SICILIAN 2 b3

(Snyder Sicilian)

A Complete Opening System

Against the Sicilian With 2 b3

Robert M. Snyder
National Master

Players Press
Los Angeles
 ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Robert M . Snyder is a highly regarded chess educator and a well­

known personality in Southern Cali fornia chess circles. Besides teaching
chess at a large number of colleges and hosting a syndicated television
series on chess, Robert has dedicated his entire life to chess.
Mr. Snyder's contributions range from writing for Chess Life
Magazine to coaching and sponsoring promising young junior players.
He achieved his Master's rating in 1 973 at the age of eighteen when he
became co-champion of the Western United States and has represented
the United States in the Correspondence Chess Olympics.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks are due to Mr. Snyder's students, Calvin Olson, Mark Long,
Roger Poehlmann, Herbert Faeth , and Joe Scherzinger for their
assistance in proofreading the original manuscript .
Diagrams were provided by Cyber Enterprises, Cerritos, California.

I ndividuals who have analysis or games of high quality may submit

them to the author for possible use in future editions. Anyone submitting
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Jessica Street, Garden Grove, CA, 92643.

Second Printing, corrected

Copyright 1984 by The Players Press

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Published by The Players Press, 1710 Silverlake Boulevard,

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Contents
l n l roduclion 8

Analysis 10
Section I: Lines with an early Black N f6 II
Section 2: Lines with an early Black e6 followed by d5 17
Sect ion 3: Lines with I e4 c5 2 b3 e6 3 Bb2 d6 4 Nf3 19
Section 4: Lines with I e4 c5 2 b3 Nc6 3 Bb2 e6 4 N f3 21
Section 5 : Lines with I e4 c 5 2 b 3 Nc6 3 Db2 d 6 4 f4 Nc6 5 Nc3 23
Section 6: Lines with I e4 c5 2 b3 Nc6 3 Bb2 e5 26
Section 7: Lines with an early Black d5 28
Section 8: Lines with an early Black b6 30
Games 32
I ndex of Games 1 22
Introduction
 /11tmduuion !I

The Snyder Sicilian ( 1 e4 c5 2 b3) offers White an interesting and

dynamic alternative to playing into the complexities of the main Sicilian
lines ( 1 e4 c5 N f3 followed by 3 d4). Even though the popularity of the
Snyder Sicilian has grown since the publication of the first edition in
1 977 most Sicilian players are unprepared for 2 b3. The system also tends
to lead away from the type of positions that a Sicilian player is comfor­
table with.
Since 1 977 2 b3 has withstood the test of time and continues to be a
sound and viable system. The system is highly recommended for the in­
termediate or advanced tournament player, though the games and
.
analysis would stiil prove instructive for t he lower rated player. Even
though preparing 2 b3 requires less study than the main Sicilian lines it is
by no means a simple and mechanical system to learn. It is a flexible
system and a variety of di fferent types of games are reached .
After 2 b3 White plans to fianchetto his King's Bishop to put strong
pressute along the " a 1 -h8" diagonal. This may counter or hinder Black's
fianchet to of his King's Bishop.
The Analysis segment of t he book has been divided into eight parts. A
brief introduction into each segment is given. Because many of the lines
are taken from practical play an early reference to a game will be given
w hen possible. Additional opening ideas and analysis may be found in
the games .
Lines that aren't recommended for White are omilled from the
Analysis segment to make it easier for study. However, to be complete,
the Games segment con tains a large number of games where White
played lines which aren't recommended .
Analysis
 SECTION 1
LI N ES W ITII A N EARLY N f6
Black provokes an early advance of White's "e" pawn to e5 where it
drives Black's Knight to d5. The pawn at e5 can usually be well sup­
ported by a Knight on f3 and the Bishop on b2. On e5 t he pawn can have
a cramping effect against Black's thematic breaks with d6 or f6.
hn the most part the lines where Dlack's Knight is driven from the
center with 6 c4 favor White. It is t hen natural for White's Knight to go
to e4 exerting pressure on d6 and f6.
Where an early . . . Nc6 is played by Black, White also has t he in­
teresting option o f playing Spassky's 6 Bb5 instead of 6 c4.
Also, i n the 2 . . N f6 line White has an interesting opt ion of nor
.

transposing into the main lines .

LI NE I
1 e4 c5 2 b3 N f6 3 e5 Nd5 4 llb2 Nc6 5 c4!? (5 Nf3 would t ranspose in to
Line 2) 5 N f4 6 g3 Ng6 7 f4 (The idea behind not playing 5 Nf3 becomes
•••

clear. The " f" pawn can now defend the "e" pawn)

7 d6 8 Dg2 Nb4 ( I f 8 . . dxe5 then 9 Bxc6 +) 9 Be4 (Prevent ing Black

... .

from playing 9 . Nd3 + or 9 . 8 f5) 9 dxe5 10 f5 Nd3 + 11 Ke2! and

. . . . •••

\Vhitc ended up winning a Knight in exchange for several pawns. White

ca111c out on top. See GAME 114 for continuat ion .

LINE 2
I e4 c5 2 h3 Nc6 3 Ub2 e6 4 N f3 Nf6 5 e5 N d S
12 A ,,,�ysis

Now While has a choice between Spassky's 6 Bb5 or t he main lines

wirh 6 c4.
A) 6 BhS Be7 (White got a good posit ion arter 6 . . . Qb6 7 nxc6 Qxc6 8 0-0
b6 9 d3 Bb7 10 Nbd2 Be7 1 1 Ne4 0-0 1 2 c4 - Snyder-Bradford, ICCF
American Team Ch . , 1 979) 7 0-0 0-0 8 Bxc6 bxc6 9 d3 f6 10 Nbd2 (For 1 0
Nd see GAME 1132) 1 0 . . . Qc7 1 1 Ne4 fxeS 1 2 NxeS d 6 1 3 Nc4 e S 1 4 u3
Nf4 1 5 NgJ IJgS 16 b4 with perhaps a small edge to White.

B) 6 l"4
 Now B l ac k has t hree choices,
I) 6 Ndc7 7 d4 cxd4 8 Nxd4 NxcS (If
... 8 . Ng6 then 9 Nxc6)
. . 9 Nw(,
rxe(, 10 lheS Nc6 I I IJcJ

While's more active pieces and Black' s weak center pawns give White the
better game. If Black tries l l dS? then 12 cxd5! exdS 13 QhS+ g6? 14
•..

Qe2+.
2) 6 Nf4 7 gJ (A good alternative is 7 h4 with the idea of p l a y ing 8 h5
...

and at tacking the only square that Black's Knight can relrcal t o; Sec
GAME 1121 for continuation) 7 Ng6 8 Bg2 •.•

H d(, (If H b6 t hen 9 h4 ! is strong, threatening 1 0 h5) 9 cxd(, Qxd(,!?

. .. . . •

(Slightly b e l l er would have been 9 e5 10 0-0) 10 d4 cxd4 I I Nxd4 QcS +

. . .

1 2 Kfl! and While stands bet t er. See GAME 1120 for cont inuat ion.
J) 6 Nc7 7.Nc3 Be7 (lf7 d6 t hen 8 cxd6 Bxd6 9 d4; See GAME # I IJ
... . . .

for continuation) 8,Nc4 0-0 9.nc1! allowing for t he possi ble Ud3-b I idea
and prevent ing Black from pl a yin g b5 or d5. While ha s t he freer game.
 14 A lltl�ysis

liNE 3
I l'4 cS 2 h3 cl1 J Uh2 Nf6 4 eS NdS S NrJ Ue7 6c4 Nc7 (Afler 6 N f4 7 h4
. . .

d6 8 g3 Ng6 9 exd6 Bf6 10 Nc3 Nc6 While should cont inue with II Ilg2
where Ulack still cannot comfortably recover his pawn with II. Qxd6 . .

due 1o 12 Ne4; for II Ng5? see GAME 1122) 7 NcJ

7...f6 ( If 7 0-0 lhen While gets a good game with 8 Ne4 Nc8 9 Qc2!; sec
. . .

GAME 1123 for continuation) 8 Ne4 heS 9 NxcS 0-0 10 d4! (For 10 (.)g4?
sec GAI\·IE 1124) IO...cxd4 I I Qxd4 Bb4 +
 ll11alysis I5

1 2 llcJ (Also possible is 1 2 Ke2 !'? d6 13 Nd3 eS 14 Qe3 BaS 1 5 Rd1 and
White has more lhan enough compensal ion for his awkward K i n g posi­
t ion due to his active pieces and Black's weak center pawns; for 1 2 Kdl?
see GAME 1125) 12 . . . Nc6 13 Nxc6 llxc3 + 14 Qxc3 bxc6 IS Nd6 wit h"
clear ad va nl a ge for White. See GAME 1126 for continuation .

I.INE 4
I c4 cS 2 bJ Nc6 3 llb2 N r6 4 eS NdS 5 N rJ
16 Analysis

Now Black has three choices ,

A) S... dft 6 llb5 Nc7 7 Dxc6 + bxc6 8 exd6 exd6 9 0-0 Nc6 10 d4 llc7 I I
NcJ 0-0 12 d5 cxd5 13 NxdS and White has the better game with the more
active pieces and better pawn structure.

:;:l;:�:· ::iil�i./·�1:::1�;
; �:i.l��: i;:l�:�: lf:i ii'::
D) 5 ... g6 6 Uc4 N b6 7 BbS Bg7 ( I f 7. .. Qc7 to prevent the doubling of
pawns, t hen 8 0-0 Bg7 9 Rei 0-0 1 0 c4 ! and White stood better in
Snyder- McCambridge, Match, 1976) 8 Bxc6 bxc6 (If 8 ... dxc6 then 9 0-0
0-0 10 Rei Qc7 II h3 f6 12 c4 with the idea of 13 d4 ami White has a good
game) 9 d4 cxd4 10 Bxd4 and White has the freer game in the center.

C) S... NI"4 (• gJ Ne6 7 Ug2 (Also good for White, which may po�sibly
t ranspose i n t o the text, is 7 c3 dS 8 d4 g6 9 Bg2 Bg7 10 0-0 0-0 II Rei; sec
GAME #65 for continuation) 7 g6 8 cJ Bg7 9 d4 cxd4 10 cxd4 dS I I 0-0
•••

0-0 1 2 Nd Nc7 13 Qd2 b6 14 Racl and Wlli:e has the freer ga m e .

 ;\ nalysis I7

SECTION 2
UNES WITH AN EARLY BLACK e6 FOLLOWED BY dS
Black prepares for an early strike at the center by playing e6 followed
by d5. Black immediately obtains two pawns in the center and open lines
for his pieces.
White does best to exchange pawns on d5 and pin Black's Knight with
6 Bb5. White will often play on the open "e" file with his Rook and will
control e5 with his fianchettoed Bishop and King's Knight . The common
t hematic strike at Black's pawn center with d4 o ften comes into play
where in some cases Black may end up with an isolated "d" pawn a fter
White's "d" pawn is exchanged.

I e4 cS 2 b3 e6 3 Bb2 dS

4 excls cxdS 5 NrJ Nc6 6 UbS

18 A 11alysis

Nnw Black has four choices,

LINE I
6 . 11d7 7 0-0 Nf6 8 Rel + ! Be7
.. 9 Qe2 with tremendous pressure on the
"c" file. See GAME 1149 for continuation.

I.INE 2
6... f6? 7 0-0 Nge7 (To be considered was 7 8d6) 8 d4 cxd4 9 Nxd4 a(, 10
...

IJdJ and White has the better development and pawn structure. Sec
GAI\1E 1150 for continuation.
 Analysis 19

L I NE 3 .
6 .. . lle6 7 0-0 N f6 8 d4 lle7 9 dxcS! 0-0 (After 9 . Dxc5 best is 1 0 Nd4) HI
. .

nxc6 bxc6 I I Qd4! and White is a full pawn up with a firm foo t hold on
t he center. Sec GAME 115 1 for continuation.

LINE 4
6 Nf6 7 0-0 De7 8 d4 Bg4 9 dxc5! 0-0 ( I f 9 . . . Bxc5 then 1 0 Qe l + is
..•

strong) 10 Bxc6 bxc6 1 1 b4 Ne4 1 2 QdJ Bf5 13 Nd4 and White is a full
pawn up.

SECTION 3
LI NES WITH 1 e4 c5 2 bJ e6 3 Bb2 d6 4 N fJ
I n Line 1 a fter 4 . . . a6 White may very well do best to play 5 d4 im­
mediately striking at the center. Westerinen's 5 g3 is somewhat sl owe r
and White is unlikely to obtain much, if any opening advantage from it .
I n Line 2 a fter 4 . . . e5 Keres didn't have much di fficulty in getting t he
bcuer game . The second movement of the "e" pawn is too slow.
20 Analysis

I n Line 3 after 4 . . . Nf6 White does best to rest control of e5 by advanc­

ing his "e" pawn. The K night at e5 can be well supported by the " f"
pawn.

I e4 cS 2 bJ e6 J Db2 d6 4 NfJ

. •
I': � I

Now Black has three choices,

LINE I
4 . :.6 5 gJ (Immediately striking at the center with 5 d4 is more to the
..

point) 5 b6 6 d4 Db7 7 NcJ Nf6 8 Qe2 and White has more space in th e
...

center but Black is solid. For 8 d5 see GAME /1 9.

: . • . .

.
. .

LINE 2
4 . eS 5 Bc4 (Also possible is 5 c3 with the idea o f 6 d4) 5 . lle7 6 0-0 Nc(t
. . ..

7 Nd (Or 7 c3 Nf6 8 Re i with the idea o f 9 d4 is to be considered) 7 1Jg4

•..

8 NdS! ami White's more active pieces give him the better game. Sec
GAI\·1E 1110 for continuation.
 Analysis 21

LINE 3
4 N f6 S eS ( Best, all hough White got a good game after 5 Bd3 Nc6 6 0-0
.. •

Bc7 7 Re t Dd 7 8 Na3 0-0 9 c3; see GAME 11 1 3 for continual ion) S dxcS
•..

6 N xeS N bd7 7 f4! N xeS 8 fxeS Nd7 9 BdJ and White's lead in develoJ,_
ment, open lines and far better control of the center gives him a nice ad­
vantage. See GAME 11 1 5 for continuation.

SECTION 4
LIN·� WITH I e4 cS 2 bJ Nc6 3 Bbl e6 4 N rJ
In all three lines White does best to immediately sl rike al lhe cenler
wilh 5 d4. While seems to gel some edge in these lines.

I c4 cS 2 bJ Nc6 3 1Jb2 c6 4 N fJ
22 A 11alysis

LINE I
4 . a6 5 d4 cxd4 6 N xd4 N r6 7 lldJ dS 8 exdS exdS (if 8 . NxdS then
. . . .

White i'iolates mack's Queenside pawns with 9 Nxc6; or if 8 QxdS t hen

. ..

9 0-0 is best) 9 0-0 Be7 10 N rS BdS 1 1 Dxf5 and White stands better hav­
ing t he Dishop pair and Black having an isolated "d" pawn . See GAME
#34 for cont inuation.

:i)�;:;;:�:: i::��­
LINE 2
:i�l�;j·);�: !il;;!ll�'
-1 d6 5 d-1 (Somewhat slower but playable is 5 g3 Nf6 6 d3 Be? 7 Dg2 0-0
. . .

H O-Il where White ended up with a slight edge; see GAME #40 for con­
tinuation) S cxd4 6 N xd4 N r6 (After 6 . . . Dd7 White does best to set a
.. .

r-.taroczy Bind type pawn formation with 7 c4 N f6 8 Nc3 QaS 9 Qu2 and
White's foothold on d5 and b5 gave him the better game; see GAME #42
for continuat ion) 7 Nxc6 bxc6 8 e5 Ne4 9 DdJ QaS + 10 Ke2!
 A ""lysis 23

IO . .. NcS II exd6 lhd6 12 Dxg7 and White is � (ull r.awn ahead . ., { ,1 L

J�... ; '1&, J3. � � 14. �� ( '"�ttoako d � �, "1i , IVaz
LINE 3
4 . . . Nge7 S d4 (Somewhat slower but playable is 5 Be2; see GAMES #35
and #36 for cont inuation) 5 . .. cxd4 6 Nxd4 Nxd4 (After 6 ... d6 White does
best to set up a Maroczy Bind type pawn formation with 7 c4; the same
applies to 6 . . . a6 7 c4 where 7 . . .d5 would be met by 8 exd5 exd5 9 Nc3) 7
Qxd4 Nc6 8 QcJ Ub4 + 9 Nd2 and White's more active pieces give him
the advantage.

SECTION 5

LINES WITII I e4 cS 2 hJ Nc6 3 Dh2 d6 4 f4 Nf6 5 Nc:J

In Line I White has a variet y of possibilities . Certainly 5 . . .g6 need\
practical testing.
In Line 2 White allows his Queen to be attacked and Alack's Knight to
be posted at d4. However, White immediately starts building up on the
Knight and obtains a good game.
24 A 11alysis

In Line 3 White doesn't mind giving up a pawn to obt ain more than
enough posi tional compensation .
In Line 4 White builds a nice center and obtains good chances on the
Kingside in most cases.

I e4 cS 2 b3 Nc6 3 Bb2 d6 4 f4 Nf6 5 Nc3

.
Now Black has rour choices,
L I NE I
S .. . g6 (, UbS (Also to be considered is 6 Nd5 Bg7 7 Nxr6 + Dxr6 8 Bx f6
gxr6 9 Db5) 6 Bg7 7 Bxc6 + . or 7 Qe2 and White is slightly better.
•..

I.INE 2
5.. . Ug4 6 Uc2 lhc2 7 Qxe21 Nd4 8 Qd3 c6 9 Nf3 NxrJ + 10 Qxf3 and
White stands better. See GAME 1159 ror conti nuation.

I . I NE 3
S ...a6 6 Nf3 bS 7 Bd3 e6 8 0-0 c4 (8 .. . Ue7 was to be considered) 9 Ue2
( Not 9 bxc4? due to 9...bxc4 10 Dxc4 Qb6 +) 9 .. nb3 10 axb3 b4?! I I
.

Nn4 Nxe4 1 2 Nd4! and White will obtain more than enough compensa­
tion for his sacri ficed pawn. See GAME #60 for cont i nuat ion .
 A ualysis 25

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I.INE 4
l::}�:, i:�,;!t!�:,f:i:i.;:
s .ct, 6 NfJ
..

Now Dlack has two choices,

A) 6 11d7 7 UbS!? a6 8 llxc6 Uxc6 9 Qe2 Qc7 10 0-0 ( 1 0 0-0-0 is also
...

possible) IO .IIe7
.•

White may now immediately atlack in the center with 1 1 cS or build up

further wit h I I nue I .
ll) 6 Uc7 7 llbS lld7 (If 7...0-0 White can double Black's pawns wit h 8
. . .

llxc6 hxc6 9 d.1; sec G AME 1161 for continuat ion) 8 0-0 0-0 9 Khl u6 10
lhl'(, llw(, II Qc2 nnd White is better. Sec GAME 1162 for continuation.
 SECTION 6
LI NES WITH 1 e4 cS 2 b3 Nc6 3 Ub2 eS
One or the most dynamic ways for Black to play against the Snyder
Sicilian is where Black plays an early e5 . Black intends to rest rict the
'iCOpc or White's fianchettoed Bishop. White can o rrer his "r" pawn as a
gambit to reopen the diagonal and " f" rile. Black does best to accept the
gambit where White seems to have sufficient compensation for h is pawn .

I e4 cS 2 b3 Nc6 3 Bb2 eS 4 Nc3

Now Black has two choices,

I.INEI
4 . Nr6 5 r4 cd4 6 NrJ dS (6 . . . d6 would transpose into Line 2) 7 cxdS
. .

Nh4 (If 7 . . Nxd5 t hen 8 Nxd5 Qxd5 9 1k4 favors White) 8 UbS + 1Jd7 9
.

Qc2 + and White's pieces give him the better game . See GAME 1166 for
continuation.
 Analysis 27

LINE 2
4 . d6 5 f4 exf4 ( I f ntack declines the pawn with 5 . . . g6 t hen White ob­
. .

tnins a good game with 6 Nf3 Bg7 7 Nd5) 6 NfJ N f6 (After 6 . . . Nge7 then
7 d4 is an i mportant consideration) 7 Nd5 (Opening up White' s lianchct­
toed Dishop with attack on Black's Knight and "r' pawn)

Now 111ack has two choices,

A) 7 . . . Nxd5 8 exd5 Qe7 + ?! (8 . . Ne7 was to be considered) 9 K f2! Ne5 10
.

BhS + Od7 I I Dxd7 + Kxd7 12 Ret and White easily has sufricient com­
pensation for his pawn . See GAME 1173 for continuation .
28 A 11alysis

B) 7 . . . 1le7 8 Nxf4 Nxe4 (8 ... Dg4 would be a safer alternative) 9 Qe2 N r6

10 Ud6 gxf(, I I QeJ dS 1 2 N hS and White's position is well worth a
pawn. See GAME ##72 for continuation .

SECTION 7
I.I N ES WITI I A N I�AIU.Y BLACK dS
To st rike at the center early with d5 followed by recaptur ing on d5 wit h
t he Queen hasn't worked out well for Black i n practice. Bringing the
Queen out so early only results in the loss of t ime for Black.

LINE I
I c� l·S 2 hJ dS 3 cxdS QxdS 4 NcJ Qd8 5 r4 (This important move ga i n s a
foot hold on t h e important "e5" square and prevents Black from playing
cS) S ... N f(, (, Nf3 e6 7 N eS ami White has the better position. Black might
have wnsidcrcd developing his Knight t o c6 earlier. See GAME 1175 for
coni inuat ion.
 A t�alysis 29

I.INE 2
1 1.'4 cS 2 b3 Nc6 3 Ub2 dS 4 exdS QlldS S Nc3 QeS + (5 . . . Qd8 is bcller) 6
Qc2! Qu2 + 7 Nglle2

7 . .1U5 ( I n Snyder-Duckworth , Santa Monica, 1 975 White got a good

.

game after 7 . . . Bd7 8 0-0-0 eS 9 f4 0-0-0 1 0 Ne4 f6 and now best is II

fxe5!) 8 NgJ lbc2 9 Rcl Bg6 1 0 Na4 and White has more than enough
compensation for his pawn. See GAME 1#74 for continuation.
30 A 11alysis

SECTION 8
LINES WITH A N EARLY BLACK b6
Until recently an early b6 was unheard or for the most part. It doesn't
promote much in the way o r Queenside activity which is a common
theme in the Sicilian.

l.INE I
I c4 l'S 2 hJ b(, 3 Uh2 Ub7 4 NcJ Nc6 5 f4 e6 6 NfJ Nf6 7 l'5 ami White got
t he upper hand winning in only 1 5 moves. See GAME 113 rur continua­
t ion.

I.I NE 2
1 e4 cS 2 b3 e6 3 Db2 b6 4 NfJ Db7 5 NcJ d6 6 d4 cxd4 7 DbS + Nc6
(7 Nd7 was to be considered) 8 Nxd4 Nge7 9 NdS! Rc8 1 0 QhS! and
. . .

White is clearly better. See GAM E #53 ror continuation.

(EN D OF ANALYSI S SECTIONS)

Games
 GAMEl
You muy a!J·k yourself, ''Ilow could a Muster like Kiel·eritzky ovC'rlook
a mate in one?" The answer may well have been that he alloll'ed tire mate
to avoid a longer, more painful loss.
·

London, 185 1
White - Kieseritzky Black - Anderssen
1 c4 cS 2 bJ Ndt J llb2 a6 4 a4?! (This is an overreaction to the poss ibili t y
of ntack playing b5; 4 Nf3 would have been better) 4 e6 5 NfJ d(, (/\
.••

good alternative would have been the more aggressive 5 . . . d5) 6 Nc3 Nfll
7 �Je2 lle7 8 0-0 0-0 9 d4 cxd4 10 Nxd4 Qb6!

(This forces White to make an uncomfortable decision; he must retreat

his K n ight to f3 or exchange on "c6" which gives Black a s t ro n ge r pawn
format ion) II Nxc6 bxc6 12 aS ( 12 Kh 1 would have been bet t er, prepar·
ing for f4) 12.. .Qc7 13 f4 Ne8 14 BdJ fS IS exfS edS 16 QhS? (Th e Queen
becomes a target here; 16 Na4 would have b een better, with t he idea of
meet i ng 16 . Qxa5 wit h 1 7 Bd4!) 16 . . . Nf6 17 QhJ ( 1 7 Q f3 would han:
. .

been be tt er) 17 . . . Ng4 18 RfJ? (White is still under the illusion t hat he
would be building up an attack; 1 8 Qf3 was more prudent) 18 . Qa7 + . .

(Forcin g White's King to a more exposed location) 19 Kfl Rf6 20 Ug3?

Of White plays 20 Qg3 then . . . Rh6 planning to meet 21 h3 with . .. Bh4!
win ning the Queen) 20 . . . Qf2 mate.
34 Games

GAME 2
In recent games White has not had much success with 3 Bb5 + . The ex­
change of Bishops gives Black a comfortable game.
Buenos Aires, 1978
White - Lein lllack - t•otugaevsky
I r4 l'5 2 hJ d6 3 DbS + ( I t is betler to cmui nuc 3 Db2 Nl'6 4 Nc 3) J lhl1
...

4 c-f!! (This is a w k w a rd ; 4 Bxd7 + would be a more logical con tinu a t ion )

4 . .1hh5 5 cxbS a6 6 Nc3 N f6 7 N f3?! (This offers a dubious pa wn
.

\ttcriricc; simple and good was 7 Qe2) 7 g6 (After 7 . axb5 8 Nxb5 Nxc4
••• ..

i1 is Joubt ful that White has su fficient compensation for his pawn minus)
H llh2 a'b5 9 NxbS Dg7 10 0-0 0-0 1 1 Qel eS (Gaining a firm foothold on
"d4") 1 2 d3 Nc6 13 a4 Re8! (By defending the "e" pawn Black frees the
"d" pawn for a center strike) 1 4 Rfd 1 dS 15 Nd2 Dh6 1 6 exd5 Nxd5 1 7
Nc4 l�c6 1 8 g3 Qd7 19 R e i Rae8 2 0 Qf3 Nd4 2 1 Dxd4 exd4 22 lhe6 Rn(•
2J K�2 11�7! (This prepares support for a possible future . . . Nc3 an d
allows for ntack's 25th move) 24 h4 (This weakens White's King side
·

pawns) 24 . . . hS 25 Ndl Ne3 + !

