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By Curt Hansen
Now and again there has been some talk about how strong masters from the past were, compared to top players
today. I think it is rather difficult to compare players not living at the same time. Chessplayers learn from the players from
the past, so of course their strategic understanding and opening play will always be better than the masters that came
before themselves.
An interesting task however, is to try to get an idea about who the real inventors of modern chess were/are. This can
be done by tracing some of the somewhat more extravagant ideas we have come to take for granted today.
The idea of exchanging the king's fianchetto bishop (Bg2/Bg7) for the Nc3/Nc6 has been played all through chess
history, however, only in particular games. The idea of playing g2-g3 and Bf1-g2/g7-g6 and Bf8-g7 is in most situations to
have a safe setup on the kingside. Therefore exchanging the fianchetto bishop unprovoked is indeed an original idea.
This possibility - as any other move - has to be based on concrete variations. What are the positive factors and what are
the negative effects? Since it is only possible to calculate a limited number of moves, one often has to fall back on
general evaluations of the positions that can arise. It is these evaluations that have changed over the years. It is quite
clear that this creative and somewhat provocative exchange is only good under special circumstances. Only few pawn
structures would make this idea strong. However, experience shows that exchanging the fianchetto bishop is worth a
thought in more types of positions than top players were aware of - say a 100 years ago. In fact around 1900 even the
idea of a bishop fianchetto was a new thing that not every top player had a high opinion about. The strong German
player Richard Teichmann for instance called the double fianchetto "that stupid doublehole opening". Of course, from
that view it is quite a long way to the idea of even exchanging the fianchetto bishop .
In this article I will try to show some steps in the evolution that followed since Teichmann. From the first somewhat
feeble tries to fine games and also not so fine games which nonetheless - in my opinion - improved our understanding of
when it is a interesting and possibly good idea to part with the fianchetto bishop. I will focus on games that I find
strategically interesting, even if some of them were more of a "experimenting value". They are choosen according to the
following criteria: 1) the exchange Lg2xNc6/Lg7xNc3 does not immediately win material (however, there are a few
exceptions in this article) 2) the queens stay on the board for some time after the exchange - because in the endgame
there is nothing especially original in playing Bg2xNc6 3) when White exchanges his Bg2, Black still has his
white-squared bishop (Bc8) and keeps it for some time which means there has to be made an evaluation of which is more
important - weakening the opponents queenside structure or the potential danger to ones own kingside. (Similarly if Black
plays Bg7xc3, White has - and keeps - the Bc1 for some time)
My inspiration for this article - or the starting point at the very least - has been a game by my contrymen Bent Larsen.
He has been involved in remarkably many games where Bg2xNc6/Bg7xNc3 was played. The first game ever where I took
notice of this idea was Larsen,B - Betancort Curbelo,J 1-0 from 1976. In the diagram position below the Danish
grandmaster played 8.Bxc6!? bxc6 9.f4! and won an interesting battle. Stopping Black from playing d7-d6 and e6-e5 is
of outmost importance, so White' s 9.f4 was part of a "grand strategy". According to Larsen himself in the Danish
chessmagazine "Skakbladet", he was inspired by Golombek-Portisch 1965 - see later in this article.
It seems to me that the none to obvious 8.Bxc6!? in that game was part of a evolution, beginning with
Berger,J - Mackenzie,G - from 1887. In that game Black played 15..Bxc3 16.bxc3 Ne5 and got a fine position where
the strong knight on e5 neutralised any white attacking chances, while the first player had weak pawns
on c3 and e4.
Also in the game Bier,X - Carls,C 0-1 from 1905 Black got good play by 18..Bxc3 19.bxc3 Nc6 because White's
pawns are quite weak and his Bf2 can hardly do any damage to the black king.
One of the first top players who experimented with the exchange of the fianchetto bishop was Jacques Mieses.
Even though some of the positions he got were okay, the results were bad. Interesting wasCohn,E - Mieses,J 1-0 from
1912 where Mieses played 10..Bxc3, probably with the idea 11.bxc3 exd5 12.exd5 0-0 with a reasonable game. However
his opponent decided to sacrifice a pawn with 11.dxe6 Qxe6 12.bxc3 Qxe4 13.Re1 Qc6 14.Bf2 and won quickly because
Black "forgot" to play the good defensive manouvre Na6-c7-e6.
Other Mieses-games: Capablanca,J - Mieses,J 1-0, Johner,P - Mieses 1-0, Rubinstein,A - Mieses,J 1-0,
Mieses - Landau 1-0
Very original but still searching for a real understanding of when it is good to exchange Bg2 for Nc6 was Tartakower in
Tartakower,S - Gruenfeld,E 1-0 in 1922. White won the game, but I dont think 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.bxc3 was a very good
idea. The white squares on the kingside (and queenside!) are simply to weak.
There was a lot more point in Black's play in Reti,R - Walter,J 1-0 from 1925. Black lost, but his strategy was
modern - although he should not have tried so hard to win the c4-pawn. Keeping control of the position is often
much more important.
The above mentioned game with Tartakower must have made some impression on Grnfeld. In
Gruenfeld,E - Bohatirchuk,F - from 1925 he decided to weaken Black's pawn position with 14.Bxc6 bxc6
15.Nd3. However, I do not think White was well enough coordinated to be better. But Black proceededvery optimistically,
so the first player had a good position after 18.Bxf4.
To me the first player who really understood when to part with the fianchetto bishop and when not seems to be
Salo Flohr. The first example is from 1927: Opocensky,K - Flohr,S 0-1.
Another example: Thelen,B - Flohr,S 0-1 - though here 11..h5 was somewhat strange.
The first example of a typical King' s Indian idea was in Flohr,S - Bogoljubov,E 1-0 1932, albeit not in its optimal form.
The first example of a typical King' s Indian idea was in Flohr,S - Bogoljubov,E 1-0 1932, albeit not in its optimal form.
After 18..Bxc3 19.bxc3 White's pieces - and especially the Be3 - have access to d4, and so his chances are better.
A relative modern approach from both players was seen in:Gerschenkron,A - Hoenlinger,B 0-1 from 1934 where Black
first weakened White's pawn structure with 7..Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 and followed up consequently by attacking c3 with 8..Qa5.
White realized that his Bc1 would be much stronger without the pawn on c3, and sacrificed it straight away. Many new
ideas in one game.
Similar ideas were seen in Teschner - Gligoric 0-1, Sandor,B - Joppen,E -, Sandor,B - Hajtun,J 1-0 and
Darga,K - Toran,R 1-0.
Jumping somewhat ahead in chess history - judged from some games for many years it seemed none to obvious that if
the player with doubled c-pawns wants to give up one of these pawns, it should be c3(c6) in order to give more scope to
the Bc1(Bc8). Only 18..Rc5?! gave White reasonable chances from a dubious position in
Polugaevsky,L - Averbakh,Y 0-1 1960. Also in Larsen,B - Van der Wiel,J 1-0 1980, Black lost/gave up the wrong
c-pawn, although that example was less straight forward as better pieceplay and some fine tactical play by White was
also important.
Also the new and upcoming star of the 30s tried the Bg2xNc6 idea:Keres,P - Laht,E 1-0 saw 10.Bxc6+ bxc6
11.Sge4, though play very soon became tactical afterwards.
