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Go to www.newinchess.com / yearbook earbook Levon Aronian Ad Poa SEES edd a od ee Td a eae pent bl ener rer L encores ura beer er eel panne ad ed epic Ee Yearbook 120 With answers to urgent questions such as © How does Aronian handle the most popular opening at top level? © Does Hammer's 12. 2\e2 spelll the end for the Short Endgame in the QGD? © Which pawn sac is the latest headache for Black deep into the Winawer French? © What is the move Morozevich is most afraid of in the Griinfeld Indian? © Is the Fegatello Attack +— or not? © What is the status of lvanchuk’s queen sacrifice in the 6, 2c4 Najdorf? © And what about Berg’s queen sac in the Jaenisch RL? © How viable is the direct 4...b6 in the Classical Nimzo? © Is Miezis’ pet 1.c4 e6 2.¢4 positionally sound? © Can the Nimzowitsch Sicilian be played on top level? © How dangerous is Saric’ Poisoned Pawn sac in the Advanced Caro-Kann? © Has Carlsen found the antidote to the Berlin Wall? © Are Kortchnoi’s weapons in the Open RL still valid?Yearbook 116 2015 New In Chess - The Netherlands.‘Data processing: Joop de tals Anton Schermer ‘Cover photo: New In Chess CIP-code Koninklike Biblothesk, Den Haag New In Chess Yearbook periodical anaiysis of current opening practice ‘ed. by Genna Sosonko. 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Box 1093, 1810 KB Alkmaar, The Netherlands Phone: 00-31-(0)72 + 5.127.137 Fax 00-31-(0)72 + 5.158.234 ‘Email: editors @newinchess com ‘Subscriptions: www.newinchess.comContributing Authors Adojan * LAlmasi * Antic * Benjamin * Boey * Bosch * De Dovitis * Flear © Fogarasi Frolyanoy + Gonda + Hazel + tkonmkov + liczuk * llingworth + Immonen + S Kasparov AKuzmin * Laie * Lukacs * Marin * Ninoy + Panczyk * Prasanna * Rodi + Rooze Skatchkov * Stoica * K'Szabo + Tay © Tomashevsky * Tuncer « Vachier-Lagrave * Van der Tak Edited by Genna SosonkoReal chess machos play the Najdorf with both colours. The French top player is one of them. Vachier Lagrave has already come up with many new ideas in the topical 6.h3 line as. White. With black, aftera 30-move loss to Fabiano Caruana in a Caro-Kann he went for this line against the same opponent in Wijk aan Zee. This time he was ‘lucky’ — see MVL’s own extensive analysis of this game in the Survey by Laszlo Hazai ri Nothing is what it seems, Timo Immonen writes in his Survey on the bizarre 1.04 dS - the ‘Anglo-Scandinavian’, That also goes for the Finnish author himselt: he is not a GM or even an IM, but a novelist and a true chess lover who has devoted 28 years of his life to studying this single opening Yes, 1.04 d5 may be an opening for patzers. But still we strongly advise you to read Immonen’s Survey on page 226. We guarantee that you will be amazed by the possibilities. Wei Yi Hailed left and right as Magnus Carlsen’s future challenger, the 16-yearold Chinese attaches much more value to opening study than the Norwegian champ. Alexey Kuzmin, in his, ‘Harvest’, even claims that Wei Yi is a structure animal. The young grandmaster nourishes his own favourite set-ups and demolishes those of his opponent, preferably with wild sacri- fices, as in his already legendary game against Bruzon. Read Kuzmin’s quite special special on page 20 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Peter Lukacs on page 48. Vladimir Kramnik The Russian's contribution to opening theory cannot be over estimated. He is mostly about two years ahead of his time, which does say a lot in this century. Against the Griinfeld Indian, Kramnik invented a brand new solid set-up with 5.e3 and 2e2 next to the fianchetto, building a shatterproof fortress in the centre. He introduced the system in 2013, and only now it's becoming quite the trend. How good is it really? Find out by reading Max lllingworth’s Survey on page 192. Timo ImmonenTalking about old moves Alexander Grischuk The Russian top player always has time for fresh ideas. In chess, however, fresh ideas often tend to be old. In the Reversed Dragon, in which Jon Ludvig Hammer had held his own in the opening against three other top players at Norway Chess, Grischuk unleashed an old move by Colle, 7.2h3!?, and after 7...95 withdrew the knight with Van Geet-like panache. And it worked ~ this was the one game in which Hammer had problems night from the start. See Jeroen Bosch's ‘Survey on page 207 ‘Surya Shekhar Ganguly Indian GM Ganguly has his own weapon against that inevitable Berlin Wall. Since 2004, Anand’s second has been polishing up a 100-yearold move found by one Jackson Whipps Showalter: the surprising 6. 2.4 instead of taking on c6. A fine alternative, with which Gangu- ly once beat GMVan den Doel in a great game. See the Survey by Laszlo Gonda on page 105, and also the one on another deviation, 6dxe5, by Skatchkov and Frolyanov on page 111 | Dejan Antic Who said that a chess player's life ends at 45? Certainly not our author Dejan Antic, who became Serbian champion at the age of 46 this year. Dejan is an acclaimed theoretician, but he was on his own after Kovacevic’s 11...2f5!? in the Fianchetto Benoni. Antic kept his cool, came up with a commonsensible plan and won a nice and crucial game. For more information on this Benoni line, see the champion's own ‘Survey on page 199_ Jozef Boey We have a very spacial tribute to an eminent 81-year-old Belgian chess player in this issue. Jan Rooze wrote a nice article on the explorations of his compatriot Jozef “lef Boey, an International Master and a top correspondence player, in the notorious Jaenisch Gambit of the Ruy Lopez. ivan Sokolov did a lot to re-inspire the Jaenisch in his book The Ruy Lopez Revisited a while ago, but Boey’s material is something else! Read Rooze's Survey on page 97Your Variations New In Chess Code System Trends & Opinions Forum King's Indian Defence. Makogonow Variation 6.3 Ruy Lopez + ---Cozio Variation 4..2g6 GAMBIT Benoni Defence ............Benko/Volga Gambit 5.96. . Sicilian Defence ............Classical Variation 6.804 Benoni Defence . Blumenfeld Gambit 5.e4 S05 Petroff Defence..... 5.206 Bed Line.....+ a Ruy Lopez .........6s.++++-Arkhangelsk Vatiation 6.,..8b7. GAIT Ruy Lopez .. <2... Jaenisch Gambit 3.15 ‘Grinfeld Indian Defence Exchange Variation 7.804 HOT! Griinfeld Indian Defence Anti-Grinteld 3.43. Z. Repertoire Buil ing with Benjamin QY Kuzmin’s Harvest Surveys 1.€4 openings Sicilian Defence... Najdorf Variation 6. W# HOT! Sicilian Defence... -Najdorf Variation 6.43. GANBT Sicilian Defence .... Dragon Variation 9.0-0-0 Sicilian Defence... Taimanov Variation 6.63 Sicilian Defence .... Paulben or Kan Vatiation 2.26 and 426. Pine Defence ....... Austrian Attack 6.209. Cato-Kanh Defence - -Advanee Variation 4. 213 CMT Ruy Lopez .... - Jaenisch Gambit 8.45 Ruy Lopez. Betlin Defence 6.204... Ruy Lopez. cesscsBetlin Defence 6.dxeS « Ray Lope sivswsissowee ie -AntitMarshall 8.24... AKizmin Redi Laie... Van derTak. Tay... Wilson Ninow VanderTak.. Boel Lalic - Benjamin. ..- AKuzmin Fogarasi -. Lukaes/Hazai . -. Van derTak.. -. Tuncer, Ninov. ... Szabo... -. Panezylillezuk ... Rooze -. Gorda. : .. Skatchkov/Frolyanov .- ~ A.Kuztnin 40 58 n 80 87 07 105 mW 171.4 openings Sly Defence ~ Slow Slv4_a6 0.02... .222200..-.. Lukees/Hazai..........195 Sky Defence .-SLAccepted: Other Moves 5.6 ...... LAlmasi...............195 Slav Defence -Anti Moscow Vatiation 5.6... -.. MatinvStoica.......... 148 Tarasch Defence -Rubinstein Vatiation 6.g3.... - Tay. 2150 GANBT Queen's Gambit Accepted .. Central Vatiation 3.5. : --- Lali : 158 SOS Queen's Indian Defence. .....Black Knights Tango 2...206........... De Dovitiie ...... 166 Griinfeld Indian Defence Griinfeld Indian Defence King's Indian Defence. Anti Grdnfeld 4... Exchange Variation 7.204... wertoakh Variation 6.268 . . Rodi wees 171 Adorjan 180 187 «Prasanna HOT! King's Indian Defence........Fianchetto Variation 5.03...........604 Mlingworth. .. Benoni Defence e Fianchetto Variation 3.g3 % Antic: Dutch Defence ...... Stonewall Variation 4.93 ..... = konnikov Others: English Opening ..... Reversed Sicilian 2g3....... ... Bosch wee 207 English Opening ....- ‘Symmetrical Variation 3.93... Gonda..... 212 GMT English Opening... .. ‘Symmetrical Variation 3.93... S.Kasparov 28 SOS English Opening...... -Early Dergenees 1.45... Immonen. wee 296 Service Preview... The Lazy Man's Sicilian by Broranik & Giddins Book Reviews by Glenn Flear Opening Repettcite: The Cato-Kanh by Houska . . 239 Altacking the Cato-Kahh by Dreew -.- - vec coceeeee 240 Grandmastet Repettoite: 1.e4 vs. the Sicilian 1 by Negi =r z 2a Modernized: The Open Sicilian by Amanov & Kavutskiy 2.0.2... ‘ 2 48 Solutions to Exercises. HOT! =a trendy line or an important discovery $0S =an early deviation GAMBIT = @ pawn sacrifice in the openingNew In Chess Code System White stands sighty betior ‘Black stands sighty beta White stands betior ‘Back stands beter ‘White has a decisive advantage ‘Back has a decisive advantage ‘balanced positon uncle postion SAS R BARNES AN Se PP OSI PT SHAMANS HL EHH aHTRENDS & OPINIONS FEATURING Forum Repertoire Building with Benjamin Kuzmin’s HarvestRead Us - or Weep! More on the Makogonov by Alexey Kuzmin KI 20.5 (E90) YB A Survey by me of the variation 1.44 Of6 2.04 g6 3.03 g7 4.04 d6 5.213 0-0 6.h3 5 7.05 @h5 8.93 was published in the last Yearbook. Among the key games, constituting the state of theory in this variation, were three by Evgeny Tomashevsky from the Tbilisi stage of the Grand Prix. The Russian grandmaster is currently the main expert on the Makogonov Variation, which he regularly employs. During the last three months Tomashevsky has played two more games that are important for this variation. They have not changed the overall assessments, but to see how the opening battle developed in these games will be interesting Evgeny Tomashevsky Alexander Grischuk Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 (2) Almost a novelty — in Mega Data- base I have discovered only one game. But as the development of events in this game showed, it was not the result of deep home prepa- ration. It is more probable that, afier his defeat in this variation in the preceding Grand Prix tourna- ment, Grischuk simply decided to surprise his opponent, but the way chosen was unsuccessful 9.Oh2 The critical movel Now Black does not have time for ..£7-£5 9...2a6 10.263! If 10, Re2 Black could play 10. 15! 11 exfS Zixf5! and in the event of 12.g4 there follows 12...2xf2! with a draw by perpetual cheek. It is out of small tactical subtleties that the pattern of a positional ‘ornament is woven. 10.265 11.h4 ‘The precise move order. 11, 2e2?! was a mistake in view of 11...f6, when two pawns, on e4 and h3, are under attack 11...a5 12,202 O46 13.Wc2 6 The last opportunity to give the play an original character was 13..hS. 14.941 Compared with the variation 7, a5 8.g4 Ga6 9.e3 — inciden- tally, it was this that occurred inthe Tbilisi game between the same opponents a month earlier = the advantages of White's position are obvious. First, he has gained a tempo (g2-g3-p4 against... h5-f6), and second, for the devel- ‘opment of counterplay on the queenside the queen even stands worse on e7 than on d8! The posi- tion of the knight on h2, compared with the usual square d2, has bath minuses and pluses Black already faces difficult prob- lems 14...@a6 The exchange 14...cxd5 can be met by the forceful 15.s2.x05 dxeS 15.g5. It is this that provoked the seemingly strange knight retreat 15.95 e8 16.5 @b4 17.Wd2 oxd5 18.cxd5 Sad7 19.0-0-0 And White's initiative develops, encountering almost no obstacles Evgeny Tomashevsky ‘Samy Shoker Teaghkadzor Web-tt 2015 (8) 8... Wes But this move has occurred many times, ‘The {7-15 advance does not require additional preparation by Black, but the position of the queen on e8 almost completely neutralises the manoeuvre :3-g5 after ...7-t5/ edxfS/g6xf5. However, as is well known, there are always two sides toacoin 9.02 15 10.ext5 gxt5 11.0h4 216 Compared with the 8.15 variation, as Giri and Radjabov played against Tomashevsky, the moves ...We8 and Ste? have been included, which is somewhat to White's advantage. 