26 hd dxcJ (Oiack will recover his piece with an excellent position) 27

l�d l ( Not '!.7 N c4 due to . . . Qxd3) 27 . . . exdl 28 Rxdl Qe7 29 Rf2 RcJ 30
()d5 lh·S (Attacking the weakened "g" pawn created by White's 24th
rnnvc) 31 IUJ Ue2 + 32 Rf2 Re3 33 Rf3 Rel + 34 IU2 ( White is certainly
hoping ror a draw by repetition) 34 .11b8 35 d4 cxd4 36 Qxd4 ( 36 Nxd4
•.

would have hccn slightly better) 36 1�e4 37 Qf6 Qd7 (Black avoids a
.••

C)uccn exchange to maintain his attack on White's weakened King posi·

lion) JH ()d lieS 39 QcS (H 39 Qd2 then . . . Qxd2 50 Rxd2 Re3) 39 Qg4 •..

411 ()l•7 ()xg3 + 41 WHITE RESIGNS.

 Gtlll:es 35

GAME 3
White's Knight move comes like a bolt from the blue exposing Black\
f\ing to a winning attack.
USA 198 1
White- Root Black - Adam
1 c4 c5 2 h3 b6 3 Ob2 Bb7 4 Nc3 Nc6 5 f4 e6 6 N f3 N f6 7 e5 Nd5 8 Nxd5
l'xciS 9 d4 (Threatening 10 dxc5 where lllack's "d" pawn would hang; it
j, dil"ficnll lo imagine t hat Blnck will resign in just seven move,!)

9 . . .d(, 10 UhS a6 1 1 Dxc6 + Uxc6 12 0-0 f6? (Th i s will expose Ulad '\
King t o attack along the "e" file and "h5-e8" diagonal) 13 ed6 g:d6?
( 1 3 Qx f6 would have been better) 14 dxcS dxcS-
. . .

IS N 5!
g (Exposing Black's King to attack , White t h reat en s 1 6 Qh5 + for
starters;Dlack decided not to try and rind the best way to d elay the end
and lherefore took t he easy wny out) UI.ACK nESJ(;NS.
36 GIIII/CS

GAME 4
Black obtains three pawns for a piece out of the opening, but slo wly
IOJes them, one by one until he goes into a dead lost endgame.
Moscow, 1980
White - Popivoda Black - Medyanikova
I c4 l'5 2 b3 Nf6 3 e5 NdS 4 Db2 Nc6 5 c4 (The main alternative is 5 NrJ)
S ... Nf4 (, �:l N�6 7 f4 d6 8 8g2 Nb4 (White planned to meet 8 . ..dxe5 with
lJ Bx�:6 + ) 9 Dc4 ( Preventing both 9 . . . Nd3 + and 9 . .. Bf5) 9 dxe5 10 rs
.•.

(Wins the Knight in exchange for several pawns) 10 . . . N d3 + 1 1 Ke2! ( I f

II Uxd3 Qxd3 1 2 fxg6 Qe4 + ) 1 l . Nxb2 12 Qc2 (White i s down a p ie�:e
••
·

for t he moment. However, both Knights are trapped !)

l2 ... C(I 1 3 hg6 rs 14 8g2 Nxc4 15 bxc4 hxg6 16 d3 ( Black has three pawns
for hi<; piece, hut holding onto them is a different story!) lft Uc7 17 Nd2
.••

Qc7 18 K f2 K f7 19 Rei (White begins to put pressure on the weak "e"

pawn) 1 9 ... 1U6 20 Ngf3 g5 2 1 h3 (Preventing 2 1 . . .g4; the pawns have
hl'l'n stopped!) 21. .. Rd8 22 Nb3 aS 23 Qe2 (The "e" pawn must fall)
23 . . . :t4 24 Nd lb6 25 NxeS + Kg8 26 Rhfl (White will end up castling by
hand with his p ie ces well mobilized) 26 ... Rb6 27 Kg1 Qd6 28 Kh2 (Con­
solidates his position on the Kingside and removes the pin on the ac t i ve
1-:ni!!hl) 2H . . . U.h l 29 NrJ Rb2 30 Qe3 cS 3 1 NxgS 1Jd7 32 U.e2 ( Challeng ­
ing and removing Dlack's most active piece, his Rook on the seventh
•auld .U ...l'4 33 lhh2 llxb2 34 dxe4 ( Now Black doesn't even have oue
pawn for t he piece; the rest of the game is rather academic) 34 . . . Ud4 35
Qf4 BcS 3ft Qh4 Qg6 37 Nf3 1Jf6 38 exf5 UxfS 39 Qf4 De6 40 lte l Uf7 4 1
Nl·S (A pie�:c up, White wants to force favorable exchanges) 4 l . . . lbe5
42 lhl·S Ql'2 43 Re2 Qxc4 44 Uxb7 Qxf4 45 gxf4 Rd4 46 ltcl lhf4 47
lhl·S l�d4 4H :t3 Uc8 49 Uc6 llf7 SO Rc3 Kh7 51 Kg3 Kh6 52 Nd3 Ub3 53
�l'S l ld l 54 l�dJ ltc4 55 Ud6 + g6 56 Uxd l Rxc5 57 Uc4 U.c4 58 K f4
IlL\( ·1.,;. HFSICNS.
 luiiUt.'!) .) 1

GAME S
Stmssky grabs what may appear to be a dangerous pall'n, opening Ill'
fines .for the opponent. However, Spassky lras things ll'ellunder control
allll soon counter attacks on tire Queenside.
Buenos Aires, 1978·
While - Spassky Dlack - lleberl
1 r4 l'5 2 h3 d(, 3 Ub2 a6 4 f4 Nc6 5 NfJ e6 6 �J (The straight forward
lkvdopmclll of the Knight with 6 Nc3 i!i also playable) (, ... NI"(, 1 l·5 (Th�·
"c" paw11 wi l l be used to con!itrict Black ; a common theme in scveralol
t he main lines of the "Snyder Sicilian") 7 . . . dxe5 8 hl'S NA4 ( l ine
R ... Nd5 was to be considered) 9 Qe2 hS (To secure the Knight after the
natural N-h6-f5 manuever) 10 1Jg2 Nb4 I I NaJ (For the m o me nt defen­
ding the "c" pawn , but Spassky plans to bring the Knight to c2 where the
h:ni!!hl will he well situated) I I . . . Ud7 ( Planning to b r i ng the Bishop onhl
1 he long h l -a 8 diagonal where it will challenge White's po te nt iall y act i' l'
Bi sho p ) 1 2 hJ Nh6 13 cJ (Driving Black' s Knight back while ope n ing up
c2 for White's Knight) I J .•.NdS 14 0-0 1Jc6 I S Nc2 QM? (The Que en
ends up out o f play; 15 ... Nf5 would have been bel ler) 1(, l'4! (Blocking
1 he possible a�lvance of Black's "c" pawn while d ri vi ng Black·.., Knight
f10111 the center) I(, . . . Nb4 11 Nxh4 Qxb4 18 NgS! (Opening line'> lor
White's p ie ces and preparing t o post the Knight st rongly on e4)

IH ... l h �2 19 Kxg2 ne7 20 Ne4 0-0-0 ( Here 20 . . . Nf5 wo uld have been hl'l·
ler) 21 lid Qh6 22 QxhS! ( Wh ile will demonstrate that Bhtl'k dOl''ll'l
have Cllough co mpe nsat ion for h i s pawn) 22 Qc6 23 nal'l N fS 24 QfJ
.••

(Removing the pin on his cent ralized Knight) 24 . . . Kb8 25 a4 l�h6 2(, N r2
Wh n l l cngi ng Black's Queen along the long diagonal) 26 . . . 1(�(, (Plan n ing
lo lllect 27 Qxc6? with Rxg3 +) 27 Ng4! Qc8 (Black wants to a v o i d a
Queen Iradc be i n g a pawn down) 28 Qe4 Rh8 29 l(fJ IUtS 30 l(dJ ()l'8 31
1�h l (With Black's pie ce s t ied up on the K ingside White prepares to at·
l at:k on the other wing) 3 1 ...Kc8 32 h4!
38 Games

32 . . . Qc6 (Now with White having t he attack Black wants to trade

Queens; however, the attack still comes through with the Queens off the
board) 33 Qxc6 bxc6 34 bxc5 Bxc5 35 BaS (Threatening 36 Rd8 mate!)
3 S. . . Rh8 3 6 Rdb3 (Threatening mate in two) 3 6 Ba7 3 7 Rb7 BLACK
•••

RESIGNS.

GAME 6
White's Rook gets into early trouble in the game becoming a11 easy
tar.�et for Black.
USSR, 1979
While - Gurgenidze Black - Chechelian
I r4 l'5 2 h3 d6 3 llb2 e5 4 f4 (Gufeld suggests 4 Bb5 +; it is less commit·
t i ng for White to play 4 Nc3 Nc6 and then 5 f4) 4...cxr4 5 N rJ Nr6 6
UhS + '? (This only helps Black to develop; 6 NcJ would have been bet ter)
6 ... Ud7 7 lhd7 + N bxd7 8 0-0 De7 9 N h4 ( With the idea of playing NfS
;md to nllow for the recovery of White's pawn, Black would stand better
regard less of what White played here) 9 . . .g6 10 Na3 (Not the greatesr
hl\:ation for t he Knight , but White didn 't want to block his fianchettoe�
Bi-.hop) 10 . .. 0-0 I I ll:d4 NcS ! (Dlack doesn't want to risk exposing hi�
�ing wit h ll...g5; I I. . . Nh5 would also be met by 12 N f5 ! t h re a t en i ng Jj
Nh 6 mate) 12 Nr3 (To meet Black's threat of 1 2. .. Nh5 , but now White'�
Rook i'i cut off) 1 2 . . . N h5 13 Dxe5 dxe5 1 4 Rg4 Kh8 (Unpinning Black' �
"g" pnwn in preparation for f5 , attacking White's exposed Rook)
IS Qc 2 (If 1 5 Nxe5? then . . . Qd 4 + ) 15 . . . f5! 1 6 ed5 gd5 1 7 Qxe5 + ?
(The Rook had to be moved, though things still looked had for \\'hill'
regardless) 1 7 ... 1U6 IH Q:dS Ng7 (Attacks the Queen while gelling the
Knight out o f attack; now White's Queen and Rook hang) 19 Qc4 thai
20 d ( White's last hope is to try and trap and win Black's Bishop while
seek ing attacking chances on the Kingside) 20. . . Qd7! 21 Rh4 Qf5 (This
puts a stop to most of White's attack on the Kingside and the Queen will
aid the almost trapped Dishop) 22 Qel Bb2 23 Nc4 Qc2 24 hJ ltac8 (It
'
wou ld be premature to attempt to trade Queens with 24 . . . Qc l ? due to 25
Nxb2 Qxb2 26 Ng5) 25 Qf2 Bet 26 Kh2 b5 27 Nd6 Rd8 28 Ne4 Bxd2!
(This will result in an easily won endgame where Black is a piece ah e ad)
29 Nexd2 RdJ 30 QxfJ Qxd2 31 Qe4 Qd6 + 32 Khl h5 33 Qe2 Re8 34
l�e4 lbe4 35 Qxe4 a6 (Securing the Queenside pawns) 36 g4 hxg4 37 hxg4
Nc(, 38 Qf5 Kg7 39 a4 b4 40 cxb4 cxb4 4 1 Qf3 Nd4 42 W I I ITE
IU:St(;NS.

GAME 7
White makes the typical mistake of trading Knights by capturing on
c6. As a result Black obtains good play in the center and Queen.'iide, ob­
laining enormous pressure on White's Queenside pawns.
ll)'dgoszczy, 1980
While - Jurczynska Ulack - Erenska-Radzewska
ll•4 cS 2 b3 d6 3 llb2 N f6 4 N c3 Nc6 5 N f3 (Here it would have been bet­
ter to play 5 f4) 5 . . . e6 ( Black misses an opportunity to play 5 . . . e5 where
White would have di fficulty attacking Black's strong pawn cent er) 6 d4
CXd 4 7 Nxd4 Be7 8 Bel a6 9 N xc6 ? (This gives Black a st ron ger pawn
center in the ncar future as well as good play on the Queensidc; here 9 0-0
"-'oulu have been better) 9...bxc3 10 Qd3 dS (The thematic move, permit­
�d by Wh ite' s 9th move) 1 1 exdS cxdS 12 0-0 0-0 13 Rad l llb7 14 110
l'7
(Black begins building up on the Queenside)
40 Games

15 Nc2 lUcK 1 6 QcJ (This will result in the loss o f t ime however, White
hall no comfortable way of defending his "c" pawn) 16 .•.Qb8 17 Qd2
aS! (Activating his Queen Rook and beginning a minority atlack against
While's Queenside pawns) 18 Rcl a4 19 Bat h6 20 gJ Nd7 (Effectively
opening up t he d8-h5 diagonal for the Bishop; Black threatens 21 Bg5 !)
. . .

21 Bg2 UgS! (Provoking White to weaken his Kingside before locating

t he Bishop on the long a l-h8 diagonal) 22 f4 Df6 23 Dxf6 Nxf6 24 IUJ
axhJ 25 axb3 Ra2 26 Kg2 Ba6 (With all of Black's pressure it is only a
maller of time before White cracks!)

2 7 IHcll lhc 2 (Removing White's Queen from controlling the dark

\quarcs in front of his Queenside pawns) 28 Qxe2 ( I f 28 Bxe2 then
Nc4) 28 .. .1�cJ 29 Rd2 Qb4 30 Rcd l QcS 31 Rcl Rb2 (Forcing the win
. . .

of a pawn) 32 KhJ Rbxh3 33 cxb3 Rxcl 34 Rh2 Qb4 (Blocking the ad­
\'ance of the passed "b" pawn while locating t he Queen on an active at­
lading pos t ) 35 fS (Desperation; with a pawn down and a bad position
Whi t e allcmpts to obtain some counter play) 35 . . . exrs 36 QeS Ne4 37
()'\1'5 N�5 + 38 Kg2 Qel 39 WHITE IU:SIGNS.
 GAME S
This game certainly had enough errors. In between the errors t here
are actually a few interesting parts to the game.
Israel , 1 975
While - Czerniak Black - Slein
1 c4 c5 2 b3 d6 3 Db2 N f6 4 Nc3 Nc6 5 g3 (The recommended move here
i� 5 f4) 5 . . . c(t (» llg2 De7 7 Nge2 0-0 8 0-0 Bd7 9 d4 cxd4 10 Nxd4 Nxd4 II
Qxd4 Ucft 12 IUd l ? ! (Shamkovich suggests 12 a4 a6 13 Qd3 wit h t he idea
or Nc2-d4; this cer t a inly looks like a better idea than the text whil:h end\
up giving Dlack a good position) 1 2 Qc7 13 Rd2 (13 a4 here or next
•••

move was indicated, restraining . . . b5) I J Rfd8 14 Rad I b5 (Giving

•••

Black excellent play on the Queenside) 15 QeJ Qb7 (Forcing White to

passi vely ddend his "e" pawn, showing how incorrect White's ear l ie r
plan was)

l(t ltcl h4 17 Ne2 e5 1 8 Ncl d5! (Taking the upper hand i n t he center a\
well) 19 cxd5 N xd5 20 Qe2 (Not 20 Qxe5? due to . . . Or6) 2 1 . . . f(,? (IIere
Black misses his orport unity to play 20 ... Nc3! due to 21 Bxd llxg2) 21
lll·4 UI'H ( No w Black cannot play 21... Nc3 due to 22 Qc4 1 ; Black no"
has ser io us problems with t he pins on his Knight) 22 ltcd l ltd7 23 (Jl'"'
l�:uiH 24 Nd3 Ub5 25 Nc5! Qc6 (Certainly not 25 ... Bxc4? as Black lmc�
mudt m at er ia l arter 26 Nxb7) 26 Dxh7 + ? (White w ou ld arter o b ta i n ed
111orc t ha n enough material for his Queen after 26 Nxd7! Bxc4 27 NxfR
llh5 2R a4!) UJ . . . Kxh7? (Black s ho u ld have played 26 ... Kf7) 27 (Je"' +
(The idea of t h e Bi s ho p sacrifice; to get the Queen out of allack w it h at­
lack on Black's King, giving White time to capture with his Kn ight)
27 .. . f5 (To remove the Queen attack on Black's Kn ight) 28 Qxf5 + KgH
2 9 N xd7 Rxd7 30 Qxe5 N f6 3 1 lhd7 Nxd7 (White has emerged w ith a
Rook a nd three pawns for a Knight and Bishop, though Black still ha\
\oJnc f i g h t lert ) 32 Qf5 a6 33 Ue I Qd6 34 Qe6 + Qxe(t 35 lh e(J Nc5 J(,
nl's Kn 37 Ud5 Uc6 38 Ud2? (The Rook is a target here; 38 Rd4 was hct-
1 l'r pla11
ni ng to meet . . . Ne4 w i th 39 Rc4 Oc5 40 Bd4) 38 . . . Nc4 39 HdJ
(Now not 39 Rd 4 due to . . . Bc5) 39 . . . Nc5 40 Rd2 (S t i ll 40 Rd4 was better)
-'11 ... llr-''! ( Blm:k should have continued with 40... Nc4) 4 1 fJ! Ugt,
( 41 ... B.x f3? would be met by 42 Rf2) 42 Kfl aS 43 Ke2 a4 44 Kd I axhJ
(44...a3 would have increased Black's chances for counter play) 45 axhJ
Ur7 46 lieS Ne6 47 h4 Bf6 48 Rd7 + Ke8 49 RdS DxeS 50 RxeS Ke7 51
HdS (The tempt ing 5 1 Rb5? is met by . . . Bxc2 + !) 51 . . . De8 52 Kd2 llc6 53
l�cl3 Nc7 54 cJ (Forcing a passed pawn) 54 bxcJ + 55 KxcJ BLACK
•••

I U·:si(;NS.

GAME 9
White makes an unsound pawn sacrifice early in the game and then
ul/oll'.<> his opponent to sacrifice a Knight leading to the win of material.
Torremolinos, 1974
While - Westerinen Black - Bellon
I l'"' c5 2 N fJ l-6 3 bJ d6 4 Bbl a6 5 g3 (The most direct move here is 5 d4;
the text move is somewhat slower) S b6 6 d4 Bb7 7 NcJ Nf6 8 dS ( I t
...

wnuld have been more flexible to defend the " e" pawn with 8 Qe2)
8 . . . r:\d5 9 exdS Nbd7 10 Bgl? (White should have played 1 0 Qe2 +
followed by II 0-0-0) 10 Q xe7 + ! 1 1 Ne2 ( I f II Qe2 Qxe2 + 1 2 Kxe2
..•

N\c5) 11...0-0-0 (Threatening to prevent White from castling with

I I . . . RcR) 1 2 0-0 NxdS 13 Re 1 ? (The Knight should have first been d riven
away from the center with 1 3 c4 N 5 f6 1 4 Re i )

I J . . . NeJ! 1 4 fxeJ (White cannot a fford t o allow 1 4 Qd2 Nxgl!

diminating t h e important fianchettoed Bishop and arter 1 5 Kxg2 the pin l
on 1 he Knight would be devastating) 14 Qxe3 + 1 5 Krt BxfJ 1 6 c4 ( I f 1 6
•..

Nf4 i m med iat e ly then . . . Bxd l 1 7 Rxe3 Bxc2, s o the "c" pawn i s first ad­
vanced) 16 . .. Ne5 17 N f4 Ng4! (Threatening mate with 1 8 . ..Qf2 o r
I H ... Nxh2) 18 U.e2 U xe2 + 1 9 Qxe2 Nxh2 + 20 Ke l QxgJ + 2 1 Qf2 Ue8 +
22 Nc2 Qd2 + 23 Kxf2 (White wo uld have done well t o resign he re , o
L'\L'II a lillie earlier) 23 . . .Ng4 + 24 Kcl Uc7 25 Ud1 llh4+ 26 Kd2
llgS+
, .. •
• ) ... • " ' "' , .,., "'"' •<•·7 Jn WIIITF tn:su;Ns.
... • "
 GAME 10
White gets the advantage early in the opening and wins a JJCIII'II. ll'hitc
r/u'll en:\·
in the endgame allowing his opponent to dra w.
Moscow, 1973
White - Keres IJJack - Tukmakov
1 c4 l·5 2 Nf3 e6 3 h3 d6 4 Ub2 e5 5 Uc4 (Also playable is 5 c3 with t he idea
of 6 d4) 5 . . . 11e7 6 0-0 Nc6 7 Nc3 (Once again 7 c3 Nf6 8 Rei with the idea
pf 9 d4 was to be considered) 7 . . . 11g4 R NdSl (Posting the Knight activl'l�
a11d allowing for t he c3 fo llo weLI by d4 idea) 8 . . . Nf(, (If H .. . Nd4 thl'll 'J
(l-;d4 cxd4 10 c3! attacking Olack 's pawn center) 9 lte l Nxd S 10 lhdS 0-11
II d 11£6 (With t he idea of hindering White from gel l ing 12 d4 in) 12 h.l
UhS 1 3 Qe2 (To be considered was 1 3 g4 Bg6 1 4 d4) 1 3 . . . Qd7? (\Va� thi'
a bl un der or i ntended to be a sacri fice? ; at any rate it turns out to be un­
'ound)

14 NxeS! (Winning a pawn) 1 4 . . . Nxe5 1 5 QxhS Nd3 1 6 Re3! N f4 (If

H1 ... Nxb2 White recovers his piece with 1 7 Rb l ) 17 Qg4 ( 1 7 Qf3 would
have been met by 1 7 . . . Bg5 !) 1 7 . . . Qxg4 1 8 hxg4 NxdS 1 9 exdS hS 20 lthl
IUhH 2 1 d3 aS 2 2 c4 1Jxh2 23 llxb2 dxc4 24 dxc4 ReB 25 ltxe8 + lhcH 2(,
Krt (Preventing the entry o f Black's Rook while preparing to c hall engl'
his Ro ok on the open "e" file; White has excellent winning prospe..:h
with his pawn advantage) 26 . . . h6 ( I f 26 . . . K f8 27 Re2 Ra8 t hen 28 g5
res t raining Black's K ingside pawns) 27 Re2 Ra8 28 Re7 ( Ke re s ha� alq1
�ugp,cstcd 28 Kcl a4 29 Kd2 axh3 30 axb3 Ra2 + 3 1 Kd3) 211 ... 11-' 21) Hd7
:1\h.l 30 ur.hJ ltu(,
44 Games

J I Kc2'! (Th is is where White goes wrong, he should first drive Black·,
J.;ing to an i n ferior location with 3 1 Rd8 + Kh7 and then play 32 Ke2 Rb6
JJ Kd2) 3 1 . . . K f8(Now Black's King can be used more actively) 32 Uh7
ll:\2 + JJ KrJ l�b2 34 g3 Ke8 35 r4 ( Keres suggests 35 f3 as a possibilty)
J5 Rg2 36 KrJ l�c2 37 r5 Rei 38 Ke3 Rg l 39 Kr2 Re i 40 KrJ Rfl + 4 1
...

1\�-:2 ( ntack 's act ive Rook and White's easily allacked pawns have
(ll"l'\'l'ntcd Wh i te from making any progress with his extra pawn )
DI�A \\'N

GAME 11
/llack misses several good opportunities to further his attack and plays
too s/owfl'. ll'hite then wins Black 's back ward "d" pawn and goes in t o a
l•."night l'.<i. /Jislwp ending.
Moscow 1969
While - Holmov lllack - Tukmakov
lt·4t· S 2 NrJ e6 3 b3 d6 4 Bb2 N r6 5 NcJ (The recommended move here h
.'i l'5) 5 11c7 6 llh5 + Nbd7 7 d4 cxd4 8 Qxd4 0-0 9 0-0-0 (White plays
. ..

,1Jarply with the idea of keeping pressure on Black's "d" pawn and h:..·:­
ing a rirm foothold on the center; Black will obtain good attacking
d1ancc\ on the Queenside as compensation) 9 e5 10 QeJ QaS 11 Kh1?
. .•

1 rhi� is too slow; Wh it e would have done better to prepare a good retreat
for hi� Bishop with II Rhe l a6 1 2 Dfl ) tl...a6 12 llc4 b5 13 NdS Nxd5 1 4
lhcl5 U h H 1 5 lid? (This only gives Black more t ime to build up ) 1 5 h4
.. .

lfl llh2 NhlJ 17 c4 bxcJ 18 llxcJ QbS 19 Rhe 1

19 . . . Nxd5 (Stronger would have been 1 9 . . . a5! wit h the idea of gett i ng i n
. . . a 4 ) 2 0 lhdS Qb7 2 1 U d 2 lld7? (This is t oo passive; 2 1 . . . f5 was hl'l l l'r)
22 llb2 (All o wi ng the Knight to aid in the defense of the Qucenside by
o peni ng up t he d2 square) 22 . . . Ufc8 23 Nd2 Uc5 ( Black should han·
pl ayed 23 . . . f5; White now slowly improves his position) 24 Ur i Uhc8 25
lthl'2 Qc2 2(, Nc4! (Actively posting the Knight which begins to pu t
pressure on t he "d" pawn and plans to meet 26 . . . Be6 wi t h 27 Ba 5 ! I
u. . . . nh8 27 Uh2! (And now the Bishop plans to join in on t h e build-up o f
t he backward "d" pawn; t h e text also prevented 27 . . . Rxc4) 2 7 . . . 1(c(, 2K
11:13 nc8 29 Qd2 llf8

t he "d" pawn) 30 . . . 11xd6 3 1 Nxd6 R\l·2 ( Ntll

30 lhd(, ! ( W i nn in g
J I . . . ()xd6'!
d ue to 3 2 Qxd6 Rxd6 33 Rxc8 + ) 32 Rxc2 Q"'c2 + JJ (.,l:\;d
lhl'2 34 Kxc2 (With White's ext ra pawn on t he Queen s i dc and more a l" ­
t i v e K ing Black doesn't stand much of a chance; White's eventua l goa l
w i l l be to ob t a i n a passed pa�·n on the Queenside) 34 . . . Kf8 35 a4 Ke7 3(,
Nc4 Ke6 37 Kd3 g6 38 g3 f5 39 Ne3 Uc6 40 exfS + g:dS 4 1 4 1 f4 !
( Res t ra i n i ng most of Olack 's act ivit y wit h his two connected pawn\)
4 l . . . lle4 + 42 Kc4 exf4 43 gxf4 Kd6 44 b4 Kc6 45 Kd4 (Threatening 46
1<�5) 45 . . . Kd6 46 hS (And White obtains his winning passed pawn)
46 . . . axb5 47 axb5 IJh l 48 Nc4 + Ke6 49 Kc5 ULACK RESIGNS.
46 Games

GAME 12
Just when things started getting interesting a draw was token by repeti­
tion of position.
Eksjo, 1973
White - Czerniak Black - Schmidt
1 e4 t•5 2 N fJ e6 3 bJ d6 4 Db2 N f6 5 NcJ Nc6 6 d4 (6 Bb5 was to be con­
sidered) 6 . . . cxd4 7 Nxd4 e5 (There was nothing wrong with the simple
7 . . . Be7) 8 Nxc6 (This gives Black more play in the center with his pawns
and more opportunities on the Queenside. However, t he alternative, 8
Nde2 didn't offer much more; White will obtain a lead in development
for a while) 8 . . . bxc6 9 Dc4 Be7 10 Qd2 (White could have saved himsel f
some time with I I Qe2 where then 1 2 0-0 with the idea of playing f4
would have been a serious consideration) 10 0-0 1 1 0-0-0 Ue6 1 2 Uxc(,
. • •

he6 13 Qe2 (This is where the Queen should have been located on move
10!) IJ Rc8 14 Kb1 (Both sides consolidate their King position)
...