A very nice game was Eberl,H - Samisch,F 0-1 1937, where 15..Bxc3!? 16.bxc3 Qa6! showed a very
fine understanding of Black's strategical possibilities.
A similar and strong setup was used in Bernstein,A - Saidy,A 0-1 from 1955 and to some degree in
Unzicker,W - Euwe,M - from 1958.
Also Petrov,V - Keres,P 1-0 from 1938 showed a modern understanding of king safety versus pawn weaknesses. White
played 24.Bxc6!? bxc6 25.Qd4.
A nice example of a strong knight covering the vital squares around the king after the exchange of the Bg2 was seen
in Landau,S - Szabo,L 1-0 from 1939 where 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Be3 gave White some edge.
Both from a theoretical and strategical point of view the gameRagozin,V - Botvinnik,M 0-1 from 1940
was quite important. Black showed that 10..Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 dxc4 was a strong way to play.
Similar ideas were played in Rossolimo,N - Seidman,H - from 1954 and Haag - Honfy - from 1956,
Galardini - Silli 1-0 and Primavera - Silli 1-0 both from 1964, Keres,P - Kavalek,L 1-0 1965,
Fuester,G - Jimenez Zerquera,E 0-1 1966, Portisch,L - Schmidt,W 1-0 1972, Hamann,S - Jansa,V 1-0 1975 and
Knudsen,P - Brinck-Claussen,B - 1981.
One of the first tries to exchange the Bg7 with the idea of blocking out the Bc1 - however unsuccessful - was seen in
Guimard,C - Luckis,M 1-0 where Black played 13..Bxc3 14.bxc3 Nf6. The potential possibility of e3-e4 opening up the
position gave him problems. Similar wasSzekely,P - Rigo,J 1-0, even though here Black was the one to force through
e7-e5 in a game where both sides played somewhat strange. Much later games showed that that this type of pawn
structure was probably playable with no e-pawns on the board: Diaz,J - Matulovic,M 0-1 1976.
Interesting was the game Alekhine,A - Sanz,J 1-0 from 1945 where the world champion showed that when White has not
castled, the weakness of the doubled c-pawns is more important than the weakness of the white squares on the kingside.
White played 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Be3.
One of the first examples of the Bg7 being exchanged in a Sicilian type of postion wasBolbochan,J - Rossetto - from
1945, where 20..Bxc3 21.bxc3 Sg7 gave Black a more or less reasonable position. However, as with many fine
inventions, I believe Black's idea come about a bit by accident - he was trying to avoid a white knight coming to d5
(20..Sef6/Sdf6 21.g5).
A fine prelude to Larsen's game given as the first example in this article isStoltz,G - Van den Tol,T 1-0 from 1946.
Very important in both games is the fact that White's f-pawn - at least the first couple of move after Bg2xc6 - stops Black
from opening the position for the Bc8 with e6-e5.
Just like in the second example from 1887 there was a game from Parnu 1947 which showed that a strong knight on
e5 often can render the white bishop's control over the squares g5 and h6 useless. InSimagin,V - Kotov,A 0-1
black played 16..Bxc3 17.bxc3 Rxb1 18.Rxb1 Qa5 with strong play against White's pawns on the queenside.
One of the first examples of Bg2xc6 in the Catalan opening was seen in the Soviet Championship of 1947 in the game
Alatortsev,V - Kasparian,G -. However, with to black bishops in an open position White was running a very
considerable risk.
A surprisingly modern approach was seen in Poschel - Heitner 1-0 from the American Championship of 1948:
and similarly in Smyslov,V - Lilienthal,A 1-0 from 1950, O'Kelly De Galway,A - Voiculescu,P - from 1954
Geller,E - Keller,D 0-1 1956 and Sanguineti,R - Dobkin 1-0 from 1956.
In 1952 it was again Botvinnik (Ragozin,V - Botvinnik,M 0-1) who exchanged his fianchetto bishop, but in a different type
of position than in 1939 Botvinnik,M - Goldenev 1-0.
Also interesting was Levenfish Grigory - Novotelnov Nikolay 0-1 from 1952, where Black with 8..Bxc3+ 9.bxc3
Sf6! improved on 9..fxe4 from Balogh,J - Pelikan,J - from 1949 and got a playable position.
If Black tries to hold on to his doubled c-pawns, he may succeed in just that but will most likely get a passive postion:
Kortchnoi,V - Bivshev,V 1-0 from 1952 and similarly Nielsen,A - Trifunovic - and Taimanov - Suetin 1-0 both from
1954, Panno,O - Strauss,D 1-0 1976.
Slightly similar to the earlier mentioned gameCohn,E - Mieses,J 1-0 was Djaja,D - Trifunovic,P 0-1 from 1952, where
Slightly similar to the earlier mentioned gameCohn,E - Mieses,J 1-0 was Djaja,D - Trifunovic,P 0-1 from 1952, where
Black got a good center-pawn for a rook-pawn after 17..Bxc3 18.bxc3 Qxe4 - in addition White had very weak queenside
pawns.
Surprisingly enough, even if the player with the doubled c-pawns gets his position stabilized, his pawns protected in a
reasonable way and maybe even some active piece play, it is still not easy for him in the long term:
Grob,H - Kupper,J 1-0 from 1954 or Betak,M - Ujtelky,M 0-1 1955 Durao,J - O'Kelly,A 0-1 and
Quinteros,M - Fischer,R 0-1 1970, the latter game having a great influence, I believe. Later followed:
Uhlmann,W - Ivkov,B 0-1 1972, Dunkelblum,A - Miles,A 0-1 1972, Tukmakov,V - Stean,M 0-1 1972,
Polgar,I - Forintos,G 0-1 1972, Petrosian,T - Szabo,L 1-0 1972, Furman,S - Smejkal,J - 1975,
Baumgartner,H - Kortchnoi,V 0-1 1978, Larsen,B - Frenkel,O 1-0 1984.
However, it is important to take note of the significance of controlling c4(c5) in this type of position where White plays
Bg2xc6 (or Black Bg7xc3). This is shown in the games Bertok,M - Lukic,A 1-0 1955,Teschner,R - Troianescu,O 1-0
1957, Bolbochan,J - Bertok,M - from 1962 and Munoz,C - Rojas Sepulveda,E 1-0 from 1969, where Bg7xc3 was no
success. Also in Garcia,R - Rubinetti,J 1-0 1973, I think Black had a good position.
A good example of how one should play when the opponent parts with his fianchetto bishop is
Porreca,G - Matanovic,A 0-1 from 1954, where White energetically opened the postion and probably had fine
compensation for the pawn.
