Beruflich Dokumente
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IM John Donaldson
Donaldson, John
ICON: Sicilian Accelerated Dragon
ISBN 1 - 879479-24-9
Introduction
The principal objective of the Accelerated Dragon variation of the Sicil
ian, which arises after l.e4 c5 2.lijf3 ctJc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.ctJxd4 g6, could
be described in two ways. Explanation one says that Black keeps his
pawn on d7 in the hope of going the Dragon variation one better and
playing ...d7-d5 in one jump, as opposed to its more popular cousin,
where ...d7-d6-d5 is the modus operandi. Another way to look at the
Accelerated is as an attempt to play something akin to the Dragon, but
where the chances of getting mated are much less.
The flip side of the move order is that White has the opportunity to play
5.c4, setting up the Maroczy Bind, something White can never do in the
Dragon. It's no accident that of the 212 games in this book, almost 75
percent feature the Maroczy. Not only is it an ironclad way of control
ling d5, but it also arises from different move orders. In fact, in Grand
master chess, the Bind is much more likely to arise from l.ctJ3 or l .c4
than l.e4.
However, the Marcoczy Bind is not the all-powerful line it was once
thought to be. In particular, the line 5...lijf6 6.liJc3 d6 followed by
...liJxd4, has an excellent theoretical reputation while interest in lines
like 5...iig7 6.iie3 liJf6 7.liJc3 liJg4 8.'i:Yxg4 liJxd4 9.'i:Yd l e5 sug
gest Black may .have more than one answer. Note however that Black
will have a hard time winning against a White player looking to draw.
The danger of getting a drawish position early on is not a worry for
Black against 5.liJc3 but 5.c4 is another matter.
Players looking to avoid drawish options for White have been experi
menting with slight deviations from the Accelerated Dragon move or
der. While the Semi-Accelerated (l .e4 c5 2.ctJf3 ctJc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.ctJxd4
ctJf6 5.ctJc3 g6?!) is a poor proposition for Black the Hyper-Acceler
ated (l.e4 c5 2.liJf3 g6) is worthy of consideration and can be recom
mended to those who like to experiment and are willing to allow the
Schmid Benoni (l.e4 c5 2.liJf3 g6 3.d4 il.g7 4.d5 liJf6 5.ltJc3).
This volume of the Icon series contains 212 games, with all but about a
dozen from the period January 1992 to October of 1994. The earlier
games, primarily in the 2. . .g6 section, have been provided to give study
material in lines where recent practical experience has been limited.
The chief source of information for this book has been the ICE Chess
Assistant Data Base with over 350,00 games. Accelerated Dragons
by IM Jeremy Silman and the present author was a useful reference.
Other sources consulted include Chess Informant, through issue 60,
and New in Chess Yearbook, through number 31, as well as the follow
ing periodicals:
Readers looking for more on this opening may wish to consult Acceler
ated Dragons. Published in 1993 by Cadogan, it runs 226 pages and
features detailed theoretical coverage as well as a lot of explanation of
the basic strategies of this opening.
11
Chapter 1 1
Early Divergencces
Chapter 2 10
7 'ia5
...
Chapter 3 16
7 0-0
.
Chapter 4 36
Li n es w h ere W h i t e
playes a n early llJxc6
Chapter 5 43
lll
Chapter 6 56
Double Fianchetto
versus the Maroczy
Chapter 7 62
Play on the Dark Squares
versus the Maroczy
Chapter 8 78
Chapter 9 81
IV
Chapter 10 87
Chapter 11 99
Chapter 12 108
Chapter 13 1 20
The Hyper-Accelerated
Dragon (2...g6)
v
Chapter 1
Early Divergences Whether this is something to fear is
unclear.
1
Bruno Belotti
This chapter is a little different from Pierluigi Passcrotti
the rest in the book. Here White tries Italy (ch) 1994
to steer the game into the Classical
Dragon (i.e2), instead of heading
into pure Accelerated territory with l . e4 cS 2 .lll f3 lll c6 3.d4 cxd4
5.c4 or 5 .lll c 3 i.. g 7 6.i.. e3 lll f6 4. lll xd4 g6 s.lll cJ .i.. g7 6.lll b3
7.ii.c4 (or 7.lll xc6). Black can go i.. xc3+ 7. bxc3 lll f6 8 . .i.. d 3 dS
along with this, knowing that lines 9.exd5 xd5 10.0-0 0-0 1 1.e2
where White castles Kingside in the i.. f5 12.i.. a3 l::!:fe8 13.ld:fe1 .i.. xdJ
Dragon are not very dangerous, or he 14.cxd3 lll h5 15.c4 gS 16.d4 aS
can play experimentally by holding
the d-pawn back.
1
17.Ac1 ,.f6 18.d5 a4 19.JLb2 f4 46J hb7 W d5 47. l::t e 7 l::t xg2+
20.A xf6 xe2+ 2 t .l::t xe2 axbJ 48.We3 l::t g 1 49.Jig3 1 :0
22.dxc6 exf6 23.cxb7 1:0
2 3
John Van der Wiel Hakan Han
Karel Van der Weide S pyridon S kembris
Leeuwarden 1994 Varna 1994
l . e4 c5 2 . f3 c6 J. d4 cxd4 l . e4 c5 2. f3 c6 3. d4 cxd4
4.xd4 g6 s.JLe2 JL g7 6.b3 a5 4.xd4 g6 s.cJ i.g7 6.Ae3 f6
7.a4 d6 8.0-0 JL e6 9.c3 Ji xcJ 7.i.e2 0-0 8.0-0 d5 9.exd5 b4
10.bxc3 f6 10.i.f3 fxd5 1 1 . xd5 xd5
12.i. g5 h6 13.i.h4
1 1 .A h6 d 7 1 2 . d4 c5
1 3. xe6 xe6 1 4.JL g4 c5 13 f4 14.i.g3 e5 15.i.xf4 exf4
..
15... e2 e6 16.l::t fd1 ,.e7 17.Ag7 16.c3 ,.b6 17. ,.b3 Axd4 18.cxd4
l::t g8 18.JLd4 0-0-0 19.,.b5 xe4 ,.xd4 19.l::t act i.e6 20.l::t fd1 i. xbJ
20.i.f3 f5 21.Ab6 l::t d7 22.JLxa5 d5 2 t .l::i: xd4 i. xa2 22.A xb7 l::!: ab8
23.i.xe4 fxe4 24.i.b6 ,. d6 25.c4 d4 23.l::!: c7 l::i: fd8 24.l::!: xd8+ l::i: xd8
26.a5 e5 27.a6 bxa6 28.l::t xa6 l::t b7 25.Af3 l::i: d2 26.l::t xa7 l::t xb2 27.g3
29.A c5 l::t xb5 JO.JL xd6 l::t b 2 A e6 28.W g2 l::t b4 29.l::!: as W g7
31.l::t xc6+ Wd7 32.l::t a6 l::te8 33.c3 JO.JLdS Wf6 31.Axe6 fxe6 32.gxf4
dJ 34.i.a3 l::t e2 35.f3 Wc7 36.fxe4 l::t xf4 33.h3 h5 34.l::!: a8 g5 35.l::i: h8
l::t d8 37.Wfl l::t xe4 38.i.b4 W b 7 W g6 36.l::!: g8+ w rs 37.l::!: h8 h4
39.l::t e6 d 2 40.i.d6 l::t xc4 41.l::t xd2 Js.l::!: rs+ We4 J9.l::i: g8 l::!: rs 40.l::i: g6
l::t xcJ 4 2.i. xe5 l::t c t + 43. W e2 e5 41.l::t g8 Wd3 42.l:ta8 e4 43.l::i: a3+
l::t xd2+ 44. W xd2 l::!: g1 45.l::!: e7+ Wc6 W d4 44.l::!: a4+ W e5 45.l::t a8 W f4
2
46.l::r g8 l::r f7 47.l::r g6 l::r a7 48.l::r g8 10 a3 11.b3 'iVa5 12.il)bS dS 13.b4
.
4
Volker S chlick
Oliver Brendel
G ermany 1994
3
25.'iVeJ l::!: e8 26.g4 1 9. li:ld4 lll xg4 2 0 . 'iVxg4 W h8
2 1 .l::!: bd 1 ?! f5 ! Kotronias-Skembris,
Karditsa 1 994. 9.a4 lll b4 10.f4 ? !
'iV b6+! ll.W h 1 d 5 Here l l . . .d6,
transposing into a good version ofthe
Classical Dragon (White's Bishop on
c 1 lacks a square), was a viable alter
native. 1 2. e5 ll\ e4 1 3 . 0 d 4 f6
14.exf6 .i.xf6 15 .i.eJ lll xc3 16.bxc3
4
7 cxd4 5.it:)xd4 .i.g7 6.it:)b3 [6 . .i.e3
Alonso Zapata it:)f6 7 . .i.e2 0-0 8.0-0 d5 9.ex d5
Roger La Flair it:)xd5 10. x d5 xd4 l l . .i. xd4
New York 1993 'ifxd5 12 . .i.xg7 'if x d1 1 3 .l:t fx d1
xg7 1 4.l:t d2 ( 1 4. .i.f3 .i.f5 1 5.c4
l:t ac8 1 6 .b3 l:t c7 1 7 . l:t d5 .i. e6
l . e4 c5 2.ltH3 it:) c6 3. d4 cxd4 18.l:t d4 l:tfc8 19.l:tad1 a6 20 . .i. d5
4.it:)xd4 g6 5.Ae2 A g7 6.it:)bJ it:)f6 .i. x d5 2 1 .l:t x d5 e6 2 2 . l:t d6 b5=
7.it:) cJ 0-0 8.0-0 a5 9. a4 it:) b4 Wedburg-Donal dson, Athens, 1980)
1 0. h 1 d5 l l.e5 it:) e4 1 2.f4 f6 1 4. . . .i.e6 1 5. l:t a d1 l:tfc8 1 6 .i.f3
.
13.cxf6 exf6 14.it:)b5 f5 15.cJ it:)c6 l:tab8 17.c3 b5 18.i.d5 iUS= Mills
16.Ae3 iie6 17.l::t f3 Af7 18.'ifg1 l. lvanov, Chicago 1 985) 6 ... f6
g5 19.fxg5 A h5 20.l::t d 1 f4 21.. b6 7 .i. e2 0-0 8.0-0 aS 9.a4 it:) b4
5
23.ri H A e6 24. x g7 .i. xbJ
25 .Ilg 6+ .i.e6 26.xh6 f8 27.h4
f4 28. .i.h2 gxh4 29.b3 lt:\ dS JO.c4
lt:\ e7 Jl..i.g4 lt:\ rs 32.-i. xfS xfS
JJ.xh4 W cS 34.0 W b4 JS.h6
.i.c8 36. b6+ 'it>cJ J7J::!: bS Wc2
38.'it>f2 'it> dJ 39.xa5 e4 40.xfS
eJ+ 4 1 .'iii e1 .i. xfS 42 .i. xf4 'it> cJ
6
29. :!:l:xf6 exf6 offers White no more when l 2 .. . li) xd5 l 3 . exd5 li) a5
than the text which leads to a drawn l 4. li) xa5 ( l 4 . :!:l:e l li) c4 l 5.'le2
Rook ending. 29 xg3+ 30.:!:I:xg3
. 'ib6+ l 6.'if2 xf2+ l 7.Wxf2 a5
iL h4 31.Wf3 ii.. xg3 32.hxg3 W g6 l 8 . .te2 ii..a 6 l 9 . .txc4 A xc4
33.We3 :!:res 34.:!:l:d1 <il?gs 3s.wo 20. ii..xe7 :!:!:fc8 2 l .Axd6 Axd5 22. .t
as 36.:!:l:d4 a4 37J::t d 2 l:!es 38.l::t d 1 2 3 . :!:l:e2 :!:!:x e2+ 24.W xe2 :!:l:e8
:!:!: cS 3 9.:!:1: d 4 :!:!: eS 4 0 . c 4 bxc4 2 5 . W e2 .txe5 2 6 . fxe5 :!:l:xe5
41.:!:!:xc4 !:!:aS 42.:!:l:b4 :!:l:a6 43.:!:l:bS+ 27.li)xa5 :!:l:f5+ led to a winning end
eS 44.:!:l:b7 :!:l:c6 4S.:!:I:b4 :!:l:c2 46.:!:l:b8 ing in Ciric-Petursson, Switzerland
:!:l:d2 47.We3 :!:l:g2 48.Wf3 Draw 199 1 ) l 4 ... 'iha5 1 5 'lYcl ( l 5 . ii..xe7
:!:l:e8 l 6.Ah4 Axb2 with unclear
play) l 5 . . . :!:!:a7 l 6 . :!:l:e l :!:l:e8 'lb5
10 l 8 . :!:l:e2 :!:l:c7 l 9 . :!:l:b l .tf5 20.'le l
Sergey S alov :!:l:xc2 2 l . :!:l:xe7 :!:l:xe7 22.'lxe7 h6!
Tibor Tol n ai 23 24 .'ixf6 'l c 5 2 5 . :!:l:e l :!:te l
S witzerland 1993 26 . .tdl 'le3 ! 27.'ih4 g5! 28.fxg5
hxg5 29.'lxb4 h3 .tc2 3 l . :!:l:e 8+
W h7 32.:!:l:e l 'lVxe l + 0- l Donev
1.e4 cS 2.li)f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.li)xd4 Novkovic, Austria 199 1 . 12 ...Axf6
li)f6 s.li)c3 g6 6.ii.. e2 g7 7.0-0 13.eS bxc3 14.exf6 cxb2 15.fxe7
li)c6 s.li)b3 0-0 9.gs a6 10.f4 bS li)xe7! Preparing to bring the Knight
ll.f3 to the powerful f5 square. 16.:!:l:b1?
Necessary was l6 . .txa8 bxa l ('i )
l 7.'lxal ii..f5 ! l 8 . .tf3 Axc2 though
Black is a little better. 16 ... l::!: b8
1 7.l::!: xb2 lt) rs 18.e1 aS 19.a4
:!:l:b4! 20.l::!: a2 ii.. e6 2 t.l::t a3 ii.. c 4!
22.l::tf2 l::t e8 23.'ifd2 'ifb8 24.g3 hS
2S.l::t a 1 l::!: e3 26.W g2 Axb3 27.cxb3
:!:l:bxb3 28.l::!: d1?? :!:l:xf3! 29.l::!: xf3
l::C b 2 0:1
11
ll ... b4! ? 12.Axf6?! White falters in Thro stur Thorhallsson
the critical position. Here 1 2.li)a4 is Margeir Petursson
met by l2 . . . e5 !? l3 fxe5 li)xe5 and Reykjavik 1994
the Knight is offsides. Note that the
natural looking 12 . . . ii..b7 would be
strongly met by l 3 . e5 ! dxe5 l.e4 cS 2.li) f3 li) c6 3.d4 cxd4
l4.li)bc5. White's best try is 12 Nd5 4.li) xd4 g6 S. e2 .i. g7 6.li) b3
7
1/)f(, 7/t) cJ 0-0 8.0-0 d6 9.Ji.. g5 a6 12
IO.u4 Ac6 ll.Wh1 l:!c8 12.f4i?la5 Viswanathan Anand
I J.if) xa5 h a5 1 4 . Ji.. d3 A c4 Veselin Topalov
15 .' f3 [ 1 5 . f5 'ib4 1 6. l:t b 1 b5 Linares 1994
17.axb5 axb5 18.'i f3 'ic5 19. i?ld1
d5 20.e5 ltJe4 2 l. Ji.. e3 'VIic7 22.f6
exf6 23.exf6 ltJxf6 24.Ad4 l?le4 l .e4 c5 2.li:) f3 d6 J.d4 cxd4
2 5 . Ji.. xg7 'it> xg7+ Sorensen 4.li:)xd4 li:)f6 5.ltJc3 g6 6.Ji.. e2 Ji.. g7
Alterman, Santiago 1990.] 15 'ii' b4
. 7.0-0 0-0 8.i. g5 a6 9.a4 li:) c6
1 6 . l:! a b 1 b 5 1 7. axb5 axb5 10.ltJb3 i. e6 l l.W h1 On the im
18.Ji.. xc4 'i hc4 1 9 .Ji.. xf6 A xf6 mediate l l .f4 Black can play 1 l ...b5 !
20.ltJd5 'iVxc2 21.e5 dxe5 22.fxe5 l l l:! c8 1 2.f4 li:) a5 1 3. ltJ xa5
.
8
20 b5 !
.. 2 1 . xb5 xb 5 Black takes the sting out of this idea.
2 2. x b5 a x b 5 23. l::t ab1 l::t c5 Moves like ... e6, ... b7 and ... lll f6-
24. l::t fd 1 c;i;> g7 25./t:) b 6 l::t xc2 d7-c5 are quite common in this Black
26. l::i: xb5 l::t e 2 2 7./t:) d5 l::t xe4 setup. 1 2.c3 e6 1 3 .lll b4 it:) xb4
28.l::t xb7 l::t a8 29.g4 l::t xa5 30.g5 14.cxb4 /t:)b6 15.l::t b 1 b7 16.e3
a1! 31./t:)xe7 l::t xf4 32./t:)c6 l::t a8! d7 17.d3 l::t bd8 18.l::t fd1 /t:)c4
33. l::t xd6 l::t a2 34. l::t d 1 l::t ff2 19.d4 e5 20.e3 f5 21.g5 fxe4
35,/t:)dS c;i;>gS 36.l::t b8 h5! 37.gxh6 22.xe4 xe4 23. xe4 l::t c8 24.b3
e5 38. l::t b 7 l::t xh2+ 39. c;t> g1 /t:)b6 25. e3 d5 26. xb6 dxe4
l::t h g2+ 40.c;i;> h 1 l::t h2+ 4 1 .c;i;> g 1 2 7. l::t xd7 axb6 28. l::t c 1 l::t x c l +
l::t hg2+ 42.c;i;>h1 l::t g4 0:1 29./t:)xc1
13
Sofia Polgar
Vladimir Georgiev
Matinhos 1994
9
Chapter 2
7 .. .''6 a5 14
Guy Hoffman
Roman Dzindzichashvili
Philadelphia 1993
1 0
14 dS 1S.il)bS ,..c8 16. ,..c3 il)c6
.. leads to exactly the sort of position
1 7.eS il)xd4 18 .... xd4 il)e8 19.f4 White is aiming for. Much better are
il)d6 20.,.. b4 il)fS 21.l:td3 e6 22.g4 I I ... :!::I:ac8 or l l... :!::l:fe8. Note that af
Ji.f8 23 .... d2 il)e7 24.l:tc3 il)c6 ter l l . . . :!::l:fe8 the natural 12.'iYd2? is
2S.a3 d4 26.l:t h3 a6 27. il) Sxd4 a no-no because of 12 . . . li:lxe4, an
il)xd4 28.il)xd4 l:txd4 29....c3 Ac5 swering 13.li:lxc6 with 13 . . . 'iYxc3.
0:1 1 2. A xd4 A c6 1 3 . il) d S A xd S
1 4. exdS :!::!: fe8 1 S.c3 ,.. c7 Here
1 5 . . .a6 16. d3li:ld7 17.Axg7 xg7
1S 18.l::!:e3 gave White a clear advantage
Walter Wittman in Lanka-Lehmann, Plovdiv 1 985.
Darko Supancic The Knight hop to d5, and pressure
Austria 1994 down the e-file after the inevitable
trade of the steed, are typical charac
teristics of this line. 16.l::!: e2 Ars
17.d2 bS 18J!ae1 :!::l: eb8 19....f4
l . e4 cS 2.il) f3 it) c6 3. d4 cxd4
,.. d8 20.g4 aS 21.a3 :!::l: b7 22.h4 Ag7
4.il)xd4 g6 s.lt)c3 Ag7 6.ii.c3it:)f6
23.f3 f8 24.hl :!::l: c8 2S.hS a4
7.Ac4 o-o s.A b3 d6 9.h3 A d 7
26. .ta2 :!::l: bc7 27.l::!: h2 l:!c4 28.il.. xc4
10.0-0 ,.. as ll.l:re1
:!::l: xc4 29.hxg6 hxg6 30.,.. gS :!::l: c 7
31.,.. h4 ,.. c8 32.g2 :!::l: c4 33.l::!: xe7
:!::l: x d4 34.cxd4 ,.. c 1 3S.:!::I: e2 ,.. d 1
36. ,..e l ,.. xd4 3 7....d 2 ,..cS 38.l::!: h 1
il)d7 39.l::!: e8+ lt) f8 40.l:tcl ,.. a7
1 :0
16
M. Reverby
Andy Ansell
New York 1993
1 7 . l::!: fe 1 :!::!:fe8 1 8. l::!: ac1 A xb3 superior 1 4.g4 see the next game. It
19 .axb3 a6+ Baczynski-Donaldson, happens that chess data base
New York 1 982.] ll .. li:l xd4 This
. afficionado Andy Ansel is a student
1 1
of GM Roman Dzinzichashvili who 10.h3 Ad7 ll.f4 l:rac8 12.'iWf3 'iWh5
signed on as Kamsky's second just lJ.lDxc6 Here 13.'f2 b5 is much
prior to the match in India. The more common.ll...Axc6 14.g4 'iWaS
Dzin's influence is felt. 14 . 'ilhf3
. 15.l:rad1 b5 16.g5 lDd7 1 7.f5 A very
15.gxfl lDh5 16.Ae3 Axc3 17.bxc3 sharp continuation. Karnsky cedes the
A b5 18.l:rfe1 l:rxcJ 19.Wf2 l:rcc8 e5 square for pressure against f7.
20.l:recl e6 21.a4 Ac6 22.l:!:d1 l:!:fd8 17 ... Axc3!? The passive 17 . ..Wh8 is
2J.Ab6 l:rd7 24.WeJ lDf6 25.it..d4 not Anand while 17 ... b4?! ( 1 7 ...lDe5
lDe8 26.l:rg1 lDg7 27.l:rg5 d5 28.c3 1 8 .' f4 ) 1 8.fxg6 bxc3 1 9.Axf7 +
h6 29.l:rg2 Wh7 JO.a5 dxe4 31.fxe4 ld:xf7 20.'"xf7+ Wh8 2 l .'iWxe7 is too
risky for Black. 18.bxc3 lDe5 19.'iWf4
lDc4 20.Ad4 Here 20 .f6 is tempting,
but after 20 . .. e5 2 l . h4 W h8
White's attack grind to a halt. 20 ... e5
21.fxe6 fxe6 22.it.f6 'iWc7 23.Axc4
Gata is unable to continue his attack;
so he opts for a small edge in the end
ing. 23 ... b xc4 24.l:r xd6 A xe4
25.ld: xe6 'iWxf4 26.l:rxf4 Ars 27.l:ra6
:n 28.h4 Axel 29.l:rd4 Ars JO.a4
l:rb7 J1.Wf2 l:res 32.Wf3
17
Gata Kamsky
Viswanathan Anand
32... Wf7?! According to IM Jack
Sanghi Nagar 1994
Peters this was probably the decisive
mistake. The text prepares 33 . ..ld:e6,
but the passive 32 .. J::i:c 7 was sturdier.
l . e4 c5 2 . lD f3 lD c6 J.d4 cxd4 JJ.l:rc6! A dl 34.a5! Preparing to
4.lDxd4 g6 s.lDcJ Ag7 6.it.eJ lDf6 chase Black's Rook off the seventh
7.it.. c4 'iW as 8.0-0 0-0 9.it.. bJ d6 rank. 34 ... ld:e6 After 34 ... Wg8 35.a6
1 2
f7 36.cd6, the pawn at a7 falls. 16 a5 The manuever . . . a5-h5-
JS.a6 l::!: be7 36.l::!: xe6 l::!: xe6 37.l::!: d7+ a5 is quite typical for this line!