12.Wc2 Ga6 13. Rd2 In the event of the pawn being taken, Black would have exchanged on f5 and played 14..@xd5. 13.a3 was a serious alternative. Of course, this move loosens the pawn structure some- ‘what, but as compensation White obtains additional resources, if in reply Black does not choose 13... cS, but 13...c6, in this case White can continue 14 dxe6, which has occurred, or even 14.9417, which has not occurred in practice I should also mention the interest- ing move 13. gt!” 25 1 13..c6t? would have created more problems 14.203! 1 like such decisions. They emphasize the priority of elevat- ing a well thought-out strategic project over the dry dogmas of standard rules such as “moving a piece twice...” This was how, not Forum being diverted by the inessential, Mikhail Moiseevich Botvinnik used to build his strategy, and how, of course in the modern context of technical sophistication, Evgeny Generally speaking, this position is now new. True, in other games the bishop returned to e3 from g5 14.402 An obvious mistake. Earlier 14 ation in the centre is to White’s advantage. 15.0-0-0 @f7 16.%g2 %e5 17.24, This position was reached by transposition in the game Mchedlishvili-Avrukh, World Team Championship, Beer- Sheva 2005. White’s chances are preferable 15.gxt4 exté 16.&xc5 13 This pawn sacrifice does not greatly help, but also after 16 "dxc$ 17.0-0-0 Black’s position is unenviable 17. G3 dxc5 18.0-0-0 hs 19.95! £15 20.243 ‘The light squares are hopelessly weakened = the Egyptian master’s Whereas in amazing fashion Grischuk managed to save himself. ‘Suspect, but... by Luis Rodi RL4.3 (C80) In the Spanish Cozio, after the popular 4.2c3, a good forgotten and recently rediscovered idea is 4. ©g6, leading to positions sim- ilar to the Spanish Four Knights. In his interesting book The Cozio Defence, grandmaster Alexey Dreev considers Black’s fourth move suspect (“Black can hardly create active counterplay”), but there is no concrete evidence for a white advantage, and there are some interesting possibilities for the second player. Let me offer a recent example in this line: Neuris Delgado Ramirez Luis Rodi ‘Sao Pauéo 2015 (6) 1.04.05 2.413 06 3.sub5 Qge7 4.203 @g61? First played by Neumann in 1867 (1). On the board we have a type 12 of Spanish Four Knights Varia- tion, but the knight is on g6 and it is White's turn! Can this be any good for Black? Well, grandmas ter Alexey Dreev also writes that Black position ‘is solid enough and quite acceptable and the last evaluation by the theory has not been made yet" 5.43 Cautious. The main line is 5.d4 According to Dreev this leads to a position similar to a Scotch Game, in a slightly better ver- sion for White “because the black knight on g6 is a bit passive’. And yet Black has some interesting ideas also here. 5...06 The move 5.sie5 (Dutschak- Lenkl, Germany tt 1988/89) is another good try. With the text Black goes for the bishop pair. 6.&xc6N I was waiting for this exchange, because the Cuban grandmas- ter (now playing under the Paraguayan flag) likes to play positional games a la Capablanca, and. in the past he sometimes reacted in this way in similar po- sitions. 6. a4 was played pre- viously, but in any case Black ‘conquers the Spanish bishop with 6.05 7.S2b3 a5, An example is 8. e3 Sb7 90-0 e7 10.22 ®xb3_ Iaxb3_d5_ with easy play for Black, Diez del Corral- Ardiansyah, Luzem ol 1982 6..dxc6 Now we have a slightly different version of the Spanish Exchange, where the big question is if the knight being on g6 is an improve- 80-01. 8..aha!? ‘The wrong interpretation of the Previous question. Simplification 1S not so bad, but the obvious 8..Sig4 seems better. If 9.0-0-0 (9. 2gi!”? is the Komodo 9 move) 9..€x13 10.gxf3 Wi Black can do a good job on the dark squares 9.2xh4 Wxh4 10.0-0-0 £6 11.ob1 We7 12.42 0-0-01 13.093 An alternative is 13.f4 f6 14.15 IT 15.g4 where 15. deb8 16.95 ibd offers chances for both sides. 13...96 13.51? may be more accurate: 14 hf (after 14.065 xf 15.ext5 Wd7 Black is slightly better) 14... debi and Black is OK here 14.14 16 1545 R17 16.WI2 95 17.4 n6 18.h2 c5 19.3 19 Edht ga 20 hS c4 with chances for both sides 19...c4! 20.dx04 @a3 21.5dh1 2L.EhhI gxb4 22.222 idxot 23.23 hs is unclear 21...94 22.05 h5 Certainty, Black has compensa- tion in this very complex position ‘The rest of the game was perhaps hot very accurate, but still inter- esting 23.EN Rd? 24.5hh1 Ends 25.9e2 b6 26.cxb6 Wb4 27 bxc? ExcT 26.501 Exdt+ 29.Exd1 Wxed 30.293 Web S1.ct fb4 32.03 fc3 33.We2 Sd4 34.503 Eb7 35.b2 Bed 36.8xd4 Sxd337.Wxd3 exd4 38.0x%h5 Wxg2 39.Wxaé Whi+ 40.db2 Wrs 41.2006 Wc3+ 42.¢b1 dd Vola Another brick in the wall of the 4..@g6 line in the Cozio De= fence. It seems suspect at first sight, but. it still resists! The Delayed Benko by Bogdan Lalic BI 25.3 (A57) YB 114 I recently played in Avoriaz (the Morzine Open) where 1 faced the Benko expert, Belarus GM Sergey Kasparov. I like the plan with 9.2d2, introduced by the late Russian grandmaster Lev Polugaevsky, better than the other main move 9 e2. | think WGM Natalia Pogonina’s plan with exchanging on a6 followed by a2-ad. and planting the knight on bS is quite promising for White In both games White got an over whelming advantage (according to the computer, plus 2.00) but in both games Black escaped because White showed bad tech nique | still think this is a good way for White to combat the currently popular delayed Benko (where Black first only later takes on a6). I suspect this plan is now growing in pop ularity since White is recently doing very well with the 12.04 plan in the proper Benko (after 7...S¢xfl 8.dexfl etc). Therefore, these two games are of great prac tical value. Natalija Pogonina Ekaterina Kovalevskaya Kazan ch-RUS 2014 (7) 1.d4 16 2.04 05 3.45 bS 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.2c3 g7 7.e4 0-08.413 Was 9.202 Sxa6 10.axa6 Wxa6 11.04 06 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.0b5 Wc6 14.We2 a6 14..d5 150-40 c& 16.2a2! Qbd7 173+. 15.0-0 x Re | a Ra mw Am ayy ane | Wee A a no ers | 15...Qb4? Better is 15...d5. 16.05 Ofd5 17.4c4+ Of4 18. axt4 Hxtd 19.13 g5 20.b3 Eat 21.@bd6 21. BadI! 21...Hdd 22. adi dS 23.2xd4 cxdd 24.Wa2 “fa 25.ne1 d3 26.004 26, Hes? 26..n6 27.ceh1 Wh7 28.Wd1 WaS 29.012 Wad 30.mr1 mp8 31.93 @d5 32.¢xd3 Wed 33.05 ate | ge a a Oak -& 5 Aw AB in mW 34.0047 After 34.@xd7 Exb3_ 35.We2 Wa3 36 Wxd3 Hxd3 37. Oxf dexufR 38.241 Ext 39.05 White wins 34...Wxb3 35.Wxb3_Ixb3 36.Ra1 Eb4 37.Ded6 axd6 38. Oxd6 c7 39.05 “a6 40.202 Ebt+ 41.092 S97 42.612 d96 43.94 Ect 44.e4 Hb1 45.002 Ect 46.fa4 Ec5 47.004 17 48.he3 key 49.hd2 Bd5+ 50.c2 EbS 51.Ra1 bé 52.3 Hbs 53.5017 A Forum 53.h4! gxhd 54. hI © @ds+ 56.chd4 Bibs $7 xh6 Sc6+ 58.dec3 DxeS 59. Eh7+ G15 60. 2ixeS Tixe5 61. sb4 with a winning advantage. 53...0b8 54.0d2 XoS 55.Da2 @c6 56.éeb3 EbS+ 57.003 EcS= 58.2b3 Eb5+ Yn’ ‘55. Dxh4 Bogdan Lalic ‘Sergey Kasparov Morzine Open 2019 (7) 1.d4 @f6 2.04 05 3.45 b5 4.oxb5 a6 S.bxa6 g6 6.003 Ag7 7.04 0-0 8.23 Was 9.2 Gxa6 10x06 Wrxaé 11.04 06 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.0b5 Ws 14, We2 a6 Sergey Kasparov 14.45: 15.0-0 c4 16.Ha2! @bd7 17.b3t 15.00 @b4? 16.05 Std5 17.04 44 18. Axtd Dxt4 19.13 19...045N 19. 95 1320.b3 Dff8 21.Dad1 Dabs 22.93 ‘Exb5!7 23.axb5 Wxb5 24. Wd3 24.03 @b4 25.0dG 6 26. Wd34— 2d4? 27. bo! 24...0b8 25.023! @xe3 25..Wxd3 26. Exd3 27 Eine} d5 28.f44+— 26. Wxe3 Wxb3 27.Wxb3? Winning was 27.Wxc5+— 27..Exb3 -2B.Exd7 — ixeS 29.De1 Sdd+ 30.92 b6 31.14 $81 32. 2x7? White has two better alternatives: A) 32.He? a6 33.0xh7 Sg7 34.Zc2 He6 35.g4 wg8 36.Zh3 cf 37.Ha3 ci, B) 32.Qdl! (Epishin) 32..hS 33.Dd3 e5 34. Had Heo 35. Das+ eB 36.Ha6 ext 37.gxtl+— 32...g7 33.c1 S98 34.2h3 ‘The rook is weak here. 34...0b2+ 35.d13 dd 36.0e1 b3+ 36..Eb6? 37.24 Hb3+ 38g? Eb2+ 39.bh1 17 40.5 BD x03 41003 Dx 42.0a7+ oes 43.Dxe6 Het 44h3 Exgs 45 Ho6+— S794 37.e2 Ob2+ 38bhI cA! 39.Dxe6 c3 40 Exg6+ Agi! 41 Bob c2= 37..b6 38.0c1 &g7 39.2c2 Hab 40.013 Ha3e 41.g2 Dat 42.947! Better was 42. Eh!” 26! 43. Eps HaS dih4 &{7+. The rook is weak here as well 42...g1+ 43.d13 Bits 44.be4 Ret+ 45.¢d3 BN 46.562 46951? Ext 47.Ha2 ct! 48 exch Gift 49 ded} Sixes 4 .Ixe6 Dxg4 48.093 Mxg3+ 49.nxg3_ 212 50.94 wh6 51.Ge5! dd 52.505 Agi 53.te4 £12 54.014 Sot 55.95+ &o7 Not $5...00h5?? 56 Hd2+— 56.05 #170) Not 56....d4+?? 57.2ixd4! exd4 58.exdd dt? 59, dedS!+— 57.Hd7+ des S8te6 dd 59.5f7Z &c3 60.Ec7T f8i 61.Exc5 @b2 62.0c2 ds 63.bc4 Sb? 64.014+ to8 65.016 g7! 66.te7 fase 67.e6 @b2= 68.017+ &o8 69.512 £c3 70.516 &g7 Draw agreed Toc3 ore3? by A.C. van der Tak ‘$126.12 (B88) YB 51,53 In their book Modernized: The Open Sicilian, a complete repertoire for White (Metropolitan Chess Publishing, 2015), Zhanibek Amanov and Kostya Kavutskyi's recommend against the Sicilian Classical Variation 1.e4 ¢5 2.23 6 3.4 cxdd 4.2xd4 O15 5.23 ©e6 the Sozin-Fischer move 6.dic4. ‘The sub-variation 6,..06 T.iec3 eT 8.b3 0-0 9.64 a6 10,0:0¢3xd4 11 Jixdd bS 12.05 dxeS 13.fxe5 Qd7 14.e4 &b7 15.206 Bxd6 16exd6 Wes 17,We2 ¢5 is studied with the help of the game Short-Kasparov, PCA Weh m/I4, London 1993, in which the most popular move 18,i¢3 came on the board. More or less in passing they pay atten- tion to 18. ste3 in their analysis (interesting as well, with a plan of Wi-g3 that we like very much’). This move was played in the game Ghaem Maghami-Wells, Germany Bundesliga 2013/14. 1 have studied this game more deeply, and 18.2e3 indeed seems to offer White some chances. See the game below. We will have to wait, however, for further exam- ples For the moves 18.4ic3 and 18.82 see the added games Jaumandreu-Maller, corr 1996, and Cid Prolongo-Monreal Godina, corr 2012. After these moves Black doesn't seem to have any problems, although we cannot exclude that there will be new developments also here. Carlos Cid Prolongo Jose Monreal Godina crESPW/A/058 2012 1.e4 c5 2.0f3 2c6 3.04 cxdd 42x04 216 5.23 d6 6.004 6 7.Gb3 Ge7 8.203 a6 9.14 0-0 10.0-0 Axd4 11.2xd4 b5 12.65 dxe5 13.fxe5 Dd7 14.204 ib7 15.206 Sxd6 16.exd6 Wg5 17.We2 17.BR aS 18.a4 5 19.We2!? exdd 20.We7 2f6 21.Wxb7 We3 22. brad 23 Brad Eads 24.84 Weft 25. Ext 'S.Nichols-Wosch, cr 2010. 17...05 18.12 exd4 19. We7 19.0961? 19..Wxe7 —-20.dxe7T Efe’ 21.Sxf7+ Gh8 22.Bel Bite 23.g41? d5? (23... Hec8! 24. Set 25.Bfe2 2d6 2608+ Qxe8 27 Gxes OF 28. Sd7 Sixe? 29.Sxe8 Exc8 30 Bxe2= Acs/Hazai) 24. Sxe8 Zxe8 25.25 £d7 26 B+ KaMaller-Acs, Rethymnon tt 2003. 20.8xb7 Hes Ead8 21.Bel Exd6 (21 4517) 22.xf7+ Sh8 23.sb3= Acs/Hazai 21.4813 Wxts 21. Bad 22 Wxe3 dxe3 23,He2 Exd6 24 Exe3t.22.0xt3 Dads 22,,,.Mfd8 23.0d1 Mxd6 24.0fd3 Ead8 25 \ces/Hazai 23.04 bxad! A) 23..xd6 24.axbS axbS 25. Hast, B) 23..b4 24 Belt 24.0xad Oxd6= 25.04 Ibs 26.b3 Kbb6 27.014 g5 28.005 h6 29.n4 gxh4 30.014 Hbcé 31.0a5 wg7 32.e5 Uc7 33.0xh4 a7 34.205 @h7 ves Antonio Jaumandreu Liopis Mieczysiaw Muller erMNso23: 1098 1.04 c5 2.0/3 d6 3.44 cxd4 4.2x04 O16 5.203 a6 6. cd 06 7.£b3 De6 8.03 Le7 9.14 0-0 10.0-0 Oxd4 11..xd4 b5 12.65 dxe5 13.fxe5 @d7 14.204 Sb? 15.006 Oxd6 16.exd6 Wo5 17.We2 e5 18.2c3 Wg6 19.Dadi wh8 20.805 Sxd5 21.0xd5 We6 22.Dfd1 22. Hd? Bac8 23.04 Zod 24 axbs axbS 25.805 b4 263 Zh4 27, Wel Wh6 28.23 Zed 29. Dd3 fS 30.2xb4¢ M4 31.203 Wes 32.Be3 %% Ottesen-Klengel, er 2006. Bites 22.1571 Kasparov. 23.2a5 Dc6 23.a4 bxad 24.Hasi+ 24.04 24.b3 Back 25.c7 He8 26.c4 bxod 27 bxod £5 28.h3 h6 (28 e4f2) 29. We2 Short-Kasparoy, London Weh m/14 = YB/51-50, 24...bxa4 25. Wed Wg6 26.xe5 Qxe5 27.Wxe5 Exc? 27. Wxe2? 28, Wd5+— 28.Wd5 Zg80 29.07 h6 30.488 Bxd8 31.2408 31,Wxd&+ ceh7 32. Bd? 33.01 De2= 31...Dxb2 = Kasparov. 32.2e7 Wo4 33.011 15 34.h3 Wg3 35.206 Wo5 36.%h1 Bd2 37.Wa+ dh7 38.214 Was 39.Wxa6 Wd3 40. x03 Exd3 41.Da1 Bd4 42.%e3 Hed 43.805 Yara Bel+ Ehsan Ghaem Maghami Peter Wells Germany Bundesiga 2013/14 (14) 1.e4 c5 2.913 Dc6 3.23 d6 4.04 cxd4 5.2xd4 Of6 6.04 €6 7.0-0 Se7 8.203 0-0 9.2b3 a6 10.14 2xd4 11.2xd4 bS 12.5 dxeS 13.fxe5 Qd7 14.9e4 15.906 Sxd6 16.exd6 je2.e5 18.2031? Wo6 ab7 Forum A) 19..Had8 20.4 bxod 21, fxcd, B) 19,, Back 20.34 20.wt2! A) 20.b4 £5 21.h5 Wi6 22 adc Browne-Donner, Wijk aan Zee 1974, B) 20c3 et 2 WED 1 22We3 Bie (22. Wes Hamann-Gligoric, Skopje ol 1972 = YB/S3-12) 23.Wxg6 Ergo 24.012 f4 25.Rc1 Ses (25.. dst? xc? 27. xc? @ib6 Saxe? 27.Exc2t Martello-Kunzmann, cr 2006. 