White also played h2-h4 in Bialas,W - Pirc,V 0-1 1955, but his play was weaker because he allowed the exchange of his
black-squared bishop.
in Volga gambit postions, the remarkable idea of playing Bg7xc3 followed up by blocking out White's Bc1 with f7-f6
was probably seen for the first time - with colours reversed - in Behrensen,J - Sanguineti - 1955 (see diagram
below). In a real Volga gambit game this idea had its debut inGligoric,S - Diez del Corral - as late as 1970 and again
in Keres,P - Pohla - 1971 and Gligoric,S - Damjanovic,M - 1977, while White probably got a very good version
due to Black's lack of real pressure or control over vital queenside squares inKolbak,J - Shaw,T 1-0 1974
Extremely provocative was Black's play in Borisenko - Tal,M 1-0 from 1955. Black parted with his fianchetto bishop just
to be able to a tempo by attacking White's knight with his b-pawn. This opening-idea was really based on very concrete
variations, and the second time around Black showed that his slight lead in development made it possible to put strong
pressure on d5 ensuring him a fine position: Lebedev - Tal,M 0-1. Later followed Antoshin - Tal,M -,
Koblenz - Kagan , Najdorf,M - Larsen,B 1-0, Giustolisi - Tal,M 0-1, Shaposhnikov - Kosenkov,
Van den Berg,C - Kortchnoi,V 0-1 and Tukmakov,V - Zhidkov,V -.
A better version of the idea played in the earlier mentioned gameFlohr,S - Bogoljubov,E 1-0 1932 was seen in
Bronstein,D - Petrosian,T - 1956 (diagram below) and - hesitantly - found followers in similar situations:
Reshevsky,S - Gligoric,S - 1960, Wexler,B - Rubinetti,J - 1964, Filip,M - Langeweg,K - 1965,
Cafure - Panno 0-1 1965, Donner,J - Petrosian,T - 1966, Uhlmann,W - Larsen,B - 1969, Timman,J - Tal,M 0-1
1973 and Fries Nielsen,J - Mestel,A - 1984.
A rather weird and extreme version of Tal's idea was Kotov,A - Petrosian,T - from 1957 where Black chose 8..Bxc3
9.dxc3 Be6 - and the players agreed draw. Was this meant as a parody or should this be taken seriously? Another
strange example: Kolvig,B - Hamann,S 1-0.
More interesting in my opinion was Black's play in Borisenko,G - Nezhmetdinov,R 0-1 from 1957, where 6..Bxc3+
7.bxc3 Qa5 8.Qb3 Ngf6 followed by Nb6 gave him good play because c4 is so weak.
Even with firm control of the square c4(c5 as black) one should think twice of playing Bg2xNc6 (Bg7xNc3) if it
involves playing with two knights against two bishops. Sooner or later the position will open up and Black could easily
get into big trouble as in Szabo,L - Sherwin,J 1-0 1958 where 13..Bxc3 14.bxc3 Nc5 was not such a good idea. White's
bishops were also to strong in Borisenko,G - Peterson,A 1-0 and Pomar,A - Pfleger,H 1-0
Remarkable - and not quite logical - was the play in Geller Efim P - Spassky,B - from 1959. First Black goes for
14..Bxc3 15.bxc3 Ng7, and a couple of moves later he opens up the position completely for White's bishops with
14..Bxc3 15.bxc3 Ng7, and a couple of moves later he opens up the position completely for White's bishops with
d6-d5. This is another example of chess based on very concrete lines. You really have to know what you are doing
if you play like Tal did with Bg7xc3 above - or Spassky in this game.
In Neikirkh,O - Bobotsov,M - from 1959 the second player was probably also inspired by Tal's Bg7xc3, but
what is the point of exchanging the strong Bg7? I dont see what he gets in return. I have the same opinion
about Goldenberg,E - Eliskases 0-1 from 1960 and Geller,E - Langeweg,K 1-0 1962, though Black's position may be
playable in some of these examples.
I have given some examples earlier which show that Black should not fight with two knights against the bishop pair
beginning with Bg2xNc6 (Bg7xNc3). However, if the position is closed, it may be an entirely different story:
Hamann,S - Geller,E 0-1 1960. The question is whether White should have allowed the position to get completely
closed. Trying to open things up with 14.dxe6 was certainly worth a thought. For example inFlorian - Flesch 1-0,
Cuellar,H - Tal,M 0-1 1973, Bukic,E - Stull,N 1-0 1975, Marttala,T - Ivarsson,S 1-0 1979, Jakobsen,O - Hoi,C 1-0
1980, Ligterink,G - Davies,N - , and Spassky,B - Zuger,B - 1984.
Often when the fianchetto-bishop is exchanged, you get a fantastic square for the knight on c4(c5). If you have
two good knights - because White's f5-pawn makes f6-f5 impossible - then it is a dream position:
Matulovic,M - Janosevic,D 1-0 1960.
Until now there only was one example of exchanging the Bg7 in the King's Indian. In the beginning of the sixties some
new ideas in that opening started to appear: Maslov - Gipslis,A 0-1 1962, and similarly in Liptai - Spassky 0-1,
Mikenas Vladas - Polugaevsky,L 0-1, Christensen,J - Jesso,K 1-0, Tatai,S - Penrose,J 0-1,
Gasztonyi,E - Honfi,K 1-0, Forintos - Szabo 1-0, Forintos - Damjanovic 1-0, Gasztonyi,E - Haag,E -,
Osmanagic,K - Tringov,G 0-1 Soloviev - Wexler 1-0 Forintos,G - Gligoric,S - Kubicek,A - Trapl,J -
Besser,H - Haakert,J 1-0, Sallay - Shaposhnikov 1-0, Koc - Kogan,B 0-1, Roensch,I - Hoelzlein,C 0-1,
Forintos,G - Torre,E 0-1, Brilla Banfalvi,S - Napolitano,D 1-0.
Also during the early sixties, in the same position suddenly appeared the idea of stopping (the pawn sacrifice) f4-f5
opening lines for the Bc1 forever by f7-f5, thereby limiting the active possibilities of both White's bishop c1 and Black's
bishop c8: Vladimirov,B - Gligoric,S - from 1963, Gasztonyi,E - Ozsvath,A -, Freeman,M - Ikhagva -,
Hadri,A - Fuller,M -, Forintos,G - Gligoric,S -, Bezerra,E - Ortega,J 0-1 and Minic - Janosevic 0-1.
The fact that Gligoric switched between playing f7-f5 and not advancing his f7-pawn makes it difficult to find out what this
great expert thought was best.
Bent Larsen's interest in these double-edged positions seem to have started in the first half of the sixties, though I realize
I have already given the game Najdorf,M - Larsen,B 1-0 earlier in this article. In 1963 I think the experiment though he did not lose - was a rather risky one: Brinck Claussen,B - Larsen,B - (also Hora,V - Szakall,F -).
Another somewhat dubious idea was also played one of the first times in 1963:Robatsch,K - Van Scheltinga,T 1-0 Black wins a pawn with 5..Bxc3+, but White has very strong bishops. Other examples:Kaplan,J - Yepez,O 0-1 1966,
Ghizdavu,D - Kaplan,J 0-1 1966, Klovsky,R - Veresov Gavriil 1-0 1967, Ciocaltea,V - Ostojic,P 1-0 1968,
Velickovic,S - Sax,G 0-1 1972, Pilnik - Cuartas 1-0 1973, Sax - Gasztonyi - 1973, Spraggett,K - Day,L 0-1 1977
and Zapata,A - Gutierrez,J 0-1 1978.
Also interesting - and maybe the first example of exchanging the fianchettoed bishop in a closed Sicilian type of position was Golombek,H - Portisch,L - 1965 (see diagram below). The Hungarian grandmaster played a somewhat similar
idea in Smyslov,V - Portisch,L - 1971.