W e8 38.l::!: d8+ Wf7 39.l::!: d7+ W e8 17.l::!: ae1 l::!: ab8 18.ltJ ed4 ltJ xd4
40.l::!: xa7 it.e4+ 41.We3! Accurate to 19.i.xd4 bJ! 20.cxb3 i.bS 21.e3
the end, Kamsky offers the a-pawn axbJ 22.it.xb3 it.xfl 2J.l::!: xfl lDhS
for a pretty finishing bind. 41 it.b7+ 24.it.xg7 W xg7 2S.ltJd4 b6 26.e5
4 2 . W d4 it. xa6 43.W d5 l::!: b6 ltJ gJ! 27.l::!: f2 dS 28. W h 2 ltJe4
44.WcS l::!: e6 4S.l::!: xh7 1:0 29.l::!: e2 e6 JO.g4 W h8 31.it.c2 l::!: bc8
32.it.d3 l::!: a8 JJ.Wg2 l::!: a4 34.ltJf3
xeJ JS.l::!: xeJ ltJcS 36.it.c2 l::!: xf4
18 37.b4 l::!: c4 38.i.bJ ltJxb3 39.l::!: xb3
Radojica Dabctic l::!: fc8 40.bS l::!: a8 41.b6 l::!: b8 0:1
Zoran Novoselski
Yugoslavia 1993
19
l.e4 cS 2.ltJf3 g6 J.d4 cxd4 4.ltJxd4 Vlastimil Piza
g7 S.ltJcJltJc6 6.i.eJ ltJf6 7.i.c4 Ivan Janakicv
,. aS 8.0-0 0-0 9.it.b3 d6 10.h3 Ad7 Mlada Bolcslav 1994
l l .f4 h5 1 2.ltJ fJ bS lJ.aJ aS
14.d3 a4 1S.A a2 Avoiding the
trap 1 5 . ltJ e2 ? ( idea 1 6 . ltJ g3 ) l . e4 cS 2 .ltJ fJ ltJ c6 J . d4 cxd4
1 5 . . . i.xh3 ! . Besides the text 1 5 Bd5 4.ltJxd4 ltJf6 s.ltJcJ g6 6.Ae3 i.g7
also enjoys a good reputation. One 7.A c4 as 8.0-0 0-0 9.A b3 d6
recent outing was G. Garcia-Zamora, 10.h3 i.d7 ll.f4 h5 12.d2 The
New York 1994, where White quickly immediate 12.d3 is much more to
got the better of it after 15.it.d5 e6 the point. 12 ... bS 13.d3 a5 14.a3
16.i.xc6 i.xc6 17.lll d4 i.b7 1 8.f5 a4 1S.i. a2 ab8 16.ltJ dS ltJxdS
gxf5 1 9 . exf5 e5 2 0 . ltJ dxb5 d5 1 7.exdS ltJ xd4 18.A xd4 A xd4+
2Lc5. 1S...b4 16.ltJe2 19.xd4 h4 20.ki: ae1
1 3
20 Axh3 Draw
.. 18 ... Ad7 A mystery. Theory gives
1 8 . . . A a4 ! 19.A xa4 II xa4 20.f5
'iVh4 2 l .Af2 'iVf6 22. fxg6 hxg6
20
Nigel Short 23.'iVb3 IIaa8 24.'iVxb4 from an old
Gata Kamsky game between Ceshkovsky and
Linares 1994 Kapengut. The position after
24 ... IIfb8 is supposed to be slightly
better for Black. So why did Short go
l.e4 c5 2.lll f3 g6 J.d4 cxd4 4.lll xd4 into it and Kamsky play 1 8 . . . A d7?
lll c6 5.lll c3 iJ.. g7 6. .aeJ lll f6 7. .ac4 19.Af2? Misplacing the Bishop.
as 8.0-0 0-0 9.Ji.bJ d6 tO.hJ h5 Either 19 ii.c 1 or 19 li.d4 were much
Usually Black waits for IO . . . .ad7 better. 19 ... l::t fe8 20Jh t f5!
l l .f4 before playing the Queen sally. 2t.d2 Aa4!
Little is known about IO . . . '' h5,
Accelerated Dragons by Donaldson
and Silman gives only IO .. .'(ih5 ! ?
1 J.'(jxh5?! ( l l .'(jd2! Ad7 12.lll de2!
is much better for White according
to Gufeld) 1 1 ... lllxh5 12J:!:ad 1 lllxd4
1 3 .Axd4 lll f4 14.l::t fel ii.e6 15.llld5
ii. xd5 ii. f6 Draw, Jonasson-Frey,
Reykjavik 1982. One can be sure
that the team of Kamsky and his
seconds-GMs Fedorowicz and
D zi ndzichasvili-had 1 1 . 'li' d2
worked out. ll.f4 Ad7 12.d3 b5
tJ.l::t ael a5 14.a3 b4 15.lll xc6 Axc6
1 6. axb4 axb4 1 7. lll d5 lll xd5
18.exd5
I 4
36.li.e3? The final mistake! Instead 20.g5 c4 2 1 . g4! h6 22.li.c 1
35. Wf3 meeting 3 5 . . . l:t c3+ with Af6, Gerasimov-T.Georgadze, and
36. Wg2 had to be tried. 36 li.d4. now 23.e4! is strong. 16 a5 .
21
Judit Polgar
Gata Kamsky
Buenos Aires 1994
1 6
h7 1 3 .l::t a d1 'iVa5 14.li)c3 d7
1 5.a3 l::t af8 16.e2 xd4 17.xd4
liJxd4 18.l::t xd4 c6 W. Watson
=,
1 96 3 . 1 3 ... lll xb3 1 4 . 't!V xb3 d6 lO.exdS exdS l l.hJ l:!:e8 White is
1S..tf2 .ie6 16.c4 l:!:ab8 17.l:!:fd1 slightly better, though Blacks strong
l:i: fc8 18.e3 d8 19.l:!: acl b6 g7 Bishop and easy development al
20.Ah4 l::t b7 21.f4 f8 22. a3llla5 most make up for the isolated pawn.
23.b3 AxdS 24.l:!:xd5 l:!:bc7 25.k!:e1 12.d2 lll as 1J.I:tad1 a6 Taking
f6 26.g4 f7 27.I:td3lllc6 28.e4 away b5 from White's Knights. Here
a6 29.1:!: dS ill aS 30. 'iV eJ I:t b 7 13 ... lllc4? would have been met by
31.I:td4 b S 32.cxb5 axbS JJ.I:te4 14.Axc4 dxc4 15.lll d b5. 14.Ag5
ill c6 34.I:tc1 I:tbc7 JS.b4 eS 36.fxe5 Ae6 15.I:tfel ill xbJ Necessary as
fxeS 37.d3 ill xb4 0:1 White was threatening 16.Axd5
Axd5 17.l:!:xe8 'ixe8 1 8.ii.xf6 and
19.lll xd5. 16. axb3 I:tc8 1 7.I:te2 't!Vd7
18.l:!:del bS! 19.ii.h6 Ah8 20.d3
8.Jib3 e6 d6 21.I:t al ill d7 22.ill xe6 fxe6
1 8
23. lll e4 c6 24.lll g5 lll e5 As 12.cxb3 d6 13.Ad4 Axd4 14.'xd4
24 . . . A xb2 i s met by 2 5 .l:!ae l . A e6 15.b4 axb4 16. xb4 'itd7
25. e3 lll f7 26. lll xf7 xf7 1 7.0-0 !:!:fc8 18.f4 !:l: a6 19. d4 !:!:c5
27. a7+ The alternative was 27.c3 20.!:I:ae1 b5 21.!:1:0 !:l:c4 22. f2 b4
which would lead to an unclear posi 23. axb4 !:l:xb4 24.f5 Ac4 25.fxg6
tion where Black controls the center hxg6 26.lll d5 li.xd5 27.exd5
( ... e5 and ... d5), but has a somewhat
loose position (insecure King and
backward a-pawn). The text leads to
a drawn Rook and pawn ending.
27...!:!:e7 28.xa6 Axb2 29.'ihc6
l::t xc6 30.!:I:a8 White now threatens
c4 and !:i:f8 mate 30 ... Ag7 31.Axg7
xg7 32.!:i:b8 :ec7 33.!:i:e3 f7
34.l::t xb5 l:!xc2 Draw
8.i. b3 a5 9.a3
26
Artur Kogan
Yaacov Zilberman
Israel 1992
1 9
27 28
Marc Jaulin Marat Muhutdinov
Ncbojsa Nikcevic Yuri Yakovich
Paris 1993 St. Petersberg 1993
1.e4 cS 2.lll c3 lll c6 3.lll ge2 g6 4.d4 1.e4 cS 2.lll f3 lll c6 3.lll c3 g6 4.d4
cxd4 s.lll xd4 g7 6.ii. e3 lll f6 cxd4 s.lll xd4 li. g7 6. e3 lll f6
7.Ac4 0-0 8. b3 aS 9.a4 lll g4 7.Ac4 0 -0 8. b3 as 9.a4 lll g4
10.'Ihg4 lll xd4 ll.A xd4 ii. xd4 10 .... xg4 lll xd4 ll. xd4 xd4
12.0-0-0?! Allowing his queenside to 12.g3 d6 12 ... e6 13. !!d 1 (13.0-0-
be shattered. The solider 12.'iVg3 is 0?! f6 14.f4?! Axc3 1 5.bxc3 d5 !)
seen in the next two games. Overall 1 3 . . . f6 14. !!d3 b6 15.0-0 Ji.. a6
Black doesn't seem to have much to 16. !!f3 e5 17.xe5 Ji.. xe5 18. !!d1
worry about from 1 1 . Ji.. xd4. !!fd8 gave Black the better side ofthe
12 xc3 13.bxc3
ending in Bokan-Kochiev, Tallinn
1989. 13.0-0-0 Ji.. g7 This may be too
slow. Ivanovic-Cebalo, Yugoslavia
(ch) 1 983 saw instead 1 3 . . . i.. xc3
14.xc3 Ji.. e6 with equal chances.
14.h4 .i.e6 1S.lll bS b6 16.f4 !!ac8
1 7. xe6 fxc6 1 8 . bJ cS
19.xc6+ Wh8 20.c3 c4 21.xc4
!! xc4 22.g3 !! xe4 23. Wd2 !! xa4
24.!!he1 eS 2S.'&ftc2 exf4 26.'&t b3
1:0
29
Robert Rowley
Dan Benjamin
Philadcl 1 )hia 1992
13 bS! 14.axbS a4 1S.Ji.. a2 aS
.
l!i:bb4 29.!!bS !!xbS 30.cxbS l:i:d4+ 10. xg4 lll xd4 ll . .i. xd4 .i. xd4
0:1 12.g3 d6 13.0-0-0
20
7.c4 0 -0 8. b3 aS 9.a4 li:)g4
w.'it xg4 li:)xd4 l l .'it d 1 li:)xb3
1 2.cxb3 d6 13.0-0 e6 14.l:Ib1 l:I a6
Here 14 . . .' d7, intending to meet
1 5.li:)d5 with 1 5 ... xd5 16.exd5 b5
is an improvement. 1S. li:)dS fS 16.f3
l:If7 1 7.'itd3 d7 18.l:Ifc1 c6
19.b4 axb4 20.li:)xb4 l:Ixa4 21.li:)xc6
bxc6 22.l:Ixc6 l:I b4 23.'ita6 d7
24.l:Ic8+ l:IfS 2S. al+ e6 26.l:Ixf8+
W xfS 27.'ita8+ Wf7 28.l:Ia1 l:I b7
29. c 1 d4+ 30.'i;>h 1 'it bS
3 1 .'it a6 V xa6 32.l:I xa6 xb 2
13 ... AeS 14.f4 xc3 1S.'ihc3 'itb6 33. xb2 l:I xb2 3 4 . 'it> g 1 fxe4
1 6 . 'it d4 'it xd4 1 7Ji xd4 A e6 3S.l:txd6 exfl 36.gxf3 Wf6 37Jid8
18.AdS it.xdS 19JixdS !!fc8 20.b3 Wg5 38.l:Ih8 h6 39.l:Ie8 l:Ie2 40.l:If8
l:Ic6 21.l:Ihd1 Draw eS 41.lif7 l:Ia2 42.l:If8 hS 43.!!e8
'it'f4 44.l:If8+ 'it>e3 4S.l:If6 h4 46.h3
l:I f2 4 7. l:I xg6 l:I xf3 48.l:I a6 e4
49.'it>g2 l:I g3+ so.'it>h2 'it>f4 s1.l:Ih6
wg5 s2.l:Ih8 e3 S3.l:If8 'it>g6 S4.l:If4
'it> hS ss.!!f8 W h6 S6.k!:f4 'it> g6
S7.!!f8 l:IgS S8.l:Ie8 liaS S9.l:Ixe3
l:t a2+ 60.Wg1 WfS 61.l:tf3+ Draw
31
S. Kislov
Oleg Kulikov
Podolsk 1993
2 1
when White's Knight is away from 32
d5 ) 17 exf5 :!:! xf5 15.exf5 :!:! xf5
0 0
Manuel Apicella
16. tl: f2 l::!: c8 17.g4 l::!:f8 18.ill d5 l::!: c6 Francisco Llera Palacios
19.h3 Wh8 20.'iVd3 .i. xd5 21.'iVxd5 Parana 1993
_.c7 22.'iVe4 'iVd7 23.l::!: d l e6 24.b4
axb4 25 ... xb4 d5 26 . .i. d4 1::!: fc8
2 7. b3 .i. xd 4 28.'iV xd4+ 'it> g8 l . e4 c5 2. ill f3 ill c6 3. d4 cxd4
29.l::!: d3 l::!: c l+ 30. Wg2 'iVe7 4.ill xd4 g6 5.ill c3 .i.g7 6 .i.e3 ill f6
22
33 1 7 1:! b8! Ignoring White's pressure
..
2 3
34 3S
Emil Szalanczy Veselin TOJ)alov
Peter Leko Bent Larsen
Budapest 1992 Las Palmas 1992
24
I
36 37
John Emms John Emms
Yuri Yakovich Tomas Butters
Copenh agen 1993 Copenh agen 1994
l.e4 cS 2.it)f3 it)c6 3.it)c3 g6 4.d4 l.e4 cS 2.it)c3 it)c6 3.it)f3 g6 4.d4
cxd4 s.lt)xd4 A g7 6. A e3 lt)f6 cxd4 s.lt)xd4 A g7 6.A e3 it) f6
7.Ac4 0 -0 8.A b3 aS 9.a4 it) g4 7.Ac4 0-0 s.A b3 aS 9 . a4 it) g4
10."ihg4 it) xd4 1 1 . h4 it) x b3 10. xg4 it) xd4 1 1 . h4 it) x b3
12.cxb3 : a6 13.0-0 l::t e6 14.l::tfe1 12.cxb3 l::t a6 13.0-0 l::te6 14.l::tfe1 d6
b6 1S.A h6 A b7 16.l::t ad1 A xh6 1S.l::t ad1 Ad7 16.it)dS Ac6 1 7.Ah6
1 7.xh6 c7 18.l::te3 f6 19.it)dS AxdS 18.exdS l::[x el+ 19.l::t x el
AxdS 20.exdS l::t xe3 21.xe3 cS
22.ktc1
10.exd5
38
Franklin Alvarez
Gary Shure
New York 1993
39
l . e4 c5 V!iH3 it) c6 3.d4 cxd4 Artur Kogan
4./t)xd4 g6 5./t)c3 il.. g7 6.il.. e3 /t)f6 Yochanan Afek
7. il.. c4 0-0 s . il.. b 3 as 9.f3 d5 Israel 1992
1 0 . /t) x d S ? ! /t) x d5 l l .exd5 As
1 I .il.. xd5 /t)xd4 12.il.. xd4 il.. xd 4
13.xd4 e6 wins a piece. 11 ... /t)b4 l.e4 c5 2./t) f3 /t) c6 3.d4 cxd4
1 2.c4 a4 13.il.. c 2 e6 Here 12 . . . a3 4./t)xd4 g6 5./t)c3 il.. g7 6.i.. e3 /t)f6
1 3 .b3 e5 1 4. /t)b5 e4 is more ener 7.il.. c4 0-0 8.i.. b3 a5 9.f3 d5 10.exd5
getic. 14.0-0 exd5 15.c5 :e8 16.il.. f2 /t)b4 11./t)de2 a4 12.il.. xa4 The text
a3 1 7.bxa3 /t) xc2 18.'ihc2 il.. d7 is quite rare. Almost i nvariably
1 9. '' b 3 : a4 2 0. : a d 1 'it' a8 1 2 . /t)xa4 is played. Note that 12 il.. c 4
2 1 . 'it' xd5 il.. c6 2 2./t) xc6 bxc6 is bad because of 12 . . . a3 1 3 .bxa3
23.'it'd7 :a7 24.'it'd2 :xa3 25.:fe1 lll fxd5 1 4.axb4 lll xe3 1 5 . 'ihd8
:xel+ 26.'ihe1 il.. f8 27.'it'e5 'it'a4 :xd8 16.il.. b3 il.. f5 1 1.:c1 : ac8
28.:ds 'it'c2 29.g4 :xa2 30.:xrs+ 18.lll e 4 il.. h6 19.:b1 l'llxc2+ 1988,
w xrs 31.b8+ W g7 32.il.. d4+ f6 J. West-Donaldson, New York
3 3. 'it' c7+ w rs 34.'it' d8+ W f7 12 /t) fxdS 1 3.il.. d2 b6 14.a3
.
35. 'it' xf6+ W e8 36. 'it' e6+ W d 8 /t)xc3 15./t)xc3 /t)c6 16.il.. b3 /t)d4
26
17.'itcl :aS 18.lDe4 :e5 19.iLe3 40
iL rs 20.0-0 iL xe4 2 1.fxe4 : xe4 Nick DeFirmian
22.:et Alexander Shabalov
Chicago 1994
42
Yury Zeziulkin
Jacek Janicki
Polanica Zdroj 1993
41
V. Tsaturian
Anicetas Uogele
l . e4 c5 2 . itJ fJ ltJ c6 J. d4 cxd4
Correspondence 1992
4.ltJxd4 g6 5.ltJc3 .t g7 6 . .teJ itJf6
7 . .t c4 0-0 s . A b J a5 9.f3 d5
1 0 . .i. x d5 ltJ x d5 1 l . itJ xd5 f5
1.e4 c5 2.<jfJ g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.ltJxd4
1 2. 0 xc6 bxc6 1 J.ltJ b 6 1:! b8
Ag7 5.ltJc3 ltJc6 6.Ae3 ltJf6 7.Ac4
0-0 s.Abl a5 9.fJ d5 10.Axd5 ltJxd5 14.xd8 l::!: xd8 15.lll xc8 A novelty.
ll.ltJ xd5 f5 12.c3 fxe4 13.fxe4 Previously 1 5 . l::!:d 1 was played.
15 l::!: dxc8 16. l::!: b 1 l! xb 2 Here
2 8
43 1 9 ... Be5. The b-file is more impor
Vassily Ivanchuk tant than the h-pl),wn. (Black was
Zsuzsa Polgar threatening . . . l:!: b . ) 2 0 . . . ii. xh2? !
Monaco (blindfold) 1994 2 l .g3 e5 22.ii. f2 f4 23 . g 4 bxg3
24.ii.c5 l:!:e8 25. l:::!:b6 l:!:e6 26. l:::!:a6
with a small, but nagging, advantage
l . e4 c5 2 . liJ fJ /l) c6 J.d4 cxd4 for White who made Black suffer for
4./l)xd4 g6 5./l)cJ ii.g7 6.Ae3 /l)f6 a long time before agreeing to a draw.
7.A c4 0-0 s . A b J a5 9.f3 d5 Cuban GM Roman Hernandez, a
1 0. A xd5 /l) xd5 1 1 ./l) xd5 f5 great specialist in this line, improved
1 2. /l) xc6 bxc6 1 J./l) b 6 l:t b8 Black's play with 20 ... f7! and drew
14.xd8 l:t xd8 15. l:tdl White's best comfortably after 2 1.l:!:b6 (21 .f4 .td6
try for an advantage in this line. 22.a4 l:!:g8 23.g3 l:!:g6 24.ii.d2 l:!:h6
Rather than try to hang onto mate 2 5 . ii. xa5 l:!: xh2+ 26. d 1 l:!: h 1 +
rial lvanchuk first tries to neutralize 27.ii.e1 ii.c7 28.e2 Aa5 29.l:!:d1
Black's activity and only after this l:!:h2+ 30.d3 l:!:h1 3 l .e2 l:!:h2+
utilize a second trump--superior draw Diaz-Hernandez, Cuba 1 990)
pawn structure. 15 1:!: xd 1 +
.. 2 l .. .Axh2 ! 22.l:!:a6 Ad6 23.l:!:xa5
16. xd1 e6 2 4. a 4 l:!: g8 ! 2 5 . fl l:!: b8
26.l:!:a6 d5 27.Ab6 c5 28.a5 l:::!:g8
26.l:!:a7 c6 27.c6 30.l:!:a6 b7
3 1 .l:!:a7+ Estevez-Hernandez, Cuba
1 989. 1 7.fxe4 The alternative i s
17.liJxc8 l:!:xc8 18.b3, trying to give
White a big majority on the
queenside. Lanc-Michenka,
Bratislava 199 1 , continued 18 ... exf3
19.gxf3 a4 (getting the pawn off a
dark square before White has time to
nail it down as a target with a 4)
20. d2 fl 2 l . d3 l:!:a8 22.b4
l:!:d8+! 23 l:!:d5 24.l:!:fl l:!:h5 25.l:!:f2
Ae5 26.f4 Ad6 27.a3 e6 28.d3
16 fxe4 So far, so theory. Now the
.. d7 29.c4 l:!:h3 draw. In this line,
most recent book on the subject, Ac as well as those coming from
celerated Dragons by IMs 16 ... Axb2 there are certain similari
Donaldson and Silman, gives only ties. Both lines require Black to play
16 ... Axb2. The initial game in this actively with his Rook. Also common
line, Kir. Georgiev-Van der Wiel, to both is the manuever . . . Ag7-e5-
Wijk aan Zee 1989, continued 17. d6/c7. Black's Bishop does good
Nxc8 l:!: xc8 18.exf5 gxf5 19.e2 work provoking the weakening f4
Ae5 20.l:!:b1 The typical answer to while redeploying to the other wing
29
to cover his vulnerable queenside. JO.WdJ l:a7 J t.l:g4 l:as 32.l:!:h4
1 7 ... Axb2 lS.lthcS l:xcS 19.We2 A well played effort that could easily
pass for a regular tournament game.