20...15 21.Wig3! 14 A) 21..Wxg} 22.hxg3 6 23.6 Dfek 24 gt £4 25. Brett. B) 21.2% 22.Wxg6 Exo 23.Ext5 Exg?+ 24.%f1 Exh? 25.007 06 26.23 b4 27. Sie6t 22. Wxg6 hxg6 23.12 23.8421 Hac 244 Bob 25.axb5 axbS 26 Balt Amanov/ Kavutskiy. 23...95 24. 5d3 A) 24. S06 Sc6 25. Gxd7 Gxd7 26.845 Back 27. Be! EIS 28.EcS 04 29. He7 Hi7=, B) 24.h41? = h7_ (24. 25.sie6 Sic6 26.Hdd Hae’ 27.Ah3t) 25 hxgs te6 26 £e6 Lic6 27,ih3 dexgs 28, Bd3 + 24...Seh7 25.003 A) 25/hal?. B) 25.ffdt!? 25...RacB — 26.xc8 27.et &c6?! 27... hea6= 28.2067! 28.047 28...Re8 29.217 Ef 30.806 ‘Hes 31.87 £18 32.8e6 Ye-'o Exc8 Read the Yearbook and... Read the Fineprint! by Junior Tay 13.7 (E10) Ye IM Erik Kislik, who co-wrote the Blumenfeld 5.c4 articles in Yearbook 112 and 113 with me, 16coached FM Kazim Gulamali in Hungary during the latter's First Saturday IM tourney in April So when his opponent sprang the Seed gambit on him, Kazim was extremely well prepared and his went down swiftly Kislik had covered the 10... We8!? line as a possible defence to 5.e4 in the Battey-Grunter game. It seems that Krstulovic panicked somewhat after that and played to regain the gambit pawn quickly, only to get his knight trapped. So it is important too to read the “fine-print” indeed so that one is prepared for the possible coun- ters! Alex Krstulovic Kazim Gulamali Budapest 2015 (6) 1.04 2f6 2.04 e6 3.3 c5 4.45. b5 5.e4 @xe4 6.kd3 4I6 7.0-0 brea T..exd5? BexdS SieT 9. sixbs Woo 10.Hel! 0.0 11. Bxe7 WxbS 12 2c3 Whe 13.295 Bek 14. We2 Ga6 15.Hact GecT 16.De5 Db4 17. Wes Hd xz 8 Ee a a a aa “ AW @ eS a a a a AB AAe me 18. Oxf7! We6 19. Wxe6 hxgo 20.2d6 Gexds 21.2xd5 Sxds 22.87e5 and White was winning in Abdulla-Kulkarni, Mumbai 2015, 8.axc4 fa6! In a later game, 8.046 was played and aided by the central bind, White went on a caveman attack on the kingside: 9.03 4ib7 10.Del Who 11.s0f4! e7 12.05 Ge8 13.5 0-0 14.d6 id8 15. Be3 ho 16 16.Bh3! Ze 17.2ee4! 16 18.Exh6! gxh6 19.WhS wg7 20,03 (20.Gxxf6! xt 21. sid3 and Wy6+ kills) 20... dxd6 21.Gd3 Of 22.94 dS 23 ext exfS 24.dehl! Wb7 25.2g1 Bes 26,Qe6+ dhs 27.Wixho+ Wh7 28.Exg8+ 1-0 Schachinger- Balint, Zalakaros 2015. 9.xa6 xa6 10.4303 Wes!? This was mentioned by Erik Kislik in Yearbook 112 as a possi ble continuation for Black In Yearbook 112 we looked at 10. &b4 A seemingly sensible move, putting pressure on d5 and preparing the Benko-like ..c5-o4 with the idea of .d3: 11.@g5 h6??. Hoping to reduce one dan- gerous attacking piece. However, there are mote where they came from and there just isn’t time for Black to fritter on such time-wast- ing moves (11...Se7? 12.46 8 13.03 @e6 14.204 h6 15.sexfb exf6+—), 12. Sxtb+— Wf 13.Rel e7 14465 Battey- Grater, Pardubice 2012. Black has no time to castle without sus- taining heavy material losses and he went down in 19 moves. 11.295 Se7 12.dxe6 treG 13.205 0-0 14.2x167 We analysed 14.2ixd7 Bd8 15.Qxf6+ gxf6 16.8d2 @bs 17.Wed+ hs 18.Badl and Black has counterplay — Kislik. 14...gx16 15.Wxd7? It seems that White has panicked and played to regain his gambitted pawn. However, there is no exit square for the errant knight after the queen exchange 15...Wxd7 16.0xd7 Bd 17.Bad1 {7 18.Sfe1?? 18.Ge4 Back 19.2dxf6 xt 20.2d6+ He7 21. Oxc8+ Bred 22.b3 and Black is better 18...Bac8! Now the knight is well and truly trapped. 19.0b5 Hos 20.e3 20.2xa7?? Ee7 is no better. 20...¢7 21.8h3 nS 22.0xa7 ‘Bas 23.Exh5 g6 24.5h4 Bxa7 25.503 2d5 of A Delightful Petroff Game @ letter by Fred Wilson RG 31 (C42) YB 107 Dear Sirs, Belatedly, I read with great inter= est the article “A Black Repertoire for Blitz’ (Petroff Defense, 3.e5 Ged Line) by Alexander Ipatov (Yearbook 107). This is because, coincidentally, I have been study= ing and preserving the most inter= esting games of my late friend and colleague, Bruce Alberston, from his original scorepadsHere I had already discovered the following delightful and instruc- tive game he played against this bizarre Petroff variation in 1980! It has already become a favourite of many chess teachers in both New York and New Jersey Bruce Alberston Valerij Goldberg Lehigh Valley Open 1980 (4) 1.04 05 2.643 216 3.0xe5 Oxes? A ‘bad’ variation! 4. We2! We’ Only move. 5.1Wxed d6 6.04 dxes 7.dxe5 16 8.403! Simple chess, going for a devel- opment advantage rather than trying to hang onto the pawn 8..Wxes 9.2141 Wxed+ 10.0xe4 15 11.063 06 12.104 b5? He's gotta get some pieces out! 13.ab3 eT 14.0-0-0 2527 15.Bhet! The threat is 16. .2d6. 15...818 xaa) = ® 2 wa s | (wa a an Baa J 16.Rxe7! Sxe7 17.295+ Black resigned because of 17. de8 (or #8) 18 Bdge Shades of Morphy! Bruce Alberston, several times Pennsylvania state champion, was quite a strong American national master and FIDE master (2295 Elo), who retired from active play in 1985 (with a USCF rating of 2350) to begin a phenome- nal career as a chess teacher and chess author in New York City Sadly, he passed away after a brief illness on November 231d, 2014 A terrific memorial article about Bruce by Pete Tamburro, Jr, with a significant contribution by Bruce Pandolfini, appeared in the February 2015 issue of Chess Life Sincerely, Fred Wilson New York City, USA A Successful Practical Test by Nikolay Ninov RL 12:10 (C78) ‘YB 102, 104 Liviu Neagu Nikolay Ninov 1 Vinchev Memorial 2013 1.04 05 2.013 @c6 3.4b5 a6 4.04 016 5.0-0 BS 6.23 b7 7.03 Forum This invitation to a sharp tactical battle looks less attrac- tive for White after Arthur van de Oudeweetering’s excellent Survey in Yearbook 102. 7...0xe4 8.d4 exdd 9.De1 d5 10.295 Wre! {x a | 2h aba 2 aye jesman & Aa | jae f AAR AmwE & Currently Black's top choice, and Twas happy to try it in a corre- spondence game 11.22! The most principled _ reply covered by Arthur in Yearbook 104 together with an interesting story about his brother Recent practice has confirmed that 1SxdS Wxf2+ 12. dhl 0-0-0! 13. @xe4 WS cannot do any harm to Black = after 14.04 bned 15. fixed eS 16.03 WIZ White must repeat by 17.2e4 (the tactical blunder 17 211” 213! was seen in Sparwel-Seb. Mihajlov, 2013, as well) 17... WES 3 WH 19.04 Wi 12.seh1 0-0-0 has hh a A | | 4 aa | 28 8 Wak This capture can be preceded bby 14.211 Wh4 15.23 Wh6 16 x17 Wh3 when White's best option 17is to go on repeating by 17.25, as 17.Qxd8 Dxd8 18 cxd4 e3+ 19.45 5 contains a certain risk, for example: 20. Wd3 He8 21. Ze (215+? Wif5 22. N65 bd: 21.5? €2 22. id? Zie6 23, Wed He7!) 21... Wh5 22, dag? E18), 14... Rd6! ‘The suggested improvement upon 14,..37! in the Forum Section of Yearbook 104. 15.295 d3- 15.037? 16, ReGr stebS 17. Be? 16.0f1!2 A deviation from Van de Oude- ‘weetering’s analysis =his line went 16. Wed+ obb8 17 xdk Dxds'? (fully possible is also 17.,.xd8 18Gxds @xd8_19.Dxed hs 20. Wh4 Wxb221. Gadi g522 Wel Sixes 23.Wxed Wxe} 24 Dxd3 ‘Wb 25. Dd1 biz) 18.2xh8 ec} 19. Sf Wxb2 20.Efb1 Wxc3!? (20. W221. Wh2=) 21, Wes e2 22Wxds+ a7 23.84 (23.85? Wes!) 23. xg2+ 24.dxg? Web+ 25.012 Ocs+ 26.hg3 d6+ 27.412 BcS+; 16.Bxed Ge5! 17.2xeS WISI! ‘was yet another subtlety, revealed by him. 16...Wxb2 17.2xd8 Deas 17..2xd8?! is now too risky = 18. bl Wxe3 19. 2xd6+ Webs and 20.5! puts up a sie 18.205 Hes! 19.Wh5 20.0x06 Black is fine after 20.Rah! We2 21, Wae2 dxe2 22.Efel a3 23.Bixe2 dé 24.cxdd ixd5 as well 20...He5 21.Wxh7 cxd6 22.ab1 We2 (22. Wxe3!? 23.-Zbct Wee! 24.Exel d2 25.Eg1 3! 26 8137) Dds 27. Wy8t teaT 28.0xb7 exb7! (< 28.02 29. Was+ ab6 30,Wd8+! dexb70 31.Wd7+=) 29.Wd8 (or 29.Wxg7+ dob 30,Wg3 des 31.Rd! dea) 29...dac6 30, Was Hic5! 31. Wxa6+ wded5 32, Was wed, etc.) 23. Ebel ‘We2!? 24.Bcel Whst 25. Wxhs (25.dxe4 Wes! 26.We6 We7!? (26.,.d2 27. Wxd6r da7 28. Wxd2 Exed 29.Exed Wxed 30.W2+ dra8 31.WiR+ 2b8 32. Wxe7 We2) 27.517 Weo! 28. Bf8+ a7 29. Wre6 (29. Wes bot) 29...Exe6 30 HA d2 31. Be2 bt 32exbs$ Od4 33.Bxd2 Bred) 25..ExhS 26.xed @e5 with excellent play for the exchange 21...cxd6 22.Eab1 22,°Wik+ dc? 23. Babi (23 a4?! c3 24.axb5 Ge7! 25 Sexb7 2! favours Black, ¢g 26 Sxa6 exflW+ 27.Exfl d2 28. Was His!) 23..Wc2!? (23. Weed 24. Ebel Wxel 25.Excl d2 26. Wrxg7?+ bo 27Edl 3 28,Wh6; 23..Wa3) 24.ab3 Wxc3 25.517+ db6 26. Wixd6 €3 and the logical outcome is a perpetual check after 27. We7+ (27.d7 €2 28. We7+) 27...dee5 28.d7 2 29.Wd6+ debs 30. We7+ dics 31, Wd6+ dbo= 22... Was The queen sac 22... Wxe3!? 23.Ebel Wxcl 24.Excl 2 comes into consideration again — 25. Hel e3 26 dxc6 (or 26, £13 2 27. Wi8+ dec7 28. Sxe2 Hxe2 29.Wxg7+ Hb6 30.W16 Des 31. Wxd6+ == e6) 26... xc 27. WiS+ de7 28. Wxg7+ wb6 29.Wh6 secs 30.n3 with sufficient counterplay. The text is aimed to avoid @ line like 22_.We27!_ 23.04! ¢3_ 24.axb5 Wb! 25. Exbl 2 26.Bg1 cl W 27.xc6 Be? 28, We8+! ec7 29. Axb7 vexb7 30.Wd5+, when. Black's king is too exposed. 23. W18+ tc7 23_.ea7 is an altemative, fol- lowed by 24 2xch fixch 25.E17T+ eb6 26.Wbst+ des 27.Ec7 Was 28.c8 Who 29.043 30. Wed S050 31 Wt Ses 32W dds 33. WETt eS 34 axbS axbS 35. Wid ded5 36.0417 bxedl 37.Exb6 e2 and in this amazing position, in spite of his huge material advantage, White has to force a draw by per petual 24, Wxa7+? 24.BI7+ Gb6 25,hxc6 sxe6 26. Wb8+, transposing to what we have just seen after 23...a7, 24... 2b6 25.04 Ga5 26..axb7 26.WdT!? Gxd5 27.cxd5 ‘cs! (27.421 is met by the incredible 28. Hb2!! and once again a perpet- uual is the most likely outcome) 28.Wa7+ dxd5 29 Wxa6 Dod 30.WxbS+ weds with 31d? coming next, and the king is enjoying a safe shelter right in the centre. 26...xb7 27.Wd7 27.EE7 2! 28cxb5 (after 28 Exb7+ daS the check from cl is an additional option for Black) 28..\Wd3! 29. Exb7+ was 30 EddI e3 and the pawns would have decided the game. 27...d2 28.Ebd1 e3!! 28... We3 29.exbS axbS 30.a4 bd ete. 29.517 29.cxb5"! axbS 30.817 Wa6 31.We7+ a7 and White can resign. 29...<¢a5! 31.cxb5 cS 30.We7+ eba 32. Wxd6 ‘The most beautiful winning line would have been 32. 2f4+ de333.Wxd6 Be 34.Wds dc? 35.Dgl axbS 36.WS+ Hedtit 37.Exet Gxed 38. Wixed+ Wd3 39. Wo6+ Wed 40 Wd7 ce? 41. Wich7+ Wid3! 42. Wic7+ We3 43. Wh7+ seb2 32...Wel 33.1Wid4+ dexbs ‘34.Eb7+ @xb7! 34_die6 35.Eb1 e2 36.Dbxcl dxclW 37.Excl el W+ 38. Wal Wagit+ 39.¢xgl e2 was winning as well, but the passed pawns deserve their path to glory xe5+ cS 36.WhS We2 37.n3 Wd3 38.Wes+ Sbé 39. Wb8+ b7 40.24 a5 41.93 2 42.Wxd3 exd1W+ 43.ch2 Wet The seeand pawn is also ready to promote: 44. Wdd+ bc6 45. WI6+ Od6 And in this hopeless position White preferred to lose on time. Van de Qudewectering’s final observation was “In general, a Jot of fantastic analyses can be done here!". The featured game. in which his recommendation of 14.261 seems to have been tested for the first time, justifies this to a full extent. Indeed, cor- respondence players will have great fun with it. I will leave the readers to decide for themselves whether they want to enter this line in a practical game, and not only because of the countless opportunities for White to force a draw. However, it looks as if this is the best he can achieve after 10...,W16! and his relatively strongest reply 112d?! ‘New Complications in the Jaenisch by A.C. van der Tak RL 6.2 (C89) YB 73, 84, 87 In the variation Let e5 2.06 Ge6 3. SbS £5 4.d3 fret Sdxet 216 6.0-0 cS 7.3 of the Jae- nisch Gambit, 7..46 leads to an unpleasant ending for Black after jd We7 9.2c3 Ad7 10.05 Qxd5 Mexds Qd4 12. sixd7+ Wrxd7 13.Qxd4 Gxd4 14.04 (or also immediately 14 @e3) 14 a6 15.e3 xe} 16.fre3 0-0-0 17.822 or 17.213. The databases show a very bad score for Black here (33%!). ‘Therefore, in Informant 115 Ivan Ivanisevic makes a case for the move 7...d4!?. About White's reaction 8.2xe5 he writes: “Ine terestingly, nobody has tried this move, but it is the computer's first choice.” Since then there have been several examples with 8.xe5, and the ensuing compli- cations looked interesting enough tome to make a short overview Harald Doderer Peter Leisebein er RSSTE top-76 2014 1.e4 e5 2.093 Oc6 3.b5 [5 ted 5.dxe4 216 6.0-0 05 Forum 8.205 8Ond4 Sxdd 9 Od? (9. S04 We? 10a4 a6 11.23 d6 12.Mg5 06 13.22 BeS 14.03 h6 15.2xf Wx 16.b4 2b6 17.ht (10.804 Svidler-Rad- jabov, Baku 2008 — YB/87-111) 10..We7 1G Sb6 12.2p5 0-0 13.8xf6 gxf6 14.2h4 d6 15.thl Gh8 16 Sed 17.3 Eads 18. &b3 c6 19. Wg3 We7= Nisipeanu-Radjabov, Bazna 2011 8...We7 9.243 Axb5 A) 9. Wixed 10 Gixds Al) 10..Wxd3 11. fxd3 Qxd4 12. Bel+ dbd8 12_.def7 13.028 13.02 BAe 13. He8 14.3 Bes 15.Ob3- Van Kampen-Pruijssers, Amsterdam ch-NED 2013, A2) 10. Sixd4?! 