Jeroen Bosch:
It is not the width or full range of the
Aspects of a mobile pawn-
centre
In his Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy
(Gambit, 1998), John Watson notes that
one of the most confusing aspects of
positional chess involves the values and
drawbacks of a large, mobile pawn-centre.
Indeed, should or should you not take up as
much space in the centre with your pawns
when your opponent allows you to do so?
In openings like the Alekhine, the Pirc, the
Modern, the Kings Indian and the
Grunfeld-Indian Black allows the first
player to form a large pawn-centre, which
is very often a mobile one as well.
XIIIIIIIIY
9rsnlwq-trk+0
9zppzp-zppvlp0
9-+-zp-snp+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+PzPPzP-+0
9+-sN-+-+-0
9PzP-+-+PzP0
9tR-vLQmKLsNR0
xiiiiiiiiy
Kings-Indian Four Pawns Attack
How on earth can you get away with a
position as in the above diagram? How
can it be that the Grunfeld has resisted all
attempts at refutation so far, and is still
going strong at the highest level?
In his Veldheerschap op 64 Velden
(Elsevier, 1977, later translated as The
Development of Chess Style and expanded
upon by John Nunn) Max Euwe groups
together players like Alekhine,
Boguljubov, Breyer, Nimzowitsch and
Reti. In his opinion, these players
developed two new approaches with regard
to central strategy:
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1.
centre, but its strength which matters, and
2. It is often favourable to postpone the
advance of the central pawns as long as the
opponent does not have the chance to form
an equally strong pawn centre.
Both of these points have to do with the
vulnerability of a large centre. In this short
article we cannot resolve all the large
questions that have been posed in this
introduction, but what we can do is note a
few aspects of a large mobile pawn-centre.
On the positive side we will see:
- Pieces - when they are ready to support
the advance of the central pawns - will be
very actively placed.
- That a broad pawn-centre can suffocate
or stifle the opponent.
- That as a consequence of mobile pawn-
centre we can often embark on a kingside
attack.
- That a mobile pawn-centre can be worth
as much as a piece.
On the downside, a mobile pawn-centre
runs the risk:
- Of being undermined.
- Of being blocked (and perhaps later
destroyed).
- Of being separated by a pawn sacrifice.
- Of being lured forward without proper
support.
It was Nimzowitsch who called our
attention to the fact that it wasnt enough
to just push the pawns in the centre. It was,
according to him, essential that the pieces
were ready to follow in line and take up the
central positions (behind the pawns). As a
tribute it is only right that we start with an
example out of Nimzowitsch' own practice.
Black, clearly, has played the opening
badly.
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Nimzowitsch : Romi, London 1927 Karpov : Miles, Biel 1992
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-+ksn-tr0 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4 3.Bd2 Bd2 4.Qd2 b6
5.Nc3 Bb7 6.e4 Nh6 7.f4!
9+p+lvlpzp-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9p+p+-sn-zp0 9rsn-wqk+-tr0
9wq-+p+-+-0 9zplzpp+pzpp0
9-+-zP-+-vL0 9-zp-+p+-sn0
9zP-sNLzPP+P0 9+-+-+-+-0
9-zPQ+N+P+0 9-+PzPPzP-+0
9+K+R+-+R0 9+-sN-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9PzP-wQ-+PzP0
16.Bf6!?
In order to push e3e4. 16.Be1 is also 9tR-+-mKLsNR0
strong. 16.e4 can be met by 16...Ne4 xiiiiiiiiy
although even here White is better: 17.Be7 Miles plays provocatively, perhaps with
Nc3 18.Nc3 Ke7. the success of his 1...a6 (Skara 1980) in
16...Bf6 17.e4 Ne6 18.e5 Be7 19.f4 mind? Karpov will have none of it and
The pawns are simply rolling forward. simply takes up as much space and centre
19...Nc7 as possible.
19...000. 7...f5 8.e5 Nf7 9.000 g5
20.f5! Nb5 Trying to nibble away at White's centre.
