Yearbook 105

2012 New In Chess - The Netherlands

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Contributing authors
dorjan • I. Almasi • Appleberry • Arnaudov • Benjamin • Caruana • De Oovitii s
Gy. Feher • Finkel • Flear • V. Georgiev • Giri • Hazai • J. Horvath • lkonnikov • llczuk
Illingworth • lvanchuk • Juhasz • Karolyi • . Ka paro • Kidambi • Kramnik
. Kuzmin • Leko • Lemo arro • Lukac • Moskalenko • akamura • ak11bayeva
. Odeev • Okhotnik • Olthof • Pan zyk • Pelletier • umet • K. Szabo • Tukmako
Tuncer • Tzermiadianos • Van de Oudeweetering • Van der Tak • Vegh • Vilela

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Vladimir Kramnik
If the ex-World Champ introduces a new opening move,
you'd better watch carefully. His treatment of the King's
Indian Bayonet Attack with 1O.g3 and 12.~f3 started
another new wave in 2012. Viacheslav lkonnikov's Survey
on page 213 aptly demonstrates how Kramnik makes
something out of almost nothing. More of Kramnik's 'It's
equal, but. .. ' ideas can be found in Glenn Flear's Scotch
Survey on page 117.

Peter Leko
In Dortmund 2012, Peter Leko was confronted twice with the
Winawer French, which led to highly interesting games
against Fabiano Caruana and Mateusz Bartel. As his theoretical
discussion with Caruana was not altogether successful, the
Hungarian changed strategy against Bartel and simply pushed
his h-pawn. What that led to can be read in Leko's fascinating
analyses in Tibor Karolyi's Survey on page 57.

Viktor Kortchnoi
Why not play your queen to a3 in the GrUnfeld? Where she
stands safe and exerts pressure at the same time? The super-
veteran tried the odd move 9.'~a3 in the 4.ttJf3 ~g7 5 .'~a4
Grunfeld in an exhibition game this year (Endre Vegh 's Survey,
page 206) . Maybe Kortchnoi was inspired by Vasily lvanchuk,
who beat Peter Svidler in 2011 with 5. b3 and 6. a3 - a
sideline that is also interesting, as Vladimir Georgiev and Petar
Arnaudov prove in their Survey on page 186.

Sipke Ernst
You've got to have a lot of nerve to take on Jan
Smeets in the Botvinnik Slav, as Sipke Ernst
recently did in the Dutch team competition . An epic
battle ensued that ended in a merciless hunt on
Smeets' king . Rene Olthof analyses the implications
of Ernst's king move 24.c;Pg2 in his Survey on page
14 7, concluding that even though White won the
game, the battle for the advantage is still on.
 Hikaru Nakamura
As Vladimir Georgiev and Petar Arnaudov explain in their
Survey on page 220, the Reversed Dragon is experiencing
a kind of revolution due to the little move 6.e3 . Against
David Navara in Wijk aan Zee, Hikaru Nakamura unleashed an
ultramodern novelty which inspired many top players to follow
in his footsteps. Thanks to the American champion, Reversed
Dragon players now have a lot to worry about.

Andras Adorjan
The eminent Hungarian theoretician started his life and chess
career as Andras Jocha. Under that name he already invented
a crazy counter-gambit as a young teenager! In his Survey with
Endre Vegh on page 131 Adorjan explains how the
audacious idea of 4 ... f5 against the Centre Game was
born - an opening you don't meet every day, but if guys like
ian Nepomniachtchi play it there must be something to it.

Andrey Sumets
To hold your own against the sharp Panov Attack of the
Caro-Kann with black, you must be well prepared. In his
first Yearbook Survey, Andrey Sumets sums up the
problems black players face after W hite's increasingly
popular 11.l:te1. The Ukrainian grandmaster, winner of the
Pfalz Open this year, is open about W hite's possi bilities but
nevertheless finds ways for Black to fight for the
initiative in the Panov (page 75) .

Viktor Moskalenko
The grandmaster/author from Barcelona is currently
working on a new book, The Perfect Pirc-Modern.
Like Ivan Sokolov, Moskalenko is a man who
practices what he preaches, experimenting in the
Pirc and the Modern as he writes, and spicing up
several lines in the process. See Moskalenko's
Forum contribution on page 13 and also our preview
of his coming book on page 237.
Your Variations
Trends & Opinions

Opening Variation NIC-Key Author Page

King's Indian Defence Romanian Variation 5.h3 Kl30.9 Nakhbayeva 11

Tarrasch Defence Rubinstein Variation 6.g3 TD 4.10-14 Editors 13
Pirc Defence Byrne Variation 4...Q.g5 PU 10.7 Moskalenko 13
Ruy Lopez New Arkhangelsk Variation 6.....Q.c5 RL 12.6 A. Kuzmin 14
Caro-Kann Defence Classical Variation 6.h4 CK 12.3 Carino 16
Various Openings Albin's Counter-Gambit 5.a3 vo 15.5 Senra 17
Pirc Defence 4.i.c4 Une PU 6.7 Olthof 18
Ruy Lopez Marshall Attack 8... d5 RL 17.6 Van derTak 20
GrOnfeld Indian Defence Exchange Variation 7.i.e3 Gl4.1 A. Odeev 20
King's Pawn Openings Three Knights Variation 3.tt.Jc3 KP 9.9 Ademola 22
Catalan Opening Early Divergences CA 1.3 Okhotnik/ Appleberry 23
In Memoriam Leon Pliester Olthof 25

Benjamin's Opening Takes Benjamin 26

Kuzmin's Harvest A. Kuzmin 33

Surveys

Opening Variation NIC-Key Author Page

Sicilian Defence Najdorf Variation 6.a4 Sl14.5 Finkel 41

Sicilian Defence Taimanov Variation 7.f4 Sl40.2 I. Almasi 49
French Defence Winawer Variation 6... 'ifc7 FR 11.8 Karolyi 57
French Defence Tarrasch Variation 3...tt.Jf6 FR 17.11 Tzerrniadianos 65
Caro-Kann Defence Panov Attack 6...i.b4 CK3.1 Sumets 75
Caro-Kann Defence Panov Attack 6...tt.Je4 CK 3.4 Lukacs/Hazai 84
Caro-Kann Defence Classical Variation 6.h4 CK 12.3 Tuncer 88
Ruy Lopez Delayed Cozio Variation 4...tt.Jge7 RL 9.1 Van de Oudeweetering 96
Ruy Lopez New Arkhangelsk Variation 6...i.c5 RL 12.6 A. Kuzmin 103
Ruy Lopez Early Divergences 6.d3 RL 13.5 Illingworth 107
Ruy Lopez Open Variation 9.tt.Jbd2 RL 27.11 Van derTak 113
Scotch Opening Four Knights Variation 4.d4 so 3.1-2 Flear 117
Scotch Opening Classical Variation 5.lt.Jb3 so 5.8 Finkel 124
King's Pawn Openings Centre Game 2.d4 KP 2.6-11 Ado~an/Vegh 131
Slav Defence Chebanenko Variation 5.e3 SL3.1 S. Kasparov 139

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Surveys (continued)

Opening Variation NIC-Key Author Page

Slav Defence Botvinnik Variation 16... a6 SL 7.8 Olthof 147

Slav Defence Schlechter Variation 4... g6 SL 10.3+8 Kidambi 153
Catalan Opening Accepted Variation 4... dc4 CA 3.4 Horvath/Juhasz 161
Nimzo-lndian Defence Classical Variation 4... 0-0 Nl20.2 De Dovitiis 170
Bogo-lndian Defence 4 . ~d2 ~e 7 Line Q11.3 Panczykj llczuk 176
Griinfeld Indian Defence 4.e3 Line Gl3.1 V. Georgiev/ Amaudov 186
Griinfeld Indian Defence Exchange Variation 7.ltJf3 Gl4.8 Lemos Sarro 192
Griinfeld Indian Defence Exchange Variation 7.ltJf3 Gl4.16 Karolyi 197
Griinfeld Indian Defence 4.ltJf3 ~g7 5.'ii'a4 Line Gl7.4 Vegh 206
King's Indian Defence Classical Variation 9.b4 Kl4.6+9 lkonnikov 213
English Opening Reversed Dragon 3...d5 EO 3.11 V. Georgiev/ Amaudov 220
English Opening Symmetrical Variation 3... g6 EO 29.1 Vi lela 226

Service

Preview The Perfect Pirc-Modem Moskalenko 237

Book Reviews Rear 241

- Lars Schandorff: Playing 1.d4: The Queen's Gambit & Playing 1.d4: The Indian Defences
• - Victor Bologan: The Powerful Catalan
- Marc Esserrnan: Mayhem in the Morra
- Konstantin Sakaev: Complete Slav 1

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The FORUM
is a p latform for discussion
of developments in chess
opening theory in general
and particularly A Message from Kazakhstan
in variations by Gu/iskhan Nakhbayeva
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Contributions to these tory from the recent Ol ympiad
pages should be sent to: over Batbuyag Munguntuul. I find
Editors Yearbook this game theoretically intere ting
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from the opening point of view.
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The Netherlands. Munguntuui,Batbuyag
Or by e -mail to: Istanbul ol 2012 (7)
editors @newinchess.com 1.d4 tt:lf6 2.c4 g6 3.tt:lc3 ~g7
Obviously, I expected the Slav De-
fence, so the King's Indian wa
surpri ing for me. Without great
hesitation I decided to follow my
usual lines becau e I had confi-
dence in my knowledge.
4.e4 d6 5.h3 0-0 6 ..i.g5
Not the mo t popular line, but it i
not without venom. It was ex-
plained to me by grandma ter
Murtas Kazhgaleev and I have al-
ready gained orne own experi-
ence with it.
6 ... tt:la6
A common set-up for a King's In-
dian player. The particularity of
Gullskhan Nakhbayeva
thi s variation i that Bl ack can play
in Benoni style: 6 ... c5!?, which
look very interesting here: 7.d5
e6 (7 ... b5 , in Benko tyle, is not so
inspiring: 8.cb5 a6 9.a4 h6 IO ..i.e3
e6 ll .tt:lf3 ed5 12.ed5 l:e8 13 ..i.d3
tt:lbd7 14.0-0 tt:lb6 15 .'ifb3 .i.b7
16.a5± 1-0 (30) Wang Yue-Ding
Liren, JinZhou 2009) 8.tt:l0 ed5
9.cd5 l:e8 IO ..i.d3 c4 ll.~c2 b5
12.a3 tt:lbd7 13.0-0 a6 14. d2
'ifc7 !S.l:ad I .i.b7 l6.l:fe l l:ac8
17 ...th6 'ifc5 1 8.~e3! c7
!9 ..i.d4. The dark- quared bi hop
hou ld be exchanged for its oppo-
nent! 1-0 (35) Nakhbayeva-
Srebmic London 20 II .
7 ..i.d3 e5 8.d5 c6
A few days earlier l had played this
po ition against Yelena Dembo.
She continued with 8 ... 'ife8 9.g4
tt:ld7 I O.a3 f5 ( IO ...tt:lac5 l I..i.c2
f5 12.0 fe4 13.fe4 .i.f6 !4 ..i.f6
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 f6 15.b4 a6 16.'ii'd2 'ii't7
17.0-0-0 1-0 (25) KazhgaJeev-
Martinovic, Sibenik tt 2009) ll.b4
tt:lf6 ( ll. .. f4 1 2 .~h4!, the point be-
ing that if Black exchanges the
bishop , the knight has a perfect
post on f3: 12 ... ~ f6 1 3. ~f6 tt:lf6
14.tt:lf3 1-0 (26) Bareev-
Gallagher, Germany Bundesliga
1999/00) 12.f3 c5 13.dc6 bc6
14.tt:lge2 tt:lc7 15.gf5 gf5 16.ef5 d5
17.'it'd2e4 18.fe4de4 1 9.~c2 ~f5
20.0-0-0 with mutual chances V2-Y2
(3 1) Nakhbayeva-Dembo, 1 tan-
bulol2012.
9.tt:lge2 'W'b6!?
Unexpected. The normal plan is
9 ... tt:lc5 IO.~c2 aS.
10.b3
Here 1 under tood I had been
caught in my opponent's home
preparation. So I decided to find a
'wild way' of my own. The most
playable line i I O.tt:la4 'ifaS
ll.~d2 'W'd8 1 2.~g5 h6 1 3.~e3
tt:lh5 14.'W'd2 Wh7 15.tt:lac3 tt:lb4
16 .~bl cd5 17.cd5 a5 18.g4! tt:lf4
19.tt:lf4 ef4 20.~f4 J:le8 2 1.0-0
~d7 22.Wg2 J:lc8 23.J:lel 'W'b6
24.~e3 'W'd8 25.a3 tt:la6 26.~c2
'tlt'h4 27.f3 c5 28.~f2 'it'f6
29.l:tad I± as the pawn sacrifice is
not enough for a real battle 1-0
(40) Avrukh-Herraiz Lopez,
Men orca junior 1996.
1 o...tt:lcs 11.~c2 as 12.J:lb1!
With the idea to meet ... a5-a4
with b3 -b4! In general, the main
plan is to activate tt:la3+b4, to ex-
pand , create a pace advantage
and dislodge the perfect knigh t
on c5.
12 ... h6 13.~e3 cd5 14.ed5!
The point of the whole system.
The pawn structure becomes un-
usual for thi opening. White wi ll
try to crush Black' bastion on the
queenside to exploit her pawn ma-
jority on that flank .
14... ~d7 15.'W'd2 w h7 16.0-o
tt:le8
Now it's clear that Black wants to
embark on ... t7-f5 , whjch White
should meet with the counterat-
tack f2-f4.
17.a3 'ii'c7 18.f4 a4!
12
A good try to initiate counterplay.
19.b4?!
19.f5 ? ab3 20.fg6 fg6 2 1.J:lf8
bc2+.
After 19.fe5 ab3 20. ~b3 deS it's
difficult to get the invalid pawns
going.
19.ba4 tt:la4 20.tt:lb5! could be
taken into consideration: 20 ... ~b5
(20 ... 'ii'c4? 21.J:lb4 ~b5 (2 1... 'it'c8
22.tt:la7! 'ii'c7 23.~a4+-) 22.J:lc4
~c4 23.f5-+) 21.J:lb5 ef40
(2 1...'tlt'c4 ?? 22.J:lb4+-) 22.tt:lf4
tt:lc5 23.tt:lh5 J:la3 24.tt:lg7 tt:lg7
25 . ~h6 J:le8 26.~g5 f5 27.J:lel
J:la2 28.J:le8 tt:le8 29.'it'd I tt:lg7
(29 ... tt:le4? 30.~e4 fe4 31.'it'g4
tt:lg7 32.'W'e4+-) 30.1!i'b I! J:la8
3 1. ~f6! J:le8 (3 l ...tt:lh5 32. ~d4±)
32.g4 J:lf8 33.~d4 'it'e7 34.gf5 gf5
35.1!i'fl tt:le4 36.Wh2±.
19... tt:lb3 20.~b3 ab3 21.c5
Only forward!
21 ... J:la3 22.fe5 ~e5 23."W'b2
Here the choice between 23.'it'b2
and 23.'i!i'c L wa a big djJemma for
me. Finally, I came to the conclu-
sion that my queen and rooks
should be best placed after
23.'tlt'b2.
There is no point in wasting time
taking on h6. Instead, my intuition
told me to proceed with the in-
tended plan of rounding up the
tt:lb3 .
After 23.~h6 ?! tt:lg7 24.~e3 tt:lf5
25 . ~f2 J:le8 the black piece be-
come active. Of course, I calcu-
lated some variations and quickly
under tood that in such a dynamic
position you can't lose a tempo
like that.
23 ... J:la8 24.1!i'b3! tt:lg7
25.Wh1?!
Sometimes you don' t know what
to do, you just need to play a move.
Perhaps, in some way, my method
of 'waiting for a mistake' justified
itself in the end. Surely White
should try to make a move without
makjng any big changes in the po-
sition. Instead Fritz suggests to ex-
change the dark-sq uared bi shops,
for example 25.'i¥c4 tt:lf5 26.~f4.
Thi s i quite logical , because the
opponent's bishop is quite active.
25 ... tt:lf5 26.~f2 J:lfe8 27.'it'c4
l:rac8 28.J:lfc1 dB 29.'ffd3
tt:lg7
The problem is that the knight and
the bi shop both want access to the
square f5, which can' t take both
pieces at the same time, so she
agreed to play consi tently.
30.J:la1 ~f5 31.'it'f3 ±
I could already feel the advantage
of my po. ition, as I couldn ' t find
any good moves for Bl ack. My b-
and c-pawns are very strong!
31 ... J:la8 32.c6 bc6 33.dc6 tt:le6
Maybe a better chance to hold was
33 ... J:la I 34.J:la I ~e4! 35.'it'e4
~c3 36.tt:lc3 J:le4 37.tt:le4 tt:le6
38.J:la7±, but my opponent looked
as if she was going to uccumb un-
der her time pres ure.
34.b5 J:la1 35.J:la1 dS 36.J:la7 d4
37.J:lf7 Wg8 38.J:ld7 dc3
The queen sacrifice doesn't help,
but by now it's impos ible to offer
something else:
A) 38 ...'it'a5 39.'i¥d5 ~g7
40.tLle4+- ;
B) 38 ... 'iff6 39.tt:le4 ~e4
40.'ii'e4 w f8 4l.'it'd5+-;
C) 38 ... 'W'b8 39.'i¥d5 dc3
40. ~a7+-.

39.l:td8 l:td8 40. c3 l:td3
4U !re2 ~c3 42.g4!
This how how badl y coordinated
the blac k piece are. I had fore een
thi move when my opponent ac-
rifi ed her qu en.
42 ... l:td2 43. c4 ~d3 44. e6
~g7 45.c7 l:tf2 46.c8
Proving GM Kaufman Right
by the Editors
TO 4.10·14 (034) YB 104
In the ir Survey ' Proving Dr
Tarra ch Right ! , on page 152 o f
Yearbook 104 Jacob Aagaard and
iko lao tirli ex pre s the ir sur-
pri e that Larry Kaufman (who i ,
by the way, a GM not an IM ) doe
not mention the ir reply 10.. . e4!
a a olution to the critica l move
IO.a3 on page II 0 o f hi - book Tlte
Kauf man Repertoire fo r Black and
White.
In fac t, Kaufman could not yet
have kn own Aagaard ' and tirl i '
recommendation, as their book
wa publi hed in Decembe r 2011.
Kaufman' b o k wa writte n by
then, and appeared one mo nth
later.
The two bo ks cro sed each other
on their way to the dea lers and the
printers re pecti vely.
An Olympic Pirc
a letter by Viktor Moskalenko
PU 10.7 (807)
During 20 12 I've worked ex ten-
ively on a new book project - Th e
Perfect Pirc-Modem , for ew In
Ches ( ee our Previews ection in
the bac k of the book - Editors).
Even when I was invited to the I -
tanbul Olympiad in August/Sep-
tember, to be the coach and capta in
of the Brazilian male team, I never
topped my inve ti gations on the e
very complex opening .
Forum
Pancevski,Filip
Milos,Gilberto
Istanbul ol 2012 (5)
1.e4 d6!
Fortunate ly, my new fri end and
' talented pupil ' grandma ter
Gilberto Milo accepted my invi-
tation to play the Pirc ! And after
pe nding some time li tening to
my audio-le on and viewing
orne improvement on the che. s-
board, he decided to repleni h hi
o ld reperto ire, which incl uded the
Caro- Kann , the Alekhine, the Ruy
Lopez and many icil ian lines, and
started to play thi . new opening al-
most immediate ly - without any
pecial preparation. Here i. ne of Gllberto M ilos
hi exciting game from the Ol ym-
pi ad with thi De fence. 7 ... b6
2.d4 f6 3. c3 g6 4..i.g5!? Black immediate ly tarts a
~g7 5.f4 dangerou counterattac k. I li ke
7 ... tt:lh5 !? with the tactical idea
8. f3 f4! 9. f4 gS :f.
8.l:tb1 ? !
Another pa ive move. but it i not
o ea y to decide which i the
afest option here. Probably
Taimanov ' check 8 .~b5!? wa a
better try: ... tt:Jbd7 9.a4 'ii'a5 !?
(9 ...a6 !?) IO.'ii'd2 'ii'b4 II. f3
gS! t .
8 ... g5!
This i one of the sharpe t line o f
the Pirc, which will be carefull y
analy ed in Chapter 3 o f my book.
From here on, the adva nce e4-e5,
reinforced with ..Q.g5, i not a joke.
but a eri ou threat !
5... h6 6 ..i.h4 c5
Thi typical Sic ili an break is ambi -
tious, but too ri ky in thi line. In
my book my ad vice i to fi r t com-
plete development with 6 ... 0-0,
waiting for White's nex t move. A fa nta tic j et pu h ! White 's posi-
7.d5?! tio n collap e Iike a hou e of card .
In thi variation White i not 9.fg5 e4!
ufficientl y developed to play a Another planned blow.
Benoni , Four Pawn Attac k. If 10...Q.b50
7.dc5 'ii'aS<=t , but the princ ipled re- On 10. e4? b4 II. d2 h4
ac tion i 7.e5!? and now 7... h5, win .
provoking a complex over-the- 10...ti:Jd7!N
board struggle, which i what Black is al o better after IO... .i.d7!?
Milo is usuall y lookin g for! II . e4 ( ll.g6 0-0 !) ll ... 'ii'b5
13

12.'i!t'tJ ( 12.l!JtJ ~ f5 13.l!Jg3
~g6+ Hoeksema-Muhren, Dieren
2004, 0-1 36) 12 ... 'ifa5
(12 ...'.-b4!-+) 13.l!Jc3 'ir'b4!+
14.g3? ~g4-+ Zherebukh-
Kozakov, Alu hta 2005 (0- 1, 26).
11.gh6 l:rh612.'ir'g4!?
In order to survive, White i trying
to complicate the position even
more. 12.l!JtJ c3+ .
12 ... l!Jc3 13.bc3 8!
1 3... ~c3 14.We2 Wf8+ .
14.~e7 ~g8! 15.'ir'd1 l!JeS
16.l!Jf3 c4! 17.l!Jd4
The culminating moment of the
game:
17 ... a6?
This mysterious blunder spoils all
the beautiful previous work . Milos
thought that the b5-bi hop was al-
ready trapped ...
In fact , Black could have won eas-
ily with 17 ...J:rg6! 18.0-0 'ir'c7-+
or simply 17 .. .'ir'c7!? 18 .~g5 l:rg6
19.'ir'd2 and only now 19 .. .a6-+ ,
winning the bi shop.
18.~d7!
This unexpected (for Black) move
allows the white player back into
the game, which after many
adventures ended in a draw, and a
14
2:2 tie in the match Macedonia vs.
Brazil.
18... 'i!fc5oo
The position is unclear. The draw
was agreed on move 63.
Thi Olympic fragment is in-
tended to demonstrate the great
flexibility of the combative Pirc
Defence. In just one game we can
see motifs of the Sicilian, Benoni
and many other openings.
Throughout my study I have dis-
covered a huge number of power-
ful idea for both side .
Vlktor Moskalenko
Barcelona, Spain
History of the Yurtaev Variation
by Alexey Kuzmin
RL 12.6 (C78) YB 105
1.e4 es 2.l!Jf3 l!Jc6 3.~b5 a6
4.~a4 l!Jf6 5.0-0 bS 6.~b3 ~cs
The ' modern hi tory ' of this varia-
tion dates back eighteen years. De-
spi te the thousands of games,
numerous commentaries and ana-
lytical articles devoted to it, during
these years the variation has not in
fact acquired a ettled name. In the
Yearbook it i called the New
Arkhangelsk, but thi i not very
logical. The Arkhangelsk Varia-
tion is characterized in particular
by the development of the bishop
on b7, whereas in the given varia-
tion it more often comes out to g4.
I have also come acros the name
Tkachiev-Malaniuk-Onischuk
Variation.
Che sBase has recently published
the DVD Alexei Shirov: Guide to
the Tkachiev Ruy Lopez. Shirov
himself has named it the Tkachiev
Ruy Lopez, after Vladi lav
Tkachiev.
The Ia t two names look more log-
ical but they point to the names of
the first performer , and not the au-
thor of the variation .
The move 6 ... ~c5 was made long
ago by Paul Morphy! So that be-
fore the Tilburg tournament in
September 1994 it had occurred
occasionally over the course of a
century and a half. But the modem
theory of this variation was opened
by the game Bologan-Tkachiev,
played in Tilburg. The variation
quickly acquired an army of sup-
porters and it soon became one of
the most popular in the Ruy Lopez.
But it ba ic idea were developed
by the Kirgi z grandmaster Leonid
Yurtaev.
Here is Vlad Tkachiev's account
of what preceded the game which
gave The Variation its entry into
the big wide world :
' In 1994 in Tilburg I was paired in
the first round with Viorel
Bologan. I had no de ire to play the
Pirc-Ufi mtsev Defence, but I did
not have a serious knowledge of
anything else. Not the most pleas-
ant situation from which I was
again helped to escape by an old
friend (Yurtaev was also playing in
this tournament - Kuzmin ): it
turned out that, having refuted
l .d4 (naturally, with the King's In-
dian Defence), Lenya had turned

Leonid Yurt aev (1959-20U)
his attention to l .e4 - with the
ame res ult ! I very well remember
the main variation he howed me
and the hock of making contact
with somethi ng brilli antly new.
First o f all , a fter
7.c3 d6 8.d4 ~b6
it turn out that the fo llowing vari-
ation i not dangerou fo r Blac k:
9.de5 5 10. e5 deS 11. d8
'Oti>d8 12.~f7 l:l.f8 13.~d5 llJdS
14.ed5 ~b7 (I should add that thj
wa confirmed in De Firmian-
Tkachiev, Biel 1995 - Kuzmin).
But the mo. t important thin g is
that after the natura l
7.llJe5 e5 8.d4 ~d4 9.~d4 d6
White 's two bi hops together with
hi uperi ority in the centre are not
uffic ient to gain an advantage -
and all becau e of the threat of
.. .c7-c5! (w hich was oon con-
firm ed by the ga mes Akopian-
Ma laniuk , Mo cow 1994 and
Adams-Tkachiev, Wijk aan Zee
1995 - Ku zmin).
Once again Le nya' earch for the
philosopher' stone in the opening
bore fruit , and I, still not yet believ-
ing, ucces full y pl ayed The Vari-
ation in my ga me. Soon it began to
be employed by Malaniuk,
Oni chuk, Godena and then every-
one el e.
Nevertheless, the authorship un-
doubtedly belongs to Yurtaev.'
It is interestin g that back then,
eighteen years ago, when analys-
ing the new variation, Yurtaev con-
sidered the plan
7.c3 d6 8.d4 ~b6 9.~e3 0-0
10.llJbd2
to be ve ry dangerous for Black.
This line has become topical onl y
in recent year . It is played by
avara, Svidler, Karjakin,
Morozevich, Ponomariov...
But again t 7.a4 Yurtaev recom-
mended play ing 7 •.. ~b7, reckon-
ing that this transposition into the
Arkhangelsk Variation wa not
da ngerou for Blac k ...
The tourn ament in Tilburg took
place in September 1994. The next
Forum
powerful impulse to the develop-
ment o f The Va riation was aga in
made in Holland, in January of the
followin g year in Wij k aan Zee.
Assembled there at the Hoogoven
Tournament was a group of yo ung
grandma ters who were interested
in thi new ystem: Tkac hiev,
Zviag int ev, Onischuk and
Brodsky. They analy ed the topi -
ca l variation together.
In reply to
7.a4
preference wa c learly given to
7 ... l:l.b8
But in the ga me Z. Aimas i-
Zv iagint ev, Wij k aa n Zee 1995,
after
8.c3 d6 9.d4 ~b6 1O.ab5 ab5
11.llJa3 ~a6?! 12.l:l.e1
Blac k ran into di ffic ultie .
It is intere ting that the ga mbit idea
11 ...~g4! 12.llJb5 0-0
which e enti all y save the vari a-
tion,
wa discovered by Kh alifman ,
who took hardl y any part in the
analy i . A lexander si mpl y
walked into a room, aw the po. i-
lion et up on a board, and almo t
straight away ugge ted giving up
a paw n fo r ac ti ve piece play...
The newly-born ga mbit immedi -
ate ly met with approval in the
ga me Alma i-Oni schuk , Wij k aa n
Zee 1995. Thu in the vari ation
suggested by Yurtaev there ap-
peared a line which was to deter-
mine it development fo r many
years.
Theory embarked on the path lead-
ing to the pre ent-day situation !
15
 In the early ummer of last year
Leonid ikolaevich Yurtaev died.
He wa just 52 ...
In an article dedicated to the mem-
ory of his friend, Tkachiev wrote:
' ... On 2nd June Leonid Yurtaev
pa ed away. Performers are accom-
panied by applause, but we continue
to admire the games and ideas which
remain for ever with us.
I suggest th at we should a ll call
the variation S... bS 6•..ib3 ..icS
the Yurtaev Variation of the R uy
Ulpez.
He wa indifferent to uch hon-
ours, but we mu t remember.'
I also knew Leonid Yurtaev well
and I am ready to subscribe to Vlad
Tkachiev 's word .
For my Survey on the Yurtaev
Variation, see page I 03 of this is-
sue of the Yearbook .
Grandmaster Sacrifice!
a letter by Michael Carino
CK 12.3 (818)
At the 2012 Philippine Champion-
hips, little-known Filipino teen
player Giovanni Mejia, at 14 years
old, rated FIDE 1932 and my
pupil , played brilliantly against
grandma ter Oliver Barbo a.
The game started out as a Classi-
cal Caro-Kann , but thing turned
very me sy for the grandmaster
when Gio unlea. hed 18 ..1ldg l !N,
improving on the pa ive
18."t!t'e2? which Barbosa had
played himse lf against Le Quang
Lie m in 20 II . What eem to be
'ju t a bold rook move' proved too
much for Black to defend .
By the way, in this tournament Gio
al o had urpri ing win against
grandma ter Rogelio Barcenilla
and Roland Salvador, and he drew
with grandma ters Darwin Laylo
and John Paul Gomez. All thi
without any experience again t
grandma ter in serious tourna-
ment play, having played mostly in
youth event .
16
Mejia,Giovanni
Barbosa,Oiiver
Boracay Island 2012 (10)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.lt'Jc3 de4
4. e4 ..if5 5.lt'Jg3 ..ig6 6.h4 h6
7.h5 ..ih7 8.lt'Jf3 lt'ld7 9 ...id3
..id3 1 O."i!fd3 e6 11 ...id2 lt'Jgf6
12.0-0-o ..ie7 13.lt'Je4 0-0
14.lt'lf6 lt'lf6 15.g4 ~d5 16.g5
'i!fa2 17.c4
Editors' note: A Ufuk Tuncer ar-
gue in his Survey on page 90,
17.c3!i themoveinthi po ition.
17...lt'Jg4
17 ... hg5 18.h6 and now:
A) 18 ...'i!fa l ( 18 ... b5! ?) 19.c.t,?c2
'i!fa4 20.c;f;>bl g6 2 1.h7 and now :
AI) 2l ... lt'lh7 22.lt'Je5 c;f;>g7
23.'i!fh3 .llh8 24.'i!fh6 Wg8 25.lt'Jg6
fg6 26. g6 c;f;>f8 27.f4! g4 28.f5+-;
A2) 21... c;f;>h8 22 ...ig5 'i!fb4
23. e5 d7 24 ...id2! e5
(24 ... 'i!fd6 25 ...if4+-) 25 ...ib4
lt'ld3 26 ...ie7+-.
B) 18 ... g6 19.lt'le5 c.t,?h7 20.Wc2
'i!fa4 21 .c.t,?b I b5 22.c5 lt'Jd5 23.b3
'i!fa3 (23 ... 'i!fa6 24 ..1ldg I oo)
24 ..1lhg I .llac8 25.f4 ..if6 (25 .. .f5
26 ..1lde I±; 25 ... g4 26 ..1lg4 ~f6
27 ..1lg3 ..ie5 28.fe5 .llcd8
29 ..1lfl oo) 26.lt'ld7 gf4 (26 .. ..1lfd8
27.lt'Jf6 lt'lf6 28.fg5 lt'ld5
29 ..1lgfloo) 27 ...if4 .llcd8 28.-ic l
"i!fb4 29.lt'lf6 lt'Jf6 30 ...ig5 e4!
and Black has equalized.
18 ..1ldg1 !N
A bold sacrifice. White immedi-
ately exert evere pre ure along
the g-fi le. After the game, GM Oli
Barbosa pointed out that he had
played thi s line again t Le Quang
Liem but opted for the passive
18."i!fe2 there and the game had
Giovanni Mej ia In action
continued horribly for him : 18 ... b5
19 ..1ldg I bc4 20.gh6 (20 ..1lg4 llfb8
21...ic3 'i!fa I ) 20 ... .ll fb8 2 1...ic3
.llb2 22.h7 c;f;>h8 23 .'i!fb2 ..ia3
24.h6 lt'Jh6 25.d5 f6 0-1 Barbosa-
Le Quang, Ho Chi Minh City
2011.
18... f2 D
18 ... f5 19.gh6 and now :
A) 19 ... gh6? 20 ..1lg4+-;
B) 19 ... .1lf7 20.'i!fe2 and now :
B I) 20 ... e5? 21.hg7 .llg7 (2 1...e4
22.h6 ! ef3 23 ."i!fe6+-) 22.h6 .llg6
(22 ... .1lh7 23 . e5+-) 23.lt'Je5
lt'Je5 24.'i!fe5 "i!fa I 25.Wc2 .llg I
26.h7 c;f;>f7 27.'i!ff5 ..if6 28."~ h5
Wg7 29.h8"i!f+-;
B2) 20 ... ..ia3? 2 1.ba3 a3
22 .Wc2 'i!fa4 23.c;f;>b2+-;
B3) 20 ... gh6 21.'i!fe6 ..ia3
22.lt'Je5 and the white king walks
out of the checks.
C) 19 ...b5 20.hg7 .llf6 21.h6
'i!fc4 22. c4 bc4 23 ...ig5 .llf7
24 ...ie7 .lle7 25.h7 <l;;g7 26. e5
llh8 27.f3+- .
19.'i!fe2 lt'lh1 20.gh6 ..if6
21.hg7 llfdB 22.h6 lt'lf2??
This kni ght move i fatal. Black
might have a chance to survive the
onslaught if he plays 22 ... .1ld4, but
after 23.h7 <l;;h7 24.g8'i!f! .llg8
25 ..1lh 1...... he needs to defend pre-
ci ely:
A) 25 ... .1lh4 26.l:th4 ..ih4
27. e4 .llg6 (after 27...Wg7

28.~ h4 Wh ite' three pieces give
him a decisive attac k as Black al-
ways run out of check ) 28 ."i!fh4
<i;g7 (28...Wg8 29.'ti'd8 Wh7
30 ..ic3-+) 29.'i!i'd4 f6 30."i!fd7
<i;h8 31.1!i'c8 Wh7 32."i!fb7 tlg7
33.~c6±;
B) 25...'19g6? 26.'it'g2 Wf5
27. d4 We5 28.c!Llc6! 'iPd6
29 ..if4+- ;
C) Black' onl ychancewouldbe
25...Wg7 26 ..ih6 w h7 27 ..if8
%% h4 (27...Wg6? 28."t!fc2+-;
27 ....ih4 28. d4 tlg I 29.tlg I
~a l 30.Wc2 "t!fg l 3 1. "t!t' h5~)
28.tlh4 .ih4 29.'it'd3 tlg6 (29 ... f5?
30. d7 and Black get mated)
30. h4 1!i'a l 31.'19c2 1i'g l
32. g6~.
23.h7!
23 ... Wh7 24.~f2 "t!t'c4
24...'iPg8 25. h2+-; 24. .. a I
25.Wc2 1Wa4 26.Wb I+- and
White' attack continues.
25 ..ic3 'iPg8 26."it'h2+- .ig7
27.1i'g2 8 28."t!fg7 'iPe7
29. e5 "t!t'a 4 30."t!ff7 Wd6
3U:tg7 tlac832.'it'd7 1-0
The Albin Resurrected
a letter by Jose Lopez Senra
VO 15.5 (DOS)
Here is orne analysi of a trong
novelty in the Albin's Counter
Gambit, the li ne l .d4 d5 2.c4 e5
3.de5 d4 4. f3 c6 5.a3 played in
the game Topalov-Morozevich,
Monaco rapid 2005 and V.Popov-
Potapov, Rijeka Ech 20 I 0.
Forum
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.de5 d4 4.c!Llf3 16.e4
c!Llc6 5.a3! Av rukh 's recommendation. Alter-
Probably the mo t promi ing con- nati ve are:
tinuation. A) 16.c!Llc3 .ie7! and now:
5 ... c!Llge7 A I) 17.c!Lle4 0-0 18.c!Ll f2 'it'h5
The main continuation. 19."t!fc7 tlfe8 20.0-0 b5 2 l..ib5
6.b4 c!Llg6 7 ..ib2 a5! "t!t'b5 22.tlfb I "it'h5 23.tlb7 tlac8
It i. important fo r Bl ack to fo rce (23 ....ia3!?N =F) 24."t!t'e5 "t!fe5
the move b4-b5 before capturing 25 ..ie5 .ia3= (Li Yang-Humeau
on e5. 2009);
8.b5 c!Llce5 9.c!Lle5 c!Lle5 1O•.id4 A2) 17.e4 0-0 ( 17 ... tld8!?
c!Llc411 .e3 .ie612."t!fc2 18..ig7 tlg8 19.-ifl "it'h5 20 ..id4
12.c!Lld2 c!Lld2 13. d2 d5!=, tlg3=) 18.f5 .ic4!=.
Kri voshey-Lorenzo de Ia Ri va, B) 16.'iPf2 .ie7 ! 17.c!Lld2 0-0
Balaguer Open 2006. 18. c7 tl fe8 19.e4 tlad8!=F.
16 ... tld8!
~ e4.
17.151
17. c3 c!Lle4!; 17 ..ifl "it'h5
18..ie2 .ig4; or 1 8... ~h 3 19. d2
.ig4 20 ..ig4 1!i'g4 2 1."t!fc7 .ie7=.
17....ic4!
17 ... e4 18.fe6 "t!fe6 19 ..ic4 'it'e7
20 ..ie3 g3 (20... d6!? 2 1.'iPe2!
'it'e5 22.tla2 c!Llf5 23 ."t!fc3 d4
24.'19f2 .ic5 25.tle I 0-0 26.'19fl
e4 27 ..ig I "it'h I 28.tlf2~)
2 l.hg3 "t!fe3 22. "i!fe2~.
12...c!Lld6! 17 ... f5 18.ef5 tld4 19.fe6 "t!fe6
The best continuation. 20 ..ie2~.
13..id3 "it'g5 14.14 18. c3
14.0-0 c!Llb5 and now: 18 ..ic4? c4 19."t!t'c4 g2!+.
A) 15 ..ib2!? c6! ( 15 ... 0-0-0!?
16.tlc I! tld7! 17 .c!Llc3 c!Llc3
18..ic3 a4! 19 ..id4 .ib3 20.'i¥c3
1i'd5!=) 16.c!Lld2 ( 16.c!Llc3 c3
17 ..ic3 tld8=) 16 ..."t!fc5 17.'it'c5
.ic5 18..ig7 tlg8=;
B) 15 ..ib5 "t!t'b5 16.'it'c7 "it'd?!?
( 16 ... "t!fc6 17.tlc l "t!fc7 18.tlc7
tlc8=) 17."t!fg3 f6!= (~ ....id6,
... 0-0);
C) 15.c!Llc3 d4 16.ed4 .id6
17.tlabl h6 18.g3 0-0 19. tl b7
.ia3=, Gelfa nd- Kasi mdzhanov,
Mo cow Wch blitz 2007. 18....ie7!! N
14... "it'h4 15.g3 h3! A tro ng novelty to re urrect the
Thi move was suggested as an im- line! The game Popov-Potapov,
provement of Black's pl ay by Rijeka Ech 20 I0, saw 18... c5?
Nikolay VI as ov in hi s comments 19.bc6 bc6 20 ..ic4 c4
to the game TopaJov-Morozevich, 2 1.tLle2+-.
Monaco 2005. 15 ... "t!fh5 16.c!Llc3 If 18....id3?! 19.'ttd3 .ie7
tLl f5 17.0-0 0-0-0?! 18 ..ia7!± 20. d5! "ifg2 2 1.0-0-0 .ig5
"t!t'g4? 19.c!Lle4 ( 19. a4+-) 22.'iPb I 0-0 23.f6! tlfe8
19 .. .tld7 (Topalov- Morozevich) 24.tlhe l !±.
20.tLlf2!+- . 19.f6!
17
 19.~c4 tl:lc4 20.tl:ld5D tl:la3
21. c7 (21.l:ta3 l:tdS 22.ed5 ~a3
23.~g7 l:tg8 24 .~e5 ~b4 25.Wf2
l:tg5=) 2l...Wf8 22.l:ta3 ~a3
23.tl:ld5 hS 24 .~g7 (24.~c7 J:te8
25 .~g7 Wg7 26.W'c3 f6 27.~f6
c.Pg8=) 24 .. .<t>g7 25 .W'c3 c.Ph7
26. tl:lf6 c.Ph627 .~a3 ~g2 28.W'cl
c.Pg7 29.'fr'g5 c.P f8 30.tl:lh7 c.Pe8
31 .tl:lf6 c.Pf8=.
19. ~g7?? ~d3 20.W'd3 tl:l f5-+.
19...gf6!D 20.~c4 !
A ) 20.tl:ld5 .idS 21.ed5 l:tg8!
22.0-0-0 l:tgS 23.~a2 (23.W'b3
c.P f8!=i=) 23 ... tl:l f5 !=i=/=;
B) 20.0-0-0! ? ~g4!! and now:
B I ) 21 .a4 c6! 22.bc6 bc6+ ;
B2) 21.l:the I tl:lbS+ ;
B3) 21. Wb2 0-0+ or 21. .. c6
22.bc6 bc6+ ;
B4) 21.h4 tLlfS! 22..ic4 (22.ef5
tl:la3 23.Wbl l:td4+) 22 ...~a3
23 .c.Pbl tl:ld4=i= ;
BS) 21.l:thfl tl:lbS! 22.tl:lb5 W'gS
23.l:td2 ..ibS 24 ..-ibS (24.l:tf5 tl:ld3
25.l:td3 W'g4+) 24 ... W'b5 25.l:tf5
..ia3 (25 ... c5 26 ..-icS l:tc8 27 ...ie7
W'f5 28.ef5 c.Pe7=) 26.Wd I 'i¥c6=i=
(26 ... 'ii'b4!?).
20 ... tl:lc4 21 .tl:ld5D tl:la3!
22.1t"e2!
22.'fr'c7 l:tdS! 23.ed5 0-0 24."it"e7
tl:lc2 25. c.Pf2 (25.Wd I tl:ld4
26.'i¥e4 tl:lbS=i=) 25 .. .'ii'f5=.
22 .....ib4!
22 ... l:td5!? 23.ed5 0-0! 24.0-0-0!
l:te8 25 .l:the I! (25 ..-icS 'i!ffS
26.Wb2 ..if8 27 .'ii'e8 'i!fc2 28.c.Pa3
'i!fc3=) 25 ... 'i!ff5! 26.'i!fd3
(26.c.Pb2 'i!fdS 27.'i!t'g4 c.Pf8
28.l:te7! W'bS 29.Wa3 'ii'b4=)
26 ... 'i!fd7 27.d6! ..id6 28 ...if6oo.
23.tl:lb4! ab4!
18
23 ... l:td4?! 24.tl:ld5! tl:lc4
(24 .. .~h6 25 .l:tfl! (25.0-0 l:td2
leads to an equal ending) 25 ... tl:lc4
26.l:tdl! l:tdl 27 .~dl;!; ) 25.l:ta4
l:tdS 26.ed5 tl:leS 27 .l:th4;!;.
24 ...if6 l:tg8!
With the threat of 25 ... J:tg3!.
24 ... 0-0 25 ...id8 l:td8 26.l:tfl W'e6
27.l:tdl (27.l:tf4 tl:lc4 28 ."it"g4
(28.l:td I l:ta8=) 28...~g4=)
27 ...l:tdl 28 .~dl ~e4 29.Wf2
Wg7 30.c.Pg I 'i¥e3 31.l:tf2 tl:lbS
32.fi'g4 c.P f8 33.1!t'b4 tl:ld6=.
25.l:tf1 I l:td7 26.l:tf5
26.b6 l:tg6 27 .l:tf5 c5=.
26 ... l:tg6!
27.'it'b2
27.b6 cS! and now:
A) 28.l:tc I "it"h6 29.l:te5 Wf8
30.l:tcc5 J:tf6 31.l:tc8 Wg7 32."it"g4
l:tg6 33 ."it"d7 "it"e3=;
B) 28 ...ih4 c.P f8 29.l:tc5 l:td4
30."it"e3 l:tgd6 31 ."it"f4 h6! 32.l:tac I
Wg7 33.'i!fe5 (33.l:tc7 l:te4 34.'W'e4
J:te6 35.l:tf7=) 33 ... Wh7 34.l:tc8
l:tdl=.
27 ...l:tf6!
27 ... 'W'h6! ? and now:
A) 28.l:ta3 l:tf6 29.l:ta8 We7=;
B) 28.l:te5 c.Pf8 29."it"b4 l:td6
30 ...ie7 Wg7 31 .l:ta3 'i!fc I=;
C) 28.Wfl! and now:
Cl ) 28 ...J:td6?! 29 ...ih4! f6
30.b6!;!;; 28 ... 'W'e3 29."it"e5
(29.l:te5 Wf8 30.'W'b4 l:td6 3 1...ie7
c.Pg7 32 ...id6 "it"f3=) 29 ... c.Pf8
30.Wg2! (30 ..-igS 'W'c3! 3J.'i!fc3
bc3 32.l:ta3 l:tgS! 33.l:tg5 c2=)
30 ... 'i!fd2 31.l:tf2 'i!fd6 32.'ii'd6
l:td6 33.e5 J:te6 34.l:td I tl:lb5=;
C2) 28 ... J:tf6!? 29.l:tf6 "it"d2
30.'i!fd2=.
28.l:tf6 l:td4! 29.l:tf4
29."it"e2 "ii"d7! and now:
A ) 30.b6 c5 31.l:tf5 ~e6 32.Wfl
l:te4 33.fi'f2 c4 34.l:tf4 l:te3
35.l:td I c3 36.l:tb4 tl:lc4 37 .l:td4
tl:ld2 38.l:td2 cd2 39."it"d2 fS
40.c.Pgl l:td3=;
B) 30.l:tf4 b6 31.-.-hS (3 1.l:th4
"it"bS 32."it"b5 tl:lb5=) 31 ... tl:lc2
32.Wfl tl:lal 3H!i'e5 c.Pf8 34."it"h8
We7=;
C) 30.l:tf5 "it"e6 31.c.Pf2 (3 1.Wfl
l:te4 32."it"f2 b3 33 .l:ta3 b2 34.l:ta8
We7 35 .~c5 "ii"d6 36.~c2 l:td4
37.l:tf7 c.P f7 38.~h7 c.P f6=; 31 .l:tf4
l:tc4 ! 32.l:td I b3=i=) 31. .. l:te4
32."it'h5 b3 33.l:ta3 b2 34.l:ta8 <l;;e7
35."ii"g5 f6 36."it"g7 ~f7 37.~h8
b I 'if 38.'it'd8=.
29 ... tl:lb5 30.l:ta8
30.l:ta5 c3 3 1.l:te5 Wd8 32.l:td5
l:td5 33.ed5 tLldS 34.'it'h8 Wd7
35.l:tf7 c.Pc6=.
30 ... c.Pd7 31.l:tf7 rJ;;c6 32.l:tf6
c.Pd7=
With be t wishes,
Jose Lopez Senra
Leon, Spain
An Early Queen Sacrifice
by Rene 0/thof
PU 6.7 (807)
It' quite rare for someone to sacri -
fice his or her queen within the fir t
ten moves of any opening, but
when it happens it' no more than
fitting that it should occur in the
Rashid Nezhmetdinov Cup!
Yandemirov,Valery
Onischuk,VIadim ir
Kazan 2012 (8)
1.e4 d6 2.d4 tl:lf6 3.tl:lc3 g6
4 ...ic4 ..ig7 5."it"e2
First ventured in Hungary in the
1950s. White wants to execute the
central thrust e4-e5.
5... tl:lc6
The mo t principled approach -
Black ets his ight on d4.
6.e5
White executes his trategy in a
straightforward manner. A very

early example of the cautious
6.tt:lf3 is Van Geet-Van de Pol,
Utrecht 1961.
6 ... tt:ld4 7.ef6 tt:le2 8.fg7 l:lg8
9.tt:lge2
A small bomb has exploded.
White has three minor pieces
against a queen and two centre
paw ns. Is it any good?
9... e6
Setting up the defensive triangle
c6-d5-e6 without any delay. 9 ... c6
I0.~6 d5 I 1.0-0-0 e6 follows a
similar concept and now 12.f4 (or
12.h4 ~d7 13 .~d3 Jackson-
Donnelly, England 1979/80)
12 ... fr'h4 13.~g5 fr'f2 14.l:ld2! ?oo.
Yandemirov ha played the queen
sacrifice at least once before.
Feoktistov (St Petersburg 2003)
chose the main line 9 ... l:lg7 IO.~h6
l:lg8 I 1.0-0-0 ~e6 (supposedly
best. ll ... e6 12.h4 transposes to the
note below on move I0 about
1o ... trg7 tt.~h6 trg8 12.0-o-o;
I I ... c6) 12 .~e6 fe6 i the critical
position of the entire line.
Yandemirov 13.l:lhe I (13.f4!?)
l3 ... c6 (13 ...g5; 13...'it'd7) 14.tt:lf4
e5 15.l:le5 deS 16.l:ld8 l:ld8 17.tt:le6
l:ld6 18.tt:lg5oo.
In the oldest recorded example of
the queen sacrifice accepted I have
traced (Bordonada-Torre, Philip-
pines 1974), IO.~g5!?c6 11.0-0-0
~e6 12.~e6 fe6 was played.
10.h4
A) IO.~f4 serves as an open in-
vitation to LO ... g5 Voigt-H .Rudolf,
Binz 1994;
B) IO .~h6?! 'it'h4!- this is the
point of9 ... e6. White's bishop has
to return to f4 ;
Valery Yandemlrov
C) IO.tt:le4!? f6 ( IO... h6! ?
I l .~h6 ~h4 1 2 .~ f4 l:lg7oo ;
IO... d5 I l.~g5! f6 12 .~ f6 'ird7
13.tt:l2c3±; 1o ... 'irh4 ll.tt:l2g3 h6
12 .~g5 hg5 13.tt:lf6 Wd8 14.tt:lg8
'irh7 15.tt:lf6 'irg7 16.tt:lge4 d5
(16... ~d7!? 17.h4 g4 ( 17 ... ~c6?
18.hg5! ~e4 19.l:lh7! 'it'f8
20.tt:le4± Boll 1980) 18.h5 ~c6
19.h6 'it'h8 20.0-0-0 We? 2l.h7
~e4 22.tt:le4 'irg7=F) 17.0-0-0 We?
18 .~d5 ed5 19.tt:ld5 c.Pf8 20.tt:lc7
(± Boll 1980) 20 ... ~g4! 21.tt:la8
~dl 22.l:ldl 'it'e5oo) ll. ~f4
( ll. ~e3 !? ~d7 12.0-0-0 l:lg7
13.tt:lf4! is potentially dangerous
for Black; ll. ~h6? d5 12.0-0-0
'it'e7-+ and White has insuffi-
cient compensation) ll ... ~d7
12.0-0-0 l:lg7 13.l:lhe I?! g5!
14 .~e3 (sacrifice didn ' t work in
Benend-Vatter, Waldshut 2002)
14... f5 ( 14 ...b5 ; 14... d5) 15.tt:l4c3
and White seem to be losing some
ground ;
D) IO.~e3 d5 11.0-0-0 c6 or
ll. .. l:lg7.
10... d5
Black can still decide to take the
pawn on g7 . I O... l:lg7 I l. ~h6 l:lg8
12.0-0-0 ~d7 ha been played in
several games, e.g. 13.tt:le4
(13.tt:lf4 g5 14.~g5 l:lg5 15.hg5
'it'g5 16.g3 0-0-0 17.l:lh7 'it'c5
18 .~d3 'it'f2 l9.l:lfl 'it'g3 20.l:lf7:::
Thiei-B . Schneider, Gerrnany tt
2004/05; 13.tt:ld4! ?) 13 .. .f6
14.tt:lf4
Forum
A) 14... coPf7 ('an unhealthy
place for the king to be' - Short)
15.l:lhel l:le8 16.g4! b5 ( 16 ... a5 ?!
17.a3 b5 18.~a2 Short-R.Miles,
England 1977, loses a further
tempo) 17.~b3 a5 ( 17 ... d5 ?
18.tt:ld5! (the usual recipe)
18 ... ed5 (Boll-Van Zel st, Den
Bosch 1977) and now 19 .l:ld5! is
killing) 18.a3 a4 19 .~a2 b4 20.g5!
ba3 (20 ... 'irb8 21. l:le3) 21.tt:lf6!
ab2 (21...l:la5 22.ba3+-) 22.Wbl
a3 (Zagrapan-Hrivnak, Slovakia
tt-2 1999/00) 23.l:ld3!+-;
B) 14.. ."it'e7 15.g40-0-0 16.g5 f5
( 16 ... d5 17.gf6 'irb4 18.l:ld4! dc4
19.l:lhd l l:lh8 ( 19... e5? 20.tt:ld5 ed4
21 .tt:lb4 ~e8±) 20. ~g7 (20.f7?
'fie? 21.~g5 'f/f7 22.tt:lc5 b6
23 .tt:ld7l:lde8+) 20 ... l:lhg8 2l.tt:ld3
(2 1 .~h6=) 21 ... 'it'a5 22.tt:ldc5 'it'a2
23.tt:ld7 'it'a l 24.Wd2 'it'b2
(24 ...'it'a5? 25.coPe2! 'f/h5
26.f3+-) 25.f7 l:lgf8 26.coPe3 l:[f7
27.tt:ld6 cd6 28.l:lc4 c.Pd7 29. ~b2
l:[f5;!;) 17 .tt:lf6 and 'the time for
constructive criticism is already
past'- Short.
Is it? I propose 17 ... d5! 18.tt:l4d5
( 18 .~b3 gives Black time to
consolidate) 18 ...ed5 19.l:lhe I
'f/c5 20.~d5 ~a4 21.b3 l:lh8
22 .~e6 coPb8 23.ba4 "it'f2 24.~g7
"ifh4+.
11.h5?
Do we have to attribute thi
sangfroid to the pirit of Rashid
Nezhmetdinov, the Master of At-
tack and Angstgegner of the great
Mikhail Tal? More down-to-earth
players would prefer ll. ~b3 .
11 ... gh5
ll ... dc4! 12.hg6 (I suppose Black
didn ' t fancy 12.h6, which cements
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the pa ed pawn on g7. But need I
remind you that White has acri-
ficed his queen ?) I 2 ...hg6 I 3.J:lh8
<l;;e7 and there is no follow-up in
sight.
12.~ h6 h4 13.g3
White i adamant to give up his
bishop. Apparently, 13 .~d3 'it'f6
and if the bishop move 14 .. .J:lg7,
i not what Yandemirov had in
mind.
13... dc4!
At Ia t!
14. e4 f6 15.J:ld1 'it'e7 16.tL:lf4
16 ..•f5?
Allowing White back into the
game. 16... <J;;f7! 17.J:lh4 'it'b4
18.c3 'it'b2 19.tL:lh5 e5 20.tL:lhf6
~ f5 and it 's all over.
17.~g5! ...g7 18.tL:lf6
Playing with fire, to say the lea t.
18 ...tf6 ...g4 19.J:lh4 'it'h4 20 ...th4
fe4 21 .J:ld4 and hi huge lead in de-
velopment gives White orne com-
pen ation.
18... <J;;f7 19...th4 J:lh8 20.tL:l6h5
'it'e5 21.<l;;d2 'it'b2 22 ...tf6 't!t'b4
23.<J;;c1 J:lg8 24.tL:le2 e5 25 ..-tes
't!t'e7 26 •..tc3 f4 27.tL:lhf4 ..tfS
28. d4 ..tg6?
An unfortunate decision.
28 .. ...te4! 29.J:lhe I J:tae8 30.f3
J:lg3 3 1.J:le4 't!t'a3 32 ...tb2 'it'a5-+
e.g. 33 . de6 (otherwi se 33 ... 'it'g5
is awkward) 33 ... c3 34 ..-ta I J:lf3.
White's pieces lack ecure quares
to operate from.
29.<l;;b2?
Why White refrai ns from 29.tL:lg6!
is beyond me: 29 .. .'~i'a3 (or
29 ... <J;;g6 30.J:lh6! (did both players
overlook this shot?) 30 ... <l;;h6
3 1.tL:lf5 <l;;g5 32.tL:le7) 30 ...tb2 ...a5
20
31.J:lh7 <J;;g6 32.J:ldhl ...g5 33.f4
J:lh8 34.J:lh8 J:lh8 35 .J:lh8 't!t'a5
36.c3 ...d5. In both lines White ha
good winning prospects.
29 ..• '\!t'cs 30.tL:lde6 ... b5 31.<J;;a1
•.t '
iii
ttJ
'if
ttJ
8
'
.i
8 8
8
w l:r l:r
31 •.. ~c2?
A greedy move, which could have
cost Black dearly. Allowing the
queen 's rook to join force with
31 ...J:tae8! was advisable: 32.tL:lc7
tfc6 33.tL:le8 J:le8 34.tL:lg6 <l;;g6+.
32.J:lc1?
White return the favour. After
32.tL:ld4! 't!t'e5 33.J:lde I! he sur-
pri ingly takes over command :
33... f6 34.tL:ld5 ._.g5 35.J:le7
't!t'e7 36.tL:le7 q;;e7 37.tL:lc2 . White
is better in view of the pas ed
f-pawn and the two minor pieces.
32 ..• ~e4 33.J:lhe1 ..tfS 34.tL:lc7
1t'c6
~ 34 .. .'t!i'd7 35 .tL:la8 J:ta8 36.J:tcd I
(36.J:le5 J:le8!- thi make a huge
difference compared to the game
continuation) 36 .....td3+.
35.tL:la8 J:la8 36.J:le5!
Now it ' not . o easy anymore.
36 .•. ..td7 37.J:lh5 h6 38.J:lch1
'it'f3 39.J:lc1 'it'c6 40.J:lch1 ._.f3
41.J:lc1 J:lf8 42.J:lh6 ~f5 43.J:ld6
b5
43 ...'t!t'f2 44.tL:ld5 ~e6 45.tL:lc7
~g4 46.J:l f6 ... f6 47.~ f6 <l;;f6
48 .J:lc4=.
44.J:ld5 ~e4 45.J:lb5 J:ld8
45 ... 't!t'f2 46.J:le5! 't!t'e3 47 ...tb2 !:>
48.J:lfl =.
46.tL:lh3 Wg6 47.tL:lg5 J:ld1
48.tL:lf3 J:lc1 49.<l;;b2 J:lc2
50.<J;;a1 J:lc1 51.<l;;b2 J:lc2
51. .. J:lbl 52.<l;;a3 J:lb5 53.tL:le5
<l;;h5 54.tL:lc4=.
52.q;;a1 J:lc3?!
A stran ge way to play for a win .
53.tL:le5 Wg7 54.J:lc5 J:lc1
55.<l;;b2 J:lc2 56.Wa3 J:lf2 57.J:lc7
<J;;g8 58.J:lc8 <J;;g7 59.J:lc7 <J;;ga
60.tL:lg4 J:lf3 61.'iti>b4 ..tb1
61. .. c3 62.J:lc3 a5 63 .Wc4 ~d5
64.<l;;d4 J:lc3 65 .'iti>c3 ~a2=.
62.tL:le5 J:lg3 63. c4 ~a2
64.J:la7 ..tc4 'h-'h
Can Black circumvent thi s crazy
line, if he want to? Ye , he can!
On move 6 he avails of no fewer
than three alternative : 6... d7
(' imple and strong ' - Alburt/
Chernin), the combati ve
6 ... tL:lg4!?, and he can ask for trou-
ble with 6.. . h5 . On move 5 he
may con sider the weird prophylac-
tic 5 .. .tL:l fd7!?, as in West-
Rodriguez, Laoag Zonal 1985.
And finally, on move 4, there is the
provocative 4... c6!? or even
4 ... tL:le4 5 .~f7 ~ f7 6. e4 ..tg7oo
(Davie -D.Gurevich. Lone Pine
1981 ). Take your pick !
Hou Yifan's Marshall Line
van der Tak
by A. C.
RL 17.6 (C89) YB 50
At the Istanbul Olympiad. World
Champion Hou Yifan played the
main line of the M arshall against
Tatiana Kosintseva and after
14 ...'it'h3 surpri si ngly opted for
15 . ~d5 cd5 16.'\!t'f3 ~f5 17.'t!t'd5.
Her Ru sian adver ary probably
suspected a prepared novelty and,
instead of the known move
17 ... J:lae8, opted out with the less
good 17 ... J:ld8? and lo. t more or
le s without a chance.
A s I remembered having written
about thi years ago, I checked if
there had been any new develop-
ment after 17 ... J:tae8. And indeed,
if you don ' t pay attention for a
while (well, 10+ years in my
case ... ), you will see th at thin g
have happened.
Moreover, I di scovered several
correspondence games where after

Hou Ylfan
the continuation I dealt with in my
Forum contribution in Yearbook
50, 20.'ir'c6 ~d7 21.'ir'g2 'ir'h5
22.f3 ~c6 23.g4, instead of the
move 23 ... 'ir'h4, which is suffici ent
for a draw, the stronger 23 ... 'ir'g6! ?
was played. Black sacrifices his
~f4 , but the white queen ide re-
main locked up. White eem to
have big problem here. In the
game below he manages to achieve
a draw in the endgame thanks to
oppo ite-coloured bi hop , but
there won ' t be any white player
wanting to play the variation like
thi s.
Szczepanski,Zbigniew
Ziese,Gerhard
cr WS/GMN/01 0 2008
1.e4 eS 2. f3 li)c6 3.~ b5 a6
4.~a4 lt)f6 5.0-0 ~e7 6.l:te1 bS
7.~b3 0-o 8.c3 dS 9.ed5 li)dS
1 0. eS li)eS 11 .l:te5 c6 12.d4
~d6 13.l:te1 'ir'h4 14.g3 'ir'h3
15.~d5 cdS 16.'it'f3 ~fS
17.'it'd5?! 17.'it'g2; 17.li)d2 .
17... l:tae8 17 ... l:tad8? 18.'ir'g2
'ir'h5 19.f3 ~h 3 20.'ir'f2\1!?< f5
21.li)d2 g5 22.a4 f4 23.g4 'ifg6
24.ab5 ab5 25.li)e4+- Hou
Yifan-T.Kosint eva, I tanbul ol
W 20 12. 18.~d2 ~f4 19.l:te8
l:te8 20.'ifc6 20.'i!t'g2 (? theory)
20 .. .'~!fh5 21.f3 ~d3 22.gf4 l:te6
23.~e3N (23.'i¥f2 ~e2+-)
23 ... l:te3 (23 ... l:tg6 24.li)d2oo)
24.li)d2 l:te2 25.'ir'e2 ~e2 26.l:te I
'ifh4! ? (26 ... f5 27.l:te2 't!t'h6
2'6 5~f\ ._f4 19 .~e \ gS~
Chr.Ludwig-Reig Pinol, cr 2002)
27.l:te2 h5 28. ~ fl 'ir'f4 29.l:tf2 g5
30. 'iti>e2 'iti>g7 31.li)b3 'ir'f5+
Sievilaeinen-Paine, cr 20 II .
20 ... ~d7 21. 'ifg2 'ifhS 22.f3
~c6 23.g4 23.~f4? ~f3+;
23.gf4? l:te6 2Hti>f2 l:tg6 25.'it'h l
Wh4 26.clte3 'ifh3!+-+ unn.
23 ... 'ifg6!? 23 ... 'i¥g5oo Lehi-
koinen-Sarink, cr 1990; 23 .. .'ii'h4
24.'iff2 ~h2= Skuja-Svagers, cr
1998 YB/50-17. 24.~f4
24.li)a3?! ~d2 25 .'ir'd2 ~ f3
26.h3 h5+. 24 ... l:te1 25.'iti>f2
'it'c2 26.~d2 26.rltg3? 'it'd3
27 .a4 (27 .h3 f6-+-+ ) 27 ... ~ f3
28.'~'f2 ~g4 29.'i#i>g4 h5-+ .
26 ... l:te8
27.d5 27.'ifg3 h6 28.b3 (28.a4
ba4+) 28 ... 'ifd3 29.Wg I (29.'it'f4
'ife2 30.'i#i>g3 'ifdl-+-+) 29 ... g5
30.li)a3 (30.b4 l:te2-+)
30 .. .'ifd2-+ C.Reis-L.Almiron ,
cr2008; 27.a4 'ifd I 28 .~e30 'ifd3
29.ab5 ab5 30.d5 (3 0 .'~'fl 'ife3
31. ..tg3 h5-+ ) 30 ... ~d5 31.li)d2
l:te3-+ Nedoma-Kyhos, cr 2010.
Forum
27 ... ~b7 27 ... ~d5 28.c4 'ii'b2
29.cd5 'it'a I =i=. 28.a4 28.'it'g3?
~dS 29.'tt'd6 'tt'dl 30.'t!fd5 l:te2
3 1.'i#i>g3 'ilt'g I 32.'i#i>f4 'ifh2 33.'i#i>f5
l:te8-+. 28 ...'it'b2 29.l:ta3 'it'b1 =i=
30.'ii'f1 'it'g6 31 .c4 'i¥d6 32.l:te3
'ii'h2 33.'i#i>e1 't!fg3 34.Wf2 l:te3
35.~e3 'iff2 36.c;#;>t2 bc4 37.d6
~c6 37 ...'i#i>f8 38 .~d4 f6 39.g5=i=.
38.a5 f6 39.f4 'i#i>f7 40.f5 c3
40 ... We8 41. ~d2 'i#i>d7
42 .~b4=i=/= . 41. 'i#i>e2 ~bS 42. 'i#i>e1
h6 43.Wf2 'i#i>e8 44.~c5 Wd7
45.~a3 c2 46.'i#i>e3 ~c4 47.c;#;>t2
~f7 48.'i#i>e3 hS 49.gh5 ~hS
50.Wd2 ~g4 51 .'i#i>c2 ~fS
52.'i#i>d2 'i#i>c6 53 .~b4 'i#i>bS 54.d7
~d7 55.~f8= g6 \12-\12
Wi ll we ever see 17. d5 again?
How Novelties Are Born (2)
by Ahmed Odeev
Gl4.1 (085)
Today I should like to talk about an
important aspect of the psycholog-
ical preparation of che s players-
'collective thinking', what this i
and how it works.
The theoretical formulation looks
like this: 'collective thinking' is
when several people are united
not only by interests a nd other
criteria, but also by a common
a im, a high aim , for which they
a re striving, because it is of in-
terest a nd a d vantageous to
them.
The importance of this type of
thinking manifest it elf very
strongly in team competitions and
in matche for the World Champi-
onship. But how can it be devel-
oped, how can the aims set before
the team be better and more deeply
realized? For this, training ses-
sions have always exi ted, and it is
thi that I should like to dwell on in
more detail.
Training essions are held with the
aim of raising the standard of play-
er , with the study, assimilation
and processing of new materiaL
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 They also develop in the partici -
pant a en e of team spirit and the
main aim - 'collective thinking'.
Another important factor is that
the di stractions of everyday li fe
are ab ent, also assi ting the more
effective development of a player.
At the se sion a working atmo-
sphere is established. On the fir t
day the regime and schedule of
training studies i announced. Ac-
quaintance is al o made with the
training faciliti es- the training and
lecture room , sport hall , swim-
ming pool and relaxation zone.
At the training essions, progress
is made in theoretical and tactical
preparation . Great attention i also
devoted to phy ical preparation
and di ciplined education, and its
observance in the future.
And o thi year, for a econd time,
the Turkmeni tan correspondence
team gathered for training ses-
sions, preparing for the individual
and team champion hip of A ia
and Africa .
For two week , ten players studied
the latest theoretical novelties and
open ing chemes in a splendid
guest house in Chuli , a mountain
resort which i. 20 kms. from the
Turkmenistan capital, Ashkhabad.
ow I invite you to a se s the re-
sults of 'collective thinking' being
employed in tournaments.
Yazgeldiev,Kerim
Tleptsok,Ruslan
corr 2012
1.d4 ltJf6 2.c4 g6 3.ltJc3 d5
4.cd5 ltJdS 5.e4 ttJc3 6.bc3 ~g7
7.~e3 c5 8.'i!r'd2 "i!r'a5 9.llc1
22
9 ... 0-0
9 ... ttJc6? is bad because of I O.d5!
ltJe5 ll.h3 0-0 12.f4 ltJd7 13.ltJf3
b5N 1 4. ~d 3 c4 15 .~bl ~b7
16.0-0 a6 17.f5!± gf5 ? ( 17 ... ltJe5
18.ttJe5 ~e5 1 9. ~d4 'it'c7±;
17 .. ."i!r'a3 18 . ~h6 'it'd6 19. llf2
'it'f6 20 . ~g7 'it'g7 2 l .llcfl ltJc5
22.ltJd4 llac8 23.f6 ef6 24.llf6
ltJd7 25.ll6f2±) 18.ltJd4! fe4
19.ltJf5 ttJe5 20.ltJg7 <i;g7 21.~d4
f6 22. ~e5 fe5 23.'it'g5 and Black
can resign , E.Odeeva-S.Borc uz,
cr 20 12.
9 ... cd4!? is a very interesting
continuation: IO.cd4 'it'd2
ll . ~d2 0-0 12.ltJf3 ~g4 13 .~e3
c6 14.d5 ~ f3 15.gf3 ltJd4
16 . ~h 3 f5 17.Wfl f3!N
( 17 ... e6) 18.llc7 ltJd4 19.llb7 fe4
20.lle7 ltJ f5 2 1.lle4 llad8
22. ~a7 lld5 23.lla4 ~e5 24. ~ f5
llf5 25. ~e3 ~ f6 26.llc4, and al-
thoug h White is a pawn up, the
position is equal, Helmi
Farshad-D.Lopes, cr 2012.
1 O.ltJf3 lld8 11.d5 e6
ll. .. ltJc6 12.h4 ( 1 2 . ~e2 e6 13.0-0
ed5 14.ed5 ~g4 15.llfd I e7
16.c4 "i!r'd2 17 .lld2 ltJf5 1 8. ~f4
lle8 19.h3 ~ f3 20. ~ f3 d4
21.llb I;!;) 12 ...h5 1 3 .~h6 'it'c7
1 4. ~g7 Wg7 15.'it'e3 ttJe5
16.ltJe5 'it'e5 17.f4 'it'c7 1 8. ~e2
a6 19.0-0 b5 20.f5! cl early fa-
vours White.
12.~g5 f6
12 ... lle8 13.d6 b5 14 .~h6 ~h8
15.h4 ltJd7 16.h5 llb8 1 7. ~e2 b4
18.cb4 'it'b4 ( 18 ...llb4 19.0-0 ~b7
20. ~d3 lla4;!;) 19.'it'b4 llb4
20.ttJd2;!;.
13.~e3
1 3 .~f4 ed5 14.ed5 ~f5 15 .~e2
~e4 16.d6 ltJd7 17.h4 lle8 18.0-0
'it'a4 19.llbl !;!;.
13 ...ltJc61
13 ... ed5 14.ed5 ltJa6 1 5. ~e2 ~e6
16.c4 'it'd2 17.ltJd2 ~f7 18.0-0 f5
19.llb I b6 20.a3 ltJc7 2 1 .~f4 with
a slight edge for White.
14.~d3 ed5 15.ed5 c4
15 ... ltJe7 16.c4 tt'd2 17.Wd2 b6
18.llhe l ltJf5 1 9 .~f4 ;!;.
16.~c4 ~e6 17.lld1 ttJe7
18.de6 lld2 19.lld2
.I
.t..t. ~ •
.t.t.
~ ''
tf
~
~ ~tt:J
~ l::t ~~~
~ l::t
19... ltJf5!N
19 .. ."it'c3.
20.lld3 ltJe3
20 ... lle8 2 1.0-0 e3 22.lle3 lle7
23.lld I f5 24.lld5 'it'b6 25.lld7
~f6 26.g3;!;.
21 .lle3 'it'c7
21... ~h6? ! 22Jld3 lle8 23 .0-0
'it'c5 24.~b3 lle7 25 .llfd I ~f8
26.lld4 a5 (26... c3? 27.llc4 'it'a5
28.llc8+-; 26 ... 'it'c7 27.llc4 "i!r'b8
28.lld7 Wg7 29.g3 f5 30.Wg2 a6
31.llcd4±) 27.llc4 'it'a3 28.g3 b5
29.llc6 a4 30.~d5± .
22 .~b3 Wh8
22 ... lle8 23.0-0 lle7 24.lld I ~ f8
25.lld7 'it'c5 26.g3 Wg7 27 .lled3
a5 28 .ltJd4 h5 29.a4;!;.
23.o-o ~f8 24.lld3 lld8! 25.llfd1
25J:td8 'it'd8 26.l:td I ~d6 27.ltJd2
'it'c7 28 .g3 'it'c6 29.ttJf3 Wg7
30. d4 'it'e4 3 1.ltJf5 gf5 32.lld6
'it'e l =.
25 ... lld3 26.lld3 ~d6 27.ltJd2
~cs
27 ...~h2 28.Wfl ~d6 29.ltJe4 ~ f8
30.lld7'it'e5 31.~d5 h5 32.We I
tt'h6 33.We2 'it'h5 34.f3 "i!r'h2
35.e71!t'g2 36.ltJf2 ~e7 37.lle7 b5
38.lle8;!;.
28.lld5 ~d6 29.ttJe4 112-112
29 ... ~e7 30.lld7 'it'f4 3 1.g3 'i!r'e4
32.lle7 'i!r'bl 33.Wg2'it'e4= .
Midnight Chess with Houdini
a letter by Sorungbe A demo/a
KP9.9 (C46)
There are quite a number of lines
that we know linle about , com-
pared to the main lines. One such

line has in recent time caught my
fancy: the Cozio Variation of the
Ruy Lopez (3 .. .tiJge7 followed by
... g7-g6). In one of my games
against Houdini 2.0 I tried the
'Cozio idea' in what looked like a
Scotch. It wa intere ting to see
how the game panned out. Though
I lost eventually, either due to
tiredne s (at about I am) or due to
the obvious - playing strength.
On a serious note. I don ' t think
Houdini could have cracked that
po ition without my help. I acri-
ficed a pawn ju t after the opening
and got a rock olid po ition, with
intere ting counterchances.
Houdini 2.0 Pro w32 (3045)
Sorungbe Ademola
Lagos rapid 2012
1.e4 e5 2.tiJf3 c6 3.tiJc3 g6
4.d4 ed4 5. d4 ~g7 6.~e3
lDge7 7.'i!t'd2
7...d51? La t book move; 7 ... 0-0
8.0-0-0 d6 9.h4 hS IO. ~e2
l:te8;!;. 8.ed5 tiJd5 9.tiJc6 bc6
10.lDd5 cd5 IO .. .'~!t'dS 11.0-0-0
_.d2 12 .~d2 ~e6;!;. 11 .~b5 ~f8
12.()-() d4 13.~f4 13.l:tad I ~g4
14.f3 ~e6 15.~f4;!;. 13... ~b7
14.~c4 ~d5!? 15.~c7 'fic7
16 .~d5 llb8 17.llfe1 h6
18.lle4 ~f6 19.llae1 Wg7
20.b3 llhd8 21.~c4 aS 22.h4
h5 23.a4 llb4 With the idea of
... l:tc4. 24.ll1 e2 To cover c2 and
free the queen, who can go for
the aS-pawn in the event of
...l:tc4. 24 ... 'i!t'c5 25.g3 lldb8?!
Inaccurate. 25 ... llbb8 i a bit
better. I think. White can play for
a win now. 26 .~b5 lld8 27.lle8
lld6? 28.lla8 'fic7??
29.llh8 1-0
I do think the Cozio idea i a viable
option and a good surprise ele-
ment. Little wonder that Magnus
Carlsen has been dusting up imi-
lar ideline . Study it, and you will
be surprised to ee the intere ting
pos ibilitie it carries with it.
Best regards,
Sorungbe Ademola
Lagos, Nigeria
An Anti-Catalan Gambit
by Vladimir Okhotnik and
Martin Appleberry
CA 1.3 (E01)
If you are in need of a surpri se
weapon again t the powerful Cata-
lan that doe n' t require a lifetime
to learn, thi could be for you . Re-
ignite your ches enthu ia m with
thi zippy little urpri e gambit!
Virtually every line is OK for
Black with only one or two minor
glitches requiring band-aids. This
surprise start already on move 5,
yielding a high probability of
reaching the de. ired set-up every
time.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.tiJf3 tiJf6 4.g3
c5 5.cd5 cd4!!?
Thi unexpected pawn sacrifice
give Black active piece play. His
initiative seems to equalize, with
many chance for White to go
wrong. We found some games
with 5 ... cd4 but these games had
too many errors. We think that in
Forum
Vladimir Okhotnlk In Budapest, 1989
ome of these examples the play-
ers didn ' t even realize that Black
wa a pawn down! Let 's take a
fresh look at thi new idea.
6.de6
White has two other pos ibilities:
A) 6 .~g2 and now :
~.t'it' • .t g
~~ ~~~
~~
~
~
A I) 6 ... 'i!t'd5 7 .'i!t'd4 tiJc6 8.'i!t'd5
(8.'i!t'a4 ~b4 9.~d2 bS IO.'i!t'b3
~d2 ll.tiJ bd2;!;/= Hau er-Gach,
ICCF 2009) 8 ...tiJd5 9.0-0 b6
IO.e4 tiJdb4 ll.tiJc3 ~a6 12.lld I
~c5=;
A2) 6...~b4 7 .~d2 tiJdS (7...~c5
8.tiJd4!;!;; 7...~d2 8.'i!t'd2 'i!fdS
9.'i!t'd4 (9.0-0!?) 9 ... tiJc6 IO.'it'dS! ?
( IO.'i!t'a4?! bS ll.'i!t'f4 e5 12.'W'd2
~b7 13.lDc3 'i!t'cS 14.llc l lld8
15.'W'g5 0-0 ( 15 ... h6?? 16.'i!t'g7
~e7 17.'fif6 1-0 Michalet-
Nuvoloni , Val Maubuee 1990)
16.0-0 h6 17 .'~h4 "f!/e7 t:.
18.tiJb5 ?! e4 19. el ~6 20.tDc3
tiJd4~) IO... edS ll .tiJc3 ;!;) 8.tiJd4
23
 'Wb6 9.tLlb3t/= Pol Valveny-Sal vat
Ouch, Tarragona 1994;
A3) 6 ... 'it'a5!? 7.tLlbd2 'i!fd5
8.0-0 ~e7!? (8 ... e5?! 9.tLlg5!
(9.'it'c2!? tLlbd7 IO.tLlg5oo)
9... 'i!fb5 I O.a4 'ir"b4 ll.b3 'ili'c3
12. ~b2!-+) 9.b3! (9.tLlb3 e5
I O.tLlfd4 'i!t'd7=) 9 ... tLlc6
IO.tLlc4t;
B) 6.'it'd4 ed5 (6 .. .'~i'd5 ?! 7.tLlc3
'i!fd4 8.tLld4t Behrhor t-Burdet,
Naujac 2003) 7. ~g2 tLlc6 8.'i!fd3
~b4 9. ~d2 0-0=.
6... ~e6
Variation A
7.tLld4 ~c5
7... ~d5 ?! 8.f3 (8.tLl f3t/= Bunk-
Sayer, Nuremberg 2002) 8... ~c5
9.tLlc3 0-0=.
8.e3 ~g4 9.~e2
9.f3 ~d4 (9 ... ~d7~) IO.ed4 ~e6
ll . ~b5 t/=;
9.'ili'a4 ~d7 IO.'ili'c4 ~d4 I J.ed4
0-0 1 2.~g2 'ili'e7~.
9...~h3! 10.~f3
I O.tLlb3 'ili'e7gg.
10... tLlbd711.~b7 0-0!
Two pawns are two pawn , yet
White, it seems, is crui sing for a
brui sing! Black is slightly better.
Variation B
7.'ili'd4 tLlc6
7... 'i!fd4 8.tLld4 ~d5 9.f3 ~c5
I O.tLlb5 t Hirt-Kilian, Pari s 1993.
8.'i!fd8
8.'i!fa4 tLld7 ! (this reminds us of
the variation: l .d4 tLlf6 2.c4 e6
3.tLlf3 d5 4.g3 c6 5 .~g2 tLlbd7
6.0-0 ~d6 7.tLl fd2!. 8... ~b4!? !:;.
9 .~d2 'ili'b6=) and now:
A) 9.tLlg5!? ~b4 IO.tLlc3 tLlc5
ll .tLle6 tLla4 12. d8 l:ld8 1 3 . ~d2
24
tLlb2 14.e3l:ld2 15.Wd2 tLla4 is=,
but White needs accuracy to hold
the game;
B ) 9.~e3 tLlb6 (9 ... tLlc5
IO.~csgg) IO.'i!fb5 tLlc4 and now:
81 ) ll.tLlc3 ~b4 ( ll. ..'ili'c8!?)
1 2.~g2 ( 12.'ili'b7?! l:lc8 1 3.~g2
tLlb2 1 4. ~d2 tLlc4=F) 12 .. .tLlb2
1 3.~d2 0-0 ( 13.. .tLlc4=F) 14.a3 a6
( 14...'ili'a5 15.'ili'a5 ~as 16.tLlb5
~b6 Black is OK)
811 ) 15.'ili'b7?
15 ... tLld3! 16.ed3 ( 16.Wfl tLlc5
17 .'t\Vc6 ~c3 1 8.~c3 l:lc8+)
16... ~c3 17.l:ldl 'it'd3 18.'it'bl
'ili'c4 19.tLlg5 g6 20. ~ fl 0 'ili'g4+;
B 12) 15.'i!fh5 tLld3! ( 15 ... 'ili'a5!?)
b. 16.Wfl ~a5 17.l:lbl tLlde5!=F;
8 2) ll .'ili'b7 ?!
ll. ..~d5 12.'ili'a6 'ili'd7 13.tLlc3
tLlb4 1 4.~h3 'ili'h3 15.'ili'b5 'ili'd7
16.'ili'd7 Wd7 17.0-0-0 Wc6=F;
8 3) ll. ~g2 'ili'd7! ? (ll... ~b4
12.tLlc3 tLlb2 13.tLld2 'ili'd7 14.l:lc l
0-0oo/=) 12.tLlc3 a6 13.'ili'h5 tLle3
1 4.fe3g6 1 S .'ili'h4 ~e7 1 6 . tLlg5 h6
17.l:ldl 'ili'c8 18.tLlce4 Wf8~ .
C) 9.tLlc3 tLlc5 I O.'ili'c2 tLlb4
( I O... 'ili'a5 ll.a3 l:ld8 12.b4 tLlb4
13.ab4 tLld3 14.ed3 'ili'a l =)
ll.'ili'b I ( ll.'ili'd I ?! tLlb3 !+)
ll. .. g6!?oo; ll. ..'ili'a5 12.tLld4!t.
8 ... l:ld8 9.a3
9.~g2 tLlb4 (9 ... h6! ? I O.a3)
IO.tLla3 ~c5 11.0-0 0-0 ( ll...h6
12.b3 tLle4 1 3.~b2 0-0 14.tLlb5t)
12 .~g5 ( 12.b3 tLle4=) 12... a6~
( 12... tLla2 1 3.tLlc2 ~b3 14.tLld2!t)
13. b3 b5=.
9 ... g6!
A) 9... ~d5 IO.~g2 tLld4 ll.tLld4
~g2 12.ng 1 ~e4 ( 12 ... ~h 3
1 3.~e3 tLlg4 14.tLlc2) 13.tLlb5
~c5 14.tLJ5c3 ~c2 15.b4 ~d4
16.l:la2 ~b 3 Di Benedetto-
Hender on, San L uis zt 2007;
16 ... ~f5=F ;
8 ) 9... tLla5 I O.tLlbd2 tLlb3
ll .tLlb3 ~b3 1 2 . ~g5t Lainburg-
Mertins, Wei lburg 1998;
C) 9... ~c5 and now:
C I ) I O. ~g5? tLle4=F b. ll. ~d8
~f2 12.Wd l ~b3 13.Wc l ~e3
14.tLlbd2 Wd8 15.a4 d2 16.tLld2
~d5 -+;
C2) I O.tLlbd20-0( 10... tLlg4!?t:;.
ll .e3 ~e7) ll .e3l:l fe8 12.b4 ~d4
13.ed4 ~g4 1 4.~e2 l:le2 15.cJ.?e2
tLld4 16.We30 tLlc2 17.We2
tLla I =!=;
C3) I O.~g2 tLle4 ( I 0 ... 0-0t/=
M atveev-D. Panchen.ko, Ekaterin -
burg jr 2000) ll.e3 ~e7!= b.
12... tLlc5;
C4) IO.tLlc3 tLlg4 ll.e3 ( ll.tLle4
~b6 12.h3 f5 b. 13. hg4? fe4
14. g5 tLld4-+) ll.. .tLJge5
12.tLle5 tLle5 1 3. ~b5 We7 14.0-0
~h 3 15.l:ld I l:ld I 16.tLld I tLl f3
( 16 ... h5 17.b4 tLlf3 18.Whl h4 !?
19 .~e2 ( 19.bc5?! hg3 20.fg3
~ fl =F) 19 ... ~g4 20.bc5 hg3 2 1.h4;
2 l.Wg2 l:lh3! 22.tLlc30 tLlel

23 ...t;>g I gh2 24 ...t;>h I ttld3 25. ~d2
ttl f2 26 ...t;>g2 hI
ttlh I =i=/=) 17 .<;i;>h I l:rd8 l 8.~e2
ttle l 19.tt:lc3 ~e6 20.b4 ttlc2
2 1.l:rbl ~d6 22.~f3 ttle l 23. ~b7
~e5 24.~b2 ttld3 25. f4 ttlb2
26.fe5 tt:lc4 27.e4 l:rd3 28.ttlb5
(28.ttld5 ~d5 29 ...id5 tt:le5=)
28 ... tt:la3 29.ttla3 l:ra3=;
C5) IO.e3! give White an ad-
vantage.
1O.ttlc3 ~g7 11 .~g2 0-0 12.0-0
l:rfe8 13.l:re1 h6 14.h3 ttld5!?=
14 ... tt:la5!?=; 14 ... b6 15.e4 ttld7=
Oren-Tavin ki, I CCF 2010.
ln closing, we noticed that White
can ea ily lo e quickl y here, right
out of the opening, but Black,
never. Happy Gambiteering! Tf
you obtain quick positive results
we d like to hear from you.
Appendix
To be fair, it eem White can prof-
itably avoid the above Anti -Cata-
lan Gambit with 5.~g2!. Black
cannot force his way into the gam-
bit. Perhaps be t here i 5 ... ttlc6
6.0-0 ~e7, hoping to go into a nor-
mal Tarra ch. Both 5 ... cd4 6.0-0
with good compensation (Kram -
nik agai nst Naiditsch, Turin Olym-
piad 2006) and 5 ...dc4 6.0-0! are
still t.
The new monograph The Powe1jul
Ca1alan by Bologan (publi hed by
ew In Chess) give only 5.cd5 ,
which could be inaccurate.
Leon Pliester (1954-2012)
by Rene 0/thof
The cbe s world ha ad ly lo t a
colourful figure. On October 23,
Dutch fM Leon Plie ter pa sed
away at only 58 years of age, after
a long strugg le. He wa a great at-
tacker and also a talented writer.
Plie ter gradu ated in psychology
in the late 1970' but oon came to
reali ze that there wa hardly any
employment in thi s field and de-
27.l:rh I
Leon Pliester and his inseparable wife Teodora Enato
cided to put all his card s on hi pa -
ion: che. ! He scored hi third
and final IM norm in the OHRA
Open in 1982 - tying for 5th place
with a.o. Mil e and Yusupov. The
gam e from the final round was cru -
cial toward thi succes . It ' typi-
cal of Pliester' active tyle
Saeed Saeed,Ahmed
Pliester,Leon
Amsterdam 1982 {9)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.ttlc3 c6
4.ttlf3 dc4 5.a4 ~b4 6.e3 b5
7.~d2 a5 8.ab5 ~c3 9 .~c3
cbS 10.b3 ~b7 11.bc4 b4
12. ~b2 ttlf6 13 ...id3 ttlbd7
14.0-0 0-0 15.fl'c2 VJ!ic7
16.ttle5?! 16.e4 e5; 16.c5.
16 ...tt:le5! 17.de5 ttld7 18...ih7
Wh8 19 ..1:lfd1 g6 20 ...ig6 fg6
21. VJ!ig6 tt:lc5 22 .~d4 ttlb3
23. e6 23.l:rab l a4!. 23 ... l:rg8
23 .. .'~g7 24. h3 h7 25.e6
ttld4 26.'fi'h7 <;,f;>h7 27.ed4! - thi
unique position with ix white
and two black pas ed pawn
aro e in Kubala- M oroz, Deci n
1997. 24.f3?! a4? 24... g7;
24 ... l:ra6. 25.~b2! Openi ng the
d-fi le. 25 ... a3 26.l:rd7 'fi'd7
27. d7 ab2 28.l:rb1 l:ra1
29.VJ!ih3 <;t,{g7 30.-efg4 Wf8
31. f5 'it,{e8 32.<;i;>f2 l:rb1
33. b1 !? 33.'f.*'e6 <;t,{f8 is a draw
by perpetual. 33 ... ttlc5 34.<;i;>f1
Forum
ttla4oo 35.e6 ~a6 36 ...t;>g1 ~c4
37.'fi'd1? A fatal mi take.
37 ... ttlc5! -+ 38. c2 ttld3
39. ~a4 <;Pta 40.e7 t;Pg7 41.e8ttl
Wh8 42.'i!Vd1 ~a2 0-1
YB/22·84
Plie ter participated once in the
Dutch Championship, but he is
be t known in the etherland a
the inventor of the term po t-title-
yndrome. A pl ayer accomplishes
his target and then experi ence
problem in defining new goal .
Typically the psychologist in
Plie ter.
He was one of the fir t foreign
rna ter who encountered the
Polgar sisters in Budapest. He in-
troduced them to maecenas Joop
van Oo terom . Later he also met
Bobby Fi ·cher in per on. Plie ter
did a lot of joumali tic work and
wa renowned as an analy t and
opening re earcher. His mono-
graph on the Rubin tein Complex
of the imzo- lnd.i an wa tran -
lated into Engli sh and publi shed
by In ide Che .
These qualitie made Leon the
ideal editor. He participated in the
New In Chess project from the
word go in 1984 and contributed
no fewer than 133 Survey - the
last one on the Dutch Defence in
Yearbook I 04.
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Ben·amin's Takes

Welcome Back ~g5,

We've Been Waiting For You
No opening has withstood the test well start with the wond ro u de-
of time better than the Najdorf velopment of the Deferred/De-
Sic ili an. It help of course that layed/Improved Poi oned Paw n.
Cai sic Olympians Fischer and Whatever you call it , the story i
Kas parov championed the fasc inating. In my ma ide n voyage
de fence. But even in an era where on Opening Takes, ' Hiding in
there i no one true Najdorf leader, Pl ain Sight ' (Yearbook 99), I de-
we till ee the po it ion after 5 ... a6 cribed how the game of great
in game of grandmasters and their player of the 50 and 60s in thi
fo llower . perfectl y pl ausible variation faded
But we do see ebb and tlow in what from the collecti ve consc iou. ness
happens after that. In the prev ious until some grandmaster brought it
by Joel Benjamin decade English Attack schemes out of hibernation decade later.
with 6 ..ie3 were all the rage for Rene Olthof went one better when
White. At orne point a shift oc- he antici pated the return of the Po i-
curred back to the o ld main line, soned Paw n with 7 ... h6, aski ng in
6 ..ig5 . I can ' t help but fee l . orne Yearbook 82 why thi s move order
nostalgic plea ure in seeing thi was so out of fa hion. In Yearbook
change because in my childhood I I 0 I and I 02 Olthof superbly sum-
would think of playing nothing but mari zed and explained the state of
6 ..ig5. Now I don' t know how the variati on. One subsequent de-
much this line's return retlect on
di sati fac tion with 6 ..ie3 or re-
newed optimism in 6 ..ig5. It is
somewhat of a mystery. My im-
pre sion over the year wa that
White could fo rce a draw in orne
lines but could not beat the Poi-
oned Paw n Variation. A White re-
turned to 6 ..ig5, Najdorf adherents
prepared a host of ori ginal and cre-
ati ve approaches. Were the e tored
up over time or respon es to the
greater demand? In any case, the
theoretical explosion is obviou . If
you thumb through the last few
Yearbook i sue you' ll get an idea
of how many new ideas are being
explored in grandmaster practice.
Since we have already bro ught up
the Poisoned Pawn , we might as M iguel Najdorf

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velopment that might put a damper
on hi rosy outlook i the fo llow-
ing game.
Berg,Emanuel
Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime
G ibraltar 20 12 (10)
1.e4 c5 2.tL!f3 d6 3.d4 cd4
4.ltJd4 ltJf6 5.ltJc3 a6 6.~g5 e6
7.f4 h6 8.~h4 ~b6
9. d3
lt certainly make ense to put the
queen on d3 i f White wants to con-
tinue with f4-fS, because the
g6-square w ill oon become weak-
ened. In the line 9.~d2 ~b2
I OJ:tb I a3 ll .eS deS 12.feS gS
(12 ...ltJdS J3.ltJdS edS 14.e6 ~e6
JS.ltJe6 fe6 16 . ~d 3 ~e7 i un-
changed, still solid for Black)
J3.ef6 gh4 14.~e2 aS IS .0-0
ltJd7 16 .~h l ~gS 17 ..1::rf4 eS
18.ltJdS ed4 19. d4 Wd8,
Ko teniuk-Ju Wenjun, alchik
20 II , aw an attempt to improve
on i ipeanu-Wojta zek, Aix-
le -Bains 201 l , with 20.ltJe7, but I
don ' t think you could ay more for
White than that the po ition i un-
clear (unle perhaps you have run
your chess engine on it all day).
There has al o been an uptick in the
ensible 9.a3 (9 ... ~2?? lO.ltJa4),
a move which allow White to
bring hi bi hop back to f2 and play
ches . In hi s Survey Olthof recom-
mended Black avert tactical prob-
lem after 9... ltJbd7 I O. ~c4 with
9... ~e7 , and Black ha done well in
foUowing his advice.
9... b2 1O..l::rb1 a3 11.f5 ~e7
This move hows a crucial differ-
ence in Black's favour: the bishop
Benjamin 's Opening Takes
i now expo ed to attack on h4, giv-
ing Black resource with ... ltJe4.
12.fe6
Thi exchange i. necessary be-
cause 1 2 .~e2? run into 12...ltJe4,
e.g. 13.0-0 c3 14. e4 ltJc6 and
Bl ack soon won, Vedmediuc-
Wojta zek, Ajx -le -Bains 20 I J.
12...fe6
Black has al o captured 12 ... ~e6
in a few game . After 13.ltJe6 fe6, I
think I 4.eS is absolutely criti ca l.
Black an wers 14 ...deS and now
two game so far:
A) IS.'t'ig6 ~ f8 16..1::rb3 't'ic l
17.ltJd I 't'#'f4? (i t' not clear after
ometh.ing like 17... bS or 17 ... ltJc6)
1 8 .~f6 ~ f6 19..1lb7 and White Emanuel Berg
won quickly in K.rzyzanowski -
Bul ki, L azy 20 12; but I S...~d8 is
al o an important question. 20 .~f3 ~d7 2 l .~g3 give White a
B) IS .~f6 ~f6 ( JS ... gf6 ! look nice initiative for a pawn probably
harder to crack: 16.~e2 (in case of good enough for a slight edge.
16 .~g6 ~d 8 17.ltJe4 e3 1 8.~e2 15.Wh1 lLlbd7?
cJ;;c7 Black is about to launch ma - In the future we might see I S.. .ltJc6
sive counterplay) 16...fS 1 7 .~hS tried here. White can proceed di-
cJ;;f8 18.0-0 l:th7 19.cJi;hl ~d6 rectly wi th 16.ltJc6 bc6 17.eS deS
20.~h3 (20.g4 ~d3 2 1.cd3 f4 1 8.~g6 ~d7 ( 18... c3 ? 19 ..1::rf3 i
22.d4 ed4 23.J:tf4 'itolg8 24 ..1::rd4 ltJc6 too dangerous for Black) 1 9.~f6
2S ..I::re4 and White ha about J:t f6 20 ..1::rf6 ~ f6 2 1 .~d3 e4 22.ltJe4
enough for the pawn but not more (22.'t'ie4 Wg8 23.~h7 w f7 24.ltJe4
than that) 20... ltJd7 2 I.~g6 .l::rg7 ~d47) 22...~e8 23."ii 'g4 't'ie7 .
22. h6 <,Pg8 23 ..1::rf3 ltJf6 24.J:th3 White has ome initiative but it's
<J;>f8 2S.ltJe4 ltJe4 26. h8 .l::rg8 hard to find anything ub tantial.
27 .~h6=) 16. g6 <,Pe7 17.ltJe4 16.ltJe6
.l::rd8 18 .~d3 .l::rd3 19.0-0 .l::rd7 Black of cour e fe lt thi pawn wa
20.ltJf6 e3 2 l.~h I gf6 and now indirectly defended. But the ur-
in read of 22 ..1::rf6 (Carl son- pri se i sti ll to come.
Penalver, Swedi h L eague 16 ...ltJe5 17.ltJf8! ltJd3 18.ltJg6
20 1111 2) Wrute should play <,P h719. ~d3
22. ~f6 <,Pd6 23 ..1::rf3 'fVe2 24. f8
'itolc7 2S.~cS! ltJc6 26.'iWb6 <,Pd6
(26 ...Wc8 27 ..1:lf8 ltJd8 28 ..1::rd8 .l::rd8
29.'t'ib7X) 27 ..1::rd3 't'#'d3 28.cd3±.
13.~e2 0-0
ot 13 ... ltJe4 14.0-0 ltJc3 IS .'i!Vg6
<,Pd8 16 .~e7+-.
14.0-0 <,PhS
Thi i played to sidestep tactical
resources with ltJc3-dS w ith the
e7-bi hop hanging with check.
14...liJc6 I S.ltJc6 bc6 16.ltJdS d3
( 16 ... cS 1 7. ~ f2) 17.ltJe7 Wf7
and now instead of 1 8. ~d 3 19... 'itolg6
( olodovnichenko-David , Milan Shockingly, another grandmaster
20 11) 18.cd3! 'itole7 19.eS deS walked into thi position three
27
 days after our fea tured game. That
kind of thing was common long
ago but i pretty rare in the Internet
age. 19 .. ...id8 of Bobra -
Maximenko, Germany Bunde liga
20 11 / 12, wa certainly a tougher
nut to crack but not exactly prom-
i ing. After 20.ttJd5 , 20 ... b5
proved in uffi cient after 2 1.ttJge7
i.e7 22.ttJe7 i.b7 23 .i.f6 gf6
24.l%f6 ~a2 25.l:rbfl Wg7 26.l:rg6
'iPh8 27 .e5 1-0; and 20 .. .~g6
2 1.e5 'iPf7 22.ef6 sti II looks pretty
hard if not imposs ible to defend.
20 ... ttJd5 i the onl y chance; after
2 1.ed5 i.h4 White has many
pro mising continuati on but I
do n' t see a forced win .
A) 22.l:rf8 ~ f5! 23.i.f5 J:[ f8
24.ttJf8 ,.Pg8 25 .ttJg6=;
B) 22 .ttJh4 ~g8 23 .ttJg6 i.d7
24.l:r b7 i.b5 25.J:ra7 l:rb8 26 .~b5
l:rb5 27.J:ra8 'ito>h7 28.ttJf8 Wg8
29.ttJe6 Wh7 30. h4 J:rd5 3 1.J:rf7
Wg6 32. J:raf8 "*'c3 33. l:rg7 (not
33.ttJf4 c;t;>h7 34.ttJd5 e I and
Blac k will colle t the kni ght)
33... g7 34.ttJg7 Wg7 and White
probably can ' t win the endgame;
C) 22.l:rb3 c5 (22.. . b3
23.ab3 i.f6 24.J:re I+-) 23.ttJe7
i.f5 (forced) 24 .-.ifS (24.ttJf5 ..if6
25 .ttJg7 </:;g7 26.l:rb7 ~g8 27.l:r f6
J:re8 doesn' t look like enough for
White to win either) 24 ...~ h 8
25.ttJg6 ~g8 26.l:rb7 (26.ttJh4
"*'c4 will force White to ta ke a per-
petual) 26 ...h5 with good pl ay fo r
White but no kn ocko ut.
Bu t 19... c3 won' t wo rk :
20.ttJe7 Wh8 (20 ... "*'e5 2 1.l:r f6
gf6 22 ...if6+-) 2 1.e5 ttJ h7
22 .ed6 and Bl ack will not hold
out ve ry lo ng.
28
20.e5 Wh5
20 ... Wf7 2 1.ef6 i.d8 (after
2 l...gf6 22.ttJd5 Black's defences
are crumbling. ln additio n to the
problem on the king ide, he can' t
move the bi hop without the rook
entering at b7) 22.fg7 <J5g7 23 ...id8
"*'c3 24.l:rbe I White has a mating
net that wi II force Black to cough
up materi al, e.g. 24 ...~e6 25 ...ie7
~c8 26 ...id6 "*'d7 27.-.ieS <J5g8
28 ..l:lf6+ - .
21 .ef6 i.f6 22 .~f6 gf6 23.l:rb3
23.ttJd5 i al. o puni hing but
Berg' method is just fine.
23 ... ~a5 24.J:rf6 i.d7 25.ttJe4
White threatens mate with i.e2
and l:rh3 o Black i already re-
duced to desperati on.
25 ... ..ig4 26.h3 J:rg8 27.hg4
J:rg4 28 ...ie2 e1 29.Wh2 1-0
Bl ack is certainl y going to have to
avoid the queen sacrifice in the fu-
ture. He can try 14 ... ttJc6or deviate
earlier with the bi hop capturing
o n e6. White seem to have to ven-
ture 16.e5 to get anything, and
while the position i certai nl y dan-
gerous, Black has typical Poisoned
Paw n re ources.
Another theoretical development
occurred in parallel, with some of
the ajdorf stalwarts participating
in both trends.
Kokarev,Dmitry
Wang Hao
Sochi tt 2012 (2)
1.e4 c5 2.ttJf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.ttJd4
ttJf6 5.ttJc3 a6 6 ...ig5 ttJbd7
Thi s move ha become very fas h-
ionable, as Bl ac k retains a certain
fl ex ibili ty in approach from here.
Surprisingly Bl ack even pushes
.. .e7-e5 in a lot of games.
7."tWe2
This fi ne se has become qu ite pop-
ular, perhaps in respon e to the
' triple improvement' pos ibili tie
detailed in Yearbook 10 1& 102 by
Tuncer and Burg, like 7.f4 c7
8."*'f3 h6 9 ...ih4 g5 !? IO.fg5 hg5
Jl...ig5 c5.
7 ... b5
This i one of the new approaches
where Blac k e chews the tradi -
tional ... e7-e6. The acce lerated
queensideex pan, io n leads to quite
ori ginal pl ay.
A decided ly newfangled method i.
repre ented by 7 ... h6 8.i.h4
(8 ...if6 ttJ f6 9.0-0-0 e5 IO.ttJf5 g6
I I .ttJe3 i.e6 eem fi ne fo r Blac k,
Motylev-Wojtaszek, Poikov ky
201 2) and now 8 ...g6!?. It eem
Black wa nts ome strange Dragon,
but there foll ow 9.0-0-0 e5
IO.ttJb3 ..ie7 with play akin to a
6 ...ie3 e5 ajdorf.
8.0-0-0
8.ttJd5 i.b79 ...if6 ttJf6 10. f6ef6
ll. a4 ba4 12.l:ra4 ..ie7 13. g4 g6
14 ...ic4 d5?! 15.ed5 ..idS 16.0-0
0-0 17.l:rdl with a clear edge for
White Yolokitin-AI Sayed, Istan-
bul Ol ympi ad 20 12.
8 .....ib7 9 ...if6
Wang Hao

After 9.f4 e5 I O.lLlf5 ~b6 it look
like White need to play lLld5 at
orne point, but G.Kuzmin -
Vitiugov, Soc hi tt-2 2007, contin-
ued ll .g3 J:l.c8 12. ~g2 g6 13.lLle3
J:lc3 14.bc3 ...a5 with good com-
pen at ion for the exchange.
9... gf6
9... f6 look ri sky; I O.f4 (the
problem i that ... e7-e5 is not play-
able now) I O... b4 ll.lLld5 lLld5
12.ed5 'if'a5 13.Wbl ~d5 14.lLlb3
~b3 15.ab3 Gro zpeter-ldani,
Kecskemet 20 12; White is ready to
pound the light squares before
Black get developed.
10.~h5 J:l.c8 11.lLld5 lL!c5
12 .~e2 lL!e4
The po it ion i not for the faint of
heart. A ubsequent game pro-
duced more exciting play : 12 ... e6
13.~g4 f5 14.ef5 ed5 15.J:I.hel
e4 16.f6 J:l.c4 17.f3 ... f6 18.fe4
de4 19.<lo>b I J:l.d4 20.J:I.d4 ~d4
21. ... f5 ~e7 22 .~d7 Wf8
2H!t'b7 ~ f6 24.c3 ~d3 25. Wal
Q;g7=, Adhiban-Deba hi ,
Kolkata ch-I D 2012.
13.J:I.he1 J:l.c5 14.lLlb3
14... J:I.d5 15.J:I.d5 e5!
Wang Hao find a clever and origi-
nal an wer to White's attacking
ambition . By controlling central
quare with his wall of pawns, he
offset White's edge in develop-
ment.
16.J:I.d3 lL!f2 17.J:I.f3 lL!e4
18 .~d3 lL!g5 19.J:I.f2 ~e7
20.~f5 ~b6 21.J:I.d2 d5 22.Wb1
h6 23.h4 e4 24.~e4 de4
25.J:I.de2 ~e6 26.lLld2 f5
27.J:I.f1 ~c8 28.g4 ~g6 29.~g6
fg6 30.h5
Wang Hao ha maintained a dy-
namic equilibrium and now takes
control with a spectacular finish.
30 ... 0-0! 31 .hg6 fg4 32.J:I.f8 ~f8
33.J:I.t2 ,.Pg7 34.J:I.f7 Wg6
35.J:I.e7 g3 36.J:I.e8 ~f7 37.J:I.c8
g2 0-1
Volokit in,Andrey
Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar
Eilat It 2012 (1)
1.e4 c5 2.lLlf3 d6 3.d4 cd4
4. d4 lL!f 6 5.lLlc3 a6 6. ~e3
I'm very curious about why
Volokitin, clearly quite comfort-
able in the 6 . ~g5 line, decided to
te t Mamedyarov with thi s move.
If Shak had opted for 6 ... e6 or
6... e5 we would have been de-
prived of a rna terpiece.
6 ...lL!g4 7.~c1 lLlf6 8.~g5
lLlbd7 9.~e2 e6
Black tay with a more conven -
tional set-up, but with the queen on
e2 in tead of f3, there i a lot of
new ground to explore.
10.0-0-0 ~c711 .f4 b512.f5
Yolokitin comes right at him. In
everal games White ha lowed
thing s down with 12.a3 (in the e
games the move numbers are al-
tered to match Yolokitin 's repeti -
tion) 12 ... ~e7 13 .g4 ~b7 14. ~h4
(in the Petrov Memorial Rapid
tournament earlier thi year
Shirov played the more conven-
tional continuation 14 .~ f6 ~ f6
15.g5 against Jvanchuk; after
15 .. .~d4 16.J:I.d4 e5 play was
about equal). Thi s position has
been conte ted in several games
between Chine e players, the
rno t pectacular of which was
Zhao Jun-Zhou Jianchao, Dan-
Benjamin's Opening Takes
zhou 2012: 14 ...h6 ( 14 ... lLle4 is
ri sky but perhaps playable:
15. lLle4 ~h4 16.lLle6! fe6 17.lLld6
We7 18.lLlb7 it'b7 19. ~g2 ~c7
20.~a8 J:l.a8 21.Wb I looks nicer
for White) 15.J:I.g I g5 16.fg5
hg5 ?! (16 ...lLlh7 17. ~ f2 hg5
18.lLl f3 lLle5 19 .~d4 looked solid
for Black in Wang Hao-Li Chao,
Beijing 2009) 17 .~g5 c5 18.h4!
lLl fe4 19.lLle4 lL!e4 ( 19 ... ~e4
20.~e7 ~e7 21.b4 d5 22.bc5
...c5 23.~el and Bl ack ha in uf-
ficient compensation for the
piece) 20 .~e7 ~e7 21. ~g2 d5
22. ~e4 de4 23.lLlb5! ab5 24 .~b5
~f8 25.J:I.d7 ~a6 26 ....e5 27.g5
and White soon crashed through .
White can al so try the immediate
12.g4 if he is prepared to acrifice
his knight - 12 ... b4 13.lLld5 - a
ha happened in a few game .
12 ... b4
Marnedyarov i n' t backing down
either. It's too early to come to an
asses rnent of 12 ... e5 13.lLld5
lLld5 14.ed5 , but I ' ll give one
trange example where the
d4-knight seemed to hang in the
air for several move : 14... c5
15.f6 gf6 16 .~ f6 J:l.g8 17 .h3 J:l.g6
18. ~h4 ~e7 19. ~h5 ~h4
20.~h4 ed4 21.J:I.el Wf8 22 .... h7
~f5 23 .~h8 J:l.g8 24 .~h6 J:l.g7
25.~h8 with a perpetual ,
Kurnosov- Korobov, Sochi tt
2012.
13.fe6 bc3 14.ed7 lLld7 15 .~c4
cb2 16.Wb1 c5
This appear to be a novelty, and
an under tandable one when you
consider it is the first to pop up on
the chess engines. 16 .. .~c4
29
 17 .~c4 tDe5 18 .~d5 .l:r.a7 wa
A hwin-Idani, Kecskemet 2012.
17.e5 .l:r.b8
Thi i a piau ible reply, getting
out of the way of trouble on the di-
agonal . After l7 ... de5 we could
ee a very forcing seq uence:
18.tD b5 (18 .'ifd5 ~b7 19.tDb5
'ifb8 Black ha rebuffed the attack
and will go on the offensive)
18 ... ab5 19.'ifd5 f6 20. ~b5 We7
21.~e3 e4 22.'ife4 .l:r.b8
23.~a4oo; 17 ... h6.
18.ed6 ~d6 19. .1:r.e1 8 actually lightly rea uring that
White ha eliminated ca tling, but
the black king is sitting behind a
olid wall of pawns and it isn't ob-
viou how white will generate
threats.
20.~d3 h6 21.~d8!!
.i. ~
'if
.i.
•
.l.l
.I
~ ~e8 when White will have to play
'ii'ttJ
~ Black probably can't reel in that
£!:,£!:,
t!:. i t!:.
~ l:t l:t
An amazing concept. Volok:itin
give a piece to distract the queen
from the defence of f7
21 ... 'ir'd8 22 . .1:r.hf1 .l:r.b7
Black ha terrible problems de-
fending his fir t two rank .
22 ... 'ifd7 23.~f5 'ir'a4 24.'ir'f7!
<j;f7 25.b7 with mate to follow is
one spectacular illustration. On
22 .. .f6, 23 .tDc6 should be good
enough.
23.~g6 f6
Or 23 ... 'ir'c7 24. 'ir'd5 with no good
defence to the threat of 25 ..1:r.f7.
24.'ir'd5?
Thi brings an attractive threat of
1i'd6, but enables Black to mount a
defence. 24.tDc6 lead to a forced
win: 24 ... 'it'd? 25 ..1:r.e2 'it'c6 (if
25 ... tDe6 26 ..1:r.fel ~e5 27.tDe5 fe5
28 ..1:r.e5 White' attack is irresist-
ible) and now the gorgeou
26.'ir'd5!!
30
26 ... 'iWd7 27 .'iWd6! and wins. It's
Yolokitin mis ed this win a it in-
dicates he must have been working
out something at the board.
24 ... .1:r.e7 25.tDc6 ~b7 26. 'i!t'c5
~c5 27.tDd8 ~d5 28 . .1:r.d1 ~e4
In case of 28 ... .1:r.e5 29 ..1:r.f5 .l:r.f5
30.~f5 ~g8 31 ..1:r.d7 White retai ns
an initiative with no risk at all.
29.tDf7
Black i safe after 29.~e4 .l:r.e4.
29 ... .1:1.17??
He had to go for 29 ... ~g6 30.tDh8
without hi knight for a while.
piece but he will have two bishops
to play with.
30 ..I:r.fe11!
Black wouldn ' t have an easy time
after the routine recapture 30.~e4.
but the second startling sacrifice of
the game end the truggle.
30 ... ~c2
30 ...~g6 3l ..l:r.d8 is mate, but after
30 ... f5 31 ..1:r.d8 <j;e7 32 ..1:r.h8 .l:r.f6
33 .~f5 White hould win rou-
tinely a well.
31.<j;c2 <j;g8 32 . .1:r.d8
White could also win with 32 ..1:r.d5,
dominating the bishop, e.g.
32 ... ~f8 33 ..1:r.e8 h5 (33 ... .1:r.b7
34.<j;bl ) 34.~f7 <j;f7 35 ..1:r.a8 .l:r.h6
36 ..1:r.a6. Black will never generate
counterplay becau e hi bi hop i
so vulnerable.
32 ... l:r.f8
Even here 32 ... ~ f8 is relatively
better but White can win in more
or le s the same way as in the pre-
viou note.
33 . .1:r.f8 ~f8 34.g4! 1-o
If you tum on your chess engine
here, you may see only a light ad-
vantage for White before your
mon ter reaches sufficient depth .
To human eyes, however, it i obvi-
ous that Black 's paralyzed po i-
tion offers no hope at all.
Najdorf player have been chal-
lenging the conventional wisdom
in the cia. ical main line as well.
Kosintseva,Tatiana
Ju Wenjun
Ankara 2012 (10)
1.e4 c5 2.tDf3 d6 3.d4 cd4
4.tDd4 tDf6 5.tDc3 a6 6.~g5 e6
7.f4 ~e7 8.'it'f3 'it'c7 9.0-0-Q
tDbd7 1 O.g4 b5 11 .~f6 tDf6
12.g5 tDd7 13.f5 0-0
There are many Sicilian variations
where Black castle king ide in the
face of a pawn storm, and there i
precedence for it even in 6. ~g5
Najdorfs (as detailed in Olthof'
survey inYearbook 103). But the
two main moves, 13 ...tDc5 and
13 ... ~g5, have become so in-
grained that few have thought to
question the conventional wi -
dom. But the Chine e WGM Ju
Wenjun, whi le still in her teens,

Ju Wenjun
pioneered thi audacious new
approach .
There i not much new to say about
mo t white trie ince the Survey.
Carrying out White' threat with
14.fe6 fe6 IS.tt:le6 ..Q.gS 16.<.ti>bl
l:tf3 17 .tt:lc7 l:tb8 still has made no
impact. There's nothing new in the
harp line 14.f6 gf6 IS.gf6 tt:lf6
16.eS deS 17.tt:lc6 ..Q.b7! (Solak-Ju
Wenjun, Moscow 20 12), Ju 's im-
provement on 17 .. .<iPh8 from
Shirov-Huschenbeth, Berlin 2012.
White ha till not demonstrated
anything special after 14.l:tg I b4
IS.tt:lce2 eS 16.f6 ed4 17.fe7 l:te8
18.tt:ld4 tt:leS 19.1!i'f4 ..Q.e6. But
Kosint eva, who had faced Ju 's
line before, prepared an idea that
threatens to rock the foundations
of our underdog variation.
14.'W'h5 b4 15.l:td3!?
Kosint eva prepares a very direct
attempt at refutation .
15•.. bc3 16.l:tc3 'itb6 17.tt:lc6
l:te8??
Obviously not prepared for the
acrifice, Ju choo es a logical de-
fensive move with an unfortunate
and obviou flaw. Black also can't
be swayed by the computer's early
choice, 17 ... ..Q.d8 18.l:th3 h6
19.gh6 it'f2 and the now the fi-
nes e 20.'0i;>dl! leaves Black
defensele .
So 17 ... ..Q.f6 is the only defence,
with two pos ibilitie for White:
A) 18.eS deS (not 18 ... ..Q.eS??
19.tt:le7 c;t;>h8 20.'.,h7 Wh7
21.l:th3X, but 18 ...g6 19.'.,h4 ..Q.eS
20.tt:le7 Wh8 21.fg6 fg6 22.tt:lg6
.,Pg8 23.tt:le7 lead to a draw)
19.l:th3 h6 20.gh6 ... f2 2 1.c;t;>dl !?
(2 1...Q.e2 -..f4 22.c;t;>b 1 h6
23 .1!i'h6 gh6 24.fe6 ~gS 2S.l:tgl
Wg7 26.l:tc3 fe6 27 .h4;!;) 21 ... g6
22.fg6 ..Q.b7 23.g7 ..Q.c6 24.'it'g4
.,Ph7 2S.gf8tt:l tt:l f8 26 ...Q.d3 e4
(26 ... tt:lg6 27.l:tfl +-) 27 ...Q.e4
..Q.e4 28.-..e4 l!i'fS 29.1!i'fS efS and
the forcing line emptie into an un-
clear endgame;
B) 18.gf6 tt:lf6 19.'ith4 ..Q.b7
20.tt:le7 c;t;>h8 21.l:tg3 and now we
have another crossroads. The greedy
21 ... 'W'd4 looks good at first:
22 ...Q.d3 l:tae8 23.l:thg l l:te724.l:tg7.
Perhaps it is only surprising to the
computer that Black ha great dif-
ficulties defending here. He could
have the arne po ition with the
rook on a8 in read of f8, but it
doesn't seem to help.
24 ... efS (the computer hows an
unlikely ave: 24 ... l:tee8 2S.'W'h6
l:tg8 26.l:t I g3 l:tc8! 27 .c3 l:tc3
28.bc3 "Wc3 29.c;t;>dl 'ifal 30.c;t;>e2
"Wb2=) 2S.'ifh6 l:tee8 (2S ... fe4
26.l:t7g3) 26.c3 "WeS 27.l:t I g3l:tg8
Benjamin's Opening Takes
28.l:tf7 l:tg3 (28 ... fe4 29.l:tgg7)
29.hg3 l:tg8 30.l:tf6 fe4 31 ...Q.e2
with an edge for White.
So player without total recall
might prefer 21 ... ~e4 22.-..gS
l:tg8 23.tt:lg8 l:tg8 24.l:thg I ..Q.fS
and Black ha more or les enough
for the exchange.
18.fe6 tt:le5 19.ef7
19. eS? ..Q.e6 i only wi hful
thinking for Black
19... ttJf7 20 ...Q.c4
White i already winning.
20 .....Q.e6 21 ...Q.e6 ..Q.g5 22. 'W'g5
l:te6 23.tt:le7 'ifi>fB 24.-..d5 'ifi>e7
25.-..aB -..12 26.-..b7 'ifi>f6
27. a6 -..f4 28.Wb1 -..e4
29 ....f1 c;t;>g6 30.l:tg3 1-Q
The trategy of 'ca tling into it'
has spread to other lines, particu-
larly involving an early ... h7-h6.
Stellwagen,Daniel
Kempinski,Robert
Germany Bundesliga 2010/11 (10)
1.e4 c5 2.tt:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4
4.tt:ld4 tt:lf6 5.tt:lc3 a6 6 •..Q.g5 e6
7.f4 ..Q.e7 s .-..f3 h6 9 ...Q.h4 'ifc7
1 0.0-0-0 tt:lbd7
Thi position could be reached of
course by a variety of move order .
Now ll.g4 walks into ll ... gS
12.fgS tt:leS. But ..Q.e2 has always
been considered effective when
Black plays ... h7-h6.
11 ...Q.e2
Here the traditional continuations
lack promi e for Black. White has
scored con i tently after ll ... bS
12 ...Q.f6 tt:l f6 13.eS ..Q.b7 14.'.Wg3,
while ll ... gSI2.fgS tt:leSI3.'ifg3
l:tg8 14.tt:l f3 i quite pleasant for
White as well.
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 11 ... 0-0!?
In the age of the chess engine,
players demand proof that uch
moves are bad. The pawn on h6
provides a target for opening lines.
But it also help the f6-knight
stand it ground again tan onru h-
ing g- pawn . White has a funda-
mental deci ion of pawn storm or
play in the centre.
12..1lhe1
Shirov predictably launched his
pawns with 12.g4 b5 13.g5 ttJh7
( 13 ...hg5 looks stronger; 14.fg5
e5 or L4.~g5 b4) and now Shirov
went for a murky piece acrifice
with 14.gh6!?, though 14."ifh3 hg5
15. 6 fe6 16."ife6 <iPh8 17."ife7
gh4 18 ..1lhg I seem to offer a pleas-
ant initiative fo r the piece,
Shirov-Kempinski , War aw 20 10.
In the arne event Kempinski faced
12 .~g3 , hoping to freeze Black's
piece with the threat of a central
advance: 12 ... ttJh7 (12 ... b5 is in-
tere ting because the typical queen
acrificedoe n' t look so clear after
13.e5 ~b7 14.ef6 ~f3 15.fe7 ~g2
16.ef8"if t;Jf8 17 ..1lhgl b4) 13 .~d3
b5 14.e5 ~b7 15 .~h7 <iPh7
16.'i!t'd3 <iPg8 17.ttJe6 fe6 18.ed6
~d6 19.'ifd6 "ifd6 20.lld6 ttJc5
with excellent chance for Black to
draw, but he even managed to win
the game! (Ga himov- Kempinski,
War aw rapid 20 I0, round 7).
12....g3 issimilartothe text contin-
uation. Black can actually 'over-
look ' the threat with 12...b5 13.ttJd5
d5 ( 13 ...ed5 ? 14.ttJf5 i the idea)
14.ed5 ~h4 15."ifh4 ttJb6 16.~f3
ttJd5 17 .~d5 ed5 18 ..1lhe I ~d7
19.f5 .llae8 20.f6 ,..d8 21..1le7 gf6
22.lle8 .lle8 23."ifh6 and Black '
ugly pawn structure gave White a
slight pull , Swiercz-Banika ,
Rijeka Ech 20 I0.
Usual i 12... ttJc5 13 .~f3 e5 with
three possibi lities:
A) 14.ttJde2 ~e6 15.f5 ~c4
16.~f6 ~f6 17.b3 ~e2 1 8.~e2
.llac8 19.ttJd5 ~g5 20.'wPbl ttJe4
2l .ttJc7 ttJg3 22.hg3 .llc7 23 ..1ld6
e4 24.c4 .lle8 25 ..1lhd I Wf8 V2-V2
Bobras-Bogner, Germany Bundes-
liga 2011112;
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B) 14.ttJf5 ~ f5 15.ef5 .llac8
16.ttfr>bl ttJa417 .ttJa4 'ifc2 18.<iPal
e4! 19.ttJb6 .llc6 20.ttJd7 .llfc8
21.a3 ttJd7 22 .~e7 llb6 23 ..1lb I
ef3 and Black eventually won in
the endgame, Sammour Hasbun-
Ludwig, USCL 2009 ;
C) 14.fe5 de5 15 .ttJf5 ~f5
16.ef5 .llac8 17 ..llhe I ttJcd7 (in the
event of 17 ...ttJa4 18.'.-e5 ttJc3
19.'i!t'c7 .llc7 20.bc3 ~a3 21.<iPd2
White ha orne edge in the end-
ing, Potsch-Chlost, Police 20 I I)
18.<iPb l .ll fe8 19 ..1le2 b5 20. ~ f6
~f6 21.ttJd5 'ifc4 22.ttJe3 'ifc7
23.ttJd5 "ifc4 (K.Wang-Ludwig,
Los Angeles 20 12) . White took a
draw by repetition but 24.c3 with
the idea of 25 ..1le4 looks a bit
better for White.
12 ... .1le8
Black obtained a comfortable po-
ition after 12 ... b5 13.'ifg3 ~b7
14.~ f3 ttJb6 15.e5 de5 16.fe5
ttJfd5 17 . ~e7 'i!t'e7 18 .~d5
( 18.ttJe4 wou ld be more challeng-
ing) 18...~d5 19.ttJf5 ef5 20.ttJd5
ttJd5 2l ..lld5 .llad8 with a
comfortable po ition for Black,
Berelowitsch-Bogner, Germany
Bunde liga 2011112.
However, I prefer the pieces to the
queen after 13.e5 ~b7 14.ef6 ~ f3
15.fe7.
13.'i!t'g3 ttJc5 14.~f3 e5 15.fe5
deS 16.ttJt5 ~f5 17.ef5 ~dB?
Se n ible on the urface, but
Black is virtually lost after thi s
error. Kempin ki had to play
17 .. .ttJcd7 , akin to the Wang-
Ludwig game, when Black i
clo e to equal.
18 ..1ld8! 'ifd8 19.ttJd5 ttJcd7
Robert Kemplnskl
Black gets all pinned up after thi
move, but there is no ea y solution .
19 ... <iPh7 20 ..1ld I ttJfe4 21. ~d8
g3 22. ~b6 e4 23. ~g4 cost
Black material. 19 ... <iPh8 20 ..1ld I
is simi lar, while 19 .. .<1t>f8 20 ..1ld I
ttJce4 21. ~e4 ttJe4 22.'ifa3 'i!t'd6
23.ti'e3 ttJg5 24.ttJ b6 is also much
better for White.
20 ..1ld1 Wh7 21 .ttJf6 gf6
22.~h5
Or 22 .~b7 .lla7 23.'it'b3 'fke7
24 .~f2 ttJc5 25 .~c5 ti'b7 26 .~a7
'ifa7 with a likely eventual win for
White.
22 ....1lg8 23.'ikb3 'ife7
In a bad position Black does not
find optimal defensive moves.
23 ... .1lc8 was best here, and
24 ... .1lg7 on the next move.
24.~17 .llgd8? 25."i!t'e6 "i!t'e6
26.fe6 c;t;>g7 27.~h5 1-o
Najdorf fan s may be displeased
that most of the featured games
ended in cru hing defeats, but they
need not be di couraged. 6.~g5
punter are reacting to the new set-
ups with new ideas of their own
that can produce flash and mash if
not met properly. But in all cases
Black has resources, . orne already
demon trated over the board . The
Najdorf has that elu ive quality, al-
ways ebbing and flowin g but never
fading away.
 Kuzmin's Harvest

Grand Slam in America and Europe

(Opening Episodes)

In terms of opening battles, the

Grand Slam final rather di sap-
pointed me. Apparently most of
the contestants had decided to
transfer the weight of the struggle
either to the other tages of the
game, or to other tournaments.
Compared with the fascinating
race of the leaders Caruana and
Carlsen and the inten e creative
truggle in the middlegame and the
by Alexey Kuzmin endgame, the opening battles were
not distingui shed by a wealth of
new ideas. And had it not been for
the games of Levon Aronian, my
harvest would have been alto-
gether meagre ...
Levon Aronlan
Saint Mesrop Mashtots Order
The Armenian Pre ident Serzh
Sargsian conferred high state ries. Mesrop had turned thirty
awards on the members of the Ar- when he gave up serving in the
menian team which won the World royal court, became a monk and
Chess Olympiad in Istanbul. began preaching the Gospel to Ar-
Levon Aronian became a holder of menian heathens. He devoted
the Order of St Mesrop Mashtots. nearly 50 years to the preaching of
I envy the lads in the Armenian Christianity and thirty-five years
team. I envy them and am proud of to the propagation of the written
them. I am proud that there is a Armenian lang uage, which he had
country where chess is officially created. I would not venture even
recognized as a part of culture. to try and li t all the historical
Where the president of the country deeds of this remarkable man.
make awards to outstanding chess When in the year 440 Mesrop
player ,j ust like musicians, scien- Mashtots completed hi earthly
tist and writers! It is in such a life, he was buried with great hon-
country that they live! our in the village of Oshakan,
Mesrop Ma htots, creator of the where oon on the burial site a
Armenian alphabet, founder of church was built. It i not far from
Armenian writing and literature, Yerevan . Later the Armenian
missionary and translator, lived Apostolic Church made Mesrop
between the fourth and fifth centu- Ma htots a saint.

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And in 1993, oon after Annenia
acquired the statu of an independ-
ent country, the Order of Saint
Me rop Ma. htot wa establi hed.
It is awarded for out tanding
achievements in the fields of cul-
ture, public ervice, invention etc.
A third Olympiad gold cannot be
called other than an 'outstanding
achievement ' ! And as regard in-
vention, in the Grand Slam tourna-
ment too the holder of the award
rose to the occasion in the creative
sense. Nearly all the games which
drew attention by their opening
ideas were in fact played by
Aronian!
Aronian,Levon
Karjakin,Sergey
Sao Paulo 2012 (1)
1.d4 ttJf6 2.c4 e6 3.ttJf3 b6 4.g3
~a6 5.b3 ~b4 6.~d2 ~e7
7.ttJc3 o-o 8.~g2
White u ually a ociates his at-
tempt with 8.l:tcl , and more
rarely with 8."it"c2 or 8.e4.
8 ... c6 9.e4!? d5
It used to be thought that this blow
at the centre causes White consid-
erable di comfort.
10.ed5!? cd5N
Strictly peaking, it i Black' last
move that is a novelty. But the
game is noteworthy not for thi ,
but for the fact that Levon revived a
thoroughly forgotten variation!
In Abramovic-Ostojic, Belgrade
1998, IO... ed5 was played, after
which, I think, Aronian had pre-
pared the pawn sacrifice 11 .0-0
dc4 12.l:te I !, when White has a
dangerou initiative.
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11.ttJe5! ttJfd7 12.Q-O ttJe5 18 ... cb3!? 1 9 .~g5 ttJe5! 20.l:te5
13.de5 ttJd7 l:td I 21.'ii'd I b2, although it is hard
to believe that Black has full com-
pen ation.
19.bc4
The extra exchange is a more im-
portant factor than the weakness of
the long diagonaL White ha the
advantage.
Cross roads
The variation which occurred in
thi game i ituated at the inter-
section of two road . The first of
them begin with l.e4 c6...
14.l:te1 I A new defence, an invention of
The subsequent combinative play Horatio Caro and Marcu Kann,
is of a forcing nature. appeared more than 125 year
14... dc415.~a8 'ii'a8 ago. About the move l...c6 the
September i ue of Chess
Monthly in 1888 wrote: 'Thi s
move was introduced by Herr
Kann from Pe t and later brought
into practice by Herr Caro from
Berlin' . At the turn of the
1920s- 1930 the Soviet master
Yasily Panov developed the plan
3.ed5 cd5 4 .c4, which wa soon
named after him. But the idea of
oppos ing the Panov Attack with
the development of the bi hop on
g7 belonged to the Dutchman
Max Euwe. True, the future World
Champion played ...g7-g6 on the
fifth move: 4.. . f6 5.ttJc3 g6,
wherea we are intere ted in the
position after 5 .. .ttJc6 6.ttJf3 g6,
but thi i a mere detail...
The second way originated in the
capital of Mi ty Albion . In Febru-
ary 1843 in London, Howard
Staunton lost a match to the
strongest French maestro Pierre
Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant.
For the return encounter in Pari s
the Engli hman prepared a ' nov-
elty' - l .c4! The match took place
at the end of the same year.
Staunton won , and a new opening
Sergey Karjakln appeared in the world - the
Engli sh Opening.
Incidentally, in nearly all the
16.~h61 l:td8 17.'i!fg4 ~f8 games Sai nt-Amant responded in
18.l:tad1 ttJc5 the arne way as Caruana -
Karjakin shou ld probably have ... c7-c5 , while Staunton, if it was
decided on the rook sacrifice possible, aimed to play e3 and d4.

The fact that Aronian began with
l .tLlf3 doe not play any signifi-
cant role. Levon was simply avoid-
ing the variations with l .. .e5.
Aronian,Levon
Caruana,Fabiano
Sao Paulo 2012 (5)
1.tLlf3 c5 2.c4 tLlc6 3.e3 tLlf6
4.tLlc3 g6 5.d4 cd4 6.ed4 d5
Thu we have arrived at the inter-
section of the two openings.
It i interesting that in recent year
thi s posi tion , typical of the Panov
Attack, has arisen far more often
from the English Opening. It i
via the 'Eng lish' move order that
it has occurred in the game of
Anand, Leko,
Nepomniachtchi ...
Dominguez,
7.cd5 tLld5 8."it'b3 e6 9 ...tb5
..tg7 1 o.o-o o-o 11 ...tcs
A similar plan was carried out by
Kramnik agai nst Ga himov
Fabiano Caruana
(Monaco blind 20 II ): I Utd I h6
12 ...tc6 bc6 13.tLle4. But this ver-
ion allow 13 ... "t!Vb6, and in addi-
tion Black can choo e ll ... tLla5 or
again II... 'itb6, in tead of I l. .. h6.
11 ... bc6
12.tLla4!?N
It turns out that 12.'i+'c4?!, which
ha been played, doe not prevent
the undermining of the centre by
12 ...tLlc3 13.'itc3 c5! 14.'i¥c5
..tb7g!?, while 12.tLle4 allows
12 ..."t!Vb6.
12 ... ..ta6 13.1:1e1 tLlb6 14.tLlc5
..tc4 15.'itc3 ..tdS 16.tLle5 'i¥h4
17.b3 l:tfe8 18.f3
l .l.t.l •
~·ttJ .t ttJ
l l
~ 'i!N
~~ ~ .t .l ~
~ ~~
1::[ ~ 1::[ ~ ~~
The two centralized knights out-
weigh the opponent's bishops -
White ha a slight advantage.
VIennese Waltz
I don ' t know how it i for you, but
for me Vienna i a never-ending
stream of gentle associations.
Sunny melodies, tennis park ,
Strauss in a marble arch, 'Tale
from the Vienna Woods' , Mozart'
house, flowing on a background of
cloud , St. Stephen's Cathedral,
'The Blue Danube ...
Kuzmin's Harvest
And Viennese cafes?! The fabu-
lous ta te of chee ecake, apple
trudel with an aroma of almond.
Or Sachertorte, with oodles of
chocolate icing and a thick layer of
apricot jam - the brainchild of the
confectioner Franz Sacher. It will
probably be served to you on a
broad dish in a weightle s cloud of
whipped cream.
And with what dis onance, com-
pared with all thi s gentle harmony,
resound the tedious, multi-move,
often forcing pa ages of the Vi-
enna Variation!
'Thanks be to blessed Nature be-
cause she has made what is nec-
essary easy to supply, and what
is not easy unnecessary.'
Apparently Levon agreed with
Epicurus and, casting aside the te-
dious analysi of the mass of main
variations, he prepared the far le
well- tudied 6.a3!?
Aronian,Levon
Vallejo Pons,Francisco
Sao Paulo 2012 (3)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.tLlf3 tLlf6
4.tLlc3 dc4 s ...tgs ..tb4
ttJ ttJ
~~~~
1::[ ~~~ 1::[
6.a3!?
At the top level thi s line ha oc-
curred only a handful of times. The
fact that Levon Aronian ha ta ken
note of it is a erious factor. Per-
hap thi i merely an episode, but
perhaps it i a new page.
6 ... ..tc3 7.bc3 c5
Again t Carl en (Moscow 2009)
Anand preferred 7 ...h6, but after
8 ...tf6 'i¥f6 9.e3 b5 ?! (9 ... 0-0)
IO.a4 c6 ll .tLle5 White's initiative
became threatening.
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Francisco Vallejo Pons
8.e3 cd4N
Previously 8 ... "it'a5 wa played. In
the recent game Lysyj-Lu
Shanglei (Moscow 20 12) there
followed 9. ~f6 "it'c3 IO.llJd2 gf6
"*a5
. Il .l:lc I 12. ~c4 cd4 13.ed4
and Black's position began to look
very dangerous.
9.ed4 ...d5 10.~f6 gf6 11.llJd2
llJc6
12.l:lb1
White is slightly better after both
12.-..g4 ~d7 13 .~c4 "it'g5, and
12.llJc4.
12 ... l:lg8
After Houdini 's recommendation
12 ... e5 !? there would have fol-
lowed 13."it'h5 with good compen-
sation.
13.-..c2
Probably the pawn should have
been captured immediately with
13.llJc4, retaining orne initiative.
13...f5 14.llJc4 b615.llJe3 "W'd6
Now the chances are roughly equal .
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From the European half of the Karjakin,Sergey
Grand Slam tournament there were Aronian,Levon
three game that seriously drew my Bilbao 2012 (6)
attention. And, of course, the first 1.e4 e5 2.llJf3 llJc6 3.~b5 a6
of these was the bi hop sacrifice 4.~a4 llJf6 5.0-0 ~e7 6.l:le1 b5
found by Aronian in a topical varia- 7.~b3 o-o 8.c3 d5 9.ed5 llJd5
tion of the Marshall Attack. 1 O.llJe5 llJe5 11.l:le5 c6 12.d4
~d6 13.l:le1 "it'h4 14.g3 "it'h3
Club and Opening 15.'i!t'e2 ~g4 16."it'f1 "it'h5
' I ub cribe to the old belief that of- 17.llJd2 l:lae8 18.f3
fense i the be t form of defense',
wrote Marshall. The author's credo
is the slogan of the opening!
About the 8 ... d5! counterattack in
the Ruy Lopez it could not be said
better. Except perhap to add that
after 9.ed5 the author was plan-
ning 9 ... e4!?.
Frank James Marshall was born in
Brooklyn on lOth August 1877.
He began playing in Canada,
where as a eventeen-year-old
youth he became champion of the
Montreal Chess Club. And when 18... ~h3
he returned to the United States, he Black has an acceptable alterna-
won the championship of the tive in 18 ... l:le I 19. e I ~ f3
Brooklyn Club. These were hi 20.llJf3 "it'f3. This year it ha been
first victories. During hi career played by Adam , Svidler and
Marshall played in more than 60 Efimenko, and all of them held the
tournament and numerous position without any particular
matche , including tho e with problem .
Lasker, Capablanca, Tarrasch, 19."it'f2 l:le1 20.'i!t'e1
Janowski and Rubinstein .
But Marshall performed hi mo. t
famou s game in a duet with Jo e
Raul Capablanca at a tournament
of the Manhattan Club in 1918. It
wa the fir t pre entation of a new
opening. Soon the Marshall Attack
will be 100 year old.
Mar hall also founded the Mar-
shall Chess Club and directed it till
the end of hi life. In 20 15 this
chess club -one of the most presti-
giou in America - will be cele-
brating its IOOth jubilee. 20 ... ~f4!N
' My entire life has been devoted to In Motylev-Vajda (Predeal 2007),
chess. I have been playing it for Black played 20 ... llJf6, but after
over fifty year ... and I still enjoy it 2I."it'f2 l:le8 22.llJfl he did not
as much as ever,' wrote Frank Mar- gain sufficient compensation.
shall , summing thing up in his ad- 21.~d5!
vancing year . Sergey, as u ual , is practical and
A well-known Club and a highly ensible. Accepting the acrifice
popular Opening extending a was too dangerou , although even
whole century into the future - not Houdini i unable to understand
at all bad for one life! this immediately: 2I.gf4 f4
 Kuzmin's Harvest

22.i.d I tild3 23.f4 i.g4 24."it'g3

'if •
..Q.d I 25."it'd3 .l:te8 26."it'g3 fS , and
it is hard for White to count on a
bright future.
21 ... i.d2 22.i.d2 "it'd5 23."it'e4
•••
j.
j. f::.
j.
ttJ
"it'd7 24 ..1:te1 i.e6 25.i.f4 .l:te8
26."it'e5 f6 j. f::. 'iff::.
t::. ~
t::. t::.t::.
: w :
This position ha occurred in sev- fir t drew attention after the
eral email games. Black invari- Tolush-Smys lov game in the
ably continued 16 ... i.d7 and after 1947 USSR Champion hip in
17 .aS it wa not easy for him to Leningrad.
extinguish the opponent's initia-
tive.
16... a51N
A multi-purpo e move and a
The extra pawn doe not promi e strong novelty! Black fixes a target
any particular benefits, and soon a for him to attack, while si multa-
draw wa agreed. neou ly preparing a defensive
27."it'd6 "it'd6 28.i.d6 <J;f7 rook manoeuvre.
29.b3 i.f5 30.<J;f2 .l:te1 31.9;e1 17."it'e2 i.d718.g4 .l:ta6
aS 32.9;d2 i.e6 33.9;d3 i.f5 Defending the e6-pawn.
19.i.c1 i.a4
Very annoying!

After hi s game with Karjakin the
extremely up et Vallejo an-
nounced that he was giving up
top-class ches ! One can under-
land him : to employ a deeply-
devised novelty, in a compli-
cated battle outplay one of the
tronge t players in the world ,
achieve a won posi tion , but
then ... Fir t mi a certain win,
and the next move make a fatal
over ight!
In such a situation I would also be
very upset, but Karjakin and I
don' t play in the same tourna-
ment!
Karjakin,Sergey
Vallejo Pons,Francisco
Bilbao 2012 (9)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.tt:lc3 i.b4
4.e5 c5 5.a3 i.c3 6.bc3 tt:le7
7."W'g4 0-0 8.i.d3 tt:l bc6
9."W'h5 tt:lg6 10.tt:lf3 "W'c7
11.i.e3 c4 12.i.g6 fg6
13."it'g4 "it'f7 14.tt:lg5 "it'e8
15.h4 tt:le7 16.a4
'if .I*
• ••
j.
j. f::.
j.
ttJ Alexander Tolush
j. f::. t::.t::.
t::. Although Alexander Kazimirovich
t::. 'iff::. lost that game, the variation, unusu-
: ~ w : ally sharp for the Slav Defence,
aroused the interest of attacking
players. It was developed and taken
White's compensation i highly up by Efim Geller. Later reliable
problematic. Black ubsequently paths for Black were found.
achieved a great advantage, but he Why have I begun talking about
made everal blunders and in the the gambit offered by Tolu h, if
end he lost the game. Anand choose the solid S.a4, and
The following day Vallejo re- Karjakin replied with the modem
peated moves in the opening it elf. interpretation - S... e6 ?
We shouldn 't judge him too e- The answer is si mple: the path of
verely- it must have been painful Anand and Tolu h soon intersect...
for him to look at the chess pieces.
Such things happen -very annoy- Anand,Viswanathan
ing! Karjakln,Sergey
Bilbao 2012 (1)
Tolush-Geller Gambit 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3. tt:l f3 tt:lf6
The ri sky variation l.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 4 .tt:l c3 dc4 5.a4 e6 6 .e4
3.tt:lf3 tt:lf6 4.tt:lc3 dc4 S.e4!? i.b4 7.e5 tt:ld5 8.i.d2 b5 9.ab5
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Vlswanathan Anand
Here it is- the 'i nter ection point '
of the Tolu h-Geller Gambit and
the modem interpretation of the
Slav Defence. The first dozen and
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a half games which reached thi
po ition began with the 'gambit'
move order: 5.e4 b5 6.e5 tt::ld5
7.a4 e6 8.ab5 ~ b4 9. ~d2. But in
this case in stead of 8 .. .~b4 ?!
Black does better si mply to cap-
ture the pawn - 8 .. .cb5.
9 ... ~c3 1O.bc3 cbS 11.tt::lg5
tt::lc6
Incidentally, this move was first
employed by Nadyrkhanov in the
game mentioned below.
12.'ikh5 'fke7 13.~e2 b4 14.0-0
bc315.~e3 ~b7
16.~g41?N
In Loginov-Nadyrkhanov, Tash-
kent 1984, White played more
si mply - 16 . ~c4 tt::lcb4. And now
with the 'accurate ' 17 ..llfc l .llc8
18.tt::le4 he cou ld have maintained
the balance, but White hardly has
any chances of posi ng problems.
Anand 's move i more risky, but
more intere ting.
16... tt::lcb41 17.tt::le6! g6 18.tt::lg7
<jJ?fS 19. 'ikh6 <j;>gB 20.~g5 'i!t'fB
21.~f6
It may eem that Black could have
aimed for more - 2l. .. c2 22.llfc I
a5 . But playing with such 'packag-
ing' around hi s own king wou ld be
very dangerou . White had the
strong manoeuvre 22.lla5! (wi th
the idea of .llc5) and if 22 ...tt::ld3
23.e6!.
22.ef6 tt::ld5 23.~f3 tt::lf6 24.~b7
.lldB 25 . .lla6 'it'g7 26. 'it'g5 .lld7
The further development of
events showed that White's lack
of pawn wa fully compensated
by the acti vity of his pieces, but
not more. A draw was the logical
outcome.
 SURVEYS

fEATURING

27 Opening Variations

39
 Sicilian Defence
The Pros and Cons of an Early 6.a4
by Alexander Finkel (special contribution by Hikaru Nakamura)
1. e4 c5
2. tLlf3 d6
3. d4 cd4
4. tLld4 tLlf6
5. tLlc3 a6
6. a4
Our topical variation ha never
been White's first choice
against the Najdorf, but it does
have a reputation of being a very
olid and r liable, albeit rela-
tively harmless, et-up. A close
look at the recent games with
thi line eem to confirm thi
reputation.
hlowever, we have to keep in
mind an important reservation
with respect to the afore aid : this
line may be harmles for Black
in terms of White's attempt to
get an opening edge, but it's by
no mean harmle by nature
(for both sides), a it leads to
complex strategic play in the
middlegame in which both sides
may play out their own trumps.
The character of the pJay in this
line is quite simi lar to the line
with 6.~e3 e5 7. tLlf3, fo llowed
Najdorf Variation Sl 14.5 (890)
by 8. ~c4, but there are some ob-
vious differences a well. Fir t
and foremo t, the position of the
white pawn on a4 ets the tone
for the forthcoming struggle on
the queen ide. One doesn't have
to be an avid Najdorf player to
figure out the positive aspects
(from White's perspective) of an
early 6.a4, uch as re training
Black on the queenside and pre-
venting him from launching his
typical counterplay with
... b7-b5 .
However, the downsides of 6.a4
can also be spotted with an un-
Hlkaru Nakamura
aided eye: the sli ghtly shaky po-
sition of the bishop on c4 (and
ub equently on b3), which
often get attacked by ... tLla5,
combined with a weaknes of the
b4-square, which may be occu-
pied by black pieces and offer
Black rich possibilities for active
counterplay on the queen ide.
As a re ult, the main strategic
struggle con ist of White's
attempt to trade orne minor
pieces and maintain a grip on the
outpo t on d5 versus Black's Now Black has to choose from
piece play over the emi-open three main replies: 7 ... ~e7,
c-fi le and his ability to exploit to 7... c7 and finally 7 ... h6, which
the fulle t the dark quares on the is a far le popular, but perfectly
queen ide. playable alternative.
The Initial Position The Top Players' Choice
Since our Survey is dedicated We will start our Survey with
solely to the Najdorf Variation, 7 ... ~e7, which is clearly Black'
we shall only explore the posi- most popular choice at top level.
tion arising after the move 6 ... e5 After 7 ... ~e7 White wou ld nor-
7.tLlf3. mally opt for 8. ~c4, but 8. ~g5
41
i at o a move to con ider, even
though Black ' task eem rela-
tively easy in thi case, a after
8 .. .i.e6 9.i.f6 i.f6 I O.t2Jd5 t2Jd7
ll .i.c4l:tc8 Bl ack ha very little
to worry about...
After the more ambitiou s 8.i.c4
the critical po ition e merges
after 8 ... 0-0 9.0-0 i.e6.
"if B.
A ~~~
~ A~
~ ous problems. Adam opted for
~ 12.i.c4 in hi s game versus
tt.J
~~~
l:t~
Here White has to choose
between I 0 . e2, played by
Ponomariov in hi s game agai n t
Bruzon back in 2011 , and
IO . ~b3 , te ted by Kamsky in the
Main Game of the Survey. It's
pretty difficult to ay which
move shou ld b preferred, a the
The Top Players ' Choice
7 ... $i..e7 8 .~ c4
Kamsky,Gata
Nakamura,Hikaru
StLouis ch· USA 2012 (10)
1.e4 cS 2.lt:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:ld4
tt:\16 5.tt:lc3 a6 6.a4 eS 7.tt:lf3 ~e7
8.~c4 o-o 9.o-o ~e6 1 0.~b3!? tt:lc6
1 1 . ~g5 tt:laS! ?N [The first deviation from
theory. At the board, I remembered that in
some other Najdorf lines with this structure
(6.~e3 e5 7.tt:lf3) that Black can go for this
same idea with ... tt:lc6·a5. It is usually less
effective since White has not played a2·a4,
but it seemed like the logical continuation
during the game] 12 . ~16 ~16 13 .~d5? !
[13.tt:ld5 .l:tc8 14."i!t'd3 tt:lb3 15.cb3 ~d5
16.'i!fd5 .l:tc6=] 13... .1:tc8 14.tt:ld2
[14.'i!fd3 'itb6 15..1:tab1 'itb4 16.tt:ld2 .l:tfd8
17..1:tfd1 =i=] 14... 'itc7 15..1:te1 ~gs
42
po ition remain roughly equal
in both case .
Looki ng for Com plications
Another popular option i
7... c7 temporarily preventing
the white bishop from comi ng to
c4, which, after the fo llowi ng al-
mo t obligatory move equence:
8.i.g5 t2J bd7 9.t2Jd2 h6 I O.i.h4
g5 I t.i.g3 t2Jc5, leads to a posi-
tion in which White has three
moves to choo e from, none of
whjch eems to cau e Black eri-
Bogner in the German Bundes-
Liga, but he had to ettle for a draw
very soon after 12 .. .i.e6 13.'iVe2
l:tc8 14.i.e6 fe6 etc., with mutual
chance . Another logical attempt
to test Black's set-up i 12.h4, but
things are far fro m clear in this
case, too. The same applje to
12.'iVf3 after which Black get
eriou counterplay.
It should be added that White ha
two other alternatives on the I Oth
move: I O.i.e3 and I O.i.f6 , but
16.tt:lf1 ft'b6 17..1:tb1 tt:lc4 18.ft'e2
~h6? ! [A tough decision. 18... h6 19.g3
.l:tfe8 20.h4 ~d8 21..1:ted1 White is
completely fine and might be able to fight for
the initiative shortly. In retrospect 18...g6
19.g3 h5 would have been a better try as
the bishop will have many more squares]
19.h4 'itb4 20.g3 .l:tc7 21 .Wg2 tt:lb6
22 .~b3 ~b3 23.cb3 'i!fb3 24.a5
~ ~ ~~~ ~·
~~ ~ A
~ ~
~ ~
"if tt.J ~ gh6 30..I:t b6~) 28.ft'd1 .l:tfc8 29 ..l:tb6~]
~ 'iY~~
1:t lltt.J
both of them are hardly suffi -
cient to fi ght for an opening ad-
vantage.
Preventi ng ~g5
As we mentioned prev iou ly,
7 ... h6 is not played as often as the
other two alternatives, but it also
has olid po itional g rounds.
ince White 's intention is clearly
to play i.g5, Bl ack takes nece -
sary preventive mea ures again t
it. The light problem with thi
move is the weakeni ng of the
g6- quare wh ich can be ex-
ploited by a capture o n e6 and
penetration to g6 with the knight.
However, things are far from
clear in that case too.
Conclusion
The early 6.a4 i hardl y uffi-
cient to obtai n an opening advan-
tage, but if White's aim is to get a
solid positi on with a minimal
ri sk of los ing and a re latively low
amount of theory to memori ze, it
mi ght be a good idea to consider
thi s line!
24 ...tt:la4? [A bad blunder on my part.
24 ... tt:lc8 25 ..1:tbd1 .l:tc5 26.tt:lh2 'ite6
27.tt:ld5 .l:ta5 28.tt:lg4oo] 25.tt:lh2? !
[25. d5 .l:tcS (25 ... .1:tc2 26.ft'd1 tt:lb2
27. e7 Q.?h8 28.ft'd6 'itc4 29.tt:lf5 Wg8
3M~ 1e3 ! ~e3 31 ..1:te3 .l:te8 32.'l!fa3 ft'a4
33.ft'a4 tt:la4 34 ..1:tb7±) 26.tt:le7 Wh8
27.tt:lf5 d5 28.ed5 ft'd5 29.Q.?g1 ft'c6
30 ..I:tbd1 f6 (30 ... .1:ta5 31 .ft'g4 e4 32.tt:lh6
gh6 (32 ... ft'h6 33.ft'e4 Wg8 34 ..1:td8! g6
35.'itb4!+-) 33.'l!ff4+-) 31 .tt:lh6 gh6
32. d2 f5 33.b4 is a complete mess, but
easier for White to play] 25 ... g6!? [I spent
a lot of time calculating 25... tt:lc3, but I
could not come up with any advantage in
the following line: 26.bc3 ft'c3 27.tt:lg4
'itd2 (27... 1t'a5 28..1:ted1 'i!fa3 29.lLlh6
26.tt:lg4 ~g7 27.ll:ld5 .l:tc2 28.ft'e3
tOeS 29.h5 'i!fe3 30.ll:lge3 .l:td2
31 .tt:lc4 .l:td4 32.lLld6 .l:td8 33.b4

llJd3 34.llJb7 llJe1 35.l%e1 l%a8
36.f3?!T [36.llJc5 .itS 37.l:h1 ! h6 38.hg6
fg6 39.llJe6 l:e4 40.llJf6 ~ 41 .llJe4 ~e6
42.l:c1 ! White should be able to draw this
without too much difficulty] 36 .....if8
37.l:c1 ..ib4 38.l:c7 ghS 39.~h3?
[39. l:b4 40.llJd6 f6 41.llJf5 ~hS
42.ttJd6+] 39...~g7 40 .~ h4? [40.llJb4
l:b4 41 .llJd6 ~ 42.l:c6 (42.c!lJf7 l:a4
43.c!lJd6 : as 44.l:h7 l:a3-+) 42 ... l:b1
43.llJc4 ~7 44.llJe5 l:h1 45.~2 l:a1
46.l%c7 l:f8 47.14 : as 48.c!lJd7 l:aS-+]
40 ... l:a7 41. ~ h5 l:dSI 42.ed5 ..iaS
43.l:e7 ..ib6 44.d6 aS-+
45 . ~g5 [45.llJdS ~IS! 46.c!lJc6 (46.l:a7
..ia7 47.llJc6 ..ib6 4S.c!lJe5 a4! 49.c!lJc4
(49. d7 ~eS SO.llJb6 a3) 49 ... ..ic5 SO.d7
(SO.~gS ..id6 51 .llJd6 a3) SO ...~e7
51.~h6 ~d7 52 .~h7 c;f;>e6 53.~gs c;f;>dS
54.llJd2 ~4 55. ~ ~d3 56.c!lJe4 ..id4)
46 ...l:e7 47.de7 ~es 48.llJe5 a4 49.llJc4
..icS SO. ~h6 ~e7 51. ~h7 ~e6 52 .~gS
~dS 53.llJd2 c;f;>d4 54.c;f;>f7 c;f;>d3 55.llJe4
..id4; 45.d7 ~6 46.l:eS l:b7 47.dSW'
.idS 4S.l:dS l:a7 49.l:d3 a4 SO.l:a3 e4
51.fe4 ~es 52.Wh6 16 53.Q4 We4 54.g5
fgS SS. ~gS c;f;>d4-+] 45 ...a4 46. 5
a3 47. 8 a2 48. e6 c;f;>h6 49.llJg5
a1 'ii' 50.llJf7 c;f;>g7 0· 1
akamura
M/ 12-4-51
Areschenko,Aiexander
Narayanan,Srinath
New Delhi 2011 (3)
1.e4 cS 2.llJf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.llJd4
llJf6 5.c!lJc3 as 6.a4 es 7.c!lJt3 ..ie7
8 ...ic4 0-0 9.0-0 ..ie6 1 O..ib3 llJc6
[10 ... h6 11 ...ie3 (11 .llJM llJc6 12 ...ie6 fe6
13.llJg6 l:f7 14.14 ~h7 15.feS deS 16.c!lJe7
W'e7o% nschbierek-Womacka, Eilenburg
ch-GDR 1984) 11...llJbd7 12.1i'e2 l:c8
13.l:fd1 'it'c7 14. e1?1 ..ib3 1S.cb3 c!lJcS
16...icS W'cS 17.llJd3 W'b6f B.Martin-
Britton, London 199S] 11 ...ig5 h6?! [~
11...llJaS] 12 ...if6 ..if6 13.llJd5 .idS
14 ...id5 Wc7 15.l:a3 [1S.1i'e2!? l:fdS
16.l:fd1 l:ac8 17.l:a3;!;] 15... b4
16...ib3?! [16.c3 dS 17.1i'dS;!;] 16...d5!
17.1i'e2 d4= 18. e1 ..ie7 19.l:a1
l:ac8 20.l:d1 .idS 21 .h4 ~h8
22.1i'g4 W'e7 23.l:d2 l:c6 24.llJf3
g6?! [24 ... aS] 25.h5 gS?! 26.Wh3 1i'c7
27.W'f5 We7 28.llJh2± c;t;>g7 29. g4
l:fc8 30.c3 dc3 31.bc3 l:c3 32...if7
W'f7 33.l:d6 W'fS 34.ef5 l:8c7
35.llJe5 l:3c5 36.f6 c;f;>h7 37.f7 l:c8
38.c!lJg6 7 39.l:d7 1-0
Shen Yang
Ju Wenjun
JinZhou 2009 (1)
1.e4 cS 2. f3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.llJd4
llJf6 5. c3 a6 6.a4 eS 7.llJf3 ..ie7
8 ...ic4 0-0 9.0-0 ..ie6 10.'it'e2 W'c7
[10 ...llJc6!?; 10...'ilt'c8 11 ...ib3 llJc6 12 ...igS
..ib3 13.cb3 llJeS 14 ...ie3 W'e6 1S.l:fd1 h6
16. S;!; Kudrin-'fanayt, Arlington 2011]
11 ...ib3 [11 ...ie6?! fe6 12.aS h6 13.l:d1
c!lJbd7 14...ie3 l:ac8 1S.h3 W'c6f
Wittmann-Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy,
Budapest 2008] 11 ...llJc6 12 ...ig5 l:ac8
13.l:fd1 5 14 ...id5?! [14 ...if6 ..if6
(14...llJb3? 1S...ie7+-) 15. .idS
(1S ... W'd8 16...ia2;!;) 16...idS! W'c2 17.W'c2
l:c2 1S.b4 ttJc6 19.bS c!lJaS 20.llJe1 l%cc8
21 .ba6 ba6 22.l%ab1~] 14... W'b6=
15.l:ab1 .idS [15 ... llJc41?] 16.llJd5
llJdS 17.l:d5 ..igS 18.llJg5 'ilt'b4
19.1fd1 [19.l:bd1 !? l:cS 20.l:d6 h6
21 .llJf3 'ilt'b2 22.c!lJMf] 19 ... l:c6 20.c3
W'b6 21.l:d3 h6 22.llJf3 llJb3
23.llJh4 g61? 24.W'g4 c;f;>h7 25.l:bd1
[2S.l:f3 dSO 26.ed5 l:d6 27.l:d1 fSoo]
Survey S/14.5
25...1i'd8 26.l:h3 1i'f6 27.l:f3 'ilt'g7
28.'ilt'd71 c!lJcS 29. e7 f6 30.c!lJg6!
l%f7 31 .1i'e8 c!lJe 4 32. h4 c!lJgS
33.l:fd3 ±
'fj' ~
.l
~
' ~
ttJ
~n
~ ~~~
n w
33...f5? [33... l%d7] 34.l:d6 l:c4
35.llJg6 llJe4 36.l:e6? [36.l:d8!+-]
36... f6 37.l:f6 '*''6 38. 5?!
[38.l:d6!;!;] 38 ... l:e7 39. d7?! 'ilt'e6+
40. f8 ~g8 41 . e6 l:e8 42. d4 f4
43. fS l:a4 44.lL,h6 c;f;>g7 45.llJg4
l:a2 46.h4 l:b2 47.l:d7 c;t;>g6
48.c;f;>h2 l:h8 49.c;f;>h3 l:b3 50. eS
5 51. f3 l%b2 52.l:f7 c;t;>e4 53.c4
aS 54.c!lJg5 c;f;>d3 55.l:f4 a4 56.llJe6
Wd2 57.l:f5 l:a8 58. c7 l:c8
59. bS l:b3 60.g3 a3 61.l:d5 c;f;>e1
62. d4 l:b2 63.l:a5 a2 64.14 l:c4
65. f3 1 66. eS l:cc2 67.h5
l:b1 68.h6 a1 'ilt' 69.l:a1 l:a1 70.h7
l%a8 71 .llJg6 l:c7 0-1
Ponomariov,Ruslan
Bruzon Batista,Lazaro
Khanty-Mansiysk 2011 (4)
1.e4 cS 2. f3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4. d4
f6 5. c3 a6 6.a4 eS 7. f3 ..ie7
8 ...ic4 0-0 9.0-0 [9...igS ..ie6 10 ...if6
..ic4 11 . d2 ..ie6 12 ...ie7 We7 13.llJf1
llJd7 14. e3 l:fc8 lS.llJcdS 'ilt'dSoo
Nevednichy-Steingrimsson, Kusadasi Ech
2006] 9 .....ie6 1 O.'ife2 'i!fc7 11 ...ib3
[11 ...ia2 llJc6 12.l:d1 lL,b4 13...ib3 l:ac8
14 ...igS h6 1S ...if6 ..if6 16.W'd2 l:fdS
17.aS 'ilt'cS= Ma~anovic- Chandler, Nis
1983] 11 ... l:c8 12 ...ig5 [12.l:d1 c!lJbd7
13 ...ie3 b6 14.h3 h6 1S.c!lJh4 c!lJcS 16...ie6
fe6 17.llJg6 .idS 1S.f4 'ilt'f7= Peng
Xiaomin-Li Shilong, Jinan 200S]
12 ... c!lJbd7 [12 ... c!lJc6 13.l:fd1 c!lJaS]
13.l:fd1 h6 14 ...if6 llJf6 15.llJh4
W'd7 16.g3 [1 6.'ilt'd3 g6 (16 ...l:c5
17.llJfS l:dS (17 .....ifS?! lS.efS l:acS
19.llJe4;!;) 1S.llJe3 'i!fcS 19.g3;t) 17...ie6
43
 ..e6 1B.g3 11c4 19. g2 l1ac8oo]
16... 11c5 17.l1d3 n ac8 18. g2 ~d8
19.11ad1
19... ~a5 [19 ... 115c6!? 20. e3 ~as
21. ~edS ~h7+%] 20.l1d6 • e7 21. ~ h4
~c3 22.11e61 fe6 23 .~f5 W'e8
24.~d6 ..e7 25. ~c8 l1c8 26.bc3
l1c3 27 ...d2;t l1c6 28.W'a5?! [2B.f3]
28... e4= 29.• es ~cs 30.1t'b8
~h7 31.l1d8 Wc7 32.11h8 ~g6
33.1t'g8 ~ b3 34.cb3 l1c1 35. ~g2
"ti'c6 36. ~ h3 n cs 37 ... h7
38.1Wg8 ~g6 39.1ifh7 ~- ~
Kamsky,Gata
Kempinski,Robert
Greece tt 2012 (3)
1.e4 cS 2. ~f3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4. d4
~f6 5. ~c3 a6 6.a4 eS 7.~f3 ~e7
8.~c4 ~e6 9 .~b3 c6 [9 ... 0-o 10.~gS
~ 11 .o-o n ca 1 2 .~16 ~16 13."ti'd3 h6
14.111d1 l1c5 1S.~d2 • c7 16.~1 1 W'b6
17.~e3;t Vutov-Enchev, Plovdiv 2010]
10.()..() s [1o... o-o 11.~9s n ca 12 .~l6
~16 13. d5 ~hB 14.c3 tDa5 1S.U ~c4
16.~c4 l1c4 17.Wd3 l1c5oo Zapata-
J.C.Diaz, Cienluegos 1983] 11 . · 2 l1c8
12. e2 ()..() 13.11d1 1Wc7 14.~g5
~c4 15.~f6 ~f6 16.~c4 ~c4
17...d2 11fd8 +%
44
18. e1 ..-cs [1B .....b6!? 19.b3 (19.aS? W'b2 23.a5t 11fc8 24.g3 l1c6
• b2 20.11db1 (20.11ab1 '*a3) 25.1t'f1 ~f6 [2S ... ~dB!?] 26.l1db1
20 ... ~gS !+) 19... ~e6 6 20.~dS ~dS • c3 27. e1 e4 28.11a2
21...-dS l1c5 22.1t'd2 dS! 23.edS e4'l=]
19.a5 h6?! 20. d3 ~gS 2U We1 b6
[21...~e6 22. b4 ..cS 23. ~bdS ISoo]
22.g3 baS 23.h4 ~e7 24.11a5 'Wb6
25.11da1 l1e8 26.1t'd2 ~d8
27.115a4 '*b7 28.b3 ~bS 29.l14a2
l1c3?! [29...~c6 ! 30.~b2 (30.11a6 ~b6
31.<'Llb4 ~12~) 30... ~ 31.~c4 ~d4 !~
6 32 .~d6? '*b4-+] 30 ...c3 -..e4
31.11a6 • t3? [31... ~a6 32.11a6 ~e7
33....c6 ...c6 34.l1c6 l1b8t] 32.11d6+-
~ h4 33.1t'b4 ~g3 34. • bs l1c8
35 ...d5 e4 36.11g6 [36.11dB lldB
37...dB ~h7 38.1g3 '*93 39.c;f;>f1 ..h3 28 ...'it'c5?! [2B... e3!=] 29.a6 l16c7?
40.<;t_)e2 'ilt'hS 41.~d2 +-] 36 ... ~b8 30 ...e2± l1e8 31 .~c2 dS 32.l1b5
37.11g2? • f6 38.11e1 ed3 . d6 33.a7 n cc8 34.11ba5 l1a8
39 ...d3+- g6 40 ....d7 l1f8 41.11g4 35.1t'g4 <,i;h8 36.1t'h5 ~es 37. e3
~f4 42 ...a4 ~ h2 43.<,i;g2 hS W'g6 38.'i!i'g6 fg6 39. dS l1e6
44.11ge4 ~c7 45.l1d1 ~b6 46.11f4 40.112a4 11c6 41.11b5 1-0
• gs 47. 1 ~c7 48.11f3 h4
49 ...e4 ... h6 SO.<,i;g2 • 9 s 51. ~ h3
'iihs 52.11d7 ~es 53 ...g4 • hs Macieja,Bartlomiej
54.c4 • c1 55.<,i;g2 1fh6 56.c5 fS Gritsenko,Andrey
57.1t'c4 ~ h8 58.c6 W'gS 59.<,i;h3 Moscow 2008 (2)
~f6 60.11f4 l1c8 61 ...f7 1-0 1.e4 cS 2. f3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4. d4
~f6 5. ~c3 a6 6.a4 eS 7. f3 ~e7
8.~c4 ~e6 9.'it'e2 c8!? 10.~ b3
Adams,Michael h6 [10 ... ~b3 11 .cb3 h6 12.0-0 c6
Andriasian,Zaven 13.~e3 0·0 14.111d1 b4 1S ...-c4 c2
Ohrid tt 2009 (4) 16.11ac1 e3 17.fe3 W'e6oo V.Gurevich-
1.e4 cS 2. f3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4. d4 Zuse, Walldorf 2006] 11.0-0 0-0 12.11d1
~f6 5 .~c3 a6 6.a4 eS 7. ~f3 ~e7
8 .~c4 ~e6 9.• e2 ~c6 1 0.()..() ()..()
[1o ... ~c4 11.• c4 n ca 12.~9 s
13 .~e7
d7
7 14 ...b4?! W'b6 1S.W'b6
b6= Kudrin-Naer, Minneapolis 200S]
j,b3 13.cb3 'We6
.i.i.t.
g.
11.n d1 [1 U.gs n ca 12 . ~l6 ~16 .t.'iV~ ...
13.~dS ~b4 !? 14 .~e3 ~c4 1S .~c4 ~c2
16.1t'c2 bS 17.abS abS 18. ~1d2 bc4 lH~
...
Felgaer-Ricardi, Buenos Aires tt 2004] !::,
11 ... 11c8 12. ~b3 [12.~a2? ! ..-c7 tD
13.~gS ~b4 14 .~3 llldB 1S.~I6 ~16 'iY !::,t::,t::,
16.h3 h6 17.11ac1?! W'b6~ Fogarasi-
L.Vajda, Budapest 2006] 12... h6 13 .~e3 ·n <tt>
'*c7 14. ~d5!? [14 .~h4 ~aSoo]
14... j,d5 15.~d5 [1S.edS ~as 16.11a3 14. h4! l1d8 15. ~f5 ~f8 16. ~e3
~dB"'] 15...~ b4 16.~ b3 ~e4 ~c6 17. cdS?! [17. edS! 11ac8
17.~ h6 ~cs 18 ...c4 gh6 [1B... e4 1B .~e3 ~e7 19 . ~16 'i!i'l6 20.b4t]
19.'tlt'b4 ~b3 20.cb3 dS (20 ... el3 21...-g4 17 ... ~e4! 18. ~c7 '*96 19. ~a8
~16 22.11ac1 • b8 23 ...13!) 21...-d2 el3 ~d4 20 .... g4 [20...d3 13 21.c;f;>f1
(21...gh6 22.'*h6 el3 23.11d4 '*d7) h2 22.'iPg1 13=] 20 ...W'g4 21 .~g4
22 .~14 ~d6 23. ~g3 t ] 19.1t'b4 ~ b3 ~c2!? [21 ... b3 22.11a3 c1 23.11c1
20. W'b3 • c2 21. '*b7 l1c7 22. • as llaB 24.aS;t] 22.l1b1 l1a8 23.j,e3 hS

24.llbc1 llcB 2S.f3 hg4 26.fe4
llc6?! (26 ... ll:le3! 27.llc8 ll:ld1 28.'ito>l1
b2 29.1Pe2 IS 30.llc2 dS !~ ] 27. · 7
g6 28.lld2 ll:ld4 29.llc6 ll:lc6
30 ..ib6 fS 31.efS gfS 32.b4?1
(32 ..ic7 ll:ld4 33.b4 Wl7 34 ..ib6 ll:le6
35.'ito>l1;!;] 32 ...ll:lb4 33 ..ic7 e4
34 ..id6 e3 3S ..ib4 ed2 36 ..id2
111-111
A Move To Consider
7 ... ~e7 8.~g5
Hou Yifan
Ju Wenjun
Hefei rapid 2010 (8)
1.e4 cS 2.ll:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.ll:ld4
ll:lf6 S.ll:lc3 a6 6.a4 eS 7. f3 .ie7
B..igS .ie6 9 ..if6 .if6 1O.ll:ldS ll:ld7
11 ..ic4 llcB 12.b3 [12."i!fe2 ll:lb6
13. 16 ti'l6 14 ..ie6 "i!fe6 1S.b3 0·0
16.lld1 llc6= ~-~ Svidler-Grischuk,
Khanty-Mansiysk 2011]
12 ... -igS (12 ... b6 13. 16 gl6!? 14 ..ie6
le6 1S.aS ll:la8 16.c4 0·0 17."i!fd2 ll:lc7
18.lld1 ll:le8 19.1t'b4 W'c7i'! Hovhan-
nisyan-Andriasian, Erevan ch-ARM 201 0]
13.0-0 0-0 (13 ... .ih6 14.aS 0-0 1S.'*'e2
'ito>h8 16.llld1 IS 17. b6?! le4 18.ll:leS
ll:leS 19..ie6 13!- Goichberg-Britton,
London 1978] 14. gS (14.1!fe2!? .ih6
1S.aS llc5 16.llld1;!;] 14 ...1!fgS 1S.ll:le3
1!fe7 16.lle1 (16.aS ll:l16 17.'it"d3 llc5
18.b4 llc7 19 ..ie6 le6 20.llld1;!;]
16... f6 17.1!fd3 llfdB 18.aS g6
19 ..ie6 e6 20.c4 1Pg7 21.lla4
(21 .lled1 llc7; 21 ... llc6] 21 ... llcS 22.h3
1!fc8 23.lla2 llc6 24.llf1 bS 2S.f4
(2S.ab6 llb6 26.14 1!fb8 27.llb2;!;]
2S ... bc4 26.bc4 ef4 27.llf4 ll:ld7
28.llaf2 ll:leS= 29.Wc3 llfB 30.'ito>h2
1!fd8 31.llf1 llcS 32. W'd4 llc6
33.llf6 W'as 34.lld6 W'cs 3S.1!fcs
llcS 36.lla6 lLlc4 37 .ll:lc4 llc4 111-111
Kamsky,Gata
Topalov,Veselin
Kazan m 2011 (1)
1.e4 cS 2. f3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4. d4
f6 S.ll:lc3 a6 6.a4 eS 7.ll:lf3 .ie7
B..igS .ie6 9 ..if6 .if6 1 O.lLldS ll:ld7
[10 ... 0·0 11 ..ic4 ll:ld7 12.0-0 ll:lb6 13..ib3
llc8 14.ll:ll6 gf6 1S.ll:ld2 ll:lc4 16.ll:lc4
.ic4 17.lle1 ;;; Glek-Van der Stricht,
Cappella Ia Grande 2001 ; 10...-idS
11 .W'dS ll:lc6 12 ..ic4 1!fc7 13.c3 0-0
14.0·0 llac8 1S ..ia2 .ie7 16.llfd1 ;!;
Ermenkov-Malik, Sunny Beach 2012]
11 ..ic4 llcB [11 ...ll:lb6 12.ll:lb6 (12.ll:lf6
"i!ff6 13 ..ie6 We6 14.aS ll:lc8 1S.O-O
ll:le7= Fogarasi-Sprenger, Austria tt
2005/06) 12 ... "i!fb6 13 ..ie6?! le6 14.0-0
llc8 1S.W'd3 0-0 16.c4 aS ~ Dabo Peranic·
Brkic, Sibenik 2011] 12.b3 "i!faS!?
13."tt'd2 (13.b4!? "tt'd8 14."tt'd3 {14 ..ib3
aS 1S.c3 .idS 16."tt'dS 0·0 17.0·0 llc3~)
14 ... ll:lb6 1S.ll:lf6 "tt'l6 16 ..ie6 "tt'e6oo]
13 ... W'd2 14. d2 .igS 1S.'ito>d1!?
hS (1S ...g6!?] 16.lle1 h4 17.h3 f6
18.ll:lf6 gf6 19..ie6 fe6 20. f3 llgB
[20 ....il4 21 .c4 'ito>e7 22.'ito>e2 dS 23.edS
edS 24.cdS llc31] 21 .c4 fS 22.efS efS
23.'ito>e2! .ie7 24.'ito>f1=
2S.llad1 llcS 26.b4 llc4 27.lleS
deS 28.ll:leS 'ito>e6 29.ll:lc4 .ib4
30.llb1 as 31.lld1 llcB 32.lld4
.ic3 33.llh4 .if6 34.llf4 .igs
3S.lld4 .if6 36.llf4 .igS 37.lld4
[37.llfS!? 'ito>IS (37 ... llc4?! 38.llgS lla4
39.g4±) 38.ll:ld6 'ito>e6 39.ll:lc8 bS!=]
37 ... .if6 111-111
Survey S/1 4.5
Wan Yunguo
Zhou Jianchao
Olongapo City Ach 2010 (6)
1.e4 cS 2.ll:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4. d4
16 S.ll:lc3 a6 6.a4 eS 7. f3 .ie7
B..igS .ie6 9 ..if6 .if6 10.lLldS d7
11 .aS (11 ..ic4] 11 ... llc8 (11 ...0·0
12 ..ic4 llc8 13.b3 .igS 14.0-0 .ih6
1S."tt'e2 .ig4 16.h3 .if3 17."tt'l3;!;
Nevednichy-Nasolea, Elorie Nord tt 2009]
12.b4 0-0 13.c4 .igS 14 ..ie2 .ih6
1S.O-O g6 16.lle1 fS
'if
~
~.i.
~ ttJ ~.t.
~~ ~
ttJ
~~~~
~ ~
17.efS gfS 18 ..if1 'ito>hB 19.lla3 e4
20. d4 .idS 21 .cdS "tt'f6 22. e6
llgB 23.14 ef3 [23 ... llg6!n] 24.llf3
tLleS 2S.ll h3 llc1 (2S .. .f4!? ~ ] 26.W'e2
lle1 27.-.e1 g4 28.llf3 llcB
29.h3 eS 30.llc3 ll gB 31.'ito>h1 f4
32."tt'e4 f3 33.llc7 fg2 34 ..ig2 g6
3S.h4?! [3S.llb7 'it'a1 36.'ito>h2 lle8
37.llf7±] 3S.. .W'f2 36."i!fd4 '*'d4
37.ll:ld4 llg7 38.llc8 llgB 39.llc7
llg7 40.llc8 llg8 111-111
Looking for Complications
7 ... 'f!lc7 8.~ 5 ll:l bd7 9. ttl d2 h6
Adams,Michael
Bogner,Sebastian
Germany Bundesliga 2010/11 (3)
1.e4 cS 2.ll:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4. d4
ll:lf6 S.ll:lc3 a6 6.a4 eS 7 . f3 W'c7
B..igS ll:lbd7 9. d2 h6 1O..ih4 gS
11 ..ig3 ll:lcS 12 ..ic4 [12.h4; 12.'*'13]
12 ....ie6 (12 ... ll:lce4 13. ce4 e4
14.ll:le4 "tt'c4 1S. d6 .idS 16.1!fd6 .ie6
17.'.-eS o-o 18.b3 W'c2 19.0·0 -.rs
20.-.IS ~ - ~ Moroz-Kovchan, Alushta tt
2003] 13.1!fe2 llcB (13... llg8 14.aS llc8
1S.b3 .ie7 16.h3 "tt'c6 17.0·0 .ic4
45
18.'i!fc4 hS 19.13 • d7oo Zhang
Xiaowen-Gu Xiaobing, Jiangsu Wuxi 20111
14. ~e6 [14. dS!? W'd8?! 1S.tt:ll6 W16
16.b4 tt:ld7 17.W'd3?! ~e7 18.~dS;!;
Y.Wan·Berczes, Acri jr 20061 14.. .fe6
[14 ... tt:le6 1S.aS ~g7 16.h4 0-0 17.hgS hgS
18. 11 Wc4? (18... 14!f) 19."*'c4 J:lc4
20.13 li:ld4 21 . e3;!; Zelcic-Perunovic,
Jahorina 20031 1S.aS ~e7 16.h 4 Wf7
17. ~11 [17.0-0!? J:lhg8 18.J:lle1 J:lg7
19.tt:lc4 J:lcg8 20.hSool 17... J:lhg8
18.tJiilg1 J:lg6 19.J:lh2 [19.hgS hgS
20.tt:l13 bS 21 .ab6 Wb6 22.J:lb1 J:lgg8<= I
19•.. J:lgg8 20.J:lh1 J:lg6 21.J:lh2
J:lgg8 22. J:lh1 ~- ~
Hracek,Zbynek
Gordon,Stephen
Germany Bundesliga 2010/ 11 (4)
1.e4 cS 2.tt:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4. d4
tt:l16 S. c3 a6 6.a4 eS 7.tt:l13 '*ic7
a. ~ 9 s bd7 9.tt:ld2 h6 1o. ~h4 9 s
11 .~g3 cS 12.h4 g4 [12... ~g7
13.hgS hgS 14.J:lh8 ~h8 1S.~c4 ~e6
16.~e6 e6 17.". e2 J:lcB<= G.Kuzmin·
Ka~akin , Moscow 20021 13.hS ~e6
21 .J:lc4 ..-as 22.0-0l Oelchev-I.Herrera,
Cullera 20011 14..• tt:lcd7 [14...~e7
1S.~I6 ~16 16.tt:lc4 ~e7 17.tt:le3 'if'aS
18.'if'd2 J:ld8 19.g3 ~gS<= Gocheva-
Nikolova, Borove1s tt 20081 1S.~d3 J:lg8
16.tt:l11 tt:lhS 17.tt:le3 tt:lh16 18.'if'e2
hS 19. ~c4?! [19.0-0-0!? 1t'aS 20.Wb1
bS<=I 19... J:lc8 20.~e6 1e6:f 21.aS
~h6 22. J:la4 ~17 23.0-0 W cS
24.J:ld1 ~e3 2S. We3 [2S.Ie3!?1
2S .. .".e3 26.fe3 J:lc6+ 27.J:lb4 J:lb8
28. a4 ~g6 29. J:ld3?! [29.c3+ 1
29 ...bS 30.ab6 aS! - + 31.J:lbS tt:le4
32.J:laS J:lc2 33. J:lbS J:lc4 34.b3 J:lc1
3S.~ h2 g3 36. ~g3 df6 0-1
Zinchenko,Yaroslav
Areschenko,Aiexander
Rivne ch-UKR 2005 (2)
1.e4 cS 2.tt:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:ld4
tt:l16 S.tt:lc3 a6 6.a4 eS 7.tt:lf3 W c7
a. ~gs tt:lbd7 9.tt:ld2 h6 1o.~ h4 gs
11 .~g3 cS 12. ..-13 ~e7 [12... ~g7
13.~c4 tt:le6 14.'*id3 tt:ld4 1S.tt:le2 tt:le2
16.We2 0·0 17.0-0 ~d7 18.aS ~c6
19.h4;!; Moroz-Averianov, Simleropol
ch-UKR 20031 13 .~c4 ~e6 14.aS J:lc8
[14 ... g4 1S.We2 hS 16.13 J:lcB 17 .~e6 le6
18.1g4 hg4 19.0·0 tt:lcd7 Tal-Eolian,
Erevan 19821 1S . ~e6 tt:le6 16.'*id3
J:lg8 17.f3 [17.h3!? hS 18.h4 g4 19.0-0
J:lg6 20.tt:lb3 W'c4 21 .J:la4 • d3 22.cd3
J:lg8 23.d4;!; Zinchenko·Loskutov, Alushta
200SI 17... hS 18. ~f2?! (18.0-0? h4
19 .~12 tt:l14 20.-.e3 g4+) 18... tt:lf4
19.W'f1 dS!
[27.J:la2 • b4 28.W'e1 1Wc4+ ] 27 ...W'a3
28.W'd2 W'a4 29.J:l12 "*'e4 30.d6
J:lc21 31.J:lc2 J:lc2 32.-.c2 [32.W e3
tt:le2 33.tJiilf1 (33.J:le2 J:le2- + ) 33 ... J:lc1
34.tJiile2 W'c4 3S.'if'd3 J:le1 36.We1 'if'd3
37.J:lf7 Wd6- +) 32 ...'if'e1 33.J:l11 tt:le2
34.'if'e2 "*'e2 3S.J:lf7 ~d6 36.h3 e4
37. J:lf8 [37.J:lf2 1!fe1 38.J:ll1 '*'d2- +)
37 ... e3 38.J:le8 tfd1 39 . ~ h2 e2
40. ~f2 'ilt'f1 41 .Wg3 '*'d1! 42.J:le3
h4 ~1
De Firmian,Nick
Sousa,Helsio Paulo
Oslo 2011 (1)
1.e4 cS 2.tt:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4. d4
16 S.tt:lc3 a6 6.a4 eS 7.tt:lf3 • c7
a .~gs tt:lbd7 9. d2 h6 1 o .~h4
b6?! 11.~c4 [11 . c4 ~b7 12.13 ~e7
13.tt:le3 e4 14 .~e7 c3 1S...d6 • d6
16 .~d6 tt:ldS 17.lLldS ~dS 18.c4;!; Zelcic·
Franic, Pula ch-CRO 1998) 11 ... ~b 7
12 .~a2 [12.tfe2 ~e7 13.~16 16
14.0-0 0·0 1S.J:lld1 J:llc8 16 . ~b3 ~18
17. c4;!; V.Onischuk-KOiaots, Tallinn 20081
12 ..•~e713 . 0-0 0-0 14.J:le1;!;

* -*-~ g
~
~~ •..
.i. ~ 14 ... J:lac8 [14 ... 'i!i'c5!? 1S. c4 '*'b4
(1S ... bS?! 16 .~16 tt:l16 17. aS J:lab8

~
.
~~
~ .a.-.
~
~ ~
~
~
~

ltJ
~~ tO
~~
~ .-.
~
~~

