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The Com.p lete

Torre Attack

IM Eric Tangborn

International Chess Enterprises

Seattle
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The Complete Torrc Attack

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 Index of Variations

Cll.aptcr 1: t . d4 Nr6 2.Nr3 e6 3.Bc,S c5 ·········-·····-...................... -... ._................................... . 1

A) 4,e3 .,.,_io.4,._•. . ._, .....i.u. tatuu ••u••u•u •• •••••••••••,.._.,,,.,............" •. -. ........... , ....... .........., , .. ,!.,"'"-·•l
AI) 4...b6 ................................................................ .-..... .-....•...•........~ ........•....-......---.... l
A 2) 4.... Qb6 ··--····.......................,. .•.. _._ . . . . . . ._ ............ ...................-.-.................._ .......•..•.. 3
A21) 5.NM2. Qxb2 6.8d3 ·-···-······--··········--.-------~-·-·-···-············-····· 4
A21.1) 6...O c.1 ···-*'··--·---·--- _._-...... -....................................-.. ... 5
A21Z) 6~ ..cl5 ,,, ..... ,......................_.._
........... .-............................... · ·~"."' ...... 6
A22) 5.Qc1 Ne-4..... ·---·--···-._..............................-···- - ·-··-·····----·..············· 7
A Z21) 61B f41,.!""'"'-· .............. .... - ···--·-·- -·-··-·-·--- ·........... .........--. .............. 7
A222) 6-B b4 ...................................______ ._......................................_....... 8
A3)4•..h6 ............................................................. - ..................................................12.
A4)4•..Be75.Nt>c121Xi 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.G3 ..... .uu u•••• ..................... ,1, __ ,,,...._ .. , , •••13
A411) 7 ...h6 ··-···············-·-··....·-·-··········.....······-·-··--···--·-·--·--····-·-···14
A42) 7 ,,.Ne:() ,,,, "''''''" ' ''' ' "••••• •••••••• u• •• •• •••• urt ttt n twt--• tt•-••e•t• •••••••·---·--·-·••14
A43) 7 ...eltd4 -·-.····--·------·--...._....._._.__...._.__,...... ····--·-···--·············· ........... l5
B:) 4.c3 ,.,,-.....--···· ·····-- ·..... ·····--·-··· .--.-----·---... --------····-····· ······-··· ··-· ···------."2:3
81) 4•..cxd4 ......•...•..............•....................._,. .. _______............................. ·--···- ·- ·...., .23
82) 4•..h6 ..•, ... ~·····-··· ········"-·-··~···...·---·····-· ····--· ..·-····--·· ............................... _.•.24
83) 4 .ob6 ••• •••--..••-•..,• •••ii-U.i-i-e~ io~ii.j4j ~lt&A
t t .24-
... &aa•aUI ._.._.._fU. I U J IItlllle-tll t ltt•t •t . . M Mt t t it et t t • t» eltl.-.1 11

C) 4. e4 .... - .......... ···-·········· ................... ············--- ···--·--·-·········· .........-........... ·····--···--...2.5

Cbap~r l; l.d4 Nf6l.Nf3. c6 3. Bp h6 .................................................--...... - .•--·········· .i7
A) 4 .8 h4- -··--·..···-·.•......•...•............•........•...•...____.. __...... ··-··-- -··· ·---··-··· ............................. 27
B) 4 .Bxf'6 Ox£6 ......................- " .........................._.--............. -·-·-··· --··-··· .. ····-·- ...•...•...-.28
B1) 5 .t.4 .... - ·---·-.. . . ····-····· ........................... -....--···- -··............................. u •••• • • ····~· ,~
B11) S... cl6 ···-· •... ···-·····-·-.....................................- -......................... ··· ...-.,.•..29
B) 11) 6.N~ .. ,,.,.,,•• uuat u•u.._,.,....
M ... , • • .._.._.. . . ._.._._.._.,._. . . . nrl' t"_"-,29 Ut'lttt•ttt tttt

B 1111) 6_~6 .····-.,.,··-···-·-.__........_ ._........_.............................................__..29

81 112) 6..... Nc1'7 .......,......................................- - ··········· . . ·-~ . . ··-···-····.30
B112) 6.'Nbd2 ··---·-.•.•.-· ............._.. ...- -·-...-.....- - ......•.... ____.. . .,..- ........32
In2) s.
- d.S ·-···................................................. ·-· .............···-·-···__.__.·..........33
813} 5•..c.S? r•.. _. •• •• ,,_.,.. ••••••• •••• i••' l. . ti..tu .,J-4.
.JI U hil4el Ult •• ,_..,.,. ' ' '' ,._. . ,.-. . . . . , .., ., u Ut i " "

Bl4} s...b6 ....··-··..·--····-··---·------··-- . . --·----··...... ................ -·---···..............34

61.5) S,,.g6 ,.,.,.._.._,.,,"''' ttt t• •• •• • ••• ••••• •- ---. .--.--. . .....36
ltt 1 1t , . . .,,., .,. , , ,. , ,,_ tt::tatne nt- t 1t t l t •• •

B16) s.. .N..e:6 .......................--·--·················· .............. ······-··· .......•... ···••oe·-.36

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-31} 5.Nb<l2 •• ·-·---·· .... _. _____ .,.,••••••• _______ ,., ... _ •••••••••••••••••• ······-······· •• ,____ .._._._3,6
C)after l: l,d4 Nf6 l.ND 1.'6 3.Bp clS 4LJ.....t......... - - .-· .. ·······u·······..............--... ~....43
L . .A) 4..._c5 S:.d Be? ~.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.Bdtl b6 8.().0 .•.__,......................- ..._........43
A1) 8... ..Bb1 t4&&-U4-U_..,u ....J,j,.........,, .........,,.,,,.. ,, .. , •uta~••••nJt u•u••-••• ... . .,.,......, .,, , , ... ..............4S
A2) 8 . . .0 -0 ····- ··-··· .................................···-······ .....-. ........ ·····-·..........,..-.. .··---' 7
~) 4 .•. cS S.c3 Nc6 ................., .................................,...... ",..,,. ,. .••,•.•- .....................____ 48
C) 4...Be7 :S.Nl>c:!.l i)6 .....•... _.__.......• ·~ ... .._ ._.._..... ..... . .- ......- ...... - - ··· -·--·-···· .....................................49

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Oaplel' 4: :t.d4 NM 1.NI3 c6 3.B&S b' ~···· _........~.........................-·-.. ·-·--·--·- ... - ..SJ.
CIIap&uS: l,d.4 Nlli Z..ND .................. ,..,_.,......."t.Ut-t•,.....-, ............................ ............................ __54..
A) 2 ...b5 .·-·--·-.......................... ·--····-· -· ··-·-·---·----·. ·-·· ........................... ·-· . ·-·-- ·-···-·- ...54.
B) 2 .. .d 6 ...... ··-·-- ·- ·· ·-· --·-··.....................- ............. - ................- ·- ··· ...· ··-·-· ...•...... ._..,.54.
C) 2 .. .c6 .. ...•... ··--·-···-· --......·-·-............·······-·..•.··~·· ............ .- ...---- ····.... .......,... . . ...........55
D) 2 ... .&0.. ··-·-...... ·--··· .................--................ ·--......... ,.................·-·-- ·-······.............................:SS
E) 2....b6 3,Bg.5' tt• ... t•••••-••• ••• •• u ••••n t• tu1tt.,.tttatttt'nrrt•.SS
A•ta Ut iOI H4 .. ftt t »•tu .At tAPI-II.IU t a n • •••• • •• •••

El) 3 .....Bb7 ·-··--·-·................. - ....- ...........-·-···-·· ·-····· ......•...•... ···-·-·--·-···-·--·--··55

El) 3••..Ne-4 ......" ............... Ht~ttt•ttf"t'ft'f' ··~·····
Jt"tttf't?tl tf I S6
- · . ...... . . . · - •• ..... . ...... · ·-····· ••••••••• • •••

Cllapter fi! l.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nr5 3.B~ e4 4. Bil4 .... ~ 53 w . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

A) 4 ...c5-·--·-··--.......,.................•....·--···-.........··-· _..........·-.............. "-.....··-·· ·-..... _...59

B) 4 ...00... .....-·-·········· ............ ·······-·· .......... .u "'·""'· ' · "'' "'...., ............ . ... ..... . .-.• .......-. ...... ......." •....59
Chapter 1: l .d. Nf6; 2 ..Nfl dS 3.Bf4 ...... _..._... _._............................ ·-·--·-...- .. ·-·--...<>2
A) J ...c;.) ...........,.......... ......................... .........._. ................... '".''". '"" ,,.t,..,_..",...-.. ·-·· ·- -- - ..-.02
13) 3 ...BfS ··-··-··--············ ........... ··········-··-....- ................... -···-···---··--·..·-·----·-···-···-·--···~4
C) 3 .•.Bg4·-·········· .................................- ................. 6S 0 • • _. . ..... . . . . . . . .. ...._ . . .. . . . . . . . · · · · ···-· · •••• •••• •••

D) 3....c6·-·- ······· ........................... 0 ••••••• 0 . . ....... . ~ .... . ..65

. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o . .. . . . . .. . . . , • • • • • • • • •• , ,• • ••• • • •

E) :l...e 6................................ ~-· ··· ·

o · · · · · · · · · - . . . . . · ·- 6S
· · · . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . o . .

Chapter 8: l .d4 Nf6 Z.Nfl g6 3.8;5 Bg7 4.Nbdl 0-0 S.c3 d6 6 . ~ .......,., ...............70

B) t6,,..b.6 ....................... ··-· .. -·· ·-•.,. ...........o• ............. '""' •• • _ .................... ....... ...... · -· ..... _ .. ...... · ·· - ••••• ••12
C) 6 ....c5 ····-····-···-·-- ···· .. ···-··.... 0..... .--.-·· .............................. 0·-····· ·-· ..............................-13
D) 6 ....Nb<l7 ........... ··········-···-·--·-···-·-74
o . . . . . .. . . . . . . - . . . . .. . . . - · - - · - · · · .... · - · · · · ·· . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .

Cb 11pCer 9: L d4 Nf6 z;.Nf3 g6 3.8tS Bg7 4.Nbcll d6 .. .... - ...- ·-· .._......- ...-·- ···..........19
A) 5.e4- b6 6.Bh4 ,g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.c3 ............................. ........... ... ~......................19
A J) 8 '.J"d7 rtn•r·~ •• · · ·• • • •·~ •• ... • • • • • • • • •••
t 111 ,, l!'t •tf'' t •'!'f• 8() o • • • • • • ••• • • . • . • o • - • • • • • • • • • • • .. . • o .. • • • • . ... . . . . . . . . . • • • •

A1) 8...e6 ............- ................. ···••o••···································· ........................ ···--··-····......81

8) S.e3 .._. __._.........................--·-·· ·-···-·-·····....................................··-··--·--·-- ·--·· .. _...82
Ch1pter 10: l .tM NllS l.NO g6 3.8&5 Bc7 4.Nbd2 dS ......................... _______........... .85
A) S.e3 0 -·0 6.'Bcll cS' 7.c3 . ··-· ..-·--·-···-·--·- ······-······ ...... --·-···-· ..................... ..85
A 1) 7' •.Qb6 .....,.....u .... .................. ... .-....... .... .. . .... . ...... ..... . .... . .......... .. . ........ ....... "'''"'"'S1
A2) ? ...b6 ...............-·--···-·- ......................... ··- ···-·- ... ·· ''"' .............................. ...... _, __ .2,"]
B) S.c3 0 -0 6.c-3 Nbd7 7.Be2 .." ..,'"tt""' "H'"''''"''f""''".................................__. ............ ....88
BJ) 7.. E e8 ................................ - ................ ...!.-......................... ......... .... ..... ·-- ·-··. - · _ •••89
B2) 7...b6 _·-·--·- ·· ................. ·····--·- ·· .......-·-· ··-· --·-· •......•.,_.............. - ................91
Cb1pCer 11: I .d4 NAi Z.NO g6l.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbdl cS_.............................. ,..~............... 96
A) 5.Bx£6 ........ _..............···-o······ ................. ·-..... - ............................ ."-·-·--·-···· ......................96
B) 5.c3 ., ...... --·-_ .........u. u••u••u •••u •"•~••• .-. ... _ .....,, '" ••u •••••u•••••" nneut ..97
4.M.Jot.4 U 1 ,.,.__,,__. . . . , ,

C) S.e) . . . . .. . · -· -· . . . . . . ........ ......... 0 . . .... . .. . ................... . 98 . . . .. . - • • • 0 •• •• · -- ••• - ••••• • ' • • • • · -·-·. · - · -• • • • •• •

c 1) 5...0-0 ........................._. ____.. o•••··- ··-····-··· ......................................- ·-···. . ··-······ .98

C'2.) 5. ..I:J6 .................................o••• •• ........... .................... ············--···-- ··-· -·· · .. ..... .. ....99
Cia.aptet" U : 1.<U N16 Z.NO g6 l .BgS Ne:~ ---...........- .............................................. 102
A) 4.8(4......... "'"".-·········o······-··..···············o-····--··············· . ························'"····'·'·'_._._.,_.. 102
B) 4.Bh4 ··- ·- - ·-···-···..........·-· .......... ·---........................... o•·· ...... . o• •••• ••• •••• ···-- -·-·. ·-·· ·----· 103

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Introduction
Maoy of the top players in the
wurld from tne past and present
ltnve employed ttJe Torre Attack.
These players include Petrosiao,
K(Jrtchnoi, Timman , Kaspar()V,
SpaS$ky, Keres., Alekbine, Smyslov,
Brnns.tein, and Yusupov. The non-
l'rnfessionat player will also find it
very handy. The Torre Attack is a
"c:ry solid a nd easy to learn system.
White can usually play the first
~hree moves no matter how Black:
r\:pli=: l.d4, 2.Nf3, 3.Bg5.
His next few moves wm depead
o n how Black plays, but usually
White will strive for this set-up:
In this opening Wb ite is always
...
lU
able to develop his m inor pieces
and occupy the center. The Thrre
atiaclc also exposes White to very
l ittle risk because of the solid
central p awJ1s on c3r d4-, and e3.
Hence W hite will have little
troubJe reaching a playable mid-
dlegame with .a variety of reason-
able plans a t his disposal. This
book is a compilation of important
aod recent g.am~~ In many varia-
t ions, the pos.itional themes and
pl~m are of more importance than
actual move order~. The reader
Sh()u Jd be ~ware O[ key move~ and
plans that both sides .have at the ir
disposal. In the f uture more ad-
vanced database! could lead to a
&rend away from sharp theoretical
openrngs a nd the Torre Attack
would become even more popular.
A q\lo te of Savie lly Tartakower
should be remembered: ••The real
battle begins only in th e mid-
dlegame.'' The middleg.ame is
usually the ba ttle [ie ld where the
game is. decided by unaided skill.
This. D<>ok is intended to nelp the
re.ade r reac h a p lay.able mid-
dlegame position. Great effort was
coneentrated here- to provide the
s:tu(Jeot with a thorough i n1ro-
cluction to this fasc inating opening
s.ystem.
I.M_ Eric Thngborn
Seattle 1993
Notatjon
"'" Approllimately equal
+ = White is better
= + Blacl is better
+ - Wbite h:as .a de c~ive advantage
·+ Black has a decisive advantase
 0xf6 9.Qxd.5 Nc6 (if 9.•.Q:xb2, then
Chapter 1 lO.Rdl Qb4+ ll.c3 Qx.c3 + l2Rd2)
lO.BtA Be7 11.0-0.0 Rd8 12.Rd2
l .d4 N f6 2.Nf3 e6 3.BgS cS 0-0 13.c3 +•, Petrosian-Kozma,
Munich (ol) 1958.
•
a2} 6_.8e7 7.Nxd5 Bb7 (7... 0 ·0
8.Bxf6 Bd6 9.c3 Na6 t0.Qd2 Rb8
ll.Rdl bS t 2.Be2 Nc7 l 3.Nxf6+
Qxf6 14.0 -0 Rb615 .b4 + =, Cher-
nin-Salov. USSR 1983.) 8.Bxf6
Bxf6 9.c3 0·0 (9... Nc6 10.Qc2
NcS? 11.Nxe5 Bxd5 12.0-0 -0 Be6
13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Qe4+ Be7
ft 15.Rxd7 Oxd7 16.0xa8+ Bd8
17.0e4+ Be7 18.Bd3 +·, Barlov-
Oster meyer, Biel 1985) 10.Bc4.
We exami ne three moves for See Jllustrative Game 1.
White. b) 5... d6 6.dxe6 (6. Bxf6 Oxf6
A) 4.e3 B) 4.c3 C) 4.e4 7.Nc3 a6 8.Nd2 QdR 9.a4 Be7
10.Be2 0-0 11 .0-0 1Nd7 12.Nc4
A) 4.e3 Nf6 13.e4 Rb8 14.dxe6 fxe 6 IS.e5
With four possibilities for Black: dxe5 l6.Qxd8 Rxd8 17.Nxe5 Bb7
AO 4...b6?! Al) 4... Qb6 AJ) t8.1Rfe 1 + =. Ba rlov- Aodersson,
·L.h6 M) 4...Be7 Haninge 1988) 6... Bx:e6 7.Bb5+
Nbd7 8.Nc3 a6 9.Bxd7+ Bxd7
tO.NuS Be7 I 1.Bxf6 Bxf6
AI) 4 ...M?!
12.Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.Qd5 K c7
A wmmon mistake here, afrer 14.0-0 -0 + ·• Yusupov- Frie$·
whic h White often gains a Nielson, Slden 1979.
•lnrninating position with S.dS!
c) S...b6 6.Bx:f6 Qxf6 7. Nc3 Bb7
(if 7 ... a6, then 8.Na4! exd518...Qd8
9.&:e6 fxe6 IO.NeS or 8 ...eS 9.d6J
9.Qxd5 Ra7 10.0-0~0 Bb? 1t.Qd2
Be7 12.Nc3 0-0 13.Bc4 b5 14.Bd5
+=. Zaichik- Oipslis. USSR 1988.
If 7 ...d6, then 8.Nd2 eS 9.Bb5+
Bd7 10.0 -0 BxbS ll.Nxb5 Qd8
12.f4! a6 [12...ex.f4 13.Qg4) 13.Nc3
N d 7 14.f5 Be7 15.Nce4 Nf6
16. Nxf6 + B.xf6 17 .Q h5 Ke7
18.Ne4+ =. Chemin-Kudrin .
Mendow 1985) 8.e4. See Illustra-
Black has tried the following: tive Came 2.
n) S...cxd5 6.Nc3 d) 5 ... b5!? 6.Nc3 a6 7.a4 b4
al) 6 ...Bb7 7 .N.xd5 Bxd5 8.Bxf6 R.'Ne4 d6 9.Bc4 e5 1O.Qd3 Be7
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ll.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.N'Xf6+ QKf6 13.e4
0 -0 14.Qe3 Nd7 t5.Nd2 Qe7
16.0..0-0 aS 17.b3 N'b6 JS.t'-1 O c7
19.84 Ba6 20.Qd3 Bxc4 21.Nxc4
Nxc4 22.Qxc4 Qt>7 Draw, Cifuen-
tes-Speelman, Malta Olympiad
1980.
llhrSJTari~
Cam e 1
GM Artur YuSUJ»V
GM Aaatoly ~rpov
Lonch>n matcll/989
I .d4 Nrti l.Nt3 ~6 3.BgS cS 4.e.3
b6?!
Thi~ is pro bably the most com-
mon opening trap. Eveo Karpov
fell int.o it1
S.dS! exd5 6.Nc3 8e7 7.NxdS
Bb7 8.Rxf6 Bxr' 9.t3 0·0
10.8c4
.Also good for White is l0. Be2 d6
11.0 -0 Na6 l2.a4 Ne? 13.Bc4 Rb8
14.Qd3 BxdS J5:Bxd5 a6 t6.Rfot
g6 17.Bc6 Be7 18-Qe 4 f6 19.b4
Piket-Farago, Wij k aan Zee 1?88.
IO ... a6 11.0-0 bS ll,Bb3
Better is 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.Bd5
Nc6 14.Qd2 <J6 lS. Rfd t Rf'dS. t6.a4
with a large advaDtage to Wh ite.
ll ...d6 13.Qd2 Nd7 14.Rfdl
BxdS IS.PxdS Rb8 16.Qcl Nb6
17.Rd2 g6 lS.Radl Qc7?!
Better is 18... Qe1.
19.Qe4
Worth considering is 19.h4 , be-
c:ause 19 .•. h5 would not be pos-
sible. After 19...Kg7 20.bj Qe7
21.g3 fo!lowed by Kg2, White bas
an initiative.
19...Kg7 .zo.h4 Q~'
lt.Qr4 s~s
ll.Nxe5 dxeS 23.Qg3 Rbd8
l4.h5 Rd7
N()t 24... Rd6 because o f 2S.bxg6
and if 2.5 ... hxg6, th~n 26.8lCf7!
l5.b3 Rfd8 16.e4 !! l7.Qe3 h&
l8.c4 Re7
Black wanu to play ... Nb6-d7-f6
to hit the weakness at h5.
29.Rd3 Nd7
30.Bx17!
With bo th players short on time,
Wlt i te complicates the position
witn a spectacular :Bishop sacrifice.
30... Kxf7!
Not 30 ... Qxf7 ? because of
3 l .Qh3 winning the Knigh t.
31,Qd2
Wbit.e's compensation for tbe
piece is th at Black's pieces a re
pinned to the Knight, be bas. wea k
pawns. and the King has little
protection.
JJ ••.Ke3 32.Qa~ bxc4
If 32... Rc6, thell 33.cxb5 ax.b5
34.QxbS Qe6 35.RdS with a strong
attack.
33.bxc4 Rc(3?
The decisive error. Black wants
to play J.3...Nf8.
J4.Qa4
Threatening 35.Rd6.
34••.Rc7 3S.Qxa6 ab8 3c;.Qz6 +
Kf'8?
 J6_.. Kd8 W()1Jid have held out
longer, although 3.7.Rd6 Kc8 (or
\1 . ..Oe8 38. Oxb6) 38.Re6 N£8
1'1. Rxe7 Nxg() 4(}.Re8 + Kb'7
·11. Rb J + is wj nning.
... 7.RJ3 + 1..0
1//ustrolive Game 2
(;M Luoomir Kavalek
IM Lucas Bruoner
l .d4 Nf6 2.NB e6i 3.Bg5 eS 4.e3
116?! S.dS! b6 ~.Bxfft Qxfft
7.Ne3 Rb7 8.e4
Al:so good is 8.Bc4 a6 9.a4 d<i
IU.Qd3 e5 ll.aSt bxaS 12.0-0 Qd8
I t Nd2. Be7 l4-Nb3 0-0 lS.NxaS
1 =. Cifuente~-Tarjan, Malta
( llympia<i 1980.
fi..•Qd8 9.e5
White's control of tbe center
p.ives him the advantage.
IJ ••.exdS IO.NxdS Nc6 ll.Bc4
N;tS 12.Qd3 Nxc4 13,.Qxc4 Be7
14.0-0-0 0-0 15.Rbel Be'
J6.Qg4
As. .Bl ack has been prevented
l'wm obtaining any counterplay,
White now directs his attention to
· the kin~ide .
16•..a6 11.Kbl Ra'7
If 17... f5, then 18.Qg6 is very
strong.
18.Ne3
Threatening 19.Nf~ .
l8 ...Kh7 19.h4 Bxt3?
This just opens. up the g·file for
White.
20.gxf3 g6
Not 20... Bxh4 because of 2 l.Nf5
Bg5 22.£4 +-.
Zl.bS Ra8 22.f4 Qe8 23.Nd5
Bd8 24.bxg6 + Rxg6
If 24.•. &cg6, then. 25 .Nf6+ Bxf6
26.exf6 followed by Re7 + is
decisive.
2.5 ..Qh3 Qg8 26.Rhl Qg7 27.fS
Rg4 28.16 Qg6 29.Ne3 RgS
30.Qh2 1-0
There is no defeQse to f4 fol-
lowed by Rdgl .
A2) 4 ••. Qb6
The poisoned pawn variation has
been successful for B lack and its
practitioners inc lud e Karpov.
Ho-wever, it i! risky. BI.Ac..k willlos.e
time with his Queen and f.all be-
hind in developmenl He will also
have trouble finding a safe place
for his King.
 White now has the ct.oic~ be-
1Ween sacrificing All ) s.Nbd2 or
protecting All ) S.Qc:l the b.-pawn.
.Ut) s.Nbdl.
An alternative is 5.Bxf6.
a) 5 ...gxf6 6.Qcl (6.Nbd2 Qxb2
?.Be2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 .a6 9.0-0 Qb6
IO.Rbl Qc7 =+, G . Garcia-Ka.r-
p<>v, Len ingrad 1917) 6... Nc6 7.c3
dS 8.NW2 Bd7 9.Be2 Rc8 10.0-0
cxd4 1 l. exd4 Bd6 12.Qb 1 Ne7
13. Rel = +, Holmov-Ani'kaev,
USSR 1976.
bt) .5 ... Qxb2 6.Bxg7 Bxg7 7.Nbd2
cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6 9.Rb1 Qxa2
ti).Bd3 Nxd4 11 . Nxd4 Bxd4
12.0-0 dS 13.Qg4 Bc3 14.Qf4 w1th
corn p ens a tloo for th e sactiflced
material. Hodgso n-Sc.hul~. Beni-
dorm 198&.
s...Qxb2
Black bas also declined or
postponed the pawo capture:
a) 5...d5 6.Bxf6 gxf6
a1) 7 .Qbl Nc6 8.c3 cxd4 9.Nxd4
e5 10. N4b3 Bc6 11.a4 a6 12. a!5
(Taiman.ov-Gipslis~ Tallln n 1980)
12...Qc7 13.e4 0-0-0 is ~flclear,
according to lhimanov.
a2) 7.Rbl cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.Ne2 eS 1O.N g3 Be6 11.Bd3 e4
12.BeZ f5 13.0-0 h5 14.Nx;h5
0-0-0 1S.c3 Bd6 16.Rel f4
t 7.exf4 Bc5 with compensation for
the saerificed material, Torre -
Lobroo, Lu<:erne Olympiad 1984.
a3) '7.Be2 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6 9.Nb-3
Bd6 10.0-0 0-0 ll ..Ret Bd7 12.c3
Ne7 13. Bd3 BbS 14 .g3 Bxd3
15.Qxd3 aS 16.Nc5 Qc6
Ke11er, Zur icb 1984.
=. Hug-
a4) 7.c4 cxd4 8.exod4 Nc6
(8 ...dllc4 9. Bxc4 Nee> 10.0-0 Bd7
1bd5 exdS 12.Qe2+ Ne7 13.Bx:d5
=.
0-0-0 14.Bxti + Spassky-Zait-
sev. USSR Cb ampionsbi·p 1962)
9.cxd5 exdS 1O.Bdl Be6 (9... Nxd4
1LQa4+ Nc6 12.0-0 Be6 13-~ac t
RcB 14 .Qb4 Be7 1S.Q h 5 + r::,
Rodr ig\lez-s,mye Neto, Lucerne
Olympiad 1984) 11 .0-0 Bd6
lZ.Rcl 0 -0 -0 13.Qa4 KbB 14.Nb3
Rhg8 15.Rfel R g4 16.Qb5 Rdg8
17 .g~ bS: = + , Plachetka- Har-
dicsay, Stary Smokovec 1982.
b) S...-cxd4 6.ex<l4 Qxb2 7.Bd~ d5
8.0-0 .
I> l) 8...Qc3 9.Rel (9.Rbl l3e?
10..Rb3 Qc7 I LNe5?! Nc6 12.Ndf3
Nxd4 = +, Hoi - Shamkovich,
E~bjerg 1982; 1l.Qb1!? Nc6 l2.c4
is unclear"' .according to Shom-
lcovicb) 9...Be7 10.Re3 Qc7 ll.Ne5 ,
Nc6 12.c3 Nd 7 13.Bxe7 Ndxe5
14.dxe5 Nxe7 15.. Qg4 g6 16.c4 Bd7
17.Qg5 unclear, Marovic-Mueo,
Malta Olympiad 1980.
b2) 8 ... Nc6 ~.c4 Oc3 (if 9...Nxd4,
then 1().cxd5 followed by Rb 1)
l0.0e2 Nxd41l.Nxd4 Qxd4 12.Nf3
QcS 13 .cxd5 Qxd5 14.13c4 QaS
15.Bd6 gxf6 16.Bb5 + with a strong
attack, Yermolinsky-O"'rma, Mani-
la Olympiad 1992.
6.Bd.l
4
 u) 6.Rbl Qc3 7.Rb3 Qa._~ 8.Rb5
Oue2 9.Bxf6 gxf6 .10.Ne4 a6
I l.lbc5 Bxc5 12.d:xc5 QaS 13. Nfd2
f"' 14.Nd6+ Ke7 15.QhS with com-
ltil' tlSation for the exchange,
Kt\I)(!C~eFirmian, USA. 1986.
h) 6.Bxf6 gd6
h 1) 7.Be2
h 11) 7 ...cxd4 8.Rb l Qc3 9.0-0
f)r7 IO.Nxd4 a6 11.<:4 Nc6 12.Ne4
u,!7 L3.c.5 0 -0 14.Bd3 f5 15.Ng3
Nc:5 16. Rc1 d6 17.cxd6 Qxd6
IH.Dbl Nc6 1~.Nx.c6 bxai 20.Qxd6
lhd6 2l .Rxc6 BeS 22.R c5 Bd&
.n.Rc6 Be5 24.RcS Bd6 Draw,
Mu11ak-Bandza~ Katowiee 1993.
h 12) 7... Qb6 8.0-0 Be7 9'.c-4 Nc6
ll).cJ5 NeS 1 l.Nel f5 12.f4 Ng6.
1:1.Bd3 d6 14.Rbl Qa5 unclear,
Mulanillk-011, Novosibirs.k 1986.
h 13) 7... Nc6 8.0-0 cxd4 9.Nc4
Ob4 JO.Rbl Qe7 11.exd4 d5
12.Ne3 Bh6 1J..c4 dxc4 14.Bx~
0-0 15.Qe2 Rd8 l6.Rfdl f5
17.BI>S Bxe3 t8.0xel with com-
pensation , Hug-To rn~. Zurich
1984.
b2} For 7.Rb-l, see 111ustrative
Game 3.
Now we examine two moves for
Black:
A211) 6.••QcJ
AllZ) .fl••.dS
Alternatives;
a) 6 ... Qb6 7.0-0
a 1) 7.•.exd4 8.exd4 Be7 9.Rel
Qc7 H).c4 b6 1 Lkc 1 do 12.Bb 1
N:bd7 t3 .Nft b6 14.Bh4 Bb7
t:S ..Ne3 0-0 16.NdS Qd8
17.Nxe1+ Ql:e7 18.d5 Rfe8 19.Nd4
+-, Nei-Mikenas, Me>scow 1967.
a2) 7 ...d6 8.dxc5 dxc5 9.e4 b6
s
10.Bh4 Nc6 li .Nc4 Qc7 12.Qb]
NbS 13.Qb2 Be7 14.Bxe7 Ox:e7
15.Nfe5 Q.Q J6.Nxc6 bxre6 17.Qe5
QgS 18.£4 QxeS 19'.Nxe5 N£6
20 .Rab1 +-, Bondarevsky-Aili·
to$hin~ Soebi 1964.
a3) 7...Nc6 S.Rbl Qc7 (8 ...Qd8
9.e4 cxd4 l<Le5 h6 ll.Bb4 g5
l2.Bg.3 NdS 13.Ne4 b61! [IJ•..NcJ.)
14.Nfd2 + =, Knezevic-Stean,
Cir~lh dj Di~m"pte 1976/?7)
9.Bx:f6 gxf6 10.Ne4 (Kirpicboikov-
VitoHnsb, Yurma~a 1978)
104..Be7=.
b) 6... Nc6 7.0-0 dS (not 7... Be7'?
8.Nc4 Qb4 9.c3t Qxc3 lO.Rcl Qb4
I t.a.3 Qb:S 12.Nd6+ winning the
Queen) 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.c4 Nb4
10 .Be2 Qa3 11.e4 dx:e4 t 2.Nxe4
Be7 13.Qd2 Bd7 14.Qf4 0-0-0
15.Nxf6 txd4 16.Nxd4 Bc6 17.NbS
QaS 18.Nc4 Bxe4 19.Qxf7 Rd7
20.Qxe6 Boo 21 .8g4 h5 22.Bb~ Bd8
23 .Radl Rb7 24.a3 Nc2 2S.Qg6
Rbe7 26.Qxc2 a6 27.Na7+ 1-0, L
Sokolov-Oeorgievt Palma de Mai-
Jorca 1989.
c) 6...cxd4 7.exd4 Qc3 8.0 -0 d5
9.Rel Bd710.Re3 Qc7 ll.Ne5 Noo
t2.c1 NxeS 1~.dxeS Ng8 t4.Nf3 ho
l5.Bf4 Be7 16.Nd4 Bg5 17.:Bxg5
hxg5 18.Qg4 Oxc3 19.Nb:3 Nb6
20.Qxa5 Qb4 2t.Rg3 Q£8 22..Rcl ffi
23 .Qe3 f5 24.NcS f4 2S.Bg6+ 1-0.
Spanky-Osnos, LeninJrad 1963.
A211) 6.••Qc3
7,Bxr~
7.0 -0 dS 8.Rel (8.dxc5 Qxt5?
9.c4 with a strong po~itigo for
W bite, Nun-Sjoberg, Hr.adec
Kralove 1985. Better is 8•..Nbd7.)
8 ...cxd4 (8... c4 94Bfl Nc6 10.Bxf6
gx(6 l1.e4 +=, Alexejev-Sala-
sbov, USSR 1972) 9.Nxd4 a6
lO.N4f3 Nc6 11.e4 Be? tZ.exdS
Nxd5 J3.Ne4 Qa3 14.c4 Nc3
15.Qd2 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 f6 17.Bf4 eS
18.Rad1 B!4 19.Re3 QcS 20.Bg3
0 -0 21.Qc2 £5 22. Bd5+ Kh8
23.Bxc6 Qxc6 24.Bxe5 ... , Salov-
Psakbis, Irkutsk 1986.
7..•axf'6 s.o.o dS 9.e4
9.dxc5 Qxc5 10.c4 Bg7 ll .cxdS
QxdS 12.Qc2 Nc6 13.Rabt Qd7
14.Nc4 b6 l S.Rfd l Qc7 Rodri-
gue:z-deFirmian, New York 1988.
Now White blundered a piece with
17. Bb71 f5 17.Nd6+ Kf8 18.BxfS
exfS - +. Perhaps the be..<~t way for
White to continue is with the tran~
fer of the Knight from c4 to b5 via
d2, e4, and g3. Nevenheless, the
position is good for Black. Later in
Kamsky-deFirmian, Reykjavik
1990, Black varied with 9 .•. £5
lO.Rbl Nc6 ll .Rb3 Qg7 12c4 d4
and should again have a fine posi·
tion. For 9...Bg7, see Illustrative
Oame4.
9•.•c4 lO. Be2 Be7 lJ.Rel Nc6
U .exdS exdS 13.Bxe4 dxc:4 14.Ne4
QaS lS.dS NeS
With two examples:
a) t6.Nxe5 &eS 17.Qf3 Kf8
IS.Radl Bd7 19.Qh5 RgS 20.Qxh7
Bg4 2t .Qh6+ Rg7 22.d6 Bd8
23.Qh8+ unclear, Balashov-011,
Sverdlovsk 1987.
b) 16.d6 Bd8 17.Nxe5 fxeS
18.d7+ Bxd7 t 9.Nd6+ Kf8
20.Nxf7 Qc7 21.Qf3 Kg7 22.Nxd8
Raxd8 23.Qg3+ Kf6 24.Qh4+ Kg6
25.Qg3+ Kf6 26.Qh4+ Kg6
27.Qg3+ Draw, Shabalov- 011, Vil-
nius 1988.
AllZ) 6 ..•dS
6
7.Bxf6
A major alternative is 7.c4 Qc3
8.Ne5 Nc6 (8... Nfd7 9.Rcl Qa3
10.Nxd 7 Bxd7 ll.Bbl b6 12.Bf4
cxd4 13.0-0 unclear, Karner-Kar-
p ov, USSR 1972) 9.Rcl Qa3
10.Nxc6 bxc6 ll.Qc2 Rb8 12.Rbl
Rxbl 13.Qxbl Be7 14.0-0 cxd4
15.exd4 h6 16.Bxf6 Bd6 17.cxd5
cxd5 J8.Bb5+ Ke7 19.Rc1 ?!
( 19.Nf3! unclear) J9... Qa5?!
( 19... Bxd4! 20.Rc7 + K f6! =+)
20.Nf3 Rd8 2l.R c5! unclear,
Spassky- Mjles, Tilburg 1978.
Dubious is 7.0 -0 ?! c48.Be2 Be7
9.Ne5 Nc6 IO.Rbl Qa3 I l.NlCc6
bxc6 12.e4 0 -0 13.Rel c3 14.Rb3
cxd2 15.Rxa3 dxe 1=Q+ 16.Qxe1
Bxa3 - +, K.ristenson-Sher, H ast-
in~ 1989-90.
7...gxf6 8.c4
8.Rb l Q c3 9.0-0 c4 JO.Bxc4
dxc4 ll.Ne4 QaS 12.Nxf6+ Ke7
J3.NeS Nc6 14.Qb5 Nxe5 15.dxe5
Bg7 16.R fd l h6? 17.Rxb7 + I-0,
Pira-Michalet, France 1990.
8.•.Qcl
8 ... b 5 9 .0 -0 Qa3 IO.Qbl bxc4
1J.Nxc4 Qa6 12.Nce.S c4 13.Nxc4
dxc4 14.Be4 Nc6 lS.d.S Rb8 J6.Qc2
Nb4 17.Q b2 elldS 18.Bxd5 R b6 0-1,
KJinger-Granda Zuniga, Novi Sad
Olympiad 1990. 9.Rb1 would bave
hdter tested Black's. novelty.
~.Be2; cxd4
CJ •.• dxc4 10.0.0 Qa 5 tl.Nxc4
•)c~ 12.Rc1 Nc6 tl.Ncd2 .Be7 gives
Wh1to the o pportunity t o seize the
;.ulva ntage by t4.dxc5 1 Vagan ia n-
Ra ~uvaev, USSR C b ampions.hip
l~JfG. Vaganiao also gives a big ad·
vltntage for White after 13.e4 c:xd4
14.Nxd4 a6 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.e5.
After the text, Satov~e la Villa
( i3rcia,. Sz:ir.ak lnter zona l 1987,
nmtinu~ lO.Rcl Qa5 1 Lcx.dS Na6
12..Nxd4 Qxd5 13.0 -0 Be7 t4.Bf3
(JrJ7 ( 14 ... Qd8 1S.Qb3 0 ·0
lt~o. Bxb7 Rb8 17.Rxc8 +=. Salov)
ltNc6! 0 .0 16.Qe2! ~b4 17.Nxb4
.ltxh4 1.8.Ne4 Be7 19..Rfdl Qe8
l(t.Rc7 eS Z1.Ng3 Bd8 22. R:xc8
lhd~ 23 .Be4 f5 24.Nxf5 Kh8
.l~ . Nd6 Qe6 26.Bf5 1·0.
1989).
al) 8..B~3 ReS ?.0·0 h{) 10.Bf4
cxd4 ll.exd4 Nb4 12.Be2 BbS • •
Prokesh-Capabla.oc~. B\ldapest
1929.
a2) 8 .Be2 R e$ 9.Qbl Bd6
10.0-0 0 -0 11.Bxf6 gxJ6 t2.d:xc.5
Bx:cS 13. e4! dxe 4 14.Qxe4 Be7
( 14...Qxb2 15.Qh4!) t.S.Radl Kn8
t6.Nc4 Oc? 17.Qh4 R g8 18.0n.51
Rg7 19.Rd 2! RcgB 20.g3 b5
21.Rfd1 Be8 22 .Nd6 a6 23.Qc5 +·,
Larsen-Popel, USA 1972.
b) 6.Bxf6 ~6 7.c3 dS
b l} 8.Nbd2 Bd7 9. Be2 R c8
10.0 -0 cxd4 U .ex:d4 Bh6 t2.Qttt
0 ·0 13.Nb3 Ne7 14.Nc5 Bc6 15.g3
Kh8 t6.a4 Rg8 17.Nb4 Oc7 18.Bd3
Ng6 19.N;I{g6 + hxg6 20.Re1 e5 un·
elear, Kogan-deFi.rm ca n, USA
1984.
b2) 8 . Bd3?~ cxd4 9 .cx:d4 e5
1 O. Be2 R g8 1l.g.3 Bh 3 l2.Nc3
Q.Q . Q 13.a3 Kb8 14.b4 Bh 6
15.Na4 Qc7 l6.Qb2 Rge8 =+,Si·
deif-Zade-Yudasin, USSR 1989.