14 . . Kh8 15 Na4 (Threatening 16 Bxe5) 15 . . . Qc7

.

16 ndJ? (Here 1 6 c4 should have been played to restrain mack's next

move) u• . . . dS! 1 7 exd5 e4 (Attacking the Rook while preventing the loss
of the "e" pawn) 18 RhJ exd5 19 fJ! ( Liquidating part of Black's pawn
.:hain while openi ng up lines>' 19 . . .exf3 20 gxfJ Dd6 21 QdJ Bc5 22 QfS
1tl·eK 23 llaJ lid(, 24 Ub2 lieS (Here 24 . . . Qc8 25 Qxc8 Rxc8 was a good
oppor t u n i t y for Ulack to play on) 25 UaJ Ud6 26 UltAWN.
 GAME 13
White uses a fine combination to tiJreaten a piece and Black 's "II "
pawn simultaneously.
Szolnok, 1 97S
While - Weslerlnen Black - Dely
1 e4 cS 2 N fJ e6 3 bJ d6 4 Db2 N f6 S DdJ (A rather strange method o f
defending the "e" pawn, but t h e move does have its merits) S . . . Nc6 6 0-0
Ue7 7 ltel Ud7 8 NaJ ( I n theme with 5 Bd3 ; White intends to play cJ wir h
r hc possibility of retreating the Bishop and playing d4) 8 . . . 0-0 9 c3 N �-:4
10 Re i (While doesn't want to have his Rook blocked when llb I is
played) 10 . . . Bf6 1 1 Obi NgeS 1 2 hJ NxfJ + 1 3 QxfJ aS? (This leaves a
big hold at b5; 1 3 . . . a6 would have been better) 1 4 NbS Qb6 IS a4 ( Not 1 5
Nxd6? due t o 1 5 . . . Ne5) I S. . . Na7? (Overlooking White's com binat ional
idea; 1 5 . . . Ne5 was to be considered)

16 eS! BxeS 1 7 RxeS! dxe5 18 QdJ (The idea behind White's last two
moves; he threatens the Bishop on d7 and mate on h7 which lead to a
winning attack) 18 . . . Rfd8 19 Qxh7 + Kf8 20 c4 (Defending the Knight on
b5 while threatening Black's "e" pawn; White will now slowly bring his
Rook to join the attack) 20. . . Nc6 21 Rei f6 22 ReJ Nd4 23 Qh8 + ! (Forc­
ing mate; if 23 . . . K f7 24 Bg6 + Kxg6 25 Rg3 + K f5 26 Qh7 + etc.)
ULACK RESIGNS.

GAME 14
Nothing seems to materialize for either side resulting in a n ice quiet
draw.
Helsinki, 1972
While - Westerinen IJiack - Schmid&
I e4 cS 2 N fJ e6 3 bJ d6 4 Bb2 N f6 S eS dxeS 6 NxeS N bd7 7 Nxd7 (7 f4! is
48 Games

t he recommended move; the text gives Black an easy game) 7 • . . Dxd7 8

llc2 Ill·(, (Tak ing command of the long diagonal and planning to meet 9
B IJ w i t h . . . ()c7) CJ 0-0 lle7 10 NaJ (The idea is to increase control over the
i m porl ant e5 square by not blocking out the fianchettoed Bishop and to
place the K n ight at c4; White doesn't want to allow Black to get a pawn
on d) 10 . . . 0-0 I I Nc4 Nd7 (To meet 1 2 Ne5? with . . . Nxe5 1 3 Bxe5 Qd5 !
winning a piece)

1 2 liD Qc7 13 Re i IU6 (Both o f White's Bishops are challenged and

of the e5 square is fully contested) 14 Dd6 Nxf6 I S Nl·S
\\' hit c ' , control
lhrJ 16 Qd3 (The game is dead even and the players soon agree to a
draw) 16 . . . Uad8 (Threatening to win the "d" pawn) 17 Re2 Rd4 18 l�:ad
1Ud8 ICJ dJ NdS 20 DRAW N .

GAME 15
White obtains a cramping pawn on e5, greatly restricting Black 's ac­
til·ity and controlling the important d6 and j6 squares.
USA, 1975
While - Vukcevic Ulack - t•eters
I �4 rS 2 N I'J �(, J h3 d6 4 Uh2 N f6 5 eS dxe5 (, NxeS N hd7 7 1'4 ! ( I ncreas­
i n g control over t he eS square rather than exchanging on d7) 7 . . . Nxc5 H
fwS Nd7 (Threatening 9 . . . Qh4 + following by 1 0 . . . Qe4 + ) 9 lld 3 !.!(,
(The simple development of the Bishop by 9 . . . Be7 is met by 1 0 0-0 0-0 I I
()h5 w i th extreme pressure on Black's Kingside) 10 NaJ (White intends t o
develop t he Knight to the strong c4 post where it will defend the "c"
pawn again and have the possibility of going into d6) 1 0 ... a6 It 0-0
( \\'h i t e n o t only gets his King out of 1 he center but begins t o obt ain
" rung p re ssur e on the open " f" fil e) l t . .. N b6 1 2 Qf3 ( Thr eat en ing
n l ;lll') 1 2 . . . ()L·7 13 lle4 (I ncreasing pressure on d5 a nd t h e " b " pawn
· l , i l · · : d l 1 1 w i n P ff l r the " I I " pawn t o advance) B . . . lthR 1 4 d4 11�7 1 5 ()1'2
 Games �9

(AI Iacking t he "c" pawn a second t ime with t he goal of even t ually forc­
i ng Black's K n ig ht away from by to allow White to get Nc4 i n ; i f ntm
1 5 . . . cxd4 16 Bxd4 and White's Knight enters c4 when lllack ' s K n i g l 1 1
moves) 15 ... 0-0 1 6 dxc5 Nd7 17 Nc4

1 7 . . . Nxc5 ( I f 1 7 . . . Qxc5 then 1 8 Ba3 ! is still strong) 18 Da3! b6 ( Diad

will lose material a fter 1 8 . . . Nxe4 19 Bxe7 Nxf2 20 R xf2 ReS 21 Ud6) 1 1J
IH3 1Ue8 20 Nxb6! (Winning material) 20 Nd3 2 1 llxe7 Nd2 22 IJl"S
••.

lhe5 23 Uael (Black must lose a piece) BLACK UESIGNS.

GAME 16
White builds up a nice position and Black obtains weak pawns. Then
on move 1 7 White errs giving everything away.
l.one l,ine, 1 977
While - Lombardy Black - Balasov
I e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 3 b3 Nf6 4 e5 Nd5 5 Db2 lle7 6 g3 (6 c4 is the recommend-
ed move) 6 . . . Nc6 7 llg2 0-0 8 0-0 f6?! (8 . . . d6 is stronger) 9 c4 ( Driving t h e
K night away from its central post) 9 . . . Nb6 ( I f 9 . . . Ndb4 then White
would obtain a good game with 10 d4! ta k ing the upper hand in t hl'
l·cnt cr) 10 d4 ncl4 I I ed6 Dd6 1 2 Nxc14 d5 13 cxdS ( Giv in g Black t hl· in­
ferior pa w n s t ruct ure) 13 ... Nxd5 14 Nxc6 bxc6 I S lld6 Q:d6 16 Nd2
50 Games

I L . IIa(, 1 7 Nc:4? (Putting a pin on his own Knight which will soon be a
t a rgl"l of a t l ac k ;
the Knight should have been used more actively with 1 7
Nc4! a t l add ng the Queen and covering more i m po r tant squares)
17 . . . 1�ad8 18 Qel Nb6 19 Rd l Rd4 20 Qe2 (White is tied down derend ing
h i-; pin ned Knight which doesn't permit him to take advantage o r Ulad ' s
w e ak pawns) 20. � .eS 2 1 Rfel DRAW N.

. .

GAME 17
Whereas in GA ME 16 Black wasfortunate to obtain a draw, IJiaC"k im­
pnJI'es 011 move 8, demonstrating an easy way to obtain equality when
l l 'hite JJ/ays 6 gJ. ; { r $
LC)ne Pine , 1977
White
- Lombardy lllack - lteshevsky
I l"4 l'5 2 N r3 c6 3 h3 Nf6 4 eS NdS 5 Dbl lle7 6 g3 Nc6 7 llt=l 0-0 8 0-0 d(t!
1 \\' i t h t h i.." idl.." a o r exchanging o rr the backward "d" pawn whkh caused
prohkms for Dlaek in GAME 1 6) 9 exd6 Qxd6! (Black intends to usc h i s
·
Bishop to challenge White's fianchettoed Bishop along the a l h8 ·
-

d iagonal) 10 NaJ IU6 1 1 Nc4 Qc7

 ' , . , , , , ·'

1 2 llxl't, N : dl1 13 ne l hS! ( Ex pandin g on the Queenside with gain o f t i l l ll'

while preparing to fianchetto his Bishop) 14 NceS NxeS IS N xcS llh7
( Neut ralizing White's other rianchettoed Bishop) DRAW N .

GAME 18
JJ/ack allo ws his pawns to become targets in the center. White sacrUic­
ed a piece for one of the pawns which resulted in the win of Black 's
Queen .

Biel, 1980
While - Werner Black - Maier
I e4 l'5 2 N f3 l-6 3 b3 N f6 4 eS NdS 5 8b2 8e7 6 g3 0-0 7 Ug2 Nl·(, 8 0-0
1'(,'! ! 9 Nc3 (9 c 4 as in GAME 1 6 is stronger) 9 Nc7 (There was no need
•.•

for t h i s retreat ; 9 Nxc3 would have been good avoiding the loss of t i me)
. . .

10 Ne4 heS I I N xeS NxeS 12 BxeS d6 13 Db2 8d 7 ? (This is t oo passi\'e;

Black should have played 1 3 . . . d5 driving the Knight back) 14 d4! (Ta k ­
ing t h e initiative i n t h e center) 1 4 . . . cxd4 I S Qxd4 (Both of Dl ack' s cen ter
pawns arc targets along the central open riles; this is one of the favorable
t ypes of pawn formations that White strives for in this variat ion of t he
Snyder Sicilian)

IS . . . eS 1(, Qd2 dS 17 Nc3 1Jc6 18 Rad l e4 19 Nxe4! ( Resul t ing in t he '' i n

llf ma t e r i a l) 1 9 . dxe4 2 0 QcJ (The idea o f the sacri rice; Whi t e threat en'
. .

Black's Queen and mate!) 20 . 1Jf6 2 1 Rxd8 Raxd8 (After 21 . Dxc3 2:!
.. . .

R x f8 + Rxf8 23 Bxc3 Black is quite lost with White having t h e Bishop

Pai r , an ext ra pawn and the " e" pawn as a target) 22 Qc4 + lidS 23 Q n·7
H x b2 24 ltd l Rc8 25 QaS 1Jc6 26 llh3 Rce8 27 Bd7 ( Forcing a favorabk
�xc hangc which helps speed u p Black 's down fall) 27. . . Uxd7 28 lhd7 l'.l
( Bla ck's last hope for counter play which is quickly laid t o rest ) 29 rwJ
l( l·S JO Qd2 IJuJ 3 1 h4 ( W i t h t he idea o f 32 Qc3) IILACK IU:SI C N S .
52 Gamt•s

GAME 19
White takes advantage of his superior pawn structure to win in the
endxame.
Palo Alto, 1981
While - Snyder lllack - (;ardinu
I t•4 t•5 2 hJ Nt·6 3 llb2 N f6 4 eS NdS 5 N f3 e6 6 c4 Nc7 7 Nl'J d6 (7 . l k7 . .

j, nllll� l"ll l ll nllln here) 8 exd6 Jlxd6 9 d4 0-0 10 �3? ! (A nit il:a l part of I hL·
np�n i ng ; a better and more simple move was 1 0 Ue2 where the Bishnp
would have had the opportunity to get to the h l -aS diagonal on f3 i r
Black was to play as he did in the game; 1 0 Ne4 ! ? with
the idea of get ting
1 h� Bi�hor pair and Queenside pawn majority was to be considered b u t
Blad would have obtained good piece act ivity a fter I O . . cxd4 I I Nxd6
.

() xd6) IO cxd4 I I NKd4 Nxd4 12 Qxd4 cS 13 Qd2 lieS ( I n t ending to

. . .

meet 14 Ug2? with . . . Qxd2 + 15 Kxd2 Bx f2 or 14 Rd l with . . . Bg4!)

14 Qxd8 lhd8 1 5 Ne4 (Not I S Bg2 due t o . . . Dxf2 + ! 1 6 Kxf2 Rd2 -t win­
ning a pawn and obtaining a Rook on t he seventh rank) 15 ... 1Jd4? ( Bcl l L'r
\\ ouiJ have been I S . . Db4 + with about even chances) 16 1Jxd4 lhd4 17
.

llg2 Bd7 18 NrS! (Posting the Knight actively while giving Dlack i sola t ed
<)UL'L'n'id� pawns) 18 11c6 1 9 1Jxc6 bxc6 20 Rd l ! ( Preventing lllat:k
.•.

1 1 11 1 1 1 d1Hlli n a 1 ing the open Queenrile wit h his Rooks) 20 Rae8? ( Dia d;
. . •

r r P \ \ obt a i n s t h r ee very weak pawns; 20. . . Rad8 would have been bel lcr)

:?. t lhcl4 cxd4 + 22 Kd2 Nd1 23 lte l ( P i n n i ng Blad 's K n ight a mi prepar
r u g to give Black a fourth weak pawn !) 23 .•. Kf8 24 N xd6 fxe6 (The King
a nd Paw n ending would have been quite lost after 24 . . . Rxe6 25 Rxe6
l\l'6 26 K d J �.:5 27 b4! or if 26 . . . e5 t hen 27 f4)
25 neS! (The Rook can easily allack Black 's art i ficially isolated pawn'
and k eeps t hem sep a ra t ed) 2S . . . Kc7? ( llet ter would have been 25 . . . K f7 t o
meet 26 Ra 5 w i t h . . . Re7) 26 lbS nuB 2 7 Kd3 ( Now t he King i s brought i n
t o a t t ac k and win Black's weak " d " pawn) 2 7 Kf6 2 8 £4 h6 2 9 Kxd4 �5
.•.

30 l(a6 gxf4 3 1 gxf4 Rd8 + 32 Ke3 (With an easy win in hand White
�elects the sarest method allowing the least counter play ror Blac k )
3 2 . . . 1M I 3 3 lhc6 R h l 3 4 Ra6 Rxh2 3 5 Rxa7 eS ( Black would have done
well to Resign here; t here is nothing to prevent the marching or t he th ree
con nected p assed pawns) 36 Ke4 gxf4 37 Kxf4 Ke6 38 lb6 + Kd7 39 Kt•S
Kc7 40 KdS Kh7 41 Re6 Rhl 42 KcS hS 43 Rh6 h4 44 KbS hJ 45 l(h7 +
K b8 46 h4 h2 47 a4 Kc8 48 aS Kb8 49 a6 Kc8 50 Kc6 l(d I 5 1 lhh2 KhH 52
h5 I(� I 53 l(h8 + Ka7 54 b6 + Kxa6 55 lb8 MATF..

GAME 20
White uses a well calculated pawn sacrifice to trap an enemy piece.
Palo Allo, 198 1
White - Snyder Black - Mcrado
I c4 cS 2 b3 N6 3 Ub2 e6 4 N f3 N f6 5 eS NdS 6 c4 N £4 7 g3 (Also playable
i<; 7 h4 as in GAME 2. 1 ) 7 . . . Ng6 8 Ug2 d6 9 exd6 Qxd6? ! ( I t would have
been bette r to pl ay 9 . . . e5 blocking out White's Bishop and prevelll ing 1 0
d4) 10 cl4 (The natural rrecing move i n this variation) I O . . . t·xd4 II N \11�
()cS + 1 2 Krt ! (Threat ening to w i n immediately with 1 3 Nxc6) 12 .. . 1hl 7
( The immediate 1 2 . . . Nxd4 was to be considered) 13 Qd2 (Threatening I�
Nxc6 again) 13 ... N xd4 14 Qxd4 Qxd4 I S Uxd4 (White's act ive Bishop'
Put st rong pressure on Black's weak Queenside pawns and White has the
Queenside majority)
54 Games

l 5 o o ol'S J (, Ud 0-0-0? (The pawn sacri fice l luns out to be unsound; hcll cr
11 mdll have bee n 1 60 Dc6 where White wou lll have mai ntaincc.J his ado
0 0

v;ul lagc by playing 1 7 Nc3) 17 Dxa7 1Jg4 (Threatening I S o o o Rd l marc ;

1 7 B f5 was another possibility) 18 NcJ RdJ? ( I n his efforts to try and
o o 0

d ru m up some play for his pawn he posts his Rook where it becomes a
t a rget) 19 Nd5 f5 20 hJ DhS

2 1 g4 ! ( W i t h t he idea of trapping either nlack's Rook or Bishop; the te'it

ckar' t h�o· e4 square for use by t he Bishop) 2 1 . . . fxg4 22 1Je3 (Covering d2
;111d removing t he Rook at tack on t he "h" pawn; 22 hxg4 Dxg4 23 Be4 io;
1 11l"1 h \ o o o l� h J ! ) 22 . . . g3 ( Ope n i n g up t he Bishop t o cover dl so t hat t h�o·
J� , ,. , J- �.· an he cxchangec.J off; h o wev er Black dic.Jn ' t realize t hat t he Bishop
11 ould t hen be t rap pcc.J ! ) 23 lle4 Rd l + 24 lhd l lhd l 25 fxgJ N l'7
! T h reatening to let his Bishop escape with 26o o o Bh5 ) 26 Nh6 + Kc7 27 g4
h5 2H K l"2 lng4 29 Rxd l (Winning the Bishop threatening 30 Rd7 + K hH
.l l R \ h? mate!) ULAC K U ESI(;NS.
 GAME 21
JJfack must press his attack on the enemy King while being continuous­
' " threatened by a mate in one himself.
·

Dortmund, 1980
While - Cuartas Dlack - Hess
1 c4 c5 2 N fJ e6 3 bJ N f6 4 e5 Nd5 5 Db2 Nc6 6 c4 N f4 7 h4 (With the idea
o r altacking g6, the only retreat post for Black's Knight) 7 . . . h5 ( I f
7 . . . Qc7 then K h 5 1 threatening 9 g3 winning the Knight) 8 g3 N gf• 9 U�-:2
Qc7 10 0-01 (White sacri fices his "e" pawn to obtain d o min a t io u of t h e
center and a lead i n development) JO Ngxc5 I I Nxe5 Nxe5 12 d4 cxd4
.••

1 3 Qxd4 Ng4 14 NcJ (White has completed his minor piece development
and is well positioned to begin his assault on Black ; therefore Black at­
tempts to complicate matters with an unsound sacri fice) 14 . . . 11r5 15
(} xg7 Qx�J (Threatening mate in one; White must play exact ly)

16 Qxh8 + Ke7 1 7 N d5 + ! (The key move which continues the attack on

Olack 's King) 17 exd5 ( I f 17 . . . Kd6 then 1 8 Qf8 + Kc6 19 Qxc5 + Kxc5
••.

20 fxg3) 1 8 noe l + Kd6 19 Qf8 + Kc6 20 cxdS + KbS 21 QxcS + ( t\ftcr

2 1 . .. Kxc5 22 fxg3 Black is a Rook down) IILACK RESIGNS.

G AME 22
White makes one error after another until he finally allo ll"s himse(( to
get mated.
lJSA, 1979
White - <.:ostigan lllack - nhode
I c4 r5 2 NfJ c(, 3 bJ Uc7 4 Ub2 N f6 5 eS NdS 6 c4 Nf4 7 h4 dft K g3 Nl-(f• •J
cxdft Uf(• 10 NcJ Nl-6 ( 1 0 . . . Qxd6 would be met strongly by I I Nc4) I I
N�-t5'! ( I- l oping for Black to go pawn grabbing with I I . . . B.xg5 1 2 ll\)!5
()xg5? 1 3 Nc4 Qd8 [if 13 . . . Qf5 thcn 14 Ud3 ! ] 14 Uxg7; White would h :I \ L"
56 Games

h a d a �nod game by simply continuing wi t h his development wit h I I

B g 2 ) l l . . . lld4 1 2 Qh5? (The Queen is somewhat out of play on h5 and
t h i \ \\ i l l a l low Black to obtain a troublesome pin on Whi te 's K nigh t ; 1 2
N f.l would h a \'e given White a reasonable posit ion) 1 2 Qxd6 13 11�2
•..

Qe5 + ( Pinning the K night while attacking t he K ing) 14 K f l ( 1 4 Qd

" ou l d Ill' met 't rongly by 14 . . . Nb4 ! ) 14 . . . h6 I S Dxc6 + bxc6 16 QfJ (The
i dea beh i n d White's last move becomes clear; White unpins his K n ight
wit h t hl' t h reat of 1 6 Qxc6 + and an attack on the " f" pawn) 16 . . . 0-0 1 7
n e I ? (Thi� only will help Black clear e 5 for his "e" pawn; better would
have been 17 Nh3 with the idea of h5 followed by posting his Knight on
f4 ; N ot 17 Qxc6? due to . . . RbB threatening 18 . . . Bb7 and White's Knight
i\ \ t i l l hanging) 17 Qc7 18 Nh3 eS ( Freeing the Bishop and prev en ti n g
.•.

\\' h i l l: ' \ J..: night from entering f4 a fter h5 is played) 1 9 g4? (White ha� ii­
Jn,iom o f a n a t t ack on Black where 19 . . . f5 would be met by 20 g4; 19 h5
" Ptdd haw �t i l l heen beIter)

1 1J . . . e� ! (Opening up lines for Black's pieces and preparing for the lll'\1
nHn·c) 20 Qxe4 f5! (Black continues to open more lines directed at
\\ ' h i l l' ' , J..: ing) 2 1 Qc2 fxg4 22 Qxg6 gxh3 23 Nd l ( Defending t he " f"
pawn . hut t he s i t ua t ion is quite hopeless) 23 Df5 24 Qh5 Dd3 + 25 K� I
.•.

1 A l lo " ' m a l l". but sometimes it is beller to get it over wi th!) 25 . . . Q�3
1\1 :\ T F.

GAME 23
l l 'h ite huild� up an al/ack on the Kingside taking advantagr f�{ thr
hut,•, in /llack \ JW!litiotl.
Haifa, 1976
White - Westerinen Ulack - ltnlh
I l'-1 l'S 2 N L\ c(, 3 h3 N f6 4 e5 N d 5 5 llb2 lle7 6 c 4 Nc7 7 N c3 0-0 ( Mmt
n H n n H l l l h ere i � 7 . . . f6) 8 Ne4 Ne8 ( W i t h the idea of su pport ing a fut ur e
 (;ames 57

1"5 t l�rust , -;o t hat t he K n ight can capture o n f6 i f White t a kes "en pa-.­
-.ant " ) 9 Qt·2! ( May allow fu t u re attacks and t hreat s on h7) 1) 1\ r(, ( I f • • •

'J . . . fS'! t hen W h i t e: get s a s t ron g attack wit h 1 0 ex f6 N x f6 I I Nl'!! �

I T h rca t e n i ng l l . . . lhf6) l l . . . g6 1 2 h4) 10 h4 (To s u p po r t a fu t ur e Ng:'i)
I O . . . N h4 I I Q b l h5 12 Neg5 (Threatening mate which forces Blad. t o
" ca k en ) 1 2 g6 13 a 3 Nc6 14 cxd5 Qxd5 1 5 Dc4 Qd8 16 Q �4 ( Centralit­
• ..

i ng his Queen; White has trai ned most o f his pieces t oward Blad · ,
K i ngsidc) UI . . . NJ.:7 1 7 0-0-0 N a 5 18 d 4

I H . . . "Il u-4 19 dxc5 Qc7 20 Qxc4 Qxc5? ( Black is under t he misconcept i o n

1 h a t c \ c h a ng i n g
Queens will relieve the pressure; Dlack should han·
-.ought cou n t er play with 2 l . . .b5) 21 Qxc5 UxcS 22 N e4 ( 1\ l lacking t he:
B i s h o p and t he hole at f6) 22 . . . Be7 23 N f6 + Kh8 24 h5 ( Wh i t e ' s a l l ac k
c o nt i n u e c; even without the Queens; White threatens simply 25 hxg6)

24 . . . Nxh5 25 g5 (Ailacking Black's Knight which cannot move due to 26

R xh7 mate) 25 . . . 1Jxf6 ( Di ac k would also be in trouble on t h e oren " h "
file: a fte r 2 5 . . . N f6 26 cx f6) 2(, ex fl1 Nf4 27 liM e5 2 8 l{dh l ( Black 111 m 1
now lose more m a t e r i a l or allow mate; he co u l d have re'>igned h t·rc)
2H . . . Nh5 29 NxeS K�-t8 ( I f 29 . . . N x f6 then 30 Nd7! leads t o m a t e) 311 �-:xh5
·J.:s 31 ltJ.: I �-t4 32 N -<g4 Kh8 33 Ne3 Rg8 34 ltg7 II LACK I{ ES I G N S .
S8 Games

GAME 24
White gets over aggressive with his Queen and ends up getting her
trapped
Primorska, 1 972
While - Westerinen IJiack - Kaplan
l t•..a t·5 2 Nf3 r6 3 hJ N r6 4 e5 Nd5 5 Bb2 lle7 6 c4 N c7 7 NcJ r6 ( Black ' s
nlll'l l·ommon move here with t he idea of eli m i n a t i n g White's c ra m p i n g
pawn al c5) 8 Nc..a he5 9 NxeS 0-0 10 Qg4? (Threatening to play I I Nco!
a t t ad i ng t he Queen and threatening mate on g7; however, the threat i'i
ca�ily met and White Queen becomes more or a target for Bl ack t han a
r h rca l ) I II . . . NrH! (Defending the "g" pawn ami preparing to even t ua l l y
h r i n g 1 he K n ight to f6) 1 1 BdJ d6 (First driving the Knight back fro m i t '>
al:l i \ l· p o.. t ami prepa r in g support for t h e next move) 1 2 N rJ e 5 (BI01.:k i ng
\\' h i r e · , ri a nl: hel l ocd Dishop while freeing his own Dishop with atlack on
t he Queen) 1 3 QhS DrS 14 0-0-0 Nc6 15 Bb1 Qd7 (Threatening 15 . . . Bg4 ! )

H1 N �:.l l h h l ( Not 1 6 . . . Bxg47 due t o 1 7 Qxh7 1 ) 17 K x b l IU4 IH N�:5

lhg5 19 ()xg5 Nr6 20 rJ bS 21 dJ? (This results in loss of the Quel·n by
c u l l i n g o ff her possible retreat to d3 or c2) 2 1 . . .h6! (White's Q ueen is
! rapped ; a ft er 22 Qg6 Black plays . . . Ne7) WJI ITE RESI(;Ns.