Instead it was played with both con
testants blindfold ! , as part of the
Melody Amber tournament. Draw
White. 2S.l::!: xh7 l:as 29.l:h4+ w d5 Jt.xd4 Here 1 5 ... ii.h6!? is more popu-
3 0
lar. 16.'xd4 l:te8 17. Wf2 .itfS 7 .it c4 0-0 s . .it b l as 9 . f3 d S
0:1
4S 46
Tapani Sammalvuo Nikolaj Borge
Tom Wedburg Carlomagno Oblitas
Sweden 1994 Manila (ol) 1992
3 I
it:) c6 8.A b3 a5 9.fJ d5 10.Axd5 b5 1 4.0-0 l::t c8 1 5.lL\ d4 .i. xd4
it:) xd5 ll.exd5 it:) b4 1 2.it:) de2 e6 16.'ihd4 lL'I xc 2 1 7 .l::t xc2 .i. xc 2
13.dxe6 This gives Black's pieces too 18 .i.h6 e5 19.'ihe5 f6 20.'iV d4
3 2
37.'it' h2 l::t e2 38.l::ttJ+ We6 39..i.cJ 20.l':I xaS 'if xeJ+ N. W h 1 'if b6
l:t d5 40.llf6+ W d7 4l.Wg3 llg5+ 22.l::t a2 Axel 2J.'ife2 e6 24.l::t d 1 b4
42.W f3 l::t exg2 4J.l::t f7+ W c6 25.:C:a6 'flc7 26.'ife4 'ifc5 27.h4 'ift2
44.l::t xh7 l::t 5g3+ 45.W e4 l::t h 2 28.h5 'ifc5 29.'ifh4 gxh5 JO.l':I d8
46.l::t a7 l::t hxhJ 47.l::t a6+ Wd7 48.a4 l'Ixd8 31.'ifxd8+ Wg7 32.l'Ia5 'ifeJ
llh4+ 49.We5 gS 50.a5 l::t a4 51.l::t g6 33. 'if g5+ 'if xg5 34.l':I xg5+ W h6
g4 52.l::t g7+ W c6 5J.l::t g6+ W c5 JS.l':I b5 <;it g6 36.W g1 f5 3 7.W f2
54.b3 l::t eJ+ ss.wf5 l::t fJ+ 56.wes <;it g5 38.l::t b8 <;it f4 39.g3+ w g5
l::t eJ+ 57.Wf5 l::t tJ+ 58.We5 l::t a2 40.l':I g8+ Wf6 4t.We3 e5 42.l::t f8+
59.A d4+ W b5 60. W d5 l::t xbJ Wg6 4J.Wd3 h4 44.gxh4 f4 45.We4
6 1.l::t xg4 l'lxa5 Draw WhS 46.l':If7 wxh4 47.l':Ixh7+ Wgl
48.l'Ih 1 Wg2 49.l'I d1 Wt2 SO.l::!: dJ
We2 Sl.WfS Ad2 52.W xe5 W d 1
48 SJ.lld4 Wxc2 54.llxb4 Draw
Viktor Kupreichik
Vidmantas Malishauskas
Miedzybrodzie Zyw. 199 1 12 ... i.. f5 13.I:I:cl b5
14.a3
l.e4 c5 2.lt:l fJ ltJ c6 J.d4 cxd4
4.lt:\xd4 g6 s.lt:lcJ Ji.. g7 6.Ji.. eJ lt:l f6
7 ..i.c4 0-0 8. .i.b3 a5 9.fJ d5 10..i.xd5
[ I O.exd5 lt:lb4 1 1 .lt:lde2 a4 1 2.lt:lxa4
tll fxd5 1 3 . A f2 A fs 1 4 . 0 -0 b 5
1 5 . tll ac3 tll xc3 1 6 . bxc3 'iV xd 1
1 7.l:Iaxd1 tll xa2 1 8.g4 il.. c8 1 9.l::!: a l
A e6 20.Axe6 fxe6 2 I .Ad4 l::!: fc8
2 2 . i. xg7 W xg7 2 3 . l:t fb 1 tll xc3
2 4 . ll xa8 tll xe2+ 2 5 . W f2 l:t xa 8
26.xe2 llc8 27.Wd3 l:t c 5 28.l:t a l
b4 2 9 . l:t a2 l:t c3 + 3 0 . W e4 W f6
3 1 .l:tb2 l:tc4+ 32.Wd3 l:tf4 33.We3
'iti e5 3 4 . ll a2 ll c4 3 5 . h3 l::!: c 3 +
36.'itie2 Wd4 37 .l:tb2 'itic4 38.h4 h5 49
39.gxh5 gxh5 40.l::!: a2 l::t a3 4 1 .l::!: b 2 Mladen Milenkovic
W c3 42. l::!: b l l::!: a2 4 3 . W d l l::!: xc2 Ivan Ujhazi
4 4 . l::!: xb4 'iti xb4 4 5 . W xc 2 W c4 Kladova 1992
46.Wd2 Wd4 47.We2 e5 0- 1 , Laird
Karlsson, Copenhagen I 98 1 . ]
10 lt:l xd5 ll.exdS ltJ b4 12.lt:l de2
.. l.e4 cS 2.lDe2 it:)c6 J.if:)bcJ g6 4.d4
.i.f5 lJ.llcl b5 14.0-0 l::tc8 15.lt:\d4 cxd4 s.lt:lxd4 Ag7 6.AeJ lt:lf6 7.Ac4
l::t xcJ 16.bxc3 lt:l xa2 17.l'Ia1 'ifxd5 0-0 8 . .i. bJ aS 9.f3 dS l O . .i. xdS
1 8 .lt:l xf5 'if xf5 19.l':I xa2 'if e6 it:)xdS ll.exdS it:)b4 12.it:)de2 .i.rs
3 3
I J . ll d h 5 1 4. a3 This move is 28.it) xf7+! l::!: xf7 29.1d: d8+ : rs
sharper than 14.0-0. With the text JO.l::!: xf8+ Axf8 3t.Ad4+ A g7
Wh ite wins two Knights for Rook and
pawn, usually a favorable
middlegame trade, but here things are
not so clear. 14 .. .llhc2+ 15Jhc2
Axel 16.xc2 b4 17.it)a4 xd5
18.it)b6 e6 19.Wf2 Here 19.it)xa8
leads to a draw according to Bagirov;
1 9 . . . xe3 20.llk7 :!:!cs 2 l .it)d5
:!:!xc2 22.it)xe3 :!:!xb2 23.axb4 :!:!bl +
24.it)dl a4 25.0-0 a3 26.it)dc3 :!:!
:!:!dl h5 28.:!:!d8+ Wh7 29.:!:!a8 :!:!b3
30.:!:!c8 :!:!b2 3 l .:!:!a8. 19... l:tab8 It's
necessary to attack b6. On 1 9 ... :!:!ad8
White is able to consolidate; 20.it)f4 32.e5! 1:0
(20.axb4 axb4 2 l .b3 :!:!d6 22.it)f4
e 5 2 3 . it) c4 Draw, E . Allen
T. Taylor, Philadelphia 1 992) 50
20.. .'a2 2 l.axb4 axb4 22.bl b3 Alonso ZaJlata
23.:!:!el ii..d4 24.kxd4 l:txd4 25.cl Jose Vilcla
:!:!d6 26.liJc8 :!:!d4 27.liJxe7+ h8 Havana 1993
2 8. liJ e6 :!:! d2+ 2 9. liJ e6 l'it d2+
3 0 . W g3 b2 3 1 . liJ g6+ 1 -0 ,
O.Popovych-D.Benjamin, Philadel l . e4 c5 2 . if) fJ liJ c6 3.d4 cxd4
phia 199 1 . 20.liJf4 a2 21 .axb4 4.it)xd4 g6 s.lf)cJ Ag7 6 .i.eJ if)f6
3 4
genious move which doesn't seem to 22... 'ifxbl Two other lines are (a)
quite work. One example is Kucera 22 . . . b3 23.liJd7 1L xb2 2 4 . ltJ xb8
Jezek, corr. 1984 , which continued xb8 25.Wg3 Jl.e5 26.W h3 a4
14.a3 d6 1 5 . .\tc5 ( 1 5.axb4 axb4 27.liJd3 1Lf6 29.ltJc5 b2 0-1, \an der
16.0-0 bxc3 1 7.ltJxc3 b5 18.'iYe1 Tak-Widera, corr. 1986. (b) 22 ... 'iY a7
e8 19 . .\tc5 Axc3 20.'iYxc3 xd5 23.'iYa1 'iYb7 24.'iYa5 b3 25.'iYb4
2 l .fe1 Gallagher-Wolff, London 1Lh6 26.d1 fc8 27.liJfd5 c2+
1 994) 1 5 . . . liJ xd5 1 6 . .\t xd6 ltJe3 2 8 . d2 1L xe3+ 29 . W xe3 e6
1 7 .'iY d2 ltJ c4 1 8.'iY 1 9 . b3 .lt h6 3 0 . liJ f6+ w g7 3 1 . liJ fd7 l:t e8
(Maybe 1 9 . . . 'iYb6 ! ? 20.ltJa4 'iYe3 32.xb3 c6 33.d3 e5 34.ltJc4
2 1.'iYc5 'iY xc5 22.ltJxc5 .ltb2 23. 'ifa7+ 35.We2 'ifg1 36.liJe3 'ifxh2
24.liJd3 c8 is worth investigating)
37.d5 c1 38.liJf6 e6 39.liJfg4
20.f4 il.. g7 2 1 .0-0 'iVb6+ 22.<0iJh1
g3 40.liJf2 h5 4 1 .b4 b1 42.c5
c8 2 and Black didn't quite have
h4 43 .liJd5 g 1 44.ltJe3 l:t b 1
enough for the sacrificed material.
Another 13th move try for the sec 45.ltJc2 g5 46.liJe1 'iYh4 47.liJc2
ond player i s 1 3 . . J::l: c8. M . g5 48.liJe3 a6 49.liJe4 'iY h4
Marinkovic-Rogers, Sokobanja 1989, 50.xe5+ W h7 5 1 .ltJ g5+ W h6
went 14.a3 ( 14.0-0 b5 transposes 5 2 . liJ xf7+ W h7 5 3 . 'iY h8#
into lines from 1 3 . . . b5) l 4 . . . ltJxc2+ Kristjansson-Brendel, Reykjavik
1 5 . l:!: xc2 i. xc2 1 6 . 'iV xc2 '!W xd5 1 990] 23.l:txbt l:!:fd8 24.liJfd5 l:i:b7
17.0-0 (17.a4!) 17 ... b5 18.d1 'iYe6 25.b3 e6 26.liJf4 a7 27.ltJa4 c7
19.e4 'ixe4 20.fxe4 2 Lad4 b4 28.liJe2 c2 29.l:i:ct a2 JO.l::t c4
2 2 . liJ d 5 c2 2 3 . W fl i. xd4 i. f8 J t .l::!: d4 l:t c8 32.l::t d2 kt cc2
2 4 . liJ xd4 !:l: xb2 2 5 . axb4 axb4 33.l::t xc2 l:txc2 34.'Ji' et e5 35.W dl
26.liJc6 b liJdxe7+ Wg7 28.d3 a8 l::t c6 36. liJ c l f6 37.ltJ dJ : c 7
0-1 . 14.a3 ltJxc2+ t5Jbc2 i.xc2 38. JI. c5 1L xc5 39.ltJ a xc5 W f7
16.'ihc2 b4 17.liJa4 xd5 18.liJb6 40.<.ti> d2 l:tc6 4t.ltJa4 l::t d6 42.We3
'ife6 1 9.Wf2 ab8 20.liJf4 'iVa2 l:t d5 43.liJ b6 b5 44.ltJc4 W e6
21.axb4 axb4 22.'ifbl 45.Wd2 f5 46.liJe3 e4 47.fxe4 fxe4
48.tt::l f4+ We5 49.tt::l e2 l:Ib8 50.tt::l c4+
W d5 51.W e3 ll e8 52.tt::l f4+ W c5
53.tt::l d 2 It aS 54.tt::l xe4+ 'itt b5
55.tt::l e2 I:Ia1 56.tt::l d4+ W b6 57.tt::l t3
Wc6 58.'.t> d4 l:ta2 59.g3 l:Ic2 60.h4
W b6 6 1 .tt::l fg5 h5 62.tt::l f3 ll c l
63.tt::l e5 l:t d l+ 64.W c4 l:t e l
65.tt::l d7+ W a5 66. W d 5 l:t e J
67.tt::l dc5 l:tel 68.Wc6 l::!: n 69.tt::l d6
ll f6 70.W c7 l':!f3 7 1.W b7 l:t xgJ
7Vt/c6 l:::t xb3 73.tt::l db7# 1:0
3 5
Chapter 4
5.llJ xc6 bxc6 exd6 1 5 . h3 l::t fe8 1 6 . d l i. e6
1 7.i.b3 a5 1 8.c4 li)b4+ Sipaila
Silman, Reno 1993] 8 b6!
makes 7.li)xc6 a viable line. Still, 12.f4 dxe5 13.i.xe5 i.xe5 14.fxe5
both 8 ... li)d5 and 8 ... li)g8 are hold i.rs t s.li)d2 li) d7 t 6.li)fJ i. g4
ing up fine. 17.0-0-0 0-0-0 tsJ:ret i. xfJ 19.gxf3
li) cs 20. l::t e3 ld: d4 2 1 .b4 li) e6
2 2. l::t e4 l::t h d8 23. l::t xd4 l::t x d 4
24.gt l:il:f4 25.l::t g4 nrs 26.l::!: h4
51 l::t xe5 27. d2 h5 28. i. d3 l::t g5
Klaus Pohl 29.e3 l::t g2 30.i.e4 c7 31.a4 f5
John Donaldson 32.i.d3 l::t a2 33.c5 xa4 34.l::t c4 aS
Winston Salem 1993 35. bxa5 l::t xaS 36. l::t c2 li) xcS
37.i.c4 eS 38.i.f7 a3+ 39.We2
li)dJ 40.i.e8 li)f4+ 41.f2 l::t a6
l . e4 c5 2 . li) f3 li) c6 3. d4 cxd4 42.l::t d 2 l::t a8 43.l::t d7+ b6 44.l::t e7
4.li)xd4 g6 s.li) xc6 bxc6 6. d4 l::t a2+ 45.fl l::t a t+ 46.Wf2 l::t as
li)f6 7.e5 li) dS 8.c4 [8.i.c4 i.g7 47.h4 l::t d5 48.i.f7 l::t d2+ 49.fl
9.0-0 b6 10.e4 0-0 l l .li)d2 d6 l::t d t+ SO.f2 l::t d 6 Sl. fl l::t d t+
12.li)f3 i.f5 13.e2 i.g4 14.exd6 52.Wf2 l::!: h t 53.e3 l::!: e t+ 54.Wf2
3 6
it:) dJ+ 55.Wg3 f4+ 56.Wg2 l::!: e2+ Bishop on h6. 18 ... cxd5 19.\i'hJ
57.W g 1 it:) e1 58.A xg6 lt:) xfJ+ Axh6 20.'ifxh6 d4 21.it:)b5 'ifb6
59. W fl l::!: eJ 60. A xh5 it:) xh 4 2 2.a4 A g6! Now all of White's
61.Ae8 it:)f5 62.l::!: e6 it:)d4 63.l::!: f6 queenside is falling while his Queen
Wc5 0 : 1 is seriously misplaced. 23.h4 gxh4
2 4. it:) aJ 'if xb 2 25. l::!: d b 1 e cJ
26.exh4 l::!: b8 27.lll b5 'ifc5 28.l::!: c 1
a6 29.it:)aJ 'ifcJ 30.'ilg4 l::!: b 6 31.a5
52 l::!: c6 J2.'ifd7 l::!: n JJ.ees+ W g7
Rosendo Balinas 34.l::!: a2 l::!:fc7 35.'ilb8 dJ 36.it:)b1
John Donaldson c4 37.l::!: b2 dxc2 38.lll a3 edJ
Reno 1994 39.it:)xc2 'ifd2 40.1::!:0 Axel 41.l::!: b7
'iVd7 0:1
53
Arthur Frolov
Alexander Shabalov
USSR (ch) 1991
3 7
l l.U I l l 1'1 de. I L bl Ab7 (13 . . .
u u 4.lDxd4 g6 5.lDcJ i.g7 6.i.eJ lDf6
0-0 .>!i.a(, l .llf2 dxc5 16.xd8
n 'l 1 1 7.lD xc6 bxc6 8.e5 lD d5 9.lD xd5
Il hxdX 1 7 . fxc5 kxc5 1 8.c3 l:td7 cxd5 1 0.'ifxd5 Il b8 1 1 .Axa7 Ilxb2
I IJ.l.:.b6 l.:.c7 20.JLxc7 l:txc7 2 1 .l:tel 1 2.A d4 Il xc2 [ 1 2 ... l:tb8 1 3. Ac4
lla7 22.Ilc5 JLc8) 14.d2 dxe5 0-0 1 4.0-0 Ab7 15.c5 d6 1 6.exd6
1 5 .0-0-0 exf4 16.i.xf4 e5 17.i.e3 exd6 1 7.a7 Axg2 1 8. W xg2 l:ta8
xd2+ 18.l:txd2;!;] 12 d6 13.i.xa7
.
1 9.b6 d7] 1 J.Adl e6 1 4.\\fas
l:!:b4 14.i.b3 [14.i.c5 i.e6 (14 . . . e6 Ilc6 1 5.0-0 ( 1 5 .a4 g5 1 6.0-0
1 5. xd6 xd6 1 6 . i. xd6 l:t xc4 Axe5 1 7.Ab5 l:d6 1 8.Axe5 xe5
17.i.xf8 i.xf8 1 8.l:the l;!;) 15.xe6 1 9 . l: fe l d4 Mayr-Molzahn,
fxe6 16.i.xe6+ h8 17.i.xb4 i.xe5 corr. l 989-9 1 .] 1 5 0-0 1 6. A b 5
..
3 8
8 lD g8
56
Jaroslav Stodola
Oleg Chernikov
Pardubice 1994
55
Viktor Varavin
1.e4 c5 2.ill f3 g6 J.d4 cxd4 4.ill xd4
T. S. Myrvold
.t. g7 5.ill cJ ill c6 6. A e3 ill f6
Gausdal 1993
7.ill xc6 bxc6 8.e5 ill g8 [8 ... ill d 5
9.ill xd5 cxd5 10.'ifxd5 l::!:b8 l l .Ac4
e6 12.'ifc5 Ab7 13.0-0 l::!: c8 1 4.'i.Yb4
l . e4 c5 VHJ ill c6 J.d4 cxd4 'if c7 1 5 . f4 a5 1 6 . 'if b5 i. xg2
4.ill x d4 g6 S.ill cJ Ag7 6.Ae3 ill f6 1 7. W xg2 'if xc4 1 8 . 'if xc4 l::!: xc4
7.ill xc6 bxc6 8.e5 ill g8 9.A d4 1 9.l::!: f2 !? d6! 20.exd6 Wd7=] 9.f4 f6
ill h6 1 0. e6 f6? Much better is 10.iLd4
10 . . . 0-0 when 1 1 .A xg7 W xg7
1 2.'ifd4+ f6 13.exd7 Axd7 14.0-0-
0 Ag4 1 5.f3 'ifxd4 16.l::!: xd4 Ac8
17.Ad3 ill f5 gave Black a slightly
better endgame i n Troianescu
G hitescu, Romania (ch) 1 95 7 .
1 l . exd7+ xd 7 1 2. A c4 ill f5
u.A c 5 ill d 6 1 4 . A b J A a 6
1 5. 'il d4 l::!: ds 1 6. 0-0-0 w rs
1 7. a4 c8 1 8. ill e4 A h6+
19.W b1 .:Lb5
3 9
1 4 .1I e 1 ,.. b6+ 1 5 .'it' h 1 A xc4 57
16.l:Ixe7+ 'it'd8 1 7.l:Ixg7) 14.'it'h1 Viktor Varavin
'it'd8 (if 14 ... exd6? then 15 .... xd6 lvar Bern
,.. xb2 1 6 . l:I ae l + 'it' d8 1 7 .... e7+ Gausdal 1993
wins) 1 5 .Ji a3 ! (So far, Krystall
Batchelder, Newport Beach 1974 (by
transposition) when White played l.e4 c5 2 .lll f3 lll c6 3.d4 cxd4
15.Ae5? and eventually drew. After 4.ithd4 g6 5.c3 g7 6.e3 lll f6
15.Aa3 ! Black cannot play 1 5 ...d6 7.xc6 bxc6 8.e5 g8 9.d4 ,.. c7
because of 16.Axd6 or 1 5 ... Ab7 be 10.f4 f6 ll .... e2 l!b8 12.0-0-0 h6
cause of 16.lla4-c5. White has full 13.g3 0-0 14....c4+ f7 15.exf6 exf6
compensation for the pawn. 16.Ag2 ,.. b 7 17.b3 a5 18.l!he1 d5
10 ...... a5 ll .... e2 c5 More usual is
l l . . . fxe5 1 2.Axe5 lll f6! ? 13 .... c4 !
,.. b6 1 4 . 0-0-0 d5 1 5 .... a4 0-0
16.Ad4 ,.. c7 and both sides have
chances, Ulibin-Serper, Thilisi 1989.
12.exf6 lll xf6 13.Ae5 0-0
40
4.llhd4 g6 5.lt)c3 JJ.. g7 6.1J.. e3 lll f6 59
7.lll xc6 bxc6 8.e5 ll!g8 9.f4 ill h6 Fritz 2
10.'iUJ 0-0 1 1.0-0-0 A new move, Kasparov Garry
destined to hold back ... d7-d5. How Germany 1994
ever, as is often the case in this line,
Black can play the break as a highly
effective pawn sac. 11 d6! 12.xc6
.. l . e4 c5 2 .lll f3 lll c6 3.d4 cxd4
Consistent but risky. On 12.h3, in 4.lll xd4 g6 5.lll c3 JJ.. g7 6.1J.. e3 ill f6
tending 13.g4, Black has 12 ... c7, 7.lll xc6 bxc6 8.e5 ll!g8 It's worth
forcing 1 3.exd6 which opens up the noting that both Bobby and Garry like
diagonal for the Dragon Bishop. the Accelerated Dragon - when
12...1J.. d 7 13.d5 lll g4 they're playing computers ! Perhaps
they have secret information that the
machine is partial to lll xc6? It's worth
noting that both giants played
8 ... lll g8 here. 9.f4 ill h6 Avoiding the
Krystall Gambit (9 . . . f6 lO.i.c4 ! ).
When Fischer played, it played the
weaker 10.exf6 and after 1 0 ... ll!xf6
l l .i.. c4? d5 12.i..e2 ld:b8 13.b3 lll g4
14.i.. d4 e5 ! 15.fxe5 0-0! Black was
already on his way to victory. 10. d2
0-0 11.0-0-0 d6 Here l l. ..'!i'as 12.h3
Illes 13.i.. f2 d6 14.g4 dxe5 15.gxf5
i.. xf5 is speculative. 12.exd6 exd6
13.xd6?! A typical greedy com
14.f3 On 14.exd6 (14.i.. d4 dxe5 puter move. Much better is 13.i.. d4
15.fxe5 i.. e6; 14.i.. g l i.. h6+) Black i.. xd4 14.'!i'xd4 li)fS with unclear
has 1 4 . . . lll xe3 1 5 . dxe7 xe7 play. 1 3 ... x d6 1 4. l::t xd6 ill f5
16.'ihd7 b4. 14 lll xe3 15.xe3
.. 15.l::t d3 i.. a6
i.. e6 16.ll! d5 l::t c8 1 7.i.. a6 l::t c5
18.c4 As 18.lll xe7+ is answered by
1 8 . . . xe7 1 9. exd6 l::t xc2 + !
20.W xc2 i.. f5+ 2 l . W d2 'li'xd6+
2 2 . i.. d3 'li' b4+ 2 3 . W e2 i.. g4+.