The following diagram also shows a new idea at the time from Saidy,A - Byrne,D 1-0 1966, where
9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Bh6 gave White good chances. The same scheme was seen inPetrosian,T - Schmidt,W 1-0 1972,
Mikadze Zurab - Lukin Andrei M 1-0 1972, Popov,L - Timman,J -, Smyslov,V - Robatsch,K 1-0 1974,
Panno,O - De la Vega,H 1-0 1975, Langeweg,K - Ogaard,L 0-1 1975, Ree,H - Van Dop,A - 1975,
Csom - Ornstein 1-0 1975 (with colours reversed), Keene - Thorsteinsson,B 1-0 1976, Shamkovich,L - Webb,S 1-0
1977 and Smejkal,J - Popovic,P 0-1 1982.
White's play in the unknown game Sakharov - Reshko Aron G 1-0 from 1966 - 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.f4! - may have inspired
future generations, although the idea (with colours reversed) was only seen again many years later. See the end
of this article.
Interesting was Timman,J - Barendregt,J 0-1 once again questioning what is more important - Black's better pawn
structure or the weakening of the dark squares on the kingside after 6..Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 e5. This was also tested in
Gheorghiu,F - Barendregt,J - and Kavalek,L - Barendregt,J 1-0.
A new step in the evolution of understanding the Maroczy setup was Stein,L - Matulovic,M - from 1967 where
Black did not even want to play against White's weak c-pawns. He exchanged on c3 and voluntarily played d7-d5 a few
moves later. This was repeated in Litinskaya,M - Baumstark,G - 1976.
Around the end of the 60s some players realized that without the g-pawn the kingside position was already weakened
enough, so if Black had not castled he should probably not seek shelter for king on that side of the board anyway.
Therefore exchanging the fianchettoed bishop was not a great loss. However, the first attempt was not succesful and
maybe not so well-timed: Barczay,L - Szilagyi,G 1-0. But later Black's fearless approach was rewarded in
Levy - Basman 0-1 and Georgadze,T - Cordes,H -.
Bent Larsen again played a original idea in O'Kelly,A - Larsen,B 0-1 1969, where 26..Bxc3 27.bxc3 f5 ultimately won
Black the game mainly because of White's passively placed Bg1.
A stunning idea was seen in Petrosian,T - Kortchnoi,V 1-0 1971, when the ex-world champion considered the weakness
of the opponent's dark squares e5 and c5 as more important than the fianchetto bishop - and won a impressive and
important game:
In the earlier mentioned gameStein,L - Matulovic,M - from 1967, Black exchanged the Bg7 for the Nc3 and did not
even try to capitalize on White's weak c-pawns. A few moves later he played d7-d5. Another version of this thought was
seen in Brasket,C - Berry,D - 1972, where Black helped his opponent to get rid of his doubled c-pawns with 12..Bxd5
13.cxd5 Ne5. Instead he tried to make use of White's weaknesses in the c-linie and his better developement. Similar were
Dorfman,I - Swic,W 1-0 1978 and to some extent Kortchnoi,V - Bohm,H 1-0.
The game Spassky,B - Fischer,R - 1972 does not quite fit the definitions given at the start of this article since Black
actually grabs a pawn. However, I believe an idea presented in a game from a world championship match always has a
big impact, so I have made an exception. This idea was later seen inGligoric,S - Hort,V 0-1 1972. Though the position is
different, there are obvious parallels between Fischer's play and Black's moves inManetta,J - Suttles,D 0-1 1973, and
since a number GM commentators criticized Fisher for giving up the exchange, there were of course games where Black
tried to keep his Rf8: Mammola - Micheli 0-1. There were also encounters were the f-linie was kept closed with the
remarkable gxf5, e.g. Welling - Groth 0-1 1975.
An interesting attempt to defend the king in a Sicilian type of position - by exchanging the fianchetto bishop! - was seen in
Mukhin,M - Taimanov,M - 1972, where 18..exf5 19.Nd5 did not appeal to Black who therefore chose 18..Bxc3 with
the idea 19.bxc3 exf5. Similar was Shephard,C - Taulbut,S 0-1 from 1977.
Also Bokuchava,A - Rashkovsky,N 0-1 1972 saw a remarkable experiment, that is 6..Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Nf6 8.Bd3 d5.
Interesting countermeasures by White in a slightly different position were seen inTimman,J - Miles,A 1-0 1977 and
Boersma,P - Miles,A 0-1 1982. In the better version from Svenn,M - Donaldson,J - 1980,
Vogt,L - Garcia Martinez,S 0-1 1983, Zapata,A - Garcia Martinez,S 1-0 and Michalek,F - Hlavac,R 0-1 Black seemed to
be fine, but the critical test was Tischbierek,R - Marosi,G 1-0 1983.
The same exchange, but with colours reversed and without the follow-up d2-d4, was seen in Jacobsen,B - Rellstab,L 1-0
1972. Further examples were Weyerstrass - Scheeren,F 0-1 1977, Vallifuoco,G - Trabattoni - 1981,
Shamkovich,L - Fedorowicz,J - 1982.
Bent Larsen tried out his surprising idea mentioned at the beginning of this article inLarsen,B - Olafsson,F - 1973
Larsen,B - Andersson,U 0-1 1974, and Larsen,B - Betancort Curbelo,J 1-0 1976 (the first game in this article).
Other games: Benko,P - Tarjan,J 0-1, Heggheim,B - Davies,N 0-1 1982 and to some degree also
Raynes,P - Davies,N 0-1 1983.
I have shown many wins by the player who gives up his fianchetto bishop in order to weaken Black's queenside in an
English opening setup. However, very slowly the players with the two bishops were beginning to understand better
how to use their chances. Ex-world champion Petrosian gave away his fianchetto-bishop in a number of the earlier
examples, but he also showed how to play for the other side - Anikaev,Y - Petrosian,A 0-1 1973. Also see
Quinteros,M - Portisch,L 0-1 and Quinteros,M - Sokolov,A 0-1.
Some ideas still needed to be refined. In Ivkov,B - Uddenfeldt 1-0 1973 White already had played e2-e4 and therefore
the Bc1 had a lot of space. Still Black got a quite reasonable position from the opening by 6..Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Qa5 8.Qc2
Ngf6. A not very good version of this idea was seen in Huebner,R - Spassky,B 1-0 1981.
A typical Catalan idea - Bg2xNc6 - was played in Kirov,N - Geller,E - 1976, Kortchnoi,V - Petrosian,T - 1977,
Kortchnoi - Karpov -, Garcia,G - Geller,E 0-1 and Spiridonov,N - Geller,E 0-1.
Remarkable was a idea in the Pirc Defense which was tried in three games in the year 1977 - I dont know which one
was played first: Yurtaev,L - Karasev,V - , Faibisovich,V - Karasev,V 0-1 and Geller,E - Kuzmin,G 0-1
And then in 1978, it was again Bent Larsen who played the very inspired gameLarsen,B - Westerinen,H 1-0, getting a
big advantage with 12.Bxc6 bxc6 12.g4
The very inventive Basman also played a nice game (Cebalo - Basman 0-1), though the opening moves are probably not
to everyone's taste. 9..Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Ngf6 11.Qc2 Qa5 is a well-known manouvre with the kingside pawns further back,
but here it is even stronger because of the backward f2-pawn.