GAME 25
I I hite mi.\places his King early in the game and is in continuous trou­
hlc I ht'I'I'C(/f ('/",
Tallinn, 1973
While - Westerinen llluck - Tul
I t•..a t·5 2 N 1'3 r(, 3 bJ N £6 4 e5 Nd5 5 llb2 Ue7 6 c4 Nc7 7 NcJ £(1 8 Nc4
l'\l•5 1) � wS 11-11 10 d4! (The natural and correct move in t he posi l ion)
lll . . . t·\CI..a I I ()xd4 llh4 + 12 Kd l ? (This is t he wrong locat ion for t hl!
 G,mles 59

K i ng; bet ter would have been either 1 2 Ke2 ! '? d6 1 3 N d 3 e5 1 4 Qc.3 Ba5
\\'here W h i t e wuld t hen play 1 5 Rd 1 or 12 llc3 Nc6 1 3 Nxc6 Dxd � 1 -t
Qxd) 1 2 . . . d6! (Driving White's Knight back while gaining s u pport for
e 5 ) 13 Nd3 ( Wh i t e' s Knight gets trapped after 1 3 Nc6 eS 1 4 Nxd8 C\d4)
I L .cS ( Dr i v i ng t he Queen back , blocking White's fianchettoed Bi�hop
and freeing t he IIIH..I c vcloped Bishop) 1 4 Qe3 nus ( Beller than 1 4 . . . d.5 1 5
N x b5 d \C4 + 1 6 Kc2 where White is completing his development a n d
Blad. ha� doubled i sola t ed pawns in the center) IS QgS Qd7! ( \\' i t h
W h i t l' ' ' K ing be i ng awkwardly located Black avoids a Queen t ra d l· and
prepare� to bring her into attack on White's K i n g) 1 6 Kd Qc6

17 f3 UfS 18 Ng3 (To be considered was 1 8 Be2 for i f 1 8 . . . Bxe4 1 9 fxe4

Qxe4? then 20 B f3 with Bxb7 to follow) 18 Ug6 1 9 Ret Nba6 (Threaten­
• • •

i ng 20 . . . Nb4 -l ) 20 Ua3 (20 a3 would be mel strongly by 20. . . Nc5 2 1 b4

N x d J 22 Dxd3 Qxc4 + or if 20 Kd l then Black continues to build in the
cen ter \\'it h 20 . . . Rad8) 20 . . . NbS! (The other Knight suddenly comes to
l i fe a t t ac k i ng White's D i s hop) 21 Kb2 Nxa3 22 Qe3 (White loses quick ly
a ft e r 22 K xa3 Bxd 3 ! 23 Bxd3 Qxc5 + 24 Kb2 Qd4 + and White cannot
hold his Bishop not to mention the mating allack) 22 . . . N b4 23 Kxa3
lhd3 24 lhdJ Qa6 (Black threatens to play 25 . . . llb6 + ; if 25 K b2 t hen
25 . . . Bb6 t h reat cning the Queen and 26 . . . Qxa2 +) 2S W HI TE RES I C NS.

GAME 26
While oblains an advantage out of the opening by fixing and res/rain­
ing Iliad centl'l" f}{lll'll!i. Through a couple of errors White almost lets his
OJIJ'OII<'III slip a ll'tt)' !Jut then lllack errs ami ReJigns before waiti111: .for
Jri\· OJ IJIOnl'll ( 's 1110 \'C'.
Nice, 1 974
While - Westerinen lllack - H utchings
I t·� t·5 2 N I"J t•(, 3 h3 Nm 4 eS NdS 5 Bh2 Be7 (, c� N l·7 7 Nd f6 H Nt·�
60 Games

rnS 9 N xrS 0-0 10 d4! cxd4 1 1 Qxd4 Db4 + 12 IJcJ (An improvem
over 12 Kd l which was played in GAME 25 ; also 1 2 Ke2!? is to be c1
� illcrcd) 12 Nc6 JJ Nxc6 Dxc3 + 14 QxcJ hxc(t 15 Nd6 (Taking mlw · - r ·
. . .

r age o f the hole at <.16) IS Ne8? (Here Westerinen's suggestion of 14 ' -· · · i

•••

[ P reventing White from playing c5] looks better than the text IHII.,; }·J • : n ·
hio; o;u ggesteu exchange sacrifice a fter 16 Bd3 Ne8 17 Be4 Nxd6!? 18 Bf.J};1�� ):f
is questionable) 16 Nxe8 Qxe8 17 cSI ( Rest raining Black's centel r;.\·�· ;; : • '
' • • n • ,1
ami al lack ing the hole at d6)
' : i �1
lit'

11 . • • (}�(, 1 8 rJ (Opening f 2 for use b y th e King and prevent ing

IR • . . Qc4 + ) 1 8 QJtS 19 Kf2 (Now that the "g" pawn is ddended White
. . .

can develop his Dishop) 19 . a5 20 DdJ Qh4 + ( Provoking the advance of

. .

the "g" pawn in an attempt to get counter play on the " f" pawn) 21 �t3
(}g4 22 1Jc2 Da6 23 Rhel QhJ 24 Kgl Rr7 25 Re4 (Threatening to trap
Black 's Queen with 26 Rh4) 25 . . . Qh5 26 Kg2 (26 Rh4 would be met
st rongly by 26 Rxf3! ) 26 . . . Raf8 27 f4? (27 Re3 would have defended
. . .

the f pawn and prevented Black's next move)

" "

27. . . RfS (Threatening the "c" pawn) 28 ReS RxeS 29 QxeS QxeS 30 beS
Bt>2 3 1 1Jr4 (Centralizing the Bishop and covering r3 ; White still retains
some of his advant age) 31 ... Rb8 32 Kr2 Bg4 33 Ke3 Rb4 34 Rfl (Plan-
 Games 61

ning to meet 34 . . . a4? with 3 5 R f4 threatenino the Bishop and Bxh7 + )

1.1 . . nbS 35 nc 1 nb4 36 nc4? (To avoid the doubled pawns i t would have
"!Iter to prepare 37 Rc4 with 36 Bd3 rirst) 36 . . . 1hc4 37 bxc.a h6 (So
King will be free or having to defend the " h " pawn in the future)
: rs 39 Kd2 RfS 40 BhS g6 4 1 Be2 hS? (White would continue by
,{c3- b3-a4 winning the "a" pawn followed by transferring his
c. . u at l ack Black's weakened Kingside pawns (Assuming that Black's

r o g a l so goes to the Queenside) ; Black should have avoided weakening

pawns aud continued with 4 l . . . Ke7) BLACK ltESIGNS.

GAME 27
White allo ws Black to take the intiative on the Queenside. Black builds
up and wins White 's isolated "b " pawn on an open file.
Netanya, 1973
White - Czerniak mack - Tatai
l c4 cS 2 b3 Nc6 3 8b2 c6 4 N f3 N f6 5 Nc3 ( I t would have been better to
conti nue with the more natural 5 e5) S ... d6 6 g3 (6 Bb5 or 6 d4 were to be
considered) 6 . . . 8e7 7 Rgl 0-0 8 d4 cxd4 9 Nxd4 Dd7 1 0 0-0 Nxd4 I I Qxd.&
Qc7 (Black has achieved equality and will build pressure on the "c" file)
1 2 a4 (Restricting Black's Queenside activity and preparing a possible 1 3
NbS) 1 2.. . a6 1 3 Qd3 (Continuing the restraint o n b5) 1 3. . . Rac8 (Placing
a pin on White's Knight and reopening the possibility of playing . . . b5) 1 4
nac1 Rfd8 15 f4? (The opening of the g l -a7 diagonal will expose the
King to a possible check which will allow Black to now get b5 in; 1 5 R fd I
was to be considered)

I S . . . bS! 1 6 axbS axbS 17 fS (White attempts to gain counter play on the

K i ngside but gets nowhere; Not 1 7 Nxb5? due ro 1 7 . . . Qb6 + 1 8 NJ4 c5
w i n n i ng the Kn i g h t ) 17 . . . e5 1 8 N d 1 b4 1 9 c4 bxc3 20 lhc3 Qb6 + ( Dlack
rrcpa res t o build up on W h i t e ' s isolareJ "b" pawn) 2 1 QeJ Qh4 22 N f2
62 Games

RxcJ 23 Qxc3 Rb8 24 Qxb4 ( I t would hnve been belter to play 24 Rc I )

24 . . . Rxb4 25 Ra I Rxb3 26 Ra8 + Br8 27 Ra2 (De rending the awkwardly
located Bi s hop which requires constant allention) 27 g6! (Al lacking ..•

White's " f" pawn and preparing to activate the Bishop on the c l -h6
diagonal) 28 g4 (Threatening 29 g5) 28 Bh6 29 h4 Bel 30 BfJ (30 g5
•.•

would be met by 30. . . Bxf2 + 3 1 Kxf2 Ng4 + ) JO . . . Bc6 31 Kg2 gxfS 32

gdS Bd2 33 Kd2 Bxe4 (Winning another pawn; White could have
resigned here) 34 Del Bd5 (There was nothing wrong with 34 . . . nxrs win­
ning n t hird pnwn! ) 35 1Jc1 RIIJ 36 Ra4 Ne4 + 37 Kttl ltd 38 ltn l ltcl 39
K rJ Nc3 + 40 Ke3 Rxel + 4 1 Kd3 1lal 42 W I I ITI� Ri':SI<iNS.

GAME 28
.·lfter a couple of errors White is forced into making an unsound piece
\ltcri(icc. /Jiack then allows his opponent to obtain a strong attack on his
A'illg.
USSR, 1 980
While - Makarycev Black - Zajrik
I e4 l'S 2 N f3 e(, 3 b3 N f6 4 e5 N dS 5 Db2 Nc6 (, g3 ! ? (6 c4 or 6 Bb5 arc
more common here) (,, . ,gS (A rather strange move compared to the more
mual de,·clopment ; Black has possibilities or playing g4 driving White's
K night away from the defense o r the "e" pawn) 7 c4 Nc7 8 d4 (To be
wn.,idcrctl was 8 h4 g4 9 Ng5 threatening 1 0 Qxg4 and 1 0 Nc4) 8 . 1Jg7 9 . .

cl5 l'\dS 10 cxdS g4 I I dxc6 gxfJ 12 Qxf3 ( 1 2 cxtl7 + would help activate
Whil e'� pieces) 12...dxc6 13 Nd2 (It would have been better to develop
t he Bi.,hop with 1 3 Bg2 or 1 3 Bc4 ! ?) 13 . . . Nc6 14 Nc4 (Threatening 1 5
Nd6 1 ) 1 4 . . . Nd4 I S lhd4? ( Bel ler woul d have been 1 5 Qf4 or 1 5 Qh 5
mai n ! a i n i n!! 1 he t ineal or 1 6 Nd6 + ; I he t ext :u.:t i vc l y brings Blac k ' s
() llrl·n i n l ll p l a y : l:er t a i n ly not 15 N d4 + d u e t o 1 5 . . . ()xd6) 1 5 . . . ()xtl4 J (,
Ndc, + Ktl8 1 1 ntll
 GoJIIJeS 63

1 1 . . . 11�4! ( Act ively develops with attack planning to m ee t 1 8 R x d4? with

. . . Uxf3 and White has two hanging Rooks) 1 8 N xb7 + Kc7 1 9 QdJ
Qh4 + ( Also good would have been 1 9 . . . Bxd I 20 Qxd4 cxd4 2 1 K \d I
Bxe5 , but Black wants to try for more) 20 Rd2 Qxb7 2 1 Qd6 + Kc8 2 2
11�2 ( Threa t e n i n g 23 Rxc6 + ; White has some practical charh:es for his
p iece though it should prove to be insurricient) 22 . . . nc8 2 3 f4 ( I r 23 0-0
t hen Black can force a trade of Queens with 2L .Qd7) 23 . . . c4? ! (I\ lore t o
t he point would have been 23 . . . h 5! with t h e idea of playing Rh6) 2 4 0-0
( 24 bxc4 would be strongly met by 24 . . . Bf8) 24 . . . cxb3 25 axb3 Ut"5 (To be
co n s i dered was 25 . . . Qb6 + 26 Kh l c5 challenging Black ' s Queen) 26 h4
Qh6 + (26 . . . Qd7 would have been good) 27 Kh I h5? (This is too slow;
27 . . . Qc7 challenging White's Queen was better) 28 nct lth6

29 c6! ( Cu t t ing off the Rook ; I f 29 . . . Rxe6 then 30 Qd7 + ) 29 . . .1hell 30

lht.·6 1Jg4 3 1 lhc8 + Uxc8 32 lle2 + (After 32 . . . Re6 or 32 . . . Be6 White
plays 33 lk6 + ) IJLACK RESIGNS.

GAME 29
There are complications where the players castle on opposite u·ing.\·
ll/1(/ obtain attt1ck ing chances.
Unares, 1 9 8 1
While - Spassky Black :.._ Qulnleros
I e4 c5 2 b3 Nc6 3 1Jb2 N f6 4 e5 NdS 5 N f3 e6 6 Nc3 (6 c4 or 6 Bb5 are
stronger alternatives) 6 N xc3 7 Dxc3 Qc7 ( Most common here is
•••

7 . . . Re7) 8 1Jd3 g6 (Also playable was 8 . . . b6 9 Qe2 Bb7 with about equal
c h a nces ) 9 Qc2 1Jg7 10 h4 (White has used up most of play in the cenrer
and t herefore seeks play on the Kingside in an interest ing Rook
maneuver) IO . . . hll (To meet I I h5 with . . . g5) I I llhJ h6 1 2 llgJ llh7 1 3
ll�4 N e7 1 4 lle4
64 Games

14 . Nd5 (Driving White's Bishop back; also possible was t o seek simpli­
. .

fying exchanges with 14 . Bxe4 1 5 Qxe4 Qc6) IS Bb2 hS 1 6 Rg3 Nr4 17

. .

QeJ NdS 1 8 Dxd5 (Spassky wants to avoid an early draw !) 1R 1hd5 19

...

NgS 0-0 20 dJ d6 21 f4 bS (Beginning his Queenside counter play) 2 2

0-0-0!? (Certainly more risky than 22 c4; Spassky seeks a lively game)
22 . c4 23 dxc4 bxc4 24 exd6 Bxb2 + 25 Kxbl Qxd6 26 Ne4 Qe7 27 Nc3
. .

(Threatening to win Black's Bishop as well as 28 fS) 27 . . .Qr6 28 Qd4 (28

Rg5 preventing . . . Qxh 4 was to be considered) 28 . . .Qxh4 29 NxdS exdS 30
RgS Rae8 3 1 Qr6 (Threatening 32 Rxg6 + ) 3 1 . . .c3 + 32 Ka3 ( I f 32 Kxc3
then 32 . . . ReS + followed by 33 . . . Qf2 attacking the "c" pawn; after the
text White is still threatening 33 Rxg6 + ) 32 . . . Kh7 33 RdxdS Q h 1 (The
Queen cannot leave the defense of the "h" pawn due to a quick mate
'ilarting with 34 Rxh5 + )

34 Ka4 Re6 35 Qxe3 Re4 + 36 Rd4 Rc8 37 Qxc8 Rxd4 + 38 c4 Qb1 39 a3

Rxf4 40 RdS Qb2 (The game was still very complex with both sides hav­
ing chances) 41 DRAWN.
 Game.� 65

GAM E 30
White makes all IIIISOimd K11ight sacrifice which Black quickly rrfutcs.
Buenos Aires, 1970
White - Schweber Black - Mecking
I e4 c5 2 Nf3 c6 3 b3 Nc6 4 Bb2 Nf6 5 e5 Nd5 6 Nc3 Nxc3 7 lhcJ llr7 II
Dd3 b6 (For 8 . . . f5 see GAME 3 1 ) 9 Qe2 Bb7 10 h4 (White plans to bring
his Rook into play like in GAME 29) 10 Qc7 1 1 RhJ g6 1 2 NgS Nd4 1 3
•.•

lhd4 cxd4 14 f4 b6

I S Nd7? (White doesn't get enough for his sacri ficed material ; 1 5 Nc4
would have been better) IS . . Kd7 16 Dxg6 + Kf8 ( Black coul d h ave also
.

pl ayed 1 6 . . . Kxg6 17 Rg3 + B g5 1 8 hxg5 h5) 17 Qh5 Ba3 (Opening up e7

for the K ing to escape) 18 Dd3 Ke7 (Black will transfer h i s King to the
Queenside where he will be safer) 19 Rg3 Raf8 20 Rg7 + Kd8 2 1 Qg4 Kcll
22 h5 Bc6 23 Ke2 Kb8 24 Rh l Qb8 25 Rh3 d6 (Black can n o w t ake advan­
tage of White's uncastled King by opening up lines) 26 Qxe4 Rd4 27
lthg3 Re8 28 Rg8 ( I t is White who seeks exchanges now to avoid having
his King attacked) 28 ... Rxe6 29 Rxd8 + Kc7 30 Rh8 dxeS 31 Uc4 Hcf(, 32
ltg7 + Kd6 33 Rxa7 Rf2 + 34 Ke1 Bb4 (Winning a pawn ; it ic; all over ror
White) 35 c3 dxc3 36 dxc3 Bxc3 + 37 Kdl Rd2 + 38 Kc I W H ITE
RESIGNS.

GAME 31
Black expands 011 tire Kingside in an extremely closed position. White
is allowed to transfer his King to a safer location 011 the Queemide but
then falters and allo ws Black 's pawns to become strong on the Kinl!,siclr.
l,rievldza, 1979
While - Franzen Black - Banas
I c4 cS 2 bJ Nc6 3 Bb2 c6 4 N fJ Nf6 5 eS NdS 6 NcJ Nxd 7 lhcJ lll'7 H
66 Games

Ud3 1'5 (Th i s w i l l restrict White's activity on the Kingsidc while i ncreas in g
Blac k ' \) 9 0-0 0-0 1 0 lte l b6 I I Uc4 (To obtain some play i n the center by
u n hl lld i n g th e "d" pawn) 1 1 . . . Db7 12 d4 ud4 13 N"d4 Nxd4 14 lhd4
()l·7 1 5 Qh5 (With the idea of provoking 1 5 . . . g6, but B lack isn't really
weakened by this) IS . . . g6 1 6 Qe2 Rn 17 a4? ( I I would have been bcllcr
tn d 1 a l lc n gc lllack's act ive Dishop with 17 Da6) 17 . . . gS ! ( Dla c k begins his
K i ng\ide expansion giving him the superior game) 1 8 fJ g4 1 9 f4 ( W h i t e
doc� n ' t want to allow the opening of lines on his K ingside) 1 9 . . . hS 20
l(cd h-' 2 1 K t'2 ltg7 22 Rgl

22 . . . K f7? (Dlack misses his chance to force some open lines with
22 . . . g3 + ) 23 Kel (White continues to transfer his King to a safer loca-
t ion toward the Queenside) 2J Rc8 24 Qe3 De4 2S cJ Rgg8 ( Bl ac k
•.•

realizes t hat most of his attack has run out on the Kingside and t h erefore
regroups for action on the Queenside and center) 26 Ra2 Rgd8 27 Rd2
Uc6 28 Ua6 Ub7 29 Dc4 Dc6 30 Da6 Rb8 ( I n his efforts to avoid a draw
Black locates his Rook on an inferior square) 31 Be2 Rg8 32 h3 (White is
now safe in ope n i ng up lines on the Kingside) 32 llbf8 33 hxg4 fxg4 34
•••

lhiJ K c8 (Now lllack wants to transfer his King to a safer location on the
()ueemidc ! ) 35 K d I ltg7 36 Kc2 Qb7 37 Kb2 Kd8 38 uS buS 39 lhu7
( T h reatening to win the "a" pawn) 39 a4 40 b4 Kc8 41 Ka3 Rgf7 42 UrS
.•.

11\l'S .aJ QxrS (Threatening 44 b5) 43 Qc7 44 fS? ( Deller would have
..•

been 44 Ba6 + keeping up the pressure on the Queensidc) 44 . . . cd5 4 5

lh-4 llc4 (Uiad will obtain st rong K i ngsidc pawns for t he exchange) 4Ct
f)11.c? + K u? 4"7 Ud7 lhf7 48 gJ ( Preventing the i m mediate 48 . . . 1'4, but
now B lac k gets a strong "h" pawn) 48 . . . h3
49 b5 Rh7 (Threatening to advance the "h" pawn which forces White's
Rook to a passive post) 50 Rhl Re7 5 1 c4 (It would have been bet ter to
play 51 Kxa4) 5 l . . . Rxe5 51 Kb4 d6 53 KcJ Dgl (Threatening 5 3 . . . R e 3 1
while blocking off White's Rook) 54 Rhxgl hxgl 55 KdJ Kb6 56 lhg2
Kc5 57 Rbl (Preventing the possible entry of White's King to b4 while
seeking counter play by backing up the passed "b" pawn; however
White is still lost) 57 . . . d5! ( Breaking up White's pawns) 58 b6 (If 58 cxd5
then . . . Rxd5 + followed by 59 . . . Kb6 and the " b" pawn will fall)
58 . . .dxc4 + 59 Kdl Re8 60 b7 Rb8 61 KcJ aJ 61 Rfl Rxb7 63 RdS + Kd6
64 lta5 RbJ + 65 Kxc4 RxgJ 66 Kd4 RfJ 67 Ra6 + Ke7 68 Ke4 lth3 (,9
Rg6 gJ 70 WH ITE RESIGNS.

GAME 32
White .force.'> Black to weaken his center pawns IJy alfackin� an tn'('f('X·
tended "II " pawn. Black then makes an un.wund piC'ce .\acr!fin• in
desperctl ion .
Buenos Aires, 1978
While - Spassky Black - Hernandez
1 e4 eS 2 bJ Nc6 3 llbl e6 4 N fJ N f6 5 e5 NdS 6 IJbS 1Jc7 ( I n the game
Snyder-Braford, ICCF American Team Ch . , 1 979 White got a good
game a rtcr 6 . . . Qb6 7 Bxc6 Qxc6 8 0-0 b6 9 d3 Db7 1 0 Nbd2 Be7 I I Ne4
0-0 1 2 c4) 7 0-0 0-0 8 Uxc6 (For 8 Nc3 see GAME 33) 8 . . bxc6 9 dJ f6 I ll
.

NcJ (Stronger was 1 0 Nbd2 Qc7 1 1 Ne4 fxe5 1 2 Nxe5 d6 1 3 Nc4 e5 1 4 n 3

Nf4 1 5 Ng4 Bg5 16 b4) 1 0. . . fxe5 1 1 Nxe5 Qe8?! 12 Ne4 d 6 1 3 Nc4 Qd8 1 4
a J (Preventing the possible use of b 4 b y Black's Knight and allowi ng for
the possibility of playing b4 in the future) 14 . . . e5 ( Freeing the Bishop,
blocking out White's fianchettoed Bishop and securing f4 for his Knigll l ;
a common thematic idea for Black i n such positions) 1 5 Qcl (Suppo r t i n g
the b4 idea further) 1 5 . . . N f4 ( 1 5 . . . a5 with the idea of 16 . . . a4 was to be
considered) 16 Ng3 (With the idea of challenging Black's activel y posted
K nigh t ) 16 . . . h5 1 7 Ne2 NdS? (This retreat is inconsistent ; Black would
have done hcl l cr to cont inue with his K ingside build-up with 1 7 . . . h4) 18
h� ! ( W h i t e favorably opens up lines on the Queenside which will in the
long r u n aid h i m o n the Kingside)

18 . . . cxh4 19 axb4 Qe8 20 f3 Qg6 2 1 Khl h4 (Threatening 22 . . . h3) 22 h3

lhl7 23 lk l N b6 ? (It would have been better to challenge White's Bishop
with 23 . . . Bg5 planning to meet 24 BxgS QxgS 25 Nxd6 with . . . Ne3) 24
Nd2 dS 25 N b3 QhS 26 NcS BxcS 27 bxcS NcB 28 Ra4! (The key behind
White's last few moves; the Rook is brought into play attacking the weak
" h " pawn) 28 . . d4 (This blocks out the attack on the " h" pawn for the
.

moment but now Black's center pawns become targets; if 28 . . . gS then 29

Qd2 R fS 30 Rg4 and the "g" pawn has had it) 29 c3 (Attacking the pinn­
ed "d" pa wn ; lllack embarks on an unsound sacrifice) 29 .11xh3 30 gxh3
.•

lhf3 31 N g l lbfl 32 Qxf l Ne7 33 Qe2 Qg6 34 cxd4 N fS 35 Qa2 + Kh8 36

Qf2 Ng3 + 37 Kh2 Qxd3 38 dxeS BLACK RESIGNS.

GAME 33
White tak('s uclvuntuge of Black 's expol·ed castled position on the
King\ir/1•.
Czechoslavakia, 1980
White - Gross Black - Zrzavy
1 c4 cS 2 b3 Nf6 3 eS NdS 4 Bb2 Nc6 5 N f3 e6 6 BbS Ue7 7 0-0 0-0 8 Nc3
N xc3 9 llxc3 f6 (To be considered was 9 . . . Qc7 10 R ei d6) 10 Qe2 Qb6? !
( Not t he best place for the Queen; l O NxeS was to be considered) 1 1
. . .

lltl3 N h�'! (This will allow White to open up Black's Kingsidc; Black
\hould have closed up the Kingside with l l . .. fS ! ) 1 2 exf6 llx f6 13 llxf6
�-: x H1 ( I 3
. . . R x f6 would have allowed t he interest ing sacri fice wit h 1 4
l l .\ h 7 1 l< xh7 I S NgS + ) 1 4 Nh4! (Opening u p the " d l -h S " di agonal for
t h e < )uccn and t herefore t h reate ni ng 1 5 Bxh7 + ! ) 1 4 . . . N "d3 I S QuiJ dS
1 6 lbe l (Planning to bring the Rook directly into the a t t a�:k on t h e
K ingside) 1 6 Bd7 17 ReJ Rn 18 Rg3 + Rg7? ( Better would have been
.•.