18...JJ.. xd5 19.l::t xd5 l::t xd5 20.cxd5
'C!V a5 2 1 .1J.. c4 l::t c8 2 2.b3 'C!V xa2
2J. l::t e 1 dxe5 2 4.fxe5 iJ.. h6
25. xh6 xbJ 26.l::t e4 l::t xc4+
27.l::t xc4 xc4+ 28.W b 1 e4+
29.W c 1 xd5 JO.' eJ xg2
31.xa7 hl+ 0:1
4 1
16.c5 Initiating a long forced se 60
quence which leads to a better Viktor Varavin
endgame for Black. 16 J. xd 3 .
Alexander Khasin
1 7. J. xf8 J. xfl 1 8 . J. xg7 J. xg2 Russia (ch) 1994
19.l:!:g1 W xg7 20.l:!:xg2 l:!:b8 21J:!:e2
42
Chapter 5
Maroczy Bind with 1 2.b3, 12.'ifd5, 12 . ..te2 and 12 . ..td3.
9 . . . e5 enjoys a shaky reputation.
7 .llJ g4
.. 10.lllb5 was long considered to put
it out of business but now matters
aren't so clear as both 1 0 . . . 0-0
1 l .d2 e7 (Anka-Silman) and the
older 1 l . . .'ifh4 (Quist-Espig) appear
to be okay. White's best try for an
advantage may be Ivanchuk's little
known 1 1 ...te2
9 e5 10.Ad3
...
43
cxd4 s.lthd4 ll:l c6 6.e3 ll:l f6 46. W eS e2+ 4 7. W d4 f6+
7.ll:lc3 ll:lg4 8.xg4 ll:lxd4 9.d1 48.eS h4 49.gxh4 gxh4 SO.cl+
eS 10.d2 0-0 l l.Ji.. d3 d6 12.0-0 'it> g6 S t .f4 h3 s 2. g 1 + w n
c6 13.b3 a6 14J:!:ad1 White's plan S3. g4 d6+ S4.W c3 xeS
is crystal clear. After suitable prepa SS.fxeS xeS+ 56.W b 4 h2
ration like b3 and 1: ad 1 the first S7. f3+ W e6 S8. g4+ W e7
player plans to either force the Knight S9. h4+ W e8 60.W c4 e2+
on d4 to retreat or to capture it and 61.WdS dl+ 62.We6 d7+ 0:1
then win the weak isolated pawn.
14 c7 1S. xd4 exd4 16.ll:le2
..
44
axb5 18.ill c3 'ir a5 1 9.ill d5 b4
20.Ag5 f6 21.iLeJ f5 22.exf5 gxf5
2J.ill e7+ ill xe7 24.'ir xd6 cj} f7
25.iig5 ill g6 26.g4 e4 27.h4 iie5
28. 'ir d2 h6 29. gxf5 iL xf5 JO.h5
hxg5 Jl.hxg6+ cj}xg6 32.'ire2 0:1
63
Boris Gulko
Yasscr Scirawan
Key West (US ch) 1994
64
l.c4 c5 2.ill f3 g6 J.d4 cxd4 4.ill xd4 Vassily Ivanchuk
Ji.. g7 5.c4 ill c6 6..i.c3 ill f6 7.ill c3 Viktor Korchnoi
ill g4 8. xg4 ill xd4 9. d 1 e5 Monaco 1994
10.Ad3 0-0 11.0-0 d6 12.c1 .i.c6
lJ.bJ a6 14.Ji.. b 1
l . c4 c5 2.ill f3 ill c6 J.d4 cxd4
4.ill xd4 g6 5.c4 .i. g7 6..i.e3 ill f6
7.ill c3 ill g4 8.xg4 ill xd4 9.''d 1
c5 10.ill b5 0-0 l l . .i.e2 This is a rare
and highly effective move. A search
of the ICE Chess Assistant data base,
totaling over 350,000 games, re
vealed but two other examples! Both
involved former World Champions
and took the same path: l l . . .h4?
(not so good here as i t is after
l l .'iYd2) l 2.ill xd4 exd4 l 3.Jixd4
xe4? 14.Ji.. xg7 xg2? 1 5.d4 !
'iYxhl+ 16.cj}d2 'iYxh2 (16 . . . xa l
14 ... b5 15.cxb5 ill xb5 16.ill xb5 1 7 . 'iY f6 ! ! 1 -0 , Gaprindashvili
axb5 17.!:tc6 d5 18.exd5 Draw Servaty, Dortmund 1974) 17.Jixf8
cj} xf8 1 8.Jif3 d5 1 9 . .1i xd5 ld:b8
20.ld:e1 i.e6 2 1 . l:!xe6 1 -0 Tal-Pahtz,
Halle 1974. ll ... ill xb5 12.cxb5 d6
l O.llJ b5
4 5
13.0-0 Theory gives only 13 .JI.c4 Jl. g7 5.e4 fl) c6 6.1L e3 fl) f6
.te6 14. l::t c 1 as slightly better for 7.i'l)cJ i'l)g4 8.xg4 i'l)xd4 9.dl
White. As usual Vassily Ivanchuk has e5 1 0.i'l) b5 0-0 1 1 . d2 h4
caused everyone to take a fresh look 1 2. 1L d3
at things. It may be that 10. tD b5 and
1 1 . .t e2 is White's best chance for an
advantage against 9 . . . e5. 13 Ji.e6
..
4 6
for White. In fact if we look at the
actual continuation of the game it
becomes clear why Espig was will
ing to repeat the line (and why he has
been willing to play 9 ... e5 for over
twenty years!). Instead of the text
(23. b7), Gufeld went into a pawn
up ending. However after 23. xf7
lli' xf7 24.i. xf7+ xf7 25. d7+
e6 26. xh7 a5 it soon became
apparent that Black's active pieces
fully compensated for the material
16 f5 Espig's attempt to revive the
..
deficit and a draw was soon agreed--
line. The natural looking l 6... i. e6 27.b3 a4 28.bxa4 xa4 29. a7 b4
is strongly met by 17.f3 ! lli' xd5 (for 30.fl bl+ 3 l . e2 i. c3 32.f3
1 7 . . . 11i' f5 1 8. i. d3 see game 66) b2+ 33.Wfl exf3 34.gxf3 xh2
18. 11i' e2 ! trapping the Queen in the 35.a4 a2. Quist prefers to stay in
middle of the board! 17.l::t acl d7 the middlegame but his decision is
18.Ae2 Threatening 19.g4 trapping debatable. Perhaps 16 ... 11i' f5 may re
the Queen. 1 8... e4 19.l::!: c7 A c6
vive interest in l l . . . lli' h4 and 1 2 . . . d5.
20. dxc6 l::t x d 2 2 1 . 1::t xd2 b xc6
23...l::t f8 24.l::t xa7 -'. f4 25.l::!: a3
22.Ac4 e5
j,xe3 26.l::t xe3 W g7 27.l::t de2 l::t d8
28.-'. b3 l::t d4 29. c2 c5
30.-'. xe4?? l::t dl+ 31.l::t el xe3
32.fxe3 l::t xel+ 33. Wf2 :at 34.a3
c5 35.d5 l::!: d l 36.e4 ktd2+ 0:1
66
Arinbjorn Gunnarson
A. Mossin
Reykjavik 1994
47
14.f3 d5 1 5 . .it xg7 ll xe4+ 16.f2 67
c5+ 17. g3 e3 = (analysis Emil Anka
Kuzmin). ll ..Jth4 GM G.Kuzmin, Jeremy Silman
in his book on the Novi Sad Olym Budapest 1994
piad (which he co-authored with
Maya Chiburdanidze) had some in
teresting things to say about the Ac l . e4 c5 2 . it:) fJ it:) c6 J.d4 cxd4
celerated Dragon and the 9 ... e5 line 4.it:)xd4 g6 5.c4 Ag7 6.Ae3 it:)f6
against the Maroczy. Here he men 7.it:)cJ it:)g4 8.'it xg4 it:) xd4 9. 'it d1
e5 1 0.it:) b5 0-0 1 1 . 'ii' d 2 'ii' e 7
tions the possiblity of l l ...d6 12 . .it d3
1 2. 0 -0-0 1 2 . f3 f5 13 . .it d3 d6?
( 1 2. ' xd4 exd4 l 3 . .it xd4 h4
1 4 . .it g5 ! .it f6 15 . .it xf6 xf6
14. e3 .it h6 15.f3 ll es 16. .t d3
16.'Jxd4 exd4 17.0-0 gave White
f5 winning) 1 2 . . . A e6 with equal
a clear advantage in Yemelin-Silman,
chances. 1 2.Ad3 d5 13.cxd5 it:)xb5
Budapest 1 994, but Black can im
1 4 . A xb5 'ii' xe4 1 5. 0 -0 l:! d 8
16.l:!fd1 Ae6 prove with 13 . . .'J xb5 14.cxb5 d6
15 . .it c4+ .it e6. 12 ... it:)xb5 13.cxb5
d5 14.exd5
1 7.f3 'ii' f5 Or 17 ... xd5 18.e2 and 14 .. J:td8! This position has long
the Queen is without a square. A trap been thought to be good for White
that many players have fallen into. based on 1 4 . . . Af5 1 5 . Ad3, but
1 8 . A d 3 l:! xd5 1 9 . A xf5 l:! xd 2 14 .. J:!:d8! -an idea of the English GM
20.l:!xd2 A xf5 21.l:!c1 e4 22.Ii:c7 Peter Wells-changes the situation
exfJ 23. gxf3 A e6 24.l:! xb7 a5 considerably. 15.d6 Alternatives are:
25.l:!a7 l:!b8 26.Af4 l:!c8 27.:xa5 ( 1 ) 15.Ac4 Af5 16.b3 a6! 1 7 .b6
Ars 28.l:!e2 A hJ 29.Wf2 Acs+ ( 1 7 .bxa6 b5 ! ) 1 7 . . J:t d7 1 8 . W b2
JO.W gJ Ae6 Jl.l:!c2 1:0 (18.d6 d8) 18 . . . l: ad8 19.f3 e4+
4 8
20.A d4 l::t xd5 2 1 . A xd5 l::t xd5 win. 19 J::t ac8 19 ... Axd6! still ap
2 2 . 'iV c3 l::t xd4 2 3 . l::t xd4 exf3 pears playable. 20.h5? 20.f3 was
much better. 20 il xd6 2 1 . A c3
24. gxf3 'iV e2+ 2 5 . a3 A xd4
..
4 9
9 .llJ e6
..
17.iJ.. xgS llg8 18.iLh4 'it'hS 19.ii.g3
llJ cS 20.fJ llc8 21.c4 'it'g6 22.llfdl
'it' e6 23. 'it' c2 'it' c6 24.ll dS llJ e6
2S.ll bdl liJ f8 26.ll c l ll g6 27.f4
'it'b7 28.fS llgc6 29.'it' a4 llcS 30.f6
exf6 3 1.ii. d6 'it'c6 3 2.'it' a3 ll xc4
33.llcdl llc3 34.'it'b2 'it'a4 3S.l::rS d2
'it'c4 36.h3 llc6 37.lld4 llc2 38.'it'aJ
'it' e2 39. 'it' g3 llJ g6 40.JL b4 d 6
4 1 .ll 4d 2 ll xd2 4 2 . ll x d 2 'it' xe4
43.iJ.. xd6 llc2 44.llxc2 'irxc2 4S.'irfJ
fS 46.'it' a8+ W d7 47.ii. b8 'it' cS+
48.Wh2 bS 49.'ti'b7+ We8 SO.ii.xa7
'ireS+ Sl.Whl Wf8 S2.'ird7 'irel+
S3.'it> h2 'ireS+ S4.W hl f4 SS.'it'd8+
'ireS S6.ii.cS+ 1 :0
68
Viktor Bologan
9 .. llJ e6 lO. c l a5
.
1 . e4 cS 2 . f3 c6 3.d4 cxd4
4.xd4 g6 S.c4 iJ.. g7 6.iJ.. e3 f6
7.c3 g4 8.'lhg4 xd4 9.'iVd1
e6 10.iJ.. d3 JJ.. xc3+ 11.bxc3 'iras
69
Jakov Nesterov
Vladimir Ilinsky
Bishkek 11
5 0
4.ltJxd4 g6 5.e4 ltg7 6.ite3 itJf6 4.it:)xd4 g6 5.c4 ltg7 6.ite3 it:)f6
7.itJcJ ltJg4 8.'ihg4 ltJxd4 9.''d1 7.it:)cJ it:)g4 8.xg4 it:) xd4 9.d 1
ltJe6 10.d2 a5 1l.l:cl b6 12.b3 it:) e6 1 0. l: c1 a 5 1 1 . d 2 b 6
Ab7 13.itJd5 xd2+ 14.Wxd2 l:c8 12.d5
1 5.b4 it d4 16.it d3 d6 1 7. f4 f6
1 8. W e2 A xel 1 9 . W xe3 W f7
20.l:c3 itJd8 21.l:c2 itc6 22.h4
it d7 23.a3 itJe6 24.g4 ltJc7 25.g5
iDxd5+ 26.exd5 h5 27.W d4 l:c7
28.l:hcl l:d8 29.lte4 a6
5 1
I . A d 2 Va n dcr Sterren-Rogers, 27.l::!: cc1 l::!: hb8 28.l::!: fe1 d6 29.g3
l ' r ague I IJ92, was drawn at this point. l::!: xa7 30.c3 W c6 31.Wg2 l::!: d 7
I !L.d6 1 6.lDd5 lDc5 17.lDc7+?! 32. l::!: b 1 l::!: x b 1 33. l::!: x b 1 c7
34.Wfl l::!: d3 35.l::!: c 1 eS 36.We2 e4
37.l::!: c2 fS 0:1
71
Jiri Malivanek
Jan Michalek
Czech Republic 1994
1 8. lD b5 eS 1 9 . x a5 lD xe4
20.d3 lDcS 21.c2 a6 22.lDa7
b 7 23.0-0 e4 24. b4 xc 2
25.l::!: xc2 l::!: b 7! 26.bxc5 dxcS! The
Knight won't run away!
5 2
60. l:!: e4+ W a5 6 1 . :1:1: xe7 e5
6 2. l:!: a7+ W b6 63.l:!: a6+ W b 7
64.c4 l:!:xa2 65.l:!:a4 l:!:g2+ 66.WfS
l:!:gl 67.We6 l:!:xhl 68.d6 :!:!:el 69.d7
.i.c7+ 70.W xf6 W c6 7 1.e6 hl
7 2. :1:1: a8 h2 73. d 8='if A xd8+
74.l:!:xd8 l:!:xe6+ 0:1
12. Bd3
72
Voronjatov
Vokarev
Russia 1993
5 3
21. b4 22.:cd 1 c5 2J.c2 a5
15.b1 h4 16.l:!fd1 d6 1 7.f3 c6
24.Wfl h5 25.h4 g4 26.d5 gxfJ 18.b2 0-0 19.b4 e5 20. d 2
27. gxf3 f6 28J! g1 W f7 29.We3 l:!fc8 2 1.d5 W f8 22.f2 b 2
l:!cg8 JO.l:!dg2 l:!xg2 Jl.l:!xg2 e6 23.l:!c2 aJ 24.d 2 Aa4 25.Axg5
32.f4 e5 JJ.d5 e6 34.A d 1 xg5 26.xg5 e6 27.e7+ W g8
A xd5 35.exd5 f4 36.l:!g1 g6 28. f6+ xf6 29. xf6 eJ+
37.Ac2 xh4 38.f4 exf4+ 39.W xf4 JO. W fl A xc2 3 1 . A xc2 l:! xc4
l:!e8 40.e4 l:!e5 41.c5 f5 42.h1 3 2. A b 3 c 1 33.l:! xc1 xc l +
g6+ 43.Wg3 dxc5 44.l::J: c t l:!e3+ 34:&te2 l:!c8 35.f4 cJ 36.xh4
45.wf2 l:!c3 46.l:!d1 f4 47.0 h4 b 2+ 37.W el l:! c t + 3 8. d 1
48.l:!h 1 hJ 49.W g3 dJ so.Ah5+ xb4+ 39.W e2 b 2 + 40. W e l
'iil f6 5 1.'&th4 f4 0:1 xg2 0:1
12.i. e2
73
Bragin
Vokarev
Russia 1993
l . e4 c5 2 . f3 c6 J.d4 cxd4
4.xd4 g6 5.c4 Ag7 6.e3 f6
7.c3 g4 8Jifxg4 xd4 9.d1
e6 10.l:!c1 a5 11.d3 b6 12.0-0
A b7 13.d2 g5 14.b3 h5
5 4
74 43.'it> e 2 %:[ g3 44.%:t xeS+ 'it> b6
Vladimir Kramnik 4S.%:txeS %:txg2+ 46.'it>e3 Draw
Lj ubomir Lj ubojevic
Monaco 1994
7S
Milan Vukic
Milos Pavlovic
t.lt) fJ cS 2.c4 g6 3.e4 JJ.. g7 4.d4 cxd4 Yugoslavia 1993
S.tll xd4 lll c6 6.JI.. e3 lll f6 7.lll c3
lll g4 8. xg4 lll xd4 9.d1 lll e6
10.d2 aS l l.%:t cl b6 12.JI.. e 2 1.tll fJ g6 2.c4 Jig7 3.d4 cS 4.e4 cxd4
JJ.. b 7 lJ.fJ hS 14.b3 h4 1S.tll dS S.tll xd4 lll c6 6.JI.. e3 tll f6 7.tll c3
'ilxd2+ 16.'it>xd2 tll g4 8.'ihg4 tll xd4 9.'il d 1 tll e6
10.'ild2 'ia5 l l.l:I cl b6 12.JI.. e 2
.ib7 lJ.fJ gS 14.0-0 hS 1S.%:tfd1 d6
16.a3 Wf8 17.tll dS 'ilxd2 18.%:txd2
a Knight, which often dominates JJ.. d4 2 2.JJ.. xd4 tll xd4 23.tll e3 aS
against White's light squared Bishop. 24.%:tb1 Jl.. c6 2S.'it>f2 'it>g7 26.JI.. d 1
17.tl:hd1 Jl.. xe3+ 18.'it>xe3 gS 19.b4 %:t a8 27.%:td2 lll e6 28.tll fS+ 'it> f6
d6 20.cS bxcS 21.bxcS dxcS 22.tll c3 29.'it>e3 Ad7 30.bS %:t ac8 31.'it>f2
JJ.. c6 23. JJ.. c4 tll d4 24.tll e2 eS lll f4 32.tll e3 A e6 33.ll c1 %:t cS
2S.JI.. a6 Jl.. a4 26.l:ld2 :C:h6 27.JI.. b7 34.JL e2 tll xe2 3S. 'it> xe2 ll hc8
n b8 28.JJ.. dS %:t c8 29.lll c3 JJ.. d7 36.%:td4 'it>es 37.'it>d3 trgs 3s.nn
30.JI.. c4 Ac6 31.h3 %:td6 32.l:l:b2 'it>e7 %:tgc8 39.g3 hxg3 40.hxg3 f5 41.f4+
33.tll d1 f5 34.lll c3 fxe4 3S.fxe4 nrs 'it>f6 42.fxgS+ 'it>xgS 43.exf5 Axf5+
36.iJ.. dS Ad7 37.JI.. c4 Ac6 38.iJ.. dS 44.'it>c3 l:!:eS 4S.tll dS Jl b8 46.l::t f3
'it> d7 39.Axc6+ 'it>xc6 40.lll a4 tll e6 llb7 47.tll e3 l::!: d7 48Jlh4 e6 49.%:th8
4 1 .lll xeS tll xeS 42.ll bc2 l:t d3+ Jl.. h 7 SO.l:te8 Draw
5 5
Chapter 6
li)fJ+ 16.J.xf3 xg5 17.cl g6
Double Fianchetto
18.W h1 W h8 19.eJ J.e5 20.J.e2
versus the Maroczy l::!: g8 21.g4 c5 22.f4 J. d4 23.f3
J.b7 24.li)d5 h6
5 6
10.ii. xd4 1Lb7 l l .e5 e8 12.1Lf3
1L xfJ 13.'ti' xfJ
78
Magnus Eriksson
Ian Rogers
13 ... d6 14.exd6 1L xd4 15.0-0-0 Malmo 1993
1L xc3 16.'ti'xc3 l::t c8 17.W b1 exd6
1 8. h4 b5 19.l::t x d6 l::t xc4 20J!*d3
l::t e8 21.h5 'ti'e7 22.a4 l::t e4 23.hxg6
1.f3 f6 2.c4 c5 3.c3 g6 4.d4
hxg6 24.'ti'd5 l::t e6 25.l::t xe6 'ti'xc6
cxd4 5.xd4 lLg7 6.e4 c6 7.li.e3
26.'ti' xb5 'ti' e4 + 27.W a2 'ti' xf4
0-0 s.Ae2 b6 9.0-0 j_b7 10.'ti'd2?
2 8. 'ti' xd7 l::t b8 29. 'ti' c6 'ti' d4 One of the practical merits of play
30.'ti'c2 a5 31.l:i:h3 l::t d8 32.'ti'b3
ing the Fianchetto variation against
'ti'e5 33.'ti'b5 'ti'e6+ 34.l::i: b3 l::t d 5 the Maroczy Bind is the traps that
35. 'ti' c4 'ti' d6 36. 'ti' c8+ W g7 White can fall into. Besides the text
3 7. l::t h 3 l::t h 5 38. l::t xh5 gxh5 many good players have fallen into
39.'ti'c3+ W g6 40.'ti' xa5 'ti'e6+
l O.l:I c l ? lZJ xd4 l l .A xd4 A h6.
4 1.W a3 'ti'e4 42.'ti'b6+ f6 43.'ti'b3
Also not to be overlooked in the list
h4 44.a5 'ti'e2 45.'ti'd5 f5 46.'ti'c6+
W g5 47.a6 h3 48.gxh3 f4 49.Wa2
of tricks and traps is 1 0.f3 lZJ h5
'ti'eJ 50.'ti'b7 d4 51.Wa3 'ti'd3+ l l .f4? lZJxf4! 10... xd4 11.1Lxd4
52.b3 'ti'c3 53.'ti'e7+ W h5 54.Wa4 e5! If White is unfamiliar with this
f3 55.a7 'ti' c6+ 56.W a3 'ti' c l + variation he may work out the line
57.Wb4 'ti'd2+ 1 :0 1 1 . . . lZJ xe4? 1 2 . lZJ xe4 A xe4
13.Axg7 Wxg7 14.'i:Vd4+ and fig
ure out everything is okay. The tricky
text doesn't win material but it does
1 0.'fid2? gain the Bishop pair in an open posi-
5 7
l!o. u lt ) u4 I J.'1ht-4 AxeS
1 1 1 11 1 1 1 . 21.fxg6 hxg6 22.h6 ti 2J.ligJ
H . 'l llh Ad, l !'i.n11dl e7 16.Ag4 g5 24.h4
j l h D: l d ? f6 ! 1 7 . b3 i.. cJ 1 8.'d3
A xe l 1 9.llxc l e5! and Black is
winning. Eingorn-Rogers, London
1 989J 1 6 i.. xd6 1 7.'ihd6 e4
5 8
10.f3 2 1 . 'if xd4 li) xf3+ 2 2. gxf3 A xd4
23.!:txd4 f6 24.Itd2 Vc7 25.Ji.f4
Itcd8 26.Itcd1 Vc5 27.li)a4 'if h5
28.it) g4 W f7 2 9 . It xd6 It xd 6
30.It xd6 b5 3 t. li) b 6 'if c5+
32.Wg2 g5 33.Itd7+ W g6 34.Ji.e3
Vc6 35.it)xf6 W xf6 36.e5+ 1:0
81
Alexander Wojtkiewicz
Juan Bellon
lraklion 1993
5 9
H2 83
Ank1t l<:mil Alexander Dgebuadze
And ries l>ckkcr Kvetoslav Znamenacek
ll n l nto n bc rcmy 1993 Pardubice 1993
l.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 l.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4
g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 0-0 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 0-0
8.Be2 b6 9.0-0 Bb7 10.f3 e6 11.Qd2 8.Be2 b6 9.0-0 Bb7 10.f3 e6 11.Qd2
d5 1 2.cxd5 exd5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 d5 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.cxd5 exd5 14.e5
14.e5 Nd7 15.f4 Nc5 See next game Nd7 15.f4 Nc5 Reaching the same
for a different way to proceed from position as the previous game.
here. 16.Bxc5 bxc5 16.Radl Nc4
60
84 85
Jan Timman Alcksandar Kovacevic
Artur Yusupov Vladimir Georgiev
Brussels 1992 Varna 1994
stick a Knight on d4 or f4. 1J.f4 1 7 ... xf4 18.li xf4 Axf4 19. gxf4
lL xcJ 1 4 . b xc3 f6 1 5 .e5 e4 Il: g6+ 20. W fl c7 2 1 . d2 e6
22.e3 c6 2J.Wel d6 24.W d2
16.el d6 Black should have
g2 25.'f2 e5 26. xg2 l:! xg2
played 16 f5 (Yusupov) with White
27.fxe5 dxe5 28.Axe5 f4 29.Wc1 f3
...