Apart from Fischer's idea above in the match against Spassky, other players tried Bg7xc3 in slightly different
Pirc-positions, e.g. Plachetka,J - Fries Nielsen,J 0-1 1980 where 18..Bxc3 19.bxc3 Nf6 gave black a very good postion.
However, Black has to be careful in evaluating when this is good: Sznapik,A - Pein,M 1-0 1982.
In a somewhat difficult position, Black defended well inTimman,J - Larsen,B - 1982 with 16..Bxc3 17.bxc3 Nf6.
Interesting was Lukacs - Velez - 1983, where 7..Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Qa5 9.Qb3 Nb6 gave Black a reasonable game.
In the same direction Blacks thoughts were going inKnaak,R - Zapata,A 1984, Gonzalez,G - Alzate,D 0-1 1984 and
Farago,I - Davies,N 1-0 1985.
And finally - after all those years of trying different setups (earlier in this article I have mentioned
Sakharov - Reshko Aron G 1-0 1966 (with colours reversed), Lukacs - Velez - 1983 and others)
in 1985 the idea was played for the first time in its accelerated form with 4..Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 f5:Ravikumar,V - Colias,B 1-0 ,
Taylor,G - Ivanov,I 0-1 Palmquist,W - Dzindzchashvili,R 0-1and Fink,S - Ivanov,I 0-1.
Another type of experiment was played by Black with 12..Bxc3 inHaik,A - Gheorghiu,F - 1984, and he indeed
managed to control White's bishops.
Even the idea applied by Black in Berg,K - Westerinen,H 0-1 and Schussler,H - Westerinen,H - seemed to be
more or less playable.
I think it will be fitting to let Bent Larsen have the last word. The Danish grandmaster showed a interesting idea in
Van der Wiel,J - Larsen,B 0-1 1985, where he won a fine game after 9..Nxh5 10.Bxh5 Bxc3+! 11.bxc3 gxh5 12.Qxh5
Qd7.
I hope the readers will find food for thought in this article and maybe experiment themselves with the ideas discussed.
B30 g7
0-1
1887
4
A43
Cohn,E
Mieses,J
DSB-18.Kongress Breslau ,HCL (2)
1.d4 c5 2.d5 d6 3.e4 g6 4.f4 g7
5.f3 e6 6.c3 e7 7.b5+ d7
8.xd7+ xd7 9.0-0 a6 10.e3
xc3 11.dxe6 xe6 12.bxc3 xe4
13.e1 c6 14.f2 f6 15.e3 d8
16.e2 c7 17.h4 g5 18.e1 d7
19.fxg5 f7 20.gxf6 f5 21.g5+
g6 22.g4
1-0
5
Capablanca,Jose
Mieses,Jacques
Berlin
E91
1913
C26 8
Reti,Richard
Walter,J
1922 Bratislava-A
B37
1925
9
Gruenfeld,E
Bohatirchuk,F
Moscow
A81
1925
23
B37 12
Thelen,Bedrich
Flohr,Salo
1927 Kautsky mem5
Rubinstein,Akiba
Mieses,Jacques
Bad Kissingen (1)
A43
1928
13
11
B37
Flohr,Salo
Bogoljubov,Efim
Bad Sliac
E94
1932
1928
24
15
Keres,Paul
Laht,E
Tallin tt (22.3)
A16 17
Petrov,V
Keres,Paul
1936 Tallin EST-LAT t-m .38) (8.3)
A99
1938
18
Landau,S
Szabo,Laszlo
Book:Partij Verloren
19
Mieses
Landau
Bournemouth (4)
1939
E06 20
Ragozin,Viacheslav
Botvinnik,Mikhail
1939 Leningrad (8)
B24
D82
1940
23
21
Guimard,Carlos
Luckis,Marcos
Mar del Plata (12)
A47
Bolbochan,Jul
Rossetto
Mar del Plata (6)
B70
1945
1941
28
28
Balogh,Janos
Pelikan,Jiri
I Olimpiada Final
29
Smyslov,V
Lilienthal,A
Budapest ct ,CAND (10)
1950
B37 30
Teschner
Gligoric
1949 Helsinki ol
A34
E76
1952
29
A13 33
Kortchnoi,V
Bivshev,V
1952 URS-ch20 Moscow ,URS-ch
A34
1952
30
36
Sandor,Bela
Joppen,E
Amsterdam ol prel (7)
A34
1954
31
Rossolimo,N
Seidman,H
New York ch-USA (9)
D93
1954
42
Behrensen,J
Sanguineti
Buenos Aires ch-ARG (13)
43
Betak,M
Ujtelky,M
CSR-ch Prague (17)
1955
A09 44
Sandor,B
Hajtun,J
1955 HUN ch
B54
A34
1955
45
47
Bernstein,Alexander
Saidy,Anthony Fred
Marshall CC-ch
B73
1955
B39
Bialas,W
Pirc,V
Hamburg (1)
50
Lebedev
Tal,M
Riga sf-ch-URS
51
Bronstein,D
Petrosian,T
Amsterdam ct ,CAND (11)
E95
1956
1955 52
Haag
Honfy
Budapest
D82
1956
35
53
36
57
Najdorf,Miguel
Larsen,Bent
Dallas (8)
A61 59
Giustolisi
Tal,M
Italia tt
A16
Kotov,A
Petrosian,T
1957 Kiev
58
1957
60
Shaposhnikov
Kosenkov
Kuibishev
A61
1957
1957 61
Borisenko,Gennady
Nezhmetdinov,Rashid
RUS Ch
A43
1957
64
Varnusz,Egon
Lengyel,Levente
HUN-ch Budapest (8)
D33
1958
65
Szabo,L
Sherwin,J
Portoroz Izt
E76
1958
67
Neikirkh,Oleg
Bobotsov,Milko
BUL-ch14 Sofia
Geller Efim P
Spassky,B
ol URS Moscow RUS
E91
1960
68
66
A61
Reshevsky,Samuel
Gligoric,Svetozar
Buenos Aires (5)
E98
1960
1959
69
Goldenberg,E
Eliskases
Buenos Aires ch-ARG (10)
A71
1960
39
70
Hamann,S
Geller,E
Copenhagen (10)
1960 72
71
Matulovic,Milan
Janosevic,Dragoljub
Ljubljana ch-YU (8)
B37
Polugaevsky,L
Averbakh,Y
URS-ch27 Leningrad ,URS-ch (18) 1960
1.c4 c5 2.c3 c6 3.f3 g6 4.d4
cxd4 5.xd4 g7 6.c2 d6 7.e4
xc3+ 8.bxc3 f6 9.f3 a5 10.d2
d7 11.e2 c8 12.e3 e6 13.d5
d7 14.0-0 ce5 15.e3 xc4
16.d4 de5 17.f2 g5 18.a4 c5