~~~
18. b7 J:lb7 19.abS abS 20.tt:ldSt)
16 .~b3;!; ) 1S . c4 gS?! 16. ~ g3
17.f3 J:lfd8 18. e3
tt:ld4 20.J:lc1
22. cdS±
e6 19. ~f2
bS 21 .abS abS
dS 23 .~dS
cS

e6
ltJ ~ ll w l::r
24. ~b7 't!t'b7 2S.'Wd2 f4 26.J:led1
~18
~~ tO ~~ 27.g3 e6 28.lLldS J:la8
29 .~e3 ~g7 30.c3 J:la2 31.h4 f6
1::[ ~ l::r 20.edS [20.g3 d4 21 .tt:la4 "*'c2 22.gl4 32.Wg2 'i!i'f7 33. J:lh1 cS 34 .~cS
~ 23.".-e2 g4 24.J:lg1 J:lg6- +l deS 3S.g4 ~f8 36.Wg3 c4 37.W'f2
14. · 4 [14.aS!? J:lg8 1S . ~h4 cd7 20 •..~b41 21 .~ b6 W'd6 22. de4 -.es 38.J:la1 J:lda8 39.tt:lc7 -.cs
16.J:la4 dS 17.edS tt:ldS 18.tt:ldS ~dS tt:le4 23.fe4 ~c3 24.bc3 J:lc 3 40. as • as 41 .J:la2 ..Wa2 42.hgS
19.c3 ~e6? ! (19...~e7 !'f ) 20.~c4 ~c4 2S.-.12 tJiild7 26.0-0 J:lgc8 27. J:lac1 hgS 43.W'b6 1-0

46

Perunovic,Milos
Sipila,Vilka
Deizisau 2012 (5)
1.e4 cS 2. f3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4. d4
~f6 s . ~c3 a6 6.a4 eS 7. ~f3 'ifc7
8 ..ig5 ~ bd7 9. ~d2 h6 1 O•.ie3
b6?! [10 ... ~c5! ?] 11 ..ic4 .ib7 12.0-0
[~ 12.1!t'l3 .ie7 13.g4 ~c5 14 ..ic5 ...c5
15.h4 d5 16.ed5 lld8 17.0-0-0 ~d5 18.g5
hg5 19. ce4 '*b4oo Kudrin-Ly,
Philadelphia 2011] 12 ... .ie7 13 ...-e2
0-0 14.llfd1 ~cs 1S . .ics~ [15.13!?
lllc8 16.'iff2 lld8 17 . ~11 llab8 18.b3
.ic8 19.'ife2 .ie6 20..il2 .il8 21. ~e3~
Zdebskaja-Dzagnidze, Halkidiki jr 2003]
15... ..-cs [15 ... dc5 16 .~11 llld8 17.lld8
'ifd8 18.lld1 'ife8 19.b3 a5 20 .~d5±
R.Mainka-Haist, Schellenberg 1989]
16. ~f1 bS 17..ib3 l:tfe8 18.~d5
[18. e3 b4 19.~cd5 ~d5 20 ..id5±]
18 ... dS 19 ..id5 .ic6 20.ab5 abS
21 .~e3 .igS 22 ..ic6 'ifc6 23 .~d5
lla1 24.lla1 fS 25.g3 llf8 26.b4
llc8? 27.h4 .idS 28.lla7! + - g6
29.h5 .igS 30.hg6 fe4 31 .... g4
...e8 32.'ifg5 hgS 33. ~f6 <;f;>f8
34.g7X 1-0
Abhishek,Das
Zherebukh,Yaroslav
New Delhi 2011 (1)
1.e4 cS 2. f3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4. d4
f6 S. ~c3 a6 6.a4 eS 7. f3 ...c7
8 ..ig5 ~bd7 9. d2 h6 10 ..ie3
~ cs 11 ..ic5 [11. ~d5!? ~d5 12.ed5
.il5 13.a5 .ie7 14 .~c4 ~d7 15 ..ie2 0-0
16.0-0 .ig5 17 ..ig5 hg5 18. 'if d2 16
19. lla3~ Zapata-Kuczynski, Camaguey
1987; 11.13 .ie6 12 .~c4 lld8 13. d5
d5 14.ed5 .il5 15.a5 .ie7 16.'Wd2 0-0
17.b4 ~d7 18 ..id3 .id3 19.cd3 .ih4
20.g3 .ig5+=" De Firmian-Szuhanek, Kavala
2006] 11... 'WcS 12 ..ic4 .ig4 13.f3?!
[13.'it'b1 .ie6 14 ...-a2 .ic4 15.'it'c4 llc8
16.'ifb3 b6 17.0-0 .ie7 18.llle1 0-0
19.~11 ~g4 20. ~e3 ~e3
R.Lau-Nenkov, Pernik 1984] 13 ....id7
14.1!t'e2 llc8 15 ..ib3 .ie7 16 ....f2
b4'1' 17.0-0 dS! 18.<;i;>h1 d4
19. ~d5 dS 20.ed5 0-0 21.l:tfe1
.igS 2V De4 .ie3 23.lle3 de3
24. 'ife3 <;i;>h8 25.a5 fS 26. d2 l:tfe8
27.c3 'it'cS 28.'it'c5 llcS 29. ~c4
llbS 30 ..ia4 lldS+ 31 . ~b6 l:taS
32.b4 .ia4 33.ba5 .ic6 34.c4 e4
35.fe4 lle4 36.Wg1 <;i;>h7 37.lla2
Wg6 38. WgS 39.lld2 llf4
40.<;i;>e3 llh4 41 .g3 f4 42.gf4 llf4
43.Wd3 llfS 44.<;i;>d4 [~ 44.lla2]
44 ... lla5 45 . ~d5 <;i;>h4 46.lle2 gS
47.lle6 hS 48.llh6 lla2 49.h3 ll h2
50. e7 .if3 51 .<;i;>e3 lle2 52.<;i;>f3
lle7 0-1
lauk,Uiar
Kulaots,Kaido
Puhajarve rapid 2011 (15)
1.e4 cS 2. ~f3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.lDd4
~f6 s. ~c3 a6 6.a4 eS 7. f3 'ifc7
8 ..ig5 ~ bd7 9. ~d2 h6 1 O..if6 ~f6
11 ..ic4 .ie6 12.'We2 .ie7 [12 ... llc8
13..ib3 .ie7 14.0-0 0-0 15.a5 l:tld8
16.'ifl3 'Wc5 17.llle1 'Wd4 18. Ia
Khalilman-Dvoiris, Kiev ch-URS 1986]
13.0-0 0-0 14.l:tfd1 llac8 15 ..ie6?!
[15 ..ib3 llld8 16. ~11 .ib3 (16 ... 'Wc6!?)
17.cb3 'ifb6 18.lld3 {18.'Wc2?! d5 19.ed5
.ic5 20.a5 'ifa7 21 .lla4 .id4t Abhishek-
Deepan, Mumbai 2010) 18 ...WI8 19. e3
llc5 20. ed5 d5 21 . d5 'ifc6
22 .llc3~ Oparin-Dolukhanova, Voronezh
2011 ] 15 ... fe6
& &~
i~ .i. i 16.fe5 tLieS 17.lDe7 e7 18.'. -b3?
i ii~
i 20.llf7 • f7 21. e2 h2?! [21 ... lDf3!
1:::, 1:::,
ttJ
t::,t::, tt)
~ 1::[
16. ~f1 'ifb6'1' 17.lla3? g4- +
18.ll b3 'Wa7 19.lDe3 f2 20.llf1
Survey S/14.5
~g4?! [20 ... .ig5! 21 .lle1 llc7-+]
21 . bS? [21. ~d1 ll11 22.<;f;>f1 ~16
23.~g4+] 21 ... llf1 22. 1 ~e3
21 .lle3~ 23.Wg1 0-1
Preventing ~g5
7 ... h6
Wan Yunguo
Wen Yang
Ho Chi Minh City Ach 2012 (B)
1.e4 cS 2.lDf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4. ~d4
~f6 s.~c3 a6 6.a4 es 7. f3 h6
8 ..ic4 .ie6
~ ~ .i. .i
ii
i.i.~ i
i
1:::,
ttJ
t::,t::,t::,
~ l:t
9 .• e2 [9.~d2 .ie7 10.0-0 0-0 11 .lle1
bd7 12.b3 llcB 13 ..ib2 • as 14.'iff3
llle8oo Krstic-Brkic, Sibenik 2012]
9 ... .ie7 10.0-0 'ifc7 [10 ... 0-0 11 .lld1
'ii'c7 12 .~d5 .id5 13..id5 lDd5 14.ed5
d7 15.c4 llac8 16.b3 a5 17.llb1 l:tle8=
Pepic-Ostergaard, Sweden tt 1993/94]
11 . ~e6 [11 ..ib3 0-0 12.lld1 lle8
13..ie3 lDbd7 14. h4 llac8 15.lD15 .il8
16.13 <;i;>h7 17 ..if2 g6 18. e3;!; Bruzon
Batista-Dominguez Perez, Havana 2004]
11 ... fe6 12. h4 0-0 13.lDg6 llf7
14.f4 lDc6 15. c4?! [15 ..ie3 lle8
16.llad1 el4 17. 14 .id8+="] 15 .. .'. -d7
i l:taf8 19 ..ie3 [19 ..il4 lDe4 20. e4 ll14
21 .lll4 ll14 22.'ife3 ll15+] 19... fg4
22.gl3 ...13 23. d4 'ifh3! 24 ..il4 ... b3
25. b3 ll14+] 22.lDf4 ti:.eg4 23. 'ife6
tDe3 24.Wh2 -..e6 25. e6 llf2?!
[25 ...lle8 26.lDd4 lle4 27.c3 g6 28.lla3
Wg7 29.llb3 lle7+] 26.lla3'1' g2
27.llb3 e1 28.<;i;>g3 llg2 29.<;i;>h3
w f7 30. f4 llc2 31 .ll b7 6
32.lDd5 <;f;>eS 33. e3 llcS 34.llg7
47
'iPe4 35.ttld1 d3 36.tt'le3
37.l:lf7 'iPe6 38.l:lh7 tt'lb2 39.tt'le4
l:lh5 40.'iPg4 l:lh1 41 .l:la7 <;Pes
42. g3 h5 43.ttlh5 tt'la4 44.l:la6
5 8.a5 [B.tt'ld2 ~e6 9.ttlc4 'f/c7 10.ttle3
ttlbd7 11.g3 h5 12.h4 g6 13.~g2 ~g7
14.0-0 0-0 15.'i!t"e2;!; Felgaer-Quezada
Perez, Havana 2004] 8... ~e6 9.~e3
tt'lbd7 10.~e2 tt'lg4 [10 ... ~e7 11 .0-0
0-0 12.h3 l:lc8=] 11.~d2 l:le8 12.0-0
ttlgf613.l:le1 ~e7 14 . ~f1 0-0 15.h3
'i!t"e7 16.tt'lh4?! tOeS 17.g3 l:lfd8
18.'it"e2 d5 19.ed5 d5 20.ttld5
l:ldS=i=

14... 0-0-0 15.'iPh1 [15 . ~e31 ?] 15 ... d5

44... e5 45.l:la8 l:lf1 46.l:le8 ttle6
47.tt'lg3 l:lf2 48.ttlh1 l:lf6 49.'iPg3
'iPd4 50.ttlf2 tOeS 51. g4 l:!f5
52. e3 l:lf7 53.'iPg4 d5 54.ttlf5
'iPe3 55.l:le8 <l.>b4 56.l:lb8 JI:>-JI:>
lordachescu,Viorel
Mozharov,Mikhail
Moscow 2010 (4)
1.e4 e5 2.tt'lf3 d6 3.d4 ed4 4.ttld4
tt'lf6 5.ttle3 a6 6.a4 e5 7.ttlf3 h6
8. ~e4 ~e7 9.0-0 "it'e7 [9 ... 0·0 10.l:le1
bd7 11.ttlh4 b6 12 .~b3 d5 13.a5
ttle4 14.tt'lg6 fg6 15J:le4 '>Yh7 16.ttld5
d5 17.1t'd5;!; Pliester·Vereggen, Bussum
2012] 10. ~a2 ~e6 11.tt'lh4!? tt'le6
12.~e6 fe613. g6 l:lg814.f4
16.fe5 de4 17.1t'e2 tOeS 18.tt'le7!
[1B.tt'le5 "it'e5 19 . ~14 "it'c5 20.tt'le4 e4
21.1t'e4 c6 22.'i!t"c6 bc6 23.l:laea]
18... 'i!t"e7 19.tt'le4 tt'le4 20.'i!t"e4 tt'le6
21.~e3 l:lgfB 22.e3 l:lf1 23.l:lf1 l:ld5
24 .~b6 'i!t"d6 25.h3 l:ld1 26.l:ld1
d1 27. ~g1 "it'd7 28.b4 tt'le7
29.'i!t"h7?! [29."it'f3;!;] 29... f5
30."it'g8 <l.>e7 31.~ h2 'iPe6 32. ~e5
'iPdS 33.'i!t"b8 'i!t"a4 34.~f4?
[34. ~g7=] 34 ...'i!t"a1 35.'iPh2 'i!t"e3 21 .~g2 l:ldd8 22. ~e3 e4 23. ~e4
36."it'b7 'i!t"e6 37."it'b8 g5 38.'i!t"e5 tt'le4 24.'it"e4 ~cs 25. f5 ~f5
'iPe4 39.'i!t"e2 'iPb4 40.'i!t"b2 '>Ye4 26.'f/f5 "it'g3 27.'iPf1 'i!t"h2 28."it't3
41. ~e5 "it'b5 42."it'a2 'iPd3 43."it'e6 ~d4 29.l:le7 ~e3 30.be3 l:lf8
e3 44. ~e7?? [44."it'g6=i= ] 44 ... 'i!i'b7 31.l:ld1 l:le6 32.l:ld4 l:le6=i= 33.l:lb7
45."it'g6 'iPe2 46.'i!t"h5 g4 0-1 l:lf6 34.'f/g2 "ireS! 35.l:lg4 l:le8
36.l:lb1 g6+ 37.e4 'i!t"a5 38.'i!t'd5
1t'a2 39."it'd1 h5 40.l:ld4 'f/aS
Smirin,llia 41.'it"d3 "ireS 42.'iPg1 'i!i'g5 43.'ifg3
Nepomniachtchi,lan "it'f5 44.l:ld2 'iPh7 45.l:lbd1 l:le8
Ningbo Wch·tt 2011 (8) 46."it'e3?! Wt4 47.'i!t"d4 'figS
1.e4 e5 2.tt'lf3 d6 3.d4 ed4 4.tt'ld4 48. 1 l:lf3 49.'i!t'd5? [49.l:ld3+ ]
ttlf6 5.ttle3 a6 6.a4 e5 7.tt'lf3 h6 49...'i!t"g3! 0-1

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48
 Sicilian Defence
Another Way to Avoid
the English Attack
by Istvan Almasi (special contribution by Yannick Pelletier)
1. e4 c5
2. ttJf3 e6
3. d4 cd4
4. tLld4 tLlc6
5 . tbc3 c7
6. ~e3 tbt6
7. 14 ~b4
g Thi i one of the reason why
Tibor Fogara i w rote a nice Sur-
ey bac k in Yearbook 76 ti tled
' voiding the Eng li h ttac k'.
He examined the line l .e4 c5
2.liJf3 e6 3.d4 cd4 4.tLld4 tbc6
5. c3 a6 6.~e3 ttJ f6, w here
7. d2 ~b4 8.f3 d5 !? (combined
wi th 9.. . a5) i a noteworth y al-
ternati ve fo r tho e wh di like
playing again t the ~e3-f3-
d2-0-0-0 et-up.
I have to te ll yo u there are quite a
few g d way to fig ht that y -
tem with bl a k (F gara i cov-
er d the m in d ta il in hi
thorough urvey , ( ee Year-
book 64, 7 1, 90, 91 , 92), but still ,
thing are not to every
Tai manov-fan' ta te there. The
character of the e po ition re-
emble a aj dorf or a Scheve-
ni ngen rather than a Ta imanov
Taimanov Variation
(e pe ially if Bla k play ... ~e7
and ... d7-d6 ooner or lat r!).
That i why thi ystem i o
popul ar with l .e4 player a a
wea pon aga in. t the Taima no :
the game take a cour e th at i
d islik d by the opponent, or at
lea t quite unusual fo r him.
orne expert 'attention has turned
to the variou move order that
make it very difficult for White to
ca tie queenside, or imply pre-
vent it. Apart fro m the abov -
mentioned urvey by Fogara i,
there i another quite popular
move order that take the ti ng out
of White plan with queen ide
ca tling: Black refrain from
...a7-a6 and play agai n t the cen-
tre in lead, targeting the c3-knight
and the e4-pawn by 5 .. .'~c7 and
6 ... tLlf6. White' attempt here to
play the same a after 6 ... a6 doe
not bring g r sui ts, as Blac k
ha a 'retort' aft r 6.f3 ~b4 7. d2
d4 8. d4 ~c3 9.bc3 e5 or
. ~d4 e5, with quite good tati -
tic for Bla k n waday..
However, line of thi ki nd are
not part of the pre ent Su r ey. It
i for thi rea on - at lea t in my
iew- thattop grandma ter like
vi d ler and S hirov avoid the
7.f31'\i'd2/0-0-0 et-up here, and
go fo r 7 .f4 in tead . In the pre e nt
artic le I will fo u on thi q uite
popular y tern .
When l tarted to write thi ur-
vey, I thought there would be
o rne imilarity wi th other
Sl 40.2 (848)
Ernesto lnarklev
Taimanov y te rn , for example
wi th the line 5 .. .a6 6.f4 c7 and
now 7. ~e3 (in tead of the main
move 7 . c6), but the lac k of
... a7-a6 and the presence of the
knight on f6 re ult in com-
plete ly diffe rent po. ition ,
w hich are full y independe nt, re-
quire ery pecific ca lcul ation,
and ha e almo t nothing to do
with any other Ta ima nov y -
tern ! Black immediately tart
coun terplay again t the e4-pawn,
and fo rce White to pu h it fo r-
ward . On the other hand, White
can benefit from the uncontrolled
b5- quare by playing d4-b5
any time (gai ning tempi thank to
the 'earl y ' development of the
black queen).
Not in Taimanov Spirit: 7... d6
Bl ack has three main rep lies to
7.f4 : the mode t 7 ... d 6, the origi-
49
 nal 7 ... tLld4!? and the straight-
forward 7...~b4 . Before delving
into the tudy of the ubline , we
must clarify that 7 ... d6 will not
be the ubjectofthi Survey. The
rea on is that thi s move has more
to do with the Scheveningen than
the Taimanov, and it will defi-
nitely not be the choice of a real
Taimanov expert. The move
5 ... 'fl/c7 lo e its very point if
Black then play ...d7-d6 and
'overcontrol ' the e5- quare and,
perhap even more importantly,
Taimanov player clo e off the
route of their dark-squared
bi hop only in extreme circum-
stance (which ts definitely not
the ca e here, ince they have at
least two sound alternatives to
... d7-d6! ).
After 7 ... d6, the game can take
two different course : White
either play 8 .~e2 and ca ties
kingside, tran po ing into a quiet
Scheveningen game (I bet an at-
tacking player who want to play
the English Attack again t the
Taimanov would never do thi ... )
or plays for queen ide ca tling
by 8.'fl/f3 (which is what top
players do). After 8 .. .~e7
9.0-0-0 Black plays 9 ... a6 or
9 ... 0-0, and White react to both
move in the arne way : with
IO.g4. In the end, Black come
up with I O... tLld4 ll. ~d4 e5 in
both ca es, when a complicated
game ari e with chances for
both ides. We mu t also note
that the move ... 'fl/c7 fits in
again. t the 'iff3-0-0-0 set-up in
Scheveningen or Najdorf move
orders a well so White can
hardly puni h it.
I think 7 .. .tLld4 i also playable
for Black, but, a I have already
me ntioned, it is really a matter of
ta te if Black allows oppo ite-
ide ca tling with mutual pawn
torm or not. In thi article I pre-
fer to concentrate on the routes
avoiding this.
50
The Crossroads
The mo t frequently played
move (we can call it the main
line) is 7... ~b4 , with which
Black rapidly force matters in
the centre. White must play
8.tLlb5 (8 .'ifd3 d5 9.e5 tLle4
leads nowhere; Black is fine at
lea t) 8 •.. 'ifa5 (8 ... 'ifb8 allows
White to con olidate the po ition
and get an edge by the simple
9.a3 ~c3 IO.tLlc3) 9.e5.
Thi is the first important eros -
roads for Black. He has two alter-
native of equal value: 9 ... tLle4,
which I prefer and 9 ...tLld5.
A) After 9 .•. tLld5 IO..id2 tL:lc3
all three recaptures have already
appeared in high-level games!
A I ) ll.~c3 0-0 ( I I. .. ~c3
12.tLlc3 0-0 allow 13.'ifd6! ?)
12.'fl/d2 ~c3 13.tLlc3 f6 14.ef6
l::tf6 15.0-0-0 d5 re ults in a
French-like po ition with favour-
able differences for Black. The
po ition reminds me of the
French line 3.tLlc3 tLlf6 4.e5 tLlfd7
5.f4, where Black has managed to
swap two light piece (especially
the d7-knight causes trouble
there), and successfully played
... f7-f6. In light of this it hould
be OK for Black, but White till
keep orne mild pre ure against
the e6-pawn. If Black can transfer
his bishop to the e8-h5 diagonal
(a well-known route for French
fan ), he will achieve full equality
(see the notes to Caruana-
Aiexeev). However, I mu t re-
mark there i still a ubtlety:
Black mu t not hurry with the ex-
change on c3 , ince after 13.tLlc3
the a2-pawn would be defended
and 0-0-0 would be po ible, but
ifhe start with 12 .. .f613.ef6 l:t f6
I do not ee how White can
strengthen his position (Sho-
moev-Grachev, 20 I I).
A2) ll.tLlc3 can be met by
ll ... d5 as well , obtaining the
arne French-type structure with
one more piece on the board.
Motylev quickly relieved the
ten ion by 12.ed6 ~d6 13.tLle4
~b4 , and Black equalized. More
prec ise i 12 . ~d3 or 12.a3 ~e7
1 3. ~d3 , but here Bl ack has a fine
move: 12 .. .'ifb6, which prevents
White from ca tling and if he
put hi king on the queenside
('ifg4, 0-0-0), Black will do the
arne ( ... ~d7 , ...0-0-0).
A3) It is the recapture ll.bc3
~cS (important in order to pre-
vent 0-0) 12.~d3 or 12.c4,
13.~d3 that contains the most
venom . If White want to
achieve anything he must look
for it here.
B) 9 ... tLle4 forces 10. d3.
Svidler vanquished Timofeev in
the Russian Chess League in
April after IO... f5 I l .ef6 tLlf6
12.0-0-0 0-0 13.a3 ~e7
14.tLld6 !? (keeping all the minor
pieces on the board and prevent-
ing ... d7-d5 ). Timofeev failed to
find the only move ( 13 ... a6 in-
stead of 13 ...~e7) and suddenly
found himself in a strategically
lost po ition. lO... tL:lc3 has been

played more often, when after
ll.bc3 ~e7 Black ha a c lear
plan.
Leading Nowhere
8 . 'i!fd3
Winge,Stefan
lvanov,Sergey
Stockholm 2010/11 (6)
1.e4 c5 V l:\13 lt:lc6 3.d4 cd4 4.lt:ld4
e6 5.lt:lc3 1ic7 6.~e3 lt:lf6 7.14 ~b4
8.1ld3 d5 9.e5 t2:\e4 1o. ~e2 lt:lc5
11.1id2 lt:le4 12.1ld3 o-o [12 ...lt:lc5
13.'tWd2 lt:le4=) 13.o-o ~c3 14.bc3
aS 15. b5 1ic6 16.lt:la7 1ic3
17.lt:lb5 1ic6 18.a4 ~d7 19. ~13
lt:lc4 20.lt:ld4 1ic5 21 . ~e4 de4
22.'tWe4 ~a4
23. 15?! (23. e6 1ie3 24.'tWe3 lt:le3
25. 18 ~8 26.l:Ub1 lt:lc2 27.l:ta2=)
23 ...lt:le3?! (23... el5! 24.~c5 le4 25.~18
~8 26.l:tlb1 l:ta7+] 24.1ie3 1ic2
25. e7 c.\?h8 26.15?1 [26. l:tfc1 1lb3
27.'tWb3 ~b3 28.l:tab1 l:ta3 29.l:tc7
(29.l:tc3 ~a2 30.l:ta3 ~b1=) 29 ... h6
30.l:tb7=) 26 ... e15 27. 15 ~d7?!
Regardles of where White de-
velop hi bi hop (to e2 or g2),
Black ju t tick to hi plan,
playing 12.•.0-0 and 13... f6 , and
recaptures on f6 with the bi hop
(14.•. ~f6), aiming for 15••• d5 .
The position remai ns playable
for both ide .
Conclusion
Reading the analyses and com-
ments by authors in other chess
publications, I came upon the
comparison of 7 ... a6 (8.f3 ttl f6
9.'it'd2 ..Q.b4 10.0-0-0) with
[27...~c6=F ) 28.l:tac1 'tWb2 29.l:tf2
Wa3 30.l:tc3 (30.'Wa3 l:ta3 31.lt:ld6=)
30 ...1lb4 31.l:tb3?? l:ta1 32.l:t11
l:t11 33. 1 'tWc4 0-1
8. tl:l b5 'i!fa5 9 . ..Q.d2
Ponomariov,Ruslan
Pelletier, Yannick
Biel 2004 (8)
1.e4 c5 V l:\13 e6 3.d4 cd4 4.lt:ld4
c6 5.lt:lc3 1ic7 6. ~e3 ll:\16 7.14
~b41? 8.tl:lb5 1ia5
9.~d2 (9.e5 ll:\e4oo] 9 ...a6 10.e5 ab5
11 .ef6 ~c3 (11...gf6?! 12.lt:lb5 (RR)
12...~d2 13.1id2 'tWd2 14.c.\?d2 c.\?e7 15.c4
b6 16 .~e2 ~b7 17.l:thc1 l:tag8 18.~13;
lnarkiev-Sutovsky, Poikovsky 2008) 12.bc3
gf6 (12 ...g6 (RR) 13. ~d3 'tWdB 14.0-0 'tWf6
15 .~b5 0-0 16.~d3 d5 17.'tWf3 e7 18.g4
Survey S/ 40.2
7 .. .ttlf6 from time to time. How-
ever, I would say thi i a que -
tion of which one fit your tyle
better. If you feel uncomfortable
a Black in lines with queen ide
castling, try to investi gate the re-
ources in the line with 7 ... ttlf6.
The criti ca l deci sion is whether
to play 9 ... ttle4 or 9 ... ttld5. In the
latter line White gets an initiative
after IO. ~d2 ..Q.c3 ll.bc3!?,
whereas for 9 ...ttle4 I uggest to
tudy Erne to lnarkiev's analy-
se of hi games in Chess Infor-
mant 95 and 98.
~d7 19.'tWg3 l:ta4 20.h3 'i!t'g7?! (Fernandez
Romero-lakos, Pamplona 2002; 20...l:tfa8=F)
21.15! gf5 22.'Wd6 fg4 23.h4;) 13.1ig4
b4 14.'i!t'g7 l:t18 15.1!ff6 bc3 16.~c3
(16.'Wc3 'tWc3 17. ~c3 b6=F /),. 18...~6)
16...'it'c5 17.~d3 b6 [17 ...l:ta4)
18.~h7 l:ta4 [1 8... ~6!?] 19.(H)-()I
b41 20. . 2 [20. ~b4? ! 1ib4]
20 ..•~b7 21.l:the1 (t:. 22.l:te6; 21.a3
lt:ldS] 21 ...lt:la2 [21...lt:ld5 22.1le5 d6
23.1lg7 (t:. 24.l:te6) 23...l:tf4!; 21...~?1
22.a3 lt:la2 23.c.\?d2!) 22.c.\?b 1 ~d5
23.l:td5? [23."it'e5 lt:lb4oo; 23...l:tb4?
24.l:te3] 23...1!fd5 24.c3 'Wd2 25.'We5
[25.l:tg1? l:ta3!) 25...15! [25...l:ta3? 26.11bs
/),. 27.~; 25 ...16; 25...l:ta5; 25...15 /),.
26... 'tWd3) 26...1lg6 27.'We3 'We3
28.l:te3 l:th8 29.l:th30 l:th3 30.gh3
l:t14 31 . 5?! (31.~? l:th4 32...1lc1
l:th3 33...1lg5 c.\?c7 34.c.\?b3 d6-+;
34... <,\?d6-+) 31 ..•l:th4 32...1ld1 l:th3
33.c.\?a2 14 34.~g4 [34.c.\?b3 13 35.~1 12
36...1le2 Weal-+) 34...l:th4 35.~d1 .l:lh2
36.c.\?b3 e5 37...llf3?! .l:lh3 38.~g2
l:tg3 39.~11 f3 40.c4 l:tg1 0-1
Pe ll eti er
M/ 04-6-35
Burg,Twan
Timofeev,Artyom
Eilat tt 2012 (5)
1.e4 c5 2. 13 lt:lc6 3.d4 cd4 4. d4
e6 5.lt:lc3 'Wc7 6 .~e3 f6 7.14 ~ b4
8.lt:lb5 1ia5 9. ~d2 a6 10.e5 ab5
11.ef6 ~c3 12.~c3 b4 13.1g7 l:tg8
51
 14. ~d4 [14 .~16 1t'IS= (Pelletier) 1S .~gS)
14..•1t'dS [14...tLld4 1S.'ifd4 b3 Pelletier)
1S .~e3 l%a2 16.'ilt'dS [16.l%a2 1t'a2
17.~bS 'ifb2 18. ~c6 'ifc3 19. ~12 'ifcS
20.~d4 (l'l·l'l Kokarev-Bocharov, Khanty-
Mansiysk 2008) 20... b6 21 .l%e1 ~b7
22.1t'g4 'ilt'c2 23.l%e2 'ilt'g6 24.h3 IS
2S.'ilt'g6 hg6 26.l%b2 bS 27.l%b4 ~cS
28.l%b1 ~ 29.g3 l%a8 30.l%a1 l%a1
31.~a1 b4 32.h4 b3 33.\Pe3 d6 34.~d2
~13 3S.~d4 eS 36.feS deS 37.~eS gS
38.hgS IPgB 39.~c3 l'l·l'l Kokarev·
Grachev, Novokuznetsk 2008) 16•••l%a1
17.1t'd1 1:ld1 1S. ~d1 l%g7 19.g3 dS
20. ~bS ~d7 21 .b3 eS 22 . ~c6 ~c6
23.l%e1 e4 24 .~cs 1S 2S.\Pd2 hS
26.\Pe3 h4 27.l%g1 hg3 2S.l%g3
l%g3 29.hg3 IPf7 30. ~b4 \Pe6
31 .\Pd4 ~eS 32.~e1 ~ hS 33.~as
~d1 34.c4 ~b3 3S.cS IPf6 36. ~c3
\Pg6 37.~d2 \PhS 3S.~c1 \Pg4
39. ~e3 \Pg3 40. ~c1 \Pg4 41 .~e3
3 42.~c1 \Pe2 43. ~e3 \Pf3
44 .~c1 ~e2 4S .~e3 1Pf3 ~-~
9.e5 a6
Beliavsky,Aiexander
Matulovic,Milan
Sombor Parcet ic·mem 1972 (8)
1.e4 c5 2.tLl13 e6 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:ld4
tt:lc6 S.tLlc3 'ilt'c7 6. ~e3 tLlf6 7.14
~b4 S.tLlbS 'ilt'aS 9.eS a6?1 10.tLld6
~d611 .1t'd6 tLle412.'ilt'd3 tt:lc3
13.bc3 [13.'ilt'c3 'ilt'c3 14.bc3 16 1S.el6
gl6 16.0·0·0 (16.c4 dS 17.0.0·0 d4 18. ~d4
tLld4 19.l%d4 ~d7 20.~e2 (20.~d3 !?)
20...l%c8 21. ~13 l%c7 22.\Pd2 \Pe7
23.l%b1 bS 24.cbS abS 2S . ~e2 l%a8
52
26.l%b2i Karjakin-Volokitin, Merida It 200S)
16... bS 17.1S tt:le7 18.fe6 de6 19.c4 ~d7
20 .~e2 l%c8 21. ~hS tLlg6 22.l%d6 \Pe7
23.l%hd1 ~cS 24 .~c5 ~ 2S .~d4 l%hd8
26.c5 ~g2 27.l%a6 l%a8 28.l%b6 l%a2
29.c6 eS? (29...~e4 30.l%b7 IPgB 31 .l%d2
~cS 32 .~16=) 30.c7!+- K.Szabo-Lakos,
Hungary It 2004/0S; 13.~d2 tLleS 14.'ilt'd4
tLlg6 1S. ~c3 'ilt'IS 16.1t'g7 'iff4 17 . ~e2
l%18 18.1%11 'ife4 19.1t'h7 eSi lzoria·
Gagunashvili, Kusadasi Ech 2006) 13... bS
14. ~e2 'ifc7 1S.O-O ~b7 16.a4
tt:le7 [16 ... ba4!?) 17.abS abS 1S.l%aS
~as 19.1t'bS tLldS 20.1fcs 'ifcs
21.~cs 1S 22.~d4 IPf7 23 .~ bS
l:ldS 24.c4 tLlb4 [24 ... tLle7] 2S.l%d1 dS
26.c3 tLlc6 27.~ b6 l:lbS 2S. ~c7
l:lcS 29.cdS [29 .~d6±) 29 ...edS?T
[29 ... l%c7 30.dc6 ~cS 31 .c4±) 30.l%a1 ?!
[30.~d6 !+-] 30 ... ~b7 [~ 30 ... l%c7
31 .l%a8±] 31.~b6 : as 32. l%aS ~as
33.\Pf2 ~ b7 34.\Pe3 \Pe6 3S.g3 h6
36.~e2 gS 37.h3 g14 3S.g14 tt:le7
39. ~cs tt:lg6 40.~ hS tLlhS 41. ~1S
tt:lf7 42. ~e2 ~c6 43.\Pd4 1·0
Variation A 1
9.e5 li:l d5 1o.~d2 li:l c3 11.~c3
lnarkiev,Ernesto
Kurnosov,lgor
Moscow 2009 (6)
1.e4 cS 2.tt:lf3 tt:lc6 3.d4 cd4 4.tLld4
e6 S.tLlc3 'ilt'c7 6.~e3 tt:lf6 7.14 ~ b4
S.tLlbS 'ilt'aS 9.es tLldS 10 . ~d2 c3
11 .~c3
11...~c3 [11 ...a6? 12.tLld6 \Pe7
13.tLle4±) 12.tLlc3 0-0 13.'ilt'd6!? f6
[13 ... bS 14. ~d3 b4 (14... l%b8? 1S .~h7 !
\Ph7 16.'ilt'f8 1·0 Macieja-Manea, Plovdiv
Ech 2012) 1S.tLle4 ~6 16.0·0i] 14.ef6
'ilt'b4 1S.O-O-O 'ilt'd6 16.l%d6 gf6
[16 ... 1%16 17.g3 tt:le7 18. ~d3 tLlfS 19.~1S
l%1Si ] 17. ~c4 IPf7 1S.l%hd1 \Pe7
19.tLle4± l:ldS 20.g4 a6 21.~ b3
l:lgS 22.tLlcS l:ldS 23.1S l:lbS 24.c3
b6 2S. e4 tLlaS 26.gS b3 27.ab3
1gS 2S.1e6 h6? [28 ... l%b7 29.1%11 l%18
30.1%18 \PIS 31 .tLlgS hS±) 29.tLlg3+-
l%1S 30.ed7 ~ b7 31.l%b6 \PdS 32.b4
\Pc7 33.l%h6 l:lhS 34.tLl1S ~e4
3S.l%hS l:lhS 36.dS'ilt' l:ldS 37. l%dS
\PdS 3S.tt:lg3 ~g6 39.\Pd2 \Pd7
40.\Pe3 \Pc6 41.tLle4 g4 42.tLlf6
~1S 43. 4 ~e6 44. g4 \PbS
4S.tLleS IPa4 46.\Pe4 1·0
Caruana,Fabiano
Alexeev,Evgeny
Biel 2009 (9)
1.e4 cS 2.tLlf3 tLlc6 3.d4 cd4 4.tLld4
e6 S.tLlc3 'ilt'c7 6.~e3 f6 7.14 ~b4
S.tLlbS 'ilt'aS 9.es tLldS 10. ~d2 c3
11 .~c3 o-o 12.1t'd2 ~c3 [12 ... b6
13.a3 ~c3 14.tLlc3 ~a6 1S .~a6 'ilt'a6
16.0·0-0i] 13.tt:lc3 f6 14.ef6 l%16
1S.o-O-O dS
16.\Pb1 [16.g3 ~d7 17.tLle4 l%h6
(1 7...'ilt'a2 18.tLlf6 gf6 19.'ilt'c3 l%c8
20.'i!t"a3 'ilt'a3 21 .ba3 tt:Jasgg) 18.'ilt'aS
tLlaS 19.tLlf2 l%16 20.tLlg4 l%118 21 . eS
l%ad8 22 .~h3 ~c8 23.l%he1 i Motylev·
Shimanov, Aix-les-Bains Ech 2011 )
16••.~d7 17.g3 [17 .~S 'ilt'c7 18.l%hf1
l%af8=) 17•..~eS [17 ...l%c8 18. ~h3!)
1S.a3 [ 18. ~d3 b4; 18.h4 ~hS 19.~e2
(19.l%e1 ~13 20.~g2 ~g2 21 .'ilt'g2=)
19...~e2 20.'ilt'e2 Wb6 (20 ... l%c8 21 .g4!
d4 22.gS) 21 .l%he1 (21 .hS l%c8 22.h6
tLlaSco) 21 ...l%c8 22.'ilt'g4 (22.1S d4!;
22.g4 aS 23.gS l%14 (23 ... tt:lc4 24. a4
'i!i'bS 2S.gf6 a3 26.\Pc1 l%c2 27.'ilt'c2

~c2 28. ~c3!±) 24 ...-e6 ..-e6 25.l:te6
l:th4 26.tild5 c6= Vitiugov) 22 ... tilb4
23 .~d5 tild5 24.l:td5 l:tc2= Romanov-
Vitiugov, Sochi II 2006) 18•.. l:tb8 [18...a6
19.~e2 ~h5 20 ...-as tila5 21 .l:te1 tilc4
22. d4 tild2 23.'oYc1 tile4 24 .~h3 ~f7=
Spraggeii-Miladinovic, Vrsac 2006)
19. bS . d2 20.l:td2 ~g6 21. ~h3
a6 22.tilc3 [22. d6!?) 22 ... bS 23.l:te1
24.tild1 hS 2S.tile3 ~e4
26.~g2 ~g2 27. g2 l:tg8 28.l:td3
g5 29.l:tc3 eS 30.feS l:te6 31.l:tf1
~g6 32.h4 eS 33.hgS <oYgS
34. f4 • l:tf6 3S.l:th1 l:th8 36.l:tc7
[36. d5;!;) 36 ...l:tf7 37.l:tcS <oYg4
38.l:tdS l:tfS 39.tile2 tilf3 40.l:td6
l:te8 41. f4 l:th8 42.l:tg6 l:tgS
43.l:ta6 <oYg3 44.l:tf6 h4 4S.l:th3
~g4 46.l:tf3 3 47.tilg6 <oYg4
48. h8 h3 49.tilf7 h2 SO.l:tf1 l:tdS
S1.<oYa2 <oYg3 S2.l:th1 <oYg2 S3.l:th2
~h2 S4.c;f;>b3 <oYg3
SS.c4 bc4 S6.<oYc4= l:td2 S7.<oYc3
l:tdS S8.<oYc4 l:td2 S9.b4 4 60.bS
s 61 .a4 c;t;>e6 62.tilgS <oYd7
63.tile4 l:th2 64.tilc3 <oYd6 6S.tile4
<oYc7 66.aS l:th4 67.c;t;>dS l:thS
68.<oYc4 l:th4 69.<oYd4 <oYb7 70.c;t;>dS
l:thS 71.c;t;>c4 l:th4 72.<iPd4 c;f;>c7
73. <oYdS 1-2·1-2
Shomoev,Anton
Grachev,Boris
Moscow 2011 (1)
1.e4 cS 2.tilf3 e6 3.d4 cd4 4.tild4
6 S.tilc3 '*'c7 6. ~e3 tilf6 7.f4
8. bS • as 9.es tildS 1 o.~d2
c3 11.~c3 0-0 12.'iV d2 f6oo
13.ef6 l:tf6 14.g3 [14.a3 ~c3 15.tilc3
d5 16.g3 ~d7 17.0-0-0 ( 17 .~g2 ~e8
18.0-0 'iVb6 T.Kosintseva-Girya, Moscow
ch-RUS W 2012) 17...~e8 18. ~h3 ~g6
19.l:the1 l:te8 20.l:te2 'ifc5 21 .g4 l:tff8
22.!5 ef5 23.gf5 ~h5 24.l:te8 l:te8 25.l:te1
l:te1 ~-~ Vokarev-Khairullin, St Petersburg
2009) 14... dS 1S.~ b4 tilb4 16.tild4
'ifcS 17.c3 tilc6 18.o-O-O ~d7
19.h4 aS 20.~h3 a4 21.l:the1 l:te8
22.tilc2 l:tf7 23. ~g2 l:tfe7 24.l:te3
<oYh8 2S.l:tde1 l:tc8 26.<oYb1 ~e8
27 .~ h3 ~g6 28.l:te6 l:te6 29. ~e6
l:tf8 30.fS [30.h5±] 30...~fS 31 .~fS
l:tfS 32.tild4 l:tf8 33. e6 ...f2
34 ...f2 l:tf2 3S.tilf4 [~ 35.tilc5]
3S ...hS 36.tildS l:tg2 37.l:te4 l:tg1
38.<oYc2 l:tg2 39.c;t;>b1 1-2·1-2
Vuckovic,Bojan
Vratonjic,Siobodan
Valjevo tt 2012 (4)
1.e4 cS 2.tilf3 e6 3.d4 cd4 4. d4
tilc6 S.tilc3 ..-c7 6 .~e3 f6 7.f4
~b4 8.tilbS • as 9.es tildS 1o. ~d2
tilc3 11.~c3 0-0 12.'it' d2 a6
13.tild61 [13.~ . b4 14.'W'b4 b4
15.tild4 d6 (15...b6oo) 16.ed6 l:td8 17.c3
l:td6 18.0-0-0 d5= Amonatov-S.Novikov,
Moscow 2010) 13... 16 [13...~c3 14.bc3 f6
15.ef6 l:tf6 16 .~d3 ;!;) 14.~ b4 b4
1S.c3 tilc6 16.ef6 l:tf6 17. ~c4 bS
18 .~b3 ;!; '*'c7 19.tile8 'W'f4 20.tilf6
'*'f6 21 .0-0-0± tilaS? 22 .~dS +­
l:tb8 23.l:thf1 '*'e7 24.~e6 '*'e6
2S.l:tde1 l:ta8 1-0
Variation A2
9 .e5 tt:l d5 1 o .~ d2 tt:l c3 11 .tt:l c3
Grigoriants,Sergey
Kalegin,Evgeny
Voronezh 2012 (6)
1.e4 cS 2. f3 e6 3.d4 cd4 4.tild4
tilc6 S.tilc3 'W'c7 6. ~e3 tilf6 7.f4
~b4 8.tt:lbS • as 9.es tildS 10.~d2
tilc3 11 . c3 dS 12 .~d3 [12.ed6 ~d6
13. e4 ~b4 14.a3 ~d2 15.• d2 '*'d2
16.<oYd2 0-0= Motylev-A.Timofeev, Moscow
2008) 12.... b6! [12... ~d7 13.0-0 g6
14.<oYh1 a6 15.a3 ~e7 16.tile4 'i!t'c7
17.till6 ~16 18.el6 '*'d8 19.• e1 'W'I6
20.15 'W'e7 21.fe6 ~e6 22 .~h6;!; Kritz-
Svetushkin, Kallithea II 2009) 13.'i!t'g4
[13 ....h5 ~d7 14.0-0-0 ~c3 15 .~c3 tilb4
16.<oYb1 tild3 (16...l:tc8 17.~b4 g6
Survey S/40.2
18.• h6 '*'b4 19.• g7 Wt8 20.W16 h5;!;)
17.l:td3± : ca
18.'iVgs g6 19.l:thd1 ttc4
20.~e1 ?! h6 2UWt6 0-0 (21...l:tg8?
22 .~h4 g5 23.fg5 l:th4 24.g6 l:tg6
25.'i!t'h4+- Grandelius-P. Gramling, Falun
ch-SWE 2012) 22.l:th3 'ifd8 23. ~h4 '*'16
24 . ~16 <oYh7 25 .~g5 h5 26.g4 l:tfc8;!;)
13 ... g6 14.o-O-O ~d7 1S.<oYb1 a6
[15...0-0-0 16.tila4?! (16. b5!?) 16... 'it'd4
17 .~c3 ~c3 18.tilc3 tileS 19.'i!t'g3 tild3
20.cd3 ~c6 21 .tile2 Wb6=i= Perunovic-
R.Markus, Mataruska Banja 2007)
16 .• h4 ~e7 17...e1 b4 18. ~e3
~cs 19. ~cs '*'cs 20.a3 3
21.l:td3 l:tc8 22 ...d2 ~bS 23.l:td4
'iVb6 24.l:td1 l:tc4 2S.l:tc4 ~c4
26.g4 hS 27.fSI hg4 28.fg6 fg6
• .I
29...-gs [29.tile4!±) 29 ... 'i!t'c7?
[29 ...l:th2 30.Wg4i ] 30. '*'f6 l:th2
31 .'W'e6 ~ 32 ...g6 [32.b3!+-)
32.... es [32 .... h7 33.'iVd6 ~7 34.l:tc1
'i!t'IS 35.tild5 ~d5 36 ...-dS±) 33 .• g4
bS? [33 ... <oYe7 34.• c8 l:tg2 35.'i!t'b7 ~
36:.-ca <oYe7±) 34. 'W'c8 ~ 3S.• b7
[35.b3!) 3S ... ~ 36.'i!t'c6 ~ 37.'W'b7
38...a8 ~ 39...-a7 [39.b3! 'ifc3
40.'it'b7 " 41 .'it'c6 <;t;>IS 42.l:tl1 ~11
43...c3+-J 39 ... 'i!t'e7 40.'*'b8 'ifh4
41.'i!t'c7 ~ 42.-.cs 43.b3
'*'h7 44. '*'c7 1-0
Kokarev,Dmitry
Grachev,Boris
Plovdiv Ech 2008 (7)
1.e4 cS 2.tilf3 e6 3.d4 cd4 4.tild4
tilc6 S.tilc3 '*'c7 6. ~e3 tilf6 7.f4
~b4 8.tilbS 'i!t'aS 9.es dS 1 o .~d2
c3 11 .tilc3 dSIN [11...0-0?! 12.a3
~e7 13.~d3 ..-b6 14.tile4-; RR
11...'*'b6 12 . ~d3 ~c3 13.~c3 'W'e3
14.We2 ._14 15.g3 'i!t'g5 16.l:tg1 b6 17.h4
'*'e7 18.0-0-0 ~b7 19.<oYb1 b4 20.a3
53
tt:ld3 2U!fd3 aS 22.~d4 J:la6 23.'i!fe3
'i!fd8 24.hS 0-0 2S.h6 g6 26. J:Igl1 ~
Areschenko-S.Novikov, Moscow 2008]
12.a3N ~e7 13. ~d3 'i!fb6! [13...0-0?!
14.W'hS g6 1S.'i!fh6-+] 14.'i!fg4 [RR
14.'i!fl3 ~d7 1s.o-o-o J:lc8 16.J:Ihl1 a6
(16...tt:ld4!?) 17.~e1 W'c7 18.'i!fg4 g6
19.~h4 'i!fd8 20.~e7 'i!fe7 21 .h4 hS=
Kurnosov-Khairullin, Irkutsk 201 OJ 14..• g6
15.0-0-0 ~d7 16.'i!fg3?1 (16 .~e1 !
J:lc8 17 . ~h4 'i!fe3 18.Wb1 hS 19.'i!fg3
W'g3 20 .~g3;t] 16..• J:Ic81 17.h4 hS!f
18.'i!fe1? (18.J:Ih3 tt:ld4 (18... tt:las
1 9 .~e3;!; A 19...d4? 20.~d4 ! 'i!fd4
21. ~b5+ -) 19.'i!fe1 tt:IIS 20.~15 giS
21. ~e3 W'a6 22.~d4oo] 18... tt:la5!
19. ~e3 d41 20. ~f2
20... c4 [20... 0-0 21.~d4! (21 .tt:le2?! ~
22.liJd4 ~ 23.<~b1 J:lcd8+; 21.tt:le4
~f) 21...W'd4 2ti.e4 'i!fc4 23.J:Id7 ~!
24.ba3 W'c3 2S.W'c3 J:lc:H'; 20... J:Ic3?!
21 .bc3 ~ 22.'it;d2 dc3 23.~ ~n­
Grachev, Sochi tt 2008] 21 .~c4 J:lc4
22.'i!fe2?1 [22.'i!fl1 oo; 22.J:Ih3oo] 22... J:Ic3
23~d4 J:lcS 24.b4 'i!fbS 25.'i!fb5 J:lbS
26.c4 J:lb6 27 ~ ab6+ 28.g3 ~c6
29.J:Ihe1 0-0 30. 2 J:la8 31 .J:Ic1 f6
32.ef6 ~f6 33.Wa2 rM7 34.b5 [~
34.J:Ied1] 34.. ~f31 35.J:Ie3 ~g4
36.J:Id3 ~e7 37.J:Id7? J:la3 38.Wb2
J:lg3 39.J:Ib7 <J.>f6 0-1
Variation A3
9 .e5 ttl d5 1O.-".d2 tt:l c3 11 .bc3
Yakovenko,Dmitry
Alexeev,Evgeny
Moscow ch-RUS plot 2008 (4)
1.e4 cs V of3 e6 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:ld4
tt:lc6 5.tt:lc3 'i!fc7 6.~e3 tt:lf6 7.f4
54
~b4 8.ttlb5 'i!faS 9.e5 tt:ldS 1O. ~d2
tt:lc311.bc3
1L~c5 ( 1 1... ~e7
(12...~b4? ! 13.~! W'b4 14.c3 'i!faS
12.c4! 'i!fd8
1S.tt:ld6 We7 16.'i!fd3± ; 12... 'i!fb6 13.J:Ib1
0-0 14.'Lld6 'i!fcS 1S.tt:le4 'i!fa3 16.~d3~)
13.~d3 (13.tt:ld6 ~d6 14.ed6 'i!fb6+%)
13...d6 (13...a6 14.'Lld6 ~d6 1S.ed6;
13...0-0 14.'i!fhS g6 (14... h6 1S.Q-Q 'i!fb6
16.Wh1 'Llb4 17.J:Iab1 tt:\d3 18.cd3 'i!fc6
19.~ ~ 20.J:Ib4 b6 21 .tt:ld6±)
1S.'i!fh6 a6 16.h4 abS 17.hS ~h4
18.Wd1-+) 14.0-0! a6 (14...deS 1S.IeS 0-0 a)
{1S...tt:leS 16.W'hS ~16 {16... tt:lg6 17.hS!
b6 18.~g6 lg6 19.'i!ff3+-) 17 .~b4 g6
18.'i!fh3+-) 1 6.~c3 ~cS 17.Wh1-;
14...0-0 1S.tt:ld6 {1S.W'h5?! g6 16.'i!fh6 deS
17..1:113 15 18.J:Ih3 .1:117+) 1S ... ~d6 16.ed6
'i!fd6 - Shirov-Rublevsky, Poikovsky 2009)
1S.tt:ld6 ~d6 16.ed6 'i!fd6 17.Wh1 (RR
17 .~e31 g6 (17...0-0 18.~h7+-) 18.~e4
'i!fd1 19.J:IId1 0-0 20.J:Id6± Kritz) 17...'i t'c5
18.J:Ib1 0-0 1 9 .~c3- B.Vuckovic-
Damljanovic, Mataruska Banja ch-SRB 2008]
12 .~d3 1 ? 'i!fd8 (12... a6 13.tt:ld4 'Lld4?!
(13...d5 14.tt:lb3 'i!fb6 1S.'i!fg4 g6
Ubiennykh-Girya, Tiumen 2012) 14.cd4 ~b4
1S.J:Ib1 ~d2 16.'i!fd2 'i!fa2? (~ 16...'i!fd2
17.Wd2 bS 18.a4 {18.c4 ~7!) 18 ...~b7;!;)
17.0-0 'i!fdS 18.'i !fe3 g6 19.c4±
Nepomniachtchi-Grachev, Moscow Wch blitz,
2010] 13.'i!fe2 0-0 14.W'e4 g6 15.h4
f5 16.ef6 d5 17.'i!fe2 a6 18.h5 ab5
19.hg6 hg6 20.~g6 'i!ff6 [20 ... .1:116?
21.'i!fhS+-J 21.J:Ih6 'i!fg7 22.'it'h5
[22.~7 Wl7 (22 ...Wh8? 23.'i!fhS+-)
23.~g6 'i!fg6!? 24.J:Ig6 WQS'i'] 22 ... J:If6
(22 ....1:114 23.~17 .1:117 24.J:Ig6 .1:115 2S.J:Ig7
Wg7 26.~h6 Wl6 27.W'e8 eS
(27....1:112!?) 28.'i!fh8 We7 29.g4oo] 23.f5
ef5? [23... .1:115! 24.~1S W'eS 2S.Wd1 'i!t'IS
26.W'e8 W'l8 27.J:Ig6 Wh7 28.J:Ih6 Wg8=]
24. ~h7! +- 'iW8 [24 ... Wh8 2S.J:I16 W'g3
26.Wd1] 25.J:If6 W'f6 26. ~h6 We7
27.~g5 ~e6 28.~f6 29.()-0-()
~e3 30.Wb1 d4 31 .cd4 ~a2
32.Wb2 1-0
Sulskis,Sarunas
Volodin,Aieksander
Tallin 2010 (4)
1.e4 cS 2.'Llf3 e6 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:ld4
tt:lc6 5.tt:lc3 W'c7 6. ~e3 tt:lf6 7.f4
~b4 8.tt:lb5 W'as 9.es tt:ldS 1o. ~d2
tt:lc3 11.bc3 ~cs 12.~d3 0-0
13.h41? a6
.l
.i.
.l
x•
i.l.l
' ~
'if tt:J .i. '
~
~ ~
14. d4 (14.'i!fhS!? h6 (14...g6 1S.'i!fh6
J:le8 (1S...abS?? 16.hS+-) 16. d6
{16.hS!? ~18 17.'i !t'gS) 1 6... ~d6D 17.ed6
'i!fhSD 18.'it'hS ghS 19.J:Ih3±) 1S.J:Ih3!?
A 1S... abS 16.J:Ig3 IS (16...Wh8 17.1S+-
(A 18. ~h6) ; 16... tt:le7 17.'i!fh6 g6
18.'i!fhS!! {A 19.J:Ig6); 18.'ifgS? 'i!fd8-+)
17.el6 .1:116 18.'i!fc5oo] 14... d4 15.cd4
~ b4 16.a4 d6 17.J:Ib1 ~d2 18.'i!fd2
'i!fa4 19.J:Ih3 J:ld8 20.c3 ~d7
(20... bS'i'] 21 .h5 ~bS 22 . ~c2 'i!fc4
23.Wt2 J:lac8 24.J:Ig3 deS 25.fe5
J:ld4 (25... g6!?] 26. 'it'gS (26.~h7 Wh7
27.cd4;t] 26 ... J:If4 (26 ... WI8!=] 27.Wg1
Wf8 28. ~d3 'i!fcS 29.Wh2 J:lf2
30 . ~ b5 abS 31 .'it'g7?! [31 .J:Id1 !±]
31 ... We8 32.J:Id1 J:lf5! 33.'i!fh7?
[33.J:IgS=] 33 ... We7!-+ 34.J:Ie1
J:leS?! [34 ...b4!-+] 35.J:Ie5 'i!feS
36.'i!fh6 [36.'ifg7 'i!fhS 37.J:Ih3 'i!fdS+ ]
36 ...J:Ic5 37.'i!fd2 'it'hS 38. J:Ih3 'i!feS
39.Wg1 J:ldS 40.'i!fc1 'i!fd6 41 .'i!fh6
J:ld1 42.Wf2 'i!fd2 43.'i!fd2 J:ld2
44. 1 J:lc2 45. J:Ih5 J:lc3 46.J:Ib5
J:lc7 47.We2 J:ld7 48.J:Ib6 Wd8
49.We3 Wc7 50.J:Ib1 J:ld5 51 .g4 b5
52. J:If1 J:ld7 53 . ~e4 Wb6 54.We5
b4 55.Wf6 Wb5 56.g5 b3 57.J:Ih1
~ b4 0-1

Degraeve,Jean Marc
Sokolov,Andrey
Nimes ch-FRA-ch 2009 (3)
1.e4 cs 2.lc f3 e6 3.d4 cd4 4.tild4
li:Jc6 S.tilc3 fic7 6. ~e3 tilf6 7.f4
.i.b4 S.tilbS flas 9.es tildS 10 .~d2
tilc3 11 .bc3 ~cs 12.c4
12 ...fid8 [RR 12... fi b6 13.l:tb1 1 0-Q
( 13...~12 14.q;,e2 o-o 1S.tild6 1t'c5 16.c3!
(1 6. 1fc4 17.q;,f2 fie4 18.~d3
-.a4oo) 16... ~ 17 .~e3!) 14.tild6 fia6
1S.~d3 'i!ra2 16.tile4 ~d4 (16 ... ~e7
17.~c3 fia6 18.till61 ~16 19.el6 g6
20...C1+- t:. IS, fih6; t:. h4-hS) 17.till6!!
gf6 18.'i!rg4 q;,h8 19.el6 {19.fih4 IS
20.'i!rl6 ~) 19 ... .1:tg8 (19...~16 20.fihS
• b1 21.q;,e2 tiJd4 22 .~ tillS
23.l:tb1+- ) 20.fih3 .l:tg7 21.1g7 q;,g7
22.c3+- Kritz] 13.~d3 [13.tild6 ~d6
14.ed6 'i!rb6+=!] 13 ... b6 14.~c3 [14.'i!rhS
~6 1S.h4 ~S 16.cb5 g6 17.'i!rd1 tile7
18.hS .!:tiS 19.hg6 hg6 20.'i!rl3 .l:tc8 (Hillarp
Persson-Vitiugov, Budva Ech 2009)
21 .0-0-0! J 14... ~a6 [14 ... o-o 1s.Whs h6!?
16.g4 ~b7 17.l:tl1 {17.tild6!?) 17... tilb4!
18. ~? (18.g5 tild3 19.cd3 ~g2 20 ..1:tf2
.i.c6 21 .d4 ~e7 22.h4 ~s 23.cbS .l:tcS'i')
18... ~b4 19.q;,e2 dS!+ K.Szabo-Khairullin,
St Petersburg 2010] 1S.fig4
16.tild6 ~d6? ! (16 ...fie7) 17.ed6 16
8 [1S ... o-o
{1 7...g6 18.h4 hS 19.• g3 flea 20.o-o-o
~h7 21 .figS IS 22.g4+- ) 18.0-Q! tilaS?
(18... : 17 19.l:t13±; 18 ...fle8±) 19.l:t13!+-
Delchev-Se.lvanov, Leon tt 2012] 16.(H)-()
[16.tild6 ~d6 17.ed6 16 18.l:td1 .l:tc8 19.0-Q
-.es 20..1:tf3± Ter Sahakyan-Salgado
Lopez, Chennai Wch-jr 2011] 16... hS
17.fif3 .l:tc8 18.fS ~bS 19.cbS tild4
20.fif4 tilfS 21.~fS efS 22.'it'fS · 3
23 .~b2 ~b2 24. ~ b2 g6 2S.'it'd7
-.c7 26.'i!rc7 .l:tc7 27.l:td8 q;,g7
28.l:th8 ~h8 29.l:td1 q;,g7 30.q;,b3
gS 31 .c4 q;,g6 32 . .1:tdS g4 33.a4
34.e6 [34.c5 bc5 35 .~c4] 34 ...q;,e6
3S . .I:thS fS 36.g3 S 37.l:t h8 q;,e4
3s.q;,b4 q;,r3 39. .1:tds .l:th7 40 ..1:td2
3 41 . .1:ta2 q;,d4 42 ..1:tf2 .l:tc7
43.l:td2 q;,e3 44..1:tdS q;,e4 (44 ...14
4S.gf4 .l:th7 46.l:teS <j.>t4 47.l:te2 ~]
4S.q;,c3 .l:t h7 46.l:td2 3 47.aS baS
48 •.1:ta2 f4 49.gf4 4 SO..I:taS .l:th2
S1.l:ta7 g3 S2 . .1:tf7 q;,es S3.l:tg7 .l:tg2
(53...g2 54.b6 .l:th6 55.c5 ~s 56.q;,b4 .l:th1
S7.l:tg2 .l:tb1 ss.q;,as ~ S9.l:tc2+-l
54.c~b4 q;,r4 ss.cs .l:tb2 S6.q;,as 1-0
Kapnisis,Spyridon
Svetushkin,Dmitry
Rethymnon 2009 (6)
1.e4 cS 2.tilf3 e6 3.d4 cd4 4. d4
tilc6 S. c3 'it'c7 6. ~e3 tilf6 7.f4
~b4 S.tilbS fiaS 9.eS tildS 10.~d2
c3 11.bc3 ~cs 12.c4 • ds
13...Q.d3 0-0 14.fi hS g6 1S.fih6 fS
16. ~c3 (16.h4 "*'e7 17.hS ( 17.~c3 -
16.~c3 'it'e7 17.h4) 17... gS! 18.g4 {18.o-o-o
g4) 18.. .fg4 19.o-o-o fi g7 20.fig7 q;,g7
21.fgSt tileS? 22.~c3 d6 (Hristodoulou-
Manea, Plovdiv Ech 2012) 23.g6 (23.tild6
~d6 24.l:the1 ±) 23 ... h6 24 .~e2±]
16 ... fie7 17.h4 tild8 18 ...gS figS
19.hgS b6 (19... 17 20.~e2 a6 21 .tild4
d6 22.tilf3 ~d7 23.ed6 ~d6 24.g3 ~c6
2S.o-o-o .!:ticS 26.l:thl1 ~e4 27. d2 ~c6
28.tilf3 ~e4 29. d2 ~c6 ~- ~
B.Vuckovic-R.Markus, Valjevo tt 2011]
20.~e2 b7 21 .to c7 .l:tb8 22.tila6
.l:ta8 23.l:th6 tild8 24. c7 ~b7
2S. .I:tah1 .l:tc8 26. bS .l:tf7 27.tild6
.l:te7 28.g4 [28.tilc8 ~c8 29 . ~±]
28 ... .1:tb8 29.l:t1 h2 tilc6 30.gfS efS
31 .q;,d2 tild4?1 32.~d4 ~d4
•.t.
.i
i ••
• t2J
~ .i.
~ ~· ~
. 1:[
~ ..Wd6 16.0-0 0-0 17. ~c3! ± fS
~ ~ c:t;; 1:[
33 .~fS ~g1 34.l:t2h3 gfS 3S.tilfS
[3S.g6! ~cs 36.tiliS ~e4 37. e7 ~e7
s 38.l:th7 ~18±] 3S ....I:tf7 36 ..1:tf6 .l:tf6
Survey S/40.2
37.gf6 .i.f2?! [37... ~c5 38.tilh6 q;,1s
39.q;,d3] 38.q;,e2 [38.tilh6! q;,1s 39.tilg4
~c5 40 ..I:th7 q;,es 41.1S ~13 42.17 q;,ds
43.till6+- ] 38 ... ~cS 39 . .1:tg3?!
[39.tilh6 <j.>IS 40.l:tg3 q;,esoo] 39 ... ~
40.q;,d3 d6 [40 ...~18+] 41 .l:tg7 q;,e6
42.tild4 ~d4 43.q;,d4? [43.l:te7! q;,1s
44.17=] 43 ...deS 44.feS .l:td8 4S.II;>e3
.l:td7 46 . .1:tgS ~a6 0-1
Sjugirov,Sanan
Khalifman,Aiexander
Sochi tt-2 2009 (1)
1.e4 cS 2.tilf3 tilc6 3.d4 cd4 4.tild4
e6 S.tilc3 fic7 6. ~e3 tilf6 7.f4 ~ b4
S.tilbS 'it'aS 9.eS tildS 1 O. ~d2 tilc3
11.bc3 ~cS12 . c4 'it'd813 .~d3 0-0
14.'it'hS g6 1S.fi h6 dS? I 16.ed6
'*'f6 17.l:tb1 (17 .~c3 ~] 17 ...es
18.'i!rgS?I [18.h4!? e4! 19.~e2 tild4
20.~c3 (t:. 21 . hS); 20.hS IS; 18. ~c3 t:.
18 ... 'ii'f4 19.'it'f4 el4 20.tilc7 .l:tb8 21 .tildS
.l:te8 22.q;,d1] 18 ... 1t'gS 19.fgS .l:td8
[19 ... .1:tb8 t:. 20... a6; 19 ... a6 20.tilc7 .l:tb8
21 .tildS ~d6] 20. ~e4 ~fS 21. ~fS gfS
22.g3 ~d6 (22 ... .1:tac8!? 23..1:tf1 b6 t:.
24 ..1:tiS a6 2S.tilc3 tild4] 23 . .1:tf1 ~cs
24.tilc7 .l:tac8 2S.tildS b6 [2S ...tild4!?
t:. 26.l:tb7 tilc2 27.\l;>e2 (27.\l;>d1 tila3!)
27... d4] 26. ~c3 tile7 27.tilf6 q;,g7
28 . ~eS ~d4 29. d7?! (29 .~d4 .l:td4
30.l:td1=] 29...q;,g61 30.~d4 .l:td7
31. ~b2 .l:tc4 32.l:tf2 ll;>gS 33. 1
q;,g6 34.l:te1 f6 3S.h3 .l:tdc7
36 . .1:tee2 dS 37.\l;>e1 hS 38.a3?!
tilc3-+ 39.l:te3 e4 40 . .1:tfe2 .l:tc2
0-1
Shirov,Aiexey
Rublevsky,Sergey
Poikovsky 2009 (6)
1.e4 cS 2.tilf3 e6 3.d4 cd4 4. d4
tilc6 S. c3 'it'c7 6 . ~e3 f6 7.f4
~ b4 S.tilbS 'ifaS 9.es
tilc3 11.bc3 ~cs 12.c4 • ds
13.~d3 d6 14.ed6 ~d6 1S.tild6
dS 10. ~d2
18.\l;>h1 ~d7 (18 ... eS 19.feS '*'a3
20.'it'e1 ~e6 21 .l:tb1! b6? 22.g4 +-
Radjabov-Grachev, Sochi tt 2008; 18 ... b6!?]
19.~fS 'i!rd1 20 . .1:tad1 efS 21 . .1:td7
.l:tf7 22 . .1:tf7 [22 ..1:tfd1 .l:te8 23.l:t17 \1;>17
24.l:td7 .l:te7 25 ..1:te7 e7= t:. 26... c8]
22 ... ~ 23.l:tb1 d8 24.cS .l:tc8
55
2S •.b s 'it;>e6 26 . ~d8 l:td8 27.h3
l:td7 28.c4 h6 29.'it;>h2 gS 30.'it;>g3
l:l.d3 31 .'it;>f2 l:td4 32.fgS hgS
33.l:tb7 l:tc4 34.l:ta7 l:tcS 3S.a4 l:l.c2
36. 3 l:tc3 37. 'it;>f2 l:ta3 38.l:taS
l:ta2 39.'it;>g3 l:ta3 ~ -~
Variation B
9.e5 tt:l e4
Ki.ilaots,Kaido
Volodin,Aieksander
Finland tt 2009 (6)
1.e4 cS 2.lt:lf3 e6 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:ld4
tt:lc6 S.tt:lc3 Wc7 6 .~e3 tt:lf6 7.f4
~b4 S.tt:lbS Was 9.es tt:le4
10. ~d3!?
1 o...tt:lc3 [10 ...15?! 11.0-0 tt:lc3 12.bc3
~e7 (12...~c3 13.Wh5 g6 14.tt:ld6+-
Kritz) 13.Wh5 g6 14.Wh6-+ Shirov-
Z.Rahman, Dresden ol 2008] 11.bc3
~c3 (11... ~e7 12.0-0 0-0 13.Wh5 g6
14.Wh6± Kritz] 12.tt:lc3 (12.'it;>t2! ~a1
13.tt:ld6 'it;>e7 14.Wa1 (14.Wh5!? tt:le5
15.fe5 We5 16.Wf7 <it;>d8 (16 ... 'it;>d6
17 .~14+-) 17.l:ta1 Wd6 18.'it;>g1 ~)
14...b6 15.l:td1 ~a6 16 .~e4~ Kritz]
12... Wc3 13.'it;>t2 [13 .~d2 Wd4'f]
13... o-ooo 14.l:tb1 tt:lb4 1S. ~e4
W c4?1 16.Wd4 Wd4 17 .~d4 tt:lc6
18. ~cs l:te8 19.l:thd1 f6 20.ef6 gf6
21. ~d6 tt:ld8 22.c4 aS?! 23.cS± a4
24.a3 : as 2S.l:tdc1 tt:lc6 26.l:tc4 es
27.~dS 'it;>g7 28.l:te1 bS 29.l:tc3+-
b4 30.l:tg3 'it;>hS 31.feS tOeS 32.l:teS
1-0
56
Svidler,Peter
Timofeev,Artyom
Soc hi tt 2012 (1)
1.e4 cS 2.tt:lf3 e6 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:ld4
tt:lc6 S.tt:lc3 W c7 6. ~e3 tt:lf6 7.f4
~b4 S.tt:lbS Was 9.es tt:le4 1 o.Wd3
fS 11 .ef6 tt:lf6 12.o-o-o (12.tt:ld6?1
~d6 13.Wd6 tt:le41 14.Wd3 tt:lc3 15 .~d2
0·0 16.bc3 (16.~c3 Wa4! 17.g3? tt:lb4!'f)
16...e5~ 17.c4 Wb6 18.0·0·0 d6 19.Wd5
'it;>hlloo Yl-Y! KOiaots-Nisipeanu, Turin ol
2006; ~ 12 .~e2 0·0 (12 ... tt:ld5 13.~d2
~c3 14.bc3! (14.tt:lc3?? tt:lcb4 15.We4
tt:ll6+) 14... 0·0 15.0·0 a6 16.tt:ld4t) 13.0·0
d5 14.a3 ~e7~ Shmuter-Saltaev,
Volgograd 1994] 12 ..•o-o 13.a3 ~e7?
(13 ... a6o 14.ab4 (14.tt:ld6 ~c3 15.Wc3
(15.tt:lc4!?) 15... Wc3 16.bc3 tt:ld5)
14...tt:lb4 15.Wd6 tt:le8D (15 ...ab5
16.~c5+-) 16.Wb6oo]
14.tt:ld6± (14 .~e2 d5 Demianiuk-Kudelya,
Belorechensk 2010] 14... a6?! 1S.g3
(15.tt:lc4± r:. tt:lb6, g3] 1S...bS 16 .~g2
Wc7 [~ 16...b4 17 .~c6 dc6 18.tt:lc4±,
~c8< , e6<, c6<] 17.tt:lce4 [17.~c5±]
17•.•tt:ldS (17 ... tt:le4 18. ~e4 "iVd6
(18 ... h6 19.tt:lc8 l:tacS 20.Wd7 +-)
19.Wd6 ~d6 20.l:td6+- l 18 .~cs
tt:ld8? 19.h4!+- (t:. 20.tt:lg5 ~g5
21.hg5; 19.tt:lg5 ~g5 20. ~d5+- l:[b8
21 .1g5 (21.tt:le4+-; 21.b4+-l 21 ... Wc5
22 .~e4+- !:. 23.l:thl1] 19... l:tb8 [19 ... h6
20.tt:lg5!+-] 20.tt:lgS tt:lf6 (20 ... g6
21.tt:lh71 <it;>h7 22.h5 Wc5 (22 ... tt:ll6
23.Wg6 'it;>hB 24.tt:ll5 el5 25 .~e7+-)
23.hg6 'it;>gB 24.~d5+- (t:. 25.g7)
24 ... Wd5 25.1t'e2] 21 .b4 h6 22.'it'g6!
aS 23.tt:lfS efS 24.~e7 1·0
Brkic,Ante
Hracek,Zbynek
Sibenik tt 2011 (5)
1.e4 cS 2.tt:lf3 e6 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:ld4
tt:lc6 S. c3 Wc7 6. ~e3 tt:lf6 7.f4
~b4 S.tt:lbS Was 9.es tt:le4 10.Wd3
tt:lc3 11.bc3 (11.tt:lc3 ~c3 12.bc3 0·0
13 .~e2 b6 14.0·0 ~b7 15.a4 l:tacS
16.l:tlb1 lObS 17.c4 ~a6 18.'tli'd4 16 19.el6
Yl· Y2 Palac·O.Jovanic, Rijeka 2007]
11 ... ~e7 (11 ...0-0?! 12.cb4 tt:lb4 13.Wd2
tt:lc2 14.'it;>l2 'it'd2 15.~d2 tt:la1 16.~d3 16
17.el6 l:t16 18.l:ta1± Kritz) 12.g3 (12.~e2
0-0 13.0-0 16 14.el6 ~ 15.l:tab1 d5 16.c4
l:td8 17.c5 b6 18.cb6 17-Yl Moty1ev·Ru~.
Poikovsky 2011 ; 12.~d2 0-0 13.~e2 16
14.0-0 le5 15.fe5 tt:le5 16.'tli'g3 d6 17.~6
tt:lg6 18.~d3 1:[16 (18 ...gh6!?) 19.l:t16 ~16
20.l:tl1 '*idS 21.~g6 hg6 22.tt:ld6 ~d7?!
(22 ... e5oo) 23.tt:le4± Ragger·Sommerbauer,
Koflach ch·M 2006; 12.g4] 12...o-o
(12 ... a6 13.tt:ld6 ~d6 14.ed6 b5 15.~g2
~7 16.0-0 (r:. 17.a4; 16.a4? tt:le5! 17.1e5
~g2 18.l:tg1 ~c6+) 16... 'tli'a4! 17.~ 0-0
18.l:tfb1 t lnarkiev·Khalifman, Khanty·
Mansiysk m-1 2005) 13.~g2 f6 14.ef6
~f6 1S.o-o dS 16.l:tab1 [16.l:tle1 ~d7
17.~ l:tacS 18.l:tab1 e7 19.~d2 "iira6
20.tt:ld4 ~d4 21 .cd4± l:tc4 22.~ l:[f7
23.~e7 l:te7 24.15 "iVa2 25.l:l.b7 Wa5
(lnarkiev·Vitiugov, Moscow ch·RUS 2006)
26.l:tf1 (Dvoretsky) 26 ...l:tc7 27.l:tb8 l:tcS
28.l:tc8 ~cS 29.fe6+- l 16•.. l:td8 (16 ...a6
17.tt:ld6 Wc3 18.~ d8 19.Wc3 ~c3
20.l:tld1 ~16 21 .c4~ Gallagher·Pelletier,
Lenzerheide ch·SUI 2006) 17.l:tfe1 b6
18.c4 · 6 19.cdS b4 20.Wd2
'ilt'bS 21 .l:tb4 Was 22~d4 l:tdS?I
[22 ... ed5 23.c3 ~c4;!;) 23.~dS (23.c3!±)
23 ...'tli'dS 24.We3 l:teS 2S. ~f6 ~b7
26.l:te2 gf6 27.l:td4 'tli'h1 28.'it;>t2 eS
29.fS [29.fe5! l:te5 30.'tli'b3 ~d5 31.l:tg4
'it;>f7 32.Wd3 Wh2 33.<it;>e1 'tli'h1 34.'it;>d2
l:te2 35.We2 ~e6 36.l:te4±] 29..."i!rh2
30.'it;>e1 "iVh1 31. 2 'ilt'c6?
[31 ... l:tc8=] 32.l:tg4 ..Vh8 33."ilrh6 'it'd6
34.'it;>e1 We7 3S.l:td2 ~cs 36.l:tg6 e4
[36 ... ~15 37.l:t16±J 37.l:tf6 WcS
38.l:te2? (38.'it;>l1!+-] 38...'it'g1
39.'it;>d2 "iVd4 40.'it;>e1 'tli'g1 41.'it;>d2
Wd4 42. 1 "ilrg1 ~- ~
 French Defence
Winawer Variation FR 11.8 (C19)

Recent Developments in the

Winawer Poisoned Pawn
by Tiber Karolyi (special contribution by Peter Leko)

1. e 4 e6 tersburg-Moscow event Moroze-

2. d4 dS vich tried thi s unusual move. I
3. lLlc3 ~b4 looked into the lines. Though Al-
4. eS cs exander beat Vitiugov with it,
5. a3 ~c3 IO.l::tbl hould not give an ad-
6. bc3 'fic7 vantage, but player who ju. 1
7. 'f/g4 lLle7 want to get a reasonable position
8. 'f/g7 l:[g8 may u e it. I think the super-
9. 'i!i'h7 cd4 grandmaster did not want to
10. lLle2 lLlbc6 how one of hi best weapon in
11 . f4 dc3 this more or les friend ly match .
In a super tournament like Wijk
.i.
.t..t. 'ii'
~
•
~ .~. ~
aan Zee I believe he would try
omething more te ting .

·~~ ' A Pawn Sacrifice

Leko's first French in Dortmund
wa against Caruana, who rare ly
uses this opening. The ltalo-
Peter Leko

equa li ze. When White made an

~ .t.
~ ttJ ~~
l:t ~ ~~
In the 20 12 Dortmund Spar-
ka en Tournament, Leko twice
faced the French. I checked the
game between 2700+ players
ince early 2007 in my databa e,
and to my surpri e l ... eS was
played much more frequently
against White's fir t move with
the king' pawn than the Sicilian,
and there were more Caro-Kann
than French Defences. Against
the French, 3.lLlc3 was by far the
most popular move, even though
3.lLld2 cored better.
Before we di cus the variation
in Leko 's games, let me say a few
words on the very rare move
I O.l:[b I. In the traditional St Pe-
American grandma ter acri-
ficed the d-pawn after 12. 'ifd3
l:t with 12 ...d4. After 13.lLld4 lLld4
14. d4 ~d7 , Leko tried
IS .l:[g I. In recent years, since
Hazai and Lukac wrote their
Survey for Yearbook 97, the
move the Hungarian number one
played is White 's main try, but
other moves have been used as
well. John Watson in hi s recent
book on the French Defence di -
cusses the line in great detail. He
greatly enriched the variation
with some beautiful analysis.
After IS .l:[b I Black can place ei-
ther the queen or the bishop on
c6. Black ha done very well
with both moves. Still, White
should be able to obtain equality.
Fier tried 15. ~e3, when Jatoba's
15 ... b6 was good enough to
inaccurate move, he even took
over and scored a victory. In the
game Korley-Tuhrim from 20 I I,
Black deviated from Jatoba's
play and acriticed the a7-pawn,
but that is probably too
optimistic.
Leko called 15 .l:[g I 'a necessary
move in thi position '. In reply
Caruana played 15... fS, the
main move. Other move do not
seem to do well , but in my opin-
ion Voi scheva's 15 ... aS i at
least interesting. After 15 ... lLl f5
16.'f/f2 'fic6 both Volokitin and
Alexeev tried 17.g4, and they
both obtai ned a favourab le po i-
tion against Cornette and Gupta.
Black has improvements, but I
do not see a clear way for him to
equalize. After 17.. . e4 18.1We2
maybe Black should try the un-
tested move 18 .. .1lr'd5 .

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White players have more often
tried 17 . ~d3 and after 17 ... 'it'd5
they have te ted many moves.
.i. • i
'if~ ' ..
~
~ i~
~ fl~~
n i. w n
Ln the game Groszpeter-Goh
Weiming, the Hungarian grand-
ma ter simplified to an oppo-
site-coloured bishops middle-
game, White won material, but
Black had enough play to hold.
Ln my opinion, be ides the move
Leko played, 18.a4 is worth
looking at. Svetushkin got an ad-
vantage against Grover - maybe
Black should try my unclear rec-
ommendation there.
After 18.l:.bl ~c6 19.l:.b3 0-0-0
20.l:tc3 ~b8 a key po ition oc-
curs where White ha tried many
moves.
Anna Muzychuk just gave back
the g2-pawn with 2l.'it'c5
against Lahno, and the position
got implified to a draw. Kuiper
tried 2l.l:.c4 again t Stellwagen.
Black exchanged the light-
squared bi shops and White's po-
ition became unpleasant to de-
fend, despite the two extra
pawns. Ganguly diverted the
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queen with 21.l:.c5 and after
2l ... 'it'a2 sacrificed an exchange
on c6. He obtained no more than
equality. Pijper '2l.l:.b3 led to a
winning position again t Shirov,
but the Riga-born grandmaster
had not handled the opening very
well. 2l .g3 was tried in some
game . In Michalczak-L.
Johannes en, Rogaska Slatina
20 II, White got an edge, but
Black should be able to equalize.
Leko played 21.g4, trying to
keep hi po ition together for a
while and after that do some-
thing with the extra pawn. Then
Caruana launched hi play. Hi s
compensation looked fine, but he
got carried away by a forcing
check. He found him elf in trou-
ble, but his po ition would have
looked fine if he had just recap-
tured the rook at once.
Now quite some games have
been played from the position
after Black's 20th move. These
games sugge t that White can't
obtain better prospects, and
Leko ' choice in his game
against Bartel later in the tourna-
ment underlines that the position
is indeed equal. If I had to try
something as White, I wou ld go
for 21.g3.
Pushing the h-Pawn
Bartel, who plays the French
regularly, repeated the tine
Caruana had played four rounds
later. Thi may have surprised
Leko, as in recent years the Pol-
ish player had defended the
g7-pawn with hi s king. Leko de-
viated and ba ed his play on
pushing hi h-pawn with 12.h4.
White almost always returns
with the queen to d3 , as can be
done on everal occasions -
there is more than one move or-
der possible. In the SaJgado-
Alexeev game from 2009 Black
pushed his d-pawn to d4 early
on. In reply Salgado pu hed hi s
h-pawn all the way to h7. In thi s
line the h-pawn can have a chok-
ing effect, posing a serious dan-
ger to Black. By the time
AJexeev took the h7-pawn he
was crushed in the centre .
The young Dutch player Nico
Zwirs had some games in thi
same line, where he managed to
obtain good enough position
after 12.h4 ~d7 13.h5 0-0-0
14.'it'd3 tLlf5.
Thi is a position that is more fre-
quently reached via the move or-
der 12.'it'd3 ..Q.d7 13 .h4 tLlf5
14.h5 0-0-0. Zwirs pushed hi s
h-pawn further. Edouard beat
Zhukova convincingly with
15 .l:tb I in 20 II , and in the game
Brk:ic-Sa. Martinovic , Zagreb
20 12, Black deviated from that
game. He did just a fraction
better than the world-cia s
woman player, a he did not
resign on the 29th move but on
the 30th.
15.l:tb I looks strong. However,
Leko pushed hi s pawn and after
15 .h6 l:tg6 16.h7 l:.h8 White has
a good range of possibilities. It
seem to me that Black s sim-
plest way to handle this position
is to play l:tg7 and take the pawn.
In 20 II , in the game Van der
Grinten-Riemelmoser, the white
player introduced the novelty
17. ~e3. The move was to Leko's
liking and he tried it against
Bartel. lntere tingly enough, the
Polish grandma ter'. reaction
was much less fortunate than the

one by the much lower-rated
player who had faced the move
for the first time. Bartel pushed
hi d-pawn, allowing Leko to
keep his dark- quared bi hop.
The Hungarian grandmaster
found some nice preparatory
move , took the d4-pawn and got
A Pawn Sacrifice
12 .. .d4
Leko,Peter
Caruana,Fabiano
Dortmund 2012 (4)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.lDc3 ~ b4 4.e5 c5
5.a3 ~c3 6.bc3 e7 7.W'g4 cd4
[7... W'c7 8. ~d3!? Leko-Shirov, Saratov
2011 ] 8.W'g7 [B.cd4?! W'c7 9.Wd1]
8 ... l:tg8 9.W h7 W c7 10.lDe2 lDbc6
11 .f4 dc3 12.W d3 [12.h4] 12••. d4
13.lDd4 [13.h4 b6! Svetushkin-Giri, Spain
tt 2011] 13... lDd414.W'd4 ~d7
15.l:tg1 [A necessary move in this position]
15... f5 16.W'f2 Wc61 17.~d3 [£:.
1B.g4] 17... Wd5 18.l:tb1 ~c6 19.l:tb3
0-0-0 20.l:tc3 w b8 21.g4! lDd4
22.l:tg3 W'h1 [22 ...Wa2 23.~e3! W'a1
(23...lDb5 24.l:tb3) 24.Wd2 lDb5 25.l:tb3
lDa3 26.~7 w aB 27.We2+-] 23.~f1
b6!! [23 ... w aB 24 .~2 1 (£:. 25.l:tcd3)
24...~e4 25.a4! l:td5 26.~a3! ; 23...~5?
2Ut'g2!+ - J 24.~b21 [24.a4 ..-e4!]
24 ... ~e4! [This was the first move which
Caruana played after a long think. 24 ... l:tg4
25.l:tg4 W'e4! (25 ...lDI3? 26.l:tl3 ~13
27...-g1 !+-) 26. ~e2 ! (26.Wd1 lDe2!
(26... c2 27.wc1 ~a4 2B.We2!! (2B.l:tc4?
lDa3!!; 2B ...lDb4 29.~d4 !) 2B... tDe3
an advantage. Black tried to
break open the centre with
... t7-f6 , but this on ly ha tened
the end.
Conclusion
It would be interesting to see
what Leko wa going to do if
29.l:td3!+- ) 27.l:td3 l:td3 2B.cd3 ...d3
29.We1 'tli'b1 ! 30.we2 'tli'b2 31 .we3 -.c1
32.W'd2 W'l1 33.l:tg3 w b7 34.h4 W'h1 ~)
26... ~! 27.15! lDc2 2B.l:tc2 W'c2
29.l:td4!!+-] 25.a4! l:td5! [£:. 26... l:tgd8]
26. ~a3 l:tc8!! 27.~d6 Wb7 28.l:tc8
28 .••lDf3? [2B ... Wc8 29.l:tc3 (29.c4? lDc2
30.we2 l:td4!-+) 29...w d7! (29...w b7?
30.a5!! (30.l:tc7 w aB 31 .l:tc8 w b7 32.l:tb8
w c6 33.wd2 lD13 34.Wc3 l:td2 35.~b5
w d5=) 30... ba5 (30 ...lDI3 31 .'ifl3! ~13
32.a6 w aB 33.l:tcBX; 30... b5 31 .l:tc7 w aB
(31...Wa6 32 .~c5!) 32.a6+-) 31 .l:tc7
w aB 32.h3!! (32.l:tc8 w b7 33.l:tb8 w c6
34.wd2 b5 35.Wc1 d6 36.ed6 '*'13!;t)
32... 13 (32 ... a4 33.l:tcB Wb7 34.l:tb8
Wc6 35.w d2! b5 36.wc1 lDd6 37.ed6
w ds (37 ...W'I3 38. ~b5 w d6 39.l:tdB w e7
40.W'l3 ~13 41 .l:td5 ed5 42 . ~a4+-)
38.w b2 a3 39.Wa2+-) 33.We2 l:td2
34.We3 a6 (34 ... l:tf2 35.l:tcB w b7 36.l:tb8
Wc6 37.~b5 w d5 3B.c4X) 35 .~e2 ..-c1
36.We4 lDd4 37.l:ta7! w a7 3B . ~c5 w bB
39.~d4 + - ) 30.W'h4 (30.l:tc7 w eB=)
30... lDc2! 31 .l:tc2 l:td1 ! 32.Wd1 W'l1
33.Wd2 'tlfg2 34.we1 W'h1=] 29.w e2!!
[29.l:t13? ~13=] 29 ..•l:td2 30.w e3 w cs
[30 ... l:tf2 31 .l:tbB w c6 32 .~b5 w d5
33.c4X] 31.l:tg1!!?? [31. ~a6! Wd7
32.W'I1 W'h2 33.l:th3+-] 31 ... g1
Survey FR 11.8
Black had taken the bi hop and
had gone for the h7-pawn. Push-
ing the h-pawn early is certain ly
dangerou , but one remarkable
thing to notice i that at the Istan-
bul Ches Olympiad no black
player tried thi s complex
variation.
32.w d2 tDt3 33.w c3 tDh2 34..b 2
'tlfa1 [34 ... lDI3 35.wb2!+-l 35.Wd2
W'h1!! 36.W'g3? [36.!5 lD13 37.we3
lDg5 3B.W'I1 ! W'l1 39.~11 ~c2 40.~e7
lDe4 41.fe6 le6; 36.a5 13 37.We3 lDh4
(37... e1 38 .~11 !) 3B.ab6 ab6;t 39.'ilt'l1
'iWI1 40 . ~11 ~c2 ;t ] 36... f1 37.~f1
'*''1 38.'iWe3 [3B.'ilt'c3 w b7=]
38 ...'*'g2 39.'tli'e2 'ilt'e2 40.w e2 ~c2
41.a5 baS 42.Wd2 ~g6 1-2-1-2
Leko
M/ 12-6-53
Soldano,Graziano
Girard,Eric
cr 2010
1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3. c3 ~b4 4.e5 c5
5.a3 ~c3 6.bc3 lDe7 7.'tli'g4 '*'c7
8.'tli'g7 l:tg8 9.'tli'h7 cd4 10.lDe2 dc3
11.f4 lDbc6 12.'tli'd3 d4 13. d4 4
14.'tli'd4 ~d7 15.l:tg1 f5 16.'tli'f2
'tli'c6 17.~d3 tt'd5 18.l:tb1 ~c6
19.l:tb3 0-0-0 20.l:tc3 w b8 21.g4
d4 22.l:tg3 [22.cJ;>I1 'ilt'a2 (22 ... l:th8
23.~e3 l:th2 24.'ilt'h2 '*'13 25.tt'f2 tt'd1
26.'*'e1 -.13=) 23~d2 13 24.l:tg3 d2
25.'tli'd2 l:td4=] 22...'tli'h1 [22...-.a5 (John
Watson) 23.~d2 l:thB 24.Wd1 W'a4
25.Wc1;t] 23 .~f1 b6 [23 ... l:th8 24.h3 I.YaB
25.~2 ~e4~] 24.a4
59
 24... e4! 2S ..l::tge3 ~dS 26 ..l::ted3
"itaS! 27. · 3 [27.~2 "ita4 D.
2S ... ~e4] 27... bS! 28 ....d2! .l::td3
29 •.l::td3 a31= 30 ..l::ta3 "itd2 [RR
30 ....l::tg4 31.-..aS baS and Black is line
thanks to the weaknesses on a4 and 14 -
Leko] 31 .~d2 .l::tg4 32. ~e3 .l::th4
33.h3 aS 34 ..l::ta1 ¥.!-¥.!
Michalczak,Thomas
Johannessen,Leif Erling
Rogaska Slatina It 2011 (3)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3.ttlc3 ~ b4 4.eS cS
S.a3 ~c3 6.bc3 ttle7 7.1i'g4 cd4
8 . ~g7 .r:tg8 9."Wh7 1i'c7 10.ttle2
bc611.f4 dc312."itd3 d413.ttld4
d4 14.1i'd4 ~d7 1S..l::tg1 ttlfS
16.'tli'f2 'tli'c6 17..l::tb1 'tli'dS 18..l::tb3
~c6 19..l::tc3 0-0-0 20 .~d3 ~ b8
21.g3
21 ... ttld4 [21 ...a6 22.'tli'b6!; 21 ... .r:thS!?J
22 .~e3 ttlf3 23. ~d1 [23.~11 ttlg1
24 .~a7 ~as 25.-..g1 ~b5=] 23 ... ttlg1
[23 ...'t!ra2 24 .~a7 ~as 25..l::tc6 "ita1
26 .~e2 ttlg1=; 23 ... .r:thS 24.~a7 ~as
25 ..l::tg2 't!rb5 26 .~c1 W'a5 27..l::tc6 'tli'a3
28. ~d1 .l::td3 29.cd3 'tli'd3 30.~c1 bc6
31. ~c5 'tli'c3 32.'t!rc2 'tli'a1= John Watson]
24. ~a7 ~as 2S.'tli'g1 ~bS 26. ~ b6
~d3 27.cd3 [27 ..l::td3 'tli'b5 2S..l::td6 .r:tc8
29. ~c1 'tli'b3 (Pacher-Petrik, Banska
Stiavnica 2011) 30.'t!rd1=] 27 ....r:tc8
28.'t!rd4 'tli'bS 29.'tli'b4;t 'tli'b4
30 •.l::tc8 .r:tca 31 .ab4 .l::tc3 32.~cs
.l::td3 33. ~e2 .l::tb3 34. ~ .l::tb2
3S .~g1 .l::tb1 36. ~g2 .l::tb2 37. ~g1
.l::tb1 38 .~g2 .l::tb2 39. ~h3 b6
40. ~b6 .l::tb4 41.~cs .l::tb2 42.g4
~ b7 43 .~g3 ~c6 44. ~e7 ~dS
4S.h4 ¥.!-¥.!
60
Pijpers,Arthur
Shirov,Aiexey
Rogaska Slatina tt 2011 (1)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3.ttlc3 ~b4 4.eS cS
S.a3 ~c3 6.bc3 ttle7 7.W'g4 't!rc7
a.'tli'g7 .r:tga 9.'tli'h7 cd4 10.ttle2
ttlbc6 11.f4 dc3 12.'tli'd3 d413.ttld4
ttld4 14.'tli'd4 ~d7 1S..l::tg1 ttlfS
16.'tli'f2 'tli'c6 17. ~d3 'tli'dS 18..l::tb1
~c6 19..l::tb3 o-o-o20 •.l::tc3 ~b8
21 •.l::tb3
21 ... 'tWaS?! [21....l::thS!?; 21...a6 22 . ~d2
~b5!!!1] 22 . ~d2 "ita4 [22 ... 'tli'd5
23.~b4 !] 23.~ b4;t aS?! 24.~cS ±
.l::tdS 2S ..l::tc3 .l::tgd8 26.g4! ttld4
27 ..l::tc4 .r:tcs [27 ...ttll3 2S.'tli'l3 .l::tc5
29 ..l::ta4 ~13 30.h4+- J 28 ..l::ta4 ~a4
29.c4 bS 30. ~e4 bc4 31 .'t!rb2?
[31 .'tli'e3! c3 32 .~12+-] 31 ...ttlbSI
32."itf2 .l::td1 33. ~e2 ttlc3 34. ~e3
ttle4 3S. ~e4? [~ 35. 't!rb2 ~c7 36 ..l::td1
~d1 37. ~e4 c3 38."itc1 ~g4 39. ~d4
.r:tc6 Black is probably still winning - Ris]
3S ... ~c6 36. ~e3 .l::td3 37. ~e2 .l::tbS!
38."ith4 ~f3 39. ~e1 .l::tb1 40. 2
.l::tb2 41. ~g3 ~dSX 0-1
Ganguly,Surya Shekhar
Shulman,Yury
Ningbo Wch·tt 2011 (5)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3.ttlc3 ~ b4 4.es cS
S.a3 ~c3 6.bc3 ttle7 7.'tli'g4 cd4
8.'t!rg7 .r:tga 9.'tli'h7 'tli'c7 10.ttle2
ttlbc6 11.f4 dc3 12.'tli'd3 d4 13.ttld4
ttld4 14.'tli'd4 ~d7 1S..r:tg1 ttlfS
16.'tli'f2 't!rc6 17.~d3 "itdS 18..l::tb1
~c6 19..l::tb3 0-0-0 20 ..l::tc3 ~ b8
21 ..r:tcs "ita2 22 ..l::tc6 [22.'tli'd2 ttlM
23 ..l::tc6 ttl13 24.gl3 .r:tg1 25 .~12 .l::tc1
26.'t!ra5 .l::td7 27 ..l::tc8 ~c8 2S."iic5= John
Watson] 22 .•.bc6 23.'tli'cS [23. "itd2 .l::td4
24.g4 't!rb1 25.~12= John Watson]
23 ....l::td3 [23 ... .l::td5 John Watson]
24.cd3 .l::tg2 2S ..l::tg2 "itg2 26. ~e3
[26.'tli'IS ~b7 27."itl7 ~ b6 2S.'tli'IS 'tlrg1
29 .~d2 "ite3= John Watson] 26... e3
27.'it'e3 "*'h1= 28. ~e2 "*'h2 29.'tli'f2
'tli'h1 30.'tli'd4 'i+'g2 31. ~e1 ~b7
32.a4 aS 33. ~d1 "*'f1 34. ~d2 't!rg2
3S.~c3 "itf1 36."*'d7 ~ b6 37. ~d8
~ b7 38.'iWd7 ~ b6 39 ....d8 ~b7
40.'tli'd7 Y2-Y2
Kuipers,Stefan
Stellwagen,Daniel
Netherlands tt 2010/1 1 (6)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3. c3 ~ b4 4.eS cS
S.a3 ~c3 6.bc3 e7 7."itg4 'i!rc7
a.'i!rg7 .l::tg8 9.'t!rh7 cd4 10. e2
ttlbc6 11.f4 dc3 12.'i!rd3 d4 13. d4
ttld4 14.'i!rd4 ~d7 1S..l::tg1 ttlfS
16.'i!rf2 'tli'c6 17. ~d3 'i!rdS 18. .l::tb1
~c6 [1S ... b6 19..l::tb4 .r:tcS 20.g4 e7
21.h4 'tli'a2 22.h5± O.Eggleston-Burnett,
North Shields ch-GBR 2012] 19..l::tb3
o-o-o [19 ... .r:tds 20..r:tc3 'i!ra2 21.g4
(21. ~15 el5 22.'tli'a7 .r:tg2 23 ..l::tg2 ~g2
24.'i!ra4± ) 21...1t'a1 22 .~d2 d4oo
Videnova-Papasimakopoulos, Paleochora
2012; 19... .l::thS 20..l::tc3 (20.h3 .l::tdS 21 ..l::tc3
.r:tgS 22 ..r:tc5 tva2 23 . ~15 "itb1 24 . ~e2
e15 25.'i!re3! ) 20 ... .l::th2 21 ..r:tc5 (N.Shyam·
Papasimakopoulos, Athens Wch-jr 2012)
21 ......d7=] 20 ..l::tc3 ~ b8
21 ..l::tc4 [21. ~d2 'tlfa2 22.'tlfc5 (22 ..l::tc6
ttld4!! 23 . ~a5 't!ra3 24 .~c7 ~as 25 .~d1
ttlc6 26. ~dS .l::tdS= John Watson)
22 ... tva1 23.~12 .r:tg2 24 ..l::tg2 1l'd1
25 . ~e2 1l'd2= Gallagher-Nemet, Switzer-
land II 1995 - YB/97-95; 21.'tlfc5 .r:tg2
22.1l'd5 .l::tg1 23.~12 .l::tdgS! 24.'tlfdS .l::tdS
25 .~g1= A.Muzychuk-Lahno, Moscow
Wch-W blitz 201 OJ 21 ... b6 [21....l::thS
22 ..l::tc5 17·17 A.David·Wirig, Fourmies 2010]

22.g4 ~b5 23.l:lc3 li::Jd4 24 .~ b5
[24.l:lg3 1t'h1 2S.1t'l1 1t'h2 26.l:lh3 ~d3
27.l:lh2 ~11 2B.WI1 l:lg4 29.l:ld3= John
Watson[ 24... 1t'b5 25. 1t'f1 1t'a5
26 .~d2 Wa4.f 27. ~e3? [27.W'd3]
27... c2 28.q.,n li::Je3 29.l:le3 W'f4
30.We2 W'h2 31 .l:lg2 'it'h7 32. 3
l:ld4 33.a4 l:lgg4 0-1
Groszpeter,Attila
Goh Weiming
Kecskemet 2011 (2)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3. c3 ~b4 4.e5 c5
5.a3 ~c3 6.bc3 li::Je7 7.1t'g4 cd4
8.'it'g7 l:lg8 9.1t'h7 W'c7 10.li::le2
li::lbc611.f4 dc3 12.1t'd3 d413. d4
li::ld4 14.1t'd4 ~d7 15.l:lg1 f5
16.1t'f2 1t'c6 17. ~d3 'ifd5 [17 ...l:ld8
1B.g4 li::Je7 19. ~e3 li::JdS 20.gS±
Butkiewicz-Roorda, Leiden 2012]
j_ •... ...
~ ~ 4l
~ 21. ~e3 16f ; 20.l:ld1 'it'a2 21.~c5 ~c6
~ ... ~
~ 'f!l ~ ~
1;1 ~ w 1;1
18. ~15 [18.a4 ~c6 (18 ...D-O·O 19.l:la3
( 19 .~a3 ~4 (19 ...~c6 20.~ li::Jd4
21.~c3 1rcS 22. ~d4 l:ld4~ John Watson)
20.'ifc5 ~c6 21 .1t'dS l:ldS 22.Wf2 l:lhB
23.h3 aS= John Watson) 19...Wb8 20.l:lc3
~4oo 21 .l:la3 (21 .1t'c5 'it'd?) 21...1t'c6
22.~b2 l:lhB (22 ...li::Je7 23.h4 dS 24.hS
b6 2S.h6 li::lb4 26.l:lc3 'it'dSf John
Watson) 23.g4 li::lh4 24.l:lg3 b6 with ~bS
John Watson) 19.l:la3 (19 . ~a3 0·0·0
20.~b4 h4 (20 ... l:lg2 21 .l:lg2 1t'g2
22.1t'g2 ~g2=) 21.'ifh4 (21 .0-0-0 W'd4
22.1t'd4 l:ld4 23.~c3 l:la4 24.g3!}
21...1t'd4 22.1t'l2 'it'b4+ Umudova-Sedina,
Gaziantep 2012) 19... 0-0-0 (19 ...l:lh8 20.h3
Was 21.~1S eiS 22.1t'd4± Svetushkin-
Grover, Kavala 2010 - YB/97-96) 20.l:lc3
WbB 21. ~a3 b6! (21...Wa8 22.~c5 ! ;
21...1t'aS 22.1Vc5± Milman-Tuhrim,
Philadelphia 2011) 22.g4 'i¥as 23.Wd2
li::ld4 24.l:lg3 l:ldS 2S.~b2 l:lgdB 26.Wc1
~a4 27.Wb1 (27.l:lc4 c2 28.~c3 'it'bS
29.l:la4 'ifa4 30.1t'c2 'it'l4 31.Wb2 bS=
John Watson) 27 ...li::Jc6 2B.l:la3 li::lb4=
John Watson; 18.~e3 li::Je3 (18 ... l:lh8
19.h3 (19.l:ld1 li::Je3 (19 ...'ifa2 20.~a7)
20.W'e3 ~c6 21 .h3 l:ldB 22.Wf2! )
19...~c6 20.g4 li::Jh4 21 .We2 ~bS= Y.de
Rover-l.van der Lende, Zaandam 2011)
19.1t'e3 l:lg2 20.l:lg2 1t'g2 21.~e4 (17-17
G.Filev-A.Berescu, Plovdiv 2011) 21...W'h2
22.Q-O-Q (22 .~b7 l:lbB 23.~e4 1t'h4
24.'ilt'l2 'it'l2 2S.wf2 l:lbS 26.We3 : as
27.Wd3 l:la4 2B.l:lb1 l:la3 29.l:lb8 w e7
30.l:lb3 l:la4 31 .l:lc3 IS= John Watson)
22... ~c6 ! (22 ... l:ld8 Robson-Shankland,
Milwaukee ch-USA jr 2009 - YB/97-94)
23.~c6 ( 23.Wb1 ~e4 24.W'e4 1t'l2
2S.1t'b7 1rb6 26.'ii'b6 ab6 27.Wa2 l:la4=
Moskalenko) 23... bc6= Barrientos-Pozo
Vera, Panama City 2011 ; 1B.g4
19.l:lg3 'ii'h1 20.'ii'l1 (20 .~11? 'ii'e4
21.Wd1 ~a4 22.l:lc3 c2 23.~bS ~bS
24.l:lc2 ~a4 0-1 D.Haver-l.van der Lende
Bussum 2011 ) 20.. .'it'h2 21 .l:lh3
22.Wd1 'it'h3 23.1t'h3
a1 oo R.Jones-
D.Mason, High Wycombe 2012; 1B.g3 ~bS
19 .~1S eiS 20.1t'e3 0-0-0 21.Wf2 16
22.1t'c3 ~c6= John Watson] 18...ef5
19 . ~e3 o-o-o 20.'tli'f3 [20 .~a7 ~c6
22 .~d6 l:lg6 23.1t'a7 l:lgd6 24.l:ld6 l:ld6
2S.ed6 1t'b1 26.Wf2 'ii'c2 27.Wg3= John
Watson] 20...1t'c4 [20 ...1t'l3 21 .gl3 l:lhB
22.0-0-0 ~c6 \7-\7 A.Eiremov-E.Liebert, cr
2011] 21 .'ii'e2 W'a4 22.'ii'd3 ~e6
23.1t'c3 Wb8 24.l:lb1 l:lc8= 25.'tiVb4
'lt'b4 26.ab4 l:lc2 27.l:ld1 l:lb2
28.l:ld4 b6 29. ~d2 : ca Y:d~
Alexeev,Evgeny
Gupta,Abhijeet
Moscow 2012 (5)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.li::Jc3 ~b4 4.e5 c5
5.a3 ~c3 6.bc3 li::le7 7.'t1Vg4 cd4
8.W'g7 l:lg8 9.'ifh7 'ii'c7 10. e2
dc311.f4 li::lbc612.'ii'd3 d413.li::ld4
li::ld4 14.'it'd4 ~d7 15.l:lg1 f5
16.Wf2 'ifc6 17.g4 [17.l:lb1 tt'e4
18.-.e2 'tli'd4 19.-.12 '*'e4=] 17.•j!fe4
18.1t'e2 1ra4 [18 ...-..d4 19.l:lg2 ~c6
(Secer-Dogan, Konya 2010) 20.giS ~g2
21.~92 : g2 22.W'g2 o-o-o 23.tt'Q4=
(John Watson) 23 ... eiS! 24.-..IS 'OtlbB
2S.tt'g4 (2S.'tiVI7 tt'g1 26.We2 'ifd1
27.We3 '*'e1=) 2S .. .IS 26.el6 : ea 27.'1P11
tt'dS 28.WI2 '*'c5 29.WI3 'ii'dS 30.Wg3
Survey FR 11 .8
l:lgB 31 .'ifgS IPcB=; 18... -..dS!? 19 . ~g2
(19.'it'c4 li::ld4 20.'lt'dS edS 21 .\P12 l:lg4
22.l:lg4 ~g4 23.~d3 ~IS 24.~e3 li::lc2=)
19...tt'c5 20.W12 li::ld4 21. ~e4 oo ~c6! ?
22.~c6 bc6 23.l:lg3 'it'c4 24 .~e3 0-0-0
(Lukacs/Hazai) 2S.h4 'lt'a4 26.l:lc1 'lt'a3
27.hS 'lt'b2= John Watson] 19.l:lb1
d4
19... d4 [19...~c6 20.Wf2 '*'d4
(20... e7 21 .h3! ) 21. ~e3 e3 (<!:.
c2
21...1Wd8 22.gS (22 .~g2 .. h4 23.'1P11
e3 24.1t'e3 ~g2 2S.l:lg2 l:lg4=)
22 ...l:lh8 23.h3! ) 22.'ii'e3 't1Ve3 23.We3
l:lhB 24.h3± Volokitin-Cornet1e, Aix-les-
Bains Ech 2011] 20.'ii'd3 ~c6 [20... li::lc2
21.w 12 : ca 22.l:lb7 ~c6 23.: ba J
21 . f3 22.l:lg3 l:ld8 23.'ii'c3±
li::lh2 24.l:lb4 li::lf1 25.l:la4 li::lg3
26.<;f.;>g3 ~a4 27.-..c7 ~c6 28.~e3
l:ld7 29.'it'b8 l:ld8 30.'i¥c7 l:ld7
31.'tit'b8 l:ld8 32.'it'a7 l:ld1 33.'it'b8
[33.a4!?] 33 .•.l:ld8 34.-.c7 l:ld7
35.'ifc8 l:ld8 36.1Vc7 l:ld7 37.1t'c8
Y.!-Y.!
Michalczak,Thomas
Hillarp Persson,Tiger
Reykjavik 2011 {3)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.li::lc3 ~b4 4.e5 c5
5.a3 ~c3 6.bc3 e7 7.'~Wg4 '*'c7
8.'tiVg7 l:lg8 9.'ii'h7 cd4 10. e2
bc6 11.f4 dc312.-..d3 d4 13. d4
d4 14.'*Yd4 ~d7 15.l:lg1 l:lh8
[1S... dS 16.a4 (16.h4 a6 17.l:lb1 l:lg4
1B.g3 l:ldB 19.a4!) 16... -..as 17.l:la3
l:lcBoo Tsaknakis-Korniotis, Eretria 2011 ;
1S ...-..aS!? 16.1Wb4 (16.g4 l:lhB 17.h3
~bS 1B.'ii'c5 a6 19.l:lg3 : ca 20 . ~S abS
21 .-..b4 'i¥b4 22.ab4 dS~; 16 .~d3 ~c6
17 .~e3 l:lhB 18.h3 dS~) 16...'tli'c7
17 . ~e3 dS 1BJ!t'c5 -..cs 19 .~c5 14
20.0-0-0= Polyansky-Voischeva, Voronezh
2011 ; 1S... l:ld8 16.g4 (16.'ii'a7 ~c6
61
 17 .~e3 dS 18.g4t) 16.. .'tit'a5 (16 ...a6
17..1:!g3 ~bS 18.~b5 abS 19."tit'c3 'i!rc3
20..I:!c3 .l:!g4=) 17..1:!g3 (17.h3 ttJdS 18..1:!g3
~a4 19 .~g2t) 17... ~c6 18."tit'c4 .l:!dS
· 19..1:!b1 "tit'dB 20.~e2 t Kovchan-Firman,
Kharkov 2011] 16.h3 ttJfS 17."tit'f2 "tit'c6
[17...~c6 18.g4 ttJh4 19..1:!g3 "tWaS 20..1:!d3
(20.~c4 0·0·0 21 .~e3 'ilra4 22 .~d3 "tWaS
23 .~c4 "tit'a4 24 .~d3 'tWaS 2S. ~c4 "tit'a4
~- ~ Phadke-D.Sharma, Tirupati 2012)
20 ... .1:!d8 21 ."tit'g3 .l:!d3 (21 ..."tit'b6 22 ..1:!d8
"tit'dB 23. ~ ttJI3 24 .~d3 t) 22.'tit'd3 ~18
23 .~ ~g7 (Ortiz Suarez-Nogueiras
Santiago, Havana 2010 - YB/97-94)
24 .~e3±] 18. ~d3 'tWdS 19..1:!b1 [19.a4
~c6 20 ..I:!a3 ttJh4 21. ~11 t]
19... ~c6 [19 ... ttJh4 20 ..I:!b3 .l:!c8 21.~e3
~a4 22 ..1:!b4 ~c6 23..1:!c4± Beerdsen·
Koudinov, Bussum 2010] 20 . ~f5 [20..I:!b3
.l:!dB 21..1:!c3 .l:!gB 22.a4 ttJd4 23 . ~e3t]
20 ••.ef5 21 ..1:!b3 0-0-0 22.'tWe2
.l:!hg8= 23.g4?! fg4 24.hg4 .l:!h8
25 ..1:!c3 'it'd4 26.'tWe3? [26..1:!c6 bc6
27.~e3~] 26 ... "tit'd1 27. ~ .l:!h2
28.~g3 .l:!dh8-+ 29.f5 "tit'd5 30. 4
f6 31 ..1:!c5 fe5 32.'tWe5 .l:!f2 33.~e3
'iVf3 34 . ~d4 .l:!d8 35 .~c4 .l:!c2
36 .~b4 .l:!c5 37."tit'c5 aS 38."tit'a5
.l:!d4 0·1
Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar
Alexeev,Evgeny
Ohrid tt 2009 (6)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.ttJc3 ~ b4 4.e5 cS
5.a3 ~c3 6.bc3 ttJe7 7.'tWg4 'tWc7
8.1t'g7 .l:!g8 9.'it'h7 cd4 10.ttJe2 dc3
11.f4 ttJbc6 12.1i'd3 d4 13.ttJd4
d4 14."tit'd4 ~d7 15..1:!b1 ttJfS
16."tit'f2 "tit'c6 17•.1:!b4 [17 ..1:!g1 'tWe4
18.1i'e2 'Wd4 19..1:!h1?! (19.'tWI2 'tWe4=)
19... ~c6 20 ..1:!b4 "tit'dS ~ A.Feher·Racz,
Zalakaros 2011] 17...'tit'd5 18..1:!g1 ~c6
62
19..1:!c4 [19. ~e2 "tit'a2 20.~d3 0.0·0 ~
John Watson; 19.g4 .l:!dB (19 ... 0·0·0)
20 . ~d3 ttJd4 21..1:!d4 "tit'd4 22."tit'd4 .l:!d4
23.h4 ~!Boo John Watson; 19.~c4 "tit'e4
20."tit'e2? (20. ~11=) 20... .I:!g2 (20... 'tWd4
21.~11 aS 22 ..1:!b1 .l:!g3!1-+) 21 ..1:!g2
"tit'g2= Aitbaev-Kozganbaev, Astana 2011]
19... 0-0-0 20. ~d3 ~ b8 21 ..1:!c3
"tit'a2 [21...b6 22 ..1:!b3 .l:!hB 23.~d2 'tWb3
(23... d4!?) 24.cb3 .l:!d3 ~ John Watson]
22 ...Q.e3 [22 .~1S efS 23.1i'c5 'tWb1
24.~e2 .l:!g2 25 ..1:!g2 "tit'c1 26 ..1:!d3 .l:!cB
27..1:!g1 'tW14 28.'it'd4 ~e4= Hyldkrog·
Pasko, cr 1999; 22.'tWc5 "tit'a1 23 .~d2
ttJd4+ Strobei-Cech, Germany tt 1996/97]
22 •..ttJe3 23.'ife3 .l:!g2 24 ..1:!g2 ~ g2
25. ~c6 26. ~e4 ~e4 27."tit'e4
"tit'b1 = 28 •.1:!e3 .l:!c8 29 ..1:!e2 .l:!h8
30."tit'g2 'tWc1 31.'tWg3 "tit'h1 32 .~e3
a6 33 •.1:!d2 Wc1 34 .~e2 'tWh1
35. ~e3 "tit'c1 36 .~e2 "tit'h1 17-17
Senders,Justin
Hi.ibben,Dominik
Maastricht 2012 (4)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.ttJc3 ~b4 4.e5
ttJe7 5.a3 ~c3 6.bc3 c5 7.'tWg4
'tWc7 8."tit'g7 .l:!g8 9.'it'h7 cd4
1O.ttJe2 ttJbc6 11.f4 dc3 12.'tWd3 d4
13.ttJd4 ttJd4 14.1t'd4 ~d7 15..1:!b1
ttJfS 16.Wf2 ~c6 17..1:!g1 [17.~e3?
0·0·0 1B..I:!g1 'tWas 19.~a7? (19 ..1:!b3+)
19... 'ilra3 20.~d3 .l:!d3 21.cd3 c2-+
Vucinic·Ziatanovic, Paracin 2011 ] 17....l:!d8
18 .~d3 [1B."tit'a7 ttJd4 19 .~d3 "tit'e7
20.g3 .l:!hB 21 .h4 .l:!h4= John Watson;
18..1:!b4 'tWaS (18... .1:!dS 19.~e2 (19.g4t)
19... 'it'd8 20 ..1:!c4 d4 21 ..1:!c3
(A.Rychagov-Guanciale, St Vincent 2001 )
21 ...ttJe2 22.1i'e2 ~bS 23.'tWI3 (23.'it'h5
'Wb6 24 .~e3 "tWas 25 .~d2 'tWb6
26.~e3=) 23... ~c6 24.'it'e2 ~bS=;
18... .1:!h8 19 .~d3 .l:!d3 20.cd3) 19. ~d3
.l:!hB (19 .. .'tit'd5!?) 20.h3 .l:!d3 21 .cd3 'tWdS
22.g4 h4 23. ~e2 g2 24 ..1:!g2
(Adelseck·Vicoli, cr 2000) 24 ... .1:!h3 25 ..1:!g3
.l:!h2!! 26.'ilrh2 1t'a2 27. ~b2 cb2 28 .~e3
b1 'tW 29.'tli'h8 ~d7 30..1:!b1 'tli'b1= John
Watson] 18... .1:!d3 19.cd3 'it'd8
[19 .. .'~fd7 20.g4 (20..1:!b4 'tWd3 21 .'tli'a7
"tit'c2 22.'tWb8 ~e7 23."tit'c7=; 20.d4? W'dS
21 ..1:!b4 aS 22 ..1:!b6 'tWe4 23.'ife2 'ilrd4-+
Wheldon-Phillips, London 2010) 20...'tli'd3
(20... ttJd4 21 ..1:!g3 'tWdS John Watson)
21 .gfS 'tWe4 22 .~11 "tit'd3 23 . ~e1 "tit'e4
~ -~ Dolzhikova·Sedina, St Petersburg
2009] 20.g4 [20."tit'a7 'tli'd3 21."tit'b8 ~e7
22 ..1:!b7 ~b7 23.'tWb7 ~18~ John Watson]
20 ...ttJd4 21 ..1:!g3 'tit'dS 22. 1 f3
23 ..1:!f3 "tit'f3 24."tit'f3 ~f3 25.g5 ~e7
26 .~f2 ~d5 27 •.1:!b5 b6 28.f51 ~d7
29.f6 .l:!h8 30.~g3 ~b7? 31.h4
~a6? [31... ~d5±] 32 ..1:!b4 ~c6
33 ..1:!d4 [33..1:!b3!+-] 33...~b7?
34.~g4 ~c7 35 ..1:!c4 ~d7 36 ..1:!c3
~g2 37.h5 ~f1 38..1:!c2 1-0
Fier,Aiexandr
Jatoba de Oliveira Rels,Paolo
Americana ch·BRA 2010 (8)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.ttJc3 ~b4 4.e5
ttJe7 5.a3 ~c3 6.bc3 c5 7.'tit'g4
'tWc7 8."tit'g7 .l:!g8 9.'tli'h7 cd4
1O.ttJe2 ttJbc6 11.f4 dc3 12.'tit'd3 d4
13. d4 d414.'it'd4 ~d7
iitf.t~i •i
~
if ~
'
~
~ ~
15. ~e3 [1S."tit'l2?! 'tWc6 16..1:!g1 'tWe4
17.'tli'e2 'tWh7 18.g3 ~c6 19. ~g2 0·0·0
20 .~c6 ttJc6 21. ~e3 ttJd4 22.'it'c4 ~bB +
Milliet-Wirig, Nancy 2010] 15 ... b6
[1S... dS 16.g3 ~c6 17..1:!g1 0·0·0
(17... e3 18.'tWe3 'tli'aS (1 8...0-0·0
19 .~d3 Wb8 20.h4t ) 19 .~d3 0·0.0
20.Wf2t) 18.'tWa7 e3 19."tit'e3 'tWaS
(19 ....1:!d2 20.'tWc3 .l:!gdB 21. ~d3 .l:!h2
22.0·0·0±) 20.~d3 .l:!dS 21.~± Kerley·
Tuhrim, Heisinger 2011 ] 16 ..1:!d1 0-0-0
[16... ttJIS 17.'tWd3 0·0·0 18. ~12 ~b8
19.'tWc4 ~c6~] 17 . 'tli'd6?1 [17..1:!d3 dS
18.a4 ~c6 19.'tWc4 ~bB=] 17.•.ttJd5
18 .'~'c7 ~c7 19 .~c1 [19 .~12 ~a4 ~]
19...~a4 20..1:!d4 ~c2 ~ 21.h3 b5
22. 2 'ttc6 23.f5 ef5 24.a4 b4
25 .~ b5 'ttb6 26 •.1:!c4 ~e4 27..1:!g1
b3 28 . ~e3 ttJe3 29 .~e3 b2 30 ..1:!b4
~a5 31 ..1:!b3 ~d5 32 ..1:!c3 .l:!g3
33. ~d2 ~e4 0-1

Pushing the h-Pawn
12.h4
Leko,Peter
Bartei,Mateusz
Dortmund 2012 (B)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.tt:lc3 ~b4 4.e5 c5
5.a3 ~c3 6.bc3 tt:le7 H Wg4 'i!fc7
8.'ill'g7 l:lgS 9.'i!fh7 cd410.tt:le2 dc3
11.f4 tt:lbc6 12.h4!? ~d7 13.h5
o-o-o 14.'ill'd3 [14.h6? l:lg6! (14... ~e8??
1S.-.g8 tt:lg8 16.h7 1-0 Padevsky-
Asmundsson, Reykjavik 11 19S7; 14... tt:leS?
1S.fe5 1feS 16..i.f4 • f6 17.'iVd3 eS
18.'ill'c3 c6 19.h7 l:lh8 20.l:lh6 1fe7
21..i.g3± Bidet-Aveline, Paris 1993)
1S.l:lh3 (1S.l:lb1 d4 16.l:lh3 l:ldg8 17.'ill'f7
l:lh8+) 1s... l:ldg8 16.tt:lc3 (16.l:lc3 q;,b8
17.'ill'f7 l:lh6:f') 16... d4 17.Wd1 tt:ldfS+]
14... f5 [14 ...d4 15.h6! is considered to
be good for White - Salgado Lopez-
Aiexeev, Novi Sad Ech-11 2009] 15.h6
l:lg6 16.h7 l:lhS 17..i.e3!?
...•. . . •
~
.t.
.i
~
· 8~
~ 20...c7 <.fi?c7 21..i.d4 l:lhg7 22.h7 tt:liS
~ · 'iW~
~ ttJ ~ Zdroj 1963; 17... l:lg7 18..i.b2 (18.'tkd3
~ ~~ ~ l:lh7 21.0.0-0 1fg8=) 19.l:lh7 l:lh7
17...d4? [17... e3 18.'ill'e3 l:lg7 19. d3
(19.'ill'c3 l:lgh7 20.l:lh7 l:lh7 21 .l:lb1 is
safe for White, but zero advantage!)
19... e7 20.tt:ld4 tt:lg6;:t Leko; 17... 'ill'aS
1U.f2 h6?! (18...l:lg7 19.l:lhS b6
20.'ill'h3 Wa4;:t) 19.tt:ld4 (19.'ill'c3! l:lh7
20.'i!faS aS 21 ..i.a7±) 19... d4?
(19... l:lh71 20.tt:lbS l:lhg7c:o) 20.'Wd4 l:lh7
(Van der Grinten-Riemelmoser, Latschach
2011) 21 .Wb4!+-J 18..i.t21 [18.~d4
tt:lcd4 19.tt:ld4 l:lg3;:t Leko] 18.•.Wa5
19.l:lh31 [19..i.d4!?] 19.•.16 [19 ...'ill'a4
20.l:ld1 l:lg7 21.tt:ld4!] 20.tt:ld4 fe5
21.tt:lf5 ef5 22.l:ld1 l:lg7 23 ...c3
• c3 24.l:lc3 ef4 25 .~a7 l:lhh7
26 .~c5 .i.eS? [26 ... l:lg3 27.l:lg3 lg3
28 ..i.d6 l:lh4 29..i.g3 l:le4 30.<.fi?d2 f4
31 ..i.f2 eSt] 27 ..i.d6 l:lh4 28.Wt2
l:ld7 29.l:ldd3 .i.h5 30.l:lc4 l:lg4
31 ..i.f4 l:le7 32.g3 l:lgS 33.l:la4 1-0
Vasiukov,Evgeny
Doroshkevich,VIadimir
Moscow tt 1967
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.tt:lc3 .i.b4 4.e5 c5
5.a3 .i.c3 6.bc3 tt:le7 7.Wg4 'tkc7
8.'tkg7 l:lg8 9."ill'h7 cd4 10.tt:le2
tt:lbc6 11.f4 ~d7 12.'*I d3 dc3 13.h4
tt:lf5 14.h5 0-0-0 15.h6 l:lg6 16.h7
l:lh8
17.l:lb1 [17...13 l:lg7 18.g4 tt:lcd4 19. d4
tt:ld4 20.1fd3 'tkcS 21.a4 (Carracedo
Rodriguez-Oiiveros Alvarez, Aviles 2004 )
21 ... l:lg4=; 17.l:lh5 16 18.el6 ~e8 19.l:lls
eiS 20...1S w b8 21.tt:lc3 {21.~e3 ._h7
22.040 .i.d7=) 21 ... Wh?:;' Carleton-
Bol1erill, Ayr ch-GBR 1978; 17.'•c3 tt:lcd4
{17 ... tt:lh6 18..i.e3 l:lh7 19.tt:ld4 d4
23.l:lb1 ;!; Matulovic-Gunsberger, Polanica
l:lhh7?? (18 ... Wd8 19.~2 l:lgh7 20.l:lh7
20.g4+- Seijbei-Van den Berg, Haarlem
1994) 18... l:lgh7 19.l:lh7 l:lh7 20.040
(20.g4 fe7 21.040 tt:laS 22.'it'd3 l:lh8
23. c3 tt:lc4=) 20...'Wb6'f' 21 .'Wd3
(Pelling-R.Holmes, Sunderland 1966)
21...'*'12+ ; 17....i.e8 18..i.e3 16 {18... e3
19.• e3 l:lg7 20.l:lc1 l:lgh7 21.l:lh7 l:lh7
22.c4 '*'aS=) 19.el6 l:lh7 20.l:lh7 'l!t'h7
21 .0-0-0 tt:le3 22.• e3 l:lf6 (Manik-
Kanovsky, Utomysl 2010) 23.g4!) 18.Wc7
w c7 19.tt:ld4 tt:ld4 20.Wf2 l:lg7 {Tillyaev-
Kanagarajah, Singapore 2007) 21 .~2 ±;
17.l:lh3 d4 (17 ... l:lg7 18.tt:lc3 a6 19 ~b2
(1 9. e2 tt:laSc:o) 19... l:lhh7 20.l:lh7 l:lh7
21 .g4 (21.040 l:lg7 22.'it'e2 tt:lg3:f')
21 ...tt:leS (Gutierrez Castillo-Cascudo Pueyo,
Aviles 2000) 22.fe5 Wes 23.Wd1 l:lh4:f')
18.l:lb1 (18.'iWI3 l:lg7 19.g4 tt:lfe7 20.'*'e4
"*'b6 21 .a4 l:lg4:f') 18....i.e8 19.'*113
(19."*'e4 (Oprea-Popescu, cr 1984)
19...'Wd8 20.'*'13 l:lg7+; 19.g3 16 20.el6
Survey FR 11.8
l:lh7 21.'ill'e4 (21 ..i.g2 "*'11 22.l:lb5 l:lh3
23..i.h3 '*116+) 21...l:ll6 22.g4 l:lh3 23.~3
Wh7-+ Pop-1Popescu, cr 1984) 19...'ill'd8!
20.g4 (20.l:lh5 l:lg7 21.g4 h4+) 20... h4
21 .'i!t'h1 l:lg4+ Bronstein-Uhlmann, Tallinn
1977] 17••.16 [17 ...l:lg7 18.l:lb3 (18.'*113
l:lgh7 19.l:lh7 l:lh7 20.g4 tt:lfe7 21 .'tkc3=)
18...d4 {18 ... Wd8 19.l:lc3 <.fi?b8 20.<.fi?d1
tt:lce7=) 19.l:lhS ~b8 20.'Wh3 tt:lfe7 21.g4
tt:ldS 22.Wd3 l:lg4:f' Franke-Molzahn, DDR
1973; 17... 'i!t'd8 18.'iWc3 d4 (18...l:lg7
19..i.e3 e3 20.• e3 l:lgh7 21 .l:lh7 l:lh7=)
19.'tkd3 f6 {19 ... l:lg7 20.g3 16 21.el6
'ti'16c:o) 20.el6 (20....bS b6 21.a4!)
20...'ti'l6 (De Sio-Malafronte, Napoli 1994)
21 .c3;!;; 17...d4 18.l:lhS (18...13 l:lg7
(18... ce7 19.'ti'd3? (19.l:lh3 ~c6 20.'it'f2
"*'d7 21.l:lb4 tt:ldS 22.l:ld4 d4 23. d4
IS=) 19......c5 20.l:lb4 tt:lc6:f' B.Levin-Oren,
cr 1997) 19.g4 fe7 20..i.g2 l:lgh7 21.l:lh7
l:lh7 22. g3 (22.<.fi?f2 dS 23.'it'd3
l:lh2+=') 22...tt:ldS:f' Berner-A.Otto, GDR
1979; 18.l:lb3 .i.e8 19.l:lhS {19.g3 16 20.el6
l:lh7+ Seeliger-Skaslien, cr 1982) 19...16
20.g4 l:lg4 21 .l:liS {Waddeii-J.Knudsen, cr
USA 1982) 21...Wh7+; 18.g3 .i.eB 19..i.g2
16 20..i.dS leS 21.feS l:lh7-+ Auerswald-
Poenisch, cr 1982) 18... Wb8 (18... 16 19.el6
~e8 20.l:lfS efS 21 .tt:ld4 l:l16 22. bS
"*'h7+ Greiner-Ter Haar, cr England 1992)
19.• h3 tt:lce7 {19... .i.e8 20.g4± Callguire-
Tee, cr 1987) 20.g4 e3 21 ..i.e3 de3
(B.Gonzalez-Sega, Sao Paulo 1992)
22.~g2±] 18.e16 ~e8 19.'it'c3 l:lh7
20.l:lh7 W'h7 21.l:lb3 [21 ..i.e3 e3
22.W'e3 l:lf6= D. Stewart-Micklethwa~e. cr
England 1990]
[21...d4 22.Wh3 (22.W'c4 "*'M 23.<.fi? d1
W'l6 24 ..i.b2? (24.g3 l:lh6:f') 24 ...e5 0-1
Brooks-Marconi, cr 198S; 22.W'I3 aS
(22 ... l:lf6 23.g4 tt:ld6 24.gS l:lf8 2S.Wh3
'ti'g6 26 ..i.g2 Wc2.,. Taksrud-Wister,
Norway cr 1997) 23.l:lb4 i.c6 (23... c6=)
63
 24.'it'f2 h4?? (24 ... .1ll6 25.~d2 .llg6;!;)
25.17 .lll6 26.'it'd4 1-0 Torda-C.Aomero, cr
1985) 22 ... .1lh6 (22 ...'it'g8 23.'it'h2
(23.~b2 .ll16 24.g4 .llh6 25.'it'l3 tt:\h4
26.W'g3±) 23 ... .1ll6 24..1lh3 .llf8oo
Unterd6rfer-Beier, cr GOA 1980) 23.'it'd3
.lll6 24 . ~b2 ~g6 25.'it'c4 (25.'it'd2 e5;:t)
25... 'it'd7 26.'it'c5 llf7'f Praca-Aivarenga,
cr Brazil 1981 ; 21....1lg4 22.g3 .llgB
(Steinmiiller-Beier, cr GOA 19n) 23. ~b2
Wb8 24.'it'd3;t;] 1h-1h
Salgado Lopez,lvan
Alexeev,Evgeny
Novi Sad Ech-tt 2009 (8)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.tt:lc3 ~b4 4.e5 c5
5.a3 ~c3 6.bc3 tt:\e7 7.'it'g4 'it'c7
8.'it'g7 .llg8 9.'iWh7 cd4 1O.tt:le2 dc3
11.f4 tt:lbc6 12.h4!? d4 13.h5 ~d7
[13 ... b6? 14.h6 ~a6 (14 ... Wf8 15.a4±)
15.'it'g8 g8 16.h7 0-0·0 17.h8'it'+-
Zwirs-T.Willemze, Haarlem 2011 ; 13... .1lt8
14.'it'd3 'it'd8 (14... 'it'b6 15.h6 ~d7 16.h7
0-0-0 17.tt:\g3 tt:\d5 18.tt:\e4 w b8
19.tt:ld6±) 15.g4 b6 (15 ... 'it'd5 16..1lh2
.llb8 17.Wt2±) 16.tt:\g3 tt:\d5 17.tt:\e4± 16?
18. ~g2 (18.el6 tt:\16 19.h6+-) 18.. .1e5
19.1e5 tt:\e5 20...-d4+- Cuttica-Bobone,
Chesslriend.com 2003] 14.'it'd3 0-0-0
15.h6!
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15...Wb8 [15 ...~e8 16.tt:\g3!?N WbB
17. e4 tt:\d5 18..1lb1 b6 19.h7 .llh8
20.t(~g5;t; Kuipers & Zwirs; 15... .1lg6 16.h7
.llhB 17. d4 tt:\d4 18...-d4 Wb8 19.~e3
b6 20.~d3 .llg2 (Zwirs-l .van der Lende,
Haarlem ch·NEO jr 2011) 21 .0·0-0±]
16.h7 .llh8 17 ..1lb1 ~c8 18.g4 b6
19 .~g2 [19 ..1lh6!?] 19... ~b7 20.Wf2
tt:la5 21 •.1lh3 [21 ..1lh6 tt:\ec6 22.a4 ..-e7
23.Wg3;t;] 21 ... ~g2 22.Wg2 tt:lec6
64
[22 ... 'it'd7 23.tt:\g3 tt:\d5 24 ..1lh6 (24.W'd4
'it'c6 25.'it'e4 tt:\c4 26.Wf3=) 24... W'b7oo]
23.a4 'it'e7 24.We4 W c5? [24 ... ..-d7
25.llh1 Wb7 26.~g3 tt:\c4 27 ..1lh6;t;]
25.f5 ef5 26.gf5 We7 27. ~f4 + ­
Wb7 28 ..1ld1 f6 29.e6 .llh7 30..1lh7
'it'h7 31 ..1ld4 'it'g8 32 . ~g3 .lld4
33.tt:ld4 'it'd8 34.tt:lb5 W d2 35.Wh3
'it'h6 36 .~ h4 'it'h7 37.tt:lc3 tt:\c4
38 ...-c4 Wt5 39.'itg4 • •1 40.Wh2
t5 41 ...-g7 w as 42 ...-d7 'it'f4
43 .~g3 W'h6 44.Wg2
Brkic,Ante
Martinovic,Sasa
Zagreb 2012 (3)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.tt:\c3 ~b4 4.e5
tt:le7 5.a3 ~c3 6.bc3 c5 7.W g4
'it'c7 s •..-g7 .llg8 9.W'h7 cd4
1 O.tt:le2 tt:lbc6 11.f4 ~d7 12.h4
0-0-0 13•..-d3 dc3 14.h5 tt:\f5
15.llb1 d4 [15 ... tt:\a5 16..1lg1 c4 17.g4
'it'c5 18...-c3 tt:\h4 (18 ... a5 19.'it'b3!?
Edouard) 19..1lg3 b6 20.'it'b4 'it'c7
21 .W'e7 tt:\e5 22.1e5 tt:\15 23.gl5 llg3
24.tt:\g3 'it'c3 25.Wd1 .llgB 26.~a6 <io>b8
27.'it'd6 w as 28.'it'd7 W13 29. e2 1-0
Edouard-Zhukova, Aix-les-Bains Ech 2011]
16•.1lg1 f6 [16 ... .1lg4 17.g3 WbB 18.q.,f2
~ea 19 .~h3 .llgB 20.g4 tt:\le7 21 .h6 d5
22.g5 Kuipers & Zwirs] 17.g4 fe5
[17... h6 18.el6 .llg4 19..1lg4
20. d4 d4 21.'it'd4± Edouard] 18.gf5
g4
ef5 [18 ... .1lg1 19.tt:\g1 el5 20.1e5 .Ilea
21.~e2 ! 'it'e5 22.WI1!± Edouard]
19..1lg8 .llgS 20 ..Ilb5 .Ilea 21 .'it'g3
e4 22 ..1ld5 ~e6 23..1ld4 tt:\d4
24.tt:ld4 ~f7 25. b5 'it'c5 26 . ~e3
'it'e7 27 •..-g7 Wb8 28.h6 w as
29 ....d4 b6 30.'itd6 1-0
A Very Rare Move
10.l:tb1
Morozevich,Aiexander
Vit iugov,Nikita
St Petersburg-Moscow tt 2011 (1)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.tt:lc3 ~b4 4.e5 c5
5.a3 ~c3 6.bc3 tt:le7 7.'it'g4 cd4
s •..-g7 .llgS 9.'ith7 'it'c710 ..Ilb1
1-0
1 o...'it'e5 [10... dc3 11.14 d7 12.tt:\13;t;J
11 . e2 [11. ~e2? dc3 12.tt:\13 'it'l5
13...-15 (13.W'h6 Wc2 14..1lb4 tt:lbc6
15..1lh4 tt:\15 16.'it'l4 h4 17. h4
'it'e4- + Gurack-Kiiewe, Stralsund 1998)
13... tt:\15 14.g3 b6 (14... c6 15.llb3 d4'f)
15..1lb3 d4 16.llg1 tt:\c6 17.~b5 ~d7
18.g4 tt:\le 7+ Schora-Anton, Hassloch
1997] 11...dc3 12.h4 [ 12 .~14 'it'l5
13....15 tt:\15 14.tt:\c3 tt:\d4 (14... c6 15.13
16 16.wf2;t;) 15.tt:\b5 (15.Wd2 16 16.h4 b6
17 .~d3 ~b7 18..1lh2oo; 15. ~d3 bc6
16 .~g3 16oo) 15... b5 16 .~b5 c6 17.h4
a6 18 .~c6 bc6 19.~g5 (19.h5 16 20.h6;t;)
19... e5 (Eckert-O.Becker, Brilon jr 1993)
20.14;!;] 12... d4 [12 ... tt:lbc6 13.~14 W16
14 .~g5 We5oo] 13.h5 [ 13 .~14 'it'l5
(13... 'it'l6 14 .~g5 'it'e5 15.14;!;) 14.'it'l5
tt:\15 15.g4 .llg4 16 .~g5 tt:\c6 (16...d3
17.cd3 c2 18..1lc1 tt:\c6oo) 17.13 .llg5
18.hg5 e3 19..1lh8 w e7 20.WI2 tt:\c2
21 ..1lc1 tt:\a3 22.tt:\d4 d4 23.llc3= Firat-
Shimanov, Athens Wch-jr 2012]
13... bc6 14.h6 [14.'i!rd3 .llhB 15.h6
b6 16.13 ~b7=] 14 ...f5 [14 ... .1lg6 15.llh3
( 15 .~14 Wl6 16.~d6 tt:\15+ ; 15.Wd1
16.tt:\g3 tt:\16 17.W'h8 .llg8 18.14 .llhB+)
15... b6 16..1lg3 ~b7 17..1lg6 lg6 18.a4
Wd7 19.'it'l7 .llgB (19...'i!fl5=) 20.~14
d5
_.hB'f] 15 . ~f4 'itf6 [15 ....-hB 16..-hB
.llhB 17. ~g5 tt:\d5 (17... Wf7=) 18..1ld1
e5=] 16.tt:lg3 'i!fh8 17. h8 .llh8
18. ~g5 [18 .~c4 g6 19 .~g5 ge5=]
18... Wf7 19 .~e2 e5 [19 ...Wg6=] 20.f4
ef4 21.tt:\h5 Wg6 [21...tt:\d5 22.WI2
Wg6 23.~14 tt:\e3=] 22 . ~f4 tt:\d5
23. tt:\e3 24 ..1lb5 b6? [24 ... a6=]
25.g4! ± ~a6 26 ..1lf5 f5 27.gf5
5 28. · 6 e5 29.Wg3 .!lagS
30.tt:lg7 31 ..1lh5 d7 32. ~g5
33 . ~c4 Wg6 34. ~d3
35 ..1lh4 1-0
 French Defence
Tarrasch Variation FR 17.11 (C06)

A New Main Line? - Part I

by And reas Tzermiadianos

1. e4 e6 I knew I had to prepare a differ-

2. d4 dS ent line for my games in the
3. tt:ld2 f6 Greek Cup last year, as many of
4. eS llJfd7 my opponents played the French
5. i.d3 cS Defence. I worked on the varia-
6. c3 tt:lc6 tion tarting wi th 12.g3 , which
7. tt:le2 cd4 my good friend and opening ex-
8. cd4 f6 pert Krum Georgiev has used
9. ef6 f6 uccessfully for many year .
10. tt:lf3 ..Q.d6 (Sergey Kasparov ha been play-
11. 0-0 'f/c7 ing many interesting games for
12. g3 0-0 the development of the variation
13. ..Q.f4 i.d7 recently.)
14. l:tc1 Finally, in the Attica Fina l of the

i i 'if.i.
x• qreek Cup, I got to use thi . vari-
ation in the decisive game
again t Konstantino Zeneli .
Krum Georglev

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Some year ago my monograph
How to Beat the French Defense
was publi shed, proposing the
Tarra ch Variatio n, and after
l .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3. d2 tt:l f6 4.e5
fd7 5.i.d3 c5 6.c3 tt:lc6 7.llJe2
cd4 8.cd4 f6 9.ef6 f6 IO.tt:lf3
i.d6 11 .0-0 'f/c7 the line 12 ...Q.g5
0-0 13.l:tc I.
A alway happens, there is no
line that will Ia t many year in
the theory, and French expert
John Watson has come up with a
lot of interesting ideas agai nst
my proposed variation .
Although my opponent played
pa sively and I won that game,
Stegi Peristeriou, to win, it
eem that this variation packs
more venom than it eems to
have at first ight.
With 12.g3 White has a very
concrete idea in mind : exchang-
ing the dark- quared bi hop
with ..Q.f4. White creates orne
weakne ses on the light square
wi th this move, but he appear to
be able to afford it. Furthermore
there is the manoeuvre i.fl -g2,
protecting the weak light square
and making the basic break
. ..e6-e5 very difficult for Black
because of the pre sure on the
d5-pawn - or i.fl-h3, keeping
up the pres ure on the e6-pawn.
After 12.g3 0-0 13.i.f4 Black
ha played several move
( 13 .. .e5 13 .. .tt:lh5), but we wi ll
analyse only the two ariations
that are con idered best for
Black. For the other continua-
tion any ource wil l ea ily point
you to the right way to a white
advantage. In this Survey we wi ll
analy e the line 13 .. .i.d7
14.l:tc I! , and in the econd in-
stallment 13 ... tt:lg4!?.
After 13 ... i.d7 14. l:tc I! ( ee dia-
gram above) Black has no fewer
than I0 moves at hi s di po al!
Unit I - Minor Alternatives
A) 14...'f/b8? is a bad move,
ince Black will lose an impor-
tant tempo after the exchange on
d6. After 15.l:te I h5 16.i.d6
'ftd6 17.tt:lc3 g6 18 .i.b5 l:tac8
19 ...Q.c6 i.c6 20. e5 White was
clearly better in Slapak-
Marecek , cr 1990;
B) 14... a6? was pl ayed by
Savchenko with the idea of top-

65
ping the ~b5x tLlc6 idea. Al-
though it seems logical to protect
the square e5, which has been
weakened after the exchange of
the dark-squared bishops, Black
cannot afford to lose more time.
After 15 .~d2 ~e8 16. ~e3 ~d7
17.~d6 ~d6 18.tLle5 tLle7
19.tLl f4 tLl h5 20.tLl h5 ~h5
21 J:rfe I Whi te was clearly better
in Ki slov-Savchenko, Katowice
1990;
C) 14.•. l:l.ad8 i more logical
than the two previou move , but
it i not ea y to foresee why the
rook should be on the d-fi le.
After 15.tLle5 ~e8 16.tLlc6 ~c6
17 .~d2 tLle4 18. ~e3 ~b6
l9 . ~d6 l:l.d6 20.l:l.c2 ~d8 21.f3
White had a small but solid
advantage in S. Ka parov-Dge-
buadze, Bad Liebenzell 20 I0.
Unit II - Secondary Lines
D) 14... l:l.ac8 15 .l:l.e l!
(15. ~b5 , 15 .tLle5, or 15 . ~bl are
also good for a small advantage)
15 ... ~h8! ? (other moves are also
pos ible, see the Game Section)
16. ~d2 ~b8 17 .~b5 , and
White won a very nice attacking
game in Ivanchuk-Dreev, Sverd-
lovsk 1987;
E) 14•.. tLlh5 15 .~d6 ~d6
16.tLlc3! White seems to be better
after 16 ... g6 (16 .. .~e7? 17. ~b5!
lvanchuk-Kaplun, Soviet Union
1985; 16 ... a6 17.l:l.el !; 16 ... tLlf6
17.l:l.e l ) 17.J:tel!;
F) 14 ... tLlg4 15. ~d2! , (as
Black cannot play 15 ... e5, a
move that might be better with-
out including J:l.e I and ... ~d7)
15 .. .<~ h8 16.b4! ?, and White
was better in Arma -Hertneck,
Dortmund 1988;
G) 14•.• ~f4 15.tLlf4 ~b6!
(15 ... ~d6 16.l:l.el! a6!?N is my
game again t Zenelis) 16.b3!
Thi position is slightly better for
White, as we have position ari -
ing after ... ~b6 in the variation
12.b3 0-0 13 . ~f4, and the move
66
g2-g3 is a useful extra tempo for
White (Black has played
... ~c7- b6, losing one tempo).
Unit Ill - Best Lines for Black
H) 14•.. tLle4 i a log ical move.
White does not achieve anything
after 15 . ~d6 d6 16 . ~e4
(Ankit-Ganguly, Dubai 20 12) or
16.tLlc3 (Adams-Shirov, Elista
2007). Also 15 .b4!? a6 16.a4
~f4 17.tLlf4 (Petrienko-Moska-
lenko, Pinsk 1986) looks fine for
Black after 17 .. .l:l.f4!? 18.gf4
~f4. Finally, 15 . ~e4 de4
16.tLle5 was fine for Black in
Zapata-Ganguly, King of Prussia
2010.
White should try 15 .tLle5 !. Now
the only reasonable continuation
is 15 ... ~e5 ( 15 ... l:l.ad8,
15 .. .l:l.ac8 and 15 ... g5 favours
White). After the main move
16.~e5 ~b6! (16 ... ~a5 17.~ f4
't!fa2 18.f3 tLlf6 19 . ~d6 l:l fc8
20.b4! was clearly better for
White in S. Ka parov-Lahiri ,
Bhubaneswar2011 ) 17.tLlf4was
a bad move in J. Gomez-
Ganguly, Guangzhou 20 I 0.
White should play 17 . ~f4, as in
Kasparov ' game, but the posi-
tion is unclear after 17 ... l:lad8!.
White can choose between
18. ~e4 and 18.~b3 , but Black
hould have adequate counter-
play in a messy position.
It seems best for White to try
16.de5!N g5 17. ~e4!, as Black
must play very accurately be-
cause White has nice attacking
chances;
I) 14..• ~e8!? is a very interest-
ing move. Black immediately
causes problem for White, as he
is ready to play 15 ... ~h5 , solv-
ing the problem of the bad
French bi hop. 15 .tLle5! (thi
move promi se White a small
advantage. 15.tLlg5!?
16.~d6 ~d6 (R. Pert-William ,
Witley 1998) 17.tLl f4! need
analysis ; 15. ~d6 'iWd6 16.tLlf4
tLle4 17. ~e4 de4 18. g5 l:l.f4!?
was enough for a draw in
Zarnicki-Roldan, Buenos Aires
1991 ) 15 ... ~e7 ( 15 ... ~h5
16.f3! ; 15 ... b8 16. c6 ~c6
17.'it'd2 e5 18.de5 ~e5 19 . ~e5
e5 20.tLld4 ~d7 2 1.ll fe I was
slightly in White 's favour in
Vallejo Pons-Akobian, La Ve-
ga 2011). Now White gets a
small advantage with 16.f3 or
16 .~d2 ;
J) 14... l:lae8! is the most prin-
cipled move.
Black brings hi s last piece into
the centre, having the idea
... e6-e5 in mind. Basically, the
ideas for Black that are c losest to
equalization have to do with
.. .~b8. Black has everyt hing in
order and is ready to play
.. .e6-e5 , so White has to do
something concrete. Many ideas
have been tried, like 15 .lle l !? or
15 . ~bl or 15 .b4!? or 15 .tLle5! ,
and it seems that White can keep
a mall advantage, but Black's
position is solid .
Conclusion
After 12.g3 0-0 1 3.~ f4 ~d7
14.l:tc I! the best line for Black
seems to be 14 ... l:l.ae8. White ha
a small advantage, but Bl ack's
position is solid enough.
~d7 In the second part of thi
Survey in Yearbook 107 we
will analyse the continuation
13 ... tLlg4!?.

Unit I
14 ... "i!rb8/14 ... a6/14 ... .1:1ad8
Kislov,Mikhail
Savchenko,Stanislav
Katowice 1990 (8)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.~d2 ~f6 4.e5
~fd7 5.c3 c5 6.~d3 ~c6 7. ~e2
cd4 8.cd4 f6 9.ef6 ~f6 10 .~f3 "ti'c7
11.0-0 ~d6 12.g3 0-0 13.~f4 ~d7
14..1:lc1 a6? [14... 'WbS? 15..1:le1 ~h5
16 . ~d6 'Wd6 17 .~c3 g6 18. ~b5 .!:lacS
19.~c6 ~c6 20 .~e5± Slapak-Marecek, cr
ch-CZE 1990] 15."ti'd2 ~e8 16.'We3
"ti'd7 17.~d6 "ti'd6 18.~e5 ~e7
19. ~f4 ~h5 20 . ~ h5 ~h5 21 ..1:lfe1 ±
.l:lac8 22 ..1:lc5 .l:lcd8 23 ..1:lec1 ~e8
24.a3 .l:la8 25."ti'g5 ~c6 26. ~c6
~c6 27.f4 'Wd8 28."ti'h5 g6 29."ti'e5
'Wf6 30.'We3 .l:lfc8 31 .b4 ~d7 32.h4
.l:lc5 33 ..1:lc5 .l:lc8
;g
i .i. i .l:lg5 72.a5 .l:lg1 73.a6 .l:la1 74.a7
.i i 'if i C
ll i
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34.'We5! "ti'e5 35 ..1:lc8!
36.de5+- ~ d7 37 .~f2
38 . ~c2![38.~5? ab5 39 .~e3 h5
40.~d4 b6=] 38 •.. '<1i> g7 39. ~e3 b6
40.a4 ~f1 41 .a5! ba5 42.ba5 h5
43. ~d1 44. ~d4 ~c4 45 .~t3
~g7 46.f5! +- gf5 [46 ... el5 47.~d5]
47. ~ h5 ~b5 48 . ~c5 ~f1 49 .~e8
8 50.~d7 We7 51 . ~c8 ~e2
52.<;t;>d4 ~f7 53 .~e3 ~c4 54.h5
lto>g7 55. ~d4 1-0
Kasparov,Sergey
Dgebuadze,Aiexander
Bad Liebenzell 201 0 (2)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.~d2 ~f6 4.e5
~fd7 5. ~d3 c5 6.c3 ~c6 7. ~e2
cd4 8.cd4 f6 9.ef6 ~f6 1o . ~f3 ~d6
11.0-0 'Wc7 12.g3 0-0 13. ~f4 ~d7
14 ..1:lc1 .l:lad81? 15.~e5 ~e8
16.~ c6 ~c6 17."ti'd2 ~e4 18."ti'e3
'Wb6 19.~d6 .l:ld6 20 ..1:lc2 'il'd8
21 .f3;!; ~g5 22.f4!? [22 .~14 ;!; ]
22 ... ~e4 23 .~ c3 'iYb6 24..1:le1 ~f6
25.h3 .l:lfd8 26 ..1:lf2 a6 27.g4! ~e8
28.g5 ~e4! 29 . ~e4 de4 30. ~e4
~g6 31. ~g6 hg6 32.h4 ~f7
33. f3 [33..1:lle2!?] 33 ....1:lh8 34 ..1:ld1
[34 ..1:le41?] 34 ....1:lh4 35.d5 ~g8
36. ~g2 "ti'd8 37.de6 .l:ld1 38.e7
'il'e7 39."ti'd1 e4 40."ti't3?
[40.~g3=] 40 ... .1:lf4 41. 'il'e4 .l:le4f
42. ~g3 .l:la4 43.a3 .l:la5 44. ~g4
.l:lb5 45.b4 b6 46 ..1:lc2 a5 47 •.1:lc8
~ h7 48..1:lc4 .l:ld5 49.ba5 ba5
50. 4 ~g8 51 ..1:lc8 ~f7 52 •.1:lc7
~ta 53 ..1:lc8 '<1i> e7 54 •.1:lc7 ~fa
55 ..1:lc8 56 ..1:lc7 'i!;>g8 57..1:lc8
~ h7 58 ..1:le8 .l:lf5 59. ~g4 .l:lb5
60. 4 .l:lb3 61 .a4 .l:la3 62 ..1:le4 ~g8
63. ~e5 ~f7? [63 ... .1:lg3] 64 . ~d6! t
.l:ld3? [64 ... .1:ll3 65 ..1:le5 .l:l14 66..1:la5 .l:lg4
67 .~c6 ~e6] 65. ~c6 .l:lc3 66 . ~b6
.l:lf3 67 ..1:le5 .l:lf5 68 ..1:lb5+- ~e6
~ 69. ~a5 .l:lf4 70 ..I:lb4 rlf5 71 . ~ b6
.l:la7 75 . ~a7
77. ~c5 g4 78.'<1i>d4
5 76. ~b6 g5
4 79 ..1:lb7
~f3 80 ..I:lf7 q;>g2 81 ..1:lg7 g3 82 .~e3
!'::, ~ h2 83.Wf3 g2 84.llg2 '<1i> h1
!'::, 85 ..1:lg3 1-0
~ Klewe, Wolfgang
~c8 Unit II
~b5 14 ...:ac8/14 ... tt::l h5/ 4/14 ...-"t4
lvanchuk,Vasily
Dreev,Aiexey
Sverdlovsk It 1987
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3 .~d2 ~f6 4.e5
~fd7 5.c3 c5 6.~d3 ~c6 7. ~e2
cd4 8.cd4 t6 9.ef6 ~f6 10. ~f3 ~d6
11.0-0 "ti'c7 12.g3 0-0 13.~f4 ~d7
14..1:lc1 .l:lac8 15•.1:le1! Wh816.'il'd2!
[e. 17.~5 ~e4 1S....e3; 16 .~d6 "ti'd6
17.~14 ~d41 1B.~d4 .l:lc1 19.'il'c1 e5=;
RR 16 . ~b1 ~h5 17.'i!Vd3 g6 1S.~d6 'i!fd6
19.'il'e3;t >t>gs 20..1:lc3 .aces 21. ~e5! ±]
16...'il'b8?! [16...a6 17 .~b1 ! 'il'b8
18.~d6 'i!fd6 19 . ~14;!; ] 17.~b51 ± a6
[17 ... e5? 18. ~e5 ~e5 19.de5+- ; 17...~e4
1S.'We3 e5 19.~e5! ~e5 20.de5 g5
21. ~g5 ~g5 22.'iYg5 ~e5 23 ..1:lc8 ~13
24.~h1 "ti'c8 (24 ...~c8 25.'iYh6±) 25 . ~d7
"ti'd7 26.'il'h6±] 18.~c6 bc6 [RR
Survey FR 17. 11
1S...~c6 19 . ~d6 'Wd6 2M j 14;t] 19 .~d6
'il'd6 20.~e5 ! c5 [20...lije4 21 ."ti'e3
~12?! (21....1:ll2?? 22."fi'l2 12 23.~17 +- ;
21...c5!) 22 ..1:ll1 ~e4 23. 17 .l:l17 24..1:ll7± ]
21.t3! ~b5?! 22.~f4 tbd7
23 . ~eg6! +- hg6 24 ..1:le6 [24 .~g6?
~ gS 25.~1S .l:liS'i'] 24... c7 25 . ~g6
~g8 [25 ... '<1i> h7 26.'i!fc2+-] 26 . ~e7
~f7 27."ti'g5! ~d3 [27.. :;f;>e6 2S ..I:le1
~e5 (2S. .. q;>l7 29. g6X; 2S.. :~>d6
29.'iYd5X) 29 ..1:le5+- ; 27...~16 2S ..I:lce1
~d3 29 .~d5! ~d5 30.'ifd5+-]
28.~d5! ~e6 29 . ~c7 ~d6 [29 ...l:tc7
30.'We3+-J 30.dc5 'i!;>c7 31.c6 ~f6
32.'il'e5 1-0
l vanc huk
YB/ 9-54
Grevtsov,VIadimir
cr ICCF WS/M/238 2009
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3. d2 ~f6 4.e5
~fd7 5.~d3 c5 6.c3 c6 7 . ~e2
cd4 8.cd4 f6 9.ef6 f6 10.0-0 ~d6
11. ~f3 "ti'c7 12.g3 0-0 13.~f4 ~d7
14.l:tc1 .l:lac8 15..1:le1 ~f4 [15 ...'il'bS
16 .~d6 d6 17 .~14 ! (17.tbc3 g6 18.~11
~g4 19 .~b5 e7 20.h3 ~ h6 21.~g2 a6
22 .~c3 "ti'l6 23.'il'd2 ~15 24..1:lcd1 b5+='
D.Roberts-C.Morris, Cardiff ch-WLS 199S)
17... g4? 1S .~h7 ~h7 19 .~g5 ~gS
20.'il'g4 e5 21 .de5 ~g4 22.ed6 ~d4
23..1:lcS Jirovsky-Vaculik, Plzen 199S;
15... a6 16 .~g2 'il'bS 1 7 .~d6 'it'd6
1S. c3 W'b4 19..1:le2 <i:lg4 20..1:ld2 W'e7
21 .h3 16 22 .~b1 "ti'l7 23. ~g5 W'es
24.14 h6 25.~13;!; Marecek-Sykora, cr
ch-CZE 1990] 16.ttlf4 'il'b6 17..1:lc2
.l:lce8 18..1:lce2 ttlh5?! [1S...g5 19. ~g5
~d4 20 ..I:le5±; 1S... g6!?] 19 .~ h7 ~h7
20.'il'd3 <J.?g8 21. ~ h5 .l:lf3! 22.'il'f3
~d4 23.'ii'g4 ~e2 24 ..1:le2 .l:le7
67
 25.tt:lf6 <M7 26.tt:ld7 lld7 27.W h5
'it>f6 28..1le3 -.wb2 29.W g4± .lld6
30. 'tli'h4 <MT 31 ..1lf3 w e8 32.'tli'h8
cJi>d7 33 ..1lf7 cJi>c6 34.'tli'c8 Wb51
35 •.1lb7 llb6 36..1lc7 aS 37 ..1lc5
cJi> b4 38. 'tli'c7 cJi>a4 39. 'tli'd7 Wb4
40.-.wc7 cJi>a4 41 .h4 g6 42.Wg2
'W'b4 43 •.1lc3 -.wd6 44.'tli'f7 d4
45 ..1lf3 e5 46.-.wc4 .llb4 47.'W'c2
cJi> b5 48.a3 .llc4 49..1lb3 w c5
50.'tli'b1 'tli'c6 51.Wh2 .llc3 52.llb7
d3 53.'tli'b2 Wd5 54 ..1le7 cJi>c4
55.'tli'a2 Wd4 56.'tli'd2 W'f3 57.'tli'b2
'i!t'd5 58 ..1le8 -.wb3 59. 'tli'd2 .llc5
60.-.we3 w c4 61 •.1ld8 -.wc2 62.cJi>g2
W'e2 63. 'tli'c1 'tli'c2 64.'tli'e1 [64.'tli'g5!
'tli'e2 65.'tli'g6] 64...'tli'e2 65.'tli'c1 'tli'c2
66.'tli'e1 J.1!-J.1!
Gelfand,Boris
Dreev,Aiexey
Riga 1987
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.tt:ld2 tt:lf6 4.e5
tt:lfd7 5.c3 c5 6.~d3 tt:lc6 7.tt:le2
cd4 8.cd4 f6 9.ef6 tt:lf6 1 O.tt:lf3 ~d6
11 .~ 'tli'c7 12.g3 ~ 13.~f4 ~d7
14•.1lc1 .llac8 15 .~b5 [1S.tt:leS W'b8
16.tt:lc6 bc6 17.'.,<12;!; GelfandiKapengut
1987] 15..• tt:le416 .~d6 -.wd617.tt:le5!
17...tt:le5 [17 ...tt:lf2? 18.llf2 llf2 19 .~12
tt:leS 20 ..1lc8 ~cB 21 .deS 'tli'b6
22.tLld4+- Klimov-Babanov, Russia 2007;
17... tt:ld4?! 18.tt:ld7± GelfandiKapengut
1987; 17...tt:lb8!? 18..1lc8 .llcB 19.tt:ld7
tt:ld7 20.'tli'a4;!; GelfandiKapengut 1987]
18.de5 -.we7 19. ~d7 [19. ~d3! ? .llc1
20.-.wc1 tt:lcS 21 .-.we3 tt:ld3 22.'tli'd3 'tli'b4
23.-.wd4;!; GelfandiKapengut 1987]
19... 'tli'd7 20.tt:ld4 [20 ..1lc8 .llcB 21 .13
tt:lcS 22.tt:ld4! ] 20 .•. .1lc41= [20 ...llc1 !?
21 .'tli'c1 .llcB 22.'tli'e3 'tli'e7 23.13 tt:lgS
24..1lc1? llc1 25.'tli'c1 'tli'b4!+ Aykent·
68
D.Myers, cr 1992] 21.f3 tt:lg5 22.Wg2
.llfc8 23. 'tli'd2 tt:lf7 24.f4 tt:ld8 25.b3
llc1 26.llc1 g6 27.llc8 'tli'c8
28.'tli'b4! <M7 29.tt:lb5? 'tli'c2
30.Wh3 'tli'f5 31.cJi>g2 'tli'c2 32.cJi>h3
h5 33.'tli'd6 'tli'f5 34.Wg2 'tli'c2 J.1!-J.1!
lvanchuk,Vaslly
Kaplun,Leonid
Soviet Union 1985
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.tt:ld2 tt:lf6 4.e5
tt:lfd7 5 .~d3 c5 6.c3 tt:lc6 7.tt:le2
cd4 8.cd4 f6 9.ef6 tt:lf6 10.tt:lf3 ~d6
11 . ~ 'tli'c7 12.g3 ~ 13. ~f4 ~d7
14.llc1 tt:lh5 15 .~d6 W d616.tt:lc3
K*
.i.
'' ~·· '' ~
' ~
tb ~ tb~
~~ ~ ~
n'iY %:[~
16... -.wen 17. ~b5 1 tt:lf6 18. ~c6
~c6 19.tt:le5;t ~e8 20 •.1le1 'ilt'b4
21 .W d2 'tli'b6 22.lle3 .lld8 23.f3
'tli'd6 24. e2 tt:ld7 25. 'tli'a5! ± tt:le5
26.de5 "i!t'b8 27.tt:ld4 ~d7 28 ..1lc7
~c8 29..1lec3 .llde8 30.tt:lb5+- 1·0
Fiorini,Vittorio
Mathes,Christian
criECG 2003
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.tt:ld2 tt:lf6 4.e5
tt:lfd7 5.~d3 c5 6.c3 tt:lc6 7.tt:le2
cd4 8.cd4 f6 9.ef6 tt:lf6 10.0-0 ~d6
11.tt:lf3 'tli'c7 12.g3 ~ 13. ~f4 ~d7
14..1lc1 tt:lh5 15 .~d6 Wd6 16.tt:lc3
a6 [16... g6 17.lle1 tt:lg7 (17....1l16
(Ferretti-Menoni, Montecatini Terme 1994)
18.tt:leS!? ( 18. ~11 llafB 19.~g2 g7
20.-.wd3 W b4 21 .llcd1 IS 22.lld2 ~cB
23.a3;!; 'tli'b3? 24.tt:le4!+- T.Gara-
Karatorossian, Budapest 1998) 18....1la18
(18...tt:ld4 19 .~g6) 19.14 tt:lf4! 20.gf4 ll14
21 .tt:le2! (21 .tt:ld7 1t'd7 22 . ~bS W e7-)
21 ... .1lh4 22.llc6! ~c6 23..1lta ; 17.. .'i !fe7
18.tt:leS! tt:leS 19..1leS Wb4 20.1t'd2 tt:lg7
21 .~b1 .llacB 22.h4!? .ll13 23.a3 "i!t'b6
24..1lce1 .llcfB 2S ..Il1e2 .ll817 26 ..1l5e3
.lle3 27 ..1le3 tLlfS 28.~1S ! .IllS 29.tt:le2 a6
30.tt:lf4 .ll16 31 ..1les 'i!t'd6 32.hS±
U.Gabriei-Kirwald, cr 199S) 18.~S! .llacB
19. ~c6 .llc6 20.tt:leS± .llc7 21 .'tli'd2 ~eB
22.tt:le2 .lle7 23 ..1lc8 IS 24.g4 tt:lh4
2S..Ilc3 .llg7 26.W gS "i!t'e7 27.14 h6
28.'tli'h6 g5 29.llc8 gf4 (29 ...tt:lg6~
30.ll11 ! gf4 31 .tt:l14 eS 32.deS .llg4
33.cJi>h1±) 30.tt:l14 13 31 . 13 .llg4
32.tt:lg2 1·0 Milos-Gomez Baillo, Santiago
zt 1987; 16...tt:lf6 17.lle1 Wh8 18. ~11
'i!t'b4 19.llc2 .llaeB 20 .~g2 a6 21 .a3 1t'b3
22 ..1lce2 W d1 23 ..1ld1 ;!; Burer-K.Lui,
Almelo 2004] 17..1le1 g6 [17 ... tt:lf6
18.tt:leS .llaeB 19 .~b1 .lle7 20."i!t'd2 ~e8
21 .tt:la4 W b4 22.1t'b4 b4 23. b6 g5
24.tt:lc8 .llg7 2S.tt:ld6 aS 26 ..1lc8 ~hS
27.llec1 ± Gonzalez Rabago-Kamanel
Zamora, cr 1999] 18. e5 [ 18.~11 tt:lg7
19.~g2 .llaeB 20.tt:la4 .lle7 21 . c5 ~eB
22.'ilt'b3 tt:ldB 23.tt:lg5 h6 24. 13 gS 25.h4
(2S.tt:leS!±) 2S ... tt:l1S 26.hgS hgS 27. e5?
(this is a typical mistake. After ... g6-gS
White must not exchange the gS-pawn for
the d4-pawn as the rook on e7 keeps the
black king safe and the d4-pawn is the
fundament of White's control on the dark
squares) 27...tt:ld4! 28."i!t'e3 4c6 29.W gS
.llg7;:t G.Rott-Diesner, cr 199S; 18.a3!?
tt:lg7 19.~b1 .llaeB 20. h4 .ll16 21 .14
'ilt'IB 22.tt:la4 ike7 23. cS ~c8 24.tt:la6
ll14 2S.tt:lg6 hg6 26.gl4 "i!t'l6 27.tt:lb4 tt:lb4
28.ab4 ~d7 29.'tli'g4 1·0 Ellinger-Vetter, cr
1989] 18... tt:le5 19..1le5 "i!t'b6 [19 ....1l17
20.'ilt'b3! (the idea of this move is to
provoke ...b7-bS, weakening the c5-square)
20... bS 21 .tt:le2 .llcB 22.llc8 ~c8 23."i!t'c3
"iWIB 24.14 'i!t'dB 2S.tt:lc1 .IllS 26. b3 'tli'l6
27.tt:lc5 .ll17 28.a4 ba4 29. a4 ~d7
30.tt:lc5 ~cB 31. ~a6 14 32.gf4 1t'l4
33.~e2 'i!t'f2 34.Wh1 .lla7 3S.b4 lla2
36.tt:ld3 'i!t'IB 37.'ilt'c5 ~d7 38.'ilt'l8 WIB
39.tt:lcS 1·0 Baldus-Prokopp, cr 1994;
19... tt:lg7 20.W g4 lll6 21.h4 hB 22. e2
.llal8 23.tt:ll4 tt:liS 24 .~1S ! .IllS 2S.hS gS
26 ..1liS .IllS 27.tt:ld3± Polakovic-Marecek,
cr ch-CSR 1990] 20 ..1lc2! g7
[20 ...'i!t'd4? 21 ..1lhS!+-] 21 . ~f1 !?
[21.'i!t'g4 ~bS ! ? (21 ... .1lf7 22.lld2 .llafB
23 .~b1 .llf3 24.tt:ldS!± Schiedewitz·
Hagemeister, cr 1990) 22. bS abS 23.b3;!;
.llacB (23 ...b4 24.h4 IS 2S.~IS .IllS
26.hS cJi>g7 27 ..1lfS el5 28.'*'14 1·0
J.Janos-Borchers, cr 1998) 24 ..1lce2
(24.llc8 .llcB 25.Wg2 (25.'*'14 b4 26.h4

'ilt'c7!) 25 ...b4 26.h4!? .l:lc3 27 J~ e3;t)
24... .1:lc3 25 ..1:l5e3 b4 26.h4 'ilt'd8+%
27.'ilt'g5? ( ~- ~. 60 Dvoiris-Dolmatov, Kiev
ch-URS 1986) 27... 'ilt'g5 28.hg5 e5!+J
21 ... f5 [21....1:lf7 22 ..fi(.h3 .l:lafB 23..1:lce2
15 24 ..fi(.f5 .l:l15 25.'ilt'd2 Wg7 (Hamarat·
Stull, cr ICCF 1988) 26.f4it] 22 ..1:ld2 <Lld6
23.h4! [23.'ilt'g4!?;t .l:ll6? 24.<Lld5 ed5
25.'ilt'd7 .l:ldB 26.'ilt'a4 <Lle4 27..1:lc2 .l:ldfB
28 ..1:le8 .l:lc6 29 ..1:lf8 WIB 30.h4 .l:lc2
31.'ilfc2 'ilt'd4 32.'ilt'c8 Wg7 33.'ilt'b7 WIB
34.'ilt'cB Wg7 35.'ilfc2± a5 36 ..fi(.g2 <Lld2
37.'ilt'c7 Wh6 38.'ilt'dB 'ilfb2 39.'ilt'IB Wh5
40.13 1-Q Darnstaedt-Heck, cr ch·GER jr
1994] 23 ... .1:lf6 24.h5 <Llf7 25 ..1:le3
.l:lf8 26.hg6 hg6 27.'i+'g4! [27.<Lla4?
.fi(.a4 28.'ilt'a4 e5!+% Dvoiris-Vaisser,
Sevastopoi1986J 27...<Llh6
28.<Lld5! <Llg4 29.<Llb6 <Lle3 30.<Lld7
<Llf1 31.<Llf6 .l:lf6 32. 1± 9;g7
33.9;e2 .l:lf7 34.We3 .l:lc7 35.f4 9;16
36.We4 .l:lc4 37.a3 b5 38.b3 .l:lc3
39..1:ld3 .l:lc1 40.d5! ed5 41 ..1:ld5
.l:lc6 42.g4+- .l:lc3 43 ..1:ld3 .l:lc6
44..1:ld7 We6 45 •.1:lg7 46..1:la7
g5 47.f5 .l:lc3 48..1:la6 Wf7 49 ..1:lg6
.l:lb3 50 •.1:lg5 .l:la3 51 ..1:lg6 b4
52 ..1:lb6 .l:lb3 53.g5 .l:lb1 54 ..1:lb7
8 55.g6 .l:le1 56. 4 .l:lf1 57.w e5
.l:le1 58.9;16 1-0
Marinkovic,lvan
Dermann,Guido
Germany Bundesliga 1992/93
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.<Lld2 <Llf6 4.e5
<Llfd7 5.c3 c5 6 ..fi(.d3 <Llc6 7.<Lle2
cd4 8.cd4 f6 9.ef6 <Llf6 1O.<Llf3 'ilt'c7
11 .0-0 .fi(.d6 12.g3 0-0 13•.fi(.f4 .fi(.d7
14..1:lc1 <Llh5 15..fi(.d6 'ilt'd6 16.<Llc3
g6 17..1:le1 'ilt'b4 18.a31 'ilt'b2?
[18... 'ilt'd6 19.<Lle5 <Lle5 20..1:le5 'ilt'b6
21 .'ilt'd2 <Llg7 22..fi(.b1 .l:lf3 23..1:lce1 .l:laiB
24 ..1:l1e2 <LleB 25..fi(.a2 WhB 26 ..1:l5e3 <Lld6
27 ..1:lf3 .l:lf3 2B.'ilt'g5 cL\17 29.'ilt'g4 .l:ld3
30 ..fi(.d5! .l:ld4 31 .'ilt'f3 Wg7 32 ..fi(.b7±
Juarez Flores/Boudy; 18... 'ilfe7 19.<Lle5
<Lle5 20..1:le5 'ilt'f6 21 .'ilt'e2 .l:lacB 22..1:le1
a6 23.'ilt'd2 <Llg7 24 ..fi(.f1 .l:lc7 25 ..fi(.h3
.l:lfcB 26.'ilt'e3 .l:ldB 27..fi(.g4 b5 28.<Lla2 a5
29.<Llc1 ± Gilb.Hernandez Guerrero-Juarez
Flores, Bayamo zt 1987] 19.<Llb5 .l:lf3D
20. 'ilt'f3 a6 21 ..1:lb1 'ilt'd2 22.<Lld6
.l:lf8 23.'ilt'e3 'tWaS 24.<Llb7+- 'ilt'a3
25.<Llc5 .fi(.c& 26 ..fi(.a6 W'e3 27.fe3
.fi(.a6 28.<Lla6 eLiaS 29 ..1:lf1 .l:lc8
30.g4 g7 31 ..1:lb8 .l:lb8 32.<Llb8
<LieS 33. d7 <Llc7 34..1:lf8 1-0
Armas,lulius
Hertneck,Gerald
Dortmund 1988
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3. d2 <Llf6 4.e5
<Llfd7 5.c3 c5 6•.fi(.d3 <Llc6 7. e2
cd4 8.cd4 f6 9.ef6 <Llf610. f3 'ilt'c7
11.0-0 .fi(.d6 12.g3 0-0 13..fi(.f4 .fi(.d7
14..1:lc1 <Llg4!? 15.'ilt'd2!
15... Wh8 [15 ...a6!?; 15... .1:lf6?! 16.h3! e5
(Pierrot·Cubas, Asuncion zt 2011)
17.<Llc3!f; 15...h6 16.~ 1 (16.h3 e5 17.de5
<Llge5 18.<Lle5 .fi(.e5 19.Wg2 .l:ladB
20 ..fi(.e5 'ilt'e5 21 . 14 'ilfd6 22 ..1:lfd1 g5+%
Kyas-Marchio, Germany 2009) 16... .fi(.f4
17.<Ll14 g5 18.'i+'d3 .l:l15 19.h3 cL\16
20.<Llg6 .fi(.eB 21 .<Llge5± Gayson-AIIred,
England It 2008/09; 15... e51? 16.de5 <Llge5
17.<Lle5 .fi(.e5 1B..I:lc5! .fi(.g4 (1B ....fi(.h3
19..1:llc1 ; 18... .1:lae8 19..1:ld5) 19..1:ld5 .l:laeBI
(19 ....fi(.e2? 20..fi(.e5 tt:le5 21 ..fi(.e2±)
20..1:lc1 ;t] 16.b4!? [16 ..fi(.b1 .l:laeB
17.tt:lg5 tt:l16 18..fi(.d6 W'd6 19.14 g6
20 ..1:lle1 tt:lh5 21.Wg2 'i+'e7 22.tt:lg1 'ilt'g7
23.tt:l113 .l:ll6 24.tt:le5± Ghader Pour-
Satyapragyan, Dubai 2011] 16...a6 17.a4
'ilt'b8 18.b5 ab5 19.ab5 tt:lb4
Survey FR 17. 11
20..1:la1 .l:la1 21 •.1:la1 d3 22. 'ilt'd3;t
.fi(.e8 23.h3?1 [23.tt:lg5 .fi(.g6 24 ..fi(.d6
.fi(.d3! (24 ... 'ilt'd6 25.'ilt'a3±) 25..fi(.b8 .l:lbB
26.tt:l14 .fi(.b5 27.tt:lge6 tt:l16 28.13 .fi(.c4
29.g4 b5+% ; 23..fi(.d6! W'd6 24.tt:lg5 tt:l16
(24... .fi(.g6 25.'ilt'a3±) 25..1:la8 (25.tt:ll4!? e5
26.tt:lle6 .l:lgB 27.'ilt'a3) 25... h6 26 ..1:le8 hg5
27 ..1:ll8 'ilt'IB 28.h3;t] 23 ... e5 24.de5
tt:le5 25.tt:le5 .fi(.eS 26 ..1:ld1 .fi(.hS? [<!:
26... .fi(.17] 27.'ilt'd5 .fi(.e2 28 ..fi(.e5 'ilt'e8
29 ..1:le1± 'ilt'bS 30.'ilt'd4 .l:lg8 31 ..1:lc1
'ilt'e8 32 •.1:lc7 'ilt'f8 33 •.1:lb7 .fi(.hS
34 ..fi(.g7! .l:lg7 35.W'e51+ - .fi(.g6
36 •.1:lb8 'ilt'b8 37.'ilt'b8 .l:lg8 38.'ilt'e5
.l:lg7 39.f4 h6 40.f5 .fi(.f7 41.9;12
<Jo>h7 42.g4 <Jo>g8 43.'ilt'f6 <Jo>h7 44.h4
1-0
Tzermiadianos,Andreas
Zenelis,Konstantinos
Athens 2012 (7)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3. d2 tt:lf6 4.e5
tt:lfd7 S..fi(.d3 c5 6.c3 c6 7.tt:le2
cd4 8.cd4 f6 9.ef6 tt:lf6 10.tt:lf3 .fi(.d6
11 .0-0 'ilt'c7 12.g3!? 0-0 13..fi(.f4
.fi(.d7 14..1:lc11 .fi(.f4 15. f4 'ilt'd6
16..1:le1! a6!?N [16...Wh8? 17.tt:lg5! e5
18..1:lc6 'ilt'c6 19.de5 tt:le4 20.tt:le4 de4
21 ..fi(.e4+- G.Joo-Goczo, Hungary 2002;
16... .1:lae8 17.tt:le5!;t (1 7.'ilt'd2 (Hajek·
Letourneur, Plzen 2003) 17...g5!N 18.<Llg5
tt:ld4+%; 17..fi(.b5!? tt:le4 1B..fi(.c6 .fi(.c6
19.tt:le5;t) 17....1:le7! (17 ... g5? 18.tt:lh5 .l:le7
19.tt:ll6 .l:l16 20..fi(.b5! .fi(.eB 21..fi(.c6 bc6
22 ..1:lc5± Wahls·Beliavsky, Munich 1991 ;
17... tt:ld4?! 1B..fi(.h7 tt:lh7 19.'i+'d4 .l:l15
20.h4 b6 21 ..1:lc3 tt:l16 22.tt:lfg6 tt:lh7
23 ..1:lec1 tt:liB 24.tt:ll8 .l:li!B 25.tt:ld7 'ilt'd7
26..1:lc7+- Pourkashiyan·M.Gomes, Kolkata
2009; 17...g6 18.a3 (1B..fi(.g6!? hg6
19.tt:llg6) 18... 'ilt'e7 19.h4 'ilt'g7 20..fi(.b1 a6
21 ..1:lc3± Chepurnoy-Feytens, cr 1990)
69
 18.h4 -'.e8 19.a3 g6 (R.Pert-Piayer, Torquay
ch-GBR 1998) 20.-'.bs±; 16...t0d4?!
17.-'.h7 tOh7 18.• d4 .Cfs 19.tbes tOgS
20. ~ : ea 21 .h4 t0f7 22.t0fg6 tOeS
23.tlJeS gS 24.hgS .Cg5 2S..Ce4 .Ce7
2s.: g4 .Ceg7 27.:gs : gs 2B.f4 .Cg7
29.tt'a7+- Skoko-Mihic, Becid 1994;
16... tOb4 17.-'.1>1 : aca 1s.:ca : ca
19. gS! : ea (Guerra-Mejia Toscano,
Cartagena 2012) 20.tt'hS! g6 21 .tt'h6 tt'e7
22.t0fe6 t0g4 23.tt'h4+-l 17. · 1 : aeS
1S. S .Ce7! 19.a3! -'.e8!? [19... gS?I
20. fd3! (20. hS tlJhS 21 .t0c6 (21 .tt'hS
.Cg7 (21...t0d4 22...gS .Cg7 23.-'.h7 'if.?h7
24.tt'h4+-) 22.t0c6 -'.c6 23..CeSi)
21...-'.c6 22.tt'hS .Cg7 23..CeS;!;) 20 ... t0d4
21 .t0c5 t0c6 22.t0b7 tt'c7 23.tbas tras
24.t0d7 t0d7 2S..Cc6± ; 19....Cd8 20.b4± ]
20.h4!± tlJdS [20 ...'if.?h8!?] 21 ..Cc3 .Cc7
22 ..Cce3 [22...c1 ! .Cc3 23.tt'c3± White
needs to exchange one rook immediately]
22 .....b6 23 ..Cb3 [23.1l'd2±]
23 .....aS!? [23 .....d6 24...d2]
24..Cb4!? [24 ..Cbe3 -'.a4 2S.b3 -'.e8
26.b4] 24... .Ce7! 2S ..Ce3 [2S.-'.c2!? -'.i>S
(2S ... 'it'c7 26..Cb3) 26.h5-J 2S ... 'it'c7
26.tt'e1 I 'it'd6 [26 ...t0d7!? 27.t0ed3]
27..Cbb3! .Cc7?! [27 ... t0d7! 28.'it'd2
(28.h5 tOeS 29..Ces .Cf4! 30.gf4 t0f7
31 .tt'e2 tOeS 32.feS 'it'd8 33.tt'g4 -'.a4
34..Cg3 'it'fBi ) 28... es 29.:es tOeS
30..CgS .Cf6 31 ..Cc3 (31 ..Ce3?! .Cf4) 31...h6
32.Wd3 g6 33..Cg6 -'.g6 34.t0g6 .Cef7
35.tlJeS .Cg7 36.We3 h5 37.-'.c2i ]
2S ..Cbc3! Wb6 29.b4 Wd6 30.tt'c1
.Cc3 31.Wc3 tr'b6 [31...-'.a4!?
32.tt'c5±]
32.-'.c2!! ± [.c:. .Ce1 , .,c5, b-]
32 ... Wd6 33 ..Ce1 'if.?hS? ! [33 ... t0d7± ]
34...cs • cs 3S.bcS+- t0d7
36.t0f3! .Cf6?T [36 ...-'.f7 37 ..Cb1
(37.tlJgS -'.g8) 37... t0b8 38.-'.a4 'if.?g8
39..Cb6±] 37.tOgS -'.g6 [37 ... t0f8
70
38.tlJdS] 3S.-'.g6 hg6 39.t0ge6!
[39.t0fe6 t0c6] 39 ... t0e6 40.t0e6 Wh7
41.tlJgS 'if.?gS 42..Ce7 1-0
Nikolenko,Oieg
Sokolov,Sergey
Moscow 1987
1.e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3.t0d2 t0f6 4.eS
t0fd7 S.-'.d3 cs 6.c3 t0c6 7.t0e2
cd4 8.cd4 f6 9.ef6 t0f6 10. f3 -'.d6
11.o-o Wc7 12.g3 o-o 13.-'.f4 -'.d7
14.l:tc1 -'.f4 1S.t0f4 ti'b6 16.b3!
'if.?hS [16... t0d4?! 17. d4 eS 18.t0d5 'ilt'd4
(Keast-Beykirch, cr 1990) 19.-'.c4! -'.e6
20.t0e7 'if.?f7 21 .-'.e6 'if.?e7 (21...'if.?e6
22.W'd4 ed4 23.l:tfe1 'if.?f7 24..Cc7±)
22.tt'd4 ed4 23.l:tfe1 ±; 16... l:tfe8 17.l:te1
g6 18.-'.b1 Wb4 19.t0d3 W'b6 20.t0c5±
R.Rowley-Painter, USA 1987; 16....Cac8
17.Wd2 (17 ..Ce1 t0d4 18.-'.h7 t0h7
19...d4 tOgS!-+ Lederer-Winkelmann, cr
1996; 17.-'.b1 ) 17... t0d4 18.t0d4 l:tc1
19 ..Cc1 eS 20.tlJdS tlJdS 21 .-'.c4 'if.?h8
22.-'.dS tt'd4 23...d4 ed4 24.-'.1>7 -'.fS
2S.f3 g6 26.Wf2± Naum 2.0-Naum
1.91 /Gorelikov_Div.Hardware_60Min 2006;
16... as 17.l:te1 l:tae8 18.-'.b1 tOd4 19.W'd4
Wd4 20.t0d4 eS 21 .t0fe6! -'.e6 22.l:teS
: ca 23.: ca -'.ca 24.-'.fs -'.fs 2s.t0fs l:tds
2s.:e6 : ca (26 ...d4 27.'if.?f1 d3 2s..Cd6± )
27.l:te7 g6 28.t0h6 'if.?h8 29.l:tb7 d4 30.t0f7
'if.?gB 31.tlJeS l:tc2 32.a4 t0e4 33.l:td7 t012
34 ..Cd4 t0h3 35.'if.?f1 l:tf2 36.'if.?e1 .Ch2
37.t0c4± ~-~.9S Phil Harris2-Marat-a, 3m
+ 1s, rated 2009/playchess.com] 17.-'.b1
[17.tlJgS! (.c:. 18.-'.h7) 17 ...t0d4 (17... es
18..Cc6! • c6 19.deS t0e4 20.-'.e4 de4
21 .'WhS -'.IS 22.e6- 'if.?QB (22 ... W'c7
23.l:td1 ) 23.e7 l:tf6 24..Cd1 1-o Paveto-
Gaitan, Bento Goncalves 2010) 18.-'.h7
-'.e8 19.-'.g6 eS 20.tlJdS • d6 21 .-'.eS
.-ds 22.-'.g6 .CadS 23.W'd3f] 17... .Cae8
1S.l:te1 aS 19...d3 t0e4
.I • 'if.?gS SS.tlJeS 'if.?h7 S6.t0c6 -'.b1
......
20.l:te4! t0b4 [20... de4 21.ti'e4 g6
22.tlJeS! eS 23.tres 'if.?g8 24.-'.g6! hg6
2S.t0g6 'if.?h7 26.t0f8 .Cfs 27..Cc7±J
21.W'e3! de4 22.ti'e4 l:tfS 23.tlJeS
-'.c6 24. c6 t0c6 2S.g4+- gS
26.gfS gf4 27.fe6 11'c7 2S.dS f3
29.'if.?h1 1-0
Oleksienko,Michailo
Bernadskij,Vitaly
Lvov 2007
1.e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3. d2 f6 4.es
fd7 S.c3 cS 6.-'.d3 c6 7. e2
cd4 S.cd4 f6 9.ef6 f6 10.0-0 -'.d6
11.t0f3 Wc7 12.g3!? 0-0 13.-'.f4
-'.d7 14.l:tc1 -'.t4!? 1S. f4 W'b6
16.b3! l:taeS 17.-'.b1 !? t0d4
1S.tr'd4 tr'd4 19.t0d4 eS 20. fe2
ed4 21.t0d4 : cs
K*
j_
...
. ''
tO
~ ~
~ ~ ~
.i l::t l::[ <;t>
22.f3 g6 23.h4;!; l:tfeS 24.'if.?f2 'if.?g7
2S.g4 hS 26.gS tOgS 27.l:tcS l:tcS
2S.l:te1 <ilf7 29.t4 : es 30.: es -'.eS
31.fS± t0e7 32.f6 tOeS 33. e2 t0d6
34.t0f4 t0e4 3S.'if.?e3 -'.c6 36.-'.e4
de4 37.t0e2 b6 3S.t0d4 -'.dS
39.tlJbS aS 40.t0c3 -'.c6 41 .t0e4+-
'if.?e6 42.'if.?d4 -'.es 43.t0d2 bS
44.t0e4 a4 4S.ba4 ba4 46.a3 -'.f7
47.'if.?cS -'.eS 4S.t0d6 ~d7 49.f7!
'if.?e7 SO.'if.?dS -'.e6 S1 .WeS -'.b3
S2.fStr'! S S3.'if.?f6 -'.c2 S4.t0f7
S7.t0d4 'if.?gS SS.t0e6 -'.c2 S9.tlJcS
'if.?h7 60.'if.?eS w g7 61.'if.?d4 <ilf7
62.Wc3 -'.d1 63.'if.?d2 -'.f3 64.t0a4
'if.?e6 6S.tlJcS S 66.'if.?e3 ~g4
67.t0d3 -'.b7 6S.tlJeS s 69. ~d4
-'.cS 70.a4 -'.b7 71.aS -'.h1 72.a6
-'.aS 73.a7 -'.b7 74. g61+- ~g6
7S .~es -'.as 76.'if.?d6 S 77. ~c7
~e6 7S .~ bS -'.dS 79.aStr -'.as