20...000. 10.Nf3 Rg8 11.Be2 Na6 12.h3 gf4 13.Qf4
21.Rhf1 Qe7
White can also play the sharp 21.e6! fe6 Or 13...Rg2 14.Rhg1 Rg6 15.Nh4 Rg5
22.fe6 Bc8 (22...Be6 23.Bb5 ab5 24.Nf4 16.Bh5!+.
Bf7 25.Ng6 Bg6 26.Qg6 Kd7 27.Rhe1) 14.g4! fg4 15.hg4 Ng5 16.d5 Nf3 17.Bf3
23.Rhf1 with a huge attack. Also strong was 17.Ne4! 000 18.Bf3.
21...Qb6? 17...000
Or 21...Rf8 22.e6. 17...Rf8 18.Qe3.
22.Bb5 ab5 23.Nf4 18.Rh6
Even stronger was 23.e6! fe6 24.fe6+. 18.Ne4.
23...b4 24.Ncd5! 18...Rg7?! 19.Rf6 ed5 20.cd5
After this 'sacrifice' everything becomes XIIIIIIIIY
clear: 9-+ktr-+-+0
24...cd5 25.Nd5 Qa5 26.Nc7 Kd8 27.Na8
Qa8 28.d5+ Qc8 29.Qe4 Re8 30.Rc1 9zplzppwq-trp0
Qb8 31.e6 Bb5 32.Qd4 b6 33.d6 Bf6 9nzp-+-tR-+0
33...Bd6 34.Rfd1 Ke7 35.Qg7+; 9+-+PzP-+-0
33...Qd6 34.Rfd1+. 9-+-+-wQP+0
34.e7 Kd7 35.Qd5 Bf1? 36.Qc6 mate.
1:0. 9+-sN-+L+-0
9PzP-+-+-+0
The benefit of a huge preponderance of 9+-mKR+-+-0
central pawns is often that the opponent xiiiiiiiiy
will have no breathing space. The
Black lacks breathing space, and has
following example (taken from John
difficulty finding squares for his pieces.
Watson) is a case in point.

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20...Re8 21.g5 Kb8 22.Bh5 Reg8 23.Bf7 20.Qf4 and White has transformed his
Rc8 24.e6 de6 25.de6 Nb4 advantage into a winning attack: 20...Qd5
25...Nc5 26.b4!+. 21.Qg4 (21.Re4+) 21...g6 22.Nh6 Kg7
26.a3+ Nc6 27.b4! Qf8 28.Nd5 Qd6 23.Rf7 Kh6 24.Bc1 mate will follow.
29.e7 Rf7? 18.Bc1!
29...Qf4 30.Nf4 Ne7 31.Ne6+. Including his final piece into the attack.
30.Rf7 Qe6 31.Rf8 Ne5 32.Rc8 Bc8 18...Nh7 19.Qh6 Re6? 20.f4! Ne7
33.Qf6 Qh3 34.Qe5 Qa3 35.Kd2 1:0. 20...Rae8 21.f5 gf5 22.Qh5 fe4 23.Nf5+.
21.f5
When you are the proud owner of a mobile XIIIIIIIIY
pawn-centre, then this will often enable 9r+-+-+k+0
you to launch a successful kingside attack.
Karpov's successor was of course well- 9zp-+qsnp+n0
known for this ability. 9-zp-+r+pwQ0
9+-+p+P+p0
Kasparov - Ivanovic, Niksic 1983 9-+pzPP+-+0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.a3 9zP-zP-+-sN-0
Bc3 6.bc3 00 7.Bd3 d5 8.cd5 ed5 9.Ne2 9-+-+-+PzP0
b6 10.f3 Re8 11.00 Ba6 12.Ng3 Bd3 9+-vL-tRRmK-0
13.Qd3 Nc6 14.Bb2 c4 15.Qd2 xiiiiiiiiy
XIIIIIIIIY 21gf5 22.Qh5 de4 23.Nf5 Nf5 24.Rf5
9r+-wqr+k+0 24.Qf5 Re7 25.Qd7 Rd7 26.Re4 also wins.
