 :te2 l h f 5 8 J:.xb7 a6 9 lte8+ <it>b7 10 l:%e4 ••• 1-0
'ifxd6 'i'e5 (8 ... :tb4 9 :tel; 8... 'iib4 9 ii'xf6+ 'it>e8 10 ii'h8+) 9 g7+ 'it>f7 10
ii.c4+ etc. 6 e4 'fies 7 tbh5+ 'it>f8 8 g7+ 1-0 8... 'it>e8 9 tbxf6+. 88 Polugayevsky-W.Watson, Sochi 1985
1 l2Je5!! dxeS If 1...'it>h8, then 2 l2Jxd3 'Wxd3 3 'ilke6 followed by
80 Barcza-Lengyel, Kecskemet 1968 i.h5-g6-e4. 2 i.f7 e4 2... J:.f8 3 i.g6+. 3 l!Vf5+! <it>h8 4 i.xg8 e3 S 'Wc8 'ilkf6
1..,<;t,a7!! Now the rook can attack along the a and b-files. 2 c4 White has 6 i . t i + 1-0
no satisfactory continuation, for example: 2 e2 Itb6! 3 'it>d3 'iia6+! 4 'it>c2
'ii'a4+ 5 'it>d3 l::td6+ or 2 'ii'f7 'i'dl + 3 'it>b2 !t.b6+. 2... 'i!Ya2+ 3 @cl 'i'al+ 4
,;t,c2 :ta6! 5 ii'f4 :ta2+ 6 ,;t,dJ ifbl+ 7 'it>e3 J:.a3+ 0-1
89 D.Gurevich-Hellers, New York 1987 97 Smagin-Monin, Pinsk 1986

1...'ihe3! 2 l:l'.xe3 i.g5! 3 lt:if5 l f 3 l:l'.c3, then 3 ... i.f4 and 4 ... l:l'.hg7. 1 J::tfel! Creating the terrible threat o f 2 .l:txd4 'Wxd4 3 l:l'.e7. 1...'t!Vf6 1...c5
3 ... lt:ixf5 0-1 2 J::txd4!. 2 lt:ixf6 i..xf6 3 l:l'.e6 i..g7 4 'ili'h5 a5 5 l:l'.dd6 l:l'.ac8 6 .l::te7 a4 7
: h 6 1-0
90 Sax-Ree, Amsterdam 1984
1 a4!! l:l'.xd4 2 axb5 l:l'.xdl+ 3 l:l'.xdl Toe bishop has no moves, the 98 Sax-Timman, Arhnem/Amsterdam 1983
queen's flank has collapsed. 1-0 1 e6! The e5 square is needed for the queen. 1...'iWaS 1...i..xe6 2 °i¼'e5;
l...f6 2 e7! i..xe7 (2 .. J h e 7 3 'iid6) 3 'fkd5+. 2 exti+ 'it>xf7 3 i..c4+ i . e 6 4
a7+ i..e7 S i.xe6+ 'it>xe6 6 l:l'.e2+ 'it>f6 7 'i!Vxd4+ 1-0
91 A.Chernin-Drasko, Polanica Zdroj 1988
1 i;t>aS l:l'.fl 2 l:l'.a7! 1-0 After 2 ... gl='clV 3 b8='i'+ the king will not save
itself. 99 Anand-1.Sokolov, Wijk aan Zee 1989
1 i.h4! 'iVg6 .2 'i'b4! Toe e7 and f8 squares cannot be defended. 2 ...'VlVh6+
3 @bl lt:ib6 3... 'ihh4 4 lt:ixe6; 3 ... lt:ixcS 4 'i'xc5 1lVxh4 5 'i'xc6+ c:Ji;e7 6
92 Selcianu-Cafferty, Correspondence 1974 'lWxc7+ <iÍi'e8 71'6c6+ 'it>e7 8 'Wd6+ i;t>e8 9 l:l'.f8 mate. 4 lt:ia6! 'ili'xh4 4 ... Wd7
1 .l:tcel! Creating the threat o f 2 l:l'.e7 and 3 lt:ih6+. l ... l:l'.xgl Or 1...lt:idc5 2 5 fie7+ <iÍi'c8 6 Wlxc7mate.51lVf8+ 'it>d7 6 lt:ic5 mate
l:l'.e7 lt:ie4+ 3 i;t>c2. 2 .l:txgl i;t>t; 3 lt:ih6+ i;t>e7 4 l:l'.el+ 1-0
100 Adorjan-Ribli, 4th match game, Budapest 1979
93 Nuno-Tal, Naevsted 1985 1 J..xg7! i.xg7 2 h6!? 2 l:l'.xg7+ is weak because o f 2 ... 'it>xg7 3 'l:!Vg5+ 'it>f8
l g4!! An excellent idea. Nunn intends to create mating threats by a 4 h6 'i/Vd8! (4 ... l:l'.xc3? 5 h7 l:l'.xc2+ 6 'it>bl :xb2+ 7 c:Ji;xb2 'i'c3+ 8 'it>a3) and
march ofthe pawn to g6. 1... d4 Or 1...fxg4 2 hxg4 :Xf4 3 l:l'.h3. 2 g5! g6 3 Black wins. 2 ... i..f6 2 ... i.h8 3 l:l'.g7+; 3 'iVgS; 2 ... i..f8 3 't!Vg5 f6 4 1i'g6+
'i'xg6+ i;t>hS 4 l:l'.e5 d3 5 l:l'.xf5 ..• 1-0 'it>h8 5 h7. 3 ikg2! 1-0
94 Vitomskis-Rinkis, Correspondence 1985 101 Tukmakov-Peresypkin, Baku 1977

1 e5! d5 2 lt:idl! The invasion o f the knight on f6 (after the exchange o f I i..e2 i..b2 2 We3 i..eS 3 i.f3 i . b 2 4 'it>d3 i.eS 5 'it>c4 1-0, Peresypkin
bishops} is decisive. 1-0 resigned without waiting for the transfer o f the king to f7 and the rook to h 1
(but without tak.ing on f6-because o f stalemate).
95 Latunov-Krasenkov, Dnepropetrovsk 1985
1...l:l'.d6!! Preparing 2 ... 'i'd7. 1...l:l'.dS is no good because o f 2 i.e4 and 3 l 02 Panno-Mariotti, Dubai 1986
i..f3. 2 <it>fl2 'i!Ve2 'i!Vd4 3 i..el 'i'dl 4 'i'e4 f5!. 2...'i!Vb5+ 0-1 3 'i'e2 'i'xb2 To achieve victory it is necessary to transpose to a pawn ending but in
4 i..d3 'i'd4!. such a way that the black king cannot take the opposition (the e6 square).
1 l:l'.cS! i . b l Or t...i.a6 2 l:th5 i.d3 3 l:l'.h8+ 'it>c7 4 cJ;le7! followed by
96 Thorsteins-Petursson, Akyreiri 1988 l:!h8-d8-d4 (cutting off on the file!), e7-f6-e5, l:l'.d4xe4. 2 l:l'.d5+! 1-0 On
1... l:l'.d8 2 i . d 4 'i'c2! 3 f4 l:l'.xd4 4 exd4 'ii'h2 Material balance has been 2... 'it>e8 follows 3 l:l'.b5 i.a2+ 4 i;t>e5, while if2 ... Wc8, then 3 l:l'.d4.
established, but White toses because o f his pawn weaknesses and the poor
position ofhis rook. S : a 4 5 'ifi>t2? el='i'+. S...'i'cl+ 6 i;t>xe2 'i'xhl 7 i..c6 103 Psakhis-Ehlvest, Tallinn 1983
'ilr'xh2 8 i;t>f3 'ir'hS+ 9 'it>e3 'ir'g4 10 i..O 'i'e6+ 11 i;t>d3 'i/Uf5+ 12 i;t,eJ 't'Vc2 1 g5! A blow to ... the bishop f8! 1...'i'g4+ I...'i1Vxg5+ 2 'ifxg5 hxg5 3 h6+.
13 i..c6 hS 14 g3 'i/Vc3+ 15 i;t>f2 'ir'xd4+ The white pawns disappear one 2 'i/Vg3 'i'idl+ 3 'it>g2 l:l'.f5 4 gxh6+ Wb8 S l:l'.xf8 1-0
after the other. 16 <iÍi'g2 'ií'f6 17 i.bS 'i/Vb2+ 18 <iÍi'h3 <iÍi'g7 19 i . c 6 'it>h6 20
c5'i/Vc2 0-1
166 Solutions to Exercises
104 Tukmakov-Ribli, Las Palmas 1982 111 Suba-Gallagher, Biel 1987

The position of the heavy pieces on a single diagonal prompted the 1 b6! Lengthening the bishop's diagonal from h2-b8. l. .. ax 6 2 cxb6 c6
following operation from the Hungarian grandmaster: 2 lb 6 3 ltixc7' .:.xd3 4 l:[xd3 lbxc7 5 .:.d7. 3 .:.xd4! The b1shop comes
l ... f5!! 2 lbc3 e5 3 'i!Ve3 e4 Driving the knight away from the g5 square. 4 i p ay! 3... f5 The last chance. 3... exd4 (3 ... cxd5 4 .:.xd5) 4 ii.xb8 cxd5 5
lbxe4 fxe4 ... 0-1 .:, xd4 4 lbb4 exd4 S ii.xb8 °ii'f8 6 lbxc6! bxc6 7 ii.c7 The passed b-pawn
d ·d· 7 S 7 fxe4 8 'ii'bl 8 °fka4 l:[t7 9 exf5 l:Ie7 10 l:[dl .ie5 11
105 L.Portisch-Miles, Tilburg 1984 b7
_;; s'::·.:.;;; 12 .:.es 13 f6 l:.d8 14 'ifc6 d3 15 'ii'c7 d2 16 .:.Xd2 1-0
White basa chance to gain victory.
1 'i!kc4!! With the threat o f 2 'ii'a2 and 3 .:.xc6+. There is no 112 Speelman-Sax, Salonika 1988
satisfactory
defence, e.g. I...l:[d8 2 .:.a6+!!. ln the game White continued 1 'ii'e8? 1 l:[e7!! Speelman spots a conclusive zugzwang position. t ...<;t,g6 2 .:.es
'i!Ve2 'iil,7 3 l:[g8 (3 c4!) 3... lbd8! and Miles seized the initiative.
'i!Vd7 2
<;i>h6 3 .:.rs 3 l:[g8 <;i>h7! 3...'it>g6 4 l:[hS! Zu zwang! ... lbc6 4 ... :Ia8 5
Ji.b7'-a tactical nuance which holds together h1s conception. S bxc6 .:.xh8
6 c7 ·b5 7 c8='if .:.xc8 8 .ixc8 b4 9 ii.xe6! There was also another way,
106 Instructive example pointed out by Mestel: 9 .ia6 b3 10 .id3+ 'itih6 11 . i b l b2 12 'it>e4! <;i>g6
I l:[ddl!! (with the idea 2 l:[bl) places Black in a criticai position. 13 e3+ h6 14 <;t,dJ <;t,g6 15 <;i>d2+ <;i>h6 16 'it>c2 etc. 1-0
107 Miles-Hübner,.Wijk aan Zee 1984 I 13 Hübner-De Firmian, Manila 1990

1 g4! .:.es 2 gS hxgS Or 2... g6 3 'ir'xg6 fxg6 4 gxh6. 3 ii.xg5 g6 4 'ii'h7 t d6! cxd6 2 lbxd6 An astonishing position-there is no satisfactory
1-0 defence against lbd6xf7. 2 ...:Ic7 2 ...<;t,g8 3 lbf5. 3 lbxti_;!;, <;i>gSJm xgdj
l:[d8+. 4 lbxb6+ gxh6 4 ... <;i>h8 5 lbf7+ 'it>g8 6 '@°g6. 5 wg6+
I 08 Romanishin-Lobron, Biel 1987 "ir'e8 7 l:If3+ 1-0
1 .ih5! A knockout blow! l. .. g6 l ... lbxh5 2 l:[xd7. 2 'iVxh6! gxhS 3
fi'h8+ '@"f8 4 'ii'xf6 .i.bS lt is time to throw in the towel. 5 a4 ii.xa4 6 lbc4 114 Tatai-Kavalek, Manila 1973
ii.c6 7 lbd6+ 'it>d7 8 lbxb7+ 'it>c7 9 lbaS ii.bS 10 'ifeS+ ... 1-0 1 e5! tbdS If L..dxe5 2 .ixf6 .i.xf6 3 l:td7. 2 ii.xdS dxeS 2... .ixd5 3 f6. 3
:Ih4 4 3 .ixd5 4 l:[xd5!! (4 f6? gxf6 5 'iWh3 ii.e4!) 4... exd5 5 f6 gxf6 6
109 Kostro-Sydor, Poland 1972 "ir'h3.e4 f i ; 4 exdS S f6 'ii'e5 5... gxf6 6 'i!Vh3!. 6 °ir'b5 'i!Vxg5+ 6... h6 7 .ixh6.
7 "ii'xgS .ixf6 8 'ii'h5 ii.xh4 9 °iixh4 1-0
1 °fkg3!! An excellent idea! With the threat to penetrate with
the queen
behind enemy lines {'ikg3-g6-h7), White prepares a blow on the
1. .. 'it>f8 2 °fkg6 'it>g8 3 ii.xc7! 1-0 3... h c 7 4 'i!Vxd6 llid7 c7 square. 115 Knaak-Tischbierek, Potsdam 1985
5 '@°xe5 .:.e7 6
'@°g3. t 'ii'a5" 2 .ig2 On 2 <;t,t2 follows 2 ...'i!Vb6+ 3 'it>el (3 i'1Vd4 h d 6 )
3 'iYc5' ;·inning the knight. 2... l:txd6! 3 0-0 3 l:[xd6 lbd3+ 4 'it>dl lbt2+.
3:::°ir'b6:_.. 4 'it>bl as 5 'iWe7 .:.e6 6 °ir'h4 .:.xe2 7 l:[f4 °ir'e6 S l:[dfl .:.et 9 'iig5
11 OMagomedov-Kveinys, Bratislava 1990
l:te5 0-1
l ... f4!! Ramming the position. The black squares now prove very weak. 2
lbc2 2 exf4 ii.xd4; 2 gxf4 .ixd4 3 exd4 'i!Vxh4; 2 lbe4 fxe3 3 fxe3 d5 4
lbd6 .:.xe3. 2 ... fxg3 3 fxg3 ii.xc3 4 'ifxc3 lbxe3 S lbxeJ .:.xe3 6 'iWd4 'fke7 116 Lerner-Vogt, Bertin 1989
7 : a .:.XO 8 .ixf3 .:.es 9 'it>fl .ig4 10 .i.xg4 bxg4 11 .:.c2 'iWel+ 12 'it>g2 1 °ir'e4! Piling up on the e-file. l ... ii.xdS Or l ... ii.f7 2 f4 ii.f6 3 'i'xe8+. 2
'iidl 13 °ir'fl °fkxd3 ... 0-1 xd5+ 1-0 2...'iff7 3 f4; 2... 'it>h8 3 .:.xe5.
117 Furman-Witkowski, Polanica Zdroj 1967

1 :Ie4!! .ixf4 There is no acceptable defence: 1....ie7 2 .:.exe7 lbxe7 3
l:txe7. 2 .ixg7+ l:[xg7 3 .:.xrs+ 1-0
118 Kunert-Schmitzler, West Germany 1968 126 Tseshkovsky-Bagirov, Lvov 1978

l c5! dxc5 1...l2lc8 2 c6. 2 l2lxe5! 1-0 2... l:Ixe5 3 f4. 1 .l::txg3! <it>xg3 2 b4!! cxb4 3 'it.>a4! Tseshkovsky exploits the fact that the
knight defends the pawn from the front. 3... 'it'f4 4 c5 'it>e5 5 c6 'it>d6 6 @b3
i/2- 1/2 6.. .'it>xc6 7 'it>c4 'it>b6 8 'it.>xd3 @b5 9 'it'c2 @a4 10 Wb2.
119 Gheorghiu-Miles, London 1980
l ... 'iVg4! Threatening the manoeuvre l:Ih8-h5-f5. 2 Vi'dl l:Ib5! 3 'it>fl 3 a4
l:U5 4 hl e5. 3.. J:thl+ 3... l2ld2+ is also sufficient. 4 lZlgl l2lxe3+! 5 fxe3 127 Vepkhvishvili-Avetisian, Tbilisi 1970
'i'xg3 6 'it>e2 .l:[h2+ 0-1 A very sharp position. Both sides have passed pawns, but it is Black's
tum to move. l...f2+ is weak because of 2 'it?dl-White is prepared to give
up the bishop for the f-pawn, while on I...tZlc:3 sufficient is 2 i.f5.
120 Makarov-Dvoiris, Gorky 1989
1. ..i..a6!! Avetsiail finds a mating formation! 2 e6 After 2 i..fl án
It seems that Black is under no threat, but. . attractive idea materialises: 2... f2+ 3 'it.>dl i..xc4!! 4 i..xc4 l2lc3+! 5 'it>cl
1 g4! d5 l...i..b2 2 .ic3 f5 3 'i!Vxg7+! l:Ixg7 4 .l:txd8+ .l:[xd8 5 .i.xb2; tlle2+!. 2... i.xc4 3 e7 .i.e2 4 i..f4+ Or 4 i..g3 l2lxg3 5 e8='if+ l2le4.
l...i..xf2 2 i..xa5 lixdl 3 i..xd8 l:l'.xcl 4 'ifd7. 2 .ixa5! b6 3 i..b4 f5 4 'ilff4 4 ... 'it.>xf4 5 eS='ii' <it>e3 6 l'Vf8?! 6 'iWxe4+ 'it.>xe4 7 'it>f2 'it>xd5. 6... f2+ 7
h6 4.. J h a 4 5 nxd4. 5 .i.e7! 'i!Vxe7 5. Jid7 6 nc7. 6 .l:txd4 l:Iad8 7 =.xd5 V&'xf2+ tZlxf2 8 i..fS 8 d6 l2lxh3 9 d7 l2lf4 IOd8='li' l2lg2 mate. 8... .i.g4 0-1
l:txdS 8 l:!:c6 ... l - 0
128 Marié•T.Petrosian, Vincovci 1970
121 Ostermeyer-A.Sokolov, Saloniki 1984 l a5!! Marié prepares the move 2 i..b6, whicb breaks the opponent's
l .i.d7! .l::te7 2 .l::tc5! 1-0 defensive tine. 1. ..<it>f8? Petrosian overlooks a tactical blow, but there was
no satisfactory continuation anyway: l...l2le8 2 i.b6 llixb6 3 axb6 l2lxd6 4
122 Topalov-Short, Spain 1995 bxc7 l2lc8 5 llixf7! 'it>h7 (5 ... l:txc7 6 lDg5+) 6 l2lg5+ 'iti>h6 7 l2le6 c5 8 i..d5;
I...tZlf8 2 i..b6 l'.:tcd7 3 i.d8!; l...i..h6 2 .i.b6! l2lxb6 3 tZlxf7!! (3 axb6
White bas an extra knight but it is cornered in enemy territory. How can i..xg5) 3... l2lc8 4 l'.:txf6 'it.>g7 5 tZlxh6 'it>xf6 6 l2lg8+. l ... c5 2 tlld5 l2lxd5 3
he get it out from there? .i.xd5 i..xd5 4 lI l xd5 l::a7 5 64. 2 i..xf7 l:txf7 3 l2le6+ 'it>g8 4 l2lxc7 i . f 8 5
1 l2ld2!! c5 Or l...f5 2 f4 lZle2 3 l2le6+ 'it>f6 4 l2lf3. 2 l2le4 l2lb3 3 l2lh7! tZleS! <it>b7 6 l:txd7! 1-0
Dashing Black's hopes. 3... l2ld2 And, in view ofthe variation 4 lZlhf6 tZifl+
5 <;t,gl l:i'.dl 6 l:tg8+ <it>h6 7 l2lg4+ h5 8 l:rh8 mate, Black resigned. 1-0
129 Dreev-Metliak, Protvino 1988
1 'it'fS! A strong move, containing two threats-the first: win of the
123 P.Blatny-Plachetka, Namestovo 1987 bishop on g2 by 2 f3; the second: 2 .i.xf6 i..xf6 3 .i.d3. He is not in a
1 i..g8+ <it>h6 2 .i.e6! 1-0 If 2... .i.c2 then 3 .l:th8+ <it>g7 4 l2lxh5+! <it>xh8 5 position to parry both ofthese. 1... 1i.c6 L.g6 2 Wif4 i.xh3 3 i..f3; 1...l2lh7
'We5+ and mates. 2 l:td7. 2 i.xf6 i.xf6 3 i..d3 1-0 3 ...1:i.fe8 4 'ii'h7+ 'it>f8 5 Vi'h8+ rJie7 6
l:tel+.
124 Psakhis-Drasko, Sochi 1988
1 d4!! The threals of 2 l2ld3 and 2 e4 cannot both be parried. l ... exd4 130 Yusupov-Nogueiras, Montpellier 1985
l ...e4 2 tlld3; l... h8 2 e4. 2 tZld31lYxcl+ Or 2... .i.c3 3 l2lxc3 dxc3 4 l2lb4. 1 'fkd4!! It is impossible to repulse the various threats. 1... f6 1... b6 2
3 lZlxcl nxcl+ 4 <it>g2 l'.:tc5 5 l2la3 <it>h7 6 tZlc2 Ji.c3 7 tZlxd41i.xd4 8 'iid3+ e6!. 2 exf6 gxf6 3 i..xf6 l:tg8 Or 3... l2lxf6 4 'ir'xf6 l:tg8 5 lbx:d5!. 4 lZlbS
f5 9 'Wxd4 ... 1-0 Also sufficient is 4 tlle4! \li'a3 5 l::fo3!. 4.• .'i!Vxb5 5 i.xb5 l2le6 6 2 cxb5
7 i..h4 l-O
125 Kuczinski-Suetin, Warsaw 1978
131 Sax-Espig, Balatonbereny 1984
1 i..fS! An attack directed against the h7 square. 1. .. gxfS l ... !tg7 2 .ixg6
:xg6 3 l:l'.xh7+ 'iWxh7 4 .l:txh7+ Wxh7 5 'Wa7+. 2 g6 f4 3 'i!fb3 tZlf6 4 gxf7 1 l2lg3!! With this 'trick' Sax puts decisive pressure on the g7 square.
l:tf8 5 l:d2 1-0 l. .. i..eS Or 1...hxg3 2 l:txg3 .ie8 3 'iWg4 l:Ia7 4 i..xg7 'it'xg7 5 e6+. 2 'i!Vg4
i.d7 3 l2lf5 i..xf5 4 .l:txf5 a7+ 5 <it>h2 1-0
I 70 Solutions to Exercises So/utions to Exercises I 71
132 Miannik-Krivun, 9th USSR Correspondence Team Championship 137 Chandler-HuJak, Surakarta/Denlasar 1982
1 lt:lxe4!! fxe4 1...lt:lxe4 2 1l.b5. 2 Jl.h5 lt:lxbS 3 'iVxhS e5 3 ... ,J.,h8 4 The win is achieved by including the bishop in the attack against the g7
1l.xg7+ .l:f.xg7 5 'ii'e5 'ikf7 6 .l:f.xd7; 3 ... .l:f.d8 4 fke5 'i'f8 5 .l:f.g5 ,J.,h8 6 l:txg7 square. t J..h4! .l:f.b8 After I....l:f.e8 2 .i.f6! lt:lf5 3 g4 .l:f.el+ 4 'itg2 the check
.l:f.xg7 7 .l:f.gl. 4 'iligS Jl.rs 4 ... 'ií'e7 5 'Wxe7 .l:f.xe7 6 Jl.xg7 .l:f.xg7 7 :Xg7+ will be decisive, while l.. ..l:f.c8 2 .if6! lt:\f5 3 g4 lt:lce3 4 .i.b2!. 2 i.f6! gxf6
Wxg7 8 .l:f.xd7+. 5 Jl.xg7 Jl.g6 6 Jl.xeS .l:f.xf2 7 h4 'ii'f8 8 il.cJ .l:f.fS 9 'ilig4 1-0 Little is changed by 2 ... ltJf5 3 g4. 3 .l:f.xh7 :Xb7 4 :Xb7 dS 5 .l:f.d7 etc.
133 Chernin-Rashkovsky, Sverdlovsk 1984 138 Bagaturov-Sagalchik, Frunze 1989

t lt:lg6!! fxg6 Or l...lt:lxg6 2 hxg6 .l:f.c6 3 gxf7+ Wixf7 (3 ... ,J.,xf7 4 .l:f.h3) 4 1 lt:le6! Wrecking Black's position. l . .. xb4 2 axb4 fxe6 He cannot
.l:f.xh6. 2 Jl.xe6+ ,J.,h7 Also losing is 2 ... Jl.f7 3 hxg6 lt:lxg6 (3 ... Jl.xe6 4 ignore the sacrifice: 2 ...'l'Wb63 lt:lxg7 Wxg7 4 i.d4! °li'xb4 5 f4. 3 i.xe6+
'Wxe6+ ,J.,h8 5 .l:f.xh6 mate) 4 'Wxg6 .l:f.c6 5 .l:f.xh6! 1l.xe6 6 'ii'h7+ ,J.,f7 7 'ith7 Other retreats are even worse. 4 ,J.,g2! i . h 6 5 l:Ihl .l:f.f8 5 ... .l:f.h8 6 f4. 6
.l:f.f6+. 3 Jl.xc8 gxhS 4 1Wh3 'ii't7 5 il.d7 'i'a2 6 0-0 -.Wxb2 7 i.xe8 'ifxa3 8 cl gS 7 J..xeS .l:f.f6 Or 7... dxe5 8 .l:f.:xh6+! W:xh6 9 .l:f.hl+ 'ittg6 10 'iVc2+. 8
'i'h4! 1-0 .ixf6 exf6 9 'iWc2+ 1-0
134 F.Portisch-Bilek, Zalaegerszeg 1968 139 Salov-Andersson, Szirak 1987

1. .. lt:lxf3!! 2 gxf3 .l:f.exe4!! 3 fxe4 'i'f6 4 .l:f.d3 Or 4 e5 'i!Vxe5 5 .l:f.d3 .l:f.f2!. 1 lt:leS! Tactics in the service o f strategy! The c6 pawn is lost, since
4 ... .l:f.f2 5 'ikxf2 'ii'al+! After 6 ,J.,c2 'i'xa2+ 7 ,J.,dl 'i'xf2 White is doomed l ... lt:ld8 toses to 2 lt:lxd7+ 'i'xd7 3 b5! cxb5 4 i.xb5 'i'e6 5 i.a6 lZlf7 6
(8 e5 'i'f3+!). 0-1 l:Ic7. 1. .. .l:f.c8 2 .ia6! .l:f.c7 3 lt:lxc6+ .l:f.dxc6 4 .l:f.xc6 .l:f.xc6 S l:txc6 lt:ld8
5... .ixc6 6 'illxc6 'i'xb4+ 7 'itc2; 5 ... lt:\xd4 6 exd4 'i!Ve4+ (6 ... 'i'el+ 7 'itb2
'tWd2+ 8 .l:f.c2 'ikxd4+ 9 Wa3) 7 Wb2 i.xc6 8 'ii'xc6 °iVxd4+ 9 'ita3 !.
135 Gogichaishvili-P.Cramllng, Stockholm 1992
Andersson resig n ed without waiting for the move 6 .l:f.c2. 1-0
White is in a criticai position: the e5 pawn is very weak.
1 'i!Vdl!! 'i!Vh4 Otheiwise there is no chance o f a win. 2 'i'd2 'ir'xh3 3
140 Trapl-Wolny, Correspondence 1987
'i'd8+ il.f8 4 :i.gS! 4 'i'c8 would be mistaken: 4 ... 'iVb.4!! 5 .i.d2 (5 'i!Vxc6
'i'xf4 6 'i!Vxb5 'i'e3+ 7 Wfl 1l.c5) 5 ... 1l.d7. The move in the game is made 1 xe6!! Trapl intends to clear the a2-g8 diagonal. 1-0 t...,J.,xe6 2 :Xd5
with the intention o f driving the queen to a passive position, and then to ltJxdS 3 .l:f.xd5 .l:f.xd5 4 'l'Wbslt:\f6 5 exf6 .l:f.fd8 (5 ... <J;;;xf6 6 'ikxd5) 6 fxg7 'itf7
capture the bishop on c6. 4 ... Jl.e8! Fine but insufficient. He could not play 7 .ixd5+ ,J.,xg7 8 i.e6 etc.
4 .. .'i'g3+ 5 Wfl 'i!Vxe5 in view o f 6 J..e7 'i!Vg7 7 'i'c8!. S .i.e7! Finesse after
finesse! 5.••'ir'g3+ 6 'it>fl °i'h3+ 7 Wgl 'i!Vg3+ 8 'itfl Vz-1/2 The attempt to 141 Makarov-Khasanov, USSR 1987
play for a win is easily parried, e.g. 8... 'i'h3+ 9 ,Jõ,eJ 'G'g3+ 10 'it>d2 J..xe7
1 .ig4! The ideil is to eliminate the knight which is defending the g7
11 W/xe7 Jl.c6 12 'i'd8+ ,J.,g7 13 'i'c8 'ikg5+ 14 ,J.,c2 'i'e3 etc.
square (1.. ..i.xg4 2 'ikh6+ 'itg8 3 .l:f.xe8+) 1... fS t...<Jile7 2 .i.xe6 fxe6 3
'i'b4+ 'itd7 4 'ifxh7+ Wc8 5 'ii'xg6 etc. 2 'i'h6+ We7 If 2 ... 'itg8 then 3
136 Krantz-V.Zakharov, Correspondence 1990 .ixf5! gxf5 (3 ... .i.xfS 4 :Xe8+) 4 .l:f.xe6. 3 'i!Vxh7+ Wd8 4 'fixg6 lt:lc7 S
1 g6!! h6 1...1i'xc7 2 'i':xh7+ Wf8 3 'i'h8 mate; l...fxg6 2 'G'xe6+ Wf8 3 i.xfS i.xfS 6 'i'xfS 1-0
lt:ld6; 1...hxg6 2 .l:f.xe7! 'i'xe7 3 lt:lg5 1i'b4 4 'i'h7+ Wf8 5 'i!Vh8+ We7 6
'i!Vxa8 'ii'el+ 7 Wg2 'ir'e2+ 8 'it>h3 'i!Vxb2 91i'xa7+. 2 gxf7+ Wh7 2... Wxf7 3 142 Ftácnik-Kovalev, Passau 1994
lt:\d6+ Wf8 4 1i'xe6. 3 f8::lt)+ 'l'Wxf8 3 ... Jl.xf8 4 lt:lf6+ 'it>h8 5 'ill:xh6+ gxh6 6
The white king is exposed, but there are no decisive threats in view. Wha1
nh7 mate. 4 1l.a3! .l:f.e8 S lt:lg5+ ,J.,b8 6 lt:lxe6 'illf7 7 fS Wg8 7 ... .t.c8 8
is the reason for this? It lies in the fact that the rook on c3 is practically
J..xe7. 8 lt:\f4 .t.c8 9 e6 'ii'f6 10 Jl.xe7 1i'e5 11 .i.d6! 1-0 ll...'i'xd6 12
:Xg7+! 'it>xg7 13 'i'g3+ Wf6 14 lt:lhS+ We7 15 'i'h4+ 'it'f8 16 'i'f6+ 'itg8 17 immobile--it is denied access to the first and second ranks, while the queen
on h3 is restricted in its movements.
'i'g7 mate.
l ...'ir'd3!! Not only the king, but also the bishop is now in great danger! 2
d2 The most tenacious. Tbere were also other continuations, for example:
2 .ixf7 'i'd4+ 3 'ith2 'i'd6+ 4 ,J.,gt (4 Whl .l:f.h3+ 5 'itgl 'i'dl+) 4 ... 'i'b6+ 5
172 Solutions to Erercises Solutions to Exercises l 73
'it>h2 (5 .l:l:f2 Itg3+ 6 ..t,h I 'iYb l +; 6 fl 'l/Vb I+ 7 @e2 'i'd3+; 5 h I IDt3+ 6 146 Rechlis-Lederman, Beer Sheva 1988
Ii:h2 'i'bl+ 7 <it>g2 Vi'e4+ 8 gl 'i'el+); 5... i k 7 + 6 'i.t>gl Itcl+; or 2 h5 1 g4!! Lederman reacts in a poor way: t. .. b6 2 xf5 mate However the
'ifd4+ 3 h2 ltJf4 4 'i'f5+ @h8; or 2 .l:l:f2 'ifg3+ 3 fl {3 l:!g2 'i'el+) variations show that even on other replies White has an irresistible attack:
3.. :i'h3+ 4 @e I (4 l:.g21k2 5 'ii'd5 'ifh 1+; 4 @e2 lk2+ 5 Wel l + 6 l:tfl 1...fxg4 2 1We5+ ..t,g6 (2 ... Wf7 3 'ii'f4+!) 3 lhe6+ l:txe6 4 'i!Vxe6+ @h5
'i!Ve4+) 4 ... 'ii'hl+ 5 ..t,d2 (5 @e2 e4+) 5... 'i'cl+ 6 'i.t>e2 'lir'b2+ 7 fl l:.cl+ (4 ...Wg5 5 l:I.e5+) 5 f5+! 'it>h4 (5 ... g5 6 'fif7+ 'it>h4 7 l'Vg7) 6 D! h5 7 .l:l:gl
8 @g2 'i'b7+ 9 .l:l:D l:.c3 10 'it'f5 lhf3 11 'i'xf3 ltJxh4+; or 2 'i'f6 ii'e3+ 3 or l...g6 2 'i'h4+ 'itif7 3 gxf5 WVb7 (3 ... gxf5 4 'i'h5+ 'it>f6 5 l:texe6+!) 4
.!:tf2 (3 h2 'i'h3+ 4 ..t,gl l:.cl + 5 f2 l::tc2+ 6 c;t>el 'i'e3+) 3...'i!Vg3+ 4 fl txe6+ @e8 5 'iUe4.
(4 'õt>ht 'i'h3+) 4 ... 'i'h3+ 5 el l:cl+ 6 'i.t>e2 (6 'i.t>d2 'ifc3+) 6... Itc2+ 7
el (7 dl 'i:Vd3+) 7 .. .'i'hl+ 81:tfl 'i'e4+. 2...'Hfbl+ 3 °it'h2 'i'b8+ 4 Wgl
'iV1>6+ 5 f2 There is nothing better: 5 h2 'tic7+ 6 Wh 1 (6 gl :a'.cl+) 147 Plachetka-Pribyl, Decin 1974
6.. J k l + 7 l:Ig1 l:!.c2; 5 hl ID13+ 6 l:.h2 l:hh2+ 7 'i:Vxh2 (7 'i.t>xh2 'i'Vb8+) 1 i..d5! .ixd5? Losing at once. 1...a4 ri.ms into a quick refutation. 2
7. ."iVbl+; 5 Wfl Vi'bl+; 5 Itf2 .l::l'.g3+ 6 @h2 (6 fl 'i'hl+ 7 'i.t>e2 'i'e4+) l:!.c8+! ! .i.xc8 (2 .. J h c 8 3 l:.xc8+ ..ixc8 4 'ille7) 3 'liVe7 i..h3 4 'iVxf7+ 'i.t>h8 5
6.. J:hg4 7 'iYe2 (7 l:txf7+ g8) 7... "illc7+ 8 @hl l:hh4+ 9 fit>gl (9 l:i.h2 : c 7 'v/l/xc7 6 'ilixc7 l:tc8 7 'ii'xc8+ i..xc8 8 'it>fl b5 9 .i.c6! ..ia6 10 el ,it;>g8
Wicl+) 9... 'i'cl+ 10 'f'Hfl (10 l:i:fl g5+) 10 ... 'i'gS+ l l l:tg2 'ii'e3+ 12 °iVf2 11 @d2 @f7 12 ...t,c3 etc. I...l:te7 is a little more tenacious, although after 2
(12 l:.f2 ltJf4) 12... it'cl+. 5... it'bl+? A mistake in calculation. He should il.xe6+ l:i:xe6 3 l::tc8+ l::txc8 (3 ... l:te8 4 l:l'.xa8 lha8 5 W/e7 'ifd8 6 xb7) 4
continue 5.. .Ikl + 6 'it>h2 'iVb8+ 7 .l:l:g3 'ii'xe8 8 hS ltJe7 with a winning :!l:xc8+ 'it>f7 5 'i'f8+! 'it>g6 6 l:.c4 h5 7 g4! gives White dangerous threats. 2
position. 6 'i.t>h2 \Wb8+ 7 l:i.g3 ltJe5 (7 ... l:Ixg3?? 8 'i'xf7+) 8 'i'f5+? l:tc8+ 1-0
(Temporis filia veritas. Afterwards it became clear that White had the
saving move 8 .id7!. Then 8... ltJxd7 9 11Yxf7+ h8 10 1'Vh5+ <3lg7 11
148 Christiansen-De Finnian, USA 1985
'ii'g5+ ..t,t7 12 'ii'h5+ fit>e7 13 'tWh7+ fit>e6 14 'i'f5+; 8...fêif3+ 9 fit>g2! l:k2??
(9 ... ltJxh4+ 10 'itõ>h3) 10 .if5+; 8... @g7 9 l:.xc3 (9 'i'g5+ ltJg6) 9... ltJD+ 10 1 'ii'f2! Creating numerous threats. I ...'ifxb5 The most stubbom. 1... i ¼'xe5
Wg2 ltJxh4+ 11 @h3 ltJxf5 12 gxf5 'i'xe8 0-1 2 :d7+ i..xd7 3 'v/l/xf7+ @d6 4 'ilfxd7+ @c5 5 l::[fS; 1...l:thf8 2 .l:txe6+! fxe6
(2 . .'.ti>xe6 3 'ifif5+ c:J;e7 4 1'.¼d' 7 mate) 3 'i'h4+. 2 l::txe6+ fxe6 2... @xe6 3
xf7+ ..ti>xe5 4 l:tf5+. 3 W/ti+ d8 4 l::tdl+ ifd3 Worse is 4...Wc8 5 'i'xe6+
143 l.lvanov-Kudrin, Chicago 1989 c7 6 'i'd6+ ..t,c8 7 1:1'.cl +. 5 lhd3+ exd3 6 'ifxg7 lnstead of the casual 6
1 cS!! bxcS 2 .ic4+ Now the attack is irresistible. 2.. .'.ti>h8 3 l:Ib4! gS l'Vxe6. 6....l::l'.e8 7 'i!Vxh7 d2 8 xd3+.
3... g6 4 l:l'.xg6 l:.g7 (4 ... ltJxg6 5 'i'xg6 l:Ig7 6 l:.xh7+) 5 'i'xh7+. 4 ..ixgS!
l:tg7 5 .ixf6! .ixf6 6 xh7+! 1-0
149 Jansa-Yrjõla, Gausdal 1987
1 l:13!! Unclear is 1 :t.e3 i..d6 2 g3 'iVh6. The move in the game forces
144 Gelfand-Lerner, Norilsk 1987 the queen to make a decision. 1... 'i'c7 More tenacious is l...'ifh6 (l...'Wxh4
I l:tg4!! Gelfand wants to create an attack by penetrating with the rook to 2 a5+) but also here there is a path to victory: 2 l:l'.xf5 l:If8 (2 ... 'ilie6 3 l:i.eS
the seventh rank. 1. .• ,it;>eS l...b3 2 l:.a4! l:tb8 3 l:tf4!. 2 l:l'.c4 .l:.b8 2.. ;fit>d8 3 '&'f6 4 l::r.xe7 xe7 5 'fVaS+) 3 l:l'.e5! (3 a5+ b6 4 '&'d5 l:l'.a7) 3... .id6
°
l:l'.c5 3 l:I.c7 b3 4 I:txg7 ,it;>f8 5 l:l'.f7+ !it>g8 6 d7! Preventing the activation of (3 ... \\Vf6 4 l h e7) 4 'i'a5+ d7 (4 ... ..ic7 5 'i'c5) 5 'v//ib61:l'.ac8 (5 ... :ae8 6
the black rook: 6 l:tfl l:te8+! 7 d5 1.1e2. 6... b2 7 l:.fl <li/g7 8 : b l ! lt is still 'i!Wxb7+ .ti>d8 7 l:.cS) 6 l:.ed5 l:l'.c6 7 'i:Vxb7+ l:t.c7 8 'i'xa6 etc. Now White's
not too late to let slip the win: 8 'i.t>e7?? bl= 9 l:!.xbl l:hbl 10 d8='i&' task is simplified. 2 l:t.e3! .id6 31:1'.eS+ ..ti>xd7 4 l:te7+@c6 5 J:Ixc7+ .ixc7 6
l:!.'e 1+. 8.. Jlb6+ 9 @e7 lib7 l O..t,eS 1-0 'íWc3 bS 71!Vxg7 l::!.'.ad8 8 'iYf6+ 'itib7 9 l:.xd8 l:txd8 10 a3 1-0
145 Gutman-Klovan, Sevastopol 1970 150 Yudasin-Rogers, Manila 1990

It seems that the king cannot avoid a deadly discovered check... I ltJg6!! l::r.g8 On 1...l:.h7 follows the attractive 2 ltJf8!! l::r.h8 3 ltJe6!! ltJd7
t. .. i..fS!! With the idea of removing the bishop on e5. 2 l:tt7+! 2 'i'xf5?. 4 ltJxc7+ <tild8 5 ltJb5. 2 ltJe7 .l:th8 Or 2...l:.f8 3 .ie5! ltJd7 4 i..xc7 ltJxf6 5
c2+; 2 l::txf5+? l:Ixe5. 2.•.!it>g8! Other continuations lead to mate. 3 l:.g7+ ltJf5. 3 .i.e5 ltJc6 3... ltJa6 4 ltJfS. 4 ltJxc6 .ixc6 5 i.xc7 i.d7 6 f3! Black
'.t>b8 4 l::tb7+ 'i.t>xh7 5 'i'xf5+ h6 6 'ii'f4+ 'it'h5 7 f7+ Though he has a has no usefui moves. 6... h5 7 fit>h2 l:.h6 8 .l:i:d6 hxg4 9 fxg4 1-0
draw in hand, Gutman decides to play for a win. 7... ltJg6 8 h7+ WgS 9 .
h4+ ltJxh4 10 .if4+ 'itig4 11 f3+ fit>b3 12 'ific2 ltJxf3 13 'ii'fS+ Wg2 14
'tig4+ Wf2 151Wg3+ e2 16 'i'g2+ 0-1
17 4 Solutions to Exercises Solutions to Exercises 17 5
151 R.Byrne-G.Garcia, Torremolinos 1976 156 J.Diaz-Kholmov, Frunze 1989

1 h4!! .txe3 1.. ..txh4 2 "ifh3; 1....te7 2 g5; l...hxg4 2 xg4 .txd5 3 1 e6!! Removing the defender o f the g6 square. 1... fxe6 Or 1...'ilic8 2
'ili'xd5 e7 4 'ili'd3 .tf4 5 f6+ 'i!i>g7 6 h5+ 'i!i>h6 (6... 'it>h8 7 xf4 exf4 8 exf7+ 'iii>xf7 3 6+! (unclear is 3 ií'c4+ 'i!i>f8) 3 ... gxh6 4 iVh7+ 'i!i>f8 5
'ilVd4+) 7 xf4 exf4 8 1Wd4. 2 f6+! 'i!i>h8 3 gS! 'i!i>g7 3 ... .tg4 4 ií'e4. 4 'i'xh6+ 'i!i>f7 (5... 'iii>g8 6 'i!i'g6+ 'iii>h8 7 l:.d4! .l:td7 8 IDi4+!) 6 'i!i'b7+ 'i!i>f8
'ili'xe3 dS S .l:tdl! l::td7 6 xhS+ 'i!i>h8 7 f6 .l:td6 8 'ili'd3 e4 9 .txe4 1-0 (6 ... 'i!i>f6 7 l:.d4 1\Vf5 8 'ií'h6+ f7 9 : f 4 ) 7 e2! (with the idea of
9 ... e5 10 ií'e2. lt:le2-f4-g6) 7... .tg5 (7 ... .td7 8 .l:td3! i.f6 9 l:.g3 .i.e6 10 f4) 8 'it'h8+ f7
9 ií'h5+ 'i!i>f6 10 f4 etc. l xb6+! gxh6 3 'i't'g6+ h8 4 11Vxb6+ 'i!i>g8 5
'i.Vg6+ h8 5 ... f8 6 l:td4 .tg5 7 'i!Vxg5. 6 .l:td4 e5 6 ... .tgS 7 'i!VxgS Wig7 8
152 Grefe-Najdorf, Lone Pine 1976 1\Vh4+! 'i!i'h7 9 'Wf6+. 7 .l:tg41\Vxg4 8 hxg4 .if8 9 l::te3 .tg7 10 'i!Vf7! 1-0
1 .l:txdS!! The idea is to penetrate with the knight to the f6 square.
1...'i!i'b6+ 1...cxd5 2 d5 .tg7 3 f6+ .txf6 (3 ... 'i!i>f8 4 ií'xh7 gxf5 5
ií'g8+ 'i!i>e7 6 'i!i'xe8 mate) 4 'ií'xf6 ií'c7 5 .txe6 fxe6 6 h6 mate, 2 .te3 157 Azmaiparashvili-A.Petrosian, Erevan 1989
'i!Vb4 2 ... 'ii'xb2 3 e4!. 3 l::tbS!! The very sarne theme! 3 ... xc3 3 ... cxb5 4 1 f4! Attack on the f5 square! 1... gxf4 I....td7 2 e6. 2 'ií'xf4+ g7 3
d5. 4 l::txb4 e2+ S 'i!i>h2 xg3 6 'i!Vxg3 .txb4 7 h6+ 'i!i>h8 8 fS! d8 9 gxf5 'iii>b8 3 ... xf5 4 .txf5 .i.xf5 5 xf5+ Wf7 (5 ... g6 6 h4+ g7 7
fxg6! fxg6 10 ií'f4 .tf8 11 f7+ xf7 12 'ili'xf7 .te6 13 .txe6 .tg7 14 'i\Vf6+ 'iii>g8 8 f5) 6 e6+! 'i!i>xe6 7 'i!Ve5+ f7 (7 ... 'i!i>d7 8 li'd6+ 'i!i>c8 9
.i.d4 ... 1-0 lt:le7+) 8 "i!Ve7+ Wg6 9 h4+ h6 10 'ilVf6+ 'i!i>h5 11 'it>h3. 4 fxe61\Vxbl 5
'i'Vf6+ Wg8 6 'ilVf7+ 1-0 6 ... h8 7 °i1Vf8+ g8 8 lt:lf5.
153 Yakovlev-Vernitsky, USSR 1984
1. ...l:txd4!! 2 exd4 Or 2 xa8 .l:td2 3 .l:tc2 l::txc2 4 'i!i>xc2 ií'f6 5 .l:tbl ií'c3+ 158 Tal-Hübner, Montreal 1979
6 'i!i>dl 'ili'd3+ 7 'i!i>cl .tb2+ 8 :xb2 'ili'c3+ 9 .l:tc2 'ilVel mate. 2... .tfS+! 1 .tf4 .td6 2 l::txd6 l:txd6 3 e5!! An 'x-ray' along the diagonal
Black's ideais to set upa queen and bishop battery along the long diagonal. promises White recovery o f the sacrificed material 'with interest'. 3 ...'i!i>a8
3 gxfS Also hopeless is 3 .l:tc2 .txc2+ 4 'i!i>xc2 :d8. 3.•.ií'xd4 4 fxg6+ fxg6 3... d5 4 ltixf7 xf4 5 l:txf4 .l:tf8 6 xd6 .l:txf4 7 b5 °iVc4 8 "i1Ve5+;
5 lt:lc4 l::td8! 61::tcdl ií'al+ 7 'i!i>c2 ií'xa2+ 8 'i!i>cl ií'al+ 9 'i!i>c2 'i!V 3+ 0-1 3... .l:thd8 4 c4 e8 5 xd6 xd6 6 .l:tg4. 4 c4 Weaker is 4 xf7
because o f 4 ... e5! 5 tbxd6 (5 .txeS 'i!Vxf7 6 .txd6 1\Vxa2) 5 ... exf4 6 b5
'ifa5. 4 ... e8 Now 4 ... e5 does not work: 5 .txe5 l:te6 6 .txc7! .l:txe2 7
154 Hort-Hartston, Hastings 1975/76 b6+!. S .l:tg4! 1\Ve7 5 ... l:tg8 6 xd6 xd6 7 'i't'e5! .l:tc8 8 c3. 6 xd6
1 xe6! dxe6 2 gS With the disappearance o f the e6 pawn the black lt:lxd6 7 l::txg7 f5 8 l:.g4 l:td8 9 .teS f6 10 .tcJ ... 1-0
pieces are •hanging'. 2 ... l::tad8 Other continuations are no better: 2 ... 'i!i>h8 3
.l:txe6 .l:tf6 4 :Xc6! .l:txc6 5 f7+ or 2 ... .td7 3 .txe6+ .txe6 4 :Xe6 f6 5
ií'c4. 3 .l:txe6 l::tf6 4 l:.xf6 gxf6 5 e6 fS 5... 4 6 'i!Vc4. 6 xd8 fxg4 7 159 Gelfand-Beliavsky, Linares 1991
lt:lxc6 ií'xc6 8 'i!i'e4 'iWcS 9 b4! 1-0 9 ... 'i!Vc6 lO l::tdl. I. .. d4! 2 .ixd4 l:tb8! The b2 pawn is indefensible. 3 .tc3 l:txb2+ 4 'i!i>al
l:tb6 5 g6 5 'i!Vc2 'ilia6 6 a2 l:tb4!! 7 g6 (71\Vdl Wc4+ 8 Wal .l:tb3 9 .i.b2
'i't'a6; 7 'ill'd2 l:tb3) 7 ... hx.g6 8 hxg6 .l:t8b5!! 9 gxf7+ xf7 10 :thgl 'i.Vxa3+!;
155 Muratov-Gorchakov, USSR 1972 5 a2 l:ta6 6 °i!Vdl (6 'iic4 ltia5!; 6 'i1Vc2 'i't'e7 7 .tb2 ltib4+) 6 ...1\Ve7 7 .tb2
The threat is l ... .td7 and 2 ... IDi8. lt is necessary to give urgent support to .l:txb2+. 5... .l:ta6 6 gxf7+ xf7 7 'irf4+ g8 8 'ii'd6 d4! 0-1
the queen and rook.
1 f4!! .txg4 1...gxf4 2 g5 fxgS 3 f3; l...exf4 2 eS! dxe5 (2 ... fxe5 3 160 Mi]os-S.Silva, Buenos Aires 1991
f3) 3 .txc5 l:.g8 4 'i!Vg6+!! 'ili>f85 'i\Vxf6+ 'i!i>e8 6 lt:lf3. 2 fxg5 fxg5 3 ltih3!
1 .tfS!! This surprising move allows White to break through to the
.txh3 4 .te2! g4 5 .th4 The white pieces 'percolate' through the 'boles' in
the pawn chain. 5 ... .l:tg8 6 .l:te6 "ifd7 7 .txe7 'Wxe6 8 dxe6+ itlxe7 9 0-0-0 seventh rank and create decisive threats. 1... lt:lf8 l...gxf5 2 l:tg3+ 'i!i>f8
(2 ... 'i!i>h8 3 'i!Vc3+) 3 'i'Vh6+ and 4 l:.xe6+; l...'i!Vxc4 2 .ixe6 fxe6 3 l h e 6 .l:tf8
.l:taf8 10 'i!Vb4+ 'iii>xe6 11 .txg4+ .txg4 12 'ií'xg4+ 'iii>e7 13 'iWgS+ 'i!i>d7 14
(3 ... l:.d7 4 .l:te7+ l::txe7 5 l:txe7+ g8 6 'fkh6) 4 b3. 2 li'c3+ 'i!i>g8 3 l:te71\Vc5
'Wxe5 ... 1-0
4 .i.e4 d7 5 .txb7 l:.ab8 6 .l:txf7! e5 7 l:.e7 1-0
17 6 Solutions to Exercises Solutíons to Exercíses 177
161 Kengis-Gutman, Riga 1979 167 N.Gaprindashvi1i-Verõci, Yugoslavia 1974