1 8 . . . K f8) 19 Re t Rf8? (This allows White's devastating reply : 1 9 Rx!!..l 20

()xg3 -1 K f8 would have been better)

20 N f5 ! ed5 ( I f 20 RgS then 21 h4, or i f 20 . . . Rxg3? then 2 1 Qxg3 +

. • .

mates) 1 1 Qxd5 + Kh8 (2t . . . R n would be strongly met by 22 Re7!) 22

lhg7 Bc6 (22 . . . Kxg7 is met by 23 Re7 + ) 23 Ree7! ( Black is helpless; if
23 . . . BxdS then 24 Rxh7 + Kg8 25 Reg7 mate) BLACK RESI GNS.

GAME 34
While effectively attacks Black 's overextended pawns in the center.
no location -
White - Czerniak Black - llilck
I c4 cS 2 bJ c6 3 llb2 Nc6 4 NfJ a6 5 d4 cxd4 6 Nxd4 Nr(, 7 lld J dS H cxtiS
cxd5 9 0-0 llc7 1 0 Nr5 Dd5 1 1 Bd5 (White stands be t t er having t he
Bishop pair and Black having an isolated "d" pawn) I 1 . 0-0 12 Nd2 DrS
••

13 NfJ Ne4 14 c4 (Attacking the "d" pawn while threatening to under­

mine the Knight) 14 Ne7 15 Bxe4 dxe4 16 Ne5 (Threatening 17 Nd7)
•..

16 . . . Nc6 ( I f 1 6 . . . Qe7 then 1 7 Nd7 Rfd8 1 8 Qg4 threatening mate) 1 7

N xc6 bxc6 1 8 Qg4 (Threatening mate) 18 Bd4 1 9 Rad 1 r5 20 Qf4 c5 2 1
...

1hd4! (White will make targets out o f Black's center pawns) 2 1 . . .cxd4 22
f3! (I ncreasing the attack on the center pawns)
70 (,'ame�

22 . . . 113 23 IUcl (Not 23 fxe4? due to 23 . . . Qxd4 + 24 K h l fx e4 and

Blac k ' s pawns become strong!) 23 Qd4 + 24 Qe3 Qc3 (A Queen ex­
•••

ch ange would h e l p to act ivate White's pieces after 24 . . . Qxe3 25 Rxe3

R f�8 26 K f2 and Black's pawns remain targets of attack) 25 fxe4 fxe4 26
Qxc4 Uud8 27 Qc6 + Kh8 28 Qe3 h6 29 h3 aS 30 Qd2 Qd4 + 3 1 Qe3 Qc3
32 c5 (While t akes advantage o f the fact that he also has a passed pawn)

32 .. . 1�d5? (Dlack should have played 32 . . . R fe8) 33 Ret Qb2 34 Red I d2

35 Uc4 Q x a 2 36 c6 Rdf5 (Threatening 37 . . . R f l + 38 Rxf l Rxfl + 39
K x fl I l l - () 1 ) 37 lhd2 Qat + (nlack 's all empl to build up an atlack on
1 h e ri1 sl ra n k will u m o u n t to nothing while White's passed p�twn becomes
dangerously st rong) 38 Khl lUI 39 e7 net 40 . c8 = Q! lhc8 4 1 lhc8 +
K h7 42 Q d 3 + DLACK RESIGNS.
 Games 71

GAME 35
White takes advantage of the fact that Black has brought his Queen
out too early by continuously attacking her until she is lost.
Bern, 1976
While - Bhend Black - Flesch
I c4 cS 2 N f3 e6 3 b3 Nc6 4 Db2 Nge7 5 Del ( Here S d4 is good) S . . . dS 6
cxdS NxdS (6 . . . exdS was to be considered) 7 0-0 N f4 8 llbS Qblt? (The
Queen will be exposed to attack here; 8 . . . Dd7 would have broken the pin
and defended the Knight) 9 Na3! (Defending t he Bishop and preparing
for a possible future attack on Black' s Queen from c4) 9 . . . a6

10 Nc4! (Bringing the Knight actively into play with attack on the Queen)
10 Qc7? (The Queen will still be a target on c7; Black should have
.••

played 1 0 . . . Qd8; not I O. . . Qxb$ due to I I a4 Qb4 1 2 Ba3 and Dlack's

Queen is trapped !) 1 1 DeS! ( Forcing the win of material) 1 1 ... Qd7 12
Nh6 axbS 13 Nxd7 Ng6 14 N b6 llu6 1 5 Nxc8 IILACK ll ESIG NS.

GAME 36
A long game with a lot of maneuvering. Black obtains an isolated "d ' '
pawn which White eventually wins.
Tallinn, 1 97 1
While - Westerlnen Black - Stein
I e4 cS 2 N f3 e6 3 b3 Nc6 4 Ub2 Nge7 5 De2 Ng6 6 d4 cxd4 7 N xd4 Hh4 +
8 Nc3 0-0 9 0-0 dS (With the idea of freeing the Bishop and gai ning a
foothold in the center but at the expense of obtaining an isolated "d"
pawn) 10 exdS exd5 I I Uf3 (Threatening t h e isolated "d" pawn ; W h i t e
st ands slightly better here) 1 1 . . . 8e6 1 2 gJ (Will allow for the ret r ea t o f
t h e D i sho p to g2 a s well a s preventing the possible future ent ry by Blac k ' s
K night to f4 or h4) 12 . . . U.c8 13 0�2 neB 1 4 o3 Uc7 I S Ncel IU6 16 Qd2
Qh(l

1 7 Nxe6! ( Removing an important defender of the isolated "d" pawn

and opening up the "d" file) l7 Dxb2 (Black's pawns arc weak after
•••

1 7 . . . fxe6 1 8 Dd6 gd6) 18 Ra2 DeS ( I f 1 8 . . . Bxa3 then 1 9 N6f4 is strong)

19 Ng5 IU6 20 h4 Nce7 2 1 Qb4! Qa6 (An exchange of Que�ns would only
open up the "a" file for White's awkwardly located Rook) 22 Ncl Dc3
23 Qg4 NeS 24 Qd l h6 25 Nh3 N5g6 ( Preventing the immedate 26 N f4
but now t he ot her Knight comes into play) 26 Nd3 RedS 27 QhS Qf6 28
l{d l Ud4 29 Qf3 Qxf3 30 BxfJ (White has improved his position and will
soon build up on the isolated "d" pawn) 30 Db6 31 Kg2 N fS 32 Nhf4
•.•

Nge7 3 3 Nb4 Nd4 34 N bxd5 N xdS 35 N xdS N xf3 36 Kxf3 Re6 37 c4

( Releasing the Rook along the second rank and securing the Knight on
d5; Black has no compensation for his lost pawn and White's King is well
situated for the endgame! )
·

J7 . . . 1�tlc8 38 lbd2 aS 39 Nf4 neS 40 Rd5 UcS 4 1 a4 lhdS 42 lhdS M 43

NdJ naJ 44 UhS l�c6 45 c5! (With the idea of breaking up Black's paw n s
and obt aining a passed pawn on the Quecnside) 45 . . . hxc5 4(• lhoS IU6 +
47 Kc2 Uc(• 48 R a8 + (Clearing the way for the advance o f the "a" pawn)
 Gar11es 73

48 . . . Kh7 49 aS c4 50 hxc4 Rxc4 51 a6 Ra4 52 Kd2 ( Uringing t h e K ing

toward the aid o f the passed pawn) 52 115 53 KdJ Dd6 54 KbJ Rd4 SS
. • .

Nb2 Rb4 + 56 KcJ Rb5 57 N c4 Db4 + 58 Kc2 Kg6 59 a7 Rh7 60 Rh8

Rxa7 6 1 Rxb4 (Black could resign here) 6 1 . Ra2 + 62 Rb2 Rxb2 + 63
.•

Nxb2 Kf5 64 KdJ f6 65 KeJ Kg4 66 Nc4 g4 67 hxg5 fxg5 68 Ne5 + Kf5 ( I f
68 . . . Kh3 then 69 f4) 69 N fJ Kg4 70 Ke4 h4 7 1 gxh4 gxh4 72 Nxh4 Kxh4
73 f4 KhS 74 KfS Kh6 75 Kf6 Kh7 76 fS Kg8 77 Ke7 BLACK IU:SIGNS.

GAME 37
White tries too hard to press his attack when he should haw! been
sati.�{ied with winning a pawn.
USA, 1974
White - Snyder Black - Brow n e
I e4 cS 2 bJ Nc6 3 Bb2 e6 4 N fJ Nge7 5 NcJ?! (Better would have been 5
d4) 5 a6 6 d4 cxd4 7 Nxd4 N xd4? (This will help White to activate his
•.•

Queen; better would have been 7 . . . d6 as in GAME 38) 8 Qxd4 Nc6 9 QeJ
Ue7 1 0 QgJ Bf6 I I 0-0-0 0-0 1 2 f4 d5?! (This should result in the loss of a
pawn; however, White was threatening 1 3 eS)

1J e57 (White should hnve gone for the pawn instead of the a l l ack with
13 exd5 Nb4 14 Kb l ! ( I f 14 dxe6? then . . . Nxa2 + ! 15 Nxa2 Uxb2 + 1 6
Kxb2 Qxd l ) 1 4. . .Nxd5 [ H 1 4. . .exd5 then 1 5 a3] 1 5 Nxd5 exdS ( H
1 5 . . . Bxb2 1 6 Nc3 ! ] 1 6 Bxf6 Qxf6 1 7 RxdS) I J Dh4 14 QhJ fS 15 ed6
•..

Uxf6 1 6 BdJ (White still retains a better game with some attacking pros­
pects) 16 g6 17 QgJ (With the idea of advancing the "h" pawn or a
. • .

possible sacri fice on g6) 17 . . . 11114 18 QhJ e5 19 QfJI d4 ( I f 1 9 . . . e4 then 20

Nxe4 dxe4 2 1 Bc4 + and Black's Queen falls with check) 20 gJ? ( Deller
would have been 20 Bc4 + ) 2 1 Ne2 (Under the circumstances 21 gxh4 w a s
t o be considered) 2 1 . . .1Je7 22 1Je4 1{c8 23 Qg2? ( Du e to mac k ' s upcoming
sacri fice 23 K b l wou l d have been belter) 23 ... N b4 24 fxeS (24 K b l was
74 (;,I IIII'S

s t i l l to be considered) 24 Nxc2! 25 Bxc2 lhc2 + 26 Kxd IUS + 27 ltdJ

. •.

Qc7 + 28 Kd I (28 Kb I was to be considered) 28 . . . 11xd3 29 QdS + Kh8 30

Nxd4 (White is a pawn up but his King position leaves a lot to be desired
with Black 's active pieces being well posit ioned for attack) 30 . . . Rd8 3 1
Qg2 ( Not 3 1 Ne6?? due to 3 1 . . . Qc2 + ) 3 1 . . . Bg5 3 2 e6 Kg8 3 3 Qfl (White
would be fortunate to be given a chance to trade off Queens with 34
Qf7 + ) 33 nrs 34 Kel Qa5 + 35 Krt Rf8 36 Kgl Dh3 37 e7
...

37 Bxe7? (Here Black misses the problem like finish with 37 . . . Qe l + ! !

...

38 Qxc l Dc3 + 39 Qxe3 R f l mate!) 38 Qe2 QdS 39 b4 Bg5 40 N f3 RdJ 4 1

W I I ITE ltESIGNS.

GAME 38
Black wins a pawn and goes into a won endgame.
USA, 1 974
White - Snyder Black Urowne
-

I e4 rS 2 h3 Nc6 3 Ub2 e6 4 N f3 Nge7 S NcJ?l a6 6 d4 cxd4 7 Nxd4 d6 (An

improvement over 7 . . . Nxd4?) 8 g3 (8 Be2 was also good) 8 . Nxd4 9 . .

Qxd4 Nc6 10 Qe3 lle7 1 1 Bg2 0-0 12 0-0 b5 13 Rad 1 Qc7 1 4 Rd2 Db7 1 5
Ne2 Rac8 16 a3 NeS 1 7 h 3 Qc5 1 8 QxcS RxcS 1 9 f4 N d 7 2 0 e5! ? Bxg2 2 1
Kx�2 d S 2 2 Ud4? (The Knight would b e much better on d 4 and after the
Rook retreats White must weaken his Queenside pawns or retreat his
nishop to take care o f the attack on his "a" pawn) 22 ... Rc7 23 b4 f6 24
N e t ? (24 exf6 should have been played) 24 ... fxeS 25 fxeS Bg5 (The
reason why 24 exf6 should have been played now becomes clear; Black
now wins m a ter i a l)
 Games 75

26 Rdf2 lhf2 + 2 7 lbf2 Rxc2 28 Nd3 Ue3 2 9 K f3 Uxf2 3 0 lhfi Rd

(Winning a second pawn) 31 Kel Rxa3 32 Rfl aS?! (32 . . . Rc3 would have
prevented White from getting any counter play on the "c" file) 33 bxa5
RxaS 34 Ret Ra7 35 Rc6 Kf7 36 N f4 N f8 (White has managed to obtain
some counter chances from what was a completely hopeless looking
situation) 37 Rb6 g5 38 Nd3 Ral + 39 Ke3 Rgl 40 Kf3 Rdl 41 Ub7 + Kg6
42 Ke3 Rgl 43 Kr3 Rdl 44 Ke3 Rhl 45 N fl h5 46 Kf3 h4 47 g4? (This
blocks the possible future use of g4 by the Knight which would have
prevented Dlack from playing . . . Kh6 later on; 47 Re7 was better)

47 . . . h4 48 Rc7 ( I f 48 Rxb4 t hen . . . Nd7) 48 . . . Kh61 (Clearing g6 for usc hy

the Knight) 49 1U7 N g6 SO IU6 Kg7 5 l lhe6 b3 52 Rb6 N xc5 53 Ke2 h2 s.-
Rb3 ( Not 54 Rxb2? due to 54 . . . Rxf2 + 55 Kxf2 Nd3 + ) 54 Kf6 55 K f l
•..

Nd31 ( I f 56 Nxd3 then . . b i = Q + 5 7 Rxb l Rh l + ) 56 W HITE

.

RESIGNS.
 GAME 39
Wack is allo wed lo oblain a winning passed "e " pawn which resulls in
lire win of a piece. Black makes a difflcu/1 endgame oul of what should
hm•e been an easy win.
Vrnjacka Danja, 198 1
While
- Karlsson Black - Durie
1 N f3 cS 2 c4 e6 3 b3 d6 4 Bb2 Nc6 5 Db5 (The recommended move here is
5 d4) S . . . lhl7 6 0-0 a6 (Detter than 6 N f6 7 Rei a 6 due to 8 B r t where
. . .

White has a comfortabl e retreat for his Bishop) 7 llxc6 Uxc6 8 J(c l l(c8
( I f 8 . . N f6 White has the strong reply 9 e5! attacking the Knight and
.

favorably opening up lines) 9 d4 cxd4 10 N xd4 N f6 I I Nxc6 (Recovers

t he Bishop pair b ut Black has obtained a comfortable game with about
even chances) l l . . .Rxe6 12 c4 ( Restraining Black's . . . b5 or . . . d5 thrusts
a nd reducing the scope o f his Rook on the "c" file) 12 . . . Ue7 13 Nc3 0-0
14 Qd3 (Anot her possible idea was to play 14 Qe2 with the idea o f
locating t he Rook on the open "d " file wit h 1 5 Rad l ) 14 Nd7 15 Rad l
.••

Hf6 16 f4 (This gi v es Black use of the "g l -a7" diagonal which allows his
next move; 16 Na4 challenging Black's Bishop was to be considered)
1 6 . hS 17 exhS axb5 18 e5 (Even though the "b" pawn is attacked twice
. .

it cannot be captured without loss of a piece) 18 dxe51 .•.

1 9 QxbS ( I f 19 Qxd7? White loses his Queen after 1 9 . . . Qb6 + followed

by 20 R d R ) 1 9 . . . Qc7 20 Ne4 Dh4 2 1 Re2? (Better would have been 2 1
. . .

g3) 2 1 . . .cxr4 2 2 QhS lle7 2 3 Red2 Nb6 24 )(dJ ( P reparing t o shi ft t he

Rook to the " h" file with hopes of building an attack; Black counters by
prepari n g for the a ttac k on the "h" file followed by challenging White
on the "d" file) 24 . . . h6! 25 Rh3 Rd8 26 Rxd8 + Qxd8 (26 . . . Bxd8 would
have been more accurate) 27 Qg4 (Threatening mate) 27 . . .e5 (Blocking
out t he Bi shop while opening up t he Rook along the third rank) 28 llxe5
1(�(, 29 Q rJ ( I f 29 Q x f4 White gets into serious t rouble a fter 29 . . Qd l 1
.

JO K f2 N d 5 ) 29 . . . Nd5 30 lld4 Qd7 3 1 N fl Re6 (Threatening mate) 32

Qd I Bh4 33 N ciJ Nc3 34 lhtcJ hcJ JS Qc2
 Games 77

35 Qxd3! (Resulti ng in t h e win of a piece which should hnve led t o a

.••

simple win for Black) 36 Qxd3 el 37 Qxel Rxel 38 a4 DeS + 39 Kfl

IU2 + 40 Kel Rxg2 4 1 Kd l Bb4 42 Rd3 fS? (The simple way t o win was to
win another pawn with 42. . .Rxh2) 43 Rd8 + Kn 44 Rb8 Rg4 45 Ke2 Ke6
46 ltbS Rd4 47 aS Re4 + 48 Kd3 Bel 49 a6 Bf2 50 Rb7 g5 5 1 b4 h5 52 b5
Ra4 53 Rb8 KdS 54 Rf8 RaJ + 55 Ke2 Be3 56 b6 Bxb6 57 RxfS + Ke4 58
lhg5 Ra2 + 59 Kfl Rf2 + 60 Kel Rxh2 61 Rg6 Bd4 62 Rh6 W HITE
RESIGNS.

GAME 40
White gives up a pawn to gain superior control of the center and to
blockade Black 's isolated "d" pawn with a Knight.
Picunda-Tbilisl, 1 975
White - Gaprindashvili Black - Alexandria
I e4 cS 2 N f3 e6 3 b3 Nc6 4 Db2 d6 5 g3 N f6 6 d3 Be7 7 Bg2 0-0 8 0·0
Nd7 ! ? (With the idea of challenging White's Bishop along t he "a l -h8"
diagonal) 9 net Bf6 1 0 c31 (Avoiding the Bishop exchange while gaining
support for I I d4) 10 . . . b6 1 1 d4 cxd4 ( l l . . .Ba6, developing and locat ing
t he Bishop along t he long diagonal was to be considered) 12 cxd4 ( Also
playable was 1 2 Nxd4 with the idea of meeting 1 2 N xd4 with 1 3 e 5 ! )
. . .

1 2 . . . Ba6 13 Nc3 (White stands better due t o h i s freer position) I J ... Rc8
14 Qdl ReB 1 5 Ndl (Planning to bring the Knight to even a stronger post
at e3) 1 5 . . . De7 16 Ne3
7H (;LIIIICS

16 . . . N f6 17 dS! (White gives up a pawn for even more center control)

t 7 . . . Nxe4 18 Qc2 exdS 19 N xdS fS? (Better would have been 19 . . . Nc5
where White would have good prospects for his pawn minus with 20 Qc3 ;
not 1 9 . . Nf6? due to 20 Ng5) 20 Qd l ! (Getting the Queen off of the "c"
.

file making 21 Nxe7 + a strong possibility) 20 . . . Bf6 ( I f 20 . . . Bf8 then 2 1

Nh4 Qd7 22 Bh3) 2 1 Nxf6 + Nxf6 22 Rxe8 + Nxe8 ( I f 22. . .Qxe8 then 23
8xf6 destroys Dlack's pawns) 23 QdS + Kh8 24 QxfS (White has
recovered his pawn, has t he Bishop pair, better pawn structure and
t h reatens mate)

24 . . . Ne7 ( I f 24 . . N f6 then 25 NgS ! threatening 26 Bx f6 and Nn + ) 25

.

()f8 + Ng8 26 lte l (Threatening 27 Rxe8, removing the defender of the

"g" pawn) 26 ... Nf6 27 Qxd8 Uxd8 28 NgS (Threatening a smothered
mate) 28 . . Nh6 ( I f 28 . . . Rf8 then 29 Ba3; i f 28 . . . Rd7 then 29 8h3 Re7 30
.

Be6 h6 3 1 N n + Kh7 32 Bxf6 gxf6 33 Nxd6) 29 Re7 BbS 30 Ud6 ( I f

3 0 g x f6 t hen 3 1 Rxh7 + Kg8 3 2 Bd5 + K f8 3 3 Ne6 + ) Ul.ACK
. . .

IU�SJ(;NS.
 Games 19

GAME 41
White weakens himself allowing for Black 's Bishops cmcl 1\niglrt to
penetrate early in the game, resulting in tire loss of a piece.
London, 1851
White - Kleserltzky Black - A nd erssen
1 c4'cS 2 h3 Nc6 3 Rb2 e6 4 N f3 d6 5 d4 cxd4 6 Nxd4 Rd7 7 Rd3 (The irn­
l llediatc 7 e4 gaining a foothold on bS and dS is the recommended move
h e re) 7 Nt'6 8 0-0 Be7 9 Nd2 0-0 10 c4 (Without t he Knight being at i t s
•.•

nat ural "c3" post t he locating of the pawn at c4 i s less e ffec t iv e) I O . NeS
. .

I I Qe2 ( I I Oe2 is more natural here) t l Ng6 12 f4? (This only gives
...

Black a target; 1 2 g3 to cover the f4 square was better)

12.. .eS ! (Gaining control over f4 �hile driving White's Knight from its
cent ral post) 13 fxeS dxeS 14 Nc2? (This is fatal; Black's pieces jump into
'
play like a bolt of lightning; 1 4 N f5 should have been played) 14 . DcS +. .

1 5 K h l Rg4 1 6 Nf3 N f4 (Forking Queen and Bishop; Black wins a pi ec e )

1 7 Qd2 N xd3 1 8 WI IITI<: RESIGNS.

GAME 42
Black lras poor timing at countering in the center. White doesn 't take
full advantage of Black 's mistake letting most of his advantage slip
away.
·

Palo Allo, 198 1

White - Snyder Black - Brooks
1 c4 cS 2 h3 Nc(, 3 llh2 c6 4 N f3 d6 S d4 cxd4 6 N xd4 lld7 7 c4 (The he\t
way to take advant age of Dlaek not playing 6 . . . N f6 wh ich would a t t ad ,
t he " e " pawn ; W h i t e now gains a good foot hold over t h e b5 a n d d 5
sq uares\ 7 . . Nff• H N d ():1S IJ Qd2 1Je7 to 1Je2 0-0 1 1 0-11 c i S '! ( Thi� j ,
.
flO Games

premat ure; Black should have concentrated on activating his Queen

Rook) 12 cxd5 exd5 13 Nxc6 Dxc6 14 e5 Nd7

15 1Ud 1 ? ! (This allows Black to achieve a near equal endgame which he

should have no problem drawing after 1 5 . . . d4! 1 6 Qxd4 Nxe5 17 Nd5
Qxd5 18 Qxd5 Bxd5 19 Rxd5 Nc6; White could have maintained a nice
advant age with I S f4 defending the " r ' pawn and maintaining pressure
on lllack 's isolated "d" pawn) DRAWN

GAME 43
White 's King is somewhat exposed but Black has difficulty in taking
advantage of it. White loses a Knight going into the endgame but takes
advantage of his opponent 's bad Bishop which becomes an easy target.
Nelanya, 1969
White - Czerniak Black - IJenko
1 e4 c5 2 bJ e6 3 Dbl Nc6 4 NfJ d6 5 d4 cxd4 6 Nxd4 Nr6 7 N xc6 (Prepar­
ing to advance his "e" pawn and break up Black's pawns while attacking
t he Knight) 7 bxc6 8 e5 Ne4 9 DdJ Qa5 + 1 0 Kfl ( 1 0 Ke2 would have
. . .

hccn hcl lcr) 10 . . . d5 1 1 Bxc4 (Breaking up Black's pawns and giving him
a weak "c" pawn) 1 1 . . dxc4 12 c4 (Prevents Black from playing . Qd5
. . .

and blocks out Dlack's Bishop when it goes to a6) 1 2 Da6 1 3 Qcl ltd8
•..

( Black must play actively to avoid loss of the "e" pawn; White cannot
capture t he pawn with 14 Qxe4? due to 14 . . . Rd l + ) 14 h4 (Will allow the
Rook t o assist later with Rh3) 14 Dc5 15 BcJ Qb6 16 N dl
.•.
 Games 81

l (, . . .lhf2! (Black has round a way t o avoid the loss o r a pawn) 1 7 Nxe4
( I f 1 7 Qxr2 then . . . e3 forks Queen and Knight) l7 Bd4 1 8 Rlt3 (The
. . .

usefulness of White's 1 4th move now becomes clear) 18 0-0 1 9 hS .•.

(White hopes to get attacking chances on the Kingside, but has enough
problems of his own due to his awkward King position) 19 Uxc3 20 . • •

Nxc3 f6 2 1 IU3 fS 22 QeJ (White would like to t rade down into a

favorable Knight versus bad Bishop endgame) 22 Rd4 23 Na4 Qd8 24
• • •

NcS Uc8 25 Uel Uh4 26, Rh3 Rxh3 27 Qxh3 QaS 28 Na4 Qdl 29 Ucl
Qd 1 + 30 Kf2 f4 31 h6 Qd4 + 32 Kfl cS 33 Qc3 f3 (This results in the win
o f White's Knight; however, in the resulting endgame White will either
win Dlack's Bishop or a su fficient number of pawns to compensate him;
the helplessness or a bad Bishop is clearly demonstrated) 34 gxf3 Qxc3 35
Nxc3 Rxf3 + 36 Kel Rxc3 37 Rg2 (Threatening to win the Bishop with 38
Rxg7 + K rS 39 Rc7 Ba6 40 Rxa7 Bc8 4 1 Ra8) 37 g6 38 Rdl
• • •

38 . . . Uc l + 39 Kf2 Kn 40 Rd8 Rc2 + 41 Ke3 Rx:il ( I f 4 1 . . . Da6 then

W hite continues with 42 Rd7 + followed by 43 Rxa7) 42 lhc8 gS 43
ltc7 + ? (This loses time; 43 Rxc5 would have been better) 43 . . . Kg6 44
lhcS Kxh6 45 ltc6 g4 46 Kf4 KhS 47 lhe6 Rf2 + 48 KgJ IUJ + 49 Kg2
KgS SO Re7 hS 51 lhn7 h4 52 Rg7 + KhS 53 Rh7 + KgS 54 Ug7 +
IHtA W N .
 GAME 44
White build<; up a winning Kingside attack only to make an error and
allo w his attack to slip away. Black then misses his chance for a win.
Tallinn, 1979
White - Nej Black - Knaak
1 e4 c5 2 N f3 e6 3 b3 Nc6 4 Bb2 d6 5 d4 cxd4 6 Nxd4 N f6 7 Bd3 Bd7 8 0-0
Ne5? (Black loses too much time exchanging h is Knight for White's
nishop; better would have been 8 . . . Be7) 9 c4 N xd3 10 QxdJ lle7 1 1 Nd
n6 1 2 K h 1 0-0 1 3 f4 (White has a strong Kingside attack i n the mak ing)
13.. .Qa5 14 Rae1 Rad8 15 ReJI (Bringing the Rook into the attack on the
K ingside) 15 ... Dc8 16 RhJ NeB 17 f5 h6 ( 1 7 . . . Bf6 would be met by 1 8
fxc6 fxe6 1 9 c5 atlacking the Bishop and threatening mate) 1 8 g4 N f6 1 9
g5! ( 1 9 Rg l would be too slow due to 1 9 . . . Nh7, controlling t he dark
squares in front of the pawns) 19 . . .hxg5 20 Qd2! (Threatening 21 Nd5 !
a s well as the "g" pawn) 2 0 N h7
••.