9zp-+-+pzpp0 24...Rae8
9-zpn+-sn-+0 And Kasparov had transformed his mobile
centre into a winning attack. 24...f6 25.Qg4
9+-+p+-+-0 Qg7 26.Re4 Qg4 27.Rg4 Kf7 28.d5+.
9-+pzP-+-+0 25.Re3 Rg6 26.Rh3 1:0.
9zP-zP-zPPsN-0
9-vL-wQ-+PzP0 A mobile pawn centre is often more
valuable than a piece. There are numerous
9tR-+-+RmK-0 examples in the King's Indian where White
xiiiiiiiiy sacrifices a piece to destroy Black's pawn
Black has chosen a complex Nimzo-Indian chain, but let's take a famous example from
- he has an edge on the queenside, but he the 1935 World Championship's match:
provides White with a lot of leeway in the Euwe : Alekhine, Zandvoort(26) 1935
centre. Kasparov prepares e3e4. XIIIIIIIIY
15...Qd7 9r+q+-tr-mk0
Stronger is 15...h5 16.Rae1 (Black can
defend after the immediate 16.e4 de4 9zp-+n+-zpp0
17.Qg5 g6 18.Nf5 Nh7) 16...h4 17.Nh1 but 9-zp-zp-vl-+0
even here, in a practical game, it is difficult 9+-zpP+p+-0
to contain White's centre: (17.Nf5 Ne7 has 9-+P+pzP-+0
brought White little in practice.) 17...Re6
18.Nf2 Qe7 19.Re2 Re8 20.Rfe1 Nh5 9+QvL-sN-zP-0
21.e4 Na5 22.Bc1 Nb3 23.Qg5 Nc1 9PzP-+P+-zP0
24.Qc1 b5 25.f4 f5 26.e5, Volkov : Del 9tR-+-+R+K0
Rio Angelis, Vrachati 2011. xiiiiiiiiy
16.Rae1 h5?! 17.e4 g6
1.Nf5!
17...de4 18.fe4 h4 and now 19.Nf5 Ne4

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Sacrificing a piece for connected passed 14.Ne6.
pawns in the centre. 14...Re7 15.Ne6 Rf8 16.Qe5!? Qe5 17.fe5
1...Bc3 2.Nd6 Qb8 3.Ne4 Bf6 4.Nd2 g5 Rf5 18.Re1
5.e4 gf4 6.gf4 Bd4 7.e5 Qe8 8.e6 Rg8 Or 18.Rg5 Rg5 (18...Rf2 19.Nd8)
Alekhine is rightly complicating the game. 19.Ng5+.
XIIIIIIIIY 18...h6 19.Nd8! Rf2 20.e6
9r+-+q+rmk0 Now the pawns are simply too strong.
20...Rd2 21.Nc6 Re8 22.e7 b5 23.Nd8!
9zp-+n+-+p0 Kg7 24.Nb7 Kf6 25.Re6 Kg5 26.Nd6 Re7
9-zp-+P+-+0 27.Ne4 1:0.
9+-zpP+-+-0
9-+Pvl-zP-+0 Sometimes a central pawn has to be pushed
to create a square (and an attack) for a
9+Q+-+-+-0 piece. The following sacrifice is standard
9PzP-sN-+-zP0 in Benoni-positions.
9tR-+-+R+K0
xiiiiiiiiy Bosch - Compagnie, Dieren 2001
9.Nf3
XIIIIIIIIY
An accurate move now was 9.Qh3! as 9-trl+r+k+0
Euwe later indicated. But not 9.ed7? Qe2! 9+pwqn+pvln0
9.Qd3!? is also strong. 9p+-zp-+p+0
9...Qg6 10.Rg1!
Back on track! This is the only right way to 9+-zpP+-+p0
continue. 10.Ng5 is met by 10...Ne5! 9P+-+PzP-+0
10...Bg1 11.Rg1 Qf6? 9+-sN-vL-sN-0
Correct was 11...Qf5! 12.ed7! (12.Ng5?! 9-zP-wQL+PzP0
h6 (12...Rg5 13.Rg5 Qe4) 13.Nf7 Kh7
Black is better) 12...Rg1 13.Kg1 Qd7 9tR-+-+RmK-0
(13...Qf4 14.Qc3 Kg8 15.Ne5 unclear) xiiiiiiiiy
14.Kf2 and White is somewhat better. 18.e5! de5 19.f5!