1 c4! Kengis uncovers the e-file and then exploits the pinned knight. 1 h3!! l f7+ 'f//xf7 2 l:txt7 only leads to a slightly bener endgame.
1... bxc4 The threat was 2 cxd5 exd5 3 b4. 2 ltxc4 l:tc8 2... g4 3 hxg4 hxg4 4 1. .. :rxfl+ 2 c;t,h2! g3+ 3 fxg3 e3 4 g4+ 'it>h6 5 'i'g7+ @h5 6
l:txg4; 2 ...11Vb5 3 l:txc5; 2...11Vb6 3 b4. 3 l:tc2 g4 Or 3... 6 4 ltecl and g4+??-White misses a win by 6 J:txe5+!! fxe5 7 g4+ 'it>h4 8 '/We7+ /'WgS
further pressure on the pinned piece-J.e3-d4, 'ii'f3-e3; or 3...'i'a4 4 l:tecl 9 g3 mate 6... 'it>h6 7 'if g7+ anda draw by repetition.
d4 5 b3 'i!Vb4 6 J.c4. 4 'ii'f4 gxh3 5 J.xcS J.xcS 6 b4 hxg2 7 J.xg2 'ii'a4 8
l:tecl l:tg8 9 lixcS l:xcS 10 l:txc5 'i!Vdl+ 11 'it>b2 l::rg4 12 'ii'f6 1-0
168 Torre-Petursson, Biel 1985
l éi:Je4! Torre êxploits two factors-the weakness ofthe f6 square and the
162 Van der Weide-Smejkal, Amsterdam 1971 instability of the knight c6. l. .. 'iff4 Or l...'i1Ve5 2 f4 Wic7 (2 ... 'iVxb2 3 l:f2) 3
1 J.b6 : g 6 21:tfl? Missing the win which could have been achieved by 2 tZ:lto! <it>xf6 (3 ... l::te7 4 'ii'c3) 4 'Wc3+ @f5 (4 .. .'it>e7 5 l:.fel+) 5 g4+ xg4 6
J.fB! 'it>g8 3 J.e7!! 'i'xe7 4 l:txh7 'iii>fB 5 lth8+ ltg8 6 'i'h6+ éi:Jg7 7 'i'h7! g3+ mating. 2 'tlte3+ 'it>h6 On 2... 'ii'e5 follows 3 'Dd6. 3 J.xc6 J.xc6 4
After the opponent's actual move Smejkal replied 2... 'it>g8! 3 J.d2 l:r.g7 tZ:ld6 .l:i.e6 5 xc6 l:td8 6 éi:Jxf7+ 1-0
when the position is equal.
169 Brilla-Banfalvi - Roche, Correspondence 1984/85
163 Stasans-Zaklauskas, Correspondence 1983 1 i.gS!! White decides to exploit the pin on the knight. t. .. i.e6 l...c6 2
l éi:Jg3! fS 1...'ii'f8 2 l:td8!. 2 éi:JhS f6 3 ltd8+! éi:JfB 4 éi:Jxf6+ <;t>r, 5 J.hS+ 'i'xd6 l:tb7 3 f4; l...'t!Ve8 2 i.xf6+ 'it>xf6 3 1!i'g5+ e6 4 J.h3+. 2 f4 exf4
éi:Jg6 6 ltxh8 'it>xf6 7 l:txh7 1-0 2... 64 3 fxe5 dxe5 4 'ii'g2!; 2... '/We7 3 i.d3! b4 4 fxe5 dxe5 5 l:l'.fl bxc3 6
't!Vg2. 3 eS! dxe5 4 'i.fg2! 4 'i/Vel J.d7!. 4...ifxdl+ 5 éi:Jxdl 1-0
164 Molo-Kopye, Correspondence 1989/90
Black is in difficulties-he needs to defend not only against 'iWh4xf6, but 170 Z.Ilié-F.Meinsohn, Montpellier 1983
also against l:tg7xf7 followed by ltgl-g7. The move 1. •.'ike7 repulses the l e4!! fxe4 Otherwise Black's position is reduced to ruins. 2 éi:Jxe4 dxe4 3
first threat, and l ...l:tg8 the second. xe4 'i'b8 3... l:td8 4 l:tdel. 4 h6 l:.d8 5 i.d7! @g8 6 'iVf6 6 ltg4? 'iie5.
1...'ii'a7!! 2 l:tcl 2 'i1Vxf6 'i'xgl+! 3 ltxgl+ :Xf6 4 ltcl (4 bxa4 lth6) 6... h5 6... éi:Je6 7 lhe6!. 7 lieS ifxeS 8 'i!VxeS cS 9 W/e7 1-0
4 .. J h c l + 5 c;t;xcl ffit6!; 2 l:txf7 'ii'xgl+; 2 bxa4 'i'xa4. 2.•• 1:txel+ 3 @xel
'ife3+ 4 'it>dl 'ilí'xf3+ There is no saving the game: 5 c;t;eJ 'ir'e3+ 6 <it>fl (6 171 Tal-Meulders, Brussels 1987
'it>dl 'ii'd3+!) 6... f3 7 l:tg5 'ir'e2+ 8 'it>gl f2+! 9 'ii'xf2 'ii'xf2+ 10 <it>xf2
1 gS! bxg5 2 i.h3! The king is in danger! 2... exf4 2... l::rad8 3 J.e6+ <it'h8
éi:Jxe4+. 0-1
4 fxe5 i.e7 (4 ... J.xeS 5 'i!Vh3+ °iih7 6 J.xe5+) 5 'ifh3+! 'i'h7 6 i.xd7 l:txd7
7 e6+; 2... e4 3 i.e6+ @h8 4 '1Wh3+ 'ii'h7 5 xh7+ Wxh7 6 J.xf6 éi:Jxf6 7
165 Vyzmanavin-Zhidkov, Briansk 1985 fxg5 'Dd5 8 l:.xe4. 3 J.e6+ '.t>h8 4 .:.a g4 5 J.xg4 i.xb2 5... éi:Je5? 6 l::th3+
1 J.fS! Leading to material gain. 1 'ii'g3 is insufficient because of l ... <it>f7. '.tg8 7 lixeS J.xe5 8 i.e6+ 9 J.xe5 '/Wxe5 10 'ifxg6+. 6 lth3+ c;t,gs 7
1... éi:JeS 2 J.e6+ l:txe6 2... 'it>h8 3 :Xe5. 3 dxe6 l:te8 4 h3 aS If 4 ... :Xe6, i.e6+ l:t17 8 'ir'xd7 'ifd4+ 9 \Wxd4 i.xd4+ 10 'itg2 J.e3 11 l::tdl l:te8 12
then 5 .l:d8+ 'it>f7 6 l:tf8+ 'it>e7 7 lth8!. 5 ltd7! 'ii'c6 5...éi:Jxd7 6 exd7. 6 i.x17+ 'itxl7 13 l:th7+ f6 14 :Xb7 ... l-,0
ltg7+ 'it>h8 7 'ii'g3 l:txe6 8 f4 ... 1-0
172 Matulovié-Gerusel, Halle 1967
166 Sevedzh-Z.Polgar, NewYork 1985 I 17+!! l::rfxfi 2 l:txf7 i.xf7 Or 2.. J:txf7 3 i.xd3 exd3 4 d8+ l:tf8 5 W ' le7
1... éi:Je2! Creating various threats. 2 'ifgS 2 'ii'd6 J.xe4! 3 'i!Vxd7 J.eS+!; 2 l:tf7 6 '/We5!. 3 1' Wh6 l h d 4 3... i.d5 4 l:tfl 'ii'a8 5 J.g4 ltc7 6 c4 e3 7 cxd5
'i'f3 J.xe4! 3 'ii'xe4 'i!Vc7+!; 2 'ii'f2 'ii'c7+ 3 éi:Jg3 (3 'it>hl J.xe4) 3... éi:Jxg3 4 éi:Jt2+ 8 'it>gl éi:Jxg4 9 °iff4. 4 cxd4 'i'e3 s : n 't\Vxd4 6 Wih4 aS 7 i.xd3
'ir'x:g3 J.e5; 2 'iie3 J.e5+ 3 hl 'i!Vdl+! 4 :Xdl l:txdl+ 5 J.fl J.xe4+. 'i'xd3 8 'iff4 d5 9 ltel a4 10 bxa4 'i'xa2 11 'fib8+ c;t,g7 12 '1Wxb4 'ir'f2
2...'ii'e7+ 3 'it>hl J.xe4 0-1 13 'iVxe4 i.dS 14 'i!Ve5+ 'it>fB 15 'fih8+ @17 16 'i!Vxh7+ 'itf8 17 b8+ <it>fi
18 't!Ve8+ <it'g7 19 l:r.e7+ 1-0
173 Van der Wiel-Miralles, Cannes 1990 178 Makarychev-Lin Ta, Peking 1988
1 g4! White opens the g-file and creates decisive threats along it. 1 d4!! With the idea of opening the c2-h7 diagonal. 1. ••..txd4 l...exd4 2
l ... fUxg4 2 f5 iJ..b5 2... d4 3 °iVd2 i..xf5 4 l:!:dgl °i'h3 5 g3 'ii'h5 6 l:tg5 'i'f3 c5 \'i'b6 3 l2Jxh7 @xh7 (3 ... d3 4 lt:Jxf8) 4 : x g 7 + @xg7 5 ..tf6+ '.t'h7 6
7 .l:!.'.fl. 3 dgl 3 l::thg1? VWxd1+!. 3... d4 4 'i:!Vd2 'i:!Vf3 Or 4 ... 'iV!14 5 1\Vh6 i.c2+!; l...i..b6 2 dxe5 c5 3 0-0-0. 2 cxd4 exd4 3 eS 'i1Vc6 4 lt:Jxh7 xh7
'i'e 1+ 6 lt:Jc 1; or 4 .. Jlfh3 5 1' Wh6 i.g4 6 \Wg5 h5 7 f6. 5 'iVgS 5 'it'h6 .tg6. 5 .txe6 'i'Uxe6 6 lZ'le4 'Wc6 7 i:!'.xg7+ 1-0
5... g6 6 lt:Jd2! 'iWd5 6... 'ilfe3 7 'i'xh5 'iWxd2 8 fxg6 fxg6 9 l:l'.xg6+; 6... f6 7
WVh6. 7 i..e4 7 'i'xh5? 'iVxh 1!. 7... WVas 8 'i!VxhS lt'lb4 9 a3 1-0
179 Torre-Romanishin, Biel 1988
I f5!! The idea of this move is to advance the pawn to f6, and then play
174 Hai'k-Csom. Biel 1986 'IJ,.e7xf7. 1. .. gxfS Losing ai once. Other continuations only drag out
l lt'lf6!! So that the queen can penetrate into the enemy camp and support resistance. l...a2 2 f6 'i'a8 (2 ... 'iVa4 3 l:txt7) 3 l:te8 al='i'V 4 l:txf8+ 'iVxf8
an attack with the rook. 1. .. gxf6 1...'i'f7 2 : a s 'i'xg6+ 3 hxg6 gxf6 4 exf6. (4 ... <;t;xf8 5 'ilie7+) 5 'i!Vxal d6+ 6 @hl d5 7 e5!; l...f6 2 'i:!Vg3 g5
2 l:l'.a8 lt:Jc7?! 2... .l:!.'.xb4 3 exf6!; 2 ... t2:lxd4 3 exf6! (3 'iVxh6+ 'i:!Vg7+) 3 ... lt'lf5 (2 ... a2 3 fxg6 al='iV 4 gxh7+) 3 h4 h6 4 hxg5 fxg5 (4 ... hxg5 5 'fkb3+ ..tih8 6
4 lt:Jxc6!! lt'lh4+ 5 '.t'gl !! lt:Jxg6 6 hxg6 l:tf3 7 g7+ g8 8 thxd8 .lhf6 'i:!Vh3+) 5 xa3. 2 .l:te8! 1-0 On 2 ... 'it'xd7 White now has 3 't'kg3+!.
(8 ... <t>h7 9 lt'lc6; 8.. Jla3 9 .l:!.'.b8) 9 lt:Jxe6+. As can be seen, Csom does not
choose the strongest continuation. 3 VWxf6+ '.t'e8 4 'i:!Vh8+ 1-0 4 ... e7 5 180 Velikov-Chevaldon net, Pemik 1981
lt:Jxc6+.
I i..h3! With the idea of exploiting the opposition of the queens. 1... 1::l'.dS
l...f5 2 e4. 2 i..e6! lt:Jf6 3 b2 fxe6 4 xf6 'i'xf6 5 1.:i'.xf6 g7 6 l:!'.xe6 ...
175 Martin Gonzalez - Garcia Palermo, Benasque 1990 1-0
1 ii.h6! ! With the idea of creating threats along the b l -h7 diagonal.
1...gxh6 1...:es 2 d3 g6 3 'i'xb5 : b s 4 'i'xa4 J:l'.b4 (4 ... .l:!.'.xb2 5 i.b3) 5 181 Po]ovodin-A.Ivanov, Leningrad 1988
a7 J:txb2 6 i..b3; l...f5 2 exf6 :!xf6 3 i..g5 .:tf7 4 JJ..xe7 l:txe7 5 'ifd3 g6 6
xb5. 2 VWd3 rs 3 exf6 Itxf6 4 'ilixh7+ 'it>f8 5 i..g6 l:txg6 5... 'i'd7 6 'i'h8+ 1 ne3+ '.t'd6! Weaker is l ... @ d 7 - 2 xg7 l:l'.f5 3 .l:l'.e4 d6 4 'it>g6. 2
i..g8 7 'ifxh6 mate; 5 ... i.d6 6 .l:!.'.xe6. 6 'i'xg6 i..ti 7 VWxh6+ g8 7... e8 8 l:!'.e4! Polovodin makes a useful move, while his opponcnt is denied such a
't'Vc6+ 'ítf8 9 l:txe7! 'lixe7 10 l:te 1+ Wf8 11 'ifb6+ g8 12 lte3. 8 l'i.e3 i..h4 possibility. 2 <J;xg7 only leads to a d r a w - 2 ... l:tf5 3 : e 4 <J;d5 4 .l:i.a4 We6 5
8... i..d6 9 f4. 9 .l:!.'.cl Better is 9 .l:rdl. 9 ... b4 9.. J/Vf6 10 l:tg3+; 9... 'i'g5 10 'i.t;,g6 l:tf6+ etc. After a few moves Black resigned. 1-0
l:!'.g3. 10 .l:tdl! 10 1:i.c6? 'i'd7 11 .l:tf6 (11 J:l'.ee6 i..xe6 12 l h e 6 'iVh7!)
l l...Ílxf6 12 .l:i.g3+ ..tg6 13 .l:txg6+ i..g7. IO ... l:!'.b8 l i .1:dd3 .l:tb6 12 l:[g3+ 182 Speclman-Kasparov, Graz 1981
.ixg3 13 :xg3+ : g 6 14 l:!'.xg6+ i..xg6 15 'isVxg6+ '.t'b8 15 ... @f8 16 'ii'c6.
The direct 1...d2 2 .ixf7+ 'i.t;,f8 3 l:txd4 : e 1 + 4 'it>g2 dl= 5 .l:txdl l:txdl
16 h4 1-0
6 i..c4 would not allow Black to count on victory. l...'it>f8!! 2 i..c4 The fine
point lies in the fact that after 2 ..txf7 follows not 2 ... d2, but 2 ... .l:te4!. 2... d2
176 Poulson-Spasov, Sandefjord 1975 3 lixd4 ltel+ 4 'iat>g2 dl= 5 l:txdl : x d l and wins.
1. .. d3! Spassov seis about clearing the long diagonal. 2 °i'Ud2 2 l:txd3
.l:txd3 3 xd3 e4. 2... lt:Je4 3 'i'Í'el dxe2 4 'i'xe2 lt:J4g5! 5 lt:JxgS 5 '.t'g2 lt:Jxf3 183 Po1ugaevsky-Gufe1d, Moscow 1972
6 'ii'xf3 'isVxf3+ 7 xf3 e4+. 5... lt:JxgS 6 f3 e4! 7 fxe4 7 f4 lt:Jf3+ 8 h 1
If l...e2 White stops the pawn and makes a draw: 2 .l:!.'.e5 J:l'.g2 3 g7 .
.ixb2 9 xb2 e3 10 g2 J:l'.xdl 111:1'.xdl : e s ; 7 JJ..xg7 exf3 8 U ' -kb2 lt:Jh3+ 9
Therefore Gufeld changes the order ofthe moves. 1. .. :g2!! Not now 2 l:te5
'íthl f2+. 7 ... .ixb2 8 'Wxb2 'i!Vxe4 9 h4 9 'iVg2 'ti'e3+. 9...lt:Jf3+ 10 'i.t;,f2
because o f 2 ... l'i.xg6+ 3 'it>xf5 l::l'.g5+, while 2 l:tb8 leads to the loss of an
lt:Jh2 0-1
important tempo (it takes two moves for the rook to get to the e-file). 2 ... e2
3 l:i'.e8 f4 4 g7 f3. 2 l:tb6+ '.t'dS 3 l:tbS+ @d4 4 .l::l'.b4+ @d3 S <iixfS e2 6 l:te4
177 Chandler-H.Olafsson, Hastings 1990/91 gS+! 7 'it>xgS <J;xe4 8 g7 el='ili 9 g8='ilr' gl+ 0-1
1 e6!! Freeing lhe e5 square for the white queen. 1. .. i..f6 1...lZ'lxe6 2 g4!
(2 l:txe7 lt:Jd4!) 2 ... i..g6 3 .l:he7; t...fxe6 2 'We5! i..xf3 3 l:hc7. 2 e7! : e s 3
l:t.d8 l:txd8 4 l:txc7! °i'Ub8 4 ... 'i'xc7 5 e8= + .l:txe8 6 'i'xe8 mate. 5
exd8='ii'+ 'iVxd8 6 iJ..f4 ... 1-0
184 Geller-Pribyl, Sochi 1984 'it>e5 11 f6. 10 f6 'it>g8 11 l:tc6 'it>h7 12 fxg7 @xg7 13 gS hxgS 14 <;t>xg5 f6+
l ltd8 suggests itself. but Black has a defence: I...'it>f8 2 lt:lh4 lt:lh8. 15 'it>f5 <tlt7 16 h4 1-0
1 lt:lh4! An excellent idea! 1-0 If l...'it>f8 2 lt:lxg6+.
191 Nesis-Av.Khasin, Correspondence 1983/84
I a4! Creating a threat to win the rook: 2 l:tcl+ .l:tc5 3 'ii'c8+ @b6 4 a5+.
185 Jansa-Forintos, Titograd 1982 1...lt:ldS If l. .. bxa4, then 2 l k l + l:tc5 3 't!Ya5+. 2 .l:te8! 'iiib4 2... a3 3 i'.!Vb&+
l...i..xdl promises Black little after 2 ltxb2 i..c2 3 i.d2 l:te8 4 'it>fl! and 'it>b6 4 i..c8+ 'it>c5 5 'i!Vxb5+ 'it>d6 6 11Vxd7+ @c5 7 b5+ @d6 8 lle6+. 3
the d-pawn is blockaded (4 ... l:te2? 5 l:txc2). 'fi'b8+ 'it>b6 4 i..a8+! 1-0
1. .. d2! 2 h4 2 i..xb2 i..xdl 3 i..c3 i..xa4!. 2...i..xdl 3 l:txb2 i..c2! 4 i..xd2
l:txd2 5 'it>h2 l:!'.e2 Of course not 5... l:txf2? 6 a5 and he has to give up a piece 192 Zapata-Vaganian, Saloniki 1984
for the a-pawn. 6 a5 i..d3 7 !1.'.xe2 .txe2 8 'it>g3 i..fl! 9 f3 'it>f7 I O'it>f2 i..a6
11 @e3 'it>g6 12 g4 'it>f6 13 'it>f4 i..b7 14 'it>e3 h6 15 f4 h5 16 gxh5 'it>f5 17 l a5? An inaccurate order of moves spoils a brilliant idea. A draw is
'it>d4 'it>xf4 0-1 achieved by 1 g6+! 'it>xf6 Or I...<it1g8 2 f7+ @f8 3 @h7 with a draw. 2 a5
bxa5 3 g7 {j;f7 4 @h7 Ji.xg7 stalemate! l...bxa5 2 g6+ {j;g8! (2 ... <;2;>xf6? 3
g7 Wf7 4 Kh7; 2... <j;f8? 3 g7+ Wg8 4 f7+ Wxf7 5 @h7) 0-1.
186 Reynolds-Nuno, London 1987
1... l:td8! Precisely here! So that at,1:er .2 gxf3 i..xf3 the rook cannot move
193 Cording Boey, Correspondence-411974/75
away from the attack with check. 2 l:th2 2 l:tgS l:th8 and 3... l:th l; 2 g3 l:tgS
3 l:th3 l:tg5; 2 g4 l:td4 (2 ... l:tg8 3 g5) 3 l:tg5 (3 g5 l:tg4) 3... f2 followed by ln the variation l...b5 2 f5+ (or 2 d4 'it>f5 3 gxh6 gxh6 4 'it>c5) 2... 'it>f7 3
4 ... l:te4. 2...l:tg8 3 g3 3 gxf3 l:tgl 4 l:tf2 i..b5. 3... l:txg3 4 'it>d.2 ltgl S Wel 5 gxh6 gxh6 4 d4 'il.'f6 5 c5 @xf5 6 <t>xb5 'it>g5 7 @c4 @xh5 8 @d3 @g4
l:tf2 l:tg5. s...i..bS 6 : n i..e2 7 c4 cS 8 a3 h6 9 h4 @c7 0-1 9 <j;e2 'it>g3 10 @fl and Black lacks a single tempo for the win.
l. .. b6!! Now the white king will have further to 'run' from the b6 square.
0-1
187 Torre-Unzicker, Wijk aan Zee 1981
l ... i..xg4! 2 'i!Vc5 2 hxg4 'ii'h2+ 3 í1.>f2 'ii'h4+ (the h-pawn has moved to
the neighbouring file) 4 'it>gl i..h2+; 2 fxg4 'iih2+ 3 @f2 ll:ie4+ (the f3 194 Paroulek-Dubinin, Correspondence 1956/58
pawn is no longer there) 4 'it>f3 (4 <tiel 'ii'xg2) 4... ll:ig5+ 5 @f2 ll:ixh3+ 6 1...l:txc3! Eliminating the defender of an important square. The need for
'it>f3 ll:ig5+ 7 'it>f2 'i!Vh4+ 8 'it>gl i..h2+. 2...'ii'h2+ 3 @fl i..xh3 4 l:tgl l:ta2! this operation is seen in the variation I...ltlfl+ 2 Ji.xf3 'rWxf3· 3 'rWxg5+ '>i>f8
S l:!'.b2 l:txb2 6 i..xb2 i..xg2 7 l:txg2 'ii'b4+ 0-1 4 e3 and the attack is beaten off. 2 bxc3 lt:lf3+ 3 .txf3 'iVxf3 4 'ii'xg5+ Or
4 !tb2 l k 8 5 '1!Vxg5+ @f8 6 .l:td2 i..xe4 7 @fl lllxd5 with irresistible threats.
4... Wf8 S Ji.d2 5 i..e3 i..xe4 6 'it>fl l:l.'.bl+ 7 l:txbl hl+ 8 'it.>e2 li.D+ 9 'it>d2
188 Cebalo-Campora, Bem 1988 'iVxbl. 5... i..xe4 6 fl l:tbl+ 7 .l:txbl °iVd3+ 8 el 'i!Vxbl+ 9 <Ji>e2 xa2 ...
1 l:tf3! 1 e6 is mistaken, since after 1...fxe6 2 i..xe6+ @h7 he cannot 0-1
transfer the rook to the h-file. 1... i..c5 2 e6 .l:lxd5 3 l:txd5 b6 4 exf7+ @xf7
5 l:tfd3 ... 1-0
195 Weltmander-Borisenko, 3rd USSR Correspondence Champíonshíp
1 .l:tel! Preparing to capture the rook on g8. 1-0 t...ll:ixd5 2 .l:te8!.
189 Jadoul-Roos, Belgium 1985
1 ll:ixt7 'it>xfT 2 'ii'b3 'ii'b6 One gets the impression that White has
miscalculated, but. .. 3 i.dl!! 1-0 196 Kaplan-Ribeiro, Skopje 1972
1 e4! An accurate order of moves! 1 ll:ic6 .l:txc6 2 .l:txd8+ 'àt>h7 3 e4 (3
Ji.xd5 Ji.xd5 4 l:txd5 l:tc2) does not work because of the intermediate check
190 C.Hansen-Seitay, Saloniki 1984 3... 1:tcl +. l . ..'it>h7 1...dxe4 2 ll:ic6!. 2 eS l:td7 3 l:txa6 Ji.e7 4 ltlxe6 fxe6 5
1 'it>h5! <i3.>f6 The c7 pawn is immune to capture. 1...<iti>d7 2 f4I :Xc7 3 l:txe6 b4 6 i.xdS l:lxd5 7 lhe7 l:ta5 8 .l:i.b7 1-0
l:txc7+ 'it>xc7 4 f5 <it1d7 S f6. 2 :c6+ @e7 3 f4 <i3.>d74 l:tc2 'it>e6 5 g4 'it>f6 6
l:tc6+ @e7 7 f5 c;t;;,d7 8 !tc2 @e7 9 h3 Zugzwang! 9...<Ji>f8 9...'it>f6 10 l:tc6+
197 I.Ivanov-Lerner, Belitzy 1979 203 Kaidanov-Azmaiparashvili, Tbilisi 1986

1 :Icl! I c8='iW loses: l...e2+ 2 c;t,el f2+ 3 '.ttxf2 el='ir'+ etc. l ...e2+ 2 t ... i.h8!! l...i.g7 does not work since after 2 'iYxd5 exd5 3 .l::txe8+ llxc8
el! Not 2 '.ttf2 el='iY+! 3 l'hel l:xc7. 2...<it>e3 3 J:tc3+ <it>xd4 4 .l:k4+! 4 J:xd5 l:te4 5 l:.d8+ i.f8 White lms the saving resource 6 i.g5!. l...e5 is
1/2-1/2 4.. .'t>e3 5 .l:k3+ <it>f4?? 6 .:Xf3+!. also unfavourable: 2 ll'ic3! 'irb3 (2 ... 'Wia5 3 l:al; 2... e6 3 lLle4) 3 lLle4 e6
4 ét:lf6+ 'it>g7 5 lLlg4! with an attack. 2 Wiel He does not succeed in
recovering the pawn. 2... 11fb5 3 l:e4 a5 4 .l::td6 l:.ac8 5 <it>h2 : c 4 6 'i/Ve2 Itb4
198 B.Alterman-Karpov, Orlitz 1995 7 'i&'xb5 .l:txb5 White lost on time.
1t is clear that he cannot play l...<it>xa2 because of 2 <it>c2. Nor does
I...<it>c I 2 <it>e2 i.e7 work in view of 3 b4.
204 Chekhov-Karsa, Lvov 1983
1. .. <it>bl! A little bit of cunning; if White replies 2 <it>e2, then Black
captures the a2 pawn followed by the b3 pawn and obtains a winning 1 b5! After 1 a6 i.xb4 2 a7 .l:1a8 it is difficult to support the passed
position: 2... <it>xa2 3 i.c2 <it>b2 4 <it>d1 '.ttc3 5 i.e4 <it>xb3 6 i.c2+ <it>c3 7 a·pawn with the pieces. 1...cxb5 l...bxa5 2 bxc6. 2 a6 i.c4 Or 2... b4 3 a7
i.a4 '.ttd3 8 i.b5+ <it>e3 9 i.c6 i.c3; while on 2 a4 follows 2... '.ttb2! and ::l:a8 4 i.b5. 3 i.xc4 bxc4 4 lbc3 .tc5 5 .txc5 lbxcS 6 a7 l:ta8 7 ltJd5! c3
White is in zugzwang. 2 a3 'iticl 3 <it>e2 i.xa3 4 b4 He has to give up a 7... b5 8 lbb6 l::.i'.xa7 9 :Üa7 c3 10 .l:k7. 8 lLlxc3 ltJb3 9 l:ta6 ltJd4 9... ll'ic5 10
second pawn. The rest is straightforward. 4... axb4 5 i.a4 i.b2 6 i . d l i.d4 a3. 10 ltJd5 ltJc6 l l ll'.xb6 lbxa7 12 .l::ta6 1-0
7 i.b3 i.e3 8 i.a4 'it>b2 9 <it>dl b3 10 i.c6 'it>al 0-1
205 Kveinis-Djurhuus, Oslo 1992
199 L.Portisch-Keres, Wijk aan Zee 1969 1 b5!! Carelessness would be punished: l l:xe5+?? @f6! ! 2 l:Ixe6+ <it>xe6
l b4! ! ln anticipation of capturing the d5 pawn the rook is driven off the 3 b5 d6! 4 b6 'it>c6 and a draw! 1...'.t>f6 2 b6 l:te8 3 lt>d5 'it>e7 4 l:.c7+
e-file. 1... l:b5 2 g5 hxg5 3 hxgS ll'ie4 4 ll'ixdS b6 Now he cannot play Wd8 5 :l'.a7 1-0
4... ll'ixg5 because of 5 l:c3+! 'it>d6 6 ll'ic7+. 5 :Icl+ '.ttb7 6 a4 J:IxdS 7
l:xdS lbxg5 8 :Id7+ 'it>b8 9 l:cc7 ... 1-0 206 Novikov-A.Sokolov, USSR 1982
The natural l ... lle2 leads to defeat: 2 .txe5 dxe5 (2 .. Jtxe5 3 l:th3) 3 d6
200 N.Gaprindasbvili-Pomar, Olot 1973 cc2 4 d7 l:txb2+ 5 ,;t.,aI l:.a2+ 6 <it>bl .l:tab2+ 7 <J;;cl bc2+ 8 'it>dl.
1... lbc4!! 2 lbxc4 2 'ifxc4 'ifal mate; 2 'it'a2 ll'ixe3 3 fxe3 'i'xe3+ 4 <it>b2 1... l:c2! ! 2 i.xe5 .l:.xe5 3 l:th3 l:tee2 By comparison with the variation
:Id4 5 'iVb3 (5 'iia3 'iid2 6 'it>b3 J:te4!) 5... 'iYd2 6 'it>a3 c5!. 2...'iial+ 3 'iibl just examined Black has an extra tempo. 4 1Ihxh7 l:txb2+ S 'it>al l:.a2+
l:dl+ 4 <it>x<:(1 'i:Vxbl+ 5 <it>d2 'i:Vxb4+ 6 'it>d3 'iYcS 7 l:te8 'iYxhS 8 l:e3 'l'Vrs+ 1/2- 1/2
... 0-1
207 Lukin-Grivas, Leningrad 1989
20 l Prandstetter-Spiridonov, Agard 1976
1 @gl i.d4+ 2 'it>hl 2 c;t,fl loses-2 ... 'i¼'e3 3 lt:ie4 l!Vd3+ 4 .te2 (4 '.ttel
From the variation l ii'xh7+ <it>f8 2 'i'h8+ <it>e7 or 2 'iih6+ <it>e7 it is .tf2+! 5 xf211Vxd8 6 lbxc5 'i'd4+) 4 ... 'i!he4; 3 lbdl 11Vd3+ 4 i.e2 (4 el
pparent that White, like 'fresh air', needs the f6 and g5 squares. However i J 2 +) 4 ... 7:tfS+ 5 'it>el i.f2+. 2.. ,.teS 3 11fe7+! <it>h6 4 <J;;gl .td4+ 5 <itfl
m the first case the move 3 g5 is not possible (the queen is under attack) l'.i.eS Now he does not have the move 5... e3. 6 lbe2! l:txe7 6... e3 7
wbile in the second Black goes over to a counterattack: 3... 'i'c6. I//Uh4+ <JiJg7 8 'iixd4. 7 lbxf4 i.xb2 8 .l::tel .l:td7 9 l:te4! c3 10 lbe6 gS 11
1 gS!! fxgS 1...fS 2 't!Vxh7+ '.ttf8 3 'iih8+ <it>e7 4 'iff6+. 2 'iWxh7+ 'it>f8 3 .l:tc4 .:e1 12 lt:id8 l:í.d7 13 lLlxb7 l:td2 14 i.e4 1-0
'i'h6+ 'it>e7 4 'ii'xg5+! f6 5 l:th7+ i.17 6 'iYxg6 l:8c7 7 ll'ig3 l:tf4 8 ltJfS+
l h f 5 9 'iYxfS 'i'c6 10 'ir'd3 <it>e6 11 f4 ... 1-0
208 Razuvaev-Lputian, Frunze 1979
202 Sbamkovkh-Benjamin, USA 1976 l ltJd7!! The natural l lbg4 is no good. L...txg4 2 l:txf6 .txf6 3 i.xf6
.l:tg8-the b5 pawn is defended by the bishop! I. ..\\Vxd7 l...l::.i'.xd7 2 l:í.xf6
At the moment l c7 does not work because of 1..,.tc8!. i.xf6 (2 ... l:td6 3 .l:th6+) 3 i.xf6. 2 .l::txd7 But not 2 .l:!:xf6 .txf6 3
1 .te2 <it>f8 If l...g6 then 2 i.g5I 'it>g7 3 i.e7! and 4 i.cS. 2 c7! i.xc7 Jl.xf6--3 ... ..Wg4!. 2... i.xd7 3 i.xf6 i.xf6 4 xf6 l'.Ixc4 5 'W/e7 1-0
Now 2... i.c8 does not save him: 3 .:Xa7 :Xa7 4 l:xa7 i.xa7 5 .tg4!. 3
i.xb5 i.xbS 4 l:xa7 .l::txa7 5 .l::txa7 ... 1-0
J84 Solutions to E,·ercises Solutions to Exercises 185
209 Benko-Vukcevich, USA 1969 216 Do1matov-Yusupov, 5th match game, Wijk aan Zee 1991
1 l2:lf3! 1 h3 does not work because of the weakness of the first rank: 1 n'.b7+! 1 n'.xb2 is weak. l...n'.a3 2 n'.g2 l:l'.a5. 1.....t.>e6 l...@e8 2 l:l'.xb2
l ... %fae8! (1...l:Xh3 2 l:l'.f8+; I...l2:le5 2 l:l'.f8+! l:l'.xf8 3 llxf8+) 2 l2:lf3 (2 hxg4 l:a3 3 l:l'.g2 l:ta5 4 ..tõif6 l:tb5 5 l:l'.h2 l:l'.b3 6 l:l'.h8+ @d7 7 l:l'.g8 llb5 8 l:l'.g5. 2
llel+ 3 'ifxel l h e l + 4 Wf2 .a'.e7!; 2 l2:lc2 l2:lh6) 2.. J h f 3 3 .a'.f8+ 'it>g7! 4 Itxb2 l:l'.a3 3 l:l'.g2 l:l'.b3 3... : a s 4 ..tõig6!. 4 <;.tg6 l:r.e3 5 g4 fxg4 6 rs+ 'it>e5 7
l:t4f7+ l:l'.xt7 5 :xt7+ Wxf7 6 'ilixg5 l:lel mate! l. .. 'ilt'h6 l ... :Xf3 2 J::tf8+; l:.xg4 l:l'.f3 8 l:r.gl l:l'.f2 1-0
1...'i'h5 2 h3 l2:le5 3 'iVxe3 l2:lxf7 4 l:txf7! '3;xf7 5 g4!. 2 l:txg4! llae8
2... 'it'xf7 3 l2:lg5+! 3 .a'.gf4 1-0
217 Tal-Psakhis, Sochi 1982
210 Liberzon-Larsen, Biel 1976 1 il.b6! l:r.e7 l...l:l'.af7 2 l2:ld6 (weaker is 2 l2:lg5 l:l'.f6 3 i.xa5 l:l'.g6) 2... ltf6
3 l2:lxf5 exf5 4 il.xa5; I...i.xe4 2 Jl..xa7 l:l'.f6 3 'i.Yb8+ 'i'xb8 4 il.xb8. 2
l...a3 ! 2 l:tb 1 The rook has no decent square of retreat. 2 l:l'.b5 .t.xd3 3 ..ixa5 i.xe4 3 i.b4 1-0 3 .. Jlif7 4 il.xe7 l:l'.xe7 5 'i'h4; 3 ...l:l'.f6 4 l:l'.xe4 'ii'xe4
:xdJ U ' Va6; 2 l:tbb3 l:txd3; 2 .i.xe4 axb2. 2 .. J::Cxd3! 3 l:l'.xd3 c4 4 l:td7 4 b7 5 il.xe7 l:l'.g6 6 "i'b8+ 'i;f7 7 'ii'f8 mate:
.t.xb7. 4... .W.xbl 5 l:txe7 :xb6 6 'iVxc4 il.xa2 7'i'xa2 llb2 0-1
218 Karpov-Ljubojevié, Turin 1982
211 Ljubojevié-Miles, Bugojno 1986
1 h4! i.xh4 1.. ..t.h6 2 l2:lf5 Wic7 3 l2:lxh6+ h8 4 l:l'.d8+!; l....W.f4 2 'i'xf4
l fS!! The sacrifice cannot be ignored. 1. •. exf5 Now the d5 square is e5 3 Wif5.2'flixh41.:tc4 3 'i!Vg3 l:l'.bc8 4 ltJrs Wia7 5 l2:ld6 l:l'.4c5 6 'iVb3 1-0
accessible to the enemy queen. Also ni.iserable is l...gxf.5 2 xh5 il.f8 3
g5+ 'it>e8 4 h5. 2 lhd7+ xd7 3 l:xd7+ @xd7 4 1'id5+! Wc7 5 'ii'xti+
There follows a short agony and death. 5••.' b6 6 b4! l k 7 7 a5+ <;t>b7 8 2 l 9 Estrin-Maeder, Correspondence 1982
d5+@c8 9 °fVg8+ ..tõib7 10 a6+ 1-0 1 l2:lc6!! Deflecting the rook from the seventh rank. t. .. l:l'.xc6 1...'iVd6 2
hxg6 fxg6 3 l:l'.xf8+ 'i'xf8 4 'fixf8+ ..tõixf8 5 l2:lxb4 il.b7 6 i.xa6. 2 hxg6 f6
212 Instructive example 2... fxg6 3 l:l'.x.f8+ 'iVx.f8 4 'Wxh7 mate! 3 gxf6 l:l'.fxf6 3... l:l'.cxf6 41:l'.fgl ! i.e6
(4 ... ..tõih8 5 g7+! 'i'xg7 6 'ii'xh7+) 5 gxh7+ <i;h8 6 l:l'.g8+ i.xg8 7 hxg8='i'+
1f 1...'ii'f2 (1...1i'e3 2 'i!Ya7+! Wh6 3 'ii'al) 2 l:rgl .t.xg2+ 3 J..xg2 h3 4 xg8 8 l:l'.gl+ 'f!ig7 (8 ... ..t.>f7 9 'iVb.5+) 9 'i'h7+ ..tõif7 10 'ii'h5+ ..tõie6 l l l:l'.xg7
'ii'b7+ i'tó>h6 5 'iVtJ hxg2+ White saves himself by capturing with the l2:lxg7 12 'ií'g4+ tiJf.5 13 'f!ixb4; 3 ...l2:lxf6 41:l'.bgl ! l:l'.c7 (4 ... i.g4 5 l:l'.xg4) 5
queen-6 °i!Vxg2. gxh7+ ..t.ih8 6 l:l'.xf6 'ii'xf6 7 l:l'.g8+. 4 l:l'.fgl il.e6 5 gxh7+ Wh8 6 'fligS! l2:lg7
1. ..il.xg2+!! 2 il.xg2 h3!! 3 'ii'b7+ Wh6 4 l:rgl 4 il.xh3 'iVf2. 4... hxg2+ 5 71\Vxg7+ 'ifxg7 81.:txg7 i.r7 9 l:.hgl l:l'.c8 10 b3 ... 1-0
I!xg2 The queen cannot be taken! 5... 1:tct+.
220 Sigurjonsson-Kudrin, Gausdal 1983
213 Nogueiras-Tarjail, Bogata 1979 Sigurjonsson played 1 l:l'.xf5? and allowed the opponent to save himself:
I. .. f8! Mistaken is 1...Jib7+ 2 @h2 f8 3 l:l'.fl ! 'ii'xfl 4 'if e8+. After the 1... iVxf5 2 l:l'.xd5 'ir'f4+! (2 ... il.g5+? 3 ltd2+) 3 l:td2+ 'fixc4 4 l:l'.d7+ We8 5
move in the game White is defenceless: 2 .tõih2 'it'f2+. 0-1 xf8+ ..tõixd7 6 ild6+ ..tõie8 7 'i'f8+. Draw. ln the diagram position the win
is achieved by 1 ltxd5! cxd5 21:l'.xfS! ilxf5 2...We6 3 lhe5+ Wxe5 4 'i'e3+
'it>f5 5 il.d3 mate. 3 i.xdS+ @e8 4 'fi'xfS+ Wd7 5 't!Vxb8 il.xdS 6 'i!Vd6+ and
214 Magerramov-Kayumov, USSR 1987/88 7 'iVxd5
1 f4 l2:lg6 1...l2:lg4 2 i.xf7+ Wh8 3 'flie6. 2 l2:lxf7! l:l'.xf7 31:l'.cl! The bishop
is doomed. 3... l2:lxf4 3... l2:lh8 4 i.xf7+ tz)xf7 5 \ib3. 4 il.xf7+ 'i'xfi 5
'flixfi+ Wxfi 6 exf4 ... l-0 221 VasiJcbuk-Makarov, Kharkov 1956
1 l:.xhS! gxh5 2 'flixhS l2:lxg5 2 .. ,tz)f8 3 'it'h6. 3 'ifxgS+ 'it>f8 4 il.f5!
Cutting offthe king from d7 and creating the threat of 4 'Wg7+ @e8511Vg8+
215 Smirin-Ulibin, K.ramatorsk 1989 °iVf8 6 l2:lc7 mate. 4... i.b8 4 ... l:tac8 5 l2:le7! l2:lxe7 6 fxe7+ 'ii'xe7 7 'i}Vh6+
l...il.xf4!! Apparently Smirin was expecting J•.• W:t'xb7 2 l2:lxb7 .l:txcl 3 @e8 8 'ii'h8+ 'f!if8 9 'ii'xe5+ W'e7 10 'ii'h8+ 'ii'f8 111:l'.el+; 4... l:l'.dc8 5 i.d7!.
lhe) .W.xf4 4 llc2. 2 'iVxe7+ 2 'i!Vxd5 l2:lxd5 3 : f d l l:tfe8 is also •not sweet'. 5 b6! Resuming the threats against the king: 6 l2:ld7+ l:l'.xd7 7 .t.xd7!
2.• J!fi 3 l2:lce4 3 iVxf7+ 11Vxf7 4 l:l'.xf4 e7!. 3...i.e3+! 4 Wg2 !:txe7 Ol 'ikxd7 8 'ii'g7+ We8 9 'ii'g8 mate. 5...We8! 5... l:l'.a7 6 l2:ld7! l2:le7! 7 fxe7!
1Ixd7 8 f4!! Preparing the open the e-file. Despite his extra rook, Black has
186 So/utions to Exercises Solutions to Exercises J87
no useful moves. 8 ... e4 8... f6 9 'ilig7!; 8... i.c7 9 fxe5 'ilixe5 10 i.xd7+ 226 Parma-Vukié, Belgrade 1978
Wxd7 11 !tdl+! 'it>e8 (ll...'it>e6; l 1...<it>c6 12 'i!Vxe5) 12 !td8+!; 8... !tc7 9 l...'ir'xf7? lets the win slip. 2 'ir'xg3 hl='ili 3 'ií'xe5+ 'it>a7 (3 ... 'it>c8 4
!tel f6 (9 ... !ta7 10 'i'g7!) fxe5!. 9 !tel There is no defence. 9 ... e3 10 'ifg8+ lt:lb6+ 'it>d8 5 'iVd6+ We8 6 lDd5!) 4 'ilid4+ <it>b8 5 'i'h8+ with a draw. The
xe7 11 !txe3+ 'i!VeS 12 i.xd7 'ilixe3 13 'ilie8+ 'it>d6 14 'ilixe3 'it>xd7 15 winníng move is 1. ..'it>a8!! 2 'ií'xg3 hl='ir' 3 'ií'g8+ Wa7 4 f8='i!V 'ir'fbl+ 5
'tib3 1-0 <it>a3 'ir'al+! 6 'it>b3 'ilihdl+; 2 a5 'ií'xf7 3 'ilixg3 hl='iV 4 'iVxe5 (without
check!) 'ir'g8 5 lt:lb6+ (5 lDc7+ Wa7 6 'ifcS+ 'it>b8) 5... cJ.,a7 6 'ir'd4 'ifhgl !.
222 Zhilin-Chernov, Perm 1960
Black has repulsed the immediate threats. What to do? 227 Uhlmann-Petrushin, Leipzig 1980
1 h4!! Zhilin notices that his opponent only has pawn moves, and they The continuation that strikes one is 1 .tgS, but after l...i.xg5 2 l:.h8+
quickly come to an end. l ... b6 I...i.e8 2 fxg7+; I...<;t>g8 2 'iWb8+ 'ilif8 3 @g7 3 l:Ub7+ cJ.,f6 4 eS+ 'it>xe5! the attack comes to a dead end.
f7+; 1...gxf6 2 'ilixf6+ <it>e8 3 g7. 2 'it>hS! b5 3 h4 h5 4 'it>xh5 1-0 1 eS!! dxe5 2 i.g5 lDe2+ 2... i.xgS 3 l:r.h8+ 'it>g7 4 !tlh7+ Wf6 5 lZJe4+
f5 (S ... We7 6 'lli'xgS+ 'it>d7 7 lDf6+) 6 lDxg5+ e4 7 i.xe4+ 'it>e5 8 ltxf7!
223 A.Zakharov-Petrushin, Kaliningrad 1973 lt:\b3+ (8 ... i.xf7 9 + Wxe4 10 :Xe8+! 'ií'xe8 11 lDd6+) 9 axb3 'ilixd2+
IO'it>xd2 l1xh8 11 f4+ 'it>d6 (11... 'it>d4 12 lt:lxe6+ 'it>xe4 13 lDg5+ @d4 14
The threat is 1 'it>h6 and 2 lt:lxf7 mate. 1...'it>h7 is no use (J...'it>g7 2 h6+; l:td7 mate) 12 ltf6 !tae8 13 i.dS. 3 i.xe2 il.xg5 4 !th8+ 'it>g7 5 !tlh7+ 'it>f6
1...lt:ld4 2 'it>h6 lt:lf5+ 3 lt:lxf5 'it>g8 [3 ... a2 4 lt:le7} 4 lt:ld4 a2 5 lt:lb3}-2 6 lZle4+ 'it>rs 7 g4+ 1-0
lt:ld5 lt:ld4 (2 ... a2 3 lDf6+ g7 4 h6+ 'it>f8 5 h7 Wg7 6 lDxf7 al=ii 7
h8='iV+ 'it>xt7 8 'ilie8+ 'it>g7 9 'ilig8 mate) 3 lt:lb4 with a draw.
l ... f6+! 2 'at>xf6 The f6 square is taken from the knight. 2... Wh7! 3 lZJfS! 228 Gulko-Kaunas, Kleineda 1983
The last chance. 3... a2 4 lDg6 lDd4! 4 ... al='iV+?? 5 Wf7 witb a draw by 1...'it>d3!! 1...ltg2+ 2 Wa3 'it>d3 would be a mistake because of 3 'it>b4!
perpetualcheck.0-1 and the king 'gets out'. 2 b8='ili On 2 'it>a3? Black replies 2... Wc3!, while if
2 !txe5? then the attack is decisive: 2... !tg2+ 3 <it>c1 (3 lit;>a3 'it>c3; 3 'it>a 1
'it>c3 4 !tel l1a2+ 5 'it>bl ltb2+ 6 'it>al 'it>c2!; 3 'it>bl 'it>c3 4 l:tel i.d3+! 5
224 Ghinda-VI.Schmidt, Warsaw 1979 al <j.>b3! 6 ltbl+ 'it>a3!!) 3... 'it>c3 41:tel (4 Wdl d3!) 4 ... lta2 5 bl !tb2+.
1 i.d7!! Excluding the queen from defence ofthe king's flank. l ...i.xd7 2... !tg2+ 3 'it>bl !tgl+ 3... 'it>c3 4 'ií'xe5!. 4 'it>b2 !tg2+ ½- 1/2
l...'i'xd7 2 'ilih2; t...!te7 2 i.xc6 'ilixc6 3 lDd5. 2 gxh7+ 'it>h8 3 !txg7!
'it>xg7 The 'monarch' falls under a mating attack. 3...i.xc3 4 !tg8+! l1xg8
(4 ... 'it>xh7 5 'Wh6+!!) 5 hxg8='ili+ 'it>xg8 6 g5+. 4 h8='il+! The king is 229 Lobron-Gufeld, Dortmund 1983
completely 'naked'. 4 ... !txh8 4 ... xh8 5 6+ g8 6 'Wg6+! Wh8 7 .l:thJ+. 1 i.xe6+ 'ií'xe6 2 lDh6+ does not work because of2 ... 'lli'xb6.
5 'i:VgS+ 'it>f7 6 : n + i.rs 7 'ilixrs+ 'it>g8 8 'Wg6+ 'ii'g7 9 \Wxe8+ i.f8 10 1 lDh6+!! gxh6 2 i.xe6+ 'it>h8 2 ...'ilixe6 3 ltf8+ Wxf8 4 'ií'xe6 l:.d6
'iVe6+ 1-0 (4 ... !txd2 5 'lli'xb6+) 5 j,,xh6+ 'it>e8 6 'ilig8+ 'it>d7 7 'ti'g4+. 3 !!ti! !txd2
3... i.g5 4 'iVfS. 4 'ií'g4! .i.gS 4 ... 'ir'd4 5 !txh7+; 4 ... !tdl+ 5 'ir'xdl 'ifxe6 6
225 Psakhis-Vitolins, Frunze 1979 d4+. 5 ltf8+ 5 ltxh7+! 'it>xh7 6 'ikf5+. 5...'it>g7 6 !tg8+ 'it>f6 7 'ilif5+ 'it>e7
8 l1g7+Wd6 9 ltd7+Wc610 'lli'xe4+ 1-0
1...'i'h3 toses: 2 lDe8+ 'it>h6 3 lDg8+ Wh5 4 lDef6+ i.xf6 5 lDxf6+ r;;f.ih6 6
'ikf8 mate.
1...'it>h6!! 2 lDg8+ l f 2 lDe8, then 2... 'it>h5! 3 lt:lg8 'it>g4! 4 lDef6+ Wh3!. 230 Reshevsky-Lengyel, Siegen 1970
2 ...'it>hS 3 'iVdS+ 3 .. .'i'f5? Allowing White to save himself. The logical 1 'irfh5 does not work-l...lDSf6 (1...lD7f6 2 lDxf7+ !txf7 3 'ií'xf7 ltc7) 2
conclusion ofthe struggle was 3...Wg4! Also possible is 3... f5 4 'ií'xd4 cxd4 °i'h3 'ilig4.
5 lDf6+ 'it>h6 6 lDxd7 d3. 4 'ií'xd4 4 'ií'g5+ O 5 'i!Vd5+ e2 6 'iVe4+ d2. 1 i.e3!! Opening the d-file for the rook. l .. .'ii'eS I f l...'ií'c4 (keeping the
4... cxd4 5 lDf6+ 'it>h3! ln the game followed 4 h3! (Also sufficient is 4 g4 square under control), then 2 'ifiiS lD5f6 (2 ... lD7f6 3 lDxf7+ l:.xf7 4
'ir'xf5+ gxfS 5 h3! [5 d7?? Wg4 6 d8='iV !tfl+ 7 'it>g2 !tgl mate] 5... 1:.fl+! °i'xf7 ltc7 5 i.d3) 3 'ií'h3 'ilig4 4 \ixg4 lDxg4 5 !txd7!; also 1...'ilif6 is no
[S ... !td2?! 6 lDd5 i.b2?? 7 lt:lge7] 6 'it>g2 !tf2+) 4 .. J1fl+ 5 'it>g2 !tf2+ 6 good because of2 'iVhS 'llfh6 3 lDxf7+; while after t...\ih4 follows 2 !td4. 2
Wh1 !tfl + 7 'it>g2 !tf2+ ½-½. h5 lD5f6 3 'ilih3 i.dS 4 l:.d4 g6 4 ... !tc4 5 i.d3+. 5 'ii'h6 l:tc4 6 .txg6+
'it>g8 7 i.h7+ 1-0
188 Solutions to Exercises Solutions to Exercises J89
231 Bilek-Ornstein, Albena 1976 236 Arlandi-Grivas, Groningen 1985/86