2 1 f6? (Better would have been 2 1 Qe2 threatening 22 QhS; i f 2 1 . . .Nf6

then 22 Nd5 ! cxd5 23 Nc61 bxc6 24 Bx f6 followed by 25 Qh5) 2 1 . .. Ud6
22 1hf6 N d6 (Good would have been 22. . .gxf6 planning to meet 23 Qe2
with g4 ! ) 2 3 N f5! (Planning to meet 23. . .exf5 with 24 Nd5 which attacks
mack 's Queen and threatens 25 Ne7 mate) 2J . . . Rfe8 24 Qxg5 exfS 25
Rg3 N h5 (Black returns some of the material to reduce White's attack
and gain t ime for counter play) 26 Qxb5 Qe5 27 Rg2 ( I f 27 Rh3 then
Black ' s King can escape any serious threats after 27 . . g6 28 Qh7 + K rR)
.

27 . . fxc4 28 Qh4 QfS 29 N dS (Threatening 30 Rxg7 + ) 29 . Qn + 30 alg i

. . .

Qf3 + 3 1 Rg2 Qd 1 + 3 2 Rg1 Qf3 + 3 3 Rg2 Bh3? (Black should have

played 3 3 . . . f6 planning to meet 34 Nxf6 + with . . . K f7)
 Games 83

34 N f6 + Kf8 3 5 N h 7 + Kg8 3 6 N f6 + Qxr6 (The only way to �:ont inuc

l he game; Black will obtain two Rooks and a pawn for White 's Queen)
37 llxf6 Bxg2 + 38 Kxg2 gxf6 39 Qxf6 Kf8 (White's actively posted
Queen makes it di fficult for Black to hold on to his extra pawn; however,
better would have been 39 Rd7 40 QgS + Kf8 41 Qh6 + Ke7 42 Qh4 +
...

f6 43 Qxe4 + Kd8 and Black has the better chances in the ending) 40 Kf2
e3 + 4 1 Ke2 Rd7 42 Qh6 + Ke7 43 Kxe3 Kd8 + 44 Kd4 Kc7 45 h4 fS 46
Qf6 Re4 + 47 KcJ Re3 + 48 Kb4 RhJ 49 a4 Rh7 50 QxfS RJxh4 5 1 aS
R4h5 52 Qg6 R5h6 53 DRAWN .

GAME 45
Black slo wly improves his position and wins a pawn in a Bishops of
opposite color endgame. Black makes no auempt to win giving his oppo­
nent an easy draw.
K iev, 1964-65
White - Tal Black - Peterson
I e4 c5 2 N fJ e6 3 bJ Nc6 4 Bb2 d6 5 d4 cxd4 6 Nxd4 N f6 7 BdJ Be7 8 0-0
0-0 9 Nd2 (To be considered was 9 Nxc6 bxc6 1 0 e5) 9 Nxd4 10 Bxd4 b6
.••

I I Qe2 Ub7 1 2 f4 Nd7 (lllack plans to locate his Knight actively on c5 and
h a ve the possibility of playing . . . Bf6; White will get some chances on t h e
Kingside) 1 3 Rad 1 Qc7 1 4 Bb2 ( I n anticipation of a possible . . . e5 by
Black as well as clearing the "d" file for possible future use by the Rook)
14 . . . Rad8 15 N fJ Nc5
1 6 Qe l ? ( I t would have been better to play 1 6 c4 covering the "d5"
square further) 16 ... Nxd3 1 7 cxdJ dS 18 l(c l Qd7 (Not 18 . . . Qxf4? 1 9 Bc5
followed by 20 Rc7) 19 NeS Qd6 20 N g4 dxe4 21 d1le4 Qd2 (Black stands
better having the Bishop pair and more active pieces) 22 Del Qxel 23
lUxe I Ua3 24 Rc2 DeS + 25 Kh I f6 26 hJ RdJ 27 Bbl Rfd8 28 N fl Rdl 29
Re2 Rxel 30 Rxe2 Bdl (Winning a pawn but going into a Bishops of op­
posite color ending which greatly reduces any winning chances) 31 lhf2
1Jxe4 32 Re2 Db7 33 Kgl (Not 33 Rxe6? due to 33 . . . Rd2 attacking the
Bishop and the "g" pawn) JJ...Kn 34 Kfl ReS 35 Rdl Dd5 36 Ke3 Rc7
37 rs g6 ( Riack is in no danger of losing and therefore would have been
wise to play on with a pawn advantage) 38 DRAW N .

GAME 46
White sacrifices two Knights to expose the King to attack.
Hungary, 1979
White - Varnusz Black Pogats
I e4 cS 2 N fJ e6 3 bJ dS 4 e!ldS exdS 5 BbS + (A reasonable alternative to
S Bb2 Nc6 6 Bb5) S . . . Bd7 (5 . . . Nc6 would have transposed into the more
common lines) 6 Dxd7 + Nxd7 (6 . . .Qxd7 would have been slightly better)
7 0-0 lld6 ( White gets strong pressure along the "e" lite a rter 7 . . . Ngf6 8
Re i � Bc7 9 Qe2) 8 llb2 N g£6 (White attacks Ulack's overcxtcm.lcd "d"
pawn arter 8 . . . d4 with 9 c3; if 8 ... f6 White takes t he upper hand in the
center with 9 d4) 9 Rei + (Black must now lose his ability to castle)
9 . . . K r8 ( I f 9 . . . Be7 t hen 10 Qe2 is strong) 10 d4 c4 I I NcJ a6 12 Ne5 bS 1 3
Q f3 ( Bri nging t h e Queen into play on the Kingside with attack o n Black 's
" d " paw n) I J . . . N b6
 Games 85

14 Ne2! (Bringing the K night to aid in the Kingside build-up) 14 . . . nc8 15

NgJ ( Relocating the Bishop on an open diagonal to aid in the Kingsidc
build-up with 1 5 De l was to be considered) 1 S g6 16 Re2 ( Preparing to
•..

double Rooks on the open rile; all of White's pieces will soon be concen­
t rated on the K ingside) 16 Kg7 17 Rae l hS? (Better would have been
•..

1 7 Rc7) 1 8 Bel h4? ( 1 8 . . Qc7 should have been played) 1 9 DgS ! (At­
. . . .

tacking and pinning the Knight while preparing for the next crushing
move) 19 hxgJ ( I f Black declines the sacrifice with l 9 8e7 then 20
.•• . . .

Nxg6; i f 1 9 Rc7 then 20 Ng4 Be7 2 1 Rxe7! )

. . .

20 N x f7 ! (A second K night sacrifice which removes the pawn shield

around Black's King while clearing the way ror Rook penet ration)
20. Kxr7 21 Re6 (Attacking the Knight and Bishop resu l ti n g in t he im­
..

mediate recovery or one or the sacrificed pieces) 2 1 Nbd7 22 lhd6

• ..

gxf2 + 23 Qxf2 Rf8 (I r 23 ReS then 24 Rxd7 + !) 24 nee6 cxbJ 25 lhf6!

. . .

ULACK RESIGNS.
 GAME 47
White weakens his Kingside castled position allowing Black to sacr({ice
a Bishop to expose his King.
Alhens, 1968
While - Czerniak Black - Kokkoris
1 e4 cS 2 bJ Nc6 3 Bb2 e6 4 N f3 dS S exdS exdS 6 d4 (The recommended
move here is 6 Bb5) 6 N f6 7 Bel cxd4 8 Nxd4 (8 0-0 would have been
•••

hcl ler) 8 . . . 11b4 + (Provoking White to close off his fianchcll oed Bishop)
1J l') ( If I) Nd2 then . . . Ne4 1 ) 9 . . . 1lc5 10 Nxc6? (This h e l p s Black by
e l i mi nat ing his isolated "d" pawn and opening up the diagonal for his
Dishop) I O . . . bxc6 11 0-0 0-0 12 NaJ? (This Knight maneuver is too slow
and al lows for the strong placement of Black's Knight on e4; 1 2 Nd2
would have allowed for a better defense of the Kingside) 1 2 . . . Re8 13 Nc2
Ne4 14 Nd4 Qh4 15 fJ Od6! (Threatening mate which forces Whit e t o
weaken h i s castled position) 1 6 h J ( I f 1 6 fxe4 then . . . llxh2 + 1 7 Kh l
llg3 + 1 8 Kgl Qh2 mate; i f 1 6 g3 Bxg3! 1 7 hxg3 Qxg3 + 1 8 Kh l then
. . . Bh3 forces mate)

16 . . . 1hhJ!. 17 fxe4 (Not 17 gxh3 due to . . . Qg3 + I R Kh l Qh2 mate)

1 7 . . .Qg3 (Threatening mate) 18 DfJ Qh2 + 19 Kf2 dxe4 20 Rg1 cS 2 1 U:aS
cx d4 ( ntack has already recovered his sacri ficed material, plus some, and
his a t t ack) 22 Dxn + Kxn 23 QhS + Kg8 24 Qxh3 Rf8 + 25
s t i l l retains
Ke2 dJ + 26 KeJ Bf4 + 27 Kd4 ReS + 28 WHITE RESIGNS.

GAME 48
11/ack gcJI's
into " won endgame after a long series of excht�nges.
Leningrad, 1 923
White - Kojalowitsch Black - lbhinowitsch
 Games 87

I c 4 c S 2 b J Nc6 3 llb2 c(, 4 N rJ d S 5 exd5 exd5 6 Uc2 (6 B b 5 is t h e reco m ­

mended move here) 6 . . N f6 7 0-0 lle7 8 d4 0-0 9 dxc5? (This only helps t o
.

activate Black's Bishop; better would have been 9 N d as i n

Westerinen-Ligterink, Wij k aan Zee II, 1 976, which continued 9 . . . Ne4
10 Na4 Bf6? ! I I Rb l b6 1 2 Bb5 Bb7 1 3 dxcS Bxb2 14 Rxb2 bxc5 1 5 Nd2
QaS 1 6 Nxe4 dxe4 1 7 c4 Rad8 1 8 QhS; Black would have done bet ter to
play 10 . . .cxd4 I I Nxd4 Bf6) 9 Dxc5 10 NcJ Be6 I I N bS nc8 12 N hd4
..•

Nc4 1 3 1Jd3 Ug4 14 Qc l Qb6 (Black's more active pieces give him t he be t ­
ter game)

I S Rxe4 dxc4 16 N xc6 Qxc6 ( l 6 . . . bxc6 would have been met strongly hy
17 QgS ! threatening mate and attacking the unprotected Bishop) 17 NeS
( 1 7 Qg5 would now be met by l7 . . . Qg6) 17 Qe6 18 Qg5 lle2 1 9 Nd 7
.•.

(Threatening mate) 1 9 Qg6 20 Qxg6 fxg6 2 1 Nxc5 Bxfl 22 Ne6 Rxc2 23

..•

Nxf8 Rxb2 24 Nxh7 BdJ 25 Ng5 Bbl ! ( I mmobilizing White's Rook and
preparing to eventually win White's Queenside pawns)

26 h4 aS 2 7 gJ b6 (Black has fixed his Queenside pawns s o t hat he can

capt ure bot h of White's Queenside pawns with his Bishop wit hout his
"a" pawn hanging) 28 Kft Kf8 29 Ket Ke7 JO Kd l Uxa2 31 N xe4 1hh3 +
32 Ket Ke6 ( W h i t e doesn't s t a n d a chance against lll a ck 's pas\ed Queen ­
side pawns and at"l ivc piccl's) 33 W I I ITE tu:su ; N s .
 GAME 49
White obtains strong pressure along the open "e " file, preventing
Black from castling. White then wins a pawn before Black makes a time
pressure blunder.
USA, 1 974
White - Snyder Black - Birkel
I c4 cS 2 b3 c6 3 Db2 dS 4 exdS exdS S N I'J Nc6 6 DbS Dd7 7 0-0 N r6 8
U r i + Uc7 9 Qc2 (Preventing ntack from castling; for i f 9 . . . 0-0 t hen 1 0
Uxc6 Uxc6 I I Q xc7 winning a piece) 9 . . . o 6 10 llxc6 1Jxc6 I I NcS ltc8 1 2
d4 (Stri k i ng boldly a t the center threatening 1 3 dxc5) 12.. .cxd4 13 llxd4
llbS 14 Qe3

14 . . . Kr8?! (Black should have castled here with 1 4 . . .0-0 but his game
wouldn't have been good after 1 5 a4 Be8; 1 4 . . . Rxc2 would be strongly
met by 1 5 Nc3 preventing the retreat of the Rook) I S NcJ Be8 16 NdJ ( I f
1 7 Rad l t hen Black gets a troublesome pi n with 1 7 . . . Bb4) 1 6 . . . Bc6 1 7
Uh6? ! ( I t would have been even stronger t o play 1 7 Re2 preparing t o dou­
hle Rooks on I he open " e" file) 17 . . .Qd7 18 Nc5 ( I R R a d I was to he co n ­
sidered) 18 . . . Qd6 1 9 Rad l Re8 20 NSe4 Nxe4 2 1 Nxe4 QL·fl? (21 . . . Qg6
would have been better) 22 Nc3! Qg6 23 Qd3! ( I f 23 Nxd5 then . . . Bd6! or
i f 23 Bc5 t h e n . . . d4! attacking Queen and Knight while threatening m a t e)
2 3 . . . d4 24 Qxg6 hxg6 25 Dxd4 Bd6 26 Rxe8 + Kxe8 27 Dxg7? (White
should n ' t have given Black any counter play; bet ter was 27 h3)
27 . . . lhh2 + 28 Kfl Rh7 29 Dr6 (Threatening mate) 29 . . . Uc7 30 rJ (White
has emerged with a pawn to the good and has active pieces)
 Games 89

30 . . . Rh1 + 3 1 Ke2 Rh2 32 K f2 Db6 + 33 Bd4 llc7 34 lieS UhS 3S Ud4 fS

36 Nc2 Rh7 37 lleJ Rc7 38 Rh 1 Rn 39 DeS ( Black is now in time t rouble
a n d makes of series of errors) 39 . . . f4? 40 Nd4 Dd7?? 41 Uh8 + ( Now
a fter 4 1 . . . Rf8 White plays 42 Rxf8 mate) BLACK RESIGNS.

GAME 50
White uses a discovered attack combination to win a couple of pawns
and go into a won endgame.
USA, 197S
White - Snyder Black - Dean
I c4 cS 2 b3 e6 3 Db2 Nc6 4 N fJ d5 5 exd5 exd5 6 Db5 f6? (This only
weakens his Kingside and blocks the use of f6 by his Knight) 7 0-0 Nge7
( Developing his nishop first with 7 ... Bd6 was to be considered) 8 d4 ud4
9 Nxd4 a6 10 1Jd3 1Jd7 1 1 QhS + ? I (This will help nlack to develop h i \
King Bishop; I I Re i would have been better) l l . . .g6 12 QfJ Dg7 13 Re i
NeS 14 Qe3 0-0 15 NcJ bS 16 hJ b4 1 7 NJel Qb6? (The Queen will
become a target to the combination that White now sets up with his next
move) 18 N f4 QcS
1 9 N rS ! (Attacking mack's unprotected Queen and Knight which results
in 1 he win of two pawns) 1 9 QxeJ 20 Nxe7 + Kn 21 lheJ Kxe7 22
•••

N xdS + K f7 23 NxbS aS 24 Bxe5 (Trading down further into an easily

won endgame) 24 fxe5 15 Bc4 + Be6 16 Dxe6 + Kxe6 27 NdJ (With two
..•

pawns down and a pinned, isolated "e" pawn which is about to fall
lllack doesn't stand a chance) BLACK RESIGNS.

GAME 5 1
White wins a pawn early in the game and holds onto it.
USA, 197S
While - Snyder Black - Makl
1 e4 cS 2 h3 Nc6 3 llb2 e6 4 N fJ dS 5 exdS exd5 6 llb5 lle6 7 0-0 N f6 8 d4
Ue7 9 dxcS! (Making the Bishop move a second t ime i f he wants to
recover his pawn) 9 . . . 0-0 ( I f Black wanted to recover his pawn he should
have played 9 . Dxc5 where 1 0 Nd4 would have been strong) 10 Dxc6 (To
. .

prepare for the support o f the "c" pawn by the Queen or " b" pawn)
IO . . b�c6 1 1 Qd4! (Defends the "c" pawn while centralizing the Quee n
.

and restricting the movement of Black's K night) 1 1 . . Ne8 (To be con­

.

sidered was l l . . . Re8 with the idea of 1 2 . . . Bf8) 11 NeS Qc7 13 Ndl aS (To
be considered was 1 3 . . . Bf6 with the idea of 1 4 . . . g6) 14 N2fJ N f6 IS NdJ
Rfe8 16 aJ Bf5 17 NfeS Df8 1 8 Rfel Rad8 19 b4 (White has an extra pawn
and a secure position in the center)

19 . Ne4 20 fJ N gS 21 Qf4 (Forcing favorable exchanges) 2 1 . . . DxdJ 22

. .

�xdJ Qxf4 23 Nxf4 Ne6 24 Nxe6 fxe6 2S BeS Rd7 26 ReJ Rb7 27 cJ g6 28
nae l Kf7 29 K f2 Dh6 30 f4 Bf8 31 g4 Be7 32 Kg3 (32 K f3 would have
hrrn more to t he
point) J2 . . . Bd8 33 KfJ Uc7? (Allows the forcing com­
binat ion which wins another pawn or leads to an easily won King and
Pawn endgame)
 Games 91

34 Dxc7 Rxc7 35 fS! (Attacking the pinned "e" pawn) 3S g:d5 (To at­
. • .

tempt to defend the "e" pawn by 3 5 . . . Rce7 would result in a lost King
and Pawn endgame a fter exchanges are made on e6) 36 gdS eS 37 lbe5
(Winning a second pawn and securing an easy win) 37 Ra8 38 R l eJ
.•.

axb4 39 cxb4 Ra4 40 �e6 Ra8 4 1 Kf4 Rg8 41 Rh3 Kf8 43 R3h6 (Winning
another pawn! ; a resignation would have done well here) 43 . . . Rgl 44
Rxc6 Rn 45 Rhf6 Rfl + 46 Ke5 Ret + 47 Kxd5 Rdl + 48 Kc4 BLACK
RF.SIGNS.

G AME 52
White builds up what appears t o be a strong Kingside attack. Then
White lets his attack slip away and soon White must struggle for a dra w
in the endgame.
Blel, 1980
White - Cuartas Black - Wirthensohn
I e4 c5 2 N f3 e6 3 b3 b6 4 Bb2 Bb7 5 Nc3 d6 6 d4 cxd4 7 Qxd4 (Asmund­
sson-Oia fsson, Iceland, 1 980, continued with 7 Nxd4 Nf6 8 Bd3 Nbd7 9
0-0 De7 1 0 Qe2 a6 I I Kh l g5 1 2 a4 Ne5 1 3 N f3 Rg8 1 4 Nxe5 dxe5 1 5 N bl
Qc7 1 6 Nd2 g4 1 7 Nc4 a n d White won on move 55; the text move leads to
IIl ilCh sharper play) 7 a6 8 0-0-0 Nc6 9 Qe3 N f6 1 0 h J ( W h i l e prepares
...

for a K ingsidc pawn storm while consolidating his own position on t he

Queenside with his next move) 1 0 Qc7 1 1 Kb1 Be7 12 g4 0-0 13 gS Nd7
..•

14 h4 Rfe8 (Black lo<;ates his pieces on excellent defensive posts while not
weakening his K ingside) 15 h5 Bf8 16 g6 fxg6 17 hxg6 h6 (Keeping the
Kingside as closed up as possible) 18 Ng5! Nd8 ( 1 8 . . . hxg5?? loses quickly
t o 1 9 Qh3) 19 f4 bS
20 Nh7? ! (Here 20 Bh3 was to be considered rather than commilling the
Knight a nd releasing pressure on Black's "e" pawn; not then
20 . . . hxg5'!? d ue to 2 1 Bxe6 + ! followed by 22 Qh3) 20 1�c8 21 a3 llc7 22
.•.

llh3 N f6 23 NgS IUS 24 Rh2 dS 25 eS N d7 26 N f3 b4 ( Black can now

begin his counter play on the Queenside) 27 axb4 Dxb4 28 N a2 lieS 29
Qd2 aS 30 rs (White must keep what ever pressure he can on the K ingside
before Black can build up the Queenside further) 30 . . . exf5 3 1 DxfS Ne6
32 Rl' l a4 33 N c l (Capturing the "a" pawn would only open up his King
position for a pawn which he couldn' t hold onto) 33 . . . a3 34 lla l Df8 35
Ka2 NdcS 36 Nd4 Qb6 37 Qf2 (Threatening Nxe6) 37 . . . Qc7 38 NbS
(Nxe6 would have been more to the point) 38 . . . Qd7 39 lU I (Sets a t ra p ,
b u t allows a strong pin)

31J . . . Ball ! ( /\ vo i d i n g W h it e ' s t rap; if JlJ . . . C)x b 5 "! "! l lwn 40 Jhdll N\�:6
4 1 ()17 1 1-.: h H 42 R x h6 + ! gxh6 43 Q h 7 male) 40 Jlw(J + lhc(, 4 1 Nd4
( W h i l e is now forced i n t o m a k i n g u n favorable c \ c h a ngcs) 4 1 . . . lhfl 4 2
N \ e(, (J w(, 4J (J d l Qxl(6 ( B l ac k h a s come u p on t o p w i t h a pawn t o t hl'
!!OOd ; \\' h i l l' doc\ have some compensa t i o n i n t ha i Black ' � " a " pawn i�
w�· a k and l i k d y t o fa l l in t h e fu t u re) 44 1(�2 (Jl'(l 45 () 1"5 (Je(, 4(, (J J"J ()1"7
47 ()d I J(dK 4K Ud4 N el1 49 N cl (JrJ SO I(�J (J f5 5 1 H d Hc8 52 llc3 Nxd4
S J � "14 (} 1"4 54 l{c l lheS 55 lheS ()xeS ( Uiad h a � w o n a �c�:oml p a w n ;
 Games 93

W h i t �: wa'> vny fortunate to m a nage a draw) 5(• d ( l k kn d i n1� I he 1\ n i ,• l i l

and preparing support ror t he advance or the " b " p a w n ) 5(J . . . () d 5 '7
Ne2 Qc4 5 8 h 4 h S 5 9 KxaJ h 4 60 Nd4 lle7 6 1 Qa4 (Thr�:a t l·nin!! 1 11 !!l' l a
per petu al check with 62 Qe8 + ) 6 1 . Hf6 62 Qd7 lh d 4 l•J l'\d-' Q L\ +
•.

( Not 63 . . . Qxd4 d ue to 64 Qe8 + with perpetual cl1�:ck ) 6-' 1\ :1-' hJ (•5 h5

Qh5 (65 . . . h6 l o ses after 66 Qd8 + ) 66 Qc8 + K h7 (•7 Ql'2 + ()!-((' (,H ()l•2
KgK (t9 KaS Qc4 70 Qh5 Qe l + 71 Ka6 Qe6 + 72 h6 gCt '7J ()hl, U H A \\ :'Ii .

GAME 53
White demonstrates how to effectively pin a piece and then how tv
build up on it. White wins a Queen for a Rook and minor piece.
Berl i n , 1971
White - Weslerinen Black - Capelan
1 e4 cS 2 N fJ e6 3 bJ b6 4 Bbl Bb7 5 NcJ d6 6 d4 cxd4 7 UbS + Nc6
{7 . . . Nd7 was to be considered) 8 Nxd4 Nge7 9 NdS! (Threatening 1 0
Nxe7; i f 9 . . . exd5 White will recover h i s piece after 1 0 exd5 with a good
position) 9 Rc8 1 0 QhS! (Threatening I I Nxe6 while defending the
..•

Knight at d4 again) 1 0 Qd7 1 1 0-0-0 exdS 1 2 exdS NxdS 1 3 QxdS Kd8

.••

( 1 3 . . . Be7 is strongly met by 1 4 Rhe l ) 14 QgS + Kc7 1 5 RdJ Kb8 1 6 Rd

f6 17 QdS (Attacking Black' s pinned Knight a fourth time forcing the
following combination)

1 7 . . . Nxd4 18 llxd7 Ne2 + 1 9 Kd2 Nxc3 ( Dlack must give up his Quw1 to
avoid even worse material loss) 20 QfS ReS 2 1 Qf4 Ne4 + 22 K c l ltc7 23
llf5 Nc5 24 lte l (Dlack's Rook and Knight will prove no match ror
White's Queen and act i ve pieces) 24 . . . &5 25 K h 1 llc7 26 a3 llc6 27 lld4
Kh7 28 h4 g6 29 llg4 IUS 30 Qh6 ltc8 3 1 lte3 (Not 3 1 Qxh7 due 3 1 . . . Bd H
a t t acking t he Queen and White's unprotected Rook - a double
discovered a t t ack ! )
3 1 . . . r5 32 llr3 nxr3 33 Rxr3 ora 34 Qd2 Ne4 35 Qd3 JJh6 36 QbS Nd2 +
37 Kb2 Uel 38 Qxb6 + Kc8 39 llc3 Ree7 40 Qxd6 lhcJ 4 1 llxcJ IM7 42
Qc6 + Rc7 ( I f 42 . . . Kd8 then 43 Bf6 + Ke8 44 Qe6 + ) 43 Qa8 + ( A fter
43 . . . Kd7 White wins a piece with 44 Qd5 + ) BLACK RESIG NS.