12.Ng5! That's the idea - a White knight now has
XIIIIIIIIY access to e4 and the f-pawn tears away at
9r+-+-+rmk0 Black's kingside.
19...Qa5?! 20.fg6 fg6 21.Nge4 Rf8 22.d6
9zp-+n+-+p0 Now square d5 also becomes available.
9-zp-+Pwq-+0 22...Rf1?! 23.Rf1 b6? 24.Qd5 Kh8
9+-zpP+-sN-0 25.Qf7 Ndf8 26.Bc4 1:0.
9-+P+-zP-+0
Euwe's piece sacrifice has a modern
9+Q+-+-+-0 equivalent in the Nimzo-Indian. in a
9PzP-+-+-zP0 famous game Anand demonstrated his
9+-+-+-tRK0 superb opening preparation.
xiiiiiiiiy
12Rg7
12...h6? 13.Nf7 Kh7 14.Qd3 Rg6 15.Ne5!
Ne5 16.fe5 Qg7 17.h4! winning, but not
17.d6? Qb7+ 18.Qd5 Rg1 19.Kg1 Qg7
20.Qg2 Rg8! 21.Qg7 Kg7+.
13.ed7 Rd7 14.Qe3

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Anand : Wang, Wijk aan Zee 2011 We have seen how great it can be to be the
XIIIIIIIIY proud possessor of a mobile pawn centre.
9rsn-+-trk+0 The Hypermodernists taught us of course
that things aren't always that simple. They
9zppwq-+pzpp0 demonstrates techniques of playing against
9-+-+l+-+0 the centre (not possessing it themselves
9snLzP-zp-+-0 with pawns). The did so in openings like
9-wQ-+P+-+0 the Alekhine and especially the Grunfeld-
Indian - which is a major weapon for Black
9zP-zP-vLP+-0 to this very day.
9-+-+N+PzP0
9tR-+-+RmK-0 Gligoric : Smyslov, Kiev 1959
xiiiiiiiiy XIIIIIIIIY
16.Nd4! 9r+-tr-+k+0
A novelty at the time, although the idea 9zplwq-+pvlp0
was known in similar positions. White will 9-zp-+p+p+0
obtain our familiar mobile pawn centre.
16...ed4 17.cd4 Nbc6 18.Qc3 Ne7 9sn-zp-+-+-0
19.Rfd1 Rad8? 9-+-zPPzP-+0
The other rook had to be moved to d8. 9+-zPLvL-+P0
19...Rfd8 20.Bf2 Nac6 21.Rab1 Qf4 9P+-+NwQP+0
(21...Rd7 22.Bh4!) 22.d5 (Anand).
20.Bf2 a6 21.Bg3 9+-tR-+RmK-0
Now the bishop threatens to go to d6. xiiiiiiiiy
21...Qc8 22.Bf1 16...f5 17.e5
XIIIIIIIIY 17.Ng3 Qd7.
9-+qtr-trk+0 17...c4
And here we observe the first technique.
9+p+-snpzpp0 Smyslov has blocked White's centre. Note
9p+-+l+-+0 the strength of his light-squared bishop on
9sn-zP-+-+-0 the long diagonal.
9-+-zPP+-+0 18.Bc2 Nc6 19.g4
Trying to mobilize his centre or to gain
9zP-wQ-+PvL-0 access to Black's king. This move in fact
9-+-+-+PzP0 weakens White's position even further.
9tR-+R+LmK-0 19.Rcd1 Ne7 20.Bc1 Nd5 and White lacks
xiiiiiiiiy counterplay.
19...Ne7 20.Kh2 Qc6 21.Ng3 b5 22.a4 a6
It's remarkable how quietly White can
23.Rb1 Rab8 24.Bd2 ba4!?
play. There is no need to hurry in pushing
Smyslov opts for a dynamic solution. Also
the pawns forward. Black lacks good
good are 24...Ba8 and 24...Qd7.
squares for his knights in particular.