1 h5 1 11f6 or I !:tb2 is met by the blow 1....l:1xd5!, while if 1 2. then After tbe logical 1 ltJe6+ fxe6 2 llxf6 ltJxf6 3 xf6+ 'it>h7 4 eS .l:tg7 5
simply 1...'ill'c5. l. .. .ixh5 l....ih7 2 1If7 !Ig8 3 !1xb7. 2 .l:1f6!! gxf6 3 dxe6 d2 White's initiative evaporates.
xf6+ 'it>h7 4 .ie4+ 'it>g8 5 xd8+ + ' Wf8 5... @g7 6 'i'd4+ Wg8 7 .id5+ l e5!! First of all opening the diagonal of the bishop. 1. .. hxg5 1... dxeS 2
' Wg4+ 'it>f8 9 f4 'i\Yb2+ 10 'it>h3 'f/g7 11 .ixb7) 8 'ii'e5!. 6
'it>h7 (7 ... .if7 8 + lbe6+; l...llxe5 2 e6+; LltJxdS 2 ltJxf7! .Uxf7 3 'ike4 l:txt2 4 'iVxg6+;
i'Wxf8+ 'it>xf8 7 .ixb7 ... 1-0 l ... lt:lh7 2 ltJxh7 Wxh7 3 'iVg4! with the threat of 4 J:txf7+; l ... ltJg8 2 ltJe6+!
fxe6 (2 ... 'it>h8 3 g3 dxeS 4 11Yxe5+ f6 5 'iVe3) 3 'i/Ve4 'it>h8 4 'ti'xg6. 2 exf6+
232 Shamkovich-Botterill, Hastings 1977178 lbxf6 3 'i'xg5 ltJe4 3... ltJh7 4 llxf7+; 3... lcie8 4 h4. 4 J.xe4 .lhe4 5 'f/f6+
1 11xa7!! 1 fxg7 is weak-1...'ii'xfl+ 2 'iii>h2 gl+ 3 'it>g3 .l:1c5! etc; g8 6 'ií'xd6 W/c7 6... 'ii'xb5 7 llxf7. 7 'iVc6 'i:Yxc6 8 dxc6 l:tb4 9 llxf7!
likewise 1 i'i'd3 because of 1... J:tdl 2 'fixb5 d3. l ... ii.f8 Or 1...iVxfl+ 2 l:txti 10 nxn 1-0
h2 'MUgl+ (2 ... iVel 3 =.as+ .if8 4 i'Wf4!! l:l'.al 5 l:!.'.d8 'fib4 6 'ir'h6) 3 Wg3
'i'el 4 :e7!! (4 '&'dS 11Ve8; 4 l:Ia8+ .if8 5 'fif4 l:rc2! 6 Wh2 l!xf2 7 d6 23 7 lnstructive Example
.l:1xg2+ 8 'it>xg2 i'i'e4+) 4... i'Wb4 S °tVdS. 2 °i1Vd5 ir'e6 3 'ili'xd4 i'i'e2 If 3. J k 6
then 4 l:tb7! b4 S .l:1b8 'Wxf6 6 iVxb4. 4 l:l'.a8! l:txfl+ 4... llfxfl + 5 Wh2 'iVgl+ The natural 1 e7 :1.e8 leads to nothing-the queen on d6 is defended,
6 Wg3 'iVdl 7 b4. 5 'it>h2 llxf2 6 llxf8+ Wxf8 7 c5+ 1-0 while i,n the event of the preliminary 1 J.e4+ the king retreats to the c7
square.
233 I.Sokolov-Abramovié, Pula 1988 1 l:tdl!! Now on I...'it>c7 decisive is 2 e7 .l:Ie8 3 'iixd6+ xd6 4 i..xbS+!
@xe7 5 J:tel+. Similarly other variations also do not save him: l ... 'it>b6 2 e7;
The queen is quite cramped on f8. l ... c5 2 Sl.e2; l ... 'ifxe6 2 .ie4+ c7 (2 ... b6 3 l:Id6+; 2.. .'.t>cS 3 'ti'd4
1 .ixd5! exd5 l ... llxdS 2 J.b4. 2 J.b4! ii.d7 3 J.xf8 .ixh3 4 .txg7 dxe4 mate) 3 'ii'f4+ Wc8 (3 ... Wb6 4 ltd6+) 4 i..f5; l...fxe6 2 .ie4+ 'it>c7 3 'iYc3+.
If 4.. .<.f.>xg7, tben 5 ltJcS .lg4 6 f3 .tfS 7 ltJxb7. 5 .if6 l:!.'.d6 6 d5! After 6
gxh3 .l:f.xf6 7 dS there is the move 7... ltJe7. 6... ltJaS 6.. J h f 6 7 dxc6 .tg4 8
cxb7 l:tb8 9 .l:1c8+!; 6... i.g4 7 dxc6 l:tcxc6 (7 ... 1:txdl+ 811xdl .ixe2 9 cxb7 238 Simagin-Ditt, Correspondence 1968
l!b8 10 l:td8+) 8 l:txd6 l:txd6 9 f.3 ! exf.3 10 gxf.3 .txf3 11 !1c8+. 7 i..e7 l ltJf6! Looking at the variatíons 1...'iWxe7 2 llhS!! (but not 2 ltJxe8?
l:txcl 8 l b c l 1-0 After 8... l:td7 9 llc8+ 'it>h7 10 .if6 he loses a bishop. 'iVxgS) 2... ltJIB 3 lcixe8 'iixe8 4 'iixe5+ xeS S J:txeS; 1...l1xe7 2 'ii'd8+
'i'f8 3 \li'xf8+ ltlxf8 4 J:tg8 mate; l...'i.t'f7 2 J:thS! l:txe7 3 llxh7+ xh7 4
234 Nesis-Franzen, Correspondence, 1979/83 ltJxh7 Wxh7 5 h4! and, convinced ofthe hopelessness ofhis position, Black
resigned. 1-0
Up to now White has not been able to invade the enemy camp. This is·
possible via tbe g7 or d6 squares, but J J:tg] is panied by i..c8 and 1 e3
by 1...l!a7 2 !1d6 'it>e7, and the rook is forced to retreat. 239 Vlado Kovaéevié-Ostojié, Belgrade 1978
1 l!d2! à3 2 l:.dl! fla7 3 e3 llc7 Black must cede one of the squares 1 g4!! After 1 llxb6 l:td8! 2 l:tbb7 lldd2 Black gets play. The point of the
(except d6) on the sixth rank. If 3.. .<.f,e7 or 3... i..e7 then 4 J:tgl. 4 lld6 i..e7 text move is to get rid ofthe fS pawn, l ••• fxg4 Or l...f4 2 gS Wg7 (2 ... J:tb2 3
5 J:tb6 l k 8 6 lcid5 J.c6 7 l:ta6 J.xd5 8 exd5 lld8 9 l:ta7 !1d6 10 'it>e4 l:l'.d8 h4) 3 llxb6 .l:td8 4 llxe6 J:tdd2 5 llf6 J:txf2+ 6 'it>h3 llxh2+ 7 'it1g4. 2 l:l'.xb6
11 i.g6 hxg6 12 fxg6 l:te8 13 d6 1-0 l1d8 3 l1bb7 !1d4 If 3... lldd2 4 J:txf7 J:txa4 (the f2 pawn is defended!) then
S b6! llb4 6 b7. 4 J:txti J:tdxa4 5 l1g7+ Also possible was 5 b6. 5... 'iti'f8 6
.l:i.ati+ 'it>e8 7 llb7 'it>f8 8 l1xh7 'it>g8 9 llbg7+ f8 10 llc7 1-0
235 Chudinovskikh-Nogovitsin, USSR 1988
1 llh8+!! Sacrificing a rook for gain oftempo! 1 h4 does not achieve its
objective: 1...'li'xd4 2 'i'ih7+ 'it>f8 3 J.e3 'ii'd3! 4 Wixg6 J.c3+ 5 bxc3 'i1Yxc3+ 240 Rajkovié-Filip, Kragjevac 1977
6 i.d2 'iVxa I + 7 e2 llxd2+ 8 <;t.,xd2 d4+ with perpetual check. 1. .. i..xh8 1 b4!! A refined move, provoking the black pawn to go to the h5 square.
2 'i!Vh4 i..g7 3 'iWh7+ 'it>f8 4 'ifxg6 g8 5 J.e3 '\Wxb3 5... f4 also loses: 6 No use is 1 llb6 f/Ja7 2 l:txg6--2 ... l'hc5 3 xfS J:txdS 4 cxdS 'it>g8. 1. .. hS
'it>e2 'ikxgS 7 'i!YxgS fxe3 8 f//xe7 J:tf8 9 'Wh7. 6 'ifh7+ Wf8 7 'i'xf5+ 'it>g8 8 Compulsory since if t...'i/Va7, then 2 hS! l:txcS 3 hxg6+ 'iitg8 (3 ... 'it>xg6 4
h7+ 'it>f8 9 Wig6 'it>g8 10 l:tcl!! ltJa6 Otherwise 11 l:tcS. 11 llc3 'ifxb2 l2 \!Vxf5 mate; 3... 'it>h8 4 'ifxf5!) 4 'ii'xfS l'hd5 S 'i'xd5+ f8 6 J::te 1! 8
ii.d2 ai+ 13 'it>e2 'i!Yxc3 14 .ixc3 .l:tdc8 15 i..d2 J:tc2 16 'iiti+ 'it>h8 17 (6 ... b6 7 'i!Yd8+) 7 'i'f5+ e8 8 f7+. 2 l;í'.b6 a7 3 J:txg6 llxc5 4 'iixh5+!
i'i'xe7 ltJc7 18 'ti'd7 b4 19 e7 b3 20 °iVh3+ t-0 Wg8 5 J:td8+ 1-0
190 Solutions to Exercises Solutions to Exercíses l 91
241 Anand-Van der Wiel, Wijk aan Zee 1988 245 Gulko-Adams, Groningen 1990
1... h4! Preparing the advance ofthe c·pawn-2 ... c2 3 l h c 2 l:tel+ 4 'it>h2 Black has everything covered: 1 'ili'd5 @f7; 1 'i:Va5 .l::tc6!.
'i'e5+ 5 g3 hxg3+ 6 Wxg3 nhl+. 2 'iiti+ 2 'it>hl l:txh3+; 2 'it>fl c2! 3 'ifxc2 1 a3! A wairing move. Now the opponent must worsen his position.
l::te5 4 g4 hxg3 5 'it>g2 .!:tc5!. 2... 'it>h6! 3 Whl c2 And so the pawn advances 1..Jlcd8 1...Wf7 2 'ii'h6 llh8 3 :Xe6! l:.xh6 4 .l:.e7+ 'ir'xe7 5 lhe7+ Wf8 6
to the penultimate rank. Now it's all over. 4 : n .!:tc3 S 'i!Vf8+ WhS 6 J:l'.cl 6 d7 l:td8 7 J.d6; 1...na8 2 'ir'd5 Wf7 3 .l::txe6. 2 'i!Va5 @ti If 2.. Jla8, then 3
.!:tf5+ does not save him: 6... gxf5 7 'i/ixf5+ Wh6 8 'i!Ve6+ 'it>g7. 6... l:td3 0-1 Jixe6 :.xe6 4 .l:txe6 'i/Vxe6 5 'i!Vc7+ Wh6 (5 .. .'itth8 6 d7 'i!Vg8 7 W//c6) 6 d7
v/ie7 7 'i!Vc8 °'i'd8 8 'iVxa8 'ir'xa8 9 J.c7. 3 'i'xa6 f5 4 'it>h2 4 Wgl? f4 5
242 Ermenkov-Sagalchik, Primorsko 1991 xf4 lZ)xf4 6 l:te7+ Wf6 7 .l::txd7 l:tx.e l +; 4 @fl? f4 5 J.xf4 lZ)xf4 6 l::te7+
's.xe7 7 .:.xe7+ W//xe7 8 dxe7 .l::tdl mate. 4 ... gS 5 hxg5 <;t>g6?! 6 °iVb6 f4 7
1 .!:tf4!! l lZ)gS+ Wh8 2 .!:tf4 J.g2+! 3 'it>xg2 'ii'xg5+; 1 cxb7? lZ)d4!. xe6+ J:i.xe6 8 xe6+ 'i'xe6 9 'ii'xd8 fxg3+ 10 Wxg3 'i'°e5+ 11 @g2 1-0
l. .. J.g2+ I...'i'xf4 2 lZ)gS+ .!:tf7 3 J.xf7+ Wf8 4 lZ)e6+. 2 Wxg2 lZ)el+
2... 'ir'xf4 3 lZ)gS+ .!:tf7 4 'i'h7+ Wf8 5 lZ)e6+. 3 fl lZ)xc2 4 lZ)eS+! 'it>h8
4... .!:tf7 5 .!:txf6 gxf6 6 cxb7; 4... Wh7 5 J.xc2+ g6 6 l:lxf6 l::txf6 7 cxb7 .!:tb6 246 O11-Zagrebelny, Jaroslavl 1983
(7 ... J.c7 8 lZ)d7) 8 J.xg6+ 'it>g7 9 J.e4 and lZ)e5-d7. S lZ)g6+ 1-0 5...'ir'xg6 6 1 lbxe6! l J:i.dl We8. l...fxe6 1...Vl:Vxe6 2 i.g4; t.....t>xe6 2 J.g4+ @dS 3
.!:txf8+ @h7 7 J.g8+ Wh8 8 J.17+ @h7 9 J.xg6+ Wxg6 1Ocxb7. 1..f3+ 'it>c5 4 4 mate. 2 .l:.dt+ Wc6 2... We8 3 i.h5+!. 3 i.f3+ Wb6 4
'i1Ud4+ rJ;;c7 5 'iYe5+ 'it>b6 6 l:tbl+ a7 7 d4+ @b8 81i'xh8 .l:.a7 9 'i!Vd4!
243 Vogt-Gheorghiu, East Gennany v Romania match 1984 a5 Black has not got out of the opening. 10 i.e4 .l:.a6 11 'iiie5+ <;t>a7 12
i.d3 l:t.c6 13 'i!Vxa5+ i;t,bs 14 'if eS+ @a7 15 J:i.b3 h6 16 h3 l k 5 17 J:i.a3+
l J.h8 J.f8 2 .!:tg7+ 'it>xh8 3 l:l'.xg6+ does not work because of 3... e5. ,;t,b6 18 '11>8 1-0
1 f5!! Vogt intends to get rid ofthe e6 pawn. 1 .!:tel is weak-l....:!.'.cd8! (2
J.h8?? e5!! 3 'ir'xe5 J.f6!). l ... l:tcd8 l...exf5 2 J.h8 J.f8 3 l:tg7+ 'it>xh8 4
%:txg6+; l ... gxf5 2 J.h8 J.f8 (2 ... e5 3 'ir'xe5 J.f6 4 'ili'xf5) 3 lhf5 exf5 4 247 Groiss-Reid, Correspondence 1990
.!:tg7+ Wxh8 5 l::tg6+. 2 .!:txe7 Also good is 2 fxg6 .:!.'.xd7 (2 ... hxg6 31i'f2 .l:tf8 Jn order to win Black needs to transfer the bishop to the long diagonal or
4 l:lxd8) 3 gxh7+ 'it>xh7 4 .i::tf7+ Wh6 5 'ir'e3+ J.g5 6 'i!Vh3+ Wg6 7 'ir'h7 al an appropriate moment sacrifice the exchange.
mate. 2... exfS 2... .!:txd4 3 .!:tg7+ Wf8 4 fxg6 mate. 3 l::txe8+ 'ir'xe8 4 'ifxb6 t. .. J.g4!! 1....l:hf4? 2 gxf4 i.h3 3 '1Wxc6. 2 'i!Vd6 Only the queen can
1-0 move. 2 ... J.fS 3 h5! 3 W//c5 11xf4 4 gxf4 g4+! 5 'it>h2 'i'xh4+; 3 'tWb8+
h7 4 Vi°d6 l:te8 5 llfl ! .l:te2!. 3... Wh7! 4 J:i.fl 4 °lWd8 11xf4 5 gxf4 J.h3.
244 Jansa-S.Marjanovié, Banja 1983 4... J:i.e2! s lZ)xe2 51\Vd8 i.e4 6 'ilVh4 .l:.b2. 5.•• J.e4 0-1
1 We5!! 1 Wd6 f4 leads to a draw or 1 l::ta8 f4 2 .l:ta4 (2 .l:ta3 'it>f6) 2 ... f.3 3
l::tf4 .l:tc3. l •••@g6 Upon 1....1:tcS+ 2 @d6 .!:tcl 3 l:tb8 Black loses an 248 Hort-Barbero, San Bernardino 1991
important tempo. Also Iosing is I.. ..l:tc4 2 'it>xf5 l::txh4 3 .l:td8 .l:tc4 4 .l:td7+! The natural 1 'it>d4 'l.'d6 2 g3 lets slip the win-after 2... g4! 3 f4 f6 White
@h6 5 .l:td6+! 'it>g7 6 'it>e6 h4 (6 ... 'it>g6 7 'it>d5+) 7 Wd7 h3 8 c7 h2 9 .l:tdl lacks a single reserve tempo .
.l:td4+ 10 lhd4 hl='ir' 11 c8='ir' 'ilfh3+ 12 @d8. 2 Wd6 l::tdl+ The point of 1 g3!! ..t>d7 He cannot play l...g4 because of2 fxg4 hxg4 3 <it>f4!, while if
the manoeuvre Wd5-e5-d6 lies in the fact that upon 2... f4 3 .l:tf8 White saves l . .<.t>d6, then 2 We4! @e6 3 d4 @d6 4 h3 and the restas in the game. 2
a tempo (compared with .!:tc8-a8-a4-f4) and brings the pawn to a halt on the Wd4 'it>d6 3 h3! f6 4 h4 c;f.>e6 4... gxh4 5 gxh4 f5 6 f4. 5 Wc5 We5 6 'ítxb5
fourth rank. 3 'it>c7 .l:tbl?! 3... f4 4 : f 8 :tf1 5 @d7 .l:tdl+ 6 Wc8. 4 lld8 1-0
.!:txh4 5 Wb6! : c 4 6 c7 'it>g5 7 c8='ir' : x c 8 8 .:!.'.xc8 Wf4 9 Wc5 We3 Or
9... h4 10 d4 h3 11 .l:th8 Wg3 12 We3 @g2 13 We2 h2 14 l::tg8+ @h 15
'ifi>f2 hl=lZ)+ 16 @f3 'iti>h2 17 .l:tg2+! Wh3 18 .l:tg5! 'it>h2 (18 ... 'iti>h4 19 .l:tgl) 249 Armas-Adams, Montpellier 1991
19 :XfS lZ)g3 20 J:tf8 lZ)f1 21 Wf2; or 9... We4 10 Wc4 h4 11 lle8+ Wf.3 12 1 .l:f.e5! The pawn ending-1 hxg6+ l!xg6 (J.....t.,h8? 2 J:i.e8+ l::tg8 3
Wd3 f4 13 .:b8. 10 '.f.1d5 h4 11 We5 Wf3 12 Wxf5 h3 13 : c 3 + Wg2 14 Wg4 - d4+) 2 J:i.xg6 (2 :e7+? '.t>g8 3 1\Vc4+ 'it>h8 4 1i'd4+ %:i.g7) 2... W//xg6 3 c;f.>h3
h2 15 .l::tc2+ Wgl 16 Wg3 1-0 g7 4 't!Vxg6+ 'it>xg6 5 Wg4 hS+ 6 c;f.>h4 <it>f5 7 'itixhS 'it>f4 8 'itig6 D 9
'.t'f6 r;t>xf2 10 @e6 We3 11 @d6 r;,tld3-is drawn. 1...'i'f6 2 c4! °iVd6 2.. J1f7
3 .t!:e6 1' 1Yf4+ 4 xf4 .l::txf4 5 .l:te7+ Wg8 6 hxg6. 3 c5! 'tWf6 4 l:re6 'i'gS 5
hxg6+ Now this wins. 5•••.l::txg6 6 .!:txg6 'IW:xg6 7 c;2;>h3 @g7 8 'IW:xg6+ c;f.>:xg6
9 'it'g4 hS+ 10 h4 h611 f4 @g6 12 fS+ 'iti>f6 12 ... 'it'xf5 13 @xh5 @f4 14 With the cunning move 1...'it'h7!! White would be placed in a criticai
@g6 @O 15 f6. 13 @xhS @xf5 14 h6! 'iti>f6 15 'iti>h7 1-0 position, for example: 2 :xd8 ltJe2+ (the king is on h7!) or 2 'iit>f2 hxg3+ 3
hxg3 lLlh3+ 4 .txh3 (4 'it>e2 ltJgl+) 4 ... .l::td2+ 5 <it>fl 'i'e3 6 .tf5+ (6 l:th8+
250 Popov-Yablonovsky, 3rd RSFSR Correspondence Championship @;h8 7 'ilt'c8+ @h7 8 'ir'f5+ 'it>h6; 8 .i.f5+ g6 9 .1l.xg6+ 'it>g7) 6... 'iti>h6 7
l:h8+ g5 8 l:th2 'illxO+ 9 'it>el 'i!Ve3+ 10 <it>fl l:t.f2+ 11 .l:l'.xf2 'i'xcl +; or 2
The direct 1 .l:b.e6 .l:he6 2 J.d5 :be8 3 'We2 'ifd7 4 .td2 (so as, after g4 : d 2 3 : c 2 (3 <it'hl : f 2 4 .l:k3 ltJe6) 3... ltJh3+ 4 <it'hl 'i!Ve3 5 .i.g2 ltJf2+.
mass exchanges, to play J.d2-a5) does not work after4 ... .i.f6!.
1 .id2!! lt seems that Yablonovsky did not unravel his opponent's plan,
otherwise he would have played I....tf6. True, in this case, decisive is the 256 Smirin-B.Alterman, Haifa 1995
move 2 J.a5!! bxa5 (2 ... .td7 3 :Xe7+ J.xe7 4 .id5+@f8 5 'ifal; 2... .tc8 3 What continuation should he choose? There is the move 1 cxd5, but after
:xe7+ J.xe7 4 J.d5+ 'iti>g6 5 'i!Ve2 J.f6 6 'i!Ve8+ 'iti>h6 7 J.c3) 3 : x e 6 l:t.xe6 4 1..JWxd5 2 l:t.acl+ 'it>d6 the king escapes the checks; on 1 'iWc7+ Black
J.d5 :be8 (4 ... 'iti>g7 5 : x e 6 followed by a transfer ofthe king to a4) 5 :Xe6 replies L..i;.t>d4! and defends himself-2 cxd5 '1Wc8!; I 'iWbS+ Wd4 2 cxd5
:xe6 6 e2 a4 7 b6! axb6 8 'i!Vxe6+ 'iti>g7 9 'i!Vg8+ 'iti>h6 10 'i!Vf8+ .tg7 11 'i'xd5 3 'i!Va4+ 'it>c5 4 'i!Va6 is dangerous-looking, but also here a defence
'i!Vxf5 .td4 12 J.e411/g7 13 a7!. 1. .. : b s 2 :xe6 :xe6 3 J.dS 1-0 can be found-4 ... e4! (4 ... l:tc3? 5 'iWa5+; 4... @d4? 5 1Wxd3+; 4... Wb4? 5
t!.acl; 4 ... .i.g5? 5 l:tacl+) 5 .a'.ac 1+ @d4 6 l:t.c4+ e5 7 ltexe4+ '.Íi'f5.
251 Matanovié-Bednarski, Vrsac 1975 1 .l:!'.acl!! White changes the order of moves, preparing to capture on·d5.
If Black follows his opponent's example and plays l...Wd6 (reckoning on 2
1 'ifh5!! Provoking a weakening of the f6 square. l ... g6 Or l.. ..id7 2 cxd5? 'ii'xd5) then appears an additional possibility: 2 c5+ We6 3 'li'a6+.
J.xd7 g6 3 11ih6+ Wlg7 4 °iff4! 'i'f6 5 : d 6 with irresistible threats. 2 li'h4 Also in the case of I...Wd4 2 cxd5 --a:vxd5 the advantage of the move l:tal-cl
.ie6 The threat was 3 "if e7+ 'iti>g8 4 .tc4+ 'ir'xc4 5 'ii'e8+ g7 6 l:t.e7+ h6 over 'iib7-b5 is obvious: 3 : c 4 + 'ilkxc4 4 e4+. 1. .. dxc4 There is no
7 'ilkxh8. 3 l:t.xe6 li'al+ 3... li'xd2 4 °iff6+ @g8 5 l:t.e8+ :Xe8 6 J.c4+. 4 .i.n defence. l...d4 2 1!Vc7+ <it'b4 3 'iib6+ '.ti>a3 4 a5+ '.ti>b2 5 l:tbl+ 'it>c2 6
.ixd2 5 'i!Ve7+ 'it>g8 6 llf6 1-0 6... 'i!Va2 7 c4. .l:tec 1 mate or l.. ..ig5 2 cxd5+ ilxc 1 3 l:txc 1+ <it>d6 4 'ir' c7+ <it'xd5 5 'ilVc6+
'it.>d4 6 l:tc4+ xc4 7 'i'xc4 mate. 2 .l:l'.xc4+ 1-0 2... xc4 3 'iic7+.
252 Glek-S.Korolev, Correspondence 1986/88
After l nb8+ 'it>c7 or 1 'i!Vh8+ 'it'd7 there is apparently no forcing way to 257 Savon-Rashkovsky, Moscow 1973
win, while he has no time to make quiet moves-the threat of e3-e2+ is l...@b8? (Reckoning on 2 .l:t.c5 'it>a7 with a subsequent exchange of ali the
very unpleasant. pieces.) 2 <ot>cI 1 (A surprise!) 2. J h c 2 + (lt becomes clear that he cannot
1 .l:l'.b5!! By driving the queen offthe gl-a7 diagonal White unties bis own gain a tempo, since after 2... .l:í'.h2 3 .l:í'.c5 'it>a7 the knight is now able to move,
hands. l ...'i!Ve7 2 ltb8+ <:i'd7 3 ikd4+ 'it>e6 4 .l:l'.g8! l:t.cS 5 l:t.g7 'ir'f8 6 .l::txg6+ while the pawn ending,-2 ... 'it>xc7 3 <it>xd2 .i.xc2 4 'it>xc2-is drawn:
fS 7 J:td6 .l:l'.cl 8 ikd5+@g4 9 h3+! 'it>xh3 9... h5 10 'i!VO+. 10 'i!Ve6+ 1-0 4 ... <it>c6 [4 ... e5 5 c;t,d3] 5 'it>b3 and 6 a4) 3 :xc2 .i.xc2 4 <J.ixc2 @b7 5 'it>b3!
(But not 5 i.t;c3??-5 ... e5! 6 'it'b4 e4) 5... a6 (5 ... e5 6 a4) 6 b4 (6 a4??
'it>xa5) 6... e5 7 a4. Draw.
253 C.Kramer-Rittner, Correspondence 1990
We retum to the original position. Victory is achieved by 1... e5! 2 r;t>d
1...'ir'hS+! l...dl='i!V 2 d8='i!V 'i!Vh5+ 3 'ir'b4!. 2 .ib3 dl='ir' 3 d8='i!V
l:txc2+ 3 :xc2 .txc2 4 'it>xc2 'it>b7 5 c;t>b3 e4! (5 ... 'it>a6?? 6 a4!) 6 c.i;ib4 @a6.
'i'de2+ 0-1
258 Pribyl-Bagirov, Tbilisi 1980

254 Van Manen-Eichhorn, Correspondence 1990
White is in a difficult position--captures are threatened on d2, d5; he
l ...ltJxe4! 1...c5 2 ltJb5. 2 ltJxe4 cS 3 'it>e2 J.xe4 4 li'xe4 .l::txe4+ 5 J.xe4
cannot play 1 dxc6 because of l.. . .l:í'.xd2; the aftempt to defend the criticai
W/c7 6 a4 @f8 7 b3 @e7 8 f3 hS 9 h4 'ifi>f610 <it>e2 g611 fxg6 fxg6 0-1 square-1 1!Vg4+ <it'b8 2 'ii'f4+ r;t>a8 3 .1l.c4-or to neutralise the
rook-t...:d7 2 dxc6 Ji.xd2+ 3 'iti>dl bxc6 4 'it>c2-is parried by the
255 Hort-0.Castro, Nice 1974 counter-pin l...f5! 2 °i1Vxf5+ .l:td7); I .i.c4 is also no use since after
Castro played the direct l...hxg3? and after 2 :xd8+ bis pieces had to l ... .âxd2+ 2 'it>e2 ltJb8 3 'i!Vc2 .1l.h6 the discovered check offers nothing. So
retreat: 2...ikxd8 3 hxg3 'i!Vd4+ 4 <it'hl ltJh5 5 'it>g2 g6 6 J.c4 @g7 7 J.e2 aS what can he do? Change the order ofthe moves!
8 'ií'c3 ikxc3 9 bxc3 ... drawn.
J94 Solutions to Exercises So/utions to Exercises 195
1 'i.t>e2!! .ílxd2 2 dxc6 A complicated position with rich possibilities for 267 lnstructive Example
both sides has arisen. 2.. d6 If 2... .th6 then 3 'i.t>f3; 2... l:t.dS:._3 f4. 3 g3! A t .ílgS! 1 .ílxh6? °i1Vh4+. 1...°iVe8 2 Jl..xh6
reliable continuation which solves the problem of piece development and
king safety. 3...'i!i'hS+ 3... l:t.e6 loses: 4 .th3 5+ 5 'i.t>xd2 'i!i'xb3 6 cxb7+
'i.t>b8 7 'i!i'f4+ <it>xb7 8 'i!i'xf7+. 4 g4 'i!i'bS+ 5 'i.t>O l:t.f6+ 6 'i.t>g2 \\Vxc6 7 268 Mikhailov-Kantorovich, Moscow 1988
'i!i'xc6+ :Xc6 \/2-\/2 1 g4! The cage is slammed shut. 1-0
259 Chandler-Vaganian, Naestved 1985 269 Gill-Dobsza, Correspondence 1973

1.•..l:.a7! Heading for the fl square. 2 l:t.bl d3! 2...l:t.f7? 3 :b3+. 3 cxd3 For the present 1...l::te8 does not work because of2 'iYxe8! xe8 3 tbf6+.
l:t.ti 0-1 By playing the preliminary l. ..'i.t>h8! Dobsza forced hís opponent to resígn.
0-1
260 Liberzon-Yusupov, Lone Pine 1981
After 1... 'i!i'fl + 2 l:t.g2 Black does not have the move 2... l:t.a2, since then 270 Muraviev-Vorozhtsov, Moscow 1964
his queen would be left en prise.
1. ••tbg4+! 2 hxg4 2 'i.t>hl l:txdl 3 h d l °iVxdl+. 2...'l!Vh4+ 3 i.h3 l:!'.xdl!
1. ••l:t.cl! 2 'i1Vxb4 2 l:t.c2 'ifhl+ 3 l:t.h2 'ifxh2+ 4 xh2 lh.c4 5 bxc4 b3. 3...tbg5 4 11Vg2; 3... lbf4 4 l:!'.xf4. 4 :xf7 There is no salvation in 4 tbf5
2...\\Vtl+ 3 l:t.g2 l:t.c2 0-1 i.d6+ 5 Wg2 lbf4+! 6 l::txf4 'tiel. 4... .td6 The most energetic. S 1:10 tbg5 6
'i'xdl 'i!Vxh3+ 7 'ít>gl .tcS+ 0-1
261 Instructive Example
1 tbe7!! 1 'i!i'xe4 'i!i'xe4 2 lh.f7+ is no good because of2 ... Wg8. Tbe move 271 Hazai-E.Vladimirov, Rotterdam 1988
tbc6-e7 denies the king the g8 square. l ...'i!i'e6 2 'i!i'xe4 'i!i'xe4 3 l:t.xti+ 'ith6
4 .txe4 l-O The careless l...°iWxc3 allows White to win the rook (2 'it'a8+ h7 3
· e4+) or force a draw (2 d8+ <;t>h7 3 h4+).
262 Miles-Plaskett, England 1983 1. .. gS+! Freeing the g7 square for the king and covering over the h4-d8
diagonal. 2 xg5 xc3 ... 0-1
1 'i!i'c3! 1 J:.al?? 'i!i'xal+ 2 .txal J:.el+ 3 . t f l .th3. l ... f6 2 J:.al 1-0
263 Salov-D.Horvatb, Groningen 1983/84 272 Leban-Sokolov, Novi Sad 1965

1 l::tg8! 1 h8='iV? l::tbl+ 2 'i.t>h2 l:tb2+ with a draw (3 'i.t>h3?? g4+ 4 Wh4 White is in a difficult position-after 1 l:.xgS+ xg5 2 °iVh8+ the king
takes cover on the queenside and from the al square threatens mate.
l::th2 mate) 1-0 There is no salvation: 1...l:tbl+ 2 Wh2 l:tb2+ 3 'i.t>h3 l:tbl 4
b8='i!i'! J:.hl+ 5 'i!i'h2!. 1 tba4!! .l:t.xa4 l f 1...Jl..xa4 2 l::txg5+ 'l!VxgS (2 ... @f8 3 l:1f5) 3 l:tgl with
advantage. 2 :xg5+ 2... fixgS? Losing. He should play 2... @f8 3 h8+
264 Sveshnikov-Rashkovsky, Soei 1976 xh8 4 l:bh8+ 'i.t>e7 with a probable draw. The game ended 3 'i1Vh7+! 'it>f8
4 .tr.fl + 'it>e8 5 .tg6+ 'i!Vxg6 6 xg6+ c,,t.,ds 7 'i!Vd6+ .i.d7 8 l1f8 mate.
Rashkovsky hasjust played tbc6-e7, reckoning after 1 h8+ Wf7 2 J:.f4+
to avoid the loss of the queen by 2... lbf5. 1 .ta3! 1-0. It should be
mentioned that 1 .th6 was insufficient-1...tbfS 2 : f 4 'iif7. 273 Kamsky-J.Polgar, Buenos Aires 1994
l...hS! A move which frees a square for one king and denies it to the
265 Vl.Schmidt-Abramovié, Nis 1983 other. 2 f8+ 'i.t>h7 White is defenceless. Kamsky lost on time.
t ... tbdl!! l...tba4 2 J:.e3. 0-1 2 .i.xdl 'i!i'xc3!.
274 Gulko-P.Nikolié, Novi Sad 1990
266 Unzicker-Donner, Bad Aibling 1968 1 lbd7? A mistake in time trouble. A preliminary exchange of rooks was
For the moment the double capture on e4 is not possible-the queen is necessary. 1 l:td7! l:txd7 2 tbxd7 '1\i'xbS 2... axbS 3 lbxb6 a7 4 'i'c6. 3
left undefended. 1 Jl..g5! 1-0 l....txf3(c2) 2 .txd8!. 1' /;VaS+ 'i.t>h7 4 tbf8+ 'it>g8 S tbg6+ Wh7 6 tbe7! ln the game followed
196 Solutions to Exercises Solutions to Exercises I 97
1...'i'xb5 2 'i'a8+ h7 3 l2Jf8+ 'ifi,g8 4 l2Jd7+ 1/2- 1/2. Alas, 4 l2Jg6+ does not 282 Kopylov-S.Korolev, Correspondence 1983
work because o f 4 ...l:te8!; and if4 l:td7, then 4 ... 'fie2!. 1 'iti>c2 ( 1 e4 d3) allows tbe queen to come to the aid o f her 'monarch':
t...d3+ 2 'it>cl (2 'i'xd.3 'iVb2+) 2... d2+ 3 Wc2 d l = 'iV+ 4 Wxdl 'iVb2.
275 Pancbenko-Garcia Padron, Las Palmas 1978 1 cl! Now however after 1...'i'h6+ 2 Wc2 d.3+ 3 'fixd3 Black is not able
1 'iV1>5! He could not take the bishop because o f the Ioss o f the rook. to save the position. Korolev resigned. 1-0
1...l:tb8 1...l:tf8 2 i.e2! and 3 'ir'xb7. 2 'i'xb7 1-0
283 Ljubojevié-Karpov, 2nd match game, Belgrade 1988
276 Perenyi-Brandics, Budapest 1985 ln the diagram position Ljubojevié played 1 f4, missing the available
1 gS!! 1-0 l...fxg5 2 'ifi,g6; 1...gl='i' 2 xf6+ 'ifi,g8 3 h7+. combination.
1 e4! 'i'a6 Toe rook is left undefended. 2 l:txe7! l:txe7 3 'i'b8+ and 4
'i'xd6,
277 Rasmussen-Nunn, Lugano 1985
1... 13! Denying the king this square. After 2 gxf3 l2Jc2 3 l:txe2 l:td4 there
is a mate on the board. 284 Huzman-Fadeev, Uzgorod 1985
1 i.e4! Preventing an exchange o f queens. 1...'fig4 2 xb7! eS 3 xa8
exd4 4 li'c6 liti>c8 5 b7+ 'iti>d8 6 i.c8! dxeJ 7 fxeJ d6 8 l:tc4 °'i'h3 9 l:th4
278 Csom-Hennings, Berlin 1968 'i'e6 10 l:te4 1-0
1 l:txd7+! rJí,xd7 2 l2Jd4 l:tb6 If 2... l:tc8 there is the reply 3 l:td 1!. 3 lbxc6
l:txc6 4 b6!! So that there is not the move 'ifi,d7-c7. 4 ... cS 5 xc5 1-0
285 Kuijf-Andruet, Montpellier 1985
t l:th7+! Wbite's ideais to drive the king to the eighth rank and deny him
279 Korsunsky-Psakhis, Baku 1979 the defensive resource l:tf8-h8. 1-0 1... xh7 2 'ii'h2+ Wg7 3 'i'h6+! 'iti>g8 4
1 ltJ2e4!! If he plays at once 1 lbe8 then Black includes bis queen in the l:thl.
defence: 1...'i'al+ and 2 ... e4. 1... dxe4 2 lbe8 'i'g8 There is notbing else. 3
lbf6+ 'ifi,b8 4 l2Jxg8 rJí,xg8 4 ... e2 5 'iti>t2 e3+ 6 'itel e4 7 lbf6; 4 ... d2 5 'fid8.
5 'i'e8+ f8 6 'fixas e2 7 'iVdS+ 'iti>b8 8 'fixes+ 'ifiih7 9 'ifiif2 e3+ 10 'flxe3 286 Lobron-Zapata, Dortmund 1985
1-0 I...'i'xf4 is parried by the move 2 'ií'xe7+! 1...b4! 0-1
280 Dorosbkevicb-T.Georgadze, Thilisi 1971 287 Flear-Beliavsky, Szirak 1987

1.. J:tae2+! He needs to drive tbe king further away from the g-pawn. l..,l:[d4+! I...l:.d5 is no good because of the loss o f the pawn-2 l:txd5
Mistaken would be 1...l:txh2, since after 2 l:[h7+ 'it>g4 3 l:txh2 l:txh2 4 'ifiifl! cxd5 3 liti>e5. 2 liti>e3 l:tdS 0-1 3 l:txdS cxd5 4 'it>d4 Wd6 5 g5 liti>e6; 3 l:tf5
arises a drawn position. 2 <it'dl l:txh2 3 l:th7+ 'iti>g4 4 l:txh2 4 l:td4+ 'ifi,f3 5 l:txf5 4 gxfS \iti>f6 5 liti>e4 c5.
l:td3+ 'i!.>e4 6 lhh2 l:txh2 7 l:ta3 l:tf2! 8 'ifiiel l:tf3! 9 l:ta4+ 'ifiif5 10 'iti>e2 g4
etc. also does not change the assessment o f the position. 4 ...l:txh2 5 'ifiiel 288 Faibisovich-Agrest, Leningrad 1988
Wt'J! 6 l:td3+ Wg2 7 l:td2+ 'ifiigl 8 l:tdS g4 9 l:tg5 l:th4 10 l:tg8 g2 11 e?
g3 12 l:te8 l:tf4 0-1 1 i.c5! .i.d5 1...l:txcS 2 'i'h8+ We7 3 'ii'd8 mate. 2 l:txd5! exdS 3 l:tel+
Wd7 4 'fib3+! 1-0 4 ...Wc7 5 l:te7+ 'iti>b8 6 a7+!.
281 KJokov-Lomov, Leningrad 1973
289 lnstructive Example
1...l:tb8! l...lbe2+ 2 'ifiihl ltJcl 3 'ií'f3+. 2 'iVxb8 lbe2+ 3 Whl ltJcl 4
'i'xd6+ 'iVxd6 5 g3 'iVd3 6 l:tg2 lbe2 7 bJ cl 8 lbc4 'ii'dl+ 9 'ifi,h2 lbd4 l ... l:txf3! 2 l:txt'J d4 3 cxd4 d5! 3 ... 'iVg4 4 dS. 4 h3 'ii'g3 and it's ali
10 h4 bS 0-1 over.
198 So/utions to Er:ercises Solutions to Exercises 199
290 Miles-Timman, Tilburg 1984 296 Bugaev-Solovtsov, Moscow 1988

l gS! Miles endeavours to drive away the knight-the direct I l:th4 is 1. .. l:.d8! With the aim of exchanging one of the opponent's rooks. 2 ltif4
parned by I...'i!Vf5. l. ..tZ:lg6 Losing immediately. Other continuations only .!Zlxf2+ 0-1
drag out the moment of capitulation: l...ltif5 2 l:rtLJ ltie3+ 3 'it>f3; L..ltic6 2
J:.h4 'Wifl (2 ... Wie8 3 'ii°f5! 1!Vxe2+ 4 'it>h3) 3 Wih6! Wif5 4 e4; 1...ltic8 2 4
297 Christiansen-Ligterink, Luceme 1982
e8 (2 ... iVt7 3 'i'h6) 3 'i'f5 'i'c6+ 4 'it>h3 h6 5 J:.g4! ltie7 6 Wifl. 2 'ir'xg6
1-0 1 b4! ln order to gain access to the g5 square. 1... i.xb4 2 i.xb4 'if xb4 3
.ixh7+ <;2;>xh7 4 ltig5+ Wg6 (4 ... Wg8 5 'i'h5 l:tc8 6 'Wxfl+ Wh8 7 l:.d4 l:txc4
8 'if e8+; 4 ... Wh6 5 l:.d4) 5 'Wd3+ Wxg5 6 'Wh7!. l ...d4 l...dxc4 2 i.e4. 2
291 Gusev-Egorov, Moscow 1959 .idl! ltid7 3 bxc5 i.xf3 4 'i'xO ltixeS 5 i.xh7+ 1-0
1. ..lte5! To remove the queen from the el-a5 diagonal so that 2... '¾lVxdl+
3 ltixdl J:.el mate is possible. 2 ltidS l:txd5 3 .l:!.xd5 Wixd5 4 'iVel .i.b7 ...
0-1 298 McCormick-Bisguier, USA 1966
l ... l:.bd8! Intending to play ltie4-d2 and l:.e8xe2. 2 \\fb5 2 'i'Vb5 l:.e5.
2... l:.e5 3 'ii'g4 hS Pursuing an idea. 4 'iff4 4 'Wf3 'Wxf3 5 gxf3 ltid2.
292 Fedorov-1.Ivanov, Belitz 1977 4... ltic3! 0-1
1t wouldn 't be bad to move away the rook on g4 with check.
1 c4! ltib4 2 ltixf6! e4 3 ltixh5 exf3 4 .i.b2 ltixd3 S .i.xg7+ l:txg7 6 299 Miles-Odendahl, Philadelphia 1989
ltixg7 fxg2 7 'it>xg2 ... 1-0
1. .. l:txe4+!! Losing is l...'Wg2+ 2 We3 'Wg5+ 3 f4. 2 fxe4 g2+ 3 'it>e3
'Wg5+ 4 We2 4 Wd4 'Wxg7+ 5 e5 'ifg4+ 6 i.e4 l:.c4+ 7 @e3 gS+.
293 M.Gurevich-Sveshnikov, Riga 1985 4...llfg2+ 5 We3 'Wg5+ 6 Wf3 'ifhS+ 7 Wf4 'Wh4+ 8 Wf3 'i'h3+ 9 Wf2
White does not achieve bis objective either by 1 'i!Vc8+ (1...ltif8 2 l::td8 1i'h4+ 10 We3 1/í-1/2
l:i.b5; 2 .i.c5 l:i.c7) or by 1 'i!Vc6 (1...ltif8 2 .i.c5 'i!Vc7) in view ofthe fact that
Black's heavy pieces are placed on a single rank and are able to defend one 300 R.Byrne-Larsen, Monte Carlo 1968
another.
1 'i!Vf2! He cannot 'jump away' with the knight since then the queens
1 .i.g5!! 'i'xg5 1...'ii'e8 2 'i'c6 'i!Va8 (2 ... l:l'.a7 3 .i.e3) 3 l:txd7 l:tbl+ 4 ..tcl. would be exchanged. l ... ltixd4 l....!Zlb4 2 'ifxt7; I...l:.df8 2 ltic5 'ikd6 3
2 'ii'c8+ ltif8 3 'l!Vxb7 g6 4 'i!Vb8 'it>g7 5 J:.dS cl+ 6 @g2 f6 7 b7+ Wh6 8 .i.fS+; 1...l:.hffl 2 ltigS! Wd5 3 ltlli7. 2 ltig3 Wc6 3 cxd4 l:.xd4 4 .!Zlf5! 1-0
'f//e7 1-0
301 Rusenescu-Kunz, Correspondence 1971
294 Pikan-Asaturian, Correspondence 1989
1 f5! 1 .i.dl g6; 1 g4 ltixf4. 1... i.xf5 2 i.dl! The pawn needs to be
The first thing that catches the eye is the continuation l...'i!ih2 2 l:txg2 pulled to the g6 square, since 2 g4 is met by the move 2...'irg6. 2...'ikc7
'i'xg2+ 3 'i!,,el 'i!Vb2 with the threats of 4 ... ltig2+ and 4... 'ir'al+. But White 2... g6 3 g4. 3 °ii'xhS 'WxeS 4 i.e2 1-0
exploits an opportuniuty connected with the d6 pawn-4 Wfxf4! l!Vxal+ 5
Wd2! (5 We2 exf4 6 dxc7 'Wxc3 7 c8='W 11Yc2+) 5... 'i!Vb2+! 6 Wd3 'i!Vbl+ 7
'it.>c4 'Wfl+ with a draw. Therefore Asaturian played 1. .. cxd6!! and it 302 G.Garcia-Browne, Las Vegas 1990
became clear that his opponent was paralysed. 2 'i'Vxf4 J:.gl+ 3 We2 exf4 1 g4! Driving the queen from the fifth rank. 1...'i'f4 l...'i'gS 2 h4. 2 l:tedl
0-1 'ike4 Or 2 ... axbS 3 l:tldS+ 'it>c4 4 b3+ Wc3 5 J:.d3+ @b4 6 c3+ Wa5 7 b4+
@a4 8 l:ta6 mate. 3 .!Zlc3 'i'f4 4 l:.ld5+ 'iti>c4 5 l:.c6+ 1-0
295 A.Geller-Hermlin, Correspondence 1972
1 'ii'e4 is parried by the move l ... g6. 303 Kholmov-Beliavsky, Tbilisi 1976
1 ltih4! 'i'Vd6 1...g6 2 ltixg6 hxg6 3 'Wig4 Wg7 4 i.h6+ Wh7 5 i.f8+!; 1 i.b5! Kholmov is interested not only in the rook but also the a4 square.
1....i.f8 2 'We4 h6 3 .i.xh6!. 2 lZlf5 'irc7 3 l:!.xh7 1-0 1... c6 2 dxc6 bxc6 3 i . g 5 'WhS Better is 3... i.h6 though even in this case
White has the pleasant choice between 4 .i.xh4 i.xd2+ 5 h d 2 cxb5 6
200 Solutions to Exercises Solutions to Exercíses 201
l:.hdl and 4 i x h 6 cxbS 5 .tgS 'wi'c4 6 nhel. 4 h4 cxbS No help is 4... fS 5 2. J:!.'.8c7 3 'i'd6+ 'it'g8 4 'Wd8+. 3 'i'h2! Wf8 4 l:th7! 1-0 Since he loses a
i e 2 f4 6 g4 fxg3 7 f4. 5 g4 \ixgS 6 hxgS dS 7 'ii'h2 b4 8 cxb4 lDc6 9 f4 rook: 4... e5 5 xe5! .U.xe5 6 l.Th8+.
.l:te4 10 'ii'xh7+ 1-0
31 O L.Portisch-Westerinen, Halle 1963
304 Ornstein-Westerinen, Stockholm 197I/72 It seems that Westerinen calculated the variation l. .. Wxh4 2 xf5 @g3 3
The bishop on h6 is under attack. but in order to capture it Black needs to ·°i'gS h4 4 f5 h3 S f6 h2 6 f'l hl= (6 ... a2 7 f8='ii al='i' 8 'iWf4+ h3 9
drive the queen off the g-file. yj'h4 mate) 7 1'.xh 1 a2 8 f8='iW a 1='iW 9 f4+ h3 IO'i'h4 mate and carne
l ... . t t i ! For the present l...d4 could not be played. 2 \ig3 d4! 3 \ i a 3 to the conclusion that the bishop on dS was ideally placed (controlling the
lcifS .l:g4. 3... dxe3! 4 \ixe4 'ii'd2+ 5 bl e2 6 .l:cl gxh6 7 e6 i e 8 8 e7 a2 and hl squares).
.tg7 9 'ii'b4 li'e3 10 .l:el .tf7 0-1 I ... 'it'g4!! White is in zugzwang! 2 1'.c4 xh4! Now Black is the füst to
promote to a queen. 1/2-1/2
305 Liubarskaya-E.Rubtsova, Chelyabinsk 1971
If the bishop on h3 were not defended by the queen, Black could win a 311 Instructive Example
piece by l...ixg 1. For the present White cannot play 1 !txg7 Wxg7 2 . t c l l:txcl+ (check!).
1... i.e3+! With the aim of driving away the queen. 2 bl gS! 3 'i!Vc4 3 1 c;!;>g2! dxe4 There is nothing better. 2 l:txg7 xg7 3 ilcl! .l:i:xcl 3... .l::th8
'ii'h6 g4; 3 'ii'a4 .txgl 4 i.xc8 .l:axc8 5 .l:thxgl .l::txc3. 3... i.xgl 4 t1Ja4 4 4 g3+ Wf8 5 i.xh6+!. 4 g3+ Wf8 5 WigS mate
i.xc8 l:taxc8. 4...'ifaS 5 'li'fl g7 6 .l:txgl 'ii'xa4 7 l:.d6 lcie4 8 .l:td3 h6 0-1
312 N.Gaprindashvili-Servati, Dortmund 1974
306 Karpov-Korchnoi, 2nd match game, Moscow 1974 On 1 h6 follows l...f6.
The continuation l lcixf6+ exf6 2 lcihS does not achieve its objectiV'e 1 f6! 1-0
because of2 ... °Wg5+! 3 'ii'xgS fxgS 4 lDf6+ g7 5 lc!xe8+ ixe8.
1 e5!! Karpov intercepts the fifth rank. 1 ... i.xdS After l...dxeS 2 lbxf6+
313 Harandi-Balashov, Rio de Janeiro 1979
exf6 3 t1Jb5 mate is inevitable. 2 exf6 exf6 3 'ii'xh7+ 3 t1Jh5?? .l:el+.
3... f8 4 'Wh8+ 1-0 1. ••c4!! He could not sacrifice at once-l... xc3+ 2 xc3 exf4+ 3 d2.
Now in the event of 2 i.xc4 or 2 .te2 the d2 square will be controlled by
the rook. 2 'fVxd4 exd4 3 lDd5 cxd3 4 cxd3 i.a6 S !tdl l:tdc8 with a win.
307 Van der Wiel-Timman, Amsterdam 1988
1 .l::l.'.e7! The rook needs the e8 square. 1 , .. i.e6 2 .txc3 .l:xc3 3 .l:xb6 .l:d8
314 Werner-Donchenko, Moscow 1979
3.. J:!.'.xb6 4 .l::te8 mate. 4 i.e4 gS 5 lDa ... 1-0
1 c;t.>h2!! 1-0 There is no defence against 21:tdl.
308 Tarjan-Ljubojevié, Indonesia 1983
315 Van der Wiel-Short, Biel 1985
For the present he cannot mate W hite: l.. ..id3+ 2 c;tigl \iel+ 3 g2
.ie4+ 4 h3 .tfS+ 5 c;tig2!; 4 lcif.3. l lcid7+ 'it'cS 2 l:.d6!! Denying capture by the king. 1-0
t. .. g4!! 2 leia If2 c;tigI, then 2... 1MVel+ 3 'iffl 'i'xfl+ 4 'it'xfl 'it'h3 etc.
2... i.d3+ 3 'it'gt 'ife3+ 0-1 3 I 6 Dzherkovich-Sveshnikov, Shibenuk 1990
1. .. .l:i:c8! He needs to take the c3 square under control. 2 .ib3 l:td4+! 0-1
309 P.Wolff-W.Watson, London 1989
1 'ifh2 c;tif8 2 'ifxf4! The need for this capture becomes clear latér. 2 317 Khalifman-Glek, Leningrad 1989
.l:h8+ 'it'e7 3 l:!.'.el+ does not achieve its aim because of 3... %:teS! 4 :XeS+ 1 °i'f4! 1 'ii'dS .U.c8; 1 \!Vd4 f8; 1 e7 l:xe7 2 l:.b8 .l:i:xeS; 1 l:.b8 'i!Vxb8 2
'ifVxeS 5 .l:xc8 'ii'el + 6 'it'b2 a3+! 7 a3 'ii'aS+ 8 b2 \ic3+. 2...'it'g8 e7 Wfl. l ... g5 1...c3 2 e7. 2 'iWxg5+! 1-0
318 Hübner-Tal, Biel 1976 326 Sax-Salov, Rotterdam 1989

1. .. h5! I...lt)e2+ 2 hl lt)xc3 3 i.xh6 with a mating attack. 2 'ikxh5 1... .l:!'.8d4! 2 'ife6 The queen no longer controls the fl square. 2.. J!xf2! 3
lt)e2+ 3 <t;bl lt)xc3 4 i . h 6 'ike2 5 'ii'g5 'ike4+ 6 : a 'ii'h7 7 i.xg7 'ikxg7 8 \Wxe7+ fJ.>h6 4 l k c l :xg2+ 0-1
'ikxg7+ <t;xg7 9 : x c 3 :rdS ... 0-1
327 Hertneck-Vaganian, Germany 1992
319 Lorincz-Sakharov, Correspondence 1983 1. ..' i'd3!! 1..Jhg3? 2 b6 : b 3 3 l:te6; 1....l:tbl+? 2 'it>e2 l:tb2+ 3 <t;dl. 2
1 c5! 1 'ii'fl : h 8 2 'ikf6+ c7 3 'i'e5+ does not achieve its objective @f21/2-•/2
because o f 3 ... b6 4 'i!Vxd4+ c7!. 1... d3 l...e3 2 'ii'xd4+ <t;e7 3 'i!Vg7+. 2
'i!Vf7 : h s 3 'i!Vf6+ <t;c7 4 'ii'e5+ b7 4 ... d8 5 'ii'xh8+. 5 'ilfb2+ <t;aS 6 328 Lechtynsky-Mokry, Trencianske Teplice 1985
61-0
1 .U.xf6! xf6 2 h7+ <it.>f8 3 i.f5! The bishop must come out in front. 3
lt)e4? 'ifg6 3 ... We7 Or 3... l:r.c7 4 lt)e4 'i'd8 5 'i'h8+ <t;e7 6 'ii'xg7. 4 lt)e4
320 Kupreichik-Sveshnikov, Kuibyshev 1986 l:Ih8 5 lt)xf6 l:txh7 6 lt)gS+ Also good is 6 lt)xd7 g6 7 lt)xe5. 6... @f8 7
He cannot play either 1 h4 or 1 : n because o f l...i.e3+. Also 1 <t;bt kxh7 ... 1-0
does not work-l...<t;g7! 2 h4 :h8!.
1 :r4!! : a e 8 l...f6 2 'i!Vg6+ h8 3 : n ; 1...l!Ve5 2 l:l'.g4 f6 3 'i!Vg6+ <t;h8 4 329 S.Marjanovié-Kurajica, Banja Luka 1979
.:tg3. 2 h4 .:te5 3 hxg5 .:txg5 4 Itg4!! f6 5 : n <t;g7 Or 5... l!Ve5 6 Itxg5+ Neither 1 lt)xe5 nor 1 l:If8+ leads to a win beca use o f the weakness o f the
l!Vxg5 7 'i!Vxg5+ fxg5 8 Itxf8+ <t;xf8 9 <t;f2 etc. 6 :xf6! 'iti>xf6 6 .. :l:l'.xg4 7 first rank.
\ih6+. 7 'i'h6+ <t;e7 8 : x g 5 1-0
1 h3!! Only so! 1. .. : x c 6 2 l h c 6 1-0
321 Yagupov-Mukhametov, Zhavoronki 1995
330 Ljubojevié-Torre, Manila 1975
1 b5! axb5 Or l... e6 2 b6 i.dS 3 g4. 2 c6! bxc6 2 ... <it.>f6 3 c7 i.h3 4 g4.
3 'iti>c5! Leaving the bishop •offside'. 3 ... b4 4 a6 b3 5 lt)c4 .t.n 6 a7 i.xc4 1 'it>f4! 1 d7+ <t;dS 2 : f 8 + @xd7 3 l:.xb8 is no good because o f 3 ... l:te3+.
7 aS='ilV b2 8 'i!Vb7 The pawn falls-8 ... i.b5 9 'ilVfl+ 'iti>g4 1Ol!Vb3. 1-0 I..J:tc5 So as after the capture of the rook b8 to deliver a double attack: 2
d7+ d8 3 l:tf8+ 'it>xd7 4 l:Z.xb8 l:!.'.c3 5 i . d l ! ,J;,e7! !. 2 i.e6! Eliminating this
possibility. 2•.•.:td8 3 d7+ : x d 7 4 .:t.xd7 h6 5 .:th7 ... 1-0
322 Dlugy-Wedberg, New York 1988
1 <t;gl! 11he4+ i.xe4+ (check); 1 Itxd3 :Xel+ 2 i . x e l l!Ve4+ (check!) 331 A.Rotstein-Flear, Paris 1992
l . ..:Xf5 2 'ilVxh7+ @d8 3 i.a5+! 1-0
1 'iti>h2!! Preparing an attack on the e5 square. 1 l:txe5? :xe5 2 lt)xe5
1Wxe5 3 'i!Vb8 'i:Vel+! 4 'iti>h2 lt)ce6. Other continuations are unconvincing: 1
323 L.Portisch-Tal, Moscow 1967 b6 lt)a6; 1 lt)b3 b6; l lt)gS h6; 1 c5 lt)xb5! 2 cxd6 lt)xa7 3 .:txe5 lt)ac6.
1 b6! 1 'i'c3? axb5. 1...'ilVxb6 2 l!Vc3 'ilVbS 3 l!Vxa5 .. , 1-0 1...b6 1...@f8 2 l:!.'.xe5! : x e 5 3 lt)xe5 'ii!Vxe5 4 'i'b8 'it>e7 5 b6 lt)de6 6 lt)f3!
'fic5 7 bxc7 Wlxc7 8 'it'xc7 lt)xc7 9 lt)xd4. 2 l:txe5 lt)de6 With the threat of
3... .:ta8 4 7 lt)d8. 3 c5! 3 'i!Val lt)c5 4 .:t.xe8+ lt)xe8 5 Wlxd4 lt)xd3 with
324 Reshevsky-Miagmasuren, Sousse 1967 advantage. 3 ... bxc5 3 ... lt)xc5 4 lt)c4; 3 ... lt)xb5 4 Wlxb6 'i!Vxb6 5 cxb6. 4
1 g4! Reshevsky needs the f6 square. 1... a6 I...lt)f6(g7) 2 lt)xd5. 2 'i!Vxa6 ltic4 Wle7 5 b6 lt)b5 6 'i!Vb7! 'fl/(7 7 l:!.'.d5 .i.c8 8 Wlc6! ltic3 8... .i.b7 9 ikxb5
lt)f6 3 lt)xd5! lt)xg4 3 ...l!Vxd5 4 l:txc6 l:txc6 5 'iia8+. 4 1hc6 'i'xd5 S kxd5 I Olt)d6. 9 lt)d6 i . d 7 10 'iVb7! W/e7 11 lt)xf5 Wif6 12 Wlxd7 .l:i'.d8 13
ika8+! 1-0 Wlxe6+ 1-0
325 Kozlovskaya-Gruenfeld, Tbilisi 1973/74 332 Ilincié-Kozul, Kladovo 1990

The seventh rank is weak, but 1 'ilfc6 is parried by the move t...:cs. 1. ..'i'a3 2 nbt i.b4!! 2 ... l:tc5 3 b4. 3 'i!Ve3 l:tc5 4 'i!Vxc5 Otherwise it is
From there comes the decision-to remove this possibility. Black who sacrifices the queen. 4 ... i.xc5 5 i.d3 a5 ... 0-1
1 b4! Kozlovskaya denies the rook the c5 square. t. .. :rs
2 'i!Vc6 1-0
333 Botvinnik-Lipnitsky, Moscow 1951 340 lnstructive Example

Neither I t/:Ja7 nor l t:f:Jc4 gets anywhere. 1 c7! A logical move, pursuing the goal to win a rook. 1 'i!Vxc5 is fraught
1 'lir'd2! Now, however, White's threats are real. 1... a4 2 t/:Ja7 'i'xa7 3 with great unpleasantness. 1...1:t.dl+ 2 'it>b2 (2 4-Jcl 4.Jd5) 2... lbd5 etc.
:txb7 'i1ia8 4 .i::rxe7 .i::rbs 5 l:tc7 J:.xbl+ 6 xbl t:f:Jd5 7 :tcl ... 1-0 l. .. Il.'.dl+ Necessary, since on l...'iVd7 2 c8='W is decisive, while on
l ... ' i ' d 6 - 2 e5. 2 4-Jcl If 2 °it'b2 then 2... 'iVd6 (3 e5 'Wxe5+). 2...'iVd4. It
seems that Black has come out unscathed ... 3 j,,c4! ! l:txhl 4 j,,xe6 The
334 Ebralidze-Blagidze, Tbilisi 1949 c-pawn is like a shot in the spine.
1 Il.'.xf6 Il.'.xf6 2 :txf6 'i'xf6 3 d6+ does not achieve its objective after
3... Wf7. 1 i.c4! 1-0 341 Henkin-Vyzmanavin, Barnaul 1988
1 j,,b7+!! 'it>xh7 On 1...@h8 follows 2 'iig3! (but not at once 2 'ii'h3
335 Ghitescu-L.Roos, Banja 1981 because of 2... 't!Vxg5 and 3 ...'Wh6) 2... f6 3 'iVh3. 2 fih3+ And the black
The first rank is weak and l ltc8+ 'it>h7 2 t:f:Jf8+ does not work because of queen falis. 2•••rt;gS 3 j,,xd8 l:taxd8 4 Il.'.hgl .•• 1-0
2... 'i.\lxf8!.
l f3! i.xf3 Or l ... 'it'xf3 2 .l:f.c8+ 'it>h7 3 t:f:Jf8+ Wg8 4 t:f:Jg6+ 'it>f7 5 :tf8 342 A.Zaitsev-Adorjan, Polanica Zdroj 1971
mate. 2 Il.'.c8+ 'it>b7 3 t:f:Jf8+ 'il.>g8 4 t/:Jg6+ 'ifxc8 5 t/:Je7+ 'it>b7 6 t/:Jxc8 11xa5 1 'ii'h4+! A 'little' move with great consequences. The naive 1 h8='i'
7 0,e7 i.e4 8 'i'e6hS91\Vg8+ 'it>h6 10 'i'h8+ 1-0 j_xh8 2 'i!Vxh8 leads to a draw-2 ...Il.'.xdS+ 3 'iftf4 l:te5!. 1...°it'd7 2 h8=1i'
j_xh8 3 't!Vxh8 l:bd5+ 4 'it>f6 ln precisely this lies the difference-Black
336 Plaskett-Dokhoian, Belgrade 1988 cannot construct a 'fortress'. 4••. l:td4 5 'i!Vh6?! l:te4 6 'i'h2! 'it>e8 7 'ii'h8+
'itiid7 8 'Wa8 1-0
l. .. g5! The g6 square is now a haven for the king. 2 e3 2 xg5 i.h3.
2... i.h3 3 c6 Il.'.d5 0-1 There is no perpetuai check: 4 7+ 'it>g6.
343 Uhlmann-Pãhtz, Halle 1974
337 Seirawan-Kuligowski, Wijk aan Zee 1983 1 j,,e6! Physically preventing the move e7-e5. 1...'i!Vc5 2 l:t.adl 'i!Ve5?!
1 :tel ! The king is cut off along the e-file. ln the variation I fxg6+ t:f:Jxf3 More tenacious is 2... 4.Jxe6 3 J.xc5 4.Jxc5 4 'i!Va3 etc. 3 i.d5 4.Je6 4 f4 1' Wb2
2 'ili'f7+ 'it>e5 3 't!Ve6+ °it'd4 it escapes to the queenside. 1... g4 There is no 5 J.xe6 a4 1-0
satisfactory defence: I...:tf8 2 fxg6+ t/:Jxf3 3 l:te6+ 'it>f5 4 g7 mate; L.J::th8
2 fxg6+ 4.Jxf3 3 f7 mate. 2 hxg4 'liid7 2... :th8 also leads to mate: 3 fxg6+ 344 Instructive Example
4.Jxf3 4 'i'f7+ 'it>gS 5 'iVf5+ 'it>h6 6 Il.'.hl+ 'it>g7 7 't!Vf7 mate. 3 g5+! l-0 1 Il.'.d8+!! l 4.Jcd6 i..g7. l. ...i.xd8 l...'.tte7 2 'i!Vg8. 2 4.Jcd6.
338 Panov-Ravinsky, Moscow 1943 345 Spassky-Seirawan, London 1982

He is alert to the opposition of the queens but 1 g5 is parried by the move Spassky misses an attractive idea:
1...i.xf5.
1 .i.xg6!! Removing the pawn from the f-fite. l ... fxg6 2 Il.'.e8! with
1 foce3! ln passing he éreates an additional threat 2 i.xb5 'i!Vxb5 3 4.Jxd6. irresistible threats. ln the game 1 g4 was played.
But the retreat of the knight b5 allows the decisive 2 g5!-and the threats of
t/:Jf5xh6 and gxh6 cannot be repulsed. 1-0
346 Ye Jianchuan-Ftácnik, Saloniki 1984
339 Kudrin-Machado, Saloniki 1988 Black can win a pawn-I...'iVxd8 (1...Il.'.xd8 2 'i'f6+; 1...Il.'.hf7? 2 'i!Vxf7!
'iVxd8 3 i.d4+) 2 .i.xd8 Il.'.xf5+ 3 4.Jxf5 l:tf7 4 'it>g2 l:txf5 5 'it>xh2 l:.f2+ 6
1 i.xg7 'it>xg7 2 Il.'.gS+ 'it>f6 3 l:tel ! Of course not 3 'i'h6+ rtie7 4 neI+ rt;g3 Il.'.xb2, but hardly the game. The move 1...'i!Vxd8 does not achieve its
'it>d7 ártd the king takes flight. 3...'ll!Ve6 3... l:th8 4 nB+. 4 Il.'.xe6+ fxe6 5 goal, since the White queen is defended.
l:t.g6+ rt;e7 6 Il.'.g7+ 1-0
1... .i.bS+! 2 c4 .i.xc4+! 3 l2:lxc4 'i!Vxd8 4 .i.xd8 l:txf5+ 5 'it>e2 i.f4 0-1
347 lvanovié-Velimirovié, Borovo 1981 354 Antunac-Vlado Kovacevié, Yugoslavia 1975