11.34, A3) 10..Wxdd 11, We2+ eds 12.e3 Wxb2 13.fixcS Bes 14.Wed a6 15. Rxd7? Axd7 16. Be3z. B) 9 2xf+ 10.Mxf3 0-0 11.@e3 dS (1106 12.23 d6 (12.45 13exdS Qed 14.84 gS 15d6 We? 16 Zacl—+) 13.Wg3t Ivanisevic) 12.295 06 (12..dxe4 13. We2t) 13.803 We? 14.804 WIT 15 G03 dé 16.Da4 b6 17.Gxe5 bred 18.5 2e4 19. Wg3 (19. Wxt7+ Ext? 20.Sic4t) — 19..dxe3 —_20.fxe3 We? 21 Red+ dhS 22 Exit Wix18 23.h3 Dh6 24 06+ Pillen- Belanoff, cr 2013, 10.9517 @d4 11,Cxd4 Wred 12.05 Wad3 13.cxd3. seds!? (13.806 14.Rel+ ted (Ivanisevie) 15.21¢3 a6 16.23 + Rybka) 14. Bet (14. 2d? c6=) 14, b6 15.Qle3 a6 16.203 Sid4 17.Ge2 Sxc3 18 brc3 dO= 10...@xe4 11.23 Oxc3 12.bxc3 0-0 13.95 Wd6 14. Weds 14 Ead1 Wb6 15.Wod+ deh8= 14.8 15.ae1 15.te3 Bb6 16.095 We6= Postny 15...b5 16.Wed 16. Whs We6 (16...Sxf3 17 ext Sb7 (17. Wg6 18 Welt) 1918.Me3t) 17GeS xe? (17S) 18 Be7 axe? 19. Wxe7 ceg8 20. Dxd7 axd7 21 Wxd7 a6= 16...0b8 17.Wh4 17.Se7 Wrxe7 18.Wxe7 &xe7 19. Bxe7 Eb6= Postny. Ea z & bb as w ao 2 A ma AMA Ae 17...Hxf31? 18.9xf3 Wg6 19. Wg3 19, Wed d5 20 Wy2 Bb6 21. Bes 2d6 22. Bxds WIT 23.Efd1 Seb? 24 H5d3 h6 25. Qh4 18 26 Hel g6 27.893 &h7Z Doderer- Leisebein, cr RSS7E high 2013, 19.206 20.14 WIT 21.Wes ab7 21.6 22. We8+s 22. Wxa7 c5 23. Re7 WhS 24.13 24.13? SOF 24_.n6 25.Exd7+ Sxf3 26.Ex13 ‘ext3 Yel Black seems to be able to develop sufficient counterplay, but I guess it is still too carly for a definitive judgment, To be continued? I think so. Two Wins in a Drawish Line by Peter Boe! GI5.7 (087) Erwin ’Ami’s performance curve has been erratic this year After achieving great successes in the Reykjavik Open and the strong Rabat blitz marathon, he was way under par again in the Dutch championship in Amsterdam. He hasn't played well among his compatriots for a few years, and generally he tends to ‘recover’ 20 in the next event after that: the Dutch Open. VAmis start in the pretty village of Dieren was in fact lucky. He could cash in a second point in a line that has been analysed to a theoretical draw Erwin "Ami Pratik Patil Dieron 2015 (1) 1.d4 16 2.04 g6 3.203 d5 4.cxd5 Qxd5 5.e4 @xc3 6.bxc3 Ag? 7.04 05 B.%e2 M6 9. £e3 0-0 10.0-0 10...06 A clear sign that Patil had studied ‘a game by I’Ami from three-and- a-half years ago, against his own compatriot, Dronavalli Harika, in the 2012 Tata Steel tourna- ment. The text move is 8th on the list of possibilities Black has in this position. The others are, in range of popularity: 10. We7, 10..ig4; 10.205; 10..exd4; 10...Std7; 10_.b6; and 10... Was 11.dxe5 And White's most played move here is 11, Wd2 11..Wa5 12.14 Eds 13.Wb3 a8 Still following Harika, 13..,We7 has also been played here, intend- ing 14,.@a5. In the first_ game with this move in the database, there followed 14. StbS Sd7 (14...81817) 15.Radl a6 16.sa4 and as ..b7-bS is impossible, Black threatens to be just a pawn down here. ‘The game Chakhoyan-Adeba Rodriguez, Asturias 2003, contin- ued 16... Se8?! 17.e5, bricking up the position. Black tried to break down the wall with 17. ExdI 18. Exdl xeS 19.fxeS WexeS but after 20.04 GaS 21.Wc3! Black ‘was outwitted and eventually lost. Probably Black's best bet is 16.205 17.4 (17.2? cd 18.812 Sxad 19 Wrad 2b? 20.Bxd8+ Exd8 followed by 21.203, and Black is even better) 17. Saxad 18. Wrxad 0B 19.Wb4 Hac8 20.Rxd8 Wxd8 with good compensation for the pawn; Black may follow up with b7-b3 and ...e6. ‘The slightly loosening text move allows a direct assault on the kingside 1465! xed 15.004 Oxda 16.cxd4 zak ¢ 16....Axd4? Here Patil’s memory fet him down. He had studied Harika’s move, 16..Exd4, after which things get exciting: 17 fxe6 and now. A) 17.Exc4? was played by Harika: 18.exf7+ %f8 and now comes the nice point: 19.dhI! and the threat of a check on h6 is killing 19 @xe3 20.Wxe3 BS 21.5 h6 (21... Be6 22. Wxes Bea 23. Whot+ He7 24. Wxe6-+—-; 21... 22. Exh gxed 23. Wt Wo 24. We5+—) 226 (now it makes no sense to cover the e7-square as White plays 23.¢7+ anyway) 22..2xe6 23. Wxe6 Eco 24. Wet We3 25.Bacl tg7 26.68W+ 1-0; B) In Grandmaster Prepara- tion ~ Calculation (consulted after the game by both players inthe playing hall), Jacob Aagaard gives 17..fxe6 18 Qxe6+ Ghs and now the long but straightfor- ward line 19. Zf8+! (also 19. Zact! (Aagaard) 19.247 (19. Sixe6 20.Wxe6 et 21. Wes+ des 22.Wds+ = eh8—23.Axe5) 20.BxcS! WxeS 21. Wb2 with a lethal pin) 19. @xf8 20. Sxdé+ 2g7 21 Sxg7+ coyg7 22. Wh2+ sth6 23, Wel+ dg7 24. Bxc8 and ‘White wins, C) In Aagaard’s book, Patil had found the correct move: 17. Bxed!. A pity he didn't get around to play it! This is the ‘crucial line which seems to lead toa draw: 18.exf7+ def8 and now Cl) White has no time for 19.dzh1? Zixe3 20, Wb2 We3 and Black wins; C2) 19,062 £5 20, 8d5 Des 21.Qxb7 Mb& 22.Wi3 dxt7! (Aagaard — gives 22... Sxf2+ 23.Exf2 h5, which is also OK) 23.g4 deg? 24.Bacl (24.9xf5? ExiS 25.Wb3 Hbf& is tricky for White) 24. 2xf2+ 25,Dxf? Bxgd 26.WET+ deh6 27. WE with a draw, C3) Ami called 19. BxcS+ crucial. After 19... WxeS+ 20 dhl Waxed 21. Wb? Hf (the computer gives as better the mysterious Took move 21..2d4! 22 Hadi If, which seems quite strange as the extra 22 Zad! doesn’t exactly look like a wasted move) 22. Wh8+ dext7. analysis diagram And now: C31) 23. Wxh7+ def 24 Exar Wit 25, Wh8+ det? 26 Hel analysis diagram In the post mortem, the players only looked at the losing bishop sorties 25..2h3? and 25...015?, but in fact if Black just sits tight there is no winning attack for White. For example, 26..b8 (of course a move like 26.1% is more logical, but let's let Houdini prove his point) 27. Wh7+ (27.We8+? p7 28. Be7+ cho 29. Wh8+ wg5 loses for White) 27._f8 28.93 WM etcetera C32) But here we see the amazing point of the tempo- waste 21.Hdd 22.Hadl fi White would not have the fol- lowing interesting try in that case: 23.Dfcl! Wd3! (why not 23... Wd4 will become clear in 2 moves) 24.Be7+?! (24. Hdl ‘WS 25.Hacl Sid7 26. Wixad Sich 27°Wh8 2xg2+ 28 dg! Sic6 29.Wih7+ df 30.Whs+ is still barely a draw!) 24... Sid7 25.Bxd7+ wes!! and now, if Forum White takes the queen, the black rook on the Ffile isn’t hanging! 26. Exd3 Exh8 or 26.Ee7+ dexe7 27. WeS+ Gf8 28 Wxfl+ des and in both cases Black can still play for a win. 17.8xd4 Exd4 18.txe6 Wic5 Now White wins thanks to a nice point. More tenacious was 18. Hxed 19.exf7+ dof 20 Hadi S15 21.Wxb7 Hc8, but White is always better here due to his pro- tected pawn on {7 19.ext7+ o18 20.cbh1! Bxcd Any capture concedes a crucial diagonal to White: 20. Wxe4 21. We3 and the queen gets to hé; after a bishop move White would simply play 21. Hac 21.2! And now on 21..Rcl there follows 22. Haxcl, so Patil had to resign. 1’Ami did perform well in Dieren with 3rd place, although he would have preferred to become Open champion, as he did in 2009 and 2013. But hey, this may just be the prelude to some stunning results in 2016 again! A Crazy Position by Bogdan Lalic GI 14 (070) YB 107, 113 My following game with FM Nasuta from the Pardubice Open is very interesting from a theo retical viewpoint. We followed the game Ding Liren-Gelfand My opponent was well prepared aand played very well. The posi- tion was so sharp that it is easy to commit errors (and easy to get into time trouble, as my oppo- nent did), The only thing that counted seemed to be the initi- ative, | made a big mistake with 21, We3?? instead of 21.Wd2!, which is about equal. 1 thought that after 21. Wd2! Wb6! | would be in trouble, but after 22. a1! the computer thinks that White is slightly better and that he should sacrifice the piece: 21..@xb21 22.Wxb2 Gad 23 fe? fxd! 24.8xd1 Bfl 25.Wh3+ sbg7 26, Wh2+ with perpetual check It is amazing that we both did not see that Black is winning after 22.06 23.e5 Wl! = not 23... WI5+, the only move 1 was looking at = with complete posi- tional domination. A computer sees it in a splitesecond, but for humans it is not easy to see such a ‘subtle move, Bogdan Lalic Grzegorz Nasuta Pardubice Open 2016 (8) 1.04 O16 2.04 g6 3.13 d5 4.cxd5 @xd5 5.e4 Gb6 6.2c3 ag? 7.£e3 0-0 8.Wd2 e5 9.05 ch 10nd cxd5 11exd5 @8d7 12.h5 O6 13.hxg6 txg6 14.46 14... ATI? A) 14... i067 15. D311, B) 14.04 15.0-0-0 (15.fKed Bek (15..2e4 160-00 Exed 17. Wxe3 te6 18. fb1 Ho8 19.5 22 @d7 20.013 Was) 16.Wd3 Dein) 15.213 1694 Leb 17.Sh6 Sixh6 18.8xh6 BET 19.2h3 @bd5 20.Axd5 WxdS 21 Dxd5 @xd5 22. @p5m. 15.0-0-0 15@h3!? ed 16.2g5 ext 170-00 Hc8_ 18 sebl fxg? 19.Sixg? h6 20.Sixb6 Wxb6 21.sed5+ @xdS 22. Wrds+ dhs 23.Exh6+ Sxh6 24. Wes+ cogs 25, Wd5+ #9726 West= 15...ic8 16.:éb1 ea! 17.2n6 17.fxed Og4 18 S95 Wes 19.063 Exc3!? 20 bxc3 Wred+ 21.043 Web 22 Shc? &xc3N (<2... £5? 23.QUIIN Sixdd 24, Wadd WhS+ 25.deal! Sixc? 26.Exh7! Weso 27.Ddhl Wxdd 28exdd BFS 29 Bd8 O46 30, xf Exf6 31.47 32. Exd74—) @xd7 Ptr 23. We2 17....xh6N 17...@a4 1WGd5 —— Dxd5 19. Wxd5+ deh8 20. axg7+ dexg7 21 fred Who 22.Wes+ dps 23, WdS+ e724, Wes+ dp8= 18. Wxh6 DI7 19.2xe4 A) 19.0h317 —-Exe3!? (less good is 19. exf3?! 20.gxf3 Dad 21.Qxad Sixad 22.Ecl! Bxcl+ 23.Wxcl Wxd6 24d Dds 25.095 HiS 26.2xh7+) 20.bxe3 OfdS—+» 21.Hel Gad 22.Ros Wh6+ 23,.b3 Ges, B) Better seems to be 19. Wd2!? Ee6! 20.dval Dek 21. Oxet af 22. d3 Bd7 23. Ge? Oxdo=. 19...2xe4 19,2 20. Wd 20.fxe4 Gad 21.We3?? 21,Wa2! Gxeb21?- (21... Whe? 22ebal! BD -23. e+) 22.Wixb2!_ (22.taxb2?Wio+ 23.063 (23 skbI obi) 23. bsI—- 24.013? Ge6+ 25.deb4 a5+} 26.dexaS Ba7+ 27 dexbs Wa8—+) 22...ad 23.He? Sxdl 24 Sixd| BAL 25. Wb3+ og7 26.Wo2+= W167? 27. Wxb7+ WIT 28. Wee8 ExdI+ 29.02 is winning for White 21... WI6T 22. We2+— 22.Wh3 GeS (22..He3!? 23,03 Gxe3+ 24.she2 Rad) 23.We3 Q@wehF; 23... Wal 24. Oxf Oxf + 25.che2 Hal—> 26d? Dra? 27.Wh6 @net+ 28 shed Ot6—+. In the time scramble he accepted my draw offer. After 22.. S06 23 eS Wal! the computer gives +4.16 for Black — complete dom- ination!!! Editors’note: If you want to leam more about this variation, see Luis Rodi’s Survey on page 171 Erratum by the Editorial Staff Gi 10.2 (097) ye 115 In Yearbook 115, page 19, We mistakenly gave the result of the correspondence game Joppich-Mooij as “Ys-/s" whereas the actual result was 1-0Repertoire + - Building with Benjamin Occupy Sicilian by Joel Benjamin In this series of columns, grandmaster Joe! Benjamin helps club players to build up 8 good, practical opening repertoire. Me will make his point by using examples of the chess stars, but also gives advice that is more suitable for lower levels. Learn from an experienced grandmaster’ trainer and find out what ‘openings suit your style best! Now it’s time to delve into more specifics of how we can build 2 repertoire. In this column we ‘will work up weapons against the Sicilian. For many club players, the prospect of leaming Sicilian variations is so daunting that they give up Led altogether. I don't mean to recommend that every- body avoid the Open Sicilian entirely. 3.d4 leads to rich and vi- brant positions and can certainly enrich a chess player's education. But when you consider how dif- ferent the Sveshnikov, Taimanov. and Dragon are from each other, you might consider a different strategy. In Benjamins Opening Takes in Yearbook 108 I examined Sicilian sidelines and noted that Magnus Carlsen tended to avoid the Open Sicilian. Here 1 will expand on that with some new thematically linked approaches. Bent Larsen famously questioned the logic behind trading a center pawn for a semi-center pawn with 3.44. In that case a plan of c2-c3 and d2- 4 seems indicated. The straight- up Alapin or 2.¢3 Sicilian enables Black to attack or trade the e+ pawn, immediately eliminating the establishment of the pawn duo on e# and d4. So we will be more deliberate in our plan to occupy the center. We will begin with Led c5 2.213, and tackle the re- ply 2.46. Joel Benjamin Le Quang Liem US Chess League Playotts 2014 These days I rarely get to play such a worthy opponent; even as an Internet game at was an oppor- tunity I relished. I didn’t have the time or energy to make extensive preparations for all of his open ings, 80 I decided to ready an old favorite that is relatively easy to play. Avoiding early time pressure is a benefit I particularly enjoy at this stage of my career! 