80.'tt>a8 'tt>d7 81.'tt>b7 'tt>e8 82.'tt>c6
c;W7 83.¢?d7 'tt>g8 84.<j,)e6 'tt>h8
85. 0-1
Jirovsky,Petr
Pribyi,Martin
Praha 1994 (3)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3 .t(~d2 ltlf6 4.e5
fd7 5.c3 c5 6. ~d3 ltlc6 7.ltle2
cd4 8.cd4 f6 9.ef6 f6 1 o.o-o ~d6
11. f3 fic7 12.g31? o-o 13. ~f4
~d7 14J:lc1 ~f4 15.ltlf4 fi bS
16.b3! l:lae8 17.l:le1 g6 (17 ... ltld41?
1B.ltld4 eS 19.ltldS! ltldS (19 ...fid4
20.~c4 'tt>hB 21 .fid4 ed4 22.l:led1 ltldS
23.~dS l:le2 24.l:ld4 l:lel2 2S .~g2 ± )
20.~c4 ed4 21. ~dS 'tt>hB 22.l:le8 l:leB
23.fif3;!; (b7<,17<; 23.fid2!?) 23...~h3
24.fil7 fidB 2S . ~c4 ~d7 26 .~d3 g6
27.l:lc7 (27.fil4!?) 27 ... fic7 2B.fil6 'tt>gB
29. ~c4 ~e6 30.~e6 l:le6 31 .fie6 'tt>g7=;
17... l:le7 1B.h4!?;!;; 18. ~b1 gS!? 19.ltlgS
ll:Jd4;:t Huschenbeth-Jere, Ekurhuleni 2011 ;
1B.fid2 :rea (1B ... gs 19.l:lc6!? fic6
20.ltlgS fid6 21 .l:leS!- t:. 21 ... ltlg4?
22.ltlh7 l:lh7 23.l:lgS l:lg7 24.ltlhS!+-)
19.fib2 (Llanes Hurtado-Martin Ojeda, St
Feliu 1994) 19 ... gS!+=t; 17...a6 18.a3
(18 .~b1 ! ? ltld4 19.'iVd4 'iVd4 20.ltld4 eS
21 .ltldS (21 .ltlfe6 ~e6 22.l:leS;!;) 21 ...ed4
22.ltlf6 l:lf6 23.l:le8 ~eB (1·0,92 Phil
Harris-GM_Couscous, Sm + Os, rated
2009/playchess.com) 24.l:lc8 l:le6 2S.~d3
l:le1 26.¢'g2 ¢?17 27.l:ld8±) 18...g6
19.~b1 ll:Jd4 20.fid4 fid4 21 .ltld4 es
(Awesome-Chessbulle, 3m + Os, rated
2009/playchess.com) 22.ltlfe6 ~e6
23.l:leS!; 17 ... 'tt>hB 1B. ~b1 ltld4? 19.'iVd4
fid4 20.ltld4 eS (Marczeii-Kurbasov, cr
WVM/GT/216 2012) 21.~g6!+- J 18.~b1
ll:Jg4 (18 ... 'tt>g7 19.fid3 (19.h4!? ltld4
(T.Upton·Laurain, Cork 200S) 20.fid4 'iVd4
21 .ltld4 eS 22.ltlle6 ~e6 23.l:leS;!;)
19... ltld4 20.'iVd4 'iVd4 21 .ltld4 eS
22.ltlfe2 (22.ltlfe6 ~e6 23.l:leS;!;) 22 ...ed4
23.ltld4 l:le1 24.l:le1 l:leB 2S.l:le8 lOeB
26.~d3 ltld6 27.13 'it.'16 2B.'tt>12 ..t>es
29.'tt>e3 lOeB 30.g4 ltlf6 31.14 ~6 32.h3
aS 33.a3 ~eB 34.gS ltld7 35.fS giS 36 .~1S
ltlfB 37.b4 ab4 38.ab4 ~g6 39.'tt>f4 ~eB
40 .~c8 b6 41 .'tt>IS ltld7 42.h4 ~g6
43.<j,)l4 ll:JIB 44.~g4 ~e4 4S.hS ~d3
46. ~fS ~IS 47.'it.'IS 1·0 Aslanian-
L.Muchnik, Nikolaev ch·UKR-W 2003]
19.fid2 'tt>g7
20.l:lc61? (20.l:le2!;!; t:. 21 .l:lce1]
20 ...bc6 (20 ...fic6 21 .h3 16 22.ltleS
"trd6 23.ltlfg6 hg6 24.'iVgS-] 21.h3 ltlf6
22.ltle5 '*'d8 23.ltlfg61? hg6
24.'ilt'g5 l:le7 25. g6 [2S.Wg6 'tt>hB
26.fih6 ltlh7 27.ltlg6 ¢'g8 28. e7 'ite7
29.l:leS l:l17] 25 ...l:lef7 26. e7 [26. eS
'tt>hB 27.l017 l%17] 26 ...'tt>h8 27. ~ h6
ltlh7 28.ltlg6 'tt>g8 29.l:le5? fits
30.f4 l:lg7 31.h4 ~ea 32.h5 l:lff7
33.'tt>g2 l:lb7 34.l:lg5 ~g6 35.l:lg6
l:lg6 36.hg6 ltlf8 -+ 37.g4 l:lg7
(37 ... fid4!] 38.f5 e5?? 39.g5 1t'd8?
[39 ... l:lg6! 40.fg6 1t'l4=] 40.f6 1t'd7
41 . ~f5 1+- fic7 42.de5 l:le7 43.e6
l:lh7 44.gh7 ltlh7 45.f7 1·0
Yakovich,Yury
Beliavsky,Aiexander
Kiev ch·U RS 1986 (6)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.ltld2 ll:Jf6 4.e5
ltlfd7 5.c3 c5 6 . ~d3 tOeS 7. e2
cd4 8.cd4 f6 9.ef6 ltlf6 1o.o-o ~d6
11 .ltlf3 Wc7 12.g3!? o-o 13 .~f4
~d7 14.l:lc1 ~f41?N 15.ltlf4 Wb6
16.b31 l:lae8 17.l:le1 g6 18 . ~b1
l:le7 [After this move Black is threatening
... g6-gS as the rook is ready to go to g7,
covering the weaknesses around the black
king]
Survey FR 17. 11
19.l:lc3!? (19.'tt>g2?! gS! 20. gS d4=
H.Herrmann·F.Schmidt, cr ch-GDR 1990;
19.h4!? 'tt>hB?I (19... eB 20.~g6! (20.hS!?
Kirkov-Prokopp, cr 2009) 20... hg6 21 .ltlg6
l:lg7 22.ltlf8 'tt>IB 23.Wd2 d6 24.'..14
IS 2S.l:lcd1 ± <j,)e7? 26.1t'IS 1·0 Krahn·
Krolla, cr ch-GER jr 1994; 19 ... ltlg4!?
20.1i'd2 l:le17 21 .'tt>g2 l%16 22.hSI ghS
23. hS l%13 24.'.Wgs 'tt>f7 2S.'irg4 'tt>e7
26. 14 l%314 27.gf4 l:lf7 28.1t'h4 'tt>IB
29.1t'h6 l:lg7 30.'tt>h1 W"d4 31 .l:lg1+-
1·0,42 De Blasio-Wheeler, cr IECG 2007;
19 ... l:le17 20.ltleS! tOeS 21.l:leS lOeB
(Stilman·B.Jovanovic, LSS Email 2009)
22.hS! l%14 23.gl4 l%14 24.hg6 hg6 2S.~g6
t0f6 26.l:lgS 'tt>fB 27.l:lc5±) 20.~g6! hg6
(20 ... l:lg7!?) 21 .l:lc6! 'iVc6 (21...~c6
22.t0g6 'tt>g7 23.t0e7+-) 22.t0eS! 1t'd6
23.t0fg6 'tt>g7 24. 18 'tt>fB 2S.'iVf3 ! l%17?
(2S ... 'tt>g7 26.1t'l4! t0e4 27.13 1t'b4
28.l:ld1 t0c3 29.l:ld2 threatens 'iVg51hS·
h6+-) 26.g4! ~eB 27. 17 ~17 2B.'iVf6
'tt>eB 29.l:lc1 1·0 Darnstaedt-Hellgendorl, cr
1988] 19... e8 20.l:lce3?! (20.l:ld3!
g7 (20 ... l:le17!? 21 . gS l%14 22.gl4 l%14
23.t0e6 (23. h7 'tt>h7 24.l:lg3 t0g7
2S.l:lg6 'tt>gB 26.'tt>h1 ~eB!) 23...~e6
24.l:le6 t0g7 2S.l:ld6 lOIS 26.l:ldS t0b4
27.l:lfS : rs 2B.l:lg3±) 21 . es tOes
(21... ~e8 22.t0c6 bc6 23.l:lde3±
Wedemeyer-Heinsohn, cr BdF 1993)
22.l:leS± l:lel7 23.l:ld2 : ca 24.h4! l:lcfB
2S.hS l:lf4 26.gf4 tOhS 27.1S! efS 28.'iVe2
~bS 29.1t'e3 14 30....13 ~c6 31 .1t'g4
fidB 32.l:lhS 1·0 Chosson-Wascat, cr
1987; 20.1t'd2 t0d6 21.l:lc5 l:leeB 22.1t'e3
'ttdB 23.h4 t017 24.'..d3 1t'f6 2S.hS t0b4
26.'iVe3 gS 27.t0h3 h6 28.l:lc7 l:le7
29.t0eS tOeS 30.deS Wg7 31 .l:lb7±
B.Simon·Prokopp, ICCF Email 2004;
20.l:lc5 l016 21. ~g6 eS! 22.l:lc6 bc6
23.tOes hg6 24.ll:lfg6 :rea 2S. e7 l:le7
1!2·1!2 Henke-B.Jovanovic, LSS Email 2009]
20 ...t0g7 21 .t0g5 [21 .t0dS?? edS
71
22..1:r:e7 e7 23..1:r:e7 i(.g4 24 ..1:r:e3
W'f6-+; 21.1t'd2 .l:r:el7 22.ti:leS ti:leS
23..1:r:eS aS 24.<li>g2 a4 2S.W'e3 ab3 26.ab3
W'b4 27.h4 W'e7 28..1:r:gSi D.Petrovic-
Verhoef, cr ICCF 2010]
21 ••• .1:1:140 22.gf4 ti:ld4 23•.1:r:h3
[23..1:r:d3!?oo] 23... e511 ~ [23 ... ti:lgfS 24.i(.fS
ti:lfS 2S.W'e2 6 26.W'eS±J 24..1:r:d3
[24..1:r:h7 W'l6 2S.i(.g6!? W'g6 26.'ifd4
ti:le6!! 27.1t'd5 .l:r:h7-+] 24...1ff6
25•.1:r:d4 [2S.'ifd21? ef4 (2S... tiJg!S!? 26.feS
.aes 27..1:r:e5 W'eS~) 26..1:r:e7 'ifgS 27.<li>h1
W'e7 28..1:r:d4 ti:le6"i=] 25...ed4 26•.1:r:e7
'ife7 27.1fd4 W'e11 28. ~g2 i(.c6?
[28 ... ti:le6 29.W'16! (29.1t'd5? i(.c6)
29... ti:lg5 30.1t'd8 (30.fgS i(.c6=) 30... ~7
31 .1t'd7 (31.fg5 W'e6) 31...ti:l17 32.i(.d3
W'c1!=J 29.i(.e411± 1fa5o [29 ...de4?
30.1t'c4+-J 30.b41 W'b50 [30 ...'ifd8?
31.b5+-: 30...1t'a2? 31 .b5! de4 32.bc6+-J
31 .i(.d3?T [31 .a4! 1Vc4 32.1fc4 dc4
33.i(.c6 bc6 34.'.t;>11 h6 35.ti:ll3±, c6<, c4<]
31...1t'a4 32.1t'f6 i(.eS 33.'ifd6?1
[33.ti:le6 ti:le6 34.1fe6 ,!;(,17 35.'ifc8=]
33 ...1fd7 34.'iff6?? [34.'ifd7 i(.dTf]
34...1t'g4 [35.'.t;>11 'ifd1] 0-1
Unit Ill
14 ... -L e4/14 .. . ~e8/14 ... llae8
Adams,Michael
Shirov,Aiexey
Elista ct m 2007 (1)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.ti:ld2 ti:lf6 4.e5
ti:l1d7 5.c3 c5 6.i(.d3 ti:lc6 7.ti:le2
cd4 8.cd4 f6 9.ef6 ti:lf6 1O.ti:l13 i(.d6
11.o-o 1fc7 12.g3 o-o 13.i(.14 i(.d7
14•.1:r:c1 ti:le4 15.i(.d6 [1S.b4 a6 16.a4
i(.f4 17.ti:lf4 (Petrienko-Moskalenko, Pinsk
1986) 17... .1:1:14! 18.gf4 'iff4+="; 1S.i(.e4 de4
72
16.ti:leS (16.ti:lgS i(.f4 17.ti:lf4 .1:1:14 18.gf4
'iff4-+ Kovachev-Salewski, Reykjavik 2011
(S)) 16...i(.eS 17.deS (17.i(.eS?! 1Vb6
18.ti:lf4 e3 (18 ...W'b2 19..1:r:b1 'ifa2 20..1:r:b7
ti:leS 21.deS i(.c6) 19.fe3 ti:leS 20.deS
W'e3 21 ..1:1:12 .l:r:ad8 22.W'e1 1fb6.,.
Huschenbeth-Grover, Chennai Wch-jr 2011)
17...i(.e8 18.1fa4 1Vb6 19.1fe4 i(.g6
20.1Vc4 'ifb2"f Zapata-Ganguly, King of
Prussia 2010] 15•••1t'd6 16.ti:lc3
[16.i(.e4 de4 17.ti:lgS .l:r:ad8+=" R.Ankit-
Ganguly, Dubai 2012] 16... ti:lc3 17.bc3
[17..1:r:c3 i(.eS (17... .1:1:16 18..1:r:e1 .l:r:af8
19.i(.b1 i(.eS 20.ti:lgS i(.g6oo; 17... eS
18.deS ti:leS 19.ti:leS W'eS 20.1fe2 W'e2
21.i(.e2 i(.c6 22 ..1:r:d1 .l:r:ad8 23..1:r:d4 .l:r:fe8
24.<li>f1 .l:r:e4 2S..I:r:e4 de4 26.i(.c4 <li>f8
27.<li>e2 gS 28.b4i Geske-Salewski,
Reykjavik 2011 (3)) 18.1Vb1 (18.h3 i(.hS
19.g4 i(.g6oo) 18... h6oo] 17...e5 [17 ....1:1:16
18.1t'e2;!;]1 8.ti:le5 ti:le5 19.de5 W'e5
20•.I:r:e1 W'f6 21.1fd2 [21 .141? 1Vb6
22.<li>g2 i(.c6 23.'ifhS g6 24.i(.g6 d4
2S.<li>11 'ifbS 26.<l;>t2 'ifhS 27.i(.hS .l:r:ad8
28.cd4 .l:r:d4 29.,!;(,13 ,!;(,13 30.<l;>IJ±
Visconti-Pietrocola, cr ICCF 2009]
21 •••.1:r:ad8 [21....1:r:ae8 22.i(.l1 i(.c6
23.i(.g2 W'IS 24.1t'd4 a6 2S ..I:r:e8 .l:r:e8
26.c4i; 21...i(.IS 22.i(.fS 'ifiS 23.1t'd4
(23 ..1:r:cd1 .l:r:ad8 24..1:r:e7 .1:1:17 2S..I:r:l7 W'l7
26.1t'd4 bSoo) 23... .1:r:ad8 24..1:r:e7 .1:1:17
2S ..I:r:cett Adams] 22.,!;(,11 i(.c6 [~
22 ...i(.IS! 23.i(.g2 (23.1t'd4 'ifl7 24.i(.g2
i(.e4oo) 23...i(.e4 (23...d4!?) 24.i(.e4 de4
2S.'ifc2 .l:r:de8 26..1:r:e2 .l:r:eS 27..1:r:ce1
.l:r:fSoo Adams] 23.i(.g2 d4 [23 ... h6
24.1Vd4! (24..1:r:cd1 i(.a4! 2S ..I:r:b1 d4 26.cd4
.l:r:d4 27.1Ve3 b6oo) 24... W'd4 2S.cd4 .l:r:le8
26.14!] 24.i(.c6 bc6 [24 ... dc3 2S.i(.dS!
(2S.'ife3 'ifc6 26..1:r:c3=) 2S... <li>h8 26.W'd3
W'l2 27.<li>h1 W'd2 28..1:r:cd1 W'd3 29 ..1:r:d3
bS 30.<li>g2 b4 31 ..1:r:ed1 aS 32.i(.b3±]
25.cd4 .l:r:d4 26.1Ve3 .1:1:1d8 27.1Vb3
.1:1:4d5 [27 ... <li>h8 28..1:r:e6 (28.1fe6 'ife6
29..1:r:e6 .l:r:d2 30.a4 .l:r:a2=) 28 ...1ff8
29..1:r:ec6 .l:r:d2 30..1:1:11 ;!;] 28•.1:r:c5
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L8hiri,Atanu
Bhubaneswar 2011 (4)
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Roldan,Adrian
Buenos Aires 1991 (4)
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Akobian,Varuzhan
Las Vegas 2011 (7)
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Rozic,Samo
Ljubljana tt 2006 (3)
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Short, Nigel
Plovdiv 1984 (12)
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Dufrenoy,M
France tt 1988 (7)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.lLld2 lLJf6 4.e5
lLJfd7 5.c3 c5 6~d3 lLlc6 7.lLle2 cd4
8.cd4 f6 9.ef6 lLJf6 10.0-0 ~d6
11 .lLlf3 Wc7 12.g3 0-0 13~f4 ~d7
14.llc1 llae8 15.lL!e5! Wb8 [15... lle7
16.lle1 ~eB 17.~ (17.'ir'd2!?) 17... lLle4
(JirkM<y-Kopicka, Nachod 2002) 18.~c6
~c6 19.13i; 15...~e5 (Afek-Uiibin,
Hoogeveen 2008) 16.de5! (16... h5
17.Wc2 g6 18.~ llf7 19.f4t) 17.13
(17.l0<:3!? g5 18.~e3 lLlc3 19.llc3 Wes
20.llc6! ~c6 2 1.~7 Wh7 22.~d4+-)
17... Wb6 18.Wg2 lLlc5 19~ 1 ±] 16. c6
[16.lLld7!? d7 17.~d6 (1 7.~e3 lLJ16
18.~ llcB 19. 14 llle8 20.lle1 a6
21.~11 '*c7 22.00 'Wf7 23.~oo
Wolczek-Herrmann, www.bdf-fernschachbund.
de 2008; 17.~! ? ~14 (17... llc8 18.lle1 a6
19.~4 b5 20.~ aS 21.llc8 llcB
22 .~d6 'ifd6 23. 14 b3 24.1t'b3 lLJIB
25.1t'e3;t ~-~ Praveen-Ramkrishna,
Rochess Open 2001) 18. 14 'Wd6 19.~
bc6 20.00 e5 21.1t'a4 llf6;:t Kappes-
Rogge, BdF-Schachserver 2010) 17...'Wd6
18.14 1t'b4 19.'*b3!? 1t'b3 20.ab3 llcB
21 .~ lLJ16 22 .~c6 llc6 23.llc6 bc6
24.lla1 llb8 25.lL!c1! llb7 26.lla6 llc7?
(26 ... h6!? 27.llc6 llb4; 26 ... llb4 27.lla4)
27.b4 lLle4 28.00± L.Arias-Morales
Mendoza, Dos Hermanas blitz 2004]
16...~c6 [16...bc6 17.~d6 'ir'd6 18.14
'*b4 (Oabrowska-Gervais, Cappelle Ia
Grande 1993) 19.'it'c2!±] 17~d6 W"d6
18.f4 [18.lLlc3? e5 19.de5 lle5+ Gotsi-
Petraki, Ano Liosia jr 1994] 18...1t'b4
19.b3 [19.•b3!? '*b3 (19...•d2?! 20.llc2)
20.ab3 lLle4 21 .b4 lLld6 22. c3 a6
23.llfe1 i ] 19... ~b5?1 [19...lL!e4 20.• e1
'ifb6oo] 20.a3 1t'a5 21.llc5 a6
22. · 5 ab5 23.a4 lLle4 24.llb5 1t'c7
25.• d3 llc8
26.f5f 1fc2 27.'ifc2 llc2 28.lLlf4
tLld6 29.llb6 lLJfS 30. e6 llf6
31.llb7 lle6 32.llb8 33.llf5
Wg6 34.llf2 +- llc1 35.Wg2 lld1
36.a5 lld4 37.b4 llc4 38.b5 d4
39.a6 lla4 40.lld2 lld6 41.ll b7 h6
42.a7 d3 43.b6 lld5 44.llb8 llda5
45.lld8 lla2 46.lld3 ll2a4 47.b7
1-0
Caro-Kann Defence
Panov Attack CK 3.1 (814)

Be Well-Prepared!
by Andrey Sumets

1. e4 c6 What is the rea on for the popu-

2. d4 d5 larity of this option for White? I
3. ed5 cd5 think it i becau e in many games
4. c4 tt:lf6 with thi line Black has had to
5. tt:lc 3 e6 fight for a draw. U ually Black is
6. tt:lf3 .ib4 forced to choose from several
7. cd5 tt:ld5 po itions with the evaluation
8. .id2 tt:lc6 'slightly better for White', trying
9. .id 3 0-0 to prevent White's advantage
10. 0-0 .ie 7 from growing. Such a fight
11 . l:re1 rarely arouses optimism in a
player. A good example of thi
line is the game David Navara-
Bartlomiej Macieja, Poli sh Extra
League 20 12. Bartlomiej opted
for a pawn sacrifice and tried to
escape into an opposite-coloured Andrey Sumets
bishops ending with a pair of
rook . He probably didn ' t want my opinion, chess player who
to suffer under White's pre ure have cho en thi path mu t be
in the middlegame with equal well-prepared to play the above-
material. This was a controver- mentioned lines, and perhaps it
sial deci ion , of which the com- would be more practical for them
According to the mai n databa. es, puter disapprove . However, to play them directly.
ll .l:re I i not the most popular grandmaster M cieja managed
option in thi line of the Panov. to prove the correctness of this The Most Popular Response
The current trend for White is to option in the game. The option I l ... .if6 eem to be
go for ll.a3 or ll .'ii'e2, but the After ll. l:re I Black has three op- the most popular re ponse to
line I Ll:re I is getting more and tions: A) ll ....if6, B) ll ... tt:ldb4 ll. l:re I. U ually White has to
more popular. As for my personal and C) ll ... tt:lf6. It is difficult to choose between 12.tt:ld5 (a olid
experience, in the pa t ix months say which of these is the be t approach) and 12.tt:le4 (a more
I've played two clas ical games choice, but it should be noted dynamic approach).
with black, against grandmasters that if we choose option C: A I) However, recently grand-
Bassem Amin and Alexander ll ... tt:lf6 we transpose to other ma ter Navara de mon trated an
Danin, and in both games I fol- attacking line in the Panov- intere ting idea. It i unlikely
lowed my old preparation. I had Botvinnik, uch a l .e4 c6 2.d4 that 12.1fe2 i very dangerou
to work hard to draw, with no d5 3.ed5 cd5 4.c4 tt:lf6 5.tt:lc3 e6 for Black, but it demand accu-
chance of winning. Perhap I 6.tt:lf3 .ie7 or l .e4 c6 2.d4 d5 racy. Examining the endgame I
cho e too pas ive a line. The 3.ed5 cd5 4.c4 tt:lf6 5.tt:lc3 e6 failed to find a clear way for
problem i that it is difficult to 6.tt:lf3 ~b4 7.cd5 tt:ld5 8 ..id2 White to make use of hi extra
find a better alternative. tt:lc6 9 ..id3 0-0 I0.0-0 tt:lf6. Ln pawn. (Game I)

75
 A2) After IV t:ld5 White u u-
ally gets a small but olid advan-
tage. Black can opt for either
12 ...'it'd5 or 12 ... ed5. I believe
that 12 ... 'it'd5 i que tionable. I
have tried to prove this in Game 2.
After 12 ... ed5 Black has a very
. olid but lightly passive posi-
tion . In Game 3, Salome Melia
won an excellent game against a
strong grandmaster. It seems that
13 .. ."~b6 is not the best set-up
for Black in this position. At
least, I think Black shouldn't de-
termine the po ition of his queen
o early. A queen placed on b6
provoke White into playing
a2-a4-a5-a6 and makes pawn d5
vulnerable. Perhaps Black has
some opening problems even af-
ter 14... ~e6 (Safarli-Braun), but
thi till seems to be the best way
to go. ln my opinion, 14.tLln
(Game 4, Miljanic-Svetushkin)
is an interesting option, but it is
not enough to fight for an advan-
tage. During the game Dmitry
had orne problems that were,
however, not cau ed by the ope-
ning.
The be t reply to 13.lLle5 seems
to be 13 ... g6!.
• opt for 12 ... h6. I believe that the
' '
Ln Game 5 (Kryvoruchko-
Arutinian), Black faced opening
problems. lt seems that 16... 'ifb6
wasn ' t the be t move. White
could have achieved a very prom-
ising po ition after 20.lLld3. ln
Game 6 (Frolyanov-Ovetchkin),
White had some pressure but
Roman played well (I think that
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17 ... a5 i a preci e move that
helps Black gain some important
pace on the queenside). For
tho e who like an unu ual , active
fight I recommend the exchange
sacrifice 15 ...~d4! ?. This has not
yet been checked in a practical
game. (Game 3-6)
A3) 12.lLle4 is a very intere l-
ing option.
Players who opt for it hould
analyse it with a computer pro-
gram and memorize it well.
Black ha to choose between re-
fu sing the pawn sacrifice (Game
7) or capturing 12 ... ~d4 or
12 ... lLld4 (see Game 8).
Ovetchkin 's choice in his 2006
game again t Frolyanov is very
dangerou . If Black doe n ' t want
to take the pawn, perhaps he may
safest reply i 12 ... ~d4. Perhaps
Black hould have drawn in the
game Shanava-Mchedi hvili , or
hould have played an equal po-
sition after 17 . ~g5 'ifd6 18.'ifh5
~f5! in the game Genocchio-
D.Rombaldoni. (Game 7-8)
My Choice
In both of my game I played
ll ... lLldb4. I believe that this is
more logical than I I. .. ~f6 or
ll ... lLlf6, but perhaps it is not
stronger. White may choose be-
tween B I) 12 .~f4 or B2)
12 .~e4. which i connected with
a pawn sacrifice. 12 .~f4 is more
popular than l2.~e4. Perhaps
players who choose 1 2. ~f4 with
white are too ·olid or they con-
ider White's po ition to be
clearly better. However, even af-
ter 12. ~e4 White has enough
compensation for the pawn to
avoid the ri sk of losing the game.
I believe that the line B2) will be
more popular in the future.
BI) Let's examine line
12 . ~f4.
In the game Danin-Sumets and
in the similar game Amin-
Sumets, Black opted for 13 ..~ f6
and managed to draw quite eas-
ily. It looks as if the endgame af-
ter 19 ... lLlc6 i. n't so dangerous
for Black. Yury Drozdovsky
managed to draw against
Frolyanov as well , but it eems
that his 19 ... lLld5 is riskier. In all
these game Black's position
wa very pa ive and perhaps
omeone will find a way to create
some problems with white. If a
che s player doesn ' t want to play
o pa sively, he is encouraged to
examine the game Melia-
Bulmaga as well as the game
that are given in the comments.
Despite Black achieving a nor-
mal position in the game
E.Pahtz-Braun, I believe that the
line 13 ... b6 is a little dubious, es-
pecially the way Galkin played it
against Shanava. Black' plan
with 14... f5 is interesting, but
very risky. It seem to be a good
reply to the pawn sacrifice 16.a3 .
(Game 9- 10)
B2) Lnstead of playing the
lightly better position after

12. ~ f4, White can sacrifice the
i olated pawn with 1 2 .~e4. The
game Sulski -Fridman shows
that Black can't refu e the pawn
acrifice. After 14.'it'e2 Black
can try 14... ~d7 ( ugge ted by
Sarunas Sulskis). According to
ChessBase, this line has not been
checked in real-life games. After
14 ... f5 15 ~e3 (S hariyazdanov 's
idea 15 ~b I de erves attention
a well) Black has to choose be-
tween 15 ... 'iYe5 and 15 ... 1lt'f6.
Black's be t option ha n' t cry -
tallized yet. In both ca e , White
ha full compensation for the
pawn. I would say that 15 ... 'iYf6
look afer than 15 ... 11Ye5.
(Gamell-12)
Chances for an Initiative
My opinion is that I l ... lbf6 i n ' t
any worse than line A and B.
Moreover, Bl ack'. chances to
take the initiative are greater than
in the above-mentioned lines.
The Most Popular Response
11 .. . ~f6
Navara,David 1 l:tac8=] 17.'tlfc3 ~d7 18.l:tad1 f6
Macieja,Bartlomiej
Poland It 2012 (1)
1.e4 c6 2.c4 dS 3.ed5 tl:lf6 4.d4
cdS 5.tl:lc3 e6 6.tl:lf3 ~b4 7.cd5
tl:ldS a. ~d2 o-o 9.~d3 tl:lc6 1o.o-o
~e7 1Ute1 ~f6 12.'t!re21?N tl:ld4
[12... ~d4 13.tl:ld5 't!rd5 (13 ...ed5!?
14 .~h7 '1Ph7 15.'t!rd3 'tPgB 16.tl:ld4 tl:ld4!
(16... 't!rh4 17.tl:lc6 bc6 18.l:te3 ~d7
19.~c3 l:taeB 20.l:tg3 (20.l:taet l:te3
21 .l:te3 l:teB=) 20...16 2t .'t!ra6 (21 .'t!rg6
W'h7) 21...l:te7 (21...d4? 22.Wa7) 22.'ilt'a7
l:tfeB 23.a4±) 17.'t!rd4 W'b61 (17... ~e6?
18. ~c3±) 18.'tlfe5!? (18.Wb6 ab6 19.l:te7
d4 20.a3 White is better but Black has good
chances to draw) 18...d4=) 14 .~e4 't!rd6
(14... 'it'c5 15.l:tact 'tlfb6 16.b4 (16. ~c6?
bc6 17. d4 't!rd4 18.l:tc6 ~b7=) 16... a6
17.l:tc4 ~16 18. ~e3 'it'c7 19.'t!rc2gg)
15.l:tad1 e5 16 .~e3gg 't!rl6 (16... ~g4
However White can easily tran -
pose to other line of the Panov-
Botvinnik Attack.
The game Bareev-Timman
hows that 1 2. ~f4 doesn' t give
White an advantage. Perhaps
this conc lu ion will be chal-
lenged in future games. Anyway,
12. ~g5 i the main line. ow
Black can try 12 ... b6, 12 ... tt:lb4,
12 ... h6, 12 ... tt:ld5 , and 12 ... ~d7.
To examine all of these option
mean writing a new book, so I' II
restrict myself to aying that
17.~h7 ~hB tB. ~bt l:tadB 19.h3;!;)
17.~c6 ~e3 18. ~d5 ~b6 19.We5;!;)
13. d4 ~d4
14.~ h7 [14.l:tadt !? tl:lc3 (14 ... tl:lf6!?
15.tl:lb5 e5 16.tl:ld4 ed4 17.~b4 l:teB
18. ~e7 'it'b6 19.We5 ~d7gg White should
win the pawn on d4 soon and Black will
suffer for a draw) 15 .~c3 e5 16.~h7 ! ~h7
17.'t!rh5 <otgB 18.l:te5 ~e5 19.l:td8 l:tdB
20 .~e5 l:td5 2t.'t!re2 16 22 .~c3;!; )
14... <oth7 15.'tlfd3 <otg8 16.'t!rd4
Survey CK 3. 1
12 .. .tt:ld5 seems to be safer than
the other moves, although even
here Black has orne problems.
(Game 13- 14)
Conclusion
We have examined three reason-
able replies for Black, and it is
difficult to point out the best line.
In my opinion , Black ha very
good chance to equalize after
ll .. .~f6 and II ... b4, but
White 's ri sk of lo ing the game is
minimaJ . I myself would play
ll ... tt:lf6, even though this move,
which we examined in brief in
this Survey, is less afe. With thi
option Black keep more
chance of putting up a fight.
Thi is extremely important for a
tronger player who face a
weaker opponent with black. But
in this case the tronger player
certain ly must be well-prepared
for other lines in the Panov-
Botvi nnik .
tl:lc3 [16 ...b6!? 17.l:tadt ~b7 18...g4
't!rf6 (18 .. .151? 19.'t!rg3 'tlfd7oo) 19.tl:ld5
~d5 20.l:te3 'tlfg6 2t .'t!rg6 fg6 22.a3
19.'t!rb3 l:tf7 20. ~e3 'tireS 21.l:td6
~a4?! [21...b6 22 .~d2 : ca 23.14! White
creates some pressure but it seems to be
easier to draw here than after 21...~a4]
22.'t!re6 'tlfe6 23.l:te6 l:td7;!; [This
position is very difficult to evaluate. It seems
to me that Black should be able to draw if
he plays precisely] 24.l:te4 ~c6 25.l:tc4
l:te8 26.h4 a6 27.<oth2 l:te4 28.l:te4
~e4 29.l:tc1 [I think White needs to put
his rook on the 3rd rank, play b3, a4, a5,
b4 and afterwards trade the h·pawn for
Black's g·pawn] 29 ...~c6 30.g4 [Perhaps
a little premature. 30.<otg3 l:td3 31.h5 l:td5
32.l:tht trying to open the h·file for White's
rook and make Black's !·pawn look
vulnerable] 30... 31 .<otg3 l:tdS
32.h5 l:td3 33. 4 l:tdS 34.l:tc3
[34.l:tc2 l:tdt] 34 ... l:td1 35.a3 l:th1
36. ~c5 l:tb1 37.b4 l:te1 38.l:td3
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 .i.b5 39.lld8 lle8 40.lld1 · 4
41. lld2 lle1 42. lld8 lle8 43.lld3
.i.b5 44.llc3 lle1 45 ..i.e3 .i.c6
46.a4 ll b1 47. llc4 We6 48.a5 llh1!
49.Wg3 [49.lld4? llh31 49 ... llg1
50.Wh2 llh1 51.Wg3 llg1 52. 4
llh1 53.llc3 llh3 54 ..i.d4 llc3
55 ..i.c3 56.c;!;>g3 .i.a4 57.f4
.i.d 1 58.f5 .i.e2 59.Wh4 .i.d3
60 ..i.d2 .i.c2 61.h6 gh6 62 ..i.h6
112-112
Zavgorodniy,Sergiy 2 18.b41 ab4 19 ..i.b4 "it"d4? (19 ... .i.e6
Bets,Anatoly
Nikolaev 2001 (4)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.ed5 cd5 4.c4
f6 5. c3 e6 6.tt:lf3 .i.b4 7.cd5
d5 8 ..i.d2 c6 9 ..i.d3 .i.e7 10.0-0
0-0 11.lle1 .i.f6 12. d5 "it"d5
13 ..i.c3 lld8 14 ..i.e4 tt"d6
(14 ... tt"h5!? 15. e5 (15."it"c2!? .i.d7
(15 ... tt:ld4!? 16.tt:ld4 .i.d4 17..i.d4 lld4
18.llad1 'ita5 19..i.h7 <;!;>18 20..i.e4 e5!=)
16.llad1 .i.e8 17.lld3 (17.d5 .i.c3 18.1t'c3
ed5 19.1t'c5 16=) 17 ... llac8 18.'tli'd2;t)
15... 'tli'd1 16.llad1 .i.d7 (16 ... tt:le7 17 ..i.a5
lle8 18.tt:lc4! (18.lld3 tt:ld5 19.llh3 h6
20.llg3 .i.h4 21.lll3) 18... c6 19 ..i.c3
(19 ..i.c7!? d4 20.tt:\d6 lll8 21.b3~)
19 ....i.e7 20.a3 Buljubasic-Polak, Vienna
2011 ; 20. e3!? lld8 21 .d5;t; 16 ... tt:le5
17.de5 .i.e7 18.lld8 .i.d8 19.lld1±) 17.14
(17. d7?! lld7 18.d5 llad8) 17... llab8
18.d5 e5 (18 ....i.e5! 19.fe5 (19.dc6 .i.c3
20.c7 .i.e1 21.cb81t' llb8 22.lld7=)
19 ...ed5 20..i.d5 .i.e6=) 19.1e5 .i.h4 20.g3
ed5 21 ..i.d5 .i.e7 22 ..i.f7 <;!;>17 23.lld7
We6~ Black should manage to escape,
Galkin-Lastin, Krasnoyarsk 20071 15.tt:le5!
'tli'c7 (15 ... .i.e5 16.de5 'tli'd1 17.llad1
.i.d7 18.lld6;!; Hou Yilan-Riazantsev,
MOSCO'N 2008; 15... tt:ld4? 16..i.h7 Wh7
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17.tt"h5 Wg8 18."it"f7 Wh7 19.1t'g6 Wg8
20.tt:lf7 1t'l8 21 .tt:ld8 'itd8 22.llad1 a5
23 ..i.d4 .i.d4 24.lle3 lla6 25.lld4!+-1
16. c6?! (16.W'h5! g6 17.'tli'l3 .i.g7
18.llac1 e5 19.de5±1 16 ... bc6
17.1t'h5 g6 18..i.a5 'itf4 ! 19.'it'f3=
[19.'it'e2!? lld4 20..i.c6 llb8 21..i.c3 .i.g7
(21 ... lld8 22.g3 1t'l5 23..i.e4+-) 22 ..i.d4
.i.d4 23.llab1 e5~1 19.. .'~t'f3 20 ..i.f3
lld4 21 ..i.c3 llf4 22 ..i.f6 llf6
23 ..i.c6 ll b8 24.llad1 .i.b7 25 ..i.b7
Y2· 1l2
Melia,Salome 3 20.1t'a3 tt'd8 21 .lle2± ; 19 ... "it"d8 20.lle2
Kacheishviii,Giorgi
Gibraltar 2011 (7)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.ed5 cd5 4.c4 tt:lf6
5. c3 e6 6. f3 .i.b4 7.cd5 tt:\d5
8 ..i.d2 tt:lc6 9 ..i.d3 0-0 10.0-0 .i.e7
11 .lle1 .i.f6 12.tt:ld5 ed5 13. e5
W'b6 [13 ... ~e6 14.tt:lc6 bc6 15..i.M lle8
16..i.c5 .i.e7 17.llc1 ;t; 13... d4? 14 ..i.M
lle8 15..i.h7 Wh7 16.W'h5 c;!;>g8 17.1t'f7
Wh7 18.1t'g6 c;!;>g8 19. 17 .i.l5 20. h6
Wh8 21. 15 15 22.1t'l5 .i.b2 23.llad1
lle1 24.lle1± Kosten-K.Arkell, Southampton
ch-BCF 19861 14..i.c3 g6 [14 ....i.e6
15.h4!? (15.llc1 llac8 16..i.b1 g6 17."t!ff3
.i.g7 18.llcd1 llld8 19.'*'14 lle8 20.h3 W'c7
21 .W'h4 e7= Safarti-A.Braun, Gaziantep
Wch-jr 2008) 15... g6 (15 ....i.e5?! 16.de5 d4
17..i.d2 W'b2 18.llb1 1t'a2 19.1t'h5 g6
20."it"h6 llfd8 (20 ... 1t'a3 21..i.c1 W'c5
22.llb5 "it"c3 (22 ...1t'e7 23..i.g5) 23.lld1
tt:le7!? 24 ..i.e4!+-; 24 ..i.g5?! W'd3! 25.lld3
tt:\15 26.'tli'f8±) 21.h5 lld7 22..i.g5 "it"a3
23.hg6 fg6 24 ..i.g6 "i¥18 25..i.h7±) 16.h5
tt:le5 17.de5 .i.e7 18.Wa4 llfc8 19."t!ff4
1t'd8 20.llad1 ;t; 20..i.d2?! llc6 21..i.e3 a6
22.llad1 llac8 23.tt'g3 .i.h4 24.1t'f4 17-l!!
Chigaev-Khairullin, St Petersburg 20111
15.a4 [15.'iV13!? .i.g7 (15... e7 16.a4)
16.1t'd5?1 (16.a4! a5? (16... e5 17.de5 d4
18.a5 c5 19..i.d2 .i.e5? (19 ... 1t'e7
20.h4-) 20.a6+-; 16...~e6 17.a5 1t'c7
18.a6 b6 19.llad1 1? (19.llac1 llac8! 20.1t'l4;
20..i.b5?! tt:le5 21.de5 d4) 19... llac8
20..i.b5 e5 21.de5 1t'c5 22.'tli'e2;!;)
17.1t'd5 .i.e6 18.1t'b5±) 16....i.e6 17.1t'b5
(1H!t'e4 llad8~) 17...llfd8 18.1t'b6 l!!-l!!
Plaskett-Hillarp Persson, Saint Helier 20001
15 ...a5 (15 ....i.e6 16.a5 "it"c7 17.a6;t;
15... a6?! 16.a5 W'c7 (16..."t!fd8) 17.'~13
.i.g7 18.1t'd5±1 16.'* 'f3 e7 17. · 5!
c;!;>g7 [17 ....i.l5?! 18.g4! .i.e4 19."it"e3±1
g
6).t. • .t.
.i..t.
.t. ttJ
~
~
~
ll
.i.e6 21."it"a3±1 20. "it"a3 ~e5
21.llad1 +- W'b2 22.lle5 "ilt"e5
23 ..i.c3 d4 24 ..i.d4 "it"d4 25.lld4
f5 26.lld1 c;!;>g8 27."it"f3 h5 28.h3
llb8 29 ..i.c4 tt:lg7 30 ..i.f7 1-0
Miljanic,Boro 4
Svetushkin,Dmitry
Bucharest 2002 (5)
1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.ed5 cd5 4.cd5
tt:lf6 5.tt:lc3 tt:ld5 6.tt:lf3 e6 7.d4 .i.b4
8 ..i.d2 c6 9 ..i.d3 .i.e7 10.0-0 0-0
11.lle1 .i.f6 12.tt:ld5 ed5 13. e5
"t!fb614. f7

14 .. .g61 [14 ...ll17? 15.J:le8 J:lfS 16 .~h7
,.Yh7 17.llf8 ,.Yg6 18.llh8+-; 14 ...,.Y17?
15.'Wh5+-; 14... d4 15.'iWh5 (15.'Llg5
~15 16.~e3 (16. ~15 15 17.W'f3 'Lle7oo
Plaskett) 16... ~g5 17.~d4 'iWd4 18. ~15=;
15 . ~c3!? ~15 16.'Lle5;!;) 15 ...~15
16. h6 gh6 17. ~15 'Llf5 18.'iWf5;
14 ... W'b2?! 15.W'h5 (15.llb1 'i!t'd4
16 . ~e3 'i!t'g4 17.'Lld6 'i!t'd1 18.lled1
~e6 19.llb7 ~e5 20.llc7 'LldS 21. ~c5
~g4 22.13 e6) 15 ...g6 16 .~g6 hg6
17.Wg6 ~g7 18.'Llh6 ,.YhS 19.J:lad1 !?
(19.'Llf7 ,.YgS 20.'Llh6=) 19 ... Wd4 20.'Llf7
,.YgS 21 . ~g5 Wb2 22. h6 ,.YhS 23.lld2
Wc3 24.Wh5 ~d 70 25.'Llf5 ,.YgS
26. g7 Wg7 27. ~h6 J:lfe8 28.We8 ~eS !
(28 ... lle8 29.lle8 ~es 30.~g7 ,.Yg7
31.lld5±) 29 .~g7 ,.Yg7 30.lld5 J:lcS;!;J
15. eS [15.'Llh6 ,.Yg7 16.llc1 ! ~d4
(16... d4? 17.'Llg4) 17.llc6 bc6 18.lle7
,.YhS 19. 17 ,.YgS 20.'Llh6 ,.Yh8=;
15.'Lld6 ~d4 16 .~e3 ~e3 17.lle3 ~d7
18. ~11 (18.W'b3 W'b3 19.ab3 llab8)
18... b4 19.'Llc4 dc4 20 .~c4 WhS
21 .'iWd7 J:lad8 22.W'e7 c2 23.J:lh3 'iWf2
24.Wh1 h5 25.-.g5 Wg7 26.J:lh5 'Lla1
27.'iWh6 Wf6 28. W'g5 1Pg7 29.'Wh6=J
15 ...'Lle5 16.de5 ~ h4 17.1Ph1 ~f2
18.J:lf1 ~e6 19 .~h6 llf7 20.'Wd2
lle8? 1 [20 ... 'it'd4 21 .llac1 'i!t'h4 22 .~g5
Wd4 23 .~h6 Wh4=J 21.llac1 Wd4
22.llc2 ~ h4 [22 ... Wh4 23. J:lf2 llf2
24.Wf2 W'h6 25.Wa7J 23.llf7 ~f7
24. ~ b5 1t'd2 25 . ~d2 ll b8 26. ~d7
~e8 27 . ~e6 ~f7 28 .~d7 ~e8
29.llc7 [29.e6!?J 29 ... ~d7?!
[29... ~d8! 30 .~e6 ,.YhS 31.llc1 d4]
30.lld7 lle8
31.lld5? [31 .g3! ~e7 32.1Pg2 ~c5
33.lld5±J 31 ... 32.g3 lld8=
33.J:ld8 ~d8 34. ,.Yg2 \Pe6 35. 3
\Pes 36. ~c3 IPdS 37.b3 ~c7
38.Wg4 ~d8 Y.!-Y.!
Kryvoruchko,Yuriy 5 Frolyanov,Dmitry
Arutinian,David
Olomouc 2006 (1)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.ed5 cdS 4.c4
f6 S.'Llc3 e6 6.'Llf3 ~b4 7.cd5
dS 8 .~d2 'Llc6 9 . ~d3 0-0 10.0-0
~e7 11 .lle1 ~f6 12.'Lld5 edS
13.'Lle5 g6! 14. ~c3 ~g7 15. Wf3
[15.a4 ~e6 16.a5 'Lle5 17.de5 a6 18.W'a4
llcS 19.J:lad1 J:le8 20.~c2 J:le7 21 .'iWh4
~- ~ Predojevic-S.Martinovic, Belgrade
2006; 15.14 Wb6 16.Wh1 ~e6 17.Wa4
llfcS 18.lle2 'iWd8= Mirumian-Asrian,
Erevan ch-ARM 1996] 15 ... ~e6
16.llad1 'i!t'b6?! [16 ...lle8! 17. ~b1
J:lcS 18.a3 1t'f6J 17.~ b1 J:lad8
18.Wf4! [18.'Llg4 ~g4 19.'iWg4 llfe8;
18.a3?! 'Lle5 19.de5 d4 20.~b4 llfe8
21 . ~d6 1t'b2!?; 21 ...16 22.ef6 W'd6 23.fg7
~d5 24.lle8 lleS 25. d3 ~17 26.h3
,.Yg7=J 18 ... llfe8
19.h4;!; [19.h3!? 16?! (19 ... 'Lle7 20.~c2)
20.'Llg4 ~g4 21 .hg4;!;J 19...f6 [19 ... llc8
20.g3 W'd8] 20.'Llg4?! [20.00! ~17
21.ltJc5;!;J 20... ~g4 21 .lle8 lle8
22.'Wg4 fS! 23.Wf3 Wd8 24.g3 hS
[24 ... 'Wd6] 25.83 'it'd6 26.\Pg2 ~f6
27.lld3 Wg7 28.J:le3 [28.~ lle4]
28... lle6 29.lle6 'iWe6 30.'Wf4 'We7
31. 1 '*'d7 32. · 2 b6 33.1t'e3
34. 2 [Better is 34.b4 ttJe7 35. ~]
34... 5 35. W'd3 W'e6 36. 1 c6
37.~b3 Wg7 38.1t'e3 l!t'e4!= 39.'iWe4
de4 40.d5 ~c3 41.bc3 'Lld8 42.d6!
[42.1Pe2 'Llb7 43.We3 IPf6 44.1Pf4 b5
45.~ a5 WMe is in danger] 42 ...
43. 2 s 44.d7 Wd6 45.~g8!=
,.Yd7 46.~h7 'Lle6 47.~g6 'Llg7
48. 3 49..i.h7 s so.~gs
ttJe8 51 .~c4 'Llf6 52.~f7 g4
53.We2 'Llf6 54.f4 ef3 55. 'Lle4
56.~h5 'Llc3 57. ~e8 bS 58.~d7 aS
59.h5 60.h6
Survey CK 3. 1
6
Ovetchkin,Roman
Khanty-Mansiysk 2007 (5)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.ed5 cdS 4.c4
'Llf6 5. c3 e6 6 . t3 ~ b4 7.cd5
'LldS s .~d2 c6 9 .~d3 ~e7 1 o.o-o
0-0 11.lle1 ~f6 12. dS edS
13. eS g6! 14.'Llc6 bc6 15. ~b4
.t'if
...:i
i
i
~ ~
~
~~ ~~~
~ 'if~ <;t>
1s... n es [15 ...~d4 !? 16 .~18 w rs
17.W'd2 ( 17 .~g6? 'iWh4 18.l!t'c2 (18.g3)
18... hg6 19.Wc6 ~12 20.1Ph1 ,.Yg7!
21 .'i!t'a8 ~g3 22.h3 ~ h3 -+) 17... W'f6
18.W'h6 W'g7 19.W'f4 1t'f6 20.'it'f6 ~16
21.llac1 ~d7~] 16. ll e8 W'e8 17. ~c5
aS! [17... ~d7? ! 18.'i!t'd2 e6? 19.h3
'i!t'eS 20.a4 WeB 21 .1t'f4 1Pg7 22.a5 a6
23.b4 'i!t'b7 24.lle1 J:leS?? 25.lle8 ~es
26.Wd6 1-0 Safarli-Zarinfam, Fajr 2006]
18.W'd2 ~e6 [18 ...~a6 19.lle1 W'd8
(19 ... W'b8?? 20.~a6 lla6 21 .W'f4+ -)
20. ~6 J:la6 21.14 (21.b3) 21 ... lla8 22.151]
19.J:le1 'iWb8 [19 ...a4!?J 20.b3 Wg7
[20... a4?! 21 .b4J 21 .~c2 [21.14 WeB
22.We3 ~15] 21 ...'i!t'c7 22.a4?! ~e7
23.'Wc3 ~cs 24.l!t'c5= llb8 25.h4
'Wb6 [25 ... h5!? 26.lle3 Wb6 27.'i!t'd6
lle8 28.We5 (28. ~g6 Wg6 29.'iWg3
(29.llg3? IP16 30.llf3 1Pg7 31.1t'e5 \PIS)
29...Wh6 30.W'g5 Wh7 31.W'h5 ,.Yg7
32.We5 IP!S 33.h5 W'd8! 34.h6 tfh4
35.llg3 Wh6 36.'Wd6 J:le7 37.'i!t'b8 J:leS
38.'i!t'd6=) 28... 16 29.'i!t'f4 ~17=] 26.'i!t'd6
lle8 27.We5 1Pg8 28.Wf6 Wb4
[28 ...c5!? 29.h5 'Wd8 30.'i!t'd8 lld8 31 .hg6
hg6 32.dc5 llc8 33.~g6 llc5 34 . ~d3 llc3
35.~b5= ; 28 .. .'..d8 29.'Wd8 lld8 30.1Pf1
llc8 31 .\Pe2 c5=] 29.lle2 'i!t'c3 30.h5
cS 31.h6 8 [31 ... 'i!t'd4 32.lle5 Wf8
33.~g6 1t'a1 34.,.Yh2 hg6 35.h7+-J
32.W'g7 [32.W'h8 ,.Ye7 33.lle6 fe6
34.'Wh7 \Pd6 35.dc5 'Wc5 36.Wg6 llf8=J
32 ... 1Pe7 33.dc5 [33.lle6 ,.Ye6 34.We5
1Pd7 35.Wd5 ,.Yc7 36.W17 Wd8
79
 37.'ifd5=] 33 .. .'tfg7 34.hg7
35 .~d3 c;t,?g7 36. ~a6 l:le7 37.c6
l:lc7 38. ~b7 ~c8 39.~c8 l:lc8
40.l:ld2 Y:!- Y2
Frolyanov,Dmitry 7 [13...~b2? 14 .~h7 c;f.?h8 15.'Wa4 ~ 1
Ovetchkin,Roman
Moscow 2006 (8)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.ed5 cd5 4.c4
f6 5. c3 e6 6. f3 ~b4 7.cd5
d5 8. ~d2 c6 9.~d3 ~e7 10.0-0
o-o 11 .l:le1 ~f6 1 2.lt:le4 CiJce7
[12... b6 13. 16 (13.'tra4!? ~d7 (13... ~ b7
14.l:lac1 ce7 15. e5 ~e5 16.de5 14
17.~14 'tfd3 18.CiJd6;t; 13... CiJce7 14. e5
(1 4. 16 16 15.l:lac1 ~b7 16. e5 a6
17 . ~b1 CiJI5) 14... ~e5 15.de5 CiJg6
16.~g5 'tfc7 17.l:lac1 'ifb8 18.CiJc3 ~b7
19.'tfd4;t) 14 .~b5 b8 15.l:lac1!)
13... 16 14 .~g5 ~7 15.CiJe5 CiJb4
16.~c4 l:lc8 17.l:le3 (17.'tfb3!? CiJbd5
18.l:lac1 h6 19 .~d2) 17... h6 18. ~16 'tfl6
19.a3! (19. d7 'tfh4 20. 18 l:lc4-+)
19... c6 20.CiJd7 'trd4 21 .CiJI8 'tfc4
22.'tfd7 (22.CiJd71? e7 23.l:lc3 'trb5
24.l:lc8 ~c8 25. 16 gl6 26.'tfd8 c;t,?g7
27.'f/e7 'it'b2 28.l:le1)
22... d8?1 (22 ... l:lb81 23. e6 le6 24.l:le6
'tfd4 25.l:ld1 'tlfb2 26.l:le8 l:le8 27.1t'e8
c;f.?h7 28.'tfe4 c;f.?g8 29...-e8=) 23.l:lc3
_.d5 24.1t'd5 ed5 25.CiJd7;t Kacheishvili·
Van Wely, Las Vegas 2009; 12 ...h6!?
13. 16 CiJI6 14.l:lc1 (14.CiJe5!? 1fd4
15.~c3 'tfd8 16 .'tfl3~) 14... ~d7 15.CiJe5!
{15.'tfb3 'trb6 16.'tfb6 ab6 17.a3 l:lld8=
(Hirneise·Dautov, Germany Bundesliga
2010/11) 18 .~14!?) 15...~e8 16 .~c3;t]
13. f6 f6 14 . ~g5 CiJed5 15.CiJe5
'tfd6 16. c4 "tfc7 17.l:lc1 ~d7
18. e5 "tfd6 19."tff31 [Black is in
danger]
80
19...l:lfc8?! [19 ... l:lld8?! 20.~e41 ~c6
21 .~16 CiJI6 22.~c6 bc6 23.CiJc6±;
19...~c6? ! 20.'tfh3 l:lle8 21 .l:lc5 h5
(21...h6 22 .~h6 gh6 23.'tfg3 c;f.?l8 24.CiJg6)
22.g4!-+; 19 ...W'b4?! 20.'tli'h31 ~b5 21.a3
'tfa5 22 . ~c2 l:lle8 (22 ... h6 23 . ~h6 gh6
24."tfh6 l:lfc8 25.l:le3! CiJe3 26.'iWI6 l:lc7
27.fe3 'tfd2 28.~h7 ~h7 29.'iWh4 c;t.?g7
30.l:lc7 'Wd1 31 .c;f.?f2 'iWe2 32.c;f.?g3 • e3
33. 13+- ; 22 ... l:lfc8 23. 17 c;t,?17 24.1fe6
Wt8 25.~16 CiJI6 26.~b3+ -) 23.b4 'tfa6
24.CiJg4; 19 ... l:lac8! 20.~h6 (20.W'h3 l:lc1
21 .l:lc1 l:lc8 22.l:lc8 ~c8 23.CiJg4 'ifc7!)
20 ...l:lc1 21 .l:lc1 CiJe8 22.W'g4 b4
23.~c4;t] 20. ~f6 CiJf6 21 .1fb7 W'd4?
[21...l:ld8 22.l:led1 l:lab8 23.1fa7 l:lb2
24.a4±] 22.l:lcd1 'it'b6 23. ~e4! +­
CiJe4 24.W'b6 ab6 25. d7 f2
26.c;f.?f2 l:la2 27.l:le2 b5 28. e5 f6
29.CiJf3 e5 30.l:ld5 l:lb8 31.l:ld7 l:la4
32.b3 l:l b4 33.l:lc2 l:lb3 34.l:lcc7 g5
35.l:lg7 c;f.?h8 36.l:lh7 c;f.?g8 37.h4 e4
38. d4 l:lb2 39.c;f.?e3 1-0
Shanava,Konstantin 8
Mchedlishvili,Mikheil
Kusadasi Ech 2006 (7)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.ed5 cd5 4.c4 f6
5. 3 e6 6. f3 ~b4 7.cd5 d5
8.~d2 CiJc6 9.~d3 o-o 10.o-o 9-e7
11 .l:le1 ~f6 12.CiJe4 ~d4 [12 ... CiJd4
13. 16 'tfl6 {13...CiJI6 14.CiJd4 (14.~ CiJI3
15.W'I3 l:le8 16.~c3 CiJd5 17.~d4 ~d7
18.'ifg3~) 14... 'trd4 15.~ 1t'd8 16.1t'l3
CiJd5 17.l:lad1 ~d7 18.~e4 CiJc3 (18...~c6
19.'tfg4 g6 20."tfg3~) 19.'Wc3 'tfc8
20.'ifd3 15 21.~15 el5 22.1fd7;t) 14. g5
CiJI5 (14 ...g6 15.CiJe4! {15.~c4 'it'l5)
15...'tfg7 16.~ c6 17.'Wc1-) 15.g4
'tfd41? Dautov (15 ...h6 16. e4 "tfd4 17.~c3
CiJc3 (17 ..."tfb6 18.gl5 ef5 19.CiJg3±
(Bandza/Sulskis) 19...14? 20.~d41 'tfd8
21 . 15+- g6? 22. h6 c;f.?h7 23.1fh5 16
24 .~16 "tfd3 25.'tfh4 'tfh3 26.CiJI5 Hl
Sulskis-Kritz, Istanbul Ech 2003) 18.bc3 "tfd8
19.gf5 ef5 20. g3 14 21 . e4± Bindrich-
Fiebig, Germany Bundesliga 201!k'11 ) 16.~e4
(16.~c1!? h6 17.gl5 CiJb4! (17... hg5 18.fe6±)
18.~11 1fd1 19.l:ld1 hg5 20.~g5) 16... CiJd6
17.~7 c;t,?h8 18.~c2-J 13. eg5 h6
16.Wh4 16 17.l:la1 e5 18. 17! (18.~!
CiJb4 19. 5 'tfd5 20. gf7 'ifl7 21 . 17
1:117 22 .~g6 c;t,?g8 23.9-17 c;t,?t7 24.1t'b4)
18...1:117 19.CiJg5 l:ld7 (19... l:le7 20.~c2
~ 21 .~ ~e6 22.CiJe6 l:le6 23. ~e6
Wt8 24 .~+- ) 20.~15 c;f.?gS 21 .9-e6 Wt8
22.l:ld1 1 l:ld4 23.~ b4 24.1t'h8 c;t,?e7
25.'tfg7 Wd6 26. 17 c;f.?e6 27. Wt5
28.l:ld4 ed4 29.h4+-] 14.CiJd4 CiJd4
15. h7 l:le8 16.~h6 e5 17."tfh5
[17.~g5 'tfd6 18.'tfh5 ~151 (18...~d7?
19. 181 15 20.CiJd7 'ifd7 21 .l:lad1 ;
Genocchio-D.Rombaldoni, St Vincent ch-ITA sf
2008) 19.~15 (19.l:lad1? ~g6 20.~g6
(20.'tfh4 15) 20 ...'tfg6 21. ...g6 lg6-+)
19... CiJI5 20.l:lad1 21.~e3 16 22. 16
'it'l6=] 17... gh6 18.l:le5 l:le5 19.'tre5
CiJc6
20.'it'd5 c;t,?g7 21 .'tff3 [21.'it'd8?! d8
22.l:le1 ~e6+] 21 ......d6 [21... e5!?
22.'tfg3 g6 23.l:le1 c;f.?h7 24.h4 (24 .~g6
lg6 25.'tfa3 c;t.?g7 26.l:le7 c;f.?l6) 24 ... h5
25. ~g6 lg6 26.'tfa3 c;t.?g7 (26 ... c;f.?h6
27.l:le7 'tfd1 28.c;f.?h2 'it'd2 29.l:lh7 c;f.?h7
30.'We7=) 27.l:le7 c;f.?l6 28.l:lh7 ~15
29.'tfc3 c;f.?e6 30.'tfe3 c;t,?l6 31 ."tt'c3=]
22.l:le1 ~d7 [22... d41? 23.'tfh5
(23.'tfe3?1 ~15 24 .~15 15 25.W13 'trg6
26.'trb7 l:ld8 27.'tfc7 l:ld2! 28.'*'c3 d4
29.c;f.?f1 l:ld3+) 23... ~e6 (23... e6?
24 .~15 14 25.'tfg4) 24.l:le4 15 25.'ifl3
l:ld8 26.l:lg4 c;f.?h8 27. 16! '*'e5 28. e4
'ifb2 29.~11 oo '*'a1 30. c3 (30.'trl4
c;f.?h7=; 30 ... l:ld1?? 31 .W'b8) 30 .. .l:lc8
31 . e2 l:ld8 32. c3=] 23.l:le3 [23.h4!?

IS 24 .~fS ~IS 2S.'tlffS 'tlfg6 26.1t'h3 'it.?h7
27.l:le6 'tlfb1 28.'it.?h2 l:lg8 29.1t'l3 l:lg6
30.1ff7 l:lg7 31 .1t'f4 l:lg6 32.1t'f7=]
23 ..•f5 24.1t'h5 'it.?h7?? [24 .. .14!
2S. gS! 'tlff6 (2S ... hgS?! 26.1t'gS 'it.?fB
27.l:ll3-+) 26.li:lh7 'tlfd6=) 25.l:lg3??
[2S.'tlff7 'it.?hB 26.l:lg3+- ) 25 ...1t'e7??
[2S ... 'tlff6-+) 26.1t'g6 1-0
My Choice
11 .. . lt:J db4
Danin,Aiexander 9 Sochi tt-2 2010) 18. ~c6 bc6 19.1t'f4
Sumets,Andrey
Bergamo 2012 (5)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.ed5 cd5 4.c4
li:lf6 5.li:lc3 e6 6.li:lf3 ~ b4 7.cd5
lLld5 8 . ~d2 li:lc6 9 .~d3 0-0 10.0-0
~e7 11.l:le1 li:ldb4 12 .~f4 ~f6
13.~e4! [13.li:lbS?! a6 14.lLld6 (14.li:lc7
lLld3 1S.'tlfd3 eS 16.li:la8 ef4 17.dS li:lb4
18.1t'c4 li:ldS 19.l:lac1 bS 20.1t'c6 ~e6
21 .li:lc7 li:lc7 22.1fc7 ~b2 f) 14...~e7!
1S.li:lc4 (1S.li:lc8 l:lc8=) 1S... bS 16.li:lceS
lLleS 17 .~es li:ld3 18.1t'd3 ~b7 19.l:lac1
l:lc8f ) 13••. li:ld4 [Black even managed to
win the game after the timid retreat
13... dS? 14 .~g3 li:lce7 1S.'tlfc2±
Shanava·A.Kharitonov, Pardubice 200S)
14.li:ld4 ~d4 15.li:lb5 e5 16.li:ld4
ef4 [16 ...ed4?! 17.l:lc1 li:lc6 18.1t'd3 g6
(18... h6 19.1t'g3-) 19 .~c6 bc6 20.~h6
~IS 21 .W'd2 'tlfd7 (21 ... l:le8? 22.l:le8
'tlfeB 23.1t'd4 16 24.1t'f6 'tlff7 2S.W'c6+-)
22 .~18 l:lf8 23.h3±) 17.1t'd2
17... c6 [As far as I am concerned this
move is stronger than 17... li:ldS. However,
~ is not so easy to prove White's advantage
after 17...lLldS 18.l:lad1 (18. ~13!? li:lc7!
(18... 16 19.1t'f4 'tlfb6 20.g4!t ..b2?
21 .gS d7 22 .~dS 'it.?hB 23.l:lab1 '*'a3
24.li:lbS WcS 2S.~f7 li:lb6 26.li:ld6±)
19.1t'f4 (19.l:lad1 li:le6=) 19...li:le6 20.lLle6
~e6 21.1t'e3 '*'e7=) 18...li:lf6 19.1t'f4
'*'b6 (19 ...li:le4!? 20.l:le4 (20.li:le6?! Wt6
21..,16 16 22.li:lf8 ~IS 23.l:leS ~c2 !
24.l:lc1 ~a4 2S.l:le7 'iPfB 26.l:lb7=)
20 .....dS 21 .l:le7 'tlfa2 22.l:lde1 'tlfb2
23.l:lf7 'tlfa3 24.l:lta • ra 2S..,c7~) 20.b3
~d7 21. ~13 l:lfeB 22.h3 l:le1 23.l:le1 l:leB
24.l:le8 li:leB 2S. ~dS li:ld6 26.li:lc6
(26...eS!;t) 26... ~c6 27.1t'd6 g6 28 .~c4
'tlfas 29.1t'e7 'tiffS 30.1t'd8 'it.?g7 3Uit"d4
'irf6 32 ...a7 'it'a1 33.'it.?h2 'ireS 34.'it.?g1
'it'a1 35.'it.?h2 Y.z-Y.z D.Frolyanov-Drozdovsky,
'tlfb6 20.b3 [20.l:lac1 'il'b2 21 .li:lc6
'ira2=) 20 ...c5 21 .li:lf5 [21.li:lf3 h6!
22.l:lac1 ~e6 23. d2 (23. eS!? l:lfd8
24.'\!l'e3 l:lac8 2S.li:lg6 fg6 26.'\!l'e6 ti'e6
27.l:le6 c4=) 23 ...l:lfd8 24.h3 l:ld4 2S.'it'e3
l:ladB 26.li:ll3 l:l4dS 27.l:lc2 aS 28.l:lec1
l:ld1 29.l:ld1 l:ld1 30.'it.?h2 Y.z·Y.z Amin-
Sumets, Rochefort 2012) 21...~f5
22. '*'f5 g6 23 ...e5 l:lfd8= 24.'*'c3
aS 25.l:lac1 a4 26.1t'c5 '*'c5
27.l:lc5 l:ld2 28.l:lec1 Y.2-Y.2
Melia,Salome 10
Bulmaga,lrina
Tbilisi Ech 2011 (9)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.ed5 cd5 4.c4
li:lf6 5.li:lc3 e6 6.li:lf3 ~b4 7.cd5
li:ld5 a . ~d2 0-0 9. ~d3 li:lc6 10.0-0
~e7 11 .l:le1 li:ldb4 12 .~14 li:ld3
13.'it'd3 li:lb4 [13...b6?! 14.a3 ~b7
1S.l:lad1 li:lb8?! (1S... ~f6! 16.dS (16.li:le4
e7! ( 16... ~e7? ! 17.li:lfgS g6 18...h3 hS
19.'it'g3-; 16... h6 17.b4;t;) 17. 16
( 17.~gS ~gS 18.li:lfgS li:lfS 19.g4 'it'dS!'f)
17...gf6 18. d2 g6 19 .~h6 l:leB=)
16... e7 17.de6 '*'d3 18.l:ld3 (18.ef7 l:lf7
19.l:ld3 ~c3 20.bc3 (20.l:lc3? dS)
20 ...~13 21 .gl3 li:lc6~) 18...fe6 19 .~es
li:ldS 20. ~16 gf6 21 .li:ld4 14 22.l:lg3
'it.?hB 23.li:lde2 (23.li:le6? l:lfeB 24.l:lg7
~c6 2S.l:lc7 li:le6 26.l:lc6 d4- + )
23... e2 24.l:le2 eS 2S.l:ld2 llad8
26.l:lgd3 l:ld3 27.l:ld3 l:lf7 28.13 Y.z-Y.z
E.Pahtz-A.Braun, Germany Bundesliga
2011112; 1S... ~d6? 16.li:lgS g6 17.'itfh3 hS
18.li:le6+-) 16.dS edS 17.1t'bS! (17...fS?!
g6 18.1t'h3 ~16 19.~h6 l:leB 20. e4
li:la6 21.li:lf6 Wt6 22 . b4~ Shanava-Galkin,
Plovdiv Ech 2008) 1 7... ~c6 18.'ilt'b3 ~16
19.li:ldS li:ld7 20.li:lc7 : ca 21 .li:lbS±;
Survey CK 3. 1
13... ~16 14.l:lad1 li:le7 (14... li:lb4 w • bs
li:ldS 16.li:ldS WdS 17.1t'dS edS 18.~d6
l:ldB 19. ~e7 ~e7 20.l:le7;t; Dautov, A;
14...~d7 1S.li:leS) 1S. ~gs ( 1S . ~eS ! ? li:lg6
(15...~es 16.li:leS! (16.deS Wd3 17.l:ld3
b6 18.h3 ~b7 19.l:ld7 ~13=) 16...1t'c7
17. e4t) 16.'it'e3 b6 17.dS!;t;) 1S... ~gS
(1S ...li:ldS 16.li:ldS ~gs 17.li:lc7 Wc7
18. gS g6 19.Wh3±) 16.li:lgS li:lg6
17.Wg3 ~d7 18.dS edS 19.li:ldS :lea
20.li:le4 : ca 21 . d6?! (21 ...a3! aS!
(21 ...l:lc6 22.Wa7±; 21 ...a6 22.1t'b4! bS
23.li:ldf6 gf6 24.l:ld7±) 22.li:ld6 l:le1
23.l:le1 l:lb8 24.Wt3 'tli'tB 2S.'tlt'g3 ~e6
26.li:lc3 b6 27.a3 l:ldB 28.li:lcbS;t; Dautov)
21 ... l:le1 22.l:le1 Was 23. c3 l:lc7 24.h3
Y.z-Y.z Kindermann-Khenkin, Germany
Bundesliga 2003/04) 14.'it'e4 l:le8
[14... fS?! 1S.'i!fe2 gS 16.a3! (16.~c1 ~16
17.l:ld1 dS 18. dS edS 19.h4
(19.lLleS;t;) 19...14 20.hgS ~gS 21 . gS
'it'gS 22.'ilfes l:lfS 23. ea (23.Wd6!?;t;)
23 ...l:lf8 24.Wes Y.z-Y.z M.Yilmaz-Kovchan,
Kharkov 2011 ) 16... gf4 17.ab4 ~b4
18. l:lad1 ~) 15 . ~e5 [1S.a3 (Y.z-Y.z
Shanava-Peralta, lsthmia 2011 ) 1S... li:ldS
16 .~g3 'it'b6!? 17.lLldS edS 18.WdS ~e6
19.1t'e4 l:ladB~ ; 1S.li:leS 16 16. c4 ~d7
17.a3 : ca 18.li:le3 IS 19.Wb1 li:lc6 20.dS
d4 21.~eSoo
Y.z-Y.z Safarli-Dreev, Aix-les-Bains Ech 2011 ;
1S.l:lac1 ~d7 16.li:leS ~c6 17. c6 bc6!
18.a3 dS 19.li:lds cdS 20.Wd3 : ca
21 .l:lc8 WeB 22.l:lc1 'tlt'b7=] 15 .. .f5!?
[1S... dS!? 16.l:lac1 c3 17.bc3 WdS=)
16.We2 [16.'tlt'b1 b6 17.a3 dS 18.Wa2
~b7=] 16 .•• b6 17. ~g3?! [17. bS ~a6
18.a4=) 17... ~f6 18.'it'd1 ~b7
19.li:lb5 ~f3 20.'tlt'f3 c2 21. c7
a1 22.l:la1 ~d4 [22 ... l:lc8! 23. eB
'it'eB 24.dS 'it'd7f ) 23.l:ld1 e5 24. 8
f4 [24 ... 'tlt'a8 2S.'i!ffS 'ifdS 26.W'b1 =]
25. ~f4 ef4 26. 1 Wd6 27. c7
81
 '*lc7 28.'i!rd5 lti>h8 29.'*id4 f3
30.'. -d7 fg2 31.1ti>g2 'ires 32.'*ld4
1t'g5 33.1ti>h1 h6 34.l:lg1= '*ie7
35.h3 'i!re4 36.1fe4 l:le4 37.Wg2
l:le2 38.l:lb1 1ti>g8 39.a3 Wt7 v.z-v.z
Zontakh,Andrey 11
Riazantsev,Aiexander
Ramenskoe 2006 (2)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.ed5 cdS 4.c4
liJf6 S.l0c3 e6 6.l0f3 ~b4 7.cd5
liJdS 8.~d2 liJc6 9. ~d3 ~e7 1o.o-o
o-o 11 .l:le1 l0db4 12 .~e4 l0d4 [an
almost forced decision; 12...15?1 13.~c6
l0c6 14.d5! ed5 15.'*ib3 1t'b6 16.'*ib6
ab6 17.l0d5 ~d8 18.a3 f4 19.l:lac1±
Sulskis·Fridman, Liepaja It 2005] 13.l0d4
1t'd4 14.1t'e2 [14.a3 l0c6 15.1t'c2 f5!?N
16.~c6 bc6 17.l0e2 1t'c5 18.'*'c5 ~c5
19.l:lac1 ~b6=] 14•. .15 [14...~d7 15.a3
( 15.~e3 'ires (15 ...1t'd6? 16.l:led1 'ilfc7
17.l:lac1 ~c6 18.a3 liJa6 (18 ... ~e4 19.ab4
~g6 20. d5 1t'd8 21 .liJe7 '*le7 22 . ~c5)
19.~c6 1t'c6 20.b4 'ilfe8 21 .1t'f3 b6
22.1t'b7+- ) 16 . ~7 l:lab8 17 .~13 ~c6oo;
15 .~7 l:lad8 16.~e3 1t'd6 (16 ... 'ilfe5=
(Sulskis) 17.a3 ~c6 18. ~c6 liJc6 19.'ilfa6
1t'c7 20.liJb5 'ilfc8 21 .'*ic8 l:lc8 22.liJa7
a7 23 .~a7 ~f6 24.l:lab1 l:la8
25 .~c5± ) 17.~e4 ~c6 18.l:lad1 'ilfc7=)
15...l0c6 16.l:lad1 J:tad8 17. ~f4 '*lb6
(17... 1t'f6? 18. ~c7± l0d4 19.1r'f1 l:lc8
20.~e5+-) 18.l:ld3!? ~c8 19. ~h7 lti>h7
20.1t'h5 Wg8 21.l:lh3 f5 22.'t!t'h7 lti>f7
23...h5 lti>g8 (23 ... g6?? 24.'t!t'h7 lti>e8
25.'ilfg6 l:lf7 26.l:lh7+-) 24.'t!t'h7=]
15. ~e3 [ 15 . ~b1!? (with the idea a2·a3,
~a2) 15... ~f6 (it would be more difficult to
prove compensation after 15... l0c6! 16 .~e3
1t'f6) 16.a3 l0c6 17 .~a2 Wh8 18.l:lad1
( 18 . ~e3!? 'it'h4 19 . l:lad1 ~) 18...'tWc5
(18...'W'b6?! 19 .~e3 't!t'c7 20.l0b5 'W'e7
21 .1t'c2- l:ld8 22.J:td8 't!t'd8 23.l:ld1 'ilfg8
24.b4±) 19 . ~e3 (19.b4! 'W'e7 20.'tlt'h5
't!t'f7 2Uit'f7 l:lf7 22.liJb5 liJd4 23.liJd4
~d4 24.~f4 (24 . ~c3 ~b6 25.a4!?
(25.~e6 ~e6 26.l:le6 l:lc8=) 25 ...l:ld7?!
26.a5 ~d8 27.a6 ba6 28. ~d51 ~b7
(28 ... l:lb8 29.l:le6 ~e7 30.J:tde1+-)
29.~e6 J:td1 30.J:td1 ~c6 31 .~f5±)
24... ~16 25 . ~e6 ~e6 26.l:le6=) 19... 'it'e7
20.'W'c4?! (20.l0b5 a6 21 .liJd4=) 20...l:ld8
21 .b4 l:ld1 22.l:ld1 ~dTl' Shariyazdanov·
Goloschapov, Tula 1999] 15...'tlt'f6
16 .~f3 liJc6 [16 .. .14!? 17.liJe4 '*'f5
82
18. ~d4 l0c6 19 .~c3 l:ld8 20. l:lad1 ~]
17.l:lad1 [17 .~c6? ! bc6 18.'t!t'c4
(T.Tsereteli·Charkhalashvili, Tbilisi ch·GEO
W 2007) 18...l:lb8! 19.l:lab1 l:lb4! 20.'W'e2
(20....c6? ~b7 21 .'ilfc7 l:lc8 22.'W'a5 l:lg4
23.g3 f4- +) 20 ...f4+]
17...141 18.~c1 liJd4 19.'W'e4 ~cS
20.W'd3 ~ 21 ~d2?! [21 ~! rj3
22.b3!? (22.'*ic4 WQ7 23.b3 l:ld8 2U .b2 e5
25.liJd5~) 22 .. ~d7 23.~ l:lfd8 24~7
J:tab8 25.~ l:lb7 26.~e5 'W'h4 27~d4
M 28.'tlt'c4 ~d4 29.l:ld4 l:ld4 30.'W'd4
~g2! 31 .l0e2 ~ 32.'..f4 't!t'f4 33.l014=]
21...~d7 [21...l013!? 22.'W'f3 ~d7 23.'tlib7
l:lad8:f] 22 . 7 l:lad8 23.'t!t'e4 [23.l:le4
'W'gS 24.1ti>h1 ~e8 25.'W'f1 ~ : 23.~e4
13 24.'W'f1 ~e8 25~ ~ 26.~d4 fg2
27.~16 gf1 'W' 28.1t;>i1 l:ld1 29.l0d1 l:lf6:f]
23.. ~ 24.'W'e5 1fe7 25.~d5??
'*1M 26~e6 liJe6 27.'..e6 ~f7
28.'W'e2 f31-+ 29.'W'f1 fg2 30.'t!t'g2
. 5 31.l0e4 ~d1 32.l:ld1 l:ld4
33. g3 1!i'g4 0-1
Gelashvili,Tamaz 12
Jobava,Baadur
Tbilisi ch·GEO 2007 (2)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.ed5 cdS 4.c4
liJf6 S.liJc3 e6 6.liJf3 ~b4 7.cd5
liJdS 8.~d2 l0c6 9.~d3 ~e7 10.0-0
o-o 11.l:le1 l0db4 12. ~e4 d4
13.l0d4 'W'd4 14.'W'e2 fS 15 .~e3
'W'es 16.14 'W'as 17. ~f3 [17 .~b1 ? !
liJdS 18.l0d5 ed5 19 .~f2 ~f6=i= J
17... ~c5 [17 ...'t!t'a6?! 18.'i!ra6! liJa6
19.l:led1 ~f6 20.l:lac1 e5 21.fe5 (21 .l0d5
e4 22.l0f6 l:lf6 23.~e2~ (Sulskis)
23... ~e6 24.a3 J:tf7 25.l:ld6 l:le7 26.b4± ;
21. ~d5 lti>h8 22.l0b5 ef4 23.~f4 ~b2
24.l:lc2 ~f6 25.l0d6 g5 (Sulskis) 26.~d2
~d7 27.l:lc4 l:lad8 28.l0b7 l:lb8 29.l0d6
~5=) 21... ~e5 22.b4 f4 23.~d4 (23.~f2
l0c7 (23... b4 24 . ~c5 liJc6 25.~d5±)
24.l0e4 ~f5 25.l0d6± (Sukskis) 25...~d6
26.l:ld6 e8 27.l:ld4 l:lc8 28.l:le1 !)
23... ~d4 24.l:ld4 b8 25.l:le1 liJc6
26.~d5 Wh8 27.l:lf4 ~d7 28.l:lf8 l:lf8
29.b5;!; Sulskis·Macieja, Tripoli Fide·Wch
k.o. 2004] 18.~c5 W'cS 19.\t;>h U
[Sulskis. I'd rather say that White has
enough compensation for the pawn]
19...a6 20.l:lac1 [20.a3!? c6 21 .l:lad1
l:lb8 22.l:ld3 liJd8 23.b4 'it'c7 24.'t!t'e3
~d7 25 .J:tc1 ~; 20.l:lad1 'W'c7 21 .'t!t'e3
~d7 (21...l0c2?! 22.'.-eS) 22.a3 liJc6
23. l0a4 ~] 20... '*ld4
21.'t!t'e3? ! [21 .l:lf1 c6 22.l:lcd1 W'c5
23.a3 We7 24.'W'e3 ~d7 25 .l0a4~]
21 ...'W'e3 22.l:le3 l:ld8 23. a4 a2
24.l:lc7 l:ld6 25.h4?! [25.l:lb3! ~d7
(25 ...l:lb8?! 26.l0b6 l:ld8 27. h3~) 26.l:lbb7
~4 27.l:lg7 lti>h8 28.l:lh7 lti>g8 29.l:lbg7
lti>f8 30.l:lf7 lt;>gS=] 25 ...l:lb8 26.l0c5
l0b4 27.l:lb3 [27. b7 ~7 28.~7 liJd3
29.g3 tOeS 30.l:lc5 l:lb7 31.b3'i=] 27... a5
28.h5? [28.l0b7 ~7 29 .~b7 l:lbd8
30.l:la3 l:l6d7+ ] 28 ... b6 29.~b7 ~b7
30.l:lg3 g6 31. b7 l:ld1 32.1ti>h2
dS 33.l:ld7 l0e3! - + 34.l:ld1 [34.l:lc7
11 ] 34... d1 35. d6 b2 36.hg6
a4 37.gh7 lti>h7 38.l:le3 l:la8 39.l:le6
a3 40.l:le7 lti>g8 41.g4 a2 42.gf5
liJc4 0-1
Chances for an Initiative
11 .. . l0 f6
Arutinian,David 13
Dreev,Aiexey
Dresden Ech 2007 (9)
1.c4 c6 2.e4 dS 3.ed5 cdS 4.d4
liJf6 S.l0c3 e6 6. f3 ~ b4 7.cd5

l0d5 8 .~d2 c6 9. ~d3 o-o 10.0-0
~e7 11Jl e1 l0f6 12 . ~g5 [12 .~14 b6
13.J:c1 ~b7 14.a3 J:c8 15 . ~b1 tba5
16.tbe5 tbc4 17. c4 J:c4 18.~e5 .:ca
19.1t'd3 g6= 20.'i!t'h3 d7 21.~g3 l016
22 .~e5 lH~ Bareev-nmman, Wijk aan Zee
1995] 12 ...l0d513 .~c11 [13. ~e7 l0ce7
14.l0e5 b6 15.l0d5 l0d5 16.'i!t'c2 l0f6
(16... h6 17 .~h7 <J;lhS 18..i.e4 ~b7=)
17 .~e4 e4 18.'i!t'e4 ~6= Klundt-Galkin,
Warsaw rapid 2006; 13.h4 h6 14.~e7
(1 4. d5 ed5 (14... 'i!t'd5!? 15 .~e7 l0e7
16.~e4 1t'd6 17.1t'b3 J:dS 18.J:ad1 'i!t'b6
19.'i!t'b6 ab6 20.a3 l0d5=) 15 .~e7 lbe7
16.'i!t'b3 (16.l:c1?! ~g4 17. ~b1 tbg6!
18....d3 ~13 19.'i!t'f3 ...h4 20.~g6 fg6
21 .'i!t'd5 Wh7= Gelashvili-Laxman, Dubai
2010) 16...w-d6 17.J:ac1 J:b8 18.l0e5
~e6 19.h5 : tea 20 .~b1 ;t) 14 ... tbce7
15.l:c1 b6 16.l0e5 ~b7 17.'i!t'f3 l0c3
(17... J:c8 (? Tsesarsky) 18.'i!t'e4 15!?
(18...tbf5?1 19.g4 tbc3 20.'i!t'b7 d6
21 .'i!t'a7 : as 22.'i!t'd7± A.nmofeev-
Aiavkin, Krasnodar 2002) 19.'i!t'f3 l0c6
20.l0c6 l:c6 21 .1t'g3 c3 22.bc3 1t'd6=)
18.1t'b7 tba2 19.J:c7 J:bS 20.1t'a7 : as
21 ...-b7 J:b8= Tsesarsky] 13... ~16
14.~e4 tbce7 15.1t'd3 tbg6 [A rare
option. The other two options are more
popular] 16.1t'b5 tbc3 [1 6...tbge7
17. e5 1t'd6 18.~d2 g6 19.~h6 ~g7
20.~g7 <J;>g7 21 .J:ac a Bologan-Salov,
Enghien-les-Bains 1999] 17.bc3 1t'c7
18.~d2 J:b8
19.... h5 [19.h4! ~d7 20.1t'd3 l:fc8
(20 ... J:fd8? ! 21 .l0g5 ~g5 22 .~g5 ±) 21 .h5
lOIS 22.J:ac1 b5 23.l0g5;t] 19... ~d7
20.l0g5 ~g5 21.w-gs ~c6 22. ~c2
J:bd8 23 ....g4 J:d5 [23...~d5 24.h4 15
25 .... h3 1t'd6 26.~3t] 24.~ b3 J:15!
25.c4 h5 26.1t'g3 1t'g3 27.hg3;t
[Despite the fact that White's position is
better, Black should equalize soon]
Survey CK 3.1
27 ... J:d8 28. ~e3 : as 29.a4 lbe7 26.1t'e5 16 27. J:e8 1t'e8 28.~e6 J:d8
30.d5 ~d7 31. ~g5 J:e8 32.~d2 29..i.f5 1t'e5 (29 ... gf5 30.'i!t'g3) 30.de5 gf5
J:c5 33.a5 l015 34.~ b4 J:cc8 31 .ef6± J 14.tbe5 J:c8 [14... ~c6 15.J:e3
35.J:ad1 ed5 36.J:e8 J:e8 37.cd5 g6 16.a3 l0bd5 17.l:h3-J 15.J:e31 [Black
J:e4 38 . ~c5 b61= 39.ab6 ab6 should avoid this position]
40 .~c2 J:c4 41 .~15 ~15 42 .~b6
J:b4 43.~e3 l:b1 Y.! -Y.!
Emelin,Vasily 14
Navara,David
Czech 11 2010/11 (5)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.ed5 cd5 4.c4
lbf6 5. c3 e6 6. f3 ~b4 7.cd5
d5 8. ~d2 tbc6 9. ~d3 o-o 10.o-o
~e7 11.J:e1 l016 12. ~g5 l0b4
[12... h6 13 .~h4 h5 14 .~e7 e7
15. e5 l016 16.l:e3! ~d7 17.l:g3 15 15•.. g6D [15 ... bd5 16. d5 ed5
18.~15 ef5 19.'ti'd2 <J;lh7 20.d5;t (16... d5 17. ~h7 <J;lh7 18.'i!t'h5 <J;>gS
Hovhannisyan-V.Belov, Rijeka Ech 2010; 19.J:h3+-) 17 .~16 ~16 18 .~h7 <J;lh7
12... b6 13.a3 ~b7 14 . ~c2 .:ca 15.1t'd3 19.1t'h5 <J;lgS 20.l0d7 'it'd? 21 .l:h3+-;
g6 16.J:ad1 tbd5 17 .~h6 J:eS 18.~a4 a6 15... h6 16.l:h3 bd5 (16...hg5 17.~h7
19.l0d5 'i!t'd5 20.1t'e3 ~16 21. ~b3 'i!t'h5? <J;lhS (17... l0h7 18.-.h5) 18.l0e4 g4
(21...'i!t'd8 22.l0e5 w-e7?1 23.l0g4 tba5 19 .~g6 <J;lgS (19 ...gh3 20. 16+-) 20. 16
24 .~a2 l0c4 25.'i!t'f4 ~g7 26 .~g7 <J;lg7 ~16 21 .~h7 Wh8 22.~e4 w gs
27 ..i.c4! (27 .d5 Kobalia-Jobava, Plovdiv Ech 23.1t'g4+-) 17.~h6 gh6 18.'i!t'd3 J:es
2012) 27 ... J:c4 28.b3 J:cc8 29.d5 h5 19.l:h6 ~18 20.l:h8 WhS 21.l0f7 w gs
30.d6+-) 22.d5! l0d8 23.d6 (23.~g5! 22.l0d8 J:ed8 23 .~c2 ±] 16.~ h6 J:e8
~g5 (23... ~2 24 .~d8 J:cdS 25.de6 <J;lg7 17.J:g3 ~c6? [17... .i.d6 18. ~g6! fg6
26.J:d8 J:dS 27.ef7 +-) 24.l0g5 e5 19.'i!t'b1 J:e7 20.J:g6 hg6 21 .1t'g6 Wh8
25.l0e4+-) 23 ... J:c5 24.d7 J:e7 25.W'f4 22.'i!t'f6 Wh7 (22 ... Wg8 23.1t'g5 Wh7
~g7 26.1t'b8 1t'h6 27.1t'd8 ~18 28.l:e3 24. g4 J:f7 25.'i!t'h5 w gs 26.'i!t'g6+-)
~c6 29.-.18 W'IS 30.d81t' 1-o Smyslov- 23.l:e1 1t'g8 24.'i!t'h4 Wh8 25.l:e4+-;
Karpov, Leningrad ch-URS 1971 ; 12... ~d7 17...~180 18.'i!t'd2 ~c6 19.'i!t'f4 bd5
13.J:c1 .:ca 14 .~b1 J:eS 15.tbe5 e5 20.l0d5 ~d5 21 . ~g5 ~g7 (21 ... ~e7
16.de5 l0d5 17. ~e7 lbe7 18.W'h5 15 22.J:h3 J:c7 23.~d3 J:IS 24 .~16 ~16
19.l:cd1 J:c4 20.l0e4 J:f8 21 .g4 h6 25.'i!t'h6 J:es 26.'i!t'h7 w ts 27 .~b5 J:ee7
22.b3; 22.l0f6 gf6 23.h3 fe5 24.J:d7 + - J 28.W'h8 ~h8 29.J:h8 Wg7 30.l:d8+ - )
13. ~b1 ~d7 [13 ...b6 14.a3 (14. e5 22 .~d3 'i!t'e7 23.l:h3±] 18.a3 bd5
~b7 (perhaps this set-up is more flexible
than ... ~d7, ... ~c6. In some lines square
c6 might be useful for Black's knight)
15.J:e3 g6 (15 ...h6?! 16 .~h6! gh6 17.l:g3
<J;lhS 18.'i!t'd2 lOgS 19.l:g8 <J;lgS 20.'i!t'h6
15 21 .1t'e6 <J;lhS 22.'i!t'h6 Wg8 23.'i!t'g6
<J;lhS 24 .~15 J:t5 25.1t't5 -.es
26.l:e1+-) 16.~h6 (16.a3 c6!=)
16....:es 17.J:g3 ~ts 18.'i!t'd2 tbc61
19.~g5 tbe5 20.de5 1t'd2 21.~d2 d5=)
14... l0bd5 15.1t'd3 (main line) 15... g6
16.~h6 .:es 17.tbe5 ~b7 18.1t'h3 ~18
19 .~g5 ~e7 20 .~a2! .:ca (20... h5
21 .1t'f3 15 22. c6! ~c6 23.J:e6 ~g5 19 . ~g6! +- hg6 20. g6 Wh7
24.l:c6±) 21 .l0f71 <J;>f7 22.J:e6 <J;lg7 21. W'd3 c3 22.l018 Wh8 23. ~g7
23.J:ae1 lOgS 24 . ~e7 tbge7 25.1t'g3 l015 Wg8 24.~16 8 25.J:g8 1-0
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 Caro-Kann Defence
Panov Attack CK 3.4 (B 13)

A Complicated New Line against

the Panov
by Peter Lukacs and Laszlo Hazai (special contribution by Krisztian Szabo)

1. e4 c6 pawn tructure. In the game,

2. d4 d5 I O.i..e3 wa seen, and after
3. ed5 cd5 IO... e6 ll.l::l:b I d7 the simple
4. c4 tt:lf6 12.i..d3 deserved attention, with
5. tt:lc3 tt:lc6 a typical backward pawn struc-
6. ~g5 ll:le4 ture. Certainly the more forceful
IO .. .e5! ? come into con ider-
ation . For the alternatives on
.t.'ii' • .t. g Black' 9th move, ee the notes

'' '''' ~
.t.
to the ga me.

The Main Line

~~ ~
ttJ
~~
It
The aggre ive counterattacking
move 6 ... tt:le4 ha been a rare
guest in grandma ter practice.
Ju t recently in K.Szabo-
A.Zhi galko, Mo cow 201 2,
Black won an intere ting game
and oon orne trong playe r
gave it a try.
In an old game Yelimirovic-
Skalkota , Praia da Rocha 1978,
White opted for 7.cd5 , which
ti II deserves eri ou attention .
After the more or le s forced
7 ... tt:lc3 8. bc3 'i¥d5 9.tt:lf3 a typi -
cal hanging pawn tructure
ari e , in which the weakness of
the c3-pawn i compen ated for
by White' active piece play. On
9 .. .~g4 we ugge t lO.ffb3 and
after the po ible l0 ... 0-0-0
1 l..l:tb I b3 12.ab3 i..f3 l 3.gf3
White's tro ng bi hop pair may
lightl y outweigh hi crippled
The main line, however, i 7.tt:le4
de4.
Now d4 is hangi ng, the e4-paw n
hinders White' natural develop-
me nt and the bi hop on g5 i out
of business. We have analy ed
8. tt:le2 !?, whi ch has not been
pl ayed yet. After 8 ... i..g4 White
has a choice between 9. c2 and
9.'ifb3. The fo rmer can be met
by 9 ... ~e2 IO.i..e2 d4 1 l..tld I
e5 12 ..tld5 c7 13."ife4 e6,
when White cannot keep hi s
bi hop pair. Hi lightly better
bi hop ver us the knight and the
queenside pawn majority are not
enough fo r a rea l advantage in
Krlsztlan Szabo
the endgame. 9.~b3 is met by
9 ... ~b6, with a complicated tac-
tical fig ht; ee the note in
K.Szabo-A.Zhigalko.
So 8.d5 i pl ayed frequently, and
now in Naidit ch-Solak, Plovdiv
201 2, Black tried 8 ... f6. 9.i..d2,
and now, after 9 .. .tt:le5 , we draw
atte nti on to IO.tt:lh3!?, fo ll owed
by tt:lf4. Wh ite played I O.f4, and
after IO... tt:lg6 I I. h5 f5
12.tt:lh3 e6 13.tt:lg5 a very com-
plicated po ition had arisen.
T here area lot ofpo ibi lities for
improvement for both ide .
ll .~b3 or I O... tt:ld3 , to mention
but a few. 9.~e3 tt:le5 IO."i¥b3
transpo e to the next game,
aidit ch-Grachev, Croatia
Team Cham pionship 20 12.
More prec ise eems to be the im-
med iate 8 ... tt:le5. In the afore-
me ntioned game White chose
9.'il'b3, and now after 9 ... f6

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JO.~e3 a5 l l . ~d2 V/ic7 again
J2.lb h3 would have been the
critical continuation. l i .. .V/ib6
look more aggres ive; ee the
note to the game.
Natural-looking
9.fid4 looks natural. After the
forced 9 ... f6 10. e4 b6 we
reach the critical position.
An Aggressive Counterattack
6 ... liJ e4
Velimirovic,Dragoljub
Skalkotas,Nikolaos
Praia da Rocha zt 1978
1.e4 c6 2 .d4 d5 3 .ed5 cd5 4.c4
tt:lc6 5.liJc3 liJf6 6 .~g5 tt:le4
7 .cd5!? [ ~ 7 .~14 e5 8.de5 'l!Yb6;:t; ~
7.~h4 as 8.llc1 es (8... g5 9 .~g3
~e6oo) 9.cd5 tt:\d4] 7 ...liJc3 [~ 7...tt:lg5
8.dc6 bc6 9.d5±] 8.bc3 'i+'dS 9.tllf3 [~
9.'itd2 e5 10.tt:\13 ed4'l'] 9 ... ~g4 [9 ... e5
10.de5 'l!Ya5 11 .llb1t; 9... h6 10.c4
( 10 .~d2 e5 11. ~d3 ed4 12.0·0 ~e7
I I J:td l is suggested by the com-
puter, but things are far from
clear. Inca e of ll...e6 l2. ~e3,
12 ...~b4 or I 2 ...'tWb2 lead to
very me y variation , and the
same goe for ll. ..'~b2 l2. ~d2
g6.
One of the critical lines is
11.0-0-0, which wa used in
Navara-Buhmann, France tt
2012. Hereafter ll. .. 'ft'f2 12.~f4
g6, 13.lLle2! ? is worthy of consid-
eration, which, according to our
notes, may lead to a slightly better
endgame. If II ... g6 12 .~e3 a5
then 13 .lL:lf3 has to be tested .
The e variations require careful
. tudy and the help of a strong
computer a well!
ll .~d2 e6 came on the board in
Ghaem Maghami -Vidit, Ho Chi
Minh City 20 12, and now again
13.lle1 0-0 14.cd4 ~15 15.~15 'l!YI5=;
1O .~e3 ~15 (1O... e6 11.~d3) 11.'i!t'b3
{11 .c4) 11 ...e6 12. b7 tlld4! (12 ... llb8
13. a6) 13. d5 liJc2 14.'it.>d2 ed5
15. ~5 'it.>e7 16.liJd4 tt:le3 17.te3 ~e4
18.~d3 ~g2 19.llhg1 ~h3 20 .~15 ~15
21.liJf5 'it.>e6 (21...r;Yf6 22.tiJg7 ~g7
23.lla11 'it.>e6 24.llg7 llaf8 25.'it.>d3)
22.tiJd4 'it.>e5 23. llab1 ~) 10 ..."i!i'd8
(10 ... 'We4 11. ~e3 e5 12.~d3; 10... 'i!t'a5
11. ~d2) 11.~e3 e6 12.a3 ~e7 13 .~d3
~16 14. ~e4 'i!Va5 15.'l!Yd2 'l!Yd2 16.'it.>d2
0-0 17.llab1 lld8 18.'it.>c3; 9... e6 1O .~d3]
10. ~e3 [~ 10.c4 'i!fg5 11.tllg5 ~d1
12.lld1 e5 13.d5 ~b4 14.'it.>e2 tt:la5
15.llb1 ~e7 'l' Gaponenko-Rupprecht,
Munich 2012; 10.'i!Vb3!? 0-0-0 (10 ... 'l!Yb3
11 .ab3 ~13 12.gl3 e6 13 . ~d2 ; 1o... e6
11 .tlld2 ( 11. ~e2 ~d6 12.'i!fb7 llbB
13."*'a6 0-0; 11. ~c4 'l!Yd7 (11...'i!t'e4
12 .~e2) 12.d5 ed5 13 .~d5 ~d6 14.h3
~h5 15.llb1 0-0 16.0-0 llab8 17.llld1
C7=) 1 1... ~d6 {11... g5? 12. b7± ;
11...a6 12.h3 ~h5 13.~e3 b5 14 .~d3
~e7 15.'i!t'd5 ed5 16.a4 b4 17.llc1 )
12.tiJc4 ( 12 .~d3 0-0 (12... g2?? 13.~e4
h3 14.'i!t'b7) 13.tlle4 ~e7) 12... 0-0
13.tlld6 'i!t'g5; 10... ~13 11 .gl3 0-0-0
(11...'ii'g5?! 12.'i!t'b7; 11...tfl3 12.llg1t)
Survey CK 3. 4
our suggestion is the imple
l2.lL:lf3 , see the note to the
game. ll...VIib2 12 ..l:[d I trans-
po e to the immediate ll. .l:[dJ.
Finally, in our Illu trative Game
K.Szabo-A.Zhigalko, Mo cow
20 I 2, White went for I l.~e3
but after ll...fi b2 12.'tWb I V/ia3
instead of 13.'ii'b3 ?! e6 14.l:rbl
b6=i= he hou ld have gone for
13. ~e2, although Black i OK
here a well.
Conclusion
The variation 6 ... lL:le4 deserves
further analy is. There are not
enough practical example , and
we are waiting for more top-level
games. For the moment the
knjght move looks playable, and
White can ea ily get into trouble
if he i not well-prepared!
12.llb1 ; 12.llg1 'it.>b8 13. ~e2) 11 .llb1
b3 12.ab3 ~13 13.gl3 lld5 14 .~14 e6
15.~g3;!;/=] 10 ... e6 [10 ...e5!?] 11 .llb1
tfd7 [11...~13 12.'l!YI3 'llfl3 13.gl3 0-0-0
14 .~d3 ;!;/=] 12.h3 [12 .~d3 ~e7 13.0-0
0-0 14.h3 ~15 (~ 14... ~h5 15.tt:le5! tt:le5
16. ~h7 'it.>h7 17. h5 'it.>gB 18.'i!t'e5± ;
14... ~13 15.'i!VI3t) 15 .~15 el5 16.d5;!;]
12 ... ~f3 [ 12... ~h5 13. e5! tt:le5
14.'i!t'h5 tt:lc6 15 ..>ld3t; 12...~15! ?]
13.'i!t'f3 ~e7 14. ~b5 0-0 15.0-0;!;
llfd8 16.llfd1 llac8 17 . ~f1 tt:laS
18.c4 b6 19.c5 'ii'a4 20 . ~a6 lla8
2 1.'ii'e2 'i!t'c6 22.lldc1 bc5 23.dc5
llab8 24. ~b5 'i!t'c7 25.c6 ~a3
26.llc3 a6 27. lla3 abS 28 . ~f4 1-0
The Main Line
7. liJ e4 de4 8.d5
Naiditsch,Arkadij
Solak,Dragan
Plovdiv Ech 2012 (10)
1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3 .ed5 cd5 4.d4
tiJf6 5.tt:lc3 tt:lc6 6 .~g5 e4 7 .tiJe4
de4 8.d5
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8 .. .16 [~ 8... t;:)b8 9.'i!fc2 (9.cS!?) 9... -ifS
10.13 'i!fd6 11 .fe4 t!fes 12 ..id3 .ie4
13 ..ie4 "ilt'gS 14.c5t Krayz-Bruk, Israel II
2007; 8... h6 9..if4?! (9 ..ie3:t) 9... eS!
10.dc6 'it'd1 11 .rld1 ef4 12.rld4 .ib4
13.Wd1 o-o 14.cb7? (~ 14.a3 .ics 1S.rle4
rld8'i") 14 ....ib7 1S.t;:)h3 rlad8 16.rld8
rld8- + J.Reid·Zografakis, Munich ol 19S8]
9 ..id2 [9.dc6 fgS 10.it'hS (10.'ifd8 w d8
11 .cb7 .ib7 12.0·0·0 Wc7oo) 10 ... g6
11 .'ifgS .ig7oo; 9..if4 eS! ~ ; 9..ie3 t;:)eS
10."ilt'b3- Naiditsch·Grachev, Sibenik 2012;
10."iVc2 .itS] 9 ...t;:)e5 10.14 (10.'ifb3;
10.t;:)h3!? e6 (10... .ih3 11..-hS g6
12."iVh3t; 10 ..."ilt'b6 11 .b41 ; 10... g6 11 .t;:)f4
.ih6 12 ..ie2 0·0 13.0·01) 11 .t;:)f4t]
10 ... t;:)g6 (10 ... t;:)g4 11 .h3 t;:)h6 (11 ...e3
12.hg4 ed2 13.'ii'd2 e6 14 ..id3 ..-b6
1S.O·O·O± Kobalia·Uzuner, Konya 2012)
12."iVc2 t;:)fS 13.t;:)e2 e3 14.~c3 'ike?
1S.g4 t;:)d6 16.t;:)d4 g6 17..id3t Comp
Engineer-Camp Ripped, Internet rapid 2007;
10... t;:)d3 11..id3 ed3] 11. t!fh 5
(11 .'i!fb3!? A.Kuzmin - YB/1 03·39] 11 ...15
(11 ... 'ifb6 12.0..()·0] 12.t;:)h3 e6 13.t;:)g5
ed5 14.cd5 'i!fb6 15.rld1 (15.t;:)h7
.id7 A.Kuzmin - YB/103·39; 1S.O·O·O]
15....ie7 (15 ....ic5; 15 ....ib4] 16.t;:)h7
.id7 (16 ... "ilt'd6 17.a3 (17 ..ic3 ~17)
17 ... a5 18 ..ic3] 17.d6 '*'d6 18 ..ia5
"ilt'e6 19 ..ie2 (19 ..ic4!? 'ifc4 20."Wg6
'iff? 21 ."ilt'f7 ~17 22.rld7 rlh7 23.rlb7t]
19... b6oo 20 ..ic3 0-0-0 21 .0-0 Wb7
22 ..ig7 rl hgB 23.t;:)g5 .ic5 24.Wh1
'i!fe7 25 ..-g6 rlg7 26."Wh6 rl ggB
27.h3 rl hB 28."ilt'g6 .icB 29....17
'ii'f7 30.t;:)f7 rld1 31.rld1 rlh4
32.rlf1 .ie3 33.g4 rlh3 34.w g2
rl h7 35.t;:)d6 w c7 36.t;:)e8 Wb7
37.g5 .ie6 38 ..ic4 .ic4 39.t;:)d6
w c6 40.t;:)c4 .id4 41 .t;:)e5 .ie5
42.fe5 ~d5 43.rlf5 rlh5 44.w g3 e3
45. 3 w e6 46. rlf8 rl g5 47.rle8
w d5 48.e6 e2 49 . ~e2 rlg2 50 .~d3
86
rlb2 51 .e7 w e6 52.rla8 ~e7
53.rla7 Wd6 54.<;1;1c3 rlh2 55 . ~b3
Y2-Y2
Naiditsch,Arkadij
Grachev,Boris
Croatia It 2012 {2)
1.c4 c6 2 .e4 d5 3 .ed5 cd5 4.d4 t;:)f6
5.t;:)c3 t;:)c6 6 ..ig5 ~4 7.t;:)e4 de4
B.d5 t;:)e5 9 ..-b3 (9 ..if4 "WaS (9 ... t;:)g6
10..ie3 e6 11.t;:)e2 .ib4 (11...edS
12.t;:)c3!t; 11 ...15 12.'it'b3t) 12.t;:)c3 0..()
13...b3 .ic3 14.'ifc3 ed5 15.rld1 !!!1;
15.0·0·0 .ie6~) 10 ..id2 'WcS (10 ... "iVb6
11..ic3) 1U lc1 (11.'Wb3 e6 (11...g6
12 ..ib4; 12.t;:)h3) 12.t;:)h3) 11 ... g6 12...-a4
.id7 13.'i6b3 b6 14.h3 hS 1S.'i6c2 .itS
16...-a4 .id7 17.'i!fc2 .if5 repetition of
moves] 9 ...f6 (9 ... g6 10.Q-O·O .ig7
(10 ...-ifS) 11 .13 (11 .d6 ._b6! 12.-ie? .ie6
13.t;:)h3 t;:)c4 14.it'b6 ab6t) 11 ... ef3 12.t;:)l3
it'd6oo] 10..ie3 (10 ..id2 ..-b6 - 10..ie3]
1 O..."ilt'a5 [10 ... e6 11.Q-Q-O 'ii'c7 12.<;1;1b1
edS (12 ....ie7 13.13! ef3 (13 ...0·0 14.fe4)
14.t;:)l3 t;:)l3 1S.gf3t) 13.cdS (13.rldS .ie6)
13....id6 14.'ii'a4 (14.rlc1 'i.t'aS 1S..ibS
Wt7 16.h4 rld8 17.t;:)h3 .ih3 (17...-ifS
18.t;:)f4) 18.rlh3 rlacBoo) 14 ....id7 1S ....e4
o-o 16.t;:)f3t ] 11 ..id2 'Wc7 (11 ...'iWb61?
12.14 (12 ...-b6 ab6~) 12... el3 13.t;:)l3 t;:)l3
14.gl3 e6~] 12.f3 [12.t;:)h31?] 12 ...ef3
13.t;:)f3 t;:)f3 14.'i!ff3 t!fe5 15 ..ie2
'i!fb216 ..ic3 'Wb6 17..id3
17 ...e5 18.de6 'i!i'e6 [18 ....ib4 19.'i!fhS
g6 20..ig6 <;1;1e7~J 19.Wd2 "ilt'g4
20.-.-dS .ie6 21 ."Wb7 (21 .rlhe1 !? w f7
22.'it'b7 .ie7 23.h3 'i!i'f4 24.Wc2]
21 ...rld8 22.rlhe1 .ie7 23 ...-e4
'ife4 (23 ... rld3! 24.'it'd3 0·0 25.rle6 'ife6
26.rle1 1t'f7oo] 24.rle4 Wf7 25.l:lae1
l:ld3 26.Wd3 .if5= 27 ..id4 .ib4
28.l:lf1 .ie4 29.w e4 l:leB 30 . ~d3
l:ldB 31 .rlf5 a6 32.c5 ~e6 33.g4 h5
34.h3 hg4 35.hg4 .ia5 36.rlf3 ~d5
37.g5 l:lfB 38.l:lf5 lt;>e6 39.l:lf3 ~d5
40.rlf1 .ic7 41 .l:lf5 w e6 42.w e4
.idB 43.gf6 Y2-Y2
Navara,David
Buhmann,Rainer
France It 2012 {6)
1.c4 c6 2 .e4 d5 3 .ed5 cd5 4.d4
t;:)f6 5.t;:)c3 t;:)c6 6 ..ig5 t;:)e4 7.t;:)e4
de4 8.d5 t;:)e5 9.'ifd4
9 .. .f6 [ ~ 9... t;:)g4 10.c5 (10.'tlfe4 1t'a5
11 ..id2 'iWb6 12.t;:)h3 'ifb2 13.l:lb1 "iVeS
(13.. .'iWa2 14..id3±) 14.'iWe5 t;:)e5
1S..ic3± K.Szabo·Solyomvari, Miskolc
2006) 10... eS 11 ."Wa4 (11 .-ibS .id7)
11....id7 12.c6; ~ 9... t;:)d3 10..id3 ed3
11 .1t'd3± Gavrilov·Kiecker, Olomouc 2006]
10.'i!fe4 [~ 10..id2 .itS 11 .c5 'i!i'd7=F;
10.cS .itS (10... fgS 11 .'We5 'ifas 12.'ifc3
c3 13.bc3) 11 .-ibS Wf?oo; 10 ..if4 t;:)g4
11 .'i!t'e4 eS~ ] 10 ...'Wb6 (~ 10...fg5
11 .'We5 'ii'aS 12.'Wc3 1t'c3 13.bc3 e6
14.t;:)f3:t; 10 ... g6 11 ..id2 .its 12.'ii'd4
(1 2.-.e3±) 12 ... e6 13..ic3 *'c7 14 ..ie2
.icS (Henneberger·Gygli, Zurich 1934)
1S.-.h4:t] 11 .0-0-0 (~ 11.b3 e6 12 ..id2
.ic5 13.0·0·0 ed5 14.cd5 g6'i" Milunovic·
Markovic, Becici 1993; 11 ..ie3 -
K.Szabo·A.Zhigalko, Moscow 2012; 11 ..id2
- Ghaem Maghami·Vidit, Ho Chi Minh City
2012; 11 .l:ld1 e6 (11 ..."ilt'b2 12 ..id2
(12 ..ie3 e6 (12 ... 'Wa2 13 ..ie2 b6 14.14
t;:)f7 15.d6 l:lb8 16.de7 .ie7 17.-.c6 <;1;118
18.'ilt'c7 rla8 19."Wc6 l:lb8 20.'ifc7
repetition of moves) 13..ie2 .ib4 14.'iti>l1
0-0oo) 12 ... g6 13.t;:)l3 .if5 14.-.e3 t;:)f3
(14 ... l:lc8 1S.t;:)eS 'ife5 16.'ilt'e5 fe5
17 ..ie3) 15.'iff3 'Wa2 16..ie2!!!1) 12 ..ie3
W'b2 (12 ....ib4) 13 ..ie2 ed5 14.'i!fd5
'ii'b4 15.l:ld2 (1S.Wf1 .ie7 16.t;:)f3 t;:)f7)

15... ~b1 16..1:td1 ~b4 repetition of moves]
11 •.. 'iff2 [1 1... g6!? 12.~e3 ( ~ 12.14 ~15
13. ~d4 ttJc4! 14.~c4 .l:tc8+) 12 .. .'i t'a5
13.ttJf3 (13.f4 (Gy.Meszaros·P. Papp,
Hungary It 2012) 13... ~15 ! 14 .~d4 ttJc4!
15 . ~c4 .l:tc8 16.'~c3 (16.b3? e51-+;
16.d6? ed6-+) 16... ~c3 17.bc3 J:tc4"F)
13...~f5 14 . ~d4 ttJf3 15.gf3 ~a2
16 .~d3oo ; 16.c5 b6 17.c6 (17.~b5 <J»f7)
17... e5 18.~c3 W'a1 19 .<~d2 ~a4 20.b3
"tt'a2 21.<J»e1 oo] 12. ~f4 [12 .~e3 ~15
13.~12 ~e4.:] 12 ... g6 13.ttJh3 [13.ttJf3
~15 14 .'~!t'e2 't!fe2 15.~e2 lLlc4 (15... ttJf3)
16 .~c4 J:tc8 17.b3 b5f; 13.lLle2!? ~f5
14 . ~d4 ttJg4 (~ 14... 'Wd4 15.ttJd4)
15.W'd2 .l:tc8 16.ttJc3 ~d2 (16 ... e5 17.de6
"tt'd2 18..1:td2 - 16...'it'd2) 17..1:td2 e5
18.de6 ~e6 19.b3;t/=] 13... 'i¥b6
14. ~e5 [14 .'i t'd4 ~f5 15 . ~b6 ab6
16.~e5 le5 17.~d3 e4] 14•.. ~f5 [14...fe5
15 . ~e5 ~h6 16.<J»b1 0-0] 15. ~e1 r~
15."tt'f3 fe5 16.~d3 e4 17.~e4 ~g7
18..1:td2 ~h6oo] 15 ...fe5 16. ~d3 e4
17. ~c2 ~h6 18.<J»b1 0-0 [18 ... ~g7!
19 .~a4 <J»d8 20. e2 e3 21 .<J»a1
~g4 - +] 19. ~e4 ~g7 [19...~h3! 20.gh3
~g7 21 ..1:td2 ~c3+ ] 20. .1:td2 ~h3
21.c5! c5 22.gh3 .l:tf4 23. J:tf1 .l:tf1
24.W'f1 .l:tfB"F 25."tt'e1 'iWb4 26 . ~g2
<J»hB 27.a3 'it'f4 28.h4 ~f6 29.'it'f2
~h4 30. 'it'f4 .l:tf4 31.d6 ed6 32.~ b7
.l:tf1 33.<J»c2 ~g5 34 ..1:td6 .l:tf2
35.q;.b3 .l:th2 36 .~e4 J:te2 37. ~d3
J:te7 38 .~g6 hg6 39 ..1:tg6 ~c1
40 •.I:tg2 .l:tb7 41 .<J»a2 J:tg7 42 ..1:tc2
~t4 43.<J»b3 q;.ga 44.<J»a4 J:tgs
45.b4 <J»t7 46.J:tc5 J:tc5 47.bc5 <J»e6
48.q;.bs ~e3 49.a4 q;.d7 50.a5 <J»c7
51.c6 ~f2 52.<J»a6 <J»c6 [stalemate]
~-~
Ghaem Maghami,Ehsan
Vidit,Santosh
Ho Chi Minh City Ach 2012 (6)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.ed5 cd5 4.c4
ttJf6 5.ttJc3 ttJc6 6 . ~g5 ttJe4 7 .ttJe4
de4 8.d5 ttJe5 9.'it'd4 f6 10.'it'e4
W'b6 11. ~d2 e6 [11...'i¥b2 12..1:td1 -
Navara-Buhmann, France It 2012; 12.'i¥b1
'*'d4 (12... 'it'a3 13.~b4 'ifa4 14."it'b3
W'b3 15.ab3 e6 16 .~f8 J:tf8=; 12...'it'b1
13..1:tb1 b6 14.f4 ttJd7 15.ttJf3 ttJcS
16.lLld4) 13 .~e3 'it'c3 14.~d2 "it'd4
repetition of moves]
Survey CK 3.4
11 .ab3 e6 (11...lLlb4 12.<~d2) 12.lLlc3)
11 .de5 ~b4 12.ttJc3 'it'a5] 8 ...ttJe5
9.'it'd4 f6 10. e4 [10 .~14 ttJg4;
10.~d2 ~ 15] 10... b6 11 .~e3 '*'b2
12.'it'b1 'ifa3 [12 ...'iWb1 13..1:tb1 e6
14.~e2 (14.de6 ~e6 15..1:tb7 ttJc4)
14 ...ed5 15.cd5 ~d6 16.ttJf3 ttJf3 17 .~f3
b6 18.0.0] 13. ~ b3?! [13 .~e2 e6
(13... ~15 14.'it'b5 <J»f7 15..1:td1 ; 13... "it'c3
14 . ~d2 'it'd4 15.~e3 repetition of moves)
14 . ~d2 ed5 15.cd5 ~c5 16.ttJf3 0-0
17.0-0 ~g4] 13 ...e6 14..1:tb1 b6"F
12.f4 [ ~ 12.ltJI3 ~c5 13.0-o-O ed5 14.cd5 15.ttJh3 7 16.tLlf4 ed5 17.cd5
0-0 15.~c3 (15.d6 ~d6 16.'it'd5 (16 .~e3 "i!t'b3 18.J:tb3 ~ b7 19 .~e2 g5
"it'c7 17.Wb1 ~e6oo) 16...Wh8 17 .~a5 20.ttJd3 ttJc4 21 . ~ h5 Wg7
'it'c5 18. ~c5 ~c5 19.ttJe5 fe5 20.13 ~e6 22. ~d4?! [22 .~c1 ~d5 23.0-0 J:td8]
21.<J»b1 ~d4=) 15...~d6 (15...ttJg4 22 ... J:td8 [22...~d5! 23.h4 h6 24.f4 ttJa3!
16 . ~d3 g6 (16...15 17.'it'c4) 17.d6 ~d6) 25 ..1:tb2 ~f7 ! 26.~17 .l:td8!!+] 23. J:tc3
16.Wb1 ] 12... ttJg413.ttJh3 f5 14 . ~d3 [23.lLlb4 ~d5 24.ttJd5 .l:td5 25 .~a1 ~c5]
[14.'it'c2 ttJe3 15 .~e3 e3] 14...~c5 23 ...~d5 24.0-0 ~g8!
[14 ... 'it'b2 15..1:tb1 a2 16 .~e2 11!?]
15.0-0-0 0-0 16.J:te1 h6oo 17.'it'b3
W'b3 18.ab3 ed5 19.b4 ~d4 li .i..i.li
20. ~ c3 ~e3 21. ~d2 ~d4 22. ~c3 ~ .~.
~e3 23. ~d2 ~d4 Y2- Y2 .l
Szabo,Krisztian .. ~ ·~
Zhigalko,Andrey ~ ttJ
Moscow 2012 (7)
~ ~ ~ ~
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.ed5 cd5 4.c4
ttJf6 5.ttJc3 ttJc6 6. ~g5 ttJe4 7.ttJe4 l:r<i¥t
de4 8.d5 [8.~e3 e5 9.d5 ttJd4 10.ttJe2
(~ 10.~d4 ed4 11 .'i¥d4 ~b4 12.<J;ld1 25 .~e3 ~d6?! [25 ...ttJe3 26.fe3
o-o-) o...1 ttJfs.: ; s.ttJe2!? ~g4 (8... ~15 ~d6 -+] 26 . ~c1 b5 27.f4 h6 28.h4
9.d5 ttJe5 1O.lLld4;t; 8...g6 9.d5 ttJe5 gh4 29.f5 ~f7 30. ~f7 31 .a4T
1O.ttJc3;t; 8...'it'b6 9.'ii' d2 e5 10.c5;t) a6 32.ab5 ab5 33.lLlf4 ~f4 34 ..1:tf4
9.'i t'b3 (9."it'c2 ~e2 (9... ttJd4 10.'it'e4 J:td5 35 ..1:th4 h5 36.J:tf4 .!:tea 37.<J;lh2
~e2 (10... ttJc611 . g4 ttJe512. 15 ttJd3 .!:teeS 38 ..1:tcf3 .l:te2 39.J:th4 ttJe5
13.Wd2 ttJf2 14.Wc2 lLlh1 15.ttJc3±) 40 ..I:tf1 J:tc5? [40 ... J:td3 41 .q;.h1
11. ~e2 - 9... ~e2 ; 9... h6 10 .~e3 e6 (41 ..1:th5? ttJt3 42.Wh1 J:tf2!-+) 41...J:tg3
11 .ttJc3; 11.0-0-0 "it'd? 12.a3) 10 .~e2 42.J:th5 J:tgg2+] 41 ..1:th5 J:tcc2
'it'd4 (10 ...lLld4 11. e4 ttJe2 12.<J»e2 42. ~a3? [42.~14 .l:tg2 43.Wh3 J:tge2
'it'b6 13.J:tad1 e6 14..1:td3 'it'b2 15..1:td2 (43 ... J:tgf2 44 ..1:tf2 .l:t12 45.~e5 fe5
~b6 16..1:tb1 "it'c6 17.'it'c6 bc6 18 .~e3;t ) 46.Wg4=) 44 .~e5 le5 45.J:th7 <J»t6 46..1:th6
11 ..1:td1 'it'e5 12.J:td5 "it'c7 13.'it'e4 e6 <io>g5 47.J:tg6 Wh5 48 ..1:tlg1 =] 42 ... .1:tg2
14 .~d2 ~b4 15.0-0 ~d2 16..1:td2 0-0 43.Wh1 .l:tg4 44. ~d6 ttJd3 45 ..1:ta1
17..1:tld1 .l:tfd8 18.'it'e3 .l:td2 19.J:td2 .l:td8 ttJf2 46.Wh2 .l:ta4 47.J:ta4 ba4
20.g3;!;/=) 9..."it'b6 (9... ~e2 10. ~e2 lLld4 48.Wg1 ttJe4 49. ~a3 ttJg5 50 ..1:th8
11 .'ii'b7 ttJc2 12.q;.11 .l:tb8 13.'it'c6 'it'd? J:tc3 51. J:tf8 <J»g7 52. ~e7 ttJe4
14.'it'd7 Wd7 15.J:td1 <J»c6 16..1:td2 h6 53.J:ta8 J:tc4 54.~f8 55.Wg2
17. ~14 .l:tb2 18. ~d1 e5 ( ~ 18...J:tb1 ttJc3 56. 3 lLlb5 57.<J»e3 a3
19.We2± ) 19. ~c2 J:tc2 20.J:tc2 ef4 58.Wd3?! [58.~h6] 58 ... J:tc3 59.q;.d2
21 .We2;t) 10 .~e3 (10.'it'b6 ab6 11 .d5 a2 60 .~ b4 J:ta3 0-1
lLlb4 12.Wd2 lLld3.:) 10... e5 (10...'it'b3 K .Szabo!H azai
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Caro-Kann Defence
Classical Variation CK 12.3 (B 19)

Attacking the Classical Caro-Kann

with g2-g4 - Part II
by Ufuk Tuncer

1. e4 c6 create fewer problem here after

2. d4 d5 15 ... d5 16.c4 ~e4=, Mched-
3. tt:lc3 de4 li hvili-Turov, 20 12.
4. tt:le4 ~f5 What i the quinte ence of thi s
5. tt:lg3 ~g6 littl e paradox? If Wh ite intend
6. h4 h6 to play <if;lbl at all , then he hould
7.
tt:lf3 tt:ld7 do so immediately ( 13.'0t>bl!)
8. h5 ~h7 and pick the best pot for the
9. ..id3 ~d3 queen later.
10. d3 e6 15...0-0
11 . ~d2 tt:lgf6 Now 15... d5 is met by 16.c4
12. 0-0-0 ..ie7 e4 17. b3! .
16.g4 tZlg4 17.J:I.hg1
:i tv • :i White has aved the move 'Ot>b I
all right, but Black ha not
1.1. 6.i. l.l. played ... c6-c5 either. So thi
I. i 6 I. variation is not nece sari ly tron- Parlmarjan Negl

~ ger than the one with 13. <if;lb I.

In Part I we examined variou
po sibilitie for Whjte to attack
with the help of the lever g2-g4
when Bl ack decide to ca tie
kingside a he often does these
days. We tarted out with the pre-
liminary 13.';f.?b l. In thjs part we
will ee how White fare without
thi popular prophylactic mea-
sure.
Saving the Move 13.Wb1
13.tZle4 tZle4 14. e4 tZlf6
15. d3!
Paradoxical: whjle in the line
13.<it>b L the queen hou ld retreat
to e2, the move 15 .~e2 would
The onl y way to avoid a forced
draw eemstobe 17.'i¥e2!? 'lt>h8
18.c4, a in Negi -Adhiban ,
2010.
17... tZlf2 1=
and Black pa ed the te t with
flying colours in Hovhanni yan-
Akopian, 20 12.
Fearle ly taking the pawn is
be t for Bl ack, provided that he
know what he is doing. In tead
17 ... f5?! 1 8 .~e2 is very danger-
au , a Leko-Topalov, Nice
(b lindfold) 2009 proved.
Black Delays Castling (II)
13.tZle4 tZle4 14.~e4 tZlf6
15. d3!c5
At fir t I considered thi to be the
ideal solution for Black, avoid-
ing all complications around
g2-g4. T his wa also the original
move order in the game Kam ky-
Seirawan, and I cou ld not under-
rand why Seirawan went for
15 ...0-0 16.Wbl c5 17.g4, al-
though thi s i objectively per-
fect ly playable. ow I th in k that
things are not so clear-cut. Of
course we can only speculate
what Kam sky had in mind in
case of 15 ... c5. Quite po sibly he
is not afraid of minimally better
endgame (:).

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16.g4!?
Aga in I ad vocate thi s concrete
approa h, even though Bl ack ha
not yet castled. There is al o the
innocuous-looking L6. 'itJbl !?.
16... 't:+'d5 17.c4 't:+'e4 18.'t'Ve4
tl:le4 19.~e3 ;!;
White ha the better bi shop and
Black will have to ca ·tie anyway.
An Aggressive Knight Retreat
13.'t:+'e2 0-0 14.tLlf1 !?
i: 'iV i:~
ii .. .i.ii
i ,,. i The Central Rook Strategy
~ 13.l::the1 0-0
To reali ze g2-g4, White doe no t
hy fro m 'strange' retreat : the
kni ght is not going to be ex-
changed like after tt:le4, and it
will re-emerge on e3 or g3 (after
g2-g4), joining the attack. Thj
line used to be a lethal weapon
until a safe way to equality wa
di covered not long ago.
14... c5!
After 14 ... tt:lb6 IS .f.fo•b I !;!; (pos-
ibl y fo ll owed by Wa I! ) Bl ack
till face the g2-g4-g5 attack,
Vallejo Po ns-B.Yuc kovic, 20 I0 .
15.g4 cd416.g5 tLld5!!
Wrong i 16 ... hg5? 1 7 . ~g5 , with
a huge attack, Papp-Stohl, 2008.
17.gh6 't'Vb6!
.i i:~
ii .. .i. i i
'iV i ~
.. ~ ii
i
OW J8.hg7?? ~a3! J9.gf8
J:l f8 would ven lose fo r Whi te.
This key idea was already co m-
municated in a letter ca ll ed ' H
can onl y be a draw!' by Jozsef
Horvath and Kristof Juha z that
appeared in the FORUM of Year-
book 100.
18J:I:g1!=
C laridge-We tera, cr lCCF
20 I0. It can o nly be a draw!
For a number of reason it i nec-
e ary to know the 'central rook'
trategy (l:[he ll'iWe2/tLlf5 !?). For
example, if White pl ay 1 3.~e2
(with the intention of 13 ...0-0
14.tLlfl !?) then his oppone nt can
deviate with 13. e2 c5!?, when
there is probably nothing better
than 14.l::the l 0-0, tran po ing to
the curre nt line.
Or take U1e case when Bl ack
pl ays an earl y 12 ... c5?! (instead
of 12 ... ~e7). Then White is well
ad vi ed to play 13.J::the I !, whi ch
lead to the following attractive
ideline: l3 ...~e7 (or the move
order 12 ... ~e7 13J:the l c5?!)
14.d5! tLldS IS. l:[e6! ( IS .tLl fS!?
i al o advantageou ) 15 ... fe6
16. g6 Wf8 1 7. ~e6± , wi d1 a
Survey CK 12.3
promi ing attack in the classical
game Kavalek-Hiibner, 1979.
Thi game shows that Black
sho uld ca tie a oon as possible
after 13 .n he I .
14. e2 c5 15.tt:lf5
i: 'iV i:~
.. .i.ii
,,. i
ttJ ~
15 ... cd4 16.tLle7 ~e7 17.tLld4
l:fc8 =
Wang Hao- Pono mariov, 20 L1.
Although White ha managed to
exchange Bl ack' dark-squared
bi hop for a kni ght , it seem that
Bl ack ha no problem .
Conclusion
The line ll .i..d2 tLlgf6 12.0-0-0
1l.e7 i theoretica ll y very olid
fo r Bl ack . ln most case he even
ha a choice between ... 0-0 at
once and delay ing ca tl ing in
favo ur of... c6-c5. In over-the-
board pl ay, however, it is di ffi-
cult to fi nd the correct defence,
especiall y in lines in which
White launche a harp attack by
pu hing g2-g4. If Bl ack avo id
the mjddlegame by exchanging
knights on e4, fo llowed by
...~dS , then a type of endgame
arise th at ca n be a ted ious affair
in over-the-board play.
Finall y I suggest that Bl ack com-
plete hi repertoire with a line
against the other main move,
11 .1l.f4, fo r exampl e with
11... aS 12.1l.d2 ~b4 13.c3
~d6 ! ? or 13 ... ~e7 . But thi is
already a different to ry...
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 Saving the Move 13.~b1
13.tt:le4
Analysis 15.'i!fd3 0-0
2012
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.1l)c3 de4 4.1l)e4
~f5 5.1l)g3 ..ig6 6.h4 h6 7.1l)f3 1l)d7
8.h5 ..ih7 9 ...id3 ~d3 10.'t!t'd3 e6
11 •..id2 tl:lgf6 12.0-0-0 ..ie7 13.1l)e4
tl:le4 [13 ...0·0 gives White an additional
option in 14.g4 but it is totally unclear who
benefits from the extra pair ll)d7/ll)e4:
(14.1l)f6 ll)f6;!; - 13.1l)e4 ll)e4 14.1fe4
t0f6 15.1fd3) 14... 1l)g4 15 ..1:thg1 (15."\i'e2
fS (here Black should steer back into the
mainstream by 15...1l)df6! 16.l:thg1 tl:le4
17.'.-e4 ll)f2 18.1fe2= - 13...tl:le4
14.1fe4 tl:lf6 15.'i!fd3 0-0 16.g4 tl:lg4
17..1:thg1 tl:lf2 18.1fe2) 16.tl:lg3 .l:tf6
17.1l)h41N (6 18.13) 17... .1:tf7 18.1l)g6 ..id6
19..1:thg1;!;) 15.. .15 16.'it'b3 .l:tf7 17.tl:lc3
ll)f8 (17... 'it'c7!? 1B.'it'e6 1fd6 19.'t!t'e2
..if6oo is also totally unclear) 18.'i'b7
(18.1l)e5 ll)eS 19.de5 '*b6 20.'it'b6 ab6
21 ...ih6 bS+=< Heberta-Dautov, Warsaw Ech
2005) 18... ..if6 (18... ttlf2 19..1:tdf1 ..if6
20.'it'c6 - 18... ..if6) 19.'t!t'c6 tl:lf2 20 ..I:tdf1
.l:tcB!N (20... Il)g4 21 .1l)e4!?;!;) 21 .1fa6
ll)h3 22 ..1:tg3 lOgS 23 ...if4 ttlf3 24 ..1:tgf3
..id4 2S.Il)b5 .l:tcS 26.b4 .l:tdS 27.c4 .l:tdd7
28.c5 eS 29.ttld4 .l:td4 30.-ieS 't!t'g5
31 ...if4 'i'hS 32 .~d2~) 14.'it'e4 tl:lf6
15.'i'd3 [Why not 15.-..e2 here? Practice
has shown that Black has excellent drawing
chances in the ending after 15...'it'd5! (a2<)
16.c4 (16.<it.>b1 !? transposes after 16... 0-0
to 13 .<~ b1 0·0 14.tl:le4 tl:le4 15.'t!t'e4 ll)f6
16.'tte2 ii'd5) 16...'t!t'e4:
A) 17.'tte4 ll)e4 18...ie3 (the novelty
18...ie1 proved innocuous in Topalov-
Mamedyarov, London 2012: 18...c5 19.tbe5
..if6 20.13 cd4 21 .l:td4 ll)d6 22.l:td6 ..ie5=)
18... f5! 19..1:the1 (19.1l)d2 ll)d2 20.<~d2
90
~f7= Mchedlishvili-Turov, Tashkent 2012)
19...0-0 20.wc2 (20..I:te2 ..id6) 20....1:tad8
21 .l:te2 .l:tfe8 22 ...if4 (22.tl:le5 ..id6
23..1:tg1 cS) 22 .....id6 23.~d6 .l:td6=;
B) 17...ie3 bS 18.tl:le5 bc4 19.13 'WdS
20.'iWc4 0-0 21 .ii'd5 ll)dS 22 ...id2 .l:tfc8=
ROfenacht-Ahman, cr ICCF 2004) 15 ...0-0
[Black does not fear g2-g4-g5. He may be
right in doing so. Alternatives, including
15...c5, are dealt with in the subsequent
ar.alysis section!] 16.g4 (16.Wb1 = -
13.Wb1 0-0 14.1l)e4 ll)e4 15.'t!t'e4 tl:lf6
16.'t!t'd3) 16 ...1l)g4 [As far as 16.. .'~i'd5 is
concerned I will give a brief summary of
E.Bacrors analysis in 'Chess Evolution'
(March 2011 ) showing that Black is walking
on thin ice: 17.g5 1l)g4 (17... ii'a2? 18.c3!!
18... hg5 (1 8...1l)g4 19.l:tdg1 !+- with 20.gh6
to follow; 18...'t!t'a1 19.Wc2 't!t'a4 20.'~b1 )
19.-igS 'i'a1 (19...a5 20.h6 g6
(Kobalia-V.Popov, Rijeka Ech 2010) 21.h7!
Wh8 22.1l)e5 a4 23.1!¥13 Wg7 24 ..1:td2± ;
24.1l)g4±) 20.Wc2 'tta4 21.Wb1 b5
22.'it'c2 '\lffS 23.'\lffS efS 24.h6 g6 25.h7
Wh8 26.1l)e5 ll)dS 27...ih6±) 18.c4
(18.l:tdg1 ll)f2 19.'i!t'e2=) 18...'it'f5 19.'it'f5
efS 20.gh6 ll)f2 (20... gh6 21 .1l)h4;!;) 21.hg7
.l:tfe8 22.h6;!; w h7 23..1:th5 ll)d1 24.Wd1
w g6 25.l:th2 ..if6+=< ; Bacrot could not
recommend 16...1l)h7?! 17.tl:le5 c5 18.dc5
(Efimenko-Kovchan, Kiev ch-UKR 2011 )
18...-icS!? 19.ttld7 ..if2 (Simic) either
because after 20..1:thf1± WMe is simply
better] 17..1:thg1 [Since ~ will soon be
general knowledge that this continuation leads
to an inevitable draw after the correct reply
17...1l)f2! the aHernative 17.'t!t'e2!? (to play for
a win) may gain in importance: 17 .. .'~h8
18.c4 fS 19..1:thg1 'ifeB 20.~f4 .l:tdB 21 .tl:le5
tOeS 22.-ieS~ 6 .l:tg6, .l:tdg1 Negi-Adhiban,
New Delhi ch-IND 2010) 17...ttlf2! [See the
diagram in the Introduction. The move 17 .. .15
has been played numerous times but is
considerably less reliable: 18.'iWe2 Wh7
(18...'it'd5?! 19.c4! "\i'e4 (19...'ttd6 20.tl:le5
ll)eS (20... 'it'd4?? 21.1l)g4 fg4 22.l:tg4+-
Leko-Topalov, Nice (blindfold) 2009) 21 .de5
't!t'c5 22.~6±) 20."\i'e4 fe4 21 .l:tg4 ef3
(21 ....1:tf3 22.~ ..if6 23...ig7 ..ig7
24.l:tdg1 .l:tf2 25.l:tg7+ - Unchevsky-Lalic,
Pardubice rapid 2011) 22 ...ih6!+- Da Costa
Junior; 18..."\i'eB 19.'We6 'it'f7 20.'Wf7 .l:tf7
21.1l)e5;!;; 18... l:tf7!?;!;) 19.1l)e5;!; (19.'We6
'i!fd6:) 19...1l)e5 (19... d4 20.1l)g6
(20.1l)g4) 20....1:tfe8 21.1l)e7 .l:te7 22.-igS
'i'cS 23...ie7 'fie? 24.13;!;; 19...-igS 20.1l)g4
~d2 21 ..1:td2 fg4 22.'i'e6 'i¥g5 23.'\lfg4
lt'g4 24.l:tg4 .l:taeB 25.c4i) 20.de5 .l:tf7
(20 ...'\lfeB 21.l:tg6 'i!ff7 22..1:tdg1 !? .l:tfdB
23.l:tg7 lt'g7 24..1:tg7 Wg7 25.'i!fe3;!; Da
Costa Junior) 21.~6! 1t'a5 (21...gh6 22..1:td8
.l:td8 23.1!fe3+-) 22.1fc4 'it'es (22...gh6
23.'t!t'e6 .l:taf8 24.Wb1! '\lfc5 (24 ...'it'b4
25..1:td7±) 25..1:tg2±) 23.l:tge11 (23...if4 b5
24.-ieS bc4 25.l:tg6;!; Spraggett-Oms
Pallisse, Barcelona 2011 ) 23... Wf6 24...id2
e5 25.14 bS 26.'it'b3 aS 27.fe5 a4 28...-g3
't!t'e6 29.Wb1 ± KOiaots-Schroll, Aix-les-Bains
Ech 2011) 18.'\lfe2 ['The game could also
have ended in a spectacular draw in the event
of another queen move: 18.'i!fe3 ll)d1
19.'i!fh6 ..if6 20.~f4 ..id4 21.-ieS! ..ie3
22.'i!fe3 3 23.l:tg7 w hB 24 ..1:tf7 WQ8
25.l:tg7.' Quoted from A.Kuzmin in YB/103-40)
1a...ll)d1 19.-ihso .its [19... w h7?
exposes the king to a hail of bullets: 20...ig7
'i!faS (20...l:tg8 21.'fie4 fS 22 .•e6 .l:tg7
23.l:tg6± ; 20...'\lfdS 21 .'it'd2 'it'hS -
20... 'i!fa5) 21.'i!fd3 'i!ffS (21 ...15??
22.'i'e2!+- ) 22.'i!fd2 '\lfh5 23.-ifB .ita
24.'\lfd1 (24.'iWd3!?) 24.....ih6 25.Wb1-J
20•..ig70 [There is no way back: 20...-d1 ?
w hB+J20... ..ig7 21 .h6 '*'f6
22.'\lfh2! [After the tricky text move Black
has to find three 'only' moves before the
score sheet can be signed. There are easier

ways to make a draw: 22.J:tg7 c.t;>h8
2M:lg5 'ii'd4 24.l:th7 c.t;>g8 25.J:tg7=J
22 .. .'ti'f3D 23.hg7 'ii'e3D 24.c.t;>b1
/Oc3!D 25.bc3 'ii'g1 26.'ii'g1 J:tfe8
[26 ...J:tfd8 27.'ii'g5 c,f;>h7 28.'ii'f6 J:td7
29.c.t;>b2 J:tg8 30."t!ih4 c,f;>g7 31 .'ii'g3 c,f;>f8
32."t!ib8 c,f;>g7 33.'ii'g3 c,f;lf8 34.'ii'b8 c,t;>g7
35.'ii'g3 ~-~ Hovhannisyan-Akopian,
Plovdiv Ech 2012 - YB/103-39] 27.'ii'g5
fS 28.c4 J:tad8 [ ~ - ~ Edwards-Rogetzer,
cr ICCF 2011] 29.c3= [29.1t'g6=]
Negi,Parimarjan
Adhiban,Baskaran
New Delhi ch-IN O 2010 (9)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3./0c3 de4 4.tt:le4
~fS 5.tt:lg3 ~g6 6.h4 h6 7.tt:lf3 tt:ld7
8.h5 ~h7 9 . ~d3 ~d3 10.'it'd3 e6
11.~d2 tt:lgf6 12.0-0-0 ~e7 13.tt:le4
/Oe4 14.'it'e4 /Of6 15."t!id3 0-0
16.g4 tt:lg4 17.'ti'e2!? c.t;>h8 18.c4 fS
19.J:thg1 'ii'e8 20 . ~f4 J:td8 21.tt:le5
tOeS 22 .~e5 J:tf7? [22...~g5 1 23.J:tg5
hg5 24.h6 J:tf6 25.hg7 c.t;>g7 26.'it'e3 'it'g6
27.'it'a3 J:td7 28.'ifa7=] 23.J:tg6!i
c,f;>h7? [23 ...~f6! 24.J:tdg1 J:tdd7
(24 ..."t!ie7 25 .~f6 J:tf6 26.J:tg7 (26."t!ie5
J:tg6 27.J:tg6 c,f;>h7 28.f4 'ii'd7=) 26 ...'it'g7
27.J:tg7 c.t;>g7 28. e5i) 25. ~f6 J:tf6
26.J:tf6 gf6 27.J:tg6 J:td4 28.l:tf6 J:te4
29.'i t'd3il 24.J:tdg1 ~ta [24...~gs 25.14
~f6 26 .~f6 gf6 27.a3±] 25.1t'f3 J:te7
26.c5 [26.b3 'ii'f7 27.1t'e3±] 26 .•. J:td5
27.1t'g3 "t!if7
A 15.•.c5 [Apart from the previously
.i~ · ~
~ ~ ~ ~
~ :i ~ ~ ~ evade White's g2-g4 assault but I am not so
~ sure anymore.
28. ~d6? [28.b4!1± b6 (28... f4?
29.'iYd3+- ; 28 ... J:ted7 29."i!Vf4±) 29.a4
bc5 30.bc5 J:ted7 31.'ii'e3±] 28 ... J:td7=
29 . ~f8?! [29 . ~e5 J:td4 30.~d4 J:td4
31.14 J:tc4 32.c.t;>b1 J:tcS!i!!?] 29 .•. '\i'fS
30.J:te6 J:te7 [30 ...c.t;>h8! 31 .'ii'e3 f4
32.J:te8 fe3 33.l:tf8 c,f;>h7 34.fe3 J:th5
35.c.t;>c2 J:te7t] 31 .'ii'g6 c.t;>ga [31 ... c.t;>h8
32.J:tge1 i] 32.J:tge1 J:tdd7 [32 ...J:te6
33.J:te6 J:td8 34.c.t;>c2i] 33.a3? [33.c.t;>c2!
J:te6 (33... "i!Vf7 34.d5! cd5 (34 ... 'ii'g6
35.hg6+-) 35.'ii'f7 J:tf7 (35 ...c.t;>f7 36.J:te7
J:te7 37.J:te7 c.t;>e7 38.b4+-) 36.c.t;>d3i)
34.J:te6 J:te7 (34 ... J:td8 35.c.t;>c3;t) 35.b4i]
33 .•.'ti'f7= 34.J:te7 J:te7 35.J:te7 'ii'e7
36.f:i'f5 f:i'e1 37.c,f;>c2 'ii'e2 38.'if.oc3
'ii'e1 39.'if.oc2 f:i'e2 40.cJo>b3 f:i'd1
41 .cJo>c3 Y2- ~
Black Delays Castling (II)
13.li:le4
Analysis 15.f:i'd3
2012
1.e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3./0c3 de4 4.tt:le4
~fS 5.tt:lg3 ~g6 6.h4 h6 7.tt:lf3 tt:ld7
8.h5 ~h7 9 . ~d3 ~d3 10."i!Vd3 e6
11 .~d2 tt:lgf6 12.0-0-0 ~e713 . tt:le4
tt:le4 14.'\i'e4 tt:lf6 15.'ii'd3
examined 15...0-0 a handful of other moves
must be mentioned. Initially I thought that
the text move 15... c5 is the easiest way to
A) 15... b5 16.tt:le5 '\i'd5 17.'if.ob1 aS (Gao
Rui-Riazantsev, China tt 2012. I think that
Black should have castled at some point)
18.'ii'g3!?±/;!;tf;
B) 15...'ii'b6!? (this queen sortie crops up
in all corners of this opening lately) 16./0e5
l:td8 17.f:i'g3 f:i'd4 18.'ifg7 J:tf8oo
G.Guseinov-Jobava, Tbilisi tt 2012;
C) 15... tt:lg4!? is opening specialist Alexey
Dreev's latest contribution to this line. The
knight prevents g2-g4, but it does nothing
else: 16.1t'e2 0-0 (16 ... 'ii'd5) 17.tt:le5 (is
there another way to get rid of the knight?
Survey CK 12.3
17.l:th3 'ifdS) 17...tt:le5 18.de5 "i!Vb6
19.c.t;>b1 (19.'ii'g4 'if.oh7 20.J:th3 J:tfd8= {),.
21... ~f8) 19... J:tfd8 20.g4 'twb5! 21."t!ib5 (if
White wants to keep the queens on the
board with 21 .c4 f:i'cS 22.14, then Black
obtains counterplay by 22... b5!+= (c4<)
Cs.Balogh) 21...cb5 22.~e3 b6 23.c3
J:tac8= G.Guseinov-Dreev, Plovdiv Ech 2012;
D) Initially I was quite optimistic about
15...f:i'd5?! , although it is strange that
nobody plays ~: 16.c4 (16.'if.ob1 0-0!=
transposes to 13.'if.ob1 o-o 14.tt:le4 tt:le4
15. e4 tt:lf6 16."t!id3 'ii'd5) 16... 'ii'e4
17.f:i'b31
17... b5!?... but then I was pleasantly
surprised lo read in the 'Chess Evolution
Weekly Newsletter' (issue 13) the following
comment: '17... b5 is not advisable here'
because of '18.J:the1 'it'IS 19.tt:le5!i and
Black has serious problems on the
queenside' (Cs.Balogh). Thank you so much
for solving that issue! Indeed, there are
some nice attacking lines here, and they
are not restricted to the queenside:
19... J:tc8 20.13 0-0 (20 .. .'it'h5 21.g4 f:i'h2
22.'it'e3+- t:. J:th1 , tt:lf7) 21.tt:lg6!! fg6
22.J:te5 bc4 23.'it'b7i ] 16.g4 [See the
diagram in the Introduction. I have a soft
spot for this concrete approach, and
consequently it reappears as a 'golden
thread' in all parts of my analysis! Another
good possibility is the moderate 16.c.t;>b1 1?,
which is useful in any case and will
probably transpose to other sections of this
Survey such as 16...cd4i (see 13.c.t;>b1 cS
14./0e4 cd4 15.tt:lf6 tt:lf6) or 16...0-0;!; (see
13.cJo>b1 0-0 14./0e4 c5 15.tt:lf6 /Of6).
Black may also try 16...J:tc8!?;
16.'ii'b5 'it'd7 17.'ti'd7 tt:ld7= is in principle
what Black is dreaming of in this variation:
18.~e3 cd4 19 .~d4 (19.tt:ld4 a6 20.tt:lb3
0-0-0= S.Maze) 19...tt:lf6 (19... ~f6) 20./0eS
(20.c3 0-0 21. ~f6 (21.tt:le5= - 20.tt:le5)
91
21 ... ~16 22.11d7 b5 23.llhd1 IlleS 24.llb7
lieS 25.lldd7 llh5=) 20...0·0 21 .g4 (21 .c3
llac8 22.'0\>c2 b6 23.g4 ~d6 24.13 liJd5
25.11he1 llldS=) 21 ... 11fc8 22.'0t>b1 b5
23.14. In A.Filippov-lordachescu, Tashkent
2012, Black managed to lose this game
after unnecessarily loosening the pawn
structure (...17-15) but at this point the
position looks pretty much level, for example
after 23...liJd5!?=] 16... 11t'd5 17.c4 'ii'e4
[17... 11t'd6 1S.d5;!;] 18.11t'e4 liJe4
19 . ~e3 ll c8 20.'0\>b1 ~f6 21.d5 0-0
22.liJd2!? [In 'Chess Evolution' (March
2011 ) S.Maze gives the following
conclusion: 22.de6 fe6 23.liJd2 liJd2
24.11d2 ~d4= . This is doubtlessly correct,
but I believe that my move is slightly more
ambitious] 22 ... ed5 23.liJe4 de4
24.lld7 b6 25.11an
In this endgame Black has more
weaknesses (b6, c5, e4 ), even after a
possible trade of bishops (...~d4). White
should play a4/b3 if he finds the time.
Filippov,Anton
lordachescu, Viorel
Tashkent Agzamov·mem 2012 (9)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.liJc3 de4 4.liJe4
~fS 5. g3 ~g6 6.h4 h6 7.liJt3 liJd7
8.h5 ~ h7 9 . ~d3 ~d3 10.'i!i'd3 e6
11. ~d2 liJgf6 12.0-0-0 ~e7 13.liJe4
liJe4 14.11t'e4 liJt6 15.11t'd3 cS
16.11t'b5 'ilt'd7 17.1t'd7 liJd7=
18. ~e3 cd4 19 .~d4 liJf6 20.liJe5
0-0 21 .g4 llfc8 22.'0t>b1 bS 23.f4
liJh7?! [23 ...liJd5! 24.g5 hg5 25.h6 gh6
26.llh6 ~IS (26... ~16 27.fg5 ~g7
2S.IIh2t) 27.llh5 16 2S.liJg4 lidS 29.lldh1
gt4 30.11g1 <ot>t7 31 .11h7 <ot>es 32.11e1
~e7 (32 ... 11d7 33.lle6 lle7 34.11ee7 ~e7
35.11hS ~IS 36.llh5 liJe3 37.liJI6 '0\>17
38.liJd5 liJd5 39.lld5oo) 33.c4 (33.liJI6
92
~16 34 .~16 liJI6 35.lle6 <i;>!S 36.1116 'Ot>gS
37.llh1 1118=) 33 ... bc4 34.liJI6 16
(34 ... ~16 35.~16 liJI6 (35 ...liJe3? 36 . ~g5
llac8 37 .~14 lld1 38.lld1 liJd1 39.¢>c2i)
36.lle6=) 35 .~16 ~16 36.lle6 ¢>IS 37.1116
'Ot>gS (37...'0\>es? 38.1114±) 38.llb7=J
24.c3 [24.11hg1 llc7 25.liJt3 lidS 26.g5
hg5 27.fg5t] 24 ...11c7! [24 ... a5 25.11hg1
b4 26.c4 lla6 27.b3;!;] 25.lld3 llac8
26.a3 llb7 27.b4?! [27 .~e3 a6
2S IIg1 t] 27 ...f5?;!; [27... ~d6 2S.'Ot>b2
~bS 29.<.\>b3=] 28.gf5 efS 29.liJg6
~d8? [29 ... <.\>171 30.liJe7 lle7 31. ~c5 ;!;]
30.'0\>b2?;!; [30.'0\>c2!±] 30 ...liJf6
31 .liJh4
j.
j.
...
j.
j.
j.
~
~ .i ~ ttJ
~ ~1::[
1::[
31 ... liJh5?? [31 ... 11d7 32.liJI5 lidS
33.liJg7 lld4 34.lld4 'Ot>g7 35.llg1 <ot>l7
36.llg6 ~c7 37.a4i ] 32.liJf5 !+- liJf4
33.llt3 liJe6 [33...liJg6 34.liJd6 llcbS
35. b7 llb7 36.lle1+- ; 33...~g5
34. d6 llcc7 35.liJb7 llb7 36.lle1 +-]
34. ~g7 ! lOgS 35.11tf1 lld7 1-0
An Aggressive Knight Retreat
13. 'it'e2
Analysis 14.li:)f1
2012
1.e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.liJc3 de4 4.liJe4
~fS 5.liJg3 ~g6 6.h4 h6 7.liJt3 liJd7
8.h5 ~h7 9. ~d3 ~d3 10.11t'd3 e6
11 .~d2 liJgf6 12.0-0-0 ~e7 13.'. -e2
[In this section I will investigate the
poisonous line 14.liJI1 which used to create
a minor upset in Black' s camp... until it was
discovered that a draw by perpetual is
inevitable! 13.liJI1 N, intending to play liJe3
and g2-g4 before Black castles kingside,
has never been seen in this position and
could be met with 13.. .'ti'c7!?=, keeping all
options open, including ...0·0·0] 13... 0-0 [If
Black seeks to avoid 13...0·0 14.liJI1 then
13...c5 is an equivalent possibility here:
14.llhe1 (14.¢>b1 !?= can lead to the
Jobava Attack - 13.¢>b1 c5 14.11t'e2. Gary
Lane used a rather simplistic approach
recently: 14.dc5 11t'c7 15 .~c3 (15.liJe4 0-0
16 .~c3 - 15 .~c3; 15.11h4 0·0 16.11c4
llfdS=) 15...0·0 16.liJe5 (the classical
example is 16.liJe4 'ii'14 (16... 11fdS!?=)
17.liJfd2 liJe4 1S.tt'e4 tt'e4 19.liJe4 liJc5
20.liJc5 ~c5= Hjartarson-Kortchnoi, Tilburg
19S9) 16...liJc5 17 .~d4 llac8 1S.'Ot>b1
(Lane-Zelesco, Canberra 2012) and here
after 1S... IIIdS!?= Black is completely
developed and has nothing to fear. See his
column 'Opening Lanes' at
www.chesscale.com) 14... 11c8?! (against
the central rook 14...0-0;!; is almost
mandatory, compare 13.11he1 0·0 14.'tWe2
c5) 15.liJI5!N (15.liJe5?! 0-0= - 13.11he1
o-o 14.'ii'e2 Ilea 15.liJe5 c5) 15...ef5
(15... 0-0;!; - 13.11he1 0-0 14.tt'e2 c5
15.liJI5 lieS) 16.liJh4. In the following I am
referring to S.Feller's analysis in 'Chess
Evolution' (issue March 2011 ): 16... 0·0
17.liJI5 (17.tt'e7 'iic7 1S.dc5 IlleS
19.tt'd6 lle1 20.~e1 11t'c5 21.tt'c5 lieS
22.b4;!;) 17...11eS 1S.liJe7 ¢>IS 19 . ~14
'iie7 20.11t'e7 lle7 21.~d6 lOgS 22.dc5
liJdf6 (22... '0\>eS 23.lle7 e7 24.lle1 +-)
23.b4 '0\>eS 24 .~e7 e7 25.11h1 ;!;]
14.liJf1 [This 'insidious retreat' was
examined by Sergey Kasparov in Yearbook
100. 14.'0t>b1 c5= transposes to 13.'0t>b1 c5
14.'We2 0-0; 14. e5 c5 (this only leads to
simplifications) 15 .~e3 'i!fa5 16.liJd7 liJd7
17.'0\>b1 liJI6 1S.c4 cd4 19 .~d4 llac8=; for
14.11he1 (which is 13.11he1 0·0 14.'iie2 by
transposition) see the next section]
14...c5! [The most active, and if there
exists no improvement for White, also the
most reliable continuation!