1 J.c4!! 1 'i'xf6? lhd4. 1. .. lbc4 l....ixc4 2 'Wxf6. 2 bxc4 'i'xc4 3 l:ld3 The black king is 'very bad', but l h4 is parried by the move l ... 'i'c2.
gS 4 'ilVxd6 ••• 1-0 l b3! 'i!Vxa3 More tenacious is l. .. 'ii'e8 2 h4 g8 3 xg6 hxg5
(3 ... J.xg5 4 J.xgS hxg5 5 f4) 4 @h2 etc. 2 h4 J.xgS 3 'i\Vxg6+ @f8 4
..txgS hxgS 5 fJ l:tc6 6 xg5 'i!Ve7 7 'ifhS! 'i!Ve8 8 'ifh8+ @e7 9 'iixg7+
348 Mokry-Tisdall, Gausdal 1987
@d8 10 f7+ After the only move 10 ...@d7, the advance of the h·pawn
l eS! Blocking the line of activity of the black queen. I... dxeS 2 gxf6 decides.
J.xf6 3 fxe6 'i!Ve7 4 exf7 l:lf8 4... l:lxf7 5 d6. 5 l:lxf6! 'ii'xf6 6 l:lfl 'i!Ve6 7
xeS J.g2 8 l:lel ?! 8 J.xh7! would immediately conclude the struggle:
8... l:lxh7 (8 ...'i!Vxe5 9 J.f5+) 9 g6+ 'ilfxg6 (9 .. ."3;g7 10 'i'xh7+) 10 'i!Vxg6 355 Sery-Liskevich, Correspondence 1970/71
i.xfl 11 'fkf6+ l:lg7 12 iYh6+. 8...'i!Vf6 9 @bl 'i'f2 10 l:le2 'ii'fl+ 11 @a2 l h3! 1 l:txd7 l:txd7 2 'i!Ve8 (2 xf6 J.cS+! does not work-2 ... 'i\Vbl+ 3
J.d5 12 g6+ l:lxg6 13 J.xg6 @g7 14 'ilfxh7+ ... 1-0 J.fl 'ifb6+ 4 hl 'iid8! 5 xf6 'iixf6 6 l:tf3 l:td8!. Now however White's
threats are irresistible. l ... 'iiaS 2 l:txd7 lbd7 3 xf6 l:tg7 4 'iixh7+! 1-0
349 Gheorghiu-Hug, Palma de Mallorca 1972
1 g4!! Gheorghiu prepares a 'haven' for the king on h2. 1...J.e5 I...J.f4 2 356 Vlado Kovacevié-S.Marjanovié, Novi Sad 1984
'ii'f5+ @g7 3 .td4+; 1. .. h5 2 h3 hxg4 3 'ilfxc7! gxh3 4 'Ug3. 2 h3! @g7 3 c7 The variation I...al='ir 2 e8='ir l:lxh3+ 3 xh3 'irhl+ (3 ...'iic3+ is no
'i!Vxh3 4 J.d4! 'Ub2+ 5 @fl The checks quickly come to an end: 5...'ifh 1+ 6 better) 4 i;t>g3 'irh4+ S f3 'i'f4+ 6 @e2 is hopeless, since the king takes
@e2 'ii'f3+ 7 @el. 1-0 cover against the checks on the a6 square (when the b3 pawn stays alive).
t ... l:te6!! 2 fxe6 al='ilV 3 l:lh8+ After 3 e8=°1i' 'iVe5+! it's a perpetuai
350 Katalymov-Kaminsky, Sochi 1969 check. 3, ..@xh8 4 e8='if+ @h7 5 'ilfhS+ @g8 6 'i!Vf7+ h7 1-0
1 'Ug6! If he plays directly 1 J.xg7+ l:lxg7 2 e8='i!V+ l:lxe8 3 l:lxe8+ then
there is the move 3... h7. 1.. Ji'c6 2 J.xg7+ .l:.xg7 3 eS='iV+ .l:.xe8 4 l:lxe8+ 357 Bokié-Ujtelky, Belgrade 1968
'i!Vxe8 5 'i!Vxe8+ l:lg8 6 'ir'eS+ l:lg7 7 'i!Vf4 6d5 8 '1Wf8+ @h7 9 a3" 1-0 l h3! To free himself from the pin, White creates a strange threat.
1...@h7 Ujtelky cannot frustrate his opponent's plan, for example: l ... J.e7
351 Kelecevié-Bucan, Portoroz 1971 2 J.xe7 xe7 3 W/xf7 with mate or l ....l:.c7 (preparing the move 2... J.e7) 2
l b4! J. Now the gl square is accessible to the rook. 2 l:lgl 'i!VO 3 ..tf6+! @b7 3 @h2. 2 Wh2 l:tc7 3 .tf6! J.xh6 4 J.g5! 1-0
J.xg6! J.h6+ 3... fxg6 4 l:lxg6+. 4 @bl! fxg6 5 'i!Vxh6 l:lc7 6 l:lxg6+ hxg6 7
'i'.fb8+ 1-0 358 R.Byrne-Liberzon, Biel 1976
1 e6!! Tbe direct attack-1 b3 c5 2 l:tc3-is easily repulsed by
352 E.Geller-Kapengut, Leningrad 1971 2... 'iti>c7! 3 d3! l:ta8 4 xc5 l:txa7 5 xd7+ xd7 etc. l ... fxe6 2 dxe6
'Wlc7 3 fias+ 'iib8 4 .i.xb7+ @c7 5 'i!Vxa6 'iVxb7 6 'iVxa4 There is no
l .l:.d4! With the aim of deflecting the queen from the g6 square. 1...l:lxf4
defence: 6... g6 7 l:lc3+ <;f.,b8 8 l:lb3; 6... 'iixg2 7 'i!Va7+ @c6 8 'i/Va6+ Wc5 9
1...J.xd4 2 .txd4+ l:tg7 3 g6+ 'fkxg6 4 'i!Vxg6 hxg6 5 lic7; 1...'ii'e5 2
'ifaS+ 'it>c6 10 l::tc3+.
xg6+ hxg6 3 'iWh3+!. 2 l:ld8+ lif8 2... J.f8 3 l:lxf8+ lixf8 4 .td4+. 3
l:lxf8+ J.xf8 4 'ilfxe4 1-0
359 Mukhin-Pavlenko, Irk:utsk 1966
353 Kavalek-Hübner, Buenos Aires 1978 1 l::tg7+ (witb the idea of l...Wh8 2 l:tb7+) is no good because of
l ... @xh6.
l J.xg7!! 1 e5 g6. l ... J.d7 l...Wxg7 2 e5 lth8 3 'i'xf7 mate. 2 'ilfeS J.d8
3 'i'd6 @xg7 4 'fkh6+ @h8 S e5 fS 6 exf6 .te6 7 lidel! Black cannot resist l l:tee6!! J.f6 t. . l:lg8 2 J.g7!. 2 l:t g x f6 l:tg8 2... fxe6 3 'iVg6+ <;f.,h8 4 l:lf7
against the opponent's mobile forces. 7... c4 7... J.c4 8 h e 8 :Xe8 9 f7+!. 8 'ifxf7 S 'i!Vxf7 l:tg8 6 il.g5!. 3 J.gS! l:tg7 4 'ilfbS+ liti>g8 5 l::th6 l:th7 6 l::txh7
J.g6! liti 9 J.xf7 'iixf7 10 g6 'i!Wxg6 11 f7! 1-0 'i!Vxe6 7 :h8+ Wg7 8 'iih7 mate
208 Solutio11s to Exercises Solutions to Exercises 209
360 Sundqvist-Gabron, Correspondence 1975 366 Lagunov-Ruban, USSR 1987

l f4! 'i'cS 2 .l:txe7+! .txe7 3 .l:teS! Forcing the queen to abandon the a3-f8 1 i.e6!! The objective is to close the sixth rank. I lt:ixg6+ 11Vxg6.
diagonal. 3...'i!Vb6 3... 'i'd6 4 .l:td5; 3... 'fib4 4 a3 'i'xb2 5 'i'xe7+! @c8 6 1. .. .txe6 The only move. There is no salvation in 1...'i'xe6-2 t2Jxe6+
'i'e6+!. 4 .l:txe7+ @d8 S 'i'xg7 n e s 6 :Xe8+ @xe8 7 'i'g8+ @e7 8 'i'xh7+ i.xe6 3 'i/Vh4 and 4 'iff4. 2 t2Jxg6+ fxg6 Or 2...@e8 3 °i!fxg7 .td5+ 4 <it'gl
... 1-0 .l:.b7 5 'fi'g8+ Wd7 6 .l:txb7+ .txb7 7 'i1Vxf7+ '.tc6 (7.,.'ítc8 8 °i'Vf8+) 8 'fi'f6. 3
'i'xg7+ We8 4 'ifh8+ 'fi'f8 5 'fi'eS 1-0
361 Pribyl-Miliutin, International Correspondence tournament,
'Lvov-40'. 367 G.Agzamov-Tal, Moscow 1981
l ... .l:t8h3! 1...'i'f4 does not work because of 2 'i'e3!. 2 'i'dl 'i'f4 3 .l:tb2 l ... l:tde8! The f2 pawn is defended by the rook. Tal begins an operation to
.ta4! ln order to provoke a blockading of the e2 square. 4 iVe2 4 .ltc2 force it away from the second rank. 2 i.g2 2 l:txd4 'i\Vxf2+ 3 Wh 1 .l:txe4; 2
leaves the f2 square without defence. 4....l:tlh2+ 0-1 5 <it'gl 'i'g5+. f3 lhe4. 2... lt:ib3! Insufficient is 2... lt:ie2+ 3 'it>hl 'fi'xf2 4 \!Vxg5 .l:tf5 5 'fi'g4
l:th5 6 l:td3 etc. 3 b4 3 .l:tc2 'fi'f5!. 3.:.lt:ixd2 4 .l:txd2 gxh4 5 'ifxh4 \1i'e5 6
362 Lutikov-A.Zaitsev, Novosibirsk 1958 'iWd4 \1Í'xd4 7 .l:txd4 .l:te2 ... 0-1
He wants to 'give away' the rook on h5, but the opponent's queen
contrais the vital g5 sq uare . 368 Yudasin-Bareev, Leningrad 1990
1 neS!! n h l + 2 @h2 l::rb4 If 2... iVxd6 3 :xh5+ gxh5 4 'i'xd6 the open l...'i1Vh3 is not possible because of mate. Upon the attempt to close the
position of his king makes Black's position hopeless. 3 nxhS+ gxhS 4 e-file-1...lt:ie4 2 fxe4 h3 (2 ... .l:th6) comes 3 f3 and the queen is included
'i'xb4 'if es+ S g3 as 6 'i'd2 'i/Vg7 7 'i'dS 'if g4 8 f3 'i'g7 9 iVxhS+ ... 1-0 in the defence along the second rank.
1. .. .l:txel+! 2 'fi'xel lt:ie4! 3 .l:tc8+! After 3 fxe4 'tlí'h3 the c8 square is
363 Sax-Ehlvest, Reggio Emília 1988/89 controlled. 3...@f7 4 l:tc7+ @g8 He cannot avoid perpetuai check-4 ... @e8
5 fxe4 h3 allows a quick mate by 6 exd5+.
1 b4! Isolating the queen from the theatre of war. Weak is 1 \!Vg5 (1
fi<g7? 'i'f4+ 2 @el 'i'e4+) l...iVf4+ 2 iVxf4 exf4 3 fxg7 .l:tfdS with the
better prospects for Black. 1... l:.fd8 2 i.d3 gxf6 3 na1 ! 'iVl>S 4 'i'xh7+ f8 369 Brooks-Kaidanov, New York 1990
S 'i'h6+! @e7 6 i.xb5 cxbS 7 'i'e31-0 There is a draw available (I. . .l:thl+ 2 Wxhl 'ifh4+), but he can Iook for a
win. The move l...'ifb4 suggests itselfbut in this case the queen is included
364 Razuvaev-Gusev, Dubna 1979 in the defence-2 'fi'g2 .l:th2 3 'iff3, and White gets out of trouble, for
example: 3... l:teS 4 .l:tadl .l:th5 5 'it>fl. Then, possibly ...
The attempt to exploit the weakness of the eighth rank-1 'if e6+ '.t>h8 2
1... l:th2!! 2 'fi'c4 2 'fi'e2 'ii'a8! 3 .te4 .l:txe4 4 lt:ixe4 (4 'ii'O l:tg4+}
iVf7-is repulsed by 2... 'ii'xc5 (2 ... ng8 3 .l:te8) 3 .l:te8 .td6 and the knight
4...'i'xe4 5 O 'ifh4; 2 lt:ie4 'fi'h4; 2 i.e4 l:txe4 3 lt:ixe4 4 4 lt:if6+ <it'h8.
cannot be included in the attack in view of the insecure position of the king.
2.•Jbe3! 3 l:txe3 'fi'g5+ 4 .:,g3 i.xg3 S lt:ie4 'fi'h4 6 fxg3 .l:thl+ 6...'i'b3?? 7
1 d6! With the aim of covering over the a3-f8 diagonal. 1... cxd6 2 'ife6+ 'i'xf7+!. 7 'ítf2 'S°h2+ 8 @O :tal 9 lt:!12 lDe6 10 .tb3 lDd4+ 11 @e3
If he plays the 'crude' 2 cxd6, then after 2...'i'dl! 3 d7 .ltc7 it becomes 'i!Vxg3+ 0-1
clear that Black has successfully combined defence with threats against the
enemy king. 2...@h8 Or 2 ... .l:tf7 3 cxd6 iVc6 4 'i'e8+ nf8 (4 ...'i'xe8 5
.l:txe8+ .l:tf8 6 d7) 5 iVxc6 bxc6 6 d7 @ f l 7 lt:id4!. 3 'fi't7! 1-0 370 Hennings-Radulov, Forssa-Helsinki 1972
1... i.c8!! There is a very suspect line-up of rooks on the diagonal. 2
lt:ixe5 2 @fl .txf5 3 exf5 lt:ig4; 2 n e t i.xf5 3 'fi'xf5 lt:ixf3+ 4 'ifxO .td4; 2
365 Brasko-Kotkov, Correspondence 1982/84 t2J3d4 lt:ig6 3 lt:ib3 4 4 lt:ixc5 dxc5 5 l:txf4 .tg5; 2 lt:!Sd4 lt:ig4. 2... i.xeS
1...'fi'b7! The move l...'fi'c6, blocking the c6 square and leaving the 3 lt:ih6+ gxh6 4 .l:tg3+ Wh8 5 'fixh6 .te6 6 @fl .l:tg8 ... 0-1
seventh rank unattended, would be a blunder. 2 .l:tel gxfS 3 'ifg2 l be4 4
.l:tfl 4 .ltf6+ (4 .l:tgl l:tg4! !) is no use--4 ... @f8 5 'fi'g7+ @e8 6 'fi'g8+ <it>d7 7 371 Auzins-Paegle, Correspondence 1980/81
'S°'d8+ (7 'fi'xfl+ l:te7+) 7.. .<l;e6. 4.. .'i'xb2 0-1
First of ali there is the move 1...'i'h3 to be calculated but after 2 .te3
l:txe3 3 'ii'xe3 c4 4 bxc4 it becomes clear that 4 ... .ltxe3 is not possible
21 O Solutíons to Exercises Solutions to Exercises 211
because ofthe pin ofthe bishop. Therefore 1... a8!! was played. Ifnow 2 377 Vasyukov-Matanovié, Skopje 1970
i.e3, then 2 ...'iWe4; on 2 l:td2 it's roughly the sarne thing: 2 ... l:txd2 3 'ifxd2 1 i.b6!! 'ii'b7 l...'ifYxb6 2 it:lxf8 'ikc7 3 it:ld7! 'ifxd7 4 lt:lh6+; 1...'wlYt7 2
1'ie4; while 2 'ife2 is met by the beautiful retort 2 ...i.f3 3 'ifc2 'ifh3 4 i.xc5 lbxe5! 'i1Vb7 3 '!1..xc4! f u c 4 (3 .. JixeS 4 l:k7) 4 lt:lh6+ h8 5 tZlet7+ 'Wxt7 6
l:td2!! 5 'it'xd2 i.xc5+ 6 :t2 'Wg2 mate. 0-1 lbxt7+ Wg8 7 tZlh6+ Wh8 8 'iid7; 1...i.e2 2 lt:lh6+ gxh6 3 tZle7+ t7 4
g8+ Wxe7 5 :.Xc7+. 2 l:.xc4 lbxc4 3 lbh6+! gxh6 4 lbe7+ f7 5 'Wg8+
372 Jansa-Lautier, Namestovo 1987 rt;xe7 6 'ii'xh7+ We6 By now the black king cannot defend itself. 7 'iVxb7
lbxb6 8 Wi'xb6 fS 9 'i'xb5 l!d8 10 'iidS+ f6 11 exfS Wxf5 12 °ikf7+ We4
1 l:tg4+ f8 2 .l:!.'.g5! Weak is 2 : g 7 - 2 ...'Wh5 3 g4 'it'xh2+ 4 fl i.b5+! 13 'ii'c7! 1-0
5 lt:lxb5 (5 el e5+) 5...'Whl+ 6 e2 xdl+!. 2...'ife4 On 2 ... e5 follows
3 c4! 'i!Vc5 4 l:tg7. 3 'ifh6+! 3 '!1..g7 i.e8. 3 ... e7 Or 3 ... e8 4 l:tg8+ e7 5
'ikg5+ f6 6 'ikg7 mate. 4 lt:\f5+ 'iixf5 5 l:.xf5 1-0 378 Saidy-Ivkov, Polanica Zdroj 1969
The direct way is I...it:lg4 but then White plays 2 itJd5! and stabilises the
373 Kasparov-Karpov, 8th match game, Seville 1987 position: 2 ...lbxf2 3 'itixf2 l:.e8 4 lbec3.
1 eS! Kasparov provokes a blockade o f the e5 square. If 1 l:.f6+ g7 2 I. .. l:.f3!! 2 lbdS 2 'ti'd4 ltJg4 3 Yi'e4 '!1..xf2; 3 ltJe4 '!1..xf2; 3 tbcl! tbxf2 4
'!1..xd6 (with the therats o f 3 'if f6+ and 4 '!1..d8) Black has the defence :í.xf2 .a'.xf2 5 'ikxf2 'iic6 6 lble2 d5 7 b4 d4!. 2... lt:lxdS 3 '!1..xf3 lt:le3! 4 \\Yd3
2 ...'ikeS. 1... dxe5 1...'iixe5 2 '!1..e2 followed by 3 lt:le7+. 2 'f1..f6+ g7 3 .l:!.'.xd6 'i'xf3 5 itJd4 'iWhS 6 '!1..e2 6 'Wxe3 'ikdl+. 6... lt:lg4 6 ...lbf5. 7 'iVfS 'ilixfS 8
1-0 lbxfS itJf6 9 lt:le7+ i.xe7 10 l'he7 i.d7 ... 0-1
374 Timman-Korchnoi, Tilburg 1987 379 Frolov-Maliutin, Yurmala 1989

1...l:txe3! 2 fxe3 'iixe3+ 3 hl l:.d6!! 4 'ifh7 4 'iii'g2 :.Xa6 5 '!1..xa6 f i e l + 1. .• g3!! Covering over. It is obvious that in the variation l...tbe4 2 i.h4
6 'iWgl fie4+. ½-½ The king cannot take cover from the checks: 4 ...'!1..xa6 5 lbxf2 3 i.xf2 White holds the position without particular trouble. 2 hxg3 2
'ikxa6 (5 '!1..xa6 f i e l + 6 g2 fie2+ 7 h3 'tWh5+) 5 ...fif3+ 6 gl 'ife3+ 7 l:tf4 gxh2 3 ltd4+ 'itic6 4 .l:!.'.h4 lt:le4!. 2... ltJe4 3 i.c3! tbxc3 4 f6 lt:le4 5 t7
fl 'Wf3+ 8 el 'ife3+ 9 dl 'iii'f3+ 10 cl 'iffl+! 11 c2 'ii'f.5+!. lt:lxf2 6 f8='i' lbe4 7 'iVdS+ Wc4 8 'i/Vg8+ Wc3 9 'iVg7+ 'it>b3 10 il'f7+ 10
'i'xb7+ Wa2 11 'ii'xe4 d2+. 10 ... Wb2 11 'ilfxb7+ Wcl The checks come to
an end. 0-1
375 Ernst-Hector, Sweden 1985
1 a2!! Creating numerous threats associated with a move o f his knight. 380 Malevinsky-Dvoiris, Briansk 1984
1...lt:lb8 There is nothing better. 2 lt:lb6!! axb6 3 fixti+!! l:.xti 4 '!1..xd8+
e7 5 '!1..xh8 However ali this did not happen-Emst played 1 b2?! g6? First o f ali it is necessary to take a close look at the move 1 'i/ig3. 1. .. gS 2
(he should play 1...lt:lb8!) 2 fixg6 figS 3 fie6 'ilie5+ 4 'ikxeS lt:lxeS S l:tc3 hxg6 'iVxb4 Now 3 gxf7+ Wxt7 4 'illg7+ is no good because o f 4 ... e6. 3
... l-0 .Jif5!! with irresistible threats .
Malevinsky chose 1 j.h7+ h8 2 fxg7+ @xg7 3 l:.g4+ and fell into the
worse position: 3...Wh8 4 '!1..g2 'ilie7 S i.f.5 .l:!.'.g8 etc.
376 Vlado Kovacevié-S.Marjanovié, Novi Sad 1984
1.:.gs! l...l:.xcl ?2 'ii'd8+ 'it>h7 3 'ikb4+. 2 'ií'g4 2 fixgS f6! 3 'ií'g4 l:txcl 4
'ife6+ f8 5 'iid6+ e8 6 'ilfe6+ 'it>d8 etc. 2 ... '!1..xcl 3 'i'c8+ Wh7 4 'i/VfS+ 381 Podgaets-Baburin, Riga 1988
'it>h6 5 f4 f6! 5 ...'ii'd 1?? 6 fxgS+ Wh5 7 g4+ 'itih4 8 'ilif2+ with mate in two l .l:tdS lie5 t...lt:le5 is bad because o f 2 i.xh5 YWxhS 3 f4. 2 h4!!
moves; 5 ... gxf4 6 'iixf4+; 5 ...'iic2 6 'ii'xgS+ Wh7 7 'ikb4+. 6 fxg5+ fxg5 7 Splendid! ln the event o f 2 '!1..xeS tZlxeS 3 j.xhS 'ifxh5 4 l:!'.d5 Black has the
h4 7 'ii'e6+ g6. 7 ...'iie8 8 hxg5+ 'it>hS 9 g4+ h4 10 g6 'iVbS+ and tbe defence 4 ... 'irg5 and if 5 f4 'i!Vgl+. White can. obtain the advantage by
exchange of queens is inevitable. continuing 3 i.xb7 l:.f8 4 f4 'i!ie7. Podgaets demonstrates a clear path to
Marjanovié played 1... a5? and after 2 c6! bxc6 3 'ii'e7 'ií'b3 4 l:txc6 'it'd5 5 victory. 2.. .'ir'h6 2 .. .'@'xh4 3 l:txe5 lt:lxe5 4 xthl; 2 ... lt:lxh4 3 l:txeS 'i'xe5 4
'!1..c8+1 Wh7 6 l:.cS the position is equalised. 1:td5. 3 l:txe5 ltJxe5 4 i.xhS "iii'xh5 5 l:tdS! 1-0
382 Serper-Borisov, Tashkent 1988 387 Mokry-Trapl, Namestovo 1987

ln order to checkmate the king it is necessary to eliminate the knight. l. .. h5! 2 'iWg6 The e2 square becomes accessible to the rook. Quite bad is
However l exf6 allows the queen to be included in the defence-l...'i'xf6. 2 xh5 i.xg2+ 3 Wgl i.f3. 2... l:te2 3 l:!'.gl : x a 2 4 @h2 Wkf7 5 'iWg3 l:te8
1 ltig5! So as to rule out a recapture on f6 with the queen. t ... hxg5 l f The attack on the g2 square decides quickly. 6 .if4 :ee2 7 l:td8+ Wh7 8
l ...'i'xe5 then 2 i f xh6 and there is no way to repulse the threat of 3 l'txf6 d5 b5 9 'i¼'c3 bxc4 10 l:!'.d2 l:!'.axd2 11 i.xd2 'i¼'d5 ... 0-1
(2 ...'i'xg5 3 tlixg5 Wxh7 4 l:!'.f4. 2 exf6 i.xf6 3 i.g8! Black lost on time.
388 Timman-Geller, Linares 1983
383 Instructive Example 1 g6! Blocking the g6 square. 1. ••.!:i.f8 l ... fxg6 2 l:tf4; l ... gxf6 2 exf6 l:tee8
1...b4! 2 axb4 'i'h7+!! 2... axb4 lets slip the win: 3 l:!'.e4+! Wd3 4 l:!'.d4+! 3 gxf7+ Wxf7 4 4Jg5+. 2 l:!'.f4 fxg6 Or 2...l!Vxg6 3 l:tgl 'ir'h5 4 l:!'.h4 'iVfS 5
We3 5 l:!'.xb4 1i'h7+ 6 Wc I! preventing the penetration of the black king to g5. 3 l:txe4 dxe4 4 WUxe4 c5 No help is 4 ... i . c 4 - 5 \!Vg4 hS 6 'i!Vxg6 l:Ief7
the squares c2, cl. 3 Wa2 Or 3 Wcl axb4 4 l:txb4 l!Vhl+ 5 Wc2 'ir'dl mate. 7 VWxf7+! l:txf7 8 <iti>g3. 5 c4 1-0
3... axb4 4 l:txb4 To allow b4xc3 or b4-b3 would be equivalent to
capitulation. 4 ...Wd2 and 5 ... Wc2 389 Suetin-Szabo, Leningrad 1967
l...l:!'.a5 does not achieve its objective because of2 b31'ta3 3 c4 (3 ... bxc3
384 Mahmoud Ali - Dgebuadz.e, Erevan 1997 4 ..ixd6 i.xb3 5 i.xa3 c2+ 6 WUxc2 l:txc2 7 l:txc2 i.xc2+ 8 'it>xc2 l:txa3
ln the variation l ...'ti'hS 2 D the king takes flight via the f2 square. etc.). The attempt to break through on the a-file-l...i.xa2+ 2 ltixa2
a5-is repulsed by the move 31\Yb3.
1... i.f3!! Closing the loop-hole! 2 ltixd5 There is also no salvation in 2
i.fS 'i'h5 3 i.h3 1i'xh3 4 gxh3 l:!'.xh3. 2... i.xd5 3 l:!'.c5 l:!'.a2! 4 t/Vdt If 4 1...i.c3!! 2 i.xd6 After 2 bxc3 bxc3 the game would be over very
'i'xa2 then füst 4... 'iih5 5 f3 'i'h2+ 6 'it>f2, and only then 6... i.xa2. quickly. 2... i.xa2+! 3ltixa21:ta5 4 'it>cl 'iWxa2 5 'it>dl xb2 6 i.f4 i.xd2 7
4... 'ibg3 0-l @xd2 l:!'.c3 0-1
385 Trofimov-Metliakhin, Kolontaevo 1994 390 Hellers-Polugaevsky, Haninge 1989

1 l:td5!! 1 tlic2+? i.f5. l ... ltixd5 Other continuations are also 1 1Wf6!! Weaving a mating net around the black king. 1 i.c6+ is weak
unsatisfactory, e.g. I. .. i.f5 2 l:xf5! WxfS (2 ... h6 3 :Xf6+! f6 4 'ir'f3+ because of 1... @f7. 1... i.e7 Or t...ltixd6 2 i.c6+ i.d7 3 I:r.xe6+. 2 i.c6+
'it>e7 5 'i'xa8) 3 g4+! ltixg4 4 'it'f3+ <ifi>g6 (4 ... <ifi>e5 5 i.f4+) 5 1i'f7+ 'it>h6 6 ..id7 3 l:tdxe6 1-0
ltie6+ or l...h6 2 1i'c2+ 'it>hS 3 ltie6+ ltixd5 (3 ... g5 4 ltif4+) 4 'i'fS+ g5 5
i.xg5 or I...i.g4 2 f3. 2 'i'eS+ 'it>f5 No better is 2... 'it>f6 3 ltie4+ @f5 4 g4+ 391 Smirin-Ulibin, Borzhomi 1988
'it>xg4 S 'i!Vxc8+ <ifi>h4 (5 ... <ifi>f3 6 'iff5+ <ifi>e2 7 ltiec3+ ltixc3 8 ltixc3+) 6
1... l:ta7!! Removing the queen from the long diagonal. 2 8+ 2 xg7+
'it>g2. 3 g4+! 'itixg4 4 'ií'xc8+ <ifi>h5 5 'i!Ve8+ g6 5... 'i'g6 6 'it'e2+ @h6 7 'i'g4.
'it>f8 3 'filxa7 i.f.3+ 4 i.xf3 'iVxf.3+. 2... Wh7 3 l:.g3 n + 4 @g2 fif2+ 5
6 'it'e2+! 'it>h6 7 'ií'eS 1-0 7 .. .<r'h5 8 lüD+ 'it>g4 9 'ií'e4+. 'it>h31i°f5+ 6 @g2 °ilVxd5+ 7 'it'xn 'i!Vhl+ 0-1
386 Kholmov-Samarin, Briansk 1986

392 A.Meszaros-S.Farago, Budapest 1989
White wants to drive away the queen from the h5-e8 diagonal and 1 i.xg7+ lüxg7 2 lüf6!! 2 'i!Vxh6 is bad because of2 ... f5! 2...'i'c5 2... i.d8
penetrate to the eighth rank. This task cannot be solved either by 1 3 'i'xh6 xf6 4 'ii'h8+; 2... i.e5 3 'irxh6; 2... 4Jf5 3 i.xfS <tilg7 4 'ii'g4+!;
g4-l...'it'c5+ 2 'it>hl 'i'c8 3 l:fe7 ltxc4, and he has to make a draw-4 2... e5 3 xh6 'ir'e6 4 'ii'h8+ We7 5 ltid5+. 3 ltih7+ 'it'e8 If3 ... <õt>g8, then 4
:Xg7+, or 1 l:tf5 becailse of I...l:dl+!. 64! ! (after 4 l:td8+ i.xd8 5 '1\Yxd8+ lüe8 6 lüf6+ Wf8! 7 WUxe8+ Wg7 the hS
1 'it>g2! l:b2+ :Z <ifi>h3 gS 2... h6 3 l:teS gS 4 lhgS+! hxgS 5 'ir'e6+ 'it>h8 6 square is controlled by the queen) 4... WUb6 (4 ...'ii'xb4 5 l:td8+ i.xd8 6
'i'f6+ 'it>h7 7 'ir'e7+ etc. 3 l:tf5 g4+ 4 tlixg4+ 'it'xg4+ S Wxg4 with an extra 'i'xd8+ ltJe8 7 ltif6+! Wg7 8 lüxe8+ Wf8 9 lüf6+ Wg7 10 4Jh5 mate!;
pawn and chances of a win. 4...'fle5 5 l:!'.d8+ i.xd8 6 'ii'xd8+ ltie8 7 xe8+ g7 81'Vf8 mate) 5 cS c6
6 ltif6+ Wf8 7 '1Wxh6 and it's ali over. 4 f6 'i'h5 5 h3 'li'eS 6 l:td8+! i.xd8
7 'iWxeS f6 8 i.g6+ 'it>d7 9 ltif8+ 1-0
214 Solutions to Exercises Solutions to Exercíses 215
393 Ivanovié-Bednarski, Balashika 1977 True, he gets over them--4 ... g4) 4 'itid5+ 'itif6 5 °ii'h8+ (5 'i1Vd8+?? '.t>f5 6
g4+ 'iti>xg4 7 l:.e4 l:.a5+ 8 'it>d4 c2+ 9 Wd3 el+ 10 Wd4 f3+ 11 '.t>d3
White wants to exploit the opposítion o f rook and queen. l f 1 f3 the lbe5+ 12 Wd4 c6+) 5... 'it>xf7 6 'iixh7+ Wf6 etc.
queen is won at too hígh a price-l... xf3 2 .ic5+ 'it>g8 3 l:.xe5 xe5. No
good is 1 b5 (1 'ii°h4 g4) l....ixb5. 3 ... Wf6 4 'i'b8+ 'iti>xn 5 'ii'xh7+ There is no escape form the
checks-5 ...We8 6 'i'h5+.
1 i.b5!! .tc6 I....ixb5 2 xb5 xb5 3 .tc5+. 2 'ir'h4 g4 3 .ixd4 The
e6 square is weakened! 3 ...'iYf4+ 4 .te3 'iVxh2 5 xe6+ Wf7 6 'i!Vg5 e5 7
iLd2 1li'f6 81\i'hS+ g6 9 1li'bl f2 10 'i'h2 e4 l i xe4 dxe4 12 iLc4 b5 396 Jansa-Marovié, Madonna di Campiglio 1974
131'.b3 1-0 Unconvincing is 1 l:t.d3 'ii'd5 2 l:rhl (unclear is 2 . i B xf5 3 l:.h3+ 'ir'h7)
2...'/Wg5+ 3 'ir'xg5 fxg5 4 .ie4+ Wg7.
394 Maksimenko-Savchenko, Leningrad 1989 1 d5!! Cutting off the queen from the d5 square. 1. .. l:.fd8 I...'i'a4 2 c3;
1 exdS 1 iLxf6 dxc4. t. .. .txd5 If now 2 cxd5, then 2 ... xd5 and after 3 I...f5 2 .ixf5 exf5 3 'i!Vh5+ Wg7 4 'ii'g5+ 'it>h7 5 l:td3 f4 6 l:rg3!!. 2 l:.d3
bl (because o f the opposition o f the queens the natural move 3 dS is xd5 3 .trs .txg2 4 'ii'xg2 1-0
not possible) 3 ...'i'xd2 4 xd2 c3 5 l:.xc3 l:.xd2 6 l:.e3 .id4 7 Wf2 f6 8
iLh6 l:.e8 9 fS g5; while on 2 .ixf6 follows 2 ... .tc6. 2 a3!! .ixg2 ln the 397 S.Korolev-Akopov, Correspondence 1986/88
event o f 2 ...'i'a5 3 cxdS xd5 comes the move 4 b4! getting out o f the pin:
1 l:rcl ! If the queen abandons the seventh rank White can just take the f6
4 ... xc3 5 'i'xc3. 3 'i'c2 'ir'xa3 4 rJ.,xg2 l:.e8 5 .tt3 h6 6 l:.al! 'fixai
pawn. 1... d3 l...°ii'b7 2 .ic6. 2 °ii'xf6 xcl 3 .ic6!! .teS l f 3 ....if8, then
6 ...'i'Vb4 7 .ixf6 .ixf6 8 d5 l:.xd5 9 .txdS .i.xal 10 'fixg6+. 7 l:.xal hxg5 4 l:te8! 'fllf7 5 l:.xf8+ l:txf8 6 .txd5. 4 l:.xe5 l:Id6 5 l:.e7! 1-0 5 ... l:.xf6 6
8 fxg5 h7 9 l:.dt l:.xdl 10 xdl ... 1-0
xd5+ Wh8 7 .ig7 mate.
395 Polovodin-Katalymov, K.rasnoyarsk 1980

398 Keshia-Martorelli, Cianziano Terme 1985
Where should the white king retreat? Since 1 'it;ic4 leads to a quick mate l 'it'g4 .tf8 l...g6 2 'iVR 2 'ii'f.3 f6 Clearly he cannot play 2... .ie7
after 1... bS+ 2 @xb5 .ia6+, then he has to go to the e-file. Here there is the
because of3 l:rxe7, while if2 ...l:te7, then 3 .ic7!! (not at once 3 l:he7 1J..xe7
natural-looking move 1 rJi,e2, but in the variation l...fxg5 2 'fig8+ (2
4 'flla8+, since then follows 4 ...'i'd8) 3 ...'Wxc7 (3 ... 'ilb5 4 l:.xe7 iLxe7 5
'i.Vxg5+ 'fle7 check!) 2 .. .<3;;e7 3 'i'e8+ 'it>f6 4 'fih8+ rJ.,xfl 5 'i'xh7+ Wf6 6 'i!Va8+ .if8 6 .i.d6) 4 l:.xc7 l:txc7 5 'ii'a8, and White should win. 3 'iib5 l:re7
'i'h6+ there is no perpetuai check: 6 ... WfS 7 'ii'b7+ (7 g4+ Wf4· 7 'fih3+
Or 3... l:tc8 4 °ii'f7+ Wh8 5 .txf6. 4 l:txe7 h e 7 5 "iie8+ .if8 6 .id6 1-0
'it;ig6) 7... 'flg6 8 g4+ (8 'ii'h3+ Wf6 9 'ii'f3+ 'fif5) 8...'it>f6 9 'ii'h8+ i/g7.
I We4! À Utopian salvation-indeed the whole business is Utopian.
Losing is l 'it>e3-l... c2+ 2 Wf3 (2 'it;ie2 d4+; 2 We4 'fies+ 3 @f3 399 Ehlvest-Ivanchuk, Tallinn 1986
d4+; 3 Wd3 'iflVf5+ 4 @e2 d4+; 4 'it>c4 b5+) ; 2 ...'iYd3+ 3 i.e3 (3 'it>f4 If Black can exchange rooks the pawns will be irresistible. However
'ii'd2+ 4 'it>e4 d5+; 4 @f3 d4+ 5 @e4 d5+; 3 'it;ig4 d6+ 4 'it>h5 'fle2+ 5 'iti>b6 1... 'itif8 (with the idea o f 2 ... l:te8) does not achíeve its aim, since the white
fxg5) 3 ... d4+ 4 ç,t,f4 (4 'it>g4 d6+ 5 Wh5 l:.a5+) 4 ...'ii'f5+ 5 'it>g3 'ii'O+! 6 king enters the struggle-2 Wc3. For the sarne reason 1...l:.b8 is useless.
gxf3 5 + 7 Wf4 xg7 8 l:.g l e6+ 9 .ixe6 dxe6 etc. Ivanchuk made the move I ...l:.c8!! cutting off the king and preparing the
I. .. fxgS But not I...'i'e5+ 2 'it>O 'ii'f5+ 3 .tf4 \lfd3+ 4 'it;ig4 d6+ (4 ... d5+ 5 manoeuvre l:tc8-c5-e5, against which there is no satisfactory defence. 2
'itih4 'i'e4 6 'i'xf6+ rJi,d7 7 l:.cl c2 8 l:.xc2; 6 ...'ii'e7 7 .ixc7+ Wd7 8 l:te7+ Wf8 3 l:.e6 l:.e8! 0-1
'ii'xe7+ Wxe7 9 .txd5) 5 Wh4 'iie4 6 °iVxf6+ 'iie7 (6 ...'it;id7 7 l:tcl c2 8
.i.b3; 7 ...: a 6 8 l:.c4 'i!Ve2 9 'fifS+; 7...We2 8 °ii'fS+ 'iti>e7 9 .i.g5+ Wf8 10 400 Heemsotb-Baumbach, Correspondence 1982
.i.e6+) 7 .tg5 li'x.f6 8 .txf6+ Wd7 9 l:.cl b3 10 g4; 5 ...'fle2 6 'ii'f8+ @d7 7
l:.cl l:.a6 (7 ...'ii'xf2+ 8 rJi,h3 iie2 9 l:rxc7+; 7 ... c2 8 l:.xc2) 8 .te8+ @e6 9 l c7!1 ln the variation 1 .ig7+ Wg8 2 iLd4+ Wf7 3 l:.g7+ We8 the king
'i'f7+ <J.>5 10 °iVd5+ Wxf4 11 g3 mate; escapes the pursuit. 1...lt)f6 There is no salvatíon in I..J:tf7-2 .ig7+ l:.xg7
3 l::.xg7 a6 4 l:.xe7 xc7 5 l:.xe4 q)xdS 6 l:tc4. 2 .ig7+ Wg8 3 iLxf6+
2 'i'g8+ We7 3 'iVe8+ Wf7 4 .te5!! 1-0 4 ...l:.xe5 5 l:.f4+.
Simple and solid. 1t was also possible to play the more complicated 3
l:.el. ln this case Black best forces a draw by 3 ...'iif4+ (3 ... c2 is mistaken
because o f 4 'it;if5+; while 3 ...°ii'd2 4 l:.e3 creates difficulties only for Blaclc.
216 Solutions to Exercíses Solutions to Exercises 217
401 Eubaoks-Hart, Correspondence 1989 d2 lhd3+ 8 'itiixd3 d5 9 @c3 'ii°h5! 10 lcixg3 i.xO 11 lZlxhS i.xdl 12
1... ltd8!! On I...J.h3 White replies 2 ltxe8. Therefore the rook moves out lt:lf6 dxe4 ... 0-1
ofthe attack. 2 1' Wb7 2 1' Wg2 i.h3 3 'i!Vf2 J.g2+ 4 'itiigl i.e4+ 5 'it.>fl 'iVh3+ 6
'it.>el ltg2. 2... ltd7 3 'i!fc6 ltd6 0-1 4 'i!Vb7 i.h3 5 ltgl (5 ltael ltdg6 6 lt5e2 407 Bertok-Polugaevsky, Vincovci 1976
'i'xe2!) 5 ...ltdg6! 6 J:eel (6 ltxg6 'i'dl+) 6 ... 1:txgl+ 7 ltxgl ltxgl+ 8
'itiixgl 'i!Vdl+; 4 'i'g2 i.h3 5 'i'f2 i.g2+ 6 'ii'xg2 (6 'it.>gl 'ifxh2+) 6... ltxg2 7 It is pointless taking on d4-the white queen is defended.
'it.>xg2 ltg6+ 8 @fl (8 'it>hl 'ii'g4) 8... 'ii'xh2 9 'it>el ltgl+ 10 lbí1 'ii'g2. l ... lt'ld5! 2 ltfdl 2 lLJxd5 'it'xd4 3 lt'lc7 'fVe4 4 f3 1' We5 5 lcixa8 i.b5; 2
e 1 'i!Vxd4 3 i.xd4 ltxe2 4 ltxe2 (4 lt'lxe2 lte8 5 lt>fl lt'lb4) 4 ... lt'lf4 5 lte3
402 G.Agzamov-Tringov, Stara Pazova 1983 :td8!. 2...lcixe3 3 fxe3 'il:Vxe3+ 4 'i!Vxe3 .l:txe3 5 lcid5 lte5 6 lt'lb4 i.e8 ... 0-1
It would be good to deflect the queen from the long diagonal, but for the
present the move lta 1-b 1 is not possible. 408 Miles-Tisdall, England 1982
1 g4!! i.c2 1...i.xg4 2 lt'lg5 'ii'g7 3 '1Wxg7+ 'it.'xg7 4 J.xg4; l...i.d7 2 White dreams of checkmating his opponent (lth5-g5-g8+ and 'ilYf6-g7
ltabl 'i.Yf6 3 ltxb6 '1Wxb6 4 lcig5. 2 lta2!! 'i!Vxa2 2... 1' Wc3 3 ltxc2. 3 lcig5 mate), but to do this he must neutralise the bishop.
ltfe8 4 'Wh7+ @f8 5 h8+ 'itiie7 6 i.b5+ 6 J.c4+ @d7. 6... '.t>d6 7 'i!Vf6+ 1 ltd4!! l lt'ld4?? 'i!Va3. l ... .i.xd4 If l...'i:Va3, 2 lcixc3 :txc3 3 ltxb5, and
lte6 7... 'itiic7 8 'ifc6+; 7... 'itiid5 8 'Wxf7+ @d4 9 lt'lf3+ 'itiic3 10 'ifxa2. 8 there ísn't the move 3... h b 3 because of 4 °Wh8+ We7 5 ltb7+. 2 lt'lxd4
lt'lxf7+ 'itiic7 9 lhe6 f t l + 10 J . n 1-0 'it'c3 3 :.Xb5! For the present he cannot play 3 ltg5 in view of perpetuai
check. 3... ltc5 4 lt'lxe6+! 'it>g8 5... ltxe6 6 ltb8+ lte8 7 'li'd6+. 5 lt'ld4! 1-0
403 Dolmatov-Malaniuk, Odessa 1989
1 h4! To drive the rook from the g-file. 1. .. ltg4 1...lth5 2 J.xg7+!; 409 Lutikov-Silva, Odessa 1976
1...ltg6 2 h5 ltg5 3 h6! 'IWel + 4 i;t.>h2 lth5+ 5 'it>g3 ltxh6 (5 ... ltg5+ 6 'it>f4) 6 1 ltd8+!! ln the case of I i.d6+ ,J;;g7 2 lt'lh5+ <;f.ih7 White's attack comes
ltxg7!. 2 'ii°f5 ltc4 3 lt:xc4 bxc4 4 b5 The passed pawn is decisive. 4••• d5 5 to a dead end-the g7 square is defended by the knight. Lutikov decided to
b6 h6 6 i.eS 1-0 deflect it: l ..;i;t.>e7 1. .. lt'lxd8 2 i.d6+ g7 3 lt'lh5+ g6 4 'iiff6+ 'it>xh5 5
g4+; 1...Wg7 2 ltg8+ Wh6 3 lt'lg4+. 2 ltd7+! i.xd7 2... Wf8 3 .i.d6+ <:J;g7 4
404 Donner-Mazzoni, The Hague 1966 lZlh5+ Wg8 5 ltd8+!. 3 lt'ld5+ 'it>d8 3...'it>e8 4 'i!Vf6 lt'lf8 5 i.c7!. 4 '1Wf6+
1 ltcl!! Neither 1 'iff6 nor l i.h6 achieve their aim in view of I...'ii'c6! 2 'it>c8 5 lt'lb6 mate
f3 (2 i.f1 2... 1:txdl) 2.. .'ii'cS+. With the move in the game Donner does not
allow tbe queen to the f8, e7 squares. l ... ltc8 If l ... ltxd3, then 2 J.f6 (2 410 Hund-Tol, Correspondence 1967
'ilkf6? 'ilid8). 2 l h e s .J:xc8 3 '1Wf6 ltcl+ 3 ... 'ifc6 4 i . f l !. 4 'it.>h2 'ii'c6 5 1 i.xe5 White must take under control the f7 square. This is seen in the
'1Wd8+ <it>g7 6 i.f6+ 1-0 variation 1 ruis+ .l:tg8 (1. .. @f7 2 ltc8 lth6 3 'i:Vg4) 2 'ii'h7 :Xh8 (2 ... ltfg6 3
l:txg8+ ltxg8 4 i.d2!) 3 'i!Vxh8+ Wf7. 1... dxe5 1...ltf7 2 lth8+ ltg8 3 .l:txg8+
405 Kondali-Djorjevié, Correspondence 1970 '.t>xg8 4 'ii'h8 mate. 2 lcixe5 'ifxa5 2... 'i!Vxe5 3 'iic8+; 2... 'ii'd6 3 lth8+ ltg8 4
The natural development of the attack is 1 ltxh6+ gxh6 2 'i!Vxh6+ 'it>g8 3 'i'h7 'iVxdS 5 ltxg8+ 'ifxg8 6 lt'ld7+; 2... ltg8 3 lt'ld7+. 3 ltb8+ 1-0 3... ltg8 4
'ri'g6+ Wh8 4 ltf3, but Black prevents the transfer of the rook to the lt'ld7+ <it>f7 (4 .. ;'it.>e8 5 lt'lxf6+) 5 'i!Vh7+ l:tg7 6 lt'le5 mate.
h-file--4 ...'i/Vct+! 5 Wf2 fxe4! and the rook finds itself pinned! Now the
decision comes all by ítself-true, be must still calculate a few variations. 411 Gntman-P.Wolff, Paris 1987
l lt'ld6!! i.xd6 2 ltxb6+ 1-0 2... Wg8 3 lth7 ltf7 4 °fVh5 @f8 5 lth8+ We7 If 1... J.g6, then 2 i.xf7! i.xf7 3 g6 hxg6 4 h7 'it>g7 5 ltxf7+ Wh8 6 .l:txe7
6 'iVg5+ ltf6 7 'iixg7+. and the position is equal. Neither is there any advantage in the variation
1...ltxe5 2 i.xf7 .:r.xg5 (2 .. Jli5 3 i.e6! ltxf4 4 gxf4) 3 i.g6+! 'it>g8 4 i.f7+
406 Tsarev-LEfimov, Kiev 1989 @f8 (4 ... Wh8 5 i.e6 ltxg3+ 6 'it>f2 ltg8 7 i.xg8 xg8' wíth an unclear
After l....l:tdf8+ 2 We2 'iVxg2+ 3 Wd3 the king escapes to the queensíde. game) 5 i.g6+.
l ... lth3!! Now however the 'monarch• is stuck in the centre. 2 We2 2 l ... e6!! Wolff frees the e7 square for the king! 2 J.xe6 ltxe5 3 i.xf7 Or 3
Wgl 'iig3+. 2.. J:bc3 3 i.d3 'iixg2+ 4 ltf2 'i!Vb3 5 lt'ln g3 6 ltf3 J.g4 7 l:txf7+ We8 4 i.a2 c4 5 ltxa7 c3 6 ltc7 ltc5.. 3... ltxg5! 4 g4 4 i.g6+ We7 5
218 Solutio11s to Exercises Solutions to Exercises 219
i.xd3 .l:l.'.xg3+. 4 ... We7 5 .i.b3 .l:l.'.g6 6 .l:l.'.f7+ Wd6 7 .l:l.'.xa7 c4! 8 i . d l 8 i.xc4 (8 ... gxf6 9 'fih6+} 9 ltlxe8 l::txb2 10 l::tael. 6 ltlxe8 l::txb2 7 'ilfe5! Otherwise
.l:l.'.xg4+ 9 Wt'2 .l:l.'.xc4. 8 ... c3 9 .l:l.'.xh7 .l:l.'.xg4+ 10 i.xg4 i.xh7 11 i . d l c2 12 he cannot get the knight out. 7 ... 1::tdlf 8 ltlxg7 l::td5 9 ltlf5+! l::txe5 10 ltlxe7
i.xc2 i.xc2 13 <it>f2 WcS 14 a5 bxa5 15 c;t.>e3 @b4 0-1 g7 11 f4 l-0
412 Kir.Georgiev-Ligterink, Wijk aan zee 1985 417 Matanovié-Becht, Raach 1969
1 .l:l.'.xg7 1 11Yf5 is parried by the move l...g6 (2 .l:l.'.xg6 fxg6 3 'iii'xg6 11Ye7) t ... h5!! L..ltlxt'2 does not work because o f 2 'ii'h7+ Wf8 3 'ii'h8+ c;t.>e7 4
t...11Vf6? Confusion. Losing at once is I...i.xg7-2 'fif5 but resistance was .:txe6+. 2 .txe4 2 1lixh5 .ixt'2+ 3 lbxt2 1i'xt'2+ 4 c,t,h2 ltlf6!; 2 ltle3 g6 3
still possible by 1...@xg7 2 l1Yg4+ Wf6 (2 ... Wh8 3 'ii'f5 Wg7 4 l\Vh7+ c;t.>f6 5 'i'f4 lZ:lxt'2! 4 'ii'h6 ltlxh3+ 5 Wh2! .id4 6 i.xd4 'ii'xd4 7 l:txb7 .l:l.'.xe3 8
'i't'xh6+ We7 6 i.c5+ Wd7 7 i.fS+ Wc7 8 'i'b6 mate) 3 'i'f5+ c;t.>e7 4 i.c5+ l h e 3 (8 i.xg6 'fl'e5+) 8... 'fixe3 9 'ti'xe3 l::txe3 10 gxh3 l::te2+ 11 'it>gt !txc2.
'ifd6 5 'fixd5 'fixc5+ (5 ... .l:l.'.ad8 6 i.xd6+ .l:l.'.xd6 7 1i'xa5 l:txd3 8 'fr'el+) 6 2... .txe4 3 l::txe4 l::txe4 4 'Wg5 .l:l.'.xg4! 4 ... 1::tel+? 5 c,t,h2!; 4 ... .id4? 5 ltlf6+!.
'fixes+ Wf6 7 i.e4! .l:l.'.ad8 etc. 2 .l:l.'.h7+ 1-0 5 hxg4 .ixf2+ 6 'it>hl . i d 4 7 .ixd4 'fi'xd4 8 gxh5 8 'ifxh5 g6!. 8 ... .l:l.'.e5 0-1
413 G.Kuzmin-Svesbojkov, Moscow 1973 418 Spiridonov-Tal, Tbilisi 1969/70