1.e4 65 2.19 d6 3.264 It looks like kids chess; White acts as if £7 can be directly as- saulted. And in many ways, that isn’t far off. White will develop as if it's a Giuoco Piano. There will be a cer- tain degree of synergy for those who employ that opening or anti- Marshall/Berlin Ruy Lopez ap- proaches against 1.5. 3...216 4.43 O06 5.63 96 I think this is the most principled response. The bishop will be good on the Jong diagonal and Black 23will soon have several reasonable prevents 5... .g4? due to 6. Wb3, but 5..e6 is certainly playable. The struc- ture may shape up similar to the Carlsen-Giri game ater. 6.i4b3 he7 TOD 00 Bel as (Black can try to execute a differ- ent version of Le’s plan with % 6 or expand on the queenside with 8.5 the latter often reach- ing the French pawn structure in a few moves) 9.e5 2d7 10.04 (a typical kingside vs queenside battle takes shape) 10..b5 (10. 6 I1.a3 a6 12. ibd? 23! was good for Black in Anand-Topalov, Frankfurt 197, but 12. 2c? looks ike a substantial improvement) 11. Qbd2 (11.a3!? might slow the queenside attack down) 11 b4 12.8f1 bxe3 13.bxc3 a6 14. Sc? Be8 15.03 Bes 16.23 exd4 I7cxdd &bS 18.93 Was 19.4 8 20.b1 Kbs 21 tog? Eec8 225 a6 23.44 Exbl 24 Gxbl EbS 25.2 Wed 26.Be} Wal 27.Wd2 fact 28.Bel with a draw in Leko- Gelfand, Tilburg 1996. Obviously there are many possibilities for improvements along the way Finally, I was once surprised by 5.4519, which dashed my pawn duo plans for good. I was a bit perplexed until 1 made a certain connection in my mind: 6.exd5 @xd5 7.0-0 06 8.d4 cxdd 9exds ficT 10.2c3 0-0 11. Bel 2167" 1203 b6 13.d5 exdS 14 Oxd5 Oxd5 15. MixdS b7 16.85 with a big initiative for White (Benjamin-Zaichik, Philadelphia World Open 2001). I have em- ployed the same idea in two other games... in the Caro-Kann Panov ‘Attack! Convineing proof that un- derstanding structures is essential for good opening play. 6.0-0 297 7.h3 0-0 8.@b3 b6 Black has two important alterna tives: ‘A) 8..e5 compels White to change the approach a bit: 9. 2ib2 h6 10. Het and now: 24 10..d5? drops a pawn after IhexdS @xd5 12. Ged! bb 13.Gxh6 @xe3 14.bxe3 xh6 15.2d5!. Better is 10. e6, but I think 11.2xe6 fxe6 12.b4 is fairly promising, eg 12..exb4 TBexbs a6 14. Wb3 dS 15.22 Dh5 16.932, B) 8..b5 9.d4 cxd4 (other sensi- ble moves like 9._2b7 or 9... We7 produce play similar to the Spanish) 10.exd4 d5 11.e5 Get 12.@c3 Gxc3 13.bxe3 (I feel this structure is good for White when the light-squared bishops are still ‘onthe board) 13..aS 14.28% a6 15, Wd2 af 16. Ste? bt 17.Efb1 bxc3} 18, Wxe3 ed 19. Wed and White has retained an edge, Nevednichy-A. I'Ami, Golden Sands 2012 9.Be1 £a6 10.02 I didn’t give much thought to 10.04 exd4 Hexd4 Db4_ but there are some interesting tricks after 12. sigs: A) 12..@d3? 13.Be3 xb? 14. We2 traps the knight; By 12Hc8 13.Wd2 D3 14.Be3 Belt 15.Sdl! (15.deh2 EM 16 Sixt (16.Exd3? xed 17. Wed = xd} 18 Wx Ehiti-+) 16. 0x2 17. We3 Qt4) 15. Exdi+ 16. Wxd1 Dxb2 17.Wb3 e418. Bel with an edge for White; C) 12.h6 13.fexts (13.ab4 Ec8 works less well for White because the rook can be on cl: 14, Wd? @d3 15.e3 Hel+ and now 16.%h2 We7 17.22xf exfbl 18.Exd3 d5+ 19.g3 dxed 20.He3 Exc} 21.@xc3 ext3 and 16.8d1 We7 17 Sxfb Sexi 18.Exd3 Sixd3 19.Wxd3 Bes both favor Black) 13_sixfb 14. Wd? Sd3 15. Wexh6 (15.Ze3 244 16.2e3 e6=) 15..e6! with equality, 10...2e8 11.0bd2 &d7! More ambitious, and 1 would have to say stronger, than 11..@e5 (Black doesn't mind doubling the e-pawns to get more central control, this is a recurrent theme) 12.01 @xf3+ 13. Wx 27. 12.011 Ode5 13.3h27! Right after I had moved I noticed 13. dS! 14.14 dved 15.fxe5 (15: dxe4 @d3) 15..exd3_16.S0bI @xe5 17.Sf4 Qc6, which can hardly be good for White = three pawns and a buried bishop on bI! 13.s0g5 would have been about equal 13...D5 14.a3 Sb7 15.2e3 a5 16.44 1 was attracted to this push by the possibility of ‘sacrificing’ the ‘queen, but it was better to go ‘off topic” with 16.f8 Qd7 17 d2 with equality. 16...cxd4 17.cxd417...@07 1 was happy to play 17... @xd4 18. Wxdd DB+ 19. 2x3 Rxdd 20.2xd4 18.413 eS! 19.45 Ad4 20.2xd4 exd4 21.294 15 22.0h2 WE Black is a little better. The game was drawn after a few ups and downs in the time scramble. We have a rather more main- stream alternative in 3.1b5+. The Moscow Variation appears in the repertoire of many top grandmas- ters, as 1 have reported in BOT This time I will change things up a bit by focusing on the lines where White maintains the strategy of hed. Gilberto Hemandez Guerrero Mikheil Mchedlishvili Tromsa ol 2014 (4) 1.e4 c5 2.013 d6 3.ab5+ fd7 4.Sixd7+ Wxd7 In BOT 108 we focused on a Maroczy Bind approach with S.c4, There's certainly nothing wrong with that strategy; I've gone there many times myself. But we can also be strategically consistent with a method that is a bit less traveled 5.040 @16 6.Het @c67.c3 e6 The conventional wisdom holds the fianchetto to be a goo! reac tion to a Maroczy set-up but a less effective reaction to our plan here ‘One encouraging example is 7 26 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxdd d5 10.¢5 Bed 11.@bd2 @xd2_12.hxd2 hg? 13. Sf Qd8 14 Bel Ge6 15. he 0-0 16.He2 Hick 17 Bec? Sds 18.295 a6 19.2h3 Sb 20.04 Sih6 21. @d3 axe} 22.fre3 and White gradually increased his advantage in Ducarmon-Von Meijenfekit, Rotterdam ch-NED jr 2014 B.d4 cxdd S.cxdd d5 10.05 ‘The French Defense pawn struc- ture that has arisen is crucial for many variations in our anti- Sicilian repertoire. As in the French, the advanced e5-pawn gives White a space advantage that can be used for a kingside attack 11.Obd2 @xd2 12.2xd2 Le7 13.Bc1 0-0 14.503 Lifting the rook to jumpstart a kingside attack is the only way to present problems to Black. Many of the grandmaster games have been drawn, though in quite a few the white player was content to trade everything on the c-file! 14... BfcB In BOT 110 we saw an elite player (and a great theoretician) fail to solve Black's. problems 14,.Zac8 15.03 @b8 16.0d3 Ws 17. Hb} We6 18.25 Axgs 19. SxgS @d7 20. Wigs £5 (Jones- Gelfand, London Classic 2013) Now 2l.exté xfs 22 Wxe6+ Wxe6 23.Exe6 h6 would offer Black distinct drawing chances, but White plays with a solid ex- tra pawn. Jones opted for 21. Wh4 and eventually won, ‘An entirely different but quite feasible approach for Black is offered by 14...16 15.exf6 Ext! (15...xf671 16.4 is a solid edge for White) 16.Hce3 2d6 17, We2 Haf® 18.8ic3 Qd8= Repertoire Building with Benjamin Zviagintsev-Naer, 2006. 15.a3 Hc7 16.203 I think White could flick in 16 ha here. 16...Wd8 16...d8 followed by ...De6-07 is another plan 17.nal? Poikavsky 17.818 After the 16th move, Black really should risk 17..Saxh4, and he did so successfully in Tarlev- Derbenev, Volga Cup Kostroma 2010, Instead of 18.@xhd Wixhd 19.103, White could consider 18.g3 ide7 19. deg? with long- term compensation. Black now slides towards disaster without a fight 18.5 HacB 19.@h2 Ge7 20.n6 96 21.895 Wd7 22.94 whe 23.8164 dos 24.13 215 25.295 Wad 26.814 whe 27.16 Hod 28.Hed1 c5 Desperation, as there is no de- fense to 29 24. 29.b3 Oxd4 30.Dxd4 Wxb3 31.e4! 15 32.4xc5 HBxcS 33.07 Wrxd1+ 34.2xd1 Dxta 35.aixc5 bé 36.804 1-0 Joe! Benjamin Kamil Miton New York Masters 2004 (3) 1.e4 c5 2.03 d6 3.ab5+ &d7 4, Axd7+ Qxd7 5.0-0 Dgt6 I don’t think our standard plan works so well here: 6. Hel e6 7.¢3 ihe7 8.d4 cxdd Gexd4 d5 10.5 Ged M.Dbd2 Gxd2 12. xd? 0-0 13. Bel @b6 doesn’t seem to offer much. White could steer for 25& Maroczy Bind, ¢.g. 6 We2 ¢6 7.c4, but I have tried some differ- ent ideas here. 6.d3 e6 On 6..26 White can switch gears with 7.Hel sig? 8.c3 0-0 9.44 The idea is that 9_cxd4 10.cxd4 45 IeS Ded 12 Dbd2 is still promising with the bishop on 87, despite the lost tempo. With the knight on d7, Black can hold the line in the center, eg. 9. 6 10.n3 Who 11. Obd2 Back 12.Wad cxdd 13.cxd4 — We7 14.b3 a6 15.a3 Zfds and now 16.Hacl Wb8 17.Exck Exc8 18.¢5 dxeS 19.dxe5 Ob6 20. Wha ‘would have given White the edge, Benjamin-Nakamura, New York 2002. More practical tests are needed here 7.04 Re7 8.203 0-0 9.95 ‘White is planning to start a king- side attack with {2-f4 while Black is less equipped to counter in the center, Still, a direct response is ‘most critical 9.05 9.6 10.0h3 d5 11.6 (White has other options; he can wait with 11. We2 or take a different tack altogether with I1.cxdS!? exdS 12.0f4) 11 dxed 12.dxea Sb6 13.5 Wad! 14.Exd! Sed 15.63 (6 (Fritzinger-De Firmian, Berkeley 1981) and now 16 De4 fxeS17.fxeS gS (17. ixeS 18.2\f4) 18.23 Rac’ 19. 2b2 looks a shade more pleasant for White. 10.f4 dxc4 11.dxo4 Ob6 12.05 & A a AB 4&8 i Swe a 12...@40771 12. Wad 13.Bxdl Gg4 14.h3 is better for White, but per- 26 haps 12..Wd4+ 13.Wxdd exd4 14. Qb5 @g4 15.03 is less clear 13.We2 Wc7 14.2ce4 ‘White has a clear advantage Magnus Carisen Anish Giri ‘Stavanger 2015 (3) 1.04 05 2.093 d6 3.4ib5+ O07 This block is often preferred when Black is trying to create a more dynamic position. 4.03 In BOT 110 we explored an unusual way to play for a big center: 4.0.0 a6 (4...©f6 5.el a6 allows the bishop to retreat to f1) 5.24317. It looks awkward, but the same kind of position usually arises, with White having the per- haps slightly more useful Zfl-e1 move. 4...216 5. We? a6 6.224 b5 In BOT 103 I mentioned a bad ex- perience I had after 6...Wc7 7.0-0 e4 8 Rc2 6 9b3 bS_10bxct bxed 11.43 Sb6 12 (Benjamin-Shabalov, 5: 2009). Upon further reflection 1 see the computer suggestion 13.ixb6!? Wrxb6 14.2xcd We7 15 Ga} gives White unusual but very real ‘compensation for the exchange. 7.e2 Sb7 Black has a variety of approaches here. It is always important to ‘weigh the consequences of 7 ed,” attempting to thwart the two pawns in the center plan. White can play 8b3 Wc7 9.bxed bees 10.203 Db6 11.5 dxeS 122xe5 e613. EbI Qfd7 14.2xd7 Sexd7 15.0-0 €6 (Chigaev-Artemiev, Loo 2013), this looks good for White after 16.Zel Sd6 17.Wed. Since the pawn is already committed to bS ‘White can attack the base with Sad &b7 9.axbS axbS 10 Exas Wa 11.403 Sixes 12 Qxbs Wo? (after 12. ded8 13.03 2x13 14.8x3 WX 15.gxf3 White will mobilize quickly and bring. his rook to the a-file) 13.295 WixbS 14. 2xe4 with an edge for White, Espinoza Palomino-M. Perez, Buenos Aires 2012 A different idea for Black is to play Spanish style with 7.5 80-0 e7 (note that Black m: want to delay ....aic8-b7 because ‘White can block the diagonal with d4-d5) 9.44 0-0 10.541 We7. Here we see an issue with defend- ing the e-pawn with Wdl-e2 in- stead of Efl-e1, the knight cannot easily transfer to d2 and f1. White has a fundamental Spanish dec sion of closing the center with da- 5 or trading on d5, but | would Suggest postponing that choice with the typical probe I1.a4 Ebs (11_.2b7 12.d5) 12.223 b4 13,.Gc4. 8.44 e6 This looks solid enough and makes sense with the bishop on 67, but I wonder if it puts. in-sufficient pressure on W center 9.0-0 Se7 10.De1 0-0 If Black tries to inhibit White's development with 10..We7 or 10.e8, then 11.34 should be a Suitable reply 11.@ibd2 exdd Without the exchange, e4-e5 be- ‘comes a more serious prelude to a kingside attack Black needs some open lines and squares in the center to obtain counterplay 12.exd4 Des xW ke R Ahaha | aaa joa | WA 5) [AS 2 WA ARS a oe ® | Surprisingly we are already in a new position! 13.0f Tes 14.993 18 15.03 Dc7 16.203 e5 White was targeting the queenside with a2-a4, Perhaps Giri could have gone for 16...b6 17.05 @c5 18.2 b4 19.23 { wraey \)9m aba & Baw ALOwRAK Bo If only Black could maintain the knight on e5. He will lose a pawn alter 19..a5 20,axb4 axbd 21. Wh5 b3 22, ixb3 (22... @ifce4? 