25.Ra1 Ba8 26.Ba4 Qc7 27.Ra2 Rb6
22...b6
28.gf5 ef5 29.Bc1 Nd5 30.Ne2 a5 31.Bc2
22...Nac6 23.Bd6+.
31.Ba3!? Rb3!? (31...Bf8 32.Bc5!;
23.Rab1 Nb3 24.Rb3 Bb3 25.Qb3 bc5
31...Nb4!? 32.cb4 ab4 unclear).
And according to Anand White is
31...Rb3! 32.Bb3 cb3 33.Ra4 Bf8
technically winning.
33...Bc6.
26.d5 Ng6 27.Qb6 f5 28.Ba6 Qd7 29.Bb5
34.Bb2
Qf7 30.ef5 Qf5 31.Qc5 Rc8 32.Qd4 Rfd8
34.c4.
33.a4 1:0.
34...Ne3!

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34...Bc6. White now obtains a huge attack.
35.Rfa1 27...Nh7 28.Rcf1 Qd8 29.Qg3 Re7 30.h4
Or 35.Qe3 Qc6 36.d5 Rd5!+. Rbb7 31.e6! Rbc7 32.Qe5 Qe8 33.a4 Qd8
35...Nc4 36.Ng3 Be7 37.Nf1? Qc6 38.Rc4 34.R1f2 Qe8 35.R2f3 Qd8 36.Bd3 Qe8
Qh1! 39.Kg3 h5 37.Qe4 Nf6
XIIIIIIIIY 37...Re6 fails to 38.Rf8 Nf8 39.Rf8 Qf8
9l+-tr-+k+0 40.Qh7 mate.
38.Rf6 gf6 39.Rf6 Kg8 40.Bc4 Kh8
9+-+-vl-+-0 41.Qf4 1:0.
9-+-+-+p+0
9zp-+-zPp+p0 Pribyl : Uhlmann, Brno 1975
9-+RzP-zP-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+pzP-+-mKP0 9r+-wq-trk+0
9-vL-+-wQ-+0 9zplzp-+pvlp0
9tR-+-+N+q0 9-zp-+p+p+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9sn-+-+-+-0
and White cannot avoid mate. A very 9-+-zPP+-+0
impressive win by Smyslov! 0:1. 9+-zPLvL-+-0
9P+-wQNzPPzP0
A well-known position from the match of
the previous century. Fischer now first 9+-tR-+RmK-0
creates a Black centre only to undermine it xiiiiiiiiy
(second technique) on his net move. 13...c5
Uhlmann sacrifices a pawn to 'divert' his
Fischer : Spassky, Reykjavik (6) 1972 opponent's centre. Consequently it loses all
XIIIIIIIIY its strength.
9-+r+-wqk+0 14.dc5 Qc7! 15.cb6 ab6 16.Rb1 Nc4
Black has magnificent positional
9tr-+n+pzp-0 compensation.
9p+-+l+-zp0 17.Bc4 Qc4 18.Rb4 Qa2 19.Qa2 Ra2
9+-zpp+-+-0 20.Re1 Rc8 21.Bb6 Ba6! 22.Nd4 Bd3
9-+-sN-+-+0 23.h3 Rc3
Or 23...Bf8 24.Rb3 e5 25.Nf3 f6.
9wQ-+-zP-+-0 24.Nf3 Rc8 25.e5 Be2 26.Bd4
9PzP-+LzPPzP0 26.Rb3 Rb8!;
9+-tR-+RmK-0 26.Nd4 Be5 (26...Ba6!?) 27.Rbb1 Bd4
xiiiiiiiiy 28.Bd4 and White draws despite his minus
pawn.
19.Ne6! fe6 20.e4! d4?
26...Bf3! 27.gf3 Bh6
Black's centre is undermined and nearly
White is suffering and eventually lost:
blocked - it has lost all its fleibility.