A) 14...tilb6 (A tila4, 'Wb6 was initially
considered to be something of a miracle
cure against the line 14.tillt , but is now
under a small cloud. tS.r;t;>bt! (1S.g4 'i!fdS
t6.Wbt - tS.Wbt 'i!fdS t6.g4)
At ) tS ... 'i!fdS t6.tile3 (16.g4 'WbS
17.'i!fbS cbS 18.tileS l:lld8 19.~aS b4
(19... tilldS 20.c3 (20.l:lh2? (A.Horvath-
lordachescu, Metz 2009) 20... ~d6! 21 .14
(2t .~b6 ab6+) 21...till4+) 20 ...l:ld6
21. ~b6 l:lb6 22.tile3=) 20.tilg3 ~d6
(20... tilfdS=) 21 .14 ~es 22.feS tilg4oo)
t6 ... 'ife4 17.l:lh4 'i!fh7 18.tileS (18.g4 is
no improvement: 18... tile4 19.l:lhht tild2
20.'i!fd2 'i!fe4 21 .tileS c5 22.13 'i!fd4
23.'tlfd4 cd4 24.l:ld4 ~16= Soloviova-
Romanko, St Petersburg 2012) 18... tile4
(18...l:lad8!? 19.til3g4 l:lle8=) 19.l:lg4
tild2 20.l:ld2 l:lad8 (Lianeza Vega-
Lafuente, Spain tt 2010) 21 .l:ld3!?;!; and
ideas like tilg6 are in the air, exploiting the
temporary exile of Black's queen;
A2) 1S... tila4?! t6.Wat !? (I like the
continued prophylaxis here, it provides
White with the additional possibility of l:lbt .
16.b3 tilb6 17.g4 aS 18.a4 (18.gS hgS
19.h6 g6 20.a4!? tilbdS- 18.a4) 18... tilbdS
19.gS!? (19.c4 bS! 20.abS cbS! (20... tilb4?
2t .gS hgS 22.h6 g6 (Vallejo Pons-
B.Vuckovic, Rijeka Ech 201 0) 23.dS! cbS
24.de6 d3 2S. d3 tild3 26.~c3;!;)
2t .cdS 'ifdS 22.W'd3 b4 23.l:lh3 a4
24.tile3 'i!faS 2S.tLlc4 'i!fa7+ Munguntuui-
Gunina, Rogaska Slatina tt 2011) 19... hgS
20.h6 g6 21 .tLleSoo; 16.c4 cS 17.b3 cd4
18.ba4 leads to crazy complications:
18...d3! (18...'i!fb6 19.Wat tilg4 20 .~et
l:lld8oo ~ -~ Arppi-Halldorsson, cr ICCF
2010) 19. et l:lcB 20.tileS (20.l:lct W'b6
2t .Wat tild7) 20... tilg4! 21. ~c3 'ifb6
22.Wat tileS 23 .~eS l:lc4 gg)
16...c5 (16...~dS ! ? A 17... W'bS) 17.g4!N
(trying to improve on B.Vuckovic's 17 .~ct
'i!fc7 18.g4 l:lad8 19.gS hgS 20.tilgS cd4':'F )
17... cd4 18.gS hgS 19.h6 'i!fb6 (19... d3
20.cd3 g6 21. ~g5;!; ) 20.l:lbt g6 21.~gS
Wcs 22.tileS;!;:
B) 14...'Wb6?! 1S.g4! 'i!fa6?! (I don't like
this disruption of the pawn structure. Was
trading queens really so urgent? 1S... tilh7!?
16.Wbt cS;!; - 14...cs 1S.g4 tilh7 16.Wb1
'i!fb6) t6.'i!fa6 ba6 17.l:lgt tile4 tB.~e3
l:lab8 19.tilg3 tLld6 20.b3 (Stellwagen-
Berkes, Paks 2008- YB/100-131) 20... 1S!N
21.tLleS (2t .g!S tillS=) 21...tileS 22.deS
bS 23.tile2 14 24 . ~d2 13 2S.tilg3;!;]
15.g4 [Already necessary as tS.tLle3
W'b6 hands over the initiative to Black]
.i ~ .i ~
ii .. .tii
i .. i
!!:,
!!:,
ttJ
t!:,t!:,t!:, Jd,.'Jiij t!:,
~:r;r ttJ n ttJ
15..-cd4 [1S ... tilh7 (too passive?) 16.Wbt
l:lcB (16...'i!fb6 17.gS hgS (17... tilgS
18.tilgS hg5 t9.l:lgt cd4 20.~gs ~gs
2t .l:lg5) 18.h6 g6 t9. ~c3;!;) 17.tile3
(17.tilg3 cd4 18.tild4 tileS=) 17... ~16
18.dS l:le8 t9.de6 l:le6 20.~ct 1t'e8
2t .'it'd3 tilb6oo S.Kristjansson-A.Dunn,
Reykjavik 2012); 1S... tilg4?? (sometimes
accepting the pawn can be suicide,
depending on the intricacies of the position)
16.l:lgt IS 17.'i!fe6 l:ll7 (17...Wh8 18.l:let
~16 t9.'iWIS+-) 18.tile3 tile3 t9 .~e3
~16 20.~h6 'i!fb6 (20 ... tLl18 21.W'c4+-)
21 . dS 'i!fc6 22.'i!fc6 bc6 23 .~e3+- ;
tS ... tildS?? t6.c4! tilb4 17.gS!N (17.dcS
tila6 (Georgiadis-Kounalakis, Rethymnon
2010) 18.gS!! tildeS 19 .~c3 ~gS
20.tile3D ~e3 2t .'\We3 W/e7 22.tilh4+-)
17... cd4 1B. ~b4 ~b4 19.l:ld4 ~c5 20.l:ldt
'it'c7 2t .gh6 W/14 22.Wbt l:lad8 23.hg7
Wg7 24.h6 Wh8 2S.tilg3+-] 16.g5
tildS! [At least since J.Horvath and Juhasz
published their letter in the FORUM section
of Yearbook 100 it has become known that
this is the correct continuation, leading to a
forced draw. Meanwhile a handful of almost
identical games have been played, all with
the same result. Previously 16... hg5?
Survey CK 12.3
17.~gS--> had produced horrible results for
the second player (17.h6N g6 18 . ~gS e5
19.tileS tilh7 20 .~14 ~g5 2t .tild3 l:lcB
22.tilg3 l:le8 23.'i!fd2t): 17... 'i!faS tB. ~bt
'i!fb6 (t8 ...e5? 19.tilg3 l:lfe8 20.l:ldgt
(20.tLlfS ~a3 (20...d3 21.cd3 '\lidS
22.l:ldgt+- ; 20... ~18 2t .h6 g6 22.h7 Wh8
(22 ... tilh7 23.'i!fe4 gf5 24.W'IS) 23 . ~16
tilf6 24.'i!fc4+-) 2t .l:ldgt! ~b2 22 .~16
tilf6 23.l:lg7 Wf8 24.'i!fc4 1-0 Abdulov-
Khamrakulov, Gaziantep Wch-jr 2008)
20 ... Wh8 21 .tLlfS ~18 (G.Papp-Stohl,
Hungary tt 2008; 2t ...W/d5 22.til3h4 e4
23.W'f1 d3 24.c4 W'c4 25. g2 c2
26.Wat W'e2 27. g6+-; 21...'i!fa6
22. a6 ba6 23.l:lg2 tild5 24 .~e7 (24.c4!?
dc3 2S.h6+- ) 24 ... tile7 25.tild6 16
26.tLle8 l:le8 27.tilh4+-)
..
E E.t ~
ii ii
~ i tt:JJd,.t!:,
i
t!:,t!:,t!:, 'Jiij t!:,
<tit .l::i:.l:r
22 .~16 !? tilf6 23.tilg5 1fc7 (23... '\Wd5
24.h6 g6 2S.h7+-) 24.W/f3 e4 (24 ... l:le6
25.h6 g6 26.tile6) 25.h6 g6 26.'i!fb3+-
Tuncer) 19.l:ld4 ~a3 20 .~c t± Stellwagen;
16...d3 17.1t'd3 hg5 18.h6 tbc5 t9.'i!fe2
'i!fd5 20.Wb1 'i\fe4 21. e3 d5
22.tilgS!N (22.hg7 Wg7 23.tilg5!
(23.l:ldgt ?? 16 24.tLlet till4+ B.Lindberg-
G.Hanssen,Troms<i 2010) 23... ~g5 24.'ii'h5
16 (24 ...W/g6? 25.tild5 tile4 26.~g5 tilg5
27.W'h4 ed5 28.l:lhgt 16 29.14+-) 25. d5
l:lh8 26.till6 l:lh5 27.tilh5 Wf7 2B.~g5
l:lh8 29.l:lh4oo) 22 ... ~g5 23.W/h5 16
24.tild5 (24.hg7 Wg7oo - 22.hg7) 24 ...g6
25. h2 ed5 26.14±] 17.gh6 [17.l:lgt
'\Wb6=] 17.__ b6! [Diagram in the
Introduction. 'It can only be a draw!',
J.Horvath and Juhasz] 18.l:lg1! [I 8.hg7??
~a3! ! t9.gl8'i!f l:l18-+ is the gist of the
matter: 20 .~b4 (20.ba3 c3 21. ~c3 dc3)
20 ... 'i!fb4 and Black's attack is crushing;
18.'\We4 tileS 19.'\Wg4 ~16 20 .~g5=D
tila4 (20 ... tilc3=) 21. ~16 W/b2 22.Wd2
W'b4 23.Wct 'i\Va3= Cs.Balogh·Rodshtein,
Wroclaw 2010 - YB/1 00-127; after
93
18.lLle1?! ~f6 19.ll:ld3 (19.hg7 ttfc8"F c.
20.. .'ii'b2) 19... ttfc8 20.ttg1 ll:lcS 21 .hg7,
given by J.Horvath and Juhasz, it may in
fact be more than a draw if Black continues
21...lLld3N 22. d3 ttc3!! 23.'iie4 lLlb4+]
18...~a3 19.ttg7 [Starting with 19.ba3
ll:lc3= does not alter the result] 19... <;f;>h8
20.ba3 ll:lc3 21 .~c3 dc3
13... 0-0 (It has been known for a long
time that 13... c5? 14.d5! gives White a
strong attack. By all means white players
should include the following classical game
in their repertoire, because the best way to
challenge the premature 12... c5?! is
13.tthe1! ~e7 14.d5!, leading to the same
position!) 14...ll:ld5 (14...ed5?? 15.ll:lf5+-)
black kingside structure White should be
slightly bet1er after 15... ef5 16. e7, but the
weak h5·pawn is also an issue: 16...'it'c7
17.dc5 ttfe8 18.'i!t"d6 it'c5 19.tte8 tte8
20.~e3 (20.1!fc5 ll:lc5 21.~e3 ll:lce4
22 .~a7 tta8= A.Horvath-Yang Kaiqi,
Canberra 2012) 2o .. :;wd6 21 .ttd6 a6 22.b3
(22.lLld4?! f4 23. ~f4? (23.~d2=) 23... tte1
24.<;f;>d2 ttb1 25.f3 ttb2"F G.Papp-Maleki,
Pula 2009) 22 ... tte6 23.ttd1 <;f;>h7 24.c4;!;
c. 25.ll:ld4-+ll Even if Black finds the time
to take on h5 the white pawn majority on
the queenside carries more weight;
15... tte8 (Black forces a decision and
avoids the possible sacrifices on h6
(although they are not really dangerous -
see below). The black rooks generally
belong on c8 and dB and so I prefer
15...cd4) 16.ll:le7 'ii'e7

22.tth7! <;f;>g8=0 [YI-YI Claridge- 15.tte6! (a good alternative is 15.ll:lf5!? 0-0

Westera, cr ICCF 2010; 22 ...<;f;>h7?? (15 ... <;f;>f8 16.ll:le7 'it'e7 17.c4;!;) 16.ll:le7
23.'ife4 <;f;>h6 24.ttd7 "it'b2 25.<;f;>d1+-] ll:le7 17 .~h6 ll:lf6 '=' according to
Hernandez Molina, but White is still better
after 18.'ii'c4;!;) 15.. .fe6 16.'it'g6 <;f;>f8
17.'i!t"e6 ll:lc7 18.'ii'f5 ll:lf6 19.ll:le5 it'c8
(19 ... <;f;>g8N 20 .~a5± is no picnic either)
The Central Rook Strategy 20.ll:lg6 <;f;>f7 21.tte1 !! (the famous game
13.l:l he1 Kavalek·HObner, Montreal 1979, went
21 .lLlh8 'iWh8"F but afterwards the text
Analysis 13.l:the1 move was discovered) 21 ... %:te8 22.ll:le5
2012 <;f;>gB 23.'i!fg6 ~f8 24.ll:lf5 tte5 25.tte5
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.ll:lc3 de4 4.ll:le4 <;f;>h8!?N (an old analysis by Radovsky
~f5 5.ll:lg3 ~g6 6.h4 h6 7.ll:lf3 lLld7 finishes with 25 .. .'ii'd7 26.tte7!±) 26.~h6
8.h5 ~ h7 9. ~d3 ~d3 10.'i!t"d3 e6 ll:lce8 27.tte7 (27. f7!?;!; is more
11 .~d2 ll:lgf6 12.0-0-0 ~e7 complex) 27.. .'iff5 28.'iif5 ~e7 29...if4;!;]
13.tthe1 [The reason for this move order 14. e2 [The slower 14.<;f;>b1 c5 15. ~c1
(instead of 13.'ii'e2 0-0 14.tthe1) lies in ttc8 16.'it'e2 cd4 17.lLld4 'i!fb6 18.~e3
the fact that Black is practically forced to ended with a success for White in the
castle. On the other hand White signals that correspondence game (!) K.Weber-
he will do without g2·g4 this time, because A.Hellstr6m, ICCF 2007, but I think that
then the rook is needed on g1] Black missed some ways to equalize.
Maybe the first is 18...ll:lc5 19.lLlb3 'lf!ic7
20 .~d4 ll:lb3 21 .ab3 ttfd8=] 14 ... c5
.i 'iV ~ .i [Interesting is 14... ttc8!? (waiting for White
.li ~.i. i.l to commit himself) 15.ll:le5 (15.ll:lf5 ef5
17.g4 (all according to plan. 17.d5 'i!td6
18.de6 tte6 yielded White nothing special
in Berelowitsch·De Schampheleire, Belgium
t1 2012/13) 17... ll:lg4 18.ttg1 f5 19.dc5!?
(19.ll:le5 ll:lge5 20.de5= A.Haast-Soors,
Antwerp 2012) 19... ll:ldf6 (19 ...ll:lc5?
20.ll:le5 ll:le5 21 .'ii'e5 ll:ld7 22.'iWg3 <;f;>h8
23. ~b4 1!ff7 24.'ti'c7 tted8 25.~c3+ -)
20.ll:lh4 (20.ll:le5 it'c5 21 .~c3 1!ff2=)
20... it'c5 (20 ... ll:lh5? 21 .13 'i!Yh4 22.fg4
ll:lf6 23.g5 'lf!ie4 24.1!fh2 ll:lg4 25. h4±)
21.f3 ttac8 22.<;f;>b1 'i!Yf2!? 2H!i'e1 'i!fet
24.ttde1 f2= and Black is close to
equality; 15... ttc8 16.ll:le7 'i!fe7 17.d5 lLld5
18 .~h6 gh6 19.ttd5 ttfd8 20.'i!Ye3;!;- [J]

.l i~ .l 16.'iWe7 ll:le4"F is ineffective, but 15.<;f;>b1 1?
could be useful) 15... c5 16.ll:lg6 cd4
~ 17.ll:lf8 ~f8 18.<;f;>b1 W'b6 19.'ii'd3 ll:lg4
20.tte2 ll:lge5 21 .it'b3 it'a6gr? and Black
was doing fine in Seegert-Schandorff,
Odense ch·DEN 2011] 15.ll:lf5 [See the
diagram in the Introduction] 15... cd4
[Because of the pawn majority on the
queenside and the somewhat devaluated
16.ll:le7 [The sacrifice 16. 3d4?! ~c5
17.ll:lh6!? gh6 18.~h6 has been tried a few
times but the overall consensus is that
White gets some compensation for the
piece at best, therefore I limit myself to give
a short summary of the theory here:
18... tte8 19.1!ff3 (19.ll:lb3 ~f8 20.~f8
ttf8 (20 .. .'ii?f8 21.'i!Ye3!gr? G.Guseinov-
Riazantsev, Baku Ech-jr 2002) 21.h6

94

(21.ti:\c5 'f!le7 22.ti:\d7 ti:\d7 23.:ld3
:lad8=F) 21 ...:lc8=F Riazantsev) 19...~180
20.~g5 (20.~18 :lfB=F A 'f!la5; A ti:\d5,
"it'g5 TIViakov) 20... :lc8!=F A 21 ... :1c5
TIViakov-Magem Badals, Buenos Aires 1996]
16...W'e7 17.ti:\d4 [White has succeeded
in exchanging the black bishop for a knight
and therefore he can count on a slight
advantage. The first item on the agenda is to
play g2·g4, stabilizing the kingside]
17 ...:lfc8 [A ...'f!lc5-c4; 17... :lfd8!?
18.g4 liJc5 19.c3 ti:\ce4 20.<.t•b1 'f!lc7 and
in Pourkashiyan-Soumya, Mashhad Ach
2011 White should of course have kept the
bishop: 21 .~e3! liJd5 22.liJb5 'f!lc6
23 .~d4 a6 24.1t'e4 ab5 25.a3!, g7<;
17...-..cS?! 18.~e3 1! A 18...'f!lh5 19.'it'h5
liJh5 20.ti:\e6 fe6 21 .:ld7± Tiviakov;
17... : ac8!?o=] 18.g4 [We are following the
game Wang Hao-Ponomariov. In the
following I am basing myself on S.Feller's
analysis in 'Chess Evolution' (March 2011 )]
18...'Wc5= [18... ti:\d5?! 19.g5!N (19.<;f;>b1
[Wang Hao-Ponomariov, Wijk aan Zee
2011 ) 19... 'Wc5 20.c3 'f!lc4=) 19... 'f!lc5
(19... hg5 20.:lg1 f6 21.14 e5 22.ti:\f5- )
20.'f!lg4 hg5 21.~g5 ti:\516 (21...liJ7f6
22.'f!lh4) 22.Wg2 'i¥d5 23.'f!ld5 liJd5 24.14
liJ7b6 25.h6 (Feller) 25 ...g6 26.b3 :lc3! ]
19. ~e3 liJdS [Also possible is 19... liJb6
20.<.ttb1 A 21 .~t1 (Feller) and here I think
that with 20 ...liJbd5! 21 .~c1 fi'c4 22.13
e2 23.:1e2 b5!= Black would retain
adequate chances] 20.g5 liJe3 21.fe3
W'gS [Black has equalized. White should
take some action before Black can mobilize
his :taB] 22.ti:\e6 [22.:lg1 'f!lf6 23.:lg3
<i;>hB 24.'irg2 liJc5=]
22 ...'i!fe5!? [Not the only move, but
elegant and probably the cleanest tactical
solution. 22 ... fe6 23.:ld7 : cs 24.'i!t'f3
: aca 25.c3 'flies (Feller) 26.'f!lf7!?]
23.liJg7 liJb6! 24.:lg1 <i;>h8 25.'f!lg4
:lg8 26.'f!lf5D 'f!le3 27.<i;>b1 'f!le7
28.'f!lf4 :lg7 29.:lg7 <i;>g7 30.:lg1
<i;>h7D 31 .'f!lf5 <;f;lh8 32.'f!lf4= [Draw
by repetition]
Movsesian,Sergey
Morozevich,Aiexander
Wijk aan Zee 2009 (6)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.liJc3 de4 4.ti:\e4
~fS S.liJg3 ~g6 6.h4 h6 7.liJf3 ti:\d7
8.h5 ~ h7 9. ~d3 ~d3 10.'f!ld3 e6
11.~d2 liJgf6 12.0-0-0 ~e7
13.:lhe1 0-0 14.'f!le2 aS?!
15.liJe5! oo ~b4 [15 ... a4 16.a3 'fic7
(16...liJd5 17.c4 liJ5f6 18.14 W'c7
19.<.ttb1 ;!;) 17.liJg6 :!feB 18.liJe7 :le7
19.'f!lf3 :leeB 20.liJe4 liJe4 21 .'fie4oo]
16.c3 ~d6 17.14 : ea [17...a4 18.c4
'f!lc7 19.'f!lf3 :lfdB (19 ...c5?! 20.ti:\d7 'f!ld7
(20 ... liJd7 21 .d5! liJb6 22.de6 fe6
23.:le4!) 21 .dc5 ~c5 22 .~c3 'ifc7 23.15
~d6! 24.liJe4 tae4 25.:le4 ef5 26.'f!lf5
: aeB!oo) 20.<i;>b1 a3 21 .b3 c5 22.~c3 cd4
23. ~d4oo] 18.'f!lf3 'f!lc7 19.ti:\e2 cS
[19 ...liJd5? 20.g4! ~e5 (20... b5 21.g5 hg5
22.:lg1- a4 (22 ...liJ7b6 23.:lg5 ~e7
Survey CK 12.3
24.:lg2+-) 23.:lg5 16 24.:lg3!+- fe5
(24 ...a3 25.b4+-) 25.:ldg1 !+-; 20 ...liJ7b6
21 .:tg1- a4 (21 ... 16? 22.g5 hg5 23.h6+-)
22.g5 hg5 23.:lg5+-) 21 .de5 :ladB
22.ti:\d4±] 20.g4! cd4 [20 ... a4 21 .<i;>b1!]
21.liJd7 liJd7 [21 ... 'f!ld7 22.g5 dc3
23.liJc3 hg5 24.fg5 liJd5 25.<i;>b1 ;!;]
22.liJd4! a4?1 [22 ... 'f!lc4 23.<;;>b1±;
22... ~c5 23.liJb5 'f/lb6 24.c4! ]
23.liJb5?! [23.<.ttb1 ! : as (23 ...:lad8
24.g5! hg5 25.fg5±) 24.g5 hg5 25.fg5±]
23 ...'f!lc4?? [23...'f!lb6! 24.liJd6 'i!t'd6
25.~e3 'f!lc7 26.a3! ] 24.ti:\d6+- W'a2
25.c4 a3 26.~c3! [26.'f!lc3? :ledB!
27. ~e3 liJf6! 28 .~c5 ' (28.<i;>c2 ab2
29.'llt'b2 :ld6 30.:ld6 'f!lc4 31 .<.ttd1
liJdsgg; 2B .~b6 :ld6 29.:ld6 ab2 30. b2
c4 31 .<i;>b1 ti:\dsgg) 28 ... :td6! 29.~d6
liJd5! 30.'i!t'c2 (30.:ld5 ab2 31 .'ilfb2 'irc4
32.q;,b1 ed5gg) 30... ab2 31 .<i;>d2
(3H!fb2?? 'ifc4-+) 31 ... :1c8 32.c5!
(32.~e5 liJb4 33.'i!t'b2 "it'c4 34.<.tte3 liJc2
35.<.ttf2 liJe1 36.'it.>e1 f6gg; 32.cd5??
:lc2-+) 32 ... b6 33 .~e5! 16! 34 .~b2
(34.'f!lb2 'f!la5 35.We2 fe5 36.'f!le5
<i;>hB!gg) 34 ... :1c5 35. b1 (35 .~c3 c4
36.:le6 Wf7 37.:le3 tae3 38.<.tte3 'f!lc3
39.'f!lc3 :lc3 40.<.tte4=) 35...'i!t'a4 36.:le4
(36.:111 'i!t'b4 37.<;f;le2 'f!lb3gg) 36 ... :lc4
37.:lc4 (37.:le3? :lf4 38.'it'g6 :lb4=F)
37...'f!lc4ggl 26 ...liJc5 27.'f!le3 b6
28.g5 eS 29.fe5 liJa4 [29... hg5 30.'f/lg5
ab2 31. ~b2 +-] 30.b4 'f!lb3 31 .~d4
b4 32.'f!ld2 [32.gh6+-] 32 ... 'f!lb3
33.:le3 liJcS 34.'f/lf2 1·0
95
 Ru ez
The Delayed Cozio- Part II:
The 5th Move
by Arthur van de O udeweetering
1. e 4 e5
2. f3 ttJc6
3. i.b5 a6
4. Jl.a4 ttJge7
.i .i.'iV • .i. .i
1.1.1. .. 1.1.1.
I. ..
In tead of building a pawn centre
with 5.c3, which we dealt with in
Yearbook I 04, White has a num-
ber of other option for meeting
the still popular Delayed Cozio.
Like in the main line, new ideas
quickJ y come to the fore here, too.
And again transpositions due to a
change of move order have to be
watched out for while a carefuJ
compari on with the regular
Cozio should be made as well .
The most popul ar amo ng the e
5th move alternative is 5.ttJc3,
trying to di courage 5 ... g6 with
6. d4 ed4 7.ttJd5 ( imi lar to the
4. ttJc3 line agai n t the regular
Cozio). Opening up the game
with the immediate 5.d4 was a
regul ar try again t Ste initz, but
doe not have many top-level
followers nowaday . Only
Vallejo Pons ha recently tried to
breathe new life into it with
5 ... ed4 6.Jl.b3! ?.
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Delayed Cozio Variation
A real redi covery is the straight-
fo rward 5.Jl.b3!?, which had not
received erio us attention since
Keres gave it an outing against
Barcza back in 1950 ! A fo urth
alternative is 5.c4. This estab-
li shes a ftrm grip on the centre
(like after 4 ... d6 5.c4), but ha
not found many adherents yet.
The Most Popular Move
After 5.ttJc3 Black may try to de-
ve lop hi s kingside with 5 .. .g6 or
S... ttJg6, j ust like in the normal
Cozio. A third important option
i the fl ex ible move 5 ... d6, re-
leasi ng the pre sure against
pawn e5, preparing a po ibl e
.. . b7-b5 and .. .ttJc6-a5 and hop-
ing fo r a cl ever transpositi on to
an improved versio n in one of the
other Line . ote that Nakamura
also opted for 4 ... d6 against
4.ttJc3 in hi recent ga me again t
Do ming uez, London 201 2.
Afte r 5 .. .g6 6.d4 ed4 7.ttJd5 Jl.g7
8.Jl.g5
Bl ack has the extra opti on of
8 ... b5 , though 8 ... h6 till eem
RL9.1 (C70)
David Klein
best; see Padhya-Chadaev. Bl ack
bas to be o n hi guard , though -
e pecially fo r the cunning move
d2: in Yury Vovk-Vysochin be
had to pay dearly fo r ll ... d6?.
S... ttJg6 i hardl y ever played .
The inci u ion of .. .a7-a6 does
not improve on the line after
3 ... ttJge7 4.ttJc3 ttJg6 5.d4. On
the contrary: Bl ack is even bereft
of the pos ibili ty 5 ... ed4 6.ttJd4
ttJd4!? 7. d4 c6, as in our De-
layed Cozio, Bl ack would not
gain a te mpo by attacking the
bishop here. The sa me goes for
5.h4 ttJd4!?. So no new relevant
games here!
5 ... d6, on the other hand, is very
popular. ow - unlike in the reg-
ul ar Cozio - White's opti on of
6.d4 fails to the well-known trick
6 .. .b5 7.Jl.b3 ttJd4 8.ttJd4 ed4
9. d4? cS and IO... c4. The
modest 6.d3 woul d aiJow 6 ... b5

7 ...Q.b3 ll.Ja5, e liminating the
bi shop (Marzolf-Karpatchev),
although Nijboer till preferred
6 ... ..Q.d7 .
The main line after 5 ...d6 tart
wi th 6.0-0 or 6.a3. After 6.0-0
Black prefers 6 ... ..Q.d7 to 6 ... b5.
Perhaps the latter can be met by
7 ...Q.b3 a5 8.d4!? (8.d3 wou ld
lead to 6.d3), sacrificing a piece
after 8 ... ed4 9.ll.Jd4 c5 I O.ll.J f5 !,
trying to exploit White's lead in
development. After 6 ... ~d7
7 ..1:le l (7.d4 again runs into
... ll.Jd4 but i certainly an im-
proved version; 7.a3 tran po e
to 6.a3) Black wa fine after
7 ... g6 8.de5 ll.Je5 in Hovhan-
nisyan-Getz.
6.a3 ..Q.d7 (6 ... h6!? preparing
...g6 is a new try (E.Berg-
S.Em t), while the immediate
6 ...g6 led to di a ter in Paragua-
Nezad) and now 7. ~b3 gave
ri se to a tense strategic battle in
Klilaots-I.Sokolov. IO... ll.Jh4 i
an improvement, getting rid of
the knight which, in that game,
faced some problems after the
typical ll .h4. 7.0-0 would allow
7 ... g6 8.d4 ~g7, and Black is
fine (Smeet -Gri schuk).
Opening Up the Game
5.d4 is a logical move, trying to
exp loi t Black's low develop-
ment. After 5 ... ed4 6.ll.Jd4 ll.Jd4
7.~d4 ll.Jc6!? 8.~c6 dc6 Black
wa fine in Cuarta -Gajewski.
Another pos ibility i 6 ... g6
7. ~g5 ~g7 8.ll.Jc6 bc6 (Arenas
Vanega-Bruzon Batista) or7.ll.Jc6
c6 8 ...Q.c6 bc6 (Luther-Te ke).
In both line Black must be care-
fu l when opening the d-ti le in
view of White 's rapid develop-
ment (for example Mehar Chinna
Reddy-Czebe).
Vallejo' 6 ...Q.b3! ? i an attractive
attempt, but apparently can be
met by the principled 6 ... ll.Ja5.
Although Vallejo now won a
smooth game against Turov, thi
seems to give Black an equal
game, for instance after 9 ... ..Q.b4.
A logical development move for
Black i 6 ... ll.Jg6, wh ich i dealt
with below, while regular 4 ... g6
practitioner Tamas Banusz re-
cently experimented with 6 ... d6,
plainly allowing 7.ll.Jg5.
After 7 ... ll.Je5 8.f4 h6 the posi-
tion was remini cent of a varia-
tion from the Scotch Gambit, but
White eems to be on top here.
Finally the pawn sacrifice 6.c3 is
a familiar idea (e.g. from the
Smyslov Ru y Lopez) but here
after declining the offer with
6 ... d5 Black got a comfortable
game in Naroditsky-Bernadskiy.
Straightforward
5. ~b3! ? is an idea of Keres's,
aiming to di courage ... g7-g6,
which has become very popular
recently.
Indeed, 5 ... g6 eemed too light-
hearted in Shabalov-Rodriguez,
Orlando 20 11 . Black has mainly
Survey RL 9. 1
tried 5 ... ll.Jg6 6.d4 (see Klein-
Arnaudov) and 5 ... d5 6.ll.Jc3
..Q.e6 7.ll.Jg5 (S hkapenko-
Gajewski and Akopian-Dzhu-
maev). The e are complicated
lines in which Black eems to be
standing firm.
5 ... ll.Ja5!? has not been tried yet,
but might well be worth a try:
6.ll.Je5 d5 , with compensation.
Central Grip or Flank Attack
5.c4 is another fre h attempt, but
not as popular as 5 ...Q.b3 by far. In
Fries Niel en-Stefansson, White
was looking for a slight pull after
5 ... g6. But 5 ... ll.Jg6 seems to be a
traightforward equalizer.
Finall y, only two games saw
5.h4,
not waiting for, but anticipating
.. .ll.Jg6 or ... g7-g6. In Kalegin-
Pavlov Black replied 5 ...d6, and
after 6.h5 h6 there was no clear
follow-up.
Conclusion
Right now the main theoretical
focu is on the lines 5. c3 and
5. ~b3 . Kiilaots-Soko lov fea-
tured the most critica l line,
where Black ha no clear route to
equality. But although Kiilaots
won thi s battle, he was still
tempted to go for 5. ~b3!? later
(against Ko ten). For the time
being, Black eem to be OK af-
ter that, but it i certain that orne
fieldwork can till be done in
these newly developing lines!
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 The Most Popular Move
S. tt:l c3
Padhya ,Saumil
Chadaev,Nikolay
Mumbai 2012 (8)
1.e4 eS 2. f3 c6 3. ~bS a6 4. ~a4
1Llge7 S.IL!c3 g6 6.d4 ed4 7.1LldS
~g7 8.~gS h6 [8 ... bS 9 .~b3 h6 10.~16
~16 11 . 16 Wl8 12. d4 (12.a4; 12.'i!fd2)
12... ~g7 (12... IS! 13. c6 'l!fl6 14.eiS
(14. b4 ~b7 1S. dS ~dS 16.'i!fdS l%e8
17.0·0!) 14...dc6 1S.fg6 lg6 16.0-0 Wg7:t)
13. dS (13.'i!fd2!±) 13... dS 14 .~dS
'l!fl6 1S.c3 l%b8 16.0·0 e7 17.1Llc2 dS
18.'i!fdS d6 19.13 ~7 20.'l!fd3 l%he8
21. e3 aS 22.'WbS ~e4 23.'l!fas ~d3
24. g4 'i!i'IS 2S.'l!fc7 ~11 26.1%11 l%b2
27.'l!fd6 l%ee2 28.'l!fd4 Wh7 29.1012 l%a2
30.c4 l%ad2 31 .'l!fa7 l%c2 32.'itd4 hS
33.h3 'l!fc8 34. a7 'l!fc4 3S.Wh1 l%ed2
36.Wg1 'WI1 0·1 Kozganbaev-K.Grigoryan,
Moscow 2011] 9 . ~f6 ~f6 10.1Llf6 Wf8
11.o-0 [11.'i!fd2!?] 11...Wg7 12. dS
d6 [12 ...bS 13. ~3 dS 14 . ~dS ~b7
1S.IL!d4 'l!fl6 16.c3 l%ab8 17.14
18.~b7 1Llc6 19.~c6 dc6! Sebag-Zhu
Chen, Ulaanbaatar 2010; 19...'l!fc6 20.'l!fd4
Wh7 21 .1S] 13 .~c6 c6 14.tt:ld4 l%e8
1S.l%e1 ~e6 16.'l!fd2 ~dS 17.edS
d4 18.'i!fd4 'i!ff6= 19.'i!ff6
20.c4?! bS 21 .l%e8 l%e8 22.cbS abS
23. 1 l%a8 24.a3 b4 2S.l%c1 ba3
26.ba3 l%a3 27.l%c7 l%d3 28.We2
l:tdS
29.h4 l:teS 30. d3 hS 31 .g3 We6
32.l%a7 l:tbS 33.We3 l%b3 34. 4
l%b4 3S.We3 dS 36.l%a8 l%e4
37.Wd3 l%b4 38.We3 f6 39.l%e8 WfS
40.l%d8 WeS 41.l%e8 WfS 42. l%d8
l%b3 43.We2 l:tbS 44. 3 l:taS
4S. l%d7 l%a3 46.We2 We4 47.l%e7
S 48.l%d7 l:taS 49.Wf3 gS SO.hgS
98
fgS S1 .l%f7 Wg6 S2.l%d7 l:tbS (9.'l!fd2) 9... 16 10. 13 bS 11.~b3 aS=
S3.l%d8 s S4.l%f8 w es SS.l%e8 Saiboulatov·Nijboer, Belgium tt 2011 /12]
Wd4 S6.l%h8 Wc3 S7.l%d8 Wd3 7. ~ b3 as s.o-o b3 9.ab3 c6
S8.l%a8 g4 S9.Wf4 d4 60. l%a3 w e2 10.d4 g6 11. ~e3 ~e7= 12.deS
61. l%a2 w e1 62.We4 l%b3 63.Wd4 deS 13.'l!fd8 Wd8 14. ~ b6 We8
l%f3 64.We4 Wf1 6S. l%b2 Wg2 1S.l%fd1 f6 16. e1 f4 17. d3
66.l%bS l%f2 67.l%hS Wg3 68.l%aS 1Lld3 18.l%d3 ~e6 19.l%ad1 Wf7'f
1Pg2 69.We3 g3 70.l%gS l%f7 20. ~c7 l%hc8 21.~d6 aS 22. ~e7
71.l%g8 Wh2 72.l%h8 Wg1 73. l%g8 We7 23.f3 l%d8 24.l%d8 l%d8 2S.l%d8
g2 74.l%a8 l%h7 7S.l%a1 c;.f;?h2 Wd8 26. w c7 27.We3 Wb6
76. l%a2 Wh1 0·1 28. e2 cS 29. c1 ?! c4 30.bc4
~c4 31.c3 a4 32.g3 gS
Vovk,Yury
Vysochin,Spartak
Lviv 2011 (2)
1.e4 eS 2.1Llf3 1Llc6 3.~bS a6 4. · 4
ge7 S.IL!c3 g6 6.d4 ed4 7.1LldS
~g7 8. ~gS h6 9.~f6 ~f6 10. f6
Wf8 11 .0-0 d6? 12. d4 bS?!
[12... ~g7 13.1Llc6 1Llc6 14.1LldS:t]
13. ~ b3 ± d4 [13...Wg7 14. c6
(14.Wd2! l%18 1S.'l!fc3+-) 14...1Llc6
1S.'i!fdS (~ 1S.ILldS:t) 1S... 16 16. c6
l%a7 17.l%ad1 l%18 18.14 'l!fb2 19.eS aS
d4 20.ed6 cd6 21 .l%d6? l%a6-+ 22. c5 l%d6 33.f4? g4!-+ 34.feS feS 3S.Wd2
23.'l!fd6 a4 24.fS ab3 0·1 Mok Tze Meng· w cs 36.We3 b4 37.cb4 Wb4
Magomedov, Kuala Lumpur 1993] 38.Wd2 w cs 39.Wc3 h6 0· 1
14.'itd4+-
Hovhannisyan,Robert
Getz,Nicolai
Aix·les·Bains Ech 2011 (4)
1.e4 eS 2. f3 c6 3. ~ bS a6 4.~a4
1Llge7 S. c3 d6 6.0-0 ~d7 [6 ... bS
7.~b3 aS 8.d4!? ed4 9. d4 c5 10. IS
~IS 11 .eiS c4 12.l%e1 cb3 13.ab3~]
tf • .t
.l.l.i.~.l.l.l
.l ~.l
14... cs [14 ...1Llc6 1S.'i!fc3 ~b7 16.a3 aS
17.1Llg4 Wg8 18. ~dS] 1S. d7 ~g8
.l
16. cS 1Llc6 17.~f7 Wh7 [17...Wf7 ~
18.'l!fdS Wg7 19.'Wc6 l%a7] 18.'i!fdS ttJ
ILleS? 19.f4 'tlt'b6 20.feS 'Wcs
~~~
21.Wh1 1·0
:a ~
Marzolf,Bruno 7.l%e1 [7.d4 bS 8. ~3 d4 9. d4 ed4
Karpatchev,Aiexander 10.'t!t'hS (10.'l!fl3!? ~e6 11. ~e6 le6
Saint Affrique 2011 (4) 12. e2 eS 13.a4 ~) 10... g6 11 . dS c6
1.e4 eS 2.1Llf3 1Llc6 3.~bS a6 4.~a4 12 .~gS 't!t'c8 13.l%1e1 cdS (13 ... h6!
1Llge7 s. c3 d6 6.d3 bS [6...~d7 14. b6 ~g4) 14.edS eS?! (14... e7
7 .~e3 (7.0·0) 7...1Llg6 8.h4 hS 9. gS 1S. ~e7 ~e7 16.•gS 0·0=) 1S.f4 ~g4
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16.'i!t'h4 16 17.fe5 lgS 18.ed6 <M7 19.'*'12?

(1 9.'tlt'g5! ~d6 20.J:te7 ~e7 21 .d6 ~e6
22. e7 Wg6 23.~e6 '*'eB 24 .~d7 fHe7
25.de7 J:taeB 26 .~e8 J:teB 27.J:td1 J:te7
28.J:td4 J:te2 29.J:td6 'it;>IS 30.J:tc6 gS
31 .WI1 J:td2=) 19... Wg6 20.h3 ~15?
(20... ~d7! 21 .'*'g3 'irdB 22.J:te5 Wh6
23.J:tae1 g6 24.J:te7 ~e7 25.de7 '*'b6
26.h4 d3! 27.Wh1 fHI6 28.'ird3 gh4 29.d6
Wg7+) 21 .g4 ~d7 22.J:te6 ~e6 23.de6
~d6?? (23...Wh6 24.h4 'i'c5 25.e7 ~e7
26.de7 J:theB 27.J:tl1 'ires 28.J:te1 'i'14
29.'*¥14 gf4 30.~17 gS 31 .J:te6 Wg7
32 .~e8 J:teB 33.hg5 <M7 34.J:ta6 J:te7
35.J:tf6 Wg7 36.J:tl4;!;) 24.'*'17 Wh6 1-0
Fierro Baquero-Raineri, Porto San Giorgio
Berg-Ernst, Maastricht 2011
2010] 7 •.. g6 8.d4 ~g7 9.de5 tLleS
1o.~d7 'it'd7 11.ttle5 ~es 12 .~h6
tl:lg8 112... o-o-o] 13. ~gs h6 14. ~h4 [Photo above with Black to move!] 10...Wh8 [10... tLlh4] 11.h4;!; ~g4
ttle7 15.~e7 ~c3 16.bc3 'ire7 25 ..•J:tfd8 26. J:tfd1 J:ta7 27.b4 ~d4 12.tLle3 ~d7 13.g3 ~f6 14.tLlg4
17.J:tb1 b6 18. d2= J:td8 19.J:tbd1 28.J:tc2 J:tb7 29.J:ta1 J:tb4 30.J:ta6 'i'¥g4 15.tLlg5 'it'd1 16.Wd1± tLld8
'ifes 20. e3 hS 21.f4 '*'cs 22. cs J:tb1 31.Wh2 J:te8 32 .~f4 J:tb2 17.~e3 tLle7 18. 2 hS 19.J:tag1
bcS 23. [23.e5] 23 ..•Wd7 24.J:tb1 33.J:ta2 ~g7 34 .~e3 J:td8 35.d4 ttlg8 20.g4 hg4 21 .J:tg4 ~e7 22.f4 fS
Wc6 25.J:tb3 J:the8 26.c4 J:tb8 J:ta2 36.J:ta2 .i.d4 37. ~d4 J:td4 23.ef5 tLlh6 24.J:tg2 ef4 25 .~f4 J:tfS
27.We3?? J:te4 28.We4 J:te8 29.Wd3 38.J:tc2 J:tc4 39.Wg3 Wg7 40. 3 26.~c1 dS 27.Wd1 ~d6 28.J:te1 tLlc6
J:te1 30.J:ta3 J:tg1 31 .g3 J:tg2 32.J:ta6 Wf6 41 .We3 J:tc7 42.Wd3 w es 29.d4 J:taf8 30.ttle6+- J:t8f7 31 .J:tg5
Wb7 33.J:ta3 l:th2 34.J:tb3 Wc6 43.J:tc3 J:tc3 44.\t;>c3 c,!;>e4 45.Wd2 ttle7 32.tLld8 c6 33. f7 J:tf7 34.J:tgg1
35.w c3 h4 36.Wb2 J:tf2 37.gh4 J:tf4 fS 46.We2 f4 47.f3 Wd4 48.Wd2 gS tLlhfS 35.h5 tLlg3 36.J:te6 ~c7
38.J:th3 J:tc4 39.J:tf3 fS 40.h5 ghS 49.We2 c.!;>c3 so.w e1 Wd3 51 .1ti>d1 37 .~c2 tLlefS 38.h6 gh6 39 .~h6
41 .J:tf5 h4 42.J:th5 J:tg4 43.J:th7 dS w e3 52.We1 Wd3 53.Wd1 We3 Wh7 40.~d2 Wg8 4 1.~f5 1-0
44.Wb3 J:tb4 45.Wa3 Wb6 46.J:th5 54.We1 Wd3 Y2-Y2
c6 47.J:th8 WbS 48.c3 J:tg4 49.Wb3
c4 50.Wa3 J:tg3 51 .Wb2 h3 52.J:th7 Smeets,Jan
w cs 53.a4 J:tg2 54.Wa3 h2 55.a5 Kulaots,Kaido Grischuk,Aiexander
WbS 56.J:th8 J:tc2 57.J:tb8 WcS 0-1 Sokolov,lvan Wijk aan Zee 2011 (12)
Aix-les-Bains Ech 2011 (11 ) 1.e4 eS 2.tLlf3 tLlc6 3 . ~b5 a6 4.~a4
1.e4 eS 2.tLlf3 ttlc6 3 .~ b5 a6 4 .~a4 tLlge7 5.tLlc3 d6 6.0-0 ~d7 7.a3 g6
Berg,Emanuel tLlge7 5.ttlc3 d6 6.a3 ~d7 7 .~ b3 8.d4 i.g7 9.de5 tLleS 10.ttle5 ~es
Ernst,Sipke ttlg6 [7...~e6 B.tLldS tLlg6 9.d3 ~e7 11 .~ b3 ~e6 12.tLld5 tLldS 13. ~d5
Maastricht 201 1 (6) 10.c3 0-0 11.h4!? J:teB 12.ttlg5 tLliB ~dS 14.ed5 0-0 15.'it'd3 J:te8 16.c3
1.e4 eS 2.ttlf3 ttlc6 3 .~ b5 a6 4.i.a4 13.tLle6 le6 14.tLle7 '*'e7 15.~e3 b5 't\t'h4 17.g3 '\i'a4 18.'t\t'd1?1 '\i'c4
tZlge7 5.tLlc3 d6 6.a3 h6!? [6 ...g6 16.h5± Fier-Turov, Maastricht 2011] 19..i.h6 ~g7 20 .~g7 Wg7 21 .'lWd4
7.d4 ~d7? ! (:2: 7.. .b5) B .~gS! ~g7 9.ttld5 8.tLld5 ~e7 [B ... ttld4!?] 9.c3 0-0 'i!fd4 22.cd4 J:te2 23.b3 J:tae8
bS?! (:2: 9...h6 1 0.~16 ~16 11 .tLl16 <,!;>18 10.d3 24. J:tac1 J:t8e7'i'
12.Q-O (12.ttld7 fHd7 13.d5 fHg4!;!;)
12... Wg7 13.tLld7 ed4!;!;) 10.i.b3 h6
11.~16 0-0 12.de5+- ~16 13.tLll6 Wg7
14.1!Vd2 .i.e6 15.ed6 ~b3 16.'tWc3! 1-0
Paragua-Nezad, Ho Chi Minh City 2012]
7.h3 g6 8.d4 bS 9 .~b3 ed4 10.tLld4
tLlaS 11 .~a2 ~g7 12. ~f4 0-0
13.0-0 tLlc4 14.J:tb1 cS 15.ttlde2
~e6 16 .~c4 .i.c4 17.b3 ~e2
18.tLle2 d5= 19.ed5 tLldS 20. ~g3
b4 21 .ab4 cb4 22.'*'d3 tLlc3
23.ttlc3 '*'d3 24.cd3 bc3+ 25.J:tbc1

99
25.llc3 lla2 26.b4 27.llfc1
llee2 28.llf3 llec2 29.llc2 llc2
30.lle3 b6 31 .Wg2 a5 32.ba5 ba5
33.llb3 llc4 34. 3 [~ 34.lld3]
34 ...lld4 35.llc3 lld5 36.llc7 lld3
37.We2 lla3 38.lld7 a4 39.lld6 llb3
40.lla6 a3 41 . 1 <Ot;e7 42.Wg2
Wd7 43.llf6 a2 44.llf7 w c6 45.lla7
llb2 46.h4 w c5 47.g4 Wb4 0-1
Opening up the Game
5 .d4
Cuartas,Jaime
Gajewski,Grzegorz
Barcelona 2012 (6)
1.e4 e5 2.t!:Jf3 tbc6 3 . ~ b5 a6
tbge7 5.d4
4. ~a4
5 ...ed4 6.tbd4 tbd4 7.'it'd4 tbc6
8 . ~c6 dc6 9.'it'd8 Wd8 10.tbc3
[10 .~e3 ~e6 11 .14 16 12.<i.>f2 ~d6
13.tbd2 Wd7 14.tbl3 llaeB 15.e5 le5
16.fe5 ~e7 17.llad1 WcB'f D. Martinez-
Steinitz, Philadelphia 1882] 1O... ~b4
11 .~d2 ~e6 12.0-0-0 WeB 13.a3
~c5 14.f3 ~c4 15. ~f4 a5 16.Wb1
b5 17.tba2 b4 18.b3 ~e6 19.ab4
ab4 20 .~d2 llb8 21.tbc1 ~e7
22.tbd3 llb5 23.tbf4 ~d7 24. ~c1
~d6 25.tbd3 f6 26. ~b2 [26 .~14!?]
26 ... lle8 27.llde1 ~e6 28.f4 c5
29.e5 fe5 30.tbe5 ~d5 31.llhg1 g6
32.g3 ~e5 33.lle5 lle5 34.~e5 c4
35.bc4 ~c4 36.g4 ~e6 37.h3 c5
38.lld1 c4 39.c3 b3 40.Wb2 lla5
41 .lla1 lla1 42.Wa1 ~d7 43.Wb2
Wc6 44.g5 ~ h3 45 .~ b8 ~f5
46. ~e5 ~d3 47. ~ b8 Wd5 48.~c7
We6 49 . ~b8 Wd7 50.~e5 ~e4
51 . ~b8 w e6 52. ~c7 Wd7 v.z-v.z
100
Arenas Vanegas,David
Bruzon Batista,lazaro
Santiago de los Caballeros zt 2011 (1)
1.e4 e5 2.tbf3 tbc6 3 .~ b5 a6 4.~a4
tbge7 5.d4 ed4 6.tbd4 g6 7.~g5
[7.tbc3 ~g7 B. ~e3 0·0 9.0-0 d6
(9 ...tba5!?) 10.tbc6 tbc6 11.'ii'd2 tba5=
Lane-Karthikeyan, Parramatta 2012]
7 ... ~g7 8.tbc6 [B.c3 h6 9.tbc6 bc6
10. ~e3 0·0 11 .0-0 d6 12 . ~d4 16 13.tbd2
c5 14 .~e3 15 15.13 llbB 16.tbc4 ~e6=
J.Bernard-Erdos, Trieste 2012] a... bc6
9.tbc3 llb8 10.'it'f3 o-o 11. ~ b3 d6
12.h4 h5 13.'\i'd3 ~e6 14.0-0-0
'it'd7 15.f3 cS 16.g4 tbc6
:i :i ~
.l 'iV i .t
.. .l .t i 20.tbd5 tt'f7 21.lld1 lle8 22. ~f4
.l ~ .l
~ ~~
~ttJ ~ ~ 29.tbh6 f5 30.tbf5 ~f5 31 .ef5 llf8
~~~
~~
17.gh5? [17.tbd5; 17.'\i'd2] 17... c4!
18.'\i'e3 cb3 19.ab3 f6 [19 ... tbb4
20 .~h6 tbc2 21 .Wc2 ~b3 22. ~b1 ~d1
23 . ~g7 Wg7 24. d4 ~ 25.lldt+]
20.hg6? [20 . ~h6 gh5 21 .llhg1 l:[f7
22 .~g7 llg7 23. h6 tbe5!+] 20 .. .fg5
21 .hg5 ~e5 [21 ...tbb4-+] 22.tbe2
'it'g7 23.c3 'it'g6 24.f4 ~g7 25.tbg3
llbe8 26. d2 tba5 27.'it'h2 tbb3
28.Wc2 llf4 29.tbh5 'ife4 3Q.lld3
'it'd3 ~1
luther,Thomas
Teske,Henrik
Zittau ch·DDR 1989 (10)
1.e4 e5 2.tbf3 tbc6 3 .~ b5 a6 4.~a4
tbge7 5.d4 ed4 6.tbd4 g6 7.tbc6
tbc6 [7 ...dc6 B.'it'l3 ~g7 9. c3 ~e6
10.~g5 'it'd4 11 .lld1 '\i'e5 12 . ~14 '~WaS
13. ~b3 0·0 14.0·0 ~b3 15.ab3 tbcB
16.lla1 b6 17.llld1 ± Mehar Chinna
Reddy·Czebe, Mumbai 2010] 8. ~c6 bc6
[B ... dc6 9.'it'd8 WdB 10.tbc3 ~g7 11.~g5
16 12.0-0-0 ~d7 13.e5! lg5 14.e6 ~c3
15.lld7 WeB 16.bc3 b5 17.h4 g4 (17 ... gh4
1B.llh4 Wb7±) 18.h5 g5 19.h6 ~b7
20.llg7!+- llaiB 21 .e7 ll16 22.llh7 1·0
Mikhalets-Z.Varga, Budapest 1998] 9.1i'd4
f6 1O.h4 tt"e7 11 .h5 llg8 12.tbc3
~ b713 .~e3
13... gh5 [13 ... 0·0·0] 14.0-0-0 llg2
15.llh5 d6 16.lldh1 0-0-0 17.llh7
c5 18. d3 llg1 19.llg1 'it'h7
'\i'e6 23.f3 ~e7 [23...151?] 24.'it'b3 [~
24.c4] 24... ~d8 25.tbe3 '\i'b3 26.ab3
llh8 27.tbf5 ~c6 28.llg1 ~d7
32. ~g5 llf5 33. ~d8 [33.14 ~16=]
33 ...~d8 34.llf1 <i.>e7 35.Wd2 Wf6
36.We3 Y2-Y.!
Nestorovic,Nikola
Banusz,Tamas
Krakow 2011 (B)
1.e4 e5 2.tbf3 tbc6 3 .~b5 a6 4 . ~a4
tbge7 5.d4 ed4 6 .~ b3 [6.c3 d5 7.ed5
'it'd5 B.cd4 ~g4 9.tbc3 h5 10 .~c6 tbc6
11 . e2 ~e7 12.~e3 0-0 (12...0·0·0!
13.0-0-0 ~16) 13.0-0-0 lladB 14.h3 ~13
15. 13 tt"f3+ Naroditsky-Bernadskiy, Wijk
aan Zee CVT 2011] 6 ... d6 7.tbg5 tbe5
8.f4 h6 9.fe5 hg5 10.0-0 ~e6
11.~e6 fe6 12. 'it'f3 de5 13. ~g5
Wd7 14.tbd2 tt"e8 15.'it'f7 'ti'f7
16.llf7 b5 17.llaf1 [17.tbf3 Wd6 18.a4
b4 19.c3] 17... Wd6 18 . ~e7? ! ~e7
19.llg7 ~f8 20.llg6 ~ h6 21.tbf3
~e3 22 . ~h1 llaf8 23.g3 llf7
24 .~g2 c5 25.h4 llhf8 26.h5 c4
27.g4 d3 [27 ...b4!? 28.h6 d3 29.cd3 c3]
28.cd3 cd3 29.h6 d2 30.tbd2 llf1
31.tbf1 llt2 32.Wg3 llf1 33.g5 [33.h7
llh1 34.llg7=] 33 ... llg1 34.~h4 llh1
35.\Pg4 w e7 36.llg7 8 37.b4
~d2 38.a3 ~c1 39.llg6 We7
40.llg7 8 41 .llg6 42.llg7
8 43.llg6 Y2-V.Z

Shabalov,Aiexander
Rodriguez,Eric
Orlando 2011 (9)
1.e4 eS V llt3 tt:lc6 3 .~b5 a6 4.~a4
tt:lge7 5. ~ b3 g6 [5 ... 16 6.d4 d6 7.c3
tt:la5 8. ~c2 g6 9.tt:lbd2 ~g7 10.de5 deS
11 .b4 tt:lac6 12.~b3 Keres-Barcza,
Szczawno Zdroj 19SO; S... tt:laS!? 6.tt:leS
(6 .~17 ~17 7.tt:leS ~g8) 6... tt:lb3 7.ab3 dS
8.edS 'it'dS 9.tt:ll3 ~g4~) 6.d4 ed4
[6 ...~g7 ?.deS tt:leS 8.tt:leS ~eS 9.tt:lc3 d6
10.0·0 ~e6 11.14 ~c3 12.bc3 'it'd? 13.fS
~b3 14.ab3 0·0·0 1S .~g5 l:de8= Rogulj·
Blazeka, Hum na Sutli 2012] 7.tt:lg5 dS
8.ll't3 [8.ed5; 8.0-Q) 8 ...t5 9.ed5 tt:laS
10.d6 "iVd6? [10 ...tt:lb3 1UWb3
(11.dc71? 'ifc7 12.'i!t'b3 "ireS 13.~d1
'i!YdS 14.l:e1 'ii'b3 1S.ab3;!;) 11...'i!Yd6
12.1VI7 (12.tt:ll7 'i!Yc6 13.tt:lh8 ~e6)
12... ~d7 (12...~d8 13. c4;!;) 13.tt:lh7
(13.0.01?) 13...-.e6 14.We6 ~e6 1S.tt:l18
l:18=) 11 .tt:lt7 1Vt6 [11 ...'ifc6 12.tt:lh8
tt:lb3 13.'ifc6 tt:lc6 14.ab3 ~g7 1S.tt:lg6
hg6±) 12.~g5 W'g7 13.tt:lh8 tt:lb3
14.ab3 'iffh8 15.0-0 1-0
Klein,David
Arnaudov,Petar
Haarlem 8 2011 (4)
1.e4 eS 2.tt:lt3 tt:lc6 3.~b5 a6 4. ~a4
tt:lge7 5.d4 ed4 6.~b3 tt:lg6 7.tt:ld4
[7.0-01? ~e7 8.tt:ld4 tt:laS (8 ... tt:ld4 9.'it'd4
0·0) 9.ttJIS 0-0 10.tt:lc3 tt:lb3 11.ab3 l:e8
(11...d6; 11... ~16 12.tt:ldS d6) 12.tt:ldS ~18
13."it'd4 l:e6 14 .~d2 d6 1S .~c3 tt:leS
16.14 tt:lc6 17.'it'd1± Kulaots-Kosten,
Belfort 2012) 7 ••• ~c5 B.tt:lfS [8 .~e3
~d41 9. ~d4 'ifgS 10 .~g7 (10.g3 tt:ld4
11 .Wd4 'it'c1 ; 10.0-Q? tt:lh4) 10... W'g2
11 .l:l1 l:g8+ Schoori-Lammens, Amster-
dam 2012) 8 •.. 0-0 9.0-0 d6 10.tt:lc3
tt:laS [10 ... tt:lh4!, eliminating the strong
knight on IS, seems best again] 11. 'ifhS
tt:lb3 12.ab3 ~fS 13.ef5 'it'h4
14."it'd1 tt:leS [14 ... tt:le7 1S.l:a4 'it'l6)
15.l:a4! dB 16.Wh5 tt:ld7 17.'it'h3
l:le8 18.l:lh4 tt:lf8 19.tt:le4 t6
[19 ... ~d4! ;!;) 20. l:lg4 tt:ld7 21 .tt:lg3 l:le7
22.tt:lh5+- 'iti>h8 [22 ...'ife8 23.b41+-
~ (23...~7 24.tt:lg7 l:lg7 2S.~h6 l:lgS
26.~gS lgS 27.l:lgS 'ifo>h8 28.W'c3 tt:le5
29.'iWc7) 24. ~6 gS 2S.fg6 hg6 26.'iWg3
~h7 27.tt:ll4 tt:leS 28.l:lh4 ~g8 29.tt:ldS]
23.tt:lf4! 'ifo>g8 24.b4! ~b6 25.'i!Yb3
8 26.l:lh4 cj;>eS 27.tt:le6 l:le6
28.W'e6 'iWe7 29.l:lh7
Straightforward
5 .~ b3
Shkapenko,Pavel
Gajewski,Grzegorz
Poland t1 2012 (5)
1.e4 eS 2.tt:lf3 tt:lc6 3.~b5 a6 4 · 4
tt:lge7 5 .~b3 dS 6.tt:lc3 [6.edS tt:ldS
7.0-Q ~e7 8.l:le1 o-o 9.tt:les tt:les 10.l:leS
c6 11.d4 ~d6 12.l:le1 (a Marshall Attack
wi1hout c2~ and ... b7-bS) 12... W'h4 13.g3
W'h3 14.tt:lc3 tt:lf6 1S.'iWf3 ~g4 16.'it'd3
~15 17.W'I1 'i!t'hS 18.13 'i!t'g6 19.'Wf2 l:lae8
20.~e3 bS 21.l:lac1 hS 22.tt:le2 tt:ldS
23.~dS cd5 24.c3 l:le6 25.tt:l14 ~14 26.~14
l:lfeB 27.l:le5 f6 28.l:le6 l:le6 29.l:le1 'i!Ye8
30.l:le6 'it'e6 31.h4 ~ IH2 N.Kosintseva-
Gopal, Gibraltar 2011) 6 .. ...ie6 7.tt:lg5
Wd7 8.ed5 ~dS 9.lij d5 tt:ldS 10.0-Q
[10.'i!ff3 l:ld8 11 .c3 h6 12.tt:le4 ~e7]
10•.. tt:ld4 11 .l:le1 t6 12.tt:lf3 tt:lf3!?
13.'iff3 o-o-o 14.d3 ~cs 15 . ~d5
'iWdS= 16.'i!Yd5 l:ldS 17.~e3 ~d4
18. ~d4 l:d4 19.l:le3 l:lhd8 20.l:lae1
cS 21.g3 gS 22.'ifo>g2 'ifo>d7 23.l:le4
Survey RL 9. 1
l:lg8 24.f3 hS 25.'ifo>f2 'ifo>e6 26.f4 g4
27.tes l:le4 28.de4 feS 29.l:lf1 l:lh8
30.l:ld1 h4 31 .l:ld5 b6 32.gh4 l:lh4
33.'ifo>g2 l:lh3 34.l:ld8 l:le3 35.l:lb8
l:le4 36.l:lb6 5 37. l:f4
38.'ifo>e2 l:lf3 39.l:lh6 c4 40.b3 aS
41 .l:lh8 cb3 42.ab3 e4 43.l:lt8 ~es
44.l:lf3 ef3 45.'ifo>e3
45... 5 46.c4 'ifo>gS 47.
48. 1 w es 49. 2 ~e4 50. 1
'ifo>d4 51.'ifo>f2 We4 52. 1 cj;>eS
53.'ifo>t2 'ifo>f4 54. 1 s 55.
~e4 56. 1 w es 57. Wd4
1-0 58.h3 gh3 Y2-J.2
Akopian,VIadimir
Dzhumaev,Marat
Istanbul ol 2012 (8)
1.e4 eS 2.tt:lf3 tt:lc6 3 . ~b5 as 4. · 4
tt:lge7 s.~b3 dS 6.tt:lc3 ~e6 7.tt:lg5
tt:ld4 8.tt:le6 fe6 9.d3 [9.ed5 ed5 10.0-Q
(10.'ifhSI? tt:lg611.~dS tt:lc212.'iti>d1 tt:la1
13.~7~) 10 ...c6 11.14 b3 (11...tt:le1SI
12.1e5 ~c5) 12.ab3 el4= Predke-Matinian,
Sochi jr 2012) 9...lZJg6 10.'i!Yg4 ~b4
11.0-Q c6 12.~e3 h4 13.'i!Yh4
lZJh4 14.~d4 ed4 15. e2 ~cs
16.lZJg3 l:lt8 17.f4 ~d7 18.l:lae1
l:lae8 19.l:e2 l:le7 20.l:ltt2 ~d6
21 .lZJf1 de4 [21 ... tt:lg6=) 22.l:le4 cS?
101
23.f51 lDfS 24.g4 g6 25.gf5 gfS 14.~c4 ~c4 15.l:le1 dc5 16.~c5 'ii'd1 14.~e3 g5?! [1 4... ~b8+] 15.hg6
26.l:lh4 ~es 27.lDd2 ~f6 28.l:lh5 lH~ M.Petrov-Arnaudov, Dieren 2011 ] ~g7
bS 29. 1 l:lg7?! 30.l:le21 l:le7 6...~g7 7.tDc3 d6 8.lDd5 h6 9.h4
31.lDf3 'iPd6 32.l:lh6 'iPd7 33.l:lh5 ~g4 10.lDe3 ~d7 11 .h5 lDd4
1-0 12. ~d7 'ii'd7 13.hg6 fg6 14.lDd4
ed4 15.lDd5 h5 16 .~g5 lDd5
17.cd5 c6 18.dc6 bc6 19.'ii'b3 'iif7
20.'i!i'c2 c5 21.'ii'a4 'ii'd7 22.'ii'b3
'itf7 23.Wa4 't!J'd7 24. b3 'ii'f7
A Firm Grip on the Centre ~-~
5.c4/5.h4

Fries Nielsen,Jens Ove Kalegin,Evgeny

Stefansson,Hannes
Ballerup 2012 (3)
1.e4 eS 2.lDf3 lDc6 3.~b5 a6 4. ~a4
tDge7 5.c4 g6 [5 ... lDg6 6.0·0 ~c5 7.a3
0-0 8.lDc3 lDd4 9.d3 d6 10.lDd4 ~d4
11.lDe2 (Lanc-Bazant, Czechia 2010)
1 1... ~g4=; 11...~a7=] 6.d3 [6.d4 ed4
7.lDd4 ~g7 8.lDc6 tDc6 9.0-0 0-0 10.lDc3
d6 11. ~e3 lDeS 12 .~b3 ~e6 13.c5 lDc4
Pavlov ,Sergey
Moscow 2011 (5)
1.e4 e5 2.lDf3 tDc6 3 .~b5 tDge7
4.h4 a6 5. ~a4 d6 6.h5 [6.c3 b5 7.~b3
lDaS 8. ~c2 h5 9.d4 lDg6 1O.de5 lDeS
~- ~ Gharamian-Miton, San Sebastian
2011] 6... h6 7.c3 f5 8.ef5 lDf5
9 .~c2!? d5 10.g4? tDfe7 11 .lDh4
~e6 12.d4 'i!i'd7 13.l:lg1?! 0-0-0
16.f3?! [16.de5] 16... h5 17.g5 lDf5
18.lDf5 ~f5 19.lDa3 ed4-+ 20. ~d4
l:lde8 21 . 2 lDd4 22.cd4 l:lhf8
23 . ~f5 'ii'f5 24.lDc2 'i!fg6 25.'Wd2
'li'fS 26.'i!fc3 l:le6 27.lDe1 l:lfe8
28.l:lc1 'Wf4 29. 1 ~d4 30.lDg2
'ii'g3 0-1

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102
 New Arkhangelsk Variat ion RL 12.6 (C78)

The Yurtaev Variation

by Alexey Kuzmin

1. e4 e5 11 ... 0-0 12 ..:e1

2. tt:Jf3 tt:Jc6 And at the given moment after
3. ~b5 a6 12. ~e3 , apart from 12 .. .: a8
4. ~a4 tt:lf6 13.tt:lbd2 h6 14.:el ~e81eading
5. 0-0 b5 to a tran po ition of move ,
6. ~b3 ~c5 12... ed4 13 .cd4 tt:Je4 looks quite
7. a4 ~b8 good .
8. c3 d6 12... h6
9. d4 ~b6 12... ~b7 i a eriou alternative.
10. a5 In the event of 13. ~e3 after
13 ...ed4 14.cd4 tt:lb4 (Nijboer-
Ganguly, Wijk aan Zee 20 I I )
Black can hope to gain counter-
play. A new continuation look
more dangerous - 13.~g5!?
lnarkiev-Kasimdzhanov, Konya Leonid Yurtaev (1959-2011)
2012.
13...ie3 .!:taB The main position of the varia-
The interesting trategic plan tion . White has tried a number of
13 ...ed4 14.cd4 d5 i examined moves. The mo t logical of
in the game Ni Hua-Ganguly, them , in my view, i 15 . ~c2, al-
Kolkata 2004. Even so, it doe though even in thi ca e Black
In the FORUM section on page 14 not olve all Bl ack' problems. has quite good counter-chances
I explain why I feel the line 14.tlJbd2 .l:te8 in the forthcoming po itional
6 .. .~c5 hould be named after L4 ... ~b7 would allow White to battle.
the late Leonid Yurtaev. improve the position of hi
The currently fashionable line knight by 15 .tt:J fl! : es L6.tt:Jg3 . Conclusion
with IO.a5 ftr t occurred in the For the moment, in the variations
game Dolmatov-Sivokho, St. .i.'if • after I O.a5 White has not man-
Petersburg 2000. The Ukrainian aged to set hi opponent any ap-
j. j.j.
grandmaster grabbed the pawn preciable problem if Black
with I O... tt:Ja5?! , but this proved i ~· ~ j. doe not hurry with the develop-
to be a bad decision .
1o... ~a7 11 .h3 ~· ~ ~
j.
ment of hi queen 's bi shop.
However, White has some pa-
The development of the bi hop tial advantage, and the resources
j)__ ~ ~ttJ ~
on e3 on this or the next move in the search for new ideas in this
allows Black additional options ~ ttJ ~ ~ direction have certainly not been
- ll .~e3 ~g4. 1:[ 'iY.ti ~ exhau ted .

103
 A Bad Decision
10 ... ~ a5
Dolmatov,Sergey
Sivokho,Sergey
St Petersburg 2000 (7)
1.e4 eS 2. ~13 ~c6 3.~ bS a6 4. ~a4
~16 S.0-0 bS 6.~b3 ~cs 7.a4 J:l.b8
8.c3 d6 9.d4 ~b610.aS tl:laS?!
11 .J:I.as ~as 12.deS tl:lg4 [12 ... tl:le4?!
13.'i!i'd5 ~e6 14.'i!i'e4 ~b3 15.tl:ld4±;
12...de5?! 13.'i!i'd8 Wd8 14.tl:le5 ~b7
15.tl:lf7 We7 16 .~h8 J:l.h8 17.e5±]
13. ~gs 16 [13 ...'i!i'd7?! 14.e61 fe6
15.tLld4± ] 14.e16 gf6 1S. ~h4!1!? cS
16.h3 hS! 17.tl:lbd2 [17.~d5! tl:le5
18.tl:le5 de5 19.Wf3 J:l.b6 20.'i!i'g3-J
17...J:I.b7? [17 ...c4! 18.e5 de5 19.'it'b1 t]
18. ~dS [18.e5! de5 19.tl:le4± ] 18... J:I.g7
19.eS! tl:leS? [19 ...de5 20.tl:le4± ]
20.tl:leS deS 21.tl:le4 J:l.h6
22.'i¥13+- J:l.gg6 23.J:I.d1 8 10 ... Aa7
24.~e6 ife8 2S.~c8 'i!i'c8 26.~16
[26.ll:lf6!+ - l 26...Wg8 27.~gs 'ii'18
28.'it'18 8 29.~h6 J:l.h6 30.tl:lcS
~b6?! [30 ... ~c7±] 31 .tl:ld7 We7
32.ll:leS J:l.e6 33.tLld3+ - J:l.d6 34.h4
W16 3S. 1 W1S 36.g3 aS 37.We2
l:!e6 38.Wd2 J:l.d6 39.l:!e1? Wg4?
[39... ~12! 40.J:I.e5 Wg4 _ 41 .J:I.g5 Wf3
104
42.J:I.b5 ~g3 43.J:I.a5 Wg4i] 40.l:!e4
3 41 .1:!14 Wg2 42.l:!1S+- b4
43.c4 ~d4 44.J:I.aS ~ b2 4S.l:!hS
~c3 46.Wc2 47. J:I.bS l:!d4
48.tl:lb4 J:l.c4 49.Wd3 l:!c8 SO.J:I.1S
Wg2 S1 .tl:lc2 Wh3 S2.tl:le3 ~b4
S3.hS l:!c6 S4.l:!bS ~cS SS.h6 ~e3
S6.l:!hS Wg4 S7.l:!h4 3 S8.1e3
l:!d6 S9.Wc4 l:!d8 60.h7 J:l.h8 1-0
Yatsenko,Aiexey
Ponkratov,Pavel
Satka 2008 (11)
1.e4 eS 2.ll:l13 tl:lc6 3. ~bS a6 4. ~a4
~16 S.0-0 bS 6. ~ b3 ~cS 7.a4 J:l.b8
8.c3 d6 9.d4 ~ b6 1 O.as tl:laS
11 .J:I.as ~as 12.deS tl:lg4 13.~gs 16
14.ef6 g16 1S. ~h4 cS 16.h3 hS
17.hg4?! hg4 18.eS! g13 19. ~16
[19.Wd5!? c4 20.~c2!1!?] 19.. .fg2
20.J:I.e1 'i!i'd7 21 .ed6 8=
22. ~e7 [22 .~h8 'i!i'h3 23.13 'i!i'h1 24.<;tll2
'i!i'h4 25.Wg1 'i!i'h1 26.WI2 'i!i'h4 27.Wg1
'i!i'h1 ~- ~ Ponkratov-Papin, St Petersburg
2008] 22 ... Wg7 23.'i!i'13 J:l.h1 24.Wg2
'ti'h3 2S.'i!i'h3 J:l.h3 26.J:I.eS c4
27.J:I.gS Wf7 28 .~d1 J:l.d3 29 .~ hS
We6 30.~g4 112-112
Nijboer,Friso
Ganguly,Surya Shekhar
Wijk aan Zee B 2011 (1 0)
1.e4 eS 2.tl:lf3 tl:lc6 3. ~bS a6 4. ~a4
tLl16 s.o-o bS 6. ~b3 ~cs 7.a4 J:l.b8
8.c3 d6 9.d4 ~b6 10.aS ~a7 11.h3
~b7 12.l:!e1 0-0 13.~e3 ed4!
[13... l:!a8 14.tl:lbd2 ed4 (14... J:I.e8 15.tl:lg5!
J:l.e7 16.d5;!; Anand-Shirov, Wijk aan Zee
2010) 15.cd4 tl:lb4 16 .~g5 ! h6 17 .~h4
tLld3 (17.. .g5?! 18.tl:lg5 hg5 1 9 .~g5- )
18.l:!e3 (18.'i!i'c2!? tl:le1 19.J:I.e1 !1!?)
18...tl:lf4 19.'i!i'c2!i; 19.e5 Bologan-
Caruana, Reggio Emilia 2009/10] 14.cd4
ll:lb4 1S.dS [15.tl:lc3!? ~e4 16.~g5oo]
1S... ~e3 16.J:I.e3 cSoo
17.tl:la3!? [17.'ilf'd2 l:!e8 18.tl:lc3 l:!c8
19 .~c2 J:l.c7 20.tl:le2= Timofeev-lnarkiev,
Moscow 2007; 17.tl:lc3 tLld7 18.'i!i'd2 l:!e8
19.tl:le2 'f!¥16 20.tl:lg3 g6 21 .J:I.ae1 =
Svidler-Pavasovic, Khanty-Mansiysk 2007]
17...1fas 18.tl:lc2 'i!i'b6 19.ll:lb4 cb4
20.W d2 aS 21 .ll:ld4!1!? [21 .'i!i'd4 'i!i'c7
22 .~d1 J:l.fe8 23.~e2+% ] 21 ... J:I.be8
[21 ... l:!fe8 22.J:I.ae1 g6 23.tl:lf5!? gf5
24.J:I.g3 w ta 25.'i!i'h6 <;t>e7 26.J:I.f3!1!?J
22 .~c2 g6 23.Wh2 [23.tLlf5!? ~c8
24.'i!i'd4!1!?] 23 ... tLlhS 24.g4? [24.1:!13!\1!1]
24 ...tl:l16 2S.l:!ae1 l:!c8 26.~b1
l:!1e8=i= 27.J:I.3e2 tl:ld7 28.14 l:!c4
29.tl:l13 J:l.cc8 30.<;tlg3 tl:lcS 31 .1S
'i!i'd8 32.h4 tl:ld7 33.'i!i'14 tl:les
34.16? [34.tl:le5 J:l.e5 35 .~d3"F]
34... tl:lf3 3S.'flff3 J:l.eS+ 36. ~d3 ~a6
[36 ...J:I.c5! 37.'i!i'f4 a4+] 37.'i!i'14 h6
38.J:I.f2 Wh7 39.'i!i'd2?! [39.h5! g5
40.'i!i'e3 w gB=i=] 39.. .'i fb6 40 . ~ b1 b3+
41.1:!13 a4 42.l:!c3? [42.~d3 +]
42 ... J:I.c3 43 .'~!fc3 b4- + 44.'i!i'c1
~b7 4S.'i!i'c4 a3 46.hS a2 47.~d3
ghS 48.'i!i'b3 a1 'i!i' 49.J:I.a1 'i!i'e3
SO.Wg2 J:l.gS S1.eS Wh8 0-1
lnarkiev,Ernesto
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam
Turkey It 2012 (6)
1.e4 eS 2.tl:l13 tl:lc6 3. ~bS a6 4. ~a4
tl:lf6 S.0-0 bS 6.~ b3 ~ cS 7.c3 d6
8.a4 J:l.b8 9.d4 ~b6 10.aS ~a7

11.h3 0-0 12.l:le1 ~b7 13. ~gSI?N
[ 13.~e3 Nijboer-Ganguly, Wijk aan Zee B
2011) 13 ... h6 14 .~ h4 ed4 1S.cd4 gS
16. ~g3 l:leS 17.tt::lc3 b4! 1S.tt::ldS
tt::ldS 19. ~dS tt::ld4
20.tt::ld4? [20 . ~b7! tt::ll3 21.'i!fl3 l:lb7
22.e5f] 20 ...~ds 21 .'i!fd3 'i!ff6! +
22.tt::lfS ~ b7? ! [22...~e6! 23.'i!fa6
~c5 +] 23.l:lac1 l:lbcS 24.l:lc4?!
[24.<it;>h2 h5 25.h4 g4 26.13P:) 24 ...dS!
2S.l:lb4 de4 26.'i!t'c4 ~aS:f: 27.tt::le3
hS?! [27 ... c5 2S.l:lb3 tfe6:f:) 2S.l:lc1
h4? [2S ... c5!:f:) 29.tt::lg4 'ili'g6 30. ~es
l:le6 31 .ti'b3 'iPh7
32.l:lb71 ~f2 33.'iPf2 e3? [33... ~b7
34.'i!fb7 :leeS 35 . ~d4 e3P=) 34.cit;>g1 +-
e2 3S.l:le1 fS [35 ...~b7 36.1i'b7 :leeS
37.1i'e7+- J 36.l:lbSI ~dS 37.l:lcS
1-0
NiHua
Ganguly,Surya Shekhar
Kolkata 2004 (11)
1.e4 eS 2.tt::lf3 tt::lc6 3.~ bS a6 4.~a4
tt::lf6 S.0-0 bS 6 . ~b3 ~cS 7 .a4 l:lbS
S.c3 d6 9.d4 ~b6 10.aS ~a7 11.h3
o-o 12.l:le1 h6 13. ~e3 ed4 14.cd4
dS [14 ...l:leS?! 15.tt::lc3±) 1S.eS [15.ed5!?
tt::ld5 16 .~d5 1t'd5 17.tt::lc3 l idS 1S.d5
~e3 19.l:le3 tt::le7P=) 1S... tt::le4 16.tt::lc3
[16.tt::lbd2 ~15! 17 .~e2 l:leSoo] 16...tt::lc3
17.bc3 ~fs 1S. ~c2 ~c2 19. c2;!;
1t'd7 20.'i!fd3 [20.tt::ld2!? b4 21 .tt::lb3)
20 .•. ti'e6
21. ~f4 [21 .tt::lh4! b4 22.eb4 l:lb4
23.tt::ll5;!;) 21 ..• b4 22.cb4 l:lb4P=
23. ~e3 l:lbS 24 . ~d2 l:lfbS 2S.l:lec1
l:lSb7 26.l:la3 l:lb2= 27.ltc3 l:l2b3
2S.l:lb3 l:lb3 29.'Wa6 tt::ld4 30.'Wa7
tt::le2 31 .c.f.>h1 tt::lc1 32.tt::ld4 1t'eS
33.tt::lb3 'i!fc3 34.tt::lc1 'tic1 3S.'iPh2
'i!fc4 36.a6 c.f.>h7 37.'i!fb7 Y.!-Y.!
The Main Position
14 ... l:re8
Kobalia,Mikhail
Caruana,Fabiano
Plovdiv Ech 2012 (7)
1.e4 eS 2.tt::lf3 tt::lc6 3. ~bS a6 4.lta4
tt::lf6 S.0-0 bS 6 . ~b3 ~cS 7.a4 l:lbS
S.c3 d6 9.d4 ~b6 1O.aS ~a7 11 .h3
o-o 12.~e3 : as 13.tt::lbd2 h6
14.l:le1 l:leS
1S.deS [15.d5 tt::le7 16.lta2 c6 17.dc6
tt::lc6= 1S.b4 ~e6 19.~e6 l:le6 20.tt::ll1
Swvey RL 12.6
(20.tt::lh4! ~e3 21 .l:le3 d5 22.tt::li5P=) 20...d5
21 .ed5 tt::ld5 22.~7 : an Sergienko-
Friedel, Pardubice 2011 ] 1S... tt::leS 16.tt::leS
deS= 17.tt::lf1 'i!fe7 1S.'tif3 ~d7
[1S ...~e3 19.tt::le3 c6 20.l:led1 l:la7 21.tt::ll5
(21.l:ld2 l:ldS) 21...~15 22.'til5 l:ld7=]
19. · 7 l:la7 20.tt::le3 l:laaS 21 .l:lad1
:ladS= 22.tt::ldS tt::ldS 23.~dS ~e6
24.~e6 W'e6 2S.l:ldS l:ldS 26.l:ld1
l:ld6 27.l:ld6 'tid6 2S.'i!Ye3 cS 29.f3
hS 30.h4 g6 31 .c;t;>t2 c4 32.'iPg3 'iPg7
33.'i!fb6 "ii'd2 34.'i!fa6 'i!fb2 3S.ti'b6
'i!fc3 36.'iVbS 't!fe1 37.c.f.>h3 W'h1
3S.c.f.>g3 W'e1 39.c.f.>h3 'tih1 40.c.f.>g3
Y.!-Y.!
Arenas Vanegas,David
Vidarte Morales,Arturo
Sitges 2012 (6)
1.e4 eS 2.tt::lf3 tt::lc6 3 .~bS a6 4. · 4
tt::lf6 s.o-o bS 6 .~b3 ~cs 7.c3 d6
s.a4 l:lb8 9.d4 · 10.aS ~a711 . h3
o-o 12.l:le1 h6 13~e3 : as 14.tt::lbd2
~b7 1S.'ili'c2 l:leS [- 14 ... l:le8 15.'ili'c2
~7) 16.deS tt::leS 17.tt::leS
17... deS [17...l:le5?! 18. ~a7 l:la7 19.14
l:le7 (19 ... l:leS 20.e5 tt::ld5 21 .W'I5f) 20.e5
'ili'eS 21 .tt::ll3 deS (21... ~13? 22.'ifl2!+-)
22.fe5± Grischuk·Shirov, Rogaska Slatina tt
2011) 1S. ~a7 l:la7= 19.c4 cS?
[19... 'ili'e7 20.c5 l:laaS=I 20.cbSI abS
2U i'cS : as 22.l:lad1 'ili'e7
23.l:lc1 ± l:laaS [23 ...tt::lh5 24.'i!t'b61l:la6
25.1i'b5± ) 24.'i!fbS :labS 2S.'i!faS
'ifdS 26.'ifc3 ti'e7 27.'ifc7 ~aS
2S.l:lc2 <;l;>fS 29.'i!t'e7 l:le7 30 .~c4
l:ld7 31.f3 l:lbdS? ! [3 1...~e6 32.l:la1
~b5] 32.tt::lf1 g6 33.l:la1 l:lc7 34.b3
l:lbS 3S.l:laS tt::ld7 36.tt::le3 hS 37.h4
l:lbcS 3S.l:lca2 ~b7 39.l:la7 tt::lb6
40.l:l2aS tt::ld7 41 . 2 c.f.>g7 42.c.f.>e1
f6 43.c.f.>d2 tt::lb6 44.l:lbS tt::lc4
105
45.1Llc4 ~c6? ! [4S ... ~a8] 46Jtc7
J:tc7 47.J:tc5+ - J:td7 48 .~c2 ~b7
49.b4 ~ h6 SO.bS gS 51 .b6 J:td4
52.hg5 [S2.J:tc7!] 52...~g5 53 . ~c3
J:td 1 54.J:tc7 ~a6 55.b7 J:tb1
56.1Llb2 ~b7 57.J:tb7 ~g6 58.J:td7
J:tc1 59.'iti>b3 h4 60.1Llc4 J:tf1
61 . ~c3 h3 62.gh3 J:tf3 63.J:td3 J:tf4
64.1Lld6 fS 65.ef5 'iti>f6 66.J:tg3 e4
67 .~d4 e3 68 . ~d5 e2 69.J:tg6 'iti>e7
1-0
Bologan,Victor
Szabo,Krisztian
Rijeka Ech 2010 (11 )
1.e4 eS 2.1Llf3 il:lc6 3. ~b5 a6 4. ~a4
il:lf6 s .o-o bS 6 .~b3 ~cs 7.c3 d6
8.a4 J:tb8 9.d4 ~b6 10.a5 ~a7
11 .h3 0-0 12. ~e3 J:ta8 13.1Llbd2 h6
14.J:te1 J:te8 15.'it'b1 ~b7 16.'it'a2
d7 17.de5 [17.dS il:le7 18. ~a7 J:ta7
19.J:tad1 il:lg6 20.1Llf1 =] 17... 1Lle5! f
18.1Lle5 deS [18 ... J:teS!? 19 .~a7 J:ta7
20 .~c2 J:ta8f] 19 . ~a7 J:ta7 20.J:tad1
'*'e7 21 .1Llf3 cS 22 . ~d5 ~dS
[22 ...c4!?] 23.ed5 '*'d6= 24.c4 il:ld7?!
[24 ... e4! 2S.il:ld2 J:tae7oo] 25.'*'b3 J:tb7
26.1Lld2;!; fS 27.cb5 J:tbS 28 ..-c2
"*f6 [28. .. '*'g6 29.1Llc4 e4;!;] 29.1Llc4±
J:teb8 [29 ... e4 30.13±] 30.d6 [30.13!?]
30... e4 3U i'e2?! [31 .J:te3 'iti>h7 32.13±]
31 ...'iti>h7? [31..."iff7;!;] 32.f3 ILleS?
[32 ... J:te8 33.1e4 J:te4 34.'*'c2 J:te6± ]
33.fe4 il:lc4 34. 'it'c4 J:tb2 35.e5+-
"*g6 36.'ilff1 c4 37.e6 J:ta2 38.J:te2
J:tas 39.e7 1-0
Fedorchuk,Sergey
Shirov,Aiexey
Khanty-Mansiysk rapid 2009 (2)
1.e4 eS 2.1Llf3 il:lc6 3.~ b5 a6 4.~a4
il:lf6 5.0-0 bS 6 .~b3 ~cs 7.a4 J:tb8
8.c3 d6 9.d4 ~ b6 1 o.as ~a7 11.h3
0-0 12.J:te1 h6 13 .~e3 J:ta8
14.1Llbd2 J:te8 15.1Llf1 ed4 16.cd4
[16.1Lld4 il:ld4 17 .~d4 c5! 18. ~16 (18.eS?!
(Cabrera Trujillo-Vidarte Morales, El Sauzal
rapid 2008) 18...cd4 19.ef6 J:te1 20.-..e1
~b7 ! 21.fg7 'it'gSl) 18 ...'itf6 19. ~dS c4
20.1Lle3 J:tbBoo] 16... J:te4 17.d5?1
[17.'iid2 'it'f8 18.1Llg3 J:te8 19.J:tac1 oo]
17... ~e3 18.1Lle3 il:leSf 19.1Lld4?
~h3! 20.~c2 J:tt4- + 21 .1Lle2 ~g4
22.1Llg4 J:tg4 23.J:ta3 "ifd7 24.1Lld4
106
J:te8 25.1Llf5 J:tt4 26.1Llg3 il:lc4
27.J:ta1 J:te1 28.'it'e1 il:ldS 29.b3
ILleS 30. d2 c6 31 .~e4 'ilfg4
32 . ~d5 J:td4 33 . ~f7 34.'it'c2
cS 35. J:te1 g6 36. 1 h4 37.'iti>g1
hS 38.J:te4 J:te4 39.1Lle4 'iti>e6
40. e2 ~g4 41.f3 Wft4 42.g3 c1
43.'iti>g2 gS 44.1Llg5 gS 45.f4 g4
46.'ite4 "*f3 47.'itf3 il:lf3 48.'iti>f3
5 49.'iti>e3 dS SO.'iti>d3 h4 0-1
Gashimov,Vugar
Caruana,Fabiano
W ijk aan Z ee 2012 (7)
1.e4 eS 2.1Llf3 il:lc6 3. ~b5 a6 4. ~a4
il:lf6 s.o-o bS 6 . ~b3 ~cs 7.a4 J:tb8
8.c3 d6 9.d4 ~ b6 10.a5 ~a7 11 .h3
0-0 12.J:te1 h6 13. ~e3 J:ta8
14.1Llbd2 J:te8 [14... ~b7 1S.il:lf1 ! J:te8
16.1Llg3 ed4 17.cd4 il:le7 18.dS ~e3
19.J:te3 "ifd7 20.1Lld4;!; Sebag-Munguntuul,
Ulaanbaatar 2010 (8)] 15. ~c2 ~ b7
16. ~ b1 [16.dS - T.Kosintseva-Munguntuul]
16... 1Llb8
17.c4!? ed4 18. ~d4 bc4 [18 ... ~d4
19.1Lld4 bc4 20.J:ta3 il:lc6oo] 19 . ~a7
J:ta7 20.J:ta3 il:lbd7oo 21.1Lld4
[21 .J:tae3!? ILleS 22.1fc2 il:ld3 23. J:t1e2
il:lf4 24.l:te1 =] 21 ... 1Lle5! 22.J:tg3 g6f
23.f4!? il:ld3 24. ~d3 cd3 25.f5 gS
26.h4 g4 27.J:td3 J:ta8 28.J:tde3 hS
29.'ifc1 'iti>h7 [29 ...l:tb8!? 30.1Lle2 ~e4
31 .1Lle4 il:le4 32.1Ll14 dSf ] 30.il:le2 J:tes
31 .1Llg3 dS [31...J:taS! 32.1Llc4 l:tbS
33.es deS 34.1LleS ~dS 35.1Ll17!] 32.1Llb3
[32.J:tb3! J:tbB 33.'it'c5!f] 32 •.. de4
33.1Llc5 ~c6 34.b4 'it'd6 3S. 'ifa1 ~
~dS 36.1Lld3 [36.l:td1 J:tae8 37. 'ifc3~]
36 ...ed31? 37.'ife5 'ifes 38.J:te5
C6+% 39.J:td1 J:tb8 40.J:td3 J:tb4
41 .J:ta3 'iti>g7 42.J:te2 ~c4 43.J:td2
~dS 44.J:ta1 il:le4 45.1Lle4 ~e4=
46.l:tf1 47.J:td6 'iti>eS 48.l:td8
6 49.J:td6 ~es so.J:tda 6 !12·!12
Kosintseva ,Tatiana
Munguntuui,Batkhuyag
Ulaanbaatar 2010 (4)
1.e4 eS 2.1Llf3 il:lc6 3. ~b5 a6 4 .~a4
il:lf6 5.()-{) bS 6.~b3 ~cs 7.c3 d6
8.a4 J:tb8 9.d4 · 10.a5 ~a711.h3
()-{) 12 .~e3 J:taa 13.1Llbd2 ~b7
14.J:te1 h6 15 ~c2 [1S.il:lf1!] 15... J:te8
[- 14... J:te8 1S.~c2 ~7) 16.d5 il:le7
[16...1Llb8 17.~7 J:ta7 18.b3 c5 (18... c6!?
19.c4 il:lbd7) 19.1Llf1 il:lbd7 20.1Lle3;!;
Arakharnia Grant-Bok, Antwerp 2011 ]
17.1Llt1 [17.b4?! ~e3 18.J:te3 il:lg6
(18...1LledS?! 19.edS iLld5 20.J:te1 iLlc3
21.'ifca Fedorchuk-Shirov, Khanty-Mansiysk
2009) 19.c4 c6 20.dc6 ~c6f ; 17.~7 J:ta7
18.b4 il:lg6 19.c4 bc4 (19...c6!? 20.cb5 cbS
21 .1Llf1 =) 20.1Llc4 il:lf4 2 1.~4 J:tfB;o:%
Luther-Kazhgaleev, Cappelle Ia Grande 2008]
17...1Llg6 18.il:l3h2 c6oo 19.dc6 ~c6
20.1Llg4 il:lf4 21 .'iff3
'it& ~
j.j.
..t£ .. j.
j.
~ .. ttJ
~ 'ti' ~
~~
li ttJ w
21... ~e3? [21...1Llg4 22.hg4 l:te6=]
22. f6! 'ilt'f6 23.1Lle3?! [23.fe3! 1Lle6
24.-..16 giG 2S.il:lg3±] 23 ... J:tad8=
24.J:tad1 'ilt'g6?! [24 ... J:td7] 25.'iti>h2 fS
26. ~b3 'iti>h8 27.1Lld5 [27.-..g3!± ]
27..•te4 28.'ite4 'ife4 29.J:te4 J:tt8
30.f3 il:ldS 31.~d5 J:tc8;!; 32.'iti>g3
~dS 33.J:td5 J:tc6 34.f4 ef4 35.J:tf4
'iti>g8?! [35 ... J:tf4 36.Wf4 'iti>g8;!;] 36.J:te4
J:tf6 37.J:te7 J:tf7 38.J:te8 J:tf8 39.J:te6
J:tf6 40.J:tf6 gf6 41. 4± 42. 5
'iti>e7?1 [42 ...hS] 43.g4 J:tc8 44.J:td3
[44.J:td4!] 44 .•. J:tc5 45.'iti>g6 hS?
[45 ... J:tgS! 46.'iti>h6 dS:o:%] 46.l:te3+- J:tes
47.J:te5 feS 48.Wh5 e4 49.'iti>h4
SO.'iti>g3 'iti>eS 51.h4 dS 52.h5
53. 4 ~g7 54.g5 <J;n 55.b3 'iti>e6
56.h6 <J;f7 57.c4 dc4 58.bc4 1-0
Ru ez Early Divergences after 3 ...a6 4.~a4 RL 13.5 (C8 4)

A Modern Battleground- Part I

by Max Illingworth

1.

3.
e4
2. ttJf3
..tbs
e5

a6
c6
6.d3 example but al o 3 .. .a6
4 ...ta4 ttJf6 5.d3, 3 ...ttJ f6 4.d3 and
3 ... f5 4.d3, fo r in tance) have be-
~

.i..i.i.li
g.
4. ..ta4 tLlf6 come fa hionable to the ex tent .l ...
5. 0-0 ..te7 that omeone playing the pani h ... .l .l
a Black i j ust as li kely to face a
~· ~
6. d3 b5
7. ..tb3 d6 set-up with d2-d3, a one of
8. a4 ..td7 White' more ambitiou options. ~
I will not be covering White' and ·~~ ~~~
Black' alternative on move Jl ~ ~: ~

Ln the not so di tant pa t, varia-
tion of the Ruy Lopez with
d2-d3 were con idered to be
completely toothle . However,
et-up with d3 (notju t the given
Mikhail Koballa
g.
6-8, as I feel that 8 .. JXb and Exercise 1: Black to play
8 ...b4 give White better chances
for an advantage than 8 .....td7, .i ~
and the 6 ... d6 variation ha it
own large body of theory. With .i..i.i.li
8 .. ...td7 Black doe n' t wi h to .l ...
make any conce sions on the i
queen ide. ln the (almo t) tem ~~
game Pi lnik-Tri funovic, Bueno
Aires 1955, Black met 9.c3 with tD
the committal 9... a5 and was ~~~
ul timately outplayed. ~~ ~ \it
It' worth noting that there are a Exercise 2: White to play
large number of transpositions in
thi vari ation , and in the note to Ninth Move Sidelines
the game I have mentioned the White' majn trie agaj n t
variou po ibi litie . 8 .. ...td7 are 9.c3 and 9 ...td2, but
in Sutov ky-Adam , Europ an
Exercises Team hampi on hip 20 I I,
Before continuing with the theo- 9 •..te3 wa played, re ulting in a
retica l material, I wi h to pre ent po iti on in which White had the
a few critica l po iti on a exer- ea ier game and even mi s ed
cise , which de mon trate orne orne chance later on. Bl ack ha
of the key ideas for both side . a impler route to equality with
You can find the olution in the ll ... ba4, opening the b-fil e for
note to the game , but I recom- hi rook.
mend attempting to olve them The move 9. c3 i more com-
fir t. Thi will make it ea ier to mon, but Black can equali ze wi th
a imjlate the analysis and un- 9 ...tLla5 IO...ta2 0-0, a pl ayed in
derstand the midd legame po i- Kryvurochko-Cheparinov. The
tions ari ing from thi line. IO... b4 to Svidler-Carl en ap-

107
pear even better; while White
obtained a tiny edge in the game,
Black ha a number of improve-
ments and can even gain the
advantage if White play inaccu-
rately. It' not urprising that
White' idelines haven ' t re-
ceived much attention , a they
are harmle .
The Old Line
The most popular move in 2007
wa 9...id2.
The (Almost) Stem Game
9.c3 tt:l a5
Pilnik,Herman
Trifunovic,Petar
Buenos Aires 1955 (17)
1.e4 e5 V.L!f3 tileS 3.~ b5 aS 4. ~a4
tilts 5.0-0 ~e7 S.d3 b5 7.~b3 dS
8.a4 ~d7 9.e3 lila5?1 1~ 9...0·0
10.l:le1 lila5 11. ~c2 c5 12. bd2 ~c7
13.lill1 b4 14 .~g5 l:llb8 15.til3d2 h6
16.~16 ~16 17.lile3 ~e6 18.c4 ~g5
19.lilb3 ~e3 20.fe3 ~- ~ Pilnik·Giigoric,
Buenos Aires 1955 (7)) 10 . ~e2 e5
11.d41 [11 .lilbd2 0·0 - 9...0·0 Part II)
11 ... tileS 12.de5 (12.h3 0·0 13.d5
(13. ~g5 'fkc7 14.d5 lila5 15.lilbd2 l:llc8
16.'ife2 b7 17.c4 b4 (Ugrinovic·Siveri,
Imperia 1968) 18.l:lle1;l;) 13...lila5 14.b4
cb4 15.cb4 lilc4 16.tilbd2 lilb6 17.a5 lila4
18. b1 'ifc7 19.~d3 tilh5 20.l:la2 g6
21 .l:lc2 'ii'b7 22.~h6 l:llc8= Wang Chen·
Zhou Jianchao, Ningbo 2011) 12 ...de5
13.'ife2 (13 .~g5!? ~e6 14.ab5 ab5
15.'ifd8 l:ld8 16.l:la6 lilb8 17.l:la7 h6
108
White succeeded in achieving
promi ing po ition after9 ... 0-0,
e.g. in the game Kobalia-
Korotylev. However, when Leko
introduced 9 ...b4 again t Anand,
temporarily preventing the de-
velopment of the b !-knight, 9.c3
once again became the main line.
Navara-Aronian saw White
attempt to improve on Anand 's
play with 13.d4, even achiev ing
an advantage before going
a tray, but Black hould be able
to equalize with l 3 ... ..ig4 ac-
cording to my analy is. In
Are chenko-Gu taf on I exam-
ine White's alternative on move
J l and 12, which don ' t cau e
Black any difficulties at all.
Naidit ch-Sanikidze how that
LO.a5 (in tead of I O.c3) i a eri-
ou try for an advantage,
although 17 ... tt:ld5 i an impro-
vement over the game. Even
though 9 ...id2 has been super-
18.~16 ~16;!;) 13 ... 0-0 14.l:ld1 'fke7
15. bd2 (15.lila3 'fkb7! 16 .~g5 l:llb8=)
15 ...tila5?! [15 ...c4 16.lill1 ~e6 17. e3
l:lad8=) 1S.tilf1 e4 (16... ~e6 17. ~g5 !
lilc4?1 (17...~c4 18.'ife1 ~b3 19.lile3
~c2 20.lilc2;!;) 18.b3 lila5 19.ab5 ab5
20.lile3;!;) 17.ab5 ab5 18. ~g5 ;!; ~eS
19.tile3 tile8? [19 ...l:lld8)
20.tild5! ~d5 21 .~e7 'fke7 22.l:ld5
(22.ed5 16 23.lild4±) 22 ...lile7 23. l:le5
tileS 24.l:la8 tileS 25.l:lf8 8 16.~g5 b3!? 17 .~b3
2S.tild4 b4? [26 ...'fkd6±) 27.f4 lilgS
eded by 9.c3 in popularity, I
u pect White's re ources have
not been completely exhau ted
yet.
Conclusion
In thi Survey I have ai med to
comprehensively cover the posi-
tion after 8 ... ..id7 . ln addition to
collating the ex i ting theory, 1
have tried to improve on it where
po ible and ugge t where fu-
ture developments in thi line are
most likely to take place. 9 ...id2
is perhaps due to be revived, a at
the time of writing Black i hold-
ing hi own in the 9.c3 0-0 varia-
tion .
In Part U of this eries on the
move d2-d3 in the Ruy Lopez
I will put the main line 9.c3
0-0 under the microscope and
explain the ins and outs.
28. 'ilt'e4 tilf4 29.tilf5 +- 'ifd8
30.1i'b4 c;f;>g8 31.'ift'dS 'ift'dS 32. dS
8 33. 2 c;f;>e7 34.lilf5
35. e3 b5 3S. d5 c;t;>es 37.lilf4
4 38. ~d3 tildS 39.g3 <;i;>eS
40.c;t;>e3 tileS 1·0
Ninth Move Sidelines
9 ...1le3
Sutovsky,Emil
Adams,Michael
Porto Carras Ech·M 2011 (4)
1.e4 e5 2.tilf3 tileS 3 . ~b5 aS 4 .~a4
lilts 5.0-0 ~e7 S.d3 b5 7 .~b3 dS
8.a4 ~d7 9.~e3 (9.ab5 ab5 10.l:la8
'i!Va8 11 .lilc3 tila5 (1 1... 'ilt'b8 (Nestorovic·
Abramovic, Belgrade 2009) 12.lild5 tild5
13 .~d5 ().0 14.h3 ~16=) 12.~a2 b4
13.lild5 tild5 14 .~d5 c6 15 .~a2 c5
b3 18. ~e7 c;f;>e7
19.cb3 l:l b8~ Sion Castro·Biatny, Andorra

1993; 9.h3 o-o 10.t0c3 (10. ~d2) 10... as
11.~a2 b4 12. dS dS 13.~dS c6
14.~a2 c5= Brandberg-Andersen, ICCF
2010; 9. bd2 0·0 10.lle1 (10.c3) 10... aS
11.~a2 c5 12. 11 ba4 (12 ... c6 (Van
Mechelen-Staf, ICCF 2011) 13. e3
14.h3;) 13.t0e3 llb8 14.h3 (Bruzon
b6
Batista-Bhat, Badalona 2010) 14 ...a3 1S.ba3
~e6 16.~e6 fe6 17. ~d2 c6=; 9....e1
0-0 10.~e3 ~e6 11 . bd2 ..d7 12 ....e2
J:lfb8 13.~e6 fe6 14.abS abS 1S.d4 ed4
16.~d4 eS 17.~e3 dB 18.• d3 e6=
Bartei-Postny, Eilat tt 2012] 9 ... o-o
[9... aS 10 .~ ba4!? 11. ~d2 c5 12 .~aS
'i'aS 13.t0c3 ..b4 14.'t!fd2 0·0= Sabadell
I Ximenes-Michael, ICCF 2011] 10.h3
aS 11 .~a2 cS [11 ...ba4!N 12. c3
(1 2 .~d2 c5 13.~as aS=) 12... llb8
13...c1 c5=] 12.abS [12. c3 b4
(12... ba41?) 13. dS dS 14 .~dS ~c6
1S .~c6 c6 16.t0d2 dS 17. b3 de4
18.de4 c4 19. d2 aS (19 ...c3!? 20.bc3
bc3 21 . c4=) 20. 13; Volokitin-Postny,
Istanbul ol 2012] 12 ... abS 13.t0c3 b4
[13... c4 14.d4 b4 1S.deS bc3 16.ef6 ~16
17.bc3 ~c6=] 14.tUdS lUdS 1S. ~d5
~c6 16 . ~c6 tUc6 17. d2 lla1
18 .• a1 '\!faa 19. c4 [19.W'd1 '*'b7
20.• g4 lla8=] 19 ..... b7 20.• d1 dB
21.t4; dS 22. eS f6 23.tUf3 de4
f7 26 .~f2
24.de4 W'e4 2S.lle1
[26.~d4 14 27.lle7 't!fd6!=] 26 ... 't!fb7
27 .• e2 ~d6 28.'iWc4 llc8 29.t0d2
h6?! [~ 29 ...'ith8] 30. f3?! [30. e4
c;;ha 31 ...,e6! ~18 32.'ith1±J 30 .. .'t!fc6
31 .lle6 [31 .t0h4!] 31 ... W'd7 32.'i!fdS
J:ld8 33.lle4 ~f8 3H Wd7 lld7
3S.lle8 d6 36.lla8 17-17
More Common
9.ltlc3
Carlsen,Magnus
Svidler,Peter
Moscow W ch blitz 2010 (30)
1.e4 eS 2. f3 tUc6 3 . ~bS a6 4 . ~a4
f6 S.0-0 ~e7 6.d3 bS 7 . ~ b3 d6
8.a4 ~d7 9. c3 aS [9... b4 10. dS
(1 0. e2 tUaS (1 0...0·0 11 . g3 aS
(11... ~g4 12 .~e3) 12 .~a2 c5- 9... aS)
11. ~a2 - 9... tUaS) 10... dS (10 ... tUaS!?
11 . b4 cS 12.t0a2 b3 13.cb3 0·0!1!1
Morais-Pinho, ICCF 2010) 11.~dS llb8
12 .~e3 o-o 13 .~c4 't!fc8 14.aS ~e6
1S.t0d2 ~16 16.c3 ~c4 17.dc4 bc3=
Palac-Morovic Fernandez, Pula tt 2001]
10. · 2 b4 (10 ... cs 11 . dS; 10 ...D-O]
11 . e2 cS ~ [11...Q-O 12.t0g3 (12. ~d2
llb8 13.c3 (13. g3 c5 14. h4
1S.t0e4 ~h4 16. d6 ~e6 17.~e6 't!fd6
e4
18.~a2 ; Dvoiris-Kuporosov, Elista ch-RUS
1994) 13... bc3 14 .~c3 c5 1S. d2 c6
16.aS t0d4 17. c4 ~e6 18.h3 lle8=
Nestorovic-Pruijssers, Zurich 201 0; 12.c3
llb8 13.t0g3 c5 14 .~gS h6 1S .~d2 ~e6
16.cb4 cb4 17.d4 ~a2 18.lla2 dSI;:t
Hunt·BI!n Artzi, Gibraltar 2012) 12 ... c5 -
11 ... cS] 12. d2!? [12. g3 0·0 13. h4
(13 .~gs h6 14 .~d2 c6 1S.lle1 llb8
16.~c4 aS 17. 11
Hort-Xie Jun. Copenhagen 1997; 13.
~g4 1H!t'e1 ~e6 1S. c4
.' .,.i.
Meszaros-Palecek, Brezova 201 0) -
Exercise 1
tv
.t.tiii
.,.~ · ' '~
~
~~~
~ - ~
13... b3! (13... e4 14.de4 ~h4 1S.'t!fd6
W'e7 (15 ...b3? 16.cb3 -.e7 17.lld1 ~g4
18.'t!fe7 ~e7 19.tUIS ~15 20.ef5± Ni
Hua-Johannessen, Dresden ol 2008)
16. b6 (16.lld1 !?) 16... c6 17 .~e3 d4
18 .~d4 cd4 19. ~dS llac8 20.'t!fa6 llc2
21 .aS ~e6'i" Guseinov-Thipsay, Moscow
2004; 13...g6 14 .~h6 lle8 1S .~d2 ! (Leko·
Kramnik, Miskolc m-6 rapid 2007) 1S... llb8
16.t013 W'c7= t::. 17. gS c4) 14.cb3
(14. ~b3 t0b3 1S.cb3 ~g4 16.13 ~e6
17. hiS llb8'i") 14... c6 1S.b4
16.~c4 e4!N (16... c6 17.tUhfS d4
18. d4 ed4 19 .~gs; Erenburg-Kaufman ,
ICC 2011) 17.de4 ~h4 18.'t!fd6
19.llb1 ~e6 20.'\!fda lladB 21.~e6 fe6'i"]
12 ...~e6 [12 ... 0·0 13.14] 13.f4 [13 .~e6
fe6 14.14 b6 (14 ... el4? 1S. 14 't!fd7
16.'t!fl3 c6 17. h3 d4 18.c3±) 1S.feS
deS 16. 13 c4 17.'ith1 g4 18.d4 0-0;:t]
13 ...~a2 14.lla2 0-0 1S. f3 t0c6
16. g3 ef4 17. ~f4 d5?! [~ 17...g6=]
Survey RL 13.5
18.eS e8 19. fS! c7 20.lla1
tUe6 21 . ~g3 't!fd7 22.'ith a llae8
23.c3 f6 24. e7 't!fe7 2S. ~h4 gS
26.ef6 llf6 27 .~g3 llfS 28.lle1 W'f6
29.cb4
lle1 32. e1
b4 30. eS
•e6 f4 31 . d7
33. cS 'tlre1
34.lle1 t0fd3 3S. d3 d3 36.lla1
t0b2 37.'itg1 c4 38. ~f2
39.llb1 llf6 40.llb7 'itg6 41. ~d4
llf4 42 . ~f2 d2 43.llb6 llf6
44.llb7 llc6 4S . ~e3 e4 46.h3 hS
47. 1 g4 48.hg4 hg4 49.aS S
SO.llf7 'ite6 S1.llg7 llc3 S2. ~f4
lla3 S3.llg4 5 S4.ll h4 llaS
SS. ~e3 lla2 S6.g4 'ite6 S7.llh6
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Korotylev,Aiexey
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Aronian,Levon
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1.e4 eS 2.t;:)f3 t;:)c6 3.~b5 a6 4. · 4
t;:)f6 5.0.0 ~e7 6.d3 b5 7.~b3 d6
8.a4 ~d7 9.~d2 b4! 1O.c3 0.0
11 .h3 [11.l:te1 l:tb8 12.h3 bc3!? (12... .-ca
13.a5; 13.d4 ~h3 14.gh3 bc3 15.~c3 'ifh3
16.ti:)bd2 ti:)g4 17.d5 ti:)d4 18.~c4 t;:)f2
Jensen-Douglas, ICCF 2010; 12 ... ti:)h5
13.~c4 (13.d4 bc3 14.~c3 ed4 15.ti:)d4
.-ca
t;:)l4=) 13... (13... as 14.d4 bc3 15 . bc3~)
14.cb4 ti:)b4 15.ti:)c3=) 13.~c3 (13.bc3
5 14.ie.a2 'it'c8 15.ti:)a3 ~e6=)
13... ti:)h5! (13... ti:)b4 14.d4 ( 14.~c4 c6!?oo)
14... ed4 15.ti:)d4 ( 15.~d4 ! ? ~e6
16.t;:)bd2oo) 15... d5!? (15 ...c5 16.ti:)l3 ~c6
(16 ... ti:)h5 17.e5 ~e6 18 . ~e6 leG 19.ed6
~d6 20.ti:)bd2~) 17.ti:)bd2 d5 (17...ti:)h5!?
18.ti:)e5 deS 19.'it'h5 ~16 20.'it'e2oo)
18.ed5 (1B.ti:)e5 ~8 19.ed5 ti:)bd5 20..-c2
t;:)c3 21 .bc3 'it'c7 22.'l!+'l5 (22.l:tab1
l:tbe8oo) 22 ... ~d6 23.~c2 'it'c8oo)
18... ti:)ld5 (18 ... ~d5 19 . ti:)e5~; 18... ti:)bd5
19.~e5 l:tb7 20.~g3 ~) 19.~e5 ( 19.~c4
~16 20 .~e5~) 19 ... l:tb7 (19 ...l:tc8 20.ti:)c4
n ea 21.~g3~l 20.t;:)e4 l:td7 (20... w ha
21.~g3 16 22.l:tc1 l:td7 23.'l!+'e2 'it'a5
24.l:tcda) 21 .'ll+'e2 <li'h8!? 22.l:taca)
16.e5 (16.ed5 t;:)bd5 (16... ti:)ld5= 17.~
ti:)b4 18.ti:)c3oo) 17.ti:)l3 ti:)c3 18.ti:)c3 ~d6
19.'it'c2oo; 16.ti:)d2 c5 17.~b4 de4! 18.ti:)c2
cb4 19.t;:)e4 t;:)e4 20.l:te4 ~16) 16... ti:)e4
17.e6 (17.ti:)d2 ti:)cS; 17.~d5? ! ti:)f2+)
17...~e6 18.ti:)d2 (18.ti:)e6 leG 19.l:te4 de4
20.'it'g4 ~16+) 18... ti:)c3 19.bc3 ti:)d3
20.l:te3 (20.l:te6 leG 21 . 6 'it'd? 22.ti:)l8
l%18=) 20... ti:)14 (20... t;:)c5 21.ti:)c6 'i!fd6
22.ti:)b8 ~g5 23.l:te2 l:tb8 24 .~c2=)
21.ti:)c6 'it'd6 22.ti:)b8 l:t b8~) 14.~c4
(14.d4 ed4 15.t;:)d4 ti:)d4 16 .~d4 ~16!
17.~16 'it'l6 18.ti:)c3 ti:)l4 19.l:te3 ~e6'i')
14... ti:)14 (14 ... a5 15.ti:)e5! ti:)e5 16.'it'h5~)
15.ti:)bd2 (15.~6 15 16.ti:)bd2 ( 16.~b5
'i!fea 17.~d2 le4 18.de4 t;:)g2 19.<li>g2
'i!fg6 20.Wh2 t;:)d4 21.~d7 t;:)l3 22.<li'h1
l:tb2-+) 16 ...'it'e8 17.~c4 ~h8 18.ti:)l1
'l!+'g6 19.ti:)g3 h5!? (19 ...ti:)h3 20.gh3 14
21 .Wg2 fg3 22.fg3 'it'h6~) 20.h4 (20.ef5
~15 21.~d2 ~d?'i') 20 ... fe4 21 .de4 ~g4
22.l:te3 ~13 23.l%13 ~h4oo) 15... 'l!+'c8
(15.. .<iPh8 16.~a6 15 17.ti:)f1 'it'ea 18.~b5
'it'f7 19.ti:)g3 le4 20.de4 ti:)h3 21.gh3 'l!+'l3
22."i!fl3 l%13 23.<li>g2 l%17 24.ti:)l5~ ;
15...'it'e8 16.d4 ed4 17.ti:)d4 ti:)e5
18.'it'c2oo) 16.d4 (16.ti:)l1 ~e6 17.ti:)e3
112
ti:)b4 18.'ifd2oo) 16... ~h3!? (16 ...~16
17.de5 e5 18.ti:)e5 ~e5oo) 17.gh3 ti:)h3
18.<.ti?h2 t;:)f2 19..-e2 'i!fh3 20.<iPg1 1fg3
21.Wt1 ti:)g4 22.'i!fg2 'it'l4 23.<li'g1 ti:)e3
24."i!fh2 'i!fh2 25.<li>h2 t;:)c2 26.de5 deS
27.~a6 l:tld8+="] 11 ...l:tb8 12. ~c4
[12.l:te1] 12...'iVc8 13.a5 [13.l:te1]
13...~e6 14.l:te1 h6 [14 ... l:td8 15.l:ta4?1
( 15.~e6 ..e6 16.c4'i'/=) 15 ...d5! 16.ed5
~d5 17.ti:)e5 ( 17.~d5 l:td5 18.d4 ed4
19.cd4 'it'd?+) 17...ti:)e5 18.l:te5 ~c4
19.dc4 bc3 20.ti:)c3 l:tb2'i'] 15.l:ta4
[15.'l!+'b3 bc3 16.'iVc3 ~h3! 17.gh3 'i!fh3'i']
15...~c4 16.dc4 bc3 17.~c3 ti:)d8!
18.b4 ti:)e6 19.ti:)bd2 cS'i' 20.b5! ?
abS 21.cb5 l:tbS 22.a6 'it'c6 23.'it'a1
l:ta8+ 24.a7
24 ... ~d8 [24 ... l:tb7!] 2S.ti:)c4 ~c7
26.l:ta6 'it'b7 27.ti:)fd2 ti:)d4
28.'it'a4?! [28.l:ta2'i'] 28 ... ti:)d7
[28... d5!] 29.'it'a2 ti:)b6 30.ti:)b6 l:tb6
31 .l:ta4 ti:)bS 32.~a5 'it'a7-+
33.'it'c4 l:ta6 34.'it'b5 n as 35.l:ta5
'it'as 36.'it'd3 c4 [36 ... 'it'b4!] 37.'i!fc2
~b6 38.l:tc1 ~d4 39.ti:)c4 'iVcS+
40.'i!fe2 l:ta1 [~ 40... 15] 41.l:ta1 ~a1
42.ti:)e3 ~d4 43.ti:)f5 'ifc1 44. ~h2
'i!ff4 45.Wg1 ~cS 'i' 46.g3 'i!fc1
47.Wg2 g6 48.ti:)e7 8 49.ti:)d5
<li>g7 50.h4 h5 51 .'it'f3= fS 52.ef5
gf5? 53.'it'f5+ - 'i!fh6 54.'it'd7 <li'h8
55.'iVe8 Wg7 56.'it'e7 ~ h8 57.ti:)f6
d5 58JWe5 ~d6 59.'i!fd6 1-0
Naiditsch,Arkadij
Sanikidze,Tornike
France tt 2011 (6)
1.e4 eS 2.ti:)f3 ti:)c6 3.~b5 a6 4. ~a4
t;:)f6 5.0.0 ~e7 6.d3 b5 7.~b3 d6
8.a4 ~d7 9 ~d2 b4! 1O.as 0.0
11.c3 [11.~a4 l:tb8 12.'i!fe1 d5 (12 ... l:te8
13.~c6 ~c6 14 .~b4 d5 15.ti:)e5 ~Boo)
13.ed5 ti:)d5 14 .~c6 ~c6 15.ti:)e5 ~8'i';
11.~e3 'i!fc8 {11...ti:)g4!? 12 .~d2 ti:)l6=;
11...Wh8 12.h3 ~ea 13.ti:)bd2 h6 14.ti:)c4
ti:)h7 15.d4 15 16.el5 {16.de5 le4 17.ti:)d4
ti:)d4 18.'it'd4 d5 19.ti:)d2~) 16... e4 17.ti:)h2
d5 18.ti:)e5 l%15 (Pogonina-Zhao Xue. St
Petersburg RUS-CHN 2012) 19.ti:)hg4 ti:)e5
20.ti:)e5~) 12.h3 ~e6 13.ti:)bd2 ~b3
(13... h6=) 14.ti:)b3 d5 (14...'i!fe6!? 15.l:te1
l:tld8 16.d4 d5=) 15 . ~g5 l:td8 16.~16 ~16
17.ti:)ld2 de4 18.ti:)e4 ~e7 19.'i!fl3 'i!fe6=
Nepomniachtchi-Korotylev, Moscow 2009]
11...l:tb8 12.h3 [1 2.~c4 c8 13.l:te1
~e6 14.'it'a4 ~c4 15.dc4 b7 16.b3 bc3
17.ti:)c3 ti:)b4'i' 18.l:teb1 ?! (Saltaev-
Michalczak, Dortmund 201 1) 18 ...ti:)d3
19.ti:)d5 ~dB+] 12... 'i!fc8 13.J:te1 bc3
14.bc3 ~e6 15.~e6 'it'e6 16 . ~a4
:i i: ~
.S. i i i
'
' '
~
~ · 'W~
'if ~
~~ ltJ ~
.t ~~
J:[ ltj .: ~
16 ... d5 17.ed5 'it'dS [17... d5 18.'iifc4
(18.ti:)d4 ti:)d4 19.cd4 ~b4! 20.l:te5
'i!fd6'i') 18 ...ti:)l4! 19.'tl'e6 ti:)e6 20.ti:)e5
ti:)e5 21 .l:te5 ~16=] 18 . c4 [ 18. ~g5 ti:)d7
19 .~e7 ti:)e7 20.d4 c6 21.ti:)bd2 ed4
22.ti:)d4 ti:)d4 23.'tl'd4 ti)l6 24.ti)e4
(24.'i!fd5!? ti:)dS 25 . ti)e4 ~) 24...'ir'd4
25.cd4 ti:)e4 26.J:Ie4 J:lb5 27.llc1 l:ta5
28.l:tc7 l:td5 29.13 g6~ Kobalia-Harikrishna,
Kallithea tt 2008] 18...'ir'd6 19.ti)c3
ti)b4 [1 9...l:tlc8!?+="; 19... l:tfd8] 20.c5 !
'ireS [20 ... 'i!fd8 21.ti)e5 ~c5 22 .~e3
~e3 23.l:te3~] 21 .l:te5 'i!fd6 22.l:tae1
~d8 [22 ... J:IIe8 23 .d4 ~] 23.d4 ti)d3
24.l%1e3 l:tb4 25.'iifa1 ti)eS [25 ... l:td4
26.ti:)b5! ab5 27.'i!Vd4 ti)e5 28.l:te5 ~e7
29.J:Ie7! 'ilfe7 30 .~b4 ±] 26.de5 'ilfc6
27.ef6 ~f6 28.'it'e 1± l:tfb8 29.".,e2
h6 30. e4 J:lb1 31 . ~ h2 ~a1
32.ti:)h4 ~es 33.ti:)g3 ~f4 34.t!)ts
'i!fa4 3S."ijj'g4 ~g3 36.l:tg3 'l!+'g4
37.l:tg4 g6 38. e7 ~h7 39.J:If4 fS
40.J:Ic4 l:td8 41 .~f4 J:ld7 42.J:Ic7
l:tc7 43 .~c7 J:lb7 44.ti:)d5 l:tbS
45.ti:)f4 g5 46.ti:)e6 f4 47. ~b6 1-0
 Ru ez Open Variation RL 27.1 1 (C83)

Unpleasant Pressure
by A.C. van der Tak

1. e4 e5
2. lt)f3 lt)c6
3. ~bS a6
4. ~a4 lt)f6
5. 0-0 lt)e4
6. d4 bS
7. ~b3 dS
8. deS ~e6
9. lt)bd2 lt)cS
10. c3 ~e7
11 . ~c2 d4
12. lt)b3 d3 Here too we ee that White ha
pleasant pl ay - Black' advanced
d-pawn will almo t alway be
:i tv• .i
lost. However, the question re-
.l .i..l.li mains how substantial White' ad- Erwin I'Ami
~ j_
' ·~ 1:3:,
vantage actually is. In any case,
the statistics show a good score for
White (a they do after l 3.lt)c5
incidentally!).
Adams-Smeets, Londo n 2007,
White is a little better fo r a long
time and Black eventuall y col-
The game Caruana- I' Ami , lapses under the pre ure.
Rey kjavik 201 2, give a good
picture of the battle: Black po- Conclusion
ition is not really bad but White Bes ides 13.lt)c5, 1 3. ~b I al o
In Yearbook 77 we can find a does have the upper hand and looks good fo r Wh ite. T he en u-
Survey in which Efstratios eventually Black co llapses. AI o ing positions are a littl e di fferent,
Gri vas wrote about this Line. illustrative are the games but after 1 3. ~b I Blac k does not
After l3.lt)c5 dc2 1 4 .~d 8 l:td8 Ganguly-Naer, Moscow 2005 , have an easy life either.
l5.lt)e6 fe6 'The remaining and Da -A hton, Ha ting 20 !0/ Grivas ' remark about 13.lt)c5 in
pawn structure will be in White's II , in both of whi ch Black had to Yearbook 77 also perfec tl y ap-
favo ur, but the que tion remain fi ght long and hard for the draw. plies to 1 3.~bl : ' ... can White
if White's advantage will be get omething better than the
enough for more than the better An Encore better half of a draw? ... White
half of a draw.' As an encore we will give you can pres as long a. he wi hes,
Since then the move 1 3 .~b I in - two new games with 13.lt)c5. In retaining a slight endgame ad-
stead of 13.lt)c5 has been tried in the 4th match game Hou Yifa n- vantage ... And we mu t keep in
a quite signifi cant number of Koneru , Tirana Wch 2011 , mind that a human bei ng, unlike
game , of which there were hard- White is in charge during the en- a computer, tend to crack under
ly any examples in 2005 . tire game, but Black escape . In continuous pre ure! '

113
 Pleasant Play
13.~b1
Caruana,Fabiano
I'Ami,Erwin
Reykjavik 2012 (4)
1.e4 eS V (:lf3 ttJc6 3.~b5 86 4 . ~84
ttJf6 s.o-o e4 6.d4 bS 7. ~b3 dS
8.de5 ~e6 9.ttJbd2 ~e7 10.c3 ttJcS
11 . ~c2 d412.ttJb3 d3 13. ~b1 ttJb3
14.8b3 ~ts 15. ~e3 o-o 16.~d4
W'd517.J:te1 d2
18.J:te2 [18.J:te3 ~b1 19.J:tb1 ttJd4
20.cd4 ~ 21 .J:td3 c5 (21 ... J:tae8 22."it'c2
t6f) 22. d2 c4 23.bc4 bc4 24.J:th3 W d4
2S.Wc2 h6 26.ttJc4 J:tac8 27.J:tc1
J:tfd8~/oo Rodriguez Cespedes-Baran
Rodriguez, Spain tt 200S; 18. ~1S?! de1 W
19.W'e1 Wb3 20.W'b1 g6 21.~e4 ~e6
22.Wa2 d4 23.~8 ttJb3 24 .~dS 'ifdS
2S. d4 W'es 26.W'b3 ~c5 + Amonatov-
Svetushkin, Moscow 2007; 18."it'd2 ~ 1
19.J:tab1 W'b3 20.e6?! (20.W e3 J:tfd8
21 .e6 W'e6 22.W'e6 fe6 23.J:te6 ttJd4
24.ttJd4 ~16= Borst-Kerekes, cr 2002)
20.. .te6 21 .J:te4 J:tad8 22.We2 ~16
23.J:te6 ttJd4 24. d4 ~d4 2S.cd4 J:td4
26.J:te7?! (26.J:ta6) 26 ... W dS+ Brkic-
lo[dachescu, Plovdiv Ech 2008] 18... ~b 1
19.J:tb1 [19.Wb1 ttJd4 20.cd4 ~b4
21 .ttJd2 W d4 22.ttJI3 W ds 23.ttJgS g6
24."it'e4= Lubas-Csaba, cr 2011]
19... d4 20. d4 [20.cd4?! ~b4 :f]
20 ... ~g5 21 .g3 [21 .b4 aS (21...l:tfe8)
22.baS J:tas 23."tlfc2 (23.g3) 23... J:td8
24.J:td1 c5 2S. 13 ~h6 26.h4 J:ta7
27.ttJh2?! (27.ttJgS) 27... J:tad7f Solleveld-
J.W. de Jong, Hilversum ch-NED sf 2006]
21...c5 [21 ... g6?! 22.14 c5 23. c2 ~e7
24.J:td2 (24.c4!?±) 24 ... Wb3 2S. e3 1fd1
26.J:tbd1 J:tfd8 27.ttJdS± A.Zhigalko-
Holzke, Plovdiv Ech 2012] 22.ttJf5 "it'd3
[22 ... J:tad8?! 23.14 ~d3 24.ttJd6 ~e7
114
2S.J:td2 1fe3 26.~g2 ± Smeets-J.W. de
Jong, Netherlands tt 2008/09] 23.ttJd6
'i!t'g6 24.h4 ~h4 [24 ... ~h6 2S.~h2
(2S.hS! W hs 26.l:td2 "ifes 27.J:tdS;t
Rybka) 2S...f6 26.e6 J:tad8 27.e7 J:td6
28.et8W ~8 29.J:ta1 1t'd3 30.14 g6~
Stellwagen-Svelushkin, Dresden ol 2008;
24 ... ~14 2S.hS!? W e6 (2S ...'i!t'hs
26.J:te4 ± ) 26.ttJe4 ~es 27.1fd2 J:tad8
28.W'e3;t;] 25. J:td2;t ~e7 [2S ...~g3
26.fg3 W g3 27. h1 "it'es 28.We2;t;
2S ...J:tad8 26.J:td3;t] 26.J:td5 [26.J:ta1 ;t;
26.W'e1 ;t] 26 ... f6 27.e6 fS 28.W d3
W'e6 29.ttJf5 l:t8d8 [29 ... g6 30. e3
'tlfe3 31 .ttJe3;t] 30. W'e3! We3 31.ttJe3
J:tdS 32.ttJd5 ~dB [32...~d6 33.J:ta1
J:td8 34.ttJb6;t] 33.f4 [33.J:ta1!? aS
34. J:te1 ; 33.J:td1 !?] 33... 34. ~g2
J:te8 35. J:te6 36.g41? [36.J:th1 ;
36.c4] 36 ... J:td6 37.J:td1 h6 38.f5 g6
39.fg6 c;t.?g7 [39 ...J:tg6 40.ttJI4±]
40.c;l;>e4 ~gs [40 ... ~c7 41 .c4;t]
41 .c;t;>eS J:tc6 42.J:tf1 J:tg6?! [42 ... c;t;>g6]
43. c7! ± ~e7 44.ttJe6 c;t;>gB 45.J:tf4
hS 46.gh5 J:tg2 47.h6+- J:tb2
48.J:tg4 c;l;>h8 49.ttJf4 c;l;>h7 SO.J:tg7
~h6 51 .J:te7 J:tb3 52.ttJd5 J:tb1
53.c;t;>d6 c4 54.l:t87 l:t81 SS.c;t;>cS
c;t;>gS 56.c;l;>b6 J:td1 57.ttJb4 J:tc1
58. 82
Svidler,Peter
Motylev,Aiexander
Moscow ch·RUS 2004 (9)
1.e4 eS 2.ttJf3 ttJc6 3. ~b5 86 4 .~84
ttJf6 5.0-Q e4 6.d4 bS 7. ~b3 dS
8.de5 ~e6 9.ttJbd2 ttJcS 10.c3 ~e7
11.~c2 d4 12.ttJb3 d3 13.~b1 ttJb3
14.8b3 ~fS 15.~e3 o-o 16.J:te1
'ilt'dS 17. ~d4 J:tfd8 [17 ... ttJd8 18.e6
(18.b4 ttJe6 19.~d3 ~d3 20.W d3 J:tfd8
21.~e2 ~b4 22.cb4 ttJd4 23.ttJd4 W d4
24.e6;t) 18...fe6 19. ~d3 ~d3 20.J:tes
W d7 21 .'tlfd3 ttJt7 (21... c5?! 22.W e4 cd4
23.'ilt'a8 ttJc6 24."it'a6 J:tf3 2S.J:tbS J:tt6
26.J:tb7±) 22.J:te3 c5 23.~es d3
24.J:td3 J:tfd8 2S.J:td8 ttJd8 26 .~14 ;t
Grischuk-Sorokin, Sochi tt 200S] 18.J:te3
[18 .~d3 ~d3 19.'tlfd3 Wb3 20.e6 te6
21 .'ili'e4 "it'c4 22 .~g4 ttJd4 23.cd4 ~16
24.J:tac1 W dS 2S.J:tc5 "it'd? 26. eS=
Malutin-Sardella, cr 2010] 18... d4
[18 ... ~c5? ! 19 .~cs "it'cS 20.b4 W c4
21 .~a2 W t4 22.g3 Wh6 23.e6 ~e6? !
24 .~e6 fe6 2S.J:td3± Palac-Luciani, Nova
Gorica 2002] 19.cd4 [19.ttJd4 ~g6 20.b4
c5 (20... ~b4?! 21.~a2 'ili'b7 22.e6±)
21 .bc5 ~c5 (21 ...b4? 22.c6 bc3 23.bc3±
Giaccio-J.Fernandez, Mar del Plata 1998)
22. ~ Wb7 23.'i!fg4 Wb6?! (23... ~d4
24.cd4 J:tac8 2S.e6 J:tc2;:o) 24.e6 ~d4
2S.cd4 d2 26.ef7 c;t;>f8 27 .dS± Karapats-
Stushkin, cr 2002] 19... c5 20. ~d3 cd4
21. J:te2 'i!fe6 22.h3 l:t8c8 [22 ... J:tdS?!
23.ttJe1 ! aS 24 .~1S ~IS 2S.ttJd3±
Topalov-Piket, Antwerpen 1997] 23.ttJe1
[23.'i!fb1 ~d3 24 . ~d3 'ili'h6!?= Motylev]
23 ... J:tc6 [23...~gS!?J 24.W b1 ~d3
[24...~g6 2S.f4;t; 24 ... ~h3!? 2S.gh3
W'h3oo] 25.1t'd3 h6 [2S...1t'h6!= Motylev]
26.f4?1 [26.J:td1) 26 ... ..-c81
tf.i
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I.
£::,
I. £::,
£::, 'if £::,
£::, 1::[ £::,
1:1 ttJ w
1-0 27.ttJf3? [27.J:tc2 J:tc2 28. c2 16!=
Motylev] 27... J:tc1 28.J:te1 W'c2 !
29.it'c2 [29.1t'f1 J:ta1 30.J:ta1 d3-+]
29 ... J:tc2-+ 30.e6 fe6 31.J:te6 ~cs
32.c;l;>h2 d3 33.J:td1 d2 34.c;l;>g3 J:td3
3S.c;l;>g4 ~b4 36. J:te8 c;l;>h7 37.f5
J:tc1 38. eS J:te3 0 -1
Frolyanov,Dmitry
Vokarev,Sergey
Khanty-Mansiysk 2011 (4)
1.e4 eS 2.ttJf3 ttJc6 3. ~ b5 a6 4. · 4
ttJf6 5.0-0 e4 6.d4 bS 7 . ~b3 d5
8.de5 ~e6 9.ttJbd2 ttJcS 10.c3 ~e7
11. ~c2 d4 12.ttJb3 d3 13 . ~ b1 ttJb3
14.ab3 ~f5 15.~e3 0-0 16. ~d4
'i!fds 11. ~d3 ~d3 18.W d3 W b3
19.'fi'e4 "i!t'e6 [19... d4 20. d4
(20.cd4!? W'b2 (20...c5 21. ~b?;t) 21 .J:tlb1
"it'c3 22.J:tc1 b2 23.J:tab1 "it'a3
24.l:tc?;t) 20... ~ b2 21 . IS (21 .e6!?;
21 ."it'f3!?) 21 ... J:tae8 22.J:ta6?! (22."it'c6)
22 .....-c3 23.J:tc6 ~c5+ Maus-Pieper
Emden, Germany Bundesliga 1988/89;
19...'*'c4 20. d2 1t'e6 21 .14 d4 22.cd4
J:ttd8 23.J:tfc1 (23.1S ~dS 24 .~dS J:tdS
 Survey RL 27. 11

2S. b3 c5=) 23 ...c5 24.dc5 llac8=]
20.~e3 [20."i!VI4 llld8 21.llle1 aS
22.llad1 a4 23.h3 tt:laS 24. gS "i!Vc4?
(24...~gs 2S."i!VgS c4=F) 2S.e6±
Michalczak-Zarges, Recklinghausen 2002]
20 .. .f5 21. "i!Vf4 85= 22.llfd1 llfd8
23.h4 lld1 24.lld1 lld8 25.lle1
[2S.lld8 ~dB 26. d4 li:ld4 27."i!Vd4
~e7=] 25 ... lld5 26. ~c1 lld8 27.~e3
l:td5 28. ~c1 112-1-2
Smirnov,Pavel
lordachescu,Viorel
Khanty-Mansiysk 2008 (3)
1.e4 e5 2.lo f3 tt::Jc6 3 .~b5 86 4. · 4
li:lf6 5.0-0 tt:le4 6 .d4 b5 7. ~ b3 d5
8.de5 ~e6 9. bd2 ~e7 10.c3 tOeS
11. ~c2 d412.l0b3 d3 13.~ b1 tt:lb3
14.8b3 ~f5 15. ~e3 0-0 16.lle1
W'd517.b4
A 22.W'I3 aS 23.1t;>h1 ~oo/= Ulibin-Daniliuk,
24.1%81 "tfd5 [24 ... aS] 25.1t'b3 e7 (22 ... fi.g4 23 .~e4 ~d7 24.lld3 fi.eB
[2S ... 'ite6] 26.W'd5;!; 1-2-1-2 2S.lld8 lldB 26.fi.e3±) 23.~c2
(23.~e4! ±) 23...~13 24.1%13 eS
2S.llh3;!; Ka~akin-Mamedyarov, Khanty-
G8nguly,Surya Mansiysk 2009; 16...fi.g6 17.h3 (17.M!?
Naer,Evgeny Bacrot) 17...aS 18.baS llaS 19.llaS li:laS
Moscow 2005 (4) 20.e6 le6 21 .lle6 (21. d4 fi.c5 22 .~d3
1.e4 e5 2. f3 tt:lc6 3.~ b5 86 4. · 4 fi.d4 23.cd4 1t'd4 24.fi.IS "i!Vd1 2S . ~e6
f6 5-0-0 tt:le4 6 .d4 b5 7. · 3 dS ~17= Bacrot) 21 ... c5 22.'i!Ye1 fi.l6 23 . ~14
8.de5 ~e6 9.li:lbd2 5 10.c3 fi.e7 c4 (23...lLlb71?=F Bacrot) 24.fi.d6 ~17
11 ~c2 d4 12.tt:lb3 d3 13 · 1 b3 25.fi.l8 ~e6 26 . ~g7 ~17 27 .~16 W'l6 I=
14.8b3 fi.f5 15 .~e3 0-0 16. d4 Shirov-I'Ami, Wijk aan Zee 2011 ] 17.h3
d4 17.cd4 c5 18.~d3 [18.dc5 "i!Vc7 ~g6
19.b4 W'es 20.~d3 (20.1t'd2 ~16=)
20 ... llad8 21.lla3 aS 22.W'c2 ab4 23.llb3
lld3 24.lld3 ~c5 2S .• c5 ..c5 26.fi.c5
¥..-¥.. Figlio-Van Wieringen, cr 2001] A~.tiAi
i: *
18 ... cd4 19.fi.d4 [19.~14 'i!fd7 20.1t'b1
' .. .t
~g6 21 .fi.d2 ~d3 22.'itd3 f6 23.llle1 le5
24. lleS ~16= Luther-V.Mikhalevski, Port Erin
2003] 19 ... "i!Vd4 20.~f5 1t'b2 [20 ... ~c5
'
~ ~
21."i!Ve2 llaeB 22.llle1 g6 23.llad1 W'f2
~· ttJ ~
24."ilrf2 fi.f2 2S.It;>f2 gfS 26.\t;>f3 lle6
~ ~ ~
27.\t;>f4 16 28.ef6;!;/= Karjakin-Yusupov,
Amsterdam 2007] 21.1t'd5 [21.14 llldB l:t ~ ~~l:t ~

' A .. ~ ~ .t
~
~ j. ·ttJ
~ ~ ~ ~
l:t . l:t ctt>
17... llfd8 [17 ...aS?! 18.baS llaS 19.lla5
tt:laS 20.li:ld4 ~96 21 .~d3 ~d3 (21 ... lld8
22 .~g6 hg6 23. e2 b4 24.e6 le6
2S.~I4+ - Cheparinov-Yusupov, Amster-
dam 2008) 22.-.d3 tt:lc4 23.b3 tOeS
24."i!VbS± Friedei-J.Torres, Miami 2007]
18.~82 'itd7 1 9.~g5 [19.li:ld4 li:ld4
20.~d4 ~b4 21 .e6 ~e6 22.lle6 le6
23.W'g4 lt>hB 24 .~e6 W'e7 2S.cb4 lld4
¥..-¥.. Robson-S.Ernst, Hoogeveen 2008]
19 ... h6 [19... ~gS 20.tt:lg5 d2 21 .lle3
~c2 22. 171 ~d1 23.li:ld8 lt;>IB 24. e6
lt>e7 2S.lld1 ±; 19...~g4 ! ? lordachescu]
20. ~e7 -.e7 21.li:ld2 ~e6 22.f4
~82 [22 ... as 23.~e6 W'e6 24.1t'l3 ab4
2S.lla8 lla8 26.fS 'itd7 27.e6 le6 28.fe6
W'd6 29.1117 lt>h7 30.e7 bc3 31 .bc3 tt:le7
32.W'e7 e7 33.lle7 lla2= lordachescu]
23.1%82 W'e6 [23 ...aSI 24.W'13 ab4
2S.lla8 W'c5 26.\t;>l1 llaB 27.W'd3 lld8
28. e4 lld3 29.tt:lc5 lld2= lordachescu]
Krasnodar 1997] 21 ... llfd8 22.fi.d7 lla7
23.e6 lt;>h8 24. W'f3 W'f6 [24 .. .fe6
2S.fi.b5 ~c5 26.fi.c4 lliB 27."i!Vc6 ~12
2B.It>h1 ;!;] 25.W'e3 ll8a8 26.~c6
llab8 27.ef7 'itf7 28.1%86;!; ~f6
29."i!Vf3 lld6 30.W'h3 [30.lle1 !?;
30.lld1 !?] 30 ... "i!fe6 31 .1t'e6 lle6
32.lld1 b4 33.g3 g6 34.lld7 lld8
35.l:t88 ll88 36. · 8 ~c3 37.1t>g2
lle2 38 .~c6 llb2 39 .~d5 lld2 40.h4
~d4 41 .llf7 ~f2 42. l:tf2 lld5 43.llf4
lld2 44.1t;>h3 h5 45.llb4 1t;>g7 46.llf4
llb2 47.b4 lt;>h6 48.llc4 lt;>g7 49.g4
llb3 50.It;>g2 hg4 51.llg4 lt;>h6
52. lt;>h5 53.lld4 g5 54.hg5 lt;>gS
55.1t>e2 5 56.1t;>d2 lt;>e5 57.1t;>c2
112-112
Das,Arghyadip
Ashton,Adam
Hastings 2010/11 (6)
1.e4 e5 2.li:lf3 tt:lc6 3. ~b5 86 4. · 4
li:lf6 5.0-0 e4 6.d4 b5 7. ~b3 dS
8.de5 ~e6 9. bd2 ~e7 10.c3 tOeS
11.fi.c2 d4 12.tt:lb3 d3 13.fi. b1 b3
14.8b3 ~ts 15.b4 o-o 16.lle1 W'd7
[16 ..."tfd5?! 17.h3 llldB 18.g4 ~e6
( 18... ~g6 19 . ~a2 W'd7 20.~14±) 19.lle3
hS 20."tfd3 1t'd3 21. ~d3 hg4 22.hg4 ~dS
18.fi.f4 [18.fi.a2 lt;>h8 19.fi.l4 aS 20.baS
llaS 21 .b4 lla4 22 .~b3 lla1 23."i!Va1
dB= Shirov-Caruana, Wijk aan Zee 2010]
18 ... 85 19.b85 ll85 [19... a5 20.e6 le6
21 .li:leS W'd5 22. g6 hg6 23.l:te5 W'c6
24. 'tlt'g4i ] 20.e6 fe6 21 .1%85 5
22. e5 d5 23.li:lg6 hg6 24. ~c7
[24.lleS it'c6 2S."i!Vg4 1t'c4 26.'ite6 "tfe6
27 .lle6 fi.c5 28.lle5 ~b6 (28...fi.d6
29.llb5;!;) 29.g3 c4 30.llb5 d2 31 .lld5
c6 32.lld3 lt;>h7 (32 ... g5 33.fLa2;!;)
33.fLa2;!;] 24... ~c5 25 . ~ g3 [25.1%11
c4 26.b4 llf2 27.llf2 ~12 28.\t;>f2 d2
29 .~a2 b2=] 25 ... lld8?! [25... d2
26.l:te2 lld8- game] 26.b4?! [26.lle5!±]
26 ... d2 27.lle2 "i!Vb3 28 . ~c2 "i!Vc3
[28 ...'t!Vc2 29.1t'c2 d1 'i!t' 30.'tlfd1 lld1
31 .1t;>h2 ~b6 32.ba5 fi.a5 33.fi.e5;!;]
29.bc5 "i!Vc2 30. c2 d1 'tiV 31:tli'd1
lld1 32.1t>h2 b3 [32 ...l:tc1 33. ~d6 ;!; ]
33.c6 d2 34.h4 f1 35.1t;>h3 g3
36.1t;>g3;!; 37.llc2 lld8 38. 4
llc8 39.\t;>eS lt;>e7 40.f4 [40.13!?]
40 ... b4 41.llc4 b3 42.llb4 llc6
43.llb7 8 44. llb3 7 45.ll b7
lt>g8 46.g4 llc1 47.llb8
48.llb7 lt;>g8 49.1t;>e6 lle1 50.It;>d5
llh1 51 .llb8 lt;>h7 52.g5 lld1
53.1t;>e6 lld6 54. lld7 55.1t;>f8
llf7 56. [stalemate] ¥..-¥..
115
 Kosteniuk,Aiexandra
Kosintseva,Nadezhda
Sochi tt W 2012 (3)
1.e4 es 2. f3 tt:le6 3. ~b5 a6 4. ~a4
tt:lf6 S.G-0 tt:le4 6.d4 bS 7.~ b3 dS
8.de5 ~e6 9.tt:lbd2 tOeS 10.e3 ~e7
11.~e2 d412.tt:lb3 d313 . ~b1 tt:lb3
14.ab3 ~fS 15.l:e1 o-o 16.b4 'it'd7
17.h3 l:fd8
18.~f4 [18.g4 ~g6 (18... ~e6?! 19. ~14
hS 20.l:e3 hg4 21 .hg4 ~g4 22.'ifd3 W'd3
23 .~d3 ~e6 24.tt:lgS± Krakalovich·
R.Haag, cr 2011 ) 19.~ 1t'c8 20.~gS
(20.e6 16=) 20... as 21 .baS ~gs 22.tt:lgS
~as 23 .~17 (23.e6!? tt:lc4 24.el7 ~17
2S.t017 c,Pt7 26.W'I3 c;t;>gS 27.l:ed1;!;)
23...~17 24.t017 <;1;>17 2S.e6 c;l;>gS 26.e7
l:eS 27.1t'd3 tt:lb7 28.l:a8 'ifaS 29.W'bS
tt:ld6 30.'it'c5 1t'b7 31 .c4 tOeS 32.b4 c6
33.l:e6 tt:le7 34.l:e3 1t'd7 3S.bS cbS
36.cbS 1i'b7 37..-c4 <;1;>18 38.1i'14 ~-~
N.Robson·Hartl, cr 2010] 18 ... a5 19.g4
[19.baS l:as 20.l:as as 21.tt:ld4 c5
(21...tt:lc4 22.e6 le6 23. ~1S eiS 24.'it'd3
'it'd3 2S.~d3 l:d3 26.l:e7 c6 27.b3 l:d1
28.¢>h2 tt:ld2 29.h4;!;) 22.e6 le6 23.t01S
eiS 24.'it'd3 •d3 2S.~d3 l:d3 26.l:e7
l:d1 27.c;l;>h2 l:b1 28.~e3;!;] 19 ...d2
[19 ... ~g6 20.baS l:as 21 .l:as (21.~a2
1t'c8oo) 21... aS 22.e6 le6 23.tt:leS •ds
24.tt:lg6 hg6oo compare Das·Ashton,
Hastings 2010/11] 20.~d2 [20..-d2!?
•d2 21. ~d2 ~b1 22.l:eb1;!;] 20 ... ~b1
21. W'b1 ab4 22.l:a8 l:a8 23.eb4
~b4 24. ~b4 tt:lb4 25."ii'e4 1t'd5
26 ..-dS dS 27.l:e1= b4 28.tt:ld4
hS 29.e6 fe6 30. e6 hg4 31 .hg4
l:e8 32.l:e6 l:e7 33. 1 ¢>f7
34.tt:le5 g6 35.b3 l:eS 36.tt:ld3 l:e4
37.g5 l:e6 38.l:e4 l:b6 39.l:e4 l:e6
40.l:d4 l:d6 41 .tt:lb4 tt:lb4 42.l:b4
'tte6 43.l:t4 c;t;>es 44.l:f7 l:b6
45.l:e7 l:b3 46.l:f7 l:b4 47.l:f6
116
l:g4 48.l:g6 5 49.l:g8 l:gS
SO.l:gS c;l;>gS 51 .'it;>g2 c;f;>g4 ~-~
An Encore
13 JL: C5
Hou Yifan
Koneru,Humpy
Tirana Wch m 2011 (4)
1.e4 es 2.tt:lf3 tt:le6 3. ~b5 a6 4. ~a4
tt:lf6 S.G-0 tt:le4 6.d4 bS 7. ~b3 dS
8.de5 ~e6 9.tt:lbd2 tOeS 10.e3 ~e7
11. ~e2 d4 12.tt:lb3 d3 13.tt:le5 de2
14.1i'd8 l:d8 15.tt:le6 fe6 16. ~e3
l:d5 17.e4 bc418.l:ae1
18... b4 [1 8... eS Svidler·Kaidanov,
Moscow 2003 - YB/77·118] 19.a3 tt:ld3
20.l:e2 c;f;>d7 21.~d4 [21. ~c1 l:bS=]
21 ...l:b8 22.~e3 [22.h3 h6 (22 ... g6
23.~c3 h6?! 24. d2 tt:lb2?! 2S.l:b1±
J.Bucker·Barkwell, cr 1998 - YB/77·116)
23.l:c4 c5 24 .~c3 tt:lb2 2S.~b2 l:b2
26.l:a4 l:b6 27.l:c1 c;t;>c6 28.'it;>l1 ~-~ Le
Bled-Van Wieringen, cr 2006] 22 ...e5?!
[22 ... ~c5! Mikhalchishin] 23.tt:ld2 tOeS
24.f4 [24 .~es l:eS 2S.t0c4;!;] 24 ...tt:lg4
25.tt:le4 ~f6 26.l:e1 ~d4 27. ~d4
l:d4 [27 ...cd4 28.h3 ~16 29.tt:leS±]
28.h3 tt:lf6 29.tt:le5 'iti>d6 30.tt:lf7
c;l;>d7 31.tt:le5 'iti>d6 32.tt:lf7 [32.b4!?
cb4 33.l:c6 'iti>dS 34.l:a6 l:c8 3S.l:aS
'it;>d6 36.ab4 l:b4 37.l:a6± Mikhalchishin]
32 ... 'it;>d7 33.l:e5 l:b2 34.tt:le5 8 a4 [32...l:c6!? 33.'iPf3 l:c5=] 33.l:a4
[34 ... 'iti>d6 35.l:c6 c;f;>dS? 36.l:a6 l:dd2
37.l:aS+-] 35.tt:lf3 [35.l:c7±] 35 ... l:e4
36.l:e4 tt:le4 37.l:e5 [37.l:c6±]
37... e3 38.l:e6 8 39.l:a6?!
[39.15!?; 39.'it;>h2!?] 39 ... tt:le2 40.c;f;>h2
tt:lf4 41.'it;>g3 tt:lg2 42.l:e6 h6
43.tt:le5 l:a2 44.a4 g5 45.l:h6 e1
46.l:f6 'iti>g7 47.l:g6 'iti>h7 48.l:g5
l:a4 49.h4 l:a3 50.¢>g4 tt:lg2 51 .h5
tt:le3 52. 4 tt:ldS 53. 5 : as
54.l:g1 l:a2 55.tt:lg4 : as 56.'iti>e4
tt:le3 57.'it;>d3 tt:ldS 58.'it;>e4 ~-}7
Adams,Michael
Smeets,Jan
London 2007 (3)
1.e4 eS 2. f3 e6 3. ~ b5 a6 4 .~a4
tt:lf6 S.G-0 tt:le4 6.d4 bS 7. ~b3 dS
8.de5 ~e6 9.tt:lbd2 eS 10.e3 ~e7
11. ~e2 d4 12.tt:lb3 d3 13. 5 de2
14."ii'd8 l:d8 15. e6 fe6 16. ~e3
l:dS 17.l:fe1 tOeS 18.tt:le5 l:eS
19.~d4
19... l:g5 [19 ... l:e2 20.c;t;>l1 l:d2 21. ~e3
l:d7 (21 ... l:d5 22.l:c2 0·0 23.a4;!;
Y.Gruenleld·Greenleld, Biel 1999) 22.l:c2
~16 23.c4 (23.a4!?) 23 ... b4 24.'it;>e2 c,Pt7=
Ganguly·Das, New Delhi 2009] 20.l:e2
c;l;>f7 21 .~e3 [21.a4 l:dS 22.abS abS
23.g3 l:hd8= Benjamin·Kaidanov, San
Diego ch·USA 2004] 21 ... l:g4 [21...l:d5
22.c4 bc4 23.l:c4 ~d6 24.b3;!; Nisipeanu·
Svetushkin, Predeal tt 2007; 21 ... l:eS 22.c4
b4 23.l:d1 l:d8 24.l:d8 ~dB 25.l:d2 'iti>fS
26.'it;>l1 ~g5= 27.l:d3 ~e3 28.l:e3 l:e3
29.fe3 'it;>d7 30.'it;>e2 N.Kosintseva·Koneru,
Kazan 2012] 22.b3 [22.l:d2;!;] 22 ... l:d8
23.g3 eS 24.'it;>g2 l:g6 25.e4 l:e6
26.l:ae1 b4::/;!; 27.e5 l:f6 28.l:e4
aS 29.l:e4 l:dS [29 ...l:e6] 30.a3 [30.c6
~d6=] 30 ... ba3 31.l:a4 l:d3 32.l:a3
l:b3 34.h4 l:d3 [34 ... l:c6 3S.l:e4 ~16=]
35.l:a7 l:e6 36. 3 e6 37.'it;>e4
l: b3 38.l:e4 l:bS 39.l:a1 h5?!
40.l:a2 ~f6 41 .l:a8 ?
42.l:ea4± c;f;>e6 43.l: h8 g6?!
44.l: h6+- 45. dS l:eeS
46.~e5 c;t;>g7 47.l:a6 1-0
 Scotch 0 Four Knights Variation
It's Equal, but ...
by Glenn Flear (special contribution by Vladimir Kramn ik)
1. e4 e5 complication which Kramnik
2. tLlf3 tLlc6 wo n ( ee the econd part of thi
3. tbc3 lLlf6 Survey).
4. d4 ed4 The ir econd encounter, in the
5. lLld4 Ta l Me morial, looked a if it wa
heading for the main line
s.....tb4 6.tbc6 bc6 7.~d3 0-0
8.0-0 dS 9.ed5 cdS, until
Kramnik pl ayed the urpri ing
10.h3. A quiet move in a notori -
ou ly dry variation (SO 5. 2) may
not eem to be that pro mi ing,
but Kramnik was till able to ob-
tain an advantage.
Vladimir Kramnik recently had a
couple of games a White in the
cotch F ur Kni ghts against
Levon Aronian . Ln the fir t of
the e meeting the Armenian
aried with an earl y 5 ... · c5 (SO
5. 1), and the game oon entered
So how should Bl ack react?
Aronian didn ' t find a particu-
larl y convinc ing way of com-
pleting hi development, but hi s
odd-1 king ( IO.. J:le8 I l.~f3
c6 1 2.~ f4) 12 ... ~d7 may not be
that bad. Instead, plac ing the
bi shop on the more advanced
e6- quare has been tri ed a few
time . The downside i that it
encourage tbc3-e2-f4, when
White eem to have the more
comfortable game.
At the time of writing the mo t
recent game ugge t that leav-
ing the light- quared bi shop at
Vladimir Kramnlk
SO 3.1-2 (C47)
home i the mo t preci e. Con-
tinuing in tead with .. .c6, ... l:tb8,
and ... ~d6 eem to be the way
to achieve a ati fac tory po i-
lion , a in Chadaev-Adam .
Even here, Black i the one who
has to be the mo t prec i e and, a
u ual in the Scotch Four Knight ,
winning chance are limited.
Vladimir Kramnik ' comment
about these line i · notable:
'The computer con iders it to be
equal, but when yo u begin to
move piece , it become cl ear
that it i ea ier to pl ay with
White.'
G neralizing, one ould add that
there are a number of opening
variation that are 'objecti vely'
equa l, but ' ubjecti ely' more
plea ant to handl e fo r one ide.
Mainta ining 'theoretica l' equal-
ity can thu vary in di ffic ulty
from ca e to case. e en if th
computer is more or le right,
Kramnik eems to be implying
that orne po itio n are more
equal than other !
Vl adimir Kramnik li ke to u e
such it 's equal, but ... idea from
time to t.ime. Here i an example
from almo t a decade ago.
Kramnik,VIadimir
Ponomariov,Ruslan
Linares 2003 (9)
1.e4 es 2.lo f3 c6 3 .~b5 a6
4.~a4 tt:lf6 5.0-0 ~e7 6.l:le1 b5
7.~b3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 aS
1o.~c2 cs 11 .d4 tt:ld7
12.'iPh1 !?
117
 j_'ij' • Will I O.h3 in the Scotch Four
~.i.iii
' '~~'
~''
~ ttJ ~
~~j;_ ~~
l::tttJ~'iHl::t <;t>
' How can thj be the be t move in
th po ition?' or, ' How can uch a
non-de cript move lead to a White
advantage?' are natural reaction .
Neverthele , in reply Black has
'to h w ruhand', and then fol-
low up with a eries of good
moves. It seems that t:hj is not a
particularly easy task, a everal
notable names playing Black have
been outplayed from here.
A Quiet Move
10.h3
Kramnik,VIadimir
Aronian,Levon
Moscow 2012 (4)
1.e4 e5 2.tijf3 it)c6 3.it)c3 t{)f6
1 e3 26.ti'e l:l.e3 27. ~ f2 l:l.e8
4.d4 ed4 5.it)d4 ~ b4 6.it)c6
bc6 7.~d3 0-0 8.0-0 d5 9.ed5
cd5
10.h3
Make no mj take- the quiet move
• ha been played before... even in
the 19th century: I O.h3 c6 I I.it)e2
l:l.e8 12.c3 ~d6 13. d4 ~c7
1 4 .~g5'ii'd615 .f4 it)e4 16 .~4f5
118
Knight have the arne impact in
the future? In any case, it look
like yet another way for White
to pre for an edge without
much ri k . Which bring u to
the econd part of my di cu -
sion.
More Life?
Those who like ' more life' in
their games may prefer to inves-
ti gate the approach that A ron ian
attempted in their previou
encounter (Zurich 20 12, 3rd
match game). That game began
with
1.e4 e5 2. f3 c6 3.it)c3 t{)f6
4.d4 ed4 5.it)d4 ~c5
when Kramnik had prepared the
following ...
6.~e3 ~b6 7.'i!t'd2 0-0 8.0-0-0
17 . ~e l l:l.b8 18.l:l.bl ~d7 19. e2
l:l.e6 20.b4 l:l.be8 2 1.c4 l:l.g6 22.c5
'i!t'e7 23.l:l.b3 aS 24.a3 t{) f6 25.'i!t'd2
28. ba5 it)e4 29. ~e4 fe4 30.l:l.b7 e3
3 1.Wf3 ~ fS 32.l:l.c7 ~e4 33 .<;t;le3
~g2 34. f2 ~fl 35.Wfl l:l.ge6
36.~c3 l:l.e2 37.l:l.g7 Wf8 38.l:l.h7
l:l.c2 39.l:l.h8 Wf7 40.l:l.e8 We8
4 1.~b4 Wd7 42.Wg l V2-Wfin ley-
Em.Lasker, Leipzig imul 1894.
10... l:l.e8
Recent game ugge t that I O... c6
ll.'i!t'f3 l:l.b8 (or imilarly ll. .. ~d6
1 2.~f4 l:l.b8) could be more pre-
cise.
11.ti'f3 c612.~f4 ~d7
Slightly clum y, but maybe not . o
bad. Aronian' idea i to meet
13.l:l.fe l l:l.e l 14.l:l.e l with 14 ... 'i!t'f8.
In tead, after 12... ~d6 13.l:l.fe I
~e6#,/= White ha the more plea -
ant game if he manoeuvre hi
knight to d4 or f4.
13.a3 ~c3
Keepi ng the ten ion with the pa -
sive 13.. .~ f8!? i piau ible, but
White then mu t surely have a pull.
14.bc3
The few games that have reached
thl po ition uggest that White i
better, as ummarized in the note .
Conclusion
So the choice come down to the
'dynamic, but lightl y ri ky '
5 ... ~c5, or ' the cauti ou , but
dull ' 5 ...~b4 . Your computer
w ill tell you that the latter option
i equal , but...
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~ ~ ~
l::t l:r<tt>
14... it)e4?!
Thi i perhap the 'bad apple in
Black 's barrel.
After 14 ...11l'a5! it's not . o evident
for White to mobilize both hi
r ok or u e hi bi shop pair, e.g.
IS.l:l. fb I (or 15.c4 ~e6 (Kramnik)
16.cd5 ~dS 17. g3 ~e4= a
Black ha ufficient a ti vity)
15 ... it)e4 (rather than 15 ... l:l.ac8?!
16.l:l.b7 cS 1 7 .~g5! ~c6, becau e
of 1 8 .~ 7! Wh7 1 9 .~ f6 with a
wi nning attack) 16.c4 it)cS=.
15.l:l.fe1 ti'f6
Alternatives are not fu lly ati sfac-
tory either: IS ... ~ fS 16.c4 f6
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17.i.e3 !;!; (bi hop pair); and 22 ....1:tad8 23 ..id6 .l:td7 24 ..1:td7 23 .~h7! +- Wh8 24 ..1:th5 e7
15...tDc3 16..ih7 Wh7 17. c3;!; What K.ramnik had mi ssed in hi 25 ..te4 r;i;>g8 26 ..id5 f6 27.c4
( afer king, dar k-square bind). preliminary calculations is that .itS 28. g5 i.g6 29. f6 gf6
16 ..te4 de4 17. e3 aft er 24 ..1:te4 'i!fe4! 25. e4 .l:te4 30 ..1:th4 .l:td6 31 ..tf7 1-o
Black' po ition i already diffi- 26 ..1:td7 Bl ack ha 26 ... .tc4
cult - K.ramnik. 27 ..1:ta7 .!:te l (27 ....ib5;!;) 28.Wh2
17....te6 18..1:tad1 'i!ffS 19..1:td4 .l:te2;!;/= which is drawish. Kontic,Djordjije 3
f6 24 ... 'i!fd7 25.-tcs b7 26 ..1:te4 Pajkovic,VIadimir
A fter 26.'i!fb3 (Kramnik) Cetinje ch-MNE 2012 (5)
26 ... 'i!fc7, Bl ack i past the worst. 1.e4 es 2. f3 tDc6 3. c3 f6
26 ....1:te4 27.'i!fe4 'i!fb1 28.Wh2 4.d4 ed4 5. d4 .ib4 6. c6
~b8 29.g3 ~aS!? bc6 7 ..td3 d5 8.ed5 cd5 9.0-0
or doe Black have much to 0-0 1O.h3 c6 11.1!t'f3 .l:te8
worry about after the straightfor- 12.i.f4 .id6 13..1:tfe1 .ie6 14.a3
ward 29 ... ~c7. 14. e2!? 5 15 ..1:tadl ;!;/=.
30 ..td6 ~e8 31 .1!t'e8 .ie8 14... b8
32.cifi1g2 .ig6 33.Wf3 .ic2 Or 14....if4 15. f4 b8 16. b8
34.We3 35.Wd4 cifi1 e6 .!:tab 17.b4!/=.
36.Wc5 .id3!= 37.~b8 a6 15..id6 d6 16.b4 d7
38.h4 h5 39.Wc6 .ic4 40.Wc5 17..1:tab1 .l:ted8
.ibS 1h-1h
20 ..1:tb1!
Control and penetration potential
are more important than obtaining Muzychuk,Mariya 2
a nominal material advantage, not- Zhao Xue
ing that after 20 ..1:te4 .if7;!; the ex- Istanbul oi-W 2012 (3)
tra pawn isn' t worth a great deal. 1.e4 e5 2. f3 c6 3. c3 f6
20 ...-tdS 21 .c4! 4.d4 ed4 5. d4 .ib4 6. c6
Even better than 2 l ..l:tdb4!? .l:te7;!;. bc6 7 ..id3 d5 8.ed5 cd5 9.0-0
21 ....tf7 0-0 1O.h3 .l:te8 11.1!t'f3 c6
A ri tical point of the game. 12..if4 .ie6
~ 12 ... .td6!? 13. e2 !? .l:tb8.
13.tDe2 i.d6 14..1:tfe1 c5
15..1:tad1 b6 16..id6 d6 18.a4!?
17.tDf4;!; .l:tab818.b3 b6 18. e2! e5 19. g3 d
ot 18...~d 7? due to 19 ..1:te8 .l:te8 20. d6 .l:td6 2 1.cd3;!;.
20.tbd5 !. 18... h6 19.a5 .l:tab8= 20.~g3
19..1:te5 d6 20 ..I:tg5!? g3 21.fg3 Wf8 22.g4 cifi1 e7
20..1:te2 b6 2 I .c3 .l:tbd8 23. e2 c5 24.bc5 c5 25. d4
22 ..1:tdel ;!;. .l:tb1 26 ..1:tb1 .l:tc8 27. 2 .id7
20 ....1:tbd8 21 . g3 ~f8? 28.'tfi;1e3 g6 29 ..te2 .ia4
In tead 2 1. .. g6!oo avoid all the 30.i.b5 .ibS 31. b5
tricks.
22. h5 tDhS
22 ..1:tb7?!
.l ~ .l
tronger i 22 ..1:td6! . · ow Black
ha a very unplea ant po ition', e.g. 'fj' ~ .l.l
22 ....1:tab8 (if22. ...ic4 23 ..1:tb7 .ie6 .l.l.l ~ttJ ;iJ.l
24 ..1:tc6 .l:tac8 then 25. a7!± as .t ~
25 ... .1:tc6 26 ..1:tg7 Wh8 27.g4 .l:ta6
2 .'i!fc7 .l:tc6 29. c6 f4 30.'i!fe8
.l.l J:I ;iJ w ~
ri;g7 3 1. e6 c I 32.Wg2 'i!fc2 ~ ~
33. e7 Wg6 34. e8 Wg7 35. d7 ~ ~ ~ 1::[
Wg6 36.a4 i probabl y winning for ~ ~ ~~
White) 23 ..1:tb8 .l:tb8 24 ..1:tc6 .l:tb I
25.Wh2 h5 26 ..ig3±.
1::[ w 31 ... w d7?
3 1... a6 32. d4 d7=.
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 32.l%f1 ?! Soors,Stef 5 32 ... h5 33.~f7 h4 34.b5 g41
32.li)a7! l%a8 33.l%b5 d4 34.r.Pe2±. Gelrnaert,Steven 35.~h5 gh3 36.gh3
32 ... r.Pe6? Antwerp 2012 {9)
32 ... a6! 33.l%t7 'iPe6 34.l%c7 l%c7 1.e4 e5 2.li.Jf3 li.Jc6 3.li.Jc3 li.Jf6
35 .li.Jc7 WeSt. 4.d4 ed4 5.li.Jd4 ~b4 6.li.Jc6
33.li.Ja7 l%a8 34.li.Jc6 cJ;>d6 bc6 7.~d3 d5 8.ed5 cd5 9.0-0
35.li.Jd4 l%a5 36.l%f7 l%a3 0-0 1O.h3 l%e8 11.1!t'f3 c6
37.'iPe2 l%g3 38.'iPf2 li.Je4 12.~f4 ~d6 13.l%fe1 l%b8 14.b3
39.'iPg1 l%e3 40.l%g7 '>PeS l%b7
41.li.Jf3 w f6 42.l%c7 l%e2?! Heading for e7, a more olid
42 ... li.Jd6 43.l%c6 cJ;>e6±. quare than b4.
43.l%c6 cJ;>g7 44.li.Jh4!+- g5 15.l%e8 li.Je8 16.l%e1 l%e7
45.li.Jf5 <M7 46.c4! 17.l%e3!?
46.li.Jh6? 'Ot>e8 47.li.Jf5 Wd7 48.l%a6 17.l%e2; 1 7.l%e7'ife7 l 8.11i'e3 ~c5
l%c2±. 19.1!t'e7 ~e7 20.li.Ja4!?t/=.
46 ... dc4 47.li.Jh6 cJ;>e7 48.li.Jf5 17... ~f4?! 36 ...a6! 37.c3 ab5 38.ab5 dc3
'iPf7 49.l%c4 cj;>f6 50.'iPJ1 li.Jd2 17 ... li.Jc7! t::. l8.l%e7 'ife7 l9.'ife3 39.<;Pc3 f4-+ 40.b6
51.'iPe2 li.Jc4 52.cJ;>d3 li.Je5 1We3 20.~e3 c5=. 40. cJ;>d3 ~d5 4 1.'Ot>c3 ~e6 42. Wd3
53.We4 li.Jc4 54.cJ;>d4 li.Jd2 18.~f4 l%e3 19.'ife3 d4 ~f5-+; 40. ~g4 ~d5 4 1.cJ;>d3
55.li.Jg3 li.Jb3 56.We3 li.Ja5 20.1Wd2 'ifaS Wc7 42.Wc3 r.Pb6-+ .
57.li.Je4 'Ot>g6 58.g3 li.Jc6 59.h4 20 ... dc3?? 2 1.~h 7 'Ot>h7 40 ... <;Pc6 41.~g4 'Ot>b6 42.Wc4
li.Jes 60.li.Jg5 li.Jg4 61. 4 cJ;>hS 22.1!t'd8+-; 20 ...li.Jc7 2 l .li.Je2 li.Je6 cJ;>c6 43.~f5 ~a6 44.cJ;>c3 'iPd6
62.li.Je6 li.Jf6 63. 5 li.Je8 64.li.Jf4 22 .~c4 c5 23.b4 !t. 45.~g4 ~b5 46.~f5 ~e2
Wh6 65.g4 li.Jd6 66.r.Pe5 1-o 21 .li.Je4 'iWd2 47.~g4 Wd5 48.~h5 ~f1
2 1. .. 'ifa2 22.'ifg5! (threatening 49.~g4 ~g2 50.~c8
23.1!t'd8) 22 ... f6 23. ~c4 cJ;>h8 50.Wd3 c4 51.cJ;>c3 Wc5 52. ~e6
Soors,Stef 4 24.1Wc5+-. ~f3 53. ~c4 ~g2-+.
Zelbei,Patrick 22.li.Jd2 li.Jd6 50 ...c4 51 .'.Pd2 Wd4 52.'0t>e2 c3
Antwerp 2012 (7) 53.~f5 w es 54.~g4 ~f1! G-1
1.e4 es 2.li.Jf3 li.Jc6 3.li.Jc3 li.Jf6
4.d4 ed4 5.li.Jd4 ~b4 6.li.Jc6 .t
bc6 7. ~d3 d5 8.ed5 cd5 9.0-0 Chadaev,Nikolay 6
0-0 10. h3 l%e8 11.1!t'f3 c6 Adams,Michael
12.~f4 ~d6 13.l%fe1 ~e6 Konya tt 2012 (2)
13 ... l%b8 !? Soors-Geirnaert, Ant- 1.e4 e5 2.li.Jf3 li.Jc6 3.li.Jc3 li.Jf6
werp 20 12. 4.d4 ed4 5.li.Jd4 ~b4 6.li.Jc6
14.l%ad1 bc6 7.~d3 d5 8.ed5 0-0 9.0-0
14.a3!? Kontic-Pajkovic, Cetinje cd5 10.h3 c611.1Wf3
ch-MNE 2012.
14... l%b8 15.b3 l%b4
15 ... l:tb7 16.li.Je2 l%be7 1 7 .~g5! .i .ttt' .~ ~
~e5 18.li.Jf4;!; ~c8 19.li.Jh5! ~h 2
20.Wh2 l%e l 21.li.Jf6 gf6 22.~h 6
'ifd6 23.~f4 'iff8 24.l:te l l%e l
23.cJ;>f1?!
23.b4! ~e6 24.li.J f3 (24.a3 ~d5=)
24 ... ~a2 25.li.Jd4 ~d5 26.f3!?t. ' ' ''' ~

.t '
25.~g3 ~g7 26.'ifh4gg. 23 ...c5= 24.li.Je4 li.Je4 25 . ~e4
16.li.Je2 ~f4 f5 26.~d5 'Ot>f8 27.'0t>e2 w e7
16 ... ~c7!?. 28.cJ;>d3?! ttJ~ ~ ~
17.li.Jf4 'iWd618.g3 28.f4!=.
~~~ ~~
18.c4 ~d7 19.l%e8 ~e8 20J:le l
~d7 21.'ifg3 'it'b8 22.1We3
28 ...~a6 29.~c4 ~b7 30.f3?!
30.g3. n ~ l:IW
'ifd6;!;/=. 30 ...cJ;>d6 31.b4!?
18...l%b7 19.c4 l%be7 20.l%e2 3 1.h4 cJ;>e5:f. 11.. .~d6
• 20.li.Je6!? fe6 21.g4!? (2 1.cd5 ed5 31 ... g5 The immediate ll .. ..l:rb8 i similar
22.l%e7 l%e7 23.l%c I=) 2 1. .. e5!. 3 1. .. cb4 32.Wd4 f4=l= . and could transpose: 12.a3
20 ... d4 21.l%de1 ~d7 22.'0t>h2 32.a4? ( 1 2.~f4 ~d6 etc) 12 ... ~d6 13.b4
1h-1h 32.a3!=l=. a5 1 4.b5 ~e5 15 . ~f4 ~c3 1 6. ~ b8
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i.a I 17 .l:la I cb5 I 8.i.e5 i.d7=
Kovanova-Shen Yang, St Peters-
burg 20 12.
Karjaki n tried ll ... i.e7 !? in a blitz
game: 12.i..f4 i..e6 13.l:lad I lDd7
14.lDe2 i..f6 15.c3 'i!Wb6 16.b3 c5
17.l:lfe l g6 (17 ...l:lfe8!?) 18.i..h6
llfe8 19.i..b I 'ita5 ( 19 ... l:lad8!
20.lDf4 lDe5 2 1.'i!Wg3 i..c8!;!;/= f:>.
22.lDd5 l:ld5 ! 23.l:ld5 tt)tJ 24.gtJ
lle l 25.Wg2 l:lb l 26.l:ld6 'i!Wb5!
27.c4 e8 28.l:lf6 el 29.'i!Wh2
(forced) 29 .. .l:lb2 30. g3 (agai n
the only move) 30 ... l:lb I
31.'i!t'h2=) 20.i..d2 d8 2 1.lDf4;!;
Chadaev-Karjakin, A tana blitz
20 12. Although he wa un uccess-
fu l on thi o ca ion, placing the
bi hop on f6 at lea t keep the
game ten e.
12.i..f4 l:lb813.b3
Or 13. a4l:[b4( 13... l:le8 14..J:[ae l
.i.e6!? 15 ..i.d6 ~d6 16.'i!Wg3 ~g3
17.fg3 lDd7=) 14.i..d6 'i!Wd6 15.b3
Olthof-Mostertman, Den Bo ch
20 12, and now 15 ... c5! 16.lDc3
i.d7 17 .l:l fe I h6 18.l:lad I i..c6
19.a3 l:lbb8=.
13... l:lb7!?
Or 13. .. c7 14.i..d6 d6
15.l:lad I l:le8 16.lDe2 c5 17.l:lfe I
i.d7= L.Muhammad- VI.Kovalev,
then Wch-jr 20 12.
14.lDe2 l:le8 15.l:lad1 ~f4
16:fi'f4
16.lDf4 l:lbe7 17.c4 ifa5=.
16... c5 17.lDg3 l:lbe7=
18.c3 ifb6 19. d2 · 6 20..i.a6
20. f5 l:le5 21.lDe3 i..d3 22. d3
h6=.
20 ... "fi'a6 21.b4 cb4 22.cb4 g6
23.l:lc1 h5 24. f4 lDe4 25.lDe4
l:le4 26 .~d2 d4 27.l:lcd1
Survey SO 3.1-2
27.l:lc7!?=. 19.'if;>bl l:a5 2Q ..J:[d7. Black has
27 .. .'~a3 28.b5 l:l8e5 29.l:lb1 drawing chances, but it 's not much
l:le8 30.l:lbd1 l:l8e5 31.l:lb1 fun for him.
'i!t'c3 32.'i!t'c3 dc3 33.l:lfc1 l:[e2 GF: Otherwi se ll ... lDde7 12.lDc6
34.l:lc3 l:la2 35.l:lcb3 l:lee2 'i!Wd2 13.i..d2 lDc6 14.lDd5 al o fa-
36.l:lf3 h4 37.l:lf4 l:leb2 38.l:[b2 vour White lightl y, due to him
l:lb2 39.l:la4 l:lb5 'h-'h obtaining the bi hop pair.
12.~d8 lDd113. ~c7
1 3.~h4 lDd4 14. d I lD f5 15 ..i.g5
h6;!;.
13... ~c7 14.lDc6 lDe3 15.i..b5!
Dynamic , But Slightly Risky 15.lDb4 i..f4 16.lDd3 ~h6 17.f4
5 ... .1lc5 ~f5 18.Wbl l:lac8 Black ha a
trong initiative.
Kramnik,VIadimir 7
Aronian,Levon
Zurich m 2012 (3)
1.e4 e5 2. f3 lDc6 3. c3 lDf6
4.d4 ed4 5. d4 i..c5
Better i 5 ... i..b4.
6.~e3 ~b6 7. d2
7.lDc6 bc6 8.e5 ~e3 9.fe3 d5
I O.lDd5 cd5 II. d5 h4 12.Wd I
( 12.g3 b4) 12...l:lb8 wi th com-
pen ation.
7 ... 0-0 8.0-0-0 l:le8 9.f3 d5
10.ed5!N
I O..i.b5 i..d7 ll.lDc6 .i.c6 and 15... bc6
Black eems to be OK. 15... ~f5 16. d4 ~f4 17.i..e8 lDg2
GF: Much better than the follow- 18. f4 f4 19.i..f7 w f7 20.lDf5
ing: I O.lDc6?! bc6 ll..i.b6 ab6 l:ld8 21.b3 and Black is a pawn
12..i.c4?! ( 12.ed5 cd5 1 3 .~ b5 down and although he has drawing
i..d7 14.i..d7 d7 15.lDd5=) chance he i still far from the
12... i..e6 ( 12... b5! 13..i.b3 b4 draw; 15... a6 1 6. ~a4 and it took
14.lDe2 e7=i=) 13.ed5 lDd5 me orne time to figure if thi s made
14. d5 ~d5 15 .~d5 cd5 a real difference, but even if it does
16. d5= Hrvacic- Berebora, plit it wi ll be in White' favour;
1998. 15 ... i..f4? 16. e7! 'if;>f8 17.g3+- .
1o... tDds 11.~gs! 16.i..c6 lDc4
Thi wa a criti cal position.
16... i..f4 17.<tti> b I (the on ly move.
17.l:le l i..b7 f:>. 18 ... g2; f:>.
18... c4) 1 7...~f5 18.i..a8 l:la8
( 18... lDc2 19. f4; 18... i..c2
19.Wa I i..g6 20.i..e4) 19.1:te I ! i..c2
( 19...lDc2 20. f4 a3 2 l.Wc l )
20.Wal l:le8 2 1.l:le3 ; 2 1.g3 !+-.
17. d4
17. b4! .i.e6 i 18.i..e8! l:le8
19.l:le I ! (a very strong move.
which I mi ed in my calcu lations)
19 ... i..a5 20.1:te6.
11 ... c3!? 17... i..e618.i..a8 ~b6! 19. d3
ll. ..f6 1 2 .~c4 lDd4 13.lDd5 .i.e6 19. e4 i..e320.c;i;>d l lDb22 1.'if;>el
1 4 . ~f6 gf6 15.lDb6 ab6 16. d4 i..d7 22.'i!t'b7 i..b6 23. d2 i..e3
d4 17.i..e6 l:le6 18.l:ld4 l:la2 24.c;i;>e2=.
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,• ......
the position, and I think that if I
were to play this position again I'd
still go for it, as it clarifie. matters.
The computer recommends more
12.h3 tLle5 13.f4 f7
White 's structure is simpler to han-
dle.

.,. adventurous ways of playing, such

'iY ~ for White. But close to real time-
~~~ ~~
<it>
19... l:ta8
A strange pos1t1on has arisen.
19 ...l:td8 20.'W'd8 (20.~d5 l:td5
21.'ii'c4 l:td I 22.l:td I ~c4 23.b3
Aronian) 20 ... ~d8 2 1.g3 (to stop
all kinds of check ) 21 ... ~b6
22.b3 tLle3 23.c3±.
20.l:te1
20.b3l:td8 21.bc4l:td3 22.cd3 'it>f8
23. ~c2 ~d4= Aronian.
20 ... l:td8 21.'W'e4! g5?!
21...l:td4 22.'t!fc6 l:td8 23.l:te6! fe6
24.'ii'e6 ~f8 (obviously I cannot
take the knight because of24 ... ~e3
and mate) 25.a4 tLle3 26.~b I tLlg2
27.a5 ~e3 28.c4±; but it was better
to play 21 ...g6 or 21 ... h6.
22.c3
Prophylaxi s.
22 .•. ~c5 23.l:te2
23.h4.
23 ... h6 24.g3
Preparing for 25.f4.
24 ... a5 25.f4 a4 26.f5! ~d5
27.'t!fd3
The po. it ion is difficult for Black.
27 ... ~b6 28.b3! ab3 29.ab3
tLla5
as 30.b4!? tLlc4 31 .f6 ~e6 32.'t!ff3,
and its asses ment is much better
trouble this i not the way you play.
And it say that a clear win is
l:i 30.'t!fb5 , a move I had seen. But
things are far less clear after
30 ... tLlb3 31. ~c2, and now sud-
denly 31 ...tLld4 32.cd4 ~d4, and it
is quite possible that this will end in
some sort of fortress. There is a fa-
mous game between Polugaev ky
and Geller (Skopje 1968) which is
very si milar: three pawns against
three pawns and queen against two
bishops on one flank (because the
rook wi II probably be exchanged).
30 ... l:te8 31.'t!fd5 l:td8 32.'t!fb5
l:td6 33. ~c2!
33.b4 ~e3 34.Wc2 tLlc6.
33 ..• <iti> g7
33... ~d8 34.'t!fe8 <iti> g7 35.'t!fe5
l:tf6 36.b4 tLlc6 37.'t!fe4 ~c7 38. b5
tLle5 39.c4±.
34.b4 tLlb7 35.c4!
Exploiting the loose positions of
the black pieces.
35 ... l:tf6 36.g4 tLld8 37.c5 ~c7
38.'t!fd7 tLlc6 39.b5 tLla7
40.'t!fc7 tLlb5 41 .-eges
4 1.'t!fd7 l:tc6 42.f6 ~g6 43.-egd3
~f6 44.'t!fb5+-.
41 ... tlJa7 4Vit;>d3 1-o
Kramnik
M/12·4·78
14.~d3
14.Wbl ! t:; 14 ... ~a5 15 . ~c4 ~c3
16.'t!fc3 't!fe4 17.l:thel 't!ff4
18.~g3t.
14... ~a5 15.l:the1 d6 16.~c4
~e6 17.'t!fd3 Wh8 18.~f2
l:tb8= 19.l:te2 tLld8!? 20.~a7
20.'i9bl !?
20 ... l:ta8 21.~f2
21 .~e3 ~c4 22.'t!fc4 ~c3 23.-egc3
't!fe4oo.
21 ... ~c4 22.-egc4 ~c3 23.'t!fc3
l:ta2
23 ... tLle6!?24. ~e3l:ta2 25.'t!fc4=.
24.e5! fe5
24 ... l:tai25. Wd2 l:tdl26 .~dl fe5
27.fe5 d5=.
25.Wb1 l:ta6 26.fe5 f7 27.e6
e5 28.~d4 't!fe6 29.b3 l:te8?
29 ... l:t fa8 30. ~e5 deS 31.J:lde I
't!fg6 32.'t!fe5 h6=.
30.~e5 deS 31.l:te5! 't!ff7
32.l:te8 't!fe8 33Jle1 't!fg6?
:?!:: 33 .. .'~ f7±. \12-\12 is incompre-
hensible, viz. 34.'t!fd3! l:ta8

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... • Debray,Christopher
Turov,Maxim
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(34 .. .'t!fd3 ?? 35.l:te8X) 35.'t!fg6
hg6 36.l:te6+- .

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j_
Lille 2012 (5)
1.e4 e5 2.tLlf3 tlJc6 3.tLlc3 tLlf6
4.d4 ed4 5.tLld4 ~c5 6.~e3
~b6 7.'W'd2 0-0 8.0-0-0 tLlg4!? Xu Huahua 9
~ ~WI ~ Varying from 8... l:te8 9.f3 d5 Hajnai,Zoltan
IO.ed5 tLld5 ll. ~g5! Kramnik-
l:i ~ Kecskemet 2012 (8)
Aronian, Zurich 20 12 m-3. 1.e4 e5 2.tLlf3 tlJc6 3.d4 ed4
<it> 9.~g5 f6 1O.tLlc6 bc6 11. ~h4 4.tLld4 tLlf6 5.tLlc3 ~c5 6.~e3
'W'e8 ~b6 7.'t!fd2 tLlg4!?
30.l:te8 Possibly ll...'t!fe7!? as if 12.h3 Instead 7.. .~a5?! lose. time: 8.f3
An interesting moment in the tLle5 13.f4 tLlf7 14.~f2 ~f2 d5 (8...0-0 9.0-0-0 d5 I O.tLlb3±)
game. This is the human solution to 15.'t!ff2, Black then has 15 ... 't!fb4. 9.0-0-0! with initiative.
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8.~gS f6 9.tt:lc6 bc6
9... dc6 I O.'i'd8 'iPd8 I l ..ih4 .ie6
1V t:Ja4J:le8 13.0-0-0 'iPc8 14.tt:lb6
ab6 15.a3 J:la4 Andre Mendez-
Sorin, Argentina 2000, 16.h3 tt:le5
17.f3;!;.
10.~h4 d6 11.h3 tt:leS 12.f4
ttlg6 13..it2 fS 14.0-0-0 fe4
1S.lt:le4 0-0 16.g3 .itS17 ..id3
Better is 17..ig2!i.
17...h6
18.J:ldf11?
18.'iPb l 'fi'd7 (18 ... 'i'e8 19.J:lde l
"ii'f7 20.h4!?t) 19.tt:lc5 !? 'ilft7
( 19 ....ic5 20 ..ic5 dc5? 2 1..ic4)
20 ..if5 "it'f5 2 1.tt:ld3;!;.
18...We7 19.tt:lc3 "it'f6 20..ifS
'i'fS= 21 ..ib6 ab6 22.g4 Wt7
23.tS tt:les 24.t6?!
24.'iPb I .
24 ... bS! 2S.b3
25.a3 b4! .
2S ...b4 26.tt:la4
26 ...J:la4!?
26 ... Wd5 27.'i'd5 cd5 28.fg7 'iPg7
29.J:lf8 J:lf8 30.J:ld I c6 3 1.J:ld4=.
27.ba4 'ifa2 28.'iPd1?
28."itb4 lLJc4 29.Wc3 J:lb8 30.'iPd I oo.
Survey SO 3. 1-2
28 ... tt:lc4 29.'ii'c1 tt:lb2 30.'iPe2 13... cS?!
"it'c4 31.~f2 J:lf6 32.'iPg3 'i'c3 13...tt:ld7 14.f4t
33.~g2 J:le6?! 14."it'd2 Was 1S.a3 a6 16.gS
Better is 33 ...J:lfl 34.J:lfl tt:la4=F. tt:ld7 11.14 bS 18.fS .ic4 19.g6
34."it't4 "it'c2 3S.J:lf2 J:le2 36.J:lf1 19 ..ic4 bc4 20.Wd6 e5 2 1.J:ld5
tt:la4 "it'd8 22."it'c5+- i a line men-
36 ... tt:lc4!? 37.g5! (37.a5?! tt:la5 tioned by Daniel Kin g.
38.Wb4 tt:lc4+) 37..."it'e4 38."it'e4 19.. .fg6 20 ..ic4 bc4 21.fg6 h6
J:le4 39.gh6 b3 (39 ... J:le7 40.J:lt7! !) 22."it'd6 tt:leS 23.J:ldS "it'd8
40.J:lf8 'iPh7 4 1.hg7 'iPg7 42.ll8t7 24.Wcs
'iPg6 43.J:l7f6 'iPg7 44.J:lt7=. 24.'ii'd8 J:lad8 25.J:lc5+- .
37."it'b4 tt:lcS 38."it'f4 J:lt2 39.J:lt2 24 .. .'.-h4 2S ..I:tdd1 J:lacB
"it'e4 40."it'e4 lt:le4 41.J:le2 dS 26.Wa7 'ith2 27.tt:ldS c3
41. .. tt:lf6 42.J:le7 tt:ld5 43.lld7 c5 28.bc3?!
44.'iPf2 c4oo. 28.tt:lc3!+-.
42.J:la2 'iPf7 43.J:la7 cS 44.J:lc7 28 ... Wh4 29.J:ldf1 'iPhB 30.Wd4
'iPf6 4S.h4 c4 46.'iPf3 <;PeS!? lt:lc6± ~-~
46 ... tt:ld2 47 .~e2 tt:le4 48 .~e3 g5
49.h5 li:ld6 50.J:lh7 tt:l t7 51.'iPd4
'iPe6 52.'iPc3 (52 .J:lg7 lt:le5
53.J:lc7=) 52 ...'iPf6 53.'iPd4=.
47.J:lg7 c3 48.'iPe2 'iPd4 49.gS Almost a Decade Ago
hgS SO.hgS tt:lg3?? 12 .~ h1
50 ... c2 51.J:lc7 lt:lg5=.
S1. ~d1 w es S2.J:lh7 tt:lts S3.g6 Kramnik,VIadimir 11
tt:le3 S4.'iPe2 c2 SS. ~d2 ~e6 Ponomariov,Ruslan
S6.J:lh3 tt:lc4 S7. ~c2 eS Linares 2003 (9)
SB.J:le3 1-o 1.e4 eS 2.tt:lf3 tt:lc6 3 ..ibS a6
4..ia4 tt:lf6 S.0-0 .ie7 6.J:le1 bS
7 ..ib3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 tt:las
Reefat,Bin Sattar 10 1O..ic2 cS 11 .d4 li:ld7
Hebden,Mark 12.'iPh1 !?
Dhaka 1995
1.e4 eS 2.tt:lf3 tt:lc6 3.d4 ed4
4.tt:ld4 tt:lf6 S.lt:lc3 .icS 6 ..ie3
.ib6 7."it'd2 0-0 8.0-0-Q J:leB
9.f3 d6?1 1O.g4! lt:ld4 11 ..id4
.ie6 12.J:lg1
12 ..ie2 .id4 I H!t'd4 d5 14."it'f2
"it'd6 15.f4!t Yov ha-J.Benj am in,
New York 2004.
12....id413."it'd4
12....ib7 13.dS fS 14.efS tt:lc4
1S.lt:lbd2 tt:ld2 16.'it'd2 tt:lf6
17.tt:lgS .idS 18.f4 Wc7 19.tt:le6
.ie6 20.fe6 tt:lhS 21 .'..dS J:ladB
22.fS tt:lg3 23.<iPh2 tt:lts 24.J:lf1
tt:lh4 2S ..igS tt:lg6 26.h4 tt:lf4
27..if4 ef4 28.g3 f3 29.J:lf3 J:lf3
30.Wt3 J:lts 31."it'd3 g6 32.J:lt1
WeB 33.J:lf8 ~-~
123
Scotch 0
The Latest Fashion in the Scotch-
Part I
by Alexander Finkel
1. e4 es eventually lead to positions with
2. tllf3 tllc6 the black knight on f6), which i
3. d4 ed4 Black' most popular way to
4. tlld4 ~cs cope with 5.tllb3 , while in the
5. tllb3 second part we will explore the
line with ... tllge7, ... 'i!ff6 and fi -
nally Humpy Koneru 's pet line
5 ... ~b4 .
It' very difficultto put a finger on
the preci e game which gave a
boo t to the popularity of 5. b3,
but it was Carl en's appearance in
the World Blitz Champion hip in
Mo cow back in 2009 that drew
the che s world ' attention to this
old line. A previous attempt tore-
vive 5.tllb3 had been un ucce -
The present Survey is dedicated fully undertaken by Rublevsky
to the ' hotte t' line in the Scotch back in 2004 (following which
Game at the moment: 5.tll b3. the 5.tllb3 line returned to the ar-
The fir t part of the Survey will chive , to be withdrawn from
deal with the position arising af- there on ly five years later). How-
ter 5 ... ~b6 6.tllc3 Cilf6 (a well ever, it was Carlsen who ha
as with some tran po ition that given thi line a new lease of life
with a modem twi t, involving
'ti'e2 and 0-0-0, a plan which
yielded Carl en a fantastic vic-
tory over Bacrot back in 20 I0.
Thi s game versus Bacrot was a
sign for the others to join the race,
so we have witnessed quite a few
top encounters with this line dur-
ing the Ia t year, including everal
important game from the late t
Che s Olympiad.
The 5.tllb3line reminds me of the
line l.e4 e5 2.tllf3 tllf6 3.tlle5 d6
4.tllf3 tlle4 5.tllc3 in the Petroff
Defence, which for a couple of
years became a platform for
Magnus Carlsen countless top-level clashes. Ju t
124
Classical Variation SO 5.8 (C45)
as in thi 5.tllc3 line in the Petroff,
our 5.tllb3 may unfold into a very
harp struggle with oppo ite ca -
tling (and ju. t a in the Petroff
line it is up to Black to choose hi
poison, as White is more or le
committed to castling queen-
ide), or Black may choose to de-
fend a lightly wore position
after going for ... 0-0-0, and ju t a
in the 5. c3 line the lightest dif-
ference in move order can be of
major importance.
Early Castling by Black
It seem that the most critical
position i the one arising after
5 ... .Q.b6 6.tllc3 tll f6 7.'i!fe2 0-0.
Unti l very recently Black had
preferred to delay ca tling for
one more move (by playing the
preliminary ... d7-d6), waiting
for the white bishop to come to
e3 in order to refrain from the
line with 8..Q.g5 (which were
considered unfavourable for
Black). However, at the Olym-
piad , Aronian introduced the in-
teresting novelty 8... d4 (whi ch

had previously been tried on ly
after the preliminary 8 .. .h6
9.b 4), which erved him well
in the game.
I a ume that one of the idea be-
hind the immediate 8 .. .ttJd4 is to
prevent White from playing
9.11t'd3 ?, which wou ld be met by
9...ttJb3 IO.cb3 ~f2!. In the
game Wang Hao-Aronian White
failed to cause Black any prob-
lems, but he could have tried to
do so by opting for 13.0-0-0 in-
lead of 13 .f3 , with the idea of
playing 14 .'it'd4 after 13 ... c6.
Another point behind immediate
castling can be found in the game
Caruana-Naiditsch (which wa
played in Dortmund in July),
where the German grandmaster
introduced a very interesting
idea after 8. ~e3 l:Ce8 9.f3 by opt-
ing for 9 ... d5 !?. The ub equent
II ... e5 ?! wa hardly a good
idea, but II .. .'ii'd6!? instead
de erves very eriou attention.
In the event that Black prefer to
play the more conventional
9... d6, thing · are not absolutely
clear either, but it eems that
White enjoys a minimal edge
after I0.0-0-0 ~e6 ll. ~b I ttJd7
12.'ii'd2 .
Black Opts for •.. 0-0-0
Another popular plan, which ha
been u ed by Yakovenko,
Malakhov and Zviagint ev, is to
Early Castling by Black
7 .. .0-0 8 .~ 5
Wang Hao
Aronian,levon
Istanbul ol 2012 (7)
1.e4 e5 2.1t::lf3 c6 3.d4 ed4 4.tt:ld4
~c5 5.tt:lb3 ~ b6 6. c3 tt:lf6 7.W'e2
o-o 8. ~g5 [8.~e3] 8 ... tt:ld41? 9.W'd2
[9.W'd3? tt:lb3 10.cb3 ~12 11.q;,12 g4
12.q;,g1 1fg5+ ] 9 ... tt:lb3 10.ab3 [10.cb3
opt for queenside ca tling. The
critical po ition for thi sub-line
is usually reached via the follow-
ing move order: 5 ... ~b6 6.ttJc3
ttJf6 7.11t'e2 d6 8 .~e3 'ir'e7
9.0-0-0 ~e6 IO.f3 0-0-0 Il. ~b6
ab6 12.ttJd4.
It eems that the most accurate
reply for Black is 12 ... ~ b8
(rather than the capture on d4,
which offers White some attack-
ing chances). White tried
13.'it'e3 in all the game , which
appears to be a perfectly natural
move, as White need to develop
his light-squared bi hop, while
Black may choose between
13 ... d5 , 13 ... ttJd4 and 13 .. .l:Che8,
all of which have a right to exi t.
Overall, White enjoys a minimal
edge which hould be ea ily neu-
tralized by Black.
White Plays 7.~g5
Committing the bi shop to g5
seems to be premature, as Black
lle8 (1 0...h6!? 1 1. ~e3 lle8 ( 1 1... ~e3
12.1fe3 lle8 13.0-0-0 'it'e7oo) 12 .~b6
ab6 13.13 dS 14.0·0·0 c6 15.ed5
16.tt:ld5 cdS 17.q;,b1 tt'l6=) 11.Q-O-O h6
12.~16 ( 12.~h4? ! tt:le4 13.~d8
14 .~c7 tt:lb3 15.ab3 ~c7~) 12 ... 1fl6
13.tt:ld5 'ifg6~] 10 ... h6 11. ~e3 ~e3
12.1fe3 lle8 13.13 [13.0-0·0!? c6
14.1fd4 'it'b6 15.13;!;] 13 ... c6 14.0-0-0
d5 15.tt'c5 tt'b6= 16.Wb6 ab6
17.ed5 lla1
Survey SO 5.8
hasn'tdetermined the position of
hi s king yet.
For thi s reason Black will enjoy
comfortab le equality by just
playing .. .h7-h6 and .. .g7-g5 ,
followed by queen ide ca tling,
as the white bishop ha nothing
much to do on g3 .
Conclusion
It eem that the ball is c urrently
in White' court, o he'd better
come up with some improve-
ment in order to et Black tangi-
ble problems in the line wi th
... f6. The current tate of af-
fairs in thi line is entirely atis-
factory for Black, even though
there ult tell a slightly different
tory!
In Part ll of thi Survey we
will explore other lines in the
Clas ical Variation after
5.ttJb3, including Humpy
Koneru' pet line 5 ... ~b4.
dS
d2
125
 18.'i\>d2 lld1 19.'i\>d1 lld8 20..i.c4
I20 ..i.d3 dS 21.ti)dS lldS 22.'i\>e2 <l.>f8
23.b4 .i.IS= 24 ..i.IS J:liS 2S.lla1 lleS
26.'i\>d2 J:ldS 27.'i\>e3 lleS 28.'i\>d3 lldS
29.'i\>e3 lleS 30.'i\>d3 lldS 31 .'i\>e4 17·17
Bruzon Batista-Fressinet, Istanbul ol 2012
(8)] 20 ... bS 21 ..i.d3 ti)dS 22. dS
J:ldS 23.'i\>e2 8 24.b4 'J;e7
2S.lla1 'i\>d6 26.c3 J:leS 27. ~ lldS
28.'i\>e2 J:leS 29. 2 lldS 30.IIte2
liteS \'.!-\'.!
Darini,Pouria
Bruzon Batista,Lazaro
Istanbul ol 2012 (4)
1.e4 eS 2. f3 ti)c6 3.d4 ed4 4.ti)d4
.i.cS S. b3 .i.b6 6. c3 ll)f6 H !t'e2
o-o 8 ..i.gS ti)d4 9.'Wd2 ti)b3 10.ab3
h6 11 ..i.e3 .i.e3 12. ~e3 dS!?
l12 ... lle8]
13.0-0-0 g4!? l13 ... c6?! 14.edS dS
1S.ti)dS cdS 16.'*Yd4;!;] 14.'ilt'g3 l14.'ilt'd4
'*YgS 1S.IItb1 de4 (1S ... c5 16.1t'c5 de4
17.'WgS hgS 18. e4 .i.IS 19.h3 J:ladB
20.lld8 lld8 21 .<;1;>c1 e3 22.fe3 .i.e4
23.llh2;!;) 16. e4 ~eS 17..i.c4;!;]
14...d4 1S.ti)bS cS 16..i.e2 f6
17. d6 .i.e6 18.eS I1B.ti)b7 '*Yb6 (R R
18 ...'*Ye7 19.ti)d6 J:lldB~ Bosch) 19.ti)d6
aSf] 18... dS?! 118... e8!] 19..i.c4
b4 20.c3 .i.c4 I~ 20... c6 21.14 .i.c4
22. IS g6 23.bc4 llth7 24.ti)d6 dc3 2S.bc3
'Was Bosch] 21 .bc4 l21.ti)IS ~gS!
22.1fgS hgS= Bosch] 21 ... dc3 22.bc3
c6 23.t4 123. 17! Was 24.ti)h6 llthB
2S.lld7 e7 26. g4±] 23 ...~aS
24.ti)fS ~a3 2S.IItc2 'ilt'a2 26.11td3
J:lfd8 27.11te3 g6 28. h6
• 29.ti)f7! Q;>f7 l29 ... lld1 30.lld1 <l.>fl?
8
(30 ...'ilt'c4) 31 .e6! llte6 32.W'h3 lltl6
33.lld6 lltg7 34.lld7 llt16 3S.'Wh4 llte6
36.1t'g4 <l.>f6 37.'ilt'gS llte6 38.,.-dS llt16
126
39.llf7X Bosch] 30.e6 lltg7 31.tS ti)e7
32.t6?! 132.W'c7! lle8 33.16 llth6
34.1e7±] 32... 33.llhf1 llte6
34.'*Yg4 ti)fS 3S.llfS gfS 36.'*Yg6
llte7 37.'*Yg7 llte6 38.'Wg6 'i\>e7
39.'*YgS llte6 40.'*Yg6 liteS \'.!-\'.!
Wang Jue
Sachdev,Tania
Zaozhuang tt 2012 (1)
1.e4 eS 2. f3 c6 3.d4 ed4 4. d4
.i.cS s . b3 .i.b6 6.ti)c3 ll)f6 7.'*Ye2
0-0 8 ..i.gS h6 9 ..i.h4 ti)d4 1O.W'd3
b3 11 .cb3!? lle8 12.0-o-o d6
112 ... c6 13.14 dS 14.eS gS!
1S.fgS lleS 16.gl6 .i.e3 17.lld2 .i.IS
18.1t'e2 d4-+l 13 .~ c2 c6 14..i.c4
W'e7 1S.llhe1 .i.c7 16.t3 l16.11tb1 !?]
16... a6 17.g4 ~eS?! l17 ... bS 18 ..i.d3
.i.e6 19.11tb1f] 18.'*Yd2 bS 19..i.d3
.i.aS? 20..i.c2 .i.b7?! 120... g4 21.fg4
.i.g4 22 ..i.g3 '*YhS 23..i.d6 .i.dB
24. d3±J 21 ..i.g3+- ..-e6 22 ..i.d6
J:lad8? 23.eS! .i.c3 24.bc3 1-0
Bok,Benjamin
Avrukh,Boris
Biel 2012 (7)
1.e4 eS 2. f3 c6 3.d4 ed4 4. d4
.i.cS s . b3 .i.b6 6. c3 ll)f6 7 . ~e2
0-0 8 ..i.gS h6 9 ..i.h4 lle8 10.0-0-0
d6 11.f3 l11.h3 gS? 12 ..i.g3 aS 13.a4
.i.e6 14.h4 .i.b3 1S.cb3 d4 16. ~c4 ±
Ducarmon-K.Larsen, Paris 2012] 11 ... .i.e6
12.11tb1 ~e7 13.g4 llad8 14- ~e1
I14.W'g2!?] 14... ti)eS 1S..i.e2
16..i.g3 .i.b3 17.ab3 dS 18.edS
.i.aS 19..i.c4 W'f8 20.'*Yf2 a6
g6
21 . e4 l21.d6!? cd6 22.ti)e4 e4 23.1e4
eS 24 ..i.eS J:leS 2S.lldl1±] 21 ... e4
22.fe4 eS 23.W'fS g6 24.,.-f4 ±
.i.b4 2S ..i.e2 .i.d6 26.'*e3 ti)d7
27 ..i.h4 llb8 28 ..i.e1 .i.eS 29 ..i.d2
.i.g7 30.llhf1 ~d6 31. '*Yh3
31 .....-es l31...lle4 32 ..i.l3 lld4 33.c3
lld3 34. g2±] 32 ..i.c3 ,.-e7 33 ..i.d2
'*Ye4 34.gS hgS 3S.,.-d7 lle7
36 ...-h3 '*Ye2 37.llde1 WhS
38. W'hS lle1 39.lle1 ghS 40..i.gS
.i.f8 41 ..i.f4 .i.d6 42 ..i.d6 cd6
43.lle7 'i\>g7 44.c4 bS 4S.'i\>c2 6
46.lld7 ll b6 47.h4 aS 48.11tc3 bc4
49.bc4 a4 SO.IItd4 lltg7 S1 .lld8
lltf6 S2.lld7 lltg7 S3.lld8 \'.!-\'.!
Carlsen,Magnus
Bacrot,Etienne
Nanjing 2010 (1)
1.e4 eS 2. f3 c6 3.d4 ed4 4. d4
.i.cS S. b3 .i.b6 6.ti)c3 f6 7 ...-e2
0-0 8 ..i.gS h6 9 ..i.h4 l9.h4?! d6 10.13?
hgS 11 .hgS g4 12.fg4 'ilt'gS 13.'iWI3 .i.g4
14 ...-g3 eS+ Rublevsky-Anand, Bastia
2004] 9 ... aS 1O.a4 d4 11. 'ilt'd3 b3
12.cb3 lle8 13.0-0-0 d6 14.'Wc2
.i.d7?! l14 ... c6 1S ..i.c4 (1S ..i.g3 dS!
16.eS? hS- +) 1s... ..-e7 16.llhe1f .i.e6
17.14 .i.c4 18.bc4 e6; 14 ... gS 1S ..i.g3
hS 16.eS g3 17.hg3 lleS 18.llh6 .i.IS
19 ..i.d3;!;; 14 ....i.e6 1S.eS gS 16 ..i.g3 hS
17 ..i.bS ~d7 18..i.c4±] 1S ..i.c4
'if
i i .i. •
' '' '
.i. ~
'
~ ~
~ Cij
~ ~
~~ ~ ~ ~
<;t>l:[ 1::[

15 ....b 6 16.llhe1 1He7 [16 ...~c4
17.bc4 gS 18. ~g3 lle6 19.<.tb1 hS
20.eS±] 17.e51 deS 18.lle5 1if8
19 . ~f6 gf6 20.lle21 1ig7 21 . ~e6
J:le6 22.lle6 fe6 23.lld3! q,ha
24.llg3 W'h7 25.W'd2 ~cs 26. e4
~e7 27.llh3 q,g7?1 [27 ... q,ga 28.1t'd7
"i'e4 29 ...-e7 1He1 30.q,c2 'tife4
31.q,d2± ; 27... lld8 28.llh6 lld2 29.llh7
<.th7 30.q,d2] 28 ....d7! +-
29. gs fg5 30.llf3 q,ga 31.We6
<.thB 32.llf7 ~d6 33.llh7 Wh7
34 ..-f7 q,ha 35.g3 lla6 36.q,b1
~b4 37.f4 gf4 38.gf4 1-0
Early Castling by Black
7 ... 0-0 8 .~ e3
Hansen,Sune Berg
Georgiev,VIadimir
Istanbul ol 2012 (9)
1.e4 e5 2. f3 c6 3.d4 ed4 4.lLld4
~c5 5. b3 ~b6 6. c3 lLlf6 7."it'e2
0-0 8.~e3 lle8 9.f3 d6 [9 ...~e3
10."it'e3 d6 1l.O·Q-O a6 (11...~e6 12.g4 a6
13.h4 bS 14.h5 b4 15.lLle2 ~b3 16.ab3 aS
17.h6;!; Okkes-I.Timmermans, Netherlands
n 2010/11) 12.g4 bS 13.gS lLld7 14.h4
b6 1S.hS eS 16.h6;!; Ka~akin-Zubov,
Alushta 200 1] 10.0-0-0 ~e6 11 .q,b 1
[ 11.~b6 ab6 12."it'd2 lLld7 13.~bS lLlcS
14.lLld4 ~d7 1S.'itb1 d4 16. d4 ~bS
17.lLlbS 'tifd7= Carlsen-'r'dkovenko, Moscow
Wch blitz 2009] 11... d7 [11 ... eS
12.'tifd2 c4?1 13.~c4 ~c4 14.g4 lLld7
15.g5 'tifbB 16.h4 ~e3 17.'tife3 bS 18.hS-
Rudoii-Kashlinskaya, Paks 2011] 12. 'i+'d2
[12.~ ab6 13 ...-d2] 12...~e3 [12...aS
13.lLld4 d4 14 .~d4 a4 1S . ~b6 b6
16.a3 ..-d7 17. d4;!; Shyam-Saptarshi,
Aurangabad ch-INO 2011] 13.We3 a6
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Khalifman,Aiexander
Tiumen 2012 (2)
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Naiditsch,Arkadij
Dortmund 2012 (1)
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Georgiev,VIadimir
Fagernes 2012 (9)
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Avrukh,Boris
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Torre,Eugenio
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Yakovenko,Dmitry
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Rzaev,Bahruz
Albena 2012 (6)
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Zvi8gintsev,Vadim
St Petersburg 2012 (8)
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Avrukh,Boris
Biel 2012 (5)
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Mulyar,Michael
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l:h3 42.<;1;> c4 deS 43 .~fS l:f3 Javakhadze, Tbilisi ch-GEO·W 2012)
44.l:f3 tiJf3 4S.bcS tOeS 46.<;1;> c3 10.~g3 W'e7 11.h4 l:g8 12.hgS
l:g3 47.«Yd4 <;1;>e7 48.l: h1 f3 hgS 13 ...-d2 ~e6 14.0-0-0 0-0-0
49.<;1;> c4 tOeS SO.<;f;>b4 l:f3 S1 .l:h7 1S. dS? I
<;f;>d8 S2 . ~e6 l:f4 S3.<;1;>a3 l:f3
S4.<;1;> a2 l:f2 SS.<;f;>b1 l:d2 S6.l: h8
<;1;> e7 S7.l:c8 fS [ ~ S7...c6 58.l:c7 <;f;>fS
S9.d6 IS) S8.l:c7 6 S9.l:b7 f4? [ ~
S9 ...l:d4±) 60.l:b8? [60.c6 c6 61 .l:f7
WeS 62.dc6 <;f;>e6 63.C7+-) 60 .. .f3?
[60 ...l:d4 61 .l:fS <;f;>e? 62.l:fS ±) 61.c6 f2
62.~ h3? [62.l:fS +- J
1S ... dS 16.edS ~ dS 17 . ~ h7
~ g2 18.l: hg1 ~f3 19. l:de1
'f/f6?! [19 .. .'f/fS 20 .~gS 'figS 21 .'i'd3
~g4 'l') 20 . ~ g8 l: g8 21. ~ h4 1 ! gh4
22.l: g8 <;1;> d7 23.c4 d4 24.l:ge8
e6 2S ..l:t8e6 fe6 26.cS h3
27.cb6 ab6 28. d4 [2S ...-d3 'f/h6
29. d2 ~g2 30.Wg3± ) 28 ... ~ ds
62 ...tiJc6? [62 ... l:d3 63.l:b2 .l:th3 64.l:l2 29. e2 h2 30. g3 'f/ h4 31 ...-e2
<;f;>e?=) 63.dc6+- l:d1 64.<;1;> b2 l:d2 1t'h6 32.'*'e3 'fl h3 33.b3 1t'h8
6S.<;f;>c3 l:d1 66.Wc4 l:c1 67.<;1;>dS 34.<;1;> c2 tt' h7 3S.Wb2 'i!t' hB
7 68.l:b7 Wd8 69.l:d7 36.Wc2 tt' h7 37.<;1;> b2 tt' hB
70.l:h7 8 71 .l:f7 l:d1 72.c;t;>cs 38 ...-c3 f8 39. tt'd4 cS 40.'*'e3
l:c1 73.Wb6 l:b1 74.Wa7 l:c1 'i!t'h8 41. <;1;> c2 tt' h7 42. d3 ..-f7
7S .~g2 l:c2 76.<;1;> b6 l:b2 77.<;1;>a7 43.f4 c;t;>c6 44.tt'e3 g6 4S.Wd2
l:c2 78.~dS We8 79.Wb6 l:b2 'f/g7 46.<;1;> c2 1t'g6 47.<;1;> b2 '*'f6
80.Wc5 l:c2 81. 6 .l:td2 82.l:fS 1-0 48.1Pc2 W'g6 11.2 -11.2
 Kin 'sPawn 0
The Jocha (Counter-)Gambit!
by Andras Adorjan and Endre Vegh
1. e4 e5
2. d4 ed4
3. 'i!fd4 ltJc6
4. 'i!fe3
l::[tLJ~~ ~t[Jl::[
~~~ ~~~
~ f6! 6.ltJf6 ef6 7.g3 i..e7 8 .~g2
~ 0-0 9.0-0 ltJc6 I O.d3 i..g4! I l.h3
The name 'Centre Gambit' for
this opening line, common in
German (Mitre/gambit), Dutch
(Middengambiet) and Hungarian
(kozepc el), is ju t wrong. One
would expect orne sacrifice in a
variation with such a name. At least
a pawn - or even a piece like in the
Polerio/Muzio Variation of the
King's Gambit or the Traxler! I
analy ed both opening in depth at
the age of 11 - 12 (1 was born in
1950). In my notes !!! (three excla-
mation marks) were not rare and all
the variation ended in mate ...
A Queen into the Fray
The opening White play is a
kind of gamble. It is rightly writ-
ten: Do not throw your queen
into the fray too early, for your
opponent will gain tempo by
cha ing it! Somehow most peo-
ple cannot even imagine that
White can be worse after ju t a
s Centre Game KP 2.6-11 (C22)
few moves from the initial posi-
tion . Still thi s is true. I cou ld give
a bunch of examples. But for a
tart let me give only one:
Ermenkov-Adorjan, Budape t zt
1993: l.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.ltJc3?!
(on 3.ed5 d5 or even 3 ... f6 is
OK) 3 ... de4 4. e4 'i!fc7 5.ltJ f3
i..e6 and Black went on to win
hi better position .
The Main Line
More than 5, available games
(MegaBase) were played with
the 'Centre Gambit '. Among the
white player , rather surpris-
ingly, there were some leading
players, like Judit Polgar and my
co-author Endre Vegh ...
No wonder it was hard to select the
mo t important games. The mo t
popular is, of course, the main line
- l .e4 e5 2.d4 ed4 3.'i!fd4 ltJc6
4.'i!fe3 ltJf6 5.ltJc3 ~b4 6.i..d2 0-0
7.0-0-0 l:te8 8. 'it'g3,
and here both 8 ... l:le4 and
8 ... ltJe4 have occurred many
'Uncle' Bela Papp
a brilliant teacher
times. Both moves gave Black an
advantage, but in both ca es he
has to play carefully, ince the
key po ition is very sharp. Peo-
ple desperately follow fa hion
and want to win at home. Some-
times, however, they meet a
strong novelty and then they can
go home ooner than they bar-
gained for ...
I would advise the readers to
study lesser-known variations.
Or, even better: try to repair
those lines that have a bad repu-
tation . I' m not talking about the
present ca e only.
The Jocha!
Let get back to our subject!
The first time I met thi s so-called
gambit wa when I attended the
lecture of the brilliant teacher
Bela Papp. He was a wild attack-
ing player and played the Centre
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 Gambit too, with the intention of
building up omethj ng like
c2-c4, .id2 and ttJc3. Somehow
he often managed it too! I ad-
mired Uncle Bela, but I did not
follow hi example. Just the op-
posite: I created a real (coun-
ter-)gambit with 4.'it'e3 f5!.
Thi was baptised the Jocha,
which was my family name till
1967. It was a funny coincidence
The Jocha Gambit
4 ... f5
Antai,Laszlo
Jocha,Andras
Hungary tt 1965
1.e4 eS 2.d4 ed4 3."ti'd4 li:lc6
4.'ti'e3
4 •.• f51?N [Jocha/AA] 5.ef5 [S.li:lc3 li:\16
(S.. .fe4 6.'ti'e4 'ti'e7 7.'ti'e7 iLe7 8.iL.I4;!;)
• 6.li:lf3 le4 7.li:le4 li:le4 8.'ife4 'ti'e7=]
5 ...iL.e7 6.iL.d3 li:lf6 7.li:le2 [7.li:lf3 0-0
8.0-0 dS~] 7...0-0 8.0-0 dS [8... b4
See Havasi·Fusthy] 9. f4 'ti'd6 [9 ...li:lg4
132
that I tried it out agajnst my for- Roman Hernandez Onna (Las
mer team mate Laszlo Antal (the Palmas 1977), Ljubomir Ljubo-
father of IGM Gergely Antal), jevic (Szirak izt 1987) and Alex-
and with uccess. Another 2 1( !) ander Oni chuk (Aiushta 1994).
year went by till BP's other pu-
pil Z olt FU thy u ed the line
again . Although both experi-
ments bore fruit, I cannot guar-
antee that the series wi ll be
continued. But one thing I can
ay. If a boy aged 12 could create
something of hi own, then any-
body can fo llow this example.
Otherwi e the line connected
with an early ... ttJ b4 are of orne
interest - thi wa already
pointed out by Jeroen Bo ch in All these prove that careles play
Volume 12 of hj SOS series. by White may lead to trouble !
Black took over the initiative at
Another Early Queen Outing an early tage of the game. See
Finally I pre ent three games be- the analysis in the opening phase
ginning with l .c4 c5 2.ttJc3 g6 of the e samples at the end of thi s
3.d4?! cd4 4.'ii'd4 ttJ f6 - v . Survey.
10.'ti'h3 li:lgeS (10...li:lceS 11 .li:le6 iL.e6 20. d2 c6 21.li:lc4 iL.b8 22.li:lc3
12.fe6± ) 11 .g4 iL.h4 12.li:ld2;t] 10.l:te1 l:te6 23.lld1 [23.iL.gS l:tg61] 23 ... l:tg6
li:lg4 1U it'f3?? [:<:. 11 .tfg3 ceS 24 .~ h1 [24.g4 hS 2S.f3;!;; 24. ~11]
12.li:lc3 c6 (12 ...li:ld3 13.cd3 iLlS 14. IdS 24 .•. b5
l:tae8 1S.iL.I4 'it'd? 16.h3 16 17.l:te7
l:te7 18.li:le7 'ti'e7 19.iL.c7+-) 13.li:lldS!
(13.h3 li:ld3 14.li:ld3 16 1S.'ti'l3±) ~ .ld:
13...cdS 14.iL.I4 i£.16 1S.'ti'g4+-J ~~.ld: ~
11 ••.li:lce5 12.'ti'd5 'ti'dS 13. dS ~ ~ ~ tt:J ~
iL.cS? [:<:. 13...iL.h4! 14.iL.e3 iLlS 1S.iL.IS
l:tiS 16.l:tl1 (16.iL.c5 ll12!; 16.l:te2 c6
~tt:J
17.h3 cdS 18.hg4 li:lg4 19.li:lc3; 19.iL.d4 ~
i£.12! 20.iL.I2 (20.l:tl2 li:\12 21 .iL.I2 ~
l:tal8-+) 20 ...l:tal8 21 .li:lc3 12-+)
~
16... c6 17.h3 cdS 18.hg4 li:lg4=i= ] 14.iL.e3
li:ld3? [:<:. 14... li:le3 1S.Ie3 c6 16.li:lc7 .a
l:tb8 17.li:le6 iL.e6 18.fe6 l:tbd8 19. c3
li:ld3 20.cd3 l:td3 21.llad1 l:te3 22.~h1 25. b2? [2S. eS eS 26.deS iL.eS
l:te1 23.lle1 l:td8 24.g3 Wt8=i=] 15.cd3 27.iL.d4=] 25 ...li:lb2 26.l:tb2 b4
iL.d6 [1S ...li:le3 16.fe3 iLlS 17.d4 iL.d6 [26...iL.h3 27.13 (27.gh3 l:tl3-+) 27... l:te8
18.e4 iL.e6 19.li:lbc3±] 16.h3 [16.iL.I4 28.iL.c1 iL.IS=i=] 27. a4 iL.e4
iL.cS 17.iL.g3 iLlS 18.li:le7 ~h8 19.h3;t] [27 ...iL.h3!+] 28.l:tg1? [28.14 l:tg3 29.l:te1
16...li:le5 17.d4? [17.iL.I4± ; 17.16±] l:th3 30.~g1 l:th4 31 . c5 i£.14 32.iL.I4
17... d3 18.l:te2 iL.f5 [18 ...c6 19. dc3 l:tff4 33. a6 l:tl6! (33 ...iL.dS 34. b4 l:td4
iLlS 20.li:ld2 l:tae8~] 19.b3 [19. a3! 3S.li:ldS cdS=i= ; 3S ...l:td5 36.l:te8 ~
li:lb2 20.li:lbS li:lc4 21 .li:ldc7 iL.c7 22. c7 37.l:tc8=) 34. b4 aS+ ] 28 .. .l:tf3 29.l:tc1
llacB (22 ... l:tad8) 23. dS;t] 19..• l:tae8 l:th3 30 . ~g1 ..if3 0-1