23.Gxed xed 24266), while afler 19.bxa3 20.2xa3 Black will be thrown back, beginning with the knight on ¢5 ls 19...b3 20. xe5 Zxe5 21.Sixb3 W6 22. Ged Teck 23.243 I would be inclined to anchor the bishop with 23.b3. Magnus is rather ambitious here, looking for a smackdown when his knight shows up on e4. Either way, I'm quite skeptical about Black’s com- pensation here. If Magnus had not been in the midst of a historically bad tournament, he likely would have pulled in a full point. Twan Burg Simon Williams ‘Amsterdam 2014 (6) 1.04 05 2.93 d6 3.ibS+ Oc6 This is probably the least common of the plausible check defenses, but a practical answer for those who occasionally play 2.206 I's practical for our purposes as well, since 3__d6 is one of the im- portant answers to the Rossolimo, 4.0-0 &d7 5.5e1 216 5..a6 is slightly risky because White can play for quick devel- opment: 62x06 2xe6 7.d4 cxd4 8. Wxd4 (8. 2xd4. is interesting, too) 8.216 923 e6 10 Sds SteT 11.xe7 Bxe7 12.€5 dues 13.@xe$ dS (stronger than 13.6 14 Gxc6 bxc6 15. Wc3 ‘Wb7"! 16.23 040 17. &xh6, Benjamin-Vigonito, Philadelphia World Open 2004) 14.Wc3 with a slight pull for White. 6.n3 As in the Ruy Lopez, this move is useful preparation for advancing in the center. On 6.c3, a6 7.s0f (7.Sia4 c4 is interesting, as well as 7.b5 8c? Ged), 7. figs can be annoying. The best move Repertoive Building with Benjamin ‘Twan Burg might be 8.d4, but White has to be willing to accept a fracture of his kingside pawns 6.06 This kick is mot automatic. A crafty try once punted by Carlsen is 6..e6 7.c3 d5, hoping for 8.¢5? 25. White should instead opt jor 8.43 or BexdS @xd5 9.d4 6.25 is another option. We could continue Tat a6 8 Stxd7+ ied? 94x05 Oxe5 10.04 In one game White achieved a clear advantage wath quite quirky play: 10_cxdé 11 Wxds 26 12. We3 Hes 13.203 Ge5 14.Wb3 We? 15.814 06 16.e3 e717 fic} Geb 18 Ed1 0-0 19.204 EUS 20.sie3 Wh8 21. seb6 7 22 Hed3+, Maximov-Kovchan, Simferopol 2003 7.811 @5 Our main game focuses on a variant of the surprising thrust 7. g5!?. When White plays slowly in the center such wing attacks can~ not be underestimated. But White fared well in an carly key game after 8.d4 g4 9.d5! gx!3 10.dxc6 Sxc6 11 Wx} 66 12.Gc3 eT 13, Rf ps 14 Had) Bg6 15.a3 and White went on to win, ‘Adams-Hamdouchi, Tripoli 2004 7.,.e68.c3 MoT 9.d4 exdd 10.cxdd d5 11.5 Sed is a plausible con- tunuation, not well-regarded by top grandmasters but prevalent enough in the database. arHere I actually like 12 @c3 @xc3 13.bxc3, which strengthens the center at the cost of producing a weakness on c3. White should have more attacking chances on the kingside with the light-squared ‘on the board, e.g. 13..0-0 14, 23 He8 15 a4 as 16, We? 28 8.03 g5 9.d4 g4 10.hxg4 Gxgd 11.45 Ge7 12.295 296 13.Qbd2 h6 14x16 Wxt6 15.Was+ Sad? 16.Wb3 White’s Kingside defenses are adequate while he is making fast progress on the other flank 16...05 17.04 of 18. Wb4 a5 19.axb5! Annive though not altogether nec essary bit of flash. On 19..axb4 20. Bxa®+ see 21.b6 wins. 19...Wa8 20.Wa3 24 21.4xc4 WIG 22.Be3 Ig8 23.4e1 B95 24.06 Bh5 25.93 &h3 26.9x14 Sot 27.Sxt1 Wadd 28.b7 Eb 29.Wad+ be7 30.Wc6 1-0 The lines covered in this issue rely more on understanding struc~ tures (with borrowings from the Ruy Lopez/Giuoco Piano and the French) than remembering variations. It's more about getting a comfortable position to play with than gaining a demonstrable advantage. Just the thing to do in the age of Carlsen.Carlsen’s Opponent Experienced grandmaster ‘Alexey Kuzmin, the former ‘coach of Anatoly Karpov ‘nd Alexander Morozevich, probes the most recent top events for new tendencies in opening play. The retrospective convergence movement towards a point of collision is always engaging. Es- pecially if, looking back from the present day, we know to what dra- ma the development of initially unconnected events will lead. Remember the film Titanic: how the hero DiCaprio - the young vagrant and artist Jack Dawson, who in a poker game has won a ticket to a 3rd-class cabin ~rushes. to board the departing ship, while young Rose (Kate Winslet), her mother Ruth and her fiancé Cal unburriedly climb on board to their luxurious apartments. And there are the trajectories, scattered over the years, of the ‘movements of chess stars 1973: Anatoly Karpov wins the Interzonal Tournament, while ten- year-old Garik plays for the first time for the Azerbaijan junior team. 1975: Leningrad, the Toumament of Pioneer Palaces. The first meet- ing ~ for the present in a simulta- neous display. 1981: One crushes Kortchnoi 6-2. retaining the title of champion for the third time, while the other be- comes USSR champion. And, finally, 1984: The tenth of September, Moscow, the Hall of ‘Columns in the House of Unions Karpov and Kasparov sit down at the board in a match for the title of World Champion. A great con- frontation begins. But isn't it also interesting, isn't it intriguing, to follow the con- vergence movements of stars not retrospectively, but in real time?! In 2010 Carlsen won the tour- nament in Wijk aan Zee for the first time, while Wei won the World Under-12 Champion- ship. Three years later Magnus became World Champion, and Yi became the youngest grand- master in the world. In January they played together in Wijk and both won = the Norwegian in the main event of the festival, and the Chinese player in the B Tour- nament. Spring arrived. In April Magnus celebrated victory at the Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir, and Wei Yi, a month later, at the Chinese Championship in Xing- hua. As yet they have not met face- to-face: Carlsen the bomber con- tinues to soar threateningly over the chess world, leaving under him the ruins of devastated tour- naments, but the fighter plane Wei Yi has already begun to gain height... My harvest had long been gathered, the article written Sent 10 the editor and, probably, even translated, when at the su- per-tournament in Danzhou a wonderful game was played, where Wet Vis opening noveity was a prelude 10 a combination of fantastic beauty. Initially I wanted to include it in a post- Script, but then I realized: the ‘Masterpiece should open the ar- ticle? And the fact that this is a genuine masterpiece is something you can see for yourself. 29Wei Vi Born in 1999. in 2010 he became World Under-12 Champion, and in 2013 a grandmaster. Al the 2014 Chess Olympiad he won a gold medal as a member of the Chinese team, The next year Wei Yi became champion of China. On 2 June 2015 he reached the age of sixteen. Wei Yi Lazaro Bruzon Batista Danzhou 2015 (2) The first twenty moves of this game had already occurred e4 05 2.013 06 3.23 26 te? Oc6 5.04 cxdé 6.axd4 We7 7.0-0 216 8203 07 914 dé 10.¢h1 0-0 11.Wet Qxd4 12.8xd4 b5 13. Wo3 b7 14.03 Kad8 15.2ae1 Dd7 16.203 Wd8 17.Wh3 g6 18.15 25 19. 2e3 ZeB 20.txg6 hxg6 This is the main variation of the classical Scheveningen. On the 16th move it was probably more accurate to play 16...He8, or on the next move = 17...h6. But, be- lieve me, Bruzon should not be criticized for this: if he had played differently, this work of art would simply not have occurredt At this point in the game Sredojevic-Rajkovic, Vinjacka Banja 2008, White was tempted by the dubious 21. S2b6. 21.205! An opening novelty = and the start of a fantastic combination! 30 Although the events: in the game are directly related to the opening, 1 am sure that Wei Yi's eombina- tion was the fruit of inspiration at the board 21...@xd5 The capture 21..Jdxd5 22.exdS would have led simply to an infe~ rior position. Once again: “Thank you, Lazaro!” 22.Exf7it To start with a rook is sacrificed! Wrle RU EBE a a 4 a Ak & A ao ew AA AB nS Stockfish at a depth of 32 still regards this sacrifice with per- plexity, assuming that White has decided simply “to force a draw spectacularly” 22..x07 —-23.8H7+ 24.exd5+ Sxd5 If 24..axd5 Wei had prepared 25.faxg6! xg2+ (Black is forced to free the dS-square for his king) 26. xg? Bis 27.Wh3+ Sd5 28 Abs!) (the symmetri- cal geometry of the bishops is delightful) 28..Wxb6 29 sed+ c5 30. We3 checkmate! & wes WE ra Dw a a ea ag AB E ie (25. Rede!! For a long time in its preliminary calculations my Stockfish was un- able to spot this second sacrifice! 25...bxe4 Returning with 25..de6 fails to save Black: 26 Wxa6+ 2.1% 27.WiS+! de7 28. Wh7+ and now both 28...daf8 29. sth6+ and 28... dhe6 29. S.f5+ are hopeless. Incidentally, if all this had been worked out at home, here there should have followed 26.041! with mate in 9 moves. 26.017! Lightly sliding over the parquet board, the queen cuts off the en- ‘emy king’s retreat 26...816 — 27.d2+ 28. Re3+ ted 29.Wb3! As inthe allegorical subject Dance of Death, or in Latin Mortis Salta- tio, Death, inthe form of the white queen, dances around and entices the black king to the precipice of his inevitable destruction 29...045 30.011+ dod ‘The concluding steps 31.Wasi! ea UE a a a a A ewe ‘The black monarch has nowhere to retreat to: 31_hS 32, We2+thd 33.003) and mate is una- voidable 31...0x92+ 32.dexg2 Was+ 33.91 S95 34.We2+ wha 35.0124 dhs z | zx | 4 a a 4 x @ | | A * AAnWS FB | mze | And now = the final chord: muf- fled and bewitching 36.11! Bravissimo!! Mate in six moves is inevitable = Black resigned J think that, in order to create such a masterpiece, a simple ‘coincidence’ is insufficient = the help of Higher Powers is needed. And if this is so, does this not once more emphasize that on the chess firmament, from the East ~ as is befitting ~ a new star is rising? my astronomical calculations Of the trajectories of the stars are correct, the first mecting of the two champions = of the world and China = will take place in January at the 2016 Tata Stee! ‘Tournament. But there are still six months to go before this event, and for the moment For the moment let us talk about the openings that Wei Yi prefers and how he builds his opening repertoire The Grunfeld Defence, the Najdorf Variation and the first move e2-e4 = this was Kasparov's repertoire in the late 1980s. Today this is how Wei Yi plays. But in his choice he is guided by dif- ferent principles to the thirteenth World Champion, who with both colours used to aim for concrete play, ‘mave by move’. Of course, over a quarter of a century the inner content and even the status of many open: ings have undergone changes Having been analysed ‘to a re- sult’ in many lines, today the Grunfeld Defence is by no means a guarantee of a large- ile battle, while ¢2-e4 is not yet a herald of sharp play. Per- haps only the Najdorf Variation has retained, without change, its overall evaluation as a double- edged opening But this is not the main thing The distinguishing feature of Wei Yi’s opening repertoire is his combined approach. With Black he goes in for concrete, often forcing, deeply analysed variations. Here there is a great deal of home, computer prepara: tion: he does this = I do that, he goes here = I go there. But with white, Wei Yi prefers ‘play by schemes’, not associated with a clearly regulated move order. For a young player this is not a typical approach And so Play by Schemes Clearly, play in accordance with specific scheme is possible only in a specific type of position. But what above all determines. the Kuzmin's Harvest type, ie. creates the framework ofa position? Of course, the pawn structure We will examine two types of positions which are happily played by Wei Yi. Both are char- acterized by long and flexible (es pecially for White) pawn chains. It is around their mavements that the main events develop Therefore as an cpigraph to this topic I would take the words of the outstanding analyst and trainer Igor Arkadievich Zaitsev Strategy is the regulation of changes in the pawn structure’. The first type is a currently quite recognizable structure mam taal | a & Although it is reached after the exchange on c6 in the Ruy Lopez this is not the usual exchange variation = note that the pawn is on a7. But a more important factor is that the move d2-d3 has already been made, This emphasizes the fact that, in con- trast to the Exchange Variation, White is not pinning his hopes on the d2-d4 advance. Of course, if the opponent should play ...{7- 6 and ...c6-¢5, and then transfer his knight to dé, the minuses of Black's position will be trans formed into pluses. Therefore White exchanges on c6 afer the f+ and cS-squares have been occupied by pieces that have Just been developed. In short, this, structure most often arises from the Berlin Variation = Led eS 2.8 Geb 3. sibs Af 4.43 scs 5. Sixe6 dxe6. 