19.fd1 g8 20.db1 b6 21.b4 f5
22.d1 f4 23.xc5 xc5+ 24.d4
f7 25.d5 a5 26.b5 c8 27.d1
d8 28.g3 xd5 29.xd5 g8 30.g2
ac4 31.xc4 xc4 32.d2 fxg3
33.hxg3 g4 34.f4+ e8 35.fxg4
e2+ 36.h3 xg4 37.f5 g6
38.f1 h6+
0-1
A34
73
A62
Kolvig,Bent
1960
Hamann,Svend
DEN-ch Nyk Falster
1961
1.c4 f6 2.c3 c5 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5
xd5 5.g2 c7 6.f3 c6 7.a4
1.d4 f6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 d6
d7 8.d3 e5 9.0-0 e7 10.d2 0-0
5.g2 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.f3 g7
11.c4 f6 12.f4 e6 13.f5 d7
8.0-0 0-0 9.c3 a6 10.d2 b8
14.e3 b8 15.xc6 bxc6 16.e4
11.a4 b4 12.c4 e8 13.f4 xc3
a6 17.a3 b5 18.c2 c7 19.f3
14.bxc3 a6 15.e4 f6 16.h6 g7
d7 20.g4 e8 21.af1 d8 22.c1
17.f4 e8 18.e1 c7 19.xg7 xg7
b7 23.g5 h5 24.3f2 h8 25.g2
20.e5 fxe5 21.fxe5 dxe5 22.xe5 d7
d7 26.e1 e8 27.h4 fxg5
23.d6 a6 24.b1 b5 25.xd7 xe1+
28.xg5 g6 29.f6 d8 30.h6 ff7
26.xe1 xd7 27.e5+ h6 28.axb5
40
g8 20.g5 e2 21.h6 d7
0-1
76
74
Maslov
Gipslis,Aivars
Leningrad
E77
Liptai
Spassky
Marianske-Lasne
1962
1962
75
Mikenas Vladas
Polugaevsky,L
URS-ch tt Leningrad RUS
E77
77
Geller,E
Langeweg,K
Varna ol
A61
1962
41
78
42
84
Forintos
Szabo
Miskolc
E77
1963
86
Forintos
Damjanovic
Reggio Emilia
E77
88
E77
Gasztonyi,E
1963
Haag,E
HUN
1964
1.d4 f6 2.c4 g6 3.c3 g7 4.e4 d6
5.f4 0-0 6.f3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.e2
1.d4 f6 2.c4 g6 3.c3 g7 4.e4 d6
exd5 9.exd5 h5 10.0-0 xc3
5.f4 0-0 6.f3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.e2
11.bxc3 g7 12.b1 b6 13.b2 f5
exd5 9.exd5 h5 10.0-0 xc3
14.g5 h6 15.g4 c8 16.e4 f5
11.bxc3 g7 12.f5 xf5 13.f4 a6
17.g3 d7 18.gxf5 gxf5 19.d3 f6 14.d2 d7 15.h3 f6 16.h2 ae8
20.g2 h8 21.c2 g8 22.f3 d7
17.f2 e4 18.f4 f5 19.d2 c2
23.f1 h4 24.e3 h5 25.f2 e7
20.g4 a4 21.xf5 xf5 22.xd6
26.e3 f6 27.f1 e7 28.g3
c2 23.g3 d3 24.xd3 xd3
xg3 29.fxg3 g8 30.e2 g4
25.a4 f7 26.f3 c2 27.a2 e1+
31.h3 xg3 32.xg3 g8 33.h5 g6 28.f2 c1 29.e3 g5 30.a5 h5
34.h4 f8 35.h2 g8 36.h5 f7 31.b2 f5 32.b3 c2+ 33.xc2
37.e2 f6 38.h4 xg2+ 39.xg2
xc2 34.d2 d7 35.e8+ f7
h7 40.e2 g8 41.e3 f8
36.a8 e7 37.d6 d7 38.h4 gxh4
42.e2 g7 43.c2 g8 44.e3 f7 39.e3 e6 40.f3 g7 41.xh4
45.e2 f6 46.d3 g6 47.g2 f7
a4 42.f4 c6 43.h8 b6 44.axb6
48.c2 h5 49.f2 b5 50.cxb5 xd5 axb6 45.g3 b7 46.xh5 b8 47.f5
51.e2 g7 52.c4 d2 53.f3 xf4+ f7 48.e7 d7 49.d5 g7
54.g3 xc4 55.xd6+ g8 56.a4
50.c7+ f7 51.h8 g8 52.h7+
xa4 57.e5 h7 58.d5 e8
g7 53.h2 c6 54.f2 h7 55.g5
59.g2 g6 60.f7
h5 56.h4 g6 57.f4 e5+
1-0
58.d2 f5 59.e3 e5 60.g4 xf4
61.xf4 xc4 62.d5 f7 63.d7
xd7 64.xf6 c6 65.e4 e6
87
E92 66.d8 xe4 67.xe4 b5 68.g5
Wexler,Bernardo
d6+ 69.d3 f7 70.f6 f5 71.c4
Rubinetti,Jorge
b4 72.e7 e5+ 73.c2 xc4
Buenos Aires ch-AR (3)
1964 74.xc5
-
1.c4 f6 2.d4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.c3 d6
5.e4 g6 6.f3 g7 7.e2 0-0 8.0-0
44
E69 91
Primavera
Silli
1964 cr-ITA
90
D92
1964
92
Filip,M
Langeweg,K
Amsterdam IBM (7)
E92
1965
D92
Galardini
Silli
cr-ITA
45
A37 99
Kaplan,Julio
Yepez,Osvaldo
1965 La Habana olm fin-C
B27
1966
98
Fuester,G
Jimenez Zerquera,E
Havana Panamerican
1966
100
Saidy,A
Byrne,D
New York USA-ch
A16
1966
A68 103
Forintos,G
Gligoric,S
1966 Titovo Uzice (5)
E77
1966
104
Sakharov
Reshko Aron G
URS-ch tt
A17
1966
105
108
106
Besser,Hans
Haakert,Juergen
GER-ch 9th Kiel
E77
Klovsky,Rafail
Veresov Gavriil
Moscow
B27
1967
1967
110
Stein,L
Matulovic,M
Sousse izt ,IZT (16)
111
Sallay
Shaposhnikov
cr HUN-URS
E77
1967
A35
112
B60
Barczay,L
1967
Szilagyi,Gy
HUN
1968
1.c4 c5 2.c3 g6 3.f3 g7 4.d4
cxd4 5.xd4 c6 6.c2 xc3+
1.e4 c5 2.f3 c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.xd4
7.bxc3 f6 8.f3 a5 9.d2 d5
f6 5.c3 d6 6.g5 d7 7.xf6 gxf6
10.cxd5 xd5 11.e4 c5 12.e2 0-0
8.b3 g8 9.g3 f5 10.e2 g7
13.e3 xe3+ 14.xe3 b6 15.c4
11.exf5 xf5 12.g2 d7 13.0-0
a6 16.c3 fd8 17.d5 e8 18.c1 xc3 14.bxc3 h3 15.xh3 xh3
ac8 19.e2 e6 20.f6+ xf6
16.d4 g5 17.xc6 bxc6 18.fe1
21.xf6 d7 22.f2 a5 23.c2 c6 e6 19.ab1 h5 20.f4 c5 21.e3
24.b1 f8 25.c5 xe2 26.xe2 bxc5 h5 22.e2 f5 23.g4 g6 24.d4
27.c2 b8 28.b5 c4 29.a5 e8
e5 25.f5 xf5 26.e4
30.a4 dc7 31.c3 d7 32.e5 b7 1-0
33.ca3 c6 34.c3 e5 35.xc4 f6
36.e3 cc7 37.d3 e7 38.xc7+
xc7 39.b4 c6 40.c5 b7
41.c4 b2 42.d3+ d4 43.xd4
exd4 44.a3 xg2 45.h4 h2
50
113
118
Gheorghiu,Florin
Barendregt,Johan
Amsterdam IBM (4)
A43
1969
119
Kavalek,Lubosh
Barendregt,Johan
Amsterdam IBM (15)
A43
1969
121
O'Kelly,A
Larsen,Bent
San Juan (10)
1969
123
Quinteros,M
Fischer,R
Buenos Aires
A35
1970
125
Levy
Basman
Haifa t.t.