Havasi,Janos
Fi.isthy,Zsolt
Hungary tt 19B6
1.e4 eS 2.d4 ed4 3.'tlt'd4 tt:lc6
4.'tlt'e3 fSI? 5.ef5 ~e7 6. ~d3 [6.tt:lc3
<016 (6...d5!?) 7.~d2 (7 .~d3 d5 8.'tlt'g3
(}() 9.tt:lge2 d4 t) 7...0-Q (7... d5!?) 8.0-0-0
dS 9.'tlt'e1 (~ 9 .~e1 ~f5 (9...d4 10.'* h3)
10.tt:ld5 d5 11.~c4 ;!;) 9... ~f5 10.13? (not
a move in gambit spirit...) 10... tt:lb4 11 .g4
.ic2 12.'ilt'e6 ~h8 13.l%e1 ~d6 -+ )
6... tt:lf6 7.tt:le2 0-0 8.0-0 tt:lb4 [8 ...d5
9.tt:lf4 'ilt'd6 10.l%e1 tt:lg4 11 .'ilt'f3 tt:lce5
12.W'd5 'ilt'd5 13. d5 ~c5 (~ 13... ~h4 !)
14.~e3 - See: L.Antai..Jocha/Ado~an ,
Hungary It 1965] 9.tt:ld2 [9.tt:lf4!? d5
(9...b6 10. c3 ~7~) 10.'ilt'h3] 9 ... d5
[9... b6!?] 10.tt:lg3 tt:lg4 11.'tlt'd4 tt:ld3
12.'tlt'g4 [12.'tlt'd3 tt:lh6} 12... tt:lc1 [~
12... e5] 13.l%ac1 g6 14.tt:lf3 ~fS
15.tt:lf5 l%f5 16.l%cd1 ~d6 17.l%d3
[1 7.c4!?} 17... 'ilt'f6 18.c3 l%e8 [18... l%f8!]
19.tt:ld4? [A bad mistake. After 19.'ilt'a4
White has a normal position] 19... l%f21 -+
20.l%f3 [20.1%12 l%e1 - +} 20... l%f1
21 .l%f1 [21. ~f1 'tlt'e7 22.g3 (22.~g1
W'e1 23.l%f1 .ih2-+) 22 ...c5-+]
21... ~h2 0-1
Jakubiec,Artur
Gross,David
Czech tt 2000/ 01 (B)
1.e4 eS 2.d4 ed4 3.'ilt'd4 tt:lc6
4.'ilt'e3 fS 5.tt:lc3 [5.e5 tt:lh6!] 5 ...tt:lf6
6. ~d2 ~e7 [6 ... fe4 7.tt:le4 tt:le4 8.'tlt'e4
'ilt'e7=} 7.0-0-0 fe4 [7 .. .0.01? B.ef5 d5]
8.tt:le4 0-0 9.~c4 ~h8 [9 ...d5 10.~c3
~h8 11. ~16 ~f6 12.l%d5 'tlt'e7 13.tt:lf3
~e6 14.l%c5 ~c4 15.l%c4 'ilt'f7 16.'tlt'e2± ]
10.tt:lf3 tt:lg4?! [10 ...d5 11 .tt:lf6 ~f6
12 . ~d3 (12. ~c3 d4!) 12... 'tlt'd6 and Black
is OK} 11.'ilt'e2 tt:lgeS 12.tt:le5 tt:le5
13 . ~b3 d6 14.h4 ~fS 15.tt:lg5
~gS? 16.hg5 'it'e8 17.l%de1 'ilt'c6
18.~c3 l%ae8 19.'it'd2 'it'g2 20.'ilt'd4
[20.l%eg1 'it'l3 21 . ~d5 ~e4 22 .~e4 'it'e4
23.g6± ] 20 ...c5 [20 ... b5! 21.~d5 (21.14?!
c5 22.'it'd6 c4) 21...c5 22..ig2 cd4 23.~d4
l%cB+=t} 21 .'it'd6 'it'gS
22.l%e3?? [22.14 ...14 23.~1 lOgS
24....c5oo] 22... tt:lg4? [22.. ..Q.e4!+] 23.l%g1
l%d8? [23....Q.g6} 24...-e7 ..-e7 25.l%e7
tt:lf6 26.l%gg7 ~g6 27.l%g8 Hl
4 ... ~ b4
Thorhallsson,Throstur
Hebden,Mark
Cappelle Ia Grande 2005 (4)
1.e4 es 2.d4 ed4 3.'ilt'd4 tt:lc6
4 ...-e3 tt:lb41?
5.tt:la3 tt:lf6 6.e5 tt:lfd5 7.'ilt'e4 d6
8.c3?1 [B.ed6 ~e6 9.dc7 'it'c7 10.tt:l13±]
8... de51 9.cb4 ~b4 10.~d2 ~d2
11. ~d2 0-0 [11...tt:lf6 12.'ilt'd3 'tlt'e7
13.~e1 0.0 14.tt:lc4 l%d8 15.'it'a3 c5'f]
12.~e1?1 [12.l%e1 tt:lf6 13...-d3 'ilt'e7~]
12... c6 13. ~e2 'it'f6 [13 ... l%e8!?]
Survey KP 2.6-11
14.tt:lc4 l%e8 15.tt:le3 ~e6 [15 ... tt:le3
16.'tlt'e3 e4] 16.tt:lf3 l%ad8 17.'ilt'e5
'ilt'g6 18.~1 ~f5 [18... tt:le3 19.'ilt'e3
(19.fe3 ~c4 20.'ilt'g5 ~e2 21.~e2 ..-d3
22 .~12 l%d5 23.... f4 g5 24.tt:lg5 l%f5-+)
19... ~c4 20 .~c4 l%e3 21 .fe3 ..-f5'f]
19...-g3 'it'f6 20.l%e1 tt:le3 21.fe3
..-b2 22 ...-f4 ~g6 23. ~ l%e4
24 ...-c7 [24 ...-g5 l%de8] 24... l%de8
25 . ~g3 ... b4 [25 ...h5!?; 25... h6]
26 .~d1 h6 27.~b3 aS 28.l%e2 a4
29 ..ic2 l%g4 30. ~ ..-c4 31.~g6?
[31.g3!± and if 31....ic2 then 32.l%c1 ;
31.~d1}
1:[
L1L1 \t>l:: L1
Ci:JL1
j. ~
• 'if'
j.
j.
j.j. 'if i
•
31 ... l%g21 32. ~g2 'it'e2 33 . ~g3 fg6
34.l%e1 r ~ 34 ....b7 l%e3 35....c6 'tlt'a2
36.'ilt'g6'f} 34...'it'a2 35.l%d1? [35.'it'b7]
35 ... 'it'e6 [35 ... l%f8!-+} 36.'tlt'b7 'ilt'f6
37.l%c1 l%e3 38.'ilt'c6 l%f3 39.'ilt'f3
..-gs 40 ...-g4 ..-c1 41 ...-a4 'ilt'g1
42 . ~ h3 ~h7 +/- + [Black's win is only a
question of time] 43.'ilt'd7 hS 44.'it'e6
'ilt'f1 45. ~g3 gS 46.'it'e7 'it'g1
47. ~ ...g4 48. ~ 'ilt'f4 49. ~g2
g4 SO.'it'e8 'ilt'f3 51. ~g1 g3 52.hg3
...g3 53. ~h1 'ilt'f3 54 .~g1 ...,5
55. ~h2 'tlt'g6 56.'tlt'd8 ~ h6 57....d2
..-gs 58.'tlt'd6 'tlt'f6 s9. ..-b8 gs
60.~g2 h4 61 .'it'e8 ..-b2 62. ~g1
'tlt'd4 63 . ~h1 W'dS 64. ~g1 ~g7
65.'it'e7 ~g6 66.'it'e8 ~5 67 •..-c8
4 68 . ~h2 W'eS 69. ~g2 W'e2
70.~ h1 g4 71.'ilt'c1 ~g3 72 ...-e3
...f3 0-1
lvic,Mateo
Pinter,Jozsef
Sibenik tt 2007 (B)
1.e4 e5 2.d4 ed4 3.'it'd4 tt:lc6
4 ...-e3 tt:lb41? 5.tt:la3 [5.'tlt'e2 ~c5
6.tt:l13 d6 7.tt:lc3 tt:lf6 8.a3 tt:lc6 9.b4 .ib6
10.tt:ld5 tt:ld5 (10...0-0?! 11.~g5 might be
133
 disturbing for Black) 11.ed5 tt:leT~]
5 ... 1t'e71? [5 ...b6 6.i.d2 (6.c3 tt:lc6
7. ge7 (? ... tt:\16 8.e5 tt:ld5 9.We4;t)
a.tt:\13 tt:lg6 9.i.e2 i.b7 10.1).0 Wt6
11.it'd3 (11 .e5 We6) 11...i.e7 12 ..1le1
and White is slightly better) 6...i.b7 7.i.c4
We7 a.I}I}O 1}0.0 9.13 (9.tt:l13!? tt:lh6
(9 ... We4 10.1t'e4 i.e4 11 .tt:le5±)
10..1lhe1 tt:lg4 11 .-.14 (11 .We2 16)
11... 12 12.i.b4 Wb4 13 ..1ld4 i.d6
(13...i.c5 14.tt:lb5+-) 14.Wh4 (14.e5
i.c5) 14 ... i.c5 15.WI2 i.d4 16.tt:ld4
.llheaoo) 9... d5 10.i.b4 Wb4 11 .i.d5 i.d5
12 ..1ld5 .lld5 13.ed5 tt:\16 14.tt:le2 i.c5
15 ....d3 'ilt'a5 16. c3? (16..1ld1 i.a3
(1 6... .1lda 17.tt:lc4 W'a2 1a. c3) 17 ....a3
Wa3 1a.ba3 .Ilea!!!?) 16 ...i.a3 17.ba3 1fa3
18.'itb1 .llda 19.it'c4 a6 20..1ld1 b5
21 .1t'c6 .lld6 (21...'itb8) 22.1t'aa 'itd7
23 ..1ld3 1t'b4 24.'ita1 1t'14'f 25.'itb1 1t'b4
26.'ita1 '*'c5 (26 ... '*'14+) 27.'itb2 (~
27.1t'la) 27 ... b4 2a.tt:le4 tt:le4 29.1e4 .ll16
30..1ll3 Wd4 31.'itc1 '*'e4 32 ..1ll6 We1
33. b2 Wc3+ G.Papp-J.Pinter, Balaton·
lelle 2006; 5...i.e7 6.i.d2 tt:lc6 7.h3 d6
a.i.c4 tt:\16 9.0·0·0 0·0 10.i.c3 tt:ld7~ ;
5... 16 6.e5 tt:lld5 (6 ... tt:lg4 7.1t'e2
(7.We4) 7... d5 8.ed6 i.e6 9.Wb5) 7.1t'e4
d6 a.c4 (a.c3 deS!; a.ed6 i.e6 9.dc7
1t'c7!1!?) a ... tt:le7 9.ed6 W'd6 10.tt:lb5 Wda
11.c5 a6!] 6.c3 [6.tt:l13!? d5 7.e5 tt:lc6
a.i.e2 h6 (a .. .l6 9.el6 tt:\16 10.tt:lb5;t)
9.0.0 i.e6 (9 ... tt:lg4 10.Wb3 tt:lce5
11 .i.l4±t1) 10.W'b3 I}Q.Q 11 .tt:lb5oo]
6 ...tt:lc6 7.tt:lb5 d6 8.i.d3 g6 9.f4
[9.W'g5!? 16 10.W'h4 h5!] 9 ...i.g7
10.tt:lt3 tt:lf6 11.h3 o-o 12.o-o .Ilea
13 . .1le1 Wd8 14.1t'f2 b6
15.c4?1 [15.tt:lbd4!?] 15...i.b716.i.d2
• 86 17.tt:lc3 tt:lb4 18.i.b1 a5 19.83
tt:la6 20.e5 deS 21 .fe5 tt:ld7 22.tt:lg5
tt:le5 23 . .1le5 .lle5 24. W'f7 [24.tt:lf7
W'f8 25.tt:le5 i.e5+] 24... 'ith8 25.Wf4
134
.lle7-+ 26.i.e4 i.e4 27.tt:lce4 tt:lc5
28.1t'h4 h5 29.i.c3 i.d4 30.Wh1
.lle4 31.tt:lt7 'itg7 32.• de .llda
33.tt:ld8 i.c3 34.bc3 .llc4 35 . .1le1
4 36 ..1le7 37. .1lf7 'ite5
38 ..1lg7 5 39. .1lf7 'ite4 40.tt:le6 c5
41 . .1lf6 .llc3 42 . .1lg6 c4 43.g4 .llc1
44.'itg2 c3 45.tt:lg5 'itf4 46.tt:le6
'ite5 47.tt:lg5 c2 48.tt:lf3 'itd5
49. .1lg5 'itd6 50 . .1lg6 'ite7 51 .gh5
.lld1 52.h6 c1 1t' 53.h7 1t'c2 0-1
4 ... tt:l f6 5. tt:l c3 tt:l b4
Schmidt,R8If
Karim,lsmael
Malaga 2009 (2)
1.e4 e5 2.d4 ed4 3. 'it'd4 tt:lc6
4.W'e3 tt:lf6 5.tt:lc3 tt:lb41? [5 ...i.e7
6.i.c4 d6 7.tt:l13 i.e6=] 6.i.d3
6 ...d5!? [6 ...i.e7 7.e5 (~ 7.tt:l13 d6 a.Q.O
o.o 9.a3) 7...tt:lg4 a:• e4 d5 9.ed6 Wd6
10.i.l4 1t'c5 11 .i.g3 tt:ld3 12.1t'd3 0-0
13.1t'b5 i-15 14.h3 tt:\16 15.Wc5 i.c5
16.0.0-0 .llfea'f Sanleliu Fabregas-Hebden,
La Pobla de Lillet 2005] 7 .tt:ld5 [7.ed5
i.e? a.tt:\13 tt:lld5 9.tt:ld5 tt:ld5 10.We2Q.O
11 .1).0::/;t] 7 ... tt:lfd5 8.ed5 i.e7 9.c4
o-o 10.tt:le2 i.c51 11 .Wg3 [11.Wd2
b5 (11...tt:ld3 12.W'd3 .Ilea 13.1).0 i-15!1!?
(13 ...W'I6 14.i.e3 Wb2 15.i.c5 1t'e2
16.W'e2 .lle2 17 ..1lae1 .lle1 1a ..lle1 i.d7
19 ..1le7 .Ilea 20..1lea i.ea 21.i.a7;t)
14.W'I5 .lle2 15.b4 i.b4 16.Wd3 .lle7
17..1lb1 W'd6 1a.a3 i.c5 19 ..1lb7 .llaea!!!?)
12.1).0 .Ilea!!!?] 11...i.d6 12.i.f4 i.f4
13.tt:lf4 .Ilea 14.tt:le2 i.g4 [14 ...W'e7!
15.a3 tt:lc2 16.'itd2 tt:la1 17..1la1 i-15
1a.tt:lc3 i.d3 19.Wd3 a6-+] 15.i.h7
Wh7 16.W'g4 tt:lc2 17.'itd2 a1
18.'it'f5 'itg8 19 . .1la1 Wh4 20. .1lc1
.lle4 21.g3 ife7 22.b3 [22.tt:lc3 .llc4
23.it'd3 b5+] 22 ... .1le2 0-1
Meessen,Rudolf
Ziatdinov,Rashit
Moscow 2009 (8)
1.e4 e5 2.d4 ed4 3.1t'd4 tt:lc6 4.1t'e3
tt:lf6 5.tt:lc 3 tt:lb4 6.We2 b6 [6 ... d6
7.i.14 i.e? a.I}I}Q 1).0 9.e5;t ea 10.a3
c6 11 .tt:ll3 i.g4 12.h3 i.l3 13.W13 i.gs
14.ed6 d6 15.tt:le4 i-14 16.W'I4 .Ilea
17.tt:ld6 cd6 1a.i.c4 tt:le5 19.i.b3 1t'c7
~- ~ A.Smith·Gormally, England tt 2003104;
6...d5 7.i.g5 i.e? (7 ... h6 a.i.l6 W16
9.ed5±) a.a3 d4 9.i.l6 i-16 10.e5 i.e?
(1 O... Q.O 11 . e4 d3 12.cd3 i.e5 13.ab4
.Ilea 14.g4±) 11.ab4 dc3 12.bc3;t; 6... We7
7.i.l4] 7.Wd1 ? I [7.e5 i.a6 (7... tt:lld5
a.tt:ld5 tt:ld5 9.We4 i.b7 10.i.c4 1t'e7
11.tt:\13;t) a.Wd1 i-11 9.Wt1 g8 10.tt:l13
tt:lc6 11 .g3 i.c5 12.Wg2 tt:lge7 13..1le1 ;t]
7 ...i.c5 8.a3 [8.e5 We7'f] 8 ... tt:lc6
9.i.g5 h6 1 O.i.h4 o-o 11 . f3 .Ilea
[11...g5] 12.i.c4? g5 13.tt:lg5 [13.i.g3
tt:le4 14M tt:lc3 15.bc3 W16+J 13... hg5
14.i.g5 e4? [14 ...tt:le5+] 15.i.f7
'itg7 16.i.d8 i.f2 17. 1 i.a6
18.tt:le2 .llad8 19.i.e8 d4 20.i.h5
tt:lf5 21. Wc1 .llh8 22.g4 tt:le3
23.'*'e3 i.e3 24.'itg2 tt:lf2 [24 .. -i.b?]
25. ~ ? [25..1lhl1±] 25...i.c5
26. .1lhe1 [26 ..1lhd1!] 26 ... .1lf8
27.'itg3? [27.tt:ll4 tt:lh3 2a ..llad1 'ith6+
(2a ...tt:l14 29 ..1ld7 'ith6 30..1lf7 tt:lh5
31 ..1le6 Wg5 32 ..1le5 'itg6 33..1lla i.b7
34.'ite2 tt:lg3 35.hg3 i.la 36..1lea i.d6'f)
29..1lea i.b7 30.Wg3 tt:\14 31 ..1lla tt:lh5
32.gh5 i.la 33 ..1ld7 i.d6 34.'itl2 i.h2+]
27... tt:le4 28.'itg2 .llf2 29.Wh3 ~e2
0-1

The Main Line
a. it' 3 d6
Nepomniachtchi,lan
Li Chao
St Petersburg It rapid 2012 (1)
1.e4 e5 2.d4 ed4 3."i!t"d4 l0c6
4.'tWe3 l0f6 5.l0c3 ~b4 6 .~d2 0-0
7.0-0-0 .Ilea 8. 'i!i"g3 d6 9.a3 ~c3
10.~c3 ~d7 [~ 10....1le4 11 .h3!?] 11 .f3
%:1 b8 12. e2 b5 13.l0f4 as 14.l0d5
~ h5 15. W'e1 b4 16.ab4 ab4
17. b4 .!laS 18. ~ b1 l0b4 19. ~b4
~e6 20.1t'e3 'ifd7 21. ~c3 W'a4
22 .~c1 d5 [22 ... l016 23 .~d3;!;]
23."i!t"g5 [23.1t'c5! ± ] 23 ••• de4 24.~b5
'l"a1 25. ~d2 .!ladS 26. ~d3 1t'a4
27.fe4 "i!t"e4 28..1lhf1
.i.
ill l
•••
28 ••• h6? [28 ....1ld5 29.1t'h5 "i!t"d3 30.cd3
%:1 h5 31.h3=] 29.1t'h5 1t'g2 30.1t'e2
'l"e2 31. ~e2 ~g4 32.~ ~d1
33 •.1ld1 ± f5? 34 ..1lg1 + - g5 35.h4
g4 36.h5 .llf8 37.~g3 f4 38. ~g4 f3
39.~c4 ~h7 40. ~h3 1-0
Advantage for Black
a.w 3 tt:J e4
Nepomniachtchi,lan
Vallejo Pons,Francisco
Moscow 2007 (5)
1.e4 e5 2.d4 ed4 3.1t'd4 l0c6 4.1t'e3
~16 5.l0c3 ~ 6~d2 (H) 7.0-0-0
: ea s.W'g3 9.tOe4 .lle4 1o.~t4
'tWf611.lOh3 d612.~d3 l0d4 [12 ....1le8
13.~g5 W'e6 14.c3 W'a2?! (14... ~c5
15..1lde1 l0e5 16.1lh1 W'g4 17.14 W'g3
18.hg3 h6 19.fe5 hg5 20.b4 1lb6 21.ed6
~ 22..1le8 .lleS 23.gh3 cd6'i') 15.1t'h4?
( 15~16!?) 15...h6 16.cb4 W'a1 17.<oPc2 W'a4
Survey KP 2.6-11
18.~c3 a5 19.~e3 ~e6 (19... ab4!? 20.c;t;>d2 ~e6=1'i') 13... h6 14.~e4 de4 15.~e3
.lla5-+) 20.~c2 ab4 21 .c;t;>d2 "i!t"a2 22..1lb1 (15. e5 "i!t"d5~) 15... "i!t"e8 16. l0a5~
'tli'd5 (22...1t'a5- + ) 23.~ b3 24.l014 Nepomniachtchi·Raetsky, Biel 2007] 11 .f4
1t'a5 25.~e2 l0e5? (25...1t'b4) 26.l0e6 [11 .l0f3 d6 12.h3 l0e5'i'] 11...d5 12.l0f3
.lle6?? (26 ... fe6 27.1t'e4 liJd3 28.1t'd3 'iit'e5 [12.~d3 ~h4 13.'i lt'f3 .lle8'1']
29.13;!;) 27..1la1 1-o Paragua·Neelakantan,
Mumbai 2012] 13.~b1?! [13.~e3 ~g4?
(13 ... .1lg4 14 .~d4 .lld4 15.c3 (15.1t'e3 ~15
16.~15 .lld1 17..1ld1 'ifl5'i') 15... ~c3 16.bc3
.llg4 17."i!t"f3 'tli'c3 18.~c2 1t'a1 19.c;t;>d2
.lld4 20.~ .lld1 21..1ld1 1t'a2 22..1ld2
1t'c4 23.~d3 W'h4 and Black has a good
game - Kortchnoi; 13...~3? 14.1t'h3 .llh4
15.~d4 1!rd4 16~7 .llh7 17.1t'h7 ~h7
18.lld4+-;, 13... 15 14.1t'f3 .lleS 15.~15
1t'l5 16.l014 c6'i') 14. g5 .lle3 15.1t'g4
lOe2 16.~e2 .lle2 17.l0e4 .lle4 18.W'e4
'tli'g5 19.14 'tWb5 20.c3 ~c5 21.llhe1±
Mieses-Capablanca, Berlin 1913] 13...l0e2 12... ~f5! 13 . ~d3 'iit'd7 14 .~e4 ~e4
14."i!t"t3 15. ~e3 l0a5 16. ~d4 [16. d2
~g6 -+ ; 16.l0g5 ~g5 17.1g5 1t'a4-+]
16... ~f8 [White's position is almost
hopeless] 17.b3 1t'b5 18. ~b2 c5
19. ~e5 l0c4 20 .~a1 e3 21.l0g5
1t'e2 22 ..1lc1 l0c2 23 ..1lc2 ~c2
24 ..1le1 1t'd3 25."i!t"g4 "i!t"f5 0-1
Advantage for Black
a.w 3 l:te4
14... ~a3!! 15.ba3 [15.c3 l0c3 16.~c2 Polgar,Judit
l0e2 17 .~e4 1t'b2 18. ~d3 ~d7 - + ; Hort,VIastimil
15 .~c1 1t'l3 16.gf3 .Ilea 17.l0g5 h6 Prague It 1995 (8)
18..1lhe1 hg5'i'] 15...l0c3 16. ~c1 l0a2 1.e4 e5 2.d4 ed4 3.1t'd4 l0c6
17. ~b1 l0c3 18. ~c1 ~h3 19. ~e4 4.1t'e3 l0f6 5.l0c3 ~b4 6. ~d2 (H)
~g21 -+ [Now the game is practically 1 .0-0-0 .Ilea 8.1t'g3 .lle4 9.a3
over] 20.1t'g2 1t'f4 21. ~b2 l0e4
22 •.1ld4 1t'f6 23. 1t'e4 c5 24..1le1 h5
25.1t'f4 W'd4 26.W'd4 cd4 27..1le7 l:ItLJ ~ 1;1 ~
b6 28.a4 g5 29. ~ b3 ~g7 30 ..1lc7 ~ ~~ ~~~
.Ilea 31 ..1la7 .lle2 32 •.1lb7 .llf2
33 ..1lb6 .llh2 34.a5 .lle2 35.a6 .Ilea
'if tLJ ~
36.a7 .!laS 0-1
.i.
~ ~
Rudd,Jack ll.t. .t.l.t.l
Avrukh,Boris
London 2010 (2)
1.e4 e5 2.d4 ed4 3. 1t'd4 l0c6 4. 1t'e3
l0t6 5.l0c3 ~b4 6.~d2 !Hl 7.0-0-0 9... ~c3
• 'i+'.i. K
[9...~c5 ! ? 1o .~g5! ? .lld4
.lle8 8.1t'g3 l0e4 9.l0e4 .lle4 10.c3 (10... .1lg4? 11.~16 .llg3 12 . ~d8 .llc3
~e7 [10 ... ~d6!? 11 .14 ~18 12.~d3 d5 13 . ~c7+- ; 10 ... .1le8 11.l0d5 ~e7 12 .~16
13.l013 (13.~e4 de4 14 . ~e3 W'f6 15.l0e2 ~16 13.1t'c7;!;) 11. ~d3 ~d6! (11...h6
135
 12.~16 W'l6 13.tilge2 ~d6 14.W'e3~)
12.'it'e3! ~e7 (12 ...h6?! 13.~16 W'l6
14.tilge2 ~es 1S.g3!±) 13.tilge2 l:td6
14.W'h3 tileSO (14 ... g6 1S.~f4 l:te6
16. ~c4 d5 17.tildS±; 14... h6 1S.~f4 l:te6
16.~1S±) 1S.~IS g6 (1S... l:td1 16.l:td1 d6
17.~16! ~IS 18.~e7 'it'd7! 19.W'hS tilg6
20.~d6 (20.~16!) 20 ... cd6;!;) 16.14 tilc6
(16 ... tilc4 17.~d3~) 17.~16 l:t16 ( 17...~16
18.l:td6 cd6 19.~d3~) 18.~d7 l:td6
19 .~c8 'it'cB= analysis by J.Petronic]
10.~c3 d5 (10 ...d6 11 .13 (11.~d3!? l:teB
12.h4~) 11...l:te8 12.tile2 ~IS 13.'it'f4
~e6 14.~16 W16 1S.'it'l6 gf6 16.till4 IS
17.tilhS~ Paragua·Kravtsiv, Beijing blitz
2008] 11 .f31? (11.~e2 d4! Ado~an/Vegh]
11 ... l:te6 (11 ...l:te3 12.tile2 We7
13. Wh4~ Adorjan/Vegh] 12.tile2 d4?1
(12 ... l:td6 13.tild4 (13.Wh4!?) 13...tild4
14.~d4~ Paragua·Solleveld, Groningen
1999] 13.tild4 l:td6 14.W'h4 ~e6
[14 ... tilds 1S.Wd8 l:tdB 16.tilc6 bc6
17.~d4±; 14...tileS 1S.l:te1 tilg6 16.W'f2i;
14... ~1SI ? 1S.~S tild4 16.~d4 c6 17. ~c4
tild5i] 15.~e2 (1S.~S ! ? tild4 16.~d4 i]
15 ... tild516.W'd8 l:t8d817.tile6 l:te6
(17... tilc3? 18.tild8 tile2 19.c;to?b1 tild8
20.l:td6 cd6 21 .l:te1+-] 18.~c4 l:ted6
19 .~d2 tilb6 20.h 2 tild4 21 .l:the1
tiltS (21 ... c5!? 6 22.l:te7 c4+="] 22.b41 c6
23.c3 h6 24.~b3 l:t6d7 25.84 tildS
26.85 86 27.l:t84 g5 28.g3 tild6
29.l:td4 tilbS 30.l:td3± tildc3?
[30... tilf4?! 31 .l:td7 tile2 32.c;to?b2 l:td7
33.c4 tilbd4 (33 ... tilc7 34.~gSI l:td1
35.~d1 +- ) 34.~e3 ~ 35.l:td2! 6
36.~d1 +-; ~ 30... tile7± 30... tilbc7
31 .~e3 tile6 32 .~12 (32.~dS l:tdS 33.l:td5
l:tdS 34.l:tdS cdS;!;) 32 ...c;t,?18 33.c;t,?c2;!;]
31 .l:tc3 tilc3 32.~c3 l:td1 33.~d1
l:td5 34.~c2 ~ 35.~e4 l:td7
36,~f5 l:tdS 37.g4+ - ~7 38.c;to?c2
f6 39.c;to?b3 l:teS (39 ... l:td1 40.M + - l
40.c;to?c4 c;to?d6 41 .~84 l:te6 42 .~e1!
l:te7 43.~g3 c;to?d7 44.c;to?c5 c;to?dS
45.c;to?b6 l:td7 46.~f5 l:td4 47. ~e1
(47 ...l:td1 48.~c3+- Partly based on notes
by P.Biatny] 1-0
K8pnisis,Spyridon
M8rkidis,Konstantinos
Greece tt 2000 (1)
1.e4 e5 2.d4 ed4 3.W'd4 tilc6 4. W'e3
tilf6 5.tilc3 ~b4 6. ~d2 o-o 7 .o-o-o
l:teS 8.W'g3 l:te4 9.83 b 5 10. ~g5
136
[Other continuations: 1O.h4 dS 11 .13 l:teB
12.hS tild4 13.~d3 c6 14. ~h6 tile6
(14... tilg4!?) 1S.~g7 ~c7 16.~16 ~g3
17.~d8 l:tdB 18.~1S ~eS=R= Paragua·
Korneev, Seville 2002; 10.13 l:teB 11 .tilge2
d6 12.h4 tilhS (12...tile7!?+) 13.W'h2 (~
13.W'gS) 13...fS 14. ~gs Wd7':f/+
Shabalov·Martinovsky, Chicago 1996;
10.~d3? l:tg4 11 .W'h3 tileS! 12 .~e2 d6
13.14 (13.13 l:tg6 14.g4 hS!-+) 13... l:tf4
14.Wg3 l:td4 1S.till3 ~c3!-+ Zakic·
D.Nestorovic, Kladovo 1996; 10.14 d6+ ;
10.b4? l:tg4! 11.'it'd3 ~ 12.13 l:td4
13.We2 l:td6 6 ... l:te6, ... dS+ Nestorovic]
10... ~c3 (10... l:tg4 1 1.~16 l:tg3 12 .~d8
l:tc3 13.~c7 l:ta3 14.ba3 ~c7 1S.till3 d6
16.~c4 ;!; Paragua·Baron Rodriguez, Unares
2000] 11.W'c3 h6 (11...d6 12.~d3 l:teB
13.til13 (13.tile2 tileS) 13... h6 14.~ ~e6
1S.l:the1 gS 16.~g3 tilhSoo] 12.f3
[12 . ~16! ? W'l6 13.W'I6 gf6 14.tile2~]
l:[lLJ ~ l:[~
~ ~ ~~
~ 'if ~
I.
~
I.
• •
.t..l .l.l.l.t.
• 'ir.i. .I
12 ... l:te8?1 [~ 12 ...l:teSoo] 13.~f6 Wf6
14.'i1Vf6 gf6 15.tile2 l:te5 [1S ...tile7!?]
16.tilc3 tile7 17.f4 l:tfS 18. ~d3 l:tc5
(18... l:tf4? 19.l:the1 ±1+-] 19.tile4 l:tc6
20.~b5 l:te6 21.tilc5 d5 22.tile6 fe6
23.l:t he1 ± c6 24. ~e2 ~d7 25.~g4
~ 26. ~h5 c;to?g7 27.l:td3 c5
28.l:tg3 ~8 29.l:tge3 l:tc8 30 .~g4
f5 31. ~f3 b5 32.l:te6 ~e6 33.l:te6
tilgS 34.~d5 b4 35.l:te5 tile7
36. ~e6 l:tc6 37. ~f5 b83 38.b83 c4
39.~e4 l:td6 40. l:tc5 l:td4 41.l:te5
c3 42.c;to?b1 tileS 43.g3 tilb6 44 . ~d3
l:td7 45.l:tc5 1-0
Paragua,Mark
Greet,Andrew
Beijing rapid 2008 (8)
1.e4 e5 2 .d4 ed4 3. W'd4 tilc6
4.We3 tilf6 5.tilc3 ~b4 6 .~d2 o-o
7.().().() l:teS 8 .'i1Vg3 l:te4 9 .83 ~d6
10.f4 l:te8 11. ~d3 ~f8 12.tilf3 d5
13.l:the1 (13.l:tde1 d4 14.l:te8 WeB
1S.l:te1? (1S.tilbS WdB 16.tilgS!? tile7
17 .~c4 tiledS 18.tild4 h6 19.tilgl3 a6':f 6
... cS, ... bS M.Pap) 1S... dc3 16.~c3 WdB
17.~16 W16 18.l:te8 h6-+ Kislinsky·
Straka, Senica 2011 ] 13... l:te1 (13 ... tile7
14.tiles (14.Wf2 tillS 1S.l:te8 -.ea 16.h3
tild6 17.l:te1 W'dB 18.g4 b6':f) 14 ... tilfS
1S.'it'l3 tild4 16.Wf2 c5 17.h3 tilc6 18.g4
c4 (18... g6!?) 19 .~11 tileS?! (19 ... l:te6)
20.feS tild7 (20 ... tile4 21 . e4 de4 22 .~c4
~e6 23.~e6 l:te6 24 .~14 W'as 2S.l:te4
l:tcB;!;/±) 21 .tildS tileS 22.~14 ~d6
23.Wg3 1·0 Thorhallsson·Lagerman, Bolun·
garvik ch·ISL 2009] 14.l:te1 tile7
15.'iWh4 (1S.tiles ~ (~ 1S...c5) 16.~
tillS 17.W'd3 tile7 18.g4 c6 19.g5 tild7
20.tilg4 (20.tilf7 tileS (20... q,m! 21 .W'h7-)
21 .tild8 tild3 22.cd3 l:tdB=I':f) 20...g6
(20... tilc5 21 .W'I3 tiliS':f) 21 .h4 ~g7 22.h5
tillS 23.'it'h3 b5 24.tile2 a5 25.tilg3 tilg3
26.'it'g3 b4 (~ 26...tilc5) 27.15 ba3 2B.Wa3
gfS? 29.tilh6+- ~ 30.g,G W'l6 31 .'i1Vg3
~ 32~g5 W'd4 33...d6 16 34...d7 fgS
35.l:te8 1-0 Kapnisis-Lemos, Greece ch-jr
2001] 15... tilts 16.Wf2 c5 17.h3 d4
18.tile4 tild5 19.g4 tilfe3 20.tileg5 g6
21.f5 c4? [21...W'f6':f.] 22.fg6 fg6
23.tile5 (23.tild4!+- ] 23... W'e7 24~c4
tilc4 25.tilc4 ..f6 26.'i1Vf6 tilf6 27.tilf3
b5 28.tilce5 ~cS 29.tild3 ~
30~g5 tildS 31.tilde5 ~7 32.tiJd7
~c7 33.tild4 a6 34.tilf6 tilf6 35~f6
~d8 36.l:te8 [36...~ 37.l:td8 ~ 38.l:td7
~e4 39.l:th7±1+ - ] 1-0
Nepomniachtchi,lan
Harikrishna,Pentala
Moscow 2007 (1)
1.84 e5 2.d4 ed4 3 .Wd4 tilc6
4.'i1Ve3 tilf6 5.tilc3 ~b4 6. ~d2 o-o

1.o-o-o : ea a:.-g3 l:[e4 9.a3
.id6!? 1O.t4 : es 11 . ~d3 ~fa
[11....ic5 12.liJI3 d5 13.15 (13.: he1 0.e7
14.0.e5 0.15 15.W'I3 c6'!') 13...~d7
( 13...~d6! ? 14.W'h4 0.e5 15.0.e5 ~e5
16.g4 cS:f 17.g5?! c4!) 14.: de1?! (~
14..ih6) 14 ...0.d4?! (~ 14...~d6) 15.~h6
lle1 16.l:[e1 W'l8 17. ~g5 0.13 18.gl3
lle8oo Rudd-Jirka, England It 2011 /12;
1 1...~e7! ) 12. f3 d6 13.15 [13.h3 0.e7
14.: he1 0.15 15.: ea -..es 16.W'I2 d5
(16 ...h5!? 17.l:[g1 0.h6oo) 17.l:[e1 W'd8
18.g4 0.d6 19.W'h4 ~e6 20.0.g5 h6
21.0.e6 le6 22.:e6 0.1e4 23.W'd8
(23.-..h5!?±) 23 ... : ds 24.0.e4 0.e4
25..ie4 de4 26.l:[e4;!; Paragua-Samhouri,
Cebu 2007) 13... d5 14.l:[he1 [14.~g5 ! ?]
14... l:[e1 15.l:[e1 d4 16.0.b5 a6
17.0.c7 ~d6 [17 ...: a7!?'!'] 18 .~f4
.if4 [1 8...0.h5 19.Wh4 ~14 20 .<~b1 16
21.W'I4 l:[a7 22.g4± ) 19.W'f4 l:[a7
20.g4 h6 21.g5? [21 .l:[g1 !±) 21...hg5
22.W'g5 [22. g5 b6 23. ce6 le6
24.fe6oo] 22 ... Wc7 23.l:[g1 0.e8
24.l:[e1 0.f6 [24 ...Wd7 25.0.h4~)
25.l:[g1 0.e8 26.l:[e1 0.f6 ~-~
Vegh,Endre
Lyeii,Mark
Zalakaros 2010 (4)
1.e4 e5 2.d4 ed4 3.Wd4 0.c6
4.'* 'e3 0.f6 5.0.c3 ~ b4 6. ~d2 o-o
1.0-0-0 : ea 8.Wg3 l:[e4 9.a3 l:[g4
10.We3 ~a511 . h3
11....ib6?1 [11...l:[g6 12.~d3? ! (12.g4?!
d5!'!'/+ ; 12.We1 !?; 12.W'I4!?) 12... ~b6
13.W'I4 l:[g2 14.0.13 d5 15.l:[dg1 0.h5
16 .~h7 ~18 17.Wa4 l:[g1 (17 ... : 12- + )
18.l:[g1 W'l6 19.0.g5 W12 20.: e1 0.16
21.~d3 ~d7-+ Paragua-lrwanto, Ho Chi
Minh City 2003; 11...l:[d4 12.0.13 ~c3
Survey KP 2. 6-11
13.Wc3 l:[e4 14 .~d3 : ea 15.~g5 d5 14.~g6 hg6 15.~g5 d6 16. ge2t)
(15...h6!?) 16.l:[he1 : e1 11.: e1 ~e6 13.~g6 hg6 14....e2 (14.tiJI3? d4)
18.W'd2 ( 18. ~a6! 0.a5 (18... ~c8 19. ~16 14...~e6~ 15. 13 a6 (6 ...b5-b4 >%1l)
gl6 20.WcS;t; 18... Wc8 19..il6 gl6 16 .~g5 b5 17.0.e4 ~e7 (17 ...b4 18.a4!)
20.~b5±) 19.Wa5 ba6 20.Wa6 c5 18. 16 gl6 19.~e3 b4?! (19...W'I8!?
21 .Wb7!) 18...: c8 19.W'I4 Wd6 20.Wh4 20.~b1 l:[b8 >%) 20.ab4 b4 21.0.d4±
l(Je4 2 1. ~e4 Y.z·Y.z Kulaots-Gen.Timo- Varavin-A.Gusev, Tula 2001) 11 ••.: g6
schenko, Chemnitz 1997) 12.We1 l:[g6 [1 1...l:[d41? 12.0.ge2 d5!? (12...l:[d6
[12... l:[d4 13.0.13 l:[d6 14. ~c4t] 13.g4 13.0.14 g5?! 14.0.d3 h6 15.h4 g4 16.fg4
d6 [ ~ 13...l(Je8 14 . ~c4~) 14.~d3 0.e5 0.g4 17.W'g3 l:[g6 18. 14 ce5?
15.~g6 hg6 16. ~g5 [ 16 .~14 !?) (18...~d6 ±) 19.0.g6 lg6 20.~14 +­
16.•.~d7 17.f4 c4 18.0.d5 ~c6 Kislinsky-Janocha, Wroclaw 2011 ) 13. d5
19.0.b6 [19.0.e7!? ~18 (19... We7 l:[d5 14 . 14 ~) 12.W'f2 d5 13.~d3 d4
20.We7 : ea 21 .We8 IDeS 22.:h2 ~e3 14. ~g6 hg6 15. ~g5
23.~b1 16 24 .~h4 ~14 25.: e2 g5
26 .~12oo/±) 20.0.c6 bc6 21 ....c3;!;)
19...ab6 20.l:[h2 d5 21 .: e2
[21. ~b1 !? : a5 22.l:[d3 l:[b5 23.l:[b3;!;)
21 ... W'd6 22. Wc3 [22.l:[d3 ~5
(22 ...b5 23. ~b1 ;!;) 23.l:[b3 ~Goo]
22 •.. b5 [22... 0.d7 23.l:[e4! -.cS 24 .~e7
Wb5 25.: ee1;!;) 23 .<~ b1 0.d7?!
[23... l:[a4!? 24 .~16 gl6 25.15 g5oo]
24.Wb4 f6 25.W'd6 d6 26 .~h4
l:[a4 27 .~g3 [27. ~e1 !? 1:[14 28.~g3
: a4 29.0.13;!;) 27... e4 28.~ h2?!
[28. ~e 1;!;) 28 ... b4 29.ab4 l:[b4
30.: e3 [30.~c1 : a4 31. ~b1 l:[b4 15...W'e8 [15 ... W'e7!?] 16.~f6 gf6
32 .~c1 l:[a4=) 30 ...0.b6 [30 ...d4131 .l:[b3 17. b5 ~h6 18 .~ b1 ~e3 19.W'g3
l:[a4 32.0.e2 0.dc5 33.l:[a3 l:[a3 34.ba3 ~f5 20. c7 W'd7 21 . aS ~c2
~b5 35.0.d4 0.c3 36 .~c1 0.d1 37. b5 22.<t>c2 W'f5 23.Wb3 '*'d5 24.~c2
0.12 38 .~g1 0.ce4 39 .~12 0.12 40.<.1;>d2 'Wf5 25.~b3 ~-~
~17 41 .0.c7 h3 42 .~e3 ~e7=)
31 .l:[b3 l:[c4 32.l:[e3 [32.l:[a3)
32 ...l:[b4 [32 ... l:[c5!? 33.0.13 0.c4=]
33.l:[b3 l:[c4 34.l:[a3 ~a4? [34 ... l:[b4)
35.b3 0.c3 36. ~c1 0.d1 [36 ...l:[e4 Another Early Queen Outing
37.ba4 0.d1 38.~d1 0.a4 39.0.e2 0.b2 1.c4 c5 V iJ c3 6 3.d4
40 .~e1 ±) 37.bc4+ - 0.f2 38.c5 0.d7
39.l:[a4 0.c5 40.l:[a8 ~f7 1-0 Onischuk,Aiexander
Adorjan,Andras
Alushta 1994 (5)
Nepomniachtchi,lan 1.c4 g6 2.0.c3 c5 3.d4 cd4 4. W'd4
Aronian,Levon f6
Mainz rapid 2009 (4)
1.e4 e5 2.d4 ed4 3.Wd4 c6
4. We3 0.f6 5.0.c3 ~b4 6 .~d2 o-o
7.0-0-0 : es 8.Wg3 l:[e4 9.a3 l:[g4
10.We3 [10.W13 ~cS 11 .h3 l:[d4
(11...l:[g6) 12.g4 0.e5 13.li'g2 c6 14.14
l(Jc4 15 . ~c4 l:[c4 16.g5 0.e8 17.0.13
(Filipovic-Kosteniuk, Leukerbad ch-SUI
2011 ) 17...d5!:f 18.0.e5 0.d6 19.0.c4
0.c4- M.PapJ 1o... ~ts 11.f3 [11 .h3
l:[g6 (11...l:[d4?! 12.0.13 l:[d6 13. ~c4t)
12.~d3 d5!?N (12 ... l:[g2 13.W'I3 l:[g6
137
 5.b3?1 [5.e4 ~g 7 6.W'd2 0-0 7./tJI3 d6
8. ~e2 b6 (8...~g4 1 ? 9.0-0 ttJc6 10.h3
~13 11. ~13 ttJd7= ) 9./tJd4 ~b7 10.13
c6 (1 0... /tJbd71? 11 .b3 a6 12.0·0 llc8
13 . ~b2 lle8 14.llld1 'W/c7 15.ltJd5
'Wib8=) 11 .ltJc6 ~c6 12.b3 e6 (12 ... a51?)
13.~a3 ttJh5 (1 3... /tJe8 14.0-0 'W/16
15 .~b2 'iVd4=) 14.g3 'iVI6 15. ~b2 llad8
(1 5... llld8 16.lld1 'ife7 17.0-0 llac8
18.14 ltJI6 19 . ~13 a6 20 .~a3 'iVb7
21 .llle1 b5 22.cb5 ab5 23 .~b4 'ifa8)
16.0-0-01? 'ife7 17.llhe1 a6 18.g4 ltJf6
19.g5 ltJd7 20.14 (20.'iVd6 'ifg5 21.<J;lb1
ttJe5 22.'ifc7 llb8'f) 20 ... /tJc5 21 .~11
( ~- ~ Hernandez Onna-Ado~an , Las
Pal mas 1977) 21 ...'iVb7'f; 5.g3 - Ljubo-
jevic-Ado~an , Szirak izt 1987] 5 .. .~ g7
6 . ~b2 0-0 7.ttJ13 ltJc6 8.W'd2 d5!
[8 ... "ifa51? 9.llb1 (9./tJd5? W'd2 10.ltJd2
ttJd5 11. ~g7 <J;lg7 12.cd5 ttJb4-+; 9.e3
ttJe4! 10./tJe4 'ifd2 11 ./tJed2 ~b2
12.llb1 ~g7 +) 9... d51 10.cd5 (1 0./tJd5
'ifa2+) 10 ...lld8 (10 ...~15? 11 .e4!
(11 .dc6 ~b1 12.ltJb1 "ifa2 13./tJc3
'iVb3'f/+; 11 .llc1 llad8!?+) 11 ... /tJe4
12./tJe4 ~e4 13 .~g7 <J;lg7 14.dc6 'ifd2
15./tJd2 ~b1 16.cb7 llab8 17.ltJb1 llb7
18 .~c4±) 11 .e4 e6 12 .~c4 ed5 13.ed5
~g4t] 9.cd5 [9./tJd5 ltJe4 10."ifc1 "ifa5
11.ltJd2 ttJd2 (11 .. .e6? 12. ~g7 <J;lg7
13.'iVb2 16 14.b4 'iVd8 15./tJe4 ed5
16.cd5 1t'd5 17.ttJc3;!;) 12 .~g7 ltJf3
13.<J;ld1 <J;lg7 14.ef3 lld8 15.<J;lc2 ~e6 + ]
9 .../tJdS 1 0./tJdS [10.llc1 ttJdb41+]
1 O...~ b2 11.ttJe7 [11. ... b2 W'd5 12.e3
(12.lld1 'ifa5 13 ..-d2 (13.ltJd2 ttJb4-+)
13 ... /tJb4! 14.llc1 lld8 15.1it'c3 ~e6-+)
12 ... lld8 13.a3 (13 .~c4 "ira5 14.<J;le2
~g4 15.h3 (15.llhd1 ... h5-+) 15... ~13
16.gl3 1t'h51 17.h4 ttJe5 18.llh3
llac8-+) 13... ~h3 1 14 .~c4 'iVh5 15. ~11
(15.0-0 ~g2 - +) 15 ... lld6 16.b4 llad8+]
11 ... "ire7 12."irb2 ~g4 [12 ... /tJb41?
13.e3 ~15 14./tJd4 llac8 15./tJf5 (:S;
15.llc1 llc1 16.'ifc1 llc8 17.W'b2
ltJc2-+) 15... gl5 16.llc1 1it'e4 (16 ...llc1
17 ..-c1 ltJa2 18."ird2 is about equal)
17 .~e2 "irg2 18.lll1 llld8'f] 13.a3
[13.e3 ~13 14.gf3 W'b4! 15.W'd2 llld8
16.'iVb4 /tJb4 17.llc1D ltJa2 18.llc7
llac8 19.llc8 (19.llc4 b5 20.llc8 llc8
21.<J;ld2 llc3 22 . ~b5 llb3+) 19 ...llc8
• 20.'iPd2 ttJb4 21. ~c4 b5 22. ~b5 llc2
23.<J;ld1 llb2 24.llf1 a5'f] 13 ... llac8
[13... ~!3 1 ? 14.gl3 ttJe5 15.0-0-00 W'e6!?
16 . ~h3 ..-h3 17.'iVe5 ..-h4'f] 14.e3
138
~13 15.gf3 ttJe5 16. ~e2 '*'16
17.<J;l11 '*'15!f
18.14 W'h3 19.<J;lg1 ltJ13 20 . ~f3 1t'f3
21 .h3 llc5 22.b4 lld5 23.lle1 ll1d8
24.'ife2 'ife4 25...-g4 lld3 26 ....g2
'ife7 27.lla1 lld2 28.<J;lh2 W'h4
29.llh11 ll8d3 30.1t'13 1it'e7 31 .<J;lg1
1t'd7 32.ll1c1 llb3 33.lld 1 lla3
34.<J;lg2 lla1 35.lla1 a6 36.llc1
'ilfd5 37.llc7 W'f3 38. 3 b5
39.lla7 Y2 -Y2
Adorjan/Gy. FeherIV egh
Ljubojevic,Ljubojevic
Adorjan,Andras
Szirak izt 1987 (16)
1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.d4!? cd4 4 ....d4
ttJf6 5./tJc3 ~g7 6 . ~g2 ttJc6 7 ....d2
0-0
8.ttJh3? [8.b3 d51? 9.cd5 ttJd5 (9.../tJb4
10.e4 ttJid5 11 .ed5 ~!5 12.<J;ll1 llc8
13./tJge2 W'a5 14.~2 ltJd3 15.g4 ltJb2
16.gf5 ~c3 17./tJc3 W'c3 18.1t'c3
llc3=1f) 1o.~d5 ~c3 11.~17 llf7
12.'*'c3 ltJd4 13.~e3 e5 14.lld1 llc7
15 .~d4 (15.'iVb2 llc2 16.lld4 1t'a5! 17.b4
llb2 18.ba5 ed4-+) 15... llc3 16.~c3
'i!Ve7+] 8 .../tJaSI 9.1t'14 [9.b3 d5! 10.cd5
~h3 11.~h3 ttJd5-+ ; 9.c5 ttJc4 10 ...-d3
d5 11 .cd6 (11 ./tJd5 ~h3 12.ltJI6 ~16
13 . ~h3 f ; 13.'Wid8 ~g2 ! 14.1t'd3
ttJe5-+) 11 .../tJd6f] 9 ...d6 1 o.o--o
~g4 1 11.b3 d51 12.cd5 [12.lld1 ?1
1t'c8] 12..."i!fc8 [12... ~h3 13 .~h3 ttJd5
14. d5 ~a1 15.lld1 c6 16.~a3 ~e5
17.'ilfe4 ~d6 f; 12 ... llc8?! 13.~d2 ~h3
14 .~h3 llc3! 15 . ~c3 ltJd5 16. ~a50 ltJf4
(16 ....-a5 17.11t'e4 ~a1 18.lla1=) 17 .~d8
ltJh3 18.<J;lg2 ~ 1 19 . ~e7 lle8 20.~c5
~16 21 .<J;lh3 lle2 22 .~a7 lla2 23 .~c5=]
13.,..b4o ~h3 14 ..-as b6 [ 14... ~g2
15.<J;lg2 b6 16."*'b4 a5 17....c4 '*'c4
18.bc4 llac8=] 15.1t'b4 ~ g2 16.Wg2
aS [16 ... /tJd5? 17.ttJd5 'ilfb7 18.'iVe4+-]
17.W'c4 b51? [17 ... 'ilfc4 18.bc4 llac8
19 .~d2 llc4 20.llab1 d7 21.lllc1 lllc8
22.ltJb5 llc2f] 18.'W/d3? [1 8.'ilfc8 llfc8
19.ltJb5 ( 19. ~b2 b4 20. a4 llc2!f)
19.../tJd5 20.llb1 llc2 21.e4 16 22.llb2
llac8 23.llc2 llc2 24.lle1 lla2=; 18./tJb5
ttJd5 19.llb1 {19.'iVc8 lllc8 20.llb1
llc2gg) 19...'iVb7! 20.e4 (20.<J;lg1 lllc8
21 .1ta4 llc5) 20... /tJb4 21. a3 (21 .a4
llac8 22. We2 15.:; 2Uit'e2 ttJa2
22 .~b2=) 21 .../tJa2 22 .~b2 ~b2 23.llb2
ltJb4=] 18 ... lld8 19 .~ b2 [19.e4 b4
20. ~a4 d5 21 .ed5 ~a1 22. b6
"*'a6-+] 19 ... b4 20. a4 ttJd5 t
21 .1t'f3 ~ b2 22.ltJb2
22 ... lla61 [Black has lhe initiative]
23 .~a4 [23.llle1 ll16!] 23 ... llf6
24.'iVe4 lle6 25.-.-13 'i1Vc2 26.ll1e1
llf6 27.llec1 W'd2 28.lld1 W'g5
29.W'e4 lle6 30.1t'13 lle2 31. W'e2
ltJf4 32. 1 ttJe2 33.lld8 <J;lg7
34.lle 1 ttJc 1 35.h4 1t'b5 36.Wg2
1t'c6 37.Wg1 1t'c2 38.lle7 ltJd3
39.lldd7 W'f2 40.Wh1 1t'f3 41.Wh2
Wf2 42.Wh1 W'15 43.llf7 Wf7
44.llf7 Wf7 45.ltJb6 c1 46./tJc4
We6 47./tJaS Wd5 48.Wg2 We4
49.Wh3 Y2 -Y2
 Slav Defence
Chebanenko Variation SL3.1 (015)

Bishops Are Worth Preserving

by Sergey Kasparov

1. d4 d5 tru t the Databa e, the tatJ ttcs

2. c4 c6 for 2010-2012 are depre ing for
3. t0f3 t0f6 Black: + 19=21-6.
4. t0c3 a6 Problems in the main line have
5. e3 b5 touched me personally, too, in a
6. b3 ~f5 game against a strong Ru sian
woman chess player. For the
ake of an objective illustration
of Black's difficultie , I will
how it here - with tear in my
eyes.

One of the mo t popular systems
in the Slav Defence is the
Chebanenko Variation. The
move 4 ... a6, strange at first sight,
is multi-purpo e. Its en e i re-
vealed in the intere ting mono-
graph The Chebanenko Slav
According to Bologan (New In
Che 2008). One of the ideas
behind 4 ... a6 consi ts in claim-
ing pace ( ... b7-b5). Addition-
ally, Black attacks the enemy
pawn on c4, forcing a new defi-
nition of the pawn tructure on
the queenside.
5.e3 b5
Here, if he wishes to maintain the
tension, White plays
6.b3
Till now the main continuation
for Black has always been
6 ... ~g4 (for example, see
Yearbook 95). However, if we
Romanko,Maria
Kasparov,Sergey
Lipetsk 2010 (1)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.t!Jf3 t!Jf6
4.t!Jc3 a6 5.e3 b5 5 ... e6. 6.b3
~g4 7.~d2 t!J bd7 8.h3 ~f3
9.'iff3 b410.t!Ja4 e5 That was
prepared, but Romanko's reac-
tion really urpri ed me. Practi-
cally without thinking she
successfully parried my enter-
pri e. 11.cd5 0 minutes.
11 ... cd512.de5 t!Je513. 'it'f4!
At that point in time this seem to
have been a novelty according to
my databa e. Only one more
game between eliteche players
VIctor Bologan
took place later. 13 ... ~d6
14.'it'd4 Time: 1: 3 1- 1:30. She
didn ' t spent time on the strong
queen tran fer 'it'f3 -f4-d4! .
14... 0-0 lntere ting, but, appar-
ently, not enough for equality is
14 .. .t0c6!? 15.'it'b6 ( 15.'i¥b2! ?)
15 ... 'it'b6 16.t0b6 .l:tb8 17.t0a4
aS 18..l:tc l t. 15 . .l:tcH t!Je4?!
15 .. ..l:te8; 15 .. .'it'e7 16 .~e2 a5
17.0-0 ( 17.t0b6 .l:tad8 18.t0d5
t0d5 19.'i¥d5oo) 17 ... ~b8!
18 . ~c5t Ponomariov-Ni Hua,
Saratov 20 II (Y2-!12, 53).
16.~e2 Even stronger i
16.t!fd5! t!fh4 17.g3 t0g3
( 17 ... t0f3 18.<ote2 ~g3 19.fg3
t0g3 20.<otf3 tUfl 2 1.l:thfl l:tad8
22.'it'f5 .l:td2 23 ..l:tc4±) 18.fg3
'ifg3 1 9. ~e2±. 16... 'iff6
16 .. .t0g6 17.0-0 t0h4 18. ~elt.
17.0-0 t!Jd2 17 ... t0g4 18.'iff6
tUgf6 I9 ..l:tfd lt. 18.'it'd2 l:tad8
19.'it'd4 as 20.t!J b6±

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20 ... ~b8 21.lbd5 'i!fd6
22.l:tfd1 lbg6 23.g3 lbe7
24.lbf6! ..ti>h8 25. 'it'd6 ~d6
26.lbe4 ~b8 27.lbg5 l:td1
28.l:td1 lbc6 29.~c4 lbe5
30.lbf7 lbf7 31.~f7 g5
32.~c4 h6 33.l:td7 ~es 34.f4
~f6 35.l:tf7 l:[f7 36.~f7 ..ti>g7
37.~h5 ~c3 38.'1t>f2 ~d2
39.'1t>f3 ~f6 40.e4 ..ti>e6 41.e5
~e1 42.'1t>e4 ~g3 43.f5 1-o
After this disaster I began
earching for improvements.
Let' try to stay logical. After
6 ... ..ig4 it's highly probable that,
ooner or later, White will play
h2-h3. If we retreat to h5 , then
g2-g4 ..th5-g6 and lLlf3-e5 are
likely to follow and if he wants,
White can eliminate this bishop
(lLle5xg6) at a well-chosen mo-
ment, or try to haras it by h2-h4.
He already ha a pace advan-
tage as well.
lf on h2-h3 we reply at once
... ..tg4xf3, the opponent gets the
advantage of the two bishops
like Romanko did.
Thus we arrive at the idea of de-
veloping the bishop to another
quare.
Certainly, it is not desirable to
play 6 ... e6, making the bi hop
bad. Accordingly, only .. ...ic8-f5
remains.
Having con ulted the databa e,
we ee that this move ha been
applied from time to time by
strong chess players over the last
few year.
140
6... ~f5
Bologan cover this line in hi
book, but just briefly (p. 137 in
English edition, p. l49 in the
Russian edition). Thu it is rea-
sonable to assume that the given
continuation ha gained in popu-
larity e pecially within the last
two years.
White ' replie to 6 ... .Q.f5 may be
divided into two line .
A) exchange of bi shop
B) aggressive approach
To start with I will note that other
plans hardly create problems for
Black, for example Oms
Palli se-Burmakin (20 II), the
last example in the Game Section.
Exchange of Bishops
The most straightforward idea is
to exchange the ju t developed
bishop by means of 7. ~d3 .
This may look strange, as its neg-
ative consequences are obviou .
Due to the arrangement of all
black pawns on light squares, the
exchange of the light- quared
bishops seems favourable for
Black.
Another rule of thumb is also
well-known. For the constrained
party (in this case, usually
Black) any exchange is mostly
favourable.
I suppo e that the main objective
of the exchange is the struggle
for point e4.
In tum Black has a nice choice:
A I) It is acceptable and nor-
mal to exchange on d3. Now, if
White carries out e3-e4, the
prick ... b5-b4 can follow, to
cha e the knight away from c3,
in order to weaken White 's con-
trol over the key point e4. Natu-
rally, a sharp tactical fight ari e
in the centre. It eems to me that
Black's chance in these muddy
waters are not below 50 per cent
(Niel en-Postny, 2011; Stellwa-
gen-Bacrot, 20 I 1112).
White can al o operate more cir-
cumspectly, but thi provide the
opponent with time to conve-
niently fini sh his development
and obtain counterplay (Speel-
man-Hodgson, 1995/96).
Another typical idea, relea ing
the tension in the centre (c4xd5)
and ubsequently gaining con-
trol of the c-file, gives White a
chiefly moral advantage. Play-
ing the white piece may cau e
one to stick out hi belly and give
himself important airs, but it will
be difficult to win . After he has
carried out an accurate regroup-
ing, Black will usually neutralize
thi s temporary initiative (Arun
Prasad-Wirig, 20 I I).
A2) The move 7 ...e6, protect-
ing the bishop on f5, looks more
principled. It i a display of
strong will on Black' part not to
make any concessions in the cen-
tre.
The drawback of thi s continua-
tion i obvious- after the proba-
ble ..td3xf5 , e6xf5 Black' pawn
tructure is con iderably spoiled.
Meanwhile the opponent does
not necessarily manage to ex-
ploit this weakening. With the
pawn on f5 Black obtain total
control over quare e4, and over
the e-file in general. Hi pawn
are placed on light squares while
the bi hop supervi ses the dark-
squared part of the board. All
pieces are placed quite harmo-
niou ly.
The transition into an ending i
harmless (Hammer-Solak,

20 II). Usual ly, after c4xd5
White begins playing on the
queen ide. But here the margins
are narrow enough. In reply to
a2-a4, ... b5-b4 can follow, clos-
ing the a- and b-files (Radjabov-
lvanchuk, 2003). But even if thi s
doesn't happen, Black has uffi-
cient resources for equality
(Sargi ian-Solak, 2011). Black's
pro pects are not so rosy in ca e
of ... b5xc4, a then the a-pawns
remain on the board (Grit ak-
aer, 2005)
The treatment of the position
with a imilar structure, but two
bi hops in White' hands is
rather interesting (Zoler-Sakaev,
2003). The game become very
pectacular with mutual
chance .
Aggressive Approach
The knight leap to e5 looks more
principled for White. U ually it
occurs at once: 7.CiJe5, but varia-
tion are po ible.
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Variation A
Exchan e of Bisho s
Nielsen,Peter Heine
Postny,Evgeny
Khanty·Mansiysk 2011 (1 .1)
1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.tlJc3 f6 4.e3 a6
5. f3 bS 6.b3 ~fS 7. ~d3 ~d3
8. 'Wd3 e6 9.0-0 ~e7 1O.e4 b4
11.e5 [Blow for blow] 11 ... bc3 12.ef6
The idea for White i to gra p
space by everaJ harp pawn
moves on the k.ingside, in order to
besiege the enemy bishop. Proba-
bly it is rea onable for Black to
provide an e cape quare with
7 ... h6. This i what the majority
of strong che s players do. Other-
wise, after g2-g4, ~f5-g6, h2-h4
a move like h4-h5 will be a threat.
And now the pawn moves
... h7-h5 or ... h7-h6 are extremely
undesirable becau e of tt:\e5xg6.
The only reply, .. .f7xg6 , will
irreparably spoil Black's pawn
structure.
Garry Kasparov (whose games,
of cour e, have the mark of qual-
ity) tried 7 .. .e6 in 2002, obtaining
an acceptable po ition.
However, it i nece ary to notice
that White did not try making u e
of the opportunity of 8.g4!?.
White can arrange hi s pawn in
the tyle of the Dutch Defence:
f2-f4 without g2-g4. Then, by
leaning on the e4- quare, Black
~16 13. ~a3 [Logically played. Pawn c3
won't escape and White prevents the
opponenfs castling] 13.. .'*'a5 14. ~d6
tiJd7 15.l:!ac1 cSI? [An original move.
With White's king stuck in the centre, Black
opens it] 16.cd5?1 [16.l:!fd1] 16... cd4
17.de6 fe6 18.'We4 [The natural
18.tiJd4 is bad because it loses a piece to
18...1t'd5] 18... W'd5 19.'Wd5 edS [At
the cost of a broken pawn chain Black has
Survey SL 3. 1
has sufficient play for equality
(the author's game against
Fauland, 20 I0).
The modest 8.cd5 cd5 9.a4 b4
does not draw special dividend .
The c-file i n't enough for any-
thing real (Biagojevic-B.Kova-
cevic, 20 I 0).
So we can conclude that 7.tt:\e5
h6 8.g4!? can be regarded as the
mo t ambitious. A typical et-up
for Black i : bi hop retreats to
h7 , rook goe to a7 (preparing to
operate on the 7th rank), knight
goes from f6 to e4. making way
for the pawn ( ... f7-f6) to bani h
the trong enemy piece from e5.
The second knight remains on
b8, guarding pawn c6.
Practice confirms the vitality of
this plan (Kiriakov-Korotylev,
2005; Grandelius-Shimanov,
20 I0/11 ). The move ... f6-d7 is
also po sible, with the arne idea
(Grischuk-Morozevich, 2004).
A slightly different arrangement
of piece is worthwhile too:
...~e7, ... 'ir'c8 (protecting c6),
... b8-d7 (Sakaev-Saltaev,
Conclusion
The variation 6 ... ~f5 has a right
to life. White till hasn't managed
to refute it. And compared to the
torments in the main line
(6 ... ~g4), it can be recommended
as a way to avoid the opponent 's
opening preparation at the lea t.
managed to prevent an attack on his king,
but now White has a definitie initiative]
20.l:!fd1 21. d4 l:!he8 22.Wf1
l:!e4 23. e2 d4 24.f3 l:!e2! 25.We2
[An interesting situation. The two connected
passed pawns look dangerous. White's king
would like to block them on d3, but then
Black, after driving the bishop away from
d6, will have a few unpleasant blows
(... tlJd7-c5/e5)]
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 active attacking enemy piece] 16.tllg7 Wf7
17.'ilt'e3 'tli'dS! 18.dc5 l:thg8=i= [The
in~iative seems to have been warded off,
however White hasn't crossed the fatal line
yet] 19.W'c3 l:tg7 20.g3 W'c5 21.W'c5
~c5 22 .~b2 l:tg5 23.>ftg2 l:td8
24.l:tad1 l:tgd5 25J:td5 l:td5 26.~f6
Wf6 27.l:tc1 aS 28.l:tc2 ~b4 29.h3
27.de5?1 [A significant advantage could
have been achieved by 27.d5! W'bS
2B.~e3 ± ] 27...fe5 28 . ~e3 l:t4g6
..
g.
[28 ...tllf6? 29.l:tc4± ] 29.l:td5 f6

i
5 30.l:tc7 h6 31.l:th7 >ftg6 32.l:ta7
l:td2 33.l:ta6 >ftg7 34.a3 ~cs 35.l:ta5
'if iX
~ ~.

25 ••• We6
27. ~12 d3 28.
[25 ...a5] 26.~g3 t!JcS
l:tf2 36.>fth1 l:tf1 37.>ftg2 l:tf2
38.>fth1 ~d6 39.l:ta7 40.l:ta6
>fte7 41.l:ta7 Wf6 42.l:ta6 l:td2 43.b4
' ~
i.~~
'

1 [Unfavourable is w es 44.l:tc6 l:td3 45.l:tc4 5

28.l:td3 tlld3 29.Wd3 l:td8 and the rook
interferes on the second rank] 28 ... c2
29. ~c5 cd1 l:t 30.l:tdU l:tc8 31 .b4
l:td8 32.Wf2 ~c3 33.We3 d2 34.We2
l:tb8 35.~d3 ~b4 36.~ b4 l:tb4
37.l:td2 h5 38.<J>,c3 l:tb1 39.l:tb2 l:tg1
40.<;t;>b4 >ftd5 41.a4 >ftd4 42.>fta5
>ftc3 43.l:tf2 l:ta1 44.l:te2 g5 45.g3
h4 46.gh4 gh4 47.l:te3 >ftc2 48.l:te4
h3 49.>fta6 l:th1 so.as l:th2 51.l:th4
>ftd3 52.>ftb7 l:tb2 53.>ftc7 l:tc2
54.>ftb6 l:tb2 55.>ftc5 l:tc2 56.>ftb5
l:tb2 57.>fta6 h2 58.>fta7 >fte3 59.f4
Wf3 60.f5 >ftg3 61 .l:th8 l:tb5 62.a6
l:tf5 63.>ftb7 l:tf7 64.>ftb6 >ftg2 65.a7
l:ta7 66.l:th2 >fth2 67.>fta7 J.1!-J.1!
Stellwagen,Daniel
Bacrot,Etienne
Germany Bundesliga 201 1/12 {4)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3. f3 f6 4. c3
a6 5.e3 b5 6.b3 ~f5 7 . ~d3 ~d3
8.'ii'd3 e6 9.o-o t!lbd7 1 o.e4 b4
11.ed5 cd5 [11 ...bc3 12.de6 fe6
46.l:th4 ~g3 47.l:th6 ~f4 48.l:tc6
We4 49.>ftg2 l:ta3 50.l:tc4 'l9e3
51.l:tc2 ~es 52.l:tf2 l:ta8 53.l:tt3
54.l:tb3 l:tg8 55. 1 >ftd4 56.h4
>ftc4 57.l:th3 Wb4 58.h5 w cs 59.h6
>ftd6 60.>fte2 We6 61. 3 Wf7
62.>fte4 We6 63.h7 l:th8 64.l:th6 ~f6
65. 4 Wf7 66. 5 ~g7 67.l:th1
l:tb8 68.l:th5 ~h8 69.>ftg5 l:tb5
70.>ftg4 l:tb1 71. 5 l:tf1 72.>ftg5
>ftg7 73.l:th3 l:tb1 74.l:th5 Wt7
75. 5 l:tb4 76.c;f;>g5 ~f6 n. 5 Arun Prasad,Sabramanian
l:tb8 78.l:th6 J.1!- ).1!
Speelman,Jonathan
Hodgson,Julian
Hastings 1995/96 {8)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.tllc3 f6 4.e3 a6
5.tllf3 b5 6.b3 ~f5 7 .~d3 ~d3
8.'itd3 e6 9.0-0 ~e7 10.a3 0-0
11 .l:td1 bd7 12 .~d2 dc4 [Here
there is still a way to maintain the tension in
the centre, for example 12... l:tc8 13.c5 eS
with standard counterplay] 13.bc4 b6
~~
30.'i+'f5 [ ~ 30.l:tcd1 b8 31 .l:td6± ]
30 ...tllb6 31. ~b6 1!t'b6 32.l:th1 c3
33.l:td7 h6 34.'ti'h3 l:tf8 35.'tlt'f5
l:tfg8 36.1t'h3 l:tf8 37.1!Yh6 l:th6
38.l:th6 >ftg8 39.l:tg6 c;t;>h8 40.l:th6
>ftg8 41.l:tg6 >fth8 J.1!-J.1!
Wirig,Anthony
Paris ch-city 2011 {5)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3. f3 lt.Jf6 4. c3
a6 5.e3 b5 6.b3 ~f5 7. ~e2 e6 8.0-0
bd7 9.~b2 h6 10. ~d3 [After
...h7-h6 the exchange of bishops looks
logical] 1o .•.~d3 11 .'tW d3 ~e7
12.cd5 [This seems modest, but what can
White do? 12.e4 b4 13.e5 is unclear]
12... cd5 13.a4 b4 14. e2 0-0
15.l:tfc1 11t'b6 16.l:tc2 l:tfc8 17.l:tac1
1!t'b7 18. e5 ~d6 19.f3 l:tc7
20.l:tc7 ~c7 2U i'c2

13.l:tet oo] 12.cd5 [A critical decision;
12.tlle2] 12 ... bc3 13.de6 fe614.tllg5
14...~e7 [14 ...tllc5] 15.tlle6 tllc5 [A
reasonable desire to exchange the most
•
14.tlle5 [14.cb5 is illogical. After any
capture on bS Black will have the more
pleasant position] 14•.. ~d6 15. c6
~ h2 16.>fth2 'itd6 17.>ftg1 [17.tlle5?
'if.t. .. l.i
tllg4 18.>ftg1 tlleS 19.c5 tlld3 20.cd6 tllb2
, .. i
21 .l:tdb1 tll2c4+ ] 17... bc4 18.tlle4 i tb
'itc6 19.tllf6 gf6 20 ...-e2 [Each side
~
has an ace up his sleeve. Black's position
seems preferable to me. The pawn on c4 is
~ ~
dangerous, and besides ifs a plus pawn] tb ~ ~
20 ... >fth8 [Probably it would be more ~
accurate to take control of square e4 by
20...f5!? 21. ~b4 (better is 21 .l:tac1 l:tfcS) [White commands the c-file, but it doesn't
21 ... l:tfc8 22.'tih5 f6=i= . The knight goes to bring any special benefits] 21 ... ~b6
dS, consolidating pawn 16] 21 .e4 l:tg8 22. d7 tlld7 23.'. -c6 1Wc6 24.l:tc6
22.l:tac1 l:tg6 23.g3 l:tag8 24. "*'f3 8 25.tllf4 aS 26. d3 c;f;>e7 27. 2
tlld7 25.>ftg2 l:tg4 26. ~f4 e5 l:ta7 28.tlle5

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Hammer,Jon Ludwig
Solak, Dragan
Rogaska Slatina tt 2011 (1)
1.d4 c6 2.c4 d5 3. c3 tt:lf6 4.e3 a6
S.tilf3 b5 6.b3 ~f5 7. ~d3 e6 8.0-0
~ bd7 [8 ... ~d6] 9 .~f5 ef5 10. e5
e5 [10 ... ~d6] 11 .de5 tile4 12. e4
de4 13.~b2 ...d1 14.l:lfd1
[Black lags in development, but on the other
hand his pawns are on the righl squares (of
lhe opposite bishop's colour)] 14...bc4
15.:tdc1 [15.bc4 ~c5] 15...cb3
16.:tc6 ba2 17.:ta2 <Rd7 [17 ... a5!?]
18.:tca6 :ta6 19.:ta6 ~c5 = 20.e6
fe6 21 .~g7 l:lb8 22.g3 l:lb1 23.<Rg2
llc1 24.:ta8 :tc2 25.~ h6 e5
26.l:lh8 f4 27.:th7 <Rc6 28.gf4 ~e3
29.fe5 :tf2 30. ~g3 l:lf3 31.<Rg4
.ih6 32.l:lh6 <Rd5 33.e6 ~d6 34.e7
we7 35.:tg6 l:lf6 36.:tf6 6 48. ~c2 tt:le7 49.tt:lh5 <Re6 50.<Rd2
37.Wf4 e3 38. ~e3 J.7-J.7
Radjabov,Teimour
lvanchuk,Vasily
Wijk aan Zee 2003 (7)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.tt:lc3 tt:lf6 4.e3 a6
5. f3 b5 6.b3 ~f5 7 .~d3 e6 8 .~f5
efS 9.0-0 ~d6 10."ii'c2 g6 11. ~d2
0-0 12.:tfc1 bd7 13.cd5 cd5
14.a4 b4 15.tile2 :tea 16."ii'd3 W'b6
17.:tc2 W'b7 18.:tac1 tt:lb6 19.tile5
llc2 20.:tc2 :tea 21.f3 tt:lbd7
22. d7 [Vasily managed to solve the
opening problems easily] J.7-J.7
Sargissian,Gabriel
Solak,Dragan
Rogaska Slatina tt 2011 (5)
1.d4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.tt:lc3 tt:lf6 4.e3 a6
S.tilf3 b5 6.b3 ~f5 7. ~d3 e6 8 .~f5
efS 9.0-0 ~d6 10.'i!rd3 g6 11 .~d2
o-o 12. e2 tt:lbd7 13.cb5 cbS
14.a4 W'b6 15.:tfc1 tt:le4 16.tilc3
df6
x•
i i
~·
.t
i i
~ ~~
~ttJ'iV~ttJ
~ ~~~
1;1 ~
[Black's pieces are placed quite
harmoniously. The pawn on b5 is indirectly
protected and won't drop] 17.ab5 tt:lc3
18 .~c3 '*'b5 19.W'b5 ab5 20.tile5
:tfc8 21 .:ta8 :taB 22. d3
23 .~e1 [23. ~ ~b4 24. b4 :ta3
25.l:lb1 e4+%] 23 ...:ta3 24.l:lb1 <Re7
25.f3 tileS 26. ~b4 ~ b4 27. b4
<Rd6 28. tt:lc7 29.<Re2
30.tt:lc2 :ta2 31 .<Rd3 b8 32.:ta1
:ta1 33.tt:la1 tt:lc6 34. c2 b4
35. e1 tt:laS 36.<Rc2 tt:lc6 37. d3
f6 38.h4 g5 39 . ~d2 gh4 40.<Re2
<Re7 41 . 2 ~d6 42. ~e2 ~e7
43. ~d2 <Rd6 44.<Rd1 <Rd7 45.<Rc2
<Re7 46. ~c1 <Rd7 47. f4 <Rd6
51. f4 <Rg7 52.<Re2
53.<Rt2 <Res 54. d3 c6 55.<Rg1
<Rd7 56.<Rh2 tt:la5 57.tt:lb4 <Re6
58.tt:ld3 tt:lb3 59.<Rg1 tt:ld2 60.<Rt2
c4 61. f4 <Rd6 62. h5 <Re7
63.<Re2 64.<Rd3 tt:lb2 65.<Rd2
c4 66.<Re2 tt:lb6 67. f4 <Rg7
68. 1 69. 2 ~g7 70.<Re1
71 .<Rd2 <Re7 72.<Rc3 <Rd6
73.tt:lh5 tt:lc4 74.<Rd3 <Re7 75.tt:lf4
b6 76.w e2 77. d3 w g6
78. 2 79. f4 <Rg7 80.tile2
<Rt7 81.tt:lc3 <Re6 82. b5 <Rd7
83.tt:lc3 <Re6 84.tile2 <Rf7
85. 14 J.7-J.7
Gritsak,Orest
Naer,Evgeny
Warsaw Ech 2005 (2)
1.tt:lf3 tt:lf6 2.c4 c6 3.tilc3 d5 4.e3
a6 5.d4 b5 6.b3 ~f5 7 . ~d3 e6
8.~f5 ef5 9.W'c2 g6 10.0-0 bd7
Survey SL 3. 1
11 .~d2 :tea 12.a4 bc4 [12 ... b4]
13.bc4 tt:lb6 14.c5 tilc4 15.a5 ~g7
16.tt:la4 tt:ld2 17.W'd2 l:lbB 18.tt:lb6
[18.W'd3!? l:lb5 19. b6±] 18... :tb7
19.:tab1 0·0 20.tt:ld5 [20. e1 !? with an
idea to harass pawn a6, by tt:le1 ·d3·b4,
W'd3 ... ] 20 ... tile4 21.l:lb7 tt:ld2 22.tt:le7
<Rh8 23.tt:ld2
8
[A non-standard balance of forces has
emerged] 23 ... ..-as [Black could have
tried to open up the game with 23 ... ~d4
a6 24.ed4 W'd4+%] 24.tt:lf3 "*'a4 25.:tc7
aS 26. c6 '\!fb5 [26 ... "ii'a2] 27.tt:lfe5
a4 28. f7 :tf7 29.:tf7 '*'c6 30.:tb1
<Rg8 31.:ta7 f4 32.:tba ~f8
33.:taaa 1fe4 34.:tta ~g7 35.h3
fe3 36.fe3 'i!fe3 37.:tf2 1t'd4 3a.c6
"ii'd1 39.:tf1 'i!fd4 40 . ~ h1 "*c4
41 .:ta7 Wh6 42.:tff7 "*c1 43.<Rh2
"ii'c6 44.:th7 <Rg5 45.:thd7 ..-cs
46.h4 <Rh4 47.:ta4 <Rg5 4a.:td3
6 49.l:lf4 <Rg7 50.l:lh4 "*c7
51 .:tg3 ..-es 52.:tg4 • hs 53.<Rg1
..-cs 54.<Rh2 Yl·Yl
Zoler,Dan
Sakaev,Konstantin
Rethymnon It 2003 (7)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3. c3 f6 4.e3 a6
5.tt:lf3 bS 6.b3 ~f5 7. ~e2 e6 8.0-0
bd7 9. ~b2 ~d6 10.tt:lh4 Wba
11 .tt:lf5 ef5 12.cd5 cd5 13.h3 o-o
14. ~d3 g6 [Black's pieces are rather
active, the drawbacks of two bishops in a
static position make themseltves felt]
15.:tc1 :tea 16...-f3 "*b7 17.g4 tg4
[17 ...b4 18.tt:la4] 1a.hg4 tt:le4 19."ii'g2
[19. e4 de4 20."ii'g2 a5+%] 19... df6
[Obviously, this knight intends to replace its
colleague in the centre, after c3:
... f6-e4] 20.tt:le2 [This manoeuvre is
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 intended to prevent the knight exchange,
however now Black's chances are a little
better] 20...'ti'd7 21 .gS tilhS?! [~
21 ... tilg4 22.tilf4 (22.tilc3 tilef2 23.l:lf2
l:le3 24.l:lf3 l:laeB 25.l:lcf1 l:lf3 26.l:lf3
l:le1-+) 'ilrf5 23.tilh3 l:lacB'f] 22.f3? [~
22.tilc3] 22 ... tileg3 [22 ... tild2 23.l:lfd1
'iie7-+ ] 23.tilg3 ~g3 24.e4 ~f4
2S.l:lce1 ile7 26.i lg4 'ilrgS [~
26... ~g5] 27.'ilrgS ~gS 28.edS
28 ..• tilf4 [ ~ 2B... ~e3 29.c;f.>h2 l:ladB+ ]
29.l:le8 l:le8 30. ~c1 l:ld8 31.~f4
~f4 32.a4 l:ldS 33.abS abS 34.l:le1
8 3S.c;f.>f2 hS 36.l:la1 b4 37.l:la7
l:ld4 38. ~c4 fS 39.l:lf7 c;f.>e8 40.l:lb7
l:ld2 41 .c;f.>e1 l:ld6 42.c;f.>e2 h4
43.l:lb4 c;f.>e7 44.l:lb7 6 4S.l:lh7
l:ld2 46.c;f.>e1 c;t.>gS 47.l:lh8 l:lb2
48.~f7 c;t,>f6 49.~c4 c;t.>g7 0-1
Variation 8
A ressive A roach
lvanchuk,Vasily
Kasparov,Garry
Prague 2002 (3.2)
1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.tilf3 tilf6 4.tilc3
a6 S.e3 bS 6.b3 ~fS 7.tileS e6
8 ..i.d2 [B.g4 ~g6 9.h4 tile4 10.tile4 .i.e4
11 .13 16 12.tild3 (also good is 12.fe4 fe5
13.cd5 cd5 14.~g2 .i.b4 15.~d2;!; )
12...~g6 13.h5 ~17 14.c5 tild7 l-2-l-2
Khuzman-Bareev, Haifa 2000, 15.a4!?;!;]
8 •..tilfd7 9.tild3 [A typical device in
positions with a space advantage - NOT to
make exchanges. More principled was 9.g4
• ~g6 (9... e5? 1O.gf5 tiled7 11.fe6 fe6
12..i.h3±) 10.tilg6 hg6] 9...~e7
10. ~e2 dc4 11.bc4 ~d3 [11...bc4
12.tilf4 tilb6 13.e4f] 12.~d3 tileS
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13. ~e2 [Of course not 13.de5? 'ilrd3 and
White would stand worse] 13...tilc4
14 . ~c4 bc4 1S.'ita4 o-o 16.'ilrc4 cS
17.dS [17.dc5 looks doubtful: 17...li:ld7
1B.tile4 l:lcB 19.'ilra6?! tileS (19 ...tile5!?)
20.tilc5 l:lc5 21.l:ld1 l:ld5?] 17...tild7
[17 ... ed5?! 1B.tild5;!;; 17...t!i'd6] 18.de6
tileS 19.ef7 [In reply to 19.'ti'd5 an
unpleasant blow follows: 19... tild3 20.We2
fe6 21.'ilre6 c;f.>hB?] 19...l:lf7 20.'t!fdS
tild3 [An analogous variation] 21 .'1t>e2
tilf2 22.l:lhf1 '*IdS [22... ~h4 23.l:lac1
(23.'ilrc4 'ti'g5 24.g3 'ti'f5! 25.gh4?
l:ldB-+) 23... 'ti'd5 24. d5;!;] 23.tildS
tile4 24.l:lf7 Wf7 2S.l:lf1 ~f6
26.-i.aS l:lb8 [26... l:leB 27.'0tJd3 l:le5
2B.tilf6 gf6= ] 27.c;f.>d3 tild6
28 •.i.c3 [2B. ~c7? ! c4 29.c;f.>e2 l:lb2;!;;
2B.tilf6 gf6 29. ~c7 l:lcB 30 .~d6 l:ldB=]
28 ...c4 29.c;f.>c2 tile4 30. ~f6 [30.g4
c;t.>g6 31 .~f6 tilf6 32.tilf6 gf6 33.l:lf4 l:leB
34.l:lc4 l:le3=] 30 ..• gf6 31.l:lf4 [31.g4
l:lb5 32.l:lf4 l:ld5 33.l:le4 l:la5= ]
31 •..c;f.>e6 32.l:le4 WdS 33.l:ld4 c;f.>cS
34.Wc3 l:lb4 3S.l:lf4 l:la4 36.l:lfS
'OtJd6 37.l:lf6 'OtJeS 38.l:lh6 l:la2
39.g4 l:la3 40.c;f.>c4 l:le3 41.h3 l:lg3
42.l:lh7 6 43.c;f.>b4 c;f.>g6 44.l:lh8
c;f.>g7 4S.l:lhS c;t.>g6 46.c;f.>aS l:la3
47.c;f.>b4 l:lg3 48.c;f.>aS l:la3 49.c;f.>b6
c;t.>g7 SO.l:lgS c;f.>h6 S1 .h4 l:la41
S2.Wb7 l:la3 S3.l:lhS c;t.>g6 S4.l:lcS
l:lg3 SS.hS c;f.>h6 S6.l:lc6 Wh7
S7.l:lc4 c;f.>h6 S8.c;f.>a6 'OtJgS S9.'1t>b6
l:ld3 60.c;f.>c7 l:ld1 61.c;f.>c8 l:ld2
62.l:lc7 cot.g4 63.h6 l:lh2 64.h7 'lt>gS
'h-'h
Blagojevic,Dragisa
Kovacevic,Biazimir
Zagreb 2010 (7)
1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3. c3 tilf6 4.e3 a6
S.tilf3 bS 6.b3 .i.fS 7. eS h6 8.cdS
[I doubt that such an exchange can create
serious problems] 8 .•.cdS 9.a4 b4
1 O.li:le2 e6 11 .~ b2 ~d6 12.tilg3
~h7 [Black's position still doesn't show any
weaknesses. Square c6 is under control]
13•.i.d3 .i.d3 14.-.d3 o-o 1s.o-o
l:la7 16.l:lac1 'ili'b6 17.l:lc2 l:lc7
18.l:lc7 'Wc7 19.l:lc1 'ili'b7 20.'ili'c2
l:le8 21.tile2 l:le7
.i.t..t.
.t..t.~
• .t.
i lL)
~
~
lLJ~ ~ ~
~
[Even this is possible, the rook rushes to
c7] 22.'ilrc8 'ti'c8 23.l:lc8 l:le8
24.l:lc2 l:le7 2S.li:ld3 aS 26.f3 l:lc7
27.l:lc7 ~c7 28. ~c1 c6 29.~d2
8 30. ~e1 d7 31. ~g3 ~g3
32.tilg3 f6 33. 2 Wf7 34.h4 gS
3S.hgS hgS 'h-'h
Fauland,Aiexander
Kasparov,Sergey
Graz 2010 (7)
1.tilf3 f6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 dS 4.tilc3
a6 S.e3 bS 6.b3 ~fS 7.~e2 h6
8. eS e6 9.0-0 .i.d6 1 O.f4 0-0
11. ~d2 li:le4? ! [ 1 1... ~a3 12.g4 (12..i.c1
~d6 13..i.b2 +0.17; 13.c5) 1 2... ~h7
13.15?! tilfd7'f; 11 ...'t i'c7!? with normal
play: 12.g4 ~h7 13.g5? (13.c5 ~e7 14.g5
hg5 15.fg5 tilfd7 16.g6 fg6 17.l:lfB fB )
13... hg5 14.fg5 ~e5 15.de5 tilfd7+ ]

12.1o e4 ~e4 13.'it'e1 [13 .~f3!J played, with the idea to keep the knights on
13.. .'.-e7 14.t0d3 t0d7 [14 ...dc4 15.bc4 the board when he chases the enemy knight
bc4 16.t0b2 t0d7 (16...c5 17. c4 t0c6=) from e5 by ...17·16. 20... t0e5 21 .de5=]
17.t0c4=] 1S.cS! ~c7 16.t0b4 21.'it'c2 f6 22.to g6 'it'ds 23.ts [The
negative side of the advance ...17-16 - ~ has
weakened the light-square complex (g6, f5,
e6)] 23...t0d7 24.t0f4 ~f4 2S.l:lf4 a4
26.• e4 ab3 27.ab3 'it'b3 [We can
conclude that Black has gained some
initiative] 28.l:lf2 (28.l:lb1] 28 ...'it'dS
29.•c2 (29.'it'd5 ed5f. The a-file and the
passed pawn on b5 are serious arguments,
though the knight still has to be employed]
29...efS 30.l:lfS 'it'e6 [In reply to
30...•e4!? 31 .• e4 l:le4 the breakthrough
32.d5 may have seemed scary] 31.l:le1
f8 32.h3 h7 33.h4 [Otherwise after
[Unpleasant but not deadly would have ... tOh7-g5-e4 his position becomes hopeless]
been 16.a4] 16... 'it'e8 17.t0c6 (17.a4 33...t0f8 34.dS?! cdS 3S.'it'd3 l:la4
~f6=] 17... t0cS 18. ~b4 d3 (;,:. 36.~d4 t0g6 37.hS
18... Wc6 19 .~c5 l:lfe8 20.b4t; 20.a4
ba4=] 19.~d3 ~d3 20.~f8?!
(20.Wc3! ~f1 21 .l:lf1!; 20.l:lc1] 20... ~f1
21 . 1 Wc6 22.l:lc1 ~-~
Kiriakov,Petr
Korotylev,Aiexey
Sochi tt 2005 (7)
1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.t0f3 t0f6 4.e3 a6
M 1c3 bS 6.b3 ~fS 7.t0eS h6 8.g4
~h7 9. ~g2 e6 10.1)-() ~d6 11. ~b2
o-o 12.l:lc1 l:la7 13.cS ~c7 14.t0e2
aS;% 1S.t0g3 l:le8 16.f4 t0e4= [In 37 ... t0f8?! [Stronger was 37... t0e5, for
accordance with the plan ... 17-f6] 17.t0d3 example 38.'it'd1 (38.• b5 l:ld4 39.ed4
(17.t0e4 de4 18.a4 16 19.t0c6! t0c6 t!)f3 40.1:113 'it'g4 41 ...W ·h4-+)
20.ab5~] 17... t0d7 (17 ... t0g3!? 18.hg3 38... t0c6-+] 38.l:lef1 l:lc4 39.l:lb1 b4
...
~d7, trying, if possible, to get to e4] 40.'it'f1 t0d7 41 .• g2 tOeS 42 •• dS
18.l0e4 ~e4 19. ~e4 de4 • ds 43.l:lds tOe& 44. 2 tOd4
4S.ed4 l:le4 46.l:ld8 q,h7 47.l:la1
l:lcd4 48.l:lb8 l:lf4 49. 3 l:lde4
so.q,d3 l:le7 S1 .l:laa8 gS S2.l:lh8
.a~ ii q,g7 S3.l:laf8 l:lg4 S4.l:lhg8 q,h7
i i i SS.l:lh8 q,g7 S6.l:lhg8 Y.l-11.!
ii ~
~ i ~~ Grandelius,Nils
Cjj~ Shimanov,Aiexander
Stockholm 2010/11 (8)
1.c4 c6 2.t0f3 dS 3.e3 t0f6 4. c3
a6 S.d4 bS 6.b3 ~fS 7. eS h6 8.g4
~h7 9. ~g2 e6 10.1)-() ~d6 11.f4
[NCNi the pawn structure is essentially o-o 12.• e2 t0e4 (12 ... b4!?, kicking back
different. It looks slightly preferable for Black, the knight that controls square e4] 13.t0e4
as Wh~e·s pawns are on squares of his own [13 .~b2] 13...de4 14.cbS abS
bishop's colour] 20. S b8 [Creatively 1S.Wc2 f6 16.t0c6 • cs [Black tries to
Survey SL 3. 1
seize the initiative, but this doesn't work out
well] 17.dS edS 18. d4 'it'c2
[1 8...~c5 19.• d2 •g4 20. b5oo unclear]
19.t0c2 l:lc8 20. d4 b4 21.l:ld1
~e7 22 .~f1 ~g6 23 .~ b2 a6?!
(23 ... t0c6 24.t0c6 l:lc6 25.l:ld5 l:IC2;%]
24.~ bS ~e8 2S.tOfS ~f8 26. ~e8
l:le8 27.l:ldS;t
•
~
•.a •i
i i
1:[ Cjj
i i ~~
~ ~
~11.. ~
1:[ ~
(lfs strange that Black won from this
position... ] 27...tOcS 28~d4 t0d3
29.l:ld7 l:lac8 30.l:lf1 l:lc2 31.gS?
[The beginning of the end; 31.l:la7] 31 ... hgS
32.fgS l:la8 33.l:la1? l:laS 34.t0g3
l:lgS 35.l:lf1 l:lg4 36.q,h1 l:lh4
37.<;1;>g1 l:lhh2 38.t0e4 l:lcg2X 0-1
Grischuk,Aiexander
Morozevich,Aiexander
Sochi tt 2004 (8)
1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3. c3 f6 4.e3 a6
S.t0f3 bS 6.b3 ~fS 7. eS h6 8.g4
~ h7 9. ~g2 e6 10.1)-() ~d6 11.~ b2
o-o 12.l:lc1 l:la7 13.cS ~c7 14. e2
aS 1S.f3 t0fd7
[A typical manoeuvre, chasing away the
knight on e5] 16.f4 f6 17.t0d3 a6
18.a3 b4 19.a4 l:le8 20 .• d2 ~ b8
21. g3 es 22.ts q,hs (22... e4
23. f4;!;] 23.e4 [White's pieces are better
145
 developed for an opening of the game, but
as usual he can't draw any real benefit from
it] 23 ...de4 24.tt:le4 ed4 2S . ~d4
~g8 26. ~12 1-2-1-2
Sakaev,Konstantin
Saltaev,Mikhail
Germany Bundesliga 2006/07 (9)
1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.tt:lf3 tt:lf6 4.tt:lc3
a6 S.e3 bS 6.b3 ~fS 7.tt:leS h6 8.g4
~ h7 9.~g2 e6 10.0-0 ~e7 11.~b2
l:a7 12.cS [As a result of the closing of
the centre Black's bishop stays on e7,
instead of c7] 12.. .'it'c8 13.f4 tt:lbd7
[13 ...tt:lfd7 14.tt:ld3 as 15."tte2 b4 16.tt:ld1
with approximate equality] 14.gS [A
controversial decision] 14..•tt:lg8 [14 ... hg5
15.fg5 tt:le5 16.gf6 d3 17.fe7 tt:lb2=]
1S.g61 [This leads to White's advantage]
1S.•. fg6 16.e4 tt:lgf6 17.edS tt:ldS
18.tt:ldS cdS [The problem is that the
following line is not good: 18...ed5 19.'ilt'g4
l:c7 (19...0-0? 20."tte6+- ) 20.tt:lg6±]
19.tt:ld7 [19.~h3;!;] 19••. "ttd7 20."tte2
l:ts 21.l:ae1 ~g8 22.~h3 l:f6 [Black
has been building a solid fortress, but the
difference in strength of the pawns on e6
and c5 is tangible] 23.l:f3 l:c7 24. ~c1
~f7 2S •.b 3 8 26. ~f2 l:c6
27.~ h4 gS 28.fgS l:f3 29.'ilt'f3 hgS
30. ~g3 ~f6 31. ~eS "tte7 32. ~g4
[As a result of the exchange operation
White's position has become even more
attractive] 32 .•. 'itg8 33.'i t'h3 "ttd8
34.b4 aS? [This looks like a blunder]
146
3S.a41 [Threatening to create two
connected passed pawns on the c- and the
b·file] 3S ... ~es 36.l:eS "tib8 37.l:e6
[37 .~e6 ~e6 38.l:e6 g4 39."tte3±]
37 ••• l:e6 38 . ~e6 "ttf4 39.~f7 Wf7
40."ttd7 8 41.1t'd8 c;tt7 42."ttdS
8 43.abS a4 44.b6 "ttc1 4S.'itg2
"ttd2 46.'itf3 "tif4 47.'itg2 "ttd2
48.Wh3 "tte3 49.'itg4 "tif4 SO.WhS
"tth4 S1 .'itg6 "tth6 S2.'itfS "titS
S3.'ite4 "ttf4 S4.Wd3 "ttf1 SS.'itc2
"tte2 S6.'itb1 "ttd1 S7.'ita2 "ttc2
S8.'ita3 "ttd3 S9.'ita4 "tta6 60.Wb3
"ttd3 61.Wb2 "tte2 ¥.!-¥.!
Wiersma,Eelke
Kasparov,Sergey
Hoogeveen 2012 (8)
1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.tt:lf3 tt:lf6 4.tt:lc3
a6 S.e3 bS 6.b3 ~fS 7.tt:leS h6 8.g4
~ h7 9. ~g2 e6 10.0-0 ~d6 11. ~b2
0-0 12.l:c1 l:a7 13.1t'e2 l:e8
14.l:fd1 "tte7 1S.h3 l:d8 16.a4 b4
17.tt:la2?! [17.tt:lb1] 17...aSl' 18.cdS
cdS 19."tibS tt:le8 [19 ... tt:le4!?] 20.~f1
hS 21.'itg2 hg4 22.hg4 f6!
.i
~ .i~
if i.t
.iii
• i
i 'tW i tt:J
~ i ~ ~
~ ~
tt:J..t ~~
I;! I;! ~ remain] 33.tt:lcS? ~cs 34.dcS "ticS
23.tt:lc6? [23.tt:ld3l'; 23 .~d3!? ~d3
(23... fe5 24 .~h7 Wh7 25.de5 ~c7 26.f4
tt:ld7 27.l:h1 'itg8 28 .~d4 l:aa8
29.1t'd3!!!?) 24.tt:ld3 tt:lc7 (24 ...tt:ld7 25.14)
25."ttb6 l:a6 26."ttb7 'it'd? 27. ab4!?
ab4 28.tt:lb4 : as 29.l:h1 =!"] 23 .•. tt:lc6
24.l:c6 fS! -+ 2S . ~e2 fg4 26 . ~g4
"tigS 27.f3 ~fS 28.We2 tt:lf6 0-1
Other Plans on
Move 7
Oms Pallisse,Josep
Burmakin,VIadmir
Balaguer 2011 (5)
1.d4 c6 2.tt:lf3 dS 3.c4 f6 4.tt:lc3 a6
S.e3 bS 6.b3 ~fS 7.~d2 e6 8. h4
~g4 [Disrupting the harmony in WMe's
camp] 9."ttc2 ~e7 10.h3 · s 11.g4
fd7 12.ghS [12. f3 ~g6] 12...~h4
[What will turn out to have more weight:
White's bishop pair or the defects of his pawn
structure?] 13.cdS cdS 14.a4 b4
1S.tt:le2 aS 16.tt:lf4 l:a7 17.l:c1 0-0
18.~d3 h6 19. 1 ~e7 20.'it'd1 ~d6
[The bishop's transfer to d6 is logical in liaison
with the manoeuvre ...l:a8-a7-a8] 21.'it'f3
l:c7 22.l:c7 'it'c7 23.'itg2 tt:lf6
24.l:c1 "tib7 2S. · S l:c8 [In turn the
Russian GM dislodges White's rooks from the
c-file] 26. d3 l:c1 27.~c1 tt:lbd7
28. · 2 "ttc7 29."ttd1 30.~d7
tt:ld7 31. "tte2 'itg8 32. 1 tt:lf6
1..----
: ~ 'if
.t.l~
.li • i
~ i
~
~ '
tt:J~
~
~
~ 'tW~
1 ~
[A model game. White's initiative was
gradually stifled, his static weaknesses (h5)
3S.'i!t'bS "ttc2 36.'it'b8 Wh7 37. ~f6
gf6 38.'itg2 'it'e4 39.'itg1 "tiffS
40.'it'c7 'itg7 41.'it'aS 'it'b1 42.Wg2
W'b3 43."ttc7 [43.'it'b5 'it'c4] 43 •.. 'it'a4
44.'it'g3 Wh7 4S .'~fc7 ..-e8 46."ttb7
'it'f8 47. 1 Wg7 48 .'~ b6 'it'e7
49.We2 fS SO.Wd3 'it'h4 S1 .f4 'it'hS
S2.Wd2 'ilt'h3 S3.'it'd4 'ith7 S4.'it'b4
1t'g2 0-1
 Botvinnik Variation SL 7.8 (044)

To Retreat Or Not To Retreat?

by Rene Olthof

1. d4 d5 tion to the problem, ince the

2. c4 c6 main move after 16 ... 'it'b5 i
3. tiJc3 tiJf6 17.a3, when it's Black to move ...
4. lLlf3 e6 17 .. .ed5 was een in another
5. ..tg5 dc4 postal game (Baturin ky-Kuusk-
6. e4 b5 maa, 9th Soviet Championship
7. e5 h6 1969-70) and Shirov wrote that
8. ~h4 g5 ' 17 ... b3 isn' t a serious idea' .
9. tiJg5 hg5 Thi s leave us with 17 ... ~d5! .
10. ~g5 tiJ bd7
11. ef6 ~b7
12. g3 c5
13. d5 'it'b6
14. ~g2 0-0-0
15. 0-0 b4
16. tiJa4 Loek van Wely

fare too well in the early 1990's

with 18 ... ed5) 19.ab4 ( 19.tiJc5
..tc5 20.ab4 ..tf2 2I.l:tf2 l:td5 ,
first seen in 1995, seem to ju -
In Fire on Board he revealed that tify Black' previou play)
he was informed about this move 19 ... l:td5 20.'ii'e2 cb4 2J.tiJc3.
by his compatriot Alexander
Shabalov at the end of 1993.
Then, in the ummer of 1994,
.t. • .i.

Although 16 ...1¥b5 i by far the

most frequently played move in
thi standard position, the olde t
reply is actually 16 ... 'it'a6.
History
The fir t record with 16 ... 1¥a6 1
cou ld trace goes back a long
time. In the postal game
Hugolf-Paul, EU/M 1961, 17.a3
was answered by 17 ...1¥b5, later
al o repeated by Gata Kam ky.
Thi move can never be a olu-
both Latvian vi ited their home-
land and 'before going back to
the US Shabalov mentioned it
if
· ~~
~
'
again'. Shirov analysed the line
with the Latvians Bagirov and
young Fridman. In July, Shirov
and Shabalov met again (in
''
~
ttJ
~~
~
~
North Bay, Canada) and ex- ll ll~
changed idea which finally
convinced Shirov to give it a go In New In Chess Magazine
in the top tournament in 199417 Jeroen Piket gave a
Novgorod again t Ivanchuk: slightly different account when
1 8.~d5 tiJe5! (this is the idea. commenting on J6 .. ."~a6:
The Ukrainian correspondence 'Though it was played a few
player Vladimir Bratsev didn ' t times in the eventie it wa not

147
 taken eriou ly until very re-
cently. If my ource are correct
Dmitry Gurevich is responsible
for this revival, as he played it in
the Moscow and New York PCA
rapid tournaments. After that
orne fellow ex-Soviets played
16 ...1i'a6 in the Philadelphia
Open in July thi year. During
the tournament in Amsterdam I
had a look at this line with Loek
van Wely and felt ready to play
it.'
I have never seen the games
Piket refers to. He wa succes -
ful with 2l..J:C a5 in a rapid game
again t Chri topher Lutz, which
was televised live on the nation-
wide network WDR in Germany.
A few day earlier, 2l...'ifc6 was
played in what i habitually
called the stem game: Ivanchuk-
Shjrov, Novgorod 1994.
A Third Alternative
Then suddenly, apparently in
2009, a third alternative saw the
light of day: 2l...'ifd6.
After 22.lu d5 'it'd5 (' I like this
exchange sacrifice' - Shirov)
Not Retreat
24/25 .h4
Ernst,Sipke
Smeets,Jan
Nederland tt 2012/13 (1)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.tt:lf3 tt:lf6 4.tt:lc3
e6 5. ~g5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6
148
there i no difference with the
old 2l ... 'ifc6, owe fir t have to
get the reasoning behind this
novelty clear. Here Kortchnoi
comes to the rescue. He already
pointed out in 1994 that captur-
ing on d5 is not obligatory with
the queen on c6. He had intended
to play the venomous 22. ~f4!?.
Although White is not forced to
take on d5 after 2l ... 'ii'd6 either,
in this case the alternatives, in-
cludjng 22.l:la7, are not power-
ful enough to care Black off, as
becomes apparent from the notes
to the game Vachier-Lagrave-
Solodovnichenko. As is com-
monplace in the Botvinnik Vari-
ation, most line peter out to a
forced draw.
To Retreat Or Not To Retreat
We return to our recent addition
2 l .. .'ii'd6. After 22.lu d5 'ii'd5
23 .f3 .ic5 White must decide
whether or not to retreat hi
bishop to e3. In our Main Game
Ernst-Smeets from the Dutch
League 2012/13 White didn ' t
and chose 24.~g2 tt:ld3 25 .h4.
8. ~h4 g5 9.tt:lg5 hg5 10. ~g5 tt:lbd7
11.g3 ~b7 12. ~g2 '*'b6 13.ef6 c5
14.d5 o-o-o 15.0-0 b4 16.tt:la4 • as
17.a3 ~d5 18.~d5 tt:le5 19....e2
[19. ~e6? ! 'ire6 (the point of 16......a6)
20 ....e2 lld3 (20 ...llh2? 21 ....e4! lld5
22.llfd1 tt:ld3 23....e6 fe6 24.'it.>h2 llg5
25.lld2±) 21 .llae1 !oo] 19..• lld5 20.ab4
De pite hi win there is little evi-
dence to be found of an advan-
tage for White. In practice Black
has used no fewer than four
moves to maintain the pre ure.
In Sharavdorj-Rob on, World
Open, Philadelphia 2009, White
did retreat his bishop to e3 and
after 24 ... ~c5 25. ~c5 'ii'c5 had
to choose between g2 and h I to
tuck his king away.
This po ition was already exam-
ined in Yearbook 39 ( 1996). The
verdict has remained virtua lly
the same - Black ha counter-
play for the exchange on the ba-
sis of the strong knight on d3
and his queen ide majority.
Kaufman believes White retains
a sma ll edge, but practice hardly
confirms this evaluation. No
matter where White puts hi s
king, Black can retain the initia-
tive by occupying the d-file with
26 ... l:ld8 or 26 ... 'ii'd4, or he can
tart pushing hi s queenside
pawns (26 ... a5).
Conclusion
The Botvinnik is ali ve and well!
cb4 21. c3 'ird6 22. d5 'ird5
23.13 ~cs 24.'it.>g2 [24 .~e3 tt:ld3
25 .~c5 'ireS 26.'it.>g2; 26.'it.>h1) 24 ... tt:ld3
[24 ...tt:lg4? 25.h4 'irg5 26.fg4+-] 25.h4
lld8 26.llfd1 'it.>b7 [26 ...b3 27.llac1
'it.>b7 28.'ire4 1!Ve4 29.fe4 ~b6 30.llb1]
27.lla5 [27.lld2 and Black probably
doesn't have full compensation for the

exchange
(27...~b6!
Kaufman] 27...1t'd4
2S.llda1 (2S.llc5 ~cS 29.lla1
~bS 30.lla7 : as 31 .llaS (31 .ll17 lla2-+)
31..."ifaS) 2S ... ~c6 29.lla6 (29.lld1
<j;b6: move repet~ion) 29 ...~b6 30.lla7
(30.lld1?! ~bS 31 .llaa1 aSt Smeets)
30... ~a7 31 .lla7 c3 32.bc3 b3gg; 27 ... b3?
28.~e3!+- ] 28.b3 ~b6 (2S ...cb3?
29.l:lc5! 1t'c5 30.lld3 lld3 31 .1t'd3 b2
32.'ife4!+- Smeets]
29.l:la2! (29.llb5? cb3!-+ 30.llb4 1t'b4
31.l:ld3 b2 32.lld8 ~d8 33.~d2 1t'b6
34.'l'e4 ~ 35.1t'c2 ~c7 36.1t'b1 ~es
3a g5 'l'as 38.1t'h7 1ra2 39.1t'g8 w b7
40.'ifl7 ~c7 41.1t'd7 b1 1t' 42.~d2 'ifbb2
43.~h3 'ifdS 0-1 Upinsky-Naumann,
Germany 11-jr 199419S] 29 ... cb3 (29 ... c3
30.h5 f4 (30 ... as 31 .Wh2 'ifdS 32.1t'e4
~7 33.1t'dS lldS 34.g4 a4 35.lla4 c2
36.l:ld3 lld3 37.llb4 lld4) 31.~f4 'it'd!
32.'ifa6 Wc6 33.1t'a4 w b7 34.1t'b4 1t'g1
35.~h3 'ifht 36.¢>94 llg8 37.~gS 1t'b1
38.l:laS Wb8 (38 ...c2 39.1t'e7! ~c7 40.llc5
l:lg5 41 .Wg5 c1 1t' 42.llc1 1t'c1 43.14 1t'e3
44.'iff7 'ifg3 45.wh6±) 39.1t'f4 w b7
40.l:la4 1t'd3 41 .llc4 c2 42.wh4! llc8!
43.l:lc8 ~ 44.1t'c4 (44.1t'e4 1t'e4 4S.fe4
~d4 46.~c1 ~16 47.Wg4 ~es 48.Wf3 fS
49.ef5 efS 50.g4 fg4 S1 .Wg4 Wd7
52.o;t;>IS± ) 44 ... 1t'c4 4S.bc4 ~d4 46.wg4
~16 47.~c1±] 30.llad2 b2 31.h5
(31 .lld3 1t'd3 32.lld3 b1 1t' 33.'ife4
(33.l:ld8 ~d8 34.1t'bS ~) 33... lldS
34.lld5 1t'e4 35.fe4 edS 36.es b3 37.~c1
~e3 38.~2! (38.e6 ~ct 39.e7 b2 40.es"if
bt "it' 41 ."it'l7 Wc6 42."it'e6 Wc5 43.17 ~h6
44."it'e7 Wc6 4S.fS"it' ~fS 46."it'fS "it'e4=)
38... as 39.e6 fe6 40.hS m 41 .17 d4
42.~c1 ~18 43.h6 d3 44.h7 b2 4S.~2 d2
46.h81t' d11t' 47 .~d4 "ifc2 48. ~12 "it'c6
49. ~g1 "it'd6;t] 31 ... "it'c4 32.Wh2?!
[32.h6! b3 (32...ttlf4 33.~f4 "it'e2 34.lle2
l:ldt 3S.llb2 aS 36.h7 lldS 37.lld2 llhS
38.lld7 w aG 39.ll17 ~d4 40.g4
41.~c1 !+- Smeets) 33.llb1 ! (33.h7 tiJf4
34 .~f4 "it'e2 35.lle2 lld1 36.llb2 lldS
37.llb3 llhS) 33 ... "it'c1 34."it'd1 llhS
b3
3S.lld3 (35.g4!?) 3S ... "it'gS 36.h7 "it'fS
{36 ... llh7?! 37.lld7 w eB 38.lle7 "it'dS
39."it'dS edS 40.llb2 ~cS 41.lleS ~d4
42.lleS w d7 43.lle7 t;. 44.llb3+- )
37.lld7 w eB 38.'ifd3 "it'h7 39."it'h7 llh7
40.lldd1 llh6 41 .llb2 llf6 42.llb3± ]
32 ... lld5 (32 ... b3!?; 32...~c7 33.h6 1t'c5
34.f4 1t'fs 35.1t'g2 w b6 36.llb2 tiJb2
37.lldS ~d8 38.1t'b2 aS 39."it'd4 rj;c7
40."it'eS w eB 41 ."it'fS efS 42.h7 b3
43.hS'if b2 44."it'eS bt "it' 4S.1t'l7 "it'c2
46.Wh3 "it'c6 47.1t'a2 "ifht 4S."ifh2
1t'd1 =] 33.h6? [33.lld3 aS 34.h6 b1 1t'
3S.llb1 "it'd3 36."it'd3 lld3oo] 33 ... llg5
34.lld3
34... llh5? (34 ... lldS! 3S.h7 '*'d3 36.lld3
bt "it' 37.hS"it' "it'gt 38.wh3 "ifht 39."ifh2
"it'ft 40.wg4 "it'd3 41 ."it'Sh7 "it'd4 42.14
"it'f6+; 34... ~c7 3S.f4 llg6 36.h7 llh6
37.~ llh7 38.llb1 "it'c6 39."it'f3 "iff3
40.<.Pf3 ~ 41 .llb2 aS=] 35.w g2 w a6
36."it'b2 llh6 37.lla1 w b5 38.1t'e5
1t'c5 39. "it'e2 'if>?c6 40.1t'd2 "it'h5
41 .lld6 w c7 42. lld7 w c6 43. llc1
~c5 44. 1t'd6 Wb5 45.llb7 w a4
46.lla1 'if;>b3 47.1t'd3 1-0
Bukai,VIad imir sr
Pavasovic,Dusko
Bled 1995 (8)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3 .tiJc3 c6 4. f3
tiJf6 5 .~g5 dc4 6 .e4 b5 7.e5 h6
a .~ h4 gs 9. gs hgs 1 o .~gs tiJbd7
11.g3 ~ b7 12 .~g2 "it'b6 13.ef6 c5
14.d5 o-o-o 15.Q-O b4 16.tiJa4 "ifa6
17.a3 ~d5 18. ~d5 tiJe5 19.ab4
lld5 20."ife2 cb4 21 .tiJc3 "it'c6?1
(21 ... llaS is not covered in this Survey]
Survey SL 7. 8
•
'if
.t.
... ~
.t.
~ ~
.t..t.
t2J ~
~ '(W~ ~
1:[ l:t\t>
22.tiJd5 [With the queen on c6 White is
not forced to take on dS, as Kortchnoi
already pointed out in 1994: 22 .~f4 ! ? bc3
(22 ...tiJd3 23.~dS "it'dS 24.~e3 (Black is
struggling) 24 ... ~c5 2S.llaS "it'e4 26."it'd2!
(26.llc5 tiJcS 27.llc1 tiJd3 2S."ifc2 c3
29.lld1 tiJcS 30."it'e4 tiJe4 31 .f3 (Fabian·
Arango, Mar del Plata 2012) 31 ... lldS!+ )
26...~e3 27.fe3 lldS 2S."ife2 w b7;t 29.h4
lldS 30.lldS edS 31 .hS) 23. ~es lld2
(23 ... cb2 24.lla7! (24."it'b2 "it'bS 2S.'ifa2
aS 26.llfb1 ~ 27.llb4 1t'b4 2S.llb1
1t'b1 29.1t'b1 lleS 30.1t'b6;t) 24 ... c3!
2S .~c3 ~cS 26.1t'a6 "ifa6 27.lla6 ~12
2S.wg2± ) 24."it'e1 ! (24.1t'e3 ~cS
(24 ... cb2 2S.'ilt'd2 bat 'ilt' 26.lla1 ;t
Kortchnoi) 2S."it'c3 lld3 26."it'c2 "it'e4
27."it'a4 (27.llac1? ireS 2S."it'c4 was
what Kortchnoi had calculated originally - it
loses to 2S ... "it'g3 29.hg3 llg3X) 27 ... "it'eS
2S."ifc6=) 24... ~c5 2S.bc3 !:;. 26 .~d4 ±]
22 ..."it'd5 23.f3 tiJd3 24.h4 ~c5 [~
24 ... b3 2S.wg2 w b7 26.lla4 ~b4 27.~d2
~cS 28. ~e3 llgS 29.~gs 'ifd4 30.llb1
w c6 31 ."it'd2 ~b6 32.wh3 eS 33.~e3
"it'e3 34.llc4 WdS 3S."it'e3 ~e3 36.llc3
e4 37.lla1 w es 38.llas Wf6 39.fe4 12
40.<;f;>g2 tiJg4 41 .llc6 w g7 42.<;f;>f3 w h7
43.llc7 ~b6 44.llhS tiJh6 4S.llc6 llg6
46.llg6 fg6 47.llbS w g7 48.g4 tiJI7
49.eS;t Khalifman-lvanchuk, Elista 199S; ~
24...~d6 2S.Wg2 aS (2S ... ~b8 26.llfd1
lldS 27."ife4±) 26.b3 ~c7 27.llfd1 "it'd6
2S.f4 'ilt'c6 29.'ilt'f3 <;f;>b7 30.bc4± ]
25.rj;g2 w b7 26.llfd1 [26.b3 c3?
(26 ... cb3 27.llfd1 lldS 2S.lld2 b2 29.llad1
"it'c4 30.llb2 (30.lld3 lld3 31 .lld3 ~d6 +;
30.hS?! f4 31. ~f4 "ife2 32.lle2 lldt
33.llb2 aS-+) 30... tiJf4 31.~14 "ife2
32.lle2 lld1 33.hS aS+) 27.llfd1?
(27.llaS! lldS 28. ~e3 "ireS 29.llc5 c5
30."it'bs w as 31 ."it'c5 lld2 32.Wh3+- )
27 ... lldS 2S.llaS w b6 29."it'a2! (29.llcS
w cS 30.'ilt'e3 'if;>bS 31 ."it'a7 : as 32."it'e3
149
 lld8 33.'Wa7 Yl-Yl AI. Kharitonov-Shabanov,
Moscow 1995) 29...tt:lf4 30 .~14 Wd1
31 .lla7 Wg1 32.<it>h3 Wt1 33.<it>g4 Wb5
34.h5 ~d6 3S.lll7 WIS 36.<it>h4 ~14
37.Wa7 li>c6 38...a6 li>dS 39.WbS li>d4
40.W'b4 li>d3 41 ...c4 li>e3 42.Wt4 Wt4
43.gf4 llc8 44.lla7 c2 4S.lla1 \1;>14
46.llc1 + - ; 26.llaS Wd4 27.b3 ~b6
28.lla2 c3 29.lld1 lld8 30.hS (30.1Ph2
WdS 31. ~e3 1-0 Kuhne-Sielaff, cr 1994; a
strange result in view of 31 ...W'b3!+ ;
31.We4:) 30 ... as 31 .g4 tt:lf4 32 .~14 • d1
33.Wd1 lld1 34.h6 (lvanchuk-Shirov,
Novgorod 1994- YB/39-104) 34...eSI 3S.h7
(35 .~eS? lld2 36.1Ph3 lla2 37.h7 c2
38 .~14 ~c7 -+ ; RR ~ 3S.~gS!=)
35 ...lld8 36 .~eS llhB+ Shirov] 26 ... lld8
27.llaS Wd4 28.hS [28.b3 - Ernst-
Smeets] 28... llg8 [28 ... lldS] 29.f4 li>b6
30.llcS [30.llda1 li>c7 31 .h6 ~b6
32.lleS (32.llSa4 aS 33.llaS (33.WhS?
llf8!+) 33... ~S 34.llaS li>b6'f) 32... tt:JeS
33...es Wes 34.feSoo llgS!? 3S.h7 llhS
36.llh1 llh7 37.llh7 li>c6 38.1%17 c3
39.bc3 b3 40.llh7 aS 41 .17 ~cS 42. llh8
li>b7 43.llh1 (43.llh7 ~18 44.llh8 ~c5=)
43 ... a4 44.llb1 li>a7 45.g4 a3 46.llb3 a2
47.llbS a1 W 48.llc5 ..b2 49.1Pg3 Wb8=J
30 ... Wcs 31.h6 Wds
32.Wf3? [32.\i>h2 lld8 33.~ aS 34.g4
a4 35.~12=] 32 ... Wf3 33.\i>f3 tt:lb21
34.lld7 [34.lld6 li>c7 35.lle6 tt:Jd3!
36.lle4 b3 37.llc4 c;t>bS-+ 1 34... tt:ld3! -+
3S. 3 b3 36. 2 b2 37.1Pc2 li>c6
38.llf7 llb8 39.\i>b1 c3 0-1
Kislik,Erik
Antai,Tibor
Kecskemet 2012 (3)
1.d4 dS 2.c4 e6 3.tt:lc3 c6 4.tt:lf3 tt:Jf6
S.~gS dc4 6.e4 bS 7.eS h6 8.~h4
gS 9. gS hgS 1 O~gS tt:Jbd7 11.ef6
150
~b712.g3 Wb613.~g2 0-0-0 14.o-o
cS 1S.dS b4 16.tt:la4 Wa6 17.a3 ~dS
18.~dS tt:Jes 19.ab4 lldS 20.We2
cb4 21.tt:Jc3 W'd6 22.tt:ldS WdS 23.f3
~c5 24.1Pg2 tt:ld3 2S.h4 lld8
26.llfd1 [26.lla5 Wd4 27.llfa1 ~
28.ll5a4 lld5oo 29.lld1? lleS!- + 30.Wd2
..b2 31.Wb2 tt:lb2 32.llb4 tt:Jd1 33.llc4
li>b7 0-1 Mclaughlin-Arnanov, StLouis 2011]
26... Wd4 [26 ...1Pb7] 27.lld2 li>b7
28.We4
••
28...1Pb6?! [28... 'We4 29.1e4 aS!?
(29 ...1Pc6 30.1Pf3 ~d4 31 .llad1;!;) 30.llaS
(30.llc1 ~d4 31 .llc4 ~2 32.1Pf1 ~c3
33.lld1 a4oo) 30... ~d4 31 .h5 (31.lld3 cd3
32.~d2 li>b6 33.lla4 IPc5 34 .~ IPb5
35.b3 ~e3 36.1Pf3 d2 37.~d2 ~d2 38.lla7
llf8oo) 31 ...c;t>b6 32.lla2 IPb5 33.lld3 cd3
34.b3 ~c3 35.~d2 ~16 36.1Pf3 ~c3oo]
29.llad1 [29.Wh7! Wd7 (29 ... lld7?!
30.Wg8 li>b7 31 .lle2!+- 6 32.~e3+-)
30.h5 a5 31 .h6 eSJ 29... We4 30.fe4 b3
31 .hS ~ 32.lld3 cd3 33.h6?!
[33.~e3 \PbS 34.g4 a5 35.g5 a4 36.g6 ~c3
37.~gs ~2 38.g7 a3 39.h6 llg8 40.1Pf3
a2 41.h7 llg7 42.h8W llgS 43.'We8 Wb4J
33... \i>cS 34.~e3 1Pc4 3S. [35.~7
d2 36.1Pf3 IPd3 37.~e3] 3S ...as 36.g4
a4 37.llc1 \PbS 38.llb1 [38.g5 a3
39.ba3 ~3 40.lld1 IPc4 41 .\i>g4 b2 42.g6
fg6 43.1Pg5 li>c3] 38...1Pc4 [38 ...~c3! ?
39.g5! (39.bc3? li>c4!- + ) 39...a3 (39... ~2
40.llb2 IPc4 41.llb1 a3 42.llc1 ) 40.ba3
li>c4] 39.llc1 \PbS 40.llb1 Y:!- Y2
Pedersen,H
Petersen,Steen
Copenhagen BSF-8 1995 (8)
1.tt:lf3 tt:Jf6 2.d4 dS 3.~gS e6 4.c4
c6 S. c3 dc4 6.e4 bS 7.eS h6
8. ~h4 gS 9.tt:lgS hgS 10. ~gS bd7
11.ef6 ~b 7 12.g3 Wb6 13. ~g2 cS
14.dS o-o-o 1s.o-o b4 16. a4 Wa6
17.a3 ~dS 18.~dS eS 19.ab4
lldS 20. • e2 • b7 21 .tt:lc3 cb4
22.tt:ldS WdS 23.f3 tt:ld3 24.h4 ~cs
2S.Wg2 ~d4 26.llfd11 [26.llab1?!
~b6 27.We4 li>b7 28.llfd1 lld8 29.hS
li>a6 30.h6 \PbS 31.b3 We4 32.fe4 (Ovod-
Novikova, Sochi tt-W 2007) 32 ... llg8
33.lld3 cd3 34.llh1 ~d4 3S.h7 llh8
36.1Pf3 aS+='] 26 ... tt:lb2?! [26 ...as
27.lld3 cd3 28...d3 li>b7 29...e2!±]
27.llac1 ?! [27.lld4! Wd4 28. ~e3 W!6
29.lla7+ -; 27.llaS!? Was 28.lld4 Wa2
29. ~c1 ! lld8 30.lld8 li>d8 31.Wd2 6
32.~b2+ -] 27 ... \i>b7 28.~e3 tt:ld3
29. llc4 Wc4 30.lld3 lld8 31 .Wd1
eS 32.hS Wa2 33.\i>h3 We6 34.1Pg2
Wf6 3S.h6 as 36. We2 ll h8
K
• l
l
'if ~
.a
l::t: ~ ~ ~
'iY <it>
37 . ~d4? [37.lld4 ed4 38.WbS Wc8!
39.Wc5 li>b7 40.~d4 Wh6 41 .Wds li>a6
42.'Wc4 Wb7 43.W17 li>c6 44.Wc4 Wb7
4S.Wbs w ca 46.Wc5 li>b7=; 37.h7 We6
38.lld4 ed4 39.Wbs w ca 40.Wc5 li>b7=]
37... ed4 38.We4 Wb6? [38 ... Wc6!
39.Wd4 llh6-+] 39.h7 c;t;>cS? [39 ... lld8
40.lld2!; 39... llh7? 40.'i+'h7 Wg6 41.Wg6
fg6 42.g4! (or 42.14!) 42 ... a4 43.lld4+- ]
40.g4! + - a4 41.lld1! b3 42.llc1
li>b4 43. • ds w a3 44.lla1? [44.'Wc5!
Wb2 4S.llf1 !+ - 6 46.llf2 +- l
44 ... c;t;>b4? [44 .. .<.t>b2! 4S.lla4 d3=]
4S.llc1 w a3 46. lla1? Wb4? Y:!-Y2
Zimmermann,Uirich
Schreiner,Till
Oberhof ch-GER U18 2012 (3)
1.d4 dS 2.tt:lf3 tt:Jf6 3.c4 c6 4.tt:lc3
e6 s. ~gs dc4 6.e4 bS 7 .es h6
s. ~h4 9 s 9.tt:Jgs hgs 1 o.~ 9 s tt:Jbd7
11.ef6 ~b7 12.g3 cS 13.dS • b6
14.~g2 o-o-o 1s.o-o b4 16.tt:la4
Wa6 17.a3 ~dS 18. ~dS eS

19.ab4 lldS 20.1t'e2 cb4 21.lllc3
'i'c6 22. dS 1t'dS 23.13 ~cs
24. 2 llld3 2S.h4 1t'd4 26.llab1
!26.b3 cb3 27.llad1 lld8 28.hS b2 29.h6
'i'dS! (29 ...1t'c4? 30.lld2!+- R.Vedder)
30.l%d3 1t'd3 31 .1t'b2=] 26 ... 1t;>b7 27.b3
c3? !27 ... lld8 28.llfd1 aS 29.bc4 (29.hS)
29 ...1t'c4 30.1t'e4! 1t'e4 31.fe4±; 27 ... 1t'eS]
28.l%bd11 +- lld8 29.hS WdS 30.h6
'i'gS 31.lld3 lld3 32.1t'd3 W'h6
33.l%d1 1t"f8 34.1t"e4? !34.1t'bS! lt;>a8
35.l%d7 WeB 36.llf7+-l 34...1t;>c7
35.'i'c4 lt;>b8? !35.. .<.t>b6!=] 36.lld7!
.Qb6 37.1t'f4 !37.1t"e4! 1t"c8 38.llf7 c2
39.'i'f4 lt;>a8 40.1t'c1 +-l 37...1t;>c8
38.l%e7 1t'd8 39.1t"c4 lt;>b8 40.1t'f4
q,>ca 41 .1t'c4 c;t;>b8 42.g4 !42.1t'e2!+-J
42 ...W"c8 43.1t'f4 lt;>a8 44.1t'e4 '1Yb8
45.l%f7 c2 46.W'f4 c;t;>aa 47.'i!fe4 lt;>bS
48.W"f4 '1Ya8 49.1t"e4 '1Yb8= SO.llb7?
'i'b7 S1 .1t'c2 IS1 ...1t'd7!+ S2.gS W'dS
53.W"g6 ~cS 54.1t;>g3 'i!fb3 SS."We4] Y.!-Y.!
Retreat
24 ..Q.e3 & 26. ~ g2
Sharavdorj,Dashzeveg
Robson,Ray
Philadelphia 2009 (B)
1.d4 dS 2.c4 e6 3 .lllf3 lllf6 4.lllc3
c6 s . ~gs dc4 6.e4 bS 7 .es h6
8 .~h4 gS 9. gS hgS 1 O .~gS lllbd7
11 .g3 ~b7 12. ~g2 1t'b6 13.ef6 cS
14.dS o-o-o 1S.o-o b4 16.llla4 1t'a6
17.a3 ~dS 18 . ~dS tOeS 19.ab4
l%d5 20. W"e2 cb4 21.lllc3 1t'd6
22.li:!dS W"dS 23.f3 llld3 24. ~e3
.ics 2S .~cs Wcs 26.'1Yg2
26... llhS?I 27.b31 ± 1t'd4 !27...lleS
28.W"c2!] 28.bc4 [Van DelfVRis call 28.14!
the critical response to 26 ... llhS, but there
seems to be little wrong with the text move]
28 ... lleS 29.'i!fa2 aS 30.1t'a4?!
!30.h4;!;; 30.1t;>h1;!;] 30...1t;>c7? !30...lle2!
31.'1Yh1 (31 .'1Yh3? 1t"f6 32.1t"c6 lt;>d8
33.1t'd6 lt;>e8-+) 31 ...lll12 32.ll12 1t'12
33.1t"c6 lt;>b8 34.1t"bS= Van DelfVRis]
31.lla2! lllb2 32.1t"e8 lllc4 33.llc2?
!33.llc1! b3 34.1t'f7 w b6 3S.lll2+-l
33... b3 34.llc4 1t'c4 35.'i!ff7 lt;>b6
36."ite8 lle2 37.1t;>h3 'i!fdS? !37...1t"d3=]
38.1t"b8? !38.'ifg6!±] 38... c;t;>a& 39.g4
e5 40.1t"c8 lt;>b6 41.'i!fb8 lt;>a6
42.W"c8 c;t;>b6 43.W'b8 Y.! -Y.!
Harikrishna,Pentala
Van Wely,Loek
Philadelphia 2011 (7)
1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3. f3 lllf6 4.lllc3
e6 S . ~gS h6 !S ... dc4 6.e4 bS 7.es h6
8 . ~h4 - game] 6 . ~ h4 dc4 7.e4 bS
!7 ...gS 8 . ~g3] S.eS gS 9. gS hgS
1 o. ~gs lllbd7 11.g3 !11.ef6]
11... ~b7 l11 ... llg8!?] 12 . ~g2 b6
13.ef6 o-o-o 14.o-o cs 1S.dS b4
16.llla4 'i!fa6 17.a3 ~dS 18 . ~dS
eS 19.ab4 lldS 20.'i!fe2 cb4
21 . c3 1t'd6 22.llldS .-ds 23.f3
ll\d3 24.~e3 ~cs 2S. ~cs 'i!fcS
26.'1Yg2 lld8 27.lla6 !27.llad1 !?;
27.llfd1 lldS 28.b3 {28.h4!? Kaufman)
28 ... cb3 29.lld2 b2 30.llad1 was seen in
Efremov·Yasinsky, Moscow 199S
YB/39·1 OS and now 30... b3! would have
been very strong; 27.1t'e4 lt;>b8 28.llad1
lt;>c7 29. lld2 aS 30.llfd1 Kaufman; 27.h4
lldS 28.'1Yh2 Kaufman]
27 ... lldS 28.1t'e4 l28.llfa1 lleS
(28 ....-d4 29.lla7 lleS 30.lla8=) 29.'i!ff1
(29.1t'd2 W"d4 30.lld1 lt;>b7 31.llaa1 aSt)
29 ... 1t'd4 30.lla7 'i!fb2 31.'1Yh1 lle2=;
28.h4 Kaufman] 28 ... 1t;>b7 I28 ...'1Yb8?
Survey SL 7. 8
29.1t'h7! lld7 30.lle6!+ -; 28 ... lleS?
29.'i!fa8 '1Yd7 30.lla7+-l 29.llfa1
lt;>b8? !29 .. ."..121 30.'1Yh3 (RR 30.'1Yh1
1t'b2 31 .lla7 lt;>b6 32.'tit'e3 1t'd4= Van
DelfVRis) 30... 1t"d2 31 .lla7 '1Yb8 32.lla8
(RR 32.'i!fh7 lllf2 33.1t;>g2 (33. h4
WgSX) 33 ... lllg4 34.'1Yh1 12= Van
DelfVRis) 32 ... lt;>b7 33.ll1a7 lt;>b6 34.lla6
lt;>b7=] 30.1t"h71 +- tOeS 31.lla7
1t'a7 32.'i!fg8 lt;>b7 33.lla7 lt;>a7
34.f4 lld2 3S. '~Yh3 d7 36.'i!ff7 c3
37.bc3 b3 38.1t'e6 b2 39.1t'a2 'IYb6
40.f7 c;t;>cs 41.g4 '1Yd6 42.gS lt;>e7
43.g6 1-0
Shyam,Sundar M
Anwesh,Upadhyaya
Athens W ch·jr 2012 (11 )
1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.lllf3 lllf6 4 . c3
e6 S. ~gS h6 6. ~ h4 dc4 7.e4 bS
S.eS gS 9.lllgS hgS 10.~gS bd7
11.g3 ~ b7 12. ~g2 1t'b6 13.ef6
Q-0-0 14.o-o cS 1S.dS b4 16. a4
1t'a6 17.a3 ~dS 18 . ~dS eS
19.ab4 lldS 20. 1t'e2 cb4 21 . c3
1ifd6 22.llldS 'i!fdS 23.f3 d3
24. ~e3 ~cs 2S.~cs .-cs 26.'1Yg2
_.d4 !Shirov] 27.b3 cb3 28.llad1
lld8 29.h4 aS 30.hS 1t'eS?
l30 ... 1t'c3=] 31. twes eS 32.lla1?
!32.lld8! lt;>d8 33.lla1 lt;>c7 34.h6 lt;>c6
3S .'~Yf1 lt;>bS 36.lle1 g6 37.'1Ye2 a4
38.'1Yd2 a3 39.'1Yc1 lllf8 40.g4 lt;>c4
41 .lle4 lt;>c3 42.lle3 '1Yc4 43.g5+-l
32 ... lldS l32...lld2 33.'1Yh3 lla2
34.llad1 ] 33.llfb1 !33.h6 lt;>b7 34.h7
g6;!;) 33 ... lld2 34.1t;>h3 lla2 3S.llc1
lt;>b7 36.llab1 f3 37.llb3 llh2
38.1t;>g4 d4 39.lld3 !39.llbb1 fS!;!;]
39 ... es 40.llcS '1Yb6 41. lleS c6
42.lle1 a4 43.lld7 a3 44. llf7 a2
4S.llf8 I4S.llfe7!?] 4S ... llleS 46. S
llhS 47.1t;>e6
151
 47. A .)c6? [47... ~13=] 48.1:88 ll8S?
[48... ~d4 ±] 49.ll8S coY8S SO.'OYd6?
[SO.'OYd7+-; so.lldt +-1 so... ~da
S1.'0Ye7 b3 S2.'0Yd8 b2 [S3.17 b1 'it'
54.llb1 abt 'it' SS.t8'it' 'it'd3=] Y.d2
Retreat
24 ...1le3 & 26 .~ h1
Karavade,Eesha
Sveshnikov,Evgeny
Reykjavik 2011 (6)
1.d4 dS 2.c4 e6 3 .~c3 ~16 4. ~f3
c6 S.~gS dc4 6.e4 bS 7.eS h6
8. ~ h4 gS 9. ~gS hgS10. ~gS ~bd7
11.e16 ~b7 12.g3 cS 13.dS 'it'b6
14.~g2 o-o-o 1s.0-0 b4 16.lo84
'it'86 17.83 ~ds 18. ~ds ~es
19.8b4 lldS 20.'it'e2 cb4 21. ~c3
'it'd6 22. ~dS 'it'dS 23.f3 ~d3
24.~e3 ~cs 2S . ~cs 'it'cs 26.'0Yh1
26... 8S [26 ... lld8 27.'it'e4 (27.lla4;!;)
27 ...coYb8 28.'it'h7 lld7 29.'it'g8 '0Yb7
30.'it'e8 'it'c6 31 .'it'f8 (31.h4!?) 31 ... 'it'bS
32.lla2 as 33.llta1 'it'd5 34.'0Yg2? (34.llaS
'it'f3 35.'0Yg1=) 34 ... ~eS? (34...'it'hS!-+)
35.1:11 ? (35.llaS 'it'f3 36.'0Yg1=) 35... c3-+
Hetey-Thesing, Germany Bundesliga
1997198] 27.b3 lld8 28.bc4 '0Yc7 [:?:
28 ... b3] 29.1Pg2 IPb6 30.llfd1 'it'c4
31 .'it'e3 IPbS 32.llac1 [32.lld2! 'it'd4
33.'it'd4 lld4 34.llda2+-] 32 ...'it'd4
33.lld3 [33.1t'e2! a4] 33 ...'it'd3
34.'it'cS ~84 3S.ll81 IPb3 36.'if8S
'it'c2 37.'0Yh3 llh8 38.~g4 llg8?1
[38 ... 'it'g6! 39.'it'g5 (39.coYt4 'it'f6 40.~e4
'it'l5 41. 'iffs efS 42.~f5 '0Yc2 43.c;Yf6 b3
• 44. ~ llh2) 39 ... llg8 40.'it'g6 llg6
41.coYt4 ~c2] 39.~h3?1 [39.coYt4!=]
39... llh8 40.'0Yg4 llg8?1 41.~h3?1
llh8 42.~g4 Y2·Y2
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Grischuk,Aiexander
Shirov,Aiexey
Porto Carras Ech·tt 2011 (7)
1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.~f3 ~16 4.~c3
e6 S. ~gS dc4 6.e4 bS 7.es h6
8. ~h4 gS 9. ~gS hgS 1 O. ~gS ~bd7
11.e16 ~b7 12.g3 cS 13.dS 'ifb6
14. ~g2 b4 1S.O-O o-o-o 16 .~84
'it'86 17.83 ~dS 18 . ~dS tOeS
19.'it'e2 lldS 20.8b4 cb4 21.t0c3
'it'd6 22.tOdS 'it'dS 23.f3 ~cs
24. ~e3 t0d3 2S .~cs 'it'cS 26. ~ h1
'it'd4 27.ll8S [27.b3 cb3 28.lla7 'it'a7
29.'it'd3 'it'a2 30.llc1 (30.'it'c4 ~b7
31.'ifb4 1Pa6 32.'it'c4 ~b7 (32... ~as
33.h4) 33.h4 llc8!o:t) 30... ~b8 31.'it'd6
~aB 32.'it'c6 ~b8 lH7 Gupta-Arun
Prasad, Aurangabad ch-INO 2011 ]
27 ... lld8 [27 ... t0b2 28.llb1 (28.llfa1 b3
29.lla7 t0d3=; 28.llgS!? Schandorff)
28 ... t0d3 (28 ... c3? 29.'it'a6) 29.'ifa2 ~b8
30.llbS (30.'it'a4 'it'f2 31 .'it'bS 'it'b6=)
30... ~a8 31 .'ifa6 'it'd? 32.lla1 t0f2
33.'0Yg2 t0g4 34.fg4 'it'd2=; 27 ...'it'b2?
28.'it'b2 t0b2 29.lla7+-l 28.llfa1 lld7
[28 ... 'it'b2!? 29.1fe3 (29.llc5 ~d7 30.lla7
~d6=) 29 ...'it'd4] 29.h4 b2 30.hS
t0d3 31.h6 b3? [31...'ili'l6! 32.h7 'it'h6
33.'ifh2 t012 34 . ~g2 t0h3! 3S.ll1a2 'ifh7
36.llc5 (36.'ifh3 'it'h3 37.'0Yh3 b3)
36... 1Pd8 (36 ... llc7 37.llc7 ~c7
38.g4! +-) 37.g4 b3oo] 32.h7 lld8
[32...'ifl6 33.1Pg2!+-] 33.'0Yg2 b2
34.llh1? [34.lld1 ! ~b8 (34... 'it'f6
35.'it'e4+ -; 34 ... 'it'b6 35.llgS+- )
3S.llgS+-I 34...~c7? [34 ...llh8!
35.llbS (3S.'it'c2 llh7!) 35...~c7!]
3S.llgS? [3S.llb1!] 3S ... t0c1 36.'it'c2
'it'd2 37.'it'd2 lld2 38 .~ h3 lld8
39.llg8 b1 'it' 40.h8'it' 'it'fS 41 .~ h4
[41 .g4?? 'it'f3-+] 41...llg8 42.'it'g8
'if16 43. ~ h3 'it'h6 [43...1ff3 44.llc1
'ifhS 4S.'OYg2 'it'e2=] 44. ~g2 'it'd2
Y2· Y2
A Forced Draw
22 .l:l a7
Vachier-lagrave,Maxime
Solodovnichenko,Yury
Mulhouse tt 2011 (2)
1.d4 dS 2.c4 e6 3.t0c3 t016 4.t0f3
c6 s . ~gS dc4 6.e4 bS 7 .es h6
8.~h4 gS 9.t0gS hgS 1 O .~gS t0bd7
11 .e16 ~b7 12.g3 cS 13.dS 'ifb6
14. ~g2 o-o-o 1S.O-O b4 16.t084
'it'86 17.83 ~dS 18.~dS tOeS
19.8b4 lldS 20. 'it'e2 cb4 21.t0c3
'ifd6 22.lla7 fl forgot my analysis' -
MVL; 22.lla6; 22.t0e4] 22 ... bc3
~ •..... .t.... ~
~ ~
...
... ~
~ 'if~ ~
~~
23.llf81 [23.lla8 (the safest route to
perpetual check) 23...'0Yd7 (23... '0Yb7
24.llfa1 t0c6? (24 ...'it'b4!= - game;
24 ...'it'b6? 2S.bc3! ... b3 (25 ... t0c6 26.~14)
26 . ~14 'it'c3 27.~es lle5 28.'it'a2+-)
2S.bc3! ~c7 26.~e3! + - ) 24.lla7 ~e8
2S.lla8 ~7 26.lla7 'OYeB 27.lla8 17-17
Ganguly-Shirov, Spain tt 2011] 23 ... 'it'b4
[23... c6!? 24.1:17 aS (24... b8!? 2S.h4
cb2 26.'it'b2 'it'c6 27.llb1 ~d6 28.llb7
d7 29.17 (29.'it'a1 lld1 30.lld1 ~b7
31.17 llfB 32.'it'd4 '0Yc7 33 . ~d2 ~c5
34 .~a5 '0Yc8 3S.'itl4 b6=F) 29... 1:18
30.~h6 ll17 31 .'it'h8 ~f8 32.~f8 'it'b7
33.llb7 llf8 34.'it'b2 c3 3S.'ifc3 ~b?f)
2S.h4 (2S.~f4 cb2 26.'it'b2) 25 ...cb2
26.'it'b2 llgS 27.1:18 llf8 28.hgS 'it'dS
29.'it'b6 llh8 30.13 t0b3 31 .1fa6 ~c7
32.'it'a7 ~d6 33.lla6 ~es 34.'it'c7 ~fS
3S.g4 ~gS 36.'it'g7 coYt4 37.'it'h8 'it'd!=;
23... llb5!? 24.lla8 llb8 2S.llb8 '*'b8
26.bc3oo] 24.1:88 [24.~f4 cb2 2S.lla8
~b7 (25 ... '0Yc7? 26 . ~e5 ! lle5 27.1fe5
~d6 28.ll 1a7 ~ b6 29.lla6 ~c7 30.lld6
'ifd6 31 .lla7 '0Yc8 32.'ili'd6 bt 'if 33.~g2
'ilre4 34 .~f1 '*'ht 3S.~e2 '*'e4 36.~d2
c3 37 .~c3 +-) 26.ll1 a7=; 24.bc3 'it'c3
2S.~e3 ~c5 26.~c5 f3 27 .~11 llc5
28.lla8 coYc7 29.ll1a7 ~b6 30.lla6 'OYbS
31 ....d1 t0h2 32 . ~g2 'iWf3 33.'iWf3 f3
34.lla5 '0Yb6=] 24 ... ~ b7 2S.ll887
[25.ll1a7 ~c6 26.llc8 ~d6 27.lld8 ~c6
28.llc8 17·17 Rotella-Schachinger, cr 2009;
25.~e3 cb2 26.ll1a7 ~c6 27.llc8 ~d6
28.lld8 ~c6 29.llc8 ~d6=] 2S ... 'OYc8
26.lla8 '0Yb7 27.ll8a7 Y2· Y2
 Slav Defence
Solid and Complex-
The Schlechter Variation - Part I
by Sundararajan Kidambi
1. d4 d5
2. c4 c6
3. lLJc3 tbt6
4. e3 g6
5. lLJf3 ~g7
~.i.'if* K the light quares.
ii AA.i.i
A ,.A
A committing himself to .. .e7-e6.
~~
tb ~tb
!!:, ~ ~~~
~ .iil1W~~ ~ Defence.
The Schlechter System in the
Slav Defence is named after the
legendary Austrian player Carl
Schlechter, who tried this de-
fence in the famou final game of
hi 1910 match again t World
Champion Emanuel La ker. This
variation i very solid and at the
arne time leads to a complex
truggle, as most of the pieces re-
main on the board for a long
time. This opening can be con-
sidered a hybrid between the
Slav and Grtinfeld Defence : it
ha the olidity of the Slav and
the dynamism of the Gri.infeld.
Ways To Play
The variation most common ly
starts with l.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.lLJc3
ttJf6 4.e3 g6 5.lLJf3 ~g7. Black
has lot of different way to play
the resulting positions. The dif-
ferent po ibilities are:
Schlechter Variation SL 10.3+8 (094)
I. To play an early ... e7-e6 and
then try to develop the c8-bi hop
with ... b7-b6 and prepare for the
eventual freeing break ... c6-c5.
2. To play ... ~g4, exchange
the light-squared bishop for the
knight and erect a pawn wall on
3. To play ... a7-a6.
4. To play ... b7-b6 without
5. To play an early ... dc4 and
follow it up with ...~g4 and/or
... lLlbd7, with an eventua l
...c6-c5, a in the Gri.infeld
Carl Schlechter
Each of the e plans leads to a
specific and different kind of and Bu Xiangzhi. I have tried
struggle and on the whole every thi line a few time and found
one of them i very rich in plans the resulting positions to be orig-
and ideas. In this Survey, I aim to inal and intere ting .
elucidate only the first plan with It i important to note that thi s
... e7 -e6. The other alternatives line can be reached via various
will be covered in later Surveys. move orders in which ... e7-e6 is
played before ... g7-g6, for exam-
A Bit of History ple l.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3. c3 tDf6
Historically, the first top player 4.lLlf3 e6 5.e3 g6.
to try this et-up on a regular ba-
sis was former World Champion
Yasily Smyslov. Being a pioneer
,..i.'f.W*.t. K
in many different Slav set-up ,
Ai ' '
he tried the one with ...e7-e6 as
early as the 1940s! The legend-
ary Yiktor Kortchnoi has also
' ' ·~·
~ ~
played this set-up a few times
(even relatively recently, again ·t
tb ~tb
Radjabov in 2003!). ~ ~ t!:,~~
In current time thi line seem ~ .ii!.'iY~~ ~
to be a hobbyhor e of Indian and
Chine e players, viz. Sasikiran, This gives the additional possi-
Harikrishna, Negi, Yu Yangyi bility of sometimes avoiding the
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 well-trodden path of the Meran
and Anti-Meran variations.
Let u look at the various plans
for White against this set-up.
Developing the Light-Squared
Bishop to d3
From the above diagram White
continues with 6. ~d3 0-0 7.0-0
e6 (SL 10.3).
White aim for a quick e3-e4 in
order to make use of hi slightly
better development, and also
with the intention of exploiting
Black's weak d6-square. Black
hould not al low White to de-
velop hi dark- quared bishop to
f4, which means that he has to
play .. ."file? at the earliest avai l-
able opportunity. See the note to
the games Tukmakov-Serper
and Sriram-Sasikiran. Black
seem to be doing fine here.
Probably a better try for an ad-
vantage would be to capture on
e4 with the bishop rather than the
knight, aiming to exploit the
weak d6- quare in case Black
exchange ... lLJe4, or to keep
more piece on the board in case
Black does not swap White's
light-squared bishop. Check the
note to the game Alexandrov-
Stripun ky ( 1995). It seems to
me that Black should play
9 ...'fic7, a in the game
Baginskaite-Shiber (2003). But
• these are the only two games
played in thi variation and it
definitely require further practi-
cal tests. In the game Berrios-
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Sundararajan (201 1) White went
for calm development with
b2-b3 and ~b2 without going for
the quick central break e3-e4. In
that game I managed to use a nice
strategic exchange of bishop for
knight and later play for control
of the dark square with my
knight against White's light-
squared bishop. This middle-
game motif was borrowed from
the earlier game Sriram-Sa i-
kiran, Indian Team Champion-
ship 20 I 0, which I had witnessed
live, as I happened to play for the
same team!
Developing the Light-Squared
Bishop to e2
Once White decides to develop
his bi hop to e2 (6. ~e2 0-0 7.0-0
e6, SL I 0.8), he still has a choice
between three different plans:
•
.t. .t. .t.
'~'
~~
t2J
' ~ttJ
~~ Ji..~~~
l:I ~'if l:I<;t>
A) He can choose to play qui-
etly with b2-b3 and ~b2. Thi
eems to lead to a manoeuvring
game in which White objectively
doe n' t have an advantage but
can play on. Check Botvinnik-
Smy lov ( 195 1!) and Medvegy-
Kasimdzhanov.
B) He can go for 'ti'c2 and
J:.d l . This is probably the most
critical set-up for White. Here,
too, he goes for a quick e3-e4,
but contend that he i better pre-
pared for the opening of the cen-
tre with the preparatory J:.d I. A
piau ible move order is 8.'ti'c2
b6 9.J:.dl ~b7 IO.e4 de4
1 I .lLJe4.
~~ttJ
t2J
~~WI j;_~~~
l:I ~l:I ~
Initially I thought that Black 's
most accurate choice wa to play
ll ... 'ti'c7 instead of taking on e4
(check the game Narciso-
Sundararajan (20 12) and I ma-
gambetov-Harikri hna (20 12)).
But the notes to the game
Turov-Harikrishna show that
this set-up may not be the best. It
is probably better for Black to
play 12 ... ~ f6 instead of
12 ... lLJf6. Check the games
Yaganian-Smyslov ( 1978) and
Koneru-Shen (20 I 0).
Later I came to the conclusion
that ll ... lLJe4 was in fact fully
playable. Check the notes to the
blitz game Gelfand-Chadaev
(20 12), where 1 have indicated
the variou nuances that Black
must know to get a fully playable
position. In ca e Black does not
want to allow an immediate
e3-e4, he can al o try and post-
pone playing ... b7-b6 with an-
other u efu l move like 9 ...J:.e8,
a · in the game Me lkumyan-
Negi, Dubai 20 I 0.
White can al o go for I O.a4 after
8.'ti'c2 and 9. J:.d I.
x .t. 'ti' x•
~
'
'' , ...t..!.t.
,
'
~~
t2J ~ttJ
~'i}Y j;_~ ~ ~
l:I ~l:I ~

I could find only one game with
thi (Arun Pra ad-Zeng, 20 II)
in which White outplayed his
opponent in a game of cat and
mou e. This line requires further
testing.
C) White can choose to ex-
pand hi queen ide with b2-b4.
In my opinion it hould not be
wrong for Black to continue nor-
mally with ... b7-b6 and ... ~b7 ,
but this leads to a sli ghtly pa sive
po ition. The games Ka parov-
Timman ( 1991 ) and Pono-
mariov-Daniel en (20 I I) show
the danger lurking for Black in
these eemingly innocuous po i-
tions. Black could al o choo e to
play in Meran sty le with the im-
mediate ... dc4 and .. .b7-b5. The
game Nielsen-Negi (20 I 0) and
Fre inet-Balogh (20 I0) indi-
Development to d3
6 .~ d3
Konstantinopolsky,Aiexander
Smyslov,Vasily
Moscow ch·URS 1945
1.d4 tt:lf6 2.tt:lf3 dS 3.c4 c6 4.e3 e6
S.ft~ bd2 g6 6 ...id3 ..ig7 7.0-o o-o
B.e4 de4 9.tt:le4 tt:le4 10•..ie4 .-c7
11 ...igS h6 [With the benefit of hindsight
we can conclude that Black would be better
off a110iding weakening pawn moves on the
kingside: 11... tt:ld7!] 12...ie3 tt:ld7
13.1t'c1 fS 14...ic2 gS [Black's kingside
weakness is energetically exploited by
White with some incisive play] 1S.l:le1 cS
•.t
cate that Black get a good game.
It make en e for Black to
choo e this et-up against b2-b4
rather than remain passive with
... b7-b6, although objecti vely
that might be sound, too.
White Plays an Early b2·b3
Yu Yangyi played two interest-
ing game again t Kasim-
dzhanov and Sasikiran in 20 10
with ... ttJe4 and ... f7-f5, a in the
Dutch Stonewall, and drew both
his games. Thi definitely re-
quire further test . But it eem
that the trong Chinese player
tru t Black' po ition, as he wa
happy to repeat hi choice in the
game against Sasikiran.
Plea e note that thi variation
on ly works for White again t the
early .. .e7-e6 move order (J.d4
16.h41 g4 [16 ... 14 17.hg5 hgS (17 .. .fe3
1B.'it'e3-+) 1B...id2-+] 17...ih6+- tt:lf6
[17 ...gl3 1B...ig7 'it>g7 19..-gS 'it>f7
20.l:le6+- ] 18...ig7 -.g7 19.tt:lgS g3
20.fg3 tt:lg4 21 ...f4 ..f6 22 ...id1
'it'd4 23 ..-d4 cd4 24 •..ig4 fg4
2S.l:lad1 l:ld8 26.l:ld3 bS 27.cbS
l:lb8 28.l:le4 l:lbS 29.l:led4 l:lbdS
30.l:ldS edS 31.l:ld4 .itS 32.'it>f2
'it>g7 33.'it>e3 6 34.l:la4 l:ld7
3S.'it>d4 ..ib1 36.:ta6 S 37.l:laS
'it>g6 38.b4 l:lc7 39.l:la6 S 40.l:laS
l:lc4 41.'it>dS l:lb4 42.a3 l:lb2
43. ~d4 'it>g6 44.l:la6 'it>g7 4S.l:la7
'it>g6 46.l:la6 'it>g7 47.hS l:lg2 48.h6
8 49.tt:le4 'it>f7 SO.l:lf6 'it>g8
S1 .tt:lgS ..ic2 S2.l:lc6 8 S3.l:lc7
..ib1 S4.h7 1-0
Tukmakov,VIadimir
Serper,Grigory
Amsterdam 1990 (3)
1.d4 tt:lf6 2.c4 c6 3.tt:lc3 dS 4.e3 g6
S.tt:lf3 ..ig7 6...id3 o-o 7.0.0 e6 8.e4
de4 9.tt:le4 tt:le4 10...ie4 .-c7
11 •..igSI? tLld712.cS eS13 •..ie7
Survey SL 10.3+8
dS 2.c4 c6 3.ltJc3 liJ f6 4.ttJf3 e6
5.e3 g6 6.b3 ~g7) . If Black de-
cide to play ... g7-g6/... ~g7 and
... 0-0 before playing .. .e7-e6,
White doe not have thi s option
(SL 8.1).
Conclusion
With thi I conclude the first part
of my Survey on the Schlechter
System, dealing exclusively
with the set-up involving
.. .e7-e6. I hope that fre h idea
will by shown by both sides with
thi s line in the future .
In Part II of thi serie I plan
to investigate Plans 2 and 3
( ... a6 and ... ~g4). ln the third
and final part I would like to
cover the remaining two plans
( ... b6 and ... dc4).
13 ...l:le8?1 [13... ed4! 14...ifB (14...id6
.-as 15.tt:ld4 (15.l:le1 l:leB 16...id3 l:le1
17.'it'e1 .-dB=) 15... 'i+'b4! wins material)
14... fB with the idea ... ..ig4 and ... tt:le6.
The strong passed d-pawn gives Black
compensation for the exchange] 14...id6
'it'aS [14 ... ..-dB 15.de5 e5 16. e5 ..ieS
17...ie5 .-d1 1B.l:lad1 l:le5 19.l:ldB 'it>g7
20...if3 l:lc5 21 .l:le1 b6 22.b4! l:lc4 23.h3
..ib7 24.l:laB ..iaB 25.l:le7± ] 1S.-.b3
'it'd8 16•..id3! e4 17...ic4 ef3
18...if7 'it>h8 19...ie8 'i+'e8 20.l:lfe1
'it'g8 21 •.-g81 'it>g8 22.l:le8 'it>f7
23.l:le7 ~g8 24.l:le8 2S.l:lae1
..if6 26.g4! aS 27.h3 hS 28.'it>h2
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 h4?! (28 ... ~h4 29.~f4 ! ± ; 28 ... a4 29.'0t>g3]
29.ll8e3 ~gS 30.llf3 t?lf6?
(30 ... '0t>g7±] 31 .lle5! 1-0
Sriram,Jha
Sasikiran,Krishnan
India tt 2010 (9)
1.d4 t?lf6 2.c4 e6 3.t?lf3 d5 4.t?lc3
c6 5.e3 g6 6. ~d3 ~g7 1.o-o t?lbd7
8.e4 de4 9. e4 e4 10. ~e4 1fc7
11. ~e3 (11. ~g5 0·0 12.c5 e5] 11...()-0
12.llc1 c5 13.'. ,d2 t?lf6 14 . ~b1
lld8 15.~f4 1fe7 16 . ~e5 b6
17.1fc3 ~b7 18.dc5 bc5 19.Jlcd1
llac8 20.h3 ~f3! 2U IVf3 t?lh5
22 .~g7 '0t>g7+
[Black has exchanged his seemingly
powerful light-squared bishop for White's
knight. But this is a nice strategic finesse.
He has combined this with the exchange of
the dark-squared bishops too. This means
that his knight is a much more superior
minor piece than White's remaining bishop.
In this position an important role is also
played by the black pawn on c5. Black's two
pawns on the queenside effectively hold
White's three whereas his kingside majority
can slowly expand unhindered with the
support of his knight. It was probably not
easy for White to realise that his position
was very difficult in the strategic sense after
this trading operation] 23.b3 e5 24 .~f5
llb8 25 .~g4 t?lf6 26.'i lre3 lld4!
[Another positive side of the c5· and e5·
pawns is that it provides a great entry point
for the rook on the d-file] 27. Jlfe1 lle8
28. ~f3 -..c7 29.-..c3 h5 30.lle3 e4
31 .~e2 lled8 32.lle1 • f4 33.~f1
lld2 34.f3 ll8d4 35.fe4 1ff2
36.'0t>h2 h4l - + [Complete domination on
the dark squares] 37. Wc1 t?lh5
38.ll3e2 Wf4 39.'0t>g1 g3 40.lld2
156
lld2 41.Wc3 'Ot>h6 42.Wf3 Wf3 8.b3 t?lbd7 9.~ b2 b6 10.We2 ~b7
43.gf3 'Ot>g5 44.llb1 lla2 45 . ~g2 aS 11.llfd1 lle8 12.llac1 -..e7 13.e4
46.lld1 t?le2 47.'0t>h1 t?ld4 0-1 (Probably this is too early as Black is well
prepared to meet this central break. 13.h3!?
lladB] 13...de4 14.t?le4 t?le4 15 . ~e4
Alexandrov,Aiexey f6 16. ~b1 c5 17.dc5 bc5 18. ~e5
Stripunsky,Aiexander llad8 19.h3 ~f3 20. Wf3
Nikolaev zt 1995 (11)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 t?lf6 4.t?lc3 e6
5.t?lf3 t?lbd7 6 .~d3 g6 7.o-o ~g7
8.e4 de4 9.~e4! [Right now this seems
to be the best try for a white advantage]
20 ... t?lh5! [The same exchange operation
as in the game Sriram-Sasikiran] 21. ~g7
'Ot>g7 22.a3 e5 23.g3 f6 24.-..c3
lld4 25.b4? "ilrd7! [A double threat on
the h-pawn and on the d-file. White is
9 ...o-o (9... Wc7 10.~c2 0-0 11 .lle1 b6 completely lost] 26.lld4 cd4 27.-..e1
(11...lld8 12.We2 b6!?) 12 .~g5 (12.g3 e4!? [27...W'h3!-+J 28.lld1 '*'h3
t?lh5!?) 12... h6 13.~h4 h5 14 .~e7 lleB 29. f1 "ilrd7 30.-..e1 d3 31 .-..c3
1 5 .~3 ~b7 16.-..d2 lladB 17.llad1 a6 Wg4 32.lle1 lld8 33. • d2 1fh5
(17 ...c5=) 18.b3 c5 19.d5 e5 20.t?lh4 fB 34.'0t>g2 ...f3 35.'0t>g1 t?lg4 36 ....f4
21 .g3 f5 22.t?lg6!? t?lg6 23.~f5 t?lfB d2 0·1
24.t?le4 Wf7 25.~h3 t?lf6 26 . ~c1 t?le4
27.lle4 lld6 ( ~ 27... t?lh7) 28.~2 'Ot>hB?!
29.1fe2 llddB 30.lle1 ± t?lg6 31 .f4 ~ca
32 .~c8 llc8 33.fe5 llfB 34.e6 We7 Zhou Weiqi
35.llg4 ~b2 36.Wb2 'Ot>h7 37.1fc2 W16 Sasikiran,Krishnan
38.d6 1ff5 39 ....f5 llf5 40.d7 lldB 1-0 Moscow 2010 (3)
Baginskaite-Shiber, Seattle 2003] 1O .~f4! 1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3. f3 f6 4.e3 g6
t?lh5 11 . ~d6 lle8 12.c5 e5 13.d5! 5. c3 ~g7 6. ~d3 e6 7.o-o bd7
t?ldf6 14.dc6 t?le4 15.c7 "*'d7 8.b3 dc4 9.bc4 o-o 10. ~a3 c5
16.t?le4 Wc6 17.lle1 t?lf418.a4 ~f5
19.t?lg3 ~g4 20.b4 g2 21 .'0t>g2 e4
22. e4 lle4 23.b5 WeB 24.lle4
1fe4 25.lla3 -..ts 26.h4 ~h6?!
(26 ... lle8 27.lle3 lle3 28.fe3±]
27. -..d3+- • hs 28.~g3 llea
29.'ilt'd8 llf8 30 ....f6 ~g7 31.-..gS
"ilrg5 32.hg5 f6 33.lld3 ~c8
34.lld8 h6 35. ~d6 1-0
Berrios Echevarria,Gabriel
Sundararajan,Kidambi
Orlando 2011 (7) 11 . a4 [11 .We2!? b6 12.llfd1 ~b7
1.c4 c6 2. f3 t?lf6 3.d4 d5 4.e3 g6 13.llac1] 11...b6 12.dc5 'iie7 (Black
5. c3 ~g7 6 .~d3 0-0 1.o-o e6 takes his time to regain the pawn on c5, but

he seems to have reasonable counterplay
all through] 13.llb1 eS 14.lt:!d2 e4
1S ..ie2 lld8 16.'i!fc2 lt:!eS 17.lt:!c3
.its 18.~ce4 lt:!e4 19.lt:!e4 hS 20.f3
bcS 21.llbd1 lt:!g4 22 ..ic1 'i!feS
23.fg4 .ie4 24.'i!fa4 hg4 2S ..ig4
'i'gS 11.1 -11.1
Development to e2 - A
6 . ..1ie2
Botvinnik,Mikhail
Smyslov,Vasily
Moscow training m2 1951
1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.lt:!c3 lt:!f6 4.e3 g6
S.ct:lf3 .ig7 6 ..ie2 0-0 7 .0-0 b6 8.b3
.ib7 9 ..ib2 e6 10 ..-c2 lt:!bd7
1Ulfd1 'i!fe7 12.e4 de4 13.lt:!e4 cS
14. f6 lt:!f6 1S.dcS "*'cs (15 ... bc5
16.ct:le5 Jlad8=] 16 ..id4 'i'e7 17. eS
llfd8 18 ..if3 g4 19 ..ib7 .. b7
20. f3 .id4 21 .lt:!d4 'i!fc7 22.lt:!f3
J:ld1 23.lld1 lld8 24.lld8 'i!fd8
25.h3 lt:!f6 26. 1 'i!fd6 27.<ite2 eS
28.W"d2 'i'cS (28...'i!fe7!?] 29.'i!fgS
d7 30.'i!fd8 lt:!f8 31 .'i!ff6 d7
32.W"d8 lt:!f8 33.lt:!gS
33...<i>g7? (33 ... -.a3!=] 34.lt:!e41
'i'a3?! (34...'i!fc6 35.lt:!d6 <i;>gS 36.'i'e7
'i'd7 37.W'e5±] 3S.-.f6 c;f;>g8 36.lt:!d61
(36...'i!fa2 37.<i;>l3 'i!fb3 38.Wg4 hS
39.<i>h4+- I 1-o
Medvegy,Zoltan
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam
Germany Bundesliga 2011/12 (14)
1.c4 c6 2.lt:!c3 dS 3.e3 lt:!f6 4 .d4 e6
S.lt:!f3 lt:!bd7 6 ..-c2 g6 7 ..ie2 .ig7
Survey SL 10.3+8
8.0-0 0-0 9.b3 b6 10 ..ib2 .ib7 12.lt:!f6 (12 ..ig5 .ib7 13. 16 16 14.c5
11 .llfd1 llc8 12.e4 de4 13.lt:!e4 bc5 15.dc5 lt:!d5 16.llac1 llabS 17.'it'd2
~e4 14.'i!fe4 'i!fc7 1S.'i!fc2 cS .icS 18.b3 eS 19 ..ih6 16 20..ic4 lldS
16.dcS (16.d5 edS 17..ig7 <itg7 18.cd5 21..ig7 g7 22.h3 .ie6 23.1fe1 lt:!f4
'i!fd6=] 16 ... bcS 17 ..ig7 <i>g7 24 ..ie6 e6 25.'i!fe2 14 26.'*'e4 d5
18.'i!fc3 eS 19.a3 aS 20.b4 ab4 27.1fe1 a5 28.llc4 lt:!b4 29.a3 lt:!d3
21.ab4 cb4 22.'i!fb4 lt:!cS 23. JlaS 30.Wc3 lt:!t4 31 .'i!fc2 lld1 32.'i!fd1 -.ds
.if3 24 ..if3 b3 2S.lla4 llb8 33.'i!fd6 'i!fd6 34.cd6 Wf7 35.llc6 llb3
26.'i!fe1 lt:!d4 27 ..idS llb2 28.g3 36. d2 lla3 37. c4 lld3 38.llc7 <i;>e6
Jlfb8 29.llda1 Wd6 30.lla6 'i!fdS 39.llh7 lld4 40. a5 lld6 41 . c4 lld1
31.cdS lt:!f3 32.<i>g2 lt:!e1 33.lle1 42.<ith2 ll11 43.<itg3 e2 44.wt3 lt:!d4
lld2 34.lla3 llbb2 3S.Jlf3 lldS 45.We3 lle1 46.Wd3 lle2 47.14 llg2
48.fe5 feS 49.llh8 c6 SO.lleS Wf6
51 .llf8 <itg5 52.llc8 b4 53.We4 lle2
54.<itt3 lle1 55.lt:!d2 d5 56.<itf2 lld1
s7.lt:!f3 ~6 ss.llc6 w ts 59. h4 c;f;>gs
60.lt:!f3 c;f;>f4 61 .llg6 e4 62.llg4 ~5
63. h4 c;f;>e5 64.llg5 c;f;>d4 65. 13 ef3
66.c;f;>t3 lld3 67.c;f;>g4 c;f;>e4 68.llg6 c;f;>e5
69. lla6 lt:!f6 70.<i>h4 e4 71 .<i>h5 llg3
72.lla5 c;f;>e6 73.lla4 lt:!d6 74.llg4 lla3
75.Wg5 ll13 76.lla4 17 77.c;f;>g4 eS
78.c;f;>g5 JlfS 79.c;f;>h4 ll13 SO.c;f;>gS lt:!f7
81 .c;f;>g4 llb3 82.lla6 d6 83.h4 llb4
84.c;f;>f3 w es 85.h5 llf4 86.c;f;>e2 llh4
36.g4 llb4 37.h3 e4 38.llfe3 fS 87.h6 llh3 88.h7 15 89.lla8 Jlh7 90.lle8
39.gfS gfS 40.f3 lleS 41. <itg3 <itf6 c;f;>dS 91 .lld8 lt:!d6 92.c;f;>f3 w e5 93.lla8
42. lla1 lldS 43.fe4 fe4 44. lla8 lld3 Jlh3 94.<ite2 lt:!c4 95 . ~2 ~4 96.ll18
4S.lld3 ed3 46.lld8 llb3 47.Wf4 d2 <ite4 97.lla8 llf3 98.we2 llb3 99.<itf2
11.1 -11.1 llb4 100.llh8 llb2 101 .c;f;>g3 d6
102. llh4 c;f;>e3 103.lla4 lt:!e4 104.c;f;>g4
llg2 105.c;f;>IS llg5 106.c;f;>e6 Wf4 107.lla1
llg6 108.<itd5 lld6 109.<i>c4 lldS
110.llh1 d2 111.c;f;>c5 13 112.c;f;>c6
Development to e2 - B c;f;>eS 113.<itc7 llgS 114.llh5 <i>d4
6.~e2 115.llh1 <itd5 116.lla1 llg7 117.<i>b6
llg6118.c;f;>c7 llc6 119.<i>b7 llc2 120.llh1
Turov,Maxim d4 121 .lld1 llc4 122.llh1 c;f;>d6
Harikrishna,Pentala 123.llb1 c;f;>d7 124.c;f;>b6 llc6 125.<ita5
Biet 2012 (6) c;f;>c7 126.llh1 JlcS 127.wb4 <i>b6
1 .d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3. c3 f6 4. f3 128.llh6 lt:!c6 129.<itb3 <itb5 130.llh4
e6 S.e3 bd7 6 .-.c2 g6 7 ..ie2 eS 131 .llh8 lld5 132.<itc3 lld3
.ig7 8.0-0 0-0 9. lld1 b6 10.e4 de4 133.<itc2 lle3 134.llc8 c6 135.Wd2
11. e4 "*'c7 ~- ~ lsmagambetov-Harikrishna, Zaozhuang
2012 - flawless defence by White!]
12 ...lt:!f6?1 (12 ....if6 is probably a better
.t .~ . try] 13. ~eS ! (13.c5 d5 14 ..id2 bc5
'
''tf... ,.,., i.ti 15.'i!fc5 'i!fb6 16..-a3 as 17.llac1 .ia6
18 ..ia6 lla6 19.llc4 lldS 20.b3
21 .lldc1 .itS 22.'i!fa4 'i'bS 23.a3 "*'a4
24.ba4 lt:!d5 25.llc6 llc6 26.llc6 .ia3
b4
27..ia5 ~- ~ Narciso Dublan-Sundararajan,
Forni di Sopra 2012] 13 ... d7 (13 ....ib7
14 ..if4] 14. c6 .ib7 1S.dS (15. e7!
c;f;>hS 16.d5 .ieS 17..ig5 (17 ...d2 .ih2
18.<itf1 .ie5 19.d6 'i!fdS 20.llb1 ;!;; 17. c6
157
 ~c6 18.dc6 b8) 17...f6 ( 17... ~h2
1S.q;>h1 ~es 19 .~f3 edS 20.~d5 ~ds
2U1d5 ~f6 22.l:1d2 l:1ad8 23.l:1e1 ± )
18 .~h6 l:1fe8 19.de6 l:1e7 20.l:1d7 l:1d7
21 .ed7 l:1d8 22.l:1d1 l:1d7 23.l:1d7 . d7;!;
Black does not have enough compensation
for the lost pawn] 15.•.~c6 16.dc6
~ b8 17.~e3 ~-~
Vaganian,Rafael
Smyslov,Vasily
Lvov z11978 (13)
1 . ~f3 d5 2.d4 f6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 g6
5 .~c3 ~g7 6.~e2 0-0 7.0-0 e6
8.'ilfc2 bd7 9.l:1d1 b6 10.e4 de4
11.~e4 'ilfc7 12. ~f6 ~f6 13.~ h6
[13....e4 ~b7 14 .~f4 c51= You will find a
similar motif in the notes to the game
Gelfand·Chadaev below] 13•.•l:1e8 14.c5
(14. ~g5 c5 15.~13 (15.d5 edS 16.cd5
-.es) 15... ~b7 16 .~b7 '*'b7 17 .~e4 cd4
18 .~d6 '*'c6 19. ~e8 l:1e8~) 14...bc5
(14 ...e5! 15.cb6 ab6 16.d5 c5 17.d6
-.b7=) 15.dc5 l:1b8 16.l:1abU ..Was
17.~d4 '*'c5?1 18.1t'c51 c5
19.~c6 l:1b6 20. ~e3 l:1c6 21. ~b5
~d7 22 .~c6 ~c6 23.~c5 ~e4
24.b4 ~b1 25.l:1b1 a6 26.a4 ~e7
27 .~e3 l:1b8 28.b5 ab5 29.ab5 8
30.b6 l:1b7
31.g4 q;>ea 32.g5 q;>d7 33.q;>g2 ~d6
34.h3 q;>cs 35.l:1c1 q;>ds 36. ~ es
37.l:1d1 q;>c6 38.q;>e4 J:1e7 39.f3 l:1e8
40.l:1a1 ~b8 41 .l:1c1 q;>b7 42.l:1d1
q;>cs 43.h4 l:1t8 44.h5 gh5 4S.q;>fs
~d6 46.l:1c1 'lt>b7 47.l:1h1 l:1a8
48.l:1h5 l:1a3 49.q;>e4 'lt>c6 50.l:1h1
l:1a4 51 . 5 l:1a3 52.l:1e1 ~b4?
[52 .. .c;f;>b7;!;; 52 ... l:1b3;t) 53.l:1c1 1 l:1c3
54. ~ 1 l:1c1 55. ~c1 e4 56.fe4 q;>b6
57.~ ~c3 58. ~f4 1-0
158
Koneru,Humpy
Shen,Yang
Ulaanbaatar 2010 (1)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3 . ~c3 f6 4.e3 g6
5. ~f3 ~g7 6 .~e2 0-0 7.0-0 e6
a.-.c2 ~bd7 9.l:1d1 b6 10.e4 de4
11. ~e4 .-c7 12 .~f6 ~f6 13.~g5
~g7 (13... ~g5 14 .~g5 ~b7 15.c5 ~f6
16 .~e4 ~e4 17....e4 l:1ad8 Black is close
to equality, although White's position seems
more pleasant and easier to play]
14.l:1ac1 l:1e8 15.h4 e5 16.d5 ~cs
17.d6 -.ba 18. ~e7 t aS 19.'i!fd2
~f5 20.'ilfe3 l:1a7 21.h5 W'c8 22.h6
~f8 (22 ... ~h8 ! ?] 23 .~f8 8 24 .~e5
(24.~d2;!;) 24... f6 25.d7 li:ld7 26. d7
l:1d7 27....a3 c5 28. ~f3 -.c7 29.g3
l:1e5 30....c3 ~e6 31 .l:1d7 'i!fd7
32.l:1d1 • e7 33.a3 34.... b3
'*'c7 35 ....d3 "ilfe7 36.b3 ~ts
37.~d5 ~e6? [37...'l.>f8;!;) 38.f41 +-
l:1d5 39.cd5 ~ts 40.d6 ~d3 41 .de7
~c2 42.l:1d6 b5 43.l:1f6 q;>e7 44.l:1c6
~ b3 45.l:1c5 b4 46.ab4 1-0
Gelfand,Boris
Chadaev,Nikolay
Astana Wch blitz 2012 (19)
1 .~f3 f6 2.c4 c6 3. c3 d5 4.e3
g6 5.d4 ~g7 6. ~e2 0-0 7.0-0 e6
a.-.c2 [S.b4) a... b6 [8... bd7 9.l:1d1 b6
10.e4 de4 11. e4 e4 12Jit'e4 ~b7 -
game] 9.l:1d1 ~b710.e4 de4 11 . ~e4
~e412 ....e4 ~d7
13 .~g5 (13.1t'f4 l:1e8; 13.~f4 l ie7
(13......c8 14....e3 c5 15.d5 edS 16.cd5
~b2) 14.h3 (14 .~e5 ~es 15.de5 cs
16....e3 l:1ad8 17.l:1d6 l:1d6 18.ed6 1t'd7=)
14... l:1ae8 15.~f1 eS 16.de5 ~es 17 .~e5
~es 18.'.-eS • es 19.~es l:tes 20.l:1d7
l:1b8=] 13......c7 14. ~f4 [14 .... h4 l:1fe8
(14...c5 15.l:1d2;!;) 15.l:1d2 (15.~h6 c5
16.~g7 (16.li:lg5 ~f6) 16 ... q;>g7=) 15... e5
16.de5 ~es 17.li:le5 ..-e5=] 14......c8
(14 ...c5! 15.d5 edS (15... ti'd8 16.• c2 edS
17.cd5) 16.cd5 '*'dB 17.lic2 a6=) 15.c5
~f6 16....c2 ~a6 17.~a6 • as
18 .~e5 l:1ac8 19. c4 d5 20 .~e5
bc5 21 .~g7 q;>g7 22.dc5 l:1b8 23.a3
Wb7 24.b4 'W/e7 25.l:1d3 -.ts
26.l:1e1 ± l:1bc8 27.l:1f3 • d4 28.l:1d1
'W/h4 29.-.b2 w ga 30. d6 l:1b8
31 .l:1d4 'W/h6 32. c4 ti'g7 33.-.d2
l:1fd8 34.l:1fd3 l:1d7 35.h4 l:1bd8
36 .~d6 h5 37.l:1e4 tt'a1 38.l:1e1
• ts 39.g3 'W/g7 40.-.gs as 41 .ba5
l:1a8 42. c4 l:1b7 43.Wd2 l:1b5
44.li:lb6 [44.1%131;!;) 44 ... l:1aa5 45.a4
l:1c5 46.~d7 l:1c3 47.li:le5 l:1d3
48.'iid3 (48.-.aS=) 48 ...l:1a4 49.W'b3
l:1a8 50.'iib7 l:1f8 51 .'W/c6 li:le7
52.'iic5 li:lf5 53.l:1d1 l:1a8 54.l:1d7
• •a ss ...,c7 l:1a1? [55... h6=)
56.q;>h2 • as? [56 ... l:1a8 57.1%17±)
57.l:1d8 Wd8 58."i!fd8 [58.'ilff7 WhS
59 .~g6X] 58...Wg7 59.lkd7 h6
60. 'i!fd4 l:1a2 61. g4 1-0
Radjabov,Teimour
Kortchnoi,Vilctor
Enghien-les·Bains 2003 (2)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3. c3 f6 4.e3 g6
5. ~f3 ~g7 6 . ~e2 0-0 7.0-0 e6
8 •..Wc2 bd7 9.e4 de4 1O.li:le4 e4
11 ."i!fe4 c5
12 .~e3 (12. ~g5 'W/b6 13.l:1fd1 cd4
14 .~d4 ~cs (14 ... 'ilfb2 15.l:1ab1 'W/a2
16.l:1a1 • b2 17.l:1ab1 ti'a3 18. bS lieS
19.~e3 lke7 20. d6 16 21 ...W13 eS
22.li:lc8 l:1ac8 23.l:1b7 l:1c7 24.l:1b5)
15...Wh4 ~d7 16.l:1ab1 eS 17.b4 a4
18.c5 -.c7 19.'.,g3 a6 20.~c4 'ilfcS
21 .~e2 ~fS 22.l:1b3 aS 23.l:1c1 e4 24.ba5
l:tas 25.l:1b5 l:1b5 26 .~b5 Was ~-~