1Wei Yi’s scheme of play in this type of position is a classical and aggressive plan: knight to f5, queen to h5 and f2-f8 Wei Yi Ma Zhonghan Chima 18-2014 (11) 11.ah4 It begins! First the knight heads for its square. 11...e8 ‘And now the queen 12.Wn5 WIS 13.015 b6 14.2ce3 The knight retreats from 4 to ¢3, in order to take the place of the knight on £5 in the event of it be- ing exchanged = a typical Wei Yi manoeuvre 14. x05 15. 2x5 ‘The queen and knight, impending over the position of the enemy king, greatly unnerve the oppo- nent, provoking the weakening move ...27-g6. For the moment this tandem cannot by itself create any real threats, but a rook only needs to be included in the attack, and then. 15.04 a2 A naive attempt at counterplay The knight should not have been taken so far away 16.18! “The b2-pawn? A mere trifle!” 1 Itishard to retain your composure when an armoured train is moving towards you 17.0h6+ &g7 18.Wh3 2xb27 19.fxe5! From this moment on, with every move Wei Yi creates a concrete threat. 19... 2xe5 20.094 ‘The rook is attacked, 20...ie6 21.Zabt now the knight, 21...a4 22. Dxb7 now the c7-pawn, 22..Wd6 23.Wh6+ —g8 Thanks to Black's mistake on the 22nd move, the white rook has invaded the seventh rank. For the present it is standing in ambush, but the moment for the decisive breakthrough has come! 25.05! fxe5 26.2h6+ 97 27.08 Wxt8 28.Exc7+ whs 29.0174 &g8 30.206 5 31.208 Black resigned, An opening feature of the above game was that in it Wei Yi ex- changed the dark-squared bishops: at an early stage. Later he appar- ently came to the conclusion that he himself should not simplify the position. Wei Yi (Csaba Balogh ‘Teaghkadzor Wetett 2015 (2) x 8Wi)e as aa 11.2h4 248 12.¢h1 Qg6 Familiar manoeuvres of the white pieces now follow. 13.WhS Se6 14.015 Wad7 15.2ce3 5 I should mention that Balogh has subtly set up his defence. While agreeing to ‘tolerate’ the enemy knight on 5, he has played his ‘own knight to g6, hindering the (2-f4 advance 16.93 White cannot get by without this move. 16...2e7 On g6 the knight has fulfilled its mission. Now Balogh prepares simplifying exchanges. 17.g4t Abold and original strategic plan: at the cost of some weakenings, Wei Yi maintains his important outpost 17...296 18.292 &d6 Preventing the 12-f4 advance. 19.ae1! a5 20.2e3! This is the point! The black bishop cannot control both f and3. The Chinese grandmaster’s idea is straightforward, but con- sistent and strong: the creation of threats on the hefile diverts the ‘opponent's knight and enables the planned (2-f4 to be earried out Tt was with such an obvious but powerful and irresistible “tank wedge” that Mikhail Moiseevich Botvinnik advanced his forces against his opponents! 20...@b4 21.2h3 O18 22.141 As we have seen, the opening of the Efile sharply increases the po- tential of the attack 22...x€3 23.bxC3 WIT 24.84 Sxt571 This exehange blocks the File, but opens the g-file, which, unfor- tunately for Black, proves to be even more dangerous. 25.gxt5 Wxa2 A pity: this powerfully-conducted game did not receive its rightful conclusion. Now 26 fxe5! would have won, after which it is ob- vious that 26,..Exe5 is hopeless in view of 27.04 He7 28 Bgl, when there is no defence against the threat of ©\h5. But in the event of 26...fxe5 White only needed to find 27.¢4!, cutting off the queen = 27. Wa3 28.16! and wins. However, in the game there fol- lowed 26.De1 WI7 and after ume-trouble adventures Black managed to save himself. In this game, in contrast to the previous examples, Black did not hurry to play ...{7-f5, and so. the f3-h4-5 manoeuvre had to be prepared with 22-23. This slight weakening was immediately ex- ploited by the Romanian grand- master. He played _. s@c8-h3 and quickly manoeuvred his knight via @d7-b6-c8 to €7_ It transpired that the invasion on £5 would lead to numerous exchanges, and so Wei Yi changed —no, not his plan, but the sequence of the steps in the realization of his plan! (21.141 ext Although the computer recom- mends refraining from this ex- change, for a human it looks fear- ful to allow 4-15 22.gxt4 Oc6 23.Wh5! “The queen arrives at “its” place 23... 8e6 24.1 The immediate 24.5 was more accurate 24... WI?! If now the queen retreats, Black himself’ will play ...f6-f5. How. ever, even after the exchange of queens White's. flexible pawn chain gives him the advantage Kuzmin's Harvest ‘We will follow the rest of the game in a sequence of successive diagrams = like a series of camera Over the last few moves White has exchanged a pair of knights and fixed the kingside pawns to his advantage 34.011 With the idea of Sg3. The ex- change of the —dark-squared bishops will enable White to place his knight on the ideal square £8 39.04! Wei Yi conducts the endgame subtly and energetically. Before the knight manoeuvre he denies Black counterplay in the centre. 39...218 40.292 08 41.014 (B17 42.292!Now the king comes into play. If Black had closed the queenside here with 42...b4, then after alittle preparation Wei Yi would have advanced d3-d4!. Therefore the Romanian grandmaster preferred toexchange 42...bx04 43.bxc4 Zb8 But the seizure of this file is merely a temporary achievement by Black. Control of space en- sures better communications, and as soon as White drove the oppo- nent’s rook off the befile. er the game concluded 61.Hb8+ de7 62.296+ Black resigned. ‘The second type of position is the “Italian” pawn framework. This mirror patter is typical of the Italian Game, but it can also arise from the Ruy Lopez or even the Four Knights Game ‘The black and white pawn chains are identical. They are as though reflected in a mirror, concealed in the board between the fourth and fifth ranks. And in China the mirror was always held in high 34 esteem, One can recall the magic mirrors of Ancient China, or, as they are called on Earth, ‘trans- parent bronze mirrors’. They can show that which is inaccessible to the eye. It is said that even now on the territory of China in ancient temples are preserved mirrors which can show where the Buddha lives. And in daoist teaching the feng shui mirror is a very powerful symbol, It is capa- ble of neutralizing transmissions sent to your dwelling by sources of the venomous Sha energy. But if the mirror is incorrectly placed, ‘it can cause serious harm to its possessor, T am sure that Wei Yi knows how to exploit the hidden strength of mirror structures. Wei Yi Hrant Metkumyan Taaghkadzox Wobrtt 2015 (4) raw Ee) Aa aaa Ak AA a & AABAL 8 AA a wees 11.04 In his game with Sasikiran (Hy- derabad 10.03.2015) Wei Yi con- tinued the symmetrical play for a further two moves (11. Hel He8 12.3 h6) and only then played 13.d4. There followed 13..b5 14. ic? c5 15. Sid? Eb8 and now, instead of the central exchange I6.dxcS dxe5, a flank blow was stronger ~ 16.b4!? xb 17.cxb4 sib6 18. Set 11...Be8 12. ic? h6 As also in many variations, 12 45%! is not good on account of 13, gS. 13.3 she6 14.e1 Sc7 15.63 ds ‘The mirror symmetry, only just broken, has again been restored! 16.2xe5 Sxe5 17w.dxes Oxed Capturing again on e5 would have allowed White to advance his f and e-pawns with gain of tempo. 18.4xe4 dxed 19.84 Sd5 20.axe4 The first move which does not al- low a mirror reply - 20... axe5? 21.sixeS Exe5S 22.ah7+! gives White the advantage! 20...05 21.8x05 Exes 22.Sxd5 Exd5 23.24 White has an extra pawn. For its conversion Wei Yi required just over a dozen moves. In the following game Black sur- faced from the whirlpoo! of sym- metrical play in an original way By saving a tempo on .._h7-h6, he decided to dispute his “colour classification. By being the first to advance ...d6-d5 in the centre, he staked a claim for ‘play with reversed colours’Wei Yi Baskaran Adhiban Hyderabad tt 2015 (4) 12...d5 13. We2 Des 14.03 hé Black should probably have ex- changed on e3 15.Dadt Wc7 oF retreated his bishop to c7 without going into lysis, it is hard to believe that swith the course taken by the game hhe can have any problems. But this outward serenity is deceptive! 16..2xb6 axb6 “Symmetry is always in White's favour’, Wei Yi as though asserts. ‘The next move is a step towards restoring it! 17.4! dxed 18.2xe4 Axed 19.Wxe4 In an unusual way, in the event of the exchange on b3 the e5-pawn ‘turns out to be pinned. 19...Had8 20,axe6 —Hxe6 21.dxe5 Ides Black regains the pawn, but de- spite the apparent absence of weaknesses, this does not solve his problems Now the most energetic was 22.Re3! GxeS 23.244 with an obvious advantage for White, Al- though also after the exchanges which occurred in the game 22.Wdd Oxe5 23.0xe5 Ixe5 24.DxeS Exe5 25.Wd8+ Wxd8 26.0xd8+ wh7 27.6f1 De7 28.ad! the endgame turned out to be in his favour. Wei Yi Erwin rami Wijk aan Zee 8 2015 (10) In this game also Black decides to act as if he were White — he be- gins. 12.77! 13.041 But, as is fitting, the victorious player is not the one who is the first to begin a knight dance on the flank, but the one whose forces prevail in the centre 13...095 14.@x95 hxg5 15.015 OM The lesser evil was to concede the centre = 15_.exd4 16.93! 96?! White really attacked the knight, but Black merely simulated an at- tack. 16...2e6 was more resilient, but after 17.Wh5!, ‘simply to re- main a pawn down’ would be the limit of Black's dreams. 17.gxt4 gxf4 18.dxe5 Wo5+ 19.ch1 2x15 20.ex5 Saxt221.5f1 White has a winning position It remains to add that in the last two examples the Italian Game was played: Led 05 2.26 106 3. Sicd Dib 4.43 SicS 5. Dd? 0-0 6.0-0 d6 7.c3, and in the first one ~ the Four Knights Game: Led Kuzmin's Harvest €5 2.013 Ge6 3.063 Of 4, bs Sb4 5.0-0 0-0 6.43 d6 7.Ge2 But, of course, typical positions, where play by schemes is possi- ble, are not the limit of Wei Yi's opening preparation Concrete Novelties: Even when playing White. Wei Yi Maxim Rodshtein ‘Teaghkaczoe Wehett 2015 (6) Four Knights Game 1.04 e5 2.413 Oc6 3.8b5 t6 4.23 Oda 5.204 c6 6.2xe5 d5 7.43 £06 8.14 Sc5 9.exd5 0-0 10.dxc6 bxcé The position had already occurred and the verdict “Black has more than sufficient compensation” was seemingly not in doubt Wei Yi demonstrates a fantastic defensive manoeuvre! 11.n3! eB 12.Wd2! Ad7 13.sed1! At first sight, this looks like the play of a beginner. But this is only ‘at first sight’! In fact, analysis by Houdini shows that at best Black could merely have maintained equality, But in a practical game 35even such an opening expert as Maxim Rodshtein was unable to counter Wei Yi's extravagant ma- oeuvre 13._.2xe5 14.fxe5 Zxe5 15.Ze1 Deets 16.Wxe1 215 17.We5 Ws 18. Axc6 Dxcé 19. Wxt5 ‘The compensation for the two pawns is insufficient = White has an obvious advantage. But this example is rather an ex- ception. Sharp, forcing variations occur far more often with Wei Yi playing Black. Here are two examples from his basic “Black” repertoire. Krishnan Sasikiran Wei Yi Hyderabad 112015 (7) Grinteld Indian Defence 1.04 S16 2.04 g6 3.13 This move in the spirit of Friedrich Samisch is currently one of the main weapons against the Grunfeld Defence. €5 9.05 c6 10.4 cxd5 11.exd5 @Bd7 12.n5 Of6 13.hxg6 txg6 14.0-0-0 The chief practitioner of the 8 €S variation, Leinier Dominguez, and together with him everyone else, plays exclusively 14. sid7 in this position. 14...Wd617N Wet Yi's idea, He first employed it ‘more than two years ago, when he ‘was just thirteen! In the rapid mateh Ieeland-C na, Reykjavik 2013, on encoun- tering this surprise Gretarsson played 15.h3, Wei Yi ex- changed = 15...Sixh3 16. Exh3, and after 16.,.Zac8 17.sebI e4 18,8ih6 sixh6 19,Exh6 Wes a complicated position was reached, During this phase of the game each player commit: ted an inaccuracy. Gretarsson could have taken the pawn — 18.fxe4 = or played 18, Zh4, while Wei Yi should not have rushed with the central break = 17. .Bfd8 was stronger, with an unclear game. I should add that this game was won by the young innovator. 15.%b1 Of course, Sasikiran had seri- ‘ously prepared. The king move is logical, and in addition it is recommended by Houdini. There followed 15... 