GAME 54
While goes O\'erboard offering Black gambit pawns in the opening
which are declined. White then obtains more than enough material for
1 he loss of his Queen.
Ostend, 1975
White - Seret Black - Mariotli .
I c4 c5 2 N f3 e6 3 b3 b6 4 Db2 Bb7 5 Qe2?! (This has the drawback of
hlock ing t he usc of the Bishop; 5 Nc3 is the recommended move) 5 . . dl• (,
.

d4 cxd4 7 Nxd4 N f6 8 Nd2 e5 9 N fS g6 10 NeJ Nbd7 (White would obtain

'
good play for his pawn after IO . . . Nxe4 I I Nxe4 Bxe4 1 2 Nc4 with t he
idea of 1 3 0-0-0) 1 1 0-0-0 a6 12 f4 Qc7 13 N fJ 1Jh6 ( I f 1 3 . . . Nxc4 Wh.tc
would obtain compensation for his pawn after 14 Nd5) 14 Kb l 0-0?
( Now was t he right time to grab a pawn with 1 4 . . Bxf4 pl a n n i n g to meet
.

1 5 Nc4 with Nxe4)

. . .
 Games 95

1 5 hc5 Nxc4 16 NdS DxdS 1 7 UxdS NcJ + 1 8 Dxc3 Qxc3 1 9 lhd6 Uad8
(W h i te has won a pawn but has a rather awkward position w i t h his "e"
under attack and his K ingside pieces blocked and undeveloped) 20 Qt13
Qc7 2 1 Qc4 NeS 22 Qh4 Be3 23 Qel Bf4 24 Rf6 Ne4

25 lhf4! (White will obtain a Rook and two minor pi eces for his Queen ;
not 25 Qxe4? due to 25 . . . Rd l + 26 Kb2 Be l + 27 K b l lla3 m ate)
2S . . . Ud 1 + 26 Qxd l Ne3 + 27 Kcl Nxd 1 28 Kxd l Qe3 29 Ug l (Allowing
the Bishop to be developed without losing a Rook to . . . Qa l + )
29 . . . Qa1 + 30 Kd2 Qxa2 3 1 Ra4 Qb2 32 Dd3 ReS (Here 32 . . . a5 t o pre­
vent capt ure of t he "a" pawn was to have been considered) 33 Uxn6
QcJ + 34 Kc2 QcS 35 Rga I Kg7 36 Ra8 lha8 37 lha8 gS 38 l�a4 hS 39 hJ
QdS 40 Uc4 Qd8 41 e6 ( Black must play 4 1 . . . fxe6 to pr ev e n t t he furt her
advance of the "e" pawn arter which 42 Rxe6 will lead to t he fall of
Black 's Kingside pawns) BLACK RESIGNS.
 GAME 55
White gives up both of his Bishops for his opponent 's Knights to giVe
t wo sets of doubled pawns. White then gets a strong attack on the enemy
King.
USSR, 1979
While - Zajcik Black - Tseillin
I e4 cS 2 b3 Nc6 3 Bb2 d6 4 BbS Nf6 5 Bx£617 (White gives up the Bishop
pair IO double nlack's pawns nnd to prepare to post his Queen actively al
h S) 6 QhS Bg1 1 NcJ 0-0 8 Bxc6 (White gives up both of his Uishops for
Black's Knights giving his opponent two sets of doubled pawns and the
Knights will prove to be quite active) 8 bxc6 9 Nge2
...

9 . . e6 10 0-0 I I d3 QaS (Threatening to play 1 2 . . . f5 with a discovered at­

.

l ack on W hi t e s Knight) 12 f4 fS 13 RfJ fxe4 (H 1 3 . . . Bxc3 then 1 4 Rg3 +

'

planning to meet 1 4 . . Kh8 with 1 5 Rh3 , or 1 4 . . . Bg7 with 1 5 Qg5) 14 dxe4

.

dxe4

IS Nxe4 ! ( Uri ngs t he Knight into the attack on the Kingside, remov i n g a
I roublcsome pawn and offering a Rook sacr i fice) 1 5 f5 ( I f 1 5 Uxa I
. . . . . .

l h cn NgS ! a n d lllack is getting mated) 16 1Ua3 M? ( Ulack would have

 Games 97

do ne better to accept t h e Knight sacrifice with 1 6 . . . fxe4 1 7 Qxh7 + K n

1 8 Rg3 Rg8 1 9 f5 exf5 20 N f4 where White attack isn't as strong as after
the text) 1 7 Nd6 lla6 ( I f 17 . . . Dxa l then 1 8 c3! blocking out Black 's
Queen and Bishop planning to meet 18 ... Qc7 with 19 Qxh6) 18 ltg3 Bxe2
19 Qxe2 Kh8 20 Qxe6 Qd2 (Threatening 2 1 . . .Qd4 + ) 21 c3 Rad8 2 2
N f7 + Rxn 23 Qxf7 Dxc3 24 lUI Bd4 + 25 Kh l Qe2 26 Qc4! (The key
m o v e that kills most of Black's counter play) 26 Qe4 27 Rg6 Dg7 28 Qn
•.•

Qd4 29 Qxf5 c4 30 bxc4 Qxc4 31 Qb1 Rd2 32 fS Rb2 33 Qd l lld2 34 QfJ

( Not 34 Qxd2'?? due to . . . Qxfl mate; being down an exchange and a
pawn and being unable to prevent White from playing f6 furt he r
resistance is uncalled for) BLACK RF.SIGNS.

GAME 56
White 's passive development allows Black to expand on the Queenside
where he obtains strong pressure and begins a build-up on Black 's
backward "d" pawn.
USSR, 1979
White - Gurgenidze Black - Zajchik
1 e4 cS 2 b3 Nc6 3 Db2 d6 4 BbS Dd7 5 Ne2 (The passive development of
the Knights to e2 and d2 will give Black a comfortable game) S . . e6 6 0-0
.

N f6 7 d3 Be7 8 Nd2 0-0 9 N g3 d5 10 f4 (White plans to expand on the

K ingside while Black expands on the Queenside) 10 . . . a6 11 llxc6 lhc6 1 2
Qe2 bs 1 3 fS d4 (Blocking out White's Bishop while preparing for a
future e5) 14 N f3 Nd7

15 b4? (This only helps Black to favorably open up lines on the Queen­
side) 1 S . . . e5 (Threatening White's "b" pawn) 16 bxc5 f6 17 c3 dxc3 1 8
UxcJ DxcS + 19 Khl b4 (Black continues his expansion on the Q u eens i d c
while clearing b5 for t h e use or his Bishop) 20 Bb2 Ub5 ( Black begins to
pnl pres<;mc on While's back ward " d " pawn) 2 1 IUd l N hf• 2 2 U:1d Na4
:1 1'\ l uUIIl'.\

23 Ba l na7 ( P lan ning to increase the attack on th e " d " pawn with
24 . . . Rd7) 24 aJ bJ ( I f 24 . . .bxa3 then 25 Qa2 + Kh8 26 d4! getting rid of
his weak "d" pawn while favorably opening lines in the center) 25 nhl
h2 26 Dxh2 ltd7 27 Net (Black has overwhelming pressure on White's
"d" pawn which will eventually fall)

27. . . K h l (This will allow for the capture of the "a'' pawn without allow­
ing White to fork King and Bishop with Qa2 + ) 28 Ua l BxaJ 29 Qa2 Ur5
30 Ne2 Da7 (Preparing to attack the "d" pawn further with 3 1 . . . Nc5) J I
d4 Dxd4 32 Nxd4 exd4 JJ Qa3 Re8 34 N f3 Nc3 35 Bxc3 dxc3 36 Rxd7
Qxd7 (Better would have been 36 . . . c71 ) 37 Qxc3 Rxe4 38 WIUTI<:
RESIGNS.

GAME 57
White a/lo ll'S Black 's pawns to penetrate and weak en hi.f Kingside.
Rlack 's pieces then concentrate on a Kingside attack.
Poland, 1975
White - Lokasto Black - Dobqsz
I c4 rS 2 bJ d6 3 Bbl Nf6 4 NcJ Nc6 5 Bb5 Bd7 6 N fJ (6 f4 would give
White an ea s i er t ime combatting Black's pawn center) 6 . . . e� 7 0-0 a6 8
.
lh·4 11�4 ( I t would have been stronger to play 8 . . . b5 expanding on Quccn­
'>idc, planning to meet 9 Bd5 with . . . Be7) 9 Bel Be7 (To be considered
was 9 . . . h6 to prevent the Knight from attacking · Black's Bishop on e6
a ft er 1 0 h3 Be6) 10 h3 Bd7 1 1 Rei (To be considered was I I Nh4 with the
idea of get ting in 1 2 f4; after l l Nh4 not . . . Nxe4? due to 1 2 Nxe4 Bxh4
1 3 Nxd6 + ) I I . . . Nd4? (This will give White a target pawn on d4; 1 1 . . .0-0
would have been better) 12 Nxd4 cxd4 13 Nd5
1 j N xdS ( 1 3 . . . Nxe4 would have been strongly met by 14 Df3) 14 exd5
•..

0-0 15 c3 (The thematic attack against this type of pawn center) 15 . . . dxc3
16 dxcJ f5 17 c4 Df6 18 Bfl e4 19 Qd2 Bxb2 20 Qxb2 Qg5 21 Qd4 (Cen­
tralizing the Queen and putting more pressure on the "e" pawn which
makes it dirricult for Black to gel f4 in) 21 Rae8 22 K h l (A more
•••

dynamic possibility for White would have been 22 Re3 with the idea or
meeting 22 . . . f4 with 23 Rxe4 Bxh3 24 Rae l Rxe4 25 Qxe4) 22 . . . Qg6!
(Giving the "e" pawn more protection so that the " f" pawn is free to ad·
vance) 23 b4 r4 24 c5 fJ

25 c6 (White gives up a pawn to weaken Black's "a" pawn, open li nes,

and with the idea of removing Black's Bishop from the active " h 3-c8"
di agonal ; 25 cxd6 was to be considered) 25 . . . bxc6 26 dxc6 1Jxc6 27 g3
R£5? (This blocks out the Queen's defense of the "e" pawn) 28 Kh2?
(White doesn't take advantage of Black's error; 28 Rac l at t a c k i n g the
unprotected defender of Black's "e" pawn was better) 28 ... Rh5 ( Black
now shi rts the Rook into the attack on the enemy King while reopening
the Queen 's defense of the "e" pawn freeing Black's Bishop t o join t h e
at tack) 29 h4 (H 29 Rac l then . . . Bd7 30 Rc7 Bxh3!) 29 ... 1Jd7 30 Qe3 Qg4
(Threatening to expose White's King to a fatal attack wi t h 3 1 . . . Rxh4 + )
3 1 Q £4 Rxh4 + 32 K g l Qxf4 (After 33 gxf4 the game have cont i nued ,
1 00 r.ames

3 L . Re6 34 rs Rg4 + 35 Kh2 Rh6 + 36 Bh3 Rg2 + 37 Kh 1 Rxh3 mate) 33

w u n..: tms rc;Ns.

GAME 58
Black pre vents White from castling and takes full advantage of
White \ exposed King.
Mexico, 1 98 1
White - Hjorth Black - Cvitan
1 c4 cS 2 h3 Nc6 J llb2 d6 4 llbS Dd7 S f4 N f6 6 Qc2 (To be considered
was the normal developing move 6 Nc3) 6 . . c6 7 c4 a6 8 Bxc6 Uxc..-6 9 Nc3
.

Qc7 10 N f3 lle7 1 1 d4 dS ! ( Black will not accept a passive role in the

cen t e r ! ) 1 2 cxdS? ( 1 2 e5 would have been better) 12 . . .exdS 13 eS N e4 1 4
N t1 2 ( 1 r White tries to get h i s King out of t h e center with 1 4 0-0 h e loses
t he exchange after 1 4 . . . Nxc3 1 5 Bxc3 Bb5) 14 ... cxd4 I S Ncxe4 dxe4 16
Nxe4 QaS + 17 Kf2 (If 17 Nd2 then ... d3! 18 Qxd� Rd8 19 Qe2 Rxd2! 20
Qxd2 8b4)

17 . . . 1he4! ( Re s ul l i ng
in the immediate win of at least a pawn) 18 Qxe4
()d2 + I IJ Qc2 Qd4 +20 Qfl Qd2 + 2 1 Qc2 Qh6 22 l�ud l ( Not 22 Bxd4
due to 22 Qf4 + ) 22 1ld8 23 Qe4 dl! 24 lhdl lhdl 25 Qxdl 0-0
. . . ••.

(Threatening t o bring the Rook onto t he open Queen lile with 26 . Rd8; . .

White's K i ng is seriously exposed to attack)

 Games 101

26 Rd l Qxh2 2 7 QfJ ReB (Threatening 2 8 . . . Rc2 + ) 2 8 Rd2 Qh6 2 9 UcJ b5

30 Rd7 Qh4 + Jl K f l b4 32 Bb2? (32 Bd2 should h a v e been played)
32. ..Rc2 (Threatening 33 . . . Qh I mate and attacking White's Bishop; if 33
Bd4 then .. . R d2 34 Qa8 + Bf8 3 5 Rd 8 Rd l + 3 6 Ke2. Qe l + 37 K rJ Rd3 +
with a winning attack) JJ WHITE RFSIGNS.
..
. .

GAME 59
White begins to brlild up a strong center but then falters and a/loll'S his
opponent to sacrifice a pawn for a strong counter attack. White holds on
and goes into an advantageous endgame where a passed pawn brings
home victory.
USA, 1975
White - Snyder Black - Spiller
l c4 c5 2 bJ d6 3 Bb2 Nc6 4 Nc3 N f6 5 f4 Dg4 6 Bel Dxe2 7 Qxe2! Nd4 8
QdJ e6 9 NfJ NxfJ + 10 QxfJ Be7 I I e5 dxeS 1 2 fxeS Nd5 13 0-0 0-0 14
Ne4 (White has more space and attacking chances on the Kingside)
l4 f5 15 exf6 Nxf6 (Black has relieved some crampedness but now
.•.

has a weak isolated "e" pawn)

1 02 Games

1 (, Qr2? ( H ere 1 6 Rae I or 1 6

d3 would have been better) 16 . . . QdS 17 Nc3
Qd4 + 1 8 Kh l Rae8 (Black gives up the "e" pawn to obtain counter
p l ay) 19 Qxe6 + Kh8 20 dJ Bd6 21 Qc4 QeS (Threatening mate; White
must play very carefully) 22 gJ QhS (Threatening 23 . . . Bxg3 among other
thi ngs) 23 Qh4 (White seeks a Queen exchange to relieve himsel f of
Dlack's strong attack; Black's K night and Bishop will become poorly
coordinated) 23 Qxh4 24 gxh4 Ng4 25 Ne41 (Blocking out the Rook on
...

the "e" file; covering f2 and attacking Black's Bishop and "c" pawn)
" "
2S . . . Ih.h2 26 NxcS Dr4 27 Ne4 Ne3 28 Rrl Dh6 29 c4l (Gets t h e c pn wn
out of attnck while beginning to mobilize the pawns which eventually win
the game) 29 . . . Rxfl 30 Nxfl N rS? (Better would have been 30 . . . R f8) 3 1
Ne4 (Black's Kingside pawns will be immobile while White prepares for
the advance of his pawns) 3 l . Nxh4 32 Rfl Kg8 (To stop any back rank
•.

mates while preventing White from getting his Rook to the seventh rank)

33 Da3! (Keeps Black's Rook t ied down to the first rank to prevent R f8
mate a nd the Bishop will support White's pawn advance and the active
Knight) 33 . . . Ng6 (Now both of Black's Kingside pawns are blocked from
advancing; the i ntent of the K night move was to cover f8 to free the
Rook) 34 Nd6 Rel 35 Nxb7 Rxal 36 Bd6l (Preparing support for the ad­
vance of the "c" pawn) 36. . . Be3 37 cS Ucl 38 b4 a6 39 Nd8 (With the
idea of supporting c6) 39 Bg5 (Driving the Knight away from covering
.•.

c6, bu t t he Knight will work its way around to cover c6 from a di fferent
angle ! ) 40 Ne6 1Jd2 4 1 Nd4 RcJ 42 c6 Bel 43 DeS! (Clearing the way for
t he advance o f t he "c" pawn by blocking out lllack 's Rook) 43 . . . llxd4
44 l'7 ltuS 45 hxcS Ne7 46 ltel (After 46 . . . Nc8 W hi t e wins t he K n igh t
with 47 Rc8 + ) IJLACK RESIGNS.

GAME 60
Black forces the win of a pawn only to find out /hal his opponent lias
//lo re than enough compensation for it.
Nalanya, 19(,8
While - l:zerniak Black - l l am:mn
1 l'4 l'5 2 h3 d6 3 Ub2 Nf6 4 Nc3 Nc6 5 f4 a6 6 Nf3 b5 7 Hc.l3 c6 8 11-11 l'4
(R . . . Ue7 was to be considered) 9 1Je2 (9 bxc4? loses a p iece a rt cr 9 . . . bxc4
1 0 U x c4 Qb6 + forking King and Bishop) 9 cxb3 10 axb3 h4? ! (Thi<.
•••

forces the win o f a pawn but White gets plenty of play for i t ) I I N :t4
Nxe4 12 Nd4! (The key move which attacks Black's Kn igh t and opcm up
f.l for use by the Bishop) 1 2 ... N b8 (White also get!; a goo d pos i t ion a ft er
1 2 . . Bh7 I � BD Nxd4 1 4 Bxd4 d5 1 5 f5 !) 13 IUJ dS 14 (}1·2 N J (, 1 5 1'5
( T h is le a d s lo t h e recovery of the sacri ficed pawn) IS . . . IIc7 l (, fxc(, 0-0 1 7
.

l(ae l Ua7 1 8 exf7 + Rxn 1 9 Ne6 Dxe6 20 Qxe6 Rd7

21 Uc5! (Tics down Black's Queen further by attacking t he !\night ,

p repares to play 22 d4 without blocking out the Bishop and covers d6)
2 l . .. Kf8 22 d4 (Gaining support to bring the Knight to c5) 22 . . . 11d(• 23
Nl·,S Uxc5 24 dxc5 (White has everything going for him; t h e Bishop pai r ,
a passed pawn, weak Black pawns, and well mobilized pieces compa red
to Black'!; awkwardly placed pieces and King) 24 . . . Kg8 25 l ld 6 Nd1 2(,
lh.d5 Nd4 27 QeS ( Attac king Dlack 's pin ned Rook ami u u d c rcrukd
K night) ULAl:K IU�SIGNS.

GAME 61
Black gives up a pawn without obtaining any compensation and allo 11'.s
White to favorably open up lines leading to the further win of material.
USA, 1974
White - Snyder Black - Rykowski
1 e4 cS 2 b3 d6 3 1Jb2 Nc6 4 f4 e6 5 Nf3 N f6 6 NcJ De7 7 1Jb5 (More act i ve
t han 7 g3 ! ? ) 7 . . .0-0 (This allows White to double Black's paw n c; ; 7 . . Bd 7
was to be con sidered ) 8 Hxc6 bxc6 9 dJ Nd7 (l f 9 . . . d5 then 1 0 NeS wou ld
.
have been st rong) 1 0 0-0 Bf6? (The wrong diagonal for the Bishop;
J O . . . dS would have been better) 1 1 Qe2 c4? (Loses a pawn for no good
reason) 1 2 dxc4 aS 13 Rad l Qc7 14 Qd2 Be7 1 5 Na4 Rd8

16 Qd4! (Threatening mate and centralizing t he Queen) 16 . . e5?! (Black .

re fu ses to t a k e a passive role, but this only leads to the loss of more
ma t t·r i a l ) 1 7 hcS dxeS 18 NxeS ! (Black will be unable to just ify the loss
o f the " e " pawn) 18 NcS ( I f 1 8 . . . c5 then 1 9 QdS or if l ls . . . Bf6 t hen 1 9
•••

Qd6) 1 9 Qf2 (Threatening 20 Qxn + and 20 NxcS) 1 9 f6 2 0 Rxd8 + . . •

Qxd8 2 1 Nxc6 Nxe4 22 Nxd8 Nxf2 23 Nc6 (Winning a piece) 23 Bb4 24 . . •

K x f2 lld7 25 Nxb4 axb4 26 Nb6 BLACK RESIGNS.

GAME 62
White builds up a strong allack on the Kingside sacrificing a pawn to
open 1/{J the position.
USA, 1974
While - Snyder Ulack - Maki
I c� l'5 2 hJ Nc6 3 Ub2 d6 4 f4 N f6 5 Nc3 c6 6 N f3 Be7 7 BbS lld 7 8 0-0 0-0
9 K h l aft 10 lh:c(» llxc6 I I Qe2 Qc7 1 2 1be l (White h as mobilized nil o f
h i ' pict:cs a n d is ready for t h e push in t he center) 1 2 . h S 1 3 c S N d 7 1 4
. .

N c4 ( Ce n t ralizi ng t h e Knight and bringing it toward t he K i ngs i d e where

W h i t e is building up) 14 dS IS Ng3 d4 (Blocking out White's Bi s h o p
•••

w h i l e reopening the "h l -aB" diagonal) 1 6 fS (The immediate 1 6 c3 at­

t ac k i n g Black ' s "d" pawn was to be considered) 16 Kh8? ( 1 6 . . . Rfd8
.•.

would have been beller) 17 c3 dxc3 18 DxcJ Qd8 19 Qc3 ( Pr e p a rin g to

p ' 1 ' 1 t he Queen HI h6) 19 UdS
.•.
 (,'a ,u·.� I OS

2 0 f6! (Sacri ficing a pawn to open up Black's Kingside) 2 0 . . . J;:xf6 2 1 ex r£1

( 2 1 Qh6! would have been more to the point) 2 1 8:d6 22 Qh6 IJxfJ!
•..

( Preventing 23 Ng5 which would finish Black orO 23 RdJ UxcJ 24 dxc3
Qe7 25 QhS! (The key move to keep the pressure on Black) 2S f6 2(, N f5• . .

Qe8 27 Qh6 (Threatening mate) 27 Rg8 28 RhJ Qf7 29 Nd6 QJ;:6?

•••

( Diack should have played 29 . . . Qg7)

30 RgJ ! ! (A problem like linish; i f 30. . . Qxh6 then 3 1 N n m a t e!) lltACK

R ESIGNS.

GAME 63
White obtains two po werful Bishops and two open files strongly con­
trolled by his Rooks with Black 's King still uncastled.
Tllburg, 1978
White - Spassky Black - Sosonko
1 e4 cS 2 b3 Nc6 3 Db2 N f6 4 eS NdS 5 Nf3 d6 6 Bc4 (6 Bb5 is t h e recom ­
mended move here) 6 . . . dxe5 ( Better would have been 6 . . . cfl 7 0-0 N hfi H
nbs d5 o r 6 . . . Nb6) 7 NxeS NxeS 8 BxeS e6 9 NcJ NxcJ? (This will give
White two powerful Bishops; 9 . . .Nb6 would have been better) 10 Bxc3
Hd7 I I 0-0 Bd6 1 2 Qg4 ( 1 2 Bxg7? would open up the "g" file for Black
and give him a strong attack after 1 2 . . . Rg8) 1l . . . Rg8 13 Rae l g6 ( l l
would have been better t o play 1 3 . . . Qe7 and prepare t o castle) 1 4 f4 hS 1 5
QhJ Qe7 1 6 r s
gxfS 1 7 RxfS

1 7 . . . Rg6 ( I f 1 7 . . . Bc6 then 1 8 R f2 0-0-0 1 9 Rxn!) 18 Rf2 QgS ( 1 8 . . . 0-0-0

w ould have been strongly met by 1 9 Bd3) 1 9 BdJ 0-0-0 20 Rxn Rdg8 2 1
lhg6 Qxg6 2 2 Rf6 Qxc2 23 QxhS Bc6 2 4 Rfl QdJ 25 Qe2 ( Challen g i n g
Black ' s Q ueen and threatening Black's "e" pawn) BLACK RESIGNS.

GAME 64
Black uses his King as an active fighting piece early in the game and
gets away with it, obtaining a reasonably good game. Black errs and then
allo ws White to offer a surprising Queen sacrifice which wins on the
spot.
Correspondence, 1975
White - Sokolov llluck - Camilleri
I c4 t·S 2 hJ N [(, J cS N d S 4 llbl d6 5 N rJ Nc6 6 lh:4 N btl 7 c(• N u·4 8
c ll l"7 + Kd7 9 hxc4 (9 Ng5 + would be met by 9. . . Kg6 and i f to bxc4
Bla�.: k ' � K ing can afford to go Knight grabbing with I O . . . Kxg5 !) 9 . . . e5
(P u t t ing a stop to any attack on Black 's King) 10 NcJ Be7 1 1 dJ IUH
( Bia�k is cast l i ng anyway but just taking a little more time to do i t ! ) 1 2
N d 5 K�H 1 3 h 3 ( P reven t ing 1 3 . . . 8g4) I J Uc6 1 4 c3 a6 I S N d l (White in­
••.

t l·nds 1 11 l o �a t l! his Kni gh t on the strong central c4 post) 15 . . . b5 16 Nc4

hxc� 17 d xc4 NuS 18 Qe2 Rb8 19 0-0 UxdS ( I f 19 . . . Nxc4 then 20 Qxc4
R ll b2 2 1 R a b l and White takes command of the important " b" file) 20
l'x d S Qh6 2 1Be l Q bS 22 Qg4 Qe8 23 BgS DxgS 24 Nxg5 Rf4? ! (24 . . . Qg6
" '" I n h a ve been considered) 25 Qc2 QbS 2(, Qc2 ( I f 26 Qh5 t hen
 Games 1 07

26 ()<.1 3 defends act ively!) 26 g6 27 Rabl Qe8 28 lhh8 (}xh8 29 lth I

• • . ••.

Qe8 30 Ne6 IU7? (This loses at once, allowing White a brilliant finish)

3 1 Qa4! (Attacking Black's undefended Queen and Knight ; if 3 1 . . .Qxa4

then 32 Rb8 + ) BLACK RESIGNS.

GAME 65
A complex game where Black loses due to a consistent m1mber of er-
rors.
Olomouc, 1972
White - Schoneberg Black - Pribyl
I e4 cS 2 b3 Nf6 3 eS NdS 4 Bb2 Nc6 5 N fJ N f4 6 g3 Ne6 7 c3 ( P reparing
for d4) 7 ... d5 8 d4 g6 9 Bg2 Ug7 1 0 0-0 0-0 1 1 Rel bS ( With the idea or
playing 1 2 . . . c4; if l l . . . cxd4 White gets a much freer game afler 1 2 cxd4
b6 1 3 Nc3) 12 a4 bxa4 13 c4! Nexd4 14 cxd5 Nb4 ( I f 14 . . . Nxf3 + t hen 1 5
Dxf3 Nb4 1 6 Rxa4 B f5 1 7 d6 with a complex struggle) 1 5 Nxd4 cxd4 1 6
Rxa4 a S 1 7 Uxd4 (A t first glance it appears a s i f White completely
dominates the center, but a deeper look reveals that Black has counter
play)
17 . . Bd7! 1 8 Rat BfS 1 9 Re1 ( I f 1 9 d6 Black would be happy to sacrifice
.

t he exchange with 1 9 . exd6! 20 Bxa8 Qxa8) 19 . . . Nxd5 10 lld2!