6 1
Chapter 7
Play on the Dark Squares
versus the Maroczy ... llJ h6
86
Migucl lllcscas
Normally the second player fights the Boslm Abramovic
Maroczy Bind with . . . b7-b5, but here Bicl 1993
we see a different strategy - the fight
for the dark squares. Black's play
with 8 . . . d7-d6 may seem a IitLle slow l.lll fJ c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.lll xd4
and passive, but trying to crack the Ji g? 5.e4 lll c6 6.Jie3 d6 7.lll c3
setup is another matter. lll h6 Abramovic is about the only
GM in the world willing to defend
Systems in the Maroczy where . . . f7- the ... lll h6 line. What he had in mind
f5 works, with White's Knight still on existing theory is unknown as
on d4, probably don't exist. Illescas Illescas deviates first. However his
Abramovic (game 86) is a caution choice is also good and the Spanish
ary tale. GM soon has a big advantage, Black
surviving only by a miracle. 8.Jie2
Finally check out Ernst-Petursson 0-0 9.0-0 f5 10.cxf5 gxf5 ll.f4 Jid7
(game 87) where the Icelandic GM 1 2. d 2 ill g4 l J . Ji x g4 fxg4
manages to trick a respected theore 14.l:!adl [14.lll d5 l:!f7 1 5.f5 W h8
tician and win a free move! 16.lll e6 Szabo-Larsen, Vinkovci
62
1 970) 14 Ji'e8 15.lt)de2 l:t d8 16.b3
87
g6 1 7. b5 a6 1 8. bc3 j, fs Thomas Ernst
19.g3 e6 20.j,b6 l:td7 21.xf5 Margeir Petursson
l:t xf5 22.e4 d5 23.e2 d4 24.g3 Reykjavik 1994
1:t fti 25. e4 xe4 26. xe4 h5
27.c5 l:t de7 28.l:tdel e5 29.f5
j, h6 JO.f6 l:te8 Jl.e4 l:te6 32.l:tf5 l . e4 c5 2 . f3 c6 J. d4 cxd4
W h 7 JJ.l:t xh5 l:t exf6 34. xf6+ 4.xd4 g6 5.c4 f6 6.c3 d6 7.f3
l:t xf6 35.l:thxe5 xeS 36.j,xd4 j, g7 (By this move order Black side
steps the complex lines arising from
7 ...xd4 8.xd4 li.. g7 9. Ji.. e3 0-0
IO.d2 Ji..e6 l l .cl as 1 2.d5.
Also note that the KID Samisch line
l .d4 lll f6 2.c4 g6 3.lt:lc3 Ji.. g7 4.e4
d6 5.f3 0-0 6. Ji..e3 c5 7.lt:lge2 lt:lc6
8.d2 cxd4 9.0xd4 0xd4 10.xd4
Ji.. e6 leads to approximately the same
position.) 8.Ji.. e3 0-0 9.Ji.. e2 xd4
10.ii.. xd4 li.. e6 U.l:tcl a5 12.d2
l:tfc8 lJ.bJ a6 14.j_eJ
63
l . ft ) d i hd2+ 1 6.W xd2 li:) xd5 32.d5 JJ..c7 33.c6 l:!: at+ 34.We2
1 7 . o d j_ d 7 I H .li xc8+ l:!: xc8 JJ.. e5 35.e8+ W g7 36.xe7 JJ.. f6
I 'J.lld ll xc l 20.Wxcl Wf8 Draw 3 7. c7 l:!: a2+ 38.W d 1 gxf5
39.g3+ Wf8 40.d6+ W g7 41.e5
JJ.. g5 42.c6 l:!: d2+ 43.We1 l:!: d4
88 44.g3 l:!:e4+ 45.Wf1 l:!:xe5 46.c7
Viktor Korchnoi l:!:e7 47.c5 W g6 48.c6+ JJ.. f6
Granda Zuniga 49. a6 l:!:d7 50. We2 l:!:e7+ 51.Wft
Buenos Aires 1993 Draw
89
Alexander Veingold
Deco Hergott
Manila (ol) 1992
64
i4h6 12Jk2 [12.f4?! it..d7 (12 ... e5)
1 3 .W h 1 e5 14.il.e3 il.c6 1 5.il.d3
li)h5 1 6.li)e2 il. xe4?! ( 1 6 . . . exf4
1 7 . li) xf4 il. xf4 1 8. il. xf4 li) xf4
1 9. l:i: xf4 l:i: e5 ! ) 1 7. il. xe4 exf4
1 8. li) xf4 i4 xf4 1 9 . il. xf4 l:i: xe4
20.il.xd6 'ld7 2 1 .'ld5 l:i:e2 22.i4a3
l:i: d2 23.'lxd7 l:i:xd7;!;; Schleifer
Hergott, Canada (ch) 1986.] 12 e5
ltJ b3
6 5
Ill 1 1 . l 1ih4 22Jihg4
11 \ c '\ fxg6 2S.i.d4 :!:adS 26.e6+ 'it> hS
h '\ 1 1 "" tn ,..,a 24.ll xc4 Axc4 2 7 . l:!: xd3 l:!: d6 2 8 . xe7 l:!: fd 8
I " I I 1'1 do l(o. ll h l ll b7 27.it)c2 2 9. l:!: cd 1 l:!: S d7 30. e3 ., dS
1 1 H . 't kl A u.a 29.I:I: b4 it. d7 3 l.it)bS l:!:e7 32.it)xd6 1 :0
lll h(o f h J l . 4 Ac6 32.'it>f2
., .u . ll b 2 Il d 7 34.A d4 eS
B .\!<. x h(o f* a3 36J:!: d 2 xc3
.
92
J 7 . ll f 2 b4 38.cS dS 39.a3 f4 Vlastimil Hort
411. d4 cxf4 4l.it)g2 d4 42.gxhS Peter Meister
4J,it)xf4 l:!:eJ 44.it)xhS l:!: xfJ+ Germany 1994
4. W c l d3 46.l:!:h2 l:!: dS 0:1
66
7.J.. e2 Ji. g7 s.J.. e3 0-0 9.0-0 J.. d 7
10.c2 a6 ll.fJ lies 1 2. a4 J.. e6
13.d5 d7 14.libl a5 15.b4 axb4
1 6.cxb4 a5 1 7.J.. d4 li. xd4+
18.xd4 c6 19.e3 lia8 20.d3
lixa4 21.lixb7 lia3 22.d2 J.. xd5
23.cxd5 d4 24.l:tfbl Draw
94
Grigory Serper
Salor Sitanggang
Jakarta 1994
40.d3 d4 41.h4 <ot> gS 42.Wh2
h5 43.xc3 d1= 44.c8+ Wf7
Draw
l . c4 c5 2 . f3 c6 3 . d4 cxd4
4. xd4 g6 5.e4 JL g7 6.1Le3 d6
ltJ c2 7.c3 f6 8.Ji.. e2 0-0 9.0-0 Ji.. d 7
10.c2 a5 uJcl lifc8 1 2. f3
d8 13.d2 f8 14.b3 h6 15.lifd1
W h 7 16.Ji.fl li. e6 1 7. d5 e8
t8.el J.. d 7 19.W h t lid8 20.f2
93
Nigel Short
Margeir Petursson
Tilburg 1992
20... h8 Black's elastic position is
not easy to crack. 2 1 . d3 e6
2 2 . 5b4 x b4 2 3. xb4 a5
l . e4 c5 2 . f3 c6 3.d4 cxd4 24.c2 .ic6 25.d4 .i f6 26.h4
4. xd4 g6 5.c4 f6 6.c3 d6 g7 Draw
6 7
95 4.ti)xd4 g6 5.e4 A g7 6.-'leJ ti)f6
(; aiury Scq,cr 7.ti)c3 0-0 8.i.e2 d6 9.0-0 ti)xd4
Zhynck l l racck to.Axd4 Ad7 u.'ild3 Ac6 12.b4
J11karta 1994 b6 lJ.aJ a5 14.'ife3 ti)d7 15.i.xg7
xg7 16.l:tadl axb4 1 7.axb4 l:taJ
1 8 . 'if d4+ g8 1 9. l:t a 1 l:t xa l
t . c4 c5 2 . .H3 it) c6 3.d4 cxd4 20.l:txal 'ifc7 21.ti)d5 A xd5
4.ti) xd4 g6 5.e4 ti)f6 6.ti)c3 d6
7.Ac2 Ag7 s.Ae3 0-0 9.0-0 Ad7
10.ti)c2 l:t c8 l l.f3 A e6 12. 'if d2
ti) d7 13.l:t ac l a5 14.l:tfd 1 ti)c5
15.b3 l:ta8 16.ti)d5 l:te8 17.l:t b1
68
97 19.xd5 ltJc5 20.l:Ic3 b6 2 1.h4
Gylfi Thorhallsson a4 22. d2 axbJ 23.axb3 l:IaJ 24.h5
Margeir Petursson a5 25.l:Idl l:I a1 26.l:Ixal xal+
Akureyri 1994 27.l:I c l ltJ xb J 28.l:I x a l 4J xd 2
29.l:Idt ltJxc4 JO.hxg6 hxg6 31.e2
l:Ic8 32.f3 b5 33.Wf2 l:Ic6 34.l:I bl
l . e4 c5 2.<H3 4J c6 3.d4 cxd4 l:Ic5 35.l:I d l W f8 36 .1L xc4 bxc4
4.4J xd4 g6 5.c4 4Jf6 6.4J c3 d6 37.l:Ixd6 We7 38.l:Id2 l:Ic6 39.We2
7.e2 g7 8.e3 0-0 9.0-0 d7 l:I d6 40.l:I c2 l:I d4 4 1.l:I a2 W d6
toJ:ret 42.l:Ia5 l:IdJ 4J.l:Ia7 f6 44.l:In 'itlc5
4S.l:Ixf6 d6 46.l:If8 cJ 47.c8+
W b4 48.g3 W bJ 49.f4 exf4 50.gxf4
c2 51.l:I b8+ 'it> cJ 52.l:Ic8+ W b2
SJ.l:Ib8+ Wet 54.l:Ib4 l:Ia6 SS.e5
l:I a2 56.e6 l:Ia6 57.e7 :e6+ 58.Wd3
l:I xe7 59.l:Ic4 W dl 0:1
98
Lucas Brunner
Margeir Petursson
Lucerne 1993
69
Ho. h.j The pri ncipa l drawback of 0-0 s.Ae2 d6 9.0-0 A d7 10.'iVd2
'' ah stcms lo be I hal it allows White xd4 11.A xd4 A c6 1 2.f3 d 7
u lui loo much expansion. 16 ...'i'b6 13.Ae3 a6 14.b4 b 5 15.l::t act bxc4
1 7. l hhlo f1)xb6 16.Axc4 e5 17.Ae2 f5 18.d5
fxe4
99 100
Lubomir Ftacnik Yury Dokhoian
Henrik Teske Igor Glek
Germany 1993 Godesburg 1994
1.f3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.xd4 l.fl c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.xd4
Ag7 5.e4 c6 6.Ae3 f6 7.c3 Ag7 5.e4 c6 6.ii..e3 f6 7.c3
70
0-0 8.Ji.. e2 d6 9.0-0 Ad7 10J:!:c1 If 101
White plans to capture on g7 then Maya Chiburdanidze
10.l:c1 is the most accurate move Borislav lvkov
here. The point is that the Queen can Monaco 1994
often come to d4 in one move (dl
d4+). 10 lihd4 11.Ji.. xd4 Ji..c6 12.f3
7 1
102 49.g7 e 1 = 50. gxf8= e2 +
U11nld ( '11mpora 5 1. g5 xa2 5 2. d6 g2 +
lltnt I .11 rscn 53.h6 a 2 54.f8= a1=
llutnos Aires 1993
103
Alexander Wojtkiewicz
Helgi Olafsson
St. Martin 1993
72
23.l::!: cd2 e5 24.g3 W g7 25.Ah3 104
e7 26.f4 l::!: bb8 27.f5 g5 28.Ag4 Jesus De La Villa
f6 29.h4 h6 30 .kth5 l::!: d 7 3 l.Ag6
Ulf Andersson
l::!: h8 32.l::!: h2 l::!: d d8 33.f2 b7 San Sebastian 1994
34.WfJ
l . e4 c5 2.ltH3 tD c6 3 . d4 cxd4
4.tDxd4 g6 5.c4 Ag7 6.Ae3 tDf6
7.tDc3 0-0 8.Ae2 d6 9.0-0 A d 7
10.d2 tDxd4 ll.Axd4 Ac6 12.0
ll'l d 7 1 3 . A e3 a5 1 4. b3 tD c5
15. 1::!: a b 1 b6 1 6 . 1::!: fc 1 1::!: fc8
1 7.Afl b4 18.b2 b6 19.d2
d8 20.tDd1 f8 21.tDf2 h5 Keep
ing White's Knight out ofg4 and pre
paring for the exchange of dark
squared Bishops. 22.tD d3 h 7
23.l::!: e 1
34 lthe4 35.l[he4 g4+ 36.Wxg4
.
73
ll d 7 4. D: c t IIc7 46. W f4 hxg4 106
47.fxg4 c4 48.l::t c3 gS+ Draw Ruslan Sherbakov
Aldo Haik
lOS Metz 1994
Vassily lvanchuk
Bent Larsen
Monaco 1992 l.d4 g6 2.c4 cS 3.tt:\f3 cxd4 4.tt:lxd4
JJ.. g7 5.e4 tt:lc6 6.JJ.. e3 tt:lf6 7.tt:lc3
0-0 8.lLe2 d6 9.0-0 JJ.. d 7 lO.'iVd2
l .e4 cS 2.itH3 tt:\ c6 3.d4 cxd4 tt:lxd4 u.JJ.. xd4 JJ.. c6 1 2.f3 a5 13.b3
4.tt:lxd4 g6 S.c4 iJ.. g7 6.iJ.. e3 tt:lf6 tt:l d 7 1 4.iJ.. f2 tt:l cs t s.l::t ab l rs
7.tt:lc3 0-0 8.iJ.. e2 d6 9.0-0 iJ.d7 16.exfS gxfS 1 7.iJ.. d l e5 18.iJ.. c2
10.'i'd2 tt:lxd4 1 1.iJ.. xd4 iJ.. c6 12.f3 'iVe7 19.libdl liad8 20.tt:ldS iJ.. xd5
aS 13.l::t abl tt:l d7 14.iJ.. e3 tt:\ cs 21.'iVxd5+ W h8
1S.b3 'iVb6 16.l::t fc1 l::tfc8 1 7.l::t c 2
'iVd8 18.a3 hS 19.iJ.fl iJ.. d 7 20.tt:ldS
e6 2 1. tt:l c3 'iV e7 22 .J. gs 'iV rs
23.iJ.. f4 eS 24.iJ.. e3
74
10.'itd2 it:)xd4 ll.Axd4 Ac6 12.f3 l::t xf4 4S.AxdS+ <b g7 46.Ae4 l::t f7
as 1 J . b 3 it:) d 7 1 4 . A e3 it:) cs 47.Wc4 l::t d7 48.AdS l::t e7 49.l::t c2
1SJhb1 'itb6 16.l::tfct l::tfc8 17.l::tc2 l::t e 1 SO.A b7 W f6 S t. A e4 l::t d 1
hS 18.it:)dS A xdS 19.cxdS S2.W bS gS SJ.l::t e2 l::t a 1 S4.Ad3
l::t g1 SS.A h7 l::t a1 S6. W c4 l::t g1
S7.WdS l::t d t+ ss.wc6 l::trt s9.Ad3
l::tf2 Draw
108
Ilya Gurevich
Margeir Petursson
St. Martin 1993
42 ... it:)hS 43.l::t e2 it:)f4+ 44.A xf4 'itb8 2 t .A b6 it:)cs 22J:l:bl l::t a6
7 5
23.AxcS dxcS 24.g3 A.g7 2S.e3 24... @t'e7 2S.ltbS A xbS 26.@t'xe7
b6 26.A g2 @t' b7 27 . a4 l:r aa8 l:rxe7 27.exf6 Axc4 28.fxe7 Axfl
28.ll d 3 Il: a d8 29. l:r b d 1 l:r xd J 29.l:r xe6 W f7 30.e8=@t' + l:r xe8
JO.llxd3 e6 31.eS hS J2/lk3 Draw J t.l:rxe8 W xe8 32.Wxfl Draw
109 110
Gilberto Hernandez Jesus De La Villa
Margeir Petursson Hugo Spangenberg
Linares 1994 Seville 1994
76
111 SS .i.dS l::t cs S6 .i.f3 libS S7 .i. dS
7 7
Chapter 8
lt:J c2 in the Maroczy 7.it)c2 Jl.. g7 8.JI.. e2 0-0 9.0-0 it) d7
[9 . . . a6 1 0.l:Ie1 l:Ib8 1 l...t d2 J.d7
12.l:Ib1 li:)e8! 13.b4 li:)c7 14.a4? a5!
15.b5 it)d4 16.li:)xd4 J.xd4 17.l:Ib3
e 5 ! ? 1 8 . .-t fl li:)e6 1 9.it)d5 li:) c5
20.l:Ig3 J.e6 2 1.1.c3 J.xd5 22.J.xd4
li:)xe4 23 .l:Ia3? exd4 24.xd4 li:)f6!
25.cxd5 li:)d7 26.ae3 f6 27.a7
li:)c5 28.xa5 l:Ia8 29.c7 l:Ixa4
30.l:If3 l:If4 3 1 .l:Ixf4 xf4 32.g3
f6 3 3 . a5 d8 34.c3 l:I e8
35.l:Ic1 e7 36.h4 h5 37.J.g2 e2
38.f6 e5 39.f3 g7 40.d1
l:Ia8 4 l .c2 l:Ia3 42.b6 l:Ib3 43.l:Ib1
l:Ixbl+ 44.xb1 d4 45.c2 b4
0-1 Spraggett-Andersson, Manila (ol)
1 992] l O. l:I e l it) cs 1 1 .-t fl
The same rule that stipulates that
113
Alexander Shabalov
Albert Chow
New York 1993
7 8
21.1Ld3 1Le5 22.1Lg3 it:)ed4 23.it:)e3 Vh8 Draw
A xd3 24.it:) xd3 A g7 2 S.cS dS
26.it:) g4 V d 7 2 7 . it:) deS V rs
28.it:) xf7 V xf7 29.1L eS lL xeS 11S
30.it:)h6+ Wf8 1:0 Igor Stohl
Vidmantas Malisauskas
Manila (ol) 1992
114
Gyula Sax
Antonio Antunes 1.c4 cS 2.it:)f3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.it:)xd4
Benasque 1993 it:)c6 S.e4 it:)f6 6.it:)c3 d6 7.it:)c2
li.g7 8.il.e2 it:)d7 9.Ji.d2 0-0 10.0-0
it:)c5 1 1.f3 aS 12.il.e3 a4 13.'ild2
l . e4 cS 2 . it:) f3 it:) c6 3.d4 cxd4 V as 14.l::!: ab1 fS 1S.exfS A xfS
4.it:) xd4 g6 S.c4 it:) f6 6.it:)c3 d6 16.l::!: bc1
7.it:)c2 A g7 s.Ae2 it:)d7 9.Ad2 o-o
10.0-0 a5 11.Wh1 it:)cs 12.0 it:)e6
13. l::!: b 1 JL d 7 1 4 . it:) d S it:) ed 4
1 S. it:) xd 4 it:) x d4 1 6. lL gS l::!: e8
1 7.lLd3 Ac6 18.f4 it:)e6 19.1L h4
it:) cS 20. 1L c 2 1::!: b8 2 1 . fS it:) d 7
22.'iV d2 lLxdS 23.exdS it:)es 24.fxg6
hxg6 2S.Aa4 1::!:1'8 26.AbS
116
26 1Lf6 27.ii.. g3 fJ/c7 28.l::!: bc1 b6
Semen Dvoirys
29 .i.f4 W h7 30.h3 l::!: a8 31.b3 fJ/d8
Yaacov Zilbcrman
32.l::!: c d1 lLg7 33.a3 fS 34.fJ/e2 Ji.f6 Leeuwardcn 1994
3S.b4 axb4 36.axb4 it:)f7 37.'ilf2
W g7 38.il.e3 b8 39.Vg3 Aes
40.fJ/f2 l::!: h8 41.ktd3 l::t hs 42.Ad4 l . e4 cS 2 . it:) f3 it:) c6 3.d4 cxd4
7 9
4.'1 h d 4 g6 S.c4 lll f6 6.lt:lc3 d6 18.A xe6+ .i. xe6 19.!:l: xd6 !:l: ae8
7.f1)t2 1!7 8.Ae2 0-0 9.0-0 lll d 7 20. xe5 xeS 2 1 . A xe5 lt:l e4
I O.d2 l1\cs ll.b3 2 2 . !:l: d d 1 A xc4 2 3. A d4 A f7
24.Axa7 lt:lc3 25.!:l:d3 !:l:c8 26.lt:lb4
!:!:fd8 27.!:l:xd8+ !:l:xd8 28.fl Ae8
29.e1 f4 30.f3 g5 Jl.Acs A g6
32.!:l:c1 lll d5 33.!:l:d1 !:l:e8+ 34. fl
lll xb4 35.Axb4 !:l:c8 36.e2 Draw
117
Julian Hodgson
Devaki Prasad
Calcutta 1993
80
Chapter 9
White answers ... ll:J xd4
with 'iVdJ or 'iVeJ
118
Alexander Wojtkiewicz
Jacek Gdanski
White's Queen retreats (d3 and e3) Buenos Aires 1993
and Bishop placements (d2 and e2)
may seem modest compared to the
normal d2 and jt_g5 or d2 and
i.e3, but moving the Queen to d3 or l.it:)f3 it:)f6 2.c4 c5 J.if:)cJ it:)c6 4.d4
e3 has its benifits. cxd4 5.it:)xd4 g6 6.e4 d6 7.i. e2
it:)xd4 8.'xd4 Jig? 9.0-0 [9.it:)d5?!