A21) S.Qcl
s...Ne-t
!i... Nc6
~•) 6.c3 d5 7.Nbd2 Bd7 (7.•. Be7 After S ... Ne4, White has two
1Uie2 Qc7 9.dxc5 B"e5 10.c4 Be7 w~y~ of retrea ting; Al-21) 6.8f4
11.0-0 0-0 12.a 3 Bd7 l 3.cxd$ and A22l) 6.Bh4
Nxd5 14.Bxe7 N dxe7 l5.Qc5 e5
12. Rac1 b6., 17.Qxe7 1·0, A~lt ) 6.Br4
J(ovacevi c-Podl e&oik, Ljubljana 6... Nc'
7
 6...d5 6...d5
a) 7.c3 Bd7 8.Nbd2 Nxd2 9.Qxd2
BbS lO.Bxb.S QxbS 11.Qe2 Qxe2+
1Z.Kxe2 :a, Morovic-Miles, Malta
Olympiad 1980.
b) 7.Bd:3
bl) Dubious is 7...Bd6?! 8.Bxd6
Qxd6 9.c41
b2) 7...Nd7 8.0-0 Bd6 9.Bxd6
Qxd6 t0.c4 o.o ll.Qc2 Ne£6 • ,
Alekhine-Spielmann, Semmering
1926.
b3) 7 ... f5 8.c3 Be7 9.Nbd2 Nc6
lO.h4 0 -0 ll .Ne5 NxeS t2.Bxe.S If 6 ... cJtd4 7.exd4 gS 8.Bd3
Bd7 13.£3 Nd6 14.dxc5 Qxc5 Qa5 +, Kovaeevic recommends
15.Bd4 Qc7 16.£4 + =, Pettosian- 9.c3 Nxc3 10.Nxc3 gxh4 ll .Nxh4
1\cherepkov, USSR 1961. with. advantage to White.
b4) For 7 ... Nc6, see n lustrative 7.c3 Nc6 8.Bd3
Game 5. a) 8.Nbd2 fS 9.Nxe4'1 1 fxe4
7.c3 Be7 tO.Nd2 cxd4 ll .exd4 Bd6 12.Be2
7...d5 0 -0 13.0-0 Bf4 14.8g3 e~
a) 8.Nbd2 Nxd2 9.Qxd2 Be7 15.dxeS Bxg3 16.h:xg3 NxeS = +.
10.Bd3 Bd7 tl.0-0 0 -0 12.dxc5 Petrosian-Ol afsson, Stockholm
Bxc5 13.e4 dxe4 14.Bxe4 Rfd8 .:, 1962.
Alburt-Sosonko, Lucerne Olym· b) 8.Nrd2 f5 9.Nxe4 fxe4 10.Bg3
piad 1982. Bd7 ll.Be2 ReS 12.Qd2 Be7
b) 8.Bd3 Be7 (8.•.Bd7 9.0·0 Rc8 13.0 -0 0-0 14.£4 exf3 tS.BxO
10.Nbd2 f5 , H o rt-Sosonko , BgS • +, Quinteros- Ljubojevic,
Amsterdam 1979. Now Wbito Las Palmas 1974.
could obtain an advantage with 8 ...Bd7
ll .NeS.) 9.h 3 Bd7 10.0-0 fS 8...Bd6 9.Bxe4 dxe4 10.Nfd2 £$
ll.NeS Nxe.S 12.Bxe5 Bf6 13.Bxf6 ll.Nc4 Qc7 t2.Nba3 Be7 13.Nb$
gxf6 14.Bxe4 fxe4 t5.f3 Bb516.Rf2 Qd7 14.Bxe7 Kxe7 1S.dltc5 QdS
+ =, Dreev-Agz.amov, Sevastopol 16.Nbd6 QxcS 17.b4 (17.0-0
1986. NeS •) 17 ... QdS 18.f4 bS
s.Nbcll rs 9.Bel o.o 10.0-o d5 (18...exf3?1 19.e4 fxe4 20.Qf4! and
ll.Ne5 cxd4 ll.exd4 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Rdl +=, Saidy) 19.083! (19.Nxc8
Bd7 U.Qd Bb5 15.Bxb5 Qxb5 Rhxc8 20.Nd2 Qd3 • + ) 19... blCc4
16.NO Rad 17.Nel Qc4 l8.Ncl3 bS 20.Rdl Qxdt + 2t.Kxdl Rd8 22.bS
19.0 Rxd6+ 23.Kc2 Nd8 24.Rdl Nb?
+ • , Spasslcy-Cbandler, London 25.Rd4 Bd7 26.Rxc4 Ke8 =.
1985. Sb irui-Saidy, USA 1982.
9. Nbdl fS
A2ll) 6.8h4 Lobro n-Kortchooi, Biel 1984,.
8
continued 10.Bg3 N xg3 11.bxg3
~11 (better i$ I LBe7) 12.g41 and
Wbite stands somewhat bette r.
1/JustratiPe Game 3
GM RongguangYe
GM Murray Chandler
Man1/a lrnerzonal 1990
l.d4 N~ 2. 0 e6 3.8g5 c5 4.e3
Qb6 5.Nbd2 Qxb2 ,. Bx~ gxf6
7.Rbl
Sacrificing another pawn to keep
the Queen sideline!! longer and
h~nce gaining more time.
7 ... Qxa2
I f 7 ... Qc3, then 8 .Bd3 cxd4
li.0-0 dxe3 10.Ne4 ex£'2+ ll.Rxf2
Q c7 l 2. Nx£6+ w ith .an unclear
posi tion.
8. c4
Threatening to trap the Queen.
For example. if 8...cxd4. then 9.Ra 1
Bb4+ tO.Nfd2.
8...Qa4
T he only move. If 8... Qa6, then
9.d51 exd5 l O.QxdS Qc6 1 J.Qh5
with "s'arge advantage to White.
9.dS bS!
lf 9 ...exd5, then JO.QxdS Qxc2
li.Bd3 Qc3 + 12.Nfd2 is 1trong.
IO. Ncd2
No t JO.Rxb5 Ba6! I t.Nb2 Qe4
12. R b3 Qxd5 with a large ad-
vantage to Black.
IO ... a6 ll .RaJ Qb4 12.c4! Bb7
Black is finally able to start
developi ng some of his pieces. But
his Queen is still in a bad position.
13. e4 Bg7 14.Rbl QaS JS.Bd3
Qc7
The Queen is finally able to
rt:tu rn, but Black's problem now is
9
finding a safe home for his Kin!·
16.0-0 b4 17.Nh4 aS 18.Bcl
It is important to blockade tbe
passed pawns. Not 18.f4 a4 J9.Qg4
BM-+ .
18... Bh6 t9.Ba4 Qf4 20.dx~
~. . . . F
Ai
l
00
20 ...fxe6?!
Also bad is 20... Qxd2 21.Qh 5
0 -0 22.e7 ReS 23. Nf5 B~7
24 . Rf~l Qg5 25.Q h3 followed by
Rb3-g3 with a large advantage to
Whirc. Better is 20 ... Qxb4
21.exd7+ Kd8 22.Nb3 Qxe4 23.f3 !
Be3+ 24.Kh1 Qe7 25.Re l with an
unclear position.
21.Qh5 + Kd8 22.Ndf3! 818?!
Better is 22... R g8 23.Rbd1 Rg7!
24.0xc~ Bxe4 wirb ao unclear posi·
tlo n. After the text Black's pieces
are disorganized and his position
falls nport.
23.Rbdl!
23 .Ng6 hxg6 2 4.Qxh8 Ke7
(24... Kd8 25.Qg8) 25.Qil7 + Kd8 is
less clear.
23...Bxe4 l4.Qn Ra7
There is no· defense. If 24 ... Bd6,
then 25.g3. Or if 24... Be: 7 2.5.Qxe6.
O r if24... Kc7 25.Bxd7.
25.g3!
O nce again forcing the Q ueen
into an awkwa rd posi tion on the
side of tbe board.
2S...Qh6 26.Qxe6 Bx£3 27.Nx0
Rt7 28.Rtel Bg7 29.Qb6 Kc8
30.Re7 Rd8 3l.Nb4 IS 32.Qxa5
Bt8 33.Nd5 ! Qa6 34.Nd6+
Qxd6 J5.Rxd6 Bxe7 36. Rb6
Rb7 37.Rh6 b3 38.Rb6 b2
39.Rxb7 Kxb7 40.Qb5 + Kc7
4l . Qxb2 Nt6 42 .Qg7 Bf8
43.Qxh7 NeS 44.Bb5 Bd6 45.f4
Nf3+ 46.Kg2 Nd4 47.Ba4 Ne6
48 . b4 Nrs 49.Q~4 Ne6 so.rs
Nd4 Sl.bS Rb8 52.Bb5 NxbS
53.cxbS R x bS 54.h6 Rb2 +
55.Kh3 Rb4 56.Qe8 Rb8
57.Qxb8 Kxb8 58.1"6 l-0
Illustrative Game 4
GM Joel Benjamin
GM Leonid YudasiD
New Yorlc 1990
l.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.8g5 cS 4.e3
Qb6 S.Nbd2 Qxb2 6.Bd3 Qd
7.0-0 d5 8.8xf6 gxf6 9.dxc5
Bc7 IO.Rbl QxcS ll.e4
White must open up the position
before Blac k completes his
development.
ll ... dxe4 U .N xe4 Qc7
13.8b5 + Kf'8
If 13 ... Nc6, the n 14.Qd4 is
su ong.
J4.Qd2 a6 15.Be2 Nc6 16.Rfdl
hS
Blaclc is having tro uble develop-
ing bis pieces. Therefore be ad-
vances his h· pawn to free bis
King's Rook and also t rie$ to cre-
ate a weakness o n White's
kingside.
10
17.Nd6 b4 18.Rb3
Better is J8.b3. White will have
trouble with the Black pawn on h3
later o n.
18... h3 19.g3 RhS 20.Rd3 QaS
21 .c:3
Ex.c banging Queens wo uld ease
the pressure o n Black.
21 ...Rb8 2l.Qb2 Rc5 23.Nn8
If 23.Bfl , then 23 ...rs.
23.- RbS??
Wit h t his zwischenzug Black
seems to stay a pawn a head. How-
ever, there is a simple reply. Bet·
ter is 23 ... Rxc8, altho ugh after
24.Qxb7 Rb8 25.Qd7 Rxc:3 26.Rxc3
Qxc3 27. Nd4 White has the ad-
vantage.
24.Qc:Z.??
But White also misses it :
24.Qa3 +! Then o t' cnu rse not
24... Qxa3? 2S.Rd8+ mating. But
White is just a piece up after other
moves.
24•••Rxc8
Now White hu inadequa te: com-
pensation for the sacrificed pawn.
2S.Rd7 Rb6 l6.Qh7?!
White tries tn get the h1 tho rn,
but now his Queen 1$ nut of play.
26...Rb2 27.Kn Rdl 28.Rxd8 +
 •
Nxd8 Z9.QdJ Nt6 30.Qd7
Threateni ng 31.Qc8 + Ke7
32.Rd7 mate.
30>...Bb6 3l.Nd4 Nxd4 32.Qxd4
Qe.S 33.80 Rxal 34.Qb4 + Kg7
3S:.Qg4 + Bg5 36.Qxh3 fS
S hutting off White's Queen.
37.QgZ Qxc3 38.Be2
Not 38.Bxb7 Be3.
33...Qb3 39.b4 Bd2 40.Kgl Qd5
41 .80 Qc5 42.8xb7 Be3 43.RO
Bd4 44.Qf3 aS
While W hite is tied to t he
defense of f2, tbe pas.sed a-pawn
decides.
4S.Qf4 Qb6 46.8g1. a4 47.Kh2
Bf6 48.Qt4 Qb1 49.Bt' a3
SO.Be8 Qc2 Sl.Qa6 QcS 0·1
JllusJmtive Game 5
GM Alexey Dreev
GM Vadim Ruban
St. PtJ£:rrbwg 1993
l.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c:S 4.e3
Qb6 S.Qcl Ne4 6.Bf4 dS 7.Bd3
Ne6 8.c3 Be7
Hort-Sosooko, Amsterdam 1979
continued 8 ... Bd 7 9.0-0 ReS
10. Nbd2 f5 I I.Be5 (better is
ll .Ne5) 1t...Nxe512.Nxe5 Nf6 ~.
9. h4
1b meet the threat of 9...g5, but
9.b3 was better.
9 ... 0 -0 tO . Nbd2 rs tl.NeS
Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Bd7 13.f3 Nd'
J4.f4! BbS 1S.Bc2 Rac8
Now White is able to exchange
his Bishop for Black's Knight. Bet-
ter was I S... Nn 16.Nf3 Nb6 fol -
lowed by ...Ng4. Knights are better
than Bishops in closed positions.
11
16.Bxd6 Bxd6 17.Nf'3 Ba6?!
Better is 17... Be8.
18.Kf2 Qc7
If 18...cxd4 19.exd4 Bxf4'/, then
20.Qxf4 Qxb2 2l.Qcl .
19.&J b5 20.a3 Bb7 2l.Bd3 Qb6
22.0d2
Not 22.Qd1 b4!
22...a5?!
It was n ec essa r y to close the
Kingside with 22...b5.
23.NgS Be7 24.Qt2 h6
Not 24...b4? 25.Qb5 h6 26.Qg6
winning.
2S.NI3 8<:6
Better is 25...b4 with an unclear
posit ion.
26.1Ne5 Be8 27.g4 8d6 28.gxts
Bxe5 l9.fxe5 exfS
Not 29...Bg6? 30.f6 winning.
30.115!
10 prevent 30..,g6.
30..~c4 3 l.Bc2 b4 32.:axb4 axb4
33.Kg3!
Tbe White King is well placed
strategically on f4 . White bas a
large advantage. If now 33 ...Qd8,
then 34.Qf3 .
33 •••8d7 34.Kf4! Be6 3S.Qg2
Rb8 36.Rhgl Rf7 37.Qg6?!
Correct was 37.Qb1 followed by
Rg6 and Bd t-£3. The players were
getting short oo time here.
37...Kh8 38.cxb4?
It was better to try the plan given
in the last note: 38.Qg2 followed
by Qb 1 and Rg6. Now the tables
are turned. White will have
ttouble becawe the pO:sition of his
King becomes bad.
38...Qxb4! 39.Qxe6
If 39.Rg2, then 39...Qe7.
39 ...Qd2 40.Kf3?
 Not 40.Qxd5? Qf2+ 4l.Qf3
Qh4 + -+. Howeve r, White could
force Black to take a perpetual
check with 40.BKf5 Qf2 + 41.Kg4
Qe2+ 42.Kh4 Qf2+ 43.Kg4 ""·
Now Black gets a large advantage.
40...Qxc2 4l.b4!
The only move. 4t.Qxf7? Qe4+,
4l.Ra8 Rb7!, and 41.Qxd5 Rxb2 all
lose.
4l ••.Qe4 + 42.Ke2 R1b7?
Losing bis advantage. Correct i$
42...Rbf81 43.Qg6 c3.
43.Qg6 Qd3 + 44.Kf3 c3
Black could have forced a per-
petual check wi th 44 ... Qc4+
45.Ke2 Qc2 +.
4S.Ra6! Qe4 +
Unclear is 45 ... c2 46. R c6
(46.Re6 Qdl+ 47.Kf4 Rg8 48.Re8
immedi ately forces a draw)
46 ... Ra8! 47.Re6! Qe4 + 48.Kf2
(not 48. Ke2? c l=N+I - + )
48...Qb4+ 49.Kf3.
46.Ke2 Qh4?!
This was Black's last chance to
for ce a perpetual check with
46...Qc2+.
47.Rt6 Qd8?
A time tro u ble e rro r . Now
White o nce again has a large ad -
vantage.
u
48 .Rc6 Rc8 49.b5! Rcc7 ?!
50.Qd6! Rd7 Sl.QeS Rb8
If 5L.Qh4, then 52.Qf8+ Kh7
53.Rxb6+ winning.
52.Qxc3 Qe8
If 5 1...Qh4, then 53.Rc8+ Rd8
54.Qc7! Qh2+ 55.Kd3 winning.
53 . Rgg6 RxbS 54.Rc8 Rd8
ss.Q~7! 1-o
A3) 4...h6
5.Bh4
5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.c4!? cxd4 7.exd4
Bb4+ 8.Nbd2 b6 9. Be2 Bb7
J0.0-0 0 ·0 l l.NeS Bxd2 12.Qxd2
d6 13.Ng4 Qg6 14.Ne3 Nc6 15.(4
Ne7 16.d5?! (16.Bd3 +=)
J6 ... exd5 l 7.f5 QgS =.
Torre-
Cebalo. Novi Sad 1984.
s...Be7
a) 5... b6 6.c3 Be 7 7 .Nbd2 0 -0
8.e4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.Bxf6 Bxf6
ll.e5 Be7 12.BbS Ba6 13.a4 Bb7
14.0-0 a6 15.Bd3 Nc6 16.Rel Bb4
17. Re3 Na5 ,., Yusupov-Be li-
avsky, Linares 1993.
b) S ... Qb6 6.Qc1 cxd4 7.Bxf6
!:)tf6 8.exd4 dS 9.Be2 Nc6 1O.c3 e5
J 1.0-0 12.Na3 R c8 13.Nc2 h5
=+, Spassky- Schmittdiel, Ge rman
League 1989.
 •
6.Nbd2
6.Bd3 b6 7. 0~0 Bb7 8.c4 exd4
9.Nxd4 d6 10.Nc3 Nbt17 11.Ret a6
12. Bfl ReS =. Larsen-Andersson,
Buenos Aires 1980.
6...cxd4
6 ...b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8 .0 -0 0-0 9.c3
d6 l O. Re t a6 J l.Qe2 Nbd7
12. Radl NhS 13.Bxe7 Qxe714.Be4
Bxe4 1S.Nxe4 Nb£6 =-, Balashov-
Lerner, Kiev 1986
7.exd4 b6
7 ... Nc6 8.c3 dS 9. Bb5 Bd6
10.0-0 a6 JJ.Sxc6+ bxc6 12.c4
0-0 13.c.S Bf4 14.Re1 Oe7 15.Qc2
f6 unclea r, Sideif-Za<le- Dautov,
Budapest 1989.
8.cJ Bb7 9.8d3 d6
9 ... 0-0 10.Qe2 ll6 11.0-0 -0
Nbd7 12.Rbel a6 13. Kb1 bS
14.Ka1 Re8 15.Bb l N£8 16.h3 Nd5
17.Bxe7 Rxe7 18.g3 Rc7 19.Rcl
Ra c8 unclear, Hulalc-Seirawao ,
New York 1989.
lO.Qel NhS?I
Better is 1O... Nbd7 11.0-0 -0
Nd5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.g3 Rc8 ~.
ll.Bxe7 Qxc7 11 .g31 Nf6
13.0-0-0 Nbd7 14.RheJ 0-0
IS.Kbl a6 16.KaJ bS 17.8 b l Rfc8
18.N h4 dS 19.f4 b4 20.c4 dxc4
2l .Nxc4 BdS 2l.Ne3 Qd6 2JJ~xdS
13
QxdS l4.fS
+ =, Kovacevic-Henley, New
York 1989.
A4) 4 .•. Be7
4._cxd4 'and 4... No6 will usually
transpose t o variations resul ting
after 4... Be7. For example. 4... Nc6
5 .Nbd2 b6 6.c3 Bb7 7 .Bd3 cxd4
8.cxd4 Be7 9.Nc4 Qc7 l().Qd2 ReS
11.0 -0 h6 12.Bf4 d6 l J:.Rfel Nd8
14.Qd1 NdS 15.Bg3 0 -0 16.Nh4 gS
I 7.Qh5! Kg7? ( 17... ph41) 18.Rxe6!
Nxe6 19.Nf5+ K'8 20. xh6+ 1-0.
Torre-samisc:h, Moscow 1925.
For 4...d5, see Chapter 3. 3... d5.
5. bd2
Another idea is 5.dxc5.
a) 5... Bxc5
al) 6.Be2 Be7 7.c4 b6 8.Nc3 Bb7
9.0 -0 0 -0 tO.Qc2 Na6 tl.Radl
NcS 12.R d4 + =, Horc-Adorjan,
~uio Emilia 1984/85.
a2) 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nbd2 b6 8.Bd3
Nc6 9.0-0 Be7 IO.Rc l Bb7
l i.Qe2 0-0 12.Rfd l Qc7 13.8£4
d 6 14.h3 Rac8 15.o3 R fd8 •,
Yusupov- Karpov, Londo n 1989.
b) 5 ... Na6 6.Bxa6 Qa5 + 7.Nbd2
bxa6 8.c6 d6 9.c4 Qc7 lO.Qa4 Rb8
ll.c:5 dxc5 12.Bf4 Bd6 13.Bxd6
Qxd6 l4.Nc4 Qc7 15.Nfe5 Draw,
Yusupov-Hubner, Baden-Baden
1992.
c) A new move i~ 5 ...Qa5+ . See
Illustrative Game 6.
s...w
a) For 5... 0-0, see Illustrative
Game7.
b) 5...cxd4 6.cxd4 b6 7.a4 N'c6
8.c3 0-0 9.Bd3 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7
11.0-0 Nf4 12.Bb5 a6 13.Bxc6
dxc6 J4.Ne5 f6 15.Nec4 Bb7
l 6.Qg4 g5 17.Nxb6 Rad8 IS.Rfel
cS 19.d5 b5 unclear, Hodgso n-
Motwani, London 1988.
6.Bd3
6.dxc5 bxc5 7.e4 Nc6 8.Bb5 Bb7
9.0 -0 0-0 10.e5 Nd 5 11.Bxe7
NcJCe7 12.c4 Nb6 13. Ba4 Nxa4
14.Qxa4 Ng6 wi th a good posi tion
for Black, Utasi-Adorjan. Sarajevo
1984.
6...Bb7
a) Attem pting to exchange
Bishops with 6...Ba6 is worth con-
sidering. Beliavsky- Dolmatov,
USSR Championship 1986, con-
tinued 7.c4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bb7 9.0~
0 -0 10.Qe 2 d6 ll.Rac l Nbd7
12.Rfd l a6 =.
b) After 6 ...cxd4, Salov-Cebalo.
Leningrad 1984, continued 7.exd4
Ba6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.Ne4 Be7 IO.dS
exdS ll.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Qxd5 Nc7
13.Nd 6 + Bxd6 14.Qxd6 Qe7+
15.Qxe7+ Kxe7 16.0· 0 -0 +=.
7.c3
7.0-0 cxd4 8.exd4 NdS 9.Bxe7
Qxe7 lO.Rel 0 -0 tl .a4 Nc6 l 2.c3
fS J3.Nc4 Na5 14.Ne3 Qf61S.Nxd5
Bxd5 16.b4 Nc6 17.Bfl d6 18.aS
Draw, Walther-Siklos, 8th World
Correspondence C hampionship.
14
We will now break the line into
' 'ariations with ...h6, A41) 7...M .
and without ... h6, A42) 7 ...Nc6 aod
A43) 7 ...cxd4.
A4l) 7••• h6
8.8h4 Nc6
a) 8...d6
al ) 9.Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 (10.0-0
0-0 ll .Rad l Qc7 12.Rfel Rfe8
J3.h3 e5 unclear, Janowsky-Aiek-
hine, Mannheim 1914) tO... N"hS
ll.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.g3 0 -0 13.Nh4?'
Nf4! 14.gxf4 Qxh4 ""+, Petrosian-
Reschko, Leningrad 1967.
a2) 9.0-0 0-0 tO. Ret cxd4
11.e.xd4 Nbd7 12.a4 a6 13.b4 Nd5
14.Bxe7 Qxe7 1S.Qb3 a5 16.b5
Rac8 17.Racl Rc7 18.Be4 N7f6
19.Bbt Rfc8 20.c4 + =.
Larsen-
Andersson, Biellnterw nal 1976.
b) For 8... 0-0, see IlluStrat ive
GameS.
9.dxc5 bxcS 1o.e4
Hort-Makarichev, O slo 1984
conti nued l O... d6 11.0-0 0-0
J2.a3 ReS 13.h3 Nh5 14.Bxe7 Qxe7
15.Re1 Nf4 t6.Bft Rfd8J7.b4 +•.
A42) 7.- Nc6
8.0-0
For 8.a3, see Illustrative Game 9.
 8•.•0·0
8 ... h6 9.Bh4 g5!? 10.Bg3 h5t?
11.Nxg5 b4 J2.BeS uncle ar,
Kraseo kov- Velimirovic, Kusadasi
1990.
9.Qel
a) Ineffective was 9.e4 cxd4 in
the following games:
al) JO.cxd4 b6! l l.Bxf6? (ll.Bh4
Nb5= ) 1 l...Bllf6 l2.e5 Be7 1J.a3
d6 14.Be4 b5 =+, Barlov- Adorjao,
New York 1985.
a2) 10.Nxd4 d.S ll .Nxc6 B)(c6
12.e5 Ne4 13.Bxe7 Q xe7 J4.Nf3 f6
15.Qe2 Bb7 16.exf6 Qxf6 J7.Rae.l
Rfd8 =, Yusupov-Hmad i. Tunis
Interz.onal 1985.
b ) 9.a3
bl) 9 ... cxd4 t O.exd4 NdS l l.Bxe7
Ncxe7 12.Rel f5 13.c4 Nf4 14.Bf l
Rf6 15.Qb3 Rb6 16.R adl gS 17.d5
g4 t 8.Nd4 Neg6 19.dxe6 dxe6
20.Nxe6 Nxe6 2J.Rxe-6 Qh4 22.h3
RdM 23.c5 Bd5 24.Bc4 Bxe6
25.Bxe6+ K g1 26.c6 and White
prevailed io the complications in
Hodgson-Ko~tcn , London 1988.
b2) 9...h6 t O.Bh4 cxd4 J t.e xd4
NbS (11...Nd5 12.BgJ. d6 unclear)
12.Bg3 {5 13.d5 exd5 14.Nb3 £4
15.Bg6 Nxg3 16.fxg 3 fxg3 J'7.Bc2
gxh2+ l S.Khl Rf6 19.Qd3 g6
15
20.Qxd 5 + + =, Episb io-smirio,
Viloius 1988.
c) 9.Rel Rc8 lO.Rcl Nb5 ll.Ne4
f6 12.Bh4 g6 13.a3 c4 14.Bc2 Na5
J5.Ned2 f S = , Balasbov- Miles,
Novi Sad 1975.
d) 9.dxc5 bxc5 JO.e4 d6 1J.Qe2
Rb8 12.Radl Nh5 13.Be3 g6 =,
Kan-Keres, USSR Championship
1952.
9~.. NdS
a) 9•..d6 JO.e4 Clld4 11.Nxd4 Ne5
12. Ba6 Bxa6 13.Qu6 Qc8 ;;,
Pet rosian- Averbakb. Moscow
1950.
b) 9...cxd4 IO.exd4 Nrd5 l l.Bxe7
Ncxe7 12.g3 Nf6 13.Ba6 Qc8
14. Bxb7 Oxb7 =. Spasslcy-
Andersson, Clermnnt - Ferrand
1989.
l0.8xe7 Qxe7
lO... Ncxe7 ll.g3 £5 12.e4 fxe4
13.Bxe4 Rb8 14. Rae l unclear,
Rechlis-0 . Gurevich, Jerusalem
198(;.
l t.Ba6 Bxn6 12.Qxa6 Nc7
13.Qe2 dS
With equ ality, Marshaii-
Capablaoca, Bad IGssiogen 1928.
A43) 7...(Xd4
1... 0·0 will usually transpose
into the o ther lines ex:amined, al·
though White could try to take ad-
vantage of early castJing:
a) 8.h4!'1 d6 9.Bxf6 B'd6 10.Ne4
cxd4 1 t.cxd4 Nc6 t2.Nfg5 g6 13.a3
Bg7 l4.Nxh7 +·, Z. Nikolic-P.
Nikolic, Yugoslavia Championship
1981.
b) 8.Q c2 h6 9.b4!? cxd4 10.cxd4
Nc6 ll.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Ne4 Be7
13.Q e2 CS l4.Ned2 R eS 15.Ba6
Bxa6 16.Q xa6 Bf6 J7 .Nb3 Q c7
18.Qe2 Rce8 =, Hulak-Spassov,
Plovdiv 1983.
8.exd4
8.cxd4
a) 8 ... Nc6 9.a3 0-0 10.0-0 Nd5
ll .Bxe7
at) J L..Qxe7 12.Qe2 Rac8
l3.Rac1 Nb8 14.Rfe l f5 l5.Qfl
Nf616.Rxc8+ Rxc8 17.Rc1 Qf8 ... ,
Hort- Larsen, Lioares 1983.
a2) 1 t. .. Ncxe7 12.R c 1 ReS
13.Qe2 Rxcl 14.Rxc1 Q b8 15.Ne5
Nf6 16.Ng4 Nxg4 17.Qxg4 f5
18. Qg3 QxgJ 19.hxg3 + = , Es-
tevez.-Lebredo. Cuba 1984.
b) 8... Nd5
bl ) 9.Nc4 0-0 {9... Bxg5
10.Nd6+) 10.h4 f5 (10...f6 11.Qb1)
1t.a3 Nf6 =. Spass ky-Po rtisch ,
Geneva match 1977.
b2) 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.0-0 CS
ll.Ret 0 -0 12e4 Nf4 13.Bfl fxe4
J4.Nxe4 Nc6 1.5.g3 Nd.S J6.Bg2
+ ... , Timman-Andersson, 1984.
8. ..d6
a) Again, castling could be
premature: 8 ...0 ·0
a 1) For 9.h4, see Jllustrative
Game 10.
a2) Less aggressive is 9.0-0 Nc6
lO.Rel Nd5 l l.Bxe7 Ncxe7 ·t 2.a4
a6 13.(.) Nf6 14.Qe2 Q c7 I5.Ne4
Nxe4 16.Bxe4 NdS 17.Nc:5 Nf6
18.Bf3 d6 19.Nd3 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 d5
21.Ra3 Ne4 22.Qe2 Nd6 23.Ne5
Draw, Kovacevic-Lalic, Sarajevo
1988.
b) 8 ... Nc6 9.0-0 0 -0 lO.Rel
Nd5 J l.Bxe7 Ncxe7 l2.Bf1 £5 1
(better are 12 ... d6 , I 2 ... Ng6, or
12 ... Rc8) 13.c4 Nf6 14. b4 Ne4
15.Qb3 KhS?! l 6.Radl Ng8 17.d5
+-, Balashov-Lebredo, Cienfue-
gos 1975.
16
c) 8...Nd5
c l ) 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 JO.g3 B a6
l l.Bu6 Nxa6 12.Qe2 Nac713.NeS
d6 14.Nd3 0.0 15.f4 b5 =, Kamslcy-
Sax, Manila lntefzonal 1990.
c2) 9. Ne4 0-0 10.Bxe7 Qxe7
11.Qd 2 f5 12.Ng3 Qd6 13.Ne5 Nc6
14.Nc4? ! Q c7 15.Ne2 Rfti = +,
Klaric-Rashkovsky, Sochi 1977.
9.0-0
9.Nc4 Qc7 10.Qe2 Nbd7 11.0· 0
0 ·0 l 2.Rfe1 Rfe8 t3.Rad t Nf8
14.Bc1 Nd5 16.Ng5?1 b5 17.Na3 b4
=
18.cxb4 Nxb4 +, Torre~Lasker,
Moscow 1925.
9 ... Nbd7
9... 0 -0 lO.Re 1 Nc6 11.a4 Nd5
12.Bl(e7 Ncxe7 13.a5 bxa5 14.Qa4
Nf4 15.Be4 d5 16.Bbl Nc6 17.Qc2
g6 18.Nb3 Rb8 19.Nc5 Bc8 20.Q d2
Nh5 2l.Ra2 += with the idea Qh6,
Ng5, g4, h4, Spassky- Beliavsky.
Mo ntpellier 1985.
IO.Rel 0-0 ll.a4
ll.Qe2 Re8 12.Nfl h613.Bd2
Bf8 14.Ng3 transposes to Illustr a-
tive Game 11.
Jt. ..a6
I I. .. NdS 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.a5
N7f6 14.Qb3 Qc7 15.Qa3 Ra b8
16.Bfl b5 17.Bxb5 Nxc3 led to a
simplified posit ion , Timman-
 •

Andersson, Brussels 1988. This allows Black to play a

u.Nn s tro ng co mbination . Better is
a) Less aggressive is 12.b3 ReS 2l.Be3.
13.Bf4 Qc7 l4.Bh2 BfS 15.Nc4 Bd5
=, Spassky- P o rtisch , Geneva
Match 1977.
b ) 12. Nc4 b5 l3 .axb5 axb5
l4.Rxa8 Qxa8 15.Na3 b4 16.cxb4
b6 17.Bf4 Nb6 18.b5 Rc8 19.Qe2
Qa4 with compensation, Z. Po l-
gar- Peturssoo , Reykjavik 1988.
c) DeFirmiao-We dbe rg, Reyk·
javik 1990, continued 12.Qe2 ReS
13.Nfl Qc8 14. Bc 2 Bc6 15. Nc3
Qb7 16.Nd2 Nf817.h4 bS.
A fter 12.Nf1 we have two ex- 2l ...eS 2l.Qb2 Nxe4! 23.Nxe4
amples, in bo th of which White If 23.B l(e7, the!) 23 ... Nxd2
ge ts a dangero us attack: 24.Bxd8 Og4 25.£3 N:xf3+ with a
a) 12... Re8 13. Ng3 Q c7 14.h4 very stro ng attack.
Bf8 15.h5 e5?l 16.Nh4 e4 17.Bc2 Z3 ..• BxaS 24.NxgS Qg4 25.f4
d5 18.Nhf5 Ruf- B arbero, Ger- Nxc4 26.Qt2 Ne3 l7.h3 Nxdt
many 1988. 28 . bxg4 Nxf2 29~Kxf2 RaS
b) 12 ... h6 13. Bb4 Re8 14.Ne3 30.a4 Rxa4
Qb8 1S.Nd2 Bc6 16.Bg3 Qb-7 The smok e has cl eared. Blaclc is
17.Ndc4 Qc7 t8.Nc2 RadB 19.Nb4 winning due to his extra pawns.
Bb7 20.Ne3 Nb8 2J.Qe2 aS 31 .fxe5 d xeS 32.Rc7 Rt'4 +
22.Nbe2 Ne 4 23.Na3 Nxg3 24.hxg3
Bc6 25.Nb5 Qb7 26.d 5! Tangborn-
33.Kg3 Ba6 34 . Ne3 Rc8
L. B. Hansen, Berlin 1988. 35.Rxc8+ Bxc8 36.NC3 Rx&4 +
37 .K£2 Bb7 38. Ba2 Bxf3 39.gxf3
Rd4 40 . Ke3 Kg7 41.Ne4 CS
1/lu.rtrative Game 6 42.NgS Ra4 0·1
GM Roberto Cifuehtes Parada
IM Arkadij Rotstein
lllustnuivc Game 7
W'ljk Dlln Zcc 1993
IM Konstantin urner
l .d4 f6 2.Nf3 e6 3 .BgS c5 4.e3 GM Vale'")' Chekhov
USSR Champiooship 1984
8e7 5.dxc5 Qa5 + 6.Nbd2 QxcS
7.c4 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.0-0 Qc7 l.d4 Nf6 2.NI3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4.e3
IO.Rd d6 ll .Nd4 Nbd7 12.b4 Be7 S.Nbd2 0 - 0 6. 8d3 b6
0 -0 13.NbS Qc~ 14.e4 NeS 7.Qe2
lS.BbJ . Qd7 16.Qe2 Ne6 17.a3 To prevent Black fro m exchang-
aS 18.bxa5 NxaS 19.Qd3 Rfd8 ing Bisbops with 7...Ba6.
20.Rfdl g6 2l.Qd4? 7•.•cxd4 8.exd4 NdS?!
17