28.Re4 Bd2 29.Rb1 Rc4 30.Rd1?! Kg7
20...Nf6 21.ed5 ed5 22.Bf3 Timman;
31.Kg2 g5 32.h4 h6 33.hg5 hg5 34.Kg3
20...c4 21.Qh3 Qf7 22.Bh5 Qe7 (22...g6?
Kg6 35.Kg4 Bf4 36.Rh1 Rd4!
23.Bg4+) 23.ed5 ed5 24.Rfe1 Qf6
36...Raa4 37.Rd1 Rcb4 38.Kh3 Kf5
25.Bg4+ Timman.
39.Kg2 g4 40.Rd3 Rc4 41.Rd1 Ra3+.
21.f4 Qe7 22.e5 Rb8 23.Bc4 Kh8
37.Rd4 Be5 38.Rd8 f5 39.Kh3 Rf2
In case of 23...Nb6 there is 24.Qb3!+ Tal,
40.Rd3 Kh5 0:1.
winning a pawn and the game.
24.Qh3 Nf8 25.b3 a5 26.f5 ef5 27.Rf5

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Another technique is to lure the opponent's EXERCISES
centre forward to such an etent that it can
no longer be protected by its pieces.

Letelier : Fischer, Leipzig 1960 Exercise 1

XIIIIIIIIY
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 00 9rsn-wq-trk+0
5.e5?! 9zpp+-zppvlp0
White's centre looks imposing, but Fischer
has provoked it forward on purpose.
9-sn-+-+p+0
5...Ne8 6.f4 d6 7.Be3?! 9+-zpPzPlsN-0
Having provoked it forward Letelier's 9-+P+-+-+0
centre can now be undermined and 9+-+-+-+-0
destroyed. Better was 7.Nf3 de5 8.de5 Qd1
9.Nd1.
9PzP-+L+PzP0
7...c5! 8.dc5 Nc6! 9.cd6?! 9tRNvLQ+RmK-0
9.Nf3. xiiiiiiiiy
9...ed6 10.Ne4? White to move
10.Be2.
10...Bf5 11.Ng3 Exercise 2
No better is 11.Nd6 Nd6 12.Qd6 Qd6 XIIIIIIIIY
(Even stronger is 12...Qe8!) 13.ed6 Bb2 9-+ktr-+-tr0
14.Rd1 Nb4 15.Kf2 a5 Fischer (or
15...Nc2). 9zppzpqvlpzpp0
11...Be6 12.Nf3 Qc7 13.Qb1 9-snn+p+l+0
Or 13.Be2 de5 14.Bc5 Qa5 15.b4 Nb4 9+-+-zP-+-0
16.Bf8 Kf8 17.00 ef4 and wins. 9-+PzP-+-zP0
13...de5 14.f5 e4! 15.fe6 ef3 16.gf3 f5
17.f4 Nf6 18.Be2 Rfe8+ 19.Kf2 Re6 9zP-+-vLNsN-0
20.Re1 Rae8 21.Bf3 Re3! 22.Re3 Re3 9-zP-wQL+P+0
23.Ke3 Qf4! 9+-mKR+-+R0
XIIIIIIIIY xiiiiiiiiy
9-+-+-+k+0 Black to move
9zpp+-+-vlp0
Exercise 3
9-+n+-snp+0
XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+-+p+-0
9r+-wqkvl-tr0
9-+P+-wq-+0
9sn-+l+p+-0
9+-+-mKLsN-0
9-zpn+p+pzp0
9PzP-+-+-zP0
9zp-+pzP-+-0
9tRQ+-+-+-0
9P+-zP-zP-+0
xiiiiiiiiy
A beautiful shot! 0:1.
9+LsN-+N+-0
9-zP-+QvLPzP0
9tR-+-+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
White to move

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Exercise 4 2.ab4 Qa4 3.Bd3 (3.Qc3 Bb4 4.b3 Qa2)
XIIIIIIIIY 3...Nc4+.