1 ltlb6! ! The knight d5 needs to be deflected or elimina teci, since in the In the diagram position such moves as I...lbxg2 or 1...1:l.'.xfl suggest
variation l i.xh7+ 'it>xh7 2 'fih5+ Wg8 3 i.xg7 'it>xg7 (3 ... f6 4 \lr'g6) 4 themselves, but in both cases White manages to defend himself: I...ltlxg2 2
'i'g4+ Wh7 5 .l:l.'.f3 tliere is the move 5... ltlxf4!-6 .l:l.'.xf4 f5 7 'i'h3+ (7 'i'h5+ l h g 2 .l:l.'.xf3 3 'ti'g4; 1...l::txf3 2 gxf3 1i'xf3 (2 ... .:txf3 3 'ii'e8+) 3 'ifh4-the
<J;;g7 8 .l:l.'.f3 .l:l.'.h8} 7... Wg6 8 g3+ i.g5! 9 .l:l.'.afl .l:l.'.h8 10 .l:l.'.lf3 i.b7 11 h4 queen has to help her king; 2 ... .l:l.'.xf3 3 'i!fe8+ and one o f the pieces must
.l:l.'.hS 12 hxg5 l'::tah8 etc. l ... ltlxb6 Or I..Jtb8 2 .txh7+ <it>xh7 3 ltlxd5 cxd5 return to the defence.
4 'ii'h5+ Wg8 5 i.xg71i'xc5+ 6 Whl Wxg7 7 'ii'g4+ Wh8 8 .l:l.'.f3 'iic2 9 f5! l ... bS!! A splendid decision! The queen is denied access to one o f the
'ifxf5 10 .l:l.'.xf5 exf5 11 'ii'h3+ rJ;;g7 12 'fig3+. 2 i.xh7+ Wxh731Wb5+ Wg8 squares (e8 or h4}. Unconvincing is 1. .. l::tf4-2 'ii'd7 (2 ltle4 lbxg2)
4 i.xg7 Wxg7 5 'fig4+ <it>h7 6 lU3 .ixc5+ 7 @hl 1-0 2 ... 1::txfl 3 gxf3 1i'xf3 4 ltld3 l::tf5 5 'ii'c8+ . i f 8 6 'ii'e6+ 'it>h8 7 l h e 3 l::tg5+ 8
'llg4 l:.xg4+ 9 hxg4 'fi'xg4+ 10 'it>h2 etc. 2 'Wxb5 2 ltlxb5 l::txf3 3 gxf3 .l:l.'.xf3
414 Korchnoi-Spassky, 7th match game, Bel g rade 1977 4 l::th2 .if4; 2 'ii'e4 .l:l.'.xf3 3 gxf3 l::txf3 4 l::th2 (4 ltxe3 i.xe3+ 5 l::txe31!Yg5+)
4 ... i.f4. 2 ... l'::txf3! 3 gxf3 'i\Vxf3 4 ltld3 Threatening mate in three moves:
1 h3!! The continuation 1 'i'Vb7 leads to defeat: l...'fia4!! (l...'ifal? 2 4 ... 'ii'fl+ S l h f l l::txfl+ 6 c,t,h2 . i f 4 mate. 4 ...'i!fg3+ 5 c,t>bt 'ii'xh3+ 6 'it>gl
'i'xc8+ Wh7 3 .l:l.'.xh6+! Wxh6 4 'ifh8+ Wg6 5 'ife8+ Wh6 6 'ii'e6+ Wh7 7 e4 7 ltlxe4 .l:l.'.fl+ 8 .l:l.'.xfl 'ii'xfl+ 9 c,t,b2 'ti'xe2+ 10 ltlef2 .if4+ 0-1
'ii'h3+ Wg6 8 'ii'g4+ Wh7 9 l'::txal) 2 1i'xc8+ Wh7 3 1i'g8+ (3 .l:l.'.xh6+ gxh6)
3 ... Wxg8 4 c8='fi+ Wh7 5 l::tc2 'ilYal!. t .. JWa4 2 l::txd2! .l:l.'.xd2 3 'ifb7 Also
good is 3 'iVb8 l::txb8 4 cxb8='ii'+ rJi;h7 5 .l:l.'.c8. 3 ... 1::tddS 4 cxd8='if+ .l:l.'.xd8 S 419 Iustructive Example
.l:l.'.c7 'ii'al+ 6 <;t;>b2 e4 7 'ti'xe4 'ii'f6 8 f4 1-0 l h6 is parried by the move l...li'g6, while 1 l'::txa7 l'::txa7 2 h 6 - b y
l ... l:.al+ 3 Wg2 (3 h2 'ii'c7+) 3 ... 'ife4+ 4 f3 'ii'c2+ 5 Wg3 'iic7+ 6 f4 Wf8.
415 Kraseukov-V.H.Kozlov, Moscow 1989 1 d5 exd5 1...l:lxd5 2 l:.xa7; J...li'e4 2 'ti'g5+ 'it.>f8 31::tcl .l:l.'.e7 4 d6! l::te8 5
Finding himself in time trouble Krasenkov forces a draw by perpetuai d7. 2 l::txa7 l::txa7 3 h6 :tal+ 4 'i\Vxal! c,t,rs 5 'ii'h8+ We7 6 'ti'e5+ etc.
check: 1 ltlh6+ <;t;>b8 2 ltlf7+ c,t>g8 3 ltlh6+ Wh8 4 ltlf7+. However he had a
win. 420 Alburt-Mestel, Saloniki 1984
1 i.xc4!! l::tac8 l....ixa3 2 ltlg5+; I...'iVbt+ 2 'ilYcl; l...'ii'c6 2 'iVb3. 2 To create decisive threats it is necessary to include the rook in the attack,
'ti'b3! 'fixb3 3 i.xb3 .l:l.'.xc3 3 ... i.f5 4 ltld6+ Wh8 5 ltlxe8. 4 ltlh6+ Wh8 5 although in the variation 1... .ia3+ 2 l::tb2 l::tc7+ 3 i . c 2 'ii'd4 allows the
i.e5+! .l:l.'.xe5 6 0 0 + c,t>g7 7 ltlxe5+ Wf6 8 ltlg4+ with t'2-f3 to follow. possibility 4 'i!Vxh5+.
1. .. h4!! 2 Wb2 2 .:.b2 i.e3+; 2 . i c 2 i.a3+ 3 'it.>bl l::tb7+; 2 .ib3 .ia3+ 3
416 Poleshchuk-Vasiliev, 13th USSR Correspondence Championship 11b2 l::tc7+ 4 . i c 2 'i!Vd4. 2...l::tc7 3 'i!Vh3 .id4 mate or 3 ...'ti'a3+ 4 c,t,bl 'Wcl+
l ltlc5! 1 f3; 1 d3; 1 .i.xd4-1...l::t2xe4! 1... .:txd2 2 Wbl 2 'ii'xd2 f3+; 2 5 Wxcl i.a3+ 6 c,t,d2 .ib4 mate. There is no saving the game. 0-1
ltlxd7 ltle2+. 2...ltle6 3 1Vg3! 'fie7 3 ... 'ir'd6 4 'fic3! 'ii'd4 5 xe6. 4 ltle4
l::txc2 5 ltlf6+ 'it>h8 Or 5 ... <;t;,f8 6 xh7+ 'it>g8 7 ltlf6+ Wf8 8 'ilYh3 i . g 6
421 L.Karlsson-Hébert, Saloniki 1984 426 Matanovié-T.Petrosian, Kiev 1959

ln order to win, it is necessary to drive the queen away from bis camp or t ... d4 ! The rook is deflected from the b-file. 2 l:txd4 l:tel+ 3 l:t.d 1 l:txd 1+
else to exploit its remoteness to create an attack on the king. 4 'i/V dl 'ti'xc3+! 5 c;3.?bl \!Vxb3 6 a4 h5 7 gxhS 'il:VfS+ 8 litib2 'i'xf4 9 Wb3
'ii'f5 10 c;3.?c4 'it>b7 11 'i'd.2 0-1
l h4! Freeing the h2 square for the •monarch'. l 'i'c8 is no good.
l...'i'xa3 2 d5 'i'xb4 3 d6 'i'e4+ 4 \itlgl (4 litih3 'i!Vf5+ 5 g4 'i't3+ 6 \itlh4
'i'g2) 4 ... 'i¼Ybl+ 5 . t c l \itlg7. 1. .. hS Retuming the queen 'home' wouldplay 427 Skjoldager-Dahlhoff, Correspondence 1975
into White's hands. 2 'i'c8! 'ilfxa3 3 dS! 'il:Vxb4 4 d6 'i/:Ve4+ 5 'ith2 <;t,g7 6 t l:tf5!! The attempt to get rid ofthe knight by 1 gS h5 2 g3 is not so
.th6+ 1-0 g o o d - 2 ... 'il:Vd8 3 h5 gxh5 4 'il:VxhS 'iVg8 1-0 since after L...txf5 or
L...gxf5 follows 2 dS. And in the variation 1...'il:Vd8 2 l:txf6 'ti'g8 decisive
422 Kirov-Tal, Albena 1984 is 3 d5! (weaker is 3 l:tf4-3 ... g5) 3... : e 8 (3 ... 'i/:Vg7 4 xe7) 4 l:txd6!.
White's position is criticai.
l 'iWe6 is no good because o f 1...l:.al+! (l... g5? 2 l:txf8+ <;t,xf8 3 'i'xd6+ 428 Suetin-Dzhindzhikhashvili, Moscow 1972
<it'g8 and 4 'il:Vxa3) 2 <;t,b2 g5 3 l:txf8+ @xf8 4 'ir'c8+ litif7 5 'ilfd7+ <it'g8 6 1...g3 does not lead to success 2 hxg3 .ixg3 (with the idea o f 3 ... .i.f2 and
'fr'c8+ <;t,h7 7 'ii'f5+ g6 8 'il:Vd7+ <it'g8 9 'ir'e8+ (9 'ir'xd6 t3+!) 9 .. .'.f;;g7 10 4 ... h2), since the king penetrates to the comer, while the rook is sacrificed
'il:Ve7+ f7. for the e-pawn. 3 Wg 1 . i e 1 4 l:tc6 .if2+ 5 c;3.?hl e2 6 l:tf6+!.
1 h4!! Kirov takes the g5 square away from the knigbt. 1...'il:VhS 2 l:tf"S l ... .ie7!! 1....i.b4 2 l:te2. 2 ,;3.?et Or 2 l:e2 i.h4 3 d6 .if2 4 d7 g3.
'il:Vdl+ 2 ... 'ilt'g6 3 h5. 3 @h2 lt:lf6 Tbere is nothing better. Here the players 2... i.h4+ 3 ,;3.?fl Jl.f2 0-1
carne to a peaceful agreement since the draw is inevitable: 4 l:txf6! gxf6 5
'il:Ve6+ @g7 6 'i!Vd7+ 'it>h8 7 'ilfe8. 1/2-1/2
429 Kuzmin-Kruppa, Kherson 1989
1 l:tct! 1 'iVgS : g 6 . Now Black must enter an inferior position. l ... c3
423 Vlado Kovacevié-Tiinman, Bugojno 1984 I...'i'b8 2 'i/:Vg5 l:tg6 3 e7+! e7 4 'i'xe7. 2 ir'g5! l:txf5 3 exfS d7
l ... f4!! 1...'ilib4? 2 'fr'e5 'ir'xh3 3 'ir'g3 and the d-pawn guarantees White 3... e2+ 4 <it'h2 'i'xcl 5 'il:Vd8+ 'it>h7 6 i.xf7 f4+ (6 ... 'i/:Vc8 7 i.g6+;
a 'bright future'. 2 l:txc8 2 exf4 'il:Vh4. 2 ... xh3+ 3 'ith2 Or 3 ,;3.?fl :Xc8 4 6 ... i.xf3 7 'i!Vg8+ <it'h6 8 'iVh8+ ,;3.?gS 9 'il:Vxg7+) 7 g3 'i1Vxf5 8 g5+! <it'h6 9
d7 l:td8 5 ,;3.?et ! (5 'ilfd4 'fr'b4) 5... 'ir'xg4 6 'ir'd4 'i'g2! 7 <it'd2 f2. 3 ...'ilkh4! 'i'h8+; 3 ... c;3.?f8 4 c;3.?bl. 4 'i/:Ve7! .ixt3 5 'i!Vxf7+ c;3.?h7 6 f6! e2+ 7 @h2 1-0
It was still not too late to let slip the win: 3 ...ilxg4? 4 l:txe8+ 'it>b7 5 l:tgl
xgl? 6 °iWfl!!; 5... 'i'h4 6 l:r.g4! ! 'iixg4 7 'il:Vfl gS (7 ... gl 8 d7) 8 d7!
430 L.Portiscb-Ljubojevié, Tilburg 1981
'i:Vh4+ (8 .. Jixd7? 9 .te7!! f6 10 l:td8 'il:Vxe7 l i l:td4) 9 <it'gl 'i!Vg4+
(9 ... h3+? 10 \!Vxh3 \!Vxh3 1l l:tb8+! 'ifi>xh8 12 d8=\!V+ Wh7 13 'i/:Vg5) 10 1 .i.d8!! 1 d7 .txe7 2 d8='ilf .i.xd8 3 Jl.xd8 f3 4 .ih4 l:te2+ 5 <it'dl l:txh2;
\itlh2; 5 ... 'i!Vh5 6 ii'e5! g5+ (6 ... f5? 7 l:tb8+! c;3.?xh8 8 'il:Ve8+ c;3.?h7 9 'i'xg6+) 1 e8=1i'+ :Xe8 2 .txe8+ ,;3.?xe8. 1... .i.g7 2 e8='i'!+ was threatened. 2 d7
7 'it>g3 'i'h3+ 8 'it>f4 'i'h4+ 9 l:tg4 'i'h2+ 1O l:tg3 'i'b4+ 11 l:tg4. 4 l:txe8+ l:txe7 3 i.c7! 1-0
'it>h7 5 'i/:Vxg7+ 'it>xg7 6 .tb2+ f6 7 l:.e7+ <;t,b6 8 .txf6 'il:Vxf2+ 0-1
431 Kielander-Cecchi, 3rd World Correspondence Championship
424 Ree-Sax, Amhem 1983 l. .. l:txe5+ allows the king to escape from the pursuit: 2 c;t.;>f6 (2 c;3.?h4??
1.•.b3! On the second rank the queen is defended. 2 'il:Vcl 2 'i'c4 Jl.g7. l:th5+ 3 c;3.?g3 l:th3 mate) 2 ... l:.f2+ 3 ,;3.?e7 .i.d7+! 4 <;t,d6! (4 Wxd7? c5+ 5
2... i.d4 0-1 Wd6 e6) 4 ... l:.f6+ (4 ... l:te6+ 5 tJ;xd7! cS+ 6 c;3.?d8! l:td2+ 7,;3.?c7 l:txc6+ 8
Wxc6 e6 9 \!Vxf7+; 5... e5+ 6 <;t,c7 l:txc6+ 7 <it'b7; 4 ... l:tf6+ 5 ,;3.?c7!
1:Xc6+ 6 Wx.d7! lt:lc5+ 7 c;t.;>xc6 lt:le6 8 xf7+ Wxh6 9 Wx.b6.
425 Bielicki-Smyslov, Havana 1964 1. .. f6+! 0-12 'it>xf6 l:tf2+ captures the queen.
1... h3 Seems like a mistake. 2 ,;3.?fl l f now 2 ... l:tg4, then White, exploiting
the weakness of the 8th rank, gains an important tempo and succeeds in
taking under control the hl square-3 l:tedl! l:r.e8 4 <;t,el l:txg3 5 hxg3 h2 6
'ãt>d2. 2 ... l:r.c4!! An elegant auxiliary idea. 3 'ii'h2 3 \!Vxc4 l:.d2. 3 ... l:tg4
Things are not the sarne as they were. 0-1 Magister e/egantiarum!
432 Tarnowski-Boleslavsky, Debrecen 1961 439 Matveeva-Prudnikova, Azov 1991

1... i.xc3 2 lZ'ixc3 f5+! The king is deflected from lhe third rank. 3 gxf6 t. .. 'if gS!! Losing is 1...:.t7 2 'ifh8+ 'it>e7 3 .i.g5+ 'it?d7 4 \'i'h3+ 'it;>c7 5
:tg8+ 4 'iti>h3 4 'iti>h5 i.b5!. 4.. .'lixc3 5 h5 He doesn't have the move 5 .íi.xd8+. 2 °ij'b8+ 2 .txg5 .td4+; 2 lZ'ixe4 'iVxh6 3 .:.xh6 .i.d4+. 2...'it;:>17 3
'ii'xd7+ since the queen is pinned! 5... i.b5 6 'i'xc3 :txc3+ 7 'iti>h4 :tcg3 8 ·{Wxc8+ 'iti>xe8 4 .i.xg5 .txc3 5 l:Ce6+ 17 6 l:.txe4 :td7 7 h4 :txd5 ... 0-1
h6 :t3g6 0-1
440 A.Mikhalcbishin-Lputian, Lvov 1986
433 Kalandadze-Intskirveli, Ozurgeti 1947 He could try to exploit the pin on the bishop by 1...l:.tb4 but then 2 'i!Vc3
1...lZ'if6!! Now already a rook sacrifice on h2 is threatened. 2 exf6 White and 3
is defenceless, e.g. 2 i.g5 'i'xg5 3 exf6 'i'h6. 2 ... :tel! 3 'i'xel :txh2+! 4 1..Jtb7! 2 'i'c3 l:tc7 Now White suffers material loss. 2... .txg2 is no
'itxh2 'i'h5 mate An aesthetic finish! good because of 3 .i.xe6. 3 g4 :.cs He does not need to hurry. 4 h4 . t o
c2 'i!Ve4 6 'i'd4 'i!Vxc2 0-1
434 Gutman-Govashelishvili, Moscow 1979
t i.f5!! 'i'e7 1...lZ'ixf5 2 :tc7; l...gxf5 2 \'i'xd6. 2 'i'g4 1/Wti 3 lZ'ih5+ Wh6 441 Ryzhkov-Tseitlin, Leningrad 1971
3.. .<it>h7 4 :tc7! xc7 5 'li'xg6+ 'iti>h8 6 'ifb6+ 'iti>g8 7 i.e6+ :tf7 8 Wig7 l...g6! 2 'i't3 lZ'ixfl 3 'i!Vxfl 3 'iti>xf2 'i'el+ 4 Wg2 l:.te2+ 5 'it>h3 l:.te3! 6
mate. 4 'i'f4+ g5 5 \i'xd6 'it>xh5 6 'i'h2 mate - b7 'i!Vfl+. 3 ... .th6! 0-1
435 Polugaevsky-Smyslov, Moscow 1979 442 Banas-Kostro, Stary Smokovec 1972

1 h3! l :txeS? :txe5 2 :.xe5 'ii'xd4; 1 f4? fS! 2 :txe5 'i'xd4+. 1...i.xh3 To win he needs tô advance the h-pawn, but upon this appears a stalemate
l ... i.h5 2 :txeS :txe5 3 :txe5 'ii'xd4 4 .:.xh5 !; l ... i.f5 2 lZ'ixfs 'iixf5 3 f4. 2 idea (l...h3?? 2 °iWd4+) 1.. .' 'd5+! 2 'li'g2 °itVdl+ 3 'ifgl 'i{fd3! Kostro passes
i.xh3 'ii'xd4! 2... 'ii'xh3 3 .:.XeS. 3 i.g2 3 :txd4? tZ'if3+. 3... 'ii'd5 4 f4 :txa2 5 the move over to bis opponent. White is in zugzwang: 4 'ilVg2 h3 5 'i'gl
fxe5 b3 6 'i'c3 :td8 7 e6 ... 1-0 'ife4+. 0-1
436 Miandro-Principe, Correspondence 1990 443 Cherepkov-Byvshev, Leningrad 1958

J ...l:txb3+! Losing is l...'i'xc2+ 2 'it>al e6 3 .:.Xe6+ Wd7 4 'ií'xf7+ 'iti>c6 5 After 1 .i.xe5 i.xe5 2 .:.Xe5 lZ'id6 Black manages to hold bis defence. 1
i.b8+ Wxd5 6 'li'd7+ Wc5 7 i.xa7+ b6 8 i.xb6+ Wb4 9 'i'a4 mate. 2 Wal d6! lZ'ixd6 l....i.xd6 2 'i'dS+ l:.tf7 3 i.c4; I...'ii'xd6 2 .i.c4+ i.e6 3 i.xe5. 2
l:.tbl+!! 3 l:.t bl 3 'it>xbl 'ii'xc2+ 4 'iti>al 'i'a4+! (now there is no b3 pawn!) ..1xe5 lZ'iti 3 .i.xc7 'i'xc7 4 lZ'id5! The point of the first move! 4...'i'd6 5
with perpetuai check. 3 ...'i'xd5 4 i.a3 4 i.xe7 'i'a5+ 5 Wb2 'i'b5+ 6 Wcl lt::le7+ 'it>h8 6 lZ'ixc8 1-0 6 ... :taxc8 7 'ifxf5.
'ili'fl+. 4...l:.txc2 5 'i'g8+ 'iti>d7 6 'i'g4+ 'iti>c7 6...f5? 7 'i'a4+ 'i'c6 (7 ... l:.tc6? 8
l:.tdl) 8 :.xb7+. 7 l:.tb2 1/2-1/2
444 Kozhoks-Sokhnenko, Correspondence 1982
1 .txc6! bxc6 2 .i.f4! 1-0 Since on 2... .tg5 there is the move 3 'i{faS+!.
437 Isaev-A.Timoshchenko, Correspondence 1991
1.. .'li'g2!! With the aim ofblocking the dl square. 1...l:.tb3+? 2 'iti>cl i.b2+
3 dl. 2 l:tdl :.b3+ 3 'it>cl i.b2+ 4 <it>bl i.d4+ 0-1 445 Castagna-Feldman, Zurich 1958
There does not seem to be a way to win-the moves 1 'i'd7+ and l 'i!Vt7+
are not available; 1 d6 'i'xe6; 1 e7 'i'd7. 1 .tfl! 1 .i.h3 'iVhl+. 1... a6 He
438 Taimanov-Dely, Budapest 1965 cannot allow a check from the b5 square: l...'ir'xd5 2 .tb5+ 'iti>f8 3 e7+.
1 g4! Taimanov commences play against the lZ'id7. Now, exploiting the 2 .i.d3!! The bishop comes to the assistance of the queen and pawns.
moment, he drives the bishop off the h3-c8 diagonal. 1... i.g6 1...g6 2 gxf5 2... f6 He cannot take. 3 e7! 'it;,17 3... 'i!Vxe7 4 .i.g6+. 4 d6! Again creating a
gxh5 3 lZ'if4 'fie7 4 'ikc7 'i'g5+ 5 'ifi>hl lZ'if6 6 l:.tgl lZ'ig4 7 h3 tbxf2+ 8 'iti>h2. threat. 4... .i.d5 Threatening S .tc4+ and, as we see, not only this. 4 .. .t'Llxd3
2 lZ'if4 'i'e7 3 'i'c7 l:td8 Black is tied 'hand and foot'. 4 i.xg6 hxg6 5 h3 5 e8='1W+ <i.'xe8 6 d7+. 5 eS='iV+!! 'it>xe8 6 .i.g6+! 1-0 The white-squared
'fie8 6 l:td4 1-0 bishop does its 'black' business.
224 Solutior,s to Exercises Solutions to Exercises 225
446 Vidmar-Adams, Correspondence 1936/37 q.,f8 3 :txh7 .:tf7 4 .:Cb8+ e7 5 l:l'.a8 e6 6 'it.>e4! a5 7 .:Ch8 @d7 8 @dS
1 lle4+!l 1-0 On I...ltxe4 the simple 2 'ii'xd5 decides (the rook is i.e7 9 l:!:h6 i.d8 10 h4 i.c7 11 hS i.xe5 12 fxeS ... 1-0
deflected); while if I...i.xe4, then 2 'ii'g7+ 'it>e6 3 'flt7+ 'it>e5 4 f4+ with a
quick mate. 453 Higashi-Yabra, Siegen 1970
White is in a difficult position. His king is very weak. The exchange of
447 Gruenfeld-Pinter, Zagreb 1987 queens unsatisfactory: l 'i!Ve8+ 'i'xe8 2 l:he8+ d7 3 .:Ce3 lhb2 etc. 1
1...b4! With the aim ofeliminating the knight, and then the bishop. 2 a4 2 nhl!! .:Cxb2 2 fVe8+ But not 2 .:Cxh2 'ili'gt mate. 2...'ihe8 3 .:Cxe8+ <3.'d7 4
i.xd6 'fig2+ 3 el i.b5. 2... bxa3 3 b3 i.e7! 4 c4 4 'fle3 i..xh4 5 .r:txa3 l:l'.xh2 .:Cxbl 5 :te2 One rook is not dangerous. 5... l:l'.h4 6 .:tc2 'it>c6 7 d2
i.bS!; 4 b4 i.b5 5 'fid2 i.xh4. 4.•. dxc4 5 bxc4 .r:tb6! The passed a-pawn •/2-t/2
will decide the game. 6 lla2 i'!Wf5 7 'ii'xf5 Or 7 .r:txa3 .:Cb2+ 8 gl i.xa3 9
'ií'xa3 i'Wc2 1Olbe3 'ili' cl + 11 lbfl .:Cg2+. 7..• i.xf5 8 c5 l:tb2+ 9 .:Cxb2 axb2 454 M.Gurevich-U.Andersson, Le!lllgrad 1987
10 lbd2 aS 11 c6 i.b4 0-1
It is necessary for the white queen to get to the eighth rank or the a2-g8
diagonal.
448 Kholmov-Borges, Belgorod 1990 1 'ti'g4!! 'i!Vc2 2 'ili'f3! 1-0 After 2... 'iic4+ 3 h5 'ili'a2 4 h4! he is in
1 'ii'g8+ .:Cg7 2 fVe8+! .:tf7 3 gxh6 fVxeS He does not have the move zugzwang.
g6xh6. 4 h7 'ili'xf6 5 hS=lb+! 1-0
455 Cvltan-Abramovié, Yugoslavia 1985
449 T.Paunovié-Kupreichik, Yugoslavia 1992 1 lbd5!! Toe idea is to deflect the rook from the eighth rank. 1....:Cxd5
1... e3!! 2 f3 2 i.xf8 exf2+ 3 fl 'ii'e2 mate; 2 .:Cxg7 exf2+ 3 fVxf2 l .. J:l'.cd7 2 lM6! iLxf6 3 gxf6. 2 .:Ch8+ i.xh8 3 fVxh8+ 'i'g8 4 l:l'.e8+! xe8
l:l'.xe7+! 4 lhe7 lhf2; 2 lhe3 .txb2! 3 fVg3 (3 i..xf8 i..c3+!; 3 'ili'e4 l:tf7 4 5 'i!Vxg8+ <tJe7 6 g6 <tJe6 7 g7 'ittf6 8 'ilYf8 1-0
i.f6+ lhf6) 3... l:l'.g8 (3 ... l:l'.f7?? 4 i.f6+! !) 4 'iWh2 .ic3+; 2 fxe3 .:Cxe7 3
l:l'.xg7 'ii'xh4+ (check!) 4 dl 'ii'h5+ 5 'it.>cl 'ii'e8 6 'if g5 l:l'.ef7. 2.. Jhe7 0-1
456 R.Fernandez-J.Diaz, Havana 1985
1 lbf6+! Pursuing the idea of defending the queen with tempo and getting
450 Tal-Wade, Palma de Mallorca 1966 it onto the cl-h6 diagonal. l .•. gxf6 l..1hf6 2 l:!:e8+ h7 3 :Xf6; I...'itth8 2
1 f4! To conclude the attack White needs the f6 square. 1... e5 If 1...l:'.b8+ llexe6 fxe6 3 lbe8! 'i!i'e7 4 .:Cd8!. 2 'i!Vg3+! 1-0 2... h7 3 .:Cexe6 fxe6 4
2 'it.>cl 'ikxc3, then 3 'ikxh7+ 'it.>f8 4 'ii'h8+ 'it.>e7 5 lbc6+ i..xc6 6 'ii'xc3. 2 g5 l:!:d7+; 2... h8 3 :tdxe6 'ii'xg3 (without check!) 4 l:l'.e8+.
The task is fulfilled, the threats irresistible. 2 ... i..e8 3 lbe6! Preliminary to
opening the seventh rank. 1-0
457 Baburin-Fokin, Gorky 1989
1 d5! 'ii'xd5 1...exd5 2 lhg6+ hxg6 3 'iixg6+ f8 4 i.d6+!; l...i.xd5 2
451 Kullir-Fishbein, Oakham 1990 l:lc7. 2 i.b2 Toe threat is not only to deflect the rook from the f-file but also
1. ..'ir'e4+ 2 i . d J c4!! A splendid move. I f 2 ...'i!Vxf4 3 lbc4 .ia6 41:tfl the to eliminate the c2 pawn. 2... l:l'.c8 3 l:!:xg6+ bxg6 4 'ilYxg6+ çJ.,f8 5 i.a3+
i.a3 is left isolated. Now, however, he begins to 'breathe'. ln addition the We8 6 'ii'g8+ 'it>d7 7 'ii'xf7+ 'it.>d8 8 fVe7 mate.
king's cover is wrecked. 3 bxc4 3 i.xe4 i.xe4+; 3 lbxc4 'i!i'xe2+ 4 i.xe2
i.e4+. 3...'ili'xf4 White's position is falling apart. 4 .r:tdl .r:tb8 5 .r:tbl 'iixe5 6 '
.:Cb5 °iVd6 7 °iVh5 i.c6 8 cS 1-0 458 Pavlenko-Tereshcbenko, 15th Ukrainian Correspondence
Championship
1 'i'g5! 1-0 1...'i'xg5+ (1...°iVd7 2 'ili'f6) 2 llixg5+ 'it.>h8 3 xf7+.
452 VI.Schmidt-Smyslov, Warsaw-;Moscow match 1980
Toe eighth rank is defended; l l h g 7 leads to the loss of a piece; 1 i.xg7+
promises little (l. .. g8 2 i.e5 .:tf7). 459 Jansa-GeUer, Hungary 1970
1 'it.>f3!! Surprisingly there is a problem with the rook! 1... g8 Tbere is 1 'ittg7! .:Cg4+ 2 'it.>f6 .:tf4+ 3 e6! 3 g6 l:!:g4+ 4 'it.>f5 is not good since
nothing better: l....:Cf8 2 i.xg7+!; 1...l:l'.h5 2 :td8+; 1. .. h5 2 'it.>e4. 2 .:Cxg7+ ·' there is the move 4... .:Cg5+. 3....:Ce4+ 4 'i!i>fS! .:Ce2 The rook has been let in to
the second rank. The ending to the game is reminiscent o f a study by 'it>d3 'i!Vxf3+ 9 Wc4 'fVxe4+ 10 <it>c3 'We3+!? (IO ... l2Jf6) 11 Wb2 'ii'xcl+ 12
Lasker. 5 Wg6 l:tg2+ 6 'it>b6 l:tf2 7 l:tc4+ 'it>h3 8 'it>g6 l:tg2+ 9 'it>b5 l:tf2 10 'it'xcl i..g5+ 13 'it>bl g2 14 'i/Ve8+ 'it>g7 15 °ii'd7+ l2Je7.
l:tc3+ 'it>b2 l l l:txc2! 1-0
464 Yuneev-Moldobaev, Frunze 1989
460 Botvinnik-Gligoric, Oberhausen 1961 1 i..f5!! The rook is too well placed on e 5 - i t controts the important e5
Bl ck !s in a difficult position-in his position are significant defects: a and f6 squares. 1... l:te2 l...gxf5 2 l2Jf6+; 1...l:tb6 2 i..xg7 Wxg7 3 l1Ve5+!. 2
,bad bIS op and weakness o f the white squares. Any dynamic i.xg7 Wxg7 3 'i1Yf4 The king is defenceless: 3... f6 4 'ii'h6+ Wh8 5 l2Jxf6
. ..tc6 (5 ... °ií'g7 6 'i'xg7+ Wxg7 7 i.g4!) 6 l:td7! 1-0
ompen at1on m the form o f active play against the enemy king appears
msuffic1ent-on l ... 'i1Vh6 follows 2 'i'h1 witb an exchange ofqueens.
l ... e4!! A surpr!se! Gligoric frees the e5 square for his bishop, and then in 465 Glatt-Sinke, Correspondence 1985/87
tum, the c l -h6 diagonal for the queen. 2 dxe4 Other captures are weaker. l .i.b4!! 'ii'b8 The bishop is untouchable-1...'ili'xb4 2 l2Jh5+. On 1...'ir'c7
2 .....te5 3 l:tc8 3 'i1Vh1 'i1Vd2+!; 3 l:ta2 l:tf8! with a strong attack for the pawn. follows 2 l:tac l, and if l...'ii'b6 (even worse is I...'i1Yd8), then 2 l:txe5 'li'xb5
3 ... 'i1Vh6 4 'i'gl °Wh4 S 'i1Vf2 'i1Vh2+ 6 'it>fl 'ilVbl + 7 'it>e2 'i:fcl 8 l:tc7 'i1Vxc4+ 9 (2 ... eixe5 3 i..c3) 3 i..c3 Wg8 4 °iih4 and 5 'i1Yf6. 2 ltJbS+ Cit>g8 3 i..e8
Wd2 'i!Va2+ 10 Wel 'i'bl+ 11 'it>e2 fkbs+ 12 'it>et 'fkhl+ 13 'it>e2 iib5+?! .1J.xh2+ 4 c;!.,bl e5 S i..xfi+ @xf7 6 'ii'g5 1-0 6 ... gxh5 711t'e7+ @g6 8 i..d6!.
13 ... i..d4! offered good winning chances. 14 'it>el 1/2-1/2
466 Honfi-Thiellement, Monte Cario 1967

461 Eisen-Nesis, USA-USSR Friendly Correspondence match
1 e5!! i.xe5 Now the bishop does not control the f8 square.l...fxeS
l ... ..ta4!! 2 b3 l:txc2+ 3 'i'xc2 Now the knight cannot capture. 3 ...'i1Vxg5+ blocks the h2-b8 diagonal-2 l:tg3! i/Jc7 3 l:txd6. 2 t:Z:lg6+ 'it>h7 3 ..txh6!
4 l:tf4 Or 4 l:td2 l:txc2+ 5 'it>xc2 'i'xh4 6 bxa4 'i'e4+. 4 .. J b c 2 + 5 'it>xc2 5 gxh6 Or 3 ... l2Jxh6 4 l:txh6+ gxh6 5 l2Jf8+ @h8 6 l:td7 'i!Vxd7 7 l2Jxd7 i..xc3
lDxc2_ e5 l:tgl 'i1Yh6 7 bxa4 exf4 8 Wdl deserves the preference although 8 'ifg6. 4 lDf8+! l:bf8 5 'i1Yg6+ 'it>h8 6 l:txh6+ l2Jxb6 7 ilixh6+ Wg8 8 'ilVg6+
even m th1s case Black should win. 5... eS 6 : m 6 l:tgl 'ií'h5!. 6... ..td7! 7 'it'h8 9 l:td3 i..xh2+ 10 Whl 1-0
l2Jf3 ..trs+ 8 'it;,b2 'i1Yg2 91:tdel . i d 3 10 l2Jb4 'ii'e4 0-1
467 Gulko-Rechlis, Manila 1990

462 Yusupov-Torre, Leningrad 1987
1... h5? Crudely played. And a pity. Black had a beautiful idea at his
He wants to play 1 l:tdel or 1 'ií'e2, but in the first case the reply is disposal.
1...l2Jxc4, while in the second I...l2Jd6.
l . .. i..c5!! Preparing the invasion o f the rook on the second rank. There
1 d6!! ln order to gain time. 1. .. l2Jxd6 2 .ia2 c4?! More tenacious is was no satisfactory defence: 2 'i'c4 d3+; 2 l:tfl l:te2 3 l:tf2 (3 'ilff3 d3+)
2... l2Jf5 3 l:tdel l:tad8 4 i..d5!! (4 'ii'f2 l2Jd3) 4 ... lDc4 5 i..xc4 :Xd2 6 l:txe7 3 ...1:tel+ 4 l:tfl l:txfl+; 2 i..e3 l:txe3 3 'ilfxe3 dxe3 (3 ... d3!?) 4 l:txd5 e2+; 2
l:txb2 (6 ... l:td4 7 l:te4) 7 ltJdl ! l:tc2 8 i..b3. 3 lDd5! i..c5+ 4 Whl 'i1Ye6 5 fl l:.e6!; 2 'it>f2 l:te6!! 3 a3 l:tf6+ 4 <it>gl l:tf3!. Toe game continued as
i.xe5! 1-0 5... 'i1Yxe5 61:tfel °ii'f5 7 l2Je7+. follows: 2 i.d2! h4 3 l:tel l:txel+ 4 ..txel 'ii'f5 5 Wixf5 gxfS 6 gxh4 «it>g7
1/2-1/2.
463 Bogdanovski-Golubev, Skopje 1991
l .. J g3!! So that the h4 square becomes accessible. 2 i..xg3 It is no better 468 Smyslov-Matanovié, Monte Cario 1967
to reject the offered sacrifice: 2 .i.d7 ltJx.D+ 3 'i1Yxf3 :x.D 4 gxf3 i..xb6· 2 An invasion on the seventh rank suggests itself-1 l:tdl, but Black has an
'it>hl l2Jf5 3 l:tfl 'i'Vh4+ 4 Wgl lDgS!, and i f 5 exf5, then 5...@ u + 6 'it>h2 excellent reply: t...l2Ja6! (2 b5 l2Jb8 3 l:ta 1 a6 4 l:tc 1 axbS 5 i..e8+ Wd8 6
l2Jf2+ 7 Wgl 'ii'hl+ 8 <it>xf2 'ií'xg2 mate; 21:tfl 'i'g5! (weaker is 2, .. :Xg2+ 3 i.xt7 We7 7 i..h5 l[id7 8 f4 gxf4 9 exf4 b4 etc).
'i'xg2 l2Jxg2 4 Cit>xg2) 3 l:tf2 'i'g7! and 4 ... l2Jf5 with a very strong attack.
2...l2Jf5!! 2 ... fxg3+? 3 «it>xg3 l2Jf5+ 4 <it>f2. 31:tcl 31:tdl fxg3+ 4 <it>gl 'ii'h4 5 1 l:tal!! a6 Or J...<it>b8 2 l:tdl, and now 2 ... l2Ja6 does not rescue him: 3
'ifel 'i!r'b2+ 6 Wfl 'i'hl+ 7 We2 'ii'xg2+ 8 «it>d3 'iixt3+; 3 exf5 fxg3+ with l:td7 lDxb4 4 l:tb7+!. 2 l:tdl l:tf8 2 ... ::td8? 3 i.b7+. 3 l:td7 <it>b8 Black is
mate; 3 i..f2 lDg3; l:thl l2Jxg3. 3 ... fxg3+ 4 Wgl 'i/Vh4 5 'i/Vbs 5 'ilVel l2Jd4. paralysed. The attempt at activation is easily suppressed. 4 eS <l;a7 5 i..e4
_3 Wb6 6 @g2 h6 7 Wg3 rs 8 exf6 l:t.xf6 9 <it>g4 l:tf8 10 l:th7 l:td8 10 ... l:tf6 11
5•••'ii'h2+ 5 ... l2Jd4 IS sufficient. 6 'i'e8+ rl;g7 7 'ii'd7+ Wh6 8 'ii'h3 'ii'xh3 9
gxh3 l2Je2+ 10 Wg2 l2Jxcl 11 i..c6 lDb3. 6 «it>fl 1/Vhl+ 7 <it>e2 Vlt'xg2+! 0-1 8 'i!th5 l2Jd5 12 i..xd5! exdS 13 l:txh6 l:t.xh6+ 14 <it>xh6 'it>b5 15 «it>xg5 Wxb4
16 f4!. 11 l:l:xh6 Wb5 12 l:l:h7 lZ:id5 13 l:i.b7+ 'iit>c6 l 4 l:i.g7 Wb5 15 'iit>xg5 473 L.Seres-P.Kiss, Eger 1990
'iit>xb4 16 h4 .•• 1-0 He needs to regain the piece, but how? On l ... l:i.xb7 follows 2 i.xf6,
while on L..i.xh4 2 .txa8.
469 Benko-Ciocaltea, Malaga 1971 t. .. d3!! An excellent move! The point is to save the bishop on f6. 2 l:i.xd3
For the present 1 'iVeS+ offers nothing because ofthe simple l...'i1Vf6. 2 l:i,d2 i.d4 (check!); 2 l:tel d2 3 l:tdl l:i.cl 4 . t o .txb4 5 l:i.g4 l:l:xa2; 2
J:!:ee3 J:cl+ 3 'iit>:f2 J:xa2+ 4 'iit>O d2 5 l:l:d3 i.xh4; 2 i.xa8 dxe2 3 l:.e3 i.d4
1 d6!! l:l:xd6 I...'ii'xd6 2 .txb7; l.. ..tc6 2 'ike5+! Wg6 (2 ... f6 3 'ife7+ 4 @f2 el='ilV+; 2 i.xf6 dxe2 3 l:l:.xg7+ Wf8 4 'iit>:f2 l:i.xa2 5 i . O (5 .l:.h7
Wg6 4 .ih5+!) 3 .ixc6 bxc6 (3 ...iVxc6 4 lZ:id5 'iVxd6 5 ltie7+ 'iit>h5 6 'ii'xfS) el='if+) 5... l:tcl 6 i.xe2 fkc2. 2 ...i.xh4 3 g3 By now he cannot take the
4 g4! 'ilVcS 5 gxf5+ WhS 6 'iff6. 2 ltidS 'i!VdS 2 ... 'fid4 3 l:i.fdl. 3 ltie3! A rook: 3 i.xa8 .l:.cl +. 3 ...l:i.xb7 4 gxh4 l:i.ba7 0-1
double attack-the b7 and f5 pawns are under fire. 3 ... 'i1Vf6 4 i.xb7 l:l:bS 5
.txa6 l:i.xb2? More tenacious is 5 ... l:l:xa6 6 ltixf5+ 'iit>f8 7 b3 (7 ... .tb5? 8
'i!Vxb5). 6 l:i.c2? Returning the compliment. Winning is 6 lZ:ixfS+ Wf8 7 474 Lahtinen-Palkõvi, Hungary 1990
°iixb2 'i!Vxb2 8 lZ:ixd6. 6... l:i.xc2 7 'Wxc2 l:i.xa6 8 lZ:ixf5+ 'iit>gS 9 l:i.dl 1/2-1/2 1...ll:'idS!! 2 a3+ The knigbt is untoucbable: 2 l:l:xd5 Wa3; 2 exd5 ll:'id2+.
If however he plays 2 ll:'ifl (defending against 2 ... lZ:id2+), then comes
470 Jansa-Joksié, Vrsac 1975 2. .ll:'if4 foll wed by ll:'if3-el ·d3. 2 ...'iit>xa3 J l:i.a6+ Wb4 4 l:l:a2 4 exd5 ll:'id2+
5 a2 'iVd3. 4 ... ll:'ie3 5 'ifd6+ .l:.c5 6 l:l:.e2 'i!Vcl+ 7 'iit>a2 lêidl 0-1
l . ..bS!! Detlecting the knight away from the e2 and e4 squares. After
1...lZ:ig5 2 O it is not easy for Black to generate an initiative. 2 lZ:ixb5 Or 2
°Wdl b4 3 ltia4 l:i.ad8 4 e3 ll:'ixd4 5 exd4 'i\Ve4 6 O 'ife3+ 7 l:i.±2 (7 Wg2 475 Plaskett-Crouch, England 1984
l:i.xd4 8 'ifel l:i.d2+) 7 ... i.xO! 8 'ifel 'Wxd4. 2... ltig5! 3 .txg7+ 3 O 'Wxe2; ln case o f 1 h f 6 'ii'xf6 2 'i!Vd3 (2 'i'xf6?! gxf6 is unclear) or 1 i . x f ! i.d7
3 h4 'i1Vxe2 4 hxg5 'i!Vf.3; 3 l:i.fel 'i1Ve4 4 f.3 ll:'ixf.3+. 3 ... 'iit>xg7 4 'i!Vh4 h6 5 2 d2 i.xd4 3 'ii'xd4 i.xg4 4 i.xg8 l:l:.xg8 5 :Xg4 'Wxh3 6 l:i.gl White has
ltid4 'i!Ves 6 l:i.c3 l:i.ad8 7 l:i.d3 l:i.xd4! 8 %bd4 8 'Wxd4 tbh3 mate. 8 ...'ii'xe2 9 some advantage. 1 e5 dxeS 2 fxe5 i.e7 3 .txf7! 3 e6 f6. 3 ... i . d 7 4 e6!!
l:i.g4 'i!VfJ 10 l:i.xg5+ 0-1 White resigned without waiting for 10 ... Wh7 or J:!:xc3 5 i.xg8 i . f 6 5 ... i.f8 6 exd7. 6 exd7 Wxg8 7 l:i.xg7+ Wf8 8 i.xc3 1-0
10 ... hxgS 11 'i!Vxg5+ @h7 12 °Wh4+ 'iit>g6.
476 Balashov-Smyslov, Tilburg 1977
471 Shrai-Ushakov, Correspondence 1990
For the time being the c6 pawn is untoucbable: 1 'ii'a8+ ll:'if8 2 l'ixc6 i.d3
1 .ie6!! Weak is l l:i.xf7 because o f t...'iVh6! followed by l:r.h2-hl. l .. .l:US 3 lZ:ih2 (3 ll:'id2? d4!) 3 ... d4.
2 l:i.xt7 l f 2 i.xf7+ then 2 ... Wh8!. 2...l:i.xf7 3 .txf7 it is a forced loss:
1 ll:'id4!! i . e 6 On 1...i.d3 Balashov had prepared 2 e 6 ! ! - 2 ... fxe6
3 ... @h7 (3 ... 'iit>xf7 4 l:i.d7+; 3 ... 'iit>h8 4 l:l:d8+ 'iit>h7 5 i.g8+ Wh8 6 i.e6+) 4
(2 ...'i!Vxfl+ 3 Wh2 'i1Vxf2 4 'i1Vb8+! ltif8 5 e7) 3 ll:'ixe6 'i1Vxc3 4 'ib8+ 'iit>f7 5
l:i.d8! l:i.hl+ 5 lZ:idl i . O (5 ... 'Wxd8 6 i.g6+!) 6 .tg8+ @h8 7 i.c4+! 'ií'xd8 8
lbg5+ 'iit>f6 (5 ... 'iit>e7 6 'i!Vc7+ 'iit>f6 7 ll:'ixb7+} 6 ltixh7+ 'iit>f5: i.":d3+ 'ifxd3
'ii'xd8+ Wh7 9 'i1Vg8+ Wh6 10 i.e2 l:i.el (10 ... i.xe2 11 'ilie6+) 11 'ife6+
'iit>g5 (1 l...Wh5 12 'iff5+; l l...Wh7 12 i.d3+) 12 'ife3+ Wh5 13 'i!Vc5+ 'iit>h6 8 'ii'c8+ 'it>e5 9 'Wxc6 etc. After the move m the game White wms a pawn
without any trouble. 2 'Wb8+ ll:'if8 3 ltixc6 g6 4 °ikh4 Wg7 5 'i!Vd4 g5 6 ll:'ib4
14 i.xf.3 gxf.3 15 'i1Vc6+. lbg6 7 ltixd5 i.xd5 8 e6+! @h6 9 'fVxdS fxe6 10 'i!Vd4! eS 11 'i1Ve3 'fVal 12
g3@g713 c4 ... 1-0
472 Garakian-Bangiev, Correspondence 1986
Because ofthe weakness ofthe first rank 1 ll:'if6+ gxf6 (l. ..Wh8 2 °iWd8) 2 477 Luther-Vogt, East Germany 1987
'ii'g4+ Wh8 3 l:l:.e8 does not work.
1 d5!! He cannot play 1 'i!Vxb7 because ofthe loss o f a piece-1...l:l:a7 2
1 i.fl!! Now there is not only the threat o f 2 ltif6+ but also 2 b5. 0 n the 'i'b6 ltid7 3 i.d3 (3 ll:'ig5) 3...'Wxe3+ 4 i.xe3 ll:'ixb6. 1... i.xd5 I...ll:'ixd5 2
insipid 1 h4 Black replies 1...l:l:.e2. 1...'Wa4 1. ... t x f l 2 ll:'if6+!. 2 ll:'ie7+! 'Wxb7 l:l:c8 3 ll:'ig5 'i!ie5 4 ll:'ixe6 'i!ixe6 5 i.c4 l:l.b8 6 'i!Vxa6 ll:'ic7 7 'ifa4;
Weaker but also insufficent is 2 l:i.al. 2 ... 'ii'e8 (2 ...'i1Vc6 3 b5! i.xb5 4 .tta8) 3 l ... ll:'ia5 2 'i!Va3. 2 c4 i . e 6 Or 2 ... ll:'id4 3 ltixd4 cxd4 4 i.d3 'i!Ve5 5 f4 'i1Ve6 6
ltie3! l:i.c8 4 i.xa6 bxa6 51ha6 l:l:.d8 6 'ilf4!. 2 ...i.xe7 3 l:i.xe7 l:l:.cS 4 'fi'dS! cxd5. 3 i.d3 'fVf4 3 ... ll:'id4 4 i.xe4 ll:'ixb3 5 i.xb7 ll:'ixal 6 i.xa8. 4 ll:'idS
l:l:f8 5 bS 1-0 ltixdS Also bad is 4 ...'i1Vb8. 5 i.f4 'fVc8 6 ll:'ic7+ Wd8 7 'i1Vb6. 5 i.xf4 ltixf4
6 i.e4 ltixg2+ 7 Wfl ll:'if4 8 'i1Vxb7 .th3+ 9 'iit>el ll:'ig2+ 10 Wdl l:l:.dS+ 11
cl 1-0
230 Solutions to Exercises
478 Psakhis-Lerner, Moscow 1986 482 Ubilava-G.Kuzmin, Ki e v 1984

le ad to its objective :
Th e g-pawn cannot be stoppe d (1...4Jg2 2 We 5 ), the re fore he ne e ds to ·nurried work' by 1 l:tcl l:tfc8 2 i..d4 do e s not
look for salvation by cre ating a passe d pawn for himself. We ak is I...'it>xa2 2... i . a 5 .
ch e ck. l . ..'i'c6
2 lhxh4 b4 3 g6 b3 4 ll:if3; nor doe s 2 ... a4 3 g6 a3 4 g7 'itb2 5 g8='if a2 1 d6!! So that the qu e e n can abandon the e-fil e with
'ii'xe4 J.xb5+ 4 l:txbS
work because ofthe pres e nce ofthe b5 pawn (1lfb3-c2-cl mate ). 1...'fkc8 2 l:[cl f4 3 dxe7 l:te 8 4 .ixf4. 2 J.bS 1i'xe4 3
fxe4 5 dxe7 l:[fe8 5 ... :tbs 6 i..f4. 6 l h b 7 <J.-f7 7 <J.
- e2 a5 7 ... : x e 7 8 l:txe7+
l ... b4!! 2 4Jxh4 a4 3 g6 b3 Or 3 ... a3 4 g7 b3 5 g8="ik bxa2 with e quality. 1-0
4 aJ 4 axb3 a3! 5 g7 a2 6 g8='ilf al = 'W 7 'Wc4 Wa3+ 8 'itf7 'Wdl 9 b4 (9 @xe7 9 I;tcl. 8 : c t : a c 8 9 .i.gS ...
'ilfa4+ 'it>b2) 9 ... 'ifd7+ 10 <J.-g8 "ike8+ 11 <J.-g7 'i!Ve 7+. 4 .•.<J.-c3 4 ... cif.ixa3? 5
4Jf3. 5 g7 b2 6 g8='if bl='ii' 7 "ikg3+ 7 "ikf8 'i'b6+ 8 'it>g5 'i1Ve 3+ 9 <J.-h5 483 Mobrlok-Sorri, Correspondence 1990
'it>b2 10 'ifb4+ <J.-a2. 7..."ikdJ 1/2-1/2 2 g5!. 2 l:[xe7 i..xe7
1 g4!! i..d6 t...J.xf4 2 l:[xe 7 i..xd2 3 l:te 8; 1...:xd7
. S fxg5 "fVg7 5 ... fxgS 6 'ilM'f2!
3 l:tel i..d8 4 l:te8 g5? 4 ... g6 is more te nacious 7 'ii'd3. 7 "ikf4 l:[g8 8
I:rg8 (6 ... 'it>g8 7 'ti'f5 ) 7 i..fS. 6 gxf6 i..xf6 6 ... "ikxf6
479 Malchikov-Vepkhvishvili, Erevan 1984
l .. .'ilVal!! A surprisingly de ep conc e pt! Th e naturaHooking move is i..fS 1-0
l...'i!Vxc3 but, as will be seen from the future play, it does not lead to the
goal. 2 h6 2 ll:ic4 'i'a6! 3 lhb2 l!Ve 21. 2 ... b2 3 h7 l!Va8!! After 3... bI='i!V 4 484 Muir-Pereira, 8th Corre sponde nce Olympiad
h8='ii' we have a draw on the board. 4 l:[g8 bl='i'! S h8='iii' If 5 : x a 8 then 1 e5!! 1 'ii'a7 is no good be cause o f l...1 i 'e 7 (2 l:[d7 'i\Vxe4+!; 2 hxg7+
5 ... 'iii'xe 4+ and 6 .. JWxh7. S... 'ilfxe4+ 6 'it>b2 6 gl(g3) 'i:Yg6+!; 6 @fl g8!). Bad is t...l:te7. 2 'fka8+ rj;f7 3 'iVh8 gxh6 4 l:.d8. l ..."fVe7 l...fx e 5 2
'i'd3+!; 6 @h3 'i'hl+. 6...'i!Vf4+ 7 @b3 7 @hl 'fiai+ 8 @g2 (8 l:[gl 'ilft3+) a7 "ike 7 (2 ... gxh6 3 f6!) 3 l:td7 'i'f6 4 'i!t'c5 + @g8 5 l'Vd5+; 1...I;txeS 2
8... 'i!Ve4+ 9 f3 'i!Vb2+. 7 ...'iYO+ 8 'it>b2 'ii"xf2+ 9 ll:ig2 'i'xdS!! The point o f '11Ud8+ cj';f7 3 I;td7+ l:[e7 4 hxg7; l . ..'i'b4 2 "ikd7 'i1Ve 7 3 e 6. 2 e6 gxh6 3 'i!VcJ
the conce pt. Th e quee n is spl e ndid on d 5 - i t take s part in both attack and l:td8 4 'ifxa5 .l:hd2+ 5 'ifxd2 <J.-e8 6 'itb2 1-0
defence . Th e me chanism o f re flex action thought works wonders ! 1O l:[d8+
10 'ilVh3+ 'i1Ve 6. 10 ...@c7 The king he ads for the a4 square . 0-1
Let us re !11m to the position before Black's 9th move, remove the pawn on 485 Erlandsson-Stipka, Correspondence 1988
@d7 4 'fkxd4+ lhd 5 ;
c3 and shift the qu e en to the c8 square (the position that arose after 1 c4!! 1 i..x e 7 : x f l + 2 l:r.xfl ll:ixe7 3 4)f6+ (3 l:r.f8+
6 'ifd6+ "illc7 7 'ilfxd4
1...'ifxc3 2 h6 'i'c81 3 4Jdl 'ifcl ! 4 ll:ie 3 b2 5 h7 'i'c8 and the n as in the 3 r!f7?? 'i'Vel+!) 3 ...Wd8 4 'fkf8+ Wc7 5 "ikxe7+ <J.-b8 4 l:r.t7! Th e el-a 5
l:txfl lhxe7
game ) - you will not find a win be cause there isn't one. A spl e ndid e5 8 'fke 3 a5! etc. 1... dxc3 2 i.xe7 l:[xfl+ 3
@d8 6 'i!Vf8+ @c7 7 l:r.xe7+ 'it>b8 8
creative achie ve ment! diagonal is blocke d! 4 ...'i!Vb4 S ll:if6+
'iWf2+ b6 10 ll:icS+ @b8 11 'iWg3+. 9 lhb6+ @xb6
ll:id7+ ci;c7 8 ...@a7 9
i..xb7 11 'ilfxb4+ <J.-a7
9 .. .<;f.ic6 10 .l:he 6+ @b5 11 : e s + . 10 l:r.xb7+
480 Yusupov-Bischoff, Munich 1990 'i!VeJ+ ci;b8 15 'ii'xe6
Jl...Wc7 12 'ife7+. 12 'iWcS+ @b8 13 'iWeS+ ci;a7 14
1 4Jf6+ .i.xf6 2 ll:10! Afte r 2 exf6 1i'xf6 he doe s not succe e d in cre ating <J.-c7 16 'ii'e5+ @b6 17 "fVd4+ Wc7 1-0
re al thre ats. 2...'i/Vg7 3 exf6 'i'xf6 4 4Je5 With the knight on e 5 White 's
attack is irre sistible. 4 ... @f8 4 ... .i. e 8 5 'i'h7+ @f8 6 4Jg6+!. S 4Jxf7? Also
suffici e nt is 5 b4!. 5... @e7 6 ll:ieS <J.-d6 7 'i'd2 b4 8 ll:ic4+ rt;c7 9 cxb4 lha4 486 Pergericht-Gheorghiu, Lugano 1966
l:r.xg5 or I...d2
10 i..c2 <J.-d8 11 lheS 4Jb6? 12 'i'd4+ 1-0 l...i..d6! ! The natural l...fxg4 2 hxg4 d2 3 ll:ixd2 'it>xd2 4 leads to e
7 f4
2 li:)xd2 (2 :dS) 2 ... 'itxd2 3 gxf5 g fS 4 l:r.xfS J:.. e 5
Gheorghm
elimination o f ali the black pawns. W1th the move to the game by the
481 Honfi-Drimer, Wijk aan Ze e 1970 -h6 diagonal where it will be defended
transfers the bishop to the e t cif.ixf3
gxf3+ 4
1 l:[xg7!! 1 l!Vxel 'ii'xd4 2 .i.g 5 f6 3 It e 4 'i'd6 4 .i.h4 J.c6 5 Itc4 .i.d5 6 g5 and d2 pawns. 2 l:r.d5 fxg4 3 ll:ixg5 3 hxg4 i.f4; 3 :Xd6
6+ 9 @f2 d2 10 .l::r.c8+ @d 1
Itd4 'ii'xa3; l :Xd 5 :Xe3 2 l:[xd7 :Xg3 3 @xg3 gxf6 4 Itxf7 e 5. l ...l:txeJ c2 5 @e3 l:tc3 6 O l:tc8 7 l:td5 l:r.c6 8 l:r.d8 : e @xg5
6 <J.-g4 d2 7 lhxgS i..xgS 8
l...i..xg7 2 i..xg7+ @g8 (2 ... <J.-xg7 3 'ii'g3+) 3 'ii'xe l 'Wxd4 4 'iig3. 2 Itg3+ etc. 3 ... .if4 4 ll:ie6 gxb3+ S @xh3 g5
1:IbS! 9 l'hbS dl='i' 10 f4 'iWd8+ 11 <J.,g4 'ti'd7+! 12 :rs <J.-d4
.i.g7 3 l:txg7 h6 4 l:txd5 exd5 5 l:tg3+ h7 6 l:txe3 @g6 7 .i.b4 l:tc8 8 0-1
l:tgJ+ @h5 9 J.f6 1-0
232 Solutions to E'K:ercises Solutions to Exercises 233
487 Katishonok-Gulbis, Correspondence 1989/90 491 Karasev-Klaman, Lening r ad 1967

After I 'iib.6+ @fl 2 lth7+ llW17 3 'i!Vxh7+ @f8 or 2 :xf8+ ltxf8 3 'i/Vh7+ 1 l:!'.e6!! 'ii'd8 2 l:tg6 l:tg8 3 l:txf7! Now the pawn cannot be defended.
We8 there is no apparent way to win. We recomrnend readers themselves to 3... : d l + 4 @h2 'ii'b8+ 5 g3 l'td2+ 6 <t;hl 1-0
'wander in the forest' ofthe numerous variations.
1 xdS!! Not an obvious idea! K.atishonok deflects the queen to the 492 Dzhindzhikhashvili-Beliavsky, Saloniki 1984
seventh rank! 1... cxd5 I...'i!Vxd5 2 'i!Vh6+ <t;r, 3 .ic4; I....ie6 2 'i!Vh6+ Wf7 The way to victory Iies via the f5 square. However, by eliminating it, he
3 :xf8+ :Xf8 4 7+ <t;e8 5 lhc7+; I...'i!VgS 2 f4! 'i!Vg3+ 3 «t>e2 \ig4+ 4 will Iose the queen. Let us look at the continuation 1 'it'xfS. l...l:!'.d6+ 2 'iif6
@f2; l ...l::xe5 2 h6+ @fl 3 li:Jc7 : b 8 4 .tc4+. 2 ltc7+ 'i!Vxc7 2... l:te7 3 l:!'.xf6+ 3 @xf6 'iti>b7 4 f5 @xb6 5 g6 @c7 6 f6 .ie6 7 f'l Jtxfl+ 8 'iti>xfl
'i!Vh6+ @fl 4 l:th7+ l2Jxh7 5 'i!Vxh7+ «t>e6 6 'i!Vxg6+ @xe5 7 f4 mate; 2... .td7 'ít>d8 9 'it>f6 'iti>e8 10 Wg5 'ili>fl 11 'iti>xg4 'iti>g6-he is one tempo short. He
3 :xd7+ 'i!Vxd7 4 6+ @f7 5 : h 7 + 'it>g8 (5 ... llW17 6 'i!Vxh7+ <t;e6 7 can win if he gives up the queen not on f6, but on the g6 square!
xg6+) 6 :xd7 li:Jxd7 7 'i!Vxg6+ 'it>h8 8 e6 leif8 9 'i!Vf6+ 'it>g8 10 .txfS. 3
h6+ fl 4 l:txf8+! l:txf8 5 'i!Vh7+ 'it>e8 6 xc7 .id7 6... a6 7 .ic2 bS? 8 1 'it>h6! 'iti>b7 Or 1...l'tb7 2 'ii'd6+ @a8 3 'ii'a3+ Wb8 4 'WcS! (zugzwang!)
'i'c6+. 7 'i!Vxb7 @e7 7... l:td8 8 xdS .tc8 9 'i!Vc6+! @e7 10 'i!Vc7+! <t;e8 4 ... 1:!'.fl 5 'it'e5+ Wa8 6 'iie8. 2 <t;b5 : h 7 + 3 Wg6 l'td7 4 <t;b6! Zugzwang.
(10 ... : d ? 11 'i!VcS+ @f'l 12 e6+) 11 .ib5+ .id7 12 e6 .ixbS 13 e7!. 8 'ilfxdS 4...'iti>b8 5 'iixf5 l'td6+ 6 'fig6! l:txg6+ 7 @xg6 i.b7 Now 7... «t>b7 will not
1-0 save him. 8 rs i.e4 9 <t;g5 'iti>c8 10 f6 @d7 11 'iti>h6! 1-0
488 Bykhovsky-Duer, Reggio Emitia 1981/82 493 Bitman-P.Szilagyi, Ruse 1985