Sundararajan-Neelotpal, Bhubaneswar 201 0;
12J:Id1 cd4 13.1Lld4 a6 14.1Llb3 'i!fc7oo]
12... cd4 13. ~d4 ~d4 [13 ... e5 14.~c3
: es 15.:ad1 W'e7=] 14. d4 [14.W'd4
e5 15.W'c3 W'c7 16.l:lfd1 e4 17.1Lld4 a6=]
14... W'b6 15.l:lab1 [15.b3! ILleS (15... e5
1M )b5 f6 17.1!i'e5 l:leB 18.1!i'b2! -this
is the difference compared to the game)
16.'i'e3 ~d7 17.l:lad1 ;!;) 15...e5
16. bS ll:lf6! 17.'i!fh4 a6 18.tbc3
.if5= 19.c5 'i!fc6 20.l:lbd1 l:lad8
21 .b4 'it.>g7 22. W'g3 'iit'e6 23.1t'e3
: tea 24.h3 hS 25.l:lfe1 e4 26.b5
abS 27.1Llb5 l:ld1 28.l:ld1 1ra2
29.li)d6 l:leS 30 .~c4 • c2 31 .l:lc1
'i'b2 32 ~f7 ~e6 33. ~e6 l:le6
34.n d1 W'c2 35. 'iit'd4 -.b3 36.c6
bc6 37.1!t'a7 'it.>h8 38.1Llf7 'it.>g8
39. h6 'it.>h8 40. f7 'it.>g8 41. h6
1-2-1-2
Melkumyan,Hrant
Negi,Parimarjan
Dubai 2010 (5)
1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.tbc3 tbt6 4.e3 g6
5.l!)f3 ~g7 6. ~e2 o-o 7.o-o e6
8.'i'c2 bd7 9.l:ld1 l:le8 10.b3 b6
11.~b2 ~b7 12.b4 dc4 13.~c4 bS
14 .~e2 aS [Negi goes for the same
recipe as in the 8.b4 - Variation C below]
15.ba5 ..WaS 16.tbe5 l:led8 17.1Lld7
: d7 18 .~f3 b4 19.1Lle2 cS 20.~b7
: b7 21 .dc5 l:lc7 [From an equal
pos~ion , Black uses his trumps to
perfection. He puts a knight on the
advanced outpost on c3 and after some
mistakes by White he transforms it into a
win] 22.c6 tbdS 23 . ~g7 'it.>g7
24.W'c4 l:lac8 25. d4 [ ~ 25.a3 ba3
26. ] 25... c3 26.l:ld2 eS 27. b3
'i'b6 28.a3 l:lc6 29.W'b4 W'c7
30.li)c1? l:lb81 - + 31.W'g4 tbb1
32.: d1 l:lc1 33.h4 W'c2 0·1
Arun Prasad,Subramanian
Zeng,Chongsheng
New Delhi 2011 (2)
1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.1Llf3 f6 4.e3 g6
5.li)c3 ~g7 6 .~e2 o-o 7.0-0 e6
8.W'c2 ll:lbd7 9.l:ld1 b6 1O.a41?N [A
new move in the given position and a very
rare plan. This definitely requires further
practical testing. The present game shows
that this can be a good choice for players
who prefer manoeuvring play in semi-closed
positions] 1 o... as 11.b3 l:le8
[11...~7 ! ? 12 .~a3 cS] 12. · 3 ~a6
13.l:lac1 W'b8 14. ~d3 l:lc8 15.'it'e2
~ b7 16.l:lc2 cS 17. bS e4
18.l:ldc1 l:le8 19.1Lld2 ll:ld2 20.'it'd2
[White has kept on improving ever so
slightly whereas Black has been struggling
to find a proper plan] 20 ... ~f8 21 .~e2
l:ld8 22.1!t'e1
22 ...e5?1 [Opening the centre at an
inopportune moment] 23.l:ld1 ?! [23.de5!
tbe5 24.f4 li:ld7 25.cd5 ~d5 26.~b2 ±]
23 ...~c6?1 [23 ...ed4 24.ed4 cd4 25 .~f8
l:lf8 26.l:ld4 ILleS] 24.de5 eS 25.f4!?
[25.l:lcd2!?± ] 25 ... dc4 26.l:ld8 W'd8
27.te5 cb3 28.l:ld2 1!t'g5 29.~c4
~h6 30.'it.>h1 l:ld8 [30 ... ~5 31.~b5
1t'e5 32.~c4 l:lf8 33.~b2 1t'e3 34.l:le2
1!i'f4 35.l:le4 1!t'd2 36.1!t'd2 ~d2 37.~±]
31.1Lld6 'it'e3 32.l:le2 lfh3 33.1Llf7
~g7 34.1Lld8 ~f4 35.1Lle6 1·0
Development to e2 - C
6 ...lte2
Ponomariov,Ruslan
Danielsen,Henrik
Porto Carras Ech·tt 2011 (8)
1.d4 c6 2.c4 dS 3.tbc3 f6 4.e3 g6
5.1Llt3 ~g7 6. ~e2 o-o 1.o-o e6 8.b4
ll:lbd7 9.~ b2 b6 [9 ... dc4 10.~c4 b6
11 .a4 ~b7 12 .~a3 l:lcB 13.l:lb1 l:le8
14.1Ve2 ll:ld5 (14... ~f8! 15.l:lb3 c5 16.bc5
~f3 17.-.13 bc5 18.dc5 tbc5 19.~c5 l:lc5
20.~b5 l:lf5=) 15.1Lld5 cd5 16 .~b5 l:le7
17.a5 l:lc7 18.l:lfc1 1Llb8 19.a6 ~c8
20 .~d3 l:lc1 21 .l:lc1 l:lc7 22.b5 l:lc1
23 .~c1 1t'c7 24.~d2 f5 25.-.e1 d7
26.~b4 ~f8 27.h4 f6 28.1Lle5 tbd7
Survey SL 10.3+8
29. 13 ll:lf6 30.tbe5 tbd7 31 . c6 ~a6?
(31... b8 32 .~f8 'it.>fB 33.'it'b4 'it.>e8
34.1Lla7 'iit'a7 35.'it'd6±) 32:.-c1 1·0
Kasparov-Timman, Tilburg 1991 ] 10.'it'b3
~b7 11 .l:lfd1 l:le8 12.l:lac1 W'b8
13.h3 aS 14.a3 ab4 15.ab4 l:lc8
16.cd5 cdS 17. 4 ~c6 18.b5
~b7 19.l:lc8 ~c8 20. e1 ~t8
21. d3 ~b7 22. b4 ~d6 23. c6
1t't8 24 .~d3 l:lc8 25.l:lc1 l:lc7
26.l:lc3 'it'a8 27.'it'c2 8 28.f3
'it.>g7 29.e4 ~g3 30 .~a3 hS 31 .e5
tbe8 32. 1 h4 33. ~b4 ~f4
34.'it.>e2 ~g5 35.'it.>f2 ~f4 36. e7
l:lc3 37. c3 '*'a1 38.'it'b1 'it'b1
39. ~b1 g5 40.tbe2 ~h2 41.f4 gf4
42. 3 f6 43. f4 feS 44. e6
45. d8 ~as 46. ~t5 tbc5 47.dc5
'it.>e7 48. c6 6 49 .~d7 bcS
so. ~cs d6 51 .b6 ll:le4? [51...~g3]
52 .~e7 [52 ...'it.>g6 53. dB f6
54.~c6 +- l 53 .~ h4! cS 54. d8
8 55 .~c6 e4 56.'it.>e2 ~c6
57. c6 'it.>e8 58. ~f2 'it.>d7 59. b4
'it.>d6 60.g3 d4 61.h4 e3 62. ~e1
e4 63. ll:lf6 64. c2 'it.>dS
65.b7 d7 66.'it.>g2 1-0
Nielsen,Peter Heine
Negi,Parimarjan
Greece It 2010 (7)
1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3. c3 f6 4.e3 g6
5. t3 ~g7 6. ~e2 0-0 7.0-0 e6 8.b4
dc4 9. ~c4 bS [Negi goes for a forcing
continuation which he had possibly
analysed well] 1 o .~d3 aS 11 .ba5
11...'i!fa5 [1 1...b4!? 12.1Lle4 (1 2. e2 c5
13.a3 l:la5 14.l:lb1 ll:lc6 15.ab4 cb4
(15...1Llb4) 16.~d2 ~b7 17.l:lb4 b4
18 . ~b4 l:la7 19 .~f8 ~fB~ The engines
evaluate this position as equal, and
probably Black has enough compensation
159
 for the pawn in the form of the bishop pair
and better coordination. But the game
continuation played by Negi looks more
natural) 12...tt:le4 13.~e4 J:ta5] 12. ~d2
'i!fa3 13.'i!fb3 tt:lbd7 14.tt:le4 tt:ldS
1S.J:tfc1 eS 16.'i!fa3 J:ta3 17. ~f1
ed4 18.ed4 ~ b7 19.J:tc2 J:ta4
20.tt:ld6 ~a8 21 .l:te1 ~d4 22.tt:lbS
~g7 23. d6 tt:lb4 24. ~ b4 J:tb4
2S .~c4 cS 26.a3 J:ta4 27.~ bS J:ta3
28.~d7 ~f3 29.gf3 J:td3 30.tt:le8
J:td7 31 .tt:lg7 <;Pg7 32. J:tcS J:tfd8
~-~
Fressinet,Laurent
Balogh,Csaba
Bastia rapid 2010 (2)
1.tt:lf3 dS 2.c4 c6 3.e3 tt:lf6 4.tt:lc3
g6 S.d4 ~g7 6 .~e2 0-0 7.0-0 e6
8.b4 dc4 9.~c4 bS 10. ~e2 aS
11.baS 'i!faS (11 ... b4 12.tt:la4 1t'a5
13.tt:lc5 tt:lbd7 14.tt:lb3 'i!fc7 15.'i!fc2 ~6
16.~6 : as 17.~d2 J:ta4 18.J:tfc1 l:tcB=J
12.1t'c2 tt:lbd7
14.J:tab1 (14.l:tfb1 ~7] 14...~b7
13 .~d2 'i!fa3
1S.J:tb3 'i!fe7 16.J:tfb1 J:tfc8 17.1t'd1
eS 18.a4 ed4 19.tt:ld4 tt:lcS 20.J:tb4
tt:lce4 (It is very hard to believe that Black
achieves an overwhelming position with the
not so obvious 20...liJa6! 21 .l:t4b3 b4
22.tt:l13 (22 .~c4 c5 23.tt:lde2 J:td8-+;
22.~13 c5 23.~7 'it'b7 24.tt:ll3 c4
25.J:t3b2 1t'e7 26.J:tc2 b3 27.J:tcc1
tt:lb4- + ) 22 ...J:tcb8 23.tt:la2 c5 and White
totally lacks any form of coordination. If
24.~c4 J:td8] 21.tt:le4 tt:le4 22 . ~e1 cS
23.J:tbS ~a6 24.tt:lf3 [24.J:tb6 ~e2
(24...cd4 25.~a6 de3 26.~c8 el2 27.~12
: ca
12 28.<;t.>l2 29.<;t.>g1±) 25.tt:le2 c4;!;J
24.... · S 2S.abS J:tab8 26. 'i!fc2 c4
27. d4 ~d4 28.ed4 c3 29.~f3?
[29.~d3=] 29 •••tt:lgS? [29 ... tt:ld6!-+]
30.~c6 tt:le6? [30 ... l:tc6! 31.bc6 l:tb1
32.'i!fb1 c2 33.'i!fc1 'i!fe2 34.c7 'i!fc4+]
31 .~c3 tt:lf4 32. 1 [32.J:te1±]
32 ••• 'i!fd6 33.g3 tt:ldS 34.~d2 'i!fe6
3S.J:te1 1t'd6 36.1t'e4 [36.'i!fc5 1t'c5
37.dc5 J:tc6 38.bc6 : ca 39.<;Pe2 J:tc6
40.J:tc1±] 36... f6? (36 ... J:tc6 37.bc6
1t'c6;!;] 37.'i!feS?! [37.'i!ff4] 37 •..1t'es
[37 ...tt:le8 38.~f4 ! +-] 38.deS [38.J:te5
J:td8 39.d5 tt:ld5 40.~g5 16 41.~d5 <;Pg7
160
42.J:te7 <;t.>ta 43.J:tf7 <;Pea 44 .~6 J:tb5±J
38 ... tt:lea?l [38... tt:ld5 39.e6 fe6 40.J:te6±]
39.J:ta1 [39.~e3! +-] 39 ••• tt:lc7 40.J:taS
tt:le6 41.~e3 J:td8 42.b6 tt:ld4
[42 ... J:td1 43.~ l:tb1 44.J:ta6±] 43 .~d4
[43 ...J:td4 44.b7 <io>IB 45.J:ta8 J:tdd8
46.<;t.>e2+-; 43.~d5!+-] ~- ~
Only After An Early ... e7-e6
6.b3
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam
Yu,Yangyi
Moscow 2011 (9)
1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.tt:lf3 tt:lf6 4.tt:lc3
e6 S.e3 g6 6.b3 ~g7 7.~a3 tt:le4
8. 1t'c1 tt:ld7 9.~d3 fS
.i.'i¥*
'' ' ~ '
' '
~~ ~
~~ Ci:J j)_~Ci:J
~ ~ ~ ~
1:r 'if w 1:r
[Black creates a Stonewall structure with his
bishop on g7. He also cannot castle so
easily on the kingside. It looks like White
should be clearly better, but it is not all that
easy. First of all, it is not so easy for White
to open the centre. Secondly Black will
probably be able to play ... <;t.>f7 and ... : ea
and castle by hand in many situations.
Objectively I feel that Black has some
trumps too and probably it is only slightly
better for White] 10.0-0 a6 11. d2
tt:ldf6 12 .~e4 tt:le4 13. f3 'i!faS
14.tt:le2 ~d7 1S.tt:leS ~eS 16.deS
dc4 17.J:td1 cS 18.h4 bS [18 ...0-0·0!?
19.13 ~c6 20.J:td8 l:td8 21.1e4 J:td2
22.tt:lc3 J:td3 23.~b2 cb3 24.ab3 'it'b4
leads to a complex position which is not
altogether clear] 19.f3 b4 20.fe4 ba3
21 .J:td6 cb3 22.ab3 'it'b4 23.W'a3
[23.tt:lf4!±] 23 ...'*a3 24.J:ta3 <;Pe7
2S.efS gfS 26.J:tas J:thc8 27.~ c4
28.bc4 J:tc4 29.tt:ld4 ~c8 30.hS ~
31 .tt:lc6 J:tc3 32.tt:ld8 w e7 33.tt:lc6
~ 34.g4 fg4 3S.J:ta4 <;Pg7 36.J:tg4
Wh6 37.tt:le7 J:tb8 38.tt:lg8 <;PhS
39.tt:lf6 Wh6 40.tt:lg8 <;PhS 41 .tt:lf6
w h6 42.J:td2 J:tb1 43. g8 ~-~
Sasikiran,Krishnan
Yu,Yangyi
Olongapo City 2010 (9)
1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.tt:lf3 tt:lf6 4. c3
e6 S.e3 g6 6.b3 ~g7 7 .~a3 tt:le4
8.'ifc1 tt:ld7 9.~d3 fS 10.0-0 a6
11.tt:le2 gS 12.tt:ld2 df6 13 .~e4
de4 14.f3 ef3 1S.tt:lt3 h6 16.tt:leS
'i!fc7 17.'i!fe1 b6 18.J:td1 cSoo [The
position remains very tense and it is easy
for either side to go wrong] 19. g6 J:tg8
20.dS [20.tt:lg3 ~b7 21.d5 0·0·0 22.de6
g4 23.'ife2 l:td1 24.l:td1 ~f6oo]
20... tt:le4 21.h4 edS 22.cdS ~eS
23.tt:leS 'i!feS 24.b4 ~d7 2S.bcS
bcS 26.tt:lc1 ~bS [26 ... gh4!? 27.'i!fh4
'i!fc3 28.tt:lb3 (28.'i!i'h5 <;t.>d8 The king
remains relatively safe on this central
square) 28 ......e3 29.<;Ph2 'i!i'e2 30 ....h3
O·O·O'i'] 27. d3 'i!i'c3 28.J:tfS 'i!fa3
29.J:tes <;Pd7 30.'it'e2 tt:ld6 31.'i!fc2
c4 32. f2 w c7 (32 ... J:tae8 33.J:te6
WeB-+] 33.W'h7 <;t.>b6 34.J:te6 J:tae8
3S.e4 gh4 36.eS
36 ...'it'g3? [Probably Black was short of
time. He misses a win here with 36... J:tg2!
(36... J:te6 37.'i!fg8 J:te5 is also enough)
37.<;Pg2 'i!i'g3 38.<;Ph1 (38.<;t.>l1 c3 39.l:td3
J:te6 40.de6 c2-+) 38 ... J:te6-+] 37. J:td6
w as 38.'i!fc7 w a4 39.l:ta6 ~a6
40.'it'd7 <;PaS41.'Wc7 <;Pa4 ~- ~
Catalan 0
A Main Role for the White Knights
by Jozsef Horvath and Kristof Juhasz
1. d4 f6
2. c4 e6
3. g3 d5
4. i..g2 dc4
5. f3 a6
6. 0-0 ttJc6
7. ~g5
Thi atypica l bi hop move,
which ha recently become pop-
ular at grandmaster level wa
first played in the game
Rotariu-Suta in the 1973 Roma-
nian Championship. White doe
not care about recapturing the
c4-pawn. He calmly continue
de eloping, and hi general idea
i to play e2-e3 with a afe cen-
tral po ition. After thi s trategy
ha been executed he tart to
con ider the c4-pawn. It eem
ea y from Bla k's point of view
at fir t ight - he ha everal po -
ibilitie . But in modern tourna-
ment practice thing are not o
clear. Either White can wi n the
c4-pawn back with po itiona l
pre ure on th queen ide, or at
lea the wi ll have good compen-
at ion for it.
Accepted Variation
Que tioning the g5-bi hop with
7 ... h6 i too direct to be really
good,a after8.~ f6 f69 . c3!
(Lenderman-Panchanathan, La
Vegas 20 I 0, and Khuzman-
Mikhal v ki , Israel 20 I 0) White
ha. a lead in development and
go d compensation for the mate-
rial. oner or later he can win
back the c4-pawn when, typi -
ca ll y of the Catalan, the g2-
bi hop will be trong and in
many line the black queen will
be mi placed on f6.
Leaving The Catalan Diagonal
More logica l the move
7 ....1:lb8.
K.i.'f!¥.1. i!
' .,. ,.,.
i.l i.l.l
~ i the natural de eloping move
Black leave the Catalan diago-
nal with hi queen 's rook and
wi ll have the po ibility to play
...b7-b5, keeping hi materi al ad-
vantage. Here, if White follow
hi main strategy with 8.e3, thi
i too low, even though it wa.
played by a good Catalan expen
like the Hungarian Zoltan Ribli ,
who managed to beat World
Champion Anatoly Karpov in
CA 3.4 (E04)
1980 in another atalan line. Af-
ter 8 ... b5 9.a4 ~e7 IO.ab5 ab5
I l.b3 cb3 12. b3 (Ribli-
Kramer, Au tria Bunde. liga
20 I 0/11 ) White has compen a-
ti on for the pawn due to hi posi-
tional pre sure on the queen ide,
but no more.
In the diagram po ition White'
mo t ambitiou try is 8. bd2!.
Black should take up the gauntlet
with 8... d4, and after 9. c4
tbf3 I O.i..f3 (Buhmann-Khenkin,
Vienna 2011 , and D.Bercze -A.
Horvath, Za lakaros 20 I 0) White
i in the driver' eat, becau e he
ha clear ompen arion for the
pawn and can play on without any
danger of losing.
A Natural Developing Move
A in many clas ica l po ition ,
here, too, the main ontinuation
7 ... ft..e7, when after .e3 Black
ha different choice .
After 8... h6 9.i..f6 ~ f6 I0. fd2!
(Yakovenko-Belov, Soc hi 20 I0)
White ha the upper hand .
161
The natural developing move
8 ... 0-0 does not contribute to the
battle for the centre, and after
9.tt:lbd2 e5! IO.tt:lc4 ed4 LL.tt:ld4
tt:ld4 12.'it'd4 (l2 ... £ e6!?)
12. .. d4 L3.ed4 leads to a typi -
cal light advantage for White
without ri sk (Ponomariov-
Morozevich , Moscow 2009).
The rook move 9 .. .J::tb8 is moti-
vated by the arne idea as 8 ... l:b8
was. Here, after 9. cl!? b5
IO.b3 (D.Berczes- Holm, Ore -
den 201 1), White usually ha
trong positional press ure on th
queens ide.
Another Try
Another try forB lack is 8 ...£ d7 ,
after which he has several
option : 9.tt:lbd2 (Kamsky-
Bellaiche, Philadelphia 20 I0),
9.tt:lc3!? l:tb8 (Tukmakov-
Hrabinska, Aghio Kirykos
2009) 9.tt:lc3!? 0-0 (Ftacnik-
Potkin, Germany Bunde liga
2009/10 and Gri chuk-Potkin ,
Villarobledo rapid 2009).
Too Direct
7 ... h6
lenderman,Aiex
Panchanathan,Magesh
Chandran
Las Vegas 2010 (5)
1.d4 tilf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.tilf3 dc4
5.~g2 a6 6.o-o tilc6 7 ...Q.g5 h6 [This
move, although ~ comes into consideration, is
probl<iliy not the best one, Black should have
some more useful possibilities] 8 ...Q.f6 f6
9.tilc3! [This is the best try for WMe. He
will have the opportunity to play tile4 in some
cases, chasing the black queen with tempi.
9.e3!? e5! 10.d5 tilb4 11.tilfd2 (11.tilc3!?)
11 ... b5 12.tilc3 ..Q.f5 13.tilde4 ~g6
14.b3!?oo D'Costa..Janssen, Haarlem 2011)
9 ... ..Q.d6 [9 ... llb8 1O.e3 b5 11 .a4! ..Q.rfl
12.tile4 ~dB 13.ab5 ab5 14.tl:le5! tiles
15.de5 ..Q.e7 16. ~g4 ().() 17.l:tfd1-;
9.....Q.d7!? 10.tile4 ~15 (10 ... ~g6) 11 .tiled2
162
The Real Main Line
The real main line is 8 ... tt:\d5
where Black forces the exchange
of the dark-squared bi hops and
drive the king knight to the
queenside. After the forced
9.£ e7 Black' main reply is
9 ... ~e7 (but 9 ... tt:lce7!? comes
seriously into consideration -
Pelletier-Fre sinet, ovi Sad
2009). Here IO.tt:lfd2 b5 ll .b3
cb3 l 2.tt:lb3 (David-D'Costa,
Rethymnon 2010) give White
good compensation for the
pawn. More intere ting is
I0. c I tt:l b6 I I .tt:lfd2 b4 David Berczes
12.a3 b5 I 3. tt:lc3 (Kamsky-
Gelfand, Nalchik, 2009, and that we do not have enough prac-
Landa-Vallejo Pons, Lugo tical experience yet. Considering
2009) and White has more than the latest trend in the variation ,
enough compensation for the we can draw the conclusion that
pawn. White takes a healthy risk, and if
he cannot win back the pawn im-
Conclusion mediately. he will have danger-
Though the fir t game of the ou compensation for it. We are
variation was played almost 40 quite sure that we will have more
year ago, the line became popu- material on thi line in the near
lar only after 2009, which mean future .
()..()-() 12.tilc4 16 13. b3 (13.l:tc1) 13...~b5 16... l:tle8!? 17.tild6 cd6 1B.tild2 f5]
14 .~b5 ab5 15.tilcd2 e5 16.de5 tileS 17.tilh4 ~d7? [17...'tWdB 1B.tb15t; 1B.f4t)
17.tile5 le5 1B.llld1 ~e7= Holscher-
Kaminski, cr Email 2001 ; 9.....Q.b4) 10.~a4
o-o 11 .~c4;!; e5?! [11.....Q.rf7!? even .i E~
though after 12.llld1 Wh~e is simply better) ~.t..t.'ii' .t..t.
12.tile4! 'i!fe7 13.d5 [13.tild6 cd6 .t. .t.
(13 ... ~d6 14.d5 tile? 15.l:tac1 c6 16.dc6
.t
tilc6 17.l:tld1 ;!;) 14.d5 tila7 15.l:tac1 ..Q.d7
16.~b4 ~5 17.l:tle1 l:tac8 1B.llc8 l:tc8 .t ~ tLl· tLl
19.tild2 l:tc7=) 13 ... tila7 [13... tilb8 1i'~
14.l:tac1 tilrfl 15.tild6 cd6 16.~c7±; ~~ ~~~~
13... tild8!? 14.tild6 cd6 15.l:tac1;!;)
14.l:tac1± ..Q.d7 15.'*¥b3! ..Q.b5 ~ ~~
16."We3! ..Q.b4? [16 .....Q.rf7 17. d6 cd6
1B.l:tc7±; 16... b6 17. d6 (17 ...Q.h3!?) 18.tilf6!? [1B.I4!? f5 (1B ... c6 19.d6 ~d6
17...cd6 1B.tild4! ~rfl 19.tLlc6±; 16...!5 20.~d2 l:tadB 21.l:tld1 +-) 19 .~ b3! fe4
17.tild6 cd6 1B.tild4! ..Q.rfl (1B ...f4? 19.gf4 20.d6 "WI7 21 . b4 cd6 22.fe5 't'J'a2
l%14 20.tile6±) 19.tile6 (19.l:tc7 ~dB 23.ed6+-) 18... gf6 19. ~e4! [19.'.,h6?!
20.tile6 ~e6 21.llb7 ..Q.c8 (21...!4) 22.lla7 't'J'g4 20.'t'J'I6 ..Q.e2; 19.a4!? ~a4 ( 19... ~g4
14 23.gf4 ef4 24.'&'e7 l:ta7 25.'ifa7 'ifg5 20.ab5 tilb5 21 .'t'J'h6 't'J'g5 22.'t'J'g5 lg5
26.Wh1 '&'e5!!!!?; 19.14!?) 19.....Q.e6 20.de6;!;; 23.J:tc4±) 20.l:tc4 b5 (20 ... ..Q.d6
 Survey CA 3.4

21 .'i'h6+-; 20 ... .Q.e7 21.'ii'h6+-)
2UXb4+-] 19...'ii'g4D [19 .. .15 20.tLlf5
(20.'i'h6 fe4 21.'ii'g5 <J,;lh7 22.'ii'h5=;
22.1i.:lf5? f6 23.'i!fh5 <J,;>g8 24.'i!fg6 <J,;lh8
25.'i'h6 'ii'h7-+) 20.. .16 21 .a4!+- ;
21 .'i'h6±-J 20.tLlf5 'i!ih5 [20 ... 'ili'g5
21.14] 21 .g4! [The point of White's play]
21... 'i'g5? [21... 'tll'g4! was the only
chance for Black to survive: 22.<J,;lh1 'jjff4D
23.1i.:lh6 <J,;lh8 24.l:lc7 e3 25.fe3 .Q.e2
26.J:U6 .Q.h5! 27.l:lb7 tLlb5 28.tLlf5oo]
22.1i.:lh6 <J,;>g7 [22 ... <J,;lh8? 23.'tll'h3+-]
23.1i.:lf5 <J,;> g8
.i r I
10.tLle5!? (making use of the unstable 41 .'llt'c2 'i!fe8 42.g4! l:lc5 43.dc5 g6
b4-bishop) 10... tLle5 11.de5 'flle7 44.c6 'i!i'e6 45.'\!i'cS! l:ld8 46.'i!fb4
(11 ... 'flte5?? 12.'fl/a4+-) 12.'fltd4 0·0 fg4 47.<J;g3 h5 48.'fltb7 [48.'llt'a3!? g5
13.'i!ic4 b5 14.'i!fb3 l:lb8 15.l:lfd1 c5oo; 49.'i!ia7 <J,;>g8 50.c7 l:lcB 51.'ili'c5 gf4 52.ef4
15....Q.c5 16.'fllc2 .Q.b6 17.tLle4] 10...0-0 h4 53.<J;f2+-J48 ...<J,;lg8
[1 o... l:lb8 11.tl:ld2! o-o 12.tl:lc4 .Q.d7
13. c2;!;] 11.'flte2 tl:la5 [11...e5 does
not work, of course, in view of 12.tLld5 :i ~
'fl/d6 13.tLle5+-; 11....Q.d7 12. c4 .Q.d6 ~ -
(L6tscher-P6tsch, Dortmund B 2012) 15. 'iV .t.
13.tLle4;!;; 11...'ili'e7 12.'i!fc4 tl:la5 13.t+'e2
c5 14.tl:le4 (14.a3 .Q.c3 15.bc3 cd4 16.cd4
ttJ i
.Q.d7=; 14.tLle5) 14... cd4 15.a3 .Q.d6 /5. .1.
16.tLld6 (16.b4 tl:lc6 17.ed4 l:ld8 18.l:lfd1 .t. /5. 15. ~
.Q.d7 19.tLlc5 .Q.e8=) 16... 'i!id6 17.l:lad1 e5

:i ~
tll .t..t. .t.
.t. .t.
.i. 8 .t. tt:J 'i¥
.i. ~ 15.
~ 49... l:lc8;:t 50.tLlg6 <J,;> g7? [Black doesn't
~15. 15.15. 15.
~ Jd.~
24.'t!th3? [24.14! ef4 25.'ii'13! was even
better. White has threats like 26.l:lc7 and
26.h4, which are very unpleasant for Black]
24...J:tfc8! 25.e3!? [White does not really
care aboU1 the material] 25....Q.f1 26.l:lf1
[White has pressure on the light squares,
planning to play f2·f4] 26 ....Q.d6 [26 ... .Q.c5!
was the move, with the idea of preventing
the f2·f4 push: 27.<J,;>g2 .Q.d6! 28.<J,;>g3!
Working on f2·f4. 28.f4? ef4 29.ef4 .Q.f4-+]
27.'i'g3 8 28.f4 ef4? [28 ...'i!ig8!?
29.'i'h4 tl:lb5 30.a4 ef4 31.'i!fh6 <J;e8
32.'i'f6-+] 29.ef4 'i!fg8 [29 ....Q.c5 30.<J,;lh1
'i'g6 31 .'i!fh4+-] 30.'i!i'h4 <J,;le8
[30 ...1i.:lb5 31 .'ii'h6 <J;ea 32.'i!if6 li!tf8
33.Wh1!] 31 .'l!Yf6 'i!ig4 32.<J,;lh1 +-
'i'e2 33 ..Q.d3! .Q.e7 34.tLlg7 [34.tLld6
cd6 35.'tll'h8 <J,;ld7 36.'tll'h3+-J 34... 8
35.'i'h6 .Q.g5 36.fg5 [36.tl:le6!+-l
36 ... 'i'd3 37.tLlf5 <J;e8 38.l:le1 1-0
Khuzman,Aiexander
Mikhalevski,Aiexander
Israel tt 2010 (3)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.tLlf3 tLlf6 4.g3
dc4 5..Q.g2 a6 6.0-0 tl:lc6 7 •.Q.g5 h6
8.~f6 'i'f6 9.tLlc3! .Q.b4 1O.e3!? [The
idea is simply to play 11 .'i!ie2 then take the
c4·pawn. An interesting move would be
18.ed4l] 12.tLle5;!;
[White has achieved everything he was
aiming for] 12... .Q.d6 13.f4 [Simpler is
13.tl:le4 'tll'e7 14.tLlc4;!; with a small but
lasting advantage for White] 13 ...l:lb8
14.tl:le4 Wie7 15.tLlc4 tl:lc4 16.'flic4
b5 17.'fltc2 .Q.b7 18.l:lfc1 aS 19. c5
[19.tl:ld6!? cd6 2o...-c7 i ic7 21 .l:lc7 .Q.g2
22.<J,;lg2 l:lfcB 23.l:lac1 l:lc7 24.l:lcn
entering a pleasant endgame for White]
19....Q.d5 [19 ....Q.g2 20.'ili'g2;!;] 20.tLld3
[20.e4!? .Q.a8 21.e5 .Q.c5 22.'ii'c5 Wc5
23.l:lc5 .ig2 24.<J,;lg2;!;] 20 .. .f5!?
21.'i!id2 [21 ..Q.d5 ed5 22.tLle5] 21...a4
22..Q.d5 ed5 23.tl:le5 'fl/e6?! [:2:.
23....ie5 24.de5 (24.fe5 l:lb6 25.l:lc2 c6
26.l:lf1 ;!;) 24 ...'i'd7 25.l:lc5 c6 26.l:lac1
l:lb6 27.'ili'c2 l:lcB 28.b3;!;] 24.l:lc6! l:lf6
25.l:lac1;!; Wh7 26.Wig2 l:ld8
27.'flte2± b4 28. a6 a3 29.b3 'ili'e8
30.Wg2 'i!i'h5 31.Wif1 'i!t'e8 32.'i'b5!
'i!fh5 33.l:l6c2 [There is no way to defend
the d5-pawn - Black is lost] 33 ... 'i!fe8
34.'i!i'd5+- c5 35.l:lc5!? [An elegant
solution, even though the simple 35.'i'c6
also comes into consideration] 35 ....ic5
36.'tll'c5 'flth5 37.Wic2 J:tff8 38.'i'd3
<J;g8 39.l:lc5 l:lc8 40.'i'c4 <J,;lh7
15. 15.
i.
49.c7? [A big mistake, giving some
counterchances to Black. 49.'fl/c7!? 'i!i'f6
50.tLld7 'i!i'e7 51.e4 g5 52. e5!+-J
take his chance. 50 ...'ili'e3! was, unsur-
prisingly, the move: 51.Wh4 'i!i'f2 52.~
'ili'c5 53.15 (53.<.Pf6 'fl/d6 54.<J,;>g5 'ii'c5=;
53.tLle5 l:lc7 54.'i+'a8 r.Ph7 55.'i+'e4 <J;gB
56.Wh5 c2 57.'i+'d5 c.&>g7=) 53...l:lc7
54.'ili'e4 c1 55.1t>h5 l:lh7 56.r.Pg4 'i'g1
57.<J,;lf4 'i!i'h2 58.1Pg4 'ili'g1 59.1i!tf4 'i'f2=]
51.tl:le5 [Now everything is protected, WMe
is winning again] 51 ...'i!ff5 52.'i!i'c6 h4
53.Wh4? [It is unnecessary to enter an
endgame. After 53.Wg2 Black doesn't have
any counterplay at all] 53 ...'i'f6 54.'iWf6
55. c4 l:lc7 56.tLla3± [Whije has
good winning chances] 56... 5 [56 ... l:la7
57.tLlc4 l:la2 58.e4 l:lh2 59.r.Pg4±]
57.tLlc4 l:lh7 58.r.Pg3 l:lh3 59.r.Pg2
r.Pe4? [:2:. 59 ... l:lh8 60.a3 l:ld8 61.b4±]
60.a4 l:lh8 61.a5+- l:lb8 62.r.Pg3
r.Pd5 63.tLlb6 64.b4 5 65.b5
l:lh8 66.a6 J:th3 67.r.Pg2 l:lh7 68. 4
g3 69.hg3 r.Pg4 70.b6 l:ld7 71.a7
l:ld2 72. 1 1-0
Leaving The Catalan Diagonal
7 .. J:tb8
Ribli,Zoltan
Kramer,Martin
Austria tt 2010/11 (9)
1.c4 e6 2.tLlf3 d5 3.d4 tLlf6 4.g3
dc4 5..Q.g2 a6 6.0-0 c6 7 ..Q.g5
l:lb8

163

[This move seems to be very logical: Black
leaves the long diagonal in order to avoid
facing the g2-bishop. His idea is simply to
play 8... b5 and defend his extra pawn] 8.e3
[A quiet move, but not the best one. 8.e4?!
(this ambitious move closes the Catalan
diagonal) 8...h6 9.~f6 'tff6 10.tiJc3 ~b4
11 .l:.c1 b5 12.b3 tiJaS 13.tiJe5 c5 14.bc4
cd4 15.'it'd4 tiJc4+ Gedevanishvili-Rogers,
Canberra 1988] 8...b5 [8 ... ~d7 9.tiJbd2 b5
10.b3 cb3 (10...c3? 11 .tiJe4 b4 12.tiJe5±)
11 .tiJb3 (11.ab3) 11...~3 12.tiJe5 tiJe5
(12...l:.b6? 13.tiJd7 'it'd7 14.tiJc5±)
13.de5t Hernandez Carmenates-Vehi Bach,
Barbera del Valles 2011] 9.a4 [9.tiJfd2 tiJb4
(9... tiJa5 10.b3 ~b7 11.~b7 l:.b7 12.bc4 c5
13.cb5 ab5 14.tiJb3 cd4 15.tiJd4 ~e7
16.tiJc3 b4 17.1Wa4 l:.d7 18.~16 ~16
19.tiJcb5 ~e7 20.a3 ba3 21 .tiJa3 0-0
22.l:.fd1 ~a3 23.l:.a3 tiJb7= Dziuba·
G.Meier, Lublin 2010) 10.b3 cb3 11 .tiJb3
~b7 12 .~b7 l:.b7 13.tiJc3 tiJbd5 14.tiJd5
'ifd5 15.~f6 gf6 16.1!t'c2 15 17.tiJa5 l:.a7
18.tiJc6 l:.b7 19. 5 l:.a7 20.tiJc6 l:.b7
21.tiJa5 ~- ~ Dziuba-Landa, Bratto 201 OJ
9....i.e7 10.ab5 ab5 11.b3 cb3
12.1i'b3 0-0 13.l:.c1 tiJb4 [13 ...l:.b6
14.tiJc3 tiJbB 15.tiJe5 tiJfd7 16.~e7 'it'e7
17. 3gg Kir.Georgiev-Luther, Marrakesh
2010; 13....i.b7 14.'it'b5? (1 4.tiJfd2gg)
14... tiJd4 15.tiJd4 ~g2 16.'it'c4 ~d5'F
17.'it'c2 c5 18.tiJe2 ~e4 19.'it'd2 l:.b1 0-1
lskusnikh-Ghaem Maghami, Pardubice 201 0]
14.tiJc3 ~b7 15.'ii'b1 [15.l:.a5 c6]
15•.. tiJbd5 [15 ...c5!? 16 .~14 (16.dc5 ~c5)
16... l:.c8 17.dc5 ~c5 18.tiJb5 ~e4 19. b3
'i!fb6=] 16.tiJb5 h6 17 ...Q.f6 tiJf6
18.'ifd3 c5= 19.1t'e2 cd4 20.tiJbd4
J:.ca 21 .'i¥b5 [21.tiJe5 ~g2 22 .<~>g2
'ifd5 23.tiJdf3=] 21 ... l:.c1 22.l:.c1 'ifa8!
• 23.tiJc6 ~c6 24.1t'c6 'ifc6 25.l:.c6
l:.d8 26.l:.c1 ~a3 27.l:.a1 ~b2
28.l:.b1 ~c3 29.l:.c1 ~b2 30.l:.b1
~c3 31.l:.c1 \7-Y2
164
Buhmann,Ra1ner
Khenkin,lgor
Vienna 2011 (7)
1.tiJf3 d5 2.d4 tiJf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3
dc4 5.~g2 a6 6.0-0 tiJc6 7. ~g5
l:.b8 8.tiJbd2!
[This is the best way to meet Black's 7... l:.b8.
This is a dynamic pawn sacrifiCe, which is
dangerous to accept, but still Black has to,
otherwise he will end up with a worse
position] 8...tiJd4 [The first question is, of
course, 8...b5 (with the idea of keeping the
extra pawn) 9.tiJe5! tiJe5 (9... 5 10.tiJe4
.i.b7 (10... ~e7 11.tiJc5 0-0 12.b4 cb3
13.tiJb3 tiJb3 14.ab3 with dangerous
compensation) 11.a4 b4 12.l:.c1 c3 13.bc3i)
10.de5 (now the play becomes forced) 10... h6
11.~c6 ~d7 12.~16 gf6 13.~d7 'ii'd7
(Kasyan-A.Barsov, Tashkent ch-UZB 2012;
13... Wd? 14.tiJc4 -.1te8 15.tiJa5 'i!fd1
16.l:.fd1 fe5 17.tiJc6 l:.cB 18.a4t) 14.tiJe4!
~e7 (14... 'ilfd1 15.tiJf6! (this intermediate
move is the point) 15...-.1te7 16.l:.fd1 l:.dBO
17.tiJh5! l:.d5 18.14;!;) 15.ef6 .i.b4 16.'ii'c2
l:.dB 17.l:.fd1t] 9.tiJc4 tiJf3 10.~f3 'ifd1
11 .l:.fd1 gg [Usually two tempi are worth a
pawn. Well, here WMe is much more ahead
in development than two tempt1 11... 5
[11...~e7? 1 12.~f4! ~dB 13.tiJb6!±;
11...~d7?! 12.~14 ~ 13.~c7 l:.cB
14.tiJd6 ~d6 15.~d6±] 12.e4 f6 13.ed5
fg5 14.l:.ac1 [White has brought all his
pieoes into play. His position has to be good.
14.d6!? Berczes-A.Horvath, Zalakaros 2010]
14...ed5 [14 ...~e7 15.d6 cd6 16.tiJd6 ~d6
17.l:.d6 ~7 18.l:.cd1 (18.l:.d3 J:.dB 19.l:.c7
l:.d7 20.l:.dd7 ~d7 21 .l:.b7 l:.b7 22..i.b7
aS= Shyam-Vaibhav, New Delhi ch-INO 2010)
18...e5 19.J:.b6gg Gleizerov-Nezad, Biel 2011 ;
14...e5 15.d6! (15.tiJe5 ~d6 16.tiJc4 0-0
17.tiJd6 cd6=) 15... ~d6 16.tiJd6 cd6 17.l:.d6
0-0 18.~d5 -.1th8 19.l:.c7;!;] 15.l:.d5 ~b4!
[Problably the best choice. 15...~e6 16.l:.g5
rj;f7 ( 16...~c4? ! 17.l:.c4 c6 18.l:.d4±; 16... c6
17.~g4! ~c4 ( 17...~d5 18.tiJb6 .i.a2
19.l:.a1 ~d5 20.tiJd5 cd5 21.l:.e1 ±) 18.l:.c4
~e7 19.l:.e5±) 17.~d5 ~d5 18.l:.d5i ]
16.l:.e5?1 [It was better to immediately
capture the pawn with 16.l:.g5 0-0 (16... -.1tf7
17.l:.e5 <;t;>f6 18.a3 ~e7 19.l:.ce1 l:.e8
20.-.1tg2;!; with a very pleasant endgame for
White) 17.~d5 ~8 18.tiJe5 c6 (18... ~d2
19.l:.h5! g6D (19 ....i.c1?? 20. g6X) 20.tiJg6
Wg7 21 .tiJf8 ~c1 22.tiJh7 Wg6 23.~13
.i.b2 24.tiJg5;!;) 19.l:.c4! cd5 20.l:.b4 ~e6
21 .l:.b6i] 16..•1.W7 17.a3 $Le7 18...Q.d5
- 19.l:.ce1 l:.e8?? [A terrible blunder.
After 19....i.c5 Black seems to be OK: 20.b4
(20.l:.e6 ~e6 21 .l:.e6 w ts (21...rj;f???
22.tiJe5 ~ 23.00 Wf7 24.tiJc5+-)
22.l:.e5 <;t;>f6 23.l:.e6=; 20..i.g2 .i.d4 21 .l:.d5
~7 22.tiJd61 l:.f8 (22 ... cd6? 23.l:.d6 Wf7
24.~d5+-) 23.tiJe4 ~6 24.l:.g5 -.1th6
25.h4 .i.f5=) 20... ~7! (20 ... ~d4 21.l:.e8
(21.l:.e6!? .i.e6 22.l:.e6 ~5 23.g4 ~
24.l:.e4 ~5 25.l:.d4 l:.heB=) 21...l:.e8
22.l:.e8 b6 23.tiJe3 aS 24.$i.e6 ab4 25.ab4
.i.e6 26.l:.b8 -.1te5 27.l:.a8;!;) 21 .l:.e7
(21 ..i.e6 Wg6 22.$i.c8 l:.bcB 23.l:.e6 ~h5
24.-.1tg2 l:.hf8=) 21...l:.d8 22.l:.f7 -.1tg6
23.tiJe5 IPI16 24..i.f3 .i.b6 25.tiJc4 g4
26.tiJb6 cb6 27.$i.g2 .i.d7 28.l:.ee7 iLeB!
29.l:.g7 J:.d1 30..i.t1 .i.bs 31 .l:.h7 -.1tg6
32.l:.hg7 -.1tf6 33.l:.gf7 -.1tg6 34.l:.g7=]
:i.t
ii
20.l:.e6! +- .i.e6 21 .l:.e6
[21...Wf5 22.tiJe3X] 22. e5 [22 ... ~f8
23.tiJd7 Wg8 (23...Wf7 24.l:.f6X)
24.tiJb8+-] 1-0
Berczes,David
Horvath,Adam
Zalakaros 2010 (9)
1.d4 tiJf6 2.c4 e6 3.tt.lf3 d5 4.g3
dc4 5..i.g2 a6 6.0-0 tiJc6 7 ..i.g5
l:.b8 8.tiJbd2 tiJd4 9.ti)c4 tiJf3

1 o . ~f3 'i!t'd1 11.llfd1 tQdS 12.e4 f6
13.ed5 fgS
14.d6!? (An ambitious try. 14.llac1
Buhmann-Khenkin, Vienna 2011]
14 ...~d6 15.tQd6 cd6 16.lld6 <J;;e7
17.llad1 gg aS 18.® g2 [White problably
has a very small plus here. Precise
endgame play is needed in this position]
18 ... b5 [Black tries to get rid of his
weaknesses. 18 ... e5?! 19.ll6d5 <Ji;f6
20.lla5 lle8 21.~e4;t; 18... llf8 19 . ~e4
h6 20.b3gg; 18... h61? 19.ll1 d3 b6 20. ~e4
(20.~c6 e5 21 .ll6d5 ~fS 22.J:te5 <J;;f6
23.llde3 llhd8=; 20.llc6 lld8 21 .llc7 lld7
22.lldd7 ~d7 23i c6 lld8 24.llb7 g4
25.a4 <J;>e8 26 .~d7 lld7 27 .llb6 J:td4
28.b3 <.Pe7=) 20 ... <J;>f6 21 .h3gg; 18... b6!?
19.b3 ~a6 20.J:td7 Wf6 21 .lla7 ~b5
22.a4 ~e8 23.lld6gg] 19.llc6! J:td8
20.llc7 J:td7 21 .lldd7 ~d7 22.lla7
(22 .~c6 ! <Ji;d6 23.l:td7 Wc6 24.J:tg7
ll d8~] 22 ... J:tc8 23.J:ta5 llc2 24.b3
h6 25.lla7 <Ji;d6 26.h3 lld2 (26 ... b4!?.
This is probably a better move. After
27.llb7 l:ta2 28.llb4 e5 29.g4 lla7
30.llb8 White has a very small advantage,
but it is hard to see how he can win the
game] 27.a4 ba4 28.ba4 J:td4
(28 ...lla2!? 29.a5 lla3 30.~e4;t ; 30.lla8
~b5 (30 ...llf3?? 31 .lla6! (31.<j,>f3??
~c6-+) 31...~c6 32.llc6 Wc6 33.Wf3
<J;>bS 34.We4 w as 35.<J;>e5+-) 31. ~b7
<J;>cs 32.a6 e5=] 29.a5 eS 30.a6 e4
[30 ... lla4!? 31.~7 (31. ~a8 ~b5 32.llg7
lla6 33.llg6 <J;>cS 34.lla6 ~a6=) 31 ... ~b5
32.l:ta8 <.PeS 33.<j,>f3 (33.llg8 ~a6
34.llg7 ~7 35.llb7 e4=) 33...~f1 34.llc8
Wd4 35.J:td8 ® c3 36.lle8 ~a6 37.~a6
lla6 38.lle5 <J;>d4 39.l:te7 g6=] 31.~g4
t (31.~e2!? lld2 32.<j,>f1 lla2 33.We1 g6
(33 ... ~h3? ! 34.llg7t) 34.~c4 lla1
35.<.Pd2 ~h3 36.llg7 w cs 37.llc7 ® b6
38.llb7 <J;>cS 39.J:tc7=] 31 ...~c6!=
32.llg7 J:td2?T (32.!.e3! (after this move
Black is even slightly better) 33.Wf1
(33.~f3? e2! 34.J:tg6 <l;e7 35.llc6 e1 'if
36.a7 lla4 (36 ...'ifa5 37.llc7 'i!t'c7
38.a81V=) 37.llc4 J:ta7 38.lle4 'ife4
39.~e4 Wf6+ ) 33 ... ~5! 34.<J;;e1
(34.Wg2 lld2 35.llf7 e2'f; 35 ...llf2 36.llf2
ef2 37.Wf2 ~a6=) 34 ... e2 35.~e2 lle4
36.llb7 ~e2 (36 ... lle2 37.Wd1 J:tes
38.llh7=) 37.Wd2 ~f1 38.llb6 <i;eS 39.14
gf4 40.gf4 llf4 41 .llh6=] 33. 1 lla2
34.a7± (The a-pawn is dangerous now]
34 ... Wc5 35 .~f5 Wd4 36.llc7 ~bS
37.Wg1?! 1~ 37.We1 ±] 37 ...e3?
[37... ~e2 !~ 38.j.g4 (38.lld7 w es
39. ~g4 j.g4 40.hg4 - 38.~g4) 38... ~g4
39.hg4 e3 40.lld7 w es 41 .lle7 (41.fe3
We4 42.lle7 Wf3=) 41...Wf6 42.lle3 lla7
43.Wg2;t] 38.fe3 w e3 39.J:te7 Wd4
40.~e4 lla1 41.Wf2 lla2 42.We1
J:ta1 43.Wd2 J:ta2 44.Wc1 J:ta1
45.<Ji;b2 [45.<J;;c2!? lla7 46.lla7 We4
47.Wd2±] 45 ... J:ta7 46. lla7 ® e4
47.J:tf7± We3 48.Wc3 (48.g4?! ~c6
49.llf6 j.g2=] 48 ... h5! 49.llf5? [This
move throws away the advantage. 49.llg7!
j.f1 50.h4 gh4 51 .gh4 .ie2 52.lle7 ® 12
53.Wd4 ~g4 54.J:te3! .if3 55.llc3 ~g4
56.We5 ~d7 57.<:0>f4 <i;g2 58.llc7 ~e8
59.J:tc2 Wh3 60.Wg5 ~17 61 .llc7 ~e8
62.l:te7+- ] 49.. ,j.d7! SO.llgS ~h3
51.llh5 ~g4 52.llg5 Wf3 53.Wd4
<J;;g3= 54.® e3 Wh3 55. 4 ~d7?
[The wrong diagonal. 55... ~e2= ; 55 ....id1 =]
56.l:tg3+- ® h2 [56 ... Wh4 57.l:tg7+ - l
57. 3 .ie6 58.Wf2 j.a2 59.lla3
j.b1 60. llb3 1-0
A Natural Developing Move
7 ... $1..e7 8.e3
Yakovenko,Dmitry
Belov,VIadimir
Sochi tt 2010 (2)
1 .d4 tl)f6 2 .c4 e6 3.tQf3 dS 4.g3
dc4 S.j.g2 a6 6.0-0 tQc6 7. ~g5
~e7 [This is our main line. Black wants to
castle and in some cases play ... tQd5. But
life is not that easy for him] 8 .e3
[Undoubtedly the best choice] 8 ... h6
[Again, this move is not the best one]
9 ..if6 j.f6 10.tQfd2! [10.tQc3 0·0
11 .tQd2 e5! 12.d5 tQa5oo] 10 ... e5!?
Survey CA 3.4
(Black has to do something, otherwise his
position is clearly worse. 10... 0·0 11 .tQc4
~d7 12.tQc3;t] 11.d5 tQe7 (11...e4?
12.dc6 j.b2 13.cb7 ~b7 14.tQa3! ~a1
15.'i!t'a4! 'ilfd7 (15 ... Wf8 16.tQac4+-)
16.'. -d7 Wd7 17.lla1 f5 18.tQac4± ;
11...tQa5 12.'ifa4 c6 13.tZ.le4 b5 14.tQf6
gf6 15.'ifa3 cd5 16.tQc3gg] 12.tQc4 lQfS
13.tQbd2 tQd6 14.'i!Vb3;t 0-0
15.tQe4! [15.llac1?! ~f5 16.tQd6 cd6
17.tQe4 ~e7] 15 ... tQe4 16,j.e4
:i~
~~
.a ~
~ ~
ltJ ~
'iV ~ ~
~ ~ ~ ~
1:. ld: ~
16... b5?! [After this move the c6-square
will be weak. 16.. .'iYe7 17.llac1 a5 18.llc2
a4 19.'ifa3;t] 17 .tQaS 'i!Vd6 18.l:tac1
~d7 19.tQb7 (19.llc2!? ~d8 20.tQb7
'lib6 21 .tQd8 llad8 22.llfc1 llcS 23.llc5
f5 24 .~g2 '\id6 25.llc7 llc7 26.llc7 e4~ ]
19...'\ib6 20.tQc5 (20.d6?! cd6 21.'\id3
lla7 22.tQd6 lld8=] 20... ~g4 21 .tQd3
j.d7 22.'ifc2 J:tac8 23. cS j.h3
24.j.g2 (Also good is 24.~h7 Wh8
25.j.f51 ~f1 26.Wt1 llcd8 27.tQd7 J:td7
28.~d7 'ifd6 29.'iYc6 leaving White with a
pleasant game] 24 ... ~g2 25. g2 llfd8
[Black has an acceptable position; he would
like to play ... c7-c6] 26. fS!? (26. e4?!
c6! 27.llfd1 cd5 28.lld5 J:td5 29.'Wd5 'ifc6
30.'\ic6llc6 31 .b4 e4=] 26 ... g6 27.'\ih3
(27.'iff3 e4! 28.'i!t'e4 j.b2 29.llc2 c6! 30.d6
lld6 31.'ife7 lld5D 32.e4 .!:tcS 33.'i!fc5
...c5 34.llc5 .id4 35.llc2 c5=]
27...~g7?! [Better is 27...~e7 with the
idea of 28.b4 (28.tQe4 Wg7 29.l:tc6 'i!t'b7f )
28... c6! 29.d6 ~d6 30.'it'h6 j_fS=]
28.llfd1 t [Now all white pieces are placed
well] 28... lle8?! [28 ... c6? 29.d6± ;
28 ... ~18 !? 29.tQd7 'i!t'd6 30.tQf8 'i!t'f8
31 .'i t'g4;t] 29.tQd7! 'i!t'b7 30.llc6+-
[Biack has no counterplay, he is lost]
30... llcd8 31 .lldc1 b4 32.ll1c5 J:tc8
33.b3 aS 34.Wg1 Wh8 35 . .!:ta5 J:ta8
36.tQc5 '\ib8 37.lla8 'ii!Ya8 38.'\id7
llf8 39. 6 'i!fb7 40.d6 1·0
165
 Ponomariov,Ruslan
Morozevich,Aiexander
Moscow 2009 (9)
1.d4 tllf6 2.c4 e6 3.tllf3 dS 4.g3
dc4 S•.i.g2 a6 6.0-0 tl:lc6 7.-i.gS
.i.e7 8.e3 0-0 (Tournament practice
shows that this is not the best move either]
9.tl:lbd21 eS!? [9 ...bS 10.tl:leS tl:leS
11 ..i.f6! gf6 12..i.a8] 10.tllc4 [ ~ 10.tl:leS
tl:leS 11 .deS tl:lg4 12..i.e7 'i!fe7 13.tl:lc4
tl:leS 14.tl:leS 'i!feS 1S."i+'b3 c6 16.14 e7
17.:tad 1 .i.e6 18. c3 l:tad8= Shirov·
Morozevich, Jurmala 2012] 10... ed4
11.tlld4 tlld4 12. d4 'it'd4
[12... .i.e6!? seems to be a good alternative
for Black: 13.tl:laS (13.l:tfd1? ! ~d4 14.l:td4
h6) 13... h6! 14.'it'd8 l:tad8 1S..i.f4 tl:ldS
16.tllb7 l:tb8 17.l:tfd1 tllf4 18.gf4 .i.c8
19.tl:laS l:tb2 20.tllc4 l:tc2 21 .l:tdc1 l:tc1
22.l:tc1 = Gleizerov-Vaibhav, Visakhapatnam
2011 ] 13.ed4;!; [White has the better
position due to his strong g2-bishop]
13 ... l:td8 [13... h6 14.l:tfe1 ! (14..i.f4 .i.e6
1S.l:tfe1 (1S.tl:laS dS=) 1S ....i.b4 16.l:te6
fe6 17..i.b7 l:tad8oo) 14... .i.e6 1S.dS! tlldS
16..i.e7 tl:le7 17..i.b7 :tabS 18.tl:laS;t]
14.l:tfd1 [14.l:tad1 .i.g4 1S.l:tc1 (1S.l:tde1
.i.b4=) 1S ... c6 16. b6 :tabS 17..i.f4 .i.d6
18.-i.eS .i.e6 (1 8... -i.eS 19.deS tlld7
20.tllc4 .i.e2 21 .l:tfe1 .i.c4 22.l:tc4 tllf8=)
19..i.f6 gf6 20.dS cdS 21 .-i.dS .i.eS
22..i.e6 fe6 23.tl:lc4 .i.d4 24.l:tc2 l:td7=
Moradiabadi-P.H.Nielsen, Greece II 2010]
14•.. .i.g4 [14 ...c6 1S.tllb6 l:tb8 16.dS!;
14... .i.e6 1S.tl:laS h6 16..i.f4 tlldS 17.tllb7
l:tdb8 18.tl:lcS l:tb2 19..i.c7 tl:lc7 20 ..i.a8
tl:la8 21 .l:tab1 t] 1S.l:te1 .i.b4
16.l:tec1 ;t [White has a better endgame]
~ 16 .tl:le1 ~) 14 ... abS 1S.l:ta7 liJa7 16.b3 cb3
.l.l.l
~ .l
~ .l K
.t ttJ8 .t
8 .t
8 8 8 JJ.. 8
1::[ n w
16... l:tab8?! [16 ...c6 17..i.f6 gf6 18.dS
:tabS (18...cdS?! 19.tllb6±) 19.dc6 bc6
20.tl:le3 .i.d7 21 .l:tc2 .i.f8 22.b3;!;] 17.a3
.i.f8 18.tl:le3 l:td4 19.l:tc7± [19..i.f6?!
gf6 20.tllg4 l:tg4 21 .l:tc7 l:td4o:t]
166
19 ....i.e2 (1 9... -i.cS!? 20.l:tac1 .i.e6
21..i.f6 gf6 22.l:tb7 l:tb7 23 ..i.b7 aS
24.l:td1 ;!;] 20.l:tb7 l:tb7 21 ..i.b7 tlld7
22.tl:lfS! l:ta4 23.l:te1 .i.bS [23 ... .i.g4!?
24.tl:le7 <;t;>hS 2S.tlldS±] 24.l:te81+- h6
2S ..i.e7 g6 26.b3 l:tas 27..i.b4 1-0
Berczes,David
Holm,Sejer
Dresden 2011 (1)
1.d4 dS 2.c4 e6 3.tl:lf3 tllf6 4.g3
dc4 S..i.g2 a6 6.0-0 tl:lc6 7 ..i.gS
.i.e7 8.e3 l:tb8 9.'lWc1 !? [9.tllfd2 is the
alternative for White, but after 9... eS! Black
got some activity in the game
Sarakauskas-Sulskis, Nemencine 2011 ]
9 ... bS [This is a forced answer, otherwise
White wins back the pawn with a better
position] 1O.b31 (The point of White's play]
10... tl:laS!? [10 ... 0-0 11 .bc4 bc4 12 .~c4
tl:laS 13.'ti'c2 .i.b7 14..i.f6 .i.f6
1S.tl:lbd2;!;; 10....i.d7 11 .bc4 0-0 12.tllbd2
h6 13..i.f6 .i.f6 14.l:tbl;!;; 10... h6 11 ..i.f6
.i.f6 12.bc4 b4 13.tl:lbd2 0-0 14.l:tb1 aS
1S.tlle4t ] 11.tllbd2 [11 .tllfd2?! h6!?
12..i.f6 .i.f6 13.bc4 c5! 14.tl:le4 cd4
1S.tllf6 ~f6 16.cbS 0-0 was good for Black
in Doric-Savic, Paracin 2011 ] 11 ... cb3?
[Practically the losing move. It was better to
play 11...0-0, although 12.bc4 .i.b7
(12 ... bc4 13.tl:leS c5 14.tlldc4 cd4 1S.tl:laS
'tWaS 16..i.f6 .i.f6 17.tl:lc6 'it'c7 18.tl:lb8
W ba 19.l:tb1 Wd6 20.~c6;t) 13.l:tb1
tl:lc4 14.tl:lc4 bc4 1S.'it'c4 .i.dS 16 .~a4
seems to be better for White] 12.ab3
.i.b4 13.tlleS± l:tb6 [13 ... c5 14.tl:le4!
.i.b7 1S.dcS tl:lb3 16.'it'b2 tl:la1
17.tlld6+-] 14.tlle4!
.t'if• :i
.l.l.l..,
.l ~
~ .l ttJ ~ Hilversum 201 0) 10...0-0 11 ..i.f6 .i.f6
8ttJ
8 8 8 1S.ab3
I:[ 'iY I
8 Yl. 8
nw
14... h6?? [14 ... tllb3 1S.'it'b2 liJa1
16.'iVb4 and the at -knight is trapped;
14....i.b7 1S.liJf6 gf6 16..i.f6 'ii'f6 17..i.b7
l:tb7 18.l:taS l:tb6 (18... -i.aS 19.1i'c6 <;t;Je7
20.W'b7+-) 19.l:ta2 .i.d6 20.W'a1+-]
1S.tl:Jf6 gf6 16•.i.f6! ~f6 17.~C7 +­
(There is no defence, Black loses material]
17... 0-0 18.W b6 tllb3 19.l:ta2 aS
20. W bS tl:lcS 21 .l:taS [The easiest way.
21.l:tc1 +-] 21...-i.aS 22.Wcs 'ti'd8
23.liJc6 .i.b6 24.tl:ld8 [24.Wb4 W c7
2S.dS+-] 24....i.cS 2S.tlle6 .i.e6
26.dcS l:tc8 27.c6 <;t;JfS 28.f4 <;t;>e7
29.l:tc1 <;t;>d6 30.e4 f6 31 .eS feS
32.feS <;t;>es 33.l:te1 <;t;>d6 [34.l:te6!
<;t;>e6 3S ..i.h3 <;t;>d6 36..i.c8+-] 1-0
Another Try
8 ... .id7
Kamsky,Gata
Bellaiche,Antony
Philadelphia 201 0 (2)
1.d4 tllf6 2.c4 e6 3.tllf3 dS 4.g3
dc4 S..i.g2 a6 6.0-0 liJc6 7 ..i.gS
.i.e 7 8.e3 .i.d7
9.tllbd2 [9.'it'e2 bS 10.l:td1 (10.l:tc1 l:ta7
11 .tllbd2 0-0 12.a4 h6 (12... tl:ldS) 13..i.f6
.i.f6 14.abS (14.b3 cb3 1S.tllb3 b4
17.liJb3 .i.c6 18 .'~c2 Was 19.tlle1 .i.g2
20.tllg2 .i.e7 (20 ...l:tc8; 20... eS) 21 . c7
.i.a3 22.l:ta1 b4 23.liJf4 liJbS 24.i+'es
i+'c6 2S.liJc5;t Piasetski-Steingrimsson,
12.liJc3 l:tb8 13.tlle4 .i.e7 14.b3 cb3
-.ca 16.l:tdc1 l:tb6 lH!! Pelletier-
lstratescu, Switzerland 2009] 9 ... bS 1 O.b3
[10.liJeS?! (this is too direct) 10...liJeS
11 ..i.a8 (11 .deS tlldS 12..i.e7 ~e7=i=)
11...liJd3 12..i.f6 .i.f6 13..i.e4 tllb2
14 .'~c2 tl:la4=i= Tratar-Danner, Austria 2010;
10..i.f6 gf6 (10....i.f6 11 .b3 c3) 11 .b3 liJa5
12.'t!Yc2 :tea 13.l:tfd1 c5 14.dcS .i.c5
15.tlle4 .i.e7= Carron-Kosteniuk, Flims

ch-SUI 2012] 1O••• c3 1 1 .~f6 ~f6
12.1Zle4 b4 13.tt:lf6 gf6 [13...1!t'f6?
14.t0e5] 14.tt:le1 1 [With the plan of
t0d3-c5. White has lasting compensation.
14.d5 t0e7 15.de6 ~e6 (15.. .fe6 16.tt:lh4t)
16.'i'e2 c5 17.J:rfd1 'tlib6 1S.tt:lg5 J:rb8
(18... l:tc8) 19.tt:le4 ttld5 20.a3oo Fluvia
Pcyatos-Vehi Bach, Sabadell ch-CAT 201 OJ
14... l:tb8 15.tt:\d3 tt:le7 16.tt:lc5 · 5
17.l:te1 aS 18.a3 0-0 19.ab4 ab4
20..-g4 t0g6 21 .d5! [White is playing on
both wings] 21 ... d6? [21 .. .15 22.'ifb4
.itt 23.•c3 ~g2 24 .<~g2 'ifdS 25.e4 fe4
26.l:tad1 'i'c6 27.J:re3 J:rfcS 2S.tt:\e4;!;;
21 ... ~d7 22.de6 ~e6 (22 .. .fe6 23.J:red1+-)
23.t0e6 'ilt'd7 24.J:ra6 (24. ~d5 .llb6!)
24...fe6 25.J:rd1 'tlif7 26.J:re6 J:rbdS~J
22.1i'b4!± ~f1 23.'ifc3 ~g2 24.<j;>g2
'i'dS 25.e4 'tlic6 26.J:rac1 [26.J:rec1±]
26...f5 27.h4 fe4 28.h5 tt:le7 29.h6
[Black's position is really not nice at all, but
he could still fight on: 29...e3 30.13 f6
31.'it'e3 e5 32.J:red1 ±I 1-0
Tukmakov,VIadimir
Hrabinska,Myroslava
Aghios Kirykos 2009 (3)
1.d4 tt:\f6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 dS 4.~g2
dc4 S.tt:lf3 a6 6.0-0 tt:lc6 7. ~g5 ~e7
8.e3 ~d7 9.tt:lc3!? J:rb8!? [Black
prepares 10...b5 before castling] 10.'ilfe2
[Again, the usual 10.tt:le5 comes into
consideration: 10... tt:le5 11 .de5 tt:\d5
(11 ... tt:lgS 12 .~e7 tt:le7 13.'ilt'g4 0·0
14..1lfd1;!;) 12 .~e7 'fle7 13.tt:ld5 ed5
14.'f/d5 0-0 15.J:rfd1 ~e6 16.'f/a5 bSooJ
10... b5 1U[fd1 [11 .a4 0-0 12 .~f6 ~f6
13.tt:le4 e5!? with good play for Black]
11 ... 0-0 [Black has developed all his
pieces, his position seems to be OK.
11...l0d5 12.~e7 'fle7 13.tt:le4 0-0
14.tt:\c5oo] 12 .~f6 [12.tt:le5 tt:\d5! 13.~e7
'tlie7 14.tt:ld7 'i'd7 (14 ...tt:lc3 15.bc3 'i+'d7
16.a4 tt:le7 17.ab5 ab5oo) 15.tt:le4 'i+'e7oo]
12...~f6 13.b3 cb3?! [13 ... b4 14.tt:le4
c3 15.a3 (15.tt:lc5 ~c8 16.a3 as 17.tt:le1
'tlieSoo) 15...a5 16.d5!? ed5 17..1ld5 a4!oo;
13... tt:la5 14.tt:le4 ~c6 (14...~e7 15.tt:le5t)
15.tt:\16 'i¥16 16..1lac1 cb3 17.ab3 ~13
18.~13 tt:lb3 19. J:rc7~; a very interesting
possibility is the dynamic 13... e51? 14.bc4
ed4 15.cb5 (15.ed4?1 ~g4! 'f) 15...ab5
16.ed4 :es 17.'f/c2 g6=J 14.ab3~ tt:lb4
[14 ...e5 15..1la6 ed4 16.tt:ld5 (16.ed4 'ilfcS
17.J:ra2 J:reB=) 16....1leS (16 ...de3? 17.tt:\16
'i¥16 1S.J:rd7 tt:ld40 19.tt:ld4±) 17.'ifc2
de3 1S.fe3t] 15.~e4 ~e7 [It was better to
play 15... ~c6, even though after 16.tt:lc5
: as 17.J:rac1 e7 1S.e4 Whtte has strong
compensation) 16.tt:le5 f6 17.tt:\d7 'fld7
18.tt:lc51 ~cs [1S...1!t'c8?! 19.'ifd2! tt:ld5
20.e4 tt:lb6 21.~h3±] 19.dc5 'ife7
.i
' chances] 23.Wh1 J:rb6 24.'it;tg2 J:ra2
20.'ifg41t aS? [20... c5 21.'ife6 'it;thS
22.J:rac1 e5 23.'ilt'e5 fe5 24.J:rc7:!:;
20... tt:lc2!? 21 ..1la6 f5 22.1!t'h4 h4
(22 .. .'~c5?? 23.J:rc6+-) 23.gh4:!:J
21.J:ra5 'ilfc5 22.'ife6?! [Much stronger
was 22 ..1ld7! J:[f7 (22 ...g6 23.'ifh4 h5
24.'i+'e4!+-) 23.1!t'e6 'it'fS 24.J:rc7+-l
22 ... Wh8 23.J:raa1 .llbe8 24.'ifd7
.lle7 25.'ifd2 .lle5 26.J:rdc1 'it'e7
27.J:ra7± : cs 28.J:rd1 J:rc2
[2S ... tt:lc6!? 29 .~c6 J:rc6 30.'ifa5±]
29.'i!r'd7 'i!r'c5? [29 ... 'i'd7!? 30.J:rd7±]
30.J:rb7 [30..1laSI .!laS 31. ~a8+-J
30 ... .1lg8 31 .J:rb5 'ii'c3 32. ~e4 +­
J:rc1 33. ~ h7! tt:\d3 34. ~d3 J:rd1
35.Wg2 f5 36.J:rf5 g5 37. J:rg5 1-0
Ftacnik,Lubomir
Potkin,VIadimir
Germany Bundesliga 2009/10 (13)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.tt:lf3 tt:lf6 4.g3
dc4 5 .~g2 a6 6.0-0 tt:lc6 7 . ~g5
~e7 8.e3 ~d7 [This is a serious option,
as Black is planning to play ... b7-b5 at
some point] 9.tt:lc3!? 0-0 [9 ... h6 10 .~f6
~f6 11 .tt:le4 Q-0 12.'ii'e2 b5 13.b3 cb3
14 .ab3~ ; 9... J:rbS Tukmakov-Hrabinska,
Aghios Kirykos 2009] 10.tt:le5!?
[10.J:rc1!? Grischuk-Potkin, Villarrobledo
rapid 2009] 1o ... tt:le5 [Black has to accept
the challenge. 10... tt:\d5?! 11. ~e7 'i!r'e7
12.tt:lc4:!:] 11 .de5 tt:ld5 [11 ...tt:leS?!
12.~e7 '*ie7 13.~b7 J:rbS 14. ~6 .llb2
15 .~c4;!;] 12. ~e7 'ife7 [12 ... tt:le7
13 .~b7 J:rbS 14 .~a6 J:rb2 15.~c4 :!:]
Survey CA 3.4
13 .~d 5 [13.'i+'d4!? ~c6 ( 13...~c3
14.'tlic3 .!labS 15..1lfd1 b5 16.b3oo)
14.'tlic4 ~b4 15.J:rfd1 b5 16.'i!t'e2 ~g2
17.Wg2 J:rfdS 1S.a3 tt:lc6 19.f4;!;J
13...ed514.'iWd5 ~c6 ! 15.'fla5 ~g2
16.Wg2 b5= 17.a4 twes 18.ab5
'tlidS 19.Wg1 [19.e4 'ii'e4 20.13 'tlid4
21 .ba6 .llfbS!=J 19... ab5 20.'i'c7 g6:f
21 .'ifb6 .llfb8 22.J:rad1 'i'h1 !? [Black
enters an endgame with slightly better
25 ..1ld8 Wg7 26.J:rb1 Wf6 27.g41?
w e7 28 ..1ld5 b4 29.J:rd4 J:rc6
30.Wg3 [30 ..1lc1 b3 31 .J:rdc4 J:rc4
32.J:rc4 J:rb2 33.J:rb4=i=J 30 ... h6 31 .h4
.,'
b3:f 32.g5 hg5 33.hg5
~
~
i Jl
.t. ~ ~
~ ~ ~
1::[
33 ...J:rb2?? [What a blunder. Black even
loses the endgame. 33 ... J:rcS!?'f] 34. J:re4
[34.J:rb2 c3 35 ..1le4] 34 ... Wd6 [34 ... WfS
35.llb2 c3 36.J:rb3 c2 37. J:rbS Wg7
38.J:reeS+-I 35 ..1lb2 c3 36.J:rb3 c2
37 ..1ld3!+- [Problably Black forgot about
this check ... ] 37... Wc7 38.J:re7 'it;tb6
39. J:rb3 'it;tc5 40.J:rc3 Wd6 41 .J:rc2!
1-0
Grischuk,Alexander
Potkin,VIadimir
Villarrobledo rapid 2009 (6)
1.tt:lf3 dS 2.c4 e6 3.d4 tt:lf6 4.g3
dc4 5.~g2 a6 6.0-0 c6 7 .~g5
~e7 8.e3 ~d7 9 . ~c3 0-0 [9 ... h6
10.~f6 ~f6 11 .tt:le4 (11.tt:\d2 b5 12.a4
.llbS) 11 ...o-o 12..1lc1 ~e 7 13..1lc4:!:
Goslawski-Oolukhanova, Warsaw 2010]
1o.: c1 [10 .'~e2 b5 11/l leS (11 .a4 J:rb8)
11 .. .tt:le5 12 .~aS (12.de5 tt:ldS'f) 12... tt:ld3
13.~g2 h6 14. ~f6 ~f6 15.J:rad1 e5=J
1o... : ba 11. ~t6 ! ? ~t6 [11 ... gf6!?
12.tt:le4 (12.'ii'e2 b5 13.J:rfd1 ~d6 14.e4
e5=) 12 ... b5 13.b3 15! 14.tt:lc5 ~cs 15.dc5
'ife7 16.bc4 bc4 17.J:rc4 J:rfdB=J 12. 4!
167
 bS [12... e5?! 13.de5 tOeS 14.l016 gf6
(14 ... ~16? 1S.tiJeS ~eS 16.1Wd7+-)
1S.l0e5 fe5 16.%:tc:4j;; 12...~e7 13.%:tc4;i;]
13.b3 [n is better to play first 13.l016 1!*'16
and then 14.b3!f] 13...~e7! [13 ... cb3 14.l016
16 1S.ab3 1!t'e7 16.::tc5~] 14.bc4 bc4
15.::tc4 lOb4 [1S ... l0a5! 16.::tc1 ~
17.::te1 ~ 18.l0c3 'We? 19.tiJeS c5=]
16.a4 1t'e8 [16 ...M 17.l0e5 .i.d5 18.::tc1
i.d6 19.l0c5 .i.eS 20.de5 lLla2 21.e4!? l0c1
22.ed5;i;] 17.l0c3! [17.::tc7 l0d5 18.::ta7
~ 19."i!fa1 ~] 17... l0c6?! 18.d5!
edS 19.l0d5t [Whtte has active piece play
and lhe c?-·pawn is weak] 19...~d6
20.'Wc2 [20.l0g5!? h6 21 .l0e4;i;]
20... 5? [20... h6!? 21.::tc1 l0b4 22.l0b4
::tb4 23.::tb4 ~ 24."i!fc7 ~ 2S.l0d4;!;]
21.::th4! h6 [21 ...15 22.'Wc3! lOc6 23.l0g5
h6 24.l0c7! 1!t'g6 (24 .. ..i.c7 2S.~d5 ~
26.::th6X) 2S.'ifc4 ~ 26.~c6+-]
22.::th6! +- fS [22 ...gh6 23.l016+- ]
23.::th4 l0b3 24.l0c7 ~e7 25.l0g5
'it'gS 26 ~d5 ::tf7 27.'ifc4 ::tf8
28.'ilt'b3 ~c7 29.::td1? [29 ..i.f7 ::tf7
30.::th8! ~hB 31 .tm 'ilt'd8 32.::td1+-J
29.. ~e8 30.1t'c4
.t.i*
.t ...
~ i iV
'iV ~ 19. b4!?~ [Whtte is planning to play ::tas
8 8
8 8
1:[ ~ ...l0d&c4] 20.e5! lOfdS 21 .l0d5 lOdS
30... ~e5?? [Black blunders a piece.
30 ... ~d8 ! 31 . a6 f6 32. b7 gS
33.::tc4 -.hs 34.~f7 ~f7 3S.::tcc1 ±]
31.14+- 'ife7 32.fe5 eS 33.'ilt'd4
1t'e7 34.::tf4 g6 35.e4 1-0
The Real Main Line
8 ... tt:l d5
Pelletier,Yannick
Fressinet,Laurent
Novi Sad Ech·tt 2009 (3)
1.d4 dS 2.c4 e6 3.l0f3 l0f6 4.g3
dc4 s. ~g2 a6 6.0-0 l0c6 7 . ~g5
~e7 8.e3 lOdS
168
24 ...::tda8! 25.::ta7 [2S.::tb6? ::ta1
26. ~f1 cb6-+] 25 ... ::ta7 26.::ta3 h6
27.1t'a1 ::ta3 28.'i!i'a3 l0e7= 29.'i!i'a6
~g2 30.Wg2 'i!i'c6 31 .1fc6 l0c6
32.tt:la6 l0d4 33.l0c7 8 34.14
~e7 35. ~12 ~d7 36.l0a6 lOtS
37. ~13 ~e7 17-17
David,Aiberto
D'Costa,Lorin
9.~e7 l0ce7!? [This is not lhe main move, Rethymnon 2010 (4)
txJt Whtte hasn~ prowd a dear advantage 1.l0f3 l0f6 2.c4 e6 3 .g3 dS 4 .d4
against tt so far] 10.l0e5!? [10.1t'e2 b5 dc4 s. ~g2 a6 6.0-0 l0c6 7.~g5
11 .b3 cb3 12.ab3 ~7 13.::tc1 ::ta7 14.l0bd2 ~e7 8.e3 dS 9 ..i.e7 'i!i'e7
1S.e4 (}.() 16.'We3 'i!i'b8 17.'i!i'c3 l0ec6
18.l0f1 a5f Kunte-Alexandrov, Mumbai 2010;
1O.a4!? ::tb8 11.l0bd2 c3 12.bc3 lOc3 .i
......
.t *
iV i.t..t.
B
13.'i!i'c2 l0cd5 14.::tfc1 lOc6 1S.l0e5 tOeS
16.de5~ Karavade-Kosteniuk, Khanty·Mansiysk
o1 w 20101 1o...bS 11.b3! [This typical
pawn sacrifice seems to be good here too]
' ... ... ...
11 ... cb3 12.ab3~ 0-0 13.1t'c2 .t. 8
[13.l0d2!? ~7 14.::tc1 was also interesting, 8tt:J8
with lhe idea of putting lhe d2·knight on c5]
13... . 7 14.l0d3 'i!i'd6!? [14 ... a5
88 8~8
1S.'Wd2 a4 16.l0c5 M 17.ba4 ba4 18.::tc1
.U tt:J 'iV 1:[
"i!fe8 19.e4~] 15.'Wb2 "i!fb6 16.e4
[16.::tc1 l016! 17.~7 1Wb7 18.b4!?oo]
16 ... l0f6 17.l0c5 ::tfd8 18.l0c3 ~c6
10.l0fd2 [10.e4?! l0b6 (10... l016!?) 11 .dS
l0b4 12.l0c3 0-0 13.l0d2 edS 14.edS ::tdB
[18 ...::td4!? 19.l0b7 'l!Yb7 20.e5 l0fd5 1S.::te1 'WfB 16.::tes l0d3 17.::te3 l0b2
21.l0d5 ::td5 22.~d5 lOd5 23.::tfc1 aS=] 18.'WhS ~d7 19.l0de4 h6 20.'i!i'eS ::tacB+
Bates-Adams, England II 2010/11 ; 10.l0bd2
and then cloul)e his roo1<s at lhe a-file, l0b6?! (10 ... bS! 11 .'Wc1 0-0 12.b3 c3
pressing lhe a-pawn] 19.. ~e8 [19 ... l0e81? is
a move worth considering, with lhe idea of
13.l0b1 b4 14.a3 aS 1S.ab4 ~a6 16.bS
~bS 17.%:td1 ~e2 18.::te1 .i.f3 19 ..i.f3
l0cb4=) 11 .'i!i'c1 1 0-0 12.l0c4 l0c4
22.::tas ~c6 23.::tfa1 ::ta7 [23 ... ~7 13.'i!i'c4 eS 14.d5 lOdB 15.l0d2 c6 16.e4;i;
24..i.e4 ::ta7 2S.::t1a3 h6 26.h4~] 24.::ta6 Kurukin-Delorme, Moscow 2011] 1 O.••bS!?
[An interesting idea would be to keep lhe [10 ... l0b6 11 .'i!i'c2 (11.'Wc1 - transposition
pressure on Black and try to generate some to the line 10.'Wc1 l0b6 11.l0fd2)
activity on lhe kingside. 24...d2!? ::tdaS 11 ... l0b4 12.'it'c3 l04d5 13.1t'a5 0·0
25.~e4~] 14.l0a3 ~d7 15.l0ac4 l0c4 16.l0c4;i;
Kohlweyer-Oms Pallisse, Balaguer 2010]
11 .b3 cb3 [11 ... c3? 12.l0c3 lOc3
* 13 . ~c6 ~d7 14.'i!i'f3±] 12.l0b3
n tv.t
i tt:J .-. 8
' ''' [12.ab3?! 0·0 13.l0e4 eSf] 12 ... ::tb8
[More natural would be 12 ... 0·0 13.'i!i'c1
~d7 (13... ~b7 14.l0c5) 14.l0c3 'Wd6
1S.l0e4 'ilt'e7 16.'i!i'c2~] 13.'i!fc1
8 8 [13.l0c3 l0c3 14.1t'c2 lOdS 1S.'it'c6 ~d7
16.'ii'c2 0·0 17.::tfc1 ::tbcB 18 .l0c5~]
13 ... ::tb6 14.l0c3 [14.e4!? l0f6 15.eS
lOdS 16.l0c3 'ill'dB (16 ... l0cb4 17.a3 l0c3
18.'i!i'c3 lOdS 19 .~dS edS 20.lOaSf)

17.~d5 edS 18.'i!rc5 ~e7 19.1:tac1 1:tc6
20.'i'a7~] 14... 'i!rd6 15.e4 (1S.lf:le4
1i'd7 16.~ec5 'ii'd6 17.e4 li:lde7
18. l:d1 ~] 15...lf:lc3 16. 'i!rc3~ b4
17.'i'c4 e5 [17... ~b7!? 18.1:tfd1 0-0
1 9.~c5 tt.:laS 20.'irc2 'i!re7 21 .1:tac1 ;!;:]
18.f4! ed4?! (18 ... 0-0!? 19.dS! (19.feS
'i'e7 20.l:ac1 aSoo; 19.deS 'i!re7 20.1:tac1
aS 21.l:fd1 ~g4 22.1:td2 a4 23.lf:lcS lf:laS
24.'i'd3 b3.,) 19... ef4!? (19... lf:le7 20.feS
'i'eS 21 .1:tac1 c6 22.'i!rcS l:tbS 23.'i!rd4;!;:)
20.dc6 fg3 21 .es Wes 22.hg3 'it'g3
23.l:ae1 ;!;J 19.e5- ~e6 20.'ilt'c1 lf:le5
21.fe5 'ilt'e5 22.1:te1 ± 'ilt'd6
23.'ilt'c4!? d3 24.1:tad1 0-0 25.'ilt'd3
'i'd3 26.1:td3 g6 27.lf:lc5 (~ 27.1:td2± ]
27... ~a2 28.lf:ld7 b3? (28 ...1:td8
29.~f6! <i;g7 30.1:td8 Wf6 31 .1:tf1 w es
and White should be winning, but still, it is
not that easy] 29.lf:lb6 cb6 30. ~d5 +-
1-0
Kamsky,Gata
Gelfand,Boris
Nalchik 2009 (6)
1.c4 e6 2.d4 lf:lf6 3.lf:lf3 d5 4.g3
dc4 5. ~ g2 a6 6.0-0 lf:lc6 7.~g5
~e7 8.e3 li:ld5 9 .~e7 'ft'e7 10J Wc1
~ b6 [10...bS 11 .b3 lf:laS 12.lf:leS 'it'b4?
(12.. .16!? 13.bc4 (13.lf:lc4 bc4 14.bc4 li:lb6
1S.~a8 lf:la8 16.c5oo) 13... feS 14.cdS ~b7
1S.de6 ~g2 16.'1Pg2 1:td8<=!) 13.bc4
( 13.~d2 c3? 14.li:le4±) 13 ... lf:lc4 14.lf:lc4
(1 4.a3 'it'd6 1S.li:lc4 bc4 16.'it'c4;!;:)
14 ...'i!rc4 1S...-c4 bc4 16.lf:ld2 c3 17.lf:le4
~b7 18.1:tfc1 0-0-0 19.lf:lc3 lf:lc3 20.1:tc3
~g2 21 .Wg2;!;: Gelfand-Savchenko,
Moscow blitz 2011 ] 11 .li:lfd2 [11 .lf:lbd2
'it'b4 12.a3 (12.'ilt'c2) 12...'it'bS 13.'i!fc2
0-0 14.1:tfc1 eS (14...lf:laS 1S.1:tab1 !;
15.lf:leS f6 16.lf:lec4 lf:lbc4 17. ~f1 'ilt'b2
18.li:lc4 'it'c2 19.1:tc2 li:lc4 20.~c4 c6
21.a4~) 1S.a4 'i!i'aS 16.lf:lgS (16.lf:lc4 lf:lc4
17.'it'c4 ed4 18.lf:ld4 li:ld4 19.ed4 (19.'iWd4
c6 20.b4 'i!i'd8) 19... c6 20.dS;!;:) 16... g6
17.lf:lc4 (17.dS li:ldS 18.lf:lc4 'it'cs 19.'i!i'e4
~db4 20.'i!fh4 hS 21. ~c6 lLlc6 22.lf:le4
We7 23.'i!fe7 lf:le7 24.lf:leS;t) 17...lf:lc4
18.'Wc4 ed4 19.~dS~ Cernousek-Cobb,
England It 2011 /12] 11...'ilt'b4 12.a3
[12.lf:la3 lf:laS=] 12... b5 13.lf:lc3
'i!Vh5 (13... 'ilt'fS] 14.lf:lce4 e5?! [It is
understandable that Black would like to
break out of his passive position but this is
not the right moment. 14...'ilt'bS?! 1S.lf:lc5!
(1S.'iWc2 0-0 t'I S... li:laS 16.b4! lf:lc6
(16...cb3? 17...-c?+-) 17.1:tfc1 0-0
18.li:lc4 lf:lc4 19.'Wc4 'i!i'c4 20.1:tc4± )
16.a4 li:lb4 (16... 'i!i'b4 17.lf:lgS fS 18. ~c6
bc6 19.aS lf:ldS 20.lf:lc4i) 17.'Wb1 (17.abS
lf:lc2 18.1:tac1 lf:lb4 19.lf:lc4 li:l6dS 20.b6
li:lb6 21 .lf:lb6 cb6 22.lf:ld6 1:td8 23.lf:lc8
n ac8 24 .~b7 n et 2S.1:tc1 Wf8=)
17.. .'ti'hS (17... li:la4? 18.lf:lc3!+-) 18.aS
lf:l6dS 19.lf:lc4;!;:) 1S... O-O 16.b3 cb3
17.1:tb1 lf:la5 18.lf:ldb3±; 14... 0-0 1S.li:lc4
li:ldS 16.'it'd1 'it'd! 17.1:tfd1 ;!;:] 15.lf:lc4
lf:lc4 16.'it'c4± ed4D [16... 0-0?
17.dS+ - J
~ .t. tt:J
~ ~ ~ 24.edS 'iWdS 2S.1:tac1 1:td8 26.1:tc7 d3
~ ~~~
J:[ l::l \t>
17.li:ld6! cd6 18.~c6 '1Pe7 19 .~g2
[White has a traditionally strong Catalan
bishop on g2, while Black's king's position is
rather dubious] 19... c5 (19... de3?!
20.'ilt'c7 ~d7 21 .1:tfe1 1:thd8 22.1:te3 </;;f8
2Hil'd6 <itg8 24.1:td3+- ; 19... 1:td8
20.'it'd4±] 20.'ii'd3! de3 [20...~e6
21 .ed4 'it'bS 22.'ii'f3!±] 21.1:tae1 ~e6
22.1:te3 </;;d7? [22 ... 1:tab8!? 23.1:tfe1
1:the8 24.b4 'ilt'hS 2S .~dS±] 23.1:td1!
(23.~b7 ::tabS 24.b4 (24.'it'a6 ~c4
2S.~c6 ,._c6 26.1:te7 '1Pe7 27.'i!i'c6 ~f1
28.</;;fl 1:tb2 29.'i!i'e4 <itd7 30.'ilt'g4 w e7
3Uii'g7±) 24... 'iWc4 2S.~a6 'it'd3
26 .~d3±] 23 ... 1:tab8 24.b4 (24.h4!?±]
24 ...'i!i'b6 25.'it'c3 1:thg8 26.1:ted3
<ite7 27.a4 (27.1:td6?! 'it'd6 28.1:td6 <itd6
29.'~'d3 <ite7 30.'it'h7 bS 31 .'it'hS;!;:J
27... 1:tbc8 28.'li'd2?! (28.'it'e1 ! 1:tcd8
(28 ... 1:tgd8 29.~dS ±) 29. ~dS 1:tge8 30.aS
1i!'c7 31 .1:tc1 'it'd? 32 .~e6 fe6 33.'it'e4±]
28 ... 1:tgd8 29.a5 ifc7 30.'ii'e3 8 24. c7 WfB 25.1:tfd1 1± 1:tac8 [It was
31.ife4 g6 32. b7 'li'b7 33 . ~b7
1:tb8 34. · 6 1:tb4 35.1:ta3?! [3S.1:td4!?
1:td4 36.1:td4;!;:] 35... ~c4!= 36.~c4
1:tc4 37.a6 1:tc7 38.a7 ::taB 39.1:tda1
d5 40.'1Pg2 d4 41. 3 1:te7!
[41...</;;e?? 42.<ile4 <itd7 43.<itd4±] Y2 -Y2
Survey CA 3.4
Landa,Konstantin
Vallejo Pons,Francisco
Spain tt 2009 (1)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.lf:lf3 lf:lf6 4.g3
dc4 5 .~g2 a6 6.0-0 lf:lc6 7. ~g5
~e7 8.e3 lf:\d5 9.~e7 'it'e7 10.'i!fc1
li:lb6 [10 ...~d7 11 .'~'c4 0-0 12.lf:lc3 fi'b4
13.1il'b4 lf:lcb4 14.lf:les ~bS 1S.1:tfc1 f6
16.lf:lbS abS 17.li:ld7 1:tfc8 18.a3 li:ld3
19.1:tc2 lf:\3b4 20.1:td2 lf:la6 21 .e4 ±
Grabuzova-Dolukhanova, Puschino 2011 J
11.li:lfd2 'iVb4 12.a3 'iWb5 13.lf:lc3
..-fs [This is the first new move. 13...'it'hS
was played in the game Kamsky-Gelfand,
Nalchik 2009] 14.lf:lce4 e5!? [14...0-0
1S.li:lc4;!;:J 15.lf:lc4 lf:lc4 16.1i!'c4 ed4
17. d6! cd6 18 .~c6 <J;e7 19. ~d5 !
[19 .~g2 1i!'cS 20. d3 transposes to our
previous game, Kamsky-Gelfand] 19... ~e6
[19... ~d7?! 20.'it'd4±] 20. c7 Wf6
21.e4! 'i!rhSD 22. d6 1:thd8
[22 ... 1:tad8!? 23.'it'b6 (23.1!t'f4 Wg6! and
Black has chances to escape) 23 ... 1:tdS
27.1:td1 ± ] 23.'it'f4
23 ...We7 (23... Wg6!? might be an
improvement on the game: 24 .~7
(24.1:tae1 1:td7! and Black defends)
24... 1:tab8 (24 ... 1:ta7? 2S.eS! 'ii'gS
(2S... 1:tb7? 26.fi'e4 'i!rfS 27.'it'b7 'ilfes
28.1:tfe1 +-) 26.~e4 ~fS 27.'i!i'f3
(27.1i!'gS 'iPgS 28.f4 Wg6 29. ~13 ~c2 !<=!)
27... ~e4 28.'iWe4 'tiffS 29.'fl'c6 'it'e6
30.'it'c5;!;:) 2S.~a6 (2S.eS ~fS!) 2S... 1:tb2
26.~d3 1i!'gS 27.'\!i'gS WgS 28.a4± and
White ends up with a better endgame]
better to fight on with 2S ... ~dS . After
26.1:td4 n ac8 (26...'0Pg8 27.edS l:tdS
28.1il'b7±) 27.1il'as 'lWf3 28.1:tdS n ee
Black is a pawn down but has some
chances to survive] 26.'i'b7 ~d5
27.'it'b4! c;PgB 28.'it'd4 1:td6 1-0
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 Nimzo-lndian Defence ~
Classical Variation Nl 20.2 (E32)

The Black Queen Is Hiding

by Alejo de Dovitiis

1. d4 ttJf6 ... b7-b6, ...~b7 and ... ttJe4 or

2. c4 e6 pre on the queen ide with
3. ttJc 3 ~b4 .. .a7-a5-a4, followed by .. .b7-b5
4. l'i'c2 0-0 (see the game Pataki-Berczes).
5. a3 ~c3 B) 7.b4: An extended fian-
6. c3 "f¥e8 chetto that provide White wi th
more space. Black can either
:i.,..i. 'if:i ~ choose the same set-up as
again st 7.b3 ( ...b7-b6, ... ~b7 ,
.li.l.l
... .,..l.l.l ... ttJe4, ...f7-f5 and o on) or im-
mediate ly attack the centre and
the queenside with ... d7-d5 and
... a7-a5, a the game Hil verda-
Epi hin how .

Developing the Kingside Raymond Keene

When I was analysing this posi-
tion on the board, I di covered
that White dark- quared
bi hop need a new pl ace to do a
good job. Thi line, originating
fro m the 1970s when it wa first
played by Raymond Keene, has
no more than one hundred games
in big databa e , but Black ha a
core of about 45 %, which is not
bad at all.
We di tingui h the following
lines for White:
C) 7.e3: A standard move that
loses flexibi lity, because White
has less plan. for the future . The
typical set-up (... b7-b6, ...~b7 ,
... ttJe4, ... f7-f5 and maybe
... a7-a5) is perfect for Blac k ( ee
the ga me Nadera-Gelashvili).
D) 7. c2: A plausible queen
retreat that does not prevent
Black from carrying out his
pl ans. The moves ...b7-b6,
... ~b7 , ...ttJe4 are simple and
good again (see the game AI
Sayed-Spa ov).
F) 7.g3 : A fleJtible and popular
move. Black has a choice: to play
on the dark squares with ...d7-d6
and .. .e6-e5 (see the game
Charachkina-Delorme) or search
for counterplay on the light
square wi th ... a7-a5-a4 and
.. .b7-b5 ( ee Mista-Gharamian).
G) 7.t3: The most dangerou
move for B.lack.
:i.,..i. ~:i ~
.li.li

Different Paths for ~c1

A) 7.b3: Thi quick fianchetto
is a good way to fi nd a place
where the dark-squared bi hop
can become aggre ive. I prefer
thi move to 7.b4 becau e it
keeps Black' light-sq uared
bi shop from a4 and b5 . Black
can play for the centre with
E) 7.ttJf3 : After this move I
will fir t show you a line with
7 ... d6 (see the game Ly yj -
i .,.i.li
Kiriakov) and then we wi ll tudy
the line wi th 7 ...b6 (see the game
Ghane-Hou Yifan). In fact, Tpre-
fer 7 ... b6 firs t, because the ~c8
doe not have a better square
than b7 , but the d7-pawn can
postpone the deci ion of whether Here he does not have the out-
to advance one or two steps. post on e4 and White will soon

170

be able to extend hi centre with
e2-e4. Black can reply with
7...d5. In that ca e 8 ...ig5 i the
tronge t move ( ee the game
ikolov-Pantev). On the other
hand, Black u ually play 7 .. .d6,
followed by ... 6-e5; al o then,
White can answer with 8 ...ig5
followed by 9.e3 ( ee the game
Ri -Em t), or put pre ure on the
centre with the quick 8.e4 ( ee
the game Matlakov-Nogly).
Different Paths for the ~c1
6 ... 1t'e8
Pataki,Gyozo
Berczes,David
Zalakaros 2010 (2)
1.d4 ttJf6 2.c4 e6 3.ltJc3 ~ b4
4.'i'c2 o-o 5.83 ~c3 6.'ilt'e3 'ilt'e8
7.b3 [A good diagonal because the
dark-squared bishop does not have an
opponent on the squares of that colour;
7.b4 is a reasonable alternative, which I will
demonstrate in the next game] 7 ...b6
[7 ... d6 8.~b2 aS 9.g3 (9.13 ttJfd7 t O.liJh3
e5 t1.liJf2 tOeS t2.d5 liJe7 t3.g4 tOeS
14.e4 c6= Broekman-Wirig, La Fere 2009)
9...a4 tO.b4 b5!? t1. ~g2 %ta7 t2.c5 ~b7
t3.13 ~d5 t4.liJh3 ~c4 t5.e4 ltJc6
t6.'i'e3 :as 11.o-o-o e5;:t N.Brunner-
Bauer, Metz 2006] 8.f3 [With the idea of
e2·e4] 8...d5 [Stopping that move] 9.e3
liJbd7 10.ed51? (tO .~b2] 10...liJd5
11 .'ife6 %tb8 12.e4 ~ b7 13.'i!i'e2
liJe7 14.'ife7 [Consistent with the
previous moves] 14... liJe6 15. ~14 e51
[t5 ...liJd4 t6.%tdt e5 t7.%td4 ed4 t8.~b5
Conclusion
6... e8 i a good, flexib le move
for Black who then ha two ba-
ic plan : to play for ...b7-b6,
.. ...ib7, ... lbe4 and ... f7-f5 (thi
plan i po ible and recom-
mended again t mo t of th
white replie except again t
7.£3) or to set up hi central
pawns a fo ll ow : ... d7-d6 com-
bined with ... e6-e5 and perhap
...a7-a5. In tead, Black can play
..-es t9 .~d7 'ifb3 20.c.t•f2±] 16 -~es
liJee5 17.deS tOeS (17 ... liJe5!?] 18.e6
(Necessary sooner or later] 18... 'ife6
19. ~e4 -.f6 20.%td1 'ifc3 21 . 2
%tbe8 (21...l0b3?? 22 .~17 %tf7
23 ....c3+- l 22.'ife7 liJb3 23.~b3
Wb3 24.liJe2 [24.'ifb7 dt] 24...~a6
25.liJd4 'ifb2 26.<j;>g3 (White does not
mind the placement of his king. I prefer
Black but the position is unclear] l-11- !-11
Hilverda,Aiexander
Epishin,VIadimir
Werther 201 1 (2)
1.d4 liJf6 2.e4 e6 3.liJe3 ~b4
4.'t!fe2 o-o 5.83 ~e3 6.'ifc3 '*'e&
7.b4 (An extended fianchetto: it gains more
space but also allows Black to attack
White's queenside pawn structure more
easily] 7... d5!? [7 ...d6 8.~2 b6
(8... liJbd7 9.e3 aS tO. ~d3 liJb6 tt .'ifc2?!
(t1.l013) t1...'ifa4 t2.'ifa4 liJa4 t3.~ct?
(t3.D-0-0) t3 ... ab4 t4.ab4 ~d7? (t4 ...liJc5!
t5.~h7 ~h7 t6.%ta8 liJd3 17.<j;>ft
(t7.<:0>e2? liJct t8. ~d2 liJe4 t9.<i>ct
liJf2- +) t7 ... liJc1+) t5.liJe2 b5:j: Arlandi-
Tatai, Chianciano ch-ITA t989) 9.'iff3 d5
t0.%tct c6 tt .e3 aS t2.ba5 baS t3.'ifdt
~a6 t4.liJI3 liJbd7 t5.~d3 liJb6! t6.ttJd2
%tb8 with real counterplay in Zhu Chen-Hou
Yifan, Nalchik 20t0] 8.e5 (With 7.b3 White
can maintain the pressure on c4] 8... 85
9.~f4 'iV84 [9 ...ab4 tO.ab4 liJe4 tt ....b2
: at t2.-.at liJa6!?] 10.b85 liJe6
11.liJf3 liJe4 12.'t!fb2 tOeS 13 .~e7
liJb3 14.%td1 ~d7 15.e3 %tfe8
16. ~d6 liJe85 17. ~d3 ~b5! [The
light-square battle is won by Black] 18.o-o
Survey Nl 20.2
7 ... d5 a a rea onable mea ure
again t 7.f3 only.
In my opinion, Black can reach
equality in all line , but ifi had to
choo e a general pl an, I would
prefer the ' Queen' Indian
et-up' with ... b7-b6, .....ib7 ,
... lbe4 and ... f7 -f5 a the main
line. A for White, he can battle
for orne advantage with 7.f3,
but I do not think that White can
get an edge in the other line .
~d3 19.%td3 liJc4 20.'\Wb3 liJd6
21.g3 b5 22.%tb1 ... b3 23.%tbb3
%tc1 24.<j;>g2 : ae8+ (A clear advantage
for Black. The pawn on a3 is weaker than
the one on b5] 25.%td2 f6 26.%ta2 : as
27.liJg1 %te4 28.ltJe2 : ac8 29.liJf4
~f7 30.liJd3 [30.h4] 30 ... %te2 31.%te2
: e2 32.a4? [A good plan. but wrong
tactically] 32 ... ba4 33.%ta3 liJe4!
34.%ta4 ttJe3 35. 3 f5 - + 36.g4
ttJh4 37 .~e3 liJg2 38. 3 %te3
39 . ~e2 (39.<j;>g2 %td3-+ ] 39 ... g5
40.%ta7 ~g6 41 .liJc5 f4 42 .~d2
%te4 43.liJd7 [43.~e3 e5 44.liJb3 %tc3]
43 ...%td4 44.<j;>e1 f5 45.ttJf8
46.liJh7 <j;>eS 47.liJg5 f g4 48.liJf7
<j;>e4 49.ttJg5 5 50. f7 %tb4
51.liJh6 ~g6 52.liJg8 [52. g4? liJg2
53.<j;>ft %tg4- + ] 52 ... %tb1 53 .~d2
%tb2 (54 .<~e3 e5 with the idea of 55...%te2
checkmate!] 0-1
Developing the Kingside
6 ... 'i!Ve8
Nadera,Barlo
Gelashvili,Tamaz
Manila 201 0 (2)
1.d4 liJf6 2.e4 e6 3. e3 ~b4
4.-.e2 0-0 5.a3 ~e 3 6. e3 'ife8
7.e3 (A solid move that can transpose to
the fianchetto systems (b3 or b4)] 7 ... d6
(7 ...b6 8.b3 (8.liJf3 ~b7 9.b4 aS 10.~2
ab4 tt .ab4 : at t2.~at c6 t3.b5 liJa5
t4 .~e2 d5 t5.c5 liJe4;:t Winants-Carlier,
Rotterdam 1990; 8.13 d6 9.b4 e5 tO.de5
171
 deS 1 U~b2 tt::lfd7 12.tt::lh3 aS 13 .~e2 ab4
14.ab4 l:a1 1S. ~ 1 ..,e7 16.0·0 tt::la6
17.l:b1 l:e8 18. 12 tt::lf8 19.'it'a3 tt::lb8
20 .~c3 tt::lg6 21. ~e1 ~fS 22.l:d1 1Hz
Drasko-Tatai, Formia 199S) 8...~b7 9.13 d6
10.~b2 c5 11 .dc5 bc5 12.tt::lh3 fie7
13. ~e2 tt::lc6 14.0·0 aS 1S.l:ad1 17·17
Clarke-Piasken, Brighton ch-GBR 1977]
8. f3 [8 .~d3 eS (8 ... b6 9. e2 ~b7
10.13 eS 11.de5 deS 12 .~c2 aS 13.b3
bd7 14.0·0 e4;::t Danelia·Richard, Vung
Tau City jr 2008) 9.deS deS 10. e2 aS
11.b3 bd7 12.0·0 b6 13.~b2 ~b7
14. g3;t Knoth-Polzin, Kassel 1992]
8 .•. b6 9.b4 ~b7 10 .~ b2 tt::le4
11 ....c2 f5
i Kiriakov,Petr
~~~ .,.
~ ~{ij
~ ~~~
~ .i ~
(A typical set-up for Black in this pawn
structure] 12.tt::ld2 tt::ld2 13.Wd2 a5
14.b5 tt::ld7 15.13 fie7 16. ~d3
l:ae8 17.0-0-0 c6 {17 ... eS] 18 .~ b1
l:c8 19.l:c1 e5 20.l:hf1 e4 21 .~e2
cbS 22.cb5 ~dS 23.f4 tt::lf6 24.h3
1t'e6 25.l:c8 l:c8 26.l:c1 l:c1
[26 ... ~c4? 27.dS ~dS 28.l:c8 'it'c8
29.~16 winning a piece] 27.Wc1 d7
28.fic2 b7 (28 ... hS] 29.g4 g6
30.g5 tt::le8 31 .a4 32.~c1 ~e6
33 . ~d2 <;i;>d7 34.<;i;>b2 tt::lc7 35.h4
• as 36.h5± (Black has no counterplay]
36 ...gh5?1 [36 ...'it'g8] 37 . ~h5 ..g8
38 . ~e2 'ife6 39. ~e1 • ga 40.~f1
'it'a8 41 . ~d2 ~g8 42. ~e2 tt::ldS
43 . ~c4 tt::le7 44 .~e2 ~e6 45.<;i;>a3
~d5 46.<;i;>b2 'it'f8 47.~e1 h6
48.~h4 tt::lg6 (48 ...hgS] 49. ~g3 'ifg7
50 .~c4 1 ~b7?! [Playing for a win in a
wrong way: 50 ... ~c4 S1 .1t'c4 tt::le7 S2 .~h4
hgS S3 .~gS 'it'g8!=] 51 ...h2 hg5
52.fg5 dS 53 . ~b3 'it'e7 54. • h6 f4
• 55 .~e1 'it'e6 56.ef4 tt::lf4 57.1t'h7
~ea 58.1t'h8 ~e7 59.1t'g7 fif7
(S9...~e8 60.Wb7 tt::ld3 61. ~b1 tt::le1
62. ~dS+-] 60.'\'r'eS 8 61 .f/d6
172
<;i;>g8 (61...<;i;>e8 62.'it'b8] 62 .~g3 tt::ld3
63.<;i;>c3 'it'f3 64.Wg6 ~ h8 65:ifh6
~g8 66.'lWg6 8?? [I suspect there
was big time trouble on both sides:
66... ~h8 leads to a draw] 67 ...f6??
(Incredible! 67 .~d6X] 67... f6 68.gf6
tt::lc1 69. ~d1 ~c8 70.f7 (70.~c7]
70 ... ~g7 71. ~h5 1·0
AI Sayed,Mohamad
Spassov,Luben
Golden Sands 2012 (5)
1.d4 f6 2.c4 e6 3.tt::lc3 ~ b4
4:\!rc2 0-0 5.a3 ~c3 6.1t'c3 W'e8
7.fic2 d6
.,..i. ~g ·
~~~ i~i
~,.,.
8.tt::lf3 [8. ~gS bd7 (8... fd7 9.e4 (9.e3
eS 10.dS?! {10.tt::le2 aS 11.deS deS 12. c3
f6 13.~h4 tt::lc5 14.13 ~e6 1S.~I2 a4'i'
Nijs-Wirig, La Fere 2008) 10.. .1S! (now
White's dark-squared bishop is In trouble)
11.g4? {11 .h3 h6 {11 ... hS 12.tt::l13)
12. ~h4 gS 13 .~g3 f4+) 11...h6 12 .~h4
gS 13.gfS gh4 14.e4 1:17 1S.tt::lf3 l:g7
16. h4 fif7 17.tt::lg6 f8+ Huang Qian·
Hou Yifan, China n 2011) 9...es 10.dS aS
11.l:d1 a4 12 .~e3 : as 13.tt::le2 tt::lc5
14.tt::lg3;t Kharlov-Ward, Gausdal 1992)
9.e4 h6 1O.~d2 eS 11.dS aS 12.b3 tt::lc5
13.13 tt::lhS 14 .~e3 fS 1S .~c5 deS 16.~d3
tt::lf4'i' Black has a more active position:
Anelli·Valerga, Buenos Aires n 200S; 8.e4
eS (8 ... tt::lc6 9.tt::le2 eS 1O.dS tt::ld4 11 .tt::ld4
ed4 12.~d3 tt::le4 13.0·0 fS 14.l:e1 • f7
1S.f3 tt::lc5 16.b4 tt::ld3 17.'i!fd3 aS 18.bS
~d7 19.'it'd4 b6 20.~b2 ;t Romanko-Arun
Prasad, Moscow 2012) 9.dS aS 10.b3 tt::la6
11 .l:b1 tt::lc5 12.b4 ab4 13.ab4 fia4
(13... tt::lce4 14.13 ~fS 1S.fe4 ~e4 16 .~d3
~d3 17.1t'd3+-) 14.fia4 tt::la4 1S.f3
tt::le8 16.~d3 fS 17.tt::le2 fe4 18.fe4 17·17
Sisatto·Salimaki, Jyvaskyla 2006] a ... as
9.b3 b6 10. ~ b2 ~ b7 11 .e3
{11.tt::ld2!?] 11 ..•tt::le4 12.d5? ! (12.~d3
fS] 12...ed5 13.cd5 ~dS ! 14.'it'c7
'ifc6 15.l:c1? (1S.'ifc6 tt::lc6'i']
15 ... 'it'c7 16.l:c7 tt::lcS! [Trapping
White's rook] 17.tt::ld4 g6 18 .~ b5 [18.13]
18... ba6?1 [Without any sense of
danger: ~ 18... hS] 19.l:e7? [White
misses out on a great opportunity to get the
advantage: 19.tt::lc6! l:fe8 {19... ~c6
20.l:c6±; 19... c7 is impossible:
20.tt::le7X) 20. e7 l:e7 21 .l:e7 <;i;>f8
22. ~f6 e4 23 .~h4 g5 24.l:e4 ~e4
2S.~gs ~g2 26.l:g1 ~e4 27.~f6±]
19...l:fc8! [6 20... <;i;>f8] 20.e4 tt::le4
(20... <;t;>l8 21.edS <;i;>e7 22.~d2 White has
some positional compensation] 21 .~a6
(21.13 tt::lec5+] 21 ...l:a6 22.0-0? [22.13
was necessary] 22 ... ~f8 [Black wins the
exchange] 0-1
Lysyj,lgor
Novokuznetsk 2008 (5)
1.d4 e6 2.c4 tt::lf6 3. c3 ~ b4
4.'it'c2 0-0 5.a3 ~c3 6.Wc3 '\!rea
7.tt::lf3
7 ... d6 [I would prefer 7.... b6 first, because
the ~c8 does not have better squares than
b7, but the d7·pawn can choose to advance
one or two steps] 8.g3 (8.b4!? (stopping
Black's plan ...a7-aS, ... aS-a4, ...b7·bS)
a...as (8... b6 9.e3 ~b7 10. ~b2 tt::lbd7
11. ~e2 e4 12.W'c2 fS 13.0-0 c5
14.l:ad1 l:d8 Black's position is quite
playable: Shemeakin-Zubov, Alushta n 2009)
9.bS tt::lbd7 10 .~b2 cS 11 .bc6 bc6 12.g3
~a6 13.'ifc2 l:b8 14.tt::ld2 (14. ~g2 ~c4)
14...es 1S.~g2 c5 16.deS {16.dS) 16... tt::leS
17.0·0 'tlt'e6t Cs.Horvath-Sjoberg,
Kecskemet 1992; 8.e3 c6 9.b4 eS 10.deS
deS 11. ~b2 e4 12. d2 {12.tt::leS)
12... 'ife7 13.bS tt::lb8 14.a4 l:e8 with a

difficult position to assess: Gladyszev-
Bagaturov, La Fere 2006] 8..•b6 [B ...aS
9.b3 a4 10.b4 bS 11 .c5 (11 .cbS tt:ldS
(11 ...l%a7 12.'irc2 ~b7 13 .~gS ~e4
14.wt'b2 tt:ldSg? Kolev-Pavlovic, Vrnjacka
Banja 1990) 12.1t'c2 IS 13 . ~g2 tt:ld7
14.D-O tt:l716 1S. d2 ~d7 16.e4 fe4
17.t0e4;t Elsness-Satyapragyan, San
Sebastian 2012) 11... ~7 12 .~g2 ~dS (I
prefer this move to 12... ~e4 because on
this square it cannot be harassed by 12-13;
12...~e4 13.0-0 tt:ldS 14.'ird2 IS 1S.tt:le1
t016 16.13 ~dS 17.tt:ld3 tt:lc6 18.~b2 l%d8
19.cd6 cd6 20.l%ae1 ~c4 21 .e4oo Borzov-
Tukhaev, Alushta ch-UKR 201 0) 13.0-0 tt:lc6
14.l%e1 t0e7 1S.'ird3 ~e4 16.1t'd1 dc5
17.dc5 l%d8 18.~d2 tt:lc6= Medancic·
Kosten, Amantea 1992; 8... tt:lc6 9..i.g2 aS
10.b3 (avoiding ... aS-a4 followed by ... tt:laS)
10... e4 11 .1t'c2 IS 12 .~b2 ~d7 13.tt:ld2
t0d2 14.1t'd2 'it'g6 1S.O-O l:taeB;t
Dokuchaev-Lehtivaara, Uusikaupunki 1991]
9 .~g2 ~b710.0-0
10... as [10 ... tt:le4 11 .'ilic2 IS 12.dS (a
typical pawn sacrifice) 12... edS (12 ...eS
13.t0h4! g6 14 .~h6± ; 14.g4 is also very
interesting) 13.cdS ~dS 14.l%d1 (14.'Wc7?
~c6 t:. 1S ... tt:la6- +) 14 ...c6 (14... ~7
1S .~gs 'We7 16.1t'c4 WhB 17.tt:le6 ~a6)
1S.t0d4 aS (1S ... 1rf7 16.13 tileS 17.e4 fe4
18.fe4 ~3 19.tt:lb3 b3 20.l%b1 tt:lc1
21 .l%bc1 g?) 16.13 tileS 17.~14 'i!fg6?
18.~h3! W16 19.'i!ffS± 1t'e7 20.Wc2 l:tf4
21 .gf4 'ire3 22.Wh1 tt:le4?! 23.~e6! 1·0
Ree-Timman, Amsterdam 1973; 10...~e4
11 .b4 Wc6 12 .~b2 tt:lbd7 13.l%ac1 : aca
14 .~h3! ~13 (14 ... h6) 1S.ef3 dS 16.c5;!;
Michaelsen-Vonthron, Germany Bundesliga
1989/90] 11.b3 ~e4 12.l%e1 Wc6
13. ~b2 tt:lbd7 14.l%ac1 bS? I
[14... 1t'b7 t:. ...: tca and ... bSJ 1S.dSI
Wb6? [1S ...edS 16.tt:ld4 1i'b6 17.cbS]
16.de6 fe6 17.cbS cS 18.a4 ~dS
19.tt:ld2+- [Black does not have any
compensation for •the pawn] 19...~g2
20.Wg2 l%f7 21.f3 'Wb7 22.e4 l:taf8
23. ~a3 tt:lfd7 24.l%e3 1¥a8 2S.l%ce1
gS 26.tt:lc4 g4 27.f4 eS 28. ~b2
tt:le6 29.tt:las tt:lf6 30.fS 31 .l%e4
tileS 32.tt:lc6 tt:le4 33.l%e4 l%fS
34.1rc4 Wh8 3S.l%f4! -.ea [3S ... l%f4
36.gf4 l%14 37.'ili'f4+- ] 36.'ire4 l%f4
37.gf4 Wg8 38.'ili'dS w g7 39.feS
..-gs 40.ed6 Wh6 41. ~c1 [4 1...Wg7
42.dc7 'irc2 43.~d2+-J 1-0
Ghane Gardeh,Shojaat
Hou Yifan
Bangkok 2012 (3)
1.d4 tt:lf6 2.c4 e6 3.tt:lc3 ~b4 4.Wc2
0-0 S.a3 ~c3 6.Wc3 W'e8 7. f3 b6
[To me this is the best reply. Black's light·
squared bishop will be very useful on the long
diagonal] 8.e3 [A mediocre move. I think that
Whtte needs to perform a kingside fianchetto.
8.g3 d6 U.g2 ~7 10.0-0 t0bd7 (10...as
11 .b3 tt:lbd7 12~2 e4 13. c2 IS
14.tt:lg5 tt:ldf6 1S.tt:lh3 tt:ld7 16.13 SchOn·
Rechmann, Porz 1990) 11.b4 (11.~e3 e4
12.Wc2 IS (Black executes the same plan in
many variations) 13.l%fd1 tt:ldf6 14.tt:lg5 h6
1S.tt:le4 ~e4 16..i.e4 fe4 (16... tt:le4 17.d5)
17.h3 tlig6 18.Wh2 l%17= Kahn-AI.Khasin,
Budapest 1991 ; 11.b3 tt:le4 12.Wc2 IS
13.~2 'i!fh5 14.tt:le1 l%16 1S..i.c1 l:tafB
Black is OK: P.Schwarz-M.Schafer, Sch6neck
1992) 11...l094 12.'lit'c2 IS 13.tt:lg5?!
(13.~2 tt:ldf6 14.l%ac1 'lit'hS 1S.tt:ld2 tt:ld2
16.1rd2 .i.g2 17.w g2 tt:le4 with easy play
for Black: Norri-Undberg, Espoo 1991)
13...'lit'g6 14. h3 e5 1S.I3 16 16.tt:lg5f
Kortchnoi-Lemer, Lugano 1989] 8... · 7
9..i.e2 d6 10.0-0 tt:lbd7 11.b3 tt:le4
12.'itc2 fS 13.tt:le1 l%f6 14.f3 lOgS
1S.e4 [1S.tt:ld3 e5 16.deS deS 17.h4 tt:lf7
18..i.d2oo] 1S•..f4 16.tt:ld3 eS
i .i. i ~
~
• ~ :i~
' ~ '~ '~ · ''
.i
~
~ ~ ttJ ~ ~
~ ~ ~ ~
n ~ nw
Survey Nl 20.2
17.dS? [Closing the centre eases Black's
attack considerably: 17.c5! bc5 18.de5 deS
(18... tt:les 19.tt:les ..-es 20 . ~b2) 19.tt:lc5f]
17.....-hS 18.tt:lf2 l:tg6 19.'ii'd3
[19.tt:lg4] 19...tt:lf6 20.l%d1 ~c8
[Pointing all his forces at White's king]
21 .l:ta2 l%h6 22.h3 ~h 3! 23.gh3
tt:lh3 24.tt:lh3 [24.Wf1 12 2S .~I2 'Wh4
26 .~11 'it'h1 27.WI2 l:th2X] 24...1t'h3
2S .~f1 1t'h1 26.Wf2 l:th2 27. ~e1
l:ta2 [A powerful attack after a conceptual
mistake by the opponent] 0-1
Charochkina,Da ria
Delorme,Axel
Moscow 2011 (2)
1.d4 tt:lf6 2.c4 e6 3.t0c3 · 4 4.'ii'c2
0-0 S.a3 ~c3 6.'lit'c3 e8 7.g3 [An
interesting move to put pressure along the
h1 -a8 diagonal] 7 ...d6 8 . ~g 2 [8.tt:l13 aS
9.b3 a4 10.b4 bS transposes to the 7.tt:l13
line, see: 11.c5 ~b7 12.~g2 ~e4 13.'ii'e3
'Wc6 14.~b2 1t'dS Hauchard-Bauer,
Narbonne ch-FRA 1997] 8...es [B... as
9. 13 a4 10.0-0 tt:lc6 1 1.~14 tt:laS 12.tt:ld2
'ili'e7 13.e4 hS 14. ~e3 e5 15.deS (1S.d5)
1S... deS 16.b4 ab3 17. b3 tZlb3 18.'lit'b3
lOIS= Chabanon-Storing, Gifhorn 1992;
8... tt:lbd7 9.tt:lh3?! c5 10.0-0 'ilie7 11.l%d1
eS 12.deS tileS 13.tt:lf4 .i.fS 14. S tt:ldS
1S .~dS l:tad8 16.b3 ~e6;!; P.Carton-King,
Blackpool zt 1990] 9.deS [9.tt:l13 e4
(9... t0c6; 9... tt:lbd7) 10. d2 ~IS 11.tt:lf1 c6
12..i.f4 'itd7 13.tt:le3 ~e6 14..i.gS dS
1S.~I6 gf6 16.0-0 IS 17.13± Vera
Gonza!ez-Salgado Allaria, Terrassa 199S;
9.e3?! ed4! 10.'lit'd4 tt:lc6 11. d1 eS
12.b3 ~IS 13.tt:l13 d3+ Houriez-
Aib.David, Fournies 201 0; 9.d5?! aS 10.b3
bd7 1 1.~2 tileS 12....c2 bS! 13.b4 4
14.c5 ~IS! and Black has the better
prospects: Nicoara-Skripchenko, France It
2011) 9 ... deS
.' ''
~
~ '~
~ ~~-~
It ~ ~ ttJ l::t
173
 1O.t0f3 [10.b4 aS 11 .t0f3 ab4 12.ab4
t0e4 13.W'b2 lla1 14.'i!Ya1 'i!Ye7 1S.O-O
lleB 16.~b2 16 17.cS! b. 18.'i!Yb1 : .i
. ~
, 'if& •
..·~~
17.•• cd5 18.t0f4 t0b6 19.llfe1 ~e6
20.b3 "Wb5 21 .t0e6 fe6 22.lle3±

S.Atalik-Frendzas, Komotini 1993; 10 .~e3 ..t ~,

:a •
e7 11 . f3 t0c6 12.b4 lle8 13.0-0 ~IS
14.llad1 h6 1S.t0h4 ~h7 16.bS! Fleer-
King, London 1990] 1 O.•.t0c6 11 .~e3
[11 .b4 t0e4 12.'ili'c2 t0d613.~b2 16 14.cS ~ '
~

'if
~
.i
~~
.
'iV '
~
~
t0f7 1S.O-O ~e6 b. ... 'lWcB and ... ~h3 :
Golichenko-Piorun, Wroclaw
11 ... t0e4 [11..."We7] 12.W'c2 t0d6
13.lld1 ~f5 14.1!t'c1 ~e4 15.b4
2010]
~
~ {jj ~ ~~~
w :a ~~
'
~
li ~
~

IL?h8 [1S ...a6] 16.0-0 f6 17 .~c5 lld8
18.1ii'e3 f5 [An active decision. 18...~c2 ;
18... ~g6] 19.'i!Yc3 b6 20. ~e3 f4
21 . ~c1 ~f3 22 . ~f3 fg3 23.fg3?!
[23.hg3] 23 ...t0d4 24.1L?g2 W'g6 25.c5
t06f5 26.1Ph1 e4 27 .~e4 t0g3
28.1!t'g3 1ii'e4 29. 'i!Yg2 llf1 30.llf1
'ili'g2 [30 ... 'l!ie2 31.'i!t'e2 t0e2 32 .~gS
llc8 (32 ... lle8 33.llf7 with enough
counterplay) 33.llf7] 31 .1L?g2 bc5'F Yl!-Yl!
Mista,Aieksander
Gharamian,Tigran
France 11 2012 (1)
1.d4 t0f6 2.c4 e6 3.t0c3 ~b4
4.'i!t'c2 0-0 5.a3 ~c3 6. 'i!t'c3 'i!t'e8
7.g3 aS [7 ... d6 8. ~g2 (8.t0f3 t0c6 9 .~g2
aS 10.b3 eS 11 .deS deS 12 . ~e3 'i!t'e7
13.0-0! Cilia Vincenti· Thorfinnsson,
Glasgow ch-SCO 2012) 8...t0bd7 9.e4
(9.t0f3 t0e4 10.'ii'c2 IS 11 .0-0 'it'hS 12.b4
t0df6 13.cS ~d7= Saldano Dayer-Valerga,
Mar del Plata 1994) 9...es 10.dS bS 11 .cbS
tOeS 12.b4 t0a4 13.Wc2 'it'bS 14 .~11
'it'd? 1S .~gS aS 16 .~f6 gf6 17.t0f3 fS
18. ~h3 'it'bS 19.'it'd2 f6 unclear but Black
won in Jakobsen-Conquest, Copenhagen
1990] 8 .~g2 [8.tLlf3 d6 9.b3 a4 10.b4 bS
11.~g2 (11.cS or 11 .cbS are more
common) 11...bc4 12.'it'c4 lla7 13.0·0
tLldS 14.1ii'c2 fS with a comfortable game
for Black in Dzevlan-Sjoberg, Stockholm
1993/94; 8.b3 d6 9. ~g2 h6 10.t0f3 a4
11 .b4 bS (once b2-b4 is played, Black often
uses this plan) 12.tLld2 lla7 13.0·0 ~b7=
O.Moor-Pelletier, Switzerland tt 2006]
8 ... d6 9.b3 [9. f3 t0bd7 (9...a4!?)
10.0-0 a4 11 .lle1 t0e4 12.'i!t'c2 fS 13. d2
t0d2 14 .~d2 eS 1S.e4 f4 16.c5 deS 17.deS
13- Triboulin-Spassov, Varna 2012]
9 ... lla7 1o. ~b2 b5 11.t0f3 [11.a4!?]
11 ..• a4 12.t0d2 ab3 13:i!t'b3 ~a6
14.d5 bc4 15.'i!fe3 [1S.t0c4 tLldS]
15••. c3 [A risky decision. 1S...edS 16.~f6
1!t'e3 17.fe3 gf6 18 .~dS c3 19.t0e4 c6'F]
16.'i!Ya7 [Challenge accepted. 16.~c3 edS
17. ~f6 1!t'e3 18.fe3 gf6 19 .~dS t0d7=]
16... cd2 17.Wd2 1!t'b5 18. ~f6 "We2
19.Wc1 1!t'c4 20.IL?d2 [20.Wb2 1t'e2
(20 ... t0d7 21. ~f1 "WdS 22 .~a6 tOeS
23.llhd1 'i!fb3 24.Wc1 gf6 - a very sharp
position but Black cannot win) 21 .Wc1
1!t'c4=] 20 ... 1!t'd3 21.1Pc1 W c4
22.<it.>d2 1!t'e2 23.1L?c1 Yl!-Yl!
Nikolov,Momchil
Pantev,Veselin
Bankia ch·BUL 2011 (9)
1.d4 t0f6 2.c4 e6 3.t0c3 ~b4
4.'it'c2 0-0 5.a3 ~c3 6.'it'c3 e8
7.13 d5 8. ~g5 [B.cdS?! tLldS 9. 'ilfc2
'it'c6! 10.'i!Yb3 'i!Yb6 11 .1!t'b6 ab6 12 . ~d2
(12.e4) 12... t0c6 13.e3 eS 14.deS tOeS
1S.e4 t0e7 16.~c3 t07c6 17.Wf2 ~e6=
Romanko-Hou Yifan, Antakya Wch 2010;
8.~f4 dc4 9.e4 bS 1o . ~c7 'i!fc6 11.~f4
~b7 12.t0h3 t0bd7 13. ~e2 llfcB 14.0-0
t0b6= Lorparizangeneh-Turova, Jermuk
2011] 8 ... t0bd7 9.e3 [9.cdS tLldS
10. b3 c5 11 .e4 t0e7 12.dc5 tOeS
13.'it'c2 b6!?] 9 ... h6 10. ~h4 dc4
[10 ... b6 11 .cdS tLldS 12. d2 ~b7 13.e4
t0e7 14.llc1 llc8 1S .~b5! Llanos-
Tempone, Buenos Aires 1994] 11 .~c4
t0d5 [11 ... c6 12.e4 eS? 13.~f6 gf6
14.t0e2 t0b6 15 .~d3± Enchev - Pantev,
Blagoevgrad ch-BUL 2009] 12.1li' d2
[12 .~dS?! edS 13.t0e2 b6 14.Wf2 cS
1S.dcS bcS 16.llhd1 ~ b7 17.b4 llcB=
Rusev-Pantev, Bankia ch-BUL 2011 (2)]
12...t05b6 13. · 2 e5 14.t0e2 ed4
15.ed4 c6 16.0-0 t0d5 [There are no
other useful moves for Black] 17. ~d5! [A
difficult but thoughtful measure: the
presence of opposite-coloured bishops will
lend to the game a sharper character]
'if ~ ~
~ ~
[Better pawn structure and better minor
piece] 22 ...llac8 23.llae1 llfe8 24.a4
'i!t'c6 25.We2 26.14! [Fixing the
e6-pawn. Moreover, Black's knight cannot
reach the e4-square easily] 26 ... W c2
27.1!t'h5 1!t'g6 [27 ...1PgB 2B.fS!] 28.Wg6
IL?g6 29.lle6 lle6 30.lle6 5
31.lle5 4 32 .~g3 g4 33 .~e1
g5 34.h3 ~PhS 35.g4 <itg6 36.lle6
Wf7 [36 ... Wg7 37.a5+-] 37.llh6 llc1
38.<;t.>f2 llc2 39. 1 d7 40.llh7
We6 41 ..i.b4 t0b8 [41 ... llb2 42.lle7]
42.lle7 43.llb7 ~c6 44 ..i.c5+-
t0a5 45.llb5 t0c6 46.b4 llc4 47.llb7
t0d4 48.~a7 ~PeS 49.a5 [49.~d4 Wd4
50.a5] 49 ... t0c6 50 .~e3 t0b4 51. ~g5
d4 52 . ~d2 t0d5 53.a6 lla4 54.a7
IL?e4 55. 2 t0c3 56 •.i.c3 dc3
57.llb4! llb4 58.a8 c;t.>d3 59.'i!ff3
c;t.>c2 60.g5 Wb2 61 . f6 IL?b3
62.We2 lle4 63.Wd3 1-0
Ris,Robert
Ernst,Sipke
Netherlands II 2011 / 12 (1)
1.d4 e6 2.c4 t0f6 3.t0c3 .i.b4
4.'ii'c2 0-0 5.a3 ~c3 6.'ii'c3 'ii'e8

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7.13 d6 8..tg5 liJfd7 [8 ... liJbd7 9.0-0-0
eS 10.e3 b6 (10... as 11..i.d3 c6 12.l0e2
e4oo Remlinger-Ostenstad, Gausdal 1992)
1t.td3 .tb7 12..-tts e4 13.'it.>b1 h6
(13... ef3 14.gf3 e4 1S..te4 .te4 16.'it.>a1
(16.fe4 'i!r'e4 17.'ikd3 h1) 16.. .16 17..tf4
'i'hS 18.l:tf1 .tb7oo SOrensen-Salgado
Allaria, cr 1995) 14..th4 g6 1S..th3 bS
16.dS gS 17..tg3 bc4 18..td7 liJd7 19.h41
Bareev-Bischoff, Novi Sad ol 1990] 9.e3
[9.e4 eS 10.dS (10.deS tOeS 11 .0-0-0 h6
12..te3 15 13.efS .tiS 14.liJe2 liJbc6
15.l014 b6 16..te2 'i!r'f7 17.J:the1 S.Ernst·
Reeh, Germany Bundesliga 2008/09;
10.l0e2 15 {1 0...liJc6) 11.de5 fe4 12.ed6
~c5 13.0.().() liJd3 14.l:td3 ed3 15.liJg3
cd6 16..i.d3 liJc6 17.l:te1!1:? Valerga-Diaz
Hollemaert, Villa Martelli 2010) 10...as
11..i.e3 (11.b3 tOeS 12..i.d3 15 13.ef5 liJd3
14.'i!r'd3 .tiS 15.'i!fd2 e4f PI.Dimitrov-
Pantev, Bulgaria tt 2001) 11...'i!fe7 12.b4
ab4 13.ab4 l:ta1 14.'i!fa1;!; H.H.Sonntag-
Rechmann, Germany Bundesliga B 1989/90]
9...e5 [9.. .15 10.0.Q-O e5 11 ..th4 aS
12..i.d3 a4 13.liJe2 c6 14..tf2 liJa5=
Getz-Grover, London 201 0] 1o.o-o-o
[10.d5?! (I think this is inconsistent with 9.e3)
10...1s 11.0.().() as 12.liJh3 tOeS 13..th4
.i.d7 14.l:tg1 ba6 15.g4? (15..i.d3)
1S.. .fg4 16.fg4 .ta4 17.l:te1 liJe4 0-1
Claassen-Rechmann, Porz 1990] 1O...a5
[10 ... a6 11 ..td3 bS 12.l0e2 (12.cb5 abS
13..tbS .ta6) 12... bc4 13.'i!fc4 J:ta7
14.'tlt'c2 h6 1S..th4 liJb6 Astrom-Undberg,
Haparanda ch-SWE 1994] 11 .liJe2
[11..i.d3 c6 12.liJe2 b5!?] 11...a4 12.e4
liJc6 13.d5 5 14.<i\>b1 liJc5 15.g4
.td7 16.liJc1 b5<=t
17..te3 liJcb7 18.c5 dc5 19.liJd3
[19 ..-tcS] 19...b4 20.'ike5 'ii'c8
21 ..tf4 ba3 22.'it'c7 ab2 23.'ii'c8
l:tfc8 24.liJe5 .tea 25.Wb2 c4 26.d6
a3! 27.<i\>c3 [27.'it.>a3 l0c6 28.<i\>b2 c3
29.'it.>c2 tOeS 30 ..-tes .ta4 31.Wc1 .td1
32.Wd1 c2- +] 27 ... liJd6 28.l:td6 a2
29.l:td1 f6 30.l:ta1 [30.liJc4 .tf7]
30...fe5 31 ..te5 liJb3 32 ..tc4 .tf7
33.<i\>b3 l:tc4 34.'it.>b2 J:ta5 35 ..tg7
l:tb5 36.<i\>a3 l:tc8 [Excellent tactics] 0·1
Matlakov,Maxim
Nogly,Christoph
Rogaska Slat ina tt 2011 {3)
1.c4 e6 2.d4 f6 3.liJc3 .i.b4
4.'it'c2 0-0 5.a3 .tc3 6.'i!t'c3 'i!fe8
7.f3 d6 8.e4 [A logical move after 7.13]
i.~.i. 't!fi. .
1.1.1. l.l..t.
l..t.~
8... liJfd7 [8 ... e5 9..te3 (9.dS liJfd7
(9 .. .as 1O.b3 c6 11..i.d3 b5!? 12..-tgs bc4
13.bc4 liJfd7 14.liJe2 tOeS 1S.O·O
(1S ..tc2) 1S....ta6 16..te3 liJd3 17.'i!t'd3
cdS 18.'i!fdS 'i!t'c6 19.it'aS .tc4 20.'i!t'd2
'i!fa6'F Harmon-Shabalov, Philadelphia
2012; 9... liJbd7 10.l0e2 a5 11 .g4 a4
12.gS?! (12.l0g3) 12... liJh5 13.liJg3 16!
Tesic-Sher, Pula 1990) 10.g4 aS 11 .b4 ab4
12.ab4 l:ta1 13.'i!fa1 liJa6 14 ..i.d2
Duebaii-Keene, Dortmund 1973
apparently the stem game of 6... 'if e8;
9.liJe2 liJfd7 (9 ...cS?! 10.dS <i\>h8 11 .g4
liJg8 12.liJg3 16 13.h4 g6 14.hS gS
1S.b4± Golod-Lerner, Tel Aviv rapid 200S)
10.g4 aS 11..te3 a4 12..tg2 liJc6 13.0-0
b6 14.l:tfd1 .ta6 1S..tf1 liJaS 16.liJg3
l0b3 17.l:tab1 c5!= Kotanjian-lordachescu,
Survey Nl 20.2
Dubai 2010) 9.. .liJc6 (9 ... liJbd7 10.liJe2
a511 .b3 c612.liJg3 dS 13.cdS cd514.de5
'tlt'eS 1S..td4 'i!r'e6 16..i.d3 de4 17.fe4 b6
18.0·01 Joe Watson-Salgado Allaria, cr
1997) 10.dS (10.liJe2 as 11 .dS liJe7 12.h4
a4 13.hS liJd7 14.g4 b6 15.liJg3 tOeS
16.l:tc1;!; Gulko-Adams, Hastings 1989/90)
10... liJe7 11.l0e2 liJd7 12.g4! (one of the
benefits of 7.13) 12... aS 13.b3 b6 14.h4;!;
Akhsharumova-S.Walker, Thessaloniki oi-W
1988] 9..te3 e5 1O.liJe2 [1 o..td3 ed4
11..i.d4 tOeS 12..tc2 bc6 13..te3 .te6
14.c5 liJc4 15..tf2 IS 16.0·0-0 Baburin·
Arkhipov, Oberwart 1991] 10... a5
[10 ...cS?! to close the centre totally is very
dangerous for Black because White can
initiate a kingside pawn storm: 11 .dS it'e7
(11...bS!? 12.g4 bc4 13.liJg3 b6 Yahya-
Kekelidze, Abu Dhabi 2007) 12.liJg3 g6
13..td3 16 14.h4 l:tf7 1S.O·O·O± Drasko·
Tatai, St Vincent 1999] 11.b3 liJc6
12.l:td1 1 [A good way to make the
opponent's counterplay more difficult. 12.dS
liJe7 13.g4 c6] 12.. .f5 [12 ... ed4 13.liJd4
lOdeS] 13.ef5 ed4 14.liJd4 liJd4
15.l:td4 l:tf5 16.l:te4 l:te5 17..td3
l:te4 18•.te4 liJf6 19•.tc2 b5
20.0-0± [The pair of bishops in an open
position]
20 ... bc4 21 .bc4 .te6 22 ..i.d4 '*lff7
23.c5! dc5 24.1Wc5 .i.b3 25 ..i.f6
.tc2 26 ..tg7! .i.d3 27.l:tc1! l:te8
[27 ...'it.>g7 28.'it'd4; 27... 'it'g7 28.'i!r'dS]
28 •.tb2 'i!r'e6 29.it'c3 it'e3 30.<i\>h1
J:te7 31 .h3 c5 32.it'h8 <i\>f7 33.it'g7
w ea 34.'i!i'g8 <i\>d7 35. ~d5 q;.ea
36.l:tc5 1-0
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Bo ian Defence
4..i.d2 .i.e7 Line 011.3 (E08)

A Hedge in the Centre-

New Ways in the Bogo-lndian
by Krzysztof Panczyk and Jacek llczuk

1. d4 tLlf6 Black and White

2. c4 e6 ln order to obtain a better view of
3. tLlf3 ~b4 the pre ented materi al we have
4. ~d2 ~e7 decid d to as ume the former a
5. g3 d5 the tarting po ition for our
6. ~g2 0-0 discu ion, so it i categorized
7. 0-0 c6 under the Bogo- lndi an Defence
8. c2 b6 (QI 1.3).
9. ~f4 ~b7 White decide to exchange hi
10. l:[d1 tLlbd7 dark- quared bi hop for hi op-
11. tt:lc3 dc4 ponent kni ght. A a re ult, a
12. tLld2 tLld5 li ghtly trange pawn structure
13. tt:lc4 tLlf4 in the centre appear : d4-e3-
14. gf4 f2-f4. I ts undoubted advantage i
the fact that it reduce the po i-
bility of acti ve counterpl ay fo r Eflm Bogoljubow
Bl ack. White dominate in the
centre, controlling the e5- of the light- quared bishop . On
quare. I f he manage to pl ay the other hand th is exchange
b2-b4, the ...c6-c5 breakthrough weaken the light quare around
will be difficult to carry out a White' king. The pawn truc-
well . Hence, White ha (at lea t ture d4-e3-f2-f4-h2 cannot be
for the time being) far more con idered a good shelter for the
pace, and thu more freedom white king. Bl ack can al o try to
for manoeu res on both fl ank . exploit thi weakne w ith the
Black, on the other hand, ha hj manoeuvre .. .tt:l f8-g6- h4, till
The po ition that i the subject of a et too. Above all, hi po i- before the exchange of the bi h-
this Survey can ari e in two vari- tion i very olid (especiall y the ops. I f he ucceeds in exchang-
ation of di ff rent length and pawn tructure), w ithout any ing hi kni ght for the g2-bi hop,
w ith many di fferent move weakne se . The c6-pawn can- ... c6-c5, opening the a8-h I di ag-
order . In the Bogo- lndian not be regarded a a seri ous onal, will probabl y fi ni h the
Defence: l.d4 tt:l f6 2.c4 e6 weakne , especially ince game oon ... Therefore White
3. f3 ~b4 4.~d2 ~e7 5.g3 dS Black want to pl ay ... c6-c5, u uall y ha to wi thdraw hi
6.~g2 0-0 7.0-0 c6 8. c2 b6 freeing hi po iti on and gaining li ght-squar ed bishop to hI .
9.~f4 ~b7 lO.l:rdl tt:lbd7 pace. Moreover, Bl ack ha. the Black can ometime take ad-
11.tLlc3 dc4 12.tLld2 tLldS bi hop pair. Obviou ly, the vantage of the weakened pawn
13.tt:lc4 tt:lf4 14.gf4 or in the power of the bi hop pair i tructure near Wh ite's k ing to
Clo ed Catalan: l .d4 tLlf6 2.c4 revea led onl y in open po ition give perpetual check.
e6 3.g3 dS 4.~g2 ~e7 5.tt:lf3 0-0 and thi can onl y be achieved by It is worth adding that after the
6.0-0 c6 7. c2 b6 8.~f4 etc. the ... c6- 5 breakthrough which potential breakthrough ... c6-c5
(CA 4.7- E08). i connected with the exchange Black, in some case , mu t

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reckon with the pu h d4-d5. This
often lead to exchange with an
equal po ition but sometimes
White may get some advantage
due to hi better minor piece:
White' good knight again t
Black' bad dark-squared
bi hop, as well a more pace in
the centre, whereas Black'
pawn majority on the queenside
doe not play a big role.
ln the en uing po ition Black can
play 14 ... g6, 14 ... 1Ic8, 14 ... lLlf6
or 14 ... 'ifc7. These variations
can intertwine with one another.
Passive
14...g6 (Bauer-Kortchnoi
Enghien-le -Bain 2003) deter-
mines the pawn tructure on the
king ide rather too oon.
The continuation ... f7-f5 i not
uch a big danger that White im-
mediately ha to take seriou
prophy lactic measures. After
14 ... g6, Black' po ition look
playable but a little pa ive and
cramped. We think there i noth-
ing to force him to react in thi
way and he would do far better
mobilizing hi force to fight in
the centre and preparing the free-
ing ... c6-c5, all the more so be-
cau e in the game cited above
White could have achieved orne
pre ure after llJe5 on move 15
or 17.
A Transposition?
14•.•.1:tc8 protect the c6-pawn
and u ually lead to the 14.. .'ifc7
variation with a different move
order. An exception here i , for
example, the game Ev eev-
Rozum, St Peter burg 20 II , in
which Black played ... .l:tc7, fol-
lowed by .. .'i i'a8.
More Freedom for White?
14•.•ltJf6 often lead , via a differ-
ent move order, to variation
with ... 'ifc7 a well. However, it
eem thatthis move give White
a little more freedom, though the
idea of playing 15.f5 or 15.ltJe5,
followed by f4-f5 (Rodshtein-
Berke , Khanty-Man iy k 2010),
cannot be a big problem for Black,
and after 15.e3 both 15...'ifc7 and
15....1:tc8 (Prizant-Yakovenko,
Tiumen 20 12) are very good. The
latter line has been enjoying great
popularity recently, but
independently of the question
whether White decides on
16.l:tacl or 16.a3 lLld5 17.b4,
Black manage to achieve uffi-
cient counterplay to keep the bal-
ance.
The Main Line
Undoubtedly the main continua-
tion here i 14... 'ifc7. It is the
mo t flexible move.
Black mu t develop his queen
somewhere, and the c7- quare
look like a good place - where it
defend the c6-pawn and attacks
the f4-pawn , and the black rooks
do not have to declare their in ten-
Survey Q/1 .3
tions yet. Now White does not
have much chance of an advan-
tage after 15.ltJe5 or 15.f5
(Rod htein-Khi matullin , Mo -
cow 20 I I). Therefore he u ually
play 15.e3.
Thi hould be met by a peaceful
mobilization of force , as the im-
mediate 15...c5 gives White a
better game (Ramirez-Arnold,
Fremont 2012). Only now
should Black decide where to put
hi rook . One option is leaving
the f8 -rook where it i and play-
ing ... .l:tad8, the other is the cen-
tralization of both rooks on the
c8- and d8- quare . Both con-
cept have their supporter
among the world's top player :
15..•.1:tad8 could be een in duel
like Kam ky-Leko, ingbo
20 II , Nakamura-Carl en Mo -
cow 2012, or Gri schuk-
Kramnik, Mo cow 2010 and
15....1:tac8 in the game
Laznicka-A.Sokolov, Germany
Bunde liga 2007/08, i Hua-
Wang Yue, Hefei 20 I l , Wang
Hao-Almasi, Khanty-Man iysk
2010 ... Both ideas lead to inter-
esting po ition with mutual
chance .
Conclusion
The variation di cu sed in this
Survey enjoys great popularity
among top chess pl ayer . Thi i
strange, con idering the fac t that
Black ha a few good plan that
lead to equal play.
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 Passive
14 ... 6
Bauer,Christian
Kortchnoi,Viktor
Enghien les Bains 2003 {8)
1.ttlf3 d5 2.d4 tt:lf6 3.e4 e6 4.g3
~ b4 5. ~d2 ~e7 6 . ~g2 0-0 7.0-0
e6 a ."ife2 tt:lbd7 9.l:td1 b6 10 . ~f4
~ b7 11 .tt:le3 de4 12.tt:ld2 ti:ld5
13.tt:le4 tt:lf4 14.gf4 g6
15.l:tae1 [1S.tt:leS!? c8 16.l:tac1 tt:l16
(16... l:tdSi) 17.tt:le4 ti:ldS 1S.e3 tt:lb4
(Bischoff-Oicayoz, Elista ol 199S) 19.1t'c4 A
20.a3±; 1S.e3 tt:l16 (1S...tfc7!? A
16... l:tac8) 16.a4 tt:ld5 (16... aS!? 17.Wb3
~ 1S.tt:la2 ttJd5 19.tt:lb4 tt:lb4 20.l:tac1
l:tc8oo) 17.aS b5 (17 ... tt:lb4!?) 1S.tt:leS a6
19.tt:le4i Franco Alonso-Roa Alonso, Madrid
ch-dty 2007) 15 ... .ttea 16.e3 ti:lf6
[16... Wc7!? 17.tt:leS!;!;] 17.a3 [17.tt:le5!;!; A
17...tt:ld5? 1S.Wa4 aS 19.tlJdS cd5 20.'it'd7
'it'd? 21 .tt:ld7 l:tld8 22.ttlb6±] 17...tt:ld5
1a.b4 [1S.tt:le5 ~7? ! (1S ... ~d6! 19.'it'a4
(19.b4 'ife7 20.tt:le4 16 21.ttld6 'it'd6=;
19.tt:lc4 ~ 20.tt:le4 We7=; 19.tt:le4 ~)
19...16 20.tt:ld3 (20.tt:lc4 ~; 20.'it'a7?! feS
21 .ttld5 cd5 22.'tfb7 l:tc1 23.l:tc1 el4~)
2Q...l:tf7=) 19.'tfa4 a6 (19...as 20.'i!Yb3 .:tea
21. 4 bS 22. 3 'i+'c7 23.tt:lac5 a4
2Hi'c2i ; 19...16 20.tt:ld3 (~ 20.'it'a7 leS
21 .tt:ldS ed5 (21...cdS 22.'i!Yb7 l:tb8
23.1t'c7±) 22.Wb7 el4 23.l:tc6 l:tc6 24.'it'c6
fe3 25.fe3 ~gsgg) 20 ... as (20 ... l:taS 21 .e4
tt:lc7 22.1St) 21.tfb3;!;) 20.'it'b3 l:tc7
21 .tt:la4 bS 22.tt:lc5 (± Dautov) Wojtkiewicz-
Wolff, New 'rt>rk 1994] 1a...a5?! [1S ... ~g7
19.'i!Yb3 (19.ttle4 16 20.Wa4 'i!Yc7oo)
19...~6 20.tt:leS 16 21.ttldS cd5 22.tt:lc6
'i!fd7 23.b5 ~7oo; 1S... I6!? 19.'it'b3 ~7
20.~13 ~6 21.~g2 tfd7oo] 19.ba5 baS
[19 ... b5 20.~d5 (20.l:tb1 'i!Yc7 21.tt:lb6 tt:lb6
22.ab6 'i!Yb6 23.tt:la4 'it'a7 24.ttJcs l:tld8;!;)
178
20...edS 21.ttlb6 l:tb8 22.l:ta1 (22.'i!Yb2
~d6gg; 22.a4 ~ 23.ab5 ~S 24.bc6 ~c6
2S.tt:lba4oo Ribli) 22 ... ~d6 23.l:tdb1 ;!;]
20.tfb3 [20.tt:le4 ~6<=<] 20... · 6
21 .tt:le5 'i!fd6 22.l:ta1 [22.tt:le4 'i!Ya3
23.'i+'c2 tt:lb4 24.'i!Yd2 'i!Ya2 2S.'iWa2 tt:la2
26.l:ta1 tt:lb4 27.l:taS;!;] 22...l:tb8 [22 ...16?
23.tt:lc6!+- ; 22... tt:lc3 23.'it'c3 a4 24.tt:lc6
~7 2S.tt:le7 'ile7 26.'ilb4 'ii'b4 27.ab4
~g2 28.~± ; 22... c7 23.l:tdc1 ± Ribli;
22 ...'ifd8 23.l:tdc1 ttJc3 24. c3 c5 2S.tt:lc6
cd4 26.'it'd4 ~16 27.'ifdS ~d8 2S.l:tab1 ;!;]
23.'i!Ye2 .tttea 24.llje4 'i!fe7? [24 ... 'it'd8
2S.l:tdc1 (2S.l:tdb1 l:tb1 26.l:tb1 ~3
27.tt:lgS 16 2S.ttlh7 l:tc7 29.~3 (29.~dS
leS 30.tt:lg5 'i!fdS 31.l:tb8 ~18 32.'it'g6
.ttg7~) 29 ... We8 30.l:tb8 'ii'b8 31.'ii'g6 l:tg7
32.~e6 ~hS 33.tt:lf7 l:tf7 34.ttlg5 lg5
35.~f7 'i!YIS 36.'it'hS ~7 37.'i!Yg6 \PhS=;
2S.tt:lc6? ~g7-+ ; 2S.l:tab1 l:tb1 26.l:tb1 -
2S.l:tdb1 ) 2S... l:tb6 26.ttlc5 ~c5 27.'ii'c5
(27.dc5 l:tbb8=) 27 ... l:tbS 2S.'i!fc2 c5! 29.dc5
(29.a4 cd4 30.tt:lc6 l:tc6 31 .'it'c6 l:tb6
32.'i!Yc5 tt:lc3 33.~13 l:tb2<=<) 29... l:tbc5
30.'i!Yc5 l:tc5 31.l:tc5 gS 32.~dS edS
33.l:tac1 gf4 34.el4 h4=] 25.l:tde1 · 5
[2S ... l:tb6 26.tt:lgS±] 26.tt:le5 [26.a4!? ttlb4
27.'i!fd1 ~6 2S.tt:lgS ~gS (2S ... I6 29.tt:lc6
tt:lc6 30.l:tc6 1i'b7 31.l:te6+-; 2S ... l:t1S
29.tt:lc6 tt:lc6 30.l:tc6 'it'a7 31 .l:tac1 ±)
29.fgS±I+-; 26.tt:lgS c5!<=<] 26... ~e5
[26 ... a4 27.l:tab1 l:tdS 2S.~I1 ~11 29.l:tb8
l:tb8 30.\1;>11;!;] 27."fi'e5 a4 [27...16
28.~!± Riblij 2a.ts [2S.l:tab1 !?] 2a ...gfS
29.~d5 ed5 30.\Ph1
30 ... t6? [3o .. :;;.hs 31 ..ttg1 (31 .'i!Yd6 'ti'd6
32.ttlf7 1Pg7 33.tt:ld6 .:tiS 34.tt:lbS cbS
3S.l:tcS 14 36.l:tdS le3 37.1e3 l:t12 38.l:tc1
b4<=<) 31...l:tiS 32.l:tgS! 16 33.l:t1S l:tbeS
(33 ...'it'cS 34.'i!Ye7 'i!fes (34 ... l:tb7
3S.'i!Yd6+- Ribli) 35.'ii'eS l:tbeS 36.ttld7
l:t17 37.tt:lc5± Ribli; 33...~e2 !? 34.tt:lc6
~d3 35.tt:lbS 'flc5 36.dc5 ~15 ;!;) 34.l:tl4
l:tgS 35.'it'd6! 'i!fd6 36. 17 ~g7 37.tt:ld6
l:te6 3S.l:tg4 \PIS 39.l:tgS ~gS 40.l:tg1
~IS 41 .tt:lb7± Ribli] 31.l:tg1 ~ ha
32.'i!fd6! 1-0
A Transposition?
14 ... l:tc8
Bosiocic,Marin
Elianov,Pavel
Sibenik 11 2010 {3)
1.d4 ti:lf6 2.e4 e6 3.g3 ~ b 4 4 .~d2
~e7 5.ttlf3 dS 6 .~g2 e6 7.'fie2 b6
a . ~f4 0-0 9.0-0 ~b7 10.l:td1 tt:lbd7
11 .tt:le3 de4 12.ttld 2 d5 13.tt:le4
tt:lf4 14.gf4 .:tea
:i'if .i~
i.i. ~.i..li.l
i.l '
15.a3 [15.e3 tt:l16 - Prizant· Yakovenko,
Tiumen 2012] 15 ...ttlf6 16. eS ti:ld5
17.e3 f6 [17... ~d6 1S. e4 ~e7
19.l:tac1 16 (Laxman·Satyapragyan,
Aurangabad ch·IND 2011 ) 20.ttld3 'ilfd7=]
1a.tt:lt3 [1S.tt:ld3!? ~d6 19.'i!fa4 ~bS
20.ttle2 g5<=<] 1a ... ~d6 [1 S... eS!?]
19.tt:le4 ~ba 20.l:tae1 e7 21 . b1
~ha 22.tt:lg3 fS [22 ...l:tldS!?]
23.tt:le1 ? ! [23.b4 ~d6 24.tt:le5oo]
23 ... g5 24. ~d5 ed5 25. ti:lg2 gf4
26.ef4 'it'f6 27.b4 l:teea [27... l:t17!?
2S.'i!fd3 ~d6 29.l:te1 .ttgSt] 2a ..tte3
~ea 29.'fle1 ~d7 30.l:te3 [30.ttle1 !?]
30 ....ttga 31 .l:te5 ~e s 32.fe5 'i!fg5
33.tt:lf4 'i!fh4 34.l:td 3 l:tg4 35.l:tf3
e5? [35 .. .'*' h6~] 36.h3 llf4 37.l:tf4
'fih3 3a.de5 beS 39.be5 d4?!
[39 ...l:tgS 40.l:tl3 d4 (40 ... ~e6 41 .'fid2
l:tbS 42.'fid3 'fig4 43.'i!fe3 d4 44.'fil4
'ii'h3oo) 41 .c6 ~e6 42.c7 ~d5 43.cS'tY
~13 44.'i!fgS ~gS 4S.'i!fg5 ~ 46.'ii'l6
~es 47.'ife6=] 40.e6 .:tea 41 .e7 'i!fh6
42.'i!fd2 l:te7 43.l:td4 'i!fd2 44.l:td2

~g7 45.l:td6 .tea [4S .. .<~f7!?J 46.<llh5
[46.1:16!? l:tc3 47.Wg2 aS 48.a4 .l:tc4
49.-tlhS WgB SO.e6 l:te4 S1 .l:IS .l:te6
52.l:ta5;!;J 46 ... Wf7 47.l:th6 .l:tcS
48.l:th7 <J< 9s 49.l:tha w9 s so.t4
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Evseev,Denis
Rozum,lvan
St Petersburg ch-city 2011 (3)
1.d4 tLlf6 2.c4 e6 3.<llf3 d5 4.93
.ib4 5..i.d2 .i.e7 6..i.92 c6 H li'c2
o-o a.o-o <llbd7 9.l:td1 b6 10..tt4
.ib7 11.<llc3 dc4 12.<lld2 <lld5
13.ti:lc4 <llf4 14.9f4 l:tca 15.l:tac1
[15.15 'fie? 16.fe6 (16..l:tac1 !?) 16...1e6
17.'i'e4 1:16 18.e3 (18 ..i.h3 <lliB
19.'i'eS'f) 18... l:tg6 (18... bS!?) 19.Wh1
(Butnorius-Nestorovic, Plovdiv Ech 2008)
19 ...bSI; 1S.<lleS l ie? 16.l:tab1 (16.l:td3
<tlf6 17.l:tad1 l:tldB 18.a3 (18.l:th3 g6
19.'i'b3 <lldS<=t) 18... g6 19.e3 'iWbB
( 19...~dS !?) 20.b4 c5 (= Krasenkow)
C.Bernard-Stempin, Paris 1990) 16... <ll16
17.e3 l:tldB (17 ... <lldS 18.l:tbc1 .i.d6
(Rodshtein-Movsesian, Moscow 2011)
19.'i'a4!? 'i+'e7 20.lia7 l:iaa 21 .<lldS cdS
22.'i'b6 l:ta2 23.l:ta1 l:tlaB 24.l:ta2 l:ta2
2S.l:tc1;!;) 18..l:tbc1 cS=J 15... .l:tc7
[1S...'Wc7!?=J 16.<lle5 .i.d6 17.<lle4
.ie7 1a.e3 'ii'aa 19.<il95 .i.9S
20.f95 cS 21 ..i.b7 'i+'b7 22.<lld7
l:td7 23.dc5 .l:td1 24 ..l:td1 bcS
25.'ii'c5 'i+'b2 26.ifa7 'i'e2 27.fi'a4
..x•,
~ 17...c5<=t) 17.dS (17.<llbS!? 'ili'bB 18..tb7
'iY
~ .l:tldB 22 ..l:td8 .l:tdB=) 17... edS 18.<lldS .i.dS
~ ~~ ~ 19..i.dS .l:tad8 (= Benkovic) Antic-Benkovic,
l:t ~ 16.<lle4 (16 ..l:tac1 !?) 16... <lldS (16...cs
27... 96? [27 ... 16! 28.gl6 h6!=J 2a ..l:td7?!
[28.Wg2±J 2a...lif3 29..l:te7 [29.'ifd1;!;]
29...l if5 30.h4 f6 [30 ... h6!?J 31 .1!i'd4
e5 32.ifc4 [32.lidS WhB 33.lid7 'ifd7
34 ..l:td7 lgS 3S.hgS l:IS=J 32...Wha
33.ife6 f9S [33 ...'ili'b1 34.Wg2 1t'e4
3S.Wg3 lgS 36.'iteS 'ireS 37..l:te5 gh4
38 .~h4 .1:12 39.a4=J 34.'ite5 [34.'ifl5!?
.l:IS 3S.a4;!;J 34.... e5 35.l:te5 9h4
36.a4 '*"97 37.a5 .l:tca 3a.a6 .l:tc1
39.Wg2 .l:ta1 40.l:te7 Wh6 41 .a7 95
42.e4 '*"96 43.e5 h5 44.e6
45.l:th7 '*"e6 46 ..l:th5 .l:ta7 ~-~
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14 ... <llf6
Rodshtein,Maxim
Berkes, Ferenc
Khanty·Mansiysk ol 2010 (9)
1.d4 <llf6 2.c4 e6 3.<llf3 d5 4.93
.i.b4 5..i.d2 .te7 6..i.92 0-0 7.0-0
c6 a.ifc2 <llbd7 9 •.i.f4 b6 10.<llc3
.i.b7 11 ..l:tfd1 dc4 12.<lld2 <lld5
13.<llc4 <llf4 14.9f4 <llf6
15.<lle5 [1S.IS eiS (1 S... '*'c8 16.<lle4
<ilea (Giemsa-Seils, Germany Bundesliga B
1994/9S) 17.1e6 'ili'e6 18..l:tac1 ;!;;
1S... <lld5!? 16.fe6 le6<=t 6 17..i.e4?!
.i.b4!t) 16.•1S g6 17.'i+'l3 .l:tc8 18.a4
.taB 19.'i+'h3 .l:te8oo Doros-Stern, Aix-les-
Bains Ech 2011 ; 1S.a3 'i+'c7 (1S... .l:tc8 -
14... .l:tc8) 16.<lleS cS (16 ... .l:tac8!? 6
'ii'b7 19.dc5 bc5 20.<lld6 'f/c7 21.<lldc4
Serbia It 2006] 15... <lld5 [1S ... 'ifc8
17.dcS bc5 18..l:tac1 .te4 19..i.e4 <lle4
20.'i+'e4± Landa-Fedorchuk, Germany
Bundesliga 2008109) 17.<llgS g6 18.e3
<J;g7 19..i.h3 ISoo; 1S... .l:tc8 16.'ita4 'i+'c7
17..l:tac1 a6 (Shetty-Saptarshi, Chennai
2011) 18.'ii'b3 cS 19..i.b7 'ii'b7 20.dS edS
21 .<lldS <lldS 22 ..l:tdS;!;J 16.f5 [16.<lldS
cdS 17..l:tac1 .i.d6 18.e3 (1U~b3 16
19.<lld3 .1:17 20..l:te1 IS 21 .<lleS .l:tc7
Survey Q/1 .3
22 ..l:tc7 '*'c7 23 .'~e3 .l:tcB=i=) 18... g6
(18 .. .16!?) 19.a3 'ti'e7f Pressman-
Pogorelov, San Sebastian 2011 ; 19...11i'e8!?J
16..•.i.d6 [16 ...<llc3 17.'ti'c3 eiS 18..tc6
.i.c6 19.<llc6 'ifd7 20.<lleS 'f/e6 21.'ili'b3
.i.d6 (21...'ili'f6!?) 22.'ili'e6 fe6=
P.H.Nielsen-A.Sokolov, Germany Bundesliga
2003104] 17.<lle4 ef5 (17... .i.c7!?=i=J
1a.<lld6 'f/d6 19.'ilff5 .l:taca 20 ..l:tac1
.l:tc7 [20 ... .l:tcd8!? 21 .e4 <lle7 22.'it'h3
<llg6 23.<llg6 hg6oo] 21.a3 [21 .e4!?J
21 ...<lle7 22.'ifh5 [22.'i+'h3!?J 22 ... 96
[22 ....ta6!?J 23.<llc4 'irda 24.'ii'95
.tea [24 ...<ll1S 2S.'ti'I4;!;J 25.'iff6
[2S.'ii'14!?;!;J 25 ...<llf5 26.'ii'da l:tda
27.e3 <llh4 2a ..th1 .i.94 29.l:td3
.te2 30 ..l:td2 <llf3 31 ..i.f3 .i.f3
32.<lle5 .i.d5 33. 1 f6 34.<lld3 c5
35.b4 [3S.dc5 .i.l3 36.b4 aS=] 35 ...c4
36.<llf4 .i.f7 [36 ...c.f;I7!?J 37.<lle2 95
[38.13 <J;g7 39.e4 IS 40.dS le4 41 .fe4 ~96
42.<llc3;!;; 37.. .fS!? 38.<llc3 <J;g7=J ~ - ~
Prizant,Yaroslav
Yakovenko,Dmitry
Tiumen 2012 (6)
1.d4 <ilf6 2.c4 e6 3.<llf3 d5 4.93
.i.b4 5 •.i.d2 .te7 6..i.g2 0-0 7.0-0
c6 a.'ii'c2 <llbd7 9.l:td1 b6 10•.tf4
.i.b7 11 .<llc3 dc4 12.<lld2 <lld5
13.<llc4 <llf4 14.gf4 <llf6 15.e3 .l:tca
[1S...<lldS!? 16.<lleS (16.l:tac1 .l:teB
17. b3 g6=) 16... eB (Perrushina-
Severina, Prague jr 2012; 16...16 17.<lld3
.i.d6=) 17.li ldS cdS 18.'ifc7 .taG 19.<llc6
.i.dB 20.'ifd6=; 1S... c7 16.<lleS cS
{1 6... .l:tac8!? 6 17...c5) 17.dS (17.dcS .i.g2
18.Wg2 .tcs 19.'ili'e2 l:tadB 20.'ti'l3 a6=)
17...edS 18.<lldS <lldS 19..i.dS .l:tadB=
Butnorius-Vaznonis, Kaunas ch-LTU 2008]
16.a3 [16 ..l:tac1 !? <lldS (16 ... .l:tc7 17.<lleS
.i.d6 18.<lle4 (1 8.'ii'a4 'flaB 19.a3 h6
20 ..tf3 l:tdB 21.b4 aS<=t) 18...<lle4 19..i.e4
'i!i'h4 20.'ii'e2 .l:tfc8 21 ..i.g2 h6= J.Petrov-
Dizdar, Sibenik It 2007) 17.<lleS {17.'ti'e4f
c5 (Kolaric-A.Smirnov, Nova Gorica 2012)
18.'ilfd3 <llc3f; 17.<lle4 q;>ha 1B.a3 .l:tc7
(18.. .161?) 19.b4 (19.<llg3=) 19... 1S 20.<llg3
(20.<llc3 gS 21 .<lleS (Kramer-Gyimesi,
Austria It 2010/11) 21....i.d6 t) 20...gS
21 .'ili'd2 .l:tg8<=t; 17.fS cS!? {17 ... .i.h4
18.<lle4 .l:tc7 19.fe6 (1 9.<llg3 'fie? 20.Ie6
le6 2Uii'e2?! (21 .<lleS=) 21...cS 22.dcS
l:tc5f Wojtaszek-Laznicka, Novi Sad Ech-11
179
 2009) 19...fe6 20.li:le5;t; 17...li:lc3 18.bc3
el5=) 18.fe6 le6 19.'ife4 l:lt6o:%; 17.a3 c5
(17... l:tc7 18.b4 : ea (18...15 19.li:le5 ~d6
20.li:lc4 ~a6 21 .li:le5 ~7 22.li:lc4 ~e7
23.li:le5 ~d6 ~-~ VidH·Bakre, New Delhi
ch-INO 2010; 18.. .16!?) 19.li:le5! ~d6
20.'ifa4 'ifaB?! (20...a6 21.li:le4 ~18
22.1t'b3 16 23.li:lc4 l:td?oo) 21 .li:le4 ~e7
(Aronian-Aiexeev, Jermuk 2009; 21...~1S;t
Krasenkow) 22.15!? 'ifc8 (22 ...el5 23.li:lg3
'ifdB 24.li:ll5 ~18 25.'ifb3± Krasenkow)
23.fe6 -.e6 24.li:lc3 li:lc3 25.l:tc3 ~d6
26.li:lc6 'it'g4;!;) 1S.li:ld5 (18.dc5 l:[cS
19.li:le5 ~d6=) 1S...~d5 19.dc5 l:tc5
20.'ifb1 'ifaB 21.~d5 l:td5 22.l:td5
(22.li:le5 l:td1 (22...~16= Franco Alonso-
Gyimesi, Plovdiv tt 2010) 23.l:td1 16'i')
22 ...'ifd5=; 17.'ili'a4 b5 1S.'it'a7 bc4
19.'it'b7 li:lb4 20.a3 l:tb8 21.'tlfa7 : as
22.'ii'b7 l:tb8 23.'ifa7 : as 24.'it'b7 ~-~
Marin-M.Gurevich, Mondariz 2002) 17...~d6
(17...16 18.li:ld3 ~d6 (18 .. .15 19.li:le5
(19.ti'a4 as 20.li:le5 l:t16 21 .li:ld5 ed5
22.'Wb3;t) 19... ~d6 20.'tlfe2 (20.'ifa4!?)
20...~e5 21 .1e5 ~- ~ Berezin-ltkis,
Bucharest 1998; 21.de5!?; 18.. .<~>h8 19.'ifa4
a5 20. 'ii'b3 l:tb8 (Berkes-Efimenko, Khanty-
Mansiysk ol 2010) 21.e4!? li:lc3 22.l:tc3
l:teB 23.15 ~b4 (23 ... el5? 24.li:ll4+-)
24. ab4 25.l:te3 el5=) 19.'ifa4 ~
20.li:le2 (20.li:le4 .-es 21.l:tc2 g5t
Sprenger-A.Sokolov, Germany Bundesliga
2002/03) 20...15 21.li:lc3 l:[f6=) 18.li:le4
(1 8.1t'a4 ~ 19.a3 (19.li:ld5 cd5=)
19....-e? 20.b4 16 21.li:ll3 ~-~ Marin-
Ciluentes Parada, Cala Galdana tt 2001)
18...~ (18...16 19.li:ld6 'ilfd6 20.li:ld3
l:tc7 ~- ~ Wo~aszek-Jedynak, Thessaloniki
2007; 20... ~6!?) 19.a3 ( ~- ~ Bryneii-
M.Grabarczyk, Copenhagen 2009) (19.'0t>h1
'it'e7 20.'ife2 16 21 .li:ld3 15 22.li:lg5
(22.li:ld2 (Neelotpai-Bakre, India II 2011 )
22 ... ~6 23.li:lc4 l:[l6 24.l:tg1 eSt)
22... ~6= Elsness-Johannessen, Oslo
ch-NOR 2011) 19...16 20.li:ld3 'WeB 21 .li:lg3
(21.li:lc3 'Ot>h8 (21 ...'t'i'h5!?) 22.'ife2 'i!fg6o:%
Chapman-P.Cramling, Gibraltar 2011)
21 ...'tifg6 (21 ...'i!ff7!?) 22.li:lb4 'i!fc2 23.l:tc2
~d6= Joh.Gomez-Kotsur, Jakarta II 2011 ]
16... li:ld5 [16 ... ~d6 17.li:ld6 (17.b4 ~
18.li:le5 li:ld5 19.li:le4 h6 20.l:tac1 15
21.li:lc3 (S.Ivanov-Pogorelov, Moscow 2004)
21 ... : 16 22.li:le2 'it'eBoo) 17...'i¥d6 18.b4
'ii'e7 19.l:tab1 li:ld5= Komljenovic-Pogorelov,
Calvia 2004] 17.b4 15 [17...~6!? ;
17...'0t>h8 18.'ifb3 ~-~ Shimanov-Hracek,
180
Aix-les-Bains Ech 2011 ; 18.l:tac1 !? 6
19. a4; 17... l:tc7 18.li:le5 ~d6 19.li:le4
(19.l:tac1=) 19...~e7 (19 ...16!?) 20.l:tac1
16!? (20 .. .'~a8 21.li:lg5 ~g5 22.1g5 "it'dB
23.li:\13;t Van Wely-I.Sokolov, Amsterdam
2001) 21 .li:ld3 (21.li:lc4 ~a6) 21...'it"d?=]
18.'it'b3 [18.l:tac1 g5 (18...'it'e8 (Franco
Alonso-Hollman, San Sebastian 2009)
19.'ifa4 : as 20.'i+'b3 : ca 21.li:le5 a6
22.li:la4;t) 19.fg5 ~g5 20.14 ~16 21.'ili'f2
(21 .'ii'd2!? 'i;>h8o:%) 21... l:tc7 (21...'ife71?)
22.li:le2 'i;>hB 23.Wh1 ~h4 24.li:lg3 l:[g8o:%
Gupta-N.Maiorov, Metz 2011] 18..•l:tc7
19.l:tac1 g5 [19 ... l:t16!?] 20.li:le5 g14
21 .li:ld5 cd5 22.e14 ~16 23.'ife3
l:tg7 24.'0t>h1 Wh8 25. ~11 'ife8
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14 ... "tfc7
Rodshtein,Maxim
Khismatullin,Denis
Moscow 2011 (9)
1.d4 li:\16 2.c4 e6 3.li:l13 d5 4.g3
~ b4 5. ~d2 ~e7 6. ~g2 0-0 7.0-0
li:lbd7 8.'ifc2 c6 9.~14 b6 10.l:td1
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ed5 17.~d5 l:tadB 18. ~b7 'it'b7 19.e4
~16 20.li:ld5 ~d4=) 16... "i!fb8 17.dc5 li:lc5
18.b4 ~g2 19.'0t>g2 li:la6 20.a3 li:lc7= 6
21 ... li:ld5; Stupak-Abramenko, Minsk
ch-BLR jr 2009] 15 ... li:le5 16.fe5 l:tad8
[16...l:tld8 17.14 a6 18.e3 l:td7 (18... l:tac81?
6 ...c5) 19 .~e4 'i;>hB 20.l:td2 (20.l:tac1!?
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21.Wg2 cd4 22.l:td4 [22.ed4 le5 23.fe5
(23.de5 l:td1 24.l:td1 l:tl4=) 23...~b4
(23 ...~a3 24.l:tl1 l:tl1 25.l:tl1 ~b2 2Uf 15
h6 27.li:le4 ~d4=) 24.l:td3 ~c3 25.bc3
l:td4 26.l:td4 'ifc3 27.l:tad1 13 2S.'Ot>g1
'iff2=] 22 ...'t'i'b7 23.l:td5 1e5 24.fe5
~c5 25.l:tf1 l:t11 26.'i;>f1 l:[f8
[26 ... 'i!Va6 27.We1 l:tiB 28.Wd1 "t!Vc4
29.Wc2 ~b4 30.l:td6 l:[f2 31 .Wc1 l:tl1
32.Wc2 l:tf2=] 27.'i;>e2 h6?! [27..."ft'a6
28.l:td3;!;] 28.'i!Vg6? [28.li:lb5!?±]
28 ..•~b4 29.'it'd3 "ft'e7 30."ft'e4
'iff7?! [30 ... ~c3 31 .bc3 'ti"a3 32.tr'c2
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34.'.t;>c3 : es 35.'0t>b3±; 33.Wb3±J
33 .. ."ii'f6?! [33 ... 'ii'a1 34.'it'c4 (34.e7
l:tl2) 34... ~c3 35.bc3;!;] 34.l:td7
[34.l:td4!?±; 34.Wb3!?±J 34 ...: ea
35.li:ld5 twe6 36.'tWe6 l:te6 37.li:lb4
[37.Wd3!?±J 37...ab4 38.Wd3 l:tg6
39.l:td4 b3 40.ab3 [40.a4;t] 40... l:tg2
41 .h4 l:tb2 42.'0t>c4 Wh7 43.b4 Wg6
'h· Y2