9r+-wq-trk+0 2...Nc2! 3.c5 Qc6 4.Bd3 Ne3 5.Qe3 Nd5
6.Qf2 Bd3 7.Rd3 Qa6 8.Rhd1 Qa3
9zppzpnzppvlp0 8...Nf4!+.
9-+nzp-+p+0 9.Qb2 Qb2 10.Kb2 f5 11.Ne2 h6 12.h5 g5
9+-+-+-+-0 13.hg6 Rdg8 14.Rh1 Rg6 15.g3 h5
9-+PzPP+-+0 16.Rh3 Rg4 17.Nc3 Nc3 18.Kc3 Kd7
19.b4 c6 20.Nd2 b5 21.Kc2 Kc7 22.Kd1
9+-+LvLQ+-0 f4 23.gf4 Rf4 24.Ke2 h4 25.Ke3 Rg4
9PzP-+NzPPzP0 26.Ne4 Rg1 27.Ra3 Kb8 28.Rh2 Rf8
9tR-+-+RmK-0 29.Raa2 Rb1 30.Nf6 Bf6 31.ef6 Rf6
xiiiiiiiiy 32.Rh4 Rf7 33.Ke4 Rd7 34.Ke5 Rb4
Black to move
35.Rd2 a5 36.Ke6 Kc7 37.Ke5 Re7
38.Kf6 Rd7 39.Ke5 a4 40.Ke4 Rc4 0:1,
Huebner : Hort, Biel 1987.

3.
SOLUTIONS 1.Bd5! ed5 2.Nd5 Be7 3.Nc3 Nb4 4.d5
Bf5 5.Rad1
5.d6 Bd3 6.de7 Qe7 7.Qe3 Bf1 8.Rf1.
5...Bc5 6.Bc5 bc5 7.Ne4! 00 8.Nf6 Kg7
1.
9.Nh4 Qc8 10.Nf5
1.Rf5!
10.b3.
1.Bf4 N8d7 2.Nf3 Qb8.
10...Qf5 11.g4+ Qc2 12.Rd2 Qa4 13.e6!
1...gf5 2.e6 fe6
fe6
2...f6 3.Nh7! Kh7 4.Bd3 Qe8 5.Bf5 Kg8
13...Kf6 14.Qe5 Ke7 15.d6+.
6.Qg4+.
14.Qe5!
3.Ne6 Qc8 4.Bd3
14.g5+.
4.Nf8.
14...Rf7
4...Rf6 5.Bf5!
14...Rf6 15.de6+.
5.Ng7 Kg7 6.Bg5.
15.de6 Nac6 16.Nh5
5...Rf5 6.Qg4 Qe6?
16.Ne8! Kh7 17.Qh8! Kh8 18.ef7+.
Black had one final devilish trick: 6...Rf7
16...Kh7 17.Qe4+ Re7 18.f5 Qb3 19.Rf3
7.Bh6 Nc4 8.Bg7? (8.Qg5 Ne5 9.Bg7 Ng6
Qf3 20.Qf3 gh5 21.f6 Rea7 22.e7 Rg8
10.h4) 8...Rf1!+.
23.Qe4 1:0, Panchenko : Fokin, Russia
7.de6 Rf6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Bg5 Rg6 10.h4+
1987.
Bd4 11.Kh1 Nc4 12.Nd5 Ne3 13.Qe4 Nd5
14.Qd5 Rd8 15.Qe4 Rf8 16.Be3 Be3
4.
17.Qe3 Nd4 18.h5 Rg4 19.Qh3 Rff4
1...Nde5
20.g3 Re4 21.Rf1 Rg5 22.Rf4 Re6 23.Rg4
Or 1...Nce5.
Rg4 24.Qg4 Kf7 25.Qf4 Rf6 26.Qe4 h6
2.de5 Ne5 3.Qg3 Nd3+ (Tactical
27.Qb7 Rf5 28.g4 Rf2 29.Kg1 Rc2
example.)
30.Kf1 a5 31.Qe4 1:0, Andonov :
Kuczynski, Camaguey 1987.

2.
1...Nb4!
White's king is vulnerable due to his far
advanced centre.
2.b3

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