1... 'i!Va8!! The pawn is lured to the f3 square. 2 f3 xa3 3 l2Jxf6+ @g6 4 I. .. :d4!! Refined play! Szilagyi wants to lure the pawn to g3, after which
leie8 'iixf3+ 5 Wgl Now there is no f2 pawn and Duer organises a mating 2 ... l:txd3 3 cxd3 'iic6+! 4 'iti>gl i.d4+. 2 c4 This meets with an attractive
attack. 5...1:idl+ 6 @fl 6 @g2 e2+ 7 'it>h3 fl+ 8 @b4 l2Jf3+ 9 'it>g4 refutation. 2... bxc3 3 'it'xb5 axb5 4 l'txd4 c2! 0-1 The variation 5 ltd7+
l2Jxh2+ 10 @h4 leif3+ 11 'it>g4 lhes+ 12 <it'h4 'iihl mate. 6...l2Jg4+ 7 'it>g2 'itixd7 6 li:JcS+ 'iti>d6 7 li:Jd3 i.xb2 requires no comment.
'iie2+ 8 @h3 leia+ 9 <t;g2 leie4+ 0-1
494 Mchedlishvili-Makarashvili, Tbilisi 1992
489 Bilek-Alster, Prague 1955 1 i.fi!! g3 2 f3 'ili>f4 3 i.g2 The bishop is ideally placed-defending its
1 lhdS achieves nothing because of the capture of the knight own pawn and blocking the other's. 3... We3 4 i.hl! The one useful move
before the obviolis @e3-f2 is played. 4... 'iti>fl 5 f4 1-0
I c5!! A deep conception! l ... l:txc5 I...'iixcS 2 l2Jd5; l...dxcS 2 e5 t:hd5 3
.ixdS!; l...leie8 2 lhdS; 1...ltc6 2 l2Ja4! 'iixd2 3 :xd2 and the d6 point
cannot be held. 2 ltJdS xd5 3 'it'xb4 leixb4 4 l:txcS! dxc5 5 :xd7! The 495 I.Sokolov-Rozentalis, Tilburg 1993
point of White's plan! Bilek establishes material equality, while his First of ali let us look at the continuation 1 d6. l ... l'txh2 (but not
positional advantage is quickly converted into a full point. 5•••.tf6 6 e5 : d s l...fl='ii+ 2 :Xfl x f l 3 l2Jf4+) 2 d7 fl='ii+ 3 1:1'.xfl ltJxfl 4 d8='if :d2+
7 ltxb7 ltdl+ 8 . t f l il.d8 9 a3 leic6 10 <t;g2 : d 2 11 . t c l l:tc2 12 il.e3 'it>f8 winning.
13 .id3! :cJ 14 .ic4 l2Ja5 14 ... t:hxe5 15 .txcS+ @e8 16 .id4!. 15 .txc5+
1 h3!! Losing a tempo. but retaining an important pawn. 1 h4, with the
<t;e816 i.b4 l2Jxb7 17 i.xc3 ... 1-0
sarne objective, does not work-1 h4-l...c4+ 2 'iti>c3 (2 @d4 l:tg4)
2... l2Je4+ 3 ,t;b4 (3 'iti>xc4 l:tg4; 3 <t;d4 ltg4) 3... c3 4 d6 (4 'it>b3 c2; 4 leid4
490 Azmaiparashvili-Hector, San Sebastian 1991 :l'.g4 5 l'tf3 c2) 4... l2Jxd6 S <t;xc3 l:tgl. 1... l'th2 There does not appear to be
1 il.g5!! Unconvincing is 1 l2Jxc6+ @e8 2 l2Jd4 lte7. l ... c5 1...'ii'xg5 2 anything better. 2 d6 fl='fi+ 3 l:txfl ltJxfl 4 d7 l:!'.d2+ Losing is 4 ... l'txh3+ 5
:xe6 (cutting off the king from the e-file) 2... 1:icS (2 ...aS 3 'iih2!) 3 'it'a6 'iti>c4 l2Jd2+ 6 <t;xcS l2Je4+ (6 ... .l:.d3 7 leif4+ @fl 8 l2Jxd3 We7 9 'iti>c6 Wd8
'i!Vxd4 4 ltxd4 fxe6 5 'it'xc6 : b s 6 h3; 1...@e8 2 .ixf6 gxf6 3 'iih2 q;f8 4 10 li:JeS; 6... l'tc3+ 7 @d4; 6... lhb3+ 7 Wb6) 7 'it>d4 l'thl (7 ... li:Jf2 8 li:Jf4+;
leixe6+ fxe6 5 'ifxf6+ f7 6 6 + . 2 .i.xf6+ gxf6 3 li:Jc6+ @e8 4 'iih2! 7... leigS 8 l2Jf8+) 8 'iti>xe4 l'tel+ 9 WdS. 5 Wc4 t:hg3 The d7 pawn is
'iih4 5 7 : a d 8 6 ltd3! 1-0 6...'iixc4 7 l'tg3 Wf8 8 leixd8 ltxd8 9 'ti'xc7 indirectly defended. ln this lies Sokolov's plan. 6 d8='ii' l:txd8 7 leixd8 leie4
l'td7 1O 8+ 'it>e7 11 .l:.g8 f5 12 'iif8+ 'it>f6 13 'ii'g7+ e7 14 'it'gS+ f6 15 8 li:Je6 h4 9 xc5 ltJfl 10 d3 1/2-½ On 10 ... xh3 follows 11 ltJeS+ 12
fig7 mate. f3 and 13 l2Jxh4.
496 Kotkov-Khachaturov, USSR 1971 logical 5 lDd6+ We6 6 l:th8 concludes the struggle at once. The move in the
l c6!! A problem move! What is the point? The fact of the matter is that 1 game allows Black a surprising resource. 5... .:a7 (so, if the opportunity
lDg6 is no good because of 1...i.xd4!. I. .. i.xc6 l...bxc6 2 i.a6+ Wb8 3 arises, he can give up the rook for bishop and pawn) 6 lTh8? (Psakhis
'Wb-4+; l...\Wxc6_ 2 lDxh5; 1...i.e6 2 lDxe6 11fxe6 3 fxg4. 2 lDg6 hxg6 On refrains from 6 ltJd6+ We6 7 !th8 because of 7... i.d2!, and if 8 Wb2 then
2 ...i.xd4 there 1s now 3 i.f5+!. 3 i.xh6 i.xh6 4 'iVf2 with a decisive 8... l:t.xe7 9 fxe7 @xe7 with compensation for the exchange. Nevertheless he
advantage. should go in for this variation, but continue not 8 Wb2 but 8 ltJe4. 8... i.e3 9
l:t.e8 .:d7 1O i.c5+ Wf5 11 i.xb6 with material gain.) 6... ltJfS 7 ltJd6+
t:2Jxd6 8 h d 6 'itie6 9 .:xh6 (stronger was 9 .tb8. 9.. Jtb7 10 ffxh6 .:xb8 11
497 Fecher-Bricard, Budapest-Paris match 1995 1:r.xg6 Wf7 12 ll.'.h6 : g 8 13 .:xh5 'it>xf6 14 .:h7 We6 with sufficient
The queen and rook are under fire. What to do? No good is 1 lDd7+ Wa8 counterplay or 14 : h 6 + : g 6 15 :xg6+ @xg6 16 c4 c;t>h5 17 Wc2 Wxh4 18
2 lDb6+ because ofthe capture ofthe c-pawn; Also bad is 1 '11Yd7-L..:f7 2 Wd3 'itig5 19 We4 @f6 20 b4@e6-draw) 9... @xd6 10 :Xg6 : f 7 ½-½.
'ifb5 (2 "C..e7 'ifxf3 3 'i!Vxd8+ "C..xd8 4 gxf3 "C..xe7) 2... 'i'xh3 with a quick
mate.
500 Tratar-Sveshnikov, Ljubliana 1994
l lDa6+! bxa6 2 : b 3 t lDb7 3 lt:JeS! ln the event of 3 'i'c6 :Xg2+ 4
Black is a knight ahead, but it is under attack, indeed also bis king is in
Wxg2 "C..g8+ the knight would have to be given up on the g5 square after
danger.
which the rook is included in the defence-5 lt:Jg5 "C..xg5+ 6 Whl : b 5 7
: e t (7 : g J i.g5) 7... lt:Jd6 with advantage to Black. 3...'i'e8 There is no Losing is l...ltJxe5 - 2 ltJxf6 i.xf2+ 3 Whl; also no good is l...'ilixe6 2
salvation: 3... i.xeS 4 'i'c6; 3... Wa8 4 ir'xa6 "C..b8 5 lt:Jc6 :xg2+ 6 'it>xg2 .l:txd7 fx.e5 (2 ... 'ií'xd7 3 ltJxf6 1'fd3 4 i.e4; 2... 'ii'xe5 3 'ti'h6 'Wf5 4 lDxc5
"C..g8+ 7 'it>hl 'i1Vd5+ 8 0-. 4 iixa6 'it>c8 5 'i'xb1+ 'it>d8 6 iib8+ Satis! ... 1-0 xc5 5 i.e4 f5 6 i.xf5; 2 ... .te7 3 lt:Jxf6 'ikxf6 4 exf6 :Xh5 5 fxe7 .:g8 6
.l:te 1; 2... i.b6 3 1'fh6 : g 8 4 ltJxf6; 2... .txf2+ 3 lDxf2 "C..xe5 4 'i'h6) 3 ltJg5
'l!ig6 4 lmtf7+ lb.f7 (4 ... Wg8 5 ltJh6+ Wh8 6 'i1Vxe5+ 1'ff6 7 i.e4) 5 'iUxg6
498 Lputian-B.Alterman, Moscow 1994 i.xf2+ (5 ... hxg6 6 .:xf7 i.d4 7 :Xc7 i.xb2 8 .:dt i.d4 9 i . f l .:c5 10
l ... b3!! Freeing the b4 square for the knight. He could not capture the l:!.xc5 i.xc5 11 !td5 i.b6 12 :d6) 6 'it>h l hxg6 7 :xf7 .id4 8 !tafl .:bs 9
rook because after 2 ikd4 ltJf6 3 ltJfS White has irresistible threats. 2 axb3 llxc7 i.xb2 10 :ff7 .:d8 11 i.d5; better seems l...fxe6 2 'ifxe8 "C..xe8 3
icixdS 3 'iVgS lt:Jb4 4 ir'f5+ We7 5 "C..el+ 'itid8 6 1'ff6+ 'it>c7 7 'i'xc3 Time l:!.xd7 fS (after 3... fxe5 4 l:txc7 .te7 S "C..cl White has the advantage) 4
trouble. 7... "C..d8? Toe rook should be included in the attack-7 ••• :gS! Later, l'.2Jxc5! l h e s 5 : a d i Wg8 6 i.f3 with sufficient compensation.
suffering from time shortage, Alterman made a number of inaccuracies and 1. .. i.xfl+!! An excellent idea! 2 'itin On 2 Wxf2 Black can already play
as a result the game was drawn. 2...ltJxeS (3 ltJxf6 ltJ<l3+!); if 2 lt:Jxf2, then again 2 ... lDxe5 (3 .te4 ltJg6);
while in the variation 2 'itihl 'i'xe6 3 .:xd7 appears the resource 3... i.e3!.
499 Psakhis-Komljenovié, Andorra 1994 2...'ihe6 3 i.h3 Or 3 !txd7 'ikxd7 4 M 6 i'1Vd3 (check!) S Wxf2 1'ig6
winning. 3...'i'xeS 4 1'ft'3 Also hopeless is 4 'i'h6. 4...'llVhS 5 'ir'xh5 "C..xhS 6
White needs to look for chances on the queenside. 1 c3 is in accordance .txd7 i.b6 etc. 4... .td4 5 i.xd7 i.xb2 6 : a b l c3 7 .txbS axbS 8 ltJxf6 c2
with this but after l ... ltJfS (after l ... ltJxf3 2 "C..xc6 lt:Jxh4 3 :xb6 ltJfS 4 i.c5 9 l'.2Jd7 cxbl='i' 10 l:hbl ltJc4 U lDxeS 11 'itig2 ltJd2. l l ...ltJd2+ 0-l
"C..xa2 5 "C..b8+ Wh7 6 Wbl ffa4 7 b4 h4 8 "C..d8 Black stands badly: heis in
zugzwang) 2 "C..d8+ lbd8 3 i.xd8 b5 4 b3 'itif8 5 a4 bxa4 6 bxa4 'it>e8 7
i.b6 'itid7 8 a5 i.f8 9 a6 'itic8 10 i.f2 i.e7 l i Wc2 Wb8 12 Wd3 'it>a8 there 50 l P .Gaprindashvili-Yungkhianel, Correspondence 1994/97
is apparently no win, for example 13 ltJd2 f6 14 ltJe4 fxg5 15 hxg5 h4; or The continuation 1 "C..g3 ltJg6 2 lDxf7, strange as it may seem, leads to a
12 ltJf6 i.xf6 13 gxf6 ltJd6. position with approximately equal chances: 2... .:e4 3 .:xg6+ (There is
ln ll.'.xd8 2 i.xd8 b5 3 b3 Black has two possibilities nothing real to be achieved after 3 'i'h6+ Wxf7 4 'ir'xg6+ 'itie7) 3...Wxf7 4
_the yariation "C..d8+
1
at bis d1sposal: the first: a quick march of the king to the queenside l:txf6+ 'ii'xf6 S 1'fh5+ Wg7 6 i.xe4 dxe4 7 'i'd5 .tc6 8 ltJxc6 'i'xc6 91'fg5+
(3 ...Wf8) and the second, double-edged-to try and prevent (albeit
temporarily) the opponent creating a distant passed pawn (3 ...b4). rj;;f7_
Thinking over the variations associated with 1 l::tg3, one can come to the
1 a4!! Preventing b6-b5. 1... fS Forced since the a-pawn is untouchable conclusion that the queen on b6 is very well placed.
because of mate, while 1...ltJxf3 2 .:ds+ J:txd8 3 i.xd8 is hopeless. 2 gxf6 l .:b3!! ir'a6 The queen must control the f6 square. If, with the sarne
i.h6+ 3 Wbl .:xa4 4 ll.'.d8+ Wfi 5 b3? A mistake intime trouble. Toe more idea, it goes to the d-file, then it will come under attack from the white
knight. 2 l:tg3 g6 3 xti xh7 Alas, now 3 ... l:te4 does not save h i m - 4 Garry Kasparov's idea at its true worth. 4 l:tg4+ Otherwise it is mate: 4 l:ta2
'Wh6+ Wxf7 5 i.xg6+ We7 6 'Wg5! (with the queen on b6 there were no tllxa3+ 5 Wb2 lk2+; 4 Wbl lt:ld2+ 5 @b2 l:tb3+. 4 ...Wh5 5 l:th4+ Wg6 6
such possibilities!) 6 ...i.h6 7 'ilk'xh6 1:txd4 8 'ilk'g7+ Wd8 9 'iVh8+. Other J:i.g4+ WhS Repeating moves in time trouble. Retreating to f7 would
replies are also losing: 3... Wxf7 4 i.xg6+ We7 5 1:tel+; 3 ... i.g4 4 .)i.xg6 conclude the struggle at once (7 l:.g5 eS!). 7 l:th4+ 'it>gS 8 f4+ Wg6 9 f5+
Wxg6 5 lbh8+; 3 ... g4 4 'i!Vh5 Wxf7 (4 ...'Wf6 5 1:tf3 f4 6 lhf4; 4 ... i.c5 5 g5 0-1 10 !th2 lDd2+ 11 Wdl lt:lf'3+.
hxg4 i.xd4 6 l:tf3) 5 'Wxd5+ j_e6 6 xe6 'ii'xe6 7 'Wxb7+ l:te7 8 'ii'f3+
Wg7 9 hxg4. 4 'Wh6+ Wxf7 5 xh7+ i . g 7 6 1:CO+ 'ii'f6 7 1:txf6+ Wxf6 8 504 loffe-Postler, Ybbs 1968
'ii'hS The rest is straightforward. 8... 1:teS 9 'ii'O+ We7 10 °ifg3 Wf7 11 O
.l:te7 12 'i'd6 i.xb2 13 l:tbl J.f6 14 'ii'xd5+ .)i.e6 15 g5+ J.xg5 16 'ii'xgS l i . c l ! The 'officer' courteously makes way for the 'queen'. 1... J:txa2 2
i.xa2 17 l:.b4 i.e6 18 f4 f8 19 f5 i.dS 20 l:td4 l:td7 21 'ii'h5+ Wf6 22 g4 l:Ixa2 xa2 3 d2 'iib4 4 'ffih6 1-0
l:th7 23 g5+ Wg7 24 'i!Yg4 1-0
502 Mannion-V.Akopian, Philadelphia 1994 1. .. e4!! 2 j_xe4 JJ..f5!! with material gain.
l ... i.b8!! Can it be that Akopian is driving the knight to a better position?
2 lt:l7b5 lt:lxg3+ 3 hxg3 i.xg3 4 °ii'd2 lt:lc4! The reserves enter the fight and 506 Sinkovié-Perenyi, Czechoslovakia 1986
decide the outcome o f the battle. 5 'i!Yd4 Now taking the knight is no l . .. i.b2!! The king is deflected from the cl-h6 diagonal. 2 Wd2 JJ..f6!! 3
g o o d - 5 lt:lxc4 'ir'h4+ 6 Wgl J.h2+ 7 Wfl '1!Vxc4+ 8 'ii'e2 (8 Wf2 4+) i.h6 g5 ... 0-1
8...'Wf4+ 9 'iif3 (9 i . O J.h3+} 9 ...J.xb5+ (a subsidiary idea in action!) 10
'iti:f2 i.g3+ 11 'it>gl 'ir'h4. s...\1rh5+ 6 'it>gl 'ir'h2+ 7 Wfl i.h3 8 i.xh3
'ilYxh3+ 9 Wgl 'i!Yh2+ 10 'itifl 'iVhl + 11 'it>e2 'i!YhS+ 12 'it>fl 'ilVO+ 13 'itigt 507 Tolnai-Kallai, Hungary 1986
lt:le3 0-1 An attractive fragment! 1 fl! 1 l:th8+ @g7 2 l:tlh7+ @f6 3 'i'f2+ 'i'f4 4 dxe5+ 'it>xe5. t .. :i&'f4
lnsufficient now is 2 'ii'xf4 exf4 3 eS in view o f 3 ... g5 4 l:t7h5 (4 e6 !txe6!)
503 Yusupov-Kasparov, Novgorod 1995 4 ... f6 5 exf6 Wf7. 2 dxeS!! 1-0
Black is two pawns down, but bis pieces are very active. It is possible to
try and create threats to the king or to exploit the unstable position o f the 508 B.Andonov-Ermenkov, Bulgaria 1987
bishop. Appropriate candidate moves are: 1...l:tc8, 1. .. 1:th8, l...1:tc3+ and The queen needs to penetrate to the g6 square.
1...lt:lxe3.
1 i.g6+! Wg8 2 .)i.e4! l:tbS+ 2 ...Wf7 3 J.d5+. 3 J.rs l:tdS 4 Wg6 The
1...l:tc8 can be dismissed at once beca use o f 2 1:txf5+ and 3 .1:tc5. mobilisation o f the white pieces quickly decides the outcome o f the duel.
The continuation 1.. ..1:th8 2 Wc2 (2 l:.xf.5+? Wg6 3 1:tc5 l:tc3+) 2 ... xa3+ 4...l:td8 5 l:tb3 Wh8 6 l:tb7 l:tg8+ 7 l:.g7 1:te8 8 'it;fT t-0
(2 ...1:txa3? 3 l:.xf5+ Wg6 41:taS) 3 l:.x.a3 l:.xa3 4 l:txf5+ @g6 5 1:te5 1:tc8+ 6
Wb2 l:tcc3 leads to a draw.
509 RomanisWn-Anikaev, USSR 1973
After 1...l:tc3+ 2 Wdl (or 2 Wbl l:th8 3 1:txf5+ We6 4 l:.a5-and the win
There does not appear to be any method of defending the c2 pawn: 1 Wd2
is nowhere to be seen) 2 ... l:th8 3 1:ta2 l:thl+ 4 @e2 1:tccl 5 O the attack
xc2+! 2 Wxc2 'it>xe3; 1 i.xd4 exd4 2 l:.c4 (2 1:ta2 l:.xc2+; 2 c4 d3+)
comes to a dead end.
2... l:txc4 3 bxc4 l:tc8!.
On 1...lt:lxe3 2 fxe3 (2 1:tcS is also not bad) 2 ... 1:txg3 3 1:txf5+ Wg6 4
l:tf2-the draw is obvious. l c3!! l:.xc3 2 l:.xe5+ 1-0
Studying the variations, Kasparov discovered an astonishing auxiliary
idea: 510 Sax-Ciocaltea, Vmjacka Banja 1974
l ... f4!! Ex ungue leonem. 2 l:tf5+ Ifthe pawn is captured Black goes over 1 e6! i.xe6 If I...lt:lxe6, then 2 h c 3 and he cannot defend the f7 and g7
to the variation 2 .. Jk3+ 3 Wdl (3 'it>bl l:th8 4 l:tf5+ 'it>g7 5 l:tg5+ 'it>f6 6 squares. 2 i.xd4 cxd4 3 j_xf7 'ffixti 4 l:[xf7 JJ..xti S 'ii'f4 JJ..xa2 6 'i'Vxd4 1-0
1:ta5 lt:lxa5 7 bxa5 l:tb8+!) 3 ...l:th8 4 l:ta2 l:.hl+ 5 We2 l:txg3! 6 l:tc2 (6 l:.cS
l:tc3) 6 ... l:.ggl 7 l h c 4 1:tdl 8 O (8 l:tf5+ We8) 8...l:thel+ 9 W:f2 e3+.
2 ...Wg6! 3 l:txf4 The rook is 'offside'! 3 ... l:tc8! Now it is possible to assess
511 Osnos-Yukhtman, USSR 1967 519 Kishiev-C.Ivanov, Moscow 1988

1. .. .te3!! 0-1 l .lri.b6!! 'ii'xb6 1...l:r.d7 2 'iie8+ 'it>b7 3 1i'a8+ <bxb6 4 l:r.a6+. 2 lla8+ 'i!Vb8
3 "ii'xe6+ Wb7 4 'ir'e4+ Wc7 5 1!i'xh7+ 'ittc8 6 'iVfS+ b7 7 1!i'e4+ Wc7 8
e5+ Wb7 9 l:r.xb8+ :Xb8 10 °fVdS+ The a-pawn is lost. 1-0
512 Honfi-L.Portisch, Hungary 1984
ite eeds to deflect the bishop on e6 or capture it with check, since the 520 Kruppa-Bareev, Naberezhne Chelne 1988
contmuatton l tZ:lxe6 l:ha4 2 llixc7 l:tal+ 3 <bh2 a4 is in Black's favour.
l lliefS+!! <bf6 l...<bd7 2 tZ:lxe6! l:üa4 3 tlic5+!-the ' p o int' ofthe plan l tZ:lc7+ Wd8 2 .tdl!! 'ittxc7 3 ltlb5+ 'iVxbS 4 .txb5 ... 1-0
2 tZ:le8+ <bgS 3 l h a 2 .txa2 4 llixc7 a4 5 llie7 a3 6 tZ:lxc6 J.bl 7 tZ:lb4 a2 8
llixa2 ... 1-0 52 l lnstructive Example
1 .11i.d5+! f8 l...Wf6 2 i.d4+. Now, with the king on the a3-f8 diagonal,
513 Bulat-Simié, Shabadka 1984 the white queen is untouchable. 2 .11i.b7!! 2... l':.b8 3 .ta7!.
1 J.e8!! Allowing White to gain an important tempo. On 1 dxc7 <bx f l 2
tZ:le3 <be6 the knight will not manage to support the pawn. t...J.xe8 2 dxc7 522 Padevsky-Whiteley, Nice 1974
J.d7 3 tlie3 h5 4 g5 <l;;r, S tZ:ldS h4 6 tZ:lb6 We6 7 <bg2 1-0 1 .lri.d5!! To capture the rook Padevsky 'takes aim' at the f7 square. 1 ... cS
I...l:td6 2 .txd41!i'e7 3 1!i'xe7 .lri.xe7 4 .lri.c5; 1...l:r.e4 2 'iVxf8+ xf8 3 .11i.xf6
514 Kosten-Adorjan, Esbjerg 1988 l:te2 4 i.d4!; l ... .l:r.xd5 2 J.xf6 l:hf6 3 'iVe4. 2 J.xd4 cxd4 3 l:tc7 l:r.e6 4
1... <bd4 2 J.c2 'it>c3 3 J.e4 The bishop occupies an ideal position and it J.xe6 fxe6 5 'ikh5 1-0
seems that White can cope with the pawns. 3... b3 4 'itxf4 <bd4!! Tbe king
cannot :eave the bishop, and the bishop must stop the passed pawns. 0-1 5 523 L.Bansen-Sax,Lugano 1989
<bf3 g2 ..
1 i.h3! lte8?? Leading to defeat. After 1...l:tc7 2 . t f l (2 'ilfe4? d3 3
'Wa8+ 1!i'f8) 2 ... d3 3 xe2 dxe2 41!i'd3 the position is equalised. 2 . t n 'iia6
515 Perenyi-Utashi, Budapest 1984 3 l:r.xe2! 1-0 3... l:r.xe2 4 'ikdl! d3 5 .11i.xe2 dxe2 6 'ikd8 mate.
l .lri.f4!! 'iixf4 2 g3 l:be8 3 gxf4 .txd3 4 'ilVxd3 J.xf4 5 'it>n ... 1-0
524 Liberzon-Dlugy, Palma de Mallorca 1989
516 De la Villa Garcia-L.Portisch, Szirak 1987 1. .. 'ikxb4!! Losing is l ... 'iixa5-2 bxa5 tZ:lxf5 3 a6; after l...1li'xc5 2 'ikxc5
The game continued 1...l:tb2? 2 'it>g3 0 0 3 e3 lla2 4 a6 l:ha6 5 tZ:lxc5 3 bxc5 Black has a small advantage; while after l...'iVxc4 2 J.xd6
l:txc2-draw. But this is how Black wins: 'i'cl 3 h3 'iVxdl+ (3 ...tZ:lf2+ 4 Wh2! ltlxdl 5 'iVxe4) 4 Wh2 White has a win
'in the pocket' 2 xb4 ltlxf5 3 g4 ltld4 White lost on time.
.. llbl! 2 e3 llel 3 llxb4 lte2+!! Forcing the king togo to the first or
_1.
third rank whtch are equally bad for it.
525 Karasev-Reshko, Leningrad 1972
517 Romanishin-Vogt, Polanica Zdroj 1980 l ...'iVxel+ 2 Wxel .l:r.e8+3 Wf2 l:r.e3!! 0-1
1 'ii'h3! 'ii'aS Or I...'ii'xb3 2 tZ:lxb3 llixe4 3 bxa6!. 2 "ii'O! The threats of 3
tZ:lb3 and 3 'ilVxf6 cannot be repulsed. 526 Acevedo-Fischer, Siegen 1970
l. .. l:r.a2+! 2 l:r.b2 llixc3! 3 'it>xc3 l:r.al! 0-1 4 l:r.d2 .txb4+; 4 Wc2 l:txdl.
518 Liberzon-Kurajica, Solingen 1974
527 Quinteros-L.Portisch, Mar dei Plata 1982
Unconvincing is l...tZ:lxe3 2 l:r.xe7 g5 (2 .. Jlfl+ 3 'it>h2 g5 4 lligl) 3 'it>hl!
etc. With the move c2-c3 Quinteros hopes to drive away the bishop from the
gl-a7 diagonal, and then-'bite' the rook. 1... l:tc8! An unpleasant surprise!
1. .. l:r.ti!! 2 .lri.d4 e5! Preparing the 'killing' e7-c5+. 0-1 White can only await his fate. 2 l:r.bl tZ:lg6 3 ltld2 0-1 3...lDxr4+ 4 gxf4
.ie3.
528 Djurié-Gertler, New York 1985 537 Instructive Example

1.. .'ilr'f4! 2 l:.fdl Capturing the queen leads to the loss of a piece. 1 lt:lf6+ gxf6 2 'ir'g3+ Wh8 3 i.e7!! 3 exf6 l:.g8. 3... l:.xe7 4 exf6 with
2...'i!Vh2+ 3 'itifl l:.xb7! 4 'i'xb7 l:.e8 S g3 Or S lt::lf3 'ii'hl+ 6 lt::lgl i.h2. unavoidable mate.
s...lt::lfd5! 6 lt::lf3 'ili'hl+ 7 lt::lgl lt::le3+ 8 fxe3 'ikxb7 0-1
538 Sax-Gruenfeld, Brussels 1985
529 Seirawan-P.Nikolié, Sarajevo 1987 1 'i\Yg6+ is parried by the move 1..,lllg7.
l ... b3! L.ll)g7 lets slip the win: 2 hxg6+ hxg6 3 'itid4 'itig8 4 i.xg7 Wxg7 1 neS!! Now on 1...l:.e8 decisive is 2 'ilig6+, wrule if l...'it>n 2 'i'h7+
S 'itic4 'it>f6 6 'itixb4 'itif5 7 'itic3 Wf4 8 'it>d3 'it>g3 (8 ... g5 9 'itie2 Wg3 10 'it>fl we8 3 'l/Vg8+. 1-0
'itih2 11 g4!) 9 We4. 2 hxg6+ 'it>g8!! 2 'it>e4 ll)g3+; 2 'it>d5 ll)g7. 0-1
539 Flohr-Bivshev, Lvov 1951
530 Sliwa-Ivanciu, Correspondence 1986/87 1 i.xti+! I:txf7 2 l:.c4 The queen is overloaded. 2...'ilid6 3 I:txg4 ll)f6 4
1 i.h7+! 'it>h8 2 i.g6!! 1-0 2... 1:.fS 3 i.xn; 2... i.e6 3 f5 Wg8 4 i.h7+. a'.c4 ... 1-0
531 Yusupov-Spiridonov, Plovdiv 1983 540 Varnusz-Demeter, Hungary 1974

1 'ili'g5+! Excellent! The king is driven away from the rook. 1...'it>h8 2 1 e4!! dxe4 2 ll)e6! 1-0
'ií'e7! 2... l:.b8 3 'iVe5+ 1-0 How simple and how complicated!
541 Domnitz-Pachman, Netanya 1973
532 lnstructive Example 1. ..nhS!! The rook is needed on the h-file-2 ... g6 3 'i!Yxh6+ 'it>g8 0-1
1 ll)f6+! The objective is not achieved by 1 ll)e7+ Wh7 (l...Wf8? 2
ll)xg6+ fxg6 3 'ii'b8+) 2 'i!Vf6 3. 1. .. 'it>f8 If I...Wg7, then 2 ll)h5+ Wf8 3
'ii'h8+ rt;e7 4 °iWf6+ Wd7 (4 ... We8 5 ll)g7+ 'it>f8 6 llle6+) 5 Vxn+ Wc8 6 542 Khalifman-Malaniuk, Minsk 1985
'i'xg6 with a winning position. 2 'i'e8+ rt;g7 3 tlld7 It is hard to fathom For the time being the bishop on c2 is untouchable. l .. J:tg8! 0-1 2 l:.d8
what White is up to. 3•••'iVb4 4 'iWeS+! Wg8 5 ll)f6+ Wf8 6 ll)dS!! winning 'i'cl+!.
the queen.
533 P.Nikolié-A.Sokolov, Reykjavik 1988 1 't!Vc3! Accurate! 1 't!Vf3 is no good because of l ...'ilid4. l ... :teS The
1 'i!Yd7 f5 2 i.dS+! 2 i.c6 ::.Xe7. 2... 'it>g7 2... Wh8 3 i.c6 l:.xe7 4 'i'xe7 diagonal is blocked! 2 'ir'O! and Black is defenceless.
'i'xc6 5 'iWf8 mate! 3 i.c6 lh.e7 4 'iWxe7 (check!) 'flf7 S 'ir'xti+ rj;;xt7 6
'it>g2 Wf6 7 f4 1-0
544 D.Byrne-Seidman, USA 1955
White has an interesting idea: llld5-f6 and 'ii'e7xf8 with mate. However
534 Katalymov-Ilivitsky, Moscow 1959 on 1 tllf6 follows the reply l ... :te6, repulsing the threats. Byme finds the
1 i.f7+! 1-0 possibility of creating a mating structure with tempo.
1 ll)c7! 'iVb7 2 ll)e8+! 'it>g8 3 ll)f6+ íJ:;g7 4 'i\i'xf8+ 1-0
535 Sax-Nunn, Brussels 1985
1 'i'hS! A refined move! 1... f5 Now the f-pawn cannot support the 545 Yusupov-Tukmakov, Erevean 1982
bishop. 2 i.f41-0 1 g3! The bishop is driven away from the vulnerable diagonal. l. .. .1'.h6 2
.te7! 1-0
536 Kaunas-Rozentalis, Kausucas 1981
1... l:.xd2 2 l:.xd2 i.e3+!! The king is deflected from the long diagonal. 3
Whl 3 I:tf2 i.xf2+. 3... i.xd2 4 'i'xd2 e3 0-1 5 i.xc6 i.xc6 (check!).
546 Ivanovié-P.Popovié, Vincovci 1982 553 Fischer-Shocron, Mar dei Plata 1959
l l2:ld4! l:tb6 Or 1...l:t6e7 2 'li'h8+ with mate. 2 'li'h8+ 1-0 Since he loses t 1%xe6! Looks Iike a blunder because ofBlack's following reply. 1. •.'iic8
the knight: 2 ... 'c!Vxh8 3 ltxh8+ e7 4 l:txe8+ 'it>xe8 5 l::te I !. Hopeless is 1...fxe6 2 'ii'xe6+ Wf8 3 'ti'xe5. 2 j_d7! On d7 the queen will be
left undefended.
547 Sixtensson-G.West, Biel 1985
1... g5!! ln this way Black succeeds in halting the g4 pawn and achieve an 554 O.Efünov-Krasin, USSR 1987
open h-file. I...h5 2 g5; I...'i1Vxg4 2 'iWdl!; 1...l:Ig6 2 l::tgl. 2 j_xg5 h5 3 c3 ln the game was played 1 l:txe6 'iixe6 2 'Wxc7+ Wxf6 3 'i'd8+ We5 4
ir'xf2+ 4 'it>hl 4 'it>h3 hxg4+ 5 g4 f5 mate. 4 ... f6! S 1\Ye3 hxg4+ 0-1 'lWl,8+ Wf6 etc. However, as pointed out by O.Efimov, he had a clear path
Since material loss is inevitable: 6 j_h6 l::txh6+ 7 'ii'xh6 'c!Vxe 1+ 8 'it>g2 to victory.
'c!Ve2+ 9 'it>gl 'f!Vxb2. 1 g4! l2:\b4 I.._.!t)h6 2 g5; l...lbd6 2 j.xd6. 2 .U.xe6! 'c!Vxe6 3 'Wxc7+ We8
3 ... Wxf6 4 'ii'd8+! 4 .ti+! with mate.
548 Shamkovich-Tukmakov, Sochi 1970
I l:ta7! l fxg6 Wkg7; l exf6 'c!Vxf6 2 l::ta7 l:tcl+ 3 'it>g2 (3 'i!Vxcl 'f!Vxh4+) 555 Polugaevsky-L.Portiscb, Portoroz 1973
3 ... l::tc2+ (3 ... 2+? 4 'it>h3!) 4 'it>bl .l:Icl+. 1... 1:tcl+ 2 'it>g2 .l:rgl+ Or t ... j_e5! If the rook is driven off the fourth rank then follows a capture on
2 ... .l:Ic2+ 3 'it>f3!! (3 'it>h3 l::th2+ 4 Wxh2 1\Yxe5+ 5 <,t;,hJ 'i'ixf5+) 3 .. Jif2+ 4 g_ 2 .U.de4 j.xe4 3 l:Ixe4 'iib6+ 4 Wg2 i.f6 0-1
'iti>g4 gxf5+ (the f5 square is blockaded by a black pawn!) 5 'iti>h3 l:th2+ 6
'it>xh2 'c!Vxe5+ 7 'it.>h3!. 3 <,t;,bJ .l:.i.hl+ 3 ... l:tg3+ 4 Wh2!. 4 j_xhl 1-0
1... l:.cJ+! Black's play is clirected against the rook on d7. ln reply t_o
549 Klompus-Wittmann, Correspondence 1988/90 t ... g6 there was the move 2 'c!Vb5. 2 <,t;,d4 e5+! 3 fxe5 The fifth rank 1s
J j_d5!! 1-0 blocked. 3 ... g6 4 'c!Vg4 h5
550 Zuger-Kouatly, Geneva 1988 557 lnstructive Example

1,.,j_c6! ln order to fasten on to the g2 pawn. 2 l:tg3 l:txe3 3 l:txe3 j_xd4 To achieve the win White needs to obtain connected passed pawns.
4 Wf2 j_xg2 5 l2:lb3 j_xeJ+ 6 Wxe3 Wg7 7 Wd4 Wf6 8 Wc5 <,t;,gs 9 'iti>b6
'iti>g4 10 'iti>xa6 Wh3! 11 'iti>xb5 Wxh2 12 'iti>c4 h5 ... 0-l t lk8+! 1 l:.c6 fxe5 2 l:txe6 exd4+; 1 fxe6 fxe5; 1 exf6 l:Ixf5; 1 'it'f4 .l:rd5!
2 fxe6 h d 4 + 3 Wf5 fxe5 4 e7+ Wf7!. 1... (l.Je7 l...Wf7 2 fxe6+ (check!).
The king is extremely poorly placed on the seventh rank. 2 l:Ic6! fxe5 3
551 Gutman-Benjamin, Dortmund 1985 li.'.xe6 (check!) W.ti 4 dxe5 etc
It is unfavourable to take the knight because o f the loss o f one o f the
bishops-I...'l!Vxe2 2 'c!Vxe2 j_xe2 31:tfel j_b2 4 l:tc2; or 1..,j_xe2 2 l:.fel. 558 Ribli-Mestel, London 1986
Benjamin finds a fine manoeuvre.
White has a dangerous passed pawn, but 1 d7 leads to its loss: 1...l:Id2 2
1..-.'c!VtJ? 2 'WeJ The only defence against the threat along the long li:xb7 'ii'd3-the rook cannot support the pawn from the rear.
diagonal. 2...'ii'xe3! 3 fxe3 i.xe2 4 l:[fel j.d.l! The e-file is blocked! S
l:.xc5 j_cJ 6 l:tcl .i.f5 7 g4 j.e6 8 l:.bl l:!'.d8 9 Wf.Z 1Id2+ 10 Wf3 j.dS+ 11 l .l:.i.bel! The queen is forced to go to the second rank and the move
e4 l:.d3+ 0-1 l:.a2-d3 becomes impossible. J-0 l...'c!Vd2 21:Idt; 1...Wb2 2 d7 'i!Vd2 31:tdl.
552 VI.Schmidt-L.Espig, Dresden 1985 559 Instructive Example

White's task is to penetrate with the queen into the opponent's camp, but J J:te5+!t The f5 square needs to be blocked. 1...l:If5 I...'it>g4 2 l:Ih4+. 2
after 1 'c!Val l2:le5 2 ir'a8 there is the reply 2... l2:lxg4!. l:Iexe6!! and White wins. 2 ... 'ii'xe6 3 'Wg7+; 2 ... l:Ixh8 3 l:Ieg6 mate.
l 'iiVhl! Deflecting the king from the f-file. l .. .'l.Jf6 2 'i'ial+! l2:le5 3 'c!Va8!
l2:lg6 Now he does not have the move 3 ... l2:lxg4 because o f 4 'iif8+. 4 'c!Vg8
1-0
560 Pisarenko-R.Shcherbakov, USSR 1986 568 lnstructive Example

l. .. i.d4+ 2 g2 2 fl i.h3+. 2.. J:te2+!! 3 fl l:te5!! 4 i.f4 4 'ii'xd6 A.fter 1 g6 f8 tbe king 'jumps out' via the e7 square. l lbe5!! ffxe5 2 g6
i.h3 mate. 4...'ii'xd5 0-1 '.t>f8 3 \\Yh4!
561 lnstructive Example 569 Tseshkovsky-Bellon, Las Palmas 1976

1... .l:.xd6 2 l:txd6 \\Yc7!! with a win 3 'iWd2 (3 'ii'dl fxe4) 3... lbxe4. ln making the last move :ta 1-cl, Tseshkovsky assumed that the e4 pawn
Mistaken would be 2... fxe4 3 'ifd2!. was indirectly defended.
I ... lbxd4 2 .txd4 i.h6! White looked only at 2... lbxe4 3 i.xg7 g7 4
562 Timman-Hübner, Tilburg 1988 lbxe4 i.xe4 5 'ii'd4+. 3 ffc2 3 i.xf6 i.xcl. 3... lbxe4 4 i.f3 lbxc3 5 ff.xc3
i.xf3 6 'iWxf3 l:tc8 etc
1 e6!! As if inviting the bishop to take the pawn. 1... i.xe6 l...°ifc7 2
l:txh7; l... e8 2 exf7+. 2 l:txh7 1-0 since he toses a rook.
570 Balashov-Lanka, Naberezhne Chelny 1988
563 R.Byrne-Larsen, New York 1988 1...lbc3 2 'il'b2 i.e2 does not work because of3 xc3.
_i... b4+!! An impressive idea! Larsen succeeds in defending the g7 square t ... .ie2!! 2 lbe3 2 exd5 i.xd3. 2.. ..t.xn 0-1
w1th tempo, and then capture the rook on d2. 2 h4 2 lbxh4 lbe2+ and
3...'ii'xd2. 2... g5+! 3 xg5 3 g3 lbh5+ (the h5 square is freed!). 3... lbe6+ 571 Christiansen-Tolnai, Luceme 1989
4 'it>h4 'i!Vxd2 ... 0-1
The knight on c4 is defended twice.
1 l:tel lbdl Or l... h5 2 l:txc4 l:txc4 3 lbe7+. Tolnai tries by tactical
564 Pelikan-Menchik, Podebrady 1936 means to avoid material loss. Thus, on 2 :xe2 follows 2... lbf.3+ 3 'it>g2
1 c6 l:tcl 2 a3+!! 2 e7 only leads to a draw. 2... 1:tel+ 3 d7 l:tdl+ 4 lt:ixd4 4 ff.xc8 l:txc8 and Black holds. 2 lbf6+! Now he can give up his
c8 l:tfl 5 c7 l:txf7 6 b8 lhc7 7 xc7 a5! and 8... a4. It is possible to queen for the rook. 1-0
draw near to the rook, but even here there is no win: 3 d6 l:td l+ 4 e5
l:tel+ 5 Wd4 l:tdl+ 6 e3 l:td8 7 c7 l:tc8! 8 d4 Wb5 9 d5 b6 10 !it>d6
a5. 2... bS 3 !it>e7 l:tel+ 4 cJ.>dS:tdl+ S c8 : n 6 c7 ffxf7 7 b8 :tf8+ 8 572 Seirawan-Lobron, Amhem/Amsterdam 1983
c8=fi :Xc8+ 9 xc8 'it>c6 10 b8 'it>b611 a8 aS 12 b8 a413 b4! 'it>bS The queen cannot be taken because of the weakness of the eighth rank,
14 b7 c4 15 'it>c6 b3 16 b5 xa3 17 b6 a2 18 b7 a3 19 bS='if ai however ...
20 'iff4! 'it>b2 21 'ii'b4+ 1-0 1...\\Yxfl+!! Beautiful! 2 'it>xf2 2 °ifxf2 l:txcl +. 2.. ;l:txb2+ 3 f3 ffxcl 0-1
565 Neishtadt-T.Petrosian, Moscow 1956

573 Jovicié-Rajkovié, Belgrade 1977
1... f3!! Allowing Black to gain an important tempo. If now 2 'i:!Vxf3 then l. .. f2+ 2 r;f.>bl g2+ 3 h2 gl='ii'+ 41:txgl lbf3+?! 4... fl= + 5 hl and
2... dxe5 becomes possible, since on 2 gxf3 (he needs to take the pawn) the checks are at an end. Now, however, after 5 l h D fl= + 6 'it>hl '1Wxf3+
follows 2... 'ii'gl 3 f4 (the kníght was 'hanging') 3... dxe5 4 'ii'xe5+ 'it>a7 5 and if5 'iii>h3, then 5•••g4+! 6 ff.xg4 fl=°iV+.
\\Yxh8 'llixdl mate! 0-1
566 Kupreichik-Radulov, Plovdiv 1980 574 Spiridooov-Krogius, Sochi 1973

1 ff.f5!! Blocking the bl-h7 diagonal. l lbxf6 'ii'xc2. l. ..:tg8 2 lbxf6 ffg7 1...l:txe4? 2 fxe4 'iVxe4+ 3 f3 Ve2 41:tgl lbd3 (4 ... lbh3 51:tgal !) 5 I:í.xd3
3 ffg5! Mate is inevitable: 3... :tdg8 4 'ii'xh7+. 1-0 'ifxd3 etc. Victory is achieved by 1...l:tc8!! 2 'ii'eS 'ii'h3 31:tgl 3 lbf6+ h8
4 lt:ie4+ f6!! 5 \\Yxf6+ Wg8. 3 ...'ilfg2+!! 4 Ihg2 l:tel+ S l:tgl l:txgl+ 6 xgl
l:tcl mate!
1 ffxd6!! 1...exd6 2 gxf7+ Wh8 3 'ii'xf6 mate!; 1. .. 'ii'xd6 2 i.xf7+! 'it>h8 3
g7 mate; l..J:tc6 2 gxf7+.
575 Perenyi-S.Djurié, Saint John 1988 582 Oll-Iailian, 1984

1. ..lhg3!! ln the variation 1. ..'Wxe5 2 e5 lL!xal the rook on d3 finds 1. ••a6! 0-1 2 'i'c4 (2 'iib4 a5) 2... 'ii'h4+! 3 g3 d3+!.
itself under attack. 2 lL!xgJ xf2+! Again the capture of the rook is no
good-2 ... 'Wxe5 3 lL!xe5 lL!xal 4 lL!xc6. Exploiting the fact that the bishop 583 Mendua-Velikov, Trnava 1984
is untouchable (3 f2 'ir'xe5), Djurié moves it from c5 to f2. 0-1 3 hl (3 1 .1e5!! a2 2 l:tal xeS If 2 ...'ii'c2, then 3 lL!h6+ h8 4 'i'xf6!. 3 lL!h6+
h2 xg3+ 4 xg3 d3+) 3... 'ti'xe5 4 e5 lL!xal 5 lL!xc6 xg3!.
1-0
576 Anikaev-Lhagva, Ulan Bator 1972

584 Pfleger-Larsen, Manila 1974
The bishop on g4 has an extremely suspect position, but it cannot be 1 .!Z:lf3+! 1 xa7? b4--draw. l ... f4 2 ltJxh4 'it'g3 3 g2!! The fact of
taken 'with bare hands'. 1 'i'xg4 'il'xg4 2 l:xg4 :Xel+; 1 l:txg4 l:txel+ 2 1he matter is that on 3... lit>xh3 there is the reply 4 f4+ (for the present the
'i'xel 'Wxg4. 1 lL!xg7!! What's this? 1. .. xg7 2 .1xf8+! This is the idea! knight is still standing on d5!) 4 ... xf4 5 Wxa7 lL!d3 (5 ... d5 6 @b7) 6
2... h8 2... l:txf8 3 .l:xg4; 2... xf8 3 l:tfl+!; 2... l2Jxf8 3 l:xg4+. 3 d6 ;i.b6. And if the knight is captured-3 .. .'it>xg2 4 h4-the king is shown to
l:txe4 4 l:txe4 e6 5 h4 1-0 be 'out of play•. 3 lL!g6 is no good since the knight is placed very poorly
here: 3... b4! 4 h4 'iti>g4. 1-0
1 c3!! l:tdS 2 c4!! l:td4 3 xd4 exd4 4 l:th8+ e7 5 c5! The c-pawn 585 Tseshkovsky-Vasiliev, Severodonetzk 1982
surprisingly takes part in the attack! Before Black lies the choice of being
The rook is untouchable because of a jump away of the knight, while the
mated or suffering great material loss. attempt to drive the queen to the fourth rank-1 a3 is met by the
counter-blow 1...l:te3 !.
578 A.Sznapik-Kurajica, Banja Luka 1983 1 g6!! hxg6 After 1...l:te7 2 gxf7+ 'iti>h8 3 h6! the result of the game is in
lt is possible to win the rook, but lose the game: 1 g8='ji'+ :Xg8 2 l:tg7+ no doubt. 2 hxg6 fxg6 3 a3! 1-0 0 n 3... l:re3 Tseshkovsky had prepared 4
a7 3 l:txg8 h2 4 l:th8 a2. i.e6+ or 4 'i'xe3 e3 5 e6+.
1 b6!! l:tb2+ 2 xa5 l:tg2 3 g8='i'+ 1-0 The c5 square is accessible to
the bishop. 586 Levchenkov-Sveshnikov, Yurmala 1969
l. .. e3+!! 2 fxe3 2 'ii'xe3 l:txd5+ 3 e2 l:te5!; 2 We2 xc3; 2 d3
579 Kaplun-M.Gurevich, USSR 1983 °'i'xd5+. 2... xc3+ 3 c2 3 .l:hc3 'fixd5+. 3 ... 'Wxd5 4 g4+ g7 5 l:tdl
1... h2+!! Achieving an exchange of queens on the h2 square ora transfer "t:tc6+ 0-1
of the enemy king to the f-file. 2 ifxh2 2 fl 'ji'xgS 3 fxg5 l:txf3.
2•••'il'xh2+ 3 xh2 xf3 4 xf3 l:txf4 5 g2 g7 6 a4 l:tf2 7 l:tcS l:tc2 8 587 Tal-Andersson, 5th match game, Stockholm 1976
g3 l:tc3+ 0-1
The dashing raid 1 'ii'h6 l:g8 2 l:rh4 (2 'ii'xh7+ xh7 3 l:rh4+ 'iih5) is
repulsed by 2... lL!f8. Tal finds a remarkable idea.
580 Azmalparashvili-Yudasin, Kiev 1986 1 i.b6!! l:tc8 Capturing the bisbop draws the knight further away from
1 'ifb8! 1 lL!d6 is no good-1... eS 2 'ji'xc8 l:txd6. l ... dS 2 lL!d2 d7 the f8 square. 2 'ii'h6! l:tg8 3 l:.d4!! A staggering idea! 3... f u b 6 Forced
What has Azmaiparashvili in mind, don't 3 'Wc7 'ilib5 4 l:tc5 l:tc6!, and 3 because the queen cannot abandon the fifth rank. 4 l:txd5 lL!xd5 5 l:f3 l:rc3
'ii'xf8+ xf8 4 lL!xb3 axb3 5 l:tc8+ favour the opponent? 3 l:tc8!! Elegant! 6 .Uxc3 xc3 7 'iVe3 b4 7... xa2 8 'ilVd.2; 7... d5 8 'tWa7 l:rf8 9 a3!. 8 'iVa7
1-0 l:tf8 9 'ii'c5 l:rb8 10 'ii'd6 1-0
581 Smirin-Gelfand, Sverdlovsk 1987 588 Kbo)estak-Atanasov, Hungary 1987

1 h3+! To deflect the knight on e5 and to play c3-c4. l ... lL!fd7 2 1 lL!e4!! l:ta7 He cannot take the knight: l...'i!Vxe4 2 'ji'xe7 mate;
xd7+! xd7 3 xeS+ 'iti>c8 3... dxe5 4 c4!. 4 c4 1-0 4 ... 'ii'e8 5 'iig4+. I . J h f l + 2 l:rxfl xe4 3 'ii'f7+ d7 (3 ... d8 4 l:tdl+) 4 'i'xe7+ c6 5
11Vxe6+ 'iti>b5 6 a4+ 'iti>xa4 (6 ... bxa3 7 'i!Vb3+ Wc6 8 11Yc4+ cS 9 lli6+) 7 596 Matulovié-Vaganian, Kragujevac 1974
'i'c4!. 2 .txe7 1:txfl+ 31:txfl xe4 3 ...11Vxe7 4 d6+. 4 l'iti+ Wd7 51:tdl+
'iti>c6 6 'i'xe6+ 'iti>b5 7 a4+! Wxa4 7... bxa3 8 'i!Vb3+. 8 3+ 1-0 1... l:t.b6!! The idea is to draw the white rook nearer. 2 nrs Now he can
come out without fearing the checks. 2 ... Wg2 3 1:tgS+ WO 4 Ir.fS+ 'iti>g3 5
;r.,c4 5 Ir.g5+ 'it>f4! S... Ir.xbS 6 Wxb5 d3 7 Ir.gS+ 'it'f4 8 Ir.g8 d2 9 Ir.f8+ 'it'e3
589 lTiibin-Lautier, Sochi I 989 10 l:t.e8+ 'it'd3 11 Ir.f8 dl='W 12 Ir.xf2 'i'b3+ ... 0-1
It seems that White will not succeed in winning back the piece (] .id6
1:tfS), however ... 597 Klinger-P.Blatny, Bad Worishofen 1988
1 b4! A little bit o f cunning! 1...Wxb4 2 .td6 'iti>a3 2 ...lli5 3 .ixc5 1 'iVb8!! A.mbush! 1 ...'ife7 2 : x g 7 + "ii'xg7 3 'ifxc7 1-0
{check!) 3 .ixcS+ wxa241:te8 .l::tc7 5 . i b 4 a5 6 .ixa51:ta7 7 . i d 8 1-0
598 P.Popovié-Sax, Subotica 1987
590 Zotkin-Barkovsky, Leningrad 1985
With the surprising l ... i.c3!! Black wins a piece: 2 bxc3 'i'xa3+ 3 'it'bl
1 .igS! He could not take the h6 pawn at once because ofthe exchange o f :í.xd6; 3 .l::tb2 °ifxd6. Sax played l....ixe4.
queens and the loss o f the bishop. 1...'i'd5 Even worse is l...hxg5 2 xgS.
2 .ixb6 i.xb6 3 'i'xh6 1-0
591 Benjamin-1.Ivanov, Philadelphia 1985 1 .ic4!! 'Wdl 2 °ifg6+ 'it'h8 3 °ife8+! 'iti>h7 4 .ig8+ 'it'h8 S i.b3+
capturing the queen.
1 .txti+ 'iti>d8 2 i . g 6 1:txg7 3 .taS+! An important intermediate move,
leading to the win ofthe exchange. 1-0
592 Svechik-Leshner, Poland 1968 l ... .ixa5 de.flects only one defender.
1...bS!! 2 axb6 .ixb6; 2 .id3 :Xc2! 3 .ixc2 .ixa5 4 f l i.b6; 2 'iti>g2
l .:tel? He should play 11:tdS! with the irresistible threat o f 2 xf6 'i'xf6
3 .l::tg8+. I...'i'd6 .. .'/2-l/2. l:xfl+ 3 Ir.xf2 bxc4.
593 Makarycbev-Vaganov, USSR 1968 601 Pomar-L.Portisch, Skopje 1972

l . ...igS!! 2 'i'eS+ 2 fxg5 opens the fourth rank-2 ...°ifg2+ 3 'it'e2 .l::te4.
11:tel!! The rook lays an ambush. l ...dS l...'ii'g7 21:teS+. 2 i.xg8 'i¼'xg8 2 ... 'i'xeS 3 dxeS i.xf4 4 Ir.d8+ : g s S Ir.d6 : g 6 6 : d 4 .txeS 7 ?txh4+ c;t>g7
31:teS+ 1-0
8 l:t.b4 .ixh2 9 l1xb5 Ir.g4 10 b3 axb3 11 l:.xb3 .l::ta4 ... 0-1

602 Beliavsky-Yudasin, Kiev 1986
l...1:td2 toses: 2 g7! 'iti>xg7 3 nxg2+.
The weakness ofthe first rank hinders the advance ofthe f-pawn. l 'i'fl?
1 ...na2+!! 2 'it'b4 : d 2 The position has changed somewhat-the white ::trn 2 xf7 (2 a5 'i'f5! (2 ... e51? 3 axb6 e4) 2 .. .':j;xf7 with unclear play. 1
king is on the fourth rank. 3 l b g 2 Now 3 g7 does not w o r k - 3 ... nd4+! 4 'i'b4+!! leads to the goal. The king is deflected to the g8 square. 1 'i'f4? e5.
<ii>c5 'iti>xg7. 3 ...nxd7 4 Wc5 Wg7 5 : g s f6 etc. :n
I ...'it'g8 2 'i'f4 °fi'f5 2 ... 3 xf7 Wxf7 4 °ifc7+; 2 ...e5 3 f7 (check!) 3 t i +
k4Xti 4 xf7 <t>xfi 4 ...'Wxf4 5 l:.xf4 Ir.f8 6 h6+. 5 'ii'c7+.
595 V.Akopian-Sedrakian, USSR 1986
If he plays 1 %:tdg1 (with the threat o f 2 'ii'h7+ and 3 ?txg7+) then Black 603 Boudy-G.Szilagyi, Varna 1979
replies 1....l::tfc8, and on 2 'i'h7+ follows 2 ...'iti>t"8. Weak is 1 e7+ because o f 1... xe7 2 tue5+ .id5 3 xg6 .ixfl+! 4
1 'i'h7+!! A fine ideal l ... 'iti>ti 2 5+ 'iti>g8 3 %:tdgl 1-0 3 ... 1:tfc8 4 @h 1 hxg6 and it is only Black who can win.
'i'h8+!. 1 tuf6+!! 'i'.xf6 In the event o f 1...gxf6 2 eS+ ct>g7 3 g6 the bishop
on e I is lost-the f-file is blocked! 2 gS+ 1:tf7 3 .ixti+! 'it?f8 4 xh7+
1-0
250 Solutions to Exercises Solutíons to Exercises 251
604 Ftácnik-Ublmann, Budapest 1978 611 Chiburdanidze-Feustel, Tbilisi 1976