A common move in this type of
position, but here it leads to dif-
ficulties. Better is 8 ...Bb7 9.0 -0
d6 JO.Rfet Nbd7.
9.h4!
This move is possible as White
bas not cast led. To Black's ad-
vantage would be 9.Bxe7? Qxe7
'10.0-0 Nf4 11.Qe4 Nxd3 12.Qxa8
Nc6 l3.cxd3 Ba6 14.Qxf8+ Kxf8.
9... rs
Controlling the e4 square and
closing the bl-h7 diagonal. White
would have a large advantage after
eitber9...h610.c4 Nb4 1l.Bbl bxgS
12.bxg5 g6 13.Bxg6 £xg6 14.Qe4 or
9... Bb710.c4 Nb411.Bbl.
10.c4 BxgS
The h-file is opened, which will
later play a decisive ro le .
ll.hxgS Nf4 U.Qrt Nc:6
13.0-0-0
The position would be unclear
after 13.Bbl g6 (but not 13 ...d5
14.g3 Ng6 15.Qh3 dxc4 16.Qxh7 +
Kf7 17.Rb 6 Nee? 18.Nxc4 +-)
14.g3 NhS.
13 ...b5 14.c5
Correctly keeping the queenside
closed.
14...Ba6
White has a large advantage
after 14... Qa5 IS.Bbl Ba6 16.g3 b4
17.Nc4.
15 .&3 Nxd3 + 16. Qxd3 QaS
17.Qb3
Not 17.Kbl Qxa2+.
17...Qa4
Exchanging Queens does no t
lessen White's attack along the h-
file.
18.Rh4 Qxb3 19.Nxb3 Bb7
20.d5!
18
..
Th is move closes the a8-h 1
d iagonal. Not 20.Rdhl Ne7.
20 ••.Nd8
White also has a great advantage
after e ither 20...exd5 2l.Rdhl or
20-.Ne7 21.c6 dxc6 22.Nc5.
2l.c6! Rc8 22.Kbl
No t 22.Rdh l Nxc6!
u ...dxc6 23.Rdhl c:xdS
Or 23... h6 24.gxh6 g6 25.h7+
Kh8 26.Ne5 Rf6 27.Rh6 +·.
24.Rxb7
8 lack is in a ma ting ne t . If
2 4 ... Kf7, t hen 25.Ne5+ Ke7
26.Rxg7+ Kd6 27.Rd7+ KxeS
28.Ret mate.
24... Nn 25.g6 Nh6 26.1Uxh6
gxh6 27. Rxb7 f4 28.NeS Rf5
29.Ng4 1-0
11/ustrati•oe G~~me 8
GM Curt Haasen
GM Mlkhail Gurevich
Mullich 191>2
l.d4 Nf6 2.NO e6 3.Bg5 cS 4.t3
Be7 S.Bd3 0-0 6.0-0 h6 7.8h4
b6 8.Nbd2 Bb7 9.c3 cxd4
IO.cxd4 Nc6 ll.a3 d6 12.e4
NbS 13.dS!?
An unclear position would resull
 •
after 13.Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Re l N£4
15.Bfl Qd7.
13.••Nb8
Not 13 ... Bxb4? 14.dxc6 Bxc6
t 5.N d4 Nf4 16.Nxc6 QgS t 7.g3
Nxd3 18.Nf3 winning.
14. Bxe 7 Qu7 1 S.dxe6 rxe6
16.e5 Nd7!'!
Black accepts a weakened pawn
structure in exchange for active
pieces. Wbite would have a slight
advantage after 16...Bxf3 17.NxD
d5 18.Rcl.
17 . exd6 Qxd6 18.Be4 BdS
19.N c4 QcS lO . BxdS udS
21.Ne3 Ndf6ll.Rcl'!!
Better is 22.Qd4 Rae8 2J.RadJ.
22•.•Qd6 23.N d4
It was still better to play 23.Qd4.
23 ... Rac8 24.&3 Qd7 lS.K&2
ReS 26.Qd3 Ng4 27.Nxg4
No t 27.Rce1 ? Nxh21 28.Kxb2
Nf4 1 28.gxf4 R hS+ 30.Kgl Qh3
. .
wanmng.
27 ... QJ(g4 28.Khl Nf6 29.Nc6!
Re6
No t 29 ... Rh 5 30.Ne7+ K£7
3J.Rc7.
30.f4?!
Better is 30.0 Qh5 3l.Nd4 ReS
with an u nclear position. Now Black
is able to get into an endgame which
is ravorable because be gets a Rook
on the second rank.
30...Qe2! 3l.Qn2 Rxel 32.Rfel
Rh8 33.Ru2 Rxe2 3 4 . Ne5
Rxb1. 35.Rc8 + Kh7 36.(5 Rn
37.&4 Rel 38.Ng6 ReS 39.Rxe8
Nxe8 40.Kg2 Nd6 4l .Ne7 Nc4
4l.a4 d4 43.Kf2 d 3 44.h4 aS!
45.&5 b5 46.axbS a4 47.NdS a3
48.Nb4 hS!
Black needs to avoid exchanging
19
pawns. This h-pawo will late r play
a decisive role. Black now plans to
march his King to e5.
49.Kel
Accordin~
to Ourevich, also
lo,iog are 49.b6 Nxb6 50.K e3
Nd51 + 5l.Nxd5 a2 and 49.Na2 Kg8
50.b6 Nxb6 5l.Ke3 Nc4+ 52.Kxd3
Nd6 S3.f6 gxf6 54.gxf6 Nf5 55.Kc3
Nxh4 S6. Nb4 Nf3 S7. Nd5 b 4
58.Nf4 K f7 59.Kb3 Kxf6 60.Ka3
Kf5 6t.Nh3 K g4 62.Nf2 Kg3
63.Ne4+ Kg2 64.Nf6 b3 6S.Ng4
NeS.
49... K&8 SO.Kdl
Or SO.b6 Nxb6 S l.Kd2 NdS!
S2.Na2 Nf4 winning.
SO ... Kn Sl.Kcl Kt7 SZ.Kbl
S2.b6 still does not work due to
S2 ... Nxb6 53.Kd2 Kd6 54.Kxd3
NdS SS.Na2 Nf4 S6.Kc3 Ng2.
A fterr the text, 53. Nxd3 is
threatened.
S2 ... dl S3.Kcl Kd6 S4.b6 Nxb6
SS.Kxdl Nd5 56.Ncl al. 57.Nal
O r 57.Kcl Ne3 ! 58.Na 1 Nx£5
winning.
57... Ke5 58.!6 gxf6 59.gxf6 Kxf6
60.Kc1. KtS 6l.Kb3
If 61.Kb2, then 61...Kg4 62.Nb3
Kxh4 63.Nc5 Kg4 6 4.Ne4 h4
65.~a2 Nc3+! 66.Nxc3 h3 67.Ne4
h2 68.Nf2+ Kf3 winning.
61...Kg4 62.Ka2 Kxh4 63.Nb3
Kg4 64.N cS b4 65.Ne4 Nc3 +
66. xc3 h3 0-1
Illustrative Game 9
s~asser ~irawaif'l
"M Ulf Andersson .)
\ . __./' SlceUaftt.a 1989
l.d4 Nf6 2.Nt3 ~ 3.BgS cS 4.e3
Be7 S.Nbd2 b6 6.c3 8b7 7.Bd3
Nc6 8.a3
White wants to play e4 without
wo rrying about ....cxd4 and ...Nb4.
8 ...0-0?!
· Allowing W hite to create a
strong ceoter. Better is 8...Nd5.
9.e4 d6
According to Seirawan, 9... Nh.5
can be met with 10.Be3l f5 l l.exf5
exf.S 12.d5 Na5 (if 12 ...f4, then
13.dxc6 Bxc6 14. Ne5 +· o r
13... fxe3 14.exb7 exd2+ 15.Nxd2
+ ·) 13.Qc2 £41? (if 13_.g6, then
14.Bh6 Re8 15.0-0 Bxd5 16.Bxf5
Bxf3 17.Nxf3 gxfS l S.QxfS Ng7
19.Q d5+ with a strong attack)
14.Bxh7 + K.h8 1S.Ne5 fxe3 (not
IS... Nf6 16.Ng6+ I<xb7 17.Nxe7 +
+·) 16.Ng6+ Kxh7 17.Nxf8+ Kg8
18.Q b7+ Kx £8 19.Qh8+ Kf7
20.Qxh5+ Kg8 21.fxe3 unclear.
10.b3
In order to meet JO... h6 wi th
l l.Be3 and not have to wo r ry
about ... Ng4.
lO.••cxd4 11.cxd4 e5 12.d5 Nb8
13.Be3
Meeting the threat of 13.-NxdS.
White's advantage is from his greatet
control of space and the hole at c6.
13 ... Nbd7 l4.b4 Rc8 IS.RcJ ?!
20
_Witb such an advantagei'!_!Qace,
it is better not to e:cchan gc:_pi~ces:­
·Bmer was - 15.0·0 R c3 l~. Q e2
'Qbll 17.Rfd l Rfc8 18.Nfll fo l-
lowed by Bd2. --
l4...Nh5 16.0· 0 Rxcl 17.Q"cl
" Not 17 ... Nf4 18.Bxf4 ex£4
19.Nd4 eyeing the weakness at c6.
18 .Q c2 Qb8 l9 .Qa4 Rd8
20.Rd?!
Again it is better oo t to ex-
change Rooks. White could have
kept a bi g advantage with 20.Bb5
Nf8 2l .Bc6 f5 22.Bb6 Nf6 23.Ng5.
20...Rc8 2l.Rxc8+ Bxc8 l2.g4
Better is 22 .Qc2 fo llowed by
queenside expansion with a3-a4.
n ...Ng7
Not 22... Nf4 23.Bxf4 exf4
24.Nd4 and now 24.•.Ne5 loses a
piece to 2S.Qe8+ B£8 26.Ba6.
23.Ba6
T his leads to an exchange of
Queens. However, Wh ite bas no
advantage in the e ndgame.
23 . .. 8xa6 24.Qxd7 Qb7
25.Qxb7 B:xb7 26.Nel
This Knight would like to go to
c6. This move abo allows White to
secure his p awn chain with £3.
26.- fS 27.f3 hS?
A fatal error. Now White is able
to maneuvcr his Knight to c6. Cor·
re et is 27 ... B a6 28.a4 Be2!
t hreatening ...Bdl.
28.gxf5 gxfS l9.b5
Nel -c2-b4-c6 will be decisive.
l9••. Ne8 30.Ncl Bh4 3l.Bt2 BgS
32.Nc4 Kr7 33.Nb4 fXe4 34.fXe4
Ke7 3S.Kg2 Kd7 36.a4 K c7
37.Nc6 Bxc6 38.dxc6 Nf6 39.a5
bxaS 40.Bxa7 Nxe4 41.Nxa5 1-0
 Black cannot stop the b.pawn.
/UustraJive Gam4 10
CM Vlado.KovaCiVIc \.
IM Dragoljab Minic '
/(Qrf()VQC 1977
l .d4 ri l .NO Nffi J.BgS c5 4.t3
Bt7 S.Nbdl b6 6.c3 Bb7 7.Bd3
cxd4 8.exd4 0-0?
It is very risky to castle in this
variation before White has done so
as well. Better is 8 ...d6.
9.b4! Ne8?
Better is 9... d6, altho ugh White
has a big advantage after 10.Blff61 IM Carsten Hoi
Bxf6 11.Qc2! ( not 1 l.Bxb7+ ? GM Boris Gulko
Kxh7 12.Ng!5 + Kh6! 13. 0g4 e.S -+)
1l...g6 {1L .h6 12.g4) 12.h!5 Qe8. Anno tated by GM! Yasscr
The idea o f the text mo,·e is to Seirawan.
close the bl -b7 diagonal with ... CS.
l .d-4 t6 2.NO c5 3.e3 Nr6 4.Bd3
JO.g4! fS ll.pfS txlS U.QbJ + b6 S.0-0 Bb 7 6.Nbd2 cxd4
Kh8
If J2. ..d5, then 13.0·0.0 Nd6
14.Rdel Ne4? 15.Bxe4 fxe4
16.Rxe4 + -.
13.0·0·0 Nd6 14.Rdel Bxg5
Black had oo choice but to o~n
the h·file. If 14... Bf6, then IS.Qa3.
lS.hxgS g6
If 1S... Nc6, then 16.N h4.
21
16.dS! Kc8
If 1S... Na6, then 16.Bu6 Bxa6
l 7.QaJ wins a pieoe.
17.Q'b4 Nf7
On 17... Qc7, Kovacevic gives tbe
following variation: 18.Qb4 Rn
19. Ne5 R g7 20. Nxg6! bxg6
2t.Qh8 + K£7 22. Re7+ K.xe7
23.0xg7+ N£7 24.Rel +.
J8.QM h6
If 18. .. b5, then 19.Bxf51
19.Regl BxdS 20.Qd4 l-0
/IIILSYQJ{.... Oamt 11
Thes.salor~iki Olymp/4d 1988
7.e.xd4 Bc7 8. Rel 0-0 9.c3 d6
JO.Qel Re8 1 J.N U Nbd7
12..Ng3 Bf8
Black has an excellent defensive
setup. He is now preparing to
break with ...e6-e5. Afterwards,
h is o nly concern would be t he
potential weakness of t he £5
square.
13.Bg5 h6 !?
This move doesn't fit imwith the
plan of ...e6-e5. so Black deddes
on another course. I prefer ... Qc7
fo llowed by ... g7-g6, ... Bg7 and
... e6-e5. Still, this is all a matter of
taste.
14.Bd2 Qc7 lS.BcU!
White is floundering without a
phm. A normal course wo uld be to
press matters on the q ueenside
with 15. Ba6 and a2-a4-a5. Like the
text, this plan would step out of the
...e6-e5-e4 hit.
tS...BdS
Black immediately tries to take
advantage of the weakening of c4.
The deployment of the Bisho p on
dS is very provocative and gives
White a plan. Perhaps the modest
15 ...Bc6 preparing ...b6-b5, secur-
ing dS for the Knight, was better.
t6.b3 Qb7 17.Nh4 bS 18.Qd3
Wha t does o ne make of this
position? It's easy to get t he im-
pression that White has been out-
played and that Black has taken
over the initiative. Black feels jus-
tified he re in punishing White for
his play. This explains Boris's
o ve rly optimistic thrust ...g7-g5,
which be plays t his move. The
problem as I see it is tbat Black's
pieces are ill-prepared to support
t his thrust. Particularly un-
favorable is the placement or the
Knight on d7. But outside of ...g7-
g5, does Black have another plan?
1f Black sits, perhaps Wbite will try
f2-f4 and build up a "real" kiogside
attack.
18... g5?! l9.Nf3 Bxt3 20.p;f3
8~7 2t.h4! p:b4 22.Ne4 Qc6
23.Khl !
22
Suddenly Blade is in big trouble.
White has two screaming Bishops
and the open g-file. Boris tries to
force White's hand witb a provoca-
tive defense.
23...NhS
The purpo$e of this move is to
play ...f7-fS as quickJy as possible.
l4.R,g1 Kf'8
Black is convinced that 24._£5
25.Bxh6 quickly torches his King.
2S.Rxg7! Kxg7
Mandatory, as 25 ... Nxg7 26.Bxh6
f.5 27.Rg l Re7 28.Qe3 fxe4
29.Rxg7 Rxg7 30.Qg5 is curtains.
26.Bxh6+ !!
A magnificent follow-up to the
Exchange sacrifice. White can't
allow the Black King to waltz to
safe ty via e7. Thus 26.Rgl + Kf8
27.Bxh6+ Ke7 wo uld lead to a
dead e nd.
26...Kxh6 27.Rgl
White's attack is frigh tening. In
all likelihood Black is lost here and
now. T he defensive resource
_. Ng3 + seemed to offer hope. I
can't fin d a way to moke it work
though. White t hrea tens the
simple 28.Qe3 + Kh7 29.Nf6+ Kh8
30.0h6 mate. Against this Black:
can try to plug the c l·h6 diagonal
 •
with ...c6-e5 and ... Nf4, or continue
as in the game. If 2Le5 28.Nxd6,
""; th the threats of Qh7 mate and Nxf7
mate, is immediate ly decisive. It
should also be noted that these l1'l()Ve<i
had takcu a toll o o White's doclc.
2 7...fS 28.Qe3 + f4
The retreat 28... Kh7 is met by
tbe brutal 29.Qg.5 and if 29- .Ng3+
30.fxg3 h3, crying to keep the g-file
closed , 31.g4 and , to quote
Kortchnoi, " Black experie nces un-
pleasant sensatio ns."
After investing a pawn, Rook and
B ishop in tbe attack, White offers
more, with o ne ai m: Checkmate!
29 .Nxd6! Q xd6 30.Qd3 Nf8
3l.Qb7 + 1-0
The final posi t ion de$erves a
diagram too.
23
Wbat horrible irony to be mated
by a Rook supported by the Bishop
which made such a strange retreat
o n move fifteen.
.
B ) .f.cl
We C11aminc 81 ) 4 •..cxd4, Bl)
4 ... h6, 8 3) 4...Qb6.
Alternatives are:
a) 4... b6 5.e4
a 1) 5 ...h6 6.Bxf6 Oxf6 7.Bd3 Qd8
8.0·0 Ba6? ! (8-.Be7 9.Nbd2 +.,)
9.Bxa6 Nxa6 lO.dS Nb8 I t.NeS
Bd6 12 Nxf7! Kxli l3.dxe6+ Ke7
14.e5 Bxe5 15.Q f3 d5 16.Qt7 +
Kd6 17.Rdl Kc6? ( 17...0e8) 1Kc4
Qf6 J9.cxd5+ Kd6 20.Qb7 +-.
Lu t ikov-Velimiro vic, Sukhumi
l%6.
o2) 5... Be7 6.Nbd2 Bb7 7.Bd3
cxc14 8.cxd4 h6 9.Bh4 dS JO.e5 Ne4
11.!Bxe7 Oxe7 12.0-0 0 ·0 13.Rcl
Nxd2 14.Qxd2 Ba6 15.R c3 + = ,
M~u na-Ostojic, Germany 1992.
b) 4.-Be7 5.Nbd2 b6 6.e4 0-0
7.8<13 Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6 9.0 -0 d6
IO.Qe2 Ne? ll.Rudl NbS 12.Be3
Qc8 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.e5 + = ,
Med una-Brunner, German
League 1989.
81) 4.•. cxd4
S.cxd4
5.Nxd4
a) 5...Be7 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2 0 ·0
8.0-0 b6 9.Bd6 Bxf6 10.e3 d S
1 l.Na3 Bd712.Nb3 Qe713.Rcl Rfd8
14.Qe2 R ac8 15.Rfd l NeS = +,
Avcrbakh-Kovacs, Budapest 1970.
b) 5...d5 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.e4 dxe4
8.Nxe4 ~7 9.Nxf6 + Bx:£6 10.Bxf6
Nx£6 =, Trifunovic-Pirc, Amster-
dam 1970.
S...QaS+
a) s... Qb6
al) 6. Qc2 Nc6 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.e3
dS 9.Nc3 Bd7 10.Be2 Be7 11.0-0
0 -0 12.Na4 Qc7 13 .N c5 Rfc8
14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.Qa4 =.Larseo-
Portisch, Tilburg 1980.
a2) 6.Qc1 Nc6 7.e3 Be7 8.Nc3
0 -0 9.Be2 h6 10.Bh4 d6 =.
Ho rt-
Ko rtchnol, Wijk aan Zee 1971.
b) 5 ... d5 6.N c3 Be7 7.e3 0 -0
8.Bd3 b6 9.Ne5 Nrd7 IO.Nxd7
Qxd7 ll.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Qe2 Nc6
13.a3 Bb7 14.0-0 Rfc8 •, Tuk·
makov- Ka pengut. USSR 1972.
c) s·... Nc6 6.Nc3 dS 7.e3 Qb6
8.R bl Bd7 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Bd3 Be7
11.0-0 ReS 12.Nd2 £5 13.Qb5 Qd8
14.R bcl Bd6 15.f4 Qf6 16.Nf3 Be7
=. Trifun ovic-Darga, Sarajevo
1962.
24
6.8dl Q!HS 7.Nc3 dS 8.e3 Nc6
~-al
9.Na4 Qd8 l O.Rcl Bd6 11.Bd3
0 -0 12.0-0 Ne4 = , Sakov-Zait-
sev, USSR 1959.
9...Bd610.Be2 0-0
W ith equality, Lechtynsky-
Yudasin, Trnava 1983.
82) ..... h6
5.Bb4
5.Bxf6 Oxf6 6.e4 (6.Nbd2?! cxd4
7.cxd4 Nc6 8.e3 g5!? unclear,
L echtynslcy-Ye limirovic, Banja
Luka 1985) 6 ...cxd4 (6... Nc6 7.a3
d6 8.d5 exd5 9.exd5 NeS IO.Bb5+
Kd8? ! [ 1O... Bd7] ll.N bd2 + =,
Augustin-La n ~. Brno 1975) 7.cxd4
Bb4+ 8.Nc3 0-0 9.a3?! (better is
9.R c l ) 9...Bxc3 10.bxc3 d6 1l..Bd3
e5 12.h3 Nc6 =+, Orlov-Psakbis,
Philadelphia 1992.
After 5.Bh4. nif unovic-Nemet,
Yugoslavia 1963 continued S...cxd4
6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4
9.Qb3 Nc6 10.e3 Qb6 l l.Rc l dS
J2.Bd3 xg3 t 3.bxg3 f~ t 4.a3 +=.
83) 4••. Qb6
5.Qb3
a) S.Nbd2!? Qxb2 6. Nc4 Qb5
(6 ... Qxc3+ 7.Bd2 Qxc4 8.e4 + · )
7.e4 Qc6 8.d5 exd.5 9.Nce5 (9.exd5
Qxd5 10.B d3 Qe6 + [10... K d8
11.0-0 d6 12.Qc2 Kc7 13.Ne3 Q c6
14.Rab l + • , Rytov-Osul, U SSR
1978] 11.Kd2 dS [Sokolov-
Muratov, U SSR 1973 ) 12.Re l
Ne4 + 13. Kc2 unclea r) 9 ... Q c7
I O.exd5 d6 11. Qa4 + Kd8?
(1 L .Bd7 l 2.Nxd7 Nbxd7 13.Bxf6
gJCf614.Nb4 with compensation for
the pawn) 12.Qf4! Qe7 13.0 · 0 ·0 !
dxe5 14.Nxe5 Nbd7 15.Nc6+ bxc6
16.dxc6 c4 17.Bxc4 Qa3+ 18.Kbl
Qxc3 19.c7+ Ke8 20.Rhe l + Be7
21.Qd6 QKc4 22.QKe7 1-0,
Sokolov- Dobosz, Primorsko 1970.
b) 5.Qc2
bl ) 5...d5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bxf6 gx£6
8.Nbd2 Bd7 9.Be2 fS 10.0 -0 +~~:~::,
Bobm-Oiafssoo, Amsterdam 1976.
b2) 5 ... Nc6 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.dxc5
Bxc5 8.e4 Rg8 9.g;3 Qc7 10.Nbd2
b6 11.Nb3 Be7 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.Qe2
a6 14.a4 h5 tS.R£1 Rg4 -=, G. Gar-
cia-Gipslis, USSR 1"983.
5 ... Nc6
a) S...cxd4 6.cxd4 Ne4 7.Bf4 Nc6
8.e3 Bb4+ 9.Nbd27 (9.Nfd2 ;;)
9 ...g5 10.Bxg5 Bxd2+ l 1.Nxd2 QaS
0-1, Sangla-Karpov, Riga 1%8.
b ) 5 ...N e4
bl) 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.e3 Be?
bll ) 8.Bd3 d5 9.Bxe4 dxe4
W.Nfd2 f5 tl .Nc4 Qd8 t 2.Nba3 g5
13. Be5 0 -0 14.0-0-0 unclea r.
Sokolov-Karpov, USSR 1977.
b12) 8.N bd2 Nx<12 9.Nxd2 d5
aO.Qxb6 axb6 li.Bc7 BdR 12.Bd6
Be7 =, KJa ric-Suba~ Sochi 1977.
b2) 6.Bh4 Nc6 7.e3 d5 8.Bd3 Bd6
(8... f5) 9.Bxe 4 dxe4 10.Nfd2 fS
ill.Nc4 Qc7 12.Nba3 Qd7 13.Nb5
Bb8 14.dxc5 Ne5 t .S. NxeS l-0, Ud-
tovski-Popov, USSR Champion-
ship 1979 (1S...Bxe5 16.RdJ).
6.e3
6.Qxb67! axb6 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.e3
d5 9.Na3 c4 =+, Minogina-Aiek-
sandra, Thilisi 1979.
6 .. .dS
6...Qxb3 7.axb3 dS 8.Nbd2 6d6
9.Be2 0 -0 10.0-0 Bd7 ll.dxc5
B.xc5 12.b4 Bb6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.e4
+ =, Trifunovic- Zuidema, Bel-
grade 1964.
7.Nbd2 Be?
25
a) 7... Bd7 8.Be2 cxd4 9.exd4?
(9.Qxb6 axb6 10.Nxd4 Nxd4
l 1.exd4 •) 9 ... Bd6 10.0-0 h 6
11.I;lb4 NbS =+, K ostic-Capa-
blanca, New York 1919.
b) 7 ...Bd6 8.Be2 Bd7 9.0 -0 0 -0
l O.dKc5 Bxc5 ll.Rad 1 Rfd8
12.Qxb6 Bxb6 13.c4 Ne7 14.Ne5
+ =, Koromara-Parma, Sarajevo
1964.
8.Bd 0 -0 9.0-0
White st ands slightly better.
'IWo examples:
a) 9...Bd7 to.Ne5 Be8 ll.f4 cxd4
12.Qxb6 axb6 13.cxd4 Bd6 14.a3
Nd7 15. Bb4 f6 16.N d3 Bg6 =,
lvkov-Tal, Varna Olympiad 1962.
b) 9...h610.Bh4 ReSt l.Ne5 Nd?
12.Bxe7 Rxe7 13.f4 CKd4 14.Qxb6
Nxb6 lS.exd4 Bd7 16.Nb3 .Be8
17. NcS +=, L utikov-Karpov,
USSR 1971.
C) 4.e4
Other seldo m p layed moves are:
a) 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Qxd 4 Nc6 6.Qb4
h6 7.e4 Rg8 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.0~0·0
a6 10. Bc 4 Ne5 1l.Bb3 Rxg2
12.Nd4 d6 t3.Qh3 R:g8 l4.f4 Ng6
15.f5 Nf4 16.fxe6 Bxe6 17.Qf3
Bxb3 t8.axb3 Ng619.Nd5 +-, Gur-
genidze-Kapengut, USSR 1981.
 b) 4.d5 QaS + S.Bd2 Qb6 6.c4 8.Bg3 NbS 9 .Bb5 g4 10.Bh4 Qb6
Qxb2 7.Nc3 Qb6 8.e4 d6 : + , 1t.Bxc6 Qxc6 12.Nxd4 Qxg2
Shamkovich-Antoshm, USSR 13.R£1 Qxb2 ·+, Malicb-Adarnski,
1961. Leipzig 1977.
Sw.h6 6.Bh4 &5 7 .Bg3
Not 7.NxgS'! hxg5 8.Bxg5 QaS+
or 7.exf6 gxb4 s.Qxd4 h3 9.g3 Nc6
lO.Qh4 Qb6 11.b3'!! BcS ·+.
After 7.8,3, we have two older
examples:
a) 7... Ne4 8.Qxd4 Nxg3 9.hxg3
Nc6 lO.Qe4 Qb6 ll.Nbd2 QxbZ
12.Rbl Qc3 • +, Apscheneek-
Kasbdan, Hamburg Olympiad 1930.
b) 7... Nb5 8.Qxd4 Nc6 9.Qe4 Bg7
10.Bb5 Qc7 tl .Bxc6 Qxo6 12.Qe2
Qc.5 13.0.0 Nxg3 14.hxg3 g4 =+,
4."cxd4 Marshall-Nimz.ovitch, Berlin 1938.
a) 4 ... Qb6?! 5.Nbd2 cxd4
(S... Qxb27 6.Nc4 Qb4+ 7 .c3 Coodusion: After I .d4 Nf6
Qxc3 + 8.Bd2) 6.e5 Nd5 2.Nf3 e6 3.BgS cS 4.e3, 4... b6?1
al) 7.Nc4 Qb4+ 8.Nfd2 b5 9.a3 should never be played but oft~o
Qa4 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 ll.exd6, is by naive victims. 4 ... Qb6!? is
Schlage-Kocb, Berlin 1929. Now very sharp and both sides need to
Hart suggests 11...Qa6. be well versed in all the varia-
a2) 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bb4 Nc6 9.0-0 tions. 4 . .. h6 and 4 ... Be7 are
Qc7 IO.Re 1 Ndb4 lt .Be4 d5 popular and solid . 4.c3 avoids the
12.exd6 Qxd6 13.c3! Basman-An- poisoned pawn variation , but
toshio, Sinaia 1965. Black should equalize after either
b) 4... Qa5+ ?l 5.Qd2 (S.Nbd2 4 . .. cxd4 or 4...0b6. 4.e4?! Is
cxd4 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.Nb3 dubious.
QeS 9 .c3 fS : + , Steiner-Fine,
USA 1944; 5... Nxe4 6. b4 Qxb4
7.RbJ Qc3 Draw, Steiner-
Opocensky, 1930) 5... Qxd2+
6.Nbxd2 cxd4 7.Nxd4 a6 8.e5 +=,
Grav-Coria, Buenos Aires 1931.
c) 4 ...b6?! 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.e5 Od8
7.d5 exdS 8.Qxd5 Be7 9.Nc3 0-0
10. 0~ 0-0 Nc6 11.Qe4 d6, Malich-
Zaitsev, Berlin 1968. Now accord-
ing to Ublmann, White should play
12.Bd3! g6 t3.Bc4 BfS t4.Qe3 +=.
S.tS
S.Nbd2 Nc6 6 .e5 h6 7.Bb4 g5
26
 •
Chapter 2
t.d4 N~ l.NG e6 3.8g5 h6
Now White can either retreat A)
4.Bh4 or exchange 8 ) 4.8x:F6.
A) 4.Bh4
.....gs
O ther moves should transpose to
tbe other variations we examined
in the previous chapter. Here are
some exceptions. Exa mpies in
which Black postpones ...g5:
a) 4...c5 5.e3 Nc6 6 .c3 g57! 7. Bg3
N e 4 8.d5 exd5 9.Qxd5 Qe7
10.Nix:l2 Nxg3 1l.hxg3 Rg8 12Qe4
+ =, Bro ns tein- Van den Bergb,
Beverwijk 1963.
b) 4...d6 5.Nbd2 g5 6.Bg3 Nh5
7 .e3 Bg7 8.c3 Nd7 9.Be2 Ndf6
10.0 -0 Qe7 ll.e 4 Nxg3 12.hxg3
Q . Q 13.Bd3 b6 14.Qe2 Bb7
1S.Ba6 Bc6 16.Bb5 Bb7 17.B a6
Dc6 Draw, Seirawao-Ehlves t,
Skelleftea 1989.
Here is ao e~ample in which ... g5
is not playe d:
4... b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Nbd2 d6 7.c3
Nbd7 8.Bc4 Be7 9.0 -0 0 -0
1O.Qe2 cS t l .Ba6 Bxa6 12.0xa6 d5
13.R fdl Qc8 14.Qe2 ReS IS.e4
d~e4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Bxh4
18.Qxh4 e5 19.dxc5 Nxc5 20.Rd5
QfS 21.Radl Qc2 Z2.RSd2 QfS
23..RdS Qc2 24.R.Sd2 QC5 Draw,
Yermolinsky- Romanish io, Sim-
feropol 1988.
5 .1Jg3 Ne4
.a) S ... NhS 6.8e5 ffi 7.Qd3 Kf7
8.g4 Ng7 9.Bg3 h5 10.gxb5 Nxh5
ll.e4 dS unclear, Van Scheltioga-
Portisch, Beverwijk 1965.
lb) s... d6 6.Nbd2 (o.h3) 6... Nb5
7.e3 Bg7 8.c3 FS 9.Bc41 Qe7 10.Ng1
N£6 11.£4 ( I J.£3 e5 ~ +) ll...Nc6
12. Nf3 Bd7 13.Q re 2 0 -0 -0
14.0-0-0 Nb5 =+, Trifunovic-
Kortchnoi, Havana 1963.
6.NM2
a) 6.Qd3 Nxg3 7_hxg3 Bg7 8.Nc3
d6 9.0-0 -0 Nd7 10.e3 a6 ll.Nd2
bS 12.f4 Bb7 13.Kb l Qe7 14.Nb3
0-0-0 •, Larsen-ByiCOe, Las Pal·
mas 1976.
b) 6.Nfd2 Nxg3 7.mxg3 dS 8.e3
Bg7 (8...c5 9.dxc5 Bg;7 10.c3 Qc?
t l.e4 0 -0 12.Be2 Rd& unclear)
9.c3 Nd7 10.Bd3 c5 11.0-0 +::::,
Bohm-Hamaon, Amsterdam 1975.
6w.NxeJ 7.hxg3 8g7 8.e3
!For 8.c3, see Illustrative Game 12
8 ... d6 9.Bd3 Ne6 l O.c3 Qe7
ll.Qc2
 The position is unclear. Some
examples:
a) 11...Bd7
at) 12.0-0-0 0-0-0 {12 ... a5
13.e4 a4 14.a3 Na5 IS.Rdel +=,
Petrosiao-Bo tviooilc, USSR
Championship 1951 ) 13.g4 Rdf8
14.Nfl fS l5.d5 Ne5 16.Nxe5 BxeS
J 7.dxe6 Qxe6 18.Bxf5 Qxa2
19.Bxd7 + Kxd7 20.1'3 aS 2l .Nd2 b5
22.Qb3 Qxb3 23.Nxb3 a4 24.Nd4
Rb8 25.Kc1 Draw, Mih. Tseitlin- I9••. hS
Levitt. Polaoica Zdroj 1988. Black loses quickly after 19...a4?
a2) 12.g4 Qf8 13.0-0 -0 0 -0-0 20.Bh5+ Ke7 21.Nf5+ ! Kf6
22.Rxd7 axb3 23.Rf7 mate. How-
t4.Nc4 Kb8 1S.e4 Ne7 t6.Ne3 + =,
ever, after the text White has a
Meduna- Pra nd$ tetter , Erevan
combination that wins material.
1984.
ZO.Bxh! +! Rxh5 2l.Rxd7 Kxd7
b) Jl...f5 12.e4 Bd7 13.0-0-0
22.Qdl + Kc6 23.Qxh5 Qe7
fxe4 J4.Nxe4 0-0-0 15.Kbl On lf23.. .b4, 24.Qn bxc3 25.Qxe6+ .
16.Qb3 Kb8 17.Rhel Rhf8 18.Bc2 24.Rdl a4 2S.a3 Bffi 26.Kbl Kb6
b6 =.Ho rt-Bro wne, Lo ndon 1979. 27.Qp Rf8 28.Rd3 c6 29.c4 b4
3 0.axb4 Q xb4 3 t.Rc3 Ka6
Illustrative Game ll
32. Nc2 Qd6 JJ.c5 Qd2 34.Rc4
GM Mikhail Tseitlin ( '1
.
IM Pawel Stemptn
' .. ./ QdJ 35.Ra4 + Kb5 36 .Rb4 +
Polanial Zdroj 1989
KxeS 37.b3 Qdl + 38.Kb2 Qd7
39.Qh5 Qd2 40.Qh7 Kd6 4l.Rb7
Rd8 42.b4 1-0
l.d4 Nt6 2 . Nf3 eo 3.Bg5 h6
4.Bh4 gS 5.Bg3 Ne4 6. Nbd2 8) 4.B:x f6
Nxg3 7.hxg3 Bg7 8.c3 d6 9.e4 4~.Qxr~

Qe7 JO.Bd3 Nc6 ll.Qb3 a 6

12.0-0-0 bS lJ.Rhel Bd7
J4.dS NeS
White has a large advantage
after 14... Na5 l5.Qa3 Nb7 16.dxe6
fxe6 17.e5 Nc5 18.Bg6+ .
l5.Nxe5 dxeS 16.Nfl Q cS
Better is 16... 0 -0
17.Ne3 aS l 8.dxc6 fxoo 19.Be2

ln this variation Black bas tbe
two Bishops, but White gets the
ceoter and a lead in development.
B lack has a sound position, but has
'tO play exactly to avoid a quick
:knockout, as GM H odgson has
demonst rated in many of his
games. We examine Bl ) S.e4 and
Bl) S.Nbdl.
Bl) S.c4
Several move$ have been played
tin this position: Bll) s_.d6, Bl2)
.S•.•dS, Bl3) S...cS, R 14) S... b6, 815)
s.. -e6, Blfi) s...Nc6.
Bll) 5 ... d6
We examine Blll ) ~.Nc3
Blll) 6.Nbd2.
~ldom s~n ~re;
a) 6.e5 Qe77.Nbd2 g6 8.Bd3 Bg7
9.0-0 dxe5 10.dxe5 No6 11.Qe2
Bd7 12.g3 gS unclear, Grivas-
Luther, Lenin&rad 1989.
b) 6.c3 Nd7 7.Bd3 b6 8.0·0 Bb7
9.a4 a6 10.Nbd2 Qd8 ll.Nel cS
12.Qg4 cxd4 13.cxd4 eS 14.f4 +=,
Dreev-Kengis, USSR 1988.
c) 6.Bd3
cl) 6...g6 7.0·0 Bg7 8.e5 Qe7
'9.Qe2 Nd7 IO.o4 cS 11.Nc3 (Sideif-
Zade-A. Ivanov, USS R 1985)
,
JL .0-0 12.Nb5 dxeS 13.dxeS a6
1 4.Nc3 bS unclear.
c2) 6 ...e5 7 .c3 Be7 8.Nbd2 0-0
9.0·0 Nc6 IO.dxeS Nxe5 ll.Nxe5
dxeS 12.Qe2 aS 13.a4 Bc5 =,
Spiridonov-Zaichilc, USSR 1984.
c3) 6 ... Nc6 7.c3 gS 8.Nbd2 g4
9.Ngl b5 10.Qb3 Bh6 1 LNc4 e5
12.c:Lte5 Nxe5 13.Nxe!S dxe5 J4.Ne2
h4 IS.Rdl c6 16.a4 Bg5 = + , I.
lvanov-Browne, U.S. Champion-
ship 1989.
c4) 6.-Nd7 7 .0 -0 gS 8.c3 Bg7
9.Nbd2 0 -0 10.b4 eS ll.d5 b5?!
12Nc4 ReS 13.Nfd2 g4 t4.f3 with a
large advantage to White, Sandler-
P~ askett, H astings 1989-90.
8111) 6.Nc3
And now Black has played
811 tt) fi ...a6 and BllU) 6...Nd7.
Bu u ) ' · ·a'
a) Worth consideTing is 6... a6
7.e5 Qd8 8.Bd3 d5 9.Ne2 cS 10.c3.
a 1) 10...Nc6 11.0-0 Bd7 12.Qd2
J3.Rad1 (better is l3.dxc5 BxcS
14.b4) l 3.-cxd4 14.cxd4 Be7 with a
big advanrage for Black, Thrpugov-
and Botvinnik, Moscow 1951.
a2) IO...Ob6 lt.O..O? (better is
ll.Rbl Bd7 12.0·0 Bb5 ==)
ll ... Qxb2? (better is 1l...c4 12.&2
Qxb2 = +) 12.Rbl Qa3 13.c4 dxc4
14.Be4 cxd4 15.Qxd4· Bc5 16.Qxc4
Q.O unclear, Yap-Sax, Szi rak
1985.
b ) 6 ...g5?! 7.e5! Oe7 8 .b4 g4
9.Nd2 h5 to.f4 gx.f3 ll.NxD Nc6
12.Bb5 Bd7 13.Qe2 dxe.S l4.Bxc6
Bxc6 l S.NxeS Qb4 16.0-0-0 Bg?
17. Nxf7! Kxf1 18.Rhfl + Bf6
19.d5! exd5 20.Rxf6+ 1-0, King-
Summermatter, Germany 1989.
29
 c) 6 ... c6 7.Qd2 (if 7.e5, B lack
sho uld play 7 ... Qd8 instead of
7 •.• dxe5?! 8.dxe5 Q£4 9.g3 Qb4
IO.a3 Q a5 1 t.b4 Qc7 12.Ne4 with a
large advantage, P·e trosian-
Taimanov, USSR team champion-
s hip 1960) 7 ... e5 8.0-0 -0 Be7
9.Kbt Nd7 10.h4 cxd4?! 1 LNxd4
Ne5 12.f4 Ng4 J3.h5 Bd8 14.Ndb5l
cxbS 15.Bxb5+ Bd7 (15 ... 1<£8
would h ave held o ut longer, al-
though a fte r 16.e5 White b as a
very strong attack) 16.Bxd7+ Kxd7
17.Qe2 Qxf4 18.Rhfl QgS 19.Rf5
Qh4 20. Qb5+ Kc8 21.Rxf7 Be7
22.Nd5 J-0, Hodgson-S. Polgar.
Lucerne 1989.
d) For 6...Nc6, see Illustrative
Game 13.
7.Qd2
a) 7.Bb5+ Nd7
a l ) 8.e5 Qe7 9.dS!? dxe5 IO.Qe2
Bg7 11.0-0-0 0-0 t2.Rhet e4 =,
Shabalov-lvaoov, USSR 1987.
a2) 8.Bxd7+ Bxd7 9.Qd2 Bg7
10.0 -0 0-0 ll.RfeJ Qe712.Radl
a6 13.e5 Rfd8 14.Qf4 Bc6 JS.exd6
Rtd6 J6.Ne4 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 c6 =,
Bany-Levitt, Polanica Z droj 1988.
b) 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.Qe2 Nd7
9.0 -0 -0 a6 10.Rbel eS?l (better
is 10...Qe7) l l. Nd5 Qd8 12.dxe5
dxe5 13.M c6 J4.Ne3 h5 J5.Bc4 bS
16.Bb3 Qe7 17.Ng5 0 ·0 18.Nf5!
gx£5 19.R xd71 Qxd7 20.Rdl + -,
Velikov-D. Cramling, Reggio
Emilia 1980.
c) Fo r 7.e5, see Illustr a tive
Game 14.
7 ... Qe7
7...Bg7 8.0·0 ·0
a) 8 ... 0 e7 9.e5 dxe5 IO.Nxe5
Nd7 1 1.{4 NxeS 12.fxe5 Bd7 13.g3
0 ·0 14.Bg2 c5 15.dxc5 R fd8 + , =
30
Fernaodes-Wirrhensohn, Dubai
O lympiad 1986.
b) 8. ..Nc6 9.Bb5 0-0
b J) 1O.e5 dxe5 1 J.Bxc6 exd4
12.Ne4 Qe7 l3.Ba4 cS with co m -
p e n~uti o n, H o dgs o n- Eingorn,
Reykjavik 1989.
b2) 1O.Bxc6 bxc6 ll.eS QfS
12.Rbel cS 13.Ne4 dxeS 14.dxe5
.Bb7 l5.Qe3 .6xe5 J6. N~teS QxeS
l7.Nxc5 Qxe3 18.£xe3 Bxg2 19.Rd7
with compensation, Piket-Nijboer,
Wij k aan Zee 1990.
8.0·0· 0 a6 9.h4 Bg7
See Illustrative Game 15.
81112) 6... Nd7
7.Qd2
a) 7.d5 ~d5 (more so lid is 7...e5
and 8. .. g6 =) KNxd5 Qd8 9.Nd4
(stronge r is 9.Qd4 c6 10.Ne3 + =)
9...c6 10.Ne6!? O a5+ (10... fxe6??
tt.Qh5+) tl.b4 Q a3 12.Nec7-t-?!
(Better is 12.Ndc7+ Kc7 13.Nxf8
Qc3+ (l 3...Qxb4+ 14.Qd2 Qxd2+
1S.Kxd2 Rb8 • J 14.K e2 Nxf8
15.Nxa8 Ne6 16.f3 Nd4+ 17.K.f'2
Nxc 2 18. R c l QeJ+ + =, Maka-
richev) 12 ... Kd8 13.Rbl cxdS
14.Rb3 Oxb3 ( 14 ...0x.a2 l5.Nxa8
dxe4 16.Bc4 Ne5 17.Bd5) 15.axb3
Kxc7 16. Qxd 5 Lerner- Maka-
 •
r ichev, USSR 1982 and now Black
should play 16...Be7 17.Qxn Bf6
= +.
b) 7.Bd3 g6 8.Qe2 Bg7 9.0-0
0-0 lO.Rhel eS 1 I.Nd5 Qd8 12.c3
exd4 13 .Nxd4 Nc5 14. Bc2 Re8
15.f3 c616.Ne3 Oc7 17.Qd2 b5 un-
c lear, Morovic-Browne, Santiago
1981.
7 ...c6
a) Not 7...g6'! &. Nb5 Oll8 9.Qc3
c6 IO.dS.
b) 7...86 8.0-0-0.
bl) 8. ..g6 (8...c5'll 9.dxc5) 9.e5
(for 9.Bd3, see Illustrative Game
16)
bll) 9 ... Qe7 IO.Qf4 dxe5
t l.dxe5 Bg? 12.Bd3 g5 13.Qg3 h5
14.Rhel Bh6 15.Nd2 Nc5 ( 15 ...Bg7
16.h4) 16.Nde4 Nxc4 17.Nxe4 Kf8
18.Nf6 g4 + t9.Kb 1 Bg7 20.Qf4
Bh6 2J.Qe4 +=, H o rt- Wirtbeo-
sohn. San Bernardino 1984.
b12) 9 ...dxe5 JO.dxe.S Q e7
11.Ne4 Bg7 12.Qc3 Nb6 13.Nf6 +
K£8 14 .Be2 Bd7 15.Qxc7 Bb5
16.Qxb6 BxeZ l7 .Rd7 +·,
Hodgso n- Ward, Jlllringey 1988.
b2) 8. .. Qd8 9.h4 b5 tO.BdJ Bb7
I J.Kbl c5 12.dxc5 NxcS 13.Qe3 Q c7
14.Nd4 0 -0 -0 !? unclear, Hod~on­
Miles, Kuala Lumpu r, 1992.
31
8.0· 0 · 0 eS
This move may n o t b e best .
Wo rth conside ring is:
a) 8 ... Be7 9.Kbl e5 end now:
al) I~. Ne2 e11d4 ll .N[xd4 Qxfl
12. NfS B£8 13. Nxd6 + Bxd6
14.Qxd6 Qf6 15.Qc7 0-0 16.Ng3
Nc5 17.B c4 Be6 18 .Rhfl Q g6
19. Nf5 Kb8 unclear, M orovic-
Popovic, Bor 1985.
.a2) 10.h4 Nb6 (N,o t 10... Nf8?
1 J.dxe5 dxeS 12.Nb5) ll. a4 Bg4
12.a5 Bxf3 13.gxf3 e:xd4 14.Qxd4
Qxd4 l S.Rxd4 Nd7 =. Hodgson-
Carlier, Stavanger 1990.
b) 8...Qd8 9.Kbt Be7 10.h4 eS
ll.dJCe5 dxe5 12.g4 Qc7 13.Be2?1
Nr8 14.g5 b5 15. Qd3 Ng6 .. +,
Blatny-Tolnai, Stara Zagora 1990.
9.dxeS
For 9.b4?! see Jllus trative Game
17.
9...Nxt5
A mistake is 9 ...dxe5? tO.NbS!
a) I0 ...cJCb5 ll .Dxb5
Qe6
12 .Nxe5 Qxe5 13.Bxd7 + Ke7
I 4.8 xcR +-.
b) 10 ...Rb8 ll.Nxo7 Nc5 12.Nxc8
R xc& J3 .b4 Q e6 14 .bxc5 Bxc5
15.0c3 ~ -. Kli nger-King. Lucerne
1989.
c) !O... Kd8 ll.Qc3? (correct is
ll.Qa5+! b612.Qc3 cxbS 13.Bx:b5
Bd6 14.Qc6 or 12... a6 13.N'd6 Bxd6
14.Qxc6 +·) ll...cxbS J2.BxbS Bd6
13.Rxd6 Qxd6 14.Rdl Qc7 -+,
Hodgson- Mednis, Stavanger 1990.
After 9... N'xeS, strongly wortb
considering is 1O.Nd4. I nstead
Plaskett- Ward, Hastings t 989-90,
continued IO.NxeS QxeS l l.f4 Qa5
12.Bc4 Be7 13.Kb1 bS unclear.
8112) 6.Nbd2
6...Nd7
a) 6•..No6 7.c3 g68.Bb5 Bd7 9.0 -0
Bl7 10.e5 dxe5 11.Bxc6 Bxc6
12.Nxe5 Bb5 t3.Rel (Black also has
problems after 13.c4 Bc6 14.Nxc6
bxc6 15.Nf3 0 -0 16.Ne5)
13 ...0-0-0 14.a4 Be8 15.b4 +"",
Zlotnilc:-Andreiev, Burevestni1c 1976.
An example in which the Knights are
superior to the Bishop pair.
b ) 6 ...g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.e5 Qe7
9.0-0 Nd710.Rel dxe5 ll.dxe.S b6
t2.Qe2 Bb7 13.Qe3 Rd8 14.Qf4 g5
1S.Qg3 Qb4 16.Nc4 QcS 17.a4 Bd5
18.b3 Qe7 19.a5 B)[£3 20.axb6 axb6
21.gxt3 NcS unclear, Giffard- Kos-
te n, Canoes 1988.
c) 6.,_Qe7 7.Bd3 g6 8.0.0 eS 9.c3
Bg7 10. Nc4 0-0 ll.Ne3 Nd7
12.Rel Nf6 13.a4 c6 14.dxe5 <beeS
15.85 Ng4 16.Nc4 Be6 t 7.Qe2 Rad8
=, Dreev-Romanishin. Lvov 1987.
32
7.c3
7 . Bd3 e5 8.c3 g6 9 .N c4 Bg7
tO.dS 0 -0 ll.Ne3 hS 12.Qe2
Bb6 13.0 -0 -0 Nc5 14.Bc2 Bg4
15.Kbl Bxf3 16 . gxf3 aS • + ,
Hoi- Browoe, Reykjavik 1988.
7... g6
a) Tntere~t ing is 7...g5! ? 8.Nc4
g4 (8 ... Bg7 9.Bd3 Qe7 I O.Qe2
b6 11.0-0-0 Bb7 12. Rhe1
0 -0 · 0 13. Kbl Kb8 14. NaJ Nf6
15.Nd2 Qd7 16. Ba 6 Q c8
I16. .. Ba8!? J 17.Bxb7 Qxb7 18.f3
+ =, Yusupov-G urgenidze,
USSR 1981) 9.Nfd2 (worth con·
sidering is 9.e5!? Qe7 10.exd6
cxd6 l t.Nfd2 dS 12.Ne3 h5 un·
c lear, accord ing to Browne)
9 ... h5 I O. b3 Bh6 1J . Bd3 e5
12.Ne3 Nb6 13.dxe5 Qxe5 = +,
Silman-Browne. USA 1987.
b) 7... Qd8 8.Bd3 Be7 9.Qe2 c5
10.b4 cxd4 ll.cxd4 e5 12.0-0-0
Bf6 ? 13.Nc4 Qc7 t4.Bc2 Be7
I.S .Ne3 + =. McCa mbridge-
Reshevsty, USA 1988.
8. Bd3 Bg7 9.a4
a) 9.0·0 0 -0
al) 10 . Rel e5 1l.Qe2 Qe7
l2.Nc4 Nb6 13.Ne3 ( 13. NaS t'!)
13 ... h5 J4 .b3 a5 = + , Gruen-
feld- Wirthenso hn, Biel 1981.
a2) 1O.a4 eS ll.dxe5?!
(l l.Qc2) 11...dxeS 12.a5 Rd8
13.Qe2 NcS J4.Bc2 Ne6 == + ,
Ortega-Psakbis , Alma·Ata
1986.
b) 9.Qe2 a6 10.a4 b6 11.0-0
Q . 0 12.b4 Bb7 13.aS b5 t 4 .c4
bxc4 15. Bxc4 R a7 = , Botteriii-
Andersson, Hastings 1978-79.
 •

1983, Black sought cbanc.es witb an

Exch ange sacrifice: t 3 ... Nf6
14.Nc4 NhS 15.Ne3 Be6 16.Bc4
Rae8 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.dxe5 RxO
J9.gxf3 Blle5 20.Ng4 R:£8 unclear.
•

BU) S•..dS

9...Qe7
9..•a.5 10.0-0 and now:
a) 10...0 -0 11.Re1 e5 12.Nc4
Qe7 13.Qb3 b614.Ne3 Bd7 JS.NdS
Qd8 16.Radl += , Johanssen-
Lawlon. London 1984.
b) IO...e5 I l.d5 0 -0 12.b4 Qe7
13.Qc2 Nf6 14.Nb3 axb4 15.cxb4
NbS 16.Rfcl Nf4 17.Bb5?!
(17.Bf1) 17... £5 18.Qxc7 Qf6 un-
clear, Silman- Benjam in, USA
1989.
10.a5 a6 11.0-0 0 -0 12.Rret eS
IJ.Qcl
A typical posi\ion in this varia-
tion. White has the mo re comfort-
able position. Black can keep the
equilibrium but should not remain
passive . In the game Psakh is-
Makarichev. USSR Championship
33
Not a popular move:. Black fixes
the position too early. If White
were now to play 6.Nc::3, we would
transpose into a vari ation of tbe
French Defense { l.e4 e6 2d4 dS
3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxf6 Bxf6
6. Nf3 ). However . White plays
6.Nbd2, leaving c2-c3 open.
t6 ,Nbd2
A Frence Defense $tru cture also
resulted in Ermenkov-Burger,
New York 1980 after 6.c5 Qd8
7 .Nbd2 c5 8.c3 Q b6 9.Qb3 Bd7
10.Be2 Nc6 11.0-0 Be7 12.dxcS
Bxc5 13.Rael + =.
6...Nc6
a) 6-.QdB 7.Bd3 Be7 8.0-0 0 -0
9.Qe2 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 ll.Nb3 Bbo
12.Radl +=, Smith-Fiear, Great
Britain ChampionshiP' 1978.
b) 6... dxe4 7.Nxe4 0d8 8.Bd3
Be? 9.c3 Nd7 l0.Qc2 c6 11.0-0-0
+ =, Hoi-Hansen, E~bjcrg 1982.
7.c3 Bd7 8.Bd3
Risky is 8.Qb3 0-0-0 9.exd5
exdS lO.QxdS BfS =+.
8-.0-0-0 9.e5
Wbite would also get a large ad-
vantage afler 9.b4 gS 10.b5 Ne7
lt.Qa4 Kb8 12.Ne5.
9 ...Qe7 10.b4 &5 ll.Nb3 g4
U .Nfdl QgS 13.0·0 16 l4.b5 NxeS
Practically forced . lC 14... Nc7,
then 15.f4 gxf3 16.Nx0. After the
text, Vaganian- Psakhis, USSR
Championship 1983, con ti nued
15.dxe5 fxeS 16.c4 bS 17.Qe2 e4
18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Bxe4 with a large
advanta&e to White.
813) s...cS'!!
A dubio us move which allows
White to roll his center forward.
6.e5 Qd8 7.dSI
H armless is 7.Nc3 cxd4 8.Nxd4
Nc6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bd3 Rb8= .
Thrre-Sam isch, M arianske La,ne
1925. After the text move White
stands well, ns the following ex·
amples demonstrate:
n) 7...d6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+
Qxd7 10.0 -0 Na6 (10 ... dll:e5
li.NxeS Qltd5 12.Qxd5 exdS
t 3.Rel Be7 14.Nc3 0-0 15.Nxd5
Bd8 16. Rad I + ~ ) I J.exd6 8xd6
l2.dxe6 fxc6 13.Nbd2 0-0-0
14.Qe2 + =, M alicb-GrOnberg,
34
Leip1.ig 1973.
b) 7 ... exd5 8.QxdS Be7 9. c3
0-0 10.0-0-0 Nc6 ll.Qe4 d6
12.exd67! (12.Bd3 &6 13.Bc4 BfS
14.Qe3 +=, Ubhnann) 12 ... Bxd6
t3. Nb.S ReS 14.Qa4 Re6 15.Bc4
Rf6 16.Rhet BfS 17.Bd3 Bxd3
18.Rxd3 a6 19.Nxd6 Rxd6 ::::,
Malicb- Zaitsev, Berlin 1986.
c) Perhaps best is 7... Qb6 8.Nc3
and now:
c l ) 8 ...g5 9.Nd2 Qxb2 10.Nde4
with compensation, Pribyi-
Videnkeller, l983.
c2) 8...a6 9.Nd2 Qxb2 10.Ndc4
Qb4 ll.Rbt Qa5 12.a4 Be? 13.Bc4
w ith compensation, Thai-
Sita nggang. Asian Team Cham-
pionship 1991.
JU4) s...b6
6.Nbd2
a) 6.Nc3 Bb7 7.8<13 Bb4 (7...d6
8.Qe2 Qd8 9.0-0 Nd7 (9... a6!1)
IO.d5 e.S ll.Bi16 Bxa6 120xa6 +.,,
B. Schmidt-Miles, Germany 1981-
82 or 7...g5 8.Qe2 Nc6 9.e5 Qg7
10.Ne4 g4 ll.Nf6+ Kd8 12.Nd2
Nxd4 13.Qe3 Bc5 14.Qg3 Be7
JS.Qf4 Nc6 16.Nde4 unclear, Mur-
shed-Conquest, London 1989)
8.0·0 Bxc3 9.bxc3
al ) 9...d6 10.Nd2 e5 1 l.f4 exf4
12.g3 gS 13.a4 Nc6 14.0t:2 0-0-0
15.a5 NxaS J6.Ba6 Bxa6 17.Qxa6+
unclear, Spassky-Miles, N iksic
1983.
a2) 9 ... 0·0? 10.Nd2 c5 ll.f4
cxf4 (1 1...exd4 12.e5 Qc6 13.Be4)
12.e5 Q h4 t3.Ne4 d5 14.g3 Qh3
15.Nf6+ gx£6 18.Rxf4 £xe5 17.Bf5
exf4 18.Bxh3 fxg3 19.Qg4+ Kh7
20.Qf5 + Kg8 2t .Qf6 1-0, Cifuen-
tcs-Ligterink, Wijk aan Zee 1988.
 •
b) For 6.a3. sec Illustrative
Game 18.
6••• Bb7 7.8d3
7.c3 g6 8.a4 a6 9.e5 Oe7 IO.Nc4
Bg7 lt.Bd3 Nc6 12.0 -0 0-0
13.Re l f5 l4.cxf6 Oxf6 15 .0c2
+ =. Christiansen- J . Whitehead,
U.S. Championship 1987.
7...Qd8
a) 7... d6 8.c3 g5'!! (8... Qd8
transposes baclc to the main line)
9.0a4+ Kd8?! (9... Bc6) 10.0-0-0
Oc7, Hon-Pianioc, Moscow 1975
and now White s hould play
1 I.Rhe l with the idea o f d5 + =-.
b)7 ...a6 8.Qe2 d6 9.0·0-0 Nd7
lO.Kbl e5?1 I t .c3 Be/ 12.Nc4 0-0
J3.Bc2 Rfe8 14.d5! c5'11 (better is
14... c6 fo llowed by ... b5) 15.Ne3
Bf8 16.&4! + =. Ko rtchnoi-Kar-
pov, Hastings 197tn 2.
s.Qez
8 .c3 d6 9.0 -0 Nd7 IO.a4 a6
transposes in to Dreev-Kcngis,
Ba roaul 1988, which continued
ll.Nel c5?1 12.Qg4 cxd4 l3.cxd4
e5 14 .f4 Nf6 1:S.Qg3 exd4
16.Nc2+=.
8...d6
Worth considering is 8...Be7:
a) 9.h4 d6 10.0 -0 -0 Nd7 11.g4
Nf6 t 2.gS ( 12.Rhg l !'!) Nh5 13.g6?
35
( better is I 3.Qe3 and thtm g6)
13... f:xg6 14.e5 0-0 15.Rhgl Nf4
16.Qe3 Qe8 t'7.Rg4 Qf7 -+, Palat-
nik-Tukmakov. USSR 1982.
b) 9.0-0-0 d6 10.h4 a6 tt.Nc4
Nd7 t 2'. Ne3 Nf6 13.e5 NdS
( 13 ... Ne4 ? 14.d5 exdS lS .NxdS
BxdS t 6.Bxe4 +=) 14.Nxd5 BxdS
t 5.Be4 c6 with only a s light ad·
vantage for White, Lern er-
Yudasin, USSR 1983.
c) 9.c3 d6 10.0 -0 -0 Nd7
ll.Kbl c5 12.g4 Qc7 13.Rhg1
0-0-0 14.Ba6 Nf8 I5.Bxb7 +
Kxb7 t6.h4 d 5'! 17.exd5 cxd4
18.cxd4 exd5 J9.Rcl Qd6 20.Ne5
BxM 21.Qf3 Nd7 22.Nxf7 Qg6-+
Zl.Kal Nf6 24.NxhR Rxh8 25.Nc4
Rd8 26.Nd6+ 1-0, Kavalek-
BOsken. German League 1987-SR.
9.a4
a) White can advance energeti·
caiJy with 9.b4. K.arner-Ornstein,
Tall inn 1977. con t inued 9 ... a6
10.0·0.0 Nd7 I J.g4 g6 12.c3 Bg7
t 3.Kb1 Qe7 14.Nf1 h5 15.gxh5
Rxh5 16. Ng3 Rh& 17. h5 gS
J8.Rhg1. Bl ack '~
King will have
problems fin din2 a safe borne.
b) 9.0-0~0 also giws White a
comfortable position; 9 ... Nd7 10.e5
Qc7 1l.Ba6 0 -0 ·0 12.Kbl , Er-
mcokov- Szekely, Bulgaria 1982..
 9 ..•a6 10.0-0 Be7 11.d5 exdS ll.exd6 cxd6 J2.Qb4 dS IJ.Nd6+
If ll...e5 , then t 2 .a5 0 -0 Kd7
13. axb6 cxb6 14.b4 + =. according If 13... Kf8., then 14.Qc5 would be
to Vaga niao. uncom fortable.
u.exd5 BxdS lJ.Rret c5 14.Nh4 14.Nc:S+ BxeS tS.dxeS Nc6
Ra7 16.Qt4 aS! 17.Qe3 .
Vaganian- K engis, USSR 1982 If 17. Qxf7, then 17 ..• Q xf7
continued 15.Qb5 Bc6 16.Nc4 KfB 18.Nxf7 Rh7 19.Nd6 Nxe5.
17. Ng6+1? fxg6 18. Bxg6 Nd 7 17...1'6
19.Re6 Nf6 20 .Qf5 bS! and Black Not 17 ••• Nxe5 t8.Nxc8.
held. Instead White should have Hodg$on-Lputian, Hastings 1986-
p layed I S.Og4 Kf8 16.Q rs Bxh4 87, con tinued 17.. .£6 18.c4 d4
17.Qxd5 g6 18.Ne4 to demonstrate 19.Qf3 fxe5 20.Nf7 e4 with a very
an advantage. complex posi tion wh ich later
ended in a draw.
BlS) s...g6
6.Nc3 8g7 BHi) S...Nc6
6 ... Q e7 7.Bc 4 Bg7 8.0-0 d 6 6.c3
9.Qd3 0 -0 10.Rae1 a6 11.a4 b6 6.e5 Q e7 7 .Nc3 d 6 8 .Bb5 Bd7
t2Ne2 c5 =. Oregory- Nimrovl tch, 9.0 -0 a6 lO.Bxc6 Bxc6 ll.d5 exd5
St. Petersburg 1913. 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.Qxd5 0-0-0 =.
Ho dgson- A. Sokolov, Reykjavik
1990.