0-0 10.it:)xf6+ i.xf6 l l .dl a5+
The Queen on d2 is often a target for 1 2 . d2 xd2+ 1 3 . W xd2 i. e6
Black's counterplay, while placing a 1 4 Jt b l b5 1 5 . cxb5 d 5 ! 16.exd5
Bishop there not only gives the c3 i.xd5 17.a4 l:!fd8 18.W e l i. xg2
square extra support (discouraging 19.l:!gl i.e4 20.l:!al l:!ac8 2 l . h4?!
. . . b7-b5) but also keeps Black 's l:!c2 22.i.dl l:!xdl+! 23.Wxdl l:!xf2
Queen off a5, its most active post. 24.i.g5 i.xb2 25.Wel l:!h2 26.l:!dl
f6 ! 27.i.e3 i. c3+ 28. W fl W f7
2 9 . i. xa7? i. f3 ! 3 0 . l:! e l i. xe l
3 l .Wxel l:!xh4 32.a5 l:!b4 33.Wf2
(33 .b6 l:!a4 34.Wf2 i.b7-+) 33 . . .
White plays 'i eJ l:!xb5 ! 34.Wxf3 l:!xa5 35 .i.e3 g5
8 1
3 6 . W g4 ll a3 3 7. it.. xg5 fxg5
38.W xg5 D! 3 9 .'iil h6 e5 40.xh7
I!h3# Grossman-Finegold, Detroit
1 993] 9 0-0 10.'iVe3 .te6 nJib1
..
82
7.Jl.. e2 fLlxd4 S. xd4 Jl.. g7 9.Jl.. e3
0-0 10.d2 Jl.. e6 1 1 .0-0 a5
12. ac1 a6 1 3 . f3 fcS 14.liJ d5
xd2 1 5 .Jl.. xd2 fLl xd5 16.cxd5
Jl.. d7 17.b3 Jl.. d4+ I S. h l Jl.. b2
1 9. c4 JJ.. b5 2 0 . xeS xeS
2 I .Jl.. xb5 axb5
121
Kenneth Larsen
John Donaldson
Long Beach 1993
8 3
122 123
Miguel Illescas Dmitry Kaiumov
Peter Lcko Eric Tangborn
Leon 1993 Budapest 1992
84
White plays i d3 'iV xd5 19. .i.f3 'iV d6 20..i.c3 .i.xc3
2 1 . 'iV xc3 A xf3 2 2. 'iV xf3 b xa4
23.l::txa4 l::t xb4 24.l::t xb4 'iVxb4 25.f5
'iVc5+ 26.'iVf2 'iVxf5 27.'iVxf5 gxf5
28.l::t xf5 f6 29.g4 rJiJ g7 30.rJiJg2 l::t a8
31.rJiJg3 l::ta3+ 32.rJiJh4 rJiJg6 33.l::t b5
e5 34.l::t b8 l::t a4 35.l::t g8+ rJiJ f7
36.l::t h8 rJiJ g7 37.l::t e8 l::t a3 38.l::t e7+
rJiJ g6 39.l::t e8 l::t f3 40.l::t g8+ rJiJ f7
41.l::t h8 rJiJ g7 42.l::t e8 h6 43.h3 rJiJf7
44.l':!:h8 e4 45.l::t h7+ rJiJg6 46.l':!:e7 e3
47.l::t e8 W f7 48.l::t e4 h5 49.l::t a4
rJiJe6 50.gxh5 rJiJ d5 51.l::t a 1 l::t f4+
52.W g3 l::t e4 53.h6 l::t e7 54. rJiJ f3
rJiJ d4 55.l::t d l+ Wc3 56.l::t e 1 W d2
57.l::t e2+ W d3 58.h7 Draw
124
John Fedorowicz
125
Hans Ree
Tibor Tolnai
Cannes 1992
Peter Leko
Hungary (ch) 1993
l . e4 c5 2 .ltH3 ll) c6 3. d4 cxd4
4.li:)xd4 g6 5.c4 li:)f6 6.li:)c3 li:)xd4 t.li:)f3 c5 2.c4 li:)f6 3.li:)c3 li:)c6 4.d4
7.'ihd4 d6 s.Ae2 Ag7 9.0-0 o-o cxd4 5.li:) xd4 g6 6.e4 d6 7.Ae2
10.'iVd3 a6 11.. d2 Ad7 1 2.'iVe3 ll) xd4 8. 'iV xd4 A g7 9.0-0 0-0
l::t b8 13.b4 b5 14.cxb5 axb5 15.f4 10.'.. d3 a6 u.Ae3 A d7 12.Ad4
Ac6 16.a4 .i.c6 13.b4 b5 14.cxb5 axb5 15.f3
16 d5! 1 7.exd5 li:) xd5 18.li:) xd5 15 l::t a3 16.'iV d2 'iV d7 1 7.l::t fd1
..
8 5
ri f11H I H. ll 11c l e b7 19.l::t c2 h5 matic . . . ti.J c5-e6-d4 . 1 S.Ji.. g4 a5
211.'1)b I Il3a6 2 1.lf'lc3 l::t a3 22.ll:lb1 19.l::t ad1 a4 20.a3 a5 21.l::t xd6
n JII(I 2J l1\c3 Draw
.
/t)bJ 22.l::t d3 c5 23.l::t h3 l::t adS
24./t)dS b5 25.l::t c3 bxc4 26.e3
xeJ 27.fxe3 Ji.. b5 2S.l::t c2 W g7
Draw
126
Philipp Schlosser
Peter Leko 12S
Brno 1993 Sergey Kudrin
John Donaldson
Reno 1992
l.c4 c5 2./t)fJ g6 J.d4 cxd4 4./t)xd4
/t)c6 5.e4 /t)f6 6./t)eJ d6 7.Ji.. e 2
it) xd4 S. xd4 Ji. g7 9.0-0 0-0 l . e4 e5 2./t) fJ /t) e6 J. d4 exd4
10.d3 d7 l l ..kteJ a6 12.fd1 4./t) xd4 g6 5.c4 /t)f6 6./t) eJ d6
c6 1 3.e2 a5 14.l::t ac1 lUes 7.Ji..e 2 it) xd4 S. xd4 Ji.g7 9.0-0 0-0
15.b1 h5 16.b4 16... e5 17.d4 10.d3 Ji.. d 7 11.Ji.. e3 a5 12.b3 ii.. e6
g5 1S . .kt f3 b5 19./t) dS .kt xd5 lJ.fJ /t)d7 14.l::t a e1 /t)c5 15.d2
20.e3 h4 21.cxd5 /t)g4 22.Ji.. xg4 ii.. e5 By a transposistion of moves a
h xg4 2J. l::t xeS+ l::t xeS 24. l::r e 1 position from chapter seven has been
l::t x cl+ 25.xe1 f6 26.h3 cJ reached. . Black's plan of a quick
27.hxg4 xb4 2S.cS+ Draw ... a7-d7 works well here but White
should have played for b 3 -b4 .
16.l::t f d1 b6 17.Ji.. fl l::t a7 1SJh 1
127
!:!: d 7 19./t)e2 e6
Emilio Pupo
Roman Hernandez
Havana 1992
8 6
Chapter 1 0
.aeJ and d2 129
Tal Shaked
John Donaldson
Reno 1993
8 7
h4 211. x h 4 a x h 4 2 1 .1L xg7+ 13.b4 d8 14.l:rab 1 b5 15.cxb5
W IJ.t7 22.c W fM 23.A g4 l:r xc 1 axb5 16.1Lxb5 l:rxa3 17.1Ld4 aS
24.n u I clxc 2 5. fxc5 ll'Jc7 26.Ji.O 18.Ji.d3 l:rc8 19.l:rfc1 ll'Jd7 20.Ji.xg7
1.: 2 7. rt c4 l1\ g6 28.l:r xb4 ll'J xe5 W xg7 21.1Lfl W g8 22.d4 ll'Je5
2tJ.ll xh7 1.1\ xf3+ 30.gxf3 l:ra5 31.d6 23.b5 a5 24.ll'Jd5 l:rxcl 25.l:rxc1
ri el 32.d7 We7 33.d8='ilh Wxd8 1L xd5 26.exd5 l:r a4 27.e3 l:ra1
3 4 . II xf7 li b5 35.l:r xh7 l:r xb2 28.l:rxa1 xa1
36.IIg7 !:tb5 37.'it>f2 'it>es 38.'it>g3
w rs J9. l:r a 7 l:r rs 40.l:r b7 'it> gs
4t.'it>g4 Il:f4+ 42.Wg3 lif5 43.l:ra7
w rs 44.li h 7 'it> gs 45.l:rh3 l:r f4
46.l:rh5 l:rrs 47.'it'g4 f4+ 48.'iil g3
: rs 49J:thJ l:r r4 so.'it> g2 'it> g7
51.lig3 'it> f6 52.Wf2 w rs 53.h3
l:r h4 Draw
130
Leonid Yudasin
Antonio Antunes
Seville 1993
8 8
with the Bishop on g5 but little played C.Braga-Tsuboi, Sao Paulo 1 99 1 ]
here. 1 6. i he6 !:t xc l + 1 7. 'Ci h c t fxe6
18.'ifd2 d5 19.b3 'ifd6 20.0-0 d4
2 1 .ii.. b6 !:t c8 2 2.!:t c 1 !:t xc l +
2J.'ifxc1 'iii f7 24.iLf4 iLeS 25.ii.. xe5
'if xe5 26.'ifc4 'if d 6 2 7.'iii f2 dJ
28.e5 'ifb6+ 29.'iii fl 'ifeJ JO.'ife4
'CIVet+ Jt.'iit f2 d2 0: 1
132
Viktor Korchnoi
Viswanathan Anand
London 1994
89
1 .1./l) hl'! xd2+ 1 4.Wxd2 tt::l d 7 i. e6 1 1 .l:c1 'ia5 12.0-0 a6 1 3.b3
I .li)cl4 'i'c!li 16.h4 aS 17.h5 .i. d7 and the first player can follow up with
I H. A t2 a4 1 9.b4 tt::l e6 20.lthe6 f2-f4. 7 .i. e2 tt::l xd4 8.xd4 .i. g7
J>. xc(, 2 1 . h xg6 hxg6 22.a3 l:!: c7 9 .i.e3 0-0 10.d2 .i.e6 1 1.0-0 aS
133
Vassily lvanchuk
Viswanathan Anand
Moscow 1994
90
Shamkovich; (d) 1 6.fxg6 (theory's /J... xf7 Black was also doing well in
favorite) 16 ... hxg6 17.c5 ! [ 17.e5?b4! Beliavsky-Stean, Hastings 1974175
1 8 .exf6 ( 1 8.ll:J a4 ll:J e4 1 9.'iV d4 after 1 9 . . . xf7 20.i. f3 :c!: d8
i. xa4 20. 'iV xe4 i. c6 2 1 . 'iV f4 2 1 . 'iV f2 :c!: ac8 . 20. /J... h6 /J.. x h 6
'iV xe5 22.'iVxf7+ h7) 1 8 . . .bxc3 2 1 . 'iV xh6 /J... xc4 22. 'iV g5+ W h 8
1 9.:cl:xc3 i. xf6 20.:ci:xf6 exf6 2 1 . 23.l:I xf6 l:I g8! An i mportant
Zwischenzug. 24. 'iV xeS e xf6
.t n i.c6 22.i.d4 .t xn 23.'iVf4 25. xf6+ l:I g7 26. 'iV d4 l:I c8
'iV g5 24.'iVf3 :cl:es and Black was a 27.lDe4 'iVe7 28./J... xc4
little better in Spassky-Panno, Palma
de Mallorca 1 969] 17 . . . i.e6 18.i.f3
dxc5 1 9.e5 ll:J g4 20. i.xa8 i. xe5
2 1 .i. d5 ! was Tal-Parma, Bled 196 1 .
This game i s usually given a s the
refutation of 12 . . . :ci:fc8, but if Black
substitutes 1 7 . . . b4 for 17 . . . e6 are
matters so clear? The position looks
murky after 18.ll:Jd5 ll:Jxd5 19.exd5
dxc5 20.i.c4 i. e8. Perhaps Vishy
had this in mind and lvanchuk chose
to avoid it! ? Shamkovich's 16.g4
could turn out to be the biggest dan
ger for 1 2 ... :ci:fc8. 16 'ihb4 17.e5
.
Played to close the long diagonal for 28 ... 'iV a7! 29.'iVxa7 l:Ixa7 30.l:Ie1
Black's Dragon Bishop. 17 ... dxe5 l:I xc4 31.lDd6 l::t c 2 32.lDf5 l:I a8
18.fxg6 With the threat of 19.:ci:xf6 33.a3 l:Ic3 0:1
and 20.'iVxd7. 18 Ae6 19.gxf7+
.
134
Vassily lvanchuk
Viswanathan Anand
Buenos Aires 1994
l . e4 c5 2.lD f3 lD c6 3. d4 cxd4
4.lD xd4 g6 5.c4 lDf6 6.lDc3 d6
7.Ae2 lDxd4 8.'iVxd4 /J... g7 9.Ae3
0-0 1 0. 'iV d2 /J... e6 1 1 . 0-0 'iV as
12.l:!:abt l:Ircs 13.b3 lDd7
9 1
135
Semen Dvoirys
Sergei Tiviakov
Podolsk 1993
92
29.g4 hxg4 30 .ixg4 Wc7 31 .if2
1 7. . . /l\ hS ! ? 18. dxe6 fxe6 1 9. f4
.t g7 32. W d3 .ib6 33. .ie3 W d8 .i xb 2 20.l::!: xc8+ l::!: xc8 2 1 .l::!: b 1
34. .tO W c7 3S.h4 1ll f6 36.e5 1ll hS J.c3+ 22.w d3 bS 23.l::!: c l b4 24.fS
3 7 . J. b6+ W d 7 38. e6+ W e8 dS 2S.f6 d4 26 . .i d2 l::!: cs 27.h4
39.exf7+ W xf7 40.J. g4 Ill xf4+ w n 2s .tdt lll gJ 29 . .t f4 lll hs
S3.J. d 4 lll f6+ S4.W gS lll e4+ Ab2 43.eS J.ct 44.W xd4 .i xh6
ss.wh6 1 :0 4S.WcS J.d2 46.l::!: d3 J.c3 47.J.e7
l::!: h8 48. W d6 lll f4 49.l::!: f3 l::!: hs
SO. l::!: e3 l::!: xh4 S t . J. e8+ W xe8
S 2. f7+ W xf7 S3 . .i xh4 W g8
136
S4.JlgS ill hS SS.l::!: d3 1ll g7 S6. .if6
Michael Adams
gS S7.We7 lll fS+ S8.W xe6 lll d4+
Julian Hodgson
S9.W d5 a4 60.e6 lll e2 6 t.J. xgS
England 1992
1:0
137
Tal Shaked
Sharon Burtman
Las Vegas 1 993
93
l:t a5 2 3 . li. xc5 dxc5 24.' d2 c4
2 5 . W c2 f5 26.l:tc 1 W fl 27.c3
cxb3+ 28.axb3 l:tc5 29.Ac4 Axc4
30.bxc4 l:t xc4 3 l .W d3 l:t c8=
Chuiko-Starodvorsky, Simferopol
1 989] 22.A d 1 x a4 23. bxa4
A xa2 24.a5 A d4 25.Ae2 l::t b8
26.Ad3 l::t b2 27.l::tfl A b3 Draw
138
Robby Adamson
13 b5!? This sort of sacrifice is well
Sharon Burtman
94
16./l) a4 With the Bishop on g5,
P. Szekely-Tangborn (game# 1 5 1 )
went 1 6 . ltJ b5 aS. 1 6 l:! b8
.
139
Robert Zelcic
Lodger Koerholz
Cannes 1993
140
Josif Dorfman
l . e4 c5 2 . /l) f3 /l) c6 3.d4 cxd4 Jacek Gdanski
4./l) xd4 g6 5.c4 /l)f6 6./l)c3 d6 Polanica Zdroj 1993
7.1Le2 /l)xd4 8.xd4 Jlg7 9.Jle3
0 -0 1 0. d 2 1L e6 1 1 . 0 -0 a5
1 2.l:! ac1 l:! fc8 13.b3 a6 14.f3 b5 l.d4 /l)f6 2./l)fJ g6 3.c4 c5 4./l)c3
15./l)b1 b4 16.W h1 This looks like cxd4 5./l)xd4 /l)c6 6.e4 d6 7.1Le2
a new move. Previously only 16.a4 /l) xd4 8. xd4 Jl g7 9.1L e3 0-0
ltJ d7 and 16.a3 l:tab8 17. ll fl ltJd7 10.d2 1Le6 l l.l:!c1 as 1 2.f3
1 8.h1 tLle5 19. .1le1 ltJc6, in both l:! fc8 13.b3 a6 1 4. /l) d S xd2+
cases with good play for Black, were 1 5. W xd2 /l) x d5 1 6. c x d5 1L d 7
known. 16 ... l:! ab8 1 7.1L d4 /l) d7 1 7.l:! xc8+ I!: xc8 18.l:! c 1 l:! xc 1
1 8.1L xg7 W xg7 19.f4 f6 20.'' b2 19.Wxcl Wf8
c5 2 1 . l:! c d 1 l:! c7 2 2.l::t d3 a5
23./l)d2 a4 24./l)fJ axb3 25.axb3
l:! a7 26./l) d4 JLn 27.1Lg4 lt:) rs
28.1Lf3 l:!a3 29.l:!e1 1Lxc4 30.l:! dd 1
1L f7 3 1 .e5 dxe5 3 2 .fxe5 c3
33.f2 l:!a6 34.l:!cl d3 35.l:!ed1
c3 36.l:! xc3 bxc3 37. g3 I!:c8
38.1Lb7 c2 39./l)xc2 1:0
14.ltJd5
9 5
20.h6 Though the position should Black fights to get some breathing
be drawn, White's space advantage room. Note that White rarely answers
encourages him to continue. 20 e6 ...e6 with dxe6. This exchange would
This move is almost always played diminish White's control of the cen
in this ending. 21.Jl.. c4 We7 22.Wc2 ter and allow Black the possibility of
eS 23.h3 exdS 24.Jl.. xdS Jl.. c6 making a passed pawn with ... d5 (af
2S.Axc6 bxc6 26.Wd3 Jl.. gJ 27.Ad4 ter ... fxe6) or trade another pair of
We6 2S.Wc4 f5 29.Jic3 fxe4 30.fxe4 pawns ( . . . .t xe6 and ... d5). In the
An 31.g4 hS 32.gxhS gxhS JJ.WdJ fourth game oftheir 1971 candidates
Jih4 34.We3 Ji gS+ JS.WfJ dS match in Buenos Aires, Petrosian and
36.Wf4 e7 37.Jl.. d4 JidS JS.cJ Fischer drew here. 2 1 . a4 Other
Draw moves that have been played here
were 2 1 . g4 (Vasiukov-Anikaev,
141
1 9 8 1 , drawn in 25) and 2 l .Bc4
Boris S1lassky
(Pigusov-Yakovich, 1985, drawn in
Tigran Petrosian
3 1 ) . 2 1 . . . exdS 2 2. exdS W e7
1969 2J.ii.. d3 Aes 24.g3 wes 2S.W d2
Moscow
W e7 26.Ab6 Jl.. es 27.f4 ii.. g7 2S.g4
k d7 29.h3 hS JO.Ji e2 h xg4
3 1 . h x g4 iL b2 3 2. W e3 k c l +
l . e4 cS 2.ll:l f3 lll c6 3.d4 cxd4 33.Wf3 iLb2 34.iLdJ iLcJ
4.lll xd4 g6 S.c4 lll f6 6.lll c3 lll xd4
7.xd4 d6 S.JieJ Ji g7 9.f3 0-0
10.d2 Ae6 u.:c1 as 12.Ae2
l Ues lJ.bJ a6 14.lll dS xd2+
1 S . W xd2 lll xdS 1 6. cxdS Ji d 7
1 7. xcS+ xeS 1 S. c 1 xc 1
19.Wxcl Wf8 20.Wc2 e6
96
14.a4 1 4.liJa4
142 143
Oliver Reeh Alexandre Lesiege
Tomas Polak Hugo Spangenberg
Bern 1993 Havana 1993
0-0 10.'ild2 .i.e6 11J:l:c1 't!Va5 12.b3 0-0 10.'t!V d2 .i.e6 ll.fJ 'iV a5 1 2.l!cl
a6 lJ.fJ l!fc8 14.a4 tt:\d7 15.tt:\d5 :!:! res 13.b3 a6 14.tt:\ a4 't!V xd2+
't!V xd2+ 1 6.W xd2 .i. xd5 1 7.exd5 1 5. W xd2 tt:\ d 7 1 6 . tt:\ c3 W f8
[ 17.cxd5 Wf8 1 8.b4 it.. b2 19.l!c2 1 7.tt:\d5 .i.xd5 18.exd5 :!:!cbS The
l!xc2+ 20.Wxc2 Ag7 2 1 .Wb3 l!c8 immediate ... Bb2-a3 looks necessary.
2 2 . l! c l ;;!;; Vukcevic-Drimer, 19.a4 a5 20.f4! .i.b2 2 1.!icd1 .i. aJ
Leningrad 1960] 17.../l\cS 1S.l!b1 22. Wc2 .i.c5 23 .i.cl! tt:\f6 24. .i.f3
97
2S.i. b 6 l::t x a4 26.A xd8 l::t xf4
27.i.b6 l::t a4 28.l::tfl l::t xa2 29.l::t f2
l::t a6 JO.l::t d2 l::t x b6 31.l::t xd7 'it> n
3 2.l::t cs l::t e6+ 33.W f2 W g6
34. l::t d dS l::t e4 J S. W fJ l::t b4
36.l::t xfS e6 37.l::t f4 l::t x h2 38.l::t e4
eS 39.l::t a4 l::t bJ+ 40.W g4 l::t dJ
4 1 . l::t a6+ W f7 42. l::t c7+ W g8
43. l::t c8+ i. f8 44. l::t f6 l::t d4+
4S.WhS 1:0
9 8
Chapter 1 1
White plays JL gS with 'iVe3 146
plus lines with JL g5 and 'iV d2 Nikolaos Kalesis
involving b5 as a gambit. Peter Leko
Budapest 1993
9 .g5
A sophisticated move order that
seeks to circumvent White's setup
with ilg5 and e3. Now if 10.d2
play has transposed back to the main
line. 10.j,d2 b6 l l.'ihb6 axb6
12.0 i.. c6 13.Wf2 ltJd7 14.k:thc1 fS
15.exf5 gxfS 16.b3 0-0 17.a4 ltJcS
18.l::!: a bl f4 19.ltJd5 i.. xdS 20.cxd5
i.. d4+ 21.w n i.. es 22.ii.bS W g7
2JJ:tc2 Wf6 24.b4 ltJa6 2SJ:tc4 e6
26.dxc6 dS 27.l::t c2 Wxc6 28.i.. d3
Draw
99
4.ll'l xd4 g6 5.c4 ll'l f6 6.ll'lc3 d6
'i e3 and i.. g5 7.Ae2 ll'lxd4 8.xd4 A g7 9.Ag5
0-0 10.e3 Ae6 11.0-0 'ti'b6 12.b3
xe3 13.Axe3 ll'ld7 14.l:!:ac1 l:!:fc8
15.ll'ld5 <i!tf8 16.f4 a5 1 7.f5 Axd5
147
18.exd5
Viswanathan Anand
Sergei Tiviakov
Groningen 1993
149
M. Rodin
Evgeny Pigusov
Podolsk 1992
18 ll'l a6! 1 9. a3 bS 20.l:!:fc1 b4
.