On the capture ofthe rook follows l...e6+! and ali that remains is a forced The black king is restricted, but I f5+ concedes the g5 square to him.
draw 2 l h e 6 (2 'ii'e4 'it>xg6 3 .:tc I i..f2) 2 ... g I='if 3 .:tc7+. 1 g7+ 'it>f6 2 g5+!! hxg5 2 ... 'it>f5 3 l:te5 mate. 31:tgn+! Wg6 4 f5+ h6
1 .:tce6!! Hiding from the pursuit ofhis opponent. l . .. .:tc3 l f l....:tc2, then 5 .l:Ih7 mate
2 .:ta6! .:ta2 3 .:txa2 (3 e6+ 'it>f8 4 .:txa2) 3 ... e6+ 4 'it>e4 xg6 5 l:txg2+! or 3
e6+! (Now the pawn is not pinned) 3 .. .' f8 4 .:txa2. 2 .t.xg2 .i.g3 3 .:tg6 h4 612 Schmid-Westerinen, Bamberg 1968
4 e6+ 'it>f8 5 .:td2 .:tc8 6 'it>g4 Against the manoeuvre .:td2-d5-g5 there is no
defence. 1-0 l f4!! f5 Now the knight is defended only by the queen. 2 i.xb7 .t.b8 3
Jtc6! 1-0
605 Sbakarov-Rozentalis, Correspondence 1986
613 Ozsvatb-Orev, Bulgaria 1977
Weak is I n.t3-I....t.xe6! 2 gS .t.d8.
1 l::tg8+ 'iàt>e7 2 l:tdgt ltld8 3 l:tlg7+ ltln 4 f5! 4 lt:\g5 l:txf4. 4 ... d6
l lt:lgS!! Now the rook cannot come to the help ofthe king. 1-0 1...lhe6 4 ... exf5 5 lt:\gS. 5 ltlg5 dxe5 6 f6+! @d6 7 ltlxn+ 'it>d5 8 .t.d8+ We4 9
2 'i'f8+; 1....:txg5 2 .:tf3 'ifb3 3 .t.xb3 lt:\xb3 4 e7 .:teS 5 f8+ 'it>h7 6 h4. lt'lg5+ @e3 10 n 1-0
606 Karolyi-Hodgson, London 1989 614 Taimanov-Shamkovich, USSR 1954

l f the king gets to the d3 square it will be safe. The move 1... dxe4 does White's position appears absolutely lost-the last hope on the a-pawn
not prevent this-2 'fkc2+ and 3 'ti'xe4. dies in the variation 1 a5 b2 2 a6 b 1= 3 .t.xb 1 l:txb 1+. Nevertheless play
l . .. lt:lc5!! 2 dxc5 dxe4 3 l:rd8+ °iVxd8 There is no defence. 0-1 continued:
I a5 b2 2 i..b7!! Taimanov exploits the weakness o f the eighth rank.
607 Sandler-Kinsman, Paris 1990 2...' f8 ln the event o f 2 ... ltlb3 3 a6 lt:\cl 4 a7 l:tf8 5 a8='ii' bl='i' 6 Va7
1... .t.xc2 2 'if xc2 Hoping to enter a minor piece endgame. ·c2 ...'ti'xc2 3 'ti'b2 7 i..d5 White's activity compensates for the pawn deficit. 3 a6 .t.e8 4
.:tct) 2 .t.fl lt:le3+. 2 ... lt:le3+! Opening up the second rank. 0-1 l:tdl bl='ii 5 l:txbl lt:lxbl 6 a7 'it>e7 7 a8=1i l:txa8 8 i..xa8 'it>f6 9 'it>g2
'itie5 10 i..c6 gS!! 11 Jl.e8 fS 12 i..c6 ltld2 13 'it>f2 llib3 1/2-1/2
608 Niniv-Spasov, 20th Bulgarian Correspondence Championship

615 Spasov-P.Popov, Stara Zagora 1977
1 .l:td6!! A beautiful move! On I...'ifxd6 there is already 2 lt:15 (2 ... 'i\Vb4+
3 c3). l ... .txd6 2 i..xe6+ @f8 3 'i'h8+ 'it>e7 4 lt:\d5+ 1-0 I ltlg6+! hxg6 2 'i\Yg4 Q)f8 If he now plays 3 4+ Q)h7 4 i..f7 then
follows 4 ... g5 5 h5 g6, while on 3 h3+ ltlh7 4 i . . t 7 - 4 ... i..c8. 3 i..ti!
lt'lh7 3 ... .tc8 4 'S'h4+; 3... g5 4 'i\Yh5+. 4 i..xg6 1-0 4 ... 'it>g8 S 'ir'e6+ 'it>h8 6
609 Stean-Sax, Amsterdam 1979 'i'h3.
It seems as though the fire o f the attack has been extinguished--on
L.lt)h4 there is the reply 2 'ti'gS. Stop. Cut the g-file! 616 Bõhm-Kochiev, LeHavre 1977
1. ••lt:\g4!! 0-12 'ifd6 lt:\f4!. I. .. l:th8+!! Kochíev forces his opponent to take the g3 pawn! From the
variation l ...'iVhS+ 2 'it>g2 'ifh2+ 3 'it>f3 4 'i\Yxe6 it can be seen that the
610 Gutman-Vitolins, USSR 1979 g-pawn hinders Black. 2 'it>xg3 2 'it>g2 lth2+. 2 ••. .t.h3+! 0-1 3 'it>xh3 \1Vh5+ 4
At first sight it looks as though Black might as well resign-l. .. 'fie7 2 g3 '1Wh4+ 5 'it>f3 (5 Wg2 h2+ 6 'it>fl 1Whl mate) 5... 'i\Vh3 mate.
6+ 'it>g8 (2 ...'ti'h7 3 'ti'xf8+) 3 .t.gl+ with mate. So is there no way o f
saving himself? 617 Ciocaltea-L.Popov, Wijk aan Zee 1974
l ...i..d3!! A miraculous resource! 2 'it>xd3 'ike7 3 e4 On 3 1Wh6+ appears 1 i..f5! Before takíng the knight it is necessary to secure the f5 square.
3... 7 (check!). 3•••'ti'g7 4 hS+ 'iàt>g8 S i..d4 cS! 6 i..xcS .t.c8 7 f4 lt:\a6! l...i..b7 t...i..xfS 2 llixf5+ 'it>f8 3 lt:\d6; 1...1i'c6 2 'ti'h4! i..xf5 3 ltlxfS+
7... lhc5? 8 e8+. 8 . t a 8 .:tgl ltlxcS+. 8...ltlb4+ 9 'it>e2 l:txa2 0-1 10 l:tgl 'it>h8 4 lt:ld6. 2 .i.xd7 l:txd7 31'if6+ 'it>g8 4 l:txd7 xd7 5 llifS 1-0
.t.xb2+ 11 'it>e3 .t.b3+!.
618 Korchnoi-Dreev, Brno 1992 624 Kholmov-Panchenko, Smolensk 1986

ln time trouble Korchnoi played 1 'ii'g5+ and subsequently agreed a draw. J .l:i.d8 lets slip the win-1.. ..l:i.gl+ 2 Wf5 .l:i.xg7. The very experienced
It seems that White will not manage to transfer the rook to h3: I : e 3 'if f8. grandmaster in good time leads the king to the g-file, thereby exploiting the
However there is a finesse, allowing the gain of an important tempo. peculiar features ofthe opponent's position.
1 i.b4!! .ixb4 Or l...c5 2 dxc5 i.e5 3 c6 bxc6 4 : e 3 'iff8 5 'i!Vg5+. 2 1 'it>f3!! l:gl l....l:i.h5 2 .l:i.d8 i.e2+ 3 Wf2 .l:i.f5+ 4 'it>el !. 2 'it>f2 This is the
: e 3 i.d6 Exactly! He needs to 'hold' the g3 square too. 2... h5 31li'xh5. 3 nuance about which we spoke earlier. 2... :gs 3 :dS! l-0 3... .l:i.f5+ 4 @gl
: b 3 with mate. :l'.g5+ 5 Wxfl. The moves 1 'it>O and 2 Wf2 prove considerably more useful
than I .l:i.d8 and 2 W:f5.
619 Wong-Grinberg, Groningen 1976/77
1 gS hS 2 i.xbS 'it>g7 3 :xdS!! 3 i.f.3 does not achieve its 625 Tbipsay-Murugan, India 1988
a i m - 3 ... : h 8 4 :xd5 :xh4!. 3...'ii'xd5 4 i.f3 'lixes 5 'ii'b7+ 'it.>f6 6 e4+ l. .."ifb4+ 2 'it.>at i.dl!! 2... c3 allows White a way out: 3 .l:i.bl 'ifa3 4 .l:i.b3
'it>e6 7 'ii'h3+ fS 8 tflxc3 : b s 8...'ifxc3 9 i.d5+. 9 'ifg3 'i\Vxg3 10 hxg3 l-0 i.xb3 5 cxb3. With the move 2... i.d2 Murugan blocks the line for action by
the white queen against the b2 square and deflects the rook from the tirst
rank. 3 : g J c3 4 .l:i.bl 'i'a3 5 .l:i.b8+ 5 .l:i.b3 i.xb3 6 cxb3 'ifcl mate. S••. 'it>g7
620 Hübner-Piket, Lugano 1989 6 h6+ i.xh6 Simpler is 6... Wh7. 7 .l:i.xg6+ fxg6 8 ltb7+ 'it;h8 9 .l:i.b8+ i.g8
1...'i'e5 promises little-2 c4. 10 'ilic4 'ifcl+ 0-1
1...'ifaS! The queen wants to penetrate to the king via the c3 square.
Hubner is forced to go in for a fatal weakening of bis position. 2 b4 2 c3 626 Kaidanov-E.Nagy, Balatonbereny 1987
l:txc3. 2...'if eS! 3 c4 l:tb8 4 'i!VO i.g4! 5 'ifc6 5 'iffl e4. 5.•. :xb4+ 6 b3
l:tb8 7 "fia6 t:he4 8 i.xe4 'ifxe4+ 9 'it>cl 'ifel+ 10 'it>c2 i.f5+ 11 'it>c3 'ii'e3+ l i.xg7+ .l:i.xg7 2 .l:i.xd7!! Deflecting the queen from the light-coloured
0-1 squares. 2 .l:i.h8+ .l:i.g8 3 'i'h3 does not work because of 3... i.h4. 2, ••.ih4 Or
2... 'i'xd7 3 .l:i.h8+ .l:i.g8 4 .l:i.xg8+ 'it>xg8 5 i.e8+. 3 %txd8+ i.xd8 4 .l:i.b8+
'l;e7 5 'ifgS+ 1-0
The natural 1...:a8 2 'ii'b6 : a 6 , it seems, does not Iead to its goal because 627 Polugaevsky-Lein, Leningrad 1971
of the counterattack-3 : d l ! . First Black has to push the king back to the
first rank with the move 1....l:i.h8+!!, and only after 2 Wgl play 2... .l:i.a8. On l '1Wxb2 follows 1. .. .l:i.xd5 2 :XdS it:\xe3 and everything is in order for
Then 3 's!fb6 : a 6 traps the queen. Black.
It should be mentioned that the pawn snatch (l...tflxf2) can lead ro 1 b4!! Thunder and lightning! 1. .. 'ifxal After l...cxb4 there is no
unnecessary complications: 2 'ii'b6 i.c6 3 i.d5+! ri;g7 4 'ii'xcS etc. simplification by 2 'ir'xb2 .l:i.xd5 3 ltxd5 it:lxe3 because of 4 :Xa5!. 2 f6+
i.xf6 3 'i'xal it:lxe3 4 .l:i.xd8+ :xd8 5 :xd8+ i.xd8 6 'ifel 1-0
628 Tiviakov-Poluliakhov, Kronotkin 1995
Clearly the bishop cannot be taken. If he creates a flight square with 1 h3,
then Black saves hirnselfby l ...Wd7 2 .l:i.xdS+ 'it>e6. 1...'ifb6? (Having in m.ind both 2... i.xd4 as well as 2... i.f7) 2 e6!
(Parrying both threats. Now the game quickly bowls along to a draw.)
I g4!! So he can save the bishop by the move 3... .l:i.xf5!. 2... i.xe6 3 fxe6 'Wxe6+ 4 'ii'f5 'ii'x:f5+ 5 ,J;xf5 .ixb2. 1/2-1/2.
Meanwhile l ... bS+I! led to victory. A pawn sacrifice to gain a tempo! 2
623 Vaganian-P.Nikollé, Nestved 1985 'it;xhS 2 xg5 'i'g7+; 2 c.t>h3 g4+. 2... .if7+ 3 'iii>g4 Or 3 Wxg5 Y/g7+ 4 'it>h4
1 'ii'g4! Vaganian Jures the pawn to e6. 1... e6 Other repiles lose at once: 'i'h6+ 5 'iii>g4 'ii'h5 mate. 3...'i'h6 There is no h-pawn, but on the other hand
l...'ifa6 2 'iif3! 'ii'f6 (2 ... f6 3 Vi'b5+) 3 'Wb7; l...'ii'b7 2 'iif5!. 2 'WhS! g6 there is no bishop on f7! 4 Wf3 4 h4 i.xd4. 4... i.dS+ 5 We3 i.xd4+ 6
Black doesn't have the move 2...'ii'd5. 3 it:lxg6 hxg6 3... fxg6 4 'ifeS .l:i.g8 5 ..t?xd4 'i!Vb6+, capturing the queen.
'iixe6 (check!) 4 'ifxh8 d7 5 i.f4 'i'a3 6 dS! exd5 7 : e 1 + Wd8 8 i.g5+
1-0
254 So/utions to Exercises Solutions to Exercises 255
629 R.Byrne-Ciocaltea, Hastings 1971/72 634 Enders-Uhlmann, Eggezin 1978

l l:te2!! The black queen is too well placed. l .. .'i1f6 2 gS! 'ilixg5 2 ... 'ilif7 3 t. .. lliel!! Excellent! With the knight on f3 the white king falis into a
6+. 3 l:tg2 l:tg4 4 fxg4 . i c 6 4 ... f4 5 l:tf.2. 5 'i'h7+ f8 6 l:th5 'i'e3 7 mating net. 2 l::txg7 Or 2 l:ttb8 llif3 3 l:tbl l::ta2+! 4 .l:tlb2 lhb2+ 5 l:xb2
'ilixfS+ 1-0 lllxh2. 2•••llif3 3 l:txf3 l:ta2+ 4 'ittel exf3 5 l:tti 5 l:txh7 '.t.>e4. 5 ... l:ta3 6
l:txh7 lf 6 l::tf4, then 6 ...d4 followed by 'itte5-d5 and .... e6-e5. 6... 'it>e4 7 l:tf7
e5 8 h4 .:.a1+ 9 '.t.>d2 l:tO 0-1
630 Shcherbakov-Bakulin, Moscow 1956
White is in a criticai position: 1 .l:hf3 'ilixf3 2 'Wxf3 .txf3 leads to a
hopeless endgame; 1 .ie2 loses after 1...1:txdl 2 .ixdl (2 'l!Vxf3 'ilixf3) 635 Barcza-Kluger, Debrecen 1936
2...1:txfl+. White wants to draw away the defenders ofthe g7 square.
1 .te4!! A splendid move! 1... 1:txn+ If 1...1:txdl, then 2 'i'xf3! and 1 llig6!! fxg6 l...'i!Ve8 2 .txe6. 2 ::td8!! The knight is pinned, and the
White ... even wins: 2 ...1:txfl + 3 'ii'xfl ! 'ii'e8 4 'ilif6. 2 'i'xn l:bdl 3 'ikxdl queen deflected! 2... gxfS 3 .ixe6+ .txe6 4 'ii'xe6+ Wh7 5 ::txf8 l:txf8 6
'ilie8 4 'it'f3 'ilie7 4 ... ..txe4?? 5 'ii'f6! 5 .ixb7 llixb7 6 . t g s 'i!Vd7 7 h5 llid8 8 'f/c7 ... 1-0
<t>h2 l2Jc6 9 .th6 'ii'e8 The threats to the king do not allow Black to realise It should be noted that it was not possible to start with the move 1
his positional pluses. 10 g3 llie7 11 .tgS gxh5 12 gxh5 ltJfS+ 13 r:J;h3 lid8-1...llixd8! (l...'iixd8 2 i.xe6) 2 l2Jg6 .ixf5! (2 ... llic6 3 llife7+!) 3
'i1Vd7 14 h2 °11Ve815 'it.>h3 ... ½-½ l2Jxf8 (3 exf5 llic6!) 3 ... .tg4 4 g2 (4 h3 llic6!!) 4 ... llic6!! (4 ... 'it.>xt"E 5
'i'xc5+ @g8 6 f3 .te6 7 'ii'e3!) 5 'Wc7! l:txt"E 6 f3 Ji.e6 7 'i'xb7 llied4 etc.
631 Zakharevich-Emelin, St Petersburg 1994
Because o f the weakness o f the first rank lhe move Ji.b2xf6 is not 636 Kupreichik-Chekhov, Minsk 1976
possible; if he exchanges rooks and makes a flight square for his king then 1...e4!! 2 i . e 2 Opening the diagonal before taking the bishop. 2 fxe4
Black manages to block both dangerous diagonais: .tb4-c3, ..tb2-a3, xd3 3 l:td2 l:txg2+! 4 @xg2 (4 l:txg2 'iixd l+) 4 ...'iVxe4+ 5 'ittf2 (5 'ittgl
l:tc8-c5. .l:txd2; 5 @fl 'ilixc4+; 5 'it.>h3 l:txd2 6 llixd2 g2+) 5... g2+ 6 @el (6 We3
1 l:tel!! Excellent! After 1....ixel 2 .ixf6 the bishop on e l covers the llif5+ 7 @f4 'ilig5 mate) 6 ...li'gl+ 7 @e2 'flxh2+ 8 r:J;fl (8 r:J;el 'iih4+!)
white king, while the attempt 2 ... .txf.2+ 3 c;f.,xf2 'ili'c5+ is not successful-4 8... .tg2+! 9 'ittf2 (9 r:J;el 'iig3+ 10 'itte2 'ii'O+; 9 ::txg2 ::txdl+ 10 l:txdl
f3. If, however, Black plays 1....ic3, then follows 2 .ta3 .tb4 3 llixe6+ 'IIVhl+ 11 l:tgl 'iff3+ 12 r:J;eI 'iie4+) 9 ... .td5+ 10 @el (10 'itte3 'ii'g3+ 11
(the rook again is in place!). ln reply to l...e5 White takes with the r o o k - 2 cJ;,d4 i.f3+) 10 ... 'iigl+!, and Black wins. 2 ... exf3 3 'i!VxdS .ixdS 4 .id3
l:txe5. 1...llie4 2 l:txe4 dxe4 3 llixe6+ 'ii'xe6 4 'it'xe6 l:tc7 5 'i¾Í'h6+ 1-0 l:ixg2+! 5 l:txg2 fxg2 6 llie3 i.b7 7 .tc4 l:.d4 ... 0-l
632 Bronstein-Keene, Teesside 1975 637 Garcia Palermo-I.Sokolov, Oakham 1988

1 llig5!! l:tc5 1...fxg5 2 'i'd4 .txg2 3 'i'h8+ r:J;r, 4 'ili'xh7+; l....ixg2 2 Black cannot now sacrifice the exchange-1...l:txdl, since after 2 .ixdl
l:txd7 l:txd7 3 'ili'xf6 l:tg7 4 °11Ve6+ h8 5 llif7+! (the knight is in lhe right the rook is included in the defence o f the f2 square. So I.Sokolov conducts
place). 2 l:txd5 l:txdS 3 bxc4 fxgS 4 'ii'g4 ::tfS S .txa8 l:txa8 6 'i!Ve4 l:td8 7 an interesting operation to drive it away from the second rank.
'it'd4 r:J;f7 8 g4 1-0 I. .. llid2! 2 l:tel Ji.fS! 3 ::tc3 Or 3 l:tcl llie4 4 i.f3 l:txdl !. 3 ... llie4 4 l::!:f3
:.Ixo 5 i.xf3 ::txdl 6 'ii'xdl llixfl White lost on time, but his position is
633 Korchnoi-Polugaevsky, 7th match game, Evian 1977 difficult anyway: 7 'iid2 llid3+ 8 l:te3 ltJxb2 9 .ie2 i..d3 10 'it>f2 (10 .ixd3
dl!) 10 ... 'i1Vd4 etc.
The rook is under attack. 1 llig5 is no good because o f 1...'ii'xf.2+; 1 l:td2
is unconvincing in view o f l....txf3 2 gxf3 'i!Vxe5 3 ikxg6+ 'it.>h8!; 1 l:tb3
does not work-l.. ..tc2. 638 Z.Polgar-Mõhring, Leipzig 1984
1 l:td6!! 'ikg4 I....txd6 2 llig5; l....txf3 2 l:txg6+. 2 l:tf6 .tf5 3 b3 Ji.d4 4 The way to victory lies in the elimination of the a7 pawn.
llixd4 'i'xd4 5 l:txg6+ .txg6 6 'Wxg6+ h8 7 'ii'h6+ g8 8 e6 'ike4 9 exti+ 1 ::td6+! Direct play is no good: 1 %:td7 l:th 1! 2 l:txa7?? l:th8+ 3 r:J;b7
:ctxti 10 'fif6 'ii'bl+ 11 '.t.>h2 'iin7+ 12 'ít>g3 'iid3+ 13 f3 'ii'xc4 14 'i!VdS+ h7+. l . .. 'it.>rs The king cannot goto the seventh rank, and 1... g5 is bad
1-0 bccause o f 2 l:td7 l:thl 3 c5!-the pawn 'creeps' to the c5 square. 2 l:td3!
256 Solutions to Exercises Solutions to Exercises 25'1
'it.>e4 There is nothing better: 2... .tf2 3 l:f3+; 2... i..gl 3 l:1d7; 2... .tb6 3 I1d7 xdl dxe4 6 'iih3+ 'it.>g8 7 fxg7 @xg7 8 'i'xd7 .id5 9 'iie7! l:i.h8 10 .tf6+
: h l 4 I1xa7 I1h8+ 5 'it.>b7 :h7+ 6 'it.>xb6!. 3 l:xe3+ 'it.>xe3 4 'it.>xa7 And so 'it'h7 11 .ixh8 l:xh8 12 'iih4+ 1-0
the objective is achieved. The rest is sirnple. 4... 'it.>d4 5 'it.>b6 l:i.gl 6 a7 l:g8
7 'it.>b7 l:g7+ 8 'it.>b6, and in view of the variation 8...l:1g8 9 i..a6 l:g6+ 10
'it.>b7 l:g7+ 11 'it.>b8 l:g8+ 12 .ic8 ... 1-0 643 Matanovié-Musil, Ljubliana 1969
l °1Yi'h2!! Soas, on 1...i..c6, to win the rook-2 'i!Vh8+. 1... 'ii'f2 l...i..d5
(J...i..f3 2 °ii'h8+ <.t?e7 3 'flf6+) 2 lZ:ixdS exd5 3 e6 fxe6 4 :xe6 leads to a
639 Asanov-P.Blatny, Alma Ata 1989 rout. 2 : g l 'ii'e3+ 3 @bl l:xc3 There is no saving the game: 3... i.f3 4
It seems the knight is untouchable: I...'i'xb5 2 lZ:ixd4; l....ixbS 2 l:a8+ hS+ <.t,,e7 5 'i'f6+ c;;i;,e8 6 : f l ; 3... .te4 4 lZ:ixe4 'i'xe4 5 'i'h8+; 3... i.d5 4
.idS 3 .ic7. But this is not quite the case. lt:lxd5 exd5 5 'i!Vh8+ <.t,,e7 6 'i'f6+ @e8 7 : h l ; 3... .tc6 4 'i!Vb8+ <.t,e7 5 'i'f6+
l ... d3!! ln order to deflect the queen from the e-file. 2 tZ:ic7+ It would be lte8 6 J:lfl ! (6 : d l 'i!Vh3!) 6...l:c7 7 'i'h8+ c;i;ie7 8 'W/g7 i..e8 9 'i!Vf6+ <it'd7
pointless to persist. 2 fic4 °ifxb5; 2 'iic3 tZ:ixe4 3 'i!Vxg7 (3 tZ:ic7+ 'it.>f8) IOJ:ld 1+ c;i;ic6 11 'i'd8 .i.d7 12 l:d6+. 4 bxc3 .te4 5 : d 1 'i!Yb6+ 6 <.t,c 1 i'V aS
3... .tf6; 2 fiel d2! ! 3 .txd2 .ixb5 4 l:aS+ lZ:ib8; 3 lZ:ixd2 ii'xb5; 3 'i!Vxd.2 7 h8+ 'l;e7 8 'iib8 i..dS 9 'i!Vd6+ ... 1-0
.txb5 41:aS+ .id8; 3 'i'c2 .txb5 4 l:aS+ .tdS 5 .tc7 'iixc7!. 2...'ihc7 3
l:1a8+ .td8 4 'i'xd3 4 .txc7 dxc2 5 l:1xd8+ 'it.>e7. 4... 'iVb6 5 l:c8 0-0 ... 0-1 644 Keres-L.Popov, Dortmund 1973
1. •.'ii'al+ 2 liJdl For the time being he cannot play 2... lZ:ic4 since this
640 Bednarski-Minev, Bem 1975 toses the bishop. 2... e3!! The bishops can be exchanged! 3 fxe3 3 .1xc6 e2!
1 h5+!! Splendid! After l l:el+ or 1 'i'e2+ the king takes cover on the 4 i.xe8 el='i'+ S <.t,,g2 'i'a8+ or 3 'i'xe3 tZ:if3+ 4 .txf3 llxe3 5 fxe3 .i.xf3
f8 square. l ... g6 l...'it.>d8 2 'iig5+ 'it.>d7 3 ii'xf5+ 'it.>d6 (3 ... <itic7 4 'i'e5+; or 3 .tfl 0 0 + 4 <.t,,g2 lZ:id4+ 5 : x c 6 'ir'xdl. 3... i.xg2 4 c;i;ixg2 4 l:1d8 i..c6!
3... 'it>e8 4 'iit7+; 3•. .'.t?d8 4 'i'g5+ 'it.>d7 S 'ii'xg7+ 'it.>d6 6 i..f4+ <.t?xdS 7 5 .!:xe8+ .ixe8 6 'i'd8 <.t,,h7!. 4...'i'a8+ 5 <.t,,gl lZ:ic4 0-1
'ii'xh8 l:a8 8 l:dl+) 4 i..f4+ 'it.>c5 5 'iVeS!; 2...'it.>e8 3 : e 1 + <.t?f8 4 'iif6+!!;
2... 'it.>c7 3 "ilí'g3+! @d7 4 'ii'xg7+ 'it.>d6 5 .tf4+ cJ.,xd5 6 "ilí'xh8. 2 'i!Ve2+ cJ.,d8 645 Hort-Zheliandinov, Havana 1967
2... cJ.,f8 3 .th6 mate. 3 i..g5+ <itic7 4 .if4+ <.t?b6 4 ... @d8 5 'if e5!. 5 °ii'e3+!
Weak is 5 'ii'eS!-5 ... .tb7! 6 .te3+ i..cS 7 °ii'd6+ 1;a7. 5... ii'cS 5... .tcS 6 On I fxg4 follows L...txh2+ 2 <.t,,xh2 l:xdl.
'ií'e5. 6 i..xb8 6 'i!Vb3!. 6...'i!Vxe3+ 7 fxe3 i..b7 8 i..e5! :eS 9 i..d4+ 'it.>c7 10 t e5! Now Black has a choice: to block the diagonal or allow the
.txb7 @xb711 c3 ... 1-0 exchange ofrooks. He preferred to resign. 1-0
641 Espig-Tseitlin, Troava 1979 646 Kell-Borwell, Correspondence 1988/90

l ... :xc3!! The point ofthe move is to deflect the queen to the third rank. 1. .. :d1+ 2 <.t,c2 : r r n Borwell agrees to give up the rook, but on the fl
2 'ii'xc3 Declining to take the rook is no better. 2 Wá'f4 .th3+!; 2 h3 .txh3+!; square! 0-1
2 'i!Vh4 i..c2! 3 : d 4 l b e 3 4 fxe3 'ii'f3+ 5 gl 'i!Vxe3+ 6 cJ.,hl 'i!Vf3+ 7 <.t?gl
: r 6 8 : g 4 (8 'iif2 l:g6+ 9 @fl.id3+ 10 @el : g t + ; 8 h3 h5! 9 cJ.,h21i'e2+ 647 Tartakower-Pirc, London 1951
10 c;i;ihl :f2) 8... .te4! 9 :xe4 l:g6+; 2 <.t?fl .th3+ 3 @el :xe3+!. 2 ... i.b3+
3 <.t,,xh3 'i!Vf3+ 4 @h4 gS+ 5 .txgS S c;i;ixgS :rs+. 5...'i!Vxc3 6 f4 6 d6 : 0 1 7 Black needs to maintain the central pawns.
<.t,,g4 :Xf2. 6...'i'c2 7 d6 °ii'xh2+ 8 <.t?g4 °ii'gl+ 9 ,.t,,b4 hS 10 c;i;ixbS 'i!VhJ+ 1. .. c5!! 1...,.t,,ds 2 :cs+. 2 bxcS+ 2 :xc5 e2 3 l:.cl : f l . 2... <.t,,dS The c5
11 i..h4 ,.t,,h7 0-1 square is not available for the rook! 3 : c 1 l:1c6 4 : n The pawn ending is
hopeless for White. 4.. J b c 5 5 : f 8 Or 5 : t 7 <.t,,e6 6 :xa7 l:e5 7 @f4 e2 8
l'.ta6+ ..t>d7 9 <it.>xe5 el='i!V+ 10 <.t,,xd4 'i'h4 1l l:a4 'ii'xh3 12 ..t>c3 'ii'e3 and
642 Solomon-Harbett, Melboume 1983 Black must win. s...: c 3 6 : n : x d 3 7 l:.xh7 e2+ 8 ,.t,,a l:te3 9 <.t,,el d3 10
1 .ixh7+!! After 1 'i!Va5 'i'd8 there is no time for 2 fxg7-the queen is d7+ c;t,es 11 h4 : h 3 12 ,.t,,d2 l:1bl 13 I1e7+ ,.t,,f4 14 g5 l:dl+ 15 @c3
under fire. 1..;<.t?xh7 I f t..;<.t,,h8, then 2 'i'a5! 'i'd8 3 fxg7 (check!). 2 'fVd3+ el='ii'+ 16 : x e l : x e l 17 <.t?xd3 <i!i>f5 18 <.t,,c4 : e 4 + 19 WbS : x h 4 20 a4
'fVe4 2... cõt>g8 3 'i'a3 'i'd8 4 fxg7; 2... g6 3 fxe7! al='i'+ 4 <.t,,d2 'i'a5+ 5 c3 <;tJxg5 21 a5 l:h6 0-1
: r e s 6 'i1Vh3+. 3 :xe4 al='i'+ 4 <.t,,d2 'i'xdl+ 4 ...'i'a5+ S b4 'i!Vb5 6 'ii'h3+
<.t,gS (6 .. .':.,g6 7 f5+) 7 fxg7 g7 8 'ikh6+ <.t,gS 9 :e3! 'i'xb4+ 10 <.t,,ct. 5
648 Sigurjonsson-Ogaard, Esbjerg 1987 2... tbe5+??-3 <J;;b6!! (3 <;f.>xd6?? ltixf7+ 4 .txf7 hl=1W 5 .ie6+ 'it>b7 6
c8='i'+ 'ifi'a7 7 'i'Vc5+ <J;;b8 8 ilc7+ 'ifi'a8 9 .td5+ 'i'xd5+ 10
1 'if f5 suggests itself but is refuted by the move l ... g6, since no good are ,J;>xd5-stalemate) 3... .tc5+ 4 <it>xc5 tbxf7 (4 ... hl=°ii' 5 .te6+ tZ'id7+ 6
either 2 llxg6+ nor 2 'ifxg6+ (the rook on f8 and the g6 pawn are .txd7+ <it>xc7 7 J.c6+) 5 'ifi'b6 ltid8 (the knight is forced to take u p a poor
defonded). Eureka! But what if...
position) 6 .te4 <J;;d7 7 J.f3!! ltie6 8 J.c6+ 'ifi'c8 9 J.b7+. 3 . i x h l From the
1 d6!! It is necessary to check the variations I ...J.xd6 2 'iff5 g6 3 llxg6+ h1 square he cannot transfer to the h3-c8 diagonal. 3...ltieS+ 4 'ifi'b6 J.cS+ 5
(the rook on b6 no longer contrais the sixth rank); l...'ifg5 2 llxf7! llxf7 ..t>xc5 êi:Jxf1 6 'ifi'b6 êi:Jd6! 7 J.dS <it>d7 8 J.c6+ 'ifi'c8 9 J.dS 'it>d7 10 J.b3
(2 ... J.xd6 3 lif e6!) 3 l!f c8+. 1. ••l:Ixd6 2 'i!Vrs 'ifxd3 2... g6 3 l!fxg6+! (the tbc8+ 11 'it>b7 ltie7 1/2-1/2
bishop no longer defends the rook on f8) 3... fxg6 4 llxf8+ <J;;g7 5 l l lf7
mate. 3 l!fxd3 l h f 6 4 llxf6 gxf6 S 'i'g3+ <J;;h8 6 'ir'c7 1-0
653 Oll-Ulibin, Thilisi 1982
1 °ii'h6+ 'ifi'g8 2 l:tg3+!! fxg3 2... <it>f7 3 l:4g7+ <it>e8 4 'i'g6+. 3 'i'g6+ 'it>h8
649 Peters-Berry, USA 1976 4 hxg3 °ii'h4 Otherwise he cannot avoid mate. 5 gxh4 .tfS 6 1Wh6+ 'ifi'g8 7
1 lifgS!! 1 'i'xh5 allows Black a way out: 1...llaxc8 2 ltif5 llce8. ltJg5 exd4 8 l:4h3 ltie5 9 l:4g3 J.g6 10 tZ'ie6 'ifi'f7 11 tZ'ixf'8 l:.xf8 121Wf4+ 1-0
1. ..llaxc8 2 ltifS f6 2... g6 3 ltie7+; 3 'i'kf6. 3 'i'xhS Peters' idea becomes
clear-the e8 square is under control. Weaker is 3 'i!fg6--3 ... l:kd8 4 h3 l:4d7
with an unclear game. 3...1:417 4 'i!Vg4! 'iid7 4... <J;;f8 5 lZ'id6; 4... lld7 5 ltie7+1 654 Mortensen-Karlsson, Esbjerg 1988
l:4xe7 6 :Xe7 lifxe7 7 'ii'xc8+. 5 l:4dl! l:te8 6 h3 1-0 The most vulnerable place in White's position is the c2 square.
I ... l:Ixf3!! 2 gxf3 ltib4! 0-1 Upon the capture of the knight follows
650 Parr-S.Szilagyi, Correspondence 1983 3... i.a4 with a quick mate.
Black has problems--the threat is l:4fl-f7. He cannot play l ... J.b7
because of2 :Xb7+. 655 Antimirov-Shestak, Kulduga 1982
1... h3+!! A surprising resource! 2 Wxh3 After 2 <J;;hl \\Vd6 there remains I. .. llfl +! ! Beautiful and very strong! 2 llxfl 2 <it>xfl 'Wxh 1+ 3 <J;;f2
the chronic weakness of the first rank. 2... e4! 3 <J;;g2 3 l:4f7 is refuted by h2+; 2 'it>e3 'iVxf3+; 2 <;f.>g3 l:4xf3 mate. 2...lifh2+ 3 '.t>e3 lif xc2 4 <J;;xf4
3... e5+ 4 <J;;g2 J.h3+!. 3... eS 4 <J;;hl 'it'd6 Denying White any hopes of 't!Uh2+ 5 'ifi'e3 5 We4 'ife2+. 5...'i'VxeS+ 6 'it>f2 'ifxe6 ... 0-1
winning the bishop-5 l:4f7 'i'dl+! 6 <J;;g2 J.h3+. 0-1
656 Timman-Hübner, Wijk aan Zee 1982
651 Messing-S.Marjanovié, Yugoslavia 1978 l ltid7! 'if e7 2 ltie6!! 1-0
Thinking over hís next move, Messing seems in the first instance to have
studied the principal continuation 1 gxf6 (1 J.xd6 'ifxd6 2 gxf6 Ieads-to
mate) 1...J.xf4 2 J.xd7+ <J;;d8!! (2 ... <J;;xd7? 3 'i'Vxd5+ <J;;c8 [3 ... .id6 4 l:4c4] 657 Ribli-Romanishin, Novi Sad 1982
4 l:tc4 J.e3+ 5 llf2; 2... 'i'xd7 3 llxf4 'ii'xa4 4 'ifxdS °ii'd7 S llxe4+ 'it>d8 6 l ... .tf6! ! 2 .ixf6 l:t.xg3+ 3 'ifxg3 'i'hl + 1/2-1/2
fxg7 l:4g8 7 'i'Vxd7+ <J;;xd7 8 f6; 2... <J;;f8!)-he has a piece but cannot save
himself1 So what if he refrains from taking the knight? Oh. Enlightenment! 658 Platonov-Savon, Kiev 1968
1 l:4c4!! A stroke of genius! There remains only to assess l...dxc4, 1 lld6! 'i'kc7 The rook is untouchable. 2 .l:.xg6+ hxg6 3 'i'xg6+ 'ifi'h8 4
1... dxc4 After l...lifb8 2 gxf6 .ixf4 3 J.xd7+ <;f.>d8 (3 .• .'it>f8) appears the h6+ 'ifi'g8 Is it really a draw? No! 5 gS!! Against 6 g6 there is no defence.
move 4 l:4c8+! 2 J.xd6 'i'Vc8 2... 'i'd8 3 'i'd4!. 3 gxf6 cxb3 3... gxf6 4 ltic5. 4 1-0
'i'dS! <it>d8 5 'i!Vxf7 .:te8 6 fxg7 1-0
659 Khalifman-Lau, Dordrecht 1988

652 Browne-Fischer, Rovinj/Zagreb 1970
1 l:td8+! <;t>r, 2 'i'VcS!! l:bd8 3 ltieS+ 'i'xeS 4 'ifxeS ... 1-0
1... ltid7! 2 'ifi'c6 Or 2 e6 J.e7!! (The rook is deflected from the e-file.
Losing is 2... hl='i'i-3 .ixd7+ <it>xc7 4 .ic6+) 3 l:4xe7 (3 .txd7+ <;f.>xd7 4
llh7 bl='i'i) 3... hl=ii 4 .txd7+ 'ifi'xc7 5 J.c6+ <;f.>d6! 6 l:td7+ 'it>e6; 2 l:4h7
'it>xc7 3 .ic6 hl='i'V! 4 .txhl <J;;d8! 5 <it>c6 ltif6. 2... hl='ir' But not
660 Mullner-Yanoshi, Correspondence 1987 668 Shestakov-Pavlov, Correspondence 1971

1. .. i..cl !! An attractive move. Considerably weaker is l...'ilVxf4 2 'ilVa8+ White is a move away from mate-on I...c;th8 he had prepared the
'.t>d7 3 'ilVx.a3 'ii'e4+ 4 <J.>a1. The continuation chosen by Black forcibly Ieads effective 2 1/Vf8+!! l:tx.f8 3 f7+. However his hopes were dashed by
to the goal. 2 i..xcl If 2 i..h2, then 2... h3! 3 'ilVf2 b2 4 'ifr'b6 'ii'e4+ 5 Wa2 (. .. i..f2+!!. 0-1
bl ='ii'+! 6 'Wx.b 1 'ii'a4 mate. 2 ...h3! 3 'ii'e2 'ilVa2+ 0-1
661 Quinteros-Christiansen, Linares 1981 1 lZ\g5 l:te7 2 :CS!!
... i..xc3_! 2 lhc3 tl:le4!! 3 l:tcd3 He has to give up the exchange, since
qmte bad 1s 3 fxe4 %he4. 3... ©xd6 4 l:txd6 bxc4 5 bxc4 'iltb2+ 6 i..d2 670 Barash-Monin, Correspondence 1986/88
'ii'xa2 ... 0-1
l ©e7+!! tl:lxe7 1...l:txe7 2 'ir'b8+ c;tf7 3 tl:le5+. 2 1/Vxe6+ Wh8 2 ... c;tf8 3
©gS. 3 'i!Vti? 1-0 He is left a pawn down: 3.. .l:tg8 4 %he7 (4 ... i..xd4+? 5
662 Marovié-Kapengut, Erevan 1971 'it'h2 h6 6 l':.e8 l:tx.e8 7 'i!ixe8+ 'iti>h7 8 'iVe4+).
1 i..eS+!! @g5 2 i..f6+!! (The two first exclamation marks are for the
idea, the two second-for the beauty) 2...Wxf6 2... '.t>g4 3 i..e2 i..x.f2 4 671 Jones-Dueball, Nice 1974
l::re4+ Wg3 5 i..e5+ %he5 6 i..xf3 l:td5 7 We2. 3 l:tf8+ lt turns out that the
bishop on f4 is superfluous! 3...We6 4 l:txf3 @xd6 5 l:tti! l:txh6 Or 5... a5 6 J ... l::rel!! Under threat four times! 2 i..xel 2 l:txel tl:lf2+; 2 tl:lxel tl:lb2.
l:txh7 i..g5 7 l:ta7 i..xh6 8 i..b5 Wc5 9 l:txa5 '.t>b4 10 l:ta6 !if.;xb3 11 l:hg6. 6 2... ©b2 3 i..c3 ©xdl 4 l:txdl °We2 0-1
l:ta7 @c5 7 l:txa6 i..d8 8 l:ta7 l:th4 9 a5 ... 1-0
672 Szmetan-Langeweg, Buenos Aires 1978
663 Gubnitsky-Weiss, Correspondence 1975/77 1 l:txf5!! i.b5 l ... exf5 2 i..d5 g6 3 1/Vf6. 2 l:txf7 'ii'xf7 3 tl:lc5 ©c6 4
1 ©g6!! 1-0 t2:lxe6 ©8e7 5 lZlxg7 'iVg6 6 xg6 hxg6 7 i..c3 ... 1-0
664 Ljubojevié-Durao, Orense 1974 673 Yudasin-Brynell, Leningrad 1989

1 i..b5!! An impressive blow. Black cannot play l...cxb5 because of 2 1 ©d6!! i..e6 I...'i'xd621/Vg8 mate; I...tl:lxd6 2 °fig7 mate. 2 ©xf5 1-0
'ii'a6+ and 3 i..d6 mate, while after l ...l:tdf8 2 i..xd6 'fifl + 3 i..xfl l:txfl + 4
'i!Vgl l:txgl+ 5 Wxgl White wins easily. 1-0 674 I.Zaitzev-Neverov, Moscow 1989
l . .. dS!! The first rank is vulnerable. 2 cxd5 2 exd5 e4; 2 'iVxd5 l:td8.
665 Tarjan-Penakov, Correspondence 1983/84 2...'ihb2 3 l:txb2 lkl+ 4 'iVfl l:txfl+ 5 'it>xfl a3 6 l:ta2 l:rc8 ... 0-1
1 'iVh4+! 'iVhS An unenviable role is prepared for this queen. 2 i..g7+l
@xg7 3 1/Ve7+ 1-0 675 Zelcié-Matulovié, Belgrade 1986
1 l:el 'iVxc2 2 i..xf6 looks acceptable, but l ... f4! followed by f4-f3 forces
666 Razovaev-Mdtrovié, Hungary 1981 him to reject this continuation.
1 l:tc8+ l:tf8 2 l:taa8 l:tdf6 3 ©h7!! ... 1-0 l .!:.xf5!! 'ii'b7 Black cannot accept the 'gift': 1...exf5 2 i.f4+; 1...fxgS 2
.!:.cS!; l...'i!Vxc2 2 i.f4+ e5 3 l:txf6+ c;tc7 4 i..xe5+ Wc8 5 l:tb6!. 2 i.f4+
667 Kochiev-Tukmakov, Odessa 1972 c;t>c6 3 l:!.'.c5+ Wb6 4 i.c7+ Wa7 S l:a5+ i..a6 6 l:txd7 i f xe4 7 i.g3+ c;tb6 8
: d 6 + b7 9 l::raxa6 ... 1-0
l f7+!! ©exf7 J...lZldxf7 2 ©e7 mate; 1. .. 'itiixf7 2 tl:lxd6+. 2 l:tel The
queen perishes, and Black is left with no means of putting up resistance.
2...1/Vxel+ 3 1/Vxel ©e5 4 1/Vg3 1-0 676 Kupreichik-Gulko, Frunze 1981
1 ©g7!! Beautiful! 1... 'ifi>xg7 Also bad is l...gxh4-2 tl:lxhS. 2 l:txe7+
r,t,hs Capturing the rook leads to the Ioss of the queen. 3 ©f5 Wi'b8 4 l:tael
.l:l:xe7 4 ... a6 5 'i!Vb4! .l:l:xe7 6 'ilixe7. 5 l2Jxe7 .l:l:a6 5... .l:td6 6 q)f5 .l:td8 7 'fid4 d4 square! 3 'iixc2 'ilixc2 4 .l:l'.a3 Defending against 4 ... ifxa4 and 4 ... l2Jf3+.
6 'i'h5 .l:tb6 7 'fixd5 .l:txb2 8 g4! 1-0 8... . i g 6 9 l2Jxg6+ hxg6 10 'iid7!. But misfortune strikes from the other side. 4 ...'ir'b2! 0-1
677 Chiburdanidze-Torre, Biel 1988 684 Durao-Cordovil, Portugal 1967

l . .. f5!! Blowing up White's position. 2 . i b 2 2 exf5 i.xf5! 3 gxf5 °ifg2 4 t l2Ja7!! Durao prepares a concluding attack on the king! l ...1i'e7
l:.fl .l:l:ae8+ 5 i.e3 dxe3 6 0-0-0 e2; 2 gxf5 i.xf5! 3 i.b2 .ixe4! 4 dxe4 [ ... 0.xa7 leads to the loss o f a piece: 2 'i:Wxb6 1lfd7 3 i.b7! (3 'i'e3 l2Jb5)
'ii'xe4+ 5 Wd2 .l:l'.xt2+; 2 f3 fxe4 3 fxe4 .ixg4! 4 hxg4 (4 .l:l:gI 'ilff6) J ... l2Jc8 4 'iic6!. 2 'iicl lLixa7 3 .ie2! 1-0 There is no defence against 4
4 ... 'fixg4 5 .id2 'fif3!. 2... fxe4 3 i.xd4 exd3 4 i . e 3 . i e 6 0-1 0.f5+ i.xf5 5 g3+ 'it1h3 6 'ilifl mate.
678 Nunn-Miles, London 1980 685 Toth-1.Farago, Venice 1971

l . .. .l:l'.d8!! A remarkable manoeuvre! 2 g4 hxg4 3 'iixg4 .l:l'.d2! The rook 1 g7 l h f 6 2 .ihS! ! An impressive idea! The rook is locked in oo the f6
penetrates to the c l square. A startling ideal 0-1 square and the outcome o f the game is decided by the march o f the white
monarch through the whole board. 2 ... . i c 4 3 'it1el ! a4 4 'it>d2 a3 S <trc3 Just
in time. 1-0 After the loss o f the a-pawn he has nothing to counter the
679 Mokry-Shaw, Salo i 1984
manoeuvre Wb4-aS-b6-c7-d6-e7(e5)!
1 l2Je4!! dxe4 He cannot move off the h2-b8 diagonal: I....ie7 2 l2Jxf6
a d 3 .if4. Also unsatisfactory is l....ic7 2 'iic2!. 2 .ixe4+ 2 i.xf6 is
s1mpler. 2... l2Jxe4 3 .ixd8 .l:txd8 4 °ifc2 l2Jf6 Or 4 ... . i g 6 5 f3 .l:l:c8 6 'fia4. S 686 Mukhin-Dolmatov, Pushkinsky Gori 1977
'iic7! l:td7 6 'ilr'xd6! lZ)ds 7 °ifg3 .l:l'.h6 8 .:trct .l:tg6 9 'fr'es 1-0 l ... 'it1a7! 2 .l:l:xd8 . i e 7 After 2 ... i.xd8? 3 h3 everything is in order for
White. 3 h3 . i d 6 4 'i!ixd6 l1xd6 5 :C.xd6 'ir'xd6 The realisation o f the
advantage is worthy o f attention. 6 l:tel c6 7 J:te2 'ii'f4 8 . i n 'ili c1 9 'it1g2 gS
680 I.Farago-Ljubojevfé, Wijk aan Zee 1988 10 'it>gl l 11 a3 'i'cl 12 f3 Wí'f4 13 'it1f2 bS 14 g2 h4 15 Wf2 g3+ 16
1 iZ)de7!! I f now 1...l:ta6 then 2 f3 (Weaker is 2 .l:l'.d8-2: .. l2Jxe4 etc.) '.t>e3 \Wf4+ 17 'it>f2 'ifcl 18 . i g 2 'it>b6! 19 . i f l <traS 20 <trgl 'it1a4 21 l:tf2
2 ... iZ)d7 3 h4 and then h4-h5, l2Je7-g8xh6, while on 1... .l:l'.b6 strong is 2 .l:td8! 'it>b3 After b7-b5, a6-a5-a4 Black beats down on b2. 0-1
llld7 (2 ... l2Jxe4 3 f3!) 3 .l:te8! with mate. 1-0
687 Kiselev-Piskov, Moscow 1987
681 Vyzmanavin-Ruban, Sochi 1989 1. .. l:tb2+!! Two exclamation marks-for a beautiful idea! 2 .l:l'.h4 The h4
1 iZ)e4!! fxe4 2 'iixe4+ l1f5 3 l2Jg6 'ii'f7 4 lZ)xe7 'i!Vxe7 5 .l:tel! 'i!Vd6 square blocked, there remains to deflect the queen. 2....l:l'.d2 3 'i:We6 .l:l'.dS+ 4
5 ... 'ilr'f8 6 Wí'xe6 iZ)b6 7 .ixf5+ 'ii'xf5 8 'ii'e7+. 6 'ii'xe6 \i'f4+ 7 'i!Ve3 Wg8 'fixdS Wí'g6 mate
7 ... 'i/Vxe3+ 8 fxe3 l2Jb6 9 .l:l:efl Wg6 10 l:thgl+ f6 11 .ixf5. 8 i.xf5 'i!VxfS
9 .l:thgl+ 1-0
688 E.Rotstein-Bagaturov, Prague 1989
I ... lt:Je4!! The knight penetrates to the d2 square. 2 'i!id3 After 2 fxe4
682 Arakhamia-Konopleva, Tbilisi 1987 ll.xe4 3 rhfS+ i.xf8 White would have to part with his queen. 2 ...l2Jd2 3
1 g6!! Arakhamia notices a mating position. 1... bxg6 l...f6 2 'i!Vf5 e5 'ifxd6 °iVdS 4 'ir'xd5 .l:l:xdS S c4 l:td7 6 ll)f2 lt:Jxbl 7 .l:l'.xbl l::td2 8 f 4 l h a 2 9
(2 ... i . e 5 3 .ib4+) 3 dxe5 .ixe5 4 l:!'.xe5+ fxe5 5 .ib4+ 'it>d8 6 \!Vg5+· !Idl eS! 10 'it1f3 i.xf4! ... 0-1
l.. ..l:l:hf8 2 .igS+ f6 3 'ii'f5 e5 4 dxe5 .ixe5 5 .l:l:xe5+. 2 lhe6+! Wf8 2 ... fxe6
3 . i g 5 mate; 2 ...Wxe6 3 l:.el+. 3 .l:txg6 .l:tb4 4 .l:l:xg7! 'it1xg7 5 l:.gl+ 6 wrs 689 Sbort-Psakbis, Banja Luka 1985
'iYf6! 1i'xc2+ 6... .l:l'.h7 7 .ih6+. 7 Wal l2Jc4 8 'i!Vg7+ <tre7 9 .igS+ 1-0
I l2Jxc4!! 'ir'xc4 2 . i d 2 lLixb2 3 .ixh6! 1-0
683 Jiminez-Keene, Camaguey 1974
690 A.Rodriguez-Beliavsky, Bogota 1979
1....l:l:c2 2 .ixb7 2 'ii'f4 'ifh2 3 'iie4 (3 .ixb7 l1xg2+ 4 hl .l:tí2!) 3
.. J:te2 1. .. i.e6!! A deep ideal Belyavsky intends to advance d5-d4 and with
4 .ixb7 .l:l:xe4 5 :Xe4 lZ)f3+ 6 <trg3 lt:Jd2!. 2...1i'b2!! The rook is Ieft on the,
decisive effect occupy the a6-fl diagonal with his bishop! 2 f4 d4 3 cxd4 3
264 Solutions to Exercises Solutions to Exercises 26S
.l:tf3 i..d5; 3 xd4 g3+ 4 @el i..gl 5 .l:tf3 (5 e6 .l:te4+; 5 .l:tfd2 fi'xf4) i.xg7+ @xg7 5 °ii'xd7. 3 .l:tf8+! Vg8 4 .l:txg8+ Wxg8 5 't!Vg3 @t7 6 't!Yxg7+
5... i..g4! ! 6 hxg4 i..xd4. 3 ....l:txc2 4 'ii'xc2 .ic4 A celebration of 1-0
co-operation! 5 @el i..xe2 61'r'xe2 i..gl 7 i..b2 The minor piece ending-7
'ii'fl i..xf2+ 8 Vxf2 'ii'xf2+ 9 @xt2 xd4 IO@e3 b3 11 i..b2 f 5 - i s lost.
7... g3 8 e8 8 ir'e5 e4. 8.••i..xf2+ 9 @xf2 e4+ 10 @gl 'ii'f2+ 0-1 698 Djurié-A.Mikhalchishin, Vmjacka Banja 1978
ln time pressure Michalchishin played l...g5?. The game continued 2
xe2 gxf4 (better is 2 ...l\Vxf4) 3 .l:tabl e3 4 'ifh5 xg2 5 c6! and White
691 Nuno-Van derTak, Utrecht 1986 gained the advantage.
1 .l:td4!! A splendid idea. 1 .l:td7 does not achieve its objective because of Meanwhile Black had a win.
l ... i..hS. l ...'i!Vg5 2 'ii'b4 °ii'xf6 2 ... @h7 3 .l:txg4 'i'xf6+ 4 °ii'd4. 3 e7+ @h7
4 xc8 1-0 4 ...h3 5 °ii'd6. I. ...ih4! 2 g3 2 Vxe2 'i/Vxf4. 2....ixg3!! 3 hxg3 'ii'f7 followed by
'i't7-h5-hl mate
692 M.Mukhin-Makarychev, Simferopol 1975
699 Lanka-Knaak, Yurmala 1978
It looks like White will have to resign soon. However there followed:
1 e4? (Missing the win) I...dxe4 2 f8+ @h8 (2....l:txf8?? 3 i.xe4+) 3
1 @e7!! b2 l f l...g5, then 2 @f6 with perpetuai check. 2 .l:tc8+ @h7 3 xd7?? (But this already toses. He should reconcile himself to a draw-3
@t7 bl=°ii' 4 .l:tg8! The newbom queen cannot do anything about the g6+ @h7 4 f8+ or 3 't\Vg6 a3+ 4 bxa3 't!Vb6+ 5 @al 'i'Vd4+ 6 @bl
coming perpetuai. 1/2-½ '1\Yb6+) 3... d2+ 4 Wal l:l'.d8 5 °fie7 xfl 6 i.xe4 xd7 0-1. But actually
Lanka could have won by penetrating with his king to f6!
693 Bõnsch-Veres, Agria-Malev 1985 I i.xd5!! d2+ I...exd5 2 xd5. 2 e;t>al xfl 3 e4 i.g5 3 ... .llcl 4
1 'i'h5!! Against 2 .l:txe8+ and 3 i..d6+ there is no satisfactory defence. .!bf6+ @h6 5 h4! @g5 6 f3+. 4 xg5+ h6 5 'iVf4! @xg6 5...1!Vxc2 6
1-0 xe6+. 6 i.e4+ <it'b5 7 t7!
694 Perepeliuk-Dancev, Correspondence 1986 700 Bug-Korchnoi, Switzerland 1978

1...gxf4 2 gxf4 i..e7!! 2 ...i..xf4? 3 i..xf4! .l:txel 4 i..e5+! .l:txe5 5 'ifif6+ I ... xe4! 2 .ixe7 2 .l:txc8 xg5. 2....l:txcl 3 .l:txcl 11Vxf2+ 4 '.t;hl :cS!! 5
0-1 'i'dl 5 .l:txc8+ i.xc8 6 'i/Vdl 'i/Vxf3+! 7 exf3 f2+. 5..Jl:xcl 6 'ifxcl Black
has a material advantage, but bis knight and pawn are under attack. Is it
really a draw? 6 ..i c 6 ! ! An excellent ideal No good is 6 ... d2 7 i.cS
695 Prandstetter-Ftácnik, Prague 1986 'i'fl + 8 'i\Vxfl 9 i.xb4 with advantage to White. 7 .ixb4 Hug does
1 .l:td8!! .l:txe5 2 °ii'd4!! @xf6 2....l:tf5 3 h5+ @g6 4 .l:tg8+; 2...'ii'e7 3 not notice the threatened dangers. Relatively better was 7 'ili'al aS; (7 'Wbl
g4. 3 .l:tf8+! @g6 3 ...@g7 4 'ii'xe5+ @xf8 5 °ii'h8+ @e7 6 'i!Vg7+. 4 'i!Vxe5 d2; 7 't!Vgl 't!Vxe2!), though after 7... aS White is in an unenviable situation.
'ii'e7 5 .l:tg8+ 1-0 7.. .'Wxe2!! A beautiful concluding blow! 0-1
696 L.Portisch-Garcia, Mar dei Plata 1966 701 Larsen-Tal, Bugojno 1984
1 e5!! L.Portisch reveals a hidden ideal 1...i..c7 2 d5 cxd5 l f 2...exd5, I. .. e2!! It seemed as though this advance had been prevented. 0-1
then 3 i..c5! (3 i.xc8? .l:txc8 4 i.cS 'i!Vd7!). 3 i..c5 'ii'd7 4 .ixf'8 @xf8 5 Variations confirm the timeliness of the decision: 2 't!Vxe2 f3+ 3 'i1Vxf3
'i!V:th7 i.b6 5... g6 6 h5!. 6 g6 1-0 .lhe l + 4 Wf2 .l:tfl + 5 <it'xfl 'i/Vxf3+; 2 .l:tgxe2 f3+ 3 @fl .l:txe2 4 'i/Vxe2
xd4; 2 'i/Val f3+ 3 Wf2 xd4 4 'i/Vxd4 'ií'xg2+!.
697 Beliavsky-Kuprelchik, Kiev 1973
I f5!! Beliavsky wants to seize the long diagonal and create mating 702 Uhlmann-Espig, Berlin 1968
threats along it. 1... gxf5 1...'ii'xe6 2 .l:txg7 gxf5 (2 ...'ii'xf5 3 'ii'c3 c6 4 1 f6 !! A deadly prod. 1-0
.l:te7+) 3 'ii'c3 °@'c6 4 'ilfd4!; l....ixe6 2 .l:txg7 i.xf5 3 'ii'c3! 'i!Vc6 (3 ... 'i!Vxe3+
4 'i!Vxe3 'it>xg7 5 'i!Ve7+) 4 't!Vd4!. 2 i.d4 'i!Vxe6 2 ...'ilxf7 3 exf7 c6 4
703 Miles-Pritchett, London 1982 712 Tukmakov-Minkov, USSR 1967