15+ 16a WS with a sharp, double-edged game Subsequently Sasikiran managed to gain an advantage, but then he made some errors and in a study like endgame the Chinese player's knight proved stronger than a rook Now an example from battles in the Najdorf Variation ‘Yu Yangyi Wei Yi (China tt 2014 (10) Sicilian, Najdort Variation 1.e4 c5 2.093 d6 3.04 cxdd 4.2xd4 O16 5.2c3 a6 6.2g5 e6 7.44 Wb6 8.8d2 Wxb2 There is hardly any sense in dis- cussing or commenting on the events which occurred before Black’s 17th move, I will mere- ly mention that although the first to begin regularly playing this variation was Alexander Tolush, throughout the chess world it is firmly associated with the name of Robert James Fischer. 9.Eb1 Wa3 10.e5 n6 11.an4 dxeS 12fxe5 Sfd7 13.204 Wra2 14.5d1 Wd5 15.We3 Wred 16. he? 05 17.293 qAS 7 e 6K a a bh a a 2 w oe Sey a AF aS a & Last year this position twice oc- curred in crucial clashes between the same opponents, Wei Yi and Yu Yangyi. 17...Wd5! A noteworthy nuance = it is on these that opening preparation is built today! In the first game, played in the individual Chinese championship in Xinghua, Wei Yi immediately exchanged on d4 (17...fixd4 18.Exd4) and then gave the check 18...WaS+. On this occasion he first provoked 2-04 18.04 Sxd4 19.5xd4 Wa5+ 20.Bd2 0-0 21.20621.15! Strictly speaking, only this move is a novelty. But, of course, it is correct to consider the entire vari- ation asa whole. 22.0x18 Qx18 23.06 Dbd7 24.94 Incidentally, 28.206, attacking the e4-pawn, would also have fol- lowed after 28. Ze1 = and this is another subtlety! 29.05 a5 30.Dat a4 31.5a3 Draw agreed The following example from the Chinese Championship, won by Wei Yi, is what I would call a “Novelty by analogy”. Lin Chen Wei Yi Xinghua ch-CHN 2015 (5) Scotch Game 1.e4 e5 2.0f3 Océ 3.d4 exd4 4.2x04 &c5 5.@b3 Ab6 6.c3 The previous Yu Yangyi-Wei Yi game also developed in similar fashion, the only difference be- ing that the white pawn was on 2. In that game Wei exchanged on g4 and, after giving a pre- paratory check, he offered the exehange of queens ~ 24... Wal+ 25.d1 Wes, but he was unable to suppress his opponent's initi- ative The difference in the position of the white pawn is seen in the variation with the immediate exchange of queens. 24..WeS 25.Wxe5 — @xe5 26.gx15 ext 27.0-0 g6 28.0b1 es! This is why it was important to Jure the white pawn to c4! Had it been on e2, White would have played 29 Bxb7 aS 30.ob5!+ And the additional possibility 28...b5 would not have relieved Black’s problems ~ 29. Hal! ‘This had not been played before 8.205 Gxd5 Sexd5 We7+ 10. Re2 ad! 11.dxc6. If 11 Dd? of course there follows 1.@ase 11...axb3 12.cxb3 dxc6 13.0-0 0-0 14.203 Eds x 2k ¢@ Ak Waa a AMS AB BAR a were A pawn triangle slightly shifted towards the centre and an active- ly developed bishop = these two ttle weights, placed on the scales of the evaluation of the position, tip it in Black’s favour, Kuzmin's Harvest Itis clear that 7. £id3 is not a very appropriate move, the variation is not a topical one, and the ap- proved 7...d6 or 7...0-0 is proba- bly no weaker. I have mentioned this opening episode merely be- cause T am sure that Wei's novel- ty was evoked by the sensational game Vachier-Lagrave-Carisen, Saint Louis 2014, where 7..a5!? was played in reply to 7. We2. Similar, wouldn't you agree? However, with this fragment from the Scotch Game 1 have rushed ahead somewhat. For the mo- ment Wei Yi's opening repertoire is quite narrow. Its expansion is ‘one of the main directions of the grandmaster’s current work. The first results are already evident = he has begun playing 1...e5 Expansion of the repertoire When answering €2-e4 with ...c7- 5, what in the first instance musta player be prepared for? Of course, the Ruy Lopez. And it is here that a surprise awaits us. Wei prepared not the Berlin Variation, which is played by half of China, not the Marshall Attack and not even the Breyer Variation, but the current- ly quite rare Open Variation. And 1 think that this is another reason for devoting serious attention to this overshadowed system. Deep Sengupta Wei Yi Taaghkadzor Wobvtt 2015 (9) Ruy Lopez, Open Variation 1.e4 @5 2.413 Oc6 3.8b5 a6 4.04 O16 5.0-0 xed 6.44 b5 7.b3 d5 8.dxe5 £e6 37‘The Open Variation of the Ruy Lopez. At one time its main defender was Viktor Lvovich Kortchnoi = he played this in his matches with Karpov. 9.03 Be7 10.2bd2 Ge5 11.02 It is this arrangement of the white pieces: ¢2-c3 and Obd2 with the bishop on cl, which nowadays is considered the most dangerous for Black. It can also arise via a different. move order: 9.@bd2 Ge5 10.c3 Re7 M1 Be? 11.04 x zg A Saha A Ah sa 8 a W a AWA BAR WEES Of course, the advance of the black pawn in this variation is not new = they played this a hundred years ago! 12.0b3 In the final match of the rapid tournament in Leon (June 2015), Vachier-Lagrave preferred to take play into a well-known endgame by I2.exd4 @ixdé 13.2xd4 Wedd 14.063 Wad! 15.2xd1 0-0, but he was unable to set Wei Yi any serious problems 38 12.03 x We «& & Rhbe 4 Ao aa 8 DA aM & AQ HAW gwye Here is a Chinese parable A hungry tiger catches a fox and is imtending to eat it. But suddenly the latter says: “I am not simply an animal of the forest, but an en- voy of the Celestial Emperor on the earth and have been appointed by him as head over all the ani- mals!’ The tiger is taken aback: unlikely, of course... but suppose it is true?! And in the meantime the cunning fox continues: “Look, in order to convince you = I will walk, and you will follow me, You will see how all the animals will run away from me in fear = they know who Tam!” And so they proceeded through the forest, and the animals they met, on seeing the formidable tiger behind the important fox, took to their heels, Then the naive tiger became convinced that he had nearly eaten the envoy of the Celestial Emperor. Of course, the d-pawn is not for- midable in itself, and its strength lies not even in the queen stand- ing behind it = Black's play is based on a sound positional foundation. The complex of light squares around the e5- pawn and on the queenside has been weakened = it is this that creates the preconditions for counterplay 13.@b1 @xb3 14.axb3 O15 15.10 ‘There can be no doubt that at home Wei had worked out the variation 15,3 0-0 16.Sd¢ WS 17.el d2! toa draw, while how to fight against a second ical line = 15. et 0-0 16.b4-~ has been demonstrated by Hikaru Nakamura and Anish Giri is more accurate than imme= diately determining the position ‘of the queen with 15. Wd5. After 16.He1 0-0 17.4! it may be at- tacked by the bishop from a2 16.2e1 Wd5 17.xd3 axd3 18.Wxd3 Wxb3 19. W13 Wee ‘The weakness of the light-square complex. becomes ever more perceptible. Wei Yi is ready to develop his initiative 20.0437! Eid 21.Dad1 Zd7 22.Rde1 Had8 23.001 a5 Black has an obvious advantageSURVEYS FEATURING 27 Opening VariationsSicilian Defence Najdort Variation S114.1 (B90) An Untheoretical Move in the Najdorf by Tibor Fogarasi I would like to recommend an unpleasant surprise weapon against the Sicilian Najdorf The move 6.Wf3 is probably not quite unknown, but Black might still find it unusual, es- pecially if his preparation is not up-to-date. Naturally, | am not saying that this move is objec- tively very good, o better than other set-ups, but if we play through the games of the last few years, we find that Black's task is not that simple. This early queen move captured my attention after some memo- rable wins by Nigel Short, and I gave it a try in some Hungarian Team Championship games. After one of them I had a conver- sation with my teammates about 6.8. To my surprise, a young and talented player said: “isn't it 40 all the same what you play against 6. W43 ? | will have a look at the board, and work out something!” In my opinion, the strength of less common moves like 6. WE lies precisely in the fact that black players subconsciously underes- timate them, Another teammate of mine, GM Zlatko Hincic, is an ardent supporter of 6...h3!? after 6, W13, and let me add that he has successfully tested this eccentric move in tournament practice. Maybe it is worth meeting a surprise with a counter-surprise in modem chess? The move 6. hS!?, already well-known from other lines, radically prevents the advance g2-e4 A possible advantage of 6. Wf is that the queen can show up on. the kingside immediately. White usually prepares the pawn storm h2-h3/g2-g4, but he may also castle kingside later. So White’s Strategy is flexible and not quite predictable Let's have a look at the varia- tions, Black can choose from three main continuations Dragon-Style: 6..96 The Dragon-style set-up with 6..26 is the most popular line in modem tournament practice. Black has two options here: he can either develop his queenside quickly, or castle kingside. 73 (the alternative 7.&g5 2g7 8.3 0-0 9.0-0-0 Qd7 10, We3 is also worth trying) 7....8g7 8.263 0-0 90-0-0 &d7 10.24 26 11. Wg2 (the queen clears the way for the fpawn) 11...c8 12.4 @xd4 13. fxd4d Was 14. Wel This is one of the key positions of the line with 6...26. The position of Black’s queen on aS is prob- lematic, as 26 is now a threat. 14. Be6 15.25 DhS 16.fxg7 shag] 17. Wed+ gS 18,25! Black found himself in an un- pleasantly passive position thanks to the dominant knight on 5, see Filippov-Saric, Bol 2014 Black’s other option is the more active exchange sac ‘a la Petrasian’, which | personally prefer: 14...Bxe3!?_ 15, Qxc3 ‘Wrxa2 16,243 Sc8 17. Wb6 Qc6 18.2he1 was seen in the game Fedorchuk-Meertens, Vlissingen 2010, and after 18..2d7 19. Wb4 Sxc3 20.Wxc3 Aes 21. fed Wad 22 Edd the black queen was in trouble. My analy- sis shows that Black should have played 18...2\xe4!, and the re- sulting endgame is drawish The recent encounter Baver- Navara, Montpellier 2015, saw aPretty positional pawn sacrifice 8.206 9.0-0-0 sud7 10 4xe6!? bxe6 HeS!, After 11..dxeS 12. Bed 0-0 13.5 Bhs 14. 2b3 a5 15.Bhel Black was completely tied up. The ‘counter-saeri- fice” 11.,.Qd51? 12.2xd5_ exd5 13.exd6 ¢6 may be worth a try The Flexible 6..“bd7 6..@bd7 isa flexible move, after which Black has several options. After 7. 2c? Wb68.b3 £6 9.4 We7 10.g5 eS 11.Wh3 (an excellent attacking position for the white queen. The advance g5-g6 is always a possibility) 11... Qifd7 12.64 Qe6 13,63 26 14.0-0-0 &g7 15.Bd2!! Black could not prevent White from doubling his rooks on the defile in Fedorchuk-Panelo, Barbera del Valles 2010. After 7 g6.8h3 2g7 9.e3 We7 10.g4 Cerrone) eo Christian Bauer David Navara France 2015 1.04 05 2.013 d6 3.04 cxd4 4.0404 216 5.003 a6 6.13 g6 7.n3 Lg? 8.03 Oc6 9.0-0-0 Ad7 [9..ue6!? 10.406 txe6 11.f0h Wes 12.3 CaaS 13, id (13.051) 13..coxbde 14.0003 0-0 15.3 Wo 1619 HadB 174 05 18.bb1 dé 19.4a4 WDS 20.Wed tT 21.0b6% Kogan-S. Zhigalko, Jerusalem Ech 2015) 10.@xc6!7 bxo6 [10...x6 De5 i We2 Ded 12 Axed Wexeot 130-00 @d7 14.f4 White was better in Nitin-Cruz, Parsvnath Open 2015 Th3 Who 8. We3!? (Nigel Short’s move is shocking at first sight, 8,b3 is the normal reply) 8...5 (8...26!? and &...e6!? are also playable) 9.23 We? 10.04 b6 11.24 h6 12. Bg? Bb7 13.0-0 led to a position with chances for both sides in Short-lstratescu, Bunratty Masters 2012 The Najdorf Move 6...06 6.06 7.g4 Be6 8. Exc6 bxe6 9.95 Qd7 10,24! An unpleasant move! Before launching the kingside pawn storm, White puts pressure on the d6-pawn, and finishes his de- velopment. 10..d5 (10...sie7 is met by 11.0-0-0 @xp5 12.2ig1! After GM Bauer's original pawn 11.8104 (19.0057) 11.040 12.n41-4] 11. 5! dxeS [11.2057 12.0105 coxa 10x06 e6r] 12.204 0-0 13.805 Tbe 14.2b3 aS 15.Zhet!7N [15.4 4 16.g3 Heb 17.004 WB 18.zhet Rb 19.01 Rds 20.006 Zxb6 21. axb6 Wa6 22. dt Re6 2395 On5 24, Wes MM 25.0c2 fsck 26.axg7 2x7 27.xe4 Qids 28.n4+ Howell-Womacka, Rijeka Ech 2010] 15...08 16.W93 [16.2x047? afl—+) 16..208 17.04 Wes [17.2657 18404 ats! 4 19.04? e6l] 18.4xe4 @xed [> 18...,A85 19.Gxi6+ ixt62) 19.Bxed he6 [19..b7I7] 20.xe6! txe6 21.nat Survey S141 sacrifice, White has pressure on the open g-file) 10.45 11.0-0-0 Jib7 12.Wg3!, and Black was unable to equalize in Sengupta- Padmini, Bhopal 2013 7. Me2 is a more quiet continu- ation. After 7... 2e7 8, We3 0-0 9.Qh6! Dek 10. Let De6 11.0- 0 White had a small but last- ing advantage in Sengupta-Al Zendani, Incheon 2013. 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