-~..~.~.~: ~I!
oc~~~i~\r
-~~w ft ,. .
~~~~1 " ~·~'fj~~
~·­

-~Mffti~~~ ~jrt~it'
7.Q d2 u6 ~~-~&-ti~:a_p~_;f
7 ... 0-0 8.e5 Qe7 9.0-0 -0 d 6
10.&4?! Nd7 ll.Q f4 a6 12.Bd3 bS A fter 6.c3 d5 7. Nbd2 we
13.Ne4 B b7 14.exd6?! cxd6 t ranspOse into Vaganian- Psakhis.
15.Qxd 6 Q xd6 16.Nxd6 Bxf3 USSR 1983. given in 812.
17.g,cf3 Nb61S..c3 Ra7 l9.Ne4 NdS
20.Rhel Rd8 2 1. Nc5 b4 22.Kc2 lSl) S. NbdZ
bxc3 23.bxc3 Nxc3l -+, Timman- s...d6
Lobron, TV World Cup, Hamburg Worth considering is 5 ... c5 and
1982. now:
8.0 -0 -0 b5 9.e5 Q e7 lO.Ne4 d S a) 6.Ne4 Qf5 7.Ng3 Qf6 8.e3
36
 •
cxd4 9.exd4 b6 t0.Be2 ( 10.Bd3)
t0... Bb7 11.0-0 b5 =+,
Vaganian-Taimanov, USSR 1983.
b) 6.c3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nc6 8.e3 g~
9 .a3 (9.h3 b5 10.g3 unclear) 9...g4
lO.Ngl bS ll.g3 dS 12.Bg2 Bd7
1 3 .Ne2 n4 = +, Lecbtyns~y­
Velimirovic. Banja Luka 1985.
6.cJ Nd7 7.a4
a) 7.g3
a I) 7 .. .gS 8.Bg2 g4 9.Nh4 hS
10.0-0 Be7 ll .e4 Qh6 12.£4 Nf8
13 .~5 d5 14.c4 c6 15.Qe2 Bd7
16 .Racl Bxh4 t7.gxh.4 Ng6 J8.Qf2
Ne7 ""· Salov-P. Nikolic. Belgrade
1987.
a2) 7...g6 8.Bg2 Be7 9.0-0 0-0
1O.a4 aS 1l.Qb3 eS 12.e4 Nb6
13 .Nc4 Nxc4 14.Qxc4 Qe7 l5.Radl
Be6 16.dS lk8 17.Nd2 h5 unclear,
Kosten-Adams, London 1990.
b) 7.e4 g5 8.g3 Be7 9.Bd3 Qg7
1O.b3 h5 11.Qe2 g4 12.Nh2 c5
13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Bb5+ Kf8
15.0-0-0 a6 16.8\13 bS unclear,
Estevev-Ortega, Cuba 1984.
') 7 .~3 Qd8 8.1k2 &7 9.0·0
0-0 10.Qc2 b6 ll.a·4 Draw, Ben-
ja min-Hjartarson, Surak (iz) 1987.
1.. .,s
More constrained is 7 ...g6 8.g3
Bg7 9.Bg2 0-0 lO.aS Rb8 11.0-0
37
Qe7 12.e4 e5 i3.Nc4 e:xd4 14.Nxd4
Ne5 J5.Ne3 Bd7 t 6.f4 Nc6 17.Nd5
Qd8 18.Nc2 Ne7 19.Nxe7 + Qxe7
20.Nb4 Qd8 21.Qd2 ReS 22.Qf2 a6
23.Rfd J Qc8 24.Nd5 Bc6 25.Qd2
Bxd5 Draw, Tangborn-Kost en,
Hastings 1989-90.
s.e::J Be7
See Illus trative Game 19.
Illustrative Ganu 13
GM Julian Hodgson
IM James Howell
Brilish Champions/tip 199J
l.d4 Nt6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 b6
4.Bxr6 Q:d6 5.Nt3 d6 6.Nc3
Nc6 7.Qdl
Hodgson- Adams, Ireland 1991
con tinued 7.d5 Ne5 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.Nxe5 Qxe5 JO.Bxd7+ Kxd7 +'"'.
7...Bd7 8.0-0-0 0-0-0 9.d5
Ne7
If9... Ne5, then 10.Nd4 and Ncb5
can be played later, a.ttacking the
black Ki ng.
JO.QeJ Kb8 ll.eS Qp
If ll. .. dxes. then 12.Ne4 Qf4
13. Qxf4 exf4 14.dxe6 fxe6
15.Ne5+ -.
ll.exd6
Also possible is 12.Bd3, as
12...Qxg2 13.b3 leaves the Queen
trapped. White will get a good
position after 12... Nf5 J3.Qe2.
IZ••. cxd6 13.dxe6 fxe6
Also losing is 13.•.8xe6 14.Nb5
Nc6 15.Ne5 NxeS (not 1S... dxe5
t6.Rxd8+ Nxd8 17.Qxe5+ with
mate to fo llow) 16.Qxa7+ K.e8
17 . Qa8+ Kd7 18.Qxb7+ Ke8
19. Nc7+ Ke7 20.Nd5+ Ke8
21.Bb5+ Bd7 22.Rbel. t3.- 0xe6
wo uld have put up the most resis-
tance, although White is mucb bet-
ter after J4.Qd2.
14.Rxd6!
This does not seem to be pos-
sible because of Black 's next move.
14.-NfS
14... Nd5 would be met with the
same response.
JS.Rxd7! Rxd7
If 15.-Nxe3, then J6.RxdR+ K c7
17.R d7 +! K c8 18.fxe3 and White
has a strong attack as well as a
material advuntage.
J6.Ne5 Qe8
U 16... Nxe3. then 17.Nllg6 Ndl
18.Nxh8 Nd2 19.R dl winning the
Knight.
17. xd7 + Qxd7 18.Qe4 Bc5
J 9 .Bc4 Nd6 2 0 .Q e5 Q c7
21.Bxe6 Nb5
With stubborn resistance, Black
is able to enter an endgame just
one pawn down. H owever, Whi te
activates his pieces quickly and
ends the game with a strong attack.
22.Qxc7 + Nxc7 23 .Bg4 Bxf2
24.1td l Bh4 25 . Rd7 BgS +
26.Kbl Bf6 27. e4 BeS 28.b3
a6 29. c3 Ka7 3 0 . Bf3 Kb6
3J.Nd6 Bh2 32.Nxb7 Ne6 33.a4
aS 34.RdS NgS 35.Rb5 + Kc7
36.Bd5 1-0
11/u.rtrtUivc Game 14
GM Mlcbael Adams
GM Vladimlr Eplshin
Dos llerrnanas 1993
l.d4 Nf6 2 .Bg5 to
3.e4 h6
4.Bxf6 Qxf6 S.ND d6 6.Nc3 &6
7.eS
A new move. Normal and more
restrained is 7.0<12.
7...Q e7 8.Qd2 Bg7 9.0·0·0 a6
A common move in this type of
posirion. It is important to prevent
White from having access to the
bS-square. Also ... b7 -b5 may late r
be played to start a queenside at-
tack.
1().h4
Also a common move. White
gains space on the kingside and
makes Black tbiolc twice about
caslling there.
10 ... 8d7 ll.Ne4 Bc6 12.Qr4
Bxe4 13.Qxe4 c6 14.Qf4 dxeS
lS.NxeS Nd7 16.Nc4 Nf6
17.Nd6 + Kf8 18.N c4
White has pr~ven ted Black from
castling, but he has lost a lo t of
time. Black is plan ning to break
with ... c7-c5, ufler which the b8-a 1
c.Jiagi)Oal will become very power-
ful.
 •
J8.•• h5 l9.Kbt Rd8lO.Be~ NdS
21.Qg3 6 22.NeS Qf6 l3.Qa3
Worth considering is simplifying
the positio n with 23.dxc5 QxeS
24.Qxe5 BxeS 25.c4.
23••. Kg8 24.QxcS Qxn
White's position is very difficult.
Black is threatening lboth 2S...Qxe2
and 25...Bxe5.
.Z.S.Qa5 ReS 26.Qel Qxg2
l7.Bd3 Nf4 28 .8e4 Qe2
29.Qxe2 Nxel 30.Bxb7
This loses the exchange but
White had little bope in an y case.
30... Rb8 31.Bxa6 Nc3 + 32.Kal
Nxdl 33.Rxdl BxeS 34.dxe5
Kg7 3S.c4 Rhd8 36.Rcl gS
37 . cS Rd2 38.Bc4 Rdxb2
39.hxgS R2b7 40.Bd3 Rc7 41.a4
Rb4 42.BbS Ra7 43.Bc6 Ra6
44.Bd7 Rb7 4S.Rd I RaS 0-1
I/IU$(raJive Game 15
GM Viktor Kortchnoi
GM Anatoly Karpov
M rm:ow mutch / 974
l.d4 Nf6 2 . Bg5 e6 3.e4 b6
4.8xf6 Qxro S.NO d6 6.Nc3 g6
7.Qd2 Qe7 8.0·0·0 a6 9.h4
Bg7 IO.g3 bS IJ .Btl3 b4 l2.NdS
ud5 13.Bxc8 0-0 14.8h7 Ra7
I S . BxdS c6 16o .8b3 Qxe4
l7.Qd3
Bo tvinn ik suggests instead
tt7.Qf4 Qxf4 18.gxf4 followed by
a9.f5 or l9.h5 wit'h a slight ad-
vantage to Whi to. Now the
endgame is equaJ.
n ...Qxd3 18.Rxd3 Nd7 19.Rel
Nb6 20.a4 bxa3 2l.bxa3 aS
2l.Rde3 B£6
39
Better is 22...a4 23.1Ba2 Bf6.
23.a4 c5? !
Black cou ld have maintained
equality with 23 ...Rc7 24.Re4 cS
(or 24 ... d5 2.5.R4e3 c5 26.dxcS
RxcS) 2S.dxc5 dxc5 26.Bc4.
l4.dxcS duS lS .N d2 K,7
26.Rf3 Rc7 27.Nc4 Nxc4
28.8xc4 Rd8 29.c.3 Rcd7 30.Kc2
White is planning to attack tbe
queenside weaknesses with Kc2-
b3-c4-b5.
30 ... Rd2 + 3 1.KbJ Rdl
Jl.Rxdl RxdJ 33.Bb5 RdS?!
Correct is 33... Rcl 34.Kc4 Rc2
3S.Bc6 Rcl 36.Bd5 Rc2 37. Kb5
RJCc3 38.Kxa5 Rxf3 39.Bxf3 Bd4
40.Bd5 c4! =,according to Botvin-
oik. After the te)(t, White should
play 34.Kc4.
34.Re3 Rt5 3S.Rd3 Re2 36.Rf3
ReS?!
As mentioned before, 36 ... Rel
31.Kc4 Rcl is correcL
37 . Kc4 RfS 38. Rd3 Rxf2
39.Kxc5 BeS 40.Kb' Rg2 41.c4
lbg3
If 4L.Bxg3, then 42.Rxg3 Rxg3
43.c5 g5 44.hxg5 hxg5 45.c6 Rc3
46.c7 Rxc7 47.Kxc7 f5 48.Kb6 win·
mng.
4l.Rd7 gS 43.hxg5 hxgS 44.c5
RcJ 45.c:6 g4 46.c7 g3 47.8c6
Bxc7 + 48.Rxc7 Kh6
According to Botvinnik, Black
draws with 4S...Rxc6+! 49.Rxc6 f5.
49.Re8 1'5 50.Rf8
50... Rxc6+ ?
But now this loses. According to
Botvinnik, Black still could have
drawn with 50... Kg5! 5l.Bu8 f4
52.Kxa5 Rb3! 53.Ka6 (53.Bd5
Rb2) 53...Kg4 54.a5 f3 55.Ka7 g2
56.a6 Kh3.
Sl.Kxc6 KgS Sl.Rg8 + Kf4
53.Kb5 KCJ 54.Ku5 f4 55.Kb4
Kgl 56.a5 f.3 57.a6 t2 S8.a7
=
n Q S9.a8 = Q + Qf3
60.Qa2+ Qfl 6I.Qd5 + Q1'3
6l.Qdl + Qfl 63.Kc3 Kgl
64.Qdl + Kgl 65.Qd3 Qc5 +
66.Kb3 Qb6+ 67 .Kcl Q c6+
68.Kdl Qb6 + 69.Qe3 Qh4
70.Rb8 Qf6 71.Rb6 QfS 72.Rbl
Khl 73.Qb6 + Kgl 74.Qb6 +
Kh2 75.Qb8 Kh3 76.Qh8 + Not 21.Qh7+ ? Kf8 22.Nxg4 QgS
Kg4 77.Rb4 + Kf3 78.Qhl + with counterplay.
Kfl 79.Rb2 l-0
/lluslrtllive Game 16
GM Artur Vusupov
GM KJaus Bischofl
l.d4 Nf6 l.Nt3 e6 3 .Bg5 h6
4 .8xl'6 Qxf'6 5.e4 d6 6.Nc3 Nd7
7.Qd2 a6 8.0·0·0 Qe7 9.Bd3
g6 lO.Rhel Bg7 ll.h4 0-0
IF ll. .. c5, then 12.e5 d5 13.d)(c5.
12.e5 dS 13.Nd cS 14.c3 c:xd4
IS.Ncxd4
If IS.cxd4, then Black can obtain
couoterplay with 15..•Nb6 followed
by .•. Bd7·b5.
IS•.• NcS 16.8bl Bd7 t7.hS
It is important to play this move
before Black can play ... R fc8 fol-
lowed by .- Be8.
17...,s t8.Re3
Not 18.Nh2 due to 18.. .f5!
18 ... Rrc8?!
Better was 18... g4. According to
Yusupov. the position is equal
after 19.Nh2 Og5 20.Nxg4 Qxg4
21.R~ Ox.hS 22.0f4 Kb8 23.Rb3
Qxe5 24.Rx.h6+ Kg8 2S.Bb7+.
19. Nb2 b5 20.Qcl g4?
According to Yusupov, better
was either 20 ... Kf8. although
White has a strong position after
21.Ng4! Ke8 22.0117 Qf8 23.R£3,
or20... Ne4, and if 2 l .f3, then Black
has counterplay after 21...f5!
22.fxe4 dxe4.
21.Nxg4!
21.- QgS 2l.Nf6 + Bxf'6
 •

Black has the betler position be-

cause of his lWO Bisbo ps. 1f now
1

14.dS, then 14... Bd7.

14.dxe5 duS 15.Na4 0·0
16.Kbl
If 16.Nc5, then 16...Bb6 17.Qc3
Bg4.

23.ND!
A very strongZwisclletrzugwhich
gives White contro l o f the eS
square. ·
Z3 ..•Qg7 24 .ed6 Qxf6 2S.Ne5
Kl8
Also losing is 2$_.Be8 26.Qh7+
Kf8 27.Ng6+. 16 ... Bg4 17.Rd3?
26.Nxf7! K e7 27 . Ne5 Kd6 The o n ly move was 17.Qc3.
28 . Qd2 b4 29 .Nc4 + K c7 Black would be sl ightJy better after
30.~xb4 N a4 31.Bc2 Kd8 l7... b5 t 8.Nc5 Bb6.
32.Nc5 Nb6? 33.Qd4 1·0 17...b5! 18.NcS?!
18.Nc3 Bb6 would have held out
longer.
JllusurzJive Game 17
18...Bb6 19.Rc3
GM J uti an Hodgson Black would get a strong attack
GM lan Rogers after 19.b4 a5 20.c3 Qe7.
Wljk 11an Zce 1989
19 ...Qe7
l.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3 . ~4 h6 Thre~ te ning 20... b4 21.Rc4 Be6.

4. Bxf6 Qxf6 S.N t3 d6 6.Nc3 20.a3 aS ll .b4 0..1

Nd7 7 . Qd2 c6 8.0·0·0 eS 21...altb4 22.axb4 Qa7.
9.h4?!
White would like to play g4-g5. /llustralive Game 18
But this does not fit in well here.
GM Vik:tor Kortchnoi
Bette r is 9.dxe5.
GM Paul Keres
9... Be7 IO.QeJ Nf8! ll.Bel USSR G1ampionsllip, Tollinn 1965
I f t l.d5, then 11...Nd7 followed
by ... Nc5 and ... Bd8-b6 is good for l.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.8gS b6
Black. 4.Bx£6 Qx£6 S.e4 b6 6.a3 Bb7
li ... Ne6 12.Bc4 Bd8! 13.Bxe6 7.Nt3 d6 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.0-0-0
Bxc6 g5?!
41
 Better is 9...o.o.o.
lO.NbS Kd8
Not 10... Qd8 11.Qc3 c6 12.d5.
1 l.h4 g4 12.e.S Qg7 13.Ne1 a6
14.Nc3 dS lS.f4 fS
With Black's King in the oenter,
it is risky to open up the center.
But Wbite was threa tening 16.f5
exf5 17.Nd3 followe<l by Nf4 and
Bd3.
16.exf6 Qxffi 17.hS?!
Better is 17.Ne2 to meet 17 ...c5
with 18.c3 or 1Kc4. Now Black ob-
tains coun terplay.
17- .cS 18.dxcS bxcS 19.g3 Bc6
20.Rb4 Rg8 ll.Nd3 Rb8 22.Nf2
c4 2.3.Nxg4 Qe7 24.Rel
C'.<mect is 24.0e3. Now Slack
has a brilliant cumbin~ttion.
24 ... Rxbl! 25.Kxb2 Qxa3 +
26.Kbl Bg7 27 .Ne5 Kc7
28.NbS + axb5 29.c3 8xe5
30.txeS Rxg3 31.Rb3 Rg5
32.Rbe3 NcS 33 .RrJ Be8
34.Qa2 Qxa2 + 35.Kxa2 Rxh5
36.Ka3 Ne4 37.Rf8 Bd7 38.Kb4
RxeS 39.Ra I Rf5 40.Rb8 Rn!
0-1
If 4 t.Ra7+ , then 41... Kb6!
42.Rxd7 Rb2+ 43. Ka3 Rb3 +
44.Ka2 Nxc3+ 45.Ka t Rbl mate.
42
11/ustnuivc Cam4r 19
GM RafaeJ Vaguian
IM J im Plaskett
Hosting$ 11)8,2-8)
l.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3 .B g5 h6
4 .8xf6 Qd6 5.N bd2 d6 6.c3
N d7 7.a4 gS 8.g3 Bg7
Wo rt b conside ring is 8...g4
9.Nh4 Be7 foll owed by ... h5, ... Nf8.
and ... QhO.
9.Bgl 0-0 lO.aS
Threatening IJ.a6.
IO ... Rb8 11.0-0 eS
This severely weakens the £5
square , but Black had little ·scope
for his p ieces.
12.e3 Qe7
Better is 12 ... Re8 followed by
13... Nf8.
13.e4 exd4
13...g4 J4.Nh4 exd4 J5.Nf5 + ""·
14.Nxd4 NeS IS.Rel
The White Knight maneuvers to
e3 via fJ where it will be very well
posted.
JS ... Re8 16.Nfl Nc6 17.Nc2
Correc 1ly avoiding exchanging
pieces when o ne bas a space ad-
vantage.
17... Qe5 l8.Nfe3 QcS
No t 18 ... Nxa5 19.Nd5 Nb3
20.Ra3 c6 2 l.Rxb3 + - or 1 9... Nc6
20.£4 +·.
19.Nd5 Ne7 20.b4 Qc6 ll.Nd4
Qd7 22.Qd2 NxdS 23.exdS
Rxel+
Better was 23 ... Re5.
24.Rxel Qd8 2S.a6!
Creating a fresh weakness at c6.

(
/ rt.d4
• 4 .e3
25-.Bxd4
Exchanging off White's active
Knight, but now h is King position
is weakened. If 25... Bd7, then
26.axb7 Rxb7 27. Nc6 Bxc6
(27 ... Qf6 28.Re7 Bxc6 29.dxc6
Oxe7 30.cxb7) 2&.dxc6 Rb8 29.Bd5
Qf6 30.Re3.
26.Qxd4 b6
Better was 26...bxa6.
27.b4 Bd7 .28.80 gxh4
If 28..• Qf8, then 29.1ug5 hxg5
30.0£6 Qg7 3 t.Qxg7 + K xg7
32.Re7 Rd8 33.BhS +-.
29.glth4 Qf8 30.Kh2 ReS
3l.Rgl + Kh7 32 .Qt6 ReS
33.Bdl BfS 34.Bh5 Bd3 3S.B"r7
Re8 36.Rg3 Bbl 37.RI3 Rd8
38 .Bg6 + Bxg6 39.Qxrs Rxf8
40.Rxf8 1-0
Conclusion: After l.d4 Nf6 2.NO
e6 3.Bg5 b6 4.Bh4, Black can win
the Bishop pair with 4...g5 5.Bg3
Ne4 or transpose into Chapter 1
with 4.-c5. After 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 Black
has the two Bishop~ and a solid posi·
tion, but must play accurately. After
S.e4 the best move u 5...d6 and if
tbeo 6.Nf3, then 6... a6 or 6.•.Nd7
7.Qd2 c6 £ollowed by ...Be7 and ...eS
are worth considering.
----- .
. ~Chapter3
f6 2.Nt3 e6 3.8g5 --J
We will classify the variations ac-
cording to the pl an that Black
chooses: A) ... Nbd7, ...b6, ...8b7;
B) .... cs, ... c6; C ) ... b6.
A) lllack plnys • w bd7, ...b6, ~. 8b7
4 ...c5
Black can also play without ...c5:
4 ... Be7 5.Nbd2
o) 5... 0 -0 6.Bd3 b6 7.Ne5 Bb7
8. Bxf6 Bx£6 9.£4 Bxe5 1O.fxe5
Qh4 + 1 l.g3 Qh6 12 .Qe2 Nc6
13.0 -0 ( not 13.c3 f6) 13 ... Nb4
14. Rf4 + = , Timman-Geller,
Linarcs 1983.
b) 5... b6 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6
8.c3 0-0 9.h4 (the point of 7.Bxf6:
t he defensive f6 -Koigbt i:i ex·
changed and the gS square is avail-
able to the whi te Knight) 9... Nd7
10.Ng5 g6 1t.Qg4 h5 12.Qg3 Bxg5
t3. hx~S c.S 14.0-0 -0 aS 1S.Qd6 c4
16.Bc2 Ra7 17.g4 + ""• Oullego-Al-
O thman, World Junior Champion-
ship, Kiljav-d 1984.
c) 5... Nbd7 6.Bd3 0 -0 7.c3 b6
8.b4 Bb7 9.Qbl h6 10.Bb4 NhS
ll.Bg3 Qc8 J2.Be5 Nbf6 13.0-0
c5 =. Petrosian-Andersson, Am-
sterdam 1973.
S.cl 8 e7
5--Nbd7 6.Nbd2
a) 6...Bd6 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bh4 Q . Q
9.0-0 b6 10.e4 dxe4 l t.Nxe4 Be7
l 2.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Nxc5 bxcS 14.Qe2
Bb7 15. R ad t Qc7 l6.N e5 +=.
M eister- Pigusov, USSR 1985.
b) 6 ...Qb6 7.Rb I h6 8.Bh4 Bd6
9.B<J3 Qc7 10.Qe2 cxd4 Jl .cxd4
0-0 12.0-0 a6 13.Rbct Qb8
14.Bbl b6 1S.e4 dxe4 16.Nxe4 Nd S
17.Nxd6 Qxd6 18.Qc2 N7f6 19.Ne5
Bb7 u nclear, R ongguan g Ye-
Lukov, Thessaloniki Olympiad
1988.
6.Nbd2
6.Bd3 would be inexact: 6...Qb6
7.Qb3 c4 8.Qxb6 axb6 9.Bc2 bS fol-
lowed by ... b4.
6 ...Nbd7
a) 6...b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.Ne5 Nbd7
9.Bb5 0-0 l O.Nc6 Bxc6 11.Bxc6
R c8 12.Bb5 Ne8 l3.Bf4 Bd6 =.
Barlov-Psakhis, Socbi 1984.
b) 6 ... 0-0 7.Bd3 b6
bl) 8.0 .0 Nbd7 9.Qbl h6
10.Bh4 Bb71l.b4 cxb4 12.cxb4 R c8
13.Bg3 R c3 14.a3 Nb5 I S.Be5 f6
16. Bf4 Nxf4 17.exf4 Bd6 = ;
Kiselov-Oavrikov, Moscow 1983.
b2) 8.Ne5
b21) 8...Nfd7 9.Qh5 g6 10.Bxe7
0~Ce7 11 .Qh6 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nc6
13.f4 f6 14.Bb5 dS 15.Nf3 flte5
16.Nxe5 + =, Kiselev-lvaoeoko,
Moscow 1984.
b22) 8... Bb7
b221) 9.Qf3 Nbd7 IO.Rdl cxd4
tl.exd4 a6 12.0 -0 ReS 13.Rde l
N £8 14.Qh3 bS 1S.a3 Qb6 16.Re3
a5 17.Qb4 b4 18.Rh3 +·, Zs. Po l-
44
gar-Dive, Wellington 1988.
b222) 9.8 xf6 Bxf6 lO.f4 Ba6
l 1.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Ndf1 Nc7 13.Qe2
Ne8 =.
Platonov- Dolmatov, Thsh·
tent 1980.
b223) 9.0-0 Nfd7 10.Bxe7 Qxe7
I J.f4 Ba6 l2.Bxa6 Nxa6 13.Qa4
Nb8 14.b4 +=, Spassky-HCibner,
Montreal 1979.
7.Bd3 b6
a) The moves 7.•.h6 8.Bb4 have
often been inserted here.
Yusupov-Speelman, Hastings
1989-90. conti nued 8 ... b6 9.Ne5
NxcS lO.dxeS Nd7 ll .Bxe7 Qxe7
12.£4 Bb7 t3.Qe2 0 - 0 -0
14.0-0 -0 £6 15.exf6 grl6 16.e4 d4
17.c4 hS 18.g3 K b8 19.Nf3 bS
20.Rbel (20.cxb5 Nb6 21.Nd2 fS)
Nb6 =+.
b ) Dubious is e xch a nging
7 ...cxd4 8.exd4. White will obtain a
strong position by playing 0-0.
Oe2, Rael. Ne5.
c) Also dubious is 7...a6?! 8.0-0
b5 9.Ne5 Bb7 10.f4 c4 ll .Bc2 Ne4
12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4
14.Nxd7 Qxd7 t 5.b3 0-0 16.bxc4
blCc4 17.Qc2 Qc6 tS.R abl + ;;,
Seirawan- L ars.en, unares 198:3.
d) Black also h as no reason to
immediately castle (forfeiting the
 •
option of queenside cnstling) with
7...0 -0 8. Ne5 NxeS 9.dxe5 Nd7:
dl) For 10. 8 [4, see Illustrative
Game 20 .
d2) Dre ev- Ostenstad, World
Jun ior Champio nship, X.iljara
1984, continued IO.Bxe7 Oxe7
1U4 f6 12.exf6 Qxf6 13.0.0 Qh6
14.Nf3 e5 lS.BbS! +·.
e) Another plan here is 7 ...Qc7
to hinder NeS. HoJmov-Oipslis,
USSR team Championship 1962,
continued 8.0-0 0~0 (Dubious is
S....e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 I O.Nxe5 Qxe5
1 J.NO Qe6 t2. BbS+ , Dreyer-
Gonzales, Siegen Olympiad 1970)
9-0e2 b6 (on 9 ...e5, 10.e4 is strong)
JO.e4 dxe4 tl .Nxe4 Bb7 12.Radl
Rfe8 13.dxc5 bxc.5 14.Ng3 +=.
8.0 -0
a) 8.Ne5 shou ld a lso be con-
sidered here:
al) 8...NxcS 9.dxeS Nd7
a 11 ) 1O.B£4 Bb 7 11.0-0 gS
12.Bg3 hS 13.f4 h4 14.Bel gxf4
15.exf4 Qc7 16.Qg4?! 0 -0-0 =+,
K laric-Geller, Sochi 1977.
a1 2) 10. 8xe7 Qxe7 Jl.f4 fS
12.exf6 Nxf6 13.0-0 0 -0 14.e4
dxe4 1.5.Nxe4 Bb7 16.Qe2 +z,
Machulsky-Feroaode.t, Manila
1987.
a2) 8 ...cxd4 9.exd4 Nxe5 tO.dxeS
Nd7 ll.Bxe7 Qxe7 t2.Nf3 0-0
13.0-0 NcS 14.Bc2 aS 15.Rel +-,
Lein-Seirawan, Lone Pine 1981.
b) Dubious i$ 8.Qa4?!:
bl) 8 ... 0 -0 9.NeS Bb7 10.Nc6
Bxc6 ll .Qxc6 a6 12.Qa4 bS 13.Qd1
b4 14.c4 cxd4 15.exd4 dxc4 16.Nxc4
NdS 17.Bd2 a5 =+, Slipak-Panno,
Buenos Aires 1984.
b2) 8...b6 9.Bxf6 Bx£6 10.e4 Bb7
J l.e5 Be7 12.0· 0 a6 l 3.bxc5 bxc5
l4. Qg4 Rb6 = +, llaritonov-
Nolcilcov, USSR Cham pio nship
1984.
c) 8.Qbl aS 9.0-0 1836 10.Bxf6
Bxf6 11.Bxa6 Rxa6 12.Qd3 c4
13.Qe2 b'5 14.e4 0-0 I:S.Rfet Rb6
16.cxd5 exdS J7.Nfl Re6 :z, Day-
Vrancsic, Toronto 1989.
d) 8.Qe2 h6 9.Bh4 0-0 10.Ne5
NxeS ll.dxeS Nd7 12.Bxe7 Q xe7
13. f4 f6 14.exF6 Qxf6 \S.0 -0 eS
16. fxe5 OxeS 17. Nf3 Qe7 1S.e4
Bb7 19.e5 + = , Ttmman-H artston,
The Hague 1967.
~CM... the t examine At)
8-.Bb7 'n ) 8.•.0 -Q 'i ]
0 alternative IS s...
h6 9.Bb4
0 -0 IO.NeS NxeS l1 .dxe5 Nd7
12. Bg3 Bb7 (t2 ... Bh4? 13.Bxb4
Qxh4 14.£4 Bb7 1.5.Rf3 Qe7 16.Rg3
Kh8 17.0hS with a large advantage
to White, Tartakower- Keres,
X.emcri 1937) 13.Qg4 c4 (13.. Qc8?
14. BF4 + ·, Brons te in-Roizman,
USSR 1963) 14.8e2 Nc5 15.Radl
Nd3 16.Bxd3 cxd3 17.Nf3 Ba6 un-
Blac:TC'rlesefTt's ' the option of cas-
t ling queenside..
45
 9.Ne5
a) 9.Qbl (a common maneuver
in this position, controlling tbe e4
square and bolstering queenside
play beginning with b2-b4) and
now:
at) 9 ...Qc7 10.b4
a ll) tO...c4 t l.Bc2 b6 12.Bh4
0.0 13.a4 a6 14.Re 1 R fc8 15.Re2
b5 I 6.a5 Re8 17.Qel Rad8 l&.Rcl
Qb8 19.Bb l Q c7 20.Qd l 8 a8
2 t.Qc2 Bb7 22.Rfl QbS 23.Bxf6
Nxf6 2 4.N e5 Bd6 2S.f4 Ne4 = , ·~~N?'iS lO:dxeS Nd! /
Hodgson-Uozicker, Almada 1988. 10... Ne4'rTosenfpawo: ll .Bxe7
Qxe7 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.B.xe4 Bxe4
a12) 10...Rb8 ll.c4 dxc4 l2.Bf4
l4.Qa4 +.
Bd6 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.Nxc4 ~7
IS.e4 bS t6.Na5 cxb4, Tukmakov- (_ll.Bxe7
Schussler, H elsinki 1983. Tuk- An. inaccuracy would be ll.Bf4? !
makov now re.commeods J7.Nxb7 Soe..Jllwtrative Game 21.
Qxb7 1&. Qc2 +=. - (u..... ...Qxe7 u .r4 f6
a2) 9...h6 t0.Bh4 Qc7 11.b4 Bd6 12...0-Q..O--
and n ow D amljan ovic- Vailer, a) 13.a4 f6 14.exf6 gxf6 1.5.a.5_c§
Vrojack a B anja 1986. continued 16~ BeZb'5 i7.a6 Bc6 l ~.b.4}{b6 un-
l 2.Rfcl c4 13.Bc2 a6 14.a4 Ng4 clear, Garcia- Kortcbnoi, Las Pal-
1S.h3 Ngf6 16.Bxf6 Nxf6 t7.Rel mas 'i98t..
•
0-0-0 = +. Instead White should b) J3.Qe2 f6 14.c:xf6 gxf6 (weak :.·
play 12bxcS bxc5 13.e4 = . is 14 ... Nxf6 15.Nf'3 c4?! 16.Bc2 Kb8
J7.Qdl Nd7 18.Qd4 Rde8 19.Ba4
b) 9.a4 a6 10.Qbl h6
R ef8 20.Bxd7 Qxd7 21 .a4 Qc7
bl ) 11.Bf4 N h S 12 .Be5 0 -0
22.a5 bxaS 23.Ne5 K.a8 24.Ra2 Qb6
13.b3 c4 14.Bh7+ Kb8 15.Bc2 bS 25 .Rfal +=, H ebert-lvanov,
= , Hort- Kir. Georgiev, Thes- Mo ntreal 1983) IS.e4 d4 {JS ...c4
salon iki Olympiad 1984. J6.Bc2 Kb8 17.b3 +=; J5_. Nb8
b2) 1 t.Bh4 0-0 J2.Rel Qc7 l6.exd 5 Bxd5 17.Be4! with the idea
13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxc4 R fe8 lS.dxcS Nc4, a4 + =) 16.a4, see Spassky-
bxcS l 6 .Nxf6+ Bxf6 J7.Bg3 Q c8 Sokokw-b&lo.y.r.
18.Nd2 Be7 19.Nc4 BdS 20.Qc2
~M -:Qits+____ -
Qbi •, H odgsoo-Ruuvaev, Sochi a) J • xf6 g:d6 J 4.e 4 0 -0 -0
1987. 15.Qe2 d4 16.a4 e 5 ( 16 ... a 5? 1
c) 9.Qc2 0 -0 10.Raet c4 ll.Be2 17.Ra3! with the idea R b3, Bxa5)
bS 12.Ne5 NxeS t3 .dxe5 Ne 4 l7.f5 Nb8 18.a5 dxc3 ( 18 ... N c6
14.Bxe 7 Qxe7 1S.f4 QcS 16.Bf3 f5 l 9.axb6 axb6 20.Ba6 with good at-
17.exf6 Nxf6 '"'• Time-A. Sokolov, tac ki n g prosper.ts, S passlcy-A .
Biel 19&5. Soko&ov, Bugojno 1986) l9.bxc3
46
• •

( 19.axb6 cxd2 20.bxa7 Nc6 S birazi- Browne, L os A n geles

2 l.a8=0 Bxa8 22.Rxa8+ , Kc7)
19...0d6 20.Rf3 b5 21.Nfl c4 ,. +,
Heyland- 1\ilfer, correspondence
1989.
b ) 13.Nf3 0 -0 -0 ( 13 ... fxe5
14.1Bb5) 14.Bb5 Kb8 1S.a4 N£8?!
( 15 ... a6) 16.b4 a6 17.Bd3 f xe5
18.Nxe5 Nd7 19.Qh5 + =, D reev-
Novikov, USSR 1984.
1982.
b) 9.Qe2 B b7 l O.N'eS NxeS
11.dxe5 Ne4 12.Bxe7 Oxe7
13.B,x e4?1 (be tter is 13.£3)
t3...dxe4 r4.Qg4 Qc7 15.Qf4 Oc6
16.Rfdt Rad8 17.h4 c4· 18.h5 h6
19.Nft Rd3 • +, Diakovsky-Cvet-
kovic, Yugoslavia C ham pionship
1968..
c) 9 .Qb l Bb7 IO.b4 cxd4 11.exd4
R c8 12.b5 h6 13.Bh4 R c3 14.a4
Q c7 t 5. Rcl R c8 16.Nb3 Rxcl +
l7.Qxc1 Qxcl+ 18.R xc l Rxcl+
J 9.Nxc l D raw, H ubne r- Keene,
Hastings t969no.
d) 9.Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 Bb7 1l.Rae1
c4 12.Be2 Qc7 1l .Bg3 Bd6 14.Bxd6
Qxd6 15.e4 += , Spasslcy-
Reshevsky. A msterdam lntenonal
1964.

l3.- Qr7 14.Qel 0 -0

a.) 14 ... (5 15.a4 aS 16.Nf3 h6
17. b3 Nb8 18. Bb5 Nc6 19. Rfcl
+ =. Hulalc-Polajzer, Por-
toroz(Ljubljana 1987.
b ) 14...0-0·0 t5.e4 fxe5 16.exd5
e:xd5 17.fxe5 Qe7 18.Nf'3 K b8 and
now 19.e6 would give White a big
advantage, H ulak- van der Ste rre n,
Wij k aan Zee 1987.
U .exU Nxt6 16.N13 Qh5 '\J
See Illust rative Game 22. ~ 9 ..Jll)7
~-· ( / 9... Nxe 5 tQ.dxe S- Nd-7-t 1.Bxe7
~2) s...o .o / c:r-: · 'f'~ :. Qxei'Tir4 f5 13.exf6 R x£6 t 4.e4
9.N-es.__...... 4 <;; ·· B b7 tS.eS Rfl 16.Qg4-g6..17.NB
O ther possibilities: ·-· R g? 18.Rad1 + =. Tll'ifunovic-
a) 9.<4 ~... tO.l'xe4 Bb7 I I.Qe2 ~arna Olympitd I 962.
( 1 l.Nx£6+ =) ll...Nxe4 12.Bxc7 ;10 .
Qxe7 13.Bxe4 Bxe4 14.Qxe4 N£6 raJ Queen moves have been
15.Qe5. Rfd8 16.dxc5 IRdS 17.Qe3 tried here:
Rx c5 18 .Rfdl R d8 19.h3 h6 a) 10.Qa4. Kavalek- Ravi, Dubai
20.Rxd8+ Qxd8 21.Qe2 Rd5 =+. O lym piad 1986, cont inued 10 ... b6
47
 (very bad is t0 ... Nxc5?? ll.dxe5
Nd7? 12.Qb4 +-} 11.Bh4 Nxe5
t2.dlle5 Nd7 17.Qg4 +=. Recom-
mended instead is 10...a6, as
11.Nc6?! Bxc6 12Qxc6 b5 is very
risky for While.
b) IO.Qf3 h6 (not t O... NxeS?
ll.dxeS Ne4 12.Bxe7 Nxd2
13.B~7+ +-) l l .Bf4 Nxe5 12.dxe5
Nb7 13.Qb5 rs 14.Qg6 Rfi unclear,
lrifunovic- Filicic, Yugoolavia 1945.
c) tO.Qbt (10.Qc2 followed by
Rae l is also worth considering)
10...h6 tl.Bxf6 Bxf6 12Nxd7 Qxd?
13.f4 &6 14.Rf3 Bb5 15.Rh3 Bxd3
16.Qxd3 Be7 l7.Ni'3 Bd6 t&.g4 + =.
So~-Pismenn\~J?R 1974. ~;;.;
~ " L \.. ~ • "-·'" ~ 9.0 -0 and now:
, 10... a61l.Qf3 NxeS 12.fxeS Nd7
- t3.Qii~ t(( l4.B66__w-itb $U'Q~Jla~-
tacking chan.ces,.. !o~_y~hn~k•,
M_g§cow 1925. After t~ e text,
Dreyer-Ramr~~.!-Th.LA...YJY_j)l)'JD-
p!&d 1964, continued 11.Bh4 Ne4
12.~e7~-gxe·7' -1~flat;J_:.~6 ~nd ·13.e4)
}~.Qe1 P.. l~.Rdl C4 t6..1f~~ Nxe4 t2.Ne4 cxb2 t3.Nx.f6+ gx.f6 J4.Qd2
17.Nd2 Nxd2 !8.Rxd2 Kg7 19.g4 (6_ Kg7 15.Rael + =, Tseitlin-Roguli,
_ 20.Nf3 ~!1-~J ~Rg~ RbS 22·Qg3 Lodz 1980.
B) Black plays ..c5 nd .• Nc6.
4;;;en:c.rNc6 ·
6 .Bd3 would be inexact here:
6 ... Qb6 7.Qb3 c4 8.Qxb6 axb6
9 .Bc2 b5 =+. Zara- Gbeorghiu,
BucharesU967.
. 6,.Be~~
a}O:::Cxd4?! 7.exd4
al) 7 ... Bd6 8.Bd3 Bd7 9.0-0
Rc8JO.Rel Qc7 t l.Qe2 b6 12.Bh4
N h S t3.Bg3 Nxg3 14.bxg3 0-0
tS.NeS NxeS I6.dxe5 Be7 17.Nf3
a6 t8.Rad1 b5 19.a3 Rb8 20.Bbl
Rfc8 21. Rd4 and White has a
dangerous attack, Tartalcover-
Samiscb, Vienna 1921.
a2) For 7...Be7, see Illustrative
Game 23.
b) 6...Bd6 7.Bd3 h6 8 .Bb4 0 -0
bl) 9 ... b6? 1 10.Qe2 Bb7
( t l...dxe4 12.Nxe4 8e7 13.Bxf6
Bxf6 14.dxc5 wins a pawn) 12.e5
+ =. Kopec-Bauer, USA 1988.
b2) 9...e5?! 10.e4 (also possible
·s lO dxe5 NxeS 11 NxeS Bxe.5 l2.f4
IO...exd4 tl.exd5 dxc3
If 10.e4, then IO... cxd4 11 .cxd4
dxe4 12.Nxe4 Be7.
c) 6... Qb6 7.Bxf6 (7.Rbl cxd4
8.cxd4 c:5!? is Bisguier- 1. lvanov,
USA 1986} 7...gxf6 B.Rbl e5 9.e4
cxd4 lO.exdS Ne7 l l.cxd4 Nxd5
12.Bc4 Be6 13.Rcl exd4 14.0-0
Bh6 15.Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Nc4 Qd8
17.Rc2 b5 l8.Re1 + Kf8 19.Ncd2
Qd7 20.Ne4 + ""• Yermolinsky-
Naumkio, Tasbkeot 1987.
d) Another idea here is 6...Qc7
to binder NeS, in which c:~se White
usually plays for e3-e4: 7.Bd3 Be7
8.0·0 b6 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 0 -0
 __..--------
ll.Qe2 Bb7 12.Radl Rfe8 J3.dxc5 Bxf4 19.0-0 + -, Klaric-Majeric,
bxcS 14.Ng3 Rad8 IS. Rfel ~ Yugoslavia 1981. '
16.Rd2 + =, Holm<)V-Gipslis, . • b) s:..
Nd79.Bg"3·o :o t0.Qe2 c4
USSR 1962. tl.Sc2 f5 12.h4 bS 13.e41 Nf6
e) 6. ~h6 7.Bh4 Be7 8.Bd3 0 -0 ( 13 ... fxe4 t4.N xe4) J4. exf5 exf5
9.0-0 Nes 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 1l.dxc5 15.Ne5 Nxe5 t6.dxe5 Ne4 17.Nxe4
QxcS l2.e 4 dxe4 L3.Nxe4 Qe7 dxe4 18.Rdl +=. Holmov-1Sesh-
14.ReJ e5 15.Ng3 Nf6 16.Bb5 Bg4 kovsky. USSR C hampioo:s hip
17. Qe2 +;, Trifunovic-Velimi· 1970.
rovic, Yugoslavia 1963. 9.exd4
'7.Ud3 h6
a) 7 ... Nd7 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.0·0
0 -0 (9--e5? JO.e4) lO.Re l !
al) JO ... Qf6 ll..BbS! Qd8
{ll. .. cS?! 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.dxe5)
12.Rcl Qb6 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Qc2
+=, Timman- Beliavslcy, Wijk aan
Zee 1985.
ar2) 10... Rd8 11 .Qe2 g6 12.Radl
c4? ! (better is 12... e5 t3.e4 dxe4
14.Qxe4 f5 15.Qd5+ Kg7 16.BbS
unclear) 13.Bc2 fS 14.Ba4! with a
large advantage to White due to This position is much better for
the weakness at e5. Whice. H e has the initiative io the
b) 7... 0-0 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.dxcS center apd on the;. kin~ide, The
Qe7 10.Qc2 h6 tt.Nb3 aS 12.a4 eS following examples demonstrate
13.e4 Be6 14.Nfd2 BgS t5.Rdt this:
Rad8 16.exd5 Bxd5 J7.Be4 + =, a) 9... Qc7 10.0·0 0-0 I l.Ret
Tihi-Schoneberg, Prague 1981. NbS 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Nfl fS
c.) 7 ... b6 8.Qa4 Bd7 9.Qc2 b6 14.Bb5 Nf6 IS.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Ne5
10.Bh4 Qc7 tt.0-0 0-0 12.a3 Qd6 17.Nd2 c5 18.d:xc5 Qxc5
Rad8 13.RfeJ Bc8 14.b4 Bb7 15.b5 l9.Nb3 Qd6 20.Qd4 +=.
Na5 16.Qbl Ng4 17. Bg3 Bd6 =, Polugaevsky- Padevsky, Budapest
Psakhis-Tiviakov, Moscow 1989. 1965.
d) 7...Qb6 8.RbJ h6 9.Bh4 cxd4 b) 9... Nh5 10.Bxe7 Qx•e7 11.0-0
10.cxd4 g5 tl.Bg3 Nb5 12.Be5?! Nf4 12.Bc2 Qf6 13.Re1 0 -0 14.g3
(12.0-0) 12".NxeS 13.Nxe5 Nf4 Ng6 IS.Qe2 b6 16.h4 ·Re8 17.Ne5
14.1Bfl Bd6 ~ +, Pekoveli- G. Gar- Ncxe5 18.dxe5 Qe7 t9.Nf3 aS