1 xf7+ Wh8 2 .teS!! Actually a move o f rare beauty. Every capture o f l 'Wh4 cxb2+ 2 i.xb2 n'.ed8!; 2 Wxb2 i.a3+ 3 Wbl n'.e4!; 2 '.ti>bl n'.ed8.
the btshop leads to mate, while after 2 ... 'ii'xa2+ 3 Wxa2 n'.xb2+ 4 Wa 1! J 'ifhS!! 1-0
White has a great material advantage.
713 Beliavsky-P.Popovié, Sarajevo 1982
704 Kasparov-Tukmakov, Kislovodsk 1982
1 "ii'f6!! The white queen is still given up but on the f6 square.
1 .tc7!! Allowing him to save himself. 1..Jhc7 A beautiful variation: Unconvincing is l itJf6+ (1 i.xg7 q;xg7) 1...'.ti>h8 2 'ií'g3 'ií'xb6 3 lt:ixh5
l...itJg4 2 'ikd8+ Wg7 3 .te5+!!. 2 'ifd8+ Wg7 3 'ikf6+ ½-1/2 ng8 etc.
l ...'ir'xeS On l ... i.xf6 2 'iJXf6+ Wh6 3 i.xd4 Popovié would be left a
705 Instructive Example piece down. 2 n'.xeS l h d 7 3 l:.xdS! The final finesse! 1-0 Possible
1 'ikf8+!! A problem move! variations: 3... i.xf6 4 l:.xd7 i.xh4 (4, ..q;g7 5 l:txa6 itJc4 6 i.xc4 l:txc4 7
aa7) 5 l:.xf7+; 3 ... l:txd5 4 'ií'xf7.
706 Kudrin-Y,Arnason, Bor 1984
714 Teske-Gruenberg, Zittau 1989
1... .tg4!! 2 'ii'xg4 2 .txg4 n'.xf6 3 n'.xf6 'ifcl+; 2 'ikxd6 'Wxe2 and
3 ... gxf6. 2 ... l:.xf6 3 n'.xf6 hS 4 'ilr'fS Or 4 'ikg5 '1Wxe2 5 h3 'ifxb2. 4 ...'ihe2 5 t ...itJe3!! Nearly all the pieces are under attack! 2 'ií'xd8 Or 2 fxe3
l:.xf7? 'i!Ve8! 0-1 i.xe3+ 3 'it>hl "ii'xdl 4 l:.xdl l:.c2. 2...l:txd8 3 fxe3 i.xe3+ 4 Whl ::i.cd7 5
liJxd8 ::i.xd8 6 b3 6 n'.el i.xe2!. 6 ... i.xe2 7 ::Í.el ::i.dl 8 .l:.xdl i . x d l 9
i.d5+ '.ti>f8 10 Wg2 gxh3+ 11 xb3 hS ... 0-1
707 Serper-Brander, Colombia 1989
l .ic3!! 'ii'xdl 2 .ta6+ Wb8 No better is 2 ... Wc7 3 i.e5+ Wc6 4 l:.exdl.
715 Ermolinsky-Shashin, Lening r ad 1980
3 i.eS+ itJc7 Or 3 ... Wa8 4 n'.bxdl f6 (4 ... itJb4 5 i.xh8 itJxa6) 5 l:.xd5 fxe5
(5 ... l:.he8 6 i.c3) 6 l:.edl. 4 l:l.'.bxdl l:.he8 5 l:.xd7! 1-0 1 g4!! Desperation?! 1... i.xg4 2 l:.h8+! Wxh8 3 'iÍ'd8+ '.ti>h7 4 'ii'xh4+
i.hS+ The game is over for White. 5 i.g4!! No, the game is over for Black!
1-0 A splendid frag m ent.
708 Soos-Morelle, Bem 1974
1... i.xf4!! 1t was unlikely that the f4 point would not have a bearing on
716 Palatnik-Kruppa, Kiev 1984
the current events. 2 'ii'xf4 Other replies are weaker: 2 gxf4 i . f l +; 2 exf4
ltxe2 3 'i!Vxe2 i . f l + 4 Wgl n'.xg3+. 2 ... i . f l + 3 i.hS 3 'i!Vh4 i.xe2; 3 Wgl 1. ..::i.xf3!! 2 WxfJ i.xe4+ 3 xe4 3 '.ti>e2 i.xhl 41:txhl l:.xg3. 3 ... ltxg3
'fkxf4 4 exf4 i.xe2. 3 ...'ilVxhS+ 4 Wgl 'ilVdl S i.d2 'iixb3 6 n'.xn 'Wxb2 7 Despite bis buge material advantage White does not seem to be able to
n'.h2 'ilVeS with a winning position. defend against the threats to his king. 4 n'.al 4 ::i.hg 1 b6 5 l:.a 1 'ií'h2 6 l:txg3
(6 el 'ií'xal; 6 °iVh6 'iif2) 6 ... "f/Jxd2 7 ::i.fl h4 8 ::i.gO 'ifg2; 4 ::i.hel "ii'a8 5
.l:lal "flif8 6 l:.fl ::í.g4+. Without waíting for the move 4 ...'ií'b2, Palatnik
709 Karpov-Gavrikov, Moscow 1988 resigned. 0-1
l i.e4!! 'ife6 l...f5 2 .td5+. 2 i.h7+ Wxh7 3 °fixf8 ... 1-0
717 V.Zhuravlev-Krivonosov, Riga 1990
710 Spasov-Kr.Georgiev, Bulgaria 1982 l. ..'.ti>h6!! 2 i.bS 2 i.fS! i.c5! and White is in zugzwang! 2... f5 0-1
l . .. i.e3!! 2 itJc2 2 fxe3 'iih3+. 2 ... 'ii'fJ 0-1
718 Ribli-Hennings, Leipzig 1973
711 Hort-Nunn, Hastings 1975/76 1 itJh5!! "f/Jxc7 Or l...i.xc7 2 l:.xg2 ::i.g8 3 ::i.xg8 xg8 4 itJxf6+ "flixf6 5
1 itJf6+!! 1...i.xf6 2 Wxh2 'iih6+ 3 'it>gl; 1...'.ti>h8 2 '.ti>xh2 'iih6+ 3 'iJh5. xc7 ::Í.e8 6 f4. 2 itJxf6+ Wg7 3 itJh5+ 1-0 3 ... Wh7 4 f6+.
719 Balashov-Greenfeld, Hastings 1985/86 4 'ii'f6+ 'iti>g8 (4 ...'iti>e8 5 'i!Vh8+) 5 i.xf5! gxf5 6 @hl .i.e2 7 ilgl+ .i.g4 8
'ti'xf5 e3 9 f4!. 2 exfS 'i!Va7 2... exf5 3 i.xd5+. 3 'i!Vxe6+ f8 4 i.xdS! cxd5
1. ••llle2!! 2 'ih>2 2 e2? l:txe4+; 2 'i'e3 .ixe4!!. 2... lllg3+ 3 Wgl l:txe4
5 ld.xbS l:txd4 6 i'!Vc8+ 1-0
3... lllxe4 4 llld3!. 4 'i!Vxf6 1/2-1/2
720 Tal-Azmaiparashvill, Albena 1984 725 Rajkovié-Suba, Novi Sad 1974

t. .. c5!! A surprisingly beautiful idea! 2 h6 2 bxc5 .i.d8!. 2 ... cxd4 3 'i!Vc6 3
1 'i!VdS+! Nothing is offered by 1 'i!Vb3+ Wh8 2 'i!Vc3+ Wg8. 1...Wg7 2 i.xd4 'i!Vfl+ 4 'if.>d2 'i!Vxf4+ 5 @el 'i!Vh4+ 6 'i!i>d2 'i!Vxh6+ 7 @el 'iYh4+ 8
'i'eS+ Wh6 3 llld6!! An excellent resource! 3 ...'i!Vcl+ The knight ending is
d2 'i!Vf4+ 9 @el e3. 3 ... dxe3! 0-1
lost for Black. 4 Wf2 Tal finishes the game with a direct attack on the king.
4... gS 5 'i!Ví6+ lllg6 5... @h5 6 g4+! 'i!i>h4 (6 ... Wxg4 7 'i'D+ Wh4 8 lllf5
mate) 7 'i'h6+ g4 8 h3+ Wf4 9 'i!Vf6 mate. 1-0 6 lllf7+ Wh5 7 'i!VO+ g4 726 Poselnikov-Kondakov, Correspondence 1974
(7 ... Wh4 8 'i!Vh3 mate) 8 'fkf5+ Wh4 9 g3+ Wh3 10 °iVh5+. 1 l:tgl!! An amazing position! Black has no satisfactory defence again t
the sacrifice of the rook on f8. Playing for the p i n - 1 l:tfl .i.f8 2 'it'g6 is
721 Vasiukov-Velimirovié, Tbilisi 1973 parried by the move 2... e5!. 1... i.f8 l...exd5 2 l:tg8+ i.f8 3 l:txf8+. 2 l1g8
ir'xc6 3 dxc6 l::.aa7 4 l:th8 Wd8 5 'ii'h4+ 'it>e8 6 'i!Vxb4 : a s 7 c7 1-0
Black is in a criticai position: he is a rook down and the continuation
l ... fxe6 2 'i'xg6+ Wf8 3 .i.xd3 is unsatisfactory.
1. .. dxc2 2 l:txc6 After 2 l:tel llle7! 3 Wh2 lllf5 4 'iif4 'i!Vdl ! Black is 727 I.Farago-P.Szilagyi, Hungary 1974
already playing for the win. 2.. ,'i'b8+ 3 'i!i>g4! 3 'i!i>h4 'i!Vd8+; 3 'iti>g2 'ifb7; 3 I. ..'i!VfS! Creating threats to both bishops. 2 g4 Or 2 'i'dl i.xf2+ 3 @xf2
'ifi>f2 'i'h2+ 4 'it.>el (4 'i!i>f3 'i!Vhl+; 4 'ifi>e3 cl='i!V+) 4... 'i'hl+. 3 ...'irb7!! An l:d4 4 it'f3 l:.xd5! ! ·5 g4 (5 llle3 :xe3) 5...°i't'c2+ 6 'i!i>gl i.xg2 7 'ifxg2
astonishing position: White is two rooks up and on the move, but he has no .l:i.dl + etc. 2...'i'xf4!! 0-1
more than a draw. 4 'i'd2! 4 l:txg6+ fxg6 5 'i!Vxg6+ 'ikg7; 4 l:tc4 'i!Vg2+ 5
'iti>h4 'fkf2+ 6 'iti>g4 f5+; 4 l:tf6 'i'g2+ 5 Wh4 g5+. 4 •••'i!Vxc6 5 'i!Vxc2 'i!Ve6+ 6
'it>g3 'iVe5+ 7 Wt3 i'!Vd5+ 8 Wg3 1/2-1/2 728 Dolmatov-Shamkovich, Amsterdam 1979
1 lllxd5!! lllxd5 1...:xdS 2 .i.xd5 lllxd5 3 We4. 2 'iti>e4 llld7 2... fi'if6+ 3
'it>e5 !. 3 i.xdS fS+ 4 gxf6+ Wxf6 5 i . c 4 ... 1-0
722 Kostro-Z.Nilsson, Poland 1969
1... 'iVc4!! 2 .i.b3 Or 21:tcl .ixb4 3 .i.b3 l:taxd2 4 'i!Vxd2 .i.xd2!. 2...'i'd3!
3 .i.xa2 ir'xh3+ With a fine manoeuvre Black transfers the queen to the. 729 Sjoberg-Christ, Biel 1987
kingside. Now follows a devastating attack. 4 Wgl 'i!Vxg4+ 5 Wfl 5 h2 l dS!! Toe advance ofthe pawn allows White to smash enemy resistance.
.i.d6+. 5.. .'ii'h3+ 6 'it>gl lllg4 7 f4 7 .i.xf7+ 'i!i>h8. 7... ext3 8 'i'b3 'i'g3+!, 9 l ... cxdS 2 l:txd5! exd5 2...°ihd5 3 'i!Vf7+ @h7 4 l:.f6! with the unavoidable
'ifi>bl 'i!Vh4+ 10 'iti>gl fxe2 11 'it.>g2 'i!Vh2+ 12 @O 'i'f2+ 13 'it>xg4 l:td4+ 0-1 I:tf6-h6 mate. 3 e6 'i!Va4 3...'i!Ve7 4 W?. 41:tf'S+ 1-0
723 Quinteros-Weinstein, Lone Pine 1976 730 Azmaiparashvili-Kaidanov, Vilnius 1984

1 .i.fl!! Quinteros intends to capture the f7 pawn! 1...l:ta3 l....i.cS 2 1. .. llle3!! 2 'i!Vxd4 Bad is 2 fxe3-2 ...iixe3+ 3 'it>h2 (3 'i!i>hl l:tal+ 4 @h2
.i.xc5 l:txc5 3 l:ta8 l:tc6 4 i.a6!. 2 l:tc7 l:ta8 3 .i.b5! .ia6 4 .ixa6 l:txa6 S 'i'f4+ 5 g3 l:.a2+) 3...'i!Vxf3! (but not 3...iif4+ 4 'it>hl l:t.al+ 5 lügl!) .
l:tc8 But now the pin on the bishop is decisive. 5... l:ta5 6 .i.b6 l:tbS 7 i.d8 2...llt'xc6 3 'i!Vd8+ 'it>ti 4 llle5+ @e6 5 lllxc6 l:tal + 1/2-1/2
n'.b7 8 @e3! Zugzwang! 8... h6 8... l:ta7 9 i.b6; 8... g6 9 h6; 8... f6 9 f5!; 8... f5
9 g6. 9 g6 fxg6 10 hxg6 hS 11 f5! exfS 12 e6 f4+ 13 'i!i>d3 l:tb3+ 14 @c2
1-0 731 Adorjan-Tlsdall, New York 1981
l b4!! i.xb4 It's bad news for Black also on other replies. l. .. cxb3 2
5
lllxb3; 1...i.b6 2 lllb5! axb5 3 i.xb6 .i.f5 (3 ... i.g4 4 c7) 4 cxb7 l:tb8
724 L.Portiscb-Radulov, Budapest 1969 l:td8+ l:txd8 6 i.xd8; 1...i.c7 2 cxb7; 1....i.d8 2 lllb5. 2 ld.abl as·3 a3 bxc6
1 e4!! A blow of terrifyingly shattering power. 1...'i!Vxb6 l...fxe4 2 .i.h3; 4 axb4 axb4 5 lllxc6 .i.g4 6 lllxb4 1-0
l...dxe4 2 d5! exd5 3 i.h3 g6 (3 ... ir'c8 4 'i!Vc7+ 'i!Vxc7 5 bxc7 i.a6 6 i.xfS)
270 Solutions to Exercises Solutions to Exercises 2 71
732 Terek-S.Moche, Correspondence 1988 739 Arbakov-Stangl, Hungary 1990

1... f3! 2 gxf3 ltJf4!! There is no defence: 3 fxe4 'i!Vg4+; 3 exf4 l:txel+ 4 1 J.fS!! W/c7 On l...l:t8e7 would follow the stunning 2 'i'fxf6+!!, while on
..t>g2 'ii'g6+ 5 ..t>h3 l:tgl; 3 ..t>hl 'ili'h3 4 .l:.gl 'i!Vxf3+; 3 l:tebl 'i!Vg6+. 0-1 l ... l:t3e7-2 .ixd7 ltJxd7 3 'i'g3 Wh8 4 ltJc6 l:te4 S 'it'xd6 l:txc4 6 l:l.'.xf7. 2
i.xd7 xd7 3 l:txf7+ ..t,xf7 4 'i'xh7+ ..t,f6 5 l:tn+ WeS 5 ...Wg5 6 h4+. 6
733 Instructive Example ltJc6+ 1-0
1 'i!Vb4+ ..t>f8 l...lli6 2 'ili'd4; l...f6 2 'i!Vxh7+ ..t>e8 3 'i!Vg8+ ..t>e7 4 'ili'd8+
..t>f'l 5 l:td7+ ..t>g6 6 'i!Vg8+ ..t>h5 7 l'l.h7 mate. 2 g4!? White drives the rook 740 Gbeorghiu-Korcbnoi, Palma de Mallorca 1972
off the fifth rank. 2... l:te5 2 ... l:tc5 3 'ili'd8+ ..t>g7 4 'ili'd4+; 2 ...'i!Vxc4 3 'ili'd8+. 1 'i!VcS!! Wib2 He has to part with a pawn since on 1...l:te8 White had in
3 f4! A trernendous idea. store 2 'i'e5+ g8 3 l:7c3. 2 'ilxa7 .ih3 3 'i'al! 'i'xal 4 l:txal ... 1-0
734 Huzman-De Firmian, Moscow 1989 741 Yudasin-Klr.Georgiev, Manila 1990

1...'ii'xc3 2 . i c l 2 l:te2 ltJc2+. 2 ...'ili'c2!! Creating an amazing l c6!! Both the bishop and the pawn are under tire, but there is no win for
position-there is no defence against l:tc8-c4. 3 'Wxc2 ltJxc2+ 4 @bl ltJxel Black! t ... ltJxc6 1...l:txd6? 2 c7 l:tc6 3 l:tc3; 1...Wxc6 2 .txb4. 2 l:tb3+ 'it>c4
5 l:txel .ie5 ... 0-1 3 l:tc3+ 'it>bS 4 l:tb3+ 1/2-1/2
735 Smit-Karasev, 3rd match game, Dnepropetrovsk 1970 742 Ublmann-Knaak, Leipzig 1977
1 'iVdl!! A fine idea! 1...'i!Vc6 l....if8 loses to 2 'i'b3 Wie7 3 .ixf'l+ 'it'xf7 1... e3!! 2 'ii'd4 2 l:.xe3 l:tc8; 2 fxe3 f2+ 3 :Xf2 l:txf2 4 Wxf2 ltJe4+. He
4 °it'xf7+ @xf7 5 :Xc7+. 2 J.xf7+ i;t>rs This is the point! It turns out that he should play here 2 ...ltJe8!, capturing the bishop (3 :Xb7 'it'xb7 4 e7+
cannot play 2 .. .<.t.>xf7 because o f 3 l:txc7+! 'fixc7 4 'iid5+! and 5 'it'xa8. 3 l:tdxd5!). ln the game carne 2 ...b5?. A mistake in time trouble. White lost on
.ia2!! Another splendid move! He threatens 4 'fib3, and on 3 ...'it'xb7 time, though maintaining equality: 3 fxe3 ltJc4 4 e4! l:tdxd5 5 exd5 ltJxb2 6
decisive is 4 Wid7. d6! ! f2+ (6 ...Wlf8 7 ..t>f2) 7 'ii'xf2 'i'xd6 8 'i'xb2 'i'c5+ 9 'it>g2.
736 Timman-Salov, Arnsterdam 1991 743 Janata-Lehmann, West Germany 1969

1... .ta4!! Salov wants to exchange rooks and queen the g-pawn. 2 l:te2 1 e4!! ltJxc2 l. .. fxe4 2 ltJxe4; l...e6 2 e5. 2 eS!! A very strong attack
There is no salvation in 2 h5. 2 ... .i.xb3 3 h6 .L.c2 4 h7 : b 3 + 5 ..t>e2 g2 6 comes down upon the black king. 2.•.l:tc6 2 ... l:tf7 3 'ii'g6+ ç.t,f8 4 ltJe6+@e8
@f2 .ixe4 7 h8=WI l:tbl 8 'it'g7 gl=Wi+ 9 Wixgl :Xgl 10 'it>xgl b3. 5 'it'g8+ ..t,d7 6 'it'xf7; 2 ...: f 8 3 'it'g6+ ..t,h8 4 'i'xh6+ ..t,g8 5 ltJe6; 2 ... l:te6 3
2... .ixb3 3 .id3 :xe2+ 4 'it>xe2 .idl+! 0-1 ltJxf5+ 'it>hS 4 'i'xg4; 2 ... ltJd4 3 exf6+ 'it>xf6 4 l:tel! 'ifg8 5 l:te6+!! ltJxe6 6
Wixf5+ ..t,g7 7 ltJxe6+ 'it>h8 8 ltJg6+. 3 ltJxfS+ 'i\Yxf5 3...,J;lf8 4 'ii'xg4;
737 Glek-Ivanenko, Moscow 1986 3... ..t,hs 4 ltJxh6! 'i'f8 5 ltJxg4+ <iPgS 6 :Xc2. 4 iixfS l:txcS S 'i'xg4+ 5 d4?
ltJe3!. 5 .....t,hs 6 'i'dl! c6 7 l:txc2 1-0
Glek finds an ingenious ideal
l ltJhS!! 1-0 The opponent gets the h7 square: l...gxh5 2 .ig7+!! 'it>xg7 3
'i'f7+ ..t>h8 (3 ... Wh6 4 l:te6+) 4 J.c2! or 1...ltJxh6 2 'i'xh6 l:tg8 3 l:tf7. 744 H.Olafsson-Levitt, Reykjavik 1990
1 l:txe6!! fxe6 2 gS b6! White's plan is revealed in the variation
2 ... .txg2 3 'ii'xe6+!, Unsatisfactory is 2 ...ltJc6 3 'i!Vxe4 g6 4 'i'h4 h5 5 e4.
738 Kir.Georgiev-Ermenkov, Sofia 1984 3 ltJxe4 ltJc6 4 ltJxcS 'i'c7 Or 4 ... 6 5 ltJxd7 'ilr'xe3 6 fxe3 l:tac8 (6 ... l:tdc8
Because o f the weakness o f the f7 pawn Black is in a difficult situation. 7 l:td6) 7 .i.xc6 : x c 6 8 f6+ gxf6 9 l:t.xd8+. S ltJxd7 l:tac8 5 ... l:txd7 6
However he has a miraculous way ofsaving the game. 'i\Yxe6+ l:tf7 7 .i.xc6; 5 ... e5 6 'i1Vd3! l:tac8 7 'i'f5! ltJd4 8 :xd4 exd4 9 J.d5+
l ... fS!! 2 .ic2 l:tf7! 3 .i.xfS+ 'it>g7 4 : b 8 l:tf8! Ermenkov played l...Wg7? Wh8 10 .ie4 ..t,gS 1I 'i'h7+ 'it>f7 12 .id5+ ..t,e7 13 W/xg7+ Wd6 14 'i'e5+
and did not succeed in holding the position. ..t>xd7 15 'ilr'e6 mate; S... l:te8! 6 'i'e4 l:tac8 7 i.h3 ltJd8 8 g6 l:te7 9 ltJf6+
ç.t,f8 IO ltJd5! exd5 (10...'it'd6 11 l:td3!) 11 'ilVfS+. 6 'i'xe6+ ..t,bS 7 .ie4
ltJe7 7 ...ltJe5 8 ltJxe5 l:txdl+ 9 <iPg2. 8 l:rd6! 8 'i'xe7 l:te8 9 'i'h4 is also
good. 8...'t!Vxc4 9 't!Vxe7 ..Wcl+ 9.. J1e8 10 l:[xh6+!. 10 @g2 : e s 11 'iif7 J...'iltd5!! A profound idea! 2 Jlxe3 Or 2 :xe3 :xe3 3 Jlxe3 ..Wn 4 l::[el
nxe4 12 l:[g6 1-0 12 ... 'iic3 13 lLJf6! 't!Vc7 14 :xg7!. 'i:Wg3+ 5 @fl li'xh3+ 6 i':Wg2 (6 c;t.>gl l:[e4; 6 @f2 f4! 7 Jlxf4 l:[f8) 6... :xe3 7
.!:txe3 'iVxe3 8 'iWd5+ @g7 9 'ifxb7+ Wh6 10 gxfS 'Wxc3 etc. 2••• f4 3 Jlf2?!
More stubbom is 3 l::txf4 (3 Jlxf4 l:[e2)--3 ... l::txe3 4 'fVg2 'ifxg2+ 5 ..txg2
745 Instructive Example d3 6 l:tcfl :xc3 7 l::tf7 l:[e2+ 8 c;t.>gl l::tg3+ 9 c;t.>hI l::txh3+ 10 ..tgl l:[g3+ 11
1...lt:lg3+!t The queen is deflected from the fourth rank. 2 Wh2! As will 'it>hl :Xg4 12 l::txb7 l::txd4 and Black wins. 3 ... g5 Reaching an amazing
be seen from the future play this is stronger than 2 Wgl. 2•••lLJbS But not position-the rook on O perishes! (4 Wg2 l:te2 5 'ifdl l:!.'.8e3; 4 'if c2 ne2 5
2... lLJxfl+, since after 3 Wgl 'iig8 4 l::[d7 l:[f8 5 @xfl White has a strong i'Wf5 'ifxf3 6 li'xg5+ Wf7 7 'ifhs+ @e7 8 'fVc5+ c:bd7). While looking for a
initiative for the exchange. 3 'iih4 't!Vxe5! 4 fxe5 l:[xb4 5 l:[xf7+ lLJg7 6 way out Schmidt lost on time. 0-1
l:[dd7 l:[gS 7 g4 h5 8 Wg3 g5 9 e6 hxg4 10 hxg4 l:!.'.h6 11 e7 l:[e6 and Black
wins
749 Polugaevsky-Ljubojevié, Reykjavik 1987
It remains for White to play lba8-b6, and it is possible to 'lower the
746 Prandstetter-P.Blatny, Prague 1986 curtain'. It seems that heis no position to stop this, but irnagination works
1. .. f4! 2 gxf4 2 'iixf4 l:[f8 3 'iic7 'if e8. 2... i.b3! The idea is clear--to wonders.
deliver mate on the g2 square. 3 lLJfl 3 't!Vg3 :Xe3! 4 :Xe3 'iidl+; 3 c;t.>b2
1. .. a4!! 2 i.xa4 Or 2 lbb6 a3 3 l::txc8 :Xc8 4 xc8 Wf8!! 5 :xh3 (5 l:[h2
'iWg4 4 l::[gI :xe3! 5 :xg4 i.xg4. 3 ...i.xfl 4 c;t.,xn 'iig4 5 Jld2 : x e l + 6
Jlb2) 5... a261th8+ lõg8 71:[hl al='if 8 l::txal .ixal etc. 2... lõxd5!! 3 cxd5
Jlxel 'iih3+ 7 c;t.>gt 't!Ve6 8 Wfl Or 8 Jld2 'iWg4+ 9 @fl 'ikdl+ 10 i . e l
3 Jld7 Jlxd7 4 l::txh8 Jlc6! 5 l:[Ixh3 (5 : c s lbc7+; 5 cxd5 Jlxd5+ 6 Wf2
'ifd3+ 11 c;t.>gl 't!Ve4 12 Jld2 'iihl+ 13 <it>g2 'iid3. 8...'ife4 9 'iid2 'iif3+ 10
i.d4+ 7 <it>fl Jlxhl) 5... xf4+! ! 6 @e3 (6 Wxf4 i.d2 mate) 6... lbxh3.
Jlf2 l:[e4! Intending the manoeuvre :e4xf4xh4-hl mate. 11 g6 b5 12 c4
3... Jlxe6 With the moves l...a4 and 2... xd5 Ljubojevié has weakened the
:xr4 13 'iiel 'iib3+ 0-1
d5 square. 4 c7! 4 dxe6 l:txb8; 4 l::[xh8 Ji.xdS+ 5 cj.,f2 i.d4+ 6 'it>e2 Jlxhl
7 l:[xh3 i.xa8. 4... l::txb8 5 lbxe6+ Wf7 6 lõg5+ @f8 7 : x h 3 : b 4 8 lt:le6+
747 Sbort-Timman, Tilburg 1991 cJitf7 9 i.d7 l:[b3 10 'ite2 Jlf6 11 l:[b7+ c;t.>gs 12 l::[b6 ..t,r, 1J l:[h7+ @g8 14
White has a great positional advantage, but there does not seem to be a l:!.'.h6Wf7½-l/2
concluding blow: He cannot play either I lLJg5 or 1 g4 because o f the
threats on the long diagonal. 750 Meshcherina-Umanskaya, Russia 1992
1 c;t.>b2!! At the moment it is hard to see the reason for this move. 1...:cs 1.. i b 3 + t A beautiful idea! 2 cj.,xhJ 'ifgl 3 g4 Or 3 'fVc2 li'xfl+ 4 c;t.>h2
l...11Yxa4 toses at once-2 lLJg5 'iic6 3 f3. Accurate play would have been 'fVxO. 3... c 5!! Toe knight will .finish the job. 4 gxh5 No better is 4 'if e3.
demanded of Short after l. .. Jlc8! 2 g4! (the principal continuation!) 4... 'iVxfl+ 5 Wg3 ltle6 6 Jlc2 f4 7 'ifVf2 'ifh3 mate. 4...lbe6 5 hxg6+ fxg6
2... Jlb7 (2 ... Jlxd7 3 gxh5 c;t.>h7 4 lbg5+ 'it.>h6 5 lZlxf?+; 2... hxg4 3 lLJg5 0-1
i.xd7 4 hS g3+ 5 fxg3 't!Vxa4 6 h6 'it'xc2+ 7 l:[d2! 't!Vxd2+ 8 Wh3; 3... Jlb7 4
O) 3 l:[d3 'i'le4 (3 ... hxg4 4 h5) 4 gxhS i'WfS (4 ... gxhS S l:[dl!) 5 hxg6 'i!Vxf6
(5 ... Jlxf3 6 g7; S... 'iixg6 6 lLJgS) 6 exf6 fxg6 7 l:[g7+ etc. 2 @g3! The king 751 Gusev-Persitz, Moscow 1962
is offto mate the king! 2... :ce8 3 Wf4! Jlc8 4 Wg5! 1-0 t ... Jlb6!! 2 g5 2 'ii'xh6 lbxg4 leads to the loss of the queen. 2...lõc6 3
'it'd3 lbf4 4 'fVfJ .i.xg5 ... 0-1
748 V.Schmidt-P.Blatny, Haifa 1989
The knight is under attack. The natural continuation t...lLJd5 is 752 Taimanov-Spassky, Leningrad 1952
unconvincing: 2 gxf5 (2 l:[xf5 'ifd8!) 2.. J::te2 3 'ii'gS (3 fxg6? :xd2 4 g7 1 @g6!! It looks hopeless, as also does l Wh4 cj.,f3 2 Wh5 @g3 3 @g6
l::tg2+!! 5 g2 lbe3+; 3 f6?! lbxf6?!; 4 'ii'xe2 :xe2 5 l:[xf6 'i!Vd8 6 l:[cfl lõdS. 1.. .lt d5 2 <it>f7 2 f5 exf5 3 f2+ cj.,f3 4 d3 We3. 2.. .<f5 2... xf4??
: e s 7 d5!; 3... @f714 'it°gS 'it°d8!) 3... e3! (3 ...'iid8 4 'i!Yg3) 4 fxg6 (4 :xe3 3 @xf6!. 3 lbg l xf4 4 lbf3!! A fantastic position! It is hard to believe but
:Zxe3 s·'it°f6 't!Vc7! 6 Jlxe3 'iig3+) 4 ...li'xg5+! (4 ... :g2+? 5 li'xg2 xg2 6 there is no win for Black, e.g. 4... e5 5 4+ c;t.>gS 6 lbf3+ Wg4 7 Wxf6 e4 8
g7) 5 Jlxg5 hxg6! (5 ... : g 2 + 6 Whl l::[xg5 7 gxh7+ Wxh7 8 l:[el) 6 Jlxe3 lbe5+ Wg3 9 lbc4, or 4 ... We4 5 d2+ 'if.>d3 6 lt:lfl f5 7 'it>f6 followed by 8
:sxe3 7 :xe3 :xe3 8 Wg2 etc. lbg3, or 4... @g4 5 lLJh2+ Wh3 6 lLJfl f5 7 'it>f6 and 8 e3 1/2-1/2
274 Solutio11s to Er:ercises
753 Epishin-Yurtaev, Moscow 1991

1 b4!! l:ta8 l...axb3 2 t2Jxb3 and 3 cxd5. 2 cxdS cxdS 3 tiJbS h4! If
3... dxe4, then 4 .ic5 'i'e6 5 0.c7. 4 'i!Vxh4 'ili'xb4 5 tiJf6+! .ixf6 6 gxf6
l:txe3 71:txdS Better is 7 °iWh6 0.e6 8 l:txd5. 7... l:ta6! 8 tiJd6 'i'c3 9 fS! .id7
10 'iVh6 l:txb3+ 11 'i'xb3 'iVxh3+ 12 .ixb3 .tc613 0.e4 1-0
Index of Players
(numbers refer to exercises)
754 Yudasin-Cbernin, Beer Sheva 1993
1 0.d7!! An attractive move! White attacks the e6, f5 and ... g7 squares! A Arlandi 236
1...'i!Vc6 Toe knight is untoui:hable: l ...0.xd7 2 l:txe6; l ... l:txd7 2 'fixe8 0.f6 Armas 249
3 'iVb8. 2 l:txe6 Mistaken is 2 . t e 5 - 2 ... 0.f6 3 0.xf6+ .ixf6 4 .ie4 (4 d5?
l:txdS 5 .txf6 l:td7) 4... fxe4 S .ix.f6 'iYd7 6 'iYxd7 l:rxd7 7 i.eS 0.g6 with Arbakov 739 Arnason, Y. 706
better chances for Black. 2... 'iVxd7 2... t2Jxe6 3 'iVxf5+ ..t>g8 4 'i'h7+ ..t>f'l 5 Abramovié 233, 265, 455 Aronin (p. 40)
.ig6 mate. 3 .ixf5+ ..t>b8 4 l:rg6 Also winning is 4 l:rxh6+ gxh6 5 .ixd7 Acevedo 526 Asanov 639
t2Jxd7 6 0.g4 0.5f6 7 0.xf6 L f 6 8 .ie5! 0.xe5 9 'iixf6+ ..t>h7 10 l:rcl. Adams 245, 249, 446 Asaturian 294
4... .tgS Or 4... 0.xg6 5 .ixd7 l:tf8 6 'iVxg6 :Xd7 7 0.f3. 5 .txd7 l:re7 6 'fifS Atanasov 588
t2Jxg6 7 'iVxg6 l:rdxd7 8 0.f3 0.f4 9 .txf4 .ixf4 10 1'Vg4 .txf3 11 'iYxf3 Adorjan 48,100,342,514, 731
l:txd4 12 g3 l:txdl + 13 'i'xdl .tgs 14 'iVd6 .tf6 Black lost on time. Agrest288 Auzins 371
Agzamov, G. 46, 367, 402 Averbakh 83
755 Kasparov-Kramnik, Novgorod 1994 Akopdzhanian 73 Avetisian 127
Akopian, V. 502,595 Azmaiparashvili 41, 157, 203, 490,
A complicated position. Toe natural course of events leads to an 580,720,730
approximately equal endgame: l l:txb6 0.xf4 2 0.xf4 l:txg4 3 l:txf6 (or 3 Akopov 397
0.h5 l:te7 4 l:tg3 l:tg6) 3... ..t>g7 4 0.h5+ (4 l:tf5? .ic8 5 0.h5+ ..t>f8 6 l:tf6 Alburt 420
l:txg2) 4 ... ..t>f8 5 l:tb6 l:te7 6 l:tg3 l:tg6 7 0.f6 (7 l:tg x g6 hxg6 8 0.f6 e3 9 Ali, M. 384 B
fxe3 .txg2) 7 ...l:txg3 8 fxg3 e3 9 'it>dl .ixg2 etc.
Alster489
1 bS!! A paradoxical move! Two queens are under tire, but Kasparov Alterman. B. 198, 256, 498 Baburin 381,457
attacks a ... rook! White's idea is to occupy the f6 square (1...l:tgg8 2 Bagaturov 138, 688
l:txd5). I. .. 0.xf4 l....:Xg4 2 'fixg4 'i'xd6 3 'iVg7 mate; 1...l:txe6 2 hxg6 fxg6 Anand 99, 241
3 'ifh6. 2 bxg6 'iVxd6 If 2... l:txe6 3 l:txh7+ 'it>g8 4 gxf7+ ..t>f8 (4 ...'it>xh7 5 Andersson, U. 139, 454, 587 Bagirov 43, 126,258
l:txb6) 5 l:th8+ 'it>xf'l 6 .txe6+ 0.xe6 7 :Xb6. 3 l:txb7+ 'it>g8 4 gxf7+ 'it>xh7 Andonov, B. 508 Bakulin 630
5 fxeS='iV 0.xe6 6 .trs+ 'it>g7 7 'i'g6+ 'it>f'S 8 'iVxf6+ ..t>es 9 i.xe6 'iVf8 The Andruet 285 Balashov 36, 77,313,476,570, 719
net result: White has an extra pawn and a winning position. By means of Banas 442
9... e3 he could delay his capitulation but not avoid i t - 1 0 fxe3 .i.xg2 11 Anikaev 509, 576
Anonymous examples 31, 82, 106, Bangiev 472
. t f ' l t 'it>d7 12 .ie8+ <Ji/c7 13 'fkg7+ 'it>d8 14 'i'xg2 ..t>xe8 15 'iVe4+. 10
.id7+ 1-0 212,237,261,267,289,311, Bannik 756
340,344,383,419,505,521, Barash 670
532,537,543,556,557,559,
756 Tal-Bannik, Erevan 1962 561,567,568,577,594,599, Barbero 240
1 'iVe2!! .i.xc3 Or I...'i'xc3 2 i . c l i.xcl 3 l:txb8 g6 4 l:tb3. 2 l b b 8 .nxb8 600,621,622,669,705,733, Barcza 80,635
2... .txel 3 l:txf8+ 'it>xf8 4 .i.g5. 3 .tg5 .i.xel 4 .txf6 0.xf6 5 'fixei ... 1-0 74S Barczay 26
One can only be inspired by Tal's ideas! Antimirov 655 Bareev 33, 368, 520
Antoshin 78 Barkovsky ,590
Antunac 3S4 Baumbach 400
Arakhamia 682 Bednarski 251,393,640 (p. 57)
276 lndex o fPlayers lndex ofPlayers 277
Belinkov 35 Brynell 673 Cordovil 684 Durao 664, 684

Bellon 569 Bucan351 Csom 174, 278 Dvoiris 120, 380
Beliavsk:y 72, 159, 287, 303, 492, Bugaev296 Cvitan 21,455 Dzherkovich 3 I 6
602, 690, 697, 713 Bukié 64, 226, 357 Dzhindzhikhashvili 428, 492
Benjamin 202, 551, 591 Bulat 513 D
Benko 209, 469 E
Burger 513
Berry 649 Bykhovsk:y 488 Dahlhoff 427
Bertok 407 Bykov 14 Dancev 694 Ebralidze 334
Behrhorst (p. 11 O) Byrne, D. 3, 544 Darga 65 Efimov, 1. 406
Bezman42 Byrne, R. 5, 62, 151, 300, 358, 563, David 74 Efimov, O. 554
Bielicki 425 629 De Firmian 113, 148, 734 Egorov 291
Bilek 134,231,489 Byvshev 443, 539 De la Villa Garcia 17,516 Eisen 461
Bisguier 298 Dely 22,438 Eichhom254
Bischoff 480 e Demeter 540 Ehlvest 2, 30, 103, 363, 399
Bitman 493 Dgebuadze 384 Emelin 631
Blagidze 334 Cafferty 92 Diaz, J. 156, 456 Enders 634
Blatny, P. 123, 597, 639, 746, 748 Campora 188 Ditt 238 Epishin 753
Boey 193 Castagna 445 Dizdar (p. 110) Erlandsson 485
Bogdanovski 463 Castro, O. 255 Djerkovié 316 Ennenkov 242, 508, 738
Bõhm37, 616 Cebalo 188 Djordjevié 405 Ennolinsky 715
Boleslavsk:y 432 Chandler 137,177,259 Djurhuus 205 Ernst 375
Bõnsch 693 Chandor-Moet 75 Djurié 528, 698 Espig, L. 131, 552, 641, 702
Borges448 Chekhov 204, 636 Djurié, S. 575 Estrin 219
Borisenko 195 Cecchi 431 Dlugy 322, 524 Eubanks 401
Borisov 382 Chelushkina 86 Dobza 50, 269 Evdokimov 58
Bmwell 646 Cherepkov 443 Dokhoian 336
Botterill 232 Chemin, A. 91, 133, 754 Dolmatov 216,403,686, 728 F
Bottlik 75 Chemov222 Domnitz 541
Botvinnik 333,460 Chevaldonnet 180 Donchenko 314 Fadeev 284
Boudy 603 Chiburdanidze 611,677 Donner 266, 404 Faibisovich 288
Brander 707 Christ 729 Doroshkevich 280 Farago,1.77,680,685, 727
Brandics 276 Christiansen 148, 297,571,661 Drasko 91,124 Farago, S. 392
Brasko 365 Chudinovskikh 235 Dreev 129, 618 Fecher497
Bricard497 Ciocaltea 469,510,617,629 Drimer 481 Feldman445
Brilla-Banfalvi 169 Cramling, P. 135 Dubinin 194 Fernandez, R. 456
Bronstein 632 Crouch475 Dueball 671 Fedorov 292
Brooks 369 Conrady71 Duer488 Filip 240
Browne 32, 57, 302, 652 Cording 193 Dumpor 15 Fischer 526, 553, 652
278 lndex o f Players Jndex o fPlayers 2 79
Fishbein 451 Gill 269 Harandi 313 Ioffe 504

Flear287,331 Glatt 465 Hart 401 Isaev 437
Flesch 13 Gleizerov 4 Hartston 154 Ivanchuk 399
Flohr 539 Glek 252, 317, 737 Hazai 271 lvanciu S30
Feustel 611 Gligorié 460 1--lbert 421 Ivanenko 737
Fokin 457 Gluzman 7 1-1<:cht 417 lvanov, A. 181
Fominykh 30 Gogadze 70 tfrcmsoth 400 Ivanov, I. 143,197,292,591
Forintos 185 Gogichaishvili 135 Hector 375,490 lvanov, S. 519
Frolov 379 Golubev 463 Hellers 89, 390 lvanovié S4, 347, 393, 546
Franzen 234 Gomez, P. 28 1--lenkin 27,341 Ivkov 378
Ftácnik 142,346,604, 695 Gomez-Bailio 60 Henníngs 278,370, 718
Furman 117 Gorchakov 155 Hem1lin 295 J
Govashelishvili 434 Hcrtneck 327
G Greenfeld 719 Hcver 39 Jadoul 189
Grinberg 6 l 9 Higashí 453 Janata 743
Gabron 360 Jansa 37, 149, 185,244,372,396,
Grivas 207, 236 Hodgson 606
Gallagher 111 459,470
Grif 152 Hoffmann, A. 49
Gaprindashvili, N. 167, 200, 312 Joksié 24, 470
Groiss 247 l-lonfi 466,481
Gaprindashvili, P. 501 Jones 671
Gruenberg 714 1-Ionfi, K. 512
Garakian 4 72 Jovicié 573
Gruenfeld 325,447,538 Hort 44, 64, 87, 154, 248, 255, 645,
Garbett642 711
Gubnitsky 663
Garcia 696 Horvath, D. 263 K
Gufeld 183, 229
Garcia, G. 66, 151,302 Hübner 16, 107, 113,158,318,353,
Gulbis 487
Garcia Padron 275 562,620,656 Kaidanov 203,369,626, 730
Gulko 228,245,274,467,676
Garcia-Palermo 175,637 (p. 87) 1-Iug 349,700 Kakhiani 86
Gauglitz39 Gurevich, D. 89 Hulak 52, 137 Kalandadze 433
Gavrikov 9, 709 Gurevich, M. 33, 293, 454, 579 Hund 4IO Kallai S07
Gelfand 14, 159, 581 Gusev 291,364, 751 Huzman 284, 734 Kaminsky 350
Geller, A. 295 Gutman 145,161,411,434,551, Kamsky 273 (p. 124)
Geller, E. 69, 184, 352,388,459 610 I Kantorovich 268
Georgadze, T. 280 Kapengut352,662
Georgiev, Kir. 2,412,738,741 H lailian 582 Kaplan 196
Georgiev, Kr. 710 llic, Z. 170 Kaplun 579
Gertler 528 Haik 174 Ilincié 332 Karasev 491, 525, 735
Gerusel 172 Halasz 51 Ilivitsky 534 Karlsson 654
Gheorghiu 119,243,349,486, 740 Hansen, C. 190 Illescas Cordoba 17 Karlsson, L. 421
Ghinda 224 Hansen, L. 523 Inglitls (p. 41) Karolyi Jr. 606
Ghitescu 67,335 (p. 57) Hansen, O. 72 lntskirveli 433 Karpman 27
280 lndex o f Players Jndex o f Players 281
K.arpov 23, 198, 2128, 283,306, Kneller (p. 132) Kuijf285 Liskevich 355
373, 709 (p. 103) Kochiev 616,667 Liubarskaya 305
Kuligowski 337
K.arsa 204 Kofidis, A. 19 Ljubojevié 76,211,218,283,308,
Kullir 451
Kasparov 182, 373, 503, 704, 755 KomJjenovié, D. 499 330,430,664,680,749
Kunert 118
Katalymov 350, 395, 534 Kondakov 726 Lobron 40, 108, 229, 286, 572
Kunz 301
Katishonok 487 Kondali 405 Kupreichik 9, 320, 449, 566, 636, Lomov281
Kaunas 228, 536 Konopleva 682 676,697 Lorincz 319
Kavalek 114, 353 Kopye 28, 164 Kurajica 329, 518, 578 Lputian 208, 440, 498
Kayumov 214 Kopylov 282 Kuzmín, G. 83, 413, 429, 482 Lukin 207 (p. 58)
Keene 632, 683 Korchnoi 62,306,374,414,618, Kveinys 110,205 Luther477
Keglevié 56 633,700,740 · Lutikov 362, 409
Kelecevié 351 Korolev, S. 252, 282, 397 L
Kell 646 Korsunsk:y 279 M
Kengis 161 Kosikov42 Lagunov 366
Keres 199,644 Kosten 514 Lahtinen 474 Macharashvili 70
Keshia 398 Kostro 109, 442, 722 Langeweg 672 Machado 339
Khachaturov 496 Kotkov 365, 496 Lanka 570, 699 Machulsky 21
Khalifman 11, 317, 542, 659 Kouatly 550 Larsen 12, 38,210,300, 563, 584, Madl58
Khasanov 141 Kovacevié, V. 239, 354, 356, 376, 701 Maeder219
Khasin, Av. 191 423 Latunov 95 Magergut 14
Kholmov 29,156,303,386,448, Kovalev 142 Lautier 372, 589 Magerramov 214
624 (p. 40) Kozhoks 444 Lau 659 Magomedov 110
Kholestak 588 Kozlov, V.N. 55,415 Lazarev 79 Makarashvili 494
Kielander 431 Kozlovskaya 325 Leban 272 Makarov 120,141,221
Kindermann 84 Kozul 332 Lechtynsky 328 Makarychev 178, 593, 692
Kinlay47 Kramer, C. 253 Ledennan 146 Maksimenko 394
Kinsman 607 Kramnik 59, 755 Lehmann 743 Malaniuk 403, 542
Kirov422 Krantz 136 Lein 13,627 Malchikov 479
Kiselev 687 Krasenkov 4, 95, 415 Lengyel 80, 230 Malevinsky 380
Kiss, P. 473 Krasin 554 Lemer 116,144,197,478 Maliutin 379
Kishinev 519 Krivonosov 717 Leshner 592 Mannion 502
K.laman 491 Krivun 132 Levchenkov 586 Marié 128
Klinger 66, 597 Krogius 574 Levitt 744 Mariotti 57, 102
Klokov 281 Kronlack (p. 132) Lhagva 576 Marjanovié, S. 244, 329, 356, 376,
Klompus 549 Kruppa 429,520, 716 Liberzon 210, 260, 358, 518, 524 651
Klovan 145 Kuczinski 125 Ligterink 297,412 Marovié 396, 662
Kluger635 Kudrin 143, 220, 339, 706 Lin Ta 178 Martin 74
Knaak 115, 699, 742 Kuindzhi 78 Lipnitsky 333 Martin Gonzalez 175
282 Jndex o f Players lndex of Players 283
Martorelli 398 Mohrlock 483 o Perepeliuk 694

Marugan 625 Mokry 328,348,387,697 Peresypkin 101
Matanovié 3, 15, 25,251,377, 417, Moldobaev 464 Odendahl 299 Pergericht 486
426,468,643 Molo 164 Ogaard 26, 648 Persitz 751
Matulovié 172, 596, 675 Monin 97,670 O'Kelly 65 Peters, J. 649
Matveeva 439 Morelle 708 Olafsson, F. (p. 103) Petrosian, A. 157
Mazzoni404 Mortensen 654 Olafsson, H. 177, 744 Petrosian, T. 128,426, 565
McConnick 298 Muir484 011 246, 582, 653 Petrushin 223,227
Mchedlishvili 494 Mukhamedzianov 6 Orev 613 Petursson 96, 168
Meinsohn, F. 170 Mukhametov 321 Omstein 231,304 Pfleger 584
Menchik 564 Mukhin 359, 686 Osnos 511 Pikan294
Mendua 583 Mukhin, M. 692 Ostermeyer 121 Piket, J. 620
Meshcherina 750 Mullner660 Ostojié 48, 239 Pinter447
Messing 651 Muratov 155 Ozsvath 613 Pire 647
Mestel 61,420, 558 Muraviev 270 Pisarenko 560
Mestrovié 666 p Piskov 687
Musil 20, 643
Meszaros,A.392 Pismenny 10
Pachman 541
Metliak 129 Plachetka 123, 147
N Padevsky 522
Metliakhin 385 Plaskett 262, 336, 475
Paegle 371
Meulders 171 Platonov 658
Pahtz 343
Meyer 51 Nagy,E. 626 Podgaets 381
Palatnik 716
Miagmasuren 324 Najdorf152 Poleshchuk 416
Palkõvi474
Miandro 436 Nunn 93, 186, 277, 535, 678, 691, Polgar, J. 273
711 Panchenko 275, 624
Miannik 132 Polgar, Z. 166,638
Naumkin 55 Panno 60, 102
Mikhailov 268 Polovodin 181,395
Neverov 674 Panov 338
Mikha!chishin, A. Polugaevsky 88, 183,390,407,435,
Neishtadt 565 Parma 226 555,627,633,749
Miles 105, 107,119,211,262,290,
299,408,678,703 Nesis 191,234,461 Paroulek 194 Poluliakhov 628
Miliutin 361 Niklasson 45 Parr 650 Pomar 38,200,601
Milos 160 Nikolié, Z. 54 Partos (p. 56) Popov 250
Milov, V.49 Nikolié, P. 274, 529, 533, 623 Paunovié, T. Popov,L.617,644
Minev 640 Nikoloff8 Pavlenko 359, 458 Popov,P.615
Minkov 712 Z. Nilsson 722 Pavlov 668 Popovié, P. 546,598, 713
Miralles 173 Niniv608 Pelikan 564 Portisch, L. 23, 69, 105,199,310,
Mirkovié 7 Noviko 206 Pelts 6 323,430,512,516,527.555,
Penakov 665 601,696,724
Moche, S. 732 Nogueiras 130, 213
Mõhring 638 Pereira 484 Portisch, F. 134
Nogovitsin 235
Perenyi276,506,515,575 Poselnikov 726
284 Jndex o f Players lndex of Players 285
Postler 504 Rodriguez. A. 690 Selcianu 92 Sokolov 272

Poulson 176 Rogers 87, 150 Selezniev, A. (p. 133) Sokolov, A. 121, 206, 533
Prandstetter 201, 695, 746 Romanishin 108,179,509,517,657 Seres, L. 4 73 Sokolov,1.99,233,495,637
Pribyl 147,184,258,361 Roos, L. 335 Serper 382, 707 Solomon642
Principe 436 Rotstein, A. 331 Servaty 312 Solovtsov 296
Pritchett 703 Rotstein, E. 688 Sery 355 Soos 25, 708
Prudnikova 329 Rous 189 Sevedzh 166 Sorri 483
Psakhis 103,124,217,225,279, Rozentalis 8, 495, 536, 605 Shakarov 605 Spasov 176,608,615, 710
478, 499, 689 Ruban.81, 366,681 Shamkovich 202,232,548, 614, Spassky 345, 414, 752
Purins 584 (p. 37) 728 Speelman 112, 182
Rubtsova, E. 305
Shashin 715 Spiridonov 201,418,531,574
Rusenescu 301
Q Russek (p. 7) Shaw 679 Stangl 739
Shcherbakov 630 Stasans 163
Ryzh.kov441
Quinteros 527, 661, 723 Shcherbakov, R. 560 Stean 609
Shestak 655
s Stefansson 19
R Shestakov 668 Stein 5
Shocron 553 Stipka 485
Radulov 370,566, 724 Saidman 544
Short 1,122,315,689, 747 Stoica 67
Raicevié 725 Saidy 378
Sigurjonsson 44, 220, 648 Suba 111, 725
Rajkovié 240, 573 Sagalchik 138, 242
Silva 409 Suetin 22, 125, 389, 428
Rashkovsky 133, 257, 264 Sakharov 319
Silva, S.160 Sundqvist360
Rasmussen 277 Salov 18, 139, 263, 326, 736
Simagin 238 Sunye36
Ravinsky 338 Samarin 386
Simíé 513 Svechik 592
Razuvaev 208, 364, 666 Sandler 607
Singh 465 Svensson 50
Rechlis 146, 467 Savchenko 394
Sinkovic 506 Sveshnikov 264,293,316,320,
Ree90, 424 Savon 257,658 413, 500, 586
Sixtenssen 547
Reid 247 Sax 32, 90, 98, 112,131,326,363, Sydor 109
424, 510,523,535, 538, 598, Sjoberg729
Reshevsky 12, 230, 324 609 (p. 56) Skjoldager 427 Szabo 389
Reshko 525 Schmid 612 Sliva 68, 530 Szczerbak 79
Reynolds 186 Schmidt, WJ. 63, 68, 224, 365, 452, Smagin 97 Szilagyi, G. 603
Ribeiro 196 552,748 Smejkal 162 Szilagyi, P. 493, 727
Ribli 100, 104, 558, 657, 718 Schmitzler 118 Smetan 672 Szilagy S. 650
Rinkis 94 Schrai471 Smirin 215,256, 391, 581 Sznapik, A. 63, 85, 578
Rittner 253 Schüssler 40, 53 Smit 735
Ritums 73 Schwarz 10 Smyslov 34, 425, 435, 452, 468, T
Rivas 61 Sedrakian 595 476
Sokhnenko 444 Taimanov 438,614, 752
Robatsch 34 Seirawan 337, 345, 529,572
Roche (p. 172) Seitay 190
286 Index o fPlayers Index of Players 287
Tal 52, 93,158,171,217,318,323, u V\adimirov, E. 46,271 Yakovlev 153

367,418,422,450,587,701 ' Vogt 116,243,477,517 Yanoshi 660
720,756 Ye Jiangchuan 41, 346
Ubilava482 Vooremaa 43
Tarjan 213, 308 Yrjõlã 149
Uhlmann 227, 343, 604, 634' 702 ' Vorozhtsov 270
Tamai 665 742 Yudasin 59, 150, 368, 580, 602,
Vukcevich 209
Tamowski 432 Ujtelky 357 673,741,754
Vyzmanavin 165,341,681
Tartakower 64 7 Ulybin 11,215, 391, 589, 653 Yukhtman 511
Tatai 84, 114 Umanskaya 750 w Yuneev 464 (p. 58)
Terek 732 Unzicker 187,266 Yungkhianel 501
Tereshchenko 458 Ushakov 471 Yurkov 35
Wade450
Teske 714 Utashi 515 Yurtaev 753
Wahls 18
Thiellement 466 Yusupov 130,216,260,462,480,
Watson, W. 88, 309 503,531,545
Thipsay 625 V
Wedberg 322
Thorsteins 96
Timman 98, 290, 307, 374, 388, Vaganian 53,192,259,327,596
Weinstein 723 z
423,562,656,736,747 623 (p. 87) Weiss 663
Timoshchenko, A. 437 Vaganov 593 \Veltmander 195 Zagrebelny 246
Timoshchenko, G. 81 Van der Tak 691 Wemer 24, 314 Zaitsev, A. 342, 362
Tischbierek 115 Van·der Weide 162 West, G. 547 Zaitsev, I. 674
Tisdall 348, 408, 731 Van der Wiel 16, 85, 173, 241 ' 307 ' Westerinen 304,310,612 Zakharevich 631
Tiviakov 628 (p. 134) 315 Whiteley 522 Zakharov, A. 223
Tol 410 Van Manen 254 Wirthensohn 45 Zakharov, V. 136
Tolnaí 507, 571 Varnusz540 Witkowski 117 Zaklauskas 163
Topalov 1, 122 Vasilchuk 221 Wittmann 549 Zapata 192, 286
Torre 47, 168, 179, 187,330 ' 462 ' Vasiliev 416, 585 Wolff, P. 309,411 Zelcié 675
677 Vasiukov 377, 721 Wolny 140 Zernitsky 153
Toshkov (p. 7) Velickovié 20 Wong 619 Zheliandinov 645
Toth 685 Velikov 180, 583 Zhidkov 165
Trapl 140, 387 Velimirovié 71,347, 7212 y
Zhilin 222
Tratar 500 Vepkhvishvili 127, 479 Zhuravlev, V. 717
Yabra 453
Tringov 76, 402 Veroci 167 Zotkin 590
Yablonovsky 250
Trofimov 385 Veres 693 Züger 550
Yagupov 321
Tsarev406 Vemitsky 153
Tseitlin 441, 641 Vidmar446
Tseshkovsky 126,569, 585 Vistanetskis 29
Tukmakov 101,104,545,548,667 Vitolins 225, 610
704,712 Vitomskis 94

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lm ginatio in Chess

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The right of Paata Gaprindashvili to be identified as Author of this work

ISBN O 7134 8891 3 Foreword 5

B.T. Batsford Ltd,

Distributed in the United States and Canada by Sterling Publishing Co.,

An imprint of Chrysalif Books Group pie

Chessplayers possess plenty o f manuals on tactics, quite a few textbooks

What should I undertake? How am I to continue? Chessplayers are faced

But is what we have said above realistic?

We will agree to classify this scheme as progressive thinking, by which we

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