. .

(Threatening to build up further on Black' s pinned Knight; if 20 Bc5 then

. . ReS) 20 . . . Rc8 2 1 Na3 N b4 22 e6? (Better would have been 22 Nc4)
.

22. . .1bd4 23 exf7 + Rd7 14 Rxd4 Qf8 25 Rd2 Qg7 16 Ret (Challenging
Dlack's active Rook; 26 Nc4 would have been strongly met by 26 . . . Dc7!)
26 . . . Rxc1 27 Qxcl QeS? (Black should have played 27 ... Nd3 !) 28 Nc4
QcS 29 Qa t Rf8? (The Rook cannot shift to the "a" file from f8; correct
was 29 . . . R f6 to meet 30 Qxa5 Qxa5 3 1 Nxa5 with . . . Ra6) 30 QxaS QxaS
3 1 NxaS Kf7 31 Rd4 (Black has no compensation for his pawn minus)
32. ..Rb8 33 Bb7! (Blocking out Black's Rook) 33 Nc2 J4 Rd1 eS? (This
...

results in the further loss of material; 34 . . . Nb4 should have been played)

35 Nc6 ! ne8 ( N o t 35 . . . Rxb7? due to 36 Nd8 + forking King and Rook)

36 24 Ne I ( I f 36 . . . Be4 t hen 37 Nd8 + Rxd8 38 Rxd8 Dxb7 39 Rd7 + fork­
i n g K i n g and Dishop) 37 Nd8 + ( Not 37 gx f5? due to . . . N O + ) 37 Kc7 38
g:dS Rxd8 39 f6 + Kc8 40 f7 + (Now 40. . . Ke7 would be met by 41 Rxd8)
BLACK RESIGNS.
 Games 1 09

GAME 66
White finds a sly way of holding onto a pawn that Black llad intended
to recover. White then ends the game by trapping Black 's Knight.
USA, 1974
White - Snyder Black - Kr)'Siall
I c4 cS 2 h3 Nc6 3 Ub2 eS 4 f4 (4 Nc3 is the recommended sequence)
4 . . .ed4 S N fJ Nf6 6 N c3 dS? ! (6 . . . d6 is the common move here) 7 exdS
Nh4 ( Black didn't like his prospects arter 7 . . Nxd5 8 Nxd5 Qxd5 9 Bc4) H
.

IJbS Ud7 9 Qe2 + Qe7 10 Bxd7 + ! (Black must capture with his King or
remove another attacker from the "d" pawn) 10 . . . Nxd7 I I Qxe7 + Uxe7
1 2 0-0-0 0-0-0 13 a3 (Driving away the last attacker on the "d" pawn and
continuing to maintain the initiative) 13 Na6 14 NbS! (Attacking the
•.•

"a" pawn with the Knight , the "g" pawn with the Bishop and preparing
permanent pawn support for the passed "d" pawn) 14 Nf6 IS c4 Nc7•.•

1 6 1tde l ! NxbS 1 7 Rxe7 ( White now obtains a Rook on the seventh rank
and a superior Bishop for a K night) t7 Nd6 18 DeS! (Threaten i ng t o
.••

win a pawn with 1 9 Bxd6 a s well a s attacking Black 's weak " f" pawn)
18 N fe4 1 9 Rfl (Not 19 Bx f4 due to 19 Nf2 threatening the Rook as
••. ...

well as 20 Nd3 + forking King and Bishop) 19 r6 20 Uxf4 gS 21 BeJ

. . . •••

Rde8 22 Rxe8 Rxe8

I I0 ( ;,IIIII'S

23 dJ ! (Winning more material) 23 Nc3 (If 23 . . . Ng3 then 24 Rei

•••

followed by 25 Bxc5) 24 Bxc5 N f5 (If 24 . . . Re2 threatening to draw with

25 . . . Na7 + then 25 Nd2! blocking out Black's Rook while still threaten­
ing Dlack 's Knight on d6) 25 Kd2 (Attacking Dlack's trapped Knight)
2S . . . b6 26 Uf2 g4 27 Ngt (Now if 27 . . . Na2 then 28 Ra t corrals the
horse!) BLACK RESIGNS.

GAME 67
Black expands on the Kingside never castling and is outplayed in the
center after White plays his thematic cJ followed by d4 break.
London, 1892
W hile - Lasker Ulack - Bird
I c4 c5 2 N fJ Nc6 3 bJ e5 4 NcJ d6 5 Dc4 h6? ( Dlack doesn't want to play
5 . . . Nf6 due to 6 Ng5 so he makes sure t hat White's Knight never enters
g 5 ; however this simply results in the loss of lime; bcller would have been
5 . . . g6 or even the immediate 5 . . . De6!?) 6 dJ lle6 7 llxc6 fxe6 8 0-0 Ue7 9
Nc2 (Without having played f4 White prepares for his other natural
center allack wit h c3 followed by d4) 9 . . . g5 ( Black will attack on the
flank while White prepares to attack in the center) 10 cJ g4 I I Nd2 Qb6
(Blac k ' s a1 1cmpt to prevent or even hinder Wh i te ' s nat ural d4 break is of
'"' me) 1 2 Nc4 ()c7 13 d4
 Games 111

13 . . . hS 1 4 Na3 b4 I S Nc2 bxc3 1 6 dxcS N f6? (This res u l l s i n t he loss o f a

paw n; 1 6 . . . dxc5 would have been better though his p a w n s t r uct u re anJ
long term K ing situation would have been bad) 17 cxd6 lhd6 18 Nxd
(Threatening 1 9 Nb5) 18 . . . Nd4 19 Bb2 Rd8 20 Re i Qf7 21 QdJ QhS 22
Nxd4 nd4

2J QbS + (Eliminating Black's threats of 23 . . . Qh2 mate and 2 3 . . .d!<c3

while winni ng another pawn and trading Queens) 23 . . . Kf7 24 Qxh5 +
NxhS 2S NbS N f4 26 Dxd4 Ne7 + ( I f 26 . . . e5 Lhen 27 Nxd6 + Rxd6 28
Bxc5) 27 Kh l Uf4 28 llc4 Rh�8 29 1Jxo7 RgS 30 Nd4 lhh7 (Thi s piece
sacri lkc is u nsound but Bluck ' s s i t u a ti o n was hopeless anyway) J I Nxc2
( Not 3 1 K xh2? uuc t o 3 1 . . . Rh4 mate) 3 1 . RhS (Threatening t o d raw by
••

32. . . Ub8 + 33 K gl Uh2 + etc.) 32 g3! lbg3 + 33 Kg2 Ue5 34 Bd4 1Jb8 JS
llh I lhh I 36 Kxh I e5 37 Ue3 h5 38 Nc3 Rd3 39 NdS h4 40 Rc8 1Jd6 4 I
llh8 ltd I + 42 Kh2 Rd4 43 Rh7 + Ke6 44 Rh6 + Kd7 4S Rxh4 DLACK
IU:SIGNS.
 GAME 68
White 's Kin�: is more exposed in a Rook and Queen ending but While
seems lu find enough counter play to save himself.
A thens, 1968
W hite - Czerniak Black - Dobotsov
I e4 rS 2 b3 Nr6 3 Db2 d6 4 g3 (The fianchetto of the K ing's Bishop
hasn 't proven to be very effective) 4 . . .eS S llgl g6 6 Nel Ug7 7 0-0 Ngc7 8
d3 0-0 ( Oiack has had no problems i n obtaining an even position very ear­
ly) 9 Nd2 Ug4 10 N c4 N d4 I I f3 Ue6 12 Nc3 fS 13 f4

13 . . . Qd7 1 4 c4 rxe4 I S dxe4 Bh6 1 6 Nxd4 cxd4 17 NdS NxdS 1 8 cxdS Uh3
19 Qd3 lbr8 20 Rac l Rxcl 21 Oxc l Dxg2 22 Kxg2 exf4 23 gxf4 Qg4 + 24
Kh I llxf4 25 Qxd4 Hxc l 26 Rxcl

26 . . . Qe2 ( I f 26 . . Qf3 + 27 Kgl Rf4 then 28 ReS + ) 27 Kgl Qxa2 28 eS !

.

( Forcing a passed pawn in the center) 28 ... dxcS 29 QxeS Qf2 + 30 K h 1

QfJ + 3 1 K g 1 Qf2 + 3 2 Kh I Qf6 33 Qxf6 Rxf6 3 4 ltr8 + Kg7 35 Rr7 +
IU7 36 d6 K f8 37 ltc8 + Kg7 38 Rc7 Kf8 39 d7 1U I + 40 Kg2 Rd l 4 1 lbh7
a5 ( W hit e would ha ve obtained one of Dlac k ' s pa w n s in exchange for his
" d " pa w n ) 42 I>UA WN.
 Ga111es 113

GAME 69
Black comes out of the opening with slightly better positions for his
pieces and pawns and slowly improves his position until White is lost.
Europe, 1980
White - Bellin Black - Spassov
l t•4 cS 2 hJ Nc6 J Ub2 d6 4 gJ e5 5 Ug2 g6 6 NcJ Rg7 7 Nd5 Nge7 R h4 ( I t
would have been hel ler t o develop his I< night t o e 2 rather t han h ) ) 8 115
. . .

9 NhJ Ug4 10 fJ llc(t I I N hf4 llxd5 1 2 Nxd5 Nxd5 13 cxd5 Nc7 14 c4 N fS !

( llringing t he J<night actively into play with attack on the " g" pawn) 1 5
Kf2 IU 6 16 Qc2 K f8 17 Qe4 Kg7 18 UhJ (White will spend a lot of t i me
moving his King's Bishop around not k nowing what to do with it while
Back will clear the way for the advancement of his " f" pawn)

18 . . . Nd4 19 llfl Be7 20 BdJ f5 21 Qel Bf6 (Now that Black has his mi nor
pieces and pawns well posted he will start concentrating on act i vat i ng his
Queen and bringing his Rooks behind the "e" and " f" pawns) 22 llcJ
( White a lso doesn't seem to know what to do with his Queen's Bi�hop
and ends up exchanging it off on the next move) 22 . 1U8 23 lhd4 cxd4
. .

24 Kgl Qc7 25 Qe2 Rae8 26 Rei Qd8 27 Qg2 Kh8 28 Kh2 Ug7 29 ne2
21J . . . c4 ! (The begi n n i ng o r a great pawn o frensive i n t he ce n t er which
q u ick l y leads IO dem i se) 30 Ob i ( l r 30 rx e4 t hen . . . r4! is st rong
W h i l e' s
1 h rcalcning 3 1 . . . r3 + as well as al lacking While's weak K i n gsidc pawns)
30 . . . d3 (Ailack ing White's Rook , blocking out White's llishop and
opening the "a l -h8" diagonal for Black's Bishop) 31 Reel f4! ( Black
cont inues wit h his pawn attack forcing the final opening of lines for his
pieces) 32 g4 exf3 33 Qh3 ( I f 33 Qxf3 then . . . Rxe l 34 Rxc l Qxh4 + )
33 Re2 + 34 lhe2 fxe2 ( Black 's connected passed pawns win easily) 35
•••

W HITE RESIGNS.

GAME 70
White gets in o ver his head on a combination which leaves his Rook
a wk wardly posted and ends up losing an exchange.
Germany, 1 980
White - Bohnisch Black - Gauglitz
I e4 c5 2 hJ Nc6 3 Bb2 d6 4 g3 e5 5 Bg2 g6 6 f4 Bg7 7 N f3 Nge7 8 d3 0-0 9
heS d xrS 10 N h d 2 Nd4 1 I a4 Nec6 1 2 0-0 h6 1 3 Nc4 lle6 ( Black has a
good posit ion and will find the open "d" file useful) 14 Qd2 Qe7 15 IU2
nad8 16 Raft f6 1 7 Qe3 Qc7 1 8 Net a6 1 9 Nd2 NaS 20 Ba3 Rf7

2 1 NdrJ Nh7 22 h4 h5 23 Kh2 Kh7 24 tie l Qd7 25 N g l Nd6 2(» llh3 11g4 27
Ncf3 hS! ( G a i n i ng more space on the Queenside a nd prepari n g for a
possible c4 in the ruture) 28 axb5 axb5
 (;,11//eS 1 15

..
·
·
<.l,.: r;: .• �I .. .

1: >': . ····':[�::"· . ····::::;:[:ii" �f;:�:i "····' 1

...... .. .......... .... ..... · ········
29 Qd2? ( I I is t rue thai While's position wasn't good but t his allows a
combination which leaves While's Rook in an awkward locat ion)
29 ... Nxf3 + 30 lhf3 (Not JO NxfJ due to JO . . . BxhJ) 30... Nxe4 ! 3 1 QcJ
Nd6 32 Qxc5 l�c8 33 Qf2 Nf5! (Winning the exchange) 34 Qe2 IJ:d3 35
lhf3 h4 (Fixing and restraining While's Queenside pawns) 36 Qf2 Qc6 37
lhfS Qxc2! (Not 37 . . . gxf5 due to 38 Qxf5 + winning the Rook) 38 Nc2
na8 (Threatening to captu re White's while shi rting the attack to the se­
co nd rank ; Black has returned the material but has an allack on White's
weak pawns and a winning posit ion) 39 Rf3 Ral (Forcing White's Bishop
lo a passive post) 40 Brt Rd7 41 QeJ e4! (The key move winning
material) 42 Qxe4 Qxc l 43 Qxh4 RxdJ 44 Kgl ( I f 44 Rxd3 then . . . Q x f t
and the Knight falls) 44... Qd l 45 RxdJ QxdJ 46 Qc4 QfJ 47 b4 Ua l 48
N f4 QxgJ + 49 N g2 Qf3 50 b5 Rbl 5 1 N f4 f5 52 Ne6 Rxfl + ! 53 Q:dl
Qe3 + (White must lose his Knight) 54 WI IITE RESIGNS.

GAME 71
IJoth players exchange down into a drawn Rook and Pawn ending.
Zabreg, 1969
White - Czerniak Black - Saidy
I l'4 cS 2 h3 Nl·(, 3 llbl eS 4 f4 e:d4 5 N f3 d6 6 llb5 Nl•7 7 O-Cl u6 H B:u-6 +
hxdt ( Uiad i n t e n ds to usc his Knight to defend his f pawu) 9 d-' cxd-' " "

10 N xd4 ( 10 Qxd4 deserved consideration) 10 ... Qc7 ( Defending t he "c"

pawn with his Queen frees the Knight) 1 1 Ne2 ( Leading to the recovery o f
t he gambit pawn) 1 1 . . . Ng6 1 2 Qd2 Ne5 1 3 Qxf4 f6 14 Q�3 Q1'7 I S N d 2
llc7 1(, N f3 Q�6
I 16 l ;,I IIII'.�

1 7 IJaJ QxgJ 1 8 NxgJ Bg4 19 NxeS dxcS 20 Dxc7 Kxe7 21 N fS + llxfS 22

cxfS H hdR 23 Uud 1 HUAW N .

GAME 72
Black goes pawn grabbing and gives White the superior position.
White then recovers his pawn and goes into a winning endgame after
winning a second pawn.
Gotenberg, 1 97 1
White - Czerniak Black - Kinnmark
1 e4 cS 2 h3 Nc6 3 Db2 d6 4 Nc3 eS 5 f4 exf4 6 Nf3 Nf6 7 NdS De7 8 Nxf4
Nxe4 (White will get plenty of compensation for his pawn ; 8 . . . Bg4 would
have been sa fer) 9 Qe2 ( I f 9 Dxg7 then Black gets some counter play after
9 . . . Rg8) 9 . . . Nf6 10 Dxf6 (Doubling Black' s pawns which eliminates
Black's willingness to castle Kingside) 10 . . . gxf6 1 1 Qe3 ( Releasing the
Bishop w h i l e bringing the Queen to a potentially more act ive location)
1 1 . . .dS 1 2 NhS (Threatening 1 3 Nxf6 + ) 12 . . . 11c6 13 UdJ Qd6 14 0-0
0-0-0 15 Uac1 Udg8 16 Nh4 NeS 17 IUS
 Games 1 17

1 7 . . . KhHI K �.:3 cl4 19 Qf4 lidS 20 llh3! ( W h it e now ha� more piece\ at
t ac k ing Black's " f" pawn than he can handle) 20 1hl 8 2 1 N d6 lh fl• 2 2
. . .

Qxf(, Qd6 2 3 lhf6 Ng6 2 4 Nxg6 hxg6 2 S ReS Rd8 2 6 Ug2 ( Rcsu l t i n !! i n
t he w i n o f a pawn) 2 6 De6 2 7 RxcS b6 2 8 Rc6 ltc8 2 9 c 4 dxcJ 30 dw3
•..

lhc6 31 lhc6 ltc8 32 De4 lhc3

33 Dxg6 (Once again recovering his pawn) JJ Rc t + 34 Kf2 DdS 35 Dxf7

•••

nc2 + 36 Ke3 Dxn 37 Rxn lhh2 38 Rf2 (Black has no d e fen se against
t he eventual advance of the passed "g" pawn) 38 . . . Rh7 39 Kf4 Kc7 40
1M2 Rh l 41 g4 lU I + 42 Ke5 Re t + BLACK Rt:SJGNS .

.. ; �

GAME 73
White gambits a pawn and ends up with a superior Knight aga inst a
had Bishop which is exchanged off to recover the pawn. BhKk then at­
tach White 's Queen overlooking White 's winning combination.
l,hoenlx, 1 975
White - Snyder Black - Chavez
1 e4 cS 2 h3 Nc6 3 Db2 d6 4 Nc3 eS 5 f4 exf4 6 Nf3 N f6 7 NdS NxdS 8
l':ruiS Ql'7 + ? ! (This leads to a cramped pos i t i o n where White will obtain
�l rong pressure on tllc "i:" ri l e; H . . . Ne7 was t o be considered ) 9 K r2 ! Nl·5
10 Uh5 + lhl7 I I Uxd7 + K xd 7 12 Ue l ( Pi n ning ami t h reat ening to c a p ­
l ure lllac k ' s Knight ) 1 2 ... f6 1 3 Kg I Re8 ( I f 1 3 . . . Nxf3 + t h en 1 4 (ix n
l'ollowcd by 1 5 Qg4 + recovering his pawn with a better posit ion) 1 4
lheS! fxcS I S d 4 Qf6 ( I f 1 5 . . . cxd4 then W h i t e s K night comes s t ro n g l y
'

i n t 0 play wi t h 16 Nxd4) 1 6 dxeS? ( Bet t e r would have been Hi Qc2 ! p l a n ­

ll ing t o meet 1 6 . . . K ..: 7 w i t h 1 7 Qb5 ! ) J (,, dxcS 1 7 QdJ Udf1 I H � d 2 ! K dl
••

I 'J Nc4 ()l·7 20 a3! (White in ret urn ror h i � pnwn ha� a s u pe r i o r K n i g h t
a g a i m t Blac k ' s Bishop a n d now begins t o prepare t o o pe n u p l i nes 011 t he
<)uccmidc)
I 18 Games

20 . KhK 2 1 h4 J{c8 ( I f 2 1 . . .cxb4 22 axb4 llxb4 then 23 d6!) 22 c3 �5

. .

( Bl ack count ers by expanding on the Kingside seek ing counter play) 23
nad I g4? ! (This returns lllack's extra pawn but White will need to give
up his good Knight and open lines for Dlack; 23 h6 was to he con­
. . .

sidered) 24 Nxd6 Qxd6 25 Qf5! Rce8 26 Qxg4 e4 (26 . h5 ! ? was to be

. .

con s idered ) 27 Khl cxb4 28 axb4 Uhf8 29 Rd4! ? ItS? (Black thinks that
he is sel l ing up a trap for White by opening up attacks on White's "h"
pawn , but it is Dlack who gets trapped! ) 30 QxhS f6 31 gd3! Uh8? (Here
Black was expecting White to resign when White came up with a bolt
from the blue)

J2 1{dxc4! lhhS 33 1hc8 + Kc7 34 1Uc7 + ( Now 34 . K b6 would he mel

. .

by 35 Rc6) ULACK RESIG NS.

GAME 74
Black 's Queen mo ves give White a sizeable lead i n de velopment. White
then sacrifices a pawn and never lets rtp on the pressure.
 Games 119

Zagreb, 1969
While - Czerniak lllack - Cehalu
I e4 c5 2 bJ Nc6 J Db2 d5 4 exd5 Qxd5 5 Ncl Qe5 + (This only helps
White dev elo p ; 5 Qd8 is better) 6 Qe2! Qxe2 + 7 Ngxe2 Uf5 8 Ngl Uxc2
. . .

9 Rei ( W h i t e will gain time and development for his sa c r i fi ced pawn)
9 Ug6 10 Na4 e5 ( Black decides to return the pawn; if I O b6 then I I
• • • . . .

Bb5 ReS 1 2 d4) I I Nxc5 Uxc5 12 Rxc5 f6 JJ Ba6! ( Developing with t h reat
on th e "h" pa w n) IJ N b4 ( I f 13 . . . Rb8 14 then 1 4 Uxb7 ! ) 14 Ub5 + K dll
•••

15 0-0 b6 16 Rc4 N dl 17 BaJ

•••
-\
1 7 a6 1 8 Ra4! o5 19 Ne4 (Threatem�g 20 Bxd3) 19 Nr4 20 Nd6 Ne7 2 1
.•.

d 4 e4 2 2 d 5 ! Ra7 ( I f 22 . . . Nfxd5 then 2 3 Rdl Nc3 24 Nl7 + Kc7 25 Rc4 t

forking K ing and Knight) 23 N xe4 N fxd5 24 Rd l (Th rea t en i n g 25 Uxc7 +
among others) 24 Kc8 25 Rc4 + Kb7 26 Bxe7 ( I f 26 Nxe7 27 Rd7 +
••• . . .

Kb8 28 Rxa7 Kxa7 then 29 Rc7 + forking King and K n igh t ) BLACK
tmst<;Ns.

GAME 75
White slo wly builds 11p
a strong attack in the centt•r which Black trie.�
to avoid by castling Queenside and sacrificing a couple of pawns.
Polo Allo, 198 1
W hile - Snyder Black - Tomey
I e4 c5 2 bl d5 J exd5 Qxd5 4 Ncl Qd8 5 r4 (White t ries to gai n an i mpor­
tant foothold on e5) 5 Nf6 6 Nfl e6 7 Ne5 (A strong out post for t he
. . .

K night , already prevent ing Black from immediately playing 7 Nc6 d ue . . .

to 8 Nxc6 doubling his pawns) 7 . Be7 8 Ub2 N hd7 9 U d 3 ( W h i t e ha•,

. .

completed his m i nor piece development al ready) 9 . a6 I ll Q f3 Ql·7 I I

. .

Ne4 (Cent ralizing the Knight while defending t he K n ig h t at c 5 )

1 l . . .Nxc4 12 Qxe4 B£6 13 0-0 Nxe5? (This allows White to obtain a
st rong pawn at e5 attacking Black's Bishop while opening up the "r' '
file) 14 fxe5 De7 15 Qg4 Bd7 (The sacrifice of the "g" pawn doesn't turn
out to be sound ; however Black didn't like the prospects of castling
K ingside or leaving his King in the center) 1 6 Qxg7 0-0-0 1 7 De4 (Taking
command of the " h 1 -a8" diagonal before Black does, t here is no hurry
to be greedy and grab more pawns) 17 £5 18 ed6 Bd6
•••

19 r7! (White returns a pawn to obtain a strong passed pawn and to pre­
vent a Black Rook from getting onto the " f" file) 1 9 . . . 11xh2 + 20 Khl
lld6 2 1 Qh6 B£8? 22 Qh5 Bd6 23 Bxh8 Rxh8 24 Rf3 Qa5 25 Ran Rf8 26
UdJ Kc7 27 Qh6 (Threatening 28 Rxd6) 27 . . . Bc7 28 Qh2 + ( I f 28 . . . Kd8
t hen 29 Qb8 mate, or i f 28 . . . Kc8 then 29 Dxb7 + !) IILACK tm.su;NS.
Games 121
Index of Games
 11Jdex of Games 1 23

Adam 3 Gaprindashvili 40
Alexandria 40 Gardena 19
Anderssen I , 41 Gauglitz 70
Gross 33
Balasov 16 Gurgenidze 6, 56
Banas 31
Bellin 69 Hamann 60
Bellon 9 Hebert s
Benko 43 Hernandez 32
Bhend 35 Hess 21
Bilek 34 Hjor th 58
Bird 67 Holmov II
Birkel 49 Hutchings 26
Bobotsov 68
Bohnisch 70 Jurczynska 7
Brooks 42
Browne 37, 38 Kaplan 24
Karlsson 39
Camilleri 64 Keres 10
Capelan 53 Kieseritzky I , 41
Cebelo 74 K innmark 72
Chavez 73 Knaak 44
Chechelian 6 Kojalowitsch 48
Costigan 22 Kokkoris 47
Cuartas 2 1 , 52 Krystall 66
Cvitan 58
Czerniak 8, 1 2 , 27, 34, Lasker 67
43, 47, 60, 68, Lein 2
7 1 , 72, 74 Lokasto 57
Lombardy 1 6, 1 7
Dean so
Dely 13 Maier 18
Dobosz 57 Makarycev 28
D u ri e 39 Maki 5 1 , 62
Mariotti 54
Erenska- l�adzewska 7 Mecking 30
Medyanikova 4
Flesch 35 Merado 20
Franzen 31
1 24 l11dcx of (;,mil'S

Ncj 44 Zajcik 28, 5 5 , 56

Zrzany 33
Peters 15
Peterson 45
Pogats 46
Polugaevsky 2
Popivoda 4

Qu i n t e ros 29

Rabinowitsch 48
Rath 23
Reshevsky 17
Rohde 22
Root 3
Rykowsky . 61

Saidy 71
Schoneberg 65
Schmidt 1 2, 1 4
Schweber 30
S eret 54
Snyder 1 9, 20, 37, 38,
42, 49, SO, S l , . , .. .

59, 6 1 , 62, 66,

73, 75
Sokolow 64
Sosonko 63
Spassky 5 , 29, 32, 63
Spassov 69
Spiller 59
Stein 8, 36

Tal 25, 45
Tatai 27
Tomey 75
Tscitlin 55
Tukmakov 1 0, I I

Va rn u sz 46
Vukcevic 15

Werner 18
\Vcslcrincn 9, 1 3 , 14, 23,
24, 25 , 26, 36, 53
\Vir I hcnsohn 52