126
Forintos,G
Torre,E
Siegen ol
E77
1970
127
Gligoric,S
Diez del Corral
Siegen ol
A59
1970
54
A20 130
Polihroniade,Elisabeta
Ivanka Budinsky,Maria
1971 Ohrid (9)
B08
1971
129
Brilla Banfalvi,Sandor
Napolitano,Dr Mario
NBC Jubilee
1971
131
Keres,P
Pohla
Parnu
A59
1971
132
Smyslov,V
Portisch,L
Portoroz cm-reserve ,IZT
B24
2620
2630
1971
133
Van den Berg,C
Kortchnoi,V
Wijk (14)
A61
2450
2660
1971
134
Uhlmann,W
Ivkov,Borislav
13 Amsterdam IBM
B37
1972
A35
2250
2240
1972
136
Tukmakov,V
Stean,M
Hastings (2)
137
Polgar,I
Forintos,Gy
Kecskemet
B37
1972
B37
2560
138
1972
Brasket,Curt Justin
Berry,David
Lone Pine op
B37
1972
140
Spassky,B
Fischer,R
Reykjavik
B09
2660
2785
1972
144
142
Petrosian,T
Schmidt,Wl
Skopje ol
A16
Mukhin,M
Taimanov,M
Suhumi
B47
1972
1972
B34 147
Mikadze Zurab
Lukin Andrei M
1972 ol URS (2)
A16
1972
60
151
Pilnik
Cuartas
Buenos Aires (Club A (8)
B27
1973
149
A34
Petrosian,T
2640 1.e4 c5 2.f3 g6 3.c3 g7 4.d4
Szabo,L
2565 a5 5.dxc5 xc3+ 6.bxc3 xc3+
Amsterdam IBM (1)
1973 7.d2 xc5 8.b1 d6 9.d3 f6
10.0-0 0-0 11.e1 bd7 12.h3 e5
1.c4 f6 2.c3 c5 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5
13.c1 c7 14.b4 g7 15.e3 b6
xd5 5.g2 c7 6.d3 e5 7.f3 c6
16.d2 g8 17.h2 c5 18.f4 f6
8.d2 e6 9.xc6+ bxc6 10.b3 b5
19.f3 b7 20.h4 ae8 21.g3
11.a4 d5 12.f3 e7 13.b2 h5
e7 22.f5 d5 23.fxg6 hxg6 24.f5+
14.c1 h4 15.g4 xg4 16.e4 xd3
f7 25.h6+ g7 26.f5+ f7
17.fxg4 g5 18.xc5 h3 19.e2
27.xe7 xe7 28.exd5 xd3 29.cxd3
d8 20.c2 f4 21.f1 h6 22.g2
c5+ 30.h2 a5 31.e3 xd5
xg2 23.xg2 hd6 24.c2 d1+
32.xb6 c8 33.f1 c6 34.xc6
25.e2 b1 26.a4 c7 27.g3 xb2 xc6 35.f2 f5 36.g5 b7 37.h4
28.xb2 hxg3 29.hxg3 xg3 30.h8+
g8 38.f6 h7 39.g3 e8 40.xf5
e7 31.xd8 xd8 32.d2+ e8
xa2 41.xe5 a4 42.e3 c6
33.d6
43.d4 h5 44.xh5 a2 45.h8+
1-0
1-0
150
Cuartas
Rubinetti
Buenos Aires (Club A (2)
A34 152
Manetta,J
2410
Suttles,D
1973 Chicago USA op (5)
B09
2485
2445
1973
155
153
Mammola
Micheli
Chioggia ch
B09
Cuellar,H
Tal,M
Leningrad izt (10)
E91
2650
1973
1973
A34 158
2420
Timman,J
2410
Tal,M
1973 Tallin ,MCL
Larsen,Bent
Olafsson,Fridrik
Six Nation tt DEN-ISL (2)
A36
2650
1973
159
157
E92
Litinskaya,Marta
Mulenko,Lydia
URS-ch Women
A32
1973
1973
160
Anikaev,Yuri
Petrosian,Arshak
URS-ch sf Kiev
161
Popov,Luben
Timman,Jan
Banja Luka
162
Barlov,Dragan
Rayner,Emmanuel
EU-ch U20 fin-B (1)
1974
A16 163
Larsen,Bent
Andersson,Ulf
1974 Las Palmas (11)
A35
A36
2630
2580
1974
164
166
Tasic,Z
Ciocaltea
E77 Nice ol
A29
2470
1974
Bezerra,Elmo de Mattos
Ortega,Jose
Latin Aam-Cup4 cr
168
Smyslov,V
Robatsch,K
Sochi
A16
2600
2440
1974
169
Panno,Oscar
De la Vega,Hector
Buenos Aires ch-ARG (4)
A16
1975
170
Langeweg,K
Ogaard,L
Dortmund (8)
A16
2410
2460
1975
173
Hamann,Svend
Jansa,Vlastimil
Reykjavik zt
D82
1975
174
Furman,S
Smejkal,J
Wijk (2)
B37
2560
2600
1975
177
Csom
Ornstein
B09 Erevan
175
a4
b3
d5
c2
A04
1976
Welling
Groth
180
Keene
Thorsteinsson,B
Reykjavik (1)
A16 182
Litinskaya,M
Baumstark,G
1976 Tbilisi Wom izt (5)
A35
1976
183
Diaz,J
Matulovic,M
Vrbas
E70
185
1976
Kortchnoi,V
Petrosian,T
Ciocco cqf ,CAND
E05
2645
2645
1977
186
Mestel,J
Sveshnikov,E
Hastings
B45
2450
1977
70
71
B08
2440
2515
1977
192
Timman,J
Miles,A
Wijk
B34
2585
2565
1977
193
Gligoric,S
Damjanovic,Mato
YUG
A59
2565
1977
72
E05 196
Zapata,A
Gutierrez,Jose
1978 Bogota (4)
195
Garcia,Guill
Geller,E
Bogota (2)
E05
2535
2590
1978
B27
2355
2380
1978
197
Larsen,B
Westerinen,H
Lone Pine
E60
2620
2450
1978
200
Dorfman,I
Swic,W
Polanica Zdroj
A34
1978
74
A36 204
2495
Marttala,Thomas
2525
Ivarsson,Stefan
1979 Sverige (8)
E91
1979
205
Larsen,B
Van der Wiel,J
Amsterdam
A34
2610
2465
1980
206
76
210
Svenn,M
Donaldson,J
Gausdal Int
B34
2230
2360
1980
211
Georgadze,Ta
Cordes,HJ
Hamburg HSK (8)
B23