cia, Havana 1986. 20.Nd4 + =, Spassky-Matanovic,
8.Bh4 C)(dJl Havana 1961.
'anL.().o 9.Nc5 Nxe5 tO.dxe5 ...
Nd7 ll .Bg3 f6 12.exf6 Bxf6 t 3.Qg4 C) Black plays ... b6
•
NeS 1~ . BxeS Bxe5 15.Qg6 Q£6 4 .•.Be7 S.Nbdl ~ 6.c31
--.... 16.Qh7+ Kf7 17.f4 Bd6 J8.e4! a) 6.NeS Nfd7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.f4
--.... .. 49
. -
c5 9.c3 0-0 IO.Bd3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 1/Justrati~-c Game 20
Nxa6 12.Qa4 NxcS 13.fxe5 Qb7 GM Tigran Petrosian
1•1.0-0 bS 15.Qdl b4 =, Cifueo-
NM Viktor UubJinsky
tes-Schiissler, Lucerne Olympiad USSR Cham.piottsltip, Moscow 1949
1982..
b) 6.Bd3 0 -0 7.h4 Ba6 8.Bxa6 l.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.8gS cS 4.e3
Nxa6 9 .Ne5 Qe8 1O.Qe2 Nb4 Be7 S. Nbd2 dS 6.c3 N bd7
ll.Ndf3 cS 12.c3 Nc6 13.h5 b6 7.Bd3 0·0
14.Nxc6 Oxc6 15.Ne5 Qb716.Bxf6 This allows W hite to invade e5
Bxf6 17.f4 Bxe5 18.dxe5 b5 19.0 -0 with his Knight. Correct is 7... Q c7.
'
Rad8 Draw, Spassky- Taimanov, 8.Ne5! :._ 1 " "l.,.. l t( ' , 1 ·-~ I -'
USSR Championship 1963. Without thi.~ move White can es-
tablish no advantage.
8.-NxeS 9.dxe5 Nd7 10.8f4 fS
If t t...f6 , tben Jl.QhS forcing
ll...f5, as ll...g6 would be met by
12.Bxg6 hxg6 13.Qxg6+ Kh8 14.h4
followed by Rh3. After the text it
seems it will be more difficult to
start an attack.
1l.h4!

6...d 7.Bd3
7.Bb5+ Nfd7 8.Bf4 0 -0 9.N e5
Nxe5 10.dxe5 Ba6 ll.Bxa6 xa6
J2.Qg4 Kb8 13.Rdt Qe8 14.0-0
Qa4 15.e4 Nc7 16.a3 + =, Klaric-
Flear, London 1979.
7...0·0 8.N~S
8 .0-0 Bb7 transposes into White prevents ... g7-gS and
Spassky-H ubner. Montreal 1979. prepares g2-g4. Not 11...Bxh4?
whi ch continued 9.N eS Nfd7 due to 12.QhS.
10.Bxe7 Qxe7 1 t.f4 Ba6 t2.Bxa6 11... <:4 12.8c2 bS
Nxa6 13.Qa4 Nab8 14.b4 +=. Better is 12 ... N~S followed by
8 ...Bb7 9.14 Nt4 JO.Bxe7 Q xe7 ... Ne4 closing the whi te K ing
11.0-0 f6 U .Nt3 Nd7 13.Qc:l fS Bishop's diagonal.
14.BbS Ndf6 1S.Nxc4 dxe4 16.NeS l3.Nf3
a6 17 .Bel NdS =. Pe trosian- Petrosian gives I 3.g4 as even
G iigoric, Niksic 1983. stronger.
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 •
13-.NcS 14.g4 b4 15.gxf5
Too hasty according to
Petrosiao. Better is 15.Nd4.
1S ... exl5 I 6.NgS gfi?
According to Petrosian, correct
is J6•.. h6 17.Qb5 Nd3+ 18.Bxd3
cxd3 J9.Qg6 hxgS 20.bxg5 Qe8
21.Qb7+ Kf7 22.Rb6 Rg8 with an
unclear position. Now the opening
of the b-fjle will be decisive.
17.h5 Nd3 +
If 17... Bxg5, then 18.BxgS Qxg5
19.Qxd3+ Be6 20.Qxc5 + -.
J8.Bxd3 cxd 3 19. hxg6 ~ xc 6
~O . Qxd3 bxc3 Zl . bxc3 Bxg5
2l.Bxg5 QaS 23.Bf6 Rt8
24.Qd4 Kf7 25 .e6 + Rxt6
l6.8d8 J.O
11/ustrauve Gamt 21
GM Boris Spassky
GM Tigran PeCrosian
Wcrit Chalnpioluhip MaiCh, MO$cuw /~
J. d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 J.BzS d5
4.Nbd2. 8e7 S.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 cS
7.c3 b6 8.0-0 Bb7 9.Ne5 NxeS
lO.dxtS Nd7 ll.Bf4?!
Correct is l l.Bxe7.
11...Qc7
Even stronger is I l.. .g5 as in
Klaric-Geller, Socbi 1971.
l2.Nf3
No t t2.Q~4 due to 12 ..g5
13.DJtg5 {13.Bg3 hS} 13... Rg8 -+.
ll... h6 J3.b4
Accepting the pawn would give
White a strong position: 13.•..cxb4
14.cxb4 Bxb4 tS.Nd4.
13 ...g5 J4.8g3 h5 IS.h4
If 1S. h3, t hen Black is better
after J S...g4 16.bxg4 hxg4 17.Nb2
NxeS 18.Bb5+ Kf8 19.Nx&4 Bd6
20.f4 Nc4.
St
IS~ .gxh4 I6.8f4 0 -0-0 17.a4
It would have been better to
open lines on the queenside with
17.bxcS.
17... e4!.
Giving up t he d4 -square. but
closing the queens ide.
18.8e2
Correct wa~ I8.Bf5 in order to
give the Bisbop a better defensive
role on 113. If J8...exfS, then 19.e6
Bd6 20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.cxd7+ RJtd7
22.Nd4 with an unclear position.
18 ... a6 19.Kbl Rd&8 20.Rgl
Rg4 2l.Qd2 Rha8 2.2.a5 bS
23.Radl 81'8
Threatening 24... f6 ZS.ex£6 e5
and 24 .•• Bg7 25.Qdl4 Nb8 fo l-
lowed by ... Nc6.
24.Nbl NxeS!
Petrosian was well known for his
positional Exchange sacrifices.
ZS. Nxg4 llxg4 26.t4 Bd6 27.Qe3
Nd7
Preparing to posh his central pawns.
28 ,B'Cd6 Qxd6 l9 .Rd4 e5
30.Rd2 £5! 31.exdS
Better is 3J.exf5. although Black
remains better after 3 l ... Nf6.
3l...f4 32.Qe4
If 32.Qa7, then 32...e4.
32•.. N"' 33.QfS + Kb8 34.0
lf 3 4.Q e6, the n 34 ... Qxe6
3S.dxe6 Ne4.
34... Bc8 35.Qbl g3 36.Rel b3
3 7 .Bn Rh8 38.gxb3 Bxh3
39.Kg1 Bxn 40.Kxtl e4 41.Qdl
Ng4! 42.fxg4 f3 43.Rgl r~g2 +
0-1
llJustralive G(li'M. 22
lvan Sokolov
VassiJy lvanchuk
-
l.d4 N~ 2.Nr3 e6 3.Bg5 cS 4.e3
d5 5.Nbd2 Be7 6 .<:3 Nbd7
7.Bd3 b6 8 .0-0 Bb7 9.Ne5
Nxe5 lO.dxeS Nd7 ll.Bxe7
Qxe7 12.f4 f6 13.Qb5 + Qn
14.Qe2 0 -0 15 . ext6 N'Xf6
16.Nf3 QhS 17.Qel Ng4?!
Loses t ime. White now gets a
very strong position.
18.b3 N£6 19.Ne5 a6 20.g4 Qe8
Of course not.20...Qxh3?2 l.Rf3.
ll.gS Nd7 l2.Qb4
22. Bxb7+ ~h7 23.Qh4+ Kg8
24.Nxd7 (24.g6 Nf6) 24 ... Qxd7
2S.g6 RfS 26.e4 dxe4 27.Radl R dS
is not enough.
22 ... g6 l3 .Ng4 Qe7 24.Qg3
Rad 25.h4 Kh8 26.Qh2 e5
27.fnS
Better ~ 27.h5.
21...RJcn +?!
Acco rd ing to Sokolov, correct
is 27 ... Qe6 28.Qg3 d4! 29.cxd4
cxd4 30.exd4 QdS with compen·
sation for the sacrificed pawn.
28 .RxrJ NxeS l9.Nxe.5 Qxe5
30. Rf8+ Kg7 31.Rxe8 Qxe8
32.Qc7 + Kg8 33.e4 Bc6
34.Qxb6?!
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Nowthe Q ueen is o ut or play.
Better is 34.Bxa6.
34...QeS 3S.Qxc6?
Short on time, White allows a
perpetual check. ;J::f!:_ could have
won with 35. K.g2 Q e6 36.Qxc5
Qg4+~~'l+ JKKe2 ·
3S••.Qg3 + Draw
IUu.strRrive GClnle 23
CM Tigran Petrosian
GM Henrique Meddng
Wijktlan Zee 1971
l.d4 Nffi 2.Nf3 e6 3.BgS cS 4.e3
dS 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 cxd4?!
7.exd4 8e7 8.Bd3 h6 .9.Bf4 NhS
10.Be3 Nf6 l l. NeS Nxe5
ll.dxeS Nd7 13. 8d4 NcS
14.Bc2 aS 15.Qg4 g6 16.0-0
Bd7 17.Rfel Qc7 18.a4 Na6
19.Qe2 Kf8 20.Nf3 Kg7 ll.BeJ
NeS 22.Nd4 Ra6 23.Bcl Raa8
This game is very typical of
Petrosian's style. A position has been
reached io which although White can
only make progress very slowly, Bla<..ic
can make oo progress at all.
24.g3 b6 25.h4 hS 26.QO Qd8
27.Bd2 Qe.S'!
Black attacks the a-pawn. hut al-
lows tbe dark-squared Bi$hOp.<~ to
be exchanged. Chapter 4
I.d4 N~ 2.Nf3 ~ 3.BgS b6
T his ~ill likely t ranspose into
one of the o the r variations. Un-
usual third moves are:
a) 3... d6 4.Nbd2 Nbd7 5.c4 eS
6.c3 b6 7.Bh4 g6 8.Be2 Bg7 9.0·0
0-0 IO.Rel Qe8 I t.Bfl NhS
l2.Nc4 Bf6 13.Bxf6 Nhxf6 14.Qc2
Qe7 1S.a4 Re8 l 6. Rad l Draw,
Morovic-Robatsch, Malta Olym-
piad 1980.
b) 3 ... a6 (the actual o rder of
28.8gS! Qd8
moves was 2... a6 3.BgS e6) 4.Nbd2
lvkov gives the foiJowing variation: if
h6 5.Bh4 d6 6.e4 g5 7.Bg3 NbS
2R...Bxg.S, tlleo l9.hxg.S Bxa4 30. B~a4 8.Bd3 Bg'1 9.c3 Nd 7 IO.a4 N£8
Nxa4 3 1.Rxa4 Qxa4 32Nxe6+ fxe6 11.0-0 Ng6 12.e5 Nef4 13.Be4 fS
33.Qf6+ Kg8 34.Qxg6-t- Kt8 3.5.Qf6+ 14.ed 6 Qx£6 un clear, Nemet-
Kg8 36.Qxc6 + Kg7 37.Qf6+ Kg8 Miles, Germany 1989.
38.Qg6+ K.f839.Re3.
l, ,Qf4 ReS 30.Re3 8x&S
31 .hxg5 R a8 32.Qf6 + Qxf6
33.ed6 + Kh7 34.Kil Rae8
35.f4 Rb8 36.Reel Nb7 37.Rb I
Kg8 3 8.N r3 Nd6 39.NeS Be8
40.Bd3 ReS 4t .Kf3 Bc6 42.Rh2
Bd 43. Ke3 Rc7 44.Kd4 Nb7
45.b4 Nd8 46.Rh4 Nb7 47.Ra2
Nd6 48 .Rhl Nb7 49. bS N cS
50.8 c2 Nd7 Sl.Ra3 Nc5 52.c4
Nd7 53.Rc3 NxeS S4.Kxe5 dxc4
55.Be4 ReS 56.Kd6 R eS 4.Nbd2
57.Rhcl b4 1-0 a) 4.e3
Jvkov gives the following logical al) 4... Bb7 S.Bd3 Be7 6.0-0
conclusion: 58.Rxe4 Rxc4 59.Rxc4 Q.Q 7.C4 h6 8.8 rl6 B:tf6 9.Nc3 cS
bxg3 60.Rc8 Kh7 <il.Rc3 Kg~ 10. Re l Na6 ll.Be4 d5 I Z.cxdS
62.Ke7 Kh7 63.Rxg3. exd5 13.Bb l ReS 141.Qd2 Qd7
Conclusion: After Ld4 Nf6 2.Nf3 15.d xc5 bxc5 16.N e4 Bxb2!
e6 3.Bg5 d5 4.e3, Black should main· 17. R cd l Bd4! a+, S peelm an-
tain equality if he figb ts for control Kortchnoi, Wijk aan Zee 1983.
of tbe e5.sq uare. It is best to play a2) 4... b6 5.Bh4 Bb7 6.Bd3 c5
__ Nbd7 followed by ... b6. 7.0 ·0 Be7 8.c4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 d6
53
10.Nc3 Nbd71J.Rel a6 12.Bfl ReS
= , Larsen- Andersson , Bue nos
Aires 1980.
b) 4.e4 b6 5.Bxf6 Qx£6 trans-
poses to C hapter 2.
4•••Bb1 S.e3 Be7
s...cS tran$pOses to Chapter 1.
6.Bd3 d6 7.0-0 Nbd7 s.e4 e.s
9.Rel +•.
Chapter 5
Second Move Alternatives
l.d4 Nf6 Z.NO
We examine fi ve moves: A)
Z."b5, B) z...d6, C) z".c6, b) z...a6,
E) z...b6.
A) 2 ...bS
3.Bg5
3 ...Bb7
3...d5 4.e3 c6 5.Nbd2 h6 6.Bh4
Bf5 7.Bd3 Bxd.3 8.cxd3 Nbd7 9.Rcl
Qb6 10.0 -0 e6 II.Bxf6 gxf6
l2.Q c2 Rc8 l3.e4 += , Wirtben-
sohn-Partos, Biel 1917.
4.Nbd2
4.e3 a6
a) S.c3 e6 6.e4 h6 7.Brl6 Qxf6
8. Bd3 c5 9 .e5 Q d 8 10.Be4 Q b6
11.0 -0 cxd4 Draw, Br"Owne-Miles,
London 1980/81.
b) 5.Nbd2 g6 6.c4 bxc4 7.Bxc4 dS
8.Bxf6 ex£6 9. Be2 Nd7 1O.Nb3
Bb4+ ll.Nfd2 aS 12.0 -0 0 -0
13.Nf3 a4 14.Ncl Bd6 15.Nd3 Ba6
16.Rc l + = , Jvlcov- Ljubojevic, Hil-
versum 1973.
4.-&6 5.a4
5.c3 e6 6.e 4 h6 7.Bxf6 Q xf6
8.Bd3 cS 9.0-0 Qd8 10.Qe2 ad4
I t.cxd4 Be7 12.Rc l +=, Lan-
geweg- Miles, Amsterdam 1981.
s...b4 6.c4 e6 7.e3 c5 8.Bd3 Be7
9.0-0 d6 lO.Rel Nbd7 ll.Rd h6
12.Bxf6 Nxf6 l3.Bbl Qc7 14.Qel
cs 15.Redl g4 J6.Net hS 17.d5
0 -0-0
Uncle~r. Ribli-M iles, Ble d/Por·
torot 1979.
B) l ...d~
3.o,s
If Black plays a n Old Indian
setup, the Torre Attack is not ef-
fective.
3 ... Nbd7 4.-d h6 S.Bh4
5.Bd6 Nxf6 6.Nbd2 c6 (6...g6)
7.Bd3 Qc7 8.c3 eS 9. Q c2 Be7
JO.dxe5 dxeS 1 J.Nc4 bS 12.Ncd2
0-0 13.0-0 Bb7 14.c4 b4 15.Ne4
+ =, Klama o- Karasev, USSR
1976. Bd3 --+.
S.-gS 6.Bg3 NhS 7.Nbd2
7 .Bd3 Nxg3 8.fxg3 Bg7 9.Nbd2 cS D) 2 .•.a6
10.c3 Rb8?! 11.Qe2 e6 12.0 -0
Qe7 13.Kb I ?! 0 -0 14.e5?! and
now -with 14 ... cxd4 tS.cxd4 g4
16.Nh4 Bx:d4 J7.Qxg4 Qg5 Black
bas a big advantage, Xu Jull-
Lobron, China 1988.
7.••Bg7 8.Bd3
8.Bc4 Ndf6 9.Qe2 Nxg3 IO.bxg3
dS ll.Bh3 c6 t2.e4 Nxe4 I 3.Nxe4
dxe4 14.Qxe4 Qa5+ 15.c3 ars
16.Qe2 e6 =+, Rossetto-Gligoric,
Buenos Aires 1960.
8 ...e6 9.c3 rs lO.Net?l
3.BaS t6 4.Nbdl d6 S.h3 Nbd7
Better is 10.Qe2 followed by ·
6.e4 h6 7.Be3 g6 &.c3 Bg7 9.BdJ
0 -0..0.
0 -0
10... Ndf6 11.f3 Nxg,J ll.hxaJ dS
White is better. Vei ngold-
lJ.Nel Qd6 U.Qb3 e5
Mainka, Canda5 1992 continued
Black is better, Bobm- 10.g4!? e5 11.dxe5 NxeS 12.&2 bS
Ljubojevic, Wijk aan Zee 1976. t3.Nxe5 dxe5 14.Nb3 Bb7 14.Nb3
Bb7 and was later drawn.
C) 2-.••c6
E) 2 ...b6
J.Bxs

Against thi' move briog!ng ~ut

the Queeo Bishop ma.y be mfenor
as well. Sbort- Kasparov, Skellef.
tea 1989, continued J..Bf4 d6 4.h3 Now we examine two moves for
Qb6 S.b3 (better is 5.Qcl) S...cS Black: El) 3...Bb7, E2) 3 ..• Ne4.
6 .dxc5 QxcS 7.c4 g6 8.Nc3 Bg7
9..Rcl BfS 1O.BeJ QaS ll.Bd2 Qd8 El) 3 ... Bb7
12.Nd4 Be4 13.e3 Nc6 14.Nde2 4.Nc3
55
 a) 4.Bxf6 exf6 5... Nxd2 =) 6.Nxe4 Bxe4 7.c3 Nc6
at) 5.g3?! Qe7! 6.Bg2 Qb4+ 8.c3 Be7 9.Be2 0 -0 t 0. h 4 h6
7.Nbd2 Qxb2 8.0-0 Qa3 9.Nc4 ll.Bd3 d5 12.g4 Bd6 13.Bxd6 Qxd6
Qa4 10. Q d3 N a6 11.Qe3 + Be7 l4_8 xe4 dxe4 JS.Nd2 +=, Hulak-
12.c3 d5 =+, Stean-Kortcbnoi, Miralles, Haifa 1989.
Beersheva 1978. 4... Bb7
a2) .5. Qd3 d5 6.g3 Bd6 7.Bg2 For 4 ...dS, see Illustrative Game
0 -0 8.0-0 g6 9.c4 dxc4 IO.Qxc4 24.
Nd7 l l.Nc3 a6 12.e4 bS 13.Qb3 c5 5.Nbdl Nxdl
l4.R adl cxd4 tS.R xd4 BcS l6.Rd2 For 5...g6, see Illustrative Game
Qe7 17.a4 b4 18.NdS Bxd519.Rxd5 25.
Ne5 •, Hodgson-Morrison, Bri- 6.Q xd2 g6
tish Championship 1988.
6 ... Bxf3? 7.exf3 c6 8.Bd 3 Qc7
b) 4. Nbd2 c5 (4... d5 has also 9.f4l Q d6 (9...d6 10.£5) 10.0-0-0
been tr ied. 4 ...e6 would transpose Qxd4 Jl.Rfet e6 12.c:3 Qd6 13.f5
back into the normal lines) 5.Bxf6 Be7 14.Bg3 Qd5 IS. Kbl B f6
gx% 6.e3 e6 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.0-0 d5 16.Qe2 Qxg2 17.fxe6 dxe6 t8.Qg4
9.dxc5 (9.c3 c4 10.Bc2 f5) 9 ... bxc5
QdS t9.Bxb7 Rxh7 20. Rxd5 cxdS
10.a3 f5 l t.b4 Bd6 12.c4 Ne5 =,
2t .Rxe6+ 1·0, Romanishin-savon,
Kochiev-Veingold, Tallinn 1985. USSR 1979.
4~.g6
4 ...d5'l! S.e3 Nbd7'!! 6Jile5 NxeS
7.dxe.S Ne4 8.Nxe4 dxe4 9.0g4 Qc8
JO.e6 with a large advantage for
White, Pctrosian-Qolo mbek, Bu-
charest 1953.
s.e3 Be7
5 ...d5?! 6.Bb5+ c6 7.Bd3 Bg7
8.e4 0 -0 9.e5 Nfd7 1O.Ne2 f6
11.eJ6 exf6 12.Be3 Na6 13.h4 Nb4
14.h5 Nxd3+ tS.Qxd3 Qe816.hxg6
h xg6 l 7.Nf4 NeS 18 .dxe5 fxeS
19.Qxg6 exf4 20.Qh7+ Kf7 21.Rh6
Qe7 22Qg6+ Kg8 23.Ng5 1-0, 7.8gS h~ 8.Bf4 d 6 9.dS Bg7 10.c4
Petrosian-Nievergelt 1954. + • , Guimard·Bo lbochan, Mar
6.8d3 c~ 7.0 · 0 d6 8.Qd 0 -0 del Plata 1946.
9.Rtdla6
Fiister-Csom, Siegen Olympiad lliustrmive Gomt 24
1970 continued t0.d.xc5 bxc5 1 l.e4
JM Mjkbail Tseitlin
Nfd7 12.Nd5 Nc6 13.c3 Re8 =.
IM Nikolay Popov
USSR 1982
El) 3 ... Ne4
4.BM l.d4 Nf6 2..N f3 b6 3.Bg5 N e4
4.Bf4 Bb7 S.Nbd2 e6 (better is 4.Bh4 dS ?! S.N bd2. Bb7 6 .e3
56
 ,
Nd7?! 7. c4 Ndf6 8.Rc:l e6
9.cxd5 QxdS
Black is already Joslt. If 9...Nxd2,
then 10.Qa4 + . Jf 9 ...exd5, then
IO.Qa4+ c6 11.Rxc6 Qd7 12.BbS
a613.Rxe6+.
10.Rxc7 Nxd2 ll.Nxd2 Bd6
U.Qa4 + Kl8 13.e4 Nxe4
If 13 ... Qh5, then 14.Rxb7 Qx.h4
15.e5 Bxe5 16.Qa3+ +-.
14.Bc4 Qxd4 1S.Rxf7 + Kg8
16 .NrJ Qxbl 17.0-0 Nc5
18.Bxe6 Nxe6 19.Rxb7 b5
lO.Qe4 Qxa2 21.Rd7 Bxh2+
2l . Kxhl R£8 Z3.Rd NcS
24.Rxg7 + Kxg7 lS.Qg4 + 1-0
1/Justram-e Garm 25
NM KhapiUn
NM I. Komissarov
Podolsk. Russia 1993
l.d4 Nf6 l.NO b6 3.BgS Ne4
4. 8h4 8b7 S.Nbd2 g6 6.e3
6.Nxe4 Bxe4 7.Nd2 Bb7 8.e4 Bg7
9,c3 0-0 10.Bc4 dS 11.cxd5 BxdS
12.0-0 Nc6 13.Rel Bxc4 14.Nxc4
+ =, Trifu novic- Bofbocban, Mar
del Plata 1950.
6... Bg7 7.Bd3 Nxdl 8.Qxd2 cS
9.1C3 0..() 10.e4 cxd4 11 .cxd4 fS
57
12.exrs
This allows Black to 1Juin White's
pawn structure. Better is 12 Qe2,
and if 12... f4 (threateniing ... h6 and
...g5), then 13.e5.
12...Bx0 I3.gxf3 Nc6 14.fxg6
Nxd4 15.ph7 + Kh8
Black is much better because his
King is safer and the Knight is very
imposing on d4.
16.Bd R~ 8 17.R~l Rxtl +
18.Qxcl RfS 19. Bg3 R e S
lO . Qdl Nxe2 2l.Kxe2 Qc8
22.Qd3 Rc2 + l 3 .Krt Qc4
24.Qxc4 Rxc4
B lack is winning in title endgame
becau se W hite's R ook is tem-
porarily out of play and his pawns
are weak and scattered.
25.b3 Rc2 26.Kg2 Rxa2 27.Rel
e6 28.Rd1 dS 29.Rel d4
30.Rxe6 Rb2 31. Re8 + Kxh7
3 2 . Re7 Kg6 33 .Rxa7 Rxb3
34.Kh3 RxfJ 3S. Kg4 Rf7
36. Ra8 Rb7 37.Ra6 d3 38.Kf3
Bd4 39.Ra2 Bc3 41J.Ke3 Rd7
4l.Rd2 Bxd2 + 4Z.Kxd2 KtS
43.t3 b5 44.Bel Kf4 4S.h4 Kxf3
46.h5 Ke4 47.Bh4 Rb7 0·1
 6.Qc1 Bf5 7.Nbd2 Nbd7 8 .c4 e6
Chapter 6 9 .Be2 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 1 LNeS
R feB 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 J3.c5 Q c7
l .d4 d5 2.Nt3 Nr' 3.BaS 14.Bd3 Ng4 l S.Bx£5 exf5 t6.Ndf3
NxeS 17.NxcS Bf6 l 8.Nd3 Re4
=+, Masearinas- P. Nikolic, Thes-
salo niki Olympiad 1988.
4.Bh4
4.8£4 c5
a) S.dxc5 Nc6 6.e3 fG 7.c4 e5
B.Bg3 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nxd2 I O.Nxd2
BxcS • +, Rossetto- Be oko,
Buenos Aires 1960.
b) S.c3 Qb6 6.Qb3 cxd4 7.Nxd4
Qd8?! 8.e3 f6? 8. Bb5 + K£7
(8 ... B d7 9.Ne6) 9.Bc7 Qxc7
3...Ne4 10.Qxd5+ e6 11.Qxe4 e5 12.Nd2
This move gives Blad: a stTong Ob6 13.f4 Nc6 14.Nc4 Qc5 15.1>4
position. Alternatives are: Qe7 16.Nxc6 b~tc6 17 .B~tc6 Rb8
a) 3 ...e6 transposes to tbe varia- 18.Bd 5+ 1-0, D izdar-Gelfand .
tion we looked at in Chapter:}. - -:--., Halle 1987.
f b) 3...Bf5 4.c4 c6 5.Nc3 e6. 6.cxdS c) 5.e3 Qb6 6.Qe1 c.-xd4 7.exd4
: cxd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Qb3 Qb6 9.Bb5+ . Nc6 8.c3 Bf5 9.Bc2 Rc8 l.O.Nbd2
1
Nc6 10.Ne5 Nd7 1 J.Nxd7 Kxd7 ' e6 11.0-0 Be7 12.Nxe4 dxc4 (bet-
. 12.Bf4 h 5 13.NxdS +-, Gesic- ter is 12 ... Bxe4•) 13.Nc5 Nxd4
\l:-ey!i~~~r!jsy9_~7..l. . . .. " 14.Bh5 Bg6 tS.Qdl BxbS 16.QxbS
c) 3 ...Bg4 4.c4 e6 5.e3 h6 6.Bxf6 g6 17.Qdt f6 18.cxd4 fxe5 19.Bxe5
Qxf6 7.Qb3 Nc6 8.Qxb7 Kd7 0-0 20.Qg4 Rc2 2t.Qxe4 Rxb2 =,
9.cxd5 exdS 10.Bb5 t-0, Oskam- Murshed-Kaidanov, Calcutta
Euwe, H olland 1921. 1988.
d) 3 ... Nbd7 4.c4 Ne4?! 5.Bb4
dxc4 6.Qc2 Nd6 7.e4 Nb6 8.NM2
c6 9.a4 a5 10.Nxc4 g6 li.Nxb6
Qxb6 12.Bd3 Qb4+ 13 .Qc3 Bg7
J4.0 -0 + =, Petrosian-Stahlberg,
Copenhagen 1960.
e) For 3 ... c5, see Illustrative
Game26.
0 3...c6
fl) For 4. Bxf6, see Illustrative
Game27.
f'2) For 4.Nbd2. see fllustrative
Oame28. A fter the tex t we examine A)
g) 3.. .h 6 4 .Bh4 c6 5.e3 Qb6 4 ...cS and B) 4 ...c6.
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 Worth considering is 4 ...Qd6,
wbich threatens both :S ••• Qb4+ and
S...Qh6. H~tnsen-Sadler, Cappelle
L .a Grande 1993, continu e d
S. Nbd2 Qh6 6.c3 gS 7.8 !3 Nxg3
8.fxg3 g4 9.Nc5 Qe3 = +.
A) 4 ...c5
5.dxc5
R o ngguang Ye-Haba, Thes-
saloniki Olympiad t 988. continued
5.e3 Q b6 6.Nc3 (no t 6.Qct cxd4
7.exd4 g5) 6 ... cxd4 7.Bb5+ t\c6
&.NxdS Q aS+ 9.b4 Qd& t0.Qxd4
N'd6 l t.Nc3 Nxb5 J2.0xd8+ K.xdB
13.NxbS 8&4 14.Nd6 g5 15.Bxg5 f6
J6.Bh4 Kc7 17.Nb5+ Kb6 18.Nbd4
xd4 19.Nx<.l4 e5 unclear.
5... Nc6
Not as strong is 5... Qa5+ 6.Nbd2
Nc6 (6 ... Nxd2 7 . Qxd2 Qxc5
8.0-0 -0 c6 9.e4 + = ; 6...e6 7.c3
Nxd2 8.0xd2 Qxc5 9.e4 + =) 7.c3
Qxc5 8.e3 Bf5 9.Be2 e5 10.0-0 f6
I J.Nxe4 d}(e4 J2.Nd2 Bg6 13.Q a4
QaS 14. 0 c2 Be7 15.Nxc4 a nd
White is muc h bette r, Berg-
Danielscn, A rhus 1992.
After the text Blade obt ains the
advantage afte r either 6 .e3 g6
7.Nbd2 Nxc5 8.Be2 (8. Nb3 Na4)
8 ... 8g7 9.c3 0-0 10.0-0 aS 1l.Nb3
S9
N e4 12.a 4 Bg4 =
+ . Lillknv-
Kamys t ov. USSR JIJ 4CJ n r fl .t:J
Nxc5 7. Na3 g6.
U) 4...c6
S.eJ ·
5 .c3 Qb6 6 .Qb3 Bf5 7.e3 h6
8.Nbd2 Nd7 9.Nxe4 Bxe4 t0.Be2
e6 11.0-0 Bh7 12.Rfc1 Bd6 •,
Khapilin-Komissarov, Po dolsk
1993.
s...Qb6
a) 5...Bf5 6.Bd3 Nbd? 7.0-0 Qc7
S.c4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 e6 10.Bd3 Nef6
I J.Bxf5 exf5 12.Nc3 Be7 13.d5
0-0 14. Bg3 Qb6 JS . Na4 Qa6
16.dxc6bxc61 7.Qc2 +=, Timman-
Aodersson, Tilburg 1980.
b) 5... Bg4 6.Be2 QbG 7.Qct Nd7
S.Nbd2 eS 9.dxe5 Nx,d2 10.Qxd2
Bxrf3 ll.gxf3 Qxb2 12 .0 -0 Bb4
13.Qd l Qxe5 14.R bl a5 15.c4 0-0
D raw. Hart.ston- Soso nko. Enr;-
land-Ho lland match 1977.
6.Qcl Bf5 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.0-0 h6
8 ... e6 9.b3 'l! (9.Rd 1 Bd6 1O.c4
dxc4 1 t.Bxc4 0 -0 12.Nc3 += )
9 .•. a5 10.c4 Ng3 I I.Bxg3 Bxd3
12.c5 QdS 13.Rel hS == + ,
R o ngguang Ye-Rahman , Asian
team Championship 1991.
9.Nc3 gS 10.Bg3 Nxg3 ll .hxg3
8'Xd3 12.c:xd3 Bg7 13.Qdl 0-0
Tartakover-Euwe. H asti ngs
1945/46. Now instead of 14.e4?,
White $bould play 14.g4 with the
idea of Ne2-g3.
------ -· llhW«Uiv;:.Gm111t26
NM Christoph Mic::balek ~~ :
IM Sergey Kishnev
· , . -· . •. ··· D<Hrrtuuad 1993
l.Nr3 dS 2.d4 N£6 3.Bg5 cS 4.e3
4.dxc5 e6 5.e3 Bxc5 6.Nbd2 Nc6
7.Bd3 h6 8.Bb4 Be7 9.0·0 b6
Boodarevsky- Smyslov, Moscow
l945.
4 .•. Qb6 5,Qcl Nc6 6.c3 BfS
7.Nbdl e6
Black has already at least equal-
ized.
8.Be2 h6 9.Bf4 gS 10.B&3 NhS
ll.BeS NxeS 12. Nxe5 N f6
13.Bd3 Bxd3 14.Nxd3 c4
According to Nikitin, better is
14-.cxd4 15.exd4 Bd6 16.Nf3 Ne4
- +. Now White is able to take the
initiative due to Black's weakened
kingside.
lS.NeS 8d6 16.14 gxf4 17.exf4
Rg8 18.0-0 Rg7 19.Qc2 NbS?
Overlooking White's next simple
move.
20.Qa4 + Ke7 ll.Qd7 + Kf6
22.Nexc4 dxtA 23.Ne4 +
Not 23.f5 Qc6 24.fxe6+ Nf4.
23 ...Kg6 2A.Qxd6 Qxb2 2S. Ru l
Kh7 26.Rf2 QbS 27 .fS ex fS
28.Nd Re8 29.Ren f4 30.Qd5
N f6 31.Qf5+ Rg6 3l. h4 bS
33.Qxf4 Qc6
34.Qxf6 Rxf6 3S. Rxf6 Qc8
36.Rx17+ Kg8 37.Nd 7 bS
=. Black sets a trap.
38.Ne5
Which White does not fall for. Not
38.Rr8+? Rxt8 39.Rxf8+ Qxf8
40.Nxt8 b4 4l .Ne6 b3 42.axb3 Olb3 •+.
38 ... b4 39. R7f5 b3 40 . Rg5 +
Kh8 41.Rxh5 + Kg8 42.RgS +
Kh8 43.Nf7+
According to Nilc:itin, there was a
forced win with 43.Rf6 Kh7
44.Rh5+ Kg7 45.Rg6+ Kf8
46.Rh8+ Ke7 47. R h7+ KdS
48. Rd6+ Qd7 49.Rdxd7 Kc8
50. Rc7+ Kb8 5l.Nc6+ Ka8
52.Ru7 mate. Black has little
hope in any case.
43 ...Kh7 44.Nd6 Qe6 4S.Nxe8
Qxe8 46.Re5 Qa4 47.axb3 cxb3
48 .Rb5 + Kg6 49.Rg5 + Kh6
SO.Rf6 + Kh7 St.Rn + Kh6
52.Kh2 Qa6 S3.RgfS QeZ
54.Kh3 Qd3 + SS.Rf3 bZ
56 . Rxd3 bl = Q S7.Re3 Qg6
S8.Ref3 Qe6+ 59.&4 l-0
1/luJfTrllil~ Game 2'1
GM Eduard Meduna
NM Sergey Koul.sin
KJJto ..ic.e 1993
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1.d4 dS 2.8gS c6 3.Nr3 Nf6
4.Bxf6
4.c3 or S.e3 are sol id.
4 ...exf6 S.e3
5.Nbd2 Bd6 6.e4 dxe4 7.Nxe4
Bc7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 Nd7 lO. Re l
Re8 ll.c3 Nf8 12.Qb3 b513.a4 Be6
14 .Q c2 a6 1S.Nc5 Bd.S 16.Rxe8
Qxe8 J 7 .Be4 + =. Nikitin- Dol-
matov, Moscow 1978.
S ...Be6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.c:4 Nd7
3S.Rxb6?
8.cxdS cxdS 9.e4 Qb6 This seems to be winning, but
Wo rth considering is 9 ... d xe4 White overlooks a simple resource.
JO.Nxc4 Bb4+ ll.Nc3 Nb6 White should keep up the pressure
12.Bb5+ Bd7. witb 35.Bd5 followed by Rrt and
10. Bd3 0·0 11.0-0 Qxb2 e4-e5.
ll2.exdS BxdS 13 . Nc4 Bxt'4 35 ...axb6 36.a7 Rc3+ 37.Kxc3
J4.Bxc4 NbS + 38.Kc4 Nxa7
White is slightly be tter because Now Wbite oeeds to play for the
of Black's mis plac ed Queen. draw.
Black's doubled extr:a pawn has l it- 39.8dS Ke8 40.e5 f'Xe5 .Cl.dxeS
tle significance. gS 42.hxg5 bxgS 43.Kb4 Kt8
J4 ... Nb6 15.Rbl Qc3 16.Bb3 44 . Kt4 Ke7 45.Kb4 r6
Rad8 17.QeJ Qxel 46.exf6 + Kxf6 47.Kc4 Ke5
48.Br3 Kd6 49.Bg2 Ke5 50.80
The endgame is good for White.
Kf4 Sl.Bdl Ke3 Sl.Bc2 Kt3
Worth considering is. 17... Qc7.
531.Br5 Kf4 54. Kd5 NbS SS.Bd7
18.Rf)(d Rfe.8 19.Rxe8 + Rxe8 Nc3 + S6.Kc6 bS S7.Kc5 KeS
20.Kn Kf8 2l.a4 58.Kb4 Kd4 S9.Bc6 Draw
With the advance of the a-pawn.
Black becomes very cramped.
lllusuadve Gam~ 28
2l... Re7 22.a5 Nc8 :Z3.8d5 b6 GM Rong:uang Ye
24.a, Ke8 2S.Nd2 Kd8 26.Nc4 GM Rosendo Balinas
g6 27. 8b7 Rc7 28.Ne3 Nt7 MalaysiD 1990
29.Ke2 Bt4 30.Kd3 Bxe3
l.d4 Nf6 2 .Nt3 dS 3 .8&5 c6
Otherwise 3 l.Nc4. In a cramped
4.Nbcl2 Qb6 S.e3
position one needs to exchange
White avoids an awkward defen-
pieces.
sive move like 5.Qcl and Instead
3J.txe3 Nc8 32.g4 Ke7 33.e4 h6 sacrifices a pawn for quick
34.h4 Nd6 development.
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5 .•. Qxb2. 6 .Bd3 Nbd7 7.0-0 Chapter 7
Qa3 S.Qe2 e6 9.1Ubl Be7 10.c4
0-0 ll.e4 dxe4 1l.Nxe4 Re8 l.d4 dS l.Nf3 N1'6 3.Bf4
Not 12... Nxe4? due to 13.Qxe4 Although technically not a Thrre
g6 14.R b3 Qd6 15.c5 Nxc5 16.dxc5 Attack system, this move can be
Oxc5 17.Rcl Qd6 18.Qh4 wi th a more dangerQus for Black than
large advantage to White. what we saw in the previous chap-
13.c5 ter.
Furthe r constricting Bl ack's
position and creating a square for
the Knight at d6.
13...QaS 14.Rb3 Qc7
Perhaps better is 14...Qd8 fo l-
lowed by 15 ... Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Nf8.
tS.Bb4 b6 16.Bg3 Qd8
If l6...Qb7, then 17.a4 threaten-
ing a4~a5 -a6.
17.Ne5 Bb7
If J7... Nxe5, tbe n 18.Bxe5 Bd7
We witl examine five moves:
19.Nxf6 + Bxf6 20.Bxh7+ Kxh7
21.Qb5 + mating. .cs,
A ) J .. B ) ~...urs,
C) 3 ...
D) 3 ...c6, E) 3...e'6. _ '
o,. .
3... g6 iranspose,s into Chapter
10.

A) J ...c5
4.e3
a) Wo rth considering is 4.c3
al) 4 ... Q b6 5.Q b3
al l ) S...c4 6.Qc2 g6 7.Nbd2 Bf5
8.Qc t h6 9. b3 g5 1O.BeS Nbd7
l l.g3 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 e6 13.Bg2 Qc7
14.0 -0 Bd6?! (l 4...Bg7) 15.Nexc4
dxc4 J6.e4 Bg6 17.e 5 +=, 0\er-
t8.Nxr7! NxcS
nikov-Fedorov, USSR 1981.
If 18.. .Kxf7, tben 19.Ng5+.
al2) .Le6 6.h3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Qxb3
19.Nxd8 Nxb3 20.Nxf6 + Bxf6 8.axb3 Nc6 9.e3 Bd7 t 0.Nc3 ReS
21.Bxh7 + 1-0 11.Bd3 Nb4 12. Bb 1 BbS 13.Kd2
Ba6 14.Rc1 Nd? 15.Ne t f6 16.Nd3
Conclusion: Afte r 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e 5 17. dxe5 Bxd3 18.Bxd3 fxe5
N£6 3.Bg5, 3... Ne4l gives Black a t 9.Bg3 uncl ear , Sa ntos-Alelc-
fi ne position. sandrov, European Team Cham-
62
 ..
pioosbip, Debreceo 1992.
a2) 4... Nc6?! 5.d:xc5 g6 6.g3 Bg7
7.Bg2 0-0 8.0 -0 Ne4 9.Ng5 f5
10.Nxe4 fxe4 ll.Qd2 Ne5 12.Na3
Be6 13.Rad 1 Qa5 14.c4 Qxd2
15.Rxd2 dxc4 16.Bxe4 Rac8 t7.Be3
Ng4 18.Bxb7 +-, Granda Zunigll-
B6nscb, Capabla nca Memorial
1987.
b) 4.dxc5 e6 5.e3 BxcS 6.c4 0-0
7.Nd Nc6 8.a3 ReS 9.Ne5 Bd6
JO.Nxc6 bxc6 l1.Bx:d6 Qxd6 12.Be2
Rb8 13.b4 aS 14.b)(a5 QeS 15.Qd4
Qxd4 16.exd4 e5 =
+. Grooten-
Van der Werf. Wijk: aan Zee 1993.
4...Nc6
4 ... Bg4 5.Nbd2 Nc6 6.c3 e6
?.Qa4 Bxf3 8.Nx:f3 Qb6 9.Qb5
(9.Rb1 Be7 10.Bd3 0-0 11.0-0
R fd8 =, Keres-Reshevsky, Kemeri
1937) 9 ... Qxb5 tO.Bxb5 a6 11.Be2
+ =. Berzog- Noglleiras, Lucerne
Olympiad 1982.
S.c3
S. Nc~ (with the i.dea of 6.NbS):
a) 5...Bg4 6.dxc5
b) 5 ... Qa5 6.Bib5 Ne4 7.0-0
Nxc3 8.Bxc6+ bx<-6 9.bxc3 Oxc3
JO.NeS cxd4 lt.exd4 B£5 12.Rbl £6
13.Nd3 Qxd4 14.Rb4 Qc3 t5.Rb7
Rd8 16.Rxa7 e5 17. Rel ? (17.Bd2
= + ) 17 ... e4?? ( 17 ... Bxd3 - + )
t8.Ra4! +-, Meduoa- Yakovich,
Socbi 1986.
c) 5...cxd4 6. Nb~! ? (6.exd4 Bg4
=) 6 ... Qa5+ 7.Qd2 (7.c3 dxc3
8.bxc3 Bg4 =+) 7... Qxd2+ 8.Kxd2
dxe3+ 9.Exe3 Kd71 lO.Rdl (10.Nc7
e5!) 10... e6 11.c4 (1 1.Nc7! Rb8
. ~~ ') f
12.Nb5 ::r) 1l... Bc5! 12.Kc t ..
(12.Nc7!) 12...a6 - +, Rakjc-Cvet-
kovic. Yugoslavia 1991.
s...Qb6 6.QbJ
6.Qc1 Bf5 7.Nbd2 ReS (perhaps
63
be1ter is 7...e6) 8.dxc.S Qxc.S
a) 9.Nb3 Qb6 10.Qd2 e6 ll.Bd3
B e 4 12.Qe2 Be7 13.0-0 0 -0
14.Bg5 =, Capablanca-Maroczy,
New York 1924.
b ) 9. Qd 1 Qb6 IO.Q b3 Qxb3
1! J.axb3 Nh5 12.BbS Nxf4 t3.exf4
a6 14.Bxc6+ Rxc6 1S.Nd4 + =,
Kne zevic-Osma no'V i c, Sarajevo
1981.
6 ...c4 7.Qxb6
7.Qc2 BfS 8.Qcl h6 9.Nbd2 Qd&
10.b3 cxb3 tl.ub3 e6 t2.Ne5 Nxe5
13.Bxe5 Nd7 t 4. Bg.3 Be7 1S.Be2
0-0 16.0-0 a6 t7.c4 Bb4 18.cS cS
19.Nf.3 Bg4 20.b3 BhS 21.Qd1 e4
22.Ne l Bxe2 23.Qxe2 Nb8 24.Nc2
Nc6 25.Bd6 Re8 26.Qh5 Qg5
27 .QxgS bxg5 28.f3 g6 29.fx e4
Rxe4 30.Rf3 BaS 3 I.Rafl f5 32.g4!
+ =. Lputian-Yakovich, Moscow
1992.
7 ...axb6 8.Na3
8.a3 b5 9.Ne5 e6 IO.b4?! {better
iis t0.Nbd2, although Black is be t-
ter after 10 ...b4) tO... NhS ll.Nxc6
Nxf4 12.exf4 bxe6 and the a-pawn
is very weak. Black went on to win
after 13.Nd2 f6 14.NO Bd6 15.g3
0 -0 16.Be2 Rf7 l7.Kd2 Rfa7 in
Kovacevic-Ribli, Bugojno 1984.
s...Ras
 a) Wort h considering is 8 ...e6
9.Nb5 Kd7.
b) For 8 ...e5, see lllusr rative
Game29.
9.Bt7 srs
a) 9...e5?! JO.Nc2 e4 tl.Nd2 Ra6
J2.a4 + '""• Kovacevic-Kristensen,
Thessaloniki Olympiad 1988.
b) 9...e6 10.Nc2 (l0.8xb6 Ra6
11.Bc5 BxcS 12.dxc5 RaS) 10...Kd7
11.Bf4 b5 12.a3 +=.
The text move prevents Nc2.
tO.Bxb6
If 10.Nh4, 10...e6 lt.Nxf:S Bxa3
12Nxg7+ Kd7 J3.Bxb6 Bxb2 is strong.
10.~Ro6 ll.lk7
If l l.Bc5, then ll ... b6.
U .•.Kd7 l:Z.NbS e~ l3.8e2
Better is 13.Bg3 Be7 l4.Ne5+.
t3...Be7 t4.Bdl RhoS 1S.a4 Na7
= + , Legky-Cvetkovic, Vrnjaclca
Banja 1989.
B) J •.•srs
B lack can unsuspectingly get
into danger with this move.
4.c4
4.e3 e6 S.c4? Bxbl 6.Rxbl
(6.Qxbt Bb4 + ... +, Z. Nikolic-
Djukic, Nis 1981) 6...Bb4+ 7.Ke2
dxc4? 8.Qa4+ Ne6 9. Ne5 NdS
10.Nxc6 Qd7 I t.Bg3 Qxc6
12.Qxc6+ bxc6 13.Kf3 + =,