Ramirez,Aiejandro
Arnold,Marc
Fremont 2012 (5)
1.d4 f6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.tt::lf3
~b4 5 ~d2 ~e7 6.~g2 0-0 7.0-0 c6
8."it"c2 b6 9.~f4 tt::lbd7 10J%d1 ~b7
11.tt::lc3 dc4 12.tt::ld2 tt::ld5 13.tt::lc4
tt::lf4 14.g14 1!fc7 15.e3 c5 [15... J:lld8
16.a3 (16.J:lab1 a5 (16 ... J:lac8 - 15... J:lacB)
17.J:lbc1 J:lacB 18. e4 tt::lf6 19.tt::le5 tt::ld7
20. tt::lf6=) 16...c5 (16... J:lac8 -
15... J:lac8; 16... a51?) 17.d5 ed5 18. d5
~d5 19.~d5 J:labB 20...15;!;; 15... 15
16.J:lac1 (16.tt::le5!?±) 16...J:lf6 17.tt::le2
J:lg6 18.tt::lg3 J:lcB 19.-.e2 (19.'itb3!?)
19... J:lf8!? (19 ...1i"b8 20.a3 J:lf6 21.tt::le5
tt::le5 22.de5 J:lg6 23.J:ld7 J:lc7 24.J:lcd1 (±
Dautov) Astr6m·Engqvist, Haninge ch·SWE
1997) 20. e5 tt::le5 21 .de5 (21.fe5 14)
21...c5 22.~b7 '*b7=; 15...a6 16.tt::le5
J:ladB (16 ... J:lld8!?) 17.J:lac1 h6 (17...c5
18.~7 1i"b7 19.11t'e4 'ite4 20.tt::le4 tt::le5
21 .fe5;!; Siikaluoma-Knostenbergs, cr ICCF
2006) 1B.Wb3 tt::le5 19.fe5 J:lbB 20.d5
(20. 4 c5 2 1.~7 '*b7=) 20...cd5
21.tt::ld5 ~d5 22.J:lc7 ~b3 23.ab3 J:lldB= ;
15... tt::lf6 16.a3 (16.tt::le5 J:lacB - Laznicka-
A.Sokolov, Germany Bundesliga 2007/08)
16...c5 (16... J:lac8 - Laznicka-A.Sokolov,
Germany Bundesliga 2007/08) 17.tt::lb5
(17.d5 d5 18.tt::ld5 ed5 19.~d5 J:ladB
20.~7 'itb7 21 .J:ld8 J:ldBf };-Yl Barysh-
polets-Untchevsky, Krakow 2012) 17...'ifb8
18.~7 Wb7 19.dc5 ~c5=J
16.d5 ed5 17. d5 [17 .~d5! ? tt::l16
1B. ~b7 'itb7 19.tt::le5 J:ladB (19... J:lld8!?)
20.-.a4 a6 21 .1i"c6 J:lbB 22.Wb7 J:lb7
23.tt::lc6;!; I.Schneider-Bulski, Germany
Bundesliga 2010/11] 17..•~d5 18. ~d5
J:lad8 19. ~f3 [19.'itb3!?] 19..• b5
20.tt::ld2 [20.1t'e4 tt::lb6 (20... bc4 21 .tt'e7
J:lleB 22.-.d6;!;) 21 .'ilt'e5 J:lcB 22.tt::lb6
ab6=] 20•..tt::lb6 [20 ... c4!?] 21 .tt::lb3 a6
22.tt::ld4 J:ld7 23.tt::lf5 J:ld1 24.J:ld1
g6 25.tt::le7 '*e7 26.'ilt'e4 'ii'e4
27.~e4 aS 28.J:ld6 [28. ~c6 b4=]
28 ... J:lb8 [2B ... tt::la4!?] 29.J:lc6 tt::la4
30. ~d5 c4?! [30 ... J:ld8 31.~b3 (31 .e4
c4=) 31 ... J:ld2=] 31.b3 tt::lc3 32.bc4 b4
33.J:lc7 tt::ld5 34.cd5 a4 35.d6 J:ld8
36.J:lc4 b3 37.J:la4 ba2 38.J:la2 J:ld6
39. J:la5;!; ~g7 40.Wg2 J:ld2 41.Wg3
l:rb2 42.h4 J:lb1 43.Wg2 J:lb2 44.e4
J:lb4 45.f3 J:lb2 46.\Pg3 J:lb1 47.J:la2
J:le1 48.e5 ~g8 49.J:la5 ~g7
50.J:lb5 J:lh1 [50 ... J:lg1 1? 51 .Wf2 J:lh1 ]
51 .J:lb7 Wg8 52.f5 gf5 53.J:lb6 J:le1
54. 4 J:lh1 ss.w gs Wg7 56.J:lb7
[~ 56.J:lb4] 56 ..•h6 57. 5 J:lh4 58.f4
WgB [5B ... J:lh5!? 59.We4 J:lh1 60.J:lb3
J:lg1 61. ~15 J:lg6=] 59. J:lb1 ~f8
60.J:la1 We7 61.J:la7 8 62. J:lb7
Wg8 63.J:lb1 \Pta 64.J:lg1 We7
65.J:lg8 J:lh5 66.We4 J:lh1 67.J:lh8
J:le1 68.Wf5 J:lh1 69. J:lh7 J:lh5
70.Wg4 J:lh1 112-!.7
14 ... 't!fc7 15.e3 J:lad8
Kamsky,Gata
Leko,Peter
Ningbo Wch-tt 2011 (6)
1.d4 tt::lf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.tt::lf3
~ b4 5. ~d2 ~e7 6 . ~g2 c6 7.1t'c2
tt::lbd7 a.O-O b6 9.J:ld1 0-0 1o .~t4
~ b7 11 .tt::lc3 dc4 12.tt::ld2 tt::ld5
13.tt::lc4 tt::lf4 14.gf4 '*c7 15.e3
J:lad8
g .~ .
l.i.'i!f~.i.ili
l l --='=--·-----.--
16.".-e2 [16.J:lab1 c5 17.d5 ed5 18. ~d5
tt::ll6 19.~7 1i'b7 20.a4 J:ld1 (20...g6!?)
21 .J:ld1 J:ldB 22.J:ld8 ~dB= Caruana-
P.H.Nielsen, Amsterdam 2010] 16...tt::lf6
Survey Q/1 .3
[16.. .15!?; 16... ~a6! ? 17.J:lac1 tt::ll6 18.tt::le4
c5 19.tt::l16 ~16f Giri-Berkes, Germany
Bundesliga 2010/11 ] 17.tt::le5 c5
18.J:lac1 [1B.dc5 ~c5 19.~b7 'itb7
20.1i"l3 J:ld1 21 .J:ld1 'it'l3 22.tt::ll3=]
18...'ilt'b8 [1B ...l0d5 19.Wg4 (19.dc5 bc5
20.'it'c4 tt::lc3 21 .'ifc3 16 22.tt::lc4 ~g2
23.\Pg2 J:ld5=) 19... tt::lc3 20.J:lc3 ~g2
21. ~g2 ~d6 22.1WI3 ~e5 23.fe5 We7=]
19.dc5 ~c5 20 . ~b7 b7 21 .-.f3
1Wt3 22.tt::lf3 J:ld1 23.J:ld1 J:lc8
24.tt::le5 8 25. b5 a6 26.tt::la7
J:la8 27.tt::lac6 WeB 28.J:lc1 tt::ld5
29.tt::ld3 ~d6 30. d4 CiJe7 31.Wg2
Y.z-112
Van Wely,Loek
Meier,Georg
France tt 2012 (8)
1.d4 e6 2.c4 tt::lf6 3. f3 d5 4.g3
~b4 5.~d2 ~e7 6 . ~g2 0-0 7.0-0
c6 8.1fc2 b6 9.J:ld1 bd7 10. ~f4
~b7 11 .l0c3 dc4 12. d2 5
13.tt::lc4 tt::lf4 14.gf4 VJ!/c7 15.e3
J:lad8 16.a4 ~b4 [16 ... a6!?; 16... c5
17.d5 ed5 18.tt::ld5 ~d5 19.l:td5 ( 19 .~d51?
g6 20.'ii'b3 16 21 .~13 J:ld1 22.J:ld1 J:ld8
23.J:la1 6 24.a5;!;) 19...t!Jb8 20.J:lad1
lOc6 21 .J:ld8 J:ldB 22.J:ld8 dB 23.1i'l5
(Ave.Grigoryan-M.Arnold, Bastia 201 1)
23... g6 24.Wd5 1ifcB=J 17.CiJe4 [1nlt'b3
~c3 18.bc3 c5 19.d5 ed5 20. ~d5 ~d5
21 .J:ld5 tt::ll6 22.J:ld8 J:ldB 17-}; Miton-
Movsesian, Czech tt 2010/11] 17.•.c5
[17... a5!?] 18.tt::le5 e5 19.de5 ~e4
20.~e4 Y.z-112
Khairullin,lldar
Vitiugov,Nikita
Taganrog 2011 (11 )
1.d4 tt::lf6 2.c4 e6 3. f3 ~b4 4.~d2
~e7 5.g3 d5 6. ~g2 c6 7.0-0 0-0
8."irc2 b6 9 .~f4 ~ b7 10.l:td1 tt::lbd7
11.tt::lc3 dc4 12.tt::ld2 d5 13.tt::lc4
tt::lf4 14.gf4 '1Jic7 15.e3 J:lad8 16.a3
c5 17.d5 [ 17.~7 -..b7 18.d5 ed5
19.tt::ld5 tt::l16 20. e7 e7 21 .tl:Je5 11t'e6
22.J:ld8 J:ld8 23.J:ld1 (Wells-Adams,
England tt 2010/1 1) 23... J:ld1 24.-..d1 g6f]
17..•ed5 18.tt::ld5 [ 1 8. ~d5 tt::ll6 19 .~b7
'itb7 20.a4 g6 21 .J:ld8 (21.a5=) 21 ... J:ld8
22.J:ld1 (22.tt::le5!?) 22... g7 (22 ... Wc6!?
23.J:ld8 ~d8 24.tt::le5 e6f ) 23.'ili'b3
J:ld1 24.'ii'd1 1i'c8 (24...Cjje4!?) 25.13
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18.•. ~ds 1s.:tds (19 .~ds bs 2o.tud2
c4 21.tUe4 tUbS (21...1!fbS=F; 21... tUIS
22.tUc3 (22.tUI6 ~1St) 22 ...1Wc5 23.~13
(Hamitevici-Golichenko, Kiev 2012)
23 ... a5=F) 22.tUc3 ~IS 23. ~e4 ~c3
24.bc3 gS 25.<;f;>g2 tUa4 2S.l:td4 1Wa5
27.l:tc1 +) 19... b5 [19 ... gS 20.1!fb3 lUIS
21 .l:td8 l:tdB 22.tUe5 ~18 (De
Schampheleire-lzsak, Brasschaat 2011)
23.a4;!;) 20.tUe5 lUeS 21.l:te5 ~d6
22.l:td5 ~e7
19.<;f;>g2 1!fb7 20.13 l:td2 21 .1!fd2 ~C5=)
18...ed5 19.tUd5 tUdS 20. ~d5 g6
[20 ... ~d5 21 .l:td5 l:td5 22.l:td5 l:tdB
23.'ifd3 l:td5 24.'ti'd5 'ii'dB 25.tlt'b7 tlt'd1
J.2-J.2 Berkes-Wojtaszek, Paks 2011 )
21.tUe5 ~d5 22.l:td5 l:td5 23.l:td5
l:td8 24.'ii'c4 l:tdS 25.'ii'd5 ~f6
26.tUd7 <;t;>g7 27.b3 ~c3 28.a4 1Wd8
29.'ti'd6 ~f6 30.<;f;>f1 'i!Ve7 31 .'ird5
~c3 32.<;f;>e2 'ii'h4 33.tj;Jd3 ~a1
34.tUe5 ~es 35.'i!Ve5 <;f;>h6 36.'ii'c7
'irf2 37. 1Wf7 1Wt1 38. tj;Je4 'ifb 1
39. 3 'i!fh1 40.'it>g3 'tlr'g1 41. 3
'i!fh1 42.<;f;>g3 'tlr'g1 43.'it>f3 'irh1
Y2-Y2
25.l:td8 J-2-J.2 Tkachiev-Sargissian, Khanty-
Mansiysk ol 2010) 24.a4 g6 25.ab5 ab5
26 .~11 l:td5 27.l:td5 c6 28. ~g2 'ifc7
29.b4 l:tdB 30.l:td8 'ii'dB 31 .bc5 ~c5
32.'ii'c5 W'd1 33 .~11 'it'g4 J.2-J.2 Aelalo-
Mason, cr ICCF 2011 ; 23.l:te5 ~d6
24.l:td5 ~e7 25.l:te5 ~d6 (J.2-J.2 lonov-
Emelin, St Petersburg ch-city 2011) 2S.l:tl5
J.2-J.2 Vitiugov-Aoiz, Saratov 2011 J 23 ... a6

23.l:te5 [23.a4 l:td5 24 .~d5 as 25.ab5
ab5 2S.b3 1Wd7 27.'ii'd3 (27.l:td1 1Wg4
28 .~g2 c4 29.bc4 bc4 30.h3 ~c8 J.2-J.2
lturrizaga Bonelli-Gonzalez Garcia, Barbera
del Valles 2011) 27... ~h4 28.15 l:tdB 29.e4
gS 30.fg6 'ifg4 31.tj;Jh1 hgS= Evseev-
Emelin, St Petersburg 2011) 23 ...~d6
[J.2-J.2 Mason-Norman, cr ICCF 2011)
24.l:td5 [24.l:tg5 ~e7 25.l:te5 ~d6 J.2-J.2
Maletin-Aiexandrov, St Petersburg 2011)
24 ...~e7 25.l:te5 Y2-Y2
Nakamura,Hikaru
Carlsen,Magnus
Moscow 2012 (7)
1.d4 tUf6 2.c4 e6 3.tUf3 d5 4.g3
~ b4 5. ~d2 ~e7 6. ~g2 0-0 7.1Wc2
c6 8.0-0 b6 9.~f4 ~b7 10.l:td1
tUbd7 11.tUc3 dc4 12.tUd2 tUdS
13.tUc4 tUf4 14.gf4 1Wc7 15.e3
l:tad8 16.l:td2 [J.2-J.2 Cs.Horvath·
Tukmakov, Basel 2001) 16... tUf6 [16 ...c5
17.d5 ed5 18.~d5 tUI6 19 .~b7 1Wb7
20.l:tad1 l:td2 21.1!fd2 g6 22.tUe5 l:tdB
23. ~c2 tUd7=] 17.l:tad1 [17.tUe5 c5
18. ~b7 (18.dc5 l:td2 19.'ird2 ~g2
20.<;f;>g2 bc5 21.'ifd3 'ii'b7 22.<;f;>g1 l:tdB=)
18.. .'t!Yb7 19.l:tad1 cd4 20.l:td4 l:td4
21.l:td4 g6=) 17... c5 18.d5 [18.dc5 ~g2
182
Sasikiran,Krishnan
Wojtaszek,Radoslaw
Khanty·Mansiysk ol 2010 (9)
1.d4 tUf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.~g2
~b4 5 .~d2 ~e7 6.tUf3 0-0 7.0-0 c6
8.'i!t'c2 tUbd7 9. ~f4 b6 10.l:td1 ~b7 24.l:te5 (24.ab5 ab5 25.b3 g6 26.l:tcd1
11.tUc3 dc4 12.tUd2 tUdS 13.tUc4 (26.'ife2 l:td5 27 .~d5 l:tdB= Barysh-
tUf4 14.gf4 'ii'c7 15.e3 l:tad8 polets-Vysochin, Kiev 2012) 26 ...l:td5
16.l:tac1 c5 (16 ... tUI6 17.tUe5 (17.tUe4 27.l:td5 l:tdB 28.l:td8 ~dB 29. ~11 b4
c5 18.tUe5 ~e4 (18... tUe4 19.~e4 g6=) 30.1!fd1 ~e7 31 .'i1Vd5 'ii'd6 32.1WdS ~dS
19.~e4 tUe4 20.'ii'e4 ~16 21.dc5 l:td1 33.<;f;>g2 15 34 .~c4 J.2·J.2 Stigar-Mason, cr
22.l:td1 'ii'c5 23.b4 'ii'b5 24.tUd7 J.2-J.2 ICCF 2011] 24 ...~d6 25.l:td5 ~e7
Flumbort-Cs.Horvath, Budapest 2003) 26.ab5 ab5 27.b3 l:tdS 28 . ~d5 l:td8
17... c5 18.1!fa4 ~g2 19.<;f;>g2 cd4 20.tUe2 29.1Wf5 ~f8 30.l:td1 l:td6 31 . ~f3
'tlr'b7 21 .1!fc6 a6 22.tUd4 l:tc8 23. b5 Y2-Y2
'i!t'b7 24.tUdcS tUd5 25.e4 a6 26.tUe7
(26.'tlr'a4!? tUI4 27.tj;JI3 tUg6 28.l:td7 1t'a8
29.tUe7 tUe7 30.l:tc8 'tlr'c8 31 .l:te7 'i!fc5 Grischuk,Aiexander
32.tUc6 15 33.tlt'd4 le4 34.<;f;>g2 'tlr'g5 Kramnik,VIadimir
35.<;f;>h1 1Wc1 36.<;f;>g2 'ii'g5=) 26... tUe7 Moscow W ch blitz 2010 (11 )
27.l:tc8 (27.'ii'd3 l:tc1 28.l:tc1 16 29.tUI3 1.d4 tUf6 2.c4 e6 3. f3 d5 4.g3
tUg6= Blondei-Kunzmann, cr ICCF 2010) ~ b4 5. ~d2 ~e7 6 .~g2 0-0 7.0-0
27 ... 'ii'e4 28.13 l:tc8 29.1e4 ab5 30.l:td6 IS c6 8. ~f4 b6 9. W'c2 ~ b7 10.l:td1
31 .l:te6 le5 32.l:te7 l:tc2 33.<;f;>l3 J.2-J.2 bd7 11.tUc3 dc4 12. d2 tUdS
Sidenko-Aooms, cr IECG 2002) 17.d5 13.tUc4 tUf4 14.gf4 1Wc7 15.e3
[17.tUb5 'ifbB 18 .~b7 'i!fb7 19.tUbdS l:tad8 16.l:tac1 c5 17.d5 ed5
'tlr'bB 20.dc5 lUeS= Coelho-Leitao, Santos 18 . ~d5 tUf6 19 .~b7 'Wb7
2011 ) 17...ed5 18.tUd5 ~d5 19.l:td5
(19. ~d5 b5 20.tUd2 c4 21 .tUb1 tUb6
22 . ~e4 g6 23.tUc3 ..West Beliavsky-
P.Schlosser, Austria tt 2011 /12) 19...b5
20.tUe5 [20.tUd2 tUb6 21.l:td8 l:tdB
22.tUb3 c4 23.tUd4 aS=F Lingnau-
Bewersdorll, Germany Bundesliga B
2006/07) 20 ...tUe5 21 .l:te5 ~d6 (21 ...a6
22.a4 ~d6 23.l:th5 g6 24.l:td5 ~e7
25.l:te5 ~dS 26.l:td5 J.2-J.2 Bristol-Silva, cr
ICCF 2011) 22.l:td5 ~e7 23.a4
[23.l:tcd1 aS (23 ... l:td5 24.l:td5 l:tdB

20.84 [20.l::td8 l:td8 21 .l::td1 g6 22.lt~e5
~g7 23.l::td8 ~d8 24.'tlt'b3= Aswin·
Anastasian, Dubai 2011] 20 ...86 (20......c8
21.13 'tih3 22.'tlt'e2 W'e6 23.b3 (Gillam-
Legemaat, cr ICCF 2012) 23... ~d5 24 .~d5
l::tdS 25.l::td5 W'dS 26.l:td1 'tlt'IS 27.~e5
~16=] 21.l::td8 l:td8 22 ....b3 ~g4
(22 ... 'tlt'l3!?] 23.e4?1 [23.h3 ...13
(23... ~16 24.'*'b6 W'l3 25. ~e5 W'h3
26.'tlt'c6 l:td6 27.W'I3 '*'c8oo) 24.hg4
'tig4=] 23 ... l::td4? [23 ... 'tic7 24.~e2
(24.e5 'tlt'c6 25.h3 ~12 26.'it;>l2 ~h4
27 .~e3 W'e6 28.l:tl1 l:td4+) 24... ~h4
25.'tlt'h3 (25.13 ~12 26.'tlt'b6 W'd7-.)
25...~12 26.<it;>g2 ...d7 27.15 hS 28.W'h5
~16 29.W'I3 ~d4 30.~b6 -.e7 3Ule1
~2f] 24.W'b6?! (24.13 ~16 25.'tlt'b6± ]
24 ... 'tlt'c8? (24 ... Wb6 25.~b6 ~h4
26.l::tc2 (26.13 ~12 27.~cd5 l::td2 28.l::tc5
~h3 29.'it;>h1 ~12 30.~g1 ~h3=)
26...~12 27.l::tl2 ~12 28.'it;>l2 l:td2;:t]
25 .~d5 ~f8 (25 ... l:te4 26. ~e7 l::te7
27 .~d6 1t'l8 28.b4+-] 26.f3 ~ h6
27.1t'b3?? [27.~ce3! +-] 27... 1t'e6?
[27... 'ifh3 28.W e3 15 29.b3 le4 30.fe4
1t'e3 31 .~ce3 l::te4 32.l::tc4 l::td4=]
28.'ifc2?1 (28. ~de3± ] 28 ... ~f5?1
(28 ... 15;:t] 29...f2 [29.b3!? 'ilfg6 30 .~h1
'*'h6;!;] 29 ... h6?! [29... e7!] 30.b3?1
[30.~cb6!? ~e7 31.15±] 30 ...l:td3
31 .l::tb1 ~d4 32. ~ce3?1 (32.15]
32 ... W'g6? [32 .. .15!+] 33.'it;>h1
33 ...... h5?? [33 ... l::tb3=; 33... 't!i'c6oo]
34.~g4 'ifh3 35. ~de3?? [35.~e5
l:tb3 36.l::tb3 ~b3 37.15+- 6 38 .~14]
35 ...~f3 36 .• g2 . g2 37.'it;>g2 ~d4
38. ~d5 l::tb3? [38 ...l:td2 39.'it;>h3 15
40.el5 ~15 41.~b6 l::td4+; 38 ... 16
39 . ~ge3 (39.b4 cb4 40 .~ b4 l::td2 41.~12
~e6+) 39 ... ~b3 40.e5 'it;>f7 41 .el6 gl6+]
39.l::tb3 ~b3 40. ~ge3 ~d2 41.e5
c4 42. ~c5 43.'it;>e2 ~e3
44 . ~e3 c3 ~- ~
14 .. .'~c7 15.e3 l::tac8
Dautov,Rustem
Tiviakov,Sergey
Venlo NED·GER 2000 (1)
1.d4 ~f6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4. ~f3
~b4 5.~d2 ~e7 6 .~g2 c6 7.'tlt'c2
b6 8 .~f4 0-0 9.0-0 ~b7 10.l:ld1
li:lbd7 11.~c3 dc4 12 .~d2 ~d5
13. ~c4 ~f4 14.gf4 'it'c7 15.e3
l:t8c8
16.l::t8b1 [16.a4 ~16 (16...a5!?oo) 17.a5
~d5 (Franco Alonso-Herrera, Madrid 2000)
18.ab6 ab6 19.-.b3 b5 20 . ~e5 l:ta8
21 .l:lac1 'ilfd6 22.15±] 16... f6 [16 ...15
17.~e2 (17.~e5 l::tl6 18.~e2 ~es 19.fe5
l::tg6o:t) 17...l:tl6 18. ~g3 l:tg6o:t] 17.b4
[ 17.~e5 ! ?] 17... ~d5 [17 ... l:tld8 18.l::tdc1
~d5 19.a3 'ifb8 (19... ~18 20.'i!i'd1 'ife7
21 .'it'g4 16 22.W'h4 'iff7oo) 20.~e4
(Gulko-Begovac, Sombor 1974) 20 ... g6oo]
18.83 f5 [18 ... l::tld8!? 19.l:td2 ~18
20.'ilfb3 'ife7 21 .l::tc2 W'h4o:t] 19. ~e5
[19.l:tbc1 ~16 20.'iib3 'tlt'e7.,. Dautov]
19..• ~d6 20.l::tbc1 'it'e7 21 •.-84 86
22.'it'b3 [22 .~d5 cd5 23.'it'd7 l::tld8
24.1ie7 ~e7= Dautov] 22 ...g5 23.fg5
[23.~d5 cd5= Tiviakov] 23 ... ~e5
24.de5 • gs 25.<it;>h1 [25.14 • g7
26 . ~d5 cd5 27 .•b2=] 25...~ h8 26.f4
'tlt'h5 [26 ......g7 27.~d5 cd5 28.l::tc8 l:tc8
29.'ilt'b2= Dautov; 26... 'ilt'h4 27 .~d5 cd5
28.'ilfb2= Tiviakov] 27. d5 cd5
28. 'i!i'b2 l::tg8 [28 ... l::tc4!? 29.l:tg1 b5
30.'ti'l2 l::tlc8 31 .l::tc4 (31.~13 'ilt'h3)
31...bc4 32 .~13 'ilt'l7 33.h3 1Ve7 34.'it;>h2
~c6 (34 ...c3 35.l::tc1 aS 36.ba5 'ilfa3
37.l::tc2 'ilfas 38.'tih4 'ifd8 39 ..-d8 l:ld8
40.l::tc3= Dautov) 35.'it'd2 l:tg8'F] 29.l::tg1
l:lc1 30.l:lc1 l:lc8?! [30 ... l:tg7= Dautov;
30...'it'g4= 31 .1t'd2 'tlfg7 6 32 ... d4
Tiviakov; 30... ~c6!? 31 .'ifl2 (31 ..-c2
Survey Q/1 .3
~b5) 31...~a4 (31... ~5!?) 32 .~13 _.h3
33 .~g2 'ii'h5=] 31 .l::tc8 ~c8 32.h3?!
[32.1t'd4! -.e2 (32 ... b5 33.h3 -.17
34.-.cS! Dautov) 33.h3 -.bs 34.a4 -.a4
(34 ...-.c6 35.a5 baS 36.ba5! Dautov)
35.-..b6! Dautov] 32 ... 'ii'e8 33 ..-c2
• d7 34.-.t2 • d8 35 .~ h2 ~d7
36.~f3 a5 37.'it'e1 c.t>g8 [37...~b5!?]
38.~h5 8 39. ~f3 ~e8 40.b85
baS 41.'ii'c3 Y-1 - ~
Glerstad,Trond
Teeriaho,Tuomo
cr FIN-NOR 2011
1.d4 ~f6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4. ~f3
~b4 5 . ~d2 ~e7 6. ~g2 0-0 7.0-0
c6 8 ....c2 ~ bd7 9. ~f4 b6 10.l::td1
~ b7 11.~c3 dc4 12 . ~d2 ~d5
13. c4 f4 14.gf4 .-c7 15.e3
l:tfd8 16.83 l:tac8 17.b4 [17.l:tac1 -
16.l::tac1 ] 17...~f8 [17... ~16 18.l:lab1
~d5 19 .~e4 ~as 20. ~e5 16 21.~c4 15
22 .~ed2 ~16= Razuvaev-Bischoff,
Dortmund 1993; 1 7...~a6 18 .~e4 c5
19.dc5 ~c4 20.-.c4 bc5 21.'ilfa6 cb4
22.ab4 ~b4 23.-.a7 ~e7 24.'ilfc7 lH~
D.Evans-Pazderski, cr ICCF 2011]
18.l:lac1 [18.~e5 16 (1 8... g6 19.l:lac1
c5= Avrukh) 19.~c4 ~g6 (Zawadka-Hall,
cr Email 2003) 20.~e4 15 21..~h 1 oo ; 18.15
el5 ( 18... ~a6 19 .~e5 c5 (Brooks·Zuev, cr
ICCF 2009) 20.1e6 le6 21. c6!; 18... g6!?
19.fe6 ~e6oo) 19.-.15 g6 ( 19... ~d6!?
20.W'h3 -.e7 21.l::tac1 ~b8oo ) 20.~e4
(20.~e5 ~d6 21. ~13 'it'e7oo Avrukh)
20...~16 21 .l::tac1 '*'e7 22.14 (22 .~e2 ~18
23.~h1 l:tc7 24 .~14 ~c8oo Wang
Hao-Aimasi, Khanty-Mansiysk ol 2010)
22...~18 23.~e5! Laznicka·Aimasi, Paks
2010] 18...~g6
19 . ~e4 [ 19. ~h1 '*'b8 (19 ... h6!? 20.~e4
(20.15 el5 21.'it'l5 ~a6oo) 20... ~h4
183
 21.tt:le5 i.d6 22.'it'e2 W'e7 23.W'h5 15
24.i.h1 l:lc7oo) 20.15 el5 21...,15
(Filippov-L.Portisch, Warsaw Ech 2005)
21...i.a6 22.tt:le5 tt:le5 23.de5 l:ld1
24.l:ld1 i.c4=] 19.•.15 20.i.h1 c5
[20 ... ~h8 21.'it'b3 (21.tt:le5!? tt:le5 22.fe5
(22.de5 g5+='; 22...c5 23.tt:lb5 'it'bB
24.i.b7 'it'b7 25.bc5 bc5oo) 22... 'it'd7
23.tt:le2;!;) 21 ... c5 22.d5 i.IB (22 ... ed5
23.i.d5;t; 22...cb4? 23.d6! 'it'c4 24.W'c4
l:lc4 25.de7 l:lgB 26.tt:lb5 l:lc1 27.l:lc1
i.h1 28.tt:ld6 h6 29.e8W' l:leB 30.tt:le8+-
Avrukh) 23.d6 (Avrukh-L.Portisch, Panormo
tt 2001) 23... 'it'b8 24.tt:le5 c4 25.'*'a2
i.h1 26.tt:lf7 ~gB 27.tt:ld8 l:ldB 2B. c;1;.>h1 ~
Avrukh) 21.tt:lb5 [21 .d5 cb4 22.d6 'it'c4
23.de7 (23.i.b7 bc3 (23 ... i.d6 24.i.c8
l:lcB 25.l:ld6 (Avrukh) 25 ...bc3 26.l:ld3+-)
24.de7 tt:le7 - 23.de7; 24 ... l:ld1 25.l:ld1
l:leB 26.l:ld8 ~17 27.i.d5!=) 23... tt:le7
24.i.b7 bc3 25.i.c8 l:lcB 26.l:ld7 tt:ld5~
Avrukh) 21... b8 22.i.b7 'it'b7
23.dc5 W'f3 24.l:ld8 l:ld8 Y2·17
Zontakh,Andrey
Shimanov,Aiexander
Olginka tt 2011 (10)
1.d4 f6 2.c4 e6 3.tt:lf3 d5 4.g3
i.b4 5.i.d2 i.e7 6.i.g2 0-0 7.0-0
c6 8.W'c2 tt:lbd7 9.l:ld1 b6 10.i.f4
i.b7 11.tt:lc3 dc4 12.tt:ld2 tt:ld5
13.tt:lc4 tt:lf4 14.gf4 'it'c7 15.e3
l:lac8 16.a3 tt:lf6 (16 ...a5 17.a4 g6
(17 ... 15!? t::. ... l:ll6-h6; t::. ... g5) 18.tt:le4
l:lldB (18 ... l:lcd8!?) 19.l:lac1 c;t.>g7 20.b3 h6
21.'iWb1 ~h7 22. c3 15= O'Hare-Giorstad,
cr ICCF 2010; 16...15 17. e5 1:116
(17 ... tt:le5 18.fe5 (18.de5 l:lldB 19.e4 g6oo)
18...i.h4 19.tt:le2 g5 20.tt:lg3 c;t.>hB
21 .'iWb3 'iWe7+=') 18.l:ld3 (18.tt:le2 (Siger·
Jovanovic, Internet 2010) 18... tt:le5 19.1e5
l:lh6=) 18...tt:le5 19.de5 l:lg6 20.e4 c5
21 .l:lg3 l:lg3 22.hg3 '*'c6oo Ehrbar-Suto,
cr ICCF 2011) 17.b4 d5 18.tt:le5 f6
19.tt:ld3 ~ h8 20.l:lac1 W'd7 21.tt:le4
'ireS 22.tt:lg3 i.d6 23.'iWe2 ~-~
Laznicka,Viktor
Sokolov,Andrey
Germany Bundesliga 2007/08 (12)
1.d4 tt:lf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.tt:lf3
i.b4 5.i.d2 i.e7 6.i.g2 0-0 7.0-0
c6 8.W'c2 b6 9.i.f4 i.b7 10.l:ld1
184
tt:lbd7 11.tt:lc3 dc4 12.tt:ld2 tt:ld5
13.tt:lc4 tt:lf4 14.gf4 c7 15.e3
l:lac8 16.l:lac1 tt:lf6 17.a3 (17.tt:le5 c5
18.d5 (18.tt:le4 tt:le4 (18 ... l:lld8!? 19.dc5
l:ld1 20.l:ld1 i.e4 21 .i.e4 W'c5 22.Wc5
l:lc5=; 18... tt:ld5!? 19.'tlt'c4 (19.dc5 bc5
20.11i'e2 l:lldB=) 19...cd4 20 ....c7 l:lc7
21.l:lc7 tt:lc7 22.l:ld4 tt:ld5=) 19.i.e4 i.e4
20.W'e4 l:lldB (20 .. .16!? 21 .tt:ld3 W'c6
22.'ilt'c6 l:lc6 23.dc5 bc5 24.b3;!;/=) 21 .b4;!;
Thomas-Guidici, cr ICCF 2004) 18... ed5
19.tt:ld5 (19.i.d5 tt:ld5 20.tt:ld5 i.dS
21 .l:ld5 l:lcdB 22.l:lcd1 l:ld5 23.l:ld5
l:ldB=) 19...tt:ld5 20.i.d5 l:lcdB 21 .i.b7
W'b7 22.l:ld8 (22 ....a4 i.l6 23. d7 'il¥13
24.l:ld2 'tlt'g4 25.<i>!1 'it'h3 26 .~g1 'it'g4=)
22 ... l:ld8 23.l:ld1 l:ld1 (23 ...l:ld6 24.l:ld6
i.d6 25.W'd3 i.e7= Wenninger-Petsch,
Stuttgart 2010) 24.W'd1 g6= Mahjoob-
A.Sokolov, Turin ol 2006) 17... d5
18.tt:le5
18... 'i!i'd6 (18 ... 16?? 19.tt:ld5 ed5
20.i.d5+- Lautier; 18... l:lld8? 19.tt:ld5
ed5 20.i.h3± Lautier; 18... tt:lc3?! 19.'Wc3
'iWd6 20.W'c2 i.l6 21 .tt:lc6± ; 1B ...i.d6?!
19.'iWa4 tt:lc3 (19 ... i.e5 20.1e5 c5 21.tt:le4
i.c6 22.'ili'c4±) 20.l:lc3 i.eS 21.fe5 16
22.14 i.aB 23 ....c2!? (23.b4± Dautov;
Lautier-Tiviakov, Mondariz Balneario zt
2000) 23...1e5 24.de5 c5 25.l:ld6t Lautier]
19.tt:le4 (19.'ili'a4!?] 19 ... 'it'c7 20.'it'a4
aS [20 .. .16=] 21.tt:lc3 'i!i'd6 22. W'b3
i.d8 23.l:lc2 (23.tt:ld5 ed5 24.i.h3t)
23 ...'i!i'e7?? [23 ...16 24.tt:lc4;!;) 24.l:ldc1
i.c7 [24 ... l:lc7 25.tt:la4+-] 25.tt:ld5 cd5
26. c6 i.c6 27.l:lc6 l:lfd8 28.i.f1
g5 [28 ... l:ld7 29.l:l6c3+- t::. 30.i.b5]
29.i.a6 gf4 30.~c8 f3 31 .l:lc7 '*'95
32. 1 'it'g2 33. ~e1 'it'g1 34. ~d2
'it'f2 35 .~c3 ~h8 36. 'ilt'd1 [36.'ili'b6!?)
36 ... W'e3 37 .~c2 l:lg8 38.c;1;.> b1 f2
39.i.a6 l:lg1 40.i.f1 c;t.>g7 41 . ~a2
1-0
Aswin,Jayaram
Sundararajan,Kidambi
Jalgaon 2010 (8)
1.d4 tt:lf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.tt:lf3
i.b4 5.i.d2 i.e7 6.i.g2 0-0 7.0-0
c6 8.'iWc2 b6 9.l:ld1 tt:lbd7 10.i.f4
i.b7 11 . c3 dc4 12.tt:ld2 tt:ld5
13.tt:lc4 tt:lf4 14.gf4 'it'c7 15.e3
l:lac8 16.l:lac1 tt:lf6 17.a3 l:lfd8
18.b4 (18.tt:le5 c5 19.dc5 i.g2 20. ~g2
i.cS 21 .l:ld8 l:ldB= Prohaszka-L.Portisch,
Szentgotthard 2010] 18... b8 19.l:lb1
(19.tt:le4;!; t::. 20.15] 19... c5 (19 ... g6
20.tt:le4 tt:ld5 21 .tt:le5 (21 . g5 c5 22.dc5
bc5 23.b5 i.l6 24.tt:le4 i.g7oo) 21...16
22.tt:ld3 'llt'c7oo Davis-Kiausen, cr ICCF
2005] 20.i.b7 '*'b7 21 .dc5 bc5
22.b5 i.f8 23.tt:le5 l:ld1 24.l:ld1 a6
25.a4 ab5 26.ab5 tt:ld5 27.-.e4
l:ld8 28.15
28 ...l:ld6?? [28. ..'.b6 29.tt:ld5 ed5
30.l:ld5 'ii'b7;!;) 29.fe6+- fe6 30.tt:lc4
'iWd7 31.tt:ld6 tt:lc3 32.'it'c6 -.da
33.l:ld3 'it'g5 34.'iWg2 'it'h5 35.tt:le4
tt:ldS?? 36.l:ld5 -.ds 37. f6 1-o
Herrera,Aiex
Myers,David
cr ch·USA-18 2009
1.d4 tt:lf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.tt:lf3
i.b4 5.i.d2 i.e7 6.i.g2 0-0 7.0-0
c6 8.'it'c2 tt:lbd7 9.l:ld1 b6 10.i.f4
i.b7 11 .tt:lc3 dc4 12. d2 tt:ld5
13.tt:lc4 tt:lf4 14.gf4 'it'c7 15.e3
l:lac8 16.l:lac1 l:lfd8 (1 6... a6 17.tt:le4
(17.a3 aS!? 18.tt:le5 e5 19.1e5 l:lld8 20.14
i.a6 21 .'ii'f2 i.c4 22.tt:lb1 i.d5 23.i.d5!?
(23.e4 i.a2 24.tt:ld2 a4oo Troia-Makeev, cr
ICCF 2010) 23... l:ld5 (23 ... ed5 24.15;!;)
24.15 el5 25.tt:lc3 l:lddB 26.'it'l5;!;)
17... l:lld8 18.tt:lg5 g6 19.'it'e4 (19.tt:le4
i.aB 20.tt:le5 c5=) 19... c;t.>g7!?=; 19...i.a8?

(Bareev-Atlas, Panormo It 2001) 20. ttJe6!
fe6 21.'ii'e6 ..ttf8 22.15-J 17.a3 a6
[17... a5 18.'ii'b1 (18.15 ef5 19.W'f5 ~a6
20.~11 bS;:t) 18... ~a6 19.'ilfa2 (19 .~11=)
19... b5 20.ttJd2 'ii'b6 21.ttJde4 a4
(21...~b7!?) 22 .~h3oo Mochalov-Hohler,
Kaunas Ech sen 2012] 18.b4
18 ...a5 [18 ... ttJI6 19.W'b1 ttJdS 20.ttJe4
h6 (20 .. .16!?) 21 .ttJe5 ~18 22.l:lc2
(22.ttJc3!? A ttJa4, f5i) 22... W'e7
23.l:ldc1 'ilfe8 24.'ii'b3 f6;:t L6tscher-Atlas,
Switzerland It 2002] 19.b5 [19.W'b3!?]
19 ... ttJf6 20.W'b3 cbS 21.ttJb5 W'b8
22.'ilfd3 ..ig2 23.'0Pg2 .. b7 24.'1Pg1
'i'f3 25.'ii'f1 l:lc4 26.l:lc4 [26.W'c4?
1Zlg4 27.'ii'f1 ..ih4 28.W'g2 We2 29. c3
'i'f2 30.'ii'f2 ..if2 31 .'it.'g2 ..ieJ'F] Y2-Y2
Ni Hua
Wang Yue
Hefei ch-CHN rapid 2011 (7)
1.d4 ttJf6 2.c4 e6 3.ttJf3 d5 4.g3
5 ...id2 ..ie7 6. ~g2 0-0 7.0-0
c6 8.'ifc2 bd7 9.l:ld1 b6 10.~f4
~b7 11.ttJc3 dc4 12.ttJe5 ttJd5
13.ttJc4 ttJf4 14.gf4 'ii'c7 15.e3
l:lac8 16.l:lac1 l:lfd8
17.a4 [17.15 e5 (17...~6 18...if1 !?
(18.ltJd2 (Kottnauer-Aiatortsev, Moscow-
Prague It 1946) 18... ef5 19.'ii'f5 g6=)
18... ef5 19.ttJd6 (19.'ifl5 g6 20.'i'l3 b5
21 .ltJd2 'ii'b6oo) 19...'ifd6 20. ~a6 l:lb8
21.'ifl5 b5 22.a4 ba4 23.~c4g~?) 18.'ii'e4
(18.d5 cd5 19.ttJd5 ~d5 20.l:ld5 ttJI6
21.l:ld8 l:ld8'F Fey-Mass, Oberhof jr 1999)
18... ~16 19.'ii'g4 ed4 20.ed4 h6oo;
20... b5oo; 17.Wh1 ltJf6 (17 ... b5!? 18.ltJe5
(18.ttJd2 c5 19.d5 ed5 20.ttJd5 ~d5
21 ...id5 c4'F) 18... c5 19.dc5 (19.ttJd7 cd4
20.l:ld4 l:ld7 21 .l:ld7 'ii'd7 22.l:ld1 c7'F)
19 ...ttJc5'F) 18.ttJe5 c5 19.dc5= Tegsh-
suren-Shkapenko, Internet blitz 2004;
17. e4 h6 18.'ife2 ~8 19.ttJg3 c5
20 ...ia8 l:la8oo Silva-Revuelta Capablanca,
cr ICCF 2007; 17.W'e4 ltJI6 18.'i!fl3 ltJdS
19.ttJe4 16 20.a3 ~18 21.'ili'g3 'it.'h8
22.'i!fh4 1i'17oo Bajt-Meszaros, cr ICCF
2009] 17...ttJf8 18.'i!i'e2 [18.15!?)
18 ... ~a6 19.b3 ttJg6 20.~e4 [20 .. .15
21 ...ih1 ..if6 22.b4 1i'e7'F) Y2-Y2
Wang Hao
Almasi,Zoltan
Khanty·Mansiysk of 2010 (4)
1.c4 lDf6 2.d4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.ttJf3
~ b4 5 ...id2 ..ie7 6.~g2 0-0 7.0-0
c6 8 ...if4 ttJbd7 9.'i!t'c2 b6 10.l:ld1
~b7 11.ttJc3 dc4 12.ltJd2 d5
13.ttJc4 ttJf4 14.gf4 'i!fc7 15.e3
l:lfd816. l:lac1 l:lac8 17.a3
g •
.l.i.'if~.i.i.li
.l.l i 27.ttJg3 g6 28.14 ..ib7 29.'ii'c2 ~f6
17...lLlf8 [17... a5 18. (18.15 ef5 (18...e5!?
19.'ife4 ~16 20.d5 cd5 21 .ttJd5 ~d5 22.l:ld5
h6 23.W'c2 ttJc5 24.l:ld8 ..id8 25.b3 ttJd7
26.a4 ..ie7 27.l:ld1 lH2 Davis-Giaser, cr
ICCF 2011 ) 19.W'f5 ~6 (19... b5 20.ttJes
Survey Q/1 .3
ttJeS 21.1i'eS ..id6 22. g5 m 23.'1Ph1 h6
24.'ifg4g!? ..idS 25.ttJbS 'iWb6 26.ttJd6 l:ld6
27.l:lg1 l:lg6 28.1i'e4 l:le6 29.1i'g4 12-Y.!
Querci-Schakel, cr ICCF 2011) 20...il1 b5
(20... g6 21.'ii'e4 ..ic4 22...ic4 ttJI6 23.iff3
b5 24 ...ia2i Terreaux-Hafler, cr ICCF 2011 )
21.ttJd2 g6 22.-.-13 'i!ib7 23.~e2 b4;:t; 18.a4
..il8 (18...~6!?) 19.15 e5 (19... l:le8!?) 20.d5
cd5 21.~d5 .idS 22.ttJd5 'ii'c6 23.l:ld2 ttJc5
24.l0cb6 l:lb8 25.16 'i!i'e6 26.ttJe7 '~PhS
27.l:ld8 l:ld8 28.1i'c5 l:ld1 29.l:ld1 Y.!-12
Ziese-Adelseck, cr ICCF 2011) 18...h6 19...e2
(1 9.l:ld2 ~6 20.l:lcd1 ~7= Pe~eupold,
cr ICCF 2010; 19.ttJcJ ~18 20.a4 ~6
21.lLle4 ..ib4= D.Evans-Giacchetti, cr ICCF
2010) 19...~6 20.'ii'f3 (20.'\tg4? f5 21.1i'h3
c5 22.ttJe5 ttJeS 23.fe5 'i'b8 24.lQcJ ..ic4+
Troia-Mergard, cr ICCF 2009) 20...c5 21 .dc5
ttJc5 22.ttJe5 16 23.ttJcs ~c5 24.ttJc6 l:ld1
25.'ii'd1 'itd6=; 17... 'ili'b8 18.b4 (18.'\Wb1
~6 19.Va2 (Mochafov-Cvek, Plovdiv tt 2010)
19... g6=) 18.. ~6 (18... 18 (I.Schneider-
V.Atlas, Austria tt 2010/11 ) 19.15!? g6 (1 9... ef5
20.'i'f5 ttJd7 21.'i'e4i) 20.1e6 ttJe6 21.f4i)
19.ttJe4!? (1 9.'i'b3 c5 20.dc5 ..ic4 21. c4
bc5 22.b5 ttJb6 23.l:ld8 l:ld8 24.'i!t'a2 c4
25.a4 ~ 26.a5 ttJd5oo Vekshenkov-lug<Mli,
Krasoo;arsk ch-FUS 2003) 19... h6 20.ttJe5
~7 21.1i'e2 'i!i'a8 (21...l:lc7!?) 22.'i!i'g4i
Troia-Hoffmann, cr ICCF 2008; 17... ttJI6 18.b4
ttJd5 (18... h6!?) 19.ttJe5 'iWb8 20. 'i'b3 g6
21.l:lc2 Wg7 22.l:ldc1 16 23.ttJd3 ..Wd6oo
Kar1sen-Bennbom, cr ICCF 2011] 18.15
[18.ttJes h (Duzhafkov-V.Neverov, \bronezh
2011 ) 19.f5!?t] 18...ef5 19.'i'f5 ttJg6
20...ie4 ..if6 21 .b4 e7 22.ttJe2
[22.14!?] 22...ttJf8 [22... c5 23.~7 'iltb7
24.bc5 bc5 25.d5oo] 23~h1 l:lc7 24.ltJf4
..ic8 25.'i'e4 ttJe6 26. h5 ~h4
[29...15!?] 30.lLle5 ..ie5 [30 ...~g7=) 31 .de5
c5 32~b7 l:lb7 33.ttJe4 cb4 34.l:td8
'ifd8 35.l:ld1 'ifc7 36.~a4 [36.ttJI6
Wh8 (36...WIB 37."i!fc7 l:lc7 38.ab4±)
37.'ifc7 l:lc7 38.ab4±] 36... l:lb8 37. b4
[37.ab4!?] 37... l:ld8 38.ttJd6 [38.l:ld8 1i'd8
39.ttJI6 'IPQ7 40.Wf2 "i!fd3 41."i!fe7 1i'd2
42.WIJ "i!fd1 43.Wf2=] 38 ..."i!fc2 39.l:lf1
'ife2 [39...'ifd3!? 40.l:le1 (40...We1 ttJcst)
40...ttJg7 41."i!fd4 "i!fd4 42.ed4 ttJeG'F]
40...e4 41.'i'd4 'i!fg4 42.'1Ph1
'ife2 43.'0Pg1 '*'g4 44.'it.>h1 '*'e2
45.'0Pg1 Y2-Y2
185
GrUnfeld Indian Defence
A Spanner in Black's Works
by Vladimir Georgiev and Petar Arnaudov
1. d4 tLlf6
2. c4 g6
3. tLlc3 d5
4. e3 i.g7
5. 'ii'b3
In our computer-dominated era,
where all variation are being
analy ed in uch depth, white
player are forced to rotate
different ystem , especially
against the GrUnfeld Indian De-
fence where there is really a lot
of theory.
The main ubject of our Survey
i one of the ideline in the
GrUnfeld Defence, which we be-
lieve de erves its place under the
un: 5 ... e6 6.'fi'a3.
186
4.e3 Line Gl 3.1 (DBO)
The y tern with 6.'fi'a3 is solid
and po itional , the forced varia-
tions are not so many, but more
importantly, what is needed is a
good understanding of the po i-
tion arising. The danger in the
6.'fi'a3 ystem lie in the fact that
even the tronge t GrUnfeld
player in our time, Peter Svidler,
failed to equalize again t it with
the black pieces.
The problem that Black ha in
thi variation i that castling i
not immediately pos ible and
that he also ha to try many dif-
ferent way to protect the a3-f8 Dmltry Andreikln
diagonal.
position. We have included two
The Logical Manoeuvre more back-up lines with analy-
One of the main lines occur af- e : the rare but tricky 8. a4 in
ter 6 ... tLlc6 and 7 ... tLle7. A a the game Volke-Lutz and the
rule, such a manoeuvre look most com mon move 8.i.e2, with
trange, but it is quite logical. It the idea of LO.b4, which is quite
i very hard for White to achieve com mon nowaday , in the ga me
an advantage here, but our anal y- Alexand ro v-Syche .
es in the game Malaniuk-Stohl
proved that after 8.i.d3 and King in the Middle
LOJ:teLN In the game Ivanchuk-Mame-
dyarov, Black tried to play with
hi king in the centre with
6 .. .tLlbd7 and ... c7-c6, but after
8.b3 White' position looked
much more promi sing.
A Pleasant Endgame
In the game Eingorn-Bernard the
veteran Ukrainian Grandmaster
proved that the endgame after
6... e7 7. e7! is very pleasant
for White. ln thi game we have
White can reach a promi sing also analysed orne other sec-

ond-rate move uch a 6 ... ~f8,
6...tlJd7 and 7 ... c5. AU of the e
move lead to an advantage for
White.
A Radical Solution
In their recent book The Safest
Grunfeld, grandmaster Delchev
and Agrest offer the radical
5... dc4 for B lack. We have exam-
ined thi line in the game
Lenderman-Grearua , but it
eem that Bl ack did not com-
pletely equalize there.
Quite Passive
In our Survey we have analysed
one game with 5 .. .c6, but this
really belong to the Schlechter
Defence ( ee the Survey by
K.idarnbi e l ewhere in thl Year-
book). Thi move eem quite
pa siveand White' play is much
ea ier. Our model game for thi
variation i Andreikin-Kiimov,
which i quite in tructive.
The Main Line
The top game in our variation is
Jvanchuk-Svid ler. The Ukrai-
nian grandma ter created a won-
derful positional game, which
made quite an impres ion on us.
Predojevic tried to reinforce
The Logical Manoeuvre
6 .... ti:l c6 & 7 ... ti:l e7
Malaniuk,VIadimir
Stohl,lgor
Moscow of 1994 (4)
1.d4 lLlf6 2.c4 g6 3.lLlc3 d5 4.e3
i.g7 s.-..b3 e6 6.'ira3 lLlc6 7.lLlf3
0.e7 8.i.d3 [This is not the most popular
move but it is quite sensible and White has
good chances to play for an advantage in
this line] s...o-o 9.0-0 b6 1o.J:td1 [A) It
is too early for lO.cdS?! edS 11.lLleS (11.e4
de4 12.lLle4 i.b7 13.i.gS lLlf5=) 11 ...i.IS;
B) 10.J:te1!N (White is waiting for Black's
bishop to come to b7 before taking cdS)
Black' game with IO ... c5, but
after the rather logical 13.a3 we
definitively prefer White'
chances.
The most erious test for the
6.'ifa3 line, in our opinion, is
6 ... a5, 7 ...c6 and ... ttJa6-b4. Thi
line wa prefen·ed by Peter
Svidler in hi s recent blitz game
against Andreikin and it wa rec-
ommended for Black by Bori
Avrukh in hi late t book.
After White' 8.~e2? in
Andreikin-Svidler Black look
OK, in pite of the fact that
White can probably get orne
compen ation for the pawn. We
have examined the only plausi-
ble move here, 8.b3, in the game
Ibragimov-Roiz.
We assert that the only move that
may pretend to an advantage
after 8 ... ttJa6 is 9. ~e2!.
10.....ib7 11 .cdS edS 12.b4
K
i.i.i
i
'if .i.
~i.i.i
~·
Vi
~ ~'
0J9..~0J
~ ~ ~~
l::t ~ n
<;t>
This is one of the critical positions in our
Survey. It resembles the Carlsbad structure.
White's main ideas here are:
Survey Gl 3.1
Thi move i much better than
Kortchnoi 's 9.c5 and also better
than 9. ~d2 , which i another
move in thi position. The idea of
our recommendation is to keep
the bishop on c I , where it i
better po ted (it is not hang ing
and it can go to b2), and then to
make our u eful move 0-0 and
l:td I a oon a po sible. IT you
want to play thi variation as
White, we recommend you to
thoroughl y review our anal y is
here and to periodically check
the databa e for new games in
thi line.
Conclusion
The 6.'ifa3 variation is not the
mo t topical line with in the
Gri.infeld, but it definitely i
quite tricky, and we recommend
that you add it to your opening
repertoire. The fact that uch
player as the current 20 12
Ru ian champion Dmitry
Andreikin , Vasi ly Ivanchuk and
Alexey Alexandrov have played
thi s line, confirm our opini on
that it de erve serious attention.
If you want to reach playable,
unforced and rather interesting
po ition., you hou ld by all
means try the 6.fVa3 variation.
1. Put the queen on b3 and push a2·a4.
2. Develop the bishop to b2 and try to
create threats along the c-file.
3. If Black plays ... c7 ·C6 or tries to put the
bishop on the c8·h3 diagonal. White can
open the game with e2·e4.
4. The f3·knight has a great square on eS
from where it can focus on c6 and 17.
S. Wait for the appropriate moment to
open the game with e2-e4.
12... lLle4 (12...a6 13.1t'b3 c6 14.a4 i.c8
1S.i.b2 .itS 16.i.IS lLJIS 17.bS! cS 18.dc5
bcS 19.l:tad1;!;; 12... c6 13...ib2 bS 14.1t'b3
lLlc8 1S.a4 a6 16.e4;!;) 13.i.b2 aS (Black
must play this sooner or later. 13...c6? is
impossible because the e4-knight is hanging:
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 14.l0e4 de4 15 .~e4 ; 13... l:l.e8 14.b5;
13... l0c8 14.b5! (now ...a7-a5 is no longer
possible and the a7·pawn can become a
weakness at some point) 14... l0cd6
15.W'b3 l0c3 1 6 .~c3 e4 17.l:l.ac1 a6
18.a4 ab5 19.ab5 l0c3 20.W'c3) 14.b5
(taking the important c6·square under
control) 14...l0f5 15.l:l.ac1 l0fd6
(15 ...l0ed6 16.'li'b3!) 16...-b3! ; 10... dc4!?
11. ~c4 l0f5! (11...~7 12.e4!!) 12. ~a6
c5 13.dc5 ~6 14.'ifa6 bc5 15.'ifc4oo
White has a better pawn structure, but he
has some problems developing his pieces]
10...~ b7 11 .cdS lOedS 12. ~d2
l0c3 13.~c3 l0e4 14 . ~ b4 l:l.e8
1S . ~a6 'ifc8 16 . ~ b7 "it'b7 17.l:l.ac1
cS 18.~e1 l:l.ed8 19.dcS lOcS Y-2-Y-2
Volke,Karsten
Lutz,Christopher
Bad Neuenahr ch-GER 1991 (11)
1.d4 l0f6 2.c4 g6 3.l0c3 dS 4.e3
~g7 S.'it'b3 e6 6.'li'a3 l0c6 7.l0f3
l0e7 8.'li'a4 [This move is less popular
than the main line 8.~e2 , but it is quite
playable in our opinion] 8 ••. c6 [8 ... ~d7!?
9.11t'b3 0-0 (9 ...c5 10.cd5 l0ed5 11.l0d5
ed5 12.1i'b7 l:l.b8 13.'li'a7 c4 14. ~e2=)
10.~e2 dc4 11.'li'c4 ~c6 12.0-0 l0e4
13.l0e5 l0c3 14.'ifc3 d5 15.'ifc5!]
9 .~d3 0-0 1 0.0-0 l0d7
-*-~ x•
'' .,..,.,.i.i
' i i l0d7 13.14 l0f5 14.l:l.d1 ·~t'e7=) 12... l0ed5
i 13.l0d5 ~d5 14 . ~b2 l0e4 15.l:l.ac1 a5
f::,f::,
ttJ ~t::.ttJ
f::,f::, f::,f::,f::,
1::[ .i 1::[\t>
11.e4? [11 .'ii'b3! (now it has become
difficult for Black to play either ... c7-c5 or
... e7-e5) 11 ...dc4 (11 ...c5 12.cd5 ed5
13.'ii'a3 c4 14 . ~e2 a6 15.b3 l0b6 16. d2
~e6 17.l:l.b1! and it seems that White's
play is easier here; 11...e5? 12.cd5 ed4
13.ed4 cd5 14 .~g5! !) 12. ~c4 e5 13.l:l.d1
ed4 14.l0d4 'it'c7 15.e4 b5 16. ~e2 a6
17 .~g5 l:l.e8 18.l:l.ac1 !] 11...cS 12.edS
cd4! =F 13.l0e4 edS 14.cdS l0b6
1S.'ifa3 lOedS 16.~gS 'ii'd7
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17.l:l.fd1 h6 18. ~h4 1i'a4+ 19.'ifd6
~g4! 20.W'g3? fS! -+ 21.l0d6 ~f3
22. W'f3 'ii'd7 23.l0c4 gS 24. b6
ab6 2S .~c4 l:l.ad8 26.l:l.d4 ~d4
27.l:l.d1 bS 28 .~ b3 l:l.fe8 29. 1
'ii'e6 30.g3 W'e4 31. 'ii'e4 l:l.e4 32.f3
l:l.e3 33.l:l.d4 l:l.b3 0-1
Alexandrov,Aiexey
Sychev,Kiementy
St Petersburg 2011 (4)
1.d4 l0f6 2.c4 g6 3.l0c3 dS 4.e3
~g7 s.'ii'b3 e6 6.'li'a3 l0c6 7.l0f3
l0e7 8 .~e2 0-0 9.0-0 b6 [9 ... dc4 10.e4
"itd6 11.b3!? (11.'li'a4!) 11...cb3 12.e5
.i.
'ifa3 13.~a3 l0fd5= Holzl·Groszpeter,
Balatonbereny 1989] 10.b4
.i.'iW
' .t. ' .,.i.i.i
,.,.,
i
f::,f::,f::,
'if ttJ t::.ttJ
f::, ~f::,f::,f::,
.1::[ ~ 1:1~
[This is one of the new trends in this line.
White is trying to gain some space on the
queenside and to prepare ~2] 10.•• ~b7
[10 ...dc4! is the best move here now that
White has prevented Black from pushing
... c7-c5: 11. ~c4 ~b7 12 .~e2 (12.l0e5!?
16.b5 l:l.c8 17.l0e5 ~e5 18.de5 l0d2
19.e4 (19.l:l.fd1!? 'ii'g5 20.g3 l013 21.~13
~f3 looks quite dangerous for White)
19...l0e4 20.'ii'e3 l0c5= Bocharov-
Cheparinov, Moscow 2011] 11 .~ b2?!
[11.c5! l0d7 (11 ... l0e4 12 .~b2 f5
13.l:l.ac1!) 12 .~b2 c6 13.l:l.ab1 e5 14.de5
l0e5 15.l0e5 ~e5 16.~d3!] 11 ... dc4
12 .~c4 [12.l:l.fd1] 12... lOedS!?
[12... ~f3! 13.gf3 l0fd5 14.l:l.ac1 c3
15 . ~c3 f5 16 . ~e2 h4 17.Wh1
'ifd5-+] 13. e2 [13.l0d5 ~d5 14 .~d5
'it'd5 15.l:l.fc1 l:l.fc8 16.'ifa6! with a slight
advantage for White. Now White's plan is to
double on the c-file and to jump to e5 with
the knight at the appropriate moment]
13 .•. e4 14.'ii'b3 aS 1S.a3 hS?!
[15 ...l0d6!? 16 .~d3 f5oo] 16 . ~d3 l0df6
17.bS gS? [This is quite optimistic]
18.'li'c2 'ifdS 19. e1 'ii'd7 20.a4
d6 21 .l0f3 ~f3 22.gf3 lOdS
23.l:l.ac1 l0b4 24.'it'b1 l0d3 2S.'it'd3
lOtS 26.'it'e4 l0h4 27.<i;;h1 'irdS?
[27 ... l:l.ac8! 28.l:l.g1 f6 29.l:l.c6] 28.'it'dS
edS 29.f4! +- f3 30.fgS l0d2
31.l:l.g1 11Je4 32.l:l.g2 l:l.ac8 33. f4
l:l.fd8 34.f3 l0d6 3S.lOdS l:l.e8 36.e4
~ h7 37.l:l.gc2 1-0
King in the Middle
6 .. .l!J bd7
lvanchuk,Vasily
Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar
Beijing blindfold 2011 (3)
1.d4 l0f6 2.c4 g6 3. c3 dS 4.e3
~g7 S.W'b3 e6 6.'i t'a3 bd7 7.l0f3
i
f::,f::,
ttJ t::. CZJ
f::, f::, f::,f::, f::,
~ ~~ 1:1
7 ...c6 [7 ...~f8 8.'li'b3 c6 9.cd5 (9.~d3
~g7 10.0-0 0-0 11.l:l.d1 'ii'e7 12 .~d2 dc4
13.~c4 e5! 14. e5 e5 15.de5 'ife5
16.a4 'ii'c7 (16... g4 17.f4 'li'e7 18.h3
11Jf6 19.a5 ~f5) 17.13 d7?! 18.l0e4 11Je5
19 .~c3 l0c4 20.~g7 <i;;g7 21 .'it'c4±
L.Lengyei-I.Molnar, Budapest ch·HUN 1961)
9... ed5 10.~d3 ~g7 11. a3 ~f8 12."i¥a4
~g7 13.b4 0-0 14."i¥b3 a6 15.0-0 l:l.e8
16.a4 b6 17.~b2 ~b7 18.a5 b5 19.l:l.fe1
l0e4 20 .~e4 de4 21 . d2 'ifh4 22.g3
'ifh3 (22... 'it'g4? 23. ce4!± Porat-De
Groot, Buenos Aires ol 1939) 23.l0ce4 c5
24.'it'f7 ~ 25.l0g5 <i;;e7 26.l0h3 cb4
27.l:l.ac1 l:l.ac8 28.l0f4!; 7...a6 8.~d2
(8.cd5! ed5 9 .~d3 ~f8 10.'ilt'b3 c6
11 .e4!) 8...b6 9.cd5 ed5 10 . ~e2 ~b7
11 .0·0 ~f8 12....b3 ~d6 13.l0g5 0-0=
Strater-P.Popovic, Germany Bundesliga
2009/10; 7... c5 8.cd5 ed5 9.dc5 0·0 10.~e2

(10.b4! aS 11..Q.b2 tile4 12.tild5 .Q.b2
13.'i'b2 ab4 14 .~c4 tildc5 1S.l:ld1 ;!;)
10...'i'e7 11 .Q-O? (11.b4;!;) 11 ... tilc5=
Ortega Hermida-Kurajica, Las Palmas 2010]
8.b4 [8.b3!?N ~f8 9.'i!i'b2 tile4 10.tile4
de4 11.tild2 fS 12.c5 The position remains
complex, but WMe's chances seem
preferable] 8•.• dc4 9. ~c4 bS 10.~d3
aS 11.~d2 [11 .Q-O! .Q.b7 ( 1 1...~e7?!
12.baS b4 13.'i!i'a4 bc3 14.'trc6 l:lb8 15.a6)
12.e4 ~f8 13.-.b2 ab4 14.tile2 with very
good compensation for the pawn] 11 .....We7
12.l:lb1 o-o 13.o-o eS'l' 14.tile4?!
.ib7! 1S.'it'c1 tile4 16.~e4 ed4
17 .~c6 l:lac8 18.~ b7 l:lc1 19.l:lfc1
li:leS+ 20.tileS de3 21 .~e3 ~ b7
22. 6 a4 23.l:lc2 ~d7 24.l:lbc1 a3
25.l:ld2 ...e6 26.tild4
26...~d4 27.~d4 l:ld8 28.h3 hS
29. 1 'ilt'fS 30.l:le1 q;>h7 31.13 gS
32. W'f4 33.l:led1 h4 34. ~g1
'.Pg6 3S. l:ld6 36.>Pg1 fS
37.J:ld3 l:ldS 38.l:l1d2 'i'd6 0-1
Rakhmanov,Aiexander
Nepomniachtchi,lan
Dagomys ch-RUS jr 2009 (3)
1.d4 tilf6 2.c4 g6 3.tilc3 dS 4.e3
~g7 s.~ b3 e6 U !fa3 c6 7.tilf3
tilbd7 [7 ...dc4 8.~c4 as 9.~e2 tila6
10.0-0 bS 11.~b3 0-0 12.a3 .Q.b7 13.l:ld1
'*le7 14.~d2 tild7 15.e4;!; Vorobiov-
TIIicheev, Moscow 2012] 8.~d3!? dc4
9.~c4 bS 1O.~e2 aS 11 . b3 o-o
12.o-o ~a6 13.e4 b4 14. · 6 l:la6
15.tila4 'it'b8 16.eS [16.l:le1 ! eS
(16... l:lc8 17.~g5 c5 18.~c4 'it'b7 19.dc5
J:lac6 20.~f6 ~f6 21 .e5 ~g7 22.tild4 l:lc5
23.tilc5 l:lc5 24.-.b3 tileS 2S.l:lada Black
definHely has real compensation for the
exchange but White still has his chances for
a win) 17.tilc5 tilc5 18.dc5 l:le8 19.~gs
and White's position looks slightly better]
16...tildS 17.tilgS?! [17.~e3! ? c5
18.tilc5 tilc5 19.dc5 ~es 20.~d4 ~d4
21.tild4=] 17... cs 18.~d3 l:lc6
19.'i'h3 h6 20.tilf3 hS 21.~d2 l:lfc8
22.l:lad1 'it'bS 23.b3 c4'l' 24.tilgS c3
2S.'i'f3 f6 26.ef6 tilSf6 27 ~c1 'i'fS
28.~e2 tildS 29.g3 tilc7 30.h3
30 ... tilbS? [30 ... c21 31 .l:ld3 tilbS 32.d5
tileS+ ] 31.dS c2 32.dc6 cd1 'iii'
33.l:ld1 tild4 34. 'i!t'e3= l:lc6 3S . ~b2
'ifgS [35 ...eS!? 36.~d4 l:ld6] 36. gS [~
36.~d4 e3 37 .~e3=] 36 ...tilt3
37 •..tg2 tilgS 38 .~g7 Wg7 39.l:ld7
6 40.h4 tile4 41.<i>f3 tilc3 42.l:la7
tila4 43.ba4 l:lcS 44.Wf4 l:lc2
4S.c;Pe3 l:la2 46.l:laS eS 47.l:la8 ~fS
48.aS J:la3 49 .~e2 ~e4 SO.l:lb8
l:la2 S1 .Wf1 Wf3 S2.l:lf8 ~e4
S3.l:lb8 l:laS Y2 -Y2
A Pleasant Endgame
6 ... 'i!Ve7
Eingorn,Viacheslav
Bernard,Jacques
Geneva 2001 (1)
1.d4 tilf6 2.c4 g6 3.tilc3 dS 4.e3
~g7 S.'ilt'b3 e6 6.'iYa3 -.e7?! [This
exchange is always good for WhHe because
he has an advantage in the ensuing
endgame. 6... tilc6 7.tilf3 'ife7?! (this move
is bad as usual) 8.'it'e7 tile7 9.tilb5;!;
Kjartansson-Szeberenyi, Budapest 2008. Now
Black is forced to play 9... Wd8 and wHh this
king in the centre, White obtained a long-term
initiative; 6...~18?! 7.'i!fb3 (7.'ifa4! ~d7
8.'i'b3 dc4 9.~c4 tilc6 10.~e2 as 11.tilf3
~g7 12.Q-0;!; and it has become clear that
WhHe has a pleasant advantage because of
Survey Gl 3. 1
his more naturally placed pieces. Now Black is
without serious counterplay and WhHe can
simply improve his position wHh e2-e4, ~gS,
l:lfd1 , l:lact: 12... o-o 13.~d2 (13.'i'b71tilb4
14.tile5±) 13...a4 14.'it'd1 a3 15.ba3 l:le8
16.a4?! (16.'i'b3!) 16...es 17.d5 s 18.e4;!;
O.Jakobsen-Winsnes, Sweden It 2004/05)
7...~g7 8.'i'a3 ~f8 9. b3 c6 10.tilf3
tilbd7 11.~e2 (11.~d3! ~d6 12.o-o o-o
13.l:ld1 ;!;. This is what White is aiming for -
to reach a Meran-type position where both
sides have wasted a couple of tempos. White
is just slightly better. Also the weakened dark
squares around Black's king might be
important when the game is opened up.
White's next move will be e3-e4) 1 1...~d6
12.D-O Q-0 13.'ifc2;!; O.Jakobsen-M.D.
Tseitlin, Condino Wch-sen 2009] 7.'. -e71
~e7 8.b3;!; l:ld8 9~a3 q;>es 10.l:lc1
c6 11.tilf3 aS 12~e2 ~f8 13.~f8
8 14.tila4 tilbd7 1S.o-o ~e7
16.l:lfd1 h6 17. 1 l:lb8 18.tild3 b6
19.tile5 tileS 20.de5 tild7 21 .cdS
cd5 22.f4 bS 23.tilc3 b4 24.tila4
~b7 2S. · S l:ldc8 26~d7 l:lc1
27.l:lc1 Wd7 28.J:lcS ~c6 29.l:laS
· 4 30.l:la4 l:lb7 31 .J:la6 'iPc7
32. ~b8 33.g4 l:lbS 34.h4 Wb7
3S.l:la4 hS 36.ghS ghS 37. ~ b6
38.l:la8 J:lcS 39.l:lb8 'itaS
40.a3 1-0
A Radical Solution
s.~b3 dc4
Lenderman,Aiex
Greanias,Steve
Orlando 2011 (3)
1.d4 tilf6 2.c4 g6 3.tilc3 dS 4.e3
~g7 s. b3 dc4 [This is the variation
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 which GMs Delchev and Agrest offered in
their book against our system (Chess Stars
2011 )] 6 .~c4 0-0 7.lt:lt3 lt:lc6!?
[Objectively 7... c5! is the best move here:
8.d5!? (8.dc5!? 'iVa5 9.lt:le5 lt:le4
(9...e6!?=) 10 .~17 {10.lt:lf7 lt:lc5 11.lt:lg5
..t>h8 12.1t'c2 ~f5 13.e4 lt:le4 14.lt:le4
~e4 15.1We4 ~c3 16. ~f1 ~g7oo with a
very complicated position) 10... ..t>h8 11.14
~e5 12.fe5 e6?! (12...lt:lc5 13.1t'c4 ~f5oo)
13.0-0 lt:lg5 14 .~e8 l:te8 15.h4i
Alexandrov-Kiimov, St Petersburg 2010;
8.0-0N cd4 9.lt:ld4 lt:lbd7 1O.l:td1 a6
11 .~d2 e5 (this is the line which the
authors of 'The Safest Gninfeld'
recommended, but Predojevic goes deeper
in his comments and claims that things are
far from clear) 12.lt:lf3 b5 (12...e4 13.lt:ld4
lt:lc5 14.'i!fa3 b6 15 .~e1 ~c7 16.h3 ~b7
17.l:tac1 ;!;) 13.~e2 ~b7 14.a4 e4 15.lt:ld4
lt:lc5 16.'iVa3i) 8...lt:lbd7 9.e4 lt:lb6
10.~e2 e6 11 .d6 e5 12.'i!t'd1 ( 12 .~e3
W d6 13.l:td1 'i!fc7 14.'iVa3 lt:lbd7
15 . 0·0~) 12 ... ~g4 13. ~e3 ~f3 14.gf3
lt:lh5 15.1i'd2 lt:lf4 16.~f4 ef4 17.1t'f4
l:te8~ Kortchnoi-Greenfeld, Ramat Aviv
2000, with very pleasant compensation for
Black] 8. ~e2 d7
9.cjS!? [9.D-O!i, when Black's main idea is
just bad: 9...e5? 10.d5 lt:le7 11 .e4± ]
9 •.. lt:lceS 10.lt:ld4 cS 11 .dc6 lt:lc6
12.lt:lc6 bc6 13.0-0 lt:lb6 14.l:td1
'ifc7i [The pos~ ion is very close to equal,
but White managed to outplay his opponent
who had 400 less elo points] 1S. ~c2
~ b7 16.lt:le4 l:tad8 17. ~d2 lt:ldS
18.lt:lcS ~c8 19.l:tab1 l:td6 20.~f1
l:tfd8 21.e4 lt:lb6 22. ~f4 eS 23. ~e3
l:td1 24.l:td1 l:td1 2S . ~d1 ~f8
26.W'd2 lt:ld7 27.'iVc3 lt:lcS 28 .~cs
~cs 29.'ifcs ~e6 30.a3 c;t>g7 31 .b4
Wf6 32. ~ bS ~d7 33. ~a4 c;fo>e6
34. ~b3 6 3S.h4 hS 36.~dS ~e8
190
37.bS 'ife7 38.'ife7 We7 39.bc6
~d6 40.f3 f6 41 .Wt2 gS 42.g3 gh4
43.gh4 fS 44...t>e3 fe4 4S. ~e4 aS
46.f4 ef4 47. 4 ~c6 48.~c6 ..t>c6
49.c;fo>gS WbS SO ...t>hS ..t>a4 S1 .Wg6
w a3 S2.hS Wb2 S3.h6 1-0
Quite Passive
S.'it'b3 c6
Andreikin,Dmitry
Klimov,Sergey
Kallithea tt 2008 (3)
1.c4 g6 2.d4 lt:lf6 3.lt:lc3 dS 4.e3
~g7 S. ~b3 c6 [Our Survey cannot be
complete without including this line, which
could also arise from the Slav Defence]
6.lt:lf3 0-0 7. ~d2 e6 [7 ... dc4 8. ~c4
lt:lbd7 9.l:td1 lt:lb6 10.~e2 ~e6 1 1.~c2
~c4 12.e4 ~e2 13.lt:le2i V.Mikhalevski-
Kretchetov, Las Vegas 2009] 8.~d3
lt:lbd7 9.0-0 b6 10.cdS edS 11 .a4!
[11.e4 de4 12.lt:le4 c5 13.lt:lf6 lt:lf6 14.dc5
bc5 15.l:tfd1 ~e6=] 11 ...a6 12.aS! bS
13.'fi'a3i l:te8 14.lt:le2 lt:le4 1S. ~b4
fS 16.l:tac1± ~b7 17.l:tc2 'i!t'f6
18.lt:lf4 ~f7 19.~e2 gS 20.lt:ld3
l:te6 21.lt:ltes lt:leS 22.lt:leS ~es
23.deS l:teS 24.f3 lt:lt6 2S.t4 gf4
26.l:tf4 l:tae8 27. ~cs 'i!t'e6 28.l:tt3
lt:lg4 29.~d4 l:te4 30. ~d3 l:td4
31.ed4 'ili'e1 32 . ~f1 'i!'e4 33. ~ c3
lt:le3 34.i.d3 'iVg4 [A fine game by the
2012 Russian champion] 1-0
The Main Line
6 ... a5
lvanchuk,Vasily
Svidler,Peter
Moscow 2011 (1 )
1.d4 lt:lf6 2.c4 g6 3.lt:lc3 dS 4.e3
~g7 S.'.. b3 e6 6 .'~'a3 aS 7.lt:lf3
lt:lc6 8. ~d2 lt:lb4 9.'i!t'a4 ~d7
10.'*'b3 dc4 [10 ...c5! (this move was
suggested by GM Predojevic in his
comments) 11 .dc5 dc4 12.~c4 ~c6 13.a3!
(this is our suggestion. 13.l:td1 ?! lt:ld7
14.lt:la4 0-0 15 .~b4 ab4 16. ~b4; 16.lt:lb6
~e7 17.lt:la8 lt:lc5 18 .~c2 l:ta8 19.0-0
~f3 20.gf3 lt:la4~ was indicated by
Predojevic) 13...lt:ld3 (13 ...lt:la6 14.~6
l:ta6 15.0-0 0-0 (15...lt:ld7 16.e4 lt:lc5
17.'ii'c4 lt:ld7 18.l:tfd1 0-0 19 .~e3 and
White has some pressure) 16.lt:ld4i)
14 .~d3 'it'd3 15.lt:le5 'iff5 16.lt:lc6 bc6
17.'it'c4 - White is a healthy pawn up and
Black should work harder to prove his
compensation] 11. ~c4 ~c6
12.a3 [This logical move was a novelty at
the time] 12...lt:lbdS [12...~f3!? 13.gf3
lt:lbd5 1H!t'b?;t is another pawn sacrifice
which is not quite correct] 13.lt:leS 0-0
14.lt:lc6 bc6 1S.ii'c2 ii'e7 16.0-0i
[White has a pleasant advantage, because
of a better pawn structure and his two
bishops] 16... cS 17.lt:le2 cd4 18.lt:ld4
cS 19.lt:lbS l:tfc8 20.l:tfd1 lt:lg4
21.h3 lt:leS 22. ~e2 c4 23.l:tac1 hS
24.tLlc3 lt:lb6 2S.lt:le4 lt:ldS 26.lt:lc3
lt:lb6 27.lt:le4 lt:ldS 28 . ~e1 l:tab8
29 •..t>h1 lt:ld7 30.l:tb1 tZlcS 31.~c4
lt:lb6 32.~bS lt:ldS 33.a4 lt:la6
34.'*'e2 lt:lab4 3S.l:tbc1 l:tc7
36.lt:lc3 l:tbc8 37.lt:ldS edS 38.l:tc7
l:tc7 39.b3 ~c3 40.l:tc1 'i!'t6 41 .'it't3
'ires 42.'it'g3 'ifg3 43.tg3 ~es
44.l:tc7 ~c7 4S.Wg1 lt:lc2 46 . ~d2
~ b6 47. d4 48.e4 d3 49.Wf1
lt:le3 so.w e1 lt:lg2 S1 .c;t>d1 h4
S2.gh4 tZlh4 53.b4 ab4 S4 .~b4 lt:lt3
SS.aS ~d4 S6 . ~e7 fS 57.ef5 gfS
58 . ~d8 S9. ~b6 w e6 60 .~d4
lt:ld4 61 . ~d3 1-0
Andreikin,Dm itry
Svidler,Peter
Astana Wch blitz 201 2 (3)
1.c4 g6 2.d4 lt:lf6 3.tZlc3 dS 4.e3
~g7 5.'il'b3 e6 6.'*'a3 aS 7.lt:lf3
[7.~d2 c6 8.lt:lf3 dc4 9.'lli'a4 b5 10. c2
 Survey Gl 3.1

a4 Zubov-Krasenkow, Warsaw rapid 2009,
and White has some compensation for the
pawn] 7... c6 a..te2? [This already is a
big mistake, but this was a blitz game,
where things can easily go wrong] a...dc4
9.b3 [9..tc4?? b5-+ ; 9.9a4! is similar to
Zubov-Krasenkow] 9... bS 10.'ii'b2 b4
11./t.:\a4 c3+ [Black is virtually winning]
12.'i'c2 0-0 13.e4 tt:lbd7 14.0-0
'ffc7 1S..tgS cS 16.l:lad1 .tb7
17.e5 tt:ldS 18.dcS tt:lcS 19.l:ld4
liJd7 20.l:lc4 1i'b8 21.ttlcs tt:lcS
22.l'.tc5 l'.tcB 23.l:lc8 'i'cB 24.h4 h6
25. ~c1 .ta6 26. · 6 -.as 27.hS
ghS 28.l:ld1 a4 29.'i'e4 ab3 30.ab3
'ffa2 31 .tt:ld4 l:lcB 32.<~i' h2 'i!i'f2
33.l'.td3 'ilff1 34.ttle2 0-1
lbragimov,lldar 11..te2 0-0 12.0-0 tt:le4 13.l:lad 1 ttld2
Roiz,Michael (13... b6 14.cd5 tt:lc3 15..tc3 tt:ld5 16..td2)
Internet blitz 2003 (1) 14.'ilfd2 cd4oo 15.ed4 b6 16.a3 tt:lc6
1.c4 g6 2.d4 tt:lf6 3.tt:lc3 dS 4.e3 17.cd5 ed5 18.tt:le5= White still has some
.tg7 S.'i'b3 e6 6.'i'a3 aS 7.tt:lf3 c6 chances but Black should be able to
8.b3 tt:la6 [This is the variation which GM equalize] 11.a3 tt:la6 12•.te2 [12 ..td3!?
Avrukh recommends for Black in his book] c5 13.cd5 tt:ld5oo] 12... b6 13.0-0 .tb7
9..td2!? [9..te2! is our recommendation: 14.l:lfd1 'i'e71S.tt:la4 tt:ld716.l:lac1
9... tt:le4! (9... ti:\b4!? (with the bishop still on l:lfcB 17.cdS edS 18.b4 ab4 19.ab4
c1 this attempt is not so strong) 10.'i'b2 bS 20.tt:lcS tt:lacS 21 .bcS l:la4
tt:le4 (10...c5!? (Avrukh) 11 .a3 tt:lc6 12.0-0 22 ..tb4 l:lcaa 23.l'.ta1 tt:lf6 24.l:la4
0-0 13.l:ld1 b6 14.tt:la4! (1 4.'ilfc2?! cd4 l:la4 2S.l:la1 l:la1 26.'i'a1 tt:le4
15.ed4 .tb7 16..tf4 l:lcB 17.h3 tt:le7= 27.'i!i'a7 'i'c7 28.h3 .tf6 29.tt:leS
Avrukh) 14... tt:le4 15.'ilfc2 .tb7 16..tb2
cd4D 17.ed4;!; and White is ready to push
c4-c5 on the next move, with a very
promising position) 11.0-0 c5 12.l:ld1 b6
13.a3 tt:lc6 14.cd5 ti:lc3 15.'ii'c3 9 d5
16..tb2 cd4 17.tfc1!;!;) 10..tb2 (10.'i!i'b2!
0-0 11 .0-0 tt:lac5 (11...c5 12.a3! cd4 13.ed4
and the bishop on c1 becomes active)
12.ttle4 tt:le4 13.Wc2;!;) 10... tt:lb4 11 .l:lc1
0·0 12.0·0 b6 13.l:lfd1 oo .tb7 14.cd5 cd5
Black's position seems fine; 9.c5?! tt:ld7
1o..ta6 l:la6 11 .tt:la4 0-0 (11...g5?! 12.0-0
g4 13.tt:le1 h5 14.tt:ld3 Wg5 15.'ii'b2 e5
16.e4;!; Kortchnoi-Van Wely, Istanbul ol 29 •.•.th4? [29 ...'tfi>g7=] 30.f3! tt:lg3
2000) 12..tb2 'ii'e7 (12 ... l'.te8!=F) 13.D-0= 31 •.tbSl +- cbS 32.c6 tt:le2 33.'i1i'f1
Kortchnoi-Kurnosov, Cheliabinsk 2007] tt:lg3 34.We1 .tdB 3S. b7 tt:lfS
9... tt:lb4 10.'i!fb2 0-0?! [10 ...c5!N 36.'i!i>e2 f6 37 ..tas 1-0

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191
 Gri.infeld Indian Defence
Exchange Variation Gl4.8 (085)

A Surprising Knight Retreat

by Dam ian Lemos Sarro (special contribution by Vladimir Tukmakov)

1. d4 ltJf6 run White get a very powerful

2. c4 g6 centre.
3. ltJc3 d5
4. cd5 ltJdS A Strong Pawn Centre
5. e4 ltJc3 One of Black' critical replies i
6. bc3 ~g7 9 ... cd4. Here White play
7. ltJf3 c5 10.tt:lc4! which is the key to thi
8. ~e3 aS set-up.
9. lDd2

.,..i.
• :i
i i .i. i
~
'' '
'
~
~~
~
Vladimir Tukmakov

~ t{J ~~~ after I O.l:r.b I .ia4 I I. a4 a4

: ~~ ~ : 12.i.b5 i much better for White.
owaday the Griinfeld Indian
Defence i one of the mo t popu-
lar replies to J.d4, and not onl.y at
elite level. Finding a line to fight
again t the Griinfeld may become
a real headache for white player
ometimes. In thi Survey we are
going to examine an intere ting
line for White in the 7.tt:l f3 line
tarting with the move 9.tt:ld2!?.
Thi knight retreat, fir t een in
the early 1980's, ha been tried by
trong grandma ters like Laz-
nicka, Kasimdzhanov, Shulman,
and many others. Of cour e,
Black ha orne intere ting re-
plie - in orne line he can even
" play with a paw n up, as in the
game Lima-Svidler analysed in
the Game Section. But in the long
Now it turn out that after
10... c3 White traps the queen
with ll.i.d2, and after 10 ... · d8
I l .cd4 White keep hi strong
centre and the tt:lc4 become a
very trong piece, controlling the
aS- and e5- quares.
After 9 ... tt:ld7 the move lO ..:Cc l ,
used by Lima against Svidler, is
intere ting, although I think
White can do even better without
acrificing a pawn by mean of
IO.'it'c2, followed by i.e2 and
ca tling, as in Laznicka-Kiilaots.
9 ... 0-0 i the most logical try,
when I prefer White' position
because being a pawn down or
not White always maintains hi s
trong centre.
9 ... .id7 is the new fashion
although the en uing endgame
Black hould try 10... c3 in-
stead, a ugge ted in the notes to
Mel.kumian-Khalifman in the
Game Section .
Conclusion
9.tt:ld2 look like a promi ing
line and we will need a lot more
game to get a clear as e sment.
After 9 ... cd4 I simp ly prefer
White because he gets a tronger
centre and Black won ' t be a
pawn up, compared to other
Griinfeld Exchange lines . Alter-
natives like 9 ... tt:ld7 or 9 ... 0-0 are
better, in my opinion. I strongly
recommend the reader to rudy
the Game Section closely,
e pecially the games Ka im-
dzhanov-Navara Lima-Svidler
and Mareco-Berkes.

192

A Strong Pawn Centre
9 .. .cd4
Shulman,Yury
Robson,Ray
Lubbock A 2011 (10)
1.d4 tt:lf6 2.c4 g6 3.tt:lc3 dS 4.cd5
/Cd5 5.e4 tt:lc3 6.bc3 ~g7 7.tt:lf3 c5
8..b 3 'if aS 9.tt:ld2 cd4 1O.tt:lc4
'I'dB 11 .cd4 fS
X tt:ldS 5.e4 tt:lc3 6.bc3 ..i.g7 7.d4 cS
.t..t
'
12./Ces [After this Black has the chance
of playing an unbalanced but playable
endgame. Being White I would try
something like 12.%lb1 (this has also been
tried) 12.. .fe4 (12...0-0- 11 ... 0-0) 13...i.e2
~e6 14.%lb7 0-0 1S.O-O (1S.'ifa4!)
1S... tt:lc6 16.tt:leS tt:leS 17.deS ..i.dS?
(17...~es 18.'ti'd8 %lfd8 19.%le7;!;)
1B.I:te7! 'tie? 19.'ifdS ~hB 20.e6±
Kuljasevic-Neubauer, Sibenik 2012, or
12.%lc1 0-0 - 11...0-0; 12.efS ..i.fS
13.'i!i'b3?! (13.%lc1) 13...tt:lc6! 14.%ld1
'i!i'dS 1S.'ifb7 :lbB 16.'ifa6 (16.'ilt'c7
0-0+) 16... tt:ld4 17.tt:la3 ~fB 18.'ifa4
(18.'ilt'a7 :ldB 19.%ld2 'ilt'c6!+) 18... %ld8
19.%ld2 .-e4 20.'i!i'd1 (20 ..-a? 'ifc6!+)
20 .....i.f6 21 .%lg1 ~h4 22.g3 tt:\f3 (22 ... ..i.f6
23.~g2 .-e6-+) 23..-f3 'i!i'f3 24.%ld8
~g7 2S.%lh8 ..i.f6 26.%ld8 ..i.c3 27.%ld2
~g4 28...i.d4 ..i.d4 0-1 A.Volodin·Popilski,
Eilat It 2012] 12.•...i.e5 13.de5 'ifaS
[13... .-d1 14.%ld1 'OW 1S.efS gfS 16...i.e2
/Cc6;!; Jankovic-Zhou Jianchao, Moscow
2012] 14.'ird2 'ifd2 15...i.d2 ~
16.ef5 ..i.fS 17. ~c4 ..i.e6 18...i.e6
\Pe6 (In the ensuing endgame I don't think
that Black is in danger of losing] 19.%lb1
tt:lc6 20.%lb7 %lhb8 21.%lb8 %lb8
22 ...i.c1 :lb1 23 . ~d2 tt:lb4 24.%ld1
[24.a3=] 24...tt:la2 25 ...i.a3 tt:lc3! (Now
Black takes the lead] 26.%lc1 tt:le4
27 .~e3 %lc1 28 ...i.c1 ~es 29.f3
tt:ld6 30. ~d3 ~dS 31 .~c3 e5
[31...tt:lfSI+] 32. ~ b4? tt:lf5-+ 33 •..i.g5
e4 [33 ... h6-+] 34.fe4 ~e4 35.h3
3 36.g3 ~ 37. ~c5 tt:lf1 38 ...i.f4
tt:lg3 39 •..i.b8 aS 40.~ b5 ~g2 41.h4
tt:lf5 42.h5 ghS 0-1
Predojevic,Borki
Brkic,Ante
Jahorina tt 2012 (3)
1.tt:lf3 tt:lf6 2.c4 g6 3.tt:lc3 d5 4.cd5
8. ~e3 'tWaS 9.tt:ld2 cd4 10.tt:lc4
'iiY dB 11 .cd4 fS 12.d5 [This looks like a
weird try to me. Although it's true that White
has some compensation if Black accepts
the offer of the %la1] 12 ... 0-0 [The logical
continuation for Black. Taking the rook
means taking unnecessary risks: 12... ..i.a1
13.'ifa1 0·0 14 .~e2 and White's position is
full of venom] 13...i.d4 [13...i.e2 bS
14.tt:ld2 ..i.a1 1S.'ifa1 fe4 16.tt:le4 'ifdS
17. ~f3 (17...i.h6 eS and I think that Black's
defence holds up) 17...%%13 18.gf3 c6-+]
13.. .fe4 14...i.g7 ~g7 15.'ifd4 ~g8
(1S ... %lf6 (this weird-looking move also
looks interesting) 16...i.e2 (16.'ife4 bS,
followed by a check on aS or ..i.b7. Black
takes the initiative) 16... tt:ld7 17.0-0 b6,
followed by 18...tt:lc5. The game is unclear]
16.%ld1 tt:ld7 17...i.e2 tt:lb6 [2
17... tt:lf6] 18.d6 ..i.e6 19.'ii'e4 ~f5
20.'ilt'd4 ..i.e6 21.'ife4 ~f5 22.'ii'b7
[22.'ifd4=] 22 ...ed6 23. d6 ..i.c2
24.%ld2 'iff6 25.0-0 'ifc3 26 ...i.c4
[26.tt:lc41±] 26 ... tt:lc4 27.'ti'd5 ~g7
28.tt:lc4 :ladS?! (28 ...%lac8] 29.tt:\d6±
..i.a4 30.'ifd4?! ._d4 31.%ld4 a6
32.h4 %ld7 33.%lb1 %lfd8 34.%lb6
34 ...%lc8?? (34 ... ..i.bS 3S.f3 (3S.tt:lbS
%ld4 36.tt:ld4 %ld4 37.%la6 %lh4) 35... ~g8
36.~12±] 35.%lb7?? [3S.%la4+-l
Survey G/4.8
35 ... %lb7 36.tt:lb7 ..i.bS 37.tt:\d6 %lc2
38.a4 ..i.c6 39..l:tb4 6 40.tt:le4
..i.e4 41 . .1:te4 h5 42 ..1:tb4 aS 43 •.l:tb5
.l:tc1 44. ~h2 .l:tc4 45.l:ta5 .l:th4
46.~g3 .l:tb4 47 ..1:ta7 5 48.a5
:lb3 49.f3 %la3 50.%la8 .l:ta2 51.a6
~f6 52.f4 ~g7 53. ~ h3 .l:ta4
54. ~g3 %la2 55.%la7 ~f6 56.%la8
~g7 57. 3 ~h7 58 ..1:ta7 ~ h6
[Wrong result? nme?] 0-1
Babula,VIastimil
Hoffmann,Michael
Germany Bundesliga 2011/12 (11)
1.d4 tt:lf6 2.c4 g6 3.tt:lc3 d5 4.tt:lf3
..i.g7 5.cd5 tt:ldS 6.e4 tt:lc3 7.bc3 c5
8. ~e3 'if aS 9.tt:ld2 cd4 1O.tt:lc4
'ii'd8 11 .cd4 0-0
12 ..1:tc1 [12 ..1:tb1 fS 13.efS (13.tt:leS ..i.eS
14.deS 'ilt'd1 1S.%ld1 ..i.e6 I consider this
endgame playable for Black, although we
need practical examples) 13.....i.fSI 14.%lb7
tt:lc6 1S.dS ..i.c3 16.~d2 tt:ld4 17.tt:le3
(17 .~c3? tt:lc2 18 . ~d2 ( 18. ~e2 'ifcB+)
18... 'WdS 19.~c1 'ifb7 20.tt:ld6 'ifc6
21.~c4 e6 22.'i'd2 .l:tabB 23.'Wh6 tt:ld4
24 ...i.d4 .1:17 2S.Wf4 .l:td7 26 .~d2 .l:td6
27.1:tc1 'Wd7 28. ~e3 :ldB 29.%ld1+)
17... aS 18.~c3 'ifc3 19. d2 a1
20.'Wd1 'ifc3 21 .'ifd2 'ifa1 22.'ifd1 ~- ~
Avrukh-Kovchan, Mulhouse tt 2011] 12 ...f5
[12... bS 13.tt:les ..i.b7 14.13 'Wd6 1S.'ifb3
a6 16.a4 ..i.eS 17.deS 'ifes 18.abS abS
19 .~bS ~a6 20 ...i.a6 :laB 21.0-0;!;
Hajiyev-Haessel, Toronto zt 2006; 12... b6
13...i.e2 ~b7 14.dS d7 1S.0-0;!; Yuffa-
VJ.Artemiev, Tiumen 2012] 13.1t'b3 ~ h8
(13 ... e6 14.efS gfS 1S.tt:leS f4 16...i.d2 'i!i'd4
17.tt:lf3 'ife4 18...i.e2 and 19..1:tc4 is
coming. I like White's position] 14.tt:le5
..i.eS 15.de5 tt:lc6 16..1:td1 Was
17 ...i.d2 'i1Yb6 18 . ~c4 fe4 19.0-0
193
W'b3 20oab3 ~g4 21 .l:lde1 l:Ud8 cS 8 o ~e3 -..as 9 o~d2 cd4 1 Oo.!Lc4
22 o~c3 ~fS 23oh3 ~d4 24ol:ld1 bS W'd8 11 ocd4 bS 12 o ~ d2 0-0
2Sol:ld4 bc4 26ol:lc4= l:lab8 27ol:la1 13o ~ b3 a6 14ol:lc1 fS 1SoefS
l:lb7 28ol:lb4 [28.e6!? \Pg8 29ol:lc6] [15 .~d3;!;] 15... ~fS 16o ~e2 ~e4
28ooo l:ldb8 29ol:lb7 l:lb7 30ob4 1Pg7 17o0-0 c6 180 cS ~dS 19o ~ Q4
31 o ~d2 32o ~e3 l:lb4 33ol:la7 'ilt'd6 200 d7
~ca 34ol:lc7 · 6 3Soh4 l:lb7
36ol:lb 7 Vo!- V2

Danner,Georg
Egle,Stefan
Schwarzach 2012 (9)
1od4 ~f6 2o ~f3 g6 3oc4 ~g7 4o ~ c3
dS SocdS ~dS 6oe4 ~c3 7obc3 cS
8 o~e3 -.as 9 o ~d2 cd4 1 O o~C4
1t'd8 11 ocd4 0-0 1201t'd2 c6
13ol:ld1 e6 14 o~e2 bS 1So a3 a6
1600-0 '*'as 17o1t'as ~as 18odS
~d7 19 o~ b6 ~ b2 20o ~aS ~a3 20000 ° 2 [20oooh5 21.~h3 l:ll7 22. b6
21 ol:ld3 ~cs 22ol:lc1 l:laca 230 1 l:ld8 23. dS W'dS 24.1i'b3;t] 21 0 f8
fS [23 .. oed5 24.l:ld5 ~e7 25.l:lc8 ~c8=] l:lf8 22 o1i'd2 [22.l:la1 ~c4 23.l:la6 ~11
24oeS [24.ef5 l:ll5 25.l:ldc3 l:ld5 26.a3;!;] 24oiPI1 'ilt'd5 25.\Pg1 eS 26ode5 1t'd1
24 ooo ~e7 2Sol:lc8 l:lc8 26od6 ~gS 27 .~d1 ~eS;t] 22oo o ~c4 23ol:lfd1 eS
27 o~c7 ~f4 28 o ~f3 ~es 29 o~ b7 24 odeS W'd2 2Sol:ld2 eS 26o ~e2
l:le8 30og3 b4 31 o · 6 l:la8 32 o ~c4 aS 27 o~CS l:la8 [27... ~h6 28. ~18 ~d2
33.f4 ~c3 34o ~e2 l:l a3 3SoWd1 29.l:ld1 ~e2 30.l:ld2 ~c4 31 .~d6 d3=]
l:la8 36olt>c1 6 37ol:le3 h6 28ol:le1 l:lc8 29o ~d6 ~e2 30ol:lde2
38olt>d1 gS 39o ~e2 l:lg8 40ol:lf3 ~ c4 31 ol:le8 l:le8 32ol:le8
~d4 41 oa3 ba3 42ol:la3 l:le8 33ol:le7 6 34o ~cs ~fa 3Sol:lc7
43olt>d3 eS 44ol:laS gf4 4Sogf4 ~cs 36ol:lcs ~a3 37o f 1 'iPe6
38o'iPe2 'iPd6 39ol:lc8 ~c4 40o ~d3
~dS 41o'iPc3 d6 42ol:ld8 \PeS
43ol:ld7 e4 44olt>b3 a4 4So ~a2
[45o'iPa3! \Pc4 46.l:lc7 ~cS 47.14 b4
48.\Pa2 6 49ol:lh7±] 4Sooo b4 46.f4
[46.l:lh7 ~c3 47.'iPb2 ~d1 48.'iPc2 12=]
46 ooohS 47ol:lg7 'iPc4 48ol:lg6 c3
49olt>a1 a3 SOol:lc6 'otd3 S1 ol:lb6D
'iPc4 S2 ol:lc6 \Pd3 S3 ol:lb6 Vo!-Vo!
Lemos Sarro,Damian
4S o o o ~c6? [45...~b2 ! =] 46o ~bS! ~e4? Pierrot,Facundo
[46... ~5 47.l:lb5 1Pe6 48.1e5 ~12 La Plata ch·ARG 2012 (3)
(48...~g1? 49.l:lb7! .i.l2 50 .~a5 ~h4 1od4 ~f6 2oc4 g6 30 ~13 ~g7 4 o ~ c3
51. ~c3+- ) 49.l:lb2 ~h4 50ol:lg2 l:lh8±] dS SocdS ~dS 6oe4 ~c3 7.bc3 cS
47olt>c4 l:lc8 48o ~a6 1-0 8o ~e3 "*fas 9 o ~d2 cd4 100 c4 de3
[An interesting queen sacrifice] 110 aS
~c3 12o'iPe2 ° S 13...-a4 [1301Pe3
Berkes,Ferenc 0-0 14 .~b5 a6 15..i.a4 bS 16.1t'd5 l:la7
Abdyjapar,Asyl 170 ~3± Aronian-Sutovsky, Ningbo Wch-tt
Istanbul ol 2012 (1) 2011 ] 13 o oo ~c6 14.fe3 [14.'ote3!? ~b6
1od4 ~f6 2oc4 g6 3 o ~ c3 dS 4ocdS 15.'otl4 is also very interesting] 14ooo0-0
~ dS Soe4 c3 6obc3 ~g7 7o f3 1S.'iPf2
[Although the position remains unclear, I
think White is in the lead] 1S o. o ~ b6
16 o ~e2 ~d7 17ol:lhd1 l:lad8
180..-a3 ~e6 19ol:ld8 l:ld8 20ol:ld1
l:lc8 21 ol:lc1 l:ld8 22 0W'b2 f6
23 o ~c4 1 ? [23.a4±] 23 o o o ~c4 24ol:lc4
~es 2So1t'b3 .!Lc4 26o1t'c4 'otf8
[26.. olt>g7 27.e5 l:ld7;!;] 27olt>e2 l:ld6? !
28o1t'c8 'iPg7 29oeS feS 30o1t'b7±
6 31 01t'f3 1Pg7 32 01fe4
33og4 h6 34oh4 6 3Soa4 ~c7?
3601t'a8 ~ b6 37o"*tf8 \Pe6 38o1i'h6
'otdS 39o1t'f8 1-0
9oo otb d7
Vanheste,Jeroen
Tukmakov,VIad im i r
Ostend 1990 (3)
1od4 ~f6 2oc4 g6 3o c3 dS 4ocdS
dS Soe4 c3 6obc3 ~ g7 7o f3
cS 8 o ~e3 aS 9 o ~ d2 1 ? d71?
[9... ~c6 10 .~ b3 1fc3 11. ~d2 W'b2
12 o~c1 1fc3 13 . ~ d2 '*'b2 1 4 .~c 1 =]
10 o ~ b3 1i'c7?! [1 0... 1t'c3 11 .~d2
"*tb2 12 .~c 1 1fc3 lH~ Marinkovic-
Kostic, Kladovo ch-YUG 1992; 10.. .W'a4
11. ~e2;!;] 11 o ~ bS [ 11. ~e2 ;!;] 11 000 0-0
1200-0 [ 12 .~d7? ! cd4 ! 13 .~c8? (13.cd4
1t'd7! 14.0-0 b6=F) 13... de3 14 .~g 4 1t'c3
15.'iPI1 l:lld8+] 12oo olllf6 13of3
[ 13 . ~c5 b6?! (13.00 g4! 14.g3 e3
15.fe3 b6 16 . ~a4 ~b 7~) 14. a6
W'c3? ! ( 1 4... ~a6 15 .~a6 e4 16.l:lc1 ;!;)
15.l:lc1 aS 16 o~c7 ! l:lb8 17.e5±]
13oooa6 [13... c4 14 .~d2 a6 15 .~c4 bS
16 .~d3 1t'c3 17. b3±] 14o ~ e2 c4
1S o ~d2 bS 16of4 [16.a4!? ~d7 17.14
ba4 18 0~13 e6oo] 16 oo o ~ b7 17 o ~f3
~ d7? [6 18 .. .15] 18ofS [1 8.g4 15 19.gf5

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 Survey Gl 4.8

gf5 20.ef5 (20.e5 ttJb6) 20... ttJf6] 18...eS!
l18...gf5 19.ef5 ttJI6 20.~g5 ttJdS 21.~d5
.idS 22.W'h5±] 19.1e6 l19.d5 gf5 20.ef5
~16 21.~g5 (21 .d6 W'd7 22. ~b7 W'b7
23..ig5 W'b6 24.<i>h1 ..d6) 21... ~d5
22.-idS ttJdS (22 ...'tirc5! 23.~ h1 ..d5)
23.ttJe4 ttJf6 24 .~16 Wb6 25.<i>h1 ~f6
26.W'h5±] 19.. .fe6 20.eS l20. ~g4 e5
21.d5 ttJc5 6 22 ... ttJd3<=] 20 .. ~13!
l20... ttJb6 21 .ttJe4 ttJd5 22.~g5 h6
23.~d2;!;] 21 .ttJ13 12U:tf3 Wc6 22.l:lf8
l:lf8 23.W'g4 b6 24.ttJe4 ttJdS 25.~d2
b4! 26.cb4 c3 27.l:lc1 W'c4! 28.ttJd6 cd2!
29.l:lc4 ttJe3 30.-.e6 ~h8 31 .ttJI7 l:l17
32.l:lc8 ~f8 -+ ] 21 .•.'11t'c6 22.-.c2
~ b6 23.ttJgS ttJdS 24.W'e4 ~ h6!
Lima,Darcy
Svidler,Peter
Khanty·Mansiysk 2011 (1)
1.d4 (L)f6 2.c4 g6 3.ttJc3 dS 4.cdS
ttJdS S.e4 ttJc3 6.bc3 ~g7 7. f3 c5
8 · 3 Was 9.ttJd2 ttJd7 10.l:lc1 !An
interesting try by WMe, rut perhaps there's no
need to give up the a2-pawn. I like the
approach used by Laznid<a in the follo.ving
game; 10h 2 'ii'c3 11.l:lc1 'it'as 12.dc5 and
here I think that after 12...ttJe5 Blad< is doing
fine oornpared to other lines, one of the
reasons being his better pa'M1 structure;
10.'ir'c2 0.0 1U.e2 ttJI6 12.0.0 ttJg4 13.~f4
od4 14.od4 e5 1S.ttJc4 W'c7 16...ig3 b5 17.h3
(17. 3 W'c2 18.ttJc2 ed4 19.l:lad1 a6
20.ttJd4 ttJeSoo) 17... ttJI2 (17 ...ttJh6 is hard to
24.ttJgS l:le8 2S.hg6 hg6 26 .~d3
ttJ18 27.'1Wb1 l:le7 28 . ~g6? l28.l:lf3]
28 .•.~c4 -+ 29. ~h7 ~ h8 30. ~e4
~dS? I30... 'ifa4-+] 31 .g4 1~ 31.~d5
ed5 32.g4+ ] 31 ...~e4 32.ttJe4 b3
33.l:lh2 ~g8 34. 16 ~16 3S.ef6
l:lb7 36.'1We1 b2?? l36... l:lab5-+]
37.'ii'as b1 'it' 38.l:lb1 l:lb1 39.
l:lb2 40. ~g3 l:l h2 41 . ~ h2 1i'13 Y2·Y2
Mareco,Sandro
Berkes,Ferenc
Khanty·Mansiysk 2011 (1)
1.d4 ttJf6 2.c4 g6 3 . ~c 3 dS 4.cdS
ttJdS S.e4 ttJc3 6.bc3 ~g7 7.ttJf3 c5
8.~e3 Was 9.ttJd2 d7 1o.l:lc1 G-O

.\ 'iW
•.\ .l
.\
play, rut would have been best: 18.ttJes 'ifc2
19.ttJc2 ed4 20.l:lad1, folla.ved by 21 .ttJd4.
The resulting endgame is better for WMe)
18.l:lf2 bc4 19...ic4 ~7 20.'it'd3 'iPh8
11 .~e2 'it'a212.G-O 'tt'aS13.e5 'it'd8

.\
.\ ~~
'
.,. ~ ttJ
~ ~
~ ~~
n n~
2S.l:lf6?! l25.~d2 b4!; 25.h3] 2S •..'ir'd7
l25 ... l:lf6!? 26.ef6 ~g5 27 .~g5 Wf7]
26.l:la11 l26.l:lg6 hg6 27.Wg6 W'g7
28.W'e6 <i>h8-+; 26.l:lf8 l:lf8 27.l:lc1 +]
26•..ttJf6 126... ~g5 27.l:lf8 l:lf8 28.l:lf8
'iPI8 29 .~g5 • 17+] 27.ef6 ~gS!
l27... 'ir'd5? 28.17 l:l17 29.ttJI7! 'tlre4
30. h6 ~g7 (30... ~h8 31. ~g5) 31 .l:ll7
<i>h8 32 .~g5 'Wet 33.l:lf1 'ii'f1 34 .~f1
<i>g7oo] 28.17 l28.~g5 W'd5 29.W'h4
l:la7-+] 28 ... l:lf7 I28 ... W'I7 29.l:lf7 ~e3
30.W'e3 ~ 31 .Wf3 ~g7 32.W'c6=i=]
29.'ir'a8 "*'dB 30.'it'd8 l30.-.e4?
'it'dSI- +] 30 ... ~d8 31.l:lf7! l31 .l:le1
l:lf5-+] 31... 32. 2 ~c7
33. ~e7 34.h3 <i>d6 3S.'i>e4
~c6 36.g4 ~g31 37 . ~d2 <i>d6?T
l37... a5! 38.~13 (38.a3 ~d6 39 .~c1 ~c7
40.~d2 ~g3!-+) 38 ... ~d6] 38. 3
~ h4 39.':te4 139.g5 <i>dS 40.~g4 ~12
41 .'iPI3 ~g1 42 .~g2 ~d4 -+ ] 39 ..• ~16
40. ~14 ~c6 41 .gS? l41. ~d2 g5!
42 .~e3 b4 43.cb4 ~b5 44.~d2 ~a4 -+]
41 ...~e7 42 . ~c1 ~d6 43.a3 ~g3 !
44 .~d2 aS 4S . ~e3 ~e1 46 .~eS
<i>d7 0·1
Tukmakov
21.l:lc1 l:lac8 22.d5 15 23.l:lfc2 Wd6 24...ib3
l:lc2 25.Wc2 l:lc8? 26.'it'c8 ~ 27.l:lc8
~18 28.l:lf8 Hl Laznid<a-Kulaots, Gibraltar
2012] 10...'it'a2 11 ~e2 G-O 12.G-O
W'aS !Here I think WMe can get a better
version of the game by advancing his e-pawn]
13.dS l13.e5 'ifc7 14.ttJ94. The ensuing
position is double-edged. Blad< has an extra
pa'M1 rut at the same time WhHe has good
attad<ing chances, and ~g7 is currently
lild<ed. We'll see this move in the next game] 14.14 !After this it looks like Black is
13...bS 14.c4 b4 1S.f4 W'c7 16.eS aS already better. White can try 14.ttJe4 cd4
17. a4 !Now WhHe's very strong centre 15.cd4 ttJb6 and after the simple 16.-.d2,
is oompensated for by Black's nice queenside trying to trade bishops on h6 or play ~g5 , I
pa'MlS] 18.l:la1 a3 19.l:la2 l:laS 20Jlfb3 guess the position is unclear, with chances
21.h4 for both sides] 14.•. cd4 1S .~d4 l15.cd4
ttJb6, followed by 16... d5, also looks
better for Black] 1S..•ttJb8! 16 . ~13 'tt'c7
17.l0e4 ttJc6 18.Wa4 ~d7 19.Wa3
l:lad8 20 .~e3 ~c8 21 .c4 ~ h6
22.l0c3 l:ld3 23.'ir'cS Wes 24.ttJd5
'tt'd6 2S . ~e4 l:lb3 26 .~c2 l:lb2
l26 ... l:la3!?+]
21 ...e6 lin this uncommon position the
engine suggests Black should play 21...f6
and the key comes after 22.e6 (22.h5 fe5
23.ttJg5 ef4+) 22 ... 15 23.ed7 fe4 24 .~g4
l:lf5!. In this fabulous position Black seems
to be winning!] 22.de6 1e6 23.hS 'ii'c6
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27.~a4! [Now White has some
counterplay] 27 •.. ~g7 28 .~c6 'ii'cs
29 .~c5 bc6 30.tt:le7 ,.;.h8 31 . ~a7
~e6 32.l:Ud1 J:tb7 33. ~c5 J:te8
34.J:tb1 J:tb1 35. J:tb1 ~c4 36.tt:lc6
hS 37.tt:le51 [After this White should hold
the draw without much difficulty] 37 ... ~d5
38.J:td1 ~e6 39 .~d4 ,.;.g8 40.tt:lc6
~f8 41 .h3 J:tc8 42.tt:le5 ~e7 43. ~f2
J:ta8 44.tt:lc6 ~f6 45 . ~d4 ,.;.g7
46.J:td2 J:ta4 47. ~c8 48 •.i.f6
q;,t6 49.tt:ld4 h4 so.,.;.e3 J:ta3
51. 2 J:ta4 52.,.;.e3 ~ b7 53. 2
~a8 54.tt:le2 J:ta3 55.J:td6 5 this Black seems to be holding without
56.J:tb6 J:ta2 57. J:tb5 6 58.J:tg5
~b7 59.,.;.e3 J:ta3 6o.,.;.t2 ~a6
61.tt:ld4 J:ta4 62.,.;.e3 ~b7 63.J:tg4
J:ta3 64.,.;.f2 J:ta2 65.,.;.g1 J:ta1
66 .~ J:ta2 67.Wg1 J:ta1 68. 2
J:ta2
The Most Logical Try
9 ... 0-0
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam
Navara,David
Wijk aan Zee 8 2009 {2)
1.d4 tt:lf6 2.c4 g6 3.tt:lc3 dS 4.tt:lf3
~g7 5.cd5 tt:ldS 6.e4 tt:lc3 7.bc3 cS
8 .~e3 'ii'aS 9.tt:ld2 0-0 1 O. ~e2
[10.tt:lb3 'ii'c3 11..~.d2 '\!t'b2 12 .~c1 'tlt'c3
13. ~d2 12·12 Keene-Ado~an, New York
1981 - the stem game] 10...'ii'c3
[10 ... cd4 11 .cd4 tt:lc6 12.0-0 J:tdB 13.d5
~a1 14.Wa1 bB 15.~h6 (15.tt:lc4!?)
15... f6 16.e5 tt:ld7 17.ef6 ef6 1B.tt:le4 J:teB
19.tt:lf6 tt:lf6 20.W f6 Wc7 21. ~b5± ;
10... J:td8 11.Q-O c7 12.J:tc1 e6 13. ~g5
J:teB 14.e5! tt:ld7 15.tt:le4± Michalik-Csiba,
Zajezova 2011] 11 .J:tc1 'ii'a3 12.J:tc5
W a2 13.0-0
196
13... tt:lc6 [13... tt:la6 14.J:tc2 '\!t'a5 W e1 34.'ii'a3 J:tb8 35.'t!fc1 J:td8
15.'ii'b1 'tlt'dB 16.J:tfc1?! (16.tt:lf3) 16... b6? 36 . ~f3 't!fc1 37.J:lc1 J:td2 38. J:te1
(16... ~d4 17.J:tc8 J:tcB 18.J:tcB WeB Y2-Y2
19.~d4 J:tdB 20 .~e3 tt:lc5oo) 17.Wa1!
tt:lb4 1B.J:lb2 f5 19.g3 e5 20.de5 tt:ld3
21 .~d3 'ii'd3 22.J:tb6! fe4? (22 ... ab6
23.'\!t'aB ~e6 24.'iVc6 'it'd? 25.f4 b5±)
23.fi'a2 ,.;.ha 24.J:ld6+- Laznicka-Navara, The New Fashion
Novy Bor m-3 2011] 14.J:lc4 'ii'aS 15.d5 9 ... ~d7
tOeS 16.J:ta4 W c7 17.f4 bS 18.J:ta3
tt:lc4 19.'it'c2 [19.tt:lc4 bc4 20.e5 Melkumian,Hrant
followed by 21 . d4. It looks like life is Khalifman,Aiexander
easier for White in this line] 19...e6 [After Moscow 2012 {9)
1.d4 tt:lf 6 2.tt:lf3 g6 3.c4 ~g7 4.tt:lc3
much trouble] 20.~c4 bc4 21 .'ii'c4 dS 5.cd5 tt:ldS 6.e4 c3 7.bc3 cs
'it'd8 22 .~d4 edS 23.ed5 ~b7 8.~e3 W as 9.tt:ld2 ~ d 7!? [The new
24. ~g7 w g7 25.'ii'd4 W f6 26.'it'f6 fashion in this line. This original move
Y2-Y2 deserves attention]
Chojnacki,Krzysztof :i~ ~ g
i.iii.i
Tomczak,Jacek
Poznan 2011 {5)
1.d4 tt:lf6 2.c4 g6 3.tt:lc3 dS 4.cd5 ''
tv '
tt:ldS 5.tt:lf3 ~g7 6.e4 tt:lc3 7.bc3 cS
8 .~e3 W as 9.tt:ld2 o-o 1 o . ~e2 b6
[Another idea. Although it looks like White is
'
~
/j, /j,
~
at least slighly better by simple means, /j, tO /j,~ /j,
because he gets the bishop pair] 11 .0-o
~a6 1 V l:l c4 ~c4 13 . ~c4 tt:lc6
;:[ 'if~ ~ l:I
14.J:tc1 e6
1O.J:tb1 [10.tt:lb3 'i!fc3 11.~d2 Wb2
12 .~c1 'tlt'c3 13.~d2 Wb2 14. ~c1 'i!fc3
12·12 Shulman-Dominguez Perez, Lubbock A
2011 ] 10... 4 [Another line to investigate
would be 10...'iVc3 11 .dc5 a6 12.~a6
(12.J:lb7 tt:lcS=F; 12.~c4 ~c6 13.Q-O Q-0)
12...ba6 13.J:tc1 'tlt'f6 and White should not
underestimate the bishop pair] 11 .fi a4
-.a4 12.~b5 bS 13.J:lb 5 [White has
a nice endgame without any chances of
losing] 13... b6 [13... cd4 14.cd4 b6
15.,.;.e2:t] 14.dc5 ~c3 15.We2 ~d2
16.Wd2 tt:ld7 17.c6 [White can also try
15.~b3? [After this Black can free his 17.J:tc1 tOeS (17... o-o 1B.c6 16 19.13±)
position, I think the best way for White to 18. ~c5 bc5 19.J:tcc5 Q-0 20.J:lc7 and White
play was 15.dc5 bc5 16.'\!t'c2 and despite can still fight for the win in this endgame]
the fact that Black is very solid, I think 17... tt:lf8 18.J:tc1 [As the engine suggests
White is at least a bit better here. 15.d5!? is 1B.J:ld5 is more accurate. Now Black cannot
also interesting] 15 ... cd4 16.cd4 tt:ld4 castle queenside and his defence is very
17. ~d4 J:tfd8 18. ~b6 W b6 19.'\!t'e2 difficult, e.g. 18... tt:le6 19.J:lc1 J:lcB 20.a4±]
aS 20.J:tfd1 a4 21.J:td8 'i!fd8 22. ~c4 18...0-0-0 19.We1 tt:le6 20.a4 tt:ld4
J:tb8 23.g3 J:tb2 24.J:tc2 a3 25.Wg2 21 .J:td5 J:td5 22.ed5 fS 23.a5 tt:le3
~d4 26 . ~d3 W b6 27.'it'd2 Wg7 24.fe3 J:td8 25.ab6 ab6 26.e4 fS
28. ~c4 hS 29.h4 ~f6 30. ~e2 Wcs 27.J:tc4 fe4 28.J:le4 J:td5 29.J:te7 hS
31. ~d1 'ii'es 32.Wd3 W as 33.it'd6 30.J:tb7 bS Y2-Y2
 Grunfeld Indian Defence
Exchange Variation Gl 4.16 (085)

The Chiburdanidze Variation

by Tibor Karolyi (special contribution by Fabiano Caruana)

1. d4 ltJf6 with her bi hop. She probably felt

2. c4 g6 that firmly topping d5-d6 a well
3. ttJc3 dS as preventing the upporting
4. cdS ltJdS c3-c4 for the time being wa more
s. e4 ttJc3 important than keeping the
6. bc3 ..ig7 bishop on the long diagonal with
7. ltJf3 cS 13 ... ~g7 or more sophi ticatedly
8. .l:tb1 0-0 13 ... ~8 . Let me remind you that
9. ~e2 ttJc6 this game was played toward the
10. dS tOeS end of their match under enor-
11 . tOe S ~es mous pressure. After the fighting
12. fid2 e6 draw (7:7) Chiburdanidze man-
13. f4 ~c7 aged to win Game 15, retaining
her title with one game to pare.
Who can blame her for lo ing
concentration in the final game? I Mala Chlburdanldze
wonder if Anand and Gelfand
have been able to produce an rather closed, so that may be the
opening in their match that will reason. White has many way to
still be discus ed in 2043 ... play and, interestingly, both
Vi a our mutual friend Natalia kings can come under fire .
Edzgveradze I asked Maia about White ' d-pawn can ea ily be-
the birth of the novelty. To my come a powerhouse, but it can
urpri e she had found it over the al so become a target. AI o there
board, as Alexandria's 12.fid2 are more exchange acrifice
According to my databa e, it was wa itself a novelty. Maybe the here than in most opening lines.
Leonid Shamkovich who intro- urprise element al o generated Caruana beat Li Chao as Black in
duced 8.l:tb I against Gbeorghiu the idea to choose the les obvi - 20 12. That game generated our
in 1975. Four year later, in the ous continuation. fre h look at the line. Fabiano,
game Kozlovskaya-Veroci, the however, did not like his po ition
position after 9 ... ttJc6 IO.d5 tOeS Exchange Sacrifices Galore too much. The Chinese grandmas-
wa fir t reached. After ll .ltJeS Thi i the fourth coverage of the ter played a move that had been
~e5 the game Alexandria- line in the Yearbook. The Ia t played once in the Email game
Chiburdanidze (Borzhomi/ one was published in Volume 77 Bormida-Peto, 200 I. Li Chao ac-
Thili i 1981 ) aw thedebutofthe in 2005. rificed an exchange in a different
move 12.fid2. In her biography In this article I bare my opinion way and his play looks dangerou .
(partly in Ru ian partly in Geor- on the game that have been The Italo-American grandmaster
gian) Nana Alexandria called thi played ince. Interesti ngly suggests an improvement. A lot
the be t move of their world enough, much lower-rated play- depend on that game, a in the
champion hip match. After ers are often able to hold the other line Black eems to do all
l2 ... e6 13.f4 Maia returned to c7 game with black. The po ition i right.

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 Stopping d5-d6
13 ... ~c7
Cech,Pavel
Cernousek,Lukas
Rakovnik 2011 (6)
1.d4 ~f6 2.c4 g6 3. ~c3 dS 4.cd5
~dS 5.e4 ~c3 6.bc3 ~g7 7. ~f3 cS
8.l:tb1 0-0 9. ~e2 c6 1O.dS ~es
11 . eS ~e512. 1fd2 e613.f4 iJ..c7
14.de6 (14 . ~3 edS 1S.edS
h4
(1S... iJ..IS 16.l:tb7 iJ..b6 17.d6 iJ..e4 18.l:te7
l:te8=) 16.g3 W'h3 17. ~12 (17.~c5 l:te8
18 . ~12 b6 19.iJ..b4 iLlS 20.l:tbe1 bS
21. ~c5 iJ..e4~) 1 7... ~d6 18.iJ..f3 l:te8?!
(18... b6 19.c4 iLlS 20.l:tbe1 16=) 19.iJ..g2
1fhS 20.l:the1 l:te1 21 .J:tea Kunze·
Maruejols, Naujac-sur-Mer 2008] 14.•.iJ..e6
[14 ... 1fd2 1S.~d2 iJ..e6 16.c4 J:tad8
17.l:tb7 ~ 18.iJ..c3 l:tle8 19.eS (19 .~16
l:td6 20.eS l:td4 21 .0-0 ~c4=) 19... l:ta8
20.0-0 ~c8 21 .i1..13 iJ..b7 22.iJ..b7 l:tab8
23.iJ..dS= Hanko-Chovanec, Slovakia tt
2004fOS] 15.o-O [15.l:tb7 ~b6 16.'*'d8
l:tad8 17. ~e3 l:tfe8 18.1Pf2 (18. ~bS ~c8
19.l:tb6 l:te4=) 18...~c8 19.l:tb8 l:te4
20.l:td1 l:tde8 21.iJ..bS l:te3 22.l:tc8=
Hirscheider-Rower, cr Email 2005]
15...1fd2 (1S ... l:tb8 16.1S ...d2 17 . ~d2
gfS 18.eiS iLa2 19.l:ta1 ~dS 20.c4 l:tle8
21. ~d3 iJ..c6 22.l:ta7 l:ta8 O.B.Andersen-
Mikkelsen, Bronshoj 2010] 16.~d2 l:tfd8
17.iJ..e3 b6 18.l:tb2 f6 19.f5 gfS
20.ef5 iJ..f7= 21.iJ..f4 ~f4 22.l:tf4
l:te8 23.i1..c4 J:tad8 24.l:tg4 8 21.fS (21 .edS iJ..d6) 21...~d6=) 21 .d6 ~b6
25.iJ..f7 26.l:th4 ~g7 27 .l:tg4
8 28.l:th4 l:te7 29. 2 l:tdS
30.l:tf4 l:teeS 31.g4 l:td3 32.l:ta4
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Gopai,Geetha Narayanan
Dresden ol 2008 (9)
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Khairullin,lldar
Moscow 2012 (4)
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Caruana,Fabiano
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Caruana,Fabiano
Malmo 2012 (5)
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Sutovsky,Emil
Rijeka Ech 2010 (8)
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Kasimdzhanov,Rustam
Spain tt 2011 (7)
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Mammadova,Gulnar
Moscow 8 2011 (1)
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22.l:lle1 ~15 (22 ... l:le8 23.l:le8 • ea
24.l:le1 ~e6 25.15± ; 22...~b6 23.¢>h2
• h4o:t) 23.l:le5 ~d3=) 20... ~a4 21 .l:lb1
• 16 22 .~5 l:lbdS 23.15 'it'd6= Salcedo
Mederos-Cipolli, cr Email 2007) 19......16
20.~2 b5 21. ~13 c4 22.l:le5 ~d3
23 .~a3 :lidS 24.l:lde1 l:ld6 25 .~d6 • d6
26.W'b2~ Przezdziecka-Nebolsina, Rijeka
Ech W 2010; 18 ......16 19 . ~c5 ~c3
20.~d4 (20.'it'd5 b6 2 1. ~12 l:lldB 22.a3
~e6 23.W'I3 ~15=) 20... ~d4 21 .'trd4
• d4 22.l:ld4 b5 23.l:lc1 ~e6 24.l:ld2
:lidS 25.l:lc6 b4 26.l:la6 l:lb6= Mikha-
levski-Ftacnik, Bellevue 2006] 19 .~f3
[19.g4 ~d7 20 .~13 b5 21.15 16 22 .~b2
c4 23.¢>h1 l:lceB 24.l:lde1 ~ 25.~a3
l:le1 26.l:le1 h5= Sakhabeev-Chovanec, cr
Email 2005]
19 ......f6 [19... b5 20.l:lle 1 (20.Wh1 •16
21 .d7 l:lcdB 22 .~c5 l:ld7=) 20 ...b4 2 1 .~b2
bc3 (21...c4 22.¢>h1 • b6 23.l:le7 ~d3
24.d7 l:lcdB 25.l:lde1 "tfd6 26 .~g4 h5
27.~h3;!;) 22.~c3 ~c3 23.'Wc3;!; El
Debs-Fusco, Campinas 2009] 20.d7
[20.~7 ~c3 21 .'ilt'd5 ~e6 (21...~d4
22.l:ld4 'ilt'd4 23.... d4 cd4=) 22.'ili'e4 ~d4
23.l:ld4 • d4 24.'ilt'd4 cd4=] 20 ... l:lcd8
21. ~c5 l:ld7 22. • e3 l:lc8 23.l:ld7
[23.~d4 ~b6 24.~ 'ifb6=] 23...~d7
24. ~d4 • e6= 25.'ifd2 c4 26.l:lf2
~fS 27 .~ b7 l:lb8 28.tt'e3 'ifc7
29.l:le2 ~e6 30.f5 l:lb7 31.fe6 l:lb1
32.l:le1 l:le1 33.tfe1 fe6 34. 'ife6
8 35.'iff6 'iff7 36.'ith8 'ilt'g8
37.'ife5 1-0
205
GrUnfeld Indian Defence
Just a Check, Don't Worry - Part II
by Endre Vegh
1. d4 tLlf6
2. c4 g6
3. ttJc3 dS
4. ttJf3
5. a4
~g7
.,.i.~· g ttJ
''' .,.,
iii.i
In thi Part I will deal with tho e
vari ation which occur le fre-
quentl y after the queen check.
There are 15 main games and an-
other 46 game ba ed on the e
minor line . Black replies mostl y
with 5 .. .~d7 or 5 .. .c6 after the
check. 5... tLlc6 i very rare and I
would propose to meet it with
6 . ~g5 . The example how that
White has orne advantage.
Hardl y worth menti oning are
5 ... tLlbd7 ?? 6.cd5 or 5... d7?
6. d7 and 7.cd5. Summarizing
briefl y, the e continuati on are
non en ica l, although I found
game with the e moves too ...
The Line 5 ...c6
After the minor van at1on
5... c6 I checked the lines with
5 .. .c6, and now we will deal ex-
clu ively with the 'exchange'
continuation 6.cd5 ttJd5 7.e4.
206
Gl 7.4 (0 90)
4.tl:lf3 .ig7 5. a4 Line
.H.,..t.'i¥• g
ii iii.i
i
.,. i
!::,!::,
ttJ
!::,!::,
l:t ~ ~ ·
f::,t::,f::,
n
Among the option , I don' t think
7... ttJc7 i. very seri ou . White
ha the upper hand here.
It eem more logica l to take the
knight on c3, becau. e the third Vlktor Kortchnol
possibility 7 ... tLlb6 lead · to a
pa ive po ition for Bl ack, iJTe- The Line 5 ....id7
specti ve of whether the queen re- ln the line after 5... ~d7 6. b3
treat to d I or to c2. By the way, I dc4 7. c4 0-0theo lder continu-
would choo e 7. c2. Thi doe ation 8.e4 (8.~ f4 wa the main
not mean that White' ta k is ubject of the fi r t part) went out
easy, but Black ' positi on i of fashion, whi ch i not a ur-
simply defensive. pri e since Bl ack has a very
Let's talk about the knight swap trong repl y at hi disposal:
on c3. After 7 ... ttJc3 8.bc3 0-0 8... b5!.
the mo t olid and cia ical
et-up - placing the two bi hop g.,. x•
~
on e2 and e3 - eem to be the
be. t for White. Other mo e , like
9 . ~a3 or 9 . ~g5 , are not o effec-
ti ve in my opinion. Especiall y in
' ii.iii.i .,.,
the first case the bi hop on a3
will ooner or later be mi pl aced,
doing it j ob ju 1 temporaril y.
9. a3 is an intere ting and rea-
onable alternative. Kortchnoi,
with hi enormous experi ence
recently cho e thi move, w ith Garry Ka parov won with bl ac k
ucce , in an exhibiti on match in a convincing way aga in t
agajn t the Geneva Che s Club. HUbner quite a long time ago -

one of hi cla ical games in the
Gri.infe ld. According to the lat-
e t theory, thi is not much fun
for White. The mo t he can
achieve (with accurate play!) i
to hold the balance, which un -
der tandably i not everyone'
cup of tea.
Very Rare
5 .. . ttJ c6
Kavalek,Lubomir
Westerinen,Heikki
Venice 1971 (4)
1.d4 l0f6 2.c4 g6 3.l0c3 d5 4.l0f3
.ig7 5.'ilt'a4 l0c6
6..ig5 [6.lOeS o-o (~ 6....id7 7/i"Jd7 "it"d7
8.e3 D-0) 7.01:JJ bc6 8.'iVc6 .ie6 9.e3 l::tb8
10..ie2 '*'d6 11.1!t"d6 cd6 12.cdS lOdS
13. S .idS 14.D-O e5 1S.l::td1 ed4 16.ed4
l::tb4 17.b3 l::td4 (17 ....id4 18..ia3 .ia1
19..ib4+-) 1S..ie3 l::te4 (1S ...l::td1 19.l::td1
.ie6 20.l::td6+-) 19.l::tac1 l::teS 20..if1±
PaJac-Trbojevic, Sibenik tt 2011] 6 ...l0e4
7.cd5 l0c3 8.bc3 'iVdS 9.e3 o-o
10..-bS .ie6 [10...'it'bS 11..ibS f612 ..if4
e5 13..ig3 .ie6 14.o-o ed4 (14 ....idS
1S.l::tfd1 ;!;) 1S.cd4 l0b4 16..ia4 l0a2
17.l::tfb1 l0c3 1S.l::tb7;t;; 10... 'ii'd6 11..if4
(11..ie2!?) 11...'ii'd7 (11...'ii'a3 12.'it'b3
Was 13.l0d2t ) 12..ic4 a6 (12 ... es 13.l0es
tOeS 14..ieS 'it'b5 1S..ib5 .ieS 16.deS;!;)
13.Wc5 (13.'iWb2!? eS 14 ..ig3 b5 1S..ie2;!;)
13...e6 (13...'it'fS!?=I;t; is more active) 14.o-o
b6 1S.'iV a3;t; Ramesa·Bosiocic, Kostrena
2004; 10... Wd7 11 ..ie2 eS (11...a6 12.'it'b2)
12.o-o a6 13.'it'b3 (13.'irb2!?) 13...'irfS
14 ..ih4 Whs 1S.d5 e4 16.dc6 bc6? (~
We hou ldn ' t forget that Black
can dev iate on the 6th or the 7th
move, which I have al o analysed
after 5 ... ..td7 6. b3.
Conclusion
Finally I mu t ay that to my
great surpri e, some important
16... ef3 17..if3 'it'h4 1S.cb7 l::tb8 19.bc8'i:V
l::tfcB 20.'i'ic2;t;) 17..ie7± Cordes·Schlick,
Germany Bundesliga 1983184] 11 .l0d2
[11..ie2 'it'b5 12..ib5 l::tfeB 13.l0d2 a6
14..id3 s 1S.~e2 c5 16.a4 cd4 17.cd4
.idS= Wojtaszek·Navara, Wijk aan lee B
2011] 11...l::tfe8? [11.. .'~'b5 12..ibS f6
13..if4 l::tacB 14.o-o .if7 1S.l::tfd1 =/;!;]
12.'ilt'd5± .idS 13.e4 eS [13 ....ie6
14.d5 l0b4 1S.cb4 .ia1 16.de6 f6
17..ie3±/+-J
R l2J
•••.,. .t.•
t::, t::,
t3:,
l2J t::,t::,t::,
~~ n 23.l::td1 l0ed7 24.a4 l::tdS 25.l::tc1 c5?
14.0-0-0! .ia2 15.d5 h6 16..ie3
l0e7 17.c4 bS 18.cb5 l::teb8 19..ic5
lOdS 20.ed5 .idS 21 .l0c4 c6
22.l0a5 .ig2 [22 ... l::tcS 23 .~b2 .ie4
24.13 cbS 2S.fe4 l::tcS 26.l::td7±/+-]
23 ..ig2+- l::t b5 24.l0b7 l::tb7
25 ..ic6 l::tc8 26 ..ib7 l::tcS 27.Wd2
.if6 28.'it.'e2 .ig5 29.h4 1-0
Solid
5 ... c6
Pachman,Ludek
Fletzer,Gino
Venice-Prague m 1949 (2)
1.d4 l0f6 2.c4 g6 3.l0c3 d5 4.l0f3
.ig7 5.'i 'ia4 c6 6.cd5 l0d5 7.e4
Survey Gl 7.4
written ources leave the whole
concept of 5. a4 out o f consid-
eration. Or maybe I am slowly
going blind ... So I hope that my
two-part Survey has achieved
the goal of covering the exi sting
gap in the theory of thi s varia-
tion .
l0b6 [7... l0c7 S..ie2 0·0 9.0·0 l0d7
10..ie3! l0b6 11 .'it'c2± Bukic] 8. c2
.ig4 9.l0e5 .ie6 1 O..ie 3 l08d7
11.l0f3
.,
B .,.,,.i. •B
~*
.,. • .i. '
t3:,!3, c
.i ttJ
f3.fj, Wf
~ ~~
t::,f3, t::,
n
11.. ..ic4 [11....ig4 12.l::td1 e5 13.de5
'it'e7 14 ..ie2 .if3 15..if3 lbeS 16 ..ie2
0·0 17.0·0 l::tfdS 1S.'it'b3 ..e6 19.'it'e6 fe6
20.b3 Wf7 21 .l0b1 .if6 22.14± l::td1
26.aS lOeB 27.e5 .ie7 2S ..ib5 (2S.l0d2)
28 ... b6 29.a6 lObS (29 ... gs 30.l0c3 gf4
31 ..if4 lOIS 32.l::tf1 lf.?g7 33..ic4±)
30.l0d2 hS 31.tLle4 lf.?g7 32.g3 l::tfS 33.h4
l::tdS 34.~12 q;>f7 3S.lf.?e2 (3S.b4+-)
3S ....ifS 36.tl:lg5 <i;e7 37.b4 1·0 Payen·
lder, lssy les Moulineaux 2009; 37.l::tcSI bcS
38 ..ic5 ti:ld6 39.ed6 ~f6 40 ..i.d4 lf.?fS
41 .<i;f3+-] 12..ie2 [12.l::td1 .if1 13.<i;f1
0·0 14.g3 'ireS 15.<i;g2 t!..c4 16 ..ic1 eS
17.b3 ed4 1S.l0d4 lOceS (18 ... tLlcb6)
19..ia3 c5 20.l0db5 'it'cS 21.lLJd5 WhS
22.14 l0g4 23.l::the1 (23. e2+-) 23 ... b6
24 ..ib2 tl:lgf6 2S.l0d6 'it'c6 26.tl:le7+-
Jaracz-Lavendelis, Warsaw 201 OJ
12 ....ie2 13.'it'e2 (13.tl:le2 16 14.0·0
0-0 1S.l::tad1 'i'icB 16.l0f4 ll.Jg4 17..ic1 eS
1S.l0e5 tOeS 19.de5 .ieS 20.tLld3 .id4
21 .l0c5 .ics 22.'ii'cs 'ilt'e6 23..ih6 l::tfeS
24.l::tfe1 l::tadS 2S.l::tdS l::td8 26.'ira5 l::taS
27.14 f6 2S.f5 d6 29. c3 cS 30.fg6 hg6
207
 3UU1 'ifeS 32.J:116 '*'e4?? (32 ... '*'c3
33.bc3 J:teB 34 ..Q.e3 Wg7 3S.J:td6i )
33.J:118 1-0 Lilienthai-Gereben, Budapest tt
1949] 13... 'i!ic7 14.0-0 0-0 1S.J:tac1
J:tac8 16.J:tfd1 J:tfd8 17.b4 bB
18.a4 lOtS 19.'ifa2 'i!id6 20.aS t0a8
21.bS cbS 22.lfJbS W'a6 23.l0c3
t0c7 24 ..Q.gS 'ifd6 2S.eS 'ifd7 26.dS
lOeB?! [26... h6 27 ..Q.e3 lObS 2B.t0e4i ]
27.d61 l0d6 28.'i!ib3?! [28.1!fa1!±/
+-] 28 •.. .Q.eS? [2B ... h6 29.ed6 (29 ..Q.e3
W'e6 30.'i!fe6 l0e6 31 .ed6 .Q.c3 32.de7
J:td1 33.J:td1 .Q.as 34.J:td7 16 3S.J:tb7
.Q.b6=) 29... hgS 30.de7 'ife7 31 .lfJdS 'i!fe2
32.J:tc8 J:tcB 33.lfJgS J:tc4=] 29.lOeS+-
'iffS 30 ..Q.e7 W'es 31 ..Q.d8 J:tdB
32 ...dS 1-0
Fressinet,laurent
Ruck,Robert
Germany Bundesliga 2010/11 (15)
1.d4 t0f6 2.c4 g6 3.l0c3 dS 4.l0f3
.Q.g7 S.'ii'a4 c6 S.cdS lfJdS 7.e4 lObS
8.'i+'c2 .Q.g4 [B... t08d7 9..Q.e2 Q-0 10.D-O
eS 11 ..Q.gs 16 (11....Q.I6 12..Q.I6 'i!il6
13.J:tld1 J:teB 14.h3 ed4 1S.J:td4 tOeS
16.lfJeS 'ifeS 17.tfd2i ) 12..Q.e3 ed4
13.t0d4 tOeS 14.1!i'b3± WhB 1S.I4
(1S.a4!?) 15...c5 (15...l0g4 16..Q.g4 .Q.g4
17.1S± ) 16.l0e6 .Q.e6 17.'ilfe6 J:teB 1B.'ifb3
c4 19.'i!ibS t017 (19 ...tiJed7 20..Q.c4 a6
21 .'i!ib3±1+-) 20.J:tad1 "iic7 21..Q.b6
"iibG 22.1!fb6 abG 23.J:td7 lfJdB 24 ..Q.c4
.Q.IB 25.J:tld1 + - Flohr-Rotunno, Montevideo
tt 1954] 9.lfJeS .Q.e6 10•.Q.e3 0-0
11.J:td1 t08d7 12.t0f3 [12..Q.e2 tiJeS
13.deS 'i!icB 14.14 l:tdB 1S.O-O .Q.c4?
(1S ... J:td1 16.l:td1 i) 16..Q.b6 J:td1 17.J:td1
.Q.e2 1B.l:td8 dB 19..Q.d8 J:tdB
20.'ilfe2+- Chistiakov-Kortchnoi, Riga It
1954] 12....Q.g4 [12... c7 13..Q.e2
(13.b3!?) 13....Q.c4 14.0-0 J:tacB 1S.J:tc1
J:tfdB 16.J:tld1 tOIG 17.lfJeS .Q.e2 18.1!fe2
'iJ'bB 19.b4 lOhS 20.14 e6 21 .g4 (21 .a4!?i)
21...l016 22.h3 tiJid7 23.l013 'ifdG 24.a3
l:teB 2S.'i!fa2 'ife7 26..Q.f2 h6 27..Q.h4
'ilfd6 28..Q.g3i M.Andersen-N.Veinberg,
Albena jr 2011 ; 12...ti'c8 13.h3 IS 14.lfJgS
(14.eiS!?i ) 14...l016 1S.f3 (1S.l0e6!? 'ii'e6
16.eiS) 1S... Wh8 16.l0e6 W'e6 17.'it'b3
'ilfb3 18.ab3 le4 19.fe4 liJhS= R.Rodriguez-
Larsen, Riga izt 1979] 13..Q.e2 'i!fc7
[13 ...e6 14.0-0 'ife7 1S.h3 .Q.f3 16..Q.f3
J:tacB 17. b3 l:tldB 18.J:tle1 'i!t'IB 19.eS!±
c5 20..Q.b7 J:tbB 21..Q.I3 cd4 22 ..Q.d4 J:tdcB
208
23.'i!ibS 'ife7 24.'it'a6 J:tc7 (24 ...l0c4
2S..Q.a7 tiJcS 26.'i!ic4 'i!ia7 27.tiJbS±/+ - )
2S.t0bS J:tc4 26.b3+- Flohr-Tolush,
Moscow ch-URS 1944] 14.t0gS [14.h3 .Q.f3
15..Q.f3 eS 16.deS (16.l0e2!?) 16... lfJeS
17..Q.e2 tiJec4 18..Q.c1 'ife7 19.Q-O aS
(19 ...J:tad8) 20.l0b1 l0d6 21 ..Q.e3 lObcB
22..Q.d3;!;/± Shomoev-Matlakov, St Peters-
burg 2011 ] 14....Q.e2 1S.l0e2 J:tac8
16.14 e6 17.0-0 t0f6 18.Wh1 'i!ie7
1S.l0c3 l:tfd8 20.tiJf3 t0c4 21 ..Q.g1
'ilfc7 22.'ife2 lObS 23.tiJeS l0bd7
24.l0d3 'tWaS 2S.b4 'i!t'a3 26.'ii'c2
tfa6 27.'it'b3 b6
28.fS efS 29.efS 'ifb7 [29... J:te8]
30.J:tde1 [30.Ig6 hg6 31.l0e4!+-J
30 ...J:te8 31.lOeS l0f8 32 ..Q.e3 lfJdS?
[32 ...giS 33.J:11S 'ife7 34.J:tel1 ± ] 33.fg6
fg6 34.bS!+ - .Q.es 3S.bc6 'it'c6
36.lOdS .Q.g7 37.t0e7 1-0
Saric,Ante
Ruck,Robert
Neum tt 2005 (2)
1.d4 t0f6 2.l0f3 g6 3.c4 .Q.g7 4.tiJc3
dS S. a4 c6 6.cdS lfJdS 7.e4 lObS
8.'i!t'd1
~~j_~ ~ ~ 12..Q.e2 (12.tiJgS .Q.d4!)
.i.i j.j. j_ j.
~ .i .i
8 ....Q.g4 [B ... tiJBd7 is more passive: 9..Q.e3
l016 10.h3 0-0 11 ..Q.e2 .Q.e6 12.b3 aS
13.0-0 .Q.cB 14.'ifc2 tiJid7 1S.J:tad1 e6
16..Q.gs 'it'eB 17.J:tle1 h6 18..Q.c1 'it'e7
19.a4;!;/± D.Kosic-Radic, Banja Luka 2004]
9 ..Q.e3 0-0 [9 ... .Q.f3 10.gl3] 1o..Q.e2
tiJ8d7 11.a4 [11 .0-0 .Q.f3 12..Q.I3 t0c4
13..Q.gS h6 14..Q.c1 c5 15.d5 'i!t'aS 16.'i!t'c2
bS 17..Q.e2 t0db6 18.a4 a6 19.J:ta2 lHz
Gustalsson-Seger, Germany Bundesliga
2007/08] 11 ..•.Q.f3 [11...aS 12.'i!t'b3
(12.eS!?) 12....Q.e6 13.ft'c2 t0c4 14..Q.I4
'it'bG 1S.0-0 t0d6 (1S... .Q.d4 16. d4 'ifd4
17.J:tld1 'ifcs 1B.l:td7!? .Q.d7 19.l0a2 bS
20.b3oo) 16..Q.e3 .Q.b3 17.'ifc1 tiJc4oo
Uhlmann-Timman, Amsterdam 1971 ]
12.gf3 e6 13.'ilt'b3 l:tbB 14.h4 l0f6
1S..Q.f4 [1S.O-O-O!?] 1S.•.'\!fd4 16.l:td1
'i!icS 17..Q.d6 'tWaS 18..Q.b4 't!feS
19 ..Q.d6 aS 20..Q.b4 'ii'es ~- ~
Flohr,Salo
Zhivtsov,A
Moscow ch-city 1945 (17)
1.d4 l0f6 2.c4 g6 3.l0c3 dS 4.l0f3
.Q.g7 S.Wa4 c6 6.cdS lfJdS 7.e4
t0c3 8.bc3 0-0 9•.Q.a3
i:~.t'if :i ~
.i.i j. j.j_ j.
j. .i
9 .•.t0d7 [9 ... bS!? was an interesting
option, with aclive play for Black: 10.W'c2
(10.Wb3 .Q.e6 11 . c2 (1 1.1t'b2 l0a6
12..Q.e2 J:tbB;:::t) 11...l0d7 (11....Q.g4!?)
12...cS!;:::t)
10....Q.g4 11 ..Q.e2 cS 12..Q.cS .Q.I3 13..Q.I3
l0a6 14..Q.a3 J:tcB~; 9... J:te8 10..Q.e2 t0d7
11 .l:td1 eS 12.deS (12.0·0 ed4 13.l0d4
'i!ih4!oo; 13... J:te4?! 14..Q.I3~ Razuvaev)
12... 'i!t'b6 13.0-0 tOeS 14.l0d4 l0d7
1S.'ilt'c2!? (1S.f3? tOeS 16.'t!fc2 l0e6:f;
1S.t0b3!? .Q.c3oo Garcia Gonzalez-
Beliavsky, Leningrad 1977) 1S... W'c7
(15...tiJc5? 16.l:tb1 !+-) 16.14 tiJI6 17.eS
lfJdS 18..Q.d6 W'aS 19.J:td3i Razuvaev]
10.l:td1 [10 ..Q.e2 bS 11 .'t!fc2 cS 12.dc5
(12.0-0 a6 13.d5 'ii'b6 and Black seems to

be OK) 12...'it'aS 13.~b4 'tic7 14 .~S
~c5 1S.O-O ~b7 with excellent play for the
pawn, Koneru-Vakhidov, Chennai 2004)
10... l:te8 [10 ...bS!?) 1U!t'b3 'it'b6
12 .~c4 W b3 [12 ... e6 13.0-0;!;) 13. ~b3
b6 [13 ... h6!?) 14.lOgS! e6 1S.eS! ~a6
16.f4! [Energetic play!) 16... ~h6 17.h4
: adS 18.c.Pf2 ~gS?! [This makes
White's task easier, but it was already
difficult to find a good move] 19.hgS cS
20.g4 c4 21.~c2 ~b7 22.l:th3 bS
23.l:td2 'iPg7 24 .<~e1 aS 2S.l:tdh2
~f8 [2S ... l:th8 26.1S+-) 26.~f8 8 23.eS l:tc3 24.ef6 l:tf3 2S.gf3 ~f6
27.l:th7 w e7 28 . ~g6 l:tf8 29.~f7
: f7 30.g6 l:tf8 31.l:tf7 l:tf7
32.l:th7 ~e4 33.l:tf7 w eB 34.l:tf6 b4
35.fS efS 36.g7 ~dS 37.e6 1-0
Krasenkow,Michal
Fernandes,Antonio
Batumi Ech·tt 1999 (1)
1.tof3 l0f6 2.c4 g6 3.l0c3 dS 4.'it'a4
c6 S.cdS lOdS 6.d4 ~g7 7.e4 l0c3
8.bc3 o-o 9 . ~gS [9 .~e3 l0d7 (9 ...c5
10.l:tc1 cd4?1 (10 ... ~d7!? 11 .Wb3 cd4
12.cd4 'ifaS) 11 .cd4 e6?1 12 .~bS! b6
13.~gs 16 (13 ... 'it'd6 14.e5 'tidS 1S.~e7±
Hort) 14. ~e3 ~b7 15.dS!± Hort-
W.Schmidt, Warsaw tt 1978) 10 .~e2 'i!fc7
11.l:tc1 e6 12.c4 cS 13.dS tOeS 14.l0d2 fS
15.14 ~h6 (15 ... l0g4 16 .~g4 fg4 17.e5 g5
18.Q-O (18.g3!?) 18... gf4 19.d6 'it'd7
20.'ii'd7 ~d7 21.~14 ~c6 22.l:tce1 l:tfS
23.g3;l;) 16.'it'a3 l0g4 17. ~g4 (17.e5!?)
17... fg4 18.'it'c5 ~f4 19.Wf8? ! (19.g3!?)
wf8
19... 20.~f4 'it'f4? (20 ... 'it'c5!?
21 .l0b3 W'b6oo/+ with a complicated
position, but rather in Black's favour) 21 .l:tf1
'it'l1 22.'itf1 e5 (~ 22... ~d7) 23.c5±
Damljanovic-Lasinskas, Kavala 2012)
9...l:te8 [9 ...c5!? came into consideration:
10.l:tc1 (10.l:td1 l0c6 11.~e2 ~g4 ;
10.~e2 tOeS; 10 .~b5 ~g4) 10... ~g4)
10.l:td1 bS 11.'tia3 'it'd6 12.'tic1
~g4 13.~e2 l0d7 14.0-0 'it'e6
[14 ... e5!? 15.de5 (15.d5 l0b6) 15... Wc7
16.c4oo] 1S.c4 l0b6?! [15 ... ~13!? 16.gf3
(16.~f3 bc4 17.h3 l0b6 18.e5~) 16... a6oo]
16.cbS cbS 17.~bS l:tec8 18.1i'f4
[18.'\i'e31?] 18...~f3? [18 ... 16!? 19.d5 fg5
20.lOgS ~e5 21 .l0e6 ~14 22.l0f4 ~d1
23.l:td1 l:tc2 24 .a4~] 19 .".f3 a6 [19 ...16
20.dS+-] 20.dS '\i'eS 21 .~f4 +- 'ilt'f6
[21...'ifc3 22 .~c6+-] 22.~c6 l:tc6
26.d6 e6 27.d7 lOdS
28.l:tdS! edS 29. ~ h6! ~c3 30.l:tc1
1-0
Kortchnoi,Viktor
Dubessay,Bastien
Geneva tt 2012 (2)
1.d4 l0f6 2.c4 g6 3.l0c3 dS 4.'\!ka4
c6 S.cdS lOdS 6.l0f3 ~g7 7.e4 l0c3
8.bc3 0-0 9.'it'a3
.l.l
.. .t'if E.
.l.l.t.l
.l .l
9 ..•'i!Vc7 [9... l0d7 10 .~gs c5 11. ~d3 b6
12.0-0 ~b7 13.l:tfe1 h6 14 .~d2 e6
1S.l:tad1 'We7 16.h3 l:tfdS 17.d5 edS
18.ed5 'it'd6 19.c4 bS 20.'ifc1 'illS
(20 ...bc4 21.~c4 gs 22.h4 t) 21..~.as : es
(~ 21 ...l0b6) 22.~e2 (22.'Wb1 ;l;)
Survey Gl 7.4
22 ...l0f6?! (22 ...bc4) 23.cb5 (23.d6!±)
23... lOdS 24.~c4 l0b6? (24 ... l:te1 25.l0e1
l016;l;) 25 .~b6 ab6 26.l:td7 +- Giffard-
Bouton, lssy les Moulineaux 201 0]
10.~e3 b6 [10 ... c5 11.~e2 l0d7
12.l0d2;l;) 11.l:td1 ~b7 12 . ~e2 l:te8
13.0-0 cS 14.dS l0d7 1S.'ifc1 e6
16 . ~f4 eS [16 ...l0e5 17.l0e5 ~es 18.d6
~14 19.'iff4 'it'c6 20.'ifg5;l;) 17 . ~h6 c4
18.h4 tOeS 19. ~g7 c.Pg7 20.'ife3
~a6 21 .l0d2 l0b7 22.hS l0d6
23."iig3 -.e7 24.l:tde1 l:tac8
2S. ~g4 : cs 26.f4 ef4 27."iif4 -.es
28.h6 'itg8 29.'it'f6 [29 .~d7 'ifl4
30.l:tf4 l:te7 31.~c6;l;) 29...'it'f6 [~
29... ~c8) 30.l:tf6 l:tdS [30 ... ~c8 31 .~c8
tOeS 32.d6+-; 30... l:td8 31 .e5±1+-l
31 .edS l:te1 32. 2 l0e4 [32 ... l0e8
33.l:tc6 l:teS 34.d6±/+-l 33.l0e4 l:te4
34.d6 : ea 3S. ~f3 ~c8 36 .~c6
l:td8 37.d7 ~a6 38.l:tf3 1-0
Gustafsson,Jan
Van der Nat,Nicholas
Turin ol 2006 (1)
1.d4 l0t6 2.c4 g6 3. c3 d S 4.l0f3
~g7 S.'it'a4 c6 6.cdS dS 7.e4
l0c3 8.bc3 o-o 9.~e2 [9.h3!?) 9 ... cs
[9 ... b6 10.0·0 ~b7 11.~gS c5 12.dc5
(12.eS l0c6 13.l:tfd1 'Wc7 14.l:tac1 e6)
12... 'Wc7 (12 ...l0d71?) 13.cb6?! (13.e5!?
'Wc5 14.l:tad1) 13... ab6 14.'Wc4 'it'c4
15 .~c4 e6 16.l:tab1 l0d7 17.l:tfd1 ~e4
18.l:tb4 tOeS 19.l:tb6 l:tfcS (1 9... l0a4!?)
20.l:tbd6 l0a4 21 .l:td8 l:tdS 22.l:td8 l:tdS
23.~d8 l0c3 24 .~a5 ~b1 2S.l0d2 ~a2
26.~c3 ~c3 27 .~a2 ~d2 \7-\7 E.Levin-
Maslak, Sochi tt-2 2008) 10.0-0 l0c6
[10 ...cd4 11 .cd4 tOeS 12 .~e3 ~g4
13.l:tad1 (13.e5 'it'aS (13 .. .'t!fd7!?=)
14.'it'b3 'it'b4 15.'t!fd1 (1S.'ifb4 l0b4
16.l:tab1 !?t) 15... l:tad8 16.l:tb1 'it'a3
17.l:tb7 ~13 18.~13 tOeS 19.~e2 tOeS
20.d5 't!fa2 21.Wc1 (21.~13 eS 22.l:te7
l013 23.'t!fl3 'it'd5=; 21 .dc6!? l:td1
22 .~d1 oo) 21 ... l0d4 22 .~d4 ~d4 23. ~c4
W as 24.l:te7 'it'c5 25.l:te4 l:tfe8= Gunina-
Ding Yixin, St Petersburg 2012; 13.l:tfd1 a6!
14.l:tac1 (14.l:td2!? b5 15.'t!fd1 l0a5
16.l:tc1 l:tc8=) 14 ... b5 15.'i!Va3 ~f3 16. ~13
l0d4 17 .~d4 ~d4 18.e5 l:ta7 19.r,t;>l1 l:td7
(19 ... e6!=F) 20.'iVa6 ~e5 21.'it'b5=
Uhlmann-W.Schmidt, Aarhus 1971 ; 13.d5!?
~a1 14.dc6 bS (1 4... ~g7 1S.cb7 l:tbS
16.~a6±) 15.~b5 ~g7oo) 13 .. .'t!faS
209
(13 ... a6!?) 14.'tlt'b3 ~13 1S .~I3 'it'b4
16.W'b4 ~b4 1Hld2 b6?! (17 ... l:tac8!?
18.l:tb1 aS) 18.l:tb1± ~c6 (1 8... ~a6
19.eS±) 19 .~e2 (19.l:tc1!? ~as 20.eS
l:tac8 21.l:tdc2±) 19... l:tld8 20.dS ~es
21.l:tc2 ~18 22.l:tbc1 ~d7 23.l:tc7 ~c5
24.eS l:tac8 2S.l:tc6 l:tc6 26.dc6 e6??
(26...~e6;t) 27.~c5 ~cs 28.~a6 1-0
V.Mikhalevski-M.Koolhoven, Vlissingen 1999]
11 . ~e3 ~d7 12.'ifd1 'iii'a5 13.d5
(13.l:tb1 !?] 13...~e5 14 .~d2
14•.• ~a4 [Black should have taken his
chances, grabbing the pawn: 14...'tlt'c3!?
1S.l:tc1 'Wa3 16.~cs 1t'a2 17 .~e7 (17.14
~a4 18.'ii'e1 ~d7oo) 17... l:tlc8oo]
15.'ii'c1 ~d7 16.l:tb1 b5 [16 ... l:tab8
17.c4 b6 (17... bS 18.cbS ~bS 19.~bS l:t bS
20.l:tbS 'itbS 21.'tlt'a3;t) 18.~14 l:tb7
19 .~13;t] 17.c4 a6 (17 ... b4 18.14t] 18.f4
l:tfc8 [18...~d4 19. ~13;!;] 19.e5± f6?
(19 ... l:tab8 20. ~g4±/+-] 20.e6 ~ b6
21.151 bc4 22. ~c4 ~c4 23. ~c4
l:tab8 24.'f!fa3 l:tb4 25.'f!fd3?
[2S. ~d2 'i!fb6 26. ~b4 cb4 27 .~ h1 ba3
(27...~c2 28.l:tb4+-) 28.l:tb6 l:tc4
29.l:tb8 ~!8 30.d6+-l 25 •.. l:tc4
26."it'c4 ~b5 27.'tlt'c2 (27.'ii'b3 ~!1
28. ~ 1±] 27... ~f1 28.l:tf1 [2S.q;>f1 c4]
28 ... gf5 (28 ...c4!] 29 . ~d2 'i!t'a3??
[29 ... 'tlt'b6; 29...'i!t'bS] 30.l:tf3 1-0
Gustafsson,Jan
Hort,VIastimil
Dieren 1999 (7)
1.d4 ~f6 2.c4 g6 3. ~c3 d5 4. ~f3
~g7 5.'ifa4 c6 6.cd5 ~d5 7 .e4
~c3 8.bc3 ~d7 9. ~e2 0-0 10.0-0
(10.~3 l:te8 11 .l:td1 eS! 12.deS (12.dS?!
~b6 13.'i!t'b3 cdS 14 .~bS (14.edS
~d7 -+) 14... ~d7+) 12...'t!i'b6 13.0-0
~es 14 .~d4 ~g4 1S.~I3 'ifc7 16.g3
~d7 17.'tlt'b3 ~es 18.~g2 c5 19.~ bS
210
't!i'as 20.c4 ~g4 (20 ... ~bS!? 21 .cbS c4+)
21 .13? (21.l:tdS!? ~e2 22.~d6) 21...~e6
22.l:tc1 (22 .~d6 ~c4 ! 23.~c4 'ii'a6+)
22... ~c4! 23.l:tc4 a6 24.l:ta4 (24. ~d6
bS-+) 24 ... 'ifbS 2S.'ii'bS abS 26.l:ta8
~d4 0-1 Wedberg-R.Akesson, lidkoping
ch-SWE 1999] 10.•.'i!t'c7 (10 ...es 11 .l:td1
(11. ~gS 'ifc7) 11...ed4 12.cd4 l:te8
13.'i!t'b3 ~b6 (13 ... l:te4 14.~c4t) 14 .~gS
~e6 (14 ...1t'e7!?) 1S.~e6 l:te6 16.eS;t
Shyam-Padmini, Aurangabad ch-INO 2011 ;
10... ~b6 1Ui'c2 ~g4 12.l:tb1 'W/c7
13.l:td1 l:tfe8 14.h3 ~13 1S. ~f3 eS
16.'tli'b3 c5 (16 ... ed4!? 17.cd4 c5) 17.dS
~!8 18.1!fbS l:teb8 19 .~e3 ~c8 20."it'e8
~-~ Cs.Horvath-Groszpeter, Zalakaros
2001 ; 20.h4!?f] 11.l:te1 b5 12.tfc2
~ b6 13.~e3 ~e6 14.'tli'd2
14... ~c4 (14...~c4 1S.~c4 ~c4
16 .~h6=1;!;] 15 .~f4 'ifd7 16.~d1 f6
17. ~c2 e5 18.de5 fe5 19.'tli'd7
~d7= 20. ~e3 l:tfb8 21.l:ted1 l:tb7
22.l:td6 l:tc8 23.~ b3 ~b3 24.ab3
~fa 25.l:td2 ~f6 26. ~e5 ~e4
27.l:td7 l:td7 28.~d7 ~g7 29.l:ta7
~c3 30.g3 1'2-112
5 ... .id7
Van Wely,Loek
I'Ami,Erwin
Leeuwarden ch-NED 2004 (2)
1.d4 ~f6 2.c4 g6 3. ~c3 d5 4 .~f3
~g7 5.tfa4 ~d7 6.'ii'b3 ~c6 7.e3
0-0 8. ~e5 a5 (8 ... b6 9.cdS ~dS 10.~dS
W'dS 11.~c4? ! ( 11.~e2!? e6 12.0-0;t)
11...'i!t'g2 12 .~17 ~h8 13.l:tf1 ~c6
14 .~c6 'i!t'c6 1S .~d2 l:tad8 (1S ... tf131?f)
16.~b4 (16.13 ~hS!t) 16... 'ife4 17.0-0-0
aS 18. ~a3 cSoo Van Wely-Svidler, Monaco
rapid 2004; 18... bS! 19. ~c5 tfc61 20.q;>b1
'i!t'f3+] 9.~c6 bc6 10.'Wb7 ~a6
1U !t'c6 e5 12.de5 ~ b4 13.1!fa4
~g4 14.cd5 ~e5 15. ~e2 'tli'f6
16.~e4 'ilit5 17.f3 ~ h2 18.a3 ~ d5
19.g4 'ilie6 (19... ~!3 20.~ 'ifg4
21. ~13 'it!S 22.~cS±] 20.f4 ~f4
21.ef4 ~g4 22. ~d2 [22.'tli'd4!+-]
22 ... l:tfe8 23.0-0-0 tlJge3 24 . ~ g5
'i!t'f5? (24 ... W'b6] 25.l:th7 ~ b4
:i i * 1::(
i
'if ttJ
~
~
~~
1::(
26.1t'b3?? [26.ab4 ab4 27.l:tdh1 l:ta4
28.l:th8 q;>g7 29.l:t1h7 q;>l6 30.l:tf7X]
26... ~a2 (27.1t'a2 1!fc2X] 0-1
Doroshkevich,Vladimir
Gulko,Boris
Erevan ch-URS 1975
1.d4 ~f6 2.c4 g6 3. ~c3 d5 4. ~f3
~g7 5.'ifa4 ~d7 6. b3 dc4 7.'*'c4
~c6 8.~e5 [8. ~!4 ~13 (8... 0-0 - see
Part I) 9.gf3 c6 10.e3 bd7 11. ~e2 0-0
12.0-0 as 13.~g3 'ifts 14.'tli'b4 c5
1S.dc5 Y.!-~ Zhukova-Kulaots, Aix-les-Bains
Ech 2011 ] 8...0-0 9 . ~g5 [9.tlJc6 ~c6
10.e3 eS 11 .dS tlJe7 12.e4 c6 13.dc6 ~c6
14 .~e2 ~d4 15.0-0 l:tc8 16.'tli'd3 'ifb6
17 .~d1 l:tld8~ O.Moiseev-Kortchnoi,
Erevan 19SS] 9 ... ~d5 (9 ... tlJfd7 10.~c6
~c6 11 .e3 ~b6 12.1!fb3 h6 13 .~h4 aS
14 .~bS a4 1S.1!fa3 gS (~ 1S... 'i!t'd6)
1 6.~g3;t L.Popov-Radev, Sofia ch-BUL
1982] 10.'tli'd3 [10.~dS 'ifdS (10...~dS
11 .0-0-0 (11.~13 ~c6 12.e3;!;) 11...aS
(11... ~b6!? 12.'i!t'b3 aS 13.~13 ~c6 14.a3
a4 1S.'ifc2 h6 16.~14 gSoo) 12 .~h4
( 12 .~131?) 12... l:ta6 13.e4 (13.q;>b1?
~eS-+) 13...~!4 14.g3 ~ hS (14 ... l:td6!)
1S.'i!t'c3 l:td6 16.~c4 ~c6 17 .~c6 l:tc6
18.eSt Likavsky-Di Paolo, Eger 200S) 11 .e3
c5 12.'ifdS?! (12.~!6!? 1!fc4 13.~c4 ~16
14 .~dS a6 1S .~b7 l:ta7 16.~e4 cd4
17.ed4 ~eS (17 ...l:td8 18.0·0·0) 18.deS

li:Jd7 19.e6 (19.14 l:bB 20.D-O-O J:b4gg)
19...fe6 20.l:c1;!;) 12... llldS 13 .~c4 e6
14.~13 lllb6 1S .~bS lll8d7 (1S ... cd4!?
16.ed4 (16.llld4 l:c8'F) 16 ... a6 17.~e2
~=F) 16.0-0-0 (16.l:c1 a6=/=F) 16...cd4
(16... lllf6!? 17.~d3 (17.dc5 l:fc8)
17...l:ac8=/f) 17.llld4 llleS (17 ... lllf6!?)
18.~b1 lllec4 19.l:he1 l:fc8 20.l:e2
flc5=/=F S.A1alik-T.Patton, Stillwater 2011]
10 ... ~c6 11.e3 [:2::. 11 .e4 lllb4 (11 .. ~e4
12. lllb4 13.'ii'b1 1i'd4 14 .~ ~f6
1S.lll13 'it'b6 16.a3 ~2 (16 ...llldS 17.lllf6
ef6 18. ~c4 l:fe8 19.~ 1±) 17.ab4 ~a1
18.'6'a1 Wb4 19.llled2;!;) 12. b1 ~e6
13.~13;!;] 11...lllb4 12.'ii'd2 c5 13.dc5
. ? [13...~e6!] 14.llld3? [14.~16!
'i'd2 1S.~d2 l:fd8 (1S ... ef6 16.llla2 lZla2
17.llld3+-) 16.~e2 ~f6 17.llla2 llla2
18.~d3 l:d3 19.~d3 lllb4 20.~ lllc6
21 .g3±] 14...llld3 15.'it'd3 [1S.~d3 ~e6
16.o-O llld7'F] 15...~e6 16.'iib5 a6
11.'it'b4 [17.'ii'b7 l:bB 18.'iia6 l:b2-+]
17 ... a5 18.'it'a3 [18.'it'bS 'it'c7f]
18...llld5 19.llld5 [19.l:d1 ~c3! 20.bc3
'i'c7 21.l:d4 l:fc8'F] 19... W'd5 20. ~e7
20 ... l:fd8! 21. ~d8 [21 .~d6 bS 22.l:d1
_.c6+] 2L.l:d8 22.'it'a5 [22.~e2 'i!fd2
23.~1 ~b2 24.W'aS ~ 1 2S.'ifa1
-.c2-+ Gulko] 22 ... ~b2 23.~c4
[23.l:b1 b6! 24.fi'b4 ~f6 2S.cb6 ~g4-+]
23 ... 'ii'c4 24.'ii'd8 ~g7 25.l:b1
[2S.l:d1 ~c3 26.l:d2 fi'a6-+ Gulko]
25 ...~c3 26. ~d1 'it'a4 27. ~c1 ~f5
0-1
Alexandrov,Aiexey
Semeniuk,Aiexander
Ekaterinburg It 2002 {3)
1.c4 lllf6 2.lllf3 g6 3.lllc3 d5 4.'ii'a4
~d7 5.1i'b3 dc4 6.'it'c4 ~g7 7.d4
llla6 8.e4 [8. ~f4 c5 9.e3 0-0 10.~e2 cd4
11 ...d4 ~c6 12.0-0 llle4 (12 ... llld7!?)
Survey Gl 7.4
13.~eS 'ii'd4 14.~d4 lllc3 1S.bc3=1'F
Doroshkevich-Zilberstein, Briansk 197S]
8 ... c5?! [8 ... 0-0!? was the right
continuation: 9 .~e2 c5 10.dS e6
transposing to the Prins Variation: S.'ifb3
dc4 6.'ifc4 0-0 7.e4 llla6 8.~e2 c5 9.dS
e6] 9.e5 lllg4 1 O.h3 cd4 [10 ... lllh6
11 .dc5 'it'as (11...l:c8 12.b4+-) 12 .~h6
~h6 13.l:d1 c5 (13 ... l:c8 14.'i!fh4 ~g7
1S .~c4±) 14.'ti'h4 ~g7 1S.~a6 ba6
16.llldS±] 1 H it'd4+- Was 12.hg4
lllb4 13.'tlfe4 ~c6 14.'ii'b1 0-0-0
15.a3 ~f3 16.gf3 'ifeS 17. ~e3 lllc6 18.llle6! fe6 [18 ... ~e6 19.de6 bS 20.ef7
18.~g2 f5 19.f4 'ii'a5 20.0-0 fg4 l:f7 21 .'ife6±] 19.de6 ~ h8 20.ed7
21. ~c6 bc6 22. _.e4 ~c7 23. \i'e7 'ti'd7 21.'ilt'b6 'it'c6 22.fi' c6 bc6
l:d7 24.'ii'b4 'it'a6 25.l:ad1 l:hd8 23.b3 lllfe4? [23 ... lllfe8 24 .~g7 ~g7
26.l:d7 l:d7 27.f5 ~c8 28.llle4 2S.llla4 c4 26.bc4 lllf6 (26...l:b4
~es 29.lllc5 ~ h2 30. ~g2 W'e2 27.lllc5±) 27.lllc5±] 24.llle4 ~es
3 U i'e4 1-0 25.lllc5 l:a8 26.llld7 1-0
Grischuk,Aiexander
Giri,Anish
Monaco rapid 2011 {9) A Very Strong Reply
1.d4 lllf6 2.c4 g6 3.lllc3 d5 4.lllf3 8.e4 b5
~g7 5.'i!fa4 ~d7 6.'i!fb3 dc4 7 .'~'c4
a6 8. ~f4 [8.e41? bS (8 ... 0-0 9.eS) Hi.ibner,Robert
9.'ifc5;!;] 8 ... lllc6 [8 ... ~e6!? 9.'it'c7 Kasparov,Garry
(9.'it'b4!?) 9... 'ifc7 10~c7 lllc6 11.a3 l:c8 Brussels 1986 {3)
12.~g3 llldS 13.llldS ~dS 14.e3 lllaS 1.d4 lllf6 2.c4 g6 3.lllc3 d5 4.lllf3
1S.~d3 lllb3 16.l:d1 although Black's ~g7 5.'it'a4 ~d7 6.'it'b3 dc4 7.1i'c4
pieces are very active, there is no full 0-0 8.e4 b51 [8 ...a6 9.e5;!;]
compensation for the sacrificed pawn; B... bS
9.'ifc5 0-0 10.e3 (10.~c7 'iic8 11.~es
(11 .e3 b4 12.llle2 aS<=) 11...'ifc5 12.dc5 :i~ 'if .i~
lllc6 (12 ... l:c8!?) 13.e3 llles 14.llle5 l:fc8 ' i.i..ii.i..i
~·
1S.llld3 ~fS 16.a4 ~d3 17.~d3 b4
1B.llla2 (18.llle4 llle4 19.~e4 l:ab8
20.l:b1 l:c5=1'F) 18... llld7 (18 ... aS!?) 19.c6
lllc5 20.lllb4 aS 21 .l:c1? (21 .llldS llld3
22.~e2oo) 21...lllb3 22.l:c4 ab4 23.l:b4
lllaS 24 .~e4 lllc6-+ Comp Renaissance
Sparc-I.Gurevich, Boston 1993; 10.'iic7
'iic7 11.~c7 b4 12.llld1 J:cagg) 10... ~c6
11.~e2 lllfd7 12.'iVgS (12.'i!fa31?) 12... b4
13.llld1 ~b7 14.l:c1 c5 1S.dc5 es 16.'iid8 9.'i!fb3 c5 10.e5 [10.~bS ~bS (1 0... cd4
l:dB 17 .~g3 lllc6 18.0-0 ~ 19.b3 f6 11.llld4 llle4 12.llle4 ~d4 13.0-0 'ifas
20.llld2 lllc5 21.lllc4 ~g7 (21...llle4!?) 14.~c4 lllc6 Bertok-K.Honfi, Bari 1970)
22.llldb2= Sanikidze·Hagen, Aix-les-Bains 11 .lllbS llle4 12.Q-O cd4 13.'ir'c4 llld6
Ech 2011] 9.l:d1 [9.d5 lllaS 10.fi'c5 14.fi'dS llld7 1S.lllbd4 lllb6 16.'i¥b3
(10.'ifc7 c7 11.~c7 lllc4<=) 10... c6 lllbc4 17.l:d1 'iVd7+ Anikaev-Malisauskas,
11 .d6 bS<=] 9...o-o [9 ... lllhS 10.~c1 ;!;] Klaipeda 1983; 1O.dc5 llla6 11.eS lllg4
10.e3 [10.h3!?] 10 ... l:c8 11 ~e2 llla7 12 .~f4 lllcS 13.'it'd5? (13.'ifb4 l:c8f)
12.0-o lllb5 13.~e5 ~e6 14.d5 ~d7 13...'i!t'b6 14.'iVd2 (14.'i\fd4 ~c6 -+)
15.'it'b3 llld6 16.llld4 l:b8 17.h3 14... ~c6 1S.h3 l:fd8 16.'i!t'c2 ~13 17.hg4
cS?l [17 ... 'i!fc8!? 1B.'iic2;!;] ~g4 18 .~bS ~fS 19.'ifc1 ~d3
211
 (19...1t'b5! 20.liJb5 liJd3-+) 20 ...Q.a4 Wa6
21...Q.d1 ..Q.I1 - + Goletiani-M.Neubauer,
Port Erin 2005] 1O.•.liJg4 11 ...Q.bS
[11.Wd5 cd4! (11...liJc6!? 12.il'c5 J:tcB
13.'ilt'd5 b4 14.liJe2oo) 12.liJd4 (12.'tli'a8
dc3 13.'ifd5 Wc7-+) 12...'tli'b6 13...Q.b5
J:td8+] 11...cd4 12.liJd4 ..Q.bS
[12... ..Q.e5!? 13.il'd5 il'b61 14...Q.d7 liJd7
15.'it'd7 liJI2 16 .~12 ..Q.d4 17.~g3
J:tadB-1 13.liJdbS a6 14.liJa3 'i!i'd4!
1S.ifc2 [15.D-O 'i!fe5 16.g3 ifh5 17.h4
liJc6 18.liJc4 J:tab8+] 1S ... liJc6 16.'i!fe2
'ifeS! 17.'ifeS [17.liJc4 1fe2 18.liJe2
liJb4 19.D-O J:tac8 20.liJe3 liJe3 21 ...Q.e3
b 2+] 17...liJgeS 18.0-0 liJd3
19.J:tb1 J:tab8 20.J:td1 J:tfd8 21.
f5! 22.<iPe2 liJceS!
23.liJa4D [23 ...Q.g5? h6! 24 ...Q.e7 J:td7
25 ...Q.h4 g5- + ; 23.14? liJc1 24.J:tdc1
liJd3-+; 23.g3 liJc1 24.J:tdc1 liJd3
25.J:td1 liJb2+; 23...Q.e3 14 24 ...Q.c1 g5+
Kasparov] 23 ... J:td6 [23 ... J:tb4? 24.liJc5!;
23... J:tbc8 24.liJb6 (24.14? J:tc1 25.J:tbc1
liJc1 26.J:tc1 liJd3- +) 24 ...J:tc6 25.liJbc4
liJc4 26.liJc4 J:tc4 27.J:td3 J:tc2 28 ...Q.d2
J:tbB!+ Kasparov] 24 ...Q.e3?! [24.14 J:td4
25.fe5 liJc1 26.J:tbc1 J:ta4 27.liJc4
..Q.e5!-+; 24.liJc4 liJc4 25.J:td3 J:td3
26.~d3 liJa3 27.J:ta1 e5! 28.13 e4!+;
24.b3!?+ Kasparov] 24 .. .f4 2S...Q.cs f3
26.gf3 liJf4 27 .~e3 [27 .~11 J:td1
28.J:td1 liJI3 29 ...Q.e7 liJh2 30. ~g1 liJI3
31. ~11 h5!+] 27 ...J:tf6 28 ...Q.e7?T
(28...Q.d4 J:tl5! 29 ...Q.e5 J:te5 30.~14 J:tb4
31. ~g3 J:tg5 32 .~h3 J:ta4+] 28... liJg2
29. ~e2 J:tt3 30 ...Q.d6 (30.J:td8 J:tdB
31...Q.d8 liJI4 32 .~1 liJg4 33...Q.b6 liJh2
34 .~e1 (34.<<1tg1 J:th3-+) 34 ...liJd3
35 .~d2 liJb2 36.liJb2 J:ta3- +] 30... liJf4
31. 1 liJg4! 32. J:td2 [32 ...Q.b8 J:tl2
33 .~g1 J:tg2 34.<ifi>l1 liJh2 35.~e1 J:te2X]
32 ... J:te8 33.liJc4 (33 ...Q.I4 J:tl4 34.liJc5
212
liJh2 35 .~g2 liJf3 36.J:td6 J:teiB 37.liJe6
J:tg4 38. ~h3 (38.~1 J:teB-+) 38 ... h5
39.liJf8 liJg5 40.~h2 ..Q.e5-+] 33 ... liJh2
34. ~g1 liJg4 3S.J:tt1 ..Q.d41 36 ...Q.cs
[36.liJc5 ..Q.I2 37.J:tdl2 J:tg3 38. ~h1 liJI2
39.J:tl2 J:te1 40.~h2 J:th3X] 36 ... J:tg3
37. ~ h1 J:th3 38. ~ g1 liJh2! 0-1
Atalik,Suat
Gustafsson,Jan
Kallithea tt 2003 (1)
1.d4 liJf6 2.c4 g6 3.liJc3 dS 4.liJt3
..Q.g7 S.'ifa4 ..Q.d7 6.'ifb3 dc4 H !fc4
0-0 8.e4 bS! 9.liJbS liJe4 [9 ... ..Q.b5
10.'ifb5 liJe4 11 .il'b7 c6 12...Q.d3 (12.'ti'aB
'ifa5 13...Q.d2 'ifb6oo) 12... liJd6 (12... liJc5!
13.dc5 'ifd3f) 13.Wa8 'it'b6 14.0-0 (14.d5
J:tc8 15.0-0 liJd7 16.'ifcB lOeB 17.dc6
't!fc6 18...Q.e3oo) 14 ... liJd7 15.'ii'IB liJIB
16.J:tb1 (16...Q.e3!? 'ti'b2 17.J:tac1oo)
16...liJe6 17...Q.e3 liJd4 1B.liJd4 ..Q.d4
19...Q.d4 'i!fd4 20.J:tld1 'i!i'a4~ Pazilic-
Dreams-Sutovsky, Internet blitz 2004]
10.'ii'c7 (10.liJc7?! liJc6 11 .liJaB Was
12...Q.d2 liJd2 13.ti2d2 liJd4 14.'ifc7?
(14.liJc7 J:tb8 15...Q.d3 ..Q.c6+) 14...'ti'l5!
(14 ... Wc7? 15.liJc7 liJc2 16.~d1 liJa1
17...Q.d3 ..Q.b2 1B .~e2 J:tcB 19.J:tb1 ..Q.e5
20.liJd5gg Bonsch-Jasnikowski, Harkany
1985) 15.'ifc4 ife5-+; 10.'ii'd5 c6
11.'ife4 ..Q.I5!+ Kengis; 10...Q.d3 liJd6
11.liJd6 cd6 12...Q.e4 ..Q.e6 13. a4 ..Q.d7
(13 ... d5!? 14...Q.d3 ..Q.d7gg) 14.'ifc4 ..Q.e6
15.'t!fa4 ..Q.d7 16.1t'c4 ..Q.e6 ~-17 Zhou
Jianchao-Ganguly, Subic Bay 2009; 10.ti'c2
liJd6 11 .liJc7 ..Q.I5 12.'ifc3 liJe4 13.Wc4
liJd6 14.'ifc3 liJe4 ~ - 17 Golod-Gustalsson,
Dieren 1999] 1O...liJc6 11 ...Q.d3! liJb4
[11...liJd6 12.'ifdB J:tadB 13.liJd6 ed6
14...Q.e3 ..Q.g4 15.0-0-0 ..Q.f3 16.gf3 ..Q.d4
17...Q.e4 ..Q.e3 1B.fe3 liJb4 19.J:td4!±
(Giorgadze) 19... J:tbB 20.a3 (20.~b1 15=
Vegh) 20 ... liJa2 21. ~b1 (21.~c2 J:tlc8)
21...liJc3 22 .~a1 liJe4= Vegh] 12 ...Q.e4
..Q.bs 13.'ti'd8 (13.'t!fc3 a5 14.a3 't!fd7
15...Q.e3 J:tac8 16.'ifd2 15 17...Q.b1 liJd5
1B.a4 ..Q.c4 19.liJe5? (19...Q.d3 14 20...Q.c4
J:tc4 21 .1t'e2 J:tlc8 22...Q.d2 ..Q.d4 23.liJd4
J:td4 24.J:tc1 J:tc1 25 ...Q.c1 ti'a4=F/+)
19... ..Q.e5 20.de5 J:tldB 21 ...Q.d4 liJb4-+
A.Rasmussen-Schandorff, Denmark II
2009/1 0] 13... J:tad8 14 ...Q.d2 liJd3
[14 ...15 15...Q.15 J:tl5 16...Q.b4 ..Q.d4
(16... ..Q.c6!?gg) 17.J:td1 e5 1B.J:td2=i;t
G.Giorgadze-Khalilman, Germany Bundes-
liga 1997/98] 1S•..Q.d3 ..Q.d3 16 ~c3
..Q.e4 17. ~e2! [17.J:td1 ..Q.I3 1B.gf3 J:td5
19.~e2 J:tldB 20.J:td2 e6 (20.....Q.d4
21 .J:thd1 e5 22.14= Giorgadze) 21 .J:thd1
J:th5= Giorgadze-Stohl, Senec II 1998]
17... ..Q.f3 18. 3 ..Q.d4 19 ...Q.d4 J:td4
20.J:thd1;!; J:tb4! 21.b3 aS 22.~e3
[22.J:tac1 a4 23.J:tc4 J:tlb8 24.J:tdd4 J:tc4
25.bc4 J:tb2 26.c5 J:tc2! (26 ... J:ta2! 27.J:tc4)
27.J:ta4 J:tc5= Atalik] 22 ... es 23.J:tac1
a4 24.J:tc4 J:tfb8 2S.J:tb4 J:tb4
26.ba4 J:ta4 27.J:ta1 fS 28 .~d3 7
29. ~c3 ~e6 30. ~b3 J:ta6 31.a4 e4
32.aS t4 33.'ittc4 <;Pes 34.J:ta4 gS
3S.~bS J:ta8 36.a6 ~dS [36 ... e3 37.13
'ittd5 38.~b6 e2 39.J:te4 J:tbB 40.~c7
J:tb2 41.a7 J:ta2 42.'ittb7 J:tb2= Atalik]
37. ~ b6 e3 38.f3 J:tb8 39.'ittc7
39 ... J:ta8?! [39 ... e2 40.J:te4 (40.~bB
e1 'if 41 .a7 't!feB) 40... J:tb2 41 .a7 J:tc2=
Atalik] 40. ~b6? (40.~b7 J:teB 41 .a7 e2
42.J:te4 J:te4 43.fe4 ~d4 44.aBti' e1 W
45.'ilt'dB ~e3 46.e5 ~121 47.'ilt'g5 1t'e4
48. ~c7 h6! 49.'i!fg7 't!fg2 50.'ilt'h6 13
51 .e6 ~91 52. c1 ~ h2 53.e7 Wg3
54 .~d7 '*'94 55 .~d8 't!fd4= Atalik]
40 ... J:tb8 41.'ittc7 J:ta8 42.'ittb6=
Y2-Y2
Kin 's Indian Defence
Classical Variation Kl 4.6+9 (E97)

Bayonet 2012
by Viacheslav lkonn ikov (special contribution by Anish Giri)

1. d4 tt'lf6 1O.l:[e I became very popular this Chinese Women ' Champion hip,
2. c4 g6 year, especial ly the line with White demon trated the intere t-
3. tt'lc3 i..g7 12.i..f3, after Vladimir Kramnik ing idea of sacrificing a pawn:
4. e4 d6 won his game against An ish GLri, 20.l:[h2!? d7 2l.fe4 "ifc7
5. tt'lf3 0-0 Hoogeveen 2011. However the 22.i..e3.
6. i..e2 e5 line l2.f3 f4 J3.b5 is till topical
7. 0-0 tt'lc6 the e day .
8. d5 tt'le7
9. b4 tt'lh5 The Line 12.f3 - Kl 4.9
10. g3 f5 l2.f3 f4 13.b5 fg3 14.hg3 h6

.i.
11. tt'lg5 tt'lf6 15.tt'le6 i..e616.de6 ~c8 17.tt'ld5

'''
.t'i¥
~
K. "ife6 l8.tt'lc7 h3 19 .ttf2 .