2540
1980
212
Ree
Rakic
Maribor
A86
1980
77
A34 215
Kortchnoi,V
Bohm,H
Wijk
A22
Zill
Behr
1980 cr
1980
216
Huebner,R
Spassky,B
BL
A42
2635
2635
1981
78
D92 219
A34
Quinteros,M
Portisch,L
1981 Mar
1981
218
Dur,A
Langeweg,K
Holzoster am See tt
220
Vallifuoco,Gc
Trabattoni
Napoli ch
A22
1981
79
A22 223
Hansen,Curt
Nijboer,Friso
1981 Groningen ch-EU jr (10)
E20
1982
222
B53
Boersma,P
2355 224
A36
Miles,A
2565
Heggheim,B
2200
Amsterdam (2)
1982
Davies,N
2410
Hamar op (5)
1982
1.e4 c5 2.f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.xd4
d7 5.c4 c6 6.d1 g6 7.e2 g7
1.c4 g6 2.c3 g7 3.g3 c5 4.g2
8.0-0 c8 9.c3 xc3 10.bxc3 f6
c6 5.a3 b6 6.b1 b7 7.b4 d6
11.h6 xe4 12.d3 c5 13.c2
8.e3 d7 9.f3 xc3 10.dxc3 f5
e6 14.d4 a5 15.e1 d7
11.e4 f6 12.d2 e5 13.e2 fxe4
16.b3 xb3 17.axb3 xc3 18.e4
14.xe4 xe4 15.xe4 0-0 16.f4
c7 19.e3 d8 20.a4 f6 21.d2
xe4 17.xe4 g4 18.h3 f3+
e8 22.g5 g7 23.d5 d4
19.d1 g5+ 20.e2 f5 21.c1
24.xa7 xb3 25.b4 c5 26.xb7
xh3 22.xe7 ae8 23.h4 h5
f6 27.e3 d3 28.b6 xb7 29.xb7 24.xd6 xf2 25.xf8 e2 26.b2
xe1 30.b6 c8 31.c7 f7
d3+ 27.d1 xb2 28.xc5 f3#
32.xd6 exd6 33.e4 xa7 34.xe6+ 0-1
d8 35.xd6+ d7 36.xf6+ e7
37.d4+ e8 38.h8+ d7 39.d4+
d6
0-1
80
E20
2400
2200
1982
226
Timman,Jan
Larsen,Bent
Las Palmas izt (4)
B38
2600
2595
1982
227
Sznapik,A
Pein,M
Manchester
B09
1982
228
Smejkal,J
Popovic,P
Novi Sad (12)
A16
1982
231
Lukacs
Velez
Cienfuegos-2
A40
1983
236
237
E94
Fries Nielsen,JO
2380 239
A35
Szekely,P
Mestel,AJ
2545
Rigo,J
Esbjerg (1)
1984
Hamburg op (11)
1984
1.d4 f6 2.f3 g6 3.c4 g7 4.c3
1.f3 c5 2.c4 c6 3.c3 g6 4.e3 d6
0-0 5.e4 d6 6.e2 bd7 7.0-0 e5
5.d4 g4 6.e2 g7 7.d5 xc3+
8.e3 c6 9.d5 c5 10.e1 e8
8.bxc3 xf3 9.xf3 e5 10.e2 f5
11.d3 f5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.f4 e4
14.f2 xc3 15.bxc3 g7 16.h3 h4 11.0-0 f6 12.c2 0-0 13.d2 d7
14.f4 f7 15.f3 ae8 16.e1 e5
17.e1 g3 18.d1 xe1 19.xe1
17.h4 h6 18.ae1 g7 19.h3 f7
h5 20.f2 b6 21.h4 f7 22.b2
20.g3 fe7 21.fxe5 dxe5 22.e4 f4
d7 23.a4 a5 24.a3 a6 25.d1
23.h4 f7 24.g4 d6 25.e6 h6
c8 26.b3 b6 27.xb6 xb6
26.xf6+ xf6 27.xf7 xf7 28.b1
28.e3 e8 29.f2 c8 30.g3 e7
31.xe7 xe7 32.h4 e8 33.e3 h8 g5 29.e2 g6 30.b5 h5 31.fb1
34.g5 f6 35.c2 e8 36.d1 g6
b6 32.a4 f8 33.a5 bxa5 34.xa5
ef7 35.ba1 f3 36.gxf3 d7 37.a6+
37.d2 e8 38.e3 c7 39.d1
g7 38.g2 d8 39.xa7 xa7
a8 40.c2 b6 41.b3
-
40.xa7+ f7 41.xf7+ xf7
1-0
238
Haik,A
Gheorghiu,F
Hamburg op (9)
E90
240
A34
Larsen,Bent
1984
Frenkel,Oleg
New York Int (3)
1984
1.d4 f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.c3 d6
5.e4 g7 6.d3 0-0 7.f3 g4 8.h3
1.c4 f6 2.c3 c5 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5
xf3 9.xf3 e6 10.0-0 exd5 11.exd5
xd5 5.g2 c7 6.b3 c6 7.xc6+
fd7 12.d1 xc3 13.bxc3 e5
bxc6 8.f3 f6 9.a4 d7 10.d3 e5
14.e2 f5 15.b1 b6 16.f4 f7 17.g4 11.e3 d5 12.c1 e7 13.e4
84
241
Zapata,A
Garcia Martinez,S
Sagua la Grande
B34
243
1984
Spassky,B
Zuger,Beat
Zurich (6)
E91
1984
244
A40
2510
Farago,I
242
A40
Davies,N
Gonzalez,G
2200 Balatonbereny
1985
Alzate,D
2390
Tunja (3)
1984 1.d4 g6 2.c4 g7 3.c3 c5 4.d5 f5
5.e4 xc3+ 6.bxc3 fxe4 7.h4 f6
1.d4 g6 2.c4 g7 3.c3 c5 4.d5 f5
8.h5 gxh5 9.g5 a5 10.xf6 exf6
5.g3 d6 6.g2 xc3+ 7.bxc3 a5
11.xh5+ d8 12.e2 d6 13.f7
8.b3 d7 9.f3 b6 10.g5 d7
d7 14.g7 e8 15.xh7 a3 16.g3
11.e6 b8 12.a4 xa4 13.d2 b6 e3 17.fxe3 b2 18.d1 xe3 19.f2
14.c2 b2 15.xb2 xb2 16.xa7
e5 20.d3 f5 21.e3 xe3 22.xe3
xc4 17.f4 f6 18.xc5 h5
c7 23.e7 xa2 24.h8 b6
19.xd7 xd7 20.0-0 xf4 21.gxf4
25.xd6+ a5 26.xc8
c7 22.b1 b6 23.e3 a8 24.ba1
1-0
85
A34
2525
2555
1985
246
248
Taylor,G
Ivanov,I
Edmonton ch-CA
A40
1985
A32
86
251
Schussler,Harry
Westerinen,Heikki
Havana (9)
E90
1985
87
B70 255
2500
Michalek,Frantisek
Hlavac,Rudolf
1985 cr
254
Fink,Stan
Ivanov,Igor
Toronto
B34
1985
A40
1985
88