Hulak-Rowley, New York 1989.
4.•.c6
a) 4 ...e6 5.Qb3 is s trong for
White.
b) 4 .. .dxc4 5.Qa4 + c6 6.Qxc4
Nbd7 7.Nc3 e6 8.a3 Be? 9.g3 Nb6
10.Qb3 0-0 1l.Bg2 NfdS 12.Bd2
Nxc.3 13.Bxc3 Be4 J 4.0 -0 Draw,
Meduna- Lecbtyosky, Czechoslo-
vakian Olampionship, Prague 1992.
S.e3 e6 6.Ne3 Nbd7 7.Qb3 Qb6
8.cS Qxb3 9.a:xb3 a6 1O.b4 Rc8
W ru te was threatening 11 .b5.
11...0 -0 -0? would be met w ith
J2.Rxa6 bxa6 13.Bxa6 male. Here
White has only one dangerous plan:
NO-d2-b3-a5 and Black's b-pawn will
be difficult to defend. Blade bas two
possible defens.es: to exchange the
Knight with _.Be7-d8 or defend the
pawn with t he Rook. The text move
may not be Black's best. Worth con-
sidering is 10 ...Rd8 ll.h3 Be7 12.Nd2
NfB 13.Nb3 Ng6 14.Bh2 0.0 tS.NaS
Rd7. The question ~ whether White
could then successfully advance his
queenside pawns after a sacrifiCe on
a6 or c6. Otbetwise Blade would have
successfully solved his opening
problems, as ...Bd8xa5 could then fol·
low. See lllustrative Game 30.
 C) ~ ..• Bg4
4.NbdZ. e6 S.e3 Bd6
6.Bxd6
6.Bg3 0-0 7.c3 Ne4 8.Qb3 Nxg3
9.hxg3 Nd7 10.e4 dxe4 ll.Nxe4
Be7 12 .Bd3 Bf5 13.0-0 -0 Qc8
14.Q c2 h6 15.Nh4 Bxe4 16.Bxe4
Rd8 17. Qe2 c5 ""'• Kovacevic-
Maotovaoi, Mendrisio 19S8.
6 ...Q xd6 7.c4 Nbd7 &.Qb3 RbS
9.h3 BhS IO.cxdS ~xd5ll.Rd 0-0
n .Bd3 c6 13.0-0 Rfd l4.Nh4
Bg6 1S.Nq6 hq6 16.Rc3 a6
This position was reached in
Kovacevic- Timman, Indonesia
1983 . Wh i te s hould play
17. Rfc l g5 18.Qd l =. Instead
the game con tinued 17. Qc2?!
g5 18 .Qdl g6 19.Qf3 Kg7
20.Rb1 Rh8 21.Nf1 Qe6
22.Ng3 R h 4 = +.
D)3...e6
4.e3
4.c3 ~6 5.b3 Bg7 6.Nbd2 0-0
7.e3 Bf5 8.Be2 Nbd7 9 .Qb3 ~
10.g4 Be4 1 LRgl B:d'3 12.Bxf3 aS
l3.a4 eS 14.dxe5 NcS = +, Pribyl-
Yudasin, Leningrad 1989.
65
4 ...Qb6
4 .. .Bg4 5.c4 Nbc17 6.Nbd2 e6
7 .Bd3 NbS 8.Bg3 Nxg3 9.hxg3 Bd6
1O.Qb3 Rb8 Il.Nh2: Bb5 12.Nbfl
Nf6 13.13 Bg6 14.Bxg6 fxg6 15.g4
0-0 16.0-0-0 + =, Kovacevic-
Bisguier, New Yo rk 1989.
S.Qd BfS 6.e4 Na6 7.a3 Nb5
8.c5 Qd8 9.Nbdl f6 10.b4 cs
1 J.B&3 Nxg3 tl.hxlt3 Nc7 13.Qc3
Kn 14.Bcl3 Qd7
Equal> Hulak-Ku~igowski, Wijk
aan Zee 1983.
E) 3 ...c6
4.e3 c5
a) For 4... Be7, see Illustrative
Game3t.
b) 4 ...Bd6
bl ) 5.c3
bll ) 5... Nbd7 6.B<II3 0-0 7.Nbd2
Re81! 8.NeS Nf8 9.Bg5 Be7 10.£4
N6d7 1 t.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.0-0 f6
O.Nef3 eS1! 14.Qb3 c6 lS.fxeS
KbS 16.Rael fxe:S 17.e 4 + =,
Sakovich-Varoa, USSR 1982.
b l2) S...Bx£4 6.exf4 0-0 7.Nbd2
Qd6 8.NeS c5 9.dxc5 Oxc5 10.Bd3
Nc6 t 1.0-0 Qb6 12 .Rbl Qc7
13.Qe2 b6 14.Rfe1 + =, Stoppel-
Zobiscb, Austria 1982.
b2) S.Bg3
 b21) S...Ne4 6.Bd3 CS 7.Ne5 0 -0
8J3 Nxg3 9.hxg3 BxeS IO.dxe5 Qg5
1 J.Kf2 Nd7 12.f4 Qg6 13.g4 + =,
Augustio-Szilagyi, Stary Smokovec
1976.
b22) 5 ... Nc6 6.c4 Bxg3 7.hxg.3
Qe7 8.Nc3 Bd7 9.a3 a6 10.Rcl dxc4
Il.Bxc4 e5 12.d5 Na7 unclear.
Gulko-Kupreicbik, USSR 1982.
S.c3 Nc6
Or imm ed iately 5 ... Bd6
6.Bb5+?! (6.Bg3 ) 6 ... Nc6 7.Qa4
Bxf4 8.exf4 Qb6 9.Nbd2 0-0
lO.dxcS QxcS 11.0-0 Bd7 12.Bxc6
bxc6 13.Qd4 Qe7 l 4.b4?! c5 ;:; + ,
Seirawan-Aiburt, USA 1990.
6.Nbd~Bd6
a) 6 ... Qb6 7.Qbl (weak is
7.Qb3?1 c4 8.Qxb6 axb6 9.h3 b5
tO.a3 b4 J l.cxb4 Bxb4 12.Rcl Be7
13.Be2 Nd7 14.0-0 Nb6 =+,
n ombik-D rasko. Prague 1984)
7 ...Be7 8.Bd3 Bd7 9.h3 Rc8 IO.a4
h6 li.NeS cxd4 12.exd 4 Nxe5
13.Bxe5 0-0 14 . 0~0 aS 15.Qc2
Ne8 16.R ae l Nd617.Re3 +=.
Hulak-franzoni, Lucern Olympiad
1982.
b) 6...Be7 7.Ne5 0-0 8.Bd3 Bd7
9.Q f3 Ne8 t O.Qh3 g6 11.Ndf3
NxeS 12.Nxe5 f6 13.Nx.d7 Oxd7
14.0-0 c4 15.Bc2 Bd6 16.Bh6 Rf7
66
17 .e4 +;:;. Knezevic- Cekro,
Sarajevo 1981.
7.Be3
a) 7.Bd3 Bxf4 8.exf4 Qb6 9.Qb3
cxd4 10.Qxb6 axb6 11.Nxd4 Nxd4
l2cxd4 Bd7 13.Ke2 Draw, Ro:r.en·
talis- Dreev, Tbilisi 1989.
b) 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.Bb5 0 -0
9.0-0 Bd7 10.Qa4 c.xd4 1 J.cxd4 a6
12.Bxc6 Bxc6 13.Qc2 Nd7 14.Rfcl
f6 IS .Nb3 Rac8 16.Na5 Qb4
17.Qd2 Qb6 18.a3 Rc7 19.Nxc6
bxc6 20.b4 Ra8 2J.Nel e5 =, Rubi-
netti-Morovic, Buenos Aires 1992.
7...0-0
a) 7... Qe7 8.Bb5 Bd7 9.0-0 0-0
10.Qa4 Bxg3 J t.hxg3 a6 12.Bxc6
Bxc6 13.Qa3 Nd7 14.Rfe1 Rfe8
15.e4 dxe4 16.Nxe4 cxd4 17.Qxe7
Rxe7 18.Nxd4 BdS 19.Nd2 Nb6
20.b3 Rd7 21.N2f'3 Rad8 =, Nik-
olic-Mo rovic.
b) 7 ... Bxg3 8.hxg3 Qd6 9.Qa4
cxd4 l0.exd4 Bd7 ll.BbS Nb8
12.Ne5 a6 13.Bxd7+ Nfxd7 14.f4
Nc6 15.Qc2 h6 16.Ndf3 NdxeS
J7.fxe5 Qe7 18.0-0-0 0-0-0 UO·
clear, Hulak- Kuijf, Wijlc aan Zee
1986.
tt8d3
8 .Ne5 c.xd4 9.exd4 B.lte5 IO.dxeS
Nd7 l J.Nf3 NcS 12Be2 b6 13.Nd4
Bd7 14.0 -0 fS 15.exf6 Qxf6
16.Bd6 Rf7 17.f4 Ne4 18. Nxc6
Bxc6 19.BeS Qb6 20.Rf3 g6 2t.Bd3
Qf8 22.Qe2 +=, Meduna-lnldov,
Gausdal 1988.
8 ...Qe7
a) 8 ... b6 9.Ne5 Bb7 JO.f4 Ne7
1l.Of3 Ne8 t 2.Bh4 fS 13.g4 Nf6
J4.gxf5 NxfS 15.Qh3 Nx.h4 16.Qxb4
Bxe5 17.fxe5 Ne4 un clear,
Schumacbcr-Hoen, Lu cerne
Olympiad 1982.
 b) 8... Re8 9.Ne5 BxeS lO.dxeS
Nd7 1l.f4 Ob6 ( White also has a
puwerful uttack 11.fter l l. ..c4
12.Bc2 Qb6 13.Kf2 Qxb2 t4.Rcl
Qxa2 15.Qe2 CS 16.exf6 Nxf6
17.Bh4 RfB l8.8xf6 Rxf6 19.Nf'3
Qa3 20.Bxb7 + in Burn-Marshall,
O~tend 1906) 12.Qb 1 Nf8 13.Bf2
c4 t4.Bc2 Qc7 l5.Jilf3 b5 I 6.a3 a5
11.0-0 Bd7 18.Ng5 b6? (18._g6)
19.Bh7 + 1-0, M:aroc;zy- M ar-
tinolich, Vienna 1907.
9.Ne5 Rd8 1o.r4
Bisguier- Frias, Loo~ Pin~
con tinued I O... Nd7 t 1.0-0 Nf8
12.Qe2 £6 13.Bb4 Bd7 14.Nxd7
Rxd7 1S.Kb I R e8 t 6.Rae I Kh8
17.Nf3 cxd4 18.Nxd4 Qf7 19.Nxc6
bxc6 20.e4 + =.
Game 29
llluslrati~
FM Aaron Summet'S(ale
GM Loek van Wely
Lond011 1992
l .NtJ dS 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bf4 c.5 4.e3
c:6 S.cJ Qb6 6.Qb3 c:4 7.Qxb6
axb6 8.Na3 tS?!
Better is 8 ...e6 o r 8 ...Ra5.
9.Nb5 RaS 10. Nc7 + Kd7
ll.NxeS +
Also possible is 11.dxe5 Nh5
12.Nxd5 Rxd5 13.Bxc4 Ra514.Bxf7
Nxf4 l 5.exf4 with a large ad-
vantag~ to White.
t L.NxeS 12.BxeS Ng4
If J2 ... 8d6, then 1l.Bxf61 !Ptf6
14.Nxd5 RxdS l 5.Bxc4 gives White
a large advantage.
13.8g3 8d6 14. Bx:d6 Kxd6
15.Nb5! RxbS 16.b4
napping the Rook amd t hreaten·
ing to win it with 17.a4.
J6...Bd7
lb me~t 17.a4with 17... Ra8.
17. Be2 Nr6 18.13 Ra8 19.Kd2?
Care )e.'l~ly allowing Black's next
move. Qm~t is 19.a4. Then the
only move is 19... N.e4. After
20.1f:xe4 dxe4 21.0-0 RfS White
has a slight advtlntage.
1981
19.•.Ra3 20.Kc2 Rxb4l 21.cxb4
R.xe3
Black has a very larg.e advantage
due to the weaknesses in White's ·
position.
22.Kd2 Ra3 23.Rhcl Ng8!
Repositioning the Knight to fS
or c6.
24.Rc:3 Ra8 2S.a3 Ne7 26.Rc:2
Ba4 27.Rccl NfS 2:S.Kc3 Re8
29.Ra2 Re3 + 30.Kd2 Rb3
31.Kel b5 Jl.Bdl Rd3 33.Be2
67
Rxd4 34 . g 3 g5 3 S . Kfl Ne7
36.Ke.3 Nc6 37.Rd fS 38.KJ2 f4
39.80 NeS 40.Kg2 c3 41.Rae2
Rd2 42.Rcl d4 0-1
Jllu.Jtrative Game 30
GM Predrag NikoJic
IM Jeroen Pikel
J~jk aan
l .d4 dS l .NfJ Nf6 3.Bf4 BfS
4.c4 cCI S.eJ e6 6. c3 N bd7
7 .Qb3 Qb6 8.cS Qxb3 9.axb3 a6
10. b4 Rc.S
As mentioned earlier, 10...Rd8 is
perhaps better.
ll.h3
If im mediate ly ll. Nb3 , t hen
If l4... Bc7, then 15.Bxc7 Rxc7
16.b5! cxb5 17.NxbS or if 14 ... Bc7,
then IS.Bh2 Bd8 t6.Na5.
1S.Nxe4 Bxe4 16.f3 Bg6 17.NaS
BxaS 18.bxa5 Kd8
The King must be used to defend
the b-pawn.
19.Ra4 Ra8 21).Rb4 Kc:8 21.h4!
W hile Black is tied down on the
Zcc 1988 quecnside, White begins play on
the o ther wing. Nikolic conducts
the endgame quite nicely.
- ~·~
w~jt<"~~ 0".# · ~'" ~
~~h~e-: ;at
~ :l: ~~ . w.~~ :l: ·I~
·t:~~-:ilifi·~j:r·~
~ rt~~?« ~ . ~ ~~J.t~i
r)l~~/~i~1 ~~~,~~

~~7~~~~~·.,f.~,~~~a;;
11 ...Nh5.
11.-h6?
Allowing the Bishop to retreat
[o •J.
~d~
~ trJ.
.ft""~
1

;(
to h7, but actually carelessly losing
a va iuable te mpo . Kovacevic- ~ ~ ~A.w~ f!
Byrne, Wijk aan Zee 1980, con· 2l. ..h5 22.Rh3 BfS 23.Rg3 g6
tinued 11...Be7 12.Nd2 Q . Q 13.g4
24.Kd2 Re8
Bg6 14. Nb3 R a8?! ( Bette r is
A much bette r defense is
l4... Bd8. White's be st then would
24... Rg8 followed by ... Nf6-e8-c7-
be 15.Bd6 and later Na5. Black
b5.
could meet an immediate 1S.Na5
witb t 5...1\xa5 J6.bxa5 Ne8 17.Ra4 2S. RgS f6?
Nc7 t 8.Rb4 NbS.) l S.NaS Ra7 Serious ly weaken ing the g6·
16.£3 Rc8 17.Kd2 b6 18.Bxa61 Rxa6 pawn. Correct is 25...Rg8.
19.Nxc6 Rxc6 2 0.Rxa6 Rc8 l6.Rg3 gS 27.Bd3!
2J.Rhal bxc5 22.Ra8 Rf8 23.bxc5 No t 27.hxg5? h4.
and White's passed pawns brought l7...g4
him victory. If 27 ... gxh4, t hen 28.Rg7 b3
U .Ndl Be7 13.Nb3 Bd8 29.gxh3 Bxh3 30.Rb7 is winning for
To defe nd against Na5. White.
J4.8d6! 28.e4 dxe4
This move would would have had If 28... Bg6, then 29.cxt1S Bxd3
much less ·e ffect had Black p layed 30.dxc6 wins.
11 ... &7. 29.fxe4 Bg6 30.Bc2 fS 31.eS Rg8
l4...Ne4 32.Rgb3 R a7 33.Bd3
68
 •

Threatening 34 .R xb7 Rxb7

:l5.Ba6.
3lmNb8 34.Ke3!
The King's entrance into the ac-
tiun is decisive.
34... R&7 3S.KI4 Bn 36.Rb6
Threa tening 37.1Bxb8 Kxb8
18.R:xc6.
36 ... Be8
lC 36... Nd7, then 37.1Ub7.
37 .d5 cxd5 38 . Bxb8 Kxb8
39.Rxe6 Ba4 40.Rb4 g3 4l.BxfS
I-{)
/UusJrolive Game 31
GM Vlado Kovacevic
FM Tom O'Oonnell
T()rolllO 1990
l.d4 dS 2.NO e6 3.Bf4 Nf6 4.e3
Be7?!
Black needs to be contesting the
cS-sq uare and therefor e t be
Bi.sbop is better placed on d6.
S.Nbd2 0~0?!
Black is goin& to regret commit-
ting bis Kiog so early.
6.Rd3 b6?!
Better is 6_.c5 7.c3 Nc6 8. Ne5
Nd7 9.0 h5 f5 .
7.Ne5 Bb7 8.Qf3 Nbd1 9.h4
Blac,k will have tro uble defend·
in& against the coming kingside at-
tack.
9... Nxe5 lO.dxeS Nd7 11.0-0.()
Nc5
Better is 1l.- f5. Perhaps Black
tho ught that this stop s White's at-
tack, but likely be was su rprised
by...
12.Bxb7 +! Kxh 7 13 .Qb5 +
Kc8 14.Nf3
69
White's sacrifice i.s very original
as he is a tempo dow n from tbe
well-known Bxh7+ sacrifices. It
would be d ifficult to calculate aU
the consequences over the board,
but CQmpare tbis with tbe following
game. K ovacevic- Ree, M aribor
1980: l.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 e6
4.Nb d2 cS S.e3 Be? 6.c3 0 -0 7.Bd3
Nbd7 8.h4 b6 9.Ne5 Nxe5 lO.dxeS
Nd7 II.Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. QhS+ Kg8
13.Nf3 f6 14.Ng5 fxgS t S.hxgS Rf5
16.0h7+ Kn 17.g6+ Ke8 18.Qxg7
Bf8 19.Qb8 Rg5 20.Qg8 Nxe5
2 l.Bxe5 Kd? 22.R h8 Bb7 23.0h7+
J-0. Wh en o ne beco mes ex·
perienced with an opening. a deep
understanding of the important
positions results!
14._16
lf J4...Re8, then lS.Ng5 BxgS
16.hxg5 Kf8 J7.g6 is strong.
15.Ng5 fxgS 16.hxg5
17 .g6 is threatened.
t6...RIS
Black must give back material to
save his King.
17.&4
17.Qxh7+ is not e ffective as the
King can escape to d7.
17... Rxg5 18.8xg5 8xg5 19.f4
Bh6
 If J9 ... Ne 4, the n 20. Qg6. If
19... 8e7, then 20.g5 threatening
21.g6.
2.0.gS Qcll 21.Qh4 Kh7 22.Rdgl
Ne4
If 22 ... d4 , then 23.gxh6 Bxh 1
24.Rxg7 + K.h8 25.Qf6 or if 23 ...g6
24.Qf6.
l3.Rg4 d4 24.gxh6 gS 2S.fxgS
Qg6
Black has s ucceeded io biOGkad ·
ing the kingsidc but White has won
all h is mate rial back.
26.exd4
White sacrifices the Exchange,
as his pawns will decide.
26...Nf2 27.Rfl Nxg4 28.Qxg4
Rg8 29.Rf6
Transposing into a s u perior
endgame.
29 ... QxgS + 3ct. Qxg5 RxgS
3 1.Rxe6 Be4 32.Re7 + Kxh6
33. Rxc7 aS 34.c4 Rg2 3S. b3
Kg6
Black's best chance is 35... Rc2+
36.Kd 1 Rxa2 37.d5 Bc2+ 38. Ke t
Bxb3.
36.e6 Kf6 37.d5 Rg8
If 37 ...Rxa2, then 38.Rt7 + Kg6
39.d6 and 40.d7.
38.Rb7 KeS 39.Rxb6 Kd4 40.e7
Kc3 4t.Kdl Kd3 42.Kel Ke3
43.Rf6 a4 44.1>4 a3 4S.b5 Rc8
46 .Ra6 Rh8 47.Rxa3 + Bd3
48.Rxd3 + Kxd3 49.Kf2 1-0
Conclusion: After 1.d4 d5 2.N£3
Nf6 3. Bf4, 3 ...c5 is a stro ng move.
The solid 3 ...Bg4 is also wo rt h con-
sideration.
70
Chapter 8
l .d4 Nf6 2.NI3 g6 3.8&5 8~7
Inferior is 3 ... c 5 4 .Bxf6 exf6
S.dxcS Bxc5 6.e3 Qb6 7.Qc1 d 5
8.Be20.09.0-0Rd810.Rdt +=,
Holmov-Taimanov, USSR 1963, o r
3... h6 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.e4 Qe7 6.Nc3
Bg7 7.Bc4 0 ·0 8.0-0 d6 9.Nb4
Kh7 JO.g3 Nd7 Jt.f4 NM 12.Bd3
c5 I3.f5 g5 14.Nf3 cxd4 15.Nxd4
+ =, Moiseev-Ageichenko, Mos·
cow 1967.
4.Nbd2
a) 4.e3 0 -0
al) 5.c3 c5?! 6.Bxf6 Bxfti 7.dxcS
Q c7 8.Qd5 aS 9.Nbd2 a4 10.Nd4
Ra5 1 l.b4 axb3 12. N2xb3 + = ,
Petrosian-Gheorghiu, Ha mburg
1965.
a2) 5.Be2
a2 1) S...c5 6.Nbd2 cxd4 7.exd4
Nc6 8.c3 d6 9.0-0 h6 t0.Bh4 e5
11.dxe5 ·dxe5 J2.Nc4 e4 13.Nfd2
Qe7 14.Q c2 gS IS.Bg3 Nc8 16.f3
+ •, Kovacevic-Kozul, Ljubljana
1989.
a22) 5... d5 6.Nbd2 7.0-0 Re8
S.c4 c6 9 .cxd5 cxd5 tO.R c l e5
11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.NxeS RxeS 13.Nf3
Re7 14.Nd4 +=. Kovacevic-Wo lff.
 •

Thronto 1989. vac 1984) 7 .•. Nxg5 8.Nxg5 cS 9.h4

b) 4.c3 wiiJ usually transpose, al-
though it does not prevent Black
from playing 4 ...cS. It is risky for
White to try to take and hold onto
the pawn. Sorokin-Sakaev, St.
Petersburg 1993, continued 5.dxc5
Na6 6.Qd4 Nc7 7.Nbd2 Ne6 8.Qc4
b6 9.cxb6 Qxb6 10.Qb3 Q c7 l1.Bh4
Rb8 12.Qc2 Qb6 13. Nc4 QcS 14.e3
0 -0 1S.Bd3 Bb7 witb compensa-
tion for the pawn.
4 ...0 -0
4 ... h6 5 .Bh4 will transpose to
lines examined in Chapter 9.
c4 10.Be2 Qb6 (10.•. £6 unclear)
ll.c3 Qxb2 l2.Rc1 f6 t3.Nxc4 dxc4
14. Bxc4 + Kh8 l5.Nf7+ Rxf7
16.Bxt7 BfS 17.b5 +=, Umaosky-
Petrushrn, Krasnodar 1982.
c) 6.Bd3 dxe4 7 .Nxe4 Nxe4
8.1Bxe4 cS 9.c3 Qd6 IO.dxcS Qxc5
11.0-0 No6 12.Qb3 NaS 13.0c2
Nc4 unclear, Braga- Nunn, Ger-
many 1989.
Also wo rth considering after
S.e4 is 5 ... c5. R ozen talls- Giek,
Odessa 1988, continued 6.e5 (not
6.c3?l cxd4 7 .cxd4 d5) 6 ... Nd5
7.dxc5 h6 8.Nc4 bxg:S 9. QxdS g4
1<tNfd2 Nc6 tl.c3 Q c7 l2.f4 gxD
13.Nxf3 b5 14.cxb6 axlb6 unclear.
s...d6 6.e4

S.c3
This is more precise th11n 5.c4 as
t hen Black has the option ott rymg
.s....~:
a) 6.exd5?! Nxd5 7.c3 h6 8.Bh4 No~ we ex~mjn~ .~l~·~~6•..B).
Nd7 9.Bc4 (9. Bg:3~) 9 ... N7b6 6••.h6, ·-c> o...c5, D) 6 ...Nbd7.
1O.Bb3 £5 ll .Qe2 gS 12.Bxg5 hxg5 . .Altem a·ii.veiire: · .::-_ .:.-
... -
~--- '
13.Nxg5 e6 14.Nxe6 Bxe6 · ·· a) 6... Na6 7.8e2 c:5 8.0-0 Nc7 ·.
l5.Qxe6+ Kh7 '16.0-0-0 Qh4 9.dxc5 dxcS 10.Qc2 Ne6 l t.Bh4 1
'
17.g3 Qh3 t8.Qe2 c6 t9.Nf3 Qg4 · N'f4 12.Bc4 Qd7 13.a4 N<ib5
.20.Bc2 RaeS 21.Qd3 Ne3 =+, 14.Rfe l Qg4 15.Bg3 e5 16.R adl
Pla to nov-Gutman , Reykjavik Qd7 17.Nf1 Qc7 118.Ne3 +.,,
1978. Kasparov-McNab, World Junior
b) 6.e5 Ne4 7.Bd3 (7.Be3 cS 8.c3 -..c;hampionsbip, Dortmund 1980.
Nc6 9.dxc5 ? ! Oc7 10.Bd3 B£5
-· -
b) 6 ... Nfd7 7.Be2 c5 8.d5 Nf6
1 LQc2 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 Be4 =+, 9.0 ·0 Nbd7 IO.a4 b6 11.Qc2 a6
Trifuoovic-K. Georgiev, Kraguje- l2.Rfel Rb8 13.c4 + =, Levitina-
71
Abhyanlcar, Thessalooiki Olym-
piad 1988.
c) 6...c6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.0·0 eS
9.Rel Qc7 10.a4 ReS 11.Nc4 Nf8
12.dxeS dxeS 13.Bf1 .Bg4 J4.h3
Rad8 lS.Qe2 Bc8 16.aS + ~ . Bot-
tema-Van Wely, Dieren 1988.
d) 6 ... b6 7. Bc4 Bb7 8.Qe2 c5
9.dlCc5 bxcS 10.0 -0 Nc6 1l.Ba6
Qb6 12.8xb 7 Qxb7 13.Nc4 Nd7
14.Rfel Rab8 15.Rac l Qa6 16.b3
Qb717.h4 +=. SzjJy-Upray, Hun-
garian Ch<~ mpionship 1965.
e) 6 ...e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Nxe5 Qe8
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Nef3 Nd7 l l.Bc4
Nc5 12.0e2 Rb8 J3.Qe3 Qe7
14.0 -0 b5 15. BdS Bd7 16.Rfel
+ • . Petrosian- Bronstein, Moscow
1983.
t) 6... Qe8
fl ) 7.Bd.'\ Nc6 8.0 ·0 eS 9.Re1 h6
10.Bh4 Nh5 to.dxe5 Nxe 5 ll.Nxe5
dxe5 + .. , Torre-Romonishin ,
Leningrad 1987.
f2) 7.Bc4 eS 8.dxe5 dxe5 9 .a4
Nh5 10.0 -0 Nd7 I l.Rel NcS
J2.Be3 Qe7 t3.b4 Ne6 14.a5 a6
15.Qc2 + s , Kortchno i-Gutman.
Wijk aan Zee 1987.
fl ) 7.Be2
f31) 7 ... Nc6 8.0-0 e5 9.dxe5
dxe5 10.Qc2 Nd8 I 1.Bb4 Nh5
12. Rfel Ne6 13 .Nc4 Nr4 14.Bfl
+ =, Salov-Romanishin, Lenin-
grad 1987.
f32) 7._h6 8.Bh4 Nh5 9.0 -0 N£4
10.Bc4 e5 ll.Rel Nc61 2.dxe5 dxe5
13.Qc2 Kh8 14.Rad 1 f5 l S.Bg3 lP
16.Bxf4 exf4 l7.exf5 Bxf5 18.Bd3
Bxd3 l9.Qxd..l Qf7 20.Qb5 Rab8
21.Nc4 a6 22.QdS Qxd5 Draw,
Episbio-Van Wely, Bern 1993.
A) 6 •••Nc6
72
7.8b5
7.Bd3 eS 8.b3 Qe8 9.0· 0 h6
10..&3 b6 1LRe l Nb5 12.Nc4 Nf4
13.Bft g5 J4.a4 a5 15.Qd2 + ""• D.
Gurevich- E agle, U.S. Open 1988.
7 ...a6
a ) 7... Bd7 8 .Qe2 b6 9.Bh4 a6
JO.Bc4 eS ll.dxeS Nxe5 12.Nxe5
dxe5 13.0-0 aS 14.Rrdt Qe7 l 5.o4
Rfd8 16.£3 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6
18. Nc4 += , Z huravliov-Wojt.
lciewicl, Latvia 1980.
b) 7... h6 8.Bh4 a6 9.Ba4 bS
JO.Bc2 Nd7 1 J.0-0 Rb8 t2.Re l
Qe8 13 .a4 b4 14.a5 Na7 J5. Nc4
bxc J 16. bxc3 NbS unclear , Gi-
fuentes-Douvcn, Wijk aan Zee
1988.
8.Bn4 Bd7 9.0 -0 h6 lO.Bh4 Qe8
lt .eS NhS
11... Nxd4 ? 12.cxd4 Bxa4 13.b3
+-.
ll.Rel d5 13.Bcl Nd8 l4.Nfl
Ne6 IS.Ne3 c6 16.Bg3 Nxa3
17.hxg3 Qd8 U.Nh4 Qb6 19.Rbl
NgS 20.f4 Ne4 :u .Bxe4 dxe4
n .Qc2
With a large advantage to White,
Darga-Ciocaltea, Siegen Olympiad
1970.
8..) 6.•.h6
 7.Bh4 Ncti
7 ...c5 8 .Bd3?! (8.dxc5) 8... Nh5
9. Bg3 cxd4 10.c"Xd4 Nc6 1 LNb3 a5
i 2.a4 Qb6 i3.Be2 Qb4+ 14.Kf1 eS
= + , Machulsky- Asanov, Kazakh·
stan 1989.
8.BbS Bd7 9.0 -0 a6
9. _Qe8 1O.eS dlleS 11.Bxc6 Bxc6
12.Nxe5 b6 13.Nxc6 Oxc6 14.Rel
Rfe8JS.Nf3 + e, Torre-Odendatal,
Looe Pine 1980.
IO.Rd eS ll .dxeS dxeS U .Rel
Qe8 1J.a4 Nh5 14.Nb3 gS lS.BeJ
Rd8 16.Nfd2 NxgJ
If t 6 .•.Nf4, then 17.f3 h5 t8.Bf2.
17.hxcJ Kh8 U ..Qd Qe7 19.Nn
Qf6 20.Nc5 Bc8 21.Ne3 Ne7 U.aSI
Qc6 23.84 b6 z.a.Nrs
Black has weaknesses oo both
sides of the board, Smyslov- Nuon,
Tilburg 1982. The game continued
2.4 ...Nxrs 25.gdS Qc6 26.Nxa6
Bxa6 l7.Bxa6 bxa5 28.Rxa5 Ra8
Z.9.Real Rfd8 30. Bc4 RxaS
J.l.RxaS Kc8 32.Ra6 Qd7 33.BdS
Qe7 34.Qb5 Rd6 3S.Rxd6 cxd6
36.b41·0.
C) 6....cS
73
7.dxc5
7.8 1.13?! cxd4 8.cxd4 Nc6 9.0-0
h6 10.Be3 .Ng4 =+, Zaitsev-
Levitina, Moscow 1979.
7 ....dxc5 8.Bc4
~~.2.0~0..
11) 9._b6 10.Qc2 Bb7 11.Bh4 NhS
12.Rfd1 Qc7 13.Nc4 Bf614.Ne3 e6
Draw, K~arov-MQro_yifL ~£4!
._Ju nior ·c hampionship, Dortmund
J 980. . -- . - - .
~
b) 9...Qc7 IO.Qc2
b 1) I 0 ... Be6 I LBc4 Bxc4
12.Nxc4 b5 J3.Ne3 e6 14.a4 a6
JS.Rfd l c4 =, G lyanets-Timosh-
cbe oko, USSR ~1988. ·· - · - ..
~ bi) IO-:.b6 Tl.Bb4- Nh5 t2.Ret
Be6 13.Bfl ?! ( 13.Bc4 =) 13...Rad8
~9ig_~cr-:Y_u_r~~:~:--~-~-rnqu~-
8 ... Nc6
8 ... h6 9.Bh4 Nc6 10.0 ·0 Bg4
11.Qc2 gS 12. Bg3 N'bS 13. R fe l
Nx:g3 14.hxg3 e6 15.a4 Qc7 16.Be.2
BbS ~ . Kortchnoi-L. H ansen,
Jerusalem 1986.
9.0 -0
9.0e2 h6 10.Be3 b6 l t.h3 Na5
12. Bd3 Qc7 l3.Kh2 Rd8 14.&2
No6 15.0-0 Nh5 16. Bb3 Nf4 =,
Trifunovic- Smyslov, D ortmund
1961 .

9."Na5
a) 9... Bg4 10.b3 Bxf3 1l.Q:d'3 h6
12.Be3 Qc7 13.Qe2 Rad8 14.f4
Na5 15.Bd3 Nh5 t 6.Rf3 e5 17.f5
Qd6 J8.Bc4 with a large ad va ntage
to White, Tri f unovic-Udovcic,
Yugoslavia 1956.
b) 9 ... Q c7 tO.Qc2 b6 l i.R fe l
Nh5 12.Radl Bb7 l3.Bfl RadB =.
Klnderman n- Nun n. Zurich 19B4.
IO.Be2 h6
For I 0 ... Be6, see Jllu ~ tr ative
Game32.
ll .Bf4 Be6 12.h3 a6 l3.a4 b6
t4.NeS Qc8
With equ ality, Malani uk- Yur-
taev, USSR 1986.
D ) 6-.Nbd7
7.Be2
74
a) 7.Bc4
al) For 7 ... e5, see lllustrative
G ame 33 and 34.
a2) 7 ... c6
a21)8.Bb3 b5 9.0 -0 Nb6 lO.Re l
Q c7 1I.Rcl a5 12.a3 Ba6 13.c5?!
NfdS 14.exd6 exd6 JS.NfJ Nc4 =,
Gulko-We.ste rinen, Moscow 1966.
1122) 8 .0 -0 Nxe4 9.Nxe4 dS
JO.Bd3 dxe4 l t.Bxe4 N£6 12.Bd3
Bg4 13. h3 +=, Malaniuk-
Gurevich, USSR 1980.
a3) 7... h6 &.Bh4 c6
a31) 9.0-0 e5 10 .dxe5 dxe5
) l.a4 aS 12.Qc2 0c7 13. Ne l Nc5
14.f3 b5 IS.axb5 cxbS J6.Be2 Bd7
17.Bf2 Ne6 18.g3 Rfe8 =+.
Dtik_iki-Chandler, Luce'roe Olym-
piad 1984.
a3 2) 9. Bb3 Oc7 10.0 -0 cS
l l.dxcS dxcS 12.Qc2 NcS? 13. Bxf6
Bxf6 14.0e3 Nxb3 15. uxb3 and
White wins a puwn, Nun- Stohl,
Stary Smokovec 1983.
b) 7.Bd3 eS 8.0-0
bl} 8. .. Qe8 9.dxe5 dxe.S JO.b4 h6
1 1.Bh4 NhS =. M acbulsky- Cvitan,
Sibenik 19&7.
b2) 8 ... h6 9.Bh4 Qe7 tO.Rel Nb6
ll.Nfl Re8 12.Ne3 QfB 13.Qc2
Bd7 14.a4 a5 =. Kamsky-Cvitan,
Palma de M allorca 1989.
7 ... h6
7...e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.0-0
a ) Fo r 9 ... b6, see IIIU!arative
Game 35.
b) 9... c6 t 0.Qc2 Q c7 ll.R fel
Re812.Bfl b613.a4 aS 14.Nc4 Bb7
15.Radl Re6 16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.Ng5
Re7 18.Nd6 Ba6?! !9.Bxa6 Rxa6
20. Qb3 h6 2t .Ndxf7 Rxf7 22.Rd8 !-
with a large advantage, Epish in-
Ka ntsler, USSR 1989.
c) For 9... Qe8, see Tllos trative
Game36.
8.Bb4 e5
8... Nb5 9.0-0 Nf4 10.Bc4 c6
l l.Rel Nb6 12.Bft Qc7 13.a4 aS
14.eS Be6 15.h3 NhS 16.Ne4 Bd5
l7.Qcl f5 =, Rubioetti-Graoda
Zuoiga, Buenos Aires 1992.
9.dxe5
Abo good is 9.0-0 :
1) 9...Re8 10.Qc2 gS (weakening
the f5 square) ll.Bg3 NbS 12.Nc4
Nf4 13.dxe5 Nxe5 ( 13 ... dxe5
14.Ne3 N£6 15.Bc4) 14.Nfxe5 Bxe5
(14...dxe5 1S.Ne3 followed by Bg4)
lS.Radl Qe7 16.Ne3 Be6 17.Bg41
Bg7 18.0 aS 19.Bf2 a4 20.Nf5 with
a large advantage to Wh ite be-
cause of the domination of the £5-
square, Balashov-Vukic, Bugojno
1978.
b) 9...Qe8 IO.Rel Nh5 ll.a4 aS
12.Nc4 exd4 13.Nx;d4 Nf4 14.Bfl
Ne5 l 5.Ne3 c6 16.Qd2 +::o ,
Rodriguez- Damljanovic, New
York Open 1988.
9...d xe5 10.0 -0 Qe8
IO...Qe7 11.Rel RdB 12.Qc2 b6
13.8£1 Bb7 14.Nc4 Qe6 15.Nfd2
Qg4 16.Bxf6! Bxf6 17.Ne3 Qe6
1S.Bc4 Qd6 19. Rad 1 + =,
Balashov-Sax, Rio de Janeiro ln-
terronal 1979.
75
U.Rd
ll .Qc2 Nh S 12.Rfel N£4 13.Bf1
aS l4.a4 NcS 15.Nc4 Bd7 16.b3
Qe6 17.Nld2 B£6 18.Bg3 +•,
Averkin- D idyshko, USSR Cham-
pionship 1981.
ll ... NhS
l l ...Nc5 12.0c2 NhS t3.Nc4 Nf4
t4.Bf1 Bg4 15.b47! (15.Nfd2 +=)
15 ... Bxf3 16.bxcS Bg4 • +,
Petunso n- Pliester, London 1980.
ll.Nc4 Nf4 13.811 Nd 14.b4
Na4
Cifuentes-Rubinetti, Pan
American Championship 1981 ,
continued 15.Qc2 Nb6 16.Na5 gS
17.Bg3 Qe7 18.Nd2: hS 19.£3 g4
20.fxg4 hxg4 21.Ndc4 Qg5 22.Ne3
+•.
fllustTQ/ive Game 32
GM Vladimir Malamiuk
IM Mihai Marin
Calirnanesli 1992
t.d4 Nf6 2 .Nf3 g6 3 .BgS Bg7
4. Nbd2 0·0 S.c3 d6 6.e4 eS
7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.0·0
NaS 10.Be2 Be6 1l.Rel a6
12.Qc2
12.a4? ! prevent:s ... bS b ut
weakens the b3·square.
12... bS 13.Nb3 Nxb3 14.axb3
Qt7 1S. Bh4 h6 t6.N d2 Qb6
17 .Nn Rfd8 18. Ne3 Ra7
1'9 .Redl Rad7 20.Rxd7 Rxd7
21.c4?!
This weakens the lll4-square and
the b8-a 1 diagonal.
2J ...Rd4?
The Rook is exposed here. Bet·
ter is 2 t...Nb 7 followed by •.. Bd4.
22.f3
 With the idea of playin~ Bf2 fol-
lowed by NdS.
22...Rd7 23.Bfl NbS 24.&) Bd4
2S.f4 bxc4 26.Bxc4 ?!
Correct is 26..£5! with a slight ad-
vantage to White.
26...Bxc4 27.Qxc4 aS
Black has a larae advantage be-
cause the B ishop i~ very powerful
on d4 and White's pawns are weak-
28.Qc2
If 28.Nd5, then 28...Qd8.
28 ... Nf6 29.eS NdS 3 0 . Nc4
Bxfl+ 3t.Kxn Qe6
Now Black directs his attack at
the exposed White King.
32.Qe2 Nb4 33.Kgl
lf 33.Rxa5, then 33 ... Nd3 +
34.Kg1 Ncl 35.Qf3 Rd3 is strong.
33 ...Nc6 34.Qe3
If 34.Nxa5, then 34...Ra7 35.Qb5
QdS wios.
34•••Nd4 35.Rxa5
lf 35.Rdl, then 35...a4.
3S...Qc6 36.h3
I£ 36.Nd2, the o 36 ... Nxb3
37.Nxb3 Rd 1+ 38.Kf2 Qh 1 wins.
36 ... Nf5 37.Qel Rd3 38.Kh2.
Rx&J 39.Qf2 Rxh3 + 0-1
lllultrarive GQ/rle 33
GM Tigraa Petrosiaa
GM VlastimiJ Jansa
Bor J98(}
·J.d4 Nl'6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 8&7.
4.Nbd2 d6 S.e4 0-0 6.c3 Nbd7
7.Bc4 e5 8.dxe5 dxeS 9.0-0 h6
9 ...Qe7 IO.Rel Nc5 l l.Bb4 Bd7
12.a4 a6 13.a5 bS 14.axb6 cxb6
JS.Bd5 RaeS 16.Nc4 +=, Espig-
Hazai, Leipzig 1983.
tO.Bh4 Qe8 ll.Rel NhS 12.a4
Bl'6
Wor th considering is 12... a5.
Now Whi te gains space o n the
queenside.
13.a5 Qe7 t4.Bxf6 Qxf6 lS.Bn
Rd8 16.Qe2 Nr4 l7.Qe3 gS
This weakens tbe fS-square. But
White was planning to play g3 fol -
lowed by Nc4, tying Black down to
the e5-pawn.
J8.Redl Re8 l9.g3 Ng6 20.h3
Nd£8 2l.Nh2 bS?
Weakening the lc ing.~ide. Better
is 21 ...Be6.
22.Be2
Fo rc ing Black to abandon the
g4-square.
22.•. b4 l3.Bg4 Kc7 24.Nd0
76
 Wb ite maneuvers bis Knights
towards the weaknesses at g4 and f5.
24 ••• Nh7 2S.Rd3 Be6 26. Bxe6
Qxe' 17.Ng4 N...
Otherwise W hite plays Qf3 and
Nfl-e3-f5.
28.Qxgs Nxe4 2!J.Qh6 + Kg8
3 0 . Radl Nf6 3l.Nfe3 Nxg4
32.Nxg4 bxg3 33.Rxg3 Rad8
34.Rd QfS 35.h4 Re6 36.bS
Q£4 37.bxg6 1..0
Illustrative Game 34
GM Vasily Smyslo...
IM Ketevan ArakJuimla
Vienna 1993
il.d4 Nf& 2.Nf3 g6 3.BgS Bg7
4.Nbd2 0-0 S.e4 d6 6.c3 Nbd7 , GMv,Garry
7.8c4 e5 8.dxe5 dxeS 9.0·0 h6 GM Slobodan Marcioovi6
10.8h4 g5?! ll .Bg3 NhS 12.Rel
Nxg3 13.hxg3 c6 14. a4 NcS
llS.Qc2 Kh8
Black would I ike to start t.d4 Nf'6 2.Nf3 g6. 3 .BgS Bg7
w unterplay with ...1-i-fS.
16.b4 Nxa4
If 16.•. Ne6, then 17.Nfl followed
by 18.Ne3.
17 . Rxa4 bS 18. RaS bx c4
19.Nxc4
The Knights are superior to the
Bishops in this position. Black will
have trouble defending ber weak-
nesses.
19... f6 2-0.Real Rf7 21.Rdl Rd7
22. Rxd7 Bxd7 23.Nfd2 Bf8
24.Nb3 Be6 2S.Ne3 Qc7 26.Nc5
817 27.Qa4 hS 28 .N f5 Kh7
29 . Ra6 B:rcS 3 0 . bx c5 Be8
li.N d6 Bd7 32.Qa2 Rf8
33.Rxa7 Qd8 34.Qe6 1-0
White used only 59 m inute.~ in
t his g a me compared with h is
opponent's 1 hour and 59 minutes.
11/ustrative Game 35
.•.
Kasparol' .
Ila1cu 1980
4.Nbd% d6 S.e4 0-0 6.c3 Nbd7
7 ~Be2 eS 8.dllle5
Giving up tbe center but shut-
ting in Black's King Bishop.
8 •..dxeS 9.0-0 b6 I O.Rel Bb7
ll.Qcl h6 12.Bh4 Qe7 13.80
Rle8
It is important to defend the e5-
pawn. Bad is 13 ...Rfd8 14.Nc4 Qe6
15.Nfd2 Qg4 16.Bxf6! Bxf6 17.Ne3
with a bie advanta ~e .
14.b4 a6 JS.Nc4 Rac8?
Better is 15 ... Qe6 t6.Nfd2 c5
with a slight advantage to Wbite.
Now White is able to create a bind
on the queensille.
77

(·N,;fiii~"- l)yct<:.~/{ov
., GM Yuri Balasho'V \
16.a4 Q~ 17.Nfd2 Nb5 18.0
Bf6?
Better is 18•.•B f8, keepi ng an eye
on the queenside.
l9.Bf2 8&5 20.Ne3 Ndf6 21.c4
c6 22.Nb3 Nd7 23. cS bS
Z4.Redl Bt7 2S.Nc4!
2S...Rc7
Of course 2S...bxc4 26.Bxc4 wins
the Knight OD d7.
26.Nd6 Rb8 27.axbS cxbS
This leaves the a6-pawn weak,
but worse is 27.axb5 28.Ra7 fol·
towed by NaS.
28. Nxb7 Rbxb7 29.Qa2 N b8
30.Na5 Qxa2 31.Rxa2 Ra7
If 31...Rd7, then 32.RdS.
32.c6 Ra8 3 3 .Rc2 B x b4
34 . Rd8 + Kg7 3 5.Bb6 BxaS
78
36. Bxa5 Rxc6 37.Rxb8 Rxb8
38.Rxc6 b4 39.Bc7 1·0
11/usJralive Game 36
--~- ·- · - ---.__) Minsk 1993
t.d4 Nf'6 l.Nf3 ' ' J.BgS Bc7
4.Nbd2 d6 S.cJ Nbd7 6.e4 eS
7.dxe5 dxeS 8 .Be2 0·0 9.0·0
Qe8 lO.Qcl aS ll.b4
G rabbing space o n the queen-
side and taking the cS-square away
from Black's pieces.
ll ... Nh5 1Z.Rfel Nf4 13.Bft
N«i l4.Nc4 axb4 15.cxb4 N6h5
16.Ne3 c6 17.Radl Be6
Better is first 17...Bf6 or 17...h6
18.Bh4 Bf6.
18.a4 b6 l9.Bb4 fS 20.Nd2
Now a Knight is able to go to c4
and d6.
20... Nf6 21.Nec4
If 21.eJCf5, the n 21...gxfS 22.Nxf5
Q hS is unclear. The text is simpler.
Now Black loses because of all the
weaknesses in his position.
21.•. Nxe4 2l.Nxe4 f'xe4 23.Nd6
Qb8 24.Be7 NdJ 25.Bxd3 exd3
26.Qxd3 Rf4 27.Qxg6 Bg4 l8.f3
Qa7 + l9.Khl b6 30.rxg4 Qxe7
3 I. Nrs Q g S 32.Qx c:6 Rrs
3 3.Rd7 R4xfS 34 .&xf5 Q:xfS
l.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.8 gS Bg7
3 S.Qc4+ Kh8 3, .Rddl QbS
.N bd2 d ~--- ----- ·-.
3 7. Qe2 Qb4 3 8 .Rn Q x b4