Draw
l . e4 c5 VH3 ll'l c6 3.d4 cxd4
4.ll'l xd4 g6 5.c4 ll'l f6 6.ll'lc3 d6
148
7.Ji.. e2 ll'lxd4 8.xd4 il.. g7 9.0-0 0-0
Sergey Dolmatov
10.i.. g5 il.. e6 11.e3 b6 12.l:!:ab1
Sergei Tiviakov
l:i: fc8 13.b3 xe3 14.1l.. xe3 \t f8
Rostov on Don 1993
15.f3? ll'lg4 16.fxg4 A xc3 1 7.l:!:bc1
A b2 The manuever A b2-a3-c5 is
...
1 00
18.l::t c2 A a3 19.g5 b5 20.h4 bxc4 f6 25.Ad2 g5 26.g3 W g6 27.W g2
2 1 . A xc4 A xc4 2 2. bxc4 W g8 h6 28.A d 1 f5 29.A c2 fxe4
23. l::!: cf2 l::!: xc4 24. xf7 l::!: xe4 30.A xe4+ W g7 3 1 . -lt f5 lll b6
25.Axa7 l::t xh4 26.g3 l::te4 27.I:t7f3 32.Ae6 lll a8 33.Ac8 b5 34 .lt xa6
151
Peter Szekely
Eric Tangborn
Budallest 1992
22...Ad4+ White has a sma1I but last- t . lll f3 c5 2.c4 lll c6 3 . d4 cxd4
ing advantage. 23.Wfl Wg7 24.Ag5 4.lll xd4 g6 5.e4 lll f6 6.lll c3 d6
101
7 .i.e2 ll)xd4 8.'ihd4 .i.g7 9. .i.gS
1 02
4.ithd4 g6 5.c4 il)f6 6.il)cJ d6 4.il) xd4 g6 5.c4 il) f6 6.il)c3 d6
7.Ae2 il)xd4 8."tfxd4 Ag7 9.Ag5 7 .A.e2 il)xd4 8.xd4 .A.g7 9.Ag5
1 03
d4 65.Wg6 dJ 66.f5 d2 67.f6 d1='if gives Black an easy game here:
68.f7 'ifd8 69.Wg7 'irg5+ 70.Wh8 12 . . . b5 ! 1 3 .cxb5 xc3 14.'iY xc3
'iff6+ 71.Wg8 'irg6+ 72.Wh8 'ifxf7 llJ xe4 15. 'iY xe3 llJ xg5 16. 'iY xg5
D raw
i. xa 1 17. xa1 d5 with an excellent
game for Black in Brodsky-Tiviakov,
USSR 1 99 1 . 12... 'if a5 13.b3 a6?!
155 [13 ... :c!:fe8 14.f3 a6 15.d5 xd2
Judit Polgar 1 6 . :c!: xd2 xd5 1 7. exd5 iL d7]
Roman Dzindzichashvili 14. d5! 'if xd2 15. xe7+ W h8
New York 1992 16.iJ.. x d2 l:!:ce8
1 . e4 c5 2.-!t.HJ c6 J . d4 cxd4
4. xd4 g6 5.c4 f6 6.c3 d6
7.iJ.. e2 xd4 8.'ifxd4 lJ.. g7 9.iJ.. g5
0 -0 1 0 . 'if d 2 JJ.. e6 1 1 . 0-0 l:!: cs
1 2.l:!:ad1
1 04
156
Maya Chiburdanidze
Eduard Gufeld
Kuala Lumpur 1994
l . d4 f6 2.c4 c5 J. fJ cxd4
4. xd4 c6 5.c3 g6 6.e4 d6
7.ii.. e2 xd4 8.xd4 ii.. g7 9.Ji.g5
0-0 10. d2 ii.. e6 ll.l::!: c t l::!: c8 12.b3
a6 13.0-0 b5 14.ii.. xf6 ii.. xf6 15.cxb5
axb5 16.xb5 b6 17.a3 Gufeld
chose 1 7.b4 early in the year i n
Calcutta (see game 157). Now his 13 ... b5 The sacrifice . . . b5 is well
former pupil finds a possible improve known in the 7 . . . tt:J xd4 Maroczy
ment. 1 7... l::!: c5! ? 18.l::!: xc5 xeS Bind, but it doesn't seem to have been
19.c4 Ji.. gS 20.c3 f5 2 1.exf5 played before in this precise position.
ii.. xf5 22.b4 c7 2J.b3 ii.. e6 14.cxb5 axb5 15.ii.. xf6 Here 14.cxb5
24. b5 d5 25.e3 e5 26. d3
axb5 1 5 . j_ xb5 (for 1 5.f3 b4 see
l::!: c8? [26 . . . d4 27 . ltJ c4 xb 5
Szekely-Tang born, Game 1 5 1 )
2 8 . xd4 l::!: c8 2 9 . 0 d6 d7=
Gufeld] 27.Ji.. g4! ii.. xg4 28. xg4 1 5. . .'a5 16.Ad3 xc3 17.xc3
f5 29.g3 ii..f4 JO.fJ l::!: c2 31.g3 llJxe4 18.Axe4 Axc3 19.' e3 e8
h5 32.e3 A xel JJ.xeJ l::!: x a2 20.Ab1 d5 was better for Black in
34. xe7 I:!: b 2 35. d8+ 'itt g7 Formanek-Rind, Lone Pine 1 980.
36.c7+ 'it> h6 37.cl+ 1:0 Both of these examples transposed
from other move orders where j_ xf6
wasn't a serious option for White.
15... Axf6 16.xb5 b6 17.b4 For
157
17. Na3 see Chiburdanidze-Gufeld -
Eduard Gufeld
game # 1 56. [17.l::!: xc8 l::!: xc8 18.l::!: c 1
Ponnuswamy Konguvel
l::!: xc 1 + 19.xc1 a5oo Gufeld]
Calcutta 1994
17...b7 18.a4! xe4 19.c7 l::!: b8
20.xe6 fxe6 21.l::!: c4 .. d5 22.c2
A d4 2J. Ji.. f3 e5 24. d 2 ? !
l . e4 c5 2. f3 c6 J.d4 cxd4 24.Qd3 ! Gufeld. 2 4... l::!: f4 25.l::!: et
4. xd4 g6 5.c4 f6 6.c3 d6 f6 26.l::!: e4 l::!: xe4 27.Axe4 ii.. b 6!
7.Ae2 xd4 8.xd4 ii.. g7 9.ii.. g5 28.a5 d5 29.l::!: c 1 d4! 30.e2 dxe4
0-0 10. d2 i.e6 ll.l::!: c 1 l::!: c8 12.b3 31.axb6 xb4 32.g3 l::!: xb6 JJ.l::!: e 1
a6 13.0-0 Draw
105
158
M. Kekelidge
Matthew Thmer
European Junior (ch) 1993
1 06
159 .Ae7 5 1.h4 f5 52.hxg5 f4 5J.l:td3
Joshua Waitzkin W f7 54.l:txa5 W g6 55.l:tb5 l:t a2
Rafail Klovsky 56.l:tbb3 \t>xg5 57.Wb5 \t> g4 58.a4
New York 1994 .Ah4 59.a5 il...f2 60.a6 .Ag1 61.l:tdc3
il... a7 62.l:!: c7 A eJ 63. l:t e7 W fJ
64.l:t b4 W g2 65.l:t a4 l:t xa4
l . e4 c5 2.ltH3 c6 J . d4 cxd4 66.W xa4 .A g 1 6 7. l:t g7+ W h 2
4. xd4 g6 5.c4 f6 6.c3 d6 68.l:!:f7 W gJ 69.\t> bJ fJ 70.W c2
7.il... e2 xd4 8Jihd4 il... g7 9.il... g5 .Ac5 7 t.Wd2 w g2 72.l:!:g7+ wn
0-0 10 .... d2 il... e6 11.0-0 l:tc8 12.b3 73.a7 Axa7 74.l:txa7 f2 1 :0
b5?! 13.e5! dxe5
160
Maia Lomineishvili
Corina Peptan
Svitavy 1993
l . e4 c5 2 . f3 c6 J.d4 cxd4
4. xd4 g6 5.c4 f6 6.c3 d6
7.Ae2 xd4 8Jihd4 Jl.. g7 9.Jl.. g5
0-0 10.0-0 Ae6 ll.'it'd2 l:tc8 12.b3
b5 13.cxb5?!
1 07
Chapter 1 2
White plays Jl g5 and 'id2 Here 1 2 . . . b5 ! ? transposes into
(main lines) Kekelidge-Turner (158). 1J.l:[ad1 b5
Despite the thematic Black piece
setup this position never seems to
have been reached before (the com
bination of b3 and l:ad1 being un
common). By playing l: ad 1 White
protects his Queen, making Bxf6 and
qj d5 possible, but here it has no
sting. 14. .i xf6 As after 14 . . . Jl xf6
15.qjd5 'ifxd2 16.qJxf6+ Black has
two reasonable continuations: ( 1 )
1 6. . . g7 17.qj h5+ gxh5 18.l:xd2
bxc4 19.bxc4 l: fc8; (2) 16 . . . exf6
Here we deal with one of White's most 1 7 . l: xd2 bxc4 1 8. Jl xc4 J1. xc4
popular tries against the . . . qj xd4 19.bxc4 l:fc8. In both cases White's
Maroczy. The endgame that occurs weak c-pawn offers compensation for
after 14.qja4 (games 172-177) is one Black's d or h pawn. Draw
of White's most critical tries and
Beliavsky-Tiviakov (game 174) is a
major challenge.
162
Judit Polgar
Vassily lvanchuk
161 Buenos Aires 1994
Vladimir Kramnik
Viswanathan Anand
Moscow 1994
l . e4 c5 2.lt:'lf3 lt:'l c6 J. d4 cxd4
4.lt:'l xd4 g6 5.c4 it:'lf6 6.lt:'lc3 d6
7..ie2 it:'lxd4 8.''xd4 .i g7 9. .i g5
l.<:'lfJ c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.lthd4 0-0 10.d2 .ie6 11.0-0 a6 12.1l.d3
lt:'lc6 5.e4 it:'lf6 6.lt:'lc3 d6 7.il.. e2 it:'ld7 13.it:'ld5 .i xd5 14.exd5 .if6
lt:'l xd4 8.'1hd4 il.. g7 9.-i g5 0-0 15 .ie3 lt:'lc5 16 .ie2 a5 1 7.l:[ab1
108
19..J:!:a6 20. .tdJ il)xd3 21. ihdJ a4 1 4 . .t xf6 .t xf6 1 5. il) d5 'if xd 2
22.b3 axbJ 23Jhb3 if aS 24Jhb7 16.il) xf6+ W g7 1 7 ,lt:) h5+ gxh5
'ifxa2 25.g3 l:!:c8 26.Wg2 h5 27.h4 18.l:!:xd2 l:!:c5 19.f4 f6 20.l:!:e1 [20.a4
l:!:aJ 28.'ifc2 'ifxc2 29.l:!:xc2 l:!:dJ a5 2 I .l:!:f3 l:!:g8 22.f5 .tf7 23.l:!:g3+
JO.l:!:cl Wf8 J t..t h6+ W g8 32 .te3 Wh6 24.l:!:xg8 .txg8 25.'Jl f2 .tfl
D raw 26.l:!:d3 l:!:e5 27.We3 i.e8 28.Wf4
i.c6= Prie-Trauth, Cannes 1 992]
20...I!a7 21.e5 dxe5 22. .t xh5 b5
23.cxb5 axb5 24.fxe5 l::!: xe5 25.l::!: xe5
fxe5 26 . .trJ .t rs 2 7. W f2 .t b 1
163 28. .te2 .txa2 29.l:!:b2 l:!:a3 JO. .td1
Oliver Reeh 'it>f6 Jt.'it>eJ 'it> e6 32.W d3 'it> ds
Hans-Joachim Vatter 33.Wc3 e4 34.l:!:d2+ 'i.t e5 35. .tc2
Germany 1994 .txbJ 36..txb3 l:!:a1 37.l:!:e2 Wf4
38.i.d5 l:!:a4 39..tb3 l:!:a1 40. .td5
l:!: a4 41 . .tf7 l:!:aJ+ 42. W b4 l:!:dJ
43.Wxb5 eJ 44.Wc4 l:!:d2 45. .th5
l . e4 c5 2.il) rJ il) c6 3 . d 4 cxd4 e5 46.l::!: x d2 exd2 47.Wd3 1 :0
4.il)xd4 g6 5.c4 il)f6 6.il)cJ il)xd4
7.'ifxd4 d6 s. .tgs .tg7 9 .te2 0-0
1 09
ii) xd4 8.xd4 JJ.. g7 9.JJ.. g5 a5 17Jhd6 On 1 7.b3 Black can play
10.d2 0-0 1 1.0-0 JJ.. e6 12.l::r acl a6 . . . 17 ... b5 !. 17 JJ.. xc4 18.11.0 W g7
.
1 10
w e t 84. h2 l::!: f4 ss.A c4 w d t 1 8.Ag5!. After 18 ...Af6 19.Axf6 exf6
86.Wb4 l::!: e4 87.wcl wet 88.Adl White has an extra pawn in effect.
l::!: eJ 89. W d4 l::!: fJ 90.l::!: e2+ W fl t8 A f6 Giving White no second
1 1 1
fS Usually Black plays . . . e7 -e6 in such 168
positions but Dzindzhi tries something Diego Adla
a little more dynamic to unbalance the Francisco Llera Palacios
game. 22.g4 'it>n 23.Ag5 b5 24.'it>g2 Parana 1993
e6 25.dxe6+ .i. xe6 26.gxf5 gxf5
27 .i.d3 'it>g6 28.Af4 .i.e5! 29.'it>g3
1 12
46.lhh7 b3 47.Wd2 'itt cs 48.Wc3 change sacrifice. Black gets the use
l::t h 2 Draw of e5 for his pieces. 20.fxg5 /l)d7
21./l)dS .i.e5 22./l)f4 .i.xf4 23.l::t xf4
h6 24.h4 /l)e5 25.l::t m l::t c5 26.gxh6
169 Wh7 27.h5 xh6 28.xh6+ W xh6
Yuri Kruppa 29.hxg6 W xg6 30.l::t f4 /l)c6 3 IJ::t h4
Sergei Tiviakov l::t gs 32.l::t fl /l) d4 33 .i. d 1 'itt g7
4./l) xd4 g6 5.c4 /l)f6 6./l)c3 d6 /l)b4 44.l::t g3 .i.d7 45.l::t g7 .i. xb5
7 .i.e2 /l)xd4 8.xd4 .i.g7 9 .i.g5
46.axb5 Wd7 47.l::t g3 We6 48.Wg1
0-0 1 0. d2 .i. e6 l l .l::t c 1 a5 We5 49.l::t g7 We6 50.e5 dxe5 51.c5
1 2.0-0 l::tfc8 13.b3 a6 14.f4 l::t c5 A W d7 52. l::t g8 /l) d3 53.c6+ b xc6
very useful move. Black restrains f4- 54.b6 /l)c5 55.l::t a8 /l)b7 56.l::t a7
f5 and prepares to double Rooks in Wc8 57.: as+ <;i7d7 ssJ::!: a7 Wc8
conjunction with . . . b7-b5. 15.e3 Draw
Covering the g l -a7 diagonal and
breaking the pin on the Knight. Other
possibilities here are 1 4 . i. f3 , 1 70
14.i.d3 and 14.a3. Black seems to Viktor Korchnoi
be getting good play in every case.
Alexander Wojtkiewicz
15 l::t ac8 16.l::t b 1 d8 1 7.a4 a5
Antwerp 1994
..
1 13
171
Giorgi Kacheisvili
Jan Suran
Mlada Boleslav 1994
1 14
1 4.llJa4 'ixd2+ Here 16 ... f7-f5 (or perhaps 16 ... f6
17.i.e3 f5) seems much more active.
1 5.xd2 llJ d7 1 6.!:[c2
17.l!hct rs 18.Ad3 wf7 19.Ae3
l! c6 20. c3 lt:l cS 2 1. it:l dS aS
22.exfS ..txrs 23...txrs gxfS
172
Mikhail Brodsky
Christian Sandor
Berlin 1993 24.g4! fxg4 2S.fxg4 W e6 26.l!e1
Acs 27...txcS l!xcS 28.f4+ Wf6
29. d3 l! c6 30.l! e4 ..t xh 2
l . e4 cS 2.ltH3 c6 3 . d4 cxd4
31.Wd1 Ag1 32.l!g2 ii.a7 33.l!h2
4. xd4 g6 S.c4 f6 6.c3 d6
7.Ae2 xd4 8.'ihd4 Ag7 9.Ags l!h8 34.l!h6+ Wf7 3S.l!he6 l!e8
'iV aS 10. 'it' d2 0-0 uJ!c1 Ae6 12.0 36.f4 A b6 37.l!h6 w g7 38.gS
a6 1 3.b3 l! fc8 14. a4 'it' xd2+ cS 39.hS+ Wf7 40.l!xh7+ W g6
1S.Wxd2 d7 16.l!c2 Wf8 4 1 . f6 ..t d 8 4 2. l! xb7 ..i xf6
43. gxf6 W xf6 4 4. l! h4 l! g8
4S.l! h6+ w fS 46.1:! f7+ w c4
47.l!f2 a4 48.Wc2 axb3+ 49.axb3
l!a6 SO.c2+ W d4 S1.l! d2+ WcS
S2.Wb2 W b4 S3.l!h7 l!b6 S4.l!a7
l!g3 SS.l!a4+ WcS S6.l!dS+ Wc6
S7.b4 l!h3 SS.bS+ Wd7 S9.a7+
W c6 60.W c2 l! g3 61.l!h7 l! g6
6 2. W c3 l! b 8 63.l! a 7 l! c8
64.1:! xd6+ W xd6 6S.l! a6+ w cS
66.l!xg6 1:0
1 15
16.h4
1 16
4.lthd4 g6 S.c4 /l)f6 6./l)c3 d6 2S.W e 1 .i. c6 2 6 . /l) cS /l) xcS
7. .i.e2 /l)xd4 8.xd4 .i.g7 9. .i.gS 27..i.xeS .i.f6 28.b4 .i.h4+ 29.Wd2
0-0 10. d2 .i. e6 1 1 .l::t c 1 aS .i.e4?! Capturing the doubled f-pawn
1 2. f3 l::t fc8 1 3. b 3 a6 1 4 . /l) a4 gets Black in trouble. 30. W e3
xd2+ 1S.W xd2 /l)d7 16.g4 Of .i.xfS?! 31 .i.g4 l::t f8 32.l::t g 1 W h8
White's 1 6th move alternatives 33 . .i. xfS l::t xfS 34.W e4 l::t h S
( 1 6 . /l) c3 , 1 6 .h4, 1 6 . l::t c2 and 3 S .i. d 4 + it. f6 36 .i. xf6+ exf6
16.l::t hdl ) this is probably the most 37.l::t g3 h6 38.l::t a3 W g7 39.l::t xa6
popular. Beliavsky gives it an excla l::t xh3 40.l::t aS l::t h2 4 1 . W fS hS
mation mark, evaluating the position 42.l::t a7+ W h6 43.Wxf6 h4 44.l::t a8
as slightly better for White. 16 ... f6 Wh7 4S.l::t as l::t g2 46.fS h3 47.l::t a3
Now the play is identical to the end h 2 48J h 3+ W g8 49. a3 l::t e 2
ing where White puts his Bishop on SO. l::t h4 l::t d 2 S l . W e 7 l::t e2+
e3 (both sides have lost one tempo). S 2.W d6 l::t e 2 S3.W e6 l::t e2+
This game can be compared with S4.wds l::t e 2 ss.l::t h3 W g7 S6.wes
Suba--Gdanski (game # 1 44 ) . l::t e2+ S7.wd4 l::t c2 ss.wds W f6
17 .i.e3 fS 18.exfS gxfS 19.h3 Suba
59. l::t hS W g7 60. W eS l::t e2+
played g5 when Black was able to 61.Wd6 l::t e 2 62.WeS Draw
answer with ... d5 and good play. By
keeping the pawn at g4 White is able
to answer . . . d5 with gxf5 winning
material. 19...l::t f8 20.f4 Black was
threatening . . . f4 when he would own 1 7S
the e5 square. Sofia Polgar
Peter Leko
Buda11est 1993
as 1 0. d 2 0-0 l l . f3 .i. e6
1 2.l::t c 1 l::t fe8 1 3. b3 a6 14./l) a4
xd2+ 1S.Wxd2 /l)d7 16.g4 Wf8
Better is 16 . . . f6 17 . .lte3 f5. Black
can't afford to sit. 17 . .lt e3 l::t ab8
18.g5 f5 19.exf5 A xfS 20.f4 b5
2 1 . e xbS axbS 2 2./l) e3 /l) eS
20 ... dS 2 1 .cxdS .i. xdS 2 2 J:!: h d 1 23.A xeS l::t xeS 24. b4 l::t c6
l::t ac8 23. gxfS b S 24.l::t xe8 l::t xe8 25.A d3 A xd3 26. W xd3
1 17
26 J::t c4 27.a3 xf4 28.!:l:hfl l:!xfl
. 28.l:!d2 bS 29.l::i: c dl bxc4 30 .i.xc4
29. l::t xfl+ e8 30.!:!: f4 it. xc3 it.e8 31.l!g1 b6 32.fS exfS 33.exfS
31.Wxc3 l:!c8+ 32.Wb3 eS 33.l:!h4 !:l:cS 34.fxg6 xg6 3S. gS l::t xgS
l:!c7 34.a4 bxa4+ 3S.W xa4 l:! e7 36.hxgS !:l:c6 37.Wd4 aS 38.l::!: e2+
36.l::!: e4 dS 37.l:!et Wd7 38.W b3 W d8 39.l::!: e6 f7 40. h6 g6
W d6 39.Ii:a1 e4 40. 'it>c3 WeS 41.bS 4 1 . d 3 x d3 4 2. < xd3 !:l: cs
d4+ 42.Wd2 l:!f7 0:1 43.1:! xd6+ W c7 44.1:! h6 1:! xgS
4S.Ii: xh7+ b6 46.l::!: h6+ cs
4 7. W c3 l::!: gJ+ 48. W b 2 !:l: g2 +
49.Wa3 WbS SO.l:!hS+ W b6 Draw
176
Thomas Ernst 177
Sergei Tiviakov Alexander Beliavsky
Haninge 1992 Alexander Shabalov
Manila (ol) 1992
1 18
l 5.lt:ld5 Ji.. xd5 l6.cxd5 l::!: fc8 17.0-0
li:l d7 l 8.l::!: b l l::!: c7 l 9. Ji.. f4 lt:le5
20.l::!: bc l 'lYb3 2 l .l::!: xc7 'lYb6+ and
White went on to win in Suba
Spiridonov 1982] 13.b3 a6 14.lt:la4
30.a5 f5 Jl.li:lcJ e 5 32.lt:ldl l:i d 2 AeJ 5J.l::!: g7+ Wf6 54.:g6+ wes
JJ. JI. eJ : xg2! 34.A xf4 A xfJ ss.:gs+ W d6 56.:as o 57.i.dJ
35.JI.e3 f4 36.Agl e4 37.lt:lc3 l:id2 A g2+ ss.w et f2+ 59.w dl hJ
38.Ae2 Jl.ht 39.a6 eJ 40.a7 l:Ib2 6o.:xh5 Jl.xa7 6t.:h6+ We5 0:1
1 19
Chapter 1 3
The Hyper-Accelerated pose into the Gheorghiu Benoni (de
Dragon (2 ... g6) layed ... e6) as well as l .e4 c5 v:m
g6 3.d4 il.. g7 4.d5 tt:lf6 5.tt:lc3 with
a Schmid Benoni. Robatsch's experi
menta1 4 . b6 (games 207 and 208)
..