j, ~ .i.
.t. i .t..t. ttJ ~ .t
.t. ~ ''
~ i.t. ttJ
j, The diagram position is very
~~ ~
ttJ ~ promi ing for White. The lost
pawn i compensated for by the
~~ "V!ll bi shop pair, the weak black
~ ~1::[ pawns on h6 and d6 and the bad
~ ~~ ~ po ition of Black' knight on e7.
The Bayonet Variation with White' chances are better.
10.g3 in tead of the main move Thi is the critical position in the L9 ...ttac8 i the latest fashion .
l2.f3 lme. There are two main 20.tth2 g3 2l .l:rg2 h3
continuations for Black: the 22. d6 l:[f7 23.c5 tt'l f5 24.ef5
older L9 ... tt'le4 and the more l:[fc7 25.i..e3.
recent 19 .. ..:ac8.
Black u ed to play 19... tt'le4. Since
2009, when Daniel Stellwagen
beat Loek van Wely, there hasn' t
been a single game Ln which an ad-
vantage for White was hown after
20.fe4 l:[f2 2l.~f2 l:[f8 22.~e3
g3 23.Wd2l:lf2, and Black has
ufficient compen ation for the
knight. For orne time the Ime di -
appeared from the cene and it
only returned in 20 II , when in the Exactly this move by Giri against
game Shen Yang-Ju Wenjun, Etienne Bacrot in B iel 20 12
Anlsh Girl

213
 gives White a light advantage-
compare with the slightly earlier
game Van Wely-Bacrot, France
Top 12 2012, where after 25.c6
the position wa unclear.
The Line 12 ..i.f3 - Kl 4.6
Thi was the mo t played move
in 2012. Thi s line has developed
more strongly in the last few
month than in the preceding 40
years. We can divide the result-
ing po ition into three groups:
with a stable centre after 12.. .fe4
13.tl:lce4 tl:lf5 ; with a fluid cen-
tre, tarting with 12 ... c6; and the
third group contain everal
deviation from the fir t two
groups.
1) A Stable Centre
l2 ... fe4 13.tl:lce4 tl:lf5 J4.i.g2
tl:le4 I 5.tl:le4.
Thi s is the main position. Mo t
frequently played here i l5 .. .a5 ,
and after 16.b5 the queenside
wa completely clo ed again t
the white attack but also for
Blacks counterplay. In the game
E. Levin-A. Fedorov, Botvinnik
Memorial 2012, White demon-
trated a good plan with 1i'd3 ,
~d2, J:[ae l and f3-f4. In another
game, Black allowed his oppo-
nent to pu h c4-c5 (Yakovenko-
Demchenko, Tiumen 20 12), but
thi manoeu re didn't yield
" Yakovenko much, probably be-
cau e of the trong po ition of
Black's knight on d4. In my
opinion the plan with f3-f4
214
would aJ o have been good in
this game - the knight on d4 can
be un table.
2) A Fluid Centre
12 ... c6 13 ..ia3.
Invented by Kramnik against
Giri in Hoogeveen 2011 , this can
be considered the main line.
I3 ...cd5 14.ed5 e4 15 ..ie2 tl:le8
(following the main line, which
looks logical. Black defend the
d6-pawn and prepares the move
... h7-h6. Quite interesting was
the futuristic idea of Bacrot
against Wang Hao in Biel 2012:
instead of 15 ...tl:le8 he played
15 ... h6 l6.lbe6 ~e6 J7.de6 f4! ?,
with an unclear po ition) 16.J:[c I
i.
''
j_tf~.i ·
~ j_j.
'
~~ '
' ~ j. tLJ
~ tLJ
~ it look illogical, because after a
Again from the tern game.
Several month later Cheparinov
played 16.1i'b3, which is stron-
ger than .I 6.J:[c I becau e White
now has control of the e6- quare.
The only thing White hould pre-
vent i that Black play orne
tactical move like 16 ...tl:ld5 ,
favouring him : l6 ... h6 17.tl:le6
~e6 18.de6 tl:lc7?!.
.i 'if i.~
''~ ~ j_
' ~ .t. ''
'
This is the critical po ition.
Black' knight must stay on e8 to
protect the d6-pawn and the
king ide. Better than Giri '
18 ...tl:lc7 was 18 ... 1i'c8, heading
for e6 - Giri al o admitted a
much . After the correct move
18.. . c8 White will have com-
pen ation for the pawn on e6 and
the position can be eva luated a
unclear.
Be ides 1 3. ~a3, Kramnik aJ o
tried 13.i.g2 again t Alexander
Gri schuk in the Tal Memorial
20 12: 13 ... h614.tl:le6 .ie6 15.de6
'if :i ••
j_
~
' ~ ~ ''
~~
tLJ
''
~
~
~ ~~~
~ ~'if ~~
The move 13.i.g2 is the late t try
to get an advantage. At first ight
ma s exchange on e4 White will
have lost a tempo with ~f3 -g2-
e4. But Kramnik 's idea wa to
temporary sacrifice the pawn
and play fir t b4-b5 and i.e l -a3,
with growing press ure on
Black's pawn centre.
In the diagrammed position,
Black can try either 15 ... tl:le4 or
15 ... fe4 . 15 ... tl:le4 16.tl:le4 fe4
J7.i.e4 wa what happened in
the game Kramnik-Gri chuk,

where White obtained ample
compen ation for the pawn. If
Black wants to get a drawi h
po ition with oppo ite-coloured
bi hop a more intere ting game
1 reached with 15 .. .fe4:
Wojta zek-Morovic Fernandez,
I taobul Olympiad 2012.
3) Deviations
The third group contain lines
which are rare at thi point, but
black player have had good re-
ult with the e continuation .
The move 12 ... .l:[b8 wa played
in Wang Hao-Ding Liren China
20 12. The idea i that after the
Kl4.9
12.f3
Van Wely,Loek
Stellwagen,Daniel
Amsterdam 2009 (9)
1.d4 lt:lf6 2.c4 g6 3.t0c3 i.g7 4.e4
d6 s.lt:Jf3 o-o 6.i.e2 e5 7.0-0 c6
8.d5 tt:Je7 9.b4 it:Jh5 10.g3 f5
11. g5 t0f6 12.f3 f4 13.b5 fg3
14.hg3 h6 15.t0e6 i.e6 16.de6
'itc8 17.lt:Jd5 'ite6 18.lt:lc7 'it h3
19.l:tf2 lt:Je4 [19 ... l:tacS] 20.fe4
[20.l:th2!?] 20 ... l:tf2 21 . 2 l:tf8
22.¢>e3 [22.i.f3? g51 23.t0e6; 23.g4
'itg4 24.i.e3 1t'e4 25.t0e6 'i!t'h4 26.¢>g2
e4 - +J 22 ... 1!rg3 23.<.Pd2 l:tf2
24. e8 [24..ib2 .if6! (24 .. .'ilt'f4 25.<J.?d3
(25.¢>e1? l:th2 26.'Wd3 l:th1 27.i.f1
i-16- + ) 25 .. .'tlt'g3 26.Qrd2=) 25.t0e6
'itg2 26.'~e1 i.h4-+; 24.'tlt'e1 lt:J15;
24 ... 'Wf3 25.<.Pd1±; 24 ...i.f6 25.<.Pd1 i.h4
26.c5 1fg2 27.cd6 1!re4 2S.de7 'iVa4=;
24.'itb3 'itg2 25.'tlt'e3 h5 (25 ...i.f6
26.t0e6 Wt7 27. ds w es 2S.it:le6=)
26.t0eS i.h6 27.'it'h6 l:te2 2S.¢>c3 'itg3
29.¢>b4 1t'e1 30.¢>b3 d1 31.¢>a3 'tlt'd3
32.¢>b4=] 24 ... 'itf3! [The Yearbook
Novelty of the Year 2009! 24 ... h5 25.t0g7
Qrg7 26.'i!t'b3 'it'g2 27.'ife3 tOgS 2S.c5!?
(2S.i.a3 it:Jf6 29.¢>d3 l:tf4 30.l:tg1 'iWh2
31 .'ifg3 'ifg3 32.l:tg3 l:te4 33.i.b2 b6oo)
2S ... dc5 (2S ... it:Jf6 29.cd6 Qrf7 30.i.b2
lt:Je4 31.¢>d1 t0d6 32.i.e5± ) 29.i.b2
equence ... h7-h6,lt:le6 ~e6, de6
fic8,lt:ld5 fie6,lt:lc7 Black will
not lo e the exchange on a8. In
the game White acrificed a
pawn on c4, but he obtained uf-
ficient compen ation .
Be ides 12 .. ..l:[b8 White has to be
prepared for the immediate
12 ... h6 13.lt:le6 ..Q.e614.de6 c8
15.lt:ld5 lt:led5 and now, in the
game Likavsky-Zelbel, Au trian
Bunde liga 2011/12, Black ob-
tained a good po ition after
16.cd5 . Perhap the a e ment
ofthi line wi ll depend on the ex-
change acrifice with the move
16.ed5!?.
'ifh2 (29... t016! 30.l:te1 (30.i.e5 l:te2
31 .'ilt'e2 'i!t'g5 32.¢>c2 1re5-+) 30... lt:Jg4
31 .'ifd3 b6oo) 30.l:te1 lt:lf6 31.1j;>d1 b6
32.i.c3 lj;>h7?! (32 ...'itf4 33.1t'l4 ef4
34.i.c4± ) 33.1t'g5 t0e4 34.'ii'e7 Qrh6
35.i.e5 l:t17 36.'ifeS+- Van Wely·
Radjabov, Dresden ol 200S - YB/90·195]
25. d6 [25.11Ve1 l:th2 26.t0d6 i-16 27.c5
(27.i.b2 i.g5 2S.<.Pd1 'iWe3-+) 27 ... t0c8!
2S.Qrd1 (2S.t0c8 i.h4-+ 29.'tlt'd1
i.g5-+) 2S ... 'itg2 29.'ilt'd2 'tlt'h1 30.'ife1
it:Jd6 31 .'ii'h1 l:th1 32.1j;>c2 t0e4+]
25 ... i.f6 26.c5? [26.Qre1 !? g2
27.1t'd3 'ifg1 2S.Wd2 'itf1 29.i.b2 i.g5
30.1j;>c3 1t'e2 31.'ife2 l:te2 32.t0b7 l:te3
33.¢>b4 l:te4oo] 26 ... t0d5!1 27.ed5 e4
28.1j;>e1 'i!t'g2 [2S ...i.c3! 29.i.d2 1t'g3
30.i.c3 e3 31 .'ii'd4 l:t11 32.Qrf1 'iff2X]
29.¢>d2 i.a1 30.c6 'ilt'f3 31 . 4
1t'e4 32.c7 'ii'f4 33.Qre1 i.c3
34.i.d2 'ifg3 35.i.c3 l:tf3 36.Qrd2
Survey K/4.6+9
Conclusion
If we compare all line that have
been played with 12 .~ 0 in
2012, we ee that Black get
double-edged chance with
... c7-c6 and ... h7-h6 (dynamic
play); al o, the rare line from
Group 3 have not b en deeply in-
ve tigated yet and Black ha
good re ult there. A for the
line with l2 ... fe4 and 13 ... lt:Jf5
(' a table centre')- it look a if
White has a light advantage
there. rn the variation with 12.0
it eem that White i slightly
better after the noveltie of Giri
and Shen Yang.
l:tc3 37.d6 'tlt'e3 38.Qre1 l:tc1
39.1t'c1 'ii'c1 40. 2 'iVcS 41 . 3
42.i.f1 'ii'f5 43.Qrg3 'tlt'e6
44. 2 h5 45.a4 6 46.i.g2 1rc8
47.¢>g3 g5 0-1
Shen,Yang
Ju,Wenjun
Xinghua Jiangsu ch-CHN W 2011 (11 )
1.d4 t0f6 2.c4 g6 3. c3 i.g7 4.e4
d6 5.t0f3 0-0 6.i.e2 e5 7.0-0 t0c6
8.d5 t0e7 9.b4 t0h5 1 O.g3 f5
11 .t0g5 t0f6 12.f3 f4 13.b5 fg3
14.hg3 h6 15.t0e6 i.e6 16.de6
c8 17.it:Jd5 1t'e6 18.t0c7 1t'h3
19.l:tf2 e4 20. l:t h2!? [20.fe4]
20 ...'tlt'd7 [20... 'tlt'g3?! 21.l:tg2 lt:lc3
22.l:tg3 t0d1 23.i.d1 l:tac8 24.lt:Jd5 d5
25.cd5±] 21.fe4!? [21 . aS g3 22.i.h6
i.h6 23.l:th6 lj;>g7 24.l:th2 ef5 25.¢>12
(25.i.f1 l:taS (25... t0d4 26.i.h3 'tlt'f7
27.i.g4 l:taS 2S.'tl;'d3 l:tfSgg) 26.'itd2 it:Jf1
27.l:tf1 J:tc8;::t) 25... l:taS 26.i.d3 'ilt'c71
27.i.f5 lOIS 2S.'Wd3 (2S.'it'd5!? l:tc8
(2S ... 1t'b6 29.c5! 'ii'c5 (29 ... 'tlt'b5? 30.l:th7
lj;>h7 31 .'ilff7 +-) 30.'tl;'c5 deS 31.l:tah1
l:tdS 32.l:th7 Qrf6 33.l:tb7oo) 29.l:tc1 )
2S ... l:tc8 29.14? (29.l:tc1 'tlt'c5 30.¢>g2
d5;::t) 29 ...1t'c5 30.Qrf3?? (30.Qrg2 ef4+)
30 ... e4 31 .'ii'e4 W'a3-+ Van Wely·
Degraeve, Mondariz zt 1.1 2000 -
YB/57·157] 21... W'c7 22.i.e3!gg l:tf6
23.'i!fd3 [23.W'd2! h5 24.l:td1 l:tafS 25.c5
215
dc5 26.-.d7±] 23...a6 24.:tc1 :ta18
25.a4 [25.c5!? ab5 (25 ...dc5 26.:tc5 'i!t'd8
2l.'ifd8 :td8 2a.:tcl± ) 26.cd6 'it'd6
2l.'it'd6 :td6 2a.:c1 ~16 29 .~116 : ca
30.:tbl±] 25...~h7 26.'it'd2 lOgS
[26 ... h5 2l.g4-J 27.:tb1 [2l.a5!?]
27...'it'c8 28.ba6 ba6 29.:tb6 [29.:th4!
: 13 30.~13 : 13 31.~±] 29 ... :tf3! o:%
30.:tg2 ._g4 3 U Wc2 lL116 32. ~13
W13 33.1fe2 'it'e4 34.g4 [34.:td6 lLlg4
35 .~c1 'it'IS 36.:td5 :tb8o:%] 34 ...d5
35.:ta6?! [35.g5 hg5 (35 ... lLldl 36.:td6
:tl3 3l.~d2 Wd4 38. ~h1 :th3 39.:th2
:th2 40.'it'h2 b6oo) 36.~g5 Wd4
3l.~e3 'it'a1 38. ~h2 :thaoo] 35 ... d4
36. ~d2 Wb1 37.1i'e1 'i!t'b7 38.:te6
e4 [38 ... lLle4! 39.gS lLld2 40.:td2 :tl4+]
39.g5! hg5 40 .~g5 e3? [40 ... 1i'f7
41 .1fh4 ¢>ga (41...lLlhS 42.'it'e4±)
42.'it'h3 1fdl 43.:th2t; 43.c5] 41.:t16
~16 42. 'it'h4 ~g7 43. 'it'h6 ¢>g8?
[43...~17 44 .~16 1fe4! 45.:tb2±]
44.1i'g6 1i'g7 45. ~16? (45.1fh5 e2
46.~d2+-J 45 ... 'it'g6 46.:tg6 ~h7
47.:tg7 ~ h6 48 .~d4 e2 49.:te7
: 11 50. ~g2 eHW 51.:te1 :te1
52.~13 ~g6 53.a5 :tc1 54.c5 :tc4
55.¢>e4 :ta4 56.c6 11.1 · 11.1
Giri,Anish
Bacrot,Etienne
Biel 2012 (3)
1.d4 l016 2.c4 g6 3.lLlc3 ~g7 4.e4
d6 5.lLlf3 0-0 6 . ~e2 e5 7.0-0 lLlc6
8.d5 lL!e7 9.b4 [9.lLle1] 9 ... lLlh5
10.g3 [10.:te1 Gelfand·Giri, London 2012
(a)] 10...15 11 .lLlg5 lLl16 12.13 (12.~13]
12 .. .14 13.b5 [6 14.lLle6] 13 .. .fg3
14.hg3 h6 15.lLle6 ~e6 16.de6
'it'c8 17.lLld5 1fe6 18.lLlc7 ._h3
19.:tf2! : ac81? [19 ... lLle4] 20.:th2!
(20.'it'd6 lLle4 21.fe4 'it'g3 22.:tg2 1i'e1
216
23.~h2 1i'h4'f] 20 ...1fg3 [20 ... 1i'dl
21 .b6!? ab6 22. bS] 21 .:tg2 W' h3
22.'it'd6 :m [6 23 ... lL!ISJ 23.c5 lL!15
[23 ... lLle4 24.fe4 'i!t'c3 25.~b2 'it'b2
26.:td1 6 ~g4·e6+ - ] 24.e15 :t1c7
25. ~e3!?N [25.c6 Van Wely·Bacrot,
France It 2012] 25 .. .'.-15?! [25...~ha!
26 .~h6! 1i'15! (26 ...1fh6 2l.:th2 lLlhS
28.'Wg6 ..g6 29.fg6 ~16!? 30.:thS ~gl
31 .:thll (RR 31. ~12 ~96 32.:tah1 ~gS
33 .~d3 ~6 ;t lkonnikov) 31... ~g6 32 .~d3
¢>g5 33.:tcl :tel 34.:tca e4 (RR
34 ...~el 3S.c6 bc6 36.bc6± lkonnikov)
3S . ~e4 ~d4 36.~ 1) 2l .~d3 e4 2a.te4
'ii'cS 29.'i!t'c5 :tcS 30.:tg6 (RR 30.:tl1
~h6 31.:tt6 : 9a 32.:ttg6 : 96 33.:96
:tgS 34.:tgS ~gS;t lkonnikov) 30... ~h6
31 .:th6 ~Ql=] 26. :t11!
26... ~18? (26 ... :td7?? 2l .~c4 ¢>hl
28.~e6! +-; 26 ...~ha ; 26 ... ¢>hl 2l. ~d3 e4
2a.te4 'Wh3 (Black has tricks of his own, but
obviously he is just trying to desperately hold
the balance here:) RR 29.:tg3 1i'h4 30.-..14
(30.~d4 lLlg4 31 .'it'g6 ~ha 32.:tg4 ~d4
33.~g2 1i'g4 34.11t'g4 : ga=) 30 ... 'it'l4
(30...'it'h5 31 .e5 lLldS 32.1i'd4± ) 31.~14
:tcS 32.e5 lL!dS 33.:tg6 l014 34.:tf4 ¢>ga
35.e6;t lkonnikov; 26 ... Wd7 2l.:tg6 ~
2a.:g2 1fd6 29.cd6 :tdl 30.~d1 ±
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29.~11 ?! [29.~ 1! ~d6 30.cd6 : em
(30 ... :tc3 31.:tg6! (31 .¢>e2 :tc2!? 32.~d2
~) 31... ~ 32.eS! :td3 33.:16 ~ea
34.:te6! ~ 35.:tel+-; 30... : 17 31.:tg6
¢>hl 32.:th6 ~gl 33.~e2 :tea! 34.:th4
:tdl 35 .~c5+- ) 31. ~c1 :tc1 32.~e2
¢>17 33.~d2! (33.eS lLldl!) 33 ... : c5
(33 ... :tc8 34.~e3!) 34.¢>e3! :tc1 35.~e2!!
lLldl 36. ~! +- J 29... ~d6 30.cd6
:tc3? (30 ...:tf7!? 31.eS lLldS 32.:tg6!
(32 .~6 :tf1 ! 33.~1 <1.>17) 32 ... :tgl
33.:tgl ~1 34 ..i.al ; 30...:td7! 31.eS
g5!1+ - ] 31 .~d4 :tf3 [RR 31...lLle4
32.:tg6 ¢>fa 33.~c3 lLlc3 34.:th6 ~gl
35.:te6± lkonnikov] 32.e5! :t14!?
[32 ... :tc1 33.:tg6 ¢>hl 34.:tt6 :tc11
35 .~g2 :tl6o 36.el6 :tt4 31.-i.es : g4
38.~13 :tga 39.dl :tda 40.17 ¢>g6 41.~c7]
33. ~b2! (33.~e3?! :tt1 ! 34 .~1 lLldS
35.~6 (35.e6? lLle3 36.~ lLldS!)
35...~;t] 33 ... lLlh7 [RR 33... lLldS 34.e6
gS 35.d7 : eta 36.~d3+- lkonnikov]
34.e6 [34.dl : eta 35.e6 tOgS 36.el lL113
3l.<.Pf2 lLlh2 38.~e1 ! :te4 39.:te2 : 11
40. ~ l013 41.¢>d3] 34... lL!g5 [34 ... lL!ta
35.el lLldl 36.:tg6 ~ 3l . ~h3!]
35.:tg5! hg5 36.d7 :tg4 [36... :tcta
3l.~g2 !; 3l.e7?? : 11 38. ~g2 : a12
39.~g3 :tl3 40.¢>g4 :tl4 41.¢>g5 ~hl!
42.ea'ii' : 1s 43.¢>114 :t514=J 37.~g2 1-o
Giri
M/ 12-6-26
Van Wely,Loek
Bacrot,Etienne
France tt 2012 (2)
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l016 5.lLlc3 0-0 6.~e2 e5 7.0-0 lL!c6
8.d5 lL!e7 9.b4 h5 10.g3 15
11 .lLlg5 l016 12.13 14 13.b5 1g3
14.hg3 h6 15.lLle6 ~e6 16.de6
'it'c8 17.lLld5 1t'e6 18.lLlc7 W'h3
19.:tf2! (19.lL!aa 'ifg3= 20.~h1 lLlhS
21 .'ii'e1 'it'h3=] 19... :tac8 [19 ... lLle4]
20.:th2 [20.'it'd6 lLle4 (20 ... 1i'g3 21 .:tg2
'it'e1 22.¢>h2 (22 .~11 ? :tcda 23.We6 :tl7
24.lL!ds lL!eds 2S.cdS : ea 26.1t'h3
lLle4- + ) 22... 'it'h4 23.¢>g1 =) 21.fe4
Wg3=] 20 ... 'ifg3 [20... dl 21.b6 ab6
22.lLlb5 lLlhS 23.~g2t ] 21 .:tg2 'it'h3
22.11t'd6 :tf7!? [22 ...lLlh5?! 23.'it'e6
(23...el :tel 24. cl lL!g3 25.:tg3 1fg3
26 .~ 1 : 13 21 .~13 'WI3 2a.¢>g1 =)
23 ...'ife6 24.lLle6 :tl6 2S. gl ¢>gl
26.~b2±] 23.c5 [23 .~d2 !? :tel! 24.'it'cl
lLlc6 2S.'ifd6 (25.'it'f7 ~ 26.bc6 bc6
2l.:tb1 oo) 25... ~1a 26.'ifd3 :tdl 2l.'it'e3
lLld4 2a.:th2 (2a.:tc1? ~cS-+) 2a .. .'itg3
29.:tg2=] 23 ... l015 [23... lLle4!? 24.1e4
1i'c3 2S . ~b2 'ifb2 26.:td1 'i!fc3 2l .~g4
e3 2a.¢>h1 : em 29.Wcl ~h7
30.'twb7 'i!fcS 31 .Wd7t] 24.e15 :t1c7
25.c6 'i!t'15 [2S ... bc6 26.~c4 ~ha
27.~e6 cbS (27... ea 2a.-..d2 cbS
(2a ... : b8 29.:tg6 ~ h7 30.bc6±) 29 .~c8
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29.fg6 1t'l3 30.~d2t] 26. ~c4 ~ h7
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32.l:l.d1oo] 29 ...'ttb7 30..ie3 'Wb5
31 •.ia7 .l:l.c4 [31 ...h5!?] 32.'it'd1 li:ld5+
33.a4?! 'ii'b7! 34.~12 li:lf4! 35 ..l:l.g3
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38.'1'13 'Wc4 39 ..l:l.d2 '*'a4-+] 37..l:l.e3
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38.'WI3 e4!) 38 ....-dS!-+] 38.a5 .l:l.g4
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[39 ...e4!-+] 40 .• b3 li:lf4 [40 ...'Wd7!?
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Ju,Wenjun
China tt 2011 (3)
1.d4 li:lf6 2.li:lf3 g6 3.c4 .ig7 4.li:lc3
0-0 5.e4 d6 6 •.ie2 e5 7.0-0 li:lc6
8.d5 li:le7 9.b4 li:lh5 10.g3 f5
11.li:lg5 li:lf6 12.f3 f4 13.b5 fg3
14.hg3 li:lh5 [14 ... h6] 15. ~12 h6
[15 ...li:ll4? 16.gl4 el4 17.'i!fd3 h6 (17 ...li:lc6
18.dc6 'ifg5 19 .~e1 bc6 20.bc6±)
18.li:le6 .ie6 19.de6 li:lc6 (19 ...li:ll5
20.l:l.h1 li:lg3 21..l:l.h2 'i!fg5 22 ..ia3±)
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Wely-Dyachkov, Sochi It 2008 - YB/90·197]
16.li:le6 .ie6 17.de6 \Wc8
18.li:ld5 [18.c5! 'ii'e6 (18 ... dc5 19...b3
~h7 20 ..ie3;!;) 19.cd6 cd6 (19 ... 'Wh3?
20 ..ic4 ~h7 21 .de7 'Wg3 22 .~e2+-)
20.'.,b3 d5 21.q;,g2!;!;] 18... W'e6
19.li:lc7 -.h3;::t 20.l:l.g1 [20.li:la8 li:lg3
21. ~e3 .l:l.a8 22..l:l.g1 .l:I.IS;::t] 20 .•.li:lf6
[20 ... .l:l.ad8 21 ..ie3 li:lf6 22 .~e1 oo]
21.q;,e3 [21 .~e1 !? .l:l.ad8 22 ..ie3 li:lh5
23..if2oo] 21 •.•.l:l.ad8 22.a4? [22.g4 h5
23.'it'f1 .ih6 24.~d3 'Wt1 25 ..l:l.f1 .ic1
26..l:l.ac1 q;,f7=] 22 ... 'ii'c8-+ 23.b6
ab6 24.li:lb5 'i!fc5 25 .~d2 d5
26 . ~c2 de4 27.'We1 ef3 28 ..if3
li:lfd5 29 •.ie2 li:lb4 30.~ b3 li:ld3
31 •.ia3 W'e3 32 •.id3 .l:l.d3 33.li:lc3
.l:l.f3 0-1
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12.-ltf3
Levin,Evgeny
Fedorov,Aiexey
St Petersburg 2012 (7)
1.d4 li:lf6 2.c4 g6 3.li:lc3 .ig7 4.e4
d6 5.li:lf3 0-0 6 •.ie2 e5 7.0-0 li:lc6
8.d5 li:le7 9.b4 li:lh5 10.g3 f5
11 .li:lg5 li:lf6 12•.if3 fe4 13.li:lce4
li:lf5 14..ig2 a5 15.b5 [15.ba5!? l:l.a5
16.a4 li:ld4 17..id2 .l:l.a8 18.a5oo]
15••.li:le4 [15 ...b6 16.li:le6 .ie6 17.de6
.l:l.b8 18.li:lf6;!;] 16.li:le4 b6 17.• d3
[17.a4 h6 18..ib2!? (18.•d3 g5 19.13 \WeB
20.~2 'i!fg6 21 ..l:l.ae1 .id7 22 ..l:l.f2 l:l.f7
23.'it'd1 .l:l.al8 24 ..if1 h5 25..ic3 g4 26.1g4
hg4 27..ig2 li:ld4'1' 28..l:l.f7 l:l.f7 29..id4
ed4 30.li:lf2 .its 3Ule4 .ie4 32.li:le4 .l:l.13
33.h3?! .ie5? (33 ... l:l.a3! 34.hg4 d3 35.'.-d2
...g4-+) 34.~g2? (34.hg4! . g4 35.q;,g2
l:l.g3 36.tllg3 'it'g3 37.q;,1 d3=) 34 ... .l:l.a3
35.hg4 l:l.a2 36 .~g1 d3 37.'i!fd3 ..h7?1
(37 ... 'ii'g4+) 38.li:lf2 ...d3 39.li:ld3 .id4
40.~11 .l:l.a4 41. ~e2 (41 ..l:l.e4 l:l.c4
42.li:lf4=) 41....l:l.c4+ Pelletier-AI Modiahki,
Istanbul ol 2012) 18... g5 19.'Wd3 'ifea
20.l:l.ae1 'ti'f7 21 .li:ld2 (21.13!? .id7
22 ..ih3;!;) 21....id7 22 ..l:l.e2 (22..ie4!?
li:le7 23.13 l:l.ae8 24 ..l:l.f2 .ic8 25.li:ll1 ;!;)
22 ... tlle7 23..ie4 .ih3 24.l:l.fe1 ~h8
25.'ti'c2;!; Zhao Xue-Ju Wenjun. China tt
2012; 25.13! .l:l.ae8 26.li:ll1 ;!;] 17.•. h6
18..id2 g5 19..l:l.ae1 'i!fd7 [19 ...li:ld4
20.14 gf4 21 .gf4 .if5 22.fe5 deS 23.'tli'g3i]
20.f4 ef4 21 .gf4 g4 [21 ... gf4 22.l:l.f4
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.ies 23..l:l.g4 q;,ha 24..ic3±J 22.li:lg3
.id4 [22 .. .'~t'f7 23..l:l.e6 ~d4 24.q;,h1 li:lg3
2S.'it'g3 'ifts 26..l:l.fe1 .ie6 27.de6 .l:l.aea
28..i.e4--+; 22 ... li:lg3 23.hg3 W'f7 24..ie4
.itS 2S..ifS 'it'IS 26.'i!ffS .l:I.IS 27..l:l.e7;!;]
23.~h1 Wg7 24 •.ie4 li:lg3 25.hg3
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28..if4 .l:l.af8 29..ieS deS 30 .~g2± ] 27.f5
27 ..•.ie5 28. ~g2 .i.e8 29 ..i.e8
l:l.ae8 30 ..l:l.h1 .l:l.f6 31 .l:l.h4 .l:l.ef8
32.l:l.f1 [32.'i!Ve4! Wt7 33 ..l:l.eh1 +-]
32... 33 ...e4 [33 ..l:l.fh1 1 .l:l.h8
34.l:l.hS ~ea 35 ..i.g5+-] 33 ... ~e8
34..l:l.g4 W'h7 35.l:l.g6 [3S ..i.c3 l:I.IS
36..l:l.gf4 .l:l.f4 37.W'h7 .l:l.f1 38 ..i.eS deS
39.•C7+-) 35 .• .'i!fg6 36.fg6 .J:I.f1
37 ..i.f4? [37.g7 l:l.812 38 .~h3 ~
39 .•h7 .ig7 40 ..i.c3+-] 37 ... .l:l.1f4
38.gf4 .l:l.f4 39.g7? [39 .'~'d3 .l:l.g4
40. ~12 ~e7 41.W'h3 .l:l.g6 42.•c8+-]
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Yakovenko,Dm itry
Demchenko,Anton
Tiumen 2012 (3)
1.d4 li:lf6 2.c4 g6 3.li:lc3 .ig7 4.e4
0-0 5.li:lf3 d6 6 ..i.e2 e5 7.0-0 li:lc6
8.d5 li:le7 9 .b4 li:lh5 1 O.g3 f5
11 .li:lg5 li:lf6 12 . ~f3 fe 4 13.li:lce4
li:lf5 14. ~g2 li:le4 [1 4... 'We7 1S.c5
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2S.'.-e2 'i'i'c7'1' Ve.Sergeev-Evseev, Tiumen
2012] 15.li:le4 li:ld4 [1S ... aS] 16..ig5
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18.l:l.c1 bc5 [18....ia6 19.l:l.e1 bcS
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20 ..l:l.e1 .l:l.ab8 21 ..ie3 [21.'~d2 !? ~bS
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[23... :la2 24.'itb1 :la5 25.:ld6 'ifc7oo]
24.Wc1 [24 .~d4!? ~d1 25.~b2 ~13
26.tt:ld6 'ifg4 27.tt:le4!] 24... tt:lf3
25.~f3 ~f3 26.tt:lg5 ~d5 27.:lc7
'itb5 28.:lg7 '<Pg7 29.'itc7 :lf7
30.tt:lf7 ~f7 3 Uit'd6 'ifd5 32.Wa3
[32.'ife7 :lb7=] 32 ... :la2 33.'ite7 h5
34.h4 :lb2 35.:lc1 [35.'ifa7 :lb7
36.Wa1 w h7=] 35 ... :lb7 36 ...-gs 'ife6
37.'ifd8 '*d7 38.'ii'a5 W'd5 39.'ifa1
'<Ph7 40.'ifa3 '4Pg7 41.:lc8
41...a5? [41...:ld71 42.'iff8 'OPIG 43.'4Ph2
'ifdG 44.'ifh6 :lc7=] 42.'i¥f8 6 a5 29.b5 tt:lf5 30.e7 :le8 31 .:le5 We?
43.Wh2 [43.:lc5 :lb1 44.~c1 :lb8
(44 ... 'ifd1 45.'4Ph2 :lc1 46.'ifh8 We?
47.'ii'e5 '<PIS 48 .... b8 'OPe? 49.'ifc7 q;,jS
50.:lc1+-) 45 .~g5 'OPI5 46.'ife7 '*eG
47.'ifc7 :lb1 48.Wg2 ~e8 49.'ifd8+- ]
43 ... :lb1 44.~c1 1i'a2?! [44 ... q;,j5
45.:lc5 'ifd7 46.'ii'g7 '*e7 47.:lc6+-]
45.'ifd8 5 46.W'd3 47.'iff3
'<Pe6 48 .~g5 1-0
Kramnik,VIadimir
Giri,Anish
Hoogeveen 2011 (1)
1.tt:lf3 tt:lf6 2.c4 g6 3.tt:lc3 ~g7 4.e4
d6 5.d4 0-0 6. ~e2 e5 7.0-0 tt:lc6
8.d5 tt:le7 9.b4 tt:lh5 10.g3 f5
11 .tt:lg5 tt:lf6 12. ~f3 c6 13.~a3
[13.~g2] 13 ... cd5 [13 ... h6! 14.tt:le6 ~e6
15.de6 fe4 16.tt:le4 (16.~g2 d5 17.b5 :le8
18.cd5 cd5 19 ...-b3!) 16 ... tt:le4 17 .~e4 d5
18.cd5 cd5 19.b5 (19.~g2) 19... de4
20.'ifd8 :lidS 21.~e7 :le8 22 .~b4 :leG
23.:lfe1 a6 24.ba6 :lea6 25.a3 ~18
26.:le4 ~b4 27 .:lb4 :la3 28.:la3 :la3
29.:lb7 e4= Ghaem Maghami-Morovic
Fernandez, Istanbul ol 2012] 14.ed5 e4
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19 .~d1 'ifc8 (19 ... d5 20.cd5 tt:lfd5
21 .tt:ld5 1i'd5 (21...~a1 22.~b3 tt:ld5
23.:la1 tt:le7 24...-hG±; 21...lLld5 22.~b3
tt:le7 23.:lad1 ±) 22.'ii'd5 tt:ld5 23.~b3
~a1 24.~d5 ~16 25.e7 :117 26.b5!)
20.:le1 'ii'c4?! (20 ... 'ii'e6! 21. ~13 '*c4
22 .~d1 '<Ph? 23 .~b3 'ii'a6 24 .~b2 d5o:t)
21 .~b3 W'a6 22 .~b2 :ladS 23.tt:le4
(23.tt:ld5 tt:lfd5 24 .~g7 '0Pg7 25 .~d5 tt:ld5
26.W'd5! ) 23 ... tt:le4 24.:le4 ~2 25.'ifb2
d5 26.:le3 :ld6 27.:lae1 'ii'b6 (27 ...'i¥c6
28. ~d1 d4 29.:ld3 'ifc4 30.:113;1;) 28.~d1
32 .~13 :le7 33.:le7 tt:le7 34.W'e5+-
Wang Hao-Bacrot , Biel 2012) 18.cd5 tt:lfd5
19.tt:ld5 'ifd5 (19 ... ~a1 20.tt:le7 11t'e7
21 .tli'a1 'ii'e6 22.1i'c1 +-; 19 ... tt:ld5
20.'ti'b3 ~a1 21 .:la1 tt:le7 22.:ld1 Wb6
23.:ld7 :lieS 24.b5+-) 20.'twd5 tt:ld5
21. ~c4 tt:lb6 (21...~1 22.~d5 ~16 23.e7
:%17 24.b5 '<Pg7 25.~17 '4P!7 26.:lc1 !)
22 .~b3 ~a1 23.e7 :117 24.:la1 !]
16.:lc1 [16.'ti'b3 tt:lc7 (16... tt:ld5 17.tt:ld5
'twg5 (17...~a1 18.:la1 'ifg5 19.tt:lf4 h6
20.c5 '<Ph? 21 .:ld1 'ifd8 (21...dc5 22.bc5
'ti'IG 23.c6±) 22 . cd6~) 18.:lad1 ~e6
19.c5t; 16... h6 17.tt:le6 ~e6 18.de6 'ticS
(18 ... tt:lc7 19.:lad1 '<Ph? 20.b5±) 19.c5!)
17.c5 b5 (17... ~e5 18.:lfd1 ±) 18.tt:lb5
tt:lb5 19 .~b5 h6 (19 ... '4Ph8 20.cd6 'ii'd6
21 .:lad1+-; 19... ~a1 20.cd6 'tit'd6
21.~c6+-) 20.cd6 'ifd6 21.~c4 hg5
22.b5 'tlt'e5 23.~e7 14 24.d6 '<Ph? 25.~18
~18 26.:lad1 ~g4 27.:ld5+- Chepa-
rinov-Dzhuraev, Istanbul ol 2012] 16 ... h6
[16... ~16!? 17.tt:le6 ~e6 18.de6 'ii'c8
19.tt:ld5 'ii'e6 20.tt:lf6 tt:lf6 21 .b5oo]
17.tt:le6 ~e6 18.de6 tt:lc7 [18... Wc8!?
19.tt:ld5 (19.'itb3 We6 20.:lfd1 :IdS 21 .b5
~e5oo) 19...11t'e6 20.tt:lf4 'ii'd7 (20 ... W17
21 .c5 d5 22.b5 ~e5 23.c6 ~14 (23 ... bc6
24 .~e7 ~14 25.:lc6 'ti'e7 26.W'd5!)
24.gf4 bc6 25.bc6 tt:lc7 26.'ii'd4 :lac8oo)
21 .c5 ~e5 22 . b5~] 19.b5 ~e5
[19 ...tt:le6 20 .~d6 ~d4 21 .c5!] 20.Wb3
20 ...'0Pg7 [20 ... tt:le6!? 21 .c5 d5 22.tt:ld5
tt:ld4 23.tt:le7 '<Ph? 24.:lcd1 We?
(24 ... tt:le2 25.'4Pg2 tt:ld4 26.:ld4 'itd4
27.c6±) 25.:ld4 ~d4 26.c6 1i'16 27.~18
:118 28.'ii'c4 bc6 29.bc6! ] 21.:lfd1 tt:le6
22.c5 tt:ld4 23.:ld4 ~d4 24.cd6
tt:lg8 25.tt:ld5 Wh8 26.:lc7 ~e5
27 .~ b2?1 [27.:lb7+- ; 27.:le7+-]
27 ... Wd6 28.:lb7 [28.~a3 e6 29.tt:lf4
'tieS 30.:lb7±] 28 ... g5 [28... ~2
29.'ii'b2 tt:ltG 30.tt:lt4 :lg8 31.:117 :lata
32.:la7+-] 29.b6 aS [29... :lfb8
30.:117+-1 30.~h5 :labS 31.:la7
~b2 32. 'ii'b2 tt:lf6 33. ~f7 '<Pg7
34.:ld7 -.cs 35. ~e6 1-0
Kramnik,VIadim ir
Grischuk,Aiexander
Moscow 2012 (2)
1.tt:lf3 tt:lf6 2.c4 g6 3.tt:lc3 ~g7 4.e4
d6 5.d4 0-0 6 . ~e2 e5 7.0-0 tt:lc6
8 .d5 tt:le7 9.b4 tt:lh5 10.g3 f5
11 .tt:lg5 tt:lf6 12. ~f3 c6 13 . ~g2
..t~ B ...
.li ~ ..ti
~i
i.l
~ ii ttJ
~~ ~
ttJ
13 ... h6 [13 ... fe4 14.dc6! (14. ce4 tt:le4
15.tt:le4; 15 .~e4 h6 16. e6 ~e6 17.de6

dS 18.cdS cdS 19. ~g2 Wd6 20. ~e3 b6
21.'i'd2 'it>h7'F) 14...tt:lc6 (14 ... bc6
15.tt:lge4 tt:le4 (1S ... tt:leS 1Ui'd3 ~IS
17.l:td1 ±) 16.tt:le4 lOIS; 16... dS 17.cdS cdS
18.~gS±) 1S.tt:lge4 tt:le4 16.'ifdS 'it>h8
17.tt:le4 tt:lb4 1S.'tlfd6 'ifd6 (18...tt:lc6
tU .gS!) 19.tt:ld6 e4 20.l:Xb1 tt:la2
21.~b2 tt:lc3 22.~c3 ~c3 23.tt:le4! ;
13...cdSN 14.cdS h6 1S.tt:le6 ~e6 16.de6
fe4 17.bS Was 1S.'Wb3 l:XIcB 19. ~d2
'i'b6 20.~e3 Was 21 .tt:le4 tt:le4 22 .~e4
dS 23.~dS l:Xc3 24.Wd1 l:XdS 2S ...I3
lidS? (2S ...tt:ldS 26.-.17 'it>h7 27.e7 tt:le7
28.'*e7 l:Xcd3 29.Wb7;!;) 26.'W17 Wh7
27.'We7 l:Xc7 2S.'it'h4 'i'bS 29.l:Xac1 l:Xct
30.ltc1 +- Miton-Szefag, Poland II 2012]
14.tt:le6 ~e6 15.de6 tt:le4 [1S .. .fe4
16bS dS 17.~a3 : es IS.cdS cdS
(1 8...tt:ledS 19.tt:le4 tt:le4 20.~e4 l:Xe6
21 .ltc1 WhS 22.'ifa4±) 19.'Wb3 'ii'b6
20.~e7 l:Xe7 21 .tt:ldS tt:ldS 22.-.dS e3?!
(22... We6 23.'i'e6 l:Xe6 24.~e4 l:Xb6
25.l:XId1 l:XbS 26.l:Xd7;!;; 22 ... l:XdS 23.'ii'e4
tlfe6 24.l:Xad1 l:Xed7 2S.l:Xd7 l:Xd7
26.l:Xc1 ;!;) 23.1e3 'ire3 24.Wh1 'ii'b6
(24...'it>h71?) 25.l:Xad1 l:XaeS?I (25 ...l:XIS
26.l:XI8 'it>IS 27.l:Xf1 'it>gS 28. ~e4 '1Wd4
29.Wd4 ed4 30.~g6 ± ) 26.~e4 g5?
27.~g6 : ta 2S.l:XIS ~IS 29. ~17 +-
Wojtaszek-Morovic Fernandez, Istanbul ol
2012] 16.tt:le4 fe4 17.b5! [17 . ~e4 d5'F]
17...l:Xf6 (17 ...'ifc7 18. ~a3 l:XadS 19. ~e4
: rs 20.'ifa4;!;J 18. ~e4 l:Xe6 19.'ita4!1!1
19... d5 [19 ...'ii'c7 20.l:Xd1 l:X16 21 .l:Xb1 aS
22.bc6 bc6 23.~e3;!;] 20.l:Xd1 Wh7
[20 ... d4 21 .l:Xb1 'it'd? 22. ~a3 tt:liS 23.bc6
bc6 24.'it'a6;!;; 24.l:Xd2 Wh7 2S.l:Xdb2;!;;
20 ...-.d? 21 .bc6 1t'c6 22.'it'c6 bc6 23.cdS
cdS 24.l:XdS tt:ldS 2S.~dS : es 26 . ~e3;!;]
21.cd5 [21 .bc6 bc6 22 .~a3 d4
23.l:Xab1 !1!1] 21 ... cd5 22. 'ifb3 l:Xb6
[22 .. .'it'd7 23.~a3 d4 24.l:Xac1;!;] 23.a4
a6 24. ~a3 abS 25.~e7 'ife7
26.l:Xd5 b4 27.a5 1t'f7? [27 ...l:X16
28.l:XbS±] 28.h4 hS 29.'ilt'd1 1-0
Wang Hao
Ding Liren
China II 2012 (5)
1.d4 tt:lf6 2.c4 g6 3.tt:lc3 ~g7 4.e4
d6 S.tt:lf3 0-0 6.~e2 eS 7.0-0 tt:lc6
8.d5 tt:le7 9.b4 tLlhS 10.g3 fS
11 .tt:lg5 tt:lf6 12 . ~f3
12... l:Xb8 [12... h6 13.tt:le6 ~e6 14.de6
'WeB 1S.tt:ldS tt:ledS 16.cdS (16.edS e4
17 .~e2 tLldS 1S.WdS (18.cdS ~at
19 .~h6 ~g7 20 .~g7 Wg7 21.'it'd4 w gs
22 . ~bS 1t'dS (22 ...c6 23.dc6 bc6
24.~a4;!;) 23.~d7!1!1) 1S .. .~a1 19.e7 l:XI7
20.c5 c6 (2o .. :.-es 2 1.~c4 c6 22.'i Vd6
'it>g7 23 .~h6 'it>h6 24. ~17 'ii'17 25.l:Xa1
l:Xes 26.l:Xd1 ;!;) 21 .'iVd6 Wg7 22 .~c4 i )
16.. .fe4 17 .~e2 c6 (17... l:Xe8 18.bS c6
19.dc6 dS 20.cb7 'it'b7 21. ~d2 l:Xe6
22.l:Xc1 oo) 18 .~c4? 1 (1S.dc6 dS 19.cb7
'ii'b7 20.~b2 'tlfc7 21 .l:Xc1 'ii'd6 22.'ilt'a4
'i¥e6 23.l:Xc6 'it'IS 24.'..a6 Wh7
2S.l:Xc7!1!1) 1S...l:XeS 19.dc6 1i'c6 20.1i'e2
l:Xec8 (20 ... d5!? 21 .~bS 'i+'e6 22 .~e8 l:Xe8
23 .~b2 d4t) 21.~b3 dS 22.e7 : es
(22 ... l:Xc7! 23.~a3 'Wd6 24.l:Xad1 'it>h7
2S.'ii'b2 bS+) 23 .~a3 'ii'd6 24.l:Xad1 l:Xe7
2S.l:XdS tt:ldS 26.We4 Wh7 27 .~dS '1Wa6
(27...l:Xd8! 28 .~b7 l:Xc7 29.~c1 Wb6
30 . ~a8 aS+) 28. ~c1 'F Likavsky-Zelbel,
Austria 11 2011 /12; 12... 'it>h8 13 . ~g2 14
14.cS tt:leS (14... as 1S.cd6 cd6 16.bSi)
15.tt:le6 ~e6 16.de6 c6 (16... '1Wc8
17.~h3±) 17.'ii'b3 'ilt'c7 (17 ... 13 18. ~h3
Survey Kl 4.6+9
dS 19.edS cdS 20.l:Xd1 c7 21.tt:le4±)
1S.l:Xd1 l:Xd8 19 . ~b2 lg3 20.hg3 tt:l16
(20 ... b6!? 21 .l:Xac1 bc5 22.bcS l:XbS
23.'ii'a3±) 21 .cd6 l:Xd6 22.l:Xd6 'ii'd6
23.l:Xd1 'Wc7 24.tt:la4 b6 2S.'ii'd3 tt:lc8
26.1i'c3 c5 27.'..eS (27.bc5 bS 2S. eS
'Wes 29 .~eS ba4 30.~d6 l:Xd8 31 .eS+- )
27... 'ii'c6 28.l:Xd7 cb4 29 .~11 'i¥a4 30.l:Xg7
(30.l:XI7! 1Wes 31. ~bS 'i¥d8 32.l:Xd7+-)
30...'it>g7 31 .e7 'ireS 32.efS'IW 'IWIB
33.'1Wc7 tt:le7 34.'i¥a7+ - Jumabayev-
A.Zapata, Istanbul ol 2012] 13.b5 h6
[13.. .fe4 14.tt:lce4 tt:liS 1S .~g2 oo]
14.tt:le6 ~e6 15.de6 'Wc8 [1S .. .fe4
16.tt:le4 WeB (16... tt:le4 17 .~e4 WeB
18.'it'g4 l:X16 19.~e3 1fe6 20.'i¥e6 l:Xe6
21 .l:XId1 c5 22.l:Xd3i) 17 .~e3 'ilt'e6
1 8.~a7 : as 19 .~e3i] 16 .~a3 [1 6.tt:ldS
'1We6 (16... tt:ledS 17.cdS fe4 18 .~e2 a6
(18...c6 19.e7 l:XeS 20.dc6 bc6 21. ~a3 dS
22.l:Xc1 i) 19.a4!1!1) 17.eiS giS 18.tt:lc7
'fi'd7 19.c5 dS 20.b6oo] 16 ...l:Xd8
[1 6... e6!? 17.c5 l:XIdS 1S.cd6 cd6 19.l:Xc1
dSoo] 17.tt:ld5 'i¥e6 18.ef5 gfS
19.tt:lc7 c4 20.l:Xc1 'i!¥f7 [20 ...'fi'a2!?
21.'i!¥a4 Wh7 22 .~d1 tt:le4 23 .~b3 'it'e2
24.l:Xce1 hSoo] 21 .'il¥a4!1!1 tt:lc8
22.l:Xfd1 e4 23.~e2 Wh7 [23 ... d5
24 .~b2;!;] 24 .~ b2 l:Xd7 25. ~f6 ~f6
[2S... W16 26.tLldS 't!fdS 27. ~c4 ;!; ]
26 . ~c4 'it'g7 27.tt:le6 't!fe7 28.tt:lf4
tt:lb6 29.Wa7 't!fd8
30.tt:le6?! [30.~e6 ! :as 31 .'t!fb6 Wb6
32.tt:ldS! (32 . ~d7 ~gs 33.tt:ld5 it'as
34.l:Xc7 WhSoo) 32 ... tfd8 33. ~d7 WhB
34.l:Xc7+-l 30 ... l:Xa8 31.tt:ld8 l:Xa7
32.tt:le6 : as 33 .~b3 ~e s 34.a4
[34.14 ef3 (34 ... ~16 35.a4 d5 36.a5;!;)
35.tt:ld4 14 36.tt:ll3;!;] 34 ... l:Xe7 35.tt:lc7
: as 36.tt:ld5 o-1
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 En
A Host of Novelties
in the Reversed Dragon
by Vladimir Georgiev and Petar Arnau dov
1. c4 e5
2. tL:lc3 tLlf6
3. g3 d5
4. cd5 tLld5
5. ..tg2 tLlb6
6. e3
Nowadays it is rare that we see
omething new around move ix .
The theory of the Rever ed
Dragon variation goes very deep
in the main lines, which i why
our attention wa captured by an
old but quite forgotten idea: 6.e3.
This move wa first seen a long
time ago, in 1936, but it ha
appeared in grandma ter battles,
such as in the game Zviagintsev-
Mikhalev ki and after that at true
top level - the game Nakamura-
Navara.
These two white wins caused the
che world to look eriously at
thi variation, and the databa e
ha more than a hundred games
from 2012. We think White has a
, real chance to get an advantage
in thi variation. The positions
which ari e are fully playable
and rich in tactical and po itional
220
Reversed Dragon EO 3.11 (A22)
ideas, explaining which is our
main aim.
Black has many way to react to
6.e3.
Pleasant Play for White
In the Nakamura-Navara game,
the Czech Grandmaster tried
6 ... c5, but after 9.f4! it is clear
that Black ha no way to equalize
and White ha plea ant play in
all lines. Nakamura won a really
beautiful game.
6 .•.~e7 Maxim Turov
In Zviagintsev-MikhaJevski and
Turov-Smirin, we reached the In Turov-Brandenburg, Black
arne po ition at move 13 via dif- tried 8 ... f5?!, after which White
ferent move orders. obtained an advantage wi th the
natural move L5 .~f4N, which is
a clear improvemen t on White'
.i .t'if .i ~
play.
~ .t~~.~. [n Danin-Sandipan, the Indian
~.~. ~ grandmaster was in a very ag-
~ gre. ive mood and tried 8...h5 .
Black has tried variou continua-
tions here. Srnirin's 13 ...~g5
seems critical, but according to
our analy e , White has good
winning chances after l4.h4!N.
Nevertheless, we predi ct that thi
will become one of the main ln thi line we sugge t 9.d4!N,
line in the very near future and after which Black is in orne
we expect more game soon. trouble. 8 ...h5 looks illogical.

In the game Berke -Ruck Black
tried 9 ... f6 . White gained pace
on the kingside with the move
IO.f5. White eventuaJiy won thi s
game, but we are not conv inc d
that IO.f5 was the be t move in
the current situation, e pecially
ifBiack had played IO ... a5!. We
propo e again to open the centre
with I O.d4! , when according to
our analy es White is better.
A New Approach
In epomn iachtchi-Lintchevsky,
Black trie an approach with
6... g6, which afterwards oc-
curred in other grandmaster
game , too. We offer here the
great novelty 12 ...ia3N. Our
opinion i that in this line White
has a clear advantage.
6•..1Dc6
Delchev-Cheparinov i one of
the rare ca e where the famous
Pleasant Play for White
6 ... c5
Nakamura,Hikaru
Navara,David
Wijk aan Zee 2012 (5)
1.c4 eS V o c3 lilts 3.g3 dS 4.cd5
~dS 5 .~g2 lilb6 6.e3!? cS [This
move cements the space advantage in the
centre, but on the other hand it is a waste
of time. tt does not develop a piece and
now the h1-a8 diagonal becomes weaker]
7. ~ge2 lilc6 8.0-0 ~e7 [8 ....i.g4
9.h3!? .i.e6 1O.d4! cd4 11 .ed4 ed4 12.~c6!
bc6 13.lild4± Gonda-Nikcevic, Sibenik tt
2012] 9.f4!N [A very strong novelty from
Nakamura. 9.b3 0·0 10.~b2 ~g4 11.h3
.i.f5 12.d4 ed4 13.ed4 cd4 14.lilb5 d3
15.liled4 (~-~ Heeke-Biedekopper,
Germany tt 2003/04) 15... ~16 16.lilf5 ..ib2
17.:lb1 .i.e5 and Black is on top] 9 ... ef4
10.t0f4 0-0 11.b3;!; ~fS 12 .~ b2
(12 ..i.a3 'it'd7 13.lilcd5 lild5 14.lild5 .i.d3
15.:lf2 ~d6 16.:lc1 b6 17.:lc3 ~g6
18.lilf4 ~14 19.gf4= Bacrot-Brkic, Eilat tt
theoretician and very strong
player Ivan Cheparinov found
himself being clearly wor e after
move 10. Black' position would
have collapsed if White had
found the trong move 13.a4!. In
the arne line, in Mogranzini-
Baron, Black played 8 ... tbb4?!
which i considered an equa lizer
in orne ources, but after
White' amazing di covery
I L.f4!! ?? , a reaJI y great move,
Black is very clo e to being lo t.
2012] 12...W'd7 13.lile4! (13.lilcd5
lild5 14.lild5 .i.h3 (14...~g6) 15..i.h3
'Wh3 16.lile7 lile7 17.:lc1 b6 18.:lc4
(18.d4!?) 18 ... 'We6 19.'Wg4 ..-g4 20.:lg4=
Collas-Ushenina, Istanbul oi-W 2012]
13... :lad8 14.:lf2 lilb4 (14 ... c4
15.:lc1 !] 15.'i!ff1 1
[White's game looks very easy. His pieces
have obtained excellent positions]
15... .i.e4 [15 ... :lfe8? 16.lilh5!±;
15... .i.g4 16.h3 ~e6 17.lilh5 f6 18.:lf6!!
(after this spectacular move, White has a
Survey EO 3. 11
Despite the fact that White acri-
fice a whole rook, hi position i
preferable and ea ier to play.
Weal o include the line 7 .....ig4
which appeared in the game
Grozdanic-Fercec. Thi s move i
not popular yet, but we believe
that it i a quite serious option
and White hould play very pre-
ci ely to confirm hi advantage.
Our advice is to play 8.h3 !Nand
after that to open up the game
with d2-d4. And finally there i
the recent try 7 ... ..ie6.
Conclusion
Our belief i that, so far, Black
ha not bown a cl ear way to
equalize in the vari ation with
6.e3. Thi move may succe -
fully replace the long, deeply
analysed and boring po ition in
the main line. Thi fresh option
offer full-blooded pl ay and it i
a variation we heartil y advocate.
crushing attack) 18 ... l06d5 19.:112 :lf2
20.lilf2 ~17 2H!fe2 lilb6 22.lZ:.g7 'ifd2
23.:le1 -..e2 24.:le2 lila2? 25.lilf5 .i.f8
26.lilg4 :ld1 27.q;>h2+- ; 15 ... ~g6
16.:lc1!N (16.lilg6 hg6 17.d4 cd4 18.ed4
l06d5= R.Griffiths-D.Howell, England tt
2011 /12) 16... lila2?! 17.lilc5!±] 16..i.e4
l06d5? (16 .. .15! (this move is necessary to
stop White's attack) 17..i.g2 .i.f6;!;]
17.lilh5! g6 (17 .. .16 18.a3 lZJa6 19..i.f5
_.d6 20...-h3!+-l 18.a3 (1 8.:lf5 (the
recommendation of the computer, after
which White's attack is very powerful)
18... f6 19.'iff3 q;>h8 20.a3 gfS 21 ..i.f5 c6
22.'ifg4 :lg8 23.'ii'h4+- I 18...lila6?
[The last moment for Black to play 18 .. .15!
19 ..i.f5 (19 ..i.f3 lilc6 20.lilf4 lilf4 21 .gf4
~16! ;!;) 19 ... :lf5 20.:lf5 ..f5 21.'it'f5 gl5
22.ab4 lilb4 23.:la7 :ld2 24.:lb7 :lb2
25.:le7 lt:lc2! with good chances to draw;
18... lilc6? 19.'iifc4 lilb6? 20...-c3+-)
19 . ~d5! -..ds 20 ..i.f6! 'i!t'd6 21 ..i.e7
'it'e7 22.lilf6 q;>g7 23.Wc4! 'it'eS
24.:laf1 hS 25.lilh51 'ifhS 26.:lf7
:lf7 27.:lf7 q;>h& 28.'i!t'f4 g5 29.'i!t'f6
221
W'g6 30.1f11! i+'hS 3Ulb7 c4
32 ."~W16 'i!fg6 33.'i!fda '1Wb1 34.~
[A very fine game by Nakamura, after which
this variation can expect a new life at top
level. Several months after this game was
played, many strong GMs chose this
particular line against the Reversed Dragon]
1-0
6 ... .1te7
Zviagintsev,Vadim
Mikhalevski,Victor
Aix·les-Bains Ech 2011 (6)
1.c4 llJ16 2.lLlc3 dS 3.cdS lLldS 4.g3
eS S. ~g2 lLlb6 6.e3 lLlc6 7.lLlge2
~e7 a.0-0 0-0 9.14 aS 10.feS lLJeS
11.d4 lLlg6 [11 ... lLlg4 12.h3 lLlf6 13.e4
c6 14.lLll4! ] 12.b3 c6 [12 ...c5?!
13. ca. With a pawn on e3 the move
...c7-cS is not advisable] 13.e4 cS!?
14 .~e3 cd4?! [Mikhalevski considers
this move to be inaccurate and offers
14... ~g4 ! ? 15.d5 lLlc8 16.h3 ~e2 17.W'e2
~16 1a.:tac1 b6 with a defendable position
for Black; or 15.dcS lLld7 16.lLla4 :tea
17.l:tc1 lLlcS!=. In our opinion 1S.W'd2!
poses more serious problems to Black:
15...cd4 16.lLld4 ~cS 17.h3 ~d7
(17...~e6 1a.'it>h2 lLleS 19.:tad1 ;!;)
1a.'it>h2 lLleS 19.lLlf5 ~e3 20.W'e3 ~IS
21 .ets :tea 22.'ilff4! ] 1S.'it'd41 !
1S•..'ifd4 16.~d4 lLld7 17.lLldS ~cs
1a.:tac1 b6 19.~cS bcS 20.l:t1d1?!
[20.lLlec3±] 20...a4 21.lLle14 lLldeS?
[2LlLlgeS! ] 22.lLlg6 hg6 23.l:tcS ~g4
24.l:tb1 ab3 25.ab3 lLJ13 26.~13 ~13
27.:t11± ~e2 2a.tLJe7 'it>h7 29.l:t14
:ta1 30.'it>g2 :ta2 31 .:th4 ~hS
222
32.<;1;>h3 <Ji> h6 33.g4 1s 34.e1S :tea
3S.gS s 36.fg6 37.lLldS <Ji> g6
38.l:thS l:te4 39.'it>g3 1-0
Turov,Maxim
Smirin,llia
Trieste 2012 (7)
1.c4 lLlf6 2.lLlc3 e5 3.g3 dS 4.cd5
lLldS s.~g2 lLlb6 6.e3 ~e7 7.lLlge2
0-0 a.O-O c6 9.14 [9.b3 15 10.d4 e4
11. ~b2 lLla6 12.g4 (12.'ifd2 A 13.13)
12.. .fg4 13.lLle4 lLldS 14.lLJ2g3 'ifea
15.lLlc5 lLlac7 16.W'c2 lLle6 17.lLle6
~e6=F Cmilyte-Yildiz, Ankara 2012]
9 ... tLJad7! [9 ...ef4 10.lLJI4 lLJ8d7 11 .d4
lLJ16 12.e4 ~g4 13...d3 lLlh5 14.h3
(14.lLlfe2!;!;) 14...lLlf4 1S.gf4?!= ( 1S . ~f4!
~e6 16.d5 'i!fd7 17.'it>h2.;!;) 15 ... ~e6 16.d5
IS 17.'it'd2 cd5 1a.edS ~17=F 17-17
Galliamova-T.Kosintseva, Moscow ch·RUS·W
2012) 10.b3 aS [10 ...ef4 11.lLlf4 lLle5
12.d4 ~g4 13.W'c2 lLlg6 14.lLld3 ...d7?!
15.lLle4!;!; T.Kosintseva·Ruan Lufel, Ankara
2012] 11.feS lLleS 12.d4 lLlg6 13.e4
[This is a critical position for the line]
13...~gS [13 ... a4!? (a pretty logical move)
14.l:tb1 ab3 1S.ab3 ~e6 16 .~e3 ~gs
(16... :tea 17.'ifd2 16 1a.ds ~17 19.:tbd1 ;!;)
17.lLll4! :tea 1a.'We2 lLlf4 19.gf4 ~e7
20.15 ~d7 21 .eS;!; (this position seems quite
pleasant for White - with pawns on eS and
15 his attack looks really dangerous)
21 ...~! ? (this logical attempt can lead to
disaster) 22.l:tbc1 ~c3 23.l:tc3 lLldS?
24 .~dS ! cdS 2S.W'g4± ; 13... c5!? -
Zviagintsev·Mikhalevski]
14 .~a3 [14.h4!N ~c1 15.:tc1 ~g4
16. ~13 ~13 17.l:t13 W'd7 1a.W'd3;!; c5
19.lLlbS cd4 20.l:tf5 :taca 21.:tca tLJca
22.'1Wd4 i+'d4 23.lLled4 b6 24.l:tdS! ;
14.lLlf4 lLlf4 (14... ~14! ? 15.gf4 IS 16 . ~a3
:tea 17.d5) 15.gf4 ~e7 16.15 a4 17.l:tb1
ab3 1a.ab3 :tea 19.~e3oo ; 14 .~gS i+'g5
15.l:tf2 :tda 16.'i!t'c2 a4 17.l:taf1 ~e6
1a.h4 ab3 19.ab3 W'e3oo; 14.l:tf2 ~c1
1S.:tc1 i+'e7 16.'i! fc2oo a4] 14•.•~e7
1S . ~ b2 a4 16.ba4 ~g4 11 .~13 ~13
1a.:t13 cS 19 . ~a3 lLlc4 20.~cS
~cs 21.dcS lLld2 22.l:t12 lLleS
23.llJ14 d4 24.lLJ1dS 't'HcS Y2-Y2
Turov,Maxim
Brandenburg,Daan
W ijk aan Zee C 2012 (11 )
1.c4 e5 2.lLlc3 llJ16 3.g3 dS 4.cdS
lLldS S.~g2 lLlb6 6.e3 ~e7 7.lLlge2
0-0 a.o-o 1S?! [This is a bad move, after
which White can claim an advantage] 9.d4
ed4?! [9 ...e4 10.lLlf4 lLlc6 11.13 ef3
12. ~13 ! ] 10.ed4 ~16 11 .dS tLJad7
12.lLJ14 lLleS 13.l:te1 :tea 14.lLlh5
~d7
1S.lLJ16!? [ 1S .~f4 ! N <Ji> ha 16.W'c2±]
1S... 16 16.b3? [ 16 .~14 ! :tada
17.W'b3;!;] 16...lLlg4! 17.~d2 d4
1a.:tea :tea 19.~e 1 't'HeS 20.'fi'd2
llJ16 21.l:td1 14oo 22.h3 'i!fhS 23.g4
lLlg4 24 ...-14 lLleS 2S.'i!fg3 :t1a 26.14
lLlg6 27.'fi'gS llJ14 2a.'it'hS lLlhS
29.lLle2 :tea 30. 2 :t1a 31.<Ji> g1
:tea 32. 2 llJ16 33.lLlc3
34 .~d2 c6 3S.dc6 ~c6 36 . ~f1 :tda
37 .~e2 h6 3a .~e3 l:td1 39 .~d1
lLlbdS 40.lLldS lLldS 41. ~a7 lLlc3
42 . ~hS g6 43 . ~e2 ~dS 44 . ~e3
lLle2
Danin,Aiexander
Sandipan,Chanda
Pardubice 2012 (9)
1.c4 eS 2.g3 lLlf6 3 . ~g2 d5 4.cdS
lLldS S.lLlc3 lLlb6 6.e3 lLlc6 7.lLlge2
~e7 a.0-0 h5 [This is an interesting

attempt, but usually such aggressive moves,
played so early in the opening, are not
entirely correct] 9.f4!? [9.d4!N h4 10.dS
s 11.b3 hg3 12.fg3 c6 13..ib2 .ig4
14.'6'd3;:!;] 9 ••. h4 [9 ...ef4 1M'.I14 .ig4
11.~b3 O·O 12.h3 .its 13.d4!;:!;] 10.feS
ttJeS 11.d4
11...t0g4? [11 ... t0g6! and now it is not
so easy for White: 12.e4 (12.b3 c6 13.e4
.ie6 14.t014 t0f4 1S..il4 'it'd7f)
12 ....ie6! 13.b3 Wd7t] 12.h3! t0f6
13.g4 cS 14.t0f4 gS?! [A mistake in an
already grave situation. 1"4. .. 0-0!? 15. d3
cd4 16.ed4 gs 17.t0fe2 tOfdS 18..ie4;J;]
1S.t0d3?1 [This pawn sacrifice is
absolutely unnecessary. White has pleasant
compensation, but this tactical approach
only complicates matters. 15.t0fe2! cd4
16.ed4 tOidS 17.t0d5 lOdS 18.t0c3 t0c3
19.bc3±] 1S ... cd4 16.ed4 "tt'd4
17.t0f2 "tt'd1 18.l:td1 [White still has an
initiative] 18....ie6!? 19..ib7 l:tb8
20 ..ic6 t0fd7 21.t0fe4 f6 22.tObS
Wf7 23.t0ed6 .id6 24.t0d6 Wg7
2S.b3 tOeS 26..ig2 l:thd8 27 ..ib2
ltJdS 28.tOfS?! [28.t0e4;J;] 28 ... -ifS
29.l:tdS l:tdS 30.-idS l:td8 31 •.ig2
.ig6= 32.l:te1 l:td2 33.-ieS feS
34.l:teS l:ta2 3S.l:tgS l:ta1 36.~f2
l%a2 37.Wg1 l:ta1 38.Wf2 l:ta2
39. ~g1 Y2· Y2
Berkes,Ferenc
Ruck,Robert
Hungary tt 2011/12 (9)
1.c4 eS 2.g3 t0f6 3 ..ig2 dS 4.cdS
tOdS S.l0c3 l0b6 6.e3 .ie7 7.t0ge2
0-0 8.0-0 t0c6 9.f4 f6 10.fS!?
[10.d4!?N (a very interesting idea) 1O...ed4
11 .t0d4 (11.ed4 .ig4 12.h3 .ihS 13.d5
.ics 14 .~h2 t0d4 15 . ~d3 t0e2 16.t0e2
l:te8 17.t0c3 .ig6 18.1S .if7 19..if4 .id6
20.l0e2 .ieS'f Edouard-Bacrot, Villandry
2012) 11 ...t0d4 12.ed4 c6 13.15! l:te8
(13....id6) 14. ~b3 (14 ..ie3?1 l0c4!= with
the tactical idea 1S.'it'b3 .ie6D 16.l:tae1
.if7'f) 14...~ h8 1S..ie3 .if8 16.l:tae1 as
17.g4 a4 18. ~c2f and White's position
looks quite good] 1 o....id7 [The idea
behind 10...aS!N is to obtain a space
advantage on the queenside: 11.d4 (11 .b3
a4 12.l0a4 t0a4 13.ba4 Wh8=) 11...'ifd7!
(with the idea of 12...l:td8 and 13... W e8)
12.'ifb3 (12.dS t0b4 13.a3 t0a6 14.b3
l:ld8=) 12...Wh8 13.deS tOeS 14.l0d4 .id6
1S.t0e6 l:te8=; 10...t0b4 11.d4 c6 12.g4
Wh8 13.a3 t04d5 14.l0e4 ed4 1S.ed4;:!;
Tadic-T.Paunovic, Vrnjacka Banja 2012]
11 .d4 .id612.g4 "tt'e713.t0e4 t0d8
14.t0d6?! [14.a41 .ic6 15.aS t0d5
16.t0d6 d6 17.'ii'b3!? (17.e4!? t0b4
18.gS (18.1ifb3 t017 19.l:td1) 18....ibS
19.gf6 gf6 20..ih6 t017 21 ..if8 Wf8
(21 ... l:tf8 22.dS 1ifc5 23.cj;>h1 "tt'e3 24 ..if3
tOgS 25 ...-c1 "itc1 26.l:tac1 ;:!;) 22.: 12
t0d3 23. ~b3 ;:!;) 17... t017 18..id2 ed4
19.t0d4 l:tfe8 20.l:lad1 l%ad8 21..ic1±]
14.•. cd6 1S.a4 .ic6 16.dS .ie8
17.e4 l:tc8 18.h4 'ftc7 19.b3 'fic2
20..ie3 'ftd1 21.l%fd1 l:lc2 22.l:td2
l:td2 23 •.id2 t0a8 24.gS ~f7
2S.l%c1 .id7 26.hS fgS 27.-igS h6
28 •.ih4 b6 29 ..if1 t0b7 30.t0c3
tOeS 31 ..ic4 t0c7 32.
33.cj;>e3 l:tb8
[The endgame is about equal, but White
manages to outplay his opponent] 34.l:la1
l:tb7 3S ..id8 tOeS 36.l:lg1 l:lb8
37..ih4 : ca 38. l%c1 t0f6 39 •.if6
gf6 40.-ibS l:tg8 41 •.id7 l:tg3
42.cj;>e2 t0b3 43. 2 l:lh3 44. ~ g2
l:td3 4S.l:tc2 t0d4 46.l:lb2 l:lc3
47.l:tb6 l:tc2 48. ~g3 l:lc3 49.
l:tc2 SO. ~e3 l:lc3 S1 .~d2 l:th3
S2 ..ie6 cj;>e7 S3.l:lb7 cj;>e8 S4.l%a7
Survey EO 3.11
l:la3 SS.l:lh7 l:la2 S6.<.t>c3 l:la3
S7.~b2 l:lb3 S8.'.Pc1 l:lh3 S9.l:lh6
l:lh2 60.l:lh8 ~e7 61.l:th7 '.Pea
62.h6 t0f3 63 ..if7 ~d8 64.l:lh8
~c7 6S.h7 tOgS 66 ..ig6 l:lh4
67 . ~c2 ~b7 68 .~ b3 l:lh3 69.'.Pc2
l:th4 70.l:lf8 t0h7 71.l:tf7 cj;>b6
72.l:lh7 l:te4 73.l%f7 ~cs 74.l:tf6
~dS 7S.l:lf8 l:lg4 76.l:lc8 l:lg2
77.cj;>b3 l:lf2 78.l%c2 l:tf3 79.l:lc3
J:[f2 80 ..if7 ~e4 81 ..ie6 dS 82.l:tcS
l:lt3 83.~c2 l:tt2 84 . ~c1 d4 8S.l:laS
d3 86.l:tdS '.Pe3 87.l%eS ~d4
88.l:ldS '.Pe3 89.l:ld8 rlf1 90.'.Pb2
d2 91 •.ib3 l:tfS 92.'.Pc3 1·0
A New Approach
6 ... 6
Nepomniachtchi,lan
Lintchevsky,Dan iil
Tiumen 2012 (11 )
1.c4 eS 2.g3 t0f6 3 ..ig2 dS 4.cdS
tOdS S.l0c3 l0b6 6.e3 g6 7.t0ge2
[7.b3 t0c6 8.t0ge2 b4?! (the beginning
of a wrong plan) 9.0-0 t0d3 10.14 ef4
11.l014 t0c1 12.'fic1 (12....f3!? .ie7
13.t0g6!? hg6 14 .~17 Wd7 15.l:lac1\1f?)
aS 12....ig7 13.'ifa3;:!; Shabalov-Schmakel,
Vancouver 2012] 7 ....ig7
~j_'ij' ~ g
.l.l.l .l.i..l
~ .l
.l
8.f4 [8.0·0 0-0 9.14 ef4 1O.t0f4 c6
o...
(1 tOc6 11 .d4!? .its 12.g4 .id7 13.h3;:!;
when the idea t0e4-c5 looks quite strong)
11.b3 l:te8 12..ia3!N (a very good move.
The main idea is that now the t0c3 is not
pinned, it can jump to e4 on the next move.
The rook on a1 is not important. Moreover,
the d6-square is weak so White's knight will
go there. 12..ib2 t08d7 13....c2 t0f6=
Piorun-Arutinian, Pardubice 2012)
223
 12.. .ll l8d7 (12...lDa6!? 1M :le41 15
(13 ... ~a1? 14.'ii'a1+-) 14.ll:ld6 ~18
15.lt:le8! ~3 16.b41 ~o 1H!fb3 Wf8
18.a3 ~e7 19.'ii'c3 w ea 20.'ii'h8 ~18
21.'ii'h7 W'd7 22.'ii'g6 1ff7 23.'ii'g5t and
Black's position seems quite precarious;
12... ~15 13.lt:lh5 ~h8 (13...~c3? 14.dc3±)
14.l:rf5! gf5 (14...~c3 15.l:rc1 gf5 16.l:rc3)
15.'ii'c2 'if'g5 1M:lf4 with more than
enough compensation for the exchange)
13.lt:le4! ~ 1? (13 ...ll:l16 14.ll:ld6 l:re5
15.W'f3i) 14.'ii'a1 when White has a very
strong attack] 8 •.• ef4 9.ll:lf4 cS?! [In our
opinion ... c7-c5 is not the best move in this
posnion - it weakens the d5-point and the
h1·a8 diagonal. Besides, in such snuations,
this pawn can become a target for an attack,
especially when the black bishop is already
on g7] 1 o.o-o o-o 11.b3 ll:lc6 12.. · 3!
ll:lb4 13.l:rc1 ll:ld7 14.~b4 cb4
15.ll:lcd5i aS 16.'ii'c2 ll:leS 17.'ii'c7
ll:lc6 18.d4 1fc7 19.ll:lc7 l:rb8
20.ll:ld3!? [The natural move 20.~c6! wins
a pawn and despHe Black's two bishops,
WhHe is close to a win: 20 ...bc6 21 .l:rc6 ~15
22.l:rfc1 ~e4 23.l:r6c5± and Black's
position collapses] 20 ... ~g4 21.l:rfe1
ll:le7 22.ll:lc5 b6 23.ll:lb7i [White still
has some pressure] 23 ••• h5 24.ll:lb5
~e6 25.ll:l7d6 l:rfd8 26.l:rc7 ti:ldS
27.~d5 ~dS 28.ll:lc4 ~e6 29.l:rd1
l:rdc8 30.d5 ~g4 31 .l:rd2 l:rc7
32.ll:lc7 ~c3= 33.l:rf2 ~d7 34.ll:ld6
l:rf8 35Ji:lcb5 ~bS 36.ll:lb5 l:rd8
37.d6 ~es 38.l:t d2 f6 39.Wf2
40. 3 ~e6 41.l:rc2 ~c3 42.a4 l:rc8
43.l:rc1 ~-~
I
6 ... tL'l c6
Delchev,Aiexander
Cheparinov,lvan
Panagyurishte ch·BL 2012 (3)
1.c4 eS 2.g3 ll:lf6 3 .~g2 dS 4.cd5
ll:ldS 5.ll:lc3 ll:lb6 6.e3 ll:lc6 7.ll:lge2
~fS?! [After this move Black has a lot of
problems] 8.d4! [The plan with 0·0 and
12-14 was no longer an option: 8.0·0? ~d3'f
9.14 ef4 (9 ... ll:lb4 10.~e4 ~e4 11 .ll:le4 15
12.ll:lf2; 9... h5) 10.l:rf4 ~d6 11 .ll:ld4 ~14
12.ll:lc6 bc6 13 . ~c6 IP18 14.gf4 l:rb8
15.b3 (15.W'h5! 'tlt'd6 16 .~g2 ll:ld7
224
17.b3oo) 15... h5 16.~a3 1Pg8 17.'ii'13 l:rh6
18.l:rc1 ~a6+ 19.d4? l:rg6 0·1 Zygouris·
Felgaer, Gibraltar 2012] 8 ... ed4 9.ll:ld4
ll:ld4 1 O.ed4 c6 11 .0-o ~e6
[11...~e7!? (this looks quite logical) 12.d5
(12.a4) 12 ...cd5 13.lLld5 ll:ld5 14.~d5 0·0
15 .~7 leads to a position where White is
a clear pawn up, but Black has some
practical chances for a draw because of his
active pieces] 12.d5 cdS 13 .~e3?!
[Here White missed a simple and natural
move after which he would have had a very
pleasant advantage: 13.a4! a5 14.~e3 ~e7
15.'ii'd4 ll:lc4 16.'ii'g7±] 13... ~e7 14.f4
[14.a4] 14... 0-0 15.f5 ~d7 16.ll:ld5
~c617. ll:l b6 ab618.'ii'd8 ~dB=
x•
.a
iii
~
~ ~
§1..~
~~
n Jl<it>
[The position is dead equal, but Black
manages to outplay his opponent] 1 9.~d4
l:ra4 20.l:rfd1 hS 21 .a3 l:re8 22 .~f2
~f6 23.l:rd2 bS 24 . ~c6 bc6 25.l:rb1
l:reS 26.l:rc2 l:ra6 27.l:rd1 l:rfS
28.l:rd6 l:rf3 29.b4 l:rc3 30.l:rc3 ~c3
31 .a4 l:ra4 32.l:rc6 ~ b4 33.l:rb6
: as 34.l:rb8 ~ h7 35.l:rb7 1Pg6
36. ~d4 f6 37. 1 ~d6 38.l:rb6
~c7 39.l:rb7 ~es 40. ~c5 l:ra2
41.~f8 l:rh2 42.l:rg7 5 0-1
Mogranzini,Roberto
Baron,Tal
Val Gardena 2012 (7)
1.c4 ll:lf6 2.g3 eS 3.~g2 dS 4.cd5
ll:ldS 5.ll:lc3 ll:lb6 6.e3 ll:lc6 7.ll:lge2
~fS 8.d4! ll:lb4?! 9.o-o ~c2 10. e1
[Of course Whne should avoid falling into the
trap 10.'ii'd2?? ll:lc4 11.1i'e1 ll:ld3-+J
10... ~g6 [10 ...~15 does not change the
evaluation of the position: 11 .141] 11.f4!! [A
really great move, which poses serious
problems. 11.~7? l:rb8 12 .~g2 ~e7;
12...ll:lc2 13. ~c6 ll:ld7; 11 .'ii'd1 ~c2
12.'tlt'e1 ~g6 13.'ii'd1 is a draw by
repetttion] 11 .••ll:lc2 [11...ed4? 12.ll:ld4 c5
13.15 ~5 14.16 gf6 (14 ... cd4 15.ed4 ~e7
16.fe7 'i!fe7 17.~14 ±) 15.ll:le4 ll:l4d5
16.ll:lf5i ; 11...'i!fd7 12.de5 ll:lc2 13.W'f2
ll:la1 14 .~b7 l:rb8 15.l:rd1 ~d6 16.-.13 0-0
17.ed6 cd6 18.~e4±] 12.'ii'f2 ll:la1
13. ~b7 ed4 [13...~e7 14 .~c6 ~18
15.fe5+- ; 13...l:rb8 14 . ~c6 ll:ld7 15.15
~h5 16.de5 ~e2 (16 ... l:rb6 17.'i¥g2 ~c5
1a.e6 o-o 19.~d7 ll:lc2 20. d5±) 17.e6
~11 18.~d7+-] 14.~c6 ll:ld7 15.ll:ld4
~cs 16.f5 o-o
17~a8?! [17.fg6 fg6 18.'ii'g2 l:rf1 19.'ii'f1
~d4 20.~8 ~16 21.~g2±] 17...'ii'a8
1B.fg6 [18.'ii'e2!? ~d4 19.ed4 :rea
20.'it'd1 m 21 .1WhS ll:lc2 22.'i!i'd1 ll:le3
23.~e3 l:re3 24.l:re1 Whne is a pawn up
with very good winning chances] 18.. .fg6
19.1i'g2 l:rf1 20. 1 'tlt'g2 21.~g2
ll:leS 22.b3= [Now the endgame is almost
equal] 22 ...ll:ld3 23~d2 ~b6 [23...ll:lb4
24.ll:la4] 24. 1 c5 25. f3 2
26.~e2 c4 27.bc4 ll:lb2 28.ll:ld5 ll:lc4
29.~c1 ~cs 30.Wd3 a3 31 .e4 h6
32.g4 gS 33.e5 cj;f7 34.1Pe4 ll:lc2
35. 3 a3 36~a3 a3 37.ll:lc3
38. ll:lc2 39. dS ~f2 40.h3
~cs 41 .ll:lc7 IPd7 42. bS g6 43.a4
ll:lb4 44.ll:lc3 ~f2 45.ll:lb5 ll:la6
46.1Pd5 ll:lb4 47.1Pe4 ll:la6 48.ll:lfd4
ll:lcS 49.1Pd5 ~d4 SO.ll:ld4 ll:la4
51 .e6 IPeB 52. 5 ll:lc3 53.liJc6 a6
54. liJdS 55. 5 liJc3 56.ll:la5
7 57.liJc6
Grozdanic,Velin
Fercec,Nenad
Sibenik tt 2010 (2)
1.c4 eS 2.ll:lc3 ll:lf6 3.g3 dS 4.cd5
ll:ldS 5 .~g2 ll:lb6 6.e3 lLlc6 7.tilge2
~g4 [A very interesting move, which is not
so popular yet!]

8.0-0?1 [8.h3!N ..ihS 9.0-0 1i'd7 (9 .....id6
10.g4! (10.d4) 10... ..ig6 11 .d4! o-o (11...hS
12.deS ..ies 13.14 ..ic3 14.liJc3;!;) 12.14 16
(12... ef4 13.li:lf4 ..if4 14.el4;!; White has a
pleasant advantage because of his two
bishops; 12... ed4 13.li:ld4 li:ld4 14.'Wd4 IS
1S.liJbS (1S.gts .its 16.e4 ..ie6 17.eS
..ie7) 1S .. .fg4 16.hg4 'Wh4 17.li:ld6 l:lad8
18.ts l:ld6 19.1t't4 .tea 20.e4 ..ibs 21 .gS
'it'l4 22...if4;!; .ill 23 ...id6 cd6 24.<iPI1 ;!;)
13.deS feS 14.fS .if? 1S.b3;!; ..ic5
(1S.....ib4 16.'it'c2 'it'h4 17.li:le4 l:lad8
18.liJ2g3;!;) 16.li:lg3;!;; 9.....ie2 10.'ite2;!;)
10.d4 ed4 (10... 0-D-0 11 .dS li:le7 12.e4
(12.g4 ..ig6 13.e4 hS) 12...1S 13.efS ..if7
14.d6 1t'd6 1S.'it'd6 (1S.'ifc2) 1S... l:ld6
(1S...cd6 16.f4t ef4 17...if4) 16.li:le4 l:ld8
17.g4;!;) 11 .ed4 ..id6 (11 ...0-D-0 12.g4 ..ig6
13.dS li:lb4 14.liJI4 ..ic2 1S."WI3;t <iPbS
(1S ... hS 16.liJhS IS (16... ..id3) 17.d6
(17...igS l:le8 18.l:lae1 l:le1 19.l:le1 ..id6
20.l:le6) 17...c6 18.a3;!;) 16.a3 li:la6
17.b4;!;) 12.dS li:le7 13.a4 0-0 14.aS li:lc4
1S.g4 ..ig6 16.b3 liJeS 17.14 ..ic5 18.<iPh2
li:ld3 19.1S;!;] 8...'it'd7! 9.f3 (9.l:le1 ..ie7
1O.a3 hS 11 .d4 ed4 12.ed4 0-Q-O':F (Black is
already better - he has a dangerous attack
along the h-file) 13.dS liJeS 14...ie3 li:\13
1S.<iPh1 li:le1 16."We1 h4 17.l:lc1 hg3
18.fg3 ..id6 19.'it'f2 'itfS 20.'tWfS .itS
21 .liJbS Wb8 22.li:ld6 l:ld6 23 ...if4 l:ld7
24.li:ld4 ..id3 2S.l:lc3 ..ic4 26.d6 cd6
27.liJfS .idS 28.li:ld6 ..ig2 29 .'~g2 liJdS
30.li:le8 li:lf4 0-1 Turon Mora-Gomez
Benitez, Vall del Tenes 2012] 9... ..ih3
10.d4 ..ig2 11.~g2 ed4 12.li:\d4
li:ld4 13.'it'd4 'it'd4 14.ed4 o-o-o=F
1S.l:ld1 liJdS 16. 2 g6 17•..igS f6
18.liJdS fgS 19.li:lc3 ..ig7 20.dS
l:lhf8 21.g4 ..ic3 22.bc3 l:lf4
23.l:ld3 l:la4 24.c;Pe3 l:le8 2S.<tfj> d2
~d7 26.<tfj> c2 l:le2 27.<iPb3 bS 28.a3
aS+ 29.d6? cS- + 30.c4 l:lc4 31.a4
l:lcc2 0-1
Maletin,Pavel
Yakovich,Yury
Vladivostok 2012 (9)
1.c4 eS 2.g3 li:lf6 3...ig2 dS 4.cdS
liJdS S.li:lc3 li:lb6 6.e3 li:lc6 7.li:lge2
..ie6 [I guess that the idea of this move is
to meet f2-f4 with ...'Wd7] 8.d4 [With the
bishop on e6 it makes sense to go for
d2-d4, as now Black has to parry the threat
of d4-dSJ
'tt* .! X
••• •••
.... .i.
• ttJ
8
8 8
~8 ttJ811..8
n ~ ~~ .ti
8...ed4 [Fritz recommends 8...1i'f6 with
the idea to play ... 0-0-0. This move would
lead to very unbalanced positions, so one
can understand why GM Yakovich went for
a more conventional approach] 9.ed4 [The
line 9...ic6 bc6 10.li:ld4 ..id7 11 .e4 is also
worth considering. In that line White can
also go for 11 .'it'f3 c5 12.li:lc6 'itf6
13.'iff6 gf6 14.liJaS] 9..•..ib4 10.0-0
..ic4 11.l:le1 0-0 12•..ie3 liJdS
13.l:lc1 l:le8 14.a3 ..ic3 [Perhaps it
was better to play 14.....iaS] 1S.li:lc3
li:lc3 16.bc31 [Black would be fine after
Survey EO 3. 11
16.l:lc3 .idS] 16... ..idS 17 ...if1 ! [Of
course, White must keep both bishops on
the board as otherwise the light squares in
his camp would be weak] 17... 'it'f6 [This
pawn structure is very similar to a pawn
formation common for the Petroff Defence.
Black's main problem here is that he has no
targets to attack, while he has to worry
about the c3/d4 pawn pair which can start
rolling] 18. W'hS! ..if3 19.'i'r'h3 [The line
19.W'gS 'itgS 20...igS would give White an
edge too] 19...l:le7 20.g4 ..ie4
21 .1t'g3 l:lae8?! [It was probably better
to trade queens: 21...'it'f3 22.'it'f3 ..if3]
22 •..if41 .idS 23.l:le7 'We7 24.c4
..ie4 2S.l:ld1 [White would keep his
advantage after 2S.l:le1!? 'i!fd7 (2S...li:ld4?
26...ig2) 26.13 ..ig6 27.dS d4 28.<iPg2J
2S ...1i'f6? [Black had to try some radical
measures: 2S...gS! Now he would be OK
after 26...ic7 'i!ff6 27.dS (27.1i'e3 l:le7)
27 ...li:ld4 28."it'e3 li:\13 29.<iPh1 li:ld2
30.Wg1 li:lf3=. So perhaps White should go
tor 26 ...ic1 W'f6 27...ib2 1i't3 28. 'i!fl3 ..il3
29.l:ld3 ..ie2 30...ie2 l:le2 31 ...ic3 with
some advantage in the endgame] 26.gS!
"ilt'g6 27.dS li:le7 28.f3 [~ 28.l:le1 !]
28 .•. liJfS?? [With this move Black is
trapping his own bishop. ~ 28... 'i!fb6
29.'itf2 li:lg6 30.'it'b6 cb6 31.fe4 li:lf4
32.~f2 ±] 29.'iff2 'i!fhS 30.l:le1 li:lh4
3U ie4 1-0
Alex Babu ri n
www.chesstoday.net
225
 En
An Early Surrender of the Bishop
by Jose Vi lela
1. c4 c5
2. lDc3 lDc6
3. g3 g6
4. .ig2 .ig7
5. e3 ~c3
A game played in the Quebec
Open this year caught my eye due
to the clear but unorthodox strat-
egy of the black player through-
out. The urrender of Black's
fianchettoed bi hop in the Eng-
li h Opening a early as move 5
occurred in the fir t-round en-
counter Panjwani-Bruzon.
At fir t sight I thought there
would be very few games with
thi line in the main databa e ,
but I found that, although there
are not very many, their number
i not in ignificant either. Even
more urpri ing was Black's
overall score: an astounding
58% over 47 games.
The American IM Kim Com-
mon appear a the fir t player
to have approached the po ition
in thi way, in Lone Pine 1978
v . Jonathan Speelman. A year
later, his feUow-countryman and
226
Symmetrical Variation
teammate Jame Tarjan used the
sy tern twice, against Pal Benko
and Jorge Gonzalez winning
both game . But perhap the
ource of in piration for later fol-
lowers was the publication in
Chess Informant 50 of the game
Medni -Lar en, played in New
York 1990 and won in excellent
lyle by the late Dani h grand-
master.
Strategic Foundations
The ftrst two drawback that
come to mind when anyone
look at the move 5 ... ~c3 are the
weakening of a few dark squares
on Black's kingside and the fact
that Black give up the bishop
pair.
But there are also a few points in
favour of Black's idea. The main
one, of cour e, is the doubled
pawns White get on the c-file.
But thi doubling of pawns has
further implication , one of the
mo t important ones being that
the c3-pawn significantly limit
the way in which the white
queen 's bishop can be deployed:
it will not be able to use the a l -h8
diagonal (and the a3-f8 diagonal
is firmly clo ed by Black' pawn
on c5), so it action will neces-
sari ly be along the c l-h6 diago-
nal. A can be een in orne of the
games, Black frequently chan-
ge the placement of his king ide
pawns o as to protect the dark
squares and limit the cope of
that bishop.
EO 29.1 (A36)
Bent Larsen
A econd implication i that any
pawn break by the pawn adjacent
to the doubled c-pawns (the
d-pawn advancing to d4 in ca e
of 6.bc3, or the b-pawn advanc-
ing to b4 in case of 6.dc3) leave
the pawn on c4 very weak. So
White's structure is given a cer-
tain degree of rigidity, which
doe not help to provide the ideal
environment for the use of the
bi hop pair.
Black's Deployment
Black' u ual cheme of devel -
opment i easy to learn : queen to
d7 (sometime to c7) and bi hop
to b7 (this implies ... d7-d6 and
.. .b7-b6). As regards castling, it
is more usual to go queen ide
than kingside; a impl e look in-
dicates that Black' king has a
safer haven on the lefthand s ide
of the board. A for the king '.

knight - ometime itgoe toe7,
ometime to f6, depending on
White' play and al o on Black'
ta te.
And there i a very important ob-
ervation to be made: ooner or
later, in the va t majority of the
game , Black play ... f7-f5
( ometime it i ... f6-f5). Some-
time hedoe this eryearly(like
in Lar en game and many oth-
er - on the 6th move) orne-
time very late (like in Bruzon's
game, 22nd move), but it i u u-
ally a ignificant element of
Black' overaU idea.
White's Choice
There are more games in which
White play 6.bc3 than 6.dc3.
Thi i perhap due to the old
che proverb that recommend
capturing with your pawn to-
ward the centre of the board.
everthele , in the opinion of
thi author, there i no clear ign ,
either tati tically or from the
point of view of the po ition
reached, that 6.bc3 i superior to
6.dc3 .
The Capture 6.bc3
Let' fir t deal with 6.bc3.
Black' two main path are
6.. .f5, gaining pace in the centre
before continuing hi develop-
ment, or either 6 ... b6 or 6 .. .d6,
with the ame idea (in the major-
ity of the games) of fianchettoing
the queen' bi hop and po tpon-
ing any deci ion on a central
thrust to a later tage. Both trat-
egie have proved to be fea ible.
After 6 ... f5 Medni -Lar en i a
very nice model game for Black
but perhap Medni ' 7.f4 i not
a good approach. Fra chini-Adla
and Ko ten-Mile feature an
early h4-h5 break with a sacri-
fice; Adla accepted the acrifice,
Mile did not. In both ca es
Black did well.
Among the games without 6 ... f5 ,
Contin-Po tny i a nice example
of Black's re ource against
early aggre ive attempt . Oro z-
peter-Schlo er wa a long and
fierce positional battle, in which
Black eventually prevailed.
Among White' ucce e ,
Karl on-Sowray is clearly the
re ult of Black mi under-
standing hi position (a timely
... f7-f5 was due) , while tark-
Tereick i a very intere ting
game in which Black failed to
counter White' great pace ad-
vantage. Among the other game
I would like to point out Bilek-
Porti ch, which took a very olid
trategic course, a we would ex-
pect from a player of Portisch '
calibre. Gurevich-Kasim-
dzhanov follow clas ical pat-
tern again t a doubled c-pawn,
imi lar to the Nimzo-lndian
Defence.
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The ending with the pa sed
a-pawn for Black proves too dif-
ficult for both players, resulting
Survey EO 29. 1
in a erie of mi take . Small ur-
prise the double queen ending
proved untenable.
The Capture 6.dc3
Here Black al o ha a choice be-
tween the immediate ... f7 -f5 and
fir t developing the queen ide.
There are only two game with
6 .. .f5 . Gonzalez-Tarjan wa a
very hard-fought affair, in which
White got confu ed toward the
end and ended up lo ing. Hulak-
Stohl, in spite of the peaceful
frame of mind of the player ,
feature an intere ting moment
on move 10.
Among the game without 6 ... f5 ,
Salmen uu- iel en is a good
model example for Black, even-
tually tran ferring to an endgame
in which the black knight was su-
perior to White's dark- quared
bishop (a situation not infre-
quently een in the e lines).
From White' point of view, per-
hap the mo t intere ting ap-
proach i that in Kveiny -Sune
Berg Han en, although Black'
witch to create play on the
queen ide helped White a lot.
Conclusion
The variation 5 ... ~c3 is objec-
tively perfectly ound, de pite it
weird appearance. When both
ide play well in the opening,
fierce long-tem1 po itional bat-
tle u ually ensue, in which a
good po itional under tanding
and good manoeuvring kill are
needed.
The pre ent author recommend
thi line to black player who
like original po ition · and idea ,
and he would al o advise Engli h
orne time to becoming familiar
with thi uncommon approach in
order to prevent unpleasant
urpri e from a well-prepared
opponent.
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 Main Game
5 ... -'l.c3
Panjwani,Raja
Bruzon Batista,Lazaro
Montreal2012 (1)
1.c4 cS V i:lc3 tt:lc6 3.g3 g6 4. ~g2
~g7 S.e3 ~c3 6.bc3 b6 7.d3 ~b7
8.e4 d6 9.tt:lh3 1i'd7 10.tt:lf4 0-0-0
11.0-0 ~ b8 12.a4
12 ... tt:laS [Drastically preventing any
opening of lines on the queenside] 13.J:I:e1
e6 14.J:I:b1 tt:le7 1S.tt:le2 h6 [The
beginning of the repositioning of pawns on
the kingside, in order to limit the scope of
the dark-squared bishop] 16 .~d2 eS
17.tt:lc1 ~as 18.'*'c2 gSI 19.h3
J:l:hf8 [Black quietly prepares for the break
... f7-f5. If White tries to avoid it by g3-g4,
then Black's break will be ... h6-h5 at the
right moment] 20.J:I:bS ~c6 21 .1i'a2
J:l:b8
22. ~ h2 [This only helps Black. 22.J:I:b2 or
22.tt:lb3 seem preferable] 22 •. .fS! 23.efS
~g2 24.~g2 W'fS [Black's advantage is
now totally clear, as he has a strong
' initiative on the kingside while his opponent
completely lacks any counterplay] 2S.~e3
tllec6 26 .~ h2 J:l:be8 [Again acting
patiently, although the immediate ... e5-e4
228
was also strong] 27.J:I:d1 e4 28.d4
1t'f7! [Pinpointing the weakness on c4]
29.dcS deS 30.J:I:dS J:l:d8! [With the
threat of 31 ... tt:\c4] 31.1i'c2 J:l:d5
32.cdS W'dS- + 33.tt:\b3 tt:\b3
34.J:I:b3 'ti'c4 3S.J:I:b1 J:l:dB 36.J:I:d1
J:l:d3 37.'ii"e2 tt:leS 38.J:I:d3 ed3
39.'i!fhS 'i!fe4 40.g4 tt:\f3 41 . ~g3
tt:lh4 42. ~gS 1t'f3 43 . ~h4 1t'f2X 0-1
The Premiere
5 ... -'l.c3
Speelman,Jonathan
Commons,Kim
Lone Pine 1978 (9)
This game is shown only for historical
reasons, as it appears to be the premiere of
this variation. It ends peacefully very quickly.
1.c4 cS 2.tt:lc3 g6 3.g3 ~g7 4. ~g2
tt:lc6 S.e3 ~c3 6.bc3 b6 7.tt:le2
~b7 8.d3 d6 9.0-0 'ti'd7 10.e4 fS
11 .tt:lf4 0-0-0 Y2-Y2
Black Plays 6 ...f5
6.bc3
Mednis,Edmar
Larsen,Bent
New York 1990 (6)
1.c4 g6 2.g3 ~g7 3. ~g2 cS 4.tt:\c3
tt:lc6 S.e3 ~c3 6.bc3 fS!? 7.f4?1
[7.e4!? Larsen in 'Chess Informant' 50]
7 ... tt:lf6 8.tt:lf3 b6 9.0-0 ~b7 10.d3
tt:laS [Larsen already assesses this position
as +I 11 .1t'e2 1t'c7 12 .~ b2 0-0
13.J:I:ae1 J:l:aeB 14 .~c1 e6 15.h3 d6
16.tt:lh2 ~g2 17.1t'g2 1t'c6 18.g4
"it"g2 19 . ~g2 J:[f7 20.e4 fe4 21.gS
tt:lhS 22.J:I:e4 8 23.J:I:fe1 J:l:fe7
24. 3 dS 2S.cdS ed5 26.J:I:e7 J:l:e7
27. ~d2 J:l:e1 28 .~e1 tt:lc6 [The
endgame is favourable for Black, as White's
majority on the kingside is blockaded while
Black's majority on the left wing is mobile.
Besides, there is an outpost for Black's
pieces on f5 and the knight pair combines
very well for maneuvering in this kind of
position. Nevertheless a lot of work is
required to convert this edge] 29.tt:lg4
~e7 30.tt:le3 ~e6 31 . ~g4 tt:lg7
32.tt:lc2 tt:le7 33.~d2 tt:lgfS 34. 3
tt:lc6 3S. ~g4 a6 36 . ~f3 ~d6
37. ~e1 bS 38.~d2 aS 39.a3 tt:lce7
40.~e1 tt:\c8 41. ~d2 tt:\b6 42.~e1
t!Ja4 43.~d2 <l.>e6 44. ~e2 tt:\b6
4S. 3 c4 46.dc4 tt:\c4 47.~e1
tt:\cd6 48 .~f2 ~d7 49 .~ b6 tt:lc4
SO .~f2 tt:\d2 S1 . ~e2 tt:le4 S2. ~e1
~c6 S3.tt:la1 tt:\cS S4.tt:lc2 tt:le6
SS. ~d2 d6 S6. ~d3 c4 S7.~c1
tt:lcS S8. ~e2 tt:\b3 S9 .~e3 tt:ld6
60 .~d3 ~d7 61 .~a7 tt:lc4
~
• ~
. ~
~· ~ [!:,
[!:,
[!:, .. [!:,~ [!:,
ttJ
[Black intends ...~e6-f5 next] 62.fS!?
[White sacrifices a pawn to prevent the king
from going to f5 and to create the eventual
threat of an outside passed pawn on the
kingside] 62 ...gfS 63 .~ b8 [63.tt:le3!?J
63 ... ~e6 64.h4 tt:lc1! 6S. ~d4 f4!
66 . ~cS [66.~f4? tlle2- +J 66... tt:le2
67. ~bS S 68. ~c6 c3 69.tt:\d4
~g4 70.hS <l.>gS 71 .tt:le6 ~ hS
72.tt:lf4 <l.>g4 73.a4 hS! 74.tt:\d5 tt:\d5
7S . ~dS tt:\b6 76. ~c6 [As Larsen points
out, 76.<l.>e4 h4! 77.~e3 (77. ~c7 h3)
77. .. tt:la4 78. ~c7 tt:\b2 - + J 76 ...tt:la4
77. ~b5 tt:lc3 78 .~aS tt:le2-+
79.~ h2 h4 BO . ~ bS ~h3 81 . ~es
~g2 82 . ~c4 h3 83 .~d3 tt:\g3 0-1
Contin,Daniel
Emms,John
Benidorm 1991 (4)
1.c4 cS 2.tt:lc3 tt:lc6 3.g3 g6 4.~g2
~g7 5.e3 ~c3 6.bc3 fS 7.tt:le2 tt:\f6
8.tt:lf4 0-0 9.d3 d6 10.J:I:b1 'it'c7
11 .tt:\dS tt:\dS 12.cdS tt:leS 13.f4
tt:lg4 14.h3 tt:lf6 1S.c4 [15.0-0 c4;::t]
1S.. .'iWaS 16.'ti'd2 [Keeping the queens
on the board seems more enterprising:
16.~d2 1t'a6 (16 ... W'a2 is too risky, after
17.0-0 Black's queen is in trouble) 17.~13

with the idea of breaking g3-g4] 16 ___ 'i!fd2
17-~d2 J:lbS 1S.II;>e2 ~d7 19.e4
~a4 20.J:lb2 a6 21. ~13 bS 22.eS
~d7 23.e6 ~16 24.J:lhb1 hS 2S.a3
1Pg7 26. ~c3 J:lhS 27.1Pe3 J:lb7
2S. J:lg1 J:lbbS 29.g4 hg4 30.hg4
1g4 31. J:lg4 bc4 32.fS J:lb2 33. J:lg6
s 34. ~b2
••
· ~~:
·~
i
~ Fraschini,Mariano
~ ~~
34 ... J:lh3? [34...~e8 ! 35.J:lg3 (35. ~16
ef6 36.J:lf6? 1Pg7-+; 35.J:lf6 ef6 36 .~16
J:lh3oo) 35... cd3oo] 3S.~16 e16 36.J:lf6
~PeS 37.J:lg6!+- ~d1 [37 ... 11;>18 38.16
~ea 39.17 ~f7 40.J:lf6 J:lh7 41 .ef7 cd3
42.J:ld6 J:[f7 43.~e4+-J 3S.f6 J:lf3
39.~d2 J:ld3 40.~c1 ~fS 41.f7 1-0
Kosten,Anthony
Miles,Anthony
Hove ch·GBR 1997 (9)
1.c4 g6 V Qc3 ~g7 3.g3 cS 4. ~g2
~c6 S.e3 ~c3 6.bc3 fS 7.tt:le2 b6
S.h4 tt:lf6 9.hS
9 ...1Pf7 [9 ...~h5 seems playable. In case
of 10.J:lh5 gh5 11. ~f4 then 11 ...0·0 with a
complicated position where it is not clear if
White has enough compensation for the
exchange] 1O.d3 ~b7 11 .tt:lg1 'i!fc7
12.tt:lf3 J:lagS 13.e4 1e4 14.tt:lgS
~eS 1S .~e4 ~e4 16. ~e4 ~eS
17.'ife2 ~e4 1S.'ife4 'it'c6 19."Wc6
tt:lc6 20 ...t>e2 gS 21. ~e3 d6 22.a4
ll;>d7 23.h6 J:lg6 24. J:lhS J:lhgS
2S.J:lb1 <l;c7 26. J:lbS J:le6 27.J:lb1
J:leg6 2S.J:lg1 ~eS 29.J:la1 tt:lf7
[29 ...a5 was probably Black's best
opportunity to keep an edge in this
endgame] 30.aS J:le6 31 .ab6 ab6
32.d4 <l;b7 33 ...td3 J:leg6 34. ~d2
J:laS 3S.J:laS ~PaS 36.J:lh1 <l;b7
37. J:le1 e6 3S.J:lh1 ..t>c6 39 .~e3
J:lgS 40. J:la1 IPb7 41 .1Pe4 J:lg6 Y2-Y2
Adla,Diego Gustavo
Buenos Aires 1993 (1)
1.c4 cs 2. ~ c3 g6 3.g3 ~g7 4. ~g2
~c6 S.e3 ~c3 6.bc3 fS 7.h4 lt:l16
S.d3 d6 9.hS tt:lhS 10.J:lhS?I [In this
particular position. this exchange sacrifice
seems to be very dubious] 1O...ghS
11.'i!fhS IPd7 12.'it'fS ..t>c 7 [Black's
king reaches a perfectly safe haven, and
then White does not have much to show for
the exchange except for a modest
(doubled!) pawn] 13.'iWhS "WgS 14. ~e2
"Wg7 1S.d4 ~g4 16.'iWh4 [16."Wd5!?]
16•.• eS [Directed against an eventual ~f4]
17.J:lb1 J:lafS 1S.dcS deS 19 .~a3
[19 .~d5 intending e3-e4 and ~e3 was at
least more sensible. The text move puts the
bishop in a position without any
perspectives at all] 19... b6 20."Wh1
'i!ff6-+ 21.14 ef4 22.gf4 J:leS
[22 ... tt:le5! was a nice tactical shot. But in
any case White is doomed] 23 .~c1 ~as
24. ~dS ~e6 2S.e4 ~ c4 26.eS ~dS
27.'l!fdS _.h4 2S.IPf1 tt:leS 29.feS
J:lh1S 30 .~f4 J:lf4 31 . ~14 'it'f4
32.<1;g2 J:leS 33 ...f3 J:lgS 0-1
Soo Hoo,Jonathan
Kleinman,Michael
Los Angeles 2011 (3)
1.c4 cS 2.g3 g6 3. ~g2 ~g7 4.tt:lc3
~c6 S.e3 ~c3 6.bc3 fS 7 .~e2 ~f6
S.d4 0-0 [8 ... b6J 9.0-0 [9.dc5 •a5oo]
9 ... b6 10. ~a3 ~b7 [10... ~a6!?]
11 .dcS '*'c7 [11 ...'ifc8] 12.J:lb1
[12.tt:lf4! A 13. ~d5J 12.•.J:lf7 [12... ~e5 !
13.cb6 ab6 14 .~e7 ~g2 15.~f6 (15.1Pg2
..c6+; 15. ~d6 ~13 16.1Pg2 'i!fc6+)
15... ~f1 16.1Pf1 d6'i'J 13.tt:lf4 bcS
14.tt:ldS±
Survey EO 29. 1
•.t~iii. • i
~ ~'
. ltj i
~
~
14... ~dS 1S.cdS ~dS 16.'.Wa4 eS
17.de6 de6 1S.J:lfd1 ~g2 19•..tg2
J:lcS 20...tg1 • es 21.c4 J:le7 22 .~ b2
'iWc7 23.'it'a3 [23.~16! J:lf7 24.'it'e8 J:l18
25.'iWe7!±] 23 ...eS 24.~c3 ~f7 2S.J:ldS
J:ld7 26.J:lbd1 J:ldS 27.J:ldS 'iWb6
2S.• a4 S ~ 28 ... 'ifb1 29.J:ld1 1Ve4J
29.~es 'ii'b1 30.J:ld1 'ii'e4 31 .~f6
[31.~ 1!] 31 ... J:lc6 32.~c3 ~gS
33.'iWa7 lt:l13 34. 1 h2 35 ...te1
~13 36. 2 'ii'c2 37.~d2 ~d4!
38. 1 tt:l13 39. 2 liJd4 40.1Pe1
liJ1341. Y.!-Y2
Vujovic,Milorad
Foisor,Cristina Adela
Castellaneta 2000 (4)
1.c4 g6 2.g3 ~g7 3 . ~ g2 cS 4. ~c3
liJc6 5.e3 ~c3 6.bc3 fS 7.d3 ~f6
S.liJe2 d6 9. J:lb1 'ifc7 10. ~14 e6
11.h4 0-0 12.0-0 J:lbS 13.'ii'e2 liJdS
14. ~d2 b6 15.J:lb2 ~b7 16.J:lfb1
~g2 17.tt:lg2 "i+'c6 1S.13 liJf7
19.J:lbS (19.e4 seems to be the best
defensive try] 19.•. d5 20.d4 [:?: 20.cd5,
although Black's position is superior in any
case] 20... dc4 21 .dc5 [21 .•c4
"ii'f3-+] 21 ... liJe5 22 . ~e1 lt:l1d7
23.cb6 J:lb6 24.J:lb6 ab6 25.J:ld1
[25.14 tt:lg4+] 25 ... ~c5 26 . ~c1 J:laS
27.f4 ~ed3 2S.h5 liJe1 29.J:le1 ~d3
30. J:ld1 "We4 31.h6 1Pf7 32.J:lf1 J:laS
33.1Ph2 'i!faS 34.a3 J:lbS 35 ...tg1
W'e4 36.'ii'c2 J:lb3 37. ~d2 bS
3S. ~c1 6 39.1Ph2 liJcS 40.'tlff2
J:lb1 41 .g4 1Pf7 42.J:ld1 ~d3
43.'ii'a2 J:lb3 [43 ... J:lc1 -+J 44.gfS efS
45. J:lf1 'it'e7 [45 ...liJc1 46.J:lc1 'it'e3- +]
46 ...th3? 'ii'b7 [46... ~c1-+J 47.1Ph2
'ife4 48.J:ld1 1Pe6 49.J:lf1 tt:lcS
50._.f2 J:lc3 S1 ...g3 J:lc2 52.1Ph3
liJd3 S3.J:lg1 tt:lf2 54.'it>h4 liJg4
55.1Ph3 J:[f2 0-1
229
 Cekro,Ekrem
Preuschoff,Michael
Germany tt 1999/00 (3)
1.c4 c5 V i:Jc3 g6 3.g3 ~g7 4. ~g2
!Oc6 S.e3 ~c3 6.bc3 fS 7.h4 !Of6
8.!0h3 fOeS 9.11t'e2 1t'c7 10.!0f4 e6
11 .0-0 l:!b8 12.d4 !Of7 [12 ...cd4
13.ed4! !Oc4 14.!0d5 !Od5 15 .~d5 !Ob6
(15... b5 16.~f4+-) 16. ~f4±] 13.e4 fe4
14.dS eS 1S.!Oh3
Xi. •
•• 'if i
· ~ i·
~
..
..
g
.
~ 28.~f6 Black's position is undoubtedly
1S•.. h6? [The natural 15... d6 gives Black
a good game after 16.!0g5 (against 16.13?
Black has 16... ef3 17.1t'f3 and now simply
17...!0g4 as the knight on f7 is defended)
16... ~5 17.!0e4 ~e4 18. ~e4 !Oe4
19.1it'e4 0-Q] 16.f3 [16.14!±] 16•.•!0hS
[16 ...ef3? 17.1t'l3+-l 17 .~h2 ef3?
[17 ...d6! 18.fe4 Q-Ooo] 18.1t"f3 d6 19.g4!
!Og7 [19...!014 20.!014 ef4 21. ~14+-1
20.W'f6+- lOtS 21 .gfS gfS 22. f4!
ef4 23 . ~f4 8 [23 ... 0·0 24.1t"g6 'ithB
25.l:!ae1 W'dB 26.~h3 W'h4 27.l:!e3+-l
24.l:!ae1 l:!h7 2S .~f3 ~d7 26.l:!g1
l:!e8 27. ~ h6 1-0
Black Doesn't Play 6 ... f5
6.bc3
Barczay,Laszlo
Groszpeter,Attila
Zalaegerszeg 1991 (4)
1.c4 g6 2.g3 ~g7 3. ~g2 cS 4.!0c3
!Oc6 S.e3 ~c3 6.bc3 b6 7.d3 ~ b7
8.e4 d6 9.a4 'it'd7 1 O.!Oe2 !OaS
11.h4 !0f6 12.!0f4 e6 13.l:!a3 o-o-o
14.!0dS? (14.0-0] 14...edS 1S. ~ h3
!Og4 16.cdS (16.~g4 15!+; 16.W'g4 15
17.ef5l:!he8 18.'itf1 dc4+] 16 .. .fS 17.c4
hS 18.f3 fOeS 19.0-0 'itb8 20.l:!a2
W'g7?! (20... ~a6! t:. 21 .'itg2 !Oac4
22.dc4 ~c4+] 21.f4
230
...
~ g
•.t.
i •
.. ,
~
~ ~ ~~ ~ of the open file, but to no avail as all the
~ ~j)_
21 .. .fe4 [21 ... !0g4 22 .~g4 fg4 23.~b2oo .
Perhaps 21 ... !0d7 was the best way to
continue: 22.~b2 !Of6 23.e5 and now there
is the quite interesting idea 23...!0d5
24.cd5 'tfgB intending 25 ... 1t'd5. In case of
25.e6 ~d5! 26.~h8 ~a2 27.e7 l:!eB
advantageous; he is a pawn up and the
pawn on e7 is weak and should fall in the
long run] 22.feS 'it'eS 23. ~ h2 ed3
24 ..-d3 'tfd4 2S.1t'd4 cd4 26. ~b2
!Oc4 27. ~d4 fOeS ( ~ 27 ... l:!hf8]
28.~e6 l:!hf8 29.l:!af2 l:!f2 30.l:!f2
!Og4 [After this there is no danger for
White anymore] 31 . ~g4 hg4 32.l:!f6
~dS 33.l:!g6 ~f3 34.'itg1 l:!c8
3S.hS l:!c2 36.h6 l:!g2 37. ~f1 l:!h2
38.l:!d6 ~b7 39. ~e3 'ita6? [Better
was 39...l:!h 1] 40.l:!e6 l:!h 1 41. 'itf2
l:!h2 42. ~e1 ~dS 43.l:!e7 ~c4
44. ~gS l:!hS 4S . ~f4 l:!h2 46. ~ b8
bS 47.l:!a7 <J>lb6 48.l:!d7 'itc6
49.l:!c7 'itb6 SO.h7 [After the text Black
can draw immediately. White could have
tried instead 50.ab5 ~b5 51.l:!h7 ~d3
52.l:!h8 'itcS 53 .~f4, although the passive
position of White's king makes it difficult to
make progress] SO ... <J>laS? (50 ... ~d3
51 .l:!c3 ~c4 52.ab5 'itb5 53.l:!c1 l:!h7=]
S1.l:!a7 'itb6 S2.l:!d7? (52.a5 'itc5
53.~e5+-] S2 ...'itc6 S3.l:!c7 ~b6
S4.l:!d7 'itc6 SS.l:!c7 'itb6 ~- ~
Bilek,lstvan
Portisch,Lajos
Hungary tt 1993/94
1.g3 cS 2.c4 !Oc6 3 .~g2 g6 4.!0c3
~g7 S.e3 ~c3 6.bc3 b6 7.d3 ~ b7
8.e4 d6 9.!013 '*c7 10.0-0 0-0-0
11 .!0e1 fS 12.f3 e6 13.!0c2 W'g7
14.l:!b1 !Oge7 1S.'it'e2 l:!he8
16. ~b2 (A very poor position for the
bishop] 16... 'itb8 17.!0e3 gS 18.f4 h6
19.l:!be1 W'g6 20.11t'c2 !OaS 21 .efS
efS 22 .~ b7 !Ob7 23.W'g2 g4
24.l:!e2 W'f7 2S.l:!fe1 aS 26.!0dS
!Og6 [26 ... !0d5 was another possible way
to maintain equality] 27.'*'12 !Oc6
a
28.l:!e3 tOt 29. 'it'e2 [White gets control
invasion squares on the e-file are protected]
29 ... l:!e3 30.11t'e3 <J»b7 31.l:!e2 hS
32. 1 .,h7 33.'ite1 h4 34 .~d2
hg3 3S.hg3 'it'h1 36.l:!e1 'tfh2
37.l:!e2 '*h1 38.l:!e1
Gurevich,Mikhail
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam
Turkey tt 2012 (8)
1.c4 cS 2.g3 g6 3 .~g2 ~g7 4. c3
~-JI2
!Oc6 S.e3 ~c3 6.bc3 b6 7.d3 ~ b7
8.e4 d6 9. t3 'tfd7 1o.o-o o-o-o
11 .d4 eS 12.dS !OaS 13.!0d2 ~a6
14.l:!e1 'itb8 1S.~f1 <J>la8 16.a4 !0e7
17. b3!? f6 (17...~c4 1B.!Oa5 ~11
19.!0c6 ~c4 20.!0d8 l:!dB 21.~g5!]
18. s baS 19.f4 (19 ..-13!?!]
19...!0c8 20 .~d3 b6 21.feS feS
22 .~h6 'ifh3 23 .~gs l:!b8 24.l:!a2
h6 2S . ~c1 l:!hf8 26.l:!f1 ~c4
27.~c4 !Oc4 28.l:!f8 l:!f8 29.W'e2
!Ob6 30.l:!b2 c4 31.~e3?! [31 .l:!b5!]
31 ...!0a4! 32.l:!c2 (32.'tfc4 'tff1 33.1t'f1
l:!f1 34.Wf1 !Ob2 35 .~c1 +] 32 ...'WhS
33 ..-e1 gS 34.1:!12 1:!12 3S.'tf12 <J>lb7
[35 ...'tfe8+] 36. ~a7? (36.'tff5!]
36 ... 'tfd1 37.'itg2 g4? (37 ... 'tfg4!
38.'tff7 <J>la6 t:. 39 .. .'.-e4-+] 38.1t"f7
'ita6 39.'Wd7? (39.'tfc71 'We2 40.~12
1t'e4 41.'itg1 lt"b1 (41...1it'd5 42.W'a7
'itbS 43...b8=) 42.'itg2 b6 43...d6 -
game] 39 ... 'tfe2? (39 ...'tff3! 40.<J>lg1 'it'c3
41. ~12 !Ob6 42.'ifd6 1t'b4-+] 40.~12
1t'e4 41 .'itg1 !Ob6 42 .• d6 W'b1
43.~g2 a4 44 .~b6 (~ 44 ..-bB]
44...W'b6 4S ....d7 w as 46. g4 a3

47.Wc4? (47.'irc8! ~b5 48.1i'aB Wd6
49.~ and ifs difficu~ for Black to make
progress] 47 ...1!t'b2!-+ 48.~h3 a2
49.d6 aH!r SO.d7 'i!rd1 S1 .'i!rcs ~a4
52.1i'a7 ~b3 53.1i'b8 ~a2 54.1!t'a8
lt>b1 55.d8'if 1!t'f1 56 .~g4 'iibe2
57. ~h4 '*'h2 58.~g4 1t'hh3X 0-1
OltJ1of
Schwarz,Michael
Wintzer,Joachim
Germany Bundesliga B 2007/08 (7)
1.c4 cS 2.g3 li)c6 3 . ~g2 g6 4.li)c3
.ig7 5.e3 ~c3 6.bc3 b6 7.d3 ~ b7
8.e4 d6 9.h4 hS 10.~g5 _.d7
11.'it'd2 0-0-0 12.li)e2 l:te8 13.0-0
~PbS 14.l:tad1 eS 15.~e3 f6 16.f4
'l'g7 17.f5 gfS 18.l:tf5 li)ge7
[1 B....icB 19.l:tf2 li)h6 20.~h6 l:th6 gives
Black a very comfortable position] 19.l:tt2
.ic8 20.l:tdf1 l:tef8 21.~h2 ~g4
2H :J g1 l:tf7 23 .~h3 ~h3 24.li)h3
'i'g6 [24 ... li)d8] 25.l:tf3 [25.li)g5! l:tgB
26.Wh1 l:tffB 27.l:tl3i ] 2S ... li)g8
26.'tWt2 l:tg7 27.li)g1 lt>c7 28.li)e2
lObS 29.'ii'g2 'i!Ve8 30.li)g1 .-a4
31 ./0h3 li)d7 32.'ifd2 li)e7 33.li)f2
l:thg8 34.li)d1 'ifa6 35. ~f2 'ifc8
36.li)e3 'i!Ve8 37.li)f5 [37.a4!?]
37... /0fS 38.l:tfS l:tg4 39.'ife2 'ifg6
40.'ii'f3 l:tg7 41. ~e1= %-1-2
Kaminski,Viktor
Vigorito, David
Pawtucket 2008 (2)
1.c4 g6 2.g3 ~g7 3 .~g2 cS 4.li)c3
IL!c6 5.e3 ~c3 6.bc3 b6 7.d3 .tb7
8.e4 d6 9.h4 h6 1O.li)e2 1i'd7
11. f4 e612 ..th3 'ife7 13.'ife2
13...~d8 [Artificial castling] 14.li)g2
lt>c7 1S.li)e3 l:te8 16.f4 Wb8 17.h5
gS 18.0-0 [1 B.lg5 'ii'g5oo] 18... li)f6
[18 ...gf4] 19.'iff3 [19.fg5 li)h51 20.'ifh5
hg5 21.'fi'f7 (21 .'fi'g4? li)e5) 21...'fi'f7
22.l:tf7 l:th3'i=] 19... li)d7 20.Wh2 li)aS
21 .'ii't2 l:tef8 22. ~d2 l:thg8 23.li)g4
f6 24.li)e3 [24.li)h6 l:thB+] 24 ...1i'f7
25.1i'e2 l:te8 26.f5 eS 27 . ~g4 1-2-1-2
Contin,Daniel
Postny,Evgeny
Lodi 2006 (5)
1.c4 g6 2.li)c3 .tg7 3.g3 cS 4..tg2
li)c6 S.e3 .tc3 6.bc3 b6 7.d3 .tb7
8.e4 d6 9.h4 h6 1O.hS gS 11.t4 gf4
12.gf4 fS 13.e5 [13.ef5 li)f6oo]
13... de5 14.fe5 'it'c7 1S..tf4 0-0-0
[15 ... /0eS? 16.'ife2!] 16.'ife2 li)f6
17.li)f3 li)g4 18.0-0-0 e6 19.l:the1
li)aS 20. ~ h3 'fi'c6 [20 ... 'iff7, winning
the h·pawn, gives Black a clear advantage]
21.li)h4 a4 22.<,t>b2 bS
23.li)f5? [~ 23 ..tg4 fg4 24.'ifc2 with
hopes of surviving as the queens are
exchanged. 24.'i!rg4 b4 (24 ...bc4 is also
strong) 25.'it'e6 ~b8 and this annotator
does not see a way for White to ward off
Black's threats] 23 ... efS 24.~ g4 fg4
2S. g4 Wb8 26.e6 w as 27.e7
l:tde8 28. g7 bc4-+ 29. ~c7 l:thg8
30.'i!Vh6 cd3 31 . ~as l:tg2 [31... ~d5
and 31...'i!t'c2 also win easily] 32.l:td2
'it'bS 33. ~b4 cb4 34.l:tg2 bc3
3S. ~c3 l:tc8 36.Wd2 l:tc2 37.1Pe3
'ii'eS 38.Wd3 fi'c3X 0-1
Stark, Lars
Tereick,Benjamin
Germany II 2007/08 (3)
1.c4 cS 2.li)c3 g6 3.g3 ~g7 4 . ~g2
li)c6 S.e3 ~c3 6.bc3 b6 7.e4 .tb7
8.d3 d6 9.h4 li)f6 [9 ... h6 (see
Survey EO 29. 1
Kaminski-Vigorito above) is another typical
possibility, protecting the dark squares and
being ready to counter an eventual h4·h5
with ... g6·g5] 10. ~ h6 'i!t'd7 [In this
situation it was preferable to move the
queen to c7 at once] 11.~h3 'ii'c7
12.t4 .tea 13.g4 .te6 14.'ii'f3 o-o-o
1S.li)e2 Wb8 16.li)g3 'fica 17.fS
li)eS 18.1!t'e2 gfS (18 ... ~d7 was a bit
more flexible] 19.ef5 .td7 20.0-0 l:thg8
21 .gS .tc6 [~ 21...1!t'a6 22.Wh2 li)eBoo]
22 .~h2 'i!rb7 [22 ...li)fd7 23.d4! and
material loss cannot be avoided] 23.gf6
~f3 [23 ... ef6 24.li)e4; 23 ... li)f3 24.l:tf3
~13 25.'it'e7+-] 24.'it'e3 ef6 2S.d4
l:tg3 26 . ~g3 l:tg8 27.~gS 1-0
Groszpeter,Attila
Schlosser,Philipp
Lippstadt 1991 (7)
1.c4 cS 2.g3 g6 3 ..tg2 ~g7 4.li)c3
li)c6 S.e3 .tc3 6.bc3 b6 7.h4 li)f6
8.e4 ~b7 9.li)e2 d6 10.d3 fi'd7
11. ~gS li)g4 12.d4 aS 13.hS f6
14•.tc1 gS 15.f3 li)h6 16 .~ h3 g4
17. ~h6 gh3 18.dS li)c4 19.li)f4
.-bs 20.'irb3 -..as
21.a4 [21.li)e6! l:tcB 22.a4 li)e5 23.-.bS
~f7 24.~12 is approximately equal]
21...li)eS 22. .tea 23.1!t'bS
[23 ..tg7 l:tgB 24.h6 deserved
consideration] 23 ... 'ilt'bS 24.abS ~g4
[24 ... Wf7 25.li)h3 .td7 26.l:tab1 (26.li)f4
~b5 'i=) 26 ... a6! 27.ba6 l:ta6'i=] 2S.fg4
[25 .~g7 ~13 26.~h8 ~h1 27.l:th1 ~f7
28..tf6 ef6 29.l:ta1oo] 2S ...li)g4 26.Wf3
li)h6 27.li)e6 lt>d7 28.l:th3 l:thg8
29.l:th2 ~ca 30.l:tg2 li)g4 31. 4
lt>b7 32.h6 as [32 ... l:tg6!?] 33.ba6
l:ta6 34.l:ta6 [34.li)d8! l:tdB 35.l:ta6 Wa6
36.1Pg4 l:tgB 37.Wt5 l:tg5 38.1Pe6 l:te5
231
39.<j;f7+=%] 34...¢'a6 3s.tf~g7? [~
35.l:la2 <j;b7 3M~d8 l:ld8 37.<j;g4+]
35...~ h6 36 .~fS [36.~e6 b5 37.l:lh2
~g4 38.l:lh7 ~e5 39.¢>15 (39.l:le7?
~g6-+) 39 ... b4 40.cb4 cb4+ ] 36... ~fS
37. S l:lgS 38.¢>e6 l:leS 39.¢>d7
¢>bS 40.l:lb2 ¢>c4 41 .l:lb6 l:le4
42.l:lb8 ¢>dS 43.l:lh8 ¢>c4 44.l:lh7
¢>c3 0-1
Karlsson, Lars
Sowray,Peter
Barcelona 2009 (9)
1.c4 cS 2.g3 g6 3 .~g2 ~g7 4 . ~c3
~c6 S.e3 ~c3 6.bc3 d6 7.d3 [A
different set-up to the standard one for
Black was adopted in the game P.Baier·
Ramik, Czech tt 1995: 7.h3 e5 8. ~e2
~ge7 9.Q-O ~e6 10.d3 'ilfd7 11 .¢>h2 f6
and the position is perfectly playable for
Black] 7 ... 'ilfd7 8.e4 b6 9.f4 [The game
Kosten-Bricard, Pau ch-FRA 2008 went on:
9. e2 ~b7 1o.o-o 0-0·0 11.~e3 h5 12.h3
e6 13.~c1 f5 14.13 1i'g7 15.'ilfd2 ~f6
16.ttlb3 l:lhg8 1 7.~h6 'i!t'l7 18.a4 ~h7
19.h4 and now instead of 19... g5 Black
should have played 19.. .1e4 20.1e4 'ilfe7,
when White is unable to successfully
prevent the break ...g7-g5] 9 ... ~ b7
10.t0f3 e6 11 .o-0 t0ge7 12.l:lb1
o-o-o 13.l:lb2 h6 14.l:le2 <j;b8
1S.ttle1 W'c7 16.ttlc2 l:ld7 17. ~e3
'ifd8 [The time was right for the typical
reaction 17... f5] 18.fS gfS 19.efS dS
[This break in the centre opens the position
too much, and this turns out in White's
favor, mainly because of the bishop pair.
19...h5, with the intention of creating some
counterplay with ...h5-h4, seems best at this
point] 20.fe6 fe6 21.cdS ttldS [21 ...ed5
22. g4 is also clearly favorable for Whtte]
22. dS edS 23.l:le6± hS 24.'ilfa4
ttlaS 2S.~gs 'ilfc8 26.l:lff6 [26.~h3
was stronger] 26 ...c4 27.d4 l:lf7?
28.l:lb6 ab6 29.l:lf7 W'e6 30.l:le7
'tiffS 31 .~f4 c;t;>a7 32.'ifd1 h4
33.l:leS 'iff7 34.1fe1 l:lg8 3S.W'e3
[35 . ~d5 ! 'ilt'f4 (35 ...~d5 36.l:le7) 36.~g8
hg3 37.hg3+- ] 3S ... 1i'g6 36.l:lgS 1fb1
37.W'c1 W'h7 38.l:lg8 'ifg8 39.gh4
'ilfg4 40. ~gS <j;a6 41 .h3 1fhS
42.¢>h2 ~c8 43.1fe3 'ilfg6 44.1ff3
'ilfc2? [~ 44...~e6] 4S.hS ~fS
46.1i'dS ~d3 47.a4 1-0
232
Reuben,Stewart
Dineley,Richard
England tt-2 1998/99 (8)
1.c4 cS 2.g3 ttlc6 3. ~g2 g6 4. ~c3
~g7 S.e3 ~c3 6.bc3 d6 7.ttle2
'ilfd7 8.ttlf4 b6 9.d3 ~b7 10.e4 ttlf6
11 .We2 h6 12.h4 e6 13 . ~h3 'ife7
14.0-0 ¢>d8 1S.ttlg2 <j;c7 16 .~e3
l:lag8 [16 ...g5!? A 17.h5 l:lag8] 17.f4
t0d7 18.1ff2 gS! 19.fgS hgS
[Threatening ...g5·g4] 20.g4 [20.~g5?
l:lgs 21 .hg5 l:lh3+ ] 20 ...gh4 21 .Wf7
Wf7 22.l:lf7 tOeS 23.l:le7 ~g4 [~
23... ttld3+] 24. ~f2 [24 .~f4] 24... ~f2
[24...Wd8!, getting out of the pin, was best.
After 25.l:le6 lOdeS White's rook is trapped
in the center of the board] 2S. l:lf8
[25 ... l:lg3!] 26.<j;e2 l:le8 27.l:le6 l:le6
28. ~e6 h3 29 .~e3 tOeS 30.l:lh1
~c8 31.ttldS ¢>d8 32 .~c8 ¢>c8
33.ttlf4 h2 34.~dS l:lh3 3S.ttle3
tOgS 36.d4 ~f4+ 37. 2 ttle6
[37 ... ttld3 38.¢>e2 ~c1 39.¢>d2 ttla2+ ]
38.ttlfS <j;d7 39.dS ~gS 40.ttlg3
l:lh4 41 .¢>e3 ¢>c7 42.a3 aS 43. 2
t0e4 44. e4 l:le4 4S.l:lh2 l:lc4
46.l:lh3 l:la4-+ 47.l:lh7 ¢>c8
48.<j;e2 l:la3 49.¢'d2 bS SO.l:lh6
¢>c7 S1.l:lh7 ¢>b6 S2.l:ld7 c4
S3.l:ld6 <j;cS S4.l:ld8 b4 SS.cb4 ab4
S6.l:lb8 l:ld3 0-1
Tarjan 's Games
6.dc3
Gonzalez Rodriguez,Jorge
Tarjan,James
Bogota 1979 (2)
1.c4 cS 2. ~c3 g6 3.g3 ~g7 4. ~g2
.......
~c6 S.e3 ~c3 6.dc3
.i.'if ~ &.i
...
• ~
~
~~
1:1 .i
6.. .fS 7.ttle2 ~f6 8.0-0 b6 9.ttlf4
~ b7 1O.ttldS 0-0 11 .ttlf6 l:lf6 12.e4
1fc7 [12 ... ttle5!?] 13 .~f4 d6 14 .~gS
l:lf7 1S.efS l:lfS 16 . ~dS ¢>h8 17.f4
l:le8 18.1!t'd3 bS 19 . ~g2 [19.cb5 t0b4
20.cb4 l:ld5 21 .1i'c3 <j;g8 22 .~h6 e6oo]
19...bc4 20.Wc4 ~as 21 .'ifa4 ~c6
22 .~c6 ~c6 23.l:lad1 <j;g7 24.g4
l:lf7 2S.'ife4 l:lef8 26 .~ h4 'ilfd7
27. ~g3 ttld8 28.'ilfe2 We6 29.1fe6
tOeS 30.l:lde1 t0d8 [30 ... ttlf4 31. ~f4
l:lf4 32.l:le7 1:817=] 31 .l:lf2 tOeS
32.l:le4 l:lb8 33.l:ld2 l:lb6 34. 1 hS
3S.ghS ghS 36.<j;e1 6 37.We2
¢>g7 38.b3 l:lfS 39.<j;d1
40.l:lg2 l:la6 [40...d5 41 .l:la4oo] 41.c4
~d4 42.<j;c1 l:lb6 [42... e6!?] 43.l:lg1
l:lb8 44.l:lge1 l:le8 4S.b4 dS 46.l:leS
cb4 47.cdS aS 48.~f2 l:lc8 49.¢>b1
l:leS SO.feS lObS S1 . ~b2 ~c3
[51...a4!?] S2.e6 8 S3 .~b6?? [Either
53.l:lg1 ~d5 54.l:lg5 t0f6 55.l:la5 l:lc6
56.l:le5 ttlg4 57.l:lh5 t012 58.l:lf5 ¢>e8
59.l:lf2 l:le6 60.¢>b3 l:le4= or 53.~d4
ttld5 54.l:le5 ttlf6 55.l:la5 l:lc6= would
have kept the balance] S3 ...ttla4
S4.'iPb3 ~ b6 SS.l:lf1 Wg8 S6.l:lfS
l:lc3 S7.¢>b2 l:ld3 0-1
Benko,Pal
Tarjan ,James
Lone Pine 1979 (8)
1.c4 cS 2.g3 g6 3 .~g2 ~ g7 4.ttlc3
~c6 S.e3 ~c3 6.dc3 d6 7.e4 'ilfd7
8. ~e2 b6 9 . ~f4 ~ b7 10.'ilfe2 e6
11 . d3 h6 12. ~d2 ge7 13.0-0-0
0-0-0 14.l:lhe1 Wc7 1S.h4 ~a6
16.b3 bS?!
17.cbS [ 17 .~c5! deS 18.cb5 e5 19.ba6
~d3 20.Wb1 ttle1 21 .l:le1 . White gets two
pawns for the exchange and a very good

bishop pair, which yields him the advantage]
17...i.bS 18.<~ b2 1fb6 19."i¥e3 w c7
20.c;Ya1 aS [20... c4!?] 21.i.c1 eS
[21... a4!] 22.lllb2 a4 23.ba4 · 6
24.i.f1 lllaS [24 ...i.f1 25.l:lf1 f5!?] 2S.f4
c6 26. · 6 'iVa6 27."i¥d3 W'd3
28.l:ld3 [After the exchange of queens the
shuation is approximately equal] 28 ..• hS
29.l:lf1 ef4 30.~f4 l:theB 31 .l:tfd1
~es 32.l:tdS f6 33.Wb1 Wc6 34 •.tes
feS 3S.l:lf1 l:tbB 36.Wc2 l:lb2
37.Wb2 lllc4 38.Wc1 llle3 39.l:lf6
~dS 40.edS WdS 41 .l:lg6 c4 42.l:lgS
[42.g4! hg4 43.l:lg4 seems simplest, the
endgame should be a draw] 42 ... We4
43.l:lhS [43.g4! Wd3 44.gh5 Wc3 45.a5oo]
43...Wd3 44.l:th6? dS 4S.l:td6 d4-+
46.hS Wc3 0-1
Black Plays 6 ... f5
6.dc3
Hulak,Krunoslav
Stohl,lgor
Piestany SVK·C RO 1996
1.c4 g6 2.g3 cS 3.i.g2 ~g7 4.l!Jc3
~c6 S.e3 i.c3 6.dc3 fS 7.l!Je2 lLJf6
8.lLJf4 d6 9.lLJdS eS 1 O.f3 [10.e4! A
10...l!Je4 11 .f3 lllg5 (11 ... l!Jf6 12.i.g5±)
12.i.g5 1Wg5 13.lllc7±] 1 0 •..0-0 11 .0-0
~e7 12.b3 [12.lLJf6 l:lf6 13.e4!?]
12... ~edS13.cdS ~-%
Black Doesn 't Play 6 ... f5
6.dc3
Salmensuu,OIIi
Nielsen,Peter Heine
Gistrup 1997 (5)
1.c4 g6 2.l!Jc3 i.g7 3.g3 cS 4.i.g2
10c6 S.e3 i.c3 6.dc3 d6 7.l!Je2
'i'd7 a.o-o b6 9.l!Jf4 i.b7 1 o.e4
0-0-0 11.b3 e6 12.ll\d3 fS 13.i.gS
l:leB 14.f3 h6 1S.i.d2 l!Jf6 16.'ft'e2
gS 17.l:lad1 ~c7 18.l:lfe1 llleS
19. ~f2 l:thgB [Inserting the exchange of
pawns 19... fe4 20.fe4 would have
strengthened the control of the e5·square.
After 20... l:lhf8 Black has a perfectly sound
position] 20.f4 lLJf7 21.efS i.g2
22.Wg2 efS 23."i¥d3 'ft'd7 24.l:le8
l:leB 2S.l:te1 l:le1 26.i.e1 g4 [Another
feasible approach was 26...gf4 27.gf4 lllh8
whh the idea of bringing the knight to g6]
27.llld1 hS 28.ll\e3 l!Jh6 29.lLJdS
'ft'e6 30.lLlf6 ~f6 3Ui'd5 ~ bB
32.a4 ll\f7 33.b4 lLJdB
34.aS?! [In the long run this break only
gives chances to the second player]
34 .•.baS 3S.bcS [35.ba5 'ife6 and the
weakness of his a-pawn only complicates
White's defensive task] 3S ..• dcS
36.'iVcS? [Much better was 36.i.f21 when
after 36... tfc6 37.i.c5 tfd5 38.cd5 lLlb7
39.i.d4 White has chances of defending
the endgame] 36 .•.tfc6 37.'i!fdS
[37._.c6 lllc6-+] 37...<i;c7 38.i.f2
a4-+ 39.i.cS [39.<i>!1 "i¥d5 40.cd5
ll\b7 41.c4 l!Ja5 42.i.a7 lllc4 43.i.c5 a3
44.We2 a2 45.i.d4 Wd6-+] 39 ..•l!Jb7
40.i.b4 [40.i.a7 llla5-+; 40... a3?
41.i.b81 Wb6 42.i.a7!=] 40 ... aS
41.i.a3 ~dS 42.cdS lLJd6 43.c4
l!Jc4 44 •.tcs a3 4S. 2 a2 46.i.d4
Wd6 4H i<e2 c;f.>dS 48.Wd3 lLld2 0-1
Kveinys,Aioyzas
Hansen,Sune Berg
Germany Bundesliga 2000/01 (11)
1.g3 cS 2.i.g2 l!Jc6 3.c4 g6 4.l!Jc3
i.g7 S.e3 i.c3 6.dc3 d6 7.e4 _.d7
8.lLJf3 lllf6 9.'tlfe2 ..-c7 [A prophylactic
measure to play ... b7-b6, as the direct
9... b6 could be countered with 1O.e5!]
1 O.h3 [In case of 10.i.h6 Black has
1O...lllg4. The text move prepares 11 .i.h6]
1O... h6 [Directed against 11 .i.h6]
11 .ll\d2 b6 12.lllf1 i.b7 13.ll\e3 e6
14.l!Jg4 lllgBI [The best defence - no
lines are opened and the white knight can
be evicted when the time is right] 1S.i.f4
0-0-0 16.0-o-o f6 17.h4 l:lh7
Survey EO 29. 1
18.i.h3 WbB 19.f3 .tea 20.hS gs
21.i.d2 'it'b7 [The beginning of a
mistaken strategy on the queenside. 21 ...15
22.ef5 ef5 23.lLJe3 '*'17 was a better way
to handle the poshion] 22.llle3 'ft'a6
23 . ~b1 l:le7 24 .~f1 l:lb7 2S.i.c1
aS [In case of 25... b5 26.cb5 l:lb5 and
now probably White's best continuation is
27.l:lh2 A 28.l:thd2] 26.l:lh2! a6
27.l:lhd2 w c7 28.f4 bS
29.eS! [White's counteraction in the center
is more powerful than his opponenrs break
on the left wing] 29 •• .feS 30.ts .... efS
31.i.fS l!Jce7 32.i.e4 l:lb6 33.i.dS
[Threatening 34.i.g8 l:lg8 (Black cannot
take with the knight due to 35.l!Jd5)
35.'ft'f7] 33 ... Wb8 34.i.g8 lllgB
3S ...-f7 b4?! [35 ... l:lc6, clearing the
diagonal for a possible return of the black
queen and at the same time defending c7
and anticipating the jump of the knight to
d5, seems to be the best defence] 36.cb4
cb4 37.b3 'ii'cs 38.l:ldS 'ifc7
39 :~lrg6 i.b7? [~ 39 ... l:lc6] 40.cSI+-
l:lbS 41 .cd6 d7 42.l:lbS abS
43.i.b2 c;Ya7 44 •.tes l:leB 4S.'i!fd3
i.f3 [45 ... l:le5 was losing due to 46."i!Vd4.
After the text move White plays 46.l:lc1 ,
with a very easy win. So Black decided to
resign without further play] 1-0
Schulz,Karsten
Lagunow,Aiexander
Germany 11 2002/03 (2)
1.g3 g6 2.i.g2 cS 3.c4 i.g7 4.lllc3
l!Jc6 S.e3 ..Q.c3 6.dc3 d6 7.e4 '*'d7
8.i.e3 b6 9.lLJe2 i.b7 10.ll\f4 llleS
11 .~e2 fS 12.f3 [12.ef5 i.g2 13.l!Jg2
~15 and Black has no problems at all]
12 .•• l!Jf6 [12 .. .fe4!?] 13.efS gfS
14.l:ld1 [14.0-Q-0 was to be preferred]
14•..0-0-0= ~- ~
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 Shoker,Samy
Gozzoli,Yannick
Bois Colombes 2005 (9)
1.g3 g6 2.i.g2 i.g7 3.c4 cS 4.li::lc3
li::lc6 S.e3 i.c3 6.dc3 d6 7.li::le2
1!i'd7 S.0-0 b6 9.b3 i.b7 10.1!i'c2
0-0-0 11 .e4 fS 12.efS gfS 13.h4 li::lf6
14.i.gS tt:le4 1S.i.e3 [15.i.e4? fe4
16."it'e4 li::le5-+l 1S.•. J:r.hgS 16.J:r.ad1
li::leS 17.li::lf4 e6 [17... li::lg3! 1B.fg3
J:r.g3-+] 1S.a4 [~ 18.li::ld3] 1S...li::lf6
[1B ... li::lg3!] 19.1fe2 i.g2 20.'it>g2
li::le4+ 21 .J:r.c1 J:r.g4 22.li::ld3 li::ld3
23. 1i'd3 J:r.dgS [23..."it'g7!] 24. ~f3
"iff7 2S. ~e2 ~ hS 26.'it>e1 J:r.4g7
27.1t'e2 '*'es 2S ...a2 Wc6 29.aS
J:r.b7 30.a6 [30.ab6 seems a better try, as
now Black has his hands completely free to
attack in the centre and on the kingsideI
30 ... J:r.d7 31.W'e2 dS 32.cdS W'dS
33.'it'c2 J:r.gdS 34.We2 WeS! 3S.'it>f3
li::ld2-+ 36 .'~g2 W ds 37.'it>h2 li::lf1
3S.J:r.f1 'i!ff3 39.b4 J:r.d1 0-1
Cabello Fernandez,Enrique
Foisor,Ovidiu Doru
Ascona 2007 (3)
1.c4 g6 2.g3 i.g7 3.i.g2 cS 4.li::lc3
li::lc6 S.e3 i.c3 6.dc3 d6 7.e4 "ii'd7
S.li::le2 b6 9.0-0 i.b7 10.li::lf4 e6
11.i.e3 li::lf6 12.'ilfc2 J:r.gS 13.J:r.ad1
li::leS 14.b3 1i'c6 [14 ... g5!? 15.li::ld3 li::ld3
16.J:r.d3 O·O·Oooj 1S.li::lh3 li::le4
16.li::lgS? [The best continuation was
16.i.f4 when a possible follow-up would be
16... f5 17.J:r.fe1 h6 18.13 li::lf6 19.i.e5 deS
20.J:r.e5 with some initiative for White. After
the text Black has a very interesting queen
sacrifice] 16.. .li::lgS! 17.i.c6 i.c6 [The
threat is 18... li::lh3 mate] 1S.f3 li::lgf3
19. 2 li::lh2 2o.i.t4 li::lt1 21 .w t1
o-o-o [It is time to take stock. Black has
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rook, knight and three pawns for the queen.
Besides, Black's bishop is very strong. His
position is preferable] 22. "ifh2? [22.i.e5
was best] 22 •.. li::lg4! 23 ...h7 J:r.hS
24.'ilff7 i.f3! [With the double threat of
mate (25... J:r.h1X) and 25...i.d1 ] 2S.We6
J:r.d7 26.i.e3 i.d1 0-1
lucena,Lincoln
Saldano Dayer,Horacio
Brasilia 2009 (4)
1.c4 g6 2.li::lc3 i.g7 3.g3 cS 4.i.g2
li::lc6 S.e3 i.c3 6.dc3 d6 7.li::le2 "it'd7
S.li::lf4 b6 9.e4 i.b7 10.b3 e6 11.()-()
hS 12.h3 o-o-o 13.1t'e2 li::lge7
14.J:r.d1 h4 1S.g4 f6 16.i.e3 fS
17.li::ld3 eS 1S.i.gS 1fe6 19.f3 J:r.h7
20.J:r.d2 f4 21 .J:r.ad1 w c7 22.li::lf2 J:r.d7
23.J:r.dS li::laS 24.b4 li::lac6 2S.a3 li::ldS
26.bcS bc5 27.li::ld3 li::ldS 28.edS
W'gS 29.li::lf2 li::lf7 30.li::le4 li::lgS
31.li::lgS J:r.he7 32.'it't2 "ifhS 33.li::le4
w b8 34.J:r.b1 ~as 3S.i.f1 J:r.h7
36.J:r.bS [36.li::lg5 J:r.he7 37.1i'c2 was a
better way to continue] 36.•.'fi'dS 37.'it'b2
i.a6 3S.J:r.b3 J:r.b7 39.i.d3 'ilfb8
40.J:r.b7 J:r.b7 [Black is an exchange up, but
~ is not easy to break through] 4U ifc2
41 •.. J:r.b3?! [Giving up the d6-pawn is not
a good idea] 42.li::ld6 J:r.b2 43."Wc1
1i'b3? [~ 43... J:r.b6] 44.'ife1! bS
4S.1fes J:r.d2 [After the text move White
could have continued playing for a win after
46.i.f1. ~ 45 ... J:r.b7] ~-112
Flores,Diego
Felgaer,Ruben
La Plata ch·ARG 2009 (8)
1.c4 cS 2.g3 li::lc6 3.i.g2 g6 4.li::lc3
i.g7 S.e3 i.c3 6.dc3 b6 7.h4 li::lf6
8.e4 i.b7 9.eS li::lhS 10.g4 li::lg7
11.i.h6 li::le6 12.W'e2?! [Better were
12.i.d5 1fc7 13."it'e2 or 12.f4] 12 ... 'i!i'c7
[12... li::lcd4! 13.cd4 i.g2 14.J:r.h2 li::ld4
15.1fd2 i.b7 would have given Black the
advantage] 13.0-0-0 0-0-0 14.f4 gSI?
1S.li::lh3 [15.hg5? li::lf4; 15.fg5? li::lf4 and
in case of 15.i.g5 h6 16.15 hg5 17.fe6 gh4
Black is OK] 1S••. gf4 16.li::lf4 li::lf4
17.i.f4 f6 1S.i.c6 1t'c6 19.J:r.he1
J:r.hfS 20.ef6 J:r.f6 21 .i.gS J:r.e6
22.1!i'd2 J:r.eS 23.1ft2 J:r.e1 24. J:r.e1
'ii'f3 2S .'~Wf3 i.f3 26.J:r.e7 J:r.e7 !-1!-!-1!
Bitoon,Richard
Goh Wei Ming
Ho Chi Minh City 2011 (4)
1.c4 cS 2.li::lc3 li::lc6 3.g3 g6 4.i.g2
i.g7 S.e3 i.c3 6.dc3 d6 7.li::le2
1t'd7 S.e4 b6 9.0-0 i.b7 10.1t'c2
0-0-0 11 .J:r.d1 fS 12.b4 li::lf6 13.bcS
bcS 14.J:r.b1 [14.ef5 li::le5!<=t] 14•. .fe4
[Also after 14 ...li::le4 15.li::lf4 e6 16.13 li::lf6
17.1t'b3 the open b-file gives White
compensation for the pawn] 1S.li::lf4 li::leS
16. b3
16... w bS [~ 16... li::lf3 6. 17.i.l3 el3
18.li::le6 c6 19.li::ld8 J:r.dBoo] 17.li::le6!
J:r.cS 1S.i.e3 'ifc6 19.li::lcS! deS
20.i.f4 li::lg4 21 .J:r.dS w as 22.i.eS
J:r.hfS 23.J:r.cS! d7 24.J:r.cs [24.J:r.b5!]
24 ..•..-cs 2S.i.d4 eS 26.i.cs J:r.f7
27.'1!i'a3 i.c6 2S.h3 li::lf6 29.i.d6
li::ld7 30.1t'b4 li::lb6 31 .1t'cS J:r.b7
32.J:r.b4 li::ld7 33.'iie3 aS 34.J:r.b3
W'gS 3S.'ife2 "ii'e6 36.cS li::lbS
37.i.bS J:r.b3 3S.ab3 'it>bS 39.'ii'a6
'*'d7 40.'ifaS 'it>cS [40... "it'd1 41.'it>h2
'*'b3 42.'iid8 w a7 43.1t'c7 1t'b7
44.'ii'e5+-] 41 .1t'a6 'it>dS 42.'ifb6
'it>e7 43.1t'bS "fi'dS 44.c4 '*'d1
4S.'it>h2 'it>e6 46.'1!i'cS i.d7 47."fi'gS
6 4S.'iffS w e6 1-0
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Why has the Austrian Attack for a Directions - A Bit of Theory
long time been con idered one of Accordjng to some writer on the
the most dangerous ways to fi ght Pirc Defence, the Au trian Attack
agai n t the Pirc Defence? First of i the mo ttheory-i ntensive part of
all let's compare the two quite the repertoire and it requires a con-
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A) With the pawn on c4 White rienced author of books on the
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vantage ba ed on trategic rules. Four Pawn attacker a well), ana-
But hj piece are still undevel- lysi ng and learning the mo t im-
oped, o embarking on tactical ad- portant equence of this variation
ventures is hardl y possible within was like a walk in the park - an
the next moves. easy ride!
B) By keeping the pawn on c2,
White gain a tempo to develop a Part I . Austrian Attack - 5 .. .c5
knigh t (tt:lf3) and this factor Part 2. Au trian Attack - 5 ...0-0
makes the po ition much more dy-
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Game 12 - The Direct Advance: 6 ... tLlc6
7.e5
The principled remedy against Black's
threatened connter-break ...e7 -eS is to
advance the e-pawn fir t - it's now or
never!
the main line with 8 ... tLlhS! ?) 8 ... d.x:eS
9 .d.x:eS !! the tLlhS is poorly placed;
B) Nowadays 7 .. .tLle8?!, Botvinnik's old
weapon, looks suspicious: 8.0-0! ? (if
8 .~e3 tLlb4! 9 ..ic4 .ifs IO.l:Icl cSP:
Kuijpers-Botvinnik, Amsterdam 1966)
8 .. .lijb4 9 ..ie2 (also 9 ..ic4!? with the
same idea) 9 ... .if5

0 Viktor Moskalenko
• Vladimir Zhelnin
Odessa Kotov Memorial 1989

1.d4

Another typical transposition into the

Austrian Attack.
1... g6 2.e4 ~g7 3.lLlc3 d6 4.f4 lLlf6
5.lLlf3 0-0 6.~d3 lLlc6 7.e5!?

TRICK: After the two unexpected

.!'if .i~
••• ••.t.•
.i
moves 1O.a3 !N tLlxc2 ll.g4!
White is better.
~· ~ ~· 8.fxe5
~ ~ After tllis asymmetrical response, the
lLJ~ lLJ black knight must choose among four
~~fj, fj,~ squares.
~ ~'ifw !i ,..._ WEAPON (for Wllite) : What
about 8 .dxeS!? ? Strategically,
This space-winning central advance is
tllis is a less ambitious idea, but on the
logical here.
other hand, Black's position remains pas-
Black's key e- and c-pawns are tempo-
sive, as we saw in a similar line of the pre-
rarily blocked, so he must look for a
vious game.
quick regrouping of his pieces in order to
try a new break: .. .f7 -f6. A\ Keep in mind: 7.0-0 ~g4?! 8.e5
~ d.x:eS 9 .d.x:eS ttJdS etc.
7... dxe5
So, after 8 ... ttJd5 there follows :
Unfortunately, the immediate withdrawal
A) 9.0-0!? tLlcb4
of the knight makes less sense.
A) For instance, in case of 7... ttJhS ?! * PUZZLE: 9 ... ttJxc3 I O.bxc3 .ifS
8.0-0! (only after 8 ...te2 d.x:eS 9.fxe5 ( JO ... ~dS!?; IO ... f6!?) ll.We2!?
~g4 1o. ~e3 f6! the game transposes to and White is slightly better.

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 Chapter 1 - The Austrian Attack

TRICK: 12.c3?! ltJd4! ~ .

I 2 .. .'it'b6

analysis diagram

This transpo es exacdy to the above line,

except that here the white pawn is not on
h3 : 10.i.e4 c6 ll.'ifel! ~b6+ 12.~hl
i.g4 (12 ... ttJxc3 13 .bxc3t) 13.a3!?N (or analysis diagram

13.ttJxd5!? ttJxdS 14.h3!;!;; 13.ltJa4 a6 13.0-0-0!

14.b3 bSoo Shirov-Topalov, Monaco
TRICK: l3.i.e3?! ~b4+! 14.i.d2
1999) 13 ... ttJxc3 14.bxc3!;!;
't~Yxb2=F Berelowitsch-Volokitin,
Ordzhonikidze 2001 .
:i ~
13 ... ttJd4 14. c4 cS 15 .i.e3 Zaw-
ii ii..ti Sitanggang, Jakarta 199 7. White has some

8
'ifi
. 8
8
i
~8 A
ttJ
pressure on the centre. Therefore, Black
must play 15 ... l:lfd8, which is still un-
clear; or I S... ~h6!?.
8 ... ttJd5
8 88
f! ~ 'if:t ~ Contrary to general chess strategy, in this
provocative variation the central po t is
With an obvious central imoaove for probably not the best for the knight (I 35
White, against a bad Pirc bishop. games=33,3% only).
B) 9. ttJxd5 is also interesting :
9 ... ~xd5 l O.'t!fe2! i(.g4 I I .~e4! - - - WEAPON : The strange-looking
(White prepares queenside castling. retreat 8 ... ttJh5!? is in fact the
ll.c3 l:ad8 12.i.e4 ~d7 is about equal, most popular option, and it is full of pos-
Arizmendi Martinez-Vassallo Barroche, sibilities: Black is planning to attack the
Valencia 2009 ('/1-'11, 21)) 11... aS+ enemy pawn wedge using the pin ... ~g 4
(1 I ... e6!? with the idea 12.0-0 J:.ad8 and/ or the break ... f7 -f6 (22 I
13 .c3 ~fS may be enough for equality) games=43,9%- in other words, also a
12 .~d2 better result) .

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 The Perfect Pirc-Modern

.i.
.i..t'if
••• •• ..t •
~ . ~
12 ...l::te8!? (a very solid plan for Black, al-
though 12 ... f5!? should be a fine alterna-
tive: 13 .'ii'd2 a6!?N (improving on the
main variation 13 .. .f4 14 .~f2 'ei'd7
15J:tfell:tae8 16.l:tadl Wh8 17.d5 ~xf3
18 .~ lbe5 19.lbe4;!; Shirov-P.Nikolic,
Monaco 1999) 14.l:tad 1 ~d6 I 5 .h3
(15.l::tfel b5!+%) 15 .. .f4!+%) 13 .'ii'd2

analysis diagram
• ..t •
9.~e3 (White is ready to play 'ii'd2 and
0-0-0. 9 .~e4?! f6! 10.exf6 lbxf6:f
Dembo-Skripchenko, Beijing 2011;
•• ~
9 .lbe2 f6 1O.exf6 exf6+% Pruijssers- ~ ..t
Hofland, Dieren 2007) t2J ~ttJ
A) 9 ... ~g4andnow: ~~~ filii ~~
AI) 10. ~e2 f6!+% ~ ~~
analysis diagram

And now 13 .. . d6!? (13 ... lbb414 .~ f2

ltJd5 is al o playable, Kuijpers-Timman,
Leeuwarden 1972) 14.lbb5 (14.l::tfel
a6!? 15 Jhdl b5+%; 14.d5 ltJ b4
15.l::tadl [5+%) 14 ... 'ei'd7 15 .d5 ~xf3!
16. l:txf3 lbe5 17..l:th3 a6! 18 .lbc3
lbg4+%

analysis diagram
One of the key positions of the line
8 ... lbh5.
ll.exf6 exf6 (ll...lbxf6!? has been seen
in only a few games) 12.0-0 (12.'ii'd2
lbe7 +%; 12 .d5 'it'e7!? 13 .'iVd2 lbe5
14.0-0-0 l:tfe8 15 .l:thel lbxf3+%) and
now:

TRICK: A not so difficult tactical analysis diagram

blow occurs after 12 ... 'iV d 7? I 3 .d5
lbe7 14.lbe5!± Shirov-Volokitin, Chalki- Black's position looks excellent, Misra-
diki 2002. Markowski, Warsaw 20 I l.

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Reviews
You're gonna need a
bigger... bookcase?!
by Glenn Flear
As author are as prone to follow
trend as everyone else, certain
che s openings get written about
again and again . This i especially
theca e if the top guys are playing
them. Amongst these there are var-
ious form of the Slav which i
ever-popular, and the Catalan ,
which has become fashionable in
recent years. Another notable
trend is that of white repertoires
tarting with l .d4, the first choice
opener for the majority ofthe elite.
All of the e areas are covered in
th.i quarter's review .
A time moves on, even highly-
prai ed works, that once had the
che s world buzzing, reach their
'sell by date. Other authors come
along, add their own angle, patch
up the leaky, freshen up the stale,
and high light the late t fashion .
When they are deemed to have
done a good job, the new gets out.
Then if one wishe to remain com-
petitive, or at lea t informed, mi -
ing out on the late t ' ideas pack-
age' is not a good idea. So yet an-
other book i added to the shop-
ping li t!
One of the consequences of being
pa sionate about ches , book and,
in particular, che books, is that
one' personal library ha a habit of
expanding. I'm fo rever rearranging
mine in order to maximize the u e
of pace. Some fo lk may accom-
For more book Information
modate new arrival by employing
the ensible strategy of 'out with
we refer to our website:
the old, in with the new'. I person-
www.newlnchess.com ally can't bring myself to do this, o
newer works are crammed in with
yesteryears on the book helf.
However, after a while the inevita-
ble occur to me, that a bigger
bookca e is required .
So be careful about reading on,
you may end up reaching for your
wallet! Again!
Lars Schandorff
Playing l.d4- The Queen's
Gambit .
Playing l.d4 - The Indian
Defences
Quality Che 2012
It' only three years since the au-
thor first developed hi s 'mu cular
mainline ' approach for White after
I .d4 d5 2.c4. ow he' back with a
vengeance. Not only has he up-
dated his Playing the Queen's
Gambit, but he ha al o conjured
up a repertoire again t other black
replie.
The revamped anti-l...d5 repertoire
is very imilar to the 2009 edition,
although it does have a new title and
20% more material. The number of
illustrative games has been in-
crea ed from 66 to 77, which
means that there are I I new one .
The original 66 have been modified
to ome degree (with recent game
references and one or two intere t-
ing alternatives), but haven 't been
radically altered. The author points
out, however, that he ha sub tan-
tially re-worked his ideas against
the Semi-S.Iav and Noteboom, but
these remain exceptions.
A general modernization of a
work, so soon after it original
publication, i unu ual. Although
the author' devotion to duty i
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 noteworthy, I imagine that the
main reason wa to enable Quali ty
Chess to market both tomes on an
equal footing.
I wa intere ted to see hi s sug-
ge ted line aga inst the Tarrasc h
in the li ght o f the fac t that the
Qu ality book on the ubject is
still wa rm from the pres es.
There i also a chapter on thi s de-
fe nce in Th e Powerfu l Catalan.,
ee below.
1.d4 lLlf6 2.c4 e6 3.lLlf3 d5 4.g3
c5 5.cd5 ed5 6.~g2 lLlc6 7.0-0
.i.e7 8 .lLlc3 0-0 9. ~g5 c4
After 9 ... cd4 and the text, the third
most popular move i 9 ... ~e6,
against which chandorff demon-
trate how White can force a fa-
vo urable endgame with a main
game. Unfortunately thi bishop
development i not mentioned at
all by Bologan.
10.lLle5 ~e6
11 .b3
Bologan give ll .lLlc6 bc6 12.b3
~a5 (or 12 ...cb3 13.ab3 h6 1 4.~f6
~f6 15.lLla4 ~f5 16.~d2 llt'd6
17.lLlc5 J:lfb8 18.l:ta3, Nielsen-
Rogers, Turin 2006, with queenside
pressure) 13.'i¥d2 ~b4 1 4.~f6 gf6
15 ..1:[fc l .l:[ac8 l6.a3 ~c3
(1 6...~e7!?) 17 ..1:[c3 cb3 18.'ifb2
Likavsky-Velchev, Belgrade 2006,
with an edge.
Unfortunately he doesn 't consider
12 ... h6, which i a hame as thi i
a key recommendation of Aagaard
, & Ntirlis in Grandmaster Reper-
toire: The Tarrasch Defence
(Quality Che 20 II ).
11 ... h6!?
242
Rather than the more popular
ll ... 'ifa5.
12.~f6 ~f6 13.lLlc6 bc6 14.bc4
dc4 15.e3 aS 16.l:tc1 .l:[ac8
17.'ii'a4 'ii'a4 18.lLla4 ~e7
19.lLlb2 ~a3 20.l:tc2 ~b2
21 ..1:[b2 .l:[c7 22 ..1:[c1
Schandorff considers White to be
lightly better (although he admit
that it is probabl y a draw with best
pl ay). Aagaard & tirli s (in the
Lars Schando. , . .
· ing l.d4
The Queen's
Gambi
afore-mentioned book) discuss the
strategy and anal y e the endgame
in great detail , concluding that it is
equal. l couldn ' t fi nd any fa ult
with their analy is.
However, there is a twist. The au-
thor points out that Aagaard went
down with black earlier thi year
against Ras mussen, which suggest
that even if it is indeed 'equal',
maybe it's sti ll more di ffic ult to
play for Bl ack?
I j ust wonder how many people
who already have the 2009 version
will want to bother wi th thi one.
Lower-ranked cl ub player , who
are less affected by recent develop-
ment , may not ee the need. One
could certai nl y understand that rea-
soning, a the original book laid out
a coherent repertoire and expl ained
the strategy rather well. However,
the fac t that the author and ed itorial
staff have sifted through the mate-
rial a econd time, uggest that
Qual ity Che have further upped
the quality on an erstwhile excel-
lent book. ln particular, the harper
line. have been touched up, o the
di fference i in the detail.
My recommendation is that if you
missed out fir t time round then
buy it, whereas if you already have
the fi r t ed ition, then onl y get it if
you want your opening to stay
cutting edge.
The Indian Defences is a new pro-
ject but the tyle i similar.
Schandorff's trademark is that he
begins each chapter with a quota-
tion fro m fi lms and rock music,
typical ly fro m a generatio n or two
ago. Then, after the chapter con-
tent and introductory text et the
scene, the Dani h author i ready
to pre ent the action. Thi s take
pl ace in the form of illustrati ve
game , with fa irly light theory in

the note . Brief conclusions round
off the game and chapters.
The author typically recommends
aggre sive lines where White eek
the initiative. He considers thi like
having and exploiting the erve at
tenni i.e. a trong erve puts the re-
ceiver under pressure from the tart.
Typical examples are the Samisch
again t the King's Indian, and the
sharp f2-f3 again t the Benko.
However, in contrast, his choice
again tthe strategic imw-lndian
(of 4.e3 followed by 5.lLlge2) sur-
pri ed me, a hi approach is far
more restrained. ln fact, de pite
the author' preference for 'activ-
ity ' I actually felt that hi forte i
hi explanation about trategy.
Space i always an is ue with such
a project. I wa slightly concerned
that documenting a ' high-level '
repertoire, against o many differ-
ent opening et-up , would require
the liberal use of a pair of ci or .
However, T found that Schandorff
ha been able to present his idea
with both clarity and attention to
detail. Recent development have
been included, but without super-
fluous detail.
The fact that there is a slight
'White-bia ' and that he could
have given a few more sidelines is
be ide the point. It's a pleasant
read and the argument are well
pre ented. In addition, [ con ider
The Indian Defences to be actually
more practical than the competi-
tion: Kaufman The Kaufman
Repertoire for Black and White is a
hade too light-weight, whereas
Avrukh's Grandmaster repertoire,
J.d4 Volume Two, Quality 2010 is
too complex for club players.
One secret here ha been the
choice of line : challenging and
robust, but not overly theoretical.
I liked very much Schandorff'
twin work , a they offer a prag-
matic repertoire for a wide range
of strength . lf you are tempted by
.l .d4, but are lacking in ideas, then
with this pair of books ' ... you just
might find you get what you need '
( ee page 196).
Victor Bologan
The Powerful Catalan
ew inChes 2012
Over the Ia t few years Victor
Bologan has been actively pen-
ning books and creating DVDs,
which is rare for players of hi s
strength. ln The Powerful Catalan
the author has again demon trated
hi s ability to advance theory,
whilst till explaining what i go-
ing on in a manner that everyone
can understand.
His earlier monograph on the
Chebanenko Slav and the King 's
Indian comained a large number of
reference to hi s own games. They
were also teeming with the
Moldavian 's per onal interpreta-
tions. In this hi fourth book, there
is less scope for originality. One
can t forget that it wasn t o long
ago that Boris Avrukh in Grand-
master Repertoire /.c/4 Volume
One (Quality Chess, 2008) had al-
ready taken a micro cope to much
of the a me terrain .
However [ noticed that the 'Clas-
sical Variation ' is allocated 80
page , almo t twice a much as
Avrukh did . So, despite the fact
that many of the line are well-
mapped already, he must naturally
have a few additional ideas to write
about!
Reviews
1.d4 lLlf6 2.c4 e6 3.lLlf3 d5 4.g3
1Le7 5.1l.g2 0-0 6.0-0 dc4 7. c2
a6 8.fic4 b5 9.fic2 1Lb7
1 0.1l.d2 1l.e4 11. c1 c8
12.1l.g5 lLlbd7 13. fif4
This wa introduced by Kramnik
in 2007.
13...1l.b7 14.l:rc1 1l.d6 15.fi h4
h6 16.1l.f6 lLlf6 17. bd2 : ea
18.lLlb3!?
Bologan' novelty.
18.e4?! wa Kramnik 's move, but
this doe n' t offer any advantage:
18...lLld7 19.lLlb3 a5 20.lLlc5 (or
20.a4 ba4 2l.l:ra4 'trb8= Ruck-
Proha zka, Szeged 2009) 20 ...1l.e7
2 1.fif4, Kramnik-Leko, Mexico
2007, and now Leko could have
obtained more than equality with
2 I ... lLlc5 22.dc5 e5! 23. e3 (if
23.lLle5 then 23 ...1l.f6 24.c6 1Le5
25.cb7 b7 26.fid2 a4:f)
23 ...1l.c6 24.lLle5 1Lg5 25.f4l:te5:f.
In tead ofthi , Avrukh (2008) rec-
ommends I8J:k2, and gives a
ample line where White retain a
pull. Bologan considers thi to be
too slow, because after I8 ... e5
I 9.de5 1l.e5 20.lLle5 , he improves
with 20 ...1l.g2 2 .1 .Wg2l:te5 22.lLlf3
J:r h5 23.~f4 c5 when 'p lay be-
comes double-edged' .
18... e5
If here 18 ...1l.d5 19.lLlc5 e5!?
20.de5 1l.e5 21.lLle5 l:te5 22.e4
1l.c4 23.b3 l:tc5 24.bc4, then
White' minor piece (Bologan
writes 'knight ', but we know what
he means!) is tronger, but Black
has drawing chances.
19.de5 1Le5 20.lLle5 J:re5 21 .fif4
l:te7 22.1l.f1!
A notable retreat. Bologan's big
idea is to avoid trading bishops and
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aim tore trict Black with f2-f3 and
e2-e4. This could do with testing.
Avrukh was undoubtedly respon-
sible for increasing the Catal an's
popularity and hi ideas are still
being milked by Catalan converts.
Nevertheles , a negative a peel
wa thatAvrukhdid n' tdi scus cer-
tain early deviations and alterna-
tive move orders. Bologan cover
orne of the e, but overlooks oth-
er . See for instance the following
opening sequence from Chapter 3.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.tt::lf3 tt::lf6 4.g3
c6
Avrukh didn 't con ider thi po i-
tion!
5. ~g2 tt::lbd7
After 5 ... dc4 (transposing from
4 ... dc4 5 .~g2 c6) 6.tt::le5, both
Bologan and Avrukh prefer White.
6.0-0 ~d6
I quite like 6 ... dc4!?, which
Bologan urpri ingly doesn't con-
sider. Avrukh however doe , via
4 ... dc4 5 .~g2 tt::lbd7 6.0-0 c6.
Bologan u ed to play thi triangle
et-up (which is ab ent from
Avrukh's work), but has since been
put off by the fo llowing move ...
.i .t.'it' • :i
ii .,. i i i
i.i.i.,.
i 220-224 where the nomencl ature
~~
7.tt::lfd2!
The routine 7. c2 0-0 8.tt::l bd2
.l:!.e8 9..1:!.d I Wie7 is les worri orne.
A recent game now continued
with ...
7 ... e5 8.cd5 cd5 9.de5 tt::le5
10.tt::lc3 ~e6 1 1. Wia4
Bologan instead point out
II .Wib3! with some advantage.
11...tt::lc6 12.e4 d4=
Grischuk-Radjabov, Moscow
(blitz) 2012.
244
To hi s credit, Bologan also deals
with 'Queen's Indian tyle' and the
Tarrasch, both of which have also
been fru tratingly absent from
many a work on the Catalan. How-
ever, a we saw above, in the
Tarrasch chapter there are still key
lines mi ssing.
J don ' t want to gripe too much , as
th<! positives do heavily outweigh
the negative . The pre entation is
highly profes ional and Victor
Bologan 's 'clearly formulated
verbal explanations' are quite
ri ghtly extolled on the back cover.
It 's also the ea. iest Catalan book
to find your way around, due to
the well-thought-out chapter
heading and the indices of names
and variation at the end. The au-
thor's a ses ments, hints and sug-
gestion , along with poignant
conclusion at the end of the chap-
ters, hould ati fy ju t about all
and undry.
The body of the work i not partic-
ularly heavy, so that even the most
complex and theoretical line are
granted textual ex pl anatio n. ew
in Chess book s do contain the ir
fair share of ymbol , but with so
many variation seeming to re-
quire ;l; the author has frequently
(and wisely) deemed it appropri -
ate to ex plain why! However,
there are a few errors here and
there, for example on pages
went badly wrong!
So, despite a few hiccup , the book
is till good value for anyone want-
ing to learn more about the Catalan
Opening. J consider it to be a fine
book , but it's not as in pi rational a
hi The Chebanenko Slav Accord-
ing to Victor Bologan (New in
Che s 2008).
Marc Essermcm
Mayhem in the Morra
Quality Ches 2012
A qui ck glance at the cover and
you just know that Mayhem in the
Morra i going to be lots of fun .
And it proves to be so. The humour
continues throughout with quotes
from the likes of Jan1e Bond and
Austin Power to keep one in the
right frame of mind . The author
al o ha a seemingly unlimited en-
thu iasm for his beloved Morra
and i forevertalking up the joy of
the 'gambit-attitude'. It's all in
what I would describe a · 'Ameri-
can- tyle', i.e. a lively heavy-sell ,
that occasionally ve nture into the
'over the top ' category.
Behind all the rhetoric a more seri-
ous message emerges and one that
I accept: the Morra Gambit is dan-
gerous. The fact that many have
long-held prejudices against this
line has helped the author produce
some fine wins, even when hi op-
ponent are prepared up to their
teeth . There are over 100 illustra-
tive game in thi book, of which
virtually half are Esserman ' , and
some of them are rather impres-
sive. We soon learn that in this
variation any black impreci ion
can, and often does, lead to a quick
catastrophe.
Tho e who rea ll y want to puni sh
White for such an audac iou ap-
proach, and have an idea or two up
their belt, hould proceed with
cauti on. Checking what Mr.
E serman ha to say about your
lines eems to be essential. Re-
me mber that he has haken up the

cream of the US Sicilian-playing
che cene fo r over a decade.
So, putting any long- held view
aside, let's a sume that there is no
refu tation. In this case, may be
Black hould imply aim for olid
equality, rather than allowing his
opponent to have attack ing
chances.
Anyway, after sifting through the
'woohoohoo' and the 'grr, baby'
1 was able to detennine a way to ac-
cept the pawn and achieve rela-
tively comfortable equality. See if
you agree.
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cd4 3.c3 dc3
4.ltJc3 d6 5.ltJf3 ltJc6 6 ...tc4 a6
1.0-o lZ:lts a...tt4 ..tg4 9.h3 ..ths
10.~b3
This i E erman's preference.
IO.g4 ha been uggested by
Karsten MUller. Bl ack then has
IO.....tg6 I l.eS deS 12.lZ:leS lZ:leS
13.-teS d I (mo re ambitious i
l3 ...ltJd7!? l 4 ...tg3 - if 14 ...td4
then 14 ... e6 IS .llel ..tcS! - 14... e6
IS..Ile l ..te7 16.'fib3 lZ:lcS, Zelic-
Sax, Split 2008, with a clear bl ack
advantage) 14 ..1lfd I e6 IS ...te2
li:ld7 I 6 ...tg3 lZ:l b8 l 7 ...tf3 ltJc6
18.r1ac I ..te7 19.lZ:lbS 0-0= .
10...tlc8
The naive thru t I O... bS? fail to
ll.lZ:l b5 ! ltJa5 l 2.lZ:ld6 ! when
White ha some advantage it
eems. A playable alternative i
IO... ~d 7!?.
11 .l:lac1
Otherwi e, l l.eS lZ:laS 1 2.~a4
ltJd7 13.-tdS ..tf3 14 ...tf3 deS
IS.A g5 h6 'is a touch in Blac k's
favour' (E serman).
11 ...lZ:ld7!
The only difficult move for Black
to re member in thi line.
Instead, ll...e6 12.'ifb7! lZ:la5
13...tbS abSI4.'ift>S lZ:lc61S .lZ:la4±.
12 ...te2 lZ:lc5 13."ti'd1 !
The author again prefer Bl ack
after 13.'fic2 ..tf3 14 ...tf3 ltJb4
IS.'fid2 li:lbd3.
13 ... e6 14.a3 as 15.ltJb5 ..te7
But not IS ... lZ:le4? as after 16.'t!fa4
lZ:lcS 17 ..1lcS ! deS 18 ..1ldl Black i
in trouble.
16...te3 0-0 17.lZ:ld6 A d6
18 ...tc5=
AU thi is essentially E erman's
own anal ysis. One could add that it
hardl y support the comic head-
line from the cover that states
'Gambit tnva ion ! l ... cS?! wiped
off the map'.
Alternati vely, if equality is enough
then after l.e4 c5 2.d4 cd4 3.c3,
imply developing with 3 ... lZ:lf6
hould be acceptable. Blac k
calmly transposes to a c3-Sicili an.
ln the rea l world thi happen
about half the time.
It seems that Es erman has care-
fully examined previous publica-
tions on the Morra, uch a Hanne
Langrock's The Modem Morra
Gambit (Rus ell Enterpri es 2006
and 20 II ). However, unfortu-
nately as concerns the Alapin, he
ha n' t taken into account various
suggestions that can be fo und in
another Quality work. Here is one
of them.
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cd4 3.c3 lZ:lf6
The prudent choice!
4.e5 ltJd5 5.'t!fd4 e6 6.lZ:lf3 lZ:lc6
7.~e4 f5 8.~e2 ~c7 9.g3 b5
1 o...tg2 a5 11.0-0 ..ta6 12.lZ:lh4
& ~ ..t & And true, hi s fun and frolic will
'if i ii
..t ~ i
'' ~~·
Reviews
As in Deviatkin-Papin, Moscow
2006, which the author hypes up a
' tri.king effectively at the defects in
the Black camp .. .'. White dul y won
quickly after 12 ... g6? ! 13.lld l ?!
..tg7?! 14.lZ:lfS ! etc. However, Ja-
cob Aagaard (in Experts on the
Awi-Sicilian Quality Ches 20 II )
improve with l2 ... b4! 13.'t!fhS (or
13.c4 g6 14. b3 ..tg7 IS.f4 0-0oo)
13 ...g6 14 .lZ:lg6 hg6 I S.~g6 c,itd8
16 ...td5 Wc8 with complications
that eem to be more than satisfac-
tory fo r Blac k.
The author also offers a few ug-
gestion after the more tru twor-
thy S.lZ:lf3, but these are onl y cov-
ered superficial ly and served up
with orne rather o ne- ided game .
I under tand that one isn' t obliged
to cover 3 ... lZ:lf6 (Langrock didn ' t
in 2006), and [ kn ow that it i n' t
exactl y in the ro mantic spirit that
Esserman like to evoke. However,
3 ... ltJf6 i a proble m: White
doesn' t get hi s fun and may trug-
gle to obtain any ad va ntage at all.
Naturally one can' t expect him to
go into infinite detail , but till thi
is a repertoire against the Sicilian.
So if Black can equalize by leer-
ing the struggle into the Alapin ,
then may hem may not happen very
often.
Among t the other appendices and
indices, this superbl y put together
work even includes a list of film !
Whatever next? Anyway, I j u t
have to mention that if yo u
stripped out all the chess moves,
the book would till make excel-
lent bedside reading! The imagi-
nati ve Marc Es erman actuall y has
a rea l talent fo r writing.
The author reveals to the reader hi
amazing experience in the Morra.
no doubt be just what some peopl e
wa nt. Romantic opening do at-
tract a certain type of per on, for
example those who want to ana-
lyse a gambit ' because it is there'.
So it 's a must for Morraphiles and
gambit-junkie but of limited in-
te rest for those who are happy to
pl ay the Al apin .
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Konstantin. Sakaev
Complete Slav 1
Che Evolution 2012
After developing a theoretical mag-
azine and a weekly new letter, the
Che s Evolution team has turned its
attention to publishing books. The
Complete Slav 1 is their first step in
thi new direction.
Kon tantin Sa.kaev has previously
been involved in orne excellent
opening projects, the most influen-
tial of these being hi 2006 Che
Star rna. terpiece An Expert's
Guide to the 7.ft.c4 Griinfeld.
Even year after it was written it i
till the oracle for many involved
in theoretical discu ion in the
traditional Exchange Variation.
Furthermore, I' m sure that he wa
the driving force behind the subse-
quent popularity of this line.
Both a.kaev and CE are known , in
their own way , to be aiming at
high-ranking player , going just
that bit further and deeper than
other . It' good to see them on the
arne team. So it' no urprise that
there ult is that this tome is ' rated
for killed chess players' . This
means that it i basically as hard-
core as you can get!
It' recognized that publi hing in
the Engli h language is important
to maximize ale , but thi i n' t
Che Evolution ' trong point.
Unfortunately, although they at-
tract orne of the world 's top ana-
ly t , they haven ' t been willing to
inve tin a high level back-up team.
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So type etting and yntax are not
up to the same standard as the
ideas themselves.
The product i what one would ex-
pect: fu ll of cia y analy is, but
with a pre entation that leaves
much to be desired.
Many Slav book stick to main-
stream variation , but Sakaev ha
made a commendable effort to in-
clude hybrid systems. For exam-
ple, the oteboom (which could
be considered a really a deviant of
the Semi-Slav), the Schlechter
Variation (which i a cross be-
tween the Slav and Gri.infeld), and
the Chebanenko all receive full at-
tention. It really i the complete
Slav then, except that we' ll have to
wait for tome 2 for the main line.
Sakaev has di . ected standard the-
ory and come up with many new
a e ments. There are countle s
novelties, clever concept , and au-
dacious ideas, all backed up with
his top-level judgment.
Symbols are widely employed, but
the author ha added in textual ex-
planations where he believe that
exu·a clarification i required.
These would be adequate for a typ-
ical Che Evoluti on reader, but
won't be enough fortho e who like
more wordy che material.
1 per onally found the book to be
heavy-going at times an effect
which i compounded by the com-
plete lack of appendices. Further-
more, J didn't like the general
lay-out, with the game egments,
spacing, and use of brackets being
particularly confusing.
So navigating is a far from trivial
business. Sometime the notes
even take on a life of their own, for
example, in one particular main
game J counted 72 analysis dia-
gram , with onJy 4 concerning the
actual game. OK, it ' a me y
book, but how important is this? J
can as ure you that whenever the
Slav crops up in my thoughts, I'll
be making a bee-line for the Com -
plete Sla v to see what Konstantin
Sakaev ha in mind!
I can t recommend thi material to
club players, but it 's not really
aimed at them anyway. On the
other hand high-level tournament
players wou ld definitely benefit
from Sakaev' wi dom. That is if
they can find their way around!
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