3 9.Rxf8 + Q xr8 40.QbS Qb8
4l .a5 Qc8 42.u b6 Qcl 43.Qbl
1.0
Coadusion: After l .d4 Nf6
2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 0 -0
S.c3 d6 6.e4, all the main moves
considered have been popular, but
6 ...c5 may be worth a second l ook.

We now consider A) 5.e4 and B)

~ 7,
A) S.e4
s...b6
5...Nbd7 6.c3 h6 7.Be3 e5 8.dxe5
dxe5 9.h3 0-0 10.Bc4 Qe7 ll.b4
( l L0-0 b6 ll.Qa4 \111CI~ar)
1J. ..b6 12.0-0 Bb7 B .Qc2 Ne8!
=+ , Kovacevic- Po lugaevsky,
Viokovci 1976.
6.Bh4
Less common alternatives are:
a) 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.c3 (more ener-
getic is 7.e5!? Bg7 S.BbS+ c:6
9.Bd3 0-0 1O.Qe2 c5 1l.h41 cxd4
12.h5 g6 13.Qe4 + = , Ouimard-
Fischer, Buenos Alres 1960. Bet-
ter was 9... Be6 unclear.) 7...Bg7
(7...0-0 8.h4 hS 9.e5 Bg7 10.Bc4
dS l l.Bd3 + ~ . Ouimard-Geller,
Gothenberg 1955) 8.Bc4 Nd7
9.0-0 0 -0 10.Qe2 e5 ll.dxeS
dxeS 12.Rfd I Qe7 l3.Nfl Nc5
14. Ne3 c6 = +. Simic- Vad asx,
Smederevska Palanlta 1977.
b) 6.B e3 Ng4 7.Bf4 eS 8.dxe5
79
Nxe5 9.c3 Nbc6 JO.Bb5 0 -0
11.0-0 Qf6s, Johanssoo-Bobot-
sov, Havana Olympiad 1966.
6....5
Other moves should transpose to
Cbapter 7.
7.B&3 NhS 8.c3
s...g4 was threatened. For ex-
ample, 8.Bd3 g4 9.Nh4 Bxd4 1O.c3
Bf6 ll.Nf5 Nxg3 12.fxg37!
(12Jug3 e6 = +) 12...e6 13.Ne3 hS
-+, Hort-Fischer. Hercee Novi
blitz 1970.
We will now examine AI) 8... Nd7
and Al) 8 ..•e6.
Alternatives are:
a) 8...0-0 looks very risky, but
has not been refuted:
at) 9.Bc4 e6 10.e5 c5 ll.Ne4! d5
12.Nfxg5 Nxg3 13.hxg3 dxe4
( J3... hxg5? 14.Qh5 Re8 15.Nxg5
+-) 14.Nxe4 cxd4 t5.Qg4
(1S.Rxh6'? Nd7! =+, z_ Nikolic-
Martinovic, Yugoslavia Champion-
ship 1980) 15 ...f5 16.Qg6 (16.exf6
Rxf6 =+) 16...fxe4 17.Rxh6 Rf5
18.Qxf5 (18. Rb7 Rn) t8... Bxh6
J9.Qg6+ Bg7 20.Bxe6+ Bxe6
2l.Qxe6+ Kf8 22.Qf5+ Kc8
23.Qg6+ + =.
a2) 9.Nc4 e6 JO.e5 Nxg3 ll.hxg3
Nc6 12.Q c2 ReS 13 .Nc3 dxcS
80
14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5
16.Ng4 8'7 t7.Rdl Qe718.Nxh6+
Kf8 19.Qh7 Qf6 20. Rd3 Bxh6
21.Rxh6 Qg7 22.Bc2 +=,
Balashov-Smiric, Sverdlovsk I 987.
b) An immediate 8... Nxg3 rules
out a possible ... N£4, but normally
transposes t o other varia tions.
Then 9.1\xg3 and:
bl ) 9...c6 IO.Bc4 d5 t t.Bd3 Be6
12.Nft Qb6 l3.Qe2 c5 l4.dxc5 QxcS
15.Nfd2 Nc.6 J6.e.xd5 Bxd5 17.Ne4
Bxe4 18.Qxe4 0-0-0 19.Qf.5+?!
Qxf.5 20. BxfS Kc7 2 I. Ke2 Rd5
22.Be4 Rd6 23.Bxc6 bxc6 with a
more comfortable endgame for
Black, lbrre-Suetin, Socbi 1980.
b2) 9... e6 10.Bd3 Nc6 lt.Qe2
Bd7 12.b4 Qe7 13.b5 NaS 14.Nb3
Nxb3 1S.axb3 0 -0 16.e5 fS 17.exf6
Qxf6 18.e4 + =, Karpeshov- Zil-
berstein, USSR 1983.
e) 8 ...c5?! 9.dxc5 Nxg3 10.hxg3
dxc5 11. Bc4:
cl) 11 ... Nc6? 12.Nxg5 hxgS
13.Rxh8+ Bxh8 14.Qb5 Bf6 t 5.f4
e6 16.e5 Bg7 17.Ne4 Qe7 IS.Nxp
Bd7 19.Rd I 0-0-0 20.Qxf7 with a
large advantaie tu White, Tri-
funovic-Marovic, Yu&oslavia 1961.
c2) 11 - .e6 t2.g4 Bd7 t3.Be2 Bc6
14.Qc2 Nd7 15.Nc4 Qc7 16.Rdt
N~.51 7.Nfxe5 Bxe5 18.Qd3 + =, Ag-
zamov-Rashkovslcy, USSR 1983.
Al ) 8 ... Nd7
9.Nc4
a) 9.&4 e6 10.Qe2
at ) JO ... N£8 11.0-0-0 Ng6
12Nel Ngf4 13.Bxf4 Nxf4 14.00
Ng6 15. Nfl hS unclear, Benk.->-
Evans, U.S. Championship 1962/63.
a2) 10...Qe7 11.0-0-0 a6 12a3
Nb6 13.8d3 Bd7 14.Rhel Nxg3
 •
15.hxg3 g4 16.Nh2 h.5 l7.Nhfl Qf6
18.R e2 0-0-0 19 . Ne.3 Qg5 un-
clear, Qfuentes-Ho rt, Am.'lterdam
~987.
b) 9.Bd3?l c51 10.d5 0-0 1l.a4
Ndf6 12.Nc4 Nxg3 13.hxg3 e6!
l 4 .Ne3 exdS 15.exd5 Ng4! =+,
Espig-Ublmano, Germany 1983.
9~~
Spassky-Najdorf, MO$COw 1967,
continued 9... Ndf6 1O.Qc2 Nxg3
11.hxg3 e6 12.0 -0 -0 Qe7 13.Ne3
Bd7 14.e.S Nd.S 1 S. NxdS exdS
16.exd 6 Qxd6 17 . R el + Be6
t8.Qa4+ c6 l9.Bd3 with a large ad-
vantage to White.
After the text, three examples:
a) 10.Qc2 Nf8 11.0-0-0 Ng6
12 .Ne3 Bd7 13.Ne l Oe7 14.Be2
Nbf4 15.B xf4 gxf4 16.Nc4 d S
17.Nd2 dxe4 18.Nxe4 &6 19.Bh5
0 -0 -0 unclear, Yus upov-Tsesh-
kovsky, Vilnius 1981.
b ) 10.Bd3 Nxg3 l l. hxg3 Qe7
12Qa4 a6 13.Ne3 c6 14.Qc2 un-
clear, Cbernin-Short, Wijlc aao
Zee 1986.
c) Fo r 10.Nfd2 see Illustrative
Game 37.
Al) 8...e6
This is the most flexible move,
81
keeping open the p<»sibility o f t he
sharp move .. .fS or developing the
Knight to c6 o r d7.
'9.Qb3
Pre pari ng queenside castliog
and also' to meet 9...fS with 10.exf5
exf5 11.Bc4 Qe7 + 12Xd 11
a) 9.Bc4 ful fills the same aim.
.a 1) P~akb is-Zilberstei n, l rkutsk
1983 continued 9 ... Qe7 10.0-0
N)(g3 11.hxg3 Nd? 12.e4 h5 13.Qel
Nf8 (better is 15...g4) J6.g4 + "'·
a2) 9 ... Nc6 t 0 .Qe2 Bd7
I t.0-0 -0 Qe7 12.Ne 1 Nxg3
13. hxg3 0 -0 -0 14.Nc2 Kb8
1S.Nb3, Yusupov-Vasiukov, Vil-
oiw 1981.
b) 9.Bd3 Nd7 (9...0 -0 10.0 -0
aod now 10...Nc6 1t.Nc4 f5 12exf5
exfS 13.h3 f4 14.Bh2 + =, Ribli-W.
Schmidt, Baile Hercub ne 1982 or
10... b6?1 li.Nc4 Bb7 12.a4 a6
13.Ret Nd7 14.Nfd2 +"', Olemin-
Gavri kov, Moscow 1985) 10.Nc4
Qe7 ll.e5 Nxg3 12fxg3!? g4 13.Nh4
dxeS 14.Qxg4 0 -0 llS.dxeS Nc5
16 .&2 b5 17.Ne3 QgS! = , Oofman-
Mib. lSeitlin, USSR 1982.
c) 9. b3 Nd7 10. Nfd2 Nxg3
lt.hxgJ 0 -0 12. Bd3 aS 13.a4 fS
14 .Qe2 Nf6 1514 pf4 J6.gxf4 Bd7
17.e5 Nd5 18.g3 Qe8! -
Bronstein-Gufeld, Th~linn 1981.
 9-.Nc:6 l O.Bel Qe7
10.. .£5? tl .exfS exfS 12.Ne5!
11.0-0-0 a5 l l .a4 Bd7 lJ.dS
Nd8
Now witb 14.Nd4 White would
h ave the better placed pieces.
Balashov- Torre, Manila Jnterzon al
1976 continued with the weaker
14.h4?! Nxg3 1S.fxg3 g4 16.Nd4 hS
17.Nc4 0-0 t8.Bd3 unclear.
I ~ 5.e3 •
5...o:O
5wh6 6.Bb4 gS 7.Bg3 NhS and:
a) 8.Be2 0-0 9.c3 Bf5?1 10.0 -0
Bg6 ll.Nell Nxg3 12.hxg3 Nd7
13.Bd3 Bxd3 14.Nxd3 c5 1S.Qb3
CX7 16.a4 Rac8 17.dxc5 + "", Lar-
seo-Haik, Lanzarote 1976.
b) 8.c3 e6 (8... Nxg3?! 9.hxg3 Nd7
10.a4! Nf6 ll.aS Bd7 12.Bd3 e6
13.e4 g4 14.Nb2 bS lS.Nfl Bh6
16.Qe2 eS 17.d5 c6 18 .c4 cS
J 9. Ne3! + =.RihH-Adorjao ,
Budapest 1981 ) 9.Bd3 Q e7 JO.Qe2
Nc6 1 L Nb3 Bt17 12. Nfd2 Nxg3
13. hx&3 0·0-0 14.Nc4 Kb8
15.0-0-0 + =, Kovacevic-Ree,
Plovdiv 1983.
6.8 d3
a) 6.Bc2 Nbd7 ond now:
at ) 7.c3 eS 8.0·0 h6 9.Bh4 Qe8
JO.a4 e4 lJ.Ne l Nb7 12.Nc2 f5
13.f3 Ndf6 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 l.S.fxe4
fxe4 l6.a5 c6 17.Qe l d5 -= +,
Kovacevic-G ligo ric, Yugoslavia
1979.
a2) 7.0.0 eS 8.Bh4 Re8 9.c4 b6
t O.R c t h6 11.h3 Bb7 12.d5 aS
13.b3 Nc5 14.a3 g.S l .S.Bg3 c6 16.b4
axb4 17.axb4 Nce4 unclear, Rong-
guang Ye- D reev, Manila 1990.
b) 6.Bc4 NbC7 7.0-0 eS (7... h6
8. Bh4 e.S 9.c3 Qe7 10.a4 aS 11.Qe2
e4 12.Net g5 t3.Bg3 Nb6 14.Bb3
Bg4 15.f3 exf3 I 6.Nexf3 Rae8
17. Rfel Bd7 18.e4 Nh5 =,
K ovacevic-Smejkal, Yugos lavia
1978) 8 .dxe5 dxe5 9. Ne4 Qe8
10.Nxf6+ Bxf6 ll.e4 Qe7 t2.Bxf6
Nxf6 13.Qe2 BeiS •, Orec:v-Khalif-
man, Vilnius 1988.
c) 6.c3
cl ) 6 ... b6 7.Bd3 c5 8.b4 cxb4
9.cxb4 Nc6 10.a3 Bb7 J 1.0-0 Qd7
12.Qe2 R fc8 13.Rac1 Nd8 14.Bb5
Bc6'! 15.Rxc6 Nxc6 16.Bxf6 Bxf6
17.dS +-, Keres-Saidy, Tel Aviv
Olympiad 1964.
c2) 6... Nbd7 7.a4 h6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6
9.a.5 a6 IO.Qc2 eS?! (10 ... Bg7)
11.Bc4 Kb8 12.b4 bS? 13.Ne4 Bg7?
J4.Neg5 witb a large advantage to
While, Petrosian-Ribli , Amster-
dam 1973.
d ) 6.a4 Nbd7 7.a5 a6 8 .c3 e5
9.Be2 b6 JO.Bxf6 Qxf611.0-0 Qe7
12.dxe5 NxeS (Shirazi-Scbussler,
H aifa Olympiad 1976) 13.Nxe5
QxeS I 4.Bg4 Bxg4 15.Qxg4 + =.
e) 6.b4
bl ) 6 ... Nbd77.Be2 ReS 8.0-0 e5
9.c3 c6 10.Q b3 aS l l.a3 h6 12 .Bh4
e 4 13.Ne t a4 14.Qd1 gS 1S.Bg3 b5
=. Torre-Ftacnik, Lugano 1988.
b2) 6 ... Bg4 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.h 3 Bx£'3
9. Bxf3 c6 10.0 A0 e5 ll.c3 a5 12.b5
Qb6 13.bxc6 bxc6 14.Rbl Qa7
15.Qa4 Rfc8 16.Rb2 +=, Torre-
Zuger, Biel 1988.
,,..Nbd7
6... Nc6 7.0~0 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3
NhS 10.c3 e6 11.e4 £:5 12.ex.f5 exfS
13.Qb3 Kh8 14.b3 Bd7 1S.Nc4 RbS
=, Kbalifman-Wa tson, Moscow
1985.
7.0-0
7.Qe2 h6 8.Bxf6 Nxf6 9.h3?! e5!
l O.dxe5 dxe5 11.0· 0 ·0 Qe7 12.e4
(12.0-0 Bg4 13.h3 • ) 12... a5 • +,
Kamsky-YeTmolinsky, USSR 1987.
7...h,
7... b6 and:
a) &Rel cS 9.c3 Bb7 10.a4 Qc7
ll.aS eS I2.e 4 (1!2.dxe5 dxeS
13.e4"'") l 2 ... c~d4 13.a6?! dxc3
14.Rcl 8c6 15.R.xc3l'lc5 16.Bfl Qd7
17.b4 Ne6 J8.Bxf6 Bxf6 t9.Nc4 Rfd8
20.Rd3 Qc7 = +, Dreev-Kir. Oeor-
giev, Moscow 1985.
b) ttc3 Bb7 9- 0~2 b6 I O.Bb4
Qc8 11.e 4 e5 12.dxe5 dxeS 13.Rfel
ReS 14.b4 NhS 15.Qdt B£6 16.Bxf6
Nbxf6 17.Nc4 Qd8 18.Qc2 Qe7
Draw, Thrre-Nunn, Tilburg 1982.
8.8h4 eS 9.c3 Qe8
Better t.han 9 ... Re8?! IO.Qc2
Oe7 ll.e4 +=. Afte r 9 ... Qe8
10.Q c2 Nh7, I l.e4 wiU s till be
necessary. Thimauov-hnsu, Hur-
rachov 1966, continued ll ... N~rll
12.dxe5 dxeS 13.Nc4 NhS 14.Ne3
. Bf6 =.
Nf4 15.Bc4
11/ustlfltm Gume 37
GM Valery Salov
NM Ilia Smirin
USSR Championship 1988
l.d4 Nf6 l.Nf3 c'
3.BgS d6
4.Nbdl Nbd7 S.e4 h~ 6.Bh4 g5
7.Bg3 NhS 8.Nc4 Bt7 9.c3 e6
lO.Nfdl Nx1J ll.hx¥3 Qe7
U . NeJ Nf6 13.Qb3!
Tying the Bishop to b7. Not as
st rong is 13.f4 gxf4 114.gxf4 Bd7
15.Bd3 0-0-0 16.Qf3 KbS
17.0-0-0 eS 18.fxe5 dxeS 19.d5 bS
=, Balashov- Tseshkovslty, USSR
1975.
13...c6 14.0·0·0 tS?!
This opens lines and weakens
the f~square. Better u 14...dS.
15.dxe5 dxe5 16.Ndc4 Be6
U J6... Nxe4, then 17.Qc2 N£6
18.Nd6+ Kf8 19.Bc4 Be6 20.Nef5
is strong.
17.Nl'S BxfS 18.Nd6+ Qxd6!
Black's only chance i.s to sacrifice
his Queen . 18... Kf8 19.Nxf5 is
hopeless.
19 .Rxd6 Nxe4 20 .Qxb7 0-0
21.Rdxb6 Nxf2 22.Qe7 Rad8
23.Bel xh l 24.Rxhl Be6
2S.QxgS Bxa2 26.Rh4
Not 26.c4? Rd4. Bwt now 27.c4
i.s threatened.
 ~ -- .

Threatening 59... Bg5 followed

by 60...Rf6.
S9.Qd5 Bel
Threatening ... Ba5-b6.
6G.Qd8 81'6 6I.Qd3 BeS 62.p
If 62.Kxe3, tben 62... Bc7 + fol-
lowed by 63...Bb6 is drawn.
U •.•Bc7 63 .Qc3 + BeS 64.QcS
Bd6 6S.Qd4 + BeS 66.Qa7 Bel
67.Qa4
lf 67.b6, then 67...Bd4.
67 ... Be5 68.Qb4 Bc7 69.Qc3 +
26...Be6 27.Bc4 Rd6 28.Rh6?! BeS 7G. Qc5 Bd6 71.Qc4 BeS
W hite lo ses most of his ad·
72.Qb4 Bc7 73.Qc3 + BeS
vantage with this and h is next
move. Correct is 28.0h.S R fd8
Draw
29.Bxe6 R xe6 30.Qh7 + Kf8
Conclusion: Weakening the
31.Rg4 Bb6 32.Kc2 Rd2+ 33.Kb3.
kingside to win the Bishop pair is
28 •. . Re8 29.Bxe6 ?! Rdxe6 risky, but leads to sharp positions.
30. Rxe6 Rxe6 3l.Qd8+ Bf8
32.Qa8 e4 33.Kdl cS!
Black gives up his a-pawn and
will blockade a passed queenside
pawn on tbe b6~square with his
Rook and Bishop. It is dirfi~ult for
White to male~ progreu in tb is
position.
3.f . Qa7 + Kg7 35.Kd e3
36.Qb7 Bd6 37 . QdS 8e7
38 . Qd7 Bd6 39. Qd8 Be7
40.Qd5 Kg8 4l.Qd7 Bd6
42.Qb7 1<17 43.g4 Be7 44.Qd5
K18 4S.Qb7 Kg7 46. QbS Bd6
47.Qc4 Be7 48.b4 cxb4 49.cxb4
Bd8
Threate n ing to immediately
force a draw with .50.- Bb6.
SO.Qd4 + Bf6 Sl.Qd3 BeS!
Threatening both ... Bf4 followed
by ...Rd6 as well as ...Bc7-b6.
Sl.bS Bc7 53.Qc3 + BeS 54.Qc5
Bd6 S5.Qc4 BeS S6.QcS Bd6
57 .Qd4 + Bt5 58.Qc4 Bf6

Chapter 10
l.d4 Nf6 2.NO ~~ 3.8&5 Bt7
4.Nbdl d5
We consider A) 5.e3 and B) 5.cl.
Ur.ually these twO moves can be in-
tc::rchanged, except it should be
noted that the idea of the latter
move is to prevent ...c.S.
A) S.e3
s...o.o
a) s ... Nbd7 6.1>4 o~o 7.Bez b6
8.b5 Bb7 9.0-0 Ne4 10.Nxe4 dxe4
ll .Nd2 b6 12.Bh4 g5 l3.Bg3 eS
14 .c3 f5 15.£3 f4 16.Bf2 exd4
17.cxd4 + "' • Torre-Grunfeld ,
Zagreb 1987.
b) 5 ... Bf5 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.cxd3 c6
8.0-0 0-0 9.Qc.2 NbS JO.b4 f6 un-
clear, Tilimanov-OIUfeld, USSR
1966.
c) S...cS 6.c3
cl) 6...b6 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Bd3 Nc6
9.0-0 0-0 JO.Rel BfS ll.BJtf6
Bxd3 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.dxc5 bxc5
14.Nb3 c4 15.Nbd4 Nxd4 16.exd4
BfS 17.Qd2 Rb8 = + , Shabalov-
Kransenkov, Vilnius 1988.
c2} 6 ... Qb6 7.Qb3 0-0 8.Bd3
Nc6 (8...c4 9.Qxb6 axb6 10.Bxf6
Bxf6 11.8c2 += ) 9.0-0 Re8
85
lO.Rfdl QxhJ I l.u~th:l "~ 12.tbo~
NlCe.S =, Azmoipnruhvrll Unrlnll,
Stary Smokovec 1910.
c3) 6... Nbd7 7.0b3 0-0 IUk~l
b6 9.0-0 Bb7 t0.a4 a6 li . RI'dl
Qb8 12.Bf4 Qa7 J3.Ne:S e6 14.Q~:l
Rac8 t5.b4 NxeS 16. Bxe.S c4
17.Rel Bc6 18.80 Qb7 =, Tim-
mao-Ka.sparov, Linares 1991.
6.8cl3
a ) 6.Be2
a t ) 6...b6 7.c3 Bo6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6
9.0~0 c5 t0.Ne5 Qc8 l i .Qa4 Nb8
12.b4 + =, Larsen- Kavalek. Til-
burg 1980.
a2) 6...c5 7.c3 and:
a2 1) For 7... Nbd7, see Illustra-
tive Game 35.
a22) 7... Qb6 8.Qb3 Nc6 9.0-0
Bf5 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 li.Qxd5 cxd4
12.cxd4 Qxb2 13.R fcl e5 14.Qb3
=, Vagaoian-Ftacn ~k, Hastings
1982/83.
a23) 7 ...cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6 9.0-0
Qc7 t0.Bd3 BfS I =, Salov-
Vaganian. Barcelona 1989.
a3) 6... Nbd7 7.0-0 ReS 8.c4
a3 1) 8 ...b69.Bb4 e5 tO.Rc l exd4
ll .Nxd4 dxc4 12.Nxc4 a6 13.Qc2
Qe7 14.Rrdl +=. Osteoslad-
Lechtynsky, Troava 1989.
a32) 8...c5 9.Rcl cxd4 10.Nxd4
Ne4 Jl.Bh4 Nxd2 12.0xd2 dxc4
13.Bxc4 NeS 14~b3 aS =, b.eta-
Adanu, D os Hermanas 1993.
a33) 8".eS 9.R c1 e4 lO.Nel c6
1 1.cxd 5 c xdS 12.Qb3 Qb6? !
( 12...Nf8 +=) J3.Nc2 Qe6 14.Nb4
Bf8? 1 S.Bb51 Rd8 16. Nxd5 +·,
Salov- Kozul, Wtjlc aan Zee 1991.
b) 6.b4
bl) 6 ...Bg4 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.b3 Bxf3
9.Bxf3 c6 10.0 -0 eS 11 .c3 a5 12.b5
Qb6 13.bxc6 bxc6 14.Rbt Qa?
1S.Q a4 Rfc8 16.Rb2 Nb 6 17.Qb3
Rab8 IS.Rfbl N fd? 19.Qdl c5 -=,
Torre-Zuger, Biel 1988.
b2) 6 ... Nbd7 7.b3 R e8 8.Be2 eS
9.0 -0 h6 lO.Bb4 e4?1 ( I O~.cxd4)
11 . Nh2 + "", Mal aniak-Ce hov,
Warsaw 1989.
6 •..c:5
6 •..Nc6 7.c3 ReS 8.0~0 b6 9.BM
B f5 lO.BxfS gxfS ll.Bxf6 Bxf6
12.Khl e613.Nel Ne7 t 4.Nd3 Ng6
15.£4 b616.Rf3 + =, Lein-Hernao-
dez, Saint Jo hn 1988.
7.c3
We now examin e At) 7 ...Qb6
and A2)7...b6. Alternatives are:
a) 7...cxd4with:
al) 8.exd4 No6 9.0 -0 h6 to.Bh4
NhS ll.Re1 Qd6 12.BbS gS 13.Bg3
(better is t3.Bxc6 bxc6 14.NcS)
86
J3 ... Nxg3 14. bxg3 a6 15.Ba4 bS
16.Bc2 g4 17.Nh2 fS :.+ ,
SchOssler-Vaganian, Thllinn 1983.
a2) 8.cxd4 Nc6 9 .0 · 0 Qb6
IO.Qb3 OxbJ ( IO... Rd8 ll.Rfc l
Bf5 12.Bxf5 gxfS 13.Qa3 Rdc8
14.Nb3 e6 15.Bxf6!'! Bx£6 16.Nc5
Qc7 l 7.Q n4 +=, Gelfand- Ernst.
Tallinn 1989) 1 J.Nxb3 Nb4 12.Bbl
b6 B .NeS Bb7 14.a3 Nc6 15.Bxf6
Bx£6 16.Nd7 Rfd8 17.Nxf6 + exf6
18.Bd3 + =, Dydyshlco-Gelfand,
M insk 1989.
b) 7 ...Nbd7 8.0·0 Qb6 (8...Q c7
9.Rel [not 9.Bf4 Qb6 lO.Rbl Nb5
and ~-eS] 9..•b6 [not 9. ~ eS 10.dxe5
Nxe5 1t.Nxe5 QxeS 12.Bf4 Qe7
13.e4) 10.Bf4 Qd8 ll.b3 Bb7
12.Qb 1 + =, Trifunovic-Be rto lc,
Yugoslav Championship 1952)
and:
bl ) 9 .Qb3 Rd8 IO.Rfel Nf8
1 l.e4 Qxb3 12.axb3 cxd4 13.Nxd4
h6 14.B"Xf6 Bxf6 IS.eS Bg7 16.b4
Ne6 17.N2b3 + = , Verdihanov-
Ryskin. Nilto laev 1993.
b2) 9 .Q c2 Re8 l O.c4 cxd4
ll .exd4 Q c7 12.Racl a6 13.Rfel e6
14.Bh4 b6 15.Bg3 Qc6 16.b4 dxc4
17.Nxc4 Bf8 J8.Qb2 QbS l9.Nd6
Qxd3 unclear, Smyslov- Vaganiao,
USSR Championship 1988.
c) 7 ... N c6 8.0 -0 Nd7 (8.. . b6
9.a3 Bb7 10.b4 Qc8 Jt.Rc l c4
12.Bc2 b 5 13.a4 a5 14.axbS N a?
t5.b6 Nb5 16.Ba4 Nd6 17. Bxf6
ex£6 18. Rbl + = . l o o ov-Mib.
Tseitlin, Leningrad 1983) 9.Re 1
h6 IO.Bh4 gS !? (10... Qb6 ll.Qc2
e5 =) 11. Bg3 f5 12.c4 Nb4
13. Bbl? ( better is 13.8£1 )
t 3 .. . cxd4 14. a3 dxe3 JS. ax tJ4
exd2 1 6. 0 xd2 Nb6 = +,
Kons tantin o p o ls lcy-Kortc hoo i,
USSR C hampionship 1952 .
 At) 7...Qb6 15 ..•Qxr6 IUS Qd
S.Rbl
a) 8.Qb3 Nc6 (9._<:4} 9.0-0 Re8
(9... c4 Oxb6 axb6 11.Bc2 Bf5)
10.Rfdl Qxb3 11.axb3 eS •,lones-
cu-Obinda, Timisoara 1987.
b) S.Qbl No6 9.0-0 eS IO.Nxe5
Nxe5 ll.dxeS Ng4 12.N£3 NxeS
13.NxeS Bxe5 14. Q c2 ReS =,
Chekbov-Gorelov, Pavlodar 1987.
&...Nc6
8. ..Nbd7 and:
a) 9 .Qa4 eS H>.NxeS NxeS
1 l.dxeS Ng4 12.Be7 NxeS l3.Be2 We have two eumples:
Bd7 14.Qa3 Rfc8 1S.Nf3 BbS =, a) 17.Qd2 Bd7 18.f6 Kb8 L9.e4
Malan.iuk-q~grga~z:e,.
Lvov 1986. d4 20.Bc4 Be6 _11.Qb6 W-~-
·.,;r9.0-.0 e5 tO.NxeS~ ffxeS 6f>reev-Kbalifmao, Mosco~
J l.dxe5 Ng4 12.Nf3 NxeS t3.Nxe5 '. 1985. _ -··· _ . -· • --·-
BxeS 14.£4 Bg7 15.£5 h6 16.Bc7 ·-16]I7.Rf3 Bd7 (t7.,..g5) 18.Qd2
Re817.f6Be618.Qf3 Rxe719.fxe7 Rae8 19.f6 QgS 20.Qf2 ReS 2l.b4
ReS with compensation, Dreev- c4 22.h4 +=, Neverov-Giek, Lvov
Dorfman,
- Moscow ..1985.-·· .. , _,.- 1985.
9.0..() d JO.NxeS
tO.dxcS Qxc:S J 1.b4 Qd6 12.&2 Al) 7.•. b6
Be6 13.Qe2 Rac8 14. Bb3 e4
1S.Nd4 Ne5 =+, Salov-Magem,
Groningen 1984.
lO...NxeS U.cheS N&4 ll.NO
12.c4?! Nxe5 13.cxd5 Nxd3
14.Nc4 Qa6 15.Qxd3 b5 16.Nd2 c4
= +, M alao iuk- Ro manishin,
USSR 19&3.
U ...Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.14
14.Qf3 Be6 lS.B£6 Bxf6 16.Qxf6
Rid817.b4 c4 18.Bc2 BfS : , Anas-
tasov-Magerramov, Pa,·lodav
1987. 8.0-0 Bb7
t4...Br6 .8... Nc6 9.a3 Qc7 IO.Bf4 Qb7
=.
14... 8~7?! 15.f5 + lll.h3 Nd7 12.Be2 aS unclear,
tS.Bxr6 Salov-Lputian, Moscow 1987.
15.Bh67 c4! ( l 5 ... Re8'! 16.f5 9.Ne5
+=) 16.Bxf8 cxd3 17.Ba3 Qxe3+ a) 9.Qbt
18.Kh 1 Bf5 • + , Neverov-$ideif· a 1) 9 ... Nbd7 10.b4 Qc8 tl. b3
Zade, Baku 1986. ReS 12.Rcl e5 l3 .dxe5 NxeS
87
 -·

14.NxeS Rxe5 15.Bf4 ReS 16.a4 aS Savoo, USSR 1964.

t7.bxaS bxaS 18. Ra2 Bc6 Draw, l O. ~Nxd7 I l.f4 QeS ll.Q&4 e6
Agzamov-H ort, Po tsdam 1985. 13.Qh3 a6 14.Bh6 BxM 1S.Qxh6
a2) 9... Nc6 10.b4 cxd4 11.cltd4 Q.7 t6.Rael b5 17.RI3 RfeS 18.c4
Qd6 12.a3 Rfc8 13.Bf4 Oe6 14.h3 b4 19.fS
Nd8 tS.Qb2 Ne4 16.a4 f5 17.aS White is better, Nikolic-Cvitan,
=.
+ Loginov-Agzamov, Tashkent Borovo 1981.
1983.
a3) 9...a5 JO.e4 cxd4 ll.Nxd4 Nc6 B) 5.c.3
t2Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Ret dxe4 14.Nxe4 s...o.o
QdS JS.c4 Qd7 =, T. Georgadze-- If 5...c5, then White can try to
Rashkovsky, Minslc 1979. bold onto the pawn after 6.dxc5.
b) 9.a4 Ne4 (9.. .Nbd7 10.a5 Bc6
l l.c4 dxc4 12.Nxc4 Ne4 =. Filip-
Minev , Amsterdam (ol) 1954)
l0.Bf4 Nd7 11.0t:2 Nxd2 12.Nxd2
( 12. Qxdl ReS 13.a5 + =) 12...e5
l3.dxe5 Bxe5 t4.Bxe5 Nxe5 15.Ba6
Bxa6 16.Qxa6 ReS =, Ma lich-
Stcin. Kecskemet 1968.

6.e3 Nbd7
a) 6 ...c5 7.dxc5 and now:
at) 7 ...Bg4 &.&2 Q c7 9.b4 b6
10.cxb6 axb6 ll.Qb3 Rc8 12.Nd4
Bd7 J3 .c4 Nc6 14 .Nxc6 Bxc6
15.R ct Qa7 t6.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.cxd5
Bb5 l&.Rxc8 Rxc8 19.Bxb5 Rcl
20.J<el RxhJ 2l.Nf1 + =, Lputian-
9... Nid7 Khalifman, Kiev 1986.
a) 9-.Nbd7 10.f4 + ""· a2) 7 ...Qc7 S.Nb3 (8.b4) 8 ... Ne4
b) 9 ... Ne4 IO. Nxe4 dxe4 1 t.Bc4 9.Be2 Nxg5 lO.NxgS e6 tl.Qc2
+ = and now if 11...b5? 12.Qb3 +- Nd7 12.c4? Oe5 t 3 . N f3 Qxb2
o r tt...cxd4 t2cxd4 Nd7 l3.Nxt7 14.Rcl Nxc5 and Black was much
Rxf7 14.Qb3 Qe8 15.Rac1 with a better, Smyslov-Watso n, New Yorlc
large advantage. 1987.
10.Nxd7 b) 6 ... b6 7.b4. Now 7... Nbd7
IO.Ng4 £6 ll.Bh6 B.xh6 transposes back into the main
12. Nxh6+ J<g7 13.Nf5 + gxf5 vanauoo. Dubious is 7 ... c5 71
J4.Bxf5 Qe8 15.Qg4 + Kh8 16.Qh3 8.bxc5 bxcS 9.Qa4 + =. Hug- Lutz,
Rf7 17.B g6 uncl ea r, C ve tko v- San Bem3rdin o 1988. continued
88
9 ... Ne4 10.Nxe4 d1(e4 1l .Nd2 BfS
(also possible is 1L .h6 12.Bh4 f5)
l2Be2 h6 l3.Bh4 Nd7 14.0-0 gS
l5.Bg3 Bg6 J6.Ra b1 cxd4 17.cJ~d4
eS 18.dxe5 NxeS 19.Rfd I Qd7
20.Qxd7 Nxd7 2LNc4 Nc5 22.NeS
Bf5 23.Nc6 Bf6 24.R d5 1.0. Wo rth
considering is 7 ...Bf5. Machulsky-
G ufeld, Mos.cow 1991 , continued
8.c4?! (8.Be2 •) 8 ....c5! 9.bxc5 bxc5
JO. cxd~ Ne4l with a large ad-
vantage to Black.
7.BeZ
a) 7.b4:
al) 7.•.b6 8.b5 Qe8 (8...Bb7 9.a4
R e8 10.Be2 e5 11.0-0 h6 12.Bb4
c5 13.bxc6 Bxc6 14.Qb3 + =,
To rre- Zapata, Brussels 1986)
9.Be2 eS 10.0 -0 Bb7 11.a4 Ne4
12.Rcl a6 13.Bh4 axbS 14.axb5
R a7 15.Bg3 Nxg3 16.bxg3 Q e7
J7. Nxe5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Bxe5 19.Nf3
Bd6 =, Torre-Kasparov. Brussels
1987.
a2) For 7... c6, see lllustrative
Game39.
a3) 7...Re8 8.Be2 e5 9 .Nb3 b6
1LO.Bb5 e4 l l.Bc6 Rb8I2.Nfd2 Bb7
1l3.Bxb7 Rxb7 14.bS a6 1.5.a4 Ra7
11 6.0-0 Qe7 • , Vaganian-
Beliavsky, Erevan 1975.
a4) 7... Qe8 S.B£4 c6 9.Bd3 Ng4! ?
iO.Be2 eS l l.Bg3 fS 12.dxe5 NdxeS
U3.Nd4 gS unclear, Torre-
Vagan ian, Leningrad 1987.
aS) 7... a5 and:
a51) 8.b5 a4 9.Be2 c5 10.bxo6
l>xc6 11.0-0 cS (11...Qa5 12.c4
Ba6 unclear) 12.R bl +~ , Torre-
Jansa, Biel1985.
a52) 8.Be2 Re8 9.0 · 0 e5 10.Nb3
axb4 ll.cxb4 e4 12.Nfd2 Nf8
B.Bh4 h5 14.Qc2 BfS JS.Rfcl Re7
a6.a4 Ne6 uncle ar, Mala niuk-
89
Dorfman, Lvov 1988.
b) 7.Bd3
bl ) 7...Re8 and now:
bll ) 8.e4 dxe4 9'. Nxe4 Nxe4
t 0.Bxe4 c5 11.0 -0 cxd4 12cxd4
Nlf6 =, Popov-1\akmakov, Moscow
1983.
b12) 8.Bf4 Nh5 9.0-0 Nxf4
I O.exf4 c5 1 t.Ne5 Qb6 12.Qb3
Qxb3 13.axb3 cxd4 14.cxd4 f6
15.Nxd7?1 (15.Nef'3=) 1S ...Bxd7
16.Ra5 Bh6 17.g3 eS = +, Yusu-
pov- Vaganian, Moscow 1983.
b13) 8.h3 e5 9_dxe5 NxeS
lO.NxeS RxeS ll.NO ReS 120-0
c6 13.Rel Qb6 14. Bxf6 B:xf6
IS.Qc2 Be6 =, Smyslov-Kamsty,
Manila Interzonal 1990.
b2) 7... c5 8.0-0 b6 9.b4 Bb7
JO.Qbt cxd4 tl.cxd4 R eS t 2.a4 b6
13.Bh4 g5 14.Bg3 Nb5 JS.BeS f6
J6.Bg3 Nxg3 17.hxg3 eS?! (17...e6)
18.Bf5 + -. Malaniuk- Loginov,
Thllinn 1982.
We now el(amine 81) 7•••Re8 and
82) 7...b6.
81 ) 7...Re8
8.0· 0
a) 8.b4
a l ) 8 ... c6 9 .0 -0 aS 10.a4 e5
1 ~ . b5 c5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Rc1 h6
14.Bh4 Nx13+ 15.Bxf3 c4 16.Bxf6
Bxf6 17.R e 1 + =, Torre-Ftacoik.,
Novi Sad 1984.
a2) For 8... b6, see Illustrative
Game40.
b) For 8 .Qb3, see Illus trative
Game4J.
&. .•e5
8...c6 and:
a) 9.h3 e5 JO.c4 b6 ll .Bh4 exd4
12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.Rcl Qb6 l4.cxdS
Nxd5 t.S.Q c2 unclear, Thkmakov-
Gavriko v, M aza tlan Q u ick Play
1988.
b) 9.a4 e5 lO.dxeS NxeS ll .aS h6
t2.Bh4 Nxf3+ 13.Bd3 Qe7 14.Qa4
gS tS.Bg1 B£5 t6.Rrdt Rad8 17.b3
Nd7 18.0a3 ""' • Rongguaog Ye-
D o uven, Thessalo nild O lympiad
1988.
c) 9.b4 h6 t0.Bh4 eS ll.Rcl e4
12.Ne1 Nf8 13.b5 Ne6 14.bxc6 bxc6
15.c4 Qa5 16.Nc2 Nd? 17.Bg3 Bf8
18.cS bS 19.Rb l N&7 20.Nb4 Re6
unclear, lbrre-Tbipuy, New Delhi
1990.
9.b4
a) 9.c4 witb:
at) 9...e4 10.Nel c5 ll.Nc2 +=,
R o ngguaog Ye- Tsesbkovsty,
Belgrade 1988.
a2) 9...exd4 tO.Nxd4 NcS ll.cxd5
QxdS 12.8£4 c6 13 .Bf3 Qd8 =,
Torre-Sokolov, Siel1989.
b) 9.b3 cS 10.Bb5 Qb6 1I.Qa4 a6
12.Bxf6 Qxb5 13.Qxb5 axbS
14.Bxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 BxeS
16 .dxeS R xeS 17.b4 + ~. Ben-
jamin-Hellers. New Yo rk 1993.
SLc6
For 9 ...h6 10 .Bh4 e 4 ll.Nel see
rtl ustrative Game 42
10.Nb3
a) 10.a4 aS 1 t.Qb3 h6 t2.Bh4 e4
90
13.Ne1 g5 14.Bg3 hS l.S.h4 Ng4
16 .bxg5 Qxg5 17.Br4 0&6 t8.f3
exf3 19.Bd3 fxg2 20.Bxg6
~fl =- 0+ 2l.Nxfl fxg6 u nclear ,
Salov-Gelfand, Linares 1990.
b) t0.Bb4 aS l l.a3 e4 12.Net b6
13.Nc2 Nf8 14.c4 g5 1S.Bg3 Ng6
16.bxaS R xaS 17.Nb4 R a8 soon
ended in a draw in Salov-Gelfand.
Reggio Emilia 1991/92..
10- .h6
lO...Qb6 Jl.Bxf6 Bx£6 12.a3 Qc7
13.R c1 e4 t4.Nfd2 bS 15.a4 a6 un-
clear. P~trosian -Kortc bnoi, Odes-
sa 1974.
1J.Bh4
1 LBxf6 Qxf6 12. Q c2 ( 12 .R c l
Draw, Vaganian-Nunn, Rotterdam
1989) 12...e4 13.Nfd2 QgS J4.b5
Nf6 lS.Kb t Ng4? 1 16.b3 Qh4
17.Kgl N£6 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.c4 BfS
20.Rfc l R acS 2t.c5 gS 22.Bf1 +c:,
Oste nstad-Basin, ltnava 1989.
11 ..-&5 U .Ba3 Ne413.Rd
13.Q c2 Nxg3 14.bxg3 e4 15.Nfd2
f5 t6.c4 Nf6 17.a4 Qd6 18.b5? f4
• +, Ostenstad-St ohl, Trnava
1989.
J3...Nxg3 14.hxgJ e4
To rre- Ubl mano , Thessalo ni ki
Olympiad 1988, continued 1S.Nh2
fS t 6.c4 Bf8 17.b5 cxbS t 8 .cxd5
 •
Qb6 unclear.
Bl) 7 ... b6
8.b4
a) 8.a4 aS 9.0-0 Bb7 lO.Rel
ReS l l.Qb3 e5 l2.dxe5 NxeS
13.Nxe5 Rxe.5 14.Nf3 ReS t5.Redt
Qe7 =, Petrosian-smejkal, Mos-
cow 1981.
b) 8.0-0 Bb7 9.Rc l c5 10.Qa4
a6 li.Rfd l Qc8 l2.Qb3 bS 13.a4
Bc:6 14.axb5 axbS 15.Ne5 c4 16.Qc2
e6 17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.Bxf6 Bxf6
Draw, Granda Zuoiga-Wauo n,
New York 1987.
8.- Bb7 9.0-0 ~8
9...Ne4?! JO.Nxe4 dxe4 lt.Nd2
b6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Bg3 fS 14.f3 f4?1
( 14... Nf6) 1S.Bf2 + =, exf3 16.Bxf3
Dxf3 l7. Nf3 fxeJ 18.Bxe3 eS
19.Qb3+ Kb8 20.Qe6l Qc8
( 20...Qe8 21.Qh3) 2l.Rael ReS
22.Qg6 e4 23.NxgS hxg5 24.Rf7
1-0, Kavalek-Browoe. U.S. Cham-
pionship 1986.
10.Bxf6 Bx16 ll.bS a6 12.a4 eS
Seirawan- Kudrin, U .S. Cham-
pionship 198&. continued 13.dxe5
NxeS 14.Nxe5 Bxe.S 15.Qb3 axb5
t6.a.xb5 d4 17.cxd4 Bxd4 18.Rxa8
Bxa8 19.Bf3 +•.
91
Illwtraln'e Glltrw 38
GM VasUy Smyslov
GM Maya Chiburda'n idu
.Arubu 1992
l.Nf3 Nf6 l.d4 &6 3.Be5 Bg7
4.Nbdl dS 5.e3 0·0 6 .Bel
Nbd7 7.0-0 c5 8.c3 bCi 9.a4
9.Qa4 Bb7 10.Ba6 Qc8 ll.Bb.5
Rd8 12.Ne5 NxeS 13.dxe5 a61
14.Bc2 Ne4 •+, Vaganinn- Timo-
s hchenko, USSR Championship
1978.
9.••a6
In order to meet I O.aS with
IO...bS.
10.b4 c4 ll.bSl
Malaniuk-Dolmatov, Moscow
1992, continued I I.Ne.S Bb7 12.f4
with a slight edge fo r White.
ll...Bb7 12.Qc2 e6 t3.Qb2 axbS
14.axb5 Qe7 15 .N eS Rfc8
16.Bf3
Threatening 17.Ndxc4.
l6 ... h6 17.Bd6 xf6 18.Rxa8
Rxa8 19.Ral Ra5
This is the best move aJtbougb it
weakens the a-pawn . 20. Rxa8
Bxa8 2l.Ndxc4 was threatened and
19...Rxal 20.Qxal allows White to
penetrate with his Queen.
20.lba5 bxaS 2l.Bdl!
White will now have a dominat-
ing pwed pawn after Ba4 and Nc6.
21 ... Bf'8 ll.Ba4 Nd7
If 22...Qa3, tbeo 23.Qxa3 B,;a3
24.b6 Bb2 2.5.Nb 1 Ne4 26.Nd7 fol-
lowed by Nc5 gives White a large
advantage.
23.Nc:6 Bxc:6 2.4.bxc6 Nf6
25.Qb8 Ne8 26.g3 Nc:7 l7.NrJ
Ka7
If 27 ... £6, then 28.Nb4 Kg7
29.Bc2 f5 30.Nf3 followed by Ne5.
28 . NeS Qd6 29 . Qa7 Qd8
30.Qxa5 Bd6 3l .N d7 Qa8
32.Qxa8 Nxa8 33.Kn r6 34.Kel
Nc7 3S.f3 Kr7 36.e4 Be7 37.Kd2
Kc7 38.N~ Kn 39.Bc2 Bd6
40.f4 rs 4l.Nc8 Ba3 42.eS hS
43.b3 Kel 44.Ba4 Kd8 4S.Nb6
Be7 46.Nd7 M ?!
This allows White to break
through o n the ltiogside. It was
better to sit tight.
47.gxb4 Ne8 48.Bdl Ng7
Not 48.•. BJCh4 49.Nf8.
49.Nr6 Kc7 SO.hS gxhS Sl .BxhS
NxhS 52. xb5
White's passed h-pawn is
decisive.
S2 ...Kxc6 S3.Nf6 Bf8
If 53 ... Bxf6 54.exf6 Kd7, then
White penetrates with his King on
the queenside.
S4.b4 Kc7 SS.hS Kd8 56.Ng8
Ke8 57.h6 Kf7 58.h7 Kz 7
59.Nf6 Be7 60.N e8 + Kxb7
U .Nc7 Bd8 62.Nxe6 BaS
63.NcS Kp 64.Nb7 Bc7 6S.KcZ
Kf7 66.Kb2 Ke7 67.Ka3 Kd7
(i8.Kb4 Kc6 69.Nd6 1-0
92
11/II.Jt.rrllilit Gonle 39
CM Eucenio Torre
GM Garry Kasparov
Thcs:suloniki Olympi4d 1988
l .d4 Nf6 l .N f3 1 6 3.Bg5 Bc7
4.c3 dS S.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.e3 0 ·0
7.b4 c6 8.B e2 Re8 9 .0-0 eS
10.a4?!
Better is 10.Nb3 to prevent ... a7-
a5.
10 ... h6 11.8114 aS! 12.b5?!
This gives up t he c5-sq uare.
Better is t 2.0b3.
l2...c5 lJ.dxeS Nxe5 14.NxeS
RxeS 15.Bxr6 Bxr6 16.Rcl b6
J 7.Bg4 Bb718.813?!
Better is 18.c4 d4 19.8 0 with
just a slight advanta&e for Black.
18...Qe7 19.c4 Rd8! lO.Qc2
According to Kasparov, Black
has a lar, e advantage after either
20.cxdS Bxd5 2l.Qc2 Bx£3 22.Nxf3
RedS 23.Rfdl Qd7 or 20.Qb3 dxc4
2l.Nxc4 Bd31 22.Nxe5 Bxe5
23.p0 QgS+ 24.Khl QhS 25.£4
Qf3+ 26.Kgl ReS.
ZO ...d4 l l.Bxb7 Qxb7 22.exd4?!
Correct is 22. Nf3, althougb
Blaclc bas a large advantage after