1 20
178 e6 5.d4 cxd4 6.ti)xd4 a6 7.0-0 ti)e7
Renard Anderson 8.a4
John Donaldson
Berkeley 1991
121
181
Georg Mohr
Krunoslav Hulak
Portoroz 1993
3.c3 d5
18 e5 ! 19.it:) fJ e4 20.lt) d 2 f5
..
3.c3 i.. g7
1 22
f6 22.W fl c 1 23.eS dxeS
24.c4 f4 2S.g3 rs 26. e3
hJ+ 27.W g1 e4 28. l:!: f1 hS
29.a4 d6 30.c2 :i:c3 31.b4
g4 32. xg4 hxg4 33.: b 1 aS
34.c6 bxa4 3S.bxa4 l:!:c4 36.l:!:a1
c4 Draw
183
Slobodan Martinovic
Milos Pavlovic
Yugoslavia 1993
182
Matthias Wahls
Lawrence Day
l.c4 cS 2.f3 g6 3.d4 it. g7 4.c3
Manila (ol) 1992
as S.dS d6 6.it.d3 f6 7.0-0 0-0
8.h3 e6 9.c4 a6 10.c3 cxd5
ll.cxdS b4 12.1i.. b1
l.c4 cS 2.f3 g6 3.c3 1l.. g7 4.1i.. b S
a6 S.1i.. a4 f6 6.c2 0-0 7.0-0
1 23
3.c3 i.. g7 4.d4 cxd4 1S i.d5 19.i.xd5 lll xd5 20.i.g3
..
1S5
Larry Christiansen
Bent Larsen
Monaco 1992
1 24
3.c3 i.. g7 4.d4 cxd4 10.exf6 exf6 1 1.0-0 ll'l f5 1 2.JLf4
JL e6 13.l:t c 1 l:t c8 14.ll'l a4 JL f7
5.cxd4 d5 6.e5 15.l:tc3 l:tes 16.JLb5 l:te4 1 7.JLxc6
Early h3 l:txf4 18.JLxb7 l:tb8 19.JLa6 a5
20. d 2 xa4 2 1 . xf4 l:t e8
22.l:ta3 b4 2J.JLd3 JLh6 24.c7
ll'lxd4 25.ll'lxd4 xd4 26.l:txa7 :rs
27.JLb5 JLf4 28.e7 JLd6 29.xd6
xa7 30.a4 d4 31.b4 d2 32.a5
JL eS 3J.JL xe8 l:t xe8 34.a6 d 3
35.c6 :rs 36.a7 aJ 37.xd5+
W g7 38.... b7+ W h6 39.b5 1:0
187
Paul Song
John Donaldson
Los Angeles 1990
186
Michael Adams l.e4 c5 2.ll'lf3 g6 3.d4 A g7 4.c3
Bent Larsen cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.e5 ll'lc6 7.h3 ll'lh6
Monaco 1992 s.ll'lc3 0-0 9.Af4 f6 10.d2 ll'lf7
ll.exf6 exf6 12.Ae2 Ae6 13.0-0
l:tc8 14.l:tfe1 l:tc8 15.l:tac 1 ll'ld6
1 6. A d3 A f7 1 7. l:t xe8+ ll'l xe8
1.e4 c5 2.ll'lf3 g6 3.c3 A g7 4.d4
18.Ah6 ll'ld6 19.:e1 ,.. d 7 20.ll'lb5
cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.e5 ll'lc6
a6 21.ll'lxd6 xd6 22.a3 c7 23.h4
b6 24.A xg7 w xg7 25.A b 1 h5
26.l:te2 a5 27.d 1 c7 28.d2
1 25
28 .ll:l a5 29. a2 cl+ 30.Wh2
189
Vassily Smyslov
Zsuzsa Polgar
Vienna 1993
188
Sergey Zagrebclny
N. Vorontsov
1.c4 c5 2.tll f3 g6 3.c3 J. g7 4.d4
St. Pctersbcrg 1993
cxd4 5.cxd4 dS 6.e5 tll c6 7 .i. b5
1 26
27.JL. g7 c l + 28.l:! e1 x e l + 19 e5 20.dxe5 l:!: ae8 2 1 .l::t xf8+
..
1 27
1 7 Ji' b4 18.lt:\d7 'C!Vxc3 19.bxc3
192 193
Ljubomir Ljubojevic Prcmysl Bclaska
Bent Larsen Gerardo Barbero
Monaco 1992 Mlada Bolcslav 1994
128
cxd4 5.cxd4 dS 6.e5 lt:)c6 7.lt:)cJ
g4 8.e2 lt:)h6 9.b3 0-0 10.e3
lt:)fs ll.l:!d1 e6 12.0-0 ll'la5 13.b4
l:!c8 14.lt:)d2 lt:) xe3 15.fxe3
194
Leland Harmon
John Donaldson
Portland 1984
1 29
195
Arkadij Rotstein
Peter Leko
Wijk aan Zee 1993
196
Pablo Zarnicki
Bent Larsen
Buenos Aires 1992
130
25 .Jt xe5 26.g3 b5 27. .td4 J.xd4
c5 15.We2 Wc7 16.d2 l::!: h d8
28.l::!: xd4 We7 29.b4 J.c8 JO.e2 1 7 .t b4 dJ 18.J. xe7 xf4+
.Jt e6 J t .l::!: d2 .Jt c4 3 2. d4 l::!: c8 19.We3 J. xe5 20. .t xd8+ l::!: xd8
33.Wb2 h5 34.h4 Wf7 35.f3 c5 21.f3 J.xa1 22.l::!: xa1 e6 23.h4
36. bxc5 l::!: xc5 37. l::!: d 7+ W e8 g7 24.We2 f6 25.l::!: g1 a5 26.l::!: g4
38.:b7 J. e6 39.l::!: b6 W e7 40.c3 e6 27. l::!: e4 W d6 2 8 . a3 l::!: e8
.t d7 41.Wc2 J.c6 42. d2 W d7 29.Wfl h6 30.b4 axb4 31.axb4 l::!: a8
4J.:bs f5 44.exf5 l::!: xf5 45.l::!: g8 l::!:f6 32.l::!: e 1 l::!: aJ 33.d2
46.Wd3 W e6 47.l::!: d8 we7 48.l::!: d4
.t d7 49.W e3 l::!: a6 50.W f4 l::!: aJ
st.l::!: dJ .trs 52.l::!: d5 l::!: a4+ 53.Wc5
: a2 54. W f4 J. c6 ss. : dJ l::!: c2
56.0 .Jtc4 57.l::!: e3+ Wf6 58.l::!: c8
Draw
197
Judit Polgar
Bent Larsen
Monaco 1992
JJ f5 34.c5+ W d5 35.l::!: c1 l::!: hJ
..
198
Mikhail Tal
Roman Dzindzichashvili
New York 1990
6...dxc6 7.xd8+ W xd8 8.e5 d5
9. .Jt d2 .Jtg7 10.c4 b6 ll.bJ il.. g4
12.-icJ A xfJ 13. gxf3 d7 14.f4 l.fJ g6 2.e4 c5 J.d4 cxd4 4.xd4
13 1
/t) f6 5 . .i. b5 /t) c6 6 .i. xc6 dxc6
39./t)fl .ie6 40./t)d3 Wf6 41./t)fl
7Jihd8+ Wxd8 8./t)c3 .i g7 9 .if4 h 5 4 2. W f3 .i a2 43./t) d 1 .i f7
W e8 10.0-0-0 /t)d7 11.h3 e5 12 .ie3
44./t)fl .ic4 45./t)d1 W g5 46./t)b2
/t)f8 13./t)d2 /t)e6 14./t)c4 W e7 a6 47./t)d1 Ae6 Draw
15.l:td2 b5 16./t)aS .id7 17.l:thd1
/t) d4 1 8. /t) b 3 /t) xb3+ 1 9.axb3 3.d4 il g7 4.dxc5
11: hd8 20. .i g5+ f6 21.A e3 'it> e8
22.b4 .i.f8 23..ic5 .ixc5 24.bxc5
199
Roland Pfrctzschncr
24 ... W e7 25.l:! d6 .i. e8 26.l:!xd8
U. Waltcnbcrgcr
xd8 27.l::!: xd8 W xd8 28.b4 rtie7 1992
Germany
29.'it>d2 W e6 30.We3 f5 31.g3 'it>f6
32.h4 Ad7 33.0 Ae6
1.e4 c5 2./t)fJ g6 3.d4 i:J.. g7 4.dxc5
a5+ 5./t)c3 /t)f6 6.i:J.. d 2 xeS
7.J.d3 d6 8.0-0
132
s A g4 9.h3 A xf3 10.'ihfl 0-0
. 3S.it)g4 WeS 39.Wb5 lll bS 40.a4
ll.AeJ cs 12.e2 it) bd7 13.f4 W d7 4 l . a5 bxa5 42.A xa7 it) c6
it) c5 1 4.f5 it) xd3 15.cxd3 d7 43.A b6 it) b4 44.A xas it) d 3
16.'d2 d5 1 7.Af4 dxe4 1S.dxe4 45.Ac3 lll f4 46.if)eJ JLgs 47.Ad4
xd2 19.Axd2 l!fdS 20.Ae3 l!d3 it) d3 4S. lll c4 A f4 49.b4 A g3
2 l . A c5 l! d2 22.1I f2 l! d7 23.e5 5 0 . A c 3 it) f4 5 l . W a6 it) d 5
it)eS 5 2.lll b6+ W c7 53. lll xd5+ exd5
54.Ad4 Ah4 55.b5 1:0
133
tration of what Black is up to: 6.d5 hangs; (2) 6 . . . lll f6 7 . i. d2 cxd4
ii.xc3+ 7.bxc3 tllf6! 8.'ii'c2 (8.lll d2 8.lll xd4 lll xe4? 9.lll xe4 1 0.i.d3 f5
'ii' xc3 9J:l:b1 lllxe4) 8... lllxe4 9.ii.d3 ( 10 . . . 'ii' xd4 1 1 . lll c3 winning)
tll f6 10.0 -0 0-0 1 1 .lll h4 ! ? ( 1 1 . 1 1 .lll f3 'ii' e6 1 2 .lll fg5 and again
1 2.ii.g5 Wg7 13.'ii'd2 lllg8!? 14J:l:e4 White wins. 7.lll xd4 il)c6 8.i.e3
f6 15.ii.e3 lll d7 16J:l:h4 l::!: f7 with lll f6 9.lll b3 d8 10.i.e2 0-0 11.0-0
unclear play in Vaganian-Chekhov, b6 12.f3 lll d7 13.d2 il)c5
USSR (ch) 199 1 ) 1 1 ...lllbd7 12.f4?!
b5 ! 13 .cxb5 c4 14. ii.xc4 ii.b7 and
Black stood well. Serper's next move
cuts across Black's plan and throws
the line into question. 6.l::!: bl!
134
18.f4! b7 19.a3 tl'le4?! 20.tl'lxe4 xc3+ 8.bxc3 ll'l f6 9.e3 tlt'c7
fxe4 21J:I:bdl tlt'c7 22.g4! l::t ab8 10.ll'ld2 b6 11.0-0 b7 12.f4 ll'l bd7
23.a4! Having restained any chance 13.0 0-0 14.tlt'e2 l::t ac8 lS.l::t abl
for . . .b5, White will play against the l::t fc8 16.g4 tl'lc5 1 7.f2 e6 18.e5
weaknesses on b5, b6, e4, e6, and f5. xfJ 19.tlt'xf3 tl'lfd7 20.d4 dxe5
The break . . . f7-f5 in the Maroczy has 2 1 .fxe5 tl'l xe5 2 2 . tlt' f6 ll'l c d 7
to be handled very carefully or Black 23. tlt'h4 f5 24.gxf5 exf5 25.1::!: bel
is left with many weak squares. l::t e6 26.tlt'g3 l::t ce8 27.l::t e3 tlt' c6
23 a8 24. A e6 ll'l d8 25. ll'l d4
. 28.l::t xf5 tl'l xc4 29.tl'l xc4 tlt' xc4
tl'lc6 26.tl'lxc6 J.xc6 27.d5! l::t rs 30.l::t xe6 tlt'xe6 31.l::t f2 tl'le5 32.h3
2 8. it. e6 J::t rrs 29. it. d5 Here tl'l c6 33.l::t f6 tlt' e4 34. A f2 tl'l e5
29.it.. d4 !? was also to be considered 35.Ad4 tl'lc6 36.J.f2 tl'le7 37.Ad4
though Black doesn't really have any ll'lf5
way to exploit 30.g2-g4. 29 l::t rs
..
201
Alan Stein 1.e4 c5 2.ll'lo g6 3.d4 A g7 4.c4 d6
John Donaldson 5.dxc5 tit' aS+ 6.Ad2 tlt'xc5 7.tl'lc3
Concord 1993 tl'l f6 s.A d3 A g4 9.h3 A xf3
lO.tlt' xfJ tl'lc6 11.0-0 0-0 1 2.l::t fc1
ll'l d 7 13.tt'd1 a6 14.l::t ab1 l::t ac8
l.e4 c5 2.tl'lf3 g6 3.d4 it.g7 4.c4 d6 15.tl'ld5 e6 16.b4 tit' a7 17.b5 axb5
5.dxc5 tit' a5+ 6.tl'lc3 'il xeS 7.Ae2 18.cxb5 exd5 19.bxc6 bxc6 20.exd5
135
207
Milan Vukic
Karl Robatsch
Tuzla 1983
138
f5 17.'1f d5+ W h8 18.Vxc6 bxc6 13.c5 ill xc5 14.Ab5+ 'iil f8 15 .i. h6+
19.exfS gxfS 20.liJc2 c5 21.b3 l:t ab8 'iil g8 16.l::!: fe1 ill c d7 17.e3 c5
22.W fl ltJ e5 23.l:t d1 l:t b6 24.f4 18.xc5 ill xc5 19.e5 ill fe4 20.exd6
liJ c6 25.A d2 l:tfb8 26.l:te1 W g8 ill xd6 21.l::!: ab1 ill fS 22.Af4 h5 23.g4
27.g4 Wf7 28.gxfS liJ d4 29.liJxd4 hxg4 24.hxg4 ill d6 25.l::!: xe7 il'lxb5
A xd4 30.l:t e2 l:t g8 31.A e3 i. f6 26.l::!: xb5 b6 27.Ae3 ill e6 28.l::!: d5
32.llg2 l:t a8 33.i.d2 l:ta6 34.i.e1 l::!: h4 29.f3 l::!: c8 30.Ad2 a5 31.l::!: d d7
l:taJ 35.l:te2 a5 36.Wg2 a4 37.l:tc2 l::!: h 7 3 2.1 h7 l::!: d8 33 . .i. e3 ill c5
axb3 38.axb3 l:tg8+ 39.Wh2 l:tb8 34. 1::!: xb6 ill a4 35. 1::!: bb7 'ill f8
40.W g2 l:t bxb3 4 1 .l:t xb3 l:t xb3 36.l::!: ec7 l::!: d 1+ 37.Wg2 l::!: a1 38. .i. d4
42.l:te2 l:t d3 43.l:te4 We8 44.i.f2 l::!: xa2+ 39.Wg3 l::!: ah2 40..i. f6 1:0
W d7 45.i. e3 i. h4 46. 'itt f3 h5
47.We2 l:taJ 48.l:te6 i. r6 49.l:Ie4
Wc6 50.i. d2 llxh3 51.i. c1 l:I a3 Semi-Accelerated - l.e4
52.i.d2 l::t g3 53.i.e1 l:ta3 54.i.d2
0: 1 c5 2.ltJ f3 ltJc6 3.d4 cxd4
4.ltJ xd4 ltJf6 5.ltJ c3 g6
208 6.ltJxc6 dxc6
Srdjan Cvetkovic
Karl Robatsch
Stary Smokorcc 1988
209
Peter Heine Nielsen
Niels-Peter Nielsen
Denmark 1993
139
4.d4 cxd4 s.ithd4 g6 6.lthc6 dxc6
7."ihd8+ W xd8
210
Marat Muhutdinov
Vladimir Karasev
Moscow 1993
1 40
4.ithd4 it:) f6 s.it:) cJ g6 6.it:)xc6 212
bxc6 7.e5 it:)g8 8.Ac4 fS 9.Af4 e6 Jan Timman
10."it'd2 l::t b8 ll.AbJ l::t b4 12.0-0 Viktor Korchnoi
... c7 lJ.!:tfel Brussels 1991
1 42
Fedorowicz 124, 184 lvanovic 28
Filipowicz 9 Ivkov 101, 205
Finegold 118, 150, 165 Janakiev 19
Fischer 59, 1 41 Janicki 42
Fishbein 121 Jansa 22
Formanek 157 Jaulln 27
Frey 20 Jezek 50
Frolov 53, 1 3 7, 152 Jonasson 20
Ftacnik 99 Kachelsvill 171
GaUagher 50 Kalumov 123
Gapri.nd ashill 64 Kalesis 1 46
Garcia, G. 18, 25 KaUal 152
Garcia, J. 68, 70 Kaminski 153
Gda.nski 119, 140, 144 Kamsky 17, 20, 21
Georgadze 21 Karasev 210
Georgiev, K. 43 Ka1lsson 48
Georgiev, V. 13 Kasparov 59
Gerasimov 21 Kekelidge 158
Ghitescu 55 Kelson 58
Glek 100 Khalirman 111
Glueck 190 Khasi.n 60
Gofshtei.n 91 Kl1enkin 131
Granda 88 Kislov 31
Grossman 118 Klovan 47
Groszpeter 204 Klovsl.-y 1 59, 184
Gufeld 65, 1 56, 157 Kochiev 28, 33
Gulko 63 Koe.-l10lz 139
Gwmarson 66 Kogan, A11u 26, 39
Gurevich, G. 5 Konguvel 157
Gure,ich, I. 108 Kontic 47
Halk 106 Korclmoi 88, 90,
64,
Han 3 132, 1 70, 212
Hannon 194 Kotron.las 6
Hergott 89 Kranmik 74, 161
Hcmandez, G. 109 Krasenkov 1 77
Hemandez, R. 43, 50 127, Kristja.nsson 50
1 77 Kruppa 161
Hodgson 117 136 Krystall 56
Hoffman 14 Kuc cm 50
Hollis 9 Kud 1in 128
Honli :!4, 100 Kuindzhi 47
Hm1 92, 132, 1 -l S Kulikov 31
Hracck 95, 111 Kup.-cichik 22. -18, 54
Hulak 181 La Flair 7
II utters 37 Lahd 48
llinsky 69 Lane 43
lllescas 86, 122 Lanka 1 5, 4-l
Iskov 191 Larsen 121
lvanchuk 42, 43, 6-l, 105, Larsen 35, 86, 102, 105,
133, 134, 162 1 07, 1 1 2, 185, 186,
Ivanov, A. 1 50, 200 192, 196, 197
Ivanov, I. 8 Lau 144
143
Lehmann 15 Peptan 160
Leko 34, 122, 125, 126, Petrosian 141
1 46, 175, 195 Petursson 1 0, 11, 54, 87,
Lengyel 6 93, 96, 97, 98,
Lesiege 61, 143 108, 109, 112, 150,
Lestlnsky 202 1 63
Ljubojevic 74, 192 Pfretzschner 199
Lomineishvlll 1 60 Plgusov 22, 1 41, 149
Malishauskas 48, 115 Plket 62
Malivanek 71 Plmenta 131
Manion 167 Piza 19
Marchand 9 Pohl 51
Mariasin 5 Polak 142
Marinkovic 50 Polgar, J. 21, 1 55, 162, 197
Martinovic 183 Polgar, S. 13, 76, 77, 175
Matulovic 132 Polgar, Zsu. 42, 43, 1 44, 173,
Mayr 54 179, 189
Meister 92 Polugaevsky 62, 205
Michalek 71 Popovic 211
Mlchenka 43 Popovych 49
Milenkovic 49 Prandstetter 1 4, 47
Mllls 8 Prasad 117
Mohr 181 Prie 1 63
Mokry 152 Pulido 24
Molzahn 54 Pupo 127
Morrison 70 Quist 65
Mossin 66 Rattman 9
Muhutdinov 28, 210 Razuvaev 100
Myrvol 55 Ree 124
Neamtu 31 Reeh 142, 1 63
Nesterov 69, 206 Reverby 16, 30
Nicevski 207 Rind 157
Nielsen Peter Heine 209 Robatsch 207, 208
Nielsen, Niels-Peter 23, 209 Rodin 149
Nijboer 173 Rogers 50, 70, 78
Nlkcevic 27 Rotstein 195
Novkovic 10 Rowley 29
Novoselskl 18 Ruban 200
Nunn 163 Saidy 90
Oblitas 46 Salov 10
Olafsson, F. 77 Sammalvuo 45
Olafsson, H. 103 Sandor 164, 172
Oliver 145 Sax 114
Ozsvath 24 Schleifer 89
Pahtz 64 Schlick 4
Palacios 32, 168 Schlosser 126
Panno 133 Sclunldt 207
Parameswaran 79 Seirawan 63
Parma 133 Serper 56, 80, 94, 95,
Passerottl 1 200
Pavlovic 75, 183 Serras 179
1 44
Senaty 64 Ujhazl 49
Shabalov 40, 53, 113, 177 UUbln 56
Shaked 129, 137 Uogele 41
Sherbakov 1 06 Vaganlan 200
Short 20, 93, 153 Van der Sterren 70
Shure 38 Van der Tak 50
Silman 6, 51, 58, 67 Van der Weide 2
Sion 70 Van der Wiel 2, 43
Sipaila 51 Varavln 55, 57, 60
Sitanggang 94 Vasiukov 141, 145
Skembrls 3, 6, 62 Vatter 163
Smejkal 91 Velngold 89
Smyslov 189 Velimlrovic 211
Song 187 Veresov 51
Sorensen II Vescovi 13
Spangenberg 24, 25, 110, 143 Veselovsky 206
Spassky 1 32, 141 Vestol 52
Spraggett 113 VileIa 50
Stanojoski 47 Vltaljic 30
Starodvorsky 137 Vokarev 72, 73
Stean 96, 133 Voronjatov 72
Stein 201 Vorontsov 188
Stohl 115, 120 Vukcevic 142
Strangl 164 Vukic 75, 207
Strauss 132 Wahls 182
Suba 144 Waitzkin 159
Supancic 15 Waltenberger 199
Suran 171 Ward 22
Szabo, L. 86 Watson 22, 70
Szabo, J. 31 Wed berg 8, 45
Szalanczy 33, 34 West 39
Teske 99 Wmants 8
Thorhallsson, G. 97 Wittman 15
Tiviakov 135, 147, 148, 155, Yakovich 23, 28, 36, 141
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