ProgressinChess Volume 10 of the ongoing series Editorial board GM Victor Korchnoi GM Helmut Pfleger GM Nigel Short GM Rudolf Teschner 2003 EDITION OLMS 0 Mark Dvoretsky Opening Developmenis School of Chess Excellence 4 Edited and translated by Ken Neat 2003 EDITION OLMS 0Rp ‘Aso ovatable by Mark Ovorelsty- School of Chess Bxcotlonce | = Endgame Analyse 3.258.00416-1 Ths books ako avaianle fn the Getrnan exstion under he ie _Geheimnsse gezetion Scnacnianngs” 3-283.00254-1 School of Chess Excellence 2 - Tactical Play 3.283.004) 7.x Ths books ako evatable in he Gatrran eatin under the ho: -Modeme Schochtasti’ 3:283.002789 School of Chess Bxcollence 3 - Sategie Pr 3-283.008186 Ths book sao ovatable in he Ge ne te: -Geheinnsse der Schachstator *285.00362.9 Biblogaphic formation De Geutsche Bbtor Die Deutsche Bbtomnok I mi puBCan. Deutsche Natonabiblogiate detaled bblegrahic ‘dbIa & valable nthe ivemet of htnslor Go de Copyright © 2003 Eaton Cims AS Brslens, 1) CH-8634 Hombyechikery2utlen, Switzedan All ights reserved. Tis book is sold subject to the Condition that #t shal Nol. by Woy of rade o: otherwise, be len, 18-301, Fired out or otherwise culated in day form of binding of cover ofner thon that in whichis pubished ond without a similar condition inctuaing this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser Printed in Germany Faitor and translator: Ken Neat Typeset: Aino Nickel Edtion Marco, D-10561 erin Piinted by: Druckere’ Fried. Schmucker GmbH, 0-49624 Lonngen Cover: Prot Paul Konig, D-31137 Milaeshem Isa 3-285-00219.6 a Contents Preface Par eight The opening Opening disasters How a player develops. Fisk ina decisive game Playing for mate An unrealised dream... Dubious innovations "Your own theory’ Duels inthe Pire-Ltimtsev Defence ‘The balls in White's court. ‘Opening subteties Exercises for analysis Pa nine Games Who is attacking whom? “The accumulation of small advantages Dispute of equals A desperate struggle forthe initiative How to defeat Karpov ‘A positional sacritice Continuation of a discussion ‘What is meant by high class {Astor on the chess board ‘Uneven play The troatment of hanging pawns From the opening nto the endgame " 18 21 27 35 43 48 58 NBR 78 76 102 1 116 122 134 142 181 159 163RL ‘Advanced technique Exercises for analysis Solutions to exercises. ‘Appendix Index of exercises by thinking skills and types of positions to be solved Index of players 172 181 202 204 RD One more, tna story — ‘And my chronicle is ended. ‘Aleksandr Pushkin Without detailed comments itis absolutely impossible to understand a game, and to master is content. | have made each gare the object ofa thorough study, the results of which loffer tothe readers. SiogbertTarrasch Preface Itis no secret that, although the foreword to any book stands at its very beginning, iis ‘usually writen at the very end, when the ‘book is practically ready. And now here, before sending off the manuscript t0 the publisher, l sense an enormous relief ~ the ‘work, which | embarked on many years ago, back in 1987, has at last been completed. Before you isthe fourth, concluding book in the series Schoo! of Chess Excallonce. itis constructed on the same principles as the three preceding tiles: Endgame Analy sis, Tactical Playand Strategic Play. You wil ‘continue your acquaintance withthe results ff the wark of our creative laboratory ~ ‘games and game fragments, played by the ‘author of these lines or his pupils, and also ‘with examples by other players, thoroughly analysed by us at study-training sessions. Bolore you is fresh material, which has either not been examined at all in other ’books, or which here has boon subjected to ‘a creaive reinterpretation. With ts help | wil talk about problems that are important to ‘any player. Tis ill cover both general pin- ciples and improvement methods, preparing {for a competition or an incividual game, the technique for finding a move directly at the board, and the secrets concealed behind a specific positon ‘As in the preceding books, you will be offered numerous tests (sometimes quite aificut for indopandent solving. They are divided into ‘questions! (signified by a letter Q followed by tho number of the part of the book and the number of the question), answers to which you will find. in the ‘subsequent text, and ‘exercises’ (letter E) with answers atthe end of the book. There you will also find @ thematic index: after deciding on the proposed type of traning (the particular playing skill that you wish 10 ssevelop}, with the help ofthe index you can choose appropriate exercises to solve. But what i it that distinguishes this book from the previous books (of course, apart fom the spectic chess material)? 1) Here itis largely games that are analysed (from beginning to end), and not their fragments, 2) Compared with the other books in this series, substantially more space is given to the analysis of the opening problems that confront a player in a particular game. The first hat of the book is altogether devoted to ‘opening preparation (although, as you will see, not only to this), and also in the second half nearly every game is accompanied by detailed opening information,