22_.Rf5 23.exd4 Bxd4.
22...1Ud4 23.Rcel l4 ...e4 IS.Ndl f5 16.Nxd7 Bxd7
If 23.Nf3, then 23 ... R g4 and 17.c4 r4
24.h3 would be met by 24.• .Rxg2+
25.Kxg2 Rg5+.
23- .Rxel 24.Rxet Qd7 2S.Nn
hS 26.g3
If 26.Ne3, then 26...Rd2 27.Rd1
Rxc2 28.Rxd7 Ra2 i.s strong.
26.•.h4 27.Ne3 Qet) 28.Qe2 Re4!
29.ph4
This avoids ... h4- h3, but opens
up the k ingside. White was in time
pressure here.
29...8c3! JO.Rdl Rxb4 31.QD
Black has a big adv:antage.
If 31.Rd8+ Kg7 32.00, tben
32...Be5 is decisive. 18.cxdS he3 19.rxe3 Qb8
3l...Bd4 3l.Ne2 10.0 · 0 Qxg3 ll.Qb3 cxdS
H 32.Nd5, then 32... Kg7 33.Kg2 2l.Qxd5 + Kb8 23 .Qb3 Ba4
Oe.S 34.h3 Rh5 wins. 24.Qe3 Rac8 2S.Qxc8
lf 25.Qa3, then 25...Bxd4.
32 •••Rh3 33.QdS Qf6 34.Ne3
Rt3 25 . .. Qu3 + 26.Kbl Qxel
White cannot defend against the 27.Qe3 Qh! + 28.Qh3 Qxh3 +
double threat o f 35 ... Rx"f2 and 29.ph3 Bxd4
3.5~.Qg.5+ . Black's pas.sed C.j;)3WJI aod twQ
3S.Khl Rd2 36. Ng4 Qf3 + Bisho ps give him a decisive ad·
vantage.
37.Qxf3 Rxf3 38.Rel Ra3
39.Re8 + Kg7 40 .Rb8 Rxa4 30.Nb3 Bg7 3l.Kgl e3 32.Rfd
4l.Rxb6 Rxc4 4.2..Ra6 a4 0-1 8c6 + 33.Kgl Be5 34.Rc2 Bg3
3S.Ree2 Bt3 36.Nd4 Bxe2
37 .Nxe2 Bd6 38.Rc4 Kc7
1Umtrt11/vc G~~me 40 39.Rd4 Re6 40.IUI h5 41.Ncl
GM Roberto Clfue-ntes Parada Be5 42.Rd7 + Kg6 43.NdS Rd6
GM IUaSmirin 44.Rxd6 + Bxd6 4S.Ktl Bf4
Wijk aan Zte JIJ9J
46.b4 Krs 47.hxgS BxgS 48.a4
l.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.BgS Bc7 Kg4 49.Nc3 b4 so.Kn b3 O·l
4.Nbd2 0-0 S.cl clS 6.e3 Nbd7
7.Bel Re8 8.b4 b6 9.Bh4 gS f flustrQJI'vt Gamt 41
IO.Bc3 NbS ll.Nb3 Nxg3 GM Jan Timman
12.hxg3 eS 13.Rcl c:6 14.Nc5 GM Gata Kamsky
Black's coming pawn storm i.s so Mo~cow199Z
strong that perhaps J 4.dxe5 should
be played. I ,d4 Nf'6 ~ . Nf3 &6 3.Bcs Bc7
93
4.c3 dS S.Nbdl 0 -0 ,,e3 Nbd7
7.8el Re8 8.Qb3 c6 9.0-o
9.0<t Nb6 10.cxd5 QxdS 11.0-0
B£5 12.Nc4 Be4 13.Bf4 Nb5 14.Bc7
Bxf3 =z, Bronsteio-Watson, Lo n·
don 1989.
9 ...e5 10.e4?1
This sacrifice is unsound. Better
is tO.dxeS.
10 ...exd4 tl.cxd4 dn4 12.Bc4
Re7!
White wo uld have compe nsation
after 12... exf3 13. Bd7+ KhS
14.Bxe8 Qxe8 J5.Rfel .
13.Nxe4
If 13.NeS, then l3 ... NxeS
14.dxeS Rxe5 15.Bxf7 + Kf8!
13 ... Rxe4 14.Bxf7 + Kb8
lS.Rael Qf8
The o nly move . Not 16 ...Qb6
17.Qa3.
16.Ne5 Rxd4 17.f4
17.-RdS!
This is nece.~ury to stem White's
a ttack. Black n ow threa tens
l B...QcS + and 19... Nxe5.
18.BxdS
If 18. Nxg6~ . then 18... hxg6
l9.Qh3+ Nh7 20.Re8 Oxe8
21.Bxe8 Ndf6wins.
18 ••• NxdS 19.Be7 Qg8
94
.10~.Not 19... Nxe7? 20.Nf7+ dr:1w-
20.Nxd7 Bxd7 Zl .Qxb7 Qc8
22 . Qx c8 + Rxc8 ~3 . Bc5 a6
24.b3?
This t ime pressure blu nder
decisively weakens lhe cl-square.
Correct is 24.Rt2 with j ust a sli&bt
advantage for Black. Now Black's
pieces ge t too much p lay.
Z4 •••Ke8 2S.Rf2 Bc3
Forcing White to give up control
of the e-file.
26.Rdl Re8 27.h3 Re.f 2.8.Khl
hS 29.Rcl Bel 30.Rfc2 Nxt4
31.Rc4 Rxc4 32. bxc4 Bg3 +
33.Khl Bts 34.Rc3 h4 35.Re3
Nd3 36.Bd4 Kt7 37.cS aS 38.a4
Bel 39.Re2 Bb4 40.Bf'1. Nxfl +
4l.Rxf2 Bxc! 0·1
IllustTGtive Game 42
GM Gala Kamsky
GM John Nunn
Be.fgradc 1991
1.d4 Nf6 2. t3 g6 3.8gS Bc7
4.Nbd2 0-0 S.c3 dS 6.e3 Nbd7
7.b4 ReS 8.Be2 eS 9.0-0 h6
10.8h4 e4 li .Nel cS J2.Bg3
Nf'8 13.Rcl Ng6
Better is 13 ... g4 threaten ing
_.h5-h4.
14.c4 c:6 15.bS
According to Kamsky, better is
15.Qb3, and if J.L.h5, then 16.cxd5
h4 17 .dxc6 hxg3 18.Cxg3 bxc6
19.Rxc6 Be6 20.Bc4 Bxc4 21.Nltc4
followed by 22.Nd6 with good play
ror the piece.
15 ... cxb5 16.cxb5 Re7 17.Ncl
g4 I8.Nb4 bS 19.Qa Be6
Better is 19 ... Ne8 preventin~
20.8c7.
20.&7 Qd7 2l.b6 Ne8
Not 21 ...aS due to 22.Na6.
22.QcS Nxc7 23.bxc7 Rc8
If 23... b6, tben White has a big
advantage in the end&ame after
24.Qb5 QxbS 2S.BxbS Rc8 26.Na6.
l4.Qxa7 Jb:e7 15.Qb6 Nb4
Threatening 26... NO+.
U .Nb3 NI'! 27.Nc5 Qd6 28.Na4
44 ... Kd7 45 . &4 B 116 46.NbS
RgS?! 47.Kn bS?! 48.Rd
Threatening 49.RcS.
48 ...R,6 49.Ng3 Br& SO.RcS b4
SJ.Rcl ·Be7 S2.Rbl Bh4 SJ.NbS
1·0
Conclusion: After l.d4 Nf6
2.NO g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2, 4...dS
is o ne of the best ways to play the
King's Indian against t he Torre.
This is the variation that Kasparov
has chosen.

White has the advantage due to

the weakness of the <!-pawn.
28 ... Qd7 29.QaS Qd6 30.Qb6
Qd8 3l.Rxc7 QJCe7 32.Qxc7
Rxe7 33.Nb6 RcJ
Better is 33 ... Ne7, although
White still has a large advantage
after 3 4. Bd 1 CS 3S. Bb3 Kn
36.N6xdS NxdS 37.Nxd5 Bxd 5
l8.Bxd5.
34.N6xd5 BxdS JS.NxdS Rcl
J6.Rel Nd6 37.a4 Ral 38.Bdl
Kf8 39.Nf4 b4 40.Bxg4 Rxa4
41.Rbl Ke7?!
Better is 4l...Ra5.
42.g37
Better is 42.Nd5+ Kd8 43.g3.
42. .. bxz3 43.bxg3 RaS 44.Be2
White's plan is to play g4 fol-
lowed by NbS-&3, hitting the weak
e-pawn.
95
 Bxc3 + 9.Nxc3 cxb4 lO.QdS Qb6
Chapter 11 ll.Na4 Qa6 12.NcS Qa3 unclear,
Jooov- Livsbits, Leningrad 1963.
1.44 Nf6 l.NO &6 J.BzS Bg7 b) A solid alternative is 6. ..Qb6
.t.NbdlcS 7.Nxf6+ Qx(6 8.c3 (8.e3 0-0 9.c3
d6 t0.Be2 b6 11.0·0 Bb7 t2.a4
cxd4 t 3.exd4 a6 14.Re 1 Nd7
15.Nd2 Rfc8 =, Thimanov-Gullco,
Russian C h ampioMhip 1976)
8...cxd4 9.Qxd4 (9.cxd4 0-0 10.e3
Nc6 11 .Be2 d6 12.0·0 Bd7 13.Qd2
Rfc8 ;::, Cifuentes-Zadrim, Malta
Olympiad 1980) 9 ...Qxd4 10.Nxd4
Nc6 11.e3 d6 12.Be2 Bd7
13.0-0-0 ReS J4.g4 Ne5 lS.Rhg J
a6 t6.b4 b5 17 .a3 h6 18.Rg3 Kf8
l9.f4 Nc4 =, Torre-Timmao, Lon-
don 1984.
Black sometimes sacrifices a pawn 7 .Nxd4 cxd4 8.Qlld4 0-0
with this move, often with good 9.0-0-0
results. It is risky to delay this move
a) 9.c4 with:
until after 4...b6 6..Bb4: M ohr-Stull,
Mitropa Cup 1988, continued a I) 9...Nc6 10.Qd2 and no w:
S...cS?! 6.Bxf6 Bx£6 7.Ne4 Bxd4 at 1) For 10...d6 see Illustrative
8.Nxd4 cxd4 9.Qxd4 0-0 tO.Nc3 Games 43 and 44.
Nc6 ll.Qd2 (gaining a tempo from a 12) 10... Qa5 11.g3 (11.Nc3 is
the normal lines) 1 l ...K&7 t2.e4 d6 better) 11 ... b6 l2.Bg2 Ba6 (Better
13.b4 +=. After 4...d, White has is J2... Bb7) l3.b3 Oxd2+ 14.Kxd2
the choice between accepting the Rac8 tS .Rhdl Rfd8 J6.Nc3 Kf8
challenge A) S.Bxf6 or the more 17.Kc2 Bb7 18.Kb2 NaS 19.Bb3
solid and passive B) S.cl aod C) S.e3. + =.Azmaipara.sbvili- Jiangchuan
Worth considering is 5.dxc5 Qa5 Ye, Beijing 1988.
6.c3 Qxc5 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Ne4 Oc6 a2) Stronger is the immediate
9.Nxf6+ Qxf6 1O.Qd4 Qxd4 l l.cxll4 9 .. . Qa5+ tO.Qd2 ( 10.Nc3 Qb4)
. b6 12.Kd2 Bb7 13.Rc l, Popchev- 10...Qxd2 1LKxd2 b6 12.Nc3 Bb7
Kosanovic, Pernilc 1987. However, t3.e3 Na6 ""+, Tangborn-Nijboer,
6... Na6 is probably better. Reykjavik 1990.
b) 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Qd2 Qb6! and
A) S.8)(f6 now Miles-Gulko, Philadelphia
s...Bxf6 1987 continued ll.Rbl Qd41
5...exf6 weakens the d6 square: 12.Rdl Qxd2 13.Rxd2 d6 14.Nd5
6..Ne4 cl«i4 7.Nd6+ Ke7 8.Qxd4 +=, bS • +. Instead, White should play
BeUon,...Piedina, Torremolinos 1977. 1 1.b4!? (Gulko) Qxb2 l 2.Rbl Qa3
6.Ne4 B xd4 13.h5 unclear. Epishio-Mih. Tseit-
a) 6 ... Qa5 + 7.c3 Bxd4 8 .b4 lin, Leningrad 1984, continued
96
 ..
11.b3 d61t l2.NdS Qd8 13.e4 e6
J4.Ne3 Qh4 15.Bd3 + =.
c) 9.Qd2 dS (9...Qa5 10.Nc3 d6
1l.h4 No6 12.Qd 2 Be6 l 3.h5 g5
1 4.e4 +•, Lombard-Kochiev,
Kapfenberg 1976) 10.0-0-0 Qc7
1 1.Nc3 Be612.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.Qxd5
u ...Qc7 u.Qc:S
12.Qg5 BfS 13.Nc.3 Nb4 with
compensation for the pawo,
Nikolic-Damjaoovic, Yugoslavia
u .... b,
1985. Not 12. Nc3 Qf4+.

Not 12...Be67 13.e3 with a large

Nc6 14.e3 Rad8 • +, Trifunovic- advantage to White, Blee.~-Nij­
Karasloychev, Varna 1960. boer, AVRO 1989.
IJ.Qc3 Qf4+ 14.Qe3
14.Nd2? Nb4 -+.
14... Qxe3 IS.fxe3 NeS
Kovacevic-Stein, Zagreb 1972,
continued 16.Nf2 Beo 17.g3 Rac8
Draw.

B) 5.c3
:S...cxd4
Also possible is 5...0-0 6.Bxf6.
:a) 6...Bxf6 7.Ne4 Qb6 &.Nx£6+ ex£6
9...Nc:6 9.Qd2 d6 10.e3 Nbd7 =. Ostro...sky-
Nezhmetdinov, USSR 1963.
9-.0aS?! 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Qd2 d6
b) 6...exf6 7.dxc5 f5 8.e3 f4 9.exf4
J2..h4 Be6 13.Kbl R.ac8 14.e4 with
b6 10.Be2 bxcS 11.0-0 dS 12.Nb3
a lar3e advantage to White,
Yusupov-Gorelov, USSR 1981. Qd6 13.Ne5 Nc6 14.Nxc6 Qxc6
lS.B£3 Be6 = , Trifunovic-Spassky,
lO.QdldS Varna Olympiad 1962.
a) JO...Oc7? ll.Nc3 e6 12.e4 £5 6.cxd4 Ne'
13.exf5 Rx£5 14.g3 +•, Torre-
Queen moves like 6... Qa5 or
Vogt, Baku 1980.
6._Qb6 are weaker. 6.-d.S was Ol. 10.
b) IO...QaS lt.Nc3 d6 12.h4 Be6
l3.Kbl NeS 14.e4 Rfta 15.a3 Ng4
16. Nd5 Qxd2 17 .Rxd2 BxdS
18.exdS h5 a , Panczyk-5znapik.
Poland 1982.
ll.QxdS
tl.Ng3 Be6 12.e3 Rc8 13.Kb1
Qb6 and now Agzamov-Loginov,
USSR 1986, con,inued 14.Ne2?!
d4! 15.Ncl?! Nb416.Bd3 NdS ... +.
Instead 'White should play 14.Bd3
d4 15.exd4 Bxa2+ J6.Kxa2 Nb4+
'1 7.Kbl QaS 18.c3 Qa2+ =, ac-
cording to Loginov. 7.e3 0-0 8.8d3
97
 Other Bishop moves:
a) 8.Be2
al ) 8...d5 9.0-0 B£5 10.Qb3 Qb6
ll.Qx:b6 axb6 12.a3 Rfc8 13.Racl
Ne4 ( 13 ... Nd7!m) 14.Nxe4 Bxe4
15.Bf4 f6 16.Bg3 eS 17.dxeS Nxe5
1 8.Nd4 + =, Balashov-Hellers ,
Malmo 1988.
a2) 8... d6 9.0.0 BfS 10.Qb3 Rb8
lt.Racl Be6 12.Qa3 Qb6 13.Rfd1
Rfe8 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 1.5.Ne4 Bg7 =.
Trifunovic-Tan, Beverwijk 1963.
a3) 8... h6 9.Bh4 d6 10.0.0 g5
ll.Bg3 Nh.5 12.Qb3 e5 13.d5 Ne7
14.e4 Nf4 15.Rfe1 Neg6 ""• 'ni·
funovic--Oiabsoo, Bled 1961.
b) For 8.Bc4, see Jllustra tive
Game 45.
8 ... d6 9.0·0 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6
ll .Qb3
Black had problems in Trifuoovic-
Pavlov, Halle 1963. For example,
1L.Kg7 12.Ne4 or ll...NaS 12.Qc2.
I nstead he played the dubiou$
11 ~.eS? I White correctly sacrificed
a piece with 12.Bxg6 Na5 13.Qd5
Be6 14.Qe4 fxg6 15.Qxg6+ Kg8
16.Qxb6 + K g8 17.Qg6+ Kh8
18.che5 dxeS 19.Ne4 + =.
C) S.e3
Now we examine Cl) 5... 0-0
98
and Cl) S.-116. An alternative is:
5 ...cxd4 6 .exd4 Nc6 7 .c3 0 -0
8.Be2 d6 9.0 -0 h6 10.Bh4 and
now:
a) JO... Qc7 11.Rel ReS 12.Nc4
NdS ==, Guimard- Resbevsky, Mar
del Plata 1966.
b) 10...e5 ll.dxeS d11eS 12.Nc4
e4 13.Nfd2 Qe7 14.Qc2 g5 15.Bg3
Ne8 16.0 e3 l 7.Nb3 b.5 18.Nca5
Nxa.5 l9.Nxa5 fS 20.f4 +=,
Kovacevic-KoziJI, Ljubljana 1989.
C l) s...o.o
6.c3
a) 6.Bxf6
at ) 6...Bxf6 7.Ne4 Qb6 8.Nxf6+
Qxf6 9.c3 d6 10.Be2 b6 11.0-0
Bb7 12.a4 cxd4 J3.exd4 a6 t4.Re1
Nd7 = , Taimanov-Oullco. USSR
1976.
a2) 6... exf6 7.Be2 rs 8.c3 b6
9.0·0 Bb7 10.Nc4 d5 11 .Nce5 c4
12.Ne l Qe7 13.NSf3 f4 ==+,
Arapovic-P aunovic, Y ugoslavia
1983.
b) 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.exd4 Nc6 8.c3 d6
9.0-0 b6 1O.Bxf6 Bxf6 ll .d S? Ne5
12. Nxe5 dxe5 13.Qb3 Bg7 14.Radl
Kh7 15.Khl b6 16.Rfel Bb7 17.c4
f5 = + , Filip-F. Olafsson, Yarn a
Olympiad 1962.
6... b6
a) 6 ...cxd4 7.exd4
al) 7 ...d6 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.0-0 h6
IO.Bh4 Nb5 ll.Rel fS 12.d5 Ne5
13.Bc2 Nf4 =+, Timman-H.
Olafsson, Malta Olympiad 1980.
a2) 7...<15 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.0-0 Qc7
lO.Rel Nh5 ll.Nfl N£4 12.Bb5 e6
13.Qd2 Nb5 14.Ng3 Nxg3 1S.hxg'3
a6 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Bh6 + ""• Tri-
fuoovic-Gligoric, Yugoslavia 1971.
b) 6...d6 7.Be2 h6 8.Bb4 Nbd7
9 .a4 Qc7 lO.Qbl ?! e5 11.0-0 Re8
12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.N~teS dxe5 =+,
Guimard-Keres, Buenos Aires
1964.
7.8d3
a) 7.Bc4 Bb7 8.0-0 d6 9.h.3 Nc6
10.Qe2 ReS 11.Ba6? (t t.a3)
li...Qc7 12.Bxb7 Qxb7 13.Rfdt
Nd8 14.Racl Ne6 lS. Bh4 Rc7 =+.
Tor an- Thimanov, Kapfenberg
1970.
b) 7.a4 Nc6 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.0-0 h6
tO.Bb4 d6 l l.Qbl ReS 12.Rc1 cxd4
13.exd4 NdS 14.Rel Nf4 15.&4 Qd7
16.Bg3 gS l7.Bb5 a6 1&.Bfl with a
large advantage to White, Ribli-
Gbeorghiu. Baile Herculane 1982.
7... Bb7 8.0-0 d6 ?.b4
9.Qe2 Nc6 1O.Rfd 1 cxd4 t 1.cxd4
h6 12.8h4 Nb4 13.Bc4 a6 14.Bb3
ReS IS.Racl bS =.H ort-Smyslov,
W ijk aan Zee 1972.
9 ... Nbd7 10.bxc5 bxc.S 1t.Qa4
lf.Rb t Qc7 12.Qa4 eS?
( 12... Bc6) 13.dxe5 dJCeS 14.e4 + =,
Mites-Watson, New York 1987.
ll ... Nb6 U .Qa3 Qc:7 13.Rabl
Rrcs
=, Pietzsch-Smyslov, H ava n a
1965.
Cl ) 5...b6
6.c3
6.Be2 0·0 7.0-0 l'olc6 8.c3 Re8
9.a4 Bb7 l O.Bxf6 exf6 1 J.Nb3 Bf8
12.a5 Nxa5 13.Nxa5 bxa5 14.Qa4
cxd4 15.Nxd4 ReS! 16.Rfdl Qb6
17.Qxd7 Rd8 18.Qa4 1k5 l9.Qc2
Be4 20.8d3 Ba& 21. Bf1 Rb8 =,
Lechtynslcy-Vo kac, Czechoslo-
vakia 1984.
6 ...Bb7
6...0-0 7.Bxf6 ed6 6.dxc5 bxc5
a ) 9.Nb3 Qb6 10.Qd.5 d6
I 1. 0-0-0 Be6! t2.. Qxd6 Rc8
13.Qxb6 axb6 14.Nfd2 Rxa2 :o + ,
2. Nikolic- Bukic, Yugoslavia 1980.
b) 9.Bd3 f5 10.0-0 Nc6 IJ.Qa4
Rb812.Rab1 Qc7 IJ .RfdJ d614.b4
Bd7 J.5.Qa3 Ne.S 16.Nrxe5 BxeS =.
Rustjc-Krnic, Yugoslavia 1983.
, 7.Bd
a ) 7.Qa41 ? 0-0 8.8e2 d6 9.0-0
Nbd7 t0.b4 Q c? Jl .bxcS bxcS
12. Rabt Rfc8 t3.Qa3 Nb6 14.Bd3
e6 ( 14... h6 15.Bb4 gS 16.Bg3 Nh5
17.Rfel Nxg3 18.bx&3 e6=)
ts. Rfel h6 16. Bh4 NbS t7.Nfl
cxd4 l8.c;xd4 Bxf'3 ?! 19.gxf3 Qc3
20.Qa6 + =, Kovacevic- Larsen,
Bugojno 1984.
b) 7.Bd3 0 -0 8.0-0 d6 9.Qe2
Nbd7 lO. R Cd l h6 ll.Bh4 gS 12.Bg3
Nh 5 13 .Ba6 Bxa6 14.Qxa6 fS
IS.Nfl Qe8 16.a4 eS = +. Koostan-
tiooposky-Zaitsev, Moscow 1966.
 ' --d6 8.0-0 0-0 t 8.Rd2 Rf4.
Now White has tried different 15-.f4 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.Qxd5 +
plans: Kg7 18.0-0
a) 9.b4 Nd5 lO.O b3 cxb4 ll.cxb4
h6 12.Bb4 Nd'7 13. Bc4 NSf6
J4.1Uc l a6 15.a4 e5 = , Moiseev-
Savon, U SSR Championship 1970.
b) 9.a4 b6 10.Bh4 gS 11.Bg3 Nb5
12.Q c2 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Nc6 l4.g4
Q c8 15. Bd3 Ba6 16.Bxa6 Qxa6
17.d 5 + =, Kovacevic- Dolja nin,
Stara Paw va 1988.
c) 9.Qc2 Nc6?! (9...cxd4 10.exd4
Nbd7 with the ide a Rc8) l O.Rfe l
Rc8 ll.Rad l Q c7 12.Q b l Rfe8
13.8c4 a6 14.a4 Na5 15.Bfl c4 Black's Kn ight is superior to
16.e4 e5 J7.h3 + -=, Nikolac-Hart-
White's Bishop and White's only
man, German League 1986. hope is the break c4-c5. For ex-
d) 9.Re1 Qc7 tO.a4 Nbd7 11.Bfl ample , 18 ... a.5 19.c5 Qxc5 20.Qxc5
e511 (11...h6 12.Bxf6 p 2.Bh4 gS ~.xc5 21.Rd5 Kf6 22.Rxc5 is fine fo r
J3 .Bg3 NbS 14.e4 Nxg3 15.hxg3 White.
e6 • 1 Nxf6 13.e4 e6 = ) 12.dxe5
dxe5 13.e4! a6 14.Bc4 Bc6 J5.Bxf6
L8-.Rac:8?
Correct is 18_J<f6! llle n 19.b4
Nxf6 16.Qe2 Bb7 17.Bd3 Ne8
18.Nf1 Nd6 19.N3d2 Qd7 20.Nc4 Oxb4 20.RbJ Oa3 21.Rxb7 Rab8
+ •, Plato nov- Sideif-Sade, Tash- gives Black a big advantage.
ke nt 1980. 19 .b4 Qxb4 lO . Rbl Qa3
2l.Rxb7 Kf6 22.h4
Illustrative Game 43 Threate n ing 23.Bg4.
GM Nlkola Spiridonov
GM Garry Kasparov
u ...b6 l3.Rd1?
Correct is 23.Qd2 gS 24.Rb3 Qc5
S kivti 1981)
25.RbS forcing the black Queen
away from its stro ng positio n.
l.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bg5 Bg7
4.Nbd2 cS S.Bxf6 Bxf' 6.Ne4 23 .••Rb8
Bxd4 7.Nxd4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 0·0 Not 23...Qxa2?? 24.Qxd6 +!
9.e4 Nc:6 10.Qd2 d6 ll.Ne3 Be6 24.Rc7 Rfc8 2S.Rxc8 Rxc8
12.e4 Qb6 lJ.Rdl? Now Black's positiooa l supe-
Be tte r is 13.Nd5 and if 13 ... Bxd5, riority is clear.
then 14.exd5 Nd4 15.0 -0 -0 with a 26.Qb7 Qc:S 27.Qb2?
good position for White. 27.Rb 1 was more tenacious.
13...Ne5 14.b3 IS 1S.Be2 27".Qb6 28.Qcl gS 29.RdS e6
Better is 1S.exf5 Rxf.S 16.Qd4, 30.hxg5+
although Black has the better en- Opening the h-file gives W hite
ding after 16 ...Qxd4 17.Rxd4 Raf8 more problems.
100
 ,
30 ... bxg5 31.Rdl Ke7 32.Qc2
Rb8 33.Qa4 g4 34.Qa3 Q4:S
3S.Qc3 gJ 36.Rfl gxU +
37.Rxt2 Rbl + 38.Bt1 Qe3
39.Qxe3 fxe3 40.Rc2 Nxc4 0-1
1/lustnatlw Game .U
GM Vasslly Smyslov
I M Thomas Emst
Lond~l 1088
l.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 J.BgS Bg7
4.Nbd2 c5 5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.Ne4
Bxd4 7.Nxd4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 0-0
9.c4 Nc6 IO.Qd~ d6 U.NcJ Be6
l2.e4 Qa5 13.Be2 a6 14.Nd5!
This leads to a better endgame
for White d ue to a space ad-
vantage.
14... Qxd2 + 15 .Kxd2 Bxd5
16.cxd5 N d4 17.Bd3 Rfc8
18.Racl Kf8 19.Ke3 N bS 20.g4
b6 2Lb4 Na7
Black is hoping to exchange off
Rooks oo tbe c-file, but now White
d irects h is attentio n to the
kingside.
22.Rc:O Kc7 l3.f4 RtS l4.bS
Rh8
If 24 ... g5, the n 25 .fxg5 hxg5
26.h6 + Kg8 21.h7+ Kg7
lOt
28. h8=Q + allows White a
breakthrough at f7.
2S.hxg6 fxg6 26 .Rhgl Nb5
27.a4 Na7l8.Kd4 a5 19.e5 Nc8
If Black tries to cre ate
counterplay with 29...bS, then 30.fS
bxa4 31.(6+ e xf6 32.exd6 is stro ng.
30.Rel Nb6
If 30 ... b6, tbe o 3 '1 .Rce l R £8
32.f5. Afte r t he t ext, White's
cerntral pawn majority will be
decisive.
3l.R:xcS dxtS 32.Kxc5 Nxa4 +
33.Kd4 Nxbl
33... Rc8 34.d6 exd6 35.exd6 Rd8
36.Bb51 is also hope less.
34.Bb5 a4
The only way to save the Knight,
as 35.Rb1 was threatened.
3S,. d6 exd6 36.exd6 Rd8 37.d7
Kf6 38.Rd a3 39.Kc3 Ra8
40.Re8 Na4 4l .Bxa4 1-t
lliUJ/J'alive Gam~ 45
GM Arthur Bisguiu
GM Robert Fiscber
u.s. ChQI1tpi.onship 1965/66
l .d4 Nf'6 2. Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bf7
4. Nbd2 cS S.c3 cxd4 6.cxd4 Nc4)
7.e3 0-0 8.a3 h~ 9.Bh4 d6
10.Bc4 ars ll.b3 ReS 12.0-0
eS 13 .e4 8d7 14.dxe5 dxeS
15.Ba2
Better is 15.Bxf6. Now Black
shuts o ut this Bishop a.nd starts a
kiogside attack.
15-.gS 16.8g3 Qe7 l7.Rel RedS
J8.Nh2 Be6 19.Bxe6 Qxe6
20.Nh0
Wbite i$ hoping to t ransfer a
Knight to f5. He will never get the
chance, howeve r.
20... Rd3 21.Re3 Rd7 22.Qb3
Qe7 23.Nf3 Rfd8 24.Rael NhS
2S.R c3 QRi 26.Ne3?
Better is 26.Bb2.
l6...Nd4 27.Nxd4 exd4 l8.Ng4
Qg' l9.Rd3 NxgJ 30.(xg3?
30.Rxg3 would have been a
tougher defense, although Black is
much better after 30...d3.
30 ..•Rc7 31.Nfl Rdd 3l.Re2
Rcl 33.Khl bS
Threatening 34 ... Bc5 and
35...b4.
34.Qb7 BeS 3S.Qd5 Rlc5
36.Qd7 h4 37.Nhl Rd 38.Rf3?
38. Q g4 would bave h eld out
longer.
38••24!
Opening up the h-file.
39.Qxg4 QxJ4 40.hxg4 Kg7
4t.RfS Rxbl + 0·1
Jf 42.Kh l , then 42 ... Rc l +
43.Kb2 Bxg3+ 44.Kh3 Rhl mate.
Conclusion: After l.d4 Nf6
2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2, 4...c.5
is a sharp move cham pioned by
both Fischer and Kasparov.
102
Chapter 12
l.d4 N16l.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Nt4
White has two reasonable ways
to retreat tbe Bishop: A) 4.8f4 and
B ) 4.Bh4.
A) 4.8f4
4... dS
4...c5 and:
a) 5.c3 Bg7 6.d5 (6.Nbd2 Nxd2
7.Qxd2 cxd4 8.cxd4 Qb6 9.e3 =,
Zakharo v-Kolpakov. Tasbkent
1964) 6 ...0 -0 7.Nbd2 Nf6 8.d6 Nc6
9.e3 Nh5 10.8&5 (6 l l.Bh4 g5 12.g4
unclear, Gurevich-Gulko, Batumi
1969.
b) For 5.e3 , see Illustra tive
Game46.
5.e3 Bg7
S...cS 6.c3 (6.B e5! ? f6 7.Bxb8
Rxb8 8.Bb5+ J<f7 9.Bd3 Qb6 un-
cl ear, Bronstein-Aronin, Chigorio
M emo r i al 1959) 6 ... Nc6 7.Nbd2
cxd4 8.Nxe4! dxe4 9.Nxd4 Qb6
(9...Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 ll.cxd4
+ . ; 9... Bg7 10.Nxc6 Qxdl+ .
1l.Rxd1 bxc6 12, Bc7 +=) 10.Nxc6
Qxc6 11.Qb3 a6 ( ll...Be6 12.Bb5)
12.Bc4 e6 13.Be5 with a large ad-
vantage to Wh ite , Rytov-
 •
Vaganian. Tallinn 1979.
6.Nbdl d
6 ...0-0 7 .Nxe4 d7'e4 8.Nd2 fS
9.Bc4+ Kh8 JO.h4 c.S ll .cJ cxd4
12.cxd4 Nc 6 13.h5 Qe8 "",
M ikenas-Stein, USSR Champion·
ship 1965.
7-d 0-0
a) 7...Qb6 8.Qb3 Nxd2 9.Nlld2 c4
to.Qxb6 axb6 ll.Bxb8 RxbS 12.e4
e6 13.Be2 bS 14.eS Ra8 15.0.0
+ =, Kovacevic-Ber tok, Zagreb
1969.
b) For 7 ... Nc6, see Illustrative
Game 47.
c) 7... Nxd2 8.Qxd2 0-0 9.Be2 b6
t O.Rd t cx.d4 t l.cxd4 Bb7 12.Rc1
Nc6 13.0-0 ReS 14.Rc2 £615.Rfc1
Qd7 =, Lokvene-De Lange, Leip-
zig Olympiad 1960.
8.Nxe4
8 .Be2 Nc6 9.0 -0 Q~ 10.Qb3
Qxb3 ll.axb3 Bg4 12.Bdl Nxd2
13.Nxd2 Bxdl 14.Rfxd 1 cxd4
l.S.exd4 a.S 16.Nb l Ra6 =, Vaga-
nian-M ortensen, Esbjerg 1988.
s...
dxe4 9.N dl a d4 10.exd4 rs
Rodriguez-Westerinen, Alicante
1980, continued l t.f3 exf3
12.Be4+ Kh8 13.Nx0 Nc6 14.Qe2
Bd7 15.b4 h516.0..0 +•.
B) 4.Bb4
103
4...d5
a) 4 ... c5 and:
al) S.c3 Bg7 (S•••Qb6 6 .Nbd2
Nxd2 7.Qxd2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 e.5 9.Nf3
f6 1 0.~ Be7 1 LBc4) 6.Nbd2 Nxd2
J.Qxd2 cxd4 8.Nxd41 0 -0 (8...d5)
9.e4 Nc6 10.Nc2 dfi ll.Be2 Be6
12.Ne3 Bh6 13.g4 unclear, Bellon-
Fraguella. Lanzarote 1975.
a2) 5.Nbd2 dS and:
a21) 6.e3 Bg7 7.c3 Bg4?!
(7... Nc 6; 7 ... 0 -0 ) 8.Qb3 Bx£3
9 .Qxb7 Nxd2 t 0 ..Bb5 + Nd7
li.Bxd7 + + =. Psak:his-Konopka,
Erevan 1986.
all) 6.dxc5 Nxc5 7.Nb3:
a22J) 7 ... Nc6 8. Nxc5 (8.c37!
Na4) OaS+ 9.c3 Oxc5 tO.e3 Bg7
U .Be2 0-0 12.0-0 e5 13.Rc1
(with t he idea b4-b5) 13 ... a5
l4.Qa4 B£5 lS.Rfd l h6 J6.Nd2 Be6
17.Nb3 Qb6 18.Qb5 + ""• 'lbrre-
E rmenkov, Thessalonik.i Olympiad
1984.
a.l22) 7...Nxb3 8.axb3 Bg7 9.c3
0 -0 10.e3 Nc6 tl.Be2 . 0-0
12.0-0 e5 =, Damjanovic-
Markovic, Zagreb 1960.
b) 4~.Bg7
bt ) 5.e3 dS 6.Bd3 0 -0 7.c4 Bf5
=, Filip-Stein, Stockholm 1962.
b2) 5.Nfd2 Nd6 6.c3 cS?! 7.dxc5
N£5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bf4 e5 10.Bg3 Qc7
11.Ne4 0-0 12.e3 Qc6 t3.Nbd2 bS
14.Nd6 Nxd6 15.cxd6 Qxd6 16.Ne4
+=, Gelfand-Kulag:a, M insk 1980.
b3) 5.c3 0-0 6.Nbd2 dS 7.e3 BfS
8.Nxe4 Bxe4 9.Bd3 B.xd3 10.Qxd3
Od7 1 1 .0~0 e6 t2.Rac1 Na6 13.b4
c6 14.Ne5 Qe8 J5.Bg3 NbS 16.Nf3
Qe7 17.b5 a6 =, Lobron-Chibur-
daoidze, Brussels 1987.
c) 4 ... b6 5.Nbd2 Nxd2 6.Qxd2
Bb7 7.0-0-0 Bg7 8.e4 0 -0 9.e5
c5 1O.dS f6 ll .exf6 exf6 12.Bg3 Ba6
13.h4 Bxf1 14.Rdxft Rn t S.hS gS
16.h6 Bf8 17.Rel d6 t8.Re6 witb a
la rge advantage to White, Tim-
mao-Sunyc Neto, Amsterdam
1985.
5.e3 Be? 6.Nbdl cS
6... Nd6 and now:
a) 7.c3 c6 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.0-0 NfS
10.Bg5 f6 11.8£4 gS 12.Bd3 e6
13.Bllf5 ex£5 14.Bd6 N£8 15.Ba3
with a large advantage to White,
Petrosi~n-Furman, USSR Cbam·
pionsbip 1958.
b) 7.Be2 c6 8.0-0 Nd7 9.c4 Nf5
1 O.BgS f6 1 LBf4 g.S l 2.Bg3 h 5
13.Bd3 Nf8 '1 4.Qc2 +=, Meduna-
Robatscb, Troava 1987.
7.c3 cxd4
7..• Nxd2 8.Qxd2 and:
a) 8 ...QaS?! 9.b4 cxb4 IO.cl!.b4
Qh6 li.R c l Bg4 12 .Be2 Nd7 J3.a4
Bf6 14.Bg3 0-0 lS.a.S with a large
advantage t o Whi te, Malaniuk-
Semeniuk, USSR 1986.
b ) 8... b0 9.Ne5 0 -0 10.£4 Bb7
1l .Bcl3 Nd7 12.0 -0 N£6 13.Rad I
unclear, Gerebe n- Trinc.ardi, Reg·
gio Emilia 1963/64.
S.exd-' 0 -0
8.- Nc6 9.Nxe4 dxe4 tO.NgS Bf6
ll.dS + =, Filip-Molnar, Lyons
104
1955.
9.Nxt4 dxe4 JO.Ndl rs
Sp as.sky- Be rezhnoy, Kharkov
1963, continued 11.Bc4+ Kh8
12.Bg.S Qe8 13.b4 e.S 14.dxe5 Nc6
t.S.h.S Nxe5 16.hxg6 Qxg6 17.Qh.S
Oxh5 18.Rxh5 Nxc4 19.Nxc4 Be6
20.Nd6 Be5 21.0-0-0 + =.
11/ustraJivt Game 46
NM ADdrei Rakhmangulo"
IM Alexey Fedorov
Nikolatv, Ukmiru: 1993
l.d4 Nf6 2 .Nf3 g6 3.8g5 Ne4
4.Br4 cS S.e3 Bg7 6. Nbd2 dS
7.c3 Nc6 8.Nxe4 dxe4 9.Nd2
cxd4 10.cxd4 QaS ll.a3
If t l .Be2, then 11...e5 is s trong.
I 1...0-0 12.b4 QfS
Threatening 13 ... Nxd4.
13.Bg3 Rd8 14.Rcl eS lS.dS
l'be o nly move.
lS... Ne7
If 15... Rxd5, then White wins bis
pawn back with 16.Qc2.
l6.f3
White sacrifices a pawn to get
activity fo r his pieces. BJ:ack would
be better after 16.Q c2 Nxd5 fol-
lowed by ...aS.
16 ... exf3 J7.e4 fxgl 18.Bxg2
QgS 19.0-0 Bg4
If 19...Qe3 + . then 20.Bf2 Qxa3
21.Bc5 gives White a strong attack.
20.Qel Rd7?!
Preventing Rc7, but the Rook is
badly placed at d7, as Wbite's next
moves demo nstra te . Better is
20... Rac8.
2l.h3 BhS 22.h4 Qh6 13.Nc4 1'6
l4.Bh3 Rdd8 25.Be6 +
25.Na5 immediately would have
!been better. 0-0 14.fxe4 fxe4 15.g3 e5 =,
l5••.Kh8 26.Na5 Keres-Botvinnilt, Budapest 1952.
White has very strong queenside
9...13?!
play and Black's only chance to
l$ave the game is witb couoterplay Better is 9 ...cxd4 1CI.cxd4 QaS as
o o tbe tiogside. in the previous game:. Now Black
will have trouble castling.
10.Qb3 cxd4 ll.cxd4 NaS
12.Qc3
Threatening 13.Bc7.
12...b6 13.b4 Nb7 L4.Rcl Nd6'/
Black should have used this op-
portunity tO castle.
IS.Qb3 Bb7 J6.Be2 Rc8 17.0-0
R.xcl 18.Rxd Qd7 19.Nt4 Nr7
.26•••g5! 27.Nxb7 gxh4 l8.Bx.h4 Thu allow~ a dccil5ive blow, a l-
Rg829.Nd6 though Black's position was hope-
29.Bxg8 Rxg8 30.d6 Ng6 3t.Bg3 less in any case.
:should win for White.
l9.••f5 30.NxfS?!
If 30.Bxe7, t beo 30 ... 8£6+ .
White could still win with 30.K.h1.
Now Black's desperate counterat-
tack pays off.
30 ... Nxf5 3l.Rxf5 Bf6 +
32.Bxg8 Rxg8 33.Khl Bxh4
34.Qo4 Qxcl Draw
White m ust force a perpetual
c heck: after 35.Qf6 + Rg7 36.0f8+.

fllustrati~~e G4me 47
GMTonyMIIes
lM Erling Mortenst.a
Atvhus, Dmmalk J9'}3
l.d4 N f6 2 .Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7
4.Bg5 Ne4 S.Bf4 d5 6.Nbd2 cS
7.e3 Nc6 8.Nxe4 dixe4 9.Nd2
9.NgS cxd4 10.exd4 Qd.5 11.Qb3
e6 12Qc2 (11.Bc4 Qf5) f5 13.0
1n5
20.Nxb6! axb6 ll.Rc7 BdS
22.Qc2 Qd 23.Bb5 + Kf8
24 .Rt8 + Nd8 2S.Rxd8 + Kf7
26.Rxd5 1.0
Conclusion: 3 ... Ne4 is infer ior
and less popular than tbe o tber
ways of playing against the Torre.
 Index of Annotated Games
1. Yusopo,·-Kupov-··-··- ··-···-· 2
l. Kavalek- BruaiH:r- ··- ··- - 3
3. Ye-Cha.Pdltr .....- ..- ·- ··--·- 9
• · Be111jamln-Yudasia - ..- .. _ .. _to
5. Dree~Rubao """_..,_.._ .,_.. _.Jl
6. CUucute~Routdn -···-..........17
7. ~rn-Cbekbov- ...-·----17
8. Hat~sea-G•revleh ····-····-····-....18
9. Se.lrawan-Aoderssoo- ..- ..--20
10. Kovaeevlc-Miolc_ .._ ,. _____ .2l
11. Hoi-GulkCl ....·-··-··· ..............,..,.. .21
ll. TseltU~ttn~pin ....._.............Zi
13. Hodgsoa- Howell - ...- ....- ....37
14. Adam.<~.-E~sbla ....."""'·" "'-'"'·.311
15. Kortc:bnoi-Karpov ....- -......39
16. Yusupov-Blsea.oiT ..-.40
17. Hodpon-Ro,ers .._,_ ........- 41
111. Kortcbnoi-Kens ••- .......- ..."41
19. Vqa.nian-Piaskett- - 41
20. Perrosla.-Liubllnsky..............50
:U. Spassky-Petrosiaa.......- ..-.51
n . Sokolov-ha~~eltu k .-..- ..-.52
ZJ. Petrosla.o-Mecking- ..- ..- ..51
106
25. Khapilia-Komlssarov _ ..___ 57
26. Mlchalek- KJshnev._ .._ ........ 60
27. Meduoa-Koutsin ........- ......-•• 60
28.. Yt-BaUaas ··--·-···- ·-·-···-·· 61
29. Summerse.ale-van Wely- ..... 67
30. NikoUc-Piket .......- ...- ............ 63
31. Kovacevio-O' O<lnnelL..._ .... 69
32. Malanluk- Marl.n ..__.. _._ ......... 15
3.3. Petrosian-JansJI ~··-..- ..-·.. 76
3~. Smy3lov- Arakbamia ..- ......... 71
35. Kasparo~"-MOrtinovlc .....-.... 77
36. Oiaclakov-Balasbov..........-... 78
37. Salov-Smlrlo ..........-·-··-'"· 83
38. Smyslov-Citlburdanldu ........ 91
39. Torre-Kasparol' ··-··-·- ··- 9Z
40. Clfutntes--Smirin ·-··-··--..- 93
41. Timman- Kamsty - · -·-- 93
42. K.amsky- Nuno ..... w ~. . . . . . .. -
••• 94
43. Spi.rldoaov-Kasparov...- ..- 100
44. SIDyslov-Emst ......................... 101
45. Blsc•ln-Fiscller 101
-46. RakJunan~ulov-Fedorov .-... 104
.-,. Mile....Mortc.n~a ..- ...- ......... 105
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 CHESS

Many of the top players in the world from both past and
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